Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1900)
OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED .TUNIS 10 , 1871. ( KMAII.A , MONDAY MORNING , JANUABY 8 , 1900. SENG Li 13 COPY IJTVB O1325TS. BRITAIN Kurnman Garrison Surrenders yi Dordrecht TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY ARE CAPTURED Losses of the British Greatly Added To in Ono Day's Reports. BULLER ENGAGED IN SENDING RUMORS Last Real News from Ladysmith is Garrison is Hard Pressed , CLDOMY VIEWS OF LONDON EXPERTS Cencrnl WIiHo Ucior < ( lint Ilocr Ji'orvcH Hutu Ilei'ii Increimcil HtirutiL-rn In Control of All TlCIICllCN lit ColCIIMI. TUrcc more NcrlntiN rc-v cried linic IM-I-II Hiirferfd li > IlrlUnh iirnin In Soullifrlcn. . Infill-million IIIIN JiiNt IM-C-II rccfltcil of llic uirrrmU-r of Hie liiirrlNon a I Ktirniiinn , Hculiiutnii- liuiet. In HIP northern purl of < "iu p of Cooil Hope colon } . lnl < -eU , One li u nil i i-il mill Inont ) niiKllNh | irlnon- < ! , Im-liHllnir iilniollleciH , < -ro lulo-ii , lipnliloM Nptrnt ) null * en , - vho lire mm on their n > lo 1'ietoilu Iiy nn > of Vr > burn. fiiMiprnl TreiH'li report * n rhoclc lo liln onprnlloim ncnr ColexlieiK , In ColmltiTu ; illMtrlt-l. SiMontj im-ii , Inuluilliiff nen-ii ollleiTN of the rirnt Imitation of the Snllolli ri-iiliiient , vcr - t-iiptiireil In nil nttetnp to Nlorm the Hocrn' poMtloii. I'rctorln inltlc-ex tell of the HrltlHli Inn I n If been t'ontpelleil to lra\c Iloriliucht , liclnir iiiialilc to hold the timii llKlllliHt Oiim 1'iiul'H forees. Donlrppht U III WoilchoiiNC iIlMtrlel , iiorlheiiHt of Stc-rlcHtrom. Ill tlie o ifterNfH occiirreil In IlrltlNh terrl- torj. London mllltao cTpcrtN looU on the ilirc Hide of the Kltuallou nt I.ail- Ninlth. One itujNt "Toilay or tomor row iaa > lirliiK Moril thai WhUp'n < | | > | NOII him i-L-iineil to exlil IIM n iitllltaiforee. . " ( .Comright , 1800 , by Press Publishing" Co ) LONDON , Jan. 7 ( Now York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) All London that was awnko stopped up until the small hours anxiously awaiting further news from Ladvsmlth and the editors In charge of all the morning nowspapera postponed going to prces until the last moment In the hope of more definite news of th ? Rltuatlou and thu fear that White had bt-en forced to sur render or Ladyeralth's defenses had been carried by storm. Oroups assembled early In the evening at the War olllce , but gloomily departed for the clubs later when It was een that there was little hope of further definite news. Per- sonn about the tickers In the evening were universally despondent. They could not un derstand the paucity of Bullor's telegram. They mourned , commented on Buller'H fall- " use "to distract attention by his reconnals- tance , and White's report that ho was hard pressed Kiench's disaster only added to the dismay of the civilian experts Those who discussed it could not understand his report that all was as usual , followed by the report of the commander that lines of oommunlcatlon had been severed and that seventy British had been taken prisoners , Including ten offlcers. A dozen times In the War ofDco corridors and about tickers this remark was heard : "What If Ladysmith has fallen ? What then ? " The Jingo answer was : "We must lighten " on The reply to this was "Well , If you fight on , as jou have fought , the whole British army , volunteers and militia , must be started to South Africa " I saw several correspondents of continental I newspapers All agreed that if Ladysmith i had surrendered or was captured the Boers would then bo In the llnest possible position i to play the magnanimous role with Great t Britain , and that Lejds could go with the greatest assurance to any ono of the great t powers and solicit intervention to stop the slaughter of British troops and negotl- ate for peaco. Foreign diplomats suggest t that In that event the Boers might not only Inslbt on the independence ot the two re publics , but demand and secure a seaport on the east coast of Africa I\I : T | Opinion. The Post's military expert says"Nown from the seat of war is very grave Vrom the western theater the Boern announce thny took Kuruman New Year's day. Walker's iinnounccment of the loss of a company In Trench's command Is not mo mentous , though significant. The Important news comto from Ladysmith " Then the expert quotes olllclal dispatches and a special , showing that n fight In still going on at Ladj smith at 3 ID Saturday and sajs- "No doubt the Boer general resolved to try whether by persistent attack ho could not tmko un end of White's resistance , olnce ho wa.s In place to resist any uffort on Buller's part Todny or tomorrow may bilng word that White's division lias ceased to exist as a military force. As a matter ot calculation and probability the chance of White's escaping from Ladj smith Is indis tinguishable from the chance that Buller will attack and defeat the Uoers In front of him Buller was not ready on Saturday Ills resource on hearing of the attack on White on Saturday was to order a demon stration Ho might as well have ordered a display of llroworka White's only chance is that his force in the flower of the British armj ami their resistance will bo ended j b ) nothing but disablement or death The report that a bittal'on ' commander In the force which In attacking Cclesberg made n dawn attack with four companies , which i was repulsed with the loss of one whole company left In the encmj-i hands , seems to prove that the tactical training of the British army is defective " The Dally News expert sajs "The- situa tion today is graver than at any previous etage of