ffjp. M'COOK TRIBUNE. 7. M. IUMMKLI , , PoblUher. McCOOIf : , - - NEBRASKA THE NEWS IN BREEF. Lineman of Cleveland , Oho , era on a Htrike. The labor strike in Philadelphia is practically ended : Germany has a paper trust which publishers propose to fight. Senator Quay has announced his candidacy for re-election to the sen ate. Mayor Harrison of Chicago will not be a candidate for governor of Illi nois. Omaha has an ice trust that makes the product come mucn nigher than formerly Dr. L. C. Mead has been appointed a pension examining surgeon at Sioux Falls , S. D. Secretary Wilson says there are great opportunities for beef production there in the south. The San Francisco loard of health has adopted a resolution Declaring the bubonic plague exists in San Francisco CO. Leon G. Sutton of Clinton , la. , has been appointed a messenger in the weather bureau outside of Washing ton. ton.A A civil service examination will be held on July 11 at Fort Dodge , la. , for the position of clerk and carrier in the postofflce of that , place. The Stockholm correspondent of the London Dally Pi-ess says : "A rumor is abroad here in pro-Boer circles that King Oscar's declaration of sympathy with Great Britain may cause him to abdicate , as it has embittered his re lations with the cabinet. The crown prince's birthday , June 26 , is men tioned as the occasion for a public an nouncement. " A. C. Bergub , a military prisoner at the Presidio , was shot and ineantly killed while trying to make his escape with several others prisoners. The guards ordered the men 10 halt , but Bergum continued his run for a clump of woods ana was just on the edge of the thicket when he was shot , one bullet passing through his hand and another through his lungs. The fastest mile by a iiarness per former this year , and probably the fastest ever paced or trotted so early in the season , was witnessed a few days ago at Pleasanton , Cal. , when John Blue , Tom Heating's assistant , drove the nacer Anaconda , 2:03 % , a mile in 2:07. The gelding reached the half mile post in i:07 and came the last half in just one winute. Secretary Gage , after the recent cab inet meeting announced that he would issue a call at once for the redemption of the $25,364,500 of outstanding 2 per cent bonds of the funded loan of 1891 , interest to cease on Septemoer 1 , next. Durng the last ten and a half months of the present fiscal year the treasury receipts have exceeded the expendi tures by something over $58,000,000. The supi'emtf court of Massachu setts has just decided that under the existing .statutes no person may sell tobacco or cigars in that state on Sun day without physician's perscription. The decision is aimed directly at the druggists of the state , anu its enforce ment would -mean that nowhere in Massachusetts could a person , pur chase a cigar or a pipeful of tobacco en Sunday. The senate today , by the decisive vote of 32 to 16. laid on the table the whole proposition relating to the transportation of mail by the pneu matic tube system. An effort was made to secure the adoption of an amendment to appropriate $225,000 to carry out existing contracts for the service in New York , Brooklyn , Bos ton and Philadelphia , but no action was taken upon it , special orders sup erseding the appropriation bill. The meeting of the executive board of the foreign missionary society of the Methcdis irotestant church , in annual session at Muneie , Indiana , elected the following officers : Pres ident , Mrs. F. A. Brown. TJrichville , O. ; vice president-at-large , Mrs. M. A. Miller , Kansas City ; recording secre tary , Mrs. Henry Hupneio , Baltimore ; corresponding secretary , Mrs. D. S. Stephens , Kansas City ; treasurer , Mrs. J. D. Anderson , Pittsburg ; Mrs. Emma Stephens , Kansas City , was elected editor of the Record. The president sent to the senate the following nominations : Lon E. Foot o"f Ariba , Colo. , to bo register of tne land office .at Hugo. N. D. , to be re ceiver of public moneys at Rampart City , Alaska ; Thornwell Hoyes of So"fh Carolina , to be consul at Rouen , France. Mansion house ( London ) fund for the relief of the victims of the Ottawa fire has reached ? 250,00j. Francis Truth , who advertised him self as a "divine healer , " was indictea by the United States grand jury at Boston on seven bills aggregating twenty counts for alleged fraudulent use of the mails. Ladv Georgian Curzon's relief fund has exceeded 10,000 , including 100 from the Prince of Wales. The secretary of the treasury has issued a call for old two per cent bonds to the amount of $25,000,000 , the amount outstanding , interest to cease September 1. The czar has ratified ail the arti cles agreed upon at The Hague peace conference. Joseph Mullet and James Fitzharris , the two men recently liberated from life imprisonment for the Phoenix park murders , are on their way to America where they hope a fund will be raised in their behalf. New York Democrats have started a boom for Senator Ceckrell of Mis souri for president. The invitation committee of the Fourth of July celebration at Canton , O. has received a telegram saying that President and Mrs. McKinley will be the guests