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SINGLE COPY PTVE CENTS.
FAR CM TO PRETORIA
Boors Art Ablo to Ketp Koberts Bnsj in tb
Prte State.
MUFFLED COMPLAINTS OF "BOBS" HEARD
Two-Thirds of Hit Fores Fail to Oaptnre
Any Burgher.
BOTHA WORTHY SUCCESSOR OF J3UBERT
Under His Direction tbo Commandos Safelj
Elude the British Net.
BOERS STRONG NOT FAR FROM KIMBERLEY
Vorces of Ilrltlxli lleliiK Hurried to (he
Dlniuniid City Wurkmrn nt liner
Arsciint Wlilrli Kiplodcil
Arc Arrested,
LONDON, April 28.-4:53 a. ra. In Com
jnnmlant General Louis Dotha the Boers
nppoar to havo found a capable successor
to Joubort. As the roBult of hl Insight
nnd quick decision It may bo nrsumcd now
that tho retreating commandos havo got
safely away with tho transport.
It Is truo that Iord Itoberts' dispatch
(leave much unsaid n to tho whereabouts
of other forces than thoao of French and
Bundle. Nothing Is iiald of Brabrnnt, Pole
Carow, Hart and Chcrmslde, but tho In
dications .from Allwnl North show that cer
tain email commandes hover around Spring
field and cause somo trouble.
It will rcqulro a considerable force of
troops to keep tho Freo Stato clear of the
Boors. Tho supposition Is that tho lioers
who began their raid a month ago by com
pelling Colonel Broad wood to retire, havo
got safely away to tho northward without
lose, but with tho ndvantago of seven Brit
ish guns nnd 1,000 prisoners' captured.
Coinplnlnlnu' of Lord llnliertn.
Meanwhile tho ndvanco on Pretoria has
not begun. Small wonder Is It that muffled
complaints nnd criticisms nro beginning to
bo heard hero and thoro against Lord
moborts. Two-thirds of his entire forco
havo been omploycd In effecting this mnall
satisfaction, and tho probability 1h that tho
wholo forco must ngaln bo concentrated on
Bloomfontcln boforo tho main advance be
gins. Ab similar raids on tho British com
tnunlcatlonn arc likely to bo repeated It Is
evidently n far cry to Pretoria.
Tho significance of Goncral Hunter's di
vision going to Klmborloy, whoro mounted
troops aro also arriving dnlly, Is said to bo
u serious attempt to deal with tho otrong
Boor forces on tho Vanl river now threat
ening to rctako Ilarklcy, and an ondeavor
to relievo i.Mnfeklng. It will bo borno in
mind that Ccncral Hunter paid a hurried
visit to Lord Itoberts at Bloerafontcln.
A temporary railroad brtdgo has been
built at Methullo, where railroad trucks had
been transferred over the wagon bridge.
Thin will aid In getting stores to Bloem
fontrlo. French lit Timlin X'Chu.
Tho War offlco has issued tho following
from Lord Iloburts, dated Bloemfontcdn,
Friday, April 27:
"General French reached Thaba N'Chu
this morning -with cavalry. He met Gen
eral Ian Hamilton nnd General Smlth
Borrlen's. brigade there.
"Tho cnoiny was still holding tho east
ern outlot of the town, wherefrom General
French and Genoral Hamilton wero proceed
ing to turn thorn nut.
"General Itundle's division was eight miles
eouth of Thaba N'Chu last ovenlng.
"Additional casualties thus far reported:
"Inn Hamilton's mounted Infantry: Lieu
tenants Harry and Hill wounded, both of
Marshall's horse, the former severely, tho
lattfcr slightly.
"A patrol from Dothullo came across a
body of tho enemy on Smlthflcld road April
15. Prlvato King of tho Prince Alfred
guards was klllod and two of tho Iloyal
Scols' sorvlco corps wero takon prisoners.
"Tho Yeomanry cavalry, under Ooneral
Brabazon, after rcconnolterlng as far as
Weponcr, returned to Do Wot's dorp this
morning."
liners Are Slipping Awny.
Tho Dally Chronlclo has the following
from Vnlbank, dated Wednesday, April 25:
"For two days tho Iloers have boon fight
ing a sorlcs of rear guard actions. Crossing
tho Moddor here nnd hotly pursued by Gen
eral Aldorson, they got into tho kopjes
southeast of tho crossing and narrowly
missed bolng captured by General Rundlo,
who was coming from that direction, but,
on sighting his advance, thoy turned cast
ward and slipped away between General
lUdcrson and General Bundle.
'U. prlsonor Just captured asserts that
rresldont Stoyn was present during Mon
day's fight at Slangfonteln, east of Leeuw
kop. Ho had shaved his beard, so that ho
was not easily recognizable"
Tho Lourcnzo Marqucz correspondent of
tho Times says:
Arnemil "Workmen Arrested.
"Tho Degblo foundry was under tho direct
management of representatives of a Lo Creu
tot firm and many of tho workmen had been
trained at Lo Creuiot. Nothing is yot (pub
licly known as to tho cause of tho explo
sion, but It is significant that It was pre
dicted. About twenty of the workmen have
been arrested and the others have been pro
hibited from leaving tho country."
Tho Pretor'i correspondent of tho Dally
News says:
"On Monday Krastus Do Klork was sen
tenced to two years Imprisonment at hard
labor for guiding the British from Pctrus
burg to Illeomfontcln."
The express this morning says:
"Wo learn that the sudden return of
Cecil Rhodes to Africa was due to a largo
And of coppor In Northern Rhodesia."
