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I VOL. XXIII.—NO. 65.
THREW IN A BOMB
Jl'lx.F. HARMON ELECTRIFIES THE
MEN ASSEMBLED AT DINNER
TO JIDGE TAFT
m \
DEPLORES I'BILIPPiIIE SSIZURR
XU)I.I>I.\ ASSERTS THAT THE AD
MINISTRATION HAS MADE A
GHIEVOTS MISTAKE
NOW BEGGING THE ISSUE
Action of America In Seizing: the
Country of the Filipino* Contrary
to All Tradition* of the Republic
-Judge Day Apoluglieii for Presi
dent MfKlnley—Judge Tuft Pro
nonnceti Auutust Expansion.
CINCINNATI, 0., March B.— The com
plimentary dinner given tonight at the
Queen City club to Judge William H.
Taft, the recently-appointed president of
the Philippine commission, by his friends
and neighbors, was unique in its elegance
nnd in Us good will. The hundred sub
stantial citizens who took this method of
bidding farewell to their friend indu led
the representative men of Cincinnati.
M. E. Ingal's, president of the Big Four
Railroad company, presided as toasrmfts
ter. After reading a letter of regret from
Secretary of War Root, who was unable
to attend, and after speaking in a happy
vein of Judge Taft and his great mis
sion, he introduced Judge William R.
Day, late secretary of state, who spoke
of the negotiation of the treaty of peacs
with Spain.
JUDGE DAYS REMARKS.
Judge William R. Day, ex-secretary of
Btate, responded to the sentiment, "The
Spanish-American Treaty." He said in
part:
"No man in this day of rapid changes
can define a policy which shall control
and limit the future ac;lon of any great
government in the world. It is our duty
to deal with each problem as it arises.
When the United States had. by every
constitutional guaranty, acquired title to
the Philippine islands, X was the duty of
the president of the United States to use
the army and navy to restore peace and
order, and to repel the attacks of the
misguided people who, even bpfore the
treaty was ratified, had attacked with
arms the soldiers of the United States.
Jx'nw, since that Insurrection seems prac
tically ended, the United States enters
upon the crowning duty ot giving to
these people a Just, stable and free form
of government. The labor of acquiring
title, responsible and hampered with dif
ficulty as it was, was as naught as com
pared with the labor which will be re
quired in establishing ourselves in the
confidence of the people, and gradually
fitting 1 them for Felf-government. We
phall succeed in the islands by not fol
lowing: the policy of exploitation by
which they were misruled for centuries.
"The largest triumph of American
diplomacy in many years Is the securing
of the open door in China, which the
American government has been able to
obtain by friendly negotiations, where
the English nation had signally failed.
Can we hope to keep this door open if
We'seek to close OUC own in the East to
the othpr commercial nations? The Ameri
can people have a right to every com
mercial advantage which the cession
pivc-s. Under the protection of the Ameri
can flag industry and commerce are to
find their new and enlarged fields of ac
tivity.
"No greater mission has ever been plac
ed in the hands of any people than is now
committed to the commission headed by
our friend in v. hose honor we are as
sembled tonight; the new world, carry-
Ing to the old a message of good will and
Beekii'g to establish good government and
civil liberty for that people. The ta«k
may be arduous and the progress slow,
but there will l>e no steps backward, and
the duly which America assumed when
those people became her wards will be
discharged when there is firmly planted
In those distant islands of the sea an en
lightened population owing allegiance to
the Unite;] States and enjoying with us
the blessings of liberty regulated by
law."
SENSATIONAL SPEECH.
Judge Judson Harmon, who was attor
ney general under the last Cleveland ad
ministration, and whose association with
Judge Taft at the Cincinnati bar has
bt-t-n contemporaneous, created a sensa
tion in his opening sentence, though it
was understood the company had been
chosen with the view of political har
mony. Judge Harmon, In part, said:
"If you had met to approve the general
course of the government with respect
to the Philippines I should not be here
For a hundred years we contented our
selves with words of sympathy for peo
ples struggling, as we once struggled, for
freedom and independence. Here for the
first time, when an opportunity came to
help in such a struggle, without breaking
our settled policy, we joined ranks with
the native patriots against the common
enemy. Whether any one made or was
authorized to make promises to them is
of no consequence. Our history and prin
ciples are a perpetual promise; and no
one will deny that when the Filipinos
Joined forces with us they believed, and
we knew they believed, that success
would mean the fulfillment of their
hopes.
