lipikyipMpitf "Mg 0Ertml - -; t, . v VOLUME XXJLNUMBER 52. COLtMfiUSi NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. APB1L 4, 1900. WHOLE NUMBER 1,560. iwyMWiyw 1 Cfltaifc -.-; &. i - : ,i L i. ; ir - f ; S IN A Fl u Boets Dfsw His Forces' Ont From Bloem fontein and Battle Follows; A NIIMIER Or IRITISI. CASUALTIES One Captain Killed mid gcteu OHcm Art Among- the YVouulc-l English Capture Sereral Kopjrs Robert lie ports that the Iturglier Army Has Retreated to llraadfurt. LONDON, arcli 31. The iiloemfoh tciri correspondent of the Daily Chron-ii-le, telegraphing Thursday, March 29, fcjiys: President Krtiger's latest proclama tion warns the women and children t- leave Bloemfontein within five days, as he intends to bombard and destroy 5 he city and to shoot the hurghers whom he captures theie. LONDON. March 31. The war office lias issued tli following: "BLOEMFONTEIN. March Sd. z:1o h Owing the the activity of the en frmy on our immediate front and their hostile action toward burghers who surrendered. I found it necessary to Jlrive them from some kopjes they had occupied near the Karce siding sta tion, a few miles south of Brandfort. 'i he operation was successfully carried Hit by the Seventh divisi-jri, assisted ty the First and Third cavalry brig ades, under French, and Le Gallais regiment of mounted infantry. The rnemy retreated to Brandfort and our t.iopa now hold the kopjes. Our cas ualties were: klUed. Captain doing. Scottish' Bor tVrers; wounded. Captain Sellar, l.uard. Peebles. Curgonven and Ed- ards, Lieutenants Coulson and French Ji.d about 100 rank and file" The teports that Lord Roberts will it main at Bloemfontein am.ther month ire probably intended for Boer con sumption and the recent movement of troops and other indications point to I reparations being well advanced for a forward movement. The head of the army of Lord Rob erts is now about twenty-one miles rorth of Bloemfontein. It occupies a c'nster of hills won from the Boers. The Boers have been -ising these hills as a base in beating up the coun try, in driving off cattle and forcing i:on-resistant Free Staters into the isnks again. The enemy must have been in considerable force, for Lord Roberts sent 8.000 infantrv and 3.000 iialry against them. Lord Roberts advance to Pretoria will probably consist of a series of rap it1 forward movements, in wnich Boer positions will be attacked by a portion o' the army advancing rapidly with wheel transport, the main army coming ur as the railway is repaired. Lord Roberts is stripping the forces in the minor -spheres of operations of their wagons and transport animals in order to hasten the advance. This is under stood to be the reason why he recalled loit! Methuen from Barkly West to Kimberlcy. The reason why a hot chase was not made after Commandant Olivier is that Lord Roberts did not wish Io wear out the cavalry transport. General French iost 3.000 horses in the relief of Kim berley and the pursuit of General C'ronje. Lord Methuen has iost 1,500 transport cattle and probably 4.000 other animals since the forward move ment began on February 12. The advance around Bloemfontein is through a barren country and sup ply officers see an increased difficulty for a great army moving along a sin gle line of railway, even when the lat ter is working smoothly and with am ple rolling stock. CHITON HAS NOT CONfESSED. Wire UU Fatlitr tli.it Krport to that EfTrrt are false. RICHMOND. March 31. Rev. .1. N. Cultbn. father of W. H. Culton. charged with being an accessory to the murder of Gcebcl. is deeply in censed at what he declares is an at tempt to drag his ?on into an alleged conspiracy. He has received a tele gram fro mhi son saying: "I have made no confession. 1 have nothing to confess." C:e eland Denied a Stcr. PRINCETON. N. .L, March 31 Former President Grover Cleveland said to an Associated Press corre spondent relative to the reports that have been circulated that he had an nounced his intention of supporting W. J. Bryan for the presidency in the coming campaign: "I do not think tl-ese reports are worthy of denial, but I will simply say that I have not in nny way signified to anyone what course 1 shall take in the next cam paign." BOTHA SUCCEEDS JOIBERT. Appointed to Succeed the Veteran Who Died. PRETORIA. March 31. General l.ouis Botha has been appointed to succeed General .Tonbert. BERLIN. I have been informed by r. military authority, who has had oc casion to read through all the reports of the German attache with the Boer forces, that they all go to show that General Louis Botha has the greatest military capacity on the Boor side. 0'BEIRNE TALKS 10 M'KiNLEY. Trxsaraal CoBiasUsloner Extrtordinarr Confers with President. WASHINGTON, March 31. General Jmes R. O'Beirne, who was appointed by President Kruger commissioner ex traordinary of the Transvaal, had long interviews today with the president and Secretary Hay about affairs con cerning the Boer government. He was cordially received. While General O'Beirne discussed the Transvaal matters with Secretary Hay the latter is authority for the statement that he was in an informal and unofficial capacity entirely. ARCHIBALD FORBES DEAD. -I FamoM War Correspondent rases Aw: at His Howe. LONDON. March 31. Archibald Forbes, the well known war corre spondent, died in this city during the r.ight. He had been in bad health for some years and during the last Jx months had been unable to write ;r do anything, owing to complica .tions arising from rheumatism and paralysis. He spent most of his tine in v London. His wife was a- Miss Meigs, daughter of the late quarter master general of the United State's, General X. C. Meigs ROBERT IT VIOLA IS ACQUIT IE0. MUi llorlocker Cleared of Charge of At tctUptluc to roiaou Mr. More jr. HASTINGS. Neb., March' 31.