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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
KELLER'S DINNER TO BRYAN. Given Last Night at the New York DemOcrntfcN Clnb.

New York. Jan. 23.-Colonel W. J. Democratic club for the first time since
 he ran as a candidate for the presi- dency The dinner was not given by the Democratic club as club, but Col- onel Bryan was the guest of Commits sioner John w. Keller. who is the pres ident of the club. After MT. Bryan had left the clubhouse tonight President Keller emphasized the fact that he, as private citizen invited Colonel Bryan, another private citizen, as his guest to- gether with twelve other gentlemen.
 The clubhouse was crowded from 5 o'clock. The fact that Colonel Bryan was to be a guest at the club caused the seats in the general dining room on the third floor to be at premium. The club members ate two dinners and drank twice as much wine as they wanted waiting for the distinguished Nebraskan to arrive. At 7:30 o'clock a carriage drove up to the clubhouse. James S. Oliver, sergeant-at-arms of the National Democratic Committee alighted and helped out Colonel Bryan and ex-Governor Hogg of Texas. Some one shouted three cheers for Bryan and they were given. The crowd in the cor ridor was so great that the doorman had difficulty in making way for Col ionel Bryan and the others. President Keller pushed his way through the crowd and grasped the colonel by the hand. There was a crush in the dining room. and many were standing. The table at which the fourteen were to sit down was near the Fifth avenue front. There were other tables all about it, thronged with prominent members Of the club.
 When Colonel Bryan entered the bril- liantly lighted dining room there was much applause. There were no decora- tions. Those at the table of honor were John w. Keller, Colonel w. J. Bryan, Maurice F. Holahan, ex-Governor Hogg, Judge James A. O'Gorman, H. F. Bel mont, Norman E. Mack, John Whalen, John F. Carroll, Thomas F. Grady, Ber- nard J. York, Andrew Freedman, Dr. J. B. Crosby and Colonel W. T. Brown.
 At a few minutes past ten o'clock Colonel Bryan complained of a headache and, accompanied by Commissioner Kel- Ter and Senator Grady, he entered car- riage and was driven to his hotel. Be- fore leaving the hotel Colonel Bryan was asked how he viewed his reception. q am very much pleased with the cor diality of my reception, he said. After Colonel Bryan had left ex-Governor Hogg said: This shows that there is no dissension. Of course Colonel Bryan is here not as a guest of the club, but you can see that he is welcomed by all the members" Many of the members declared that the reception gave a de- cided emphasis to the fact that the pro- test of Meesrs. Doyle, Fox and Roose- welt did not represent the sentiment of the members of the club as a whole.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
BoER NEVIS OF THE FIGHTING.
Heavy Artillery Fire on Both Sides
 General ViljOen Wounded.

| Boer Camp, Upper Tugela River, Sum- l day, Jan. 21.-After Commandant Botha checked the British advance yesterday
 morning it was expected that there l would be no further action until to- l morrow. This afternoon, however, signs were discerned of an intended move- ment in the British northern camp. | When the heat, which was more fright | ful than any yet experienced had worn off the British cannon started in full force and their infantry advanced in extended order.
 Generals Botha and Cronje held the
 high hills over which the road to Lady
 smith passed When the Mauser fire opened pandemonium of sound filled the air. The vindictive crash of lyddite shells the eharp volleys of Lee-Metfords
 and the whip-like crack of Mausers
 were interspersed with the boom of the Boer Maxims. The battle ended with darkness, but not without evidences of execution among the British that were manifest at sunrise. Field Cornet Ernst
 Emilio was killed; nor did the generals
 escape unscathed.
 At the central position, Swartz Kop,
 where the other road to Ladysmith
 crosses the hills, the British advanced from low kopjes on the banks of the Tugela unmolested. Then they entered
 the zone of the Mauser fire, and, al-
 though their naval guns kept up the unusual fire, the advance was stopped and the British had to count out their dead and wounded,
 Commandant Viljoen and two burg hers were knocked senseless by an ex- plosion of lyddite, but Commandant Vil- ioen recovered. Field Cornet Heilbron was wounded and on refusing to surren- der was shot
 The British loss was probably ins1gni- ticant. They complain that sporting Mausers were found on the field and Hoftened bullets with Lee-Metfords. The Boers admit that sporting Mausers were occasionally found but they deny the charge respecting expansive bullets. Not shot was fired by the Boers with cannon or rifle at the Swartz Kop posi- tion this side of the river. One thou sand infantry and battery advanced yesterday to the second row of low hills between the republicans and the river Heavy cannonading proceeded at a range of 2,500 yards, but the federals maintained the silence of death. This must have staggered the British, as the advance was stopped and this morning they had retired to their old positions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
POLICE BOARD TNoUIRING.
PatroImen and Officers Questioned COn-
 cerntng Policy shops.