"When we came to terms of peace it
was our duty to put an end to the claims
of Spain. As to all the territory, except
a few square miles, there were the barest
of pretensions, but Spain's need and oth
ers' greed might make a speculative as-
Bet of them, to the injury of our allies
This was the only possible justification
for the direction to our commissioners to
purchase these claims, and we naturally
expected some declaration of trust. So
did our allies. But it soon turned out
that instead of buying off the king of
Spain, the government bought him out
and proposed to realize on the invest
ment. Our only real war followed—a war
which a word would have avoided if our
. government had been willing to say it
and whose victories roused no gladness
in our people like those over Spain
"The government got absolutely nothing
Dy the treaty with Spain, except color of
title to a small part of the territory and
consequent color of right to make war
on the inhabitants, without action by
congress.. Whatever it now holds (save
what It got by treaty with the sultan of
Bulu) it has acquired by conquest from
them, and not otherwise, and it is still
engaged in perfecting and extending such
conquest. We now hear the usual plea
of the doers of doubtful things—the deed
is done, it is too late to discuss it.
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND.
"It is never too late to retract a mistep,
to right or undo a wrong. If the peo
ple shall decide that no nation is gocd
enough to rule another nation without
that other nation's consent; if they shall
.remember what it cost us to cast out
the heresy thai the great principles of
1 berty did not apply to black men, and
shall refuse to re-embrace it as to brown
ones; if they shall conclude that this
country cannot long exist part vassal
and part free, as they found it could
not part slave and part free; then there
will be no difficulty in doing what we
ought to have done in the beginning—
leave the Filipinos to manage their own
tiff airs and serve notice on the world
that they are under our protection. That
issue may be settled soon. It may take
Ions:. As it involves right and wrong it
will never be settled until it is settled
right.
"Meantime, there arp certain duties for
which we are responsible. One is to pro
vide a government for those islands
However strongly he may disprove the
course which has led to this necessity
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no citizen hap a right to withhold his
aid and BUpport."
Judge Harmon, after asserting that
while the president's right to make reg
ulations In the nature of laws is doubt
ful, his right and duty to provide agen
cies for enforcing the laws are clear.
He discussed most forcibly and at length
the great work before the next Filipino
commission, and In a most eloquent eulo
gy on Judge Taft declared that no man
in the whole country could have been se
lected who was better qualified than
Judge William H. Taft for the great mis
sion that awaits him.
JUDGE TAFT TALKS.
Judge Taft spoke for about an hour,
devoting much of his time to his asso
ciates of tiie Cincinnati bar, to the South
ern railway, Cincinnati university and
municipal and state politics, and with
feeling words of thanks for the tributes
of his friends. Coming to the topic of
the Philippines, he said:
"The commission is not organized. Its
members have never conferred together.
I speak, therefore, for myself alone Like
Judge Harmon, and unlike Chairman In
fjalls, 1 am not now and never have been
an expansionist. I have always hoped
that the jurisdiction of our nation would
not extend beyond territory between the
two oceans. We have not solved all the
problems of popular government so per
fectly as to Justify our voluntarily seek
ing more difficult ones abroad. With def
erence to Judge Harmon, I do not think
in this instance that we have voluntarily
sought them. Ciraumsuinces beyond cur
control, the sequel of the Spanish war,
have thrust on us responsibility for the
future government of the Philippines.
The proposition is vigorously denied by
high-minded and conscientious men, and
by Borne with a fury of superlative and
epithet that is hardly consistent with an
impartial consideration of the question.
"Ms conviction is that the calm investi
gation of the future historian into all
the conditions existing at the time of
taking each step toward the present sit
uation in the Philippines will lead him
to conclude that President Me Kinky and
his administration selected in each crisis
the only alternative which a due regard
to our national and international obliga
tions would permit. 1 have to deal with
tho situation as it is, and whatever the
cause of it, the question now is what are
we to do to meet the present needs. The
high and patriotic purposes of the presi
dent In the present juncture is to give
the people of the Philippine islands the
b??t civil government which he can pro
vide, with the largest measure of self
government consistent with stability."
,
COAL BHEIIS' TUII WM(MD
THERE WERE FOUR HUNDRED
WORKMEN ABOARD THE
TRAIN
Two Men Were Killed and More
Than Forty Seriously Injured-
Many of the Letter Will Die—Fire
Added to Horrors.
BRAZIL, Ind., March 5.—A miners'
train carrying 400 workmen employed at
the mines north of here to their honus In
this city was run into by a local freight
train on the C. & E. 1., this afternoon,
and the caboose and two cars were mash
ed to splinters. Melvin Easter and Chat lea
Crompey were Instantly killed, and more
than forty persons seriously wounded.
