Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTHWESTERN.
LOCP CITT. _*- KEB
Ilf U*S IN Mllf.
The knit underwear trust ha* de
rided to raise pries* and not allow tor
freight hereafter
A hill was introduced la congress
to tabliah a permanent army po-'
at Haaurtlie Ala. •
John Albert, widely known as a mak
er of riotiaa. is dead at Philadelphia
He was Id yean oid.
The Chilean government proptoes to
denote tnr surplus revenue ft'«d *.»*«
to fafc&t works.
by the Mssaa
The Sanitary Laundry company of
Chicago has become incorporated
Ct-CotcrBor W O Bradley will be
the republican nowinee fur t ailed
glades senator from Kentrehy.
Three thousand miners have struck
for an advance* of wages ta the Kuflat h
coal district at StyTia. Austria.
0t. I amts will at once apply to roa
greet fur aa appropriation of I.'.
h4 for the rosaiag world s fair.
The board at naval cuastrortioo hat
fwcommicndtd that the steamship
Badger, lately the Yumirt, shall be
Tbe state depart men- has receivedao
tlee of the death at Napks of t'nited
States Consul A. G. Slue or. at Sor
rento.
l be steamer Australia, arriving at
San Francisco from Honolulu, reports
another plague stare in tie Hasaitau
Governor Buahaeil s rr.«eas appoint -
menu have tees hang up by the ohu
leg-'-siure until Govrmcr-elect Nash
sup* ta.
Hollanders of Grand Ampids. Mich ,
forwarded 13.7m to Holland fur the
widows and orphans of tb»- Morrs killed
la Sooth Af rica.
nrj»u»i(rwi legislators w iventui ay
have Mt derided when u* bold their
iMrw. hut will togiaatr a candidate
fur the amaturship
Tie S: Paul at ok « htnre has for
warded to Washington a protest
kga u** the fasasge of tin Ta*n*y bill
fur taa*mg oieuasarganrr.
Jams M Grafts has resigned the
pre».drnry of the Maa**< a used* insti
tute of technology - to take effect at the
cieae of the current year
(VdtncU will he awarded m Cleve
land and C%fcago this seek for tbe
(Master ai liofc of a beet sugar plant at
Ln Port- l&d. > -4f •
The Kew York China. Glass and Tor
camps ii y. rnmmi rctally rated as hav
ing a capital of fcte.te* to IT- tete has
assigned tor the benefit of i reditors.
Alba M Kent. Jr.. J*ar*tuvii. X. Y .
has been convicted of forgeries on
which he obtained fie.tete. He «as
brought back from Japan for trial.
The latent reports from Arhalkalek
la the government of 'lifts Kuaaia.
ahnu that sis huadred lives were lost
during the earthquakes which visited
that district.
Mayor Flower of Xew Orleans has
newt an ardor to Chief of Police Gaster
to strictly enforce the ordinance pro
hibiting the ups ration of .*•* machines
ta that csty.
At Berlin. Germany. Dr Von lilo< h.
the Russian writer, announces that the
proposed Muas.sn war eahlbit at (be
Pans empoteimu will be omitted upon
the rasr's order.
Ia a fight between a sheriff's posse
and tea alleged rattle thieves ia So
corro county. X M une of the latter,
knows as "Meutcaa Joe. was killed.
The others are la jaiL
Governor Pingree has again asked
the Michigan legislature to am* u 1 (be
charter* of the Ittchigan Central and
other specially chartered roads to
place them under us laws.
Minnie firtgmsa Cutting the actress,
has Site suit in the clrrui* court at St.
Lamia for gfvoree from her husband.
Robert Cutting a member of New
York’s "4b* “ She alleges desertion
At Xew York C. J. Hamlin has pur
chased from his trainer E F. Geers,
the 4-year-crid paring colt Direct Hal.
for fie.tete. probably the largest sum
ever paid for a purer without n ree
At the doua of butenes* Dreenber
J*. U». the total circulation of nation
al hunk notes was f24d.l»$«23 as in
crease for the year of f?.4tt» fit. and
aa Imrewsr for the month of f: 434.
171
Venezuela ha* conferred the order of
the "But of Boliver • on Rear Admi
Captams Tarlor. Cook.
Goodru t, aud <»»m
itavtua. tywhi and
Major a lease* r Rogers at the
Siath cavalry has at hi* ova request
hrea relieved fraa duty a« military at
tache at tha i ailed States embassy at
Fan# and ordered to jota i is regiment
ia this country
The Milwaukee city council adopted
the 4-eeat ordinance regardless of
court injunctions utrssiac them,
hohltng that no coart has the power
to present a legislative body from
Captain Foot at the Sa!ration Army
la la the city at Mexico Mciint «o get
pemdmhm far the army in visit Mex
ico he Is having ao aons, owing
to laws pr-hibiting reii—ocs prurea
Cambridge Mass., was a< miniate? for
•paaher at the Maasorhna* its house by
Albert B Huton. non ef the late
Judge Milton has appeled la the rail
ed Ma lew dint net court a: New York
to he freed of bis dc* *
Duluth. Mina „ la to have elevator*
constructed during the present year,
udtflag IfMMdt bnshets lo Ha preseat
cored of blindness
« HL Moody, sun of the late I Heigh*
L Moody, any* that the work* started
hy his father will be carried on with
The f>fawHrni Tribune says from *tat
naiw it has compiled that tfa*r*- will
h» mate IjMM American exhibi
tors at the Faria exposition
The jaiat democratic caucus of the
Mississippi legislature nominated Hoe
W V Sullivan to gil the abort term
Miram BL Barney, a rttired mer
chajM. died at hi* home ia New York
city. With hi* brother, he emahliahed
««» at the largest dry goods stores ia
finmlr One of his brother* was a
ft under ef Denver.
