St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 7, 1900

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? “ee alia! “4 Wy ot ae, 2) 2 Me ee eT b, oe ee oe iad: Seger Fa. Sst pind + ato ee : ay h a , ¥ Regular Editi CUMPLETE MARKED tKEPORTS. BAUMHOFF. .. . Career from stable bey to general mane ager. A street car man’s rise. The story told, with pictures, im tee morrow’s SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH. a » . eM id a> i a | ’ : Regular Edition COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. FISKE... Historian ef the American people, aad his habits. Lecturer at Washingten University likes drafts and beer. Story and picture ia te-morrew's SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH. i P ; T VOL. 52, NO. 229. PRICE} Goislae be Lola, fees Obnie GREAT FLOOD KRATZ AFTER (BABY KNEW ITS [TWO HUNDRED BOERS — WALK INTO A TRA STRIKES AUSTIN HIS ENEMIES.) MAMMA AT SIGHT, =— _ a Ww” He Charges That Ballot Boxes/Crying Infant Reconciled the Were Stuffed. They Fall Into the Hands of Sir Charles Par- sons Not Knowing That He Held Estranged Parents. Kenhardt Rode. THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. 51. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. SWORN AVERAGE SUNDAY CIRCULATION FOR MARCH, 161,112. SATURDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—APRIL 7, 1900 al. Mammoth Dam Washed Out and Communication Cut. WILL PROCEED CRIMINALLY./MEETING ON A TRAIN. DISASTER GENERAL IN TEXAS. “~ a LOSS AT BETHANY WAS -591 OF THESE ROBERTS REPORTS 8 WERE KILLED AND 35 WOUNDED. ~—e ee MAUDE GONNE ATTACKS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch, DUBLIN, April 7.—The copy of the United Irishman which was yesterday seized and destroyed contained the fol- lowing article by Maud Gonne, enti- tled “The Famine Queen.’ The article is bitterly denunctatory of the Queen, resorting to personal attack, and con- cludes with this paragraph: - HE HAS 145 AFFIDAVITS FROM SUPPOSED VOTERS. MRS. IRENE POLLARD AND HER TOWN OF WATER VALLEY IS COM. HUSBAND MADE UP. PLETELY WIPED OUT. aon eh * AS Sey , ee PL Shed Rpiataabin Lian. ile i nd ital Aisin, she aia. Yea Each Swears That He Did Not Vote at the Primary in the Tenth Ward, at Which Kratz Was Badly Defeated. Successful and Romantic Ending Near St. Luois of a Mother’s Trans- continental Search for Her Only Child. <, 4 Railroad Bridges Destroyed and at One Point a Train Is Wrecked With Reported Loss of Life. — DUTCH PRISONERS ESCAPE. Bpecial to the Poet-Dispatch. DAIA4,AS, Tex., April 7, 12:30 p. m.—All telegraph and telephone wires between Dal- las and Austin are gone. Dallas cannot get a word direct. A bulietin from Lagrande, on the Colorado River, 75 miles below Aus- tin, “It noon Liiver water house. of life Says. was reported that the Austin broke at 11:20 a. m. and the released washed away the Much excitement prevalls. is reported.”’ telephone at the Colorado floo! of here by dam in No 1088s if this report ia correct the damage wll! | as | reach hundreda of thousands of dollars, the Austin dam is one of the largest and costilest concerns of its kind in try. will be very extensive. The tlood news from all day more alarming than last night. ports over a long-distance telephone that the Colorado River at Austin and vl- cinity has risen twenty-seven feet since midnight. The Brazos at Waco has risen ten feet to-day and still rising. The Trin- jiy River coming up fast at Dallas and it ts still raining over the State. There have been five washouts on the Austin & Northwestern Railroad and tratfie on the line is entirely saispended, All tele- gtaph and telephone lines are in trouble because of the high water and railroad trains are badly delayed. A bulletin from Bastrop says: “The Colorado is very high, the water running over the railroad at Fayetteville and washing away much property. The Bra- zos River at Sealey is rising rapidly. The water is now running inte both waiting rooms of the Missour!, Kansas & Texas Vepat at Baatron.’’ This entire county is inundated. The Colorado River rose 11 feet in three hours and is still rising at the rate of three feet an hour. At Gorman the Leon River is as high as it was July 4, 1899, during the flood. All other small streams are going up rapidly. The Texas Central Railroad men expect they will be cut off between Deleon and Hico along the Stee! creeks. Belton reports the Little Brazos and afflu- enis very high and still rising and that much damage is feared. Temple reports that there is high water at Killen, on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Road, but Da.las is unable tu get details of damage in the Water Vallev section. The storm was the most terrific on record in Texas, sweeping everything before it. A bridge on the International & Great Northern, 17 miles north of here, was washed out, wrecking the St. Louis south- bound Cennon Ball train. The engine, mall car, one passenger coach and one sleeper were ditched. A number of people are re- as killed and burned to death, but the ist of casualties has not been obtained. The damage frown the storm to this sec- tion of the State will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Another flood is feared, as the cloudburst is in the path of the immense flood of iast spring, Which wrecked so many millions of dollars’ worth of property The Austin & Northwestern Railroad, operating to the northwest of here, along the Colorado River ridge, is a serious loser as a result of four bridges being washed out and much track washed away; no trains are being operated to-day. All sections tributary to the River report damage to property. I'neonfirmed rumors say that a family of fix negroes, living on Shoal River, west af here, were drowned. People living in the bottoms had to leave thelr homes. the water having flooded them to the depth of three feet. Reports from Concho River above here. are that the worst storm ever known in that section is now raging there, attended by loss of life and property. All the water falling there wiil have to pass Austin. The country southwest of here was visited by a cloudburst last night. The Nueces River and other streams were converted into raging torrents that overflowed thou- fands of acres of growing crops in the va'- leys. The oe fone Railroad bridge at Loser was waened away and several miles of track are under water. Around Dallas a disastrous rainstorm hos prevalied tor the last three days. The worst results have been in Western and Central Western Texas. The town of Walter Vallev, on the Con- cho River, in Tom ‘(ireen County. is report- ed entirely swept away. The 300 inhabitanis fled to farm houses on the hilis and are safe. Considerable property losses were Sustained on farms and cattle ranches by this overflowing of the Concho. The Brazos, the Colorado, the Trinity and their branches are all rising. The railroads suffered a good deal by delaye, but as the rain has now ceasel the regular traffic is expected to be rerumed to-day. A Waterspout struck the Sunset Ratlroad at Devil's River Canyon, washed away the bri and track beyond, and cut off tele- ApA communications. Tourists for Calli- ornia turned back at San Antonio and went by Fort Worth. It will be several tO- Re- says sections is at 11:40 a. m, Colorado deys before the bridge and tracks are re- paired. ST. LOUIS EXPRESS WRECKED Reports Say That a Number of Pas-. sengers Have Been Killed on a Teas Railroad. Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch. DALLAS, Tex., April 7.—A report has reached here that the International & Grea: Northern express from 8t. Louis to Laredo. Texee., was wrecked this morning near Me Nelli, The reports say that a number of passengers were killed and Injured, but thi» was not verified. The storm has interrupted wire com- munication and details are lacking. the coun- | The property loss in the valley below ; | sourt: ' swered power | “Give me some o’ that pie or I'll tell!” THE REAL THING. _— BAD LUCK, the wicked the He went fight Dons among Cuban scenes: He went to shoot the Tagals in the torrid Philip- pines; He got a bullet in his leg and knows what hunger Ineana, For he’s been To up against it. He lost his money on a flush; was foundered in a fog; He lost the only gtrl he loved; his rival was a hog; He's been through all the troubles in the humau