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BRITISH FORCES
AGAIN REPULSED
Careless Mistake Gave Boers
Commending Position.
DEFEATS AT THREE POINTS
ll U Report Thai Squlrti ef Veeauiry
Wn Caelarta-Caudlsa Coloeel
Rtperta f7 Caiealllcs Out
el Hit IliO Met.
LONDON, rc. 26.-The paucity and
obscurity of the dlspatchee from South
Africa give rlae to renewed anxiety.
Apparently the disturbed area In Cape
Colony extend further south than It
did last December, arid Lord Kitch
ener dm nt appear to have had much
surreal aa yet In driving back (he In
vadcra. The war office has revived no news
of a reported capture of yeomanry near
Ilrltatown.
A Burgheradorp dispatch haa a
myntTloun ref.-r-nce to "an unfortu
nate mlataklng of the enemy for H r Ji
buti t 'a hors. which r-tultcd In sound -
I In Xvr firing.' and enabled the Itovrs
to occupy all the commandlnit positions,
the Hrltlnh retiring from the difficult
predicament."
General Clement's auccesi against
lie Roera In he MagitllfflxTf region
la also doubtful, the lut lpatch re
porting that "It waa c'jn.llercd "
vlaable not to force the .rvra from
their poaltlon."
The Pally Mall, which makea a
atrong apl al to the government to
"face the facia and aend Kitchener more
t roo pa," aaya:
''There U risk In being lullej to
aleep by carefully c'neored nieaaagea."
YECHANBT CAPTUP.ED.
CAPE TOWN. Dec. M.-A aquadron
of yeomanry, which had bern following
the Boera from Brltatown. la reported
to have been entrapped. There wire
several c.tru.iltlee. It Is raid, and the
renatnir "f the force w captured.
General Kitchener haa left Naauw
poott and haa gone northward. The
rjpld concentration f troops In the
disturbed districts through the person
al energy of General Kitchener ha al-
ijayed the lal uneasiness.
DE WET HARD PRESSED.
MASERU. Dec. 24.-The British are
pressing Commandant De Wet In the
Ladybrand district.
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Lord uoberts at funchaL.
FUNCHAL. island of Madeira, Dec.
26. The ateamer Canada with Lord
Roberta on board arrived here last
evening, receiving a salute of nineteen
guns on entering the port.
This morning Lord Roberta was tend
ered an official reception by the au
thorities and at noon, aboard the Can
ada, he will proceed to Gibraltar.
CANADIANS RETURN HOME.
TORONTO, Ont., Dec. S6.-Colonel
Otter and a number of officers and men
of the First Canadian contingent, which
did auch excellent service In South Af
rica, have reached here after an ab
aence of fourteen months.
Colonel Otter said thnt the Royal
Canadians reached South Africa 1030
strong and after six months' service
ver asked whether they would con
tinue In the service or desired to re
turn home. To a man the regiment,
then reduced through arduous service
to 750 men, decided to serve six months
longer. At the end of the twelve
months' sen-Ice the Canadians were
again asked to make a choice. Three
hundred of the 600 on duty decided to
return, as the war waa then consid
ered over by those in the field and their
old situations, in almost every instance,
were awaiting them. The others de
cided to remain some time longer and
did remain until It became apparent
that the' campaign had reached a guer-
atage, when they also decided to return.
The present operations in South Af
rica the colonel considered would not
last long. In spite of the alarming re
ports and the operations of a guer
rilla nature, he did not consider that
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there waa any room for aerloua view
of the altuailon.
In conclualon he pointed out that,
from flmt to laat, there were 947 caaual
tlea In hla command out of a total of
1030, but many, of the men were, of
courae, able to remime arvlce after a
few daya' treatment In the field h
pltala. HAZING INVE8TIGATI0N.
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Cadet Brown Teatlflea Ttiat Hot Caa
die Greaaa Waa Dropped on
Bare Feet of New 8tud
enta. west point. Dec, z. After a
Chiiatmaa receaa of three daya, the
military court of Inquiry reaumed It
Inveatlgatlon of alleged brutal baaing
at Weat Point military academy. Twelve
wltneaaea were examined by Oenerala
BrcMke, Batea and Cloua.
