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THE MORNING NEWS. Established 1860. - Incorporated ISftS J. 11. EBTILL, President, BRITISH CAPTURE BRANDFORT. liO'EHS WERE SURPRISED AND RE TREATED HASTILY. Roberts Han 00,000 Men Spread Out Along *t Front of Forty Miles, Dot They Cannot Find on Opening Through Roer Lines—ltoera Defeat ed at Houtnek, lint They Are Ai wa y a Ready to Fisht—What the Giwdoii Hl#hluinters Did. London, May 4.—lt is announced that the British have captured Brandfort. Brandfort, Thursday, May 3, morning.— Brandfort was captured by a combined movement of Col. Tucker’s and Gen. Pole- Carew’s divisions on the east and center and Gen. Hutton’s mounted infantry on the west. The British surprised the Boers, who retreated hastily. Four thousand of the enemy moved here yesterday evening in order to oppose our advance. Col. Tuck er’s artillery had a sharp duel with the enemy’s guns and put two of them out of action. London, May 4, 4:15 a. m.—Gen. Broad wood’s cavalry brigade has reached Isa belfonlein. twenty-eight miles north gf Thaba Nchu. Gen. lan Hamilton is biv uoacking at Jacobsrust, fifteen miles north of Thaba Nchu. Gen. Tucker’s di vis on is moving eastward from Karee 6iding. The divisions of Gen. French and Gen. Rundle are in and near Thaba Nchu. Thivs Lord Roberts has 50,000 men operat ing clear of the railway along a front of fey ty miles. He is advancing slowly with some suc cess. but nothing decisive. Yet, at all joints of concentration, the Boers appear in force sufficient to compel the British to proceed wiih caution. Their wide front in a rugged country makes turning move ments off hand difficult. The Boers, Winston Churchill says, have enormous herds of cattle and flocks of sheep gathered in T the southeast. These they are driving northward. Observers at headquarters in Bloemfon tein seem to think that the Boers aj*e pre paring to evacuate Brandfort and Lady brand. The Boers still holding the Thaba Nchu district are estimated at 4.0J0. They Lave among their guns a 40-pounder. One correspondent, wiring from Bloemfontein, Wednesday, at 11:55 p. m., said the British hoped to cut off the whole commando. The correspondents at Kimberley have been forbidden to communicate for several days, the deduction being that a forward movement is under way there. The Boers in Natal are restless. Two hundred crossed Sundays river Wednesday and tried to engage the British outposts. Every Point Contested. The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Standard, telegraphing- May 2, says: “I have just ridden hither from. Thaba Nchu, along the line of our advance east of Bloemfontein. The distance is fully forty miles, and yet almost every point of concentration is contested by the en emy. “Gen. Bundle, with the Eighth division, is posted on our right flank with orders to guard a strong and boldly outlined frontal position in a country of a deckk'd ly difficult nature. There the Boers have posted a number of guns of superior weight, and range to our own. However, they show no disposition to do more than keep In touch with us, and to harass our advance. “Further to the we3t Gen. lan Hamil ton, with his division of mounted infan try is pressing northward, encountering only a desultory Are. The highland brig ade, from Val Krantz, has been engaged, while Gen. Tucker, command.ng the Sev enth division, has moved eastward from Karee Siding and has returned south, fol low* and by the Beers. “New rthelcds, the cavalry, owing to the greater number of the enemy, have been prevented from completing the movement ’hat was intended to encircle the Boers tn the march to Brandfort; and the en emy are now prepared to offer stubborn opp siiion on an entrenched hill to the southeast of Kroonstad. “They will probably abandon that posi tion as soon as their stores have been moved north of Viet river. “Gen. Tucker’s attempt to advance on Brandfort showed the * nemy to be iVi cons derable strength. The colonial cav a!p. w re engaged, and they lost twenty horses while tin er lire from pompoms. Thp Boers wer , however, driven from their position.’’ The Daily News has the following from - haba Nchu dated Wednesday: “In yesterday's flanking movement ( apt. Tdwse and fifty Gordon Highland ers were surroUr ded by 210 Boers, who de mandrd their s rr-mjer. Capt. Tow.se or <ler; <1 his men to fix bayon* ts and charge.' 'Wth a wild cheer the Gordons rushed at tha (i-.emey and kept it up all day, aid swept them away with great si a ugh hr. (’apt, Towse was blinded in both f** 8 1 y the energy's fire and throughout behave and most heroically." Ihifi’M Driven From Hontnek. L'ndon, May 3. —The war office has re- i the following report from Lord b her s under date of Bloemfontein, May G n Hamilton me t with conside able ■uc es• and drove the on my out of the (j °;p position they had taken up at ■ own. k with comparatively small loss , ( ’ The Boors dispersed in several di -1 ins, mdrly to the east and north, ' a > !, ‘g tw* nty- lx prls ne j? in our hands, 1 hiding one commandant, and sixteen ' er wounded men. Gen. Hamilton Is in camp ai. Jacobsrust. th* men needed rest after fighting p ' n .ut of the lost ten days, I ordered !