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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 3 871.
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SING LIS COPY FIVE CENTS,
RELIEF AT MAFEKIXG
Elipatch from Pntoria li tbt Fint to Conrej
the Nwi.
BESIEGING FORCE IS MADE TO FLEE
Brltfih Oolnmn from South Bringi Succor to
the Garriion.
TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM IN LONDON
Jollification Promisst to Ontrtral Scne Fol
lowing Belief of Ladjsmithi
MANY BOERS CAPTURED IN FREE STATE
B'tto licnernt AtnntiR Hip Cnpllve
nt llnopntjicl ('oiiiinnniliinl llotlui
nml ii I'' I rlil l.'nrnrl 'I'aUrn
.Near K roiiiiMliiil.
PRETORIA. May 18. It was omally an- j
nounced today that when the laagers and i
forts around Mafcklng had been severely '
lxmbardcd the alego was ubandoned, n Ilrlt-
Ish forco from the south taking possession of j
tho place. j
President Steyn left here for the Free ,
State last night. Addressing a crowd on the
platform ho urged them to be of good cheer. !
LONDON, May 18. A special dispatch
from Amsterdam says a telegram from a
liner source announced that Mafcklng was
rollevcd Tuesday.
A special dispatch from Ixmrcnzo Mar
quez, dated yesterday, says the last COO
refugees who arrived there agrco In stating
that Mafcklng had been relieved.
From tho mention of tho laagers In tho
Pretoria dispatch It Is understood hero that
prior to tho raising of the siege of Mnfc
king tho Hoer laagers around that placo
worn vigorously bombarded by tho Hrltlsh
relief column and tho burghem practically
compelled to abandon the siege.
Tho dispatch of llic Associated I'ress an
nouncing tho relief of Mafcklng wan posted
outBldo tho Mansion houso and the. news
rapidly spread. A largo crowd collected and
nil tho streets In tho neighborhood wcro
peon resounding with cheers,
I.nril Muyor AiinnmiPPs It,
Tho War olflco nt ft o'clock announced that
Ho news had been received and at 9:10
o'clock Lord Mayor Nowton, In his official
robes of office, announced the Joyful news;
to tho people outside. Tho masses of tho
people outside tho Mansion house soon grow
to such dimensions thnt tho police were
obliged to divert all traffic, omnibuses, etc.,
through tho sldo Btreets, Tho cheering was
Incessant.
Tho lord mayor was accompanied by tho
lady mayoress lo the front of tho mansion,
whero nn Immense portrait of Colonel Haden
I'owoll was displayed bearing the Inscription:
"Mafeklng Hclloved."
Whllo tho attendants wero waiving union
Jacks tho lord mayor briefly addressed tbc
nssemblngo, saying: "I wish your cheors
could reach Mafeklng "
Hon tho speech was Interrupted by re
doubled cheers nnd the singing "Hule
llrltannla," after which tho lord mayor ro
niarked: "Wo never doubted what tho end would
be, or that Hrltlnh pluck nnd courage would
conquer at last "
Tho lord mayor 'then led the crowd In
singing '(iod Save tho Queen" and "Soldiers'
of tho queen," and with renowed cheering
nnd tho wnvlng of (lags by tho assembled
multltudo and the singing of "Kcr He's a
Jolly (lood Follow," the mayor and his party
retired.
.MIIHoiin of l'eoplp .llllillnlr.
1 a, in. London's millions Hpent half tho
night in tho streets and even at t a. in.
troops of young men are parading, singing
nnd cheering and there are crowds In front
of tho Mansion houso, Marlborough houso,
the clubo on Pall Mnll and the- War ofllco
nml In Parliament square, waving Hags
and Joining in the nntlonal airs. This sus
tained bellowing nnd uproar of hundreds
of thousands amaze tho Englishman, who
ceases for a moment to bo an actor and
becomes merely nn observer.
Sober, phlegmatic Ixmdon Is beside ltwelf
witli emotion. Ousts of patriotism have
sot Iho (own quivering twice or thrice be
fore during tho war, but nothing has quite
equaled tonight's hundred square mlloi
of nlmcet furious demonstrations. It was
ii curious thing tor tho onlooknr to s'eo
solemn, grny-halred mem toss their opera
J.nts Into the air and Join In the hurrlcano
of cheers when a wreath-crowned bannor
with tho portrait of Colonel Hadcn-PowcU
on It was borno along Piccadilly. Smart
women In broughams waved union Jacks
from thu windows-, Conventional family
parlies stopped at street corners to tnko
part in Hinging "Rod Save the Queen" and
"Soldiers of tho Queen " Everywhei-o wero
abandon, good feeling and astonishing roars
rtf human oicrs.
H wat all brought about by a twenly
vord tolegram from Pretoria that Mafe
klng had been relieved. Although (he gov
' eminent has not a word and nothing con
firmatory has been received from nny Af
rican source, except Pretoria, nobody ap
parently questions tho news. Arthur J. Hal
(our. government leader In tho House of
Commons, speaking from tho government
bench lato last evening, nald:
They Cheer Htm nylnMV.
"Tho only nows I have Is through tho
courtesy of the priss. We have no In
formation at tho War ofllco, nor would we
have It as kvoii as It would arrive through
other channels. Therefore the fact that
mo hawi not received It neither conllrma
nor disproves the accuracy of the Informa
tion. 1 need hardly say that we all trust,
nnd yji have good reason to think, that It
Is prosably true." (Cheers,)
(ieorgo Wyndham, parliamentary under
rrcrctary of war. replying to several mem
bers of the house who had privately Inter
rogated him, said:
"Although tho government has heard
nothing, 1 am disposed to beltcvo tho
Hoer bulletin. It may be tomorrow
nnd perhaps even Monday before tho
government gels dispatches from our
military commander, even If the siege
-wero raised some days ago, as the
news would need to be conveyed over a
long dlsinnco by messengers on horseback,
whereas the enemy would probably be ablo
to avail themselves of telegraphic com
munication." Colonel Haden-PowcU's brother In 'London
lias received a telegram from a Dutch friend
In Pretoria saying (hat Mafeklng has been
jolleved.
