THE MOKXTXO OREOfTCTAN. ''WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1901.
DUTCHMEN ATA BANQUET
AJGrOAL .GATHERING -OF THE HOE
1.JLSD SOCIETY OP CHICAGO.
Wilhelmlna Wn Toasted and Chnm-
nerlaln "Was Denounced Devret
Praised in Poetry.
CHICAGO, April 16. Queen Wilhelmlna,
of the Netherlands, was toasted, and Jo
seph Chamberlain, of England, denounced
at the sixth annual banquet of the Hol
land Society of Chicago, which was held
tonight at the Grand Pacific Hotel. About
1500 members of the society were present,
with a number of Invited guests, and the
affair was the most successful and bril
liant of Its kind ever given Tinder the
auspices of the club. President Blrkhoff
sat at the head of the long table, and his
opening address was received .with much
favor. He said:
"While appreciating what our fore
lathers have endured In the struggle for
independence and self government, we
value not less the heroic deeds of our
Mnsmen of today. Who Is there amongst
ns whose heart has not been stirred and
kindred blood -quickened -by the splendid
deeds of those people who have a com
mon ancestry with us, the brave Boers
of South Africa? Even those whom
through birth, relationship, environment,
prejudice or whatever cause, side with
England in this bloody struggle, must ad
mire the valor of the Dutch who have
displayed devotion not surpassed In an
cient or modern history, and have there
by earned the sympathy of both God and
man a sympathy which also touched the
heart of one of our noblest Presidents,
Benjamin Harrison, who, in his dying
moments, pleaded for the "suffering And
gallant Boer, and protested against the
Injustice and cruelty of England. The
Boers have again shown that when a
Dutchman lights for what he considers a
righteous cause, when his personal and
civil liberty is threatened, when his lan
gauge is attacked and it is sought to de
prive him of his nationality and the land
of his forefathers, he" considers death pre
ferable to the sacrifice of these blessings
so dear to his heart. He is willing to
give home, wife, children, even life itself,
rather -than submit to -the overbearing de
mand of unconditional surrender. This de
votion of the Dutchman to principle, this
self-sacrificing spirit .this steadfast fold
ing 'on to what he considers his birth
Tight, should ever be an Inspiration to
ns, American citizens of Dutch descent,
to stand for what is right and pure, to
love country above party, to scorn hypoc
risy and love of empire for the sake of
self-aggrandizement."
The Hefcolc Dutchman.
, The chief address of the evening was
that of R.ev. Henry Dosker, of Holland,
Mich. Mr. Dosker received unstinted
applause. He said:
"I consider it both a pleasure and an
honor to be permitted to address the
Holland Society of Chicago in reply to the
toast which has been assigned to me. The
very word of the topic Indicates that. In
the minds of the committee on the pro
gramme at least, -a "Dutchman cannot very
well be anything else Dut heroic. Like
Topsy in "Uncle Tom's Cabin, 'he growed
that way.
"Science tells us that in every act we
commit there Is a certain and definite
expenditure of nerve-force, accompanied
by the destruction of a number of brain,
cells. But these cells, In reviving them
selves, hanker after the re-commission of
the very afct which has undone them.
Thus appetites are born; thus character
Is built. Our Dutch courage must there
fore be a matler of heredity. And when I
look at Dutch history In this respect, I
am reminded of what Goethe says:
"Grelf nur herum ln's relch rnenschenleben
"Und wo du packet da 1st es lnterresant.
"Where, then, shall I find my heroic
Dutchman on whom to speak tonight?
Here indeed is an embarras de riches'.
Shall It be that one who in the gray dawn
of our history, amid the bogs and swamps
of Holland, in the early period of its
aquatic genesis, defied the power of Home,
Claudius Civllls, who forced Julius Caesar
to make the Batavians allies rather than
subjects of Rome? Or shall I speak of
Hengist and Horsaj the twin "Frisian
chieftains, who in 449 A. D. came across
the channel to defend the Britalns
against the Plots and. -Scots, who were
overwhelming them, "and who coolly ap
propriated the -country-hey had rescued,
thus giving us the key to the truB under
standing of all latter Anglo-Dutch wars,
as those where Greek meets Greek? Or
shall it be that name of '.all Dutch names,
, the father of our country the founder of
our liberties, the worthy foe of Spain, the
SIlent One" whose day we fcejebrate? Or
shall it be Maurice, a son worthy of such
a sire; or Barneveld, his mortal enemy,
the greybeard, whose strdnJfJiand shaped
the politics of the Europe of his day? Or
Tromp, or De Beyter, or Plet Heln, or
Heemskerk, or any other of our immortal
naval heroes of the golden period of our
maritime supremacy; or any other name,
which glitters on the historic scroll of the
Fatherland? It cannot be!
"For months past I have dreamt and
talked and "prayed for out one cause; a
cause in which the heroic quality of the
Dutch character shines forth in un
dimmed splendor. I refer to our strug
gling brethren in South Africa. Among
them I find a Dutchman worthy of my
toast. General Christian Dewet. Do
you wonder that my toast has. nolens
volens, assumed the form of rhythm?
