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THE OMAHA DATLY BEE: MONDAY, EumntAiiY 20, moo. nt given at the preliminary trial developed that Williams worked for Andre Whltford, yho resides near Allen, thin county, from March, IS'j'J. until the latter part of January last. Pearl Whltford, the dnughtcr of Andre, n girl who was 12 years of age lust Septem ber, Is the alleged Tlctlm. Tvn Cnnl Tfilrvrn t'nuulit. A1N3WOHTH, Neb., Feb. 25. (Special (Telegram.) -Fred M. Hans, special agent for tho Fremont, Klkhorn & Missouri Valley railway, nrreslcd J. W. Ilrown and S. W. Blatterly at I,ong Pine last night. Tho com pany lion been troubled ull winter with Icos of coal by theft from lbs cars nt that point. HanB caught thu two men loadltiK their wAgon. Ho brought Ilrown here last night nnd lodged him lu Jail, while Slattcrly was Jeft at lng Pine for a few days. Ilrown, tho owner of tho team und wagon, lives twenty-Mx miles south of Ijour I'lne. Slat tcrly makes his headquarters at Long I'lne. Diphtheria nt I'url (.'molt. TOUT CllOOK. Neb.. Feb. 25 (Snerlnl Telegram.) Tho S-yar-old child of l'aul i Jlggcrt was burled today, having died from diphtheria. Two moro of his children nro Blck with the same disease. Many of tho children In tho stiiool have been exposed. The school has been closed and the nremlHo.i of Mr. Hggcrt thoroughly quarantined nnd every onort made by the village authorities to prevent further fatalities. Tmo Colli WVihImt Itcpnrln. J'LAINVIKW, Neb., Keb. 25. (Special.) It was 2 degrees below zero yesterday and 5 Tielow today. WUST POINT Nob., Keb, 25. (Special.) Bnow commenced to fall late last night nnd lias continued through the day. Tho wind Is tasterly and cold and raw. I'i'i'jiitrliiK for a Wolf limit, TAIILH HOCK, Nob., Keb. 25. (Special.) -Tliirii U to be a big wolf hunt south of town Wednesday. Captains It. 1'. Jennings and Thomas W. Conklln will form their men lu line nt an early hour, surround a largo territory nnd clcso In gradually all ftlong the lines. Lincoln MlnrlN Library Site Fund. I.INCOI,N. Keb. 25. (Special Telegram.) 'A popular sub3crlptlon lias been started to ralso n fund of $7,500 to purchase a bIIo for tho Carnegie library building. The first subscription received was for $25, from Victor Hoscwatcr of Omaha. IIiiImIiiu: Money for u l'limonnue. nOTHKNllUHO, Neb., Keb. 25 (Special.) -Huv. K. H. Leednn, pastor of tho Motho illst Episcopal church nt this place, has falsed J 100 toward n parsonage. Ho expects to be ablo to complete a residence by April I that will cost $1,200. I'lfty Con versions tit Teciliiinch. TISOUMSKII, Neb.. Keb. 25. (Special.) The union revival meetings closed at tho I'rosbytcrlan church hero lost evening after a munth's session. Fifty conversions nro reported. Snow nt I'liittniiiiiiitli. TLATTSMOUTII. Neb., Feb. 25. (Spe Clal ) Snow fell In this vicinity all tho foro Doon. VeliriiHkii en Note. 'Aurora Is suffering from u series of petty Imnrlnrles. Tile .Modern Woodmen of Loup City will form a stock company to build a hull and opera house. The ficrlltner News printed n fine Illus trated edition, with half tones of promi nent citizens and buildings of the town. Tho Standard (.'utile company of Ames lius begun the shearing of its sheep. Feed Ing the sheep in tho burn gives a chance to (legln .shearing earlier than If tho sheep Wero fed outdoors. For the year 1SW tho railroads that tra verse Johnson nullity paid tuxes Into tho county treasury uggregatlng J10.232.C3, di vided as follows: Atchison H Nebraska. JI.W5.05; Itepubllean Valley, JI,3'J0.26; Mis souri Pnellle. Jt.220.78. ; Tho Northeast Nebraska Hunkers' nsso elation will hold Its next meeting at llar tingtoti on April 23. This association takes lu Hurt. Cuming, Stanton, Madison, Ante lope, Pierce. Wayne. Thurston. Dakota, Dixon, Cedar nnd Knox counties. Charley (lossutt of Onl left a week ago Holiday for parts unknown. lie left a let ter with his little boy with instructions to keep It a week and then open It. He Hald In the letter that folks would know uoou enough why be had to leave. Tho mayor of Gordon has Issued a proc lamation ordering all the children In Oor don to bo vaccinated with nntl-toxln for diphtheria. Only those who have been vaccinated run enter school and tho houses where the children huvo not been vacci nated will bo quarantined. Tho first business fnlluro of the year nt Xndg I'olo occurred Thursdny, when it was found that Kd Collard hail left be tween two days. His creditors at once proceeded to levy on what prtierty could be found, which amounted to about J109. Ills liabilities were considerably more. The farmers of tho populist county of Saunders wiped out the mortgages on their farms to tho extent of $19,213, twenty-six, during tho mouth of January, 1900. The mortgage report for that county shows thelo wero llfty-tivo farm mortgages tiled during the month, amounting to $75,052.42, nd 110 released, amounting to $121,205.03. HENLEY TRIP IS ABANDUNED I'ciiiim) l iinla Will Only He Itcprc hc n led Abroad 'I'll In t our by It Truck Ten in. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25.