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THE WAR IS
NEARLY ENDED
British Believe tbe Pocr Power
Is Collapsing.
NO MORE TROOPS TO BE SENT
Kcport That Kruyer Has Appealed to
Lord Salisbury for Peace
Without Saccess.
LONDON, March 10, 4 15 a. m.-8lr
Michael Hi k-ltenrh, chaiirellor of the
cxccqur, wh-n explaining lo the hank
er tin terms ii the new loan, gave
them I ho Intimation (Mat the govern
merit considered the end of the war to
be near,
"Since the llmatea were prepared,"
he suld, "events have tnken place thut
have changed the situation nnd proba
My n it nil the money will be required.'
Whatever the government miiy know
or intend, unoinoui opinion irrmi
i-verywhete to think that the Doer
power 1 c olliipnlng.
The eighth llvlslon liua been under
orders to embark for wveral week, hut
then,. orders, a far a th artlll-ry
(ontlnir-ni In concerned, have been to
colled, IotiJ Roberts huvlng reported
that no more artillery from home 1
nm ensnry. This la the hrst pause In
the reinforcement since the war be
(tun. Sir Redvr Duller, aeond In com
mand In the Held, and Jord Wolseley
are understood also to consider that no
more artUlcry In needed.
l.ord Roberts hait, altogether. 452
gun, iniludlnr. selge piece. It la
quite clear that General Huller will not
try anything large In the future, as he
la to lone Sir Charles Warren and the
latter'! 10.000 men. who have been or
dered to join I-ord Itoberta.
It la aald that Lord Roberta, knowing
the necessity of garrisoning lila depots,
will be ablt lo operate constantly with
the Increasing fore until, by the time
the Tranavaal frontier la reached, he
will have 70,(i00 troops. m telegrams
dealing with non-essential are taken
to mean thut he la up to mlachlef. aa
appnrrnt Inactivity UKunlly spells
uncommon activity.
MaVklng attracta much aentlment
and sympathy. Nothing haa been
heard from there since February 19.
There la a rumor that Colonel Baden
row ell him been relieved, but this can
not be traced to any ubatnntlal bun Ik
The war office haa Issued the fol
lowing dispatch from Ixird Roberta:
'l. h'menta haa occupied Norvala
Point and the adjacent drift. Aa soon
aa the engineer, pontoon and troops
arrive they will crows the river when
necessary repairs to the railway bridge
will be commenced.
unmcre occupied iturgnersunrp on
March 7, and was greeted with great
enthusiasm. His scouta report that
large - number of he rebels In their
neighborhood aro ready to surrender.
KNGLAND'S TBRMS.
LONDON, March lO.-The Standard
which I in closer touch with the pol
Icy of the government than any othe
ministerial organ, says:
"We have reason to believe that an
authoritative 8tatnii-nt will be made
by the government reatllrmiitK the lm
poniiniiiiy or conceding any terms o
pence to the Boer republics which
would Involve the perpetuation of th
republics and the military Indepen
dence that led lo the present costly nnd
saiiKUinnry conflict.
LONDON, March l.-Late this after
noon, it is learned that the peace rum
ors were founded on the fact that Kru
ger has appealed to Lord Salisbury
for a cessation of hostilities, offering
at length by cable the terms which he
Is .willing to accept. These, however,
are not taken gerlouuly, as they In
elude practically nothing more thun
what the Trnnsvaal government offered
prior to the Issuing of the British ul
timatum.
Oflliial circles here regard the propo.
itlon as merely a ruse of the Boers to
gain time, and do not consider I hat
Kruner Is yet ready to consider the
sweeping demands which Great Britain
will make as reimbursement for the
loss of life and great expenditures. It
was understood that KruRor's ad
vances hnd met with emphatic rejection
at the hands of Salisbury, who is be
lieved to have said that no attempt to
retain the Independence of the Trans
vaal can be considered for a moment
by the British government.
The war office has received the fol
lowing from General Roberts;
"Popular Grove, Friday morning
President Kruger and President Steyne
wers both present at the fiRht of March
7, nnd did all In their power t rally
their troops. The rout, however, was
complete, the men declaring that they
could not stand against the British ar
tillery, and such a formidable force of
cavalry."
