ENGLISH MEET DEFEAT
FIRM BROKEN BY SUGAR.
WARDEN'S FORCES FIND SPION
KOP TOO HOT TO HOLD.
WILL USE HER SHIPS.
Boers State that the Numbor cf
British Dead on the Battlefield
Number Fifteen Hundred
I neon. t Special ! General Puller's
3ipa.lth to the war o'lice stall's that
rptor, Kop v.ati abandoned on account
If liu k of water, inability to bring ar
tillery there and the heavy Boer tin'
" mrfcl Buller gives no lint of casual
lies. Kis whole forte withdrew souih
A th. Tusla rivi-r. with the evident
intention ol reaching Ladysmilh by
iiiotr.or route.
General Buller says General Warren's
troops have retreated couth of the
ligel;i river. The Boer KJy that thf
Uritisii lost l.isJO killed Wednesday. It
is believed here that this includes the
wounded. The Boers alw claim that
VJ) of the English troops surrendered
at Sj.ion Kop.
DULLER' S RKPORT IN" FULL:
Following is the text of General Bill
fer's dispatch, dated Spearman's camp.
January 27, t;10 p. m.:
"On January 20 Warren drove back
the enemy and obtained possession of
roe southern crests of the high table
land extending from the line of Aclnn
Homes and Honger's poort to the west
era Ladysmlth hills. From then to
January 25 he remained in close con
tact with the enemy.
"The enemy held a strong position
on a range of small kopjes stretching
from. Dorthwest to southeast across the
plateau from Acton Homes through
Kplon Kop to the left bank of the Tu
gela. "The actual position held was per
fectly tenable, but did not lend Itself
to an advance, as the southern slopes
were so steep that Warren could not
pret an effective artillery position and
water supply was a difficulty.
"On January 23 I assented to his at
tacking Spton Kop, a large hill. Indeed
a mountain, which was evidently the
key to the position, but was far more
accessible from the north than from
the south.
"On the night of January 23 he tt
tacked Spion Kop, but found It very
lifflcult to hold, as its, perimeter was
:oo large, and water, which he had been
ed to believe in this extraordinary sea
son, was found very different.
"The crests were held all day against
severe attacks and a, heavy shell lire.
fur men fought with great gallantry.
I would especially mention the conduct
of the Second Cameroonians and the
third Kings Kifles. who supported the
attack on the mountain from the steep
est aide, and. In each case, fought their
way to the top, and the Second Lanca
shire Fusileers and Second Middlesex,
who magnificently maintained the best
traditions of the British army through
nut the trying day of January 24, and
Thornycroft's mounted infantry,, who
fought through the day equally' well
along the side of the mountain.
"General Woodgate. who was in com
mand at the summit, having been
wounded, the officer who succeeded him
(Captain Thornyerof t) decided on the
night of January' to abandon the
position, and did so before dawn, Jan
lary 2i.
"I reached Warren's camp at 5 a. m.
n January 25. and decided that a sec
ond attack upon Spion Kop was use
legs and that the enemy's right was too
itrong to allow me to force It.
"Accordingly I decided to withdraw
fhe force to the south of the Tugela.
At S a. m. we commenced withdraw
ing the train, and by a. m., January
7 (Saturday) Warren's force was con
centrated south of the Tugela without
the loss of a man or a pound of stores.
"The fact that the force could with
draw from actual touch in some cases
the lines were Jess than 1,000 yard"
part with the enemy in the manner
It did, is. I think, sufficient evidence of
the morale of the troops and that w
were permitted to withdraw our cum
bersome ox and mule transports across
the river, eighty-five yards broad, with
twenty-foot banks and a very swift
current, unmolested, is. I think, proof
that the enemy has been taught to
respect our soldiers' fighting powers."
ENGLAND TO MOBILIZE ALL HER
RESERVE SQUADRON.
Detaining of the Fleet of Warships
Causes Speculatice as to Im
portant Movements.
Big New York Stock Ex chinja Firm
Is Forced to Suspend,
Vew Yotk (Sevial .(-The failure !
TV-iisiall & Co. w announced on the
stock fit bar.g.- todjy The firm
until a few months ag', Norton & Tun
stall, but the senior partner, K. Hope
Norton, at that time r-ti;ed. Mr. Tunl
stall continuing the business and tak
ing in with him C. A Wainwright
Soon after the firm was dissolved it
was said the change had been the re
sult of Mr. Tin? (all's "predilection for
pmnging. n-nns no. .s-, London.-.Speclal.)-The Dally Tele
sugar certificates on the board y-ster- ; crsnh's Portsmouth correspondent in a
day. more or es. prepared meml-r , figniflcant dispatch this morning says
or tne siock exenang- lor tie news mat -.n lne nava tir(.le, of Portsmouth
me nrrn count noi meet it coon ai i. ,h . ,, . . .
