BEGIN THE
MERGER SUIT.
Miinestti Authorities Open Trill it Home
Against Consolidation.
Petition Urges that Directors of Norn
rn Pacific and Great Northern be
Prevented from Combining.
"" StrrHui, MrntiT) Aprtr S. The utali
of Minnesota h.es begun Its merger
suit at home. The bill of complaint in
the suit of the state Hgainst the Great
Northern and Northern l'luiflc liail
iy companies, the Northern Secur
ities company, J. J. uh president
of the Northern Securities company
and individually, was served on the de
fendant, Hill, In a variety of capaci
ties, and return made io the sheriffs
office by Deputy Kei how.
The court van asked to make order
restraining the merger as contrary to
law, from the interchange of stock,
from Interference of one road with
the cither road and from the right of
one set of directors to vote In the other
corporation.
The ret Hal in this new case in al
most identical with that In the former
case before the l.'nited States supreme
ourt, after which the plaintiff pi ays:
I'RAYF.R OF PLAINTIFF.
1. Thut it be adjudged and decreed
that the agreement and combination
hereinbefore alleged to lie unlawful
and all act." done and to be done in
pursuance thereol an- e-oiiliaiy to aim
In violation of the lawn of this mate
and of the Culled Slaw-H.
2. 'J'hat Ihe defendant, the Northern
Securities company, it stockholders,
officers, director)), executive committee
and Ils agents and seivanls, and each
and every one of them, be perpetually
enjoined from acquiring, receiving. holel
ing, voting, whether by proxy or oth
rwlM or in any manner acting us
the owner ot anj of the shares of the
capital stock ol either the Northern
f'ai die Railway company or the ureal
Northern Railway company, from vot
ing m any meeting of the stockhold
ers, of either cai'l Cuat Northern or
Northern Pacific- Railway companies.
xi hanging any of th" capital sloe k l
either of said companies by any means
r in fiiy manner whatever, and from
attending by reason of such ownership,
possession or control of stock, eithci
through its officers or by proxy, or In
any other manner, any meeting of the
stoc kholders or either of said compa
nies from In any way aiding, uclvis
ina directing, interfering with or In
icr.y way taking part directly or I ri 1 1 -reitlv
in any mann-i whatsoever in
the management, control or operation
-f any of the lines of railway of either
of r-aid companies or in tin- niaiiagi
inert or control of the affair of either
of said companies, or from exercising
any of the powers, or performing any
-of the duties or in any manner acting
kd represenlaliv e. officer, member of
the board of diieitois in t lie- employ
f fit net the (Treat Northern or North
ern l"Hcinc Hallway companies, or in
any way exe. vising any management,
direction or control over the sarin'.
HUrCK NOl'.TIIKItN SKCUK1TIKS.
4 That tile defendant, the Northern
Pacific Hallway uniiiiany, its slock
holders, ollicers, dlt tns, agi'tits and
iwrvajits and each and every one of
(hem. be srpetually enjoined from In
any manner recognizing or accepting
the Northern Securities company as
the holder or owner of any shares of its
-a.piial etoik and from permitting; su'h
ornp.ny to vote su h stock, whether
by prox or otherwise, and from pay
ing any dividend upon such slock to
aJd company or its assigns and fiom
recognizing as valid any mortgage, se
curities or assignment of s'.ich stink or
for in any way combining in said Ureal
Northern Railroad company, w iu-th
such combine be aMeriipieil to tie il-fc-cted
directly ami lliiough the corpor
a.te bodies themselves or through the
M'tlon of the constituent members or
MOrkholdCrx Of Hiit-h CO!!pHni-S, Dial
that satd defendant, Its dir'-ctors. odi
rers. agents, attorneys and employes be
similarly enjoined from effecting or
consummating any form of combina
tion or agreement which shall disturb
the Independent Integrity of each de
fendant ami Its Independent manage
ment and control, whether su h man
agement shall take on Ihe form herein
alleged or any other form, ami that
hweintinder the defendant Northern
f'aillc Hallway company, Its ollicers,
directors, agents, attorneys and em
ployes be similarly enjoined from en
tering Into any agreement directly or
Indirectly destroying free ami unlim
ited competition between said defend
ant and said t treat Northern Hallway
company by inlen io.ngt of tra-fllc. pool
ings or earnings or division of prollis
or .otherwise.
