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1 -A Vol.V. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 9; 1900 No. 86. ------- - 1 1 1 ; .. - - - y 1 . - '. HO HOPEJOR EV ART peport on His Case Sure to Be Unfavorable. IT MAY BE UNANIMOUS nfllanif Contest Sajs the Doekery- Will Be Iteopened Llnnej Invited to bo do easy task or young men - to meet the government requirement as to physical test and mental nbility. Very many more fall than succeed, but -still there are some- who meet every requirement and successfully pass .the ordeal. Today Mr. Butler lutrodued a bill graming an Increase of pension . to Elias M. Lynch, of Rutherford county, of $12; also a bill granting an in crease of pension of $12 to Jeremiah Jackson, of IUrtherford county; also a bill granting an increase of pension of $12 to William Fly nn of Rutherford, county. Senator Prit chard introduced a bill granting a a honorable discharge to Andrew II. Cleminons. formerly of Comnanv F. Fifth Regiment U. S. V.: ton roiiilflotnrtrt District. .....ha rd and if.We Republican Speeches In Dos- .. . An tha State of. aIso n lull tr nnv James M . Howard m a I iiri'vi v " i ----- . j - T-tu.uuu ror tne rent or rue marine run way property in New Bern during the war: alo a bill ito correct the military rei-ord- of ITpnrv Butflpr: also a, bill nr joiin boyle. for ,h relief 0fE. B. Xorville: also a Ti-Titnrn. March S. Special. Mr. frrUiuing an increase of pension 1 i' njvvntative from the rirsi to per moniru to uuerruc louug. ;':. vI,ile amv for ten days, j Company G, Thirteenth Tennessee . x Cavatrv: also granting a pension to rtYorts in Ins disiiiet to ijaines Edwards, Company I, Third -. ..a; p.ii.ular sentiment as to the Ittimont North Carolina Mounted In ;::ii::iial amendment. He said fan try. .MmwiMiMlont (today that I lie president lias signed- tlie Dill . t- iiuiuiri i.iir J ij . ii lit. i ixJLL i . r i nil ai v - i a sn-m iur ii- --- bridge over a t-. n r r for it: that nearly all it;al white men of evMi of a Fishing ireek. Congress-man White takes luncheon almost daily in "the House restaurant. . ' - , v,nv ret huinlrels of handsomely dre.sl ladies ' . arc. 1 nder -the rules of " the House, ;,..u tucm etv i.oiu l" nil memler-s are Mpial, but It is notice w :' iimvincexl that iu se-'aile that none of his colleagues from would do. tliev would recurring :i'.-ii-!:ii''iK i:,,,,!',. ;i constant and i "f loliti al friction. i.!.kuI Iuidley. counsel for' Mr. iK-k-rv iu the lKokery-Bellamy con slid to The Post correspondent f,;iv thar iu his opinion the commit Tir would re-pen the ase and take aore u'-rimony. Colonel Dudley was 4. --apitol and ma3" have spoken ? v h' var.l. but no inkling has drop f,,i. M far a The Post correspondent a heanl. a to what the committee ,!, ;... The 4nel of counsel lor will not be filed until next! with him. He shs Solitary and alone and as a rule has the -whole large room to himself. When he sits down jail otliers alwutseem to have a desire to ascertain the exact condition of the weather outside of the capitol building. TIIKATRE FRANCAIS BURNED SHIP SUBSIDY BILL House Committee Agrees to; ' Senate Amendments, TO HEAD OFF TRUSTS Amendments Adopted Intended to Pre Tent Combinations of Ship ,0vners or Snip Ilnllders to Get the Lilons r tilr e romte to Buckinclia m Pal a ee was t-viiviuoj anu anecuonaie. Enormous ciwds lined the streets and cheeredNcontinuonsly, while the Queen bowed and smiled. in response to the applause of lier subjects. Just as the royal carriage went through.. the gates of 'Buckinghajm 'Palace the sun shone for a moment. The great crowd oxrt-sld-e! cheered. enthusiastically' and then sang the national anthem and "Rule Britannia." ' ' . The Queen left the palace at 4 o'clock this aftiernoon and drove . eas't to ie cefive flJord Mayor Xewton at the Tem- ple 'Steps of the- Thames embankment. The' 'scene in the city during the Queen's drive was similar to those on her arrival. Wihen .the royal ca rrf a ge Share of the Subsidy Dloney-Demo- irea Clued