GEN. JOUDEdT IS DEAD
BRAVE BOER SOLDIER DIES AT
PRETORIA.
The Transvaal Capital Shrouded In
Gloom for the Loas of the
Gallant Leader.
APPEALS TO THE BURGHERS.
Pretoria, March 2. General Joubert
died laet night at 11:30 o'clock. He had
Wen Buffering from & stomach corn
p Lai lit.
The town Is plunged Into mourning
fur the true patriot, gallant general ana
upright tr.d honorable gentleman.
London. tSpecial.) The Pretoria cor
respondent of the ftaily Mail says:
"Centra) Joubert died of peritonitis.
The funeral wil ltake place tomorrow
(Thursdy. The government is plead
ing wild tne widow to allow a tem
porary interment here, ith
President Steyn Tell Them Not
To Give Up
lxmdon --(Spot iul.l The rorrt epoinl .
crit of the Tines at Loieuzo Mar qui
says:
Mr. Steyn has lesuej a circular letT
dealing with the pi ' iamation of Lord
Koberta. and declaring It to he obvious
that the "enemy's policy in, aa it al
ways hag been in South Afilra, to di
vide and dominate hl.s opponent."
The circular says that "before the
war England tried to seduce the Free
State by treacherous means from its
agreement with the Transvaal In order
to facilitate the swallowing up of the
republics."
He rtpudiates the charge that the
burghers have been misled by their
leaders, and then says:
"The enemy by fair promises peeks
to divide us by offering a reward for
disloyalty and cowardice. Could a
grosser Insult be offered than to dis-
State : not be misled bv this connlnp rose.
runerai. joubert always expressed a j The man who would secure another to
desire to te burled in a mausoleum j disloyalty cannot himself be faithful,
built cn his farm. j H wouij lmly Io;lve the disloyal burgh-
"His swressur in th- chief command .ra al..ne, when he had his foot on the
FREIGHT RATE CASE,
THE FIGHT GETTING SOMEWHAT
COMPLICATED.
Federal Court'sSupersedea Grant
ed the Burlington Opens tne
Way for Injunction.
will pribably be General Louis Ilolha,
Bow coiriranding in Nutai."
All the morning partis print singu
larly kind editorials regarding Genera!
Joubert. They praise his military skill,
uphold his chivalrous conduct, and re
gret that go strong and moderate a
mind should be absent from thf; final
aettlernerit of the dispuie.
Although some of the younger com
manders thought the old soldier want
ing in dash and enterprise, his raid
into the country south of the Tugelu
Is considered the best piece of Uotr
leadership during the whole war.
It is now known that he crossed the
Tugela with only 3,mo riflemen and nix
guns, but so bold and rapid were his
movements that the British command
er thought 10,000 Hoei were marching
tin f'icti-rinaritzburjr. For a few days,
a-lthough in the presence o greatly su
perior forces, he isolated General Mill
iard's brigade at F.stcourt and at the
same time threatened General P.arton'
tamp at Moot river. Then as Uriiisli
reim'orternc-rits were pushed up, Gen
eral Joubert recrussed the Tugela with
nut losing a prisoner or a pun.
Cieneral White's estimate of him pro-j
..Bounced on Tuesday before he died, us
a gentleman arul a brave, honorable '
neck cf th,. Afrikander nation. That
he is already disloyal to his promise Is
clear from the shameful destruction of
properly at Jarobsdal and the arrest
of the Bloeinfontcin burghers who
trusted in his promises. Although the
capital Is in the enemy
brittle-is not lost, on the contrary
there is greater reason for lighting the
more fiercely. The power of the coun
try is not dependent upon any town."
There is unmistakable evidence that
this letter is the work of State Secre
tary P.-iu. Now that Mr. Fischer Is
gone, it is evident that Mr. Steyn is
dominated by Pretoria.
Hundreds of the younger Ikers, In
cluding officers are being arrested f(.r
desertion. A large, number of men of
over 60 year of age are being com
mand, ere. 1, although not legally liable
for service.
