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THE MORNING NEWS, h'.shed 1860. .- - Incorporated 188S J. H. ESTILL, President. millions lost by flood. CALAMITY IS ESPECIALLY HARD ON THE FARMERS. people Drowned in Some Localities na< l Man’y Animal* Have Lost Their livfx-.SitiiHiion With the lluil roadM Is Little Better—Jackson Has „ Water Famine With Water All Around It—llu*lnet** Suffer** From Lo** of Mailt*. jsi, u Orleans, April 20.—The flood which conim* i*ced the early part of the week has fl i r . caused, at a conservative esti fully $3,000,000 loss in Central and ; ; rn Mississippi, to say nothing of the damans to the railroads. •] Ktent of the losses has not yet been 3 r alized, and It may be some days vet be*fore an accurate total can be reach ed lor mail communications has been to tally tiit off between these localities which have suffered most and the outside world <i i telegraph lines suffered greatly, so that the news is just now beginning to arrive by wire. In Louisiana, too, the damage done by the ui,, iccedented rains was great, but in thi> .'•tate they are more inferential than positive. A special from Columbia, Miss., which was received late to-night, fixes the loss in that little town and vicinity at $500,000. Many farm houses were carried away by th mad waters, the occupants barely es caping with their lives and the number of cattle destroyed was great. A great many gins and mill houses were washed away and many saw mills saw their lum ber pi * s melted away as if by magic. Near. ly every bridge around Columbia was swept down stream. Peart river is now higher than it has been known for many years. . Miles and miles of the New Orleans and Northeastern track are still under water. Many Animals Drowned. Honey Island, the rendezvous of the not' and train robber Burch, Is under twenty feet of water, and the island, which has for years been one of the natural game preserves of the South, is now devoid of wild animals. Hundreds of deer were drowned and the hills near the banks of the l’earl river are now the temporary abiding places of all manner of four-foot ed life. The log booms in the neighborhooJ of Peirlington were all carried away ana the loss sustained ir> this direction alone amounts to thousands of dollars. l-i'tr ing news comes from Hichery, Mi'= i small town on this road, which is i jw completely 6urrounded by water and inundated in many localities. Hun <!rr Is of hogs and cattle near this point w- re drowned, and miles of fencing have been washed away. The latest advices from the town of En terprise state that the losses there have bem great, and much destitution pre i vails. Half a score of towns are com pletely cut off from the outside world, as they have been since the early part of the wr. k. From Chunky river swamps r*ar In erprise comes the news of a h-avy loss of life. • h * i’ inois Central road is crippled I badly. The New Orleans and Northeast- I err., the East Louisiuna and the Yazoo I and Mississippi Valley are as yet unable I to mow trains, and the Mobile and Ohio I also a heavy sufferer. [ H**a*trou* Washout*. I A special from McComb City says: I train from New Orleans since I Monday arrived Monday. The washouts I 'utli of < hatawa, on the Illinois Central I Abroad was the worst ever experienced I '* s company, over five miles of track I being completely destroyed. Large forces I C! ni< n have been employed in rebuilding f tru k- On Wednesday evening two ■ t ains of passengers from the North, en It“ New Orleans and other points ■ Buuth w-re compelled to lay over here I hist night.-on account of the track. I ial to the Picayune from Enter ■ L* : •. Miss., says: 9 I dal loss of the merchants of this ■ the recent overflow amounted to ■ 'M.immi. Quite a large number of I b; u residences, wUh all live stock, I atv i total loss. ■ * can conceive of the distress that I °ver this section. Thousands of I worth of fertilizers sold by the ■ ts to the farmers of this country I 'Wept away ■ and was washed off, leaving only | hmtion Around Jackson. ■ MIPS., April 20.—The Illinois H u:anaged to open traffic with New ■ m-night over the Natchez branch I “zoo und Mississippi Valley road, m trains are running wiih great H :i account of the treacherous con ■“d-on <>'• the track. ■ ir bn line is still 4lckl up below Mag- B • die high waters, ami the official* B - ' t to get traffic opened before B dart of next week. H A | u *>s washed out at Pearl river ■ ‘ h " situation In Jackson Is rap- H ■ 1 e worse, ami a good sized sec ■ somhern portion of the city :c,i witli the backwater from orl ’ ■" 1 on three sides by water ■ ‘ the numerous smull streams , "nd their banks, the city Is it 1 m. confronted with the danger bimlne, the overflow of the ■ out tin* llres In the pump H ' Water Works Company, and IB and tus plant to close down. , ' h vt. het n lost. Matty people H , :va ti fiom their homes by the ■H oal are searching for lodging. 