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BOERS RETREATING
ALL ALONG THE LINE
Now Rapidly Leaving All Positions
Held in the British
Territory.
THEY MAY ABANDON LADYSMITH
General Buller Thinks They Are About to Raise the
Seige Relaxing Their Hold on All Sides in
Order to Assemble to Oppose General Roberts.
Cronje May Have Escaped.
London, Tel) 21. 4.15 a. in. The
Rocu me leaving all the positions held
l)v tlieni on Biitish tertitory anil me
concentrating for the drfcnso of their
iwn Sir IJVdvers Duller thinks they
aie about to l.'iHe the sligo of Ludv
smlth iiii! this Is the l.ngc t.ev f of
the chiv
Geneial Clements iopoit that the
force confronting him has i'een gicntly
diminished. Ten thous'iiid men utoos
tlmnted to have gone from the Coles
hnrg dlstilut alone. The Boors Hie
nln retiaoing their steps fiom ulu
land. Thus they aie iclaxlug their
hold on all tides In order to assemble
to oppose Lord Roberts. He is piess
lncr on steidilv towards Blocmfonteln.
This Is- show n by his inconsequential
tolegiam from Paardeboig fifty or
sixty miles away. Doubtless he Is
miles behind the column that I pur
suing the Boets and the nei impor
tant newt may be ths occupation of
I'lm inlontelii
Nothing has been heard fiom the
chase of Cronje for two tiros. Al
though the last words of the war ofllcc
tonight that tbeie was no news for
publican, theie W strong disposi
tion to believe that faoiable Infoima
tlon has been lecetve,) but is being
withheld until theopetation culminate?
In something mine conclusive. Ther
Is an equally stiong deposition to
think that Ooneial Ciunje lias got
tt,ij,
Owipg to the Litis of tianspoits the
IbitHh aie not likely to invade Bo-
teultoiv enpt where Lotd Robell.J
Is operating. Genual Duller will hai 3
to btop at the Drakensburg mountains.
Piohably a p.nt of his ".u,000 men will
ultimately join the legions, of Lotd
Huberts
If, as Genet al Buller acis, the Boers
are rcticutlng fiom him. then the news
on evn side Is lavorable to the Brit
ish. Nevertheless uoups continue to g
up. The war oflue thinks that the call
to wteians to lejoin the colots. to
M'tlur with the bounty. . ill biltig
45,000 men to the honii defence. The
iirgenev with which tin home defense
Is pres-ed cm Itcs some v.oniloi.
With the casualties just reported,
tho llritMt losses in killed, wound-d
and eaptuted now ngsngiite 11,102.
General Hart Occupies Coleaso.
London. Feb. 20. News was tec eh eel
heie at I 22 p. m. today that lieneial
Unit h,id occupied Colensn after a
slight engagement.
The following despatch has been le
eched ,n the , cilHi e fiom Uenei.-l
Buller
"Blow-. Kdiin, Tuesday, Fob 20. 0 10
p m. The Fusilier Bilgude yesterday
took Hlmgwane Hill, the light of the
cnem's position, and coiniuaiullug Col
ciisci, the ui 0f th, fence advancing
towaid the Tllgela
"This inclining the enem had with
drawn nil the trooos uoith of the Tll
gela and had ptaotluilh evacuated
Colensn. Todn (Seiiei.il ll.u t occ upled
Colensn, attci a iy slight iesstaiieo
by a weak lour giuiicl, and we hold
the line of the Tugela on the south
side from Colcnso to Faglo's Ntst.
"The enemv seem to be In fun io
treat and appaientl are only holdlmr
the position lhe occupy neioss the Col-ciiho-Ladj
smith rallwnv, wlieie it lu
close to the angle of the Tllgela. with
n weak lear guaid. Halt's advanced
guaid Is dossing at Coleiuo
'Our casualties yesteulay and today
have, I hop?, bpon but few."
The queen, pilui to leaving Osborne
House this nioinlng. on her letum o
Windsor. Iiisu eted the Fnuith bat iN
Ion of the Lincolnshire inllltla. IPt
majesty Htiiiounced with a gi.itlilel
smile that t'ood ne.is had been ie
celec this morning fiom tlie ,oat of
war.
Another account says that the qupen
specified that the good news was fiom
Ltidysmlth.
Whatever the news tiwv be It Is
belli, carefully guarded. Tho .v.ir of
floe otllelals a erred solemnly Imlay
thut they had tecelved no dlspiton.s
up to 1.30 o'clock this afternoon.
