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Rolls of Japanese Warp
MAFEKING TO
BE RELIEVED
British Force Despatched By Way
of Klmterly to Raise Siege.
RHODES IS MAKING TROUBLE
Clash Iktueco Win and Colonel KcVe-
with Appealed by the Latter to
Lord Roberts.
LONDON, March , & u. rn.-Mn.fck
ln It to b relieved an noon an the
British foro already on tin- way to
Klmbcrley can rale the nltgo. Thin
force In dcncilted vaguely a "Strong."
n'vh w of tho fact thut the Klmbcr
ly lUht horn In under the control of
the Jjebeern' Comtiatiy. Lord floterta'
vti.lt to Klmterley probably hud tome-
thing to do with th" arrangement with
'.II Rhode to .me thin company of
trmij n.
Rhode ami Colonel Kckewbh have
hud some differences of policy, It ap
pears, which 'll not enu un mo re
ll'f of Klmbcrley, 'What nhnll I do
with him?" Colonel Kekewleh In said
to have wired to Lord Roberts, who
hnlf-humorously replied, according to
tin; ntory clrculnl-.l at the clubs, "put
him In chains."
Fresh Intelligence an to what Lord
Itobertn In doing hat ceased uguln
Thin rllciue In taken to mean that
noiiiethltig him happened or In about to
happen.
Boer raiders are jneommonly active
In the northwentern section of Cape
Colony, where they are ntlrrlng up the
Dutch. Martlul law han connejuent
ly been declared
ROBERTS' STRONG POSITION.
tie ComTrtnda the Entire How Ap
prooch to tho River and Their
Situation In rrecarlous.
LONDON, March 6. A dispatch to
the Standard from Osfonteln, dated
Sunday, March 4, t-ayn:
"Lord Roberts' army now occupies
the most advantug?ous position. The
Sixth division under General Kelly
Kenny In posted on the right and hoKpi
all the kopjen for a distance of five
nillen nouth oi' Modder. The Seventh
division, tinder General Tucker, In In
the center, Immediately nouth of the
river, and General Colvllle, with the
Ninth division, In on the north bank
The cavalry brigade under General
French. In posted on the left front and
the mounted Infantry, under Colone
Rldeley-Martyn, on the right front.
'The country around conslstn of
wide g'russy plalnB, broken only by
ridges und Isolated kopjen.
"A body of the enemy han taken u
a position on one of tho later, a flu
topped hill to the north of tho river.
Ave nillen beyond General French, who
today took out the horse artillery and
shelled them. Another force of 4,000
ntrnnir holds an Isolated group of the
okpjes south of the Modder and In
front of the British mounted Infantry.
Their position In surrounded on all
sides by level plain over which the
Uoern must make their way in order
to reach tho river. s rt consequence
their sltuutlon appears precarious In
the extreme."
NO DEVELOPMENTS HEPORTED.
Uoers Have Not Yet Deen Prought to
a Stand, but Relief of Mafeklng
Is Dally Expected.
LONDON, March 5. There are now
practically throe Rrltlsh armks In the
field, one In the Free State, one In
Cape Colony and one In Natal. All
that Is known about the first and most
Important Is that It Is In close touch
with a body of Itoers, estimated to
number nbout 0,000 men. Speculations
a to Roberts' advance Into the Free
State Is quite worthless, so carefully
are tho plans concealed.
In Cupe Colony General Prabant
and General Clements command two
horns of tho army, while Gutacre
holda the main -Hoer force In check.
Gatacre and Clements will probably
combine- and advance on ltloerfonteln.
with Prabant guarding the right flank
with the mobile Colonials. This move
ment will be subsequent to securing
a line of communications along the
lines of the Free State railroads,
which, according to the latest dis
patches, seems almost accomplished.
