UELCOH BOER ENVOY.
MR. WESSELS GREETED BY THE
PEOPLE OF OMAHA.
A GREAT RECEPTION,
Mr. Bryan and Others Haar Word
of tha South African Pattiot
and Maka Raaponaa. .
Crmaha, Neb., May 12. C. H. Wessels,
envoy of the Boer and Orange Free
State republics to the United Elate at
present, "Voorsitter Volksraad Oranje
Vripstaat" at home, enjoyed a sympa
thetic welcome frcm the American citi
zens of Omliha Saturday that made his
heart rejoice, for It was the last of
many great demonstrations to the giant
Boer to heartily convince him that the
great American public In in deep sym
pathy with the two little sister repub
lics which he represent In their strug
gle for liberty. Irrespective of polit
ical party. It was a most gratifying re
ception to Envoy Wessels and his
brother and secretary, Philip Bouter
Weasels.
From the hour of their rising In the
morning committees of the representa
tive citlzem. of the city lost no time
in demonstrating the warmth of the
welcome to Omaha, while from time tc
time distinguished ladles and gentle
men of this city and othr portions of
the state sought the privilege of an
audience. Of that giant, sturdy phys
ique and of that strong, stern yet
kindly temperament that alike are
adapted to great pressure the big en
voy frankly and gladly welcomed to him
all that came.
In the forenoon the envoy and his
brother were taken for a, long drive
about the city. In the early afternoon
-a monster mass meeting absorbed their
attention at the Crelghton theater, and
at 7:50 p. m. a big delegation accom
panied them to the Hock Ifland train
and bade them godspeed to Davenport,
where they were Sunday.
HONORED BY THE CITY.
Civic honors were bestowed in fullest
meusure upon the Boer commissioners
at the city hall. If there had dwelt in
the mind of Envoy Vessels the least
doubt as to the kind of Welcome he
would receive from the citizens or
Omaha his i.eart must have thrilled
with emotion when he saw with what
Intense interest they hung upon his
every utterance a.ic heard the eager
rounds of applause that followed In
stantly upon every expression of no
ble sentiment in behalf of liberty and
independence for the Transvaal. It
was such welcome as only u people
wedded to freedom could display to
ward the representatives of a people
bleeding and dying thai they, too,
rmgnt oe iree.
A few minute after 2 o'clock the
mayor led the envoy and his brother
to the rottinda of the city hail, and as
the gigantic commissioner walked to
tne est that had been prepared for him
ut the foot of the main staircase he
was greeted with a shower of applause
and bowed gracefully to the rignt and
left.
The lobby had been profusely decorat
ed with flat;, and the nutloual Oiange
and Boer coiors, a fact which the envoy
look in by a sweeping glance around
and overhead. Palms and other green
ery lined tne staircase and were col
lected into a veritable little forest at
the botum.
Among those In waiting in the lobby
for the appearance of the envoy was
ilr. Bryan. When Informed of his pres
tnce Mayor Moores stepped forward
and led him to a seat at his left. The
enthusiasm which had greeted the Huel
commissioner was repeated as the dem
ocratic leader shook hands with the
distinguished guest.
When Bllence again came the mayor
lened a email polished box and took
from it two gilded keys.which he hand
d to the envoy. On these keys, in
black lettering appeared the name of
the city, Its mayor and the date of the
reception and the (word ."welcome,"
with the name of the envoy following.
The mayor then began his address of
welcome.
In reply, Envoy Wessels said In psrt:
"Words cannot express the depth of
our feelings at the welcome we have
here received. You are doing us a
great honor and yet we are so conceit
ed as to think that there Is anything of
a personal nature In this welcome, but
we know rather that it Is meant as the
tribute of a great people who are In
Mympathy with a people now fighting
for the same liberty w hich you won for
yourselves not so very long ago. Lib
erty is God's greatest gift to man
and at home my people are bleeding
and dying that they may be allowed
to govern themselves according to the
dictates of their own conscience. If
there are any here who are not In
ympathy with us I ask you to read our
history and I know you will rise from
the reading of that history wllh your
heart new-opened and your deepest
Sympathies aroused In our favor.
THEATER WELL FILLED.
