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Feb, 15, 4 20 a. m.-A Hilt l"h army for the first time since the war he-ran, la lnillo th Boer frontier. Lord Robert, with at leaat 40,o In fan try. 7,000 cavalry and 150 gun linn turned the Magersfonteln limn, before which the llrlllnh forces hove been en camped for in weeks, and with liulf hU corps he la already operating In the Krw state territory. A battle Iiuh not yet been fought but large tactical nd.'dntagv have been galm-d. The relief of Klmbcrby h within measurable reach and the way to Tllncmfoittelu In appreciable easier. The dispatches sketch Lord Kobcita' thre-. days' woik. A forward nvivvment wa begun Monday when Colonel Han nay net Hit with a brigade of mounted Infantry from l.ummah, on the Itb.-t, eight miles from Jaeobsdal, the IWr suppiy base. Monday General French, with a cav alry llvislnrt, aelied the crossing of the lt.lt river fit DiKiU drift, south of Jiuobsditl. and eighteen mile east of the Honey Net kloof. . i klrml..lu-t with the Hoera and cleared the way for JO.Oon Infantry, who followed acrom on Tuculuy. With hla three cavalry brliradea and horw artillery O.n. ral French nnle to Modder river, a dla tance of 25 mllea, and toik thn-e f.ird.i. with the hlah around beyond the river and five IWra can.pa. He had a f.w ranuiiltl.-a In brtiHhe with the Bo-r horae. lenenU French haa now fixed hlm- elf on General t'ronjo'a main line of communication with lllnemfunteln und 20.000 Infantry, with 72 iruna, we be. Inn inwhed jp to aupport him there. lAui lloberta' dlapatchea, wired from limld.' the Free State and on the KM river, left him Wedneaday mornlm;. HU advance had not been oppnoed by the lloera In force. Their patrlotM melted away aa the Nrltnh moved for ward. The Uoer army la likely to be felt In a day or two and a tmttl.- in coniM"uentty Imminent. Aa to what forcea General Cronje haa nou at hla dinponal and aa to where he prop making a atand attalnM the Invadera, no one here conmvted with the war ottlie knowa anything. The foreea lininealut .y at the lla poal of Lord Koberta are placed at 50.000. Quite poMlbly Lord Koberta hiia 10.000 or 000 more. It la now rcul Ired that the Incident at ItetiNberg have been out of all proportion. Merely akeleton linen were maintained there while the troopa were being ae eretly and rapidly concntrat-d on Mod der river. The facllltlea with which SO.000 men have already been aent beyond the rail tcrminua shows that Lord Kitchmr hua been fully aucceaaful In organlclng the trannporta. He la now aupponed to be down the line, Bending forward more troops and getting together more trans ports. About five mllea of ox and mule wag on trains are estimated for each di vision, so that Lord Kltchner, who la reputed to have more skill than a clr cuh .manager In handling field trans port, haa an Immense labor In Imnd. LONDON. Fib. 14. Tho war oltlce haa Issued the following mesango from Lord Koberta, reculved this evening: "Deklla drift, Feb. 14. 8:10 a. m.-Cen-erul French left thia point at 11: SO yes terday reorning with three brigades of cavalry, horse artillery and mounted tntantry, Including several colonial con tingents, In order to solie a crossing of the Motldir river about twenty-five mllea away. He reports, by dispatches, dated 5:30 p. m., that he had forced a paxauge at Clip drift and has occupied the- hllli north of the rivar, capturing three of the enemy's laagers, with all their aupplles, while General Gordon of the Fifteenth Hussars, with his brig ade." v ho had made a feint nt Rondevnl drift, four miles west, has aelxcd it and already the drift between It and Clip drift, together with two more laagers. "General French's performance is brilliant, considering the ' excessive heat and a blinding dust storm, which raied during the latter part of the day. "Owing to the rapidity of his move ment, General French met with but alight resistance, his loss being small. Lieutenant Johnson, of the Innlsltllllng dragons, Is the only officer reported to be severely wounded. "The Sixth division was Inst night on tho north bank of the Rlet, at Wa- tervnl drift, and la moving to the sup port of the cavalry. Tho Seventh di vision la here and. will go on this af ternoon. "Four officers and 53 men had to be sent laid evening In returning wag ons to the railway line, prostrated by the heat arid exhaustion." HULLHIl'H ACCOUNT. lrl ri' f (ml N"un In London ICurly In the Day. LONIX)N. Feb. H.