The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, December 28, 1899, Image 1
foA I V t J The Norfolk Weebxy News EYES ON DELAGOA BAY i Report That England Will Sc- cure Control in March GERMANY GETS SLIOE OF AFRICA JKMMnj Herliu lltprrSitjs IroilitntiL KriiKur Slny Dorlmo Wiir Anhint Iortucnl nt Onrn j PrmlilntiA oT Secrot Ttcnt Itatween 1 Oorinnny mill niiRlnint UiciiLiv Doo 28 Tlio Loltnl Anzol fjcr publishes tho cnutotits of tlio secret treaty This double- treaty will havo executive force ns soon as the Swiss jurists havo Rivou a decision in tho Dolagoa arbitra tion Tho decision it is oxpcctctl will bo givon in January or February and will probably bo in favor of KtiKland in which cao Portugal must pay to England and America an indemnity of 1000000 England obtained iu 1 80 1 from Por tngul tho right of pre emption in Dela goa bay Tho cession of Dolagoa bay to England may therefore- bo expected iu March next It is possiblo that President Krugor may now declare war on Portugal and attack Dolagoa at onoo In order to prevent any interference by Franco or Russia England concluded a secret treaty with Germany regarding tho t complete partition of tho Portuguese colonial possessions Germany is to ro ceivo all Portugals Asiatic possessions i Germany further rocpives in Africa all Portuguese territory north of Zam beso oxcopt a strip of land throe miles wide for Occil Rhodes Trans African railway For this tho Gorman govern ment will pay Portugal 25000000 marks i BOERS FORTIFY POSITION Strengthen Their Intrcnolinicnts Until lrnrtlcally Iiiiprpgiiiible London Dec 28 Winston Church Ills uow arrival at Ohioveloy camp is perhaps responsible for somo over-coloring of tho gravity of tho situation but all todays news convoys tho impression that Buller may bo intending another attack upon tho Boor position Certainly tho Boers are not inactive At both Moddor river and tho Tugela they are said to bo strengthening their forces and extending tho defenso works which in both cases aro seemingly al most impregnable Dispatches from Ohioveley indicato that General Bullers forces will romob ilizo at Frero before attempting another advance Doubtless ho would be glad to rotriovo tho Colon so or- hefo tho arrival of Lord Roborf s yot ho is hardly likely to attempt another frontal attack It is more likely that ho is preparing to strike should the Boers mako any of fensive movoment 1 Mr Churchills reference to Lady smith may imply that tho situation of tho garrison is moro desperate than had been supposed Tho Boers continuo fortifying the hills commanding tho town General White however helio graphs that all was well in Ladysmith on Deo 26 Competent military critics in London regard tho campaign as at a comploto deadlock for the present owing to tho dispersal of tho British forces and owing to lack of adequate transports Thoy think it will bo many weeks before Lord Roberts is able to reorganize and mako an effective move The Boer trench work is so good that it enables tho enemy to hold a long lino with fow mon and to travel great dis tances under cover so as to rapidly re inforco any point attacked i The Times says It is difficult to avoid tho conclusion that our troubles are duo to the unreality of tho presum edly practical lessons given in tho ma neuvers at Aldershot Dispatches from Modder River repre sent Dutch disaffection in Gnnuilautl west as growing very serious In somo towns the entire Dutch population has joined tho Boers The rebols havo formed a laager at a point about 30 miles west of Modder River camp It is also announced that tho Boors have raised tho seigo of Kurumau and havo all withdrawn to Magersfoutein The Capo Town correspondent of tho Times under dato of Friday Dec 22 6ay6 Anxiety regarding tho attitude of tho colonial Dutch is steadily growing Thoy make no effort to conceal their sympathy for tho two republics and tho only question now is whether if tho military situation is not changed will thoy keep from open rebellion Even in districts not visited by the Boers in tho eastorn part of tho provinco tho Dutch farmers aro riding about armed This is tho caso also in districts only SO miles from Capo Town where a seditious movement is busily propagated Tho