-Tho proposed Henley trip by the University of Pennsyl vania crew has been abandoned, tho row ing eommltteo having Dually decided tlmt uucli a trip would be impossible. Tliu mat ter has been fully considered for some time and every endeavor was innlle to bring about n ruco In Knglund. In defer ence to tlie wishes of many who wero en thusiastic for tho trip uu effort was made to have the date of the Poughkcepslc rnco llxed for an earlier date lu June, about the 12th. This was found to bu an Initios nihility. It Is stated on good authority that there Is no serious thought of sending a crew to the races nt l'nrls on August 21. The keeping of a crow through practically the entire summer Is thought liy most of tho university authorities to be a little loo much, renusylvaula will only be repre ucuteil abroad this year by Its track team. Mnlier Wimlx PoNtpoiirnienl. YOUNUSTOWN. O.. Feb. 25. Peter Ma iler, who is schuiluUul for a twenty-round bout with Stockings Conroy In this city tomorrow night, hns nsked for a postpone ment of one week on account of an In Jury to bis hand. The Ynungsttiwn Atb letlu club bus refused Maher's lOiiuest und If ho fulls to appear tins Ruhllu or some other man will take his place. MhIiImIii Aftrr A inrrlcim Iterltjr. SAN FHANCISCO. Fob. 25 - "Lucky" Baldwin, who la having a string of race liorses tittcd for the spring nice meeting nt Chlortgo, will make an attempt to win tho American derby at Washington park. linldwtn'H colors In that race will bo borne by Norford, a son of Umperor of Norfolk, rho was once a winner of the derby. ruN.sioxs koii vr?vi'r:it. i:ti:ha.s. War Survivor Iteme inbcreil lty the (rnertil llnvr ruincnt. WA8HIN0T0N, Feb. 25. (Special.) Thef." pensions have lieen granted: Issue of Februury 8: Nobruskn: Hesoratlon and relssuo-OcorRO TV Ward, Curtis, $12. Increase-.lames Han num. Hlnlr. $i to $1; special. Februury 10. Vrnncls Corklns, Grand Island, $2 to $tl Original widows flpcclul accrued, February 10, Caiidaeu Khloll. Fiillcrlon. K Iowa Original Malroin McKclg, Webster City. $X. Increase Ocorge M Heott. Ot tumwa, $12 to $11; Oliver Shlrkry, Musca tine, tit to $17; Jacob l.utx, Fort Dodgu, 312 to $H; Jonathan Cusebeur, Wilton June tlon, $14 to $10, liy run C Ilmiton. Hartley, $12 to $17. Original widows Special ac crued, February 10, Sophia Ciimptnn, Uu buciue. $S, Sally liennett. Pes Moines, $K. South Dukotn- Increase Isaac N. Neher, Doll Haplds, Jlti to $17. Constipation Ilcadaclve, biliousness, heartburn, Indi gestion, and nil liver ills nro cured by Hood's Piiis Eo'd by all itrucslsts. '.'3 cents. DIFFER ON PORTO RiCAN BILL Ropub''on3 Comult on tho Meisure, but Tail to Get Tozethtr. ALL IFr'ORTS 70 UNITE ARE FRUITLESS .Mi-amire lln ll Stand In Likely In I'nti tilth 'I'liiii' I . I in 1 1 I'riM Inn At tncli I'll A run iiii-ii (h I'ro iinU Con, WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Efforts to unite the republicans of the house oh a 1'otto Htian hill have failed and at midnight, after pro- longed conferences, It was stated that mat- tors wero substantially ns thty ware yester day. Other efforts at harmony may bo tnado tomorrow. A long conference was , held tonight at the residence of Hoprescnta- tlva McCall of MusaachiMotta between thu committee appointed at tho republican con- i ferencu last night, representing the repub- , llcans lu favor of the pending I'orto Mean turltT bill, nnd a committee agrcud upon to day by those republicans who are opposed to thu measure. The latter committee was mado up of Messrs. l'owors of Vermont. Crumpacker of Indiana, Larimer of 1 1 1 1 - I nots. McCall of Massachusetts and Llttlelleld j of Maine. Preliminary to this meeting the nponents of the bill to tho number of about I ton had assembled at MrCalt's house during : the afternoon and determined upon tho , stand they would tnke and upon their llvo I representatives. Weeks of Michigan wns ' among those nt tho altcrnoon session and . he remained with tho committee of live to participate in tonight's meeting. Proposi tions pro nnd con were made by both sides, but none of those mado on behalf of tho advocacy of the pending bill nmountcd to an abandonment of the prlnclplo of tho I Rune, viz: On tho right of tho United Statrw to levy a tnx on imports from I'orto Hlco, and a Its opponents consider this tho fundamental objection to the measure, no agreement could be reached. It was stated after tho conferonce by mombem opposed to tho bill that both Hldir.i were practically In the same position they had been beforo tho meeting, that substantially no progress had been mado and that thcro was no probability of another gathering before the conference of republicans called for tomorrow night. From their btntmnents It was ovldcnt that they Intended to maintain tho position they havo held all along, that under the constitution tho government has no right to tax tho products of territory under control of tho United States. Leave It to the I'n-Nlilcnt. It was suggested by opponents of tho ponding bill that the wholo matter bo left In tho hands of tho president, with tho understanding that Porto Hlco should have free trade with the United States, but this was objected to and nothing came of tt. Tho opponents of tho eommltteo bill also suggested that tho original bill introduced by Payne providing for free trade bo sub stituted on tho floor of the house, for the committee bill, but this llkowrso failed to receive favorablo consideration by tho ad vocates of tho pending measure. Considerable talk was Indulged In over tho proposition made by tho eommltteo bill advocates to fix a tlmo limit during which, tho tariff of 25 per cent against tho im ports of Porto Hlco shall remain effective, this tlmo varying from two years to an Indellnlte period, but tho opposition In dicated their unutterable opposition to any tariff, no matter how short tho tlmo of Its Imposition may be. Powers of Vermont, one of tho opponents of the bill as It stands, however, It