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Not.5.1891.April 10. 1MU. Consolidated Jan. lisfts PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. MAY 22, 1900. VOL. IX, NO. 55.

NO IIELPJROil HERE

Cannot Hold l th Hands oftli ISoer Kcpiihlic.

INVOYS MAKE THEIR PLEA TO HAY,

And Are To'd 1 hat Uncle Sara's PolicyIs Stiict Neutrality.

I tea sons Why tfic AdministrationThinks Me Should Attend Strict-

ly to Our Own A flu if.......Aw. ..!. .tl.- - Ulfc MJ

Iaiii1u. May 22. The following dis-patch l':is been received at the war of-fice from lyjul Koberts, dated Krooii-fct.i- l.

.May jl: "'1 lie following is fromHunter !.ifeking is relieved. Mabouentered it .May IS.' "

Washington, May 22. Seretary ofJSt.-it-e Hay yesterday afternoon in-formed the Boer delegates that tut:president feels thai iu the present cir-cuiu-

nces no course is oim-i- i to hiiuexcept to pei-sis- t in llif jxilii-- of im-partial neutrality lieiween Englandand tin: South African republics.

Washington. .May 22. The interest'.n the Sou tli African war yesterdaywas really as to theWhole woi'ld. lly from the scene..t lli. til ll lflil-- t Ilk rue iviuit.ll ofthe I'niti il States. The stale deiirt-incii- t

met the issue raised by declin-ing to interfere iu f of the SouthAfrican republics iu the present strug-gle. In i'.'W of this announced de-cision all iicstious as to the characterof the recognition to be extended totiie delegates and the suilieieuey oftheir credentials dropped at once intotin background. It was, after all, oflittle moment whether or not the Boerswere received a.s diplomatic agents orministers.

Ilnviiyi Yiilt ! State Department.The mceiimr Ulwtru the delegates

and Secretary I lay was brought aboutin the simplest maimer. GeneralO'l'.eii iie h.id sn-un-- from the department last jvuiimay a promise io ruwi- -tain any credentials that miglit be pre-tenb--d

vesterdav. Yesterday morninga note came to the state departmentfrom tin- - dele-rate- asking that they bepermittetl i present themselves at thedetainment. A promptwas returned by Secretary Hay, andthe hour of :::;:) was fixed for themeeting. At that time the tliree dele-pate- s

app'.ired. They were uuaceom-panae- d,auVvyero shown at once into

the diplin.Jo..piom. Secretary ILay,Itabcock. his private

secretary ana stenographer, enteredthe diplomatic room and cordiallygreeted his visitors. Just what psissedbetween them pnlibly will never leexactly known. The Itoer delegates de-clitii- to

talk.v? lint the Delegates Ila.t to Kay.

T'.,. secretary of state consulted thepre'd'-nt- . ::'id thn gave out tlirov.hhis set rt taty a statement covering thet ase. whiicli lH'gins as follows: ".Messrs.A. Fischer, C. II. Wessels and Mr. A.I). W. Wolmarans, the delegates in thiscountry of tiie South African republic.?,called today by appointment at thestate depai tinoiit. They were cordial-ly received and remained with tiie sec-retary of stat for inor than anhour. They laid before thehour. They laid before the secretaryat much length and with jrreatenergy and eliHpit nee the merit ofthe controversy in South Africa andthe desire of the Boer republics thatthe United States should intervene inthe interest of jn ace and use its Influ-ciic- o

to that end with the British gov-ernment."WIIV WK KKI I Mill TO INTEKKERfi

president Kt'cret ilie War, but Sees NoWay of Mediating.

The reply of the secretary of staterefers to the clause in the president'smessage net taring uuium rnuuiii;iii,alliances: also to the offer of media-tion made to Gn-a- t Britain at the re-quest of the Boer republics lastMarch, which was courteously but em-phatically declined by Lord Salisbury,.adding that "So far as we areinforinedthe United States was th eonly govern-ment in the world of all those ap-proached by the South African repub- -

! ':cs which tendered its good otlices tocither of the combatants in the Inter-est of a cessation of hostilites."

IJcferriug to allusions to the Hagueconference and the powers conferred

n th csiguat ties thereof to offer nie- -I IT.. I .1 n.illj ntl.tnl ,,nOiailOII. lltt' M"l M'UU jlUfllllUUto a phase fr.un article III, whichstates: "Towers stra tiger to the disputemay have the right to offer good of-fices or mediation even during theCourse of hostilities," and to articleV. wioch says: "The functions of themediator are at an end when once it isdeclared, either by one of the partiesto the dispute-o- r by the mediator him-self, that the means of reconciliationproposed by him are not accepted,"and adds: "This would seems to ren-der any further action of the United

: States unadvisable under existing cir- -icumstanoes.

