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CRONJE MAKING HIS LAST STAND Hemmed In by British Infantry and Showered With Shells. REINFORCEMENTS SCATTERED As Armistice Kef used Must fight to a riilah or Sirrtndcr Uncondi tionally, Lord Huberts Says. IiMXIN, Feb. UU m.-Oem-ral 'riji la acemlngly making hla last stand. II In dying hard, hemmed In by British Infantry, and with ah-tln from sixty gun. falling Into Ida ramp. On th third day of the fight the Roer chief asked for an armistice to bury hi dead. "Fight to a flnlah or surrender un conditionally," waa I-ord Kitchener's reply. General ('on jo Immediately sent bark word that hi request for a truce had been misunderstood and that hid de termination then, an before, wan to fight to death. The twit lie wont on. Thla waa the situation of General t'onji- on Tuoa.lay -vnlng, aa akctrhed In the aoanty telegrama that have emerged from the scml-allence of Kouth Afrl-a. Officially. Lord Roberts wire tliut he haa scattered the alvance commandos of reinforcements that rc striving to reach Oeneral Conje. It la regarded aa singular that L'rd Roberts. In a lr Ing Wednesday, should not have men tioned the appeal for an armistice on tht ,ipvIou day, and alao that th war oMre ahould withhold goml n-p. If It hai any. Without trying to reconcile even the canty material at hand. It lueniH plain that Oenetal CYnJe la In a ha I and even deaperale eltuatlon and that the Brltloh are preaalng their advance. Wlille the attark on Central Conje prm-eeda, thire la a rare for concentra tion between the Doera and the Hrltlh. The engiKetnent with General Conjc'a five to eight thouaand entrenehed men la likely to become aa Incident In the buttle between the niaaaca. The aepar ate fractli.na of the Boer power are rapidly drawing t-gather to attack Lord Roberta. Will Cicneral Conje be able to hold out until the Floer maaaea apcar? or If he doea. will they th'n be able to aiu-cor him? The Prltlah are facing the HtH-M on a ground where the arma, tactlca Hnd training of the Hrltlnh are expected to give them an advantage. General Huller, according to a lln patch from Chevcly, dated Wediterday, flnda the Hoera In a poaltlon north of the Tugeln largely reinforced. The war office, for th tlrwt time, haa given out an official oompliatloit of the Itrltiah loam-a. The total la 11.20 to February 17. Thin doen not Itieludc, therefore, Lord Roberta' cent loaaea Sl l'PLlES GOINO FORWARD. The Mlnea In Klmberlcy Now Have Coal and Will Commence Operations LONDON, Feb. S3. 1:30 a. m.-Thc war oftlce haa '.aued th following from Lord Roberta: l'aardeborg, Feb. 22. Metliuen re ports from Klmberlcy that supplies of food and forage are being pushed on aa fast aa poaalble. There will be enough coal to atart the De Beers mine In ten daya. By thla means great mis ery will be alleviated. The hospital arrangementa there are reported per fect He ho pea Frteaka and the adjoining country wilt soon be settled. At the same time the war otricc an nounced that nothing further would b- Issued tonight. CRONJE'8 DEATH TRAP. Details of the Movement by Which He Won Surrounded and Terrible . F.fTect of the Brillah Fire. PAARDEBERG DRIFT.Orange Five State, Tuesday, Feb. 20. General Cron je's magnificent night march from Ma gerafonteln now appears likely to end In disaster. The main body of the Boers is enclosed In a terrible death trap. The enemy hiding In the bed of the Modder river, commanded by the British artillery and enclosed on the eaat and west by th; Brltah Infantry. Sunday witnessed a gallant stand on the part of the retreaUng foe. Tired and harassed, they still main tained a bold front. The whole Brit ish line was ordered to envelop the Boers who lined both banks of the river. The firing soon became heavy. The Boers, holding a splendid position, covered the left of the Highland brig ado, which advanced partly up the river bed and partly In the open, while the rest of the brigade, with the other regiments swung around the front of the Highland brigade on the level ground, exposed to a terrible fire w hich obliged the men to lie upon the ground all day. Through the dreadful heat and a terrible thunder aloirn, our nu-n hunt to trw itoslllon, anawerlng the lioer file and