The Westminster Gazette's mllltniv
critic said today that he belleetl thai
the Boeis had stalled nntthw.ird In
Natal, nnd would iale the siege of
Lndysmlth and reinforce Oener.il
Cronje
A dispatch fiom Plf teimaiiubuig
dated Monday, February 19, savs all
I is quiet in Zululand, and that th
Boers' main bodies ate repotted to bo
tetlilns on Dundee and Helpmaknur,
leaving small fotces and two pieces of
ai tlllery at t'tch magistracy.
According to a special dispatch from
T.nkaslad, n lcfugie 'ho has arrived
theie snys the Boots alo d.OlO strong
at Stoimherg, but that at Burgersdorp
thev have only a small town guard,
Dm ban, Feb. 19. Fli,hting estcuday
fiom the British positions on Gun Hill
and Hu:'7.ar Hill was continued. The
tioops advamed fiom the former to
war 1 Monte Cilsto. Three 4.7-lncht
guns and the 100-pour.dei siege gun
bombarded heavily the Beer position
on Hlangwane Hill, which adjoins
Monte Cilsto, ami Is legaided :i" ths
i Uev to Groblei-"s Kloof. The tiring was
p.utlculaily active from Hnzzar Hill
on the stionsf Boer onlienchments at
the extreme end of I'langwaue Hill.
Those entienc hments weie strength
ened with sand-bags. The tiring was
bollix continued at t! o'doik yesteulay
evening.
During the day the gun "Lady Ran
dolph" cune on an anr.uied tt.iin fiom
the dliettlon of Colenso.
It Is lepoitid that ll'e British cap
tured moie than 100 piisoneis.
The naval gun knocked out the Long
Tom on Hlnngw.uie Hill at the Hist
shot, for which Geivial Buller es
pecially complimented the gunnel s.
Hlangwane Hill llm between two
bends of the Tugela iiet. The Boei s
haie erected a bildge between Hlang
vmiicj and the noithein bank of the
iher
While Geneial Buller Is continuing
his movement cm the etteme light,
and has made eveiy disposition for llu
defence of his position to the left and
south of the Tugela by maintalnim,'
heie a foicv. Hdequate for th it pur
pose. Isolated paities of Hoeis some
ilnic s cioss the river. Theie Is much
sniping.
Biitish Casualties.
London, Feb. 20. The casualties
among lieneial Buller's foices in the
lighting at Hussar Hill, Monte Chiisto
Hill and other place, trom Feb. 15 to
Feb. IS. weie: Killed, Captain T. H.
Bueney dnd thirteen nun. Wounded,
six ofllceis and 151 men.
CECIL RHODES JUBILANT.
Not a Boer to Be Seen Anywhere
Around Kimbeiley.
Kinibeilcy, Feb. IS.-.'By heliograph
to Modder Ulvvr. I'Vb. V.i.) The coun
try is all fiee mound Klmberlcy. The
lioeis have evacuated Di oilfield, Salt
P'lii, HpyfoiHein and SUdotz Ntk. One
of theli twelxe-poundeis with ammu
nition was captured, as was also their
laagci nt liicntleld which was aban
doned on Fildny night.
Hails uie being 'aid to Moddir Hlvcr.
Sevnal herds of cattle havo been cap
ti'iecl, ("ceil llhodes Is In excellent spiuts.
CAGE ON "THE OUTLOOK."
The Secietniy Deliveis a Speech Be
foie Metchants and Tiaveleis.
Chicago, IVb. 20. Sccutary of lh-
Tieasuiy L. J Gage was the guest of
honor at n cllunei given this afternoon
at the audlloilum bv the National
Association of Meichai.ln and Tiavel
eis. Moie than r.r0 iiifinbi is of the
oigaplzatlon and invitd guests wer
pieteiit Theie. ms no fcumal pio
gramme of to.ists. The uddies it
Seciet.ny Gage on "The Outlock" wis
the onlv fcumal speech of the evening.
Lafavelte .!eWilliani! of Chicago.
;;eneial clmliiimii nfi the oiganlratlou,
howev'er i ailed upon ti few nimb'rj
tor hhoit talks.
The points biought out In the ecie.
tnry's spe-c It will be found In full In
a table which appeals on page 5 today,
m
Callahan the Favorite.
Philadelphia. Pa.. Feb. 20, Tim Cal
lahan and Kddy Lenny, both of this
city, fought six rounds at Industrial
hill today. The men put up a tat
tling contest. I'nder the laws of the
state no decision In prize lights can
bo given, but Callahan had the better
ot tho bout.
Maiechalo MacMahon Scad.
Kills. Fob. 21. Maiechale MacMa
hon. the Duchess of Magentu. widow
of Maieclial Patilce Mauiice MacMa
hon, second president of the thlid re
puhllo of France, died yesteiday ut her
lesidenee. in the Hue do Belle Chusso,
after a shoit Illness. She was 71 veais
old.
