The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISJEED JUNE 1J), 1S71.
OMAHA, MORNING, JtAY 7, 1000.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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FIGHT WAK FORWARD
British Torces An Advancing North
Through Enemy's Country.
REST WITHIN THREE MILES OF VET RIVER
Bocu on Opposite Bank Are in Considerable
Strength.
GOOD WORK DONE BY 11 WILTON'S FORCES
Barton's Brigade Mfcts with Bnccm in
Storming Hilly Positions.
BOERS WORSTED IN ALL-DAY ENGAGEMENT
Bantu Africa Men Hiikiikc llrltlxli In
Xnulry n( CIiimc tuitl-tcrN anil Only
Itctli-c When Thcli- Retreat
In Cut Uir.
LONDON, May 6. 3 p. m. The War of
fice has published tho (allowing dispatch
from Lord "Roberts, dated Vet river, Sat
urday, May 5, 7:16 p. in.:
"I marched here today with Polc-Cnrcw's
division. IIcndciuartcrH nnd Wavell's brl- !
gado of the Seventh division are tvo miles j
In tho rear. Maxwell's brigade of tho same j
division Ik the Hume distance to our right.
"Tho enemy are In considerable strength j
on the opposite bank of the river. Our guns I
engaged theirs for eomo three hours without'
our being nblo to force a passage of tho
river, but shortly before dusk the mounted
Infantry, under Gcnoroi Hutton, turned tho
enemy's light nnd In a very dashing man
ner pushed across the river under heavy
shell and musketry lire.
"Wo nro now bivouacking for the night
-within three miles of Vet river. Our casual
ties, I hope, uro not numerous.
"Hamilton was In action yesterday and
succeeded In preventing a Junction of two
Door forros by n well executed movement by
Borne of tho Household cavalry, tho Twelfth
Lancers and Kitchener's home, who charge!
a body of the enemy and Inlllcted serious
loss. Tho enemy Med, leaving their dead
on tho field nnd their wounded to be at
tended by our doctorti.
I'i-iiIm' for the IllncU AVnfcli.
"MocDonnld'H Highland brigade dislodged
tho enemy on the right Hank under cover
of tho naval guns, In which Operation tho
Illack Watch dlctlngulshed themselves and
were very skillfully led.
"Hamilton was advancing this morning to
a dllllcult drift over the Klclnnvet river.
"Hunter reports that Marlon's brigade wns
heavily engageil this morning two miles
north of llnoidnn. Tho enemy's position
was qillte four tnllce long'onil strongly held.
Ho states that our men marched magnifi
cently nnd carried ridge after ridge In grand
style.
"Casualties In this force, In Hamilton's
nnd Hunter's will be reported na noun as
possible
"Captain Miller, who was taken prisoner
near Thabo, N'Chu, linn been sent to Huudle'a
camp by tho enemy with a severe wound In
tho abdomen.
"Brabant reportmthat one sergeant and
threo men wero captured on May 2 whllo
wn patrol nnd that one of them, who had
been brutally ill-treated and Mt for dead
by tho Iloere, was found the following day.
"Lieutenant Ltlley, Victoria Mounted
Hilled, reported mlsilng, woi found at Drond
fort dangerously wounded nnd has been
most carefully attended by tho Netherlands
nmbulanco."
Work lit 'Wnrreiiiiin.
WAHHKNTON, Sunday, May . Yester
day General llarton drove from 2,000 to
3,000 lloers from hilly positions at Hooldnn,
whero they awntted them. They retreated
after Htlff lighting, leaving a number of
dead on tho Held. Tho HrltUh casualties
we.ro slight. Oeneral Hartou Is still pur
suing. WlndBorton anil Kllpdam hav been
ovacuated.
(leuoral Pngct'd brlgado Is attacking tbt
Iloer petition at Warrentnn.
Tho engagemenc yesterday was snvero nnd
lasted from 9 In the morning until 4 In tho
afternoon. Moro than once the British In
fantry were obliged fi engage tho lloers
at close quartern and the lloers only retired
when their retreat wns nearly cut off. Tho
llrltlsh loiv-ss wero 11 vo killed nnd twenty
II vo woundiM mujtly Welsh Fuslleers. The
HrltLsh took a batcn of prisoners. Including
tho Swedish ambulance, which they allowed
to return, Tho lloors, In their hurried re
treat, left thirteen dead.
Today Oeneral Poget mado n, Btrong
demonstration against tho Boer position east
of tho brldgo, thereby preventing Doer re
inforcements going to insist in checking
Oeneral Rarton's advance.
It a nil In lleni'lii'H the liner.
THAI! A N'CHU, Saturday, May R. Gen
eral Hundlo, who has been pursuing the
liners with tho Seventeenth brlgnde, two
batterlcti and contingents of the yeomanry
and mounted Infantry, succeeded In reach
ing thorn with his artillery and forced them
to leavo their pitdtlon.
Tho yeomanry uru making a long detour
In pursuit. Tha result Ih not yet known
hero.
Hot Kneoniitcr nt lllvcr.
VET HIVKH, Sunday, May 0. Oeneral
Pole-Cnrcw started at daybreak yesterday
on a nlneteen-nillo march. Ho first eamo
Into contact with lloers holding tho river
nt 1 o'clock p. in. Tho llrltlsh soon had
two batteries In action and later they added
two naval uluo-pounders, two L7 and 5-inch
slego guns.
Tho Doers fired with great nccurncy nnd
tho duel continued unabated, with a tcrrl
'blo din, until sunset, nml even later there
was desultory firing. It Is marvelous that
nobody on tho llrltlsh Bldo was Injured.