"Good or bad. allow me to inflict it upon
you, as I drink a toast to that Incompar
able mounted mllltia-leader, the greatest
product of the South African war:
TO GENERAL. CHRISTIAN DEWET.
The lion's deep and angry roar
From coast to coast resounded.
Whilst Albion swift destruction swore
To those, who freedom's badges wore.
Who vowed that now and evermore
The banner dyed with hero's gore, -
By -deathless Jove surrounded.
In. Atrlc's sunny clime should soar.
On rushed the Hon to the prey.
Assured of easy conquest;
But soon in -undisguised dismay
He ceased his tufted tall to sway.
As panting on the rocks he lay.
And felt his Hfo-blood ebb away.
In many & costly contest,
Struck by the Boer, he Bought to slay.
Let Dundee's field Its storytell
And -Nlcholsnof 8 disaster.
Colcnso, with lts knell. . - . :
Or Stonnberg, where the breath of hell
Gata ore's lesions did smell.
Or Modder, where the Scottish fell, .
Methuen found his master.
Before old Cronje's citadel.
But el the wounded lion's roar.
And his uneasy -wheezing, - -
From every cllmo and every shore.
The waves the eager warriors bore,
Who swore to lave with Boerlsh gore - -The
wounds, which rankled touthe core.
The pain, which knew no easing;,
The shame, which throbbed forevermofe.
Lord Roberta, Earl ot Kandahar, :. .
O'erwhejmed ,the Boer resistance.
He swept the country near and far, t
Struck 'many a b'lowj, left manyascary " .
Waged cruel medieval warj
Went home a glittering, 'brilliant star,
But felt with lteen insistence "' '
The thorns beneath the roses are. '
Cronje an exile far awayl
Joubert at rest in heaven!
O God, who will this current stay,
"Who'll change this darkness Into day.
The nag or liberty display.
The assurance of tho roe dismay?
Is there no leafier given . ,
To lead the remnant inthe fray?
Swift as the eagle cleaves thejsky
Swift as the arrows speeding,
The answer comes In glad reply.
A name with power to terrify.
A name which nevermpre can die,
A synonym of liberty, -
All leaders far exceeding
In power and temerity.
His home was gone, his wife was gone,
His children had been scattered.
The sword had cut him to the bone.
Then he uprose, gaunt, allalone.
And swore that Albion wo'uid atone
For all It wantonly had done;
For all the lives It shattered.
For every wound and every groan. 7'
All hall to Christian Dewet!
From chaos dark, uploomlng.
In vain ban Roberts' sword been whet.
In vain were Kitchener's mazes spread.
In vain did Knox and Brabant fret. "'
He slipped through every Iron net;
A ghost seen in the glooming.
In vain attacked. In vain beset.
Swift as the tiger strikes his prey
He struck at Albion's forces.
Swift as a shadow passed away
And vanished in the distant gray.
Day seemed like night; night was like day.
As he pursued his endless way,
In ever-changing-courses,
A source of fury and dismay.
In vain, they drew the cordon tight.
The tangled, meshes spinning.
In vain they begged him kindly bite
The hook 'they dangled in his sight.
In vain they struck with main and might.
In vain they tracked the fatuous llgHt,
Each at the other grinning.
As forth it sped into the night.
But when he struck, the livid-seam - i
Showed where the -sword had riven. .
A nightmare,, In a bitter .dream,
To Albion's .forces he did seem.
A swallow's flight, a phantom's gleam,
Upsetting every keenest scheme, ,
By brightest councils given. '
A name to dread and to blaspheme.
The cause cannever hopeless be.
Whose sons show such devotion.
Hope on, light on for liberty!
All freemen hall thee o'er the sea.
Strike off the shackles, shake thee free!
Let all the world thy prowess see.
Stamp out the silly notion
That ever thou couldst -bend the knee.
With Cronje. Joubert. Delarey,
With Steyn and the Immortals,
Thy name awakens love's sweet lay.
Posterity the debt will pay;
It owes thee for the grand display
Of manly courage In this day,
When through death's gloomy portals,
To liberty thou leadst the way.
Perhaps swift death will lay thee low
And still thy restless striving.
Perchance brute force will, break the bow,
"Whose arrows struck so sharp a blow.
Thine eye may never see the glow
Of brighter days, of ended woe.
Dead, thou art still surviving,
Thy meed of praise will ever flow.
And when at last the bugle's, note,
Long drawn, will tell the story
That peace has come; when every throat
The glad "hosannas" shall promote;
When freedom's flag shall o'er thee float;
When every tongue thy name shall quote,
Dewet, In endless glory,
Thou'It stand from men fore'er remote.
Other speakers of the evening, all of
whom united In condemnation of the pol
icy pursued by the British In South Afri
ca, were Judge Grosscup, Professor Ed
mund James, John Vennewa and G. B.
Haagsma.
PRESIDENT'S TRIP.
Invitation, of the Y. M. C. A. of Col
orado Springs.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 16.
The board of directors of the Y. M. C.