From various quarters come signs of
the possibility of peace In South Africa
being shortly wl'hln the bounda of
pntcllral tiolltic. All the dlspatche
from Roberta' head'iuartcrs, Including
those of th! commander-in-chief him
Mclf, Indicate a lack of a guiding spirit
among th? Ho'ra, and Individual de
moralliiain pr tending dlalntegratlon
unlmit si.' dll- stemmed. The fliKht of
the burgher from popular (Jrovn, ac
cording to all accounts, was wholly In
glorious, and a Times' dispatch from
I'npular drove under yesterday's date
goes so far as to assert that the rout
of the Doer was complete. Die sub
mission of the Free State I being de.
manded by the burghers from their un
willing president, and It Is exp ou-d Its
submission will be made within a
week.
Dispatches from the Roer camp at
Olencoe, vln Loun-nco Marques, depict
President Kruger aa donning a gon
dolier, selling a rid.- and Inviting vol
unteers to accompany him, a he
wish to get a shot at the enemy him
self. President Kruger Is also quoted
as having declared In his addrera t
the troop that he did not know wheth
er arbitration or intervention would
end the struggle, but that It would end
quietly within the next month, he
strongly believed.
Meanwhile, the Rrttlsh are not stay
ing their advances. Roberts has mov
ed ten miles near Itloemfonteln, evi
dently with the view of seizing and
utilizing the railroad, possibly to
reach the Fre stale capital In three
or four days, General White to take
control.
I"he Itrltish occupied Jamestown un
opposed Thursday, and the Doer are
reported to be retreating beyond Ali
wal North, so that Cape Colony Is
practically clear of armed Boers.
Reinforcements from Natal are goln
to Lord Robert. General Warren
division and some artillery have al
ready been ordered to Join the com
mander-in-chlef, so that the latter Is
preparing for all eventualities, Includ
possible desperate opposition to his
crossing the Vaal river and the neces
sity of the sdge of Pretoria, where
thousands of natives are reported to
be employed In the construction of de
feuslve works, concerning which
much secrecy Is maintained that no one
I allowed to walk or drive on the out'
skirt of the town.
John Redmond' speech in the house
of commons yesterday doe not meet
with unqualified approval In Ireland,
whence the Irish-Transvaal committee
telegraphed to Mr, Redmond:
"We challenge you to come to Dublin
and repeat In public the statement you
made In the house of commons In the
name of the Irish people."
BOERS DISORGANIZED.
PCI I LAU GROVS. Friday General
French, who Is ten mile ahead, re
ports that his front Is clear of Boers.
All other reports -.end to confirm
state of disorganisation of the Boer
forces of the Transvaal as well aa of
the Free State. The general Impression
Is that further progress of the British
to Bloemfontein will not be opposed,
LONUON, March 10.-AII special dis
patches frcm Popular Giove confirm
the report a to the panic of the Boers.
The Mornlnx Post's correspondent
says:
'Prelde:it KruKer she 1 tear tit his
Ineffectual attempts to rally the Eoers,
who Aviv completely ;iara!yx"d by
Roberts' masterly tactics."
ROTALI.Y RECEIVED.
Heroes From
Ladysmith
Durban.
Arrive at
Dl'RBAN, March S.-The naval brig
nde from Ladysmith arrived today In
command of Captain Lambeton. They
number about 'M and were entbuslns
tically received. The railway station
was lined with men from Her Malesty's
ship Terrible, nnd the meeting of com
rades caused many touching scenes,
hen the gunners who played such
an Important part in the defense of
Ladysmith marched down the streets
headed by the band and flags of the
Terrible and carrying the tattered I'n
Ion Jack from Her Majesty's ship Pow
erful, which hnd flown throughout the
8lge of Ladysmith, the cherlng was
enormous. The crowd whh h assembled
was tremendous.
Lunch was prepared and served in
shed adjacent to the railway station
and the men ate heartily.. The major
ItV of them looked well but showed
signs of the rough work and fatigue
they have undergone.
