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AHE OMAHA DAILY BEE. . * * \v ESTABLISHED JUKE 10 , 1871. OJttAIIA , FRIDAY MORNING- , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1800 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. * ' * > * * i * TRIBUTE TO A WOMAN Dreyfaa Acknowledges that His Wife's Influ ence Averted Suicide , _ _ _ _ _ * STORY OF PRISONER'S ' TEMPTATION TOLD FoninetU Desoribaa Soldier's Desire for Death Before Dishonor , RECITAL IS TOO MUCH FOR DREYFUS Time of Scwion is Otherwise Consumed in Repeating Old Tales , ALLEGED CONFESSION AGAIN BROUGHT UP ' A.cculinj Wltnomi , However , Cnnnot Kxplnlit Destruction of .Note Hook When Needed ) Other Action * Arc Llkcivlnn Sunplcloun. R.BNNES , Aug. 31. Droyfus had the moat trying day ho has yet gene through. The strain proved too great for him , and for the second tlmo In the oourso of the trial ho gave way to his feelings and sought relief In tears. The generals have branded him as a traitor b'eforo the court , tholr subordinates have pointed the finger of Bcorn at him. But ho only once flinched when the ofilclal report of his treatment on Devil's Island was read before him and the pictures of his Bufferings , mental and phys ical , -was thrown vividly on the screen of hla motnory. Then ho hid his features and wept. Ha passed through another such crisis to day when , after Captain Lebrun-llenault and witness after witness had brought up be fore him that cold January morning which ushered In the scene of his degradation , Major Forzlnettl , n mnn of heart , told In elmplo words and unaffected manner the Btory of Dreyfus' struggle with the mad dening temptation to take his life and the Intervention of his wife , as an angel , pointIng - Ing out the rend of duty. Then apaln the prisoner's breast heaved with emotion and teardrops trickled dbwn his cheeks. He rose and after a forced effort to remain calm , as he epoko a tow words concerning his denial to Colonel Du Paly do Clam that ho "wrote the bordereau , ho turned to For- zlncttl with n look of thanks for his con solation. Dreyfus then uttered those words of honrtfolt gratitude to his wife for the courage with which she Inspired him : "It Is duo to her , " he cried , "that I am -live today. " The prisoner could articulate no more , but sat down abruptly to conceal his dis tress. The proceedings concluded a few minutes later and he was taken back to the prison , where his wife visited him , and In the presence of Mmc. Dreyfus and the gendarme on guard , he broke down com pletely. The tension had been too much for him. He Bobbed convulsively and the partner of his sorrows joined him In a lolace of tears. Olil Tulefl Are Hetolil. Captain Lebrun-Rennult end the sop- porters o ( his assertion of 'broyfus * confes- elon hnd nn Inning lasting nearly the en * tire session , their depositions containing llttlo but what had been presented before the court of cassation. The other witnesses' testimony was a repetition of Captain Lo- brun-Rcnault's. A very significant question w.is put to Colonel Guerln by a member of the court , Lieutenant Colonel Brongnlart , who sits nt Colonel Joimust's right hand and always puts pointed questions. Ho has thoroughly studied the Dreyfus case and la reipmal to bo one of the best authorities on the case. It Is certain Colonel Jouauat consults him frequently during the proceedings. Brong- nlart Is said to be a rabid ontl-Dreyftisnrd and he today , In a quiet tone , asked Coloaol Ouorln If he thought that M. Well , who IB a friend of Enterhazy , also knew Dreyfus. The latter at once arose and declared ho had never before heard of Well. The point of this question was that Esterhazy has 'written to Colonel Jouaust , as announced , and has undoubtedly mentioned Well as a go-between for Dreyfus. This Is the person referred to In yesterday's dispatch , tha " mistake for "W. " V" being a If relations can bo proved between Droyfus and Well , then ho could assume Droyfus was a traitor. The generals , If a sufficient evidence of a Droyfus-Wcll-Estorhazy connection can bo produced , can abandon the contention that Dreyfus wrote the bordereau and admit Bstorhazy la th < ! author of It. This is possibly the change of tactics on the part of the generals hinted at recently. It was reported this afternoon that Gen erals Mercler , Ilogot and Gonso , who are staying quietly at the house of a friend eomo miles outside Ilonncs , met today nt General Mcrcler'a house and discussed the ovldcnco Colonel Schwarzkoppen's house keeper , Mme. fin tain , could give If she were subjected to a savero examination , with the result that It was decided her evidence was not conclusive enough to justify sum moning IKT as a witness for the prosecu tion. DetullH of the 'IVntlniony. The Dreyfus court-martial opened behind closed doors In the Lyceo , so continuing until 0:15 : a. in. Majors Hnrtman and Ducreea and General do Loyo , all of the artlllory , were present. Tbo court discussed the secret documents relating to the artlllory subjects of the bordereau. The public was admitted to the court at 0:30 : n. m. The first witness called after the public poaslon began was Captain Ivebrun-nenault of the Republican Guard , who reiterated his testimony given before the court of cassa tion , repeating the terms of the alleged confession of Dreyfus' : "I am Innocent , In thrco yearn they will recognize my Innocence. The minister knows It , If I delivered docu ments to Germany It was to hnvo moro Im portant ones In return , " The witness' explanation that he did not refer to tbo confession of Droyfus during ] ils Interview with President Caslmlr-Perior because he overheard a conversation , during the conrso of which ho was called "traitor , " "canaille" and "cur. " carao ns a surprise , JOT he did not mention