Among those seriously injured, many of
whom will die, are: Thomas Barrowman.
both less broken; Will Dodwell, Injured
internally; William Lumsden, arm bro
ken, injured in chest; Samuel Lyncfi, in
ternal Injuries; John Dickson, back bro
ken; Thomas Easton, both arms broken;
James Little, arm broken; William "Ves
per, Internal injuries.
The wreck occurred in a deep cut In the
center of a short curve.
The railway company at once tent a
special train and brought the wounded to
this city. All the vehicles obtainable p.t
the livery stables and from private
homes were procured to take the men to
their homes.
At first the wounded were placed in
the waiting room of the depot and at
tended by employes of the company unll
conveyances could be procured to take
them to their homes. Every physician In
town was engaged, and it will take the
greater part of the night to care for the
wounded.
The engineer and fireman of "the freight
train were injured by jumping when th.-.y
saw the impending danger. The engine
was overturned.
The accident is said to have been caused
by inability to see the lights of the min
ers' train until within a few feet of it.
Hundreds of people collected and assist
ed in removing the wounded from the
wreck.
The wreck caught fire from an over
turned stove, and those rescuing had to
stop their work to attend to the fire, to
prevent those in the debris being cre
mated.
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CHEMICAL BANK WINS.
Will Be Included an a Creditor of
Fidelity Nntlonal.
WASHINGTON, March s.—ln the Unit
ed States supreme court Justice Harlan
handed down an opinion in the case be
tween the Fidelity National Bank of Cm
cinnatl and the Chemical National Bank
of New York, involving the validity of a
loan of $300,000 made on the application of
E. L. Harper, vice president of the Fido!
ity bank. This loan was credited to Har
per's individual account. The Fidelity
bank failed, and when the New York con
cern asked to be Included among irs cred
itors, the receiver refused to grant the
request. The New York bank won in fh?
circuit court, and that decision was uf
firmed today.
WAB OF THE TONGS.
Two Prominent 'Frisco Chinene Mer
chants Are Killed.
SAN FRANCISO, March s.—The war of
the Tongs in Chinatown was renewed to
day by the murder of two of the most
prominent merchants in this city and the
wounding of a third man, all members of
the Sam Yup organization. The victims
of today's outbreak are Poon Gee, Low
Soon and Leong Cheu'. members of the
pork packing firm of Tuck Wo & Co.
Mtincatine Goes Democratic.
MUSCATINE, To., March 6.—At to
day's municipal election Barney Schmidt
(Dem.) was elected mayor over Dr. Oli
ver (Rep.).
President Kruger Ready for Peace.
BRUSSELS, March 6.—The Transvaal agency
Chere confirms the story that President Kruger is
ready to conclude peace with Great Britain on the
basis of the independence of the two republics, and
that otherwise the struggle will continue to the
bitter end.
The agency believes that the Afrikander element
in Cape Colony and Natal will rebel rather than al
low annexation, and that the Dutch members of the
Cape Colony parliament will vote a resolution in fa
vor of Boer independence.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1900.
TO SAVE TOE ISSUE
SENATOR DAVIS, OF MINNESOTA,
OFFERS AN AMENDMENT TO
PUERTO RICAN BILL,
GIVES ABSOLUTE FREE TIUDE
MAKES THE ISLAND PRACTICALLY
A PART OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
NO DIRECT TAX TO BE LAID
Extends the <. on*tii utlon <v the
Puerto Ricnns— No Preference
Shall Be Given by Any Regulation
of Commerce or Revenue to the
Ports of Puerto Rico Over Any
State of the Union.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Senator
Davis, of Minnesota, today offered an
amendment to the Puerio Rican bill in
the senate. Its effect is to have the
tariff laws of the United States applied
to Puerto Rico upon foreign imports, but
allows absolute free trade between the
United States and Puerto Rico. He also
proposes a new section, as follows:
"For the purposes of this act, the fol
lowing provisions of the constitution of
the United States are hereby extended
and made applicable to Puerto Rico:
"The congress shall have power to lay
and collect taxes, duties, imposts and ex
cises, to pay the debts and provide io*
the common defense and general welfare
of the United States, but all duties, im
posts and excises shall be uniform
throughout the United States.
"No capitation or other direct tax
shall be laid, unless in proportion to the
census or enumeration hereinbefore di
rected to be taken.
