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FIRED AT CASTRO.
Caracas, Feb. 28. During the carni
val procese;on yesterday, a Venezuelan
fired two shots at .President Castro
without effecft.
BRUSSEL'S WORLD'S FAIR.
Brussels, Feb. 28. And now Brussels
will have a world's fair. It has been
officially decided that an international
exposition shall be held in this city in
I9u5 in commemoration of the seventy
nftth anniversary of Belgian independ
ence. The best way to fill your cup of joy is
by making others happy . .
GALLANT
CANADIANS
To Them is Ascribed Main
Credit in Capture of
Cronje.
Some Particulars of the Lead
ed and His Surrender,
Buller's Capture of Pieter's Hill Took
a Week's Fighting.
Nor is Belief of Lady smith Assured
by This Victory.
BRITISH TROOPS ATTACK HILL
BEYOND PIETER'S STATION
BUT FIND BOERS OCCUPYING
COMMANDING POSITION AND
ARE COMPELLED TO RETIRE.
London, March 1. Correspondents of
the Morning Post who are accompany
ing Lord Roberts' army say the gal
lantry of the Canadians in attacking
Cronje's force is the universal theme
of conversation in the camp. They
sealed the fate of the Boer army and
they were only restrained from carry
ing the Boer laager at the point of the
bayonet by imperative orders to the
contrary. The capture includes 5,000
arms. The correspondents add that the
tremendous British shell fire,, had
scarcely any appreciable effect.
Other correspondents say when Lord
Roberts stepped forward to shake
Cronje's hands after the surrender, he
said: "You made a gallant defence,
sir." In subsequent conversation.
Cronje said it was impossible to hold
out longer against the position the Brit
ish had gained, amd1 he was obliged to
recognize the inevitable. He added he
had a very uncomfortable time, .and
that his force lost terribly. He show
ed no emotion, but accepted the situa
tion with fortitude, even occasionally
smiling grimly. j
The capture of Pieter's hill, which
Buller announced yesterday, cost a
week's hard fighting, in character sim
ilar to that attending the earlier oper
ations in the terrible Natal fastnesses.
It is difficult to estimate the true val
ue of the occupation of Pieter's hill,
but it is clearly not a victory that
necessarily ensures the relief of Lady
smith, and though General Buller
claims to have scattered the enemy in
all directions, the Boers' lines of in
vestments around General White s
force have not been abandoned nor are
they apparently likely to be.
The correspondents at Colenso say
they see no signs of the siege being
raised. One declares that the Boers are
fighting with greater vigor and cour
age than hitherto. He estimates their
strength at fully ten thousand men and
says they have at least six or seven
concealed guns.
MORE ABOUT THE SURRENDER .
New York, Feb. 28. From the New
York Sun's Correspondent with Rob
erts. Paardeberg, Feb. 27. This
morning a wnite nag was noisiea over
the Boer laager an'd Cronje sent a mes
sage to tne irsriusn neaaquarters oiLtu -
ing to surrender. Lord Roberts sent
General Prettyman to the Boer laager
to -bring Cronje in. He returned short
ly with Cronje, with an escort of lan
cers. Cronje', through interpreters,
tendered his surrender.
It was a bright, sunny morning.
Lord Roberts was m a khaki uniform
and wore his sword. He seated Cron
je on his right and the interview was
brief. Cronje requested that his wife,
grandson and private secretary be al
lowed to accompany him. Lord Rob-
eerts granted this request and shortly
afterward- withdrew. Cronje remained
and breakfasted with Lord Roberts
staff. Afterwards one of the officers
gave him a cigar which he smoked m
a quiet, preoccupied ma-mier, so-yiug
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little. Cronje's private "secretary act
ed as the interpreter.
He wore a white, soft gray hat with a
cord of orange leather and band of
green. His overcoat was of duck cloth
and he wore black trousers and dark
brown boots. He carried a heavy cane,
and looks like a substantial farmer
with a weather-beaten, oval face and
short grizzly beard. About "the only
thing he said was that there were about
three thousand men in the laager. The
surrender came suddenly. The British
guns had greatly increased the wreck
age in Boer laager, while the machine
guns searched the river bank from noon
yesterday until night. The night was
quiet until about 2 a. m. when the si
lence was broken by a sharp Mauser
fire from the north sJde of the Boer
laager. The Boers had located the
Canadians and Gordons, who were in
trenched within a hundred" or two hun
dred yards of the Boer trenches. There
was fighting for about half an hour
when the Canadians mastered the
Boers' defence and1 at daybreak Cronje
surrendered.
