V h r it NV If r The Norfolk Weekly News BULLER KADTANCING British Surprise Boers and Gain Important Vantage Point WARREN 0R0SSE3 THE TUOELA Done titular tlto Fuco of n Hot Ilro From tlio IimmyM Iiimk Iylli tDii Fitrila RiolurH Drift unit NnlzcR II no of Low i lllilgoa NtniK London Jim 18 Goncrnl Hnllor completely surprised tlio Hoers and oc cupied the hills boyond Potgiotormlrift 15 milos west of Colonso on Jtui 10 Ho followed up the movement by nholliuK the Boor trenches This iiowh com pletely disposes of tho stutomont that Sir Churles Warrens forces wont in tho direction of Wounint and ittonds preatly to restore conililunco in General Bailors tactics Tho supposition that ho had divided his forces into throe columns had given cause for anxiotyi It is now neon that such a view was erroneous as General Bailors forces nro concentrated In Capo Colony General Methuen hus made a demonstration in force shelling tho Boer works General Gataero is alcinnishing around Molteuo and Gen oral French has boon throwing a few shells at tho Boers at Bonsberg Colonel Plumer is moving to the relief of Mate king from Bechuanalaud Ho is now in command of less than 2000 men Mafo king is in a bad way tho siego is boing pressed with determination and tho KaiHrsaro deserting because of pinched rations and tho necessity of eating horso meat Tho Standards vivid account of the assault upon Liulysinith shows that the garrison was surprised and that several times tho situation was critical Out of a detachment of SO Gordon Highlanders who surrendered every man was wounded says tho correspondent The Boer repulse at Ladysmith was the heaviest countorstroko of tho war Tho government is relaxing its efforts to scud out reinforcements It is quite nndecided as to when tho Eighth divi sion will bo shipped Tho war oflico de clines tho offer of a third battalion of Northamptonshire militia saying that no militia will bo sontabroi It seems probablo that only 5000 in of 10- 000 yeomanry will bo mobl WARREN CROSSES TUGELA Toril Dmiilnnnlil Talto tlio ltnor JToi ceH CoiniiUtoly by Surprise London Jan 18 Tho Times pub lishes tlo following Vt patch from Spearmans farm dated Jan 17 20 p Tho forco marched westward on Jan 10 Lord Dandonald by a dashing movement occupied tho hills above Potgieters drift 15 miles west of Co lcnso talcing tho Boers completely by surprise Tho same ovening tho infan try followed General Lytlctous bri gade crossed the river yesterday and to day shelled tho Boor trenches beyond with howitzers Gonoral Warren is now crossing Trichardo drift five miles above Ho is not opposed although tho Boers aro holding a position five miles from tho river Tho other morning papers aro out with extra editions confirming the dis patch from Spearmans farm to the Times A dispatch to tho Daily News from Spearmans farm describes Lord Dun donalds advance and says General Lytletons brigado was sent to hold a position ou Swartzkop hill Leaving a strong force to hold Colenso and Gen eral Hildyarda brigado at 3priugfield our wholo forco advanced without do lay Tho ferry pout at Potgioters was on tho further side of tho river and in order to bring it over Lioutonant Car lisle and five men swam over and brought it ovor Af tor four days halt on tho south side of tho Tngela our advance north ward began Jan 10 Goncral Lytletons brigado crossed tho drift that evening and held tho kopjo on our right Today from Mount Alice near Swartz kop naval guns effectually shelled tho Boer position which is strong Gen eral Warren also today crossed tho Tu gela six miles further to tho west near Wagon Drift with all arms in tho face of a hot and heavy tiro from Boor can non and rifles Ho has effected a most satisfactory lodgment two miles further on toward Sproenkop Mntiy Mourn Neur Kliulimloy Mopduu RrvKii Capo Colony Jan 17 Thoro was adomoustration in forco under General Mothneu yesterday a di vision being engaged with tho object of ascertaining tlio strougth and dispo sition of tho Boer force and also in order to try and draw tho Boers from Kimberloy whoro lately they havo been active Tho British discovered tho Boers in great forco and boing rein forced from tho direction of Jacobsdal At 480 tho artillery opoued tiro tho eholls dropping in tho Boer entrench ment with groat procision Tho attack was directed against tho Boor loft Tho firing continuod until sunset mostly with artillory although tho guurds on tho right tired somo long range volloys Tho Boors reserved thoir flro until tho British were returning tq camp in tho darknoBS when six shells followed them Thoro wero no casualties among tlio British troops llullur iIukliiK HutMuvlary J rocreo London Jan 18 Tho Daily Mail has tho following dated yosterday from Pioterniaritzburg Nows has been ro ceived that Geuorul Buller is makiut eatisfactory