"No tax or duty shall be given by any
regulation of commerce or revenue to
the port, no one state over those of an
other; nor shall vessels bound to or from
one state be obliged to enter, clear or
pay duties in another."
The amendment is as follows:
"And it is hereby enacted that all du
ties, imposts and excises imposed or
levied, laid or collected, by congress upon
Puerto Rico, or any products or busl
ness thereof, or in relation to aid Puerto
Rico, shall be uniform with all duties,
imposts and excises laid and collected
throughout the United States.
"That no capitation or other direct tax
shall be laid by congress in or upon
Puerto Rico, unless in proportion to the
census or enumeration directed to be
taken by the constitution.
"That no tax or duty shall be laid on
articles exported from Puerto Rico.
"That no preference shall be given in
any regulation of commerce or revenue
to the ports of Puerto Rico over those
of any state of the Union, nor shall
vessels from Puerto Rico be obliged to
enter, clear or pay duties in any state of
the Union.
"Nor shall any preference be given by
any regulation of commerce or revenue
to the ports of any state of the Union
over those of Puerto Rico, nor shall
vessels bound to or from the ports of
any state of the Union be obliged to en
ter, clear or pay duties in any part of
Puerto Rico "
Senator Davis says his amendment
speaks for itself. It extends the con
stitution over Puerto Rico, and by so
doing implies that it cannot be extended
to the Philippines or other territories ex
cept by legislative action.
POLICY CONDEMNED.
Press of Mexico on American Treat
ment of Puerto It icaiis.
CITY OF MEXICO, March 5.-The press
.here, both native and foreign, condemn
the policy of the United States congress
toward Puerto Rico. The papers printed
i in English are severe in their comments
on the treatment of the annexed island
and predict trouble ahead. The Spanish
colony's organ, Correo Espanol, says:
"McKinley having taken pity on Puerto
Rico has asked congress to authorize
him to devote to the relief of the island
—which has been converted by famine
into a new British India—a sum equal
to the new duties paid by the island of
Puerto Rico on its products Imported
from the United States. It is said that
half a loaf is better than no bread, but
we are of the opinion that this measure
is worse than nothing. Instead of con
verting the people of the islands into
nondescripts they ought t« be left free
to develop their resources and sell their
products, and her industries now in a
state of stagnation should be fostered by
free trade. What Puerto Rico need's
rather than degrading alms, which are>
insulting to the human dignity, is to be
able to sell its surplus tobacco. But
this would not suit the American pro
ducers of tobacco and sugar. It would
run counter to the protected interests
which have great Influence in the Ameri
can congress, and McKinley, in order not
to offend those interested, has found a
way out by offering them charity."
Gov. McMillln a < a ndldate.
NASHVILLE, Term., March s.—ln a
speech at Pulaski today, Gov. McMlrlin
announced himself a candidate for re
election, and stated that if the people de
sired to have htm represent the state in
the United States senate he would yield
to their wishes and accept. Gov. *Mc-
Millin spoke in opposition to a protec
tive tariff, trusts and imperialism, and in
favor of free silver.
Mr. Bryan at Austin.
AUSTIN, Tex., March s.—Mr. W J
Bryan, after a nine-weeks' absence, tour-
Ing the United States, arrived here, at
his winter homo today. He will remain
in Austin for several weeks before going
on another tour.
WRITTEN UY ROOT.
Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, Given
Author of Puerto Rlcun Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 6.—The Post to
morrow will print interviews with tho
Republican me?nbers ,of the ways and
means committee on the authorship of
the Puerto Rican tariff bill.
Mr. Tawney made the distinct state
ment that the bill was drafted by Secre
tary Root, but his colleagues on the
committee were more or less non-com
mittal as to the bill's authorship. Repre
sentative Payne (N. V.), chairman of the
committee, said he brought the bill to
the committee on his own responsibil
ity.
"It has been said that you stated in the
Republican conference that the bill was
drawn by Secretary Root?"
"I was asked in the Republican con
ference," replied Mr. Payne, "if the bill
had not been drawn by Mr. Root. I did
not answer that question."
Representative John Dalzell (Pa.), who
ranks next to Chairman Payne on the
ways and means committee, declined to
discuss the bill or say ■ whence its draft
was received, as did Representative Hop
kins and Representative Long. Repre
sentatlve Tawney, of Minnesota, said:
"The first that the Republican members
of the ways and nveans committee saw
of the Puerto Rican tariff bill was at a
first conference on the measure. Only
Republican members of the committee
were present at that conference. The
bill was presented by Chairman Payne.