this In hU cvldauca before the court of cassation , as M. I-aborl , leading counsel for the defense , pointed out. Uiieer l rorecill K of AVItne . M. Lr.borl aluo laid stress on the fact that Captain Lobrun-Uonault should have kept notebook , In which , ho assorts , be made a note of his conversation with Dreyfus , for four years , and to have destroyed It on the 4 very morrow the matter was brought'up In dcb-te lu the Chamber of DeautIcs."Tho captain's reply that he looked upon tne copy made by M , Cavalsnac. then minister of van , as belue sulMoIont was considered rather lame. Captain Lcbrun-'Rcnault Is a well built man of medium helzht , broad-shouldered mid wrorlni ; n well trimmed moustache. lie htiu queer eyes. He epoKo lu a loud , clear voice. Preyfus , replying.to the wltnese , began by ( Continued ou Second Page. ) TRANSPORTS AT THE WHARF Idaho , North Dakota ntiil llcitl'iicut * I/itnd nt him Frnnelftco , SAN FIll'iICISCO Aug. 31. At 9 o'clock this morj p5/jyj 38S officers and men of the Idni > 5\/iS3fltob J > akota and First WyoralnNR ] > Cp//iif//lteintcer Infantry ana a batlnll3fr gx\/ , J tgU | artil lery , who nrrlveo i | % fl BBnntla | , disembarked from 'ho SBSS P11' nt the Folsom Btrcot wharf andTSSgPln tri umphant oroccsalon through thoWy to the Prosldlo , where they will remain In camp until mustered out of the service. The reception accorded the returning volunteers was hearty and noisy , bombs beIng - Ing fired nt regular Intervals ever the heads of the cheering crowds , which thronged the streets , from the roots of the tallest buildings as the column marched past. The returning men were escorted by the First California volunteers and flve batteries of the Third artillery , who formed on Mar ket street to receive the troops and wheeled Into line after they bad marched past. At the head of each column rode the gov ernors of their respective states and their staffs , who subsequently , fell out cf the column at the junction of Bush street and Vnnncss avcnuo for the purpose of reviewing their respective organizations at the stands erected for that purpose. 'Tho me"n , who wore the regulation khakli uniform , wore decorated with laurel wreaths and a bunch of ( lowers was Inserted Into the mtizzlo of each rifle. TRANSPORT PARA ON THE WAY Iicnvpn Mniilla M-Hh Fourteen Onieern , Forty-One Knltxted mill Dl-'l Il - SoldlcrN. WASHINGTON , Aug. 31. General Otis today Informed the War department of the departure from Manila of the transport Para In the following dispatch : "Para sailed today , fourteen officers , forty- ono enlisted and 924 discharged men. Sis civilians. " Another dispatch from General Otis gives the dales ot the sailing of the transports now at Manila which bring all the otate volun teers In the Philippines to this country. The cable says : "Tartar sails September 3 , Pennsylvania September B , Newport nnd Ohio September 7. " The state volunteers yet remaining In the Philippines In the order In which they left San Francisco for Manila are : First Washington , Twentieth Kansas , Third Tennessee , Fifty-first Iowa , troop Ne vada cavalry , First Wyoming battery. It is the policy of the War department to have the troops return In the order In which they sailed , and these volunteers probably will come on the ships above named In the same order. DRIVES BACK THE NATIVES Colonel Ilnylcnn vrlth TITO Field 1'Iecvn Mulcen n Sortie Into the Flllnliio II11U. MANILA , Aug. 31. 5:30 p. m. Dispatches just received from Cabu announce that the American troops under Colonel Baylcss , with two field pieces , sallied , on Monday , Into the hills against a band of natives who recently ambushed four of our soldiers and who have been generally troublesome. The American force found tie natives entrenched - trenched and drove them from tholr trenches further 'into the hills. There were no casualties on the American side , though there were some heat prostrations. The natives' loss Is not known. The United States cruiser Charleston landed men , who guarded the city during the absenca of the troops. 5:30 : p. m. The Fourth infantry having prepared to give the insurgents a warm re ception , the latter have ceased * their prepa rations tor an attack on Imus. OTIS WILL PRINT A PAPER Governor General of the Philippine * Propoiicit to Tnlce the Hole of Editor. ( Copyright , 1S99 , by Press Publishing Co. ) MANILA , Aug. 31. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) General Otis Is arranging to begin the publication of a newspaper next week. The .soldiers who have been assigned to duty In the composing room complain that as they have been or dered to sot type they want typesetters' pay. pay.General General Bates will return to Jolo to con tinue the negotiations for the pacification of the southern archipelago and to post gar risons in the various towns. XATIVES IUIM3 TIIKIH OWN TOWNS. General I.atvtoit KvtemlH Privilege of Srlf-CoviTllllM-nt to Fllliilno * . WASHINGTON , Aug. 31. General Law- ton's course in extending municipal govern ment In the Philippines Is explained In de tail In Manila newspapers just received at the War department. They state that the general has made n tour of many towns along the line of his division , Including Santa Ana , Pnndncan and San Felipe , and has estab lished In each a complete system of civil government. The Inhabitants of tbo towns are tii have entire charge of affairs accord- i Ing to General Lawton's system. The gen- i cral called before him the principal men ot ' the towns nnd after pointing out the general I purposes and desires of the American government - , ornmont had the natives designate a mayor , vlco mayor nnd head men for the several , wards. General Lawton explained to the In habitants that the United States government did not wish to meddle at all with