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AfentW.F.Oo..aniiraelfloKspreHCo'i. THE ADVANCE IS SLOWLY GOING ON Strong Opposing Boer Forces En countered at All Points. BRANDFORT IS OCCUPIED Poer Tbooisad ol Ibt Cacmy Forced te if tire Bclore Ibe Brillih - -ImporUpt Moveiaeal Believed to Hive Started From Klrnberiey. LONDON, May 4, 4:1.",. H N art nounced that lirltlxh have captured Hrandfort. The British rurprlscd thu Boers who retreated hastily. Four (liuunund of th-j enemy moved to Hrandfort yestcrdiiy evening In order to oppose the ItrltUh advance. General Broudwood's cavalry I rigad ha reaehed Isabelfonteln, 28 mile north of Tlmbumliu. General Ian llainllt jii In bivouacking at Jacobsruhl, 15 mile north ( Tliahu nuhu. General Tucker' division la moving am ward from Karce aiding. The UIvIhIuii of General French and General Itundle lire In and near Thabanchu. Ttuia !rd Robctt huii 50,000 men operating clear of the railway along hla front of forty mile. He la ml vane I UK slowly, with some mccesses, but nothing decisive. Yet, at all the points of ronrcntratloii, the Boers appear In force fuffUleni to compel the British lb proceed with caution. Th-lr wide front In thu rugged country makea turning movement oft hand very dlf llcull. Tho Boers, Winston Chuivhlll says, have enormous herds of cattle and flocks of sheep gathered In the South weal. These they are drlvng northward. Correspondent at Kmberley have been forbidden to communicate for aeveral dnya, the deduction being that the forward movement I under way her . The Dally Now has the following from Thabiutrhu, dated Wednesday: 'In yesterdiiy' Hanking movement. Captain Towse nnd 0 Gordon High lander wero aurrounded by 250 Boer. who Jematided their surrender. Cap- tain Towns ordered hla men to fix bayonet nnd charge. With a wild che.'r the Gordons rushed at the ene my and swept them away with great slaughter. 'Captain Towae was blinded In 'both eyes by the enemy's lire." PREPARING FOH HO BERTS. Itoera Erecting New Fortifications and Destroying Railroad to Ob atruct the rtiitlHh Advance. LONDON. May S. The Lourenco Mnnities correspondent of the Dally Mail telegraphing yesterday, says: 'The Boer have beg in constructing formications at Lydenhurg where they continue to store provisions. There Is also evidence of an Intention to con nect tho disused Selatl railway, run ning northwest from Komatlpoort, with Lydenburg, to destroy The Neth erlands railway as a last resort and to hold the Drakfnburg range as an eastern barrier with Lydenburg as headquarters. If this plait should be adopted, the campaign will become very difficult," CANADIAN MACHINIST'S LUCK. Frovcd to Be the Heir to J9.000.000 of Estate In California. LONDON. Ont.. May S.-Francls E. Brooks, a machinist of this city has Just fallen heir to a fortune of $0,000,000. When the gold fever of 18t6 prevailed, Charles and Joseph Pettlt, uncles of Mr. Brooks, left their home In the Province of Quebec and started for California,! where they built the rail road between San Francisco and San Diego, - Mr. Brooks' Identity has been estab lished by the lawyers in charge of the estate and he will leavefor California May 20 to take possession of the es tate, which consists of the California Central Railroad stock, car shops at San Jose, a block of buildings In San Francisco, aome valuable mining U k and mo resldencs, one In Oakland and tlic other In Han Jose. TIIK KENTUCKY PERSECUTION. One of Plnkertnn Witnesses Charges Taylor With Trying to Hup-pr'-d Testimony, FRANKFORT, May l.-W. H. Cul ton rrmimer his testimony In the Ooe bid murder Investigation today. He sutfd that Governor Taylor au thorised the witness to glv Youtsey Hny amount -f money he desired If he would have Kentucky. At the con-fer-nco lit Izexlnglon, Culton said he did not know where Powers or Youtsey were when the shot was fired. The Inst talk he had with Youtsey, the lutter said the plain to kill Goe be had been abandoned. Culton had been anked by Circuit Court Clerk Moore, If Jackson county, but denied thu'. Culton had told him anything about tho plan to bring on a riot and kill Oo-bel an I other members of the legislature. UOT THEM OADLY SCARED. Canudlan Troops Ordered to Be In Readiness to Repel a Fenian Invasion From This Country. DETROIT, May J.-Iocai papers to day print the following: "Windsor, Ont Coloni.d Holmes, commanding of-ll.-er of No. I military district, has re ceived Instructions from Ottawa to have twenty of the First Esse Fusi liers. Seventh London Fusiliers, Twenty-sixth Middlesex, 7tt'enty-seventh I-ain'jton nnd Twenty-fifth Elgin bat- tHllon ready to march at two hours' notice. This sUp has been deemed advlnable b th-; military department owing to information that bands of fenians In tend Invading Canada at some point along the river St, Clair or the Detroit river for th purpose of destroying son-? of tho railway lines. LABOR UNIONS QUARREL. Philadelphia Working-men Fighting Among Themselves Sixteen Thousand on a Strike. PHILADELPHIA, May S.