THE MORNING' OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1900.
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Hepburn Bill.
TEN MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE
Application 'of -file Contract System
-Tamil TotalCo'st ElmitetX to
140,000,000.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The house
committee on interstate and foreign com
merce today reconsidered the .Nicaragua
canal bHl, -which .had been, reported with
cm appropriation of 5140,000,000, and
changed the appropriation section so as
to make ?10,000;WQ available, with author
ity to contract for the entire excavation
and completion of the canal at a total
cost not exceeding $140,000,000. .
Before this action was taken, Mr. Hep
"burn, chairman of the committee, stated
that, as all the members of the commit
tee were anxious for the success of the
hill, it was well to consider some objec
tions which had been raised. He had
Jbeard several objections on the ground
that the whole $140,003,000 was appropriated
now. and three or four gentlemen had
said they would not support the bill if the
entire sum was appropriated now, but
would .support-it only if a portion was
made available at once to begin the work.
Mr. Corliss, of "Michigan, thereupon of
fered the following new section, which
was adopted.
"Section 6. That the sum of -$10,000,000 is
hereby appropriated out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated
towards the project herein contemplated,
and the secretary of "war Is further here
by authorized to enter into a contract or
contracts for materials and work that
may be deemed necessary for the proper
excavation, construction, defense and
completion of said canal, to be paid for as
appropriations may from time to time be
hereafter made, not to exceed in the ag
gregate $140.000.00Q.,
Fletcher of Minnesota said: "When you
get that canal half built for $140,000,000,
what will you do for the other half?"
Corliss answered that the highest esti
mate of cost thus far made was $133,000,
000. Hepburn added that in the amended
form the bill simply applied -the contract
system and limited the aggregate to
$140,000,000. In the amended form the bill
was ordered reported.
The Pacific cable question was then
taken up, and General Wager Swayne, of
Kew York, spoke in favor of private con
struction and operation of the cable
lines, as against government ownership.
Lewis Marshall, of New York, appeared
Jn behalf of the Eastern Extension & Aus
tralasian Telegraph Company, the British
company which now operates the cable
connections With , the Philippines, and
stated that he was present to submit a
notice of prior rights. He explained the
concessions held by this company from
Spain, one of them extending until 1940,
and one of them, granted in 1S98, giving
exclusive landing rights In the Spanish
Pacific Islands until 1918 Mr. Marshall
said the company maintained that these
grants by Spain were binding on the
United States, as this government had
succeeded -t-e-Spaki sovereignty and had
"put itself In-SpaIn's shoes.V
Mr. Corliss asked if it was claimed the
United States could not lay" a cable to
Manila.
Me. Marshall .said it was held this could
not be done -without extinguishing the
existing rights in some regular way.
Captain Squler, acting chief signal offi
cer, stated that, owing to the assertion of
exclusive rights, the war department had
secured copies of the original conces
sions under which this British company
was operating. He said these contro,
verted the claims of exclusive rights They
were helng translated and would be soon
submitted to congress.
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
Bnloffles on the Life and Public
Services of Holmrt.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2G The greater,
portion of the sessidn 6f the house today
was devoted to eulogies oh'Sie life and
public services of the late Vice-President
Hobart. The tributes paid to his man
or' were not the usual perfunctory eulo
gies, but breathed the love, admiration
and respect in which he was universally
held. Those who spoke were Gardner,
Stewart, Parker, Fowler and Daly of
New Jersey, Payne of New York, Dalzell
and Brossius of Pennsylvania, Richardson
of Tennessee, and Gnggs of Georgia. Be
fore the keulOjgies beganjthje, ranferenc
report on the census hill was adopted and
an attempt was made to pass a bill to
pay the cost of repairing the Manila cable
which Dewey cut just after his great
victory. Opposition developed, however,
and it went over. The Indian appropria
tion bill was reported.
The urgent deficiency bill was sent to
cenference, and Cannon (rep. 111.), Bar
ney rep. Wis.) and Livingston (dem. Ga)
were' appoint fcfcnterfceg. "3r
A resolutfotiw&sfl&Rted5alllng upon
the secretary of the inferior for informa
tion as to the number of Indians on the
Sac and Fox -reservation who were not
paid their tribal allowances Xrom 1855 to
1SGG, what such allowances would amount
to, and what portion of the salaries of the
chiefs due under treaty stipulations from
1S55 to 1899 have not been paid.
The house then proceeded to the con
sideration of bills on the private calen
dar. Mahon (rep. Pa.) called up the bill
to authorize the secretary of state to
pay the Australasia & China Telegraph
Company the amount of tho expenses In
curred in repairing the Manila-Hong Kong
cable, cut by Admiral Dewey during the
war with Spain. This was the first bill
carrying an appropriation to indemnify
a company for property destroyed "during
the Spanish war. Mahon took the posi
tion that the United States was not Hahle
for loss due to the "interruption of the
cable, -hut only for the actual expense
of repairing' the; cable. r. if
Ray fc-ep. s.' Y)3saiii th"e attorney-general
had reported that the company had
no claim for Indemnity. There were
thousands of claims pending, and he
thought it would establish a dangerous
precedent to pay one which the attorney-general
had reported against.
