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I mh-W EtERAJLB THE NF.''', F.atal tithed Nov. 5,191. . rnoHntd J. 1. imps. PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. APRIL 17, 1900. VOL. IX, NO. 45. rilK IIKLAIJl, KetrrMihued A pr 11 10, iflsi. I " KKJ ft i lilKIIEBS SUP AWAY TlHi Siejje 1 anil Himt YVenener liaised . Hotreat injr. CHERMSIDE GET3 THERE TOO LATI'. fceo the ItiH-r Hear Guui-d Disappear Nt'ur KetlcIecslMiig lirtigei-'s Hope I'iiiiiecl to Out Politics. Jvomlou, April 17. A correspondent of The Daily Telegraph at Ladysuiith, 'Hie Uufrs are down again at Dew- dorp. ea.t of I.advsmiib '1 lie Blocinfoiitcin corrcsimndeut. of The Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch j dated yestcr.lay, says: "The. Boers j have raised the siege i f Wei'Uer and lave left Rouxville. A majority of them has undoubtedly returned north, With tin' exception of a ImmIv of aloUV (5,Ikn, now reported to be going toward Bcthulie." The Iaily News lias the following from Reddersburg. lated Friday: Jen. "hermside saw the rear guard of tlie Boers disappear .southeast ill full retreat. The enemy apitcar to be in strong foie fourteen miles fast of Reddersburg. Tliey are falling back before our advance guard." The Itloemfouteiu corresiy.mdent of The Standard, telegraphing yesterday. mvs: 1 tie liners arc in inn retreat from Werner, hugging the Basutoland : border. Th,- Rasutos are marching I . .... . .. parallel with them along the frontier, j waiehing auerlv for the slightest en- : croaehmeiit.- ' Looks tor Aincrirnn Intervention. Loudon, April 17. The Lourenzo Marques eorresiondent of The Daily Mail, telegraphing Sunday. April 15. pays: "The tone of The Standard & Diggers News showsthat the Transvaal governineut is relying strongly uion America ii intervention. Great results are expected from the campaign of Webster Davis and from the presi dential contest. While the scmi-bloekade of Delagoa hay has not done the slightest harm to the Transvaal it has enriched for eign linns at the expense of ruined I'.ril ishers." I atest ' from Mnfekini;. Ireii.o Marques. April 10. Lieuten ant Sniith-Knian, a Uhodesian scout who entered Mafeking through the liner lines, has returned to Colonel I'lumer's camp with dispatches from Mafeking. saying that all was well there April S. Iioudoii. April 17. The Daily Mall has the following from Iidy Sarah Wilson, dated Mafeking. April 3: "The pim-h of hunger is lx-ginuing to be felt, and relief seems more distant than ever." SHUT POWlToFwiRE MILLS. Prenld .-in Oaten Says It In lteeaute of Over prod notion. New York, April 17. John W. Gates, of the American Steel and Wire com IMtiy, was seen yesterday "in reference to a dispatch from the west which Mated that a number of the constitu ent concerns in the main company had suspended operations. He continued the statement and said that twelve of the mills in the constituent companies have been shut down. They are lo cated at Pittsburg, Cleveland, Joliet, Wuukegau and DeKalb (Ills.), and Newcastle and Anderson (Ind.). Gates said the cause of the dosing down of the mills was overproduction He added that he was unable to state when the mills would resume opera tions, as they first would have to as certain the extent of the overproduc tion. When asked as to his view as to the trade situation and outlook Gates stated that the shut-down of the mills was the best evidence of the current situation. Four thousand nion and girls will lose their work by the shut down. Two Die by Inhaling Gun. Chicago. April 17. Two deaths by gas were reported to the coroner yes terday. Both are supposed to have been accidental. Mrs. Nina Fuller, 72 years old. was found dead in bed at her home In Argyle I'ark. The other victim of gas was a man of the name of Kuhlm.-in. 00 years old. He was found dead in l'd at his home. Wolves Are I'retty Abundant. Sparta, Wis.. April 17. Wolves have again gotten to be a nuisauce in this section, especially in Farmer's valley. Last Monday a hunter of the name of Hughes brought to town six, and on Sunday ten of those animals, making sixteen for the week. The wolves have been killing many sheep. Itoer I'rl"iier on St. Helena. Jamestown. St. Helena. April 17. The remainder of t lie Uoer prisoners were landed yesterday and sent to Deadwood. Colonel Schiel and two others who had been confined at the citadel after their attempt to escape have been released aud they also have gone to Deadwood. Kun into by a Kunamay Tram. Kokomo. Ind.. April 17. John Thrail kill was fatally hurt in a runaway Sunday. Thrallkill. a prominent Jack son township farmer, was returning from town when a runaway farm team ran into his buggy. The wagon tongue entered his body, piercing the lungs. Ke aIIa LHaboliral Crime. Washington, April 17. The postof fiee at Iike City. S. C, has been re established and Mrs. Delia D. Carter (white) appointed postmistress. This was done upon petitions filed by prac tically all of the white and colored cit izens. Ie