Six Round Draw,
Chicago. Feb. 20. Oscar Gardner, the
Omaha Kid, and Tommy White, to
nlgh foujrht six fast rounds to a druvv.
Gardner did most of the rushlnjr, but
White managed to keep him at arm's
length. Neither man was veiy severe
ly punished.
THOMAS REOPENS
JAMESON RAID
PREVIOUS INQUIRY IS SAID TO
HAVE BEEN FARCICAL.
The Liberal Member from Merthyr
Moves for the Reopening of the
Celebrated Case Mr. Chamberlain
Replies and Ridicules the Qiounds
Advanced for a New Inquiry Sir
William Vernon Harcourt Follows
Mr. Chnmbeilnln.
London, Feb. 20. The house of com
mons was clouded today when Mr.
Davis Alfred Thomas, Llbetul member
lor Meithyr Tvdvil. rose to move the
ic-openlng of the Imiuliy on the oi
Igln and clietimstances of the Jameson
laid. Among those In tho diplomatic
c Ircle was United States Ambassador
Chuatc. Mr. Thomas illiclitluu'd any
peisonal unlmovity against Mr. Cham
beilaln, the yecretaiy of state, for the
coloniis, but he continued, the conclu
sive naturo ol the Hi si inquiry had
eteatod wlde-tpiead dissatisfaction,
which, i.Mr. Thomas 'sseited, had dc-jp-cned
the Indignation at the disclosures
of the iontliient.il news-p ipeis. Impuns
Ing the lnipattlalltv of the commltte;.
lte said It was to the Interests of tho
nation and the chaiacter and repul l
tlon of the house of commons and Ml.
Chamberlain thut theie should be u
full and searcnlnit iuquliy. Mr.
Thomas further asserted that tha
ptevlous Inquiry was a farce and th.it
the ftesh facts adduced in the cot res.
i pondenee published by the Indepen
dence were stiong- matters tor a ft ?sh
Inquiry.
Mi. Samuel Thomas Kvans Libeial,
member for tile middle dlv Islon ot
Glamoiganshlie, seconded the motion.
In to doing lie agreed that there weie
strong grounds fif usfeetlng tint tho
colonial oOlceis and Mr. Chanibeilaln
had prior knowledge i.f the events
leading to the laid.
Mi. Chamberlain, nmid piofound at
tention, said there wan absolutely
nothing In wliat had happened since
1S97 which could possibly be raised as
grounds for a second inquiry.
He then proceeded to tevlew tho
whole history of the committee and re
peated his pievious declaration, eg-pecl-illv
icferring to the Havvklov's
aigument. Mr. Chanibeilaln ildiculed
the grounds advanced for a new In
qulrv and said the "pieclour buudlo
c.f doc umetits" published by the in
dependence B"!ge had btn o'foiod for
sale to mlous London pipe is which
"would not toi'ch them with tongs
and .it last, he added, they "tumid a
customer in a fileud of the Jioets."
Nothing in Documents.
"He contiived to tiansmlt them to
Dr. Lejds, who paid, or piomlsed to
pa 100 steillng for them, and they
were then communicated to tho Inde
pendence Beige.
"Theie Is nothing in the.e docu
ments, from lit st to last." -aid (he
colonial secietmy. when then dissected
most of tlie documents, pointing out that
they atfoided no gieat calico tor
charges against the colonial ollice. He
then said: "If the matter had been
complicated bv political matteis and
peisonal animosities no mai. In this
house would have said theie w.u a
shadow of ground for such an Inquiry.
The object of these personal attacks
Is to pi event me from paitlclpating in
tho Transvanl settlement."
Continuing, he said he was not hope
ful that anything he or the house could
say would silence his foreign crltl-s,
but no one in Gieat Britain for whose
good opinion he cared would bo af
fected by the charges. The manner of
conducting the business of the commit
tee and tho closing of the Inquliy, he
declared, were carried out as suggest
ed by Sir William Veinon ,Haicoiut,
who certainly did not desire to shield
anv one In the colonial olhce. Mi.
Chamberlain fui ther said that the hon
orable members opposite did not want
any Inquiry. "They want an execu
tlon,"he added. "Let them do their
vvoist. I am perfectly leady. 1 rely
upon the good sense and generosity
of the house and counti.v. The attack
will recoil upon those who made it."
At tho conclusion of his remaiks
Mr. Chamberlain was heartily cheered
by the mlnlsteilallsts.
Sli William Vernon Hauourt, who
was mi active member of the pailla
inentai) committee which inquired Into
the Jameson laid, followed Mi. Chani
beilaln. He said. "On tho veiy faco
of It the former committee's icpoit did
not find that theie bus been a full In
finity, as indeed tlieio had not been.