Hltt (rep. HI.), chairman of the foreign-affairs
committee, thought the bill
should be amended so as to state specific-'
ally that the claim was an act of grace.
Ray pointed out that since the American
occupation of the Philippines the cable
company had done more business in a
single year than it would have done In
20 had the war not occurred. He thought
there was no equity in the claim.
Moody (rep. Mass.) argued that the law
of nations was well settled that property
of neutrals within the theater of war op
erations, had to take Its chances. He cited
the case of the American fishermen whose M
claims had been disputed and held up by
Great Britain, and declared that before
we paid citizens of Great Britain indem
nity as an act of grace, England should
he compelled to pay what was due our
own people.
No action was taken on the bill, and at
2o'.clQck the house suspended public busi
ness jfeo 'Jisfeni to tributes to the memory
of the late "Vice-President Hobart
Gardner (rep. N. J.), who served for
several years in the state senate -with
Hobart, presented the resolution of re
gret, and was the first speaker. In the
career of Hobart there was, he said,
nothing sensational or episodical. His
.aims were definite his course was as
steady as the granite hills, his efforts
as sustained as the motions of the plan
ets. Informed men spoke of his acquire
ments, churchmen of his rectitude and
deep religious convictions, the philanthro
pists -of his unostentatious charity, busi
ness men marveled at his business judg
ment, politicians wondered at his clear
perceptions of the character and the value
of issues,, statesmen at his wide and early
knowledge of national and International
affairs; his sympathy was as broad as
the field of human struggle.
Payne freD. N. Y.l. leader of tha ma
jority, and.;RTchardsdn (dem. TennJ. Iead-
St ""ie SSSlzy'ac.!im.-xlauiP .lo
t"o swie.vice'-presiaeru.e -i
Grosvenor trep. OfTln a warm eulogy.
said Hobart was the first vice-president
within his recollection who gave dignity
and value and executive co-operation to
the office. He said that when the pres
ent tariff law hung In the balance in con
ference, no one man did as much to affect
the result as he.
Dolllver (rep. la.) delivered an eloquent
tribute, concluding:
jk aara.tetui' to, -nis . countrymen, ,axuia
honor they had given him, he set him
self to deliver the office of vice-president
from the cheap and petulant Influ
ences that had already beset it How
well he succeeded all men know, and it
is not too much to say that, had he lived,
he would have drawn to himself such a
measure of. popular enthusiasm thaj his
countrymen would "Have asked him to-tep
linto the first chair-" T .
The other speakers were: Messrs. Stew
art (rep. N. J.), Dalzell (rep. Pa), Bros
slus (rep. Pa.), Parker (rep. N. J.), Fow
ler (rep. N. J.), Daly (dem. N. J.), and
Griggs (dem. Ga.).
At 4:20 P. M, as a further mark of re
spect, the house adjourned. ,
SHIP .SUBSIDY BILIi. '
Changes Made ly the Senate Sub
committee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The subcom
mittee of the senate committee on com
merce, appointed to consider the ship
subsidy bill, today agreed to recommend
several changes In the bill. One of the
amendments agreed upon limits the
amount to be paid in any one year for
20 and ZL-knot vessels to $2,000,000 in the
aggregate. Another change places ves
sels of 21, 12 and 13 knots speed in the
special premium class, this action being
taken to encourage low-power freight ves
sels. A third amendment provides for
the admission of foreign-built ships of
certain classes where a majority of the
stock Is owned by American citizens.
The requirement in the bill as introduced
was that 80 per cent of the stock should
be owned in this country.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
Bureaus That It Is Proposed to In
clude in It.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. The question
of establishing a department of the gov
ernment to be known as the department
of commerce, with a cabinet officer at its
head, has -been discussed at considerable
Icnsrth hv thu sfrtnta cnmmlttpfi nn to.otrj-
Tmerce. The discussion ivas hased "upon
a ery complete report on the subject
prepared by Senator Nelson.
It Is proposed to include in the new de
partment a bureau of manufactures, and
to transfer from the treasury depart
ment the life-saving, lighthouse, marine
hospital and steamboat Inspection service,
the bureaus of navigation, immigration,
statistics and coast and geodetic surveys;
to transfer from the interior department
the commission of railway, the census of
fice and the geodetic survey, and from
the state department the bureau of foreign
commerce. The department of labor and
the fish commission are also placed under
this supervision.