Half an hour before the hour fixed
for the mass meeting at the Crelghton
theater In honor of the envoy, and In
expression of American ympthy for
tha two brave little republlce fighting
against a powerful monarchy for their
Independence, the theater wa already
'half fllied, and by the time of Ih ar
rival of the envoy and hi reception
committee at I o'clock aharp, a big,
cneetlftf crowd wa there to greet him.
TIm' theater wa appropriately deco-
tela far the ocoaaldn with flags and
banners. Conspicuous on one side of
the stage was a flag of the Transvaal,
and on the other side the stars and
stripes, while between the two- was the
banner inscribed, "Europe not England
The Mother Country of America."
With a band playing a patriotic air,
Envoy Wessels and the big committee
of ladles and gentlemen marched upon
the stage In the midst of a roar of ap
plause. Hon. John Rush, chairman of the re
ception committee, at once called order
and explained the purpose of the meet
ing. In the -course of his remarks he
said:
"From England comes the report that
the Boer war Is about over; from the
same reliable source comes the thrill
ing Information that 2S0.0O0 English
soldiers, equipped with all that science
and wealth could suggest, have con
quered an army of 40,000 Boers. While
England Is spending $3,000,000 and the
lives of 300 soldiers per day in con
quering those Boers, millions of starv
ing people In India are being fed by
America.
INFAMY IN VICTORY.
"It is the purpose or this meeting to
protest against such Infamy. If 70.000.
000 liberty loving people send forth
their protest, it will be heard on the
banks of the Tiber, the Danube and
the Thames.
"Though the Boers may fall, the
world will be better for their heroism.
The heroism of Cronje at the -Modeler
river; the bravery and untimely death
of Joubert, and the silent resignation
ef Kruger, standing with his fingers
on the Psalms of David, and his eyes
raised to God. will be an Inspiration
to liberty that will live for centuries.
The South African republics may be
crushed, but God still lives."
Rev. E. F. Trefz, pastor of Kountze
Memorial Lutheran church, offered an
Invocation.
Governor W. A. Poynter was Intro
duced as chairman of the meeting. He
Hpoke of the faith of the American
people In the fact that their government
is the best on earth; they believe that
a republican form of government is the
best that God has ever created; they
believe In the Immortal Declaration of
Independence, that all men are created
free and equal, and endowed with cer
tain Inalienable rights, among which
are life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness.", The chairman then announced the ne
cessity of having a secretary, and
Captain H. E. Palmer was unanimously
elected to that position.
Captain Palmer 'then read letters
from Colonel John G. Maher of Chad
ron and Hon. Sumuel Maxwell of Fre
mont, regretting that they could not be
present to serve as vice presidents, but
heartily' extending their sympathy.
GREAT CHEER FOR WESSELS.
Envoy Wessels was next Introduced.
With one accord the great audience rose
to Its feet as one man and let out a
mighty yell of applause-, lasting for
several minutes before the big. black
bearded man could be heard.
"Your excellency, Mr. Chairman, la
dies and gentlemen," he began In a soft,
deep voice ofslmple eloquence, wllh a
broad, but pleasant Dutch accent, "I
will address you and tell you why wf
came to America in behalf of " our
struggling countrymen. We came to
you to employ your help as Americans
to help In the tight against the na
tion that tried to nip in the bud the
tree of your liberty. We came to tell
you the truth about ourselves.
"You do not hear the truth about us.
England has all of the means of com
munication, and thus holds the ear of
(he world. They now fay that the
enemy is out of sight look at me and
judge for yourself," and the audience
laughed Heartily at the idea of hiding
away such a giant.
"The English tiatiin is great In
wealth and soldiers. We knew It when
we began. There Is a story told of an
I'inocc.nt, slow-thinking Boer, who was
,mce conversing with an Englishman.
"Why, don't you know that England Is
so great that the nun never sets on her
soil 7" Htild the Engllshrmtn to the Boer.
The innocent Boer thought a moment
and then siowly replied. 'Yes. I guest
that God Is afraid to trust the Eng
lishmen In the dark."
"You know the history of the Itoers.
for the Americans, I find, read more
than any other people on earth. You
know how Kruger went to Europe twice
and begged and entreated for liberty;
you have read how Hteyn hns Rtudied
about the free nations of the world;
he knows all about the American gov
ernment, and when the Engliwh people
say that we were the aggressors anil
threatened to drive the English people
Into the sea, do you think that those
two men could think for a moment that
they could do such a thing. Why, there
are only 2M,000 people In both of our
republics from the smallest Infant to
the men bigger than I am.
