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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOItNlIS. Gr, MAliCII 28, 1900 TWELVE PAGES,
SIXGTLE COPY FEVE CENTS.
TO CUT OFF ROBERTS
Font Hundred Boers Seize Boad Between
Kfmberle and Pmdeberg.
INTENTION IS TO CAPTURE THE RAILWAY
In Possesion of a Farm Where British
Aimjr Horses Were Kept.
COMMANDANT OLIVIER'S GREAT FEAT
Escapts with HU Fores of Fivs Thousand
and Wagon Trains.
BIG ADDITION TO KROONSTAD FORCE
Lord Hubert' Ailvnnrr Mny II r l)r
luyril fur .Month General Clrni
rnlH Orciiple Two More
Free Stnte Timlin.
DERMN. March 27. The Lokalanzolgcr
lias a dispatch from St. Petersburg asserting
that tho czarina Is responsible for tho ilelny
in tho llUHslan answer to the Kruger-Stcyn
Intervention appeal, She has been striving
to prevent a pro-Boer reply, such as Count
MuravlefT, tho Russian foreign minister, has
prepared.
LONDON. March 28. A dispatch to tho
Daily Chronlcto from Klmbcrloy, datod Mon
day, says:
"Four hundred Tree Staters have taken
jiosHCsslon of tho road between Klmborley
nnd Panrdcborg. They havo seized a farm
near I'andamsfonteln, whero a number of
army horses had been sent to rest and graze.
It In reported that their object Is to raid
tho railway by way of Jacobsdal."
Commandant Olivier appears to havo got
lils 6,000 men nnd twenty-five trains of ,
wagons Into rugged country, where ho can I
Jiiako nn easy rearguard defense. Charles
Williams, tho military expert, says:
"If this column gets through substantially,
Commandant Olivier will havo cjirrlcd out
tho great feat of the war, seeing thnt he
ran every chance of being ground between
tho upper millstone of Lord Itoberts' army
nnd the nether mlllstono of the broken
llasuto frontier. Ho will have dono It within
fifty miles of Lord Itoberts' main strength.
Certainly It looked for a week as though
Iord Hobcrta held Olivier In tho hollow of
his hand.
Addition to Kroonntuil Force.
"It Olivier gets through to Kroonstad with
pvon 3,000 men It will bo nn Important addi
tion to tho Doer gathering there. His escapo
is nttrlbutablo to tho wornout condition of
tho Drltlsh cavalry horses."
Lord HobortB seems to have been consldor
nbly crippled by tho loss nt Wet river of
tho wagon train beforo Cronjo's surrender.
Ten thousand transport, cavalry and gun
linlmats nro duo to arrive nt Capo ports
during this and next week.
It Is glvon out at Capetown that Lord
Itoberts advanco may bo dolayed for months
lAl'hougb. surh atntomnnts nhould bo received
with reserve, It scorns poBltlvo that he In
tcndo to go to Capetown to meet Lady Itob
erts, who is duo to nrrlvo there In ten days.
Tho War olllco bns Issued another table
of Ilrltlsh losses, showing an aggregate of
J6.C52, which does not Include 1,001 who have
been Invalided home.
(ienientM Oceiiplrn Tno ToiiiiM,
Tho Dally Mall publishes tho following
Irom Fnurcsmltb, dated March 27:
"General Clements' column occupied Ja
gcrsfonteln and Faurcomlth this morning
nmld great rejoicing and enthusiasm. Tho
llrltUli troops were warmly cheered and
union Jacks are now flying everywhere."
Tho Capetown correspondent of tho Dally
News, telegraphing Tuesday, March 27, says:
"II Is Improbablu that tho advance from
Tlloemfonteln will bo mado for another
month, General Clements Is advancing to
Illocmfnntcln In four columns. When Uird
Hoberls begins the march northward Genoral
Gatacro will bo left In chargo of Illoemfon
toln. Tho colonial government has ordered
tbo Capo volunteers to withdraw south of
tho Orange river for fear of accentuating
racial feeling."
SUtrmUh Near llloeiiifoiiteln.
Lord Itoberts wires to tho Wnr olllco as
follows:
"IU.OKMFONTKIN. Monday, March 26.
Captain Sloana-Stnnley of tho Sixteenth
lincors was slightly wounded tn an affair
of outposts north of the Moddcr rlvor
March 25."
Tills bare statement la nil that comes
from tho commandcr-ln-chlef.
A dispatch from Illoomfontcln, dated Mon
day, March 20, and published In the second
edition of the Times, amplifies Lord Itoberts'
dispatch as follows: "
"A cavalry reconnaissance was mado
yesterday toward llrandfort. Tho Sixteenth
Lancers, by skirmishing, drew tbo Doers
from their position Into tho open, where the
Ninth Lancers attempted to outflank the
enemy whllo they were engaged from tho
front by a dismounted section of the Six
tecnth Lauceni. Our casualties aro reported
to be fow.'
A dispatch from Maseru, Dusutoland,
dated March 26, says: "The Dasutoland
Government Is busy collecting native to be
employed at Illoenifonteln tn repairing nnd
laying railroad The natives report that
tbo Freo Staters on the borders of llasuto
land have refused to go to Kroonstad and
re staying on their farms, as It Is now tbo
plowing season and they urs Inclined to
keep their land and submit rather than give
It up and light."
Boor reports from Natal show no develop
ments of Importance havo occurred there
up to March 23. A dispatch from tho Uoer
camp at Ulcncoc, dated March 23, says:
lloer rut rot Kllln a I.mieer. ,
"No attack la expected to bo made on tho
Uoer forces In Natal. Generals Botha nnd
Meyer havo been Joined by their wives,
l'rctorlous, with a patrol, got between an
dvanco guard of Lancers and Its main
body March 23. Ono Lancer, who refuted
to surrender, was shot.
"General Hotha denies tho report that
Transvaal women were wounded In the
Tugela trenches. General Uullor has sent
tbo Doers a list of their wounded, stating
that ho burled sixty men. General Hotha
says this Is Impossible, us his rolls do not
show any such loss,"
A Iwadjsmlth special says: lloer patrols
endeavoied to trap a party of tho Thirteenth
Hussars March 25 at Waichbank. A hot
chaso ciuucd. Several Uoers were wounded.
