OMAHA DAILY EE. ESTABLISHED , JUIS'E 19 , 1871 , OMAHA , FHIIXAY MOKNIMG. JANUARY 12(5 ( , lOOO-TWEIAMD PAGES. SINGLE COPY tflVE CENTS. MAKE SIGHT ATTACK General Warren's Troops Succeed in Occu ilv pying Spionkop. BOERS ANNOY HIM WITH SHELL FIRE is Won by a GENERAL WOODGATE SERIO OUNDED Heavy Load of Aniioly Removed from Pub lic in England , ARMY STILL HAS A HARD TASK AHEAD nillluiiKleii Will Incrennc nn llrlllili iVilvnnee Duller Itniien Another AililreHN to UN TriiouNo of Itelrcnt , ( Copyright , 1000 , by Press PubllsiliinK Co. ) SPKAHMAN'S | . 'AKM , .Ian. 23 , 10 n. m. ( Now York World Cablegram Special Tel egram. ) Fallowing is a. general description of the recent operations of Oeneral Duller : Having seized the heights commanding Pot- glctcrEclrlft ho occupied a virtual bridge head. Crossing the Tugola river ho found 'the ' enemy In a strong horseshoe position closing the debouchures of the bridge head , lie Kent Warren to turn the Boer right , resting on Splonkop. On the 17th Wurron'e right , marching to Springfield , threw two bridges across the Tugela at Trlcgardsdrlft , where the enemy was extended to the front. Ho renewed the attack on tholr position , running two lines along the edge mid crest of n lofty plateau strongly fortified , but approachable by long depressions in the ground and dongas slop ing gradually from the river. On January 18 Warren crawled forward two miles. Ixml Dundonnld'H cavalry moved eastward , threatening the Boer right. The Boers endeavored to prevent the turning iuovt ment , but were nmhuscndod and roughly handled In a brilliant action with squadrons of the Natal Carbineers , Imperial Horse and South African Light Horse , losing forty-two , bitddcw the wounded , who were removed to our camp. Consequently the enemy was alarmed. He greatly strengthened nnd cix- tct.ded his right , weakening the center. On January in the British demonstrated nl Potgletersdrlft , bombarding heavily , and "Wnrron crcipt forward , also shelling. The cavalry held the ground threatening the Boer right and compromising one line caused It to retreat to the Tree State. DlHloilKc Iloern at SplonUop. On tie 20th Warren began a series of actions called the battle of Splonkop. Ho advanced , covered by guns firing n.OOO shells , his men fighting gloriously , nnd effected n dlslodgmcnt of the Boers at several points along the edge of the plateau. War ren's men were entrenched nt nightfall , Lord Dundonald's cavalry on the British I | loft-demonstrated against the hills , Child's ; ! squadron f Soulh .African light horse nc-j | tu'ally seizing a conspicuous salient peak , hereinafter called Bastlan hill. This gal lant officer wax killed by a shell while holdIng - Ing u captured position. In the evening j the Infantry reinforcements took charge of j j Iho day's advance by Dundonald firing all j night. I On the 21st Warren's left moved up to re- j ; i ontrnnt of the east Bastian hill , which , opened clear Into the enemy's line. Ills obJect - Joct now WBH no longer to turn unduly the extended Boor right , but by Introducing a wedge of Infantry Into a cleft to spill the I right from the center. During the day the gap wan widened and Warren's right com pleted the capture of the whole of the edge of the plateau , occupying the tlrHt line of the ' Boor trenches and finding many dead , about 200 , from shell fire. The main Boer position Is still Intact , but thn troops have now gained vantage points from whence a decisive blow can bo dcllv- cred. Today the howitzers are driving the Brers 1 from advanced trenches. There Is every prospect of u deliberate , careful , yet sur prising , advance to bo conducted by Buller nnd supported by a terrible artillery fire , j This will end In n magnificent victory. The Infantry are longing for a decisive move- incnt. There Is absolute confidence and a calm determination throughout tbo army. No iinxlcty here. The action is now 'proceed ing. CHURCHILL. i\liert Opinion. i ( C'opyrlKht. 1WO , by Press Publlfhlng Co. ) LONDON , Jan. 25. ( New York World Ca blegram Special TelPgrnm. ) Buller'B re port of the seizure of Splonkop came to the British publlo ns a great relief. Every man in Iho btrec-t was Intensely Batlufled thnt the report did not bring nexvs of defeat. Kxpnrls were not to much relieved and arc iicllned to think It only u tentative vlc- lr > rj. DIsiMiBsIng the situation , the Leader expert nays : "Tu particularize Tuesday's nocturnal cn- trrprlHO U does not seem to Imvo been very tllflU'iilt. It niuy bo the Deere , In holding each extended position li.nl , in Intelligent American expression , 'bitten off -moro than they could chew. ' What If the enemy had been caught. In the act of evacuating Splon- ] , np. leaving only n small rear guard to cnni'cntratc upon n second position with nn- nthcr position behind moro suited to the t-lunglh of thi > forces that could bo tn > arc l iinm the defense of Ladysmlth ? " Thn I'oflt expert says : "Tho situation de- Hcrlbcd yesterday was that Buller had firot in drive the Boers from Splonkop nnd the rest of the plateau on which It stands and then to drlvo them before him until he can rover Iho twelve or fifteen miles that sep arate Sploukop tram tin * circle of Boer guns jmlntexl toward Ladymnlth. The novw re ceived yesterday did not Indeed contain the announcement that ho had finished the first half of his task. " TiirlllH Knulniul > vllh 1'rlile , LONDON. Jan. 20. lli : ! n. m. General Buller's phrase , "Tho men are splendid , " thrills Kngliind with pridennd confidence , ills taking and holding of Spionkop were considered permanent ndfantages. Sir Charles Warren's opinion that miles Df he Boer trenches \\ere untenable was af fected by most military observers as ob viously inn * , owing to the height of the position , though