UNPREPARED FOR WAR.
"They say that we had prepared for
this war. Why, when Jameson raided
across our frontier with 6u0 men on a
morning after our holiday, when our
young men had been up all night at
Innocent games, there were nothing but
old-fashioned guns In the republics.
Yet we went out with those old guns
and captured Jameson and took him to
Kruger. After a while, when England
promised to punish Jameson and pay
us for the damage done to our prop
erty, Kruger turned Jameson over to
England. They kept him In Jail for a
few months, because he failed In his
raid, I guess, and then let him go.
"Do you think that England has ever
paid us for the damages done, as she
agreed. No, site has broken her prom
ise, and never paid one cent.
"You perhaps have read the story of
poor Lobengula, our neighbor. He was
chief of the Zulus, and had a country
that the English thought would be val
uable for gold. They bought the land
of the Ignorant chief and gave him
gun and a lot of ammunition that did
not fit with which to pay for It, telling
him that he needed the guns to protect
hi country. Then when the English
failed to find gold where they thought
It would be, and expected that they
could find it on some other land that
lobengula owned, they found fault with
the title and made war. Now the Zulu
boys are made to work In the gold
mine of which Lobengula wa robbed.
Ho we feared what, might happen to us.
RBI'LI BH TO BLAVE "TORT.
"They have said of u that we owned
lave. Englishmen hav traveled our
country over, ftnd have Invested money
wherever they could, yet why I It they
never bought a slave. If we had them.
When we wt to our country to settle
there were but few natives, for thi
country wa too desolate to support
them. But we treated the native llk
children, and didn't try to civilize them
with brandy and Mauser bullets, and
soon they came flocking to us from the
surrounding country and are glad to
make a home among us.
"They say we were aggressors and
began the war. Did we not see them
bringing troops from Canada, from In
dia and from Australia, and landing
them on our borders? Did we not know
what that meant? When a man holds a
Pistol to your head do you wait for
him to fire before you strike? Do you
fear what is coming, and strike down
the pistol while you have a chance? So
we struck while we- had a chance.
"I want to tell you that we did not
have enough guns to begin with. We
had none for the Cape Dutch at all,
so they could not help us, and we
would not today have enough for-our
own burghers had not we taken them
away from the English soldiers.
"They say that we permit no Roman
Catholic churches in our country. This
I will deny. In the Orange Free Satte
we not only permit Roman Catholic
church, but gave them from the govern
ment revenues the same money that
we give to all other churches accord
ing to their proportion of the popula
tion. In Pretoria, the most valuable
piece of property In the city is owned
by a Roman Catholic church.
"Of our soldiers. I want to say that
every man of our 250.000 people, from
the boy of 15 to the old man with gray
hair, is In the Held fighting for liberty.
PICTURE OF A BATTLE.
"Let me draw you a picture of a bat
tle scene In the beginning of the war.
Hide by side were the grandfather of
75, the father of 40, and the son of 15,
each with his rifle. The English khaki
dad regiments were approaching. They
tried to storm the kopje, but were driv
en back. The first thing that the Boer
commander did was to call all of his
men together, and to offer prayer to
Almighty God, giving thanks for tne
victory. Then he sent out his soldiers
to pick up the wounded, Boera and
BrltiBh alike. The grandfather goes
out and prays with the wounded. The
son carries water from one to another
among the wounded; finally his father
calls him.
"The father is badly wounded and
dying. He gives to the son his rifle,
and says, 'Take it home and when your
younger brother is strong enough, tell
him to carry it into battle.' The boy
carries it home. The younger brother
Bays: 'I will go now.' The mother says
no. Then the sister says, 'If you do
not let him go, I will go myself.' And
so the boy goes to the front. That Is
the spirit of our peopie.
"Joe Chamberlain says that the sym
pathy of the world, including America,
is with England. We do not believe
this. That is why we have come to
America to urge that the American peo
ple show Joe Chamberlain that this Is
not so.
SAME GOD IS RULING.
"Sometimes th people say to us,
'What are you fighting for now? Your
capital Is captured.' I reply I gay, 'The
British were once in possession of
Washington, and yet America Is free.
The same God that ruled then rules
today.'