The fourth prayer Is identical with
the third, with the exception that the
treat Northern Hallway company Is
substituted for the Northern J'aclllc
Hallway company.
f. That the defendant, James J. Hill,
be enjoined individually and as an offi
cer and director of tin defendant, the
Great Northern Hall-way company, from
paying or permitting any dividend or
dividends fo be paid out of the earn
ings or treasury of said railway com
pany upon st oik of said railway com
pany held by the defendant. tip
Northern Hecurllles cr rnpariy, taken by
If In exchange for I lie stock of salil
railway company and as an olllcer or
director of said railway company from
rerelvlnp at any directors' or stock
holders' meeting of said railway com
pany the vote of any shares of stink
of said railway company taken by said
securities company In exchange lor
stock, and as an officer or director or
stockholder in said Northern Hcuiitlcs
company dictating the policy or direct
ing or controlling the rate of trans
portation or Ihe business affairs -of
either of the defendant railway com
panies. (. For such other further relief n
the nature of the case may requite
and the court may deem proper In the
premises.
Ends fight on Grain Rates.
Kansas City, Mo., A pi II 9. The com
plaint authorized by Ihe Kansas City
Transportation bureau with the Inter
state Commerce Commission against
the Union Pacific, Hoi k Island, Hanta
Fa and Missouri I'acihY railroads has
been withdrawn. Commissioner W. P.
Trlekett of the Transportation bureau
has received from officials of these lines
assurances of the removal of the Kan
sas City grain arbitration rate. Thin
ends a fight waged by the Kansas City
fruetnes men for si years.
THE PEACE HOPE STEADILY WANES.
London, April 8 The expectation of
peace resulting from the present ne
gotiations Is steadily waning. The
Boer baders In the field are still Irre
concilably opposed to surrendering
their Independence, It Is said In official
quarters here.
At the same time It Is an unmistak
able fact that the Ilrillsh government
is far more anxious now to come to
terms than at the beginning of the
summer campaign. This anxiety is
due In part to a desire that the cor
onation should be preceded by peace,
but In a far greater degree to the in
creasing gravity of Ird Kitchener's
position, owing to the steady lessen
ing of the 'remount supplies.
The Australian horses are evidently
useless, while the Argentine animals,
even after six months acclimating,
which the wastage and pressure at the
front render impracticable, are little
better, and the European supplies are
becoming exhausted. So England's re
liance now Is mainly on American
sources.
Dr. Ii-yds has agents wherever Eng
land is buying horses, and the calcula
tions and plans of the Hoer generals
are largely based on the information
he is sending them on the steady ex
haustion of the available horse market
of the world. That Ik the secret of the
Boer belief in ultimate victory.
The sensation caused by the atroci
ties of the Australian Irregulars has
been deepened by the studiously bald
and belated official avowal of the war
ofllce. The policy of concealment hav
ing failed, it is bitterly resented by the
jingo press and the statements pub
lished Indicating that horrors on a far
larger scale than the dry official pro
nouncement Implies are Included In
the wholesale ill treatment murder of
Hoer women and children. It is freely
suggested in conversations here that
these criminal excesses by the Austra
lians illustrate the doctrine of atavism,
the ringleaders coming from the colo
nics which were originally convict set
tlements. HANNA SAYS LABOR SHOULD ORGANIZE.
Philadelphia. Pfi., April .-SenHlor
M . A. llanna was the guest of the
American Academy of Political and
Physical Science on the occasion of Us
annual meeting. His subject was "In
dustrial Conciliation "nil Arbitration;
Its Possibilities and I, imitations."
The keynote of Mr. Manna's speech
was the organization of labor, which,
he said, he had favored fur thirty
years. He denounced socialism as an
un-American, and opposed to the prin
ciples maintained by the Civic Feder
ation, which sought to bring a peaceful
adjustment of all dllllcult es existing
between capital and labor.
He believed, he said, in the former
meeting the latter mote than half way
in any difficulty that should arise. He
said he fell much pride In the work of
the Civil Federation, which had In ils
lirlef career successfully concluded sev
en strikes and averted two, saving in
tin latter Instances more than '.'tUl.Ooo
men from Idleness.
He urged arbitration in a sensible
and logiciil way.
PACKING TRUST TO BE INVESTIGATED.
