The Omaha Daily Bee ESTABLISHED JUKE 11), 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOHXI2CG, MAIJCH M, 1900-T TELV.E PACES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. FIGHT TO THE Iffi Boers Ara Said to Hare Abandoned All Hope of Making Psact. RESPONSIBILITY IS THRUST UPON BRITAIN FxeiidenU Attain an End in Uncovorinfr England's Eilentlesa Policy. RUSSIA IS LOOKED TO FOR MORAL SUPPORT Friendly Offices of tha United States Are Refused by Salisbury. GERMANY WOULD ALSO W.LLINGLY MEDIATE o Inter entlnii Tnlernteil by r.imll"h J'rrinlrr, Wlm IJinrcoo Itenret Hint lltriife or Ttto Itepnh llcn HnM IIimmi Aeiiilreril In. (Copyright, inOO, by Press PubllshliiK Co.) LONDON. March 13. (Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The Urltlnh reply lo thn Krugor-Steyn dispatch Is hailed with paeans of approval by the Jingo scutl inent. A I though Iho nature of the reply was a foregone conclusion It Ih felt that the presi dents attained nn eml in extracting from Britain an announcement that their extinc tion o Independent states was the object of Urltlnh policy. It Ih bollovrd that the Boom will now fight on anil that the termination of tho struggle Is Indefinitely postponed. It Ik rumored here further that thn reply from atcyn and Kruger transmitted through Washington was handed to Salisbury today by Charge il' Affaire White. The reply is pnld to consist of a solemn declaration that the Doer republic have no option but to put forth their utmost resources to defend their threatened Independence at nil ots, throw ing on llrltaln tho responsibility for the terrible consequences In South Africa which must ensue from Britain's war of agtran ilUemenl. White declined to say anything whatever either respecting tho published dispatches or the republics' rumored reply. It Is thought here that the refusal to rec ognize Hier Independence will reinforce con tinental hostility, especially on the part nf Kussin, which Is believed to be tho only power from which the Boors nre likely to rtcc:"" even diplomatic support BOER A.:0 BRITAIN MESSAGES Teli-urnni Herri veil from Prrnlilrntn or Minth Afrlritn Milieu unil Kn liiml'n AllPiucr, LONDON, March 13. A parliamentary paper containing the telegrams sent to tho Urltlnh government by the presidents of the South African republic and the Orange Free Htate, and Great Britain's reply thereto, wax Issued this afternoon. It first gives tho tele gram nent by the two presidents to the Marquis of Salisbury, as follows. "DLOEMFONTEIN, March f.. The blood nnd tho tears of thousands who have suffered by the war., nnd the prospect of h11 moral nnd oconomle, ruin wherewith South Africa Is n6w threatened make It necessary for both belligerents to nsk themselves dlspasslon ntcly, nnd as in the sight of the truo Rod, for what nre Hiey fighting and whether the Blm of euoh jufttlflra all this appalling misery nnd devastation. "With this object, and In view of tho as sertions of various llrltlsh statesmen to the ftffect that this war was begun nnd is being Tarried on with tho set purpose of under mining her mnjesty'n authority In South Af rica and of netting up nn Administration over all of South Africa independent of her majesty's government, we consider It our duty to solemnly declaro that thin war waa undertaken solely as a defensive measure to maintain the threatened Independence of tho South African republic and Is only con tinued In order to secure and maintain the Incontestable Independence of both repub lics as sovereign International elates and to obtnln tho assurance that thceo of her majesty's subjects who have taken part with us In this war shall suffer no harm whatever In person or property. Unrulier Antlou for I'l-ncr, "On theso conditions, but on theso condi tions alone, are wo now, as in tho past, de ulrnus of seeing peace re-established In South Africa; while, If her majesty's govern ment Is determined to destroy tho Independ ence of tho republics, there Is nothing left to us and to our peoplo but to persevere to tho end In tho course already begun. In pplto of tho ovorwhelmlng pre-eminence of llrltlsh empire, wo are confident thnt that (lod who lighted tho unextlngulshable llrcs of love of freedom In the hearts of ourselves nnd of our fathers will not forsake us and 'will accomplish His work In us ami in our descendant!). Wo hesitated to inako this declaration earlier to your excellency, as we feared that as long as tho advantage was al ways on our side and ns long ns our force.s held defensive positions fur within her majesty's colonics such a declaration might hurt tho feelings and honor of the llrltlsh people, llut now that the prestige of tho llrltlsh empire mny 'bo considered to be as sured by tho capture of one of our forces by hor majesty's troops, and that wo havo thereby been forced to evacuate other posi tions which our forces had occupied, that dllllculty Is over nnd wo can no longer hcsl talo lo clearly Inform your government and people In the sight of the whole civilized world why we are fighting and on what con ditions wc are ready to restore peace" MlltUhury S.'llil It pi . The marquis of Salisbury to the preslilonts of the South African republic and the Orangu Tree State: "Forolgn Ofllce. March 11. I have the Jionor to acknowledge your honors' telegram, dated March 5, llloeuifontcln, of which the purport Is principally to demand that her majesty's government shall recognize 'the Incontestable Independence." of the South African republic nnd Freo State ns 'sover eign International states' and to offer on those terms to bring tho war to a conclusion. "In tho beginning of October last peace rxlsted between her majesty and tho two repi'yVs