There were but two other Republicans on
the committee, Messrs.* Dclzell and Rus
sell, who, before its presentation, knew
of the existence of sucn a bill or of any
plan to depart from-'the free trade prop
osition."
"Where did the*bill come from?"
"From the secretary o_f war, Mr. Root,"
replied Mr. Tawney;
"Do you" know that, personally?"
"I know it personally, but not from
statements made by eitlher Mr. Payne or
Secretary Root," he replied. " was at
the White house and saw the president
before the Republican conference was
called, and I told him "that a statement
would likely be made tp the Republicans
of the house that the tariff bill had been
drawn by Secretary Rpot, and that the
ways and means comrriittee in trying to
secure its passage were only following
out Secretary Root's cuggestlons. The
president answered that if such a state
ment was made it should be coupled with
an explanation that Secretary Root had
drawn the bill in the lide of duties of his
office, just as heads of departments often
do, upon request."
Representative Russelj, of Connecticut,
said:
"The Puerto Rican tariff bill was the
result of conferences anjjl consultations of
legislators and officials^ I do not think
you could pin down any man as the au
thor."
Mr. Russell said it vras not true he had
taken the bill from the office of Secretary
Hoot to the ways and^neans committee.
Marthinlus Theunis Steyn, president of
the Orange Free State, who finds his
forces, under the Transvaal leader,
Cronje, now largely captives in the hands
of the British; and his capital and the
very existence of his republ.c threatened,
if not practically wiped out, has not ap
peared to the best advantage in the his
tory of Boer independence In South
Africa. He was educated in Holland and
the law s-choois of Ivondon, and has not
remained uninfluenced by this association.
Although Prts dent SLeyn has far more
culture than Pres dent. Kruger he is by
no means po self-poiseu and so rmnlaily
resourceful as his neighbor to the north.
Frundly to the British before the war,
he proved a very pli;>f>k< instrument in
the hands of Oom Pan. when that illus
trious Boer saw fit to use him. Steyn is
a thorough Eoer by breed, Jf not by edu
cation. His father wa? a wagonmaker
and a farmer. His mother was a daugh
ter of the well known Boer leader, Wes
s-eio, who learned his early lessons of
heroism and self-conf|uest in the "'Great
Trek" just after Quf«n Victoria came
to her throne. On both s'des the Free
State president was bred out of the
patriarchal, sheep-raising, English-hat-
WINTER MIMSIRY OUT
LEADER OF I.IKERAL OPPOSITION
HAS BEKS ASKED TO FORM
A NEW CABIKET
MUST MAKE A COMPROMISE
It Is Vpcossury for Him to Include
.Mr. .Morris. l,ea«l<-r of tlie Inde
pendent Liberal Party, In Order
to Secure n WorktnK Mnjorlly—
Should Mr. Bond Vdtl, Mr. Wintor
Will Appeal to r&« Couulr).
ST. JOHI^S, N. F., March s.—The Con
servative JniniPtry of Sir Jarrtes Winter
resigned this afternoon. Mr. Bond, the
leader of the Liberal opposition, has been
asked by Gov. MacCailum to farm a cab
inet. He has only thirteen pledged sup
porters out of thirty-five members of the
legislature, and it is necessary for him
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul.
Snow.
I—llomltftlirll at II HiinijiicU
I»nvls to the Rescue.
Latent From Africa.
Winter MlniMrj Out.
2—His Hnt Off to Hi IshiiM.
Street Car Man Aasuulted.
Britain's Friend* Meet.
I»ra. Gilbert Home.
B—Mliiim'uiioMm8—Mliiim'uiioMm Matters.
Llud Hours Mctcnlf Case.
News of Northwest.
4—Editorial.
6— Sportliik .\«'»v«.
Fits ami Skarkcy Matched.
Teller on Currency BUI.
President's Reply to Hoar.
Fighting- in Philippines.
6— Popular Wants.
\i'hh of Railroads.
Hereford Stock Prise Ll«t.
7—Markets of the World.
Chicago May Wheat, «5 B-Bc.
Bar Silver, CO I-Sc.
Stocks Excited.
B—ln the Labor Field.
St. Paul Social News,
Ohnse Arrest)* Undertaker.
Local Political Gossip.
OCEAN LINERS.
NEW YORK—Arrived: Maasdam, Rot
terdam. Sailed: Manitou, London.
SYDNEY-Arrived: Micwera, Victoria,
B. C.
YOKOHAMA — Arrived: Ydsomi Maru,
Hong Kcng, for Seattle.