The wltneaaea were questioned aa to
whether they bad held any conversa
tion with other cadeta aa to the with
holding of teatlmony at the Investiga
tion and they all denied that auch a
thing bad occurred. They aald that,
on the contrary, all the cadeta were
anxloua that everything be told.
The flmt wltneaa railed waa Cadet B,
V. Brown, of Virginia, now of the flrat
claaa. Cadet Brown aald be had taken
part In "feet Inapectlon," which con
dated of dropping hot candle greaae on
the hire feet of fourth-claiia men.
KIDNAPPERS NOT FOUND.
New
Evidence Produced Against
M Inning Pat Crowe.
the
OMAHA. Pec. !.-There have been
no further dcvelopmenta In the Cudahy
kidnapping caae In the laat twenty-four
I hour ao far aa concerna the move-
menta of the bandits. It la known that
Pat Crowe waa Been In South Omaha
scarcely twenty houra before the ab
duction of Eddie Cudahy.
On December 17th a well-known cltl
ien of South Omaha conversed with
him for nearly an hour. Pat waa ques
tioned concerning the future and re
plied: "Oh, I have something big on.
You'll hear from me aoon."
CASTELLANES' SUIT.
Counter Claim of 300,000 Francs Made
Against London Bric-a-Brac
Dealer.
PARIS. Dec. 26,-Before the first
civil tribunal of the Seine today. Mal
tre BInnat resumed bla sprech In be
half of Count and Countess de Castel
lan In the suit of CbarUs Werthel
mer, the London bric-a-brac dealer,
to recover payment for art objects.
la at) elaborate argument the coun
sel set forth the counter claim of the
Castellanes, who demand the reduction
of the debt and the restoration of ob
jects taken In exchange by Werthelmer.
Anally claiming damages to the amount
of 800.000 francs.
GENEROUS ROCKEFELLER.
Son of the Oil Magnate Founds a
School for Poor Children.
NEW YORK. Dec, 26. It became
known today that John D. Rockefel
ler. Jr., son of the president of the
Standard Oil Company, has subscribed
1250,000 for the founding of an Insti
tution of learning for poor boys and
girls. The school Is now in course of
erection.
ALABAMA GOVERNOR.
Recovered From His Illness and
Will Now Assume Duties of
His Office.
Haa
MONTGOMERY. Ala., Dec. 26.-W.
J. Stanford was elected governor of
Alabama in November but has been too
111 since to assume the duties of b's
office. He reached here today and filed
his declaration with the secretary of
state as required by a recently enact
ed law.
COMMITTEE ADJOURNS.
Has Completed the Legislative, Execu
tive and Judicial Appropriation
Bill,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26,-The sub
committee of the senate committee ou
appropriations having in charge the
preparation of the legislative, execu
tive and judicial bill, has practically
completed its work and probably will
not meet, again until after the recon
vening of the senate.
ROOM FURNITURE...
DO NOT RECOGNIZE
EMPRESS DOWAGER
All the Envoys Give Her the
Cold Shoulder.
NATIVE CHRISTIANS BURNED
Aaierlcai Mariaea Wert First la Eattr the
FerblMti City-A Freaci Fare
CUIna t Have goatee-U.0O9
Chlaetc Troopi.
LONDON, Dec. 2. "Conger takes a
hopeful view of the situation." says
the Pekln correspondent of the Morn
ing Poet." He thinks that a settle
ment will be effected but he declares
that no one of the envoys will recognize
the empress dowager officially, al
though all are aware that she has long
exercised the supreme power. He be
lieves that the crisis will result in the
Initiation of reforms In China.
"It Is rumored that numerous vil
lages ean of Pekln are combining to
exterminate the native Christians, sev
eral of whom have been burned in local
temples.
"Li Hung Chang la a trifle better."
AMERICANS WERE FIRST.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-A letter
from Captain Charles D. Long, serv
ing with the marines In China, states
that the American marines were the
first to enter the forbidden city.
There has been much controversy aa
to wbetlitr tbe Russians. British, Ger
mans or Americans were the first in
side the sacred precincts of the for
bidden city and the letter is regarded
as establishing the claims of the Amer
icans to have been the first on the
ground.
MASSACRE CONFIRMED.
