HE OMAHA DAILY . . ESTABLISHED I A ( I3S. SING-US COPY FtV13 CENTS. ITM T V p AL GUNS Hail Into WARREN ADVANCES AT BREAK OF DAWN Balloon Does Scout Duty and Finds Ronte for Mounted Troops. EVENING STROLL OF LYTTLETON'S ' BRIGADE Soldiers Advance in Extended Order , But Meet No Adventures , ENEMY MAKES NO EFFORT TO RETURN FIRE ( Artillery Ilninlinrilnipiil Continue * All Dnj , Tiionuli II In IninnnNllilp to licnrn It" IjlTeol llocr * A A old ( Copyright , 1DOO , by Press Publishing Co ) SPEARMAN'S CAMP , Jail 15. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Yesterday evening Lyttleton'a brigade , iifler a heavy bombardment since dawn by niunl Eun and howitzers , advanced In extended orilor toward the Beer positions facing 1'olglctcrmlrlfl , but , falling to draw the enemy's fire , returned. A balloon buy nleo been scarchiiiR the po sitions Warren's mounted troops hiuc also cn- B.iged the enemy , im officially announced. AVai roil IB again advancing thin morning L-arly. Naval guns are also bombarding. CHURCHILL , . Kxpcrt Opinion. ( Copyright , WO , by Pi ess Publishing Co ) LONDON , Jan. 11 ( Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram ) The Leader export says : "There Is every Indication that a big fight foi the western roads will take place fday , though It may have commenccJ yesterday. All the artillery of Warren and Hlldyard wns not aciosB the dilfts yesterday morning nnd the ammunition trnln and most of tha heavier guim were probably then still south of the Tugoln. TheHe Indications , ns well aa barren's longer march , point to the serious cITort being tnnde today. " The I'ost expert says. "Probably the whole British force was yesterday on the move and perhaps fight- Inn. Fighting \\hcn It comes will bo heavy oiid the losses severe. " "Wiirrfii ( "loutto Acton Ilonif" . ( Coin-light , 1MO , by Press Publishing Co ) LONDON. Jan. 19 ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram ) The Dally News dispatch from I'otgletorsdrlft , dated January 19 , Ba > H "Wiirrcn'H force IH moving round to the nest on a line taken up by Dundonald. War ren Is now close to Acton Homes " Telegraph of same date says Dundonald and Warren have command of an easy load Into Lndysmlth nnd have cut off the IJoer communication with tbo Free State. Itntlcr HIIN LurKP Arm > . LONDON , Jan. 20 I 30 a. m. Every liour 'hat ( Jeucral Duller delays his com bined attack -makes his position stronger. Transports continue to arrive at Durban and fresh troops are being sent up the Hue to re inforce those In front of Colenso. It appears that Gcneial Iluller's troops north of the Tugola number at least 22.000 and possibly 23000 , with fifty guns His total forces , forming a great outer curve south and west of Ladysmlth probably number 10,000. Whllo General miller's forward opera tions , which begun Januaiy 10 , develop rather leisurely , the Boers appear to be fully aware that they must meet a strenu ous assault. Balloon observers have roughlj estimated that 10,000 Boeie are using spade and pick In artificially strengthening po sitions which nature has rendered easy ol defense. Mllltaiy crltlcH In touch with the war of fice think that general fighting ha ! or may begin soon It Is not though that one day's lighting will settle the fatt of Lady mlth , but rather thit there wll be two or three days of continuous fight' ingA A Durban special dated Thursday nigh Bays It Is reported hcio that Lord OundonaU has smashed u Boer convoy. Oonoral Bullei is said to bo within twelve miles of Lady smith and General Warren to bo about < ? ! ' miles to the rear. " * The Times has the following dlspatcl dater Thursday from Pletormarlt/burg "Ocnernl Bullcr's wagon train U nine teen mil In length , and embraces 40 wagons and 5,000 animals. As some of th drlflH are narrow nnd muddj , only om wagon Is able to cross at a time The of flcorH are bolting 2 to 1 that Lidysmltl > vill be relieved tomorrow ( Frlcliy ) DinU-iiltli-ft of the Mnrrh. A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph , datci Thuisday , fiom Spearman's camp , describe thn difficulties of the march , owing to th unwlcldly baggage column , Including all th temts and Miec-p , over bad roads In we weather. The correspondent then goes o to Bay : "Somo 10,000 Bocra arrived In the V > cln Ity of Potglct&rsdrlft on Thursday and Frl day of last week and begun the erection < extensive and formidable linen of trenche for their position apparently could only b turned from the west by assailing the big ridges of the Sproenqop. "A balloonist today reported that no gun vvero vlalblo In the enemy's works , In < hiTo AMIS a largo Boor ramp In the dlrec ( Ion of Brakfontein , a brown rldgp fin ; miles from Potgletorsdrlft "Boers arrived lit largo numbers ted a from Colenso nnd Ladjamllli. Fhcv hav certainly run branches of tbo railway froi JJniUlcrspnilt around Mount Bulowaya. "Nearly all the Boers have gone to choc General Warren's advance , but ho made 11 eicn toUu > . , 12n - Kiitriinop ( < > I.iiiljNinllli , A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph froi Spearman's farm , or camp , us correspom cnta now cill It , dealing with Loid Dundoi aid's movement to the we > at of General Wai rcn foicr , already cabled , uays "ll'ls Huccosiy gives us control of an ea ontraMca to Uidjtmltli Our guns vontlni to bombard the Boer lines , the Boer.s r < plying but feebl ) . General Wuircn Is ni innriUK steadily. " The Standard publishes the follow In ; dated Thursday , from Spearman's farm ' It la reported that the Beers oppoUi Colenso , on finding that General llulli had outmaneuvered them , crossed the Ti Bcla on Monday and set tire to all tt iioupes In the \lllages. "As the force from Chlevcloy advanced tt Boers returned before them