"The steps taken by the president inI his earnest desire to see an end to the

. . . . . . . .I 1 f- .1 1 1 - 11 - . 1 T.j 1 Ol. -SiniC MIIIC1I HI LAV U S7L1J- L-fering may already be aid to have goneto th eextreme limit permitted by him.Indeed, if in his discretion, he hadchosen not to present to England theSouth African request for good offices,he might have justified his action byrefrring to the following declaration,which was made in the very act ofsigning the Hague convention by theplenipotentiaries of the United States."The declaration referred to is the one

declaring that by the convention theUnited States is not required to in-trude or interfere in any foreign mat-ter and that it does not mean the re--;linquisluuent by the United States ofits traditional policy regarding purely

i American ouetionslI The secretary closes by declaringthat the president sympathizes heart-il- v

in the wish that the war could beended, but that to deviate from strictImpartiality would "lead to conse-quences which neither the presidentnor the people of the United States

. sliould rgard with favor."

Ktnui ivnm ntlay Population.Toieka, Kan., May 22. The se

in population in Kansas seems'to be general throughout the state.The population at the state peniten-tiary at Lansing Is now the largestsince the institution was established.There are just an even 1,000 convictsthere.

RATH-BON-E CUi OF A JOB.

He I Formally (tutpended Owing to ThatCuban Irregularity.

Havana, May 22. Fourth AssistantPostmaster euerai Brisbrw yesterdaytook over the direction of the postalaffairs of the island, relieving Kstesii. Itathbone, director of iosus, whowas suspended Saturday, although for-mal announcement of the suspensionwas not made until yesterday. It hadiK-e- generally conceded that suspen-sion must come, as the chargi-- s againstItathlKne of criminal negligence havebeen multiplying daily. It is assertedthat he ha nut hown any indica-tiom.- S)

of a disire to have official recordkept, and that he has improjieriy in-dorsed expense accounts his own andNewly' to a surpriS degree.

During the investigations no-- Inprogress IJUithbone will not be allowedto leave the island. It Is reported thatW. II. lieeves. In his confession madecharges that reflect seriously tiponUatlilxuie's honesty. Hristow and theiiLiectors have found nothing batchaos throughout the entire depart-ment. Often no records were kept fordays at a time, and to get a thoroug'hinsight calls for the services of every"Inspector now here, A considerabletime must elapse before the facts ofthe case will be known.

MOBS THICK AT ST. LOUIS.One Itoy Killed and Three Men and a Girl

Wounded iu One Iay.St. Iuis, May 22. One boy was

killed and three men and a girl werewounded yesterday as a result of thestrike. The dead person is Martin. Zlka,IS years of age, struck in the leftbreast by a bullet fired from a streetear, and intended for a rioter In theact of throwing a stone. The-wound- edare Clarence E. Mullen, motorman, shotiu upier portion of left arm; MinnieKrueger, IS years of age struck in leftthigh by a glancing bullet, not serious;two rioters seen to fall during a fight atThirteenth and Herbert streets be-tween a mob of 250 men and the police.They were carried away.

Zika was shot late in the afternoonwhile standing in the door of his homeat 12.H) tleyer avenue. A mob of sev-eral hundred men had surrounded acar of the Tower Grove line and wasthreatening the conductor and motor-ma- n.

A few stones had been thrownwhen a shot was fired from the car,the bullet striking Zika full in thebreast. Conductor Farley and Motor-ma- n

Drake were arrested by the iolicepending an investigation.

TRAIN RUNS INTO A HOUSE

Whl li It Demolishes Without Injury Anyof the Occupnnts.

Buchanan, Mich., May 22. A curi-ous wreck occurred on a spur of theMichigan Central railway which ex-tends from the main line almost twomiles down a heavy grade to a damacross the St. Joseph river. A heavyfreight that was backed upon the sid-ing broke into three sections and ranaway. The conductor on the rear sec-tion Jumped, escaping with slight in-jury, although the train had attainedgreat speed.

The middle section ran Into the rearsection and shoved it 2O0 feet beyondthe end of the line, althongh th trackwas three feet lower than the surfaceof the surrounding ground. The ca-boose then crashed into and demol-ished the house occupied by WilliamMorris and his three children, stoppingjust as it reached the parents bed.All occupants of the house escapedwithout injury. Next to the caboosewere three big furniture cars.

Koetting Discredits the Story.Milwaukee, May 22. John B. Koet-tin- g,

former cashier of the defunctSouth Side Savings bank, w-h- seenin regard to a report of a sheepherderfinding $100,000 near Topo CMco, Hex.,which was supposed to have been hid-den by Koetting, said that the reportas far as he is concerned is entirelywithout foundation. Kotting does notbelieve a ny money has been found andthat the story is made up out of wholecloth.

