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j-v' wr 'JWr'WMtMtj).feYWMM4P4W i 'i, ', MM I mmmaalmmmmmmmllmlmmamltmamlmtmiMmltt-ttmt-tmmmaumMlimmia- li ' P i fe i, li SNOW and COLDER: VOLUME EIGHT. NUMBER 282 FIGHT To Bitter End, Is Determination of the Boers. Pretoria the Scene of Wild Excitement, Montagu White Makes Strong Comment On England's Rejection of the Peace Offer. Says Johannesburg .Destroyed, Will be Including $150,000,000 Worth of Properly War News. Loudon, Mnrch 15. (Spl.) Intense excitement rules at Pretoria, says dis patches from there. The Boers mid their leaders arc wild with resentment nt Lord Salisbury's plainly expressed intention to wipe out the two republics. All classes say hey are determined to light to the bitter end to preserve their Independence. Secretary of Sjtnto Reltz declares the Tunr will nnw'hc foilerrt'Wfl.-flnlsh. '-' The Boers say England's tusk Is greater than she dreams of, and that 'tactics not dreamed of will he resorted to. Fresldent Kruger and his advisers are picparlug a defiant reply to Lord Salisbury. It will deny that the Boors have made any annexations. It will declare that British territory ,was occupied for purely strategic pur poses. It will practically defy England to do her worst and express n determina tion to fight to the last ditch for In dependence. The Boers are trcmonduously iucens ed at the Orange Free Staters who gave up the keys of Bloemfonteln's public offices to Lord Roberts. The lives of Frnzer and Kellner, who gave up the town and welcomed the English, would not be safe in the Transvaal capital. They are regarded as traitors. Another thing that excites the Iro of tho burghers is the shipment of Cronjo aud his array to St. Helena and tho re fusal of Great Britain to exchange prisoners. Tho Boers claim tho reason tho Brit ish would not exchange prisoners is because one Boer is worth 15 British ers. CORDIAL Welcome io the British Troops at Bloemfontein. London, March 15. (Spl.) Tho motto 6f Bloemfontein Is: "The King Is' dead; long live tho King." According to a telegram sent on Wednesday tho wolcomo to the British troops continues to be most cordial. President Stcyn and a few of tho Treo State oltlcluls nro reported to have reached Kroonstndt, , Remlngtou's guides were the 'first to' enter tho town about 1 o'clock. Gen. Lord Roberts with the Highland bilg-' ade and the cavnlry, followed. Scouts have been sent north waid, but the main body of General Roberts' forces will probably rest for a few days. A correspondent telegraphing from Bcthullo on March 14, describes somo exciting Incidents In connection with the saving of the wagon brlgado which the Boors continued to mlno under an artillery lire. Later on Lieut. Popham of tho Derbyshire regiment, (the Sher wood Foresters) crossed unobserved during a storm of shot and shell and out tho connecting wires. Ho discov ered several boxes of dynamlto and ic turned and took a party of his regi ment, who crossed uud carried off tho dynamlto. At night Captain Grant AKRON DAILY DEMOCRAT. removed tho charges from the borings and threw them Into tho river. Ho nl- so disconnected the remaining wires. General Clements' patrols havo ef fected a junction with General Gotnc re's forces at Burghersdorp. A patrol hua started from Bcthullo in the di rection of Allwal north to try to open up communications with General Bra bant. It Is reported from Pretoria that Gen. Joubert left again for tho front on March 12. Tho despatch of troops to South Afl cal continues unceasingly. A battal ion of 1110 mou of tho Scots guards sailed from Southampton this morning. JOHANNESBURG Will be Sacrificed to Save Pretoria. New York, March 15. (Spl.) Mon laguo White, tho Transvaal agent In tho United Stales, in a Htntemcut made public today, says that Johannesburg, together with $150,000,000 worth of property, will bo destroyed In order to protect Pretoria. In detnll Mr. "White says: "Tho appeal for peace made by the Boer presidents speaks for Itself. Tho war between Great Britain aud the Boers Is u war of defense on our part. Tho negotiations immediately pro ceeding the outbreak of hostilities show that tho Boers committed no act of aggression. At tho last moment they wore forced to take tne aggres sive, but only nfter tho British array corps had been ordered to Afiica and tho reserves called out. "It Is apparentto everybody that Lord Salisbury's reply to tho proposl tlons of tho two presidents suppresses the truth and suggests what Is mis leading and false. "Peace existed at the beginning in Octdbor, but in name only. The five years franchise, which was the al leged bone of contention, had been conceded by the Transvnal govern ment on conditions which wero fair and honorable. This offer was con temptuously rejected f by Mr. Cham berlain, - - "At least I may say everybody con strued hts reply; as a refusal Although" it tvari stated at tho Optober session of pariluuiont that he Intended It as a nine-tenths acceptance. An army corps was ordeied to South Africa. It wns Impossible for the two republics to wait patiently so as to be crushed out of existence by" tho foice that Great Brltlan wns then (.ending out. r x ' ' '' 't s ' V r ... V ' - : ?.