to trenches c a hill In u line with Colonto , our Infant ) advanced to the tittark In skirmishing orde followed by tupporlt. and reserves , our cu\ < . nlry scouting on the right close up to tl liver The Boer fore at Colonso mui have been materialj ! weakened by the dli patch of larger reinforcements westward I Meet General Bullcr's advance and the ) no hurriedly evacuated their trenches and kopj * opno'lte the village nnd scattered be- foreoiir Hhrapnel By evening none of the enemy was left within rllle shot of Cnleneo The Brltlch force then returned to Chlcvo- loy " SPEARMAN'S CAMP I'rldny. Jan. 10 Sir Charles Warren nnd I rd Dundonald are confirming a cautious uihance , hourly ex pecting battle There has been slight artil lery firing here , at t.ndj smith and nt Chlcve- Icj Natives report that the kopjes arc ( till vi Boors ItotT AcronntK nf > lo > rinontn. LONDON , Jan. 20 Thr > Boer accounts of the passage of the Tugela river are given In the two following dl.ipatchos from Cou- mandant Vlljoen's camp on the tipper Tugela , via l/liren/o Marque/ , dated Jau- .uary 18 : "Jantiary 16 Buller'fl second moxoas a rctonnolssance In force with an armored trhlp and n large- body snpportcil by cannon toward Colenso last night. A lis.ivv bom bardment ensued and thereupon the British returiiMl. having noumlH one of tuir men "No reply was made. This mo\e was r. fr'nt ' to rover e\trnsl\o mo\cments up the rl\nr. Kafflrs on this sldo of the Tugela have bton warned by the British to lca\o their kraals , rt the light will commence shortly. " Th" second dispatch runs HUIB "JanuAry 17The night was unbroken , sa\o for Blight rlfie encounters between oulpost.s , iwhlch Ifl to nothing. At day break the enemy was located us before. He had not hi ought a single gun over the river. But from thn rldgri ) of the Swartzkop a buttery and a half of siege guns openctl en our position at f > n. in. The bombard- Incnt was probably the most frightful ever \.linefeed on land. "J'rcqucnlly five heavy naval guns fired simultaneously nt one schanzo ( entrench rocnt ) . " SIIKI.I.IM ; TIM : 1101:11 : THINCIII > . I'orcr IHiNi > r\eil ( iolliK to Oio | o HrltlNh to Nortlin t'Ntuiiril. PPHAUMAN'S CAMP , Natal , Tburoday , Jan. 18 8 21 p m. The Boer trem-hea have ! been porslstenlly shelled by the na\al guns | all day long Small parlies of Boers wore I teen at Intervals and a large foico from the j dlicctlon of Isadsmith was seen trekking I towards the northwestward British position. I A balloon did good serxlco In observing that | Lrttleton's foicr made a demonstration In , the direction of thn Urakofonteln Kopjes , 1 four miles noith of the British position , under cover of a heavy artillery fire , to , which the Boers did not respond. On the left General barren's troops remained In possession of two promlnmit kopjes behind Sj'lonkop. Theio was some Boer sniping , but It was Ineffective. The Granfrlenet Bocra evacuated Pileska Jciniaiy 15 and icturned northward across I ho river THOOPS Aim ACTIVIJ. Lord Uniiiloiinlil Ouuuiilcn n Strong j I'oMltlon AVoNt of Auton IlnincM. j LONDON , Jan 19 General Ruller has telegraphed the War office from Spearman's camp , under date of last evening , as fol lows j "Lord Dundonald with a body of mounted troops came Into action this afternoon with n force of Boers west of Acton Homes. After ! a fight ho occupied several kopjes , which ho Is still holding. Field Cornet Heltilum and twenty Boers were killed and fifteen prlson- i crs taken. Two British sajdlers were killed and two wounded. " AIR LADEN WITH RUMORS Dull ) ' H < > | inrtK III i'lfoillat Ion ( lull llulli-r UtiN llcllrteil ( lie l.llilj- uiiiltU CiiirrlNon. LONDON , Jan. 19. H was rumored on the Slock exchange this morning that after eighteen hours' lighting Lady smith had been relieved and that General Warren had been killed. Nothing was obtainable , however , tending to verify the rumor , and It had no appreciable effect on stocks. -.28 p m. Messages from the front ap pear to confirm the general Impression that evenls In Natal will now move quickly , though baldly as rapidly as the tongues and pens of the rumor-mongers. There Is noth ing up to the present to support the story | that the relief of Ladysmlth Is an accom- | pllshcd fact , but it IK learned on excellent authority that the hltuatlcm Is now regarded at the War office with entire confidence and that the beleaguered town Is considered practically lellevcd , alttuugh there Is no attempt to underrate the danger nnd dlfll- cully of General Bullcr's task. As sug- ' ! eested In these dispatches yesterday. Gen- I oral Warien was actually In the vicinity of I Acton Homes on Wedne Jay. and a portion ! of his force , under Lord Dundonald , secured an Important position westward of that place during the evening of January 17 , cm the BoprH1 right llanK , threatening the Krec Staters' communication v 1th their own country by way of Van Rerun's pass. The - j DrlcUh camp outaldc of Li lysinlth ought to . be visible from there , an the Intervening i | count ! ) Is open Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlelt. M P , who has anlved at Rcnsbuig. ( "ape- Colony , ex presses satisfaction with General Krench's 1 disposition of bib troops. He v lilted C'olcskop yesterday while the shelling ol the Boers' camp was proceeding with such succeyH that it Is announced on good au thority that sixteen Boers and thlrty-sb horses were killed. Advices from Capetown say Webstei Davis , assistant secretary of tbe Interior a Washington , sailed from Port Bllzabetl Monday for Dclagcm bay It Is understood that the Imperial Yeo manry will bo ItMvened befoio that foici gats to the flout with considerable de tachments of experienced colonials nc quulnted with Botr