1 1 to-night that twenty-seven H 1 k of the new Qulf and rthlp H n. iween Jackson and Hattles ■B 'll washed away, that la af BB loken from |i. banks ami Is n ’ J ’ over the surrounding coun *'•' k away femes and houHea, H 'toils ami drowning much w 11 tsiultry. BH ‘ 1 111 (he Wakon UlJge at this Up JBtffmwjj ftegi point Pearl river Is now one vast lake stretching six or eight miles to the east and south. The Alabama and Vicksburg railroad bridge Is toltering on its foundations to night and will doubtless be swept away before morning. Advices from several states from which a general idea of the flood is gained, in dicate that the damage will reach into millions and the calamity falls es pecially hard on the farmers. Repairing the Washout*. Mobile, Ala., April 20.-The flood situa tion on the Mobile and Ohio was not im proved by Thursday. To-day, however, has been fair, and it is believed the flood has reached Its limit. The railroad company has 500 men at work in the flooded district, repairing breaks, and the officials are confident that the through trains will be run by Monday. A force of men. has been sent from the shops at Whistler, and a like force from the Jackson division. They are now at work at Enterprise, where the banks are badly washed to a depth of twelve feet. Water is still over the track at Uwynns for a distance of a mile. There Is a bad break in the Montgomery division, near Buhl, but passengers are transferred at that point. It is expected trains will run through on that division to-morrow night. A special from Buckatunna. on the Mo bile division, says that the loss of stock and to farms is enormous, many of the farms being ten feet under water. Fami lies have been foroed to seek the hills for safety. The Soutnern Railway is suffer ing between Meridian and Selma, and there will be no trains before Monday on that division. The Louisville and Nashville is carry ing much Illinois Central freight. The transportation of 107 carloads of bananas is one feature of to-day’s business. The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad escaped damage until to-day, but the rivers have overflowed and cut off the town of Merrill, at the western terminus. Trains do not go any further than Luce dale. Merrill is on the Pascagoula river. Much alarm is felt there. There are from one to three million logs in the Pascagou la river boom, threatening damage to the Louisville and Nashville bridge below, If the boom breaks. It is learned that the boom company has taken the precaution lo use steel ropes to hold the boom, and that danger has. it is believed, been avoided. Business Men Suffering. Meridian, Miss., April 20.—The mer chants and business men of Meridian are beginning to suffer from the continued suspension of railroad traffic as a result of the floods. Five days have elapsed since any freight or mail reached the city, except from the north. Reports from the surrounding flooded districts tosndght are gloomy, showing no prospect of the resumption of traffic be fore Monday or Tuesday. The waters i the large streams south of here continue to rise. Floods nt Colnmbln, S. C. Columbia. S. C., April 29—The heavy rains of the past three days have done considerable damage to the crops in this state, beating down the earth in places onl overflowing in others. The YVateree river is twenty-nine feet above low water at Camden. The Conga ree was twenty feet here to-day. The Seaboard’s new bridge over the Wa teree is just a few feet above water level, but is not in dangeri In this city the Seaboard has been ham pered on account of cuts through I .in col a street caving in and imbedding the track. No serious damage, however, has been done. SIORELEDtiK'S RUEER CAREER. Ends With a Twenty-Five Year Term in the Penitentiary. Kansas City, April 20.—C. E. Moreledge, an actor, who last winter “held up” two restaurants and a saloon In the benter of the business district single-handed In or der to get sufficient money to put his com pany on the road, was found guilty in the Circuit Court here to-day and sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary. He pleaded Insanity. His career, as portrayed by witnesses in this case, showed him to be a veritable “Mulberry Sellers.” He was one of the original promoters of the Topolobampo Co-operative Colonization scheme, and he originated a scheme to dam the Missouri river at Bismhrk, N. D., and to divert the entire flow of waters in a gigantic ditch that would flow southward through Ne braska and Kansas and have latteral ditches that would irrigate the whole of the western parts of those slates. “There is millions in it,” read letters written years ago by Moreledge and which were presented In court to-day by his at torney in an effort to prove the prisoner's insanity. Another scheme projected by Moreledge was to revive the "Ancient Order of Mag ic,” and still another was that to build a big co-operative apartment house that T/buld cover several blocks. James A. Finley, who was Indian agent in Pine