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VOL. IX, NO. 50.
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kAFEKING REPOIiTS ON APRIL 20.
Ii;ji!ii-lv'll A list's the Boer Com
iiiuiitlcr of Itrutal Warfare
lliM'i' l ision Kn Itoutc
to This Country.
Lou. Inn, May 4. The Bloemfonfein
t iiT.-s..ii!'iit of The Standard, tele-m-aphiug
May 2. says: "I have just
ridden hither from Thaba N'Chu along
the line of our advance east of Bloein
foniein. 1 lie distam-e is fully forty
in lc. and yet al;not every point of
i i ni efilratioii is eolitested h.V the I'U
einy. loonial Bundle; with the Eighth
division, is jiosteil on our rilit flank,
with orders to guard a strong and
iM.tdly .outlined frontal position iu a
tommy of a .i.-i-i i iy difficult nature.
There the Boers have jMisted a number
..t puns of i!iei i..r weight and range
). ..nr mvu. I low.ver. they show no
ii;jMsjtjo!i to do more than keep in
tdteh with ns . 1 1 ! to liarrass our ad-
a lt e.
Cuul'lii't lt:n the Hiirulieis.
Further to the west General Ian
Jlamiltou, witli his division of mounted
iiilautry, is iiessiii-4 northward, eu
e.iunteriiis only a desultory lire. The
llihl.-iml brigade from Val Krauts
has l.cen engaged, while Ieneral Tuck
er. eoiumandinu the Seventh division,
has moved eastward from Karce sid
ing and has returned south, followed
by the Boers. Nevertheless the cavalry,
owing to the greater numbers of the
i iiemy, have been prevented from com
pleting the movement that was intend
ed to encircle the Boers on tlie march
to IJiamlfort. ami the enemy are now
prepared to otter stubborn opposition
on an entrenched hill to the southeast
f Kroonstad.
Colonial Cavalry I ii;srd.
"They will probably abandon that
position as soon as their stores have
been moved north of Yet river. Gen
eral Tucker's attempt to advance on
l'.iaridl.n t showed the enemy to be in
considerable strength. The colonial
cavalry were engaged, and they lost
twenty horses while under tire from
pom Mms. The Bors were, however,
driven from their position."
I:ilrii-F(M M t liari;e Asjitint Snyman.
London. May 4. Colonel Bardeu
Powell reported otlicially from Mafe
king. under date of April 2. that all
was well there, lie adds: Thirteen
native women tried to tret away during
the night of April The enemy
opt-m-d tire on them and killed nine
and wounded two. I wrote to Snyman,
pointing out that he shells the native
stadt. which is full of women and
children, and that when they are try
ing to escape ly day the I'.oers have
t-a . ii !! -!! flogged them ami sent
them buck, and by night they shoot
them down, pretending to mistake
them for night attacks. Snyman has
not replied. The proportion of killed
ami wounded above speaks for itself."'
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DKI.KIiATKS KX KOI7TK.
They Take l'uaie from Rotterdam to the
I nitetl Mate.
Rotterdam. May 4. The l'.oer dele
gates were warmly greeted yesterday
as they drove to the quay and boarded
the steamer Maasdam, of the Holland
American line, bound for New York.
Ir. I.eyds, the diplomatic agent of the
Trnasvaal. will accompany the party
to Boulogne-Stir Mer. The vessels iu
the river displayed the Transvaal, Or
ange Free State and I Mitch tlags. while
numerous ocieties witli bands playing
natioua lairs assembled on the quay,
one association singing the national
anthem, in which many of the public
joined. After I.eyds and the Boer dele
gates had boarded the steamer Fischer
addressed the crowd. He remarked that
iu the song just sung reference was
made to the people and the country.
'Hut."' he added, "no mention is made
of peace or lilicrty. without which
there can be no question of peace in
the country."
Continuing Fischer said: "We are
going to a country which fought for
liberty with the same country with
which we are lighting. We also hope
to obtain this liberty. We have not
sought for the supjiort of factions in
Holland, nor will we seek for them in
America. We will only seel; the peo
ple. On our return we hope to be able
to say that in them also we found sup
porters of our cause." The Maasdam
sailed at 4 p. in.
Cniintlni; Some t'nltatrhetl Chickens.
New York. May 4. The Evening
Post's London eorerspondent cables as
follows: "Six weeks is, today's cables
ay. the time named !n well-informed
circles in South Africa for the probable
duration of the war. That also is the
expectation in govern nieut circles. The
probability is that Lord Itoberts has
himself informed the war otlice that he
exHcts to enter Pretoria within that
period, but ministers are quite alive
to the probable continuance of guerilla
warfare there, and everywhere in the
Kn-o State and Transvaal after Pre
toria has lieen occupied."
Two Fatalitte. at a Fire.
P.ristow. Ia., May 4. The house of
.Tames Walsh, three milt's from here,
was burned Wednesday night. One
child was so badly burned that it died
before morning. Another is thought
to be fatally burned, and Mrs. Walsh,
the hired man and r son are also dan
gerously burned.
