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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MOKNINfr , OCTO35EK L 1 , 1800 TW3SLV13 IMAGES. SINGLE COPY JFEVJ3 OE29TS.
\\lll \ \ BITE TflE DUST
Thousand Casualties in First Battle Between
British and Boers.
LOSS OF FORMER IS THREE HUNDRED
Estimated Losses of tha Latter Arc Placed at
Seven Hundred.
SOUTH AFRICANS OPEN FIRE AT DAWN
After Two Hours and a Half of Fighting
Britons Make Gallant Ohirgo.
BOERS DRIVEN FROM THEIR POSITION
ainlii l.lnc of lletreat Gut Off l > .v HlKh-
tcciitli IlnnnnrH and Ielee ter lilro
Hc-nlmellt lloiTfi CmiKht lit.
Ituccn * Tuo rircn.
I.OMJOV , Oct. 1O. A correminnitciit ,
dcncrlhliiK UK * Imltle nt CIciicuc ,
limn ui. the eiiNuultlen nn follimni
"Our lo NrH arc prolinlilj IlOO Killed
mid tvoiiiulril nnd that of ( lit : llucrn
thrlee nx innnj. "
wVii.ither c'lirrvni
"A roiiKh ontlmntf iilncen lie Ilrlt-
Inh IIIHH n -I ( killed and ivounded
anil tlint of the Hoorn nt 800.
LONDON , Oct. 21. A Gler.toe correspond-
cnt telegraphing je'iterday says.
"A force of 6,000 lloers , led by Command-
nut General Joubert , has been beaten severely
verely by a force under General Symons and
the enemy at this moment arc In full re
treat.
"Nobody In Iho camp savn General Symons
nnd staff were aware that the Docra vvero
Kolng to attack this morning. It was
fcnown , however , that the c-neniy vvero fur
ther south , and It was seen that unusual
precautions were being taken to guard
ogaliiBt a surprise during the night.
"Just before dawn the Door artillery
opened flro from the Glcncoo hill. The range
< wna Illy judged and the quality of ammuni
tion bad. In the two hours and a half firing
scarcely a dozen shells burst In our lines
Our gunners , on the contrary , put up an
excellent practice which began to toll.
"At 7.30 General Symons ordered a gen
eral advance of the Infantry brigade , which
ho himself accompanied. The Dublin rus.ll-
eers were well In front with the Klng'a
Hoyal Hlllca out on the front and the Leices
tershire regiment on the left. The men ad
vanced smartly , taking advantage of every
bit of cover tactics in which they had been
exercised for weeks past.
"Thejldvanco waa covered by a terrific
flro ffofn ouc thieo batteries , and eevera
Doer guns vvero silenced before the Fuslleers
began to climb the hill. . By the tlmo the
I\i.pllocra and the Royal III lice got within
1,000 yarda of the crest , the Boer batteries
vyoro complctclynDllcnced , oTlr'oattDrfes ' hav
Ing pounded them at 2,600 yards range will
crushing effect. The Boo * meantime were
keeping up a heavy rlllo fire , which thinned
our ranks considerably.
"Dy 9 o'clock the Fuslleers and Royal Rifle
had Bwarmed over the hill nnd the Boer
voio on the run. Meantime the Eighteen ! !
Hussars and all the colonial mounteil In
fantry nnd the Leicestershire regiment ha <
moved north and east , thus practically cut
ting off the Boer main line of retreat , nm
the oncany , caught between two fires , los
heavily. At this moment fighting Is stll
going on , but the defeat of the enemy 1
already complete nnd crushing and It looko
ns though fovv would escape.
"Our losses nro probably 300 killed an
wounded , and that of thu Boers thrice a
many. "
Another Aeeomit.
OLENCOE , Oct. 20 The battle this after
noon has been a brilliant success The
Boers got a reverse which may possibly
lor a tlmo at any rate check all aggressive
nctlon. The British artillery practice In
the early part of the day decided the battle.
The sc-lzuro ot Dundee hills by the Boers
was u , surprise , for , although the pickets had
been exchanging shots all night , It wtui not
until a shell boomed over Into the town that
their prrsenco waa discovered Then the
Miells came fast , The hill was poltlvcly
allvo with Boers , still the British artillery
fiot to work with magnificent energy and
precision , the batteries f-om the camp took
tip positions to the south of the town nnd
after a quarter of an hour's magnificent
tiling , fiilenUMl the guns on the hills.
Thu correspondent could see shells drop
ping among the Boers' pieces with remaik-
nblo accuracy and doing tremendous exe
cution , for the enemy were present in large
nuni be is.
By thlu time the enemy held tbo whole of
the hill behind Smith's farm and the Dundee -
doe Kopje , right nwny to the south in
which the British Infantry and cavalry
moved at once , the fight raging particularly
hot at the valley outside the town
Directly the Boors' guns ceased firing ,
the Infantry charged The charge was
magnificent. The King's Royal Hill nnd
the Uoublln Fuallecrs' charge ot the posi
tion was a magnificent sight. The Boer
( Ire wns not ns deadly as It might have been.
Indeed , the bill was almost Inaccessible to
tha storming party and any hesitation
would have lost the day , The enemy's guna ,
fo far as the correspondent could see , were
nil abandoned , for the Boers had no tluia
to remove them , A stream of fugitives
poured down the hlllsldo Into the valley ,
vvhero the battle went on with no abatement.
General Symons was wounded early In the
nctlon and tht > command went to Major Yule.
The Boers , us they lied , were followed by
the cavalry , mounted infantry and artil
lery The direction of retreat was to the
eastward
Some say that four and some five guns
were captured. The Boer artillery fire was
weak. Although the enemy's position was
( arried shoitly attor noon , the firing con
tinued nil afteincon.
The final rush was made with a trium
phant voll and as the British troops charged
to close quarters the enemy turned and fled ,
leaving all their Impediments and guns be
hind them In their ( light.
llrltUh Ione Heavllj.