Oeneral Hutton started early to find the
drift on the west. When this was discov
ered It proved to bo strongly hold and pro
tected by two guns. Tho llrltlsh speedily
engaged tho Doers, who enllladed tho dis
mounted firing line with a Maxim, but Oen
eral Hutton pushed forward his own pom
1 pom nnd a galloping Maxim and force 1 tho
Doers to leavo tho river bed. Tho encoun
ter was terribly hot. Later the Ilrltlali
forco crossed tho river, threatening tho
lloer right,
Tho floors must hnvo received about tho
mmo time iiowb of Oeneral Hamilton'!) oc
cupation of Wlnburg. About sunset n do
tnchtnciit of twenty-six Auatrallan.', who had
crept unseen toward tho river bed, found
themselves near u kopjo occupied by the
Doors. After llrlng they fixed bnyonots and
charged, capturing tho Kopjo. All was dono
on their own Initiative.
liner Retreat nt MuUt.
Thus night fell. Karly thin morning It
wnn discovered that tho wholo Doer foreo
hod lied. Oeneral Hutton during tho nlgh't
got two squadrons to blu'v up tho lino near
Swnldeel, Tho DrltUh d.a.'ovoiol yesterduy
nil along tho railroad small packets of high
explosive, The Doers had destroyed threo
brldgia over spruits Lctwecn here and llrand-
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SITUATION AT THE FRONT
Work Done liy the Arinlri Summed
I'll from Cable l)l
1ii (l'Ik'n.
LONDON, May 7.-4:10 n. m. Lord Rob
erts Is making better progre's than an) one
had dared to hope and Is meeting with soc
cer at nil points. Tho only news of the
actual occupation of Wlnburg Is tho In
cidental referenco to It In tho dispatch from
Vet river describing Oeneral Pole-Cnrew's
operations, but a tho latent news of Ovneral
Hamilton's operations, dated Saturday morn
ing, was that he was then preparing to force
tho dlfllctllt passage over llttlo Vet river
on tho Dlottnfontcln-Wlnburg road, thero
13 no doubt that tho news of tho occupation
Is accurate,
Tho Doers, following their customary prac
tice, had evacuated their positions on the
Vet river during Saturday night. As Ird
Roberts, advancing along the railway, and
Oeneral Hamilton, twenty miles to the east,
threatened the two wings of the Doer forces,
It would not be surprising to hear that they
had also evacuated Wlnburg.
- Oeneral Hamilton's advance will prevent
tho Doer forcis In the direction of Thaba
N'Chu Joining their main army near Wln
burg. Oeneral Ittindlo on Saturday had nrrlv.ed
In pursuit of the Doers seven miles north
of Thaba N'Chu, compelling tho Doits to
rotlro In an easterly direction.
A Doer account of the capture of Drand
fort says:
"Tho federal forces, although weak In
numbers, offered strong resistance, but they
wore forced by tho overwhelming forco op
posed to them to evacuate the town."
Oeneral Hunter's progress, although slow.
Is satisfactory. The Idea that tho relief of
Mafcklng Is In night, however, appears 'o
have been premature, as the Doers In that
quarter aro still stoutly resisting tho Drltluh
advance.
According to a dispatch to tho Pally Mall
from Capteown a special expedition to tho
wcstwnrd left Klmberley ti few days ago
nnd will endeovor to relievo Mafcklng, whllo
Oeneral Hunter nnd Lord Melhucn are
operntlng on either sldo of the Vnal river
In conjunction with 1onl Roberts' army.
Prom I.ourcnzo Mnrnuoz conies various
rumors that Colonel I'lumer has been re
inforced mid in again advancing toward
Mafcklng. Another report says that Mate
king has been relieved and Oeneral Lorn
mer, with 3,'dOO Doers, captured at Fourteen
Streams.
Women havo been placed In the govern
ment ofllcea In tho Transvaal In order to
rellovo tho burghcia for active service.
Two New South Wales Lancers, who es
caped from Watcrval prison, havo arrived at
Dclagoa bay nfter a dangerous Journey.
Tho Volksraad will meet In l'rctorla to
day. Probably tho sitting will bo memor
nble. Tho Johannesburg shell factory has re
sumed work with Austrian, Italian and
Greek workmen.
HOPE FOR ENGLISH SUCCESS
llexnliitloiiH I nil urn I ii I'onIIIimi of
(ircut It r 1 1 ll I it Adopted li"
.Vfrlea'n MethoillstH.
COLUMDUS, 0 May C Services pre
liminary to the general conference of tho ;
African Methodist Episcopal church wero
held at the Columbus auditorium today and
wero attended by Immense crowds. Dishop
Gaines spoko In tho morniug, Kcv. A. W.
Whitman of Georgia In tho afternoon and
How 1). I'. Scaton of Virginia In tho even
ing. At the evening session tho following
resolutions, Indorsing the position of Great ,
Drltaln n Its war with tho Doers, wero
unanimously ndopted:
Whereas, England Is now engaged In
wnr with the Dutch, n people calling
themselves the lloers; u people who have,
by grabbing, squatted In South Africa
nnd monopolized a large portion of the
country nnd are now recognized ns a na
tion; and,
Whereas, These people retain the belief
that the color of a nmn'n skin Is a li.ulirp
of Inferiority to such extent Hint the native
African, or persons of color, are prohibited I
from all the rights and privileges that any ;
human belli ft may be allowed to exercise I
or testify In court against a white man or
woman: neither arb they allowed the
privilege of enjoying the tienelits of moneys
derived by taxation for the edu.:..tlon of
the youth of tho country, altliomh thev
nro compelled to pay their equal share
Into such fund, nnd many other Ills too
numerous to mention; therefore.
Resolved. That whllo wo deprecate wnr
between tuitions, yet wo heartily Indorse
tho action of England In its efforts to
tench the misguided people the true les
sons of our Christian education.
Resolved. That the HVinimtliv of tbla
meeting goes out to the strucgllirg nntlvfs
who nro groaning under the pernicious
tyranny of oppression and wrong at the
hands of tho flours.
Tho business sessions cf tho conferenco ;
open tomorrow morning with tho reading '
of the quadrennial address by Dishop Leln.
Dr. H. I Reynolds of New Orleans has
been chosen as chief conferenco secretary.
CHANGE VIEWS ON BOERS
Hertz Miijm Trniixvmil Ih Not n lteiuli
lle, lint a MlNitovrriieil
OIlKiirch) .
NUW YORK, May C Rev. Joseph II.