 The police commissioners held spe- cial meeting last night to inquire from the officers and patrolmen of the cen tral station concerning policy shops, disorderly houses and other unlawful places of the existence of which the fearless work of the Law and Order league of late has informed the pub lie. The police board has been very much engaged in doing things to "in- crease the efficiency of the department" during the last year or two, transfer ring sergeants regrading policemen, holding drills, and conferring with the board of finance, etc., and now the raid at the Imperial hotel by Sergeant Gib- son and patrolmen and the policy shop raids last week by the Law and Order league have brought to the attention of the board the fact that there are other lines of police work to which their efforts might be proftably turned.
 Last nights session was held behind locked doors and Captain Brewer, Ser geant Bowers, Sergeant Tighe and Pa trolmen Winchell, Grant, Dorman and Kane were called before the board and questioned concerning the alleged loca- tion of disorderly and unlawful places in the central part of the city. The board examined patrolmen until Ii o'clock and then adjourned until next Tuesday night, when some definite &C., ton relative to instructing the men of the department as to their duty will probably be taken. At that time some inquiry will be made as to the truth of the allega ton that 1t has been impOs- sible for the police to secure from the city attorneys office warrants when evidence of character to warrant their issue has been laid before the officials of that office.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24

a right to make such law. The Mor- mons had believed that their creed in the matter of polygamy came with the constitutional inhibition against laws prohibiting the free exercise of religious belief. They continued to maintain the rightfulness of polygamy after the su- prome court in 1878 had sustained the anti-polygamy law, because they could not forget that the court was human and fallible and had frequently reversed itself.
 "So we thought" said MT. Roberts, "believing as we did in the righteous ness of our doctrine. We hope there might spring up sentiment which would lead to reversal of opinion. But it did not come"
 Conditions in Utah.
 MT Roberts, with arms outstretched, appealed to the country not to be too hard on the people of Utah He de- scrbed the condition that existed in Utah in 1882 as a reign of terror The courts were being used, he said, to drive women into exile. A man was brought before the court. He was told that he need not go to prison if he would give up polygamy. But, then" said MT. Roberts dramatically, T felt it would have been .deserting the cause of God to have agreed"
 A scattering wave of applause passed over the gallery at this utterance but it was quickly drowned with misses. "I had rather had my flesh hewn from my limbs than to have been untrue to my people. It was this feeling that was the incentive to the lawlessness, such as it was" But, he continued the time came when the MorInons of Utah were obliged to submit, and they did submit Since then there had not been single plural marriage in Utah. The plural relations had been broken up in many cases. Death had kindly solved the problem for some, and the heartaches it left for some made them wish the same end had come to them.
 Utah Has Kept Her Compact.
 He insisted that the compact with the United States had been observed; that polygamy had practically ceased; that the Mormon church had given up polygamy in good faith. MT. Roberts said he had been in public life for twen- ty years and was not driven to the de- fense of his moral character. He was not here representing the Mormon church. He had received a greater num- Der of votes from Gentiles than from Mormons. You can neither expel nor exclude me" said Mir Roberts in con- clusion. q will cling so hard to the pillars of liberty that you shall not drag me from them without bringing down the whole temple. Applause and hiss es). I have lived with good con- science until this day and am sensible of no act of shame upon my part. You can brand me with shame and send me forth, but I shall leave with head erect and brow undaunted and walk the earth as angels walk the clouds. If you vio- late the constitution all the shame will be with you" There was q great out burst in the galleries when MT. Roberts concluded. Many of the women in the galleries were especially demonstrative At 5:30 p. m. the house adjourned until II o'clock tomorrow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24