the campaign. White's position at I idjsmith Is clearly very critical Wo must nerve ourselves to bo prepared oven for the vvoiat Usuo " The Dallj Mall expert does not discuss the ( situation The editorial attack on the coplnet Is renewed vigorously. The paper prints a rumor that Buller Is not In good , health and suggests that ho Is not doing his work The. Dally Tek'graph expert says "The fact that Buller pushed available troops up lo Colcneo mid found the lines still held by a large number ot the euetnj U the tUrange&t feature of a most curious situation " The same writer attempts to he cheerful and extols the valor of the British Infantry The Siandard expert writes "The veil of sllrnco over Natal has suddenly lifted and reveals the troops at Ladj smith In the .throes of a desperate struggle It would beef of words to point out how much on the character of the tidings that as wo write may be speeding over the Ires " Vit\lcift from the I'ront , PIUVromA. Thursday , Jan. 4 ( Via Lou- ren o Marquez ) Tlcld Cornet Vlsscr , under date of Tuesday , January 2 , reports ns fol lows from Kuruman , British Bcohuana- land- "I commenced n bombardment of Kur uman yesterday ( Mondaj ) , aiming at the po- llco barracks. The fight lasted until 0 In the evening , when the garrison surrendered , Issuing from the forts and jlcldlng up arms "Wo took 120 prisoners , Including Captain Bates and Captnln Donnlfton , Mr Hlllynrd. the magistrate , and eight other olllcors We- also captured seventy natives , together with a number of rlllcs and revolvers and a quantity of ammunition. "Tlftcen British wcro wounded. They are being attended by us , with the help of Dr. Bearne , an Kngllsh phjslclan "The horses , oxen , meal and flour taken from the prisoners have been sent to Pre toria by waj of Vryburg " llrltlxli Itclrcal fioin Dordrecht. LOUUHNZO MAHQUUZ , Thursday Jan.I. . . A dispatch from the Boer headquarters near Dordrecht ajs The Biltlsh have been compelled to re treat from Dordrecht Fighting continues j aiound Colcsberg , where the British occupy ' some of the outside kopjes. Bullets are j dropping Inside the town j LONDON. Jan 7. The war office publishes thu following dispatch from General ' Torester-Walker , commanding at Capetown : "General Trench reports , under date of January C " 'The situation Is much the same as > es- terdaj , but I regret to report that a serious accident has happened to the Tlrst battalion of the Suffolk regiment'i "Trom news just come to hand fiom there I gather that , with the authorltj and with the knowledge of Colonel French , four com panies of the battalion advanced by night against a low hill one mile from their camp They attacked at dawn Lieutenant Colonel i Watson , commanding , gave orders to charge , i Ho was at once wounded Ordcis for re- I tlrcmcnt were ghen j "Three-quarters of the force retreated to camp The remainder held tholr ground until - til they were overpowered by greater num- j bers , when they surrendered. Seventy were I taken prisoners , Including seven officers \ ' "General French reports that the Boer commando which made the attack January I 1 lost fifty killed , besides wounded and pilboners The commando was dispersed. " iSlltlcr ScnilN Canili ItnmovN. General Buller sends the following from Trero camp , dated today : "This from White , dated Saturday , 3:15 : p. m. . "Attack renewed. Very hard pressed. "I have absolutely no more news and there is no sun. There is a camp rumor that White defeated the enemy at 5 this after noon and took 400 prisoners. "I sent all available troops yesterday to make a demonstration at Colenso. The trenches there were all occupied by the " cnemj General Buller has wired the war oulce the following , dated January 6 , from Frere camp "Tho following message received from General White at 1 p. m. todaj : " 'January C 11 a. m Attack continues and enemy has been reinforced from the south ' "Tho following was received at 4 this forenoon from General White- ' " 'January C 1245 p. m Have beaten' ' enemy oft at present , but they are still around mo In gieat numbers , especially to the south , and I think renewed attack very I probable. ' | "The sun has failed and I cannot get fur- j ther Information from Ladj smith until to- | ' " ' morrow. > o ( 'liinmc for MeHiiieii or Oiitacrc. ' LONDON , Jan 7 General Toiestler- Walker , telegraphing from Capetown , saj's j "Thero la no change In the situation as | regards Lord Methuen and General Gatacrc. Ileferrlng to my eirller dispatch today I have to report that General Trench re ports , under date of January C , that a med- ' icol officer has been sent out to collect all | the wounded to the northeast of Colesberg The exact list of persons missing Trench i i has not yet ascertained , probably about i seventy The First battalion of the Essex [ regiment has been sent to replace the First ' battalion of tbo Suffolk. ] i "Tho position of affaire , tactical and strat egic , Is without alteration A Boor medical ' ofllcer admits It was Intended to leave Colesbeig. The enemy's loss day by day from our fire has been hcavj- . " ALL BOER GUNS ARE WORKING nnuriiKcil In I'oiirlnur In Shell * Upon Jad > Hinlth from Uerj Aall - able 1'oxlllon. LONDON , Jan 8 A dispatch to the Dally Chronicle from Frore camp says : Saturday's bombardment of Ladysmith was the heaviest yet recorded. All the heavy guuH were working and the Boers eeemed to bo pouring In shells from every available lighter gun. The Dally Mall has the following , dated January C , at noon , from Frere camp- At 3 o'clock this morning very heavy firing began at Ladysmith. It lasted fully four hours and must have