The suspicions against the lolunlal
ollice weie not the woik of politic a! ad
veisailis, but lather of men who for
their own objects stoop at nothing In
the way of menilaelty.foigeiy and finud.
The authois of these suspicions wore
the asents of Cecil Hhodis To cover
their own guilt they sought to assert
the (ompllcltv of the colonial oflli e.
Dr. Jameson told Sir John Wllloughby,
u member of unquestioned honor, that
the r.oi eminent was behind the laid,
and Dr. Jameson has not denied It."
Mr. Chanibeilaln "Ves, ho has."
Cause of Insuuectlon.
Sir William Vernon Hauouit con
tinued: "Tlie Insuuectlon was pro
moted by the foulest fiauds. Was theie
ever anything as abominable as the
Uhudes letter to Jameson, two davs
be fui a the laid, putting Into his mouth
to He about the objects ot the mid.
When the colonial secietaiy after tin
mid asked for an explanation of tho
telegram, Hnwlkeys wrote back tint
this was unnecessuty, as the colonial
otllco knew all.
"Tlierefoie, suspicions were set afloat
by tho agents of Hhodes. but then theiu
was no suggestion that they weie cov
eted by tho complicity of the colonial
ollice. That Is what I want to havo
shown up. I want the tiansactions of
these men biought to light. Hhodes
hits deceived eveiy body. The mid was
made by gold ami lies."
After somo fui ther discussion the
house i ejected the motion to reopen tho
Inquiry by a vote of 286 against 152.
Wemlss Motion Rejected.
London, Feb. 20. The bouse of lords
tonight rejected a motion of Loid
Wemlss by a vote of Cl against 42 fav
oring un amended inllltla ballot act.
GUILTY AS INDICTED.
Verdict in Case of Colonel Streator
and Major Kay.
"Washington, Ph., Feb. 20. "Guilty us
indicted" was the return n-ado by tho
Juiy this morning' In the caso against
Lieutenant Colonel James I!. Strcator,
of Wushmgton, and Major .1. C. Kuy,
of Pittsburg, who were charged with
embracery and tonsplrucy, the specllle
act being the attempt to Imiucncc a
Juior, Finnk Watson, who was silting!
on h case at the May quarter sessions
court In which Mujor Hazlclt, a filend
of Kay and Stieator. was acquitted of
embezzlement as a banker. At the
November term Hnzlott was convicted.
The comnionwealth'B testimony was
that the defendants had made friends
with a juror fiom McDonald named
Watson. Stieator had di Inks with
him at the Washington cluh and ut a
filend's loom at the Aulcl houre, and
thero Streatur h ut ynokon condemning
Howard Ilnzlett, a material common
wealth witness. In Watson's presence.
When Dlsti let Attorney Tcmpleton.
moved for sentence Mnior Kay. reply
ing to the court, slid "Nothing to
toy," nnd Colonel Stieator, "Nothing
at all." Judge Taylor sentenced them
to pay cents of prosecution and u line
or S300 each. D. F. Patterson, of
Pittsburg, and John C. Bane asked the
court to llx ball pienaratoiy to an ap
peal to the supi'i Ic.r court. They fur
nished bord In SfiOO each. Judge Tay
lor, upon tho return of the verdict,
stated the court agreed with the ver
dict, which was warranted by the evl
denc e.
MIDDLE OF-THF-ROAD
POPULISTS BOLT
National Convention of the Regulars
Will Be Held in Sioux Falls
May 9.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 20. Tho next na
tional convention of the Populist paity
will be held in Sioux Falls on May 9.
llepresentatlon Is based on the vote for
Geneial U. B. Weaver for president in
1S9J, or If any candidate for state ollice
has once polled a laiger vote that vote
shall be the basis. Two delegates-at-laige
are given eaih state.
This was the decision in a somewhat
extended but hatmontous meeting of
the tuslon wing of the national com
mittee, which concluded this afternoon.
The feature of the meeting was tho
unanimity with which the membeis ac
cepted and endorsed tho declaration by
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, that W. J.
Bryan would be the candidate of both
the Populist and Demociatlc patties
and the coupling with his name of that
of Judge Hemy Caldwell, of Arkansas,
as the logical and most promising vlce
piesldentlal possibility. Senator Allen
went so far as to saytUat, he had posi
tive knowledce that. If Judge Caldwell
weie nominated by the Populists us Mr.
Biyan's uinnlug-mato he would be -ic-ceptable
to the Democrats and the
fusion national ticket would be Bryan
and Caldwell.