of that city that day. Sousa's band is going to make a tour of the German cities. Seven students of the Wisconsin State university who engaged in the recent hazing episode were suspended. art of the number were suspended for the balance of the college year , the others for terms extending from two - weeks into the next college year. They Are Kept Constantly en the Move by Bands of Bobbers. ALL SAID TO BE QUIET IN MANILA The Town , However , IB Rapidly FUMoK Dp With Natives From the Out8lde Fusion Acquitted of the Charge of Having Killed Two Filipinos Without Cause. MANILA , May 28. Scouting , small engagements and the capture of arms and prisoners , continue daily in north ern Luzon. Last week's operations by the Ninth , Twelfth , Thirty-third , Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth regiments resulted in the killing of forty-six of the enemy , the taking of 180 prisoners and the capture of 300 rifles and a quantity of ammunition. Colonel Edward E. Gardin , with three companies of the Twenty-ninth regiment and blue jackets from the gunboat Helena , arrived at Paianog , Island of Masbate , under fire , routed the insurgents and after an engage ment lasting half an hour , occupied the town without casualties. The insurgent commander with twenty officers and 230 men , surrend ered on May 20 , giving up 100 rifles. The impressive scene occurred on the plaza , when the prisoners were dis armed and liberated. The islanders were found suffering from lack of food , owing to the blockade , and the Amer ican authorities are endeavoring to relieve them. Peace reigns and no trouble is ex pected in Manila , although the city is crowded with people from the prov inces and were leaving the unprotect ed hamlets in order to avoid the con scription which the insurgent leaders are enforcing as well as robbery at the hands of the roving insurgents and bandits. The investigation of the charge against Brigadier General Frederick Funston , of having summarily shot two natives , in the province of Zam- beles , has resulted in a discontinuance of the proceedings. It developed the fact that General Funston caught the natives in the act of murdering bound Maccabebe scouts , his action in view of the circumstances oeing regarded as justifiable. FOREIGN TROOPS MUST LAND. Protection of Legations Demand Their Presence at Pckin. PEKIN , May 28. The diplomatic corps have decided to ask the Tsung- Li-Yamen ( Chinese Foreign office ) to define explicitly the measures which the government intenas to take in dealing with the "Boxers. " The government is making some at tempts to check the movements of the Boxers here. The streets are quiet , but the country is in a state of terror so far as the native Christians are concerned. Many Protestant and Catholic refu gees are fleeing nere for protection. SHANGHAI , May 27 Reports re ceived today indicate that affairs around Pekin are extremely critical owing to the defeat of the government troops by the "Boxers. " It is now re garded here as certain that foreign troops must be sent to Pekin to pro tect ; the legations , while the withdraw al of missionaries from the interior is considered imperative. Large portions of the provinces of PC Chi Li and Chang Tung are in a state little better than absolute anar chy and disorder is spreading in the province of Shan Si in consequence of the encourage received from the empress. LYNCH'S MAJORITY IS LARGE. Fonr Thousand to Five Thousand More Than Donnelly. INDIANAPOLIS , May 28. Returns received by the canvassing board of the International Typographical union indicate now that Donnelly is defeated by Lynch for president by from 4,000 to 5,000. For first vice 'president the returns received are not sufficient to decide the result , so close is the face between Hays and Hawkes. It will require the official vote to decide. The indications are that if there is any difference it is in favor of Hawkes of Chicago. Iowa Banker is Gone. CHICAGO , 111. , May 28. John H. Drake of Albia , la. , for many years one of the leading bankers of that state and a brother of ex-Governor Drake , died suddenly at the Great Northern hotel today. The cause of death was hemorrhage of the lungs. Natives Find Charleston. SEATTLE , Wash. , May 28. The Manila Freedom prints- story to the effect that the steamer Churruca re cently touched at the island where the Charleston was wrecked and found the natives in possession of a number of articles belonging to the cruiser. Inasmuch as the wrecking expedition sent out shortly after the Charleston was wrecked faile dto find anything of the vessel , the theory is advanced that the nativFes contrived to cut off the masts of the cruiser be low the point submerged , thereby hid ing the hull from the government and saving the work of salvage for their own time. Mrs. Glu'dfstone Seriously III. LONDON , May 28. The illness cl Mrs. Gladstone is now reported to be more serious. Her strength is grad ually failing and the members of the family have been summoned to Ha- warden. Says 3OOOO Boers Passed Vaal. LONDON , May 28. The Standard has the following from Vredefort , dated May 24 : "Thirty thousand Boers are reported to have passed