meant either a sortlo by the British or a dotevnlned attack j on the garrison by the Boers Our shells could bo even falllne on Umbulwahna hill and the enemy was replying Beside the cannon reports tbero were sounds Indicating smaller pieces of artillery In action The fighting must hnvis been nt | closer range than has been the case up to now Our naval guns at Chlevely sent their usual fire into the Boer trenches there , but there has been no further movement. Karl of At u lladlj Wounded , According to a private telegram received In London the earl of Ava , the eun of thu marquis of Dufferln and A\a , was dangerously - ] ously wounded in the thigh during a rcceu ; assault on Ladjsralth. dim I'lnj at l > a < l ) Niullh. ( Copj right , 1900 , b > Press Publishing Co. ) FKiii : : CAMP , Jan 6 1 15 p m ( Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram 1 | A private heliograph message from Lndyi i smith Htates the , Doers attacked this morn ing at 2 o'clock in great force , on all sides of the town The camp garrison opened a tremendous fire with musketry and field guns , repulsing three distinct attacks The message reports that fighting still continues , I but tha cannonade has dwindled to a big bulwana gun , which fires vindictively It Is Impossible that the enemy lias not BUS- tulneJ severe loss. CHUHCIULL ' Will Itnlxt * n t'orpM of Cciitlcincn. LONDON , Jan S It has been decided at' ' the war oftlce to raise a corps of gentlemen | for service In South Africa as mounted In- 1 I lantry , forming an Integral part of the jeo- ( Contlnued on Second Pago. ) IRISHMEN AND HIE BOEKS Fortnil Statement Made by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. SYMPATHY FOR THE TRANSVAAL REPUBLIC IK-vlrotiK ( ntlciul Alii ( o South Afrlen .Nation , lint Will Not \ lolatccnlritllt } Lawn In Dolnic ho. WASHINGTON , Jan. 7. The national of ficers of the Ancient Order of Hibernians met In this city today and later Issued the following statement to the public. The national officers met In Washington to discuss a demand on thu part of a ma jority of the representatives of our 150,000 mcmbcis that the order render some as sistance to the Boers In the Transvaal It vvca agreed to render any assistance com patible I with our lojalty ns American citi zens and which would not Interfere with the neutrality laws of the United States , i We are Impressed with the splendid prece dent shown by the republic In going to war with Spain to free Cuba from the oppres sion of that country. Wo believe that Ameilcan sjmpathj Is with the Uoers and that we aio acting in accordance with the principles which urged the United States to carry the flag In a struggle for the libera tion of tlu < gallant Cubans. Our people would i flock to the armies of America If the government i marched to the assistance of the t South \ftk-ins It Is unnecessary for the Hibernians to proclaim j their lojalty to the United States , but 1 It becomes them to state that no act of theirs will he contrary to the laws. Know ing the character of the British govern ment , Its cruelt > , Us ambition , wo are de sirous to assist the citizens ot a sister re public to defeat English aggression. What kind ] of aid will bo given we cannot state at the piesent time , but certain ! } It will beef of ( a practical nature and acceptable to the Boer government. Were this nation the antagonist of Eng land ] , we could from our ranks bend fifteen to t twenty regiments of the best fighting ma terial i the world ever saw. In fact , In anj Just j cause In which the United States may see j fit to draw the sword , the society would respond ] as It did in former wars. The Irish regiments i of Illinois , Michigan , Massa chusetts ( and New York were largely re cruited , from our ranks and In some ot the leglments ] ot United States regulars recently sent to the front are divisions of the Ancient Order ( of Hibernians dulj affiliated with the parent j order In this country. The order at largo Is hopeful that the government will jet rise to the wishes and hopes of the Irish-Americans and extend to the bravo Boers the sympathy France gave to this country In 1876. 1876.JOHN JOHN T. KDATING , National President , Illinois. JAMES E. DOLAN , National Vlco President , New York. P. T MORGAN , National Tieasurer , Washington. JAMES A. SULLIVAN , National Secretary , Philadelphia. National directors : P. J. O'CONNOR , Georgia. P. K. O'NBIL , Philadelphia. E. J. SLATTERY , Massachusetts. REV M. J. BRYNE , Indiana. CVNVHV riillaili-lplilit Irlftli Holil n Meeting Illlll I'llNH ItPNOltlCollH. PHILADELPHIA , Jan 7 A pro-Boer meeting was held in Industrial hall tonight by the United Irish society of Philadelphia , icpresentlng , ninety divisions of Ancient Order - j der , of Hibernians , forty camps of the Clan- ' na-Gael . , total abstinence eocietles and the various Irish-American benevolent associa tions of this city. Nearly 1,000 delegates were present. A resolution was unanimously adopted pledging the various societies to use their utmost , endeavors to make successful the proposed ] pro-Boer mass meeting which Is to ' be held at the Academy of Music next Saturday ! night. A resolution was also unanimously adopted declaring untrue many of the pub lished statements announcing proposed In vasions of Canada , the equipment of alleged volunteers , the raising of fabulous sums of money and the forwarding of ships with i supplies of various kinds from American I ports by Irish-American societies. Continuing the resolution sajs"The stories i arc circulated either for the purpose of bringing ridicule upon the Irish na tional movement or are the voporlngs