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FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE [ ESTABLISHED JUKE 10. 1871 , OMAHA , MONDAY MOUNTING , JANUARY 15 , 1)00. ! ) SINGLE COPY FIVE O13NTS. AXXIETK IS ISTENbE British Publio Waiting to Hoar Eesult rf Bullei's ' Movamsnts. SCOUTS REPORT COLENSO DESERTED Warren Marches with Eleven Thousand Eas'.wanlfrcm Frore. FIELD MARSHA War Offica Recsivaa Marshall Dated Onpetowrir CAVALRY RECONNOITERS IN FREE STATE French llnalilc In Otidlnnk liner * Advances lth t'nvnlrjniul Ar tillery to llninlinril liiiiiK''r ( Copyright , l0o , by Pros * I'ubllshlng Co. ) LONDON , Jnn. II. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The PoU military expert says : "Tho absence of news i from General Iluller Is not reassuring. The I censor may hnvo stopped the correspondents i nuil the only hypothesis Is that the general bus sent n message or messages which the government does not think It expedient to publish. A victory now would go far to place the Issue of the war beyond a doubt. A failure would be very grave , as It would compromise , beyond hope , the troops with General Wbltu and could not bo remedied , except by n now campaign , which cannot bo opened for weeks. " Williams , the Leader's expert , says : "If nnyono says no news from Tugela Is bad news , there can bo no attempt at denial here. It Is certain that up to 8:30 : p. m. last night Field Marshal Roberts bad no news , good or bad , to send from Capetown. " Oiher exports follow the same general line. Anxiety over the result of General Buller's movement Is Increasing hourly In London. There Is an unusual number of men about the clubs and nil news centers until Into In the morning hours waiting for reports. G'oleiiMO IN llcHcrtcd. A dispatch to the Dally Mall , dated Jan uary 12 , from Pletermnrltzburg , says : Sir Charles Warren marched with 11,000 mon eastward from Frere , by way of Wco- tmn. His scouts found no sign of the enemy at Grobler's kloof and Colenso was ascertained to be deserted. There are rumors that the Boers are pre paring to leave Natal , discouraged by their tullnro to reduro I.adysmlth. All the co lonial and Irregulars have been placed under General Warren's command. Among the Free Staters killed In the at tack on Ladysmlth on January C was Com mandant Do Vllllers , who , but for his well- known friendliness to England , would have been commander-ln-chlef of the Free State forces , The Standard publishes the following from Ladyumltb , dated Thursday. January 11 , by heliograph , via Wooden : "Tho Boers nro fortifying positions north and wrfit of Ladysmlth , doubtless with a view of securing a safe line of retreat should their opposition to General Buller's advance fall. They still surround LadyBinlth In largo numbers and may be contemplating another attack. "It Is known , however , that they are .greatly . depressed by their heavy losses. Prior to Saturday they wcro perfectly conn- lent of tholr ability to defeat the garrison nd to take possession of the town. " HolicrtN VittltN Hospital. ( Copyright , 1000 , by Press Publishing Co. ) CAPETOWN , Jan. 11. ( Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Lord Rob erts visited the Portland and military Held hospltnls nt Rondobuscb today. Ho was re ceived ut the former by Lady Bentlncke and Mrs. Bngot. The situation Is splendid and the wounded Improving. At Wynberg only twenty died out of 1,500 ; General Knight Is much reduced. The Majestic lilted up as a hospital ship. LONDON , Jan. 15. The War office Issued nt midnight- dispatch from Field Marshal Roberts , dated , Capetown , Sunday , January H , 8:30 : p. in. , saying : "Thero Is no change In the situation to day. " The Wnr otllce simultaneously Issued the following from Lord Roberts , dated Cape town , January 13 , 3:30 : p. m. : "Methuen'Hi cavalry reconnaissance re turned on January 11. Went twenty-three mlle Into Free State. Country clear of * rnomy , except patrols. All quiet nt Alodder , river. "French rcconnoltered around the enemy's loft Hank on January 10. Advanced from Sllumgcr's farm , on January 11 , with cav alry mid horcio artillery to bombard Boor laager east of Colesborg Junction , but was unable to outilank Infantry. . Reconnaissance of cavalry and mounted Infantry pushed north of Bastard's Nek and examined coun try north of Uldgo. "Gntacro reports no change , "All well on December 28 nt Mnfeklng , " M > Nti-r > - Surrounding lliillrr. LONDON , Jnu. 15. 1:30 : n. m. Lord Rob erts' enigmatical announcement , "No clmngo In the situation , " does nothing to allay public anxiety or to explain the mystery surrounding General Bullor'a movements on the Tugola , niul , although there Is a die- position to n-'gnrd the dlspntch as djspos- Ing of Saturday's adverse rumors , the week has opened 1" " state of BUEpenso almost , equal to thnt of last week , because It Is recognized thnt failure In General Buller's present attempt would senl the fntu of Lady Binltb. Presumably "No chnngo In the situation" jefers to previous dispatches sent to the war olllce. which have not yet been re vealed to the public. Kxcept the announce ment of the seizure of Potgloter's drift and of the advance of General Warren there lias been no news frcen the Tugela for n week. A ray of hope Is In the fact thnt the name ellenco prevails from the Boer side. Thus It may perhaps bo fairly Inferred that General Duller has not yet met n serious chock. If the announcement of General Warren's movement be correct Itf \ evident that Gen ' eral Bnller's forces are spread over n very vide front perhaps twenty-live miles and In the event of a sudden fall of the river Ills operations might bo full of danger. It IK believed that General Hullcr bos no good ' survey map of the district. This will add to his dltncultlcs. Sir Charles Warren's advance