<1 to halt for the day. Gen. Broad -0 1 * rigadi of cavalry arrived upon the • ero in time to afford valuable asalst arJf/‘ l>y threatening tl.e enemy's rear. During the afternoon Gen. lan Hamil ? "a s jo n and by Gen. B uce Hamilton’s aic <le of infantry. 1 ho enemy admit having twelve killed J. fr,rtv wounded yesterday. Among the ormcr w’as Incut. Gunther, a German of l‘ cer hanging to the Fifty-fifth Regi f“ nt - and among the latter whs Maxim ’ the Russian commander of the for th' 1 1 Klor ?- Twenty-one of fifty-two of • enemy’s casualties occurred amongst IT mr mbers of that legi n. Two French *n n were among the killed, rr iu. n ' am^ton speaks in high terms T * oocl *ervlce performed by the rm?i under Col. Clowes, and *- e up in to a regiment of lancers which * ® ' nto Qen. Broadwood’s brigade and ! el ,n the Bo rs vacate ih ir * lion. The final stroke of the enemy’s Hlje Jlteftiusi ffctxi& rout was given by the Gordons and two companies of the Shropshire Light Infan try who cheered loudly when they got within 200 yards of the position. "Kitchener’s Horse is also spoken of in terms of praise." Dispatch Does Not Explain. Lord Roberts’ latest dispatch throws no light on the object and possibilities of the extensive operations in the neighbor hood of Thabo Nchu. One military critic believes the inference is justified that Lord Roberts’ successful attack at Hout nek threatens the Boer center and puts the British in a favorable position to crush the Boer left, which is still facing Gen. Rundle at Thaba Nchu, or their right which is somewhere between. Brandfort and Winburg. Gen. Inn Hamilton’s success at Houtnek elicits little enthusiasm, as the critics unanimously pointed out some time ago that the policy of the Boers would be oms of slow retirement. Haden-Povre 11 Heard From. Baden-PowtH reported officially from Mafeklng, under date of April 20, that all was well there. He adds: "Thirteen native women tried to get away during the night of April 15. The enemy opened fire on them and killed nine and wounded two. I wrote to Sny man, pointing out that he shell the na tive stadt., which is full of women and children and that when they are trying to escape by day the Boers have cap tured and flogged them and sent them back, and by night they shoot them down, pretending to mistake them for night attacks. Snyman has not replied. The proportion of killed and wounded above speaks for Itself.” Other news from Mafeking details the careful saving of the'provislons, and says there are diminished rations for 9,000 souls within the beleaguered town. The American hospital ship, Maine, af ter having been inspected by Lady Ran dolph Churchill and others of the commit tee, sailed from Southampton for ihe Cape to-day. An American Arrested. The Standard and Diggers News says that Thomas Richards, an American, has been arrested as a suspect in connection with ihe Begbie factory explosion, at Johannesburg. He was arraigned yester day, charged with murder, and remanded until to-day. The accused man, It Is sta ted, was not defended. The paper also says an excavation has been made where the explosion was most violent and that as no trace of a tunnel was found other excavations will be made. BOER REPORT OF FIGHTING. Shows British Got tho "Worst of It Around Timlin. \chu. Pretoria. M.ny 2.—An official war bulletin issued here reports that on April 28 the federals captured nine prisoners and ten horses eastward of Tbaba Nchu and that on April 30 a British mounted corps ap peared near Brandfort. The federals at tacked them on two sides and the British retired. Two federals were wounded and eleven prisoners were token. Another account, semi-official, of this af fair says that the Wakkerstroom and Er melo commands had a skirmish with the British near Brandfort. After a sharp fight eleven prisoners were taken and nine teen British were left dead on- the field, including Capt. Biddy. A few federals were wounded. The heavy bombardment by the British has been resumed at Fourteen Streams. The correspondent of Reuter’s Telegram Agency In the Boer camp at Brandfort wires that when the 'British appeared ten miles east of Brandfort. Gen. De larey ordered o charge by five hundred Boers, who dTOve them back to their en trenchments. The federals found four dead on the field, and took seventeen prisoners, most ly wounded, including Lieut. Crane. Later in the afternoon Gen. Delarey learned that the British had forced their way twenty miles east of Brandfort and seven miles north of the Modeler river. With 250 men Delarey set out in pursuit of the British, who numbered 1,200. The forces met in the open country, a sharp engagement followed and the British re tired. As the 'Boers had a heavy day they were not pursued. The federals had five men wounded. An American has been arrested in con nection with the Begbie explosion. HB HEFISED TO REWRITE IT. Rulier Wns Not Anxious for Pnbiien tion of Spion Kop Affair. London. May 4.—The telegraphic corre spondence relating to the Spion Kop dis patches was issued 4o Parliament Just be fore midnight Thursday. Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for War, wired March 28, asking the advice of Lord Roberts about publishing the dis patches, saying, “We cannot publish all the documents enclosed with your dis pntch of Feb. 13,” and suggesting certain dispatches, which, in Lord Lansdowne's opinion, might be published. Lord Lans downe added: “But 1 would not feel Justified In thus editing the report unless you concur; and you may perhaps think it well to refer to Buller. I suggest as an alternative that we should tteat your dispatch of Feb. 13 and all Its enclosures as confidential, and that Buller should send through you a full narrative of the operations. This, you could forward to me with any ob servations you desire to make, for publi cation." Lord Roberts replied to Lord Lansdowne In a dispatch, dated Bloemfontein. March 31, that he had suggested to Sir Redvers Buller to prepare a full narrative, but that Sir Redvers had answered as follows: “I dp not at, all like the Idea of rewrit ing a dispatch for publication. I much prefer to leave it In the hands of the com mander-in-chief. Let him select for pub lication whatever he thinks proper. To this Lord Robert* appended that he would not himself object to the publica tion of a paper edited ns Lord Lans downe had suggested, but that it might, perhaps, be better to overrule Gen. Bul ler's objection and to adopt the alternate course suggested by Lord Lansdowne. He asked Lord Lansdowne to wire a reply. This reply from Lofd Lansdowne, dated April 2, said: “In view of Buller’s objection, I aban don the proposal that the dispatch should be rewritten and 1 propose to publish the selection described In my dispatch of March 28.” Lord Roberts answered under date of April 6: “I agree to my dispatch of February 13 being published:” The correspondence also contnlns the two dispatches referred to in Lord Lans downe's dispatch of March 28. The first is from Lord Lansdowne to Gen. Buller, (Continued on Fifth Page). SAVANNAH. GA.. Fill DAY. MAY 4. 1039. SUPPLY OF COFFINS IS SHORT. SCHOFIELD HAS NOT ENOIGH TO BIRY DEAD MINERS. Cremation May Have to He Reported to—Extreme E*timates of the Num ber of K>©al Too Lartce, l!ut the Total Will No Doubt Reach 250. Relief Fund Is $1 IS.OOJfe— Syinputhy From President McKinley and President Loubet. Salt Lake. Utah, May 3.—The latest des patches from Scofield say that the extreme estimates of dead are now conceded to have been too large, and it is numeriea’ly impossible to place the loss of life at 300. as there were not that many meji in the mines. The probabilities are that 260 will be about the total number of dead. Rela tives of the victims continue to arrive from ail the surrounding towns. There are not enough coffins in the camp to bury the dead and to add horror to the situation the bodies are rapidly Recompos ing, and it has been suggested that crema tion may have to be resorted to. There are fifty bodies for which no pro vision for burial has been made. A joint committee of Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias spent the day among the dead, identifying members of their orders. They found about twenty of each order among the dead. The school children of this city have gathered a carload of flowers which will be sent to Scofield in a special car at their disposal. Subscriptions for relief of the sufferers are coming in from all over the state, and the total now amounts to $13,000. John Kirton, on© of the men brought out of the mine alive, died to-day. The body of Foreman Parmalee was found among the dead late this afternoon, his body being terribly mangled. A funeral train, with bodies of the dead, will leave Scofield to-morrow morning for Salt Lake, Ogden and Coalville, and one body will go through to Springfield. Sympathy From Wnsliinxlon, Washington, May 3.—The President to day sent the following telegram to the Governor of Utah: Executive Mansion., Washington, May 3. 1930.—G0v. Wells, Salt Lake City, Utah: I desire to express my intense sorrow upon learning of the terrible calamity which has occurred at Scofield, and my deep sympathy with the wives, children and friends of the unfortunate victims of the explosion. William McKinley.” The French emba?s.ulor called upon President McKinley and Secretary Hay ;o day, and conveyed the condolencethe President of the French republic to the President of’ the United States over the min© disaster at Salt Lake City. Ho handed the Secretary the following per sonal letter on the subject: ‘‘Embassy of the French Republic in the United! States, Washington. May 3. 1900. Mr. Secretary of S aie: The President of the French republic has just heard of the terrible catastrophe which has taken p'.ace at%Salt Lake City. He has instructed me to be his interpreter near the President of the United Stutes of America, and to assure him of the symirethy which he feels cm account of this sad event. ‘‘ln transmitting to mo the expressions of the sentiments of President Loubet, Mr. D’lcasse, Minister of Foreign Affairs, likewise instructs me to convey to the American government the expression of the profound sympathy of the government of the republ c. ‘‘Be pleased to accept, Mr. Secretary of State, the assurances of my high consid eration. “Jules Cambon.” FLAGLER SEEKING RELIEF. YVnnts to Give Ip Core of Ills Wife's Person and Estate. New York, May 3.