Ridge, S. D., in IS9O, during ihe uprising of the Sioux Indians there, let tilled about how Moreledge made "big” money there. Moreledge was there with a photographing outfit. After the battle of Wounded Knee, Gen. Brooks issued an order that no one in the agency should go beyond a certain line, because the Indians were in great numbers and very blood-thirsty. That night Moreledge was missed and a search was made for him. The next morning he came into camp. Ho had spent the night on the battlefield of Wounded Knee, tak ing flashlight photographs of the dead sol diers and Indians and he afterward had thi se pictures copyrighted and made a great deal of money selling them. Gen. lb oaks had to banish him from the agen cy because of his recklessness and diare gaid of orders. TO STOP NATIVE UPRISINGS. Troop* Sent to Quell ll*tiirhnce* In West Africa. Logos, British West Africa, April 20. Three hundred Nigerian troops have been dispatched overland to the Qaman coun try, northwest of Ashanti, whero the Brit ish resident agent reports a re rcrudeecctute of the troubles which necessitated the expedition last ycat. One hundred and fifty other troops are proceeding from the Gold Coast. There are unconfirmed rumors here of trouble with the French at .\b ko, In the Yeruba country, In the neighborhood of th" Dahomey frontier. Owing to the dis tance. however, thla can hardly ho con ■ct* and with the trouble In Ashanti and Unman. Heavy fighting la reported In progress near Kiumassl. SAVANNAH. GA., SATURDAY. APRIL 21. 1900. HAY IS MOVING CAUTIOUSLY. HE WILL FIRST TRY DIPLOMACY WITH THE SULTAN. Slate Department Sntiafled With the Accuracy of Minister Straus’ State ments—lnconceivable That Three l nJte<l States Ministers Should He Similarly Deceived—Europe Would Be Glad to See Is Pounce on Tur key—What the Turkish Minffrter Says. Washington, April 20.—Secretary Hay re turned to Washington today from New York. It is apparent that, though determined upon positive action in the collection of Its just claims against the Turkish govern ment, the state department is proceeding decorously and with due precautions against being led into the assumption of any position which it cannot maint^n. It may be stated by authority thar the state department is entirely satisfied of the accuracy of Minister Straus' state ment relative to the promises made to him by the Porte, notwithstanding the at tempted explanations and efforts to be cloud the issue by declaration that Ihe Sultan’s promises were conditional. The minister's dispatches, sent while he was in Constantinople, are couched in ex act terms; his written statements are fully confirmed by his oral explanations to the department upon his return to the United States; and moreover, the pledges he secured were similar to those made to the two preceding United States ministers to Turkey. In the opinion of the state department officials, it is inconceivable that three United States ministers should be successively deceived in the terms of a promise, or should have reached similar misunderstandings. How Europe Feels About It. The approval which the state depart ment’s latest action seems to have re ceived in Europe was anticipated, it be ing realized here that several of the con tinental powers having similar claims to our own against Turkey, being them selves prevented from initiating any forci ble demand upon 4he Turkisk government by reason of the jealousy of their neigh bors, are entirely willing that the United States government shall act as pioneer in this matter, ami clear the way for a prosecution of their own just claims. It also is believed here that the Euro pean Powers are hopeful that the attitude assumed by the United States in the pres ent instance may indirectly serve to deter the Turkish government from the proposed arbitrary increase of 3 per cent, in custom dues which it seems inclined to make In defiance of the joint protest of the Euro pean, Powers. It appears that our gov ernment Ist lending its moral support to this protest, for. while not joining with the others in the combine.! note. our charge, Mr. Griscom. has been instructe 1 to make representations on our acc unt in opposition to the increase of duties. Say* It Can Be Arranged. All Ferrouh Bey, the Turkish minister said to-day that he probably would hoar from his government in a short time con cerning ’the American claims. He insists that an amicable settlement can be ar ranged, and repeats his statement already published, that, in view' of the high esteem in which fie wls held by the Sultan, and the fact of his acting in. a diplomatic ca pacity, Minister Straus was not justified in making the assertion that the SuHan had broken his promise in regard to the settlement of the claims. TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS. House Committee's Decision n* to That Removal Bill. Washington, April 20.