With the exception of sorties, a ser
ious movement can hardly be expected
from th'.- Natal army thin week. When
It will bo ready to advance Its move-im-iitn
must Kieatly depend upon ho-,v
n.'l' li distance ti e retreating Uoern
put ImtWM-n themelven and Duller. Ai
an Incld'-nt "f 'ho Itrltlsh main objec
tive, which ;it h unt In clearly outline 1
an I'rr-toilu, the relief of M -if eking, by
tho force from the south, may t ex-
pectnd any day, Colonel I'lunimer'n
fore, tin the north smlng Incapable
of a compllnhlnn It.
Thu uncxpe. ted activity of the Cap-
Dutch and the reported likelihood of
fighting between them and the I!asu
tos, aided by other trlb-n who have a
grudg't against the Uoern, Is regarded
un rather ominous, The only other
untoward phas of the military nltu
ation that th.; crltlcn can discern In In
the forced temporary Inactivity of th?
Natal arm, an Instance of which In
contuin-d In the dispatches annotinc
Ing thut a flying column which at
tempted to Intercept tho Hoer retreat
only succeeded In driving the wmy
further north.
itt'Moiw of h-;.ck rnorosALs.
Hut Kruger Exhorts Illn Followers to
Stand in the Name of the Lord.
LONDON, Marc h 5. A sk i,1 to the
Tlme from Lourenco Maniues, dated
March 4, nnyn iwrslstent reports con
tinue that the Transvuu.1 republic has
op.neJ negotiations looking to the se
curing of peace. On the other hand It
In asserted the liners will make a
stand at Glcnco and Lulng's Nek, and
that in the meantime entrenchments
at Pretoria are being extended In an
ticipation of a alcge. The conference
between the lloer presidents, It Is ad
led, and the general commanding the
Ooern In Northern Natal, was hur
riedly nrranged on account of the
news of Cronje'n surrender.
I'ntll Thursday night, official con
firmation of the surrender was with
held from the public. Kruger sent
out a religious appeal with orders that
It should bp read by all officers to the
burghers, urging them to stand fast
and strive In the name of the Lord, for,
unless they had faith In him, cow
ardlce would set In, and their posl
tlon would be hopeless the moment
they turned their backs on the ene
my. Their past victories, he declared
showed that the Lord was on their
side. The president beseeched the
burghers not, tg bring disgrace on their
progeny.
Continuing, the special says, a high
authority In Itloemfonteln, declares
that In the even of a repulse of the
Free State forces, the latter will re
tire toward the Transvaal, and, unite.
with their brethren there, maintain
the struggle to the last.
The Hoer casualties at Colenso dur
Ing the week ending February 25, are
reported to be 51 killed and
wounded.
130
ENGLAND RAISING FUNDS.
Budget of .C H3,0H).000 Passed and Cer
tain Taxes Will He Raised.
LONDON, March 5. The ltudget to
carry 1H3.0O0.0O0 was passed by the
house of commons tonight.
The chancellor of the exchequer,
Sir Michael Hicks Peuch, asked the
tax-payers to subscribe to the cost of
the war by an Increase of the Income
tux to one shilling In the pound, as
producing additional 6,300.000.
Sir Michael 1 licks Heach also said
that In order to meet the war expendi
ture of G0,0'X000. he would propose
that Mamp duties on the stock ex
change contract notes be extended to
sales on the produce exchange; that
the beer duties would be Increased a
shilling on a barrel of 36 gallons; that
there would be an Increase In duty on
spirits of six pence per round and
tea two pence per pound.
He anticipated thut the above
chuiues would Increase the revenue
12.317,00 and he proposed to save
4.610.')0 by suspending the sinking
fund in relation to certain annuities.
He proposed to borrow the rest of
the necessary fund.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED.
CAPE TOWN, March 5. Sir Alfred
M liner has Issued the folowlng procla
mation: "Whereas, the enemy's forces have
Invaded the districts of Prleska, Ken
bardt. Britstown and Barkeley West,
and,
"Whereas, many British subjects
have taken up arms, and
"Whereas, it Is necesury to repel the
Invasion, and supress tho rebellion,
now, therefore, martial law Is hereby
proclaimed In there districts."