New York, April 9.- Positive state
ments an; made in Washington that
Preslil. til Itoosevelt has ordered a
searching livpiiiy Into the melln.ds of
ihe beef tru-l. A western representa
tive In congress said that this had
been iion' and It is g'-nerally believed
Io b" the truth.
While complete secrecy will be
maintained, It Is understood Culled
Slateji district attorneys have been
ordered to give evidence In New Vol k.
Chicago. Kansas City and other points.
Evidence of Ihe sort required is dlfll-i-lilt.
to obtain, and that recently puli
livhed it. said to be more incriminating
than, any other at hand.
Kelail dealeis complain that with the
preiictil high prices, they are unable
to ince:. Ihe credit demands made by
the tiust and are obliged to close their
sla ps It Is shown the packers' mo
nopoly sells beef cheaper In London
than It does in New York.
FAVORABLE REPORT ON FINANCIAL Bill
Washington. D. C. April ft. The
house committee on banking and cur
rency, by a vote on party lines, has or
dered favorable report on the finan
cial bill, framed by Ihe republican
members, and Introduced by Chairman
Fowler, "to maintain the gold stand
ard, provide nn elastic currency, equal
ize th rale of interest fhrouchout the
country, and further amend the na
tional banking laws,"
The de tails of the measure were giv
en when Mr. Fowler Inlroduced It, and
since then Ihe changes made have not
aflected any of the principles of the
bill. A division of banking Htid-currency
Is created In the treasury de
partment, with a board of control of
ihe currency
The methods by which banks may
take out of circulation are provided,
Ihe parity of the silver dollar with
gold Is established, a provision for the
national banks is made .silver bullion
In the treasury Is to be coined Into
subsidiary coin, anil guaranty funds
are provided as u pioie.tlon agalnsl
Insolvent banks.
Sues Cs. County Tieasurer.
Heatrlce, Neb. .April tv Suit has been
begun In the district lonrt by County
Attorney Hackett against fl. W. Mau
ler, ex-counly trriisiiicr, asking for tl
writ of mandamus to compel Mr. Mntl
rer to refund to the county the sum of
1,325. 36, alleged to have been retained
hy him out of the general fund of the
county In excess of the feces and com
missions eollecled by him during his
incumbency In oltlce. The rass will In
all probability he taken up at the open
ing of district court, April 16.
BLOW UP
BANK SAFE.
Robbers Wreck Money Vault In Buskin,
Nuckols County.
Four Successive Explosions Rouse
the Steeping Villagers, Thousands
In Cash Left Behind.
- -NeJsofl, -Keb.r-4)rIlWordreat;b-.
ed here early In the week that the
Stale Bank of Huskln had been rob
bed. The outer casing of the safe was
blown open and the explosion, ot
which there were four, aroused the
people residing in the vicinity of the
bank building.
The money chest Is still secure and
the bulk of the money was In the chest.
Just what a-mount of money was ta
ken will not be examined until a rep
resentative of the insurance company
reaches the scene, but It is said not
over $j 000 was secured.
The robbers, four In number, were
seecn going south on foot, and yvere
trailed about three miles, where they
had a team waiting.
The sheriff and marshal went from
here, and together with the Beatrice
bloodhounds are making a hot chase
for them.
They went south through Hardy Into
KuriFHS, and at Republic the pursuers
f ported being close after those w ho
are supposed to be the robbers. Some
otlteis have been arrested on suspicion.
OVKHI.OOK TIIOCSANDS IN BILLS.
Heatrlce, Neb., April 8. Reports that
reach this city of the robbery at the
Ituskin State bank, state that entrance
was efVi cted by raising a back window.
Once inside, the robbers drilled In the
safe door and nit ro-glycerine was used
as the explosive. The door was blown
completely oft its hinges and the cash
box whs exposed, containing several
thousands of dollars. In their haste
to l"uve the building with their booty
the robbers overlooked possibly $3,1)00
in bills, scattered about the room by
the force of the explosion.
It is reported here that the thieves
got about $5,000 In cash. '
The noise of the explosion aroused
Ihe citizens of Huskin, and In less than
half an hour after the report was
heard a telephone message was re
ceived here asking for the service of
the Fulton bloodhounds. Trainer Max
field with a pair of the dogs left the
city on a freight train, arriving at
Huskin about 10 o'clock next morning.