of \nln men , who , while In some Instances well-meaning , are unaware of the dut'es j which one nation owes to another and give | voice to their hopes rather than to any I well-defined plans proposed for Immediate j action , that the members of our societies I are first and above till Americans and that no public acts of theirs will violate the neu- tiallty lawti of the nations of which they are citizens/ ' 1'iiACTicAij uni.r rourun IIOKHS. IllK McctliiKN lift me Held III ( In- Mute of ConiKTHcill. NEW YORK , Jan. 7. A special to the . Tribune from Noivvlch , Conn , says The committee appointed by the meeting in New Haven , of which Alexander Troup was chairman , Is sending out appeals for money to aid the Boers The first pro-Boer meetings were held by Hibernian and other Irish societies , but this move seems to bo ' moro general and prominent meetings wet a held east of the Connecticut river Trlday , Tour vvero held last night and a number of Hibernian Ledger and Clan-na-Gaels , will meet In their halls and club rooms to day to perfect plans for assisting the Boerw. Prominent Boer agents from Now York and ' Philadelphia say they have hundreds of applications j plications to enlist In the Boer service , | In Moosuh , Jewett City , Putnam and . Wllllmantlc and this city there are | men ready to leave at a moment's notice to j ! do hospital work or to enter the ranks. I At all the stations along the railroads vvhoro farmers gather In the early morning to ship their milk to distant cities the Boer- English war is the solo subject of conversation I tion and England has not a friend among them. Ortlor of IlllioniilniiN Ai-tUf , ALBANY , N. Y. . Jan 7 The 'Ancient Or i der of Hibernians of Albany county , In con- I ventlon hero todaj , adopted resolutions offering . fering their heartiest congratulations to the I Boers for the gallant fight which they are making for the protection of their lives and liberty" and promising aid In case their \ , i national officers should se fit to order a call to strike a blow at England | PITTSnURG , Pa , Jan 7 A pro-Boon ' movement was started hero by the Ancient Order of Hibernians This organization held a special mooting today and made arrange ments for a mass meeting to bo held In Old City hall within a week The meeting i is to be nonertarlan and all friends of the ' Boers are Invited to be present. i lloltinil II. , ! | M lli > lrr , I i NEW YORK Jun 7-Roland Reed the1 ' actor , wan reported to bo better tonight Ills c-ondltion however Is still regarded , as critical < SGHENCK AND HIS DISCOVERY Mon Who ClnlniN lo Know the Score * nf Si'v llollren from \leana I nit crortj. i ( Copv right , 1SOO , bj Pres Publishing Oo 1 VIENNA , Jnn " . ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram ) 1'rif Samuel li Sclionch , the professed discoverer of the control of sex , who was censured bj the faculty of the University of Vienna , of which ho Is n member , made the following state ment today "I nm \Ictlm of the envy and Ignorance of the Vienna university professors , but I lose nothing by their action , on the con trary It seta me Ireo to pursue my sjstem unfettered by the chains of professional eti quette by which mediocrity restrains In dependent action. Long before 1 published anything on my s > atem I led numberless women Indirectly to follow It successfully and my practice became so large that 1 had to revert to the discovery to avoid the cen sure of the university "Now 1 will establish m > solJ In Switzer land rr America and openly practice my sjstem , which has only bcon partially ex plained In any book I hope to do for tba j czar of llnssla what I have alrcad > done for \rchduko Frederick , for whom my treatment secured n man-child after his wlfo had borne eight daughters. ' NI3W YORK , Jan 7. ( Special Telegram. ) Dr. Samuel L Schcnck has for years been considered a loading embrjologlst of Eu i rope. In January , ISIS , ho first announced I that ho had discovered the secret of BOX , after twenty years of experiments lly his o\vn choice , he said , ho was the father of I six boje. A week ago Trot. Schenck was j j censured by the faculty of the University j of Vienna. In consequence ho was advised by the government to resign his position I ' as president ot the cmbrjologlcal Institute connected with the university The minis ter of the Interior gave Prof. Schenck permission - ! mission to retire on a pension. The other officers In the university objected to Di. Schonck's sensational method of publishing his discoveries relallvo to the secret SE\ His associates regarded his work as purely sclentlfli : and thought It shrmld not have been employed for self-advertisement. Ilciiiihllcan Demonstration In Paris. I'AIUS , Jan 7. There was an Imposing republican demonstration today on the occa sion of the annual pllgnniage to Gam- betta's monument at Movllle d'Avlrary , In the suburbs of Paris Despite the Inclement weather an enormous crowd was In attend ance The premier , M. Waldcck-Uousseau , and the minister of war , the Marquis Galll- fet , sent representatives. Senator Theodore Cazot delivered the principal speech , ap pealing , In the name of Gambetta , for "union and concord , of which Trance never stood more In need than It does today" The mooting voted an address of congratula tion to the premier upon his campaign In defense of the republic. Nctt foil n < I In ml DeiullocK ITnhrnUcii * ST. JOHNS , N. r , Jan. 7. Information from olllclal quarters Indicates that the dead lock icspecttng the Trench shore modus vlvendl Is still unbroken. The colony has presented to the British government a state ment showing wheiein the