A reception was given last evening by Dr. Levy of Temple Mishkan Israel and Mrs. Levy at their home on Audu- bon street in honor of Miss TrieSt of Charleston, Miss Cohen of Charleston, and Mrs. Fryer of Cleveland who are visiting them. pr. and Mrs. Levy were assisted in receiving by Miss Kahn of this city. About 200 guests called dur ing the evening. The company was en- tertained by Mrs. Fryer by several se- lections on the piano. Light refresh ments were served and Mrs. Eckstein of New Haven presided at the punch howl
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
Professor Hagen Dpa6.

Washington, Jan. 23.3-Henry A. Ha- zen, one of the chief forecasters of the weather bureau, died here tonight as the result of injuries received last night by a bicycle collision with negro pe- destrian His skull was badly fractur- ed and he continued unconscious up to the time of his death. Prof. Hazen was born in India fifty years ago, his father being a missionary He was graduated at Dartmouth college and then was connected with the scientific department of Yale university for nine years. He joined the United States signal service in 1881.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24

London, Jan. A, 2:15 a. m.-The fol- lowing despatch from General Butler dated at Spearman's Camp, January 23, 6:20 D. m., has just been posted: "Warren holds the position he gained two days ago. In front of him about LAO yards is the enemys position, west of Spion Kop. It is on higher ground than Warren's position, so it is impos- sible to see it properly.
 Tt can only be approached over bare, open slopes and the ridges held by Warren are so steep that guns cannot be placed on them. But we are shelling the enemy's position with howitzer and field artillery placed on lower ground behind infantry. The enemy is reply ing with Creusot and other artillery. In this duel the advantage rests with us, as We appear to be searching his trenches and his artillery fire is not causing us much loss.
 ''An attempt will be made tonight to seize Spion Kop, the salient of which forms the left of the enemys position facing Trichard's Drift and which di- vides it from the position facing Pot gieters Drift. It has considerable command over all the enemy's entrench- ments."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
Young cnmpbsiI,s Body Recovered.

Newtown, Jan. 2S.-The submarine diver employed to search the bed of the Potatuck river, which joins the Housa- tonic at Sandy Hook, was successful this afternoon in recovering the body of Willie, the eight-year-old son of ex- Representative Patrick Campbell, who broke through the ice Sunday afternoon and was drowned. A large organized party dredged the river yesterday with out avail and this morning a diver was brought from Bridgeport. t.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
SITUATION AT WATERING.
Boer Forces Apparently Fewer-Work
 of the Relieving Column.

Mafeking, Wednesday, Jan. 10, via Beira, Jan. 18,-Since the artillery at tack of January 3 the Boers have not fired so many shells at this place. Na- tives report that the Boer chief gunner is wounded and that five men were killed and that their breastworks were damaged during the recent engage ment. Commandant Erasmus and his friends are reported to have departed and the Boer forces in this vicinity are apparently fewer in number. Their estimated strength Is 2,000 men.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
ScIlaefer Won,

New York, Jan. 23.-Jake Schaefer won the handicap fourteen-inch balk line match here tonight by defeating Ora Morningstar, the young Chicago "shortstop,'' the Wizard finishing his 5000 points in 125 innings and leaving the Chioagoan with 1,l12 points, SS be hind his schedule of 1,500
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24

yestment has not been relaxed and that the garrison has ceased to speculate regarding the precise date of deliver ance.
 The position of the British forces out side of Natal is unchanged. The for ward movement everywhere appears to be waiting for endorsements.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
Hon E J. PheIps Dangerously III .

