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LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD BY TELEGRAPH AND CABLE r?",, SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. No News of Importance Via the War Cables. FEARS CONCERNING MINES Tito ."Mission of lirliish Gciiornl Cnrrlngtoii Will Itoqnlra Tlmo-Hlooinfontelit DIs patches Silent us to ttio Future?Huer Patrols Active nnd Constantly Laying Trap* -Trnrto Between Cape Colony ami Orange Vreo Sluto ltestnned-Germans Sentenced to Imprisonment. (By Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot.) London, April CO.?4:15 a. m.?A del? uge of rain, lasting ten days, has brought the operations in the south? eastern part of the Free State almost to a standstill. The creeks have be? come roaring rivers and the roads are streams of mud. A Singulair message, dated Bloomfon teln, April 19, 10:55 a. hi., and begin? ning, "via Press Censor, Blocm tont ein," reports nn exchange of shots in the tll rectlon of Dowel's Dorp, where the Boers are said to be concentrating after the withdrawal from Wcpener." There is nothing else to Indicate the Investment of Wcpener has been aban? doned by the Boens. Notwithstanding the rain, however, the British have town for the purpose of making' connec? tions. The Bloemfonteln dispatches remain full if trivial details, but arc absolutely silent as to the future. THE BOER PATROLS. According to a dispatch from Ludy smith, dated to-day, the Boers are much disconcerted by tlie present condi? tion of affairs. Their fortifications and forces, numbering about 15,000 men, are spread over ridges in contemplation of a ltrltlsh advance through the Wasch bank, north of Ladysmith. which has not been oecuoled. The Boer patrols arc very active and are constantly lay? ing traps. TRADE RESUMED. A proclamation issued at Cape Town to-day allows trading between Cape Colony and the occupied portions of the Orange Free state to be resumed. A patrol of Cape police near Boshof y< stcrday captured two Boers, oxen, some wagons and two hundred head of cattle. GERM A N S f B N T E NC ED. Two Germans, who recently arrived tit Cape Town, have been sentenced to a year's Imprisonment tor having suspi? cious possession of one hundred rifles and six hundred cordite cartridges. 1NPANTltY EQUIPPED. London. April 20.?The Bloemfonteln correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, telegraphing Thursday, says: "The requisite remounts and equlp nv nts have arrived and all the Infantry divisions are now supplied with tents, "Both sides are steadily preparing for '.lie coming Struggle. Lord Itobcrts is now ready. "Several lots of concealed arms dud ammunition have been discovered here this week. "The epidemic of enteric fever is abating." RUSSIAN NOBLEMAN KILLED. A dispatch to Hie Daily News from Pretoria, dated Monday, 10. guys: ?'Prince Ruratrlou Morn gaff, a Rus? sian nobleman, was killed at the same t:. with General doVill. bois Mttreuil." I MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES F. ROE, N. G. S. N. Y. made <:r>inr- progress, as Dowel's Dorp has been occupied by them, probably by the advance of General Bundle's di? vision. Dowel's Dorp Is about twenty four miles from Wopcner. An obscure message from Allwal North.dated April ID.says that General Brabant has arrived there, but whether he returned ahme or with hia troop? is not clear. Boer reports from Allwal Xorlh aver that from 8,000 to 10,0u0 Boers are at Wepener. Extended reports or the Rloemfontetn concert for the benefit of the widows and orphans have been enbled. No less than seven separat?! accounts have been cabled. No less than .-even sep? arate nccouhts have been published in London to-day. The concert, the weather anil the bare statement that Lord Roberta is ready to move are about the only things that the Censor has allowed to pass, and tho correspondent, who announces that Lord Roberts is ready to move, does not specify the dire, linn in which he Is going. DEARTH OF NEWS. London, April 10.