Will Kebu.ldthBl ills.
Iron River, Mich., May 3. Thomas
41 rk inson. superintendent Metro
politan Lumber company, passed
through here on his way to Atkinson.
He states that the company has com
pleted arrangements to rebuild its re-
. en llv-tlest roved mills, the plan to
have its logs'sawed at Menominee bav
in lieen found to be too expensive
A double baud mill, half the size of
the one destroyed by lire April 23,
will be ready for operations in sixty
days.
Scores on the Hall Field.
Chicago, May 3. Records at base
ball made by League clubs yesterday
were: At Brooklyn Boston 10, Brook
lyn 3; at Chicago Rain; at ritsburg
St. I.ouis 5, l'utsburg t; at New York
Pailadfclphia 7, New lork 5.
American League: At Buffalo In
dianapolis 4, Buffalo 10; at Cleveland
Detroit C. Cleveland 5; at Milwaukee
-Kansas City 9, Milwaukee 5; at Min
neapolis Chicago 12, Minneapolis 2.
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METHODIST CONFERENCE.
StatWtic-s of the I'irst Hundred Year, of
the Church's Insistence.
Chicago, May 4. That the Methodist
Episcopal churc h has grown and nour
ished like a green bay tree in the first
loo years of its activity iu the United
States was impressed upon the gen-
I.j ....j,ti,l iliv'tl '
erui com ere act ui o v. j
session in the Auditorium yesterday.
The Kpiscopal address, read by liishop
tv i i i,..Iims secretary of the
... V. ; .i.,',,! tl. -it from .-. 1
body of tll.oon cuniinuuicants the de
IH1.II U Ul OllM'l'-, .-.." -
nomination has grown to one oi u.
IXM'tioo communicants since 1SKJ, and
while the population of the country
has increased fourteen -fold the denom
ination has growen uinety-seven-fohL
This seems to disprove clearly the
claims recently made regarding the
great campaign for th.c salvation of
souls. Since the general conference of
1S;H the growth has been 4 per cent.,
Hi.",tM new members, including proba
tioners, being added. Meantime benev- i
olence has increased, especially for j
'educational work, and the religious.
'convictions of the church have re-
' mained unchanged.
j Bemoval of the time limit was ree-"
! nm mended by the bishops, unless it is
i decided to return to the three-year lim
it. As soon as this recommendation
was read the conference applauded
heartily. Ministers were advised not
to take part in controversies between
capital and lalmr and to avoid harm
ful ex-cathedra discussions of social
questions. Warning was given also
nagint making the Methodist a cliurch
for the rich, as against the poor. The
Fa loon was pronounced a greater evil
than slavery.
The 'miserable miscarriage of the
nnti-canteeu law" was condemned,
nroiising applause and the Chautauqua
salute. On the amusement question
the bishops declared there was danger
in prohibition of amusements, and ad
vised following Wesley's principle, fort
bidding "such amusements as cannot
be used in the name of the Lord
Jesus."
deweyat"jacksonville.
Military Pageant in HI Honor Is Viewed
ljr Many Thousands.
Jacksonville, Ills.. May 4 A mili
tary pageant, reviewed by Admiral
Dewey, was the feature of the annual
encampment of the. C. A. It., of Illi
nois here yesterday. The arriving
trains yesterday morning brought thou
sands of strangers to the city, and
when Admiral Dewey and his party
reached the city yesterday afternoon
the streets were literally blocked with
people. The distinguished guests were
escorted to the reviewing stand by the
Fifth regiment. Illinois National Guard.
The procession, comprised companies
of state militia. Sons of Veterans and
scores of semi-military, civic and pat
riotic organizations and thousands oi
the Grand Army veterans were also
in line. At the conclusion of a brief
reception to le held in their honor Ad
miral Dewey and his party departed
for St. Louis to become the guests of
that city.
Ititter Flight in a Citj Council.
Menasha. Wis., May 4. There wen?
127 ballots taken Wednesday night
at the meeting of the common council
to elect a school commissioner. John
Callahan was the principal candidate.
No result was reached and at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning the council ad
journed for two weeks. The fight was
very bitter and feeling ran very high.
The question of religion entered into
the fight. A -movement is on foot to
oust many of the non-resident teach
ers, and tlie election of the school com
missioner means much.
M r.. Neveu's Trouhles t ver.
Chicago, May 4. Besides recovering
the valise containing $20,000 in gold
nuggets and valuable papers stolen
Monday night from the apartments of
Mrs. M. J. Neveu, at 21K) Illinois street.
Detectives Frank Stible and John
Brown have arrester! Thomas Neveu
and Sadie Carroll, the woman who is
said to have induced him to drug his
mother and steal the valise. The police
snr her object was to cet possession
of the gold, "jilt" the boy. and join
her lover, who is quite well known to
the police, too.
