V
DEFIES CITY
CHICAGO HAS A LITTLE WAR
ON HAND.
DISPUTE OVER LAND,
Captain Streeter With Armed Man
and Rapid Flra Cum Daflaa
City and Stat.
Chicago, May 29 With an armed
ody of twenty men, two rap-fire guna
and aome barbed wire, for making en
tanglements. Captain George Streeter
Saturday took possession of 1S acres
of land here. After hoisting the United
States flag his men threw up two in
trenchments and planted In each one
of the rapldflre guns.
Shortly before noon blood was spilled
before Captain Slreeter's stronghold
Tickets thrown out by the occupants
of the trenches discovered a party ap
proaching from the direction of Lincoln
Park, consisting of Park Superintend
ent Redlenkl and Secretary Erby, rein
forced by a policeman. Calls of "Halt!'
failed to stop the park officials, who
were bent upon finding out who was
"encroaching upon their ground."
A volley from the pickets' rifles very
quickly put to flight the Investigating
party, however, and one of the bullets
struck a 14-year-old boy, Reuben Man
'y. In the right knee, Inflicting a severe
wound.
The park officials fled to a patrol box
nd turned in a riot call. A force of
iO or 30 policemen, armed with revol
vers and clubfe, hurried to the scene
from the Chicago avenue station. When
the officer In command saw the display
of force, galling guns being pointed
his way over the entrenchments, he
beat a retreat. The police Immediately
returned to.the station, where arrange
ments were made to arm them with
Winchester rifles, in an endeavor to
capture the Streeter forces.
At 2:30 p. m. 300 police officers of the
city of Chicago, headed by Chief Klp
ley, and every man bearing a repeating
rifle, marched from the East Chicago
avenue slatlon on the North Side to the
foot of Superior street, where Streeter
had fortified himself.
In the entrenchments were about sev
enty men armed with rifles and two
Calling guns.
Karller In the day a party of Lincoln
park officials had been fired upon by
pickets around the Improvised fortifi
cations. A horse driven by the park
officials had been killed. This shooting
resulted In a call upon the city officials
for the arrest of the occupants of
Streeler's fort, but the city authorities
declined to take the initiative, owing
to the fact that the supreme court of
the United States once declared the
land to be a part of the territory of
Illinois, it was finally decided to mo
bilize 300 police officers, under the lead
ership of Chief Klpley, and to march
against the Streeterltes and demand
their surrender.
Sheriff Magerstadt went with the po
lice and It was planned that in case
of refusal to surrender that the sheriff
ihould immediately swear In the 3W po-icc-tnen
as deputy sheriffs, attain de1
nand the surrender of Streeter' forces
n the ground of riot and disorderly
conduct and proceed to arrest the occu
pants of the forts regardless of cot.
A flrehoat, with a Gatling gun on
oard, was dispatched up Lake Ml'hl
an to make a demonstration ftom that
jide and to cut off the escape of
sUreeter'B men by means of their yacht,
tt was arranged that the Joint demon
stration of land and water force should
aci ur promptly at 8:30 o'clock.
Shortl yafler 1 o'clock Acting Mayor
iml Corporation Counsel Walker decld
d that, in view of the decision by th1?
supreme court of the United States,
that the land claimed by Slroeter is
territory of the state of Illinois, and
that the city police force could not
fenally precipitate a battlja with Stroft
sr's forces, which at that hour were In
creased by an additional &0 men, armed
with rifles. Mr. Walker expressed the
opinion that the matter could only be
settled by the atate authorities, who
control the park police, a large number
of whom are stationed In Lincoln park.
Streeter, it la said, will parley with the
park police, but will not agree to abide
by their wishes and evacuate his fort.
In case of a collision between the park
police and Slreeter's men the city au
thorities will then lend their aid, anl
not until then.