catalogue. Oh, be’s been up against it! TAYLOR WOUGH. Paster will soon be here. Won't that poor dressmaker catch fits if that new gown isn’t done in time! I can see her fin- ish in St. Lake's, right now. However, !et . us hope that all casualties will be avert- | ed and look only at the bright side, which will be presented in a series of EKaster ser- mons in to-morrow’s Sunday Post-Dis- patch by the following St. Louls ministers: Rev. Danie! S. Tuttle, Bishop of Mis- Rev. S. J. Niccolls, Rev. 8. C. Eby, Rev. W. W. Boyd, Rev. M. Burnham, Kev. Father James T. Coffey, Rev. representing seven different denominations, Suppose that every grown persun in St. Toulis should decide to morrow morning. How many could be accommodated? According to the Horace Greeley method of calculation, if there are 687,000 veople in St. Louis, as estimated in the 1900 Directory, 294,800 of these are adults. How many of these would fail seats? How would they all get These are questions which in to-morrow’s Sunday patch with figures that will startle natives, “How Women run for Office in Illinois” will be discueased exclusively for readers of the Sunday Post-Dispatch by Mre. Carrie Thomas Alexander of Belleville, who is a of them seats? will be an- Post-Dis- the candidate for trustee of the University of lilinols. Illustrated. The rise of a St. Loulsan from grocer’s errand boy to the management of an insti- tution employing thousands of men will be illustrated and described. The riches of the Cape Nome gold fields | will be thoroughly detailed and illustrated, with a fine map of the district not hereto- fore published in St. Louis. HALETONE PICTURES. Admiral Dewey. Mrs. Dewey. Admiral Liewev and ex-Secretary ter (two views). . co The Dewev mansion iN ST. 1318 Taylor avenue. who pla ce John W. Fos- Miss Kathcyn Marie ttays, Mise Marion L. Micbelbach of Dalles, Ore., will visit the Misses Kerans of Hammett next month Mrs. Stanton Frnes, 2085 Park avenue Mre. Jobn J. Gallagher,. 1428 North Twenty-sec- ond atreet. Mre. A. B. Cull, 8016 Locnat street Misa Nelile Coretta Haye, 1818 Taylor avenue. Miae Martha Buckner, 2748 Walnut street. Anthony Frieseke, formerly Miss Lalu Malt- R326 <allfornia avenue. SEVEN SKILLED WOMEN Relle Zimmerman, 4482 Garfield avenue. Theresa lLlioffman, 2108 South Eleventh \irs rahn, Miss Miss street. Mise Joale Sims, 1610 South Thirteenth street. Mise Eveline Stanton, 2710 South Tenth etreet. Mise Viola Doolittle, 4329 Gibson avenue Miss Leola McLeane, 904 North Twenty-third street Miss Mrra Reiter, 2369 Adame street. BEAUTY CONTESTANTS. Georgia Nicholls, Catro, 11 Florence Majewisas Anderson, Miss Miss Ark Mies Maud McKenney, Carmi, 1 Mise Nella D. Taylor, Nokomis, Il. Mise Aura Stultz. Weston, Mo. Mra. Caddie Albrittain, Jefferson City, Mo. Mies Maud Odell, Oakland, Il Miss Minnie Cules Jeckson Clarendon, Ark. John Fiske, most eminent historians. who willl lecture in this month. will be the. subject teresting talk by Prof. M. 8&8. Washington University. John Fieke is ase remarkable physically Van Buren, St. of an as he is in his literary work. He always | works Father D. | 'S. Phelan and Rev. Jesse Bowman Young, ithe direct successor of attend church to- | is based on the play | City | to find of Américan lauis in- Snow of in a draught. He dislikes a tem- perature of more than DO degrees. He smokes a pipe constantly. He drinks two quarts of beer a day—no more. He wears the thinnest kind of clothing. He defies many of the laws of health followed by or- dinary men and seeme to flourish on that defiance. See his picture and a further des- cription of him in to-morrow's Sunday Post-Dispatch. See the amusing story (told over her own signature) of a popular American woman who tried a vast number of anti-fat reme- dies and still continued distressingly stout. It may help you bear the pangs of being heavy. The best halftone pictures of Dewey—his very latest, copyrighted Clinedinst, Washington, D, C.