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V"- rf;fSr , ;"- R5 fc. - V;,j?r "i- t-st y --.r, ! mtnod. " it WHOLE NUMBER 1,569. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 6; 1900. VOLUME XXXI. NUMBER 9. --e , . x. m (Mummis - l. f r l " V i BOERS HOLD PRETORIA Siege of tie Capital of tie Transvaal. However, in Progress. TK ItACE COMMITTEE OVEMULE1 Gacral Botha and Followers Probably Determla.d to Fight Ob JCotalaa; From Lord Roberts far a Day Cam flictlac Report of tae S.taatioa Ar. Heaict at Lourcazo Harqaez. LONDON, June 2. Lord Roberta continues silent regarding Pretoria. Lourenzo Marquez, where all the news from the Boer side is rehandled, cables that communication with Pre toria is now suspended. w Some messages by courier have reached Lourenzo Marquez, but none of later date than Wednesday. These assert that the burghers are in a state f panic and that Pretoria is being controlled by a vigilance committee. Lourenzo Marquez again senag the report that President kruger has been captured. The news blank gives rise to a sus picion that a citizens' committee a: Pretoria may not have been able to carry out its plans for securing the peaceful entry of Lord Roberts and sparing the city the horrors of a siege. A piece party appeared to be in the ascendant a,nd as soon as President Kruger and his cabinet left Pretoria to organize a new capital the citizens' committee persuaded the commandants of the forts to withdraw some of the troops from the defenses, perhaps with the view of keeping order in the town. If messengers were sent to the Brit ish or the British, being two hours' march from Pretoria on Wednesday, entered it at any Ume prior to Friday noon. Lord Roberts would certainly have telegraphed this fact. Hence it looks as though there was a Boer force hetween Pretoria and Johannesburg. These soldiers, trekking back toward Pretoria, some of them fresh from the fight with General Hamilton, would have brought a new element into the situation and probably have overruled the peace committee, taking the direc tion of affairs out of their hands. If this has happened the British may, as the Daily Chronicle says, see some "hard fighting" biore the British flag flies over Pretoria, for if the Boers held only three forts standing close neia oniy tnree torts stanamg ciose i together on the hills south of the town they would be In a position to stand a siege. The Beers, according to a special dis patch from Lourenzo Marquez. have re-entered the northeastern territory of the Free State and are engaged with the British near Ventersburg and Har-rismith. it 13 reported irsra Amsterdam mat , Pntchard's resolution declaring exclu the best rooms at one of the principal sion from the privilege of the franchise hotels there have been engaged for j because of race to be unconstitutional. President Kruger's occupancy from Th ,.Qmmittee decided to recommend June 2i The Times has the following from j Lourenzo Marquez. dated June 1: "Reports of the most conflicting character are current here, due to the activity of the Boer agents. While one section- declares that President Kruger has returned to Pretoria for the pur pose of arranging terms of surrender, another asserts that the British have been repulsed outside of Pretoria. Nothing autnentic is known here re- garding Mr. Kruger's whereabouts or the situation in the Transvaal." FINDS TO EIONT THE lLAGl'E. Business Men of San Francisrj Start Oat to Collect Money. SAN FRANCISCO, June 2. In or- j der to set at rest all reports mat there is further danger from the bu bonic plague and to protect their business interests the merchants of this city have decided to raise S50.000, which is to be expended in purifying the Chinese quarter At a meeting this afternoon $30,000 was subscribed and a committee appointed to increase the amount to $50,000. More money will be raised if it is necessary, as the business men are in earnest and announce their purpose of prosecut ing the work of cleansing to such an extent that no one can say tne i slightest trace of plague remains. j j IheTrusr Amendment Oefe.ed. "WASHINGTON. June 2. The house of representatives today after a lively debate extending over two days, de feated the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment empowering ' The quarantine is to continue up to congress to regulate trusts. It requires ten da and a!1 eann apparel and a two-thirds vote under the constitu- : effects are to be disinfected. tion to adopt an amendment to the constitution. The vote stood: Ayes, i Roberta cheyeaa. Boy. 154; nays. 131. The affirmative vote. I CHEYENNE. Wyo June 2. Cap therefore, was thirty-eight "short of the ' tain Charles B. Roberts of the Thirty requisite two-thirds. 152. . fifth volunteer infantry, who. with two Five democrats. Campbell of Mon- of his men. is reported to have been taaa. Naphen of Massachusetts. Scudr uer ui .x"r luia. ciurev u. rcuusjuj- . .... r -... -v. l. :v.t Tn,...T nia and Thayer cf Massachusetts, and one silverite. Newlands of Nevada, vtced with the republicans for the res olution and two republicans. Loud of California and McCall cf Massachu setts, with the democrats. These were the only breaks from party lines. The populists voted solidly against the res olution. German ngar Trout's WorJr. MADGEBURG. Prussia. June 2. As the German Sugar trust slarts opera tions today the renneries have with 'irawn all their offers from the mar ets. There will be no further sales "or twelve days, then the trust will 'z the prices for home trade. Hare aad ?