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DRIVE BRITISH BACK
Boers ia Vicinity of Coleiber Saah Enemy
Before Thei
PRCBivBLY OCCURS AFTER HAFD
Tnnmal Troops Create a Oonater Irritant
to EobertB1 Adnncs.
BOER& ' ARE IN SEEMINGLY GREAT FORCE
Inruion of ZalnUna Causes the Eng *
lish Keen Aniiety.
CECIL RHODES' ' FRIENDS ARE ALARMED
bend nn Kniliinry In Dr. Ie > il
AI'otM Unrulier * * I'rulnililr Course
He He Cniitured U uulil
Hold Him n Huntnuc.
IvONDON , Fob 11 410 a m The news
of the day IK the enforced retirement of
the British from the Colrsberg district un
der heavy Doer pressure and probably after
brifk fighting Thus , at a time \vhei (
Ixird Roberts is apparent ) } about to pusti
&n army Into the Free State , the Uoera
make a counter stroke In unknown but
seemingly great force , not far from the
vital line of railway conuccting De An
on i Orange river.
Military observers do not regard this as
more than a menace. Nevertheless the
news produces an unpleasant Impression
here. General French had maneuvered the
Boers out of Kensburg In December On
Jat-uary 1 it was reported that he could take
Colesberg In two days with reinforcements
These were sent , but the Boers were also
reinforced. Since then the British llnea
have been etxended east and weet. so that
a' the opening of this week they consti
tuted a great horseshoe twenty-five miles
in length The lints were not continuous
but all the strong positions were held.
Cm alr > Movement.
General French , when he Joined Lord
Roberts , presumably took most of his
cavalr } . General Clements was left with
the Infantry to hold the Boers In check , but
Commandant Delaney , with a double turning -
ing movement , has compelled the British to
concentrate at Rensburg , beside threatening
Lord Roberts' communications
The Boer maotery of the district has
caused a spread of the insurrection , but this
no doubt will be promptly repressed , cs
large British forces are available not far
o ay.
The indications as to General Buller'e Im
mediate intentions are contradictory. One
informant , who has Intimate relations with
the War office , predicts a movement ivlthln
the next day or two A number of corre
spondents who have been 'with General Bul-
] er have gone to Durban for a fewdays' rest ,
under the impression thai nothing Is to be
done immediately. The War office has di-
lectcd the Eighth division of 10.000 men to
prepare to go out.
Ilnrd IMRhUnji INenr Coleubcrp.
LOXOO.s" , fl > b. 14. A. dispatch to the
rxally Mail from Rensburg , dated yesterday ,
eays :
"There has been hard fighting for two
aayn near Colesberg , the Boers making
Btrenuous efforts to outflank the British left.
The enemy occupies strong positions from
Achtertang , through Potfontein to a point
five miles south of Jisfouteln. The fight
ing at the outpost camps has been ver } ee-
vere Yesterday the Boers attacked the
position of the Worcesters to the southeast
of Colwberg. righting continued all da }
and after dark it was considered necessary
to withdraw to Rensburg. Our losses are
not jet known
On the left the West Australians. Wllt-
phlres and Berkeblres had no fighting and
held their positions. The Boer losses were
considerable.
Owing to the growing difficulty experl-
cnccd by ccnvoya In reaching the camps , all
of the latter were vacated last night and
the troops withdrew- Rensburg
The Boers are burning the farms of the
f
Xiyallsts , but the latter have contrived to
get away with their stock
-III Look , to "Holm. "
LO.VDOX , Feb 13 The fact that General
Duller s dftpatch revising the casualties to
the British troops at Potgleter's Drift Is
dated from Chleveley Is taken in some
- artera as an Indication that General Bui-
. lei has removed his headquarters to that
f place There Is nothing to indicate whether
or not ho left any large force at Springfield
delation of war news from South Africa
Is taken to indicate
that the British prep
arations for a move from Modder
river are about completed and
that Important events can be anticipated
within a few das Interest centers altnost
vholly upon Field Marshal Hoberts.
especially since General Buller's report of
bis withdrawal from Vaalkrantz came for
the first time through Lord Roberts , bbow-
ing that all the ditferent operations over
the wide field will hereafter be more com
plete ! ) co-ordinated.
U Is now known that the military attaches
have gone to Join Lord Roberts nt the
Modder river , another move preceding an
Advance.
A dispatch from Modder river announces
the arrival there of 1.400 refugees from the
JJarkley West district. The } had been
ordered away by the Boers because the >
refused to Join the republicans. The refu
gee * reacbcvj tbo Modder river via
Koodoouberg It U learned that SOo Boer *
were killed or wounded during General MJC-
Donald s reconnaissance
Thertt is no confirmation of the reported
rortie of DrltUb troops from Lid ) smith , nor
of the Hoer outflanking movement.
A report votntn. from Durban that the
British artlller ) forced the Boers to evacuate
their tamp on Hlangwsna hill , bouth of
Colenso it would be an important ad
vantage if the British were able to oecupy
the position
The absence of General French from the
nrnsberg district emi to have given the
Boer * an opportuniiv for renewed attUitj
They have apparently eommenced an ex-
tendt d attack on the HrltUh lines and are
meeting with minor mjrc t ( > * which are
having considerable moral effect on tue
border colonlttg.
llullrr'o Mi | > | illm Tlirrnteueil.
The Boer Invakton of Zululand Is causing
Veen atixlet ) Apart from the fact that it
threatens General Hultrr's tuppliee it li
difficult to bolleve that the Zulus can long
b kcj < nuUwcent while their cattle are corn-
tnaudeerod and tbelr couiurj overrun b > their
hereditary foes.