shooting steadily. In the meanwhile, the rest of the Inrmitry completed the enveloping moveinerit, the Welsh regiment having succeed' d In curing the drift, thua closing in Iho ftocr, who had fnuKht throughout with aplendld courage. Toward evening a battery on th aouth side op"nd, co-oieratlng with a battery on the north. A wonderful alijht followed. Th ahells fell with amaxlrig precision along the river bed, opposite the laager, Which was shWIert thoroughly, galling nvcrythlng It con tained, one shell mk fire to the am munition wagons, whl h burned nearly all day. Tie glare waa visible a eon-sld'-rable distance fa Into the night. The scne toward nightfall waa terri bly plrtiresque, with blazing wagons, ron r Inn artillery and the cnickMng of the n'ie lire. A KHAKI' HKIHMI8H. Kelly-Kenny Attacked a Boer Loag'-r But Ac "iiipllphed No Results. I'AADKRIIKRK tmiFT, Oiauge Free State, Tuesday, via Siodder river, Wednesday. -One of the costliest ac tions of the war occurred at faadvr berg Drift, Sunday, February W. Oen eial Kelly-Kenny, In hla pursuit of t'ronje, cuught hla rear guard at Klip Drift and followed the burghers to the Boer's laager ut Koodixssbrand. The Drift action beitan at daybreak, mounted Infantry driving the Boers.' rear guard up the river towards the main body, while another body of mounted Infantry maneuvered on the right front and flanked the Boers. The British main body advanced to outflank the Boers' laager on the bank of the river. Kelly-Kenney having seized two drifts, found the lioers strongly enclos ed and ordered an attack wltu the Highland brigade on the left and Gen eral Knot's on the center and right, while General Hmlth-Dorrien'a brigade crossed the river and advanced along the north hank. On' iMith the north and south banks the ground is level and the advance across this waa dead ly and the British losses were heavy. The battle was an exact replica of Modder river. The soldiers were under Are Ml 'lay and all the fighting had no definite result, as the Boers' laager was well barricaded and they remained therein. British guns shelled the laager vigorously nnd the Bera confessed to a los-j of over eight hundred men. The terrific shelling waa resumed on Monday , when Conje asked for an armlstloe. The shelling was continued Tuesday,, over fifty guns quiring lead Into the Boer camp. CRONJE CANNOT KSCAPK. lioln-its Haa Him Completely Sur rounded With Artillery and Is Shelling Hla Position. LONDON. Feb. :;.-Gieat relief has been caused hero by the receipt of the news from I'aardebcrg showing that Rolierts Is peisunully superlntt tiding the .iperations and. though it is ditll cull to grasp the real situation, it Is thought Roberta Is gradually tighten ing his grip on Cronje's forces. In spite of the apparent failure of Sun day's attempt to storm the IWr posi tion, It Is evident that Cronje is not merely laagered in the ordinary ac ception of the term, but occupies a carefully pivpired and strongly en trenched position, previously made ready with the object of the storming prospective In a British Invasion of the Free State. After failing to dislodge Cronje. In spite of great bloodshed on Hint h sides. Roberts seems to have contented him self with shelling the Boers Monday and Tuesday. He apparently contem plated a renewal of the assault Tues day afternoon, but after reconnols sance he decided to content himself with shelling the Boers, which he was still doing when the Paardeberg ad vices were sent at 6 o'clock yesterday. The fact that Boera from Ladysmlth j hav- already arrived In the neighbor hood of Paardeberg caused some ap prehension, tyui the reinforcements of guns and men are also coming to Rob erts and it Is H it thought the Ttans vaalers and Free Staters will be able to transport hurriedly a great number of men and horses. From available Information received here, It appears that Roberts has com pletely surrounded Cronje with artil lery, thus releasing the other arms, ot which the military experts assert he haa plenty, to defeat all the reinforce ments of the Boers aa they arlve In detail. The fact that Cronje asked for an armistice points to great losses, as well as indicating that he recognised that his hope lies In securing delay In