-T"h Iocker-Morey poisoning case came at 11:45 this morning when the Jiirj brought in f verdict of hot guilt-; after having been out but one hour". . State's Attorney McCreary closed his plea at 10 o'clock and Judge Adams immediately instructed me jurors as to how they were to be gov erned in forming the verdict. At 10:30 the jury went out and the judge and attorneys departed for various places about the city, as they were under the impression that the jury would rot report until after dinner. But af tei ilaviiijf been tint less than a" bour the jiirbrs had agreed iip'bn the ver dict. .. , - There' were less than 3O'0 people id the court room when the jurors came' filing in. The defendant sat In her ac customed place close to the jury box; with her sisters on either aide. ,A deathlike silence prevailed as the ver dict was. banded to the judge and he began to read. Each wprd that he pronounced seemed to touch the heart Ftirring chord .of all as they waited with bated breath until he said "Not guilty." Upon hearing these words Viola Horlocker sprang up with emotional excitement, littered a" heartrending moan and sank to her chair in ri swoon. R. A. Batty, attorney for thd defense, drew the girl io his bosom and the two wept tears of joy. As soon as Viola had sufficiently re covered to stand her attorney escorted her to the Jury box, where she stood, with heart throbbing, quivering lips and tears , in her eyes. As the jurors emerged from the" box she1 attempted ot express her gratitude, but she could do nothing more' than grasp them by the hand, iis she was md ticnally overcome. There were" but few women in the court rooni. but most of those present came forward to shake her han't! and whisper words of encouragement. Mr. and Mrs. Morey were absent fiom the court room when the verdict was rendered. The verdict was hoi unexpected,, as the majority of the people felt that the defendant would be cleared or the jury would disagree. One of the jurors said there was a missing link ip the chain of evidence, as not one of the witnesses had testified to hav ing seen the defendant with a box or package on the fatal day, and said he would have stayed with the jury a life time before he would have given a ver dict to convict. Judge Adams said that, considering the testimony and the facts as offered, he thought the proper verdict had been rendered. C0EBEL REWARD MONEY. J nfttlre Lewis Say Not a Dollar Will He I'ald for Confession. FRANKFORT. Ky.. March 31. Ex Chief Justice James H. Lewis, chair roan of the committee selected by tne legislature to have charge of the Goe bel reward .fund, today made the fol lowing statement concerning the story sent out from Winchester yesterday that Attorney James Andrew Scott had proposed to relatives of II. F. Voutbey to give him a portion of the i e ward money for a confession of the details of the conspiracy to assissinate Governor Goebel. "The money appropriated by the legislature." said he. "to be used in running down the assassins of Gov ernor Goebel and bringing them to justice will be distributed as provided at the first meeting of the reward com mission, so much for the assassin and so much for the conviction of each accessory. "The preliminary work is in the hands of Commonwealth's Attorney Franklin and no private citizen has authority from Mr. Franklin or from the commission to offer rewards for confessions of alleged accessories. Not a cent of the $100,000 has yet been spent and I think you can safely say that not a dollar of it will be paid foi confessions." Drli-oi Award Conlirined. WASHINGTON, D. C. March 31. The state department has received ca ble dispatches from United States Min- ' liter Leischmann and Mr. Trehane. counsel for the McMurdo heirs, both r.t Borne, confirming the press account oi the award made yesterday by the Delagoa bay arbitration. Praetor IIa an Amendment. WASHINGTON. D. C. March 31. Senator Proctor today introduced an an amendment to the Porto Rico bill providing that "in no event shall r.ny duties be collected after the 30th of June. 1900. the end of the present fis al year. Kercirrd th 1'rntocal. WASHINGTON, D. C. March 31. in the executive session of the senate today the protocol to the peace treaty agreed upon by the representatives of the United States and Spain was re ceived. The protocol extends for a j car the time within which residents nt the Philippines can decide as to alle