probably means nn attempt to nelre Hlangwane hill I. the main post of the Iloers south of the Tugela , Upon the sueces or failure of these operations depends the whole future of the . campaign. Until the result la known Lord Roberts will bo unable to decide how to , dispose the two divisions and the reinforce- mcnttt now arriving. I''r4' SllllllU'lMltllllllNMIIIII'P , MODDKR RIYIilt , Thursday , Jan. 11 General Babiugtou , with Uo regiments of Lancers , the Victorian Mounted Rifles and h battery of horse attlllcry , left here on the evening of January 7 ( Sunday ) nnd crossed the Free Stale border on Tuesday. SlmiiltBnconusly other movements were made. A column under Colonel Pllcher went from Belmont to the south of General Dablngton'8 route , while a porllon of the gnrrleons ot Klokfonteln nnd Honey Nest . kloof , under Major Byrne , advanced toward ] Jacobsdnl. General Bablngton penetrated twelve rMlos and hl9 scouts twenty. They saw- no slpng of anted Boers. The farm houses were empty , the occupants having had news of the advance nnd bad gone further into the Interior. The British bivouacked at Hamdon. They burned three farm houses , j the property of Lubbe , one of the Boer I leaders. Yesterday they swept nround southward , reluming here today. Nothing wns nccompllshed except . reconnaissance. I Colonel Pllcher cnmo Into touch with General - oral Bnlrlngton nnd then returned to Bel- mont. Mnjor Byrne rcconnoltered the hills about ' four miles from Jacobsdnl and saw "CO Boers. KRUGER STILL FIRM IN FAITH AlllrniN Providence IH on Side of Hours Their fa use .lust anil Succeed. PRETORIA , Jan. 11. ( Via Lourenzo Mari i quez. ) President Krugcr , In the course of n | j ollrrlng address Just Issued to the burghers , < ; nlllrms thnt Providence Is on thulr side , Hint , their cnuso Is Just nnd that they must suei i | ceed. i i Reports from Colesbcrg represent the > i position there ns favorable to tbo Bocis , but i ] thnt the British nro concentrating for ' operation.1) on n largo scale. The olllclal list of the Boer casualties In what Is called the "Plat Hand light" on j Saturday , January C ( the attack upn Ladyb I smith ) , shows twenty-six killed nnd sev enty-seven wounded. These figures are de scribed as the "first returns. " The embargo nt Dclngoa bay upon Trans- vanl Imports Is the question of the hour with the burghers. If this Is not removed It Is asserted that steps will bo taken pre judicial to prisoners nnd aliens. ISSUE AN APPEAL FOR PEACE 'our Hundred Clcr ; > men In the .Vetliei'lanilM Mend n Circular to ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , Jan. 14. ( Now York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) A circular ap pealing for peace and for the Boers , signed by 400 clergymen of all denominations In the Netherlands , has Just been delivered to the ministers of nil Christian churches In Great Britain. It closes : "Wo beseech you , brethren , to use your Influence that all s.ueh In England as on Christian principles disapprove of this war may try to -whatever may lawfully be done for Its speedy cessation. " IIOTII SIDKS KICUT Midi IJKMOXS. ANNnult nt Liiilyxiiiltli IlrpninvH n 11 n ii il-t o-l I a nil KIII-OII nt ; r. LONDON , Jan. 15. A spcclnl dispatch from the Hoofd laager at Ladysmlth , dated January 9 , via Lourenzo Marquez , describ ing the assault on January 6 , upon Lady- smith , says : "Tho British made no attempt to hold the first line of breastworks , , .but madean ex ceedingly stubborn reslstnnce at the next ! row. Every Inch was stubbarnly contested i and conspicuous bravery wns displayed on both aides. "After 10 o'clock the British artillery fire slackened and a terrible individual contest ensued nmong the riflemen for the posses sion of Plat Rand ridge. At noon a heavy j , thunderstorm Interrupted the battle , lasting ; for two hours. I "Although the burghers ultimately sue- j I ' ' coeded In gaining possession of mcst of' the British positions on the western side of the Plat Rand , they were finally obliged to retire from moat of the ground they oc- j cuplod. The British were most strongly i I entrenched , their redoubts being still fully i loopholcd , nnd the combat was so close that rllles wore frequently fired at arm's length. , It was a hand to hand encounter. Tbo men on both sides fought llko demons and the t horror and bewilderment of the scene could , scarcely be paralleled. "Tho operations were continued the next day ( Sunday ) en a smaller scale , but It Is | reported that as a result of ono of the forlorn - ; > lorn hopes one gun nnd two ammunition i wagons were captured. " WAHXINO TO lUlITISlI SUHJI5CTS. j CoiiHiil at l.oiiri'iiy.o Miiniui'K IHMHCH n ! l .Notice to HrltlMh. | LONDON , Jan. 15. A dispatch to the 1 | i Times from Lourenzo Marquez says : | ' "Tho British consul has Issued u notice ' warning British subjects against enlisting for service with the Boers , trading with the ' republics or treasonable conduct In the 1 Transvaal. Hcrr Pott has protested against i this notice as constltulliiR nn Interference 1 j with the sovereign rights of Portugal. | I "Five thousand Boers were sent from 1 j Nntnl Inst week to defend the Free Stnto , I border nnd to resist the attacks of Gen- \ ornls Gutacro nnd French , which are caus [ ing some alarm. A leading Trnnsvnaler l . says the Boers will make another desperate attempt to reduce Ladysmlth. " KXHHIT AVIlTl. SAIL KOI I KXfil.AXIJ. j | AVnr rorrcNiionilent 'VVoiiiiileil nt llcl ] mont IN Comlm ; Home. ' ( Copyright. J900 , by Pros ? Publishing Co. ) ' CAPETOWN. Jnn. 10. 1:55 : p. m. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) 1 j B. F. Knight , the war correspondent who , j was wounded at Belmont November 23. and ' I whcso right arm was afterward amputated 1 bore , will sail for England Monday on the . steamship Mnjeotlc. | | I The bay hero wns full of troopers when j I Lord Roberts and General Kitchener nr- i rived tcdny. The now commander nnd his chief of elan were enthusiastically cheered. The town was decorated. A notable wel come was given by ( Scneral Forestler- Walker , the local commander , and a guard I > of honor. j IMIOOK OK rill.OMAL 1'ATII 1OTISM. _ _ _ l.niiNilotvneccc | > l inter of Moiinteil I Men from .Mil nltolia. LONDON , Jnn. 14. The Associated Press learns that Lord Lansdowne , secretary of state for war. accepted on Saturday the ! cflcr of Lord Strathcona , Canadian high ! commissioner In London , to provide , dls- tlnct from the Canadian contingents , a force of at least 400 mounted men from Manitoba , Northwest Territory , and British Columbia , and to arm. equip and convey them to South i Africa at liU own expense. All will be expert marksmen , rough riders and UCOWH. It Is estimated that the offer will Involve nn expenditure of 200.000. The war oirtce regards l/rd Strnthcona's proposal as nn extraordinary proof of colonial patriotism. ( ( notation from Itolirrlm. ' ( Copyright , l900ky Press Publishing Co. ) ! LONDON. Jan. 14. ( New York World Cablegram - . blegram Special Telegram. ! The Sunday i Observer says that Roberts stated before | embarking for thu Cape : ] "I count It thu most fortunate event In - tl'uutlnued on Second Page. ) LETTERS FROM HEN AT FRONT Interesting Phases of South African War in Private Correspondence. EXPERIENCES IN BATTLE TOLD BY A BOER do u cm I MrttniiMi'N Mn SitfTrr Trrrl- lilc Auouli'i from Thirst ThrlllliiK liii'lili'iitN Diirlnir Mnililrr HUcr Until'1. LONDON , Jnn. C. ( Correspondence of The Associated Press. ) Letters from the soldiers fighting . ngnlnst the Boers are published In largo numbers * nnd In many cases nro Just > ns ' Interesting us the accounts by trained wnr correspondents. A medical olllcer under Lcrd | Methuen , describing the battle of Mod- : / ' i del river , writes : "A lot of the North Lancashire men were . horribly wounded. 1 turned over a ser geant , black In the fncc. dend. One man , ! wns brought to mo who hnd been struck by ' a shell fragment face mutilated , throat cut and chest lacerated. Oh , God , the sight wns elckenlng ; blood everywhere. Very few uf our men being wounded , I went out near sunset to aid thrf Highlander. They bad i been lying all day under thnt frightful tmn . uml their wounded were sllll there. No ' stretcher benrers could advance , ns they were all shot at. They shouted to mo to crawl ; . ' on the giound its though meat of the firing was over ; there were still three or four Boers , with express rllles nnd explosive bullets , who wore under cover nnd who kept ' picking off our men. Some men utterly col- i Inrscd and nil I could do was to put n pad to tholr wounds nnd my whisky llnsk ' to t their lips. I then crawled bnek to my i horse and made my way to some ambulances two miles distant to get their aid. I wns , under flre all the time , bullets dancing . nround mo. I felt a kind of solemn dlsref i gnrd , ns I hnd been exposed to greater danf gers before. " Infiiiitry In a. letter written to bis father from Mool I river on November 23 , an officer In the i Queen's Royal West Surrey regiment snyn : j ' "Against an'enemy like the Boers , Infantry Is useless. The Boers have splus every where , nnd as they nro we'l ' mounted , they can move away hours before- our Infantry , can get within striking distance. On the I other hand , they will never attack and when ' we advance toward Pretoria commando ) j will bo left nil over the country loollng j i and burning farms. The only people who | hnvo a chance with them are the local volt | untcers. It the government would only raise about 2,000 volunteers and send out n lot i of mounted Infnntry who could work with I the local volunteers , these Isolated Boer j I forces would soon bo wiped out. At pres- ! cut we nro helpless , ns they make rings ! around us. " The special correspondent of the Cape Ar gus thus describes a bombardment of Kim- j i ' berley : ; "What will probably be handed down I In the annals of history to Boer posterity j ' as the bombardment of Klmberley probably - ! ; ably occurred on Tuesday , November 7 , and j ! If ever the farcical element wore Introduced - I duced Into such a serious business ns war ! the puerile attempt to raze Klimberloy can I surely lay claim to It. The Boers bad two guns mounted , ono at Pcholz Nek , train * " ' j on the Premier mine nt Wesselton , at a ' rnngo of something like 3,500 yards , and the t other on Spyefontcln , quite 7,000 yards distant. IMny Cricket During Firing. "A eouple of shots were fired between 5 nnd , G o'clock In the morning , but then the Boers desisted until about 10 , when ono gun at | Scholz Nek , apparently a nine-pounder , . firing a French shell , opened fire on Wes- selton. ! The lire , however , proved quile harmless , nearly all Iho shols falling In the debris heaps , and our guns nt Wessel- ton , replying nnd quickly getting the rnngo , Induced the enemy to cease firing end they cleared off about noon. So little was thought of the Boer lire that the alarm was not even sounded and business was carried on Just the same. Thus ended the bombard ment of KlTibcrley. So little alarm did It cnuso that the men In tbo redoubts were actually playing cricket and quoits while It wns going on. " The following Is from the letter ot a ro- servlst surgeon In the Coldstream Guards , who Is with Methnen's column. Ho was at the battle of Modder river nnd says : "During the afternoon some ono eecmed to have spotted me from the trenches , First a shot struck the side of my boot nnd struck my rlllo Just In front of my face , filling my eyes with dirt nnd splinters. I rose up a little , when nnother bullet struck ! j the middle finger of my left hand. I had j I got