The Popull3t national convention,
pieslded over by Senator Butler, to
day took up the question of time and
place for th" national convention. V
proposal fiom the Texas delegation
that May 9 be fixed upon as the date
was amended to penult a committee
to decide on both time and place. The
amendment was opposed vigorously
by tho Texas delegation as "cov.vrdly
and trickling to the Dimociats." Sen
ator Allen, of Nebraska, spoke at
length in favor of the harmony and
for the naming of a date by the whole
committee. "Bryan will be the nom
inee of both Demociats and Populists,"
said Senator Allen, "and the question
of date makes little difference any
how." The nmendment to refer to a
committee was voted down, and Wed
nesday, May 9, the same date as that
of the middle-of-the-road convention
at Cincinnati, was decided upon.
Three cltiw, Kansas City. Sioux Falls
nnd Indlanapulis, pitsenled claims for
the convention, und each was granted
unlimited time to set foith its respec
tive advantages.
Slouy Falls, S. D was finally se
lected for the next Populist conven
tion. Chairman Butler, In a statement to
the Associated Press at the conclusion
of the meeting, said h had no t egrets
for bis decision of yesterday which
led to the bolt of the mlddle-ln-tho-road
men.
"it was a bolt here or at the con
vention," said Mr. Butler. and we
preferred that the tMstarbeis show
tnelr hands euly In the tight."
SAMUEL SETTLED STRIKE.
Mr. Gompers Combined Business
and Pleasure at Havana.
New Yoik, Feb. 20. Piesldent Sam
mi Gompeis, of the American Feder
ation of Labor returned Horn Havana
today and will go to Washington on
Friday. He said his visit to Havana
w.us In no sense an oillcial one, but
was leally for his health He was well
leeched in Havana and Matanzas,
whoie he confeirod with remesenta
tlve.s of organized labor and with
many emploves. Continuing, he wild:
"For live weeks pi lor to my ai rival
11000 Cuban and Spanish clzmmakuiH
had been on stilke. 1 helped to settle
to the satisfaction of all concerned.
1 do not caio to go Into tho relative
melius of this stilke, 'tis too big a
question."
Bulled at Axlington.
Washington, IVb. 2i.-Tho u mains of
eighty soldiers will bo burled at the
National teme-teiy at Arlington tomor
low with nilllticty honors. Some of theso
nun lost tlicli lives In Cuba dm lug and
since the Spinlsh war. The leiiuiluder
died In tho military service in I'utUo
Itlco. Their Ii.hIIcm with biought hi 10
on the transport Hocfoid nnd other vo..
si Is.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington. Feb. lli.-ivn-lon certifi
cates under cbitn Feb. 0: Increase, Thos.
Cameron, Lenox. Susquehanna. $17 to J.'lj
IVicy Deitson, Opposition, Susquehanna,
I0 10 , William II. Jones. Horn
Biook. Uradfotd, Hi lo JS; James Thorp,
New Albany, lliadfou), $17 (o $21: Isaiah
Hi ndcrshot, Stevinsvllle, Dinclford. $ to
$10.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Boston. Feb. 20. Rev. ". II. Brooks,
D. D., for many years secrctuiy ot tho
Protestant Kplscopnl iIIoccko of Massa
chusetts, died ut his room In the Itcvcro
house, today.
THE PUERTO RICAN
TARIFFJ1EASURE
DEMOCRATS WHO WILL SUP
FORT THE BILL.
Sufficient Probably to Offset Any
Republican Defection Some Dele
gates from the Island Who Advo
cate Free Trade Have Personal
Ends to Serve Congress in No
Humor to Grant Statehood.
Washington, Fbe. 20. The discussion
ot the Pueito Hlcan tat Iff bill In the
house develops the fact that the meas
ure Is to bo accorded some Democratic
'suppent, mine than sulllclent to offset
I any Hepublieun defection. Three Dem
I ocrats from Louisiana and two Demo
ciats for rioildu will voto for tho bill
as a means of avoiding competition
ft oin Tucrto Hlcan impotts. Mr. Ber-
ry, of Kentucky, Is also expected to
vote for the bill. Thero may be others,
j Many Hepuhllcans will support tho
bill who do not like the idea of im
posing a taiiff on Pueito Hlcan Im
ports, but who bellevo that this Is tlw
tlmo for congicss to assert Its rights
to enact any legislation It pleases with
tegaid to the new dependencies. Thosi
who feel that way will vote for tne
bill In the hope that tho tariff Is to ba
further reduced.
it is felt that it will not do to extend
the American navigation or tariff laws
to the new dependencies as a matter of
light or to entrust their people with
citizenship In the United Sta(s.