A dispatch from Klmborley ays onterlc
fever Is so rampant there that the city
offlclals nro urging tho military authorities
to remove tho ramps from tho town and dis
continue tho use of public buildings as hos
pitals, with tho vlow of better safeguarding
publlo health,
"Wlint l riullrr Doing t
The I-adysmlth correspondent of the Dally
Telegraph nays:
"The Boers nro preparing to spend the
winter In Natal, They are bringing their
stock from tho high veldt into Natal for
.winter grazing, and they are demanding
that the Kafflrs pay the hut tax to them
Instead of tho Natal government. They do
claro that unlens tho Kaffirs work for then
tbey (tho Kafflrs) must romovo south of
Sunday river."
Tho Ladyi,mlth correspondent of tho
Standard sayst
"The strength of tho Iloers In tho Blg
Bareburg district id believed to bo between
6,000 and 6,000. They aro commanded by
General Luca Meyer and aro well supplied
with artillery."
MILNER HELPS WARREN OUT
Genernl Seizures AlKniuent Throimli
IIkIi (iitiiiiilxnliiiier Holier) In-
tlmntc Dlnn pprot nt.
27. 2 p. n. The follow
ecclvcd at tho War
offlco from
" B LO E M FO N TfrcHrt p r 1 1 26, At the re
quest of tho high commissioner. Warren has
lecn appointed military govornor of Orlqua
land West, while that part of tho country Is
In a disturbed condition."
Lord Roberts' peculiar reference to Sir
Alfred Mllncr over Warren's appointment
lends Itself to tho Inference that tho com-mnndcr-ln-chlof
of tho British forcoj In
South Africa scarcely approves of It nnd
that tho previous report that Warren had
been recalled was correct, but that ho was
saved from coming homo by tho action of
the British high commissioner.
According to a special dispatch from
Lourcnzo Mnrquez, tho latest authentic esti
mates of tho Boer forces place them at 30.
SOO, of which 13,000 aro at Krornstndt, 6000
at Fourteen Streams, 0,000 In Natal, 700
about Mafcklng and 1,000 at Pretoria, while
2.')0 havo been ordered north to Intercept
Genoral Carrlngton's force. Tho work of en
trenching Pretoria Is proceeding.
A dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated
Blotimfontcln, April 27, gives Geniral Ham
ilton's report of tho British casualties nt
Israel's poort, April 25. Among thco
slightly wounded Is Colonol W. B. Otter of
Cnnadn.
General Hamilton reports that tho Canadi
ans nnd Marshall's Horso did particularly
good service.
SWAZILAND RUNS WITH BLOOD
(l ii re ii Clvon the Sivml Chief I'crmln
nlon to Kill W'liu mi They
l'lcuse.
LOURBNZO MARQUEZ, April 27. Swazi
land runners report that tho ruccnt visit to
tho queen of Swaziland by Sir Kills Ash-mead-Bartlett
has not chocked tho killing.
The SwazI queen has placed tho former
king's brother on tho throne, a boy of 18.
Sho argues that as she will havo to answer
for tho death of Sobugnu sho may as well
contlnuu killing and sho has given tho
chiefs permission to kill whom they please
throughout tho whole of Swaziland.
Tho commandos ordered to tho front nro
obeying reluctantly. Ono burgher, who es
caped Injury In a number of battles, ndmlts
that tho Boers havo flrod on the Red Cross
Hag frequently. Tho sending of General
Cronjo to St. Hclona has greatly enraged
tho Boers, who are said to bo more than over
determined to light to tho doath.
Co ii nil liny In Complimented.
PRETORIA. April 27. All advices lndl
cato that tho United States consul, Adelbert
S. Hay, has won a diplomatic success. Hie
position is exceedingly difficult, but ho is
proceeding In a determined policy and has
succeeded In considerably ameliorating the
condition of the British prisoners at Pre
toria, Including tho colonials.
ITprlnliiK in Slorrn I.ooiip.
iFRBE TOWN. Sierra Leono, April 27. A
serlou3 uprising among tho Younles, In
Ronlotta district, is reportod and a detach
mout of tho British West African regiment
has been sent to Rotoufunk to quell it.
WlLDMAN for second plage
Consul nt llonyr Koiik Snld to lie Coiu
liittr Home to Make
the Hun.
(Copyright, 1900, by Press Publishing Co.)
HONG KONG, April 27. (Now York
World Cablegram Special Telegram.) It Is
reported hero that Consul Wlldman Is leav
ing for tho states at tho request of tho lend
ers of tho republicans of the weBt to stand
for tho vlco presidential nomination.
SMART.
BUILDING UP GERMAN NAVY
Committer of Itelclmtnir Adopts Mo
tion GrimtliiK llilttleiililpa Asked
For liy Government.
BERLIN. April 27. Tho budget committee
of tho Reichstag today adopted, by a voto
of 20 to 8, a motion of tho centrists granting
tho battleships asked for by tho government,
but eliminating tho provision for an Increase
of tho foreign sorvlco fleet nnd reducing tho
Increaso demanded for tho resorvo fleet.
Tho centrist proposals adopted provldo that
tho lighting fleet shall consist of two flag
ships, four squadrons of olght battleships
each, olght largo nnd twenty-four small
crulsorej for forolgn servlco a fleet of three
Inrgo and ten small cruisers; for tho re
servo, four battleships and threo largo
and four small cruisers, and that tho ap
propriation for tho necessary supplies shall
be Included annually In tho estlmateso.
By this action of the budget commlttco
the passago of the naval augmuntary bill Is
virtually assured. At nil events this is tho
feeling In parliamentary circles. Tho out
como will be that Germany's fighting
strength on tbo sea will bo measured by
thirty-four largo battleships, thirty-two
largo and small cruisers and a score of old
battleships, which will bo renovated.
HONORS MEMORY OF GRANT
Governor Theodore Itooscvelt Deliv
ers Address of liny nt
finleun, III,
GALENA, 111., April 27. General U. S.
Grant's birthday was observed hore today.
Tho event has been celebrated annually for
ten years, with somo speaker of national
reputation as orator of the day, but the cele
bration today was on a much moro elaborate
scalo than boretorforo attempted.