The firm assigned to J S. Stea-en. i tn re a ,r0nsr '"'Predion that be-
Its liabilities wcie not ft it.-i. Mr. Tun- j !"rv l"n ,h? government will mobilize
stall was a very heavy buyer of susar ' the reserve squadron and commission
yesterday, taking, accord. ng to r' p.n, 4..veral cruisers to be added t it Thi.
2'I.ink) shares on his own account, and
20,000 or more through a broker. This,
it i said, forced the stink up f:om
117'- to 121. on sales of mole than
97.000 shares.
A great number of broke! s were put
to confusion by the failure. Those who
had covered shorts through him found
themselves long of the i-hares. This
caused selling and the shares were fold
heavily from the opening, lots of from
1.000 to 2,000 being frequently seen. Af
ter the price had declined to 11". 14,ofi
shares were sold "under the rule." as in
the case of failures, in various lots.
Small amounts of United States Leath
er, Brooklyn Transit, Southern Pacific,
Steel and Wire, St. Paul and others,
were bought in the same way. The
firm sent this notice to the stock ex
change:
"Owing to the bank refusing to certi
fy our checks we are obliged to sus
pend temporarily. We hope to make a
satisfactory settlement shortly."
After the notice of suspension and
the closing out of contracts under the
rule commenced, It transpired that it
was a bear and not a bull failure. The
Indications were that Tunstall was
short of a line of stocks. Including
Steel and Wire, Federal Steel. Balti
more & Ohio and many other stocks on
which there were heavy losses, and
that the venture of buying sugar was
simply taken as a last resort to recoup
losses on the bear side.
LAWTON TRAIN STARTS EAST.
BOERS' STORY OF SPION KOP.
Informed of th Capture of Hill they
Advance and Retake Position.
Boer Headquarters. Moderspruit, Up
per Tugela. Wednesday, Jan. 24, Mid
night, via Lourenzo Marquesas Some
Vryheld burghers from the outpost on
the highest hills on the Spion Kop
group rushed Into the laager saying
mat tne Kop was lost and that the
English had taken It. Reinforcements
were ordered up, but nothing could be
done for some time, the hill beffig en
veloped in thick mist.
At dawn the Heidelberg and Carolina
regiments, supported from other com
mandoes, began the ascent of the hill.
Three spurs, precipitous projections,
faced the Boer positions. Up these the
advance was made. The horses were
left under the first terrace of rocks.
Sealing the steep hill the Boers found
that the English had improved the op
portunity and Intrenched heavily. Be
tween the lines of trenches was an
open veldt, which had to be rushed
under a heavy fire, not only from rifles,
but of lyddite and shrapnel from the
Held guns. Three forces ascended the
three spurs co-ordinately, under cover
of fire from the Free State Kruppe, a
Oeusot and a big Maxim.
The English tried to rush the Roers
with the bayonet, but their Infantry
went down before the Boer rifle fire as
before a scythe.
The Boer investing party advanced
Hep by step until 2 ln the afternoon,
when a white flag went up and 150 men
In the front trenches surrendered, be
ing sent as prisoners to the head laager.
, The Boer advance continued on the
two kopjes east of Spion Kop. Many
Boers were shot, but so numerous were
the burghers that the gaps filled auto
natlcally. Toward twilight they reach
ed, the summit of the second kopje, but
lid not get further.
The British Maxim belched, but a
trail of lire from, the Mausers held the
Bngllsh bark. Their center, under this
pressure, gradually gave way and
broke, abandoning the position.
The prisoners apeak highly of the
bravery of the burghers, who, despising
rover, stood against the sky line edges
of the summit to shoot the Dublin
Fusileers, sheltered In the trenches. The
firing continued for some time and then
the Fusileers and the Light Horse serv
ing an Infsntry, threw up their arms
and rushed out of the trenches.
The ' effect of the abandonment of
pplon Kop by the English ran hardly
a gauged as yet, but it must prove to
t Immense.
An unusually high proportion of Lyd
dite shells did not explode.
It la reported here that as a result
tf "Long Tom's" practice on Monday,
r. Jameson was wounded In the leg.
Departure of Bodies of Heroes Is
Marked By Fitting Honors.
