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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1900)
r ESTABLISHED JUNE IS ) , Ib71. OMAIIA , TUESDAY MOHXtNG , JAXUAHY 12 , 1000 , SIXGLE COPV FIVI3 CENTS. BOMS MADE TO FLEI French Starts fiS # f | [ # , spioiously fo British Arms. BURGICRS ROUTED FROM COLESBERI British Get Around Their Flank and Cans Them to Run RETREAT IN DISORDER TO THE EASTWARI Under Ganoml French Immsdiatel ; Ocoapy the Town. ATTACK IS A COMPLETE SURPRISI I'.liKllNli CoiiiiliiinilOf IOIIIN | IllH In fiinltf Into \\IIUIIIIM to dinlilr It to Tuni'l Minillniilill ) V Mliht llnii-Ii. , Cape Colony , Jan 1 fien iral Trench him completely defeated th Hoi rs and ocouplr-d Colcaberg. The gelinral continued to keep the lloci on the move and pres ed thorn closely Sat in day and Sunday giving them no tlm 10 innku a piolonged gland , nml wlion da ; brnke ho was within striking distance o i hi' rncmy l.nst nlghl all the cavalry ni n'leiy ' and Infantry , the latter riding li v igniia lo Inticihii the geucrnl mobility tfnried upon a night mnirh with the ob j t of turning the Boors' right I ho Hank operations wora successful The infantry and field batteries Immediate ! : madn a feint attack upon the Boer front and hllc this was proceeding , the cunlr nnd Ilirlit nitlllory got completely aromv UK enemy's rlghi Hank , ns arranged Tin progrnm worked without hitch Th Hoi rs were utterly snrpll ed and flmllnj their ro'iont threatened , lied In disorder t the instnnril , leaving Colesberg In Oeiurj rronch'b "jandw llnriiHHlnu the llni-r lti > ti < > nl. LONDON , Jan 2 'I ho Dally Alnll has th following dispatch , dated January 1 , fror Uinsburg. Yisterdny nftcinoon a big force of cavalr : and Infantry , with ten guns under the per Horuil command of General 1'iench , movini by doi'our , occupied yomo hills three mile Irom Colesbeig wheto the Doeis wore ll strength , lonlldcnt in the natural aid af forded them by the hills around The en emy ft position extended six miles aroum the entire village U daybreak oui artll loiy opened the battle The Boeih were taken by surprise , but 10 plli'd vlgoiously An artillery duel wa maintained for two hours Then a Bee ll'tchklss collapsed mil was abandoned \ \ ' < captured It A Boer big gun was silenced but this nnd the other Boer guns were with drawn to the northward , whither wo an harassing the Boei loticat bv a dannglni shell flic Colesberg is In our bauds and the few re mining loyalists arc Jubilant We have cap ( "rod many vvugons and n considerable qunn tlty of stores. Our losses weru unite Might , but tin Hoeia must have suffered heavily They ma ; Htop \chteitang 01 cross the river al o gctbcr nt Norval's Pont , whore the bridge I Bill ! intncl ( C'ops right ViOO , by l're = s Publishing Co LONDON , Jan 2 , 2 30 a. m ( NewYorl World Cablegram 'Special ' Tnlegram ) Tb London Morning Post's military oxper jiral cs fioneral Trench's Hanking movemen nt night which forced the Boers to rctroa nnd enabled him to occupy Colesberg. ll writes "This is not merely a welcome sue cess at A lime when a success was mucl needed , but It indicates 'tho right way o dealing with the Boers. 'It Is not pleasant to find that the II Micccba of the British arms Induces seme o our countrymen to talk of a compromise nnd suggest a repetition of the moral col lapse of 1881 The British nation cnnno now make terms with the Bocis wlthou nbindonlng more that South Africa" The Leader's expert applauds Genera Trench's movement nnd suggests that Gen oril 'Mcthuen ' Bhould follow it ho example The Dally Mall war critic calls Genera Trench's movement ' a small success , " bu approves thn tactics The Telegraph , Standard nnd Chronlcl < xperts fellow the same line in illbcusslni the news of tbo bit tie iiVA < ui.u.irr Tiiuotcii csi.oov rrrui-Ii'N \ lrlur > UCRMrilnl UN all l'\ lllOIIIMOf SoillllI JllllKUKMlt , LONDON , Jan 2 4 30 n m The aiie teas of General Trench In driving the Boei fiom Colosberg has shot a welcome ray ( light through the- gloom of the campulg In South Africa llvorywhero It Is ccxr mcntod upon as an example of sound tactic and ab an Illustiiillon of what may be dor when the ilghl methods nro employed wit thi Doers The goveinmont Is urged t i il-o the loEfcon to heart nnd to see that n Mono Is loft untuined In the endeavor t hit llio luigest possible forccb of cavalr nnd mounted lufantiy to the front. Now that Gunoral Trench has the Boei on the iun the hope Is that bu will glv t.iWii no rest but will harass them tint tluy have found their way aciojb the Oraiif jlMi. vvhlih Is twelve miles dlKtant Tli old wagon unite to the Tree Slate traveisc Colosberg nnd crosses the ilvor by a tin bridge. 