Governor Theodore Roosevelt of Now York
delivered tho principal oration. Special
trains were run by the railroads and tbo an
nouncement that tho famous fighting gov
ornor of tho Empire state was to be prosent
brought thousands of peoplo Into tho quaint
llttlo city that for years was tho homo of
General Grant. Nearly ovory business block
and hundreds of prlvato residences were
fairly ablaze with flags and bunting.
Tho special train bearing Govornor Roose
velt, Mrs. Nelllo Grant Sartorls, her son,
Captain Sartorls; her daughter, Vivian Sar
torls, arid other distinguished visitors, ar
rived from Chicago shortly before the ex
orcises began at Turner hall.
Aftor a tew Introductory romarks by Presi
dent Spare, Rev. Dr. J, W. Spensloy of Al
bany, N. Y delivered tho Invocation. Then,
after a flong, "In Liberty's Namo," by a
male quartet, Govornor Roosevelt was In
troduced amidst great applause.
Movemrntn of Oeenn Vennels, April U7,
At Now York Arrived Fuerst Bismarck,
from Hamburg; Luennla, from Liverpool,
At Liverpool Arrived Hhynland, from
'Philadelphia; Camuroninn, from Portland,
Sailed Cevle, for New York.
At London Arrived Menominee, from
New York.
At Queenstown Arrived 'ampanla, from
New York, for Liverpool, and proceeded.
At Cherbourg-Salled-Kalser Frlederlch,
from Hamburg and Southampton, for Now
York.
At Movills-Salled-Kthlopla, from Glas
gow, for Now York; "Parisian, from Liver
pool, for Halifax.
At Brlsbane-Salltd-Aorangl, for Van
couver, ,
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ULTIMATUM TU THE PORTE
Not to Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister it
in Peremptory Terms
ABDUL'S OFFER TO BUY VAR SHIPS A SOP
Itennon Why It Will lie Itef lined Ily
This Menus Turkey Would
Uvnilr I'nyiuent to
Ulher Powers,
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 27. Tho Ameri
can nolo handed to tho Turkish minister
of foreign affairs, Tewflk Pasha, on Tues
day, Is couched In peremptory terms, de
manding lmmedlnto payment of tho In
demnity several times promised to Minister
Straus by tho sultan. Tho noto docs not tlx
a tlmo limit for an answer, but Its tenor Is
not far from the character of nn ultimatum.
It has produced a great Impression upon
tho porte, which, however, shows no disposi
tion to modify tho attitude hitherto main
tained, namely, repudiating tho responsibility
and seeking to diminish the Importance of
tho matter. It Is presumed that tho porto's
reply will bo In this sense, and hence It Is
fenrcd tho United States government will bo
obliged to tako steps to enforce Its de
mands. Turkey's decision to send nn offlrnr to
America to study nnval construction is
interpreted to bo another sop. It Is the re
vival of an old project to buy a cruiser In
tho United States at a prlco In which the
Indemnity shall be Included, so that tho
porto will bo able to say It has not paid tho
Indemnity. Tho American government has
already categorically refused such n com
promise, which would mean prolonged
negotiations and tho dragging out of tho
matter Indefinitely, to which tho United
States will not listen. As regards tho in
demnity it is In the nature of a debt of
honor. If tbo porte wnnts to buy a cruiser
that is a matter In no way connected with
tho indemnity.
Tho porte'a reply to tho last collective
noto on tho subject of duties has not been
made, and tho embassies nro exchanging
views In regard to tho terms on which to
consent to an increnso of duty. lt Is
thought that beforo tho beginning of
negotiations tho embassies will Invito the
porto to abolish ransoms nnd measures In
troduced In violation of treaties.
OtTer to lluy u Wnrnlilp.
WASHINGTON, April 27. Beyond the
statement that Mr. Grlscom, United States
charge d'affaires at Constantinople, has been
Instructed to ptcse vigorously for tho pay
ment of tho American claims for Indemnity,
tho offlclals here decline to dlvulgo tho na
ture of his Instructions. They say that Mr.
Grlscom docs not need express Instructions
to forward tho claims, for ho had of his own
volition taken a rather advanced attltudo in
this matter and the presentations he In now
making, though thic tlmo by express in
struction, aro in no respect moro peremptory
than his own preceding deliveries to tho
Turkish government.
Novel though th'o proposition was from a
diplomatic standpoint, yet It Is learned to bo
truo that tho effort was mndo by tho porto
to pay this American claim under cover of
an order for a war ship to bo built In tho
United States for. Turkey.
Tho reasons for tho failure of the project
were several. The United Stains govornment
haa no war ships for sale, nnd is not author
ized to build any for foreign order. Then
thero is no warrant of law for entering Into
an nrrangoment with a private, ship build
ing concern for tho collection of an Interna
tional obligation in the manner purposed.
Lastly, Judging by tho cxperlcnco of con
cerns that havo had dealings with tho Turk
ish govornment. nny shipbuilder accepting
tho order from Turkey would rcqulro a guar
anty from tho United States govornment,
nnd tho not result of the transaction might
bo tho assumption by tho United States of
nn obligation as much larger than tho origi
nal cialms as the prlco of a battleship ex
ceeds tho $00,000.
Even if these obstacles wero overcome tho
schomo would be nn utter failure as con
cerns tho nccompllshment of the prime ob
ject, namely, tho secret payment to tho
United Stated of tho Indoranlty, with a view
to avoiding demands from other nations for
sattloment of their claims, for under our
open methods of business tho transactions
would havo to bo a matter of ofllclal record.
One effect of this sudden application of
pressure upon Turkey Is a renewal of ap
plications from American holders of other
claims against Turkey for a prcentatlon of
their cases. Save tho missionary claims, tho
$00,000 indemnity contains only ono small
allotment of nbout $5,000 for tho benefit of
tho family of tho bicyclist, Lenz, who was
killed In Turkey whllo making a circuit of
the globo. But It Is believed that however
well founded tho other outstanding claims
may be, tho present tlmo Ih not regarded as
propitious for urging them upon the atten
tion of the porto nnd it is expected that
nothing will bo done to divert tho negotia
tions from these missionary claims as tbo
main Issue.