-mith .Wade Brigadier. WASHINGTON. June 2. The presi - dent today appointed Colonel Luther H. Hare of the Thirty-third volunteer Infantry (captain Seventh cavalry) and Colonel J. H. Smith "of the Sev enteenth infanry. to be brigadier gen erals of volunteers, in recognition of their distinguished services in the . campaign in the Philippines. This ac- tion fills the only vacancies in the Toiunteer brigadier rank. They were kept open in order to permit the pres ' ident to bestow the appointments upon specially deserving officers in the Celd. CaaB Fraad. NEW YORK. June 2. Behind the ar ' rest of three young men in Brooklyn, the police believe is a revenue stamp swindle cf proportions. The men are George and Charles Morgan and Wil liam Brower. They were arrested as suspicions characters, and in a fur nished room which they recently rent ed was found a large number of can ' celed and uncanceled revenue stamps ranging in denomination from 10 cents to $10- The detectives asserted that one of the stamps had seem treed cf the cancellation S. . i. CUM PASSES AWAY. Wall Kmi KaUraaa Xm Din at Aaaa vlllr. Worth Carol' aa. OMAHA, Jane 2. S. H. H. Clark, a director of the Missouri Pacific Rail road company, its former vice presi dent and general manager, first vice president of the Texas ft Pacific and the International k. Great Northern, and formerly president and general manager of the Union Pa-ji3c, died yesterday at Asheville, N. C. Mr. Clark bad been ailing for several years and since the reorganization of the Union Pacific road had remained in retirement at his residence at St. Louis. He was advised to go to Ashe ville early in the spring, but his rela tives and friends felt that the end was near. He passed away in the presence of his wife and son. Mr. Clark was in his 68th year. Mr. Clark had been in poor health for more than a dozen years, but had kept actively at work until about three years ago. Daring the Union Pacilc receivership he was directed by Judge Henry Clay Caldwell to take a vacation and for several months he waa at rest. He soon resumed the active direction of the affairs of the road as chief of the receivers and kept steadily in the harness until the receivership was terminated in the sale under foreclosure in November, I 1898. Since that time he has been j connected with the other roads of the I Gould system, but has not been abla j to do a great deal of work. Ml UMUS iters POWER. RapresoataciTfl Levy rroposea Plaa for Acesaatfag 'or Money. WASHINGTON, June 2. Represen tative Levy of New York today intro duced the following bill in the house: "That on and after the passage of this act the power vested in the com missioner general of the United States to the Paris exposition of 1900 to em ploy experts and other necessary offi cers or clerks and to disburse appro priations incident to the participation of the United States in said exposition is hereby transferred to the secretary of state, whohall make such appont ments and disburse such money as may be now or hereafter appropriated. "The commissioner general for the United States to the Paris exposition of 1900 is hereby directed to render a monthly report to the secretary of state of the number of employes, their occupation and salaries. That the re port authorized under the act of June 30, 1S99, giving the results of the expo- Wo,n' aha" Prepared und e di" ., , .. . . A rection of tne secretary of state. MSFltANCIISMG TIE NEGRO. Scaat. Committee Likely to Investigate Coadttloas ia the Snath. WASHINGTON, June 2. The senate committee on privileges and elections today had under consideration Senator i the adoption of a substitute directing lhe committee to investigate whether such exclusion is antagonistic to the constitution. The substitute passed the committee by a party vote and if it is agreed to by the senate the investi gation will be undertaken by the com mittee. Bank Robbers Arrrsted. CHICAGO, June 2. Three men, said co be known to the police all ever the United States and Canada as " safe blowers, were arrested itia fam apartments at Ogden avenue ay have land boulevard today, after struggle. The men under ar Frank Dwyer, alias Rutledgead holi tario. Canada, wno has served he two Canon City, Colo., for safe r n-, t - j Tr.i rxn ; J' men are wanted for the allege clean bery of two banks at Aurora, line of near Toronto, Canada, where tgc& said to have secured $900. and thousand dollars worth of waa a stock. jng rap- ither. Mexico's Capital Fears PLttt CITY OF MEXICO, June 2. The president of the republic, at the in stance of the board of health, has au thorized additions to the general sani tarv code of Mexico, with a view to prevent tne introuueuon oi tne ouuunic plague. Any vessels carrying persons who are plague-stricken or any vessel that in the last ten days has touched at a port where plague exists is to go into quarantine off Vera Cruz if ap proaching the gulf ports, or off Aca- pulco if approaching the Pacinc coast. captured by the