ut tiomo points It might lack gun platform to realst artillery fire from the two extended sides. It U not likely that Ueneral Warren will let go anything ho holds nnd news of further success It calmly awaited. i The military authorities recognlte , of course- , that In the twelve or fifteen miles be- twnti Splonkop nnd Ladysmlth there are continuous defeiiHlvo positions and rugged hills and ravines , which far outrange Splon kop. but tl'ey are imre- that the troops who have turned the Hours out of dllllcult places can do It again. Tbo military expert of the TluitH say * ' "It is exceedingly dllllcult to arrive ut any cxa t e-ttlmato of thn advantage gained. A tactical object bua been detained THE LAVVTON FUND , WASHINGTON , t ) . C. , Jan. 22 , JfiOO. My Dear Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the l th lust. , Inclosing ilralt for $ .133. subscriptions In behalf of th > 1/iwton fund. 1 desire to thank you for your vulunblo assistance ntiil to extend through you to txicli of the subscrib- crs assurances that their contribu tions nro appreciated. Very sin cerely , II. C. COIUIIN , Adjutant Ocnernl , U. S. A. For the Committee. Mr. 13. Rosewntcr , Kdltor The Omaha Bee , Omaha , N'eb. and definite steps have been taken In the fulfillment of the strategy plan. It Is nec essary to awnlt further Information before attaching much Importance to successes at- tallied. At least there has been steady prog ress , " Adillllonnl Troop * ArrUe. The Klldomin Castle reached Durban Thursday with 2.000 additional troops for General Buller and two troopships have ar rived from India , bringing nmong others n regiment of Inncena. Beyond this it la not publicly known here how heavily General Buller has been reinforced , but those hold ing certain connections with the nnr olllco are confident that General Buller will have ns many moro men as ho will need to make his wnrk easier. The situation in the neighborhood of the other nrmlcfl Is unchanged , but n forward movement by General French Is dally ex- peeled. - A dispatch to the Standard from Rcnsburg describes General French's positions as now funning n great semi-circle around the Boer positions. The correspondent saya he could take Colesberg , two miles away , at any time. A leUcr from Pretoria gives the text of a complaint which President Kruger made to President Steyn regarding the want of cooperation - operation on the part of the Free Staters at Modder river and also President Steyn's ad dress to tha Fieo Staters. Kruger said ho had learned with regret that only about l.OCO men of tbo Free State fought in the labt battle , nnd that many others remained In their camps while tlicdr brothers resisted nnd oven defeated their enemy. These clatrmcnts appear to give official conflrma- tlon to the reports of disagreements be- twcen the allies. Advices have been received from Spear- mans camp that General Woodgate 'has succumbed to the wounds he receilved In the attack upon Splonkop. MODDKR RIVER. Jan. 24. General Hec tor Archibald McDonald has arrived and as sumed command of the Highlanders. Illniiiitclien from Uie Front. LONDON , Jan. 25. The War office has Just issued the following dispatch frcm Spearman's camp , dated January 25 , 12:10 : morning : "Oeneral Warren'n troops last nlsht oc cupied Splonkop , surpilslng the small gar- j i rlEon , who lied. It has been held by us all i day , though wo were heavily attacked , es pecially by a very annoying shell fire. " 1 fear our casualties arc considerable and I have to Inform you with regret that General Woodgato was dangerously wounded. i "General Warren Is of the opinion that be has rendered the enemy's position j.intenable. The raon are splendid. " The jubilation over General Warren's achievement In capturing Splonkop Wednesday - day night Is chastened by the realization that his success Is only provisional , as it I appears clear from General Bullor's dispatch | ! that the Boers fully recognize the strategical ; , ' importance of Spionkop and at the time his | message was sent off they had not abandoned I the hope or recapturing the position. Nevertheless a heavy lead of anxiety has been removed from the nation and there IB general expectation that , as the British have succeeded In keeping the hill all rtiiy long , > they will manage to retain It until General , Warren plants guns enough on It to dominate - inate the Boer trenches right and left. I There is the usuul disposition here to ex- | nggerato the importancn of the point scored , ! but the bewt Informed people realize that General Buller still has a tusk ahead of him i calling for the most dogged persistence and untiring attack , and thnt the difficulties will Increase as the position develops. The relief of the tension on the Stock exchange was very marked. Business be gan more cheerfully all around and with nn i upward movement , under the Influence of the ] . news at the War office , and nt the clubs and 1 , other resorts there WUH a notable change ] I I , from the gloomy fears of yesterday. The ; : j appearance of the now placard * on the i streets sent crowds of people to the War office and the lobbies were soon filled to suffocation. Those near the notice board read out the news at frequent Intervals for the benefit of the late arrivals who were un able to approach , and each siicccn.Mvo readIng - Ing led to a renewal of cheering. In the women's lobby there were signs nfc the- sad eldo of victory. A question often asked was : "When will the casualties be received ? " Though General Buller's dispatch Is dated today and speaks of Splonkop being captured "inst night , " H npparfiitly means Tuesday night. As according to General Buller's dispatch the "small garrison wns surprised , " his sub sequent statement , "our losses were COIIRUI- eiublf > , " Indicates that thn British suffered greatly later from the shell fire from a far ther Boer position. Ki-nrM of Another Trap. The stntemtmt that there WHS only a small garrison at Splonkop came somewhat , as a surprise , UK It was Imagined the Boers were them In great force , and it Is taken In i some quartern to Indicate that Ihn Bosrs i , were not no surprised at the 'usnult : us It j appeared , but previously drew off their , main i i j body and left small force to withstand the 1 British advance. It Is oven fiuggeated that the Boers Inveigled the British Into occupy | ing Splonkop and have now surrounded ' them. It Is evident. In spite of the fact that the ! British hold Portglctersdrlft and the hills ' above , that the Boers have succeeded In bringing up enough artillery to Indict con Blderablo losses on the British force which seized Splonkop. although Ixird Dundonald Is supposed to have- been scouring the coun try beyond the ranges In order to prevent Ihlii very thing and although General Lyttie- ton ought to have got near enough to Splon kop to either Intercept the retreating Boers or prevent a serious attack oncu the British had taken possession of the hill. The American scout , F. II. Uurnham , now on his way back to South Africa , expressed considerable satisfaction at tbu news of the cnpturd of Splonkop. Ho said to a rep re sentntlvo of the Associated Press : "It Is evident that the Boer position Is being shaken , and I do not think It will bo a long business now to drive the Boers out of the Drokensburg. Wo shall then reach n rollIng - Ing , open country , where there U n chance to display tactics and undertake flinklng movements and cavalry operations. But the Boers are sure to make a most determined stand around Pretoria. It will not take long to reach the Boer capital , but the siege of Pretoria will be long ani dirncylt. " Uurnham sails for South \frlca Saturday . j ( Continued ou Second Page. ) CAN SEE NO ONE TO AIM AT British Offiotr Tolls His Experience at the Battle of Oolenso. NEVER IN SUCH A VERITABLE FIX BEFORE UtillrtN n a Tlilvk n HOCK Troops nl to Advance AunlnM a Illililpii Kite Follow ( Intern of Idiotic Kcncrtilx. LONDON , Jan. 17. ( Correspondence of the Associated Press. ) The following IIP- count of the batllo of Colenso , written by nn Infantry l olllcer pre-sent , wns received by to day's mall : "After that most terrible and one-Hided battle ] of Coleneo lust Friday I fainted when I got to camp from sunstroke , nnd on Sat urday i morning I found I had dysentery. How nnyono escaped on Friday Is a marvel to me. We wore nine and a half hours un der Urn nnd It was like n severe- hailstorm on n tin roof. I could not put my glnsscs up without hearing 'Phlt. phlt , phlt. ' From the very Hist I saw It would be no go. Di rectly we got under fire n corporal snld to me : 'I wonder how many Boers there arc bidden In tint wood opposite along the Tu- geln ? ' I "I said , 'I expect It Is full of them , ns I Buller lias never shelled It. at all. ' I win j i right. , Two companies of the Twenty-third | j | went lu and soon came out through us and i I "xpowl , our four companies to u double. ' fire , | 1 and , 1 don't see how wo escaped at all. Thou I ' I saw about three companies of tin * Seventh ] i Fusiliers go In on the left of the taken guns i I , and ! they soon cnmo out of It. After that I they were told to advance a bit. and event- , ually we were told off as escort to the last guns , with the result that we retired when ordered to ( and Tommy did not like that i word nt nil ) and had had six ofilcor.3 ta'.toa ' , I and over 100 men killed , wounded , misMus ! or prisoners , out of a total of thirteen ofil- 1 cers nnd 372 men with which wo started at 4 n. m. \ eveiIn Sneh 11 Fl.v. " 1 never was In suoh n veritable fix and hope I never shall he again , and then to add j i to it all they peppered us with ehot , shell j i and ; tlio.sc beastly one-pound MaxlmNordcnj I fcldt shells nnd Mausers until we had re- j : tired well out of range. But pcor Tommy I was simply grand. Our troops went through , It all. They never hesitated one moment. ! never Illnchod. On they went with destruc tion and death and agony nil around them. I shall never forget the sight. A man was hit , on went the line on they went ! A shell fell between two men nt six paces on they went ! A shell blew a poor captain of the Connaught Rangers to bits. Ai subaltern of the Inniskilllns close by looked back , but j could see absolutely no trace of his comrade j left , nnd I see ho Is reported ns missing , as they could not find him , and yet on went the lines. "My own company was most lighthearted. One old soldier , who used to be the quarter- master's storcman at Chatham , was in front of mo wb.Ho we once were ordered to turn in file to the left and wheel to right to double about half a mile to the right flank of the guiiF , mid when a bullet whizzed very close to him he began to play antics and skip about , laughing and joking the while. HiiUctH tin Thick fi' Hoe * . "The bullets were as thick as bees and I had several mighty close to my head. Directly wo halted and lay down showers of bullets came. It was truly a one-sided game , ns we could see no ono lo aim at nil. Just before wo lay down a private behind ms bald : "Sir , I don't know how we > got through all that without ono of us getting bit. I think God must bo good to us today. ' "I was much Impressed by what this man said. To show what a good fellow 'Tommy' Is , when near camp I felt very ill ; my legs v ere giving way , I had a pain in my back ( the sun , and no food since 3 a. m. ) , so ono of the company asked leave to fall out and rush off to th railway where be had sescn a train from Frere with water. There was la. great crowd of men there jostling for