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Hon.''facing both ways, so that attacks on
him involved heavy loss, but he was hold
4intll on Tuesday Lord Roberts arranged
to grip him with a girdle of infantry In
his position,' while cannonading him with
JBfty guns enfilading the river bank. In
the meantime Lord Roberts, with a spare
division or two beyond the throe brigades
holding Cronje, set himself to intercept
fp.tl drive.away any Boer reinforcements.
"This was the situation on Wednesday,
and' it offered a reasonable probability of
„ the capture of Cronje's force and of the
.defeat of any reinforcements. We have
little newts beyond Wednesuay. On Thurs
day the shelling- of Cronje was continued
• at intervals, continuous shelling probably
involving a too lavish use of amunition.
- The Boers have been giving themselve-s
up by fifties a day. On Tuesday Lord
Roberts drove off reinforcements coming
from Co.les.berg'. and from Natal.
"A Berlin dispatch declares that Cronje
had forced liis way through. Thl« i 3 im
probable, but may refer to a small party
who may have escaped in the night.
"Lord Roberts' advance has drawn
away some of the Boer forces from Coles
berg. Sterkstroom and Natal, as is seen
from the diminished resistance to the
British at all those points.
"Gen. Buller, after taking Inhiawe hill,
has crossed the Tugela river, and, ac
cording to the latest teiegrams, has been
fighting continuously since then. This
looks like a decided attempt to relieve
Ladysmith, wherein I expect Gen. Bul
ler will succed if he does not, as before.
Interrupt his advance by stopping to
count his losses and declaring that he has
lost enough. A general has never lost
enough to justify the giving up of his en
. terprise, so long as. his troops are wlll
\ Ing to g o on with him. Ladysmith can
probably hold out for several weeks
longer, and In that time the effect of
Lord Roberts' advance will probably be
even more marked than it has yet been."
VOLUMES IX BRIEF.
Suffering's in Kimherle-y \iirrii<j»il In
Extracts From a. Diary.
CAPE TOWN, Friday, Feb. 23.—Ex
tracts from the diary of the Reuter cor
respondent at Kimbsrley give an insight
. Into the trials of the garrison. They are
In brief as follows,
Jan. 11—Scurvy attacks the natives
alarmingly. They are dying fast. The
anti-scorbutics are exhausted. Vine cut
tings the being triea in lieu of green food.
Jan. 12—Typhoid is prevalent. Failure to
boil the water the probable cause.
.Tan. IS—Fifty typhoids In the hospitals.
Jan. 1G—The military authorities have
commandered all the food stuffs and oth
er stores. Leave has been granted to the
inhabitants to shoot small birds for food.
Jan. 17—The mules slaughtered are pro
-. nounced superior to horse flesh.
Jan. 2-1 —Five hundred shells poured into
the town at haphazard, the hospital,
BCtirvy compound and residences receiv
ing the attention properly due to the
earthworks.
Jan. 25—A small family shell-proof shel
ter has been dug in nearly every garden.
Feb. 11—Twenty-five hundred women
and children were lowered into the mine 3
throughout the nisrht. The men are also
Belecting places of safety.
Feb. 15—All the morning there was a
• heavy cross-fire of the force occupying
Alexanderfonteln. The hundred-pounder
and shrapnell are bursting over Kimber
ley. Everyone is lying low. The shops
... and banks are closed at 2 this afternoon.
/ There was a kaleidoscopic change. Hello
graph signals were observed announcing
Gen. French's approach. Clouds of dust
from the rapid advance of the cavalry
were then seen, and almost simultane
ously the enemy was observed limbering
ii!> and fleeing eastward. The glad tld
iiitrs spread with marvelous rapidity.
From all directions mounted and im
m6tmted men hastened to welcome the
relief column. Those remaining hoisted
filters and there was a universal feeling
of joy and thankfulness.