London, Feb. 28. Lorld! Roberts in a
despatch dated Paardeberg, February 28
to the war office says Cronje and his
family and other prisoners left there
yesterday under an escort and that all
the women and children are being sent
to their homes. He a)dds: "I under
stand that grave dissatisfaction is felt
by the Boers at Cronje's refusal to ac
cept my offer of safe conduct to the
women and children and care for the
wounded, a hundred and seventy of
whom are now in the hospital. Many
of them are in terrible plight from want
of care in the earlier stages of their
woundsv I inspected' the Boer laager
yesterday and was much struck wTith
the ingenuity and energy with which
the position had been made almost im
pregnable to assault.
"Rensburg was reoccupied yesterday
by Clements."
PIETER'S HILL CAPTURED.
London, Feb. 28. The queen has
telegraphed Buller as follows: "jl have
heard with the deepest concern of the
heavy losses sustained by my brave
Irish soldiers, and I desire to express
sympathy and admiration for the splen
did fighting qualities they have exhib
ited throughout these trying opera
tions." The war office has received the fol
lowing despatch from Buller:
"Hlangwaya Ffhd the passage of
Langwach spruit commanded by strong
entrenchments. One was found below
the cataract February 25. We com
menced making1 an approach thereto,
and on February 26, finding I could
make the passage practicable, I
crossed, sending guns and baggage
back to the south side of "the Tugela.
I took up the" pontoon bridge on Mon
day night and relaid it at the new site,
just below the present marked cata
ract. "During all the time the troops had
been scattered, crouching under (hastily
constructed small stone shelters and
exposed to galling shell and rifle fire.
They maintained most excellent spir
its. "Tuesday General Barton, with two
battalions of the Sixth brigade and the
Dublin fusiliers crept about a mile and
a half down the banks of the river and
ascended an almost perpendicular cliff
about 500 feet, assaulted and carried the
top of Pieter's hill. This hill, to a
certain extent, turned the enemy's left,
and the Fourth brigade and the Elev
enth under General Warren assailed
the enemy's position, which was mag
nificently carried by the South Lanca
shire regiment about sunset.
"We took about sixty prisoners and
scattered the enemy in all directions.
There seems to be a considerable body
of them left on and under Bulwana
mountain. Our losses, I hope, are not
lare. They are certainly much less
than they would have been were it
not for the admirable manner in which
the artillery served.
MUCH ANXIETY.
Buller's account of the tremendous
resistance he is encountering in his ef
forts to reach Ladysmith has brought
public interest up with a sharp turn
from complacent contemplation of
Lord Roberts' victory to a realization
of the serious conditions still existing
in Natal. Though Buller's lengthy de
spatch is construed as a victory brave
ly won, the comman'ders of the forces
in -Natal have so often reported similar
victories without achieving the main
object that the public- has learned to
contain itself until Ladysmith is really
relieved, while the long list of casual
ties invariably following any apparent
gain by Buller is always mentioned
with a dread and anxiety which tem
porarily rob his partial success of its
acclaim .
However, it is the generally accepted
belief that Buller is determined to
reach' General White this time, anu
though the stages are Idlsappointingly
slow, the nation confidently awaits
news of the relief of the 8,000 besieged
troops.
Buller's report shows that there is
urgent need of Roberts exerting every
effort to still further draw off the
Boers from Natal to the Free State.
That he will do so, and that lie is al
ready marching on Bloemfontein is re
garded as almost certain by military
critics here.
With the additional 600 Boers report
ed prisoners at Kimberley it seems the
number of men capturekl by Lord Rob
erts nearly reaches 5,000.
A despatchr'Irom Arundel says the
British troops have again occupied
Rensiberg.
PRISONERS AT MODDER RIVER.
Cape Town, Feb. 28. There are now
600 prisoners at. Modder river, most of
whom surrendered Friday ana Satur
day. They are kept under guard- be
tween wire fences.
COMPELLED TO RETIRE.
New York, Feb. 28. From Laffan
Correspondent with Buller. Colenso,
(Continued on fifth page.)
PRITCHARD
ATNEWTON
The White- Men Gathered in
Hosts to Hear Him
Yesterday
Despite a Day of Most In
clement Weather,
Catawba County Hears Facts About
the Amendment.
How the Poll Tax Requirement Would
Strike Down Many Voters.
THE REASON AJMD THE VALUE OF
THE PROMISED NEW SECTION
OF THE AMENDMENT A BRIL
LIANT SHORT ADDRESS BY E.
SPENCER BLACKBURN.