water and yet he came back with his own canteen full of water for me to drink. Really their actions make them all beloved to me. "I am very fond of them all and under the most trying circumstances. In which our idiotic generals unnecessarily placed us , I did my best to save all the fatlguo I could. I always halted where the grass was the longest , where/ there was any little rise , or where there was a 'nullah' If 1 possibly could. Yet , of course , 1 was only a. subordinate to the major. Ho fortunately Is a very sound man , full of common sense and a thorough soldier , HO wo all had the greatest con fidence In him. Soelnl Unnlltlen Still llnlu. "Cannot we get the best men for every billet yet ? " Wo do get some , but not all. Social qualities still rule the day. It should , not bo so. Whore do social qualities come , in on n day like Friday ? One instance of j i .jobbery , amongst many , I will giveyou. . Now | I have made signaling a life study , so I j knew a bit about It. On the night before thn battle I was sitting with thfe-o or four other officers cf vj : . ) . ! & regiments. A great ( nt-beadcd prul.-h . < ! toothpick style of Idiot pr.esrd mn andnalil romething as , 'Ho won dered who was signaling. ' I saw his rank ( huhnltern ) nnd mug and took him In at once as a four-letter man. So I determined to | watch and listen. They were signaling from | I Weenen. twenty-seven miles off , with helio graph. Ho tried to read , but pould not. The Boers called them up from Umbulwana and abked who they were ( well they might ) . "This fellqrc stood with his mouth open i looking on ami wondering what It was all j I about and I asked who he was and ho told | me that he WUH a tilguallng officer on the staff , that he came from thn Royal Horse Guards and wanted a modal and a toft | ' Job. 'O,1 said I , 'then I was not far j wiong. ' "I can asmiro you all of us earned our wretched clasp at Colenso , but to make a frontal attack with the whole army , just Ilko an Aldershot field day , was simply ! rot. " A line I. ( tu Iiivlnllili ) I'neniy , LONDON , Jan. 17. ( Correspondence of the Associated Press. ) The correepondeut of the Times with Buller'o army , writing from Chleveley camp , December 21 , after giving lu detail the battle of Colenso , says : The Boers' position was excellently planned ; their trenches and emplacements I were well hidden. All day wo were fired at i by guns whoso position wo could never find i nnd through the heat mirage wo wore never sure- exactly where the musketry nro came from. H was the conditions of modern war fare. Wo had to attack an Invisible enemy whose position could not even bo fixed by tha smoke of his rifle. It was the rifle flru that , caused our losses. Their shell fire , though | accurate enough , was not deadly and during ; the advances men did not drop till they had ; i come within effective ) range of the rifles. ! This was the case , in spite of the fact that . by far the greater number of the Boor shell * i burst , and burst accurately , too , right ID the middle of our men. " The St. James Gazette correspondent , In IjlB account of the same battle , dwells on the effect of the Mauser bullet , In which he isavs "It Is no doubt a very humane one , and I Inflicted some wonderful wounds. Some of iin iit t bullets took extraordinary courses. A iron was shot * 111 thu head , the bullet came out of the side , nnd hi * Is doing well. An ofllcer was shot In the left breast , the bullet came out Ion' down the back , and he was walking about on Sunday last nnd ild he felt that nothing wafc wrong with him. "Tho Doers treated our wounded well nnd , In fact , did not tnko thorn prisoners , ns they said they could not be bothered with them. They took the funded colonels , ns they like colonels , and would prefer ono wlth\n title , but they lllled their pockets nnd went for bread In the haversiacks with greed. I don't think they can bo getting much brr-nd now. They also Stripped our dead of all clothing , for they have no plmllco behind them , nnd ofilceri ? breeches were highly ticnsurcJ. * ; "Tho arrangement made by the medical officers were ported. The wounded were picked up almost at once nnd within twelve hours they word ' comfortably settled In hopltnl and being attended by the- best nurses , with every comfort that money could procure. " t IRISH TROOPS. UNDER FIRE 12.Y | oHe < 1 to AnnoyliiK Crniflre from liner liiitiM nrlllNli l Cunturet ! I'onltlonn , ( CopyrlBlit. IflOO , Ivy .Press Publlrhliig Co. ) SI'HAHMAN'S CAMP , .Ian. 3. 10 n. m. ( New York World Cablegram Spc-clal Tel- CRrnin. ) The Infantry has been patiently I' holding ' the enpturedj'posltlonB on Spur Kdgu plateau ' all today under harassing bom- b.mlmont ' by the Boer artillery. The Irish irglmctit ' wna cxpoBCd'to an annoying cross- lire ' from the Creusot and Maxim shell guns , The casualties , however , were slight , about n i dozen until noon , 'ftj10 l'clricanor ' of the tuiops 1 under thla flrefjjj'hlch Is now borne pcstlvely i for throqjfuftys , has shown the ii'cr.t admirable qualljyjfbf the private sol diers. ( T'l During the morning I visited the Irish in- fuitry i , remaining , h'alf an hour , In which time cloven shells and two discharged Maxim stclla > exploded in tbci. Intrcnchmeuts , where the soldiers were Miioklng , playing cards or sleeping , utterly unmoved. They arc still thu finest Infantry In the world cheery , dignified nnd magnificent. The British batteries- Inflict terrible pun ishment j on the defenders of the Boer ( tenches , especially 'with lyddite shells. There was a further bombardment at Pot- glfctersdrift In the afternoon , the lire of our battcrlcii becoming more rapid. Thisis possibly an artillery preparation , for the Boer position mus' ' fall when the Infantry is let sll.n. The