No Time to I.Uten In etor.
The performers In the london music halls
nnd theaters hist evening had llttlo uso
for stage business or fdr the lines In their
pieces. Tho audiences which crowded the
lAlhambra, the Umpire, Cnvent Harden or
the theaters had no deairo to attend stage
(Continued on Second Page.)
LONDON HAS A BIG JUBILEE
CrntnU t hppr W llillj- rur the .p
of (In- Hcllpf of .Milfp-
klllK.
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ONDON. May is. (Now York World t a
rn- -Special Telegram ) ixinJon wont
ih Joy tonight over the relief
eh became known about 10
o ciocrHKleuter dltpiit h. Instantly,
as if by rrt&lHjKin jacks worn displayed
from houses, vtt crowds poured Into the
streets bearing lint?", cheering, dancing, em
bracing each other and Indulging generally
In tho wildcat manifestation of Joy. In the
Strand and I'icadllly tho tops of omnibuses
were crammed with cheering passengers
waving Hags. Women In evening dresses
later on leaving tho theaters, nourishing
their wraps over their head. Joining from
their cairlages In the Jubilations of tho
populace. Had the news been known earlier
It Is qulto clear London would on"o moro
have been turned Into pandemonium as on
Liidysmlth night, hut that Is probahly only
deferred until tomnriow, when very llttlo
business promised lo be done
One of the most striking demonstrations
was made opposite Mrs. Hadcn-Powell's
house, Knlghtsbridge, where a body of
police had finally been called to disperse
the noisy crowd which was disturbing the
whole neighborhood. The absence of official
confirmation did not dampen the enthusiasm
outdoors, though In the House of Commons,
where the ministerialists had arranged
demonstrations, they were nfrald to give
rein to their feelings.
KRUGER AND CABINET TREK
Pretorln lo He A hnnilnnril nml Clipl
tnl Set t'p lit l. ileiilitirn
liy the llnprn.
(Copyright, 1!K1. byT'rtw Publishing Co.)
LONDON, May 18. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The Mall cor
respondent nt Iourcnzo Marquez cables:
"Information reaches me from u good source
thnt Krugcr and other high Transvaal of
ficials are leaving for Lydenburg, where
most of tho Hrltlsh prisonous will also bo
conveyed. Things point to llttlo or no op
position being made outsldo Pretoria. The
foreign consuls are leaving Pretoria for Ly
denburc" BOER ENVOYS NOT WORRIED
llrleRntP Flncher Snjw Mueli .Must
Mill lie Done llefore the
War IIhiIn.
HALTIMORE, May 18. Tho flint Intima
tion of tho relief of Mafcklng which camo
to the Doer envoys was conveyed to them
by a reporter of tho Associated Press, who
boarded tho congressional limited upou
which they woro being conveyed to Wash
ington, as It passed through Baltimore.
Abrnham Fischer, who acted n spokesman
for tho party, rend the dispatches from Pro
torla and London carefully, but without
show of emotion.
"I have no comment to mako nt this time, '
ho said, "in tho nlwcncc of otllclnl Informa
tion. I much prefer today to say nothing."
"Would tho nows, If true, Indlcato n near
approach of tho ojid of tho war?" ho was
naked.
"By no means," was the reply. "There
Is much to bo dono before there can be an
end to hontllltles, even If Mafeklng' has been
relieved."
"Do you agree with Lord Robortn In his
prediction that the light will bo over by the
queen's birthday?"
"Dy no manner of means, unless the
English surrender." replied tho envoy as tho
train moved out of tho station on its way
to WaiAington.
NEW YOHK, Mny 18. The Doer delegates
departed for Washington this afternoon at
.1:30 o'clock. Tho committee appointed by
the citizens of Washington to escort the
visitors to the national capital arrived In
New York early today, and after breakfast
ing at the Pennsylvania railway station
drove to tho Hotel Manhattan, where they
wero received by tho envoys.
The delegation Is composed of Seuator
Allen and Congressman Hoblnson of No-
braska, Representatives Rldgely of Kansas,
Daly of New Jersey nnd Sulzer of New
York; C. T. Rrlde of Washington, and
Cornelius Vnnderhoof of llaltimnre. After
they had been Introduced to the Hoer dele
gates Mr. Sulzer formally Invited them to
Washington, and Mr. Fischer made a brief
response.
Mr. Sulzer In the course of his remarks
said: "We want to assure you of our ' day. It had In i-onsldenitlon the hindrances
hearty sympathy for your liberty-loving and obstructions to the United States malls
pcoplo In their grand strugglo for freo- , caused by the present street cnr strike,
dom." i Numerous witnesses wcro examined and
Senator Allen assured the envoys that j some Important evidence presented, but no
they had tho sympathy of OS per cent of thu , formal roport wns submitted to the court.
American people. Mr. Vanderhnef then In- u is believed that a final report will bo made
vlted tho envoys to visit Haltlmoro at tho Saturday.
termination of their Washington visit. Tho ,The houso of delegates this afternoon
Invltntlon was accepted conditionally. passed the bill to revoke the franchises of
Delegate Wessels, Bpeaklng with reference j tho various railway companies In St. Louis
to the published report that the envoys are I n caao they failed to run their cars in coin
In this country under the auspices of tho j pUnnce with the terms ot tho city ordl
lloer National Relief association, said: i minces.
"The envoys are not here under anybody's
nplces They come with credentials from
tho Transvaal and Orange Free htate."
SISTER ALPH0NS0 IS DEAD
Founilpr of Crelmhton llonpltnl of
TIiIm City IIIpk In nn Inilliinn
lliiil(nl.
LAFAYETTE, lnd.. May 18. Sister Al
phonso, mother provincial of the Sisterhood
of Saint Francis for tho United States, died
tnnlght nt Saint Elizabeth hospital of heart
irouo.e. one was one oi tne original hi
sisters that came to this country in 1875.
Her business ability mud the sisterhood
successful throughout the west. St. Eliza-
netn nospiiai. i.aiayette. and crclgliton hoa-
jili.il, junuut. .tie ii-imri tn tier WOTK
IIIIVWS I'ltlKMIS I.N Ni:V YOHK.
