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the morning news. Established USO. - Incorporated 1W i. H. ESTILL, President. BRITISH AT THE VIET RIVER. they are now eighteen miles NORTH OF BRANDFORT. Pas*ne of the Y'aal River Carried u t Windanrton Without Opposl tlon—Roberts and Kitchener Are at Brandfort Capture of That l’lnee Rewarded an the Moat Im portant Event Since Cronje Sur rendered—British Seem Well on the Way North. London, May 4.—Lord Roberts’ report to the war office dated May 3, on the occu pation of Brandfort follows: We occupied Brandfort to-day without much opposition and without, I hope, many casualties. The first brigade of mounted infantry covered the left flank cf the Fourteenth brigade of the Seventh division and the right flank was sup ported by the Fifteenth brigade. Pole-Ca rew’s division advanced directly on Brand fort. The Loer army, which was under command of Delarey, retired in a north #asterly direction.” The war office this evening Issued the following from Lord Roberts, dated Brandfort, Friday, May 4: "The mounted infantry have gone on to the Viet river. The railway has been repaired to this point. “Hunter reports very satisfactory news —that the passage of the Vaal has been carried at Windsorton without opposi- tion." Now at the Y’iet River. London, May 5, 4;05 a. m.—The mounted Infantry with Lord Roberts, among whom are the Canadians, have picketed their horses on the south bank of the Viet river, eighteen miles north of Brandfort. The head of Lord Roberts’ columns has thus advanced thirty-two miles from Ka ree Siding In two days, or fifty-three miles north of Bloemfontein. Little power was spent. The British work was hard marching, the Boers re aring out of the reach of the British shells As Gen. Huttcn, with the First Mounted Infantry brigade drew near Bandfort, he saw a khaki-clad body of troops ahead of him. He was surprised, hut thought they must be British. Soon, however, they op u ned fire upon the Brit ish, who replied heavily. They were the Irish-American brigade from Lorenzo Marquez and l't is reported that the Irish lost severely. The Boer flag was flying over Brand fort as the British entered the town. Sev eral British wounded were found in the hospital. The Boer postmaster gave up the keys of the public buildings to Capt. Ross. Roberts and Kitchener, Lord Kitchener arrived at Brandfort at noon and Lord Roberts at dusk. Gen. French's cavalry are sweeping the country northward. The expectation is that the infantry advance will bo contin ued toward Kroonstad immediately. Gen. Hunter’s crossing the Vaal at Wlmlsorton brings the relief of Mafeklng, 196 miles beyond, making it quite possible that Mafeklng may be succored before the Queen’s birthday. The debate in Parliament on the Splon kop dispatches proved a disappointment to the supporters of the government. Gives Key to Important Road. London, May 4.—News of the occupation cf Brandfort was issued by the war de partment at 10 o’clock this morning, con firming the Associated Press news. It is generally considered the most im portant communication received from the front since the capture of Gen. Cronje and the relief of Ladysmith. The position gives the key to one of the main roads leading to the Drakensberg posses, which possibly may be the means ot co-operation with Gen. Buller later on, provides an advance base of supplies, etc., and at the same time menaces the Boers now southeast of Bloemfontein. The Boer army which was at Brandfort, commanded by Gen. Delarey, Is presum ably retiring on Winburg, which will pos sibly tie the next Immediate objective of the British. Brandfort, thirty-five miles rearer the Transvaal capital, Is now Lord Roberts’ headquarters. On tlie Move at Last. R'hat particularly gratifies the British t the evidence that the army of Lord Roberts to the Orango Free State has re covered Its mobility, and Is again capable of undertaking the general advance, so long retarded. It Is hardly expected the Boers will moke much of a stand south of Krootwtad. and possibly not there If Lord Ro.ierts succeeds In capturing Wlnburg, thus interposing between the main federal unny and the Boer forces to the neigh borhood of Thaba Nehu and Houtnc.k, in which case the latter would be forced to move fur to the eastward, to which di rection their mobility would probably en able <h<rn to reach the Bethlehem and Ilarrlsmith line of safety. The only opposition which the British encountered at Brandfort seems to have c ‘hwe from' the Irish-American command. " !l ° central British army is now in line with the extreme left at Boshof. under bniM Methuen, and the extreme right at blandslaagte, under Gen. Buller, so that movements 0 f these wings in co-opomikm ''‘th the army may shortly be expected. that SIMON KOI* Mt’DDI.E. (barges and Recriminations Made fn the House of lairds. London, May 4.