According to trustworthy information
fmm Pretoria the total stock of Mau
ser ammunition, S.fS'O.oao rounds, was
issued to the Free State burghers. The
Hoers sic now issuing I.ee-Metford
cartridges, f which they have only
.MjO.i.hXi and Martini-Henry cartridges, ,.t
which they originally possessed 4,UGu,
i,'0. The Creusot ammunition Is almost
BRITISH GREED FOR GOLD.
xhausled. The smokeless nowdcr
enponenl, strikes the tone of all British j which was manufao; ured. is proving
eommeiit. jdeikient in Quality ami the exix-rlmeiit
" of re-charging the Mauser cartridges
GENERAL JOUBERT'S CAREER. j11;is ,Iflvwl a failur-- ow'ns u h '
, ability tif the Poers to make caps.
Leader of Boer Forces and Victor
of Majuba Hlil,
General Pietrus Jacobus Joubert.com
atandant general of the Transvaal
forces, better know n as Piet Joubert. or
""Siren Piet" (Slim Peter), was born
about 6? years ago. He was descended
Irom an old French Huguenot family
which settled in South Africa many
Jears ago. He was born In Cape Col
aoy, but was taken to the Orange Free
State, by his parents, when 7 years old,
wtu re he was taught from early cbild
aood to shoot- straight and hate the
Xritrsh.
He iff df scribed as having been ut
terly fearless.
4f school he had but little and he
Liberal Federation Denounces At
titude of Great Britian.
London. Si-cial.) The twenty-second
annual meeting of the liberal fed
eration opened at Nottingham today,
1,-iKi delegates being: in attendance. Mr.
Spence Watson remarked - that there
was never a time when the party need
ed the leadership of Mr. Gladstone.
There vx-rti, he added, great differences
in the party regarding the war, but he
was still confident of the future of the
j party and advised urging upon the
I government the necessity of allowing
i the two republics of South Africa thu
never saw- a newspaper until he was IS j greatest jissibie independent c, com
jears old. In spite of this his amibtion ' paftble with the present troubles. Con.
rompted him to read the few books i tinning, the chairman said:
e could obtain, and he succeeded i:i i "Surely the country has riot fallen m
otatnlng a fair knowledge of history j low i.s to deliberately d.-Mtroy two tret
nd languages. mid independent iiationalitli ."
In consequence of the acquisition of ; Ir. Watson added that on the iwttle
Sfatal by the Uritish. his family moved ! merit of this question depended the
Irnra Natal and settled in the Trans-i future i f South. Africa, "and. perhaps,
TaaL Soon afterwards he be:ame a; the fate of the British empire."
urgher of the South African republic ; Prof. Massie presented a icsolution
and a daring fighter. i declaring the Uritish polit y In South
It was claimed in his behalf that he , Africa was wanting in know ledge, fore
eoulj lead a body of men more sue- ( sight and justice, and railing for a set
essfully against hostile natives than j t lenient of the war wherein due re-
I.lncoln, Neb. (Special. i The action
lit Judge Munger in grunting a tuper
sedeas In the Injunction of the liur-
lington road against the board of trans
portation, restraining the board fiom
reducing rates, again complicates the
railroad rate situaii.ni.
It Is believed by some metnbeis of
the board that the other railroads ol
the state w ill now come in arul secure
an injunction similar to the Burling
ton's, in order that they may profit by
the delay atttendant upou the decision
of the United Slates court of apleals.
The board Is due to meet Thursday to
consider the tentative orders reducing
live Ktock and grain rates.
The attorney general said that if the
present status quo is maintained he
will ask that these orders, so far as
they affect the l"nion Pacific and Mis
souri Pacific against which roads he is
proceeding for violations of the max
imum rate law. be dismissed. This
hands the .would be done In order that the state
may trot be placed in the position of
seeking to enforce two rates against
the same road at the same time.
Mr. Smyth said further that he hud
discovered an old and burled Injunc
tion against the enforcement of the
maximum rate law, secured by the
Rook Island in jvi.'!. As the injunc
tion has never been dismissed or ap
pealed it still stands, and the suit un
der (he maximum rate law against this
road will probably be quashed, "if,"
s.tid the attorn y general, "we can en
force the maximum rate against but
one road, say the Union Pacific, com
petitinn will do the rest."
Smyth's motion to dismiss, however,
will probably meet with opposition in
the board meeting.
