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Baths KING & COMPTON Studebaker 320 TO 338 EAST MORRISON ST. POLITICS IN HAWAII. Republican Territorial Convention Will Be Held Mar 30. HONOLULU. May 3. The Republican party territorial convention In the Ha waiian Islands will be held May SO In Honolulu, to organize the party and to select delegates to the National Republi can Convention In Philadelphia. Pri maries will be held In every precinct In the Island on May 19. At a conference of many prominent na tives held jesterday. It was decided to advise for the present that the Hawallans hold aloof from both the Republican and Democratic parties, and to organize a Hawaiian party. J. O. Carter was In i doracd for Delegate to Congrew. SIEGE IS RAISED Relief of Mafeking Comes at Last. . BOER FORCES WITHDREW Londoners Went Wild With Enthusiasm Last Night FIRST NEWS COMES FROM PRETORIA Bailer Occupies Newcastle, la Nortk- era End ' of K atal, tho Federal Retreating: Through the Passes. PRETORIA. May, 18. It wae officially announced today that when the laagera and forts around Mafeking had been se verely bombarded the siege was aban doned. LONDON, May IS. From tho mention of laagera In the Pretoria dispatch. It la understood here that' prior to the raiding of the siege of Mafeking, the Boer laag era around that place were vigorously bom barded by the British relief column, and the burghers practically compelled to abandon the siege. BCLLER TAKES NEWCASTLE. Boers Making: for he Transvaal and the Free State. LONDON. May 18. General Buller In a dispatch to the War Office, dated New castle, May 18, says: "Newcastle was occupied last night, and today the whole Second Division and the Third Cavalry Brigade will be concen trated here. I have sent the mounted force through Nqutu to expel a small force of the enemy and to reassure the natives. The enemy have burned the chapel, broken much glass, plundered many houses and taken cash from ths banks, but otherwise they have not done much harm. The railway is badly dam aged, the Ingagane and Nkader bridges are destroyed, as are many culverts and the pumping stations and water works. Of the7000-"men flying before-m; about lKJCr seem to have gone to Wakkerstroom and some by Mulc's Pass to the Free SialS Tie remainder." who are described as dis organized rabble, have gone north, and say they Intend tc make a stand at Lalng's Nek." BRITISH AT CHRISTIANA. Landroat and Other Officials Taken Prisoners. PRETORIA, May IS. President Steyn, who arrived here Wednesday and has been In clcee conference with the Trans vaal authorities, left for the Free State last night. Addressing a crowd on tho platform, he urged them to be of good cheer. It Is reported that 5000 British troops have surrounded Christiana, and the Landrost and other officials have been taken prisoners. James Milne, the correspondent of the Reuter Telegram Company, who has been prisoner here, was liberated and escorted to the border this morning. LONDON WENT WILD. How the News From Mafeking: Was Received in England. LONDON, May 13, 4 A. M. London's millions spent half the night In the street and even at 4 o'clock this morning troops of young men are promenading, eingiag and cheering, and there are crowds In front of the Mansion House, Marlborough House, the clubs on Pall Mall, the War Office and In Parliament Square, waving flags and joining In the National airs. This sustained bellowing and uproar of hundreds of thousands amazes the Eng lishman, who ceases for a moment to be an actor and becomes an observer. Sober phlegmatic London Is beside Itself with emotion. Gusts of patriotism have set the town quivering twice or thrice before during the war, but nothing has quite equalled tonight's hundred equare miles of almost furious demonstrations. It was a curious thing for the on-looker to see solemn, gray-haired men toss their opera hats into the air and join In the hurricane of cheers when a wreath crowned banner, with the portrait of Colonel Baden-Powell on It, was borne along Piccadilly. Smart women in broughams waved Union Jacks out of the windows. Conventional family par ties stopped at street corners to take part In singing "God Save the Queen" and "Soldiers of the Queen." Everywhere were good feelings and astonishing roars of human voices. It was all brought about by a 20-word telegram from Pretoria that Mafeking had been relieved. Although the government had not a word and although nothing con firmatory has been received from any Af ncan source except Pretoria, nobody ap parently questions the news. Arthur J. Balfour, government leader in the House of Commons, speaking from the govern ment bench late last evening, eald: "The only news I have Is through the cpurtesy of the press. We have no infor mation at the War