THE MOENTNG OEEGONIAN, THDESDAT, HABCH 1, 1900.
RGBERIS'PRISONERS
Cronje and His Soldiers en
Route to Cape Town.
BULLER TO THE WAR OFFICE
How Barton's Brigade Stormed and
Captured Pieter's Hill The
Casualties.
LONDON, Feb. 2S. The War Office has
received the following' dispatch from Lord
Roberts:
"Paardeberg. Feb. 28. Cronje, with his
family, left here yesterday In charge of
Major-General Prettyman and under es
cort of the City Imperial Volunteers and
Mounted Infantry- Later in the day. the
remaining prisoners went in charge of
Earl Erroll and escorted by the Glou
cester and 100 Imperial Volunteers. The
women and children are being sent to
their homes. I understand that great
dissatisfaction was felt by the Boers at
Cronje's refusal to accept my offer of
safe conduct to the women and children
and medical care for the wounded, 170 oC
whom are now in our hospitals. Many of
them are in a terrible plight for want
of care at the earliest stage.
"I inspected the Boers' laager yester
day and was much struck by the ingenu
ity and energy with which the position,
was made almost impregnable."
The "War Office has received the fol
lowing dispatch from General Buller:
"Headwaters Lanawannc, jveDruary ..
5 A. M. Finding that the passage of
Langewatches Spruit -was commanded by
strong intrenchments, I reconnoltered for
another passage on the Tugela. One was
found for me below the Cataract by Col
onel Sandbach, Royal Engineers, on Feb
ruary 25. We commenced making an.
approach thereto and on February 26, find
ing I could make the passage practicable,
I crossed the guns and 'baggage back to
the south side of the Tugela, took up the
pontoon bridge on Monday night and re
laid it at the new site, which is Just
below the present marked cataract.
"During all this time the troops had
been scattered crouching under hastily
constructed small stone shelters and ex
posed to a galling shell and r.fle fire.
Throughout they maintained the most ex
cellent spirits.
"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 perpen
dicular cliff of 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,
under Colonel Norcott, and the Eleventh
Brigade, under Colonel Kitchener, the
whole under command of General "Warren,
. assaulted the enemy's position, which was
magnificently carried by the South Lanca
shire Regiment about sunset. We took
about CO prisoners and scattered the ene
my in all directions. There seems to ba
still a considerable body of them left on
and under Buluwano Mountain.
"Our losses, I hope, are not large. They
certainly are much less than they would
have "been were it not for the admirable
manner iu which the artillery was served,
especially the guns manned by the Royal
Naval force and the Naval Volunteers."
General Buller's account of the tre
mendous resistance he Is encounter
ing in his efforts to reach Lady
smith has brought tho public in
terest with a sharp turn from the com
placent contemplation of Roberts' victory
to a realization of the serious conditions
still existing In Natal. Though Buller's
long dispatch Is construed as a victory
bravely won, the commander of the forces
in "Natal has so often reported similar
victories, without achieving his main ob
jective, that the public has learned to
retain its jubilation until Ladysmith is
actually relieved, while the long list of
casualties invariably following any ap
parent gain by Buller is always awaited
with a dread and anxiety which tempo
rarily rob his partial success of its ac
claim. However, it is the generally accepted
belief that Buller Is determined to reach
General White this time, and though the
stages are disappointingly slow, tho na
tion confidently awaits the relief of those
SO00 besieged troops. Buller's report shows
there is urgent need for Roberts to exert
every effort still further to draw off the
Boers from Natal to the Free State. That
he will do so, and likely is doing so by
marching on Bloemfonteln, Is regarded as
almost certain by military critics here.
-With tho additional COO Boers Teported
prisoners at Klmberley, it seems that the
number of men captured by Roberts near
ly reaches 5000.
Afternoon papers comment on the
hero of Kandahar's achievement, lay
ing special stress on the gallan
try of the Canadians, who, according
to a Paardeberg special, were actually
fighting hand to hand in the Boer trenches
when Cronje surrendered, though this
scarcely agrees with Roberts' dispatch.
The Queen has telegraphed Buller as
follows:
"I have heard with deepest concern of
the heavy losses sustained by my brave
Irish soldiers, and I desire to express my
sympathy and admiration of the splendid
fighting qualities they have exhibited
throughout "these trying operations."
Roberts has forwarded an additional list
of British casualties during three days
fighting at Paardeberg, showing 12 killed,
S2 wounded and 4 missing. Including 7 offi
cers and 4 Canadian privates wounded.
THE EFFECT ON BULLER.
Roberts' Vlctorr "Will Only Make the
Fighting; Harder in Xaial.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
The effect of the victory upon Sir Red
vers Buller's campaign In Natal was dis
cussed by veterans last night with intense
interest. It was generally conceded that;
while General Joubert's troops would be
disheartened and General Buller's soldiers
would be inspired to emulate the example
of their comrades in the west, there will
be more desperate fighting in consequence
of Lord Rooerts' success.