- THE HAND, THAT HAS MADE A FARCE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN AKRON. ' Tlio Proxy System, with ull the Insolences, Political Pulls, Favoritism, Extravagances and Deficits that follow in its course, ' r has iibsorbod the Board of Oity Oommissionora, ' The same hand is now reaching out for the control of the Afcron Oity Council, the only chock which tho people have upon , the indifferent and subsidized Executive branch of the. local government. If tho people of Akron lose control of the Council,' as they have of the Board of Commissio'iicr it will be because thoy are Jnsenaible to tho crisis which has been reached in local affairs. AKRON. OHIO. CITIZENS' COMMITTEE WILL MEET. Thcro will be n meeting of tho tele phone users Committee of Fifty nt the i' Chamber of Commerce rooms, Filday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, to consider matters of importance. It Is desired that there be a full attendance. An Australian paper has said tho Boers were fools to seud In their ulti matum, but they would have been ten times bigger fools If they had not done It. "Lord Salisbury's reply to tho pro positions of President Kruger and President Stoyu entirely Ignores the Jameson raid. It Ignores the parlia mentary commission of Inquiry which (generated into a fierce administra tion attack upon the Transvaal, It ignores the action of tho South Afri can Leaguo and the war propaganda set in mption by tho ministerial organs In London during the last six months. "Thero had been no secrecy, despite Lord Salisbury's statementes, about tho arming of the South African Re publics. Tills was done openly and certainly with the kuowledgo of Mr, Chamberlain and Lord Lansdownq, who has admitted in pnillament that, the war department knew perfectly well what was going on. The reply of Lord Salisbury to the two Presidents is a bit of special plead ing which will deceive uo gne. Its only merit is its pitiless honesty in de claring for once openly and before the world the object of nil this agitation and nil this bloodshed, namely, tho destruction of the two republics In South Afrlcn. "With legard to tho fate of Johan nesburg personally I hope that It may -o spared, because I have considera ble property at stake In that city, but I cannot see how, for strategic rea sons, it can bo loft as a base from which the English can operate against Pretoria. It certainly seems that the Boors must raise and destroy thnt beaiu.ful city. "The cover which the building would afford, "the vast amount of ' supplfes that could be stored there, its prox imity to Pretoria, 33 miles Its water supply, a hundred other tilings, would make It most Invaluable to an Invad ing force bent upon taking Pretoria. To lento tho city unharmed would bo like providing drawing room Accom modations for Her Majesty's soldleis. THURSDAY. EVENING. "For these reasons think the destruc tion of Jolmnri'burg would be neces sary as a military measure for tho Boers. Tho loss invoked would be at least .$150,000,000 and or course the set back and parulys's of Johannes burg's Industry would be Infinitely greater. I hope, therefuie, that some thing may be done to natlsfy the legit imate nsperntlons of both hdllgerantfl before sueh a catastrophe to civiliza tion happens. "But the Boers will unci Men Johan ncsbuig and all Its iteautlful buildings, and modern ndJunctR to civilization ! they are forced to It Then It will be a tight to the last drop of blood for the possession or Pretoria." Want England's Bonds. I,ondon, March 15. (Spl.)-The appli cations from Rpmc for the new English wnr loan amounted to 500,000 pounds. The list haB been cloert, but the amount ottered Is not, jet known. The bonds arc quoted at 1 per cent, prem ium. t Took Breakfast With Stoyn's Brother London, March 15. (Spl.) A dis patch from Bloemfontein dated Mnrch 14, says: "The Union Jnck hoisted ocr the Presidency was specially made lij Lady Roberts, the wife of the com mander in chief. "President Stoyn's brother entertain, ed General French at his1 farm yester day. General Roberts took breakfast with him today." A $150,000 Fire. Indianapolis, Ind., March 15. (Spl.) Fire destroyed C. B. Cone's overall factory last night, entailing a loss of .fl23,000. Adjoining buildings und stocks wero damaged to tho extent of fa ?25,000. The Kalian Tailoring com pany was tne next iietivipit loser. Four lliemcu weie injured by a failing wall. AnotheriBig Fire. Hopkiutou, Mass., March 15. (Spl.) Five blocks In the business part of this tqwn werejiotally destroyed by fire, which broke "out- nt'S&oifrclock this morning. The damage is over fJ00,000. It was thought at one time that the whole town was doomed, i The b'irned area is in tho very heart of the town and Includes tho town hall, the. Masonic hall, the Bridge's block and the- Ma lum block." 1 yaflpflu wu .ul pJiUaaJm jfauiSjffj! MARCH 16. 