St ores on the Hall Field.
Chicago, May 4. Base ball scores
made by National League clubs yes
terday were: At Boston Wet grounds;
at Brooklyn New York 4. Brooklyn tl;
at Pittsburg St. Louis 9. Pittsburg
J; at Chicago Cincinnati 11, Chica
go 4.
American League: At Buffalo and
Cleveland Cold weather; at Milwau
keeKansas Citv 10. Milwaukee 11;
at Minneapolis Chicago 1(5, M inneapo-
lis 3.
Said to Have Sold a Mortgaged Horse.
Eau Claire. Wis., Hay 4. Chief of
Police Higgins received a telegram
from Sheriff Steig, of Whitehall, ask
ing him to arrest and hold Henry S.
Fisher, a horseman, charged with ob
taining money under false pretenses,
It is alleged he sold a horse that was
covered with a mortgage for $100 to
Whitehall parties. The prisoner claims
that the mortgage was released, al
though not canceled on the record.
Sheriff Steig took Fisher to Whitehall.
Olsa Nethersole Sues a Preacher.
Washington. May 4. Suit has been
filed in the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia by Olga Nethersole,
the actress. for $20.000 damages against
Rev. Ihomas C. Laston, pastor of the
Eastern Tresbyteiian church in this
city. The attorneys for Miss Nether
sole allege that Dr. Easton In a ser
mon preached April 1 last, character
ized Miss Nethersole as a "lewd wom
an." Killed Wliile Oiling a Fan.
Chicago, May 4. George Vaughn
was oiling an exhaust fan while it was
In motion, when he lost his balance
and fell against the fan. He was
caught in the machinery and badly
crushed. A St. Luke's hospital am
bulance started with him for tlie hos
pital, but on the way there he died.
For rnrumatlc Tube Service.
Washington. May 4. The senate
committee on postoffiees and post
roads heard arguments of ex-Senator
Faulkner in favor of having an appro
priation of $1,000,000 inserted in the
postoffice bill to continue and extend
the pneumatic tube service in the large
c'ties.
Potter Sues for Hivorce.
Newoprt, K. L, May 4. All
the
rumors were set at rest by the posi
tlve announcement that James Brown
Potter has begun suit for divorce. The
case is now pending In this state. De
sertion Is eiven as the cause for action.
Mrs. Potter Is an actress.
DEMOCRATS OF IOWA.
Meet
In Convention and
struct lor Bryan.
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SAY NOTHING OF THE SILVER RATIO
But Iteamrm the Chicago Platform as
'a Whole Michigan ltepuu
licaus in Council.
Des Moines, la.. May 4. For dele-gates-at-large
to the Kansas City con
vention: Sato Sells, of Vinton; Charles
A. Walsh, of Ottumwa; John S. Mur
phy, of Dubuque; George Baker, of
Davenport. Alternates: Edward 15.
Evans, of Des Moines; Avin Wagenen,
of Sioux City; L. T. Ganung, of Mills
county, Daniel P. Stubbs, of Fairfield.
Iowa Democrats in convention here
yesterday nominated the above dele
Kates and alternates to the Kansas
City convention. The proceedings were
characterized by harmony throughout,
and the convention was the largest
held by the Democrats of this state in
recent years, nearly 1,mmj delegates be
ing present.
Convention Was for liryan.
The prevailing sentiment was over
whelmingly for Bryau, and the dele
gates were instructed to vote as a unit
lor him at Kansas City, in the rrani-
ing of the platform the more conserva
tive element prevailed. The Chicago
piatform - is indorsed and the gold
standard denounced, but the ratio of
!t-to-l tloes not appear iu the resolu
tions. The select iou of John S. Mur
phy, editor of the Dubuque Telegraph,
was a concession to the advocates of
free silver. Murphy was .at first in
clined to insist tin the inclusion of the
numerals n the platform, but till dif
ferences were adjusted ill the commit
tee tin resolutions, the result being the
icatlirmation of the 1S!m; platform with
out the direct mention of tlie ratio.
Convention y inputliie with the Boers.
Jeremiah B Sullivan, of Creston.
was temporary chairman, and Douglas
Deremore, of Waukon, permanent pres
ident of the convention. Sullivan was
given tremendous applause in response
to his denunciation of trusts and im
perialism, ami his indorsement of Will
iam J. Bryan for president. Nowhere
in his speech did he mention 10-to-l.
Tlie convention adopted a resolution
offered by Fx-Bepresentative Butler,
providing that the delegates contribute
to a fund in aid of the Boors. The
platform also extends sympathy to the
Boers, favors popular election of Unit
ed States senators and generally con
demns the whole Republican national
policy, domestic and foreign.
Hoffman Fleeted Chairman.
The Democratic state central com
mittee last night re-elect d George A.