on my knees when n bullet struck mo fair In the chest on the buckle of my haversack - sack , breaking through It nnd cnustng a j slight puncture of the skin -and bruising my chest. I hnvo been congratulated ns being the luckiest beggar In my bat- tallon. " ' llocr Tell * How He KoiiKlit. From the -Boer sldo corno reports just as Interesting. A lad of 17 wrote to his mother nfter the bnttlo cf Elnndtlangto and Iho letter Is published In the Journal do Geneve , as follows : "U'o were on n kopje. Our horses were behind it in a hollow. As the Infantry nd- danced against us wo began shooting. When It looked as If wo were going to bu surrounded n certain number of our men fell back to another position. About a J hundred ot us remained on the kopje , But the llro of the Miixln.s nnd the other guns became so violent that wo withdrew a little to find cover. The general and Commandant Vlljoen rallied us and brought us back to tin * top of the hill and advised us to get under shelter theru ns much ns possible. I followed the general with n dozen olhors to the right and Vlljoen led the rest to tbo left. "Thu English wcro still advancing nnd 1 they weio now within 500 yards of us. 1B 1t was easy to recognize the kilties they were wearing. Wo fired at them Incessantly. All our bullets seemed to strike. I hod no tlmo to bo afraid. I prayed to God nnd I tired on , aiming each time at ono of tholr men. You know I am not n bad shot. Their Maxims gave us back what wo sent them without n moment's stop , "A few of us , finding our position too risky , ran back to where the horses were nnd went off. I was close to the general I j nnd remained. We fired on , hn as well as I i I , nnd tried to get cover behind three great t I blocks of rock when a lyddllo shell burst ] rloso to us and covered us with earth and ' stones. The general withdrew us a llulo back. At this moment ono of my neigh bors was bit In the wide. But ho had , strength enough to get. to his horse and galloped off. ( ieiicral Wounded. "We were now only fighting on the kopje wlib the general and the kilties were still advancing and crushing us In a circle. At fifty yards' distance we were still firing I on them. Just then the general fell. The | t group around mo was reduced to eight , of j whom three were wounded. My friend , I Van Nlckerke. had been wounded at thu i urUt. but hu kept on firing with his left ' baud , resting his gun on bis right arm i , Wo could neither carry away the general nor defend him and our cartridges were exhausted. 'Whnt now ? ' said Coghlll , whilst we looked nt each other. One of the wounded said : 'We must raise the white Hag. ' Coghlll answered with a curse. "The balls whistled all around us. Some- thins had to be done. 'Well , ' said ono of the wounded , Coghlll completed the phrase 'We must run for It. ' 'Good luck , ' cried the general , who wns seated on the ground and gp pale an death. " \Vc throw down oiir muskets nnd every thing that might delay us nnd then we rushed down from the kopje , for It wns a cese of saving our own skins. The two bodies Of the ndvnnclng Kngllsh troops were within 200 yards of cnch other. 1 ran down between them without turning i my head to right or left. The bullets gave mo wings. 1 do not think thnt I ever j ran , so quickly. I wns lucky enough to get to , j the horses without being hit. I could not , j find mine , but I got hold of nnother. Then oft I went on him nnd managed to get clear of the Lancers , who were pur suing us. "I passed the night In nn abandoned Knnir kranl and the next morning man aged to join the commando of Vlljoen. 1 don't j know what became of my comrades , but I hope thnt they were ns lucky ns I wns. " ! lor AViirrlorn Start for Trout. The Standard and Diggers' News gives this picturesque acccunt of the departure of a 'commando from Pretoria : "Tho parade of100 sturdy warriors of the pollco commando excited admiration. The Afrikander men have received their mandate from the women folk , though the shadow of Blanslaagtu hung like n pall upon the mourning robes of many. Ven erable dames in kappes nnd maids In chintz nnd babies of nil nges , upon whom .tho wnr- rlors showered n valedictory bcnlson , clung nnd struggled fiercely nround the carriages. Withered ( antes , buxom vrous nnd frnll nlehtjea tumbled over each other for a finnl embrace. It wan admitted that no finer or more serviceable force had been sent off. By the time It gets to the Natal border It will bo SOO strong. U Is under the commandant of police , Gort M. J. Van Dam , with Lieutenants Osthulsen , Pohl- man , Murphy and Jacobsz next In com mand. ' C. D. Schutto addressed the men : "You are going to defend your rlghtw. your liberty and your Independence , that dearly ' bought independence God has granted yon J , and which is now contorted. You are not going to fight for honor or money or mercenary ambition , or sordid 'gain. ' " Ono of the soldiers rescued from the wrecked i transport Ismoro writes : "The most t satisfactory of the ivhole business has J been the splendid behavior of all the troops. . They arc ns steady and quiet ns if we were parading In the barracks. Every man stood In I his proper place. There was not the slightest confusion or hurry and they did exactly i as they were told. "There Is not the least doubt that It Is owing to their splendid discipline that all were saved. Had there been the slightest panic n dreadful loss of life must have occurred , ns getting the boats off was a most difficult business , owing to the heavy swell , and when they were launched they leaked , so that half an hour's baling had to ho done before we dared let them start. Everything had to bo done by the soldiers ns the ship's crew were all employed In trying to shut the watertight door to keep the n&a out n. , lie cugln > . : xuin. If It had got In there before the fires were put out a fearful explosion would have occurred and the ship would have been blown in half. ' .lloclil.