progress Stekkstuoom Jan 18 Goneral Gat aero has warned the Boer commandant that if the women aro not removed tlioy mast tako thoir chance of being shot in tho ovent of an attack All is quiet hero Woinnii Who W n Oomity Itornrilnr StniKY la Jan 18 Mrs Alice O Hill a pioneer and former county ro corder of this county died hero yester day NEW TURN INCLARK CASE Committer or Invint lotion Ailjourim Until lrlluy Wasiiinotdn Jan 18 William J Cook anil William F Hector wero bo fore tho senate committee on privileges and election1 in tho Clark investigation yesterday Mr Cook is an ottlcinl con nected with the Thomas Cruzo Savings bank of Helena and his testimony re lated solely to tho deposit of largo sums of money in tho bank by persons who wero regarded as representatives of Mr Clark Mr Rector proved to bo a somowhat irrepressible witnoss volunteering more information than ho was asked for Ho thus brought tho Lowis and Clark coun ty grand jury investigation into tho connnitteocontrary to tho intentions of tho committee which was not to tako it up at all Tho intrusion of tho matter caused the defense to raiso tho point as to whether the charges in connection with the grand jury should be entered upon ami tho committee adjourned tin til Friday next without deciding it To take up that phase of the question would materially extend the inquiry LIGHTEN1NGJJP WAR TAXES StnmiM mi lYIogrnnn nnil KxjtrcH Itn littlpU tho tlrst to Hit Tali cu Oir Washington Jan IS In view of tho excess of revenue ovor expenditures and tho probability that receipts will bo larger next year than now and that tho treasury will not ncod tho money for current expenses tho attention of the ways and means committco has boon directed to tho subject of tho internal revenue with tho idea of amending tho law if reduction is favored Sovoril propositions havo been mooted among them boing tho demand of tho brewers to havo tho beer tax cut in half This suggestion has boon taken undor con sideration by a subcommittee consisting of Messrs Payne Steel and Dalzoll and it is understood to be their opinion that if any of tlvo taxes aro soon dispensed with the tirst to bo taken off will bo thoso on oxpress receipts and telegraph messages both of which aro added to the cost of carrying SETTLEMENT IS REACHED Frouch GnrornintMit IMi iiscil With tho Ont coino of Siinlo DoiimiKo Affair Pauls Jan 18 The French govern ment expresses itoolf pleased with tho settlement of tiio Santo Domingo troublo which according to a tolegram from Admiral Richard was a conipleto vic tory for France Santo Domingo under taking to pay tlio indemnity demanded a responsible minister to make a public declaration that no affront was over in tended for Franco and tho foreign min ister to writo to tho French government expressing tho regrets of his government at the anti French demonstrations Sliallenbuiuor Want Nomination Lincoln Tan 14 A O Shallon barger a prominent Democratic politi cian from Alma Neb was a visitor here yesterday and announced himsolf as a candidate for tho Democratic con gressional nomination in tho Fifth dis trict Mr Shallenbarger said that tho withdrawal of H Thompson of Grand Island from tho race left tho field open to Congressman Sutherland and himself TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Tho Marquis of Lothian former keeper of tho great seal of Scotland is dead aged 07 years Trading in puts or calls will hereafter bo a dishonorable transaction if carried on in tho exchango room of the Chicago board of trade Frederick Kimball Stearns of Detroit haspresonted the university of Michigan a valuablo musical library containing about 1000 titlos President and Mrs McTCinloy enter tained tho members of tho diplomatic corps at a stato dinner at tho white houso Wednesday Tho principal bridgo manufacturers of tlio United States met in Pittsburg Wednesday to form a combination with a capital stock of 25000000 Ordors wero issued Wednesday form ally dotaching Captain Sigsbeo from tho command of tho Toxas and assigning him to tho head of tho naval iutolli genco bureau Firemon and possibly conductors and ongineers all ovor tho Baltimoro and Ohio railroad system proper nro to bo tho subjects of a 10 per cent wago ad vance dating from Jan 1 Members of the Illinois association opposed to tho oxtonsion of suffrage to womon havo started an active campaign against Susan B Anthony and tho ad vocates of woman suffrage Owing to their rofusal to ndvanco tho govorumont monoy tho directors of tho banks of Caracas and Venezuela in cluding a Frenchman M Montauban havo boon arrested and thrown into tlio fortross Governor Tannor lias refused to call a special session of tlio Illinois legislature to onact a relief law mado necessary by tho recent decision of tho Illinois sii promo court declaring unconstitutional