British forces aro iuadequato to guard 1000 iniles of communications A dispatch to tho Timos from Mafokiug eays that Lady Sarah Wilson who was tsaptured by tho Boors while acting as correspondent for a Lopdon paper has arrivod thero having beep exchanged for Viljoen a notorious horsethief and conviot A special correspondent of tho Daily Chronicle Inh rapliug from Stork stroom Capo Colony says Strong measures are nocossary to check tho hos tile fooling among tho Dutch colonics whoso sedition is shown in the removal of railway bolts tho obstruction of bridges and culverts and attacks upon fcolitary horsemen Disaffection is bound to increase unless immediate reinforco ments aro forthcoming Tho loyal Dutch and British settlers aro becoming ularmingly impationt tlinruliill 1VIU of Luilymulth London Dec 28 The Moruiui Post 1 has received tho following from Mr Churchill undor dato of Duo 20 telo graphed from Chiovoloy camp where ho has arrived All ranks havo com I ploto confidence In Sir Redvera Buller and there is a stem determination to succeed next time nt all cost A pain ful impression was caused by tho ohuugo of and tho soldiers hero aro resolved to vindicate their trusted leader Tho situation neverthe less is dilllcult tho Boor position being ono of extraordinary Btreugth with high hills lined tier on tior with trenches and galleries rising from nn almost un fordablo river and with a smooth plain in front Tho oneiny havo ull tho ranges marked and many powerful guns dominate tho various points on tho river while tho drifts aro commanded by converging musketry flro from prob ably 12000 Boers Thero nro 10 miles of wild broken country before reaching Ladysmith which demands early ro lief NkviiI Onin Shrill lloor Position OiiiKVKtKY Camp Natal Deo 28 Tho naval guns began shelling tho Boor position at fi oclock this morning using lyddite Tho shelling continued about two hours Ever since the engagement at Colensn tho enemy havo been ener getically improving their intronchiuents Thoy can bo soon galloping freely from hill to hill Ladysmith also had a busy morning today shelling tho Boer posi tion on Umbulwaua mountain Tho bursting shells wero plainly visible at Chiovoloy ITS UP TO GRIGGS rcfttlmony About Combination to Jncrcnso rrciilit ItntiM Submitted to Him Washington Deo 28 Tho interstate commerce commission has decided to comply with tho request of tho shippers of freight to transmit to the attornoy general of tlio United States a transcript of evidence taken boforo tho commission last week on tho increase in rates on classified froight by tho oillcial classifi cation commission Tho shippors in thoir petition urged that tho testimony taken showed a vio lation of tho Sherman anti trust act Their desiro is that tho attornoy general shall take action by injunction or othor wiso to restrain tho roads from putting the classification into effect on Jau 1 Phelps Succeeds Pock Chicago Dec 28 Tho oxocutivo committoo of the National Business leaguo met horo yesterday and olectod Erskino M Phelps president of tho or ganization to fill tho vacancy reoently caused by tho resignation of Ferdinand W Pock Among matters discussed wero tho departmout of commerce and industries which it is proposed to add to iho foderal government tho rovision of tho intorstato commerce law und measures to remedy tho defects in tho United States consular service Iiitor Scliolimtlc Athletic Aiutorintlon St Joseph Mo Dec 28 Dolcgatos from all cities in tho Missouri valley met here yesterday and organized tho Inter Scholastic Athletic association the object of which is to promote athletics in public schools Field day contests will be hold hero in Mav TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Loudon papers say thoy soe a slightly bettor financial condition ahead Tho torpedo boat Stockton was suc cessfully launohed at Richmond Va Wednesday Charles Bayliss of Templo Mich died in a dentists chair from tho ef fects of chloroform The Peopoko Leicht Lumber company of Chicago lost 175000 in burned build ings Wednesday night General Otis has issued a docroo au thorizing tho celebration of civil mar riages iu tho Philippines Josoph Rhodes Buchanan a woll known writer upon medical and occult sciences