M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. M. KIMMEIX , Pnbliiher.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
A Sunday closing crusade is on in
Chicago and promises to be a success.
Commissioner Herman of the general
land office , has returned to Washing
ton.
ton.The
The Yale and Harvard boat races
will take place at New London , Thurs
day , June .22.
Dr. Elle Metchinkoff of Paris claims
to have made a discovery whereby he
thinks human life can be prolonged
250 year * . "
Toronto , Ont , has a "Jack the Rip
per , " who has killed one woman and
Injured several within two days.
Rev. Mr. C. C. Thomas , of Kalamazoo -
zoo , Mich. , was stricken with apoplexy
plexy while preaching a sermon. He
may die.
Dr. Franklin W. Fisk , president of
the- Chicago Theological seminary , has
resigned , and will retire from active
work next May. ,
A general fight occurred on Allen
creek , Clay county , Ky. , in which Lige
Lewis and Gene May were shot and
killed and four other participants se
riously hurt.
The comptroller of the currency has
determined to proceed with the liqui
dation of the Broadway National bank
of Boston , under receivership as rapid
ly as possible.
Alfred E. Booth of A. Booth Co. ,
who is one of the most extensive pack
ers of oysters in the country , said to
day he thought the proposed oyster
.trust had been abandoned.
Comptroller Dawes has decided to
appoint Daniel G. Wing , the tempo
rary receiver of the failed Globe Na
tional hank of Boston , as permanent
receiver , to wind up its affairs.
James Rutter , a farmer of Posey
county , Ind. , shot and instantly killed
Frank Spottsville , a neighbor. Rutter
was trespassing on Spottsville's farm
and when ordered off he drew a revolver
ver and fired.
The premier , General Pelloux , at
Rome , has accepted the resignation
of the minister of war , Lieutenant
General Mirri , tendered last Thursday ,
and will temporarily assume the war
office portfolio.
A new canal bill will be introduced
inthe Prussian diet next month simul
taneously with the seconded railroad
bill. The emperor hopes that the naval
bill will have passed the reichstag by
that time.
Charles J. Harbach , who has resided
in Omaha since 1858 , and who has been
prominent in business circles In the
city and state , died , aged 66. He was a
native of Germany and came to. Amer
ica in 1853.
A dispatch from Rome says that the
British warships Vulcan , Thetis , As-
trae and Hebe have received orders to
keep watch for a steamer which re
cently sailed from the Baltis for South
Africa. It is believed that she Is car
rying contraband of war.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared dividends in f.ivor of the
creditors of the insolvent national
national banks as follows : One per
cent , the Merchants' National of Great
Falls , Mont. ; 6.55 per cent , the Na
tional bank of Kansas City , Mo.
Brevet Brigadier General William
Glenny is dead in New York , aged 69
years. In the civil war he rose to be
colonel of the Sixty-fourth New York
volunteers. He was brevetted a brig
adier general for gallantry. He was
severely wounded at the batt'e of Fair
Oaks.
It has been decided to Improve upon
former methods of taking the census
by giving to the supervisors of large
cities ( over 100,000 inhabitants ) a suffi-
ical force to enable them to
sub-divide their territory in such a
was as to secure competent help in
the selection and appointment of enu
merators and the supervision of their
work.
The latest mail advices from India
aver that the situation there grows
darker every week. Three million are
working on government relief work.
The sale of children by starving par
ents is becoming common. Families
are breaking up , each member for him
self , in search of food. Abandoned
children are found with frequency. It
is a famine of water as well as of food.
Cattle are dying off by thousands and
no rain is now expected until June. .
The Order of Railroad Telegraphers
has declared a boycott against the Col
orado & Southern railway on account
of the disagreement between the com
pany and the operators regarding wag
es and hours of the men. W. V. Powell ,
grand chief of the telegraphers' organ
ization , is in the city and has issued
a statement to other branches of the
railway service , explaining the tele
graphers' grievance and asking aid in
their efforts to bring the company to
terms.
The Dewey home fund committee re
ceived from the binder three large
quartol { volumes wiyich contain fthe
names of the 4,000 subscribers to the
fund. The volumes are superbly bound
in green levant with gold edges and on
the cover of each is an appropriate
legend. The work of writing in the
names was done after office hours by
volunteers among the clerks in. the
treasurer's office. The book will be
formally presented to the admiral
within a few days. The total amount
subscribed to the fund was about $56-
000.