San rFancisco, Feb. 1. The special
train bearing the remains of General
Henry W. Lawton. Major John A. Lo
gan, Jr., and Surgeon Major (J. L. Arm
strong to their last resting places start
ed east this afternoon.
The departure of the bodies of the
three officers was marked with fitting
honors. The caskets containing the re
mains of the three officers were borne
by twelve noncommissioned officers of
the Third artillery and placed on the
(lag-draped gun caissons.
Mrs. lawton, Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Arm
strong and the other sorrowing mem
bers of the families of the deceased offi
cers rode in carriages.
The military escort consisted of troops
F and J of the Sixth cavalry, in com
tnand of Captain Frank West; troop A
of the National Guard and a detach
ment from the signal corps of thf
state troops.
STRIKE INV0NVIN6 70,000 MINERS.
Likely tolbe Declared Because of
Disagreement of Convention,
Indianapolis. Ind. (Special.) It Is noi
at all improbable that the coal indus
try in the state of Indiana. Ohio, Illi
nois and Pennsylvania,, known as thf
competitive field, will be shut down
arid the 70,000 minuers in the district
called out on a general strike wlthir
a short time.
This condition is brought about by in
ability to reach an.agrement by the
Joint scale committee. That body clos
ed Its deliberations without an agree
ment, and a strike of gigantic propor
tions is the probable result.
The charge was made on the floor ol
the committee room that the Indiana
operators had deliberately come Intc
the convention with the purpose ol
breaking up the interstate movement
and whether or not this is true, iheli
action has certainly made the reaching
of an agreement a remote possibility.
Is He Crank or Assassin?
Louisville.Ky. (Special.) James Sut
ton, sheriff of Whitley county, whe
came here from Frankfort last night
Is a prisoner in the county Jail. At at
early hour this morning, at the Vic
toria hotel. Sutton went up to the ofTicf
of the clerk and brandished two revol
vers. "I am the man who shot Ooebel." h
said, "and I will never be taken alive.'
The hotel manager promptly sent foi
the police and on the appearance of thf
latter Sutton ran up stairs to the third
story and when he thought he wa
about to be captured, opened a window
and leaped out. lie alighted on his feel
and was injured and ran nearly s
mile before he was arrested. The police
believe that Sutton Is either decided!)
unbalanced mentally or that he knowi
who shot Goebel. An effort to Inter
view him after he was lodged In Jal
proved unsuccessful. He lay in a dark
corner of his cell and refused to say
a word.
mpression is borne out by the fact that
the naval officers who are unemployed
nae oeen iiotmeq to hold themselves
in readiness to proceed on active serv
ice at short notice.
"All the work on ships In hand at
Portsmouth is being pushed with all
speed. Only the most neeefsary re
pairs on several cruisers being relitted,
has been taken in hand.
"That the channel squadron should
at the last moment have been retained
in British waters, instead of being sent
direct to Gibraltar, is also considered
as a sign that some important step
may be taken. The squadron remains
for ten days or a fortnight at Bantry
and then proceeds to Suda Bay or
'Jlbraltar."
NO SPUING CRUISE.
Under these circumstances in view of
the fact that with the departure of the
eighth division and the fourth cavalry
bilgade, Great Britain would be plas
tically denuded of troops, the step
taken by the admiralty have much
meaning. Under ordinary circum
stances ship of the channel squadron,
which have been refited at Portsmouth,
iiavonport and Chatham, would leave
about this time for their usual spring
cruise. The admiralty recognizes the
defenceless condition of the country,
and the squadron will, instead, go to
Ireland for a short cruise, so as to be
near at hand in case of need.
In the meantime It is likely that the
reserve squadron will be mobilized,
ready to stand sentinel at Portland,
when Admiral Kawson takes his power
ful fleet from Ireland to Gibraltar at it s
usual rendezvous when political cloud
gather.
NO CONF1DKNCB KXPUKSSKI).
At a meeting of members of the
noun- of eonminons, wh ohave served
in th- navy or army, a resolution ex
pressing absolute confidence In what
ever measures the government migh!
think necessary was defeated, only t.
voting for It.
The meeting adopted. Instead a reso
lution urging the government to take
steps at once for the formation of a
force, consisting of infantry, cavalry
and artillery, for the puriis of home
defense.
On the fields of war there is appar
ently no change in the situation. N
dispatches detailing ne w 'moves reached
London yesterday, although there wei
rumors from Natal thai another
tempt to relieve Ladysniith would be
made.