"Ladles, I want to say a word to you,
for the hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world. In America I find that
the same hand holds the purse string,
and counts the dollars. But I want to
tell you what your slaters are doing
in our country. Women that had never
soiled their hands with harder labor
than music or painting after they left
school, at the beginning of the war at
once went upon the farms and took up
the heaviest work. In the cities they
are making clothing for the men In the
field, and caring for the wounded as
they come l.i. I regret to say that we
had some unworthy men who preferred
to stay at home, but the women drove
them out and to the front.
WORD TO THE SCHOOLBOYS.
"Now a word to the schoolboys, for
the boy of today Is the man of tomor
row and the statesman of day after to
morrow. I want to tell you that every
schoolboy big enough to carry a gun is
fighting in the Transvaal. In Johan
nesburg, where there was a school of
150 boys, one night at the beginning
of the war, every one ran away and
went Into the army, and the next day
the master locked up the school and
went. too.
"I have done my best In my own
way to tell you the truth about my
country. I feel that it would be cruel
to keep you longer this hot day. I beg
of you as American people, having a
free country of your own, to do some
thing for my countrymen."
As Envoy Wessels concluded, he was
again greeted with a roar of applause.
It was quick to be seen that his earnest
plea had won Its way to the hearts of
his audience. .
MAHONEY TO VOTERS.
William J. Bryan having by this time
arrived, was called for from every por
tion of the house,' and Hon. T. J. Ma
honey, who had just been Introduced,
gracefully yielded the floor to Mr.Bryan
who declined to respond, preferring to
In no way change the order of the pro
gram. MR. BRYAN RESPONDS.
At the conclusion of Mr. Mahoncy's
address, bedlam again broke loose In
the calls for Mr. Hiyan, who this time
responded, the tegular program having
concluded.
"1 came as a c itizen nn Amerlcin clt,
Izen to be present wltn other Ameri
can citizens to meet the representatives
of the Boer republics; to Join with you
in expressing to them our sympathy for
their cause? and as I earnestly believe,
the sympathy of a great majority of
the American people," said Mr. Bryan.
"1 trust that the day will never come
when those lighting for liberty will look
to the American nation In vain for sym
pathy and aid In their struggle.
"These envoys have honored us by
coming to us to seek our sympathy,
giving us as Americans the opportunity
to assist them to gain that liberty
which Is so dear to us.
"It Is said that the blood of the mar
tyr Is the seed of the church. If It is
fated that these republics shall be over
come, they will not have fought I n
vain. Sometimes the men who die do
more for liberty than they who live;
and ere the struggle I over, I believe
that the Boers will rise from an hun
dred field and liberty will be victori
ous. "There are men among us who say
that because England sympathized with
u during the Spanish-American war,
we ought to say nothing against such
a friendly ntlon. I deny that uch
sympathy binds u to act for England.
We did not need the ympathy of Eng
land during the Spanish-American war.
We need the sympathy of no nation
on earth. We have received nothing
that obligate us to remain passive and
helple while liberty Is being crushed.
We should not be unmindful of our
duties to the people of this world strug
gllng for their liberty we, the greatest
nation on earth founded on liberty,
"We must keep Inspired with that
love and reverence for the blessed nam
of liberty til! every American citisen
got down on hi knee and aik the
God of battle to bring victory to the
Uotrs."
CIA.
RUSSIA WILL ATTEMPT TO RE
PRESS THE BOXERS.
WILL INVADE CHINA.
Tna Empraa Uphold tha Boxara
By Censuring Cenaral Who
Fought Tham.
St. Petersburg, June 12. It Is declar
ed here that the government is resolv
ed. If the dangerous situation in China
continues, to take immediate, energetic
military action to repress the antl
forelgn movement.
At the same time the government has
no intention of disassociating Itself
from the Joint action of the powers.
London, June 12. The situation in
China appears distinctly graver. The
destruction of a Russian chapel at
Tung Tlngau has provided Russia with
the desired pretext to land more troops.
The dispatch from St. Petersburg this
afternoon that the government is re
solved, If the dangerous situation In
China continues, to take immediate mil
itary action to repress the antl-forelgn
movement, at the same time declaring
that It ha no intention of disassociat
ing Itself from the Joint action of the
powers, may be regarded as a semi
official utterance, meaning that If there
Is any hesitancy on the part of the
powers Russia will act alone.