General Joubert now has no motive for
an Immediate retreat, since It Is too late
to effect General Cronje's deliverance. Ho
has behind him Sir George White's
army, which is nearly starved out and
helpless from lack of ammunition. If he
can repel General Buller's assault upon
his strong defensive positions and drive
him back to the Tugela, he can compel
General White to surrender, and In a way
offset Lord Roberts' victory, besides
changing the balance in the comparative
lists of prisoners. The opinion in official
circles last night was that Lord Roberts
had rendered General Buller's campaign
more difficult by his victor'.
WAR EXPERT'S VIEWS.
Cronje's Artillery Sent on to Bloem
fonteln. LONDON. Feb. 28. The war expert of
the Morning Leader writes:
"Four thousand Boers and five 13-pound
guns. On the other side 3& divisions
them off their lino of retreat. Many of
Cronje's men have got away, and they
havo saved all their artillery. Whither
they have gone does not yet appear. Those
heavy guns which used to mako Methuen
grind his teeth in impotence have disap
peared. Where ore they now? Why, of
course, on the way to Bloemfonteln.
"Many of Cronje's men have got away,
and they have saved all their artillery
Whither they have gone does not yet ap
pear. Those heavy gunB which used to
make Methuen grind his teeth in impo
tence, have disappeared. Where are they
now? Why, of course, on the way to
Bloemfonteln.
"The fact that one-third of the prison-
ers are Free Staters does not induce con
fidence that General French will be able
to spare many of his mounted troops for
the relief of Mafeking. It would not be
surprising If word had already gone or
dering Commandant Sniman to concen
trate back of Pretoria, for Colonels Baden-Powell
and Plummer. when they Join
forces, can threaten the Rand and the
capital from the rear.
"I tako It for granted that General
French and the greater part of his caval
ry are on their way to Bloemfonteln. I
cannot imaglno anything so suicidal as
that the Boers would mass at the capi
tal of the Free State."
The military expert of the Morning Post
says:
"The surrender of Cronje is the first
complete victory the British have won
In this campaign. We do not yet know
the size of the- force that has been de
stroyed. Lord Roberts announces he has
4000 prisoners and has taken six guns.
After the battle of Magersfonteln Cron
je's force was estimated at not less than
1200!) men. So, at least half his force and
most of his guns including the larger
ones disappeared before his retreat."
RAIXY SEASOX SETS IS.
DlHlcultleB of Campaigning; in
the
Country Aroand Ladysmith.
LONDON, March 1. A dispatch to the
Dairy Mail from Pieter's Station, dated
February 25, and describing the 12 days'
continuous fighting of which the attack
upon Railway Hill by the Royal Innlskll
llng Fusiliers was one of tho supreme
moments, says:
"The Inniskillings Joined the column
with 24 dScers. They .have Ave left. That
tells .the tale. No maps, no penned ac
count can, &!ve an idea, of tho difficulties
of these hills and ridges, which succeed
each other like waves in a heavy storm,
one giving way to another. Each can be
enfiladed and until one is taken it is im
possible, even with the keenest scouting,
to know what fortunes lie beyond it The
military problem changes as the column
advances, each kopje refusing to give up
its secret until the advancing troops hav
touched its crest.
"To add to the difficulty, the tropic
rainy season set In today. For 12 hours
the uniforms clung to the men like wet
seaweed. Mud caught them underfoot.
Mists closed down and shut out the posi
tion of the enemy.
"This discomfort is borne by all alike.
General Buller and his staff are virtually
living the private's life. There has not
been even a tent to cover the command
ing generals. They eat from their knees
and with their shoulders against the
rocks, and they sleep where they can.
Field work is carried on under transport
wagons, and as these are not built rain
proof, tiny streams of water pour down
upon and blot the official records."
REVERSE AT RAILWAY HILL.
Irish
Fusiliers Cau,
rht in
Boer
Trap.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. But for the sur
render of General Cronje, which over
shadowed the news from Natal, England
would be shuddering over the British re
verses at Railway Hill, where the Innls
kllllng Fusiliers were caught in a Boer
trap and slaughtered. The London Mall's
correspondent, under date of Pleters, Feb
ruary 24, describes the engagement:
"Last night the Innlskllling Fusiliers,
mixed with some of the Dublin Fusiliers
and the Connaught Rangers, attempted
to carry Railway Hill from Pieters. They
were under a continuous fire, through
which they passed up the heavy broken
ground to the first Boer trench. Half way
up the hill the Boers retreated to the crest
and then came back on either flank of the
Irish troops enfilading the captured trench
with a savage cross as well as a direct
fire.