Huffman, of Des Moines, chairman,
and selected Cedar llapids as the place
for holding the convention for the nom
ination of slate officers during the last
week "of July. A. F. Jackson, of Iowa
City, was elected secretary of the com
i,,iit. -ind .1. W. Bowaus. of Dcnison,
in n-ur r
Kl.l'l Itl.lCANS OF MH IIK.'AN.
Harmony a Feature of tlie State Conven
tion Traiiic.it tious Thereof.
Detroit. Mich.. May 4. Harmony
seemed to be the distinctive feature
when the Republican state convention
met at noon. Apparently there were
no prospects tif a light over any of the
subjects with which the convention
was about to deal. Conversation
among the big crowd of delegates and
candidates during the morning turned
more upon the chances of the big
batch of candidatess for governor and
other state ottiees than uon the work
of the convention, viz.: election of del-egates-at-large
and a state committee
and adoption of resolutions. It was
evident that the interest in the nomi
nating convention, to be held later,
will lie tremendous.
The gubernatorial headquarters and
the corridor of the Russell House
swarmed with delegates ami candi
dates all the morning eagerly discuss
ing the prospects. A brief meeting of
the retiring state central committee
was held, an auditing committee was
appointed and routine business trans
acted. The committee voted to rec
ommend to the convention that the
number of delegates to slate conven
tions be apportioned hereafter accord
ing to the vote at presidential Instead
oT at "off-year" elections, which will
certainly declease the size of the state
conventions.
The only thing that delayed the con
vention was tii- tight in Washtenaw
county between the "regular" dele
gates ami the "irregulars." the "regu
lars" getting the seats. Charles E.
Townseud, of Jackson, was temiiorary
chairman, and the temporary organiza
tion was made permanent. The follow
ing were unanimously elected rlele-gates-at-large:
Colonel Frank J. Heck
er. of Detroit; Delos A. Blodgett, of
Grand Rapids, and Captain William E.
Parnall. of Calumet. William Mcpher
son, of Howell, and Frank W. Gil
christ, of Alpena, fought it out for
fourth place, with the result that Me
Phersou won. The following were
unanimously elected alternates-at-large:
Albert S. Glasgow, of Jackson;
Herbert S. Sands, of Pentwater; Will
iam Barie. of Saginaw, ami John N.
McCall. of Ithaca.
Gen-it J. Diekema. of Holland, was
unanimously chosen chairman of the
state central committee. Stanley W.
Turner, who had been considered the
hading candidate for state chairman,
having announced ins withdrawal.
Major L. G. Wilcox, of Bay City,
and Perry Hannah, of Traverse Citv,
were elected presidential electors-at-large.
The platform instructs for Me
Kinley for president and otherwise is
standard Republican on all issues.
Coal Mines on Fire.
Bristol, Tenn., May 2. The coal
mines at this place are on fire and
there is a great apprehension for the
lives of the miners. It is impossible
to learn how many men are in the
mines or anything whatever regarding
the conflagration. It is reported that
all have escaped except nine, who are
unaccounted for.
Wanted in Illinois for Kidnaping.
Springfield. Ills., May 3. Governor
Tanner has issued a requisition upon
the governor of Iowa for the extradi
tion of Fred Poland, under arrest at
Muscatine, la., and wanted at Aledo in
this state to answer to an indictment
for kidnaping.
HAD NO TIME TO DRESS.
Guests In m Hotel Hare to Get Oat In
Their Fajaraas.
Brownsburg. Ind., May 4. About
11:13 Wednesday night tire broke out
In the rear of the Union hotel, and the
building was entirely destroyed, the
guests escaping in their night clothes.
The fire also spread to J. C. aiker s
barber shop, consuming it, and thai
livery barn, owned by Benjamin Sal
mon, which was also destroyed. The1
Union hotel was one of the oldest as,
a tavern in this place, having ueen
erected in 1837, at which time it was
occupied as a tavern on the old stage
route from Indianapolis westward.
Many distinguished people were shel
tered under its roof in those early days.
The property is owned by George Sal
mon, whose loss is estimated at $2,
!00, with $1,MK) insurance. It was
leased to O. M. Davis, who places his
loss at $1,500. with $000 insurance. J.
C. .Walker, barber, and Bell & Burns,
Implement dealers, sustained about $73
loss. The building owned by Albert
Miller wa salso damaged about $200.
RULEAST0 JURORS
Judge Wiest Makes an Important On In
the Sutton Case.
Lansing. Mich.. May 4. The panel
of thirty jurors drawn for the trial of
the case against Colonel Eli Sutton,
charged with complicity In the state
military frauds, was exhausted at noon
yesterday, without a jury being se
cured, and an order was entered for
the drawing of twenty-four talesmen.
Judge Wiest has decided that no per-
gon can sit as a Juror in the button
case, who has a nxeu opinion mat
either General White, who has left the
country or General Marsh, who was
convicted of participation in the profits
of the frauds, is guilty of the con
spiracy to defraud the state. This
ruling makes it extremely difficult to
secure a jury.