Coiitcnllim Ueleuiitlon If Itruulliri
Are Not In l.lue.
NEW YORK. May IS M. O. Palllser, ono
of tho leaders of tho Chicago platform
democracy, which will hold a state conven
tion tomorrow, outlined the program:
"it Is our purpose," he said, "to reaffirm
tho Chicago platform, add to It planks on
aiitl-lmperlallbin nnd trusts, call on the regu
lar democratic state convention to Instruct
Its delegates to vote for Mr. Hryan and then
adjourn until June 6. If tho regulars do
no' Instruct for Mr. Hryan nt tho
Academy of Music convention on Juno 15. we
will meet again and send a contesting dele
gation to Kansas Cltj.
"There will be 300 delegates from all parts
of the state at our convention tomorrow
and they will represent true democracy. Wo
do not want to etlr up strife In tho party,
but we propose to Insure, tho reaffirmation
of the Chicago platform and tho rcnonilna
tlon of William J. Hryan."
VrrniiKc for Kncii in pinen t,
AHERDEEN, S. D., May IS. (Special. )
The directors ot tho Tacomu Park associa
tion met In this city Wednesday and de
cided to order tho material for a larg
auditorium at once. Mr. W. E. Kldd wus
authorised to go to Chicago and close con
tracts with speakers, also arrange for rates
and special train service for tho encampment.
MORE RIOTING IN SI, LOUIS
Frtth Onibretlcs Follow Failure of Oonfer
tcci to Effect Agreement.
CONDUCTOR FATALLY SHOT, OTHIRS HURT
Pollerniitti DniKKPil friini n Cnr nml
lliully llpiiteii lllistriii'tloiii on
TrncUn, One Cable
(ut.
ST. LOUIS, May 19. At a meeting of 100
heads of labor unions, called last night, It
was resolved, nt 12:G0 this (Saturday) morn
ing, to recommend to the controlling cen
tral bodies that a sympathetic strike ho In
augurated today of all tho labor unions In
St. Louis.
Ileforo a general strike ran be called It
will bo necessary for the delegates at tho
meeting last night to report to their unions.
Each union will then vote on the nuestlon.
jnm nlly t,ose unorm whoso members vote
to strike will walk out If tho call comes.
A three-fourths vote of each union Is neces
sary to declare n strike.
ST. LOl'IS, Mny 18. There was no con
ference today letwcen representatives of the
'rttrlkltiR street car employes and the St.
LoaiIs Transit company, nlthough PresI
dent Hawes of thn Hoard of Police Commis
sioners tried to got the two parties together
In still another meeting. He consulted with
Chairman Edwnrds of tho grlovanco com
mltteo and with the attorney of tho strikers
In tho morning, nnd as a result had Ed
wards send a letter to President Whltnker
suggesting a conference.
In response Whltnker said he was willing
to meet thn committee at any time. Ed
wards then suggested that tho next propo
sition come from the company nnd the re
sponse was In effect that the company had
no further proposition to make, standing on
tho offer of Thursday, rejected by tho
strikers.
Rioting broko out nfresh today In various
parts of the city and several casualties of
a severe nature was recorded on the books
of the police department.
At noon a crowd of 100 or more, men.
women and boys, congregated along Laclede,
between Grand nnd Theresa avenues, nnd
stopped tho ears as they approached by
means of obstructions piled on the tracks.
As the cars came to a standstill rioting
began. Persons In the crowd 'began throw
ing rocks and some shots wcTe fired. One
of tho bullets struck J. R. Hlchnrdson, a
conductor, In the head. A special olllcer on
w"uu l" ' 1U llm uvuu; Jl "i'"' ; ' !
one of the cars was dragged off and badly ,
beaten, his club and revolver taken from
him and several other motormcu nnd con
ductors were assaulted.
Police ClinrifP (lie Crntvtl.
Whllo tho turmoil -was at Its height a
detail of itollce came dashing up nnd charged
the crowd. They struck right and left, "but
they had no clew as to who was responsible
for tho shooting. HIchardHon Is probably
fatally wounded.
On the Uellefontalno line obstructions wero
numeroUH and when the men left the cars
to remove tho barriers thoy were made the
targets of tho strike sympathizers, who
polled them from windows and housetops
with ,rckB, broken brlc-a-brao and pieces of
Iron.
The employes on the Enston avenuo earn
had another rough day of It. Tholr cars
were pelted at street corners near tho west
ern terminus and also along Franklin avenuo
and Morgan street. In ono place the strlko
sympathizers blockaded tho track with a
!t.,,.i hn0 x nor ,11.1 iho street cnr
emnloves remove the carcass than a hundred
.... . ....... .
willing nanus graDDeu u anil draggeu u
back to the track.
Trallic was obstructed until the police nr-
rlved. Obstructions wore numerous nlong
the California avenue and Tower Orove
lines and the cars passed through several
showers of stones nnd bricks.
A cable was cut with ft steel saw on one
road.
Ttto Kniployes Shot.
Two Imported employes of the St. Louli
Transit company were shot today while In
. charge of street cars
In neither case Is
tho assailant known. Ouy Flckes of Decatur,
III., was shot through tho thigh at Twcnty
llrst nnd Morgan streets. Flckes arrived
from Decatur Friday morning. Ho was em
ployed as a special guard by the Transit
company.
Tho federal grand Jury was In session an
j0i,n Kenna, a saloon keeper in Oratlot
street. was probably fatally wounded nnd
Robert Nelson, colored, and emergency
Olllcor Jacob Holllngsworth slightly wounded
tonight In a riot at the south end of tho
Fouiteenlh street bridge. Konna was shot
four times by the epoclal olllcer and Nelfon
was struck In the lobe of tho left ear by a
mr.iv bullet, tired supposedly by Konna.
uim fixed four shots at the odlcer. one ot
which struck him In the hand, causing a j than forty-five fnmlno camps have been at
Urht wound. Kenna had been drinking tacked by the pestilence. The most vlru-
, ,,,r,i rnr Mevoral davs and tonight, as a car
; the Chateau division ot the Transit
company wns rounding the curve nt Four-
tccnth and Oratlot. he stepped up to it nnd,
,i..awinK a revolver, attempted to shoot tho
motorman. The car was going toi r.ist
i Jof Mm .,,, np mMe, his mark
lie tnoti
iegan shooting at the conductor and Spe-
omcer "omngsworth. who were stand-
Ing on the rear platform
Kenllli ContlnneK to Shoot.