present method of enforcing the existing arrangement could j bo altered with great advantage to the col I ony , cblelly In the matter of Franco withdrawing - drawing the embargo on the development of mining and lumbeniig o wjg the Kiench shore. No answer has yet been returned. It Is taken for granted Lord Salisbury is discus sing the question with the Trench govern ment. Cot Ion Stciimer n I'iro. LONDON , Jan. 7 The British steamer Adato , Captain Mclntjre , from Sablne Pasa via Norfolk for Rotterdam , put In at Port land today with Its cargo of cotton afire. With a view to preventing further damage In the second hold Llojd's agent has gene aboard , assisted by twenty-five hands , with two salvage pumps. TAYLOR WILL NOT GIVE UP If Rochel WliiH llcfore the I.eirlNln ture , KeiitucUj'H ( Jotcrnor May liaise reilrrnl QiicMtlon. TRANKTORT , Ky , Jan 7 Republican leaders , who are on confidential terms with Governor Taylor , Intimated tonight that the republican contestees may not quit the fight In the event the legislature and the State Contest board \ote to seat Gnebcl as gov ernor and the other democratic contestants. They have by no means given up hope that they will win in the legislature , but are taking time by the forelock and arc looking around for other moves In case Goebel should win. It Is generally believed they will seek to raise A federal question and take the case into the United States supreme court One of the questions which could be raised , thoj bay , would bo on the ousting of Lieutenant Governor Marshall as presiding officer of the Joint assemblj In the event of the adop tion of the rules as passed by the senate jesterday and also on the prospective whole sale unbcatlng of republican members of the legislature. The house will tomorrow take up the Information filed In the senate Saturday , .charging Whallen and Ryan with attempting to brlbo Senator Harroll In the governor ship contest , together with the resolution providing for a Joint Investigation commit tee. The resolution Is practically certain to go through Senator Barrett , chairman of the repub lican Joint caucus , has called that caucus to. meet tomorrow night to nominate a can didate for henator. Tormer Governor W O Ilradley will bo the nominee Ho will prob ably bo named by acclamation Representative Orr , democrat , has prepared - pared a bill , which he will Intrndtico Tues- da > , repealing the Goobel election commls- sloii law and providing for a hl-partlsan commission , iliillillnsr Trnili'M Coin riitlnn , MlLWATKim Jan 7 The annual oon- ventlnn of the National Building Trades council opens In this city tonroirovv ami will prolmblj continue throughout the vviek A largo number of the delegates arrived to day Nearlj ev erv se < lion of the countrj will bo represented Sixteen different trades unions nre reprt 'onteil In tlio council The re-port nf the. general Kccrotarj ar > d tieas- urer , II W SU'lnhhs of HI Lmils JIo , will rccommuid that an effort bp made to cnforcm an eight-hour clnj In every cltj Slips will prolwbls bo taken toward The oigunlzutlon of u conference board to pre- Ivent strikes Mil ) Knjoln n Mill' * Hcino\al. HAHTrOHlj CITY , Ind , Jan 7-The Mantpeller tlnplate mill emnlovlrit ? 200 mn closed je'sterday and It la believed that it will not resume It In said that the tln- plate trust Intends to move the inichlnery to either Klvvood 01 Anderson and eonsnll- dito with the others owned l > > the torn- pan > at the o places The people of Mont- pclUr tuvo a bonus of J270W for this plant and Injunction proceedings uro contem plated SIUN ( iiichcl AVI 11 ! ) < dm IT n or. CHICAGO j.jn 7-Uroy Wnoilmin of Kentuckj national democratic lummlttcu- in in from that state and a member of the wu > s ami means committee who cainu to ( 'till-ago to uttond the Jackeonlan ban- uiiet , > > ald "Goettl will be in possession of the KUV- ernor's olllct between Jiuiuarj 25 and Teb- ruiirj 1 Suiuijr ( Blackburn and nut Mr Guc'bel ' Is thu man who Insisted on < ar- 'rjlnff the content \iy \ to the legislature ' EIGHT MONTHS IN CAPF1V1TY Lieutenant Oilraoro and Party Rescued from What Seemed Certain Death. CAPTORS ABANDON THM ! TO SAVAGES I'lrnt I.i-ft Mlth mi Armed Gunrd AVhloii Hiul Order * to Mioot Tin-in Tnlo of Prnnful Ilarilnhlitn , MANILA , Jan. 7. S 30 p. m. Lieutenant J. C. Gllmoro of the United States gunbo.il Yorktown , who was captured by the Insurgents - ' gents last April near Baler on the coist ot Luzon and rescued a fewda > .i ago b > Colonel Luther R. Hare of the Thlrt-thlid volunteer Infantry , sat today In the.apart- , ment of his sister , Mrs Major Price , 4jt the Hotel Oilcnte In Manila and told a rcm'arki- ' bio storj ot his eight months in raptlvltj , ending with his dramatic deliverance from a death that seemed Inevitable. The steamer Venus came Into the harbor last evening from Vlgan , province of South Ilocos , with Lieutenant Gllmorc and nine- j teen other American prisoners. Including I seven of his sailors from the Yorktown ' Lieutenant Gllmorc , after leportlng , came ' ashore and hobbled along , with the aid of a t cane , to the Hotel Orlciite , where Amerlcin officers and ladles were waltzing thiough the halls to the strains of "Agulnaldo's March " I Although tanned and ruddj from exposure - ' uro , he Is weak and nervous , showing thu ici i suits of hardships He speaks warmly of I Agulnaldo and very bitterly against Gcncinl TIne , declaring that while In the formers j Jurisdiction ho was treated splendid ! ) , but ! that after ho fell Into Tlno's hands he suf- ' fercd everthing. Colonel Hare and Lieutenant Colonel How.DO , the latter of the Thlrty-fouith