MONEY FOR FLOUR TRUST
Plans for Providing: Working Cap
ital lor the Conibine.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. The Herald says:
It was announced last night that the
plans lor providing worKlng capital for the
United States Flour Milling Company were
practically sure of success, and that A. C.
Lorlng, manager of the Northwestern
Milling Company, of Minneapolis, would
r.eturn o fc!s home, Jeavjng this qy this
morning fully convinced that there will be
no further difficulty in raising the ?1,250,T03
required'hy the mills of Minneapolis under
his control, as a "working capital.
George Urban, jr., of Buffalo, president
of the United States Flour Milling Com
pany, also will leave New York tonight
for his home, and It Is said that before his
departure jvlll sign the papers which will
bring to ttie treasury of the Hecker-Jones-Jewett
Mining Company the funds re
quired. President Urban said that he did
not look for any further difficulty, and he
-was convinced that the minority stock
holders of the Northwestern Milling Com
pany would be satisfied with any arrange
ment which the majority might make.
These statements were made by him in the
presence of Jacob Ames, of Syracuse, and
Thomas A Mclntyre, vice-president nnd
secretary respectively of the United States
Flour Milling Company. Later, at a time
when President Urban was not present,
Mr. Mclntjre said:'
"There lsr nb minority interest In tho
Northwestern Milling' Company. I am not
responsible for what President Urban sajs,
and when he spoke of the outstanding
shares of stock he did not know what he
was talking about. The sfock has been
purchased for me by a friend. I shall
take it up when I get the money."
A. C. Loring, of Minneapolis, who has
heen an official of the United States Flour
Millings Company, resigned 11 o his offices
in connection with that concern on
Wednesday afternoon, and at a meeting
held yesterday was elected president of the
Northwestern Milling Company, of Minne
apolis. At that meeting it was also or
dered that there should be an amalgama
tion of the Minneapolis Flour Manufactur
ing Company with the Northwestern Mill
ing Company, giving the plant In Minneap
olis eight mills, with a total dally capacity
of about 17,000 barrels.
Mr. Lorlng surprised his associates In
New York by his Independence. He is
said to have informed them that while he
was willing to -nork In full harmony, It
was necessary for capital to be provided,
and that if it could not be obtained In New
York on good terms he would be able to
get It In the Northwest. In 'any eventhe
wanted It understood that the mills under
his control were to be operated with the
idea of producing a profit, and not for
the purpose of making good the losses in
the operation of other mills.
As a result of Mr. Loring's position, it
Is understood that the Empire State mills,
Lat Syracuse, two In number; the mill of
tne uroan company, in .uunaio; ine ajaisy
roller mill, of Milwaukee, and the Duluth
roller mill, of Milwaukee, will be perma
nenty closed down, while the six mills
at the head of Lake Superior will be op
erated only during those months when the
lakes are open to pavigatlon.
ToUIugr the Chances.
From "Aids to Scouting 'for -Noncommissioned
Officers and Men," by
Colonel Baden Powell.
When in doubt as to whether to go on or
to -go hack think of that, and of the Zulu
saying: ''If we go .forward, we dlej If Tye.
go backward we die; betler go iorward
and. die." J
It is also like a. game of football. You
are selected as a forward player. Play the
game; play that your side may Win.
Don.'t think of your own glorification, or
your own risks your side are backing you
up. Play up and make the best of every
chance you get. Football Is a good game,
but hetter than- It, better- than any other
game,. Is. that of. man-hunting,. But, like,
all other games, It is no use your going in
for it without previous training, and I hope'
that what I hae said above may be of
some use In helping you to take a distin
guished part In the best sport In the world,
namely, scouting.
s c
An old authority gives directions for the
xnostxestfiil positlonto assume after great
-we.aflnet.sr "If very tired lie ..on the back,
the "knees drawn up, the hands .clasped
above the head or resting on the elbows,
the forearm at right angles, and the
hands hanging over by the bend of the
wrists.
d a
Zarlna Cigarettes not made by Japs or
Chinamen,, 10 cents for 1Q.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
SDXATE COMmTTEES'S HEARING ON
AMENDMENT TO LAW. ' ,
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Statements by Representatives of
Business Organizations Through
out the Country.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2C The senate
committee on commerce today crave, a
hearing to the renresenlatfves nf n nurn-
ber of business organizations throughout Secretary of State Hay, Secretary Gage,
the country in support of a bill to amend , United 'States Senators" Beverldge, Xodge
the Interstate commerce law. and Aldrlch sent letters of regret.
