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. ASTORIA, .OREGON
A ven I v r t "i . r 1 Vi''f.. r" .
ENGLISH NERVES
BADLY SHAKEN
Sense of Failure Has Taken Pos
session of the People.
WORSE NEWS IS EXPECTED
lluller's Scvco Days' Hard fighting
Hai 1'rodaccd No Effect un
IJutr I'osltlon.
LONDON, Jan. 27. 4 a. m. Seven
day of fighting have lift the muln
;imt uIUun Intact and G neral Bui
vr rtJ weaker, according to the offi
cial I'amiulty list, which seemingly do
tint include the Splonkop lotst, ax
those- lint forwarded do not mention
Genera' Woodgnte' wounded.
Kiulnnl In poeied by a sense of
failure, though rut a word In rrltl
tisiu h r general und soldiers In
nth-red. Nut much effort i nww to
I'lin i- u Ha ity construction upon Ocn-
Mai l.iill-r' eighteen word telling of
thf retirement from Hilnk and
lli' if In un uneusy liipr-Hf-lon abroad
that u.irw new I y-t to conn-.
At one of tin' military e!ub tonight
tin- statement paused from oik.' person
o another ihiit tin war office hii'l re
cclve-d un unpl -nsant dispatch from
General Duller which ai being held
u I lor 12 hour.
Holier Wilkinson, In the Mrning
I on, v. rids an follow of the Splon
ki'i' losses:
"Thin In a serlou matter and the at-
ten ;l v ill r.ot h'r be made to mini
mize It. for no greater wrong can t
done to our eople at home than to
mini! ad them about the significance of
the event of the war. The right way
la to tell the truth aa far aa we know
It."
Hut facta from the neighborhood of
the Ttig'la are scantier than ever.
The cet h irnhlp la now simply prohlb
ilhe and aorncthing la wrong with the
cnldi a.
"More troops" la only a suggestion
hciv aa to the way to break the Boer
resistance. Mr. Wilkinson regreta that
General Buller haa not lO.CK more
nil n. tie. luring that If they would not
miike victory certain, his enterprise
without them la helpleia.
Th transport AMuye arrived at
Ca.e Town laat Friday with 2,127 olll
coin und men. The flrat p(r'lon of tho
Seventh divtHlon la alUat. Hence,
with the 10,000 men of this division,
art! about 9,000 now at sa. It lies In
the Kwer of Lord Huberts to rein
force General Uiiller heavily.
Althouith Enuland'a nerves are sev
rely tiled, her nerve la absolutely un-
Khukeii, and probably nothing that can
nnppn In South Africa will chang?
In the slightest degree her Intentions.
HULLICH'S 6 AD DISPATCH.
LONDON. Jan. 26. 11:10 a. m. The
war office haa Just posted the following
dispatch from General Buller, dated
At Spearman's Camp, Thursday, Jan
uary 20, noon:
'General Warren's garrison, I am
sorry to say, I find thla morning, had
In the night abandoned Splonkop,"
LAST CASUALTY KKPoHT.
LONDON. Jan. 2.-Gtneral Ruller
rei-orts that the Urltlsh caaualtUs on
January 24 were:
Killed Six ollleers, IS non-commls-sloncd
officers and men.
Wounded Twelve officers and 143
non-commissioned officers and men.
Thirty-one are missing.
General Kuller's dispatch Is dated
Spenrmnn s camp. Jan. 24, 10:25 a. m.,
showing there has been no delay In
communications passing between him
and the war office. The killed include
Colonel Buchanan Rlddell, of the
King's Koyal rifles. He served In the
Nigar war of 1881. It Is not clear
whether the casualties Include those
at Splonkop, or only those resulting
fron) fighting prior to the Splonkop en
gagement. MORE CAVALRY TO GO.
LONDON, Jan. 26 Probably ns an
Imniedlato effect of the receipt of news
of the abandonment of Splonkop by the
British force under General Warren,
orders havo been sent to Aldershot to
have the Fourth cavalry division In
readiness to embark for Smith Africa
early In February.
THE Tl'BLIC RESIGNED.
Warren's Retirement Was Expected
From the Circumstances of
the Case.
LONDON, Jan. 26. As far ai the
general public Is concerned, now that
the first flash of disappointment Is
over, it takes the news stolidly. When
the. newspapers bearing big placards
containing the words "Splonkop aban
doned" appeared In the streets, people
rin-r.M t Hf rare'", aid rould b-
seen scanning the news with dazed
ex.relin. The slgna ;f pleasure
which wer! visible -very where yester
day have now given place to a wave
of ilepres ilon, hut, there Iiave hrn no
outward demount f ii Um or S'enes.