Hertz, who was rabbi of tho Wltwatemrand
Hebrew congregation of Johannesburg until
last December, when ho was expelled from
tho Transvaal by President Kruger. arrived
hero on tho steamer ICIrurla today.
"I went to the Transvaal a strong pro
Doer," said he, "and spoko oh many a
public occasion In favor of tho Transvaal
government, but nn Insight into tho Trans
vaal methods and nn acquaintance with tho
leading olllclals within tho Transvaal and
tho Kreo State, as well na my personal ex
perience while trying to removo tho obnox
ious religious disabilities under which tho
Catholics aud tho Jews suffer, gradunlly
compelled mo to soo that tho Transvaal Is
not a republic, but rather an oligarchy, mis
governed on strictly mediaeval principles.
"At the outlauder meeting at Johannes
burg, July 20, U99, I uttered these words:
" 'Let President Kruger demand of tho
Cathollo inhabitant, of tho Jewish Inhabi
tant of tho state ever thing ho has n right
to demand of his own burghers. Wo would
glvo up everything. Willingly, Joyfully
would wo sacrltlco everything with tho ex
ception of our faith, our principles and our
honor and wo will not sacrifice- our faith
and our honor, because the heroes of Hol
land nnd tho sturdy men who havo presided
a't the birth of this republic have not taught
that by sacrificing theso things wo would
become worthy members of tho Transvaal
republic.'
"For this sentiment I was called on to
apologize. 1 was ordered to withdraw It; I
refuted and, although an American citizen, 1
wns expelled."
No Aid from Kree Mater.
LONDON, May 7. Tho I.ourcnzo Morquez
correspondent of tl)0 Timed, telegraphing
Sunday, says;
Oeneral Doths has been to tho Free State
to rouse tho burghers, but has returned dis
heartened and disgusted. From an unim
peachable source 1 learn that he Is openly
stating to friends that the Free Sinters aro
so completely demoralized that it Is hope
less to expect anything fiom them.
STEAMSHIP PIER IN RUINS
Flames Work Awful Destruction in New
York Harbor.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT A MILLION DOLLARS
Cnptnln Cliarlo t.oelin of llnrwi" Slur
miiiiiI Musi ChoiiNe lh'tueoii Snvhin
1 1 In Wire anil Mac-Moiitlis-Olil
Chilli.
NEW YORK, May C. A flro that started
at tho river end of tho Mallory line steam
ship pier, at tho foot of Maiden Lane and
tho Enst river, early this morning, com
pletely destroyed tho pier nnd Its valuablo
contents. Tho police placo tho loin nt Jl,
000,000. Several barges, which were moored
neur tho pier, wore aUo destroyed and many
rescues of their cnplaliiB and of tho mem-'
hew of tho fnmlthn on board wero made.
Only ono life was lost. The 3 months' old
daughter of Captain Charles Ixich of the
hargo Sherwood was drowned.
Tho Mallory line pier was 200 feet long
and fifty feet wide. Tho pier Bhed waB filled
with valuablo freight" of u miscellaneous
character, but mostly cotton. On the north
side of the pier wero moored a number tJ
coal and cotton barges, whllo on the south
sldo was the steamer San Marccs and u
number of barges.
No sooner had tho work of fighting tho
flames begun than the firemen and citizens
turned their nttentlon to saving tho lives
of thoso on the bargw, which were lying
within tho lino of danger. Neqrrst to the
pier wn tho bargo Stephen D, Elklns. Hor
captain, Frank Fox, nnd his wife, his 3
months' old daughter and a baby wero on
board and sleeping. A skid was quickly
run from 'tho pier to tho coal barge, the
occupants of the boat were awakened nnd
wero hurried from their bunks to a placo
of safety before the llumca had reached
them,
I'atlier'H ToiikIi Choice.
On hoard the barge Sherwood were Charlei
Ixichs, the captain, 30 years old; his wife,
Lena, 30 years old, and their daughter,
Rosle, 9 months old. Tho Lochs family was
awakened by tho flames. Their barge was
alreudy on flro nt tho tlmo they wero
aroused from sleep. Tho father took the 9
montl'u' old baby In his arms and with his
wife Jumped Into tho water. Captain Tim
othy. Doylan, formerly in command of the
bargo New Drunsnlck, whose homo Is nt
Rondout, N. Y., plunged In to save the
womnn, who had become exhausted. Her
husband, who still held the baby In his arms,
saw that his wife was on the point of going
down. It became n question to him ns to
which ho Bliould save. his wife or baby. Ho
thereforo let tho baby go, in the hope that
sho would bo picked up by someone else, nnd
went to tho asslstanco of his wife. Ho man
aged to hold her head above water until
Doylan reached thetu. All threo wero then
landed by llfo lines. The half-drowned cap
tain and his wife wero removed to the Hud
8ton street hospital, where later they recov
ered. On tho coal barge S, II. Hand, which lay
alongside tho other burning barges, wero
the captain, Joseph Plumb, his wifo nnd
two children. All were rescued by the po
lice, but Patrolmau Jeremiah Cronlu was
badly burned while taking ono of the chil
dren ashore. All hands on board tho
lighter Arno got ashoro safely. Michael
Sheldon of that boat, wns compelled (o Jump
into tho river, from which ho was rescued.
Threo largo vessels wero lying eo near the
blazing pier that their safety was endan
gered tho steamer San Marcos and tho
steamer Nueces, which were towed out Into
mid-stream, and the bark St. James, tho
rigging of which was burned beforo It could
bo towed out of harm's way.
Savlnic Oilier Miliilnir.
Tho scene on tho water was a meat ex
citing one, for tho river was f)lled with
steamer craft engaged In towing the various
vofels and barges to safety from their
dangerous positions. Four cotton barges,
others laden with corn-meal nnd some laden
with coal caught flro and wero destroyed.
Some of them were also sunk to prevent tho
further spread of tho flamro. A number of
buildings on South street were scorched nnd
several .were emptied of thrlr tenants, who
feared that tho buildings would bo burned.
