The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, March 29, 1900, Image 1
if I n iy v V i I J m The Noejeolk Weekly News GEN JOUBERT IS DBAD Commander of Transvaal Army Fights Last Battle PRETORIA PLUNGED IN MOUBNINQ Dentil of tlio Orcnt Icnltift Who IMnnnril Moer Cntniiile n Ilnril Mow to the Inrulicr Cnuie llml Ilevn HiifTfirliiK From Stomntti Coinplnlnt PitrroiUA Miirch 28 General Jou bert died last night at 1 1 till oclock Ho hail been suffering from a stomach complaint The town is plunged into mourning for tho true patriot gallant general and upright ami honorable gen tleman General Piotrus Jacobus Joubcrt conuuandant general of the Transvaal forces was born about 08 years ago He was descended from an old French Huguenot family which settled in South Africa many years ago Ho was born in Capo Colony but was taken by his parents when 7 years old to tho Orange JB J E OISKHOTS IF V1 iiiVUi GENERAL lOUHFnT Free State where ho was taught from early childhood to shoot straight and hate tho British In conscqnonco of tho acquisition of Natal by the British his family moved from Natal and settled in tho Trans vaal Soon afterward lie became a bur gher of tho South African republic and a daring fighter It was claimed in his behalf that ho could lead a body of men more successfully against hostile na tives than any other man in the Trans vaal Ho ciiino to bo so feared by tho natives that the knowledge that ho was at tho head of a punitive expedition usually resulted in their surrondor Itwas j - these wars with tho na tives thai juuuem inSuma acquainted with Paul Kruger and tho two mon bo camo boom friends Ho was elected vice president of tho Transvaal Jl 1890 defeated Sir George Colloy atAlujuba hill in 1831 and acted as president of tho republic in 1883 84 during Kruger s ab sence in Europe General Joubert was always in favor of the uso of forco instead of diplomacy and Prosidont Kruger on several occa sions had great difficulty in repressing his hotheaded colleague notably in 1879 when Joubort with Kruger and Pro torius was planning tho robollion to overthrow British rule in the Transvaal s Tho result was Majuba hill and the practical independence of tho Transvaal It was Joubert who organized tho army of tho South African republic later on dividing the country into 17 mili tary departments and each of those de partments into smaller divisions with commandants field cornots and lieuten ants of various ranks in charge According to the generals plans every man became a trained soldier without leaving his farm and had his equipment ready at hand To such a point of perfection was tho Bystom car ried that within 48 hours after tho pres ent war was declared the Boor nation was under arms It was also due to General Joubert that the South Af rican republic succeeded in amassing the i mm on so stores of war munitions and provisions which have stood them in such good stead during tho conflict now in progress WILL RESUME ADVANCE Indication That Lord Robert Army l About to Move London March 29 General French who has arrived at Bloemfonteiu from Thaba Nohau says that Commandant Olivier has 0000 men and is north of Ladybraud Immense quantities of stores have now been accumulated at Bloemfonteiu and Lord Roberts infantry is seemingly about to move An impression which can bo traced to the war oflico is abroad that the advance will begin next Mon day Boor observation parties are hov ering near Bloemfontein but Lord Rob erts has 185 miles to cover before reach ing the great position which the Boers are preparing at Kroonstadt Moving 10 miles a day is probably the best he can do with field transport There fore ho can hardly engage the Boors iu force for two weeks Tho construction of the railway behind him may even de lay an invasion of the Transvaal until May Meanwhile all the important towns iu the Free State withiu Lord Roberts reach axe being garrisoned Thaba Nohu Philippolis and Jaegersfontein ore occupied Sir Alfred Milner is tour ing iu the newly acquired territory in vestigating conditions and arranging the administration Ho is understood to bo getting materials for a report to Chamberlain concerning a plan of civil government