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DALGETTY STILL PENNED IP
Out the March I poo Wcpcncr Still Continue
Over the Sodden IfiisdiKoberU
Will D Ltll I rce lo Work
Out till I'liM.
LONDON. April 21, 4.20 a. m.Gcn
cial Ciitrriudde and Ccm-rat Bundle
mo moving our tin- sudden rouds. The
rain wax Kill fulling whin they went
Into inn, ii Thursday afternoon, 1$
..i ,., p. ,ney n.u
th rallwuy and Mouihcrii fromler of
the fret HtdCo with iO.WH) men.
Mow ninny are Ruing with 'ho ten
rraia who Mill eiiKK thu lioerii at
Vi m ner In not nii'iiiiniu-d In the Intent
ill. -p:j tch fruin (Arl (ii p(iri, iliere the
lill loll blvouui'kid Wrdnilduy liltilit
Tho field IcIcKiuiih end there.
Tliuia'iay the mill had Col.,n-l
rnlajt'l'.y. ilimrly p mifd up.
TIio Ki'Vciiinieut'a riunon for publUh-
liiK Lord Kil rtn' Hpioni.op lilMpauhea
in t;xpl:tfn l lait ewnliiK ut lhe Hull
by Waller Munie Umg, prenident of
the board of aKrh ulture, who mild that
the country wan rum led to receive all
Uii infot nidllon the government could
give.
"ill government I told, contin
ued Unig. "tnat iiuvltig puullhlicd tne
ulKputcuca II la bound lo deal luime-
Uluicly with the gcnviula aKeoicd. but,
in following fuih a ciiiimc, the got em
inent imgiii liuve lo dliiinlita every gen
eral Hie moment lie made a mistake
llud vucli a policy hern ptimued In
the I iial, Mi'iiiy of the niont Kloilous
ilcv la Woul I Hot have been pt-rformed.
r ini the b uini'lni; of the cam
paign Utr Slu,.ty mliilhteia hawe
ml awerved from the rule of leaving
the conduct of operation to the dia
rreti-m ond Ju lgmcnt of the coimnan-
der-in-ihtef.
WOUK lUMTISll CArTirilED.
Two OfluiTM of lirabant'a Horae and
a I'oor Newnpaer Correnpor.dent
8cnt to Pretoria.
ALIWAL NORTH. April 20,-Oaptaln
I.litlc, of Urubiinl'a Horae, Lieutenant
llolhrook and Mr. Milne, a Iteuter
l'orrcpoinlent, fell Into the handa of
the eniiiiy while trying to reach Wep
iier a week ago. Everything Has
taken from the prlaonera and they were
ent to I'rotorlft.
Their nutlve aervanta. who eacaped
from the Itoer luagi-r near Wepener,
iny that there Mere four guna dia-
utile,) and tlte itoera had lout 100 killed
alone.
It la bIho iincertnined that the Boers
mmle a nix lit aUuck April 11, but
were UtM'ovcied by the Cape Mounted
Killca with Maxima, who tired Into
them, with thu rcHUlt that the Boera
out five wogiin loads of kille.1 and
wounded.
A Hlinultuueourf at tuck in other uuar-
era Hiia rcpulxed by the British, who
uaed their bayoneta.
UOTHA S1TCEEDS JOl'RKRT.
And for Trumivanl Government Pchulk-
burger Una Uoen tJaietted
Vlce-Presldeni.
I'KTTOKIA, April .. -Mit,.u Ooneral
Fchnlliburgcr hits been guxetted for
Ice-prenlctent (In Biiccci,lon to the late
ieni rnl Jmihi'i t) and ileneral Loula
Itnllitt hua b"en Kuxciteil an active com-
iiitindtint gcncrnl, ucceciiln!! UcneiMl
Jiiiibcrt In command u". the TimiHVi.al
forcca.
MAS hOUERTS ADVANCED?
""" a
Reported Firing at Karee Siding Con
strued to Mean That He Haa.
LONDON.' April 20. The report of
the lighting nt Karee Siding, six miles
north of Olenn, contained In a special
dlBpatch from Rlocrnfonteln today, mny
be the first news of the progress of
the Rrltish advance nn Pretoria, but
even If this were only un unimportant
skirmish, there are many oth-.T Indi
cations that Lord Roberts. Is cither
tnrtlng or has already started for the
northern goal.
A dispatch from Cape Town, under
today's date, saya:
The rcnxorshlp reittrlctluna have
been greatly Increased, owing to the
movements of troops." All the dis-
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patche bear trace of the strenuous
efforts of tho correspondent to give
th"lr paper fin Inkling of what In
afoot.