Molne Waiter on Strike. Des Moines. Ia.. April 1C. Two hundred waiters working in the hotels and restaurants of this ciy have truck for an increase in vraaa. Rateliford a Labor Statistician. Columbus, O., April 14. Governor Nash yesterday appointed M. D. Ratch ford. of Massillon, state commissioner of labor statistics, and Elmer C. Bid. dison, of Athens, state Inspector of mines and mining. Uatchford is fornjer president of the United Mine Workers of America- Held Her Lite Very Cheap. T St Louis, April 14. Easter flowers - In profusion deck the bier of pretty Wllhelniina Steekhau. who kniM hor. celf because denied a new hat for to-' morrow, when all her friends would be so adorned, she thought. REVOLVER AND STILETTO At-vsunt for Four Dead and Two Wounded I In a Drunken Kow. , . jounsiown, fa., April i.. rum pri- mius are ueau mm io uir ujusciuusij j wounded at the mining town of Wind-, ber, near here, as the result or a (trunk- en row in a disorderly house there Sun day night. One Italian is charged with' the w holesale crime, but it is believed ; TAX IS PAID BY TH CONSUMES, that he Is already beyond the reach of the law, as a man answering Lis de- seription was ground under a train at w...,, m ., c South Fork yesterday morning, rwpositton Afflnned by the Sapicme dead are: John Halverson, a Swede: Ed P. McCauley. an American; Gust ;rleyiack, a Mav; Samuel fcinves. an American. Some of these are victims of a re volver and some the deadly stiletto. the two wounded men, Thomas Kip- Jin!? aud "Jerk" Ituol ((f & Fren(,hwoman t kwalter, both be lie latter instru- rurred at the home known as Mrs. Steux until a couple of weeks ago ,at which time she married an Italian. WILD WINDS IN IOWA. Damage Ion to Town Property Small Building Leveled. Hamburg, la., April 17. A tornado did considerable damage In the north part of town jesterday, completely wrecking Fred Johnson's brickyard. ! All his sheds, corn cribs, and wind j mills were piled In a Leap in the mid dle of his lot. His stock was consid erably injured by flying missiles, and' his house was removed from the' foundation. The residences of Lark ; Miller and Johu Crane were complete j wrecks, but no one was seriously in jured. All the damage was done in a radius of one mile. There was considerable j . . uoue to orner property m tne destruction of small buildings, etc. No reports have been received from 'ioumr-v' l)Ut " Is Uot thought any g damage was done there. the reat MURDERED BY A STRIKER. Sergeant of the New York Militia Shot While Relieving Guard. Croton Lauding, April 17. The first blood shed as the outcome of the strike at the Cornell dam was the life's blood of Sergeant Kobert Douglass, of the Eleventh Separate company, of Mount Vernon, who was shot dead by an un known assassin while he was relieving guard at 8:30 last night. The wildest excitement prevailed throughout the camp as soon as the news of the assas sination spread to the different tents, and the soldiers are frantic over the crime. No one doubts that one of the strikers did the deed. American Jockey Are Winners. Iiondon. April 17. The American Jockeys repeated yesterday their suc cesses of Saturday last at the Kemp ton Tark Easter meeting and the Birmingham Easter meeting. At Kemp ton park Martin oiened by winning the Ashford selling plate on Morgante, and was followed by J. Reiff, who fin ished first for the Queon's plate, with Chevening. Martin won the Rich mond Park Easter Handicap on Full Ripe. Tie Rothschild Welter Plate was captured by Disguise, II, ridden by Sloan. Tax on Abstract Hooks. Lansing. Mich.. April 17. Attorney General Oren has given Prosecuting Attorney Smith, of Jackson county, an opinion to the effect that abstract books owned by an individual or a corpora tion are personal property and should lie assessed for taxation. An opinion has also been given Food Commission er Grosvenor that honey and glucose cannot be sold under label of "glucose mixture." but must bo branded and sold for just what It is. Only One Man Was Hurt. Bay City, Mich., April 17. A De troit aud Mackinac freight train and a switch engine drawing six cars col lided head on in the Fifth ward in West Bay City. The engine crews, ex cept Engineer Shipman. of the freight train. Jumped and escaped. Shipman was scalded on the face and hands, but not seriously. Roth engines were dam aged and one coal laden car was thrown from the track. Hannu Goes Hack to Washington. NewiHrt News, Va., April 17. Sena tor Hauna left Old Point yesterday for Washington. The stories sent out from Fort Monroe and Norfolk regard lug the senator's illness were greatly exaggerated. He was slightly indis posed w hen he reached Old 1'oint Thursday, but was well enough Sun day to spend practically the entire day out of doors visiting points of interest in this vicinity. Ashland Instead of liultitli. Milwaukee, April 17. A Evening Wisconsin siievial from Washington, says the United States supreme court yesterday handed down a decision stat