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COLtMfiUSi NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. APB1L 4, 1900.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,560.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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