giance. Offers Ordinal a Substitute. WASHINGTON. D. C. March 31. lust before the adjournment of the ! senate today. Senator Bacon offered J as a substitute for the pending Porto Rican bill the draft of the bill as origi t ally presented by Senator Foraker. i The bill has been materially changed . since first introduced, and the presen j tation of the measure is evidently in i tended to accentuate this tact. Found Dead in a Hath Tub. WATERLOO. la., arch 31. For mer Speaker of the House Alford was found dead in the bath room of his home today, with his throat cut. The bedy was in a kneeling position, with the head hanging over the bath tub into which the blood was spurting. J Despondency over poor health is sup- ' posed to have been the cause for the act. Four years ago he attempted suicide by shooting, but recovered. Mr. Alford was a prominent lawyer I inr1 vac cnantrnf of tha 1atii hmiBA oi representatives during the eigh teenth general assembly in 18S0. Lleot. Baston Honored. WASHINGTON. March 31. Lieu tenant Batson. famous as the leader oi the little band of native scouts which rendered such excellent service iu Luzon, has been honored by Secre tary Root by being selected as the or ganizer of a batallion of Macabees which is to serve as the nucleus of the force of native Filipinos to be raised hereafter. Lieutenant Batson is in Washington on leave of absence, hav ing been severely wounded in the foot last winter. A LOSS TO THE BOERS Their Great General Btxmmbs to Illness at Transvaal Capital; STOMACH TROUBLE CUTS HIM OFf r 9 Tretoria Planned Into Mourning Urer the loss o The Leader Hard Blow at the Durshers Cause Kngland Gains by Death of Transvaal's Military tienlus. PRETORIA. March 29.eneral Joubert Sied last night at il:30 o'clock. He had been suffering from i ctnmnrh f-nmnlainr. The town Is plunged into mourning J a. . .. l.. mIImm Aar1 I ior me irue puuiui. jojiuhv b; and upright ana honorable gentle man. . T LONDON, Iarch 29. The Pretoria correspondent of the Daily Mail, tele graphing yesterday, says: "General Joubert died of peritonitis. The funeral will take place tomorrow Thursday). The government is plead ing with the widow to allow a tem porary interment here, with a state funeral. Joubert always expressed a desire td be buried in a mausoleum built on his farm. "His successor in the chief torn" mand will probably be General Louis Botha, now commanding in Natal." All the morning papers print singu larly kind editorials regarding Gen eral Joubert. They praise his mili tary skill, uphold his chivalrous con duct and regret that so strong and moderate a mind should b absent from the final settlement of th di pute. Although somfe of the younger coni mandeis thought the old soldieY want ing iri dash and enterprise, his raid into the country south of the Tugela L- considered the best piece of Boer leadership during the whole war. It i, now known that he crossed the Tueela with onlv 3.000 riflemen and six guns, but sb bold and rapid were his movements that the British com manders thought iO.000 .Boers .were marching on Piete'rmaritzburg. For a few days, although in the presence' of gieatly superior forces he isolated General Hildyard's brigade at Est court and at the same time threatened General Barton's camp at Mooi river. Then an British reinforcements were pushed up General Joubert recrossed the Tugela without losing a prisoner oi a gun. General White's estimate of him. pronounced on Tuesday before he died, strikes the tone of all British comment. In connection with the announce ment of the death of General Jou bert, it is interesting to note that Sir George White, the British general who commanded Ladysmith, in a speech at Capetown yesterday evening, declared that General Joubert was a soldier and a gentleman and a brave and hon oiable opponent. The afternoon newspapers today publish long biographies of General Jcubert. Generally they are in a kindly tone. The Pall Mall Gazette says: "Piet Joubert was the one contemporary Transvaal Boer except ex-Chief Jus tice Kotze whose death could call forth a sincere tribute of respect from Englishmen of all parties. He was the antipodes in the Transvaal world of Leyds and personally was honest, straight and clean-handed." PARIS, March 29. The Paris press is unanimous in eulogizing General Joubert. whose death is considered a serious loss to the federals. All the papers agree in thinking that a change in the chief command is bound to have grave consequences for the Boer operations. Many think, how cter. that President Kruger is fully equal to the task and that, consider ing his military reputation, the re sistance of the Boers is likely to be come more stubborn than ever. DIBS MAY GET ASSISTANCE. Soeialist Ltbor ami Social Democrats Trying to Unite. NEW YORK. March 29. The com mittees of the socialist labor party and of the social democrats that were appointed at the recent convention of those parties for the purpose of effect ing a union met in conference today. Most of the business done duting the day was discussing the name of the new united party and where the head quarters