ing that Ashland, Wis., is the terminu3 of the Northern Pacific railway. In stead of Duluth, Minn. The effect of the decision will be that the road comes into possession of large tracts of valuable timber and agricultural lands. Fought Out the Old Grudge. Bloomington, Ind., April 17. Doug las Yaughan, manager of the Jordan Poultry company, at Pa oil, was fatal ly wounded in a fight with James Wal trip, a prominent farmer, at Todd Sta tion, a short distance south of here, Sunday. The trouble was the result of an old grudge. Over forty gashes were found upon the body of Yaughan. Wal trip has left the county. iield the l'artrldKe In His Hand. Rushville, Ills., April 1C Willam Robinson, aged S years, held a dyna mite cartridge between his fingers while a companion of the same age ap plied a match. Tlie cartridge exploded and the lad had the first finger and thumb on both hands blown off, while his companion was badly powder burned. Iowa Silrer Republicans. Des Moines, April 10. V. A. Spur- i rier, national committeeman for Iowa, Miver itepuDiican party, announces that the party will hold a convention in Des 3?oines May 3 to name dele gates to the convention of the national organization at Kansas City. The state convention will be held on the same day. I"i reworks Go OA Prematurely. Racine Wis., April U. Shortly after 11 a. m. the people here were startled by a terrific explosion. The fire de partment and police were called to the store of Mox Wolk where It was dis covered that a stock of fireworks and crackers stored In a tin boiler had gono off. oik naa kept a supply of $75 worth t explosives on hand, Little damage was done. NOT ON THE COMPANY stamps On Express Packages Must Be Paid By Shipper. -ouit- arm uispute uver the Coeur d'Alene Inquiry, Washington, April 17. The shipper pays the freight, says the supreme court otherwise the man who sends a package by express must "pay up" for the storage that goes thereon, not the company. The original proceeding in this case consisted of a prayer for a mandamus commanding the com pany to receive packages for trans portation by express and to Issue a receipt with stamp duly canceled with out seeink to compel shippers to pay i for the. stamp. It was tried by the ' t : . i : . . . Michigan supreme court, which decided against the company. The express com pany contended that the question as to who should pay for the stamp was one for adjustment between the ship per and the express company. It was alleged also that the company had in effect but increased its rates on ex press shipment by adding to the pre vious rates the sum of the stamp tax. It was contended that there was no inhibition in tlieactof congress against this increase. Crucial Point in the Cae. Justice White, in his opinion, said that it was unnecessary to consider whether the law forbids the express companies from requiring the shipper to furnish the receipt stamped, since it would not be decisive of the cause if it should be conceded that the act imposes on the company the duty of paying the tax. It was essential, he said, also to ascertain, whether the act forbids the company from shifting the burden of the tax by means of an in crease of rates. The whole decision, therefore, turned upon the construc tion of the law on this point. Hon the Justices Argue the Matter. Quoting the section of the law im posing the tax upon express company receipts. Justice White said: "There Is nothing In this provision which by the widest conjecture can be construed as expressly forbidding the person up on whom the taxes are cast from shifting the same by contract or by any other lawful means." Continuing, he said that the contention in behalf of the shippers amounts to saying that the act is not merely one for levying taxes, but is a stattite determining that the burden must irrevocably con tinue to rest upon the one w hom it is primarily placed. "The result follows," he continued, "that all contracts or acts shifting the burden, and which should be otherwise valid, become void, j To add by implication such a provision to a tax would be contrary to its in tent, and be in conflict with the gen eral object which a law levying taxes is naturally presumed to effectuate." Justices Harlan and McKenna dis sented. CONTROVERSY IN COM M ITTKF. Haily Kow Tukcn Places ut the Coeur d'Alene tn veitigatlon. Washington. April 17. The Coeur d'Alene invest igatinn was resumed yes teiday with W. It. Stinison. one of the former county commissioners of Sho shone county, on the stand to rebut .features developed in the testimony for the defense. His evidence was to the effect that he was removed from office by the state and military authorities because they believed he would, not serve their purposes, lie declared in answer to questions that" his reniuval was brought alnnit by the legal aud ju dicial "toolfs" of the Hunker Hill mine and t lie Standard Oil company. An exciting controversy occurred when the petition to the secretary of war front