It was reported that Governor Tan
ner, who Is In th city, had been asked
to call out the state troops to arrest
Captain Streeter and his men. Gov
ernor Tanner, when e"en, however, said
that he had not even heard of the
matter. "Acting Mayor Walker's rul
ing In regard to the Jurisdiction of the
city police seems rather peculiar to
me," ha said. "The city authorities
have never heretofore allowM a tech
nical question of Jurisdiction to Inter
fere with the crossing of boulevards
lo quell rlotB and put downe disturb
ances They did not In 1K93, at least.
Whan, however, the city and county
authorities report to mo that they are
powerless in the matter, I may take
tome action."
BRADLEY FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Cincinnati, O.. Way 29.-H Is staled
that when Kentucky Is reached In the
call of state for nominations for vice
president at Philadelphia next month,
W, H. Taylor, one of the delegntes at
large from that state, will present the
nam of former Oovernor W. 0. Brad-lay,
KEVS Cf TIE P CAPITAL
Sanator Allan Data Hla Bill Through
on Stotsenberg Panalon,
Washington, D. C, May 29. In tha
senate Saturday Senator Allen, from
the committee on pensions, reported the
house bill providing an increase of pen
sion for Mrs. Mary La Tourrette Stot
zenburg with the recommendation that
It pass with amendments. The bill
now goes to the house and a conference
Is asked by the senate and conferees
on the part of the senate have been
named. This bill provides for a pen
sion of 150 per month to the widow of
Colonel John M. Stotzenburg, who was
killed at the head of the First Ne
braska at Quingua, in April, 1899.
Senator Allen immediately after his
arrival in Washington Introduced a bill
and It was passed by the senate in
about two weeks after its Introduction.
It then went to the house and remained
there unacted upon.
Congressman Burkett of th,e First dis
trict had Introduced a bill In the house
and this was lying dormant at the
time the Allen bill passed the senate
and was sent to the house. The lat
ter part of April, three months after
the Allen bill had gone to the house,
Burkett's bill was passed by the latter
body and sent to the house, though
the substitution of the Allen bill would
have ended legislative action necessary
to accomplish the object of giving Mrs.
Stotzenburg the pension. There was an
attempt to" make republican capital out
of the case and that object seemed to
outweigh the desire to do Justice to the
widow of the dead leader of Nebraska's
fighting regiment.
The bill passed through the senate a
second time by Senator Allen's efforts
and It will become a law In a few days
unless some of the same methods for
delay are resorted to. The bill as passed
by the senate and sent to the house Is
practically the original senate bill first
passed last January.
Prof. M. W. Newton and wife of Lin
coln are In the city on their way to
Europe. Prof. Newton, who Is attached
to Union college, will make scientific
observations of the eclipse from a point
near Norfolk. Mips Ada Kobblns and
brother and sister of Lincoln are In
the city on their way to Europe.
The comptroller of the treasury has
authorized the First National bank of
Goldfield, la., to begin business with a
capital of X.10,000. The comptroller has
extended the corporate existence of the
First National bank of Marengo, la..
until May 25, 1920.
NOT EVEN A CASE OF BOY-BOY.
Physlclana Deny That Bubonic
Plagus Exlats In San Francisco.
San Francisco, Cal., May 29. Contra
ry to general expectations. United
States Circuit Judge Morrow did not
render a decision Saturday in the bu
bonic Injunction suit. When court con
vened Assistant Attorcy Welter filed a
umber of additional documents on be
half of the health officials.
At the headquarters of the Chinese
Six Companies Secretary Wong said
that the Chinese merchants will not re
sume business unless they are assured
of protection from the health authori
ties.
An attempt was made to bring the
matter Into the courts on habeas corpus
proceedings. The Chinese tried to have
one of their number arrested for at
tempting to leave the city In defiance
of the Inoculation order, but they found
the health officers would afford no op
portunity for such a proceeding.
The Six Companies maintain a dis-x-nsary
where their sick countrymen
are taken for examination. It Is staled
that at this dispensary were examined
all the Chinese who were subsequently
pronounced bubonic plague victims by
tha city hoard of hearth physicians, but
no one of them was declared a plague
Iallent by the dispensary dJCtors.
On Chinese diod under the treatment
for pneumonia, and forty-nine hous
after his demise, when decomposition
had considerably advanced, the board
of health doctors Inspected the body
and declared that bubonic plague was
the cause of death.
