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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
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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.
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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" .
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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
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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