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CRONJE MAY HAVE ESCAPED , .. u Buller Kamored to Have Reached Hills Commnodlnn Ladysmitk Heavy Loss Among Koberts'Offlcers. LOND.iN, Feb. 22, 4 .. rn.-t.ord ItoU-rta' Hat of 49 killed and. wounded ortlrera, Including two general, In the engaemrrta up to Hunday evening, cauaea anxiety, eapeclally aa In the of-Ili-era' lint nelthr the loaav of the Welah and Kanex reglmenta nor thoae of I hu mounted Infantry are Included. Thla la aboiit the number that fell at Coh nao, where the non-eommlaalon- ed oitli-ra ami men brought the total j Iukhi'k jji to S00, It la conaldered trane thut when i ending hi ciuualtka, Lord Itoberta ! give mi' Information a to the reault ! of the lighting. If he haa made auch a reliort. Ihe ujir .,l!l,.,. u 1 1 1, i . It. M'ire.ver, nothing la known aa to 1 wont took place on Monduy. Tueaday ' and yenieriluy. ; rile aba.'in e of detail from lird ! lioberta' dlHj.ali h, contnwted with IiIh rather full nMrratlvea during the Hrat ' I'KKTOKIA, Tueaday.-tiilii-lal i pait of hi operation, produ.ea un-' norta have been receive.! hm f,.iinw: enalneim among mllltlary obaervera. i All comment In the morning npcra, i b"t;i eilllirl.il and critical, U thread-j ed with disturbing aupgeallona that, I diiilt" hunl flghtlnjr, General Cronjo ' Diin be)n able to btat off hla pursuer, ! hn eacaped and la being reinforced , by m l from Ladyamtth and by force . on foot and horseback from Northern Cupe Colony, a well a from Klmber-! ley, As the correspondent with Lord noheit me silent, telegram from Iloer' nnurcf rv' cive tome countenance. The I latter aver that Tronic, while the i British were endeavoring to aurround ', hint bctwivn Paardeberg and Koodoos- ! rnnd. n-tvK ed reinforcements under j l Witt und that fogelher the IVwr i coiiimain!.r4 oliht the l-rlllsh to a sldtidtlla llow-ver true. Rli may be, public , ' ",,v k T reasHured until the ,e -.. ..,. 1 oillce Insues explicit state- inents of succoKses, which, of course, Would cl' iir uwny the gathering doubts ret'( tli'g tlv uninterrupted success of Lord Itooerts' forward movement. .o one uouuis nis uiumaio sucttss, i un th-rv l a fear ot tempur8ry AH- .pol..tment and that a lot of hard , flghtlm; H yet ah, -ad of the British. Th I.iti., relnrt rev nrfllnir Connrnl Ituller . IrcMbited In the house of ct.t. m.ms last evening was that an agent itf lili) 11.1 )t....r Cibimnnif h u il...u...l VA.I i a cnblegram from Cae Town, which must have jassed the censor, to the effect that General Carton' fuslllt-r brigade had reached the hills com- niitn'ung iiaytmiin. i M..H., f .1.1. i,., . .al fr,mi MvAhf mil.... ..untiir tti. eiu'lv re Hef of the K-UntfUered ,; tliioulii t. bo inevitable. 1..VM'VSVUTH BKLIKF BKIMBTKU. j News of a Decisive Battle With Cron Jb's Fi-rces Also Anxiously Awaited. ! LONDON, Feb. 21. The vli' office j declares l Is unable to substantiate i the reixcts of the relief tit Lndysmlth. j But tMs does hot prevent the public I from believing the queen has again . fiwo-stailed the authorities at Pull Mall, ftntl preferred lo communicate the glad ttews dlrM t to the public through the mayor of Windsor, just as yesterday, she dramatically announced through Lord William Cecil, commander of a militia corps, the tiding of General Butler's success, hour before the war oftlce wa able to' relieve the impa tient anxiety ot the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, as the queen's word are not actually quoted in today's an nouncement, official confirmation Is eagerly awaited, and especially as Bul ler' dispatch of yesterday I very gen erally regarded a foreshadowing a Juncture of hi and General White' forces some time today. Public Inter est, expectation and anxiety, therefore, sway unceasingly and Impatiently be twee.i Ladysmith and Bloemfonteln. The practical relief of the former place Is regarded as due more to Lord Bob erts' brilliant strategy in drawing off the Boors than to Buller's numerous assaults, and new of the result of the battle between Kitchener and Cronje, reinforced by the force thus drawn off from Ladysmith, Is expected to almost synchronize with the announcement that Oeneral Buller ha reached his ob jective. Accomplishment of the latter ivent, however, is regarded with greater