The fri nd < of Cecil Rhodes are becoming
alarm * * } at bU pohible fate and have i > eut
an emUeary to see Or Leds. the diplomatic
ngoot of the Beers la liurope. in regard to
the probable courw tbe Utwrt would pursue
in tbe ev l of bU capture. Or Lejds as-
turcd the Intermedlarlei that tbe Iloer * did
cot lulrnd to kill Mr Rhode * but be added ,
they would certalnl ) hold him as a hostage
until the Indernnltv for the Jameson raid wa
paid In view of th * development * since the
raid the Boers have also decided to double
the amount of thf indemnity demanded so
Mr Rhodes friends will have to hand over
2000000 ( JlOOOOfOO ) before he In released
U l lo learned definitely that Dr Jame-
on Is Mill at Ladyimith , in spite o ! all the
Conflicting reports
etni-offlclal paragraph Is published In
e this afternoon , saying Germany
fnot contemplate" Intervention The
government. Is is added , dor not
consider itself concerned In the future
status or In the existence of tbe Boer re
publics
OPINIONS OF THE EXPERTS
Milne I'linuenl I rltlrlxni * of the Mll-
Itarj cliemc * Put mi runt lij
the MlnlMr ) .
( Cop.vrlRht , ItuXI. b ) Press Publishing Co )
I.U.MION. Feb IS ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram ) The Loader
expert says "The South African mllltar )
opinion call j for 50,000 or 75,000 more men
as soon as possible , and this on the ground
of mercifulness and ultimate cconom ) Thlt
will bring our strength up to nearlv a
quarter of a million men. and this to put
down tno small republics whose united
white population is supposed not to exceed
I50.000 men , women and children and the
ultlandcr. Nothing but this was needed to
demonstrate the futlllt ) of the ministerial
scheme laid before Parliament Monday. The
Iirecico nature of Roberts' movements on
the Modder and Orange rivers Is wrapped
In mypterv. Certain It Is that the country
that French maneuvered the encm ) out of
In northern Cape Colon ) has been reoccuplel
by the Boers Bullcr Is keeping his own
ecret8 , but we may look for another move
on his part In a dny or two , probably to
the east of Colenso "
The Post expert sas "The announcement
of new appointments confirms the supposi
tion that a large force is now assembled at
Modder river. The offensive cannot be
carried on along the whole line and the
commander-ln-chlef must determine atwhat
point he will act. It looks as though the
Bo ° rs had taken their forces away from
Magersfontcln to reinforce Colesberp-where
a victor ) would threaten British communica
tion between Cape Town and the Modder
river"
The expert compares the situation to the
American civil war at the time when the
army of the Potomac held all the confederate
forces in Virginia while the western armies
moved down the Mississippi and through the
heart of the confederacy to Atlanta and
Savannah and thence to the north In Lee's
rear
RENSBURG IS HARD TO HOLD
IlrlUxlt Chnfe I ndcr > eeep l y of
llliclrii-vnl front ColenUop
Mrenurth of the. Iloer * .
RENSBURG , Feb. 13 Yesterdays retire
ment of the western outposts Included the
withdrawal from Coleskop and all the sur
rounding posts The Boers placed a forty-
pcunder at Bastard s nek. commanding the
surrounding countr ) , and successfully
shelled the British positions The Boers
numbered some thousands and were five to
one wherever fighting occurred The Brit
ish are chafing under the necessity of a re
treat from their posts , some of which they
had held since the new year. The British
nov JiuVe no tamp west of Reneburg. They
safely brought off the guns from Coleskop.
An Australian newspaper correspondent ,
Mr Reay , paid an interesting \lsit to the
Boer camp Sunday to make inquiries as to
the fate of his missing colleague , Mr.
Hale of the London Dally News , who was
captured b ) the Boers February 7 at the
time Mr Lamble of the Melbourne Age was
killed. Mr Reay arrived at the camp blind
folded , Just as church service was com
mencing He sat blindfolded throughout the
service When he was taken before Com
mandant Delarey his ees were unbandaged
Delarey was most courteous to the corre-
spemdent He said he deeply regretted that
a noncombantant had been killed and ex
pressed his sympathy with Mr. Lamble's
widow Mr Reay was then escorted to Mr
Lamble's grave and the latter's watch and
otber personal effects were handed over to
Mr Reay The escort informed Mr Reay
that the two republics had 120,000 men fightIng -
Ing and were able to continue the war in
definite ! )
LONDON Feb 13 S 40 p mdlspatch
to the Evening News from Rensburg sau se
vere fighting occurred during the British
retreat , the various outposts on both sides
suffering heavy lOFtx * . The dispatch adds
that It is doubtful if Rensburg can be held
DCI.A1KD MJWb
Ilrrllal of AVlint Trnimiiired in thai
1'lnce n Moxitltuo. .
( Copyright. 1900 , by Press Publlbhing Co )
MAFEKING. undated ( By runner via
Belra Jaberones. Feb : ) ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram ) On January
17 the enemy tried to force the Kaffirs into
town under a flag of truce Baden-Powell
refused The enemy fired heavily on our
flag while retiring This caused tremendous
indignation Sntnan subsequently apol
ogized after a protest was sent , alee pro
testing against the Boers arming and rais
ing natives for offense They answered
that they enl ) armed tbe natives as cattle
guards He also bald the British forts
had been made on Sunda ) and that If this
was repeated he should fire. Baden-Powell
answered that the wire lines had been re-
laed and fjut ho had been vastly Interested
Sunday observing the Boers completing
their new work on the western front The
20th. at midnight , a skirmish occurred be
tween working parties Tbe Boers were re-
puUed On tbe 21st we had an agricultural
bho which was most Fuc"estful. On the
25th thete was dall ) desultor ) firing , the
big gun causing man ) casualties , mostly na
tives This was worfe than regular bom
bardment , as it was unexpected R bens'
mcg > ste prnmiiiog relief In a few weekt >
had a great effect All are well
MAJOR B\ILLIE.