000.Cardinal
Cardinal Vaughan has notified the
Catholic bishops of England to keep
January 14 as a day of special prayer
for those engaged in the war.
At Dover , Del. , the Great Western
Zinc company of Chicago was incorpo
rated to operate and mine zinc and
other metals. Capital $300,000.
In a hand-to-hand fight between
members of the Salvation Army and
two men in Chicago , Albert , Fred and
Peter Kopman , of the Army , were
seriously cut Emmet D. Craig , and
another man got into a fight during the
army's meeting and both turned on
members of the Army who tried to sep
arate them , using knives. .
House to Dispose of Urgent.Deficiency ancT
Pension Bill This Week ,
MAY OPEN PHILIPPINE QUESTION
Many Millions for Army and Navy
Spirited Debute Likely Orcr Pension
Bills Pettlgrevr Resolution in the
Senate Miscellaneous Washington
" Notes.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 15. The hause
will plunge into the routine work of
the session this week. Most of the
time , excepting Friday , which has been
set apart for paying tribute to the
memory of the late Vice President
Hobart , will be devoted to the con
sideration of appropriation bills. It
I ? expected that the urgent deficiency
and pension billswill be passed this
week. i
The former , containing as it does
many millions for the army and navy ,
may raise the whole question as to the
insurrection in the Philippines with its
allied issues and lead to a very pro
tracted debate. How far the republi
can leaders will allow the debate to
run has not yet been determined , but
if the democrats are insistent and per
sistent they can hardly refuse them
several days , in view of the large
amount of the appropriations involved.
The pension appropriation bUl is
likely to cause some spirited debate ,
owing to the disposition in certain
quarters to criticise the conduct of the
pension office. Attempts doubtless will
be made to legislate on the bill re j
versals of the pension commissioner's
rullngt. but as all legislation is sub
ject to a point of order it will fail.
There is no present prospect that the
Roberts case will get into the house
before next week.
The senate probably will resume con
sideration of the Pettigrew resolution
making request for certain information
concerning the beginning of the war
in the Philippines Monday morning.
This will be succeeded at 2 o'clock
by a speech on the financial bill by
Senator Rawlins of/Utah , if the pres
ent program is followed. * Senator Pet
tigrew will continue his speech on the
Philippine resolution and after he con
cludes Senator Berry of Arkansas will
take the floor for a general speech on
the Philippine problem , if sufficient
time remains of the morning hour.
When the Pettigrew resolution is
disposed of the Hoar resolutions will
supply food for talk each day in the
morning hour and after that the Hale
resolution concerning the seizure of
American goods by Great Britain will
be taken up.
It is Senator Aldrich's announced
purpose to press consideration of the
financial bill each day after the con
clusion of the * morning hour , but it is
not probable that he will succeed in
securing a daily speech on the suoject.
Senator Teller probably will speak
some time during this week after Sen
ator Rawlins concludes. It is also
understood that Senator Daniel will
be heard soon on the question of the
finances. Other addresses on this sub
ject will come later.
The consideration of the Samoan
treaty in executive session will be re
sumed if the legislative work permits
and Senators Mason and Money will
make speeches in opposition to it. It
is also probable that the report in the
Quay case may be presented later in
the week.
BOTH SIDES FIGHT LIKE DEMONS.
Assault at Ladysmith Becomes a Hand
to Hand Conflict.
LONDON , Jan. 16. A special dis
patch from the Hoofd laager at Lady-
smith , dated January 9 , via Lourenzo
Marquez , describing the assault on
January 6 , upon Ladysmith , says :
"The British made no attempt to
hold the first line of breastworks , but
made an exceedingly stubborn resist
ance at the next row. Every inch was
stubbornly contested ana conspicuous
bravery was displayed on both sides.
"After 10 o'clock the British artil
lery fire slackened and a terrible indi
vidual contest ensued among the rifle
men for the possession of Plat Rand
ridge. At noon a heavy thunderstorm
interrupted the battle , lasting for two
tiours.
"Although the burghers ultimately
succeeded in gaining possessions of
most of the British positions on the
western side of the plat Rand , they
were finally obliged to retire from
most of the ground they occupied. The
British were most strongly entrenched ,
their redoubts being still fully loop-
doled and the combat was so close
that rifles were frequently fired at
arm's length. It was a hand to hand
encounter. The men on both sides
'ought like demons and the horror and
bewilderment of the scene could
scarcely be paralleled.