ct n fldence than 1 the ability of Kitchener to thoroughly cripple Cronje, for the Boer general ha proved himself so clever and daring In slipping through the British line that even If Robert quickly occupied Bloemfonteln, there lire many f'ai expreancd that Cronjo might still preserve the fff'rtlvrnc ut IiIh mobile force, Tim war office this evening announc ed th.it It had no new from other Hour'''. Th-re In yet nothing to throw light on tlii- mitln Issue. It'-KanJIncc mlllfaiy condition, the military cilt Ica In the afternoon paiicra express the keenest HiitlnfiK-tt'in at the phase of the campaign uh revealed by the latent news, drawing attention to tin; fact thai whether or not Robert succeed In affecting a decisive defeat, he ha forced the Boers to rd ac their grip on Ladyamlth, Klmberley, Zululand and I iw, r Natal, though admitting that the sclge of Mafeklng may be made 'mor severe by the arrival of a por- I tlon of the Boer for drlv.-n off from Klmlx-rlcy, ni'l. avorlnic to avenge It ( w-lf on Colonel liodirn-l'owell. An Arjndi'l dlHpatch, dated Tuvaday, how a that the Poera In force made a detrmln"d atO-mpt to Invent Arun dfl, but were bafnVd by the amort mum-uverlng of the Ilrlllh mounted truopa. Cecil Khodi'a In expected to urrlve ut Cape Town February 24. Further di-tuila of the attack made by Colon"! riummer'a force on the Boer poaitlona d-f-niled by a 11-pounder, iK'iir i.'rocndlle I'oola, not far from Oalx-rone, ahow that aa the lirltlah w,'r" ,,ruOfl h"i In the dark, tnrou'h n,'l (,t barljed wire, they ulurnied the Iloer watch dogn, who Kttv' th,? '''arm. The Iloera opened ttr" H,ul ,he l!rll'Mn charged, but the Il""rs ,ti,,,,l,'l dynamite mine, doing ,u',, ,,tt"m'r treut d. and the llritlah re- ItV WAr OF PHKTOKIA. I1"''ul1 of llrltiah Vlctorlea Jlinlmlxed by the Dutch Account. Commundunt Steyne aaya that Salur- day .ind Sunday, near Foodooxrand, he fought the Hrltlnh. who trl;d to em on piiaa Cronje louer. and drove them off. Tlt.-y fought until late Sun- day evening. The Itoera had one man killed und one wounded and caotured booty and twenty-one horses and mule. General Wewet says thut on Sunday afternoon he arrived before Paardeberg nd Fcodooaiand, In which direction there hm been heavy firing since morn- In. He stormed several kopjes which the British vacated, leaving their dead and wounded and forty prisoners In tho nanda of the Buers, who cuptured the kopv. The Iloer loss was two '"',,' n'' f"ur wounded. The fight M1'''1 ""HI hite in the evening. 1 1 v, ' His ileKilt ef the HM-ratious In the i KlmberW ",hb,' H". PBKTt.lKIA. Monday. A portion ot the olllclal n'port from Conje, dated J Sunday, has been given out. It is as I '0,IW8: "Vwterday hlomlng about 5 o'clock?. w hile removing the liuiger near Scholz' N-, k. we were attacked by the British. The light lasted until 7:30 in the eve m,,B' " ' lh wer- driven buck, they each time I re-ium.-d the attack. The loss of the j British must have been considerable. : Thus far, the Boer loss hus been eis;ht I killed and twelve wounded. This morn ing the itrltlsh shelled us with cannon. - iM 'onim:iniani Feriereira's force wo loo small to stop the cavalry from. entering Klmberley." ki:i.n:F OF LADYSMITIl. No Conilrm.ilion ot the Ilunior Has Boon Received. ' l.nNpiiN, Feb. 21 At a meeting Of ' the town council of Windsor hls morning U was announced that news t0l,fty reached Windsor Castle that Ladysmlth hud been relieved. The an- nounc ment was received with shouts 0 "UraMi Buller." The rumor of the i rt.j0r f Ladysmith has again been current on the Berlin and London bourses. There is no confirmation of the rumor. A private telegram received here from Berlin this afternoon declares that Cionle Is In a bad position, bearing out yesterday's Berlin rumor that Conje. was surrounded and that a time limit had been given him In which to capit ulate. The w or oillce announce that Gener al Hector Mac Donald, Commander of the Highland brigade, was severely wounded yesterday. MacDonald and the Highlanders were pursuing Conje. CRONJE STILL'SCRROUNDED. British Reported to Be Shelling His Lines 'and' Hope to Capture His Kntlre Force. CAPK TOWN, Feb. 21.