A., has arranged a programme for Presi
dent McKInley's visit. It is the intention
to have a parade, in which the President,
Secretary Long, Governor Orman and
others will participate. The President will
be asked to deliver an address on Y. M. C.
A. and Secretary Long has agreed to
speak on "The Y. M. C. A. In the Navy"
at the laying of the cornerstone of the
association's new building.
California Sons of Veterans.
'"WASHINGTON. April 16. The Presi
dent has received an invitation from W.
T. Rosecrans Camp No. 2, Sons of "Vet
erans, Division of California, to attend
the .fifteenth annual encampment of the
Division of California at Los Angeles,
May 7 and S.
Opening of Yellovrstone Park.
ST. PAUL, April 16. Owing to the early
date on. which President McKlnley and
party will visit Yellowstone Park, the
date for the spring opening of the park
has been again changed, and the hotels
and 'transportation lines in the National
Park will "be reaay on and after .June 1,
which Is tw;o full weeks earlier than ever
before. ,
THE PEANET EROS.
Little Asteroid Shows Marked
Clinnges in Light.
NEW YORK, April 16. A special to the
Times from Boston says;
"Eros, the little planet that ' has been
watched by astronomers lately, on account
of its nearness to the earth, has recently
taken on additional interest Until with
in a short time Eroi has been observed
simply on account of Its position, by
means of which it is hoped to determine
more closely the distance between the
earth and the sun.
This Spring the planet has shown
marked changes in light, and Is the first
of the asteroids In which variation of
light has been firmly established. It has
been found by the Harvard observers that
the intensity of the light changes some
times two or three times in as many
hours. This is accounted for in two
ways- Some astronomers think that one
bide of the planet is dark and the other
light, and that as it revolves first the
light and then the dark side Is presented
to the watchers on earth; other observers,
and especially those In Europe, believe
the planet is double, and that the two
spheres so revolving around each other
first present their combined light and
then only the light of one. The planet
is believed to revolve in five hours.
Livestock Men Want Reforms.
DENVER, Colo., April 16. The business
to come before, the next-oonvention of the
National Livestock Association, to be held
in Chicago during the first week in De
cember, will be of unusual importance, ac
cording to a bulletin issued today by Sec
retary C. F, Martin. He says the live
stock men and others interested will be
compelled to continue their fight against
the Grout bill, as the dairy trust has de
clared its Intention to reintroduce the bill
In Congress. In addition to this, the asso
ciation is interested In securing Federal
Inspection for all interstate shipments of
livestock. Instead of repeated state Inspec
tion; the Inspection of all woolen goods
and their proper classification before be
ing placed on the market; an annual clas
sified census of livestock, with prompt
publication of the figures; the extension of
the time -In what is known as the 28-hour
law;" a Second. Assistant Secretary of Ag
riculture, whose duties shall be to repre
sent the- livestock Industry of the Nation,
and other beneficial changes.
Crazy Snake Again Conspiring.
MUSKOGEE, I. T.. April 16. United
.States Marshal Bennett has issued In
structions, to his deputies to arrest Lan
Tah Mlcco and Chitto Harjo, alias Crazy
Snake, wherever found. Sufficient Infor
mation has been received by the court
officials here to convince them that these
two leaders of the Snake band are again
at work advising their people to continue
to oppose the policy of the Government
regarding their tribal affairs.
Kerr York Canal Bill Dead.
ALBANY. N. Y., April 16. The J10.000,
000 canal improvement' bill was officially
abandoned tonight, when, after a two
hours conference with Governor Odell, the
canal adherents and Republican leaders
conceded that the measure would be
swamped If it came up for a v6te. It will,
therefore, be allowed to die in the com
mittee o the assembly.
J. P. MORGAN'S LATEST
THIS TIME HE HAS BOUGHT FA
MOUS GAINSBOROUGH PICTURE.
The Price Has Not Been Finally De
termined On, bnt That Is No
Object.
LONDON, April 16. J. Pierpont Morgan,
the Associated Press is authoritatively
Informed, has bought the Gainsborough
picture recently recovered vin Chicago,
though the price Is not -yet finally de
termined unon.
Says It Is Not a Gainsborough.
NEW YORIC, April 16. Henri Pene Du
bois cables from London to the Journal
arid Advertiser that the painting "known
until its recovery lately as the stolen
Galnsbdrough" is not a Gainsborough. He
says:
"The original-portrait-is npt of'Geor
giana, the beautiful Duchess" of Devon
shire, but.of her friend, Lady. Betty -Foster,
who iparrled theDuke after the death
of the most celebrated Duchess.'!
.He also says the picture Is not a por
trait of any DachesS ofDevonshire.
"It was the property in 1841 of a Miss
Annie Maginnis, a school' mistress, who
PATRICK HELD
BBBPIW llliW B BWP nB
LAWYER ALBERT T. PATRICK. .
NEW YORK, April 16. Justice Jerome today -held Albert T. Patrick
for the grand jury on a oharge of murdering the late Texas millionaire,
William M. Rice. Justice Jerome, in his decision, said he was satisfied
that the testimony of Jones, Rice's valet, was adequately corroborated
"within the meaning of section 399 of the code of criminal procedure, by
evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the
crime charged."