Henry Mallory said regarding the fire:
"I havo no Idea how the flro started and I
can form no adequate Idea of tho loss. Tho
cntlro plor la dcstroye.il, together with tho
ofTlces and other buildings on tho bulkhead.
My btother Charles Killed for Europe on tho
Teutonic ten days ngo und ho will remain
abroad two months, notwithstanding thla
catastrophe. I cannot tell what our Immc
dlnto plans will bo or when we shall begin
to rebuild. Our boaks and other documents
wero destroyed and I cannot say nnythlng
nbout tho Insurnnco at present. The only
poltlvo Information that I con give nt pres
ent Is that fortunately at tho tlmo of tho
flro thero woo not tho usual amount of freight
on tho pier, as tho Comal sailed at 3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon and cleared up moat of
tho overflow. I prsltlvely cannot tlx tho
origin of the flro, glvo tho amount of damago
or approximate tho amount of tho Insur
nnco," TRANSPORT COMES FROM CUBA
Hod)- of Mi-h, WIInoii In llroiiu;Iit to
I'lilteil State for
lliirlul.
NEW YORK, May C Tho Unltod States
ormy transport Dutord arrived In quaran
tine at 8:30 tonight from Havana, having
on board the body of Mr?. Oeneral J. H.
Wilson, Oeneral Wilson, tho Misses Wilson
nnd Lieutenants James II. Reeves and O.
S. Turner. General Wllson'n aides and two
orderlies wero also on tho Ruford. Tho
steamer, after being boarded and passo.l
by tho health officers, will proceed to New
York, whero Mrs. Wilson's holy will bo
shipped to Wilmington, Del., for. burial.
It will bo transferred from the Duford to
one of the tugs of tho United States trans
port servlco tomorrow morning and taken
to Jersey City enrouto to Wilmington. No
dato has as yet been assigned for tho fu
neral. AFFAIR WITH TURKEY QUIET
fulled Stntrn I, citation In DiiImk Xolli
Iiiit In I In- Indemnity
.Ma Iter.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 6. Tho United
States legation Is doing nothing In tho In-demnlty-
matter, which apparently Is now
forming tho subject of direct communication
'jetwron the Ylldlz Kiosk and tho Turklb
minister In Washington.
Rear Admiral Ahmed Pasha, whom an
Imperial Irade Issued April ordered to pro
ceed to tho United States to ttudy the con
struction of warships, has not loft Constan
tinople. The sultan ha ordored the formation of a
committee to raise a fund for the relief of
tho Indian famine vlctln's. It Is thought that
this will tend to neutralize -tho effoct of the
recent arrest and exllo of members of tho
youiig Turkish party.
.Mm :n -nl m of I ! ii Wkni'In, May ,
At New York Arrived Li Champagne,
from Havre; Rotterdam, from Rotterdam.
BUFFALO STRIKE SITUATION
Xvr Draft of Dcntautt Will lie Pre
pared unit Sulmiltleil liy
L ll loll 1.
r
Dt'FFALO, N. Y May O.-As the result
of n meeting of the striking car repairers of
the Erie railway today a new draft of their
demands will bo presented, and submitted to
Division Superintendent Drunn. As told by
the strikers this drattvVlll not be a modifi
cation of their original demand for pay nt
the Now York Central, scale, but n more per
fect formulation expressing concisely Just
what they will contend for. It Is believed
that tho Lickawnnn.-C men will make at
loat one more attempt to negotiate.
A reply from the "general offices of tho
Lehigh Valley is expected tomorrow ami
President Decoursey.'Of the Western Now
York & Pennsylvania, has promised to reach
Duffalo Wednesday. The situation Is there
fore sufficiently tentative to act ns a stay
upon any radical movement which might
have culminated when the time limit of
the men's ultimatum expired tonight.
It was said by leaders of tho striking Erlo
car repairers today that there was a griev
ance among the yard switchmen of that line,
who, on being sounded by their leadcis, had
expressed not only a 'willingness but n de
sire to strike In sympathy with the car re
palrers and for thelr-on advantage and to
extend tho projectcfl" movement over tho
entire Duffalo division. of tho Eric road.
In the absence of anything moro tangible
than ex-parto statements thla claim has tho
smack of on attempt; lo force concessions
from tho Erie through flaunting the tlotip
of tho linen In '92 by tho general strlko
of switchmen, which Id yet a fresh memory
to railway managers.'
Tho report of laat night that tho New
York Centinl repairers, who resumed work
on Friday, would strike In sympathy with
their atllllated craftsmen of tho lino where
satisfaction has not Ijecn gratified was de
nied tonight by laborjpeoplo but pronounced
a proper movo if tne men who followed
tho Central rcpalrcfiMu the strike Insist
that It la tho most tnnglblo way to rendor
them aid In their fight. This being dis
cussed from tho standpoint of selecting tho
most potent factor hi 'bringing prcssuro to
bear on tho Hues thst havo not made con
ccsslrus It was statedthat to keop tho Cen
tral men In and tho road operating to lis
full capacity while concentrating efforts to
tie up rival lines will bo an efllcaclous sys
tem of warfare, equally worthy of serious
cjnslderntlon. "
It Is pofrilblo the 'firlo nnd Lickawanna
car repairers may meet their respective of
ficials tomorrow.
Tho striking freight handlers mado no
movo tcday and appear to be quietly wait
ing to hear what success attends tho efforts
of President Oompcr. to sccuro a bearing
for them from tho general officers of Jho
several lines In NowTork.
GOMPERS STANDS DEFIANT
SiTj-" lie Will Vrsc SlrlUerx In Keep
on In SilMc of 1 ii-
JinielliiiiM.
'
NEW YORK, May C Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation of
Labor, nttcnJcd tho"'mectlng of tho Na
tional Federation union today and an
nounced that he haujomo hero not to con
fer with the railroad' officials wlth refer
ence to tho threatened strike as reported
at Buffalo, but to opjnly defy tho Injunc
tion granted by Ju'-. T- Frqedmnn against
the striking fclgarmalicrs, which prohibits
them from .picketing or attempting In any
way to deter others from taking their
places and enjoins sympathizers from giving
financial aid for the purpose of continuing
tho strike.