the limitation clauso of the newrovenue law Tho Chicago Union Traction company will in tho near futuro inaugurato a buffet sorvico ou street oars Besides coffeo and luncheon cigars and liquors will bo obtaiuablo An extra faro of 5 cents will bo churgod for riding on tho buffet Lioutonant Commander Colwell tho United States naval attache in lioudon witnessed Wednesday at Yoevil tho test of an invontiou offered to tho United States government for steering torpdoe and submarine craft by means of u wire less electrical device NORFOLK NEBRASKA THURSDAY JANUARY 18 HJOD JOINT VOTE FOR GEAR Present Incumbent Gets An other Term In the Senate BOWEN DEALS OUT TITE PLUMS Sinnlt1 of tmvn lluiun Spring n HiiiIiiIm by Narilni Cotnmlttrrn Iaton and 11 In Suppnrtor Aro Wnll Irovlilril Tor Fight on Stato rrlntor Dies Moinics Jan 18 Yesterday at noon the Iowa legislature met in joint session and reelected John 11 Gear of Burlington to tho United States senate The veto stood Gear Rep Ill White IJem S2 Governor Shaw im mediately after tho ballot was taken signed Senator Gears certificate and forwarded it to Washington Tlio announcement of tho house com mittees yesterday by Speaker Bowen was a complete surprise lit has given the best chairmanships to thoso who op posed him The appointment of Katun to the chairmanship of ways and means makes tho defeated candidate tho most important member of tho houso Second ou this committee is 1rentis of Ring gold who tit one time was a Gear sym pathizer but later threw all his support for Eaton and Cummins Byers of Shelby Stewart or Polk and other prominent Cummins people aro mem bers of tho ways ami means committee Following came Temple or Clarke chairman of judiciary R Byers of Shelby Carr of Polk Eaton of Mitchell anil Blake of Webster four members who wore leaders in tho Cummins Eaton campaign Carr of Polk is mado chair man of banks and banking Overtlold of Howard gctsprivato corporations Stew nrt of Poll building and loan Theunen of Scott and other of Mr Eatons friends are given good chairmanships The fight to abolish tho oflico of state priutor and binder was initiated in the joint assembly yesterday afternoon The udvocates of abolition gained a decided victory Momorial exercises wero hold by tho scnato on tho death of tho lato Gov ernor Cyrus C Carpenter of Fort Dodge who died May 20 1898 Governor Shaw and ex -Governor Larraboo both ad dressed tho body and a number of vis itors who wero present and resolutions presented by Senator Hoaly chairman of tlio committco in charge of tho exer cises were approved by a rising vote The bill introduced by Senator Mc Arthur to provide a license for non-resident hunters was an important feature of tho session in tho senate Tho lead ing bill of tho houso was introduced by Nicolaus of Des Moines Deni and is directed against convict labor Tinstie HiilliitH III KvIiIimmo Frankfort Ky Jan 18 Twenty ono witnesses wero examined by the gubernatorial boards of contest yester day all of them being introduced by tho Democrats Twenty of tho wit nesses testified in relation to tho so- called tissuo ballots all of them saying that tho ballots received at tho polls in Pike Martin Johnson Knox and Ma goffin counties wero of so transparent n naturo that tho marks mado by tho voters upon them could bo soon In al most overy instanco tho Republicans upon cross examination brought from these witnesses tho statomont that tho voto in tho various districts in which tho tissuo ballots wero used did not in tho last election differ from previous elections Aiitl Trimt lougue Vlu h Chicago Jan 18 Tlio Tribuno says Two of tho antitrust leagues havo clashed and a merry war is promised Reports aro spread by the Hotel Keep ers and Commercial Travelers league that J J Willets tho Alabama Demo crat refuses to speak at the conference called for Fob 12 in Chicago Tho reason given is that ex Governor Alt gold and other Bryan leaders insist on his sending thorn his speech in advance so that they can roviso it Mr Willets exploited a presidential boom last sum mer for Judge Augustus Van Wyck of Now York Tlio Hotel Keepers and Commercial Travelers league appar ently has joined with him in promoting Vau Wycks candidacy Milwaukee City OIIH Iiil In Contempt Miiwaukki Jan 18 Mayor Rose City Clerk Sehuongel and tho 21 alder mon who voted for tho street railway ordinauco aro in contempt of court This is tho substance of tho decision handed down by Judge Ludwig Tlio court practically holds in assuming jurisdiction that tlio ordinnnco is void for tho reason that tlio amendments adopted on tho floor wero not considered by a committco Important Iotlnl Killing Wasiiinoton Jan 18 Instructions havo boon issued by tho postotllco de partment that facsimilo copies of manu script or typewriting obtained by a me chanical