BRITISH GOING NORTHWARD.
CAPE TOWN, Mar. 5.-A strong
force of British, Including the Klmber
ley light horse, Is marching northward
from Kimberley. It Is expected the
crossing of the Vaal river will bo dis
puted at Fourteen Stream, where the
railway bridge has been wrecked.
STRONG FLEET MOBILIZING.
LONDON, March 5. The mobiliza
tion of a powerful fleet began this
evening at Torbay. Fl.'teen battleships
have arrived.
DEBATING THE
CASE OF QUAY
Carter Favors His Seating on
Constitutional Grounds.
OTHER CASES DISTINGUISHED
The Vote Ui the Corbett Case No
liar, But the Reverse of the Cause
('reseated by Quay.
WASHINGTON. March 5.-The pen
slon appropriation bill whic h appropri
ates 14S.24.',230 van passed by the sen
at today and then Carter frep.), of
Montana, addressed the senate In fav
or of seating Quay an senator from
Pennsylvania. He argued that the
constitution contemplated that seats
In the senate always should be kept
full.
Referring to the precedents of the
Mantle. Allen and Berwlth cases, he
dedared that the silver question had
really decided those cases, but added
that notwithstanding the administra
tion opposed seating Mantle because
of silver, that gentleman would have
been seated If pairs had been properly
arranged on that vote, and that Allen
A II -ii and Beckwlth also would have
been seated, as their cases were depen
dent upon the decision of the Mantle
case.
"Thus." he said. "In 1S3T the technical
ity made the recorded verdict of the
senate the reverse of its real Judge
ment." As to the Corbett case. Carter said:
"My vote was recorded against Cor
bett atu It will be registered In that
way again on the same state of facts.
The Oregon legislature was prevented
from organizing untU after the time
limit of carrying into effect the will
of the people had expired and It was
believed by many that Corbett was the
Inspiring genius of that revolutionary
conduct.
"A large number of senators voted
against Corbett because his appoint
ment was regarded as the culmina
tion of a conspiracy against the gov
ernment of his state.
"Senators were resolved that Cor
bett should not be the beneficiary of
thit wrong. Quay's case was the ex
treme opposite of this."
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
Bailey's Prejudice Resulu In Defeating
the Douglass Memorial Bill.
WASHINGTON, Mar. .-Consldeia
ble miscellaneous business, much of t
minor character, was transacted in
the house today.
During the consideration of the bill
to Incorporate the Frederick Douslass
memorial and historical association
the speaker and Mr. Bailey (demoeiat
of Texas) exchanged sharp words and
the latter filibustered and ultimately
prevented the final passage of the bill,
by demanding the reading of the en
grossed bill.
The bill proposes to collect at the
residence of the late Frederick Doug
lass in this city a record of the anti-
slavery movement.
THE PRINT-PAPER TRUST.
Resolution in Congress for Its Investl
gatlon and Repealing the Duties
Protecting It.
WASHINGTON, March 5. Repre
sentative DeVrles, of California, to
day introduced a Joint resolution for
the repeal of the duties on white or
printing paper and the material from
whLh It Is made, and directing the
attorney-general to proceed under the
anti-trust law against those maintain
ing the monopoly In such paper and
material.
HOAR'S WISH GRATIFIED.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The pres
ident sent to the senate today the cor
respondence called for by the resolu
tion of Senator Hoar, asking for Infor
mation relative to our course In the
Philippines. It contains much that
has already been made public.
PUERTO RICAN AMENDMENT.
WASHINGTON, March 3. Senator
Davis, of Minnesota, today offered an
amendment to the Puerto Rican bill.
Its effect is to have the tariff of the
United States applied to Puerto Rico
unoi foreign Imports, but allow abso
lute free trade between the United
State., and Puerto Iflco.
SHIPPING GCN;S TO LONDON.
An Investigation of Taylor's Purposes
to Be Made by the Democratic
L'-glsiature.