The ofllcer Jumped from tho car and,
wnlklng townrd the Intoxicated saloon
keeper, began ahooting at him. Four of
his bullets struck Henna's body. Kenna
continued to shoot at the officer and tho
last fhot he fired struck Hnlllngsworth In
thn Ion linnil fine bullet, which wont wide.
passed through Nelson's ear. Kenna was
taken to the hospital, where the physicians
offered no hope for his recovery.
Patrolman Henry E. narton wns shot nnd
painfully wounded today on Jefferson ave.
nue, near Oeyer avenue. Rarton wns on a
car of the Jefferson nvenue line as a guard.
As the car passed Oeyer nvimue n few
stones wore tlirown nnd then several -hots
rang out. As the reports died away tb
officer felt a stinging sensation in mat
a stinging sensation in ins ,t rsew torn - Arnveu ruopiiu'ia, rroni
nchlnir nn fnunil tho hlnnl Hamburg: Auguste Victoria, from Ham
I f.J i i . , 'buric; Heckln. from Stettin and Copenhagen,
a bullet wound. A riot call ,t Ilnston-Arrlved-New England, trom
head and, rearhl
pouring from
was sent In and a squad of police hurried
to the scene. The crowd which had gath-
ered at the sound of the shots wns dispersed
without trouble. Harton was taken to a
drug store, where an examination showed
that thn bullet had only made a scalp
wound and had glanced off.
Men Hnniiiili to Hun the Curs,
(ieneral Manager Haumhoff of the St.
Ixmls Transit company suys ho tins
(Continued on Second Page.)
PAVILION AT PARIS A SHELL
I nltcil Mule llnllilliiK Too AVrnU Im
Mnnil Ilie I'rr-ciir.; or n ( rnuil
of People.
(Cnpyrlsht. 1900 by Pre.-M Publishing Co.)
PARIS. May 18.--(Nrw York World Cable
gramSpecial Telegram. ) A sensation has
been created here by tho revelation that
the American pavilion at the Paris exposi
tion was pronounced unsafe when tests wero
made last week before tho Inauguration.
Naturally tho greatest effort was made to
keep this startling Information within the
I'nlted Slates commission. Strict orders
were issued not lo let tht newspaper corre
spondents learn of It. It was because of the
testing architects' warnings that even tho
holders of cards of admission wcro not al
lowed Inside tho structure at the inaugura
tion ceremonies.
Tho American nntlonal ptvlllnn Is a mere
shell of light timbers covered over with
plaster. Its Bhnpe, too, renders It especially
dangerous, It being a huge wall nround tho
Interior of which aro four superior galleries.
Testing nrchltects told tho t'nllcd States
commission thnt If the lover floor and gal- ;
lurles were nllnwed lo bo filled, the whole
structure would Inevltahly collapse toward
the center and the great dome would fall
ou top of tho heap.
It was to avoid such a calamity that
Sousa's band and all but a few hundreds of
the people Invited wero kept out. Slnco j
that day props have been placed underneath
but It Is said yet that when visitors nre at
11 numerous tho building quakes percepti
bly. It Is a standing Joke among the commis
sioners to nsk whether today the wind Is
strong enough to blow down the United
Stntes pavilion.
MURDERS WERE ALL PLANNED
Philip Norclliiiu! Went on Ilnnril Prlii
Knrl mIIIi Intention of
KlllliiN, People.
STOCKHOLM, May 18. A dispatch re
ceived here today from Eskllstavna says that
Philip Nordlund, who wa. arrested there.
- '
has now fully confecd that he deliberately
nluiiutd the crime he committed on board
tho steamer Prlns Karl ou Vodncsday night,
when ho murdered seven nlen and wounded
live others, a woman and a 6oy, after which
ho escaped In a boat at Hoping. The fact
of his confession becamo known last even
ing, but he did not enter Into details until
today.
He says he deliberately planned the
crimes and bought tho revolvers with tho
express Intention of robbing another steamer
at Orebro, after killing those on board, but
ho changed his mind and boarded the Prins
isQMT gal(, tuat ho reKrett0lI
not havine recounted the policemen who t
arrested him, aB otherwise Be would nave
shot them. He also expressed regret at thu
fact that ho had not killed every one on
board the Prlns Karl, emphatically denied
he wan Insane and asserted he committed
the murders In order to avenge himself on
mankind.
DISCUSSION IN TUB lUIICIISTAfi.
I'renltlpnt'N ctlnn on .loelnllNt Amencl
inentH CaiiaeH Vrftnnieiil.
nBRLIN, May 18. There fraira somewhat
heated discussion In the rtol'tjjistag today
over tho action of tho : rldent of (ho
house. Count Ton Mullc:J','r,iti" ruling- pti'l
of order a number of socialist amendments
to tho Lex Helnzo. Herr Ringer hotly crltl-
clsed tho rutins, declaring the centrists
wore allowed to do what Is not permitted
In l1e ca.so of other parties and demanded
a vote on the president's ruling, saying
that, although tho members of the Reich-
, tag wore subject to tho president's ruling,
I . i. u . v.i nil, ...n.i.t..n.
me iwuou nui a vmi mt-
excitedly censured Herr Singer for making
an Improper exprcmlon and said he would
, not tolerate charges of unfalrnes against
hlmself. Herr Singer denied making any
allusion to the president and after further
discussion the house, by a vote of 226 to
77, upheld the president.
KxtrnilltliiK Cuban lllnbrrrlorn.
CITY OF MEXICO, May IS. Upon request
of Ambassador Clayton. Pablo Corrnles and
fnr nu in Tnrro t wn Snnnarrts hn r-
cently embezzled large sums ot money In
Havana and proceeded with their booty to
Vera Cruz, havo been arrested in the latter
city, where they are provisionally detained
awaiting presentation of formal proofs upon
which the extradition will bo demanded.