process iu order to bo entitled to tho third class rates of postage must bo presented for mailing nt tho postof flco or depository designated by tlio postmaster ami in a minimum of 20 perfectly identical copios separately ad dressed If theso conditions nro not complied with first class postage will bo required ltot rn Sliotl Wiiiniiua Iiiiigcr London Jan 18 Tho following dis patch has been received from Mafeking under dato of Jan J Tho enemy be gan a ronowed and vigorous lioinbard ment Jan 1 and deliberately tired six 0 ponnd shells into tho womans laager killing a little girl and wounding two children Tho strategical position is uucluuigodj PROSECUTION CLOSES Proprietor or Prlviitn IHtor Hot lllv Dainnuliif Toxtlmoiiy Again Mollm iu Nisw York Jan 18 Tlio prosecu tion yesterday practically closed its charge against Roland B Mollnenx tin dial for tho murder of Mrs ICalhorino 1 Adams with Uo introduction of tho testimony of Nicholas Heekman pro prietor of n privato letterbox agency where Mtilineux is alleged tti have hired a box where he received patent medi cines from manufacturers llecknutn tesiilled that he had known Molineux by tight for five years On May 27 IS8 Molineux went into witness place and engaged n box for receipt of mail Ho gave his name as II O Burnet Witness testified that Molineux came in about 20 times for his mail which was mostly patent medicines Witness re metnbeied putting in defendants box a package of it certain powder This pow der is tho ono In which it is alleged oynuidu of mercury was conveyed to Unmet Witness never knew Harry Cornish Recorder Coff took the witness in hand and asked whether ho had been promised any reward for his testimony Heekman replied Absolutely none Do you realize how vitally important it ir uiul when I say that 1 want you to look deep in your conscience hnvo you any doubt in your mind any doubt whatever as to this defendant being the man who rented that letterbox from you as II O ParnetV Nunc whatever FORT WORTH CONVENTION StocliiniMi IImIiii to Aihlrrw on Topic liitoii Ntlng In tlio Ti iiiIo s Four Worth Tex Jan 18 The second days session of the National Live Stock association was devoted to the introduction of resolutions reports of committees and various addresses as follows Relations of the Packing House to Live Stock Industry by Philip Ar mour read by T F B Sotham presi dent of tho American Hereford tion Our Broadening Markets for Meat Products John F Hobbsof Now York Tho Railroad and the Stockmen bv T W Toinlinson of Illinois Livestock Exchanges by W II Thompson of Illinois Necessity for Reliable Statistics in tho Live Stock Industry by L G Powers of Washington The Idaho delegation ill strong will casta solid voto against any leasing plan that may come up in tho conven tion Tho leasing system feeding m transit rates aud terminal charges aro subjects that will bring forth hot de bates during tho convention Convention of Mliio WorlcerH IndianaiOMS Jan 18 The third days session of tho United Mine Work ers of America convened today with John Mitchell president in tho chair Tliero were fully 700 delegates present Chairman P J Kecnan of tho creden tials committee submitted his report Fahey of the commit too read the report Illinois mado tho best showing with 3G000 members Ionltry AmooIhIIoii Olllrori CrcnAK RaiIds la Jan 18 Tho 21th annual election of tho American Poultry association resulted as follows Presi dent E A Kegley Cedar Rapids sec rotary and treasurer II A Bridges Co lumbus O Tho association presented two massivo silver cups to tho Cedar Rapids club to bo competed for at their next annual meeting ImploiiiKiit Dialorh Mori Kansas City Jan 18 Tho rotail implement dealers of the west and southwest met hero yesterday with a very largo attendance The notion will bo taken to denounce tho binder twino trast which has moro than doubled tho price of twine ConlHgioiiH IHnimiho Among Cultlo Lincoln Jan 18 Governor Poynter received a telegram from James Mon taguo of Crawford saying that a herd of cat tin near Man land belonging to James and huffering from a deadly con tagious disease wero running at Jargo TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Kid Roberson knocked out James Blackwell in one and one half minutes before tho Indianapolis Athletio associa tion Wednesday night At tlio meeting of tho Indiana Demo cratic state committed Wednesday Parks N Martin was re elected chair man for the next two years Northwestern broom manufacturers havo decided to advance prices from 21 to 60 cents per dozen This is tho sec ond ndvanco in threo months Tho Virginia house of dolegates Wednesday passed the Jim Crow car bill a ineusuro requiring separate cars for whites and blacks on railways A moveniont which is being carried on undor tho namo of the Liberty Alli ance to give aid