"It was not even boy-boy, with which
I am familiar," said Dr. Fitch, one of
the Six Companies doctors. "There have
beon numerous boy-boy casn Here, hut
the disease la caused by Innutrition,
and is not contagious. People wtio die
of bubonic plague have their muscle
contracted, and the limbs are distorted,
and the man who died of pneumonia
had none of these symptoms."
Ttie board of health Is continuing Ita
house to house lns'ctlon In China
town with a small force of Inspectors.
A meeting of the state board of
health was held Sunday night. It Is
said that Dr. Blunt, state health offi
cer, was present to discuss the advisa
bility of removing the quarantine
against the city now existing in Texas,
ATHLETIC PARK OPENED.
Glenwood, la. (Special.) The new
athletic park was opened here Thurs
day, the occasion being made a general
holiday. Two games of ball were play
ed In the afternoon. The first, between
teams from the South and Wfat Sides
of the squnre. The West Side won by
iS to 4. The second game was between
the Tabor College team and the Glen
wood Maroons, the latter winning 6 to
I. Glenwood now ha the finest ath
letic park in the west. The bicycle
track, four laps to the mile, Is perfect.
The Intention of the management Is to
bring off wheel events during the um.
mer.
THEY tlOTft AIMED WELL.
Fort Worth, Tex., May 29. A duel to
the death was fought by Emmet Coj
and Honlfaelo Peres., cow men, In III
dulgo county, at 100 yards, Winches
ters were used. Both men fell dead.
.ORE FRAUD
MORE CROOKEDNESS COMES TO
LIGHT IN CUBA.
LOTTERY TICKETS GONE
Lottery Tickets Seized in United
States Mail Disappear- Never
Publlcally Burned.
Havana,' May 29. Another postofflce
icandal has cropped out here. Span
lards and Cubans are asking what has
become of the Madrid, Mexican and
San Domingo lottery tickets which
Neely seized In the mails arriving here.
Hundreds of lottery tickets were taken
from letters opened in the Havana
postofflce after Kathbone declared that
the lotteries could not make use of the
malls and now they have disappeared.
These tickets were never burned pub
licly. Their whereabouts and the lists
the letters contained is also a mystery.
Everybody is also objecting to the on
;rous 10 centavos levied upon eyery let
ter reaching Cuba from the United
States.
It transpires now that the wife of a
Spanish lieutenant whom Neely took to
Saratoga last summer was a close con
fidante In all his transactions. She ran
a furnished room house for Americans
on the Prado, Neely assisting In the
management.
BILL DIRECTED AT NEELY.
Washington, D. C, May 29. Senator
Morgan has Introduced a bill giving
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia Jurisdiction In the cases of
persons "who shall commit a crime
against the United States or a violation
of the criminal laws of the United
States not within a state." The bill if
intended to apply to crimes committed
against the United States In Cuba.
ATTACHED NEELY' S ACCOUNT.
New York, May 29. Attachments havfc
been levied by E. J. Jones, special pros
ecuting attorney in the Neely case,
against Gordon M. Buck, also against
the clerk of the United States circuit
court, the West India Trading company,
the Seventh National bank, the Hide
and Leather bank and the firm of Nl
coll, Anuble & Lindsay, Neely's attor
neys. These attachments were levied
in pursuance of an order granted by
Judge Lacombe, to attach any property
that Neely may own In this state. The
attachments cover the $20,000 ball,
which was deposited with the clerk of
the court and other deposits which
Neely Is supposed to have et the banks
mentioned.
CUBAN CHARGES CORRUPTION.
SenorMora Saya That Great Steal
Has Been Perpetrated.
Havana, May 29. The republican par
ty has Issued a party ticket for the
election, naming Carlos Zaldo for may
or and eighteen councllmen, three for
each district, one correctional Judge
and three municipal Judges.