—Many telegrams have been received by the House Commit tee on Judiciary as to the proposed legis lation growing out of the case of ex-Capt. Oberlin M. Carter and the recent decision of Judge Brown in the cases of Messrs. Greene and the Gaynors. The Senate has already' passed a bill, on lines proposed by Attorney General Griggs, providing for the removal from one locality to another of persons indicted for offenses against the United States. In view of the many telegraphic solici tations and the apparent differences of le gal opinion on the subject, the House Com mittee to-day decided to hold public hear ings on the subject. Attorney General Griggs and others prominent in legal circles will appear at the hearings. The time has not yet been fixed WOMAN’S TERRIBLE LEAP. \li** Dinsc Jumped From Brooklyn Bridge* mid Lives. New York, April 20.—Miss Marie I>inse of thin city jumped from the Brooklyn bridge at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Many men have made this leap into the waters of the East river since the bridge has been completed. Most of them have perished, but Miss Dinse is the second woman who has ever attempted to end her life in this way. She i now in the Hudson Street Hospital. No bones were broken, but physlcflans sny it is possible that she has sutained internal injuries. She is about 32 years old and was for merly a part ow ner of a boarding house in this city. She stepped from a carriage in motion about fifty feel from the bridge tower on the New York end and dropped to the water below. She struck on her right side, and after the first splaph floated, drifting down stream, carried by the tide. She was picked up by the tug Tacoma's crew and taken to the hospi tal. She had been melancholy and the hack man says she acted rather odd before she reached the point where she left the car riage. an anti-amehic an feeling. — * Reported Tluat *lt Is Spreading .Anionic the .1 ll pit lie* e. London, April Hally Mail pub lishes a letter from Yokohoma describ ing the “growth of ant I-American feeling" in Japan. The writer says: ••This development is due to the harsh treatment the Jsismese have received in liHWtii and to the belief that the Unite I Htsies will stop Japanese immigration to Hawaii Th? feeling is cslcuistisd to lead to a dsplotuMr war of Uafttw# god lo is lulUtol) ftslilcUoh*." SCOTT’S NT MEROCS THREATS. Many llixl Ht'aril Him Say lie Would Kill Col. Colton. Frankfort. Ky.. April 20.—1n ihe Colson trial to-day William Smoot testified that he overheard Lieut. Scott and Golden talking in front of the Capital Hotel a few minutes before the tragedy occurred, In which ScGtt and two others were killed. Smoot heard Scott say to Golden: “This trouble has been brewing long enough and has got to end now," to which Golden replied: "Whatever you do don’t let him get the drop on you.” Kit Ohtnn, son of Col. Jack Chinn, testi fied that ho saw Golden and Scott stand ing by the cigar case, conversing In a whisper. Breck Combs of Breathitt county was In the lobby when the fight opened. He said Scott fined the first shot. Max Hansberry and Max Redin of Midway both testified that Scott fired the first shot. Charles Willis, one of the lieutenants in Col. Colson's regiment, told of ihe threat • Scott had made against Colson In Annis ton, Ala. Sheriff Bosworth of Fayette county said that Scott told him last July at Lexing ton t Hat Colson would never live until the November election. Thomas B. Cromwell of Lexington toid of a threat Scott had made, against Col son and his communicating to Colson. Many witnesses were introduced during the nfternoon who testified to Scott's character, the threats made against Col son's life and Colson avoiding Scott re peatedly. The defense closed their case until 5 o’clock. The commonwealth started at once to Introduce testimony in rebuttal. Two attorneys of Lexington, W. C. Hobbs and W. JP. Kimball, stated that in Lexington Scott’s reputation was good. Two or three more witnesses will be in troduced to-morrow and the case will be ready for argument. • WAS GOV. TAYLOR IXDICTKDf Relieved He YV<* 111 Spite of State ment* to the Contrary. Frankfort, Ky. t April 21.—When the or ders of the Circuit Court were ready to day all names announced as having been indicted yesterday were read by the clerk, but the name of Gov. W. S. Taylor was not mentioned. This disposes of the rumor that on in dictment had been handed down against Taylor. The court officers refuse to state whether or not an indictment has been found against Gov. Taylor and suppressed for service. It Is not known whether a bench warrant has been issued. It is reported that Gov. Taylor may atxlva. here to-mor row. There is said to bave t>een much 'communication by wire yesterday between here and Washington. Friends of Gov; Taylor say he is ready #n meet any charge that may have been brough agdinat him, but they do not want him Incarcerated without ball, which they say he in any reasonable amount. The clerk of the court insists that there is no record on file of any Taylor Indict ment and all the other Indictments re turned yesterday are on file in the clerk's office. The circuit judge can hold an In dictment until the bench warrant has been served and such is believed to be the case in this instam e. Current reports are generally credited that the warrant even has been issued ready for service on the return of the Governor. Various stories were afloßt 'all day con cerning alleged sensationa*4|cenes In the grand jury room during the voting on the indictment, but could not be confirmed. YOITSEY APPLIES FOR HAIL. He Pleaded Not Guilty When Ills Case Wn* Called. Frankfort. Ky., April 20.