Jerry Simpson Would Be Senator.Wichita, Kan., May 22. Former

Representative Jerry Simpson will,within the next month, move his news-paper plant from Wichita to Topeka,where the Bayonet will hereafter beissued. Mr. Simpson is a candidatefor United States senator on the fusionticket.

Australian Ouestion &ettledU "London. May 22. In the house of

commons the Australian fed-eration bill passed its second readingamid loud an prolonge d cheering,question had been settled to the satis-faction of the Australian delegates andth cimperial miuistry.

Faith Cure for an Klepliant.New York, May 22. Tom, Central

I'ark's erstwhile bad elephant, is to betreated by Christian Scientists. Twowomen have proposed to use "absenttreatment and they were told to goahad and see what they could do.

Severe Storm la Chill.Santiago de Chili, May 22. Storms

which have been preyailing for threedays have destroyed many bridgesanil interrupted traffic The congresswill reassemble June 1.

Struck Gas Instead of Water.Royal Oak, Mich.. May 22. While

boring for water on the farm of HenryLanger, vein of gas was struck atninety-si- x feet. The well is apparentIv a good one.

Tax on Deposit Certificates.LaCrosse, Wis., May 21. Local and

special agents of the internal revenuedepartment have at various times un-dertaken to collect from two localbanks in this city stamp taxes amount-ing to 2 cents for each $100 on the faceof each certificate of deposit Issued.The banks have refused to pay this,holding that one 2 cent stamp was suf-ficen- t,

no matter what the amount ofthe certificate. The commissioner ofInternal revenue holds the contentionof the local banks correct.

aliasing Han Heard From.Grand Rapids, Mich., May 22. Chas.

IT. Teck, cashier of the Fuller bank atRockford, who disappeared when thebank closed its doors, has been heardfrom at Montreal. F. L. Fuller, presi-dent of the bank, holds Peck Innocentof any wrong-doin-g and attributeshis flight not to fear of investigationinto his books, but to the lack of nervein facing depositors.

ues th Kallway for 10,000.Abburn. Ind., May 22. Mrs. George

Ray, of Garrett, this county, whosehusband, a fireman on the Baltimoreand Ohio railroad, was killed In awreck near Chicauo. has commencedsuit in the United States court asking$10,000 damage

BECKHAM IS GOVERNOR

Taylor Accepts Decision of theNational Supreme Court.

FIGHT WILL GO TO THE PEOPLE.

Kentucky Will Contest It Over Againat the 1(allot Box Democrats

at Frankfort Celebrate.

Louisville, May 2 Governor Tay-lor, late yesterday afternoon issued thefollowing order:

'To General D. IL. Collier, Frankfort,Ky. The supreme court of the UnitedStates having decided in favor of Mr.Beckham, nothing now remains to bedone except to dismiss the militia andsurrender your office to your successor,appointed by Mr. Beckham. You aretherefore directed to at once dismissthe militia and to surrender your of-fice to your successor as' soon as themandate of tiie supreme court is filed,or sooner if you wish. Tejider themilitia my kindest regards and sincerethanks for their brave, manly and pat-riotic service.

Signed "W. S. TAY LOR."Decision of the Highest Court.

The foregoing 1 the result of thenews that the United States supremecourt has decided that it has no juris-diction in the dispute as to who Isproperly governor of Kentucky, andprobably ends the controversy, which

I. C. W. BECKHAM.will, no doubt, be taken up anew onthe liustiuss and serve to make thecoining iolitical campaign the hottestever know in this stte. By the lawBeckham can only act as governor un-til a successor to oGebel is electedtil a successor to Gocbel is elected,following the occurrence of the va-cancy. Consequently the two partieswill nominate candidates for governorto be voted on at the coming election,and the two will probably lie Beckhamand Taylor.

Went Wild at the State Capital.Frankfort. May 22. 1 lie announce-

ment of the supreme court's divisionat Washington iu the governorshipcontest was -- received here with thewildest demonstration on the part ofthe Democrats. At 4 p. 111. the Tay-lor soldiers who had been in charge ofthe state capitol building and groundssince .Inn. o the day Governor Goe-b- el

was assassinated evacuated andturned the state grounds, the Gatlingguns and military equipments over toAssistant Adjutant General MurrayIem.). who took charge wbiiie the

Democrats of tiie city were alreadyjollifying over the decision. The Tay-lor soldiers, before leaving gave cheersfor Governor Taylor,Bradley, Charles Finley. Caleb Towersand others.