Conor ,d'Alene Labor Riots.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The housa
* committee on military affairs today con
tinued the investigation of the Idaho
labor riots. Mr. Stinson concluded his
narrative begun yesterday on the treat
ment he received while under arrest,
= and R. V. Crozier, United States district
attorney for Idaho, testified as to the
prosecution of the miners. He had pros
ecuted thirteen of them and convicted ten
for interfering with mail trains. Beyond
these legal proceedings he had no Infor
mation on the subject. He said, howev
er, (hat he had expressed the opinion
that wholesale arrests by the military
without the formality of warrants were
Illegal. The committee decided to sub
poena Gen. Corbin and Capt. Bennett,
<il' the army, fro get from them certain
features of the action of the military
authorities while on duty in Idaho.
i\\?x the sausage for my breakfast.
J.uley's Pigmy Sausage is delicious. Made
from selected all pork. 382 Jackson st.
-aO-
Indiana Democratic Convention.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 24.—The
Democratic state committee fixed June 8
as the date of the state convention. The
convention will be held at Indianapolis.
ill pat § Girdle
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Thus says Puck in "A Mid-Summer
Night's Dream." "
There were no telephones In Shakespeare's
day, or he would have realized that two
thirds of an hour Is a long time.
What would the Bard of Avon say If he
were to revisit the earth and behold the
wonders of the in-coming Twentieth Cen
tury, the most marvalous of which i 3 the
Telephone?
With the telephone you can talk and re
ceive an answer in FORTY SECONDS.
A NORTHWESTERN
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«H^ EXCHANGE CO.
FAVORING THE BRITON
GREAT REVULSION OF FEELING AS
TO TRANSVAAL WAR IS AP
PARENT IN GERMANY
GOVERNMENT IS FOSTERING IT
Certain Newspapers in. Berlin, How
ever, Continue Attacks Upon Their
British Cousins—Meat Inspection
Bill Again Commented Ipon In
the German Capital »s the Can»e
of Friction With America.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Feb. 24.—The receipt of the
news from Washington intimating the
cassation of commercial negotiations with
Germany has created a sensation here.
Mr. Andrew D. White, the United Statas
ambassador, said to the correspondent of
the Associated Press:
"I Interpret the report of the Washing
ton action is due to the most recent shape
of the meat inspection bill. If the bill
is adopted in its present shape it will
cause a bitter tariff war between the
United States and Germany, in wfcich, I
believe, the latter will get the worst of
It. The United States could cause the
greatest damage by opening every bot
tle of ginger wine and Investigating every
stocking, etc. Of course It would be a
mere pretext, but it would be no worse
than they have done with our meat,
which the world recognizes as excellent.
The German officials already express sat
isfaction with American inspection, and
we have never objected to another strin
gent inspection, here, if it is done for.
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THE NAVAL GUN "JOE CHAMBERLAIN" THROWING LYDDITE SHELLS. I
sanitary reasons, and not as a hindrance
to trade. I understand the German gov
ernment Is opposed to the present form
of the bill."
The correspondent understood from a
member of the embassy that the foralgn
office did not understand the actual status
of the negotiations In Washington, and
asked the embassy a Tew days ago for In
formation on the subject. A responsible
foreign office official said to the corre
spondent today:
"I have no information of a hitch in
the proceedings in Washington, but do
not attach importance to the latest news.
The negotiations will proceed in a con
ciliatory spirit, as heretofore. Germany
recognizes that some of the United States
agricultural products are necessary for
Germany, like cotton, and others. The
American government, aj the commence
ment of the negotiations, was in favor of
secrecy till definite results were reached.
That was the only reason for preserving
silence here."
ARMY AFFAIRS.
The reichstag this week was engrosied
with army affairs, Herr Bebel, the so
cialist leaders and a few oihera exposing
a number of abuses which had hitherto
remained in the dark. The war minister,
Gen. yon Goesler, replied at length, and
succeeded in explaining satisfactorily
most of the abuses, though remaining si
lent on others. Gen. yon Goesler had the
courage to defend them, though not a
single party sided with him. Yon Goes'.er
defended the army duel as a tradition hal
lowed by custom, and, with all its short
comings, the army shou'.d be encouraged
to preserve its esprit de corps and the
highest standing of personal honor in the
army. He showed the number of duels
was steadily diminishing, and that the
same is the case in the numbar of soldiers
committing suicide because of cruel treat
ment.