Filipinos near San ! r. , i Mirael de Mayo, was reared in Chey enne. He is a son of Lieutenant Col onel Cyrus S. Robertr. He was grad uated from the Cheyenne High school ?n 1S91 and was ar-pointed tc West Point in 1894 and was graduated with high honors two years ago. Chrhtttaa. Si ordered Dally. LONDON. June 2. The Pekin cor respondent of the Times, telegraphing Wednesday, says: "The damage to the railroad is estimated at 30.000. The government supports rather than con- - ( demns the 'Boxers. Not one has been -! arrosriK vr No foreiener has been seriously injured, though murders of native Christians are reported daily from the country." Is KaersaaiafaBC HOlitla. FRANKFORT. Ky.. June 2. Gover nor Beckham this afternoon issued an order mustering out ten companies of the state guard. All except two of them are located in mountain towns and were among those mustered into service during the political excitement just before and immediately following the state' election last fall. It is un derstood that a number of other com panies are also to be disbanded, as the governor holds that the various regiments now have double their quota of companies in them. Flftois British Are EUmL CAPETOWN.. June 2. General War ren, with 790 men, occupied a strong defensive position at Fabersput an May 29. At dawn he found that he was sonaunded. and he was fiercely attacked by- L000 rebels- The horses were stampeded, but the force concentrated and the Boers were repulsed. A small party in a garden continued to fight tenaciously, but evacuated as the' charge hrw. leav ing a. number ot wounded? The British lost fifteen killed, in dadimg Ceicael Spemce, and iiirtj MS HAVE PRETORIA Britkb. Troep Will Have to Fight to Get FosMaicn of the Oily. HMEITS' IS AT J9IAMESSDI6 Caiaa Jack Flats Over Gov.iaas.at Bailsttas- Tmarsday Afteraaoa Hat ngatiar Precedes Its Captara Rob erts Givas 3C Hears, bat Says Gar stoas 9astaia.it Xost Casualties. LONDON, June L The following dispatch from Lord Roberts has been received at the War iffice here: "JOHANNESBURG. May 3L 2 p. m. Her majesty's forces are now in possession of Johannesburg and the British nag floats, over the government buildings." The War office has from Lord Rob erta a dispatch dated Genniston, May 20, 9 p. m., sayiagr The brunt of the Sghting yesterday fell upon Ian Ham received for the sale of tickets. Fred already mentioned, to work around to the west of Johannesburg in support of French's cavalry, which was di rected to go north near the road lead ing to Pretoria. I have not heard from French yet. but Hamilton, in a report which has just reached me. states that about 1 o'clock in the aft ernoon he found his way blocked by the -anemy, strongly posted on some kopjes and ridges three miles south ot the Rand. They have two heavy juns and several field guns and pom poms. Hamilton forthwith attacked. The right was led by the Gordons, who after capturing one extremity of the ridge wheeled around and worked along it until after dark, clearing it of the enemy, who fought most ob stinately. The One Hundred and Fourth led on the other flank and would not be denied. The chief share in the action, as in the casualties, fell to the Gordons, whose gallant ad vance excited the admiration of all. Lord Cecil Manners, son of the duke cf Rutland, and wao is acting as a newspaper correspondent, was among the prisoners captured by the Boers during Lord Roberts' advance May 29. The Westminster Gazette says it is rumored in a quarter likely to be well informed that President Kruger has been captured by the British six miles beyond Pretoria. The War office here knows nothing about the reported capture of Presi dent Kruger. At last accounts Kruger was at Watervalboven, 130 miles from Pretoria. Belated messages from Pretoria con firm the reports of the departure of President Kruger with his cabinet and staff officials Tuesday night and the selection at a meeting of a citizens' committee to administer the city provi visionally. Since this telegram left on Wed nesday nothing apparently has reach ed Lourenzo Marquez by telegram from Pretoria. Possibly the wires have been cut. Possibly- the Boer cen sorship at some intermediate point in tercepts telegrams. Although the War office has not re ceived a word about it no one in Lon don harbors the idea that the Boer capital is not alreaay in the hands of the British or about to be there. The possession of Johannesburg, at all events, as Lord Roberts has tele graphed, is a fact. State's Attorney Smuts did not de part with President Kruger, but re- Mrs. Luschen was one of the oldest i tiers of the community. You feel better at once after nt HERBINE, yon enjoy your food nt of and you get more nourishment and vigorating force out of what yon foi Hence HERBINE makes yon stt the vigorous and cheerful. Price, 50 cPera A. Heintz and" Pollock & Co. part- To save mending, avoid brealrfugi and to avoid suffering, prevent coicve and colds by the timely use of 3j ij&VJMmwrlMtfb8tVJ(Azcn) May 29. Charles D. Roberts. Privates John A. Mclntyre and Lyel W. Akens were captured. Sergeant John G. Allen. Privates Joseph McCourt and John A. Green, killed: George Kinger, wound ed, thigh. All of Company I. Thirty fith regiment. United States volun teers." 