"While this was going on , one battery of
nrtillery , the Eighteenth Hussars , and the
siiounli'il Infantry with a part of the
Leicester regiment , go.t on the enemv's fiank
nnd as tbo BOOTH streamed wildly down tha
Jillls , making for the main road , they found
tholr retreat had been cut off , but they ral
lied for awhile and there was severe tiring
with considerable loss to each side. Many
of the enemy surrendered A rough esti
mate places the British loss at 250 killed or
wounded and the Boers at 800 ,
\ newspaper correspondent elates that
through hla glasses during the fighting , he
noticed bow much the Boers eermed to bo
nonplussed by tie tactics of the Imperial
\
of the well drilled , swift
' pn'ftfli'jfn The enemy nrp fitlll ns
5fci yV Ph' ' < _ flro nltuout horses
n JTpSSig * ! / ? Aefefatii'n | rfrly for f ° 0d
It Is umleratotfSsSj | H8rtoday a bittle
cvcrnl Boors had iwSjyBr commandos
nd gene homo It IsuRwRht the Boers
xpcct to grt around thli place toward
. .adysmlth. Many of the Doers arc falling
lack on their old positions They have
> cen raising n scries of fortifications between
JanKprult and Dannhoueer. their object bo
ng to ch k the advance of the Imperial
orce. Near Pansprult they have n laagci ,
nd another behind Volkerust Thcro nro
ting on Mount Pognntl , overlooking lining < j
Xek , and Ingogo Heights arc fortified nnd
nrthworks ha\o been thrown up and guns
eft nt various places on the way south.
BOER SOLmES SHOOT WILD
I'helr Aim IN Had nnd They Do Not
ieein to lie Able to DoVlueli
Ktecutlon.
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LAD\SMITH , Oct 20 ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram ) The naives -
ives report sixteen Boers killed In the brush
at Bcster's station and several wounded The
Joera would not stand up to the Maxima
Their shooting Is bad , almost Invariably too
short or long Many mountcl natives ,
loaslbly Basutos , icsldont in the Free State ,
ire observed among the Boers. If the car-
jlncers had not retired they vvoufd have
jcen cut off. Major Tnunton , commanding ,
iad a narrow escape Ho rode forward some
200 vards ahead of his squadron ,
when suddenly the Boers concealed at Kopje
opened fire 000 yards away. Every bullet
missed.
At Acton Homes the Boors are quite able
to hold their own. The lloers showed on
Kopje , but retreated with the object of
Irawlng the Urltlsh on , having men concealed -
coaled in Dongas. At one- point patrols of
sixteen men were fired on by 300 Boers at
> 00 yards , but escaped scitlilcss At the
Boater's station fight several hundred Boers
rushed on a point where only 120 carbineers
were in action , but lied helter-skelter before
the Maxims Thcso rushes nro a cuilous
abandonment of their usual ladles.
MISS THE TRANSVAAL'S GOLD
age of Siipplj Seriously In.
terferew v\UU riiianeliil
TraiiHiiutluiiH.
LONDON , Oct. 20 The London manager
ot the Bank of the South African Republic
made the following statement today to the
Associated Press : "When one considers the
average weekly gold exports from the Traiw-
vaal to England , which you may estimate
nt 400,000 , to say nothing of a consider
able amount that goes weekly to the conti
nent , it Is impossible to bellevo that thu
complete cesplon of such a largo amount will
not create some stringency , especially as the
only way to meet the Increased British ex
penditure in South Africa Is to ship out
gold. "
These conditions are keenly realized by
the larger financial houses and throughout
the week the Stock exchange has been In a
etato of anxiety regarding the measures the
government will adopt to ralso the neces
sary funds.
It Is a curious fact that South African
atpck , haVtJ. . not aluiopc'dr. ' 'Iijj.Waiiy caicB
they have even risen. This Is probably due
to the implicit belief of the average Investor
in the might ot British arms and to the
suppcsltlon that the mince -will soon come
under British control.
RESERVES ANSWER PROMPTLY
ticrmiiiiN Congratulate
the Speed of Army
Mohlllrntlon.
LONDON , Oct. 20 The moblil/atlon is
practically ; completed nnd It is said that
moro i than So per cent rf t'uo ruscrvists have
rejoined ; the colors. This Is considered emi
nently ; satisfactory.
The speed at which the nrmy corps hat >
been gotten together has excited the admira
tion of the German headquarters staff and
they have bent a seml-oniolal message ot con
gratulation through the Brltl&h military at
tache In Berlin to the service.
The Ixmdon pre s regards this as a well-
deserved compliment , the papers pointing ou
that not only have the- reservists responded
splendidly , but the largo majority of these
who have reported are medically fit for
service. In several cases the outgoing regi
ments contain a preponderance of reserves
most of them In the prime of manhood am
men who have fought In India and in Egypt
It Is the aim of the war ofllco to eend no
man to South Africa unless ho hns had a
least a > ear's service. The only serlou
criticism apparently to bo made regarding
these thou-sands destined to the front IH tha
ho reserves are for the most part Ignoran
of the mechanism of the magazine rifle
Efforts have been made to overcome thl
and to give the men practice with the Lee
Motford , but the tlmo has been too shoit to
lo much. What effect this lack of fa
minority with their own weapons will hav
upon the accuracy of the flro of the British
can only bo Judged when the dead am
wounded are gathered from the fields o
battle.
SYMONS IS FATALLY HURT
llrltlxh Leader at ( ; ieaoe In Shot Ii
the Stomach nnd fieneral Yule
ABNiimeN Command.
LONDON , Oct 20 A dlspitch from Glen
coo cimp sn > s that Sir William Symons wa
wounded In the btomach and that Geneia
Yule has assumed command.
