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MO NEWS FROM ROBERTS
His Correspondents Allowed to Tele
graph No News No Movements
Gives Out by War Office.
Lo.IX)N, fib. I. 9:W) a. m.-Thc
war office announces that General
Kreii'h reached Klmberley Thurday
evening.
IJNDON. Feb. 1. 4:20 a. m.-Aa the
wlrea are closed to all correspondent
with I,wd rtolK-rta and a nothing fur
ther fnun him hua b en communicated
to the public, military adept spend
their time In studying the mapa, and
figuring out the posilbilltle of Lord
Roberts' communication and what
there la li ft for the lloer to do.
The war office hua issued order fur
ih formation of 21 new batterle and
thrtK bnltallona of Infantry.
OT1IKK DIVISIONS PROPOSED.
England Advised to Continue Halting
More Troopa.
UXNDON, Feb. 15. -Spencer Wilkin
on In the Morning Post today udvo
cate the advisability of formliiK the
Tenth. Eleventh and Twellih division
and sending them to the Cuix to be
ready for any emergency, aa well aa the
forming and training at home of aa
many additional batlallona "is possible.
REN8HERQ ABANDONED.
LONDON. Feb. 15.-A Cape Town
correspondent of the Dally Chronicle,
telegraphing Wednesday, ray:
"It li reported here thai the British
have evacuated Rcrsbcrg and retired
to Arundel."
liRITISH LANCERS KILLED.
Hrltlsh Prisoner 8nt to Toll of
Sluughter of Ilia Comrade.
the
HO Ell LAAGER, (near Ludynmitli),
Tucsduy, Feb. II. Yesterday General
Hot ha, with a amall force crossed the
Tugcla to the deserted nrltlHh camp.
where he encountered SO lancers, of
whom 1.1 were killed, five wounded and
nine taken prisoner. One of the pris
oners wna aent to tell the Brltsh to
fetch their wounded.
DELOOA BAY YET OPEN.
The Boers Continue to Receive Pro-
vlalona and Munitions Through
Thla Route.1,
LONDON. Frh. ISA mrrvntwtnilunt
of the Times at Lourenco Marnuen tnl-
egraphlng Wednesday, saj-s:
"The republicans are now obtaining
substantia! auppliea of sugar, coffee
and Hour through Delagoa bay. It Is
believed aUo that munitions are atlll
passing.
A Prominent J'n-trvrla rlil,.n iimt
from fdviimtth Infnrm. ma thnt
Boer are rapidly damning the Klip
river."
GOVERNMENT WINS.
Its Military Scheme Adopted In
House of Commons.
the
LONDON, Feb. 15. Th house of
commons this evening adopted the gov
ernment's military scheme by a vote
of 239 ajralnst 34, the minority consist
ing chiefly of Irlnh members.
ROBERTS MOVEMENT A SUCCESS.
His Invasion of the Free State
Produced Brilliant Results.
Has
NEW YORK, Feb. 15. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The silence at the front has been
broken and whatever occura anywhere
else la of little account. General Rob
erts and General Kitchener, having
concentrated a full army corps, with a
cavalry brigade and artillery, could be
trusted to And better employment for
It than that of lining the railway be
tween Orange and Modder rivers. They
have done so arid their seer t Is at last
out. General French's cavalry brigade
which has been maneuvering around
Colesburg, aeised on Monday the cross
ing of Rlet river at Dekll's drift and
the sixth and seventh divisions are now
encamped on the east bank of that
river.
The Sixth division is Kelly-Kennys,
which has been reported to be co-oper
ating with French and Gatacre for the
clearance of the country south of the
Orange river. Ills division Is now offi
cially reported on the RJet river with
the Seventh division, Tuckers, which
has been believed to be at Modder river.
Then two divisions, with French's cav
lry brlv.i'ln and the new Infantry brig,
ado madt up from battalions lining the
railway from D Aar Junction, are
co-iip'-ratlng with G'neral Mthum's
army In a xr;iu flunking movement on
the Itli l 'jirlotv Klinberley.
It Is a concentration of lirltlnh forces
on a large scale In an unexpected quar
ter, and the wholo movm'-nt has be.n
ro cleverly concealed that no military
writ' r In Loml m has In n able to fore
cunt the precise direction of Lord Rob
erts advance. What Is more Important,
tho Dutch th ins-lvca have apparently
been misled for they have weakened
th' Ir force in a quarter where the at
tack will be made and strengthened
them wh' ro the Brltlnh will remain on
the defensive.