MOVlLLK—Arrived: Numidian, from
Portland, for Liverpool.
SMYRNA—Arrived: Auguste Victoria,
New York, on trip.
ROTTERDAM — Arrived: Werkendam,
New York.
BREMEN—SaiIed: Meier, New York.
TODAY IN ST. PAIL.
METROPOLITAN—"The Highwayman,"
evening at 8:15.
GRAND—"The Telephone Girl," evening
at 8:15.
Palm Garden—Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m.
Keystone league, Commercial club, even
ing at 8.
Social Reform union, Y. M. C. A., even
ing at 8.
Pacific Congregational church Installa
tion, 3:30 and 7:30 p. m.
Triune Lodge No. 190, A. F. & A. M.,
Masonic hall, Merriam Park, evening
at 8.
Capital City Lodge No. 217, A. F. & A.
M., Masonic hall. West Seventh and
Ontario streets, 8 p. m.
Mizpah Lodge No. 191, A. F. & A. M.,
Masonic hall. South St. Paul, 8 p. m.
Minnesota Chapter No. 1, R. A. M., Ma
• fionlc hall. West Fifth street, 8 p. m.
Funeral of Bishop Gilbert. Christ church.
Fourth and Franklin streets. 2:30 p. m.
People's party city committee meets,
Assembly ha4)s, 8 p. m.
Charter commission meets, city hall, 8
PRESIDENT STEYN.
ing Dutch Afrikander stock. Tt is doub'
ful If his farther was as patriotic as hia
mother, who us^d 10 say to her boys:
"You are free men; see to it that you re
main free."
The future president was reared on a
farm and labored in the open air—an
occupation which gave him the powerful
and healthy physique he now enjoys.
While attending the academy at Bloem
fontein he was a good fooiball player,
expert with his fists, a capital rider and
a fine marksman. At eleven he was a
young giant, and when he had reached
his full maturity he. was six feet h'gh
and able-bodied in proportion. At nine
teen he was sent to study law in Europe,
and remained abroad for nix years, the
major part of which was spent in Lon
don.
Soon after his return to Bloemfonteln,
Mr. Steyn was made chief justice of the
Orange Free State and drew to himself
the attention and friendship of President
Krujrer. In 18!)6 he ran for president, and
his campaign was aided by his powerrul
friend of the Transvaal. In his public
utterances hi- has always stood for fio<r
independence. His wife is the daughter
of an English clergyman. Mr. Steyn is
forty-three years old.
to Include Mr. Morris, leader of tlxe Inde
pendent Liberal party, five members of
which broke down the regular opposition
two years ago, in order to support the
Winter party In carrying the Reid rail
way contract through the legislature.
With the help of Mr. Morris it will be pos
sible for Mr. Bond to get a working :na-
Jority, but it will be difficult to reconcile
the differences between the leaders. If
Mr. Bond fails to form a cabinet, Mr.
James Winter will appeal to the country.
MR. PECK IN PARIS.
Finds American Exhibits in Most
Excellent Sliniie.
PARTS, March s.—Ferdinand W. Peck,
commissioner of the United States to ihe
Paris exposition, who arrived here Satur
day, attended the meeting of the com
missioners general today, at v/hich a
number of differences regarding h=pue<>
were adjusted. Mr. Peck Inspected the
American building, and found the Amer
ican exhibit will be ready for installation
before the completion of the French build-
Ings.
PKICE TWO CENTSHSrvWa^
RELIEF OF MAFEKING
Strong Force of British Marching Northward From
Kimberley, With That Object in View—Expect
ed Vaal River Will Be Disputed by
Boers at Fourteen Streams.
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CAPE TOWN, March 5.-A strong force of ij
j| British, including the Kimberley light horse, ;!
j; /* marching northward from Kimberley to re- \
j| //eye Mafeking. It is expected that the cross- ji
I; //?£ 0/ f/?e Kaa/ r/t/er a//// 6e disputed at !j
; Fourteen Streams, where the railway bridge |i
I /705 6ee/7 wrecked. j!
LONDON, March 6.—Mafeking is to be
relieved as soon as the British force al
ready on the way to Kimberley can raise
the siege. This force is described vaguely
as "strong." The Kimberley light horse
is mentioned as a component. In view of
the fact that the Kimberley light horse
is under the control of the De Beers com
pany, Lord Roberts' visit to Kimberley
probably had to do with an arrangement
with Cecil Rhodes to use this company of
. troops. Mr. Rhodes and Col. Kekewich
have had differences of policy, it ap
pears, which did not end with the relief
of Kimberley.
