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KRUGER ASKS
OUR MEDIATION
Seeks Through the United States
to Have (Conditions of Peace.
M'KINLEY'S DISCREET ACTION
Has Undertaken Communication VVItb
Great Hrltaln on tbe Understand
ing It Is Not His Initiative.
PARIS, March 13, 6:44 a. m.-Gau-loU
publishes the following from Lon
don: '
"According to good authority, Pres-Idi-nt
Kru r and President flteyn have
imt made a formal proportion of pea e,
but have asked tho British govern
ment, through the United States, the
condition It would accept for the open
ing of neKotlatloti on th basis of th"
Independence of the republics.
President Kni'-r U alleg.-d to have
aid that hn would a 1 1 mediation, but
the United States government, tn
tram-mltilng tho communication, took
care to d'diire that It ul.l not uwume
the reiiponxlblllly for the Initiative In
moJImlon."
The London correspondent of Matin
ays
' I h orn that Unite.) States Ambaa
ador Choate received last evening a
long md Important cable from the Uni
ted States, relative to South Africa,
which he will communicate today to
Lord Salisbury."
rAUNCFFOTE AND HAY.
Important Conference Relative to Kru
er'a Peace Propona!.
WASHINGTON. March 12 Lord
Pauncefote rallel at the mate depart
ment late In the afternoon and spent
half an hour with Secretary Hay. If
he wai made acquainted lth the tenor
of any communlratlona relative to
peace that n.ay have come from Pre
terit he gave no algn of the fact.
The official of the atate department
aNo maintained a reserve respecting
this auliJ'Ht that waa Impenetrable, and
all that could b; obtained from thorn
waa tho Injunction to await the devel
opments of the next 24 houra.
It la surmised from that that the de
partment la restrained from discussing
the aubject by regard for diplomatic
proprieties.
GERMANY'S CURT ltrPLY.
She Refused Kruger'a Request for Her
Mediation by Saying It Waa
None of Her Affair.
DURBAN, Match 12.-The Transvaal
having appealed to Germany for media
tion or Intervention In the war with
Great Britain, Germany haa replied
that she declines to Interfere, as she
la in no way concerned In the conflict.
Venters PVlelt aays:
The British forces which, since tbe
fighting at Drelfonteln. have been
marching rapidly hither and have turn
ed the Boor position. Our cavalry are
ahead.
The Itocr were reported this morn
ing about 12.000 strong with IS guns,
in a position on a range of kopjes com
manding the road to Bloemfonteln,
which Is 15 miles distant.
SPOINKOP'S HORRORS.
Experience of a Young Surgeon In His
Efl'orirt to Care for the
Wounded.
LONDON, March 13. (Correspind
enoe of the Associated Tress.) For real
ghustllni'ss, for a glimpse Into the gory
realities of war and the horrors of the
battlefield, the private letter of a young
medical odlcer at Splonk v, printed In
the Dally Graphic, can scarcely be
beaten.
"I selected a pass," he writes, "over
hung by steep day banks, on the top
of which I got up a Red Cross flag.
Cases now began to pour down from
Splonkop on stretchers. The Boers
opened Sire on us and three bullets went
Into the Are, knocking the sticks about.
The reason for this Are was not the
Red Cross flag, but owing to some Tom-
mloa who were strolling' over to It, and
I promptly ordered them away. A few
minutes after the Boers let fly five
shells In iulck succession In my direc
tion, but they fell short and did no
harm.
"From this time to 1 o'clock text
morning, the wounded came through
my dressing station us the pass was
the only exit from the hill. 'I saw every
case and some of them were mutilated
beyond description.
"Fully 339 wounded and dead, who
had died on the way passed through
my hands. Many a poor chap Bhot In
the mornlrg In the front trenches who
could net bo reached, lay In the bias
ing sun all day. One old colonial In
Thornycroft's walked down leaning on
his rlflle. He waa a mass of wounds-
one ear cut through by a bullet, his
chin, neck and chest also shot through
by others, and hi back and legs torn
by shell. He came in and suld he Just
dropped in to let me take his flng.-r off,
as It was so rhutt.-red he could not pull
the nigger of his rifle, as It got In the
way of the m xt finger, which he could
use, for he wantcl to get back Up the
hill to pay the Dutchmen tack. Of
course, would riot let him go buck.