The members of tho delegation from
Puerto Rico heie for the put pose of
urging the abolition of all duties have
weakened their case somewhat by the
kind of arguments they have advanced,
une of the delegates Mr. FInley for
merly Biitish vice-consul at San Juan
has bought laigo sugar plantations
in the island. Another Dr. Azel Ames
went from Massachusetts to Puerto
Hlco after the war with Spain to
cleanse the island of smallpox. He ac
quired interests there and expects to
be territorial delegate In case the Isl
and is to have a delegate. Others do
not conceal their desire to havo Puerto
Hlco become a state, and all the legis
lation which they urgfc has that end
in view. Congress is in no humor for
that, however strongly inclined Indi
vidual members may be to give the
citizens of the island the privileges of
fiee commercial intercourse with the
United States.
BANISHED FROM THE STATE.
A Massachusetts Lad Must Remain
Away for Two Years.
Clinton. Mass , "rob. 20. Arthui
Payne, a 15-year-old lad, was sentenced
to In banished from the state for two
5 ears in the district court heie today,
after having pleaded guilty to a thatge
of foiging a check.
Agent Walker, of the state boaid of
charities, requested that the chargo
I bo placed on file on condition that
Payne leave the state within ten days
land not to letutn for two ears. The
mrangement was satisfactory to all
nnnMinnrl rif.il .lw o.-ttitl rtMr.,.rw rtd
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renience. i ne lau s idiner will laKC
hun to California to lemaln with
fi lends until the peiiod of his banish
ment expires. At the end of the two
ears, If he comes bctk to Massa
chusetts, he will be place 1 In ohuige
of a probation officer.
STATE DEPARTMENT'S REPLY.
Answer to Resolution Concerning
Macrum's Mail.
Washington, Feb. 20. The state de
partment has completed tho preDara-
I tion of the leplv to bo made to the
i house resolution Inquiring Into tho
allegations that ex-Consul Maci urn's
mall had been opened by the British
I censor ot Cape Town. The answer
I vv 111 be bent to the house tomorrow by
the president as is customary with
communications of this kind from the
j state department.
i It will show in brief that tho de
I partment has no o tibial knowledge
whatever that there was any inter
j foi cute with the ex-consul's mall as
I he made no complaint to the depart
ment on the subect.
ULMER ENDS TROUBLE.
A Tailor Out of Woik Shoots His
Wife and Commits Suicide.
Allentown. Feb. in. William Ultner.
a tailor, tod iv t hot his wife In tho left
cheek, causing a severe but not sciluus
wound. He then shot himself dead.
The louple hud frequent iii irrels on
account of Ulmui'b failure to piovido
for the wife and two children Ulmer
had been out of woik for a couple of
weeks He was 4"i yeas1 of age. His
mother. iMi.s. Jacob timer, lives In
Philadelphia. The couple had been
married seventeen years.
RAILROAD TO XIMBERLEY OPEN
Tialn Laden with Coal Left Cape
Town Last Night.
Cape Town. Feb. 19.-Hopalis, to the
railroad have been advanced sulflcieiit
ly t6 enable the dispatch tonight of tho
llrst train to Klmherley, laden with
eoal
After that tlie military lequlrements
are to be the 'list conUJciatloii: sec
ond, foodstuffs and then passengers,
which latter train, It Is untlclpated, Is
to be stalled on Wednesday or Thins
day. Senate and House Conferrees.
Washington, Feb, 20 Tho Semite and
house conferees on the houso bill wire
In session several hours today, but it
was announced at the adjournment that
no ugi cement had been reached on any
point, although the prospects wero tlm't
an agreement would be reached. Tho
tlmo In conference today was consumed
In tho discussion and In going over tho
bill.
Mirror Trust Next.
Pittsburg. IVb. 30 Tho executive board
of the American Mirror Manufacturers
association met here today, An advance
In prices Is contemplated, owing to the
Increase In tho cost of plate gloss. It
is reported that at the meeting tomor
row plans will bo completed for a con
solidation of tho Interests,
THE NEWS THIS MOlM.Vb!
WMther Indications Today)
CLOUOYj WARMER.
1 General Boers Retreat from Col
enso. Jameson Itald Before the British
Parliament.
Congress Considers the Puerto Hlc
an Tariff.
Elections Throughout the State.
3 General Northeastern Pennsyl
vania. Financial and Commercial.
3 General Whitney's Weekly Nov.
Budget.
4 L'ditorlal.
News and Comment.
5 Local Result of Yesterday's Flec
tion In Detail.
Ixical Ti uesdalc He-elected Presi
dent of the D.. L. & W.
7 Local Kstlmates Committee Soon
to Begin Work.
Plan of the Y. jr. C. A. to liaise
Funds.
S West Scranton and Suburban.