Ladysmlth garrison reports heavy firing at Ladysmitb ted y , also signals that White is attacking and making a diversion. AftcY the latest Boer assault White sent Jcubort for Interment seventy-nine dead Boers who were picked up in the British trenches. I CHURCHILL. TOLSTOI'S VIEWS ON THE WAR Imminent lliiNHlati Suy.x He linn I , Idle Sympathy for thn llrttlNh In the 1'rc.ioiit ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press Publishing Co. ) ST. PETERSBURG , Jan. 25. ( New York World 9nbleirra rpcj l Telegram. ) The MoscowJoJniAi ; prints * 'mi 'interview with Count Leo Tolstoi in which he says : "Do you know what nttltudn I take every morning as I take my newspaper in hand ? I hope for a fr&ih English reverse. "This war is the greatest contradiction of our times. Two highly civlMzed nations , English and Dutch , nro annihilating one HJI- other. England , a state which was proud of its title , 'The Land of Freedom , ' sceku to crush a far less numerous people , the Bcora , who have uot done the slightest Injury to England. "Thla Is incomprehensibly unbelievable. And this war broke out after The Hague conference , of which so much was made. "The South African war Is a sign of our times , but a very sorrowful one. It tells IM that a Eordld , soulless commercialism rules the world. "I have n friend In the Transvaal and he Informs me closely of what Is going on. My sympathies for England in consequence have very much cooled. " INDORSE BRYAN'S CANDIDACY 1'eniinylvnnlii Democratic Committee Sol 1'aecTor loinc > ori < % y In Other Slatex. HAUniSBUnG , Jan. 25. The state demo cratic committee set the pace for the demo cracy of the other states today by making ; W , J. Bryan Its choice for the presidency In : 1900. 1900.This This action was taken by the committee i while Bryan was on his way to HarrUburg ; from New York lo attend the meeting and i confer with the party lenders. This Is prob- ably the first time In thn party's history that the democrats of Pennsylvania have In- dlcatcd their choice for president In advance of the fitato convention. There was a large i attendance of democrats from nil over the i state to meet Bryan nnd hear him dlscusn i thn Issues on which the coming campaign will bo waged. The state convention will hn held In this city on April 5 and will adopt n platform along the lines laid down by the. Nebraska ' orator In his npeech tonight beforn 0,000 1 pcoplo at the Keller Street hall. The platform - form will Indorse the Chicago declaration of principles , denounce thn trusts and 1m- porlallam , advocate ballot reform nnd jairo 1 elections and condemn ir.nchlno politic. The convention will also nominateeanill - dates for auditor , congrcBsman-at-largound 1 ' presidential electors nnd elect eight dele- gates-nl-lurgo to the national convention. Bryan reached here at a o'clock and was escorted to the Board of Trade rooms , whcro the etuto committee wm In session , by u committee representing the state and local democratic committees. Hr was introduced to the assemblage by State Chairman Kil ling nnd made u short speech which WUH re ceived with much enthusiasm. At the clnno of the meeting ho held an informal recep . tion at the Commonwealth hotel , and Inter ho was the guest of Mayor Frltchey at u , dinner party nt which Colonel Gutfey , Chairman - ] ; man Hilling and other party leadere were j ! | present. i A/ter ' meeting ho , ! ' tonight's attended a ees- slon of thn local lodge of Modern Woodmen [ I of which ho Is an active } member , at his i homo In Lincoln. Bryan will go from hern , j i to Smyrna and Wilmington , Del. , und from , , there to Washington to meet the national I leaders. fir in Iliiiilnif In , Merlin. BERLIN. Jan. 25. The grip Is now ragIng - Ing In Berlin , the spread of the disease being promoted by the moist , mild weather. Rev. Mr. Dickie , pastor of the American cburch , ] has recovered from the disorder. ] Just . Our- j - Ing the first half of this month the deaths 1 i j from the grip In Berlin number 117. | ! Prof , M x Mnller linn n I LONDON , Jan. 25. Prof. Max Muller. cor . pus professor of comparative philology at t Oxford , who was supposed to be recovering ; from a long Illness , ban Buffered a. relapse and his condition Is caublng great anxiety , j j He was born In 1823 , ! tiMiPP AP TU P iipnnirp i\ ASHES 01' ' fllE IlfcROIL DLAD Remains of Gallant Volunteers Who Fell in Far Away Philippines. BROUGHT TO SAN FRANCISCO ON PEKING 1,1x1 of Hie .Men of the Kititelirnikti mill I'lrst South DiiUoln Wlio .No.v l.le In Co III IIH nt Hit * I'ronlillo. SAX FRANCISCO , Jan. 25. ( Special Tele gram. ) The transport Peking yesterday brought 16D bodies of soldiers who have lost their lives lu the Philippines. Tonight the ambulnnces are taking the caskets from the ! i wharf to the Presidio , whore the bodies wilt ! i reman until ordered to the burial ground. . ) by I relatives In theeast. . Among tbo dead four- \ i teen states are represented. Following t.re j the dead from Nebraska an.l South Dakota : Pin-Mi .NcliriiHliii. Company A Privates Frank S. Glover , George F. Hansen. Klmer B. Womplcr. Company C Privates Frank K. Kucine , Karl W. Osterhouao. Company K Private Ira U. Orlllln. Company F Arthur S. Sims , Horace S. | Faulkner , William R. Phtlpot. j i Company G Prlvato Walter A. Hague. I Company H Private Albert Burd. I ! Company 1 Privates Alfred J. RUncr , Al- j ; ' fri'd Plgler. Company K Lieutenant Lester 13. Slsson. Company L Privates Theorgo H. Sorson , Fred Taylor , R. W. Kcllu , Charles 0. Bal- i ! linger. I'irmt Smith Ditknln. First Lieutenant nnd Regimental Adjutant Jonas Lien , killed In action. Company D Privates Askel , Krdsnes nnd Fred Grcnsllp. Company F Second Lieutenant Sidney 13. Morrison , killed In action ; Musician Irvln J. Wlllett , Musician J. Berg. Compnny G Private John A. Smith. Company H First Lieutenant Frank II. j ! Adams , kllleJ in action ; Private Orris J. I j MfcCraeken , killed lu action. ' ! Company 1 Privates James B. Lenk , Fred j I K. Green , William G , Lowes. i I Company K Privates James M. Clarke j | aud John J. Maloney. 