-The only war news of any kind this morning la an olllclal dispatch from duller from Cheveley, announcing a reconnolxaance at Kprlniffl'ld, resulting In no gain of ground on either side. Captain Ham ilton Kuraell, Lieutenant C. Churchill and ten men were wounded and Lieu tenant I'llklngton and six men were captured by the Kocrs, The dlspat.-h contains detailed accounts of what ap pear to be unimportant operations. They only tend to throw light on the situation by proving that the lioers are actively following Iluller's every move. From Lord Koberta, at Modder river, where all eyes are turnfd. there la no word. A dispatch from Mafeklng says the garrUon there can hold out until June. KuPer's dlKpatch from Cheveley, dat ed February 12, says: "The commanding o Ulcer ut Spring lltid reports thia morning that a squad ron of the First dragoons, moving to th'i lutpost line, covering the right Hank, met a ai'ty of Ijoers near Fus tenberg. The Hoers In r acking the crest of a hill first, opioid a heavy fire on thtf aUudron, which retired with iUl support, and the Doers retired." The dispatch- Uen glvii casualties as already cabled. Continuing, the Cheveley dlhpatcli ay: , "DundonalJ, with 700 mounted men, a field battery and the First Royal Welsh fusiliers, on February 12, reeon nolteivd hl,h ground which the enemy bus been in the habit of vUltln'. The enemy evacuated It with the loss of two men, after slight resistance. When the force retired on completion of the re oiinolnsnncc, the enemy returned In considerable numbers and k pt up a heavy ride lire, wounding Lieutenant C. Churchill, of th South African horae. Five men are missing." It la not quite clear who wrote the dispatch, as tienerala Lyttleton, Hlld yard. Wnrreu and other generals are believed to lie In the neighborhood of Hprlnlleld. S! Kt CJ.ATING ON THK SITUATION ller Reports From Rensberg Give tlsn to Comment In London. NEW YORK. Feb. H -Tie? dls-imtcii'-H announcing the Brltlxh "re llrement" at Rensberg are not satis factory. "Our losses are not yet know n, ' saya the Pally Mall's corre spondent There was hot lighting all day and at niyht the British retreated. This news Is the More depressing to London because only a few days ago It was be lieved General French was able to take Colesburc If the Uoers are uble to de feat General Clements In a decisive en gagement, they may threaten Lord Roberts' base of supplies at De Aar Junction. This unexpected show of strength by the Uoera at Colesberg haa amazed thoae who were predicting an easy march for Lord Koberta through the Fre State. The experts who raw In General Puller's capture and aban donment of Vaal Krants a fine piece of strategy say that General Clement's retreat to Rensberg Is part ot the same policy, to engage large forcea of Boers w hile Lord Koberta demolishes Cronje. It la believed that General Kuller has withdrawn his whole force from Pot gioter s drift and Springfield to Cheve ley and Is exactly where he began two months ago. The London Leader's war expert says: "South African military opinion calls for 10,000 or 15,000 men as soon as possi ble and this on tbe ground of merciful ness and ultimate economy. "This would bring our strength there up to nearly a quarter of a million men un l this forje to put down two small republics whose united white popula tion Is supposed not to exceed 4M.000 men, women, children and Citlanders. "Nothing but this fact was needed to demonstrate the futilit of the mln Ibterlil scheme of army reorgunixutlon laid before parliament on Monday. "The precise nature of Lord Roberts' movements on Modder river and Or ange liver are wrapped in mystery. Certain it Is that the country General French maneuvered the Uoers out of Northern Cape Colony has been re-oe-cupled by the Uoers. General Holler Is keoplng his own secrets, but we may look for another move on his part In a day or two', probably east of Colenso." The -Morning Post's war expert says: ''The announcement, of new appoint ments confirms the supposition that a large force has now been assembeld at Modder river. "The offensive cann.it be carried on along tho whole line and the commander-in-chief must determine the point at which he will act. "It looks as though the Uoers had taken their forces away from Magers fontelu to reinforce the commandos at Ciiesberg, where a victory would threaten the tsritish communications between Cape Town and Modder river." The expert compares the situation to the American civil war at the time w hen th army of the Potomac held all the Confederate forces in Ylrglnla. while the Western armies moved down the Mississippi and through the heart of the Confederacy to Atlanta and Sa vannah and tl.ence north to General Leo's rear. NEARLY ER0KE Tnc CONVENTION Delegate to the Antl-Trosters Introduces a Firebrand. AIMED IT AT MR. BRYAN The True Colors Show Themselvesand Democrats and Republicans Pight With Old-Time Vlflor. CHICAGO. Ftb. I3.