A sensation has been caused In pol
itics here by a letter published by the
papers, written by Senor E.strada Mora,
which claims to lay bare corruption In
the conduct of the slaughter houses.
charging that the councllmen appointed
by the municipality to look after the
slaughter house have not fulfilled their
duties, The letter also charges that
many cash receipts were not paid Into
the municipal fund. In his letter, also,
Senor Mora says that those who at
tacked him did wo from personal mo
tives. He charges also that the public
corruption In Havana Is enormous.
The matter was brought In the mu
nicipal council. The mayor endeavored
to have It dropped, but Senor Mora
would not allow It. He said he wished
more thoroughly to moralize the com
munity. Fault was found with him for having
published a report made at his order,
when acting mayor, on the state
books, relating to the slaughter house.
He replied that the report waa not only
matter of interest to the councllmen
but to the public and the press,
ought to know the facts.
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LADY SASBH WILSON SHRINKS.
Her Clothes Don't Fit Her Since the
Seine at Mafeklng.
London, May 29. lAdy Sarah Wilson
has cabled to her sister, Lady Georgina
Curzon, that she la a living skeleton,
the result of privations and wearing
anxieties she underwent In Mafeklng
during the siege. She lost twenty-nine
pounds In weight In two months; con
sequently her clothes hang on her in
folds. She wants a new outfit of re
duced size before leaving Capetown.
DIED FOR HI9 WIFE.
Lancaster, Mo May 29. Saturday
Mrs. George Handshaw went to get a
pall of water from a pond near her
home. Not . returning, her husband
went to look for her. Later the bodies
of both were found In the pond. It Is
supposed Mrs. Handshaw, who was
troubled with dlxxlness, fell Into the
pond, and her husband, in attempting
to rescue her, lost his life.
FIRE IN MOUNTAINS.
El Paso, Tex., May 29. A furious fire
If raging in the Sacramento moun
tains In Otero county, New Mexico.
Cloudcroft, a summer resort on the top
of the mountains, 9,000 feet above the
tea, was saved with difficulty. Whe
the flames passed Cloudcroft they were
forty fest high. Much damage done.
REPORT CF YC'J:3'S CALAIS.
Moat Remarkable March Through
a Hostile Country.
Washington, D. C, May 29. The da
department has made public the report
of Brigadier General Young, command
ing a provisional cavalry brigade, ol
his campaign in northern Luzon, from
October 11 to January 1 last, during
which he rode entirely around the op
posing forces of Agulnaldo, a distance
of about 150 miles, and harried and
broke up the insurgent forces so that
MacArthur was enabled to move for
ward without any formidable organized
resistance.
General Young's command was com
posed at various times cf portions of
the Third and Fourth cavalry, the
Macabebe battalion of native scouts
under Major Batson, Fourth cavalry
and the Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth
Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth and Thirty
seventh Infantry. According to the re
port General Young, started from San
Fernando de Pampagna on October II,
moved up the east bank of the Pam
pagna river, passed around the flanks
of the enemy, who were scattered be
tween the river and the railroad and
struck the sea on the west coast of
Luzon to the north of both combatants.
having accomplished the mission en
trusted to him of protecting the right
and rear of MacArthur'B forces. This
ride through the enemy's country was.
General Young says, accompanied by
many hardships and a deal of sharp
and at times exceptionally fierce fight
ing. The attack upon and capture of
San Isidro by Major Ballance and a
battalion of the Twenty-second Infant
ry gained special mention and high
commendation in General Young's re
port. 'It is the finest and most efficient
battalion I have ever seen In the
American army," he says, "and not
withstanding a deplorable scarcity and
total absence at times of food, cloth
ing and shelter, did most remarkable
work in the face of the greatest diffi
culties,"
The town was occupied by Young's
forces only after the most stubborn at
tack and perhaps the liveliest engage
ment of the whole campaign. The re
port says that Batson with his Maca
bebes also was foremost in the fighting
at all times, repulsing gallantly a force
of insurgents near Tarlac. In this en
counter Lieutenant Boutelle was killed
while charging at the head of his com
pany. General Young particularly mentions
the dl'lorable condition of the roads
and trails. At one point he says: "Of
all the sloughs of despond we waded
through, this was .perhaps the most
diabolical, and the rain was almost
continuous for forty-eight hours."