tartlis ORDERS FOR EIGHTH r To Mnlilll/t-il nt OIIIT Iti-iiortH Jti- ct-lvt-tl from rii-lil Mni-Mliill lonl llolii-rtN , LONDON , Jan I1 * formal orders hav been Ubuexl to TO hlllre th" riishth dlvlBlo ; of the British army at once. The Wai nfllce hab niauipuolic dltpatihc fiom Field Mnn-hal Lonl Roh3rts , dated tc day , recording the scoitl | m movements I Cape Colony , Including the ainbubblns of til _ Australians , when IAO of the Utter wor . ' _ I l.llle-tl and fourteen reported missing II I addb "A Boor deserter states that the eiicm Buffered severely In attacking French's ad vunced post January IK Seventy Boer * ai still utiaccounted for. " 'loi-i'H nnriiatf Coli-iiMi , LONDON. Jan 19 The Da'ly Mall pub llshed the following from Spearman's cam ; Thursday "It Is rumored the Boers have evacuate' ' ColeiiBo In order to reinforce their troop here. Heavy gunfire was heard from Lady smith this morning. General Buller's orde Instructs the men to heed the white flag n the Boers only when they lay down thel arms. It also Instructs them to beware o r > fuUe bugle e Mil ) Hrnrlirn rnpctoit n. it CAPETOWN , Jan , 19. Adelbert Hay , th new United State * connul at Pretoria , are o rived yesterday uud will start for his pea w Saturday. Outline's German Policy Regarding British Seiznro of Vessels. DENUNCIATORY SPEECH BY MOELLER ( irrrtril vvltli Trriiiriiilonniilnnic | bj SM'clnlorKinrrlrnn mill llrlt- llt .linliiiNNiiitori Arc lloth In ( illlllT } . LOUHKNZO MAIKJUKS. Jan. 10 The Ger man bark Marie , from Australia with a cargo of flour for the. Transvaal , has been taken as a prize by tbe British third-class cruiser Pclorus near the Island of Inyak. Dclago < i bay , and has been sent to Durban with a prbe crew on board nnilMN . Jan. lit In the Reichstag today th" debate on Hcrr Moollcr'n joint Interpel- Ictlon of the government regarding the selr- ure of the German steanmis by the British j war ships wi opened. Hcrr Mocller said vigorous expression mut.t bo given to the Indignation felt at the fact that th < < subsi dized line , to which the vessels belonged , had observed the strictest neutrality , and exptessexl the opinion that the matter Bhould fill tilth tlin opportunity of defining the rights of mall cteamcrs. The unloading of the Bundosrntli , headded , could have been effected within a few days. Thn delay Ehowed want of consideration for Interna tional courtesy and It should boi made In cumbent on the British officials to announce whether and to what extent their views In legard to the rights of mall steamers had been changed. The action , the speaker continued , ap peared arbitrary and It was Germany 'B duty to demand bocurlty for Its ships In the future - turo from all maritime nations. Germany was so neutral tint even Its arms factories ban been prohibited from supplying the belligerents The present case afforded a iaic' spectacle of thu unity of all parties. Gieat Britain bad not always malntnlnnd the neutrality marking Germany' * ? present at titude and Englishmen should take care not to draw on tlumbclvc.s the hatred of the clvlllzod world. This statement was greeted with loud eheeis. Von llm-lim Itt > | > llH. . The minister of foreign affairs. Count \on Buclow , replied at length , outlining an ad dition to the International laws covering property rights on the high seas , which he eald Germany would gladly subscribe to if the consent of the other great powers could bo obtained. Regarding Germany's attitude on the present seizures , he said- " \Vo demanded , firstly , the immediate rc- lease of the Bundesrath , Ilerzog and Gen eral The latter two were Immediately re leased on our request and the Bundesrath was released yesterday. "Secondly , compensation for the unjusti fied detention nnd losses therefrom "The duty of compensation has been ad mitted In principle and Great Britain has declared its readiness to give all legitimate satisfaction " Count von Buelovv , In conclusion , said Ger many would maintain friendly relations with Great Britain , but the government hoped that such Incidents would not recur , making It Impossible for the good relations to con tinue. , > f . JThc gql lories and boxes 4 > t.Jhe hambar " vvere crowded during the discussion" The diplomatic corps was strongly repiesentcd In the diplomatic box. Ambassador White , John B. Jackson , secretary of the United States embassy , and Sir Frank Lascelleb , the British ambassador , were albo present. Chror Mopllor'hurpcli. . Herr Moeller's speech lasted nearly an hour and bristled with cutting expressions. Hi- dwelt at some length upon the rase of l the- Alabama as Illustrating Great Britain's I Idea of neutrality. When ho said that England - | land should take care not to Incur a fresh j hatred of friendly nations , such as for hev- [ eral decades was felt toward her by the I United States , tremendous applause broke | out. I Count von Buelovv 'a speech , which oc cupied about a quarter of an hour , was de- llvrrd with his usual felicity of expiesslon. tellli-s elocution and calm and dignlfiel ( bearing Kvcry sentence had been evidently ! v.clghcd He was frequently applauded. To.varl the fnd of the speech the house and . gallery were cheering In unison. j General von Bodblelskl spoKe In a moio ! passionate strain , esposlally when referring I to the action of the British authorities In .opening and holding back German govein- ment mall. The Imperial postmaster gen- 01 al gnvo Instances of mall matter that had I been two months under way. 1 Pilncc Holienlohe'h reply to the conserva- i live onslaught , as well as to former attacks , i was delivered with surprising vigor and was Interspersed with dainty bits of sar casm , Buece.iifully refuting the charge ol ogling with the soilallsts The Impression , gained vvau that the Imperial chancellor Is 1 entirely In accord with the emperor LONDON , Jan. 20. Several of the London . P'pcn omit editorial comment on Counl ! vol. BucJow's speech in the Reichstag yes- i tirdny. In reply to Heir Moeller's Interpel lation Oil-err ondenvor to rnlnlmlio the ! yielding EV'llt ' displayed by the Biltlsl : j government by urging that Count von Buo- lor WEU obliged to play to the gallery tc do his utmost for the' naval plans of Km- pcrci Williams The Standard , particularly , cakes thn view and s.s "Superllcllally lead , the Bieeh | create : an Imprrss'on that the British cabinet con sl'.irs thut the British naval authoiltlci hnvc acted without Justification. Closer ex ! anil "tlon expels that Idea and II muft hi understood , altrough wo have e.xpiesscd re prtt at thelnldcnt , that we do not Intern | to ntandon ojr eleni right of detention am Tl'c Times savs "Count von Builov\'s speech nap mucl ado about nothing. His language can hardl ; i fall to produce In England a feeling o I mlrsled surp-Uei and regret. One mlgh 1 1 have- expected that the ample assurance lullch t > o British government has given 3 1 tctlfylng to so earnest a dculro for th ' I maintenance of friendly relations , vveuli | have elicited tome- less stinted nppreclatloi 3 1 than was bestowed by Count von Buciow * 'lf ' lndro-1 , the term appreciation can b applied to the almost minatory tone 1 which ho closed lib speech. " \Vo feel bound to observe that It ma not be wlso to push too far the practice c exploiting International questions of n dell cato character even for the furtherance o n bin navy LIU " EXTENT OF INDIA'S FAMINE \rra I2xinnillnur | , Snriii * liiif Worn Ki-nrn ( ! iTiinii-nt > lu t Mmru ( In"cinlrii Alone , r ' CALCtirrA. Jan 19 The council toda ; considered the famine bltuatlon. The olllcla estimates ehow the coft to thu Kovernmen of the relief work to the end of March wil bo 40,000,000 rupe-s About S..OOO.OOO per bens are now affected In BrltUh terrltor ; and about 27,000.000 In the native states The viceroy. Lord Curron of Kedleston that the famine area i d expanded , EUI t passing the worst fears , nnd they were now j fearing a cattle , water jind food scarcity of > n terrible character.jaAbout 3.250 000 per sona , ho continued , were already receiving relief H While In 1S17 the world shared India's sorrow nnd contrlbutcclBhundrcds of thou sands of pounds toward the relief fund , the \lceroy pointed out that India would now bavo to struggle alone , for the thoughts of every Englishman In the world wrro cen tered on South Africa , It would bo the duty of the government to pursue the task of saving millions of lives nnd It would spend ItsjHst rupee , If necessary , to do so. LORD CURZON IS UNPOPULAR OIllolnM In Inilln Ant I'lpnncil with ( lie I'niii-lllloiiH roriiinllty of llln Court. ( CYipvright , 1900 , by Presfl PtibllsMnj : Co ) LONDON , Jan. 19. ( New York Woild Cablegram Special Telegram ) Review Ins Lord nnd Lady Curzon'n first year of viceroyalty - royalty , Valentla Steer , writing fiom Cal cutta to the Dally Mall , dwells upon tbo un popularity the viceroy has g-ilncd among officials of all kinds. The writer declaiss that tl-o vlceroy'o superior airs me icspon- slbio for a largo portion of tlila resentment and that the members nf , the Anglo-Indian society have been especially offended by the regal state which thn viceroy and the \l < e- icne have nnlntalned at their court , and the punctilious formality upon which they have Insisted. On the other hand , Ihi joripspordent says , Lord Cui/on's policy In-onllsllng the tribes to guild thilr own fronlTors has made him exceptionally popular wUh the native pichs Ho works hard nnd thoi.llmatc has appnr- cntly restored his healtlS vvb'ch ' was much shaken when he accepled \heroyalty. . Co n ilin n Pi-unco-\incrlrnti Trent } . BERLIN , Jan. 19. The annual meeting of the burcm for the preparation of commer cial treaties began today "nnd will continue tomorrow. The commercial bodies of the empire are well represented at Inlay's ses sion. The Fi.tico-Ameilcan rcclpioelty treaty- was thoroughly discussed. A resolution was adopted describing the treaty as highly In jurious to German exports and li reconcilable with the. treaty of IS S and expressing the hope that Germany would POOH bo able to carry negotiations on the subject to a suc cessful Issue. ( l.siiinii Dlgim < ' | < urril. CAIRO , Jan 19. News was received here tonight that Osman Dlgna , principal gen eral of the late khalifa , has been captured. It ban been known that he was In the neighborhood of Tokah nix days nqo nnd beveral expeditions ) vvero organized from Suaklm under Captain Burgess , with the result that Osman Dlgna was taken unhurt In the hills yesterday. He will arrive at Suaklm tomorrow. Ki-ino\e Him front American Km It. BERLIN , Jan. 19. The Bundesrath to day , abrogating the previous regulations , granted permission for the Importation of dried American fruits and also fresh fruits , ] on condition of their e.xamlnat'm at the Basle customs house liiNlrlnii Mliilstri Hot I VIENNA , Jan. 19. L npeicr Fiancls j Joseph today accepted the ) e-signatlon of thu 1 ministry of Dr. II von W aek nnd has en trusted to Dr von Kocrbe the task of formIng - Ing a new ministry. , , CONTEST' EVlDErNCSS. : ? HEARD .lluitv AVIiiipNHCH ill I'rnnUforl , I inlpr Committee's HullnK. Cnnnot FRANKFORT , Ky , Jan. 1" . The bearing of testimony on behalf of Governor Taylor and Lieutenant Governor Marshall began thla afternoon under the contest commit tee's plan of procedure. Tour days are al lowed for the contestants' testimony. In that tlmo lesb tl > an fifty out of 350 sum moned ton bo heard The conlehtees have a. much larger number of witnesses