In Memory of William Goebel.The fire Ih IIs were ringiug. cannons

boomed and the city was put in holi-day attire iu honor of Governor Beck-ham. A touching incident of the dayoccurred in the afternoon when 2,000people inarched to the cemetery, eachwearing a flower which was cast uponthe grave of the late William Goebel,making the little mound which markshis resting place a vast bank of flow-ers. There were no ceremonies at thegrave except a praver bv Rev. T. F.Tailiaferro. of the Methodist church.I X-Si- :( KKUTAKV FINLF.Y A KKF.STF.D.

Gov. Mount. However. Kefiist-- s to Honor aKnlsition.

Indianapolis. May 22. "harles Fiu-le- y.of state of Kentucky,

was arrested here yesterday for com-plicity in the Goebel assassination, butGovernor Mount refused to honor therequisition of Beckham for Finley's re-turn to Kentucky and Finley was re-leased.

Clue to I'rof. White's Murderer.Thiladelphia, May 22. Superintend-

ent of I'olice tjuirk yesterday statedthat Henry Ivory, a colored laborer,has confessed that he was the mur-derer of I'rofessor Roy Wilson White,the young law instructor of the Uni-versity of Tensylvania who was killedon the street late Saturday night.Ivory denied striking the fatal blows,but according to Superintendent Quirkhe stood nearby while his companionmade the attack. The murder of Tro-fess- or

White has cast a pall of gloomover the University of Tennsylvania,especially iu the law department. Asan instructor Trofessor White was ex-tremely popular and his untimely endis deeply mourned iu every departmentof the Institution.

- Ssori-- s n t'.ie Diamond,Chicago; May 22. League base ball

scores yesterday were as follows: AtCincinnati New York 4. Cincinnati S;at St. Louis Boston 2. St. Iouis 11;at Chicago Thiladelphia 2. Chicago 1;at Tittsburg Brooklyn 7. Tittsbutg 5.

American League: At Buffalo Chi-cago 7, Buffalo 0; at Cleveland Kan-sas City o. Cleveland ."?: at DetroitMinreapolis 8, Detroit .": at Indianapo-lis Milwaukee 4. Indiananolis !l.

I'lague Situation at 'Frisco.San Francisco, May 22. There is no

change in the plague situation. Nonew cases have been discovered. The 'chief Interest centers about the attl--tude of the Chinese and Japanese to-wards the attempt of the board ofhealth to inoculate them against dis-ease.

Helped Arrange the Trust.Grand Rapids, Mich., May 22.

Caius W. l'erkins has resigned thepresidency of the American School 'Seat company. He was at the head ofthe Grand Rapids School Furniturecompany, and was one of the foremostin organizing the trust.

B. AND L. COMPANIES IN IOWA.Recently Passed Law Make the Profits of

the Business Uncertain.Fort Dodge, la.. May 22. Building

and loan companies in the northwest-ern part of the state are discouragedover the recent passage of a law theprovisions of which makes profitablebusiness uncertain. Building and loancompanies hTe deducted all expensesfrom the moneys paid Into the asso-ciation by the members. The newlaw designates that 8 per cent, shallbe the legal rate of Interest chargedand all assessments and expenses mustbe taken from the 8 per cent, revenuesonly. '

This will cause a radical change tobe made in the present methods of con-ducting their business. Already a num-ber of firms have decided to go out ofbusiness when the new law goes Intoeffect June 15. The Algona Depositand Loan association is consideringthe advisability of converting the as-sociation into a fraternal insurancecompany. The Fort Dodge Savingsand Loan, of this city, also has de-termined to go into liquidation at once.MISS HENDERSON RECOVERING- -

Speaker's Daughter Benefited by Treat-ment In a Sanitarium.

Washington, May 22. Mls9 BelleHenderson, daughter of Speaker Hen-derson, who has been severely ill in asanitarium in Thiladelphia, is now onthe high road to recovery, news whichher many friends In Washington willbe overjoyed to hear. Miss Henderson's'health recently broke down under thestress of her studies in vocal music, inwhich art she Is quite an adept. Dur-ing April she sojourned at AtlanticCity, but her stay there did not seemto prove beneficial.

The careful treatment she has re-ceived in Thiladelphia, however, hasimproved her wonderfully, and It isnow hoped she will be able soon to re-turn to her studies. Miss Hendersonis a very pretty girl. She has clearblue eyes, a faultless complexion, andhair of a soft chestnut brown. Herfeatures are strikingly like those ofher father.

Last of the Walnut Timber.Wabash, Ind., May 22. What is

probably the last lot of walnut timberin Wabash county worth the cuttingwas brought to the Hardwood Lumbercompany's mills In this city Saturday.Th logs were loaded on twenty-on- ewagons and were driven through thebusiness portion of the city, makingquite an imposing procession. ' Thewalnut came from the Tucker farm InWaltz township, and Is all large stuff.Twenty-fiv- e years ago there were thou-sands of acres of black walnut of su-perb quality growing in this county.