Their uniforms bore many tokens of
the wear and tear they had been sub
Joct to.
After lunch, headed by Captain Per
cy Scott, the naval -commandant at
Durban, the men marched to the :lace
of embarkation' for Simonstown.
BIG FINANCIAL DEAL.
RIO DE JANERIO, Feb. 13.-T!ie
Bank of the Republic has agreed to pay
o tho govcmnicnt$r0,OOO.OOOcnh. In re-
ease of all obligations to the govern
ment, amounting to $lSU.00O,00( payable
at different times and extending for
ward for a period of 18 years. By this
move the government is relcnsd from
all responsibility and obtains an Imme
diate relief of the above amount.
Thomas Dawson, secretary of the
'nlted States legation has just left on
the Italian steamer Washington on a
four months' leave of absence via Europe.
BOERS READY
TO GIVE UP
Are Anxious to Make an Agree
able Arrangement.
BUT INSIST ON CONCESSIONS
If Caglaod Persists la War of Con
quest Tbey Kill Contiaae to
Fight to the Bitter Ead.
LONDON. March 10.-The Dally Mall
publishes the following dispatch from
Pret'.rla:
"Conversations I have had with the
hlKhcst state officials show that the
Boer want some arrangement. They
say that If England I waging a war
of conquest they will fight to tbe fin
ish. Otherwise they Delleve that a
plain statement of the Boer Intentions
w;il reveal a basis of negotiations, now
that England's prestige Is repaired.
President Kruger and President
Steyne conferred Monday at Bloemfon
teln on the Incorporation of the above
representations In sabl.-gram to Lord
Salisbury. Preservation of the Inde
pendence of the two republics I aine
qua non.''
TO RUIN iF NOT RULE.
LONDON, March 10. The correspon
dent of the Daily Mail at Lourenco
Marques, telegraphing on Thursday,
say:
"I am reliably Informed that high of
ficials openly avow that the British
tiig shall never fly at Johannesburg.
The place will be raxed to the ground
and mines put In readiness to be elec
trically exploded from the fort as oc
casion require."
MAT MAKE A STAND.
Probable Course of General De Larey
at Abraham' Kraal.
NEW YORK, March 9. A Jlspatch
to the Tribune from London says:
General De Larey may make a stand
at Abraham' Kraal, but the concen
t rat ion of the Dutch force among the
hills north of Brandfort la more proba
ble. The British occupation of tbe
Free State capital Is not likely to be
seriously contested.
The transport arrangements for the
supply of General Roberts' army dur
ing the long march from the railway
have been excellent and the principal
cause of the delay Is the condition of
the horses. General Kitchener's work
a an organiser is apparent in the mo
bility which the British army has sud
denly acquired. Officers In their let
ters to friends in England have ex
plained this mystery. General Kltch
ener, during his first month In South
Africa, went up and down the lines.
inspecting every detail of the system
of aupplies, visiting Methuen's, Gata-
cre's and Frenth' headtruarters, mak
ing changes at De Aar, Belmont an
other points and transforming the ea
tire transport service. Every square
peg in a hole came out and tfflcient
men were put In the place of dwadlers
and blunderers. The energy of this re
markable man was shown In every
ranch of the service-
He had not been In Cape Town 48
hours before all officers Idlylng about
the clubs and hotels under the pretense
of sick leave were sent on their way
to rejoin their comrades. General
Kitchener went everywhere r.nd Baw
everything and when General Roberts
was ready to start for ihe front vic
tory was already organised.
BUSINESS NOT SO GOOD.
But Dun Says There is No Reason for
Feeling Disheartened.
NEW YORK, March 9.-R. G. Dun &
Company's weekly review of trade to
morrow will say:
The certain hesitation in business and
shrinkage In its volume is not natural
nor unnatural at this season. It Is not
necessarily disheartening, therefore.
If business Is no longer as large In vol
ume as ever, but falls behind that of
February or January, or of the cor
responding last year. The strike in
the building trades and of machinists
and others at Chicago affect many in
dustiics and the wages of fifty thou
sand men.
The failures f.r the week have been
2u In the United States, asalnst 182
lust year, and 33 In Canada, against 37
Inst year.