BAD FOR THE BlilTil
Kuruman Garrisro Surrenders, French
Loses HtaTily, Dordrecht Evacuated.
\t4RIY THREE HlSDRfD CAPTIRED j
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Lom «f thr llrlll»h C.rrmtly Added To ■
la Our l»«j'« Keport* —Ij»»I Kami X*wi
rruai |jady*iuilh i» tiarrUou is Hard
l*rr»»c-d (aloomy Viawa in London.
NEW YORK. Jan. 8.—Three more
< rious reverses have been suffered by \
British arms in South Africa. Infor- ;
u,at ion has just been received of the j
* irrender of the garrison at Kuruman, j
Berhuana'and, in the northern part of ;
t'ape of Good Hope colony, last week. I
tine hundred and twenty English pris- j
oners, including nine officers, were
teken. berides seventy natives, who are
now on their way to Pretoria by way
of Vryburg.
General French reports a chec k to
hi*. operations near Colesberg. in Cloes
utb district- Seventy men. including
.♦-ven ofh<-ers of the First battalion of
the Suffolk regiment, were captured in
an attempt to storm the Boers’ posi
tion.
Pretoria advices tell of the British
Laving been compelled to leave or
Ire. ht. being unable to hold the town
against Oom Paul’s forces. Dordrecht
i« in Wodehouse district, northeast of
Sterksstrom All these reverses oc
curred in British territory
l am don military expe rts look on the
dark side of th* situation at I.ady
» nith. One says: "Today or tomorrow
;uay bring word that White's division
1..S ceased to exist as a military force.”
LONDON. Jan. 8.—(New York World
Cablegram.»—All lamdon that was
await'- stop|H-d up until the small hours
.•nx ion sly awaiting further news from
latdv>rnith and the editors in charge
of ail the morning newspapers postpon
• <*. going to press until the last moment
la the hope of more definite news of
the situation and the fear that White
had been forced to surrender or Lady
: mith's defense had lieen carried by
atortn.
tiro up** a>>*-ni:ii*Mi rariy in iur r»cu
ing at the war office, but gloomily de- j
parted for the clubs later when it was j
-een that there was little hoi** of fur
ther definite news. Persons about the
ti< h< rs in the evening were universally
despondent. They could not under
Hand the paucity of Buller's telegram.
They mourned, commented on Buller's
failure to distract attention by hi3 re
t onnaissance. and White's report that
he was hard pressed. French s disas
ter only added to the dismay of the
civilian experts. Those who discussed J
it could not understand his report that
ail was as usual, followed by the report
of the commander that lines of corarnu- j
ideation had l*H*n severed and that,
seventy British had l**en taken prison
er*. including ten officers.
A dozen times in the war office corri
dors and about tickers this remark
v as h**ard: “What if Ladysmith has
fallen* What then?**
The jingo answer was: “We must
fieht on '*
The reply to this was: "Well. If
you flcht on. as you have fought, the
’•‘hole British army, volunteers and mi
litia. must he started to South Africa."
I saw several correspondents of con
tinental newspapers. All agreed that if
I ad> smith had surrendered or was
• apt jr*-d the Boers would then be in
the finest possible position to play the
maguaniinotis role with Great Britain,
and that l>*yd* could go with the great
est assurance to any one of the great
powers and solicit intervention to stop
the slaughter of British troops and
negotiate for peace Foreign diplo
mat* suggest that in that event the
Boers might not only insist on the in
dependence of the two republics, but
demand and secure a seaport on the
east «oa*t of Africa.
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SIXTY flllPINOS ART K IlfD.
Cn-MBuiUunro Oat of I mu* Itmult In
lUtrtird Fight*.
MANILA. Jan. 8.—Reconnaissances
out of Imu*. Cavite provinces, this
morning resulted in the loss of three
American* killed and twenty wounded.
The enemy's loss is estimated at
sixty killed and eighty wounded. Col- 1
one! Birkheimer. with a battalion of j
the Twenty-eighth Infantry, advanced
toward N veleta. Major Taggart, with
two battalions of the same regiment
moved toward Perez Das Pinas. A j
part of the Fourth infantry was en- |
gagel south of Imus.
General Sh wan's column, advanc- i
mg to the south, occupied Binan. One
Am*-rican was killed and three were
wounded. Nine of the enemy's dead
were found on the field after the fight.
A number of rifles were captured and j
several prisoners were taken.
John Min. a deserter from the Sixth
Patted States artillery, clothed in a
major’s uniform, was found among ,
the insurgent dead at Noveleta yester- !
day. ,
G reral Wheaton is moving towards 1
IN t*z Da» Minas today.