PEKIN. Dec. 26. Rev. Kelly, the
Presbyterian missionary who has re-'
ported to Minister Conger the burning
by Boxers of nineteen Catholic Christ
ians, now reports having received fur
ther confirmation of the burning of na
tive Christians. He now says the
number burned Is twenty-one and adds
that thousands of armed Chinese have
been seen in .the Sam Ho country.
Conger has sent a copy of the com
munication to Count Von Waldersee
and Japanese and German troops have
been sent to investigate the reports.
NEW YORK. Dee. I6.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says!
The China question hag virtually
reached the money point. The amount
of the indemnity to be paid will prob
ably require many weeks of diplomatic
consultation.
Sir Robert Hart knows better than
anybody else what can be pard by the
Chinese government without the com
plete surrender of her taxing and reve
nue resources to Europe, but bankers
In all the capitals will prefer to have a
great loan underwritten by the powers
themselves and full financial control
established by an International com
mission for the payment of interest
and sinking fund service.
FRENCH CLAIM GREAT VICTORY.
PEKIN, Dec. 25.-The French report
encountering 25.000 Chinese and captur
ing five flags and a number of guns
and Inflicting a great loss upon the
Chinese thirty-five miles south of here.
The report is generally discredited. Ac
cording to the rumor, the French did
not suffer any losses themselves. It
Is believed, however, that the French
probably met a roving band which was
dispersed, a number of the Chinese be
ing butchered. Ll Hung Chang says
that he Is satisfied that the story Is
false.
Rev. Mi. Kelly, a Presbyterian mis
sionary, has reported to Minister Con
ger the burning of nineteen Catholic
Christians. He says, however, that his
Information has been derived entirely
from Chinese sources. The Japanese
who have gone over the territory thirty
miles north in which It is alleged the
outrage occurred will Investigate the
crime.
NO PANIC IN MEXICO.
Money Is Tight but Business Contin
ues Good.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 26.-Reports
telegraphed to the United States Im
plying that Mexico Is on the point of
a financial panlo are exaggerated.
Money, It Is true, continues tight, but
business has been good throughout
the month.
AMERICA A MIGHTY POWER.
German Paper Tells Europe What to
Expect From the United
States.
BERLIN. Dec. 23.-In Its yearly
financial review the Frankfurter Zet-
tung points out that one of the moat
Important facts of the last twelve
months has been the growth and lnflu-
ence of the United States upon the
economic situation of Europe. It nays:
"The entrance of the 'Tnlted States
Into the ranks of th creditor nations
algnlflea a change in the times. Ever
since the war with Spain the United
States government has pursued unde
vlatlngly a policy of world conquest.
European states must famlllarlxe tncm
lelves with the thought that the United
States will have a very weighty word
In determining the new political con
stellations among, the leading nations.
'The American action In undertak
ing the Nicaragua canal proves that
the military and, still more, the diplo
matic participation of the United States
In the Chinese troubles shall bear
fruit."
PORTO RICAN ASSEMBLY.
Sesalons Harmoniously Conducted but
In a Most Unbuslness-Like
Manner.
(Correspondence of Associated Preas.)
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Dec. 19.
The legislative assembly of Porto Rico
has been in seilon since December
3, when the bouse of delegates was
organized.
The houae sessions have been har
moniously conducted and the predicts
clash and fpllt up of the Republican
party have not materialized. Over
forty-flve bills have been Introduced
and no end of motions and amend-
j ments. but only one bill has been pass-
eu. cy me law tne assembly is al
lowed sixty days In which to complete
each aeaslon.
The house la badly In need of a com
petent force of translators and clerks.
There seems to be no system. Bills are
prepared and Introduced covering the
most common matters and In a manner
unbusiness like. Few of the bills are In
proper form and many have been filed
written in pencil on a sheet from a
scratch pad.
STAGEDRIVER ROBBED HIMSELF.
Lakevlew Man Arrested on
HI) Marriage.
.he Eve cf
RENO. Nev.. Dec. 26. A special frcra
Lakevlew, Oregon, to the Gasette,
says:
Bob Oglesby, the driver of the Lake
view and Paisley stage, who claimed
to have been held up by highwaymen
last Friday night, has been arrested,
charged with the crime of robbing the
United States malls. The arrest was
the result of the passing of a marked
ten-dollar bill by Oglesby.