"We have had a long light to estab
lish the consiitutionft'ity of the board,"
said Treasurer Meserve, "and we have
won It. Our next fight Is to determine
whether we can establish and enforce
a rat". hen llns shall have been
dorn our trouble is over. The suits
the attorney general has brought und.-r
the maximum rnlw law will tend to de.
lay the establishment of this board's
power, rather than otherwise. I do
not at all impugn the attorney general's
motives, but under my present light
I shall opftose the motion to dismiss.
"I believe, however, that under
Judge Munger's decision the board
should proceed to enforce the maxi
mum rate law by Items. I don't see
how- e ran establish any sir;gk- rate
higher than that provided for In th"
maximum rate law. For this reason I
shall favor modifying our orders on
live stock and grain to make the rales
correspond with those of the jaw. And
SOLDIERS STARVE ON THE MARCH.
Story of the Capture of tne City
of Cilambn,
Fremont, Neb., April 3. George Moo
ury, who Is fighting with company H,
Thirty. riinlh Volunteers. In the Philip
pines, writes his parents in this city,
under date of February 111, from ful
amba, a graphic account of the a ri
llees of life and the suffering experi
enced by his company.
The company left permanent camp on
New- Year's day and in the thirty-nine
days following tramped over S'K) miles.
engaged in seven battles am) eighteen
or twenty skirmishes, and came back
with only t enty-thi ee able-bodied
men out of the 100 that started, the
sick and wounded being left at every
town along the route.
January 2 they started from Majay
zaya to IjUcahou over the mountains.
The roads were very poor the lirst day
and on the day following were almost
impassable. Filipinos were thick. On the
31st they took .Malaban and secured
Spanish prisoners, camping on the
beach. Following up the beach for five
day they exrtenced all the honors
of starvation. The lirst march took
them Jo Antiman. where they ere to
have been supplied with rations, but
through niine blunder none were there.
They started for Teyal.os. twenty-seven
miles across the mountains. Feb
ruary Z and 1 they climbed moiiutains
all day ' w itlmut fond, the boys con
stantly falling exhausted to be picked
up and carried by their companions.
On the last day before reaching their
destination they shot a number of w ild
hogs and water buffalo, which savedrj
many frm death by starvation, lnir
ing all this time lighting was continu
ous. A letter received about the same time
from Arthur Hansen, another Fremont
boy with the above company, gives
further particulars concerning the death
of Will New Ion. Hansen says that the
fatal shot was II red at II o'clock at
night after a bard day's mulch In a
treadi'-rous country, it was bright
moonlight and New l.n. w ho was a little
fagged out from the hardships under
gone, stood In the open in the light of
the moon, leaning on his rifle. With
out warning came a shar p report from
the br ush and New Ion pitched forward
with a bullet In his brain. The rifle of
a man beside him was shot to pieces
at the same time by a bullet.
GOV, SHAW ACCUSED,
STATE
TREASURER MAKES
bTATEMENT.
CARLOAD OF DOSS FM ALASKA.
Charges That the Chief Attorney
of the Northwestern Is the
Government.
ENGAGEMENT BY CABLE.
An American Couple Become En
gaged By Cable.
lH-g Moines, la., April 3. State Treas
arcr John Herrloit has furnished to the
press a r.niatk.ible arraignment of
Governor Shaw and his colleagues of
the executive council of Iowa. It con
sists of a protest against the recently
finished assessment of the railroads
and against otter assessments which
have been made in recent years.
The assessment is made by the ex-.H-utive
council, which consists of Gov-:-rnr
Shaw, Secretary of State lobson,
Auditor of State Mer riam and Tr. asur
r Ilerriott. Treasurer HerrMt, ever
smie h" Mas a member of the council,
ias Insisted that the railroads should be
assessed at a higher rale than at pres
ent. When the present assessment
came up he proposed that the assess
ment ,e made on a basis of gloss earn
ings. Auditor M.riiam has b-.-n very
si. k and came back from Texas to
take part in the assessment, bis vote
bemg required to give the opposition
to Herrloit a majority.
Men lain was unable to go to rhe
Hale house, so the council met in his
room at a hotel and made the assess
ment. Herrloit refused to art. -rid a
meeting of the council outside the state
house. He particularly Insists that the
f'hieugo & Northwestern has been a
favorite of the ruuix.il and makes the
same charge to a lesser extent regard
ing the Chicago, Burlington ft Qulnoy.