"The operations were continued the
icxt day ( Sunday ) on a smaller scale
but it is reported that as a result of
one of the forlorn hopes one gun and
two ammunition wagons were cap
tured , i
J
British Buy Krnpp Guns.
LONDON , -Jan. 15. The Berlin cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says :
Great Britain has bought 240 Krupp
guns that were supplied about two
years ago to one of the southern Euro-
) ean states. These guns are not quick-
irers , but will De used to replace the
juns sent to South Africa from British
lome garrisons.
Two lotra Boys Asphyxiated.
NEW YORK , Jan. ' 15. Two young
men , John Woessner and George Leh
man , German farmers from Ackley , la. ,
on their way back to their former
homes in Germany for a visit , put up
at the True Blue , a Second avenue heel -
el , on Saturday night. One of them
) lew out the gas and Woessner's dead
) ody was found today , with Lehman in
an unconscious condition lying beside
t. Lehman was taken to a hospital ,
where it was said he has a very small
chance of recovering. In Woessner's
pockets was found several hundred
dollars.
KRUGER STILL FIRM IN FAITH.
Attlrum Providence In on Side of Boers
Thulr Junt Cause.
PRETORIA , Jan. 11. ( Via Lburcnzo
Marquez. ) President Kruger , in the
course of a stirring address just issued
to the burghers , affirms that Provi
dence is on their side , that their cause
is just and that they must succeed.
Reports from Colesberg represen
the position there as favorable to the
Boers , but that the British are concen
trating for operations on a large scale
The official list of the Boer casual
ties in what is called the "Plat Rand
fight" on Saturday , January 6 ( the at
tack upon Ladysmith ) , shows twenty
six killed and seventy-seven wounded
These figures are described as the "firs
returns. "
The embargo , at Delagoa bay upon
Transvaal imports is tne question o
the hour with the burghers. If this
is not removed it is asserted that steps
will be taken prejudicial to prisoners
and aliens.
SAYS IT WAS HOAR'S SPEECH.
Barrett Charges Him With Heine Cause
of the War.
CHICAGO , Jan. 15. John Barrett
ex-United States minister to Siam , for
the first time publicly named Senator
Hoar last night at Lake Forest uni
versity as the United States senator
whose anti-expansion speech was ca
bled to Hong Kong and subsequently
put in the hands of the Filipino sol
diers , causing , as Mr. Barrett believed ,
the open insurrection. It appears fur
ther from the ex-minister's speech
that the government has discovered
privately the stages by which the anti-
expansion address reached Luzon.
WASHINGTON , D. C Senator Hoar
tonight declined to take any notice of
the statements attributed to Mr. Bar-
rett , ex-minister to Siam , in an ad
dress on the Philippine question. The
senator said that General Otis' reports
give the fullest account of the events
that led to hostilities and that he ex
pects , as he has already given notice ,
to deal with the whole matter in the
senate.
FIRED PROM WEST POINT.
Board [ Discharges Cadets Falling Short
' "
_ _ In Examination.
WEST POINT , N. Y. , Jan. 15. The
academy board finished its review of
the January examination of the corps
of cadets at the military academy to
day. The following were found de
ficient and discharged :
Second Class W. M. Cooley , Michi
gan ; James Prentiss , New York.
Third Class R. J. Sprague , New
York ; A. R. Burnan , Kentucky ; W. C.
Russell , Illinois ; J. B. . Barry , Ten
nessee.
Fourth Class C. F. Coury , Ohio ; A.
W. Fridge , Mississippi ; W. C. Hascall ,
New Hampshire ; D. J. Burnett , Ala
bama ; H. F. Ruissing , Massachusetts ;
A. S. Lehli , ; A. C. Crow , Mich
igan ; J. C. French , Kansas ; C. L.
Lacey , Indiana ; Leo. J. Fallor , Penn
sylvania ; W. C. Brant , .
Some will appeal their cases to the
war department.
HARRISON FORMALLY DECLINES.
Will Not Run for the Governorship of
Illinois , He Says.
CHICAGO , 111. , Jan. 15. Mayor Car
ter Harrison today refused formally
the offer of the democratic nomination
for governor. He was waited on by
Chairman Watson of the democratic
state committee , in company with ex-
Congressman Hinrichsen and M. F.