Tho same dlpatch sayB: A printed docu
ment has been found giving tho Uoer lenses
at Splonkop nt over 2,500, but this can
scarcely bo credited.
(Siinrdluic lraUeimler ruxnem,
A special to the Dally Telegraph from
I-idyBinllh, dated Monday, bays
"There aro about 20,000 Moors guarding
tho nine passes over tho Drakensberg range.
They nro Jed by Commandant De Ileer of
Slarrtsmlth nnd cone'st of Free Staters.
"It Is reported that tho Uoers have moved
their big guns from Blggarsbcrg, as It Is not
Intended to make a stand here.
WARNED BY AFRIKANDER BUND
I.i-kIk
! In C'npe Colony for
the lloer
LONDON, March TrVMHfr from
Capetown say a mcetlngdWMBrlkander
Ilund was held at I'aarl, Slurch 26,
and was Attended by sovoral score mem
bers of tho Cape assembly. It passed reso
lutions regretting that the Cape govern
ment was not consulted beforo the war and
declaring that any settlement which did not
re'pert tho Independence of tho republics
would be detrimental to tho hlghctit Interests WASHINGTON. .March 27. The president
of tho British empire. today sont to tho senate additional docu-
Mr. Hargrove, the chief speaker, propho- mcnta concerning tho Phlllpplno Insurgents,
slod another war within six years unless consisting of papers, captured by American
independence wan granted, and Assembly- j troops, information concerning the Philip
man Mnrnls characterized the wnr as n con- Pino committee In Hong Kong, relating to
tlnuatlon of the Jaincoon raid. ', 'ho treatment of prisoners, etc. The docu-
Other nilvlces from Capetown are that cnt concerning the meeting of tho Phil
ralns aro general throughout South Africa ipplno committee in Hong Kong Is a trans
and "rivers which havo been dry for years "'tt of tho minutes of tho proceedings of
are heme flooded. Manv camt.s nro trans- tho committee held on February 21 and April
formed Into swnmps. This will still more '
militate ngalnst an lmmedlato British nd- 1
vnncc. !
Sickness among tho Boqr prisoners on tho
transnorts Is Increaslnc. Throe deaths oc-
curred March 26. The bodies were burled by j
the Drltlsh with tho Transvaal flag on tho
coffins, tho leading Dutch of Slmonstown at-
tending tho funeral. Typhoid nlono claims 'hat English colony; both agreed that
100 vlctlmn among tho prisoners and the tho president should confer with tho ad
ponulatlon of Slmonstown rear nn onldemlr. inlrnl commanding tho American squadron
A dlspntch in tho second edition of tho ,
Times from Ixiurenzo Maraucz declares the
Uoers aro using natlvra from tho mines to
construct trenches around Johannesburg, I
adding that tho mines are expected to shut
down owing to the military demand for
Kalllr labor.
l.llir.IlAI.N TALK AGAINST TIIK WAH.
Twelve 1 1 il li il rod DrIeunteN Oppone
('runliliiu (lut Dorr Indepeinlenee.
LONDON, March 27. Tho twenty-second
annual meeting of tho Llbernl federation
opened at Nottingham today, 1,200 delegates
being In attendance. Spence Wnlson ro-
marked that there was nover a time when
tho party more needed tho leadership of
Mr. Glndstone. There were, ho added, great
differences In tho party regarding the war.
but ho was still confident of tho future of
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l.,..- I'ui lj ltlt l!tlDllt Ullllf, UJIUU UU ftVl- I
emmnl M. i.nl.,..llv of nll.l H, lin
republic of South Africa tho greatest possl
bio independence compatible with the pres
ent troubles. Continuing, the chairman
said:
"Surely the country has not fallen so low
as to deliberately destroy two free and In
dependent nationalities."
Dr. Watson added that on tho settlement
of this quostlon depended the future of South
Africa, "nnd, perhaps, tho fato of tho nrlt
Ish empire."
Prof. Mnanle presented a resolution de
claring tho Urltlsh policy In South Africa
was wanting In knowledgo, foresight and
Justice, nnd calling for ti settlement of
ho war wherein due regard can bo pnld to
the wishes of all sections of tho popula
tion, suggesting a settlement on tho lines
of tho govornment of Canada nnd forbidding
the Boers to again arm thomselvew.
David Lloyd-George, M. P., and others
characterized tho war as being In the In
terest of capitalist-!: said Great Drljaln was
not ugnting tor rreedom. but gold, nnd
ndded that the British worklngmen -were
opposed to such a wnr.
Tho resolution of Prof. Massle wan adopted
with little dlfsent. Dr, Watson was re
elected president.
Duller Unpen Maine Will Itetiirn.
.a,..,.i.m. .Mnrcn z,.-in response to tho I
executive committee's request that tho
American hospital ship Malno bo permitted
."mm in ownin Airican waiers, liencrnt
......... mm v-uuiuu iiM iniiows irom i.any-
onuiii: i
We think thnt the ship in going to Eng-'
land confers tho greatest benefit on tho slcfc I
and wounded, as with Its excellent medical I
Rtnff It best aids In that way the evacuation
of our congested hospitals of bad rases. The
Trojan and Spartan aro amplo for local
transfers. If the Maine goes we hone It
will return as soon as possible."
l'nrllnnifiit Will I'rnlinldy Cnntintie.
LONDON, March 27. The secretary of
stato for home nffnlrs, Sir Matthew Whlto
Rldloy, replying to a delegation today. In
timated that n dissolution of Parliament
waa Improbable during tho present year.
Ho said that If the government faced an
other session, which was probable. It hoped
to remedy some defects In tho mining Ibwb.
RUSSIA READY FOR BUSINESS
Nearly Ttto llunilreil mill Flfly Thou
sand Troop Molilll.eil to Con
vince the Sultnn.
LONDON, March 28. 5 a. m. The Stand
ard gives doublo'leadod .promlnenco to tho
following special from Odessa:
Thore can bo no longer any doubt as to
tho object of tho warllko preparations now
Doing completed lu South Russia. Nearly
250,000 troops havo already 'been mobilized
for active service. The Black sea squadron,
with transports, Is held In Instant rcadl
newi. Tho tonslon In tho relations between St,
Petersburg nnd the subllmo porto becomes
overy day moro ncute. Tho position is
looked upon with tho gravest apprehension.