several hundred citizens of the Coeur d'Alene district asking for the retention of federal troops was presented in evidence. Stilzer de nounced the petition as "bogus and fraudulent." declaring that many of t lie signatures were forgeries and that other names had been secured by In timidation. He asked to introduce affi davits attacking the petitiou. but after an animated controversy these were ruled out. the vote being on party lines. A motion by Sul.er calling on the pres ident ror ailKla vits bearing on the peti tion was similarly voted down by the committee. Suler sharply commented on the course of the majority and his exchanges ' with Acting' Chairman Marsh were al times personal and em phatic. Dr. Hugh France who Is regarded as au important witness, since he acted as coroner when the Hunker Hill mill was blown up and shared with Bartlett Sin clair in the direction of affairs follow ing that event, was put on the stand. Dr. France said he was graduated from Rcllevue hosp'tal. New York. He de nied being in the employ of the liunker Hill mine, as had been alleged, and said he was chosen by the miners as their physician and surgeon, receiving his pay from them. Dr. France de fended the work of the coroner's jury against criticisms made during the tes timony, and explained the regularity of the various steps taken. Heet Sugar Factories In Canada. Washington. April 17. Commercial Agent Johnson at Staubridge, Canada, writes to the state department that the establishment of a $.31 m.i.OUO factory for the manufacture of beet sugar will be undertaken shortly bv American and Canadian capitalists. The Cana dian government is to be asked to olace u ..u... vn , in- ii-ouuciion or sugar in Canada. o liAimtf .... . I . beet Conscieure Hnrt Him ft23. Washington. April 17. The secre tary of the treasury yesterday re ceived in an envelope postmarked "C. & St. L. It. 1. O." from an unknown person a conscience contribution of $t$23. Stamp Tdx Repeal Bill. Washington, April 17. Griffith of Indiana yesterday introduced a bill In the house repeallug the stamp tax on checks, drafts, etc., and on proprietary txedicines. , Long Would Accept Nomination. Washington, April 16. Referring to the use of his nam in connection with th vice presidential nomination Sec retary Long is understood to have in formed a number of his friends that if the nomination were tendered him ae would accept It. STRIKE OF MLUE MANAGERS. AU the Miners Ordered. Out to Enforce Reoognitlon of the Union. Springfield, Ills., April 17. As a re sult of the meeting of the Mine Man agers' association at East St. Louis Sunday, all coal mines In the state have been ordered closed at 5 p. m. yester day, and to remain closed until such time as the operators shall recognize this association and treat with it as such. The operators have refused to treat with this organization, on the groun that the mine managers are in n measure confidential officers of the mines, and are in a certain sense state officials, since they nold state certifi cates. There is no affiliation between th miners' union and the Mine Managers association, and It is thought very doubtful here that the miners will stop work upon the order of the association, On the other hand, all the mine man agers In the state dc? not belong to the association, and there are a sufficient number holding certificates to step In and take the places of those who be long to the association and who are grieved at the action of the operators In refusing to treat with them. GOLD MINING" SYNDICATE Ornanized to Search for the Yellow Metal at Cape Nome. Marquette, Mich., April 17. A eyn dicate of Marquette men has been or ganlzed to do gold mining in the Cape Nome district by a novel process, and two representatives of the company will leave this week for the field of ac tion. The scheme is to Introduce pump as an adjunct to placer mining, and furnish water to parties already owning claims for a part interest in the output of gold. There is a concern here which manu factures gas engines of a very success ful and powerful type. A pump and one of these engines of four horse pow er will constitute the syndicate's first outfit, Saloon Consent Petition Case. Des Moines. Ia., April 17. The su preme court has decided a case from Fayette county Involving the validity of a saloon consent petition. The peti tion was submitted to the supervisors of the county showing forty -three more than the necessary 05 per cent, of vot ers. Afterward, aud before it was can vassed by the board, seventy signers requested that their names be with drawn. The supreme court holds that names can be withdrawn at any time before the petition is canvassed but not afterwards. Speaker Henderson's New Leg. New York, April 17. Speaker David B. Henderson, of the house of repre sentatives has a brand new leg. He got it Sunday and took it to Washing ton with him that night. The speaker Is very proud of it, for it enables him to walk a distance without a cane, for