In another part he emntlons a march
of twenty miles through mud knee and
girth-deep."
Although there was at times stub
born resistance by the Filipinos, the
rapid and complete manner In which
they were disposed of at some points
was almost ridiculous. At Tambo Bar
rio, the report states, a company of
Insurgents was attacked and dispersed
so effectually that they were never seen
again. Some distance from Ordaneto,
where General Young was received by
the natives with great rejoicing, Major
Swlgert, with a squadron of the Third
cavalry, encountered at nightfall an
Insurgent column 600 strong, which
waa following in the rear of Agulnaldo's
pack train.
"The unexpected appearance," says
the report, "of the big horses with big
men astride, galloping madly through
the dust, with the troopers yelling like
madmen, soon found the panic-stricken
natives, officers and men, crawling Into
the thicket in wholesale retreat, throw
ing their arms away."
WORE YANKEE MADE BUTTONS.
The Patriotic Britishers Receive a
Severe Shock.
London, May 29. It came as a shock
to the commercial pride of patriotic
Britishers to learn that the millions of
pictures, buttons adn flags displayed
during the recent popular Jingo frenzy
came from the United States, which
has completely beaten GeTmany out In
the field of manufacturing these spe
cial articles. The biggest dealer In
London, Mr. Gulterman, explained
America's superiority, saying:
"Only by having absolutely perfect
machinery Is the United States able to
turn out such nent little things at the
price. The Birmingham manufacturers
could not even give me an estimate for
the supply of similar things; they
haven't the mnchlnery to make them.
"Now England has so strongly caught
on to the Amerlcon practice of celebrat
ing public events and popular heroes
by flags and buttons that Birmingham
Is beginning to make Inquiry abouj the
necessary machinery. That, too, musl
come from your side."
ELOPEMENT IS SPOILED.
Sioux City, la., May 29. Sheriff Jack
son spoiled the elopement here Satur
day night of Charles Eno, a traveling
watchmaker, and Mrs. fames Renne,
the young wife of a Sloan farmer. They
registered at the Chicago house here as
D. Evans and wife. The sheriff, who
had received word from Renne to look
out for them, arrested them and sent
them back to Sloan for a preliminary
hearing. When Mrs. Renne left home
she took her S-year-old son and $.'!00
with her. Renne says he will prosecute
NAMED UY PRESIDENT,
Washington, D.'C, May 29. The pres.
Ident has sent the following nomina
tions to the senate: E. R. Stackable,
collector of customs for the district of i
lawaill. Sergeant Major F. C, Smith, I
Thirty-eighth U S. V., to be first lieutenant
OVER ML.
ADVANCE CUARD OF ENGLISH
CROSS THE RIVER.
Oil TO THE CAPITAL
A Pretoria Dispatch Clalma That
Hellbron la Retaken By the
Federal Forcea.
Pretoria, May 26. An official bulletin
says: "The British have crossed the
Vaal at Grobler's Drift, near Parys.
the high level bridge at Vereenlnging
baa been blown up by the federals.
"General De Wet advises that the
burghers are coming forward in force,
determined to fight to the end. After
retaking Hellbron the federals followed
the British as far as Woleve Hoek."
London, May 29. The war depart
ment has received the following dis
patch from Lord Roberts:
"Woleve Hoek, Orange Free State,
May 26. An advanced portion of this
force crossed the Vaal river on the
queen's birthday, near Parys. Hamil
ton's column is at Boschbank. Our
scouts are now at Viljoen's drift (on
the frontier north of Woleve Hoek).
The local mines are uninjured and work
Is going on as usual. There is no enemy
this side of the river.
"Hunter reached Vryburg May 24."