-A a re suit of the action last night of th Al lied Building Trades Council in jefus ing to recognise the TftrOtherhood of carpenters, because the latter agreed to work on buildings regardless of whether union or non-union men are employed thereon, so long as their union is recognixod, the Allied Building Trad.-s Council, In retaliation, ordered out nil Its men wherever the Brother hood of Carpenters are working. This mnki-8 about. 16,000 men. In all, employed in building trades, on a strike In thia city. The order affects the exposition building, where hun dreds of men are al work preparing the structure for the coming tvpubll enn national convention. BRYAN IX OHIO. He "Submits" to an Interview In Which He Declares the Demoorats Will Have an Overwhelming Victory. TOLEDO. May 3.-W. J. Bryan ar rived In Toledo this afternoon. It Is estimated that fully 25.000 people neard Bryan at various points where he spoke In the city. - Whtla here he submitted to an In terview and took occasion to express himself very decidedly regarding the coming national election, which he de clared will surely result In an over whelming democratic victory. DEWEY AT ST. LOUIS. A Rousing Reception Tendered tho VUv ltlng Admiral by the People. ST. LOUIS. May S. Amid the firing of cannon, the shrieking of whistles and the huxzaa of a vast concourse of enthusiastic people, Admiral Dewey became the guest of the city of St. Louis this evening. Thousands of peo ple crowded Into and around the mam moth depot long before the train arrived. FREE HOMES BILL PASSED AT LAST After Years Congress Opens Mil lions of Acres for Farms. MAIL TUBE PROVIDED FOR DEKALB MILLS RESUMED. CHICAGO, May 3. A special to the Times-Herald from Dekalb, 111., says: The American Steel & Wire Company has started the wire drawing mills lo cated In this city. WE ARE SOLE AGENT!? FOR WILD'S INLAID There is nothing better in tho market for floors. " . Colors run clear through to tho back. Wo also handle an extensive lino of plain and printed linoleum. Wo call special attention to our line of All Wool Ingrain Carpets ranging in price from 50c to $1.00 CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON Freaca Republic Eipreucs Sympstby Over Ibe Utah Mine DIuMer Poitoffce Ap propriates Will Be Reported To day Us Prevlnloai. WASHINGTON. May S.-The house today, without division, passed the "free homes ' bill hlch has been pend ing before congress for a number of years. The bill provides that the govern ment shall issue patents to actual, bona flde 'settlers on the agricultural lands of all Indian reservations open ed to settlement. These lands were taken up by set tiers, who contracted to pay for them at $1.25 and 13.75 per acre. By the terms of the bill the government as sumes the payment of the purchase price to the Indians, and changes the existing laws relative to agricultural colleges so as to Insure the payment of endowments, which heretofore have come out of the sale of public lands in cae of deficiency. These payments Involved fl.200,000 annually. Of the 19,000,000 acres In the Indian reservations opened to zettlement, for which the government Is to pay, or has paid. $35,000,000, about eight mil lion acrei have been taken up and about two million acrei are supposed to be still available for agricultural purposes. A remarkable thing in connection with the passage of the bill today was the speech in Its favor by Galusha A. Grow (rep.), of Pennsylvania, the ven erable ex-speaker of the house, who 48 years ago fathered and passed the orig inal homestead bill. He was then the youngest and is now the oldest member of the house. J The house went Into a committee of the whole to consider the free-homes bill. Eddy of Minnesota, In charge of the bill, mad the opening speech In favor of the bill. Eddy said all party pUtfjrmn had declared in favor of this. Flynn, of Oklahoma, In advocat ing the bill, said it waa a mistake to suppose that It gives settlers their homes free. They would have to re side upon their lands and cultivate them for five years before securing title. Maddox of Georgia opposed the bill. He said It would cost the government ::j,S.'9.94. The bill was pnssed without dis cussion. The senate committee on post offices and post roads completed the post of fice appropriation bin and Chairman Wolcott will report It tomorrow. The net Increase In the bill Is about $1,000,000. which Includes the restora tion of the provision, for a pneumatic tube service as first reported by the house committee. It provides $225,000 for continuing present contracts and adds $500,000 for the extentlon of the service to other cities In addition to those where it has been In use. The French ambassador called on President McKinley and Secretary Hay today and conveyed the condolence of the