1,310 feet long It Is billovod thi the Boms retrouted townid Norvalspon fuithci east , and the question is whethi Gmoral Tiouch will bo able to secure thct If , i bridges bofmu the Boers destroy then Ono luipnrtant effect cf thu sucicss i Gmoral Trench IB that It will piobahl buv. . . a dclonont ortect on Dutch dlsaffectln rhen > Is BOH 0 disposition hero to enlarge r i hi. effect of Miinll engagements It Bhnul In liorno In mind that Oenural Trench lr unly 2con men nnd so far as the Inpoitai points of campaign nro concerned the situ : U n is virtiuUy luichangcd XtMHllN DlNlMltlT Illll-r rilllll | , M Moddei river the Boors appeal to 1 m llfylng somewhat tlnlr line of dcfem' ( moral Buller's bcouts havu discovered Buir i amp established In the vicinity i -I ill gllold biuthwi'bt of Cole-nso by a Tr ( Mnio comma'ido \ similar movement lr him iilddi' nt Mnddci rlvor A large foil uf Ducrh , ll U reported , has fanned a ne laagtr about flftevn miles down the etrean at Kameolhook Heliograph H'parts from Ladysmlth sho' ' ihat nil was well on Docnvtber 3 ! The bom birdmont wan being continued , but Its In loiiHity had relaxed An otllclal dlapatc fniin Uidysmilth connrms the repot t cable that several olllcers of the Dev rcglme'iit woru Bovunly wounJcd b the cxplojlon of a Boot shell In the mes iLcni \ new armored train has reachel Gencu llullir fr m Jurlwn \ Capetown dUpatch say a tint an change of prisoner * Is under coiibliloratloi Lord \\olKulty implying to a coirci > poni ! ent who had asked for Information regard ing the British artillery , wrote ' Our fleM aitlllcry Is at least ns gcod ns any field nr- tlllcry In Kurope " The entire Sevpnth dlvlrlon will have snllcd from England by January 11 A British firm , according to the Iially News , after keen competition with several American firms , has seemed the govern ment contrar-t for the now soven-apar bridge over the Tugoln river nt Colonso. . The firm Is working night and dav to com plete the rrdcr It Is said that John Churchill , younger brother of Winston Churchill , will accom pany the duke of Marlhorough to the seat of uar SLEEP LIGHTLY IN OOLENSG ( iuili Tntlnril ti > llntllulit < - IMrcil In tltr Ml.lilliof Hi.- Mull ! . 'Copyright Itrti , by press Publishing Col CHIIJVKLIY : CAMP , nee ao i ir. p m- ( New Vorl- World Cablcgiam Special Tele gram ) Urltlah naval guns shell Boor en- trcnehmonts nt uncertain Intervals through out the day The telescope shows the enemy busily fortifying their position , extending and deepening trenches In all directions They appear to bear the shell llro with much composure , although Information ' shows It tn be not Ineffective Lust night rain flooded the Boer Ironchcs The population sleep lightly In Colenso houses , ns guns trained by daylight are lltc'd unexpectedly during the night The result Is iinkrown Searchlight signals all night from Chlovo- luy to Lady smith arc In'e'-forcd with by another light trying to cnnfuso the mes sages nnd n strange conflict between beam" of light results Halu falls frequently in the Tugela territory and Its tilbutarlcs ris ing , aggravate thp strategic situation by closing drifts but engineers declare they can bridge anything Newspapers rrom nuglnnd , showing the unswerving resolve of the nation , cause grc.it relief und snt- Istictlon In i amp. the boldlers feailng weakness of friends more than the strength of the enemy Large numbers of American citbotn bnvt found their wav Into the vailous volunteer corps There are seventv-hve in one corps , making admirable soldiers They me daring and alert , establishing binding friendship1 with colonists Nearly nil corps have va cancies for officers and no gentleman ol inllltaiy training fiom England able to ridt and shoot Is long without a job CIIUHCHILL BULLER IN A TIGHT PLAGE UU DIIIIciiItlfN fircntl.v Inn i-aicil In Iliifori-ril Oclnj since | | 1 ( . LONDON , Jan. 2 The Standaid's cor- tespondent at Trero Camp , telegrnphinj I January 1 , snye ; ! Sir Chnrk-s WaiTen's division is now ncaily complete Its hcaduarter ( | will b < at Hstcourt H Is lumoicd here that the guns capturen from General Buller at Coleuso have beei jnounted In the hills commanding the drlfi ovei the Tugeln rher at Springfield Thi Boers , It appeared , captuied 620 round ! of Bhrapnel when they took the guns. Gcnmal Buller s difficulties have been Im measurably Increased by the enforced de lay since the last engagement. Ho now has before him n series of nrllod and fortlfln1 hills running sixteen miles along the line of the Tugela Those arc swnrmlng with tht enemy , posted In positions of great strengtl and bristling with guns wh'e the river it front Is In full Hood i'ht coming butl < will tcrtnlnly We the stlffest and probablj the most momentous of the entire campaign BULLER IS BEING REINFORCED IOOIINrrltiat HNti-oni t fiom IllitT Ni- \rinori-i : Tin lit nt CliU-\elc > . ( Copyright , 1 < WO , by Piess Publishing Co ) CHinvnLGY , Jan 1 12 2" . p in ( New York World Cnblegram Special Telegram ) All quiet , except an occasional shelllnp by the naval guns nnd exchange of shoi between the pickets nnd patrolh Strong reinforcements have nrrlved nl Kitcourt from Mool river , making the force nt Buller's disposal very powerful The Boers are still strengthening thelt entrenchments and their position is grow ing dnllv stronger * Last night a beautiful nor armored tialr nrrlved from Durban , passing the wreck ol Us predecessor , nnd paraded through cnmi ns fni ns the naval batteiy Xo one has yel applied to go with it ns spcctntor CHimCHILL. FEAR DUTCH AT CAPETOWN More Humors ot nil Atti-inpt to Hi M.ule hj tinHiiiKluiN to ( lliilnri- . OAPT-TOWN , Jan 1 Ugly rumors are Ir circulation of a Dutch rising with the object of seizing Capetown and the docks and cap- luring the governor of Capo Colony , Sli Al- ficd i.Mllner The. center of the movemom IB snld to bo Pnnil , a village nboul thirty miles from Capetown , where n meeting ol the .Afrikander bund was hold yesterluy \ similar mooting was held at Hichmom on December J8 , nnd It Is reported that tin members of the bund In these two town ; nro acting In concert The members of the bund nt Wllllngtor and the Dutch In Clan William district nn said to bo nrmod with iMaiisers nnd to IK nnxlous to use them In lM > hnlf of the