2Tb Plaa-ae la Hawaii. WASHINGTON, June 1. The spe cial agent of the United States at Honolulu reports to the Department of State, under date of the 5th Inst., that the Hawaiian authorities have declared the Hawaiian islands free from infec tion by the bubonic plague since the 30th ult. and that the quarantine of the islands was raised on the last mentioned date. Publishers' Bailriia; Open. PARIS. June 1. The American pub Ushers' building of the exposition was opened by the United States ambas sador. General Horace Porter, and the usual American officials today. A big gathering of Americans was present. Great interest was taken in the pro duction of the initial number of the Paris edition of the New York Times, printed within the building. t Issaed far Tsylor. FRANKFORT, Ky., June 1. The is suance of a bench warrant today for the arrest of W. S. Taylor, former gov ernor of Kentucky, was the first offi cial notice that an indictment had been returned naming Taylor as an ac cessory to the murder of William Goe bel. The indictment was nied and en tered of record April 19. Waa a Wjo WASHDNGTON, D. C June 1 Captain Charles D. Roberts of the Thirty-fifth volunteer infantry, who with two of his men has fallen into the hands of the Philippine insurgents near San Miguel Ds Maynmo, Luzon, i3 a son of Lieutenant Colonel Cyrus S. Roberts. Thirteenth infantry. He was born in Dakota in 1873 and was appointed to the army from Wyoming. It is believed at the War department that the insurgents will endeavor to hold" these captives for ransom, but the army- will endeavor to run them down and recapture the men NEW YOR&. June . Thomas E Miaco, a theatrical manager; who in his younger days was a famous clown, died in a New York hospital tonight from injuries received by fallings tram a stairway in the Morton house on Tnes dar morning. He waa 39 years of ace. Mr. Miaco was owner of the toQowShf; theaxarsr The Trocadero. Philadel phia; the Trocadero. Chicago; the Dewey. Minneapolis: the Star. St. Paul, and'the Trocadero in Omaha. He was IioBmaagerand proprietor ot several I traveling burlesque cosspanies. :M SENATE ASS ST. IflilS f ANL ZsTart taCat Daws Flva SlUItaa jaaavaarlaUsBB-ralla. WASHINGTON; Jtee L At the elusion of a session lasting eight the senate this evening passed the dry civil appropriation bill, which kaa been under consideration for nearly a week. The amendment providing far an appropriition of $5,000,000 for tke Louisiana purchase exposition to be held in St. Louis in 1903 was contin ued in the bilL An effort was made by Senator Morgan to reduce the amount to be appropriated to $3,060, 000, but it was unsuccessful. An amendment was incorporated providing for the beginning of the work on the memorial bridge between. Washington and Arlington cemetery, to be erected to the memory of the dead of both the union and confederate armies. While the bill carries oaly $200,000 for the project, it is: expected ultimately to cost about $5,80,000 An assendaent also was aaded to the measure providing for an adjustment of certain claims of tne states of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia. Dela ware, California. Oregon and South Carolina. The passage of the sundry civil bill leaves only two general ap propriation bills to be acted- upon by the senate the military academy and the general deficiency measures. It is expected they will be passed by Satur day night. SMAllTOX ON I CAM MEAK. for Otis' Delay la Laadlas; la Taietraahe to Wasaiaftaa. WASHINGTON, June 1. The War department received notice from Gen eral Shatter today of the arrival at San Francisco of General Otis and the existence of smallpox aboard the transport Meade, which accounts for the failure of General Otis to land promptly upon his arrival in San Francisco. General Shafters dispatch, which is dated yesterday, is as fol lows: "General Otis arrived this evening in good health. On account of several cases of smallpox on board he will not be able to land for several days. He . will take first train east after landing." General Otis will probably come di rect to Washington, and will go thence to Rochester, N. Y., in season to be present at the demonstration which is being arranged in his honor by the citizens of that place for June 15. The general will be given an extended leave ot absence by the War depart ment and when he has thoroughly re cuperated from the prostrating labors of his position in the Philippines he will, it is said, be assigned to the com mand of the Department of the Lakes, with headquarters at Chicago. AN0TIEI ST. LOUIS TIAttBY. Caioa Has Shoots a Police: ta aad hi Killed by aa OBeer. ST. LOUIS, June L Albert Koenig. a union man. emptied the contents of a shotgun into the body of Police Offi cer Crane and was himself instantly killed by a bullet from the revolver of Officer Baher on Broadway, near the Southern electric power house late to night. From the meagre information re ceived by Inspector Lally at the Four Courts at midnight it seems that Koe nig was walking back and forth in front of the powor house with a shot gun on his shoulder, declaring that he was a union man and defying the tran sit company and its non-union em ployes. Officer Crane approached him and asked him to take his shotgun home. Koenig