WANTED TO BE HANGED.
Murderer Carl Preferred the Rope
to
Long Imprisonment.
CHICAGO, March 9. Archibald Carl.
sked Judge Bretano yesterday to
grant him a new trial, so that he might
plead sullty to murder and be sentenc
ed to be hanged Instead of going to
the rnltent!ary for '.'5 years, as sen
tenced by the Jury for the killing of
Hector McKensle. A motion for a new
trial had been overruled and the Judge
asked the prisoner if he had anything
to say before sentence was Imposed:
''Y5, ' replied Carl. "Grant me a
new trial so I may pl-ad guilty to mur
der and be hanged. I much rather
would die on the gallows than go to
prison for 25 vtar. If your honor will
grant me a new trial, I promise to
plead guilty to murder so that I may
get the rope."
When he had finished Jud Ifretano
briefly reviewed the. circumstances of
the killing of Hector 1I( Kcnzie, saying
Carl had wilked up to McKenzl9 from
tx-hlnd and assassinated him without
a word of warning.
"Years ago I gave you a nance to
reform and live a better life,' said the
judge. "You failed to avail yourself
of the opportunity. The sentence of
the court Is that you be taken to the
penitentiary, there to be confined for
the term of 23 years, at hard labor, In
accordance with the verdict of the
Jury."
SEVERAL MINOR ENGAGEMENTS.
American Force Lose Seven Men
Killed and Ten Wounded In the
Camarlne Expedition.
MANILA. March .-General Bates
has returned here after leaving the
garrison in the provinces of North and
South Camarlnes. The expedition lost
seven men killed and ten wounded. On
entering New Caceren, a province of
South Camarlne. General Bates learn
ed that two thousand Insurgents had
departed the same day. The American
general immediately sent out three
pursuing columns, encountering the
enemy In three small engagementj and
killing forty.
Spanish prisoners report that the ene
my ha divided Into small bands In the
mountain under the leadership of
General LegaspL
Twelve hundred well-armed Insur
gents, formerly of Cavite province,
with a Chinese colonel In command,
surround the town of Albay and Leg
aspL They have affected three night
attacks and continually harass the
Forty-seventh regiment which has lost
eight men killed and twenty wounded.
BETTER HARBOR DEFENSES.
General Shafter Declare They Should
Be Made at Once.
SAN FRANCISCO. March J. Major
General Shafter haa returned to thla
city from hi ranch near Bak?rs field,
where he has been recruiting .ince his
return from Washington, where he
went to accompany General Law-ton's
remains. He haa now wholly recovered
from the severe attack of pleurisy
whk-h prostrated him In the East.
He say that he hopes soon to see
considerable accessions to the garris
ons on Utis coast, and especially to
thos In and about San Francisco. He
also favors the strengthening of Pa
cific coast harbor defenses without de
ay. KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
The Fuse Factory at Pompion.N.
Goes Up.
J,
POMPTON. N. J.. March 9. The
Smith fuse manufactory blew up today
and lour persons were kfite-i and a
number injured.
The killed are: John Rhoda. William
Gadmus, William H. TalniHite and John
Mei'".t.
PORTION OF CREW DETAINED.
ORT TOWNSEND. March 9. The
steamer Nanyo Maru, held here on ac
count of the plague cases aboard of
her, will leave tomorrow for Seattle.
Nine of her crew will be detained, us
they are still suffering from the effects
of beri-berl.
The Nanyo Maru is a tramp s-t amer
chartered by the Centennial Mill Com
pany of Seattle to take Hour to Japan.
GILMORK RETURNS HOME.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 9.-Lieu
tenant Gilmore, of the United States
navy, who was held prisoner by the
Filipinos for several months, arrived
from Manila today on the hospital ship
SolacA
SIR CHARLES HALL DEAD.
LONDON. March 9. -Sir Charles Hall,
In his 59th year, die! this morning.
ADVANCE AGREED UPON.