As anticipated, the first news from
Lord Roberts after his long silence was
the announcement that the British had
:rossed the Vaal river. This is probably
3eneral Hutton's column, which crossed
at Parys, and may be expected to make
a dash at the railroad in the neigh
borhood of Potchefstroom, whence there
Is direct communication with Johannes
burg. General Hamilton's column is at
Boschbank, which is close to the river,
about eight miles northwest of Woleve
Hoek,. Lord Roberts' headquarters, and
may be expected to also cross the Vaal
river and create a diversion on the
flank of any federal forces in the neigh
borhood of Vereenlnging. As he has
only about fifteen miles to traverse, a
speedy announcement may be expected
that the British commander-in-chief
himself has gained a foothold in the
Transvaal and that he will reach the
federal position south of Johannesburg
In the middle of the coming week.
The same secrecy which shrouded the
movements of the main army envelops
Lord Methuen's and General Rundle's
columns, so probably the next official
dispatches will show decisive move
ments of these wings. Rundle ought
to be close to Bethlehem by now, and
Lhe experts expect to hear of some de
:lsive movement on the Harrismlth
railroad, in which part of General Bul-
ler's force will co-operate in the direc
tion of Van Reenen's pass. ,
Should the Pretoria bulletins an
lounclng the reoccupation of Hellbrun
by the federals turn out to be true, it
will be a totally unexpected develop
ment, as General Ian Hamilton occu
pied Hellbron Tuesday and nothing has
been heard from there slnca, '
FAVOR THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Union Labor Denies That It la Op
posed tt Passage of the Bill.
Washington, D. C, May 29. Ex-Governor
Francis of Missouri, who Is at
;he head of the St. Louis 'fair delega
tion in Washington, has received the
following telegram bearing upon the
telegrams received by Speaker Hender
son on Thursday protesting against the
passage of the fair bill:
"No representative meeting of tax
payers was held to oppose World's fair.
On the contrary the taxpayers have
subscribed upwards of 14,000,000. Thirty
;houand union workmen have subscribe
ed upward of $200,000. Organized labor
le unanlmouKljiJn favor of the fair.
"HENRY BLAKEMORE,
"President Building Trades Council."
He also received the following:
"Have Just wired as follows to the
Speaker: 'Telegram recently sent In op
position to the World's fair movement
was unofficial and does not voice organ
ized labor. The National Building
Trades Council of America, representing
every man employed In the construction
of buildings In the United States, re
quests speedy and, favorable action on
the St. Louis World's fair bill. By or
der of the general executive board.'
"H. W. STEINBISS,
"General Secretary and Treasurer."
CORRAL UNDER QUARANTINE.
Pour Cases Suspected to be Plague
Discovered.
Manila, May 29. The government cor
ral at Manila has been quarantined.
There are four suspected cases of bu
bonic plague among the leatnsters.who
are living In filthy dwellings, which
will be burned.
Since the murders on board the steam
coaster El Cano by the native crew the
coastwise captains have been fearful
of repetition of the tragedy and have
requested the authorities to furnish
soldier guards for their steamers, which
has been declined Three commercial
steamers are now In the bay, their
Spanish captains refusing to sail until
protected, and others Intend Imitating
them. The authorities have returned to
the captains their revolvers, of which
they were recently deprived.
Colonel PacUlla, the rebel governor of
Kueva Eclja, was captured during the
rpcenl flfhting at Nueva'EcIJa and Is
now in Jail here.
CAfTJ CF ELCT KTCU.
.
Dispatch From MafeklncTollaH
th British Won.
Mafeklng. (Special.) The whole
town la animated with a keen sense ot
exultation over yesterday's victory.
which was complete, decisive and far
reaching. The military position shortly
after sunrise was extraordinary. All
the outlying works of the town were
intact. The British had lost hardly
any men, and yet three bodies of fed
erals right Inside the British lines sad
been surrounded, cut off and ftven
an opportunity to surrender, which,
they had declined. Commandant Bsrel
Eloff did not realise that his supports
bad been driven back, and he lnfomsed
a messenger that the town waa at hist
mercy.
Toward noon there waa a lull in ths
fighting. Everybody at headquarters
went to breakfast and the eornmis
sariat requisitioned for horse sausage;
bread and water for the men on tie
fighting line. There was uo thought
of half rations. Everyone got ail he
could eat.