Had a Right to Shoot Him.
Madison, Wis., May 4. President
Lyon, of the state lnard of control,
has returned from Green Bay, where
on Wednesday he investigated the
charge that both the superintendent
and assistant superintendent of the re
formatory were absent at the time of
the shooting of an escaping prisoner
by Guard Wright. He found the
charge not true. Assistant Superin
tendent Thomas was at the institution
and at the time the shooting occurred
takitig supper with Senator De
vos. The coroner's jury exonerated
Wright, j
Cripple Sent to JalU
LaCrosse. Wis., May 4. Joseph
Praus, a cripple, who some weeks ago
made a vicious assault on old Joseph
Ausfelder, proprietor of a boarding
house and saloon and over 70 years of
age, appeared before Judge Briudley
and pleaded guilty to a charge of as
j sault with intent to do great bodily
i harm. He was committed to jail for
six months at hard labor, the court
taking into consideration the fact, that
Praus has already spent some months
in jail awaiting triaL
BORN ON ST. HELENA.
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Story of a Michigan Woman Who Has
Iteliea or the ltx-k.
Hudson, Mich., May 2. An interest
ing story of romance and history can
be told of Mrs. Mary Wagar, wife of
Thomas Wagar, of this citj Mrs.
Wagar was boru on the island of St.
Helena, the location of the English
military prison on which Napoleon the
Ireat was kept and where is now con
"ed General Cronje, the Boer coni
. antler. Mrs. Wa gar's father. Cap
tain Bagley, was captain of the Eng
lish guard at the time the body was
exhumed by the French government.
Slvfi has many relics handed down that
bear a connection in one way or an
other with the great Napoleon.
The family were residents of the
Island for a number of years and speak
of it as a very pleasant place, al
though the approaches look barren and
desolate. The interior is entirely sur
rounded by hills, with the exception
of one narrow passageway. The main
buslnessof the island is market garden
ing, but tropical fruits are raised there
In great luxuriance. Ships passing the
island stop there to replenish with veg
etables and fruit. A cousin of Mrs.
Wagar is governor of the island.
GREAT ARTIST IS DEAD.
Man Who Painted "Christ Before Pilate'
Dies in a Madhouse.
Bonn, May 2. Munkacsy, the cele
brated painter, died in an asylum here.
He will be burled at Budapest Michael
.Munkacsy was born near Munkacs in
184J. When a boy he was apprenticed
ftlCVKACST.
to a carpenter, but his talent for paint
ing soon developed and he left the
bench for the easel.
His reputation was established by
the exhibit ion of "The Last Day of a
Condemned Prisoner." which was ex
hibited at the Paris salon in 1S70. His
fame- will rest on his masterpiece
"Christ Pefore Pilate." a large can
vas, which was exhibited all over the
world.
Gets Another Plant.
Akron, O., May 2. The American
Clay Manufacturing company has se
cured control of the plant of the Ben
nett Sewer Pipe company of Jackson,
Mich. This makes thirty plants now
operated by the combine. The latest
acquisition is one of the foremost in
Michigan.
Campau Elected First Delegate.
Port Huron, Mich., May 2. Daniel
J. Campau was unanimously selected
as first delegate-at-large from Michigan
to the Democratic national convention
by the state convention held here yesterday.
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House Conies Very Close to a
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HEPBURN CALLS CANNON A LIAR.
Nicaragua Canal Matters the Cause of
the How-Bill Passes by a
Vote of 113 to 35.
Washington, May 3. The house yes
terday at the conclusion of the most
stormy debate of the present session of
congress, passed the Nicaragua canal
bill by the overwhelming vote of 223
to 33. All attempts to retain in the
bill the language of the original bill
for the fortification of the canal and
ot still further strengthen the language
on that line were balked and the vic
tory of Hepburn and the committee
was complete. A motion to recom
mit the bill with instructions to report
back another bill leaving the selection
of the route to the president was
buried under an adverse majority of
ig lO ill.
Sniping" by Cannon and Hepburn.
Cannon, chairman of the appropria
tions committee, and Burton of Ohio,
chairman of the river and harborscom
mlttee, made a game fight to stall off
action at this session, but their ap
peals were in vain and the members
rode rough shod over all their argu
ments and protests. Much excitement
reigned throughout the day and sev
eral times bitter words were nsed. The
excitement reached its climax in a
highly dramatic scene between Hep-
hum and Cannon when the former
used the words "lie" and "liar," as
he denounced the distinguished chair
man of the appropriations committer
for attempting "to dishonor him."
Hi pburn Hegan the Quarrel.
During the close of the debate Can
non arose to reply to charge's made
against him Tuesday by .Hepburn to
th effect that his opposition to the im
mediate passage of the bill was due to
a desire to delay the enterprise and to
personal interest. Hepburn charged
several times that a firm had been or
ganized in Chicago for the purpose of
buying franchises in Nicaragua and
dispose of them to the government at
fabulous prices. Hepburn also charged
that a prominent newspaper in Chi
cago was working In the Interest of a
syndicate working against the canal
bill.