Office. Nor would we have It as soon as It would arrive through other channels. Therefore, the fact that we have not received it neither confirms nor disproves the accuracy of the Informa tion. I need hardly say that we all tract and ha-e good reason to think It is prob ably true." (Cheers.) Mr. Wyndham. Parliamentary Under Secretary of War, repljing to several several members of the House who had privately interrogated him, said: "Although the government has nothing. I am disposed to believe the Boer bulletin. It may be tomorrow and perhaps even Monday "before the government would get dispatches from our military commanders. even If the siege were raised some days ago, as the news would need to be con veyed over a long distance by messengers on horseback, whereas the enemy would probably be able to avail themselves of telegraphic communication." Relief Came Tuesday. Colonel Baden-Powell's brother In Lon don has received a telegram from a Dutch friend In Pretoria saying that Mafeking has been relieved. A special dispatch from Amsterdam, says &. telegram from Boer source announces that Mafeking was relieved Tuesday. The performers In London music halls and theaters last evening had little use for stage business or for the lines In their pieces. The audiences which crowded the Alhambra. the Empire, Covent Garden or the theaters had no desire to attend to stage performances. The flrat sight of a blograph scene In the Transvaal or the first glimpse of e. military or naval cos tume on the stage was sufficient to create an uproar. A leading actor In one of the Strand theaters said: "I did not attempt to read my lines last evening. It was of no use. The puhlic had no Interest In me beyond the fact that I wore a military uniform." At. Her Majesty's Theater, at the Gar rick,' where "Zaza" Is being- played, and at the other houses where legitimate drama holds the boards, the occupants of stalls, boxes and galleries sang In chorus "The Absent-Minded Beggar" and "Soldiers of the Queen" between acts in order to give vent to their enthusiasm, although they settled down to the pro gramme afterwards. At, the music halls, however, no one pretended to take Interest In anything not having military color. The Princes of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Tork and the Portuguese Minister, Senor Soveral, occupied a box at Covent Garden, where "Lohengrin" was being played, and when the relief of Mafeking was announced they Joined heartily In the applause. The London fire Insurance laws make fireworks Impossible, and the city lacked the blaze of Illumination characteristic of American cities during similar rejoicings. The Britisher, therefore, relies upon lung power, and from St. Paul's Cathedral to Westminster Abbey and up through Picca dilly to Hyde Park there was a Niagara roar, incessant, rising and falling hour after hour, as the surging masses poured through London's thoroughfares. There was a lack of pyrotechnic glare, but every cab boy and every busman In London had a Union Jack fluttering from his whip, and the Stars and Stripes were by no means lacking. Patrons of four wheelers were not content to ride inside the vehicles, and the tops were crowded with flag-waving, cheering, sprawling en thusiasts. At Carlton Hotel, which Is filled with Americans, the bands played "Marching Through Georgia," which has been re cently adapted to an English song, enti tled "Marching to Pretoria," "Dixie" and other American airs. Ten thousand people stood in front of Mrs. Baden-Powell'0 house In St. George's Place, cheering and singing, and a score of cabs brought congratulations. Mlea Baden-Powell, the Colonel's slater, said: "The same tale has been brought us many times during the last anxious months. The War Office has promised us the earliest in formation. We only hope it 'Is true." Later In the evening. Colonel Baden Powell's mother sent word that she had retired, and tht if anything more camo sho was -not to be disturbed until morning. The boys of the Charter House School, where Colonel Baden-Powell was educat ed, were aroused from sleep by the news, and the Institution quickly became a ver itable pandemonium of noise and nthu- At the Mansion Honse. At 9'40 tho Lord Mayor, A. J. Newton, Jn his official robes of office, announced the Joyful news to the crowd outside the Mansion House. The -masses of peo ple outside the Mansion. House soon grew to such dimenslonsythat tfca olleewere- compeued to divert au train c, omniDuscB, etc, through the side streets. The Lord Mayor was accompanied by the Lady Mayoress to the front of the Mansion House, where an Immense portrait of Colonel Baden-PoVell was " displayed, bearing the inscription, "Mafeking Re lieved." While the attendants Were wav ing union jacks, the Lord ''Mayor