of the national executive committee should be. It was agreed to submit the names ot uoth parties, the social democrats and the "united socialist party," to a referendum vote of both parties. A long fight followed over the selection of a city for head Quarters of the national executive com mittee. The choice finally narrowed down to New York and Springfield, and then there was a motion to refer tnese names to referendum vote of the two parties. If the two socialist fac tions unite Eugene V. Debs, it is said, wiil be the candidate of the united party for president and Job Harriman candidate for vice president. Mandersou at the White House. WASHINGTON, March 29. A meet ing of the executive committee of the American Bar association was held here today to make arrangements for the annual meeting of the association at Saratoga. N. Y., in August. Former Senator Manderson of Nebraska, who is president of the Bar association and chairman of the executive committee, persided. Daulsh Purchase Incomplete. WASHINGTON. March 29. The state department adds its denial to that of the Spanish foreign office rel ative to the Paris story that the United States had completed the ac quisition of the Danish West Indian islauds. There are indications that the negotiations, which have for so long occupied the attention of the two gov ernments at intervals may be attended b..- success at a reasonably early date, bu it is certainly prematu'e io an nounce their conclusion at this mo ment. Porto Ricans Going to Caba. SANTIAGO, Cuba, March 29. The schooner Herod from Porto Rico, which arrived here today, brought twenty refugees, who say they came to obtain employment, owing to the bad business conditions at home. All able-bodied men are immediately em ployed by the mines. A large quanti ty of plows, hoes and other farm im plements was received here today for free distribution throughout the prov ince and hundreds of applicants have already been supplied. A double-faced man can see in only one direction. SENATE FOR A TARIFF. feat ote on uti AmtmmtBt to the Part Rice Tariff Bill 6b6tt Thts: WASHINGTON, March 30. A dif&t vote was taken by the senate today n the proposition to strike from the ortfl Rico measure the provision levy ng i5 per cent of th Dingley law little on Portd Ricd products Tha proposition1 was defeated by rt vote" Ot 1C to 33. The feature of the debate today Was? the speech of Beveiidge of Indiana. While he advocated .reciprocity be tween, the United States and Porto Rico ti announces that if all effort to secure free trade should, fall he" would support the pending bill: Th'tj bill was under discussion throughout the session, several important amend ments being agreed to. The first amendment was one impos ing a duty of 5 cents per pound upon coffeejmported into Portd Rico, Pet fu of Alabama fiiovd to strike OUt the amendment; which motion Invo'lted the' question whether a tax could be imposed on products' fmpoYted into' Porto Rico which was not imposes tid the same products imported into oth'eY ports of the United Stales. Gallinger defended the amendment o! the' committee.. During the Spanish regime, he said, a tariff had been im posed on coffee imported info' Pdrd Rico because the coffee raised there is regarded the best in the world and it was desired to prevent it from being srollcd by being blended with inferior brands. "If yoii have a free trade to mutilate the constitution." .Pettus" said "then you can pass this bill, but if the" con stitution means anything when it says that taxes and duties shall be uniform then you have no such right." Pettus amendment was defeated, 13 to 32. Bacon offered an amendment in the form of a substitute for sections 2 and 3 of the committee bill, establishing the regular Dingley tariff" rates df duty on articles Imported from foreign countries into Porto Rico, and provid ing that rio duties shall he levied on articles imported into Porto Rico from the United States, nor into the United States from Porto Rico. Bacon ex plained that It was his purpose to es tablish in Porto Rico the tariff system in vogue in this country Gallinger said the bill as it stood was infinitely more liberal than was the amendment offered by Bacon. The committee, said he, had only one ob ject in view and that was to legislate for the Porto Rican people as to ten der them happy, contented and pros perous. Lindsay of Kentucky offered an Amendment to Bacon's amendment pro viding for absolute free trade between the United States and Porto Rico, say ing: "I offer this amendment because Porto Rico is an American island: be cause its inhabitants are American cit izens: because the people were prom ised the rights of American citizens bv General Miles and because the pres ident and secretary of war declared it was 'our plain duty' to give the Porto Rican people free trade." Pettus then moved to strike out the provision in section 3 providing for a duty of 15 per cent of the Dingley law rates on products of Porto Ric imported Into this country. The mo tion of Pettus was defeated, 16 to 33. HARRISON'S HEART WJH BOERS. .Said to Have