—evep lished in St. to-morrow’'s Sunday Post-Dispatch. A prominent feature will be the repro- duction of a cartoon actually made by a camera—the only feat of the kind ever ac- complished in St. Louis or elsewhere in the world. Don't forget the halftones. Rose Coghlan is not only a great actress, but an excellent story writer. effort, “‘The Great Ruby,’ was written es- pecially for this paper. commence in the Magazine Admiral by pub- Section morrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch, and will be | , 'a brother will be} continued daily until compleied. It “When Hearts Are Trumps.’ The story entitied “‘The Great Ruby,’’ first presented in this country about two years ago by Au- gustin Daly through the Ada Rehan Com- pany. It ts a detective story of extraor- dinary strengtnh. A story of a unique institution which you may visit when dead, but which you will find interesting even before you earth, will be pictured and described in the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. A story of four Missour! men who trav- eled 8800 miles on a bootlese journey which ended in thre death of three of them will be a striking feature Armand of Paris, one of the greatest of French designers, has described in detail for to-mosrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch the very latest spring and summer fashions promulgated by the great millinery and sar- torial authorities of Paris, and they wiil be presented with full illustrations. PALM SUNDAY WILL BE WET Dr. Dick Hyatt, Official Weather Prog- nosticator, Still Continues to Predict April Showers. Dr. Hyatt is not happy to-day. The de- lighiful article of real spring weather that is upon St. Louis brings him no comfort, for he predicted showers for Saturday. He still declares in all But he has not recanted. rain is en route for this burg and, likelihood. will reach here Sunday. The rains in Texas have been so heavy of late that he thinks it is no wonder that the local supply has been detained. The clouds are are coming Saturday night, to Uncle Sam's forecaster, and wet, unless his cal- according Palm Sunday will culations go awry. There is no cold weather in sight and it looks as !f spring had finally come to stay. THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. SHOWERS. be St. Louis and vicinity—Partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday with probably showers. Missouri—Partly cloudy Saturday night and Sun- day. with probably showers. Louis will be represented. by | Her latest | This story will | of to- | W leave the | ,;as judges Councilman Charles Kratz is plann {ng to proceed criminally against those who afe responsible for the aHeged stuffing of the ballot box in the Tenth Ward at the recent Republican primary. Mr. Kratz says he will push the prosecu- tion to the bitter end and that he is pre- pared to spend an unlimited amount of momey to secure convictions. For several days he has been hard at work gathering evidence, and has,in his possession 145 affidavits, sworn to by men who are recorded as having voted at the primary, each of whom declares that he did not vote at the primary, or if he did, he voted the straight delegation without scratching or substituting names for any of the names on the ticket. Mr. Kratz will make these basis prosecution. The 145 men who make these affidaviis are those who are recorded as casting the 145 ballots upon which the name of F. W. Cle- ments Was seratched and the name of Frank Warner substituted. Clements is Mr. Kratz’ chief lieutenant and Warner is a friend of the Besches and Supply Commis- sioner Fred Meier. To urderstand the situation a cital of circumstances is Kratz and the Besches are Tenth Ward and gations for the primary. Kratz is powerful and the Besehes conciuded it wouid be wise to compromise with him. So they proposed affidavits the of his short re- necessary. rivals in the a compromise, and Kratz consented on con- | cition that he be given tive of the nine dele- Bates, This was agreed to, andit was understood that all other delegations were to be with- arawn. Kratz submitted the names of five men from whom the judyes and clerk were to be chosen. Thinking everything war all right, he went io West Baden. Ind., for his heaith. After his departure the judges clerks of the primary were announced kKratz's friends were astounded to find that the judges and c.erk sele-ted for the