replied in vehement terms, and when the officer grappled with him in an effort to disarm him the man brought the weapon to bis shoulder and. aiming it ar Crane, pulling the trigger. The officer sank to the ground unconscious. Maher was near by and running up to Koenig demanded his surrender. Koenig made a threatening movement and Maher shot him. Crane is at the Alexian Brothers' hospital dying. Xoataaa Express Ossc. KoblMd. MILES CITY, Mont, June 1. The Northern Pacific express office was robbed of a $5,000 package and $300 ilton's column. I have sent him. as Morrow, night operator, was acting for Station Agent Bipson and the money was taken during Morrow's absence. Morrow has been operator for about three months. Two strangers who were lurking about the station are missing. Is text ia Stata Quo. WASHINGTON, June L The senate committee on privileges and elections has reached an agreement with the friends cf Senator vJark of Montana to allow the senator's case to rest where it is. with the understanding that no further steps shall be taken to have either Mr. Clark's or Mr. Maginnis' credentials referred to the committee, and that no further action shan be taken on the resolution of the commit tee concerning Senator Clark's orig inal election. Heathers sfG. A.B. Oajeet PHTLADELPHIA, June 1. During the ceremonies incident to the decorat ing of the graves of the union and confederate dead in the National cem etery at Germantown. a suburb, yes terday, it developed that in certain Grand Army circles opposition has ap peared to the erection of a monument to the confederate dead in that ceme tery by the Daughters of the Confed-eracy- Tak. Befa. ia a Hlaa. LONDON, June L A special dis patch from Genniston (a suburb of Johannesburg) says several hundred Boers have sought refuge in a mine, where the British Grenadiers have cornered them and barred all escape. British at Heidaflkars. CAPETOWN. June L The British have occupied Heidelburg. on the rail road connecting Johannesburg with the Transvaal frontier town ot Volks rust. on the Natal frontier, near. Laing!3 nek. Taylor Caamrssa th. INDIANAPOLIS, IndU June L W. S. Taylor, who is at Martinsville to day., confirmed the report that a war rant had been issued for his arrest in connection with the Goebel murder. Mr. Taylor said he received private advice to this effect early today. He refused to speak in detail concerning the affair farther than to state that the latest developments win hare no effect on his future plans. He will come-to this city from Mar tinsburg tomorrow. It is bsOeved that an attempt will he mode to" serve the warrant in this city. WPS ARE IN PUN tfsxtti States and Six Other Powers Place Them There. AMEIKANS LANft AT TIEN. TSIN aa Haadred aad Eight With Field sad Jsachla. Gaas Ashore Rassb Scads Ilva War Ship, to Taita Britala Already Baa Two There aad Others Ara Hoarly Expected. TD3N TSIN. May 31. American. British, Japanese, German, Italian, Russian and French troops to the num ber ot 100 each have been ordered to guard their respective legations at T'r kin, but the viceroy here will not allow 4them to proceed hence to Pekin on the railway without authority of the Tsung-li-Yamen. One hundred and eight Americans with a machine gun and a field gun landed here Ia3t night amidst the greatest enthusiasm on the part of the residents. Five Russian and two British war ships have ar rived tv Taku and the British are now landing. Other war ships are hourly expected. Tliice thousand Chinese troops from Lu Tai are expected here today enrouta to Fang Tai. There is a disposition here to believe that the "Boxers" will disperse before the foreign troops are ready to act, Tien Tsin is in no danger. The party of Frenchmen and Ger mans returned from Chang Hsin Tien this afternoon. This confirms the re ports that the Belgians are now safe at Pekin. They found several thousand Boxers" about the ruins of Lu Kow Chiao and Chang Hsin Tien stations. The bridges have been damaged and the rolling stock destroyed. At both places the damage" done is considerably greater than at Fang Tai. The mem bers of the rescue party saw several bodies of Chinese tearing up the sleep ers and in one case a mandarin was looking on. They further report that tne missionaries and others escaped from Pao Ting in boats. The imperial railway directory is en deavoring to fasten the blame for the damage at Fang Tai on the foreign employes, principally the British, whom they say should not have left their posts. The foreigners, however, did not leave until they saw Lu Kow Chiao station, five miles away, in flames and an attack had actually been made on an engine from Fang Tai, which was running on the Lu Han line in an attempt to rescue the Belgians. Foreign men-of-war have arrived here today. Five Russian war ships and trn Russian zun boats, one French war ship, two British war ships and one Italian war ship. They are all landing men. SHANGHAI, May 31. The British war ships Orlando and Algerine are landing 100 men at Taku. where the French Russian and Japanese guards have already disembarked. "The Boxers" are apparently with- rout arms, except these they have ob tained from the soldiery, many of whom are openly joining the rebels. PEKIN, luesday. May 29. From all parts