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gave It for sale to John Bentley, a dealer,
who sold It for ?350 to Mrs. Winn Ellis.
The Winn Ellis collection was sold at
Christie's In 1876. There the portrait ap-'
peared for the first time as Gains-
borough's Duchess of Devonshire. Miss'
Annie Maginnis .had 'always said it was a
portrait of one of her relatives. It was a
full-length portrait, but she cut off the
legs In order that the canvass with its
frame might be fitted over a mantelpiece.
"Bentley referred to the picture as 'the
blue lady, because of the color of t its
petticoat and sash. Bentley's daughter
said, when It was alleged at Christie's that
it had suffered in restoration, that the
cheeks were too red. The critics then
said the original work might have been
begun by Raphael or by Velasquez.
"Winn Ellis was not an Infallible art
lover." " " '
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AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
Dozens of Needles Are Being Extract
ed .From a French Girl's Skin.
PARIS, April 16. A dispatch from St.
Germain, near this city, describes the ex
traordinary case of Julienne Landrieux, a
servant girl, from whose body dozens of
needles are being extracted. The girl
complained; of severe irritation of the
skin, and last Thursday went to a local
druggist, who found a number of needles
emerging from various parts of the body.
He extracted them with pincers. The
girl has returned several times a day
since, and up to this morning the drug
gist has drawn 120 needles from her arms,
hands, feet, breast, the lobe of her ear,
her eyelids and the corner of her right
eye. The girl experiences no pain until
she feels the needle piercing the epidermis.
The needles always emerge thick end first,
and unless they are 'extracted disappear
again.
Two reputable newspapers, the Matin
and the Temps, have investigated the
matter and vouch for the authenticity of
the story. Mile. Landrieux says that five
years ago, when she was 11 years old, she
amused herself, with other children, by
swallowing quantities of needles. She
swallowed 49 In one day, and never felt
any Inconvenience until recently, and has
enjoyed the best of health. While relat
ing the foregoing to the reporter of the
Temps, who saw her at the druggist's, she
exclaimed: "I feel one In my eye now."
The druggist then upturned her right
eyelid and with a magnet drew out four
fragments of needles.
A surgeon of the Hospital at La Sal
patrlere said in an interview that the case
was quite unprecedented. Needles In
serted under the skin were known to have
been borne, through the muscles, but there,
was no record of a needle Introduced Into
the stomach emerging from the lobe of
the ear, In such a case, the needle must
have traversed the skull, which Is Incom
prehensible. A Screw-Maker Statesman.
LONDON, April 16. Discussing tho
South African war at a meeting held at
Cannlngtown last night, Mrs. Richard
Chamberlain made a lively attack on the
Colonial Secretary, Mr. Joseph 'Chamber
lain. "It Is all very well for men like my
brother-in-law, Joe, to say that farm
burning is all right, but what can he
know, about farms or farming? Who was
his father? He was a little screw-maker,
a very respectable profession, but It does
not teach much about farming. It Is no
good sending out screw-makers or any
persons of that sort. The war was not
made for England, but for Johannesburg
'capitalists, who could not speak Eng
lish." Influx of Sngar.
LIVERPOOL, April 16. The influx of
sugar from the Continent has been so
enormous in expectation of Imposition of
a duty on that commodity, that 87,279"to'ns
are now in stock here, against 33,850 tons
for the month of April, 1900. About 6,500,
000 Havana cigars have also been taken
out of bond.
In thtf Transportation Business.
ROME, April 16. Owing to a strike
among the employes of the Navlgablone
General Italian, tho government has or
dered the Sardinian mail service to be
transported by torpedo boats, the passen
ger service by military transports and the
Sicilian mails and passengers by, ferry
boats. Malls- for points abroad will be
sent by foreign steamship lines.
Plot Against the Kaiser.
NEW YORK, April 16. A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Berlin
says:
The entire body of German police, espe
cially those stationed at seaport towns, and
the Berlin political police,- are eagerly
watching for an anarchist named Romag
noll. It has transpired that Romagnoll
who recently lived in South America,
is now on his way to Germany, lnstrusted
by the Buenos Ayres anarchist club with
the task of assassinating the Kaiser.
Romagnoll eo far has evaded the police.
It Is conjectured that he left the ship at
some Intermediate port.
Russians Want a Constitution.
VIENNA, April 16. A dispatch from
Lebmourg asserts that further troubles
have occurred in Russia, and that whole
sale arrests have been made In Odessa
and other cities. The correspondent says
also that 15,000 signatures, Including mer
chants and land owners, have been se
cured to a petition to Emperor Nicholas
to grant a constitution.
A Napoleon Married.
BRUSSELS, April' 16. The Petit Bleu
says that Prince Louis Napoleon has
married the Grand Duchess Helena,
FOR MURDER.
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daughter of the Russian Grand Duke
Vladimir. " '
16, ,1864. He is the second,' son of the late
Prince Jerome 'Napoleon, and the young--er
brother of Prince Victor. Helena, the
youngest child of the Russian Grand
Duke Vladimir, was born January 2a
1SS2).