under conventions which then wero In existence. A discussion had been pro ceeding for some months between her majesty's government and tho South African republic, of which the object was to ob tain redress for certalu very serious grlev snces under which tho llrltlsh residents In South Africa were suffering. "In the course of these negotiations tho Fouth African republic had, to tho knowl rdgo of her majesty's government, made con vertible armaments and tho latter had con sequently taken steps to provide correspond ing reinforcements of tho llrltlsh garrisons it Capetown and In Natal. "No Infringement of the rights guaran teed by tho conventions had. up to that point, taken place on tho llrltlsh side. Sud denly, at two day3' notice, the South Afri can republic, after Issuing an Insulting ulti matum, declared war upon her majesty; and til Oranii Free State, with whom tbore had not even been n discussion, took a similar stcD liner 'I'nki' the OfTrnalvr. k.Mni . ..... .i .... i ... ... -.t slBBfUBBItV thn fun rinllhtlc Slptrn towns within the llrltlsh frontleraH portion of two colonics was overrunwWh great destruction of prop erty ami life, and the republics clalmcl to treat the Inhabitants of extensive portions of her majesty's dominions as If those do minions li.nl been annexed to ono or the other of them. "In anticipation of these operations, the South African republic had been accumulat ing for many yenra past military store on nn enormous scnle, which by their character could only have been Intended for use against Orent llrltaln. "Your honors mako some observations of a negative character upon tho object with which these preparations were made. 1 do not think It necessary lo discuss the ques tions you have raised, llut the remit of theso preparations, carried on with grit sec recy, has been that the British empire has been compelled ti confront an Invasion which has entailed upon the empire n crstly war nnd tho loss of thousands of precious lives. This great calamity has been the penalty Oreat llrltaln has suffered for hav ing of recent years acquiesced to the ex istence of two republics. "In view nf the uio to which the two re publics have put the position which was given them and the calamities their un provoked attacks have Inflicted on her majesty's dominions, her majesty's govern ment can only answer your honors' telegram by saying that they are not prepared to ar son! to tho Independence cither of the South African republic or the Orange Free State." WHITE RECEIVES-A REPLY llrlflnh fin eminent Peellne fiooil Oilier of t lilted Mntr III Ite Kiinl to I'enee. LONDON, March 13. 6 15 p. m The United States charge d'affaires, Henry White, saw Lord Salisbury at the foreign oltlco this evening and received u formal reply from the llrltlsh government declining the good otllccs of the United States In regard to pence. It In understood that the reasons of the premier are Identical with those ulready cabled to the Associated Press. The Interview between Mr. White and Iyird Salisbury was very brief, the premier con flnltlg himself to a courteous verbal declina tion, wltheui entering Into details. Tho United States government, at the request of President Kruger nnd President Steyn. had offered to the British govern ment Its services as mediator, with tho view of bringing about penco in South Africa. Thn representations made to Oreat llrltaln wero so put that they as sumed nothing of a deslro to Intervene, but simply transmitted the communications made to United States Consul Adelbert S. Hay, at Pretoria, with tho accompanying as surances that anything tho State dopart could do In the Interest of peace would bo gladly undertaken. FRANCE CANNOT INTERVENE Ail mi lice from flint ourre Would Do 1 1 it r in fiernmny lsprreN AVIIIIiiKneNN, PAIUS, March 13. 1:60 d. m. A repre sentative of the Associated Pnss has se cured from a responsible mouthpiece of tho French government tho following exposi tion of France's attltudo In thf. .natter of Intervention In the Anglo-Transvaal war, which. It Is said, has been solicited by President Kruger. Tho official In question said- "We bellovc It Is truo that tho Trnns vnul has sent a request to tho powers for their Intervention, though up to this morn ing President Kruger's message has not reached ui. As far as Franco Is concerned, It certainly will not tnko tho Initiative In offering England mediation, nor will Russia, for tho dual alliance Is naturally worklug together In this question. Wo feel that In tho present excited state of public feeling In England nnd especially as regards ourselves, any step taken by tho French government would defeat Its own object and Instead of opening a way to honorable peace would net 08 oil on flames and probably only create fresh complications. Wo consider that over tures for mediation can emanate from some power whoso cordial relations with England prevent such n suggestion being construed as an unfriendly act. The emperor of Ger many, for Instance, might take the Initiative, or President McKlnley, without fear of creat ing the friction, which stands In tho way of any such action on our part, and after this Is done full reliance can be placed on tho unqualified support of Franco and Rus sia, whoso only deslro Is to see tho end of the bloodshed and who aro eager tu lend tholr gool oinces In bringing about this end." UKRLIN, March 13. It Is scml-ofilclally announced that when tho Ornngo Free Stato and tho Transvnal nddressed to a number of lnrger nnd smaller states a request for friendly mediation, the German government replied that It would willingly participate providing tho essential condition of such mediation wero present, namely