briefly addressed the assemblage, saying: "I wish your cheers could reach Mafeking." Here the speech was Interrupted by re doubled efforts, and singing of "Rule, Britannia," after which he Lord Mayor remarked: "We never doubted what the end would be or that British pluck and courage would conquer at last." The Lord Mayor then led the crowd In singing ''God Save the Queen" and "Sol diers of the Queen," and with renewed cheering and the waving of flags by the assembled multitude and the singing of. "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," the Mayor and his party retired. The, Lord Mayor sent the following dispatch to Colonel Baden-Powell: "The citizens of London are relieved. They rejoice In the good news received. Tour gallant defense will long live in British annals. Cable me what money Is wanted for tho needs of the garrison and Inhabitants after long privations." In the Provinces. , In unrestrained jubilations the prov inces were not behind the metropolis. Although London had the start by a few minutes, the great Industrial and sur rounding towns soon burst Into patriotic demonstrations. Bells clashed In their steeples, village bands turned out and peo ple gathered In the squares to chant fer vidly "God Save the Queen." From all parts of the empire comes the same story. Bombay, Hong Kong and the Australian cities are rejoicing. Continental cities, as the press telegrams abundantly testify, received the news sadly. Under the head of "How the News Was Received," the Dally Chronicle says: "The telegram to the Associated Press from Pretoria, the historic dispatch an nouncing the relief of Mafeking', was sent fronr the capital of the Transvaal at 11:33 A. M.. May IS. It reached the London office at 9:17 P. M. and was Instantly dis patched to every quarter of the globe. By 10:30 P. M., had come a response from far-off Toronto describing the reception of the news there. This is -not surprising in view of the fact that four m'lnutei after the receipt of the telegram here. It was in the Associated Press office In New York, when It was forwarded to the furtherest limits of the North American 1 Continent." Joseph Chamberlain called at the War Office after midnight and received a. tre mendous ovation. Elsewhere in the Field. The relief of Mafeking has had the ef fect of suspending for a moment Interest In the operations elsewhere In the field of J war. Nevertheless yesterday brought im- i portant official announcements. Lord Me- thuen entered Hoopstad Thursday. He is now 70 miles from Kroonstad and 50 from Bothavllle. General Bulier entered New- f castl Thursday evening. Lord Roberts. Is not Idle. While waiting for stores at Kroonstad, he is using bis mounted men to search a wide tract of country. Colo- nel Broadwood occupied LIndley Thurs- I day, and the same day Colonel Hutton captured one of the Bothas 30 miles from -Kroonstad. General Rundle Thursday en camped at Clocolan. British successes are thus reported at every point from wnlch news came yesterday. A Lourenco Marques correspondent, tel- egraphlng yesterday, said: "New peace proposals will probably be put forward by the Boer Government The recent reverses are causing despond ency. Tiere was a prolonged meeting of the Transvaal executives at Pretoria Thursday, and the destruction of the mines was again considered. It Is under stood that the government does not In tend to destroy the mines." According to other advices from the same point. President Kruger and other (Ct&luded es Secoad Fftge.) DEPENDS ON WILSON Matter of Securing an Appro priation for the Columbia. CHIEF OF ENGINEERS WILL DECIDE McBride Will Offer an Amendment Providing- lor a Canal Survey From The Dalles to Celllo. WASHINGTON, May 18. The Oregon Senators are determined to secure an ap propriation of J2SO.0OO for tho month of the Columbia River, but are forced to admit that the result will largely depend upon the recommendation of General Wll- THE HERO OF COLONEL BADEX-POWEI.L. Colonel Baden-Powell, who, at the outbreak of tho Transvaal war, asked to be placed In lra warm" corner," held his "little corner" long enough to break all Brit ish siege records. Including that of Lucknow. The place he has held so long, by the waylstpxonounced Mahf-Jdng, not Mafe-klng. In regard td the Colonel hlm JjssjJf, Dr. Halg Brown, his former headmaster at Charter House, has this to say; "1 notice that the name Is invariably mispronounced." said the doctor. "The 'a la Baden is generally given the sound 'ah,' but it should have the usual sdund of 'a,' as in 'Bathing Towel,' which was his nickname among the boys at school. The boy was essentially the father of the man; he was very active, lively, full of fun and amusement, and exceedingly popular with his schoolfellows." The Colonel's father