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II la officially announced that Ladysmith hl bwn re lieved. , lJNDON, March l.-A dispatch to the Dally Mall from Pleler' station. describing the twelve days' continuous lighting of which the attack upon rail way hill by the Royal Innlskllllng Fus Went was one of the supreme momeniii, ay a: "The Innlskllllng Joined the column with 21 officer. They havt five left. That tell the tule. No map, no IM'iuiiM account, can give any Idea of the dllli ulllc of these hilt and ridge. To add to the difficulty, the tropical rulr.y xeuson net In today. General Duller and hi nl.lt are vir tually living the private' life. There haa not bwn even a tent to cover the commanding general. LONDON, March 1. Winston Churc hill. In a dispatch from Colenso, dated Tuesday, saya: "The condition of the wounded h were untended on the hillside Sunday waa mi painful that General Duller aent a fta( of truce to the enemy and It waa arranged that throughout Sunday military movement! ihould continue on both aide, but there should be no hooting. 'Thin truce terminated at dunk. 'The Boer then resumed a furious musketry attack on the British left. The attack waa repulsed. The fighting continue vigorously. "We Khali ee who ran aland 'buck rUn best, the nrlton or the Boer." PIKTKlt'8 HILL CARRIED. Describes the Assault on Tuesday and Praises the Gallantry of Hla Troop. LONDON. Feb. IS. The r olllce haa received the following dispatch front General Duller: "Headwater Landwanlk, FeFbruary 21, 5 a. m. Finding that the passage of Langewatchea Spruit wa command') I by strong Wrenchmcnts, I reconnol terej for another pftxeage on the Tu gela. One waa found for mo below the (aturact by Colonel Sundbach, Royal entrlueera, on February 25th. We commenced making an approach there to and on February 26, finding 1 could make the puHMUge practicable. I croxsed the Run and baggage back to the noutl) ildo of the Tugela, tHk up the pontoon bi'ldire on Monday nlKht and relald It at the new aif. which I Juxt lieloiv the present marked catar act. "PurhiK nil thl time the troop had bieli acattored crouching under htctily conatructed Hmall ntone ehelters and exptmed to a galling Bhill and rllle Are. Throughout they maintained the most excellent spirits. Tuesday General Million, with tw battalions of the Sixth brigade and the Dublin Fuslllere, crept about a mite and a half dow n the banks of the river and ascended un al mont perpendicular cliff of about BOO feet, assaulted and carried the top of l'letcr'a Hin. "Thla hill to a certain extent turned the enemy' left and the Fourth brig ade, under Colonel Norcolt. and the Eleventh brigade, under Colonel Kitch ener, the whole under command of General Warren, assaulted the enemy's position, which was magnlllcently car ried by the South Lancashire regiment about sunset We took about sixty prisoner and scattered the enemy in all directions. There seems to be .'till a considerable body of them left on and under llulwnno mountain. "Our losses, 1 hope, nrc not large. They cei tnlnly are much less than they would have been were It not for the admirable manner In which the artil lery was served, especially the guns manned by the Hoyal Naval force and llv Naval Volunteers." nm.LKR'tf ADVANCE. It Is Now Generally Understood that He is On the Way to Ladysinlth. LONDON, Feb. 28.-2:40 p. m. Gen eral Duller' account of the tremendous resistance he Is encountering In his cf forta to rea. h Ladysmith 1ms brought the public Interest with a sharp turn from the complacent contemplation or Roberts' victory to realUatlon cf the serious conditions still existing In Na tal. Though Buller' 1. ngthy dispatch 1 construed as a victory bravely won, the commander of the force In Natal haa o often reported similar vlctorlt. without achieving his main objective, that the public ha learned to retain It jubilation until Ladysmith Is act ually relluved, while the long list of casualties Invariably following any ap parent .rain by Duller I alway await ed with a dread and anxiety which temporarily rob hi pnrtial ucces of It acclaim. However, It I the generally accpted belief that Duller I determined to reaoh General White thla time, and though the stage are disappointingly slow, the nation confidently i.wait the re