Oglesby was to have been married to
night to a highly respectable lady of
Lakevlew.
ANOTHER KIDNAPPING.
Grandson of Ex-Attorney-General
H. JX Miller Taken by the
Child's Mother.
W.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 26.-A sensa
tional kidnapping. Involving the fam
ily of ex-United States Attorney-General
William H. H. Miller, occurred
this afternoon. The wife of Saumel D.
Miller, son of W. H. H. Miller, last
Friday came here from New York to
demand possession of her aeven-year-old
son, whom the father had brought
here and who was living with him at
his grandfather's house.
This afternoon Mrs. Miller obtained
possession of her son and disappeared.
The entire police, and detective force
of the city was employed to search
for the woman and boy.
RECRUITING IN THE COUNTRY.
Navy Will
Secure Sailors
Farmers.
From the
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The plan
of recruiting sailors for the United
States navy from farmers and country
towns Is under consideration at the
navy department. Recruiting now is
carried on outside of the large cities
but has not reached the Interior sec
tions. PRICE OF SILVER.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26,-Silver. 64.
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TWO UNEOUALBD SMOKED
ALLEN & LEWIS,
Distributors,
WHY HE WANTED
THE PRESIDENCY
Bryan Says Twas to Ensttelia
to Bring About Refcnr.s.
PRINCIPLES NOT CHANGED
At Electlea Osly Deterffifai What Pria.
clplei Stall Be Applied for the Time
BelBf-Ht Win Casliaai
th Fljbt
LINCOLN. Dec 21 The annual ban
quet of the JefTeraonlan Club of Lin
coln, held tonight, brought together
nearly three hundred representative,
members of the Democratic and Popu
list parties of Nebraska, with a num
ber of leaders from other states. Tba
dlr.ner afforded an opportunity to Wil
liam J. Bryan to make hla first ap
pearance at a public gathering sinc
the election and the greeting accord.'!
him was never surpassed In point of
heartiness In his home city.
Aside from the ovation to Bryan and
his speech, the event ef the evening
was the speech of John W. Kern, of
Indiana, who aroused the banquet to a
high pitch of enthusiasm not only by
his laudation of Bryan but by outspok
en criticism of those Democrats whom
he accused of contributing to Bryan'B
defeat. Hla denunciation of thone Dem
ocrats who offered "gratuitous counsel
to the Democracy," though he mention
ed no names, was' accepted by tha
crowd as a reference to ex-President
Cleveland. ,
Bryan said in part:
"Surrounded by nlghbors who hava
been my friends for yeai3. I may be
pardoned for saying a word of a per
sonal nature.
"Whether I shall ever b ' -dUlata
for office again Is a question which
must be determined by events. Our
destiny is not known untii life's work
is completed. I shall be content if it
Is my lot to aid In the triumph of prin
ciples while others enjoy the honors
and bear the responsibility of office.
"The holding of public positions
should be an Incident not an aim for a
citixen. It should be the means for the
accomplishment of a purpose.
"The presidency seemed desirable be
cause it would have enabled me to
give effective aid to certain reform
which I believe to be necessary to th
public welfare, but defeat, even a sec
ond defeat, does not lessen my Inter
est in this reform and time may prova
that niy work Is to advocate ratber
than execute.
"The principles for which we con
tended in the last campaign still live
and we who believe In them must con
tinue to fight for them. An election
does not change a principle. It only
determines what principles shall bf,
for the time being,-applied."
SUICIDE AT ASHLAND.
Prominent Citizen Shot Himself on Ac
count of Illness. , j
ASHLAND. Ore., Dec. 21 Robert
Taylor, a prominent citizen, died from
a gunshot wound this morning. Ha
had been spending the holidays with
his family in Ashland and returned to
his farm last night. The Investigation,
shows the wound to be self-inflicted.
The deceased had been quite ill for two
years.
BENNINGTON TO BE REPAIRED.
Necessary Work on Gunboat Will Be
Done In the Philippines.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-The navy
department has directed that the gun
boat Bennington be repaired in the
Philippines Instead of returning to this
country for that purpose.
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