was the late Professor Baden Powell, and he is descended on his mother's side from a family which achieved distinction in the naval service. He wa3 educated at Charter House, and at the age of 19 .he Joined the Thirteenth Hussars, serving as Adjutant with his regiment In India, Afghanistan and South Africa. Thus he made the acquaintance of the Cape very early in his career, an acquaintance to be resumed on more than one memorable occasion afterward. He was dispatched to Cape Town again In 1SS7 as assistant military secretary to General Sir Henry Smith. He held this appoint ment for two years, andMurtng that period he served in the Zululand operations, and came In for mention in the dispatches always an honor, but even more so in those days than now. Then he was appointed military secretary to the Governor of Malta, who, though he had no power to do so, gave him the local and temporary rank of Major. The Duke of Cambridge was Commander-in-Chief at the time, and by his command Baden-Powell had to substitute two stars for the one crown On his shoulder cords. His next step made him the youngest Colonel In the Brit ish Army. son. Chief of Engineers. If he advises the committee that the emergency Is such as to warrant this appropriation, it will probably be allowed by the appro priation committee of the Senate. Other wise there Is no hope. Survey of Dalles Canal. Senator McBride has prepared and will offer an amendment to the emergency river and harbor bill authorizing a sur vey and estimate for a canal from The Dalles to Celllo. He will not ask for an appropriation for this purpose, as the available fund for surveys is large enough to embrace this Item. He says he thinks there Is little aoubt that this amendment can be put on in the Senate committee, and he hopes to be able to have it re tained In conference. The house committee rejected Repre sentative Moody's amendment of this character, as well as an offer to take suf ficient funds from the balance now on hand for the boat railway for this survey. This was because Speaker Henderson would not consent to these Items going In the bill on the ground that It provided only for urgent deficiencies. Chairman ;Burton stated that from former surveys it was apparent that a canal and locks would cost $6,000,000 or more, an expendi ture which his committee and Congress would consider unwarranted by the amount of commerce benefited. Representative Wilson, of Idaho, today Introduced a bill appropriating $3000 for a survey for fhls canaL An Alaska Delegate. Representative Tongue has prepared an amendment to the Alaska bill for a dele gate. Both the Senate and House com mittees on territories refused to provide for a delegate in the Alaska bill, on the ground that the population was too trans lent to make It practicable. EVIDENCE AGAINST NEELY. Confessions of Deputy Auditor Reeves ond Others. HAVANA, May 18. W. H. Reeves, Dep uty Auditor of the Island, made a con fession at midnight and gave up $4500 given to him by Neely, Financial Agent of'-"Posts at Havana, to perform certain services the day he left. General Wood and the Postal Inspectors refuse to .dis close the nature of the confession, bare v admitting that the confession has been made. It is claimed that $1400 will be re covered at once. With the confessions of Reeves and Rich supplemented by those of the stamp clerks and by the statements of the Bara coa Postmaster, It Is considered that the evidence against Neely Is complete, espe cially In view of the assertion of Reeves that the stamps were not destroyed. The papers now begin to ask for an In vestigation of the englnering department They say that this department has been more extravagantly conducted than tne postal department. Sold Counterfeit Stamps. JEUNCD3, Ind., May 18. One of the Gov- ernment detectives, who has teen hero working the Muncle end of the Cuban em bezzlements, made the statement that the real steal has been the sale of counter felt stamps, which, 11 is alleged, have been printed In the office of a printing company In this city. Thousands of dol lars worth of bogus stamps are said to have been Issued and distributed to Cuban Postmasters, a number of whom, it Is alleged, shared in the profits with the chief culprits. The printing office Is said to have been searched from garret to cellar for the material used. When Ross Cowan, president of the Neely Printing Company, was told the story, he said: "You may say that If there is any story afloat that the Neely Printing Com pany ever turned out Cuban stamps, it is false. We have neither printed stamps legitimately nor Illegitimately." AGUINALDO HEARD FROM. His Latest Proclamation to the In surgents. ' MANTLA, May 18. A proclamation pur porting to have been Issued by Aguinaldo MAFEKING. 