Cpon reaching Huskin the dogs took
the trail of the thieves, which led west
from that village.
The bank is capitalized for $7,000 and
has deposits aggregating close to $!.'.
)00. The president Is A. O. Mcl'.rew
and the cashier, F. Mi-Grew. Huskin Is
a small town In the eastern part of
Nuckolls county and is but a. short
distance west of Hebron on the Hock
island road.
SENATOR CLARKE JOINS WITH 60ULD.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 5. The Hi r
al l says: Los Angeles will be the Pa
cific coast terminus of the Uould raii
way system. The Could and Clark In
terests have combined at either side
of the continent. Senator W. A. Claik
having Joined with George J. Gould in
the iuillding of a road from Pittsburg
to the Atlantic: seaboard and Mr. Gould
becoming Interested in the San Pedro,
L'M Angeles & Salt Lake road. These
arrangement will give the; Gould sys
tem a continuous line of roads across
the continent, beginning with the Halt
Luke, then the Hlo Grande Western
and Ihe Denver & Rio Grande to Den
ver. The Missouri Pacific to St. Ixiuls,
the Wabash to Pittsburg and the West
Vlrglna Central, with projected exten
sions to the Atlantic.
Charles W, Clark, the senator's son,
who Is now in Ios Angeles, and J. Hos..
Clark, brother of the senator, who has
the management of the Salt Lake rail
road, would only partly confirm the re
port of a combination of the Gould
und Clark Interests.
"1 have nt received any direct in
formation concerning a combine with
Mr. Gould," said J. Rosa Clark. "II
si-ems probable and such a connection
at Halt Lake would give Mr. Gould the
long-sought outlet to the Pacific- const,
out I cannot enlighten you further at
prcs.'iil."
BILL LEAVES TWO COMMISSIONERS
Washington, D. C, April 8. The re
publican members of the house Insulai
committee practically completed the
Philippine civil government bill and a
print of the revised measure will be
submitted to the democratic members
next week. As now changed the bill
reduces the number of Philippine com
mlHsli ners to the Cnlteil Slates from
three to two. The civil government
plan und the gold standard coinage are
preserved as framed some time ago. A
chunge Is made In the friar lands sec
lion, by which the Philippines commit
tee will determine the met hods of
opening these lands to homesteaders.
Mementoes of Prince Henry.
Kiel, April II. The damage done to
the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern by
American memento hunters while It
was In New York harbor as the dom
icile of Prince Henry was not nearly
so great as bus been repotted. The
only articles missing are various small
objects from the mess rooms, some
sailors' rap bands with the word "llo
hemtollern," n lot of uniform buttons
which had been rut off with the sail
ors' clothes, and other objects trans
ferred, from the clothes chests
IMPORTANT CHAN6ES IN INDIAN LANDS
M'ashlnglon, IX C, April 9.-The In
dian bill, which has passed the senate
carries with It one of the most iirixir
tant provisions lisjking to the solution
of the Indian problem that has been
engrafted upon the statute books sine
the government began its systematic
treatment of the Indian question. The
bill provides that where Indian allot
tees have died the adult heirs of any
deceased Indian to whom a trust ot
other patents containing restriction!
upon alienation has been or shall be
Issued for lands allotted to him, may
sell and convey the land Inherited from
such decedent. It further provides
that in case of any treaty or an agree
metTtTw If h a n TniTlan" t rTbe, ano t meTrrs
have been made to white citizens with
out Indian blood who are citizens of
the United States, final patents shall be
Issued to such white allottees without
waiting for the usual trust, and they
are permited to sell or dispose of land
eo allotted without restrictions. In
addition to this the senate adopted a
etlll further provision amendatory to
the house bill, providing that any In
dian over the age of 21 years to whom
an allotment of land had been made
or shall be made, may dispose of the
same by will subject to the condition
and limitation of the allotment, and in
keeping with laws of t lie state or terri
tory In which such lands are situated.
For years men who have made the
Indian question a study and who have
been advocat.es of a broader policy
than the government ha.-e pursued, ha ve
urged this legislation for the purpose
of taking lands out of the tribal rela
tions and permit them to be sold to
Individuals who would thereby return
a mi;uie of their ownership to the
general government.
IOWA RAISES THE JUSTICES' SALARY.