1 Company M Sergeant William B. Smith. KEEP FILIPINOS ON THE RUN ( ieiieral Scli n ( "ontlnne * OperntloiiN Smith of Mail I In Avlth Great MANILA , Jan. 25. y : 5 n. in. A part of General Schwan's column , consisting of six companies , with some artillery , drove a force of .100 Insurgents from their entrenchments at San Diego , near San Pablo , on Sunday. The enemy "Officially reported that they lost sixty-seven killed and many wounded. Our casualties were one killed and fourteen wounded , the Injuries In most InGtances be ing slight. Another battalion , while executing a flank movement , came upon n hundred other rebels In nn entrenched position and routed them , killing fifteen. The Americans had two wounded. General Schwan moved against Majayqua , Lanuna province , on Tiwiny. He found It ; position almost Impregnable , but , by lower ing men down tbo steep river banks by j ropes , flanked the enemy nnd drove them ! i out. A part of his command proceeded to i ! Santa Cruz , killing six. Insurgents , j General Wheeler and his daughter left on j Wednesday on the transport Warren for Son i Francisco , via Hong Kong and Guam. WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. General Otis' ' cabled report received this morning Indicates I thnt General Schwan Is eonductlug tha campaign in the south of Luzon with the greatest energy. He has located Houthoast of Laguna dp Bay what is probably the last considerable force of Insurgents remaining In one command , aad today's report shows j | thnt , with small less to himself and heavy I ! IOSH In the enemy , he has managed to com- j i I plotely dissipate this force , probably beyond ! j the possibility of reconstruction. General j I I Otis' cablegram Is as follows : "MANILA , Jan. 25. Schwan concentrated | Thirtieth battalion , Thirty-seventh and Thirty-ninth Infantry nt and near San Pablo , Laguna province , on the afternoon of the 20th ; Hayes , with cavalry , striking for I Tayahas by lower road. The enemy had | advanced frcai Santa Cruz to very strongly fortified position at San Diego , Majayqua nnd adjacent points , In country very broken | and mountanlous. Schwan Htruck the enemy | ] nt San Diego nnd in an engagement Masting two hours , killed eighty-two ' I and wounded a largo num'jpr. Our casualties : I were one enlisted man killed and fourteen I wounded. Including threenatlvo scouts ; captured several rifles , ammunition , holes nnd a Block of uniform clothing. On tho. 22nd Schwan pushed on through to Lillo , i driving enemy back on Majayqua , where : i ' , force , reported by an escaped Spanish 1 prisoner to number between 1,500 nnd I,000 ! , well-equipped and supplied , had concentrated ' ' waiting approach of troops. This position I ' wns Impregnable via' reads or trail * and the j ! trcops wore working around on either Hank 'of-onemy j ' when the enemy retreated rapidly with Thirtieth Infantry and cavalry In pursuit , U iu believed thnt the Insurgents | ! i I are widely dispersed. The country IH now j | ! covered 'by ' troops nnd our form opt-uplcs I j I Santa Cruz ; a. fnw minor engagements nt j I ! ; other polntH resulting In considerable lc i > to the enemy , MacArthur telegraphs that' ' Mcllne struck nn Insurgent post In the mounj j I : i tains northwest of Poruc , capturing the' ' I arsenal , barracks , ten cartloads powder nnd I i ammunition and three Insurgents with rifles. | j The barracks and arwenal were destroyed. : I " . " "OTIS. I ' ARMY IN FIELD IS WELL FED , i i Supplied Midi I'ri'Hli llerf llneArtliiir I Work of Hie .SnlmlNlenei ! ' Detiartinenl. WASHINGTON , Jon. 25. Acting Commls- iry ( lenerol Wilson has reculved a per sonal letter from Major George B. Davis , 1 i i i I'OIIIIIIIEKSUI f Ul DUUDU9l4llLl : , UUU rUU II' i . General Mat-Arthur's division in the Philip- . ' ; pinca. In which ho includes a high twtl- ! menial of the character of the food supplied I ' ' to the army In the field. The letter IH datml I ' Baptlbte , December 18 , l&flil , as follows : ; "In the few momenta that I have lo spare > [ , I thought you would Ilko to have a word or two In regard lo the department. General I ' ! MacArthur told mo the other night that' ' never In the history of armieii had ono been i ! as well supplied as this one. Ho thinks It ; Is remarkable the way the troops have been i j i fed. I do not hear a complaint , although i i I have gone around to learn If there- were , ; . i complaints. I urn now giving the troops i ; he.ro fresh beef. It IH brought on a refrlg- I crater car as far as Mabalacat and then car- { ' rled across tbo river by men and then ! i ' loaded on cars and taken as far as Ham bun ; then It Iscarried , across the river , put lu 1 i box cara and we run the beef through to i ; ' Dapupan. The troops at that place are not In this division , but I told thu commanding ] i i officer that I would got beef to him if he i wanted It. Ho Jumped at the offer I i have sales care running between Tarla" CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Fonvnsl for NYlmiskn Fair ami Warmer , Variable Winds. Tenitieriittirt' nt Oniiihn > estertlnyi Hour. Den. llonf. I If IT. T n. in IV * . I p , in. . . . . . Ill It n. in II "J. | i. in. . . , . . Ill 7 n. in. , . . , , in : t p. 111. . . . . . ji S n. 111. II ! ti. in. * , . . . . -I ii ii. in * , . . , , ti n ti. in -l 10 II. in tl II ii. in lilt 11 n. III , . , , , . I' ! 