If tho Ottoman govemmont, supported by
Germany, should provo stubbornly lntract
able with regard to Russia's concessionary
demandH In Asia Minor, sorlous complica
tions must inovltably ensue. Tho Ilusslan
garrisons In tho Caucasus ami along the
Armenian frontier havo been Increased four
told and equipped tor actlvo service.
JAPAN IS WATCHING RUSSIA
Movement of Fleet I'rennneii Demand
for il Coneesnlon at
.Maxaiiplin.
YOKOHAMA, MaTch 27. A Russian
squadron has arrived at Chemulpo. It Ib
believed this presages a demand for n
eouit'sslou of land at Masaupho, a amall
haibnr twenty miles south of Chumulpo,
and h arousing uneasy comments In Japan.
OPENING DAY UF EXPOSITION
Cabinet Deetden to Throw
the Cin ten on Saturday,
April 1 I.
Open
PARIS. March 27 At a cabinet council
today at which M. Loubet presided It was
doclded to officially Inaugurate tbo Paris ex
position Saturday, April It.
Movement of (leenn Veanrla, Mareti 27
At New York-Sailed Taurlc, for Liver
pool; Knler Mario Theresa, for Bremen,
via Cherbourg and Southampton; Onvenuin.
for Oporto. Arrived Menu ha, from Iondon,
AllPr. from Genoa, etc; Frledrleh der
Urosse. from Urumen; Hovle, .from Liver
IKiol; tipanrndnm, from Rotterdam.
At Queenstown Arrived Ooennl", from
New York, for Liverpool, and proceeded.
At Antwerp Arrived Westernlnnd, from
New York.
At Sydney, N. 8. W. Sailed Mloweru, for
victoria, it, .-.
At Plymouth -S.illed-.Penusylv.inla, from
Hamburg, for New York.
SCHEMES OF TOE FILIPINOS
Before Dewey's Victory They Planned to Get
Arms from Americans.
TO USE THEM AGAINST DELIVERERS
Doeiiiuentii Transmitted Senate In
el mil- PrueeedliiKN of I'll 1 1 1 p I lie
Committee nt Ilium Kcmit lle
fore Manila Hay I'luht.
G, IS'JS. The record for April 5 contains the
Filipino version of Agulnaldo's negotiations
with Admiral Dewey relative to the former
accompanying the admiral to Manila,
Ono of tho entries Is as follow:
"Tho president (Agulnaldo) described the
negotiations which took placo during his
absonce In Singapore with the American con
nn1 n" snouid nccept nis propositions as
Denoilcinl to the. I lupines be should go in
ono of tho cruisers which form the licet to
'aK Part in tno sutuequent events.
Tho account says that Agulnaldo asked
for tho odvlco of the committee as to whether
ho should accompany tho admiral. Tho ad
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w v JiiinniVn n. .. ih.t n. rB.Z
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f i tr f n IhA I'll 1 1 1 nnlti t a "tulthniir n tto v niw
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u ",.1 l"- V. .
it -mny happen that If ho places himself at I
his orders ho may make him sign a document
containing proposals highly prejudicial to
tho Intercuts of the fatherland."
Continuing, he said that If he accepted
such proposals the act would be unpatriotic,
i whllo if ho should refuse "a break between
tho two Is evident."
To avoid this dilemma he proposed that a
i-uiiiiiiuieu huuuiii oe seni 10 me auminii to
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niti. . viie iu. mu uibui Ki'lilH ii uin.r.ia... J
and to ascertain tho Intentions of tho United
States.
lint llewry Dili It. Anyhow.
To this It was replied by members of tho
committee "that It Is thoroughly agreed upon
with tho admiral that he Is to give the pres
ident all tho arms which ho needs, slnco the
former Is convinced that the fleet can do
nothing In tho Philippines if It Is not used
In connection wlth the insurgents carrying
nut their plan of war against tho Spanish
government."
Tho committee expressed tho opinion that
owing to Admiral Dewey's "degree of cul
ture." ho would not require the signing of
any documents, but Insisted that If he should
so Insist Agulnaldo could decline. In this
connection the following extract is signifi
cant; - i " .u" :7,...-... I..'" "
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rr.rV.."8-. 1?P'!! '"L. .TC?
victims ot tie TeMsJs ,nd mcUonsTf .0Vff 'ho fhn 0,119 bir, Mr M,cn,n Ml 11
the Unite SUtcs'.l tov Vd w th ms ' . V. 5 2?"
...ii. ' .u . .u-Ji1" ma(1 tno confession.
u uuiu u, u,.,.u w..-....,.. .u
and Struggle for their Independence."
Agonclllo urged that Agulnaldo. once In '
tno rnnippincs, count arouse tno masses to
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action against tho Americans.
. He thousht.
111 iuu"
however, that It was probable that the
unueu stales wouiu grniu luuepenuoiice iu
iiio rinpinos. i no i uesuun a iu wueiurr
AKuinaiuo sDouHi co was nut to a
i void aim
tho proposition was carried unan
imous.y.
Among tho documents I also a letter dated
May 1, last, signed by Quartermaster Son
nlchpen, then In captivity among the Fill
plnos. Ho says:
llarlinroiiN Trrstment of Captives.
nifn i. r imiinn.nl r.llmnpa1. nrrlvnl tl'P
havo bceji treated In a most barbaric man-
nor, starved, beaten and bound. We have
beon living on B cents a day and-most of us
are nearly naked. The Spaniards havo been
irnnte.i even .nrR thnn wo. beliie tortured
In tho stocks nnd starved."