The Poer iu'.h of Hloc-mfonu-ln are
reported to b) retreating. Large com
mit ml were seen April 18 near Tra
bunn'.hu, moving l the north. Their
progress wim alow, nowever, owing to
th terrible condition i.t tho country.
By way of Pretoria cnrari the report
that fever Is declmlnatlng the Mafek
Inn KiirrlHon, hihI a IHti r frum the
mayor of Miifcklnrf, ay I,or1 Kotmrt
lint iiikrj Colonel IJulen Powell to
hold out until May 20.
Cecil Ithoil'H ri'lurna to Capa Town
t'lmoirow. Th( announcement (if hid
dpiu'ltirv v.aa uni'Xp"ci:il, It In learn
ni thin ',h -.-ult'i-J "empire tnaktr"
camu to Kiuliimt purely on bunln
C'iriiifcti'd with the Hrltlih t'hart-rcd
Hotith African t.'oinpiiny, anl the I
I'c ix Mine Company.
Lady latnrr will hi! a fellow f oa
cnBT "f Mr. ItliodcH. fh-i la Kilng
ax fur aa Mod -Ira to m- t her 1 un
hand, the Hrltlnh Kcn'-ral, who haa
bi'cn K-'iit buck lo Knglund.
ALIWCUT HAS ftETI.'KNED.
MnlK a Onut D:monm ration Over
Ilia KMcape From the A (Man
ning iiullet.
i MiXION, April JM.-The I'rlnie of
NVuiri, arilicl ut Dover thla evenlnR,
,,u r frlim ..M ,,. ,..
IIUII.'ll.
Tin! r!'.urn of 'he ,'rlnce was made
the occasion for spontaneous demon
strHtlons of enthusiasm by thou'ands
of pa nuns uht thronged the elation,
to siiow llu'lr gladn-sa at the heir up
parent a twiipe Irorn death
FIRING AT KAREE SIDING.
LONDON, April 20.-A special dis
patch from lilocmfontein under yea
let. Iny a date, saya firing is report'.-
to be In progress gnulh of Karee H 1
lug, six miles north of Glenn. The
"irensth of tho Ilorrs is not known,
The British infantry hold a strong po
sition on the large dam.
THE COTTON STATISTICS.
An Expert Kpectal Agent Will Be Ap
pointed for the Work of the
Twelfth Census.
NEW yOKK. April 20.-A special to
the Tribune from Washington says:
The present method of ascertaining
the magnitude of the cotton crop are
considered unsatisfactory by the mana
ger of the twelfth census. Two estl
males made by equally good observers,
but baaed on ocular observation of i
few eotton fields In each country re.
riucrd to an avtrag. may be hundreds
of thousands of bales apart. And It
Is Inevitable, where there is local con
sumption of cotton, that a considerable
part of the crop wtll not be reported
under any system however thorough,
of counting the bales as they pass over
transportation lines.
Thero Is a preferable method of as-
rirlaining the amount of the crop
exactly, for there Is one process that
of ginning lo which all cotton for any
commercial or industrial use whatever
must be subjected. If one could ob
tain from all the cotton gins of the
country reports of the staple they have
turned out, the precise aggregate of
tho whole crop would be known.
It Is proposed to apply this process In
taking the twelfth census, the Held
work of which is to begin on June 1.
An eXierl special ugent haa been ap
pointed, whose sole duty will be to
obtain returns from all the ginning and
baling establishments In the cotton
growing region.
PENALTIES TO BE ENFORCED.
New Japanese Exclusion Law Applied
In British Columbia.
VICTORIA. U. C, April 20. The
tramp steamship Miles, which arrived
Wednesday with 900 Japanese imml
grams for the United Slates, will to
morrow be required to puy the maxi
mum penalties for carrying more pus
sengers than allowed by law.
Tlinng Far Wong, the latest Chinese
arrested, confesses that he helped to
bury the body of Chief of I'oilce Main,
of bteventon, but says his two com
panions committed the murder and
then forced him to assist in the burial
GOVERNOR TAYLOR INDICTED.
Democrats in Kentucky Paving
the
Way for Necessary Federal
Interference.
FRANKFORT. Ky April 20.-Pollt
teal circles were much disturbed thla
afternoon over conlllctlng rumors re
garding the grand Jury action In the
Uoenel murder case and It was gen
erally reported that, despite all de
nials, an Indictment had been returned
against Governor Taylor.