A few minutes before 11 o'elo'k this
inormim the dingy war ofllce had a
deserted npKritnrr, only a .few re
poileis and fniissi-nner boys being
present. A few minutes later, ho.v
ever, almoxt slmullani ously wltli the
poiini( of Buller's 'llh.at( h, caniagek
nnd cabs came rolling up, pv''I''e with
hiixiouh faces hastetiid to the notlo;
hourd, und the libliles soon Ixcnme
crowded.
' Forced hac k"; "Hhelled out, I sup-poi-e':
"Or -at Hi aven, he's had to go
hack." Tht-su and clinllitr ex pr unions
ver'. heard on all side with downcast
coiinteiiunees. The long stream of call
ers m;ido their way back to the strett,
whlk their placet were occuplej by
nevcomt r. Afternoon papers only
hi Icily comment on the situation, pre
fetring to await fuller particular.
(IMTIl'H NCT DtflAPrOIXTED.
They Were Prepared to fee splonkop
Abandoned by the Hrltish.
NK V YORK. Jan. 26. -Dispatches
fnin London sate that the military
exH-im ar- not so jubilant over th;
(a;. tun of Splonkop a ttie crowds
about the bulletin board me. The
I cider says:
"No pui-tleiiUnc of Tuesday's noctur
nal enterprise liftve been received.
Wlih il'je eiir' It does not seem to have
b" n very dlftlcult. It nay be that the
Holes in holding mi ext. -ruled a osi
lion had, according to that elegant
A merle in exin-!on, 'bitten off more
tliiin they could chew.'
"W hat ,f the enemy had been caught
ll the act of ev.l. iiillnK Splonkop,
leaving only a small rear guard to con
centrate upjn u ai-cond pi. lt Ion with
another position bthind more suited to
the strength f their forces that could
be spared from the atti k upon Lady
dinlth." The Moniin Post says:
The situation described yesterday
was that Sir Redv-?rs IJulk-r bad first
to drive the Boers from Splonkop and
the rest of the pUtMU upon "which It
stands, and then to drive them before
him until he can cover the 12 or 15
miles that J-eparafc Splonkop from the
circle of Boer guns that are pointed at
Ladysmith. I
'The news reccKed yesterday did
not. Indeed, contain the announcement
that he had finished the llrst half of
his task."
Tliore are two ways of looking at the
taking of Spionitop. Some persons be
lieve the Boers too shrewd to be caught
napping, and think the abandonment
of the kop is part of the Boer campaign
an I a strategic move. Others, who
take Into coiHdoradon the vast length
o' the Bovr line, 30 miles, say that the
Bores did not expect Splonkop to be
tll-icked, and, as they have no men to
sre bud a weak garrison on the hill
und concentrated tlielr force at jv'ln.ts
consideltd to be in danger.
Dr. Leydj Is blamed for .he entaug-
glements of the British over the seiz
ure- of G-'rm tn vessels, and he is said
lo have caused false Information as to
tilt1 selred vessels cargces to be given
the British authorities. It is said fur
ther that Dr. LcyJs circulated the
stories that vast quantities of war sup
plies v ne being landed at lamrenco
Mdoiuex. in the hope that Great Brit-
aiu would seise Del. i gun bay and bring
Russia and France down upon her.
THE COLENSO BATTLE.
Boer Guns Remarkably Well Handled
and Served.
LONDON, Jan. 26. Correspondence
of the Associated Fross. The corre
spondent of the Times, with Fuller's
arriy, writing from Chevely camp. De
cember 21, after giving Interesting de
tails of the battle of Colenso. says:
"The Boer's position was excellently
planned, their trenches and emplace
ments were well hidden. All day we
were fired at by guns whose position
we could never find and we were never
sure exactly where the musketry fire
car io from. It was the conditions of
modern warfare. We had to attack an
Inlsible enemy whose position could
not evn be ilxed by the smoke of his
rltlea. 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 range
of the rifles. This was the case in
spite of the faet that the greater
number of the Boer's shells burst, and
burst accurately too, sometimes right
In l he middle of our men."
PRAISES THE BOERS.
Lord Methucn Says Their Courage
and Military Art Are India
putable. LONDON. Jan. 26. Lord Methuen
forwards by mall his first official rec
ognition of Boer valor and military
art. Ho calls their tactics and their
couiage "Indisputable." In defending
frontal attacks, Lord Methuen says;
The mobility of the Boers Is such that
they can change front in 15 minutes
so that flanking operations wnen
striking home simply meets a new
front."
WHYSPI0HK0P
WAS ABANDONED
No Reason Assigned in Dispatch
Given Out From Buller.
MILITARY EXPERT OPINION
Ceierally Hclieud It Was "Too Hut
to Hold" and Warren Could Not
Plaat Guos to Defend It.