Thn third section of tho material fir-
warded relntes to letters which wero sent
to tho Philippines and wero regarded as j
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encouraging to tho Insurgents. Ono of these,
is irom J. V. .Mariin oi i. iauis, wno nana
for an article on tho Filipino situation
which will strengthen the cause of antl-
oxpanslon In tho elections In tho United
Stntea. Thero Is also a letter dated at Cin-
cinnatl ami Bigneu uanzingcr, wnicu pur- opct,nB jotters addressod to tho United Minor, u. v. iiuye, .Micnael Mcoulro, E. F.
ports to glvo tho proceedings of tbe Ohio states consul at Pretoria, that tho United Morearty, Jcsso Blako, N. S. Church, Au
slnglo tax league In derogation of tho war , stntes government has mado no demand Sst Cllno, S. J. Cogan, H. R. Newcomb,
upon tho Insurgents. Danzlnger also ox-
.............. . m .. .nnn. Hnn tn mt.h (I wnr
presses his strong opposition to such a war,
Alt.M V I1IVISIOX OF TUB PACIFIC,
nmtiraer All the Philippines, Divided
Into Four Department,
WASHINGTON, March 27. Secretary
Root took a step today long contemplated apology.
In tho administration of the Philippines s Btated before, however, tho British gov
by directing the creation of an entirely now eminent Itself voluntarily took notice, of
military division to bo known as tho "Dl- Mr Macrum's complaint and finding that as
vision of tho Pacific," ombraclng all of the an lnclllcnt to tho transfer of a large quan
Phlllpplne .archipelago. The division In I tlty of mall (rom DtlrDan (which was the
turn Is to bo divided Into four military i , ,,- ni.r mnn u. .,ii.
departments, ns follows: Tho Department
OI .Nuruicra iuauu. tuuiiunimai uy viuuciai
MacArthur; the Department of Southern
Luzon,' commanded by General Bates; tho
Department of tho Vlscayas, commanded by
General Hughes, and the Department of
Mindanao and Jolo, commanded by Goneral
Kobbe.
Major General Otis will retain tho su
premo command over theso departments as
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division commander, occupying toward them
a position corresponding to tnat occupied
. .... ... .... .
by General Miles toward the military do
partments In the United Stntes. It Is said
nt tho War department that tho purpose of
tho new order of things Is to freo Goneral
Otis of the many minor detnlls Incident
to tho administration of tho Islands, leav
ing hlra at liberty to dovoto more time to
lnrger questions ot policy and civil admin
istration. Million nail a Half for Snlillem.
NEW YORK. March 27. A shipment of
$1,530,130 for tho payment ot soldiers lu Just selected elaborate quarters at the Coates
tho Philippine left the subtreasury today, house for Nebraska democrats discussed the
There were $600,000 In gold coin, packed appropriateness of his coming. M. C. liar
'n wooden boxes, each containing $20,000, rlngton of North Plattn Is quoted as saying:
iind a number nf cases containing bills. "This Idea about tho candldatq for presl
The money was tnken down Rroad street , dent staying at home Is old-fogylsm."
under a guard of eighteen soldiers. Thu I As a result of an Informal talk the con
dctachmcnt wns cheered by brokers ra- sensua of tbo delegation's opinion was that
peatcdly along tho route, The two trucks Bryan ought to bo notified as soon as ho Is
containing the money were driven to tho
United States transport Sumner, which will
leavo for Manila Thursday.
Philippine Communion Meets,
WASHINGTON, March 27 Tho new
Philippine commission hold a preliminary
meeting todny at the headquarters of the
old rommlsslou on Vermont nvenue. Judgo
Taft, the president, called the body to order
and In a discussion which lasted about
lhrA linnrK thn nlnnn fnr Mm mnvementa nf
three hours the plans ror the movements or
tbe commission were thoroughly canvassed.
Soon after 1 o'clock a recess was taken for
an hour.
Oil 1,1 it 1I t- to Ilrrnk llimn.
(Copyright. 1300, by Press Publishing Co.)
HONO KONG. March 27. (New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram.)
General Otis Is on the verge of collapse.
Surgeons say that he must return to tho
United States soon or ho will break down
mentally. His own friends admit It and
declare he ought to return immediately.
SENATORS QUI T CUdA TODAY
Flint the llnnil Free of llniiillta Cuba
Will Uptime tn Pny lloiulu
of 1S.
HAVANA. March 27. Tho Dolphin will
lcavo for tho United States tomorrow, car
rying the members of tho senato Cuban
committee. Tho senators nil say they will
not talk for publication until after they
have presented their reports, which thev
will do shortly. They assert, however, that
they came with certain well dcflnod plans '
for gathering Information and havo carried
theso out wherever they have gone. ,
They havo seen In Drlvntn most of tho i
representative Cubans and have secured
their views and opinions, very few of
which havo been published, as In most In
stances tho coc&ultatlons have been rc-
garded as confidential. One Interview has I
been given out, that with General Mon-
tpagucdo and Colonel Vlllujndas, who as-
sured the members that tho lountry was ,
entirely free from bandits, considering tho '
freedom with which peddling Turks trav-
ersed the districts, and that tho owners of .
estates would not hcsltato to drlvo nlono
with a large sum of money to pay employes. ,
They assured the committee that there wns t
no agitation in tho eastern provinces and i
lliif n n n ......... 1 1 . . I. .. F'mIi. I
States did not exist In Cuba. 1
Senator I'latt asked whether tho Cubans
would bo disposed to pay tho bonds Issued
durlnB ,ho revolution. They replied that ,
'hey were ready to pay those Issued during
. .. '
the last rebellion, but not those Issued In
,so8' TIlcy express tho opinion that tho .
uonjg ,8HUod wouM not rcllch n 1i1r1i total,
adding that tho Cuban government would
certainly pay tho Cuban army.
In reply to Senator Piatt's Inquiry as
to wbethsr tho Cubans would pay tbo
French bonds they said they would not,, as
those bonds represented n Spanish loan.
Senator Piatt What would tho Cubans
do If France wero to send a fleet nnd do-
mand payment?
General Montcnguedo Either they would '
stand up for themselves and fight or tho ,
United States government would interfere
as It did to prevent Groat Britain from
nctlng ngalnst Venezuela.
Hnnnlnru llnttnr nml Pnttlirrmv hnvn nr.
Senators Butler nnd Pcttlgrow have ar
rived here. They say they are merely pay
ing a visit of personal curiosity. Congress
man Hawley has also arrived and will ro
mnln n few days looking after his pcrsonnl
Interests.