Generals French, Kelly-Kenny an
Gatacre. In Cape Colony, are pushing
out their mounted men toward eac
Other.
It Is not likely that any severe fight
Ing will take place for some time In
this section. The Boers at Colesburg
Steynsburg and Stormberg seem to b
content if they can. keep the British
troops In check while Cronje operat
between Modder river and Klmberley
HANNA MAY NAME JOES.
Senator Mark Said to be Solicited
tu Aid In Iowa Affairs.
Washir.ston, I). C (Special.) -The
situation in regatd io the appointment
of a successor to Judge Wisdson. late
of the southern district of Iowa, is
complicated by rumors of a more or Iffi
tellable character. It Is said that Inti
mation has been received from les
Moines that the appointment may be
embarrassed by conditions growing out
of the late senatorial fight. The story
Is to the effect that some of the Cum
mins men are trying to get into the
fight by pushing a candidate of tinlr
own. in whose behalf Senator Ilanna
and other leading administration lead
ers are being solicited to cast a deci
sive influence.
"It cannot be determined who thr-ti
candidate Is, and the utattment is not
generally credited. Another report li
that the Gear men have a candidate
ho is to be kept In the !a :-krun
until the leading candidates that hav
been mentioned are In a deadlock, bui
Senator Gear has not been able to de
vote any attention to the fight, havint
been confined to his rooms by reason
of a cold from which he Is rapidly re
covering, and no great amount of im
portance is attached to this statement
Another Interesting rumor circulating
anion gthe Iowa people is that P.cpre.
sentatives Ijtcey and M Pherson art
both receptive candidates for the ap
pointment and are waiting for the light.
ning to strike them. They both deni
the report and treat it as amusing
since they eai h have a prominent can
didate whom they are grooming foi
tne nnlsh race. All this adds Interest
to the situation.
From a fairly reliable source it l
learned that the appointment will nol
be made for a month.
The committee on public lands In th
house, by a unanimous vote, decided to
make a favorable report on the Kddv
free homes bill. This bill does not ma
terially differ from the original bill In
troduced in the Fifty-fourth congress
by Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma, but
was selected In preference to others by
reason of the fact that It was before
the house in the last congress and its
provisions are well understood bv the
members who were then In the house.
It was also selected in preference to
(tepresentallve I-ddy. w ho was lis prln-
ipal champion In the last house.
The bill differs from the Gamble meas.
ure In excepting military reservation?
from the operation of the ait. The
committee listened to earnest appeals
and able arguments presented by M.
srs. Gamble, Flynn. Shnfroih of Colo
rado, Kddy and Burke of South Ha
kota and the committee wa unanimous
in favor of reporting it to the house a
framed Some of the members tried
earnestly- to have the Fort
YAQUIS III REBELLION.
DEFIES DIAZ AND SWEEPS EN
TIRE SONORA DISTRICT.
Mexican Regulars Dare Not Enter
the Mountains Where the Indians
are Well Organized.
the
BULLER TO TRY IT A6AIN.
Post Expert Fears Disaster on Ac
count of the Leader.
London. (Special.) Spencer WUkln
Ion, In the Morning Post today, dis
cussing the military situation, takes it
for granted that General Buller intends
make another attempt to relieve Lady
smith. He seizes the occasion to ex
press the greatest admiration for th
Jauntless spirit of the British army and
a regret that the main this Is lacking.
namely, proper leadership. He says
"The whole manhood of the nation Is
moved by the same spirit as stlts th':
troops on the Tugela. Cannot the gov
ernment pluck up heart to lead like
men a nation of men. to drop the past
and to plan on a proper scale, arming
the empire for whatever struggle may
be In store?
Wlnstan Chun hill. In a further dis
patch to the Morning Post, which de
scribes the recrossing of the Tugela
Bays:
'Te army Is exasperated, not defeat
td. General Buller will persevere, and
ill will come right in the end.
Die Of Cold In Chicago.
Chicago. 111. (Special.) Two death
were caused by the cold weather lr
Chicago during the past twenty-fout
hours and many persons suffered froic
frost bites of varying severity.
Hundreds of homeless men were car
ed for by the police. The mercury at (
a. m. yesterday and 6:30 a. m. today
touched 8 degrees below zero, the lowest
point this winter ln Chicago.
Roberts Wants Pay,
Washington, D. C. (Special.) B. H
Roberts of Utah, who was recently ex
cluded from membership fn the house
has made a formal demand on the ser-
geant-at-arms of the house for his sal
ary and mileage, amounting In all t
about 12,000. The demand was accom
panied by the presentation of paperi
relating to the claimant's rights and
also, It Is said, with the suggestion
that suit would be begun to enforcs
the claim In case it was not paid.