through here Tuesday and to have crossed the Vaal , out this number is probably excessive. * ' CONGRESS HEARING THE END. Both Houses May Conclude to Adjourn Next Week. WASHINGTON , May 28. House leaders are figuring that the senate will agree to the house resolution to adjourn Wednesday , June 6 , so that much business will be crowded into the coming week. Individual mem bers with belated bills are pressing for recognition and-will-be given-some show. Conference reports on appro priation bills will have the right of way. There are half a dozen meas ures of public importance pressing , including the oleomargarine bill , the anti-canteen bill , the St. Louis fair bill , the Philadelphia museum bill and the anti-trust measures , but the indi cations are that none of them save the anti-trust bill and resolution will be considered. Friday and Saturday are to be devoted to their consideration under special rules. The friends of the others , however , are active , ag gressive and insistent , and some of them may be successful. But the pro gram of the leaders does not go much beyond driving through the appropri ation bills , the passage of the anti trust legislation and the cleaning up of a few odds and ends. The time of the senate during the present weeek will be divided largely between the discussion of the Philip pine question and the consideration of the appropriation bills , with a diver sion about the middle of the week in the Clark case. Senator Wellington will speak Mon day on the Boer resolution and he will be followed that day or the day following by Senator Teller on the Philippine question. Speeches on the Philippine question also will be made by Senators Pettigrew-and Turnenand probably by other senators. T.here is apparently no probability of the Phil ippine bill passing , but there is a gen eral desire on the part of the opposi tion to reply to Senator Spooner's speech before the close of the present session. The sundry civil appropriation bill probably will be considered for two or three days more and by the time that is disposed of the general de ficiency bill will be ready for consid eration. Neither the deficiency nor the military academy bills , the onlv two appropriation bills undisposed of. except the sundry civil bill , is ex pected to consume any considerable amount of time. The senate will make an effort to meet the plans of the house in the matter of final adjournment on June C , but there is a general apprehension among senators that the date may be postponed until the 9th or llth. In addition to the appropriation bills still undisposed of by the senate , there are still several appropriation bills in con ference , and a disposition is manifest ed on the part of senators not to name the date of adjournment until these are well out of the way. It is generally believed that the Mon tana senatorial contest will be din- posed of when it is brought jip by referring it t the committee on' priv ileges and elections and that then nothing more will be heard of it dur ing the present session. The commit tee resolution declaring that Senator Clark's original election was not legal also bids fair to remain on the cal endar. ROBERTS ACROSS THE VAAL. Wires That His Forces Are Encamped on North Bank of River. LONDON. May 28. The war officp hns received the following from Lord Roberts : "VFEREENIGING , Sunday. May 27. 1:15 p. m. We crossed the Vaal this morning and are now encamped on the north bank. The advance troops , which crossed yesterdav. were only just in time to save the coal mines on both this and the other side of the river from being destroyed. Our casualties were four. "Baden-Powell reports that the rail way between Mafeking and Buluwavo has been restored and that sunpiips are being broueht into Mafekinsr. He snvs the Canadian artillery ioined Colonel Plumer from Beira with in- crpnible rapidity. "Lieutpnant Webber was taken pris oner at Heilbron a few davs ao. He went there on telegraph duty. It was not known that Our troops had been temporarily withdrawn. " President Kruger , according to a special dispatch from Newcastle , has issued a proclamation , asking the Transvaal burghers to notify him whether they desire to continue the fight or to sue for peace. Dinmond Thieves Canjrht. CHICAGO , 111. . May 28. The Chicago cage nolice sav that a man under ar rest in LeipsSc. Germanv. on the charge of stealing $ F15,000 worth of diamonds , is Charles Woodward , alias Williams , alias Anderson , alias Wat son , alias Wright , who has been ab sent from Chicago nineteen yenrs. Woodward is known as one of the cleverest thieves in the world and has earned the cognomen of the "Dia mend , swallower , " through repeated acts of that kind in order to escape conviction. He has stolen half a mil lion dollars' worth of diamonds and has served nearly twenty years in the jails and penitentiaries in this country and in Europe. Government Bureau Is Damaged. WASHINGTON , May 28. Fire at the bureau of engraving and printing today caused a loss of about $1,500. The damage done was mostly to out buildings and will cause no interfer ence with the work of the bureau , which prints the government money and