the local affairs of the people and they were told to proceed with tax levies , to start schools and public Improvements and to establish such civil ofllces us they saw fit. The people were told that the tax money was to be expended nt homo nnd none of It was to bo contributed to the general govern ment. General Lawton also established the 1 first civil government nt Ballnag , Senor , Guerrero being Installed ns captain general , Local governments also have been put In i force at Bacoo , Paranac and Las Plnas , 1,01'l'tlllM III' 'I'rilllNlMirtN , SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 31. There are now quite n number of transports In port which will be dispatched ns rapidly as pos- 1 Bible to the Philippines with troops nnd horses. The hospital ship Relict will sail on September 15 with surgeons nnd hospital nursre , There nre now on the way to Manila the ship Taconm with horses , which failed from hero July 27 , the steamer Mor gan City , galled August 10 , Senator , sailed 1 August 15 , City of Sydney , sailed August IS , Slam , sailed ( with horsea ) August 10 , City of Pucbla , sailed August SO , and St. P ul , I which sailed from Seattle on August 19 I with members of tbo Fourth cavalry and horsee. On the \\iiy from Manila are the Sheri dan , now out twenty-one days , and the Zea- landla and Valencia. In Manila bay are the I Pennsylvania , Wycfleld , City of Pnra , Con- ' numaugh , Tartar , Ohio , Newport and In diana. The Pennsylvania has been to Cebu , ' Hello nnd other places In the I'lilllpp'.nei nnd only got back to Manila on tbo 24th Inst. , I nnd tha Star Is to sail on September S vli i Hong Kong with tbo Twentieth Kansas I volunteers. PENSION ROLL MOUNTS HIGH Gratuities Paid to Surviving ; Soldiera Show Increase for the Year , ARREARS OF WORK ARE BEING MADE UP Ilurcnn in NOTT Alilo io Tnlcc Prompt Action on Claim * In SuRKCNted for 11 o oil of the Service. WASHINGTON , Aug. 31. The annual re port of Hon. II , Clay Evans , the commis sioner of pensions , for the fiscal year ended Juno 30 , 1899 , presents some very Interest ing tacts In connection with the condition of the pension roll and the operations of the bureau. The pension roll Is made up of 7S3.4G1 surviving soldiers and 237,415 wid ows or dependent relatives and 653 army nurses. To them last year was paid $131- 017,961 , being $649,496 moro than ever bo- fore. fore.Tho average of each olaea of pensioners Is also higher. Tbo cost of bureaus , at torneys' fees , etc. , brought the total ex pended up to $138,555,052 , being $1,644,948 less than the appropriation. The payments for pensions for the year are classified as follows : General law , $71- 116,703 ; Spanish war , $28,606 ; act of 1890 , $64,321,460. Foes paid to attorneys were $170,869 , against $730,000 In 1898. Total number of claims ( lied during the year , 48,765 ; allowed , 37,077 ; restored , 3,914 ; total allowances , including Increases , 89,054 ; total claims pending Juno 30 , 1S98 , 635,059 ; June 30 , 1899 , 477,239. The total disbursements to pensioners slnco 1866 were $2,389,910,974. During the eamo period $15,490,986 went to examining surgeons , $12,092,178 to pension agencies and $52,237,228 for salaries and other expenses of the bureau. The number of pensioners residing In for eign countries Is 4,306 , to whom Is paid $633- 309. Of this number 2,139 reside In Canada , 415 In Ireland , 605 In Germany and 321 In England. There are four surviving widows and seven surviving daughters of the revolu tionary war on the rolls. Hiram Cronk of northwestern New York Is the only surviving pensioned soldier of the war of 1812. He Is 99 years of ago. The number of pensioned widows of the war of 1812 Is 1,998. On ac count of the Indian wars 1,568 soldiers and 3,899 widows are pensioned. For service In the Mexican war there are enrolled 9,201 soldiers and 3,179 widows. June 30 , 1899 , the total number of pensioners was 991,519 , being 2,195 less than on the same date In 1898. Arreiirn Are IIclitK Made I i > . The report says that considerable progress has been made In bringing up the arrears of work In the bureau. The work on original claims Is pro-current and the work of aiding medical examination In Increase claims Is being puehed so that very little time now elapses between dates of filing and ordering the medical examinations. The commissioner reports the work In far bettor condition than at any time since April , 1897 , and It Is believed that further progress will be attained by the systems In stituted In the different divisions. The commissioner calls attention to the fact that order No. 225 , Issued June 9 , 1893 , wihlch provided for a readjustment of rates ot pensions previously granted under the operation of order No. 164 , Is still In force , but he states that no revision of rate under sald _ order bos been made under his ad ministration. During the year 107,919 claims of all classes were rejected In the bureau. A careful anal ) sis of the causes of rejection ot so many claims is given , showing that a largo percentage of rejections occur In which additional allowance of some kind la claimed. A full and detailed explanation as to the causes of delay In the adjudication of claims is presented , from which It appears that In nearly every case of unusual delay the fault lies with claimants or their attorneys and not with the bureau. In order that the present complex system of pensioning may be simplified and to secure a moro uniform practice in the future - * turo the appointment of a commission on the revision of the laws , rules and regula tions Is recommended. Legislation is suggested extending the benefit of the acts of June 17 , 1890 , to per sons who served In the- confederate army and afterward voluntarily enlisted In the unljyi army or navy prior to