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**>• <«urt»el Will lie Seatml.
CHICAGO. Ill . Jan. h -Prey Wood
"?» of Kentucky, national democratic j
I «omn'itteeman from that state and a
? member of the ways and means com
mitt*-e. who came to Chicago to attend
the Jacksonian banquet, said: “Mr
Gc« .. 1 w ill tie in possession of the gov
j eriH#r» office between January 25 and
February 1. Senator Black burn and not
M- (Kietiel is the man who insisted on
1 carrying the contest up to the legisla
ture.”
A II-ro of H|tmnUh W»r
NEW YOItK. Jan. 8.—Captain F*-ank i
M Faircloth. commander of the trans- i
port Seguranca during ihe Spanish- j
American war. died at bis home it. j
Jersey City today, aged TO years. He
was born in Newark. N. J., and was a I
veteran of three wars, the Mexican,
civil and Spanish. In the war of the
| rebellion he was commander of the
government steamer Boston, which
was burred to prevent the confederates
taking possession of it. During the
battle of Santiago Captain Faircloth
stood on the bridge of tJ.e battleship
Indiana. He also assisted in carrying
the Spaniards back to Spain.
Krymn llmniuri in Kentucky.
FRANKFORT. Kjr.. Jan. 8.—Invita
tions have been %ent to many demo
cratic national leaders to attend the
Bryan banquet, which is to follow
Blackburn's election as senator here
January 1C. Among those who have
bees invited and accepted invitations
are Chairman James K. Jones of the
national committee. Senator William
V. Allen of Nebraska and Senator John
W. Daniel of Virginia. Governor Ben
ton McMiilin of Tennessee. ex-Gov
ernor W. J. Stone of Missouri and
John R. McLean of Ohio.
ALL BOER GLINS ARE WORKING.
Touring in Shells Upon I.iidysmith From
Every Position.
LONDON, Jan. 8.—A dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle from Frere camp says:
Saturday’s bombardment of Lady
smith was the heaviest yet recorded.
All the heavy guns were working and
the Boers seemed to be pouring in
shells from available lighter gun.
The Daily Mail has the following,’
dated January d, at noon, from Frere
camp:
At 3 o’clock this mornirg very heavy
firing began at Ladysmith. It lasted
fully four hours and must have been
either a sorties by the British or a de
termined attack on the garrison by the
Boers. Our shells could be seen fall
ing on Umbulwahna hill and the en
emy was replying.
Beside the cannon reports there were
sounds indicating smaller pieces o'*
artillery in action. The fighting mus1l
have been at closer range than har,
bepn the case up to now. Our nava:
guns at Chievely sent their usual firt
into the Boer camp there, but there
has been no further movement.
According to a private telegram re-;
ceived in London the earl of Ava. th^
son of the Marquis of Dufferin and!
Ava, was dangerously wounded in thej
the thigh during a recent assault on
Ladysmith. J
FRERE CAMP, Jan. 8—New York
World Cablegram.—A private helio-i
heliograph message from Ladysmith)
states that the Boers attacked this
morning at 2 o’clock in great force,'
on all sides of the town. The camp
garrison opened a tremendous fire(
with musketry and field guns, repuls-j
ing three distinct attacks. The mes-]
sage reports that fighting still contin-j
ucs. but the cannonade has dwindled
to a big bulwana gun, which fires
vindictively. It is impossible that the
enemy has not sustained severe loss.
GERMANS ARE INDIGNANT.
rulillrutlons living Marie by England to
Offend America.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8—The state
ment published today credited to the
London Spectator, regarding Germany
and the Monroe doctrine, caused some
comment in diplomatic circles here
today. Officials of the German embas
sy say that they lament the appear
ance of such statements and declare
they are published with a view of cre
ating a distrust of Germany’s real at
titude toward the American nation.
Ambassador von Holleben. when
shown the article referred to. declared
that It was without foundation from
start to finish. He should not have
paid any heed to it, except for the fact
that his attention had been called to
the matter by a representative of the
press. He hopes, he says, that no
serious attention will he given to pub
lications of the character stated, hut
that they will be treated with con
tempt by fair-minded people.
EATAl KENTICKY EE I'D.
The Fight Starts in the Vard of a School
House.
LONDON. Ky.. Jan. 8.—News reach
ed here today of a general fight on
Otter creek. Clay county, in which
Lige Lewis and Gene May were shot
and killed and four other participants
seriously wounded. The fight occur
red at a school house on Otter creek,
where one of the Jacksons was on
trial before a magistrate for killing an
other Jackson. The fight was started
soon after the trial began and court
was adjourned and the tight carried
on both in the school house and the
yard. Four of the men were brought
to Manchester last night and placed in
jail.
Lige Lewis, one of the men killed,
is a brother of ex-Sheriff Joe Lewis of
Clay county.
LICK STAMPS ANOTHER YEAR.
N j Attempt Will He .Marie to Change
War Revenue Act.
CHICAGO, Jan. 8.—A special to the
Times-Herald from Washington says:
“There will be no revision of the war
internal revenue tax law at this ses
sion of the Fifty-sixth congress,” said
Congressman Hopkins of the house
ways and means committee this even
ing. “There are several reasons for
this, the principal one and the only
one worth referring to being that the
war in the Fffiilippines is not over and
we do not know how' long we will have
to keep a large army there. Under
these circumstances we cannot accu
rately judge of what the actual needs
of the army will he and t.ie only thing
to do is to let the existing schedule re
main.”