This Is the llrst instance under the new
reclmn where It is nronosed to extradite
fiiQiitvea frnim Putin hack tn that c.ntintrv
for trial. The extrndltlon will not be asked
under any treaty existing between the two
governments, but It is nuthorized under the tho marrlago ceremony, at mm time uev. piiDiisneu nnoui tne anegeu prevaienco ot conditions as he did. If the matter wus be
general law of this republic. I Hills was the driver of a milk wagon In t the disease. j f0rt. n court of Justice, would havo been
J Hlalr. Relatlvo to tho case Rev. Young It Is stated thnt there have been no at- ! cojislfletoil a contempt of court on his part
Military Touriinineni Open. j said: j tempts to suppress the news, but that the j, therefore, trust that the committee nnd
LONDON, May 18. The prince and prln- ' "Little did 1 think thnt tho man who de- city authorities, rememborlng the former tho senate will proceed to a proper and com
ccss of Wales, the king of Sweden, the duke llvered milk at my kitchen door wns n man ; groundless scare nbout the plaguo. aro pjpt(. .onsldivatlnn ot tho question, so that
of York, the duke of Connaught, Oeneral of tho cloth with tho degree LL. I). How- , awaiting definite developments before warn- ti,n , Rbts, not only of Mr. Clnik, but of the
Sir Oeorge WMto nnd Lady White and Cap- I ever, on further acquaintance although ho j lR the public. That there have been a few Hl of .Montana, In tho pri'mlbc may be
lain tmlitnn nf the Hrltlsh nrst-cluas nluaR avoided closo contact I observe 1 , deaths from suspicious causes In Chinatown determined, anil 'hat iinon tho nresentntlon
cruiser Powerful were among thoso present
ut thp nrilant opening nf the military tour
namcnt today. Tho greatest enthusiasm was
aroused hy tho display of tho Poworful's men
with a 4.7 gun, which took part In tho de
fenso of Ladysmltb.
Ilnpld Sprenil nf Cholera,
LONDON, May IS. A special dispatch
from Hyderabad, noting the rapid spread of
i cholera, says: "In one division no fewer
, lent type Is at Cujerat. where many thou-
sands have perished. In the Codhra camp
j alono there havo been thousands of victims,
; An appalling loss of life seems Inevitable."
o Kxpnrt Duly on I'etrolenni,
ST. PETERSHUltC, May 18. A dispatch
I from N.Jnl-Novgorod announces that tho
J-InJ. of flminco. "-
request of tho Volga shlpi
. n .1 H.nn,l,nnll.,.i,a tn I M Prtfl 1 1 n n .... a .. n , I
. ' T ".Vih Vh. :;'"'
Ing the prlco for consumption.
I'imiTN Will Tn Up n lliiml.
TANGIER, Morrncco, May 18. Tho gr.ind
vlzlcr, Ahmed Hen Mussa, died Sunday, i vcnlent tn come to America In search nf ' ;,,.. '",,,'' ,', ;"''"'', ing tnetr vote: in tne negative. 'J hese sen-
May 13. A convulsion in Internal affairs- me Just on tho eve of this estate settle. 1 f10' , fln "p, X , ,i,, V I , a,orh W1 1110 opinion that the reslg
is threatened, hut It is believed that Oor- men t. hatched In New y0rk L.i plain Mr luskey I ntlnn of Mr. r,Hrk 1(1 ,!nc, of ,,.
i mny. inly and Great Hrltaln have agreed
maintain the status quo so It Is hoped
t the threatened anarchy will he averted.
KIiik UlNMoltPH Chiiiiiher.
ROME, May 18. The king has signed a
decree dissolving the Chamber of Deputies.
, at)(, "nrllamenl will bo convened JuncnlO.
.Moi enipnlN of Oeenn Veep, Mny IS,
i iiiti I'lt'i'i inn H nii t HL't'ii iiai'ii inr .11 ni. .1
At New York - Arrived --'Phoenicia, from
Liverpool.
At Liverpool Arrived Helgoland, from
Philadelphia: Hovlc, from New York.
SnlledTaurlc, for New York.
At Havre Arrlvcl Ia t'liampagne, from
New York.
At QniitVi.iir.ntnnAjl1lo,l l.-llnrsl Ttiatr...
from Hamburg, for New York, via I'her-
i iiourg
At Kotterdam Arrived Hpaarndnm, from
New York,
At Cherbourg Sailed -- Fuerst ItlxmPrck.
from Hamburg nnd Southampton, for New
York. At Hamburg- Arrived Kaiser Frlcdrlch,
from Now York.
HILLS IS HELD FOR BIGAMY
Pritst, Milkman and Fiuit Baiter ii Fait
Behind the Bars,
ENGLISH WIFE BRINGS THE ACCUSATION
Dprpmlniit Is llroustlit from PnelUe
Count to Vnve Woinnn He Is !nltl
to Unto rn lined o Hull
Is Offered.
"LAIR. Neb., May IS. (Special Tele
gram.) Rev. Rowland Hills, LL. D., charged
with bignmy, was given preliminary exami
nation hero today beforo Judge Jackson of
tho county court, and was held for further
trial In tho district court. Ilond was (Hod
at $2,000, which the reverend defendant
could not give.
At the closo of the trial, Dr. Hills every
body In Hlalr calls him doctor was led back
(o the Washington county Jail, where he has I
nccu ii prisoner Binco last qunuay, tnat being i pointed without thn authorization of con
tho date of his arrival In Hlalr from Ills- gross and that hence It cannot treat olll
marck. Wash., from which placo he was dally. It urges tho Filipinos not to sur
brotight by Deputy Sheriff Henry Menecke. I lender their arms at tho Instigation of tho
The principal witness nt the preliminary i rooiimlHston nnd on promlt-es which congress
hearing wns tho English woman who do- i may not ratify, and also urces the Flllnlnns
clares she Is tho legal wife of Dr. Hills and '
who signs her name Eliza Cook Adsett Hills. '
Mrs. Hills, as she is known In Hlalr, was I
calm throughout tho ordeal. She entered ,
tho court room In tho company of Rev. and '
Mrs. Annesley Young of S, Mary's church, j
fill "?!n. , L'e,rilP"r'i" !?!.? m,rrW
table from the defendant clergyman.