lief of those fcOOO besieged troop. But ler's report shows thn Is urgent need for Roberts to esert every effort to still further draw off the Boers from Natal to Hi-! Free State. That he will do so, and likely I doing so by marching on liloomfonttln, la regarded as almost certain by military critic here. With the additional C00 Doers report ed prisoner at Klmberley, It seem that the number of men captured by Hoberta nearly reaches (000. Afternoon paper comment on the hero of Kanda har's achievement, laying special sire on the gallantry cf the Canadians, who, according to a Taardeberg dispatch, were actually fighting hand to hand In the Boer trenches when Cronje surren dered, though this scarcely agrees with Robert' dispatch. The queen has telegraphed Duller as follows. "I have heard with greatest concern of the heavy losses sustained by my brave Irish soldiers, and I desire to x-pn-HA my sympathy and admiration of the splendid righting qualities they have exhibited throughout these trying operation." Itoberts ha forwarded sn additional list of British casualties during three day' fighting at Paard. lKTg, showing twelve killed, eighty-two wounded and four missing. Including seven ofticers and four Canadian private wounded. HATtDER FOIL BULLED. Crtnje' Surrender Will Enable Jou bert to Stop at Ladysmith. NEW YORK, Feb. 28. A dispatch to the Trlbuns from London says: The effect of the victory unon Sir Dedvers Duller' campaign In Natal, was discussed by veterans last ntgnt with Intense Interest. It was gener ally conceded that while General Jou- bert's tronns would be disheartened and General Buller's soldiers would be Inspired to emulate the example of their comrades In the west, there will be more desperate fighting In conse quence of Lord Roberts' success. Gen eral Joubert now has no motive for an Ini mediate retrtat, since It is too late to effect General Cronje's deliverance, lit has behind him Sir George White's army, w hich Is nearly starved out and helpless from lack of ammunition. If he can repel General Buller's assault upon his strong defensive positions and drive him ba-.k to the Tugeia, he can comiiel Jeneral White to surrender and In a way offset Lord Roberts' victory, besides changing the balance In tne comparative list of prisoners. The opinion in ofTicdal circles lost night was that Lord Roberts had rendered General Buller's campaign more diffi cult by his victory. There was no official news from Gen eral Duller when the war olllce closed .it midnight and the press dispatches w-re fragmentary and Inconclusive. It wns clear that there had been a week's heavy righting with serious losses on the British side The Boers w.-iv ap parently reinforced on Friday and made a determined effort to drive tm-'k the British brigades. General 13ul-h-r's men only held their ground after disperito Cyhting. Military writer are begu nini? to criticise Gen-nil Bul la's tactics In putting forward hla llni-s an I not inasslnor his troops for an at tack. AS MI LICS SKE9 IT. Cronje's Surrender Important Only as Illustrating the Valor of the Boers. NEW YORK, Feb. 28. The World publishes the following statement by General Miles: "Cronje's surrender was expected and It was all that could be expected when a force of three thousand holds out for over a week against a force of fifty thousand. "You will observe that the first re ports said that General Cronje had a force of nine, thousand opposed to the British, but only three thousand sur rendered. What became of the other six thousand? the importance of the surrender under such circumstances only Illustrates the lighting valor of this handful of Bo r patriots. "The effect of Cronlu's surrender will be to strengthen rather than to weaken thi; Boer patriots' -ause in this war. "We cannot h-'lp out admire those Itoers; no iniitt-T whi-re our sympathies may be. In my position it would not bo diplomatic, for me to say too much, but whoever is In the right, we must admire ilia three th iiisnnd patriots who tood off for ten lays over fifty thous and of the Pritlsh army." MODDER RIVER PRISONERS. CArE TOWN. Monday, Feb. 2. Thero are now six hundred prisoners at Modder river, most of whom surren dered Friday and Saturday. They uiv kept guarded between wire fences. LADYSA1ITH IN SORE STRAITS General White's Forces Are Al most at Tbelr Last Gasp. WATER SUPPLY POLLUTED Drilling Sewerage Prom tie Boer Cimpj-Ceptore or Fitter's Hill Cossldered a Distinct Gala. LONDON, March 1, i iS p. m.