CANNON ACCUSES HEPUFRN.
Illinois Man's Iteply to the Iowa Man and
the Subsequent Proceedings.
In replying to Hepburn's charges
Cannon said that the representative of a
certain but eau had come to him iu the
lobby and Informed him that he had
heard a report that Hepburn was a
member of the movement desigued to
obstruct the passage of the canal bill.
This brought Hepburn to his feet with
a demand lo kuow the name of Can
non's informant. The latter did not
heed the demand, except to say that he
did not kuow his name, and started to
read from the record. But Hepburn in
terrupted him with his face aglow
with indignation.
"There are scroundrels and liars here
who have been working against the
bill," he shouted. "I shall state to the
gentleman from Illinois that any one
making such a statement to him, or
any one assuming the responsibility, is
a liar. I say this with full appreciation
of what the word means."
"Whom does the gentleman from
Iowa refei to when he uses that ex
pression?" demanded Cannon.
"I repeat that whoever comes to the
floor of this house with euch a report
charging me with insincerity is a liar.
I shall say further that there are gen
tlemen In his city of Chicago who have
offered franchises to the government
and are certainly interested in block
ing this bill." Cannon protested that he
had not sought to dishonor Hepburn
and said the latter's remarks were due
to his temper ami he (.Cannon) would
drop the subject. But for a few mo
ments it looked as if there would be a
regular rough-and-tumble fight, with
out "going out in the alley."
The belligerent electricity was not
completely dispelled by this exhibition,
and a little later Gaines of Tennessee
took exception to a personal allusion
made to him by Mann of Illinois. Aft
er reading from the record Mann's
statement Gaines, with great vehem
ence, declared that the man who had
uttered the words was "devoid of com
mon decency, courtesy and gentility."
The Illinois member had told him,
Gaines said, that he had come from
the south and was a southern man.
and he thanked God that he was 1,500
miles removed from contact with the
sor.th.
Mann came down the aisle as Gaines
concluded and in sarcastic tones said:
"Mr. Chairman, if the remarks came
from any other member than the gen
tleman from Tennesse they would de
serve reply, but from him they need no
answer."
As Mann turned his back Gaines
raised his right hand menacingly and
exclaimed, amid the confusion and
laughter: "I want to say that I am re
sponsible for every word I say."
Philadelphia Times Changes Owners.
Philadelphia. May 2. The an
nouncement was made yesterday that
the interest in the Philadelphia Times
owned by the heirs of the late Frank
McLaughlin has been sold to a syndi
cate of local capitalists headed by
Charles F. Kindred, geueral agent of
the Reading railway. It is understood
that Colonel A. K. McClure, who has
been a part owner of the paper since
it was established twenty years ago,
will remain with the new management
as editor-in-chief.
niir Company Organized.
New York, May 2. The Cosmopoli
tan Power company, with a capital of
$40,000,000, which is believed to be
allied with automobile interests of this
city, was orgauized in Jersey City yes
terday with these directors, who are
for the most part Chicago men: George
E. Highly, W W. Gurley, II. II. Carter,
T V. Ileniinzwav. D. S. Hank. K F
' Crompton, Adrian H. Larkin and Chas.
' N. King. The company is to manu
facture automooues for the west
Dole to Governor Hawaii.
Washington, May 2. President Dole
has been selected as the first eovern-
1 or of Hawaii. The formal announce
1 ments will be made when the list of
' Hawaiian officials to be appointed by
I the president is complete.
CLASHES
CONGRESS
HAMILTON REPORTS SUCCESS.
Boers Get Away as Usual. Except Wound
ed, and Capture Twelve Britishers. I
London. May 3. A press dispatch is
the only news from the front in South
Africa at this writing. This tells that
on Monday and yesterday General
Hamilton's force drove the Bucrs from
line of hills commanding Houtnek,
the Boers leaving many wounded. They ;
still bad three guns on a neighboring
hill which out-range anything the Brit-1
ish have on the ground. But the action
gives the British control of the Tbaba I
N'Chu Bloemfontein rad. Hamilton
had two officers and a private killed. !
four officer sand five privates wounded
and a 'mlsslnf 'list of two officers
and ten men. I
The immediate objective of Lord
Roberts is to establish a line of British
posts from one frontier of the Free
State to the other at right angles with
the railway, thus preventing Boer raids
southward. It is essential, therefore,1
that the Boers should be expelled from
the rugged Thaba N'Chu district and
be forced to retire to Ladybrand. As
tlie result of the desultory tiring Mon
day and Tuesday, the Boers were
pushed back a few miles but nothing
definites appears to have yet been at
tained.
FIRES IN MICHIGAN WOODS.
Not a County In the Upper Peninsula
Wrthout Its Blaze.