Their eyes met for an Instant. Mrs. Hills
turned her back. Her lips were sealed, but
(he (lash of her bright eyes spoke volumes.
Rev. Hills crossed his legn nnd surveyed tho
situation us nonchalantly as though howero
only a casual spectator Instead of tho"prln
cliral In a case of International interest.
Not a word was exchanted.
Tho trial begun nt 10 o'clock. After
taking tho oath of the court, Mrs. Hills
sworo that on September 11. 18RS, she be-
camo tho wJfo of I)r mils In KnKlnntl. Tho j
came me nuuiu nr. milt in cuKittuu. i nu
court r00m wnfl cr0W(Ic(1 wUb n cur01ll, I
throng of spectators, but Mrs. Hills did not
seem to bo abashed and she had a ready
answer for every quest Ion tho lawyers asked.
MarrinKc Kept n Secret.
The substance of her testimony, related
In narrative form, was as follows:
'When Dr. Hills became my husband, ho
told me that It would be necessary to keep
our wedding sccict that his mother oh
Jected to hit) marriage and that he could not
afford to displease her. I had known him
for a long whllo nnd had perfect confidence
j n him. It was ho who prepared mo for
confirmation In the church and under hi a
i leacnings i icarneu 10 reverence mm. ium
reverenco grew Into something more sacred,
and well, when he proposed marriage, I ac
cepted. "Prior to my marriage I was a teacher
and In view of tho fact thnt Dr. Hills
wanted to keep the marrlago quiet I con-
tlnued to teach. At first he called on md
evory day. Then ho called twice a week,
Ills visits, after awhile, bocamo weekly and
nt last ho ceased to call. Ono day he camo
to me and announced his Intention of going
to London wo wero then at Dolsovor. Ho
told mo I was to accompany him. Before
tho- data of startlti.i, however, ho dlsap-
pur.d aad Uu. Lett - bacd of mit n wns
n America. His first stopping placo was In
Philadelphia. He remained there only a
short while and returned to England. Al-
mo.,t Immediately ho mnde another voyage
to America, where he has since remained,
' That was In 1886, a little more than a year
after our marriage.
' "I located him through Rev. T. H. Cuth-
r.lnn.) ,..t,nm T Ii ti rl Vr.ritvn In Kni?- 1
wen. ...ci... -r.
land and who Is now In charge of a parish
at Elk Rapids, Mich. Having traced n.y
truant hubband to Atlantli, in., where he
. was m cnarge ot a cnurcn, ne ueci iram u li
and located at Hlalr. For a whllo 1 lost
track of ti m. nut eventually nis wnerenuuim.
were revealed to me, also tho fnct thnt ho
married another wife."
Dr Hills Is defended by Attorney M. H.
Leamy of Hlalr. He questioned the corn-
plaining witness cr iicscij u
mill ClrClim! a.lCCS f lirruuilUMIK 1 lie i 1 n si,
, but tho little womnn from England do-
, dined to hecome contused.
Illlln Mnrrlrs I'nrmrr'n DniiBhter.
Rev. Young nnd -wife were placed on
tho witness stand to prove the fact that on
, Marcn u, iss:'. nr. nuis marruu wumu
' Powell, tho 17-ycar-old daughter of E.
' Powell, a farmer who now lives at Florence,
but who had a place near Hlnlr at the time
' of tho wedding. Rev. Young solemnized
he was educated far beyond the average
and I thought I had encountered a mystery.
I was even so Impressed that I once rc-
marked: 'That man Is either a relleKari0
r.nM,r nr a rnnllilcro man.' That W.-S
long before the revelation came."
(V. r,rn,VM.IInn rlnseil Vlr Illlla
was given an opportunity to testify, but
he declined.
All Hlalr Is talking about tho case of j
Dr. Hills. Whllo opinion Is divided It ap
pears that a largo majority Is on the sldo
of tho prosecution, which Is conducted by
County Attorney Aye, assisted by Attorney
F. S. Howell.
"I am not worried." said Dr. Hills, as ho
sat In tho Jail corridor reading a current
magazine, "nocauso i nave a spienuiii no-
fense. If I had been so disposed I could
havci given somo startling tentlmony today.
"
, n,lvlsP(l that Is better to
preliminary I am
reserve my do
fonso until 1 am called Into district court
IU say. however, that this individual
from England is not my wife. Ono ot my
brotheis died In England recently, thus
opening up a large estate. U Is singular
that this alleged Mrs. Hills found It con
IlnrN Are Not Irksome. '""" "","' " "' ' "" ; liltoly settling the case and that the senmo
1 Canadian pollco had usked him to InveHtl-j WUH not calliil upon to take further a-tlon
' As to my legal wife, I derlrn to say that , pute certain phases of tho W.Oan.l canal Senators Chandler, Hoar, Hurrows, M -we
have lived happily and sho believe, ,iylmmi,c. mitrage; that he had done so and ' Cumas, Caffery and Turloy took tho oppot-lte
uiu iiiiiui.i-111. i i"'" . .mi in. i-i)
iie.inu u .nu n...i... ...... ..n iwnh iij.uj
plenty of reading matter I do not find Jail
llfn so Irksome as an outsider would sup
pose."
Thn Mrs. Hills of Nebraska is nt present
In Tacoma, Wash. Hlsmnrck, from whl h
placo Dr. Hills was brought to Hlalr, Is a
little station near Tacoma. At the time of
his arrest Dr. Hills was running n fruit
farm there. Rev. Rowland Hills Is now a
priest of tho Episcopal church, but It Is
statin! by his brethren of the cloth that
ho will be deposed from thn ministry us
soon as tho neces.ary formality can be com
piled with. Dr. Hills hopes to give bond
ns soon as ho can secure a remittance from
England.