Boers Although the stories of n rising are discred ited the police and mllltnry nro Inking am ple piecautlons COLONIES HELP OUT ENGLAND vv rniinilliinil 1III Ili-nrvv nil-lit with I hiI'niieli i-rnilli'Ml , LONDON. Jnn 1 The second edition o the Times publishes n dispatch from St John's , N T dated December 31 , saying "All the polltlMl parties agree that a ro nownl of the modus vlvoiidl for another yea Is n measure which will pass unanlmousl ; both houses about April 1 Ul the colonist nro united In a deslro to abslbt the emplr < by every possible means ' The fe\u that Newfoundland would refus to renew the modus vldondl has bceti a bug bear to the Imperial government , man ; nuthorltles declaring that It constltute/i th gravest possibility of complications will Trance Thus the news that the modu vlvemll will bo renewed has been recelvei with the greatesl icllcf itoim sioms : .vr nni-u.ov u\t l.onilou Mcii'hniil Snjo Thi-j Can Si- iiiri'I In1 ni li } Unlit , iCopylight , I ! " * } , by Press Publishing co LONDON , Jnn 1 ( New York World Ca blcgram Spc lul Telegram ) A Londo : merchant ! < n South African trade In nn Inter view fays great quantities of stou fhlppetl from England to the Transvaal before fore wur broise out uru now stored with th ( Continued on Second Page ) CHEtR M'RINLEV ' AND \YM \ ( New YCRI'S Oelcbratfon at Havana Show Great Change in Sent imnt. TRANSFORMATION WROUGHT BY DIPLOMACY Xntlnnnl 11 % tun nml In 'd Iliiniii-r Until Viiliiuilpil tin1 I'liniiliuMI'nraili * I'rlnrliMil ' IrrctH. HAVANA , Jan. 1 The new year Va ushered in wllh n torch-light proessbi which , forming just before midnight am preceded by a bund , left the lower pradi and made the circuit of the prlnclpil streets Almost the only tune played was the Cubai national hymn. Everybody seemed to bi nvvalto nnd awaiting the advent of 1000. Ihu strain ? or the populnr hymn drov the people everywhere to windows and door wnyu nnd the procession was greelcd will enthusiasm Numerous small boys kepi U | a fire-ciacker fuslllndo along the entlie Urn of march All the prominent Cuban sen erals wue cheered , although theie Is m doubt that Ihelvas were chlelly for "On ban llbre " Prreldenl McKlnlcy nnd Governor Genera Wood came In for a llbeial eluro of popu lar applnuse The procession having returned to lh- - prndu and the bnnd having once ngalt played the Cuban national hymn , semi Americans present called for "The Stv Spnnglod banner" The band Immediate ! ; complied and the crowd cheered lustily One of the sccietarles who displayed tin customary reticence of the best class o Cubans about giving their names for pub llcnllon In connection with an Intel\lev nuido this statement to the Assoclatei Press today 1.1 cut CIllllIKO I" 'I Month. "A wonderful change seems to have conii ovci the Cuban people during the last fev weeks. It would have been Impossible 01 December 1 to ha\e aroused the enthuslasn which was displayed labt nlghl during tin piny Ing of the 'Star Spangled Bonner ' Sucl cheers as were given for President McKtn ley while the procession was passing throng ! the streets could not have beun raised [ o him or for any other American a montl ago The change , In my opinion , Is due ti a dlsappe mince of that distrustful rcellni which dining a greater part of last yea had been gradually growing among th Cuban people "Piesldent AJcKinley's message to congro- wns the first light the Cubans had siei for a long time It came like the sun afte davs of bad weather and gloom. Then foi lowed the appolntmonl or General Wood whom the Cubans have always admired , Ii view ot what he did In Santiago , the mos difficult province to rule In the island Sine his published remarks on various occasion nnd in consldeiatlon of the manner Inhic he has already taken hold of affairs , th Cubans are not only satisfied with him , bu are beginning to love him ' In summoning a conference of reprcsenta tlvo Cubans to meet him , General Wooi displays tmo statesmanship His actloi shows that though there arc only &K cabInet Inot appointments , the governor general desires sires prominent Cubans to express the ! views ns to future administration , Intend Irp IT so far as tLell suggestions are prac llcnl , to carry these out and nlso Intendln : that these who attend the conference shonl carry back to their respective provinces , good working Idea of General Wood and th cabinet nnd be able to answer questions , t dispel fears and doubts and to glvo assur anccs to the people of the absolute good faith of the United States regarding Cub llbro " Coloroil IIInfer * In ( MenTnrKO * . While Generals Maso , Rabl and Lara , wh were here to attend General Wood's councl of representative Cubans , weio pasaln through Clcnfuegos they were escorted rroi the vessel to the hotel , where a banquc was tendered them Meanwhile a larg crowd or colored people had gathered t demand'from the authcrltles that the re mains of Dlonlslo Gil , the colored brigadic genornl In the Cuban army who hnd bee shot and killed the previous day by th police , after lie hnd hhot and wounded tw policemen who were In the act of nrresti i him , sht ulil bo exhumed nnd buried wit proper honors The demonstrators marched through th town , unfurled a black Hag and raised riot ons cries agnlnst the authorities The chic of police was fired at live times Genert Mnso and Mayor Aleiman addressed th trivvd which at flrsl would not disperse Eventually , however , the pollco succccde in icstorlng order and calming the peopli