The first statement was made by Frank I The'toasts and the speakers were as fol
Barry, of Milwaukee. He is secretary of j lows: "The President of the United
the National Millers' Association, and ac- States," Charles Denbf ; "The American
credited representative of, the National j Asiatic Association," Everett Frazer;
League of -Industrial Associations. He j "China, the Greatest Potential Market In
commended the pending bill, saying it had J the World," Wu Ting-fang; 'JJttPan iiie
been framed with a vlewtto doing justice ' "Pioneer of Asiatic "Progress, "'""jutaro Ko-
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES, FIRST D'lSTRICT
.;r ,, lljp
THOMAS H. TONGUE, OF HILLSBORO.
Though confronted by formidable Opponents in the contest for the republican congressional
nomination In the first district, Representative Tongue does not Intend to lay down his scepter
without a struggle. He Is busily putting up hie fences, and will do the best he can .with the
field against him. Mr. Tongue was elected to congress In 1890, and re-elected In 1898.
,ta, both shipper and carrier. He con
demned tho present law, saying it had be
come Impotent and valueless, and the in
terstate commerce commission was noth
ing more than a moot court. In reply to
questions from Senator Tillman, Barry
said the Standard Oil, sugar trust and
large flouring mills of the Northwest and
grain elevator Interests were not co-operating
in this movement.
He had no direct Information on the sub
ject of favoritism, but called attention to
the recent change of freight classification
made by the railroads, which, he said, left
carload rates on oil practically There
they were, while it raised he rate on frac
tional carload lots from 200 to 300 per cent.
It was not difficult to see that this was In
the interest of the Standard Oil Company.
Mr. Barry expressed the opinion that the
Minneapolis millers were receiving dis
criminatory rates from the' railroads.
Augustine Gallagher, ' of St. Louis, 6om,J
mlssloner of the Millers' National Asso
ciation, spoke especially of the interests'
of the millers in the proposed legislation.
He said the railroads "were not content
with controlling the mines and the for
ests of the country, but that they were
now attempting to control the ballots of
the people along their lines. He contend
ed that the railroad business of the Mid
dle West, so far as the grain Interests are
concerned, Is practically parceled out to
the large firms in Chicago and other cit
ies. Mr. Gallagher, in response to an in
quiry by the chairman, said" he believed,
the adoption of the amendment proposed
by the National Board of Trade would
produce results Immensely beneficial to
the whole people
"You are here today, then," said Mr.
Chandler, "to advocate a railroad trust
with -$1,100,000,000 capital. Is lt not in
effect a fact that you propose to organ
ize a gigantic railroad trust, which is, to
ahollsh all competition In traffic rates?"
"As a member of the National Millers
Association and of the National Board of
Trade, I deny that I have any such In
tention. I do not, and they do not, advo
cate anything of the kind," replied Mr.
Gallagher.
"You understand, I take it," said Mr.
Chandler, "that the great' mass of ship
pers want an organization similar to the
old Joint Tiafflo Association?'. .
"They do," repliedcMr. Gallagher.. "If
the resolution adopted by the National
Board of Trade does' not convey that idea,
I ask this committee to prepare one that
will."
"Well," said Mr. Chandler, "some of us
politicians cannot understand why the Na
tional Board of Trade and the National
Millers' Association should desire the es
tablishment of a railroad trust, the idea
of which Is to crush railway competition."
"We do not want to crush competition," j
replied Mr. Gallagher, "and what we ask
will not. accomplish such an end."
"You want, then," inquired Senator Al
len, "to authorize the railroads to main
tain rates without the pooling of rail
roads?" "That's it," replied Mr. Gallagher.
"Well," said Mr. Allen, "that's another
name for the same thing."
E. O. Stanard, of St. Louis, a flour
manufacturer, said the railroads for years
had been giving rates to wheat-shippers
in discrimination against the.flQur manu
facturers. "This discrimination is so
great," ho said, "that the British flour
maker can make flour from American
wheat at least 18 cents a barrel cheaper
than the same flour could be made, here."
In conclusion, Mr. Stanard ' stated
there was nothing in the proposed amend
ment which would enable the railroads to
consolidate or pool their -interests. . ,
E. P. WHson, of pinclnnatl, secretary
of. the National "Association of Manufac-r
turers, said It was essential that, the in
terstate commerce law be amended i"so,
that the Interstate commerce commission
would have some vitality and be able
to do something definite
L. B. Boswell, of Qulncy, III., repre
senting, the Qulnqyrchember, of commerce J
apd the Qulncy freight bureau, Urged, con,
gress to come to the relief of shippers by
establishing an Intermediary between ship
pers and railroads, whose action would
be equitable and fair.
L. W. Noyes, representing the Na
tional Business League, of Chicago, urged
the proposed legislation.
Edward P. Bacon, of Milwaukee, a
member of the finance committee of the
National Board of Trade, said that while
the railroads were anxious probably to
pool their Interests, the National Board
of Trade was not In favor of pooling.
Mr. Bacon maintained that, whi!6 the
railroad companies might be afforded
some advantages, the proposed law would
be of vast advantage to the people.