-A special correspondent of the Cape Argus says General Cronjo' Is surrounded at Paar deberg drift, but Is offering a stubborn resistance. The British are shelling the Boers vigorously and hope to capture the whole force. . W1RKS OPEN TO KIMBERLKY. NEW YORK, Feb. 21 The Anglo American Telegraph Company today Issued the following notice: "From London, we are again Inform ed that telegram may now be accepted for Klmberley, but only at gender's rink." THE PHILIPPINE END HAS COME Military Operations to Cease With But One More Expedition. CIVIL RULE TO BEGIN President Hopes to Complete the .New Commission With Little Delay Deiby Declines Appointment. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Accordlng to Information received at the war de partment from Manila, at the end of the present ' expedition of General Jlatea Into the two provinces at the extreme southern part of the Inland of Luxon, military operations In the Phll Ipplnea will close. Afterward, It is ... e,,, mere u, noimng io oo but to un- . iW iu .i. annum uruer inrougn a police system. Att-ntlon Is now being given to that subj?ct and steps are llng taken to form a thoroughly mobile, llghUy am. el gendarmerie, something on the 1 order of the Canadian mounted police, j to cover the Islands at all point and conserve the energies of the regular ' troop. j The arn at of a Tagal on the charge of being a guerilla was rtportfd from Manila yesterday It Is stated at the di- artment to mark the initiation of another policy toward the insurgent w ho still remain under arm.. As the summary punishment of guerilla can- not I had until some action has been taken to declare the determination of the appll-atlon of the rule of war, it Is assumed at the war department that General Otis has already Issued some kind of a proclamation or notice to the natives warning them that If they de- fy the rule of the war and pursue I a predatory warfare they will be ! treated as guerrillas when captured. The president is devoting special at tention to the formation of the new rnuippine commission, acting on the i advice that the army has reached the end of its function In the Islands and 1 that the time 1 ripe for the establish- jnent of civil government throughout ! the' archlpelugo. It Is hoped that its personnel can be completed before the end of the week. j It appears that Mr. Denby was obllg- j ed to decline reappointment as com-; """" '" '-""" imBicBi ma-, bllity to dtand the hard work. tiTIS' CASUALTY LIST, N ' ! "We cannot see how an adauce VASHINGToN, Feb. 21. Geneial through North N aal can be made be Otls called the war department t"" nrc Charleston and Van Reenan's Pass, following lint of casualties! 1 ftre Ui-ed. As for the question of Deaths-Malarial fever, January t r.ener.il Boilers Invading the Tlans Arllni?loJi Mays, Twenty-second infari- : .,aL a ,,ractlcul dilliculty exists. Our try: February 10, Willis McMartin.', information is that his transport is corporal. Forty-fifth infantry; Febru- ul,erly insufficient unless the Boers nry 12, Axariih Harron, Thirty-eighth bli nim by fighting along the rall Irfiintry. way. Drowned January IS. Albert Jay L. ( Klk )ir 0, e flRht alK1ut iMvt Perry, Thirty-socond Infantry, nathlrg fctlltlcn antl thon the departure of the In Kio Grande Florida Blanco; Febru- j t,linlnn,,s of Fre , stattrs for Diak ary 1, Joseph F. Car. y. Thirty-fourth ' ensDurg and the Tranxvualera for Ma inrnntry, Bio Agno, near San Nicholas, ' jub;(i accidental; February , Daniel A Jen- i nching Is vV'ing in North Cape kins, Twenty-second Infanti v. gunshot: ! ,vumy and the grater part of the January 20. William Crawford, .'irporal j-,..rs H, pnrently have retired to tight Twenty-tlfth infantry, Angeles l.iuoil, j m tholr own stato. fell on dagger worn by hi:i; gunshot! 'Expectation sits In the, gate to know In action January 27, Anuw 'Ne:, thrt r,.sult of the chase after Hcneral Thirty-ninth infantry. , Heat prostration February 9, Fred erick Hegweln, Twenty-seventh Infan try. . Pneumonia February 11, John P. Hill, Tweniy-ninth Infantry. j Variola Febnii i-y 5, Porter MiGuy- er, Forty-fourth lnfantrt ; February 12, j Cyrus K. Brittaln, Thirty-sixth infan- try. I Dysentery, February U, Andrew- An- j derson, Thirty-fifth infantry; Carl Nes sel. Fourth cavalry. Typhoid-February 16 Clarence Van Borger, corporal, Thirty-seventh In fantry. THREE ISLANDS RELEASED. State Department Finds Selxed Terri tory Outside of Philippine Archipelago. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Upon the representations of the Spanish govern ment to the effect that some of the Islands south of the Philippines arch ipelago which had been taken posses sion of by the United States gunboat were really the property of Spain, the authc rltles of the state department, having examined the charts, have con cluded to direct the withdrawal of our claims to the islands ot Caygayen and Clbutu. THE BRYAN CONVENTION. National Committee Will Fix Time and Place at Today's- Session. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. On the eve of the meeting of the national dem ocratic committee, which assemble hero tomorrow to fix a time and place for holding the democratic national convention, Kansas City and Milwau- ke are struggling earnestly for the honor nt entertaining the convention. Although there Is some desultory talk of Cincinnati as a compromise, the light la betwer-n Milwaukee and Kan suh City, Wth the chances tonight seemingly In favor of the latter place. Milwaukee has rained a fund of M'0, ;) for the entertainment of the Con vention. The amount which Kansas City Is expect' d to expend has not been disclosed. The concensus of opinion is that the convention will be held before the re publican convention. TUB QUAY CASE. Kffarts Will Be Made to Resume Its Consideration at Today's Sen ate Meeting. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2I.-An effort l to be made to get the question In volving the seating of former Senator Qi'Oy, of Pennsylvania, formally before the senate for consideration. Penrose, of Pennsylvania, gave no tice today that he would call up the case tomorrow. As It Is a privileged question he may b able to secure a vote on the taking up of the case for consideration and thus develop the Quay strength In the senate, at least j approximately. I During the greater part of today's ! amnion, the HawalUn government bill as under corsUeratlon. SCBSIDY I ILL Sl'BSTITL'TH. Uepublican .Mnnwt of the Committee In Accordance on All General Feat urea of the M- asure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2L-Four re (publican .Tjembers of the houtm com n iltee or. merchant marine and fisher les w ho have differed from their as j sot lates on the term of the shipping I bill today completed a substitute bill, ! which was Introduced by Bepresenta- tive Miner of Wisconsin, those ac lux-scln-; with him in the measure be ing Eleven of Minnesota, Jones of Washington and Fordney of Michigan. The bill follows the general plan of the crlnin.il, but makes a number of amendments, IH'LLUR LACKS TRANSPORTS. n Immediate Prospect of His Joining the Transvaal Invasion, LONDON, Leader avs Feb. :i.-The Morning The crossing of the Tugela river wa8 scarcely opoosed, but that Is not t) sav that fierce residence may not be llJoke(, ror tan the Onderbrook woiks are invested, -a hish authoilty agreed yesterday th .nt. Illiniin eT,resel In these ; coluoiuni that two-thirds or three j fourths of General White's force will i b available for active operations any 1 timo u-irhln a v1f i Cronje." j REMAINING CANADIANS SAIL. ! The Star and Stripes a Prominent ' Decoration on Their Transport. HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 21. Ti e last detachment of the second Canadian contingent for South Africa consisting of more than 600 otiicers and men and ! nearly the aanie number ot noises, ! sailed from Halifax today. Conspicuous among the decorations on the transport Milwaukee was the Stars, and Stripes bemath the British Blue ensign at the fore. This Is a most unusual circumstance. CANADIAN LOSSES. One Officer and Eighteen Men Killed -Sixty Wounded in Sunday's Fight. TORONTO, Feb. 21. A special to the Globe says: The first Canadian contingent w as en gaged at Modder river all day Sunday. Eighteen men of the regiment were killed and sixty wounded. Among the latter was Captain Mason, of Toronto. The Canadians forded the Moddor river after a night's march. SAMOAN TREATY RATIFIED. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21,-The senate in executive session today ratified the treaty between the United States, Ger many and Great Biitaln affecting the claims growing out ot the Jcdnt control of the Samoan islands. MAYOR HUMES RENOMI NATION. SEATTLE, Feb. 21. T. J. Humes was renominated tonight for mayor by the republicans. TARIFF DEBATE STILL GOES ON First Republican Speech ia Oppo sition Made Yesterday. ITS DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT Caucus Will Be Held Saturday aad the Bill Recommitted to AtoIJ Re publican DItIsIos os Floor. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.-For the first time In the debate upon the Puer to Wean tariff bill, 'the voice of a re publican wa raised today against that measure. Brownell (rep.), of Ohio, spoke against the bill. He opposed it on the ground of pol icy and not of the constitution.- His hostility, however, wa not o absolute but that he announced hi Intention of voting for it It the substitute failed. The other speaker today were Ray, ot New York, and Long (rep.), of Kan sas, for the bill, and Henry (dem.), of Texas, against It. The republican have decided to hold a caucus for conference on the bill Sat urday night. Although there are laid to be between 20 and 30 republican who are hostile to the bill, the republi can leaders who are canvassing the situation say that not more than four or five will cast their votes against it. They also aay that several democrat will support It. The only democrat who Is outspoken In his advo- acy of the bill is Davey of Louisiana. He represent one of rhe largest cane sugar Interests in the South. Others, Including Mayer of Loulsiara, and Broussard of Loui. iana, Ixud of California, Davis and Siurkman of Florida, are said to be In the doubtful column, but the demo ciattc whlo says that only Davey and Sibley of Pennsylvania will vote for It. Wilson of Idaho, a silver republican, Is said to be inclined to vote for the bill. Some of the republican opponents of the bill, who dislike to go on record against their party, believe that the way out of the dilemma In which they find themselves Is to vote to recommit the measure. On account of pressure for time, the ds-bate, hereafter, will begin at. H o'clock and there will be night sessions Thursday and Friday. CANAL BILL BEING HUSHED. Possibility that the Hepburn Bill May Pass Regardless of ihe Hay Treaty. . NEW YORK, Feb., 21. A special to the Herald from Washington says: It is possible that the Hepburn Nica ramia canal bill nny be passed by the hous.j ot representatives and It may ewn become n law before the senate acts oil the Hay-I auncefote treaty. Representative Hepburn Is determ ined to pass the bill at every oppor tunity. It Is expect-'d that the committee on rules w ill report Mr. Hepburn's reso Ivtioit favorably, though it Is possible tluit some cl ause may be made in the ila'e that he has t'Xed for the consider ation of the ' ill. Mr. Hepburn and nt. my of the ndvocatVs ot the canal bill in both houses of congress are in favor of pnssirg the pending blil containing the authorization of the fortification ot the en mil. without regard to the action of the senate on the pending treaty. In siu-acins of this subl-.-ct, Mr. Hep burn said it would make no material diifeivnce whether the treaty was rati fied or not. If It should be agreed to by the senate, and It should be d -ter-mined that the president had no power under the treaty to fortify the canal, he need not act under the authority given him to erect fortifications. He thought H would be well for con gress to give the president all the au thorltv that he could possibly want. A STRANGE VOYAGE. Need of Nicaragua Canal Emphasiied by a New York Ship Arrived at San Franclseo. SAN" FRANCISCO. Feb. 21.-The ship A. G. Ropes has arrived here from New York, after a remarkable voyage. She left New York July, 189:', and In order to get here has in reality circum navigated the globe. The distance covered during the voyage was 25,809 n.iutlcal miles. All kinds of accidents befell the ves sel. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD. It-publlcans Summoned to Washington to Consider Puerto Rican Tariff Elll. WASHJNGTON, Feb. 21. It. present ative Tawney of Minnesota, the "re publican whip" of the house, has wired all absent republicans to be present Saturday. This is understood to be I'T '"- pro pose of having all republicans present at a conference Saturday night on the Puerto Rican tariff bill.