END Of DR. M’GLYNN’S llff.
NEWBURGH, N. Y., Jan. 8.—Rev.
Hr. Edward McGlynn. rector of St.
Mary's church, died at the rectory at
5:20 o'clock this afternoon after an ill
ness of about seven weeks of heart
failure, superinduced by Bright's dis
ease.
A minor surgical operation was per
formed on Dr. McGlynn last night, but
this did not affect the patient nor con
tribute materially to his death.
During the night he had several
sinking spells and the physicians were
called eaily to his bedside, where they
remained until he died.
Civil War Ofltrr Dead.
NSW YORK. Jan. 8.—Brevet Briga
dier General William Glenny is dead
in this city, aged 01* years. In the civil
war he rose to he colonel of the Sixty
fourth New York volunteers. He was
breveted a brigadier general for gal
lantry. He was severely wounded at
the battle of Fair Oaks.
K«pul>lican* May Appeal.
FRANKFORT. Kv„ Jan. 8.—Republi
can leaders, who are on confidential
terms with Governor Taylor, intimated
tonight that the republican contestees
may not quit the fight in the event the
legislature and the state contest board
vote to seat Goebel as governor and the
other democratic contestants. They
have by no means given up hope that
they will win in the legislature, but
are taking time by the forelock and are
looking around for other moves Ln case
Goebel should win. It is generally be
lieved they will seek to raise a federal
question and take the case into the
United States sureme court.
A Corps of Gentlnurn.
LONDON. Jan. 8.—It has been de
cided at the war office to raise a
corps of gentlemen for service in South
Africa as mounted infanfry. forming
an integral part of the yeomanry. The
corps will be raised unit by unit
throughout the kingdom and civilian
having the necessary qualifications in
respect of riding and shooting will be
eligible, as well as any former mem
ber of the army.
The scheme of enrollment will en
able groups of friends to serve in the
same corps.
Seizure of Bundererath May Result in
Triune Understanding.
INDIGNATION MEETING IN GERMANY
Request for au Explanation Has Not Yet
Been Responded To and German Offi
cials Are Therefore Suspending Judg
ment—Coalition May Be Entered Into.
BERLIN, Jan. 6.—The seizure of
the Bundersrath remains the dominant
topic of the German press.- Influential
papers like the Berliner Tageblatt,
Cologne Volks-Zeitung, Berliner Neue
ste Naehrichten, Hamburger Corre
sponded and the semi-official Berliner
Post strongly hint at the possibility
of Germany forming a coalition with
France. The anti-British feeling is
clearly growing. A series of anti
British demonstrations in the various
cities is being organized by the pan
Germanic league.
A prominent official of the German
foreign office who was interviewed this
evening by the correspondent of the
Associated Press said tha: Great Brit
ain had not yet answered Germany’s
request for an explanation of the seiz
ure, but that the reply was expected
in the course of a few day’s. The for
eign office, according to this official,
has not yet concluded that Great Brit
ain is trying to ride roughshod over
Germany.
The correspondent asked what po
sition Germany takes regarding Eng
land's right to search German ships
on the high seas. The official answered
that nothing could be divulged at this
stage; but he pointed cut that the
Bundersrath was sailing for a Portu
guese port. On being ask-'d what Ger
many would do should it turn out
that the Bundersrath was carrying
contraband of war, he gave a non
committal reply, but gave the intima
tion that such a discovery would seri
ously damage Germany's case.
Referring to the rumor that the
Swiss commission had lecided to
award damages to Great Britain in
the Delagoa Bay arbitration the for
eign official intimated that such a de
cision might not mean that England
would secure Delagoa bay. Inasmuch
as France might advance to Portugal
the money to pay the award and thus
England might be shut off with no
choice but to accept the situation.
The Hanover Courier, confirming
earliest reports regarding the ship
ment of arms and ammunition from
Germany, asserts that Geraman rifles
have been sent to the Transvaal since
the outbreak of the war. It says:
“We know from a trustworthy source
that 40.000 German rifles of the new
est and best construction have ar
rived at Pretoria in good condition.
They reached Lourenzo Marquez by
way of China, having been deceptive
ly packed and declared as furniture
in which pianos played the chief role.
The Leissie Neueste Nat hrichten as
serts upon what it calls acsolutely re
liable information that Hi rr Krupp is
making steel shells for Great Btritain
at Essen.
Another newspaper mal.es a similar
statement, alleging that 45,000 shrap
nel shells are in preparation.
The feerliner Tageblati has a dis
patch from Papenburg. Hanover, the
home of Captain Muhlmann of the
German bark Hans Wagner of Ham
burg. which was seized by the British
at Delagoa bay. saying that the bark
had powder and dynamiie in its car
fio.
The central committee of the Ger
man Red Cross society publishes a
statement that the second expedition
for the 1 ransvaal was not on the
Bundersrath. but on the Herzog, which
should have arrived at Ljurenze Mar
quez on January 2. Prominent mem
bers of the colonial society disclaim
having authorized the calls printed in
the Colonial Zeitung for indignation
meetings to protest against Great
Britain's course. The Berlin and
Charlotteoburg branches nave refused
to participate in the movement.