7 it , III. . . . . . - - I- in II S p , in l II 11 , in UII mid San Fernando" nud another between Tnrlnc and Cnlaslao. The snliM nro very j largo. It Is here , as elsewhere , that the si/bslstciice department Is moro than illlltiK expectations. l " 1 think the war Is over so far ns or- ; ganlzcd , rcslstanco Is concorned. General j | MncArthtir's iidvnnee up the lineof the ; railroad \ broke the backbone. He has held i vhat , he has gained , lu this respect differing from : the * others. Pome of the affairs of this ( division were brilliant. The affair at . Uim.in : ! : was well planned nnd executed. I Agulnaldo did not think It could , be done. Bell , with his tcglinent , has done great work , and I nm glad he has been pro moted. "Wo captured. Mablul tiny before yesterday - day and today he was sent Into Manila ns n . prisoner. , Ho was AKUlnnldo's brains. He I was the man thnt caused nil this trouble , H Is a great blow to the Insurgents. U looks 113 though we might have Agulnaldo i In | : x few days , but nil the native'look alike , j nnd If bocro to dress ns n laborer we I i' I i could j not tell him If he were to come to j | inn , and that causes the difficulty of cap- ' turlng ( him. [ "The olllcer In command of his escort wa killed the other night and niiolher | j | i wan wounded , so that you can see how closely he Is bring pressed. " | I HUCK1VKS MA.N.U'n.VSK ItF.IMIH'l I'eltlt mill lln.ve * Conlli'iu 1'res * Itt-lMirtN of Viiyn.'ir. WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. Reports have been received nt the War department fiom Colonel Pcttlt and Lieutenant Webb Hayc3 'of the Thirty-eighth volunteer Infantry in regard to < the recent trip of the transuntit Manauensc from San Francisco to Manila with part of the Thirty-sixth Infantry. They rcaHirm the original statements to the et- foct that the machinery of the 'Mnnauenso ' | broke down on the voyage during a typhoon ] lhatj It was undermanned and that the vcs- | hel narrowly exaicd : being wrecked. U was rescued from a perilous position by the transport City of Peking , which towed It several hundred miles Into .Manila. The reports have been forwarded to Colonel Ling , the quartermaster in charge of the transportation set vice nt San Fran cisco , for u full statement of the facts as to the inspection and condition of the vessel nt the time of its departure from San Fran cisco. The purpose of the inquiry Is to fix the responsibility for the condition of the machinery of the Mnnauenso. Pending the Investigation payment under the charter of the vessel will bo suspended. TrniiNiiort Sail * vrltli Gnlil Coin. SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 25. The transport Pennsylvania sailed today for Manila. It ] carries $1,500,000 In gold coin and a con- j slderable sum in treasury noteo for the ! payment-of the soldiers. . , Lleutepnut J. B. j L\-fgie and a' detachment of inno ia n are \ in charge of the treasure. Major W. II. | Comegye , paymaster ; Major M. A. Markley and Major Henry Wygant , First Lieutenant Walter Cox , surgeon , and three assistant surgeons , all for the Twenty-fourth Infantry - ] fantry , were among the cabin passengers. Two government printers , three men to as- slwt in putting up u refrigerator plant at Manila and twenty men of the hospital also went along. The Pennsylvania carried a largo cargo of army supplies. I I l.nivton I'll nil SI III CroivllJK. WASHINGTON , Jan. 25. Notwithstnnd- | l Ing the fact , that the persons who undertook - , took ithe fund for the il awton home have j I i recently relinquished further efforts In that j direction the fund Itself continued to grow j'through ' small contributions and a slutc- meiit Issued today by General Corbln shows . 't.hat ' the total subscriptions amount $93- ; I 3G4. ' Our More Ilmluicnt nt Miiiillu. I WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. General Otis In- foimcd the War department today that the i transport Grant arrived ut Manila this morning - | ing with the Forty-olghth volunteer In- | lantry. Colonel AV. P. Duvnlt commanding. OMAHA IN THEATER COMBINE ! ! Ili'lnIlN of Ornnnl/.nlloii roiiNiniminfril | ut a .McoMiiii- .IliiiuiciTH | | I in Clilciiun. | CHICAGO , Jan. 25. Methods of the theat- . rlcal syndicate have been rlo. wly copied in i the forniallon of a vaudeville combine , the ! details of which were consummated in Clil- i I ciigo today at a meeting of leading mail- I I ngcrs. j The conference which resulted in the for- > mutton of the syndicate , which is admitted ' ] to bo tbo largest in the United States , was attended by the following : Michael Shea , Toronto and Buffalo ; M. C. Anderson , Co- , lurnbla theater. Cincinnati ; Drew & Campj j bell , Star theater , Cleveland ; George Midj j illcton , Columbia theater , SI. Loulp ; 13d , Molerfeld and Fred Deck , Orplicum circuit , , Including Omaha , Kansas City , Denver , Han j FraneUco and Lea Angeles ; John I ) , llcip- kliiH , Chicago , Nashville , Memphis , New Orleans - leans and St. Louis ; Kohl & Castle , Chi- cago. . j Michael Shea , Chnrlro 13. Kohl and I3'I i Melcrfcld were chosen directors , with full | power to act. An tbo comblno now stands | it will bo possible to book attractions i 'slinlght for twenty-five weeks and thla i tlmn may he extended to the entire reason should thi ) magnates conclude to double on drawing nltrat-iloni ) . 