-r Itlvcr Ilattlc. The Alodder river battle , with Its many i dramatic incidents , its heavy losses , Its long j duration , proves a never-falling topic for the war correspondent lucky enough to have witnessed It. Julian Ralph , in the Dally Mall , gives a lengthy and vivid account of this "engagement : "A common rcllnnco of the Boer , " ho writes , " was upon gin. Empty gin bottles , bottles still containing gin and one full bottle tle of thnt liquor wcro to bo seen stuck In the loose dirt of the trenches. " Speaking of the Boer losses , this corre spondent declares : "First , In the mind of the Boer , Is the desire to hide his dead nnd to Ho about | their number. It is from their own that they most deslro to hide the truth. The ' prisoners wo took all said that only eigh | teen had been killed , but the deserters said the lore of life wns very great nnd that in the river alone 100 were sunk with weights. For my part , I shall not bo surprised If wo learn some day that In killed nlono the Boers lost quite 300. "After every battle the veldt has been rotted with Boer hoises In consequence of t the'custom of bringing two horses for each well-to-do man , and In consequence of the IOHS of riders by death and wounded. Both | previous battlefields combined , showed no , such number of riderless horses ns Modder river. There were literally hundreds of f them , I had lost mlno in tbo fight , but In the first half hour of the next morning I lock my choice of four and might have made my pick from a hundred , saddled and bridled , before I had gene half over the field. "Ono word as to thnt phase of their war fare , which must bo touched upon In jus- tlco In every account wo correspondents write of It. With my own eyes , .being . upco the scene , I saw the putt-putt gun nnd the i flro of the sharpshooters trained upon our ambulnnocs three times nnd upon our stretcher bearers on Innumerable occasions- Ill fact , whenever they rose to tholr foot ( on the right of the line ) nnd attempted to ! : perform their work. " j | Suffer from l.nclc of Water , I Ilalph relates with the feeling of ono who I suffered the hardships which lack of water Imposed on Methtien's men during their march toward Klmberley. "Wo never Joke about water now , " ho says. "Tho first tlmo wo really appreciated It wo were starting out from Orange river. Wo were marching nnd watching the day break. In breaking It seemed to rend the earth's blanket of atmosphere and let the | sun's heat out upon us as If wo were so many thousand stokers In the broiling belly of u ship. I "On and on wo marched , In heavy sand , or over stones , or stumbling across fnr- rowed ground all gasping like llahes thrown on a beach. "At first our lips dried and cracked , then our mouths parched , nnd finally our throats 'beenmo ' as If they were coated with plaster of pnrls. The hair shriveled on our hands nnd our feet grow dry ns deviled bones- Hero nnd there a man fall forward on his bands and knees or stumbled out of the ranks and lurched prone on the veldt. "We come to Flnham's , a yellow , Spanish- looking house ; all about were trees. In nnd out of Its yard horses and mules passed In scores and behind the house tbo Tommies crowded like bets around a bnney pot , filling their cloth-clad bottles out of n stone tank , while other To mm I OB walked around nnd around a sort of windlass that pumped now water Into the tank. Kvery man filled his bottle , emptied it down his throat and filled It again. "A water mania , a thirst madness , was upon Tommy. We paddled In eplllod water and the sounds It made in pouring , gurgling and splubhlng were as delicate muskto ail our ears.1 HOAR CAUSE OF INSURRECTION _ Ho is Pnblioly Named as the Man Responsi- bio for the Filipino Wnr. HIS SPEECH STIRS NATIVc'S TO ARMS Korinpr Mlnlntrr llnrrrtt Mnkrn HIP il ( iiicx on to Illvo I'm-IN to SuliMtantlatc JIN Assertion. CHICAGO , Jan. U. John Barrett , ex- United States minister to Slam , for the first tlmo publicly named Senator Hoar , last night at l nko Forest university , ns the United Stntea senator whoso antl-expanalon speech wns cabled to Hong Kong nnd subsequent - sequent- ! put In the hands of the Filipino soldiers , causing , ns Barrett believed , the open Insurrection. Frequently this speech nnd Its presumed effect hnvo been mentioned nnd the reading public hns connected the nntno of Senator llonr with It and It Is probnblo that Bar- rett would not hnvo used the lawmaker's name on this occasion hnd ho not been facing nn nudlcnco known to bo largely hostile to the administration's policy In the oriental islands. It appears further from Iho ex-mlnlsler's speech that the government - mont has discovered privately the stages by which the null-expansion address reached Luzon. There was much Interest In tbo reception Mr. Barrott's Hpeech would meet. At the close of thu meeting he was cheered and the audlanco ot several hundred people j wait ml in line to shako 1m mis with him. In the course ot his address , which wns the general subject of tbo Philippines , the speaker said It had been discovered In the government's Investigation that Senator Hoar's speech bad been cabled In cipher and In fragments to Paris , where It was put together and forwarded to Hong Kong. The message Included several thotfMiiH words nnd the cost fcr transmission was said to have been $1,000. H Interested the government to know what friends tbo Filll plnos had at this tlmo who were In n po sition to send the message. "I was In Hong Kong nt the time , " said Barrett , "and I remember the Incident dls- tlnctly. I wns coming downstairs In the hotel when I met the president of the Hong Kong junta , and ho had In his hand the long dlspntch ho hnd Just