!) Bound About the County.
10 Local Live Industrial News.
SUDDEN DEATH OF
SIDNEY BR0ADBENT
He Expired at 2 O'clock This Mora-
ing After an Illness of Twelve
Days Sketch of His Career.
Sidney P.voidbent died at 2 02 o'clock
this morning at the family lu.iue, coi- .
ner of Washington avenue and Mul-
berry street, after an lllnets of twelve ,
days.
Drs. Lewis, Fiey, Allen and Fulton. ,
who attended him, diagnosed the cac
as bowel trouble. His three chllelteu,
Martha, Victoria and John, ot this city,
were at his bedside when the end came.
Mrs. Broadbent died only soven weeks
ago, January t last. i
Mr. Broadbent was born In Hnglanl '
In 1828 and came to this countty in
1848. He was employed for a time as
a machinist in l'atcrson. Ho was sev
eral years later made foreman of the '
Delaware, Laokawanna ami Western
locomotive works In this city. In 1S57
ho enguged in the mnnufactuie of loco
motives at the Cliff works, but the
buslne-s was toon "absorbed by tho
Dickson Manufacturing company, Mr.
Broadbent being retained as foreman
He- remained In the employ of the com-
pany for thirty yeais, during fourteen
ot which he was penial superinten
dent. In 1S9C he ictlnd fiom active
woi k.
Mr. Broadbent was a prominent Re
publican and was also prominent In
Masonic circles. Ho has always been
considered one of the most successful
men In the city nnd had a singularly
wide circle of acquaintances. He was
also an Inventor ot some note, having
patented seveial m tides.
DEMOCRATS WIN.
Municipal Water Responsible for
Queer Political Pranks.
Carbondalc's full vote was nolleri ve.
terday and the count was slow comm ;
in. especially fiom tbe outlying dis
tricts. At ll o'clock It was ceitain that
T. M. Nealon had been defeated to- .
select council in the Third ward by I
Davis by 100 votes. Dr. Fletcher. He- '
publican, won for select In the Fifth
by 17 votes, and i. F S-vlgert was
defeated for the same office In tho ,
First by 17 votes. Peter Ruenbuig, !
John Lynch, Morgan Thomas and A.
T. Cook were elected poor dliectoi!
and J. J. Gallagher, school director
in tne tnircl and Fourth. H. J. Hoel:
enberry received the largest majority.
noo. and was elected school dliictr.r in
the First. Second, Fifth and Sixth
w ards.
PEACEFUL BOYCOTT LEGAL.
Accoiding to Opinion of Judge
Storer of the Kansas Couits.
Kansas City. Feb. 20.-Judge Stover.
In the Circuit court, today declined that
labor unions had the legal light to put
( in lone A peaceful boycott against eni
I ployers on non-union labor ami had a
I legal right to tiy by peaceful and fair
i persuasive measures to Induce custom
1 eis of a bovcoited pel son or tlim to
quit that person or lit in and pitinnUo
, emploveis of union winkers
Tho decision was made in the suit of
a very, who claimed $20,ooo damages
against members of the Master Hoise
shoeis' Fiotcctlve association, of Kan
sas City, and the Journeymen Horse
.shoet union, No. lh, for bojcottlng
his non-union hoiseshoelng shop. He
claimed that the boycotters had gr n
ly damaged his business, vvhlch h.i I
been lucrative. The Juiy, under ir.
stiuctlon from the eouit, leturiied i
verdict for tho defendants.
WOMEN AT WASHINGTON.
Ninth Continental Congress of
Daughteis of the Revolution.
Washington, Feb. 20. At today's ses
sion of the Ninth Continental congiess
of the National Society of tho Daugh
teis of the American Revolution, tho
lepoit of the committee on creden
tials, presented by Mis. Hleanor How
arel, of Virginia, showed the member
ship of the national society to be .11,192
Kvery state and every teirltory Is rep
lesented. The members of tho society visited
the White House to meet the president
this afternoon. Nearly 900 persons at
tended the reception, each being given
personal greeting by the president.
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Steamship Arrivals.
New York. Feb. 20. Arrived, Steam
er Spanrndam, fom Rotterdam.
Cleared, Noordlan for Antwerp; Oce
anic, for Liverpool, St. Louis, for
Southampton. Sailed, Lahn, for Bre
men, via Southampton, Boulogne. Ar
rived Standam, from New York, for
Rotterdam and proceeded.
ELECTIONS IN
THE STATE
But Little Interest Mani
fested in Most In
stances. STRUGGLE IN PHILADELPHIA
Election in the City Brought Out a
Much Heavier Vote Than Is Usu
ally Polled at Spring Elections.
