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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
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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.