the first time in many a year. The leg is of rubber, light and pliable and provided with artificial knee and ankle joints, which perform their functions almost as acceptably as the real thing. Hoke Smith Out of Journalism. Atlanta. Ga., April 17. Hon. Hoke Smith yesterday sold his Interest In the Atlanta Journal to II. M. Atkinson. Morris Brandon aud J. R. Gray, of Atlanta. The minority stockholders also disposed of their holdings. Smith realized three for one on his stock, and the money turned over to him for his fifty-three shares was $130,000. The amount involved in the entire transac tion is $270,300. Death of a Friend of Ingersoll. Lincoln, Ills., April 17. James Tur tle, of Atlanta township, whose funeral oration Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll had promised to deliver, died Saturday evening. He was past 93 years of age and was a native of Ohio, moving to Illinois when 10 years of age. He amassed quite a fortune at farming. Turtle and Colonel Ingersoll were close friends. Uiltla Is Oat of the Church. Chicago. April 17. Newell Dwight Ilillis no longer a member of the Chi cago presbytery or the Presbyterian church. The name of the Brooklyn preacher, who renounced the confes sion of faith of that church, was erased from the role of the presbytery at its weekly meeting yesterday. Kansas City Carpenters Strike. Kansas City. April 17. Slightly over 400 union carpenters went on a strike yesterday for an Increase of wages to 37 cents an hour. NEWS FACTS IN "OUTLINE. Small cyclones are causing much anxiety and loss of property in Texas, Kansas and other regions thereaway, but there have been but two fatalities reported so far. A squadron of the Third cavalry sur rounded a village in Luzon, Philippines, and of 200 Filipinos killed 53, and cap tured 44. The village was burned. Our men had one wounded. Dankmar Adler, of Chicago, one of the leading architects of the country, is dead. The president has nominated Charles II. Allen, of Massachusetts, to be gov ernor of Porto Rico. The Kentucky governorship case will be heard by the United States supreme court April 30. A great Dane dog valued at nearly $2,000 was killed by a $2 bulldog in a Chicago suburb. A religious fanatic in Trinity Epis copal church at Chicago startled the Easter worshippers and interrupted, the Easter services. Rev. William J. Rutledge, who first suggested the formation of the G. A 11., Is dead at Jacksonville, Ills., aged 86. Tersia is In danger of a famine, ow ing to the failure of the crops. Marquis de Gallifet, French minister of war, has had a turn for the worse and his recovery Is not expected. A New Jersey man has declined a nomination for alderman because all the other members of the common council are Germans and German Is the only language spoken at the meet ings. Breach of Promise Suit Uelaved. Portland Ind., April 14. Miss Louise E Bradly, of Chicago, sued David E Studebaker. of Decatur, for breach of promise, $10,000 being asked, w hen the case was called In the cir cuit court the defendant filed a motion for a continuance. The Judge over ruled this motion, but the plaintiff was then thwarted by a motion for a change of venue, which was granted. Two Men Instantly Milled, Abbottsford, Wis., April 17. August Krahan and Carl Da gee were struck: by a locomotive on the Wisconsin Central last evening and instantly killed. WATCHING WEPENER That Point Seems to Be Center of Probable Disturbance. EIP0ET OF BOER EEINFOECEMEITTS Also That Kruger Has Visited Front for a Conference. th: Ticklish Situation for the Boers Where Col. Dalgetty Holds Up the British End. London, April in. The Cape Town corresiondent of The Dally Telegraph, telegraphing yesterday, says: "An un confirmed report is in circulation here that General Brabant has inflicted a crushing defeat upon the Iloers at YVepener, capturing guns and taking prisoners." Reddersburg. April 10. Colonel Dal getty wired Saturday: "All well. Ene my apparently slackening attack." General Chermside's division is en camped seventeen miles east of the railway. Boers are supposed to be in the vicinity, but an attack by them is Improbable. Kruger Attends a Conference. London, April 10. The Bloemfon tein correspondent of The Daily News, telegraphing Saturday, says: "Presi dent Kruger attended a conference of the, Boer commandants at Brandfort on Thursday. It is believed that a de cision was reached to withdraw the Transvaal forces to the north of Vet river, preparatory to a general retire ment across the Yaal river, if hard pressed, leaving the Free Staters to their own resources." Indicative of Fighting Ahead. The Bloemfontein correspondent of The Times, telegraphing yesterday, says: "It is reported that reinforce ments for the Boers, with sixty wag ons, have arrived at De Wet's dorp, en fi, A w,, rr..