A number of the Center speakers
strongly expressed themselves against
duelling, Herr Desbach putting a large
part of the blame upon the emperor, be
cause the latter pardons duellists wbx
are sentenced to a short term in a for
tress for killing an adversary, often un
der peculiarly atrocious circumstances,
to several of which Herr Desbach re
ferred.
Though it is expected this debate wilr
succeed in showing a reduction in the
percentages of such abuses, the general
Impression nevertheless was that the
army, as a whole, Is In an enviable con
dition, the officers being urjtnated by the
best spirit. Nobody even hinted at cor
ruption, and nobody showed evidence of
favoritism.
The German press are now convinced
that the British have really defeated
Gen. Cronje, and that the latter's posi
tion is indeed desperate. Sympathy here
remains on the Boer side. Even Herr
Eugene Richter, the Radical leader, in an
editorial, speaks admiringly of Gen. Cron
je's gallant resistance against a four
iold force.
PRO-BRITISH SENTIMENT.
The Neueste Nachrichten and many
other papers scold the British generals
for lack of chivalry shown to the enemy.
It is quite plain, however, that the cur
rent of German feeling is gradually but
steadily changing in favor of Great Brit
ain. The semi-official press is exerting
Itself to that end, and even the Kreuz
Zeitung, the army and court organ,
which until recently was Anglophobe,
now strongly points out that it is to Ger
many's interest to remain friendly with
Great Britain. The paper enumerates the
reasons why it is Impossible for Germans
to love the British as a nation, especially
after their inimical neutrality in 1864, 1866
and 1870, and the "consistent enmity" the
British have shown Germany's colonial
policy and the rising German commerce.
The paper then says:
"Notwithstanding thia, England's down-
THE ST. PAUL GLrOBE, SUNDAY, FJSBKUAK* 35, 1900.
fall would mean a distinct disadvantage
to Germany in every part of the gtobe.
Therefore it is no part of Germany's in
terest to uphold the cause of England's
enemies."
Dr. Leyds, diplomatic agent of the
Transvaal, writes from Brussels that
he would not be able to come to Berlin
the middle of March, as he had promised,
"because the present turn of war" en
grosses him.
The German financial press points out
that the Russian loan to Peersia liberates
the province of Farsistan, whose harbor
revenues have hitherto been pledged to
Great Britain.
The emperor has summoned Capt.
Lauff to witness the first performance
of the "Iron Tooth" (Eisen Zahn) Tues
day at the royal theater, of which his
majesty is a collaborator. The perform
ance is looked forward to • with deep in
terest, the emperor having Insisted upon
novel scenic, costuming and a number of
improvements.
The highest Prussian court has deeclded
the American title of doctor cannot be
used in Prussia without a special permit
from the government.
The United States consul at Cologne,
Mr. John A. Barnes, and Mrs. Barnes
dined a number of other consuls in
Cologne on Washington's birthday.
Among the guests were Consul* Phelps
and family, Consul Brundage and family,
Consul Brodowski and Dr. Leonard, the
British consul at Cologne. The toasts
drank were in honor of Washington,
President McKlnley, Queen Victoria and
Emperor William.
Mme. Ettkla Guerst during the week
gave a musicale here at which Mrs.
Wood, of Salt Lake, and Miss Koelling,
of Chicago, sang.
STEAMER SUNK.
Bath City Striken and Goes to the
Bottom.
LONDON, Feb. 24.—The British steam
ship Bath City, Capt. Jones, from New
York, Feb. 9, for Bristol, struck the
north end of Lundy Isle, In the British
channel today. She backed off and im
mediately sank in deep water. The mas
ter, three officers and ten of the crew
reached Lundy Roads in a lifeboat. The
other lifeboat, with the remainder of the
crew, is also believed to be safe.