January 1 , 186o , and were honorably discharged. The re-enactment of the law requiring bi ennial examinations of pensioners who have been recently discharged from the service Is recommended , there being no way In which the recovery of a pensioner from the pensioned causes can be determined. The repeal of the act of June 7 , 1888 , re moved all limitations as to date of filing claims by widows. Legislation is asked forte to the end that no pension shall bo granted to date prior to the date of filing the appli cation. Inducement ! * to the A'lclouN. The act of Juno 7 , 1898 , the report says , holds out Inducements and offers a premium to the- vicious to fllo fraudulent claims car rying large sums as arrearages. It Is a bad law that encourages crime and the government has but little opportunity to dlsprovo a carefully prepared fraudulent claim under this law. Complaints have been made against the bureau for the stoppage of the pensions of those who enlisted or accepted commis sions In the war with Spain. The pensions ceased by operation of law and not by any order or Instructions from the bureau. Up to this date , the number of re-enlistments of pensioners for service in the war with Spain has been reported as thirteen of the I navy , forty-four of the regular army and | sixty-six of the war of the rebellion. , Out of 4,911 cases In which an action has been taken by the department In np- ' peals from the action of the bureau , the bureau was reversed In 317 and many of these cases In which the adverse action had bcon taken before April , 1897. The commissioner expresses his satis faction with the results for the past year. No new rules of evidence have been Intro duced In the adjudication of claims , but the work baa been accomplished under pro scribed rules of many years' standing. In his conclusion the commissioner states that the pension laws are generous ; that their Interpretation by the department has always been liberal and their administra tion by the bureau officials has been , and Is now , far moro liberal than the generous laws always giving tbo benefit of a doubt In favor of tbo soldier. dl'OTAS 01 ? S'lUTHS AIIB PIM.KD. ICHH Tlmii Our Hundred Appointment ! * of Volunteer Olllcern Iteiiiulii. WASHINGTON , Aug. HI , Adjutant Gen eral Corbin said today that there were ICES than 100 appointments of volunteer officers yet to bo inado and they belonged mainly to the states of WUeonslu , California and Ohio. The quotas ot the other states are practically full , Tbo president has made a small lUt from which the remaining regi mental appointments will be made and It Is expected thai the result will be announced In n few days. The governors of tbo sUt a which con- trlbutcd colored troops lo tbo volunteer army In the war with Spain h"avo been re quested by the secretary ot vrnr to tiomlnato company officers for the .colored volunteer regiment to bo organized Inr service In the Philippines. Colonel WiU'latn' P. Durall of the Twenty-sixth Infantrj 'most probably will have command ot the proposed regi ment. The other regimental officers will bo secured from the regular service and there Is a general understanding that most , If not all , of the company , officers will be appointed from the colored regiments which rendered such gallant nn < J'omclont service In the battles of El Canoy and San Juan hill hi the Santiago complin n. HAZING MUST BE , . STOPPED Order to AVcfit Point 61ir Secretary Itoot AeconuinnyliiR Oic J lnehn.rKe ot P. S. Smith of Ss'viiruakn. WASHINGTON , Aug. 3ij-Speclal ( Tele gram. ) "Hazing at West Point must stop. " That la the decision Secretary Root baa reached In approving the findings against Phillip Sheridan Smith ofljunlatl. Admne county , Neb. , for hazing A"plobo" within ten hours after his roturnjxo the academy after undergoing punishment for former practices. Roderick DhudfSuthcrlnnd , con gressman from the Fifth 'Nebraska district , appointed Smith to a cad tahlp at West Point In the early spring of 1897 and ho entered Uie class of that year. Ho was there but a few months when he was court- martialed and sent homo on probation to report to the military academy on Augutt 18 , 1899. With this decision agnlnst him be for feited pay during the entire tlmo of his sentence. But within nlue hours of hla reporting for duty In the -third class , to which ho had been reduced , although ho by right should have entered the second clabs , ho was caught red-haudcd hazing a "plebe" and without even so much as a trial ho was summarily dismissed from the military academy by the commandant , , which de cision la approved today and aa a foot note Secretary Root of the War department saja : "Hazing must be stopped at West Point. " The Infraction for which Smith finds hlni- fiolf out of West Point -alleged In the icport to have beer * "cruel physical exercise ' and the recitation of a humiliating verse which he compelled the under-classmen to take. " As to the verso only. West Pointers may Imagine. As to the , 'axorclse It Is I thought It was the well known hazing prac- ! tlce called "cagllng. " This exercise Is exe cuted by bending the knees as 'far as pos sible toward Uie ground and .nt , the same time extending the arms out-from the sides to the height of the shoulders' , perpendicular with the body and gently moving the hands up and down. The original position Is then resumed and 'one "pagle" brisbeen done. The "plobo" soon becomes weary. Fifty I "eagles" produce fatigue , ioo aching mus cles. But the number required Is "N , " that Is , the Indefinite number which can be done before consciousness reels or cramps ensue. Second .Lieutenant W. Frank Mohr of Harrlsburg , Pa. , Thirty-ninth United States I volunteers , has been ordered to report to i the recruiting station at Fort Crook , Neb. , to assist In