-2:10 p. m.?The ar? rival of General Carrlngton at Belra, Portuguese East Africa; and a reitera? tion of the- report that the Boers intend blowing up the Johannesburg mines are the only items of news that mark to? day's war cables. Weeks must elapse before General Carrlngton will be able io concentrate his force on the borders of the Transvaal or approach Mafcklng. According to a rumor in circulation at Lorenzo Marques, a Boer fore.- has been sent to Intercepi General Carrlngton, hut i: Is not thought to he of sufficient strength to cause anxiety. RENEWED FEARS. The Natal Mercury is responsible for the renewed fears concerning the mines, printing accounts from newly-arrived refugees, saying elaborate preparations for the destruction of all the Johannes? burg shafts have been carried on under the .supervision of the .State mining engineer, who is alleged to have requi? sitioned ail the copper wire in the COEBEL'3 MURDERERS. MORE INDICTMENTS RETURNED? GOVERNOR TAYLOR ACCUSED. fBy Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot.) Frankfort, Ky., April lf>.?Indictments wore returned by the grand jury to-day against John W. Davis and Green Golden ns accessories to the murder of (I i\ .1 nor Goebel. Green Golden Is a cousin of Wharton Golden, who tinned Suite's evidence. Davis was n policeman on the Capitol Square and tried to escape from Frank? fort with Caleb Powers. The case ngainsl \V. I.. Hnzllpp, who was accused of complicity in the Goebel shooting, was dismissed. it is persistently reported hero to? night thai Governor Taylor has been Indicted by Hid grand Jury, and that lho Indictment was returned to-day along With those ngnlnsi Captain Davis and Green Golden, but that this Indict? ment will m>; be given our until Gov? ernor Taylor returns from Washington. Judge Cantrlll has fixed April :;n for the arraignment of ?Harlan Whittaker and "Tallow Dick" Combs, indicted as principals in the CSocbcl assassination, and Secretary of State Caleb Powers and Can tain .lehn Davis, indicted as accessories. Tho attorneys on that day will ask for bail and file petitions and affidavits asking for a change of venue. The date for the arraignment of the others has not been fixed. rv.omorifll to Deco<isc?l Englishman (I'.v Tel?~raph to Virginian-Pilot.) Washington, April 10.?Secretary Long ha-, undcrtaki n to have n bronze tablet east at' the Washington Navy yard and erected in Santiago, Cuba, at a point to be designated by General Wood, in commemoration of the ser? vices of the late Frederick W. Rams den, who, while British*Consul at San? tiago during the Spanish-Ameri an war. rendered valuable services to the United states in protecting American Interests there during tin; solge, and who died while nt Iiis post of duty. This tablet will bear an artistic inscription recounting the services of the de:eased. SECOND DAY OF DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. -7 Voters Completed the Ticket for the City of Norfolk Yesterday. HEAVY RAINFALL AND A LARGE VOTE. Lawler For City Seargeant, Trehy For Clerk of the Courts, Christian For Street Inspector, and Sutton For Physician to the Almshouse, Were Comparatively Easy Winners in Yesterday's Battle of Ballots?The Ticket to Be Voted For in the General Election?Rumor of a Contest?Pri? mary For Council. The second day's Democratic primary opened at sunrise yesterday morning In a heavy downpour of rain, hut the water did not have the effect of dam? pening the ardor of the candidates or their supporters, as evidenced by the heavy vote polled. It will be recalled that in Tuesday's primary 5,511 votes were polled. Yes? terday the number was 5,070-Just 433 short of the first day's turnout. The candidates began work early and put in a busy day. Voters who were unable or indis? posed to visit the polls of their own vo? lition were carried there, and after de? positing their ballots were returned to their homes. As a rule the contest was conducted good naturedly. There were some bandying of words, and at one precinct blows were exchanged, hut no serious results followed these, misun? derstandings. The ticket nominated In the Demo cratlc primary Tuesday und yesterday and tu be voted for In the .May election is as follows: Mayor?C. Brooks Johnston. City Sergeant?John P. Lawler. City Collector?William L>. linker. City Treasurer?H. i>. Herman. Clerk of Courts?James V, Trehy. Commissioner of Revenue?W. W. Dey. City Attorney?Walter II. Taylor. Commonwealth's Attorney?W. II. V< nable. Clerk of Circuit Court?Laurence A\ artsir. Cl?