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WILL TAKE A VOTE
BOERS ALLOWED TO SUBMIT
PROPOSALS OF PEACE
LEADERS CONFER AT PRETORIA
Action Decided After Two Confer
ences with Kitchener and Milncr
British Refuse to Grant an Armis
tice
LONDON April 19 The govern
ment leader A J Balfour in the
house of commons yesterday made the
following Important statement
After two conferences between
Lord Milner the British high com
missioner of South Africa and Iord
Kitchener and the Boer delegates at
Pretoria Lord Kitchener while refus
ing to grant an armistice on military
grounds has agreed to give facilities
for the election and meeting of rep
resentatives of the various Boer com
mands to consider the position The
Boer leaders have therefore left Pre
toria to carry out this plan
Mr Balfour added that it was not
expected that communication between
the British and Boer leaders would
be resumed in less than three weeks
time
Mr Balfours statement made a
generally favorable impression It
was argued among the members that
the action of the Boer leaders demon
strates that any rate a majority of the
delegates favor the acceptance of the
suggested British peace terms The
submission of the question to a
plebiscite of the burghers is accord
ing to Boer law which requires lead
ers of armed forces in the field to
take the opinion of their followers in
concluding peace
It is officially asserted that the con
tinental statements to the effect that
the Boer leaders went to Pretoria at
the suggestion of the British author
ities are absolutely unfounded The
action of the Boers was entirely spon
taneous and this is regarded here as
the best evidence of a genuine de
sire to bring about a settlement by
peaceful negotiations and as being
indicative of the character of the ad
vice which will be given to the
burghers by the leaders who are now
returning to their various commands
THE HAGUE April 19 A D W
Wolmarens the Boer delegate said
that he had no knowledge whatever
of any -particulars regarding the South
African peace negotiations nor of
the report published in Amsterdam
to the effect that the negotiations had
been broken off
SIBERIAN PEASANTS STARVE
Famine and Disease Devastate a Once
Rich and Fertile Section
ST PETERSBURG April 19 The
reports received here from the famine-stricken
districts of Russia more
than justify the anticipation of acute
suffering in those localities Scurvy
and typhoid fever are devastating the
peasantry throughout the whole of the
Altai highlands of Siberia region
formerly the chief granary of Siberia
The starving people there have con
sumed even the last remnants of their
seed grain and no spring crops have
been sown The last wheat sold in
Altai was at 24 roubles per pood
against the normal price of 1G to 20
copecks per pood In some places
the scarcity of fodder is so great that
half the houses have been unthatched
to save the lives of the cattle and
horses
DEWEY INVITED TO DENVER
Want Hero of Manila to Attend Fun
ston Banquet
DENVER Colo April 19 Admiral
Dewey has been invited to come to
Denver and be a guest of honor at a
banquet which the First regiment
Colorado National Guard will give to
General Frederick Funston command
er of the Department of Colorado at
the Windsor hotel on May 1 the an
niversary of the battle of Manila bay
The invitation was sent to Admiral
Dewey by Colonel Verdeckberg of the
First regiment and Captain Elison of
Company E both of whom are on
the committee which has charge of
the banquet and reception
Subscribing to New Loan
LONDON April 19 The list of ap
plications for the portion of the new
loan 10000000 offered to the pub
lice were closed this morning owing
to the heavy over subscription and
the inconvenience to the market aris
ing from locking up such a large
amount of money
Rotman Goes to Jail
NEBRASKA CITY Neb April 19
Ernest Rotman who was fined 1000
some time ago by Judge lessen and
who appealed the case to the supreme
court where the finding of the lower
court was sustained has been given
up by his bondsmen and has begun
serving out the fine and costs It
will take him 355 days in the county
Jail The offense for which he was
fined was the running sf a hole in
the wall at Douglas
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CONTROVERSY IS REOPENED
Official Dispatches Referring to Brit
ish Defeat at Spionkop Published
LONDON April 18 All the official
dispatches referring to the defeat sus
tained by the British troops under
General Buller at Spionkop Natal
January 24 1900 were made public
today Those hitherto unpublished
merely emphasize how hopelessly
muddled were the preparations for
that engagement The controversy
between General Buller and General
Sir Charles Warren is proved to have
been even more bitter than previously
hinted at while a new extract from
one of Lord Roberts dispatches brings
additional censure on General Buller
Lord Roberts declares that General
Bullers endeavor to put the responsi
bility for the defeat on General War
ren was not justifiable Roberts holds
that it was Bullers duty to intervene
when he saw things were going wrong
This remark was caused by a dispatch
from Buller in which he says