In the course of his protest. Treasurer
Ilerriott says:
"JSoyond peradventure the attorney
In thief of the Iowa division of the
northwestern (referring to Judge Hub
bard rif idar ltaplds). for the benefit
of which our state government seems
to be organized, earns his salary and
his keen."
Again Herrloit says:
"I think the people of Iowa will be
perplexed to determine whether stu
pidity or downright dishonesty pre
dominates the executive council of the
"tale."
Treasurer Herrloit Is particularly re
vere on the governor. ii says:
"I am ashamed of what has taken
place. For the party which boasts of
hT stalwart governors, her Grimes, her
Klrkttnod. h"r Gear and her Irrrabee
lloylog (Jogs 1o Ship To Northern
Go'd uilile.
.,.,h,m!, H I, Afrll I.-T.iiti T.
Hunter. 4 sheepman of ItuOn llle. Neb,,
ins been In tld !l sod In buy.
Pi,; up all the dogs that lie ceuld find
for it i:,tl":ni shipments to Ouwson.
He has found Mny amount of the ani
mals. Mr. Hinder has just returned
home from Seattle, where be first got
the Idea of u null" of dogs for the
nii'lh. At Seattle th.-re ws a man
who was making a fortune on dogs. He
had good-looking animal for his trade.
He bad nice, clean kennels and his
business was enormous. A tenderfoot
prospe.tois would come his way and
Inquire for a good d.gr e that could
haul a pn-pouud outfit to some pros
pective gold fU ld. The ti rider foot would
pick out n dog and would then rem
niei.ee plying questions. .How- old fa
lhat dog? What Is his disposition. How
ion. h tan he pull? What will It take to
keep him on the road? What is hia
price? The dog seller always had the
same story tolell.
"That dog, sir. Is the lx st In the lot.
See bis broad chest, good to haul 5s
pounds twenty-four hours in the day.
seven days in rhe week, t'arne from th
best stock. H.-st of disrs.sition. Hi
piice is I.I'. All Hie rest of tile arn
lii'tls 111 the lot are sold. This is th?
only one left, and he goes cheap for
The man averaged a saile of ten dogs
a day and he was making more money
thrill the Gape Nome miners.
The Nebraska sheep raiser will try
his luck on n i u'load of dogs. He will
take tln nr clear Into Hawson. where he
expects to get double th" price that rn
would t Seattle, fn his carload he
has dogs that will weigh noo pounds
apiece, and for these lie experts to get
I MO to Vi each. A few of (he dogs
have already been trained to the har
ness, hi h will make them of especial
value. The tlty of 1i ad has recently
passed a stringent dog-tax law, which
makes it necessary for ail dogs to wear
a c ollar If thr y want to live. Te Ne
braska man will get most of his car
load from fhe condemned animals,
wlil h w ill not oet l.liii a cent. Ho
will take about psi animals which will
net him, lie expects, about JJO.ftoO.
- .
6ALLINGT0N BOOTH BITTER.
Paris, April 1. A very remarkable!"' wn"m 1 m " proud, I am ashnm
engagement has been made by rable '' ", ,n,lt thp ni,'f representative of my
between Miss Julia Hill, originally of j Party in the stale today should descend
Uanbury, Conn., arid Mr. Wlilllessy, a''" """ contemptible conduct. For my
wealthy Por tland law yer. j state I am ashamed that the servants
Julia Hill, who is a stunning beautv. i',f I'eoplc forget them and their
has been for several years a great fa- j
vorite In the fashionable circle of 1
Paris. She Is a sjm-i ia protege of .
Mrs. Henry liishopham. Mr. Whitb-ssy j
met her In Home last w inter. He pro-j
posed, was refused, went back home i
and was forgotten. A fosinight airo.;,k room Instead of at the capltol.
interests, their homes and their fire
sides and for the sake of paltry po
litical ambitions worship at the feet of
mammon and unrighteousness."
Speaking of the request that he make
his argument in Auditor Merrlam's
when we have done this 1 want to go
ahead and fight It out. and compel the
roads either to meet the proposition or
go. Into court, as the Burilnvton did,
and tie our hands."
jMiss Hill received the photogiaph of a Herrloit. says:
say other man in the Transvaal. He
came to be so feared by the natives
that the knowledge that he was at the
lead of a punitive expedition usually
resulted in their surrender.