second district of the Tenth Ward were not from the list submitted by Kratz. Charles War: and Alex. Meier, a brother of the & ply cCommussioner, Were the judges Lafayette Ritter, a cousin of Kdgar Mepham, a heutenant of Election Commis- sicner Kopusch, was the clerk. When the ballots in this district were counted, it was found that there were 185, and that en 145 of them the name of Fred ; Clements, Kratz’s man, had been and the name of Frank of the judge, Charles substituted. Kratz immediately suspected fraud, and started to head it off. He pro- tes.ed agairst Warner being given the cer- tificate, but City Counselor Schnurmacher advised the Ejection Board that they issue the certificate to him. Kratz then began collecting with the result that the 14 men who recorded as voting the 145 scratched lots swear either thut they did not at all or that they voted siraight, scratched baliots. “The only conclusion,’’ said “is that these 145 scratched either stuffed into the box or regular bal- lots were scratched after the voters had depos.ted them. This is a dirty c.ass of politics that I won't stand for. I fight to the bitter end. These people begged me to compromise with them and I fooi- ishlv consented. That's what makes me sore. If it had been a fight, I woutdn't have minded so much if they stuffed box. They tried to throw me down in the matter of withdrawing delegations, by fa.l- ing at the last moment to keep the agree- ment. Then they subsiituted ther friends and clerk for the men whose accordance with law, I submit- the box turns up with 185 bal- lots in it. This in itself is evidence of fraud, as there was no contest and in t! other district only 68 baliots were cast. When I discovered that on 145 of these bal- lots, Clements’ name was scratched Frank Warner's name substituted, I knew that fraud had been committed. I have affidavits from every one of the 145 men who are recorded as voting the scratched ballots that they did not cast them. That is evidence enough, and I'll make it warm for these people.”’ Mr Kratz has , Me Fauntleroy and Charles A. rep- resent him. HIS WILL INA PHONOGRAPH New York Man Draws Up Probably the Strangest Testament of Its Kind in the World. Warner, Warner, scratcnesi are un- Mr. ballots were names, in ted. Then retained Attorneys Hauts to Special to the Post-Dispatch ROCHESTER N. Y.,. April 7. testament ever made In’ this im the world, is that A. Putnam, an electrical ‘The straneg- est will and city, and possibly just -wornto by A er1.gineer. Mr. Putnam down the othe his office with a smali company orl lawyers and other witnesses and “ his will into a phonograph. He then took a hot copper wire and guided it along the wax roll of the phonograph, writing: “This is my last will and testament.” Hie then signed his name and the wit- nesses affixed the'rs, using the wire itn lieu day in Sat of a pen and the wax roll in place of paper. } | dled it that they filed opposing dele- | and the baby as her own. and | and | |dayvs of 'e@te, -ollow must | afAdaviis, | | out shopping, took the baby from ihe nurse hal- i vote | Kratz, ! will | CIGARETTES CAUSED DEFEAT the ! Kansas Candidate for the School Board the | and | Mrs. Irene Pollard, who passed through St. Louis Wednesday on her way to Macon, | Mo., in search of her husband who, she claimed, had unexpectedly left her Monday at their home in Jersey City, N. J., taking their baby with him, met the object of her search under rather remarkable circum- stances Wednesday afternoon, and a recon- ciliation between the couple immediately resulted. By a strange coincidence, Mrs. Pollard boarded the same train at Union Station for Macon that her husband and baby were or. However, they were not thrown together until they had ridden at least half the way to their destination, although they were in the same coach. About noon, the baby began to grow fret- ' The father did all he could to quiet ’.. but the littie one, missing its mother’s Was in-for a crying spell, and pro- ceeded to carry out this plan much to the discomfort of the other passengers. But there was one person in the coach whose heart went out in sympathy to the bady. That person was