*k of Market?G. H. H. Wood house. Keeper or Almshouse?H. A. Tarrall. Keeper of Cemeteries?J. M. Drough ton. Sealer of Weights and Measures?A. W. Grandy. City Gauger?James It. Cake. Street Inspector?U L. Christian. Physician to Almshouse?S. A. Sut ton. THE STATEMENT Ol1" THE VOTE TNT DETAIL CANDIDATES. City Sergeant? John l:. Lawler . R. & Weaver Clerk of Courts? J. V. Tiehy . L, Royster Clerk ot the Market George H. H. Woodhouse . Abe Moses City Ganger? James M. Cake A. M. Datlley . Street Inspector? Bon L. Christian J. Arnold Da I by . Physician to Almshouse? S. A. Sutton C D. J. Macdonald 5?2 810] RXJMOll OK A CONTEST. There was si ill rumor of a contest of Tuesday's vote in the fourth Ward by Dr. James Q. Rlddick yesterday; but nothing definite could be learned in re sard thereto. It was rumored that several attorneys had held a confer? ence, but their decision was held in the dark. A Rlddick supporter, who I* supposed to have kept "on the inside," said yes? terday that .it looked to him as if the Fourth Ward business was a "wrong without a remedy." He said he was satisfied that frauds had been perpe? trated, but it would be hard to prove in court illegal voting. There is no charge of fraud on the inside of the polls. PRIMARY FOR COUNCIL. Colonel C. A. N'ash. president of the City League for Good Government, said yesterday that Tuesday's primary election had more firmly than ever con I vlnecd hlni that a night primary for j the selection of a Council I ticket would ' i be unjust. At the First Ward voting place, where the poll? were open more ' ! than 12 hours, only 1.112 votes wore cast1 i Tuesday, and many voters had no , chance lb vote, ?s was evidenced l>y j yesterday's large vote In that ward, i By the lernte* of the primary law the I polls may he kept open at night, ward i i primaries only from 7 to 12 o'clock?\ \ live hours. Thl.-i time, said Colonel ; Nosh, Is entirely too short In which ' to give every one a chance to vote. It I ! would be so oven if two voting places ' opened, especially if the conditions ex- j istetl in the First Ward Tuesday were lite same, which lie thinks likely. Captain W, W. Dey and several other members of the City Executive Com? mittee have placed themselves on re ' cord as favoring a day primary. The committee will decide the matter a.s ' soon as the several Democratic organ i izatlons are heard from. HCR3ES AND MULES. FOR OUR ARMY IN THE PHIL? IPPINES. (By Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot.) Washington, April 10.?The army transportation department Is very much gratified at the success of Its plans to supply horses and mules to the army in the Philippines. The trans- j portation of animals over long stretches of water has always been a j serious problem, and was inaugurated by ihis Government with apprehension, j The piineip.il improvement that has j been Introduced is in the matter oi per feet ventilation of the quarters of the animals in the lower portions of the ship, and animals are now transported from the Pacific coast to the Philip pines in comparative safety. Telegrams i were received at the War Department to-day announcing the arrival of the : animal transport Lennox, which carried 1.