Co-Operatlve Creamery.
Sioux Falls, S. D. (Special.) The
farmers living In the vicinity of Marin-
dahl, Tankton county, have organized
a creamery association, with a capital
of M,000, and will at once commence
work on the construction of a cream
ery plant, which will cost 12,500. Tht
milk from over 400 cows has already
been pledged.
Pro-Boer Meeting.
Siou City. la. Speclal.)-About m
people attended a pro-Boer meeting
here and listened to speeches by local
orators. A delegation of Hollander?
from northern Iowa wss In attendance
About $60 was subscribed toward ai
amfeuUac fund, .. .
Ladysmlth Garrison Spirited.
LADYS.MITH GARRISON SPIRITKLi
Ladysmlth, Sunday, aJn. 28. (Hello
graphed to Swartz Kop, north of the
Tugela river.) i'he news of the pro
longatlon of the siege, resulting from
eneral Buller s failure. Is received with
fortitude. e can hold on. The garrl
son is healthier, cheery and confident.
Disease is disappearing and there Is
no horse sickness. The rains give plen
ty of grass. We can hear General Bui
ler's guns still working, and it Is ru
mored In amp that he is advancing
along another line. The Boer laagers
around are again full of men, who have
returned from ttie Upper Tugela. Th'
Boers have also taken up a new posl
tlon on the hills near Colenso, where-
they are ln great force. Reinforce
ments are aparently arriving from the
Transvaal. Large bodies of Boers are
also visible between here and Potgle
ler's Drift.
Uprising of Soudanese.
Paris. (Special.) There Is a rumor lr.
fflcial circles, but not traceable to au
thorttatlve sources, that a rebellion
has occurred among the Soudanese
troops In Khartoum.
There are only 150 white British sol
diers there, under command of a major.
The Soudanese force consists of two
battalions with a total of l,i00 men.
Seeks to Annul a Marriage,
(Hastlngf1 Nb.-Specla!.) WMIIam
Boncle, father of the 14-year-old girl,
JCena Honcle, who was married to Orlle
Mull December , has commenced an
action In the district court of Frank
lin county to annul the marriage of
his daughter.
It will be remembered that shortly
sfter the marriage the father of th'
girl was Instrumental ln having Mull
trrested on the double count of statu
tory assault and perjury, which cases
bt been heard by Judge Brown. Mull
was discharged on the first count, but
held on the second, his ball fixed at
M.000, and In default thereof he was
sommltted to jail. The warrant from
Franklin county Is in the hands of the
sheriff, but has not as yet been served
on bis prisoner. ..... '
nilltary reservation Included in
provisions, but were overruled.
The argument In behalf of the ex
clusion of military reservations was
based upon the plea that the lands In
cluded in several such reservations are
more valuable than the lands contem
plated In the act, because In several
rases they are located In the vicinity of
cities and established communities and
have attalne da considerable value, as
high as 150 an acre. Those Interested In
the enactment of this Important legisla
tion feel highly sanguine that it will
A recent telegram from El Paso, Tex.,
stating that the Yaqui Indians have
established a provisional government at
Ilapispe, Sonora. and mean to ask the
United States government to formally
recognize them, calls to mind the fact
that the American campers and herders
and rangers in these mountains have
always taken the part of the aborigines
ln the numerous petty wars waged on
them by the Mexican government. A
major part of the officers directing the
Indian movements are said to be from
this side of the Kio Grande. It Is not
probable that the United States govern
ment will formally recognize this new
provisional government of the Yaquls.
as for commercial reasons the noort
w ill of Mexico is at present much to be
desired; yet there is no doubt that the
1 s p co L?Hgol.fnvfoo shrdlu
sympathy of the inhabitants of those of
the United States which immediately
aujoin me scenes of the conflict are in
sympathy with the struggling little In
dian republic and will aid them sub
stantially If stable rule is once estab
lished.
RULED BY THE PRIESTS.
It Is now six months since the last
annual uprising took place. This Is
supposed to have been instigated by
o injustice aone tne daughter of a
prominent chief by a priest.