Houghton, Mich., May 3. In every
county iu the upper peninsula forest
fires are burning and great damage
is being done. Several small settle
ments are threatened with destruction.
Reports from the north shore of Lakt
Superior state that similar conditions
prevail in Canadian territory and lum
ber jobbers are fighting fires at several
points to save the winter's cut of logs.
The air has been, filled with a smoky
haze for the past three days. Mariners
n the western half of Lake Superior
are much annoyed by the haze, which
renders navigation perilous.
Several settlements are threatened
with destruction. The spring has been
unusually dry,- and nothing but copious
and protracted rains can prevent heavy
losses to cut and standing timber, and
possibly loss of lift iu a district cov
ering over 10,000 square miles.
INDIANTHIEVES ARRESTED.
Gang Had Been Stealing Horses In North
Dakota.
Minneapolis, May 3. A Times spe
cial from Maudan. N. D., says: A
gang of Iudiau horse thieves, headed
by Frank Hawk, has been arrested.
The gang has been operating for over
six months on the reservation. They
would change brands and then run
the horses into South Dakota and sell
them.
Black Hawk was one of the Indians
implicated in the Spice murder in 1897
and set free because the two Indian
boys who charged him with the offense
were lynched before Black Hawk's
trial. Sub-Agent Wells lias the men in
charge aud iu a (few days they will
have their prelitnmary hearing. They
have stolen between sixty ami a hun
dred horses.
Spawn for a State Hatchery.
Minocqua, Wis.. May 3. Fish are
being caught out of Tomahawk lake
for spawn for the state hatchery. The
fishermen are Superintendent James
Nevins and F. C. Bandcll, of Madison;
Captain W. II. Johnson, of Wlnne
conne, and Fred Pfister, of Oshkosh.
They have some fine muskellunge and
golden pike in their pens. They sent!
in a load of suckers to be distributed
to their friends in Minocqua. The state'
fish commission is going to scad a
large number of rainbow trout to stock
some of the lakes in this vicinity.
Bulk or the Wealth Recovered.
Chicago, May 3. Thomas Neveu,
who drugged and robbed his mother
Monday night, obtaining money. Jew
elry and securities worth $70,000, has
eloped with his sweetheart, Sadie Car
roll. The police authorities here have
learned that Neveu and Miss Carroll
have gone to Milwaukee or Elgin. The
valise which was the treasury recept
acle has been recovered and with it
the securities. All of the plunder that
is missing now is the jewelry, valued
at $1.0O0, and currency and gold duet,
amounting to about $100.
Safe Robbers at Chicago.
Cuicago, May 3. Five expert safe
blowers broke into the Val Blats
Brewing company's branch office at
Union and Erie streets at 3 a. m. and
after binding George Hildebrand, a
private watchman, hand and foot with
wire, blew open the safe and robbed
it of 5700 or $800.
Paraded in Their Pajamas.
Lafayette, Ind.. May 3. Clad in
nightshirts, 4O0 Purciue students, head
ed by the university band, gave a street
parade Saturday night while awaiting
the arrival of the' victorious ball team
from games with Notre Dame and Cul
ver. Little Girl Fatally Burned.
Brillion,Wis.,May 4. Cora Krueger,
the C-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Krueger, who was badly
burned Wednesday, died from the
shock yesterday morning. The child
was playing around a bonfire in a back
yard when she approached too close
and her dress caught fire. C. C. Will
iams and August Bruss.who were near
by. rushed to smother the flames and
their hands were badly burned.
Elevator at Wabash Burned.
Wabash, Ind., May 4. The elevator
of the Big Four railroad at New Paris
ic rtostrnved bv fire Wednesday. The
buildinc ignited from a locomotive
SDark and burned rapidly. The loss on
buildinsr and erain is estimated at
$10,000; insurance, $3.000.
Navigation Opening Briskly.
Dulutb, Minn.. May 3. The season
of navigation Is opening briskly. In
twenty-four hours thirty-seven ships
arrived here, either in ballast or with
coal or merchandise, and all are to
take out ore or grain. There ar now
on the lake, Duluth-bound, sixty great
freight ships, valued at not far from
$10,000,000. All will be here within the
next two days.
1 1 as No'Vlte Presidential Bee.
Chicago, May 4. Governor Leslie
M. Shaw, of Iowa, who is one of the
lay delegates to the Methodist confer
ence, was at the Auditorium hotel
Wednesday. He disclaimed having any
aspirations in connection with the vice
presidential candidacy, and snid he
had not heard Bepresentative Hep
burn's name mentioned outside of the
recent Washington dispatch in The
Tribune.
A. W. Atwood's drugstore is head
quarters for wall paper.
IS A GROWING HORROR
Tlie Frightful Calaiiiity at the
Two Ill-Fated Mines.
DEATH ROLL MAY REACH 300.
Said to Have Been Perhaps Four Hun
dred Men at Work.