Mrs. Pollard. She could not see the baby’s face, but knew from the manner in which its father han- it was about the same age of her own darling, whom she had been hunt- ing since Monday. one ,il.eu tatner than censured it, as the others were doing, and the more the other passengers scowled the more sym- pathetic she became. Finally she concluded that it was her duty to lend her ald to quiet the little weeper, and arose from her seat in the rear of the | car and wa.kKed to the front where Mr. Pol- lard was It was that she sitting. not until recognized was alongside him him as her husband He saw her at Both turned pale and be- The the she the same time. gan to tremble. Neither spoke for several seconds. baby turned her little head towards | woman who had come to help her and inr- } at enuy ceased and to tears danced like diamonds in her eyes, the little arms were extended lovingly her mamma. This circumstance banished all anger against her husband that had been accumu- lating in Mrg. Poilard’s heart during three anxious pursuit him and she fell upon his neck and wept with joy. His reception of her was quite affection- and they seemed from that Instant to the past to He buried without further explanation. The scene was witnessed with wonder by the passengers, and, when it was over, there was nota dry eye in the coach. Mr. and Mrs. Pollard continued their jour- ney to Macon, where they. are new guests of Mr. Pollard’s parents. They remain there for several days, after which they will return to their home in New Wh.le Mrs. Pollard was in St. Louis Wednesday she ioid ‘the Post-Dispatch that her husband suddenly sold out his furniture business in Jersev City Monday, went to their home in the afternoon while she was c a | i Jersey and left tmmediately for the West. She started after him that night. Pollard arrived in St. Lou.s Tuesday even- ing and spent the night at the Moser Ho- tel. H.s wife arrived Wednesday and both proceeded on their journey to Macon on a Wabash train. A dispatch from Macon Sat- urday morning to the Post-Dispatch related the details of the reconciiiation. Se Beaten by the Votes of Women. PARSONS, Kan., April 7.—At Monday's election, Dr. J. M. Cunningham, the Repub- lican candidate for member vof the Board of Education from the Second Ward, was the only Repubiican candidate who met de- feat, and since then it has deveioped that | he lost the office because he smoked cigar- | ettles. Some time before the election, the women | of the city quietiy organized to defeat Cun- ningham. They said that a cignreite smok- er on the Schoo! Board would encourage the habit of cigarette smoking in the schools. Much interest was d.ispiayed in the eiection, and the number of votes polled by women broke the local record. EARTHQUAKE IN WASHINGTON. Nooksack River Diverted and Entire Valley Changed. SEATTLE, Wash., April 7.—A tremen- dous upheaval, accompanied by wonderful changes, occurred in the Mount Baker dis- trict on March 27. What had been the valley and bed of Nooksack River is now a hill 70 feet high. Report of the oc- currence was brought to this city by D. P. Simone, Jr... who says the noise of the up- heav sounded like heavy rumblings of thund@m. He and his party were mucn dis- turbed’ and immediately began investiga- tion. They journeyed in the direction from which the sound came and were astonisned to find a huge mound of earth, nearly a quarter of a mile square, where formerly there had been a valiey. once GEREEEE EEL KEE EEEEEECECEE CECE EELEELEE EEC EEEEEELLEE EEE CCE ECC EEEEEL EEC CC EEEEE R “THE GREAT RUBY,” seoscoon A SERIAL STORY WRITTEN BY xxoorcmoe ROSE COGHLAN, The Famous Actress, ~~ Will Begin Publication in THE SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH.... Ne ee hh hh Rh SSS AS RSS SRS aad SSS RSS 559 955:55555539.5 5599555 § Os ree ea. ET BES Ab dh. CR me » 7 * inate oc ‘In England,” says the Gazette, “we can! ee ee ere ee ee After Determined Effort and a Fight Fourteen of Them Get Away From Simonstown. CARNAVON. Cape Colony, April 6.