C. B. Cole, of Chester, 111.,, a miller,
said: "If this bill Is passed, It will stop
the discrimination in freight rates, and it
will strike"trusls a Harder blow than any
otherlclnd- of legislation5" "" " '
New San Francisco Hotel.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. Plans are
being prepared for the new modern hotel
to be erected by the Fred Crocker estate
on Van Ness avenue, In this city. It Is cal-
culated that the hotel will cost at least
1 $1,500,000, and it will' take about two years
to complete it. It will be a building Of 11
stories, and will be constructed of brick,
iron, stone and steel. It will be as nearly
fireproof as modern architectural science
qanjnake it.
" OUR KADE'WiTH CHINA.
Speeches nt ' live American Asiatic
Association's Dinner.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. One hundred and
two-members and guestb of the American
Asiatic Association sat down to the sec
ond annual dinner of the organization at
IDelmonlco's tonight. President McKlnley,
mura; "The South and the Open Door In
the Far East," -John L. McLaurin; ''The-
Paramount Interests of the United States
In Asia," John Barrett
Minister Wu Ting-fang wore his brilliant
Oriental costume of silk, embroidered with
heavy gold braid and decorated with Chi
nese characters. The minister from Japan
wore full evening dress, after the Amer
ican model.
Ex-MInlster Denby was the first speak
er. He maintained that the United States
should not stand Idly by and see other:
powers establish hostile camps In --China
under the plea of leaseholds.
"We have as much right," he said, "to
Intervene In Chinese matters in behalf of
our missionaries and merchants as we had
to intervene In Venezuelan affairs. We have
just as much right to preserve and save
pur trade rights in China as England has,
or Bussia, or any other European power
has to protect' its 'own. Why should Eng
land and "Russlaand France anuGerrriariy
arrogater to themselves the contrbl of Asia?
We are the closest to China of all the
great commercial nations, except Japan.
We have done more to open It to civiliza
tion than any country, except England.
Our trade is next to England's. Our pop
ulation In China isnext to England's. Bs
what right shall otiier nations step in?"
Continuing, Mr. Denby. said It only re
mained for the" American people to go
out for the greater trade that awaited"'
them, adding:
"A new era has come upon us. We
have the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Puerto
Rico, the Philippines and part of Samoa
for our own, and we aie holding Cuba
today, whether we will or no. These are
accomplished facts. The finger of destiny
has pointed the way to commercial great
nes. Our Western coast Is alive, awake
and Is stretching out its hands for the
trade of hundreds of millions of people,
which is tq make Sn Francisco, Tacoma
and Seattle the rivals of New York, Phil
adelphia and Boston."
Senator McLaiirin, of Soulh Carolina,
spoke at length of the industrial growth
of the South and its stimulation by trade
with the Orient. In striving- for commer
cial expansion, he said, he would not fa
vor the Incorporation Into our body pol
itic of any semi-barbarous races totally
unable to appreciate -our system of gov
ernment, but he did favor expansion.
Wu Ting-fang, the Chinese minister,
was ttye last speaker. He said:
"China needs many things that are
manufactured by the United States. We
want your cotton goods and Iron and
'Steel products. But you cannot expect us
to buy your products unless we like you.
China wants the United States to do fair
ly with her. Fair dealing on the part
of the United States would mean the ad
mission of my countrymen to the United
States as freely as immigrants from any
other nation. I hope the association will
call the 'attention of congress to the In
justice of the Chinese exclusion act with
a view to repealing It, so that my coun
trymen may have the rights of American
, citizenship and .become your countrymen."
jutaro ivumara, the minister from Ja
pan, tnanKea tne assemoiage tor tne in
terest taken In the affairs of the Orient
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WILKESBARRE EXPXOSION.
Pnrtlcnlars of the Accident ly
'Which Five Men Were Killed.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 26 Five
men were killed and eight hadly injured
as a result of a runaway train and the ex
plosion of dynamite that followed, on the
Central railroad of New Jersey, at Ash
ley last night. The complete list of the
dead lsr
Frank McLaughlin, brakeman, 'aged 28;
Michael Bird, brakeman, aged 22; Peter
Frey, engine wiper, aged 16; Charles
Haney, aged 15; one unknown tramp.
Haney went to the engihe-house to Idle
time away instead of going to night cchool.
Injured John Roschlg, engineer; John
Bovin, Henry G-elsler, engineer; Thomas
Rotve, brakeman; Michael Coole, flagman;
"John Ruehf, engineer; Edward Hughes,
fireman; William Brown, foreman round
house. Some of the Injured were taken
to their homes, others to the hospital In
Wllkesbarre. It is thought all will re
cover. Bovin Is a tramp and wag stealing
a ride
Many houses In Ashley and vicinity were
badly damaged and inmates were injured,
though none seriously. Many thrjljing es-
capes are chronicled. John Thomas, an
invalid, was thrown out of bed on to u hot
stove. He was rescued by other members
of the family. The frieght car containing
the dynamite was crushed into splinters
and a large hole torn under the roadway.