the Temple !Steps 'Her Majesty was ,grreetea witn a roar or applause. ocrats Oppose the Dill and Will Subr mlt a Minority Report. Washington, aiarch 8. The House Cammiit'tee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries held an extended session to day with a A-ie-w to completing the Shipping Subsidy bill, which has been under consideration for some time. The bill as originally introduced was taken up, and served as a basis for action," a number of amendments; being made along the lines of the substitute (meas ure proposed by Rep resent at ive Minor of Wisconsin and some of liis Repub lican associates. These amendments have, been Incorporated in the main in the. "Senate bill, so that the action of ; the 'House committee brings the two houses in virtual agreement on the form of the measure. The voting' dis closed that the majority was united iu the plan of revl She. was escorted by the Life iiuards land, was welcomed by the .Lord Mayor, the sheriffs, and the. aldermen and the commonwealth. The" Jjard Mayor, who wore the crimson and ermine robes of his of fice presented .the pearl-handled city sword of state to the Queen. Her Majesty, In receiving it, said: I wish to thank you for all any city has done." Tlie Lord .Mayor, in reply, said: 'Your words will ever be .treasured In the hearts of your faithful citizens." TAKEN BY SURPRISE Boers Did Not Wait to Eat Their Dinners. BRITISH TAKE A KRUPP Lord Roberts Reports Result of Wed nesday's Engagement with a State ment of Losses General White Says He Regrets Nicholson's Neck, , but lias4 Nothing Els to Regret Boers Said to Re Full of Enthuslasnu Illinois State Conveutiou Called. -Springfield, 111., March 8. The Dem- ocrai t lie 'State coTOmiittee met here yes terday lit alled tthe. State convention to meet in iSprtngfield, June 26, .and passed a. resolution of sympathj with the Boars. . . . . Fall to Instant Death. Charlotte, iN. ., March S. Special Tom Kerns, a negro, broke his neck sing the bill. TtejTljflJte minority also acted togeler m general charlotte oil and fertilizer works. opposition to the bill,- with the excep- HDeath i-esulted' instantly. Anarchists Supposed to Oe fletponiN bio An Actress Perlslie. Paris, March 8. The famous Thea tre Franca is has been destroyed by lire. The opinion grows, among the pub- TV-hv. It is not thought probable J tiuu i ne counagrauon was true to .M. eae will 1-e submitted to ae lloon of a ljomb, for ne.ther :viM,.:,i.tee. as is usual, but will j f htf Wer? ,nT,tlse i.x- fii onmmtttw.. at the time -the lire, broke out. I- ur- will probblv occur next We.1- Jhrf or premetltatiou is indicaunl by the fact that the iron screen could Mr.';eor II. Simthers will return if0"1 worked and the lire extmgii.sh !,rv next Monday week, when he will apparatus was in tiller. Ohuw u ,n .,tfi.vivtr -,th,- J,id -Rw- y'a tmntlnees nre chiefly, attended by a. ' "' - - j r- an ' omutv;iou with the lumber coin rich persons, and this leads to .the ,a3v of which Smatbers-iva appoint- u" J.I Wiver. Prior to his departure, bottom of the affair. 'Had the fire Mr. Smathers had an informal talk occurred when the audience wa pres- of -rh -oih-rrtm- ent riie i)fSS ot Jlie wouia nave oeen I enormous. i-c is ueiieytm mac ine that it I turely. Mismanagement vita Senator Simons m:-'...i -m.l irvlfl Vilill Tv1irvt 111 ilfHlfl v:i woui.I contain. Haring this Infor- mb had a time attachment set to nur:.ni. the snb-comnTittee will report. ihortly aft.er e .vurtam was ?.i 'h.v full rvniinit TWTt Alrtni!:lV. j'W Ult. T.!.v t 11 1 adhere to their adverse re-l-r: on Kwart. and it will be for the! full committee to act. There is no liane iii rlie general opinion enter ; :i i-t a 1 .:ii: .;he -ipitol that the re- 'rr o -the conrinittee will be ad- tm' ;o Ewart. aud some well-inform aujiiist him. went off prema- reignetl supreme during the initial efforts, to suppress the fire. The engines either arrived late or were found to be defective after they had arrived. An effort was made to prevent the . Mil. TT !H , .1 1 . believe it will be unanimous1 101 lue- tui auumis known. This led ito a raise rumor tnat. c:iat.r IMtehard and Congi-essman . MVl " u llut l wuumci lwu. l.iimcv will leave here on the llthlKven when the. tboa3' s Wifled i.