Ever since the conquest of Mexico by
Contez the work of the priests among
the Mexican Indians has been constant
and untiring, and the Yaquls have es
peciallydistinguished themselves In a
religious way by their zeal and earnest
ness In all that pertains to churchly
work and observances. They have been
baptized, married ami buried by the
holy men who have devoted their lives
to the task of visiting, Instructing ana
counseling them; and ,to all appearance
up to the last few years, they were the
most sincere and devout of converts. It
has been their custom, so anxious have
they seemed to have the sanction of
religion for all their acts, to have one
of their ow n number, generally the best
educated men of the tribe, appointed
to represent the priest officially when
he was unable to be wllh them In per
son, and to this 'maestro." as he Is
called, they have yielded the most un
questioning deference and olw-dience.
COMPARATIVELY CIVILIZED.
A history of the Yaquls which was
Randall I written by their present trllwil ruler.
enei.ii i otrai. Slates that thev are
the furthest advanced of any of the
.Mexican tribes and have proved them
selves the most callable of learning anil
practically applying the useful arts of
civilization. I-or many years the men
ami women have worn conventlonallv
fashionable garments made of cotton or
wool which the men have raised them
selves and the women have carded and
spun and woven on home-made looms.
The men have learned to be skilled
machinists, successful farmers, hardv
CHICAOO ONCE A SEASIDE TOWN
In connection with the United State
geological surveys now being carried
on in the region of Chicago and supple
mentary work of a scientific tisturt
conducted by professors at the Univer
sity of Chicago, a number of new and
interesting facts and theories concern
ing the geological conditions of the city
and the surroundlnb section have been
developed. One that will arouse much
discussion Is the theory that at a com
paratively recent date the plain oo
which Chicago was situated was thf
bed of a salt water sea. The finding of
many shells on a ridge, high and dry.
with no indications that they could
have been brought there by human
agency. Is the evidence, for which any
other explanation Is wanting.
A matter which is not one of theory
but of study of existing conditions and
the resulting statement of facts is the
pass the house at this session
Vigorous opposition is expec ted, but
in view of the unanimity of the com
mittee ln reporting It. and the large
number of western mem tiers Interested
in Its passage. It Is thought that the
opposition to It will certainly be over
come. The speaker has agreed to rec
ognize Eddy for the consideration of
the measure at the proper time.
The public lands committee also de
t ided to report favorably the bill of
Representative Gamble of South Da
kota, amending the forest reservation
law in regard to expediting the securing
of timber for lumber and other pur
poses, shortening the time and direr ting
the Interior department to promulgate
proper rules In reference to the matter.
Attorneys Howell of Blair, Neb . and
A. II. Burnett of Omaha are in the
city. The former is here In connection
w ith the case of the United States vs.
Hoggs, from Oklahoma, and the latter
is on his way home from the south.
Henry Wear and wife of Sioux City
are registered at the Shoreham.
Representative Gamble of South Da
kota has introduced a bill to establish
mining experimental stations to aid In
the development of the mineral re
sources of the United States. The bill
provides Tor an expert geologist and
chemist, whose duty It shall be to re
ceive any assay of rock, cement or clay
that may be brought to them by any
citizen of the United Stales, who de
sires a proper classification and assay
for the purpose of determining the ex
act amount of gold, cinnabar, silver,
copper, wolfram, tin or other mineral.
Representative Laeey of Iowa pre
sented a resolution from the Iowa
States Veterinary Medical association.
favoring the organization of a veterln
ary corps for service in the United
States army.
Representative Dolliver of Iowa also
presented a resolution from the Federal
labor union of Boone, In relation to
the care and disposition of the public
lands.
Senator Pettlgrew of South Dakot
Introduced a resolution to print 1.0kj
oples of Admiral Dewey's report of the
naval operations on the Asiatic sta
tion, covering the nsval battle of Ma
nila bay, May 1, l9i
Roberts Fight Is Not Over.
Chicago, 111. (Special.) Rrlgham II
Roberts of Utah was In the city a few
hours today on his way to Salt Iaka
Mr. Roberts was accompanied by hit
daughter.
'I am on my way home to Salt
Lake," said Mr. Roberts. "No, I can't
say that my fight to establish my right
to a seat In congress Is over, for I In
tend to consult my lawyers and see If
the matter cannot be brought before
the United States supreme court. I
shall probably sue for the emoluments
of the office to which I was elected by
the state of Utah, as I cannot sue for
the seat In congress very well after
being barred out by that body, which
Is the sole Judge of Its membership."
wnen reminded or the report that the
governor of Utah would call a-ppeclal
election to fill the vacancy caused by
the unseating of Mr. Roberts, the latter
said: "I have heard of that, but have
no definite knowledge that such action
would be taken. No, I do not think I
would try for a re-election In case a
sKclaI election was held, for the result
at Washington doubtless would be the
same. I am confident my constituents
would support me, as they elected me
by a majority of 8.000, having full
knowledge of the charges which have
since been brought og-lnt me. 1 am
satisfied the people of Utah are with
me In this matter.