HELPLESS TRANSPORT.
MePherson Beaten About In Heavy
Weather.
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 24.—The United
States army transport MePherson now
lies off Old Point, helpless, as the result
of a broken shaft sustained four days
out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. When sev
eral days out of San Juan the MePher
son encountered very heavy weather, and
on the night of the 21st her main shaft
broke and left her helpless. Distress sig
nals were flown each day and at night
her searchlight was elevated to the top,
to get the largest possible range, and dis
tress signals were constantly made.
After four days the fruit steamer Ad-.
mlral Sampson, bound from Jamaica, saw
the MePherson, steamed up and took her
In tow and dropped her off Old Point
Comfort this morning about 8 o'clock.
Maj. Hutchins, who was in command
of the MePherson, was severely injured
during the storm by being thrown against
a deck house.
During the storm, after great difficulty,
four of the sailors succeeded in lashing
the propeller so it would not turn and
beat the rudder post.
While the disabled transport was drift
ing along, those on board, numbering: in all
1(58 persons, were put on half rations.
RAILROAD MEN WORRIED.
Fearful of Ability to Handle Demo
cratic Convention Crowds.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 24.-Local
railway officials are wrought up over the
tremendous situation that they assert is
presented by the Democratic national
committee fixing the date for their con
vention in this city on July 4. Regular
Fourth of July excursions, beginning on
July % 3 and running to July 5, they say,
will alone tax the facilities of the rail
ways to the utmost limit. With a view
to meeting the exigency, which Is pro
nounced almost Insurmountable, a meet
ing of the local passenger association to
devise ways and means has been called
for this afternoon.
>^»-
Munificent Gift.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—Howard H. Gross,
formerly member of the Chicago school
board, and prominent in banking circles,
has tendered to the West park commis
sioners the great cyclorama painting of
the Chicago fire, on condition that the
commission erect a proper building for
it and throw it open to the public. The
painting was on exhibition for some time
previous to and during the world's fair,
and is valued at $9CM)OO.
DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
Blackwater, Ont.—Russel Luke, aged
eighteen; Wesley Hodgson, aged nine
teen, and Gertie Luke, aged ten, were
burned to death in a fire that-destroyed
Mr. Luke's residence near here yesterday.
Chicago—Machinists employed by Fra
zer & Chalmers and Crosby & Co., struck
today on account the alleged refusal of
their employers to recognize the union.
Washington—ln an opinion rendered to
the war department, the attorney gen
eral has decided that the secretary of
war is without power to alter or amend
the record of a courtmartial.
New York—The contract between the
city and John McDonald, for building and
equipping and maintaining the Rapid
Transit railroad, was signed in the con
troller's office today.
Albany, N. Y.—Gov. Roosevelt has ap
pointed a committee of residents of New
York city, interested in varied mining in
terests, as delegates to represent the
state at the annual meeting of the inter
national mining congress, to be held in
Milwaukee, June 19 next.
Rome—The statistics of Italy's foreign
trade for 1899 published today show that
all previous records were -exceeded the.
amount of the trade for the year being
2,097,878.000 lire.
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LIVELY DESCRIPTIONS OF WAR IN
SOUTH AFRICA FR>OM SOL
DIERS' STgfcWDipOIJiT
SUPPLIES OF EMBALMED BEEF
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Private Complain^ of, the Food Far
nislied on Board: mi Out-Boond
Transport—Colonial '- Troops Sa.y
They Fear Severe treatment ii»
the Event That They Are Taken
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- Prisoner*.
Here are some lively-bits of description
from the war in South Africa, drawn
mostly from privates' letters to the folk
at home.