The British in the start, moving trem.
rock to rock, gradually drew In their
circle around the federals, whom tk-ey
corralled like cattle in a pound. Shortly;
after 4:30 a white flag was hoisted by
the enemy, and then, amid ilngins,
cheers, the first batch of Boers was)
disarmed and sent to the town. Thai
erstwhile besiegers furnished an In
spiring spectacle to the townsfolk
themselves so long cooped up.
As the hungry, dirty, battle-stained,
Boers marched between the gleaming
bayonets of the British :he British)
population received them respectfully.
but the Kaffirs gave full rein to their
enthusiasm in hoots, yells and similar
expressions of delight. The prisoners
seemed glad the fight was over. ,
As the afternoon advanced the
crackle of musketry began again, con
tinuing until nearly 7 o'clock, when
Captain Singleton shouted, "Cease
fire!"
A message had come from headquar
ters to the effect that Eloff, bis of
ficers and men had surrendered and
had laid down their arms uncondition
ally to Colonel Hore, who, with a hand
ful of men, had been a prisoner of F,!ofl
during most of the day.
Shortly before this a fusllade was
heard. It was Eloff and the men who
stood by him firing on their own de
serters, eighty of whom fled.
As the news spread by telephone te
the garrisons of the various forts
cheer after cheer resounded. In the
town some started "God Save the
tjueen," and the strains of the national
anthem mingled for a few minutes
with the hoarse shouting of the rav
tlv-es. Soon Captain Singleton . and
Colonel Hore approached., accompanied
by Commandant Eloff and his officers.
The meeting between Colonel Baden
Powell and the Boer commander 'wa
dramatic.
"This is Commandant Eloff, filr," said.
Captain Singleton. ,
"Good evening, commandant," said
Colonel BadenPowell. Welcome and
have some dinner."
As the British had already 120 prls
oners, about all they couia handle.
Colonel Baden-Powell sent vord to
Lord Chase Benteneck to open the way
and to allow the scattered remnants
of the federalists to be driven f-om
the staat. In half an hour everything
was over, and in the iwss room at
headquarters the three Boer officers)
were dining. Nearly every moss In
town raked up somewhere a hidden
store of liquor, a bottle of champagne
In one place, a flask of whisky in an
other. The whole town joined in the
Jubilation, singing "God Save the
Queen" and other patriotic songs all
night along. Most of the prisoners are
Johannesburgers. They see:nml in ex
cellent spirits, scrambled for the blan
kets Issued, wrote letters to their
friends and grumbled! at General Sny.
man.
SECRET S06IETY CHURCH MEMBERS.
United Presbyterians Oet Into tt
Warm Discussion.
Chicago, 111., May 29. The question of
admlpsion of members of secret soci
eties Into membership in the United
Presbyterian church precipitated the
warmest discussion which has marked
the present general assembly.
The matter came up in the report of
tthe committee to which was referred
at the last assembly the revision of
the fifteenth article of the testimony,
which relates to secret societies. While
the report recommended that, the ar
ticle, which declares the opposition of
the church to secret societies, should
stand, it recommended that an .over
ture should be made to the presbyteries
of the church asking their opinion a
to whether the covenant of membership
should be so changed as to allow mem
bers of secret societies to become'
church members If they should consent
to receive from their pastors instruc
tion as to the attitude ot the church
toward their societies. This proposal
caused heated discussion for., and
against it. Rev, John A. Henderson of
Sparta, HI., chairman of the committee
which drafted the report, favored- It
adoption, as did Rev. J. Q. A. McDow
ell of Newcastle, Pa. The question was
one on which the opinion ot the whole
church should be taken, Mr. McDow
ell said. Many of the orthodox church
es did not oppose secrecy, and tt could
not be regarded as essential to salva
tion, j
Te discussion win ended for the
time by Dr. John McNaugher, president
of the Allegheny Theological seminary.
who moved that the report should be
referred to a special committee of three
who should revise It and prepare
suitable preamble and report back ts
the assembly before , Ita adjournment. '
The ' motioft aa carried UtSAteusiy
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