the cer tainty thnt both belligerents desired It. COURT FUNCTION FOR QUEEN Many Anierlrnn Attenil the I)rninic lloom of flit; I'rlnet-NH of Wfllr., LONDON, March 13. Tho first drawing room of tho season was held at Buckingham palace today by tho princess of Wales In be half of the queen, this bolng tho first court function at which tho princess has appeared for nearly two years. The weather was bright and chilly and Immense trow do of people lined the ap proaches to tho palace. Tho diplomatic corps attended In force, Mr. Henry White,, tho United States chargo d'affaires, Lieutenant Commander J. C. Colwell, tho naval attaches and Colonel Samuel S. Sumner, tho mili tary attache, representing the United States embassy. The following Americans wore present : Mcsdnmes Edwin Abbey, wife of the artist Georgo Kastln of Lexington; II. R. Orllfln. president of the Society of American Women In Londotu Mrs. Colonel Sanger and Miss Caroline Drayton, both of New York, the latter being the daughter of Mr. Coleman Drayton. Mine tinier I In mlcil Ootvn. ST. PAUL. Minn., March 13 -A Helena, Mont., special to the Dispatch says: The supreme court has handed down n decision ordering Receiver Wilson to desist from operating the Snohonish und Tram way mines at Duttc until thnt court has h"ard and determined the appeal of the D itto und Dnstiiti company from the action of Dlstrltt Judge Clancy In reappointing a receiver therefor. Tho court's action pre vents, for tho present, at least, the nntlel. pated clash between Htate nnd federal au thorities for the appointment of rival re ceivers for the property. Iron Worker lo Get More I'it, KNOXVlLLi:. Tenn., March 13.-The Knox Iron company lias announced an In crease of 10 per cent In wages of ull duy men nnd 50 cents per ton for nil puddlers. This Increase nffeotH about f0 men em ployed In rolling mills In this city and In llairlnmn ami was unsolicited by the men. It r ii it fo Spell ti In OrPKon, PORTLAND. Ore.. March 13. The demo, cratle slnte commtttt'o today received word from W. J. Dry.in that he had accepted tho invitation to make a number of speeches la Oregon during April. MAFEKINC KEEPS UP HEART Garrison Holds Its Own Aeainst Fieroe and Constant Attncks. COLONIAL CONTINGENT IS DRIVEN BACK Itrnrrve Squadron, Hot ever, Hero era the Lost fironml "tiitlvr IliiRniti' In file llotllltle mill llmtrn loell Warn H ii j in ft ti , (Copyright, 1W0. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Murch 13. (Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Hy Lady Sarah Wllscn, Mafcklng, March 0. Lobatsl, .March P. On March 3 tho Doors furiously bombarded tho brick field trenches, situated n short mile from town, firing forty-pound and nlncty-four-pound shells for three hours. Our casualties wero one killed nnd two wounded, all cf the colonial contingent. The Doers followed this up yesterday by a determined1 attack on the colonial con tingent which, misunderstanding orders, evacualed the foremost trench, which was then occupied by Doers, who threw up earth works and loophnlcd them so ns to command tho Interior cf tho captured trench. A re servo squndton was Immediately summoned nnd retook the trench with a rush. Lieuten ant Feleham was the first man In. He throw n dynamite hand grenade Into tho midst of thn enemy who, being completely surprised, retired. Tho enemy now fell back to their old trenches and continue very active. Stiyman decline to disband his native levies, alleging that wo began with Llnchwo nt Derdeport. This Is Incorrect, as Llnchwo only attacked the Doers when ho was In formed that they were about to bombard his stnadt. Tho natives followed up tho attack by crossing Into Trnnsvaal, but D. S. A. po lice remained In the protectorate. With re gard to the natives around Mafcklng, thn Ilocrs began war by looting their cattle nnd burning villages nnd even selling their In significant properties nt auction. Tho na tives tcok refugo here, bringing in their antiquated rifles, with which they havo tried under white commanders to tnko revenge on their despoilers. They have cnerely defended tholr stnadt against their old enemies. Tho native question Is considered Im portant here. Baden-Powell has notified Snyman that utiles ho disbands nnd disarms nil natives who nre now filling nil the Boer forward trenches he will no longer be re sponsible for restraining Llnchwo. In the Scquanl district were loud dyna mite explosions on February 27 and 2S, due to tho Doers blowing up large sections of tho northern railway lino, thus denoting their fear of Plumer's columns. o Keller for MnfeUliiK'. LONDON, March 13. A dispatch received by a South African firm In London, dated Mafeklng, Tuesday, March C, via Lobatsl, March 9. says: "All well, but town still besieged." A dispatch to (ho Times from Mafe klng, dated Monday. March B, says tho garrison nt that placo wero thon feeling acutoly the stress of the siege. They were reduced to tho use of horseflesh and bread made from horso forage, while tho water was parasltlcally contaminated. Typhoid, dysentery and dlphthcrln wero epi demic, but It was Impossible to isolate the victims. Tho sufferings of tho women and chlldreu wero terrlblo und tbore were riMtis in the women's laager dally. Tho native population was starving. Tho military operations wero progressing favorably. They had been extended to tho brick fields, whenco tho enemy had been completely expelled. A number of cablegrams havo been re ceived from Mafeklng to lay, Including ono to n Dlrmlngham firm asking it to ship goods Immediately, thus Indicating tho belief it the speedy relief of tho place. Lady Goorgl nna Curzon also received tho following dis patch from Lady