ENGLAND MAKES AN APOLOGY
Three of .Mncrimi'ii I.etlers Opened
nnil Prompt Amend
Are Mnilc.
NEW YORK, March 27. A special to tho
Journal and Advertiser from Washington
An VH Tha Blnlnmont Ihflf Vni.lnn,l t,n,l
apologized for tho opening of Consul
niiairs committee. Jteprosentntlve Berry
cl t tho State department today to talk
.., Baw Secret!iry Hfty today," said Hep.
resentatlvn ilerrv In tnlklnir nf the nrnnn.1,1
IT1 "U.v.!'i'y: '.V.'L0 ..Pr.T!C.d
vim im sssiu sii- duhi nidi, liiu nuuif fSlUUllU-
k . Mncrllm.B chlrcea reBta,, unon
... . ........ ... r . . :,ciud an mcmoers prescni at tno meeting a.
thn fart that, thren letters hnd hpen nneneil . ... .. I
by EKjsn officials In South Africa.
, tsnnretnrv Hav Hiild thnt Fnirlnnil'a nt
.nn)inn wi k. oii,i ihia ,.ii..tir, f
, lumimi uis iTVvta bdiiui v' who nuiuiiuii ut
international law and that Lord Salisbury
had maae an ,nve,HgBtlon an(, then hnd,. u- ""'cr' wno
sent an apology to this country. Tho apology
waei delivered nt tho State department by
Lord Pauncefote."
Mr. Macrum railed upon Chairman Hltt
....... . ..
and consulted with him ns to when ho would
Vii. refirlv tn nnnp.tr hefnrn the rnirtmlttee
. As a result of tho conference the committee
will be called to meet within a day or two.
Tho wholo commltteo will hear tho testl-
mony and tho proceedings will Do puniic,
Instead of tho charges being heard privately
by Mr. Hltt, Mr. Adams nnd Mr. Berry, ns
i was originally Intended.
KMil.AMI'S POSITION IS STATICII.
voluntarily Took Xotlee of .Mae nun'it
Complaint, AnitwerliiK It.
WASHINGTON, March 27. It Is said at
tho State department regarding tho story
, tfcat Great Uritaln has apologized to this
i government for tho action of tho censor In
, u pon the British govemmont for an apology,
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as tho officials Bay that Mr. Macrum, who
was consul at Pretoria when tho mall Is
said to have been opened, mado no official
complaints on that subject, and thus tho
State department had nothing official before
jt t0 BorVo as a basis for n demand for an
ian(lcJ) to Capetown, resulting In great con.
gestlon and tbo handling of mall by new
agents thero had been an Indiscriminate
opening of letters which probably bad af
fected tho consular mall with others. Lord
Pauncefoto, speaking for his govornment,
disavowed tho action of the censor and de
clared that It was unauthorized In respect
to Mr. Macrum's mall. This assuranco was
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BRYAN SHOULDN'T BE SO SHY
lie Will lie llrned by elraka Dele
gation to Attend the Niimlnat
liiK Con venlloii.
KANSAS CITY. March 27. W. J. Brvan
may bo requested by the Nebraska domo -
crats to attend the national convention In
July. A delegation from Nebraska that has
i nominated and take a train for Kansas City
Immediately, making an address before tbo
convention thnt would lnaugurato tbo cam
paign. PylhliiiiH to .Meet nt Detroit.
DETROIT, Mich,, March 27. It was def
initely decided tonight thnt Detroit will got
tho convention of tho supreme lodge of tho
Knights of Pythias noxt AugUHt. After
spending the day here looking over tho
ground Major General Carnahan of Indian-
' nP9. supreme commander of the Fill-
, form0(, j,Hnk of Pythlans, decided In favor
0f Detroit.
TWO .PETER COOPER CLUBS
Thirty-Two Middleofthe-Raders Fxpelltd
from the Old Organization.
TH Y ORGANIZE NEW CLUB WITH OLD NAME
DoiiKln Comity I'opiillxt rarer Split
on Allenlnnee to III al .National
Con eiitlnun nt .Slum Falls
mill Cincinnati.
Tho once-proud Peter Cooper club was I
cleft In twain last night and there are ,
now two of It. Its members havo lrua
dwelt together In harmony and peace,
boastful that they had tho largest and best i
populist club In the world, but last night .
tho fuslonlsts nnd mlddlc-of-thc-roadcrs
came together with a claBh and when tho j
smoke of battle cleared away the fuilonlsts j
woro found In possetslon of tho trenches,
while thirty-two of the whilom number i
,iai1 ,10t where to lay their popullsllo heads I
until they Had rffested another organization,
Tho trouble began In the recent county
convention, when a portion of the conven-
'Ion, under the leadership of D. Clem
Deaver, who wore- In favor of sending a
delegation to the middle-of-the-road na-
Honnl convention nt Cincinnati Instond of
'o tho convention nt Sioux Falls, left the
county convention, organized one of their
"n and sent a delegation to Lincoln, which
there organized n stnte convention and bc- '
lected a delegation to the Cincinnati eon-
vcntlon.
The by-laws of the Peter Cooper club
nrnvMn fnr Mhllfatnti it nnv mfltntiF U'lin '
opposes any of tho regular nominee of tho ,
party conventions nnd upon this provision '
some of tho fusion leaders a week ago
moved tho expulsion of all members prcs- ,
e-nt wno nail participated in tno miuuie-ot- .
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tnc-road convention nt uncoin. Attcr tno
controversy bad been bitterly waged ror
several houis a vote on tho motion was,
postponed one week to permit all members
to be present with notice of what was com'
lug up.
Illooil on the Moon.
Last night the forces wero mustered for
a light to a finish, with the result that
seventy-six members were in attendance
to cast their votes. Kvery member present
appeared to bc full of tight and every step
was closely contested. John O. Yelser pre-
sided nnd Invoked order nt 8:15. It took
half an hour to effect correction of u pal-
pnblu error In the minutes of the provlous
meeting and unothcr half-hour to decide
whether nr not rennrtprs should nn ex- 1
whether or not reporters should bo ex- 1
ciuuea. iuey wero umiiiy uuunvu vu
lnaln' ,
Each sldo seemed to entertain nn Idea
that tho other bad packed tho meeting with
non-members, with tho Intention of voting
them. An effort was made to weed out tho
suspected non-members. A motion prevailed
that all members should take tho front of the
hall and tho others tho rear, nnd when tho
chair Invited nil who were not members to
movo back one man was seen trekking rear-
ward.