ThU general flanking movement has
been dupported by a movement of
mounted Infantry from the Orange riv
er railway crotixlng to Rarnah. This
was a strong column, described as a
mounted Infantry brigade and Colonel
Hunn y, who commanded It, had an
engagement with the lioers on the hills
and dually pushed his force through to
It d-sllnatlon Tuenjay with compara
tively slight Ion', the ronuulty lint
amounting to .13. This entire movement
mint with Its cone titration of nearly
all the British battalions outside of
Natal and slender columns left under
Gattt'Te and Clements, has been
brought about by scientific strategy
under a rigorous operation of the cen
Korxhlp, th utility of which has been
demonstrated at last.
An army curps and strong auxilllary
force have been massed where the ene
my nre the vcak"Mt. and the previous
balance of forces In the military prob
lem h.a ben suddenly upset. This col
umn on tho Rlet run a promise of po
tency for the relief of Klmberley and
a subsequent advance upon Hlonmfon
teln Is so glut a diversion of mi Itary
r sources that I-udysmlth may yet be
rescu.'d,
At midnight a report from Lord Rob
erta described a brilliant cavalry raid
by General Vrench w ith three brigades
of cavalry and a strong force of horse
artillery in which three Boer laag rs
w -re captured and a tupporting move
ment, conducted by General Gordon by
which two laagers were taken. These
dashing movements which recall the
best work of cavalry raids In the
American civil war are proofs that the
l!r!ilnh campaign has entered upon on
entirely new phase. The relief of Klm
berley will evidently be the first work
of Lord Kobcrtpfand a march upon
IUocn'fonteln, the sequel of It.
OVBRTfRES -rrEGLECTKD.
Government Advised Against Allowing
South African Affulrs to Ab
sorb Attention.
LONDON, Feb. 15. In the house of
lords today, the Earl of Roseberry, dis
cussing the government's military pro
poal.i, said:
"The crisis In South Africa is argent,
but we must not keep our eyes on
South Africa alone. Last December
the government made earnest overtures
to the great powers, Including Ger
many and the I'nlted States, for an al
liance, but those overtures were not re
ceivejd with such cordiality as to en
courage the government to pursue
them.
It does not appear that the friendship
of France would bear any great strain,
and as to Russia, events have been
recently witnessed in Persia which
England formerly would nave had
something to say about, but which she
now pusses unnoticed.
"It become the government to take
a lurge gra.p of the situation and to
make adequate proposals,"
THE EARL MISTAKEN.
Slate Department Officials Deny That
England Made Any Overtures
for an Alliance.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The state
ment of the Earl of Roseberry that In
December overtures were made to the
United States for an alliance Is not
substantiated here. Officials of the ad
ministration are at a loss to understand
the report and express the opinion
that some mistake has occurred.
So far as the United States Is con
cerned they declare no offer of nlltaiioe
has been made.
THI. SOLDIER DEAD.
Kodlc of Northwestern Troops Now
Sent to Their Native Soli.
SAN FAANCISCO, Feb. 15. The re
mains of 61 soldiers have been sent
from the Presidio to various points on
tho const and In the east. The bodies
of tho following were shipped to north
era and Rocky mountain states:
Second Oregon- Fred J. Norton, com
pany F; Fred J. Chandler, company C;
Herbert R. Adams, company B; Wil
liam Cooke, company D; Guy Millard,
company L.
First Washington Harry R. S.
Stround, company L; Wm. C. Courtney,
company E; Ralph E. Shearer, com
pany F; Win. C. Hopwood, company D.
First Idaho Henry McClure, com
pany H.
ROLAND REED BETTER.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15. Roland Reed,
the actor, who yesterday submitted to
a second operation, was reported today
to be resting comfortably.
STILL EXPOSING
MONTANA SHAME
The Price of Supreme Justices
Now Rein? Inquired Into.
THEY COME AT $100,000
Clark Cfiartjtd With Offering That
?Bm in the Welcome Disbar
ment Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-When the
senate committee Investigating the
election of Clark to the senate met to
day, it developed that at I ast two
justices of tho Montana supreme court
i were present. The first witness this
morning was Judge Coyne, county
I Judge of Livingston county. New York.