I saw no attempt on the part of
Warren to either grapple with the sit
uation or command his force himself
We lost our chance by Warrens slow
ness He seems to me to be a man
who can do well what he can do him
self but cannot command I can
never employ him again on an inde
pendent command I ought to have
assumed command myself when I saw
things were not going well I blame
myself now for not doing so
VETOES BILL FOR A PENSION
President Refuses to Condone Offense
of a Veteran
WASHINGTON April 13 President
Roosevelt sent to the house a veto to
the bill pensioning Tobias Walter a
lieutenant in a Pennsylvania volun
teer regiment duiing the civil war at
17 per month The veto message
states that the records of the war de
partment show that this soldier was
casniered by sentence of a general
court martial for disobedience of or
ders as to going on picket duty and
that this disobedience was admitted
To inscribe his name on the pen
sion roll the message bays would
be to condone an inexcusable offense
detract from the high estimate in
which the pension roll ought to be
ever held and to do injustice to sol
diers now on that roll especially
those under the act of June 27 1890
where an honorable discharge from the
service is a condition precedent to ob
taining a pension
THE VOTE ON EXCLUSION
Platt Substitute for the Mitchell Kahn
Chinese Bill Passes the Senate
WASHINGTON D C April 18 The
drastic Chinese exclusion bill origin
ally framed by the senators and rep
resentatives from the Pacific coast
states met defeat in the senate and in
its place was substituted a measure
offered by Mr Platt of Connecticut ex
tending the provisions of the present
exclusion law and also applying that
exclusion to all insular territory of the
United States
The vote by which the substitute
took the place of the original bill was
48 yeas to 33 nays Once the substi
tute had been made all senators join
ed in its support with the single excep
tion of Mr Hoar the substitute being
passed 70 to 1
NO CHANGE IN WILHELMINA
Fever Continues but Danger is Re
garded as Passed
AMSTERWAM April 18 The cause
of Queen Wilhelminas illness is pre
mature childbirth An official bulle
tin published today says her majesty
passed a somewhat less tranquil night
The fever however has not increased
and her condition is comparatively
satisfactory
A bulletin issued from Castle Loo
at 3 p m today says
Since morning there has been no
flange in Queen Wilhelminas con
dition The fever continues
It was authoritatively declared this
afternoon that the report that the
queen is suffering from peritonitis and
nephritis is untrue
Fitz Leaves it All to Jeff
NEW YORK April 18 Bob Fitz
simmons sent a telegram today to
James J Jeffries saying that he was
convinced that the only state where a
glove contest between them could be
held without interference was Cali
fornia Fitzsimmons further said
that he would meet Jeffries anywhere
in California and at any time to box
for the championship of the world
and that he would leave the making
of arrangements to Jeffries
Volcanoes Are in Action
VANCOUVER B C April 18 Ad
vices from Australia state that on the
10th of last month the New Hebrides
islands were shaken by an earth
quake The shocks subsided next day
somewhat but at intervals were re
newed throughout the week Six
hours after the first trembling the
city became a blaze of light and Al
berim Lopevi and Tingoa volcanoes
Durst into action the last named send
ing a great waterspout over the land
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WAR REALLY OV
GENERAL MALAVAR SURREN
DERS HIS FORCES
MANILA S GREATLY DELIGHTED
Rebel Commander Orders Submission
of Every Man Under His Charge
Wheaton Says Armed Resistance is
at an End
MANILA April 17 General Mal
var has unconditionally surrendered
to Brigadier General Bell at Lipa Ba
tangas province with the entire in
surgent force of the provinces of La
guna and Batangas General Bell
says his Bells influence is sufficient
to quell the insurrectionary move
ments In Tayabas and Cavite prov
inces and capture all those in the field
who have not yet surrendered but
Malvar has ordered the complete sur
render of every insurgent to the near
est American force
General Wheaton reporting to the
division headquarters says that all re
sistance in his department has ended
and that the surrenders just announc
ed mean that the ports will be open
ed and that the Filipinos in the de
tention camps can be allowed to re
turn to their homes in time to plant
the crops General Wheaton is espe
cially pleased with General Bells
care of the natives confined in the
camps
The officers in charge are held per
sonally responsible for the quality and
quantity of the food served out and
for the general welfare of the occu
pants of the camps After scouring
the mountain passes General Bell em
ployed volunteer bolomen for protec
tion against ladronism
Numbers of Filipinos volunteered
and expressed the liveliest satisfaction
at the treatment accorded themselves
and their families who were in the
concentration camps
General Wheaton gives General Bell
great credit for his indefatigabllity in
conducting the campaign He was