MONEY SCARE IN JAPAN. .
Country on the Verge of Financial
'" m Panic.
WASHINGTON, April 16. The financial
condition of- Japan at present a far from
encouraging, and the bankers, statesmen
and business men are exerting every ef
fort to avert a pending panic. This state
ment Is conveyed to the State Department
in a communication from United States
Consul-General Bellows, at Yokohama.
The situation, as analyzed by the shrewd
.est financiers and statesmen of the em
pire, show that the Chinese indemnity se
cured at the close of the Japanese-Chinese
war, together with large national loans,
led to the exploiting of many public and
private undertakings, which caused
money to be unusually plentiful among
the coolie or laboring classes.' This In
duced extravagant methods of living, and
is assigned as a potent factor in the large
Increase of Imports. The amount of In
demnity paid by China proved insufficient
for the enterprises projected, and many
millions were diverted from the custom
ary channels of trade to carry forward
the undertakings referred to. The Inter
ruption of the Chinese trade brought a
falling' .off in exports also during the past
year. In 1900 the relations of Japan's
exports to her Imports stood at the ratio
of five to six and $24,900,000 passed from
the country to settle Japan's trade bal
ance. Foreign capital, It is stated, de
clines to enter the Japanese market, al
though tempted by flattering rates of in
terest. Living expenses have Increased
during the past few years over 75 per cent,
which causes the scarcity of money for
commercial and industrial purposes to be
all the more keenly felt. The Consul
General closes his report by saying:
"The closeness of the money market,
.combined with the dullness of trade and
violent fluctuations of prices, is causing
much alarm among merchants, manufac
turers and bankers, and more failures are
Imminent."
Newspaper Consolidation.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 16. The
Indianapolis Press made its last appear
ance today. Tomorrow It will be merged
Into the Indianapolis News. The Press
was first published in 1699. Major W. J.
Richards had sold his minority Interest
In the Indianapolis News to the present
owners, Delavan Smith and Charles R.
Williams, and associating himself with
John H. Holllday, farmer proprietor of
the News, had attempted to establish a
rival paper. The venture has been ob
served with interest by the newspaper
fraternity. Mr. Holllday becomes a mem
ber of the News copartnership, and Major
Richards retires by preference from the
newspaper field, to- devote his attention to
his private affairs.
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Big Sale of Oil Lands,
SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 16. L. .F..
Deyo, of San Bernardino, Cal., In a letter
sent from Chicago to the State Register
today, states that he and B.-B. Stuart,
of Los Angeles, bot,h formerjy of Spring
field, have sold 40,000 acre? of oil-bearing
land out of a tract of 400,000 acres
controlled bv them for $3,500,000. Mr. Deyo
claims .this is the largest sale ever made
in the United States. ' The next largest
was that by which C. A. Canfleld, of
Los Angeles, over a year ago, sold to
Russian capitalists his oil lands In Ven
tura County, Cal., for $3,000,000.
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Freight Train Wrecked.
WATSONVILLE, Cal., April ,16. The
through Southern Pacific freight train to
New Orleans was wrecked this morning
near .Vega. Fifteen cars were smashed.
The wreck was caused by a brake-roil
dropping and breaking the flange of a
wheel. -
MILNER IS GOING HOME
IN HIS ABSENCE THE BOERS MAY
ACCEPT PEACE TERMS,
Operations Are Resumed in Eastern
Transvaal, hut Raids on the
Railways Are Ceasing.
LONDON, April 17. Sir Alfred Milner.
according to the Daily Chronicle, Is com
ing to England early next month, and
will remain two months to recruit hl3
health, which -has been severely tried by
his arduous labors in South Africa. Most
of the morning papers comment on the
effect which his absence at a critical mo
ment is likely to have on the campaign,
recalling the fact that General Botha
made the objections to Sir Alfred Milner
one of the chief reasons for rejecting the
peace terms. It Is expected 'that the
Boers will Impute Sir Alfred's absence to
political motives.
A dispatch to the Times from Mlddel
burg, Transvaal, says: "Operations In
the Eastern Transvaal have been begun.
There Is no doubt that acting President
Schalkburger, .General Botha, Mr. Steyn
and General Dewet had a meeting at
Ermello, but their subsequent movements
are obscured. Raids on the railways be
come less frequent."
MONTAGU WHITE TALKS.
Says Krnger Is Too Feeble to Come
to America.
NEW YORK, April 16. Montagu White,
who was Consul-General for the Trans
vaal In London, Is In this city. When
Interviewed today, Mr. White was non
committal regarding his ooject in coming
to this country. He said he intended to
visit the leading cities here and obtain
the views of prominent Boer sympathizers
regarding the present situation, but he de
nied' that his visit was for the purpose of
consulting Secretary Hay in the matter
of the proposed visit of President Krugor
to this country.
"Is It true," he was asked, "that an ad
dress to the American people was out
lined by you an address which Mr. Kru
ger was expected to approve and sign?"
"It is not," he replied. "During a short
conversation with a friend of mine at
Paris, recently, I was asked my opinion
in the matter of drawing up some such an
address, but it was not actually done. I
was summoned to Holland and Brussels
to attend a sort of conference, but the
discussion there was merely of a general
nature."