Is said, was favorable to Its parage with a time limit, but his associates would not concur In this. With a view to meeting somo of tho ob jections to tho bill, its advocates suggested a change In Its title, which would Indicate that It was Intended as an exigency measuro for tho purpose of raising revenue, but this also found no favor with tho opposition, who reiterated their hostility to the bill on principle. One of tho advocates of tho measure, after tho conference, expressed It to bo h! opinion that tho bill finally would become a law with a provision limit ing the time during which tt shall remain In force. SCIIIHMAV ON I'OHTO HICO IIII.L. President of the Flrxt Philippine CohiiiiInhIoii ThILn. nnTROIT. Mich., Feb. 25. President Jacob C. Schiirman of tho first Philippine commission, In an Intervlow here, said of tho proposed Porto IUcan tariff: "I think It Is both generous nnd politic to assimilate our tariff with that of Porto Hlco. I do not. however, think that wo nre con stitutionally bound to do this. It Is la equity, Justlco and policy that wo assimilate our tariff with that of the Island. Should tho present congress adopt n tariff for Porto Hlco against the rocommondatlons of the commissioners and the president, and against every man's senso of Justice and grnororlty, tho orators of tho democracy can say with truth during the next campaign that the trusts went down to Washington nnd grappled the republican party by tho throat and mado It otioke to their advan tage." msv wi:i:k for tui: shnatf.. Finance n, limiiliir l'liNMe-oiloiiN mill Sentlim or (limy to He DIhi'IInmi'iI, WAS1I1NOTON, Feb. 25. The time of the scnato during the present week will lie di vided between the questions of the llnaneto, tho government policy toward tho Insular possession nnd tho seating of Senator Quay upon the nomination of tho governor ot Pcnniylvnnla. The llawallnn bill remains the unfinished business subject to removal ' nt nny tlmo by tho Quay resolution nnd also by tho con ference report upon tho currency bill. Senator Aldrlch has given notlco that ho will make n speech In explanation of the J currency bill agreement on Wednesday nnd i that he will call It up the next day (Thurs j day) nnd then ask ilnal action upon It. The ! rcqitrot of courso will lead to n spirited i contest, to many sharp speeches and to j tho Ilnal adoption of tho report by prnctl- rally the same voto by which tho bill orig inally passed tho senate. The matter may bu before the scnato several days. There will be several speeches during tho week on the Quay resolution nnd there. Is n probability of reaching n vote on It tho latter part of the week. Senator Chandler probably will speak for Quay Monday and Senator Turley In opposition. Later In thu week Senators Hoar and Pen wo will talk for Quay and Senator Hurrows In oppo sition. After these only short speeches will be heard. Senator Punroiosiys he will maUo an effort to havo the discussion con lined to the morning hour, so as not to In terfere with other questions beforo tho son nte. but that If a disposition to delay the vote should become apparent lio will then press tho Quay matter. lie counts upon n vote Into In the week nnd ro)n he expects n larger vote than wns cast In Quay's favor In taking the reolutlon up. When tho Hawaiian bill Is voted upon the Porto Hlcan bill will be taken up. Sen ator Dcpow on Tuesday will speak on the problems connected with tho Philippine Islands. I'leiicti (Inlet on I'niinl Treaty, WASIHNOTON, Feb. 25.-Tho Associated Prihs U authorized to state that no com munication whatever has been made by the French uiithcrltles to tho Stato department relative to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and tho Panama canal, This statement was tnado In reply to n qurtlon put In off! iat ' quarter. regarding the publication of a story that the French ambatMidor has had n conversation with tho secretary of state relative to the treaty. CENSUS-TAKING A HARD TASK .omr of Hip I'mlitviii 1Up Cpiisiih Of II ee .Muni Suite Heron Active Work lieu I UN. WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. (Correspondence of The llee.) Census taking Is not tho po litical picnic that many people Imagine. Few appreciate the magnitude of tho work. The eleventh census cost more tban $11,000,000, nnd In tho twelfth census an oillce force of more than 2,000 for about two ycurs and a Held force of over 50.0CO for from two weeks to n month will bo umployed. Then, too, the Hollerith tabulating machine?, by which tho population Is counted and the returns tabulated, mako census-taking n hugo In dustrial process. Tho census office becomes n factory; tho director of the ccusua a cap- j una ui iiiuusiry, who, 11 ne is 10 lie fluc cosful, mtut PC8SC53 all the directive energy and genius for organization which chnrncter Izo our most successful manufacturers and railroad presidents. Among the troublesome problems which have to be solved by tho census orllco nro tho legal questions which contlnunlly nrlso. Tho Indian census, for Instance, fairly bristles with legal dlfllcultles. In 1S90 tho census law provided that a "special report" upon the Indians should bo made. A vol ume of "on odd pages was published, pro fusely Illustrated and touching every point of tho Indian problem. For once In history "Poor Io" was accorded Justice. The vol uinc"wns so pretty that the edition wns soon exhiiiMtod and now the Department of tho Interior hns not even a copy for the censu.1 office Itself. Hut tho law providing for the