—Henry M. Flagler, a Standard Oil official, has asked the courts to relieve him as committee of the person and his wife, Ida A. Flagler, who was declared un incompetent several months ago. The application was made to Justice Freedman In the Supreme Couit to-day. Asa result the justice has appointed Nathaniel Myers as referee to hear the testimony and determine whether Mr. Flaglor “hail be released from the com mission. Penibng the referee s report, Au gustus H. Vanlerpool has been appointed special guardian of Mrs. Flagler. Mr. Flagkr hac also asked that Dr. Charles F. MacDinald, tho Insanity ex pert, beeaqftointed in his place. Referee Myers will also Inquire into Dr. MacDon ald's fitness for the commission. Mr. Flagler states in his petition that he has admlnisti r< and to the estate of Ills wife In a satisfactory manner, and hat the property belonging to her has increased la value under 1:1s administration. He as serts that when he took possession of his wife’s property she had stocks and securities to th" value of $1,166,220. She had cash to the amount of $221,141. On Jan. 8 last, Mr. Flagler made an ac counting of his wife’s finances which showed that she was possessed of stocks and securities to the amount of $1,227,110 and cash to the amount of $284,477. Mrs. Flagler, according to the petlilon, was first confined In a sanitarium in West chester county, in 1893. Subsequently she was removed to his, then, country resi dence In Westchester county. In 1898 she was taken to l)r. MacDonald’s sanitarium at Pleasantvllle, where she has been ever since. Mr. Flagler asserts that he has decided to make his permanent home In Florida, and that he has no Intention of returning to New York whatever. For this reason he asks to be relieved from tbe commis sion. As to the appointment of a committee for the estate of his wife, Mr. Flagler suggests the name of Eugene M. Ashley, a lawyer of this city. BULGARIAN PEASANT BIOT. Army of 11,(KK> IVnsnnts Marching Am. i its I Troops. Sofia, Bulgaria, May 3.— A rising of peasants in the vicinity of Rustchuk Is assuming alarming proportions. The peasants have succeeded in disarming some troops and have used rifles against others. Two officers and fifteen men have been killed or wounded. A similar num ber of peasants fell. About 3,000 peasants are now marching on Rustchuk against two battalions of troops sent to defend the town. BOARDIYG OF THE SEA WITCH. State Department inquiring Into Ac tion of tile Wnsp. London, May 8, 6:09 p. m.—R has been learned by a representative of the Associ ated Press that United States Ambassador Choate has asked Lord Salisbury for ex planations as to the alleged abuse of Inter national rights in the case of the American ship Sea Witch, which, according to the statement of her commander, Capt. Howe, was boarded by the British warship Wasp within the three-mile limit# of Portuguese territory in feast Africa. The American ship Bea Wltchileft Wal lorco Deb. 3 and arrived at De agoa bay Feb. 12. She sailed March 4 for Port Natal (Durban), and arrived there March 9. The American ambassador’s communi cation to the premier haidlv amounts to a protest, an 1 serious complications are not likely to ensue. The case as transmitted by Secretary Hay to London consists of the captain's allegation that while the Sea Witch was off Delagoa bay he sig nalled to tho Wasp, which was patrolling, and the Wasp sent a boat to her. The captain of the Sea Witch complains that the visit resembled a warlike boarding party, and that his manifest was exam ined against his will, when palpably with in neutral waters. If the laiter statement is true a serious offense Jias been com mitted by the Wasp, which will call for an ample apology from Great Britain. But it is pointed out that the fact that the Sea Witch signalled the Wash before the warship noticed her invests the case with a curious uncertainty. Apparently both Mr. Choate and Lord Salisbury are inclined to believe that there Is some mistake, perhaps on both sides. The Premier has referred the matter to the a Imiralty, which has no record of the occurrence, but has cabled to South Africa for the Wasp's version of the af fair. and it is possible that some time may elapse before the British reply is ready. Meantime, the incident docs not inter fere in the slightest with the diplomatic cordiality existing between the representa tives of the two nations interested. YVILL DE A QUESTION OF FACT. As to AVlietlier Sea Witch AY ns AA’lth- In Tliree-Mfle Limit. Washington. May 3.—lnquiry at the state department confirms the London state ments as to the nature of the action taketn by the state department relative to the boarding of the Sea Witch. Several weeks ago the department had its first news of this affair In the shape of a report by cable from the United S at s consul at Delagoa bay, Mr. Hollis, who mentioned the facts briefly. His statement' was forwarded to Ambassador Choate at London in order that he might direct the attention of the British government to the matter. Officials here say it has never been claimed by the British government that Its warships had the right of search in Portu guese waters, and it was felt that In this case, as in many others, the Issue was on y one of fact respecting the actual distance of the vessels from the Portuguese shore. If It should appear that the Sea Witch was within the three-mile limit, according to the state department, then an explana tion would be In order; otherwise the British vessel was within her rights in boarding the vessel. BROUGHT IN TAYLOR’S !AMB. C'lilton Said He \\ anted to Get Yoat aey Out of the State. Frankfort, Ky., May 3.