"Do you think President Kruger will
visit America?" was asked.
"I think he is too feeble to attempt any
such thinir."
"Do the Boers ask for absolute liberty
as a stipulation of peace?"
"That is too strong a phrase." Mr.
White answered. "We heard some time
ago that General Kitchener demanded un
conditional surrender, and Botha demand
ed absolute liberty, but those terms are
too extreme. I. can only say that the
Boers would rather die fighting than give
In to unconditional surrender. I am quite
unable to say what the terms should be.
That must be and can only be settled be
tween General Kitchener on the one side
and on the other by Prsident Steyn and
Generals Botha and Dewet."
BRITISH TRANSPORT SERVICE.
Lord Roberts Praises Wagons of
American Make.
LONDON, April 16. Another dispatch
from Lord Roberts on the subject of the
South African campaign, dated April 2,
has been published in the Gazette. It
largely concerns the transport service and
says the mule transport consisted of what
are called South Africa buck wagons,
carrying a load of 3500 pounds, drawn by
flO jnules each, with two native drivers.
After mentioning- the serviceable wagons
made in Cape Colony and the frequent
retiring and other repairs, which the English-made
wagons required. Lord Rob
erts said:
"Six brick wagons were Imported for
trial from the United States. These proved
to be superior to any other pattern of
either Cape bf English manufacture. The
wheels were of hickory, the bodies of
black walnut, and the metal work of
steel. Tho superiority of these vehicles
was doubtless due to the fact that mule
wagons are largely used Jn America for
the carriage of goods as well as for
military transport. The manufacturers
have, therefore, learned by practical ex
perience what Is the best type of wagon
and what are the most suitable materials
in building them. It may be added that
the wagons In question cost considerably
less than" the .Bristol' pattern wagons.'
Lord Roberts, In his dispatch, goes over
all branches of the service, and In re
viewing the hospital department, mentions
the American hospital ship Maine, "fitted
out and maintained by the splendid gen
erosity of private Individuals and the
committee of American ladles."
Lord Roberts heads 11 pages of special
mentions by cordial acknowledgements of
the services of Sir Alfred Milner and Gen
eral Kitchener. Paragraphs compliment
ing almost all the division and brigade
commanders follow, including Generals
White, Methuen, Baden-Powell, Kelly
Kenny, French, Paget and Pole-Carew.
General Buller Is mentioned first after the
staff officers, but In merely formal terms
without commendation.
Detailing the stores handled, he says
there were 1,031.000; rounds of artillery am
munition; 122.000,000 rounds of ammunition
for rifles and machine guns and 2,000,000
pairs of horse shoes.
A special dispatch from Cape Town,
under today's date, says 40 Boers recently
met at Boshoff and solemnly re-eleoted
Mr. Steyn President of the Orange Free
State.
Horses for South Africa.
NEW YORK, April 16. The steamship
European, with 1100 horses, cleared today
for Cape Town.
Row in a- Presbytery.
CHICAGO, April 16. The Chicago Pres
bytery was thrown into confusion by a
direct deniaj of Its authority or jurisdic
tion over Its members. The Rev. Rollo
R. Stevens resigned after the presbytery
had taken a vote refusing him permission
to retire from the ministry. He later
withdrew his resignation to await Judicial
action. Pointed speeches were made on
both sides. The Rev. Mr. Stevens con
tended that a man had the right at any
time to leave the ministry. Such action
Dr. Herrlck Johnson characterized as
"most extraordinary." He recalled the
nil. nf enrlv diivfl that onlv crime or
death released a minister from his call
ing, flir. aieven icti. uu miuiauj nunuuv
consulting the presbytery, to accept a po
sition with an insurance company. The
judiciary committee, to which the mat
ter was referred, will report next Mon
day. An Arlsona Fned.
PHOENIX, ArlE., April 16. Sheriff Ed
Beeler, of Apache County, well-known
throughout the southwest, was ambushed
and killed In a fight over a month ago.
News of the bloody fight has just reached
here. Beeler fell mortally wounded by
a volley from behind a stone wall. At
first It was believed that Beeler was the
victim of cattle-rustlers, against whom
he had made a long and bitter warfare,
but later It developed .that they were
friends of a man whom Beeler had killed
who had sworn to avenge his death.
Censorship in Russia.
WASHINGTON, April 16. Incendiary
matter has been circulated In every form
in Russia, hence the officers censor every
thing that is printed as rigidly as they
did a century ago. says Consul General
Hollbway, at St. Petersburg, In a report
to the State Department, advising Amer
ican exporters upon tho preparation of
advertising matter to be circulated In Rus
sia. Advertising matter of several Amer
ican exporters has been refused admis
sion upon arrival In Russia because the
senders had not complied with the Rus
sian laws regarding censorship of the
press. which states that everything
printed In the Russia language must re
ceive the approval of the chief of the com
mittee on censorship, before It can be ad
mitted or circulated In Russia. A petition
should be addressed to Count Mouravieff,
who occupies the position referred to, de
scribing the character of the publication
and Its purpose, enclosing two copies of
the matter and asking for permission to
admit and circulate the same In Russia.
