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ANXIETY FELT
AS TO ROBERTS
No Report Given Oat As to Oper
ations Since Sunday.
CRONJE MAY HAVE ESCAPED
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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.