'CANDY MAKERS IN SESSION MiiniifiielnrerH of httrrlN Hold Their Aniinnl Mrrtlnu M < SI , , loNeili mill f'ei't ( UllerrN , ST. JOSI3PH , Mo. . Jan. 25. ( Special Telo- 'giuni. ) The Midland Cunfectlonci.i' usbocin- ilr > n , composed of cracker and candy maker * of the .Missouri nnd Mississippi valley , held Its annual tension heretoday. . Forty 1110111- bora from St. Louis , Kansati City , Topeka , Omnhu , Council BluffB , CeJur Rapids , Peorla , Atjhlfcon and other cities were incHonl. Many papern nn pure food products , Im- ] ) roToinenlH In the process cS making eandy and similar topics were rend. The fallowing nfilcecs were re-clectoti : President , John H Wiles. Kansas City ; vice president , D. K. Good , AtchUun ; secretary , A. II. Newman , Ceiar Rapids , la. ; treasurer. John G. Wood- ard , Council Bin lib. The society will meet In joint session ulth the Chicago Confoitlon- era' association In Chicago lu April. MnveineiilN of Orenli VeHNflx , ilitn , U5 , At Now York vArrlved Rotterdam , from Koiu < rdum ; Teutonic. frcai Liverpool ; 'Soi"h 'irk , from Awwerp. At OIIUTOW - Arrlvi-d llllxwnlnn. from Boston : Sumiiitlan. from New Voik ArItofT lain -Arrive 3--Werkeivi.im from N < 'Ap YniK Ate < .V4fC : > Arrivei-ThliiBvaJlu , from Now York , f r 8'UtlJi , ROBERTS .RULED OUT Mormon Repr entaUvoElect from Utah Not Permitted to Take Hi8 Sent. HE IS EXCLUDED BV VOTE OF 278 TO 50 Minority K'port to Seat and Then Ixpal Lost by a Vote of 01 to 244. PARTY LINES NOT DRAWN ON DECISION Overwhelming Sentiment Agninst Seating a Polygamist in Congress. ROBERTS LISTENS TO RESULT OF VOTE tJlvi- * Out MiiiiMiirnt In .IniUlh-iitlun of Ills Coiir.m SIIJN lie \Vltl .Not Auulii Allciniil ( o Hun For WASHINGTON. Jan. 2' ' . . The case of B. 11. Hobcrts , the Unrnion roprcscntntlvq/clecl iroin ] Utah , which has , occupfed so much of the attention of the boiibo tilnco the assem bling | of congress , was decided today by the adoption of a resolution to exclude him by a vote of 27S to SO. The exact language of the , resolution was IIH follows : "That under the facts and circumstances , if the. case Brlgh.im II. Roberts , reprw-en- tatlvc-ulccl ( from the- state of Utah , ought not to hnvo or hold a seat In the house of rcprcHctitutlvo.s and that the scat to which hovns elected In hereby declared vacant. " The amendment to expel HobertH without seating him , olfered by Ijicoy. was ruled out on a point of order and the house only voted on th ? resolutions of the majority and minority of the committee. The hitter to scat and then expel Roberts was defeated SI to 2U. An analysis of Ililn vote shows thnt 170 republicans , seventy-two democrats and two populists voted against It and soventy-ono democrats , six repub licans , two populists and two silver repub licans for It. The majority resolutions , to exclude Rob erts ' and declare the sent vacant , wcro adopted ' , 2GS to 50. The utnrmatlve vote was divided us follows : Republicans. 16S ; demo crats. 96 ; popullstH , 4. mid the negative vote : Democrats ; silver republicans , 2 ; populists , 1. There were over a score of speakers today mid the closing speeches on each side were particularly able. Lnnhnm of Texas closed for the majority , and lie Armond of Missouri for the minority. l.acv < ) ir < ir Mix Amendment. When Lanham concluded. Lacey , repub lican of Iowa , offered an amendment to the majority resolutions providing for the crf- putslan of Roberts. To this Tayler made the point of order that the amendment wan not germane. The speaker sustained HIP point of order on the ground that the original proposition only required a majority vote , while It the amendment were added It would require a two-thirds vote. The republicans nppluuded ihe speaker's rulfng. ' ' Lucey appealed from the decision of the chair. Taylor moved to lay that motion upon the table. While the vote on the lat ter motion was being taken. It being ap parent that It would carry by a large ma jority , Lacey withdrew the appeal. The first vote was then taken on the adoption of the minority reoalutions to seat and then expel Roberts. At the conclusion of the roll call , Tawncy , republican of Mln- nesota , the republican whip , announced that on account of the nonpartlsan character of this motion he had made no effort to pair the absent republicans. Underwood , dcmo- nrat of Alabama , made n similar annnunce- ment concerning the democratic absentees. .Minority Vole. tba i ' . . . . Voiintf ( Vti. ) . Ll\-1ngston. Itoherls wns present throughout the day and only left Iho hull after the result of I Ihn last vote had been announced. As he I did BO he gave out a statement Justifying" his retention of his plural WVCH ! ou tha , ground that lim moral nbllgallon was morn binding upon hlu conscience than technical obedience lo statutory law and saying that there WHH lilt In excuse for the e-xtraordlnary offorlj to crusb a * iy8teni already aban doned and practically dead. Ho said hovaj a martyr to "a spasm of prejudlre. " Hn would not. ho ald , attempt lo run for congrcit * again , although ho would go bank homo with a light heart , confident tit tha future. SII.UIP Tll.'l1 OVHIS HACK Ilealril t' < | | > HcttveiMi Money null t'iiitii'- III Soniile , WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. Just at the done of lodiiy'f fic&flon of the Hcnutu a speech delivered by Money of Mississippi on the race question In thu t'oiith precipliatel .1 hcutcd colloquy between him and Chandler , In which the latter alleged that the Houlh- mi wonatorrf , by Into/npcrato HtatemcnU , were reopening the whole BOH thorn question In the Kcnatu after It was supposed to hn deud. Thn charge which Chandler partic ularly criticised WUH made by Morgan of Alabama , who la absent ut prcocnt , hut OK It bad been rclterato.l HiibHtantlally in Chand ler's opinion , by other senators , he declared ho did not purpose to permit It to go unro- futcd. The cburgo wns that the civil war had been pro3lptuted | by designing poli ticians of the north for the purpoue of put * ting the Kluvm ou a political and uoclul equality with the southern whites. Chand ler's refutation of the atutoment was inude with characteristic vehemence- and aggrej- ulvcneRs , hut as no reply WUH olfered the lu- cldemt ended there. The urgent dellclt-ncy bill , carry ! UK about