In- fantr > , rescued Gllmoro's partj on Dcc-.ni- bcr IS , rear the head watcis of the Abalut river , after they had been abandoned by the Tlllplnos and wcro expecting death from savage tribes around them. M hen the rescuing force reached them they were nearly starved , but wcio buildIng - Ing Lifts In the hope of getting down the river to the coast. Lieutenant Gllmoro undo the following statement to n correspondent of the As sociated Press : Aliaailoncil ( o the SII IIKFN. "The Filipinos abandoned us on the night of December 1C. We had reached the Ab-i- lut river near Its source that morning and the Tlllplnos rafted us over. Wo then went down the stream , along a rough trail , guarded by a company of Tlliplnos. That night wo were separated from this guarl and another company armed with Mausers was put In Charge of us. I suspected some thing and questioned the lieutenant in command. Ho said : 'I have orders from General TIne to shoot you all , but my con science forbids I shall leave jou here' "I begged him for two rlllea to protect us from savages , adding that 1 would g vo him letters to the Americans , Who vv uld pay him well and keqp him from all harm , Ho refused this , however , saying that ho would not dare to comply. Soon alter- ward ho left with his company. "We had seen some savages In war paint around UP and wo prepared to fight thi-m with cobblestones , the only weapons that weio available to us. The next morning wo followed the trail of the Filipino eol- dlers , feeling that Itwas better to stick to them than to be murdered by sivages , but we could not catch up with them. Then I ordered the men to build rafts , In the hope of floating down the river It was a foilorn hope , but I knew the river must empty Into the sea eomcnvhere I was so weak m > sclf that I did not expect to get out , but I thought some of the men could. "On the moinlng of December IS , while wo vvero working on the rafts , the Amei- icans came toward us jelling. One of my men shouted'They are on us ! ' He was lashing a raft of bamboos I , however , knew It was not the yell of savages. The res cuing troops thought we had Filipino guards and called to us In English to lie down , so that they could shoot the Tlllplnos That was the finest body of officers and men I over saw " Lieutenant Gllmore could not speak en thusiastically enough about the 140 picked men who bad rescued him and his paity. / Shoot Itiiiildx oil Haftfi. The command spent the day In making rafts. Colonel Hare thought Lieutenant Gll moro too weak to live through the trip , but there was no alternative. They shot many rapids , the men losing all their effects and Lieutenant Gllmoro some \aluablo pa pers. Only fourteen out of thirty-seven rafts survived thn first night's experiences and eighty men were practically unable to walk when Vlgan was reached Describing the flight from Benguet when the Americans approached Lieutenant Gll more said "Tho Tillplno ? , completely terrified , left Benguot on December 7. They hurried the prisoners from town to town , often retracing the trail , not knowing where the Amer icana would attack After being almost without food for tnreo dajs they killed bqv- eral horses and wo lived on horseflesh for several days. I did not have a full meal from December 7 until I reached Vlgan Indeed , the rescuing party lived largely upon rice without bait. There was one day when I was i educed to chewing grass and bark " \Vhllo wo vvero In the hands of General i Tino's men ho Issued an order that any pel son aiding nn American by food or money ' should bo treated as a criminal Ono citizen | of Vlgan , Senor Vera , was probably killed for befriending us Wo would have starved i but for the kindness of some of the rcsl- ' dents of the towns and some of the Tlllplno | colonels , but others treated us brutally. Whenever there was a prison wo wcro kept In It. When there was no prison they would ledge us In a convent. Wo suffered greatly from want of exorctac as well as lack of food. " Stnrto neil Henl SuniilnrilN. For weeks Lieutenant Gllmoro was covered with bolls and In great pain. When the Tillplnos found the Americans wore ap- 1 i preaching , the treatment became hotter ' There was a sign painter In the part ) and i ho painted advertisements on the rocks i throughout the retreat , with other emblems , like n skull and the word "Vcng anco , " by means of which the Americans were able to follow "The Tillplno treatment of the Spaniards , " said Lieutenant Gllmore , "was brutal in the | , ' extreme The Insurgents had old grudges to wipe out against them. Man ) talk about | the reconcentrados in Cuba , hut I have seen j | Spaniards djlng at the rate of two or three ] i per day of starvation In the hospitals at Vlgan I have seen Tagalo officers strike Spaniards In the face with whips and re- j i ( " I \oher8" Lieutenant Gllmoro declined to speak re- i gardlng political condltlc'is , except to say i that ho thought the Insurrection would last as long as there were any Tagulos The party reported to General Otis this morning They were bar footed and ragged. Some carried rllles , others pet monkeys | I They attracted a great deal of attention as they passed along the streets Tliosj whose enlistments are about expiring will CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Xebra ka Talr. Cooler. Variable Vv'lrid' Temperature at Onnilin j e lei i bo sent to the United States. The others will bo returned to their rcsjcctlvo or ganizations Among the prisoners arriving with Lteu- , temut CJIIiroro were T J Herbert , 1'dward BurVo and J .1. Tailev , sailors fioin the Urdanetrt , and Von Galen of the Balfniorc , A P Oordon and lie i"c Sackett of the i Third lnfnntr > . Lcland Smith and Trank Stone of the signal coips , Ilnrr > Herbert of the , hospital cons , \\llllani Ri'tce and 1M- vvard llonrvnvi cf the Nevada cavilrj , Martin Bunnnn and Jatm's Curtail of the Sixteenth : Infintly , Alhott Bishop nf the Third ' artillery and John O'Brl"ii and David O'Brien i , civilians lni ) > of tlir r rt > n Traitor. David Brown , who was formerly a picachcr In Honolulu , twlco revealed to the : Insuigents plots of the Americana to escape. In the hoi o < > f gaining the good will of the Tlllplnos. The test of the part } openly ac- | , cusrd ' him of ticachery and entertain the | bltturst feollng toward him Chirlcs Biker' ' of the 'Ihlid aitlller } , formerlj one of the prlRoneis , became too weak to travel and | the Tlllplno guards hajoneted him during i the list Might through the mountains. ! The pi Isoners of Lieutenant Gllmoro's | party ' who escaped after leaving Vlgan were j MacDonald of the Twenty-first Infantry , ' Von lialen of the Baltimore and Tarloy of i the Oregon They were captured neir Las j Vegas , rc-apturcd b > the Insurgent" , who had stripped and picpared to beat them , and ultimately iccovcicd by the Americans. , The Yorktown's men who were rescued j ' with Lieutenant Ullmore wereV Walton , chief Quartermaster , Vnndolt , sallmakci s | mate , J nilswoith , coxswain , L P. Ed wards , landsman , A J. Peterson , appren tice , T Anderson , landsman , and S BrKo- lez , seaman At Baler , J Dillon , lands man , and C A Morrlrscv , landsman , were Instantly killed O B. McDinald , seam in , and n J N > gaid , gunner's mate , wcrci mortally wounded , and D W A. Venvllle , j apprentice , and O W Woodbuij , seaman , vvero seriously wounded SIXTY FILIPINOS ARE KILLED Hi'i-oiiniilNNiinei'M Out of IIIIIIN Ilenult In Pitched PI-jlitM Three \nii-r- li-nii lilies Iint. ' MANILA , Jan. 7 11 30 p m Hceoni i nalssinces out of Imus , Cavlte province , this i ! morning resulted In the less of three Amer- j leans killed and twenty wounded. The enemy'h loss Is estimated nt sixty killed and eighty wounded. Colonel Blrk- helmer , with a battalion ot the Tvvent > - olghth Infantry , ad\anccd toward Novelcta. Major Taggart , with two battalions of the same regiment , moved toward Perez Das PInas. A part of the Fourth Infantry waa engaged south of Schitmt'M Column \elHc. MANILA , Jan. 8. 'J lf > a. m General Schwan's column , advancing to the south , occupied Blnan Ono American was killed and three vvero wounded Nine of the cu- cmj's dead vvero found on the field after the light. A number of rifles were captured and several prisoners were taken. Johnfon , a deserter from the Sixth United States artillery , clothed in a major's uni form , was found among the Insurgent dead at Noveleta jesterday General Wheaton is moving towards Perez Das Mlnas today. IlotiortH Uecelieil from Wntioii. WASHINGTON , Jan 7 The Navy de partment today received the following cablegram - gram - MANILA , Jan G Secretaiy of Navy , Washington Ollmore. Walton , Vandolt , rillswoitb , Brlsolez , Anderson , Potoison , I i Kdvvnids , nnlvnl AHO ! Tuilej , Buikoaml ' lleibort of Urdannta Only Venvll < unac counted for Last seen Baler , June 15 WATSON I MANILA , Jan 6 Secretary of Navy Washington : Brutus towing d'sabled ti.msport Vlctorli WATSON. FAITH FAILS TO CURE TWO J'cmiHj Mnisi Pnthcr ItcfiiMcn to < ! 1\ < : .Mcillclnc to l ) > ln r Chllilieii lie IN NIMV III. PITTSBUIIO , Pn , Jan. 7. The Dispatch tomorrow will say Diphtheria and Christian Science have haj n bitter battle In a New Brighton family for the last two weeks Diphtheria has won bo far. Two children are dead , while a third child and the father are dangerously ill with the banio dUen.su. Trank Mortzolf and his wlfo have been believers in Christian Sulenco for three years and so confirmed in the doctrine are they thit they have Been their two little ones dlo of malignant dlphthcila and wore willing to see their remaining child dlo rather than take her case "out of the hands of the Lord. " Not until forced to do so by the health authorities would the parents permit a physi cian In the houHo and oven then the father refused to give the medicine prescribed and the health afllclalR wcro compelled to tnkci the family In charge. When the Hist child , Nancy , died Martzolf called on nn under taker to bury her When asked for a certifi cate of death he said there was none and Coroner Taylor began an Investigation Iln found the second child. Hey , In the last stages of tbo disease and ordered Dr Boyd to treat him The father refused to give the boy the medicine and ho died a few hcurs later , The health ofllelalH are now In charge and may be able to wave the third child and the father , both of whom are down with the disease Beaver Valley people are very much wrought up over the matter and it U likely that Christian Science , with Its prominent leaders. In Now Brighton will be Inves- tlgated by thn courts ADJOURN COURT FOR A FIGHT KciitncKliiiiN Stop n Unriler Trial anil Tito Arc Klllcil mill I-onr Wounded , LONDON , Ky. , Jan 7 News leached hero today of a general fight on Otter crcok , Clay county , in which Llgo Lewis and Gene May wcro shot and killed and four other participants seriously wounded. The fight occurred at a school house on Otter creek , where nno of the Jackfoim wan on trial be- fora a magistrate for killing anothci Jack- ton The fight was started teen after the trial began and court was adjourned and thu fight carried on both In the school houao and the jard Four of the men were brought to Man chester last night and placed in Jail Llgo Low Is