"Usually," tald Mr. Compcra at tho meet
ing, "when tha labor movement Is booming
some ono Is found, clothed.ylth the crmlno
of a supreme Jiuitlce, who trlc3 to check tho
advance. It Is necessary for some man to
oppose this Injunction nnd I am glad to
sco that tho stand Ins already been made.
I am hero especially to violato tho Injunc
tion. 1 havo done so before at a distance.
I now want to faco the mU3lo If there Is
any. I havo contributed to tho fund for
pickets and tomorrow morniug I ahull speak
to tho strikers and urge them to keep on
in spite of Injunctions."
StrlkerH Meet .SiiceexN.
DOSTON, May C Tho strike ordered on
May 1 by tho carpenters' union for on eight
hour day with a minimum wage of $15 a
week in stated to bo meeting with success.
Tho strlko committee of tho unions states
that fifteen of tho leading master carpen
ters granted tho demand nnd twenty moro
Anns will settle within the next few days.
Mold en.' Strike Seidell.
AKRON, O., May 0. A temporary settle
ment of tho molders' Btrlko In this city has
been effected by J. F. Valentino, vlco presi
dent of tho .Molders' International union,
and tho men will return to work tomorrow
under a truco pending settlement through
committee of molders anil foundrymcn.
SUCCESS FOR NATIONALISTS
Unexpected Victory for the Party hi
the French Municipal
Ulccdiiim,
PARIS, May 7.-2 p. m. Although It was
fully recognized that the nationalists In
tended to make a determined light In all tho
wards of Paris on the occaMnn of tho mu
nicipal elections held yesterday throughout
Franco It was never seriously contemplated
that their efforts would-bo crowned with
such success as is shown by tho result,
which must bo recognized ns dealing n srl
ouh blow to tho republicans and radicals.
Tho results show fifty definite- elections In
Paris. In thirty wards second ballots will
bo necessary, Tho nationalists have gained
tight seats, five frojn tho republicans and
threo from tho radicals. Tho successful
candidates Include MM. Oaston-Mery, Galll,
Lepelletler and Darrotlcr,
The republicans havo secured olght seats,
Including seven members of the old coun
cil. The radicals and radical socialists ten
and the copscrvatlvM eight.
In wards whore socond ballots oro noces
wry tho natlonalUts obtained tho most
votes in eleven cases, but the total votes
polled by their competitors -was higher than
tho number obtained by the-m.
Hcllrf for Fire .Sufferer.
OTTAWA, Ont May C Premier Seddon
of New Zealand has sent a cable lo Sir Wil
fred Laurler Informing him that tho New
Zealand government has contributed $25,000
to the relief fund of tho Ottawa fire wiffcr
ors. Among the most Interesting gifts received
for tho relief funl Is one from tho school
children of Detroit, accompanied by n tot
ter from Mayor Maybury of that city. Thero
wero 700 children who attended a May
day festival In that city nnd each sends a
penny. Resides this Mayor Maybury en
closes a draft for $.100 and Intends to send
many moro until such time ns tho needs oN
tho. people are" fully eaflsfleJ. Tho relief
fund Is now well over tho $600,000 mark,
Attempted .Murder and Suicide,
CLEVELAND. O.. J.lay fl.-Danlel Silver
conk killed himself this evcnlnir. nfter mv.
i lug tried to murder his wife. Jealousy was I
1 th4 cause. The woman will recover. !
POPULISTS DEAD FOR OHIO
AdTinca Guard of Convention Worksri Ar
rives in Cincinnati.
SPEAK SLIGHTINGLY 0E SIOUX FALLS CROWD
Secretary Parker, In nn InlervliMv,
I'iiIiiIm Out the llarm IIi-Iiik Hone
to II r u li hy I he (inthcrlliu;
l .South Dakota.
CINCINNATI, May C Tho advance work
ers for the national convention of the middle-of-the-road
popullits, which meets hero
Wednesday, arrived here today. They hp'
all opposed to fusion aud almost everything
else that has any connection with other po
litical partliu.
Joseph A. Parker, secretary of the na
tional committee of tho mlddle-of-tho-road-ers,
has had headquarters here at the Den
nlson for eomo weeks In arranging for tho
convention. He was Joined by many others
today. They all claim they represent a
largo majority of tho people's purty; that In
the contests nt state conventions the Sioux
Falls fuslonlsts carried les than SOO of
(the 975 delegates, nnd that the convention
ai aioux i'-niis tins week will be one of ex
cursionists with n minority of delegates, and .
tnnt over two-thirds of tho delegates wero
Instructed by their states for the Cincinnati
convention, which will keep In the middle
of tho road and not bo sidetracked In tho
Interest of anybody or party. They call at
tention to tho fact that their call Is In ac
cord with tho Omaha law of 1892, excluding
nil officeholders, and charge that tho Sioux
Falls convention Is In chargo of Senators
Dutlcr, Allen nnd Pcttlgrcw und other
oinccholders, tho ramo as republican and
democratic conventions.
I'nl lint prH nf Hip True Faith.
"It Is well recognized by all people." Bald
Secretary Parker, "whether they bo popu
lists or not, that the Clnlnnatl conventl n
I represents the real populist movement. It
Is equally well known that the Sioux Falls
convention is simply on adjunct lo tho dem
ocratic party. This accounts for tho unan
imity with which populists In every section
have repudiated tho call for tho latter con
vention nnd Indorsed tho Cincinnati move
ment. -Wo aro confident of an attendance
fully ns great as the capacity of our hall
nnd it Is claimed that Robinson's opera
house will se-at L',S00 people."