Sarah Wilson at Mafeklng: "Delighted to receive your cable of Feb ruary 20. All well March 1." The latter message was dispatched from Mafcklng March 1 by way of Colonel Plumer's camp. The indications aro that Colonel Plumcr was at Lobatsl March 0. and as It Is only fifty-seven miles thence to Mafcklng definite news ought to be speedily forthcoming. CAPETOWN. March 14. Colonel Plumcr occupied Lobatsl without opposition on March 5. The Doers had retired the pre vious day. Tho railway Is damaged, but can bo easily repaired. STERN FATE FOR PRISONERS .n lloern Are l'rpHHeil to Finn I Iierent Their Treitliiient of Cnptlves Is l.fxn Conslilerufe. (Copyright, 1000, by Press Publishing Co.) I DURBAN, Natal, March 13. (Now York j World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Thero la a very strong feeling In Natal, both In tho army and among tho civic pop- ulatlon, that tho ceremonious treatment of General Cronjo has been altogether over j done. 'As a prisoner of war he Is entitled j to bo treated with kindness nnd to bo Bpared nil unnecessary restriction and discomfort, Tho proposal to deport tho Boer prisoners to Helena will enuso consternation through out tho Transvaal, where a voyage over seas Is regarded with horror nnd nlarm. Prob ably tho British prisoners will bo subjected to moro rlzorous trcntment. Tho stern decision of tho government not to exchange prisoners will undoubtedly nc cclerato tho end of tho war, but tho posi tion of British officers and Boldlers, who . wero surrendered In several cases by their ! superiors, now In prison nt Pretoria, will I bo a sad one, nnd as tho struggle draws with ' Increasing bitterness toward Its closo It will ' net bo without peril. I There Is abundant evidenco that tho Boers , nro becoming moro cruel In their conduct and thnt tho war will soon enter a darker phase. Split, soft-nosed and otbor forms of expanding bullets, now so gnically used by tho enemy, aro a. very sinister feature. I credit tho Boer government with n de sire to behave correctly, but whether the government will bo nblo to control tho wild passions of tho exasperated rutlljtis who form the noisy 'part of tho Boer forces In tho event of a slcgo of Pretoria Is another mat ter. The position of prlsonora will become precarious and much anxiety will bo caused at home, 1 1 n ril lit t of I'rlsoiier, The Imprisoned soldiers all llvo In long ing expectation of exchango nnd most of them have tho right to claim tho good ofllces of their more fortunate comrades. On sov oral occasions tho soldlors who advanced the furthest or resisted tho longest have beon thoso captured. I recognize fully that "no cartel" Is tho logical policy, but it is Imposslblo not to feel deeply what this means to tho prisoners. I visited yesterday the dnm on Klip river, begun by tho Boers with tho alleged object of flooding Undysmlth. An enormous bar rier of sacks of stones and earth almost blocked the waterway. Had tho dam been completed the Intombl hospital camp, with 2,000 sick and wounded, qulto 400 of whom are unable to move, must have been sub merged. Tho Uoen are here credited with following this design: They especially tclcctcd In tombl. despite Its unhealthy situation, for n neutral camp, nnd then forthwith began to build tho dam In order to threaten General White with tho destruction of his wounded unless ho surrendered tho town. Personally, 1 do not accept this view. 1 belicvo tho Boers found that Intonibl camp grew to' dimensions which they never contemplated when they first nllowed Its establishment and thcreforo constructed the dam as u means of compelling General White to take the sick baek to town. Fortunately tho contract had been given to n Belgian, who made the necessary show and shared profits with members of tho executive council, tllinntly I'hntoKriiphn llpliiyril. I have obtnlned specimens of some very ghnstly photos, which are now being hawked 1 about Pretoria, of British dead on Spionkop. I in every case tho photographs show the pockets of the dead turned Inside out, the I boots stripped off, etc. In one ease two I negatives havo been printed on one paper ' In order to mako the dead look more I numerous, thus furnishing the pious burghers with an Inspiring spectnelo of abundant slaughter. All Blgns show that as the struggle bo- j comes protracted so will It grow fiercer. But no consideration or sunoring to in dividuals or possibilities of horrible occur rences must turn the nation from Its righteous task, to abandon which now Is to make all sacrifices purposeless, to cheat tho dead and to shame tho living. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL. BOERS STIRRING UP ZULUS Amino flint Ttro II ! t'lilef In llrltlnli '.iiliilnnit .Simula Uitnrrel, I pliolilliiK One. tLEDOMBO. Monday, March T.. (Via Lourenzo Marques, March 12.) Trouble Is expected between Chief Ogelequana nnd Chief Umbogase. In British Zululund. Tho Dotrs aro anxious that tho chiefs should quarrel and they am prepared to support the former, ns Is also tho SwazI queen. The Zulu king, however, upholds Umbo gase. Tho women nt Plet Rttf laager are lament ing over tho heavy Boer loss around Lady Binlth. HHAIIIIAVr AT AI.IW.Mi NOIITII. Doer 'Iteflre Uefore Ills Arrlvnl nnil He Drive Them I'nrther. AL1WAL NORTH, Capo Colony (by Courlor to Burghcrsdorp, via Stormburg Junction, Tuesday, March 13.) General1 Brabrant's forces arrived hero on Sunday. Tho Boots had retired the previous night, taking up n position four miles beyond the Orango river, whero General Drabrant attacked and drovo thten back, -securing tho position after a sharp engagement. HI3RSCHEL, Cape Colony, March 13. The Capo mounted pollco havo reoccuplcd Barkley East. .Mllner l'rnlur flie I,oyiilt . CAPETOWN, March 13. Addressing a public meeting here today, Sir Alfred Mil ne r, after referring to tho "dark ldaj, which we now hope nre drawing to a close," eulogized "tho marvelous courage, patience, and confidence shown by the Capo loyalists during a season of great trial" and their "eolf-sacriflce, generosity and co-operation." He foreshadowed "bettor1 days aro surely coming when tho temporary bitterness of the struggle around us has subsided." FOR THE THEATRE FRANCAISE Two nnil a Hair .Million .Dnllnrs for ,lle pulr To Ilr Complete. .Inly II. (Copyright, 1900, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, March 13. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) At a meet ing of tho cabinet the government, as ex pected, decided that the Comedlo Francale should take possession of the second na tional theater, tho Odeon, In the heart of tho Latin quarter, Monday next. Tho com pany will play thero until Its own houso is restored. The Odeon troupe Is transferred meanwhile to tho Gymnaso theater. Leygues, minister of lino nrts, ban Introduced In the chamber n bill for J2.500.000 for repairing the burned theater. It will bo voted with out discussion. Contractors bind themselves to finish It so that tho Inauguration of the restored Comedlo may take placo July II, Franco's national fete, so that foreigners may sco tho famous troupe act In Ita own home. FRANCE WILL GRANT TIME Coiiiiiirrelnl Trenty I In No Wle KmlniiKereil hy the llelny. PARIS, March 13. Tho French govern ment has not yet received n request from Washington to extend tho tlmo for tho ratification of the commorclnl treaty, but It Is willing that moro tlmo shall bo taken If America wishes It. A reporter of the Associated Press was Informed by tho Foreign offlco that Franco fully appreciated the senate's complete free dom of action nnd did not see in the pro posed reference of tho treaty to tho finance committee any step Inimical to Its prospects. On tho contrary tho French government was confident that tho samo good will would bo shown In tho finance ns In tho foreign rela tions committee. Meanwhile, however, no action would be taken here because little doubt Is felt that tho treaty can be ratified In Paris In time if Its ratification Is assured In Washington. Cnlomliln Itevnlt to I.nnt Atvhllr. KINGSTON, Jamaica. March 13. The latest news from Colombia Is to tho effect that the revolution will last for tho next twelvo months, as tho government Is oh struitlng tho liberals in every concclvablo way and nt tho samo time nddlng much to Its treasury. Business is at a standstill In every part of the republic nnd thero Is very little foodstuffs on the market. It Is reported that March 1 an officer nnd a soldier on duty nt Carthagena quarreled, when tho former struck off tho latter's head with his sword. loUe on the Knler, Too. BRRLIN, March 13. Tho Berliner Tage blat printed the other day n speech of Dm peror William delivered to tho state council In 1S95, representing that It was delivered last week before tho Agricultural council. Many of the leading papere. Including the Vosslche Zeltung, Germanla and Hanover Courier, were deceived by the publication and It Is asserted that tho Tngoblat Itself wag tho victim of an imposition. I'll ll ll tie In 1 1 ll ll ll Pent, BUDA PF.ST, March 13. During the ses sion today of the lower house of tho Diet a man named Stefan Llcpert arose In the gallery called out "Ijng llvo Hungary!" creating n semi-panic and throw a petition In tho midst of tho members nsklng the oni-peror-klng to Intervene In the South African I war Immediately. Ho was arrested and his sanity will bo Investigated. IWpoltlon to Open on Time, PARIS, March 13. Olllclals of the Paris exposition bnld today thero was no founda- ' tlon for tho report circulated In the United t States that tho date of tho opening had been i postponed a fortnight. Tho exposition will I be openvd April 16, as advertised. STARR'S BILL IS POPULAR Meaiuti to Increase Militia Appropriation Meets with Faror. ADDRESS OF ADJUTANT GENERAL BARRY Cull In Ml ml I'ltct Hint Xehrnakn Vol tin (errs I'iiiikIiI In Philippine ttith Old-Style .SprlttKllelila lAKAlnat Minnluli .Mauser. WASHINGTON. March 13. (Special Tele gram.) Thirty-eight states were repre sented today through their adjutant generals or representatives of adjutant generals be fore tho house committee on mllltla, having under consideration Congressman Stark's bill to Increase, the appropriation for tho National Guard. Adjutant General Barry of Nebraska was tho first speaker, being first vice president of tho National Guard association. Tho one armed veteran was Introduced by Colonel Dlycr of Illinois, and In substance Barry said that when citizen soldiery wero culled upon to defend tho flag, us good weapons as tho regular established army had, nnd as good equipment, should bo theirs. That It wns not fair, as was tho case with tho First Nebraska regiment In tho Philippines, to put them in action with 43-callber Spring field rides with a carrying power of 2,000 yards against the Spanish soldiers who wero armed with Mausers with a. carrying power of 1.000 yards. He said that before the fire, of tho First Nebraskn could be effective they had to go 2,000 yards Into tho fire zono of tho enemy. Ho spoko of tho rapidity and patriotism with which tho First and Second Nebraska regiments nnd Troop A responded to the call of tho president, nil equipped for tho field on a basis of sixty-five enlisted men to n company. When the order came to Increase tho companies from slxty-tlve to eighty-four enlisted men tho government had to supply nil tho equipment for the other