-raiit tor Boston, where thev willj the officials declared that Mile. Hen deliver a.Ulresses lefore the kepub-, riot was only wounded. The actress' i .in .-inf. r i,o ,.ifr 'ti,,,-,- o- o face and chest were carbonized. Her eyes were gone, out tiier iuair anu lkick T:it- jviai iuvitariou of Congressman K.'U-ns. who wrote the report In fa-v-t uf s.tius: Mr. Pearson in the H"Ut from the district from which Mr. I'm w ford was elected. A pMrl.iuan who is supposed to ''!? Mark Hanua's wnfldence is an ti'riiy for the statement Itliat that li.hry iwrsou .says only two names r- xlnr seriously considered for the IpuMi.-au vice-presidential nomina-t'-.i. nn.il that these names are Ste l i'-n Ii. Kikins and Cornelius lV. Bliss. ? :s further stated by the saine au toriry :h;t tiie administration, vir J'llj.v has lost hoie of quieting the '"i'mal rumpug in New York, aid ilia:. t!)eivf,.iVt Mr. Bliss will have 1-e -rrirken from the list of eligi This ought to be very welcome L,s to Senator Elkins, as by the M w (f ,.x.-lusion his is the only :ne i,.f oa nannas late. But, as -Ml-i R"t-.1;.. ii i ' ' '.;l!1-liU' -lriil lmrdrt.licluca lid had not been touched byi the flames. A chemise with her initials on it led to identification of the body. Mile. Henriot was . new recruit at the theatre and she did not know the passages in the building. Her com panions, male and female, hurriedly saved themselves. She was momenta rily forgotten. The papers blame the administration for its lack oX precautions, and point out the fearful consequences had the lire happened two hours later. Mile. Henriot's mother. Is-reported to have become demented from grief. The statue of Voltaire in the theatre was destroyed. . rlon of Mr. Ohanler of New York, who withheld his vote, and Mr. Dalv of Xew Jersey, who was absent. i .New amendments, intended to pre vent" the creation of a trust in .hip ping interests, were proposed by Rep resentative Stevens of Minnesota and led to extended discussion. By a vote of 10 to 3 the bill was finally ordered reiKr"ted, and Represen tative Grosvenor, chairman of the com mittee, was authorized to submit the report. Mr. tiros venor .summed up the results by saying the committee had agreed to the amendments tin the Sen ate bill and also a ifew other. amend ment". n the finaljvote a-11 the Re publican members favored "the" bill as amended, and all the Democrat op posed, except. Mr Jhanler,- who did noi vote: " ' . : " ' . "'"- Mr. Stevens anti-trust amendments were agreenl. to., Summed uji by him, they are as follows: "That any vessel or owner of a vessel entering a trust to increase the price of export freights or in restraint of export trade shall eetase to draw compensation -under this bill." The second provides substantially. "that any combination or conspiracy of shipyards engaged in building ves sels for compensation under this act is declared illegal, and upon proof of coantniTiation or conspiracy of ship yards having a capacity of one-third of the new tonnage of the United States, the 'Secretary of the Treasury is autnonzea to atimit noreign mult vessels to take the place of new ves- . 1 .1 A 1 . . J"t 1 seis consiruciei , unuer this act, ex cept that such new vessels shall not enter the coastwise or lake trade.". Another amendment agreed to which is not in the 'Senate bill, reduces the bounty 5 ier cent annually after "ten years. Mr. FVtzgerald of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat of the committee, offered a free ship amendment, which was defeated, although all the 'Demo-' crats and iMessrs. Jones of Washing- HORSE MEAT RATIONS Vi Horrors of the Situation :r Beleaguered Mafeking. in GRIMLY STICKING IT OUT Conditions Described as Tliey s Were Nearly Three Week Ago Starvation tlie nenleged in the Faee - Slekness Rtfe