"All nlcht and until 9 o'clock in the
morning our men held the position under
a ceaseless fire and at terrible cost. At
rollcalL only five officers and 100 men an
swered to their names. Colonel Thack
eray and Major Sanders, of the Inniskill
ings; Colonel Sltwell, of the Dublin Fusi
liers; Captain Maltland, of the Second
Gordons, and Colonel Thorold. of the
Welsh Fusiliers, were killed. Two hun
dred and fifty-two of the rank and file
were killed and wounded.
"General Lyttleton's Brigade relieved
them at 10 o'clock this morning, "when the
Boer artillery pounded the troops holding
tho center kopjes without pause, but with
little effect."
THE FUSILIERS' ADVANCE.
Innisklllinsrs Slowed Down by a
Sheet of Leaden Hail.
LONDON, March 1. A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Colenso, dated Mon
day, describing the famous advance of
the Inniskillings Friday, says:
"I saw the first company waver and
then break before a sb'eet of well-directed
leaden halh and within a minute not a
man was left standing. It seemed to me
that the brave company of Fusilliers waa
annihilated. Shortly afterward, however.
I could see some of them move, then raise
and finally walk quietly to the rear, taking
cover. The supporting company was also
cut up, but not quite so severely.
"The Boers are placed on high, unas
sailable kopjes, and it would take-10 times
their numbers to carry these positions
successfully. The kopjes command the
railway from Colenso to Ladysmith, and a
real right flank attack Is rendered Impos
sible, owing to a high and precipitous ra
vine, which opens upon the Tugela, while
the left is too open and void of cover and
cannot be seriously considered as a means
of assault
"The Boers and British fraternized dur
ing yesterday's armistice. It is reported
that 4000 Boers have left the vicinity of
Ladysmith for Dundee."
A dispatch to the Times from Colenso
says:
"Before Sunday's armistice many of tho
British wounded had been left out for 35
hours. The Boers gave them water."
BARKLY WEST OCCUPIED.
Klmberley Continues on Short Ra
tions. IOMBERLEY, Feb. 2S. Colonel Peak
man, with a mounted force- and a Maxim,
proceeded to Barkly srest, where he was
warmly welcomed. He left a strong guard
and then proceeded to Longlands, Wind
sor Town and Klopdam. There were ru
mors of Boers in the neighborhood, but no
demonstration occurred.
The Diamond Fields Advertiser draws
pointed attention to the fact that, al
though Klmberley was relieved about two
weeks ago, there has been no amelioration
in regard to the food supply, it is still
Impossible, as It was during the Invest
ment, to procure a tin of condensed milk
or cocoa without a medical certificate.
The inhabitants continue without many
of tho common articles of food, although
meat rations have been Increased to half
a pound.
THE r'uSSIAN PRESS.
Calls on the European Powers to In
tervene. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 2S. The news
papers here outdo the rest of the Contin
ental press In bewailing Cronje's defeat
and in violently abusing Great Britain.
They declare the Transvaal has fully
demonstrated its right to complete political
independence, with an outlet to the sea.
They suggest that the best help for the
Boers would be to create a diversion
against Great Britain elsewhere and main
tain It is the duty of Europe to Intervene
and end the most Infamous of tho wars
England has ever waged for predatory
purposes.
Prisoners nt Modder River.
CAPE TOWN, Monday, Feb. 26. There
are now 600 prisoners at Modder River,
most of whom surrendered Friday and
Saturday. They are kept guarded between
wire fences.
GENERAL MILES' OPINION
ADMIRES THE FIGHTING VALOR OF
CRONJE'S ARMY.
Hia Surrender "Was AH That Could
Be Expected Strategy of
the Boers.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. The World pub
lishes the following statement by Gen
eral Miles:
"Cronje's surrender was expected, and It
was all that could be expected when a
force of 4000 holds out for over a week
against a force of 50,000. You will observe
that the first reports said General Cronje
had a force of 9000 opposed to the British,
but only 4000 surrendered. What became
of the other 5000? The Importance of the
surrender under such circumstances only
Illustrates the fighting valor of this hand
ful of Boer patriots. The effect of Cronje's
surrender will be to strengthen rather
than to weaken the Boer patriots', cause
in this war.
"We cannot help but admire these Boers,
no matter where our sympathies may be.
In my position it would- not 'be diplomatic
for me to say too much, "but whoever Lj
In the right we must admire the 4000 pa
triots who stood off for 10 days 50,000 of
the British army."
ROBERTS' MOVEMENT.
Events That Preceded the Surrender
ot Cronje.