Like Washington at Trenton, Yule at
Dundee fooled the Boers by leaving lights
in the camp and quietly moving his
at my. A letter from a. private in the
Leicestershire regiment at Ladysmith
gives a description of the memorable
march from Dundee, and says that when
It was seen.that the enemy meant to sur
round them Gen. .Yule ga*y» orders t<»
leave Dundee. ike sent menjdowa to the
camp to light candles in' the tents to
make the enemy believe that they had r«
tired into camp, and while this was g<x
ing on they were on the move. The Boers
woke up next morning and shelled the
camp and the town, only to find that the
troops had gone; so they gave chase, but
went the wrong way. The writer says it
was an awful march; they had no sleep
for five days and five nights, and onl>
snail.quantities of food.
Evidently England has supplies of "era
ba!med beef." Private John Downie, a
reservist of D squadron of the Scots
Greys, writing home to Gatehouse, Kirk
cudbrightshire, says: "On the voyage out
the meat supplied on *aard ship wa»
something awful. For a %olid week th*
orderly officer chucked our meat over
board. It was enough to cause fever.
The authorities are afraid It will be put
in the papers. The squadron is now at
Orange River. We ha-ve!fifty Boer prls.
oners in the guard tent, a,n& double sen.
tries over them. Th& prifson will soon b fc
fll'ed. Some Free State Boers, who were
prisoners in the infantry §uard tent, wer*
in a deplorable state, "they had no boots
on their feet, and their clothes hung In
tatters. They say all Free State Boer*
would lay down their arms willingly and
go back to their farms,"' but that the
Transvaalers won't 4et them. They are
strictly guarded, and are to be shot If
they try to desert."..
ONE MAN LUCKY.
Good fortune attended this private who
was so careless as to go to war without
a Turkish towel. Writing from Arundel
to his parents at Clapton, Private Richard
Williamson, Sixth dragoon guards, says:
"I never felt better in all my life, and
I have no fault to find with this country,
though It Is very hot, I must admit; but
the cold at night la worse—you would
hardly credit it As for food, we are liv
ing all correct. We itook a Kaffir prisoner,
and when asked what he was doing he
said he was rearing lambs for the Boers,
so we captured the lot, and we have hun
dreds of sheep, a lot of cattle, native
horses, ponies and colts. So, you see, we
are living at dear old Kruger's expense,
and the boys are as happy as the day
they started. I must tell you we captur
ed an Englishman—an adjutant in the
Boer arm}* —and an officer has got his
horse and saddle, another his mackin
tosh cloak, etc., and xtichard (the writer)
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has got his Turkish towel—a good one,
and of great use to me out here, as I
came out without one."
The Boers, they say, have announced
that they will give no quarter to the
British colonial 'troops. Joseph G. Fer
rand, of the Natal civil service, who is
serving with the corps of colonial scouts,
writes: "We have been doing a lot of
scouting work—thirty-six hours in the
saddle and more-Jbetween here and Frere
and Weenen. The enemy are now gtrong
ly posted at Colenso. We go about gen
erally in threes, starung out at 2 In the
morning and coming In at 7. Then oyt
again in the evening. It is pretty risky
work, as the Boers have sent down to
say that they will give the colonial troops
no quarter and will shoot us If we get
BOER RECEPTION ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE TUGELA.
iff
During The Left Attack on Colenso by Gen. Hart's Brigade, Some of the Dublin Fusiliers and Some Innlskilling Fusilier*
Managed f Get Across the Rive r, But Were Driven Back by the Tremendous Fire Pourned in on Them.
cut off. We have two troops (B and C)
of the colonial scouts up here now, and
scouting in all directions every day. We
have not seen any large commandoes
about here, only small parties, who clear
off as soon as we sight them generally.
This country Is a.I mapped out with barb
ed wire, and cutters are a great necessity,
also field glasses. From a hill here the
whole country to Colenso is stretched out
like a panorama. Vv c have a good view
of the big guns firing every morning near
ly only twenty mllea off. I am very fit
now. Thank goodness, there Is no fever
in this colony, aa ithere was in Rhodesia."
A civilian attached to the field hospital
at Chievely camp writes: "Tommy wants
to know the whereabouts of all goods and
money sent out for him, as he hasn't seen
any yet and threatens to write to his
friend Kipling regarding the matter."