FOUND A LEDGE' OF KAOLIN.
TACOMA, April 20. Three farmers
living in the Nesqually valley report
ed last night they had found a well
defined ledge of Knalln or China clay
nine miles from Eatonvllie. There Is
only one other deposit on the coast
Week Only
THE CANAL BILL
SURE TO PASS
Both Sides Have Agreed on Com
promise Amendment.
WILL BE VOTED ON MAY
McKlnlcy Will Be Suntaioci fa Hi Firm
Slifld for Ibe Hay-Pauncctole Truly
Tot Fortlficstloa CIjuk Has
Beta Strkkci Out.
WASHINGTON. April iO.-After the
announcement that the Nicaragua can
al bill would be taken up In the house
May 1st, In thj amended form, Hep
burn state 1 that the pauHge of tho
hill Is iiniiicstlonable.
The main dissent to the change in
the bill came from Adamson, of Geor
gia, who desire! to have the words
"forUfy" and "defend" retained aa
against any doub'.ful or compromising
plirase.
Barhain, upon whose motion in the
ioiiunl:te the chungk were, effected
paid "the changes are designed to
oveiconie the objections which have
been raised and I have reason to be
lieve they will ucci-mpllsh that enl
nnd make the bill generally accepta
ble.
"The words 'fortify' and 'defend' ap
peared to Invite a controversy and di
ploinallf complications, and In view
of the action of the administration In
negotiating the Hay-Paunctfote treaty
it appears entirely needless to raise
any diplomullc issue ailh Englam
sln'ply on ths use of the words,
"ill the amended form, ample author
ity Is given to ,olice and to protect
the canal against destruction by ev
doers and by the time the canal la
completed, six or eight years hence,
thue will be a full opportunity to de
termine v.hr;her it should be perma
nentiy protected oy lonincauons or
by our navy."
CANNED ROAST BEEF.
It Will He Served as a RaUon to Part
of the Troop In the Philippine...
wAoiu.uiTj., April zo. rne war
department oflh-lals have been com
polled to resort to the use of canned
roast beef for the subsistence of the
army In the Philippines.
This Is due to the fact that ll is ab
solutely essential that the soldiers
shall be served with fresh meat, and
because of the Impossibility of pro
viding refrigerator beef or catUe on
the hoof under existing conditions, the
army being scattered among 160 points
In various parts of the archipelago at
considerable distance from the nvarest
shipping point.
I here are no cattle available and
the .refrigerated beef which has here
lofore formed the principal baia of
subsistence for the troops cannot be
preserved In good condition long
enough to reach many of the Inland
posts.
HOPE FOR THE CANAL.
The Fortification Clauses Wit! Be
Stricken Out of the Nicaragua
Kill and It Will Be Passed.
WASHINGTON, April 20. The house
committee on Interstate and foreign
commerce today made an Important
change In the Hepburn Nicaraguan
canal bill, striking out the provision
for fortification and thus providing
what Is expected to become a compro
mise, which will aid in bringing the
measure to an early consideration.
Representative Hepsurn, in -charge
of the bill, announced that a definite
arrangement had been reached by
which the bill will be considered by
the house on May 1 and 2 and will be
passed.
MORE INSPECTORS REQUIRED.
The Rush of Japanese Immigration Too
Great for Present Force to
Manage.
WASHINGTON. April 20.-Assistant
Secretary Taylor of the treasury de
partment has wired the immigration
Inspector at Port Townsend authority
to employ three emergency assistants
to aid in handling the Japanese im
migrants.
One thousand arrived yesterday nnd
2.;W are expected tomorrow.
FLOODS AT NEW ORLEANS.
The Situation Much Worse Than at
First Reported.
NEW ORLEANS, April 20. New Or
leans has ceased to regard the Hood
situation as a temporary inconvenience.
As time haa passed and as the full
scope of the disaster which visited this
section of the country in the excessive
rains which began In the" early days
of the week, and still continue, has
be-?n learned, the conviction has been
Irresistibly brought home that a calam
ity of appalling magnitude has been
xperienced and that instead of the
worst being over the evil has Just be
gun. There are now within the gates of
the city no less than 500 water-bound
travelers, who are not only unable to
return to their homes now, but who
do not know when they will be able
to leave. Partial reports of the dam-
flKe lm ui ri-d In tho storm belt have
run the figures up Into the millions and
tailing into consideration the lses,
real and resultant, the amount runs
up to an enormous figure.