FRANKFORT, Ky., March 5. -The
shipment of guns and ammunition to
London continued today. Senator Trip
plett offered a resolution to Investi
gate the published report concerning
the shipments of state arms to Lon
don by Governor Taylor, and demand
the return of . the same to the state
arsenal. If the return Is refused, a
committee shall bring In a bill making
an appropriation of M'Ji.Vif) to buy new
guns and also authorizing General
Cnstleman to issue a call for a suSl
dent number of volunteers to take the
guns from those no In possession of
them and return them to the arse
nal.
TO BE INVESTIGATED.
Charges Relating to the Loss of the
Charleston Referred to Admiral
Watson.
NEW YORK, March 3. A special to
the Herald from Washington nays:
Beside directing Rear-Admini! Wat
son to make a thorough Investiga
tion of the charges of intoxication pie
ferre-1 against ths officer of the
wrecked cruiser Charleston, Secretary
Long has wrlttea to the person rrsk
Ing them requesting that he spetlfl
ally name the otfleers guilty of the
alleged offense.
The secretary Is Inclined to beli:ve
the charges are without foundation,
esjieclally ns they were sent to the
department from Bulgaria. Instead of
being preferred by a consul, as re
ported, they were s-nt by a clergy
man. The secretary said that they
were very general In character and
failed to give the name of any of the
oHccr8.
Rear-Admiral Watson has been fur
n ik hod with a copy of the communica
tion from the clergyman and will
make a strict inquiry.
It Is supposed by the department of
fk-lals that the clergyman must have
sot his Information from an enlisted
man who had a grievance against
the Charleston's officers.
FATAL TRAIN ACCIDENT.
Sumter of Trainmen and Stockmen
Killed Sear ?hicago.
CHICAGO. March 5. Twenty stock
men and railroad employes were In
Jured In a freight collision today be
tween two Illinois Central freight
trains near Broadview, a lew miles
out of Chkaiy. The injuured are:
Joseph Hubbs, Mark'tis, la., -nay
die; Frank I. MeCall. orakeman. Free
port. III, may die; E. E. Arwell. Man
Chester; J. B. Counsell, Dyersvllle, la
Edward Yeager, Prlngahara, la,; Chas
Peters, Mattox; H. B. Emerson. Man
Chester, la.: J. J. Collins, conductor
J. A. Clark. Elmburst, Ills.; J.
Dunne, Marcus, la.; W. R. Spear,
brakeman, Dubuque, la.: Joseph Ber
nard. Anton. la.: S. M. Wixlel; H. O
Booth, Sioux Falls. South Dakota: Pe
ter J. Radio, Mattox, la.: G. B. Slater,
Sioux Fails. South Dakota: J. W. Bry
ant, Cleghorn. Ia.; W. E. Brazell, Ot
tawa, Iu.; Thos. McMahon, Quincy
la.; i3. A. Wilkinson, Quincy, la.;
THE CRAVEN CASE.
A Strong Witness Put Upon the Stan
by Plaintiffs Yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5. In :he
suit of Mrs. Nettle P. Craven against
the heirs of the late Senator Fair to
day Mrs. Margaret S. Cosac,. a nurse
by profession, proved to be one of th
strongest witnesses yet put forwurd
by the Craven attorneys.
Mrs. Cosac testified that In lsi2 i-he
nursed Mrs. Craven through a sickness
and that Mrs. Craven showed her
marriage contract.
ASTORIA MAN SUICIDES.
Louis Simpson Found Dead In a Shack
at Sew Westminster.
NEW WEST MINSTER, B. C, Mar.
5. Louis Simpson, aged 60, who was
found in a shac'-t at Star cannery with
his throat cut yesterday Is said to
leave a widow and family at Astoria,
Oregon.
The coroners' Jury returned a verdict
of suicide.
WASHINGTON FRUIT SAFE.
TACOMA March 5. Reports of the
county fruit Inspectors throughout the
state made to Commissioner Baker,
disclose an exceedingly favorable pros
pect for a full srop of fruit.