, He testified concerning a conversation
he had In New York city last October
: with Mark Hewitt, a witneit for the
prosecution In this case,
j Hewitt said, according to the witness,
i "that Welh'ume did not stand a ghost
ut a show" In the disbarment proceed
ings, whah r guilty or not, as Daly
. owned the court and the case was be
ing conducted with a view to getting
; testimony In the Clurk cose that was
to come before the United Slates sen-
. uie. in- ua y pecpie. uewiw was rep -
,; resented to have said, "are determined
. to defeat Clark and would not stop at
n uiing vo uccooubi. me ru.i.
Coyne was excused temporarily In order
to permit the justices of the Montana
, supreme court to testify, In order not
! to detain them.
j Justice Hunt s testimony created a
' profound Impression. He detailed four
different conversations with his family
physician. Dr. Tracy, of Helena. In
; two of these he believed the doctor
. attempted to lay before him a propo-
sltion to bribe him In the Wellcome
case. In one of these cases Hunt re-
, lated the doctor had said:
"There Is a party here who has $100.-
! 0CO who wants to put lt up If -Jiat case
can be thrown out of court."
i The witness said he replied to this
that all the money in the United States
'coull not induce him to sacrifice his
'conscience to the extent of granting
additional time In the Wellcome or any
, other case. Continuing, the witness
said that after this, Tracey made an
appeal to him to get off the bench on
account of his health, he. (witness),
naving Deen tnreatenea witn lung trou-
I ble- Trawv M lf he eontlnued he
i waa sure to break down, as the posi-
tlon was very laborious. If he would
accept the proposition, he could take
a rest, go abroad, visit the Paris ex- ;
II'-Tt naic itui tat its) ,v vi j owvmv
and thus indefinitely prolong his life, j
Hunt said he appreciated what the ,
doctor said about going off the bench,
I but he could not see his way clear to ,
accept the proposition. The doctor then
went away, the witness testified, say-
ing he would not have Justice Hunt do i yesterday Drought suit ror injunction
any thing he did not think waa right. ! against Governor Beckham, claiming
At the close of the direct examtna- ; to 8vernor of Kentucky, and Gen
tion, conducted almost entirely by ! vnl Johu Uastleman. claiming to
Chandler, Faulkner, on behalf of Clark, adjutant-general of Kentucky. Lieu
made a formal motion to strike out j tenant-Governor John Marshall this
Hunt's testimony because he failed to J afternoon filed suit for Injunction
connect Clark's name with the pro- j aaglnst Governor fceekham and against
ceedlnga and was entirely collateral. I LiIlarl Carter, president pro-tern of
The motion was over-ruled and the ! th" s'"ate nmv "'eeting in this city,
cross-examination nroeeeded. ! These suits are similar In general
Hunt said that before Tracey made ,
the proposition to him he nad consid-
ered him a man of pre-eminently good j
character. He did not believe the doc
tor realized the enormity of the propo-
sltion. Asked why he did not bring the ;
matter to the attention of the public ,
prosecutor, the witness replied he was
so humiliated that he preferred not to '
disclose It.
"You preferred to allow an attempt
to perpetrate such a crime go unpun
ished?" "It would have been embarrassing j
to me as a judge."
"It was contempt."
"I did not take notice of It," ans
wered Hunt.
Aftr further examination Hunt was
excused and the committee adjourned
until 3:30.
The committee held a night session
at which Justice PIggott, of the Mon
tana supreme court, testified concern
ing the remarks made to him on the
two days when Dr. Tracey had Inter-
views with Justice Hunt.
Justice Plggott's statement was that
Mr. Clark's leading counsel had come
to him and while apparently under
great excitement said he had Just been
advised by Mr. Nelll of Helena that
the supreme court could be unduly In
fluenced In the Wellcome disbarment
proceedings; he wanted to know If It
were true and spoke of denouncing eny
such attempt.
The witness had informed the counsel
that he would never hear of such at
tempt from him (PIggott) for he would
kill any one coming to him with a
bribe offer. N
Justice PIggott said he concluded
that Corbett and Dr. Tracey had con
spired to make an assault upon the su
preme court with their $lflO,000.
Attorney-General Nolan, of Montana,
who conducted the prosecution In the
Wellcome debarment case, testified
that Dr. Tr-icey, who was also his phy
sl Ian, had come to him at three differ
ent time HiigKeKtlng that he (Nolan)
could get money out of the case for
Clark.
"I repll-d." raid t.h witness, "If I
should lend myself to uch a scheme,
I think I ougM to be entitled to $100,
'09." "he doctor said he thought that
mm reasonable.