-I to a dUible fire, and I do not see how
I we escaped at all. Then I saw about
thr"e companies of the Seventh fusl
LONDO.V, Jan. 26 -In an editorial j Her go In on the left of the taken
the Westminster Gaxttte says this af- tak-n guns and they soon came nut
ternoon; 1 of It.
"The Awuted Press said that j "After that we were told to advance
Warrens success was provisional." tit. and eventually we were called
The Westminster Gaxette's remark
as called out by George W. S:nalley's , result that we retired (when ordered
cable to the Times this m..rmng, s'ay-, to .mil 'Tommy' cMd not like that word
lug. "The Associated Press takes car,Bt a, on,i fcai x rjfr.f.r t.y arifl
trat wx snail noi overestimate w ar-
ren'i. loJc-e-i, suggesting thai it Is
onl) proe Isional, and that there Is the
uhuhI diHpojItlun of London to exag
gerate the Importance of the point
scored."
The- Westminster Gazette then pro
ceeds t- defend Its own course, point
ing out that It Is not unpatriotic to
decline to g'oss over facts. As a mat
ter of a-1, Great Britain asumes that
(he point gained was more conclusive
man it really was, heme the extreme
revulsion of feeling caused by Bulk-r's
annoui. cement of the abandonment of
Splonkop. Considering that the Boers
who held the position fled; that the
must, casualties in retaining It Uur- the sight. A man was hit on the line,
lug subwement atUcka were heavy ! A shell fell between two men at tlx
and that the strategical value of the ' rnres, on they went. A shell blew a
point had still to be demonstrated, ; poor captain of the Connaught rang -rs
there was never any great reason for I to bits. A subaltern of the Innlsklll
throwing up hats, and until further I Iocs close by looked back but could ree
particulars arrive, it Is Impossible to J absolutely no trace of bis comrade left,
estimate to what extent public disap-1 and I see he is reported as missing, as
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poiutmeiil is Justified.
It Is Impossible at present to say
whether the British Buffered a reverse
or the movement waa dictated by j heprtcd. One old soldier, who used to
strategic reasons. Obviously the po- : be luat termaster's storeman at Chat
sit Ion was useless unless guns could ! ham. vas In front of me while we once
he planed, on it, arid, discovering this! weiy 'ordered to turn file to. the left
was In. possible. Warren may have de- j ant! wheel to right to double about half
cldul It was unsafe to hold the posl-'a n-lle to the right flank of the guns.
tion nr.y longer, or perhaps he is seek
ing a more profitable ascent elsewhere.
Whatever may be the explanation ofsk;p about, laughing and jnkinq the
the fci'andmment of Splonkop by the
BriUbh, it will doubtless have the same
temporary moral effect as a reverse.
It appears to have been so entirely
unexpected at the war office, that Bul
ler s dispatch caused something In the
nature of consternation. The lobbies
were soon crowded and there was evi
dent e on all sides that the news was
keenly felt. The only official comment
was apparently that "Warren's rosi-
Hi. ii was too hot to hold." n I
Ne.hc-rc. in spite of the gen-ral de-j SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. Plans
pression, is there the least sign of j are being prepared for the new- mod
alatemer.t in determination to carry j tin hotel to be erected by the Fred
the war to a successful issue. The cab- Croc ker estate on Vanness avenue
lnt-t met this afternoon under the pres- j n this city. It Is calculated that the
Idenoy of Salisbury, and doubtless the j hotel w ill cost at least $1,50,000 and It
ministers fully canvassed the new sit-1 will take ahont two vr. in mnii.
ua'lon, though primarily summoned
to discuss the terms of the queen's
speech. Under other circumstances,
th-. news from Ladysmith showing
greatly improved sanitary conditions,
plentii'ulnesa of provisions and a
strengthening of fortifications until
the place Is regarded as Impregnable,
would have Inspired the nation, but
theso Rood tidings to the British arei
overshadowed by anxiety as to the !
situation on the Upper Tugt.la and
that the heavy losses suffered during
the struggle Tuesday might have
counted for nothing.
Military circles made no effort to
conceal their chagrin, expressing the
sravet fears as to the ultimate fate
ot Ladj smith. Such authorities as
Ma)or-General Carrlng, who is under
orders for South Africa, and Lord
Gilford, who won a Victoria cross
whili scouting for Lord Wolseley dur
ing the Zulu war, would not be sur
prised to hear of the capture of
White's forces within a week.
Glfford, who knows the country like
a book, could not understand how In
the world Warren ever got to the top
of Splonkop without ascertaining what
positions commanded It. The poorness
of maps. Is was pointed out, could
hardly be an excuse for this, as there
must be with Warren several scouts,
to say nothing of officers who at one
time or another have served at Lady
smith and whose mere hunting expe
ditions would have given them a
knowledge of. the country.