afield on horseback day and night
personally superintending the most
arduous operations
The people of Manila are delighted
at the prospect of a resumption of
trade with the pacified provinces and
are anxious to show Generals Chaffee
Wheaton and Bell their appreciation
of the fact that the insurrection is
really over
About 3300 rifles have been receiv
ed by the American officers in Ba
tangas and Laguna provinces during
the last four months General Mal
var personally requested an interview
with General Bell in order to make
his complete submission
The lack of of news from the
Island of Samar is due to a defective
cable It is believed however that
the American commander received the
surrender of all the insurgents in
Samar unless the planned proceed
ings were altered
ST LOUIS April 17 Governor
General W H Taft of the Philippines
who is here for a conference with the
worlds fair officials speaking of the
situation in the islands said
The real war in the islands is over
when thirty provinces are pacified
and only three remain to be brought
under civil control And I do not ex
pect to see these three provinces in
rebellion very long
MISS STONE MAY BE ENJOINED
Contract Will Not Permit Her to De
liver Other Addresses
BOSTON Mass April 17 Miss El
len M Stone the missionary recently
returned from Bulgaria has been sum
moned to appear in the superior court
equity session tomorrow to show
cause why she should not be enjoined
trom delivering a lecture describing
her captivity tomorrow evening and
Monday evening as planned The bill
in equity is brought by a lecture bu
reau the complainant alleging that it
made a contract with tne defendant
through her brother acting as agent
and that she will violate the terms
if she delivers the proposeu lectures
Monument to Cecil Rhodes
CAPETOWN April 17 A meeting
of citizens to establish a national me
morial in honor of the late Cecil
Rhodes was held here today A com
mittee composed of Sir Gordon Sprigg
the premier the mayors of Cape Col
ony and a number of other prominent
persons will issue an appeal for funds
throughout the British empire for the
purpose of erecting an immense cairn
on Devils peak overlooking the Cape
peninsula
Commits Crime in Prison
SIOUX FALLS S D April 17 Pe
ter Verwolf a member of a Hollander
colony of Douglas county who com
pleted a term in the Sioux Falls peni
tentiary for a statutory offense Avas
arrested by Marshal Careton as he
left the prison doors on a peculiar
charge that of making counterfeit
money while an inmate of the prison
He has confessed and several spurious
dollars and appartus were found in
the penitentiary barn
COMMERCE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Some Figures Showing Progress that
is Being Made
WASHINGTON April 1G The In
sular division of the war department
has prepared for publication a bulle
tin showing in comparative form the
commerce of the Philippine islands
for the twelve months of the calendar
years 1901 and 1900 The total value
of merchandise imported during the
calendar year 1901 was 30162471
against 24803779 for the correspond
ing period of 1900 The exports of
merchandise during the calendar year
1901 amounted to 24503353 against
22990373 for the corresponding pe
riod of 1900 These figures show
an increase of 21 per cent In
the Imports and 7 per cent in the ex
ports The value of merchandise com
ing from the United States for the
calendar year 1901 was 3534255 an
Increase of 1381057 over the corre
sponding period of 1900 while the ex
ports for the period of 1901 amounted
to 4540292 an increase of 1585441
BOYCOTT HAS NO EFFECT
Kansas City Receipts Are Almost as
Heavy as Before
KANSAS CITY Mo April 16 The
boycott started by the Kansas City
live stock commission men who last
week urged their customers to ship
to other markets had no appreciable
effect on the receipts here today ex
cept possibly in the case of sheep
Todays arrivals of cattle amounted to
5000 head against 6400 last week
while the receipts of hogs were 7000
against 6000 on last Tuesday But
500 sheep were received today com
pared with 4200 a week ago How
ever as the sheep generally are vari
able this may not indicate anything
It is said that the members of tlae
stock yards company are today con
sidering the question of bringing in
junction proceedings against the com
mission men to force them to call off
the boycott
THREE GENERALS RETIRED
Sheridan De Russy and Burt Close
Forty Years Service
WASHINGTON April xo Briga
dier Generals Isaac D De Russy An
drew S Burt and Michael V Sheridan
recently appointed were placed on the
retired list today on their own appli
cations after forty years service One
of the vacancies in the list of briga
dier generals thus created has been
filled by the promotion of Colonel Mott
Hooton Twenty eighth infantry who
will be regularly retired for age to
morrow General Hooton entered the
array as a volunteer sergeant in June
1861 He recently has served in the
Philippines It is expected that three
more colonels who served through the
civil Avar also will be promoted to the
grade of brigadier general in a few
days and similarly retired on their
own applications
Bond for Rathbonc Filed