) IX. was during these wars with the
natives that Joubert became acquaint
ed with Paul Kruger. and the two men
fcecame bosom friends. He was elected
ice president of the Transvaal in 18:.'6,
(feteated Sir George Colley at Majuba
hill la 1S8I, and acted as president .of
the republic In 188.1-84, during Kruger's
absence in Europe.
ieueral Joubert was always In favor
ef the use of force instead of diplo
macy, and President Kruger on several
ccasions had great difficulty In repres
sing his hot-headed colleague, notably
in 1S79, when Joubert, with Kruger and
Pretorius, was planning the rebellion
to overthrow British rufe in the Trans
Taal. The result was Majuba" hill and
the practical independence of the
Transvaal.
It was Joubert who organized the
army in the South African republic
later on, dividing the country into sev
enteen military departments and each
of these departments Into smaller di
Tmns, with commandants, field cor
nets and lieutenants of various ranks
In charge.
According to the general's plans ev
ery
gard-ran be paid to the wishes of all
portions of the imputation, suggesting
a settlement along the lines .if the
government of Canada and forbidding
the Hoers to again arm themselves.
David Lloyd-George, M. P., and oth
ers .characterized the war as being in
the interest of capitalists; sail Great
Britain was not fighting for freedom,
but gold, and added that the Hrltlsh
worJUngrnen were opiiosed to such a
war.
The resolution of Prof, Massie was
adopted with fe wdisieentienls.
Ir. Watson was re-elected presld ml.
ALLEN'S BILL FOR PORTO RICO.
man she could scarcely remember til! ! 1 want 'he people or Iowa to know
she read the accompanying note, whhh S,hat ,hJ P'vernor of this great state
read thus: Sand the secretary of state deliberately
"Yo:t will see that I have cut off my ianfl maliciously forced me upon this
mustache. Some say 1 look belt,.., so I I "lemma, at either horn of whleh Mr.
have derided to have another irv .- I MTilam's death might depend, if I
TOO MUCH FOR 6ENERAL OTIS.
Philippines to Have Four Different
Governorships.
Washington, D. C, April 3. Secre
tary Hoot lias taken a step lung con
templated in the administration of the
Philippines by directing the creation
of an entirely new military division, to
be known as "The division of the Pa
i.i(k," embracing all of the Philippine
archipelago. The division In turn is
to he divided into four military depart
ments, a follows:
The department of Northern Lu.on,
commanded by General MacArthur; the
department of Southern Luzon, cont-
man became a trained soldier with- manded by General Hates; the depart-
out leav.lng his farm and had his equip
ment ready at hand. To such a point
f perfection was the system carried
that within forty-eight hours after the
present war wa declared the Boer na
tion was under arms.
' It was also due to General Joubert
that the South African republics suc
ceeded in amassing the immense stores
f war munitions and provisions which
kave stood them in such good stead
turlnr the conflict now In progress.
The Tuscan hats shown by high-class
French milliners are soft of texture,
HuMcrfullr light and Ingeniously wo-
ment of the VJsayas, commanded by
General Hughes, and the department of
Mindanao and Join, commanded by
General Kobbe.
Mi.jor General Otis will retain the su
preme command over these depart
ments, as division commander, occupy
ing toward them a position correspond
Ing closely to that occupied by General
Miles toward the military departments
In the United States. It Is said at the
war department that the purpose of
the new order of things Is to free Gen
eral Otis of the many minor details In
cident to the administration of the Isl
ands, leaving him at liberty to devote
more time to the larger questions of
policy and civil administration.
It Puts the Island on An Equitable
Footing In the Republic.
Washington, ft. C Special.) Sena
lor Allen's amendment to the Puerto
Kican bill puts the Island upon the
same footing as the several states of
the union under the operation of the
Dlngl.-y act and 11 ween the states and
the Island establishes free trade.
Senator Allen reported i om the pen
sions committee favorably bills to
pension John 11. McCoy, Wilhelmlna
Hippie, I.evi Chandler and George H.
Hayden, and also reported adversely
bills to pension John Slrrlne and Susie
Gilbert.
Judge A. M. Post of Columbus, Neb.,
Is In the City.