Mr. Parker said: "The Sioux Falls con
vention cannot deliver n vote to Rran that
would not go to him ns tho regular demo
cratic nominee. Any action tho Sioux Falls
convention may take will only embarrass
Dryan and give his enemies In the demo
cratic party a chance to hammer him. Ho
would bo much stronger ns a thorough
democratic candidate than ns n fusion candi
date and If tho leadcis of tho Sioux Falls
convention were really for Dryan they 'would
go about the matter to accomplish his elec
tion. They would openly Join the democratic
party and help to elect Its nominees. Hut
they arc not so anxious for Dryan as they
aro for themselves and they oro working tho
fusion racket more with an eye to getting
democratic Biipport for the state nnd other
ofllces they hold and expect to hold than for
any lovo of Dryan. Why, this Idea" was boldly
argued In tho committee on resolutions nt
Raleigh, N. C, In tho convention which
caused Harry Skinner lo attack Senator
Duller for his Insincerity. Mr. Dryan is In
more danger toilay from these fusion fr,lcnJs
than ho Is from tho middlo-of-the-roadcrs."
I'cttlKrciv In a Had I.IkIiI.
Asked nbout tho charge of Senator Pcttl
grcw, that Senator Hanna was helping tho
convention, Mr. Parker said: "It Is false.
Tho fusion leaders see tho people's party
has repudlatod them. This has driven them
to the extremity of trying to Impugn tho
motives of those who ore behind our move
ment. We expect nothing else but a cam
paign of slander, but wc proposo to meet
It ns It deserves. In truth, this wholo
work has been accomplished and all ex
penses of the convention paid with $700,
the amount contributed by tho Convention
league of Cincinnati. The fuslonlst leaders
buncoed tho city of Sioux Falls out of $3,G00,
which will mako their delegates cost over
$20 a head7 I should Judge. Of course, all
of us who havo dono tho preliminary work
have worked without remuneration and wo
hnvo had to dispense with music and all
extras and limit ourselves to bare necessi
ties. But wo are hero for business and not
to cut a swell and propose to do tho best
wo can. Rut It does make us a llttlo angry
to have tho fuslonlsts parading such a
statement beforo the public and leading peo
plo to bellevo that wo havo a barrel of
money. I wrote Senator Pcttlgrow tho facts
over a week ago and asked that ho set us
right, but up to this tlmo I have heard noth-
I Ing from him. It does eecm strango that
; any man holding an ofTlce, secured at tho
sacrlflco of his party's purity and Inde
pendence, should throw out slurs at othor
people who do not see things ns he docs.
Senator Pcttlgrcw is up for ro-r!oct!on In
South Dakota this year nnd I do not think
it will help his chanceo much to throw mud
at true populists."
TICKET IS BRYAN AND T0WNE
I'rnhahlc I'iihIoti l.cadcrM Arc .Vainril
nt the Conference Held
III C'hiciiKo,
CHICAGO, May 0. Tho Chronlclo toenor
row will say:
Dryan and Towne that was tho way tho
probablo democratic, popullstlc and Lincoln
republican national ticket was framed up
as tho result of a conference yesterday after
noon ociwcou leaders or tlio three parties at
tho Sherman house. Tho presidential nomi
nal Ion was not discussed, as being n fore
gono conclusion, but when tho conferees had
delved Into the puzzlo of tho vlco presi
dential situation Charles A. Townu of I)u
luth, Minn., stood on n plnnaclu of import
ance that dwarfed other pcsslbilltles.
Tho populist representative at tho confer
enco were Senator Dutler of South Carollnn,
chairman of his party's national committee;
Gcnornl J. D, Weaver of Iowa and Congress
man Oeorgo S Sibley of Virginia. Tho sil
ver republicans wero represented by fVnator
Pcttlgrew of South Dakota and ex-Senator
Fred Dubois of Idaho.
Mr. Towne, though chairman of the Lin
coln republican national committee, did not
attend tho meeting owing to tho position In
which ho stood regarding the matter under
dlsciiFslnn. Tho democratic representatives
at tho conferenco were Vlco Chairman Jamci
O. Johnson of the national committee and Dan
Cnmpau of Detroit, national committeeman
from Michigan. Colonel Dryan was not pres
ent. "I nm not Interesting myself in tho vlco
presidential nomination," ho said, "I havo
seen the men tf tho threo parties present In
tho city today, but I am not saying anything
regarding conferences. I'm going homo for
ti two months' rest on mv farm."
Tho populist plan does not contemplate
the nomination of Mr. Towno at the national
convention this week In Sioux Falls, S. D.
Tho plans of the lenders, so far as leaders of
tho populist party can lay out the work for
it convention, contemplate (bo nomination of
(Continued on Third Page.)
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska
Thunder Showers; Variable Winds.
Temperature n( Uinahn yciterdnyl
"our. Deir, Hour. l)ir.
B a. in.,.,,, no 1 . nt IIS
l a. la Ill) U i. in. .... . (Ill
7 n. in Ml ;t p, in 7
N a. in ns -I p. nt 117
a. in , mi r p. in..,,,, us
1 n. in ill ( p. in (ill
It a. in (Ill 7 p. in IIS
1- ni lis S p. in. .... . II.-.
II i. in (I.,
TORNADOES DO GREAT DAMAGE
A li in her Arc Reported Dead ami In
jured from .sioriim In
KlItlNIIM,
KANSAS CITY, May 7-Half n d
tlnct tornadoes occuried In cent
this afternoon, following a day
lugly high temperature. Two
known to have been killed and
Jurcd. Wires are down In the a.
trlcts, making It impossible t
sum up tho damage done.
A Times special from Elll
, Kan.,
do vls-
saj s: At 5:30 this evening
Red Logan township. It form
ew miles
south of lilllnwood nnd pa
over tho
west portion of the city. At- tha Cheyenno
bottoms, six miles north, It divided In six
different directions nnd destroyed tho resi
dences of Georgo and William Helfrlch.
Oeorgo Helfrlch and wife were Instantly
killed. William Helfrlch, wlfo and - child
were nil badly hurt. The storm next struck
tho farm of Carl Schneider, destroying the
outbuildings and leaving tho dwelling tin
touched. Further Into the country a num
ber of others nro reported killed or Injured.
A large amount of stock was killed.