—ln the House of Lords jo-day, the Earl of Portsmouth, Liberal 1 nionist, called attention lo the publlco ,lon of Rplon kop dispatches, which he B,| bl 1 had aroused a depth and strength 0j feeling difficult to exaggerate. The Secretary of State for War, the Marquis of Lansdowne, said the public,i -"on Wa * Ihc only course open to the gov • rnment. He quoted the yueen'B regula tions as to publication of such documents ami pointed out three ease* in the Afghan 'll', whlch censorious dispatches were published, adding that in those cases °tuer employment was found for the gen erals. Withholding the papers would nave damaged the generals more. Ho ueniwl that he had suggested that garbled documents should be substituted. Qen. censure of Gen. Buller won only !" at hp had trusted too much lo his su ordinates. Lord Roberts showed con tuilveiy that he had not withdrawn his confidence in Gen. Buller. Lord Rosebery declared Gen. Buller had ** n Placed to a cruel position, and the ar omce had act to work to publish every, “ing damaging, critical and censorious fpje Jiflfninu upon Gen. Buller and was now compelled to wash their dirty linen in public. In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Balfour, replying to questions regarding the reports of the ill treatment of the British prisoners at Pretoria, said Her Majesty’s government was considering the advisability of further representations on the subject • through Washington and through the United States consul at Pre toria. Later the House went into Committee of Supply on the war vote. Mr. Runcleman, Liberal, opened the Splon kop debate.' He asserted that the responsibility for the publication rested with politicians, “al though in this case the Secretary for War had deliberately attempted to throw the responsibility on the commander-ln-chief.” The public, Mr. Runcieman, said, had expected the recall of the censured com manders, as in the case of Gen. Gatacre, but Gen. Warren had been sent to admin ister a large territory, while Gen. Builer retained his command. Mr. Wyndham. parliamentary Secretary of the War Office, in reply, quoted the Duke of Wellington as precedent for the publication of the dispatches, and resent ed the grave insinuation that the Secre tary of State for War was guilty of any thing dishonorable in requesting Gen. Bul ler to rewire his dispatch. Mr. Wyndham contended that the war office had acted entirely in accordance with the Queen’s regulations. Neither the gov ernment nor Gen. Buller believed the pub lication would shake the confidence of the troops in Natal in their commander. He said he thought Gen. Buller merely had been unlucky and that Gen. Warren’s services should not be overlooked, addins that while in publishing the dispatches the government had acted on its own re sponsibility, it had been confirmed in so doing by the opinion of Lord Roberts. The case for the government was that the right course was to publish what it had published and no more. He was persuaded that both Gen. Buller and Lord Roberts had sent the dispatches home for publication. Mr. Runcieman’s motion to reduce the war office vote by £2OO was rejected, 260 to 116. BRABANT’S STRONG POSITION. Has Discovered tlie Boers Who Held YVepener So Long. Brabant’s Camp, Tuesday, May 1, via runner to Mafeteng.—Brabant’s division now occupies a strong position on a range of hills on the Ladybrand road, about twenty miles from Wepener. The troops are confronted by a large force of Boers, who recently occupied Wepener, and who have now been located In the mountain known in the Free Slate as Zwarlapberg. This morning the Borderers Hor-c under Col. Maxwell came in contact with the Boer outposts, but returned to camp after having located the enemy. Later, a group of 500 Boers was discovered marching past the Boer position, but the British were un able to tell whether they were friend tr enemy until they had disappeared in a hol low a few miles away, when they prove.l to be a Boer commando. DOERS LEAVE THABA NCHU. Said to Be Trekking Sorthwnrd In Three Direction*. Thaba Nchu, May 3.—The Boers have evacuated Thaba Nchu hill and are believ ed to be still trekking, though one gun ha? shelled the camp Indiscriminately. Scouts report that some of the Boers retire 1 to ward Wepener. They believe the Bo rs evacuated the position during the night, trekking northward in three directions. Gen. French left to-day. Gen. Kund o is in command here. It is expected that Gem. Brabant will effect a Junction at any moment. BRITISH BO MBAUD ED DOERS. V. ________ Batter Bent a Hmity lletrent From Warren ton. Warrenton, Cape Colony. May 4.-A British six-inch wire gun opened unex pectedly on the Boerdaager yesterday at a distance of seven, and a half miles, throwing hundred-pound shells with won derful accuracy and causing a hasty re treat of the burghers. The bombardment continued to-day at all points, by Howitzers and field guns, supported by two companies of the Mun ster Regimen,t, the Boers being driven fiom shelter and their guns being put out of action. MAY SEND THEM TO CEYLON. V Xew Island for n Camp for Boer • prisoners. Colombo, Ceylon, March 4.