-8tormy scenes characterized the sessions of the na tional conference preceding the final adjournment tonight. The climax came when Delegate Jos eph Parker, a middle of the road popu list, surprised the confert-nre with a resolution pledging the delegutes to vote for no party that does not stand for the government ownership and the principle of direct legislation. The dem ocrats Interpreted this as an attack on W. J. Bryan, and were on their feet In an Instant to block the muvein nt. A score of delegates took the Door and all tried to talk at the sa:no time. "You must not itlfi? ree speech here," was shouted. "Kvtrybody must be heard." wa' a warnin? that came from a delegate in the gallery. Chair man Monnett waa in doubt aa to what to do. DUorder reigned for ten min utes and the.i ChaitT.'.an Monn.-tt tem porarily adjourned the convention. A, strong attempt was made at the conference today to off.s;t the partisan etTe"l of the resoultions adopted yes terday denouncing th pending curren cy bill. Frank S. Monnett, the perma nant chairman of thij conference, made a speech in which he declared the pur pose of public ownership of public util ities was being carried in the republi can party, us well as the democratic party. "In the republican northwest," sail he, "sixty-live per ccn. f the putlic utilities are owned by the public, whereas. In many kouth-vit 'It-tutK-raltc states, lesa than five per cen- ar so owned. "I would remind the convention that Ohio, which Is the state of the presi dent. Is also the home of the Shsnnan anti-trust act. If we have an Attorney Gener.il Griggs we also had an Attor ney General Olney." The report of the committee on na tional organization was unanimously adopted. M. L. Lockwood of Pennsyl vania was unanimously elected presi dent of the national organization. Franklin Wentworth of Chicago was chosen secretary; C. T. Bride of Wash ington, D. C, was elected treasurer, and W, B. Flemmlng. of Kentucky, financial secretary. CONSl'L MACRCMS STATEMENT. Left His Post in Pretoria Because He Objected to Acting aa British Representative. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. A state ment was given out tonight by Charles E. Macrum. former United States con sul at Pretoria. He says: "I could not remain In Pretoria sac rificing my own self respect and that of the people of Pretoria, while the government at home continued to leave me in the position of British consul and not American consul. I had the humiliation as representative of the American government of looking Into envelopes bearing the official seal of the American government opened and ofltclally sealed with a sticker notifying me that the contents had been read by the censor at Durban. Speaking of his removal as United States consul he said: "Secretary Hay haa been a silent or conniving partner to the discrediting reports of rr.y official acts. When I acepted my post as consul I knew nothing of any secret alliances between American and Great Britain. "Th-re is not one soul who can point a single official act of mine which de parted from the strictest neutrality." SUIT IS C'jMV.KN"KD. Democrats File Thjie Petition to Oust Governor Ta.'ior. FRANKFORT, Ky Feb. 14. Gover nor Beckham's suit to compel Governor Taylor to surrender the olflce of gov ernor to him was iled this after noon. Judge Price has prepared a pe tition, which will be In the nature of an Injunction and quo warranto pro ceedings. The petition In the suit holds that W. S. Taylor is not the governor of the state and that with an armed force he holds possession of the executive building. It alleges that he is drawing money without authority of the law from the state treasurery, pardoning convicts and doing other things that are detrimental to the welfare of the state. The petition asks that the court en join him from exercising any duties as chief executive and from assuming any control whatever over the legislature. Application