—W. H. Culton resumed his testimony In the Gobel mur der investigation to-day. He stated that Gov. Taylor authorized tho witness to give Youtsey any amount of money de sired if be would leave Kentucky. At a conference in Lexington the Sunday before Gov. Goebel was Bhot, It was decid ed. he said, that Representative Henry Berry, who had been unseated a few days before, should go to the House of Repre sentatives next morning and take his seat and refuse to give It up. Van Meter, his opponent, was to be in sftme way prevented from going to the hall that morning. Caleb Powers, who was at the confer ence, telephoned to Gov. Taylor ot Frank fort two or three times In regard to the conference. Cuiton said he did not know where Powers or Y’outsey were when the shot that killed Goebel was fired. During the last talk he had with Youtsey the latter said the plan to kill Goebel had been abandoned. Cullon had been asked by Taylor to ascertain what the witnesses in the contest knew, because he was a lawyer. To the prosecution Cullon said he had told more now on the stand than he had to any person except his father. Hfct testimony then elided. To Call a ttpeelal Term. This afternoon Judge Centred announced that as the counsel had failed to agree as to the date for the trials of Powers, Youtsey, Whittaker, Davis and Combs, venucd to Scott county, he would call a special term of the court In that county to begin the second Monday In July. Judge Cantrell said that on the first day of the special term ,1! of the cnscs traus of the special term all of the cases trans heartng, hut that It will doubtless be im possible to finish up more than one or two of them during the term. The as sassination cases, nil told, in the opinion of the lawyers, will string out during the greater part of the next twelve months. The most Important testimony brought out this afternoon was Chat of two of the physicians, who assisted in the autop sy on the body of Goebel. This had never been made public before. Dr. T. R. Welch of Jessamine county, a state sen ator, who was aiso one of Goebel’s physi cians, conducted the autopsy, assisted by Drs. E. K. Hume and J. R. Ely. Dr. Welch gave long technical state ments about the. bullet entering the right side, and passing out on the left. D. M. Woodson, tho civil engineer, who made the measurements In the state house yard, exhibited a map of that vicinity, to Bhow that the shot was fired from a window In tho Secretary of State's office. The bulled, which was cut off by the tree near where Goebel fell, and which 1* supposed to have passed through hla body, was produced In court. Society Man a Suicide. Louisville, May 3.—Joseph W. Morey, a prominent'young society man and athle>e of this city and for several years eathler for a large wholesale hardware firm.com mitted suicide to-day. The motive is un. known. BRYAN LOOKS FOR SUCCESS. HE SAYS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SI RE TO WIN, It* Principle* Arc Positive While (hr Republican* Are “Trekking-” in Jn*t the Other Direction Ohio Murh More Likely to Go Demo crntle Than Nebraska In to Go Re publican-Spoke to 25,000 People Durin# the Day nt Toledo. Toledlo, 0., May 3.—William J. Bryan arrived In Toledo from Detroit at 2:20 this afternoon, and was received by a large delegation of citizen* headed by bands of music and a special committee cotnpoe edl of representative Democrats from ull Northern Ohio. The meeting had beer* especially design ed for Northern Ohio and Southern Michi gan, and there were thousands of outsiders In the city. Mr. Bryan spoke this evening nt consid erable length at the armory, after which ho was escorted to Memorial Hall, where he was tendered a reception by the Mod ern Woodmen of America, of which he Is a member, and later spoke at Elks’ Hall. Fully 25,000 people heard Mr. Bryan dur ing the day. In an Interview to-day he expressed himself very decidedly regarding the com ing national election. “The Democratic party Is sure to win,” Mr. Bryan said, without the slightest hesitation. "The people are with us this year, and they are in symjxUhy with the principles which shall be embodied in the Kansas City platform, and which repre sent the feelings of the great mass of American people. "Why do I think so? Because every principle of the Democratic party is a positive principle, more positive than was the declaration of the Republican party In ’9f>. and while my party has grown all the while in its firmer adherence 4o principle and positive declaration, the Republican party is ‘trekking’ in Just the opposite direction; it is less positive and its ad herence to its heretofore fixed tion of faith is now quite disregarded.” ' Tlie l*liilipplnc War. ”What is your view of