Dunlap of Jacksonville , nominee of
the party for state treasurer in 1898 ,
and asked if his informal declination
of the nomination Avas final. They
urged that it was his duty to the state
democracy to accept the nomination
and make the race.
The mayor replied that he did not
look at it in that light ; that there
were plenty of good men who would
make acceptable candidates and he
must decline.
As a result of Mayor Harrison's ac
tion friends of former Vice President
Stevenson are urging him to accept
the nomination.
TO CHECK INDIAN UPRISING.
Precautions to Head off Balds of Mani
toba Red Men.
CHICAGO , Jan. 15. A special to
the Chroncle from Winnipeg says :
Every effort will be made to head
off a possible rising of the Indians , who
are talking in a threatening manner.
It is known that many chiefs are eager
to strike a blow at the British , but
the officials are confident that peace
will be maintained. Assistant Com
missioner Lash , in an interview today ,
said there was little danger or an out
break. He believes that strangers have
been preaching sedition to the red
man , but he says the government is
prepared for any trouble and will make
a thorough investigaton of the Indians'
sentiments.
Shut Down for Want of Coal.
PHILADELPHIA , Jan. 15. Inabil
ity to secure bituminous coal in suffi
cient quantities is necessitating the
shutting down of some of the manufac
turing concerns in the Schuylkill val
ley. At Birdsboro the plant of the I.
E. & G. Brooke Iron company has been
shut down for several aays , but it is
expected that by tomorrow sufficient
coal will be on hand to enable some of
the departments , if not the entire
plant , to resume. The Reading Iron
company is practicaiiy without coal ,
and unless it can be secured a tempo-
rorary shut down must follow. From
other points throughout the valley
come reports of coal shortages for
manufacturing plants.
Talk Over Lost Cause.
MADRID , Jan. 14. In the senate
yesterday , replying to criticisms of the
goverriment'-s policy toward the United
States during the incumbency of the
Sagsta ministry , Senor Gullon , former
minister of foreign affairs , decalred
that the note presented by General
Woodford demanded the pacification
of Cuba within a short period.
Spain , he said , desired the arbitra
tion of the pope , but unfortunately the
United States provoked the war. Senor
Gullon concluded by demanding the
good will of the senate on behalf of
the Sagasta ministry ,
Favorably Reported Without Awaiting the
Isthmian Commission's Action.
NICARAUGUA AND COSTA RICA GAIN
President Authorized to Guarantee Them
Use of Canal and Harbor Total Cost
to Bo Within Fourteen Millions Mis
cellaneous Washington Intelligence.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 13. The house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce today ordered a favorable
report upon the Hepburn bill for the
construction of the Nicaragua canaf.
The bill is in most particulars th
same one reported by this committee
in the last congress. There was some
discussion about the advisability of
delaying action on the bill until the
Isthmus Canal commission reported ,
but this was finally regarded as un
necessary and all the members except
Fletcher .of Minnesota voted to report
the bill favorably. The latter said his
silence should not be constructed as
opposition to the measure , but merely
as a reservation of his right to supporter
or oppose it after further considera
tion.
tion.The
The committee made some chaniws in
the original bill , inserting a new sec
tion 3 and making verbal alterations.
As finally agreed to , the bill is as fol
lows :
"To provide for the construction of
a canal connecting tha waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
"Be it enacted , etc. , that the presi
dent of the United States be , and he is
hereby authorized to acquire from the
states of Costa Rica and Nicaraugua
for and in behalf of the United States
control of such portion of territory be
longing to Costa Rica and Nicauragua
as may be desirable and necessary , on
which to excavate , construct and de
fend a canal of such depth and capac
ity as will be sufficient for the move
ment of ships of the greatest tonnage
and draft now in use , from a point
near Greytown , on the Caribbean sea ,
via Lake Nicauragua , to Breto , on tHe
Pacific ocean ; and such sums as may
be necessary to secure such control
are hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
"Section 3. That the president shall
cause secured full control over the ter
ritory in section 1 referred to , he shall
direct the secretary of war to excavate
and construct a canal and waterway
from a point on the shore of the Car-
ribean sea , near Greytown , by way of
Lake Nicaragua , to a point near Breto ,
on the Pacific ocean. Such canal shall
be of sufficient capacity and depth so
that it may be used by vessels of the
largest tonnage and greatest depth
now in use , and shall be supplied with
all appliances to meet the necessities
of vessels passing from Greytown to
Breto , and the secretary of war shall
also construct such safe and commo
dious harbors at the termini of said
canal and such fortifications for de
fense as will be required for safety and
protection of said canal and harbors.