nineteen men. Barry argued that tho guard regiments would bo ordered out when tho emergency required by tho federal government, which should 'thcreforo sea to it thnt they were perfectly equipped. Ho submitted a tnblo showing that the sev eral states had appropriated $2,DOO,000 for tho support of tho National guard aR against n government appropriation of $1,000,000, ami that tho act under consideration did not aim to carry an appropriation to bo paid In money to tho state, but to permit states to draw an equipment up to their allotment. Adjutant General Dyers of Iowa also spoko nlong tho samo lines, speaking of tho duty tho government owed to the National guard. Stark's bill meets with great approval and In nil probability will bo reported favor ably with an amendment. Allen flliiKfl to Free Silver. Senator Allen mndo a personal statement In tho senate today In which he vigorously denied the published report that he had ceased to be an advocate of .free nnd un limited coinage of silver at 1G to 1, and de clared that IiIh fait ti had not receded ono Jot. Tho statement was called forth by editorials In certain newspapers wherein It was stntcd that ho had madn significant ad missions showing n. change of heart. Ho said he would not notice these state ments, hui W.t Tlio Omnlia ilce, "thi most prominent republican paper In tho stato of Nebraska and I must say the fairest and best edited paper of Its fnlth in tho stntc has an editorial In Its Issue of Mnrch 11 wherein It says that according to New York papers I made a ollp In my argument of tho financial bill nnd that Senator Aldrlch cornered mo In my statement." Ho then read the concluding paragraph from tho editorial In Tho Dec nnd said that thero was nothing in the Congressional Record which would bear out the statement nnd that no kind of twisting or torturing of tho English languago could Justify the assertion that ho had In any manner re linquished his adherence to freo and unlim ited coinage of sliver at tho ratio of IS to 1. Senator Thurston Introduced a bill today providing for tho restoration to tho active llut of oftleers of the navy heretofore ro ttred for disabilities Incurred In lino of duty. Bills were reported favorably In tho senate to pension Charles A, Perkins and Oliver Domon. C. E. Bates and wife of Omaha were vis itors at tho capltol today. Mr. Dates Is secretary of tho Park board of that city and Is taking In Washington on his honey moon. D. D. Mulr of Lincoln lo at the Raleigh. SHELDON'S PAPER UF TODAY Governor Stnnley In Allotted to Write I'p HI AilntlnlNt ration for it Co I ii in ii. TOPEKA, Kan., March 13. Tho leading story cn the first pago of Rev. Charles M. Sheldon'."" Christian dally tomorrow morning will bo a brief statement by Associate I'd I tor Chase telling of tho prompt response that bus been mado to tho appeal printed In thin morning's paper In behalf of famine-stricken India. Tho Christian Endeavor World of Boston telegraphed Sheldon urging him to open n fund, but he says he Is too busy to attend to tho work and suggests that con tributions bo sent through regular channels. Governor Stanley writes a column artlclo on tho moot gratifying feature of his ad ministration, 'which ho says Is the progress prison reform has made In tho state. Another featuro of the page will bo an nntt-war cartoon by Beard, nnd In this con nection General Otis' latest list of casualties In Luzon will bo run, with comment by Editor Sheldon. There will bo a. long special from Orlnnell, la., telling of tho resignation of President Gates of Iowa college and giving his reasons therefor. The editorial lender will be headed "What Can We Do to Make This a Better City?" It advocates nonpartisan politics and urges n higher standard of righteousness among olllclals and people. CANADIAN PACIFIC IS BALKY Ilefusen fo I'lny I'nlen ltelnilinreil for CoiiiiiiInnIoii It llnil to I'ny l,Ht ii in in r r , CHICAGO, Mnrch 13 The Canadian Pa cific shattered tho hopes of many of tho western passenger olllclals In attendanco at tho general maw meeting today at tho West cm Parsenger association's headquarters hy stipulating certain conditions under which It would do Kit part toward keeping rates up nnd to mako effective tho agreement to abol ish passenger commissions. It at'kcd to be reimbursed for tho commission It was obliged to pay last summer for business to the Koo tenal district, becauno of tho competition offered by tho United States lines. Tho road piid a ft eommlision, a fee similar to that given by tho other lines. Tho roprreenta tlves of tho other lines regarded tho re quest of the Canadian Pacific as unjust, de claring that It would bo entirely out of tne question for their roads to pay for tho competition offered by the Canadian carrier. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair and Probably Winds. Colder; Northerly Temperature nt Oiniihn jrtenln)i Hour, lieu. Hour, Dew. r n. n ill I p. in IS (i n. in :ti 'j p, iii iii " n :ti a p, in is m n. in :ir. i p. in in ii ii. in :i7 r. p, tu it in n. n as ti p. in i:t II n. Ill Ill 7 p. Ill VI 1 - 111 II s p. m 10 ti p. in :tn Throughout both tho morning and afternoon srtolotis the Canadian Pacific was made the target for arguments by the officials of other linen, but. as In previous meetings, j It gavo no evidence of giving In. Tho conference will be continued tomorrow. RAIDS IN "THE TENDERLOIN D ev York Pollee Mtnrt n. CniiipitlKii Attain! (iniiiblliin "nil flic Concert Hull. NEW YORK, Mnrch 13. Police tonight raided nil the concert hulls lit tho "Tender loin" district, drove the women Into the streclH nnd arrested the proprietor. Tho latter wero taken to n pollco otatlon and soon released