While Warren Is not blamed for re
treating under what is supposed to
have been a heavy shell Are, he Is
severely criticised for occupying a po
sition to which he could not bring up
his artillery.
THE TROOPS AT COLENSO.
Their Be'iavior Against Frightful Odds
Was Grand.
LONDON, Jan. 17. Correspondence
of the Associated Press. The following
nreo.it of the bnttle of Colnso, tvrlt-
l-n by an Infantry officer present, was
renrive.J by today's mall:
"After that most terrible one sided
battle of Colon" lait Friday, I fainted
when I got to camp from sunstroke,
and oti Saturday morning I found I
, hud dyt-entery. How anyone fftc-ard
on Friday is man-el to me. We were
I i-lr.e hi urs and a fca'f under fire and
! It w as lit e a sevi re hall storm on a tin
, roof. I could not put my glasses up
without hearing 'phll. pliit, phlt.f From
; the veiy f)riit I saw it would b no go.
i;ir c(ty got under fire, a corporal
said to rue, 'I wonder how many Botrs
there arr hidden In that wood opposite
th Tui:e'a.'
"I said: ! expect It 1 full of them.
! as Buller has never shr-lled It at all.'
jl was right. Two romianles of the
j Twenty-third went In and soon came
; out through us and exposed our camps
! i.fT at. escort m rh lr,t mm -ih
,f r imi men killed mm
mining
or prisoners, out of a total of 13 offi
cer:! ai;d 372 men with which we start
ed at 4 A. M.
"I never was In such aVertlble fix
srd hope I shII never be aaln; and
then, to add to It all, they ipperel
u i a ah shot, shell and those beastly
oiie-,V)unc! Maxim-Nordenfeldt shells
an-! Mausers undl we had retired well
out of range.
";';uc poor 'Tommy' was simply
, ci a id On the troops went, throuch
I', rdl. They never hesitated one mo
I meM. never flinched. On they went
with dtf truetion and death and agmy
sll around the'n. I shall never 'orget
they eoul-l not find him, and yet, or.
went the line.
"My own company was most light-
aiol when a bullet whlzxed very clos
to mm, he began to play antics and
while. The bullets were as thick as
bees and F bad several mighty close to
m head. Directly we halted and iay
down shower of bullets came. It was
truly a one-sided game; as we could
see no one to aim at at all."
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THE CLAIM IS CONTESTED
Congressman Ray i-'ny the Compnny
Has Groka Rkk on Tolls !'!
Since American (!cevpat!oa,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The great
er portion of the session of the hou
today waa devoted to eulogies n the
life and public services of the lat
Vlce-Pre'sldt-nt Hobart.
A bill to authorize the -trttury of
state to pay the Australasia and China
Telegraph Company the amount In
curred In repairing the Manila-Hong
Kong cable, cut by Admiral Dewey
during the war with Spain, provo.ted
considerable opposition. This was the
firsi bill carrying an appropriation to
Indemnify the company for property
destroyed during the bpanifch war.
ITi'i'.n took the position that the
country was not liable for any loss due
to the interruption of the cable but
only for the actual expense of repair
irg the cable.
Lay, of New Yoik, said there were
thousand of claims pending and ha
thought It would establish a dangeroun
precedent to pay one which the attor
ney general had reported against.
Hilt, chairman of the foreign affairs
coiriniltee, thought the bill should bet
amended so as to stale stwciiically
that the claim was an act of grace.
Ray pointed out that since the Amer
ican occupation of the Philippines, th
?abi company had done more business
In a single year than it would have
done In twenty had the war not oc
curred. He thought there was no
enuity In the claim.
No action was taken on the bill.
DE PA RTM ENT OF COM M EfifTl ""'
Th- Creation of the Cew Cabinet
. Odice New Unc'.er Consideration.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The ques
tion of establishing a department of
the government to be known as the de
partment of commerce with a cabinet
of'.eer o-t Its head has been discussed
al loi-Kidvrabl length by the senate
c-rimittee on commerce. The discus
sion was based upon a very complete
re-port on the subject prepared by.
Senator Nelson.
It Is proposed to Include In the new
dorartmcnt a bureau of manufacture,
and to transfer from the treasury de
partment the life saving, lighthouse,
marine hospital and steamboat inspec
tion service, the bureaus of navigation,
immigration statistics and coast end
geodetic surveys; to transfer from the
Interior department the commission of,
railway, the census office and the
seedetic survey and from the state de
partment the bureau of foreign com
merce. The department of labor and
the fish commission are also placed
under this supervision.
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