"Section 2. That when the president
has such surveys as may be necessary
for said canal and harbors and in the
constructing of the same.
"Section 4. That in the excavation
and construction of said canal the San
Juan river and Lake Nicaragua , or
such parts of each as may be made
available shall be used.
"Section 5. That in any negotiations
with the states of Costa Rica or Nica
ragua the president is authorized to
guarantee to said states the use of said
canal and harbors , upon such terms as
may be agreed upon , for all vessels
owned by said states or by citizens
thereof.
"Section 6. That the sum of $140-
000,000 or so much thereof as may be
necessary , is hereby appropriated , out
of any money in the treasury not oth
erwise appropriated , for the comple
tion of the work herein authorized ,
said money to be drawn from the treas
ury from time to time , as the same
shall be needed , upon warrants of the
president , based on estimates in
charge of the work and approved by
the secretary of war. "
HAMPERS PUBLIC BUILDING WORK
Many Appropriations Inadequate Be
cause of Advancing Prices.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 13. Assistant
Secretary Taylor of the Treasury de
partment told the house committee on
public buildings and grounds today
that the supervising architect's office
was much hampered because if an ad
vance of about 30 per cent in building
materials.
, Many appropriations for public
buildings had been found to be quite
inadequate because of advancing
prices. Moreover , the cost of sites
had also risen. There are about 130
public building bills before the com
mittee , involving appropriations of
$20,000,000. While no formal action
was taken , the sentiment of the com
mittee appeared to be favorable to pro
viding increased appropriations for
work already authorized in order to
meet the added cost of material. -
Road May Be Rebuilt.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 33. Before the
completion of the Siberian railroad ; t
has become necessary to reconstruct
the work already done , and this will
cost not less than $25OUu,000. The in
formation is supplied to the state de C
partment oy Commercial Agent Green
er at Vladivostock. r
For Trans-Continental Rates
CHICAGO , 111. , Jan. 13. General
passenger agents of the western and
transcontinental roads were in session -
„
sion all day for the restoration and
maintenance of trans-continental pas
senger rates to all business other than
New England points. The protest of ;
)
the Oregon Railway and Navigation .
company rebate tickets to North Pa
cific points on colonist business was
also considered. A sub-committee was
appointed to take the matter under
:
consideration and report tomorrow
morning.
1 VICTIMS Of MANIAC'S FURY.
Murder mid Suicide on a Farm About
Seven Ml leu From Itutte , Neb.
BUTTE , Neb. , Jan. 32. A double
tragedy was enacted at the home of
Milton Nelson , seven miles from here ,
today , and as a result Nelson and hi. ;
near neighbor and intimate friend ,
County Commissioner M. H. Jacoby ,
lie dead , both being victims of bullets
fired from a' revolver in the hands
of the latter. Jacoby was insane when
he committed the double crime. From
little Sammy Nelson , a 12-year-old son
of one of the dead men , is gleaned the
following account of the tragedy :
Mr. Jacoby had hitched up his horse
for the purpose of coming to Butte to
attend to his official duties and stopped
at Nelson's , tied his horse and went
to the cattle shed , where Mr. Nelson
and son Sam were milking. He passed
the time of day and asked Nelson to
come to Butte with him , which he
agreed to do as soon as he got his
chores done. After further talk they
went behind the shed to look at some
cattle. Returning to the front of the
shed 38-caliber revolver
Jacoby pulled a -
ver from his pocket. The boy noticed
the gun and called oiit "Papa. " Nelson
turned his head and asked the boy
what he wanted. That instant Jacoby
levelled the weapon and sent a ball
crashing through the brain of his vic
tim.
tim.Nelson
Nelson fell without a word and his
slayer turned and ran fifty yards ,
placed the gun to his head and fired.
The bullet entered behind and above
the right ear and came out on the
other side of his head. As in the first
instance the aim was deadly and Ja
coby fell in his tracks , while a large
pool of blood and brains marked the
spot where he lay.
In the meantime little Sam had
given the alarm and Mrs. Nelson
rushed to the assistance of her hus
band , but only in time to lift his head
and witness him expire without a
word.