Written l'eronal Letter to Secretary Hay INDIANAPOLIS, March 30. A spe cial from Washington to an afternoon paper today, says that General Harri son has expressed some pretty blunt views on the Boer question and has written a friendly, personal letter to Secretary Hay on the subject. Eith er in this letter or in some communi cation, he is accredited with having said he "hoped the Boers would find some place on the green earth where they would have a right to live un molested by the British. Quiet Funeral for .loubert. PRETORIA. March 30. General Jou bert was taken ill Sunday morning. He was at his office the previous day. He suffered great pain, but became un conscious some time before death. The complaint was acute inflammation of the bowels. The body will lie in state tomorrow ii:d will then be taken by special train to the farm at Rustfontein, near Wak kerstrom, where it will be buried quiet ly, as Joubert often requested, and without military honors. Commander Very Ordered Home. WASHINGTON. March 30. Com mander S. W. Very has been relieved of the command of the Castine and oidered home from Manila by regular steamer. He wiil be relieved of the command by Commander C. G. Bow man, now at the Mare Island navy yard. Commander Very has had some tiouble with officers attached to the Castine, due. it is said, to his methods of enforcing discipline aboard ship. Commander J. B. Briggs will take the place of Commander Bowman as equipment officer at the Mare island navy yard. Try Ins; to Slir Up Germany. BERLIN. March 30. The efforts of influential Russian newspapers to show that Germany's interests lie with Rus s:a and France against England are attracting some attention here. The Kreuze Zeitung quotes an article by Prince Trubetzky. showing that the Franco-Russian alliance does not now have a threatening character, but Eng land is threatening the peace of the world and that Germany, seeking a rew weapon in its augmented fleet, needs an ally in order to enable it to withstand British pressure . Nebraska la Washington. WASHINGTON. March 30. Repre sentative Burkett has introduced a bill to grant a pension of $12 a month to Mary Ann O'Leary of Plattsmouth. Neb. Attorney General Griggs sent to congress a claim of $2,809.10, due L. B. Shepherd, formerly cf Omaha, as United States commissioner at St. Michaels, Alaska. Part of this sum Is for recovering the body of V. F. Maidhat. part for coroner's inquest on death of and recovery of Robert Pat terson, and $1,173.30 for expense to. Cape Nome. Much Buildlns; at York. YORK, Neb.. March 30. Aside from the erection of the large brick Unit ed Brethren church buildings and nu merous residences at this place this spring and summer, present indica tions point to a substantial increase in the number of brick business house?. The Odd Fellows are preparing to build a large store building of pressed brick, the upper floors of which are to be used by the lodge. L. F. Richaid son and Walker Hainline of North Platte will build a brick billiard hall and bowliug alley. Plans ate being prepared for several other brick buildings. THE EXPERTS TESTIFY Wfcf Tfce; Say of the Mind of Hub Vioia fioYicefceft SRE IS DECLARED TO BE CRAZY Dlarent ftamea Are Ascribed to Her Meutal Disease. but -4fl Are to the Same End The Accused Reeafdvel a Physical and Mental Degenerate. HA-STtNGSi Neb,. March 29. A "whole day wa's given Jri fbe Horlocker trial with tesiauny from ffre-li:. ex perts. They without exception declar ed Miss Horlocker to be crazy as a bed I'Ug, and net responsible for her ac tions. Doctors Cromwell, Norbury and Greets war on the stand, the gist of Jhelf tefltfrttotty being that the defend- tJstlble Impulse" to poison Mrs.- Morey, and that her will power was irisuflV cient to avert the act. The experts vere unanimously of the belief that the defendant was born a degenerate, but had ascended the inclined plane of lifp In an orthodox aim ci editable manner nh'til sh reached the age of puberty, when nature's changes in cured a retrogression that hart stead ily continued ever since, and which would continue to the close of the chapter. Dr. Annie Cromwell, the official head, and tfr: Frank P. Norbury, the medi cal superintendent, of (h Jacksonville banitarium, where' the defendant has Icen the greater part of the time since the commission of the crime, gave their opinions. Dr. Cromwell testified that Judge Ragan called on her the list week in May and made the con tract for the care of Miss Horlocker, fclsd that the patient went under the name of Miss Viola Allen while there. She denied that the patient participat ed in social functions, but said "Miss Allen" accompanied her to church sev eral times, and was practically one of the official family of the institution. She described the mental condition of the defendant as abnormal in many re spects, and said that she was probe to ting sentimental songs of a pathetic i:ature. She was capricious, suspicious end given to hysterical, insane out breaks. She was fault-finding, with an abnormal craving for sympathy; was abnormally credulous and was de jressed on an