-Gtn-eral Buller's distinct success In the storming of Pleters hill brings the res cue of Ladysmith near, but the war office estimated late last evening that an Immediate announcement of the relief need not be expected. The goings to and fro at midnight of the officials and messengers suggest ed that Important news had been re celved. If this were the case, Lord Lansdowne obviously desired to sleep on It before taking the public Into his confidence. As his message reveals, General Bui ler's successful attack came after the hard fighting of Friday and It was Im provlsed and Its execution begun dur ing the anristlce of Sunday. In pro posing the armistice, the British com mander stipulated that both sides should be free to move, but that neither should do any shooting. He was therefore within his privileges In immediately beginning to transfer his troop. Gen. Buller's tidings come weighted with hla long list of casualties. His losses In four straight attempts to gel Genera White out aggregate 4,000. Ladysmith is In desperate straits. Charles Williams, the military expert, says he learns on very high authority, presumably that of Lord Wolseley. that White's forces Is almost at Its last gasp." "Thla la not so much," says Williams, "on account of any lack of provisions or of ammunition.' neither of which 1j yet exhausted, as because of the pois onous waters of the Klip river, and the evil effects of the heat on the ter rain In which the garrison must re side.' "The water of the Klip river Is not available fi r drinking and to boll It Is Impossible, because of the scarcity of fuel. It Is thick with putrid animal matter. Tea made of It has suspended fibre, something like beef tea. It is caused by sewage from the Boer camps." There is no authoritative Indication yet of what Lord Roberts will do next. It seems likely that a branch railway will be built across the veldt to lessen the difficulties of transportation. I'p to this morning the total number of casualties was 12.834, of which 8,319 were added during the last fortnight. The casualties ar classified thus: Killed. 1,993; wounded, .S38; missing. 3.173: disease, 830. HOPE FOP. INTERVENTION. Roberts' Boer Prisoners Say Some For eign Power Will Interfere. PAARDEBEUG, Monday. All the Hour prisoners seem convinced that when th British get to Pretoria som. foreign power will Intervene. It becomes more evident daily that the sreat necessity in the successful conduct of the campaign of Lord Rob eias is a larger supply of horses. CONTINENTAL CRITICISM. Military Officers Condemn Roberts' Treatment of Cronje. NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. A special to the World from Washington says: Continental diplomats accept the de feat of General Cronje In grim silence, none will consent to be quoted for any expression except that the Issue is what might have been expected. One of the attaches, who has himself served as a soldier, however, said: "There is one aspect of the capitula tion of General Cronje which is hu miliating to every soldier. There is a brotherhood of chivalry which binds all professional soldiers. "General Cronje made a gallant de fense. At the cost of the utmost sac rifice and rain, he stopped the victor ious Ird Roberts and held his own ground until his hard-pressed country men could form for a final defense. "The fact that Lord Roberts and his lieutenant. Lord Kitchener, compelled Cronje to the bitter humiliation of pre senting himself at the tent of his con queror as a suppliant for the miserable boon .of noiKonditional surrider, is a requlttal of bravery not consistent with chivalrous conduct. Soldiers through out the world will be amazed. There was no posilde excuse. The fact that the British commanders might have apprehended treachery is flimsy. The British were strong enough to have ex ecuted the army were any violations of war committed. ''Cronjt? has been a brave foe. He made no discrimination between the wounded British and his own people. The litter humiliation put upon him Is a stain upon Christian knighthood. Il Is without parallel. "Contrast