Judge Irving F. H.ixtcr of Omaha will con
duct tho trial nf Hills, which will be called
at tho September term of tho Washington
county district court.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Torccast for Nebraska:
Fair; Variable Winds
Teniprrntiire nt tliiinlin jpstprilny:
Hour lieu. Hour. lion.
K n. in ,Vt t p. in .-,
ti ii, in r'J u p. ii
7 ii. to r.'j it p, in nu
K n. til ,TJ .1 p. in .Ml
i n. in r,u r. p. ii r.ii
III n. in r,'i II p. iii
1 1 n. iii n:i t p. i .
i'-' iii nt , p. iii m
II p. Ill .-.I
PROCLAMATION OF AUUINALD0
I rftpn I'lllplniiK Xo( fo Niirrrmler
Their riun Ml lllnt luntlon of
CoiiiiiiImIoii,
MANILA, May IS. A procl.imatlon pur
Krtlng to have been Issued by Agulnaldo
and dated May 4, from Pollllo Island, one of
tho Philippine group east of Luzon. Is cir
culating In Manila. It says the commission
appointed by President McKlnlev was nn
lo enthusiastically welcome the commission
when It arrive In tho towns and provinces,
asking boldly for the form of government
they most desire, as the Americans permit
of freedom of Ktieeih
ThX.aUon doses wh asking .ho
"""uos strI f-- " an.l ...depend-
once, nnd ngnln warns the commission , and has always been a strong p.u ty man
against deception. j Covernor Smith says that the resignation
in tho Catnrma fight. Island of Samar, of Senator Clark was written in April and
Mny 1, about 700 of the enemy attacked the; that iho date that it now be.ii. May II
nen of tho Forty-third Infantry. The ws the -vault ..f the oniouro of the o.lglnal
Americans killed 20fl of the rebels by actual ..inte. which cm easily be proved by ov
... . ''"l'r,c"s w ro wounuoa.
Major John C. tlllmoro and 100 men of the
I'orty-thlrd regiment were ambushed May f,
near Pambugan, Samar. Seventy-five of the
"''.m,! T l"Cr no Ampr -
run t . , .
o "Pr-t Lennox has returned here
iin-i itwiuiiiK ir irnnps oi inn riievenill
cavalry to reinforce Colonel .1. F. Dell. Two
roor,, Ma or Hugh T. S me commanding.
, , ,, , m-min, rr
(ho country to strengthen the garrison a.
Llagao. They founil numerous entrench
ments manned by Insurgents between tho
towns nnd wero two days on their way
skirmishing, dismounted constantly. Their
oiny iosa was inreo morses, rno olllccni re
port that (hey killed forty Insurgents, but
tho natives declare olghty were killed.
NO PUBLIC BUILDING BILLS
Committee Serven otlee on Memlierti
of the Iloime thut Thin Kenturp
l to Up Omitted.
WASHINGTON, iMay 18. (Social Tele
gram.) Tho members of tho house commlt-
i tee on public buildings nnd grounds are tell-
j Ing all anxious Inquirers that there will bo
no omnibus nor any other kind of public
building blllB reported nt this session of
congress, not even to lncrenso tho limit of
cost of any, building now' under construction.
This will be sad news In many quarters.
The only hope of doing anything toward
Increasing Iho limit of cost of any building
will bo to get tho senate to add It to somo
appropriation bill and lake chances on got
tlng the houso to accept It.
Senator Thurston today requested the
first assistant postmaster general to estab
lish rural freo delivery sorvlce at Sutton.
Neb. Tho request was accompanied by
:i long petition of leading citizens of Clay
. county.
Uassmussen & Strehlow of Omaha wero
I to(ay nwardeil the contract for construct-
, )nK ,np rjovernment building at the Pnn-
mericaii exposition at nufl'alo.
Iowa postmasters appointed: H. M. Davis
. m...... ,,i, n s nt-n.,
j,;,(lorndo' Kayctto county, and ' Augustus
McWIlllams at River Slou.v, Harrison
county.
DppnpT iip pi APP npNIFfl
. 1 wiii w, .,,w.w
If DrentlPil Dlnrnnr KyIkIh People
Sun Krnnetseo Knotv oth
liiK of It.
of
SN FRANCISCO, May IS The reports
, pnblibhed In castorn papers that there
. i,oon five deaths recently in San Frai
have
ecently in San Francisco
from bubonic plague nre denied her
the plague exists tho people of San Fran-
rlsco do not know It. as nothing has been
1 la nrrt denied, but It has not yet been con-
n"ici " i"hu '"
I Tnp Hoard of Health will probably mako a
report nn ine siiujeei .i.iy.
M!'y'- I,h,,1,in la,ri1 to,la' "iat tt'p hi"nc
j conditions prevailed now as when nows
" "'" "-' ("'mm......
i-everal months ago. Chinese have died and
home physicians declared their deaths woro
due to plague, other doctors said that It
was not the plague. Mayor Phelan said
. . . - . , , At .
that there was no cause for alarm and that
ample precautions wero being taken to pro -
vent mo apreau til tue uetuiu ii il nunuiu
be found that It existed here. Ho said no
attomnt will bo made to suppress the ncwi
, when the Hoard of Health decides thnt tho
! ,,aKU0 8 rCallv here.
.
I .
D fij CTADTC IM MFW YORK
Iim elluntlim Into the -rliciiie
IIIimv I p the Wellnnil ('limit
NEW YORK. May 18.-Wth reference to
tho Hatemenl of Inspector John . Mur-
ns a lesuit neucvcd inai ine cn.u iiisions or
inspector Jiurraj nisi i no pioi paruj' orig-
Inntul hero were correct. He asserted,
however, that he had been unable to get
evidence showing that tho Can-na-(lael was
party to tho attempt lo blow up the canal
lock.
STAGE COACHES HELD UP
Modern Dick Tlirpln Plys Ilia 1
tilth Sncei-MN In Viixrinlle
Valley.