—It is reported that 200 Boers, who were not aware that Sir Charles Parsons had occu- pied Kenhardt Rode and who were on their way to that place, have been captured by the British troops. The Canadian Artillery has returned here ifrom Van Wyacks Vlei, LONDON, April 7, 1:05 p. m.—Lord Rob- erts reports to the War Office as follows: Bloemfontein, Friday, April 6.—The cas- ualties at Reddersburg were: Officers killed, Capt. F. G. Casson and Lieut. C. R. Barclay, both of the North- umberlands; wounded, 2; captured, 8 Non- commissioned officers and men killed, 8; wounded, 33; the rest were captured. Our strength was 167 mounted infantry and 424 infantry. The enemy was said to be 3100 strong, with five guns, CAPE TOWN, April 6—A attempt to escape was made to-day by the Boer prisoners at Simonstown and four- teen of them succeeded in getting away. In the confusion one of the prisoners was killed? and another was wounded. One was recaptured, but about fourteen are missing. Seniries have been placed at different parts of the town tary supervision. LONDON, yk nines e 2:35 p. m.— ihe Boers ing Gen. rabant’s colonial main body of which, with is at Wepener. A telegram which left Maseru, land, north of Wepener, at midnight, de- ser.bes the Boers as being “in great fear’ and as af aid to make a frontal attack, but it is admitted that ing to turn the British position by crossing the Basuto frontier by a road skirting the Ca.edon River, the road emerging south of Wepener. The Basutos are excited. As- sistant Commissioner Griffiths, with a force of police, left Maseru-_Friday, going where the Boers are about to trespass and the tribesmen engaged for railroad work at B.oemfontein are deserting to protect their villages. Reports reach Maseru’ almost hourly of Boer activity in the Orange Free State. The latest unofficial dispatches Bicemfontein, dated [Phursday, say: “The Boers continue to snow great ac- tivitv and numbers of British troops are arriving daily.’”’ The alleged ill-treatment of the farmers who gave up their arms has called to the front the Friend of the Free State, pub- lished by the correspondents under mili- tury supervision. In iis commenis it says: “When the question of settlement comes, those who are responsible for the out- razes will be called to account. We show leniency and tolerance towards rebels, and we expect our example to be followed by those directing the enemy's affairs. We shall exact from the two Presidents full reparation for criwity and inhumanity.” The army at Bloemfontein ts depending on water Arawn from the wells. The afternoon newspapers are unsparing in their criticism of the military disposi- tions permitting WO men to be isolated and capthred. The St. James Gazet‘e and Globe dwell with sneering emphasis on ‘the unfortu- ‘urrence,”’ the artillery, Basuto- frem ASHANTI TRIBES IN ARMS British Governor’s Endeavor to Obtain Possession of the ‘‘Golden Stool’’ Causes Uprising. . ACCRA, British Gold Coast Colony, Aprii 6—The situation in Ashant! is unchanged. A Caomassie runner reports that all the Ashanti tribes are in arms, the King Rekwal alone remaning loyal. It is belleved that the Ashanti Stool has been found and that the rising is due to the endeavor of the Governor of the colony, Sir Frederic Mitchell Hlodgsan, to take possession of it. England had a terrific war with the Ash- antees in 1863-4, and thought tney had con- quered them. In 1873-4 and the British under Sir Garnet Wolseley took ard burned Kumasi (or Coomassie), but failed to occupy the territory. Feb, 13, 1874, the Ashantees signed a treaty of peace, me Golden the GEN. MILES FOR PRESIDENT He Has Stated to Mr. Whitney and Other Friends That He Would Ac- cept the Nomination. NEW YORK, April 7.—Gen. Nelson A. Miles is willing to be the Democratic nom- inee for President. He has so stated to his friends and 10 days ago he visited Wm, ©. Whitney to talk with him about the poss!i- bility of his being nominated. Mr. Whitney told the General that all of the leading gold Democrats were as much nomination of Hrvan now was named four years age, he dni not commit himeeif to the support of the General. He mereiy took the matter under advisement apd seid apposed to the =a they when he were duet jhe would consu!t with bis friends determined , aml the station is under mili- , jen : division, the they were endeavor-' of | / Bt. tribes revolted ‘‘Taking the shamrock in her hand, this Queen dares to ask Ireland for soldiers to protect the exterminators of thelr race.” Commenting upon the United Irishman, the pendent condemns the authorities as ‘“‘stupid tune.’ Jt says: “Looking through the issue we find many coarse and insolent references to the Queen and Lord Lieutenant which no one with the Instincts of a gentleman could attempt to defend, but, abusively offensive as they are, they afforded no justification for sup- pression.”’ The Freeman's Journal remarks: “The Castle has again acted with its usual gross stupidity. Such unwar- rantable interference with the press without a trial or warning would never be attempted or tolerated itn England, The Castle authority deems the Queen's Visit an auspiclous moment to em- phasize the difference between the two countries, 0 ———————— OOo seizure of the Dublin Inde- action of the and inoppor- ——— = ee eee ee ea a a Gr a a a but eit happen.’ Sergeant Major Brocker, who. i pears, escaped from Pretoria’ with Cone Haldane and Lieut. Lemesurer, hae reached lorenzo Marquez, He lost his companions at Elands River, obtained a situation as bar man at a rallroad station and event- 7 Ya om, pred to pe frontler. all contingent o nners from the British battleship Mouarch let for Bloemfontein Friday. ee Though Lord Roberte leat nearly 1000 mon this week he ig stronger relatively, as fou tage Be many men have been mae pe. Bradforé have cut elegraph wires between here and Bos The British scouts r rted y that a foree of from 12, to 18, had been seen beyond Bosman’s K mov- ing from Thaba N’Chu ‘to the sout The enemy, by appeals and menaces combined, are vainly trying to induce the burghers to take the fleld again. In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. George Wyndham, parliamentary secretary of the War Office, announced that the Boer prisoners on March 2 numbered 8000. The number of British prisoners has not been ascertained accurately. At the end of March, however, it was known that 3456 British officers and men were itn the hands of the enemy. Mr. Wyndham sald in con- clusion that {it was not thought that the time had come to raise the question of exchanging prisoners. UNION JACK IN IRISH HANDS Britain’s Flag Fondled and Flaunted by Children of Ireland Who Have Never Touched It Before. still and wonder what will next the f ¥ rs DUBLIN, ‘March 7.—The weather is mild« er, and it Is not raining. Queen Victoria is spending an active day. After breakfast - she drove out fn a donkey carriage. Children arrived in shoals throughout the morning from all parts of the country to attend the fete in Phenix Park. The streets were full of picturesque pro- cessions of boys and girls, all the children carrying small union jacks, probably for the first time in their lives. They were in charge of priests, sisters and teachers. MARTIN M'ADORY GONE a a DISCHARGED FROM BREWERY OFFICE TUESDAY MORNING. HE DISAPPEARED THAT DAY, Detectives are searching for Martin L, MeAdory, a well-known resident of South Louis, who for many years Was cOon- nected with the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, He has been missing from his home, 44 South Grand avenue, since Tuesday morne- ing. When McAdory left home Tuesday morne ing he went, as usual, direct to the brewe- ery. There was a very good reason, though, why he did not remain there as usual. He found a note om bis desk telling him that his services would no longer be needed by the company, as a new billing clerk had been engaged. As soon as he had read the note, McAdory bid his old assactates good-by and left, tell- ing them he was going bome. But he hag not arrived there yet. His wife has not heard from him in the interval and she is greatly worried. McAdory, tt seems, t# the administrator of the estate of hie first wife's parents and has charge of considerable money from that source. ‘ It has been learned by Mrs. McAdory that her husband, before leaving the neighbeor- hood of the brewery, drew out of the bank all the money he had deposited. 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