average five days out of seven. Witness regarded her as a physical rnd mental degenerate and, in answer to a hypothetical question, said the defendant was insane at the time of the commission of the crime charged. She laid the defendant is better now phys ically and worse mentally than when witness first saw her the first of last June. Dr. Norbury said he believed the de fendant was sane until the age of puberty, when she developed a prepon derance of sexual life, and that she was mentally unbalanced after that time. He took the crime itself into consideration when arriving at thi conclusion as to her insanity, and could not have arrived at a positive conclusion on that point had it not been for the crime. Cant. Culver at Home. LINCOLN, Neb., March 29. Captain J. H. Culver of the Thirty-second United States volunteers, who was in jured two months ago in the Philip pine islands, was in the city several hours yesterday. He left for his home near Mi! ford and will remain there un til he recovers from his wounds, which ere of a very serious nature. Captain Culver was a month in the hospital at Manila, and is yet unable to walk without crutches. Captain Culver and bis company were on guard duty in central Luzon during the movement of the insurgents' forcea from the north ern to the southern line, and it was while engaged in this work that he was thrown from his hoise, a high spirited native animal, the fall causing a dislocation of the hip bone3. State Capital Notes. First Lieutenant E. A. Voris. com pany A, First regiment, has resigned en account of departure from the state. Members of company E. First Ne braska volunteers, have petitioned the military authorities to reorganize the old company at David City. Governor Poynter has appointed the following delegates to the Transmis sissippi Commercial congress, to be held at Houston, Tex.. April 17-20: Congressman William Neville, North Platte; J. W. Edgerton, Grand Island; G. W. Wattles, Omaha; J. G. Secrest. Lincoln: Hon. J. B. Meserve. McCook; M. A. Hartigan. Hastings; R. L. Met calf, Omaha; John Mann, O'Neill; J. N. Gaffin. Lincoln; John S. Freeman, Columbus. Corn Thieves Near McCool. M'COOL JUNCTION. Neb., March 2l. The advance in the price of corn has made it so valuable that thieves are stealing it. Six wagon loads were stolen Sunday night from off one of Alfred B. Christian's farms near here. Steps are being taken to catch the thieves. Winter Wheat Looking Well. BENEDICT, Neb.. March 29. Win ter wheat is in fine condition and prom ises to be another bumper crop. It has rreened out and fields of winter wheat are seen on every farm. Farmers are busy in fields preparing for putting in crops. Captured in Kansas. FRANKLIN, Neb., March 29. Word Las been received that Perigo, who ehot Hanson at this place, has been captured and would be returned at once. The city marshal, J. Wr. Wright, left on his trail and reports that he caught him at Woodruff, Kan. It was thought that the wounds aHnson re ceived were only slight, but it now seems they are veiy dangerous. Two bullets are still in bis body, they en tering his side below his heart. His mother arrived tonight to nurse biro. A I'ostofllce Robbed. FRANKLIN, Neb., March 29. Tfce postoffice at Macon was robbed. Macon is an inland town, eight miles north Franklin. The postoffice is in Thomas Moore's stores. The party gained an entrance through the front door by breaking the glass. The safe was blown open. The work was done very neatly and by somebody who under stood the business. Over $209 was taken. Bloodhounds from Beatrice were wired for. The party left sev eral articles around the safe waich will enable the dogs to get a good start ArrEAl M IRRIGATION CASE. D. E. Thompson Ctwn fare the HUtt Roard for Uarlntf LINCOLN,- March 31 D. E. Thantp bon has appealed t the 6tate Board of Irrigation from the dert?kin of Secre tary Wllaon in refusing to gnt an other hearing on his application" o. wale? from h Platte river for an ir rigation catiS.- Hearing on the appeal will be before tilt? feoanl Wednesday. April 4. The questions involved in the case as it now stands are of a legal nature, bearing upOu the extent of authority and jurisdiction o !!e sec retary f tli hoard. Mr. Thompson calims that" tM jeeret:iry exceeded his authority in making trtain demands upon him in connection With bis appli cation for the right to use the" water from the Platte river and that he wa in errdr Irt refusing to grant a rehear ing in his application. The appeal of Mr.- Thompson will probably retlp'n eoiihideration of the claims of the t'renrtmt Powef ani Canal company and the Seymour pari; Power and Canal company of Omaha. The Fremont company proposes td construct a canal for power and irri gation purposes, from a point nMr Linwood. in Butler county, to Fremont. The routeN of Mr" Thompson's proiwd canal begins at the aiue point uiul terminates also at Fremont, but do not traveTs the same territory". The Seymour Park company applied fin permission to carry write still further down the Platte river. All claims but that filed by the Fremont com pan y werc rejected by the secretary jf the Board of Irrigation. Mr. Thompson had filed a protest td was given a hearing before the claim ..