1 and dated May 4, from Pollilo Island, one of the Philippine group east of Luzon, is 1 circulating in Manila. It says the cora I mission appointed by President McKinley I wae appointed without the authority of I Congress, and hence it cannot treat of ficially. It urges the Filipinos not to eur I render their 'arms at tho Instigation of i tho commission and on promises w hlch Congress may not ratify, and also urges t the Filipinos to enthusiastically welcome the commission when it arrives in the town and provinces, asking boldly for the form of government they most desire, as the Americans permit of freedom of speech. The proclamation closes with asking the Filipinos- to strive for liberty j and Independence, and again warns them against deception. In the Catarma district about 600 of the enemy attacked a portion- of the Forty third Regiment. The Americans killed 203 of the rebels. Only three Americans were wounded. Major John C. Gilmore and 100 men of the Forty-third Regiment were ambushed May 6 near Pambugan, Samar. Seventy flve of the enemy were killed, and there were no American casualties. The transport Lennox has returned here after landing four troops of the Eleventh Cavalry to reinforce Colonel J. F. Bell. Two troops. Major Slme commanding, were landed at Legaspl and proceeded across the country to strengthen the gar rison at Liago. They found numerous en trenchments manned by Insurgents be tween the towns, and were two days on their way. Their- only loss was three horses. The officers report they killed 40 insurgents, but the natli es declare 0 were killed. Colomblan Rebels Ships. NEW YORK, May IS. A dispatch to tho Herald from Panama says: The Colombian Government has In formed all Consuls here that vessels now cruising on the coast In the service of the revolutionists can be followed and cap tured by the warships of other nations. It Is alleged that the revolutionists ves sels have no right to hoist the Colombian flag and sail under It. This fact has been communicated to the United States Mn ioter In Bogota, who has Informed the Government In Washington. CnU for Two Per Cent. WASHINGTON. May IS. Secretary Gage, after the Cabinet meeting today, announced that he would issue a call at once for the redemption of the $25,364,500 of outstanding 2 per cent bonds of the funded loan of 1S9L interest to cease Sep tember 1 next. During the last 104 months of the present fiscal year the Treasury receipts have exceeded the expenditures by something over $55,000,000. Grand Vizier of Morocco Dead. TANGIER, Morocco, May 18. The Grand Vizier, Ahmed Ben Mussa, died Sunday, May 13. A convulsion in internal affairs is threatened, but it Is believed Germany, Italy and Great Britain have agreed to maintain the status quo, so It Is hoped the threatened anarchy will be averted. 1 KING COUNTY'S ROW Gives Life to Democratic Con vention in Spokane. LINE OF CLEAVAGE SPELLS LEWIS .Maloney Is the State Central Com mlttee, and He Favors the Fink- Whiskered cx-Conssessman. SPOKANE, Wash., May 18. The Dem ocratic State Convention to elect eight delegates to the National Convention at Kansas City will meet In this city tomor row. There will be big trouble. The chief issue is not the personnel of the delega tion, but the fight for party control be tween the Lews and anti-Lewis forces. Washington Democracy has been at a Ior ebb for six years. It was first outnum bered by the Populists and then swallowed In fusion with that party and the Silver Republicans. Now the movement of Pop ulism Is toward Democracy, and the party has practically decided to assert Its ecp arate Identity and its right to represent under Its proper name all the forces op posed to Republicans. This fully explains the revived Interest In party affairs in this state. Delegates have arrived freely today, and the attendance tomorrow will be uncommonly large, considering the comparative unimportance of the actual work to be done. The great Hart-Godwin row from King County will be. taken Into the convention. It oershadows everything else. Kng comes with two delegations, as a result of the split in the Seattle convention last Saturday. The trouble all arose over tho respective aspirations of J. W. Godwin, and Leeb Hart for leadership of the party in Seattle and incidentally to be sent as delegate to Kansas City. No Impartial statement of the respective merits of the contesting delegations can be made, for it is an ideal case of the pot and the kettle. But on the face of the returns. Hart's chain of title is sound and Godwin is tha bolter. Therefore, Hart claims to have tha regular delegation, and puts his rival In the position of being a rank outsider. Briefly, both sides went into one conven tion at Seattle. Hart had the organiza tion and attempted to rule with a high