—1n the Cir cuit Court to-day the case of Henry E. Youtsey, one of the men Indicted as prin cipals in the assassination of Gov. Goebel, was called. Youtsey pleaded not guilty. Motion was entered for bail and the hearing was set for Monday, April 30, MUST KEEP LY* THE COURTS. Gov. Allen of Porto Rico Will Snll on the Rol,,hln To-day. Washington, April 20. Although no re port has come from Gen. Davis respect ing ihe necessity for continuing the Por to Rican courts as at present constituted under the terms of the organic act, the Porto Rican agitation on that point has not failed to attract the attention of the officials here. . It is realized that the island might bo thrown into a state of semi-anarchy were it deprived completely of courts for even a short period, and It Is probable that the war department will make a special rec ommendation to Congress on this subject, proposing to the House of Representatives an amendment to the pending Senate res olution extending the. functions of the customs officers in Porto Rico so as to In clude the courts. Gov. Allen expects to sail for Porto Rico to-morow, taking with him 'Mr. Wheeler Howell, his private stenographer to serve in, the same capactjty in Porto •Rico. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Allen and hl daughter, Miss Allen. Tho Dolphin is now making ready for the trip at the Washington navy yard. With ordi narily good weather, the vessel should or rlvn off San Juan about the 27th instant. Admiral Farguhar cabled the navy de partment to-day from Bermuda that, in execution of his orders to es-ort the new governor on his entry Into the harbor of San Juan, the New York and Texas will sail from Bermuda early to-morrow morn ing for San Juan. The Machlas, also of his sguadron, sailed yesterday for Snmana Bay, Sun Domingo. The vessels of the squadron will not proceed directly to San Juan, hut after spending some days In exercising at sea, they will rendezvous off San Juan harbor until the Dolphin arrives und then make the entry In state. ItiikslM mill Korea Agree. Seoul, April 21.—aVi agreement has been concluded 1 >etwren the Russian and Ko rean government, Koreu pledging herself not y> alien >ic Kopje Islarul at the mouth of Masarnpho harbor. Great Distress la India. Simla, India, April 2<> —The distress among Ihe people la spreading ami (.100,000 persons are now receiving relief. Record Price for a Seat, New York. April JO A stock exchange scat was sold yesterday tut fil.y/j. This Is the record price. FREE STATE IS A SEA OF MUD. o' - TROOPS ARE NOW MARCHING ON SODDEN HOADS. Iloers Still Surround Dnljeety nt We lener, But Belief Is Ileiiiur Sent. Reported Xow Tlmt .Robert* linn BeK'itii His March Towiird Pretoria. Puhllcn tlon of Spfon Hop Dlnpatch Does Not Men ik That Holler and Warren Will He Recalled. London, April 21, 4:20 a. m.— Gen. Cherm fiide and Gen. Bundle are moving over ihe sodden roads. Rain was still falling* when they went into comp Thursday afternoon % eight* on miles west of DeWetsdorp. They hold tho railway und the southern frontier of the Free State with 20,000 men. How many are going with the g nerals who will engage the Boers at Wepener is not mentioned in the latest dispatch from Oorlogspoort, where tho British blvuoaclc ed Wednesday night. The field telegraph ends there. On Thursday the Boers still had Col. Dalgety closely penned. The government’s reason for publishing Lord Roberts’ Splon kop dispatches wjm explained last evening at Hull by Mr. Wal ter Hume Long, president of the Board of Agriculture, who said that the country was entitled to receive all the information the government could give. “The government is told," continued Mr. Long, “that having published the dis patches, it is bound to deal immediately with the generals affected, but, in follow ing such a course the government might have to dismiss every general the mo* nu nr he made a mistake. Had such a policy been pursued in the past, many most glorious deeds would not have been pel formed. “The government used its discretion in publishing the dispatches. From the be ginning of the campaign Her Majesty’s ministers have not swerved from the rule of leaving the conduct of tiie operations to the discretion and Judgment of the commander-in-chief." Gen. White, if no? required in South Africa, will go as Governor of Gibraltar toward the end of May. COUNTRY IS DEED IN MUD. PiCgroai Is Impossible Until the Ronds Improve. London, April 21.