—lt Is ex pected that a batch of Boer prisoners will lie sent here. The Imperial government has approached the Ceylon authorities on the subject, and has asked them to sug gest a good site for a camp. I British Took Smltllfleld. Aliwal North. Cope Colony, May 4. Stnithfield was occupied yesterday by Gen. Hart's brigade. Out of the 150 Boers in the town, twenty-live were captured, and the rest decamped. Lady brand wos recently full of Boer wounded, who have now been removed to Ficksburg. noers Shift Their Gun* . Ladysmith, May 4.—The Bocs have shifted their guns on the ridge of hills fac ing the British in front of Elandslaacte, and have posted a long tom on a hill In the direction of Wes.-eis Nek. TUGS FOUGHT FLOATING FIIIE. Extensive Damage Done the Stand ard Varnish Works. New York, May 6.—Fire early this (Sat urday) morning at the Standard Varnish Works, did $50,000 damage, and for a time threatened to burn, the w r ho!o works. . The varnish and the materials escaping from the great tanks as they blew up. flowed over the yard and out upon the waters of the Kill von Hull, and the blaze from the various oils Illuminated the country for miles. There was first an explosion that shook builMns for a radius of a mile. Within two hours eight big tanks hod been blown up Each of the tanks contained 5,000 gallons of material. Fire tugs from the Standard Oil Works at Bayonne were or dered to the scene, but they could not approach the main blaze, and they were compelled to confine their efforts to keep ing the burning oils from floating down the Kills to points where ship* and boots were tied! up. The tugs managed to hold the fire in check upon the water, while Iho firemen on shore fought them back from the buildings. SAVANNAH. GA., SATURDAY. MAY 5. 1909. ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL THAT IMPORTANT MEASURE PASS ED BY THE SENATE. Revolutionize* System of Permanent Appointment* Increase In the Corps of Cadets—Miles to Ben Lieutenant Genernl anti Corbin a Major Genernl—Egan to Be Retired. A Veterinary Corps—Fortifications BUI Passed. Washington, May 4.—To-day’s session of the Senate -was rendered especially notable by the passage, after a debate lasting only three hours, of the army reorganization bill. In military circles the measure Is re garded as one of the most important of the present session. It practically revo lutionizes the present system of perma nent appointments in certain staff corps to one of detail by o gradual process, as the officers now in those corps go out of active service. As vacancies occur in departments of the Adjutant General, the inspector general, quartermaster gen eral and commissary general, they are to be tilled by details from the line, the de tails to be temporary and not exceeding four years. The new system Is not applied to the corps of engineers, medical department, pay department, nor Judge advocate gen eral’s department. The bill discontinues the regimental organization of the artil lery and establishes an artillery corps of two branches viz.: 126 batteries of coast artillery and 18 batteries of field artillery, with a total of 17,448. The bill provides for an increase of 100 In the cojps of cadets at West Point, two at laige from each state and ten more to the present number of twenty from the Unite! States at large. Two of the most Important provisions of the bill are those raising the rank of the general commanding the army to that of lieutenant general and that of the ad jutant general to major general, the lat ter during the Incumbency of the present adjutant general, Gen. Corbin. Section Relating' to Egan. The President Is empowered to place on the retired list any officer who has been suspmded from duty by sentence of court martial, or by executive Older in mitiga tion of such sentence, for a period ex tending to or within one year of the time of his compulsory retirement for age. This Is well understood to apply to Com missary General Egan. The amendment creating a veterinary corps ter the army consisting of a colonel and thirty five other commissioned offi cers, was attached to the bill after a spir ited debate, the amendment being adopt ed by a vote of 25 to 23. The fortified i ions appropriation bill, carrying about $7,500,000, was passed. Mr. Wolcott repaired the postofflee ap propriation bill and gave notice* he would call it up on the 16th instant. Mr. Teller gave notice' he would call up the resolution expressing sympathy for the Boers, rfter routine business to-mor row. The army reorganization bill was then called up. Other* Reside* Mile*. Mr. Tillman moved that the fifteenth section of the measure be amended so as to read as follows: “That the senior major general com manding the army shall have the rank, pay and allowances of a lieu’enant general and his personal staff shall have the rank, pay And allowances authorized lor the The amendment proposed hy Mr. Tillman had the effect of striking out (he provision making the section apply only to Gen. Miles, ihe present commandi r of the army. It was agreed to. Mr. Berry of Arkansas moved to strike out the section as amended. Mr. Bate of Tennessee also objected to the increase of rank and tendency to in crease the strength of the army. Mr. Sewell pointed out that the Confed eracy had nineteen lieutenant generate and eight full generals, and said that any European army of our present strength would have two lieutenant gen erals and one full general. The motion was defeated, 8 to 44, as fol lows: Yeas—Bate, Berry, Butler, Clay, Cul berson, Kenney, Money, Vest—B. Nays—Allison, Bacon, Baker, Bard, Burrows, Chandler, Cockrell, Davis, De boe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Footer, Frye, Ballinger, Gear, Hale. Hansbrough, Harris, Hawley, Hoar, Jones of Nevada, Kean. Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge, McComas, Mason, Nelson, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pct tus, Platt of Connecticut, Tractor, Quarles, Rawlins, lloss, Sewell, Shoup, Simon, Stewart, Teller, Wellington, YVol cott—14. Tlie Veterinary Corps. Mr. Kenney of Delaware off red an amendment creating a veterinary 'corps and strong y advocated Its adoption. Mr. I'ro.tor presented a letter from the Secretary of War strong y against the amendment. The amendment was agreed to. 25 t.) 21. s Mr. Sewell offered an amendment which na< agreed to, providing for o ue chaplain for each caval.y r.glment. wl h ihe rank, pay and allowances of a captain, mount ed: and one for each Infantry regiment with tho rank, pay and allowances of a captain of Infantry: provid'd, that the office of post chaplain, United States Army, is abolished and the officers now holding commissi'ns as chaplains shall be a.-s grid to rtg ments. It also requires chaplains to be at least thirty-five years old and to establish fit mss. The bill as amended was reported to the Senate, the amendments were agreed to, and the bill was passed without division. Mr. Perkins then tailed up the fortifica tions appropriation bill and it was nal for amendment. As reported it carries $7,733,028, end increase of into, 140 over tho amount passed by the House. The committee amendments were agreed to. An umendmertt offered by Mr. Kan authorizing proportional payments for pneumatic dynamite guns, carnages and ammunition, was agreed to. The bill as amended was passed. A bill was passed appropriating ptO.O 0 for the purchase of a rite and < rectlon of a public building at Durham. N. C. At 5:10 p. m. the Senate adjourned until Monday. _ Free Entry for Exliiliitia. Washington. May 4 —The House Ways and Means Committee to-day acted favor ably upon a bill giving fr.e entry to ex hibits for the San Antonio and Dallas Ex position. _ A Compliment to AYllltnm. Berlin. May 4.—Emperor Francis Jo seph of Austria has appointed Emperor William field marshal general of tho Austrian army. OPERATIONS IN PHILIPPINES. Reported 1,721 Insurgents YY’ere Killed During April. Washington, May 4.— The war depart ment to-day received the following report from Gen. Otis: ‘‘Manila, May 4.— April captures from enemy thirty pieces artillery, 1,109 rifles, considerable ammunition and large stores property. During the early portion of the month the enemy was active In extreme Northern and Southern Luzon and some Viseayan islands. Our reported losses for the month thirteen enlisted men killed, three officers, twenty-four enlisted men wounded; rumored recent loss in Samar of nineteen killed and number wounded not yet reported. This is due to small de tachments scouting In mountains in the interior of the island. The enemy’s losses officially reported were 1,721 killed, wound ed and captured. Leading Filipinos ex press confidence in the early pacification of the islands. They Bay the war has terminated; leading insurgents are sur rendering. Oils." MAO ARTHUR SUCCEEDS OTIS. The Lntter YY’lll Sail for the United States To-day. Washington, May 4. —ln accordance with Gen. Otis’ request to be allowed to re turn to the United States, the war de partment issued orders to-day relieving him to take effect to-morrow morning. May 5, the date fixed by Gen. Otis for his sailing. The order designates Maj. Gen. MacAr thur to succeed Gen. Otis in command of the division of the Philippines. Brevet Maj. Gen. Wheaton is designated to suc ceed Gen. MacArlhur as commander of the dipaitment cf Southern Luzon. OTIS TO SAIL ON THE MEADE. Ihcriinlnntlng Insurgent Documents Found In Manila. Manila, May 4 —The United States trans port Made has been ordered to be ready to sail to-morrow whtn Maj. Gen. Otis, with his peis nal staff will start for the Untied States. The lrsurgtnt archives discovered by Gen. Funston Delude pape s implicating prominent fireign firms at Manila in un lawful and alings. It Is report’d that evi dinee has been obtained that some of them furnished munitions of war to the r b is and It it al o sold that the Ameri can aut o ities are in possession fr m this source of a detailed plan for attacking the American forces, written by Agutnaldo, In the T.griog language. Jan. 9, 1899, and translated Into SpanishJiy Buencamlnot No corr, sponde* o<4**W>m the so-called anri-lmperiallst fifty cf the United States was found. WHEELER'S VACANT SEAT. Election Ordered In Eighth Alabama District on Acg, ti. Huntsville, Ala., May 4.