This petition, says Mr. Holloway, will be
more likely to receive attention if written
In the Russian or French language.
THE DEATH ROLL.
Professor Henry A. Rowland.
BALTIMORE, Md., April 16. Professor
Henry A. Rowland, aged 53 years, of the
Johns Hopkins University, died suddenly
at his home In this city today. Although
the professor had been in 111 health for
several months, his death was entirely
unexpected. About 15 years ago he gained
world-wide reputation by his large dif
fraction gradings, which were ruled by a
method of his own directly pn concave
mirrors. The photographs of the solar
spectrum that he succeeded In making
with these gratings surpass anything else
of the kind that has ever been done.
Rev. Dr. Justin R. Fulton.
SOMERVILLE. Mass., April 16. Rev.
Dr. Justin R. Fulton, a Baptist clergyman
and formerly pastor of Tremont Temple,
died at his homo today of paralysis, aged
73 years. He was a prominent abolition
ist In his earlier years, and afterward
became a brilliant preacher, but had
gained notoriety during recent years by
his crusade against the Roman Catholic
Church. His book, "Why Priests Should
Wed," was Interdicted by Anthony Corn
stock and several passages eliminated be
fore It was allowed to go on sale. In 1873
he was suspended by the New York Bap
tist Pastors' Association, but later wae
reinstated. While preaching In Cape Bre
ton against the Catholic Church he was
stoned and for a while chained to a lamp
post. Bishop J. J. Esher.
CHICAGO. April 16. Bishop J. J. Esher,
after a protracted Illness, died in this cltj
today, aged 78. Bishop Esher was the
senior bishop of the Evangelical Churca,
having continuously occupied the Episco
pal office since 1866.
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EASTERN PRESS AGITATED.
Over Proposed Abandonment of New
York-Cuba Transport Service.
WASHINGTON. April 16. The Eastern
press is much agitated over the propo
sition to abandon the military transport
service between New York and Cuba and
Porto Rico. The opinion is quite gen
erally expressed that If the transporta
tion lines will offer reasonable rates for
carrying Government supplies and troops,
the transports will be relieved from fur
ther service on these two routes. There
Is no reason to believe, however, that
the Pacific transport service will undergo
a similar change. The department real
izes that it is now pressed for a sufficient
number of ships on the Philippine run,
particularly in view of the large transfer
of troops now being made.
The transports on the New York run are
of the smaller class, and are devoted
largely to carrying supplies, forage and
animals. The larger transports were sent
around to the Pacific some time ago. It
Is very probable, In case the Eastern
transport service is abandoned, that the
transports Rawlins, Sedgewlck, and Mc
Clellan, and possibly the Ingalls, will be
sent around to the Pacific, where they
will replace a corresponding number of.
chartered ships which are being used for
carrying horses, forage and supplies to
the Philippines. Further than this, the
Pacific service would not be affeoted by
the change.
Mormon Temple for Ogden.
OGDEN, Utah, April 16. The Standard
will say tonight:
"A subscription list Is being circulated
here to raise $300,000 for the erection of
a Mormon tabernacle in this city, the pro
moters having the assurance that in event
of the success of the undertaking one of
the semiannual conferences of the Mor
mon church will be held here. This means
an addition to the city's income of $250,000.
Over $150,000 has already been subscribed,
and the rest has been promised. Other
persons in Ogden are endeavoring to es
tablish an exposition ground for an inter
state exposition, including Nevada, Idaho,
Wyoming and Utah. Over $10,000 has
been raised for this purpose, and the sup
port of leading men In other states has
been enlisted."
'
To Swell the Vlrchow Fund.
NEW YORK, April 16. A committee of
prominent physicians In this country has
been organzed for the purpose of collect
ing money to add to the Vlrchow fund.
This fund was established In honor of Dr.
Rudolph Vlrchow, the famous pathologist,
who since 1856 has been the director of the
pathological institute of Berlin. The fund
was founded in 1891. when he completed
his 70th year, to enable him to faciliate
scientific research by establishing scholar
ships and by encouraging special medical
and biological Investigations. Contribu
tions to the fund have been received from
all parts of the world. October 13 Dr.
Vlrchow will be 80 years old. Steps have
already been taken In nearly every part
of the world to honor him on that occa
sion by swelling the fund which bears
his name.
New Transportation Officials.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 16. The direc
tors of the newly organized Alaska com
panies, the Northern Navigation Company
and the Northern Commercial Company,
have elected officers as follows: Presi
dent, Leon Sloss; first vice-president,
Isaac Lleber; second vice-president, Louis
Sloss. Jr.; secretary and treasurer. Will
lam Gerstle. These officers, together with
George H. HIgbee, constitute the execu
tive committee.
New Theater for San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 16. The Ex
aminer says that a syndicate of New
York capitalists has been formed to build
a theater In this city. The proposed
structure will seat 3500 persons, and will
be devoted to vaudeville performances.