here from all over the state , and have but five days In which to present their testimony. There are grave fears of trouble when it | Is found that many of the witnesses cannot j pofslbly bo heard Colonel Colson "s " still In Jail , no bond ' I being allowed until the grand jury reports I The Jail Is carefullv guaidcd It Is thought the grand Juiy will report tomorrow FRANKFORT. Ky , Jan 19. The house- tills afternoon , aftei a long debate , passed i Mr. Orr's ( nntl-Goebcl democratic ) resolu tions Inst.'iictlng the contest committee In i the case of governor nnd lieutenant governoi | to take all the time necci'jary } n order to , arrive at a full.'fa'r ' and just conclusion , mid to hear all of tbe evidence on both I sides. This resolution was brought forth , to meet the complaint cf Ooebel's attorneys ] that the Interference' of outside events hid cut off much of tholi testimony. In the debitc on the fl or Ciuinll and other Goebel leaders opposed the i evolution , but a large numbei of domcc.a' . br Ke away frcm party- lines and the re.wli'tlon finally passc-d by ' a vote of 78 to II. GLAD TO SEE THEIR SISTER | tlolllllN | VTIOVNotlllllR Of ll-IOrtl-lI I.ONNCN Of ( Olllll llf 1'llN- I ! ! 'line. NEW YORK , Jan , 10 Edwin Gould. Intelvlowed as to the reported losses of i j his brother-in-law. Count Bonl de Caatcl- , lane. In stock speculation said : i I "Wo have heaid nothing about any I financial embarrassment of Count Castel- i lane and , not knowing whether the French - pcper , La Matin , responsible or not , wo i eannt toll how mu h truth there Is In the story thut my sls c 's husband lost heavily I In speculation.V < expect them Saturday I o Sunday on La Itretamio and It Is need- I lch to bay that we shall be moro than de lighted to bee our si ter arialn. I don't know i i whether the children are with them or not ' In tbe cable message my sister did not say f anything about the babies. Their comlns t to New York nt tliib time Is bomethlng of a i surprise to us , but none the less delightful , , for all that " i THREE MURDERERS CONVICTED I'lillllpH round c.ulll.1 of Hut Vlurdei 3 i of l.i-oimlil UdlliiKi-r , UllU-il Near ' ' l''orl tuiitt , Kun. t f I FORT SCOTT K.n , Jan 19 Amos Phil- t Dps baa been found guilty of the murder ol . Leopold Edlinger , a young Bates county f | farmer , whoso mu Hated body was found I weighted down In Mill creek , near this city , I lost November Plillllpb , with George an ! ' EJ Meeks. brothers murdered Edlinger foi bin team and money the trio having followed the victim for two weeks seeking a favor able time to kill aim The Meeks' were found guilty on Tuesday last. All thrci will be sent to lie penitentiary for life. Phillips confessed iiat ( ho and his pals hail ' n rendezvous In Ba fs county , and that the ) made a business of stealing cuttlo and ' i horses 1 , - I Wnoil t < > Tour fiilin. r i HAVANA. Jan. ' ID. Governor Genera | Wood , accompanied py Generals Chaffee am , Lildlon leaves here .Monday on a two wtekb ' trip throuch the NAPOLEONS OF FINANCE Oolerie of Entarprisine Hail Inwancj Prc- meters Reap Handsome Returns , SAID TO HAVE OPERATED IN OTHER STATES HiMiinrknlilo lUiroiortlon | | ( lint tlnltt- ( nlnril IJi-tnri-n ! { % i-iuirt anil lilitliltltlpN Crnlc timiilcluM After ( inicrrirc llcelcil. Pacts coming to light In connection with the appointment of J , J. Everlngham ns iceclver for the Grain Growers' Mutual Hall association , which position'he has as- fumcd under bond of $12,000. seem to point to the exploitation of that organization ( id one of the most profitable and Napoleonic , flnanclcilng schemoH that has IIU-MI laid biro I In Nebraska during Its hlstorv I Ibis organization appeals to have been1 n veritable gold mine for the men who projected It , or at least lor some one con- necttd with It. No urn pic-lot : has bo n dls- eovnrcxl that it has been iich to any of tin- rural members beguiled Into giving up their | suMlancc' In Its patronage. While this concern - l corn srems to have boon continuously under suspicion hlnce Its first projc-ctlon In the a'ate. It hna been enabled to continue Its work until nearly $70,000 of the- funds of the gullible people In the rural sections have j been gathered togelher nnd coolly thrust down Intcx , some one's capacious pockets , i not ono. dollar of which has bcvn devoted to the fulfillment of thn ostcnslblo puiposo of ' ihi organization. Ilritnuht iiierleneeH1t Them. The company was Incorporated under the I Insurance laws of the state In February. 1SW , not quite a. year ago. Us ofllcers and i promoters were P. W. Miller , president ; C. M. Harris , vice president ; C. C. White , treasurer ; r. H Hllllker , secretary. These , with John Troullch and J. C. Miller , the latter a resident of niuo Spring ? , were the board of dlroctois. Of this ambitious and enterprising coterin It appears that President Miller , Vice Pres ident Hants and Secretary Hllllker had had picvlous experience In making hall Insurance piomotion pioiHnble. H Is claimed that In If-S" they sprung a similar entei prise upon the people of Minnesota , which culminated about ns has the ono In Nebraska. Then they removed to South Dakota , where they attcjiipled to organize a similar company , but failed of their purpose because the In surance department icfused to grant them n ce-rtlflcate. Them they drifted to Ne braska to make the year ISDi a piofltablc one , which they have evidently succeeded in doing. The btato law regulating the formation or auch companies requires that every such company , before ) organization , file with the state Insurance. department n dec laration of Its purpose to Incor- poiato. a\ff \ .d by 100 members or Incorporn- torf > , llvln , , In at least ten different countleo and