All reports agree that ' the "Boxer"
movement is spreading! The report 1b
:onflrmed that the French agents at
Hong Tse and Yun-Nan-Fu have been
impelled to retire and this shows that
:he ferment has reached Southwestern
hina and has provoked France Into
taking active steps.
Sir Claude MacDonald, British minis
ter at Pekin, has wired the British con
sul at Shanghai, confirming the report
ed outrages ,'and the fact that the
throne and government have been ac
tuated by a secret sympathy with the
"Boxer" movement, which the govern
ment has ample power to suppress, If
t so desired. His dispatch, however, is
in no way of alarmist nature.
The latest Tien Tsln dispatches, say
ng that the dowager empress has ap
oolnted anti-foreign generals with the
pretended mission to suppress the Box
;rs,makes It impossible to doubt that
;he time has arrived for energetic ac
:Ion. It Is understood that the British gov
ernment will utilize the Chinese regi
ment which has been In training at
ft'el Hal Wel, as It would be dangerous
o remove the garrison from Hong
ong at the present moment.
A special dispatch from Shanghai,
Sated June 9, says:
"The tsung II yamen has protested to
he minsters against the presence of
mch a large number of foreign forces,
isserting that It cannot be only for thp
protection of the legations, but for the
establishment of a garrison in the ca
pacity of an independent friendly state,
rhe answer which the foreign ministers
eturned to this protest Is unknown.
"The American mission at Pol Tang
2how was destroyed yesterday, but the
missionaries fled to a place of safety.
"It Is reported that the viceroy of
Chi-LI has resigned.
"It is proposed to bring Li Hung
Chang back from the south, but Prince
Kank Yl proposes to give the post to
the infamous Li Ping Heng, the former
jrovermor of Shan Tung.
"Pao Ting Fu Is burning. The Tien
I"Bln railway has finally ceased to be
iperated. All the English missionaries
ire encamped Inside the legation.' '
WIFE OF OMAHA'S MAYOR KILLED.
She Is Injured In a Runaway With
-Fatal Results.
Omaha. (Special.) Mrs. Kate E.
Moores, wife of Frank E. Moores, may
or of Omaha, died at her home at 8:55
?. m. Saturday, the result of a terrible
unaway accident, which occurred three
lours before. '
She had attended a picnic given by
her daughter's Sunday school class at
Rlvervlew park, and was returning
home In her own carriage, accompanied
by Mrs. T. J. Mackay, wife of the rector
of All Saints' church, and little daugh
ter. When near St. Joseph's hospital,
on South Tenth street, the horses be
came frightened at a runaway team at
tached to Dr. Porter's carriage, which
crashed Into the carriage occupied by
the two women. In an Instant the
fiery horses were beyond control of the
coachman and dashed down the street
at a terrific pace. Mrs. Moores, weak
and nervous from fright, attempted to
alight from the carriage, but fell to
the pavement, striking the back of her
head on the curbstone. The skull was
badly fractured at the base of the
brain. She was tenderly carried to the
drug Btore of John B. Conte at Tenth
and Hickory street. Dr. Hanchett.
who lives close by, was quickly at her
Ide and Dr. CofTman, the family phy
sician, wa also ent for.
TWINB ASSOCIATION FORMED.
Benedict, Neb., June 12. The Farm
ers' Twine association Is the latest York
county organization. The object of or
ganization Is to buy twine at wholesale
In carload lots, saving middlemen's
profits. The first car of twine was re
ceived here last week, costing Its mem
ber 11 cents. The following officers
ere elected: S. J. Myen, president; ;A.
M. Robinson, secretary; D. W. Baker,
treasurer, and Bert Lang, manager.
WITKSTAKJ FCJfl BAYS SEIGE.
Dasperata Strait of American Gar
rison in Catublg. .
Washington, D. C, June 12. Perhaps
the most thrilling and picturesque Inci
dent of the entire Philippine war took
place at Catublg on the island of Sa
mar, where in April a" party of thirty
one enlisted men of company K, Forty
third infantry, held at bay a force of
800 insurgents during four day of fierce
fighting, reinforcement arriving just in
the nick of time.