BODIES COME OUT BY THE CARLOAD
Every House In the Hamlet a Home of
Mourning Brave Men Hard t
Work Kecovering the Vic
tims of the Disaster.
Seotield. Utah. May 3 Three hun
dred and ninety-eight men entered the
mine for work Tuesday morning in the
Pleasant valley coal mine and a great
majority of them have perished.
Scotield, Utah, May 3. Last ulght's
estimate of the number of killed In the
terrible mine explosion here Tuesday
was 230. but the total death list may
yet reach 300. Belief work is still
ia progress, being conducted by shifts
of men. Tlie shift In the mine at this
writing has fifty bodies ready to bring
out, antl the number of corpses yet to
be reached Is still uncertain. Arriv
ing train's are constantly bringing rela
tives of the victims fromontslde points,
and the coal company has designated
a committee to carry the dead to Salt
Lake City, Ogden and other cities. On
account of gas, No. 4 mine has been
abandoned as a means of rescue, and
bodies are arriving at the mouth of.
No. 1 mine by the carload.
Perhaps 4UO Were at Work.
According to advices at this writing
140 bodies have been taken out and
identified. Twenty or more bodies are
said to be mangled beyond recognition.
No one seems to know just how many
men were in th mine at the tlm of
the accident, but it Is estimated that
between 800 and 400 were at work
when the accident occurred. While nu
merous theories have been advanced
as to the cause of the explosion noth
ing Is yet definitely known on that
point.
Every House a f lonte of Mourning.
Every house in the little to n of
Scofield is a house of mourning. The
awful scenes of Tuesday bad passed
away when the day dawned yesterday
morning, and the calm of despair had
taken their place. The agonized shrieks
of the widows and the moans of the
fatherless were no longer heard. The
stricken ones were beyond all that,
and their grief could find no utter
ance. When the removal of the bodies
from the mint began Tuesday hun
dreds of men volunteered their ser
vices for tlie purpose. The rescuers
came from other mines and towns sur
rounding "and worked incessantly to
bring out the burned and -mangle re
mains of the dead miners. Many of
the rescuers came near losing their
lives from the fatal after-damp, but
the work was continued In the face of
all danger, and most of the brave fel
lows remained at their posts until they
were almost ready to drop from phy
sical exhaustion and the deadly ef
fects of the poisonous fuuies.
BEGGED THEM TO KILL HIM.
One of the Victims Brought Out Alive
Theory of tlie Cause.
One of the men brought out yester
day was still alive but presented a ter
rible sight. His scalp was burned to a
cinder and his face was almost unrec
ognizable. In ids horrible pain he cried
out to his companions, begging them
to end his misery by taking his life.
About fifty men were working iu what
is known as the No. 1 back level, and
were so far from the explosion that it
had spent its force before the shock
could reach them, and they all got out.
They heard the report, but did not
grasp the situation at once, one of the
men continuing to load a car after it
occurred.
The theory of Bishop Parmalee as to
the cause of the explosion is that some
of the Finns recently imported se
cretly took giant powder down Into the
mine to assist them in their work.
They were exceedingly anxious to
make a good showing and make as
much money as possible, and It is -thought
this form of explosive was
used in order that great bodies of coal
could more easily be dislodged. It Is
thought that when the giant powder
was touched off it ignited some of the
dust of which every coal mine has more
or less.
A curious fact connected with the af
fair is that five men Thomas Sellers,
Alex C. Wilson. John Wilson, Harry
Taylor and John Beddoes who were
working outside of the mine were se
verely hurt. John Wilson was blown
with his horse a distance of 200 yards
across the bottom of -the canon. The
back of his skull was crushed and
something had been driven into his ab
domen. Thomas Sellers was fifty yards
away from the mouth of the tunnel,
but be had his right foot crushed,
shoulder knocked out of place and his
back badly hurt. Harry Taylor had his
jaw broken. John Beddoes was severe
ly bruised.
Conductors and Brakemen Out.
Great Falls, Mont., May 3. All
freight conductors and brakemen are
out on the Montana Central. The
trouble is over a new schedule which
went into effect May 1. The new sched
ule is the same as was accepted on the
main line of the Great Northern some
months ago. over which there was some
trouble. Passenger trains are not af
fected and passenger crews are at
work, but will stop if asked to move
freiuht.
Judges of a 'Varsity Debate.
Madison, Wis.. May 3.--The Judges
who will serve on the oratorical con
test between the universities of Wis
consin, Michigan. Minnesota. Illinois.
Northwestern. Chicago and Oberlln to
be held at Madison tomorrow night
have been finally agreed upon. The
Judges on thought and style are David
Starr Jordan, president of Leland-Stan-ford
university: Professor Ralph Cur
tis Ringwald. of Columbia college, and
President Draper, of the University
of Illinois. The judges on delivery are
Judge FIshback, master in chancery
of Indiana: Governor Mount, of In
diana, and Editor Hackett, of the Foi t
Wayne (Ind.) Sentinel. .