—Gov. Johnston to-day ordered an election to chorse a suc cessor to Gen. Joseph Wheeler in Congress from the Eighth Alabama district, for Aug. 6. Gen, Wheeler will likely offer to succeed himself. It is generally known that Judge Will iam Richardson of "Huntsville a: and Ci) pi. Samuel Blackwell of Deca.ur will an nounce their candidacy. Other prospective candidates are Hon. Paul Hodges of Lau derdale county. Judge John B. MaClell n of Limestone. Hon. Jes-e IC. Browa anl Judge John B. Tally of Sooittb ro. Judge Richardson has been a canlld'te against Gen. Wheeler several times. He was within a few voles of the Democrat!r nomination for Governor of Alabama in IK9O. Capt. Blackwell was the till'd aud itor of the treasury under Secretary Ca-- llsle. Jere Murnhy, Jr., of Hintsvll’e i? mentioned as an applicant for (he Republi can nomination. REPUBLICANS’ PROGRAMME. Fornkrr to Nominate McKinley nntl Iloosevell May Second It. New York, May 4.—Joseph H. Manley of 'Maine, was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-diay, and had talks with several local politicians concerning the seating ar rangements of the Philadelphia Conven tion. Some of Iho local leaders who talked with Mr. Manley, said that It had been practically settled by the national Repub lican managers, that Senator Wolcott of Colorado, will be temporary chairman of the convention, nnd Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, permanent chairman. It had been, also settled I hat Senator For akrr of Ohio should) make the speech re nominating Mr. McKinley. Mr. Hanna's plan. It was further slated, was to bring Gov. Roosevelt forward to second the nomination, but the Governor hos not yet consented to make the sec onding speech. He will see President Mc- Kinley to-morrow. It was sn'rf, and this part of the programme will lie then set tled definitely. CAR REPAIRERS' STRIKE. New York Cenlrnl Men Hove Hclnrn ed to Their Work. Buffalo, N. Y., May 4.—The return of the striking car repairers of the New York Central to their work this morning; an agreement reached by which the men of the Nickel Date receive the scale agreed to by the New York Central, and their promise to resume work In the morning; an absolute failure of agreement between the men of <ho Erie nnd the division superintendent, a partial failure between the men of the Lackawanna and the mas ter mechanic and a delay pending the ultimatum of higher officials In the matter of the demands made by the men of the Western New York and Pennsylvania, and the Lehigh Valley, were the develop ments of to-stay In the strike of the car repairers. VICTIMS OF MINE Ills ASTER. Greatest Funeral Train In History of Wenlcrn America. Salt Lake, Utah, May 4.—The greatest funeral train in the history of Western America started on Its and Journey from Scofield to-day. The train has upon it the remains of sixty victims of the winter quarters mine disaster. CAN NEVER BE CONVICTED. LAWYER ROSE’S ASSERTION AS TO GREENE AND GAYNOII. Hearing Before House Judiciary Committee Developed Opposition to tlie 1111 l for the Removal of In dicted Persons Dndley Snltl It YY’onld Prove a Hardship Upon Railroad Official*—Hone Declared There Never YVn* Any Cnnaplrncy. Washington, May 4.— The House Ju diciary Committee to-day gave a hear ing upon the Senate bill introduced at the suggestion of Attorney General Griggs to provide for the removal to the proper district for trial of persons indicted for offenses against the United States. The bill was prepared to cover the cases of Benjamin D. Greene and the Gaynor brothers, whJ were indicted by the grand Jury in the Southern district of Georgia for conspiracy to defraud the United States la ihe eomtmets for the improve ment of Savannah and Cumberland sound. The indicted persons were arrest ed Ir. New York, but Judge Brown re fused to allow their extradition to Geor gia on technical grounds pertaining to procedure in New York, Col. W. W. Dudley was the first speaker. He said he represented certain railroad corporations. Such a bill applying to civil as well as to criminal cases might, he conteded, work great hardship, especially to railroad and other corporation officials. If Indicted outside Ihe district In which they were resident they could ba arrest ed and disgraced, though Innocent, and he urged that If the legislation was to be en acted It should be carefully safeguarded. In criminal cases like the Carter case, at which this legislation was olmtel, he ad mitted the circumstances might be differ ent. Chairman Ray said the. real question In volved was whether it was good policy to remove a person indicted from one Juris diction to another upon the simple pre sentment of an Indictment. Col. Dudley expressed the opinion that It would be against public policy. Lawyer Rose’s View of It. Abram J. Rase followed Col. Dudley. While ho was the attorney of the Gaynors and Greene, he said, he