Deputy County Attorney Elmer Thomas,
who led tlio fusion side of the. light, moved
that tho roll ibo called and that tho names
0f tho members nrcsont be taken down to as -
iriv n mii.,. mwinn. ttnr ea.no
!,, . r;,., nn,i il,n Mnrenrtv
1(" mid-roader amendment was defeated by
I " f 9 l ' Th U
calle.1 and thn names of the mrmhers nres-
' , takpn .,nwn
down.
Chairman Yelser held the question beforo
tho house to bo tho motion tn exoel from thn
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ween UK" wn uuu imriiuipmeii in ino mm-
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dle-of-the-road convention at Lincoln.
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At tho request of Secretary Guyo two ns-
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Tho roll call reunited In
forty-thrco
votcn to oxpcl and thirty-three agalust.
E. V, Iluthcrford, nlso one of the suspests,
iinvw1 thnt nil wtir. nrtrt ift rn t nA f. .l.r 1.1
, " ' . ' i'".- .-v- m...
! iiio-or-ino-roau convention at Lincoln bo
1 expelled, ns well as a 1 who had voted In tho
ncfiave on tho provlous motion. This was
"mended on motion of L. J. Qulnby to expel
men mnwiuira i
'no Cincinnati convention, and In this forn)
tho motion prevailed by a viva voce vote.
Thee Are lljeeted.
A rommlttco comprising Elmer Thomas,
A. W. Tldd nnd J. Harry Minds wns ap-
polnttfd to select tho names of thoso to bs
i expelled under the motion. The list re-
ported Included V. D. Lllley, E. F. Leaven
worth, George Chapln, John Jeffcoat. Ed
, Parrott, F. Llowollyn, D. O. Smith, J. B.
, Randolph, F. Aiken, John C. Tiemey, E. D.
' Charles Johnson, E. F. Rutherford, J. E.
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u'an- ! Horwart, L. J. Sands, George
w Uaworth. W. II. Beckett, O. M. Zanders,
K' Laurltzen, S. F. Cnrter, P. A. Barrett,
J- O'Neal nnd D. Clem Deaver, thlrty-two In
a11- Tho report was adopted.
iieiore retiring tno parting tircinron
poured hot shot Into tho remainder as demo
crats and suggested that It would bo de
cidedly cheeky for tho fuslonlstB to attempt
to retain tho name of tho club among Its
nssets, declaring that It would bo a disgrace
to tho momory of Peter Coopor. Morearty
threatened that about the time of tho next
election It would bo demonstrated that this
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! !hat tho w.rkln? PPull8ts ln tho olub liavc
Is no laughing matter and It would bo found
ueen erui'u um.
A. W. Tldd was Immediately elected secre
tary of tho diminished organization to suc
ceed L. V. Guye, Jailer J. B. Jones to suc
ceed E. F. Morearty as treasurer and M. J.
O'C-nnell, sergeant-at-orms; a now com-
lii I U V (J Ull (MV...UV, Otl, ItJItlllt lain,, l.l'.NV I
' Thomas, Herman Cohen and L. J. Qulnby.
mltteo on membership, comprising Elracr
tn which wero roferred tho names ot ten
now applicants for membership.
Tho chair waa nlso authorized to appoint
new members of tho executive committee
and committee on constitution and by-laws
to tnko tho places of retiring members.
J. M. Kcnney was appointed custodian of
tho rooms and property of tho club, and a
motion prevailed requesting E. F. Morearty
1 romovo therefrom his desk, bo having
been using 'he club rooms ns his office,
A guard was stationed In tho rcoms over
night to prevent removal of tho chairs, car
pctB, desks, etc., and an adjournment was
taken until next Tuonlay night.
.Start Another dull,
Tho expelled members repaired nt onco
to another hall, where they proceeded to or
ganlzo n new club christened tho Poter
Cooper Populist club. Thoy enrolled forty
threw names. Gcorgo W. RnwortJi of Sou'h
Omaha was elected president, E. F. Ruth
erford vlco president, J, II. Randolph secre
tary and J. B. Ryan treasurer. This club
announces that It also will moot next Tubs'
day night at 1515 Howard street, which la
tho Bame number ns that ot tho prese'it
headquarters of the old eluD.
Tho expelled members claim that under
the. preamble and constitution of the Peter
Cooper club tho action taken In expelling
them Is unconstitutional, Inasmuch as tho
preamble pledges the club to support popu
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebntskn
Haiti or Snow; Northerly Winds.
Temperature nt Omiilin yenterdayl
Hour. lieu. Hour. Heir,
a, in ;t. 1 p. in !17
ti a. in :ti p. in ;iu
t n. in . , . , ,'t i :t p, iii iis
s ii. in :ti i ii, in :is
i a. in :tt n p, in ;tr
to n. ii ;u i p, in :mi
ii n. in :t.i 7 ii. in !t(i
IU III .ill H p. in till
II p. Ill !!.-.
list men and meastires. At tho county con
vention to select delcsatcs to the state con
vention the delegates were Instructed for
Jran. whom, the expo led motnbers clalai. Is
a diuiocrat. As n result of this action these
samo persons walked out of tho convention,
honre, they say, they Were expelled :it
Tuesday night's mating.. Hut they hold
that tlu-y are the only real, Blmon pure
popullstti anil say they will make things
lively for the other fellows. Following l
tho preamble of tho orlgltisr l'cter Cooper I
club: I
"We, tho undersigned, believe that active I
participation In the affairs of this nation
is tho duty of every citizen and that such
action as will best promote the welfare
of tho peoplp of this nation and assure i
the perpetuity of Its Institutions must como I
through the populist party. In order there-
fore to Inculcate nnd maintain Invlolato the
fundamental principles of tho populist party
enunciated In the Omaha platform of
1SP2 and reaffirmed at St. I.ouls In 1SJ6; to
reotiro for the populists of Douglas county
their Just recognition In the ndmlnlstr.i-
tlon cf government; to unite ami harmonize
tho populists of Douglas county nnd for
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,V(. hereby associate ourselves together, or-
dnln nnd adopt tho following constitution
nd organlzo this club, to bo known as the
iotcr Cooper People's Independent Party
club of Douglas county, Nobraska."