SENATE ADMITS MR. SCOTT
Only Three Votes Are Cnst AKulnnt
the Sinn from West
VlrKlnlH-
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The senate to
day voted upon tho resolution declaring
Nathan B. Scott to bo entitled to his soit
In tho senate from West Virginia, The num
ber of votes In tho negative was only throe.
The pending question was tho motion of
PettUB to recommit tho question to the com
mittee with Instructions to investigate tho
caso thoroughly. Turner of Washington
whllo saying he know nothing of tho caso
except what he had heard In tho course of
debate, declared that If tho facts were as
stated by Pettus, Scott was not entitled to
his seat. He believed there had been du
plicity, doublo-deallng and graud In the elec
tion of Scott. Ho particularly attacked the
agreement which had been entered into by
certain democratic and republican leaders
of the legislature, affecting the seats of the
West Virginia house and senate, and main
tained that this presented such a stato of
1 - . (,- ,,..( 1 . . ,
inuio iu 111c uuiicti amies uuuiu us would 1
warrant It in making a thorough Invcstlga- j
tlon of the Scott rase.
Tho motion of Pettus wns defeated without
division. Tho resolution of tho committer
declaring that Scott was entitled to retain 1
his seat In the senate was thon adopted, i
52 to 3, the votes In tho negative being
cast by Morgan, Pettus and Turner.
Chandler then gnve notlco that on next
Wednesday ho would nsk tho senate to take
up the ease of Senator Clark of Montana,
nddlng that If no one should desire to speak
in opposition to the report of the committor
ho would have nothing to say In support of
it.
Allen expressed the hope that the senato
would not be asked to act upon this case
until the senators could havo an opportunity
to read the testimony. In view of the fact
that the committee had taken two or three
months to Investigate the subject ho did not
consider It fair that tho sonato should be
asked to dlsposo of the matter within two
or three day's notice. Such a request was
ridiculous In nny tribunal.
TEXAS TORNADO AND FLOOD
Ten People Drowned n Wnco Tivo
Futility Injured h Wind
nt Ilium. '
WACO, Tex., AprTi 27. An electrical
storm, accompanied by rain In torrents, fell
hero today, swelling the two creeks flow
ing through the city, flooding half the city
and doing great damage to property.
Reports of death and destruction nro com
ing in from every direction. Probably ten
persons havo been drowned within tho city
limits of Waco, arid searching parties,
bonded by the flro department, nre out look
ing for tho drowned. So far tho bod lea
of two white women, mother and daughter,
and ono negro, hnvo been recovered. They
are Mrs. Nancy Caudle?, Mlrn Clara Caudle
and Frank Walker. The wa'ler Is so high
that progress Is slow In tho search for the
dead.
Boats aro being used in the principal
etreots on tho south sldo to tako peoplo
to places of safety. In tho basement of
tho Provident Bank building, tho largest
nnd finest building In tho city, water stands
four fcot deep. Tho basement of the mam
moth establishment of tho, Tom Padgett
company Is likewise flooded..
A report from Rockdale staten that tho
mines at that placo were flooded today by
the high water, drowning four men.
BLUM, Tex., April 27. A tornado passed
through tho eastern part of this plnco at
noon today, destroying several residences
nnd a two-story building. Two people wero
fatally hurt. Eunice Hanks will die. About
flftecn othero wero slightly hurt. Tho Bap
tist church Is among tho badly wrecked
buildings. L. L. Robertson's residence was
demolished and Robertson probably fatally
Injured. Mrs. Robertson -was hurt nbout
tho head. Tho storm wno nearly 200 yards
wide. The grain crop In tho path of tho
storm Is badly damaged and fruit trees aro
broken and stripped of fruit. Nothing has
been beard from tho country.
ALLEN REACHES PORTO RICO
Accompanied hy Three Amerlcnn AVnr
Vessel SI 111 pin Ce renin nles
Attend Arrlvni.
SAN JUAN, P. R., April 27. Tho U. S. S.
Dolphin, bearing Charles .Herbert Allen, tho
nowly appointed civil governor of Porto
Rico, diopped anchor off San Juan at 10
o'clock this morning, as did also the United
States armored cruiser Now York, tho
United States battleship Texas and tho
United States gunboat Macblas.
Genoral Davis, (military governor, visited
Allen on board tho Dolphin at 11:30, A
detachment of sevcnty-llvo Insular pollco
nnd four companies of tho Porto Rico regi
ment, with a band, wero drawn up on tho
wharf. Tho band played "Borlnqucn," tho
Porto Rico national air, and tho steamers
lying in tho harbor kept up a continuous
whistling until tho launch reached tho land
ing. The governor took breakfast with General
Davis, and with his family will remain as
tho guoft of General Davis Indefinitely. Ho
landed In an ordinary costume, straw hat,
bluo coat and duck trousers, and a wnvo of
exclamations followed tho carrlago. "That
can't bo Mr. Allen," snld one. "That's not
tho new governor," said another. "Not that
man In tho straw hat, surely not."
Tho simplicity of tho costume and'of thq
general dotalls of tho reception took tho
Porto Rlcans by siltprjBCj thry could
scarcely realize that they loolrod upon tho
new govornor.
DAVE MERCER ON POLITICS
Sixth Wnnl llcpulillcnim Ilenr from
the CniiKreNMiiinn on Gen
eral Immiicn.