YOUNGSTOWN. O.. March 9. At
the bi-monthly vae conference here
yesterday between representatives of
the Amalgamated Association and the
Iron manufacturers an advance of zo
per cent a ton in the rate for puddling
was agreed upon. The rate will now
be six dollars : ton, the highest paid
since 1S80.
About 20,00fl men are affected by ihe
advance.
MARBLEHEAD'S ORDERS.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 9.-The
cruiser Marblehead will not go to Cor
Into as was reported. Her orders have
been changed and she will proceed to
San Francisco.
BURTON RENOMINATED.
CLEVELAND. March 9. Congress
man T. O. Burton was last night re
nominated by the republicans of the
Twenty-first Ohio district.
A SEHSATI0H
IN KENTUCKY
State Officials Connected Wits
Assassination of GocteL
SEVERAL ARRESTS TO OCCUR
Secretary of State Powers and His
Official Associates Charged With
Complicity- lo tie Crime.
FRANKFORT. Ky., March 9.-W. H.
Coulton, clerk In the office of Stat
Auditor Sweeney, was arrested tonight
charged with complicity In the murder
of the late Governor William GoebeL
More arrests are likely to follow to
night. Warrants have also been Issued for
the arrest of Secretary of State' Caleb
Powers and Captain John W. Davis,
policeman of the state capltol square,
but they have not been served. Tha
warrants also charge tiiem with being
accessory to the Goebel assassination,
and warrants against ex-Secretary of
State Charles Finley and John T. Poa--er.
brother of Secretary of State Power-,
have ben sworn out and hav
been sent to Whitley county for ser
vice. Several witnesses who testified at
lb trial of Harlan Whittaker Tuesday
swore that the shots at the time of
Goebels assassination were fired from,
the direction of rowers' offce and h
and all the parties for whom warrants
were Issued tonight have been under,
the strictest surveillance ever since the .
assassination.
. WILL EQUIP STATE MILITIA.
FRANKFORT." Ky.'; March .-Th)
senate today reconsidered Senator Trip
let's, resolution appropriating 1190,000
for the purpose of equipping the state
militia and recovering the arms and
equipment removed to London.
Senator Triplett said that during last
ni;?ht the remaining arms and other
military property in the arsenal here
were shipped to lndon. Senatoiv Pur
year and Jones, who voted against the
resolution, voted for it today and it
passed by a vote of 19 to 1. .
AGAINST THE TREATY.
Enemies In the Senate Succeed in Har
ing Action Deferred. f
NEW YORK. March S.-A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Senator , Aldrich and the New Eng
land senators, who are acting with
him in opposing ratification of the
French treaty, are asserting that they
have practically secured a stuy of pro
ceeding which will prevent action tm.
the treaty before March 21. the date
upon which the treaty must either be
approved or rejected.
As the subject Is still pending In se
cret session, senators are prohibited
from discussing it for publication, but
enough is known of the situation to
justify the prediction that the treaty
will not fce ratified within the pre
scribed limits and negotiations hare
been opened with the French govern
ment with a view to securing an exten
sii n of time In which to obtain a rati
fication. The opposition to the treaty
nas Deen alile to convince several sena
tors that its provisions are defective la
certain respects and certain modifica
tions are suggested which may make
It more acceptable.
It Is understood the conditions in the
senate have been explained to the pres
ident and the secretary of state and.
notwithstanding the urgent request u(
the president that the treaty In lbs
present shape would be ratified, too
opposition is stubborn enough to con
vince him that the desired results can
not now be obtained.
The strongest kind of pressure haa
be-?n brought to bear upon the opposi
tion without avail and the senate i
again In the position where a snu.lt
minority is able to defeat the will of a
substantial majority.
Davis reported on the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty with amendments In exe
cutive session today and on his motioit
the amendment and report was made
public.
Morgan was the only member of the
committee who cast his vote aualnst
the amendment; Bucon and Daniel, th
only other democrats present, voting
with the republicans. They also voted
with the republicans to have the treaty
reported as amended.
Morgan talked at length during the
sittlnir of the committee In opposition
o the amendment. He contended for
the utmost liberality toward other
powers m ue of th prporjl czr...Z
and held that American Interests were
nil y safeguarded bx. the treaty as it
stands.
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