on $500 ball each. The arrests were the result of the agitation ngalnst dis orderly rejorts which lias lately stirred tho city. The crusade begun with the suppres sion of "Sapho" as pnwntcd by Olga Noth ersole's company. Anthony Comstock soon afterward raided numerous gambling places. Rev. Dr. Parkhurst wrote ti sharp letter to District Attorney Gardiner, calling his at tention to the open drinking places fre quented by women. Gardiner wroto nn equally pointed letter to Chief of Pollco Dev ery and Inst night nnd tonight tho principal concert saloons wero raided. The grand Jury hso Indicted the keepers of ten gambling houses, us well as tho pool rooms, and policy shops havo been closed ponding the abatement of tho storm. An nntl-polley bill of sweeping character has reached such a stage In the stato legis lature that Its pa.tago Is believed to bo certain nnd thn bill rcpeullng the Horton boxing law, under which prize fights nre held, was reported to the stato senato today, having passed the house KAI. M.V. H.tHS "SAIMIO," TOO. Pollee Slop the IMnj- nnil AniHeiiec I.eiive A in lil Stormy Meene. KALAMAZOO, Mich.. .March 13. A per formance of "Sapho" was attempted hero to night despite tho action of tho city council Monday night ordering It suppressed. When tho performance had been on only fifteen minutes tho chief of police appeared and ordered tho curtain rung down. On the ad vice of nn attorney tho management thrice resumed tho performance and each time tho pollco lowered tho curtnln. A local attorney then addressed tho audience from the stage and denounced tho city council, urging tho citizens to suppress the present, aldermen nt tho next election. The audience llnnlly dis persed amidst stormy scenes. TWO MORE BODIES IN RUINS Nennrk Tenement limine Fire Wnriir Thnn nf 11 rut SiippoHeil Other ,MIlnu. NBW YORK, March 13. Two more bodies woro recovered today from the ruins of the Italian tenement which wns burned at Now- ark, N. J, Tho list of dead now numbers sixteen nnd llvo other persons are not ac counted for. The bodies discovered today were thoso of Luclla Casilo, 2 years old, and an unidentified child ubout the samo age. Tho Ht 111 missing arc: Cnrmlna Rosso, wifo of Angelo Rosso, who wns killed by Jumping from tho third-story window; Pnlma Villa, 27 years old; Bap tlsta Villa, 33 years old, husband of Pnlma; Salvatore Carroso. a boarder; a fl-year-old girl, nnrnc unknown, who wns boarding with j ono cf the families; nn unknown young man j who boarded with ono of tho families. Tho finding of tho bodies today was a sur i prise, as the firemen had left tho ruins, be lieving they had taken out all tho bodies ! and only ono went back for another search on the persistent pleas of tho Italians in uio ncignnornoou. WANTS THE PRICE THIS TIME lie. Ilr. llohhH Will Kmlenvor to An nlnt Start lot; Inhabitant of I n ill a A Kill . SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 13. Rev. Dr. Richard Gear Hobbs, who, while associated with Dr. Klopsch, editor of tha ChrlHtlan Herald of New York, raised UO.OOO bushels of corn in this country a few years ago and took It In a ship to Calcutta, India, for dis tribution among tho starving Hindoos, has been asked by Dr. Klopsch to accept a similar task this year and hao acceptr 1. It will bo his endeavor to raise f.0,000 bushels of corn, 10,000 each from the states of Ne braska, Illinois, Inwn, Missouri and Kanjus. Ho will not ask thin time for the corn Itself, but for tho price of the corn. Tho corn will be purchased In Now York and tho Indian government will pay for tho ship. Dr. HobtiB will begin work at onco and will want forty men In each of tho states named. Ills headquarters will bo In this city. ATTACK A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Tenelier'n Attempt fo Urlve OIT Ttro Dlntnrhrrn llenult Serlounly. MARYVILLE, Mo., March 13.-(Speclal Telegram.) This nfternoon Prof. H. O. Davis, principal of tho Burlington Junction schools, attempted to drive away two boys, Jesso and Chuck Casey, ngctl 19 nnd 10 years, respectively, who, It Is charged, were disturbing tho schools by whistling loudly In tho yard. An altercation ensued, and Prof. Davis was assaulted with bricks by tho Caseys. Ono nf the missiles struck him Just over tho eye, cutting a long gash, and another cut off half of his left car. His condition Is regarded as serious. Warrants havo been Issued for tho bojs, charging them with assault with Intent to kill. MIoiirl Kleoflon l.ntv Valid. .lEI-'KERSON CITY. Mo.. March 13 -Tho Missouri supremo court ontmnc. In no opinion by Judgs Sherwood today held the law enacted by the lant legislature, reg ulating elections In St. Louts und known as "the Nesblt law," to bo constitutional and legal. This opinion was rendered in n suit by I ho elec tion commissioner", to compel Auditor Mason of St. Iouls to nay tho salaries of commissioners under the law. Movement of Oerim VeelH, March III At New York-Sailed Rheln. for Bremen; Oeorglo. for Liverpool; Kaiser Wllhelm dor drosse, for Bremen, via CherboiiiK nnd Southampton. Arrived Victoria, from Naples; Oceanic, from Liverpool; Kensing ton, from Antwerp. At K'be Arrived ity of Dublin, from TiKoma. for Horn: Konr IAt Antwerp Arrived Frleslnnd, from New York, via Southampton. At Gibraltar Arrived Kaiser Wllhelm II, from Naples unl flenoa. I At Plymouth -- Sailed - riraf Wuldorsce, from Hamburg, for New York, COLD BILL IS PASSED Tinal LjgialatW Aotlon on th Measnro in the House. M'KINLEY WILL MAKE IT A LAW TODAY Oat Hundred and Sixty-Six Msmlms Re corded in Ita Favor. NINE DEMOCRATS VOTE FOR THE BILL Closing Pebato on the Aot Which Estab lishes a Sound Cnrrencj. 