"What shall I do with him?" Col. Keke
wich is said to have wired to Lord Rob
erts, who half humorously replied, ac
cording to a gtory circulated at the clubs,
"Put him in chains."
Boer raiders are uncommonly active In
the northwestern section of Cape Colony,
where they are stirring .up the Dutch.
Martial law has consequently been de
clared.
RELIEF IS NEEDED.
Lady Sarah Wilson wires the DaHy Mail
under date of Feb. 19, from Mafeking, as
follows:
"The shelling of the town is severe, but
bullets are more plentiful. Women and
children are deliberately aimed at. For
tiiis reason Col. Bacten-Powell is having a
network of trenches dug all over the
town for pedestrians. There are now miles
of these trenches, but in wet weather they
are simply untenable, bo risks must be
run by everybody. The food question is
stringent. A supply kitchen* has been
organized, and stray dogs and heads and
feet of oxen are utilized. The town is on
strict rations. Oats are procured with
breadmeal and rejected husks for the
horses." (Probably this means that oats
are served out as a part of the rations.)
WONDERFUL WORK.
The Times publishes the following dis
patch from Ladysmlth, dated March 2:
"Until 1 crossed the Tugela 1 did not
realize the nature of the ground and the
system of the Boer rifle intrenchments.
How these final positions were ever
forced by 15,000 men seems marvelous. It
convinces me that the British army Is
unecjualed and that the relief column ac
complished an almost superhuman task."
A dispatch to the Times from Bulo
wayo, dated Feb. 27, says:
"Col. Plumer yesterday occupied the
position at Crocodile Pools, which the
Boers evacuated on Feb. 5. It is not
known whether the enemy have taken
another position or been ordered to re«
treat owingr to events in the South."
GEN. BULLERS LOSSES.
Qen. Buller's revised list of casualties
from Feb. 14 to Feb. 27 gives 93 men killed,
654 wounded and 43 missing.
BOERS' LONG FRONT. "
A dispatch to the Daily Telegrraph from
Osfontein, dated Sunday, says:
"The Boer front covers eighteen miles
to the south of Modder river."
LIVELY SKIRMISHING.
OSFONTEIN, Saturday, March 3.—Gen.
French yesterday evening no.iced a body
of Boers trekking northwest and sent a
squadron last night to keep in touch with
them. This morning the troopers were
followed by about 350 Boers, who ad
vanced around a hill, but s/ho retired
precipitately when the British shelled
them. The Boers then opened a heavy
lire with Maxims and also began firing
from a kopje in the center of the position
with a long-range fifteen-pounder.
CONSUL' HAY WELL TREATED.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-A cable
gram received at the state department
today from Adelbert Hay. United States
consul at Pretoria, Indicates that he is
having no trouble whatever in the full
exercise of his functions and is on an ex
cellent footing with Boer officials, who
give him any information desired as to
the condition of the British soldiers,
prisoners at Pretoiia.
NOT TIME FOR MEDIATION.
ROME, March s.—ln the chamber cf
deputies today, replying to several depu
ties who suggested that the time had ar
rived for mediation in South Africa, tho
minister of foreign affairs, Marquis Vi*
conti Venosta, said he shared the senti
ments expressed, but that the de.-ircd ac
tion could only be effected when circum -
stances rendered it opportune and likely
to be successful, and he thought that that
moment had not arrived.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED.
CAPE TOWN, March s.—Sir Alfred Mil
ner has issued the following proclama
tion:
"Whereas, the enemy's forces have In
vaded, the districts of Prieska, Kenhardt,
Brlsstown and Barkley West, and where
as, many British subjects have taken up
arms, and whereas, it is necessary to re
pel invasion and suppress rebellion; now,
therefore, martial law is hereby proclaim
ed in these districts."
BOERS LEFT STORMBERG.
STERKSTROOM, March 8.-Storm
berg was found evacuated when the
British entered last night.
BUDGET ADOPTED.
LONDON, March 6.—The house of
commons has adopted the budget's pro
posals.
REMARKABLE SVRGSBY.
Trivatc O*LeH.rjs Life Snved by Sir
William MacCornmrk.
LONDON. March s.—Among the wound
ed"*soldiers who arrived at Southampton
today from South Africa •is Private
O Leary, whose case Is remarkable. He
was shot in the head during the battle
at Colenso. The bullet lodged in his
brain, rendering him speechless, eight
less and paralyzed. His life was despair
ed of, but Sir William MacCormack,
president of the Royal College of Sur
geons, who was acting as volunteer sur
geon with the British army in South
Africa, removed a portion of the wound
ed man's brain, extracting the bullet,
and O"Leary has since practically recov
ered his lost senses.