recruiting for the regiment. TREASURY IS FULL OFW. GOLD Amount of Yellow Mctnl in on Hand in the IIIft < > ref the Department , WASHINGTON , Aug. 31. Today's treas ury statement shows that the amount of net gold on hand was $247,880,601. This Is the largest amount on hand at ono tlmo In the history ot the department , the next largest amount having been $246,873,026 , on December 31 , 1898. This situation Is ac counted for by the fact that during the last two weeks or more , the revenues of the government , of which from 80 to 90 per cent are paid In gold , have largely exceeded the expenditures. At Now York the customs receipts , with the exception of from 8 to 10 per cent , are being all paid in gold and at other Im portant points the excess of gold has been nearly or quite as large. The receipts today exceeded the expendi tures by $1,460,668 and for the month the excess amounts to nearly $4,500,000. Slnco July 1 , however , a deficit is shown of $4- 036,658. The total receipts for the month are $49,978,173 , of which $20,546,697 came from customs , $24,327,039 from Internal rev enue and $5,194,437 from miscellaneous sourses. The expenditures amount to $45,518,000 , of which $14,981,000 was charged to the War department , $4,598,000 to the navy , $13,130- 000 to pensions and the remainder to civil and miscellaneous Interest and Indian ac counts. For August last year , the payments to the War department amounted to $24- 115,934. POST TU13ATIJSS POPULAR. Other Government * Are I , , -ail of Cermiiiiy. WASHINGTON , Aug. 31. The recent mic- ceas of the Gorman minister , Mr. Von Mumm , In negotiating a parcels post convention -with this country Is leading to Inquiries from other governments. It Is understood France would welcome n similar parcels post treaty and that negotiations are likely to be opened at an early day. The British government , likewise , has taken steps looking to a treaty on the same lines as Germany and a cablegram asking for information on several points was received at the Postofflce department today from the British poMoirice , while the malls brought a request from Mr. Tower , the British charge , now at Newport , for a copy of the German convention. I'ertniiiliiK to PoHtoflleen. WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. ( Special Tele gram. ) Pcstmasters appointed today : Ne braska Thomas H. Qulgglo , at Uosemont , Webster county , vlco John II , Ku'ck , re signed , and Alvln Knapp , at Watson , Knox county , vice S. D , Watson , resigned. Iowa Orlando B. Ayres , Jr. , at Dunreath , Marlon county ; Mrs. Bessie Sanders , at Collins , Story county ; J. V. Slmek , at Gladstone , Turn a county ; William Melshcld , at Hnlbur , Carroll county ; John B , Jones , at Incline , Boone county ; II. IS , Tryroelr , at Youngstown - town , Polk county. Wyoming E , Steven son , at Dlumondvlllo , Ulnta county , An order was Issued today establishing n postofllcp nt Bailey , Cherry county , Nob. , and Sarah L. Weed was commissioned post mistress ; also establishing postofflces at Pralrlo Bell , Jasper , county , la. , with Ezcklel Buck postmaster , l .fi ii Hoi'ort from Cn' n , WASHINGTON , Aug. 31. General Brooke cables following death report ; Havana Private Clifford Calhoun , B , Second end artillery , died 28th , yellow fever. Santiago Joseph May , G , Fifth Infantry , died 2Cth , acute gastritis. d Queraados Private Frank Kwlng , A , Eighth Infantry , died.25th . , opium ppUjonlng : Hxelteiiient CiiuxrH Death. MAHVVILLE , Mo. . Aug. 3U ( Special Telegram. ) Mrs. Collins , wife of Sheriff W. II. Collins of Ncdaway county , died thU afternoon. Mrs. Collins was about to be confined and the excitement caused by the killing of Rev. William Jotuittono , the col ored preacher , last evening , which occurred near her home and was witnessed by her , brought hnr sickness urematureli' . RAADYODLD \ AVERT CONFLICT Transvaal Note Shows Strong Desire to End the Strained Rotations. i ENGLAND MAKES A CONCILIATORY ANSWER HcpljAtnoniiln to Acceptance of the Klve-Yenr KrntiohlRe Olter mid .StiKKeMx ii Further Con ference nt Ciu > elovii. PRETORIA , Aug. 31. The Transvaal note to Orcat Britain offering the five-year fran chise and the other concessions was strongly worded nnd explained that the concesslono were mnilo with a slncero desire fully to settle all differences , to put nn end to Ktralno.1 relations and to avert n disastrous war. Therefore a prompt answer was re quested. The note of Mr. Conyngham-Greeno In reply was conciliatory nnd tantamount to an acceptance of the five-year offer. It agreed to waive the suggested commission of Inquiry provided that a representative to bo ap pointed by Sir Alfred Mllncr should bo given facilities to Investigate the franchise ques tion , otherwise the Transvaal government was requested to await further suggestions from the Imperial government before sub mitting the now proposals to the Volksraad. Mr. Greene's note In conclusion suggested a further conference at Capo Town. Kami CoiiNlderH Itn Ileply. President Krugor today announced to the Volksraad that ho had received a telegram from the governor of Mozambique saying the detained ammunition wouM bo forwarded Immediately. President Krugcr also claimed that In the convention of 1851 the suzerainty of Great Britain was distinctly stated. But , he added , there was no mention of It In the convention of 1884. Ho denied the government had excluded the British from political rights. A member of the executive council explained that when the Transvaal's reply to the Joint commission dispatch was read the elate attorney Interviewed the British diplo matic agent , Mr. Conyngham-Grccne , In con sequence of which the reply framed held that Mr. Chamberlain's dispatch was no reply to theirs. Mr. Grceno then cabled to Great Britain