ALASKA WILL NEED TROOPS.
Cabinet Decides to Send Soldiers There
in the Spring.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The meet
ing of the cabinet was devoid oi im
portant features. One of the members
stated after adjournment that the
question of tendering the good offices
ol this government for a settlement
of the South African dispute, as sug
gested in the dispatches from Brussels
this morning, was not touched upon,
and that the question of the seizure
of American cargoes by British ships
had not come up.
It was definitely decided today to j
send additional troops to Alaska in
the spring. The points to which they j
will be sent have not been determined !
upon, except Cape Nome, where it is
estimated there will be 30,000 people
as soon as navigation opens. Troops
are absolutely necessary to preserve
order.
To Confer V. ith Root.
NEW YORK. Jan. 6.—General J. W.
Davis, governor of Puerto Rico, ar
rived here today on board the steamer
Fence. Other passengers were Gen
eral J. P. Sanger. Colonel C. H. Heyl,
chief of the census bureau in Puerto
Rico; Lieutenant J. Battle a'll Auditor
John W. Connor. General Davis comes
to ionfer with the secretary of war
on matters pertaining to the island.
For it Military Reservation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The presi
detn has issued an executive order de
signating all of lot number one., known
as the Emmes wharf site, at the head
of Honolulu harbor, all of Esplanade
lots. four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten. as shown on government surveys
registered may number 1867 and all of
that lot of land known as the "bar
racks lot” shown on Hawaiian gov
ernment surveys registered map
number 937, as military reservations,
subject to outstanding leases and pri
vate rights.
Choate Talks to Salisbury.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Secretary
Hay has received a cablegram from
Ambassador Choate at London, stat
ing that he had an eminently satis
factory interview with Lord Salisbury
relative to the seizures of American
goods by British war ships.
Lord Salisbury listened intently to
the representations on this subject
by Mr. Choate for the State depart
ment and took them under considera
tion, promising voluntarily to give the
matter attention and a speedy deci
sion.
AMERICAN PRISONERS FREE.
Colonels Hare and Howe Succeed In
Difficult Undertaking.
MANILA, Jan. 6.—Colonel Luther
R. Hare of the Thirty-third infantry,
and Lieutenant Colonel Robert L.
Howse of the Thirty-fourth infantry,
with all the American prisoners, in
cluding Lieutenant Gillmore, have ar
rived at Vigan, province of South
Ilocos.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—After a sil
ence of several days General Otis is
able to notify the War department of
the important success of the military
operations in northwest Luzon, the
main object of which was the rescue
oi the American prisoners, which the
insurgents took with them in their
flight. Although General Otis does not
specify Lieutenant Gillmore, U. S. N.,
by name the wording of his message
is taken to mean that that officer was
among the list of rescued prisoners.
General Otis’ message is as follows:
“MANILA, Jan. 5.—Colonels Hare
and Howse just arrived at Vigan,
northwest Luzon, with all American
prisoners. Their successful pursuit a
remarkable achievement. Generals
Schwan and Wheaton, now with sep
arate solumns in Cavite province. Af
fairs in Luzon, north of Manila, great
ly improved. OTIS.”
ANOTHER ISLAND IS SEIZED.
Flag Hoisted on Sibutn. Near Boundary
I.ine of Philippi.ie Croupe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The United
States navy has taken possession of
another island in the east. The news
o' the seizure was contained in the
following dispatch:
CAVITE. Jan. 5.—On December 21
Wentzbaugh, commanding the Albay
(a little gunboat) hoisted the flag on
Sibutu island and the chief dato pro
vided and raised the pole. Natives
and north Borneo authorities are
pleased. WATSON.
The island lies at the southwestern
angle of the boundary line of the
quadrangle enclosing the Philippine
group. It is probably, but not posi
tively, outside of the line and lies very
near the coast of Borneo, commanding
the principal channel between that
island and the Philippines. The sultan
or Jolo, whose group is close to the
island, is believed likely to claim jur
isdiction over it and, as his authority
is recognized by the native tribes on
the north coast of Borneo and vicinity,
it is believed that his claim is well
founded. It is probable that at this
instance the naval oflicer commanding
the gunboat moved.
FIGHTING AT COIESBIRG.
British Are Still Prevented From Enter*
ing the Town.
RENSBURG. Cape Colonj*. Jan. 6.—
Evening.—Colesberg has not yet been
occupied. The Boers unexpectedly at
tacked the British left at davDreak
this morning, but were repulsed.
They occupied hills to the north of the
town, but were eventually driven out
of their positions, after an hour’s
shelling by our guns. They still hold,
however, the hills immediately sur
rounding the town. preNenting the
British from advancing along the rail
way.
The British loss in today's engage
ment was light, while the Boers are
reported to have lost 100, including
twenty prisoners, who were taken by
the mounted infantry about midday.
Buller Expected to Strike.