Sk locomotives and 70 freight cars were
wrpeked. - Conductor Law and Edward
Meehan; brakeman7ftand--R.obert Carroll,
were- ina caboose of the freight train and
had narrow escapes.
The accident was due to a lpng train of
freight cars running away and crushing
into a locomotive near the roundhouse.
The shock exploded 30 boxes of dynamite in
one of the cars. "
THE BATTLE OF COLENSO
BRITISH INFANTRY OFFICER'S AC
COUNT OF THE FIGHT.
1 - I" if '. U ; ,r , ,i2Zk 10. ,
c rj. - r- "- 7 - " - - j
Boy Leaders Responsible for Much
of the Loss In the Encasement
nt Mngersfontein.
LONDON, Jan. 17. The following ac
count of the battle of Colenso, written
by an infantry officer present, was re
ceived by today's" mall:
"After that most terrible one-sided bat
tle of Colenso last Friday I fainted when
I got to camp from sunstroke, and on
Saturday morning I found I had djsen
tery. How any one escaped on Friday
Is a marvel to me. We were nine hours
and a half under fire, and it was like
a severe hailstorm on a tin roof. I could
not put up my glasses without hear.ng
phlt, phlt,. phlt.' From the very first I
saw it would be no go. Directly we got
under fire, a corporal said to me: 'I won
der how many Boers there are hidden in
that wood opposite the Tugela?'
"I said: 'I expect It is full of them, as"
Buller has neven shelled It at all.' I -was
right. Two companies of the Twenty-
third, went in and jolly soon came out
through us and exposed our camps, to a
double fire, and I do not see how we es
caped at all. Then I saw about three
companies of the Seventh fusiliers go in
on the left of the taken guns and they
soon came out of it. After that we wero
told to advance a bit, and eventually we
were called off as. escort to the lost guns,
with the result, that we retired (when or
dered 6V and 'Tjdmmy' did no.f; .like that
word sit all), and had six officers , taken
and over 100 rrien killed, wounded, miss
ing or prisoners, out of a total of 13
officers and 372 men, with which we start
ed at 4 A. M.
"I never was in such a veritable fix,
and hope I shall never be again.
"But poor 'Tommy was simply grand.
On the troops went, through It all. They
never hesitated one moment; never
flinched. On" they went, 'With, destruction
and "death and agony all around theni. HE
shall never forget the sight. 'A man was 4
hit on the line. A shell fell between two
mert at six paces; on they went. A shell
blew a poor captain of the Connaught
rangers to bits. A oubaltern of the In
nisklllings close by looked back but could
see absolutely no trace of his comrade
left, and I see he Is reported as missing,
as they could not find him anl yet on
went the JIne.
"My own company was most light-hearted.
One old soldier, who used to be Quar
termaster's storeman at Chatham, was In
front of me while we once were ordered
to turn In file to the left and wheel to
right to double about half a mile to the
right flank of the guns, and when a bul
let whizzed very close to him he began to
play antics and skip about, laughing and
joklhg the while. The bullets were as
thick as bees, and I had several mighty
clbse to my head. .Directly we.halted.and
ia.y UUWJl SliUWUlS OI uunyis cuiue. J.ivxu.s
truly aorie-sldeugam,' a We'"eoul6f eee,
no oneto aim a at all." ' '
The following account of the ModJer
i"Iver flght was received oday from one
of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders.
"We have had some hot fighting with
Methueh, but we got through all right
until the 11th, when we got a licking. We
of the Highland brigade had to march
during Jthe night to surprise the Boers.
jNoqneT lenew what, wjb were going to ido
oP wherV wewere jgbln ' The Train 'came
nown in- torrents and -we were" soaked
through, and that on empty stomachs.
We were led right into the Boer trenches
by guides and before we could deploy
from column half of us were shot doWn.
We all ran for our lives and reformed EOO
yards back, when the Gordons joined
us and we again tried the trenches.
"But It wad no good. All day we lay
out in 'the sun. Without -toad, or drlnkT
arid'ln the afternoon the"Boer shells be-
gan bursting among us, so we made the
best of our way "tc the rear. The men
were sick arid, dispirited. There was no
fight left In them, and they would not
Stop for the -officers or any one else. Gen
eral WauchOpe was killed hit In seven
places. He" Was the right sort. They
say it wasstiot his mistake at all and he
6Td not want the night attack. Anyway,
ltwasa ghastly failure.
,u''The"camp'at -Moddeiv river- wa's full.ofV.