Looks Like Inor ndlary Work.Eau Claire. Wis., May 22. Six fires

between noon and 4:30 p. m. in widelydifferent sections of the city Sunday.All started in barns. They are sus-pected to have been of incendiaryorigin. The property destroyed In-cludes Gautler's livery barn and con-tents, $oOO; Joseph Derouln's hotel, sa-loon, and barn. $.1,000; Laundry's sa-loon, 2,OOU; Felix Derouln's groceryand barn, $2,000; Louis Moore's dwell-ing, $l,00O; Eugene Shaw's barn, $1,-00- 0;

Frank McDonough's barn and twohorses, $1.5O0.

President for Iowa College.Grinnell. Ia.. May 22. Professor F.

B Cooper is being seriously consideredby the trustees of Iowa college as asuccessor to George A. Gates as pres-ident of the college. Trofesor Cooperwas formerly superintendent of schoolsIn Des Moines and for the past fiveyears has been superintendent ofschools at Salt Lake City. Utah. Heis an educator of wide reputation.

tiUSPECTED ROBBER ARRESTED.

Charged w Itb Implication In a Bank Loot--ins in Iowa.

Baltimore, Md., May 21. Samuel J.Itichey, alias Scott, alias S. J. Bryant,was arrested here Saturday chargedwith being implicated in th $9,000 rob-bery of the Bradley bank of Elvon, Iain February. 185)7. For more than ayear Bryai4 as he was known here,has conducted a small hotel and sa-loon. It Is claimed that Bryant was amember of the famous "nitro-glycer-lne- "

gang, which operated extensivelyin tv? middle western states a fewyears ago.

Other members of the gang RichDood. William Murray, Jesse Hamil-ton, II. Bob Furkln have been arrest-ed and are now said to be serving time.Now that Bryant is in custody JoeMaynard Is the only member of theold gang who is unaccounted for, andit is thought that he is dead. Bryantdenied his identity, but was recognizedby tattoo marks on his person.

MADE MUSIC WITH RIFLES.When Their Instruments Were Not Want-

ed Fifty-Fir- st Iowa Baud.Eldora, la.. May 21. Acting under

the advice of Gen. MacArthur, Band-master Landers, of Centervllle, la., hasjust completed a tour of some of thewestern states with his celebrated Fifty--first Iowa band. During their stayin the Philippines the boys all maderecords as fighters, as well as mu-sicians. For two months during theregiment's advance north of Manila,the instruments were packed away atCavite, and the bandmen were given"long Toms" Springfield rifles.

They fought on the firing line, guard-e- dprisoners, ammunition, and pro-

vision trains, and assisted the hos-pital corps. The boys brought homewith them a young Filipino namedFllemon, aged 13. They propose togive the young man a splendid educa-tion before sending him back to hispeople.RANCHMANFOUND MURDERED.Shot to Death by I'nkoown That While

Bunting Stock.Lincoln, Neb., May 21. A Journal

spec!al from Harrison, Sioux county,says: Alois Standemyer, a ranchman,was murdered Friday and his bodyleft lying on the plains ten miles fromhere, where it was found Friday night.He was an extensive cattleman andhad gone out to look after his stock.

The inquest developed that he hadbeen shot four times, and after fallingfrom his horse, face downwards, an-other bullet had been sent through hishead, the missile being found on thesand beside him. There is no clue tohis slayers.

sent 9100.000 to India.New York. May 21. A further re-

mittance of $100,000 was cabled Satur-day to Dr. Levis Klopsch. at Bombay,India, representing contributions to theIndia famine relief fund.

PEACE RUMORS FLYING

Reports That Kruger Has AskedSalisbury For Conditions.

3EN. DEWET OPFEES TO SUBRENDEE

With His Whole Commando, on Cer-tain Conditions, Also Reported.

Roberts Has Not Yet Officially Heardof the llelief of Mafeking

Union JacC FliesOver Newcastle.

London, May 21. A special dispatchfrom Kroonstad says that CommandantDeWet has sent word that he is pre-pared to surrender conditionally withhis entire commando.

London, May 21. Displayed in themost conspicuous style In The DailyExpress is the dominant war news ofthe morning: "We have the best reason'for stating that in the last twenty-fou- r

hours a telegram has been re-ceived at the foreign office, addressedpersonally to the prime minister, fromPresident Kruger. proposing terms ofpeace. The exact terms of the messagecannot be stated; but we believe it iscouched in an exceedingly humblestrain."

It Is Inconceivable, of course, thatLord Salisbury can have sent any re-ply except the one that stands ready onthe lip of every Briton unconditionalsurrender.