PAARDEBERG, Monday, Feo. 26. (De
layed in transm-sslon.) On this, the eighth
day of General Conje's resistance. Gen
eral Smith-Dorrien has worked up the
river bed to within 200 yards of the Boer
laager, squeezing the enemy into a more
and more confined space. The stay of the
British here has not been In any way due
General Cronje, but in order to get
tiles and rest the troops, which had
me absolutely necessary. Now there
a dally arrivals of large convoys, al
io ..ng full rations to the men, which
had at the best been Intermittent during
the last three days.
A heavy rain has caused great discom
fort to the British, but greater to tho
Boers, and cold winds have killed many
sick animals. Last night the river rose
and brought down a great number of
dead Boer horses.
When the history of Lord Roberts' move
ment Is written it will be found that the
marching power and magnificent endur
ance of the British soldier is as great as
ever. The march Itself, as seen on the
map, would be nothing very mArvelous,
tout It must be remembered that the
whole original plan of march was changed
when General Cronje made his magnificent
night trek on the 15th. The whole army
swung to the left in hot pursuit. Some ol
the regiments marched 27 miles in 24
hours, outstripping the transport supplies
and living for days on almost quarter
rations. Yet the fatigue and Incessant
hardship were borne with wonderful
cheerfulness.
There has been a drenching rain for the
last three days, the men lying fully ex
posed to the rain and the subsequent
cold winds, all of which proved their ad
mirable pluck and endurance.
Every day, owing to the enormous ex
tent of the British lines, news. is brought
of some little action which had passed
unnoticed in the excitement of General
Cronje's investment. Last Monday night
a brilliant piece of work was performed
by the Gloucesters. During the after
noon they approached a kopje containing
a body of Boers. They waited till night
fall, when 120 men charged the kopje
with, the bayonet and drove off the enemy
with loss, bayoneting several of them. Tho
positions taken, however, were evacuated
during the night.
Last night the rattle of musketry showed
that the Boers had discovered our nightly
rush forward in the river bed, which they
have been unable to stop. Yesterday they
were shelled Intermittently. The Boers
possess two Vicker-Maxlm guns, two Im
pounders, all of which appear to be sedu
lously hidden. The war balloon is doing
good work.
CRONJE'S HUMILIATION.
Washington Diplomat Amazed
at
Roberts' Action.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. A special to the
World from Washington says:
Continental diplomats accept the defeat
of General Cronje In grim silence, but
none will consent to be quoted for any ex
pression except that the issue is what
might havo been expected. One of the at
taches who has himself served as a sol
dier, however, said:
"There is one aspect of the capitulation
of General Cronje which is humiliating
to every soldier. There is a brotherhood
of chivalry which binds all professional
soldiers. General Cronje made a gallant
defense. At the cost of the utmost sac
rifice and pain he stopped the victorious
Lord Roberts and held his ground until
his hard-pressed countrymen could form
for a final defense. The fact that Lord
Roberts and his Lieutenant, Lord Kitch
ener, compelled Cronje to the bitter hu
miliation of presenting himself at the
tent of his conquerer as a suppliant for
the miserable boon of unconditional sur
render Is a requital of bravery not con
sistent with chivalrous conduct,
"Soldiers throughout the world will be
amazed. There was no possible excuse.
Tho fact that the British commanders
might have apprehended treachery is
flimsy. The British were strong enough
to have executed tho army were any
violation of war committed. Cronje has
been a brave foe. He made no discrimi
nation between the wounded British and
his own people. The bitter humiliation
put upon him is a stain upon Christian
Knighthood. It is without parallel.
"Contrast the conduct of Lords Roberts
and Kitchener with that of the victorious
Schley and Shafter. The utmost courtesy
was shown to the latter's overthrown
foes. Philip's 'Don't cheer, men; they are
dying, will stand in contrast to the con
duct of the Generals who compelled a
gallant foeman, who had battled against
tremendous odds, to come as a humble
suppliant even to the very doors of their
tents, to beg for his brave soldiers that
they might lgnominlously surrender.
"This ruthless, overbearing conduct will
havo an effect upon civilization. Soldiers
will remember this treatment, and it Is
possible that on another day It may be
returned with Interest."
FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA.
Conreight Schrclner Discusses
Rhodes' Plans.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from London says:
Conrelght Schrelner, Interviewed on the
past situation and future settlement in
South Africa, says:
"It would be a great point gained If we
could get the man In the street to realize
what the handing ovet of the Rand to
Rhodes and his clique would mean. Their
object has been from the first to reproduce
In Johannesburg the conditions that pre
vail In Klmberley. The amalgamation of
the diamond mines under the De Beers
Company resulted In a decrease of the
white population. The natives were shut
up in compounds, which they might not
leave night or day. It soon came about
that no one was left In Klmberley but
those who recognized tne dominance of
the company socially, politically and com
mercially. "The Boer Government resolutely sets
its face against the compound system.
There were about S0.O00 natives employed
in the mines at 3 guineas a month apiece.