The Jockey club races today were largel attonued Cuban society was out in forci n largo number of peisons being In car ilagcs I-lghty per cent of the America colony was present , Including General Wooc General Lee , General Clnffee and Gener.i Ludlow , with tholr families i < tuMii.rrutv roiw i : Hut Tno DciiiirtiurittN lo IIIIifl On o' SI ; . . WASHINGTON , Jan 1 It Is probabl that the present month will be marked b a complete reorganization of the mllltai commands In Cuba The Impression pre vails that there Is to bo n heavy rcduetlo In these commands and It Is Intimated tin the outcome will be the creation of tw departments Instead of the six which orlg Inally compribod Cuba , and the four Int which the. island Is now divided Gener.i Wllsoir , who commands the Matan as an Santa Clara departments , has been ordere to Washington nnd It Is not the presen Intention that hn shall return to Cubi I Is s.ald that whllo hero he , with Gencr.i Davis , who Is coming from Puerto Hie nnd Is duo on the 6th at New York , wt ] confer with the committees of cougres having to do with the creation of n net form of government for Puerto Hlco nn with legislation for Culm during the time I ehall remain under American control Th combined department of Santlago-I'uert Principe Is without a commander , althoug the duties of the post vacated by Genera Wood upon his promotion to the govenio generalship are being temporarily discharge hy the senior colonel Thus the entlr orient , ns the eastern hnlf of the Island I called is without a permanent commandei H Is understood that the four depaitment of the orient will bo consolidated Into on and that n brigadier general will bo name by Secretary Hoot , on the recommendjtlo of General Wood , to take command , wit headquarters at Santiago Kiiltclitlu < of L'luirli-N ii | < il , WASHINGTON , Jan 1 The announce ment that Mr Charles Eliot of the Hrltlb embassy has been among these rccchln the queen's New Year's honoia by belli made a knight of the order of st Mich it and St George was received with liitcrea In diplomatic circles here , as Mr Ullc Is well known and universally estecnict I Whnn the Samoan dilllculty reached a crit leal stage last summer Mr Hllot was deelg nated as the British commlfaloner for Sa n'oa loiulng Baron Sternberg of Gorman laud Dartlet Trlpp of this country In a visl ! to Samoa , which hnd the salutary cffcc of relieving the Immediate trouble and pn\ Ing the way for the final adjustment o the Snmonn controversy Throughout th difficult ) Mr Kllot acted In such u vUv ns t i win not only the stiong approval of his owi government but the best wishes of Washing ten so that the honor now given him I gratifying to State department oftlclals a well as to his associates of the dlplotnatl corps GOE3EL MEN IN CONTROl Vlilo to OfKiuilrc Until llrmii'lii'K o tin * 1,1'ulsliiliii c tlnolii'l Trtntio- ini ; Srniitc I'rchliliMit. THANKTOHT , Ky. . Jan. 1. Senator One bcl was nominated by the senate caucus fo piesldent pro tern , Claud Desha foi chic clerk and William Cromwell for nsslstan clerk The entire slate of the Gocbel organ l ntlon for places In the senate wen through | All doubt ns to the ability of the Goebe ! democrats to organize both houses of thi legislature wai dissipated by the nt tcmlanco In the democratic.caucus tonight In the house caucus all of the Hfty-elgh democrats answutcd to roll will ami pnrtlc Ipated In the fcCMiati' four dcmocints re malncd out Senators Alexander , Hnve > , Gil ! lesplo nnd Hoberts Senator Hill was sic ) and absent , but Is not classed with thi dissenters. | In making the caucus Senator Harold cro < nted n sensation by making an alleged cv pose of the nntl-Gnebel loaders , declaring that ho had been approached by J W Whallen of Louisville nnd paid $4GOO t ( remain out of the caucus. Tim money , hi said , had bien placed In n box with tin Louisville Trust company , the key to whlcl ho passed up to Senitor Gocbel , who wa- presiding over the caucus , ending his speed by declaring tint ho had entcied into tin deal for the purpose of exposing Whallet ami fnrthei that there was not monej enough In the world to mike him dlsloya to his party and his state. The result of nil the oaiifuslng anil other things transpiring during the day let : to ia big falling off ID the nnti-Blackburr stodv tonight and It Is admittedly question able whethoi 'the ' P Wat Hardln movement will be come ni formldnble as It promised lo on Haidln's arrival hero last night Hnrdin in still on the ground , however , am he and his lieutenants nio working llki Trojans to hold the nntl-Goobel element- together. iScnatoi Goobel issued a call for a caucus tomorrow night He states that the cam I eus Is for the solo purpose or nominating i candidate for United States senator. 