securities. The cause of the fire is unknown. BRITISH ARE ADVANCING. Taking of Several Towns Are Announced at Pretoria. PRETORIA , May 26. An official bul letin issued here says it is reported the British have occupied Vredefort , and are advancing on Schoenmansdrift. General Dewet announces that the federals have occupied Heilbron and Protchefstrom. He says the call for troops is meeting with a noble re sponse. It Is not Possible to Accept All the In vitations Issued. TO VISIT SOME LARGE CITIES Will Return , UB Soon as Clrcumntniicet Will Permit , to Their Own Country Arc Grateful for Many Expression * * of Sympathy Heard ou All bides in Their Journeying. WASHINGTON , May 26. The fol lowing statement was issued today by the Boer envoys , who are at present in this city : "Messrs. Fischer , Wessels and Wol- marans , who are representing the South African republics in this coun try , have received many pressing invi tations from most of the large cities of the United States to visit them , but owing to the short time they have to spend in this country it will not be possible to accept all of the invitations received. It is their intention to re turn as soon as circumstances permit to their own country , staying In Europe sufficient time to carry out their in structions , but before leaving they have concluded to yield to the great demand on the part of the American people to spend a few more days.in America and they have concluded first of all to visit Baltimore , Philadelphia , Providence and Boston during.the next week. After visiting these cities they are in hopes of being able to spare the time to extend their visit to sev eral cities in the middle states , timely notification of which will be given - ' ! with invitations. The common councils and mayors of a number of cities are urging them by resolutions to make them a visit and it may De possible that their stay in this coun try may be prolonged a few days to meet their wishes. The envoys regret exceedingly that they cannot meet the great number of people who are so anxious to greet them , as they would like to do. They express , themselves as very grateful for the many expres sions of sympathy heard on all sides of the cause that is so dear to them and they trust that the Tact that they cannot visit all who wish them to dose so will in no way interfere with the full and free expression of sympathy and good will on their part. " WHOM WILL SENATE CHOSE ? The Credentials of Koth Clark and Ma- Kinnis Filed. WASHINGTON , May 26. Senator Carter of Montana today presented the certificate of Governor Smith appoint- jng Martin Maginnis senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Senator CJark , and to which Clark had also been appointed by Lieutenant Governor Spriggs in the absence of the governor. The certificate was in practically the same words as Acting Governor Spriggs' certificate appointing Clark to succeed himself. In accordance with a request made by Senator Carter the certificate was laid upon the table. As soon as this disposition was made Sen ator Chandler presented a resolution providing for the reference of the cre dentials of the rival senatorial claim ants to the committee on privileges and elections. This resolution also was laid on the table , the understanding being that it would be called up next Wednesday. KENTUCKY REWARD COMMISSION. Says Money lias Not Been Squ-indered on Flection Question. FRANFORT , May 2 . The Goebel reward commission adjourned today. The commissioners say nothing was done except to pay a few minor bills. Commissioner Moore said that in stead of the large sums which interest ed parties and friends would have the public believe are being paid out , the money so far expended was very small in amount and had been and would continue to be expended conservatively and for legitimate purposes only. He denied all knowledge whether any in dictment has been returned against Former Governor Taylor. CHASE AFTER AGIINALDO. Battalion of Thirty-Third Pursues Trail of Filipinos. MANILA , May 2C. Major Peyton C. March , with a battalion of the Thirty- third infantry , and Colonel Luther R. Hare , with another part of the Thirty- third infantry , while scouring the coun try northeast of Bcnguer , report that they have struck the trail of a party of Filipinos traveling in the mountains and believe they are escorting Aguin- aldo. Major March is continuing the pursuit across an exceedingly difficult country beyond the telegraph lines. An "Irregular" Elevator. CHICAGO. May 26. The directors of the board of trade today declared ir regular the Wabash elevator of the Chicago Elevator company , of which Russell Sage is president and George Gould a director. Boers to Visit Knoxville. KNOXVILLE , Tenn. , May 26. The invitation extended by the Knoxville city council to the Boer commission ers to visit the city has been accepted. The date of the visit cannot be set at present. ( Juren Thank * the President. WASHINGTON , May 26. Ambassa dor Choate at London has cabled the following menage from Queen Victoria to the State department : "American Ambassador : Pray express my warm thanks to the president of the United States fcr his kind