'Boersples-colbniala and "others" so' our
every movement was watched! and Infor
mation carried to the enemy. Why these
people are allowed to mess about the
camp I cannot undertsand. Some of these
dislojal colon'als have been caught red-
handed fighting against the queen. Why
don't they shoot them right off Instead of
sending them down for trial they don't
deserve it.
"-"Most of the feglm'ents here ate full
-Of iyouhg' boys" fbrMfncers-artd -the men
don't car6 about them. I saw some of
them at Modder river fight like a lot of
schoolboys, shouting out orders that none
of us could understand, so the old hands
took no nptlce of them and -went their
own way as best they could. Most of
the regiments are the same. The guards
are the best off for officers. None of
us can make out why so many young offi
cers are sent out to take charge of old
eolcllen?. Why can't we have more of
our old officers? Iy late eaptain, who
left us at Aldershot, came to see us off
and we asked why he was not coming
with us. He replied that the war office
would not lei him rejoin. He was a good
man. We should not have lost half the
men we had If we had had older offi
cers. "We were a good brigade if we had
not been n-essed up, and if only Wau
chope,hia heen left to handle us him
self. This is a terrible war, and Gqd only4
"knows how It will end. My wound Is not
a bad one a shot through the fleshy part
of the thigh and I was so excited I did
not notice It for an hour or two."
The correspondent of the Times with
Buller's army, writing from Cheveley
camp, December 21, after giving interest
ing details of the battle of Colenso, says:
"The Boers' position was excellentlv
I planned, their trenches and emplacements
were wel hidden. All day we were fired
at, by guns wJbojje position we. could neyer
ibid, and we 'were never sure exactly
where the musketry fire came from. It
was an exposition of modern warfare. We
had to attack ah invisible enemy, whose
position could not even be fixed by the
smoke of their rifles. It was rifle fire that
caused our losses.
"Their shell fire, though accurate
enough, was not deadly, and during the
advances men did not drop until they had
come Within effective Tange of the rifles.
This was the case in spite of the fact
that far" the greater number of the Boers'
shells burst, and burst accurately, too,
sometimes right in the middle of our men."
The Gazette today publishes a number of
dispatches from General Buller, received
by the war office, enclosing reports from
Generals White, Hildyard, Methuen and
other generals, regarding their various
operations, but containing nothing later
than the record of occurrences to the mid
dle of December. A dispatch from Gen
eral White, dated November 2, says:
"I wras so greatly Impressed with the
exposed position of the garrison of Glen
coe that I determined (October 11) to with
draw from there and concentrate all the
troops at Ladysmlth. But the governor
represented that this step would Involve
such grave political results that I deter
mined to accept the military risk of hold
ing Dundee, as the lesser of two evils."
General White then proceeds to describe
the subsequent attack by 4000 Boers, of
whom about 500 were killed pr wounded,
three of their guns being left dlsmounte'd
at Talana hill, but he adds there was no
pnnprtunjfy of bringing them off.t He. also
.describes hqw the Boprs were seen stream
'ing away in bodies of from E0 to 100.
Prince of Wnlc Inspected Yeomnnrj
LONDON, Jan. 26 At the Life gu-Jrds'
barracks this morning, the Prince of
Wales Inspected the first lot of yeomanry
who start for South Africa tomorrow. At
the conclusion of the Inspection, the prince
made a speech, saying he was proud of
.being their honorary colonel.
"I am sure," said he, "although you
leave your homes and your country, you
all feel that a' grea.t duty devolves upon
you to maintain the honor of the British
flag."
Lord Chesham called for a cheer for the
prince, which was enthusiastically given.
Among the troops Is. the husband of Mrs.
Patrick Campbell, the actress.
SPION'KOP OF LITTLE VALUE.
British Pound It No More Useful
Than the Boers.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Dispatches from
London state- that the military experts
were not so jubilant over the capture of
Splonkop as the crowds abodt the bulletin
boards were. The Leader says:
"No particulars of Tuesday's nocturnal
enterprise have been received. With due
care It does not seem to have been very
difficult. It may be that the Boers in
holding so extended a position had, accord
ing to that elegaht American expression,
'bitten off more than they could chew.
"What If the enemy had been caught in
the act of evacuating Splonkop, leaving
only a small rear guard to concentrate
upon a second position with another posi
tion behind more suited to the strength of
their forces that could be spared from the
attack upon Ladysmlth?"
The Morning Post says:
"The situation described yesterday was
tthat Sir Redvers Buller had first to drive
the Boers from Splonkop and the rest of
the plateau upon which It stands, and
then to drive them before him until he can
cover the 12 or 15 miles that separate Splon
kop from the circle of Bder guns that are
pointed at Ladysmlth.. -She news received
yesterday did not, indeed, contain the an
nouncement that he had finished the first
half of his- task.A'
There are two ways of looking at the
taking of Splonkop. Some persons believe
the Boers too shrewd to be caught nap
ping, and think the abandonment of the
kop Is part of the Boei- campaign and a
strategic move. Others, who take Into
consideration the vast length of the Boer
lines, 30 miles, say that the Boers did not
expect Splonkop to be attacked, and, as
they have no men to spare, had a weak
garrison gn the hill and concentrated their
forces at points-considered to be in danger.