0 course Blackburn will be the only nami presented , and he will be nomina cd by ac clamatlon. The calling of a caucus for senator i ator nl this early date v.as n move on tin i pant of the Goobcl leaders to put an end tc the stories that In the event , that Goebe should fall In his contest he might attemp j to wrest the sencLorshlp from ninrkhmn I The republicans decided tonight to holi a conference tomorrow night and elect , republican slate of candidates. This actloi ivas taken when It became apparent tha the anti-Goebcl republicans could not or ganize either house The nntl-Goebel leader fray the large attendance at the democrat ! caucuses tonight does not Indicate nnythlni ( i ns to the gubernatorial contest or the sen ntorshlp , as In the senate the Goebel mci and antl-Goebcl men entcror ! Into a deal li regard to the division of offtt * . In that sen tlon nnd that sevoial others would hav stayed out but for this agreement. FENIANS CACHE SUPPLIES I.urni' OuniititlfN si | ( | to I'o Cent t > i > ni > il \ liui7tin - M HIIK- ! : .nil I'l i NHW YOHK , Jnn 1 V special to th Times from Burlington , Vt , says It is reported ported that thu Tenl.ins me engaged li storing large quantities of ih nunite , lyd dlte ammunition and hupplkh In a fei selected rcposltoiies In remote districts I Vermont and Maine near the Canadla boundary line The Information comes fror persons who claim to have knnnledge o the purchase' of sonic of the supplies an others who leained of their tiansportatlo by railroad , disguised as giocerie-s Dynamil .and other explosives have been secured I surprisingly largo quantities and store ' underground on the Verm < nt bonier , whll 1 quantities of canned meats have hcen hldde In some large bains of sympathising fatmer on the Maine line neir New Hampshlie It Is said that an ofllclil ambulance corp Is beiig organized under the supervision r a few loyal Irish women and surgeons wh I were engaged in the work In Cubi The nre also prcpaiing a lumber ot "flist aid I packages for the invading force I The movement Is the work of the Ills I element of the larger cities , but It is a fac that n largo nnd impoitnnt woik Is belli ,110110 , ntncng the fartnois In the bordc , states A schedule Is being nrrnnged t. | faimcrs who can fuinlsh wagons nnd horse nnd oxen for transportation pui poses , n this Is regaided as n most Import int detai A careful study Is being made cf the amn ! railroad branches In not them New Hnglan nnd places are being located where the roa could bo cnptured by a very small force FORMING A ZINC COMBINE \u Oruaaliitlonlilrli IH I'ri'imi < < to Sfifnil SKKI.IIDd.lKMI or II o li on ( InDrill. . CHICAGO , Jnn 1 The Record tomorroi will say Information reached Chicago yesterday torday of the proposed foimatlon of a com blnatlon lo control the /Inc output of th lulled States Woik ni the scheme ha 1 been begun and Initial stops are being take j In Kaunas City According to 0110 of th best-known 4lnc operatois , who \\ns In Chi cngo yesterday , the plan Includes not mil tbo contiol of the mines but of the smeltin plnntB as well. Within a short time iupie sontativcs cf the combination will got ' price on the producing zinc mines lu th ' Jopllu ( Mo ) district and eeturo options o them II hns been estimated by the promoters motors that It will take In the ndghborho tf ? Hi0.uoo,000 to swln0' the unaurtnkin successfully and this amount with ns muc more as may bi > necessary la ready tn g Into the scheme The con blnatlon will bo built along slm ' liar lines to the Tederal Stool company I which controls so per cent of the Irmi out i put of thu count i y. Ohio \NN ' | | | | I ! > I out I'lll'H , COLUMHTS O Jnu 1Thoevenly fourth general nfcsemblv met todav am oleotfd thu republican ciiuruu nominees b' a strut i > nty vote An adjoiinunimt v\u thin taken until tomorrow , when Oovernu Bunhnoll's nif agc will be read I'mler th irorgnnlzdtlon Judgi A G } { evnolrs ] u 1 jil.n > outitj Is snenkor of the huufo am O car Shepard president pro tern of lh Honate Lliulin.int GnveTnor Jones bold ovir until ni-xt Mondai when ho vv'll b f-um-ede-d bv lion John A Culdwi.ll o Cincinnati I i : > aimfll > il > looil > l.i-rt No Will. I SPIU.NGTIILD MU.S Jan I-A ncti i lion was urei.onted lu the nnhQte court to duy lure by W H Mi.oily eldest son of th Intu Ilvanyellst Moody asking that he b .ippuiiuod ulinlnlntrator of hli fdthorg is late II h iMtltlon will bo artid r > n tomor low whin ll Ib txpeitid i hi ri uuefi wil Mi. cr iui.i TIu ivaiifcillhl Jtfi no will , Pivo New Members Change the Gomphx'o : of School L'oard. TRUANT OFFICER HESS SHORN OF HIS JOI llnnril Inline * ( lie AVin U of I InMi ( Uoiiiliiiillntr rnftlon mill MnUos lni'iili" > Into lireKttlnr l.cl- tlnu of < otitrai't * . With the accession or five ntnv member to tlio Hoard of IMucnilon last night i srrlcs of InlerMtliig developments began The former minority , maJo tip mainly n Hurgcss , llnywaid , Thomas nml 1'enfolil beratno the nucleus of nn acll\o majorit cn lstlng In addition of Wood. llowni ] Smith. Johnson nml llinianl The bean organized al Its first mooting by the eloi tlou of Burgess as president nuil llovvnri iuslco president Burgees' only compotlto was Pcnfold , who hnd expressed his deslr not to bo considered for re-olectlon Til vote rtood Per llurgo's Hajard , Wood I low mil , Smith , John on , Barnaul Monrc T ) onino and 1'itifclil Tor Tenfold Hu chaiian , Teal and Cowle Ilo\\nid was tlv uiiatilmoiiH choice foi vice picsldent Bile icmaiks of a courteous nnturu were o\ chniiRi'd blween the Incoming nnd ontgolni execut'vcs. llip Hilt Important stop of the new boaii was the romo\al of Truant Olllccr Ilcss. ap pointed b > the old dominant faction as om of Its final pieces of loglsl itlon Dlrsatls faction hid been foil with the election because cause the functions of the olllco had bcoi previously executed bj the sect elan of tin boaid without teeming dllllcully The nx pendlturo of f 1,200 yearly for Mich a pur 1 ese was looked upon at an um\arrantL < extravagance Mr Hctci , who was one of the onlROlni members , had f 1,1 HUM 1 the resolution whirl established him In the position ailroltlv nin will not yield his place without a struggle The