th conduct of Lord Rob erts and Lord Kitchener with that of the victorious Schley and Shafter. The utmost courtesy was shown to their overthrown foes. Phillip's 'don't cheer, men; they are dying,' will stand In contrast to the conduct of the generals who compelled a gallant foeman who had battled against tremendous odd to come as a humble suppliant even to the very doors of their tntg, to beg for hla brave soldiers that they might Ignomlnlously surrender. "This ruthless, overbearing conduct will have an effect upon civilization. "Soldiers will remember this treat ment and it Is possible that on another day It may be returned with Interest," USUAL COFFEEHOUSE LAMKNT. England's Stay-at-Home Experts Bee No Good in Cronje's Surrender. LONDON. Feb. M.-Tb war expert of the Morning Leader writes: Fo-jr thousand Doers and five 13 pound gun. "On one side, three and a half divis ion and an enormous Increasing force with a mass of heavy artillery. Yet the Boers have kept up their contest for more than a week after General Kelly Kenny caught them and after General French headed them off their line of retreat "Many of Cronje's men have got away and they have saved ail of their artillery. Whither they have gone does not yet appear. Those heavy guns which used to make Methuen grind his teeth In impotence have dis appeared. Where are they now? "Why, of couree, on the way to Bloomfontein. "The fact that one-third of the oris oners are Free staters does not induce confidence that General French will be able to spare many of his mounted troops for the relief of Hafeklng. "It would not be surprising if word had already gone ordering Command ant Snlman to concentrate back of Pretoria. For Colonels Baden-Powell and Plumer, when they Join forces, can threaten the rand and the capital from the rear. "I take It for granted that General French and; the greater part -of his cavalry are on their way to Bloom fontein. I cannot imagine anything so suicidal as that the Boni would mass at the capital of the Free State. "Ladysmith has not yet been relieved and the very latest news last night is far from meeting what we would wish. "Are the Boers presumably retiring, being reinforced? Are they actually to outflank us? , "The very brevity of the news com pels us to believe its truth and make ua very uneasy. "It is likely enough that, if the ene my has got away his big guns, he has also sent back to the next front the men who were engaged in removing the guns. "If General Joubert, too, can deliver what an American general might be pleased to call a 'mule's kick.' Joubert will not only get away easily but will give un some trouble before he clears the passes." The military expert on the Morning Post says: "The surrender of Cronje is the first complete victory the British have won in this campign. "We do not know the sixe of the force th has Iwen destroyed. "Lord Roberts announces he has 4000 .prisoners and has taken six guns. "After the battle of Magersfontein. Cronje's force was estimated at not less than 12,W men. "So, at least one-half of his force and iiu st of his g'ins including the larger ' ones disappeared before his retreat." THE COMBINE A GO. More Than Half the Largest Puget Sound Packers Will Be In terested. TACOMA. Feb. 2S. The proposed combine of the Puget sound canners will undoubtedly be perfected. Men interested in the business or familiar with the circumstances predict that ten or twelve of the twenty-one firms which will :e Interested in the Sound pack this season will be members of the new combine. According to the plan of the combine. George T. Meyers, of Seattle, will be president. SEWER PIPE TRUST. NEW YORK. Feb. 2.-The manu facturers of sewvr pipo from various parts of ihe cou.uiy who have been at the Fifth Avenue Hotel for more than a week, have formed a combina tion taking in the majority of the firms in the United States. The capitaliza tion of the new or .miration is liO.000,- 000. UTAH DEMOCRATS MEET. SALT LAKE, Utah. Feb. 23.-Th democratic state convention will meet tomorrow for the purpose of nominat ing a candidate for congress and to elect delegates to the national conven tion. The republican state convention will meet Friday. PUERTO RICO BILL PASSED Amended as Agreed 0a by the Repntlican Conference. FOUR DEMOCRATIC VOTES Cmnmiiirjs Keeps L'p His Notoriety by Joke on tbe Majority -Vote 172 it Pitor to 161 Agsiast WASHINGTON. Feb. M.