in the Garrison Chil dren's Graveyard Filling Up-The Cry of Despair. SLEPT AVI Til A CORPSE Killlns a Nesro Did Not Disturb the Slninber of Distiller JIcBee. Columhia, Maivh 8. Pliney Hill, a negro, was k'Llled by Luther McBee, Wooilmff Is making owner of a dis't.Ulery near Gi-eenville, VUT as hailed at the Ohio,la.t night. tMd5ee. is a, bachelor about it - ' rtV S ,linn ir 511 York the other 30 years old, and dllll !wa his ser-a.nt ;iiir ;! "rKHti itoy" ami our next Jami lireii in his house. Negroes report Ti-I'reidont.w that McBtie and HSU had atoixIcs in the 'f- Ihuuia. it is said, continues to house afttr dark nnl that Hill siaid j ' nt pretensions of Timothy i he was not a'fra-id of It'Bee. 'Shortly Ije t;j of tlie 0pjnon ltjiat ie afterward a. gun was fired. This unorn- 3faf eking, Feb. 19. Horse meat now- composes a. consiiderable part of our !. i - rations. There is little grumbling. The i first pinch At the siege is o ver and the town has settled grimly to stick it out. -What may be typhoid malaria has broken out in the women's laager, and dysentery,. due to the absence of vege tables, is rife (in the garrison. We are thrown upon our own resources. Such luxuries as we had are exhausted or have been commandered for the hos pitals, which are filled to overflowing. The. children's graveyard, close to the woman's laager, -grows weekly, as the young lives are cut short prematurely by shell and fever "We look with hope deferred for relief. The cheerfulness, which was char acteristic of the early days of the siege has almost-' deserted us, the men ton and Fordney voted for it. Another -nrCferrdnar to remain tit their posts amendment by Mr. Fitzgerald, giving 'rather than move about and work up until 1901 for the 'American -registering jan appetitie which cannot be satisfied. Ixndon, March 8. Lord -Roberts tel egraphs that he has captured a Rrupp gun and a number of tents and wag ons. The-general also announces that General Clements has occupied Nor- val's Pont. , The following is the text of Lord Roberts' dispatch: ades of ctivalry, wi't?h horse artillery and Kelley-Kenny's division, marched today ten miles eastwaM. "The Boers were quite taken by surprise vesterday.' They moved olf so hurriedly thj?.t they left cooked din ners behind. We captured a Krupp gun and several, tents and wagons. "The total casualties were: Killed. Lieutenants Keswick and Fries'liek; wounded, Lieutenants Bailey of the Twelfth Lancers and De Crespigny of the Second Life Guards, both severely, and Lieutenant Smith of the Shrop-, shires, who is 'believed io have been picked up by ;a Boer ambulance. Two men were killed, forty-six were wounded and one man is missing. ' "Gatacre reponts that he intends oc cupying BuTghersdorp today. . ' "Repairs to the railways toward both'Stormberg and Strlnsburg are be ing pushed. v "Clements now occupies Norval's Poni on the south bank of Orange river. Tne bridge was 'mown up March 0, and the enemy are holding the north bank of the river, but not. it is believed, in any great .strength." spoke bitterly of home-criticisms aratf of attempts at the War Ofiice to sn persede him, at tempita which General Buller prevented from succeeding. Jn conclusion, he explained: "I regret 'Nicholson's Nek. Perhaps iit was rash, but it was the only chance of striking a heavy blow. But' I regret nothing else. I would do it alFover again." BOERS FULL OF COURAGE JUST AS PLANNED of ships purchased abroad, was sup ported by the Democrats and Mr. Jones, but was also defeated. The Democrats of the committee wiill submit a minority report opposing the bill as reported. , AN ANCHOR TO WINDWARD op I youug. Governor Roosevelt, !., .. i; on record as favoring the l:i.