woitllng of the original resolution wa tl at Us pas.sago by the board nnd the nr crptance of the position 1 > > thp nppointo should constitute a contract binding upoi the board The new Incumbent will eonton < that the board his no power to declare th obligation canceled. The resolution to do clnro the election void was Introduced b Thomas and pat-cd bj a vote of 'i to I. Itintli'e for ( ontriii-lorN. The board took olllclal notice of com plaints of contractors ami material me and , on motion of Hayward , an iiivestlgatln committee was appointed to look Into vari ous orders iccentlj placed The contractor ha\o claimed tint material foi the thie new grammar schools has been purchase either for the highest amounts bid 01 with out proposals 1mIng been hulled at al Particular dissatisfaction existed tcgardln the contiaclH for blackboards and blind' The fOKner were purchased at 22H cent per square foot , when a bid had been suli milled at 2J cents , , nnd the latter ordci wa placed without material men In genet. Knowing of the contemplated purchase Th action In both tnscs was iniolatlrn c the printed rules of the board , which prc vide foi open competition The resolution presented provided tbi Ihoi committee should examine in parthulu the letting of the contracts named an sh-uld hoa- such other complaints ns mlgl bo presented. It was adopted by a unaiil mous vote , and Bainnid , Snilth and John SOD were appointed to conduct the In quiry. lroti" t AKiilimt Saloon. A resolution was introdiiLCd by Smith ill rrcting the secretary to foimnlly protc ; to the license board agalnsl Ihe granting i a llqu i permit to Chris Jensen , I'ourleent and Cass streets The proposed site adjoin the Cass school , but the board had nc prevloubly objected owing to the nvowe intention of Jensen to occupy new quarter at a more suitable distance turn the plav ground His , new location , ho\\e\cr , w.i considered equally "unacceptable and the res olutlon was passed , all concurring excei Barnard , Buchanan , Covvio nnd Penfold The rules previously used to go\crn th deliberations of the board were adopted fc the ensuing year with their amendment ! The certificates of election prescribed b the new members at the beginning of th session were acted upon favorably 111 brard then adjourned to meet on Tliur.da night ORGANIZING WAR VETERAN ! I I ) ( > | iiirtini-iit CoiiimiiiiilrrN ninoil fo I National \Nsoi-liitlon of Siuin- IHIniiricMiii AVlir. L\NCASTHH , Pa , Jan 1 General Wll Us J Hullngs , eommnnder-ln-clilef of th National Association of Spanish-America War veterans , today announced the follow Ing appointments of department command ers Arkansas , Colonel Virgil T Cook , Call foinln , Colonel Victor Duboco , Tloildr Colonel Irving i : Wnbster. Illinois , Colonel onol D. Jack Tester , Indiana , Captain Wll Ham H niiglish , Kansas , Major A M Hai vey , Mlnne.soti , Major Krancls H. Bldwoll Missouri General Milton Moore , Montant Colonel C n Lloyd ; North Dakota , Colonc William C Truman , Pennsylvania , Chrlstc jiher T O'Neill , South Carolina , Colonc Wyllo Jones , Texas , Colonel G W. Hardy Washington , Major Edward H Tex , We Virginia , Captain John P. White , Wlscon hln. Colonel M T Moore Thcso olllcers , together with the com niniukt-In-chief and ndjiitnnt general ( ex olllcio ) , shall constitute the executive bom or council of administration and they wli Immediately bclect a stuff to consist of n assistant adjutant general an nsslstai : quartermaster general , an assistant Inspoc toi general , nn assistant surgeon genet a ! a Judge ndvocate , a signal officer and ihaplnln , who will hold ofilco until furthc ordcis ANTI-TRUST MEN CONFEI 1'reinii Inn for the t lilrnno Confei i-ni * In Teliriinrv ( lialrnutii l.oi'U Miiil I i IHHIU-K a Sdileiiient. CHICAGO , Jan 1 Members of th oxoditlvo ( ommlUeo of the national null trust confcicnce to be held In Central Musi hall , Tobruary U , hold a short canfeient today it the Sherman house M L Lock vvoad cf Pennsylvania , chairman of th committee , afterward Issued a statement 1 which ho hald "Uvory day the anti-trust sontlmen iliroughout the country Is becoming Inteii silled nnd cvnywhere the cry Is going ur 'What can bo done lo save the counti from the oppression of the trusts1 Th ' mission of tbo confcrcnco Is to answer thi cry To the political economists on dtatesmcn of the conference , rather tlu tn the politicians of the tommy , will th pcoplo look fui nn utterance which wil lead to their deliverance "The n\o should be laid to the root t the tree of special pilvllejscg The plan I to treat the cauacb rather than the ofroJ to strike at apodal lulvllegeu hardest an flirt In government ownership only en lailway favoritism be prcventcl Govern incut control undei curporate owm-rahl , has proven n failure In order tn destroy the trists wo must take from them the I special advantages uIil.Mi have created tho.ni and thev wil wither of their own weight IH thov moot tlu- energetic cnmpotlve capacity I cf the American peiple j ' It Is the plan to orgnnlro nil who arc oppo'rd to trusts with n view of uniting I the fi lends of free loin In every stile , | iountv nnd school district In , tlint concen trated action vvlilih nlotie can piovo effec- the " . CHOKER'S LEFT LEG BROKEN Voi'lilo" ! O"i'iirN i t \\nnnir. ( Knu- ! t nit. W'i'ii tlt > \tliMiiiit-4 to Mount n lloi-sr. ( Copvilgbt , I'KH ) , lij Piess Publishing Col LONDON , Jan 1 ( New York World Cn- bleginm-k pe HI Toleginm ) Hlchard Cio- ker wns about to mount his hor'i > yesterday morning nl the domstep of the Ilngllsli place moat houfc. Wnntago when the mil- mnl suddenlv shied The ground was Just frosU enough to be slippery Crokor'n foul wont out from under him mil he fell IUMV- llv breaking bis loft leg Ho vvns cnirled Into the house where ho ban been spending the holidays with his wife ami niece Dr Kmuraon or Wnntago called at nine anil snicceeded In reducing the' rrncturo wlthou ! dilllculty Umorson repot u tonight from \\.imago that tbi pit lent Is as comfoi table ns could bo expieted nnd that the case It coming on favotably SECRET OF M'CLELLAN'S LIFE rilXllt llMT INflttC DlMI-llMIH tllllt ll > \\IIM II II | . 