- i. l.i ' rate an action. The statement that Prlont Tv.,H,n. wn ti, onma to confirm the reports that the Boer are getting disheartened. This con tinned exertion of his personal influ ence appears now to nave become a necessity." Free Staters Disregard Their Oaths. Aliwal North, April 10. The North ern Post asserts that the Rouxville district furnished 1,(hx) recruits to the Boer force as a result of the invasion Five hundred Boers under Comman dant Swanepoel forced his Royal Irish Ktries to evacuate Rouxville. The for mer landrost, who had been acting for the British, offered to go to the front to prove himself a true Free Stater. and almost to a man the Free Staters who had taken the oath rejoined the Boers. Nearly every one produced a Mauser. The Boers admit having shot Mr. Guiney, the hotetkeeper, for taking rorage to the British. ENEMIES IN FRONT AND REAR. Position of the Burghers Who Are Trying to Take V epener. London, April 10. The followin dispatch is published here: "Maseru, Basutoland, April 14. Sir Godfrey Lagden, British resident com mission, returned here yesterday from the scene of operations near Wepener. He and the paramount chief have sta tioned 3,000 armed natives to resist possible Boer encroachment. The or ders of the resident commissioner are that the Basutos are not to be allowed to cross the Free State frontier on any pretense whatever. Two natives who crossed and looted an abandoned Boer farm are now in custody. "Colonel Dalgety s iwsition is strong and well chosen, but he is completely surrounded. The Boers have their backs against Basutoland, and if they 6tay much longer they will be hemmed in. The British operations are keenly watched from the neighboring heights. Shelling and sniping have been going on steadily during the last six days. Colonel Dalgety's guns are admirably serred, and there is no waste of am munition. The Boers, when they see tb electric flash of the cordite, bolt Into their holes or behind walls. "So near are the Boers and the Basu- to guards that they converse. The am bulances are close to the border, but the killed and wounded are not re moved until nightfall, in order to con ceal the number of casualties. The Boers are fatigued aud their horses are tired and footsore. The Boers attacked fiercely the British northern position on April 9, but they were beaten back at daybreak. Nothing is known here of the casualties on either side." The following is from Aliwal North. dated April 13: "It is officially report ed that the British losses at Wepener in four days' fighting were eighteen men killed and 132 wounded." The following Is from the same point, dated April 14: "Colonel Grenfell wires that he casualties at wepener include Quartermaster Williams, Lieutenant Halford and Lieutenant Duncan, and fifteen men wounded. Sir Godfrey Lagden, resident commissioner at Maseru, telegraphs that no shelline has been heard from the direction of Wen- ener today. A regiment of British in fantry and a battery of artillery ar rived Friday. General Brabant's head quarters and all the mounted troops have gone to Rouxville. ROBERTS SENDS IN A PROTEST. Says the Prisoners Are Not Treated They Should He. London, April 10. A Bloemfontein dispatch says that "Lord Roberts has strongly protested to President Kruger against the treatment of pr'osners, sick and wounded, in the hands of the Boers and has formally demanded the observance of the Geneva convention. In his telegram of protest to President Kruger regaraing me treatment to which the colonial officers and troops who are now prisoners at Pretoria have been subjected the marshal complains that the Boers have treated them as if criminals confined in jail. 'He points out that here are ninety cases of enteric fever and dysentery in the prisoners' camp at waterval; that tne UTansvaal government failed to supply on demand of the doctor the necessary medicines and medical com forts; that the prisoners were forced tc bivouac on the open veldt; that the sick were placed in an open shed with an iron roor, and that it was only when the new doctor threatened to re sign that medicines and mattressei "He invites President Kruger ot rem edy this state of things aud contrast! it with the treatment the British lev j to Boer prisoners, sick and wounded, ' who, as Lord Roberts says, 'receive the same treatment as our own soldiers.' " Boers Captured a Lord. London, April 1G. A special dis patch from Bloemfontein, dated April 14. says: "A patrol of Royal Irish, with whom was Lord Rosslyn, has been captured. Lord Rosslyu has been sent to Kroonstad." TEST OF AN INDEFENDENT POINT Petition Filed in tl Supreme Court for Mamlaiuns In a Political Case. Springfield. Ills.. April 16. Charles Dickerson, Democratic candidate foi Jircuit clerk in Knox county, Saturday filed a petition in the supreme court for a writ of mandamus against M. O. Williamson, county clerk, to compel him to print Dickersou's name on the official ballot for the November elec tion. Williamson refused on the ground that he could not determine whether the Democratic party cast 2 per cent, of the votes of the county, and was therefore entitled to go on the