MRS. PAGET'S THEATRICALS
Aiuelln Kimoner Dnx-rlln-n Hie Kuler-
Inlltntrlit In Vlil of I'll mil Ir * of
tilt * ( | uefii' Mildlfr- , .
( Copright , 1J H > . li ) Pros PublUhins Co )
LONDON , Fcb M i 30 a u ( .New York
World Cablegram Spe-cial Telegram >
Amelia Kusstier. the famous Aim > rl. an
miniature painter , who narrowly e ci > ed b-
ing chut up in beleaguruJ KirnUerlej , where
she bad been painting Cecil Rhode * ' portrait ,
has written the following account of Mr-
Arthur Paget'b thtvatrica'js last night In aid
of the families of the bouucbolj troops now
at tbe front
Her Majet'E theater tonight was a
scene of extraordinarj magnificence and
beaut ) EaslUh roallies were pre * nt In
force , while Beerbahm Tree's handsome
house wag thronged from floor to celling
with the elite * of English boelat }
"Mr * Arthur Paget. tbe or nlier anu
KuldlB ; spirit of tb whole unprecedented
OBtertalumuBt , tut fa ) special raqucct next
to tbe Princess ef Wales. Tbe stalls were
( Continued on Third Page J
1'RICK SEERS LEGAL REDRESS
Hj Asks the Court to Esjoin Carnegie from
Ousting Him.
YEARLY PROFITS FORTY MILLIONS
llii'lnm * of the VHIrd In-
M * Contriilleil li > Cnrnedle
1'rlfU. ( hnrcro 1'rnuil mill
Miillvloti * lntcnt >
FlTTSBUrtG , Pa. Fcb 13 Henry C
Frick filed A bill in equity today In tbe
court of common plea1 ! of Allecheny county
against Andrew Carnrele and the Carnegie
Steel compan ) . limited , praying first , for
a decree that the pretended transfer of his
ii.tcrtf.ts in the company was and Is null
and void ar.d that he Is still the owner of
all such interest and k > entitled in any
lavful way to represent and act for It.
He a iks for an Injunctlor restraining the
defendants from an ) Interference with his
interest and from excluding him from par
ticipation In the ' are and management of
the assets and business
Frlck eeoks a decree ordering the de
fendants to cancel upon the books of thi
firm any assignment or transfer heretofore
raadu or pretended to bo made of tha
plaintiffs interest in the firm
In cn c the defendants shall refuse the
oQcrs made b > the plaintiff the court U
asked to appoint a receiver
It Is prajed thtt an account be taken
between Carnegie and the plaintiff whereby
Carnegie shall be charged with all thj
kistes , expenses and damage he has caused
K"his Illegal and fraudulent conduct , and
that It Carnegie persists in his said fraud
ulent scheme and refuses the offers herein
before made and this causes the actual
dissolution of the eald firm , all losses in *
curreJ by the plaintiff by reason of said
dissolution and forced nlndlng up of Inc
line shall be charged against him and that
he shall be decreed to make good and pay
to the plaintiff the difference between what
hl interest was falrlr worth on or about
February 1 , ItOO. and the amount be shall
receive through the decree of this court In
final liquidation and settlement of the said
firm "
The bill In equity Is quite lengthy and
as summarized by Willis McCook , counsel
for Frick. is as follows
fironth of tlie lln lne .
" In ISM there were two limited partner
ships
111 Called Carnegie Brother fi. Co ( lim
ited iwith i a capital of K.OOD.tOO which
made steel rails and owned only the Kdgar
Thomson steel rail mill In Braddock town-
shin , and
(2) ( ) Called Carr Kie. Phlpps . . Co ( lim
ited ) , -with a capital of V5ouO ( , which made
all kinds of steel plates , structural material.
Iron forcings made the material for and
built brldpe , made armor plates and mate
rial for them.
This latter firm owned the upper and
lower mills in Plttaburg , the extensive
Homestead mills at Homestead , Pa , the
Ke > stone Bridgeworks In Plttsburg , the
armor plate mill near Homestead , the Hartman -
man Steel works In Beaver county and
other properties
Carnecie owned over 50 per cent of each
of the old firms and he , with Frlck Phlpps
and others owning interests in each formed
m lilC , what constituted a new partnership
called the Carnegie Steel eompanv ( limited )
In this Carnegie retained over 60 per cent
and iwrnhas. . SsU per cent , while Frick has
6 per cent. Both old firms -were merged Into
the new , which had a capital of t2 > O"V,00 < t.
ana oterattJ all the old works ThU new
firm w-as under the immediate care and
supervision of Frlck , ab chairman , from
1SS.I to Decewber 5 , ISM It greatly en
larged the capacity of its different -works ,
enlarged their output and purchased other
plants , ore mines , etc Carnegie , lived in
New York , passed much of his time abroad
remaining at one time for eighteen con
secutive months He did not pretend to
manage , the current business , although he
was consulted as to Important matters
The buslnes * from 1S9I to ! & < * > was enor
mously profitable , growing by leap and
jumps from ) ear to > ear until in ISM the
firm actuall-v made on low-priced contract *
In net profits , after pa ) ing all expenses of
all kinds , $21 000,000
I'rulltn Forty Million * n. Venr.