of the surrounding country news is constantly arriving of fresh atroci ties committed by the 'Boxers.' Ihree Christian families were massacred at Shan Lai Ying. sixty miles from Pekin, Friday, May 25. Only two escaped. IHET0RIA TO GIVE Ur. British Osfcers Now at Johannesburg Dictating Terms of Surrender. PRETORIA, May 31. British army officers are now at Johannesburg dic tating terms of surrender. The British advance guard is half way between Johannesburg and Pre toria .It is reported that there is a force also at Haterly. All the forces have been dismissed from the forts around Pretoria. President Kruger is now at Water valboven. At a public meeting called this morning by the burgomaster of Pre toria a committee was appointed to keep public order. The committee con sists of Judge Gregorowski. Nel Charles Marais, Loveday De Yilliers, Seederburg and F. Grobeler. LONDON, May 31. 2 a. m. The Daily Mail publishes the following dis patch from the earl of Rosslyn, who was a prisoner at Pretoria, but who, as a civilian, appecrs to have been re- TM1 J-SAfJ "PRETORIA. Wednesday, May 30. 11:40 a. m. Pretoria will be occupied in about two hours without resistance. The president has gone to Waterval boven. Burgomaster de Souza is authorized to receive the British. He. with an influential committee of citizens, in cluding Chief Justice Gregorowski, has been appointed to preserve life and property during the interregnum. "Everything is quiet, but crowds are waiting expectantly in Church square for the arrival of the British." So Word at Washington. WASHINGTON, May 3i. not a word, nas neen received at the state or navy departments from any of the offi cials in China since yesterday's report from Minister Conger. Communication by cable is still open, so it is assumed by the officials here that there has been no sensible change in the situation, or, at any rate, none affecting American interests. In fact, these interests have so far net been directly attacked dur ing the present uprising by the "Box ers," and state department officials di rect attention to the fact up to this time that the massacres have been con fined to the native Christians. . Finds Loss ZMt Planet. DENVER, Cole. May 3L While Prof. H. A. Howe was waiting this morning about 2 o'clock in the Cham berlain observatory for the sun to rise and for the eclipse to begin, he made one of the most important observa tions ot the year, the rediscovery of the planet Eros. This tiny planet, which was discovered only two yeara ago at the Berlin observatory, has been looked for since last September, the time when, according to calcula tions, it should emerge from behind the sun. Astronomers all over the world have been scanning the skies for it, but without success. il Day at Haalla. MANILA. May 3L Memorial day observed here as a general holi- my. Military ceremonies were held at the various stations and salutes were fired from the forts at Cavite and. Manila, a military escort pro ceeded to the Malate cemetery, where the graves ot the United States sol-awrs- were decorated and an address made by a chaplain. Memorial exercises were field also In the theater, at which a number ot ad dresses were delivered, interspersed with vocal and "instrumental music OTIS AMNES TH: MftK. Traasaart Salased aa it Eaters SAN FRANCISCO. May 3L The transport Meade arrived from Manila tonight with Major General E. S. Otis aboard. As the transport entered the harbor a salute of thirteen guns was fired and a number of gaily decorated tugs and launches went out to meet it. The quarantine officers boarded the Meade and it was headed toward the quarantine station at Angel In land. General Otis will not land to night. A number of officers detailed by General Shatter went out in a tug to greet General Otis and consult him about having a detachment of troops escort him from the landing to his hoteL The Meade had three cases ot small pox aboard. It was placed in quaran tine, where it will remain an indefi nite time. . General Otis stated to the quarantine officials that he was in ex cellent health and wished to land to take a train for the east as-soon as possible. A quartermaster, a stowa way and a soldier are infected with the smallpox. The Meade has on board the bodies of 112 soldiers who died in the Phil ippines. There was one death on the way over. The transport's passenger list numbers forty-nine cabin and 134 steerage- The presence of smallpox on the- vessel makes the time of General Otis' landing very indefinite. WIY TIE EMCTW.4S ISSUE. Result of the Preasara of forssga LtBV tioas la Pekia. WASHINGTON, May 31. The sup position here is that the edict referred to was issued as a result of the pres sure of the foreign legations in Pekin. The dispatches from Chino heretofore have stated that the authorities had decided to ask the Chinese office to define explicitly the measures the gov ernment, intended to take in dealing with the Boxers and yssterday's edict prohibiting the organization, under the penalty of death, is in all proba bility the response to the representa tions made. That the document is couched in equivocal terms is not sur prising to officials here who are ac quainted with conditions in China. The empress belongs to what is known as the reactionary