French republic to the president of the United States over the mine disaster near Salt Lake City. passing they are to be readmitted to the clashes from which they are re called. The bill provides for a board of examiners, consisting of state de1 partment official?, nnd the board Is Klven authority to fix the scope and method of Its examination. Consuls and consuls-general are tobe trans ferred from one place to another In the same class at the will of the president, but no naturalized citizen of the Uni ted States : to be assigned to the country of his nativity. Persons employed In the state de partment for two years are made eligi ble for appointment to places In the consulur service at the same salary without examination. CONSULAR SERVICE BILL. Committee Has Concluded Considera tion and Will Recommend the Passage of the Law. WASHINGTON. May J.-The sen ate committee on foreign relations has concluded consideration of the bill for the reorganization of the consular ser vice and agreed to report as a substi tute for the original senate bill a meas ure prepared by the state department. The bill provides a system of exam ination for consuls, consuls general and commercial agents, but exempts vice consuls and vice-consuls generals, dep uties and consular agents from Its re quirements. These latter officials are to be appointed as heretofore under executive regulations. Under the bill there are to be two consuls general of the first class who are to receive $10,J00 each per annum; eight of the second class at $8,000, 15 of the third class at $6,000 and 13 of the fourth class at $5,000. Of consuls there are to be 37 of the first class at salaries of $3,000 each; 33 of the second class at $3,000;. 40 of the fourth class at $2,300 ; 30 of the fifth class at $2,000; 50 of the sixth class at $1,800. All fees received by thoso In the consular ser vice except consular agents are to be Into the treasury. The proposed classification is to be made within one year. The . present incumbents of tho consulates, . consulates-general and commercial agencies i are to be gradually recalled for exam-1 inatlon within two years, and after NEW CAMPAIGN PLAN. Filipino Insurgents to Organize Small Mounted Bands to Harass the American Forces. WASHINGTON. May 3. Recent mall advices to the war department from the Philippines indicate that the latest plan of the Insurgents is to organize into mounted bands of 100 and harass the American forces wherever possible. These bands will be seatered through out the Islands and will be in dally communication with each other as far as possible by means of scouts, who will carry the orders to govern concert ed movements and all Information con cerning retreats, I enforcements, etc. According to the Liberal, the organ of the Filipinos, a complete plan of mili tary strategy will be drawn up "as a result of which the Americans will soon suffer." It is reported that a strong Insurgent camp Is being organized in the Zam beles mountains and that nearly all the towns of the provinces, whether occupied by Americans or not, continue to pay taxes for the sustenance of the Filipinos In arms and the prosecution of the struggle. PHILIPPINE COURT-MARTIALS. Right of Commanding General to Car ry Out the Sentences of Certain Volunteer Officers Will Be ' Tested. WASHINGTON, May 3. The war department has received from General Otis, at Manila, the rec ords of the proceedings of courts mar tial in the cases of six commissioned olllcers. The chief of these cases Is that of Major George W. Kirkman, Forty-Ninth volunteer Infantry (Can tain Twenty-third Infantry) who was dismissed from the service by order of General Otis ou conviction by court martial of conduct unbecoming an offi cer and a gentleman, In having misbe haved in appearing on the streets of Manila in a drunken condition. The other cases received are those of First Lieutenant Robert C. Gregg. Forty-Ninth volunteer infantry: First Lieutenant Clayton J. Bailey, Twenty Seventh infantry; First Lieutenant John J. Foley, Thirtieth volunteer In fantry and First Lieutenant Harold Hammond, Ninth Infantry. These of ficers were tried on various charges. Lieutenants Gregg and Bailey were convicted and sentenced to dismissal and Lieutenants Foley and Hammond were acquittad. The sentnee of each case was ap proved by General Otis and were dis posed of without dismission to the au thorities at Washington. The records have been sent to the war department for file and recorded in the office of the judge-advocate general. At the instance of the secretary of war. Judge-Advocate General Lieber will make a special report In the case of Major Klrkman, which report also will have a bearing on the cases of Lieutenants Gregg and Bailey as the same legal principle Is involved In each of them. Generally stated it in volves the right of General Otis to dis miss the officers without the reference to the president as commander-in-chief of the army. It is admitted hat such power Is con ferred on generals commanding armies in the field in lime of war, but It is contended that no such condition exist ed in the case of Major Kirkman at the time of the offenses alleged to have been committed. NOT MEN ENOUGH TO BURY DEAD Horrible Situation at the Sco field Mines, in Utaii. MAY BURN THE BODIES Children Gather Carload of Flowers ts Strew Ipo the Coffins .Subscription for Relief Families Coming From Every Qaarter. SALT LAKE. May 3.