Later, on the arrm occasion, Nolan
bid I he told lh? doctor to tell Clark
that If his body were a skeleton and
tillel with gold It would not be suffl
cl; nt to buy him.
WILL IX RATIFIED.
The Hay-raur.ccfote Treaty and Canal
Dill JJoth to Be PosmmL
NEW YORK. Feb. 15.-A special to
the Herald inm Washington jays:
Prompt action by the senate on the
Hay-I'auncefoie treaty and the Nica
ragua canal bill, need not be expected.
Nor la It fair to assume, as thoiw who
eppore both measures aeetn to, that
by imans the defeat of either measure.
On the contrary the bet.t judgment
tf tne conservative men In both fcous s
who are Influtntial In tnap.ug the
course of legislation Is that the treaty
will be ratified and the bill passed be
fore the close of the present session.
These same men predict that the ses
sion will Ia5t well into mld-aummer, be
cause of the length of time that will
be required for debate upon these and
other important measures which the re
publican leaders are anxious to dispose
! of before the session closes.
No progrcsi has been made with the
, treatV- xhe gubJect wag ony incl(J,.nt.
al!y mentioned at the r cent republican
caucu, an1 ,hli meeUng of tne r b.
n,n!, necessitated a short session" of
the foreign relations committee, which
prevented considsration of the treaty
by that body as had been contemplated.
The fact Is, the foreign relations com
mittee, can see no reason for expediting
action of the treaty as it is realized
j the pressure of otner buginegs Mon
1 the 8t.nate w, de,av the con!ideraU(m
j n( ,ne tr..aty for Bome wet.k
D,,I)Ue np,trtB to the contrary, U can
, uled aft,,r B car(fu canvass of thi
j comn ittee that wb-n the treaty Is re-
, p,r,e,, lt w!11 hnve the enrfor8emPnl of
' aIi tht. ropuu,i(.an m,mbe an(, eevers,
' of tn dvmxntBm Indfce(, s,,niitoT
: Money lg the only one who hM thug fftr
; expre(,sed his i!ltentlnn of Insisting
; upon Hn amendment providing for for-
' tirlcations.
j - ith a ' p. actually unanimous report
, from ,ne mKlr, and wlth the prea.
Bur tne a(iminlB.ra.lon tt, hrin to
j bf.ar dpon tll0se genator8 vno are now
, lrK.lired to ,ngist upon an amendment)
lhe conflden, Mlet of such men
as Scnat)rg Hanna Davis, Foraker.
, Morjfa(1 nnd Frj.e that tne necessary
. t-.thirri vm uitt h nhinert
c ,mpllsh ratification,
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PLAYING TIT FOR TAT.
Kentucky's Dual Officers Still Filing
Suits Against Each Other.
LOUISVILLE, K.. Feb. 15.-Fo!low-
i ln? tne lead ,,f Conm- Taylor, who
averments to that
lor.
of Governor Tay-
I! EC K HAM PARDONS CRIMINAL
His Man Controls Penitentiary and
I.ets His Voters Out but De
tains Taylor's.
i FRANKFORT. Ky.. Feb. 15. The
j clash betwesn the democratic und re
publican branches of the s'at govern
ment was emphasised tonight by the
prison officials rel s!n-j John Seals, a
j Louisville convict, on a pardon issued
I by Governor Beckham. Deputy War
den Punch was acting warden tonight
and when the pardon papers were pre
sented to him he ordered Seals released
and the latter left the city tonight.
Douglas Hays, recently pardoned by
Governor Taylor, is still in confinement,
the prison officials refusing to recog
nize Taylor as governor.
VANDERBII.T INHERITANCE TAX.
NEW YORK. Feb. 15. Surrogate
Fitzgarall today handed down a de
cision holding that the trust fund of
$i.000,000 created by the will of the late
Wm. H. Vanderbilt Is subject to an In
heritance tax. Under the will of Wm.
H. Vanderbilt, a trust fund of $5.000, ouo
w as created for the benefit of his grand
children, the children of Cornelius Van
derbilt. COPTIC IN FROM HONOLULU.
Plague Still Continues in the Ill-Fated
City.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. The
steamer Coptic arrived from the Orient
via Honolulu today. She reports that,
from February ! to February 8, four
cases of the plague occurred at Hono
lulu and of these three died.