TrlQSE P PEaTONE OUARR ES
1 nUOt rircoiunt yUHnnitO
jh,, tipn(ln Dele Kiitltni Will t)ppoe the
Itatllleatloii of Hie Trruty l'er
tululiitc Thereto,
WASHINGTON. March 27. ISpeclal Tele
gram.) It Is understood that members of
tho Minnesota dclegatlou will oppose the
ratification of tho treaty providing for the
sale to tho government by the Yankton
Sioux of South Dakota of tho famous rod
..inp.,,,,,, minrrlnx In snuthwentprn Minim
FOtu Tno )umill)K treaty recognizes tho '
yanktons aB ths solo owners nnd their
to ie quarrle8 lg disputed by the
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P1,.stono jdlans of Minnesota and severnl
, sloux bands In South Dakota, the claim
i being mado that tho quarries aro tho prop-
. erty r tll0 wnolo sloux nntou.
, comptroller Dawes today approved the
I covcrslon of the Guthrlo (la.) State bank
I ,0 tl0 Krat National bank, capital $35,000.
jj (. i,.,,, j h. Hess, William W. Hy'mcr,
' ).;. t. Thomas nnd Edgar C. Pickett aro
Ilnnied as Incorporators.
I'ostmasters appointed: Wyoming Albert
J Joyco, Jr., at llorle, Laramie county; Donald
'.McAllister nt Dlamondvllle, Uinta county,
I nnd James C. Davidson at Pollock, Albany
, county. South Dakota Ole Paulson at
Crawford, Itoberts county, nnd Mrs, Mnttlo
, DeGrnef at Now Holland, Douglas county
Tlio
pension
e
I forth tbe details of tho funeral or William
. P. Lewis. Into of Company E. First No
I braska, who wns the first Nebrasknn to die
I T T Itl ! Wli I I owls
Is foster mother of the late William Low is,
having reared the boy from early childhood
and Is now dependent. Sho Is asking for a
i Pension oi i- pe. nam... . . n
nmit. The claim Is recognized as most
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m.r nr Imia hv thnsn who know the circuit)-
1 meruonuuB uy mum. .w iu.',. w.v
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stnncos. but so many deceptions nave neon
, i-uiuu, uui ' .. . ., .
practiced on tho government tnat it do-
i,m nnminir a
t'Uliit"! lu tvorui j w i'ui.., r -
beneficiary In order to secure relief, Do
cause Mrs. St
Strang waa not tho mother of
tho decensed soldier.
Peter Welln has been named by Senator
Thurston ns postmaster at Palestine, Platte
county,
BOSS CR0KER BEATS SHEEHAN
AsHeiulily IHnlrlet Contests Show llir
Kormer'H Power IMiiM'h Hepri
Hfiitittlve Ih lleaten.
XKW YORK. March 27. Primary elections
were held In the Assembly dlHtrlcis of Now
York cltv today. The republicans choso
i delegates to assembly district conventions
! nnd tho congressional conventions. Tho
i democrats elected delegates to tho stato con
vention, which will namo four delegates to
i, nniinnnt convention. There wero sovere
I contests in only two districts tho Ninth,
! wilcro tho Croker faction of Tammany sought
to ovorthrow John C. Sheehnn, and the
Twenty-first, where Abo Grubor sought to
retain tho republican leaderwhlp and was
c.m,csed by tho republican organization, led
... .
by former Congressman Lemuel E. Qulgg
ln the Nlntli district Sheehan was defeated.
Tho Goodwin Taction polled 1.G73 votrs.
Sheehan's men 1,250. In tho' First district
flruber won. Ho will hnvo a majority In the
delegation of twonty-flvo or thirty, and on
tho popular vote about 200. Gmber had tho
support of former 'Mayor Strong, former
Governor Black, General Brookfleld and
many other republicans of Influence, who
wero unsparing In their denunciation of
Qulgg. Tho latter Is chairman of the re
publican county committee and Senator
Piatt's personal representative in Now York
city polities.
FRICK IS NOT A DIRECTOR
Gives Out the Information HlniHelf
Mull Hum Not Been With
ilrn tin Yet.
PITTSBURG, Pa March 27. The speculav
tlon ub to whethor or not II. C. Frlck would
bo a director In tho now Cnrncg! Steel
company has been disposed of by Mr. Frlck
himself. When asked tho question he re-
piled:
"No."
Tho officials of the company and their at-
torneys aro still busy arranging tho plans
of reorganization, and before night It Is ex-
pected that thu new board of directors will
bo chosen,
Tho suits Instituted by H. C. Frlck and
John Walker against tho Carneglo Steel
company, limited, aro still a matter ot
record and pending. They hnvo not beon
discontinued and probably will not bo for
oomo tlmo to como. Il was stated by some
of tho persons Interested that Mr. Flick
would file no additional statomenls with thn
payment ot costs, and that of courso will
permit tbo bill and tbo answer to speak for
themselves, Tho public has both sides of
tho controversy, and uow tnat both partici
pants aro friends again thero is no neces
sity to mako additional public apologies.
.Neurit Lynelieil lu .MInnInnIppI,
OrtEHNVILLU,, Miss,, i.Mnrch 27 -Tho
negro, Will Edwards, ullas "Wing" Smith,
who murdered Edward J). Johnson at Du
laney'H loveo camp last Thursday, waH
hanged by a mob to a Yazoo & Mississippi
railroad bridge between Greenville nnd I.e.
land early thin mornlntr. Deputy Sheriff
Chilton was ktweked down and his prisoner
taken from him.
MC A M
t
Experts Girt Their Testimony in Case of
Viola Horlooker.
SAV THAT SHE IS MENTALLY UNBALANCED
Dr. Oromwell of tho Jacksonville Sanitarlam
Goes on the Stand.