-., i ia ii.., of Woodruff, and the Flar ing the body of Hill was found In Mc- Bee's Toom. McBee lept late in tlie rooni wi'tli tlie corpse- Then he rode is tin to the Philadelphia con- Into town, viiited his law3'ers and sur- Canada. Charged with Selfish Motives in Sending Men to the War ' London, -March 8. London is amazed and shocked by the suggestion con tained in. the leading editorial of the Westminster Giaet te that much of Canada's loyalty in responding -to the call to the colonies -for aid in sup pressing the Boers was due to selfishr ness and not wholly to patriotism. The Westminster Gazette declares The natives are in the worst--plight Those who a ream a ble t o wo rk aie a l lowed a small handful of meal -daily, Many, braving the danger, wander about the town with gaunt and 'hun gry faces in search of work, which entitles them to an extra" ration of meat. If they find -work-they. are -generally too weak to perform lit. From their advanced posts the Boers rake . the streets and market square. It is' Impossible" to dodge their bul lets. We have taken remarkable pre caution, however, and 1he casualties. 'though hea vy, are not what they -might have been had less able men been at the head of affairs. Even the headquarters mess fares scantily. Like saints under the altar, we cry, "How long, Oh Lord, how aid to be eommittpd to 'rendered to the sheriff. i.Miis must not put too much uif overmastering power of 1 1 I I 1 t-t x . . .', ; :'ur. rt'ght to begin humping in nvelv fashion. otii.. An Expedition Miscarries. New York, March 8. Tlie steamshjp Olympia. arrived irli'Is afternoon fiom Port Ijnnotn, Oois'ta Rica. Captain ;Sel- of the Olympia, eaid that a coin- f Costa. RicjJi fcoldJers, with . x-- - jiMn, 1.1. . jl i- uiiiiuu UWUb -Lilt; tlUl -mon Mullen, of Elizabeth City.o M -. U- IIenr.v I ln-apiwinit-lidei ire of last 'month, des'l'metd .for nie place ln!,H,r...., Me Munz have two on the Colorado RiveT, which is the ',r .Mi, PiMiiuiiintrt to make iir.viidinir line. betwen Vibi Ttu 4iwi -alet to the Militarv Vif-iiMinT.i. InsJtM-itnf it-ii. aimn.n, utu IT - T 1 . ....... ' '111- . ' I-' ii v tneo-aner Was engaged to transport the soldiers, r ,M iri f i3.1 Ac!,4,OT1,y at An- sfecTing f or the Colorado -Ki-rer, it was r.ilV- Avllll'h Delias decided Qimded, 'unknown to the soldiers on UMni ni1Krt!t4-"-e examinio. .board, for Givytown, Xicaragu, where "''Miunt-ut to West P "m fi tat by co iiitricu f?JSt ,rVs,il1' in the respective sus Insiiector f,or this lor which they apply. it wiU ator iu tbe city, : - omt, and he, governanent. in,:,.,., -- .....i wuipouuve ex-1 . i.r,:;; ;OU.;.. In lK,th stances the ap- Mr. J.'i Jenkins of 'Pittsboro, cen- district is a vis- boldly that Can-ada was eager to aid Two 3mndred ana ninety-two persons the another country only because -neAt mounded or died of wanaomns 'ue-neveu timii ucu . acuou dllsease. The garrison is so small that wouiu place ner unaer oturgauons to support at all costs the Dominion's de mand upon, the United ibtares for a slice of rich Alaskan territory. THE QUEEN IN LONDON It would ibe criminal to make its weak ness public, but there is never so much as a whisper. If "no one has iiggestetl the possibility of surrender, it is be cause we don't mean to get beaten, and we are cheerfully -enduring the hard ship of today rather than to make a--surrender in any degree possiible tb j Search Tor a Helpless Ship. Norfolk, Va., March 8. The revenue service steamer Onondaga has asain Her visit tlie Occasion for an Outburst of Enthusiasm . Ixm-don, March 8. The Queen ar rived it Paddington Station from Windsor at 12:30 p. m. today and drove to Buckingham Palace in an ofJen car- i ,1 -o,x-ti hv four bavsi Vaat rmwrk iinl the streets along itne, route anu,.a,l-,-r" . vauvsu. Tltr Majesty was received with 5 steamship - Minerva, which is some hounded enthusiasm and prolonged I where on the cean with forty men Cheerin". When the train arrived, at aboard and no coal. She ik wholly Paddlngton 'Station the Queen alighted t helpless, and marine men say that , saloon car and although as- her provisions and vater must have s'rsted by her usual Indian attendants; iven out during the weeks that have ' Lu- -walked firnnly to the royal car- 'pa ssed since her plight was first re- lia0. Her aJesty looked . remark- ported by the . ;. 