ticket as a party or by petition, until after the judicial election in June for menilHT of the supreme court to suc ceed Craig. The point involved is whether the June election, which is the last preceding election before the gen eral election m November, is a "gener al" election. If it is a general election the Demo crats must either make a nomination as a party in the district, or be com pelled ot get candidates on the ticket, by petition throughout the district. Craig is the independent candidate In the district for re-election. The Dem ocrats support him and make no nom ination, but if Williamson's action is upheld they must either make It a straight party fight for him in the dis trict overwhelmingly Republican, ot pet all the nomination on tickets this fall by petition. BRUTAL CRIME OF TWO TRAMPS Results in the Heath of One Woman and the Lunacy oi Another. Toledo, O., April 10. Shortly before midnight two tratups with handker chiefs tied over their faces stopped at "J? "uc ui iu sisu-rs, ivaie ana I " t of w-V VnVi ..kS I Tyesst of .est loledo. knocked at the door and as Johanna opened the door one of the men struck her across the head with a club, knocking her down. Kate sprang to the assistance of her sister, when a second tramp felled her with an axe-helve. The women were then bound and gagged aud the house robbed. Johanna died in a short time, and Kate is a raving maniac as the result of her injuries. The tramps es caped with $200 in money. Woman's Latest Business Invasion. Sioux City, Ia.. April 16. A hand some young w o:nan of this city has in vaded the fast-diminishing realm that masculine n;an claims exclusively as his own, and is succeeding as a solici tor for cattle and hogs. In other words she is a cattle buyer aud a hog buyer, and a good, one, too. Mrs. Ollie North lake is he pioneer of the fair sex In the live stock business, and so far as is known is the only one in the coun ty. Byers Withdraws from the Race. Des Moines, la.. April 10. H. W. Byers, or Harlan, has announced bis withdrawal from tiie contest for the Republican nomination for congress in the Ninth district. Representative Mc Pherson, recently appointed federal judge, will resign from congress and Byers was considered the leading can didate for the succession. He retires in favor of Judge N. W. Macey, of oneiny. Telephone Men Want a Raise. Milwaukee, April 16. Two hundred linemen employed by the Wisconsin Bell Telephone company have asked for an increase of wages of from $2.25 to $2.50 a day, and a decrease in hours of work from nine to eight hours. The matter will be considered by the prop er officials. In the meantime the men will remain at work. It is claimed the increase asked governs in several other cities. Railway Line To Be Extended. Fort Dodge, Ia., April 10. It is an nounced by the officials of the Mar shalltown and Dakota Railway com pany that it will extend its line from Gowrie to Rockwell City this season, for which purpose a corps of surveyors will be placed in the field early next month. The puriose Is to connect with the Illinois Central, with which a traf fic arrangement has been perfected. Aid for the Starving East Indians. Des Moines, Ia., April 16. Governor Shaw will be the leading speaker at a mass meeting this evening to start an Iowa movement for the raising of aid for famine-stricken Indian. The min isterial union and state and city of ficials have become interested and the intention is to have a state commis sion appointed by the governor to take charge of the work and organize it. Third Man Has B.en Arrested. Alpena, Mich., April 14. Jamei Dopson, married" and 37 years old, has been arrested on a Joint charge of criminal assault with Joseph Yv'rlnkls and William McClintock. The two lat ter were arrested Monday, charged with assaulting Mrs. Ruelle, who lives alone. After the alleged assault was committted. Wrinkle was shot by Mc Clintock, it is claimed, accidentally. Receiver for an Insurance Concern. Des Moines. Ia., April 14. R. J. Mo Kee has been appointed receiver of the Commercial Mutual Insurance com pany upon application of George A. Jewett the typewriter manufacturer. TI.LIl!! . - . . . iiauwiues are stated at zii.ooo: as sets, $30,000. The receivership is due to the state auditor's refusal to Issue a certificate on account of the concern s financial condition. r . 7 v Woman Killed by a Fall. Chicago, April 14. Mrs. Annie Luff, the wife of Thomas Luff, a ooliceman at the stock yards station, fell thlrty- nve ieet irom tne rear porch of her flat at 113 East Fifty-third street, and was Killed. She was leaning against the porch railing when It gave way. Andover Professor Dies. Andover, Mass., April 14. J. Weslev Churchill Bartlett, professor of sacred rhetoric and professor of elocution at Andover seminary, is dead. He wai widely known throughout the country as an elocutionist and reader. Lady Elgin Survivor Dead. Milwaukee, April 14. John Coper, one of the few survivors of the Lady Elgin disaster, which occurred on Lake Michigan forty-one years ago. Is dead. Mr. Roper lived in Milwaukee for the j past forty-five years. REPULSED Brabant Said to Have Severely Handled the Boers. Significant Absence of Censorship Visible' In a Couple of Specials, One of Which, Says -We Are AH Right" aud That the British Have the Boers -Just Where They Want Them" Estimated Total Loss of the Federals. London, April 14. The war office has received the following dispatch from Marshal Roberts: "Bloemfontein, April 13, 1:30 p. m.