-at allowel, as were all parties interested Id appro priating wafer from this particular ac tion of the Platte river. A few days after his claim was rejected Mr. Thompson filed a motion for a rehear ing, which Was granted, the hearing being set fdr August 4, 1899. On that day Mr. Thompson did not appear and his motion was overruled. Court Grant Ilia Appeal. OMAHA. Neb., March 31. Attorney General Smyth filed application for appeal in the habeas corpus case of the soldiers, Fair and Jockens. which was granted. The attorney general makes fourteen assignments of error, the principal alone being, first. The court errid In ruling that "an order given by a military officer to his private will be his full protection in a criminal prosecution, unless the illegality of such an order is so clearly shown on its face that a man of ordinary ense and understanding would known when he heard It read or given that the order was itle"gal." The other pmagraphs assign error in ordering the prisoners released from custody. Sergeant Fair and Private Jockens both appeared before the court and entered into their personal recogniz ance in the sum of $1,000 for their ap pearance In case the appeal is derided against them. Kocanipment of the Grand Army. . LINCOLN, March 3lr Orders have been Ipsued from the headquarters stating that the twenty-fourth annual encampment of the Department of Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, will be held at Beatrice, Neb., begin ning on May 9. 1900. at 3 o'clock p. m. Commander-in-Chief Albert D. Shawl-as accented the invitation to bs pie.s ent at this encampment meeting, if possible. lt.tllr.tad Case Continued. LINCOLN, Neb., March 31. On mo tion of the Secretary of State Porter the State Board of Transportation con tinued the rate cases pending against the Union Pacific; the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific, and the Missouri Pa cific railroad until June 4. All voted aye on the motion to continue but Treasurer Meserve. The case against the Elkhorn Railroad company was continued until April 3. South Omaha Itoy a Winner. WAYNE, Neb., March 31 The North Nebraska declamatory contest held at the opera house was well attended and was of an interesting character, a the contestants were very evenly matched. There were two contestants in the oratorical, three in the humorous and eleven In the dramatic class. The prizes consisted of gold medals, the first of which was awarded to Homer Payton of South Omaha. .Minn Ilorlon Di-harcrd. HUMBOLDT. Neb., March 31. The case against Mrs. Etta Horton. charged with the murder of her newly born babe, came to an end yesterday. Jus tice Smith, before whom the prelim inary was held, discharged the ac cused upon motion of the attorneys for the defense as soon as the examina tion of the witnesses for the prosecu tion had completed their testimony. Nebtaska in Waniilnjlon. WASHINGTON, March 31. Repre sentative Burkett of Nebraska today introduced pension bills in behalf of J. E Latta $30, Sarah E. Gardner $20 and Arthur V. Walsh $30. Representative Robinson of Nebras ka returned last evening after an ab sence of two weeks. farm Work In Nebraska. DOUGLAS. Neb., March 31. Winter wheat in Otoe county appears to have passed through the winter in good condition. Fields are already looking gteen. Prospects are for a good crop this year. Farmers have begun to sow oats. Member of Guard Again. OMAHA. Neb.. March 31. With rigtb hands upraised fifty young men of Omaha pledged themselves to bear true allegiance to the United States of America and the state of Nebraska They were then declared duly mustered into the service as members of com pany L, Nebraska national guard. It was the occasion of the entry of the reorganized Thurston rifles into the First regiment of Nebraska. Adju tant General P. H. Barry conducted the mii3ter-in proceedings. Visitors Cut Each Other. FREMONT, Neb., March 31. A cut ting scrape occurred at B. Ingram's form east of Fremont. Mr. Ingram gave a man and woman who came there in a covered wagon permission to camp opposite his house for the night. Before they unhitched another man came up and the three soon got into a lively quarrel. The new arrival pulled a gun and threatened to do up the others. After a lively tussle In gram disarmed him. He then drew a big dirk knifc and severly cut his antagonist. 