"TO PART YOUR HAIR."
Private John Drake, of the Firty-flrst
Welsh regiment, says of his experiences
in the battle of Colenso: "My helmet
spike was knocked clean out with a bul
let—a quick way to part your hair. It is
an awful sight to Bee our men fall, either
wounded or killed. I cannot tell you the
sensation I felt when we began, but now
it is like eating your breakfast. We go
for them like dogs, and our naval guns
are hitting lumps off them. As for my
self, when I think of them taking me
from my home and family I feel like hav
ing my revenge on them—and I will, or
die, rather than be beaten."
Private E. S. Stagg reminds the folks
at home "(1) That we are fighting civil
ized white men; (2) that the same have
everything in modern warfare — the lat
est weapons of every kind; (3) that they
do not meet us in open battle, and that
we have to attack their forts; (4) that
they are all mounted. From this you will
see we are outclassed in every way, but
still we are not afraid of them, and are
all ready to fight till the last man drops."
The Rev. Thomas H. Wainman, the re
cently appointed chaplain to Sir Redvers
Buller's forces in Natal, writes:
"I arrived just at >the close of the Tu
gala battle, and witnessed the long line
of stretcher-bearers bringing in the
wounded. To attempt a description of the
scene Is beyond nic, for to my mind the
scene was so harrowing, so tragic and
withal so sad. And yet everywhere
around the soldiers of the various regi
ments were cleaning their accoutrements
and generally putting things in order, and
seemingly as bright and hopeful as
though a great victory had been won,
many of them singing and laughing as
though heedless of the terrible deaths
to which they and their fellows had been
exposed the previous day. The .bravery
and heroism of the British soldier are the
talk and the admira-tion of all who wit
nessed the battle—both of officers and
civilians. As one of the young officers
put it to me the day following:
" 'I have never been on active service
before, and could not have believed what
I saw, though I have looked at pictures
of the .battlejfield, but always regarded
them as overdrawn. But yesterday puts
; into the shade any picture I have seen.
Fort Wylie, one of the Boer positions,
looked like a caldron of fire, shell after
shell from our cannon exploding right in
side it. All around us and over us rain
ed a perfect storm of lead from tlfe
trenches occupied by the enemy. Shells
were dropping and bursting all about us;
and yet on, straight on, marched our
men, not one of them turning a hair or
even so much as looking round to see
where the shells were falling; but I look
ed —my head was continually on the move
—I could not keep it still. I never thought
of the British soldier in the way I do
now; but to me, sir, now he is a grand
and brave fellow.'
"We are anxiously awaiting the next
move; every one keen to get on to Lady
smith to relieve the brave general and
soldiers and poeple locked up there, and
who by this time must be in sore straits
through fever."
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ROUGH VOYAGE.
Steamer Caar Ferry Maskegon Can»ht
in a Storm.
RACINE, Wls., Feb. 24.—The steamer
car ferry Muskegon, after battling eigh
teen hours with a terriflo northwest gale
on Lake Michigan, the thermometer being
below zero, arrived here late today, her
hull coated with ice, steering gear dis
abled, one smoke stack jammed up, two
carloads of threshing machinery and en
gines in a heap and many of the crew
frostbitten and exhausted. It was the
roughest trip the boat ever experienced.
Suffering From Cold.
MUNCIE. Ind., Feb. 24.—A fall of forty
two degrees to live below zero through
out Eastern Indiana today is causing un
told suffering in the entire gas belt. The
Philippines are frozen and no fire can be
had in many homes, there being no wood
or coal on hand. Many homes are aban
doned and hotels resorted to, while fam
ilies in hundreds of cases are leaving
home and crowding to houses where there
is ga3 or wood fires.
Fierce Storm in Ohio.
CLEVELAND. 0.. Feb. 24.—One of the
fiercest storms of the winter prevailed
throughout Northern Ohio today. A forty
mile gale from the Northwest was ac
companied by a heavy, driving snow,
causing big drifts to form everywhere.