- The enemy's movements south have been checked. Wepener is still sur rounded, but the little garrison is hold ing out well. Troops are being moved to thejr assistance. The health of the troops Is good and the climate per fection." "Bloemfontein, April 14. Accounts received here of the fighting of the troops under Colonel Dalgety at Wep ener show the Boers attacked them vigoruosly, but were repulsed with great loss. The Boers subsequently relinquished the attack aud it is said here they are returning northwards." Two Significant Telegrams. The Bloemfontein correspondent of The. Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch dated yesterday, describing Lord Rob erts and the troops attending Good Friday services, says: "But the troops are marching forward as well as to services." The Bloemfontein correspondent of The Daily Mail, telegraphing Thurs day, says: "There is nothing whatever to cause uneasiness. It will presently be seen that the Boers are just where we want them. In a word, we are all right." Boer South of Bloemfontein. The Bloemfontein correspondent of The Morning Post, telegraphing Thurs day, says: "The enemy have evidently determined to adopt entirely new tac tics. Two columns are known to b moving to the south of Bloemfontein. They are relying on Cape carts for transport and are carrying scarcely any forage and only sufficient food to meet the immediate requirements of the convoy, with ox transport follow ing at a secure distance. The Boer columns are thus enabled to move al most as quickly as cavalry. It Is re ported that there are 9,000 Boers to the south of De Wet's dorp. The force extends from that point to OdendahL The burghers who had returned to their farms are undoubtedly rejoining the enemy. Lord Roberts has ap pointed the Duke of Marlborough to be assistant military secretary at head quarters." PRETORIA ACKNOWLEDGES ERROR. Possible Explanation of an Extra British. Disaster Military Changes. Loudon, April 14. The following is from Pretoria, dated April 11: "The re port to the effect that the total British prisoners taken In the operations southeast of Bloemfontein was 900 was an error owing to two Boer gen erals reporting the same engagement under different names. The correct to tal of prisoners Is under 1,000." This is possibly the explanation of the recent claim officially made at Pretoria of another disaster to the British in which they lost 1,500 men. Bloemfontein, April 14. A new di vision, consisting of two brigades, has been formed under General Ian Ham ilton. General Hutton's brigade is com posed of Canadians, New Zealanders and ail the Australians except the cav alry. His staff follows: Colonel Mar tyr, chief; Lord Rosmead, aide-decamp; Colonels Hood, of Victoria, and Bridges, of New South Wales, and Ma jor Cart wright, of Canada, assistant adjutant generals. The brigade con sists of four corps of mounted infan try under Colonels Anderson, de Lisle, Pilcher and Henry. The first corps consists of the first battalion Canadians under Colonel Lis sard, and the second batalion Cana dians under Colonel Herchmer. Strath cona's Horse, under Lieutenant Colonel Steele, and the Victorians, under Col onel Price, are in the fourth corps: The second and third corps are composed of Australians. Each corps has a battal ion of Imperial mounted infantry at tached. The Canadians and New South Wales batteries and a number of Vick-ers-Maxims will also join the division. General Ridley's brigade comprises all the South African troops. 2EM,natp1 Total Loss of the Boers. mm London, April 14. The Daily Mail publishes the following dispatch, dated yesterday, from Ixmrenzo Marques: "The Boers are manufacturing shells, especially Yickers-Maxim. in large quantities at the Begbie foundry, Jo hannesburg. The actual Boer losses to the end of March, including prisoners, are estimated at 12.000. At present there are several thousand Boers in Natal and 35,000 in the Free State." Resort Buildings Burned. Kaukauna, Wis., April 14. The buildings of Eden park, a summer re sort immediately adjoining the city limits of South Kaukauna, were de stroyed by fire Thursday night. The destruction was total, as being out side the city limits the fire department was not allowed to act. Plague Riots at Cawnpore. Bombay, April 14. Plague riots have taken place at Cawnpore, where the segregation camp has been de stroyed and ten persons have been killed. 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