Newton, N. C, Feb. 28. United
States Senator J. C. Pritchard opened
the anti-amendment campaign in Ca
tawba county by an address delivered
at the court house here today. In
point of weather there could hardly
have been a worse aay for a public
gathering. Before sunrise a chilling
rain that soon turned into sleet be
gan falling and continued almost with
out interruption through the day. The
smoothly-frozen surface of the roads
and sidewalks rendered them almost
impassable. Despite these disadvant
ages of the day, which undoubtedly
kept large numbers of people at home
who otherwise would have listened to
Senator Pritchard, an immense audi
ence greeted the distinguished! speak
er. A more intelligent or more inter
ested audience has never gathered in
this state at a meeting for the discus
sion of a political issue... Catawoa
county, the great wheat growing coun
ty of the state, boasts a fine class of
farm population, men. who have ac
quired competence by intelligence,
iionesty and application. These men:
were largely represented among the
audience despite the inclemency of the
weather. With them wrere the busi
ness men of the town and of o ..er
towns. The large court roomi was
crowided seats, aisfes and window
benches. Such an "ahuTence on such a
day was a high compliment both to the
speaker and to the cause of human lib
erty and political freedom which ne
represented. The colored voter was not
lacking but he was in a small minor
ity in the great gathering of white
men. Had the day been at all fair no
hall in Western North Carolina could
have contained the assemblage that
would have gathered. The delegations
that came from Lincolnton, Statesville,
Hickory and Marion were but a small
contingent of those who had planned to
attend the meeting from other places.
Senator Pritchard spoke extempo
raneously for about an hour, and tlv?
close attention and evidence of extreme
interest in his listeners doubtless had
much to do with inspiring thp attrac
tive eloquence of his speech. Those who
are acquainted with Senator Pritch
ard's mode of public address are aware
that he rarely expends force and time
on flights of oratory or figurative lan
guage or anecdote illustration. A for
cible alignment of facts and argument
delivered with incisive accuracy are his
forte. He appeals to his listeners by
the clearness and accuracy of his
speech and its evident sole purpose to
convey to them his own positive convic
tion. Never was this more apparent
than in Senator Pritchard's speech
today. His argumen-t-u like a sharp
knife through the barrier of doubt and
difficulty that have been built up
around the proposed suffrage amenu.
ment to conceal its meaning and the re
sults that would follow if by any pos
sibility it shonld become a part of our
state constitution.
Mr. Pritchard stated briefly the fact,
now familiar to all who have studied the
question, that the proposed amendment
in its fifth section, ie in direct violation
of the fifteenth amendment of the fed
eral constitution. He cited ex-Senator
George R. Edmunds' opinion 'to this ef
fect. He quoted Chief Justice 'Fuller of
the United States Supreme court, to
prove that only tine fifth section would
ho rl aoTa yo1 nnrvnncH'tnf irtTinl 1f thP
tAlllllUlllCll'L VV A IXL1111.M, - '
that the constitutional portion of the
amendment applied with the same dis
franchising force to white men as to
negroes. Senator Pritchard alluded to
the new section Mr. Simmor6 says the
legislature is going to add to the
amendment in substance as follows:
Judge Brown, of the Superior court,
now on the bench, has handed down a
decteion in advance regarding the
amendment. He knows it is a bungling"
Job and told Mr. Simmon that it is
doomed unless he can fix it up.
Simmons God knows I don't know
how I can fix it up. I've told them so
many things they wont believe any
thing more I say. Can't you help me
out?
Judge Brown Oh, yes. You just get
the legislature to instruct the Supreme
court that section 5 is unconstitutional
and sectfora 4 is constitutional, and that
when it declares section 5 unconstitu
tional it must also declare section 4 un
constitutional. This 4s sending the amendment to the
I court with a "key" to work it out wfth.
"If I had a boy 10 years old," said Mr.
Pritchard, "and he should suggest such
a thing as this, I'd whip the shirt off
othim." This was one of the few times
inr his speedh that M. Pritchard pro
voked a. laugh at the expense x of the
amendment makers. If the legislature
passes an uncontttunonal law, he added,
the- Supreme court will say ao and no
legislature can prevent tt. They cannot
say to the Supreme court of the nation
you decide it .-is way or do not decide
it at all. Why have they proposed this
new thine? Rpcanso wo Vi a iro v. t
SS.ttS "Srvff pe'ohpeLr,Six Republicans Vote Against
once more.
A large part of Senator Pritchard's
address was devoted to a very direct and
instructive analysis of the poll tax pay
ment requirement of the proposed
amendment. The measure requires that
the tax Ibe paid before Mardh 1. If the
amendment were in force now no citi
zen could vote next August or next
November if they choose to put the
election forward to the man who has not
now paid his tax. Senator Pritchard
asked if the sheriff of the county was
present, as he wished to know what
percentage of the citizens of CatawDa'
county had not yet paid their taxes.
Later it was learned from the county
records that 20 per cent, had not yet
paid in the township of Newton it was
nearer 30 per cent. Twenty-three per
cent, of the white men of the state can
neither read nor write and the educa
tional requirements and the poll tax
scheme 'showed how sincerely the pro
moters of the amendment were protect
ing the "poor and ignorant white man."