HAVANA April 16 A fidelity com
pany has filed a bond for 100000 with
the court as bail for the appearance
of E G Rathbone the former direc
tor of posts on his appeal This com
panys bond was refused when offered
for the appearance of Mr Rathbone
when he was first arrested but his
lawyers now insist that according to
law and in the interests of justice
bail should be accepted The com
pany has risks amounting to 2000
000 in Cuba mostly of government em
ployes The president of the court
has consulted with Governor Wood
concerning the matter of accepting
the bond but no decision on the sub
ject has been reached
Commercial Men Protest
NEW YORK April 16 At a meet
ing of the grand council of the Uni
ted Travelers of America an organi
zation of commercial travelers of the
United States a resolution was adopt
ed opposing the bill of Senator El
kins of West Virginia to enlarge the
jurisdiction of the interstate com
merce commission and which is de
signed to permit the pooling of rail
roads so far as it affects the rates
on passenger and freight traffic The
resolution declared the bill to be un
constitutional and an infringement
upon the rights of commercial men
Iowa State Fair Date
DES MOINES la April 16 The
premium list of the Iowa state fair
Is about to be issued It will be in
more attractive form than ever before
Dr Meacham Dead at Manila
MANILA April 16 Dr Meacham
assistant of Major Maus the insular
health commissioner died today of
heart failure
New Route to Klondike
SEATTLE Wash April 16 It is
expected that work on a railroad
from Valdes to Eagle City will begin
shortly and will be rushed to comple
tion without delay The company
which it is said will construct the
road is an English and American con
cern and is capitalized at 3000000
The distance to be covered by the
railway is 400 miles It will provide
an all Amerlcan route to the Klon
dike
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Experience of a Lady Visitor to a II t tie
Soaaide Town
I recently heard a good story in the
west of Ireland It concerns the rising
Httlo seaside town of Lahlnch a place
which has recently developed tremen
dously thromjh the tourlBt and golf
booms A few years ago the public
baths like moat other institutions in
the village vere ery primitive They
were situated in a little cottage
which was just above the high water
mark Shower baths were a specialty
and they were to be had In a room
which had a bathtub placed in the
middle of the floor On pulling a
string a perfect deluge of bracing sea
water came through the celling
A lady visitor once stood ready In
the tub and gave the dread signal
But Instead of the usual avalanche of
green water there came from aloft the
gruff voice of the fisherman-proprietor
of the baths If yell move a
taste more to the wesht maam said
the voice yell get the full benefit of
the shower Looking up she to her
horror descried the old fisherman
standing by an aperature in the ceil
ing and holding a barrel of sea water
ready for the douche Whether the
lady moved to the west and received
the shower or not the chronicler does
not relate But Lahinch has made
giant strides since T P OConnor
in London M A P
Young Crokers Fancy Dogs
Richard Croker Jr has entered
Cornell law school and has taken with
him to Ithaca six dogs of the English
bull species said to be worth 16000
They are the finest animals of the ca
nine species ever seen in Tompkins
county and their arrival created quite
a sensation when they were led
through the streets
Wherever you go carry the oil of
kindness in the can of courtesy
Money is cold cash Not even a
good circulation can make it warm
Nebraska Headquarters Millard Ho
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out Central Location American Plan
2 and Up Per Day European Plan 1
and Up The Lincoln Opp Depots
Lincoln 2 and Up Per Day
Miss Brandon Once an Actress
Miss Braddon has published over
sixty novels since 1862 Previous to
trying literature however Miss Brad
don appeared on the stage There is
some doubt in the matter but An
Old Player has declared that the fu
ture novelist made her debut at the
Brighton Theater Royal in 1857 and
that during the five following months
she impersonated as many as fifty
eight distinct characters Her stage
name was Mary Leyton and though
now known as Miss M E Braddon
she is really Mrs Maxwell and a
widow
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In Dolly Madisons prayer book
which one of her godchildren gave me
are several quaint wood engravings
relates Victor Smith The frontis
piece is entitled Father if thou be
willing remove this cup from me
nevertheless not my will but thine
be done This book was published in
1844 not so long ago yet this picture
represents Christ kneeling upon the
grassy ground in prayer with what
resembles a large silver goblet in front
of Him
The Smart Set Still Wheels
Among the guests present at a recent
meeting of the Torrington Conn
Wheel Club were the governor chief
justice road commissioner and a con
gressman of the state H S Earle of
Michigan president of the L A W
and Abbott Bassett of 3oston secre
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