By this time several neighbors had
arrived , who went to Jacoby , but he ,
too , was gasping his last and death
closed his lips before he could explain
the reason of his rash act. The bodies
of both men were taken to their re
spective homes and a courier sent to
Butte to notify Coroner Stockwell. He
responded immediately and upon arriv
ing at the place empaneled a jury ,
which returned the following verdict :
"We , the jurors , find from the evi
dence that Milton Nelson came to his
death at the hands of one M. H. Jacoby
by a pistol shot fired by the said
Jacoby. The jury believe said Jacoby
to have been insane. "
The same jury rendered the follow
ing verdict on Jacoby's deaht : "We ,
the jury , find from the evidence that
M. H. Jacoby came to his death by his
own hand from a pistol shot through
the head. "
STORING OF WESTERN WATERS.
A Bill by Senator Alien for Relief of
Settlers.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 12. Senator
Allen introduced a number of bills
today , some being of national import
ance. One is to authorize the creditors
of insolvent national banks to elect a
permanent receiver. Another is a bill
for the relief of settlers on the Great
Sioux reservation , lying and being in
the states of Nebraska , North Dakota ,
South Dakota , and one directing the
secretary of the interior to make a
survey for and report on the cost of ,
erecting reservoirs on certain rivers '
in the United State ? and their tribu-
taries and appropriating $1,000,000 for
carrying out the provisions of the act.
The bill affects Nebraska , North and
South Dakota , Iowa and Wyoming , by :
providing for the erection of reservoirs (
for the conservation and storage in
the best and most advantageous man
ner of the waters of the rivers in the
states named , for industrial purposes , .
the Sioux , Missouri , Des Moines , Yel
lowstone , White , and the various
branches of the Platte , Arkansas and
Cimarron rivers for the benefit of Ne- ,
braska. Wyoming is to have reser
voirs on the Platte , Green , Windy and
Big Horn rivers.
FILIPINOS PUT UP A FIGHT.
Colonel Bullard Has a Sharp Brush With o
Them.
MANILA , Jan. 12. Colonel Bullard ,
with the Thirty-ninth infantry , mov
ing in three columns , from Calamba ,
with two guns , attacked ten companies
of insurgents , strongly entrenched on
the Santa Tomas toad. They resisted
stubbornly , making three stands.
Twenty-four of the rebels "were Killed _
i
anu sixty prisoners were taken. The .
Filipinos retreated , carrying their
wounded toward Lane Taal. One American - , .
ican was killed and two officers were .
:
slightly wounded.
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Gen. Methucn Insane.
CHICAGO , Jan. 12. A special cable
to the Tribune from London says :
;
Lieutenant General Lord Methuen ,
commanding the column advancing to
the relief of Kimberley , is to be re-
a
lievea of his command within two
a
weeks. Later he will be sent to Cape I
town and eventually ordered home.
When he reaches England he will be
o
retired. These facts have been confirmed -
a
firmed by an official of the War office.
Lord Methuen's case is a sad one.
Always a man of grand physiuqe a
lever boxer and an all-round sports
man his constitution began to show
signs of breaking down almost imme-
iiately after he took command of nis ClSi
iivision. SiS
Status of the Lawton Fund.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 12. Adjutant B
General Corbin has received altogeth-
2r $72,990 for the Lawton fund , $553
received today. ei
Chicago's School Kcouomy.
CHICAGO , Jan. 12. Action taken
C (
last night by the board of education g :
Is expected to result in iue publishing grr
ind furnishing to pupils at cost price rr
rrcl
3f all books used in the public schools. clS
JtJy a unanimous vote the president S
vas instructed to appoint a committee "
f seven to investigate printing and
ainding , ascertaining the cost. They 8' ;
ire called upon to make a recommenr <
lation on the question wither the a :
joard shall provide itself with facilile
ies for printing and binding or let la
vork to lowest bidders. f <
Oommander-in-Ohief and
New British - -
Lord Kitchener Arrive at Capetown.
CRITICAL CONDITIONS BEFORE HIM
Situation Said to
Dimcultics of Present
Be Inuldu British Lines General
Buller Not lu Good Health He and
Mttthuen Likely to Bo Superseded by
JUcDonald and Tucker.
LONDON , Jan. 11. ( New York
jWorld Cablegram. ) Lord Roberta
and General Kitchener arrived at
Capetown today.