In November. 1SW Carneg-le estimated the
net profits for 1SOO at fW.OOO.WO and Frick
then estimated them at J42.C > COO
Carneele valued the entire propert ) at
over iiVMOOoO and avowed his ability In
ordinarlH prosperous times to sell the prop
ert } on the London market for WwaM
or $ jOO 000 Of
In Ma ) , liS3 Carnegie actually received in
cash and still keeps $1170000 given him ns a
mere bonus for his ninety dajs' option to
sell his KU jver ient Interest in this , bteel
compan ) for J1ST 50,000
Frick s 6 per cent on that basis would be
worth J1623bO
Frick now alleges , right at the head of
this enormously successful business
whereby , at least in part , he made for
Carnegie these enormous profits and values ,
tfcat Carnegie suddenly and with malevo-
lpnt intent toward him. on December 4
1SS& arbitrarily demanded of him bis resig
nation as chairman , and this without any
reason , except to gratify Carnegie's malice
Frick , in the interest ol harmony , gave
hi * resignation and tubsequently , on the
llth day of January , 1SOO. after Carnegie
had thus deprived him of his office , he
( Carnegie ) demanded of him that he ( Frlck )
should tell to the firm his interest in it
at a figure which would amount to less
than one-half afwhat this interest is ,
fairl ) worth. Frlck refused to sell at that
price , but offered to sell and allow three
men to value the Interest sold. Carnegie
refused this and left Frlck , threatening
him for not yielding to bis demand
I'd ConfUente PrlcK'n Inlerekt.
Trick now alleges that after bis resigna
tion and at the time of thia last interview
Carnegie was "fraudulently and secretly"
attempting to carry out a scheme which , It
succetsful , would enable Carnegie , as Car
negie hoped to confiscate Frick's Interest
In the firm at probably not much over 23
per cent of Its real value. Carnegie ap
peared at a meeting of the board of man
agers of tbe Carnegie Steel compan } , lim
ited , held Januar ) S , 1900 , in Frick's ab >
tcnce , and presented "falee and misleading
resolution * , whereby he attempted to make
ojcratlve and reinstate the so-called iron
clad agreement of 1SS7 and also directed
his co-partners to bign the so-called agree
ment of 1S92 , which neither he nor many
of them haj theretofore executed. " All
ibis , it IE alleged. Carnegie did secretly
Carnegie was enabled to control his part-
reis , because most of them still owed tbe
frro mono ) for their Interests and Car
negie , dominating tbe firm by a majority
it..erect , the ) were unwilling or unable
to withstand his demands. Carnegie in
duced come of hit ) co-partners to sign tne
to-called agreement of 1S92 and tbeu with
out warning sprung upon Frick a notice , on
Januar ) li. which he bad also caused his
co-partners secretly to sign and which was
based upon tbe pretended existence of tna
bo-called ironclad agreement
Carnegie followed this notice by com
pelling , on February 1. Schwab , the presU
dtnt of the coiupan ) , to transfer on the
books of tbo compan ) all of Frick's inter-
eels in the Ccrnvgle Steel company , lim
ited , to the bald oompiny and he now pre >
teLdfi that be ( Carnegie ) can practically
dictate to Frlck the value at which he will
take these interests. He claims that Frlck
is not entitled to anjthlng for the go < xt
Mill of tbe corapan ) . la not entitled to have
hU interests valued as of a growing con
cern , but he iCarneglt ) can use old and
oltclete figures , which bjve stood on the
books for } car , in ta&nf rofct uti-
( bunged so us to redu e the value of
Frick's Interests to the neighborhood , he
hopes , of about $ " OW. K > , tnfklnK a net
p.oflt In the neighborhood of $ SOOOHX .
Olhrr r.irtnernnUli PrlrU ,
The bill alleges that the now partner-
fhlp of the Carnegie Steii compan } Urn-
HrJ , Is not a limited , but A geaer * ! part
nership but Ftlck Is unwilling to take
advantage of what he bellevxi to be a lim
ited partnership until he was adxlsod other
wise after this controversy are e.
Mr MeCook also called attention to the
fact that three of the oldeel partners.
Henry Phlpps. Jr. Henr ) M Curry anil
r T. F. Lovcjo ) , and several smaller hold
ers of Interests are In sympath ) with Mr.
Frlck and opposed to Carnegie s present
atumpt.
SUCCEEDS MISS ANTHONY
Mr . ( nrrle < Impmnn Cnl President
fif the Wiininn's * > nflrnccssooln -
tloii Ueleunles > % 1111.
WASHINGTON. Feb 15.-The National
\merican Woman's Siiffraso association to
day elected Mrs Carrie Chaptran Catt of
New York president nf tbe association to
succeed Susan B Anthony , who has been
active in the battle for womin suffrage for
nearly halt a century , and declined a re
election With the expceplijn of the pres
ident all of the old officers were elected , as
follows Vice president. Miss Anna How
ard Shaw , corresponding secretar ) , Mrs.
Hachael Foster Aver ) , recording tecrclar ) ,
Mrs Allr Stccc Blackwell ; treasurer , Mrs
Harriet Taylor Upton ; auditors. Miss
Laura Cla ) and Mrs. Catharine Waugh Mc-
Culloch
The retirement of Miss Anthony caused
genuine ard heartfelt regret among tbe
members of the association , and when the
announcement of the vote naming her suc
cessor WTIS made many of them wept.
TOO MICH FOR THE CI GIIUSSMGV
Committee. Venrlui ; Cln-ili Iletvveen
jMillrniiiRtH mill \titl * * , Adjourn * .
WASHINGTON , Feb 13 The senate com
mittee on woman suffrage gave a hearing
today to delegations ftom the woman suf
frage convention and the anti-suffragists
The suffragists were introduced by Miss
Susan B. Anthony. Mrs Clsra B Colby
sketched the work that had been done be
fore congress in the way of petitions pre
sented and bills Introduced.