certain suggestions to which Great Britain replied that If the Transvaal made similar proposals they would bo considered on their merits. This was the reply contain ing the alternative proposals of yesterday. BLOEMFONTEIN , Aug. 31. It Is assert ed by a local paper that orders have been given for the Immediate supply of equip ment and cartridges to the Orange Free State artillery. JOHANNESBURG , Aug. 31. The Stand ard and Digger's News of Johannesburg describes the Boor women as warlike. They ore forming rifle clubs In many districts and petitioning the Transvaal government against granting the franchise to the outlanders - landers on the basis of a flve-year resi dence. Comment of London Prcun. LONDON , Aug. 31. The Capetown cor respondent of the Dally Mall says : Much disappointment Is felt here at the proposal oi a conference as tending to prolong the agony Indefinitely. - The Preibrfa correspondent of the Dally Chronicle says : President Kruger Is not likely to agree to confer with Sir Alfred Mllnor at Capetown , but he might go to Colesburg , Just within the borders of the Cape colony. The Dally Chronicle publishes the follow ing dispatch from Capetown : It Is rumored here that Sir Alfred Mllner , governor of the Capo colony , contemplates dismissing the Schrelner ministry under his special powers. If ho does it is feared that a rebellion will break out , as the Dutch would believe that Great Britain Is again forcing Cecil Rhodes to the front. LANGTRY PORTRAYS HER LIFE Hold Plcee of Rcalinm Put On In Lon don Scored n SuccexH IJefore 11 Notahic Audience. LONDON , Aug. 31. Mrs. Langtry's ap pearance at the Haymarket tonight In "Tho Degenerates" was a decided success. She daringly portrayed what ore generally under stood to be scenes taken from her own life. The realism of the Initial act is so in tense , bringing In , as It does , all the scandals nsaoclated with her name , that the unani mous comment at the close of the perform ance was , "It is good , but she la awfully bravo to do It. " Mrs. Langtry acted better than ever be fore , seeming to throw herself thoroughly Into the spirit of the comedy , which bristles with epigrams , but Is occasionally vulgar. Hugo Gerald do Bathe , her husband , looked on from a box with the duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , and Prince Louis of Battonburg. The duchess of Marlborough and many other titled persons and n largo number of well known Americans , Includ ing Nat Ocodwln , were In the audience. The prince of Wales telegraphed from Marlenbad : "My best wishes for a brilliant success. 1 Booked for a fortnight from today. "ALBERT. " i Charles Haley , Miss Lily Hanburg and Miss Lily Grundy were the pick of the cast , the last named being Mrs. Langtry's daughter , who made her first stage appear ance tonight. Mrs. Grundy's clever dialogue mot with the usual appreciation. It Is probable that "Tho Degenerates" will be taken to the United States. MARRIES HIS FIRST COUSIN College 1'rofeNNor HlopeN to Council J.'liifTH anilV MN n Pretty Itclntivc , KANSAS CITY , Aug. 31. ( Special Tele- gram. ) Clarence E. McClung , a professor at the Kansas State university , whose home Is In Kansas City , Kan. , went to Council Bluffs yesterday. His first cousin , Miss Annie A. DraKe ot Kansas City , Kan. , left her homo about the eamo time and did not return last night. This morning n telegram was received announcing their marriage nt Council Bluffs , The telegram was from Prof , McClung to his mother , Mrs , C , L , McClung of Kansas City. Kan. MUs Drake IB 23 years old and her hus band Is 29 , They have been lovers for Homo I time. A few days ago an Item appeared In a Kansas City paper , telling how a young couple had been denied a marrjago i license by the recorder of Jackson county I because they were first cousins. Relatives of Miss Drake and Prof. McClung at once i suspected It was they , because they had no ticed the growing attachment for each other , They think that Prof , McClung looked up the law and upon learning that Iowa permitted the marriage of first coualns laid his plans to go there. W. H. Chllds , a brother-in-law of Prof. McClung , eald this afternoon that it waa an elopement , as "tho relatives of the young people were opposed to the wedding. MU Drake , who la now Mrs , McClung , was a music teacher , Prof. McCluug U an In structor In histology at the university. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER forecast for Nebraska Pair ; Cooler ! Southwest Wind * . Temperature lit Oinntin > r tcrdn > - NEIGHBORS GALL ON M'KINLEY Stay of I'reMldent nt Clinton In Mnrked 1 lir the Connfinit VUltM of Old KrlemlN. CANTON. 0. , Aug. 31. President Me- Klnley's brief visit to this , his home , for the purpose of rest nnd quiet , Is marked I with almost constant calls and Informal visits from his old neighbors and friends , nnd It cannot bo said that ho Is finding ti marked degree of quiet. But ho seems to bo thoroughly enjoying the little chats with his old friends nnd this evening Is In the best of spirits and Is rested and bencflltcd by the brief stay here. Aside from a trip to the cemetery this morning with Mrs. McKluley , her sister , Mrs. Barber nnd Miss Kate Barber , where they laid fresh flowers on the graves of departed parents and ( relatlves and the llttlo detour about the city which folio vi-J , the president remained practically all day at the Barber residence. There was a largo flood of telegrams nnd mall delivered to him there , a largo portion tion of both being messages of congra'.ula- tlon on the sentiments expressed In bis ad dress at Plttsburg. Only the most urgent matters of public business \\cro forwarded from Washington to receive attention hero , but even these kept the secretaries well occupied. It Is understood that some personal