Hon. E. J. Phelps, ex-minister to England, is very ill at his residence, corner of Humphrey street and Whit ney avenue, with pneumonia. MT. Phelps was taken i'll a few days ago and this week pneumonia delevoped, and his condition though not critical, is very serious.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
Ruhttn Wins a Quick Fight.

Troy, N. Y, Jan. RS.-Gus Ruhlin, the Akron Giant" took just two minutes and ten seconds to stop Fred Kappes of Albany before the Manhattan Ath- letic club tonight. Kappes gave a mis- erable exhibition and was pounded all over the ring. He failed to land a sin gle blow on Ruhlin. Kappes stands six feet inches in height and weighs 215 mounds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
Miller erLocatedin Cnuadn.

New York, Jan. 23.-William F. Mill CT, who conducted the 52O per cent. Franklin syndicate in Brooklyn has been located in Canada and is under surveillance. This information was given out by the Brooklyn authorities tonight.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
One Hundred and Eif.y Hands Laid on

Bfanford, Jan. z3.-AbOut IbU hands employed in the branch here of the Yale & Town Manufacturing company were laid off tonight and no inforn1a- tion was given as to when they might be asked to resume work. It is not be- lieved, however, that the strike of the polishers and buffers which occurred about two weeks ago and which was supplemented by the polishers and buff fers at the Stamford factory leaving work until the grievances were adjusted is responsible for the present curtail- ment of the working force.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
General stanton Dead.

Washington, Jan. 23.-News was re- ceived here tonight of .the death of
 General T. N. Stanton, formerly pay u,aster-general- of the army, in Omaha
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
Colonel Plumer,s Relieving Force.

Gaberones, Bechuanaland, Wednes- day. Jan. IF, via Lorenzo Marquez, Jan 23-Natives who have just arriv- ed report that troops, not Boers, are patrolling around Mafeking. From this it is conjectured that the Boers may have retired from that place and that the patroers are some of Colonel Baden Powell's men. There is increased activ- ity in the Boers position at Crocodile Pools, but with the exception of a couple of shells, Colonel Plumer's out posts have not heard from them to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
Gaberones, Bechuanaland, Wednes

Gaberones, Bechuanaland, Wednes- day, Jan. F, via Lorenzo Marques, Jan. 27.-A reconnoitering force this morning found the Boers on the Basu- to Hill, which the British supported by an armored train, occupied. Later, to-day, the cyclist scouts reconnoitered the Boer main laager, ten miles south of Fort Gaberones. They describe it as large and strongly intrenched. The Boers continue the destruction of the railroad near Crocodile Pools
 TComDlete Earlier Anglo Boer War News on
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
ID SEIZE SP|0H K0P
General Butler Planned to Take the Position Last
 Night.
COMMANDS BOER TRENCHES
IT ALSO FORMS LEFT OF ENEMY'S
 LINE.

Warren Holding the Ridges He Gained But Is Unable to Advance-Boers on Higher Ground and but LAO Yards in FrOnt-Brisk Artillery Duel In Progress Disappointment in London Over the Great Turning Movement Coming to stondstill.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24
A Pleasant ReccpttOM.

[Complete Earlier Anglo-Boer War News on
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24

Mir Roberts discussed the nature of the crime of polygamy in order as he said, that we may ascertain whether it is so awful in it's aspect as to war rant a more lawless act than polygamy itself in order to rebuke man who has been elected to the house. He re ferred to the toleration of polygamy among the Jewish people and said that the Great Master had never con- demned it. Luther had declared that polygamy did not contradict the scrip lures. MT. Roberts asserted that po- lygamy was a crime not in itself, but merely because it was prohibited by law He admitted that the United States and any one of the states had
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-14
Mrs. .Nrchibald Little, an English