did not come es ! pecially as their attorney, but to call at tention to some things of which he had I |eculiar knowledge. He declared that S the district attorney had eight witnesses ! and many documents in the Gaynor case before the United Stales Commissioner In New York. If evidence had been pre sented then show ng probab e cause ail this difficulty would have been obviated. He contended that the testimony In the Carter courtmartlal case being public property, should have been produced be fore the United States Commissioner. The attorney general’s contention that the evi dence would disclose the government’s cose, he said, would not hold. Mr. Rose dilated upon possible hardships that might result to defendants in being re moved. Chairman Ray said that he hod receiv ed a letter from the Attorney General suggesting amendments to ttie b’ll to al low Indicted persons to show as a reason for non-removal that they had not been at the place where the indictment had been found. Mr. Rose asked why an alibi should be allowed to, be proved in the Interest of railroad officials. He said it would be dangerous to make exceptions. The let ter of the Attorney General did not men tion railroad officials, but Mr. Rom read a newspaper statement, saying that it was intended to except them. In the course of his remarks. Mr. Rose declared with great emphasis, referring to the Gaynor-Greene ease: "Those men never can be convicted upon the indictment for two reasons— first, there was no conspiracy; second, the United States never was defrauded.’’ NGAV OFFICIALS FOR HAWAII. Dole Named for Governor nnd Coop er for Secretary. Wellington, May 4.-Tlse President to day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Sanford B. Dole of Hawaii, to be Gov erttor of Hawaii; Henry E. Cooper of Hawaii, to he secretary-of Hawaii. R. C. Bellows of Washington, to be consul general at Yokohama. Jaimtt; Lieutenant Commander Samuel C. Lemly, IT. S. N.. of North Cnrolina. to be Judge advocate general of the navy, with rank of captain, for the term of four years, from the 4th of June. 3900. Mr. Pole was President of the Into Ha waiian republic. NO EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS. Colombian Revolution la Not Doing Very Mneh. Mobile, Ala., May 4.—Capt. Nieuwjaar of the Norwegian steamship Simon Du mols, here, to-day, from Boca and other ports of Colombia, says that nowhere did he see any evidence of progress of the Insurrection In, Colombia. The United States cruiser Detroit had left Boca for Port Limon. Neither government troops nor insurg ents were In the neighborhood of Boca or Chtrlqul Grande. The Dumols left Boca April 28. PRESIDENT VETOES A lIILL. Pertained to Rights of Settlers on ■Navajo Reservation. Washington, May 4.—The President to day returned to Congress with a veto message the till ' authorizing the adjust ment of the rights of settlers on the Nav ajo Indian reservation." The President dwells on the) progress made by these Indians and the recent en la genent of thfir reservation In order to avo.d contention and friction between the Indians and whites. _ Gun Club Tournament. Springfield, Hi.. May 4.—At the Illinois Gun C!u > Tournament, which closed to day the principal conteet was for the Schmelzer trophy, a silver cup which was won by Rol.o Helkes of Dayton, 0., last year, at Nashville, with 81 birds. The cup was won by Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, la., to-day. W. R. Crosby was sec ond. with 91, and Helkes and 3. M. KJlne, third, with 91 each. SHOT THAT KILLED GOEBEL. Inipurant Testimony Given In the t'ulton Case. Frankfort, Ky„ May 4.— The most Im poriaht testimony yet In connection with the Goebel assassination was brought out to-night in the hearing for bail in the Cul ton case. Assistant Secretary of Stats J, B, Matthews and McKenzie Todd, private secretary to Gov. Taylor, were star wit nesses. Matthews stated that pardons were issued to Charles Finley, John L. Powers, Harland Whittaker and possibly W. H. Culton. Assistant Secretary of State J. B. Mat thews testified: “I was lit the Governor s reception room when the assassination occurred. Tlie first shot sounded to me as If it came from be tween the two buildings. I got a pistol and started out. As 1 opened the door 1 met Henry Youtsey, who was coming in. He had a revolver In his hand. W’e tried lo get in the Secretay of State’s office to get some guns there, but the doons were locked, and I had to crawl over the transom to get in. The windows and curtains wore down. A rifle was lying by one of the windows with the butt toward the east. There was also a rifle in each corner on the left side of the room. Two were of 38- callber. 1 examined them to see if they had recently been flred. 