Senator Pritchard quoted s Senator
Vance's words: "As long as any white
man votes in the United States the col
ored "man shall vote," and said that
Simmons has the whip hand today and
Vance men had better look out. Etern
al vigilance is the price of liberty. In a
careless moment we can do that which
through long years we cannot undo.
Senator Pritchard alluded to the diffi
culties of the poor boy on the farm ob
taining an education, while the town
negro had the advantages of graded
schools, but under the amendment, as its
promoters have framed it, an illiterate
white boy will be on a level with the
ignorant negro in the application of
this disfranchising act in eight short
years.
Senator Pritchard was warmly ap
plauded. H,on. E. Spencer Blackburn, assistant
United States district attorney, followed
Senator Pritchard in a brief but bril
liant speech. Mr. Blackburn's wit and
his impulsive, dashing rhetoric, as well
as his fine analysis of the measures he
criticised the amendment and the elec
tion, law were cordially received by the
audience, with whom the handsome
young lawyer is evidently a favorite.
Mr. C. P. Moore, editor of the Hick
ory Press, presided at the meeting.
Senator Pritchard returned to "Wash
ington on the evening train.
LINNEY TO SPEAK
Newton, N. C., Feb. 28. Congress
man linffey speaks at Maiden, this
county, tomorrow at the organization
of an anti-amendment club.
It Is Interesting to note that of the 18
publications in Asheville nine are
printed in the office of the Asheville
Printing company.
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Leave orders for Kumyss at Grant's.
The largest and best selected stock
French Briar Pipes at Blomberg's.
The largest stock of Imported and
Key West Cigars at Bloinber . the
leader, 17 Patton avenue. Established
887.
Year by year the sales of Camphor
line .increase. Could thiar be true of a
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Johnson. They are cheap while the old
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PORTO RICAN
BILL PASSES
It and Four Democrats
For It.--
Shall Not Continue in Force
After March 1, 1902.
Conditions on Goods Between United
States and the Island.
Vote on the Hiwaiian Bill in the Sen
ate Today.
ALDRICH SPOKE ON THE FINAN
CIAL BILL, CLAIMING THAT AL
LEN HAD COMB FROM A CON
FERENCE WITH BRYAN, WHICH
ALLEN DENIED.
Washington, Feb. 28. The Porto
Rican tariff bill passed the house to
day by a vote of 172 to 161. The an
nouncement was greeted with cheers
by the republicans.
Six republicans voted against the
bill and four democrats for it, among
the latter being Sibley. The bill as
finally passed provides, among other
things, that Porto Rican merchandise
entering the United States and United
States merchandise entering Porto Rico
shall be subjected to 15 per cent of the
duties imposed on similar articles of
foreign countries, and that in addition
thereto merchandise of Porto Rican
manufacture entering the United States
for sale or consumption shall be sub-
ected to the United1 States internal rev
enue tax, and the American merchan
dise entering Porto Rico for similar
purposes shall be subjected to the in
ternal revenue tax of Porto Rico. It
is provided that the provisions of the
bill shall not continue in force after
March 1, 1902.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, Feb. g8. Today's es-.
siog, of the; senate was almost' entirely
devoted to an explanation by Aldrich
of the conference report on the financial
bill and the delivery of a prepared
speech by McLaurin-m favor of expan
sion and the consideration of the bill
extending territorial form of govern
ment to Hawaii.
While explaining the-ATarious confer
ence amendments none of which, Al
drich asserted, vitally altered the pur
pose of the original bill, he ran afoul
of Allen, who indulged in some re
marks adverse to the amendment re
lating to national bank notes, Aldrich
alluded to Allen as coming fre?h from a
conference with Bryan, and intimated
that Allen was acting with the demo
crats.
Allen hotly denied he had conferred
with Bryan or that he was co-operating
with the democrats. He reminded Al
drich that there were three parties in
the country, and entered into an ex
planation of the differences between
the democrats and the nnnulists.
The conference report was laid over
without action, and after McT.aurin's
speech on Arpansinn the Hawaiian bill
was taken up. A number of amend
ments were discussed. It was agreed
to take a fina! vote on th bill tomorrow-
and the senate adjourned.
LARGE PLANTING INTERESTS.
Havana, Feb. 2S. The Boston Fruit
company has purchased 198,000 acres of
land from the old French syndicate, lo
cated in the Bay of Nipe. This is the
largest land deal that has taken place
in Cuba in many years and involves the
laying out of three quarters of a million
dollars. The land will be developed for
the growing of oranges and sugar cane.
This purchase indicates the confidence
of American capital in the Cuban fu
ture and will serve to draw other in
vestments which is the only thing
needed to make Cuba thrive.
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