-.7 hors-n nhd mules and lost only one i of the number on the voyage. The ves- j sei made n stop at Hllo, but did not lavui any of the animals. ITp to the time of the arrival of the Port Stephens at] Hllo there had been no losses what- | ever in her charge, and It is expected I that she may equal the record of the Lennox during the remainder of her J trip to Manila. Bubonic Plasuo Rumor (P.y Telegraph to Vlrglnlan-PllotO Las Palmas. Canary Islands, April 19.?The German steamer Pailan (?) has arrived here from Rosarlo with two cases of bubonic plague on board. I >ne of the stricken passengers died after the vessel reached p->r:. The steamer has been Quarantined. No record of n steamer named "Pailan" can be found In the maritime registers accesalbio. j PORTO RICAN r/IOflEY. I ARRANGEMENTS FOR ITS RE? TIREMENT COMPLETED. (By Telegraph to Virginian-!'not.) Washington, April 19.?The Treasury Department has completed the ar? rangements Cor the retirement -of Por? to Rlcnn money and the Substitut! >n o:' American currency. James A. Sample, iho chief of the Issue Division of Trea? surer Roberts' office, and W. T. Wat? son, of New York, till expert account? ant, have been selected to go to Porto : Rico u> niake the exchange, and will leave before May 1. The work Is to be done under the Porto Rlcan bill re? cently passed by Congress, which pro? vides for the retirement of the Porto Rican peso and all other money on the i Island and the exchange therefor of American money. i it is estimated that there are 10.000. 000 pieces of silver and other metallic currency in the Island, and now in cir? culation. These pieces tire worth 6,000, | ?u? pesos. Congress has decided thai the exchange shall bo made on the ba? st:; of Sixty cents for the peso. About $3.000.000 of American money' Will, therefore, he required to take up nil the miner money in Porto. The Urft shipment of American money wilt be marie to the island between now and May 1 by an army transport, and the Porto Rlcan money will he brought bn k here as It Is taken up and re? ceived. The exchange will be made largely through the Porto Rican banking and business Institutions. It will be a long tlrm before all of the Porto Riean 1 money Is turned in, but the nulk of it probably will go out of circulation with? in a few months. Treasurer Roberts says be will send gold, siver certificates and subsidiary ctons to Porto Rico to replace the pesos and other coin?. The nllver certificates uro the only form of United States cur rency which will be used at present In the Island. The amount of each kind of money to be sent at or.ee is as fol? lows: Minor coins. $15,000; subsidiary silver, 860,000; silver certificates; JJiiO, 000, and cold coin. $163,000, making $o00, 000 in all. , TESTIMONY IN. THE TRIAL OF COL-SON, CHARGED WITH MURDER. (Ry Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot) Frankfort, Ky? April IP.?The trial of Colonel Colson, charged with the murder Of Lieutenant Scott and L. \V. Demo roe, to-day. John H. Paxton testi? fied that he was talking to Charles Julian (who was kll&d) when the light In the rotunda of ;the Capitol Hotel commenced. Paxton said it was his impression that ll man standing In the centre of the room fired the llrst shot. He saw Colson follow Scott to the stairs. Colson stopped at the head of t!i<- stc:>s and tiled a shot down the stairs at Scott. Dr. G. F. Thompson testified as to the wounds on Scan's body and head. The attorneys for the defense ngrood to permit Watwood to testify Just as soon as he arrives. Attorney Williams stated hit. case to the jury, and the tes? timony of the defense commenced. Judge Williams announced the defense would prove that Scott had made threat alter threat that he would kill Colson on sight: that the throats had been communicated to Colson, and that Col? son tired no-more shots than he thought was necessary to put him out of dan? ger. In the afternoon the defendant, Col? onel David Colson, testified, lie gave a sketch of his life and stated the ob? ject of his visit to Frankfort when the tragedy occurred. He said: "I did not know Scott was here. 1 met Scott und Holden In front of the hotel. When I saw them I bore to the 1- ft to avoid meeting them, but I kept my eye on them. I then wont into the hotel. There 1 met Mayo, and s:U down to discuss some business matters with him." In cross-examination Colson said he did not know who fired the second shot. Did no; remember when Scott caught Dcmnrcc and that his second pistol was not drawn until after S -ott anil Domn rec fell, lie commenced tiring at Scott from the smaller Idstol as Scott was getting up. Tin- big pistol was bor? rowed before ho