Nelson C. Pratt received the endorsement
of tho Young Men's Republican club of tho
Sixth ward Friday evening for tho republican
nomination for attorney general. It was the
regular meeting of tho club nnd Its hnnd
somo headquarters In Idlewlld hall wero
crowded to tho doors. A reiiolutlon offered
by Irving O. Bnrlght declaring tho favor
of the club for Mr. Pratt's candidacy for tho
position was adopted wli'h marked enthu
siasm. In other respects tho meeting was notable
nn a political house-warming of tho new
headquarters. Congressman Morccr had
yielded to an urgent Invitation and attended
tho meeting for tho purpose of talking to
tho young enthuslnsts on pending political
Ibsuos. Ho met with a decidedly hearty
reception and spoko for half an hour In a
characteristic vein. Ho complimented tho
club on Its organization. Its headquarters
and Its plan of operations, Faying that It
was such meetings as Its purposo contom
plateO that wore tho strength of tho Amer
lcnn republic. They nro characteristic of no
other country on the globe. Ho hoped Its
example will bo followed by republicans all
over tho stato. Mr. Morcor pictured tho
glories of tho republic with his usual for
vor, detailing his experiences of tho quick
ened EMi so of Its greatness that has im
pressed tho peoplo of tho older nations.
"I tip my hat to tho democratic party,"
Bald Mr. Mercer. "I ndmlro It for Its
nerve, Its pluck and its pertinacity. It has
more lives than the cat. But I can't under
stand these populists and froo silver repub
licans. Some of them are conscientious,
no doubt, but it in not so with tho leadors,
who aro morely calling themselves populists
nnd silver republicans to fool somebody, and
tho representatives of those two parties in
variably follow tho lead of the democratic
leader in congress. When he stands up
ttoy stand up, and when ho sits down thoy
sit down,
"The republican party may make mistakes,
but it is better to do something at tho risk
of making a mlstnko than to avoid thorn by
doing nothing. I like the man who is
original and thinks, rather than tho man
who Is observativo and novor thinks,"
Addressing his remarks to a young col
ored man In tho houso, tho speaker said
that the southern democrats aro Just now
crying plteously over tho wrongs of tho
Flllplnoj, whllo at the samo tlmo they nro
shooting tho colored men of tho south out
of their right. Theso samo people aro
howling nbout tho wrongs of tho peoplo of
Porto Rico, Tho administration had found
tho peoplo of that Island In want, A storm
had destroyed their homes and doprived them
of the power of producing food. They wero
in need of aid, If It wero undertaken to
ralso means for it by Internal taxation thoy
would never havo been able to pay It, and so
tho "republican pnrty decided to levy a 15
per cent tnx on all that wont Into and all
that came out of that country, and tho
sugar trust and tobacco trust would pay
that tax. It was the sugar trust that fought
that tariff. "When I've got tears to shed,"
declared the speaker. "I'll shed tHcm over
tho wrongs of those right hero at home and
not run nround nnd shed them somewhere
else, I am not going to shed them over the
Filipino savages who shot down the First
Nebraska boys, and I'm not going to let
them pull down tho American flag for me.
When we get ready to leave the Phlllpplno
Islands wo'll leave them when we get ready
and not when somebody wants us to leave
thfjn,"
President Joe Marrow presented Mr. Mer
cer with tho club button nnd extended the
thanks of the organization.
MRS, STOTSENBERG'S PENSION
Bow in the Honse Over the Amount She is to
Se Allowed,
BURKET FIGHTS FOR HIS ORIGINAL BILL
Committee Wnnts to Cut the Figure to
1(10 nnd n Compromise In
Flnnlly Iteiirhed oil If.-.O
I'cr Mouth.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 27.-(Speclal
Telegram.) The bill to pension Mary L.
Stotsonborg, widow of late Colonel J. M.
Stotscnbcrg of tho First Nebraska, for $100,
introduced by Congressman Burkct
nnd reported by tho commlttco on
pensions of tho houso for $10, was
today tho causo of ono of the most
Interesting debates of tho present session
jof congress. This being pension dey under
tho rule adopted tho houso had already Bet
tUvl down after tho prayer by tho chnplaln
when Mrs. Stotscnberg's bill wac called up
nnd a motion mado to go Into comtnltten of
tho whole for Its consideration. Congress
man Burkct started the flood of speech
making by moving to make tho amount t
nenfdnti $7i". InHtrairl nf tin nn.1 In HiinnAH rt
j his motion ho mndo one of tho very best
speeches heard in congress this session. Ho
snld the amount allowed by tho commlttco
would not provldo for Colonel Stotscnberg's
widow nnd two children and that tho general
law allowed her $31 per month with $2 ad
ditional for each child. He told of Mrs.
Stotscnberg's physical condition nnd said
that sho was wholly dependent upon her
pension for support. Then, branching out
Into a wider Held of argument, ho retold
graphically tho conditions nnd pictured tho
scenes surrounding tho death of tho lato
colonel of tho First Nebraska.
Xehrnnkn'M Itceord In lllntory.
"History shows," said Burkct, "that It
wns a member of tho First Nebraska that
fired tho first shot in that war around
Manila, nnd from February 4 until
April 23, when Colonel Stotseubcrg wns Bhot
down, every day ho led his rcglmont to
battlo nnd every day they wero bearing tho
brunt of the fighting In that campaign.
Not content with picturing the gallantry
of tho First Nebraska under Are, he dra
matically told of Colonel Stotscnberg's doath
at tho head of threo companies of his regi
ment, under a terrific fire from the Insur
gents, Ho said tho officers lu tho rear of
the regiment tried to get those daring com
panies back from tholr exposed position.
Stotscnbcrg, who had been to Manila to
seo his wife, camo up at this crisis and In
stead of giving the order to retire, gavo tho
order to charge tho enemy concenlcd by
bamboo, and died In front of his regiment
and lu front of tho companies which had
been sent to check the Insurgents' advance.