twelfth cen sus makes no special provision for an Indian census; nor docs It authorize such n special report as wns mado ten years ngo. It Is nt thiV point that tho renl difficulties of the census oillce regarding the Indians begin. Tho Indian population, then, cannot ho treated by Itnelf and described In n sep arate report. It also seems Illogical to class tho Indians among tho ordinary population of tho United States. The Indian tribe Is In many resiccts a distinct nationality, al tho"u"gh alnco 1871 congress has been doing Its boat to destroy nil traces of trlbnl Inde pendence or eelf-govcrnmcnt. Moreover, tho tribal Indians nre not citizens of tho United States. Tho reservations upon which they live nro not legally parts of the state or territory which surrounds them, and state and territorial laws do not apply to the res ervation or to the Indians upon It. Acts ot congress do not npply to reservation Indians, unless such application Is explicitly author ized in the net. Under such conditions It seems Impossible for the census ofuco to class Indians as n part ot tho ordinary Inhabitants of the states nnd territories. On tho other hand, It Is equally Impossible to Ignore them and omit them entirely. For tho constitution of tho United States says that: "Hcpretientntlvcs shall bo apportioned among the several states according to their respective num bors, counting tho whole number of per sons lu each statu, excluding Indians not taxed." This fastens upon the census ofuco a duty that seems plain enough. Hut as n matter of fact. It would give the attorney general ot the United Stntes some hours of work to explain exactly , what Is meant by tho ap parently slmplo phrase: "Indians not taxed." The uncertainty In tho phrase la In the nieunlng of tho word "taxed," Tho tribal Indian, like other inhabitants of the United States, Is subject to the Internal rovenuo duties and tho various stamp taxes now Imposed by tho United Stntes. If ho uses a bank check, ho must stamp It; If he manu factures a box of cigars, hc must stamp It. Ib ho "taxed" thereby? Juft what a "tax" Is, In the meaning of tho constitution has never been definitely de cided, although tho question hns been be fore the supremo court many times. The famous Income tax cases hinged upon this very point. Hx-Scnatnr Edmunds and Jo seph 11. Choate, now ambassador to I3ng land, nsslstcd by some of the most eminent biwyern of America, successfully nrgued that nn Income tax was a direct tax, within tho meaning of the constitution. Attorney Ocneral Olncy, James C. Carter and other prominent lawyers gravely argued that an Income tax was not a "tax," but nn cxclso or duty. At tho first hearing of tho case the supreme court was ovenly divided upon mnny ot the points at Issue, At the second hearing the decision was rendered with four dlrecntlng JustlccH against five who concur red in tho opinion of the court, that an In come tax was a direct tax. Whether or not a stamp duty is n tax, and If it Is, whether It Is a direct tax; whether "Indians not taxed" means Indians not di rectly taxed, or whether It may not mean Indians not taxable, are questions that must be decided by the census oillce beforo It can form lis plan for tho Indian enumeration. Tho last qucetlon has been a subject of debnto ever since Indian censuses have been taken. In 1890 there were about 50,000 civ ilized Indians living among the general popu lation of tho United States, but mnny of them are too poor to pay tnxes. Aro they to bo excluded from tho population according tn which representation In congrers Is ap portioned? Wo count every Chinese nnd other alien of whatever sort or condition. Hefore tho war wo counted every negro slave as equivalent to thrcc-flftlia of a white man. It seems manifeftly nbaurd to bollovo that the framers of the constitution meant to excludo a class of citizens who nre also natives, becauso of their poverty. In other words, tho framers of tho constitution mu3t have gald what they did not mean. What they really meant was to exclude all Indians belonging to a class not nubject to taxntiou. All these points are subjected to tho most careful examination In the census oulce. and when a decision ns to the legal obligation of the oillce has been reached the statisti cians turn their attention to tho economic nnd social aspects of tho question In hand. KxpertB aro ronculted; the Important lines of Investigation nre mapped nut and In quiries nre so framed ns to bring nut the de sired Information In a form In which It can be handled with the Hollerith machines. At tho same time, these questions must bo put In such n way that they will neither he mis understood nor likely to evoke antagonism or false replies. No pains aro spared to In terest the public In the work and to secure general nnd hearty eo-oporatlon. Without that the moot careful work at Washington or by the enumerators must prove fruitless. ArriiiiKliiu: for 1'ro-lloer Mim-Miut. Joseph A. Connor presided over the Joint meeting of the wom?n and men's executive- committees Sunday afternoon. Tho meeting was called to nrranjo the pro cram of the pro-Hoer meeting to bo hold Thursday night, but as several prions who had leen Invited to taku part In the program hud not replied the arrangement of the program was deferred until the next meeting and other arrangements were illseviKsed The women's eommltteo reported that It had arranged for a recojitlon to be ten dered Miss Oonno nt Washington hall Im mediately after tho close of tho meeting mid at tho request of the members the executive committee advanced a crpdlt to the women for the purpose of providing refreshments for the reception. The ronimltteo adjourned to tnet Tues day nt 7:30, at which tlmo tho chairman of every eommltteo Is urged to be pres ent. To Cure Colli In One IJy, Take Laxative Ilromo Quinine Tablet. All druxclsts refund the money If It fall to cur. K. W. Grove's altnature is on each box. 25c fhlraun Tritlna .A-l'leuty. Four dally via the Hurllngton 7;30 a. m., 1 p. ni , 7.30 p. m., 11:59 p. m. SPANIARD'S VIEW OF FIGHT' ! Story of Santiago Bnttlo by a Captain on Defeated Side. ANOTHER GOVERNMENT WAR NOTE SERIES TrnnNliitlon front 4 he Spnnlnli of Cap. tnlii ('nnriiM lletnlln tho Attempted Ilsenpe of the Dovoteil Squadron from tin. Cuban llnrlior. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The bureau of naval Intelligence has Issued n fresh volumo of Its war notes series, and probably the last of them which will bear on the battle ot Santiago harbor. Tho present publication Is n translation from the Spanish of Captain Victor M. Concas y Palau, former com mander of the cruiser Infanta Marin Teresa nnd chief of staff to Admiral Ccrvera lu tho battle of July 3. IJko n number of previous articles from ofllcers cf the Spanish squadron bearing ou the same subject, Oaptaln Concas devotes considerable space to tho lack of naval preparation In Spain prior to the wnr, and also to condcn-.nlng the political party In Spain which was responsible for offering up tho crippled s.quadrcn as a sncrlllco on the nltnr of an historic Ideal. All of this has befii covered more fully In Admiral Cervcra's published defense. Tho vital section of tho narratlvo begins with the exodus of the devoted squadron from Santiago hr.rbor. Captain Concas says In accordance with previous instructions, tho Teresa was landed toward the Ilrooklyn. hoping to ram it. This was frustrated by tho llrooklyn's frequently discussed "loop" to starlioard. which Concas says "brought tho Texas and Iowa between her nnd the Teresa." A foot noto Inserted In tho narra tlvo at this point reads: "The turn was made to starboard, though It would seem reafon nblo for It to have been mndo to port." Thoro Is nothing In tho bureau's publica tion to Indicate whether this foot noto Is by Captain Concns or not. .Ship AkhIiim Suniiilron Knoh Time. Continuing his story. Captnln Concns tells of tho successive sinking of the Teresa nnd tho other vesiels of the squadron, jlle dwells strongly en a point which ho declares nil other critics have overlooked, namely, that owing to tho narrow nnd torturous channel past the Morro, tho Spanish vessels had to como out so far apart that they wero each ut lacked by the combined force of tho American squadron and destroyed In de tail, making It practically a series of com bats, each tlmo a ship against a squadron. Ho calls attention also to the probability that tho American ostknate of 3 per cent of hits out of tho shots alined nt Corvern's fleet Is too low. He says the most horrible mortality In every case wns lu tho upper works, where the shots left no marks ex cept those wiped out by tho fire. Ho says 6 per cent ot hits probably would not be too high. In defense of tho SpanUh gunnery, the writer says that' Cervcra's ships fought cither bow or slcrn Vm nearly throughout tho battle. This reduced tho number of guus they could bring to bear. Hut ho points out that the Ilrcoklyn, which was tho only vessel keeping up a parallel broad side light nt close range for nny length of time, wns struck forty-ono times. As It wns under fire Only of the Vlzcnya, tho Teresa, nnd for a short tlmo of the best guns of the Colon, Captain Concas says the Spaniards gave very good proof of their ability as marksmen. Ho credits tho Town with landing the two 12 or 13-Inch sheila "which burst the Teresa's main steam pipe nnd put It out of the notion when Its commander thought It had a fair chance to escnpo. These shots, ho says, have been claimed both by the Oregjm nnd the Indiana, but he ndduces considerable evi dence Hint they came from the Iowa. Luck of the Hreuon. Another peculiar Incident broug-ht out In narrative and u striking example of Yuukeo luck was that tho Oregon In Its pursuit of the Colon remained unconsciously in the "dead angle" between the only guns on tho Colon powerful enough to reach it. The Colon, it will bo remembered, did not havo Its big thirty-ton gnus and lu tho long stern chaso tho Oregon happened with ways to keep Just In tho spot where the upper deck guns could not bo trained on it and the Colon could not fire without heaving to, losing valuable time. Tho author Indignantly denies that tho Colon was wrecked by Its crew after It had surrendered. He says It was run ashore and Its sea valves opened before Its flag was hauled down. Hegnrdlng this incident the writer says: "The Cristobal Colon was less fortunate than any of the others, for, although going at a speed of thirteen knots. It ran ashore on sand, nnd If Admiral Sampson, with a more seamanllko spirit, had ordered tho divers to close tho valves, ho could most certainly havo saved the cruiser, but with feverish Impatience ho towed it off with his own flag ship, tho New York. Hardly had tho ship been floated when It began to list, nt which moment, with great dexterity, he pushed the Colon back ngaln with tho ram of his own ship toward the sandy shoal, but It was too late, and turning over thnt noble nnd Ill fated cruiser went to tho bottom of tho sea forever. Tho fow Americans nnd Spaniards who wero