the Philippine war?” “It is exactly what It ha* been ever since the Filipinos were denied the rigut of free government. I believe that the Republicans are wrong because they have taken the God-given right of liberiy and self-government away from a people who have been fighting for it for years and are so determined that they are perfectly willing to sacrifice themselves to the last man in order to secure ,It. This will he position of the Democratic party upon this question. “Imperialism always means a transgres sion upon someone. Neither our govern ment nor that of any other country can sweep away the sovereignty of a conquered people and sulistltute It* own sovereignty for it without violating the law*? of God and man. I hold exactly the same views upen the money question I olways have held. Ido not think the great body of Democrats have changed any more than I have, and there is no occasion for the desertion of any great truth that makes up the Democratic code of principle*. "I think that Ohio is much more likely to go Democratic th's year than Is Ne braska ever like’y to go Republican again. “I am sure that the signs of the times are very much more favorable to Demo cratic success, and both th press and people are considering Democratic doc trine more kindly this year than they did in ’90.” IOWA DEMOC R ATS FOR HR V AN. Indorsed Free Sliver lint Did Not Mention If! to 1, DoSMoines, la.. May 3.—For delegates at large to the Kansas City Convention: Cato Sells of Vinton, C. A. Walsh of Ottumwa, John S. Murphy of Dubuque, and George Baker of Davenport. Alternates—Edward B. Evans of Des- Molnes, Avan Wagenen of Sioux City, L. T. Gen-ung of 'Mills county, nnd Daniel P. Stubbs of Fairfield. These were the nominations made by the lowa Democrats In session here to day. The proceedings were harmonious throughout, and the convention was the largest held by the Democrats of this state In recent years, nearly 1,000 delegates being present. The prevailing sentiment was over whelmingly for ’Bryan, and the delegates were instructed to vote as a unit for him at KanSas City. In the framing of the plotform the more conservative element prevailed. The Chi cago platform is Indorsed nnd the gold standard denounced. The ratio of 16 to 1 does not appear In the resolutions. The selection of Jbhn S. Murphy, editor of the Dubuque Telegraph, was a concession to the radical advocates of free silver. Did Not Mention Id to 1. Jeremiah B. Sullivan of Creston was temporary chairman, ond Douglas Dere more of Woukon, permanent president of the convention. Mr. Sullivan was given tremendous applause lrt response to his denunciation of trusts and imperial ism and hts Indorsement of W. J. Bryan for President. Nowhere In hts speech did he mention 16 to 1. Mr. Sullivan sold among other things: "The Democratic party stands for bi metallism and ever will. It Is opposed to a money trust as much os it Is to a sugar trust, ’The trusts must go ond there Is but one pariy that can and will accomplish It, and that ts the Democratic party. You cannot hope the Republican party will crush the trust. Do you expect a father to chastise his most obedient son? “Imperialism, militarism and (rusts are one. They mean a gigantic consolidation, and woe to the common people when they are united. “The Infinite God gave us victory with extremely small cost of life. Instantly the cry went up for a colonial system In for eign lands, the bark of Imperialism was floated and the republic had departed from lllb moorings of Its founders. “If Cuba, Porto HlCo and the Philippines are not to become part of the United State#,’’ he concluded, “then the flag of our nation floats over slaves. • The Platform Adopted. The convention adopted a resolution of fered by former Congressman Waller Butler, providing that the delegates con (Contlnued on Fifth Page.) TURKEY’S CUSTOMS DUTIES. Amlmsandor* of tlie Power* Arrive at n ConcluMlon. Constantinople, Wednesday, May 2.—The ambassadors met yesterday and decided to reply to the Porte’s note of April 29, re garding the increase of duties as follows: "The embassies note the Porte’s decla ration that it docs not Intend to introduce any unilateral measures, and will haste a to inform their governments of this. The ambassadors have decided to make their consent to an increase conditional on the removal of the abuses in the matter of chemical analysis, the suppression of ware house duties, and the abolition of the stip ulation whereby articles not specified in the tariffs may be interdicted, confiscated or destroyed. The ambassadors have de cided to make the payment of indemnities to foreigners a separate question, ami to deal therewith at a later date." LOSSES OF THE MISSIONARIES. E*ttaiaie* Prepared an Requested by MlnUler Terrill. Boston, May 3.