busl- ncsn received attention here , but nothing definite was done In 'arranging for tbo furnishing of the recently purchased home on North Market street , although the matter - tor waa given some attention. It Is un derstood that possession will probably betaken taken about October 1. No plan for Its occupancy has been definitely decided upon. There are several county society meet ings In progress and delegates were among the callers nt the house. Each alto endeav ored to have the president appear nt a so ciable , but ho was obliged to decline. Ho did , however , go to a pure food show at the tabernacle for a few minutes , In response to an urgent Invitation from the Episcopal church , which Is managing the entertain ment. Mrs. McKlnley also graciously pa tronized the pure food show by liberally responding to a request for flowers from the White house conservatory , which to night held the place of honor In the flower booth. READJUSTMENT OF THE GULF I'lnii I'rovlden for Formntlcm nt Jfetv Company with an Outlined iNNimnuo of IloiidH. NEW YORK , Aug. 31. The plan of re adjustment of securities of the Kansas City , Plttsburg As Gulf railroad formulated by the New York committee , Ernest Thai- man , chairman. Is made public. The plan provides for the formation of a new .company Issuing Wn.OOO.OOO prior lien mortgage 4 'per cent gold bonds , $15- 000,000 adjustment mortgage gold 4 per cent bonds , Interest non-cumulative until 1905 , $4,000,000 1 per cent non-cumulatlvo stock , and $2,000,000 common stock. To present bondholders there will bo given 50 per cent In new first mortgage bonds. The treasury will retain $500,000 of them and the balance , $3,000,000 , nre for sale , being underwritten at par. The present bondhold ers will also receive 50 per cent In now adjustment bonds and 30 per cent In now preferred stock , ns well os $25 cash for the April coupon. The present stockholders for an assessment of $15 a share will receive par in new common stock , $1.50 In adjust ment 4s and $7.50 preferred stock. The treasury will receive $1,025,000 adjustment bonds , $11,350,000 preferred stock and $2,000,000 common stock. The underwriting syndicate receives $750,000 adjustment bonds. This plan provides a cash resource of $0,050,000 from the sale of prior Hen bonds and from the stockholders , all of which has been underwritten by a syndicate. SPEAKERS AT TRUST MEETING of PerHOim Announced Who Are Invited to Prepare Puperw "Morton HendN flic IInt. CHICAGO , Aug. 31. Ralph M. Easloy , secretary of the Clvlo Federation , announces the following list of persons who have been Invited to prepare papers for conference on combinations and trusts , a number of whom have replied that they will have papers : Hon. J. Sterling Morton , Nebraska City , Neb , ; John W. Hayes , secretary Knights of Labor , Washington , D. C. ; Governor Hazen S. Plngroo , Detroit , Mich. ; Hon. W. C. P. Brerklnrldge , Lexington , Ky. ; Jacob G , Schurman , president Cornell university , Ithaca , N , Y. ; Hon. J. B. Forakcr , Cincin nati , O. ; L. W. youmnns , Barnawell , S , C. ; Judge II , M. Rose , Llttlo Rock , Ark. ; Hon , William F. Vllas , Madison , WIs , ; Fred W. Lehmann , St. I/ouls ; W. D. Potter , Pitts. burg ; Prof. J. R. Clark , Minneapolis , Minn. ; Hon. Aaron Jones , master National Grange , P , of H. , South Bend , Ind. ; Prof. H. T. Nowcomb , United States Department of Agriculture , Washington , D , C. ; John B , Connor , bureau of labor statistics , Indian apolis ; William Fortune , president State Board of Commerce , Indianapolis ; E , E. Clark , G. C. C. , Order Railway Conductors , Cedar Rapids , la. I'Uil < ml < in of tiiiN Tank. GARNET , Kan. . Aug. 31. Hr.rry Wlnano was killed today by the explosion of a gas tank used In connection with a klnetc- scope , his father , H. K. Wln.ins , was burned from face to feet and will probably dlo and his brother Don was bruised and burned slightly , Harry s oody was plckad up twenty feet from tbo uxplcnlon ; both legs were blown off above the Icncus , I ha Irdy wns badly mangled ly bits of metal and ono eye was blown out. Winnnn , who owned tbo tank , was prepirlnc f ° r a ex hibition , Coal .Illnc Coinlilnntloii Launched , CLEVELAND , 0. . Aug. 31. The Plttsburfi rail coal mliio combination has been formed and a meeting will be held within two weekn to elect ofllcerH. The new corporation is the Pittsburg Coal company , and Its capital Block la $64,000,000. It owns the coal properties nf 104 of the 107 firms In the IjuelricBB , has practically absolute control of the docks and coal loading plants on the great lakes and has a monopoly on all the outlets to the coal markets of the east , west and north west. MovementM of ( tc-ruii YexNelH , Ann : , ill , At Liverpool Arrived Majestic , from Now York. At Cherbourg Arrived Patricia , from Now York for Hamburg. At Southampton Arrived Fuorat BE- | marck , from New York for Hamburg. At London Arrived Georgian , from NOW ' A York At Bremen Arrived Travo , from Now York ; WllTehad , from nal'lmnro. At New York Arrived Palatla , from Hamburg and Boulogne , At Rotterdam Arrived Maasdara , from New York. ' GREETED BY FRIENDS ' Members of the First Nebraska Volunteers Given the Glad Haud. HOME TOWNS WELCOME BACK THEIR OWN All Join in Giving the Heroes cf the Philip pines an Ovation. RECEPTIONS FOR SEPARATE COMPANIES Lincoln Leads Off with a Big Function at State Oapitol Building. WOMEN'S ' PATRIOTIC LEAGUE PLAYS HOST Ilroken HCMV , Mnillnoii , Xelnoti , St. IMwnrd , AVcntou nttd Other To will Let Their I'ntrlottntu Loimo In Lnruc Chunk * . LINCOLN , Aug. 31. ( Special Telegram. ) Company D of the First regiment was ten dered an enthusiastic reception in the State capltol building thU evening by the Women's Patriotic league. Both legislative halls were gaily