ono of the men killed , Is a brother of ex-Sheriff JOB Lewis of Clay county , MURDER MA1UUED Mysterious D'sappenwnco ' at Kearney Turns Out to Bo a Killing , YOUNG M\N \ SLAYS HIS AGED FATHER Strikes Him on Head with Pitchfork and Drags the Tody Aw.iy , DEED WAS COMMITTED TWO MONTHS AGO Sheriff is Susp o ous and After Search Digs Up the Remains. HEADLESS TRUNK WITH ONE ARM CUT OFF Son CoitfvNNeN Illn Crlinr When Con- froiitrit wllli the l'ai-tx Thrco I'vr- hoai Umo Horn I'lacucl I iiiU-r Arronl , KCARNKV , Neb. , Jan. 7. ( Special Tele gram. ) Another ttaged ) was unearthed to night when the headkbs bed > of C M. Ncl- bon , a Swedish farmer who lived eight miles northwest of Kearney , was found In a ra vine two hundred jards southeast of his barn under a pile ot stiaw and dirt. Be sides the head , one arm was also missing Mention was made In The Bee about two months ago of the disappearance of C. M. Nelson At that time It was generally be lieved he had left his homo to return to Sweden , but things which have since trans pired led Sheriff Funk to the belief that ho had met with foul plaj. Saturdaj the sher iff , accompanied b ) The Bee correspondent , went out to Nelson's farm and secured the assistance of twenty farmers and began a hunt for the remains. All nearby straw and hajstacks vvero overturned , an old dug well descended and ravines hunted out Then the hunters g-Uhered around the house and barns to finish the search. In a straw baru attached to an old frame barn and built since the disappearance soft earth was found and the parties at once began to dig , cxncotlng to unearth the bed > . When about two feet below the surface nn old hat with a long cut In the back was turned up together with a large shell-shaped bone. This bone was thought by many to como from some larger animal , but Sheriff Funk stuck It and the hat In his pocket and as it was growing late the search was abandoned for the day and the party re turned to town. The bone dug up was taken to a doctor , who at once pronounced It as a portion of tha human skull. The search was renewed to day and the body found , as stated above. Tonight the youngest oCtjNcl qn' ( < vthree * chil dren said his brother Theodore aged 21 years' , had done the killing. Mnrtlcrrr ConfeHNcn. When Theodore was told that his brother had given him away ho acknowledged th.it he hid committed the crime He said that ho had hit hls father on the head with a pitchfork , one blow killing him. Ho then tied a rope around his feet , hitched a horfco to the body and pulled It over the hill and down Into the draw , where It was found. The boy said ho know nothing of the dis location of the head and arm , but It IM thought ho knows and does not care to toll. Because of the long cut In the rear of tha hat and also that the skull Is cut In two In the middle Irum front to rear and also because the boy says bin father was bending over the horse-tank , the belief Is general that the crlmo was committed with an axe and that the boy also cut off the head and arm Nelson was nearly 60 years old and was living with his second wife , who Is barely 20. Ho parted with his first wlfo a few years ago , they dividing all property , both real and pereonal. It is said that Nelson was very brutal In his treatment of bin pens and the night ho disappeared a neigh bor saw him knock down his youngest Bon with a club and then start for the older one. It is probably this trouble which caused Nelson's death. The son who did the killing IB under ar rest , : t Is also a man by the nnmo of Grant , nn uncle of the murdered man's wlfo , who , It is thought , knows more about the killing than ho Is willing to toll. Mrs. Nelson Is aUo under arrest. The coroner will hold an Inquest over tbo re mains at the city hall tomorrow morning. 'J lirratenx < o Nhoot it Ilootlilnolc. HASTINGS , Neb , Jan. 7. ( Special Tele , gram ) A young man named Brookn , who has been employed a a collarmaker for J H. Haney & Co. in this city , pulled a leaded revolver on William Taylor , better known ns "Dlxlo , " the colored bootblack , today and threatened his life "Dlxlo" wai shining hoots In the Klein restaurant and , turning to Brooks , said : "Shine , sir' " Thli enraged Brooks , who pulled a slxshootei and said "I'm a southern gentleman and don't allow any d n nigger to speak to me" Ho held the pistol within two feet of tbo bootblack's breast and pulled th ( trigger , but fortunately the cartridge re fused to explode "Dixie" turned almoU white and ran to the pollen headquarter ! Ch'ef Martin went to the Lopln hotel , wber ho found Brooks In Ills room In company with Frank Lcplnukl Brooks wan arrested and taken to Jail , but the revolver was not found until later , when Lcplnnkl wan aluo put under arrest on the clmrgo of belnc an accomplice , as It Is suppoeud ho hid the weapon and removed tlio cartridge In order to BlilcM Brooks BrooliH claims to bo from Dallas , Tox. ilclil on SiTloiiH STANTON , Neb , Jan. 7 ( Special ) Tha county Judge upon preliminary examina tion , bound over to the district court Waltei P Byrum on the charge of Adultery and his wife , Llzzlo Byruni , on tbo charge ol being a procuress Byrum IB a barber and haw resided hero about two years , com ing from Creston , this etnte They havi been under suspicion for several month ! and upon Investigation several cases of SB- duclng and debauching young girls ot thli community have been traced directly to them Mi-aincr WreoU , TAMPA , riu Jun 7 Word has been re eelve4 hero that the cteamcr Gazelle was wrecked \\V-dnesduy night during a ful on d hfindbar nur Ann * < MarJn bajou. A pausing steamer rescued the crew.