A special from Lamed, Kan., says: A
tornado passed southeast of hero at C o'clock
this ovcnlng and struck near Pawnee Rock,
threo miles distant. The wires nro down
and it Is impossible tonight to learn tho
extent of damage done. Four separate fun-ncl-shnpcd
clouds aro reported to have been
seen in the direction of Grexit Rend.
KANOPOLIS, Kan., Mny C At C o'clock
this afternoon four dUtluct fuuncl-Bhnped
clouds developed within a radius of a fow
mlUs of here it ml It Is believed caused con
siderable destruction to farm property,
though no definite reports hnvo been re
ceived. All of the outbuildings, granaries
and windmills on the Walto farm, thrca
mllea north, were blown down. No eausual
tles are reported. Tho day had been ono
of tho hottest over experienced In this part
of tho state.
DaiunKc hy Tchin Storm.
DALLAS, Tex., May C. A severe tornado
swopt over Denton county at n Into hour
ibis afternoon and many buildings were
wrecked and It In believed several fatalities
oocurred. Telegraphic and telephonic com
munication Is Interrupted nnd advices from
the storm section arc meager.
At Gars i, a small town In Denton county,
moro than one-third of tho houses In the
village were wrecked by tho storm, but for
tunately no ono was killed. The Inhabitants
of tho vlllaso had amplo warning of tho
approach of tho tornado and successfully
sought places of safety.
At Llttlo Elm, In tho sama county, a tor
nado descended on the town, demolishing
soveral houses nnd injuring several poo
pic. No particulars can bo obtained to
night and the re.ult of the storm Is mere
conjecture. All wircu nro down north of
Dallas and It Is feared the cyclono wrought
much damago in that vicinity.
Tciiih Timvii S Hirer".
DALLAS, Tex., May C One-third of tho
houses In Garza, n town In Denton county,
were destroyed lato this afternoon by a
tornado. No ono was hurt, for, warned hy
a big black cloud, the people sought refugo
In storm houses beforo tho tornado reached
them. Reports from other sections of Den
ton county show that several houses at Llt
tlo Elm wero demolished nnd several peoplo
Injured. Wlrca to the north nro dotvn.
SITUATION AT GOLD COAST
Chimifo for IVorMc Ih Itcporlcil to Lon
don hy Sir Frederick
lIudKnnn,
LONDON, May C Tho colonial office has
received tho following dispatch from Sir
Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, governor and
commandcr-ln-chlcf of tho Gold Coast col
ony, dated KumasBl, April 27f
"Tho situation, I regret to Inform you,
has changed for tho worse. On April 23 a
forco was sent to clear tho territory to tho
eastward. Four of tho constabulary wero
killed and a largo number of tho rebels
wero killed or wounded. On April 25 tho
Anhautls surrounded tho town In great
force, probably 10,000, and mndo a deter
mined attack. The Kansas were obliged to
evacuate tho cantonment and concentrate
around tho fort. The engagement lasted
four hours. Twenty of our natlvo allies
and two Hausas wero killed.
"Tho present occupants ot tho fort num
ber .158, Inclusive ot eighteen Europeans,
six of whom aro missionaries. It is neces
sary that further reinforcements bo sent to
tho gold coast."
Sir Frederick Hodgson, under dato of
April 30, telegraphed:
"Yesterday a serious attack was mado on
tho fort by tho rebels, but thoy were routed
on nil sides with great loss, Two members
ot tho constabulary wero killed and ten
wounded,
"A contingent of Lagos constabulary under
Inspector General Aplln has arrived after
two da j s' severe fighting, Tho column was
attacked at Asagu, which was taken with
tho loss of ono killed nnd 23 wounded,
among them Aplln, slightly,
"On tho following day tho contingent
wns attacked two miles from Kumussl by
8,000 rebels. Thero was great loss In taking
the stockade acrot-s the roads. After ilea
perato fighting tho Ashnntls Hod. Two mem
bers of tho constabulary wero killed and
thirteen wounded, Including Assistant In
spector Read. Havo been unable to send
letters or telegrams through,"
Under dato of May 3 Sir Frederick Hodg
son wired that tho rebels wero massed east
ward and that ho had mado a demonstra
tion tho previous day with two guns, Indict
ing great loss.
Tho colonial ofTlco announces that In mldl
Hon to tho Ingo constabulary reinforce
ments havo been rent to Sir Frederick
Hodgson from the Sierra Leono frontier po
lice nnd from the West African frontier
pollco In tho western and southorn Nlger'a,
INSURGENT OFFICER TAKEN
Member nf FiiiinIiiii'm Stuff t'apluri-H
'Man e-l In Hank to
Auiiliialilii.
MANILA. May 6. General Pnntelon Gar
cia, the highest Insurgent olllcer except
Agulnaldo, whh captured yesterday by
Lieutenant E. V. Smith of General Funs
ton's staff In tho town of Jacn, threo miles
northeaBt of San Isldro,
Fire I.onn a Million,
NEW YORK, May C Tho police esilinot
tho Iohh by tla lire In tho Mutltiry line pier.
Last river, this morning, at W,UW,000,
ralKfisas
oMcd
tiff? are
Wki in-
dis-
oHrately
sTWsw
HOMES IN SPLINTERS
Tornado Literally TWs Uanj Dwelling!
Into Mro Kindling Wood,
WORK OF THE WIND AROUND WILSONVIlLlt'
Dsnnge Dane to Property Will Run TnrTJp
Into Thousands.
NO LOSS OF LIFE IS YET REPORTED
Mirtcnlous Etcipes of Many Perrons Wh
Wcr Caught and Itjurcd.
EXPERIENCE -OF A MOTHER AND CHIL6'
. 4
lllnuii .Mini?- I Vet Mlth the DehrU ok
Their Home ami llmppcd Amid f
l'clltnu Hall, hill .Neither
. LiiA.. llndly Hurl,
WILSONVILLB, Neb., May C.-(Srla
Telegram.) Ruin and desolation reign lit
tho path of yesterday's storm, tho demon,
doing its work well, and complete families
whoso homes are now a mars of splinters
I at v belnr tared for -nnd everything posslbla
I Is being done to nuke them comfortable.