Mrs Rachael Foster A-very read a paper
prepared by a woman who bad twice been
elected ma ) or of a Kansas town This de
scribed In detail what had been accom
plished In the way of municipal reform iu
Kansas , and indicated that there had been
a purification of municipal affairs since suf
frage to women had been granted
Mrs. Dodge was recognized to present the
bide of the anti-suffragists. She read a
letter signed by the state a 6ociatlon op
posed to the extension of the suffrage to
women. It was a general argument against
the question and concluded as follows
"No better illustration of the difficulties
which would arise in case women were endowed
dewed -with the duties of suffrage can be
presented than the situation which has so
lately existed in the statelet Kentucky Im
agine women taking partIn the strife of
that state , involving insurrection , riot ,
bloodshed and assassination a 4 the consequences
quences of a political dy * - ' . If either
one of the governorship TuTd teea woman
it is perfectly obvious that confusion would
have been worse confounded and that in
the last resort , under the constitution , the
federal authorities would have been para-
lzed at the necessity for using military
force against the women of the state.
"The word 'chaos1 alone gives adequate
expression to the state of affairs which
would have existed in Kentucky if the
women , as well as the men , had been com
pelled to take part in the unhappy con
troversy which has convulsed that state and
might have entagled the general govern
ment in its solution "
Mrs Dodge was followed bv Miss Bircell
of Delaware , -who declared that where there
were thousands of women who wanted to
vote there were millions who did not want
tbe ballot
At tbe conclusion of the hearing before
tbe senate committee both sides appeared
before the bouse committee on Judiciary
After the hearing had proceeded for some
time sharp differences developed between
the two sides and Iu order to avoid a con
troversy the committee adjourned.
PRICES OF STOCK INCREASE
llnlmncerm-nt of A nine of Live Stork
on I'nrniN In Hundredof
Million- . .
WASHINGTON , Feb 13 John Hde , tbe
Etatisttcian of the Department of Agricul
ture , has completed his annual estimate of
the number and value of live stock on farms
Returns from more than 50,000 correspond
ents show that on January 1 there were
on tbe farms of the United States 13,537-
524 horses. 2.056,027 mules. 16,292,360 milch
cows. 27,610,054 other cattle , and 41.SS3OCj
sheep This Is a decrease of 127,053 In the
number of horses , of 48,186 In that of mules
and of 3M 171 in that of cattle other than
milch cow 5
On tha other band it is an increase of
232,245 In the number of milch cows and of
2.76S lol in that of sheep
The department has made no estimate of
the number of swine , but will await the
enumeration to be made by tbe United States
census In June. There hat , been an in
crease In value during the } ear averaging
17 21 per head In the case of horses , } G SO
per head In that of mule , M 94 per head In
that of milch cowt. * 2 IS per bead in that of
other cattle , and IS cents per bead in that
of fcheep This represents a total In
crease in value during tbe year of nearly
J216.000.OuO , exclusive of a. manifestly con
siderable , but not definite ! ) ascertained , in
crease In the value of the farm animals of
tbe United States during the last three
years , exceeding 1570,000,000
Farm horses have increased in value
J151.000.000 , mules. $19,000.000. mtlch cows ,
J146,00f,000 , other cattle , $181.000,000 , sheep ,
} ; 6,000.000 , and swine about UO.000,000
Indian * AVIIIIiii ; to Settle.
WASHINGTON , Feb 13 ( Special Tele
gram ) John Jensen , formerly of Geneva.
Neb , now agent of tbe Ponca and allied
tribes of Indians In Oklahoma , 1s in Wash
ington on business connected with the de
partment Agent Jensen says that tbe
Utoe and Missouri Indians are perfectly willIng -
Ing to settle with Gage count ) settlers on a
basis of 23 per cent above the appraised
valul of the lands , that while they batf
thought they would get about $150,000 for
tbe land , they will bo willing to make a set
tlement on the above basis , which will give
them about { 150 wO. Legislation is neeee-
sary to relieve the settlers , and it Is be
lieved that now opposition to former
measure * looking to their relief has been
largely overcome An effort may be made
Iu tbe senate committee on Indian affairs to
attach a rider to the Indian bill meeting the
requirements nf the Interior department
as to Gage county lands , but Senator Tatirs-
ton Is of tbe opinion that better result !
cn b obtained by tbe direct bill , and this
plan w'll ' probably be followed
BORKLEY BAY PULL OUT
fie Expresses Intention to Rrfuss Nemiru-
tion of FnuoniiU ,
STRONG PRESSURE CAN MAKE HIM STAY
Threatening niilntcarntlon of Cnn-
Klomcrnte 'lleKiM Hi-Inn * iren ct
Conitrrimtloit In the Il -
innjed Mnniiiier * .
Fast on the heels of the refusal of , Harry
P. Ueuel to accept the nomination for city
comptroller on the fusion ticket comes thu
report that Frank J. Uurkley , renomlnaled
In the tame convention for councilman from
the Eighth ward. Is likely to follow suit
br withdrawing also.
The precarious condition of the whole
ticket. Indicated by Mr. Dcucl's declina
tion , is thus further emphasized , aud the
leaders have been spending day and night
begging , imploring and appealing to prevail
on .Mr Uurkley uot to carrj out his c\ ;
prcssed Intentions , their principal arguments -
! ments with him being that such action
j would be the- signal for complete collapse.
I Councilman Uurkley himself refuses to
i make any public statement as } et. but re-
1 ferrlng to the matter. Harry Uurkley , his
brother , said last nl = ht
"I don't know } cl whether or not my
brother will accept the nomination for the
council , and I don't believe he has decided
himself The fact is we have undertaken
business projects this jcar which will occupy
nil of our time , and for that reason he re
fused the nomination for ma } or. When the
nomination for councilman was forced on
him be hesitated about accepting It for the
sa-ne reason 1 believe that some pressure
was brought to bear upon him , however , and
It is possible that he will make the race
If he is convinced that his retirement would
materially weaken the ticket"
Pcnrn IlcM > unMlilIlt > for Defeat.