The IlllnoM Central railroad system
haa Incurred damage which will
amount to hundreds of thousands of
dolliits, figuring the loss of business,
an I the end I not yet. Not only is
that road tied up today, but there Is
no telling when the trains will be able
to run. Trie streams are still rising
and mint) continue to fall today. Tne
tie-up Is comple te, both on the Illinois
Cent r.il and the Yazoo and Mississippi
valley roads. The train whlcn depart
ed for Chicago Mon lay morning was
only returned to New Orleans Wednes
day nit; Ik and with the delayed as
sengers came back two carloals of
mail wtvh had to be taken In cnarge
by the posu.1 authorl'lcs and routed
out as expediency demanded.
The New Orleans and Northeastern
Is in just as bad a tlx. It ha been
unable to move any trains out of this
city since Monday and does not know
when it will be enabled to resume oper
ati ins and th Mobile & Ohio, be.ween
Meridian and Enterprise, Miss., la par
alysed. Business is practically at a
standstill, owing to the lack of malls
anlcn have been stopped over the uf
ferlrg roads since Monday.
Belated news is just now beginning
to arrive regarding the loss of life.
Four K(,)le were drowned near Meri
dian and two ne.tr Hattl'-sburg, Miss.
In the vicinity of Enterprise, Miss., the
waters of the hlcakahaay are raging.
The water Is five feet deep in the main
str'-ets and throughout last night cries
for assistance tilled the air. The loss
of life, if an-, could not be ascertained.
The three bridges between the East
and Enterprise have been swept away.
The Enterprise Academy, a build
nhlch was the pride of the town, is
swept away. A number of buildings
w-.-re also demolished.
Hhunuta and Desoto, Miss., are com
pletely Inundated. The rise of the Chlc
akahuay haa so far been In the
neighborhood of thirty feet and the
torrent Is still rising. The Pascagoula
river, too, I on the rampage and much
damage may be expected from the
lands adjacent to It banks.
The floods have been worse than ever
has been known and today's advices
mny bring additional news of disaster
and loss of life.
TWO TICKETS WILL HE NAMED.
rfo Many Republicans in Tennessee
That They Can't All Meet In
One Convention.
NA.SHVILLE, April 20,-Tennesset;
will have two republican ticket in
the held in the coming election. Like
wise two sets of delegates will go to
the national convention at Philadel
phia
The slate convention split here to
day, the Evans' contingent walking
cut and holding a convention of their
own. W. F. Poston, of Crockett
county, is its gubnatorial selection,
while John E. McCall Is at the head
of the state ticket named by the con
vention over which Congressman
Hrownlow presided.
Pension Commissioner h-vans will
lead one delegation to the national con
vention, while the other will be di
rected by Congressman Brownlow.
Both delegations are Instructed for
McKintry.
CARNEGIE'S BID ACCEPTED.
His Company Will Furnish the Steel
for the New York City Rapid
Transit Road.
NEW YORK. April 20. The Carne
gie Steel Company, it is stated, will
build the viaduct and elevated struc
tures of the rapid transit system. John
B. MoLonahl. the contractor for the
underground road, haa not yet an
nounced this sub-contract but he will
probably do so in a few days.
There will be five miles of elevated
structure In the Bronx. Mr. McDonald
has already awarded the contract for
t.V structural Iron and steel, which
will be used In the construction of the
underground road, to the Carnegie
Company.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
Three Men Torn to Fragments Small
Enough to Occupy a Bushel
Basket.
BAY CITY, Mich.. April 20. The
packing house of :he AJax dynamite
works, near the village of Hawkaw
lin, was blown up this afternoon, kill
ing three men. The dead are Wm.
Wever, Edward Haltlgan, Wm. Van
Vlassar.
All left young wives and children,
Their bodies were torn to shrewds, only
enough being found to till a buhi-el
basket.
ALL BUSTED UP.
McGovern's Puget Sound Combine Has
Gone "Fluey."
SEATTLE. April 20. The proposed
consolidation of the fish canners of the
Northwest is said to have finally fallen
through.
FATAL DAKOTA FIRE.
GRAND FORKS. N. Da.. April 20.
The business portion of Edinburg in
the northern part of Walsh county
was destroyed by fire this afternoon.
The loss was $400,000 and the insurance
JtOO.000. Mrs. Llndahl and Mrs. J. B.
Orson perished in the flames.
CHIEF FACKLER'S ORDER.
TACOMA. April 20. The first order
by Chief of Police Fackler was Issued
last night and was a notification that
no sure-thing men would be permitted
in the city and that young girls would
not be allowed to visit back room in
saloons.