is dead aged 85 Half tho businoss portion of Fosson den N D was consumod by flro Wednesday Loss 25000 In a difficulty at Whito Oak Ky James Patton shot aud killed Harlan Cisco Patton was badly cut and will dio George McCreery a farmer living near Oharlotto Mich was found dead in bed with a bullet wound iu his loft sido J B Greouhut who organized tho prosont whisky trust says that the trust is nroperous regardless of tho drop iu prices of stocks Tho cruiser New York flagship of tho North Atlantic squadron arrived at San Juan Porto Rico on Christmas day aud then left for target practice Tho viceroy of India Lord Curzou telegraphs from Calcutta that thoro has been no increase of rain aud that 23 451000 natives suffering from famiuo aro uow receiving rolief At Trenton N J tho Standard San itary Manufacturing company capital 5000000 to manufacture plumbing and sanitary fixtures aud supplies was incorporated Wednesday Emily Hilda Blako a domestio was haugod at Braudon Mau Wednesday for tho murder of Mrs Lano her mis tress The execution was private Only a few porsous witnessed it Alexander Fisher was shot and killed by his brother Pies Fibhor in Clay county Kentucky Pies Fisher es caped Tho brothers espoused oppo site sides in tho Philpot Grifllu feud General Otis has notified tho war de partment of the arrival at Manila of the transports Duke of Fifo and St Paul carryiug tho Thirty oighth volunteer infantry aud tho transports Ohio and Indiana carrying tho Fortieth voluu teer iufantry Sydney A Paget of Now York sailed for England Weduosday to join Lord Oheshiros rough riders This regiment will bail for South Africa in three weeks Smallpox among tho Indians at Crow Creek agency and other reservations has assumed serious phases Congress im mediately uftor reconvening will bo asked for an appropriation of 50000 to btiunp out tho epidemic NOllFOLK NEBRASKA THURSDAY DKOKMHKR 281800 BATTLE AT SAN MATEO Colonel Lockctt Routs Strong Force of Insurgents FOUR AMERICANS ARE WOUNDED rillplno Iiim I turcn in tho Knnull of Tlirro Hntun Shelling tr tlio Tiotittic Hnpioed to Ho Sumo Korea Dillon Out ol Sun Mut en by lmtton Manila Doo 28 Colonel Lookott with a force of 2500 including artillery attacked a strong force of insurgents in trenched in tho mountains near Montal ban about five miles northeast of Situ Mateo Tho enemy wero completely routed tho Americans pursuing them through tho hills amid which thoy fled in every direction Four Americans wero wounded Tho Filipino loss was largo resulting from a heavy infantry and artillery flro for three hours into tho trenches It is supposed tho insurgonts tiro those driven out of San Mateo on tho day General Lawton was killed Thoy numbered probably 1000 Tho insurgent organ ludopoiidoncia which wits suppressed by tho Ameri cans resumed publication on Nov 21 in Bonteo province SOUTH DAKOTA FUSION ISTS Senator Pett lireiv OrKUlilru uu American lenue nt Sioux Pulls Sioux Falls S D Deo 28 Under tho direction of Senator Pett igrow about 200 fusionists met horo last night and organized an Ainorican leaguo as a pro tost against Imperialism militarism and tho control of all industrial institu tions and govoriimont itsolf by organized capital All the ollloials aro fusionists and supporters of Mr Pott igrow in his fight for ro election Govornor Loo spoko briofly against trusts Senator Pettigrow mado tho principal speech Ho said If I wero a Filipino I would fight until I was gray if I was not killed sooner Ho declared that President McKinloy was oloctod and owned by trusts lie denounced tho ponding cur rency bill as tho groatost outrago of this generation To PurIi Canal mil OincAOo Dec 28 Congressman Hepburn of Iowa has assured everybody that ho means to press tho bill for tho construction of tho Nicaragua canal by tho govornmout for ull it is worth this session said former Senator Warner Millor yesterday It will go through congress this sossion if Mr Hepburn can do it This providos for building the canal rogardless of tho appropriation mado last winter for a committoo to in vestigate and roport on tho most favor ablo route for the canal That appro priation was merely a subterfuge de signed to sidetrack tho canal for a year at least aud if tho