All the morning papers print singu larly kind editorials regarding General Joubert They praise his military skill uphold his chivalrous conduct and re gret that so strong und moderate a iniud bhould be absent from the final settlement or the dispute Although sonio of the younger com manders thought tho old soldier want ing iu dash and enterprise his raid into tho country south of the Tugola is con sidered tho best piece of Boer leader ship during- tho whole war It is now known that ho crossed tho Tugola with oulv J5000 riflemen and six guns but ho bold and rapid worohis movements that tho British conunaudors thought 10000 Boors were marching on Piotormnritz burg His successor in tho chief command will probably bo General Louis Botha now commnndingin Natnl London March 21 Tho Bloomfon tein correspondent of tho Morning Post telegraphing Tuesday says Thu First Coldstreams and the Third Grenadiers are already at Glen ten lulles north of Bloeinfontoin Tho Gordons and tho cavalry brigade moved Sunday Tho Fourteenth brigado followed today Tho three span bridge at Glen was dynamited three hours before tho Guards reached it Tho necessary re pairing will delay further advance for a time General Gatacros forcos are now arriving HonilmtdiniMit or MixtpltlnK London March 29 A Pretoria dis patch to tho Daily Mail datod March 28 bays An olllcial dispatch reports a heavy bombardment of Mafeking iu progress March 20 which was mooting with a spirited response Michael Davitt had an interviow with President Kruger today Kruijur Will Tnko Comniniul EmiShELS March 29 A privato dis patch has been received hero from Pre toria which says President Kruger will now take chief command of tho Trans vaal forces Dlmun Pinna to Aid llonr Nhw York March 29 A meeting of the committeo to aid the South African republics was hold last night and Judge Van Hoesen presided A delegation from tho German sociotics which are arranging a German pro Boor mooting was present It was proposed to urgo tho amalgamation of all tho Boer com mittees in this country and letters fa voring this plan were road from many cities An effort will bo mado to havo tho public children of this city follow the example of the children in Phila delphia and get up a monster petition to President McKinley for peace and mediation A committeo wil appointed to receive tho delegates from tho South African republics who will arrive hero in a few weeks Duvln lln k From South Africa New Yokk March 29 Among the passengers on tho Aller from Genoa was Webster Davis assistant secretary of the department of tho interior Davis ropeated hisprovious denials that his visit to tho Boer republic was of an offi cial nature Ho met Presidout Kruger at Pretoria and was greatly impressed by the strength of character of tho chief exocutivo of tho republic Davis believes that tho Boors will bo able to coutinuo their struggle against tho British for a considerable time in spito of recent re verses He hod an opportunity of see ing tho Boors in action and ho spoke highly of their soldiorly qualities and courage Fntttl Explosion at Erin Ekie Pa Maroh 29 Eleven dryers in a paper machine in tho H F Watson company mill cxplodod last night wrecking the portion of the building in which it was located Josoph Stahl was blown through a briok wall and in stautly killed and Albert Harris was fatally scalded Anton Greenbeck Charles Wrigle and J Yerka were ter ribly hurt by the forco of tho explosion and were taken to hospitals where they may all die Tho loss to tho building and machinery will aggregate 20 000 Tho cause of the explosion is a mystery Its forco was terrific tho city for squares around being perceptibly shaken Itutno Japnneie rrlctlon London March 29 A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Kobe says Renewed trouble between Russia und Japan in Korea is imminent The movements of tho Russian fleet indicate tho proba bility of tho seizure of a Korean port The war oiflco officials at Tokio are holding conferences and thero has been considerable military and naval activity iu Japan this mouth TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Arbuoklo Bros Wednesday unnounccd a reduction of 5 points