received. It gave n Inrgo part of Senator Hoar's speech In full and a eummory of the rest of It. 1 nskcd the president'what he wns going to t do with It , and he told me that ho meant to send H to the officers of the army In the Philippines. Ho wns urged not to do It , but he protested thnt It hnd been printed in the United Stales nnd wns public prop erty. "Four days after tbnt speech had been delivered It was In the hands of those who saw an opportunity to make political cap ital of It. The speech wns published and distributed nmong the soldiers and 1 be lieve it was the culminating Influence thnt brought about the open Insurrection. This speech , you must remember , was delivered before there was an open Insurrection. " WASHINGTON , Jan. II. Senator Hoar tonight declined to take any notice of the statements attributed to Mr. Barrett , ex- minister to Slam , in an address on iho Phil ippine question. The senator said that Gen eral Otis' reports give the fullest account of the events that led to hostilities nnd that ho expects , as he has already given cirtlce , to deal with the whole matter In the senate. AWFUL GALE STILL CONTINUES Sea IH Too Ilonuli to Allow IlimtN to Cet Near Xetvloniiilliinil AVrcc.lt in .St. .Mary'N Hay. ST. JOHN'S , N. F. , Jan. 11. The gale has not yet blown Itself out and the sea ; Is ellll too rough to allow boats to get near the wreck In St. Mary's bay. As yet there 1 Is nothing to show the name of the vessel. 1 Ten bodies have been located nmong the 1 locks and others can be seen Moating about. ; Plans have been made for the recovering ' | of these tomorrow and as soon as the ! weather permits It may then bo possible 1 to get nt tbo name of the steamer from pieces of boars wedged In the clefts ot the rocks. The Roman Catholic priest of the district , whllo holding a service at Holyrood , was ' given 'by ' a villager a photograph which 1 ' had been washed ashore , apparently from the i j wreck. This represents a seaman wearing j I a cap upon which are the letters "S. M. S. . Falke. " j j j The priest was also told that the ship had ; bllpped off the rocks Into deep water and 1 ; ' , had disappeared , except for the top of ono ' [ i mast , nnd that a Guernsey with the letters ' ' "S. M. S. " had also been picked up near tbo wreck. It appears that the ship's funnel was ! banded red , whlto and black , with a white diamond. This funnel could not bo that 1 of the Fnlke , ns It , being n North German 1 Lloyd liner , would have u yellow funnel , It Is also thought that tbo photograph might' I bo ono of a seaman on the German war ship i Fnlke or ono tnken whllo Its owner was on tbo other Fnlko , The funnels most resembling thnt of the wreck nre those of the Amerlcnn Potro- Icum company , which nre banded blnck , red , whlto and black , nnd the vessel cer- talnly hnd a lot of petroleum on board , as the ocean lit covered with It , causing bunI dreds of birds to perish. The Warren line of Boston Is known as the Whlto Diamond line and , although the funnels of its vessels are black , the wreck ' may have been n chartered steamer with a whlto diamond painted over the regular signal to show It as n Warren liner. TO ABOLISH WOMAN LABOR ClilciiKo llnllilliiK .Material TrailcH Council OliJeelH to Women lloliiK Kactory Work. CHICAGO , Jnn. 14. Woman labor Is to bo abolished In all factories where build ing material Is produced In Chicago , If n I resolution passed by the Building Material , Trades council tonight can be made effective. The resolutions provide that each of the organizations nfilllated with Hie council de mand that a clause bo Inecried In nil union rontracts hereafter specifying that no woman bo employed In the shops. There nro now 200 women at work In the vari ous factories , for the most part ns metal polishers and butters and on plumbers' sup plies. The principal reason given for the action of the council Is that the work Is totally unfit for women. It Is eald , however , that the council fears thnt there Is an effort being made by the manufaclurcrs to grad ually displace the men In favor of the cheaper woman labor. Itoliinil Itecil l.'ou II n lie * | o Improve. NEW YOHK. Jan. II. Roland IJeeil , the actor , who has been In St. Luke's hos- iiltiil for some wctkH , WUH reported a > botmiwtmt better tonight. The attending pliyfiflanH way that while Mr HUM ) WIIH bv i.u'means out of ( lunger lie laid eiiitliiueU to improve during three or four days. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Monday Fair ; Northerly Winds. Tcniicrnlnrc | n ( Oiiinlui yrnlonlnyI Hour. IH-ir. Hour. licit. r. a , 111 -IT i | i , in : is II n. ill. . . . . . HI ! U | i > in. . . . . . Ill ) 7 n. in : ti ; i | i. in. . . . . . -to s a. in nu .t p. i in n n. in : ii n n. n : ts to n , in ; tfj ii p , nt : IT it n. in : KI 7 n , in. . . . . . : ir tu in ; ui s p. in : ti n n. ni ai : BIG FLOODS IN IDAHO VALLEYS \orlliprn I'm-lllc Innlilc to ( jt j Trnhii lulu Tncoiiin Three Clill- ilron lr < m iii-il. MINNEAPOLIS , Jan. 14. A special to the Times from Taconm. Wash. , says : A down pour of t.iln for three days , together with n. i prevailing oh I nook rain , Is melting thu snow nnd 'ins ' suddenly Hooded several west ern Washington valleys nnd n grent portion of Latah county , Idnbo , Hundreds of farms In | Puyallup , Stuck nnd White River valleys nro under wnter nnd the mountain streams nro i : raging torrcntc. The streets of Kent , lying | on the banks of the Whlto river , nro flooded i nnd trn distance of three miles below i the town the river Is out of Its banks. I The count" bridge hns been washed out nt I Simmer and two others nre damaged. The | Stuck has cut n new channel for Itself ncrofs the ( Mnloney Fruit fnrm nnd Into the Puyn- ! 