If that sum were withdrawn from circu
lation, as In Klmberley. It would be put
into the pockets of mlneowncrs. Monopoly
would be an accomplished fact At present
It is possible for Independent tradesmen
and storekeepers to make a living In Jo
hannesbcrg. With the compound syetera
once introduced the town would belong to
the financiers.
"The only solution which will conserve
English interest permanently In South Af
rica is to leave the Republics Independent
so far as their internal affairs are con
cerned. Short of this, I am convinced
that England eventually will lose Af
rica, for if she destroys the Republics now
and attempts to hold them down, while
the capitalist ring jumps on them, she
will rouso such a feeling of indignation
throughout Africa as will place all tho
Dutch and many others who are purely
British In permanent hostility, which
means that England will be unable to gov
ern the country.
"Such a serious state of affairs will not
result If the Internal independence of the
Republics Is left intact with, say, seven
years respective franchises embodied In
a convention, which I believe the Trans
vaal would agree to, as an earnest of
good faith.
"Do this and then leave Africa alone in
ternally and let the people of the country
settle the country's business. You can't
hold Africa down with a bayonet at her
throat- That Inevitably will alienate your
own blood out there."
MAJUBA DAY IN NATAL.
British Command the Direct- Road
to Lndynmlth.
COLENSO CAMP, Tuesday. Feb. 27.
Today, the anniversary of Majuba Hill,
the British successfully stormed the Boer
position on Pieter's Hill. Since Friday's
attack, the whole face of the posltloi. has
been shelled at intervals, but from early
this morning the trenches directly opposite
the British front and the nek separating
Pieter's Hill from another hill were simply
strewn with lyddite shells and shrapnel.
It appears marvelous that anything hu
man could live on the hill.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon tho batter
ies fired salvos and all tho heavy ord
nance was In constant action. General
Barton led his command to the extreme
right Colonel Kitchener, who had taken
Wynne's command, stormed the center.
Tiie brigade under Colonel Northcote at
tacked Ralbray Hill., The Infantry on tho
right advanced over the hill, forcing tho
Boers into tho nek, while Colonel Kitch
tar led his men over Railway Hill, meet
ing lit' opposition. The Boers remained
in the trenches, from which a terrible
oross fire was sent during Friday's fight
A few of them escaped to the next trench
and hoisted a white flag, which they
waved vigorously. .Some prisoners were
taken. The Infantry cheered and charged
and took Pieter's Hill with fixed bayo
nets. They were met with a heavy mus
ketry fire. Tho British now command
Railway Hill and the direct road to Lady
smith. SAVED THE GUNS.
Boers Destroyed Nothing: Before Sur
rendering. LONDON, March 1. With such deter
mined enemies, says a special corre
spondent, telegraphing from Paardeberg
under date of February 27, one wc jld sup
pose that the Boers would have destroyed
their guns, small arms and ammunition be
fore surrendering. The only thing in
jured, however, was a VIckers-Maxlm
piece, which had been hit by a British
shell. A British officer and nine British
soldiers, who were prisoners, had been
provided with deep holes by the Boers
and kindly treated. The Boers Inquired
anxiously whether Bloemfonteln was In
possession of the British.
When the order came for the Boer pris
oners to cross the river to the British
camp, they took all that they could carry
of such things 'as pots, pans and blankets,
throwing their rifles in two heaps that
gradually increased to huge proportions.
As the ford had beenswolIen by heavy
rains, the Boers took off their trousers
and waded across. The scene looked like
plav, rather than war. The men laughed
and splashed each other In the water,
but among them were some grim faces,
which looked with disfavor upon such
sportlveness.
Conpnrnrnlutlons to Cronje.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S. Representative
Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, today passed
around among his Democratic colleagues
the following cable to General Cronje, the
defeated Boer General. Uri to 2 o'clock to
day about CO of them had signed It:
"General Cronje, Cape Town, South Af
rica: Members of the United States House
of - Representatives congratulate you and
your soldiers on the magnificent dlsplay
of courage and heroism In your brave fight
for human rights."
More Boers Offer to Surrender.
LONDON, March L A special dispatch
from Cape Town, dated Tuesday, says:
The Boers at Barkly East have offered
to surrender on condition that the safety
of the rebel Dutch is assured. The Brit
ish, however, insist upon an unconditional
surrender.
Boers Southwest of Pnnrdehersr.
PAARDEBERG. Feb. 2S. Evening. The
Boers are reported In force to the south
west The British are well and cheerful
British Occupy Rennbergr.
LONDON, Feb. 28. A dispatch from
Arundel says the British troops have again
occupied Rcnsberg.
S0PH0MR0ES' DINNER SPOILED
Rutgers Freshmen Make Use of Sul
phuretted Hydroprcn.