decorated with llowers , palms and bunl-lng. with the * _ Inscription "Welcome home" displayed everywhere. Hundreds of people attended the exorcises , which consisted of a program of muslo nnd speaking In representative hall and a sup per to the members of the company In the senate chamber. The address of welcome was delivered by Mrs. King , with responseby James Mnlllcy. The program closed with Meachara's stir ring piece , "Tho American Patrol. " Preceding the regular program of the evening the boys were received In repre sentative ball by a committee consisting of Mrs. J. E. Orcutt and husband , chair man ; S. A. Holcomb and wife , C. II. Gero and wife. Governor Poyntor nnd wife and all Rtato officers , Prof. Hodgmnn and wife , Dr. Huntlngton and wife , E. J. Burkctt nnd wife , J. B. Strode and wife , Prof. Aylcs- worth and wife. Mayor Wlnnett nnd wife. Colonel Campbell nnd wife. Colonel Vlf- qunln nnd wife , Mrs. S. M. Walker nnd daughter , Judge Reese and wife. Several of the soldiers were called upon for speeches nnd all responded with brlcl remarks concerning ; their life In the Philip pine Islands and expressions of Joy at re turning home. The program in full was car ried out as follows : "Tho Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa Hagenow'3 Band. Invocation Mrs. Pcrsls Bcntley "Home. Sweet Home".Miss Pauline Oakley Address ot Welcome on Behalf of the Women's Patriotic League Mrs. W. J. Brynn Response James Mullley Overture Stradella Flotow Hngeno'W'a Band. Address > Miss Ella Robinson , Young Ladles' Auxiliary Address Mrs. L , C. Pace , Appomattox Corpa Patrol The Blue nnd the Gray Dalbcy Hagenow's Band. Address Mrs. Bellp C. Bol- Rhaw , Columbia Rebckah Lodare. No. 90 Recitation MHn Bescle Gear- hart , Columbia nebeknh Lodge , No. M , . Address lira. O. S. Ward , Farraprut Corps Waltz Birds' Voices Vollstedt Hagenow's Band. Mrs. Maifgrte"Alipn , Clmrltv Lodge , No. 2 Address Mrs. Marlon 13. Cramphln , General Custer Circle Medley The Winner Mackay Hagrenow's Band. Occasional Poem Miss Flora Bullock Address Mrs. L W. Pomerene. Women'n Bimetallic Lettgun "American Patrol" Meacham Hagenow's Band. Popocrntlu Kuiictton. Considerable difficulty was experienced by the women In arranging for their reception. The Women's Patriotic league Is a popo- cratlc organization , composed chiefly ol members of the Women's Bimetallic longm and of which Mrs. King is president. This latter organization , having almost direct supervision of the capltol grounds and the legislative halls for entertainment purposes , had reserved the right to une the capttol bulMIng for the reception. Mrs. King , an president of both organizations , assumed charge of the arrangements. Mrs. W. J. Bryan was advertised to deliver an address of welcome , but she has been on an outing trip for two weeks nnd failed to put In an appearance tonight. Mrs. Kins nt once assumed the privilege of welcoming the boys nnd delivered a speech that waa prepared several days ago and the reception was organized on strictly popocrotlo lines nnd only women who were members of the Patriotic league were given places on th program. It transpired tonight that the principal organizers of the affair had considerable dif ficulty with several women who were op posed to making It partisan In all Its detain ? . At ono tlmo on Injunction suit was threat ened , because Mrs. King and several others Insisted on spending money In a way that was displeasing to others. However , from point of attendance , the roceptlon was a big success. Lieutenant Colonel Eager today returned to the adjutant general's office the standards ot the First regiment. These will bo kept In Nebraska's war museum with tbo color * of the other volunteer regiments. The re turn of the colors of the First regiment was without ceremony. Kitipliiviiient for the Hold lorn , Deputy Labor Commissioner S , J. Ifont hns undertaken the task of flndlnc : employm nt ' for members of the First regiment who arn I looking for work. In a card to the public , Issued from the Bureau of Labor todny , It In stated that a number of volunteers recently mustered out nf the sorvlco are seeking em * plnvment , While true , this statement la a trifle misleading In that It tends to create the ImprefiBlon that many of the soldiers ar Idln rui'l will remain HO unless poraetlilnB In done by the Bureau of Labor ti secure em ployment for thorn. Quite a largo number i of the soldiers who returned formerly ro- I elded In other elates and nearly all of them have cither already gonn or expect to go 1 back to their homes. Of those who reside In Nebraska It Is thought that probably , -y ' , three-fourths and at least one-half will ro- it ' turn to tholr former positions. ' % ji Mr. Kent does not anticipate that the yj * boys will encounter very much difficulty In finding work and It In his Intention to assist . them ao much an possible , However , vervIA , few applications nre made to the Employ. . , , * ; . & r""S i ment Bureau for skilled hands or artisans , ' $ * t'rj" * the demand being almost entirely for men , Trt : * ' ' ' and boy to work on farms. This will render J , , . ' It difficult for any of them to secure through' * % * t ' * * * ' ' ' the Employment Bureau any other work * ' $ * ' ' * TJ > , \ than farming. In this line of work the < lo- inand far exceeds the supply , and there is no reason why finch employment cannot bo found by all who denlro It , Fnllowln ja the card Issued by the Employment Bureau ; . 'Tho legMlaturo of 1897 established a employment department nt the etato cijPUp ! * , In connection with the Bureau of Labar , : . iv * This department receives applications from * \ n pertons wanting work and from poraun * wonting hojp. . A number of tbo Nubrojka * 'volunteers . "recently ; mustererf out are ' Mk- 'ff