Nothing Official front Mafeking-- .London, May 21. The following is a

dispatch from Lord Roberts:"Kroonstad, May 20, 3 p. m. No onl-ci- al

intimation has yet been received.

OOtOKEL Hit BADEN-POWKT- L.but Iteuter .states that the relief ofMafeking has been effected. Bundle re-ports having occupied Bresler's flat.Trommel anl Clocolan, the enemy fall-ing back on Senekal and Ficksburg.Fifty rifles and 3.000 rounds were sur-rendered by the Free Staters to a bat-talli- on

of yeomanry working along thetelegraph line from Boshof to Bloem-fontei- n.

A field cornet and eighty-si- xburghers surrendered at Boshof yes-terday. While at Hoopstad Methuensecured 250 rifles and between 400,000and 500,000 rounds."

Union Jack Hoisted at Newcastle.London, May 21. A dispatch from

Newcastle, Natal, dated May IS. says:"The British troops entered Newcastletoday and hoisted the union jack overthe town hall. The Boers passedthrough Tuesday, a disorganized mob.There are thirty families here. All thestores and private houses had beenlooted, but the buildings are not muchdamaged. Natal Is practically clearof Boers.

WELCOME TO TIIE BOERS.

ZarRe ana Enthusiastic Meeting- - Held atWashington Congress Represented.Washington, May 21. An audience

remarkable for its size, sympathy andenthusiasm greeted the Boer envoysat the reception given in their honorlast night at the Grand Opera Houseunder the auspices of the congressionaland citizens' committee. The Interiorwas decorated with the national colorsof both the United States and the Trans-vaal. While official Washington wasnot represented in any manner therewere probably thirty members of thesenate and the house occupying seatsin the auditorium and on the stage.Speaker Henderson was in one of theboxes and others present were Sena-tors Daniel, Teller, Tillman, Petti-gre- w,

Mason and "Wellington; Repre-sentatives Snafroth, Atwater, Slayden,Glynn, Ruppert, Gaines, Latimer,Lentz, Sulzer, Landis, Liuney, Ryan,Greene, Henry of Massachusetts, Hay,DeArmond, Clark, Meiers, Rhea ofKentucky.

One of the boxes, it was stated, hadbeen reserved for the president, a com-mittee having been sent to the WhiteHouse with tickets of admission to theopera house, but no representative ofthe president's official household wason hand. Chairman Sulzer, of therecep-tio- n

committee, presided, and a num-ber of addresses, all of them eulogzingthe Boers and denouncing and showinghatred of England were delivered. TheBoer envoys each made a speech, whichwas devoted to eulogy of their causeand the Boer character with a strongplea for the United States to Interveneand save the two republics from anni-hilation.

Wellington was partlculary hotagainst England. He called in thememories of Bunker Hill and New Or-leans, and also denounced John Bullbecause he did not act like a brotherduring the civil war. He said that asAmericans we always had held all menwere entitled alike to life, liberty andthejjursuit of happinss. If this wastrue m America, ne asicea, wny not inSouth Africa. Some one in the audi-ence asked: "Whv not the Philippineaalso?" to which the senator added hitassent He wishedSgodspeed to the en-yoy- s

in their mission and success tiitheir cause.

Bourke Cochran also was severe 01England. He strongly advocated ujoiatng the Monroe doctrine, recalling

Secretary Root's recent words that wmust be prepared to fight for it, andadding that the latter must be grat-ified at the hearty response which hadbeen made throughout the country. Re-ferring to Canada and its proximity to

(the United States he said he believedas an Enellsh possession it was

manace to the maintenance of the Mon-roe doctrine. As a possible result ofthis war he suggested that Instead ofthe extension of monarchial govern-men- ts

in South Africa the govern-quenc- emight be the extension of repub-

lican authority over monarchical gov-ernments.

He vigorously attacked the Britishgovernment for various political meas-ures and said that she never hesitatedto engage in a scheme of plunder, andbad followed this up In the presentcase by misrepresentation and slander.He believed that the opportunity ofthis country had arrived. Whether ornot there would be interference fromthe administration the people knewthat means would be found to stopthis injury to civilization which Is nowgoing on.

Senator Wellington was Instructedby uanimous vote of the audience topresent in the senate Senator Teller'sresolution of sympathy with the Boers.

TO END SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.

International Peace Bureau to Make FinalAppeal to Powers.

Berne, Switzerland, May 21. Thecommltte of the international peace bu-reau has decided to make a final ap-peal to the twenty-fiv- e powers whoare signers of the conventions adoptedby The Hague peace conference in fa-vor of the restoration of peace inSouth Africa. The committee calls at-tention to the clause of the conventionfor the peaceful settlement of interna-tional conlficts by the terms of whichthe signatory powers agreed to oseall efforts for the settlement not onlyof difficulties among themselves, but ofall international disputes. Consequent-ly the committee declares an offer ofmediation cannot be considered byGreat Britain as an unfriendly act.