The military experts who give pri
vate points in the campaign that the
editors don't permit them to print , de
clare that more difficulties of the pres
ent situation for them are found in
side the British lines than any pre
sented by the operations of the Boera.
Mail advices of the Magersfontein
battle and disaster to the Highlands ,
with Colonel Wauchope's last words
to his men : "Boys , don't blame me
for this ; I had orders and was carry
ing them out , " show that there was
some fault with the commanding
officers.
Colonel Gough , who commanded the
cavalry department under General
Metheun , is in London pressing for
a court-martial upon Methuen's report
that he declined to carry out the or
ders given him by the general iii
charge. Gough has been temporarily
placated and urged to postpone his
personal demands until the war situ
ation is more settled.
General Yule , who conducted the re
treat from Dundee after General Sy-
mons' death , is also in London , but
in strictest seclusion , suffering , It is
said , from physical and mental col
lapse growing out of an attempt to
follow orders and save the troops that
were in deadly peril from trying to
hold advanced posts in Natal without
sufficient strength of cavalry and ar
tillery.
The London newspapers , without
making any direct charge , carry
veiled announcements that General
Buller is not in good health. It is
known here that the war office re
ceives little , If any , information from
him directly. On the other hand. La
dy Audray Buller gets a message each
day from her husband briefly an
nouncing that he is well. The gossips
urge that this is exactly the step a
thoughtful husband would take to re
assure his wife if he was not up to the
mark.
General Gatacre , in an uncensored
mail report , is declared to have been
seen sitting in the Molteno railway
station with his head in his. hands
bewailing the repulse of his troops.
The general in command of the
communications first reported disas
ter to the Suffolk regiment under
General French's command.
GREAT DEAL IN RANCH LAND.
Thousands of Acres of Grazing and Itniicli
Grountl Bought.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Jan. 11. Prob
ably the largest deal in realty ever
consummated in the Rocky mountain
region has been closed here whereby
the Warren Live Stock company , of
which Senator Warren is president ,
gains control of thousands of acres of
grazing and ranch lands south of this
city and extending into Colorado for
a distance of several miles. Some-
weeks ago one or two ranches were
bought up and now the company has
purchased the property of N. E.
Wheler of Carr , Colo. , which includes
the famous Willow Springs ranch near
Carr and twelve other ranches , to
gether with thousands of sheep , cat
tle and horses. The amount of the
purchase is not known. The Warren
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company nowhas controKof one of
the largest ranches in the west and
jpon which there is ample feed at all
seasons of the year for many hundreds
? thousands of sheep and cattle.
WHAT UNITED STATES MEANS.
Souse Committee Names a Special Com
mittee to Iteport on It.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 11. The ways
ind means committee of the house
lielding a meeting today , at which
resolution was adopted upon mo
tion of Uewlands , Nevada , as follows :
"Resolved , That a committee of five
ae appointed by the chair to report
he authorities and the law as to the
neaning of the term "United States"
.it that provision of the constitution
which declares that "all duties , im
posts and excises shall be uniform
lroughout ; the United States , " viz. :
Whether it includes simply the area
ictually included within the bound-
iries of states or whether it covers
ilso the territories belonging to the
Juited States. "
Chairman Payne appointed Dalzell
f Pennsylvania , Grosvenor of Ohio ,
md Hopkins of Illinois , republicans ,
ind Richardson , democrat , and New-
ands , silver.
Spaniards Offer their Services.
LONDON , Jan. 11. The Gibraltar
orrespondent of the Daily Telegraph
ays : "Three thousand time-expired
ipanish soldiers from the Cuban war
lave offered their services to Great
Jritain in South Africa. The gover-
lor here has informed their agent that
te is not authorized to enlist foreicn-
rs. "
Gen. Miles Daughter Weds ,
WASHINGTON , Jan. 11. Miss Ce-
elia Snerman Miles , daughter of the
eneral commanding me army , and
Japtain Samuel Reber , U. S. A. , were
oarried at noon today at St. JohL ti
hurch. Rev. Alexander Mackay-
Imith , D. D. , officiating , assisted by
lev. Dean Davis of St. Louis. A
ireakfast at which several hundred"
uests were present , followed at the
esidence of General and Mrs. Miles
fter which Captain and Mrs. Reber
3ft for a southern trip. They will go
iter to Governor's island , where the
ormer is stationed.