Hepburn bill becomes a law it will bo ignorod aud tho canal immediately begun Speaker Reetl killed it last year through tho oommittoo on rules But uow Reod is no longer thero to block tho project Sale oT Plpeitonn Roiorviitlnn Minneapolis Dec 28 Colonel Jamos McLaughlin tho United Statos Indian inspector recently negotiated with tho Sioux for the purchase of tho Sacred Pipestone Minn reservation Ho gives an interesting account of tho nego tiations for the reservation which be longed to the Yankton Sioux This band has its agency at Greenwood on tho Missouri river about 40 miles above Yankton At first tho Indians wautod U000000 but after a long dickering tho final sottlomont was mado on tho basis of 25000 in oattlo and 75003 cash tho Indians retaining tho ex clusive right to marry tho precious pipestouo which is the only doposit in Amorica and contains a practically in exhaustible deposit Urge Public Sohoola for Indian Notion Jefkekson City Mo Dec 28 Tho Missouri Stato Teachers association iu session horo with 1000 members pres ent unanimously adopted a memorial to congress to establish in tho Indian Ter ritory a Bystom of freo public schools to bo administered by tho proper authority at Washington aud supported out of tho United States treasury until conditions phall permit tho peoplo to do so by tho taxation of real and personal property Itryuu ut a Pnnthor Uunt Austin Dec 28 William J Bryan was tho central figure in a big panther hunt iu tho mountains near this city Tho hunt had been especially arranged for him aud somothlug like 500 sports men headed by Mr Bryan and ox-Governor Hogg loft tho city yesterday for tho scone of the proposed hunt They returned last ovoning with a livo pan ther in thoir possession having captured tho animal during tho day Monument to Iuwton Indianapolis Deo 28 A joint com mitteo of tho commercial club aud tho board of trado mot last night to organize for raising a fund of 25000 or moro to ereot a statuo to Goneral Lawton hero It was resolved that an Indiana Lawton monument committee be organized whoso purposo should bo tho erection at the capitol of a monnment iu memory of General Lawton Sorjjeout In ScphIoii ut Uui Molnet Des Moines Doo 28 The Western Surgical aud Gynecological bociety met in its annual session horo yosterday About 150 membors from all ovor tho middle western states aro in attendance Tho afternoon was devoted to scientific papers by various mombers and iu tho evening tho society was banquetted at tho Savory hotol Otllcors will bo elected and committees appointed today INDIAN NATION EXODUS Ill I iiuirs ntnl Cattlemen ICeeteil from I tin Toriltury Pkhhy O T Dtm 28 On Jan I every lessee of land in tho Indian Terri tory will bo compelled to leave tho terri tory or submit to ejeotnient by tho United States authorities Tho number of farmors who aro leasing laud ou tho five civilized tribe reservations will reach into tho thousands and all will havo to vacate Tho exodus from tlio Indian Territory began somo days ago 150 families having left Wliitllold 1 T iu one day for Oklahoma Recent laws passed by congress debar tho Indians from leasing their lauds for any purposo and this will shut out not only farmers but tho cattlemen Tho merchants in tho many towns iu tho Chickasaw Cherokee Seminole Creek and Choctaw nations are inunh alarmed over tho prospects of thoir business being ruined In communities which hereto fore havo been thickly settled every family will bo compelled to move leav ing tho count ry to tho Indians who livo in bands and u few Hquawmon Thoro aro several towns iu tho Indian Territory that have nearly 10000 popu lation and if this now law is carried out they will dwiudlolo almost nothing Congress will bo asked to repeal I ho law TORE INTER MAINES DEAD Pieildent Cabinet anil Nuiul Ofllctim i peeled to Attend Cei emimlen Washington Dec 28 Captain Sign boo and Chaplain Chid wick called at tlio navy department to consult with As histant Secretary Allen respecting tlio ceremonies to take plaeo today at Ar lington in connection with tho of tho bodies of tho Maines vic tims The roinains of 151 dead sailors arrived horo yesterday ovor the Ohesa pcako and Ohio railroad on a special train of six cars Thoy wero