—ln view of Ihe numerous statements In the public press as to the extent of losses sustained by missionaries in Turkey during the 1895 massacres, Secretary James L. Barton of the Ameri can Board of Commissioner* for Vcredgn Missions had prepared a statement In re ply to the charges of excessive estimates. Dr. Barton states that the Mission Board has presented no charge against the Turkish government for indemnity; that as soon as the losses occurred the American minister nt the Porte. Judge Terrill, requested the missionaries at Har poot to present an itemized statement, also informing them thut he made a de mand for a fixed sum, Instructing the missionaries’ to make their Itemized lists correspond to that amount. Under that official instruction, lists were prepared. The present minister, Mr. Straus, had the lists revised so as to cover only the actual losses eustained, and It is this list alone which is under consideration. The total amount now asked for losses actually Incurred at uarpoot, is $73,807. Secretary Barton says that in the matter of indemnity for these losses, the initia tive was taken by the United States Min ister at Constantinople. TO PROTECT OUR EXPORTERS. Government's Port In Turkish Tor(II Arrangement. Washington, May B.—Mr. Grlscom has not yet communicated to the state de partment the result of the last meeting of the ambassadors at Constantinople, but the press account of the conclusions reached Is said to be substantially in the line of the demands of the foreign repre s ntativin at the h< ginning. The main object of cur government was to Insure the protection of the United S'ales exporters against any changes in the Turkish tariff that would actually amount to discrimination, though the fact might not appear in the irade. Therefore the assurance that the Porte will not re sort to unilateral measures Is acceptable. Respecting the decision of the ambassa dors to make the payments to foreigners on account of Indemnity claims a separate question for after consld ration, it is said h're that our claims and particularly the missionary claims are not affected by any such agreement and are not Involved In the present Issu-s before the ambassa dors. ♦ t ROBINSON’S DEADLY WORK. Killed E. J, Lee find Serlonsly Sliot Dr. Bliteli nnd R. F. Woll. Ocala, Fla., May 3.—Julian Robinson, at Blltchton early this morning, shot and killed E. J. Lee, wounded Dr. S. H. Bllteh In the leg Just below the groin, nnd B. F. Wall In the arm, which will have to be amputated. Robinson has been captured and Is now In the Ocala Jail. He refused to talk and the particulars as to the cause are un known. but friends of Robinson claim he Is Insane, while others think It an old fam ily feud, as all of the parties are connected. Dr. S. H. Bllteh has represented this county In tho Legislature for the past eight years. All of the parties are prom inent Citizens of Blltchton. A dispatch from Morriston says Robin son, who Is an old citizens of Blitchfi n. went suddenly Insane this morning and shot and killed Arthur Lee, and danger ously wounded Dr. 8. H. Bllteh and his nephew, George Wall. Dr. Bllteh Is ono of tho best known and most popular citi zens in Marlon county, having on several occasions repreaented his district in the State Senate. DESPERATE FIGHT IN I 1 AN AY. Four Americans Killed and Sixteen Severely Wounded. Manila, May 3.—A dispatch received here to-day from Iloilo reports that u desper ate fight took place at Leambanao, tn tho center of the Island of Panay. It appears that a recormoitertng party of the Twenty-sixth Infantry was sur rounded, and that four of the Americans were killed, and that sixteen others se verely wounded, were left on the field. The remainder of the soldiers had a nar row escape. The dispatch adds that reinforcements were sent from Hollo as soon as news of the affair was received, whereupon the Fillptnof* retreated to their mountain stronghold. INSURGENTS MAY WIN FIGHT. They Seem to He Getting flic Rest of It in Colombia. Kingston, Jamaica, May,. 3.—News brought here to-day by the British steam er Floridian from Colombia Is to the effect that the rebels are getting the best of tha fight In that republic and that thry ire momentarily expected to enter Bocas del Toro. it Is added that no soldiers being avail able. the government has sent twenty-five policemen to Bocas del Toro on board a launch belonging to the canal corn, any. The situation Is considered serious. Colon Is under martial law and the crews of ship* In port have been warned not to go ashore after dark. When the Floridian left Co'on April 30 nothing was known there about th rip rt ed capture of Carthegena by the reb.la. DAILY. $s A YEAR 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.iI A YEAH ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL. PASSED lIY THE SENATE AFTER A SHARP DERATE. Pettigrew Continued Hl* Complaint About Treatment of Volunteer*, and Wn* Called Down on All Side*. Extra Travel Pay Not Allowed—lin eon Took Exception to Cbnudler’a Statement About Delay lit Clark Co*e Wlileh Went Over. Washington, May 3.