'MI'Tho | ' The Northern Pacific hns been unable to j get a westbound pnssengor train into Tai i ] coma since noon Friday. Washouts nt Cant ' , ton ( nnd Vrocker nnd numerous small olldus j j In the mountains held the overland , duo ! hero yesterday , nt Hot Springs. At this point , there wns wnter on the- railroad tracks. Hallmnd ofllclnls expect to have the line open some time tonight. Green river left Its bunks nt Cnnton cnrly yesterday nnd toro out n long piece of track along the mountainside , whcro the work ot rebuilding Is alow nnd dlfllcnlt. A special from Kendrlck , Idaho , tate that t three children of Charles Hnmblln and two l Chinamen nro reported to have been drowned there. A Northern Pacific freight train was caught < by the rushing wnter In the canyon between 1 Moscow nnd Kendrlck nnd swept Into I the raging torrent. The train crow escaped. A passenger train Is reported caught between the floods below Kcndrlsk. Kendrlck , a town of about -COO pople. situated on the flat whcro the Potlatch and Bear creek converge In a narrow canyon , suffered the greatest. With a rush the water engulfed the itown and thirty frame business bouses nnd n number of dwellings were soon floating down the Potlatch rlvor. So rapidly was the rush of waters that many people were caught In the Hood nnd rescued with difficulty. Communication with the flooded district by wire or rail has been completely cut off and details as to loss of life are unobtainable. The town of Jullneltn , also on the Potlatch - latch , when last beard from before the j wires went down , wns In Imminent danger j of being swept away nnd a Inrgp tramway elevator filled with wheat wna early carried away. BONFILS' CONDITION CRITICAL < Srnvi > Ken PB for , Hcoovery of Pro prietor of UriiviT Pout Aiiiler- WOll KclUIINCll Oil llllllll. i DENVER , Jnn. 14. Frederick G. Bonflls. one of the proprietors of the Post here , who ' | was shot by Lawyer W. W. Anderson of this | ' city yesterday , is in n critical condition. ' Physicians nro In constant attendance at the I bedside of the injured man. This afternoon n hemorrhage of the lungs had the effect of i weakening the patient nnd tonight grave j fears are entertained for his recovery. j ; Harry II. Tammcn , associated with Bonfils ! ; In the proprietorship of the Post , nnd who j i was also shot by Anderson di Sr g the trou- j bio that resulted In Bonfils injuries , Is ! ! I resting easy tonight and Is In no danger uni i ! ICES complications should set In. j ] t W. W. Anderson , the lawyer who did the ' ! j shooting , was released last night by District J | ' Judge C. P. Butler on habeas corpus proi I i ceedlngs held In a room at the Denver Ath- | ; letlc club. His bond was fixed at $10,000 and ! I ' wns Immediately furnished by friends of' Anderson. TWO IOWA MEN BLOW OUT GAS | j j I'ut t'p at a Hotel In Xciv York anil I Death I'olloWN from Cnre- ! i lUNNIICNM. i NEW YORK , Jan. 14. Two young men , | John Woesncr and George Lehman , Gcr- i mnn fnrmers from Ackley , in. , on their way : back to their former homes In Germany ! for a visit , put up nt the "True Blue , " a Second avenue hotel , on Saturday night. ' j One of them blew out the gas and Woesner's ' i ' dead body was found today , with Lehman ! In an nnconscioUH condition , lying besldu i j i It. Lehman was taken to a hospital , whcro ! i It wns said ho has a very small clinnco ot ( ! i recovering. In Woesner's pockets wns I j ' found several hundred dollaiH. ] Daniel Penrsal , the Brooklyn manager of j a well known hat concern , was asphyxiated j by gas In a hotel on Dey street last night , I where ho was In the habit of stopping. Tbo > gas escaped from a gas stove. Pcarsal i ; ! died soon nfter ho was tnken unconscious from the room. j | Lehman died nt the hospital tonight. j I NEBRASKAN KILLED BY TRAIN t ) , I' . I'liliiliin'N llfe IH CniNlieil nut In the. reiuiHj Iviuiln VnriU nt ; WllNlllllIfton. WASHINGTON , Jnn. II. ( Special Tele gram. ) The man killed by : i Pennsylvania lallroad train near Washington has been Identified as 0. F. Putnam of Nebraska. The deceased was an old soldier nnd the Grand Army Is looking after the funeral arrangements. It Is stated thnt Putnam had a largo cattle ranch In Nebraska until the grcnt blizzard of 1889. The storm Is said to have caused the loss of mobt of his cattle nnd caused Putnam to leave No- braks very suddenly In complete disgust | nnd discouragement. Ho Is said to have left without eclllng his place. There nro two sons and two daughters In Nebraska. Clei. eliinil Out for 11 Hunt. UKOltGKTOWN. S. C. , Jan. Il.-Formnr ' President Cleveland , Commodore lieuedlct ! and C'a'itulii Bob ICvutm arrived nt Murphy's Island Gun eliiblioiiHC , Fairfax , I today from Koutb Islnnd. at which place i the shooting was not good. Mr. Cleveland IK greatly Improved In lirnlth. Oni-ntl Wiidit Hamilton and Chief Justice Mclvet- ctime back from their week's hunt Inn at Hliums. IMIhN for Vice Pri.-xMenl. ANUEUBON , Iml. , July II.-W. T. Dur- bln. republican coinmltteemun for In- ( jlniia , IH nut with an liiturvlew today xtronuly urging Cornelius N. Illlss of New- York , former secretary of the Interior , for the republican nomination for vice presi dent. I'luune In AiiHlrnlln , AUELAIUE. South AtiHtrullil. Jan. 11.