1'I'I < T fllllll till- llrltlNli Vrnli. SlOt'X T\LLS. S 1) , Jnn 1 The strug gle going on In court here between ilalm- nuts from Ireland Can tda and the I nltei : States Tot the estate of John MoClellni : has brought to light the secret of his life which led to his retlcenco as to his pasl and his relatives He was a deserter from the Billish armj and feared death If apprehended The American nnd Canadian clnlmnnt1 have Joined hands They are Mrs Mnrgarel Bulklev , Chicago Mrs Marv Vine Ginm Ilnptds , Mich , Thomas McCkllnn Cnlgarv Northwest Tenllory William MeClcllin , NL agara. Out , nil claiming to be brothel- and slsteis Their competitors , me Mary McCIellin and Margaret Hnmlll , county Aimigh , licland clnluiliig to bo nieces , am still another , John McClcllan , Belfast , Ire land , claiming to be n. nephew. Ho hni just appeared by his allot noy Law yen from Canada and Ireland are here and tin contest bids fair to last a week longer a least MILLIONS cOR A UtNIVERSITV cNliU-nt Ilariii-r of < hn'nno Inntltii. tioii AVIIIiiiiouiiic X < - \ \ \onr'N iift : of sttToooo. : : CHICAGO , Jon 1 The University or Chi ingo has received a New Year's girt o $ " , 370 000 President Harper will make tin announcement tomorrow at the quaiterl ; convocation of the university In Studobakei hall The president hoped to nnnouuu that the university would ho $1,000,000 richer 1 ut ho has not been able to ralso the $315- 000 which , duplicated by John D. Ilocke fcllet , would mnko up thnt amount How ovei , Mr. Hockofellci has wired that In will extend 'ho limit throe months and li Ihat time Dr. Harper thinks he Is reason nblv sure of getting the mo-,1 of the money BB ho his several large donations in pros prctTour Tour yeaib ago Mr. Ilockefoller gave tin uulvcislty $1,000,000 and promised lo dupli iate every amount donated befoio Jnnuarj 1 , 1000 , up to $2,000,000. One yenr ago Dr Harper had secured $ lnri,000 from variant boutccs to .apply to the $2,000,000. Since thu this amount has been raised $ " 50,000 H i : undeistood thnt much of the inonoy hni ccmo from business men ot this city. PHILOSOPHERS FORM A CLUE LTNltll'N Of Nl'IinisKll , l Nonil anil KansiiN Ili-ni In an KANSAS CITY , Mo , Jan 1 The West- tin Philosophical society wab organised hen today nt n meeting attended by scholar ! who hold chnliB or phllctiophy , othles o ; other blrnllar btauehcb In the unlve'isltlei | or four weslcrn stales These olllcers won oleited ! President , Dr Trnnk Thllly , Missouil mil ! vcrslty , vlco prcRldont , Di. Olin D Temp. Hn , Kansas unlvomlly , secretary nnd treas 1.1 or. Di A H Hill , Nebraska nnlvorplty I executive committee , Dr S W T Patrick Iowa unlverulty , and Dr. Cleland B McAfee PaiK college. I The object of the society IB "to stlmulati i an Interest In philosophy nnd to oniourngi original roboirch 1 A philosophical maga/lne will probablj bo founded FAIL TO INDICT GALLINGER ( iiiuul .III 1-5 AVIilrli HUM lli'rn liiti'Mtl- KII 1 1 OK Illx < IIHIla : , < < H rinul Ki-lioil. CONCOHD. N 11 , Jnn L The gram Juiy reported to Judge Aldrlch today Ni Innlctmiiit was found ngalnat Senator Gal linger , charged with violating the clvl Hurvlco laws In soliciting subscriptions fo ; eanipalgn pui poses from fedtrnl ( jlllceholil I i It Ivor ' lotii'it ( it SI , IOIIN | , 1 ST LOt'LS. Jtm -For 1 the first Hint Ir mjiiy years Mimiimliiiil river IH floret ever lureA Htoiitly tuld snap Hint hui I i-xlbtod for nv - < k or tnote has formed c i short of IIH thnt rcBlstt ) the river I juts Ai , rtsult no boats are arriving or dennrt- ilng und the ferries have been cuiniiullct ] u shut \ilviinri- for * ( . .lONi-jili ST JOSWJI Mo. Jun 1-lournoymer pa'ntor ' * of this city /wao threat * md It strike linvo hciiirtd an ndvaiiif of 20 pel cent iu WHI.LH and nine hums Instead ul j ton na a day s wurk Vlll > I'llKMIlN Of lll'CHII Vl'XNI'lK , .Illll , I At l ondon Sailed MarquottP , for Now York Al .Manila ( Pecumbor JO ) Sailed Monnu foi Portland , Ore , ( January li Unllti . Siati sti-arntr Thoinan for Sin Trunelmci 1 via Nagasaki At New York Arrlvml Thlngvalla , frorr , I At Movllle Arrival Monti.lulc. fnnn .St John , N H vlullillfax for Liverpool At Llvi rpool Anivc Ltiuilti from NI w I 'N ork ALL BUT AGU18ALDO Insurgent Chieftain's ' Wife and Sisters Sur render to Mrjor Mnrsb , THREE FILIPINO OFFICERS GIVE UP , TOO Capitulation Takes Plnw at Bontoo , in the ProvmoaofTlnt Name , AMERICAN ADVANCE SOUTHWARD BEGINS Cabuyo , on Lacuna do Bay , is Occup'ed ' by Two Battalions. INSURGENT DEAD NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR Oiullniiilrcil nml Plflj l'i I MI in * r and Pour sK-Poiimler linn * TnUeii I MII I tnt > i Icnn * vt o M \NILA , Jan 1 Agulimldo's wife , sis- lets nnd eighteen 1'lllplnos have surron- dried to Mnjor Marsh's battalion of the Thlid Infantry nt