hand. Then, after wordy disputation. Godwin gathered his faithful band around him and walked out. Thus he seems to have forfeited his claim to regularity. But he comes here abundantly fortified with delegates and charges of fraud against hia successful antagonist, all the same. Ho has the powerful "moral" support ol! James Hamilton Lewis. Thomas Maloney, the ris'ng light In the Democratic firma ment, is his friend. The State Central Committee Is carried in Maloney"s hat, and Maloney propose that Godwin shall be given every advant age the organization can give him In tha organization of the convention. In other words, the redoubtable boss proposes to apply the golden rule by doing unto Hart in Spokane what Hart did. to. Godwin, la Seattle If he does not like it, he can . assert his right to bolt. This is the Maltmey programme: Thg convention will be called tp order by hlm oelf, as chairman of the State Central Committee. It is expected that the strug gle for the temporary organization will at once begin. Maloney will determine "who is entitled to vote, and he will recogniza the Godwin faction from King County. He will cla'm that he has been authorized by the executive committee to make up the original roll of delegates, and he will cite the precedent of the National conven tion of 1S96 in the Michigan contest. The executive committee met tonight for the purpose of determining on a course of action, and both the Hart and Godwin partisans were there In full force. An exciting time was thought to be in store, but Boss Maloney coolly eald that they ought to adjourn until tomorrow morning. As Malorrey thinks, so his com mittee does, and adjournment was prompt ly taken. But any hearing by the committee will bo merely perfunctory. The decision against Hart has 'already been rendered, though not by the convention. The tem per of the delegates Is generally friendly to him. and, while the cards are stacked against him. he seems to have at least art even show of success. Tho Malonel slate is for C. G. Heifner. State Insurance Com missioner, to be temporary chairman, and probably R, C. McCroskey, of Whitman, for permanent chairman. The Hart peo ple are urging N. T. Caton, of Lincoln, against Heifner. This is shrewd politics, as Caton is an old-line Democrat In high favor among delegates from every part of the state, while Heifner is a mere fac totum of Maloney, although himself an efficient and well-known political worker. Maloney shows tonight some signs of tc eakenlng on Heifner and himself accept ing Caton. He Is said to be trying to get the Lincoln County man to pull out. Eastern Washington proposes to inject the geographical issue Into the selection of delegates. At a caucus held tonight It was determined to demand four of the eight delegates. Maloney has fallen In with this programme, and the following s'ate has been prepared for Kansas City: William Dunphy, Walla Walla; J. N. Jamleson, Spokane: Dr. W. A. Mosler, Whitman: J. D. Medill. Yakima; O. G. Ellis, Pierce; Thomas Maloney, Thurston; D. D. Eagln, Whatcom, and J. W. God win, King. The Hart faction has made up no pro gramme of this kind. It Is solely occu pied with Its own -fight. A. V. Fawcett Is here with the Pierce County delegation, with which the justly celebrated George Hazzard has made his reappearance In politics. The delegation Is divided on the King County matter, and Fawcett seems to be lying low. Tha Southwest is as yet meagerly represented, and so Is the Northwest. The majority of delegates is expected tomorrow. The great importance of the King Coun ty row, -which has swallowed up all other features of the convention, lies In the bearing on the personal fortunes of Gov ernor Rogers, Senator Turner and James Hamilton Lewis. If things fall out right tomorrow. It will probably be found that Lewis will be a candidate against Rogers for the Democratic nomination for Gover nro, and against Turner for Senator two years henco. Late tonight there was some talk among the delegations of seating both the Hart and Godwin delegates, giving each one half their voting strength. Some others rupport a scheme to deny seats to both. Neither plan has made much headway. Colonel Lewis arrived tonight, and will take personal part In the fight- Lewis' method Is apparently to pour oil on the angry waters. He rarely fights In tha open. But he will put in his most adroit work against his personal enemy, Hart, just tho same. JndRe Caton Withdraws. SPOKANE. Wash.. May 19. At mid night Judge Caton decided that he would not stand for temporary chairman. Spo kane and Pierce County at that hour were holding a meeting for the purpose of de ciding on a chairman and outlining a course for the convention so as to avoid a protracted row. At a late hour no 1 conclusion bad been reached. s