Midnight Returns Indicate That
Ten Republicans Aie Elected.
Light Vote Elsewhere About the
State Political Revolution in
Reading Illegal Voting at Lan
caster. Philadelphia, Feb. 20. The election
in thN city today In ought out a much
heavier voto than Is usually polled at
the sptlng elections, notwithstanding
that none of the higher or "dmlnls
ttatlve executive olllceir were to b
selected. The lnteiesll'.ig featuie of
the day was the voting fui sixteen
committing in:iglstiate. Many of tho
w.uds voted for city couiicllmen, soli
citors and other mlnoi officials, but
only ordlnuiy Inteiest was centered
theieln. The electots of the entire city
paitlclpatcd onlv in the selection of
magls-tiates. The heavy vote cast wasi
the lesult of the efforts of icfouners
to detent the candidates of tho two
regular panics. Although sixteen were
to be chosen each elector was entitled
to vote for but ten, tin law thus pio-
vldlng for minority representation. Tho
Republicans had in the Held ten can
didates and the Democrats six. Tho
lTiunlc Ipal league, In opposition to both
regular parties, placed ten candidates
on their ticket, one, O'Brien, vvtis also
on the Democratic ticket. Tho Icaguo
ticket also included Gctinan and Neal,
Republicans, und Laelncr and Eisen
biown, Demociats, vvliih four are at
pieseijt magistrates, but weie turned
clown for re-nomimtlon by their re
spective party leaders. Thero was a
fierce cutting of tickets throughout tho
city, and the counting of tho vote was
therefore neM-epsarnysUmr'The flvn
men named above weie esreclally fa
voicd bv tho Independent voter. In a
number of wauls they led the regular
Democratic nominees.
Returns fiom the forty-one wards of
the city are coming In slowly. At mid
night the returns for magistrates re
ceived Indicate the election ot the ten
Republican candidates and the contest
for the other sl is very close between
the Democratic! and Municipal leaguo
nominees. Of the latter Ladner. El
enbiown, 'lei man and O'Brien mn far
ahead of their colleagues. O'Brien
being on both tickets is certainly
Cie'etcd.
Potter in Line.
Cotideispoit, Pa., Feb. 20. The Pot
ter county special prohlbltoiy law
passed over twenty eais ago was.
voted for icpeul by from 1,000 to 1,200
majority. The special act for Couders
poit boiough was cairied for no icpeal
by tweiity-thiee majorltv. This means
that Pottci countv will fall In line
with the test of the state under the
Biooks license law and Couderspoit
borough will lemaln dry under lln spe
cial uit. This election was closely con
tested by both factions, legardless of
paity lines, and the lesult Is clue large
ly to the Incieasid population Incident
to the development of the lumboiins
Industiy In the southern pot tion of the
county. There is still a ehnnce for a
fight In the leglslatuie on the constitu
tionality of this election.
Illegal Voting at Lancaster.
Lancaster, Pa , Feb. 20. A light vote
was polled at today's election for may
or, mum Union and thioe aldermen.
The Republicans made gains In every
district, electing their candidate, Dr.
L H. Mull mliiug, by a majorltv of
1,003, Tin- Republicans elected all their
other candidates, Lewis Rauch, In the
Flist. Filth and SKtli wards, and
Adam Delltt In the L'ighth wind. The
Republicans letiilu a stiong majorltv in
both branches of eouii"!l. There wern
ai tests on both sides for Illegal voting.
Political Revolution.
Reading, Pa , Feb 20 At today's
election the Republicans secured eleven
councilnieii and the Democrat live.
The Demociats control the present
councils by one majoilty on Joint bal
lot In the new councils tho Republi
cans will have a majoilty of two. This
is the biggest political revolution in
Reading ill cais.
Democratic Gains.
Bethlehem, Pa,, Feb. 20. Dig Demo
ciatlc gains today tesulted In a change
In the political complexion of both
town council and school board. Tho
Democrats elected the entire borough
ticket In tho time Betlilehems except
ing ono tax collector. J. Walter Lav
ntt, president of tho State Fair asso
ciation, was defeutcd by George W.
Stroman for burgebs.
Quiet at York.
York, Feb. 20. The election was
an unusually quiet one. Contests wero
pionounced In only a couple of wards.
The select council will stand six Dem
ocrats and live Republicans. Common
council will stand thirteen Democrats
and eight Republicans. The school
board will be a tie.
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WEATHER F0R1CAST.
s Washington, Fob. 80. Forecast
for Wednesday and Thursday:
V Eastern Pennsylvania Wanner
and cloudy; lain Wednesday mi-
tcrnoon and night; Thursday, fair
and colder; winds shifting to brisk
and high easterly.
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