Dr. Leyds Is 'blamed for the entangle
ments of the British over the Belzure of
German vessels, and he Is said to have
caused false Information as to the seized
vessels' cargoes to be given the Brltlsn
authorities. It Is said further that Dr.
Leyds circulated the stories that vast
quantities of war supplies were being
landed at Lourenco Marques in the hope
that Great Britain would seize Delagoa
bay and bring Russia and France down
upon her.
BOMBARDMEJkT OF LADYSMITH.
Boer CannonntUnir Does Little Harm
In the City.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2C A dispatch to the
World from Ladjsmith, January '22, by
runner from Frere camp, January 24,
says:
"Our principal occupation now is watch
ing the bursting of shells firett by "Gen
eral Buller s'Tnen" advancing! "from the
west. This observation tends to raise the
spirits. The heavy artillery makes a most
joyful sound.
"The Boer bombardment of Ladysmlth
has practically ceased, although the Bul
wana gun sometimes fires. The Telegraph
hill Creusot fired a single shell this morn
ing, which wobbled remarkably. It Is
probable our howitzers have again dam
aged the gun. Recently: the Boers began-
to shell Observation hill from Surprise'
hill with an eight-Inch mortar throwing
a round shot with old-fashioned touch
wood fuses. The British field artillery si
lenced this gun, killing 20, It. is said:
"Saturday afternoon there was some gun
fire from the eastward. It came from
Dulwana and Lowbardskop. This prob
ably was a 'put up job' tor make us think
the British reinforcements were advancing
from, the east.. Tho fire may have possibly
come from scouts T5eronglngto- some'trj'rclejr whlch- erect memtiorastpf tho folraJ
rcgular forpes, to whom we -understana
Bullor has given a roving- commission.
There was rifle fire In the same direction,
but further south, Saturday night front 11
o'clock to midnight. It was sharp and
intermittent."
Benefit for the Soldier Fund.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26 Miss Jessie Mill-
Lward and.f WuUamEaye.rsham, jding-
woman anuieaaing-marr or tne jampire
theater company are arranging a benefit
at the Empire theater the afternoon of
February 9 for the sick and wounded Brit
ish soldiers In South Africa, and for the
destitute widows and orphans of American
soldiers who died during the recent war
with Spain or In the Manila campaign.
Miss MIHward and Mr. Faversham them
selves, with the assistance of the Empire
stock company, will present the second
act of -qL.6ta "and Lady. Algy" Nat Q.
Goodwin, and Miss Maxlne Elliott and
William Gillette have already volunteered
their services, and It Is expected that sev
eral of Maurice Grau's singers will be in
duced to take part. One of the features,
of course, will be a recitation of "The Absent-Minded
Beggar" by Mrs. Langtry.
Tolstoi Denounces ihe War.
MOSCOW, Jan. 26. Count Leo Tolstoi;
In an Interview published In the RusskI
LIstok, denounces the war in South Africa
as showing the "sordid and soulless com
mercialism that rules the world." He
says:
"I hope dally to hear of a fresh British
reverse. It Is Incomprehensible to me that
England, boasting herself to be the land
of freedom, should wish to crush small
republics, which have never done her the
slightest injury."
BIcdcnfeld Fighting ihe Imglish.
CHICAGO. Jan. 26. The Record sayrf;
"Word has reached Chicago that Curt
Ernest Wilhelm. Baron von Biedenfeld,
Is fighting the British with the soldiers
of Oom Paul. The nobleman, who left
this city last April, following his acquittal
of the murder of Constable Charles A.
McDonald, Is said to be in the thick of
the South African war as a commissioned
officer In a Boer regiment."
First "Washington's Dead.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. A telegram
has been received from the Red Cross So
ciety, of Portland. Or., usklng to be given
the privilege of disposing of the remains
of Chaplain John R. Thompson, of the
Washington volunteers, In cuae they should
not be claimed by relatives. A reply has
been sent stating that George W. Bell, of
Olympla, Wash., has asked that the body
should be sent to him.
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OTTAWA. Qnt.. Jan. 26. The fifth ses
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1. There are only six instances since
confederation was consummated 33 yeara
ago when parliament has been called
earlier than on the present occasion, viz.,
1SS0-S1, December 9. when parliament was
called to ratify the Pacific Company's
syndicate's contract for the construction
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conflict between the British and the Boers,
instead of having the volunteers become
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