1 am positive that two of them were loaded, but nm not sure as to the other one. It soiled my hands, but I do not know that this was caused by powder. Don’t know where this rifle is now’. The extreme west window was raised about four Inches when I Inspected the room.” McKenzie Todd, private secretary to Gov. Taylor, testified he saw two guns In the office of the Secretary of State on Saturday prior to the assassination. Yout scy picked up one of the guns and took a position neat* the window,, saying he warned to be prepared for any trouble In the legislative building. Witness said the Bhots seemed to come from the west end of the building. Davit otwl I went out ror a gun, and came back Immediately. The door to the office of the Secretary of Stale was opened while we were gone. Ed StefTe, who was standing on the portico In front of the State House saw Goebel fall. Looking up he thought he raw the barrel of a rifle pointing out of the window of the S cretary of States office. The rifle, according to the witness, was drawn In and the window closed. On cross-examination he said that after the shot was flred he thought he saw a llt t’e smoke rising above the window. Wade Watts, a bootblack, said he heard somebody run down the steps Into the basement after the assassination, and then saw Youtsey running through the bastment. STEAMER VIRGINIA LOST. Six of the Crew Drowned In Trying to Save Themselves. Cape Henry, Va., May 4.—The British steamer Virginia, Capt. Charleß Samuels, from Relquirl, Cuba, for Baltimore, with a cargo of iron ore with a crew of twen ty-six men Including one stowaway, stranded on Diamond ehoal about 6 p. m., Wednesday, May 3, during thick heavy weather. The entire crew took to the boats and attempted to leave the ship. One boat with fifteen of the crew got away, but the o her boat wos swamped and six men were drowned, The remaining five—gat hack on the steamer, where they remain ed uni 11 this morning, when they were res cued and brought a.-hcre by the crews of the Creed's Hill and Cape Hatteraa life saving stations. The ship stlanded on the outer Dia mond about twelve milca from the shore and owing to the thick squally Weather which has prevailed for several days aha waa not discover and by the life savers un til this morning. The rescue was made In the station life boa's. Much difficulty was encountered in get ting to the ship on account of the heavy sea and high wind, the boats starting early this morning and not being able to return until about 4 o'clock this afternoon. The ship Is now nearly all under water and is u total loss. The names of the saved are: Capt. Charles Samuels, First Officer Wynesa, Second Engineer Simmons, Third Engineer George Mitchell, Seaman Martin Rasmus sen. The following are know to be drowned: Samuel Park, steward; P. St. George Wal ley, chief engineer; Harris, seaman; Olsen, seaman, and two firemen, names unknown. The boat, with fifteen of Ihe crew which got away from the ship, when last seen was running off shore before the wind and was apparently safe. The names of those In the boat were Moore, second officer; Grant, donkey man; Turner, cook; Thompson, carpenter; Don ald, mess boy; Christiansen. Jeffon, Pur fell, Blanche, seamen, stowaway, second steward and four firemen, names unknown. The captain and four men are now be ing cared for by H. W. Stlron and P. H. Etheridge, of the life-saving stations, and will leave for Norfolk at the first oppor tunity. Norfolk, May 5, 2 a. m.— It is reported here that the British steamer went lo pieces to-night. No tidings yet of the fifteen men adrift in a boat. WILL RE BI'IIJECT TO TAX. Articles Made In Bond nnd .Shipped to Porto Rico. Washington, May 4.—Assistant Secretary Spalding has held that articles manufac tured in a bonded warehouse la this coun try canont be shipped to Porto Rico, as such a shipment would not constitute an exportation under the set of July 24, 1897. Also that articles of domestic manufac ture shipped to Porto Rico will be sub ject to a tax equal to the Internal reve nue tax Imposed In Porto Rico upon like arttch s of l'orto ltlcan manufacture, in addition to 15 per cent, of the duties Im posed by the tariff act of 1897. Town Destroyed by Fire. Victoria, B. C., May 4.—The chief por tion of the mining town of Sandon was destroyed by fire to-day. Tho loss will exceed 1250,000. Among the buildings burned are two hotels, two churches, two large blocks, tint Bank of British Colum bia and eight dwellings. Bombs In n French Tunnel. Paris, May o, 4:45 a. m.—A railroad dls asier was averted by the timely discovery of two b mbs on the rails in St. Mando tunnel. Information given to the Vin cnnes police has led to the arrest of four \ reputed anarchists. DAILY, *8 A YEAH S CENTS A COPY. WEEKLi 2-TIMES- A- WEEK.JI A TEAR NEGRO LYNCHED AT DOUGLAS. MARSHAL JONES’ BODY IUDDLED YY’ITH BILLETS. . * He YY’ns Implicated In the Murder of Constable Allen Croaby at Gill!** Still In Coffee County—He Shot Crosby in tlie Leg Mob Over powered Jailer Creel and Toole Jone* to tlie YY ootln— Real Murder* rr Not Y’et Caught. Dougina, Go., May 4.