If Mr Hurkley remains on the tlckel hi *
closest friends say It will be simply from a
sense of duty to the party that has often
favored him and to avoid being charged
with responslbtlltv for the inevitable defeat
he tees staring the conglomerated combina
tion in the face He refused to become
an avowed candidate for the raajoralty nom
ination partly for business reasons , but also
because he could see no hope of achieving
success under the conditions necessary to
the fusion program. He has repeatedly
said to his friends that his present term
would be his last in the council and that
he would not have the position again if
ctfe'ed him
The rapid succession of candidates scram
bling to get from under the fusion funeral
car before even the populist branch of the
triumvirate has had time to act on the
three das' old ticket has naturally brought
consternation upon the managers , who
among themselves are already wishing they
were rid of their hopeless task
BREAK IN DEMOCRATIC RANKS
Hcftoliition liy n. > cnntor tit Lonls-
tlllc to Kfunme Seiloim nt
1'rnnU.forl Clondn Llftincr.
LOUISVILLE , Feb. 13 The first sign of
a break in the democratic ranks was no
ticed today If came in the nature nf a
resolutioii by Senator Triplet that on ad
journment Thurtday the senate name Frank
fort as its next meeting place While no
action was taken this resolution is
believed to foreshadow a return of the dem
ocratic legislators to the capital soon , pos
sibly by the end of the week.
This action will probably be taken when
a report is received from the committee sent
to Frankfort upon conditions as to tbe
presence about the capital of militia or
armed men and as to tbe advisability of
resumed meetings at the regular place
This is rendered more likely as the de
fection occurred In the senate , where the
democrats have a bare working quorum
With the resumption of legislative bus
iness at Frankfort in prospect and the
transfer to the courts of the claims of rival
governors , as seems likely to be brought
about within a few days , the clouds are
rapidly lifting and it is believed normal
political conditions may be restored in tbe
state in two or three weeks That much
time at least will be required to secure
the adjudication of the Interests between
j the parties If th federal courts decide
they have Jurisdiction it will take much
longer
Ileprbllfnii l.efrlujnture I.ncU * Quorum
FRANKFORT , Ky , Feb 13 The lower
house of the republican legislature in e -
slon here today adopted a resolution return
ing its thanks to the Ohio League of Repub
lican Clubs for sympathy and encouragement
extended to Governor Taylor in tbe present
crislfl Thirty-two members were pre = en' ,
less than a quorum , and no other business
was done.
Tnjlor'nuthorl > l Hecocnlred.
ARDMORE , I T. Fcb. 13 The authorit )
of Governor Taylor as chief executive of
Kentucky was recognized here today by
tbe officers of the federal court when they
surrendered Porter Fletcher , charged with
a serious crime , to Sheriff Sam Mitchell of
Kentucky , upon the requisition of Governor
Taj lor. The bhcriff and his prisoner started
for Frankfort tonicht
Monry In hhrrlfT'x llnnda.
LOUISVILLE , Ky , Fob 13 An order was
entered today by Judge Field authorizing
Sheriff Bell to execute the writ of delivery
taken out by Colonel John H Whallen to
Fecure the J1.500 contained in box 559 of tbe
Louisville Trust company
This Is the money Senator Harrell charged
wcs offered to him b ) Wfcallen as a bribe
f.overnor Tnjlor l llnilornrcl.
ANDERSON. Ind , Feb 13 U tcdav s
scsislon of tbe League of Republican clubs
a rrnolutlon endorsing the action of Gov
ernor Tavlor of Kentucky and urging him
to ptand firm until the rights of hU position
are definitely decided was passed
ENTOMBED ALIVE IN A HOUSE
lloille * of T o Ne A orU Ilo > ll -
CMH eri'd I.oeUed t p li > \cel-
dent I.nut Auunkt.
NEW YORK. Feb 13 Plumbers working
in an unoccupied bouse on Edgecombe ave
nue today found in a closet the decomposed
bodies of two bo ) * , . They were identified
by their parents as Martin Lefler , aged 9.
aii'i ' Charles Byrnes , aged 11 The ) had been
nilcsing since August 3 last , when they
left their homes near by. eaying they
were going to pick apples
Tbe building In which tbe bodies were
fcund is a flat bouse and has never been
oecupied. It wag locked up when com-
| pie ted All the work remaining to be dona
1 was tbe plumbing This afternoon two
plumbers entered tbe house and were ali -
i tui.it overcome with the strong odor
| The opened a closet on the second floor
> ami thorn found the hos * remains Thu
i door has a spring lock and no knob In-
I side , to that a person entering and elating
I the door would be unable to feet out again
| urUre It was opened from the outside It
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nbra - k -
Fatr and fold , r Variable \Vlnd
T emprrnliirr nt Unintin je trrcln > t
Hour. tFu , lliinr. Uric-
it supposed the t > o\s were playing bide
and f-cek and went into the clostt and
cltifcd the door. The closet Is so built
that a j > or on shut in It could cry at the
tor of his voice nnd ho would be as remote
frcm aid as though he were buried a mlle
underground.
There was a bruise on Brno's forehead
ai though In his frenzy he had daslml bin
hVad against the door The whole city
was searched for the boys last August , their
pictures published In the newspapers and
the river dragged and their parents bad
given up all hope of ever hearing from them.
CHICKERING FALLS TO DEATH
-New 1 ork ( iinKroKinnti Commit *
.Milclite or \ecldrntnll )
Killed.
NEW "iuRK. Feb 13 Congressman
Charles A. CMckcring of Copenhagen , N. Y. ,
was found dead outsldo the Grand Union
totcl in this cit ) today He had either
fallen or Jumped from a fourth-story win
dow of the hotel
The bodv of Mr Chlckerinn was found
on the sidewalk of the Fort-first street
side of the hotel , under the open window
of his roon\ which was on the fourth floor ,
b } a milkman who was driving through the
street at 5 a m Evidently it had been
lying there for some time , as the clothing
was saturated with rain It was clothed
In underwear , socks , night shirt , trousers
and \cbt There was a bad gash in the
right side of the head.