The war department ha received re
ports from Captain H. M. Day of the
Forty-third volunteer infantry and
First Lieutenant J. T. Sweeney of that
regiment, who commanded the rescue
party, giving all the details of the at
tack, the siege and the relief.
According to these reports the attack
on the garrison at Catubig began with
out warning on Sunday morning. Aprilla.
From the hills on aH sides, from every
point of vantage In the town, and from
a deserted church directly adjoining
came a rifle and cannon Are of terrible
Intensity. On Tuesday morning hand-
fuls of burning hemp were thrown into
the barracks by the insurgents in the
church, and soon the soldiers' refuge
was on fire. All efforts to subdue the
Are failed, and finally the little band
made a dash for the river bank. Some
were killed before the bank was reach
ed, others fell dead in a boat which
the"y were attempting to row to the op
posite shore, and when a trench finally
was dug with bayonets there were only
sixteen of the thirty-one left to man it.
Here for two more days Corporal Car-
son, handling his men with the Judg
ment of a veteran, held out under a
terrible fire until Lieutenant Sweeney's
command, which had been ordered up
the river in a steamer to supplement
the garrison at Catublg, arrived. The
rescuers fought their way through the
open to their besieged comrades in the
trenches, buried the dead within reach,
brought back to the boat the besieged
party, now numbering only thirteen,
and then steamed down the river.
REFUSES TO CALL OUT TBOOPS.
Gov. Stephens Declines To Send
Troops To St. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., June 12. Any hopes
the general public may have Indulged
that Governor Stephens would call out
the state militia to maintain law and
order in St. Louis during the prevalence
of the great railway strike were dissi
pated when he departed for Jefferson
City without having taken any decisive
steps in the matter or giving any inti
mation as to what course he intended to
pursue in the future.
The calling out of state troops was
discussed at great length by Governor
Stephens, the police commissioners, the
sheriff and commanding officers of the
militia, but no decision on the direct
issue was reached. It was learned that
while the governor could not be brought
to the way of reasoning of some of the
city officials, he offered some sugges
tions which he thought might have a
salutary effect upon the more rabid
element of the general public. If not
then he would act as. in his Judgment
seemed proper for the preservation of
the law. He advised, among other
things, that the transit company In
crease its night service, and if this ex
periment resulted in disorder and Its
attendant results he would unhesitat
ingly call out the state militia for its
suppression.
Acting, apparently, upon this advice,
the transit company ran cars on three
more divisions at night. The Lindell
division, which resumed its night serv
ice two days ago, was also In opera
tion. The police officers were for the
most part withdrawn from guard duty
during the day to properly prepare for
the duties of the night in protecting
the cars and doing police duty along
the thoroughfares through which the
four divisions run. Two regiments of
the posse comitatus were also assigned
to patrol duty along the Bame thor
oughfares. Up to a late hour the cars
were running on regular schedule and
no outbreaks had been reported.
WHY THE H0STA6ES ARE HELD.
Sample of Threats Indulged in By
the British Press.
London, June 12. The South African
Review, the weekly organ here of the
financial ring, by which the present
war in the Transvaal was promoted,
discusses the treatment to be accorded
to the two presidents Kruger and
Steyn.
"To state the proposition with brutal
frankness," It says "although the hang
ing of Steyn would not In many quar
ters be considered an excess of retribu
tive Justice, the aged champion of
Transvaal Boerdom might be allowed
to devote his fast declining days to
preparing for the Inevitable process of
natural dissolution."
When such counsels are offered to
hte British government by the minis
terial press and are quoted with ap
proval, It Is not surprising that the
Boera consider the retention of a suffl.
clnet body of British prisoner a host
ages the only security they have gainst
uncivilized vengeance being wreaked
upon their leader.
CATTLE DEALETiS WILL FIGHT,
Elgin, 111., June 12, The Indictment of
half a dozen prominent cattle dealers
of Kane county for failure to heed the
law In regard to testing for tubercu
losis the animals Imported and sold to
dairymen has resulted In an organiza
tion that propose to prove the law'
validity. It proposes to light the mat
ter In the court and ha engaged coun
sel to that end. It claims the tubercu
lin test cause cattle to fall rapidly in
milk and I injurious to the animal.
IS REFUSED.
BOERS REFUSE BULLERS TERMS
fB Ol IDDCklaTaTD
THEY WILL FIGHT 00.