—The Bloemfontein cor respondent of the Morning Post, tele graphing Thursday, April 19, says: , "The country about Bloemfontein Is deep in mud, but the weather is improving. Progress will he Impossible until the roads are in better Condition. “Strenuous efforts are being made to re arrange the transport to meet the require ments of the enlarged urmy. "In view of the impending advance anx iety increases among the troops concern ing the future of (he garrison at Bloem fontein, everyone having (he thought of being left there. There has been no in crease of sickness." TRYING TO CUT OFF RELIEF. Iloers Still Holding: Their Ground Around Wepener. Maseru, Basutoland, April 19.—The Boers continue to move freely around We pener, going in all directions from which relief columns are expected. Desultory cannon fire and sniping have been going on all day with scarcely any reply from Col. Dalgety’s force. The Caledon river rose considerably during the night. This made the Boers un easy as they fear separation. Some rein forcements have arrived for them, com ing apparently from Thaba Nchu, or that direction. Our casualties up to date are believed to have been twenty-five killed and 110 wounded. Owing to the heavy rain and clouds hel’o graphing has been impossible for the last two days. The Boers who lately surrendered In th** Wepener district have Ben forced again with violence to fight. Ten of their lead ers have, been arrestd. President Sleyn has issued orders to ihe Boer forces to hold tight to tho grain dis tricts of Wepener, Ladybrand and Ficks burg from which they draw their food sup plies and also to prevent (he British forces from getting the rich supplies now in those districts. ON THE IIIGGARSBKRG RANGE. Iloers Have Strong Fortifications But Short Supplies. Elandslaagte. Thursday, April 19.—The British patrols yesterday discovered an other party of Boers or* the British left, in the same position from which the en emy recently fired on the South African horse. In this instance, however, there was no firing. Native deserters confirm previous state ments with respect to the fortifications and strength of the Boers along the Blg garsberg range. The enemy have recently established o large hospital, which is al ready filled and similar hospitals are be ing established by them at various rail way towns. The Boers are losing many horses. The mnk and file ore not allowed to forage for supplies. Their sugar Is exhausted and only bush tea is available. The Boer 9 are reported to wish to leave the Biggarsberg nnd to take up a posi tion at Majuba, but the commandants re fuse. . FIGHT NEAR KAREE SIDING. Firing Reported Hut tlie Resultn Are Not Known. London, April 2 (\ 11:15 a. m.—A special dispatch from Bloemfontein, under yes terday’s date, saya firing I reported to be In progress south of Karoo Hiding, nix mile* north of Glen. The strength of tho Boers Is not known. The British infantry, supported by artillery, held a strong posi tion on a large dam. MAT THEM TO I’HRTORIA. Iloers (iipinreil Two Ofllma and n C or respondent. Allwal Norih, April Csp*. Little of Brabant's horse, Lieut. llolU-ck orul Mr Milne, a ID trier corresponded, fell into Ihn hands of Iho enemy while they were trying to reach Wcpenor a week two. Evrythlng was taken from the prisoners, who were sent to Pretoria. Their native servants who escaped from the Boer laugvr near Wepener, say that there were four guns disabled and that the 800 re htui lost 100 In killed alone. It la also ascertained that the Boers made a night attack on April 11, but were discovered while creeping along a ditch, by Cape i.Vlounted Rirles, with Maxims, who fired into them at a distance of 200 yards with the result that the Boers lost live wagon loads of killed and wounded. A simultaneous attack in other quar ters was repulsed by the British, who used their bayonets. The Boers still surround Wopenejr, but there has been little firing lately. HO BE II T 9 MAY IIA V K ST A HTE D. Indications Arc Tlint He Hits llejciiu His Long: March. London, April 20, 1:50 p. m.—The report of lho fighting at Karee Siding, six miles north of Glen, may be tho first news of the progress of the British advance on Pretoria. But even if this were only an unimport ant skirmish, there are many other indi cations that Lord Roberts is either start ing or has already started for the north ern goal. A dispatch from Cape Town, under to-day’s date, says: “Tho censorship restrictions have been increased owing to the movements of the troops." All tho dispatches bear traces of the strenuous efforts of the correspondents to give their papers an inkling of what Is afoot. Tho Boers south of Bloemfontein are re ported to be retreating. Large commands were seen April 19, near Thabanchu, mov ing lo the north. Their progress was slow, however, owing to the terrible condition of the country. By way of Pretoria comes a report that fever is decimating