Des Moines, la., April 9. The mos;
Important work done m the legislature
last week was tile adoption by the
house of the bill to reorganize the Iowa
supreme court and raise salaries. The
bill as originally introduced was in
substance that which was approved by
Ihe State liar association and generally
desired by the lawyers of the state. It
prov ided for three general terms of the
court, but practically continuous ses
sions, and a general change In the
method of making the assignments and
hearing cases so that the decisions will
follow submission much closer than at
present. Jt also fixed salaries at $6,000
a year Instead of $4,000. The house
cut' the bill to pieces and eliminated
all but the salary feature and fixed it
at $.",0O0. The senate took up the house
bill and substituted it for the one the
house had passed and the house ac
cepted the original bill as it came over
from the senate in the form of a sub
stitute. An effort was made to reduce the
salary to $:i,000 a year, and on this
motion Speaker Knton, for the first
time during the session, came down to
the floor and delivered a stirring speech
In opposition to such a change and in
general defense of the original bill.
A resolution was adopted for a com
mittee to view a portrait of the late
Senator Harlan with a view to pur
chasing it for the state.
The bill to Increase the salary of the
superintendent of the Feeble Minded
institute at Glenwood to $2,700 was
passed.
A bill to authorize the executive
council to employ expert accountants
for the state to go over the state books
was passed, also a hill to provide for
filling cucancies in elective city offices.
The Hubbard bill on railroad matter
was brought up, but not put to a vote.
A bill to appropriate for the expense
of Inspec ting private and county Insane
asy lums wus passed. A bill to make It
Impossible to withdraw a name from a
petition of consent in a saloon case
and to permit Identification of names
was passed.
Thinks Well Is Poisoned.
Heatrlce, Neb., April 8. Will Smith
of Flllcy brought to Heatrlce some
vvat-r taken from his well, which he
thinks contains poison. Applied to the
flesh It causes the skin to crack and
severe pains follow the drinking of It.
Mr. Smith Is of the opinion that his
enemies are after hirn and have thrown
lye or some other substance in the
well for the purpose of poisoning the
family. The water is being analyzed
0y H. Kli'lnhaus, a chemist of this city.
Mr. Smith is not a relative of W'lllard
Smith, the young man who was shot
and killed at Flllcy recently.
Order Ten Boats.
Pittsburg. Pa., April 9. Two men
from the republic of Colombia, Senor
Pedro del Osplna, for many years sec
retary of war, and P. G. Inglesldc,
formerly n resident of Allegreny, have
been In Pittsburg two days at the bisit
building establishment of James Rees
and Son. Iiefore they leave the city a
font raft w III be made for the construc
tion of ten large packets to ply on the
Magdalena river. These boats are to
lie strictly modern In equipment and
tire patterned after the craft In use on
the Ohio river.
The South Dakota luw requiring den
(Ists to take out a license Is to be test
ed In the courts on the ground that It
is unconstitutional.
Deserved Hanging.
Chicago, April 8. "A legacy of $10,-
(100,000 for educational purposes does
not mitigate the crime of a lifetime. It
Is the way a man gets his money, an.l
not the way he spends it," said peter
Vun Vllsslngen, the Hoer sympathizer. !
"Rhodes was the evil genius of South
Africa. He has left behind him more
skeletons than any man since Napo
leon. Leaving a large bequost for ed
ucational purposes does not change his
acts. It does not wipe out the Jameson
raid or the moneyed manipulation
DOWRY TO
EDUCATION.
Cecil Rhodes' Will to Promote Union of
English-Speaking People.
Provides Scholarships at Old Oxford
to Each Territory and State of
American Union.
London, April 9. The will of Cecil
Rhe5eteF provides "for The-TFlatjlishrrmit
'jf colonial scholarships, as previously
announced, and two American scholar
ships to each of the present states and
territories of the United States. The
will also provides for five scholarships
for students of German birth at Ox
ford. All the Rhodes scholarships, Amer
ican, cede. rial and German, are at Ox
ford. '
Mr. Rhodes' will is a remarkable and
voluminous document of more than
S.'iOfl words. Kven this is not the en
tire will, as the executors only gave out
the portions which they consider to
be of public interest. It was executed
in There is a codicil attached on
the day of the deceased's last depart
ure from Kngland, and another cabled
from Capetown, which leaves $20,000
annually to keep up the spot in the
Matopopo hills where his remains are
to be buried. The will further directs
that a railroad extension lie made into
the Matopopo hills, so that visitors
may go there at the week-end to in
spect the "majesty and glory of their
surroundings."