'British steamship Pa- .oiii r well - - iiina, wnicn ms partea srom tne Ml- The Queen s recepuuu u-ivii-uiv eu-.ii.t-i.ioAu.ic tu viiio uks ju a. Biurui, Flank Movement Compelled Boers to -A Withdraw from Tbelir Position.- i IPopiar :30 p an7 Vil-a Ivilim'beiiiey.- Tli'e Boers ..who were holdung posit ion extending f or 'tienf inilf-s -along '.he- kcipjes mind ridges louth of Plodder 'River, where -they weir -carefully and r'S'kl'Ifully intiTneh- ed, evaeuatied the!r ground after a few hours of desultory shelling, when they sa w 8,000 (British cavalry and 42 guns moving rapJldly 'south between them and u lveir reimfoix-etmeinitis, without Vhom iit was . imiwa3Jle. for them to hold long their irregulvr pessition. The force that was . isoliaited between' -Gen eral iFrench and the river .probably did not exc-eiad 5,000 mien. The Biiitliish at tack worked exactly. 'as Jt was -planned, an d it resulted in the -Briifc! sh taking over eiffihteen: miles of Orange Free State tierri tory wi'th -simall casirai tiiies. The spleiidild wteiat-her impro-ved the roads, lamd tlms helped the success of the movement. . ; ' The rrooipts lw?-ga:n - to -move Tuesday Genieiml. 'Frenich recros-sed the iilver -in the Qfternoon and bivouacked in front of Osifiontein. At 3 o'clock 'Wednesday morning the, troops 'ino-vSd t0'Uth and marched for four miles,1 when they resned until it was d'aylighit Then the march was resumed, the force moving eastward. The Boers tfiroin their south posi'tiioai, on a group of kopjeis- called tth-e iSeven ' . fSijsters, delivered ttn inef fectual tehrapnel lire, the cavalry turn ing -fnutber sout'h over a grainy ridge to K'alfontein. bmm t-nis place tney moved three miles "east -and them wheel ed north. 'behind the Boers. IMeu-n while, im response to the shell ing from the kopjes, 'the ar'tillery dropped a few common shells into the Boer laager alt a. range; of 7,300 yards. The laager iwais located amang the Severn 'Sisters and -the !BiirL'sh fire brought out la fecore of wagons and soai'e hoiseimen, -helter-skelter north vaxd 'across the ridge. : The na vy guns at 3:30 a. an. hid given the signal for the infantry to advance. The ninth division, under General Sir III. -E. -Col-vill'e, moved a long the north bamk of the river, and the seventh divfeioin, under -Gemeral Tucker, moved along the south bank, marchiing in parallel lines. The Boers retrefa'tted before the artillery iire. Reltz Says Their Fishtlns Spirit V Still Undaunted - L Pretoria, Monday, March 5. Secre tary of . State Reltz has issued a wait bulletin, in which, after faying that the goveramenit has not received official ftid'ings of the surrender of General Cmnje,. but -must accept it as a. fact, TlOWWZM frt Infill ViUi oljla- "The govemment remains assured -that- the surrender will not discouraffe (the burghers 5 n their defense of their, independence and standing as a na tion. The struggle thus far has shown that the republics have vindlrstfrf. themselves as an independent people. This reverse will not stagger us ia the struggle for our cherished rights. Our belief remains Ithat 'whatever hap pens, the Lord still reigns. "Owing to the' invasion of the Free State by a large force of the enemy, and other circumstances, it became necessary to tuike up other positions; hence the burghers in Xatai have re tired .. to Biggarsberg. ' All the com mandos have reached there safely - ex cept a few Who retired in the direc tion of an Reenen s - Pass.. Tlius. Ltidy smith" and Kimberley are no more beseiged. . In retiring, the enemy, was time V after time driven back, so that our laagers were not cut off. In these fights -a - few "-men were killed or wounded, and the enemy lost heavily. "rnT spate or an reponts, tne spirit of the.