1900. FAILURE Is Sheldon's Paper So Far as Sales 'Concerned. Are Topeka People Want to Get the News, And Sheldon Thinks the News Has no Value. What Today's Issue of the Paper of Contains. Topeka, Kne., Maieh 15. (Spl.) The contents of tliis morning's paper are not much different fioni that of ycsteiday morning. An cdltoilnl, "love, the greatest thing In the woild,' Is on the front page, aud signed by Mr. Sheldon. It will uige the alue of the piilt of christian chaiity, and was suggested by Diuiniiioiid's book. Tho fiont page displays ate cnntilbii tlons on "the evils of tobacco," "rail road discrimination and trust," "the progiess of the temperance movement in Kansas," "Monnonjsm," the United of Christendom," "prohibition nndj piopottlounl representation," and an essay on Athelntlc Bohenil.ni newspa pers and societies that teach the race in this country that religion Is a farce, the result being the growth of suicide. An editoiial by O. X. Howard, presi dent of the anti-saloon society of Roch ester, X. Y., nlso appears on the fiont jingo, under the caption, "The Saloon Must-Die." The reception which the second day's edition of tho Sheldon newspaper met In Topeka emphasized, the fact, that no matter what the the zealous church people may think of the venture, tho average leader thinks It a faihue. The fitht issue wns bought up eageily. Xow few want It. Today the news H '. i agents iefuned to take the minimum quantity prescilbeil by the Capital. Mr. Sheldon refines to (Hhciihs his experlenro ns a newnpaper editor at this llmo or In the prenH at any time. "I will discuss my experience of this week," he cays, "from a lectin plat form when the time conies, but I will not be Interviewed about It. I will not say whether I am pleased with the re sult or not." He ("ays that he will make no reply to the "lay spnnoiiH" of i;. W. Howe. The reporters of the paper have now adopted their chiefs idea of the valuc lessues,s of news aud arc wilting as little as possible, although the young woman who "does" society Is much encouraged by the publication this morning of her estimate of the cost of entertaining parties of ten to 100 To peka society people. She Is now work ing on a piece called "Is round dancing on the square." Tho spoiling editor announces face tiously that he will contribute to the Saturday night edition of the last Shel don number an editorial on "golf as a waste of time and tillable land." Valuable Franchise. Chicago, Ills., Maich 15. (Spl.) D. Mark Citiiunings, foii of the late Co lumbus It. CummlngK, has sold the Consolidated Street Railway company of Grand Rapids, Mich., to a syndi cate repipsentcd by K. W. Clark and company of Philadelphia, for s:!,r00, 000 cash. He received a check jester day for this amount in payment for the property. The property cost $1, 300,0(10, but franchlr.es secured from the cityjwio worth $'r00,000. e's Dr. Rucker's "Big Comedy couipnny" will tonight piesent to out' readers that eter-popular drama, "East Lynn," with all now scenery, electric effects, costumes and specialties between each act. Dr. Rucker Informed the Dem ocrat that "East Lynn" will, for the first time In three years, be presented under his personal direction, nnd ev ery detail will be on a grand scale. Admission 10 cents. Doors open at 0:45 p.m. Oil Friday night, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" for the last time, and Saturday, matinee and night, St. Pat rick's" day, that beautiful piny, "Kath leen Ma ourneen." Use Deniociat want column. It pays. r-H 5 - ff i v , ( A- PS ' ' 7? miimilw&. Peop Spectacles and Eye Glasses At wry low prlcoK. Call ntirt tee how well wo cin (It you. GEO. S. DALES & SON. PRICE ONE CENT STARTLING Charges Are Made Concerning Defeat of the Clark Bill Charged That Money Was Used Freely. Some of the Votes Were by Promises. Got There Is Quite a Storm at Columbus Today. ' (Special Correspondence.) Columbus, March 15. Startling charges, are made in connection with the means employed to secure the defeat of the Clark Local Option bill on Wdnesday. The officials of the State Anti-Sa loon League openly charge that Sen ator Mlddlctou and Senator Dodge. both of whom had given their word that they would tote for the bill, re ceived large sums of money from the. fund raised by the liquor men for pur. poses of bribery. They further accuse Senator Shep. pard, who, on the night preceding the session at which the bill was defeated, had told Senator Wlghtmau that ha would support the measure, of having changed his mind in consideration of promises of future political prefer ment. They claim that Senator Dodge's reputation for veracity is such that no one felt sure that he would vote for the bill In spite of his repeated announcements that "he would surely, do so. With Senator MIddleton it Is very. Continued on fifth page. Rabbi Fell Dead. Tienton, X. J., March 15. (Spl.)-, Rabbi S,amuel Lavlne dropped dcart In the Jewish synagogue here thli morning while celebrating the Feast of Esther. He was 30 years old and leaes a wife and sixteen children. Lavlne was reading from the Jewish Odl Testament when he suddenly fell to the floor dead. There is nothing f s badtoracoughas cougn inij. It , makes ." your V throat raw and ir r i t a b 1 e. Every K t cough con gests the lining membrane of your lungs. Ceasetear ing the throat and lungs in this way. Cease righting consumption all the time. Put your n J throat and lungs at rest and give them a chance to heal. You will need some help to do this, and you will iind it in Cherry. pectoral If it's a cold you've just taken, a 25c. bottle will cure it; if you've had it some time, the SOc. size is better; you get more for your money if you buy the dollar size. " I cauRUt a ery severe cola that ncttlrtl ou my Umg. Altera time 1 lcgan tnlMlng uji blood. I could Mt no relict uuywherc. At bat I lioiUjlita Ixjitloof Cherry 1'eetoral and after taking tno bottles I wai ttinuiletelr tun il " ", Col irv. Jau.l,lj9. 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