escorted by a guard of honor composed of 12 men from tho Texas including among them one of tho members of tho original crow Jerry Shea Tho body was in com mand of Lieutenant Bonham Tho cas kets havo been placed in open hospital tents and tho guard of honor will bo maintained over thorn until thoy aro buried today Tho exercises will bo as simple as pos sible Tho president aud mombers of tho cabinet and a numbor of naval otll cors aro expected to attend tho funeral corcmonies Ohio Fa tln In tho Toll Lima O Dec 28 James Poorman arrested hero today has boon conduct ing a school of crime according to tho stories of Aggio Scanlan aged 8 and others to tho police Tho Scanlan girl said that Poorman iustiuctod her aud soveral others to mingle with crowds in rotail stores and to pick up articles from tho couutors How woll ho Hchoolod them is ovidonced by tho fact that uouo wero doteoted but when tho polico searched Poorman s room thoy found two trunks full of plunder jow elry and small articles of value Confronted With Serloim CiarRO Ceijak Rapids la Deo 28 At Con tral City in tlio northern part of this county J L Jenkins tho mayor of the town was yesterday hold in bonds of 2000 to await tho action of tho grand jury It is charged that ho attempted to criminally assault his 14-year-old step daughter Jenkins has boon prominent in politics Find Morn Nnbrunkn Coul Sioux City Dec 28 A man rcpro senting ono of tho big linos operating in this section of tho northwest was at Jackson Nob yesterday trying to buy up tho nowly discovered coal Holds A third strike was made ou the Goodfel low farm A vein of coal six foot thick was found at a depth of 102 feet Dn Moliifi Man Appointed Washington Deo 28 William II Ponu of Dos Moines has been appointed uu assistant superintendent of tho rail way mail sorvico Ho is now chiof clerk at Dos Moines TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Tho proposed combine of British Co lumbia salmon canuerios has fallou through Soneca E Truesdoll ono of tho oldest nowspapor mon in tho northwest diod at LaCrosso Wodnesday Admiral Schleys flagship Chicago has arrived at Buenos Ayros and will re main thero uutil further orders The British steamer Beuedicta has been chartered nt Philadelphia to load coal for Portugal the first occasion of tho kind At a meeting of tho directors of tho National Board aud Paper company it was decided that pastoboard would bo udvaucod 250 per ton Tho cigar loaf tobaooo board of trado will ask congress to provide that tho duty on imported tobacco bo not duo uu til withdrawn from tho bonded ware house Spiolmanns vinegar and yeast factory at Chicago was almost totally destroyed by flro Wodnosday Tho damage is es timated at 100000 which is covered by insurance Lobeck Corin proprietors of tho Leader dopartmont store at Scrauton Pa mado an assignment Wednesday for tho benefit of thoir creditors Lia bilities 150000 Tho Cincinnati cigar manufacturers are much concerned over tho announce ment that tho Amoriean Tobacco com pany tho trust is going into tho cigar making bubiuess Tho Mexican government has abol ished tho export tax on coffee This is expected to nave a considerable effect in tho United States by increasing tho re ceipts of Mexican coffee The Illinois elate teachers iu session at Springfield Ills discussed tho ques tion of ono man power in tho schools with particular reforenco to Professor E Benjamin Andrews of Chicago Do You Vant Gonsiigsiptfjlon Wo nro Hiiro you do not Nobody wants It lint It cornea to many lliuur anils every year ILcumon to thoso u ho liivu liml concha nntl rolilit until tlio throat is raw nml tlio lin ing momlirniiort of tlio liingn nro In llainoil Stop your coiiijli wlion it first nnnonnt nml von remove Mm groit tlniiur of future trouble An Norfolk ers Cherry Pectoral slops rotifdin of nil kiwla It does nn fiixvnma It In n nnntliliiir nml Wil ing ronioily of grout power Tlii mnkort it llio groaloiit prooiitlvu to consilium on TiHlSl00fiVAtxlltlriiBilslii Maillcnl Advloo rroo ttli rAI II llit iinrtl ii u1 nr In tftiir I III UVlir II t I I III ll I MMlin cno You will timm Ui n rnit rniiW without cuil AthlruBH PiuT AX11 iitmiii munat RAUNKS 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