The freshmen of Rutger's College spoiled
the annual dinner of the sophomore class
the night of the 21st and caused the diners
to flee the banquet hall before the second
course was reached.
The freshman dinner this year had been
held at Plalnfleld, and the sophomores
were unsuccessful In their attempt at In
terference. It Is a point of honor with
the sophomore class, however, to hold
their dinner In this City and to defy In
terference. Their dinner was laid In the
banquet-room on the second floor of Klk
off's restaurant, and elaborate plans of
the freshmen to prevent It miscarried. The
sophbmores sat down, not only with their
own number Intact but with an Invol
untary freshman guest, who, seated In a
high chair, with a bib tied under his chin,
was fed with milk amid sophomore hoots.
The freshmen heard of their classmate's
plight and gathered in front of the res
taurant to storm the banquet-room. Tho
entrance was guarded by a squad of po
licemen. A freshman, whose name here
after will be famous In the annals of his
class, bethought him of another plan. A
flask of sulphuretted hydrogen was pro
cured from the college laboratory and
hurled through the window Into the banquet-hall.
It bu-" and the next Instant
half-suffocated sophomores shot down the
stairway and dropped from windows into
the arms of the howling freshmen. Tho
waiters and other occupants of the res
taurant rushed gasping after them, whllo
the sickening odor spread through open
windows Into the street.
When the two classes met In the street
there was a "rush," In which the stifled
sophomores were worsted. The frolIco -soon
broke up the struggling mob, however,
and, although small groups met In skir
mishes several times during the night, no
more mass rushes took place,
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A Southern Wonni's Enterprise.
Indianapolis News.
A young woman wh jse home is within a
few miles of August i, Ga., makes a com
fortable living for ' erself and her moth
er by growing bulbs and selling them to
Northern seed houses. She Inherited
about 50 acres of land which the neigh
bors said was too poor to sprout cowpeas.
She bought a mule and went to work
clearing up and fertilizing. Now she has
a beautiful bulb and flower farm.
Archbishop Hcnncssy Dying.
DUBUQUE. Ia., Feb. 28. Archbishop
Hennessy is sinking rapidly. He was un
conscious all the afternoon, and the at
tendants eipect his death during the
night. i
PREVENTING
The Cure of Catarrh the Most Potent Factor in the Compass of Medical
Science The Perfection of the Copeland Practice the Culmina
x tion of Years of ExperienceIt Is by This Treatment That
Catarrh Is Cured and Consumption Prevented,
RELATION OF CATARRH
TO CONSUMPTION!
j
There is today nothing of such vital
Importance to the people of this
country ns the prevention of con
numptlon. There is nothing that so
prepares the system for the entrance
and development of the seeds of con
sumption ns does catarrh. There is
nothing that Trill so soon rid hi
inanlty of the most insidious and ter
rible, of diseases consumption n
will the cure of cntnrrh.
There is no disease. that so univer
sally weakens the system as docs
cntarrh. The discharge from the dis
ease runs down the bodily strength
so that it becomes an easy prey to
disease. Consumption does not begin
In the lungs of one In perfect health
any more than throwing a lighted
match in a pail of water will start a
lire. Anything that will run down
the bodily strength will allow the
secdM of consumption to gain a foot
hold In the lungs. If the people were
only alive to the fact that If they
attended to their throat and bron
chial tubes and allowed those
skilled in the treatment of these
parts to cure them there would he
hut few cases of consumption.
While catarrh does not cause all
cases of consumption, it Is also true
thnt all those who. have consumption
have been subject to cntarrh. All
consumptives were catarrh victims.
They took cold; cntarrh had pre
pared the -way. for consumption. Tu
bercular consumption ever requires
a break in the membranes -which line
the breathing tnbes. Catarrh fur
nishes the broken places in the form
of raw spots. The germs of con
sumption from the air can only enter
the system -when they And a raw,
sore, discharging Nurfnce. Catarrh
creates just such a surface. Every
catarrh sufferer is In danger of con
tracting consumption whenever lie
or she breathes the air that has just
been brenthed out by one who has
tubcrculnr consumption.
.While no Intelligent or sclf-rc-npecting
doctor of today claims that
all cases of consumption are of a
catarrhal character, still, if the his
tory of every case of consumption
It's the Limit
The total expense to patients of
the Copeland Institute Is 5 n
month, treatment and medicines
included. That's the limit. Pa.
tlcnts not permitted to pay more,
even if they so" desire.
THE COPELAND MEDICAL
THE
W. H. COPBIiAXD, 31. D.
J. H. MONTGOMERY. M. D.
TOMMY AND HIS BOSS
AS
A RULE THE ABSEXT-MIXDED
BEGGAR. IS THE SUPERIOR.
Officers Are Brave, but Years of
"Xlgger" Fighting Have Unfitted
Them for the Boer "War.