Mr. Rhodes explicitly says he is to
! buried in an aperture, cut In the
solid reck, surmounted by a brass tab
let hearing the words: "Here lies the
remains of Cecil John Rhodes."
No one else is to be buried there
who has not deserved well of his coun
try. Mr. Rhodes bequeaths all his landed
property near Huluvvayo and Salisbury,
both in Matabeleland, to trustees. whom
he directs, to cultivate the land for
the instruction of the people of Rho
desia. His celebrated country place at
Grout Schuur, not far from Capetown,
Mr. Rhodes leaves as a residence "for
the prime minister of the federal gov
ernment of South Africa," with $5,000
for ils maintenance.
HKQCKST TO ORHOL COLLKGK.
Mr. Rhodes divides the $.',(10,000 be
queathed to Oriel college into several
funiir', indicating exclusively how he
w isli.-s them to Vie applied, and adds
this characteristic sentence:
"And finally, as college authorities
live secluded from the world and so
are like children as tcrcommercial mat
ters, I would advise them to consult my
trustees regarding the Investment of
these various funds so far as they
would receive great help and assist
ance from such advice."
Regarding the American scholarships
Mr. Rhodes says:
"Whereas, I desire to encourage and
I'i'SU'r an appreciation of the advan
tages .which 1 implicitly believe will
lesull from a union of the Knglish
spetiMng people throughout the world
and to encourage in the students from
the Culled States who will benefit by
these scholarships at: attachment In
the country from which they have
sprung, but without. I hope, withdraw
ing iheni or their sympathies from the
land of their adoption or birth."
The will provides that the executors
may at their discretion delay establish
ing any territorial scholarships until
such time as they may think fit, but
it provides also that the territorial
sc holniships once established shall not
lapse upon the admission of the terri
tory to statehood.
Another provision is that no student
shall be qualified or disqualified foi
election to a scholarship on account ol
rac e or religious opinion.
Mr. Rhodes desires thut the students
should not patronize any particular
ooll.'g", but distribute themselves all
throughout the university. The trus
tees are allowed to suspend or remove
any scholar at their discretion.
Mr. Rhodes expresses the hope that
the trustees will arrange an annual
dinner and reunion for all "students
and scholarship graduates who are able
to attend and invite thereto as guests
persons who have shown sympathy
with the views expressed by me In my
will."
COAL STRIKE SEEKS TO BE INEVITABLE.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 8. At the
national headquarters of the United
Mine Workers of America in this city
the feeling of uneasiness Is apparent.
A strike of 6,000 men In the Indiana
block coal, district and little hope en
tertalneil for on amicable adjustment
of the differences In the anthracite
fields and In Virginia, has thrown some
thing of a damper on officials and upon
members of the national executive
board, wh oarrlved to attend a nii'ct
ing of that body.
The boa id must take up and consider
all the; differences now existing.
It was admitted that an amicable
settlement can scarcely be secured.
Will Call Out State Troops.
Guthrle.Okl., April 8. The'' Comanche
county authorities vvtr;d OoVqncvr Fur
geson, stating that proclamations have
been posted nJI over the illy of Law
ton warning all negroes to leave town
and that the city was wild with excite
ment, and asking the governor If he
will order out the territorial national
guard If it becomes necessary. Gov
ernor Furgeson answered that every
Oklahoma militiaman will be sent to
Lawton If necessary to protect th col
ored population.
BRITISH LOSS AT MARTS IS HEAVY.
Pretoria, April . The British loose
in the engagement In the neighborhood
of Harts river. In the southwestern ex
tremity of the Transvaal, March H
were three officers and twenty-four-men
killed and sixteen officers and 131
men wounded. The Boers admit that
they lost 137 men killed or wounded.
The action occurred at DoornbaJt farm
a few miles south of the scene of Gen
eral Dtlarey's defeat of General Mt
thuen. The Boers, who were com
manded by Generals Kemp and Pot
giler, a Hacked with great determina
tion, but the Canadian contingent,
which was the last to arrive In South.