-The latesl dis patches from Scofleld rays that the extreme estimate of dead is now about 250 m;n. Relatives of the victims contmue to arrive from all surrounding towns. Thew are not enough coffins in th camp to bury the dead, and to add to the horror of the situation the bod ies are rapidly decomposing and it has been suggested that cremation may hav to be resorted to. There are 50 bodies for which no pU'viaion for burial has been made. Quite a number of Flnlanders were killed in the mine but, notwithstand ing, not a single Finlander has vol unteered" to aid In the rescuing and the bodies of the Finns have been re-' covered by Welsh, Scotch, English and American miners. A Joint committee of the Odd Fel lows and Knights of Pythias spent the day among the dead, identifying mem bers of their orders. They found about twenty of each order among the dead. The school children of this city have gathered a carload of flowers which will be sent to Scofield. Subscriptions for the benefit of the sufferers are coming In from all over the state and the total now amounts to $13,000. THE ARMY BILL PASSED. Senate Also Disposes of a Number of Pension Bills. Including That of General Longstreet. WASHINGTON. May 3. The sen ate today adopted a motion of Hoar to take up the resolution declaring. Clark, of Montana, not duly elected to the senate and then postponed considera te not the question for one week. The army appropriation bill was passed. The senate passed 137 private pen sion bills. Among them were bills granting a pension of $50 a month to General Longstreet, who was major in the United States army before he went Into the confederacy; to Mrs. Margaret Badger, widow of Commo dore Badger, and . to Mrs. Grldley, widow of the late Captain Grldley, of the Olympia, and of $100 a month to Mrs. Julia Henry, widow of General Guy V. Henry. BUBONIC PLAGUE AT SUAKIM. SUAKIM, May3. Three cases of bu bonic plague and one death from the disease are reported here. SOLD AURORA BOREALIS. A Clever Swindler Beats New York Capitalists Out of a Tidy Sum. NEW WHATCOM, Wash.. May 3. E. Banks lies In Jail here tonight, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses by selling imaginary quart gold mines In Atlln to promi nent New York capitalists. These In clude J. P. O'Brien, the well-known Staten Islanl railroad promoter; M. E, Graves, a retired mining king; At torney Peter A. Hendrick and Thomas Lazier, a prominent New York finan-' cler. . , Banks went to New York last March with samples of quartz, rich In gold, which he claimed came from claims owned by him in Atlin, Alaska. He was to give the New Yorkers a half interest in these claims for mon ey with which to develop them and build a stamp mill. This was given him, in the shape of three accepted drafts for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars and $35,000 more was to be fur nished when development had suffi ciently progressed. Banks acknowl edges he ts the man and says he never owned any quartz while In Atlln. FOR BRYAN AS A UNIT. Iowa Democrats Accept the Leader But Balk at the Chicago Platform. DE8 MOINES, la.. May 3. The dem ocratic stite convention today select ed four delegates tit large to the Kansas City convention. Cato Sells, of Vinton. Charles A. Walsh, of Ottawa. John S. Murphy, of Dubuque, and Geo. ' Baker, of Davenport. The proceedings were characterized by harmony throughout, the prevail ing sentiment was overwhelmingly for Bryan and the delegates were Instruct ed to vote as a unit at Kansas City. In framing the platform, the more conservative element prevailed. The Chicago platform is endorsed ond the gold standard denounced, but the ratio of 16 to 1 does not appear In the reso lutions. . KENTUCKY DERBY. Lieutenant Gibson Cuts the Track Record in a Magnificent Race. LOUISVILLE, May 2. -Lieutenant Gibson, the son of G. W. Johnson. showed this afternoon that the con fidence placed In him by the talent had been fully Justified, for he won the 26th Kentucky derby as he pleased, taking three-quarters of a second off the track record for one mile and a quarter. Over 25,000 people saw the race, which was run in 2:05!4. STEAMER GOES AGROUND. SEATTLE, May 3. The steamer Victorian, while cn route from Victo ria to Seattle, about 11 o'clock thia morning ,went aground oft Point Wil son and hung there for five hours when she floated off with the rising tide.