The British are all right especially
Tommy, writes Charles Liewis Shaw from
De Aar to the Stratford (Canada) "Weekly
Herald, and when the Boers get through
maul-handling tho army, probably the
Horse Guards will see to It that the ofllcer
is as all right as Tommy. But it will
take time. Far be it from me to attempt
In the slightest degree to mitigate the
fact that Tommy and his officer are a
pair of decent fellows as a man can meet.
But they have their peculiarities. It is in
no spirit of splenetic criticism that I dis
cuss them.
I fear that it will take a revolution in
the service before that half-contemptuous,
haw-haw, flippant manner that the
ordinary English ofllcer has of looking at
"the show," as he terms the art of war,
will die in him. I fear that he will have
to die, too. The Boer has taken over a
considerable part of the contract and Is
attending strictly to business. Napoleon
said that with British Infantry and
French officers he could conquer the
world. Now, Napoelon Is a fairly good
military authority, but how he knew that
English officers looked on the army not
seriously as a profession, but as being
a mere pan of their social life with
Incidental glory, a becoming uniform, a
certain amount of kudos, and what is
dear to the hearts of Englishmen, the
opportunity of ordering people around. Is
beyond my pen, in spite of his-opportunities
and our success.
That there are many and brilliant ex
ceptions to this Is true, but that the offi
cers of the British army In South Africa
know more about the Importance of their
position, the flt of their uniforms, and
the tuppenny ha'-penny etiquette of the
orderly-room and parade-ground than
they do about the science of war Is as
true as that a civilian army, with a
sprinkling- of European officers hurried
them baqk three times in humiliation and
defeat in one week. There Is no use minc
ing matters. The British ofllcer has been
fighting niggers too long, with a loss of
Ave killed and 12 wounded on his side and
4000 spearmen killed on the other. I have
written enthusiastically about the Eng
lish officers In my former letters, and prop
erly so. No more gallant, braver man ex
ists than Tommy Atkins or his officer, but
there is something more required. I ven
ture my humble civilian opinion, than gal
lantry and bravery. I certainly am not
talking now about the big men, but about
the general tone that pervades military
officialdom In South Africa. And the worst
of It is that men like Baden-Powell have
to Isolate themselves to get a chance.
It is a peculiar fact that the farther
you get away from the battle-field the
CONSUMPTION
-was written, it would be found to .
cuuBim ui iac iurj va. ircijucui ;.
that -were left nncured; colds that
did not get well themselves; colds
thnt came every spring and got bet
ter In the summer, hut came hack
worse in the fall and winter; colds
that were followed by catarrhal
symptoms a discharging from the
nose, sore and inflamed throat,
hawking of mucus, with coughing
and spitting. As is well known, the
fatal form of consumption no com
mon in our midst is due to the en
trance into the blood of tubercle
bacillus, which settles in the lungs
and sets up lung disease.
The expelled air of a consumptive
frequently contains the seeds of the
disease. The material which con-
Mr. I. R. Cheadlc, Lcbnnon, Or.,
Cured of Discharging Euro;
Hearing Restored.
sumptives cough up also contains
these germs, which, after having
dried in the air, arc blown around
and inhaled by other persons. It is
seen at once thnt those -who live In a
section where consumption is preva
lent would be very particular to
keep their bodily health at a hlsh
standard and never allow them
selves to have a catarrh-affected,
sore, inflamed, discharging nose,
throat or bronchlnl tubes, through
which the consumptive germs may
galn admission to the system. The
most potent element that can be
Home Treatment
So one deprived of the benefits of
the Copeland Treatment because
of living at a distance from the
city. If you cannot come to the
oillce, write for Home Treatment
Symptom Blank and Book, and be
cured at home.
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OFFICE HOURS From O A. M. to 12
EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays.
rnoro does tho English ofllcer swagger. In
my trips to and from the front I have had
oportunitles of noticing it. At Modder
River, if there Is fightlrg In sight, he Is
pleasant; at Orange River he is bearable,
at DeAar he Is objectionable, and at Cape
Town he Is a swaggering ass. He treats
me decently everywhere and at all times,
forit is very much the thing nowadays to
&. Colonials well, so there is no personal
fefciing in the matter. The point I wish to
make Is that If the average English ofllcer
spent a considerable portion of the time
devoted to swelling out his own Importance
to learning how to fight not merely brave
ly, but sensibly and strategically, there
would not be so many people in mourning
In Great Britain today. I have slept,
eaten, drunk and talked with the English
ofllcer on the lame plane, and a civilian
has a right to give his opinion, at least,
when the Engl'sh officer is fighting a civil
ian army and the civilian army Is having
the best of it. The fact that he will
crush it with the illimitable resources of
the Empire at his back, doesn't affect the
point.