REJOICING IX LADYSMITH.
Relieving Force Arrived There \ono
Too Soon.
DURBAN, Friday, March 2. - The
newpsaper correspondents who have
reached here from Ladysmith say that
the enthusiasm of the garrison and In
habitants of the besieged town was in
tense when the relieving column entered.
Men left the hospital, and even the wom
en and children went forth to. greet the
newcomers. It was noticeable, however,
that the latter were the most demonstra
tive, cheering the women and children
whom they were proud to have saved.
The correspondents believe that the
garrison could have held out until Apr.l,
though rations had necessarily b* en
reduced to the minimum. The men of
the garrison will require a rest, and the
horses are very much wasted.
The correspondents paid a high tribute
to the courage and heroism of the wom
en. Never a complaint was heard from
them, In spite of their unexampled priva
tions, and their endurance and courage
were beyond praise.
Sad sights were often witnessed when
the spare rations were be!;ig drawn.
1 Children would pathetically milk
for their sick mother?. The women and
children are estimated at 500.
Though there was much sickness aris
ing from the horse meat diet and the ab
sence of farinacious fond, the epidemic
period was passed safely.
Dr. Jamison la suffering from typhoid
fever.
Gen. Buller entered the town at noon
Wednesday, escorted only by his staff.
His bronzed appearance was very strik
ing. He had not entered a bed for three
weeks.
The Boers exchanged shote with the
relieving force, which saw a few corpses
lying in the road. It is believed the B •<3
are retreating to G'.encoe.
The correspondents eulogize G*»n9.
White and Hunter.
PEACE TALK PREMATI RE.
Believed That the Boem Will Fight
to the Death.
LONDON, March 5.—A special to the
Times from Lourenzo Maiques, dated
Sunday. March 1, says^
"Persistent reports continue that ths
Transvaal Republic has opened negotia
tions looking to the securing of peace.
On the other hand, it is asserted the
Boers will make a stand at Glencoe
and Lainjr's Nek, and that In the mean
time intrenchments at Pretoria are be%
ing extended in anticipation of a siexe.
A conference between the Boer presi
dents, it Is added, and the genera] com
manding the Boers In Natal %vas hiir
rledly arranged on receipt of news of
Gen. Cronje's surrender. Until Thurs
day night, official confirmation of the
surrender was withheld pom the public.
President Kruger sent a fervid religious
appeal, with orders that it should be read
by all the officers, to the burghers, urg
ing them to stand fast and strive in the
name of the Lord, for, unless they had
faith in Him, cowardice would sot ii\
and their position would be hopeless ths
moment they turned their backs on tho
enemy. Their past victories, h<- de
clared, showed that the Lord was on tht-ir
side. The president beseecbed the
burghers not to bring destruction on
their progeny. Continuing, tho speech
says that a high authority In Bloemfon*
tein declares that in the event of a re
pulse of the Free State forces, the lattep
will retire towards the Transvaal and
unite with their brethren there, main*
taining the struggle to the last.
The Boer casualties at Colenso during
the week ending Feb. 25 are reported
to be 31 men killed and 130 wounded.
STANLEY ON THE WAR.
Say* France la Wrong in RpKnrdlngt
It ni I nJuHt.
PARIS. March 6.—The London corrs-
Bpondent of Le Journal telegraphs an
interview with Sir Henry M. Stanley,
in the course of which the explorer ex
pressed himself as confident of the issue
of the war in South Africa, calculating
that it would end about the beginning of
July.
"France Is in the wrong." he said, "in
regarding this war as unjust. She doe*
nut know the true facts of the case. The
Transvaal, as was seen long ago from
her preparations, was determined on the
fight. President Kruger wished to imi
tate George Washington, but he has not
the necessary faculties for sustaining the
role."
LORD ROBERTS' AKMI.
It Has n ('or-iiiiHiidlnu I'oMltlon Over
the Buei-fl.
LONDON, March 6.—A dispatch to the
Standard from Osfontein, dated Sunday,
March 4. says:
"Lord Roberts' army now occupies a
most advantageous position. The Sixth
division, under Gen. Kelly-Kenny, Is
posted on the right and holds all tho
kopjes for a distance of five miles south
of the Modder. The Seventh division, t
under Gen. Tucker, is in the center im
mediately south of the river, and Gen.
Continued on Third I'ugc.