The temperature fell rapidly. Trains on
the trunk lines, especially west bound,
were delayed.
Cold in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—The coldest weath
er of the year was experienced In Chicago
tonight. Before midnight the mercury^,
which began dropping in the afternoon,
after having risen seven degrees since
daylight, fell to ten degrees below zero,
and this low temperature was accompa
nied by a brisk northeast wind that serv
ed to increase the hardships of those who
were In the streets.
Cold Wave at Mairauette.
MARQUETTE, Mich., Feb. 24.—A cold
wave and blizzard are prevailing here
tonight. The wind is drifting the snow
badly. The street car line is tied up.
Hllrnnrd In Illinois.
MO WE AQUA, 111., Feb. 24.—A blizzard
prevailed throughout Central Illinois last
night. The mercury dropped about forty
degrees and unsheltered stock suffered
severely. The winter wheat Is thought to
be slightly Injured.
Mr. Bryan at Nnnhvllle.
NASHVILLE. Term.. Feb. 24.—Hon. W.
J. Bryan reached here tonight at 7 o'clock
from Chattanooga. Shortly after 8
o'clock Mr. Bryan addressed an audience
of- 7,<X'O people at the tabernacle. His
remarks were along the same lines fol
lowed In recent utterances during his
Southern trip—trusts and Imperialism be
ing discussed in the order mentioned.
To Boom Mr. Daffy.
PITTSBURG. Feb. 24.—County Chair-
9
man Joseph Howley has called
a meeting of the committee ol
the county Democracy for next
Saturday, when a boom for National Com
mltteeman J. F. Duffy, to succeed J. K.
Jones as chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee, will be launched.
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GEN. LAWTOX'S PLAN.
It Will Likely Be Adopted In Con
trolling the Philippines.
• WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.—Before hi*
death and after giving much thought to
the question, Gen. Lawton had worked
out a plan for the maintenance of ordei
In the Philippines, after the close of act
ual war, which had been submitted to
Gen. Otis, and Is, presumably, the plan
whl-ch will commend itself to the war de
partment when the time comes to replace
the regular troops by other forces com
petent to preserve order. Gen. Lawton's
idea was to create a force of native po
lice whose officers, at first, In all grades,
and finally, as conditions Improve, lv ttia
upper grades alone, shall all be Ameri
cans. Some such force as this is now
successfully applkd In Cuba by Gen.
Wood, under the cognomen of ruraV po
lice. Owing to the racial differences
among the inhabitants of the Philippines,
it was Gen. Lawton's ldea^ that thers
would be no difficulty in securing police
who should be proof against disloyalty in
the districts, apart from those of their
nativity, to which mey might be a.saign
ed. That this theory was well founded
Is indicated by the successful use of th«
Macabebe tribe by Gen. Lawton himself,
and by Gen. Young later on in hi 3 chas*
after Aguinaldo In the north of Luzon.
The natives, by their acquaintance with
the country and the inhabitants, would be
of great assistance in running down law
breakers. Because of tho similarity of
face and figure of the Tagals, the Ameri
can troops have had great difficulty in
distinguishing one individual from an
other; in telling friend from foe. Indeed
there is a story in circulation among
some of the army officers, who have just
returned to Washington from Manila,
that the army actually captured Aguin
aldo In Cavite province, put him In jail
for fifteen days as a suspicious amigo,
and then released him, only to hear of
hlg identity after he had gotten away.
Th» ability of the Philippine 'leader to
make up as a Chinaman or "Chino," as
■they are called In the Philippines, is said'
to be remarkable, and only a tellow na
tive is able to penetrate such a disguise.
***. .
TraiiHvaiil in Pu,rls.
A Boer farm and homestead Is, It is
said, to be one of the features of th«
Paris exhibition. In this form will be ex
hibited the chief wild animals of tbe
Transvaal. The means of transportation
in the country are also to be Illustrated.
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fgjf * itomach troubh
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