—Shortly after It o'clock this morning .Njarshal Jones, col ored. was taken from the jail hera by an arm'd mob. tied lo a tree and his body riddled with bullets. Jonra was Implicated In the murder of Allen Crosby. It will ha remembered that Alhn Crosby, a white man. was shot and killed last Sunday morning at Glllle’a still. In Coffee county, by a negro named Brown. Crosby, who was a bailiff, went to the still to arrest a negro, and a dis pute arose. Two other nsgroas caught Crosby and held him, after ha had shot at a negro nnmrd Marshal Jones. While the bailiff was being held, Brown snatched his revolver away. Crosby broke loose and start* and to run. Jones herd strik ing him In the leg. Brown then openedl fire and the bailiff was killed. Crosby’s murderer made good his es cape, but Jones was captured. The frlenda of the murder* and man. attempted to lynch the negro, but he was (fplrlted away, aad on Monday morning was brought to tha Douglas Jail. Secured the Prisoner. Thursday night was clear and bright. The people of Douglas retired, tittle dreaming that a determined mob was coming, bent on avenging the death of Croaby. Tills morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, lhne men knocked on Ja44ef Creel's door, telling him they had a pris oner. The Jailer asked them to hold him until morning, but the siiokesmaii said they had rl.lden all the way from Wlllacoochla, and did not feel like sitting up to guard the man. The Jailer came down and saw the three men, one of them apparently a prisoner.. They proceeded to the Jail, tha floors were unlocked and the four meat entered. "Untie your prisoner, and give me yoitf commitment papers,” said the Jailer, turning to the men. “Never mhtd the papers,” remarked the spokesman. "Wo <M*l not bring you a prisoner. We came after one. You have a negro in here named Marshal Jones, and we came to hang hlmt so turn ovtr your keys.” But the Jailer refused to surrender his keys, and broke for the from door. Hera he ran Into a mob of about thirty men, who fired off their runa, at the same time telling the Jailer that If he did not give up the keys they would rasa the building to the ground. The Jailer fearing the other prisoners would escape If he surrendered the keys, and knowing ihey would get away If the Jail was battered down, unlocked the cell door where Jones was confined. The negro begged and implored the men to spare him. “For God's sake, boss, give me time ta pray," he said, but It was no use. "Yes, and you, we will give you tlmg to pray,” said one. "You can prey ae we go along." Hound and Shot lo Death. The mob then pro* ceded down tb~tlw~ principal street of the town, marching iwat the Air Line depot; they turned off Into the woods about three-quarters of a mile from the Coffee county Court House, the negro praying end begging all the way. But there was no mercy In tha* mob. They were all determined men, with nothing hut revenge In view. About 600 yards from the depot 4hel mob stopped, on the left-hand side of the road. Here Marshal Jones wag bound to a small pine sapling, there be ing no convenient limb from which ta hang him. The mob backed off and be gan firing into the man's body, which! was literally riddled with bullets. Tha negro’s left leg wax broken above tha ankle, hla right thigh end right arm above the elbow were shattered. A rifle bullet struck him In the forehead, another went through the heart; a load qf buokshot entered the breast, end another In the side The straps binding the negro to the trea were shot In two, and the body tumbled to the ground. After completing their work Ihe mob dis persed, leaving the body where It had fallen. Very few people In Douglas knew anything of the tragedy until this morn ing. Not a dozen people knew of it, and the affair was a surprise to everybody. At last accounts the negro who killed Crosby had not been naught. People ere on the lookout for him, however, and. If captured, there will probably be another lynching in Douglas. EXTENDED TO NAVAL WARFARE, Geneva Conference Regulation* the Subject of n Treaty. Wsshlngton. May 4 —The Senate, In ex ecutive session 40-day, ratified a treaty negotiated with all the maritime nation* of the world, extending the Geneva con ference regulations to naval warfare. These regulations have long applied to war on lnnd and under the treaty hospi tal ships will be under the same protec tion as hospital tenta and bulldlnga on land. DIRECT LINE FROM TAMPA. Florida Port to Have Strainers to nnd From New York. Tampa, Fla., May 4.—The Transports lon Committee of the Board of Trade and a number of business men are p anning for a direct line of steomcra from this city to New York. The expansion of the naval stores business requires better freight fa cilities to the North and now that a deep water channel has been made to the Gulf the new steamer line will aoon be In opera tion. _ Urn. lire u Veteran. Indlannoplls. May 4—Gen. Fltahugh bee was to-night admitted a member of Frank H. rlark Rost of the Veterans of the Spun- Ish-American War. The application waa made several weeks ago. All the mem bers were In Porto Rico, Cuba or the I’h le lppines during the war. Fought a 15-Hound Draw. Denver. May 4.—Kid Parknr of Denver and Matty Matthews fought a tuu-round 1 draw to-nlghU