party in Chinese politics and the emperor being under her influence it is not surprising that the edict is, as stated, more of an ex cuse of the movement than a condem nation of it FIVE AMERICANS ARE KI1UD. Filipino Foreo Saeep Through a Gar rison Towa Xsar XaaUa. MANILA. May 31. On Tuesday night a party of insurgents reached San Miguel de Mayamo, province of Bulucan. Luzon, garrisoned by three companies of the Thirty-fifth volunteer infantry. They swept through the sur prised town, shooting right -and left killing five Americans and wounding seven. Captain Charles D. Roberts and two privates are missing. No Filipino dead were discovered. San Miguel de Mayumo Is a few miles from Manila. While a band under the escort of the troops of the Forty-sixth infantry was moving from Hang to SHang, within twenty-five miles of Manila, it was attacked by Ladrones, three of the party being killed. Bryaa Boomers to Par da. KANSAS CITY, May 31. One thou sand Nebraskans will march In the pa rade arranged by the local committee for the democratic national convention here on July 4. They will consist of the Bryan Home Guards, 100 strong; the Bryan Continental Guards, 100: the Traveling Men's Bryan club, iuj, all of Lincoln, and the Jacksonian club of Omaha, 500 strong. Each club will bring its own band. Headquarters had previously been arranged for the Oma ha crowd and today contracts were closed by M. D. Welch of Lincoln for quartera for the Lincoln men. Twelve special coaches will bring -n the Lin coln men. English and Germans Clash. LONDON. May 31. While the towns people at Fleetwood were cheering the announcement that Lord Roberts had occupied Johannesburg the German crew of the Henrietta, an English ves sel that was sold to a German firm, cheered President Kruger. Several conflicts occurred between the Germans and the English and the chief officer of the Henrietta was mobbed. Ulti mately the police force was doubled. TTo More Use for Consul. SAN FRANCISCO, May 31. Consul General William Haywood, who for three years past has been the repre sentative of the United States In Ha waii, is here on his way to Honolulu to terminate his official duties. On June 14 he turned his office over to the new government and from that date Hawaii will be commercially. a3 well as politically, an integral part of the United States. Democratic Coarehtioa Seats. WASHINGTON, D. C May 31. Sen ator Jones, chairman ot the demo cratic national committee, says appli cation for press seats at the demo cratic convention at Kansas City should be made to William J. Stone, St Louis. Mo., chairman of the sub-committee on arrangements. It is the intention to appoint a press committee of news paper men and these applications will be turned over to them. Fmatan Kehela aad A MANILA. Mav 3L Lieutenant Jens E. Stedje of-Company L Forty-seventh volunteers, commanaing a scouting party in the southern part of Albay province, had several engagements witu tne insurgents, in which seven teen cf the enemy were killed and twenty-three, including a captain, were captured. Six explosive bombs and a number of valuable insurgent documents also fell into the hands of the Americans. The scout3 burned tha town ot Yubu the headquarters of the rebels. Sergeant Brickley was killed during a slight engagement near Higao, province of Albay, yesterday. Chiaatowa la Qaaraatlaed. SAN FRANCISCO, May 3L The quarantisa of Chinatown instituted yesterday is being maintained today. The street cars are still allowed to pass through the infected district; but pas sengers are not allowed to occupy the outside seats during the passage of the cars through the quarantined- districts. President Williamson of the; Board oi Health stated to the Associated Press today that the suspected case discov ered by Dr. Kellogg last night is being thoroughly investigated and the find ings of the beard will be made known this afternoon. TK f IfST CASE AT YfML Aaalysia ia JTaw Caasat.ta aasl Chemist Hakes a Fall YORK. Neb.. June 2. County Cor oner W. R. Khapp of Thayer has re ceived the report of the complete and first chemical analyisis of the stomach of Charles Frost, but refuses to make public its contents, saying that on re turn of the absent jurymen he will reconvene the jury and then a verdlc will be rendered and such action as may be necessary will be taken at that time. The jury in its first investigation found an aconite bottle nearly empty at the Frost house. This Mrs. Frost had bought a few days before the death of Frost, claiming to have wanted it for chilblains. No phosphorous was found on the premises, but as the heads of matches put in milk, coffe or lemonade easily dissolve this could have been done by some one. if Frost's death was due to this cause. The jury found three kinds of poison in the house strychnine which Mrs Frost said she bought for rata and the jury safd it found no sign of rats. Mrs. Frost said she bought the rat cheese for a Mrs. Lemon in the coun try. Mrs. Lemon denies this. The third was the aconite which she said she bought to doctor her chilblains, stating that she only used twenty drops of aconite and that the rest was spilled by her little son, Arthur. Since her release she has been living at her former home doing some dress making. On the