A later dispatch announces there Is
reason to fear that the wound recc-lvcd by
Sir William Symona will prove fatal.
s or THANKS 'i o Tin : < u IIN
llouxe of CommiiiiHeUno >
VleNHiijie Calllnn Out Vlllltla ,
LONDON , Oct , 20 In the House of Com
mons today thu ( ) ri > t lord of the troisury
and government mailer , Arthur J. Dilfour ,
moved an address of thinks to her majesty
for the royal message calling out the
militia.
John Dillon , nationalist member for East
Ma jo , moved an amendment declaring the
embodiment of tha militia unnecessary
This was rejected by a vote of 290 against
31 ! .
In reply to a question regarding the ru
mored purchase of Delagoa bay by Grfat
Britain , Mr Balfour said no arrangitnents
had br-cn made for such a transaction.
Repljlug to a quchtlon ne to Samoa , ho
said no decision had jut been reached with
reference to the future administration of
the Iblands and that the matter was alll
under consideration.
The House , having gene into committee of
supply , the parliamentary under secretary of
atato for war , Mr. Wyndham , Introduced the
supplementary army cellmates In the
coureo of an explanation of the nature of tha )
call and of the manner In which the nation
had responded to It , he said the cost of t
mobilising 47,000 mem , transferring them i
0,000 mile * , equipping them , maintaining ;
.
( Continued on So.xmd Page )
WHERE DOES ALLEN STAND
Speculation as to the Judge's ' Position on the
Philippine Question.
HE WILL TAKE STUMP FOR POPOCRATS
Ciirloaltj na to AVlirthpr lie
AV1I1 Stand h > IIU Senatorial
Hecnrd or Plop ami AhtiNc
the Adiiiliilntratlon.
LINCOLN , Oct. 20 ( Special ) The an-
nounjcment that Judge William V. Allen
Is to go on the stump In Nebraska In Blip-
port of the popocrntlc ticket hns given rlso
to much speculation as to what stand ho will
take on the Philippine question. The rec
ords of congress show that Allen in the
scuato unequivocally endorse- , ! the policy of
Ihc administration on this subject. He has
expressed a similar sentiment in speeches in
Nebraska.
Allen's views then vvero diametrically op
posite to those of the popocratlc leaders In
Nebraska now. It has been the contention
ot the republicans that under thu constitu
tion the Philippine question must bo solved
by congress and not by the president. Allen ,
In a speech In the United States senate , held
that the people ot the Islands should bo
made to respect the dlgnltv and sovereignty
ot the Hag until their status among the na
tions ot the earth Is defined by congress
This , In short , Is an unqualified approval
of the policy of the president and the ad
ministration.
H-vtrnctH from Allen' * Siieech.
Pebruary G , 1889 , In a dobite on Joint resolution
elution , S. R. 240 , declaring the purpose of
the United States toward the Philippine isl
ands , Senator William V. Allen said.
'Mr. ' President , the news lias come to us
within thu lam few hours ot a conflict be-
twosn the American nrmy and navj and
the rillplnos To my own state has fallen
much of the loss of llfei nnd limb Ten < out
of twenty of the young men who lost their
lives ! n the. bittle that lias been fought
within the lit forty-olwht hours vvero mem
bers ot thn First Nubt.iska Infantrv . .ThtTc
Is moutnlng in Nebraska tcelnv , there will
be weeping in many u. Nebraska hoinn to
night. Mr President , this ought to bo a
warning to us I cannot condemn too
scvcrelj thy assault , the treacherous as
sault , made upon our troops Wewcio
dealing with savages as bloodthirsty and as
Incapable of belns reconciled as > the Ognl-
InK Sioux. Thev preclpltateel this conflict
of their own volition.
We. . nro in the Philippines Islands ns n.
connuorlng military poiwer. We hold them
bv vlrture of the power to make war ami In
no other sense and there those- Islands and
the o people must rtSnaln inspecting thu
dignity and the sovereignty and the Hug
o this nation until their wtatus amoaiR tine
ntitlonsof the earth shall be define * ! by
congress , the solo powet to elcal with this
question.
A few days later in a debate on the Mc-
Enery resolution , page 1,737 ot the Congres
sional Recoid , Senator Allen said :
Mr. President , our attitude In the Philip
pines Is a military attitude altogether.
There Is no civil power there. We have *
held these. Islands and will coptlnue to hold
them by virtue of this government until
congress , cairvlng out a duty Imposed upon
It by the constitution , shall formulate and
ste that there la adopted a sjstem of civil
government for thObe. people. I think that
position cannot be successfully contradicted.
Mr. Piesldent. a duty is Imposed upon us
by our occupancy of the Philippine islands
that ive caJinot escape. I would not incorpo
rate thiup BthrilS * jnto the bodv of our
l > pruiS''lo" ' ' " 11tt'lv ! t < * C3i'5"4)"IilPm * * " * ' ? ' M
timer I fully concur in what I understand
to bo the policy of thfr president ot the
United States , to hold them for such rea
sonable time' ' that the Influences nnd educa
tion of this government mnv prepare them
in. bomo slight degree for the duties of an
Independent form of government. That fur
nishes no excuse for their ufasault upon tjio
duly constituted autliotltks In tho-e Islands.
That comes from their lack ot knowledge.
It comes possibly from those who. . have
given them bad advice I think It does so
largely , hut whether they DO responsible or
Irresponsible th < first great lesjou they
must leirn Is obedlenco to uie duly con
stituted authorities of the Islands until the
sovereignty changes , fiom that authority to
them.
MAILLEY SPEAKS AT BEATRICE
Chaplain of the riKhtluK ! Mr t Xc-
briiNUa AddrcwitcH n. IurKO
.Audience.
BEATRICE , Neb , Oct. 20 ( Spechl Tele
gram ) C F. Re-avis and Chaplain Mnllley
addressed a largo republican meeting at the
opera hoiioo tonight Mr. Rcavls was the j
first speaker. 1Mb remaiks , although rather !
brief , were to the point and well received.