in tho price of all grades of refilled sugars Oscar Gardner knocked out Patsy Haley of Ciuoinuati in tho third round Weduesday night at Shawnee O Tho German reichstag Weduesday adopted tho budget bill aud adjourned for the Easter holidays until April 24 The Paris press is unanimous in eulo giziug Gonoral Joubort whoso death is considered a serious lost to the federals Tho bill repealing tho Hortou boxing law passed tho Now York senate Wed uesday Governor Roosevelt will sign the bill Harvey L Goodall for 80 years tho publisher aud proprietor of tho Ohicago Drovers Journal died Wednesday night of heart failure Tho plan to havo Champion Juntos J Jeffries fight tliroo men iu ono night has been abandoned aud Jeffries now will fight nobody iu Chicago Ex Congressman W H Stanton a prominent lawyer and formerly a leader in the Greenback Labor party died at Ueranton Pa Wednesday aged 50 A combination of expressmen aud moviug vun companies in Ohicago is eaid to huvo been formed embracing nearly 300 companies aud single express men Policemen Georgo W Kirkley and J H Adams were shot aud seriously iu urod at Birmingham Wednesday by two white men supposed to be safe crackers NORFOLK NKKUASKA Till HSDAY MAUril 20 1KM R 1TISI1 HAD CIPHER Ex Consul Macrum Testifies Before House Committee TELLS ADJUT OPENING OF MAIL lroiltirr Two of tlio Oprtirtl Imeloni n Siiy III OIiluir lUmtih Asking for Icnp of AliKOtirn Win Mitilo Iulillo III Dnrbnii Nowititur Washington March an Charles E Macrum tho American ex consul at Pretoria appeared lieforo tho house foreign ailairs committee yesterday und told of tho alleged indignities ho suf fured at tho hands of tho Britisli during his incumbency Macrum was asked by Chairman llitt to make such state ment as ho saw lit regarding tho open ing of his mail by tho British censor MttCrum said thollrst actual evidence ho had was the receipt of two opened letters Ho produced tho envelopes which ho said contained those letters Ono was from a privato citizen addressed to tho United States consul at Pretoria and tho other was to him bv name from Consul Btowo at Capo Town Ho understood ho said that tho Brit ish had possession of our cable cipher IIo was uot certain of this but ho had since had in formation which convinced him that his suspicions were correct Ho cabled tho department in cipher on Nov 0 asking for leave of absence Tho next day he had been informed a newspaper at Durbair printed tho fact that he had asked for leave of absence Macrum described a meeting between President Steyn of tho Orange Free Stato and Consul Stowo of Capo Town at which ho was present in which ho said Stoyu was very anxious that Stowo should do somothing to sottlo tho diffi culty which was browing He said that President Steyn suggested an up peal to tho president of tho United Statos Later I was told by Consul Stowo that tho question was submitted to the president of the United States added Macrum and that ho returned an unfavorable reply LAND TROUBLE SETTLED Dinoritnii Ilitunon Indium nnil Settler Ililclu Up by IlikHnco ol Hill Washington March 29 The house yesterday devoted practically the whole day to the consideration of tho army ap propriation bill Several minor amend ments were adopted and about lialf the bill was considered Driggs N Y created a diversion by charging reckless oxtravaganeo in the fitting up of tho transport Sumner and precipitated a lively tilt upon tho sub ject Ho gavo notice that later ho should ask tho houso to investigate tho subject On assembling tho houho passed a sen ate bill to approvo a revision and ad justment of certain sales of Otoo and Missouri lands in the btatos of Nebraska and Kansas notwithstanding tho vigor ous antagonism of Lacoy la who de clared that tho buyors of these lands had not kept tlio contracts they made at the sale of tho lands and now songht to havo tho purchase price scnled down Ho said the bill involved several hun dred dollars which belonged to the In dians aud should be defeated The bill was a provision to scale down tho value of Nebraska lands to tho appniihed prico in 1883 without interest Little Ark favored tho bill He said tho purchasers of tho lands could never pay for