Returns from thu stormswept district to
day bring new catastrophes to light and It
Is llttlo short of a mlr.iclo that ub yet thero
aro no fatalities. Tho worst Injured nr
Mr. nnd Mrs. Tower, who are In a precari
ous condition.
At the time the storm struck tho placu
Mrs. Tower and daughter were In tho
house. They wore trying to talse'a trap
door to get Into the cellar, when the housO
commenced to shnke. Suddenly everything
j became dark nnd Hying debris commenced
to strike them. They were carried for
some distance, with boards constantly
striking them, and wero then thrown io
the ground with some of the ruins on t,op
of them. Mrs. Tower succeeded In extri
cating herself nnd crawled some distance,
whero she Iny until found nbout an hour
later. Little Goldlo wns held prisoner by
boards neross her chest, with the big tin II
stoncs Btrlklng her In tho face, until relief,
came. Mr. Tower and son AdJ.son weio
In tho bam. when it went to pice s. Addi
son escaped with slight Injuries. .Mr.
Tower started to go, too, when something
struck him nnd ho knew no nvte. Ho has
ono leg and several ribs broken aifd Is badly
bruised about the head and eh st. Mrs.
Tower has a collarbone broken and Is seri
ously Injured about tho bak on 1 chest.
Little Goldle has an ugly gash In her head
und Is bruised nbout the body, though not
dangerously. All of the buildings wero
blown to atoms, the loss being $2,000, on
which there is $500 Insurance. Duo horsa
was killed. " J
(Idler VIcIIiiin nf (he Slnrai.
II. A. Dourne Is another victim who suf
fered some Injuries, ns did also Mrs.
Dourne, who hns a wrist broken. Air.
Dourne Is badly Injured nbout tho head
and chest. He was lu tho houo nt tha
tlmo It was blown to pieces nnd wns hit
by a flying board. All their buildings,
consisting ot their house, barn and out
hoiuta, wero completely demolished. Loss,
$1,000, part of which was ivcrcd by JD00
Insurance on house.
E. P. Lavlnc nnd wife, whose houso was
completely wrecked, had an exciting expe
rience. Mrs. Livlno nnd son Enoch wero
carried thirty feet high with the house nnd
landed 200 feet from the founl.itlnn. Enoch
wns but slightly Injured, while Mrs. Uivlno
was injured on tho leg and head. Mr. La- .
vine, who wns out of the house when tho
tornado struck It, received a wound on tho
shoulder. The house was new and wns not
quite finished. Tho barn was also blown
down. Mr. Livlno estimates his loss at
000, on which there was no Insurance.
M.- E. McFarlnud had a large barn, a
washhouHO, two cowshe.ls and a granary
"blown to pieces nnd about forty pigs and
homo poultry killed. His daughter, Pearl,
who was In the wnshhouse when It went,
wns caroled about 100 yards, but was only
slightly hurt. No Insurance.
II. II. flcrrlsh's house, bam and other
outbuildings are n mass of ruins. , Tho
family, luckily, was not nt home at the
tlmo and escaped Injuries. About thirty
hogs wero killed. Ills entire loss Is about
$1,700 and the Insurance $000.
School limine Ih OlilKernleil.
Tho school house standing near Mr. Gor'
rlsh's wan wiped from the faco of the eartb
nnd thero Is llttlo 1o Indicate that a house,
over stood there. Loss, nbout $300.
John McCoomb's houe, partly sod, wnsf
blown down and his granary, barn and wind
mill reduced to ruins. Although the family
wero at homo at tho tlmo they happened to
bo In tho ono room which remained stand
ing. Mr. McCoomb's loss will bo about
$800. Ho had $200 insurance on barn and,
granaries,
II. H. Corbett's frnnio house, bnrri
nnd windmill wero nil reduced to very ml
nuto pierce, some of his farm machinery
broken nnd somo of his stock Injured. No
ono was nt homo when tho catastropho oo
curred. Tho less is $S00 nnd tho Inuuranco
$500.
A. D. Pierce's big hny bnrn wns ruined,
though not blown to splinters, ns most of
tho othor buildings we-re. Ono horso waa
caught nnd crushed under tho falling tlm
bers. Mr. Plerco also lost two corncrlbs,
which brings bis lo. up to $700. Ho car
ried $400 insuranco on tho barn.
A. Daumau estimates thu damago dono Id
his building nnd stock at $500. William
Crosby's houso and barn wero wrecked nnd,
a largo amount of farm machinery broken.
Ills loss Is nbout $G00, on which ho carried
no tornado Insurance.
C. L. Dlnrk's house, barn, windmill nnil
machlnory wero Injured to tho amount ot
about $300. Tho houso In which Htono waa
living was ruined by tho twister, but no ono
was hurt. Less, about $100.
Church ii Complete 'Wreck,
Tho Presbyterian church In town is)
wrecked and cannot bo repaired. A brlcki
building In tho north part of town waa
blown down and a largo amount of damago
of smaller importance, wna tho lesult ot
tho storm. W, S. Corom nnd Oeorgo Shol
den each hnd nbout $100 worth of dumago'
dono to their bulldlnfa, but in nearly over,
Instance whero tho houses wero blown down
tho furniture Insldo was n compUto wrack.
Tho damage dono In general will amount to
thousands of dollars, but cannot bo described
In detail.
Diiiiiiikc lit Denver City,
REAVER CITY, Nub., May 6.-(Special
Telegram.) A terrlllc hall and wimUtorin,
described as a genuine twister, iumim! over
tho wes'nin part of this (Furnas) e unty yes
terday afternoon about I o'clock. Tho worst
damagn wns done In and near Wllsonvillo.
Muny farm houses wero destroyed, 'ho Prcu
bytorlan church was wrecked, roof blown
awny and window glHss smashed. Tho ball
continued for nn hour, tlio wind coming from
tho cast In a gnle, Tho stones wi-ie us largo
us bnso balls, measuring nluo Inches In cir
cumference, and wcie driven thr ugh roofa
and sides of buildings. Tho storm cloud ap