Mrs. Nrchibald Little, an English
wo..,an v!:n lived in western China for
il years, says licrc is a growing senti-
ment against the practice of crippling
the native women's feet. While she
was there they held drawing-room
meetings to discuss the subject and
about 200 of the best families in Chung
king and 1890 families in the adjoir-
ing district agreed to discourage the
custom. Men are responsible for the
practice, for the first question they ask
in regard to possible fiancee is about
the size Of her foot. The engaged young
Chinaman, when he is dining with his
friends. often proudly produces from
the recesses of his capacious sleeves
shoe to prove the smallness of his fu-
ture Uife'S foot. Women with these
crippled feet can walk and run, but, ac-
cording to Mrs. Little, it is almost i'm
possible for them to stand still. When
they try it, they hold on to whatever
happens to be nearest to them and
sway backward and forward with a
rocking motion.-San Francisco News
Letter
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-14
A Great Liniment.

DR.. Benton's liniment, whicn affects
man and beast alike, is the grandest cura
tive lniment ever manufactured in the
world You have but to use it once and
you will never use anvOther. If
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-14
How He Defined 1t.
The quarrel had come at last

The quarrel had come at last.
''1ou're tirt.' he cried.
"A fiirt," she repeated. scornfully.
why. don't believe you know what
firt is
~ fiirt," he said. bitterly, ''is a girl
who can make a man think he is in
heaven when in reality he is next door
to the other place, with the door slight
" ajar.'- Chicago Post.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-07-14
BTfttTI{c.eE1S BTftT{ceE HOu Sc
Carson City, Nevada
GILBERT BRIGGS. PROpRIETO

This old est abhed hotel, Known from Maine to Ore
gon and from Georgia the Gulf has recently naugur
aed system of electricity throughout the entire build
ing whereby every lighted by ncandescent lights
At the present time this is the only hotel in Carson that is
lighted exclusively by electricity Firscass through
Best 81 day house the Coast. Free bus to and
cronl the trans Me % cents, lodging 25 and SC
Evening star., 1900-04-11
Mr.. Gnrman.s Six XOfeR.

The result of yesterdays local democratic
primaries is a decided victory for the fac
ton commonly believed to represent the
interests Of Mr.. German The District con-
ventiOn. according to the present returns.
will be almost completely under the control
of this section of the party, and in all prob
ability the delegates chosen by it to go to
Kansas City will not be instructed for
Bryan. There is already talk of contest,
the anti-Norris men declaring freely that
there has been fraud in the management OF
the election and promising to send rival
delegation to Kansas City to carry the
fight even to the floor of the convention
hall So the shindy has only just begun.
But as the case stands the German inter-
ests will be first on the ground with all
the prestige of apparent regularity. Much
depends, of course, upon the purposes and
the power Of the Bryan managers a Kan
sas City There is no present prospect that
it will be necessary for them to resort to
extreme measures to insure a nomina ton:
but il the Dewey boom should become for
midable or if Mr.. German and his allies
should have, in addition to these six Dis
trict votes. enough others to give them a
practicable balance of power 1t might be
that the contesting delegation would find
itself favored with adrnittance. Such
things have happened before as even so
small a delegation becoming a bone OF bit
ter contention.
Indeed. the District delegation is likely
to come in for a marked share of attention
in any case That which will be named by
the convention elected yesterday, present.
ing itself uninstructed in the midst of a
large number of delegations bearing the
Bryan stamp. will from this fact alone be
conspicuous for its unusual credentials The
intimate association between 1t and the
Maryland manipulation. now widely known.
will also tend to draw upon it the notice of
the leaders and delegates alike, while if A
contesting delegation should press forward
claniOring for a hearing this interest is
certain to be enhanced the facts and sus-
picions of the local campaign are ventilat-
ed So it Is reasonably certain that those
Washingtonlans who are named tomorrow
by the District convention stand a good
chance to become conspicuous figures in an
historic proceeding. Meanwhile the cam
paign will continue quite Lively as though
these six votes represented actual cleo
toral strength.