0VERSTREET EXPLAINS ITS PROVISIONS liilernnllniinl lllinetnltlsin, nt n It it 1 1 tt or HI lo I, I llopele While 11 In on the Slnfntu llooU. I WASHINGTON, March 13. The last IfR Islatlvo step In tho enactment of tho llnan elal bill was taken by the house of repre sentatives today when the conference tc port on tho bill was adopted by a vote of i HIS to 120, ten present and not voting. Tho Bonatu had already adopted the eon j feronco report so that It only remains for 1 President 'McKlnley to ntllx his signature to tho measure to make It n law. Overstreet, tho uulhar of (ho bill, will lake It to tho White House, tomorrow and the signature Is likely to bo afllxed soon thereitrter. Already arrangements havo been mado for securing tho pen with which tho president will Blgn tho bill. The debate on tho reort continued throughout the day, Overstreet nf Indiana opening and Broslus of Pennsylvania clos ing, in support of tho measure, whllo Little of Arkansas closed In opposition with a severe arraignment of tho bill. Tho vote wbb on party lines except that nlno democrats voted with tho republicans In support, Ovei'Nlrrct lltpliilii the 11111. Overstreet of Indiana, who was In charge of tho report, oxplntned In detail tho modi fications of the ha into nnd senate bills agreed upon by the conferees. Overstreet snld that every principle contained In tho house blU had been preserved In the conference report except the provision relative to the taxation of national bank franchises. Thn establish ment of tho gold standnrd into law was still Its nll-lmportunt and essential feature. This law would, he said, become tho foundation of buslnojs prosperity of tho country. "Hus tho sectntary of tho treasury tha power to redeem n sliver dollar In .gold under tho amalgamated bill?" asked Shufroth of Colorado. "Ho has not," replied Overstreet, "and ho did not havo tho power under the nrlglual houso bill.' "Under this bill will private obligations bo mado payablo In gold?" Inquired Snodgrats of Tennesseo. "Under section 2 or the original houso bill," replied Overstreet. "public nud prlvato ilebla were mirie .enalormatlve to Jh" trold Btanr'nrd.' "Chut M-ciioi?1 is omitted from' the report: First, bccnuHo It Is a question In law whether It would not bo retroactive; and, second, becnuoe, having l'xed the gold stand ard and recognized It by converting nil pub He obligations Into gold obligations, there will be no necessity to leglslnte conccrulng prlvato obligations, ns they will Invariably rellcct tho character of government obliga tions. Interiintloiiiil llliiirtnlllm llopele. "This bill holds out not tho slightest hope of international bimetallism under present conditions. 1 say frankly that this bill will mako It practically and absolutely Impos sible over to have International bimetallism at tho ratio of Hi to 1." McRae of Arkansas followed Overstreet with a general argument In opposition to tho principles embodied in tho bill. Little, in closing l ho debate, severely ar raigned "tho infamlcH of this bill" and thn "stealth, deceit, fraud nnd corruption by which this conspiracy has forced Its slimy courso nlong tho pathway of legislation until now wo nro to witness in tho light of dny Its triumph over a freo people." Ho declared It would murk tho blackest pago In our legislative history. Ho closed as follows- "Tho forces of patriotism nnd Integrity hnve selected their leader In advance of tho convention, which will bo ratified on July I, and with that leader tho Incorruptible, Invincible nnd fearless tribune of tho people. William Jennings Bryan thoy will drlvo you und your cohorts of corruption from place and power forever." (Democratic ap plause.) Broslus of Pennsylvania, after pointing out tho points of the bill In establishing a stublo system of finance, concluded In part as follows: l,onr Step Totrnnl I'rr-Kmlnenee. "This mcaBuro Is n long step toward th splendid pro-cmlncnce we nro nchlevlng as n world power. American credits are af fecting tho finances of the world. Tho Brit ish war loan nnd tho Russlnn loan havo sought American takers, and we supply thfso calls ns wo did tho payment to Spain without a strain, out of our abundant com mercial credits abroad. Theso nro mo mentous ovents. They show tho marvelous development of the United States and tha power to command tho markets and control tho lliianccs of the world Financial em plre !s before us ond following in the wake of commercial superiority New York will i ere long havo supplanted Iondnu as thn clearing houso of thn world. "This is but ii part cf our great forward move. It is but ono terraco in the height of destiny this nation is ellmhlng. Let us then go forward, uchievlng primacy among nations nnd taking that position assured hy our great opportunltlcn and manifest des tiny." The conference report was thnn agreed to yeas 1C6, nays 120; present and not vot ing, 10. Nine democrats voted with thn re publicans to agree to the roport, viz.: Clay ton. Drlggs, I'nderhlll, Levy, Scudder and Fitzgerald, nil of New York; Denny of Maryland. MeAleer of Pennsylvania and Thayer of Massachusetts. In other respects tho vote was on party Hues. GAGE TALKS OF THE NEW BILL One Itennlt Should He Immrillntr In erenne In .Viitloual llanU Cir culation of if 2 I, Odd, 0(11). WASHINGTON. March 13. Secretary Gago today made this stitnmont. In ex planation of thu provision In tho financial bill which passed the houco I "Tho financial hill, which now awaits I only thn signature nf the president to be i tome a law, hits for Its first object what Its titlo Indicates, the fixing nf tho standard of value and the maintaining at it parity , with that standard of all forms of money Issued or coined by tho United StatM. It