Talbcrt of South Carolina, tho great ob
structor to pension legislation, began asking
questions nnd tho Loudenslngor of New Jer
sey, chairman of tho commlttco on pen
sions, that reported tho bill, Jumped In to
hold tho committee report Intact, upon tho
theory that It would bo a bad precedent to
establish to glvo a colonel's widow $75,
when tho rule of the commlttco allowed but
$10. This precipitated general debate, In
which Mlcrs of Indiana,, .Nevlllo of Nebraska
ond Bropiwoll of Ohio took nn Neville,
being against tho $75 proposition, bis col
leagues, Stark and Robinson, however, sup
poitlng Burket. Finally a vote was taken
on Burkot's amendment, which was lost,
when MIers moved to make the amount $50,
which prevailed. Upon this proposition
Nevlllo made a political harangue of five
mlnutos, which did not seem to command
nny great attention, reasons for tho speech
being obvious. Senator Allon was on tho
floor of tho house, seeking to havo tho henato
bill which ho Introduced substituted for tho
houso bill, but he was unsuccjssful and
Burkot's bill wont through for $30.
PnxitloiiN III Porto Itleo,
It wns stated today at tho War depart
ment, In view of the many applications now
coming In for positions in tho customs iscrv
lco in Porto Rico that nil applications for
such positions must bo filed with the Treas
ury department, as after May 1 that depart
ment will aFsumo chargo of tho customs
branch of government of Porto Rico. All
applications for positions outside customs
under the civil government of tho island
should bo filed after May 1 next with Civil
Governor Charles II. Allen nt San Junn.
Senator Thurston has requested that an
Investigation be made by the Postofflco de
partment, looking to tho establishment of
freo delivery servlco nt Norfolk. Earnings
for three-quarters of tho present fiscal
yenrs foot up $7,500, nnd at this ratio Nor
folk ought to reach $10,000 at tho CI030 of
business on Juno 30, which Is tho stntutory
requirement for tho establishment of fioo
delivery, or n population of 10,000. Receipts
of offices usually aggregating $10,000 long be
for 10,000 people nro shown by the census.
York Is tho next city In point of receipts
which can look expectantly forward to freo
delivery, authough Its receipts fall a thou
sand dollars short of reaching those of Nor
folk. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert of Nebraska
mado a short speech today beforo tho com
mlttco on the St. Louis fair, urging that tho
bill bo passed voting $5,000,000 for tho ex
position. Hugh Mcintosh of Omaha, editor
of tho Nebraska Farmer, was olso present
nt tho hearing, which was remarkable (for
tho number of able and brilliant speeches
mado In favor of celebrating the Louisiana
purchaso anniversary.
Assistant Secretary Mclklcjohn will be un
able to attend tho stato convention at Ltn
coln next week, as ho Is compelled to stay
In Wnshlngton owing to the nbsen:o of the
secretnry of war. Secretary Root, upon Jin
vltatton of the Chamber of Commerco of
Chattanooga, has arranged to visit that city
and national military park at Chlckamauga
next week and imperative business now
pending beforo the department naturally
prevents both him and Mr. Melklejohn from
absenting themselves at tho samo time.
Some 1'ernounl Note.
J. F. Lundln, clerk of the Shoshone In
dian reservation, who has resigned, will bo
sucteeded by Harry E. Wadsworth. Mr.
Lundln Is In tho city enroute to New York,
where ho will engage In business.
Captain J. II. Culver of Mllford, Neb.,
who- was ordered before a surgical board
In this city for examination as to his fitness
for duty, hns been granted threo months
additional leavit Captain Culvor leaves
for Ncbrnoka tomorrow, but Bays be will
bo on the ocean on routo to his regiment
In tho Philippines long boforo his leave ex
pires. Congressman Oamblo has returned from
a brief visit to South Dakota. Mr. Gamble
has looked over tho political situation and
is satisfied with tho outlook. Ho will take
an active part in tho debate nn tho freo
homer bill on Thursday of next weok.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska M. J.
Sheaffer nt Sacramento, PhelpB county, vlco
B. P. Jacobson, resigned; Henry Thlcroff nt
Star, Halt, county, vlco II. Harris, resigned;
C. II. Zlegler at Vesta, Johnson county,
vlco M. Stowart, resigned. Iowa Barbara
Tehel at Danforth, Johnson county, nnd
John Jacobn at Palsvllle, Wright county.
South Dakota A. L. Cooper at Millard,
Foulk county.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska
Showers, Cooler In West.
Tempernture nt Oiimhii eterdnyi
Hour. Di'K. Hour. - I)ck.
." 11. in. IIU I p. in...... 77
II 11. 111 I'J it p. m 7N
7 n. m Ill ;t p. 111 7S
N u. 11 Ill -I p. m 7S
II 'I. 1 lilt .1 p. 111 77
ID n. m Ii:l ( p, m ?u
1 1 n. m 7'J 7 p. 111 70
1- 7.-. S p. m 17
II p. m II
MERRIAM ON WITNESS STAND
He 1W pin I nn the Condition -In Idnho,
DeelnrliiK 11 Itcliellloit 11
Uted There.
WASHINGTON, Tvpril 27.-Tho cross-
exnmlnntlon of Bartlett Sinclair wns con
cluded nt tho Cootir d'Aleno Investigation be
foro tho houso military committed today.
Nothing new wns developed.
Cnplnln J. II. Bennott, nn nldo on the staff
of General Mcrrluni, was then placed on tho
stnnd.
Captain Bennett was followed by Genoral
Merrlnni, who described in detail his orders
frcm thit War department nnd tho assem
bling of trcops thcro by his orders. His
orders to his Inferior officers wero that
nrrcstn nnd seizures wero to bo mado by
deputies under tho protection of troops. Ho
was, he bald, very caroful on this point. Ho
snld that tho miners wero nt all times bettor
sheltered from tho wenther than wero tho
ttoops. Thero wns, however, n deficiency
In bedding. Ho dcnlod that ho had held any
conference with mine-owners or manngcrs,
but raid ho had several times tnlkcd cas
ually with mlno operators who camo lo or
were passing through Warduer.