order to allow thrf Boer reinforcements to create a diversion In Roberts' rear. CRONJE'S POSITION HOPELESS. Wanted an Armistice, but Roberts Re plied In Grant's HlFtorlc Words. CAPETOWN, Thursday morning. In reply to General Cronje's request for an armistice of twenty-four hours to allow him to bury his dead, Lord Roberts told the Boer commander that he must fight to a finish or surrender unconditionally. General Cronje's position Is consid ered hopeless. The British have occu pied Barkley West. OLD ELEMENT ' AGAIN RULES Democratic Party Going Back to Its Tlme-TrleJ Moorings. CONVENTION JULY FOURTH Kill Walt Until Keputilicai Party . Meets lad Thea Deny Waat ever It Affirms. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The next national democratic national conven tion will be held at Kansas City, July 4th. This was the decision of the democratic national committee which met today. The vote was: Kansas City, 40. Milwaukee, 1 In favor of July 4, 27; June u, :i. May . L The sfieerh which had a great deal of Influence In fixing the date was mad by ex-Senator Gorman. He aald that four years ago It might have ben well to hold the convention earlier as the party then took a new position, one which drove many of the leaders out of the party or into temporary retire ment. The tempotarp organization then went Into the hands of able men, but many of whom had not been active In the control of the party affairs. It took them some time to organize. Now there was a good organization. This party waa ready and equipped to enter upon the campaign. The party in Kwer should be allowed to hold its convention and the Indict ment of that party could be made aa It had been made in times past. Chairman Jones was authorized to appoint a sub-committee of seven to make arrangements for the conventlcn. The call Issued by. the committ-e says: "Each state Is entitled to representa tion In the convention equal to double the numler of Its senators and rep resentatives In congress and each ter ritory, Alaska. Indian Territory and the District of Columbia, shall have six delegates. "All democratic conservative reform citizens of the Cnited States, Irrespec- i tive of past political associations and differences, who can unite with us In the effort for a pure, economical an! constitutional government, and who ' favor the republic and oppose the em pire, are cordially Invited to Join us Id sending delegates to the convention. THEY WANT TO FUSE. Populist Convention to Meet in Port land on the Same Day as the Democrats. PORTLAND. Feb. 22,-The populist state committee met In this city today j and decided to held their state conven- j tlon In Portland, April 12, the same j date on which the republican and i democratic state conventions will meet ! in this city. A majority of the popu-1 list committee favored fusion with the democrats at the coming state election. The apportionment of de'egates is one delegate at large and one for every 120 votes cast for King for governor in 1S98. MASHONA INCIDENT CLOSED. British Government Releases and Buys the BreadstulTs at an Increased Price. WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. United States Consul Stowe, at Cape Town, under date of today, cables the state department as follows: "Masiuina foodstuffs released. The government buys. Consignors should send invoices." The steamer Mashona was seised tfith breadstuffs, supposed to be con signed to the Boei-a. The owners of the cargo are satisfied as the price of foodstuffs has greatly risen since the seizure. THE OREGONIAN DISAPPOINTED. Senate Committee to Report Shipping Bill With All Amendments Incorporated. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-The sen ate committee on commerce today agreed on all the amendments to be inade to the shipping bill. RECEIVER MNULTA DEAD. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-General John McNulta, of Chicago, well known throughout the West because of his Identification with tho receivership of railroads and other great corporations, dlad suddenly here tonight of angina pectoris, ag.?d about 0 years. THE NEW YORK TO HE RETIRED. Koursage to Be tho Flagship f th North Atlantic Squadron.' NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-U Is said at the LTiioklyn navy yard tb!t the navy department haa decided to retire thi arrnored cruiser New York a tlogslii of the North Atlantic M'liiitdron and replace her with the new battleship KMtnge. The New Yor has luen t ie fUgshlt of the rquadron since before th- v.ar with Spain and baa S"-ii much turn M-rvlce. The cruiser Is In n cd of an overhauling ard a ret." In a.l dl;l(,n to th,; Kearar;e, the new bat tleship Kentucky and the r.-cci.structed cruler Atlanta will be added to the s(uadron. The- New Yori Is now in West Indian waters and la expected at the Brook lyn yard in April, when Admiral Kar 'luliar will transfer his Ha to the Keararge. NOW IS MACKUM'S CHANCE. His Charge Against British Govern ment to Be Investigated. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22,-Repre-aentatlve Wheelock, of Kentucky, to day Introduced a resolution instructing the committee on foreign affairs to Investigate the truth or falsity of the charges made by Charles B. Macrum, late consul ot the Cnited States at Pretoria, that his official or personal mail was opened, real, suppressed or detained by the censor of the British Kovernment. MACRUM'8 AN ASS. A Sentiment in Which Secretary Gage Says All Sensible Men Agree. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 22.-Lyman J. Gage, secretory of the treasury, who arrived here today said of the case of ex-Consul Ma-rrum and his charges against the English government: "The ad ministration thinks of Macrum exactly ' What e very reasonable man must i think that he Is an ass." ' HOLD THE PHILIPPINES. . j Dr. Schurmann Deals With Expansion j in His Chicago Washington- j Day Address. CHICAGO, Feb. 2i Dr. Jacob G. , Schurmann, president of the Cornell ; University, spoke under the ausplcvs of j the Union League Club at the Audi-1 toriunn thla afternoon on expansion. He declared that the true policy of the Cnited States lay In holding the) Islands and following out the policy of . expansion which had been opened be-' fore her. INDEMNITY CLAIMED. WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.- United States .Minister Merry, to Honduras, ; has been Instructed to demand an In- demnity from the Honduras govern-1 ment for the killing of a young Amer- lean named Pears, x year ago. HAWAIIAN BLACK PLAGUE. Spreading to Other Islands, but De-' creasing in Honolulu. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.-The sttamer America Maru, from Honolulu, ' brings advices that the black plague has broken out in other cities of the Hawaiian group. Seven cases are re- 1 ported at Kahulul and one at Hilo. The situation at Honolulu is beaer. No new cases have developed. . A STATESMAN APPRECIATED. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 23.-J.sse Over-treet. the author of the house financial bill, was renominated for con gress from the Seventh district by the republican convention this afternoon. ANOTHER OLD SETTLER DEAD. Washakie, Chief of the Shoshines, Gathered to His Fathers. CHICAGO. Feb. 22. A special to the ! Tribune from Ceheyenne, Vy says: Washakie, chief of the Shoshone In- . dians. died In his tepee on the Wind ; Klver reservation In Central Wyoming , last evening, after a lingering illness of seeul months. He was 93 years old. For 5-t yours he was at the head of his tribe, lie was ever the friend : ot the white man and rendered valua- bl- aid to the early settlers of the , West. He was a devoted Christian and by his example and teachings he j brought the Shoshones up to a high j standprd of intelligence. NO MORE JOHNNY BULL. j Ancient Foresters of Brooklyn With- j draw from the Mother Court I NEW YORK, Feb. 22. At the last nuetimr of the Court Unique Ancient Order of Foresters, of Brooklyn, the court withdrew from the British order and joined the Foresters of America. The Biier Hag was unfurled and greeted with much applause. Court Unique has a membership of 111 and each one of tho members was obliged to pay the per capita tax of llilriy cents each year to the grand lodsto In England. TbU tax wa Increas 'd to lifty cents a head some time n;;o. It was said that the Incr-as- was In a measure a tax upon the order for the Boer war. The members refused to pay and were suspended. An application was made to the American order of Foresters for admission, which v.as granted. Inside the hall of the assembly rooms Is a ;jlass contribution box to receive funds for the Netherlands Red Cross In aid of the Boots. THE DEBATE OH PUERTO RICO BILL Several Strong Speeches Ociiv erel Yesterday on Botb Sides. ITS CONSTITUTIONAL ASPECT Conflict With Supreme Court Decis ions Clearly Showa by Kepoh licao Opponents. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. The dehate on the Puerto Rican tariff bill brought out several notable speeches In . tha house today. Including one by Repre sentative Groavenor, of Ohio, who an swered a number of questions as to the attitude of the president; another by Repreaentatlve McCall, of Massachu setts, a republican member of the ways and ineana committee, who dissented from the majority report, and Repre sentative Moody, another Massachu setts republican who sharply criticis ed the poaltlon of bis colleague. McCellan, of New York, and Brant ly. of Georgia, also spoke against the bill and Parker, of New Jersey, In sup port of It.. . The d.-bate waj continued at the night session. McCall said he regret ted greatly that he could not agree with his colleagues as to the pending bill, but he was compelled to dissent, because It Involved nothing less than the proposition that congress In deal ing with territories of the United Slates had absolute power, unfettered by any limitations of the constitu tion. John Marshall, as great a Jurist a ever sat upon the bench, declared in Loughborough vs. Blake . that the rule of uniformity in the im position of duties extended to th-; territories. A third of a century after the Loughberough case the sur preme court again, when California became a territory, decided that the rule ot uniformity would apply to It. "If congreis Is not bound by those limitations against taxing unequally, it is not bound by any limitation upon its power in the constitution." aald McCall. WU TING FANG'S ADVICE. Think Local Conditions In the Philip pines Should Be Considered In the Enactment of Laws. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 22. The ex ercises attending the dedication of the new law school university oi I tnnsyl vanla were continued today at the Acadtmy of Music, in conjunction Willi the regular Washington's birthday ceremonies of the university. The principal guest of honor and ora tor of the day was We Ting Fang, the Chinese mli.lstez, who was on the pro-' gram to deliver an address on "proper relations of the I'rlted States to thi Orient." Reg-irdini? the government of tho Philippines, he said: "The policy of the wUe statesman would b not to enact laws for the newly acquired possessions without thoroutrhlv studying the local rqlr ments and peculiar circumstances, or to extend the laws of the mother coun try, .vhich might be unsuited to Uie condttioiM of th . new territories." SENATOR CLARK'S SOX. Has a Fan- Income of J2',0v0 a Year and Denies Any Deendence on the Old Man. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. C. W.' ClarK, son of Senator Clark, of .Mon tana, told the senate committee on el .'ctions t iday that he had an lnde-pend-nt Income of $r0,000 a year and that he was in business for himself. Ho denied in detail the asertlons of witnesses Witeside, Hewitt, State Sen ator Myers and others. Clark submit ted what he aald was a detailed state ment of his receipts and expenditures for political purposes during the Mon tana campaign. The aggregate footed up $118,000. FlNANl IAL CONFEREES AGREE. WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. When the republican. conferees cf the two houses of congress on the currency bill ad journed tonight their work had been practically completed. There were still some slight differences in the phraseology. HELPING OTIS OUT. Carl "Shirts ' and Other Aunties Me t to Put an End to Philip pine War. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 22.-.n "Eastern conference" of antl-imia-rlal-ists In-gan here today. The conference Is said by lis promoters to be anoth.-r step in the movement to brlnr the war in the Philippines to an end. hx-r-cn-ator Edmunds Is honorary president. The principal speaker of the occa sion will be Hon. Carl Schurz.