MOVE AGAINST CLARE.

Governor Smith Appoints Martin Rfaffln-nl- sto Senatorial Vacancy.

Washington, May 21. GovernorSmith's appointment of

Martin Maginnis makes it abso-lutely certain that Mr. Clark will notsucceed in getting back into the senateupon his trick credentials. There wasvery little doubt of that before andnone at all now. There will be twosets of credentials for the senate toconsider, and of course both will haveto be referred to the committee onelections for investigation and report.

Even if the Clark credentials arrivefirst the senate will not permit himto be sworn, for it has notice of thecoming of the other appointment,which is expected here on Tuesday.Once in the hands of the committeethere is small probability that eitherappointment will be reported back tothe senate at this session of congress.The whole case is likely to go overwithout determination by the senate,both appointments and the resolutiondeclaring Clark not legally elected fall-ing by the wayside.

In one respect this will be a victoryfor Clark, for the chief purpose of hislate extraordinary maneuver was toprevent Governor Smith send hag ananti-Clar- k man to fill out the remain-der of this session. But it Is a vic-tory which has been bought at a veryhigh price.

AGUINALDO S PROCLAMATION.

Advice to the Filipinos Regarding th NewCommission Tagals Slaughtered.

Manila, May 19. A proclamationpnrportiug to have been issued byAguinaldo. aud dated May 4, fromPolillo island, one of the Philippinegroup east of Luzon, Is circulating taManila, it says the commission appointed by President McKinley Brasappointed without the authorization ofcongress and that It cannot treat of-ficially. It urges the Filipinos not tosurrender their arms at the instiga-tion of tli commission, and on prom-ises which congress may not ratify.

It also urges the Filipinos to enthusiastically welcome the commission whenit arrives in the towns and provinces.asking boldly for the form of government they most desire, as the Americans permit freedom of speech. Theproclamation closes with asking theFinpines to still strive for liberty andIndependence, and agaia warns thecommission against deception.

In the Catarma fight, Island of Sa--mar, May 1, about 700 of the enemyattacked the men of the Forty-thir- dInfantry. The Americans killed 209 ofthe rebels, by actual count. Only threeAmericans were wounded. Major Gil- -more and 100 of the Forty-thir- d regi-ment were ambushed May 6 near Pam- -bugan, Samar. Seventy-fiv- e of the en-emy were killed and there were doAmerican casualties.STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS ARE OFF.St, Louis Car Companies and the Union

Cannot Hake Terms.St. Louis, May 19. All negotiations

between the strikers and the St. LouisTransit company have been terminatedfor the present at least. Those in aposition to know say it does not seemlikely that another conference will beheld between the strikers and theTransit company until one side or theother has a new proposition to make.Nothing has been changed In the clauserelating to the reinstatement of themen and the strike probably will con-tinue until an agreement propositionIs reached or until one side recedesfrom its position.

The strikers declare they will noldout until they are promised reinstatement in the positions held by themprior to the strike. President EdwardWhitaker, of the Transit company. In-sists that he will never consent to thedischarge of the men who were em-ployed to take the places of the strik-ers. "These men," he says," "wereonly employed when the strikerthreatened to take steps to have thefranchise of the company revoked if itdid not run cars."

Iowa Order Indian Portrait.Des Moines, la.. May 19. The board

which has charge of the state libraryand historical department has orderedCurator Aldrich to procure portraitsin oil of Black Hawk and Wapello, andan order has been placed with CharlesA. Gumming, a Des Moines artist, forthe work, for which he will receive$500. Tli is Is the first time in historythat the state of Iowa has directedthat money be expended for portraitsof Indians. The paintings will be life-siz-e

and will be placed in the galleryof the historical department.

lTeld Cp Both Coming and Uolng.Sttckton, Cal.. May 19. Both the

Toseruite valley stages one going eachway were held up Thursday night bya lone highwayman at Big Neck Flat.About $200 was secured from thepassengers. Neither the ladies northe Wells-Farg- o treasure box weremolested.

STRIKERSJVERE QUIET

' Sunday Passes at St. Louis Without ltiot or Bloodshed.

j INJUNCTION IS TO TAKE A HAND.

United States Attorney Obtains One-Tro-ubleBetween Philadelphia

Unions Is Settled.