still ou board hastily saved thom solvea." AVoiiiiiIm of Modern Warfare. Speaking of tho nature of tho wounds In flicted by modern naval shell lire Captain Concas declares them moro horrlblo than can bo described. A boatswain of Iho Teresa had fourtcon wounds. None of the men Injured nt nil escaped with less than two. Many, bo says, wero blown Into un recognizable fragments. Captain Lirzaza of the Oqucudo was killed, his executive officer. Lola, cut In two with a shell; tho third ofll ccr, Matos, and tho three lieutenants next In rank ull killed, besides 121 men of the crow. Tho total mortality in the fleet reached the awful figures of 22Aner cent of tho mon en gaged. t'V L In closing tho occount of tho battle tho author says: ""TH could novor complcto this chapter If w? worn- to relate the In numerable acts of courage, but I cannot do less tban to mention' ouo, which I saw with my own eyes. The Maria Teresa had al ready been abandoned, tho flames mounting tin in the holcht of lhl tunnels nnd pro jectiles exploding oh nil sides and when everybody thought rhiir no living soul was left on the ship. Build Iiienly n man appeared there calling for heTft.stantly Jose Snindo cried, 'I will notge"11' man a'0' an(' threw himself Intdvptivnter. He climbed up the bloodstalnelvjtlilrii of the Ship, seized the man. carried hm flf&vn on his shoulders nnd. swimming wUlr,bJ to tho shore, Inld his burden on tho yW, It wns hardly posslblo to bollevo'lhawhat shapeless form was a mnn with fourtetrf wounds, who must havo been left on lioarrl. as dead," BIMETALLISTS WILL CONVENE National Con veiillon Will lie Held In KaiiauH City on Independ ence l)n . WASHINGTON. Fob. 25. Judge A. W. Hucker of Denver, Colo., president of tho Uultod States Monetary league, has been In Washington for several days conferring with tho loading blmetalllsts throughout the country with tho view ot getting their opinion concerning the propriety of holding a national convention of blmetalllsts nt somo tlmo In the future. It Is now definitely determined that such convention will be held at Kansas City on the Fourth ot July. It Is exported some (100 or 800 delegates will be In attendance from all the states and ter.rl- tones of tho union. A committee will con fer with tho local committee at Kansas City for the purposo of securing lun'ommodatlous for the guests. .MeKlnlcy nt n Menmrlnl Service, WASIHNOTON. Feb. 25. At the Metro politan Methodist Upiseopal church tlny Hlshop John K. Hurst preached a memorial sermon at a seclal service Jicld lu honor nnd remembrance of lllshcp John P. New man. Notwithstanding tho wind and cold, tho auditorium was filled to tho doors. President McKlnley wns nn Interested audi tor. Hlshop Newman served the Metro politan church for two terms. Let I n Inlroiliici Von To two new Omaha-Chicago trains Day light Kxpress, leaving at 7:30 a. m.. Chicago Special nt 11 59 p. m. Other Burlington trains are Vestlbuled Flyer, p. m.. Chi cago Limited, 7.30 p. in. BOEliS DOJOT YIELD (Continued from First Page.) once, but offering to disarm. If these terms aro rejected It Is understood that a mani festo will be boldly Issued to the Dutch throughout Africa calling ukui them to throw off their nllcglanre to Oreat Ilrltnln. Probably these rumors nre exaggerated, hut there Is no doubt that the greatest a-nxlety prevails In Capetown regarding com ing events, Oenninny, through the HCMil-oftlcl.il Her liner Post, reiterates that nil reports of Herman Intervention uro qulto without foundation. Captain Haymond Harvey de Montmor ency, who was killed In Oeneral Ontaere's reconnaissance Saturdny, wns the lulr of Viscount Frankfort do Montmorency, nnd wns tho fourth heir to n peerage who hns fallen In the course of tho campaign. Tho Times publlshm the following from Panrdeberg, dated Wednesday, February 21: Oencrnl Cronjo's forces have good cover Trom tho Hrltlsb artillery Urn nnd hnvc con siderable stores of provisions. The Times publishes the following dispatch from Colenso, dated Saturday: T)o Hrltlsb are now within two miles of being In touch with Lndymulth, but tho ground still to be covered Is tho harde.it part nnd very sovero lighting must be ex pected. MORE OF THIS CUMING ANON Churchill HtnrtN to Tell or n llnller Movement, hut 'Mils In Alt ttiut Came. (Copyright. 1900, by Pross Publishing Co.) COLKNSO CAMP, Feb. 25. 11 n. m. (Now York World Cablegram Special Tele gram.) Operations of the 21st and 22d hav ing left the Urltlsh lu possession of tho low kopjes beyond tho Tugela Huller ou the 23d resolved to press forward ngalnst the second tier of hills forming part of Plctcr's position. Hatterles wore conveniently distributed on both banks of tho river, whose windings enabled tho troops to cross. The artillery wus directed on tho point of attack, which was rounded. Uvcry hill was approachable by Bpurs. The usual bombardment nnd rifle fire proceeded during the morning with In evitable loss. At noon Huller ordered Ilnrt to advance with the Irish brigade, supported by two battalions from Lyttlctou's division to attack one hill by Its eastern slopes nnd carry It by assault. At 1 o'clock Hart moved off, the Innlskllllng Fusiliers lead ing, the Connnughts, Imperial Light Infnntry nnd Dubllns following. The brigade marched along a railway line, sheltered from the enemy's fire by low kopjes captured on the 22d, some distance, but where the river bonds eastward an open space must bo crossed, and when the head of tho column nrrived nt this point CHUHCHILL. .Wvih from I'lelern Cnnip. (Copyright. 