Genernl Mcrrlam stated positively that
he had never been In tho room where tho
Inquest was hold nt Wnrdnor, denying tho
statement of Attorney Robertson to that
effect. Robertson Interrupted to stato that
ho hud been under tho Impression thnt Gen
eral Merrlam had been present. Gonoral
Meirlnm'a testimony followed closely tho
limn of his report.' During twenty-eight
years of servlco, ho said, ho had ncvor known
a oeldlcr to strlko a prlsonor with a musket
0 Jab him with a bayonet. Such testimony,
ho said, therefore, to him, was utterly lu
credlble. He declared most emphatically that a Btato
of rebellion existed In Idaho nnd that thcro
wns 11 menace to public pafety thero. Ho
texk up each prcnmblo of tho resolution
under tho operation of which tho commlttco
nn acting, denying nbsolutcly most of tho
facts nlleged therein. Genernl Merrlam said
tho United Stutos troops wero In charge of
tho prisoners simply as guards, In carrying
out tho authority of tho stato.
At present, Genernl Merrlnm stated, tho
troops wero not guarding any prisoners. A
few troops rcmnlned In garrison In tho lo
cality, but without having nny duties on
account of no disturbance, although nvallnblo
In caso of nn outbreok, as long ns mnrtlal
law continued. Gonernl Mcrrlnm's cross
examination will begin tomorrow.
CARTER IN A FELON'S CELL
Former Army Cnptnln Arrives nt the
Leavenworth Fodcrnl 1'rlnon
To He u Bookkeeper.
LEAVENWORTH, Knn., April 27. Obcr
lln Carter, lato captain of the United States
army, arrived at the federal prlton hero
nt 7 o'clock this evening, uuder guard of
Lieutenant Thomas Barker, Fifteenth In
fantry, a corporal nnd threo soldiers. Ily
Bpcclnl orders lesued from tho Department
of Justice, newspaper men wero not per
mitted to Interview tho prisoner, who was
Immediately dressed In the prison garb of
gray nnd assigned to a coll. His prison
number is 2.004, nnd ho Is now tho occupant
of cell No. 425.
When tho lato nrmy officer begins the
monotonous grind of prison llfo tomorrow
morning, It will bo ns a prison bookkeeper,
for ho has boon ntslsned to this task In
tho harness, broom, ahoo repairing and car
pot weaving shops, which nro In tho third
story of the big oast building. Tho work
room which tho prisoner will occupy com
mands a 'magnificent vlow, taking In a
groat sweep of tho Missouri river, beyond
which tho green hills and fertile farms ex
tend as far as tho eyo can reach.
WATSON POLITICALLY DEAD
Alinonnces the Fuel lllnmclf Not n
Cnndtdnte for Any
O III re.
ATLANTA, Ga April 27. Tho action of
populist conventions In several northorn
statcH In endorsing Hon. Thomas E. Watson
of Georgln nnd naming him for llmt placo
on tho ticket has caused something of a
stir In political circles all over tho south.
Tho association of Mr. Watson's namo with
his rumored re-entry Into polities took tho
form in ono instance of a report that ho had
decided to accept tho nomination nnd that
ho was considering who should present his
name, Mr. WatBon has stated several times
that ho was out of politics, but In view of
roccnt rumorn connecting him prominently
with tho populist nomination the distin
guished Georgian wns asked for n final
declaration. Tho following was received
from Mr. Watson todny:
"Under no circumstances would I accept
any nomination or any office. Please num
ber mo nmong tbo politically dead and
let mo henceforth rest In peace."
WANT POLICE PROTECTION
Cnntrnctnr A V til Cull on Sheriff Uiilemi
AxmiMll on .Viiii-t'uloii
Men Stop.
CHICAGO. April 27. At a moetlng of the
contractors' council here today It was de
cided to call on tho sheriff of Cook county
for pollco protection unices nssaults nn con
tractors and nonunion workmon aro stopped
at once.
It was asserted at the meeting that tho
city pollco havo failed to afford necesiary
piotectlon nnd that tho mayor had refused
tho 1,000 police asked for to protect labor
ers working on structures against which
btrikeii aro directed. The situation brought
forth no riots today and no assaults were re
ported by tho pollco, but tho contractors de
clared that this is morely tho calm pretext
ing a storm nnd It Is as precaution against
thns that tho sheriff may be asked to assume
tho duty of preserving order In Chicago,
Northern I'liellli' llrnnehlnir Out.
NEW YORK, April 27. Tho Evening Post
says:
Thoro peoms to be somo ground for ntntlng
thnt negotiations, likely to be successful,
aro ponding Involving the control of tho
St, Pnul & Duluth by tho Northern Pa
cific, Pniildont ftlollln of the Northorn Pa
clflo declined today to mako nny statement
In rrtrard tn the matter either In ilnnlnl
or confirmation, Colonol Lamont, vice pres
ident or me worinern racuio, is known to
have hem in conference today with prom
inent Inte.rosls In tho St, Paul & Duluth, but
It could not be learned whother tho transfer
of tho line wan brought up or not.
IN WAKE OF THE 'FIRE
Twelre to Tifteen Thousand People Are
Rendered Homeless.
LOSS OVER SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
Havoo at OtUwa and Hull Regarded as
National Oalimitj.
ELEVEN REPORTED DEAD AND MISSING
Site ef Hull ii Only a Oolltotion of Ash
Heaps.
MOVEMENT TO AID STARTED IN ENGLAND
People WnluliiK the llnrnrd Streets In
Senrch of Minn In Friends nnd
ItctntlvcM Fire (irnnd ns
n Speotncte.
OTTAWA, Ont., April 27. At 6 a. m.
tho flro which hns raged hero nnd In Hull
slnco 11 a. ra. yesterday was under control.