LONDON. Jan. 6.—There is still no
important news from the front, but
the silence which has descended on
General Buller’s huge force at the Tu
gela river is believed to be the prelude
of another attempt to reach Lady
smith. In the meantime the extra
ordinary tenacity the Boers are dis
playing around Colesberg, where they
even assume the offensive, tends to
detract from the success General
French is supposed to have.
A special dispatch from Rensburg
says Major Harvey of the Tenth Hus
sars was killed and Major Alexander
wounded while the Hussars were pur
suing the retreating Boers after the
aitack on the British left, January 4,
near Colesberg.
Will Deny Quay Admission.
WASHINGTON. Jan. t>.—The senate
committee on privileges ana elections
today decided by a vote of 4 to 3 to
make an adverse report upon the reso
lution to seat Senator Quay. The res
olution was as follows :
"Resolved, That Matthew S. Quay be
admitted as a senator from the state
of Pennsylvania, in accordance with
his appointment made on April 29,
1S99, by the governor of said state.”
The members of the committee vot
ing for the resolution were Senators
Chandler, Hoar and McComas. and
those opposing, Senators Burrows.
Caffery. Pettus and Harris. Senators
Turley and Pritchard were paired, the
latter for and the former against the
resolution.
Davis Goes to Pretoria.
LONDON, Jan. 6.—A dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle from Capetown, dated
January 5, quotes Mr. Webster DaVis,
assistant secretary of the Department
of the Interior at Washington, as say
ing that although his visit to South
Africa is entirely for his healtn, he
intends to go to Pretoria, at no mat
ter what personal inconvenience.
Dawes Commission Meets.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—The Dawes
commission has assembled in Wash
ington and will remain here s*me
\M»»ks to confer with the congressional
committee on Indian Territory legis
lation.
Wheelmen t'rge McKinley.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—T. J. Kee
nan of Pittsburg, president of the
League of American Wheelmen, and
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania had
an interview with President McKinley
todav, at which they urged him to
press the claim against the Turkish
government made by the relatives of
Frorik Lenz, the American bicyclist,
who was murdered near Erzeroum in
Armenia, in 1S94. The League of
American Wheelmen are very much
interested in the case, which attracted
a great deal of attention at the time.
Work for Game's Force.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—Secretary
Gage may be able to transmit to the
house on Monday the information
called for by the resolution adopted
yesterday relative to the deposit of
government bonds in national banks
and the resolutions connected with the
sale of the New York custom house
site. The wide scope of the resolution
makes it necessary to copy over 500
documents from the flies and the ac
tual work of copying them may delay
their transmission several days.
The man who rides a hobby gener
ally gets along pretty slow.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE.
Omaha, Chicago and New York Market
Quotations.
SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK.
SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. 8.—CAT® LE—
Cows and heifers declined considerably
during the last few days .and for the past
week it Is safe to quote the market 15®
25c lower. Even good heifers sold lower,
but as a matter of course the decline
was the heaviest on the less desirable
stuff. Canners have declined 25@40c on
account of a change in the manner of
selling. Beef steers. $4.25®5.40; cows. $1.50
® 4.15; heifers. $2.50®4.20; bulls. $3.1Mi4.50;
calves. $4.30@7.00; stockers and feeders.
$3.00<S5.00; cows and heifers. $3.65®3.90;
steesr and heifers. $4.40®5.05; Texas steers,
$4.80®5.00.
HOG'S—Hogs sold largely at $4.35®4.40,
as against $4.25®4.J7Vj Saturday. On ac
count of the first sales not securing the
full force of the advance, the range of
prices was wider than usual of late. The
market closed strong at the advance.
Some good butcher weights sold as high
as $4.45. as against $4.3744, the top yester
day.
SHEET—Quotations: Good to choice
fed yearlings. $4.50®4.90; good to choice
wethers. $4.40®4.65: good to choice fed
ewes. $4.00®4.25; fair to good fed ewes,
$3.50®3.90; good to choice native lambs,
$5.5u®5.90; good to choice fed western
lambs, $5.50®'5.75; fair to good fed western
lambs. $5.MO®5.40: feeder wethers, $3.75®
3.90; feeder yearlings. $4.00®4.25; good to
choice feeder lambs, $4.25®4.60; fair to
good feeding lambs, $4.0o®4.25; feeder
ewes, $2.35® 3.00.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, Jan. 8.—CATTLE—Good to
choice steers strong; inferior w'eak; Texaa
top, $5.90, steady; butchers' stock easier;
canners slowT; stockers and feeders steady
to weak; good to choice. $5.35®6.60: poor
to medium. $4.20®5.20, mixed sto<»kers,
$3.00®3.75; selected feeders. $4.20® 4.90.
HOGS—Generally 5c higher; top, $4.52*;
fair clearance; mixed and butchers . $4.20
®4.52ls: good to choice heavy, $4.40®4.5P*;
rough heavy, $4.20®4.35; light, $4.20®4.4244;
bulk of sales, $4.37*2®4.45.
SHEEP—Steady; lambs strong; top
western lambs, $6.25; native wethers. $4.40
®5.05: lambs. $4.50®6.25; western wethers,
$4.25®4.75; western lambs, $5.50®6.25.