tho Mafeking garrison and a letter from the Mayor of Mafeking says Lord Roberts asked Col. Baden-Pow ell to hold out until May 20. Cecil Rhotles returns to Cape Town to morrow. Tho announcement of his de parture was unexpected. Never has a man so prominently connected with the vital questions of the day paid such a quiet visit to London. It is learned that the so-called “empire-maker" came to Eng land purely on business connected with the British Chartered South African Com pany, and the Deßeers’ Mines Company. He has accomplished his objects, and, hating inaction, and not wishing to meet people or freely express hla view's, has suddenly determined to return to South Africa, where ha will watch the interests of these two companies. Cecil Rhodes has absolutely refused 1 to be interview', though lately he has ex pressed scathing comments on several of the generals still holding commands at the front. Lady Gatacre will be n fellow passenger of Mr. Rhodes. She 1 going hs far as Madeira to meet her husband, the British General, who has been sent back to Eng land. BABTIE GETS VICTORIA CROSS. Attended tlie Wounded fit Coletiso Under Iflenvy Fire. Tendon, April 20.—Tho Gazette announces that tho Queen has conferred the Victoria cross on MaJ. William Babtle of the army medical corps for conspicuous bravery at the battle of Colenso. Maj. Babtle went to the assistance of wounded gunners in the face of a heavy rifle fire, during the fighting Dec. 15, and, later in tho day, assisted in bringing in Lieut. Roberts, eon of Ird Roberts, who lost his life while attempting to rescue the guns, for which, after his death, he waa awarded tho Victoria cross. This lut ter feat of Maj. Babtle was also accom plished under a severe fusilade. GUERILLA WARFARE BEGUN. Fiiriners In Natal Ordered to Retire to Esteourt. London, April 21.—The cor respondent of the Dally News, says: “Tho Boers In Natal are already com mencing a guerilla warfare. Both th© Transvaalers and the Free Staters are compelling the natives to bear arms. Gen. Duller has* ordered all tho farmers be tween Ladysmith and the Drakcnsburg rango to retire lo Esteourt." Iloers Still Hold Waterworks. London, April 21.-Tho Bloemfontein cor respondent of the Dally Telegraph, tele graphing Friday, says: "The weather is now fine. The enemy still holds the waterworks and our scouts report that the Boers have a line of out posts and small commandoes fifteen miles east of Bloemfontein, from the Modeler river to the Kaffir river." Last Hope of Ilt- Iloers. Cope Town, April 20,—At n mnptingr of the Volksmad of tlie Orange Free State ut Kroonstail Pre.lflerrjt Steyn de nounce<) Lord Roberta' proclamation aa "treachery,” and declared that as Great lirllaln'e object “was their destruction, their lust hope was to appeal to the civ ilized powers to intervene.” Secret of lloer Movement*. London, April 21.—The Ladysmith corre spondent of Ihe Standard says: "There is good reason to believe that the Boer raids are intended to cover the en emy's withdrawal from Natal In order to help the Boers in opposing the advance of Lord Roberts." Gen. Jonbert’a Successor*. Pretoria, April 20.—Maj. Gen. Schalk burger ha* 1 H*e ll gazetted vice president, in succession of the late Gen. Joubert, and Gen. Louis Botha has been gazetted acting eomm.iiulunt general, succeeding Gen. Joubert in commend of the Transvuul forces. British Hold the Hill*. Brandfort, O. F. S., April 19.—Gen. D.larey has returned from a reconnais sance In focco east of the railroad to the Modder river. He reports that he met only a few scouts, but that he saw British fortifications nil along the hills. HIGH TITLKU OFFICERS. Hen lor Major General to Re Made a Lieutenant General. Washington, April 2ft.—Tho Senate Com mittee on Military Affair, to-day reached an agreement to report the bill for the re organization of the army with a number of amendment.. The Mil confer* tho rank of lieutenant general upon the senior ma jor general and that of major general up on thv adjutant general of tho army. DAILY St A YRAJL S CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY l-TIMKa-A-WEEK.iI A TEAR TO SEND TWO DELEGATIONS. TEKMISHEH REIMIII.ICAR.a SPLIT AFTER A WRANGLE. Urowntniv Faction Senteil All Their Delegate* and the Fvnn* Crowd AVulkeil Out— Two State Ticket* Pat in the Field—Doth Side* Indorsed McKinley anil Denounced Each Other—Gold Standard und the Ex. pnnKton Policy Inilomed. Nashville, Tenn., April 20.