When the chaplain of the Fltst Ncbraoka
was Intioduced ho was received with gen
erous applause. After giving several in
cidents of his stay at Manila he launched I
Into the Issues growing out of the war. Ha
stated emphatically that ho would stand by I
President MiKinley nnd the administration ,
until the troubles In tbo Philippines are
over and the question settled. Ho &ald that
the American people never crossed a bridge
until they reachd it , but when they had
crossed It they burned It behind them. Ho
said that the administration stood for prog
ress and civilization and that where It had
planted the American flag there It would
ptay llo also said that no party that stood
In the path ot progress has over survive 1
public opinion. Ho believed that President
McKlnley had acted wisely from the begin
ning of the Spanish war. Chaplain Mallley
paid a tribute to the bravery of the First Ne
braska regiment and was warmly applauded.
A delegation from Company C met him at
DeWltt and escorted him to Beatrice.
KMl'TV btt.VTS CONPHOVr STVTIIC.
KiiNlouInt roiiKreNNiuaii HUN Dlllleulty
In rintllliiv mi Vildlenee.
GENOA , Neb , Oct 20. ( Special. ) The
fusion rally to have been held here today
was a complete fizzle , Duilng the pact two
works thousands of bills have been dis
tributed announcing the meeting and ap
pealing to the old soldiers , voung soldiers
and everbody to turn out and hear Colonel
Stark , conKreEtenan of the Fourth district ,
cpoak on the Issues of the da > . The circu
lars recited what the colonel had done for
the old pensioner and will do for the boys
of the "Fighting Third , " nnj railed upon
tlicm to ghi3 him a large nudlenco But
when the hour of meeting arrived there was
not a single person In the hall , and during
Iho hoiir tins speaker walled for the crowd
i to assumhle only about a dozen people went
to the hall and all save tluee ot those turned
away At 3 o'clock the chairman ot the
county central committee accompanied tha
speaker to the depot and bade him farewell
as ho took the train going west
ST. EDWARD. Neb. Oct 20 ( Special
Telegram ) Congressman Stark addressed
a slender nudleiico of about 100 populists
and democrats In the opera house last
nlsbt. His talk did not \ar > from the- usual
fuslonl&t dlsooursahcn Stark arrive , !
In town In the afternoon he found no ono
to meet him with the exception of a soli
tary travellug man.
LYONS , Neb , Oct 20 ( Special ) Judge
Cunningham R Scott of Omaha was heard
in this city last night Ho delivered bis
usual Incendiary harangue.
SYRACUSE. Neb , Ojt. 20 ( Special )
Silas A. Holcomb , fualenlst candidate for
| supreme judge * , arrived In this town jester-
day afternoon and for some unknown reason
ho won left to shift for himself Not even
one democrat or populist bade him wprrSme
Hn had bren billed for a speech in the opera
! house last night A fair sized audience as-
I tumbled and Lieutenant Governor Gilbert
opened the meeting with big usual fusion
talk , followed by remarks from wcmld-be
holders of county offices. Mr. Holcomb then
placed himself squarely In line with all that
element of this county which stands for
blocking the wheels of progress and rc-
Jolce" only In those things which mnke for
hard times Ho failed to explain about the
resignation of Juan Boyle or the epistolary
forts of W J Brjnn whtn seeking office at
the hands of J Sterling Morton.
ISSUES OF THE DAY DISCUSSED
HeiMiliMcau .Siiealieri Atlilrcnn I.nrKC
AiiillriiucN TliroiiKliout the
State.
FRANKLIN , Neb , Oct. 20 ( Special Tel
egram. ) The republicans opened the cam
paign hero today by holding the first polit
ical mooting , the halt not being half largo
enough to accommodate the crowd. The
mooting VMS called to order by Chairman
C. L. Owen , who Introduced the first speaker ,
Hon. Paul Clark of Lincoln , who spoke forty
minutes upon the Issues ot the day. His
remarks were well received. He was fol
lowed by General J 11 , Webster of Lincoln.
The Franklin band furnished excellent
music. The meeting w.m a success and did
much to help the good cause along ,
STANTON , Neb. , Oct. 20. ( Special. ) Dx-
Governor Crounso addressed an enthusiastic
ttudlcnco In this clt7 last evening. Ho was
In goad spirits and his manner of handling
national and state ttvsues was well received ,
llolcomb's houeo rent steal was shown up
In Ita real light. Much good was done for
republicanism in the dounty. Ho spoke at
i'Jigcr in the nfternon.
A'OBURN , Neb. , Oct. 20. ( Special. ) The
republicans huld two enthusiastic meetings
In the county last night. Ono was nt Julian ,
addressed by Judge E. A. Tucker of Hum-
Uoldt. A largo nnd enthusiastic crowd was
present. The Judge la a logical and forcible
speaker and was frequently- interrupted by
applause The other meting was at Howe
and was nddrcesed by Hon. G. A. Murphy
of Beatrice. Howe IB ono of the populist
utrongholds of the county and a number of
the old-tlmo leaders ot populism were
noticed ! n the audience.
CLAY CENTER , Neb , Oct. 20 , ( Special
Telegram ) The court houeo was crowded
tonight with voters attracted bj the presence
of Hon. J. L , Caldwell ot Lincoln , who dls-
ciiEeed thoroughly the Issues of the cam
paign and showed the folly ot denouncing
the policy of the administration. Ho also
paid high tribute to Judge Reese and testi
fied to his fitness for the supreme bench.
NEWPORT , Neb. Oct. 20. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Hon. M. P. Klnkald , congressional
candidate In the Sixth district , spoke to a
largo audience In Odd Fellows' hall
last night on the Issues of the campaign.
He was introduced by Hon. E. L. Meyers.