congratulations ferny ny birthday. V. I. R. " Too tate for One Army BUI. WASHINGTON , May 26. Chairman Hull of the house committee on mil itary affairs stated definitely that owing " ing "to the lateness of the session it would be impossible to consider the bill to increase efficiency of the army. OUR "ISLAND POSSESSIONS. " The Subject Arouses Heated Dlscusiion In the Senate. WASHINGTON , May 25. The duty of the United States toward its "is land possessions" was the subject of heated discussion in the senate. Soon after the senate convened Bacon of Georgia began an extejuled reply to the speech of Platt , delivered yester day. His speech was largely supple mental to that which he delivered sev eral days ago demanding an investiga tion of Cuban financial affairs. His resolution , to which there Is little erne no opposition , under the rules went to the committee on contingent expenses. The remainder of the afternoon was occupied by Spooner of Wiscon sin in concluding his speech on the Philippine question. The debate which he aroused took a turn decidedly political. He charged the so-called anti-imperialists with cre ating an issue which was not legiti mate. Many of his statements were controverted by Allen of Nebraska and Pettigrew of South Dakota , and the controversy at times became al most personal. Spooner maintained that the facts proved the attack upon the United States troops was not only made by Aguinaldo , but had long been premedi tated. By Filipino documents which had fallen into the hands of the Americans , he showed that the Filipinos pines under the leadership of Agui naldo were preparing for an attack upon our troops and that it had been fixed for February 5 , 1899 , one day be fore the outbreak occurred. Spooner declared that nobody but an "anti-imperialist , " who by his words and actions desired the dishonor of his country and the making of cam paign material in a presidential year , could have so little good faith as to make the brutal charge against the president of the United States that he had been responsible for tlie precipi tation of hostilities. SIMPLY A BOER HUNT. Rritish Army Spread Out in Form of n Great Crescent. LONDON , May 25. Lord Roberts' infantry advance is delayed at the Rhenoster river for a day or two by depth of the scream , which is not fordablc. The banks , which are pre cipitous , are forty feet high. A pontoon teen and temporary bridge construc tions are unier way. A dispatch from Rhenoster , dated Wednesday , May 23 , 7:45 p. m. , says : The general opinion is that we will arrive at Pretoria as fast as we can march , though the Boers announced to all the countryside that they in tended to fight to the death. The railway has not been damaged to any great extent between Kroon- stad and vhenoster. The Transvaal ers have offended the Free Staters by destroying their splendid bridges when retiring to Kroonstad. They refrained from doing this on the retreat to Rhe nester , but now they are destroying the railroad and bridges almost com pletely north of the Rhenoster. The British troops are in the form of a crescent , with horns thirty miles apart , with General French's cavalry on the west within twenty-three miles of the Vail anad General Hamilton's mounted men on the right within thirty miles of the Yaal. The center of the crescent is about forty miles from the Vaal. Boer telegrams say that the 3..000 British with ten guns are near Vreedefort , close to the Vaal and close to Pary's. IN MILES5 AND CORBINS' INTEREST. Senate Committee Amends the Military and Academy Hill. WASHINGTON , May 25. The mili tary affairs committee of the senate today concluded consideration of the military appropriation bill. The bill was amended by adding those sections of the army reorganization bill giving the major general commanding the army the rank of lieutenant general , and the present adjutant general the rank of major general. The number of cadet appointments allowed the president was increased from thirty to fifty. Holds Ice Trnwt Unlawful. NEW YORK , May 25. Attorney General J. C. Davies today announced his decision in the proceedings against the American Ice company. He de cides that the American Ice company is an unlawful combination , conduct ing its business in restraint of trade , in violation of law and against public policy , and he will commence proceed ings against the American Ice com pany to prohibit it from doing business in this state. The attorney general , .vhen asked to whether the governor will order a special grand jury to in- ngate the connection of the New York City officials with the company , said he had not the slightest idea what the governor intended doing. Indicted for I'enHion Fratid. SIOUX CITY , la. , May 25. Hans Andreas , aged 85 , was indicted by the- federal grand jury today on a charge of attempting to defraud the pension department. He made affidavit that his sister , Mary Asper Exe , was the widow of a civil war veteran and had never remarried after the latter's death. The prosecution claims she has a husband living. Andreas was once wealthy , hut lost his fortune during the panic of 1893. 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