owning and insuring at least fi.OOO aciei of growing grain These names must also appear upon the aitlclcs of incorpora tion. Some of tbo many enemies which this company has managed to gather during Its fovv months of existence claim that the doc uments filed by It In compliance with the rpcig , M" TWViW4AKtiS , 'V" * , " - ' " is' , required , but tnaL njJny "appear to have be-on written bv the same person Some irciulsltlvo pations have by correspondence- , sought to locate tbe signers of tbo docu ments , but ha\e been informed upon writ ing to the respective communities reprc sen ted that no such parties lived there or ovci tad done so. Along last summer a rival hall insurance company , with headquarters said to be lo cated at Falrbury , fortified Itself with rc- I puted information In regard to the Mlnnc- I sola career of the promoters of the > new I company and began to send out circulars j embodying the results of its reseirchcs , but I the Grain Grow err1 company at once- went I Into the district court'of Lancaster county I and enjoined its Pulrbury rival from sctid- I IIIT out Its damaging llte-ratuie. About that Mime the fortunes of the Gialn Growers' dit Delation , which had headquarters r.t Omaha , began to decline. Its members be gan to bo suspicious of It and to refuse to pay their assessments. \ o'.iime of ItH Ilunlin-HH. Meantime- the piomoters had Interested something like 7,000 fanners In KB member ship. By securing proxies from each appli cant for membership the promoters named above were enabled at the annual meeting to elect themselves ns the ofllccrs of Un concern. Late in August the dlieclory met for the put pose of levying an assessment to ralao funds with which to pay leases. DurIng - ! Ing the summer Its agents had written poll- ! cles or membership certificates aggregating 1 $ ' 515G2G7(1 ( . , At that meeting It was discovered tint Insseii had been adjusted and allowed i cach ing $55,327 05 , vvliilo a number of claims for lcbs.es weie- pending , which , It waa esti mated , It would require another $ J,000 to mret , making the total losses to bo met by assessment "upon the stockholders about $57- 327.H5. To meet this aggregate of losses nnd the expenses of the company the board of dlicctors in August levied an assess ment of 3.6 cents on the dollar of Insurance , or $30 on the $1.000 of insurance. Upon the $3,5G2C7G of policies written this would hove yielded a revenue , If all paid , of $128.- 25C. 25C.About that time some of the 7,000 members of the association began to wonder what la the wcrld the hoard of directors wanted to do with so much money , over twice the amount of the aggtegato IOBKS Farmer vlc- i Urns cf the concern began to meat In 'school ' houses all over the ntnto and to band | themselves together to light the collection i of such an exorbitant assessment , clilmlng that the directors had no right to levy an UBbesHinent except such a would meet rea sonable expanse of operation of the company nnd pay the IOS CH. Ono band of thirty ol these victims In this county and Dodge , an other up In the vicinity of WaUofield num bered about 400 farmcin , ono of seventy-five In Nuckolls county , one of fifty in Saunders county and larger or smaller ones In many other vicinities The little band In Douglas and Dodge al once showed light. Retaining counsel , they went Into the district court and applied foi a writ of quo vvarranto , alleging that the company was never legally organized In thai I the articles of Incorporation did not have 'the ' requisite number of bona lido hlgner i and relying upon their ability to prove thai 1 many of the names signed thereto wen fictitious. MuUlnu : Hu > Unrlni ; tiltSiiiixlilne , Meantime the promoters of the company vvero making strenuous efforts to collect tin assessments , and over half nf the member.1 ' appear to have paid up , either voluntailly 01 under threats of suit In court. Several null ! were Instituted to enforce collection , bir i us far as learned they are still pending , i Instead of applying collections to the pay | ment of the losses the dfllcers were dill- j gently putting tha funds away to that thuli ' whereabouts have never been discovered Somti of tbo olticcrs located In Omaha wen living In luxury , and It U related that chain ( Continued on Fifth Page ) CONUITION OF THE WEATHER forecast foi Nfbrnkti Pair , NorthwcMrrlj Wind ? . Tt-iiilM'rittnri * n ( Oitiiilin > r lrri1n > I lloni , Di'K. Hour. Di'u. n n. in it ) i p. 111 , . i. . . n II II. I US 1 ! | i. Ill lit 7 n. in uu ; t p , in \ < n. in 'Js I | i , in. . . . . . 17 II n. in Ull o n , ni in io n. in : td it p , in 1:1 : I I II. ill Ill 7 n , ill , Id i- 111 : IT s p. ni ; iii t | i. ti : m HOUTZ WANTS MORE MONEY Clnlinlluil UlK nlnrj I * Out of 1'ro- liortlon ( n ( lip AVnrk lie 1'i-rfornin. WASHINGTON. Jan. in ( Special Tele gram ) J. 13. Ilout7 , collector nf Internal le-v'cnue , Is not satisfied with his present painty nf JI.IiOO and IB Reeking to have a law pawfed giving all collectors whose of fice nets $1,000.000 and over oni'-tcnth of 1 per cent In addition to the pre-HiMil salary , lloiitz , In a , letter to Ccngrossman Mercer , says he Is compelled to devote all his tlmo to bin oUlco and this Is , according to hlH Idea , woith moro than the paltiy $4,500. Piyor , poslmns'ter at Lindsay , I'lalto county , hntf u-slgned and John C. Canltt has been icvommondcd for the place , Thcmnn Biooks has been recommended for postmaster at t'dcll , Custer county. TheBoaid of Indian Commissioners will Vave an Informal conference with the com mittee of Indian aflalrs ucxt Tuesday at 4 o'clock. fongicssmni Gamble and Burlto today railed on Adjutant General Corbln and As sistant Secretary Mciklcjohn to en lore Lieutenant McArtliur , Third Infantry , for promotlo-n to captain In tbo quartermaster's depnitticnt McAithur Is n South Dakota ] ' boy and beived In Cuba during the Spanish' wai He has alfo seen service In the Phil ippines , wlic-ro ho was wounded , and It la not likely he will ever bo able to perform active military duty again. Agent 8tpnhons of Crow Creek , S D , Ins anlved heie to answer charges re cently filed against him. Accompanied by Congiessmcn Burke and Gamble , Agent Stephens today called on Secretary Hitch cock and Indian Commissioner Jones. In dian Agent Matthcwson of Omaha Is here < n business before the Interior clepait- mcnt. Or D M. Slemon was today appointed member of the Board of Examining Sur geons at Salesn , S D. LINCOLN MAN USED AS TARGET Hriu-Nt C. Ainri IM hliot To Ice liy IlornciiliiniM > -nr u Wjn- in111 ti Vlliio. CHEYENNE , Jan 19 ( Special Telegram ) Ernest C Ames , a Lincoln , Neb. , lawyer and mining expert , was shot today at Silver Clown , twenty inllce north of here , by lloinzo Adams Ames , accompanied by George C. Clasou , a mining man who owns some propel ties In I the Silver Crown district , wont to the camp today to make an examination of tbo Copper 'King ' mine , which had been relocated by i Qlason. .They vvere met at the mine by Adams , n. tesldnit of Silver Clown , who dls- ! f-pfllp'a trietrTght ! tt } tiMm 'thcr evmjiir.tixt ! . ' i claiming that his lather owned the prop erty , having located it many years ago ' Ameo and ( Mason maintained their rights , ! when Adams , it Is alleged , rushed at them ! with : i pick Before reaching them he i dropped the pick and drew a pistol. Several shots A ere llred. The lirst struck a button on Ames' coat and was thrown to 'one side , Inflicting a llesh wound In the ! stomach The last shot stiuck Ames In the i light leg and ho fell to the. giound , whpre- upon Adams fled Amrs was brought to Cheyenne nnd given inedlc.il attention. Adams came In later and gave hlmbclf up Ames' wounds will lay him up for a short time only , unless blood polboulug should set indams says he was attacked by the two men and shot In self-defense. KANSAS VISITATION ACT VOID \ldil I'lirlM Doi'lnrcil I ncoiinlltiitloiiiil Ti'lt'Brapli Cuniliiiiili-H Not Subjrt-l to l.iivi. LYONS , Kan , Jan ll ! In the- ease of Cooper and Plumb against the Westein i Union Telegraph Company , In the Ulce , county district court today , Judge Clark de cided the act subjecting the telegraph com- I pany to the control of the court of vlslta- | tlon to bfl unconstitutional , Insofar as It provided for penalties 01 foifelturea to bu i recovered at the suit cf pilvato cltl/en I on account of the rr-'usal of the telegraph ccir.pnny to tian ° mlt messages at the rate I flxc'd by the htatute Inasmuch as such i penalties were exclusive of the light to recover - | ' cover damages frcm the telegraph com- panics the court held that they were fines within the meaning of the constitution and could not bo dlvetted from the common chcol fund , where the constitution requlica thorn to go to the benefit of Individuals The decision of Judge Cl rk , taken In connection with the recent decision of United States Judge Hoolc , curtailing tbo power of tbe court of visitation , If the same shall be sustained In the tipper com IB , leaves very little of tbe Kansas visitation act This act was patEud by the last legis lature. The tuso of Cooper and Plurnb was In the nature of a test case DIES FOR ANOTHERMAN'S DEED Slot PI * Snlil Io HIMP roiifoNdpiI on ni'utlilifit to CrliiK * for \Vlilrh IIONIXVlIN IJXPIMlfllll , ST. PAUL , Minn , Jan. 19 A special te the Dispatch from Redwood Kallt , , Minn , eaysA report han Just reached here from rel.v lives of the deceased that old man Slovei recently died In California and that he madi a doith1 fd confession to the effect that he Killed Moses Lufklns In ( lules township , thli count v , homo twelve years ago. Instead o William Rose , who was afterward hangex fcr the crime. There was only circumstan tial evidence- against Rose , whoc uttc-n- tions to Grace Lufklns had been forhlddci bv her father. On the ! lrnt trial the Jiirj dlcacrocd , but the second trial icsultcd li conviction In a spot-ch from the gallowi Hone atllrmcd his Innocence and charge * Slovnr with the crime I.IIMl Of PlIIIIOIIH Illlllk ClIMTK. ni'TTE , Mont , Jan. 15 Judco Ueatty o ! Idato H'Mli/j In i"i I'lritfcd Stateouri htrn today , dralde'l the lust of the ftimou ! bank stc. k IXIH Krovvliu' out of Hie bttl - rnent cf thn eftute < . ! tl\ \ < * late mllllonaln and banker AndiLW J. DavH Iljrlo Woc l , u hlrnpr of Davlit , mud to net as-ll < the dMl'hbed brquiwl of dho dot > dcrit U hlii nephew < tnd namciiakf Andrew J Davla by wrl b the latter n iulre < l practically tin whole of i io rirst Nat'cnal hank c HU' te Thn d < ilsloi > U In favor of iho dcfendnn and lit nlly con'lrm-t hi tltlu to thu bank. \ilvuiicn 'I'm I'olnlx. NB\\ YORK Jan 19 All gradeM of rr lined busar were uxlvaneod In ( irleo icidu ; ten pbliutt. or l-10c a pound II 4 1 P P'PII P PPY1 v fl l' HALL SI IRS SENAlt Maine Senator Makes a Notable Speech on South African War. BROUGHT OUT BY ALLEN'S ' RESOLUTION Declares Utterances of Balfonr Should Not Pass Unnoticed by Americans , WE CANNOT ENDORSE WAR FOR GOLD South African Conflict Brought On by Sharp Cabinet Minister , ENGLISH PEOPLE NOT IN FAVOR OF W\R \ llntc rrlemllr to llrltlnli , lint Cniinot UnilorKo n U'nr 1ViiK < * < l to I'ru li it bl.itor Itoiiiilillc .Mo TnlUii l-'liiniifcn , WASHINGTON. Jan. ID. At the conclu sion of moinlng business In the senate the lesolutlon of Allen calling on the secretary of state for Information as to whether any leprcscntntlvo of the TiaiiHvaal had applied to the United Statcu government for iccognl tlon nnd If