There has been such arrant, gushing
rot written about the English ofllcer, and
the press censorship has been so severe
that It Is Just as well now that I have
the opportunity to tell exaotly what not
f only Is my own opinion, but the opinion of
veterans of the old native and Boer wars.
But It has been the military history of
our Empire colonial opinion has ever been
despised from the days when Washington
was a British Colonial officer, and the
French stronghold In America Louisbourg
was captured by a Boston merchant com
manding Colonial troops. The prettiest,
best executed, most effective little pieces
of work done In the campaign was done
by the Canadians and Queenslanders In
that Douglas raid the other day. They
were commanded by Colonel Pllcher,
whom I personally know to be too thor
ough a soldier to bother about frills. He
knew what he had to do and how to do It.
and understood his men. He did hi3 work
without tho loss of a man. He Is a man
that will be heard of before this war is
over.
Tommy Atkins is Infinitely his officer's
superior, physically; he Is his equal In
pluck and dash, and only slightly his In.
ferior In breeding and education, If you
look at manners and education in their
broadest sense Tt Is an undecided point
In my mind, If he Ii Inferior to him In
Intelligence I havo heard his officer dis
cuss Tommy, and I have heard Tommy dis
cuss his ofllcer, and Tommy knows his
officer thoroughly, and his officer doesn't
know Tommy. I have heard the officer
discuss the campaign, and I have heard
Tommy, and Tommy's opinion Is the more
valuable, and Tommy knows his business
better than the officer does his. It Is 1-i
i years since T knew the British arms in
the field, and the change in the personnel
of the ranks is remarkable. The school
master has been abroad. And the soldier
of this war Is a vastly superior animal
to the on I knpw on the Nile.
Eocr Prisoners.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The problem of the disposition of Boer
prisoners captured in the early engage
ments of the South African war has been
solved by the British in the employment
of prison ships.' Two ships have been as
signed by the authorities for this purpose
used to banish consumption Is the
cure of caiarrh, the disease that
makes the development of consump
tion possible.
When catarrh has existed in tho
head and upper parts of the throat
for any length of time, the patient
living in a district where people aro
subject to cntnrrhal affections, and
the disease has bc-cn. left nncured,
the catarrh almost Invariably ex
tends from the throat down the
wJadpipe and thence into the bron
chial tubes. These tubes convey tho
ale into the different parts of th
Inngs. The pain -which accompa
nies this condition Is of a dull char
acter felt In the chest behind the
breastbone or else It is present nn
der the shoulder blade. The conga
that occurs at this time Is dry, comet
nt varying intervals, Is hacking im
character, and is usually most trou
blesome in the morning upon arising
or on going to hod at night. This
peculiar character of the cough ia
often the first evidence that catar
rhal disease is extending into the
lll'lgS.
At this stage of the trouble in some
cases there will be found streaks of
blood mixed, with the mnens that is
expelled b the cough. In certain
other cpe.s small masses of checsy
Hke substances arc spit up, which,
when pressed between the fingers,
emit a very unpleasant odor. This
last is a very serious symptom. In
some cases catarrh will extend from
the throat into the lungs in a very
few -weeks; in other cases it may be
months, and even years, before the
disease passes from the throat into
'the lungs. During the night following
the presence of these symptoms
there is liable to be profuse nlght
svt eating. At this period of the dis
ease a fnrther extension is ever in
duced by a fresh cold and the fresh
cold at this time may be all that is
needed to develop rapid consump
tion. To show -what can he done in the
way of preventing consumption,
nothing is so convincing ns this:
Among the hosts that Doctor Cope
land every yenr treats, scarcely &
person who hns been under his care
lias been known to develop Inng
disease. This Is proof beyond Ques
tion thnt by curing catarrh develop
opment of consumption Is prevented.
Avoid Cure-Alls
In Catarrh, as In other maladies,
avoid blind doctoring by patent
cure-all'i. Oct Individual treat
ment for your individual aliment
at the Copeland Institute.
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from time to time by the other. From
the front the captured Boers are brought
to Natal and conveyed from there to tho
coast at Durban. Here they are taken on
board the Penelope.
On board the Penelope the prisoners are
cared for until a sufficient number have
been received, when the ship weighs an
chor and starts on her voyage along the
coast to Simons Bay. At the anchorage
of tho Cephalonia the prisoners are trans
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trip back to Durban for another load.
How sad it is to sec weak
childrenboys and girls who
are pale and thin. They can
not enjoy the sports of child
hood, neither are they .able
to profit by school life. They
.are indeed to be pitied. But
there is hope for them.
has helped such children for
over a quarter of a century.
Your doctor will tell you it is both
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begin to pick up at once under its
use. Their color improves, the flesh
becomes more firm, the vcjght
increases and all the full life and
vigor of childhood returns again.
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o ' a
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