A number of noted politicians from the
northwest were present , among whom were
Hon. Judge Woods , Hay Springs , and L. K.
Aider , candidate Tor dlatiict judge. Judge
KlnkalU began by showing that present pros
perity is due to the tailff policy. Hn said
that the trust question Is not an Issue and
has no relation to antl-trado legislation.
Judge Klnkald also denied that there has
been a policy of annexation and conquest.
No political party , ho said , has declared In
favor of expansion.
Amilstniit Secretary of AVnr Will
Mnl e Scicral Snecelirs for tin *
IteiiiihlleuiiH lu
WASHINGTON , Oct. 20. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Assistant Secretary Melklejohn of
the War department leaves Sunday lor Ne
braska to enter the campaign In that state.
Mr. Ulelklejohn todaj declined a pressing
invitation from State Chairman Dick of the
republican committee of Ohio to lend his
assistance to the election of Judge Nash ,
on the ground that Nebraska was his home
and that his duty was to help ( secure a vic
tory for Judge Heeae. Mr. Melklejohn said
today that the state central committee had
billed htm foi Albion , Boone county , as his
first meeting. This la the home of Gov-
einor Pojnter. Ho will speak every day
thereafter until the close ot the campaign.
During hla trip west the assistant sccre-
taiy will Inspect Forts Nlobrara , Robinson
and Crook and If tlmo will permit ho will
visit the temporary military station nt
Sheridan , Wjo Ho will Inspect the aban
doned military reservation at Fort Ouster
( Crow reservation ) with a. view of turning
the sam < i over to the care of the Interior
department. The War department has
maintained a guard over the property since
Its abandonment on account of sanitary con
ditions , the water being Impregnated al
most constantly with germs of tjphold. Mr.
Melklojohn said that he regarded the Ne
braska election of the utmost Importance
and believed that the republicans could win
If the voters were gotten out on election
day.
Senator Vail llinen _ at Sidney.
SIDNEY , Neb , Oct. 20 ( Special Tele
gram , ) There Is a largo crowd in town to
night In anticipation of the big blowout to
morrow , by the united republican forces.
Judge Grimes , Senator Van Dusen and W. S.
Summers will entertain the people with
speeches. A mammoth ox has been roasted ,
400 loaves of bread have been baked and the
arrangements committee has left nothing
undone to make the meetings , both day and
evening , a success , The fuslonlsts are al
ready shaping things for a gala time when
Bryan comes hero October 31 on his special
train.
.Tuil e Tuel.er at JohiiNoii.
JOHNSON , Neb , Oct. 20 ( Special Tele
gram. ) Judge E , A , Tucker of Huraboldt
spoke for nearly two hours to a crowded
opera house of enthusiastic voters hero to.
night. Ho gave n brief history ot republican
prosperity to Cleveland's time. Then free
trade , tLe free soup house Industry and pres
ent prosperity were mentioned and com
parisons made that brought the house down
with elicors. Ho answcied the arguments of
the popul'ft ' speaker , Baphare , who spoke
hero on Wednesday evening.
riiNlonIxt Ser ( > U i\iloded. |
CRAWFORD. Neb. . Oct. 20 ( Special. )
The removal of Agent Mcycihoff of
the n. & M Is Lelng used for politi
cal effect b > the populists. It Is an
nounced , however , that Mr. Mejerhoff hau
not been discharged from the service , but
has been given a station In Montana for
reasons having no political Glgnlficanco
whatever.
FORMER IOWA GOVERNOR ILL
It , II. Sherman Selred with tin Allnek
< if VcrtlK" While on the Street *
\VanliliiKton ,
WASHINGTON , Oct. 20 B. R. Sherman ,
former governor of Iowa , now In this city ,
was eelzed with an attack of vertigo whllo
on the btrcot tonight llo was removed to
his hotel and Is now Bald to bo out of
danger
Ieue > ANNlKlied to Dill ) ,
WASHINGTON , Oct 20 Secretary Long
today Issued an order assigning Admiral
Dewey to special duty at the Navy depart
ment. , _
FUSION1STS MAY ENJOIN LAW
They Are Alarmed Orer Their Damaging
Showing in Registration ,
TO APPEAL TO COURT IN NAME OF LABOR
Muil Co\rr tl > Their TriioUd In Thl >
Wnj < o Avoid Oiicit Atlnok on
ln blunted li > PonullRt
Go > cruor.
Alarmed by the figures of the first day
of registration , which show the unmistakable
troid toward the republican part } , the local
fusion managers tire said to too planning n
coup to prevent a repetition of the damaging
exhibit. They realize that should the second
end day's registration produce figures of
political preferences even half wiy approx
imating thooo of the first dny , they would
have to throw up their hands uml admit
Hint the jig Is up.
The fuslonlsts are , therefore , according to \
good authority , having papers prepared toi'
to. presented before some Judge , whoso sentl-
mont Is to bo felt in advance , asking an 1
Injunction against all the registration offi
cers restraining them from propounding the
question , as required under the new' law ,
"With what political party do jou wish to
amilato ? "
In order to cover tip their tracks the
fusion cuglnecrs nro said to bo arranging to
have the petition presented In the name of
organized labor ami to ha\o the request
based on the ground that recording the pol
itics of the voter Interferes with the secrecy
of the ballot and subjects the voter to
penalties that might attach to the displeas
ing of his employer.
To AIIoKO UiieoiiNtltntloaallt j" .
Worklngmen who arc to bo used for this
purpose are to represent that It they are
required to give their politics to registrars
or refuse to thtto them they will Incur the
Ill-will of those upon/ whom they are de
pendent for their mead. They are also to
icprcscnt that the law Invades their con
stitutional right to a free and untrammeled
ballot , and the Judge before whom the In
junction is to bo brought Is expected to
Jump nt the hilt to curry fa\or with vvork-
Ingmcn and make political capital In his own
campaign.