t > uch application had been made If it had been accepted , and If not why not , was laid before the senate. Spoonei moved that the resolution bo dlrtcto.1 to the picsldent and ho bo requeste 1 to furnish the Information If not Incom patible with public Interests. He repudiated he said , the doctrine advanced repeatedly by senators that the people were entitled to Information fiom day to day regarding the conduct of our foielgn business. A dclnto onhiicd between Senators Allen. Sponner , Teller and Hale. The resolution was finally amended so as to call on the piesldent , "If not Incompatible with publl- inteicsts , " to supply the Information. Spooner maintained that the president ought to have dlscietlonury power about giving out Information. Allen thought the matter with which lu lesolutlun dealt could not affect any dlplo malic negotiations and that thcic was no Im propilety about It. Mr. Spooner legarded It ns u piece of gross Impudence to call on thu secretary of state for confidential information mation for which the president nlono was re sponsible. Allen replied at length to Spooner , In the course of which ho said It had been reported throughout the country In the dally and weekly press that the pop ulist party hud gone to pieces. "I say to you , Mr. President , " said Allen , "that these statements are circulated with a political purpose. There are- more populists In the country today than ever before. Wo can cast 2,500,000 votes and not all of these \otcrs aie fools , either. The organization , far from having gone to pieces , Is stronger tcdny than tit any previous time " In n brief speech In opposition to the amendment Teller said ho would not say n weld that woflld bo offensive to the goTcrn- i ment of Great Britain , yet he felt his sym pathy go out to the Transvaal republic In its great contest al arms with England. A speech sensational In Its Interest and Inteiiiatlonal Impoitanco was delivered by Halo of Maine * The occasion of the ilt- tcrnncu waa tbo Dimple question vvhrther a lesolutlon Introduced by Allen , calling for Information as to the recognition by I thin country of the diplomatic reprcHenta- I tlon of the Trantiva.il republic , should bo ( limited to the president or to the secre tary of state. Hale , made the question the text of an im passioned speech , In which he- declared that ! nine-tenths of the American people sympa- l thlzed with the Boeis In their gallant stiug- glc- for liberty against one of the gieatest [ powers In the world. Ho dnclaied that tbo | wai which Gieat Britain Is waging IB the ii'ost fell blow at human llnbrty that hjs been struck In the century. He dculrd I that the American people "wern In sympathy - | pathy with Gieat Britain In the South Af- lilran war , to Klamp out the liberty of a f people , " and whe-n Mr. Balfoiir In the House i o' Commons made such a statement , "ho l should be mot with some dlwclalmcr from this side of the Atlantic. " Ho declared that the English people them selves aio not In fiivor of the war , which "had been brought on by a Hharp cabinet minister engaged with gold' speculators" Halo spoke with unusual force , decisive ness and earnestness , even for him , and bin Impassioned eloquence claimed the clos ed attention of every auditor. ] > OI-N Not Hello e Hi-port , Hale said during the discussion of Allen's resolution bo could not believe that any accredited representative of the Ti.mavaul had been rejected by the president "I should , " he said , "deem that a most unfortunate event If It occiined I have heard that Irresponsible unaccredited per sona , perhapt ) United Stales cltl/cns , have appeared In Washington claiming to lopre- Bent the gallant people who .no struggling for liberty , but no such mlnslon could bu recognised. I have yet to bo made to be lieve that any duly nccicdltcd representa tive of that bravo people has appeared before the president of the United States and been denied a hearing. If that bo true the sooner wo are Informed about U the better for the Ameilcan people , "I don't fall to take notice that through out the length and breadth of the land the sympathies of the great American people are In favor of the Htrugglo which thn Boers are making to preserve a icpubllcan govurnmont against nno of the greatest powers of the world. I doubt not thut the Ameilcan people plo agree with mo that the war Great Britain IB waging IH the most fell blowat human liberty struck In the laot century. I don t doubt that the administration representing the people of the United States fcelB as I feel on the subject and nine-tenths of tie American people feel. " Halo quoted from a speech of Balfour In which the British statesman had doclaied the Boer war had knit together every branch of the English-speaking race. llnlfoiir Mlujnduen Ainrrloiiiiii. "I deny flir , " declared Hale , with ureat feellna , "that the American section of thai ruco Is In sympathy with Great Britain in the South African war to stamp nut thu liberty of a people. 1 deny that the Amarl can people are to be tied to the chariot Wheels of war against tbe South Afrlian republics , and when the leader of the con servatlvcB In the Houeo of Commons at soitH that ho should be met by some dis claimer from this aldo of the Atlantic. "I don't wish International complication , said Hale , In conclusion "I don't wan' war. I recall that we have been to niurn In love with neutrality In tlrats p * t thai wo could not Bpcak up boldly for Hun.u-t < Poland , Armenia , Cuba and Grtn-rr , and I don't know why It in now that we must speak with baled breath in favor of lib I don't believe the English people ure in favor of this war I bellevr that th < > K' ' < nt queeu on bended knte , hub piayed Init the war might be averted I duu t