them at tho prico they had bid and that tho Indians had agreed to accept tho amounts fixed in the bill Caldorhead Kan who lives within 10 miles of tho location of tho lands strongly urged tho passage of the bill and explained tho circumstances under which tho settlers had bid wildly on the lauds to kcop them out of tho hands of speculators VOTETO BE TAKEN TUESDAY Ssnute Will Act on Iorto Itlcuu Mil on That Day Washington March 29 Tho senate agreed to voto on tho Porto Rican government and tariff bill Tuesday aft ernoon ut 4 oclock An important ut teranco was made later in tho day on the bill by Davis Minn who advo cated free trado between tho United Stsites and Porto Rico His speech was comparatively brief but his reasoning was so closo and cogent that he crowded into small spaco an immense amount of well digested information and careful thought His principal proposition was that tho necessary money to bo raised by taxation should not bo raised by u duty levied upon Porto Rican products but by an internal revenue tax levied on rum und tobacco produced on the island This system in his opinion would better suit the people of the Uuited States aud those of Porto Rico than tho proposed tariff and would be just equitable and constitutional The amendment offered by Carter to tho Alaskan civil code bill relating to tho mining for gold under tho waters oi Capo Nome was agreed to but no fur ther progress was mado with the meas ure Senate Full to Confirm Itynum Washington Murch 29 Tho bonate yesterday failed to confirm the nomina tion of Hon W D Bynuin as general appraiser of the port of Now York be cause of the absence of a quorum Die nomination was debated at some length and was attacked by Senators Jones Ark Berry aud Money while Sena tors Fairbanks and Spooncr spoke in By nams behalf The opponents of confirmation based thoir opposition on the ground that Bynuin is uot a Demo crat although nominated an such INJURED Acrlilrnl nt IN AN EXPLOSION tho Inlon rnolllo Oil Itoiimi nl lnrninln Ghkyknnk Wy March 29 An ox plosion occurred at tut early hour at tho Union Pacific oil housont laramlo The end walls were blown out tho roof thrown ill feet in tho air turned over und fell back upon tho remaining walls Tho explosion was caused by tho care lessness of a iv oiler in leaving tho faucet of a gusjllue tank open J O Mcllue chief of tho tiro department and E M Tierney general foreman of tho Union Pacific at ljirumio wore badly cut anil weio thrown 1ft feet by the ex plosion William and Charles Mast were both badly burned about tho head mid anus Several others were slightly injured All the injured with two ex cept ions are members of tho volunteer fire department Although many are seriously wounded none aro expected to die Cut pnnici Alii ItoniMtiK Work Chicago March 29 Olllcers of tho caipentors union had conferences yes terday with several contractors ami architects and tho result maybe mo sumption of work on two or three jobs that are tied up and the starting of sev eral now ones The spirit of concilia tion is beginning to bo shown among both contractors and workmen and it now preposition for restoring peace and Bottling future disputes by arbitration is being talked over in both camps This plan is that tho Building Con tractors council and the Building Trades council shall hereafter compel their mombeis to arbitrate disputoH Wlmntly NnuiPil for CnnicroM OiiANtTK Kan March 29 Georgo W Wheatloy or Columbus an attor ney was nominal ed for congress by tho Republican convention of tho Third dis trict R N Allen and J T Bradley wore named as delegates to tho national convention and instructed for McKin ley Tho delegation was instructed against Cyrus Loland Jr who is a candidate for reappointment as national committeeman and indorsed 1 R Bur ton for the United States senate in op position to Senator Lticien Baker The convention is the fifth to elect delega tions instructed against Lcland and this assures his defeat lli nvy nnow lull In ilititom Aukhdkkn S D March 29 Tho heaviest snowstorm of tho winter pro vails hero Six or eight inches of snow has fallen Points south report 15 to 20 inches Tho temperature is mild Stock will sufler in