The fuslonlstts know that such action on
their part will bo taken a * , an admission of
the apprehension that they are getting the
worst of the new law. They also know-
that the new law was signed by the present
populist governor , but they will o\erlook
all of that rather than have HI ( go out in
advance of the election that three repub
licans nro registered as such to every 0110
who gives any other political preference. Un-
ICEB they can head that off they realize Jiiat
they are already ibcatcn. If present plans
are carried out the proposed Injunction
suit Is to bo brought before the next day
of registration , -which is Friday , October 27.
Opinion * on the HeKlstratloii.
Republicans both In and out of headquar
ters were much elated over the magnificent
results shown and the ardent promise of re
publican. success given In the first daj's reg
istration , and , with the tlmo-honored dull
ness of perception that has ever character
ized them , theJeaders of the fusion elements
Is not eminently uatlsfaotory to them.
What the different committees think of the
result , or what they say they think , is man
ifested below :
M. H. Collins , chairman of the republican
county central committee ) I am satisfied
with the result. It demonstrates that the
republicans are actlvo and enthusiastic nnd
endoiso the prevailing republican prosper
ity.
ity.E.
E. K. Moreaity , secretary of the people's
Independent county committee It's all
put-up job. The city administration exerted
Itself to get all ot its voters out to register
on the first day and there won t be many
more republicans to register. Besides , there
Is many a man in the employ of 1ho corpora
tions who does not deem It advisable to put
himself down publicly as anj thing else
than a republican.
W. W. Combs , democratic county committee -
too The. big republican icgistratlon docs
not signify an } thing at all other than that
they made a special effort to get as much
of their vote registered the first dny as pos
sible. The fusion committees have made no
effort , but will bo heard from later.
John G. Arthur , silver republican county
committee I nm very well satisfied. It
Is true the silver lepubllcans did not make
any great showing on the flret day , but
they have not done any work , as they pro
pose to do later. There are some men reg
istered ns republicans who are going to vote
v.lth the silver republicans. At least they
have done so before , and tell mo they me
going to do so again. Tor prudential rea
sons they would rather relinquish the right
to participate In our primaries than to be
put down ns anything but republicans. I
haw one of these on the register In my pre
cinct last night and have reason to believe
that there are many such. I don't believe
It would injure any man to bo outspoken
about It , but for some reason there are n
good many who have been adulating with
UB who always secmod to deslro that no one
should fico them going into or coming an ay
from our primaries.
IMPROVEMENT OF MISSOURI
Ilejiort of Chief Ilnnlneer AVIImou
ShrmN What In Done to Keep Old
Muddy \Vlthlii lloiiiidn.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 20. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The report ot John M. Wilson , chief
of engineers , U , S , A , , was made public to
day.
Speaking ot the work done on the Mis-
eourl river , ho pa > that the lank In front
of South Sioux City has been protected for
about 1,000 feet up stream from the bridge
and for about fi,400 feet up stream from the
upper bridge bei icvetincnts constructed by
Iho owners of the respective bridges. Bo-
twcen these points the * government lias been
expending a largo amount of money to re
tard erosion , the work being part of the
general plan to improve the- river To June
30 , 1S98 , 140,000 had been expended In keep
ing the river within bounds at this point ,
but as South Sioux City has been consol
idated with Sioux City and Elk Point , In
designating the same It Is hard to estimate
what money has been spent there sluco
June , 1S08.
The Missouri River commlfslon , In Its
report to the chief of onglntert. , says that
If "Bvjtematlc Improvement of the Missouri
from Ita mouth to Sioux City Is to con
tinue. In the Intercuts of navigation nnd
commerce , the annual general appro
priation should bo tifccd only on such
systematic Improvements and any detailed
localities which It Is desired to have pro
tected or Improved should bo provided for
by bpeclal appropriation for such local
ities "
This is thought to bo a gcntlo hint to
legislators who have "fat to fry" that they
must come out in the open nnd not attempt
to work the commission for advantages
which the appropriation doea not contem
plate The commlsiiloner acks for Jl.lbti-
000 to carry it through until 1B01 The re
port concludes that If a BjEtematlc Improve-
moot of tbo river h > to bo carried out the
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Portions ! for Nebraska
Fair , Southerlj Wind1 * .
Toiniiornturp nt Oniiiliu jritpnltij t
llnur. DfU. Hour , Di'H.
r it. in. . i . . . IU 1 D. n > i II.
it n. in. . . . . . -IU - p. in IIS
7 n. in t'4 it p. n 70
S n. in lit p. lit. . , . . . 70
l > n. in 11 5 n. in. . . . . . IIS
10 n , in m n ii. nt it ?
it . in r : t 7 ii. nit. . . . . in
it : in r.s s p. in ii
1) ( I. in (10 (
plan of continuing contracts for a porlotl
of years Isvlso and that the appropriation
should bo inatlo according ! } .
MILES STARTS FOR OMAHA
.Major ( Jcaeral Leave * \Vaihlunlou
Twlnr for Tour ot Inviicctlttti
lu the \Ve t.
WASHINGTON' , Oct. 20. Major General
Miles , commanding the nrmy , has submitted
to the secretary ot war his annual report
on the condition and the needs of the army.
The report is very brief nnd rather formal ,
H ; doc.i not deal with the military situation
In 1 the Philippines , bcvond submitting the
various reports f olllccrs forwarded to the
commanding general.
Gcneial Mlles will leave tomorrow , ac
companied 'by ' Colonel Mlchlcr of his staff ,
for an extended tour of Inspection ot the
west , norlhwrst nnd southwest. Ho will
go first to Chicago nnd thcnco * o Omaha ,
along the Northern Pacific aa far west as
Seattle and Portland , thence to San Fran
cisco and back by way of San Antonio and
Now Orleans.
The report will bo made- public after It
lias been gene over by the secretary of
war.