Africa, from Canada, and two squad
rons of yeomanry under Colonel Cook
so if "aneT theartTlleTyaTd mounted rif
fles, under Colonel Kelr, presented such
a stout front that the burghers were
finally fenced to retreat.
. The casualty list shows that the sec
ond Canadian mounted rifles had four
officers wounded, nine men killed ami
forty men wounded.
London, April 9. The gallantry of
the Canadian troops at the engagement
with the Boers near Hart river, south
western Transvaal, March 31, attracts
unstinted praise from the British
press. These comments form a strik
ing contrast to the recently printed
notification that the attention of Lord
Roberts, the commander-in-chief, had
been drawn to various cases where col
onials who had been awarded commls
sionse were treated as inferiors by the .
regular officers and other commands.
Lord Roberts.it was officially announc
ed, Is making investigation and In
tended to inflict the most serious pen
alties on any British officers found
guilty of such conduct. Privately, and
in ietteis io the press, many colonial
officers have frequently complained
"that they are good enough at the
front, but are not wanted at a Cape
town hotel or in a London drawing
room." The South African casualty list shows
that the losses sustained by the Sec
ond dragoon guards in their sharp rear
guard action with the Boers near
Boschman's kop during the evening of
March 31 were severe. Two officers
were killed and five were wounded and
eighteen men were killed and fifty
eight wounded.
WARM DEBATE ON EXCLUSION BILL.
Washington, D. C, April 8. In the
senate a particularly strong speech was
made against the Chinese exclusion bill
in its present shape by Senator Flatt of
Co.'inccticut. He criticised the provi
sions governing admission into th
United States of Chinese teachers, mere-hunts
and students.
He said certain exclusion provisions
and the restriction particularly sur
rounding the; admission to teachers,
wer.' so stringent as to prevent any
sue h coining into the United States. He
said further that what was known as ,
western civilization of the orient was
largely due to the influence exercised
by those Chinese who had been edu
cated in this country and had returned
lo the Chinese kingdom.
The debate became so heated at one
time, that Mr. Gallinger misunderstood
a remark of Mr. Lodge, and warmly
and flatly denied the former's asser-
tion. He apologized when things were
made clear.
During the discussion of the bill Mr.
Lodge declared that the Six Companies
secured M) for each Chinese male
smuggled into the United States, and
$1,000 for each female. The latter wera
sold for immoral purposes. He declar
ed that the fraudulent representations
to secure the admission o coolie labor
to this country In the guise of mer
chants, were simply astounding.
SECRETARY ROOT ENDS TEDIOUS LABOf..
Washington, D. C, April 9. A little
over a year ago the senate adopted a
resolution calling on the secretary of
war for information tending to show
the authe-nticity and genuineness of the
order for the massacre of the residents
of Manila on February IS, 1 899. Th'V
secretary of war has Just made re
sponse to the resolution, all of the time
since the adoption of the resolution
being required to complete the search
for the necessary papers here and in.
the Islands.
The secretary transmits in answer to
the resolution, a photographic repro
duction of the alleged massacre order,
bearing date of February 7, liJstS, ami
w ith this photograph are a number of
papers Inte nded to demonstrate that It
is an absolute copy of an original that
actually existed and was Issued by tint
lute General Luna. Confirmatory evi
dence on this point, it Is stated. Is a
statement by Aguinaldo, affirming the
genuineness of Luna's signature to tlni
order.
The secretary's report states that
Luna was then director or assistant
secretary of war of the Malolos gov
ernment and commanding general ot
the Philippine army operating in the
northern boundaries of the city of Ma
nlto. Sotindlca, who was a colonel of
mllillH and who army officers In 1891)
generally believed to have been the
author of this order, was a membe
of General Luna's staff and probably
the medium through which the order
was given by Luna to the chiefs ot
militia stationed In Manila.
Bartender Slaps Mrs. Nation.
Nebraska City, Neb., April 8,-lIrs.
Carrie Nation was arrested here and
taken to Jail, but was released on her
promise to leave by the next train. Shct
hud been making the rounds of the sa
loons and at one time threatened to
demolish a large picture and smash tho
bar. The bartender warned her, but
she persisted, and he slapped her twice
in the face and put her out of the sa
loon. She soon returned with a party
of adherents, but a policeman arrestsd,
her and escorted her to jail. , ,