streets she wears heavy mourning and around home and in the yard she discards the mourning for a red mother hubbard. She seems to wish to talk of her late trouble and at no time does she give way to emo tion when she speaks of Mr. Frost The jury, will meet in a few days. Fighting tha Low Bate. LINCOLN, Neb., June 2. An answer has been filed in the supreme court by attorneys far the Union Pacific rail road in connection with the suit brought by the state against the com pany some months ago, in which some thing less than $500,000 is demanded as a penalty for alleged violation of the maximum freight law passed by the Nebraska legislature in 1893. The answer is one to the original petition filed by Attorney. General Smyth in the case. It is very lengthy and contains various and numerous defenses. In one section the, company set up that in this matter the state supreme court has not original jurisdiction, as the suit is practically a criminal one. No such authority or jurisdiction, says the answer, is conferred by section 2. article 6 of the state constitution. The railroad company further avers that the company Is one organized under the laws of the state of Utah and is therefore not amenable to Ne braska law in this matter. It is set forth that no competent court has ever convicted the Union Pacific railroad of any violations ot uie maximum freight law. and that until such an oc curence takes place this supreme court has no authority to tae into its con sideration for a moment the subject matter of the petition of attorney Gen eral Smyth. Family in a Runaway Wreck. DAVID CITY, Neb.. June 2. As the people here were returning from the cemetery in observance of Memorial day the team of Dr. Beede. hitched to the rack on the square broke loose and started on a run up street Ju3t after they had passed over the tracks of the Elkhorn and" Union Pacific rail ways they struck the rig containing the family of John Townsend. They jumped squarely into the buggy and mashed it to the ground, with the fam ily in the wreck. Mrs. Townsend es caped with very little injury. Mr. Townsend's head was badly bruised up. the balance of the family with less in juries. Heary Receipts of Lle Stock. SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. June 2. In the matter of receipts of live stock the month just closed was the largest in the history of the stock yards. The receipts were: Cattle, S2.500 head: hogs. 245.000 head; sheep, 72.600 head. For the month ot May, 1899, the re ceipts were: Cattle, 68,300; hogs. 220, 000 sheep; sheep. 72,000. This is an increase of 14.200 head of cattle. 25,000 hogs and 600 head of sheep. Business at the stock vards is on the increase every day and shippers are being paid top "notch prices for all stock offered here. Pitiful Case of Insanity LONG PINE. Neb.. June 2. Mrs. C. H. Weeks ot this place was sent to the insane asylum at Norfolk this morning. The cause of her insanity was the study of a magnetic treatment she took up last August. She grew to think that she was Christ nd empow ered to command the people, but the people did not appreciate her power. Killed by Lightning. O'NEILL. Neb.. June 2. A severe wind, accompanied by a heavy rain storm, passed over the city. Very lit tle damage wa3 done excepting to a few sheds which were torn up somewhat. The heavy rain still continues and is a great benefit to growing crops which promise to yield a bountiful harvest throughout Holt county. W. A. St Clair, a farmer of Gross. Boyd county, while coming to O'Neill with a load of hogs was struck and instantly killed by ligntning about midnight One of his horses was also killed. Hammond Getts Big Order. SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. June 2. The Hammond Packing company of this city is preparing an order of 250.000 pounds of cured and canned meats for the United States government subsist ence department in Alaska. It is con sidered one ot the largest single ordera ever placed in this section for packing house products. The order will be shipped from South Omaha to Port land, Ore., and will then be reshipped to Fort Michael, Cape Name. Valdes, Camp Rampart. Fort Gibbon. Fort Jigbert and Circle City. Few Chtldrsa 5av ' OMAHA. Neb.. June 2. Deputy State Labor Commissioner Kent, wao has been at South Omaha on two trips lately inspecting factories for fire es capes, lighting, ventilation, sanitary and labor laws, gives the opinion that the employment of children between the ages of 11 and 14 has been reduced. largely since the child labor law went into effect, about a year ago.. From one packing house he sent home four children who had not been at school the required twentjr weens in the past year- Columbiis State Bank ftPutnt TSb ftpfe tetaiBtab BUYS GOOD NOTES iwaaatbawi Qzmmamo, Prea's. ft. . HnVBT, Vic Pram. at BncMnm, CashitA mm tiauFFXR, Wa lircsttsa. The GoiuriiQus Journal. 4 Weakly Newspaper devcd to tha Wt Interests of Ciiniiis, rtd County of Platti, Tbt State of Nebraska, Ilia United States, -A5S Tn REST OF MANKIND, Tftm TT5XT OF MXASUftH WITH U3 $1.50 a Year, If Paid In Advance. tar limit of uaefalnes ia not cir cumscribed by dollars and cents. ta aar aatfrssa HENRY QASS, a tltts01l.:Cue.r ft .. 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