llontoc , province of that name Three Filipino olllcon nlso c < urrondciod to MnjmlnrMi nnd the rillplncH ga\e up two bpanlsh nnd two Amorlcan prisoners Tim report sent out In nn Amcilcin iHl en several days nBo that Agulmldos wife hid died was Inconect She was \ery nun h exhausted by the midships lialdint to the progress of the rillplno auny nnd found it impossible to nntloipu the Hgors of fuithor flight soiilliriii Vil , nirtIN Memiii. The Hist movement of , , general Kouthorn athinco occur.e.l . . thU morulnK when ) bittalons of the Twenty. ninth Infanl.v . landed and occupltd Cnbuvo on the Eontl , side of haguna do Bay Two \ni.MleaiiF . woi , . Killed nml fem wuc Bounded Twenty - om of the ' enemy's dead were found in mio house One bundled nnd Iim prisoners nnd ' ° " " "C1 Il'"lHlro ' ( tui'ed B1II1S TO fap- The gunboat Ungiinn de lln bombarded the town heroic the .lisemhaiU Ion of tint " eons from the ( a coes. which was mud * umlcr the enemy s bhrapnel lire The enemy e\ncuaed ( the place moU.1 . ( , . ( o feanta Kosa. to hlch town the\ were Pursue I Homy nghtlng occurred along the load ui Sam. . Hosa , the Insuigcnts ietre.il- ; ng Sonth toward Sllang 'Ihe Americans burned the country between nnd around Cabuy o The gunboat returned to Calamba foi re- inrcrcemcnts nnd thence enme to Manila to fetch ammunition She recently captuied two of the enemy's steam launches under UK' lire of artillery nt Calamba and also four caseous laden with rice Othei regiments are mobilizing tonight at San Pedio Miuatl and Caslg proparntoiy to continuing the southern .uh.incc ) " ! 'lllOIINIIIHl rllllllllllH III Pll | . Yesterday's caj turo or bombs Involved tli vlzurc or documents ipculpatlng 1,000 rill- Lines who Ir.iuidcto ] rise ngalnnt the Americans , Papers wore nlso found showing .1 dl'tilbution of the city Into dish lets nml a careful assignment of leaders and follow ers The Precautions taken by the Ameri- eins on Saturday. It | h now evident nlono pro\ented an uprising The pro\ost mni- bhal las requested that two moro icglmiMits bo dtailcl foi the piotection of Manila. Thito thoiiFand troops are now actually In the city. MiiKi-i l'roii | > mil to < OIIHII ! Wllilniim tc V-coinc Vini-rliMiii ( MIl/iMii , ( Copy right , vm , ij a.ro , s piisiiinK | | | Co ] 'HO.NT ' KONO Jan 1 ( N'cw York World Cablegram Special Telegram ) l.IchaiK o , tieasiuer of the Hong Kong Junta , on behall of his committee , has made proposal thiough an Ameilcnn rltlzen to Coiihul Wlliliiian to submit allegl.mco of himsplf nnd colleagues to the Unl cd States Previously ho bad consulted the nuthorltles In HOUR Kong as to thu possibility or thi entire ) Junta becoming British subjects , but was Informed It would ho Impossible ns they nro insurgents ngalnst the United Slates Tiniiiio llroiiKlit (11 Manila. M \NMLA , Dec ! ! 1 C 10 p m The transport Haflro hns arrived nt Manila , bilnging folonel Tlnnno , who 'Is ' much Kilcvcd nt being supplanted by Colonel Hood as mllltaiy governoi of Cagaynn prov ince Ho looks upon Manila an n nest of Insuigtiits who may assassinate iidn be- ( .uifcc he hiirrcmlcied Cngayan He says Unit when Colonel Hood arrived the presidents of all the towns or the province repalied to Appalrl and begged him to inntlniip thorn in their present positions , saying nlso that the natives d < sired to bo rid of the Mnucu- bebes , the filurs and the colored American hoIdlcrB , toward whom liny entertained n \lolent antlpithy Slxty-i-lght sick out of Mnjor Hatchelor'a command of UO nio coming to Manila WOHLFSOHN CASE A MYSTERY \ttorniM lllniH tluif tin * IiiNiirnnn * ruiiivnio Illi.-d a linn ( , , | ' , . | - NOIII.Il- ( | | l > Ill-llll , LOS ANiins ( ! : , C'al , Jan 1 Attorney Oscai Ilambergcr , who represented the helfH In the WohlfHdlm case when they fought to lecovoi the $10,000 llfo liibiiianci. from the New York l.lfo Insnrnnco company , Is In the city. He will not ghn up his < aH < > , though hlH clients Inivo wulvod their claim to the $10,000 He docs not bellc\n that thn man who i mm from Chicago pretending to ho the real \Vohlfsohn IB HO / "Ho IB n fraud , ' biild Bamberger "Ho h inndo up to icecmblo U'ohlfHohn , but ho IH not leal J Bhall spend $50U of my own money If need bo to fe-riot out thlw mystery - tory " Mis Maggie O'Neill , the woman who paid the iiippospd Wolfbohn's funeral expenses , Is not fiiU.slliNl cither She tiled to confront the BUppOHltltlou.sVfihlftolm while hero , hut ho would not ben her Attornu ) O'Brien or the Inxuranu tompatiy Ic-ft the dty for San Dlppo loday There IB no doubt that the now Wohlfaohn lias lied to Chicago Thu CUB d IB as full of mystuy as over ( omit } Ti i'ii KII PIT Hliut , 'ASTnn , Pa. Jan 1-It W.IB nn- nounced today tint Cuunty Truasuur IJ II Jltrshoy , who hn IX-PII Abvnnt flom the city fur Homo linn is .1 defaulter and al > - stonder Mr HeisOuv H Him was in eh irge of thft olllic IUHI \\ick eiiflinvorlUK to Ktr.iUhun nut tin books Hoiallul I'ouiHy Auditor Murxh 10 ! IH | aid nnd thc.v huvii found u defalmtlon ut JCiOiO Tbe-li is tin de-limit In tin luiiks of thlu illy $01,810 , while the bouku call fur Jl blO ThiTo Is iluu in thi tuti fur tux on m jney nt Inter im for ! > > . ' ! > the Ktim of V l wi of which three-fourtbs < - < > inc-s bai ) < to thin ( ounty , hciKc the nut sum owing thi > Ktato In Kl ( XX ) llerHla-y Is belli v.od to Invo oiu tu Canada. Stuck Hpe'i ulatliin and tin gaming table aru b Hi vtd to have pruili illy laten up thk en tire amount of thi' defalcation