Mr ChlckeHng had been in the hotel all
dav jesterday He had complained consld-
erabl ) of rheumatism , but nothing irrational
in his actions had been observed by those
at the hotel
A dispatch to the Act-eclated Press frotn
Albany sa)3 that Mr Chlckerlng's friends
there have b'een aware that for some tlm < -
ho was afflicted with melancholia , following
a severe attack of tphold fever
WASHINGTON. Feb IS Members of con
gress were greatly shocked at the news of
Representative Chlckerlug's violent death in
New York Cit } this morning The news of
his death was kept from Mrs dickering
for fear the shock would prove too great ,
and arrangements were * made for her to
leave for New York at noon Mr Chlcker-
ing was one of tbe well known and univer
sally esteemed men in the house He was
last seen here when the vote on the finan
cial bill was taken He insisted on coming
on crutches in order to record his vote for
the bill
MORPHINE KILLS F. D. ALLEN
Former Omabn. nnd Clilcneo Xevrs-
puDer .Mali Tnlte * Ton LnrRe n
Done li > Mt.stiiUc.
OTTAWA , Kan. Feb 13 ( Special Tele-
gr-ui ) A telegram from Willlamsburg. this
county , states that Frank D Allen of that
place died last night from an overdose of
morrhlne
Mr Allen came to Ottawa from Audubon ,
la last August He bought stock In the
Ottawa Republican-Times and wns made its
manager He held this pos , only a few
weeks Mr Allen's fathei a wealthy
stockman of Iowa The son was a leading
democrat in that state and was a delegate
to the convention that nominated Brjan
He was well known In newspaper circles
In Iowa He had also worked on Omaha
and Chlcaso papers
Mr Allen was In Ottawa yesterday and
left for home on the night train When
he reached home he took morphine to pro
duce sleep and took an overdose. Mr.llcn
leaves a wife and one child
Frank D Allen was for several months
connected with tbe advertising department
of The Omaha Bee about tbe jear 1S&5. He
left the employment of The Bee to take
charge ( X the advertising department of
Loal L. Smith , the dry goods merchant
who for a abort time cut a very wide swath
in Omaha When Smith failed , Allen went
10 Audubon , la where he conducted a
weekly newspaper for a short time Later
he was employed on a Cedar Rapids newepa-
per and subsequently went to Chicago , where
he obtained employment on the. Chronicle
TWICE MARRIED TO FAIR
Mm. Craven , in Her "Milt for n
Widow' * Alloivunue. filvt-n Inter-
e tlu-r Tentinion > .
SAN FRANCISCO , Feb 13 A sensation
was created today by Mrs Nettle R Craven
by her testimony In a suit against the estate
of tbe late Senator Fair for $5,000 a month
widow's allowance since tbe death of the
feenator Mrs Craven testified that she
and Senator Fair were married by contract
In June. 1S92. and that one month later , at
tbe request of her daughter Margaret , Sen
ator Fair and Mrs Craven were married by
Justice of tbe Peace Slmpton of Sausallto
Judge Slmpton Is living and will be called
upon to substantiate Mrs Craven's state
ment The testimony of Mrs Craven in
this particular was totally unlocked for
and the facts which she t > wore to today
have never appeared In an } of the great
moss of testlmon ) heretofore offered In this
case
FILIPINOS SAIL FOR HOME
iiuht : of Tli ( r Kxlilliiled lit Oninlia
\re 'InUeu lliu-k on n
'I ranijiort.
P\N FRANCISCO , Feb 13 The United
States transport Leelanaw , laden with ISO
horses and 100 mules , Mllcd for Manila to-
da ) Tno officer ! ) sail on the vessel. Lieu
tenant Eetes of the Twentieth infantry in
command , and Acting Assistant Surgeon
Mlrn J Black Ela'ht destitute Filipinos
from the Omaha Exposition are also being
transported home on the Leelcnaw
Jnillirei'.Ui * in Two suite * .
MANSFIELD Mo , Fob -Eight men
held for grand lnrcen > and burglar ) , broke
cut of Jail et H.irtvllle the county Feat of
Wrlgh' eoum > Ian night and escaped. A
jvot tIK In pursuit
COFFEYV1LLE. Kan , Feb 11-Nlne of
the- eleven prisoners comlned In the city Jail
f > eap i about midnight Tliej crawled
through a hole In the wall from which the )
had pried a atone , turned out the lights m
the jard and healed the ttotl-ade
Movement * of Ouenii Vc * il * , I'eli. IT .
At New York Arrived Ore-ar.ic from
LivfcrjKc < l , Ilovlr frjin Liverpool , Werken.
dam from laotu rcUin
At < : eu a Arrived Halter Wllhelm III ,
from Ntv.York. .
At Plymouth \r-lved Bulgaria , from
Baltimore , for Hamburg
At GlbralUir Arrived Werra from -Vnv
York , for Naples tind Genoa .Sallwl-Km ,
from Ge-con and Nple . for New York
At Ten -rlffi' i'an rj Ulaivd Sailed < k.
t\t + from Genob for Valparaiso and San
FAIL TO KEEP CLEAN
Popcmtic Officials Allow tbs Capitol
Bmlding to Qo Yirj Pirtj ,
ACCUMULATION OF FILTH IN THE HALLS
J.niton Ping for Fuiian and Work the
Visiton for Tips.
MEANWHILE STATE PAYS THE FREIGHT
Authorhisi Do Nothing to Better the Hint
ing State of Affair * .