Tho number of buildings destroyed will prob
ably nggregato 2,500, entailing a lota of
from $15,000,000 to $17,000,000. Between
12,000 und 15,000 men, women nnd children
nro homeless. Ten lives nro reported lest.
Three of this number nro missing.
Lnlo reports summarize tho situation ut
Ottawa and Hull ns follows:
Ottawa Buildings destroyed, 2,000,
Bull Buildings destroyed, 1.S00.
Total loss both cities, estimated, $20,000,000.
Total Insuranco both cities, estimated.
$12,000,000.
Somo of tho losses nro: Booth Lumber
company, $3,000,000; Eddy company, $3,000,
000; McKay Milling company, $500,000; Hull
Lumber company, $200,000; Electrlo Light
company, $250,000; Dominion Carblno works.
$150,000.
Tho socno of tho Hull flro today presents
n vast desert of more ashes, nit of which
tho porch of Notre Damo du Grace, tha
property of tho Oblntes of Mary the Im
maculate, tho St. Mary's school, recently built
at a cost of $16,000, nnd n cluster of resi
dences nbout the church nlono nro Intact.
Among tho ruins of a houso on Washington
street, Hull, today, was found tho corpse
of a man named Bcrnaby .Myers.
All night In Ottawa the homeless ones
havo been going nbout looking for places In
which to tuko up their abodo nnd in borne
Instances searching for members of their
families.
Tho E. B. Eddy houso, which was de
stroyed, was an historical building. When
tho duko of Connaught visited this district
thirty yenrs ago a grand ball was given hlra.
"Tho eastlo," an It was famlllaily known,
wns selected as tho scene. A lnrgi marquee
.as erected on tho lawn ond here Mie danc
ing took place, supper being servo 1 In tho
house. With tho house several magnificent
pictures, Imported from England, have been
consumed In tho flames.
CiiHiinltlen Iteported.
Tho list of dead:
MISS MINNIE COOK aged 40, cremsted
In her own house.
JOHN PUMPLE, enr repairer, GIB Somer
set, suffocated in Canadlau Pacific railroad
yards.
GEORGE PfiELEY, Bhoemnker, 24 Queou
street west, suffocated.
JOHN DARE, Hull, ilrcman for E. B.
Eddy & Co.
UNKNOWN MAN, found dead In Meyer s
house, Wellington street, Hull.
(MR. OARRON. Wellington street, died
from fright, nged SO years.
A. BAUDIN, 8 years old, son of Conrlcs
Hamlin. Duko street, Hull.
FIREMAN JOHN W ATKINS of No. 1 sta
tion, smothered In a houao In Queen stroot
west.
JOHN TEMPLE, FIREMAN BANN nnd
ENGINEER PETER HAMILTON of Hull,
missing.
John Navnn, n builder, was taken to St.
Luko's hospital badly burned nnd hurt.
James Mcrrltleld of Queen strcot west was
tuken to tho hospital seriously injured by a
falling building.
Thoro wero somo nnrrow escapes. Mr.
Gtashan, public school Inspector, wns busily
engaged In trying to savo tho Wellington
street school nnd was superintending tho
removal of tho furniture Ho remained In
tho building too long and was rescued Just
uti the roof collapsed.
Mot of tho lumber pllos In Ottawa and
Hull have disappeared nnd now mere heaps
of charre'd wood nnd nshen murk tholr sites.
Half a dozen churches and sch'kils hnvo
boon burned; tbo Eddy compony's paper
and pulp mills nnd match factory and E, B,
Eddy's roaidonco havo been destroyed, Bron
son's & Weston's mill, tho Hull Lumber
company's mill, ono of Booth's mills and
the McKay company'H promises, one of tho
power houses of tho Ottawa Electric com
pany, tho Hull wuter works, tho Hull court
houso und Jail, tho postofflce, tho convent,
almost every business place and nbout 1,000
dwellings and shops In Hull havo been de
stroyed. Indeed, practically nothing of Hull
Is loft but a church nnd a few houses be
yond It. Tho only lumber mills standing In
Hull nre tbo Gllmour and Huston mills, at
tho extrome caBt end. The ntecl suspension
brldgo which connected tho city of Ottawa
with Hull was also destroyed.
On tho Ottawa sldo mnny fine residences
were Included in tho lire nrea, Including that
of J. S. Booth, which alono was estimated
nt $100,000. The residence of his son-in-law,
A. F. Flock, close beside, nnd Hon. Oeorgo
Foster's residence In tho samo locality, worn
burned. Levi Rrannell, manager for Mr.
Bronson, and Mr. Pnrr of the Parr's mill,
had two beautiful houses, out of which they
wero not nblo to tako anything, so quickly
did tho flames extend.
Tho Canadian Pacific railway depot on tha
Chaudlero lints burned quickly.
Tbo wind continues from tho northeast
and unless It changes tho city will bo safe,
as tho first has about burned Itself nut to
wards tho country. Should tho wind turn
and blow somo of tho burning dobrls to
wards tho city thero would bo great danger
of It breaking nut again, as everything Is
ns dry us matchwood.
I'BTeet on the I.uniher Trnde.
NKW YORK, April 27. Lowls A. Hall,
president of tho Export Lumber company
of Now York, Boston and Ottawa, which
company had $1,000,000 worth of Its lum
bor burned In tho Ottawa flro, said today:
"Tho destruction of lumber which was
roported as amounting to 160,000,000 to 200,
000,000 feet, together with the lews of mill
capacity of between 200,000,000 nnd 250,.
000,000 feet per annum, will have a greater
effect on tho whlto plno and spruce mar
kots than It would have had at any other
time In tho last ten yearn, Not only doe
it tako out of tho market for tho next twelva
months over 400,000,000 feet of lumber, prin
cipally whlto pine, but It does thin at a
time when tho demand wns Increasing alto
gether out of proportion to tho avallabla
supply.
"Owing to the great demand for lumber
In Canada it looks to me as It lumber will