Buller Mat General Botha Near Ma
Juba Hill and Demanded An
Unconditional Surrender. .
Ingogo, June 8. The Boers have re
plied in rather curt term to General
Buller's proposal that if they wish to
surrender it must be unconditional, and
in artillery duel is now proceeding.
London, June 12. A belated dispatch
from Mount Prospect, via Newcastle.
Natal, dated Thursday, June 7, throws
light upon the armistice agreed upon
between the British and Boers recently.
It appears that General Buller met
General Christian Botha June 2, at
O'Neil farm between Uemgela and sfa
Juba and summoned Botha to surren
der. General Botha said he was not
empowered to accede to the demand.
General Buller replied: "Very well,
and turned to go away when General
Botha pressed him to make a proposal.
General Buller said he had no proposal
to make, but pointed out that the Boers
were surrounded and referred to tha
uselessness of shedding unnecessary
blood.
"What do you want us to do?" asked.
General Botha, beseechingly.
"Return to your farms, leave your
big guns and await Lord Roberts' de
cision," replied General Buller.
The federal commandant said be
would refer the question to the bur
ghers. General Buller then acceded to
his (General Botha's) appeal for an.
armistice until daybreak, June 6.
The dispatch adds that the federals
are understood to have twenty-three
guns in position, but it is doubtful if
they can remove them. .Their only linet
5f retreat is in the direction of Lyden
burg. General Buller's dispatch shows that
the burghers ultimately decided not t
surrender.
HOWARD FOR CONGRESSMAN
Second District Convention Chooser
the Papilllon Editor.
Omaha, Neb., June 11. Judge Edgar
Howard of Papillion Saturday received
the nomination of the Second district
tor congressman. The manner In which,
it was tendered.as well as the nomina
tion itself, was a handsome compliment
and the nominee enters the campaign
with the solid and enthusiastic back
ing of the united reform forces of the
district.
The democrats assembled at Osthoff's
hall. Several republicans, including the
managers of D. H. Mercer's campaign,
were present, and were obviously disap
pointed at the manner in which the
three parties agreed on the nominee.
The effort that had been made to In
sert a discordant wedge to force them
apart failed utterly.
The populists met In convention and
elected Herman Cohen chairman. A
committee consisting of Messrs. Mag
ney, Root, Carpenter and Whitford was
appointed to confer with the silver re
publicans and the democrats relative
to fusion in the selection of a nominee
for congress. Upon its return this com
mittee, through Its chairman, Mr. Mag--ney,
reported that the democrats had
nominated Edgar Howard and that the
silver republicans had not taken any
action, aside from appointing a com
mittee on conrerence. in pmer m cy
press its choice, the convention took
an Informal ballot which resulted as
follows: Howard, 4SH; Lobeck, 42H- On
motion of Mr. Root Mr. Howard was
declared the unanimous choice or tne
convention.
inC HHVfl iriuuiliniia
Bums as chairman of their convention.'
A committee consisting of Messrs. Carr..
Moth and Maupln was appointed tor
confer with the democrats and popu
HstB with reference to the nomination
of a candidate for congress. The mem
bers of this committee were Instructed
to use all honorable means to secure
the nomination of C. O. Lobeck. Re
turning, the chairman of the conference
committee announced that both the
democratic and populist conventions
had indorsed Mr. Howard. The com
mittee was discharged and a vote being
taken Mr. Howard was declared th
unanimous choice of the convention.
PEDDLER ONCE A MILLIONAIRE
C. H. North Save He Waa Robbed
Of a Big Fortune.
Boston, Mass., June 12. C. H. North,
formerly head of the North Packing
company, doing a buslnes of tt.MS.vDC
a year, now peddles vegetables In the
Prospect Hill district, Somervllle. bare
headed and with ragged clothea and
broken shoes.
"If I could only get 16,000," h say.
"I could get on my feet again and look,
after my property, the Nebraska Stock
Yards company." He still lives In the
big house on Prospect Hill, where oace
his wife and eight children lived with
him In luxury. He occupies two rooms
and rent the other.
Mr. North declare he ha been rea
bed of r,,000,000 and la bitter agataat
the Bwlfts and against Mr. Rkllton.,
HI retirement from the North PacfctosJ
company In 180 marked the beginning
of hi financial troubles, . and new In
has ha large property interests, hist
can do nothing with them.