1 Cl 0111 fis3 Horlocker Change? For Mind end Goes Upon Witness Stand. THE TEARS FLOW AS SHE TALKS Foolish Words Pass Itetwecu Her anil Mr. Morey, bit Nolhint; or an Immor al Character Occarred The Witness Unite rnaevved by Searching: CJues tlous of the l'rusecutlou. Insistence of the attorneys for the de fna resulted in Vioia Horlocker tak ing th witness stand in her own be half althdtigto she had previously re fused to do mi. The attorneys for the defense de termined to place the defendant on the stand, If possible, as soon as the testimony of Miss Stewart was or dered stricken out. and they had been working to this end until finally suc cessful. Miss Horlocker appeared to be suf fering from physical weakness, as well an In great mental distress. She sank into the chair without being sworn, and was directed to rise and take the oath. An the clerk concluded the for mula of the oath, however, with the streotyped words, "The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God," the defendant end witness responded with unexpect ed firmness. '"I do." The court room was again crowded and now. for the first time since the beginning of the trial, the entir as semblage outside the rail rose to a standing posture In order to better see and more intently listen. That the defendant was undergoing the most ttying ordeal thus far experienced was apparent at a glance. She was facing the great crowd that had hitherto been behind her and for the first time she was almost directly confronted by Mr. and Mrs. Morey. She did not once look at them, however, her strained gaze being directed during the great er part of the time to the floor just in front of her. The testimony of Miss Horlocker went to show that while there were many love passages between her and Mr. Morey nothing of an immoral character occurred. She was subject ed to an exacting examination, and on being finally excused from the witness .land appeared completely unnerved. Farmer Accidentally Shot. ALBION, Neb.. March 2S. A serious and perhaps fatal accident occurred southwest of the- city. H. S. Hahn. a farmer who was bailing hay, went to a wavon to get a pole and in some man ner discharged a shotgun that was in the wagon. The shot took effect in his side and as the physicians have not ictm-ned it is impossible to tell how serious his Injuries are. Veterrns' Association. YORK, Neb., March 28. H. H. Bow ker, secretary of the Shiloh Veterans association, announces that this year's meeting of the association will be held at Schuyler April 7, and C. Arrange ments arc being made with the rail ioads for reduced rates on the certifi cate plan. The attendance at the forth coming meeting promises to be un usually large. To Tent the Iowa tirme I.:iw. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. March 28. Hon. John C. Watson has been re tained by a number of sportsmen to test tho constitutionality of the game law recently passed by the Iowa legis lature, requiring a luense of $10 in each county for non-residents who go inlo that state to hunt. Cuiltr of Forgery. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., March 28. George S. Lee. the former night oper ator at Louisville, who has been held in jail upon charges of stealing rail way tickets and forging express money order, was taken before Judge .lessen cf the district court to answer the charges. Lee surprised the court and prosecution by pleading g-nilty to ths charge of forgery. She Works the 51aon. LYONS, Neb., March 2C A middle aged, refined looking woman, purport ing to be the wife of a deceased Ma son, from some town in Kansas, work ed the Masonic fraternity of this city for $13 and was arrested later on a warrant sworn to by Attorney Sin clair of Bancroft, in behalf of the vic tims here. Constable E. S. Clements went after her and she was brought back to this city this evening and is now iu his custody to await further de iclopments. Nebraska in Wasnlncton. WASHINGTON, March 28. Senator Thurston of Nebraska introduced a bill providing for the purchase of a public building site at Grand Island. Neb., and appropriating $13,000 there for. W. D. Haller of Blair returned home after receiving the assurance from the treasury department that in view of the showing made by him it would be unfair to change the postoffice site. The fact that the people who own the site were put to great expense by rea son of the necessary removal was the telling argument in favor of the deci sion. It can be stated that in case of readvertisement the department will consider no proposition In excess of $3,000. Die of His Injuries. VALENTINE. Neb.. March 28. Ar thur London, one of tho soldiers who wa3 shot hers by C. H. Thompson, died at Ft. Niobrara and the coroner's jury found that the shooting was done with felonotts intent. Sentiment was with Thompson at first, but as the facts come out it is turning against him. The testimony of Millaman. the other soldier who es shot at the same time, was most damaging, and from his story the charge is made that 'Ihompson had reasons for putting the men out of his way. Contract? for Sojar Bert. ' KiCARNEY, Neb., March 28. E. Ewell, associated with the American Beet Sugar company, has been in Kear ney securing contracts from several persons for the raising of sugar beets for the factory at Grand Island. Su perintendent C. N. Brown of the cot ton mill has contracted for 100 acres, and will raise fifty acres more if the land can be secured. Superintendent P. N. Campbell cf the industrial school will put in fifteen acres and several fanners In the vicinity of Kearney will raise Are acres each. SPEAKS HERSELF THIOLDRKLUBLst. ColumbusStateBank (OUsttBaaktatsafUW.) 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