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.