for an Injunction will be made Friday before Judge CantrlH at Georgetown. The committee of democratic mem bers of th legislature which came from Louisville for the purpose of In vestigating conditions here and ieter mining whpthir ll ( a- cratic m -niber to venture wlthhi tho j precincts of Frankfort, returned to' Louisville tonight. Members of the! rfim ml. f .... t..Oln...f . ! ,..r..ru,i;c m.. HU--0 i' 11004 an conver satlon with Adjutant General Collier or Oovern-ir Taylor and male Custo dlan Thompson of the executive build ing a go-between. They flr.it s nt word to Governor Tay lor that before the democratic mem - ben, could think of returning to Frank- fort all the soldiers must be sent away. I No objection, they said, could be rals-1 ed to a small number or a body guard j to Governor Taylor personally. As for the legislature. It needed no protection. Governor Taylor replied through the j medlun of Custodian Thompson that; , rr-iuesi 01 me commute coui.j not be cmpllvd with, but promised that the legislature should not be molests In any way Borne of the members of the com- mittee said that In their opinion the ,meetln7. would continue In Louisville : dl.atmg the approximate majority on at least for the present. Several of the ravage of th bill, waa taken, when I them, however, expressed a personal , Chandler offered an amendm-nt to au , willingness to return to Frankfort. ; ,n,)rll. thr pm)1(Ipnt """'7 nH ai 11 o'clock thl morning. Both houses j lacKea a quorum, and adjourned until tomorrow. j NO FEDERAL JI'KHOICTIO.V. jjuJge Taft Remands K-f.hickv ., j test to the State Vurts. I CINCINNATI, Feb. It.-f folding that I the federal court has no Jurisdiction; The democratic senators arraigned j in th? contests In Kentucky. Judge the republicans for reporting the I Taft thU afternoon refused to grant umeiidmtnt. declaring they were inain ithe applhatlon for an injunction i cere and that the proposition was In j against the Kentucky state board of ', tended to hoodwink the people and to elections and the democratic content-! catch voted. ! ants for state ofll-'es other than gover nor and lieutenant-governor. BIG APPROPRIATION KILL. Naval Provisions Greater Than Since the Civil War. , NEW YOftK, Feb. U. A spicial to ' the Herald ftom Waxhinito'i says: Thts year's naval appropriation hill : will carry more money tnan has been j voted by congress In any regular ap j j ropriation bill since the olvil wa-- and ' jjrobably will authorize xi-n(liturej j as great as those under the regular and i the allotments from the fifty million j dollar national defense fund In the lis-i ger. Hale. Manna. Hansbrough, law I col year 1SS9. j ley. Ken. Lindsay. Lodge. McBride, ! The estimates of the navy depart- . McCumber, McMillan. Mason, Nelson, j ment for the year footed up 75.0OO.OuO, Penrose. Perkins, Piatt (Conn.), Piatt and the department would like to have j (N. Y.), Proctor, Quarles, Ross, Sew 1 every cent for which It asked. Con- ell. Shoup, Simon, Spooner, Thurston, ' gress will scale down the estimates I Vest. Warren, Wetmore, Wolcott 15. i w herever practicable, but it is expect- i i ed when the bill becomes a law it will ! . ' carry at least $65,000,000. The first draft of the measure has been prepared by a sub-committee of the house committee on naval affairs and is now under consideration by the full committee. Even with the omissions of i.urduue of armor, the first draft of the bill car- j rles a total of about t63.0O).0O0. j It is the aim of the committee to i bring the total In the bill. Including the appropriations for new ships and ar-i1""'1 ,B ul -n uomesuc interest, mor plate down to t60.0o0.000, but It Is j on nnt of the flourishing Mormon doubtful whether this can be done, i ' the northern part of the re Aside from the items under the head of P""0- the increase of the navy for which the ' El T'e,"!H, the clerical daily, cen department estimated S22.9S3.10l, an in- 8Ures the government for liberal treat crease of more than tl3.0O0.000, the mnt of the Mormns. saying that here heaviest Increases are under the head : a" 'Joor8 are thrown open to them, of public works, including improve- UlnJs lv, nd what Is a I ments at navy yards and stations, r.ew I .. ...... j ...... .. ury uuvKs ami n;w uunuius ai me na- val academy. The department's estl- mates for public works footed up near- ly S16.0O.1.QO0, an Increase of more than JHOOOOOO. ' ' I The house committee has not