to tho Boers has been on foot iu Chicago for tho past 10 days Mrs M J Patterson tho only child of President Androw Johnson is critic ally ill at her homo iu Greenvillo Tonn and not expected to live Slio is over SC years of ago Natioual Commander Shaw of tho G A R has accepted an invitation to deliver an address at Knoxvillo nt the unveiling of a monument to tho Tenn essee federal dead on May HO Miss Mary Emma Woolley M A professor of biblical history and litera ture in Wollesley college has been chosen president of Mount Holyoko col lego to succeed Mrs Elizabeth Storrs Mead Charles Dougherty iv lineman was killed and Edward Elms and William Kuiser wero seriously injured at St 1 fluis Wednesday whilu removing a wiro which had crossed an oltwirio ijht wire TO YOTH ON GOLD HILL Senate Sets I hursuay rob IS Norfolk as the Date HOAR UBS0LUN0N IS ADOPTBD Anita lor Alt lloiiliniiiili Ioiiiki nlng Ilill Ipplno War llnlmlo 0r tlio Nulxnio of Ilonr liy ill II Mi Ainlioi Itlon Sllilij Out ol rimir Willi li iiiociiiln Wasiiinoton Jan 18 An agree meat was easily reached in tho senate yesterday to lake the final vole on the pending bill fixing gold as tho standard of value in the Hulled Slates on Kelt Ifi After several days of debate the drag net resolution of inquiry into lie con duet of the Philippine war was passed It was introduced by Hoar ami prac tically was adopted iih a general sub stitute for resolutions of a similar but less extended character offered by Pet tigrew anil Lodge Beyond it vigorous speech by Pcltlgivw the resolution aroused no debate as it ih within the discretion of the presiilehl In mIhI or not send any of the information re quested The resolution offered by Halo or Maine as to tho seizure of Hour by the liiilisli authorities was adopted but only after a spirited debate and after the resolution had been materially amended Davis chairman of the committee on foreign relations made a sharp attack upon the resolution but withdrew his objections after it had been amended Teller addressed tho senate upon tlio financial bill Snl7or iiiii Allot- logo Again Wasiiinoton Jan 18 The houso had mint her inning yesterday over the sale of the New York customhouse by Sec retary Gage Sulzer tho author of thu resolution for the investigation of the secretarys negotiations with the New York banks starttl tho ball rolling by charging the mandate had already gone forth to suppress it Sibley a Pennsyl vania Democrat formerly a radical ad vocate of free silver who is now out of sympathy with the Democrats iu Iho house warmly commended Gages course These two speeches precipi tated a debato which lasted almost three hours Grosvenor explained that tho committco on rules to which the Sulzer resolution had gone had not acted because no evidence hud been pro duced before tho committee to warrant tho ordering of such a far reaching in vestigation Hepburn assailed Sulzer for somo of his extravagant statements and declared tliero ought to be somo way to rebuke a member for slandering honored olliciahi Later in tlio day during tho discussion of the appropriation for the army Can non in charge of tho bill challenged any member to move to strike it out Williams Dem Miss replied to Can non iu an eloquent speech in which ho affirmed tho loyalty of overy American citizen to tho flag and charged Cannon with shrewdly issuing a challenge that ho know would not bo accepted Tho urgency deficiency bill was passed with only ono unimportant amendment ROBERTS MUST GO Congiiiinlonal Coniiiilttoo llnrr Only on tho Mutlioil of Irotutlnro Wasiiinoton Jan 18 Tho Roberts committee completed its work yesterday and came to a unanimous finding of tho facts The majority report was signed by suven members of the committco in favor of exclusion and tho minority re port was signed by two iu favor of seat ing ami then expelling him Tho latter two tiro DeArmontl Dem and Littlo field Rep Littlcfield is Congressman Reeds successor Lnnhain and Meyers Denis voted with the majority Ro port will bo made to tho huust Satur day Argno HiihitiiH CorpiM iian Lincoln Jan 18 Argument was bo gun before Judgo Munger in tho circuit court yosterday afternoon on tho appli cation of United States Attorney Sum mers for the release on a writ of halloas corpus of Corporal Fair and Privato Joekens the two soldiers of Fort Crook who wero bound over in Sarpy county on tho charge of killing Privato Samuel Morgan an escaping prisoner Itoiir Hklng a llrlllah tltlli RKNSiirJtn Capo Colony Jan 10 Tho Boers opened an artillery duel this morning using a captured British lG pouuder which the British gunners ultimately silenced Tho British kept up a searching tiro all day long ou the Boer kopjes and also dragged another J gun to thu summit of Coleskop GRSEILER 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