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA ENDS
1'renldeat AiidiaiUAeeeiitn Term * of
Opponent * Will Co
Abroad.
( Oopytlght , 1S09 , bv Press Publishing Co. )
CARACAS , Oct. 20 ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) President
Andrnde has accepted the conditions Impcsed
by the ultimatum of the Insurgent com
mander , General Caprlano Castro , for a
peaceful solution of the political situation lu
Venezuela. Audrado abandoned hla odlce at
6 p. m. today , turning over his power to
VIce President Rodriguez , nt which hour
Andrndo left Caracas. General Castro will
enter Caracas tomorrow.
CARACAS , Venezuela , Oct. 20 The crisis
Is virtually over. General Andrade , the
president , hns accepted the conditions pro
posed by the Insurgent commander , Genera
Clprlano Castro , and will go abroad , the
presidency devolving upon the vice presi
dent. General Castro will enter Caracas
peacefully tomorrow , thus avoiding blood
shed and a dictatorship.
The finil conference between General Cas
tro and Scnor Mates , the spoclal envoy o
General Andrade , was held vostcrday. Gen
cral Castro proposes that a popular convca
tlon should be assembled in twenty das fo
the election of a now president nnd the
adoption of a new constitution , under whlc !
arrangement ho would succeed to the pres
idency.
THIRTY MILLION ARE "HTWANT
Statement Itcfuirdiiii ; the Fainlnc-.Vf
llleted Area in India K
of Relief Work.
SIMLA , Oct. 20. At today's meeting o
the biipiemo council of India C. M. Rlva
said that the famine alfected aicas com
prised 100,000 miles of Biltlsh tcirltory an
230,000 miles of the territory of native states
each section containing upward of 15,000,00' '
people. The situation In the centra
province ! } , and paitlcularly in Berar , Gue
iat , North Deccan , Southeast and Centra
Punjab , Baroda , Indoro and Rajputana , wa
distinctly grave.
Mr. Rlvaz said ho thought the extrem
limit of high prices , however , had alread
been reached and that the food suppllo
from Nurma and Bengal would prove sum
cient. This would justify the government 1
abstaining from the Importation of forclg
groin or from otherwise Inteifcilng wit
trade. Ho estimated that the direct rclle
would cost 1,500,000 rupees , lu addition t
loans , until March , and said that 250,000
people were already receiving assistance.
The viceroy. Lord Curzon of Kedlraton , said
ho hoped that the experience ho was shortly
to gain In visiting the principal areas of
distress would enable- him to render useful
aid and to enter moio closely Into the Joys
and sorrows of tbo Indian people.
AFTER THE VICTORIA CROSS
If VOIIIIK Crlrhton WliiH it lie MHO
( irtH Ma > Ooelet'M Heart
mid Hand ,
( C'opj right , 1SOO , by Press Publishing Co )
LONDON. Oct. 20 ( Now York World Ca
blegram Special Tclegiam. ) A pretty btory
Is going the rounds concerning Mba May
Goelet and the hanlsomo Viscount Crlchto-i ,
who has paid her such attention during the
last two soatons. H la said ho has been
promised her hand nnd heart If hu wins the
Victoria cross In the Transvaal campaign ,
whither ho sailed last Saturday. Tha Vic
toria cross rates asi rather u large order , as
the opportunity for gaining It doet , not often
crcur. Still It Is conbldered In Crlchton's
favor that the vltcount being In the guards
has a 20 per cunt better chance than an
untltlcd officer In a lltio regiment.
MOB IN STREETS OF PRAGUE
IteHldeiieeN of ReriiiniiN and iltMi * Are
Attacked In Tlore 'Iliaa a Dozen
Iloheialaii fllleN.
LONDON , Oct. 20 A spcclil dispatch
fiom Vienna says that the disturbances In
Prnguo and other Bohemian centers have
been icnowed. On Wcdnetday evening the
troop.3 at Piaguo drove the rioters from the
strrots Mobs then leassombled at various
points In the suburbs , smashed the windows
of hou6c.i occupied by Germans and Jews and
attempted to burn a cycling school A num
ber of iloters and eomo twenty-five police
men were wounded.
Similar riots are reported from moro than
a dozen cities and tonns.
( ieneral llairlnon In London ,
LONDON , Oct 20 General Benjamin
Harrison and Mrs Harrison arrived In Lon
don today General Harrison has accepted
the Invitation to banquet him at thu Lon
don Chamber of Commcrco October 23.
I'ole Defeat" deriiiaii Candidate.
VIENNA , Oct. 20 In the lower house of
the Austrian Rolchsrath today Dr. Pletak , a
Pole , was elected first vice president , de
feating Herr Prado , the Gorman candidate ,
by a vote of 197 to 1C3.
Movement * of ( leenn VenNelx , Oet , -I ( ,
At Liverpool Arrived famuli , from Bos
ton t'aUilonla , from IloaUn , I'ennlund
from Philadelphia
At Hamburg-Arrival "SViildtrse'e ,
from New York via. Plvmoutn
At New Arrlved-Wlneland , from
Copenhagen
At 11081011 Arrlvtel Now England , from
Llv crpool.
CUP WILL STAY HERE
olumbiti Ermly Vanquishes English Chal
lenger in Final Race of Series.
1AGNIFICENT ROUGH WEATHER DUEL
nst the Kind of a Breezs ns Sir Thomas
Has Been Praying For ,
LOWING TWENTY'FIVE MILES AN HOLR
hamrcck Grosses Storting Line Oror Minute
Ahead of Defender.
BEATEN OVER SIX MINUTES AT FINISH
Yankee Vncht 1'oliitw '
llluher , 1'outn
Knntrr mill Cnrrlrn Itnclf Hotter
Tli n u the nnifllMh Sloop
ThrouKliont Kiitlre Courne.