SENATOR WOLCOTT DIVORCED.
DENVER, March 5. Mrs. Francis
Wolcott was today granted an abso
lute divorce from Senator Edward O.
Wolcott, on the ground of desertion.
EXPEDITION TO
SOUTHERN LUZON
General Bates Has Occupied All
the Principal Towns. 3
WAS RESISTED AT ONE POINT
Lieutenant Gallagher of the fortieth
Regiment aad Several of
His Mco Killed.
MANILA. Mar. 5. General Bates'
expedition to Southern Luzon, consist
ing A the Fortieth and Forty-fifth
rc&tments, a total of 2,300 men, has
occupied Nueva Caceres, a province of
South Camarines; Daet, a province of
North Cararines, and the neighboring
smaller towns.
The' enemy resisted at ' one point
and two Americana were killed, In
cluding Lieutenant John B. Gallagher
of the Fortieth regiment.
February 20 the expedition landed at
San Miguel bay, and In three columns
pushed inland, converging upon Nueva
Caceres and attempting to control the
enemy' routes of retreat. At Llbman
an, north of Nueva Carceres, the ene
my was concealed in a rice field and
resisted a battalion of the Fortieth
regiment, which engaged them at
close quarters with bayonets.
Aftei- forty minutes' fighting the
enemy fled and Libmanan was occu
pied. The Americans burled 64 of the
enemy, whose total loss In killed and
wounded is estimated at 140.
TRANSPORT WARREN ARRIVES.
General Wheeler Abroad. After Ten
Days' Stop at Guam.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 5.-The
United- States transport Warren ar
rived here today, forty-one days from
Manila, via Hong Kong. Guam and
Honolulu. On board the warren are
General Wheeler and his daughter. .
The Warren made a stop of ten days
at Guam to permit General Wheeler
to make an Investigation of the gov
ernment established there by Lieuten
ant Leary.
When the Warren left Honolulu the
authorities were of the opinion that
the plague had about died out, though
ev?ry precaution was being taken to
confine any fresh outbreaks.
SIBERIAN EXPORTS CONTINUE.
Norwegian Steamer to Take on a
Large Cargo at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Ma'r. 5. The Nor
wegian steamer Leander, which Just
reached here with a cargo of coal from
Japan will load with railroad matter
for the Siberian railway. Her cargo
will be about equally divided between
Port Arthur and Vladlvostosk.
She. carries to the latter port two
liht draught stern wheel steamers to
convey the supplier on the upper
Ainoor river to railway construction.
The steamers are about completer! In
tii'. shipyards of fie Fulton Iron
vi'oi ks.
Thev will be stowed In sections la
th" hold of the steamer and recon
structed on the banks of ihe A moor.
MINER'S TRAIN WRECKED.
BRAZIL. Ind.. March 5. A miner
train, carrying 4'W workmen employe,!
at the mines north of here to their
homes In this city, was run Into by a
local freight truln on the Chicago and
Indianapolis this evening and the ca
boose and two rear cars were shatter
ed. Melvln Easter and Charles Cropey
were Instantly killed and more than. 40
persons were seriously injured. Sev
eral of them will die.
YAKIMA INVESTMENT COMPANY.
NORTH YAKIMA, March 5. All the
property of the Yakima Investment
Company, including the famous Sun
nyslde irrigating canal and 23,000 acres
of land, was sold this afternoon at
publio auction. There was but one bid.
that of J. Dalzell Brown, for the
Washington Irrigation Company.
The property brought the upset
price of Ui.W0 fixed by the court.
DECREASED SUGAR DIVIDENDS.
NEW YORK, March 3.-Tlie Ameri
can Sugar Retlnlng Company today
declared a quarterly dividend of Vj r r
cent on the common stock. T'!iy's
reduction in h dividend rt i
result of the war between the Ameri
can company and the new refineri.-s
built and operated by Arbuckle Br-.,
and Doscher & Bona.