Three sites for the building have been
selected by a local firm of real estate
agents, and one of them has been bonded.
It Is said that $500,000 will be invested In
the enterprise.
"Wholesome Water for Isthmus.
COLON, Colombia, April 16. In view of
the prolonged drought, the Mayor of Pan
ama, in an open letter, suggests that the
Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs
should endeavor to obtain, in whatever
canal scheme is finally adopted, the In
sertion of a clause stipulating the obli
gation to construct an aqueduct to sup
ply the" 'Isthmus with wholesome water.
Pennsylvania Murderer Hanged.
MEADVILLE, Pa., April 16. Frank Ma
jor, alias paniel Kehoe, was hanged in
the' County Jail yard at 2:06 o'clock this
afternoon. Death resulted In six minutes
from strangulation. Major's crime was
the murder of Chief of Police Daniel Mc
Grath, of TUusville, Pa., November II,
1899.
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BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedr.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea.
BLIZZARD ON 1HEPRAIRIE
BAD SNOW STORM IN COLORADO
AND WYOMING.
Losses on Livestock Will Be Heavy
Temperature Down to Zero
Cyclone In Nebraska.
DENVER. April 1C Reports from
Northern Colorado are to the effect that
another storm has prevailed on the pra'l
rles for the past 24 hours, and still con
tinues. It began with a misty rain, and
developed Into a veritable blizzard. The
loss of stock will be great, as the animals
have become greatly weakened by expos
ure to the storms of the past two weeks
and lack sufficient food. The snow Is
drifting badly, and railroad traffic is be
ing delayed. In the vicinity of Denver
and on the plains the storm Is described
as the worst In years.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. April 16.-Ono of the
worst storms In recent years has been
in progress here for IS hours. Snow be
gan to fall early Monday morning, and
several Inches were added to the large
amount already on the ground. The sndw
Is light, and a high wind has drifted' it
badly. The railroads are using their
snaw-bucklng machinery- The livestock
losses from this and former storms aro
enormous. All the small ranches In West
ern Nebraska and South Dakota and East
ern Wyoming have lost heavily. The tem
perature Is now near zero.
Stock Losses.
STERLING. Colo., April 16. The cold
rains of the past 10 days, supplemented
by the snow storm and bllzznrd of yes
terday and last night, have resulted in a
heavy I0S3 td stockmen. The loss at pres
ent varies from 5 to 30 per cent. Tho
heavy losers are those who have largo
holdings and who shipped cattle from the
South late in the Fall, depending mostly
on the range to winter cattle that were
not acclimated.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., April 16. Al Bowie,
manager of the Swan Cattle CompanyY
today declared that the reports of the
company's losses from, the recent storms
have been greatly exaggerated. The com
pany's holdings amount to about 60,000
head, while the losses will not aggregata
over 600 head, or about 1 per cent.
Cyclone in Nebraska.
OMAHA. Neb., April 16. A cyclone at
11 o'clock last night struck the town at
Orleans, In Harlan County. Gohner's liv
ery barn, Mrs. Mcllroy's store and res
taurant, R. R. Pates' Insurance office and
L. Howard's barn were demolished. Mr.
Howard's residence and the school build
ing were partially wrecked. No one was
hurt.
Wants the Bond Increased.
HELENA, Mont.. April 16. The Boston
& Montana Company today applied to tno
Supreme Court for an order requiring th
Montana Ore Purchasing Company to in
crease Its bond on the Pennsylvania mine
appeal from $950,000 to $1,250,000, on the
ground that the company has already ex
tracted from the mine ore worth at least
$300,000 In excess of Its bond. Application
has also been made for a writ of super
sedeas, that the higher court may pass
upon the action of Judge Cleary, of Butte
In Issuing a restraining order shutting
down that part of the Pennsylvania that
the Boston & Montana has been working.
It is claimed that the action of the lower
court Is In violation of the higher court's
prerogatives.
Scottish Rite Jubilee.
WICHITA, Kas., April 16. At the twen
tieth century Jubilee of Scottfah Rlto
bodies of the Southern Jurisdiction, lnau-
gurated here today, a clasi of 178 appli
cants was Initiated. Among tho new
members are Congressman Chester I.
Long", ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson and
S. R. Peters, ex-Pension Commissioner. -
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Jealousy the Cause.
EL PASO, Tex., April 16. At Juarez,
Mex., last night, Andres Garcia killed
his young bride and then blew out his
brains. Jealousy was probably the cause.
He was manager of the Jockey club, the
fashionable resort of Chihuahua, owned
by his father, who is a wealthy property
owner. The bride was a niece of General
Terres, the multl-mllllonalre.
Three Nights' Pool Tournament.
WASHINGTON. April 18. A three
nights pool championship tournament of
the world was begun here tonight between
De Oro, the Cubn, and Frank Sherman.
The play Is for 600 balls, 200 a night. Do
Oro won in tonight's contest, making, a
score of 202 as against 161 for Sherman,
De Oro's best run was 40.
General Butterfleld Is Better.
NEW YORK. April 16. At the home of
General Butterfleld tonight It was saldt
the General's condltoln has much Im
proved today. .
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