PORTER TAKES RLVLNGE ON MESERVE
Minn * thnt Trrniiurcr Jinn AllowoU
Large 1'nrtlon of Kiliicntliitint
to C < i I'lilm rMiil ,
Conirnr.i to l.itvt.
LINCOLN , reti. 13 ( Special ) Thtrc
probabl ) Is no building in Nebra ka p
which M > much money IB spent an&uill ) f r
janltorlnl work .is the stnte government
building Jn thlH city , jet I ho lulls , room * , ,
corridors and other portions of thU stru
ture present an appearance which Is shock-
Ins and oftcnt.lv o to vlsltoro Who lire nt all
aesthetic la tbcir tastes or who prefer ucut
nets ai.d iksinuacM to filth and jtllto of
nccurnulate-d rubbish as adornments to a
public edifice People from out of the cl' %
and from other tutrc vluit the c-tpltol ever )
day and hardl.v one of ; hcm leave * the bulld-
Int ; without recnrkln aU > ut the * dirty i id
unprepossessing appearince of its interior
When a stranger \U lt the building ana
expresses a desire to ascend the dome or
to inspect the legislative hulls , court room
Ilbnrj cr an ) other i > ortlon of the building
there la alwa > s a Janitor , an overseer or a
watchman tooiuiueer flts sir\ices as
guide and so much of his time and attention
are < le\oted to thesp unsuspecting people
that they usual ! ) respond with a "tli >
which Is frequent ] } of a good substantial
size All mone ) thus received Is i > ockete > l
br the self-appointed pilot and the time
consumed by him In earning U is paid for bv
the elate and the halls go unswept , the windows
dews unwashed , thi cu pldor. unclean d
and most of the building neglected by th-
Janitorial statesmen who devote their tlmn
to being agreeable and talking politic *
Clenii Unl > in riiicc * .
The llrst floor of the cupitol building is
clean only in places , the second floor showe
carelessness and utter disregard for ord-i
and cleanliness , the third floor Is dirty .iiid
the balanc0 of the building up to the t i
of tbe dome shows various shade * and d * >
grees of fllthlness One of the first thiur.H
that attracts the attention of a visitor on
entering the building is the overloaded and
filthy cuspldore which apparently ba\e not
been cleaned since thej were llrst put Into
s > er\lce On the secqnd floor these recep
tacles are now simply targets for expectora
tion and cigar and cigarette stubs , they long
since having been filled to their fullest ca
pacity and are now overflowing. No effort
baa bjea made to keep tfiem Alton and under
favorable conditions it Is possible to detcri
an odor of considerable strength arising
from them
The central portion of the large etairwaj
In the west wing of the building is ke-nt
comparative ! ) clean by the constant wear
to which it is subjected , but the ends of
the steps are coated with accumulated filth
Cigar stubs , cigarette boxes and orapts
tobacco bag" are strewn about the halls ami
on the steps with no apparent effort being
made to remove them
While the bu'lding ' is being thus neglocte'l '
the Janitors spend their time loafing In the
various offices or attending to personal mat
tcre , and the officials who have supervlbion
of the building make no attempt to secure
a better performance of their duties
J'orter TuUe It P * , frine on Meiierie.
Secretary of State Porter Is having his
revenge on tate Treaturer Meserve The
*
Board of Educational Lands and Funds met
this afternoon in the governor's office and
after several unimportant matters had hern
attended to Secretary Porter arose and in
stentorian tones demanded to know vvhv
the state treasurer had allowed such A
'large ' portion of the permanent educational
funds to remain uninvested. This provoked
an extended discussion and the board re
mained in besslon until late In the afternoon
alita it adjourned without giving Mr. Porter
ter any satisfaction
During the discussion following the re
marks of Secretary Porter it was brought
out that approximate ! } $200,000 of the per
manent school funds was allowed by the
treasurer to remain uninvested In direct
violation of the law , or that If this monev
is invested the state Is getting no benefit
from It.
All members of the board have been awan
o' the condition of these school fund * , bu
fcr political leasons none of them taw in
to bring the matter up for official consiJera
t'on. The move made by Secretary Portpr
in demanding an explanation of the trcas
urer'B neglect to invert the money as re
quired by law was another step in the In
tercets of bib congressional campaign. Re-
fore the board convened Porter notified a
reprtentative of the Omaha popocratlc or
gan , which is now supporting Porter for
congress against Robinson , that something
was * going to drop at the meeting , even
Intimating the nature of the business be
proposed to bring before the board.
I'orler Marl" Ilir ItiMi.
Members of the board endeavored to con
ceal the nature of the discussion , but It
linall > leaked out with the explanation that
the row was started by Porter. In defense
of Mescne it wag bald that there wtrn
several good reasons why all the permanent
educational fund had not been Invested
The objection offered to government boudt
was that they did not mature coon enough
Other tecuritles , U was eald , were so scar o
that It was Impossible to Invest all of the
money In a manner satisfactory to the
beard
It is announced that Porter will again
bring the matter to the attention of tbo
Board of Lands and Funds and will demand
a tnore definite explanation of Treasurer
Met * rv e.
Orders will be Issued In a fen da > s by
the adjutant general of the National guard
calling for an election to fill the vacancy
c < iuetd by the promotion of Major Haywarrt
o. ' the Second regiment Captain 15. J
Straight of this city , the ranking captain
of the regiment. Is one of the leading can
didates for the poeltlon
Adjutant General Harry today Issued the
following orders , commleElonlng Major Wii
llan1 Hayward of Nebraska City , ton of tha
lute Senator Hayward , as colonel of the
Second regiment to succeed Colonel A. K
Campbell , reclgnod
The result of ttio election , to fill the va
rancy cutufcevl by the resignation of t'alonr1
A E Campbtill. held In accordance wtih
General Order No 2 r n from thin ortlce.
Is htreby published for th * information of