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 8.-CATTLE—Na
tive choice steers strong: inferior grades
of butchers' cows and stockers and feed
ers steady to shade lower; heavy native
steers. $5.00®6.O0; lights, $4.60®5.30; stock
ers and feeders. $3.25® 5.25; butchers' cows
and heifers. $3.10®5.00: canners, $2.50® 3.10;
fed westerns, $3.85®4.75; western feeders,
$3.25®4.20; Texans. $3.90®4.40.
HOGS—Market active: ruled about 5c
higher: heavy and mixed, $4.35®4.45; light,
$4.2i>®4.40; pigs, $4.00®4.25.
SHEEP—Good general demand at strong
to 15c higher prices; lambs, $5.00®5.75;
muttons. $3.80®4.50; stockers and feeders,
$3.00®4.90; culls. $2.00®3.00.
NEW YORK PRODUCE.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-WHAET—Spot
steady; No. 2 red. 75c f. o. b. afloat,
prompt; No. 1 northern, Duluth, 7914c f.
o. b. afloat, prompt; No. 1 hard, Duluth,
Sl*c f. o. b. afloat, pfompt; No. 2 red,
73c, elevator.
CORN—Spot easy; No. 2. 40*c f. o. b.
afloat and a^ic elevator. Options opened
easy and further declined with wheat and
on talk of larger receipts resulting from
favorable weather west.
OATS—Spot Arm; No. 2. 294*0: No.
2S\c; No. 2 white, 314*c; No. 3 white, 31c;
track mixed, 29®30Ke; track white,
35c. Options quiet.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. Jan. 8.—WHEAT—No. 2 red.
67'->4 6S*c.
euRN—No. 2. 31c: No. 2 yellow. 31431**c.
OATS—No. 2. £k>\423c: No. 2 white,
25‘sc; No. 3 white. 24V4 25S.4C.
RYE—No. 2. 50tg?53*?c.
Hu BARLEY-No. 2. 3N445e.
SEEDS—No. 1 flaxseed. $1.49>-s: north
west. $1.49*2. Prime timothy seed. $2.35.
Clover, contract grade. $S.10.
PROVISIONS—Mess pork, per bbl.. $9.20
410.50; lard, per 100 lbs., $5.67R45.&2t5;
short ribs, sides (loose), $5.5045.80; dry
salted shoulders (boxed). $5.5045.75; short
clear sides (boxed). $5,804-5.85.
VOTES WITH DEEDS TO LANDS
Legislators' Ballots Part of the Consider
ation in Clark's Property Purchases.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Henry C.
Stiff, speaker of the Montana house
of representatives, was the first wit
ness in the Clark case before the sen
ate committee on privileges and elec
tions Saturday. Representatives
Campbell of Montana questioned Mr.
Stiff and his questions were directed
toward showing that the embarrassed
financial condition of State Represen
tative McLaughlin had been taken ad
vantage of by Senator Clark to ap
proach him to secure his vote and also
that Mr. Stiff’s own vote and had been
improperly solicited. Mr Stiff stated
that he knew Mr. McLaughlin was in
distressed financial circumstances
prior to the meeting of th' legislature.
He also stated that he had himself
been approached by W. M Bickford, as
a representative of Mr. C’ark, and his
support for the latter solicited.
The questions bringing out this in
formation were all objected to by
the defense, who insisted that Mr.
Clark must be directly connected with
all transactions with which it was
sought to connect his name. The re
ply was that his connection would be
shown over Mr. Clark's signature.
SNOOT AMERICAN PRISONERS.
Filipinos Guilty of Great Outrage—Two
of the Men Will Recover.
MANILA, Jan. 8.—Advices from
Magalang. province of Pampanga. re
port that Captain Conhauser, with
three companies of the Twenty-fifth
regiment, captured the insurgent
stronghold Commanche, on Mount
Aravet, yesterday. Three Americans
were wounded, but the enemy's loss
is not known. Three members of the
Ninth and two of the Twelfth regi
ment whom the insurgents held as
prisoners, were Ghat ar.d horribly
mutilated. Three of them are dead
and the other two are recovering.
Release a German Steamer.
BERLIN, Jan. 8.—A dispatch re
ceived here from Aden the British
fortified port at the southern entrance
of the Red sea. says the authorities ol
that place have renounced all furthei
search of the imperial German mail
steamer General, detained there un
der suspicion of having contraband oi
war on board. The dispa^h adds that
the steamer will resume its voyage in
a few days.
•Judge Resorts to a Trick.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 8.—Judge
Cantrill today entered an order grant
ing the injunction prayed for by Elec
tion Commissioners Ponitt and Ful
ton restraining Mackoy and Cochran,
Governor Taylor’s appointees, from
qualifying and acting, 'the court aft
er granting the injunction entered an
order setting it aside and giving the
right to appeal, stating i* thought the
case was of such importance it should
be passed on. by the court of last re
sort. This gives the democratic com
missioners the selection of the judge
before whom the case ffanll be beard
in the court of appeals.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—WheD the
Roberts committee resumed its ses
sions Saturday Mr. Roberts went on
with his argument. He reviewel the
action of the constitutional conven
tion of Utah, urging that this carried
ried out the requirements of congress
for the admission of Utah as a state,
namely, that polygamous marriages
should no longer be contracted. In
particular, Roberts contended, there
was no requirement by congress or in
the constitutional convention that pre
viously contracted matrimonial asso
ciations should be intenupted.