-fighting men as to the outcome remain s, unchanged. Among tlie com- imaiidos ;mk'atal the burghers are full of courage ---- ' ' "tJeneral De' Wet now commands all the commandos at the Modder River. "The pr&sident started yesterdav evening for: Blbemfontin to visit tho laager of the Free, State." - ' It is undei-stood that President Kru- ger's visit to Bloemfontein was .to try to arrange a compromise of the differ ences between the Transvaal and Freo Staters. -' . ' - K ICnthiislasni in Pretoria. . ( Pretoria, . ' Via ; Lorenzo Marquez, March 77 p. m. A dispatch from the Boer laager at Dordrecht; daited, March 5, .says: .' ;" " " -"Tliere:W'aS"SharD" fichtinsr todar. In whl-eXMting'Cfores were re- V pulsed. 4 TvVo .cannons and one -3Iaxim. weie capturwl." ' y- "-' ' ; ' Detailed accounts $t General Cron Je's last"'Jsrtand;haVe reached here and ' are causing immense enthusiasm. DEATH I5ALI!VG LYDDITE AVIIITE SPEAKS BITTERLY Late Commander at liadjrwnith DU tressed bj Criticisms at Home . ' London, March 8. 'Winston Church ill telegraphs the substance of an in terview he has had with Sir George White, who commanded tlie Lady smith garrison. iGeneral White said he might , have held out until April 2f but this would have involved the death of most of -.the native popula; tion by starvation of the ick from want of noirrislunent; then he would have destroyed the stores and ammu nition, and all who were fit to crawl live miles would have sallied forth to make a show of resistance and to avoid formal' capitulation. . lie de clared that he had always begged Gen eral Buller not to hurry the relief operations, Tadthg earnestly: "It is not righ t to charge me wi th all the ioss-of life they involved." . Mr Churchill says General White' Boers Killed by Concussion Withong Wounds of Any Kind. Durban, iXabal, March 7. Lieutenant Amlerton, who commanded a section of the Natal naval volunteers at Ijady smith, has aiTived here. In the course of an interview he said that towards the close of the Pieter's Hill engage-. mernt the naval guns- threw Lyddite shells on -a kopje 2,pU0 yards distant. When the place was evacuated by the Boers he visited the treaiches and counted therein n;lnetyedght dead Boers who had been killled by the con cussion of the lyddite, not one of them liaving a wound of any kind. Ijleuteoi ant Anderton declared that the fumes of the l.vddite turned the hair and beards of the dead onen to a peculiar greenish hue, while the color of their skin was a strange yellow. They were unable to flee, having been paralyzed by .tbelir fear of lyddite .shells. Overtures for Peace Reported. Rome, March S. The A genzia Li beria 'announces that the Italian consul at Pretoria has telegraphed to hhr gov ernment that President lvruger ana Presiident Steyn are prepared to accept neace on the basils of the status quo ante-bellum and that they request the intervention of the powers to bring about that end. DEWET COUNSELS SILENCE He Says Boers Should Not I p braid Cronjsfor Ills Misfortune. Ivorenzo, -Marquez, March S. Pre- - toria newsiapers state that OommaJid- ant De Wet's report announcing the surrender of Jenera.l . .Cronje recom mended tlie burghers not to upbraid him. but to remain isileut le.roi"e tne. Lord in (this hour of their trial. He . , added: 4iLet us trust tliat God will strength en our officers and burghers and give - them a better conception of their duty to Him and the government. . - l The Standard and Diggers News of Johannesburg, commenting on its an- nouncenienit that the Trans vaal dyna mite factory will 'be utilized for man ufacturing smokeless powder tor tne burghers in the field, says: Thns the much abused factory, the tiestmcuon of which Chamlierlain desired a year ago, justifies dts existence and the pres-- luent WUl . rap , -mtr c v , nvriv maintenance of ihe factory, ie- - spite the opposition of tlie imperial- .. ... t t . - rf-j. f nArr ' sts and tne ivnousu. - -v-wt indeed. Justifies ITes aeni , jxrug- dPIaratfion tlrat the drn am He, monop oly was the foundation of -the soate. ; - A German Officer Kiiled.' Bloemfontein, Natal, .March 0 1 p f -r KnmuM 1 ni-n rr 4 h a i" ConUn-ueil on -Seventh Page.). ' ; ,y .
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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