Senator Thurston Is suffering from
an attack of acute Indigestion.
General Manderson Is h"re to attend
he annual session of the American liar
association, of which he is president.
ble whether you run ever change vour
mir.d about me."
Miss Hill laughed and cabled: "It s
an Immense Improvement. I am pon
dering the question anew."
Thereupon the lawyer cabled a pas
sionate appeal of 2,000 words and re
ceived a few words of encouragement
in reply. An exchange of some forty
messages resulted yesterday In Miss
Hill's telegraphic acceptance of the
once rejected suitor.
The lawyer wound up this expensive
table business wiih this last message:
"I am going to you as fast as the
fastest steamer will take me."
Miss Hill has gone to Nice to await
her fiances' coming at the villa of her
aunt there.
had consented lo attend the sick room
session and had maintained my views,
Mr. Mf-rrlanr might have died from the
nervous excitement. By refusing to
leave the capital I was threatened with
:he same dire result, for they claimed
Mr. Merrlam Insisted on coming across
'be river if 1 did not go to him."
6RABLER MAKES HIS ESCAPE.
Change at Beatrice Asylum,
Lincoln, Neb. Special.) The resig
nation of Jameg Mllllken of Fremont,
steward of the Institute for the Feeble
Minded, at P-eatrire, has been handed
In and accepted by governor Poynter.
The appointment of his successor has
not yet been announced.
The governor has still under consid
eration the results of the hearing re
cently held at lieatrlce on charges Hied
against Ir. lang, superintendent of
the Institution. There has been con
stant trouble between the superintend
ent nnd steward, and It Is believed by
persons who are well informed that
Milllken's resignatlo tils a well defined
indication that the institution is soon
to have not only r new steward, but a
new sujw rintendent as well.
Used Malls to Defraud.
Chicago, 111. (Special.) A Jury In the
federal district court here has brought
In a verdict against Charles E. Geor ge,
finding him guilty of using the mails
to defraud. Sentence was deferred till
March 31. George Is alleged to have
swindled many persons, securing about
$3,000, by representing that they were
the heirs to the estate of James Mc
Cormlck, who died In Guatemala.
George, who was an attorney, said he
represented the estate, which, he said,
was valued at $1,000,000. His victims
were all of the name of McCormlck
and forwarded various sums of money
to "secure their Inheritance.' '
GARDEN AS AN EDUCATOR.
ChlcaRO Will Try a New Experiment
In the Parks.
Chicago, III., April 1. City boys and
girls who never have wen growing cab
bages, pumpkins, corn, potatoes, spin
ach and other garden produce may soon
have an opportunity to supply the de
ficiency In their education. The School
Teachers' club has asked the West
Park board to set aside three or four
acres In one of the '.arks where vege
tables may be raised by the school
children. Frank K. Tremain Is at the
head of the movement.
The teachers think this will be a
great advantage for young city chil
dren, who think that grasshoppers
make grass and that but It-idles make
butter.
There are many children, they say,
who. believe that potatoes grow on the
hushes and who d i riot know whether
watermelons come from the water
works or grow on trees. Yet th'-ie
same children can find the common de
nominator of things and recite the
I multiplication table up fo seven times
seven. Some of them can count 100
backwards. The Teachers' club thinks
that vegetable study will round nut the
young Idea better and prevent the
child later on from making embrtrrnss
Ing "speeches" during his rummer out
ing In the country. He will be able to
talk crops to the farmers and dispel
the Impression lhat prevails In agri
cultural districts that city bred chil
dren exist only to consume bon bona.
The matter was referred to the Im
provement committee of the board, and
It will consider soon what park It will
J best to "spado up "
BoerCommander Eludesthe British
Pursuit and Gets Away.
London. (Special.) The IJIoemfon
!ein correspondent of the Dally Tele
jiaph, dated Tuesday, March 27, says:
"It Is a matter for regret that owing
io the state of the roads and of our
horses Commandant Grabler's com
mando of 6.000 men from Colesburg and
the southern districts got away north
oy traveling uay and night close to
the liasuto border before our force
i-ould hope to get near them.
"The latest news Is that the Hoers
have 40,000 men still under arms, of
whom 10W0 are In and around the
Natal border.