19. by Press Publishing Co.) PIHTEHS CAMP, Feb. 24. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Tho Urltlsh nro steadily pushing forward, but Joubert's rear guard Isntrongly roiistlng tha Urltlsh advance. It Is reported that six miles from White's outposts Warren Dun donald Is operating on the Hon- flanks. Tho SomcrsoU In car!Hr movements lost 100, with threo officers klllud, in holding ac advanced kopjo all day until they worn forced to retire at night, the Hoers using tbroe heavy guns. The Lancashlres wt,ru twice attacked tho third night, tho Hoers making determined rushes, but they wero finally repulsed. It Is bcHovcd White will bo ablo to co-operate soon. OPINIONS OF THE EXPERTS Sny Cronjo K no vim What lie In DoIiik, lint Marvel nt 111 Stay In IT Power. (Copyrlfi'ht. 1900. by Pns Publishing- Co.) LONDON, Feb. 25. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) The Loader export says: "Up till Saturday night Cronjo seems to havo held on. It is strange he should havo elected to have hl oltadel In a riverbed with heavy rains due any day. All wo have been nblo to do Is wound him with artil lery, now nearer seventy than fifty guns. Militia is now arriving nt the Cape nnd they should bo ablo to rehtise regulars on tho lines. A communication enn be pushed to tho front by Hoberts. Tho enemy around Lidvsmlth Is not yet In a hurry to bo gone. It Is rumored that Duller and Hoberts are waiting to strike a final blow simultaneously on Majuba." Tho expert compares tho Transvaal to 'Scotland. He says often armies were broken by guerrilla warfare, but would go on for months, or years. The Post expert says: "Tho probabilities nro that tho Hoers have not boen able to collect a largo force to nttack Lord Hoberts. Oenernl Cronjo's sur render muy occur at nny moment. Uut tho Hoer commander knows what ho Is doing. Ho Is not sacrificing lives for noth ing. Kvcry day ho can hold out means tho delay of a day In Lord Hoberts' ad vance nnd tho gain of a day for tho be siegers of Lndysmlth. "Thrreforo Lord Hoberts Is acting rightly In tightening his grip In order to hasten tho removal of Oenernl Cronjo's force, and General Huller's steady ndvance is the best help that enn bo given Lord Hoberts." Slort Clin m piiKiit Tliitn SIIIU. (Copyright. 1W. by Prcus Publishing Co ) KIMHintLUY, Feb. 23. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Tho latest census proves that 55,000 people. Including 15,000 whites, lived In Kimberley during tho &lege. Tun thousand kafllrs escaped beforo the close. Distribution of food was excellent under bad conditions. Cham pagne Is procurable, but not milk. Thero aro now very few signs of privation und not many families aro leaving Hhodes Is extremely hopoful that tho war has reached n concluding slngo. HATTKH8HY. FIGHTING NEAR KIMBERLEY I'reneh DefcutM ll Party of liners Ad- MiieliiK- from Colcnlieru llrll Nil iiil.e a Kopje, (Copyright, woo. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. Feb. 23. (New York World Ca blograni Special Telegram.) World Ad- vices from Klmbcrley. February 22, 4:43 p. m., nro that French encountered 2,000 to .1,000 Poors advancing from Oolosbcrg to the relief of Cronje yesterday a few miles east of Kocdewranddrlft. After a brief engage ment tho Hjcrs retreated, leaving ove-al killed nnd thirty prisoners. Hobcvts' Horfo especially distinguished themselves. In tho morning tho Essex nnd Welsh battalions, who slnco Sunday have occupied an Isolated pcsltlon on tho Modder river, the Hour j holding a kopje, opened Are. A battery was brought to their assistance, taking tin enemy by surprise while completing trenched at tho foot of tlic kopje ami forclnc him to escape around the buss of the hill, whero I Hroadwood' cavalry charged them, Inking sixty prisoners. The Yorkshires nro now ' entrenched on the Vopje, which dominates tho entire right position. Cronjo Is still holding out In tho bed ot the river. ills provisions are reported plenty, hut nmmunltlon Is running shor'. Hombnrdmcut Is proccoling Intermittently. Our lo.is continues from sniping and long range fire batteries. KIM HIvllLK V, Friday. It Is reported tlint the Hoers were In strength nt Fourteen Strentns, to the north, on Wednesdnv, hnv lug two guns and mnny wagons. They had detroyed tho bridge over the Vnal river. October's mall nrrlved today by the llrst p.ifrnger train from the south. Mr. Hhodei Is extremely hopiifMI that tho war has reached Its concluding1 stage. IVnet' OeinoiiNt rn I Ion nt Vienna. VIHNNA. Feb. 25. A pence demonstra tion organized by the pence nssnclntlons of the "world was held here today nnd won largely attended. Meanwhile n rather disorderly socialist I demonstration was In piogress ngninst u re actionary measure recently passed by one of the provincial diets. Crowds of work men raised Insulting shouts against Dr. Ltio'er, tho burgomaster of Vienna. Tho po!fCi mado forty nrrests. Him'IIiimo I'liiimheiiiiln Wiimii'i Wanted, (Copyright. 1WX1. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 25. (New Yoik World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) Owing to op- j position from tho nonconformist clirgy and l laymen, the luncheon nt which Chamber lain was to preside In connection with tho Woileyuu celebration has been abandoned. This was decided at a meeting called by the president of the Wesleyun conference. i'nle of n 1 1 -1 1 1 n 1 1 Corrt'Npoiiili'iil. LONDON. Feb. If,. The Iyiurenzj Marque l correspondent of the Times rays: ! "The feeling In oltlclal circles at Pretoria ' borders on consternation. Ocneral LjuIs i Ilotha and President Steyn nre both urging I President Kruger to sue for peace. At j Hloemfonteln Oencrnl Cronje's position Is regurded as hopeless." I.oyilx In Still Opt I m 1st If. (Copyright, 19 i. by Piims Publishing Co.) HHUSSKLS. Feb. 25. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Lejds. lit still entirely optimistic and cheerful. Ho says ho thinks Cronjo will never surrender and may yet cut his way through the Urlt lsh forces. DEATH RECORD. II. O. Ili-t Hex. II. O. Devrles, president of tho Olobo Loan and Trust company of this city, died Sunday morning at Kontanelle, Neb., nfler ; nn UlnesB of three months. The body will ' arrive In Omaha tonight nnd tin funeral 1 will occur tomorrow nt 5 p. in. from tho ' Devrles residence nt Thirty-sixth and Hurl 1 streets. Mr. Devrles has bos n known as a business man In this city for fifteen yearn ' nnd Is connected prominently with the work ' of tho Chrlstlnn church throughout the state. His father and mother live at Kon tanelle, where Mr. Devrles went one month ago. Ho was slowly recovering from an attack of typhoid fever when he suffered a relapso which proved fatal. Hi'iiritc Work, Npoi'lniiiiui. NHW YOHK. Feb. 25. (Jeorge Work, tho clubman nnd pigeon nhot, died today at Davos Platz, Switzerland, of consumption, aged 42 years. Ills two sisters, Mrs. Hurko Hochc nnd Mrs. Cooper-Hewoilt, wero with htm when bo died. Ho hold the amateur pigeon hhooting record, having killed ninety eight nut of 100 birds In n mntdi against Ilrewer, n professional. Ills reputation as a wing shot wus international. He had taken part In contests in Knglund. France nnd In Monte Cnrlo, He wns greatly Interested also In ya"hting, being tho owner of the ulo p Kntrlna. Jlrn, Kiiii'lln Tliiint. Mrs. Hmella Thum, one of the old resi dents of Omnha, died Sunday fr. in the ef fects of n paralytic stroke. Mrs. Thum wns In comparatively good health Saturdoy, but was stricken with paralysis Saturday night. Sbo had been subject to Bueh attacks, but In this Instance the severity of tho stroke was moro than she could overcome, owing to her odvnnced age. Mrs. Thum was G7 ytnrs old and resided at 1712 William street. She was the mother of County Treasurer (!. Fred HI Kasse7, Peter K. Klsasser, Mrs. Kmma Hlco and Mrs. Katie Gutzschmunn. SporlHiiinn mi'l I'olltli'liiii. NIIW YOHK. Feb. 25.-Kdward Kearney, n well known sportsman nnd Tnmmtiny poli tician, is dead nt Palm Heach, Kin., ngod (10. He wns prominent In tho borne anil carriage trade. Nellie (illllil SnrtorU Heller. NICW YOHIC. Feb. 23.-The following stalemenl relative to the condition of Mrs Nellie Orant SarlorlM was given out to day by the nlleiidluir pbysliiuiiH: '.Mrs. rselllo oruiil Harlorls ! now roil' valesciug from nn operation and will bu ' nbout In a few days. On aei ount t pub l lie statements that her inaliidv was con ' ccr we state that after the nnernl'on an I examination ban proved that there Is no evidence thnt cancer bus ever ixlutcd." LOCAL BREVITIES. Charles Piatt, residing at 707 Pacific street, slipped on the in- in front of 1230 South Tenth street Sunday afternoon. l!ln left leg was broken below the knee und be was removed in tho police nmhuluiico to St. Joseph's hospital. Curl Fisher, a person of color familiarly known as "Catlisb." wns arrested at !) p. in. Sunday for making nn fiscnult on Hnr ney Madden near the Cretgblon theater entrance Fisher believes be Ih iiiiuillitlc and delights In glxlni; flsth- exhibitions wbenevr and wherever possible. 54-th Annual Statement of the Connecticut Mutual Life fnvtrance Company, Of llartftml. Conn. Net iissols, January 1, 189.1 $(jl.S07,iV,T 51 HKCHIVHt) IN lm l or premiums Jl,9.t2,:9.3.1 ! or Interest and .."'"V , 2A9.0I7.2S I-or balance, prollt '""1 loss hi. 130.70 S,W;,737 31 DISHUItSUl) IN ISM, ! or elalins by death, matured endow, nients and unuul- HiiX r;iurm;V,o,U-;,'M'-90 .j;p"T,,iu!!;r VMu tendered policies.. KK.fiflf.H Total to policy ImidetH .. .. lit i"i , Com inlsslous to ''Uj3,0' agents, salaries,, medical eviimln. ors fees, printing, iidvertl-ing. lecui. real estate. all other e.vpeiisiM..., Tuxes MI.SII.13 3tU.73S.23 7.11-1.91.". 91 Hnlnnep net nssets, Deo. .11. lS99..Ji2,377.S7S9i SC1IHDULK OF A SHUTS. Loans upon real estate, llrst llcn.$2.l!C.fifi7 si Loans upon stocks nnd bonds.... 2,300 00 Piemlum notes on policies In force S' llj "1 Cost of leal estate owned b'y"t'lio company ' c,. Ciwt of bonds " , "noti'S 33 Cost of b itik and railroad slocks; "'473,'foi.ltl 'nili III banks im -mt vi mils receivable.. ...... r,;r;i Less agents' credit balances.. Add- tl2,379.577 IB 1.69S.22 MUT7.sfs.93 lnterest due and ac crued $9S).777 .t4 Hems due und ni'l erued ....... 16AM.02 M a r k e t value of flocks and bonds yor cost 870.52il.57 .Net uncollected nnd deferred premiums 310.013.31 $2,211 122 31 Less bills receivable. niwLC.1 J2,'.W.OC0.6S tlros assets, December 31, I SO?. . J TokT'IJ'Tci LIAHILIT1HS. Amount required to re-Insure all out standing policies, net, o o ni p a n y's Htlltlilllr.l t-.c via C-t M All other liabilities! ' L5lis,743!u! 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Miss Doane-McKenna's 'Minuet Military" Thurston !Utlen n Philippine Khaki D.iiiclni; l'bises In Court Costumes. High St fool CadetH in I'ulforins. Drntnutlr Hcprci'ent.itloiiH V. II' Packoni', Iho Humorist Drills. Plays, Dances, Songs, lteciratluim Metropolitan Hall, 2301 Harney Tills 1 p. in. nnJ 8:15 p. m. Children, 25c, Adults, Wc, m'ri-irpiioii i. tin. ' " ; y. TTHWTrTrf r I