"It Is my opinion congress has es
tablished a dangerous precedent In
barring out a representative elected by
the people."
j 'allots and pearl fishers, and the women
nave earned honest and decent livings
by thpir spinning wheels and looms,
their needles, r,r by performing do
mestic service In the families of per
sons able to pay for such work.
Up lo the year H7 the rlvlllzation of
the Yaquls seemed to have been a most
successful experiment and was a cause
of much self-gratulatlon among their
white brethren; but the story of the
ten-years' Insurrection under Chief Te.
tabiate. which followed that first fatal
uprising, shows that the Indian heart
had always beaten slow and sullen un
der the thin cloak of peaceful content
with which It had suited him to seem
to clothe himself for a time.
REFUSE TO BE CONQUERED.
It was nearly a year since Diaz an
nounced that If the threatened rebellion
In the Sonora were actually to break
forth, the Yaquls would be exterminat
ed. The president seemed to have for
gotten that In the ten years of war
ending wllh the hastily patched-up
peace of 1X07. which he had been glad
to sign, extermination had never ap
peared to be particularly feasible to the
best of his generals. Perhaps Diaz con
templated proceedings against the Ya-
joir ininxeii wnen tne tnreat was
made. In the six months of desultory
warfare waged against the Indians by
me .Mexican regular troops a general
officer and several hundred men have
jterlshed, three pitched battles have
been fought and half the Mexican In
habitants of the Sonora district driven
to the cities. Hermoslllo, the chief
town of Sonora slate, has heen practi
cally depopulated and the trade of the
tllstrlcf. of which It was the center.
brought to a standstill. An appreciable.
part or the population of Hermoslllo
were Americans, who agree that this
last outbreak could not have occurred
had the Mexican government kept the
terms of the last treaty, which was
only signed, so fay the friends of the
laquls, to get the leaders of the In
stirred Ion under the pow er of the gov
ernment. Other towns have been ruin
ed and Hoctezuma and San Ignacin
partially burned. The Indians now hold
almost all of Sonora and keep the west
ern portion of Chihuahua and th
northern portion of Slnaloa terrorized
from fear of one of their swift and
terrible Invasions.
MOUNTAIN MEN FIGHT WELD.
The Arizona and Sierra Madre Moun
tains are Ihe strongholds of the Yaquls
ana into tneir fastnesses no Mexlcon
troops have ever been able to penetrate.
Trusted priests and some few Ameri
cana have seen the home life of the
Indians, which they say Is far superior
to that of any other tribe now Intact
and equal to the average civilization of
the Mexican people themselves. The
trlbsl laws of the Yaquls are very
strict, and law and order, according to
their still crude statues, prevail every
where. The tribe Is ruled by the old
men, experience and Hie whitened hairs
of past trials being considered vencr
sble among them.
Mountain men always fight well. The
Boers are mainly mountaineers, and
the men who drove Cornwallls out of
the South and made Kings Mountain
a red letter day In American history
had gained their Iron nerves and stur
dy limbs on the rugged heights of the
Carollnas. The Yaquls will win out,
do the Mexican government what It
may. If Ihe rumor cf a provisional
government be well founded some em
bassy may wend Its way to the fron
tier towns of Arizona and New Mex
ico, where the rough cowboys hate a
greaser as much ss their fathers did In
1K4. A regiment of these once enlisted
Mexican chances of sovereignty over
the Honors mountains will he killed for.
ever, and there may spring up between
the two grest republics of the north
continent a third, small, perhsps, but
no less sturdy and self-supporting than
the big brother from whom It Is now
asking aid.
movement of sand dunes as explained
oy iienry cnandier cowics or tne uni
versity of Chicago. The destruction of
a thousand acres of forests of oak.
bass wood, pine and other varieties ol
vegetation In the vicinity of Chicago
and the desolation of a beautiful nat
ural park are things that have been
passing unnoticed under the eyes of a
busy city.
If the evidence which has led to the
sale water sea theory be substantiated
by later discoveries the text books on
the geology of the basin of the great
lakes will have to be radically changed.