SHf CALLS DEFENDANT A DEGENERATE
Testimony of the Two Other Insanity
Experts Along the Same Line.
ONE OF THEM GETS INTO A TIGHT PLACE
IliiexllotiN of llir Stntr'n Attorney
CniiRe 1 1 1 lit to Squirm Slurry
LIUcly to fin on (lie
Slunil Toilnj. (
HASTINGS, Neb., March 27. (Special
Telegram.) Tho testimony In tho caso of tho
Slato of Nobraska against Viola Horlocker
i nearly all in nnd It Is almost safe to ay
that tbe last witness In tho ease will bo heard
beforo 3 o'clock tomorrow. Several witnesses
jinVo j,ecn emboenael j,,'. tno 8tt0 for the
purpose of rebutting tho defendant's1 tcs-
timoliy nl)li i, iH I10... thoiicht Hint fhnii
L,nullCS
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afternoon. Tho entire tlnio today was oc
cupied witli the examination of three ex
pert wltnejflcs, each of whom testified as to
tho Insanity of tho defendant at the time tho
crlnio wns committed.
Throughout the entire, proceeding In tho
morning tho necunod sat with her sisters,
but only once or twice did sho converse with
theni. She sat perfectly still, with her oyes
riveted upon the lloor, except when sho
would rest her head In her hands or pick
at her gloves or drtvs goods.
lr. C'ioiimwII'n Testimony.
Mrs. Dr. Cromwell, a physician of ths
Oak Lawn sanitarium at Jacksonville, Hi.,
teatllled that sho wns a graduate of thn
Northwestern Aledlcnl college. Sho met
Viola Horlocker Juno 1, 1899 at tho Oak
Lawn sanitarium, where sho was entered
vmiciu
under the namo of Viola Allen. In desorlb
lng Miss Horlockcr'u condition whllo In the
sanitarium alio said that whllo tho defendant
was not under any restraint, yot sho could
not go away without being accompnnled by
someone. She wan treated morn 1IU
boarder, but had never attended any social
function, as had ibeen said, nnd neither did
she over sing nt nny place while In Jackson
ville. Tho witness said sho had opportunity
to study Viola Hbrlockor's conduct whllo
under her enro and sho did so. She obsorved
that tho defendant possessed a very high
and nervous tompcramcnt. Sho was ex
tremely lively nnd pay nt tlmcw nnd then
nlmost Iiko a flash she would become
despondent, gloomy and sad.
Threaten in Kill Ilernelf.
The do'tui.ateo testified that Viola Hor
locker had threatened suicide whllo irt thai
institution. Tho defendant was a groat
sufferer from pains In tho bond and while
suffering from these pains sho would bc
compelled to go to bed. The witness dis
covered thnt the pnlns In the head wero
caused by her nervous condition. The de
fendant hnd fainted soveral times whllo at
tho Institution and many times would becoms
so dizzy that sho could not find her way
out of a room. The witness said tho do
fendent was governed entirely by Impulse,
thnt she wns given to exaggeration and that
she has nn abnormal temperament. Tho de
fendant was a great sufferer from Insomnia
and her habits wero Irregular, Dr, Crom
well said the defendant sang senti
mental and pathotlo songs with a most
beautiful vol 'e. Tho witness had noticed
the defendant had a suspicious nature,
which was sensitive, and that sho would
bo easily Influenced by nny person of a
strong mind, especially If such person was
a rloso friend. Sho thought the defendant
capable of artlng on mere suggestions,
thinking them real. Tho witness attributed
tho present mental state of tho dofendant
to Inherltancy and degeneracy.
The attorney for tho defense said; "As
suming that tho defendant wns In love with
Mr. Morey nnd thnt ho returned her affec
tions nnd that they wero alono many times
whllo Mrs. Mnroy wns away and talked of
love and upon the return of Mrs. Moroy
alio was cast nsldo; then assuming that
sho bought nrscnlc and put It In candy for
tho purposo of killing Mrs, Morey, do you
think that tho deed wns actuated by an
Insano homicidal Impulse?"
To tills question tbe witness replied, "I
do."
Thinks Vloln Innnnp,
Sho was then asked that after having
heard all of tho state's nvidenre, nnd as
suming that It wns true, If In her Judgment
as a physician, who has had many years'
experience with tbo caro of Insano persons,
sho then thought tho defendant sane or
Insano. Tho doctor replied that sho cer
tainly thought tho dofondant Insano.
State's Attornoy McCreary put tho wit
ness through n rigid cross-examination and
brought nut the fact that Vloln Horlocker
was tho only patient over received nt Oak
Uiwn sanitarium that was charged with
a crime Tho doctor was asked If sho was
ever called upon to testify In similar cases,
'ho replied: "Yes, one, but that wns an
insano patient and not ono of nervous
debility."
Tho witness said Insomnia might bo pro
duced by overwork, business troubles and
many moro things and therefore sho did not
1 think much about tbo dofendant suffering
, from Insomnia.
I When askod If she thought nil criminals
' Insano bIio replied sho did not. She was
i asked what she meant whon sho said tbe
I defendant was a degenerato. Sbo said It -was
I a disease deviating from tho normal con-
dltlon of tho mind and It may bo caused
by heredity. Tho witness was asked It
it was Inhorlted how soon after birth
would It bo vlsibio in tno child, to which
sho replied that thoro was no given tlmo,
It might appear In Infancy and It might
not materialize until puborty.
Tho prosecuting attorney said: "Doctor,
would a person In a condition such as tho
defendant Is supposed to bo know any
thing about a crlmn after she had com
mitted It?"
To this question tho witness replied! "In
most cases thoy would not."
When tho witness saw tbe defendant on
tho first day of last Juno sbo was pros
trated, but at present sbo appeared ln bet
ter condition.
Dr. Cromwell's cntlro testimony wsnt to
provo that tho defendant was Insano beyond
a doubt.
Another Hipert Called.
Dr. Frank Norburg, who had boon at ths
head of an Instltuto for feeble-minded
children In Philadelphia, but who Is now
president of Jacksonville college and Is also
connected with Oak Lawn sanitarium, was
called. Ho bad trcaWd over 3,500 patltats
rrnrwr
r