Start
Columbia . IlitlltilS
Shamroeli . j liUOtiU
Outer .tlurK
Columbia .
SliamroeU .
riiilKti I.lne
Columbia . , | , | , u )
StiamroeU . , .
l ln N < Ml Time
Columbia .
Shnmropk . i I It lit
Corrected Time
Columbia . t SiOI >
Slianiroelc . : tt 1 1 1 Id
MmmroeU allowed Columbia Kill !
Shnmroolc flnlKlied lite- minute *
tcrii NciMitulN lifter Columbia.
It rum defeated In thin riicu , tin- limit
one of thu ficrlen , lx minute * eigh
teen nceondH , aetual time , mid nl\
minute * thirty-four Meconda , eor-
reeted time.
NEW YORK , Oct. 20. Through wild and
hoary seas , In a breeze that nppioachoJ the
Olgnlty of a gale , the gallant sloop Colum
bia today vanquished the Urltlsh challenger
Shamrock , six minutes
by and eighteen seconds
ends actual time , and six minutes and thirty-
four seconds corrected time , thus completing
the aeries for the '
America's cup with .1
magnificent rough-weather duel and a
glorious Yankee victory.
For the eleventh time
the attempt of a
foreigner to wrest from Ameilca the jncht-
Ing supremacy of the world has failed. The
trophy won by the old schooner America ,
forty-eight jcara ago , is still ours , a monument
ment to the superiority of American soaman-
shlp and American naval architecture , and
a standing challenge to nil the world.
The Intrinsic value of the reward for which
thousands of dollars were expended to eo-
iuro Is small simply an antiquated pleoo
of silverware , which Queen Victoria offorwl
to the host sailing chip in the world In the
etirly days of her reign , but around It clus
ter -thfc , , preilous incnivirios jjf unbroken
American triumph o'nd * the mastery of the
noblest of sports.
To Sir Thomas Lipton , whose name Is now
added to the list of defeated aspirants for
the honor of carrying the cup back ncrcss
the Atlantic , failure vv.ia n crushing blow.
Ills hope had been high , but llko the true
sportsman ho lb , the' sting of defeat has left
no bltternesi and with undiuntol courage
ho Intimated that he miay bo back with a
better boat to try again.
During his stay hero Sir Thomas has made
himself moro popular than any previous
i-hallenger and yachtsmen of this country
were glad to welcome him. Except for re
peated llukca and the unfortunate accident
to the challenger , this series of ractvs h.u
been unmaired by n. single untoward inci
dent. The boats h.uo had two fair and
square races , one in light air and the other
In a heavy blow , and Sir Thomas Is per
fectly satisfied that ho was beaten by the
better boat.
Mnvnlfleellt HoiiKli Wenther Duel.
Todaj's race was a glorious lest of thorough
rough we.ithcr qualities of the two jachts.
There wai too much frostlness In the nlr
for comfort , and It was entirely too rough
for laiullubbcis. A chilling blast out of the
northuast whipped foam out of the racing
waves until they whitened die face of thu
sea. Outside the ocean waa a ilot of white-
caps.
Some of the holldiy fleet declined to bravo
the perils of the harpleo riding on the north
easter and those tint did rolled and plunged
In the tumbling billows , sending all but the
old ealls bclon.
The prajor of Sir Thomas for wind was
answered , It w.is blowing twonty-flvo mile a
Jan hour nt the lightship , enough wind anil
tnoiiRh Rca. to make any m.ichlno stagger.
13ven the pilot boats , that cm weather any
gale , vvero under Hhortencd sail , and the
wind fairly toro the steam from the ex-
lidust and smoke from the suck Into shrodu.
The course , fifteen miles before the wind ,
south by west , carried tbn yuchts straight
down the Jersey coast to a point off Loin ;
Uranth , so that the race waa balled In plain
vlow of these perched on the high shores.
The crow of Columbia was prepared for
the fray in yellow Bllckoia and souwcstera
and thn < io of titumroclc In whllo ranvas It
was DTottlng too hard for clubtopsalla anil
both skippers contented thcmselvos with
hoisting Binall working topsails.
Both yachts llwi across tlio starling line
before the twcnty-nve-knot breeze , wing
and wing , their spinnaker * breaking out
llko puffs of whlto smoke and betting hard
at plaster. Shamrock was over a mlnuto
and ono second before the defender , but
thlt , was not duo to superior seamanship ,
Captain ll.u r held off for 111 it length of tlmu
before the green boat rroflcd In older that
ho might ge-t the position astern , from where
ho could blanket liU rival.
YllllUee 'I'rleU DoeN UNVorlr ,
Thu yachts made a beautiful picture aa
they oped away Columbia carried Its spin
naker boom at an angle of almost forty-llvo
degrccH. TlilH allowed the big sail to Ixlly
fur out forward and ilruw lll > o a locomotive ,
but It was rattier dangerous and twlco
an extra puff carried the ; Ball forward nnd
up until It tumbled over the ut.iy Hut tint
icero Isln sailors pueh tlnio had It buck.
In place In u jiffy Shamrock had no nuch
mluliup , us Hogarth carried his boom much
lower. The Yankee trlk , however , did Its
worl , . lifting the head of Columbia out of
the water , until It neuncd to bo tiklinmliig
over the ocean
The excursion fleet were chasing after the
yachts aa fant as their aleam could carry
them Hut the big hloops Bet ho hot a
paui that they left half Iho tugs and some
of the Biearn > arhtH astern. They wcro goIng -
Ing nt a flfUtn-knot pace , the Yunkro
Klouly but Hurely overhauling Its rival U
soon reached the stern of Its rival , hoping to
pain a position to flhut off Us wlml Coluin
bla hud i limbed to otrlklni ; distance wlan
the challongvr crowded on moro canvan ami
for ( ho minutui It Hec-med to hold the
American
An the yachts approached the outer mark