44Proof of the Pudding
Is in the Eating.”
It is not <what <we say, but <what Hood’s
Sarsaparilla docs, that tells the story.
Thousands of people give the proof by
telling of remarkable cures by Hood’s Sar
saparilla of Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Dys
pepsia, Catarrh, Rheumatism, and all
other blood diseases and debility.
An impure thought in the heart locks
its door on God.
A New Star.
Big resourceful Texas is famed for
its great undertakings. The newest
and brightest star which has shot
athwart its horizon is the wonderful
town of La Porte, located on Galves
ton Bay midway between Houston and
Galveston in the celebrated Coast
Country of Texas. A happy trinity of
pluck, brains and capital is here found
at work building up a great deepwater
seaport city. Extensive public work i3
under way including wharfs, docks and
water front shipping facilities. The
U. S. Government is soon to deepen
the channel, thus enabling the largest
ocean vessels to receive and discharge
cargoes at La Porte.
Use Magnetic Starch—It has no equal.
New Inventions.
Among the patents issued last week
was one for an apparatus adapted to
mated sign; wnne a
an electrically ilium
obtained a patent for
roasted. An Ohio man
coffee while being
fumes arising from
collect and utilize the
iNenrasKa inventor obtained a patent
for a curiously constructed foot operat
ed hammer.
Among the prominent manufacturers
buying patents were the following:
Griffin Wheel Co., Chicago, 111.
Spotless Steam Sponger Co., Cleve
land, Ohio.
American Turret Lathe Wks. Co.,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Mason Machine Works, Taunton,
Mass.
Calumet Tire Rubber Co., Chicago,
111.
Veeder Mfg. Co.. Hartford, Conn.
Ball-Bearing Co.. Boston. Mass.
Campbell Printing Press & Mfg. Co.,
New York City.
Parties desiring free information as
to the method of procuring and selling
patents should address Sues & Co.,
Patent Lawyers, Bee Bldg., Omaha,
Neb.
Magnetic Starch is the very best
laundry starch in the world.
A ISoston Man Pleased.
In conversation with some friends,
a prominent Boston man told of his
sufferings from rheumatism and ner
vousness, and one of his friends gave
h.m some advice, which will be men
tioned later, and which has proven
to be of incalculable value.
To successfully act on this advice,
it was necessary to make a trip of
over 2.000 mlies, but he undertook it,
and now thanks his friend for the
advice, as he finds himself fully re
lieved of his old trouble and has re
turned to his home feeling able to
cope with his business demands, a
new man.
The advice given was to go to “Hot
Springs,” South Dakota, and there
take the baths and enjoy the finest cli
mate of any health resort in America.
If this man was satisfied after mak
ing a long trip, those residing within
a few hundred miles and similarly af
flicted can certainly afTord to try it,
or rather can't afford to neglect to
try it.
Ask any agent of the North-Western
Line for full particulars, or write
J. R. BUCHANAN,
General Passenger Agent.
F. E. & M. V. R. R., Omaha. Neb.
If you have not tried Magnetic Starch
try it now. You will then use no other.
Half Rates South via Omaha au<l St
I.ouis and Wabash Routes.
On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each
month the above lines will sell home
seekers tickets to southern points for
one fare (plus $2.00) round trip.
WINTER TO1RI01 RATES now
on sale to Hot Springs, Ark., and ail
the winter resorts at greatly RE
DUCED RATES.
Remember the O. & St. 1^. and Wa
bash. the shortest and quickest route
to St. Louis.
Remember the O. & St. L. and O.,
K. C. & E. is the shortest route to
Quincy. Unexcelled service to Kansas
City and the south.
For rates, sleeping car accommoda
tion and all information ca-i at the
QUINCY ROUTE OFFICE. 1415 Far
nam St. (Paxton Hotel block) or write
Harry E. Moores, City Passenger and
Ticket Agent, Omaha, Neb.
The habit of arriving iu the nick of
time might be called a nick knack.
I believe my prompt use of Piso’s Cure
prevented quick consumption.—Mrs. Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Knn , Dec. 12, *96.
It takes a good man to do good
things.
Try Grain=Ol
Try Grain=0!
Ask you Grocer to-day to show you
a package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
^ The children may drink it without
injury as well as the adult. All who
try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure grains, and
the most delicate stomach receives it
without distress. ^ the price of coffee.
15 cents and 25 cents per package.
Sold by all grocers.
Tastes like Coffee
Looks like Coffee
Insist that your grocer gives yon GRAIN-0
Accept no imitation.
POTATOES a$Bb°
UrfHt M POTATO Cnwtn la lairlN. PrWa
tl.tO* ap. KaanaMaataekaafOraas, Ih'fr aad f ar*
Swdt. 8nd tki* aetlra aad lOe far aalaWaad 11
L-sr1" CLOVER
•,0R* A- SAUKK S«KO CO., LA CROSS*. W1S. waa
Meat •nok*d in a f »w boon with
MAUSERS' LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE.
Mad* from hickory wood. Ch**p*r. rleanf*
irefWr, and mam than tb* old way. S*od foe
umlth K.IJUIlUtASKO^JUbWil’h