- The health nutliorlllcH report two ea ON of bubonic plague- here , ono being filial The \iitim WUH a runaway uullur from tin. i Hrltith bark Formoaa. MR. EDHISTEN'S ' PLEA Former Oil Inspector Wonts the Chief Clerkship and Wants it Badly , ENTREATS HOLCOMB TO GIVE IT TO HIM Filas a Lengthy Petition to that Effect with New Supreme Judge. ONLY POPULISTS SIGN THE DOCUMENT Claims the Offica as Fitting Rsward for Political Services Rendered. FUSION SUCCESS DUE TO HIS EFFORTS Venn * ( i ) Tnkf It for Orantcil tlitit Cleric Campbell will lie , Dcciin- Italcil I'IIJ-K Xo Attention to Uiiiliir.icmciil or Hrriliiiiin. LINCOLN . Jnn. 14. ( Special. ) J , H. Ed- mlsten has tiled n long petition with Judge llolcomb , nsklng for the uipolutincnt | of clerk of the supreme court. The petitioner ti'.kcs It for granted Hint one of the Urst nets of the new court will bo the removal of 1) . A. Campbell , tlie present clerk , niul he rcpuvjciits that he deserves tlu > position because of Ills services In the last state cam paign , without which , ho says , fusion success - cess In Nebraska would have been an Itn- rosilblltty. .Mr. Ednilstcn , whllo discouraged somewhat - what at the turn political affairs have tnken during the past few weeks , Is mill deter mined to capture the position , notwithstand ing | It does not become vacant for two years and u half. The appointment of n populist as United States senator , and the refusal of the populist state central committee to en dorse him for the clerkship , as against thr unanimous endorsement of Leo llerdman by the democratic committee , have not added very metcrlally to the strength of his boom The petition favoring the appointment ol Edmlstcn Is the only ono that has been pre sented to the newly-elected judge. It Is signed almost exclusively by populists. Mncolii'N XIMV Auditorium. The new Lincoln auditorium , which will l.io ready for u o within a fo\v days , will be formally opened on the evening of Fcb- runry 8 with a concert by the Philharmonic orchestra , of which August llagenow Is the conductor and a grand ball thnt Is in tended to eclipse any social event that has occurred In Lincoln for many months. A committee , consisting of Dr. C. F. Ladd , AV. A. Green , C. T. Ncal , John T. Morgan , Will H. Raymond , C. 31. Keefer and Charles Meyer , has been appointed to arrange for the t affair. Tickets will bo sold for ? 5 each entitling the purchaser to admission for both the i concert and ball following. An effort will be made to secure an attendance fiom out of town and with this object In view the committee will arrange for u reduced rate on nil railroads. The Abraham Lincoln Republican club , wale ) ; reorganized fit the I.'ndell ' hcU'l last night , will hold its first annual banquet February 22. - An order has been Issued by Adjutant General i Barry , discharging several members of , Company C of the Second regiment , Hta- tloned at Nebraska City. After this com- pnny ; was mustered Into the service of the Nebraska ; National Guard several men re siding ] In nearby towns enlisted , but wcro unable 1 to attend the regular company drills. The ' men discharged are : Corporal William A. Cogllzcr. Privates James Hlrd , Fred II. Duller , Edward Cadwnlder , John T. Crozler , Clarence M. Kuray , ' Gus A. Johnson , Guy A. Joy , Elton F. McDonald , J. McGrady , Harry J. Peck , John H. Roddy , Hiram K. Spencer , Will M. Stoner and Sylvester Shnnklln. Adjutant General Barry has an- nonnced that hereafter all members of the First regiment must attend the regular drills. The November term of the district cour' adjourned yesterday afternoon. Koldlcrx Turn Thieve * . FOIIT CROOK. Nob. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) William Brownlee , living ono mlle west of ( his place , whllo in u barber shop about 9 o'clock last night , had his horse and buggy stolen from the hitching rack by two re cruits of the Tenth Infantry , named Cnu- sndy and McCormlck. Ho Immediately telephoned - phoned to police headquarters at South Omaha , but was unable to find any officer to head off the soldiers who were making their way to that place. Mr , Brownleo , In company with Robert Reynolds , started In pursuit , but dlil not overtake the soldiers 1111- til they bad reached South Omaha and had offered to sell the rig for $15 , The soldiers with thu horse and btlggy were soon nppro- bonded , hut when taken Into custody by Brownleo and Reynold , Cassady offered to- slbtanco and began lighting. As no police man could bo found , It was necessary to overpower and drag him to police hendquar- tcrs. The horse and buggy wore worth probably - ably $12.1 and the Intention of the soldiers was desertion. Mil-valor Completed , SUPERIOR , Nob. , Jan. 11. ( Special. ) Contractors have completed and turned over to Bossomeyer Bros , the largest elevator thnt has boon erected In this portion of the state. The dimensions of the main building nro 28x32 nnd Its height Is a trllle over BOY- only foot. It Is equipped with two large olovntorswith u handling capacity ot 3.GOO nnd 4iOO ! bushels , respectively , per hour. The elevator has been erected near tbo Santn Fo Irneks nnd Is nrrangcd ( specially for quick sacking of grains for the Mexican market , the trndo of that country demand ing the grain delivered In that shape. HnrtfliirN nf TcitiiniNcli. TECUMSEH. Neb. , Jan. 11. ( Special Tel egram. ) Burglars operated on two otorrn hero last night. By breaking n cellar door entrnnco wns forced Into Seavor brotbnrs' j drug utoro nnd $70 taken from the money j drawers. A transom wns worked open nt Wnlter HOBS' elgar store nnd the Intruder received ns reward for his efforts 75 cents The safe was tampered with , hut not opened. At neither place were any goodn takon. The pollco think It the work of home talent nnd this afternoon Mlle Stullnrd was" arrested nn Jailed on suspicion. HootlcKKcrft lit Hiitlnn , BUTTON , Neb. , Jnn. 11. ( Special. ) Bootleggers - loggers are bolng Imported Into this town. Many sharpers nrn here and their means of livelihood questionable , Indians undnr thn Influence of liquor nro numerous. No nctlon has been taken by the city yet. Citizens arc Indignant. Will llolil Speclnl niectlon , GRAND ISLAND , Neb. , Jan. 14. ( Spe rial. ) The Hall County Board of Supervisors hns adopted n resolution for u special ( dc-i lion to be held on Mnrch 6 to votn on u & -mlll levy for a new courthouse A court house Is badly needed The prcucnl Htrue * tnra U a yraall. dllapldutcd , old bulldloe ,