left home. Major it. c. Cruinbnugh, of Ifnpklns ville. testified that Colson. when at Lexington during the last Republican convention, had gone out of his way on three different occasions to avoid meet? ing Scott. Ma jor Goctss, of Knoxvllle, Tenn., who was provost marshal at Aunlston, tes? tified as lo the threats Scott had made against Colson, stating that Scott had told him if Colson and himself ever re? turned to Kentucky one would have to die. He said Scott was considered very quarrelsome. Goelz was the last wit? ness of the day. VIRGINIA BOND CASE. A JER8EYITE CHARGED WITH FORGING SIGNATURES. (Ry Telegraph to Vlrginlnn-Pilot) New York, April 19.?What Is known as the Virginia bond forgery case came up fur trial to-day. when Julius Bchroe ter, a manufacturer, of Forest Ulli. N. J.. was placed on trial for forgery in the ilrst degree before Judge New burger in General Sessions. Schroeter is charged with forging the names of 1>. it. ReVely, treasurer of the Com? monwealth of Virginia, and H. H. Dy s.in. second auditor of the State, lo a bond of the issue of 1882, which ho is also accused of having hypothecated. Schroeier Is alleged to have got hold of bonds of the Commonwealth of Vir? ginia and raised 'Mon.noo on them. In February; 1S82, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the State of Vir? ginia voted to issue bonds, and ord< ra were sent to the Klmball Hank Note Company fur them. The bonds were never issued, and the package ?Vits sen: lo the Klmball company's warehouse. Two or three years later the package was sold with other paper. Last No? vember Schroder visited the office of Ladenburg, Thalmari & Co., where he saw Paul Lichtensti in. an employe. Lichtcnstclh says Schroeter off .red 58 of th- Virginia bonds, representing SC60.?OO face value, ns security for u loan or $10,000. One of these bonds, No 190, payable July I, 1932, and redeemable July. ii>pn, u ih.it nn which the specific charge against Schroeter is made. Llchtonstelti says Schroeter was paid JJR.ftOO In one check and $10,000 In two checks Inter. Further allegations are that Schroeier visited the Importers' and Traders' Rank und got rid 6f bond.; for $30,000, and that he got $20,000 from the Seaboard National Bank. The work of gelling a Jury was begun to-day. ADMIRAL DEWEY. DENIES A STATEMENT ATTRIB? UTED TO HIM. (Ry Telegraph to Vlrginlan-Pilot.) Washington, April lit.?In reply to n letter from the editor of the Hamilton Democrat, Hamilton, O.. relative to a paragraph which has been g.dng the rounds of the newspapers, Admiral Dewey to-day sent the fallowing com? munication: Washington, !>. C April 19. 1900. Dear Sir:?I am in receiru of your letter of the 17th instant, asking i: I ttin correctly reported as saying: "W.l!, i'ii tell you what a Democrat i-. In time of war a Democrat I? a traitor: in time of peace he is a (0 i." In re? ply i have to state that this h* one of the thousands of lies uttered concerning me, to attempt to contradict ail of which would require more time than Is at my command. However, slnco you .extend the opportunity, it gives me i pleasure to state '.hat I hive never said ! or thought of such a thing as the fore? going statement accredited to me. i ; have a very fond remembrance of thou i sands and tens of thousands of "war t Democrats" whom I know, and Who ! were some of the best fighters this I country ever raw. I Very truly yours. GEQRGE DEWEY, ! Homer 0.ird, Esq., "Hamilton Demo I erat," Hani.Lllo.ii, O. ... .._ THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE, Debate of Proposition to Chart Waters of Cuba, Etc. - r-.r, STRONG FIGHT AGAINST IT Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, I.cuds tlio flu. slnngbt?Mr. Moody, of Massachusetts^ Points Out Ditngcr or Creating n Rival of Coa?t nn<l Geodetic Survry?Xatnl Surveys Characterised :?s the Most lit pemlve?Money Needed to Inspire tile Nnritl Acaderny. (Uy Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot)' Washington, April 19.?The House spent practically the entire day de-' haling n proiwultlon in the naval bill designed to turn over to the navy the survey and charting of the waters of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. The bill carried an appropriation of $100.000 for thld purpose. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the Appropriations Com? mittee, led the fight against it, argu? ing that such surveying of these waters as should be made should be performed by the coast and geodetic survey, Which, he said, could do the work cheaper and better. In the end the House sustained his view, adopting an amendment offered by him to appro? priate only the regular $10,000 for ocean surveys. The ohairtnan of the Com? mittee of the Whole, Mr. Payne, over? ruled the point of order against tho appropriation for the new Naval Acad? emy, but an amendment Offered by Mr. Cannon war. adopted providing that be I fore the money appropriated by the bill l for the Academy be expended plans for j the winde improvement not to exceed j $6,000,000 be submitted and approved by the Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Cannon offered as an amendment to the section (which appropriated Jbio.ooo for Burveys of the Island of Guam, Hawaii, Philippines, Pot to Klco and Cuba and charting the obstructions' of the Great Lakes) n simple provision appropriating $10,000 for continuing ocean surveys. TUM FIRST DANGER. Mr. .Moody (Massachusetts) advo? cated the amendment. He pointed out tii.it the proposition In the hill was de? signed to create n rival of the coast and geodetic survey in the Navy Depart? ment. The navy had sought many times to control it. To yield would be to Incur tite first danger of militarism no much dreaded. Const survey work properly belonged to the sphere of civil life, lie cited the e;ic-:e of tin- naval ob? servatory to prove ih.it there waS~HOt proper administration of scientific work under naval officers. That oyservd tory'a work, he said, was the laughing stock of the scientific world. Every man to his own trade. Mr. Fo.-s. lu charge of the bill, con i tended that the right "f the navy to make ocean survey.- und surveys of the I islands of tile sea Itad never been dis ! pitted hitherto. Mr. Fobs asked If it ? was fair to hold officers responsible for ships .sailing over seas charted by civil? ians? livery foreign navy in the world made Its own surveys. A lively debate followed. Mr. Mo Raw, of Arkansas, supported the amendment. WORK CRITICISED. Mr. Climmlngs, of New York, argued that the proposed surveys should be made by the navy, not by seml-politl < al bureaus like the Coast und Gocdetlo Survey. He read a letter from n man now in the survey who had served twenty years at sea. Tito letter de? scribed llie work as "Die." "Nobody knows anything but me," It said. "I am commanding officer. I was only a boatswain in the navy." Mr. Cannon concluded the debute in favor of the amendment. The officers of the navy were educated to fight, ho said, not to perform civil duties. INCOMPETENT AND EXPENSIVE. ? in the performance of civil duties," sael he. with emphasis, "they ore tho most Incompetent and the most expen? sive." In the burst of applause that followed this utterance some one cried out something about "Dewey." "Oll. I am not talking politics." re? sponded Mr. Cannon. "I am talking dollars and cents and an efficient surr vey. I am it. great admirer of Admiral Dewey and all the other officers and men Who served in the Spanish war. I I v.- them so well that when I see men trying to set them to work at something at which they cannot sustain them? selves. I call a halt." (Laughter and applause.) The Cannon amendment, after a pro? tracted debate under the tlve-mlnuta rule, was finally adopted?111 to 10 . Till". NAVAL ACADEMY, The Chair then overruled the point of order pending against the appropriation Continued on Page 5, ! OTHER TELEGRAPH PAGE 5 ? CLASSIFICATION OF NEWS. BY pnPARTMEN'TS ! Telegraph News?Pa^es l , 5. ?arid tl. 1 Local News?Pases,:**,3 and 5 I Editorial? Page ?>. i Virginia News?Pijt* & 1 North Carolina News?Pi%? 7 Portsmouth News?Patie 10 and 11. I IVriii.'v News-Paso tl. ! Markets?Pige 12. ' Sluppia*? Pa<;e 9 ; Kcal kstate-~pai?a ti