'mile
STOCKTON, Cal.. May 18. Iloth the
Yosemlto valley stages one going each way
were held up last night by n lone high -
waymen at Jilg Neck Flat. About 1200 was mltteo rtsolutlonw we-e Senator Turley for
secured from the parscngcrs. Neither th" I thu motion nml Piii l.,ud In opposition Mr
women nor tho Wclls-Fargo treasure Lox'Tuiley took the pooii'm thn' when the sen
were molested, jnte assumed Juiisdb-iion of the cnno It no
MIX-UP OVER A TOGA
Governor of Montana Iuoms Appointment
bj Liautenant Gofirnor.
NAMES MARTIN MAGINNIS FOR SENATOR
Charges Fraud in Method of Appointing
Clark to Succsed II tuulf.
PROTEST IS WIRED TO WASHINGTON
Smith Asks that Eent Proostd with Con
sideration of the Cast.
SENATORS DIVIDED ON THE QUESTION
Mnjorll.v of I'rU llrupx nml nirellon
( omniltlee I'mor Itrporlliiu Antl
t'lnrk Itenoliillon to eiin(i-
Truer Tilt .Moliiln.
! HELENA Mont Mnv is --rinvrrnnr d
j this afternoon ppol,,ted' 'Martin Maglnnls
United States M-m.tor lo succeed William
A Clark
,,.,HJ, .
K
; no. HIUmI with either democratic facMons
.in.inniion of the locumeut. lie also alleges
I that the resignation was in the possesion
r ciiarlri. A. Clark, son of tho senator. Mr
' novor.il week
I 1 carrying out the plot. It Is charged.
misrepresentation nnd other devious nielhpdti
' m iuf .m-mimo
cm used to get the governor out of thn
Klnl
j (J()Vornor smith today rent dispatches
! ,rom l0 St,mllor w A (,arki SonlUor
Phiinillfr, chairman of the committee on
Lru-HeiMM nnd .doetinnM .,. .,. i.
president of the m-nate, xaylng he had dis
" . . j i
regarded and revoked the action of Lieu
tenant (loveinor Sprlgg. In naming Clark
to succeed tn the vacancy caused by his own
resignation, mid saying he had named Mar
tin Maglnnli of llelenn lo till the vacancy.
The dispatched are practically the name, that
to Clark reading:
"I havo this day dlHregnrded nnd revoked
your appointment ns United States senator
mado by Lieutenant Governor Sprlggs on
tho lGth liiHt., na 'being tainted with col
lusion and fraud, nnd havo this day ap
loInted Martin Mnglnnls to fill tho vacancy
caused by your resignation."
Those to Frye and Chandler nre of tho
samo tenor, notifying them of his action.
The governor has also issued an open letter
to the people of the etate, denying ho hail
any knowledge of the contemplated utop
when ho left Montana for California. Ho
says ho went to California at tho request
of Thomas R. Hinds, to look Into tho title
of some property In which Mile Flnlen
'wa Interested. He owed Flnlen $2,000 und
thought iiy fcuihg ho jilxht earn a fei hnl
would be applied on Iho Indobtedneis.
"I shall prove by my conduct In tho fu
ture," he concluded, "that 1 was not guilty
of nny wrongdoing or nny idea of wrong,"
Miles Flnlen Is one of the democrats la
the lcglHlnturo who voted against Clark.
I'loti-Nl Wired to Wnsliliiulon,
WASHINGTON. May 18. The senate com
mittee on privileges and elections has di
rected Chairman Chandler lo prcfls action
on tho Clark retolutlon as originally re
ported. Tho following dispatch was received and
lead to tho committee from Oovernor Smith,
dated Hutto, Mont., May 17-
"Hon. W. 12. Chandler, Washington: 1 de
sire to present in as forcible n manner as
possible my protest against the course pur
sued by Hon. W. A. Clark In attempting lo
defeat the action of the srnnto ot tho I'nlted
StatetTupon the resolution picsenled by the
committee on privileges and elections nf
fectlng his title to a seat and to protc&t
against tho methods pursued by him In (e-
curlng nn nppnlnliiucnt at the hnnds of tho
i lieutenant governor during my absence fio.n
I thn state under circumstances nnd condl
i tinns which to my mind Indicate collusion
I' and fraud.
"Ills conduct In attempting a resignation
j and procuring a reappointment undor tho
nf n)s L.re(!'tlals of appointment by the
lieutenant governor Iho Fame be transferred
, to , coaulllt,0 privileges nnd elections
for Investigation, am) that I bn permitted to
mnke a more complete nnd detailed state
ment, of facts concerning tho resignation
and appointment, of Mr. Clark."
Tho languago of t ho resolution of thn com
mittee directing Chairman Chandler lo press
tho resolutions as reported follows:
i lu-ouivni, nun ine ruiiirmiili uo ilirecwu
, fo ,n'n Vf)t0 roso,ton r orlefl
1 (o th commtteo...
"Resolved, That the chairman ho directed
j Hi-niHnr nivl.le on the (mention,
. Tho adoption of the resolution was pri--
ceded by a discussion of the vnrlo'is points
i involved in tne controveiny, including ine
I proper course to be pursued with refeieni e
j to Mr. Clark's credentials when they uro
presented tn the senate. Th" principal dl
ciisslon was, however, based upon (he r.-s i
liitlon directing the chairman to press the
resolution hitherto reported to tho senate
fiom tho committee declaring that Mr. Clark
wai "not duly and legally elected to it sent
tn t !m cnnnlit "
j Thn vol 0) )0 rcBolllUon Hl00(, fi In '!.
Sl,,..nr!, Priclumi. iiarrl. nml i,.n.u
, view. The discussion was spirited and nor-
i sonal at tlr
lines. Under Senator chandlers
i original notice the rekolutlon will come up
In the benate at 1 o'clock tomorrow and by
dlroctlon of tho commlllro he will tnake
strenuous effort to securo early considera
tion nf it.
There was no voto on the question uf
reference of tho credentials undor the non
tenant governor's appointment, but thor Is
no doubt that tho commlttco holds the
reforonco should bo made, oipcclally In
view of Oovernor Smith's lotier. Senators
Prltchard and Harris expressed themsolvcii
ns opposed to the reference of tho crednntlnU
when they arrived.
The principal participants In tho con-
! troversy over the motion in pnss the com