yet de- cided whether all the new shius recom- mended by Secretary Lorn; shall be au- thorlzed this year or not. In view of! the fact that little progress has been I made w 1th the ships authorized lust year, and a the ship yards of the country are pretty well filled with work, there is a disposition on the part ! of some members of congress not to au- thorlze. the full programme urged by the secretary. The most troublesome question Is that of providing armor for ; the ships already authorized. AMERICA'S NEW NAVY. Secretary Long Gives Congress Import ant Facts and Figures. WASHINGTON, Feb. '14. The secre- j tary of tho navy has sent to the senate I a statement of the number of vessels ! under construction and of naval officers ' available. The statement was made in response to a resolution ot inquiry. It shows that are sixty-one vessels of all classes now building and that with these vessels in commission they, to gether with those now In us-e would re quire three thousand officers, whereas there are now only 1.0S4 ottioerd. There are 14,000 men in the navy. GOOD FOR PORTLAND. PORTLAND, Feb. 14. Xt ls announc ed that the Illnios Central railroad will establish an agency In Port'and for the purpose of handling cotton shipments to the Orient. TEST Y0TE OH FINANCIAL BILL But OflC RepDlHCafl SeiUtOr Will A UfCOSe ItS Final P3SS3 C. CHANDLER AMENDMENT LOST 1 u j Propositions of International hi metalism Kill lie Entertained By This Country. WASHINGTON, Feb. K-Through- i out its session todav .h. .h ' fmanclal bill under dlacussion. After 2 o'clock the debate proceeded under the j W.mnute ruIe and a tlm(ig became spirited and Interesting ; Late in the ft,,m.n .. . , misskners to "any 1 metallic conference Intern.uionnl bl 'hat might be callel.-' which was defeated by a vot of 45 to 25. : The Chandler proposition out of th j w ay, the discussion proceeded on th amendment brought in by the finance ' committee, providing that the provls- ions of the bill are not Intended to place ar.y obstacles In the way of interna- tmr.al blmetaiism. No v-te on the amendment was reached. The final vote on the amend ment and bill will be taken some time 1 tomorrow. j The vote on the Chandler l intendment follows: j Yeas Allen, Bate. Berry, Butler, -Chandler, Chilton, Clay, Cochi-dl. Cul- , tx rson, Harris, Ueiifehl, Jones (Ark.), I Jones (Nev.), Kenny, McKnery, Mar- ! tin. Money, Morgan, Pettus, Rawlipg, Sullivan. Teller, Tillman. Turley, Turn er 25 . . ... ... ... Noes Aldrich, Allison, Burrows, Caf fery. Carter, Clark tWyo.), Cullom, Davis. Deboe, Depew. Klklns. Fair banks, Foraker, Foster. Frye. Callln- ! Mt xilttn DaiUt'9 pay,n Much Atten" t,,,n to These Questions In the I United States, I CITY OP MEXICO. Feb. 14.-The , i!, lt,, " P-I are giving much atten- j llon lo A""r'can topics, especially the ProP"- construction of the Nicaragua !canal and t,e Mormons. The latter i th )U!and l,,ne8 worse- th- are per- mltted to oDen schools. ! raMng a whollr distinct view 0f the j Al'ri',a"! and their ambitions. El ' Mun,,i- th' "' San of the liberal party i now in power here, comments on the i n.l.ti.tlfin it ht..aFn-,.n ...,, , ' ","""- " io- ! Je 1 by the American congress and says that "Mexico, like alt Latin-American 1-"""1"" -erruory on me ra e"'1' ' bound to bt benefitted by the cana'- "The fact that th ca,lal w' us -a'S1'1-' to Increase our exports ot oro ls "" 'cnt evidence that it will be Ms'- advantageous to us." Tne Mn Herald says that by the construction of the canal the United Slatej cxtl''s its southern coast line i far to the south and that the canal will j be the means of making the Mexican j west coast ports prosperous and will I enable -.Mexico to build up its Pacillo I coast In preparation for sharing in the ; commerce which Is to fill the Pacific I ocean as was predicted by Seward, I whose policy President McKlnley Is consistently carrying out. HOAR NEEDS BOOSTING. j liOS TON, Feb. H.-In the house ft re solution has been Introduced by Repre sentative Mellen (dem.) expressing con fidem e In Senator Hoar. Mr. Mellen Btated prior to the session of the house that the order was the result of an at tack made on Mr. Hoar at the Middle sex County Club last nipht hy Con-Ki-essman of Washington. ANOTHER COLORED CHAMPION. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.-J;iek O'Hrlen, of Philadelphia, was knocked out by "Young" Peter Jackson (color td) In the fourteenth round tonight.