"AlthouglrMents and stores are reach
ing here, a block on the railway Is de
'aying railway arrivals from the south
considerably.
"It Is asserted that 20,000 Hoers aj,
jiasBed at KioonstadL"
Blue Springs Has a "Kick."
Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) Twenty
line of the leading business and pro
fessional men of lilue Springs, Gage
'ounly, filed a complaint with the stale
iioard of transportation against the Ad.
ims Kxpress company, and a second
rgalnst the Pacific Kxpress company.'
The complainl are similar In nature.
Hid allege that the two companies have
'ill -red Into a corrupt pool and Illegal
agreement for the purpnse of favoring
-ia trans of their ofllces nt the city of
Wyinore, a mile south of Hlue Springs,
o the detriment of the latter point.
The ground of the complaint Is that
ihe express companies deliver goods (o
the places of business or the residences
if their Wymore patrons without extra
charge, while such delivery I not made
it Hlue Bprlngs.
The complainants ssk that an Inves
llgatlon be made by the board; that thi
companies be required to make answer
lo the complaints, and to exhibit their
illeged pooling contracts. It Is further
asked that they be required lo make
reparation to the citizens of . Hiue
springs and to "pay the penalty for
violation of law to the state of N.
ranks."
Tells Why He Changed Hla Son's
Name.
Montclalr, X. J.. April 2.Cominan
d.r lialllrieton p.ooth of the American
Volunteers, when asked about changing
the name of his son from William
Kooth to Charles Hrandon Hoolh. said
that he and Mrs, Month Would give
complete reasons for their action when
the application was made t the court,
w hich would be satisfactory to the pub
lic. He says;
"However, there has bee na report
which has been made to the press which
I wish to correct that everybody has
thought the Calvatlon Army and Ihis
Volunteers of America, of which I am
president, are on the most friendly of
terms. So far as the volunteers are
concerned, they have, sought lo avoid
oiosltlon, friction and any bllterness,
but all the Salvationists could do to
thwart our purposes, to Injure our
cause and to Influence our officers has
be. n done. Not satisfied with (he rru-
d treatment to Mrs. Kooth. not satis
fied with calling our people 'traitors'
arid 'devils,' (heir leader, Gommander
Hoot h -Tucker, has openlnly In their
counulls told their officers in pray for
our downfall."
They have gone over our heads to
the landlords of our balls, offering to
them more money if they would evlcl
our people and rent them the halls.
They have said that the volunteers are
falling and are heavily In debt, which
Is not the case. We have paid every
creditor.
"Apart from the legal reasons, does
any one wonder that our by should
want t cease to lie associated with a
movement whhh bus so bitterly oppos
ed and M lied his father and mother?
"I will make more known later. The
Salvationists have even given out that
Mrs. Month's picture should b In (he
rogues' gallery."
Flvo Millions Are Being Fed.
Calcutta, April 4 The viceroy, Loro '
Curxon, addressed the council on th
budget today, and slated that nearly
.i.OOO.fWi people w-ere In receipt of reg.
ular relief, and the cost for the ensu
ing year was estimated at !'-'5 lacs of
rupees. TJie loss of revenue for one,
ear has been 1LI iacs of ruta-ea.
The government, he said, hoped dur
ing the forthcoming year to spend 100
lacs of rupees In Irrigation, but he
could see no chance of cutting down
the military estimate.
"There are two duties of Indian
slatesmiinshlp," he said; "one U to
make these millions happy, snd the
oih.r Is to keep them safe. For Ihe.
sake of Ihe one we must not ricglet t
the other."
Boy is Burled Alive.
Philadelphia. Pa., April 3. At Mub
Ilea Hill, N..J., near here, lh. startling
discovery has been made that a boy
had been burled alive. An undertaker
was exhuming the bodies of Ihe mem
ber of the BmlUor family, who lived
al Mullira Hill about twenty-five years
ago, for final burial in this city. One
coffin contained the skeleton of a boy,
and Its condition bore evidences of an
awful struggle after the tmprxisedly
dead Ixxly had been burlwt The bones
of the legs were drawn un ami ihe
arms were extended across the face,
The glass In the casket which had been
shove Ihe boy's head was broken. The
position of th body and the condition
of the coffin Indicated that the victim
or a Horrible mistake had died tn ter
rible agony.