NEW YORK CONVENTION.
NEW YORK. Aphil 20.-The New
ork state democratic convention has
been called to meet in this city on
June S.
WENT BACK ON
THE AGREEMENT
Democrats Prevent Purchase of
Armor for Naval Vessels.
THEIR COMPLETION DELAYED
Secretary of Nary Cannot Bar Best Armor
Plate l Price Authorized and Terms
ol Appropriation Permit toe
Ik of No Other.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-A a re
suit of a protracted struggle In tho
house today, the provision of the naval
appropriation bill to enable the sec
retary of the navy to contract for
armor for the battleship Maine, Ohio
and Missouri, now awaiting their ar
mor equipment, at $."45 per ton, the
price asked for Krupp armor. Is out of
the bill, aa I also the provlsl n to re
peal the $300 limitation placed upon the
price of armor by -.he current law.
The light came at the end of the
consideration of the bill. Although the
provision was obnoxious to the rule,
all the minority member of the com
mittee had agreed to it, but today
when the majority declined to allow the
discussion of an appropriation for tho
establishment of an armor plate fac
tory, they retaliated by raising a point
of order against the two provision
above referred to and they were ruled
out.
lie exact effect of tho action of the
house today is disputed. An appro
priation of $t,uvo,uoo, under the head
of "armor and armament." remains lu
lite bill, a.-) well as the language of the
provision authorising toe secretary of
.lie navy to contract for armor of tho
l.-it iiuality for the Maine, Ohio and
Missouri, the words stricken out be
ing "at a cost nut to exceed $545 per
ton, including royalties." It is con
tended by some that this empower
the secretary to contract for armor
plat without regard to cost. By oth
er it is claimed that the provision will
be ineffective unless the senate In
serts a price.
So much bad feeling was aroused
by this wrangle over tne armor plate
provision that Underwood idem.), of
Atuuaina, began to thioustcr after the
bill .van reported to the house and
finally forced an adjournment without
nii.ii action on ihd bill.
Two amendments to modify the pro
vision for the increase of the navy
wi.ii n authorizes two. battleships and
six cruisers were defeated. One pro
posed to add a provision for tlx gun
boats and the other to strike out the
provlMon for battleships.
POvVEh OF THE SULTAN.
If Pushed Too Hard He May Encour
age an Uprising In the Phil
ippines. NEW YOKK. April 20. A special to
the Tribune from Washington, say:
If All Ferrouh Bey communicated
with his government today the hultan
must now be fully aware of the gravity
with the United States regards the ex
isting state of affairs. It is inconceiv
able that th- minister has not warned
his sovereign of the American atti
tude after officially learning at the
state department today that the mat
ter had not been magnified by the
press, that the patience of the presi
dent and the people bad been exhaust
ed and that the prompt redemption of
the sultan's rtieated promises might
have to be peremptorily demanded.
A special to the World from Wash
ington, says:
It is intimated tonight by diplomat
familiar with the situation that the
sultan of Turkey diK-s not care partie
laiiy whether an ultimatum Is issued
oy the United States because of the
neglect to pay the 1100.000 which the
United States is now demanding after
years of promises, as he has means of
reprisal at hand. There are In the Phil
ippines more than 3.500,0'K) Mohamme
dans in thu Sulu Islands, whose devo
tion to their caliph Is fanatic. The sul
tan would have but to lift his finger
and these Malays and Moros would
join farces with tV. Tngales. The war
in Luzon woulr be extended In every
direction throughout the Island and
tho American forces wou'.d nec-ujrily
have to be greatly tnereaiiod.
LUNATIC AFTER ROGERS.
Wanted Him to Drive the Capitalists
Out of Seattle.
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 20.-Consld-erable
excitement was caused around
the state building today by the ap
pearance in the governor's olllce of a
man who demanded redress from the
governor for a list of personal wrongs
which he claimed had been inflicted up
on mm by Seattle capitalists.
The man was placed under arrest
and found to be armed with a pistol.
He gave the name of John L. Blylea
and stated that he had juxt arrived
from Seattle.
.MORE JAPANESE COMING.
Over Two Thousand Will Be Landed
on Puget Sound Within the
Next Week.
TACOMA, April 20. An officer of the
teamahlp Goodwin, In from Japan,
says that the steamer Bramere and
Tacnma are bringing 2,200 more Japa
nese to be landed at Seattle and T-
coma within the next weeK or so.
Most of the Japanese Drought by the
Goodwin are under 25 years or ae and
all are of Biignt pnysique.