—The Senate to-day adopted the motion of Mr. Hoar to take* up the resolution of the Committed on Elections declaring that Mr. Clark of Montana was not duly elected to the Sen ate, and thm postponed consideration of the question for a week. The greater part of the day was occu l it and in the consideration of the army ap propriation bill. The discussion at times was very spirited. Tho bill was passed without division. The s ssion closed with the passage of a number of private pension bills, • them 1 eing bills granting a pension of SIOJ 1> r month to Mrs. Julia MacV. Henry, widow of the late Gn. Guy V. Henry; S3O a month each to Gen. James Longstreet, Mrs. Margaret M. Badger, widow of tho late Commodore Badger, and to Mrs. Harriet Giidley, widow of ihe late Capt. Gridlry of the navy. A bill restoring Capt. Henry D. Hale to the revenue outter service was passed. A resolution requesting the Civil Servlc® Commission to supply the Senate with in formation concerning tho violation of the civil wervlce law in 1899, was adopted. The Senate then agreed to a motion by Mr. Hoar to take up the Clark resolution and postponed further consideration for m week. Klncoti Taken Exception. Before this agreement was reached there wan* a spirited controversy overt some remarks made by Mr. Chandler yes terday. Mr. Bacon took exception 1 to the fact that Mr. Chandler had said he had heard it stated that there wn a purpose to de lay the consideration of the resolution lr order to prevent the Governor of Montana making an apjKJintment of a senator to succeed Mr. Clark in case the seat now occupied by him should b* declared va cant. The fact, Mr. Bacon said, that Mr, Chandler had stated that he had heard this talk outside of the Senate chamber did not relieve it from its objectionable character, for he could see no motive for the statement of the senator from New Hampshire unless some implication of sen ators was intended. As -for himself, he could not say what hi* own- action would be on the Clark resolution. He regarded himself as a judge sitting in that case, and he would 1 , he added, claim the right to investigate it thoroughly before entering Judgment. Mr. Chandler said that h'i remark* re garding a desire to delay the consideration of tho resolution. ha<t not been caused by anything that Mr. Bacon hud said, but that he had hndi eepeclai reference to Mr. Stewart's threat "to read in the Senate, if not given time to read out of It, tho testimony taken hy the committee.” Mr. Mtewart Heard From. "Threatened?" said Mr. Stewart, "threatened to do what?” "Threatened,” Mr. Chandler replied, "that if any attempt was made to rush! the Clark resolution the three volumes off testimony would be read for the purpose of delay.” * Mr. SUwart said he had made no suck statement a a threat; but he would re peat that if time was not given to read the testimony outside the Senate cham ber time would be taktn to read it in tha chamber. The case should be considered deliberately and decently, especially im view of the fact that much of the testi mony was irrelevant. “I don’t prepose to be lectured,” he con tinued, “I don't like it and I particularly don’t like it from the man who has gath ered up all sorts of hearsay matter and printed it as testimony.” "When the Penator attacks me or thd committee over which I preside,” retort ed Mr. Chandler, “ho will get a lecture from me." To this Mr. Slewart replied: "Well, you'll get a lecture from me on the irrelevant srandal you’ve put into tho testimony presented here.’* This closed the incident. The Senate then passed the House bill for the amendment of the census law. The bill was amended so as to provide for the s2fo additional compensation to census supervisors. Treatment of Volunteers. The army appropriation bill being taken up, Mr. Pettlgr w continued his criticism of the treatment of the volunteer soldier* In tho Philippines He read a number of letters from members of the South Da kota regiment complaining of their treat ment there. Some of these contained profane ex pressions, which fact' caused Mr. Gallln ger to enter a protest against their being printed In the itecord. Such language should, he said, be obnoxious to a man occupying a seat In the Senate. To this Mr. Pettigrew replied that the letters were from men conscripted to fight In a causo In which they did not be lieve and placed In circumstances which were generally objectionable, all calcula ted to make men swear. Mr. Hawley referred to the letters as blasphemous and gave notice of his Inten tion to move to have stricken out of tha permanent record a letter from Mr. Pet tigrew to the President, which the former had rend yesterday. Mr. Tillman and Mr. Pettigrew had a discussion ns to affairs In the Philippines. Mr. Pettigrew contended that no mere fragments of a tribe was opposed to tha t'nlted Slates In the Philippines, but that the entire population was antagonistic. He estimated that a standing army of 193,001 men would be necessary there. He did not think that Gen. Oils assurance could be relied upon In view of the long list of casualties stnt tb Washington every day. Mr. Teller advocated the amendment for travel pay. saying that we could only maintain an arnty In the Philippines by pursuing a l'beral policy. Mr. Teller said he had been assured by an army officer who had but recently re turned from tho Philippines that we did not actually held a dls’rlet In the Island of I.uzon b gger than the District of Co lumbia. This was no more territory gltan was held a year ago. It was therefore puerile to say. that the money duo the troops should he withheld for mere mo tives of economy. InlllDKcr Answers Pettigrew. Taking up Mr. Petllgreahs criticisms (Continued on Seventh Page.)