REDEEMING TilE
ST. LOUIS PLEDGE
Republicans of tbe Senate Pass
the Gold Standard Bill.
CHANDLER ONLY RECREANT
Two Democrats Vote With Republi
cans to Set Their Conntry Kitjbt
With tbe Financial World.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-Tbe aen
ate substitute for the house currencr
bill was pasaed by the senate today
by the decisive majority of 4 to 23.
Prior to the final passage of the bill,
amendment were considered under the
10-mlnute rule. Only two of the
amendment were adopted, vl:
The one offered by the financial com
mittee keeping open the door to Inter
national bimetallism and one by Nelson
irp., or Minnesota, providing for na.
uonai DanKs with $.3,000 canltal
In
towns of not more than i.m Inhabi
tanta.
The vote taken on lh-j various amend
ments offered were practically along
party lines. Chandler (rep.), of New
Hampshire, voted for the bimetallism
amendment, but against the bill.
Caffery (dtm.), of Louisiana, and
Lindsay (dem.), of Kentucky, voted
against the committee amendment but
for the bill. Kyle, of South Dakota,
was the only aenator who did not vote
and waa not paired. A free silver sub
stitute offered by Jones, the leader of
the democratic side, was defeated by
a majority of 19, the vote being 47 to
2S. Th bill aa passed consists of ten
sections.
It provide that a dollar of 25 8-10 of
gold, nine tenths fine, shall be the
standard unite of value and that all
forma of United States money shall be
maintained at parity with it, and that
treasury notes and greenbacks shail be
redtemable In gold.
The secretary of the treasury is to set
apart a fund of $150,000,000 in gold for
the redemption of these notes and to
maintain these funds at a figure not
below $liW.OO0.O00 He is also empower
ed to sell bonds of the United State
bearing interest at not exceeding three
per cent.
It shall also be the duties of the sec
retary of the treasury as fust as stand
ard silver dollars are coined to retire"
an equal amount of treasury notes and
to issue silver certificates against the
silver so coined. Under certain pro
visions, too. gold certificates shall be
Issued against the gold held In the
treasury.
No United States notes or treasury
notes shall le issued in a denomina
tion of less than ten dollars and no
sili-er certificates in denominations of
more than ten dollars. The secretary
of the treasury Is also authorized to
refund the bonded debt of the United
States In thirty-year bonds, bearing 2
per cent Interest, the principal and
Interest of these bonds to be paid in
gold.
Two per cent bonds shall be issued at
no less than par. Any national bank
by depositing with the United State
the nonds of the country shall be per
mitted to Issue circulating notes to the
face value ot the bonds deposited, no
bank being allowed to lf'j- circulating
notca In excess of the amount of paid
in capital stock of the bank.
After the passage of the financial
bill, the senate made the Hawaiian
government bill lhe next order of un
finished business.
Following is the vote in detail:
Yeas Ahlrich, Allison, BeveredKe,
Burrows. Caffery, Carter, Clark (Wy.),
Cullom. Davis, Deboe, Depew. Elkins,
Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gear,
Hale, Ilanna, Hansbrough, Haw ley,
Hoar, Kean, Lindsay. Lodge, Mc Bride,
McComas, McCumber, McMillan. Ma
son, Nelson. Penrose, Perkins, Putt
(Conn.), Piatt (N. Y.). Prltchard. Ross.
Quarks, Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Simon,
Spooner, Thurston. Wetmore, Wolcott
41.
Nays Bate, Berry, Butlr-r, Chandler,
Chilton, Clark (Mont.), Clay, Cockrell,
Culberson, Daniel. Harris, Heitfeld,
Jones (Ark.). Jones (Nev.), Kenney,
McEnery, McLaurln, Martin, Money,
Morgan, Pettus. Rawlins, Stewart, Jtul
llvan, Talifarre, Teller, Tillman, Turley,
Vest 29.
REMEMBERING THE MAINE.
" HAVANA. Feb. 16. The second an
niversary of the destruction of the
United States battleship Maine in this
harbor was suitably observed here to
day. Several hundred Americans went
out to the wreck of the Maine, over
which a United States flag was flying
at half mast.
IRISH-AMERICAN (?) RECRUITS.
NE WYORK. Feb. 15. Fifty-seven
men, nearly all young and stalwart,
sailed today on the French line sfam
er Lagascogno. on their way to t'..
Boer Unea In South Africa. Most of
them were lrlah-Amerlcans.