Whatever Is the outcome of the ques
tion that has been raised, the survey
already has resulted in much that Is of
Interest. The old shore lines and
branches of Lake George have been de
termined, and a map showing three
separate beaches, extending as fas in
land as Oak Park, in the case of the
highest one, will aid in an understand-
In gof the region that has not been
general. The location of these beaches
will assist in the collection of further
evidence, which will tend either to sub
stantiate or disprove the theory sug
gested by Prof. Rollln D. Salisbury and
William C. Alden.
For two years Mr. Alden, who soon
will receive hl degree at the University
of Chicago, has been working for the
l nlted States geologlral survey ln and
about Chicago. In that time he has
made a study of the old lake beaches
from Evanston to Glcnwood. going day
after day to various point along the
ridges with a hammer, chisel and other
Instruments, and studying the deposits
and formations.
About thirty years ago J. II. Welch
began to make a collection of shells.
which he picked up along the ridge
on which his house is built. It remain
ed for the young man with his theories
and the farmer with his shells to d-
elop the startling fact that the ridge
had every appearance of having been
an ocean beach at some time .since the
second glacial epoch. This Is much
nearer to the present time than was the
second glacial epoch to the time when
the rock beds were deposited by ocean
water. In other words. If the shells
were deposited there, as they seem td
have, been, the time when Chicago was
under salt water Is nearer to the pres
ent than to the time when salt water
heretofore has been supposed to havs
left the Interior.
Prof. Salisbury, w ho Is considered one
of the leading authorities in geology,
not only ln America but also in Eu
rope, is careful In making his state
ment, and says that conclusions must
be deferred until there Is more cer
tainty with regard to the deposit of
shells. There l no doubt that the
shells are salt water specimens. There
Ik almost no room for doubt that they
were there before the present civilisa
tion settled upon the land.
Girls Astonish a Skipper.
American girls are evidently far more
advanced In athletics than their for
eign sisters, as was evidently proved
In a speech made by the captain of the
good ship Thyra, which registered het
maiden voyage to this county a few
weeks ago, coming via the Orient
The Thyra happened to dron anchor
at an hour when the young women's
rowing ciud, with Its various crews,
was practicing on San Diego bay.
Whether by accident or design they
were going through their evolutions la
not known, but at any rate thev sa
luted the Thyra with the'Tunnlng toss."
to wmcn tne Dig snip responded with a
long, shrill blast.
Captain Edwardson's lolly face beam.
ed approvingly, and he took a Ions
look at the muscular young women In
their handsome uniforms. Then he exclaimed:
"This is the first lime n my life I
ever saw a woman at the oars,' and 1
must admit thai they certainly do as
good work as the hardiest seamen."
And the first officer acquiesced with'
"Shiver my timbers if they don't."
It Is needless to say that the hos
pitalities of the Norwegian ship were
extended royally to the feminine tare
as long as the Thyra was In port, and
the girls reciprocated by taking the
captain and his officers on a sham pi
ratical expedition to, the North Island s I
famous long-ago haunt of daring coast ,
pirates.
During the N. E. A. meeting at Lot
Angelen last summer crowds of visitors
were attracted by a display of large
photographs of the various crews witfc
teh fleet engaged in evolutions. It wai
something new to the easterners, asjd
they were loud In their expressions ol
delight at the phase of normal school
life, for there Improbably not anolhei
Institution of the sort In this countrj
which has such an athletic feature
though a number of young ladles' col
lege have well equipped rowing clubs
At the present time San Diego's nor
mal school boasts of no less than elghl
rowing clubs, all organized within th
past year. Six of these are composed
exclusively of young women, and there
Is a prospect of several more being or
ganized soon by the students who en
tered this year. These western girls
believe in physical as well aa mental
development, and while the latter may
be obtained In the schoolroom, the
former must be secured by out-of-doot
exercise, ,
Live Forever.
Old age results from the body beeorn.
Ing too heavy and clumsy for the mus
cles and sinews which are necessary to
healthful activity. In all the food wi
eat there is a certain proportion of
lime. So long aa the muixJes are act
ively employed this lime Is worked one
of the system. If the body becomes In
active it accumulates about the joints
and makes It more and more difficult
t" move mem. rwme of It gets Inte
the muscles themselves, maklnv (ham
hard and Inflexible. Tills Is the reason
why heart disease proves so often rat.i
to old people. When the muscular
valves of the heart cease to work free
ly there Is danger at almost anv time
of fatal results. If any man could eg.
ert enough will power to make himself
take a certain amount of exercise ev. ,
ery day, barring accidents, he would
live forever. Of course, a man might
accidentally acquire a fatal Illness, and
in that rase he might die in spite of hta
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