-The battle royal over the Pu';rti Rlcan tariff bill ended In the house today In a sweep ing victory for the republicans. The bill was amended as agreed upon at the conf-renre of republican on Monday night so as to reduce the tar iff from 25 to 15 pr f-ent of the Ameri can tariff and limiting its life to two years, and was passed by a vote of 173 yeaa to 1SI neys. Six republicans, Messrs. Crumpacker, of Indiana;' Fletcher, of Minnesota; Heatwole. of Minnesota; Uttlefleld, of Maine; Lorimer. of Illnols, and McCalU of Massachusetts, voted with the op position against the bill, and four dem ocrats, Davey and Meyer, of Louisiana; Devries, of California, and Eibley, vt Pennsylvania, voted with thB republi cans for the bill. In addition Warner (rep.), of Illinois, paired against the bill with Boutelle (rep.), of Maine, for it.. Two other republicans, Dane, of Iowa, and Farris, of Indiana, ware ab sent and unpaired. They were under stood to be against the bill. Four democrats who were opposed to the bill. Messrs. Fleming, of Georgia; Small, of North Carolina; Smith, ol Kentucky, and Stalling, of Alabama, were absent and unpaired. , Herculean efforts had been made to get out a full rote and this led to some remarkable incidents. Six men were brought from beds of sickness. Two were brought frem hospitals. Brown low. of Tennessee, was brought In a carriage, accompanied by his wife and a physician. He sat bundled up near the entrance until Ms vote was given and then withdrew. It was felt that the "train would be fevere upon him, but when Tawney. the republican whip, urged that the bill might be lost by this one vote, Drownlow said: "I would rather lose my iife than to see this bill defeated." Tawney and three assistants were out In carriages until midnight last night, accounting for every vote and Underwood, the democratic whip, wa similarly exerting every means to get out his vote. Three democrat were brought from sick beds. The first test was on the substitute offered by McCall on behalf of the opposition. It was the original Payne bill for free trade w ith Puerto Rico and was defeated by ISO- to 17 . Only five republicans voted for the substitute. The motion to recommit it, which fol lowed, shared a similar fate, being lost by lfi to 172. There was great excite ment throughout the roll calls, which were followed with eager Interest by thousands of spectators. Cummlngs (dem.), of New York, threw the house Into a furor of excitement. He describ ed it to be i he duty of every man In a great crisis to rise above party and support the government as hi- hud lon dining the Spanish .Mir. "1 beli eve, now we should follow the lead of the president." said he, em phatically, "and I will vote for the bi'l." This statement electrified the house. The republicans without wait ing tor hlni to finish his sentence rose en masse and cheered, w hile the demo crats sat stunned and dazed. Cum mlngs stood with his arm upraise un til the republican applause ceased. "I will vote for this bill," he con tinued, addressing the republican side, "provided it is amended in accordance with the advice of the president for absolute five trade with Puerto Rico." It was now the turn of the democrat to cher, ami for s.-veral minutes thiy made the rafters ring. FOOD ADULTERATIONS.. Report of the Senate Committee Show It to Be More Extensively Prac- Uoed Than Apprehended. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The sen ate committee on manufacturers today submitted to the senate a report on the extensive Investigation of food adult -rations. The report says: "The adulteration of prepared or manufactured foods is Very extensively practiced and in many cases to the great discredit of our manufacturer.. It is only fair to say, however, that a larg-5 proportion of, the American manufacturers who uie engaged la adulterating food products do so In or der to meet competition. It is tlu; purpose uf this Coiiioiitle to adopt this uniform rule to prohibit the aale of Jcui'ious and unhealthy food products, and as to those food products which are simply cheapened by adulterants, to compel the ntarki:i of those goods for what they are."