cases where tho hay sup ply IB light Stenmor SIiiIih With Thirty MiSMiOUUNit March 29 Tho coasting steamer Glonoglo foundored Sunday morning during a galo off tho Gypps land coast Out of a ships company of 3U only three were saved TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Tho mikado will review 40 Jiipnncso warships off Kobo towaid tho end of April Tho Kansas Cyty board of trado has rejected tho proposition to restrict tho length of speculative options to two months It is reported at tho navy department in Washington that Rear Admiral Howell the senior in his grade is about to seek retirement Tho steamer Cervona cleared at Now Orleans Wednesday for Cape Town with a large lot of foodstuffs and 830 horses for the British army A Urge quantity of plows boos and other farm implements was received at Santiago Wednesday for free distribu tion throughout the provinco Tho Republican convention for tho Thirteenth Illinois congressional dis trict renominated Congressman Ves pasian Warner by acclamation An advance in the prico of coal to consumers will be made by tho railroad and river combines of the Pittsburg dis trict becoming offectivo April 1 Frank E Bundy alleged defaulting city chamberlain of Elmira N Y was roleasod on 10000 bail It is claimed that his shortago will bo about 38000 Admiral Dewey Wednesday night was tlio guest of honor at tho most elab orate banquet over given iu St Augus tine Fla tlio host being General John M Schofiold A meeting of tho executive committee of tlio American Bar association was held in Washington Wednesday to niako arrangements for tho annual meeting of tho association at Saratoga in August Die machinists strike at Columbus O was settled Wednesday The em ployers agree to tnko back all tho old men out tliey uro Jolt ireo to employ uonuuion labor on equal terms with union Two hundred prominent residents of Indianapolis Wednesday night attended a banquet in honor of Hon Hugh Hanua who wab at the heal of tlio monetary movement Ex President Harrisou presided Tho preparations for tho German scientific Antarctic expedition aro nearly comphtted Prolo sor Dryg tlsui wil bo accompanied by Professor Ernst von Hoeneu zoologist Professor Hma Gaz gert bacteriologist und Professor Etnil Pliilipps Tho starting point will bo KergiUleu Island ol Desolutiou in tho Indian ocean Two cases of bubonic plague nave been reported in Honolulu since tho loth iust Tho situation is such now that the board of health can act without tlio co operation ot tho citizens committee In default ot f 100000 bail Charles W Mussey cafhier ot the Merchants Na tional bank of Rutlaud Vt charged with tho eiiibezzleiueut of f 145000 of tho bunks funds was committed to thu county jail At thu Democratic congressional con vention of tho Fourth Ohio district R B Gordon was renominated for congress by acclamation Resolutions were adopted Indorsing Bryan and tho Chi cago plattbria IIRRRIOTT TALKS Oil P Sensational Document Filed by Iowa State Treasurer EXECUTIVE OOUNUIL AJUU8E1 Annlcim Kin Cnltiiiulirt for Allegro1 lrn vorlllmn on Itullronil Thai thu ItoitiU Am Not taylni lint Iropoitlon of Tin ut Inn Diss MotNicrt Maroh 2 Yesterday thotrcasuicr of this state John ller riott lied with the secretary of Mate and executive council a sensational doc ument as to his position with reference to railroad asHessnieiitH Iator iu the afternoon the other members tif the ex ecutive council filed a reply to com plete the iccord The treasurer in his statement argued for two propositions That the assess ment of railroad property iu Iowa is too low and t lut t iu tho assessment made tho executive council bits favtltod the Chicago and Northwestern road whoso attorney for Iowa is denominated lie do facto government of Iowa Hun lot t states I think the people of own will be perplexed to determine whether sheer stupidity or downright dishonesty predominates the executive council of the state Ho proceeds to arraign his associates on tho council especially Governor Shaw and Secretary of State Dobson Ho denounces what ho calls tho star chamber sessions of tho council ami says the assessments are usually agreed upon in tlte ollloo of the secretary of state