St. Louis, May 21. Cars were runyesterday on five of the lines of the St.Louis Transit company without any in-terference from the strikers or theirfriends, except in two instances wherelarge crowds abused and "guyed" thenon-unio- n crews, and would probablyhave proceeded to violence had it notbeen for the sudden appearance ofpolice reinforcements, which forced thecrowd to "move on." No attempt wasmade to run the cars on schedule time.They were run out of the barn downto one end of the line and back again.Sometimes they made the round tripIn about three-fourth- s of the usual time.Sometimes it took them nearly twiceas long. The officials of the companypaid no attention to that, however. Ev-ery car that went out and came backunmarked was considered the net pro-ceeds of a notable achievement, andits crew received greetings like thoseextended to an only son on his returnfrom long aud weary warfare.

Judge Issues an InjunctionThe strike leaders say they had men

La all the crowds urging that there beno violeut demonstrations on accountof the numbers of women and childrenwho would want to ride on Sunday.There may have been another reasonfor the comparative quiet, too. On Sat-urday Judge Elmer B. Adams, of theUnited States circuit court, issued aninjunction, which commends the strik-ers and all other persons to abstainfrom interfering in any manner withthe running of mail cars on the vari-ous street car lines of the city ownedby the Transit company. The writ issweeping in its nature, and is made re-turnable May 2tf. It commands thestrikers to refrain from doing anythingwhatever that will delay or obstructthe operating of mall cars, or the gath-ering and distribution of the mails. Ev-erything prayed for in the petition ofthe United States district attorney wasgranted. There was no trouble Satur-day, but that was because the carsceased to run at midday to give thestreets to a parade of the strikers.There were 7,000 men in line.

If the Injunction la Violated.The injunction will be enforced If

necessary by a small army of UnitedStates marshals, and if that will notsuffice by the military of which thereis a force of 1.000 close at hand. Thesympathetic strike hangs fire, some ofthe unions having contracts with theiremployers tht would be,vIolated bva sympathetic strike. The street rail-way superintendent says he can op-erate all his lines if allowed to do soby the mob; the strikers says he hasnot half enough men.

PHILADELPHIA FIGHT ENDED.

Carpenters Are to Have Perfect Liberty ofAction Hereafter.

Philadelphia, May 21. The fight be-tween the United Brotherhood of Car-penters aud Joiners and the AlliedBuilding Trades' League, which wasbegun nearly three weeks ago, wasofficially declared off yesterday. Thetrouble arose over the refusal of thebrotherhood to become affiliated withthe league in the campaign for an eight-hou- r

work-da- y with increased wages.It was the plan that Where an em-ployer of one trade refused the de-mands of the men all the other tradesworking on the same operation shouldstrike in sympathy. Thirty-eigh- t tradesbecame affiliated in the league, onlytwo of the big trades the bricklayersand the carpenters refusing to join.

. The bricklayers were prevented be-cause of a technicality In their charter,but the carpenters absolutely refusedto become associated. This resultedin the league ordering all Its membersto refuse to work with a brotherhoodcarpenter, thus putting the latter inthe same category as non-unio- n men.This declaration of war caused manythousands of men to lay Idle for threeweeks until yesterday, when the Unit-ed Labor League which had beenchosen arbitrator decided that the Al-lied Building Trades' League shouldleave the Brotherhood of Carpentersalone to work out its own salvation.

GOV. STECNENBERO DENOUNCED.

Western Labor Unions Indorse BrethrenIn the Cosur d'Alene.

Denver, May 21. The conventionsof the Western Federation of Minersand of the Western Labor Union, nowIn session iu this city, have adoptedresolutions strongly denouncing Gov-ernor Steunenburg, of Idaho, for hisaction In the Coeur d'Alene trouble,and urging the voters of the state torefuse to support him or any one whoupholds him. The resolutions also de-nounce President McKinley, GeneralMerriam and others who are held re-sponsible for "the hardships enduredby the Idaho miners," and demandthat the president, "either withdrawthe troops from Shoshone county, orcause the liberty of the citizens to berestored."

The federation adopted resolutionsurging its members in Colorado to doeverything possible to defeat the re-election of Justice --ffoddard, of thestate supreme court. a account of thecourt's decision on the eight-hou- r law.The convention has also passed reso-lutions in favor of taklngsldes political-ly and leaning to the Debs ticket.

Alexandria to Lose on Industry.Alexandria. Ind., May 21. Steelwork-er- s

who have been In the employ of thetrust plant In this city are leaving inlarge numbers for Musekgon, Mich.,to seek employment in tne inaepenaemtin plate factory in that city. Withthe exception of a few short periodsthe plant here has been idle ever sincethe trust acquired possession one yearago. and It is now said that all of thedepartments will soon be removed fromthis clty

Mothers' Congress at Des Maine.Des Moines, Is May 21. This city

Is ready for the third annual meetingof the National Mothers Congress,which opens its first session here todayand continues throughout the week.The auditorium where the sessions areheld has been newly frescoed and hand-somely decorated for the meetings.