—Tennessee will havo two Republican tickets in th. field in the coming statu campaign. Like wise Iwo sets of delegates will go to tha Nutlonal Convention at Philadelphia. As expected-, the State Convention split here to-day, the Evans contingent walking out and holding a separate convention. F. W. Poston of Crockett county, ia Us gubernatorial selection, while John E., 'McCall is at the head of tho state ticket nnnud by the convention over which Con gressmnn Brownlow presided. Pension Commissioner Henry Clay Evans will lead one delegation to tho National Convention, while ihe olher will l>o directed from tha background by Congressman and National Committeeman Walter P. Brownlow. Both! delegations are Instructed for McKinley. The situation is the outcome of a bitter factional fight that has been waged in tha state for some time. Tho expected storm broke In the State Convention soon aiter It mot to-day ajid the Evans men bolted, proceeding to Amusement Malt, where they held a convention of their own. The split came when the "uneontestwl” delegates refused lo substitute the minor ity for the majority report of the Com mittee on Credentials. That committee presented a majority report seating Brown, low delegates from sixteen contested coun ties, and both delegations from thirteen counties. The minority recommended the sealing of Evans delegates in each In stance. When the motion to substitute was lost, W. S. Tipton of Bradley county called on Commissioner Evans' friends to follow him out. As the bolters filed out of the hall there was much disorder. Finally order was restored and the majority report wag adopted. tVhnt Brownlow Faction Hid. Congressman Brownlow was Installed a.l permanent chairman, and Congressman Henry R. Gibson. V. B. Brown, G. M. ‘Tillman and John E. McCall wore named for delegates at large to the National Convention. The resolutions adopted denounce the election laws of Tennessee, declaring they dlff' r In no essential from the Goebel law In Kentucky. The administration of President Mc- Kinley Is warmly Indorsed and his re nomlnatlon ut Philadelphia declared for. Continuing, the resolutions say: "We congratulate the country that the present Republican Congreve has estab lished by legislation, the permanence of tho gold standard. We renounce the monstrosities of the recent Nebraska platform, which is admitted to be the fore runner of the national platform to be adopted by the Chicago wing of the Demo cratic party at its national convention In Kansas City. Tho platform declares for expansion and on tills subject saya tn part: “With such Democrats as Senator Mor gan of Alabama, Senator McLaurln, of South Carolina and Judges Lurton and Wright of Tennessee, indorsing the policy of the administration in its treatment of expansion ns an accepted fact, we con template with complacency the detvcuncia tlon of the administration by Ihe Bryan followers, who are- 'hell for war in times of peace and, hell for peace in times of war.' ” John E. McCall was the convention's choice for governor and W. C. Hornsby; for railroad commissioner. Evans Contingent’. Action. At Amusement Hall the Evans con tingent mude numerous speeches of In dignation. J. R. Wnlker was made per manent chairman. The reeolutlons adopt ed declare allegiance to the Republican party traditions. McKinley is Indorsed, and his renomlnatlon advocated. The ad ministration of H. Clay Evans aa commis sioner of pensions Is praised and the up building of a merchant marine declared for. The resolutions conclude with a scath ing denunciation of Congressman Brown low and the majority faction of the Re publican State Executive Committee. W. F. Boston was unanimously nom inated for Governor and W. 8. Tipton for railroad commissioner. Henry A. Mann, H. T. Campbell, J. C. Napier, col ored. and James Jeffreys were selected a* delegates to Ihe National Convention. The Evans faction Is bitter in denunci ation of the Brownlow cohorts. Mr. Evans to-day sent the following message to Gen. H. V. Boynton at Wash ington: “Situation most embarrassing and hu miliating. No box stuffing and perjury) over equaled what we have here. D ceny thoroughly disgusted.” ADVANCE IN FREIGHT KATES. Through ltnte* From the Fnelflo tn the East Abandoned. New York, April 20.—1 t Is announced by a Wall street news agency that the through freight rates between the Pacific coast and all points south of the Ohio and east of the Mississip pi river were cancelled to-day. All of the Interested roads, includ ing tho Southern Pacific, have Issued notices to that effect. Asa result of this action the trans-con tinental rates east of the Mississippi river are added to the rate between San Fran .cisco and thq river, and ihe through rat advanced In the exact amoftnt to be added local, which ranges from 3ft cents per 100 ponds to sl, and more in some inlsances. MONU MENT TO COUNT PULASKI. Old Hvnolu lion of Con 11nenIn I Con urcNN Cubic* lo Light. Chicago, April 20.—A long-buried re*olu tlon passed by the Continental Congress Nov. 29, 1779, and providing that a monu ment be raised to tho memory of Brig. Count Puhtskl, a Po!!*h general, who was killed while fighting on the American stda at the battle of Havunnnh, In the Revolu tionary War, has been brought to light by the Polish residents of this city, who propose to see Its stipulation* carried out. Coiigreas, It win announced to-day, will he petitioned by hundreds of Polish- American societies, who will ask for aa uppropiUtlou of fUO.UUU for tho status.