with no outsiders present Treas urer II orriott holds that tho railroatlH are not paying their just proportion of the taxation and ho also claims that the valuation is not equitable and in accord ance with tho earning capacity of the roads In reply to the argument of tho stato treasurer tho other members of the council cite tho fact that wheieas in 1882 tlie railroad property of Iowa had but I per cent of tlio taxes and the live stock interests 12 per cent at this time tho railroads pay 9 per cent and the live stock interests but 0 Itnhhrr Vlxll louil Itllllll Mason Cnv la March 29 Robbers broke into the O F Ulland bank at Hanlontown blew open tho safe and stole 2000 Tlie robbers escaped on a Northwestern handcar Tim bank car ried burglary insurance and will lose nothing President Ulland is now in California llntT Sniiwuloriii In Iinrn CiDAH Raimds March 29 A heavy snowstorm has stopped the street car traffic and promises to coutinuo Train borvico has not been delayed RECOGNIZTSJIEPUBLICANS lrrslilcnt Mntm III IokIIIoii to a Tarty nl Mi n Krnin Kentucky Washington Maich 29 Tho presi dent has informed Kentucky Republic ans that while ho cannot interfere in Kentucky affairs to tho extent of dis arming tho militia of either faction ho is willing so far as ho can legitimately do so to recognize tho Republican offi cials of that stato as tho defacto officials Ho told thorn in tho samo connection that ho would givo directions that mail addressed to an official by tlio title only as to tho governor or tho secretary of state should be delivered to tho Republicans holding thoio offices and not to the Democrats No InvIoiinmiU In Jorlii 1 Cnno Fkanktokt Ky March 29 Thoro were no developments in tho assassina tion caso yesterday though the air wan filled with minors of more arrests and other now phases Tho visit of Gulton to tho attorneys for tho commonwealth at the Capital hotel has caused a great deal of talking on both sides aud while the Democrats claim thut ho mode a confession the Republicans stato that ho told nothing whatover about tho tragedy as ho knew nothing to tell be yond tho importation of niountaiuoers to Fraukfort Kiiflnunr UllfiMi Ohicaoo March 29 Tho Columbus aud Wheeling express train on tho Bal timore and Ohio railroad crashed into a Chicago Junction freight train at Whit ing Intl i0 miles Irom Ohicago last night Tho eugiiio of tho passongor train was thrown into a ditch bosido tho track and Engineer Roniman was killed Firomau Georgo OConuoll was severely injured but it is thought that ho will recover OunhoBti Chun Flllbuatar Manila March 29 Rear Admiral Watson on board tho Brooklyn has do parted for Hong Kong where ho is ex pected to transfer his command to Rear Admiral Remey Two guuboats last week discovered a steamor signaling with tho shore at Cape Boweador island of Luzon They pursued tho steamer which extinguished her lights and es caped seaward in tho darkness Twrnly iU Iiniuluruat Train Winnipeg March 29 There are 20 immigrant trains eu route on tho Can adian Pacific to this point loadod with settlers and their families Senator l nve Uhiudb Havana March 29 United States Senators AJdrich Piatt Conn and Teller left for Tampa yesterday on tho Dolphin Senators Butler aud Petti grew visited Matanzas yesterday Dundee Colliery Ulowu Up Puktokia March 20 Tho Dundea colliery has been blown up the maphin try destroyed aud the mine mado use lCbS for three mouths ut least JJARNKS t TVIKH j AIorncH nl Law Norfolk Norfolk 1 II llnrnri M I Tjlor Nebraska R 0 H PA UK 1411 DKNT1NT At Ilrrro Unr Mntiilny MiihI Block Norfolk Nob DR II T IIULDICN lliNlrhui imdNiirgcoii Ulllcn Clttrtiiiri Nnlloiiiil Hunk Tnlniliiiiiii 101 Hntitt iiriuiti nnil UrMiliShrc Mum nnil lllli Hi Tiiliiiliinmli Norfolk Nebraska jU i k scomcio OSTIiOPATIIIST rll Smith tuli Sin it NitrfulL Nulir Will I It niuli uiiiL MiuIImiii TiiimIii nnil Illilny of U 1 COLE DKNTIHT Olllrn mnr faiirmiV Nut lonnl lliuili Ilrxlilniiru line block ninth of CniiiocKHlhiiinl i liuirli Norfolk - Nebraska MISS MARY SHELLEY rnitlilonnlilo Dressmaker UpMiiirH In Ciilloii hlncl tiMir Hiiiiiiih kIiiii Klml cIiikh vwiik 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