The bullet wou.'.ls were beautifully
clem. Just u round hole md as a rule
do not do much damage, as they often
go through the bono without shatter
ing It and they do not bleed much. The
ihell wounds are hideous.
"It waa now frightfully dark and I
put one of the lanterns on a stick as
a directing light to my pars; one of a
group of soldiers returning to the hill
tried to run away with it.
'Shortly after this both lanterns
went out and I had a pretty bad time,
aa the pas often got blocked with
wounded. Finally I could send no more
wounded across the drift and had to
stack them with tho dead in rows on
the grast. I collected all the wounded
officers on stretchers around me and
gave them brandy and hypodermic of
morphine.
"Commandants Botha and Burgess,
who were the Ber generals, came up
at daybreak. The former, who was the
chief general, was a small, thin man,
with yellow beard and hair, and had a
magnificent rifle, beautifully carved
with his nume an a text from the
Bible. He had a couple of mounted
Kaffirs, carrying his ammunition and
water bottle and an Interpreter. He
seemel, however, to understand Eng
lish, though he refused to speak It.
"There were quite a number of Ger
man oltlcers. I heard one of them had
been killed. They let our men search
the dead for their identification cards,
lettera and momy. Several of the
Boers handed in little things they
found."
THE FRANKFORT SITUATION.
Public Excitement Allayed by Taylor's
Prudent Conduct
FRANKFORT. Ky.. March 12.-The
situation In Frankfort tonight showa
a radical Improvement from that of 21
houra ago.
The public excitement worked up to
the highest pitch by the arrests of Sec
retary of State Powers, Captain Davis
and others, accused of complicity In
the assassination of Governor Goebel
and by rumors among the republicans
that the hastily organised militia of
Governor Beckham waa to attempt to
take possession of the state buildings,
or arrest Governor Taylor, and among
the democrats that the state militia
would attempt to arrest Governor
Beckham, died away almost entirely
when It became evident that neither
side had any intention of Initiating
hostilities.
Nevertheless great uneasiness still
exists, especially among the republi
cans. Governor Taylor has teen urged
by several republican leaders to remove
the seat of government to London for
the present, where he would be safer
from pooslble arrest, but It Is under
stoood he has refused to take auch ac
tion and will remain In Frankfort until
the federal courts have Anally passed
on the disputed governorship.
THE ARMY BILL.
Little Probability of Its Passage
This Session.
at
NBIW YORK. March 12.-A special to
the Tribune from Washington says:
The likllhood that congress will not
at this session agree upon an army
reoiganlzatlon measure on account of
the conflicting Interests Involved and
the powerful opposition manifested In
various Quurtera to certain features of
Secretary Root's reform proposition
has alarmed the authorities over the
possible failure of the plan to Increasj
the artillery to strength commensurate
with the ordinary care and mainte
nance of the sea coast defense works al
ready established, and an effort Is un
der way to separate the artillery
clauses, which are all w holly unobjec
tionable and unlikely to cause much
debate, from the other portions of the
house and senate bills which are sure
to lead long and stubborn controversy.
According to General Miles' estimates
over 18,000 men are urgently needed to
keep the present batteries from rapid
deterioration, that number being bare
ly enough to furnish a single relief for
each expensive gun now mounted in
tho forts.
The artillery strength today, Includ
ing batteries In Cuba, Puerto Rico and
the Fhtllppluts, Is only about 10,000
men, which the bill proposes to in
crease gradually to 18,000 oy adding 1,
;00 men each year until the limit la
reached. Unless tho fortifications are
to be abandoned, the actual economy
to the government through the Increas
ed force would be nearly $5,0o0,(XH) a
year.
The total money Investment In the
guns ol the coast defenses today is
$"i0.3."2,S4i. The deterioration of these
guns and carriages from lack of care,
due to an lnsuflietent force of men. Is
estimated to be at least 13 per cent.
and amounts to 7,d!i2,M7 annually.
D. P. THOMPSON ELECTED.
ORTLAND, March 12. D. P. Thomp
son was today elected Bchool director,
defeating J. P. Flnley.
LORD ROBERTS'
RAPID ADVANCE
His OfcJect.Protably to Slezetne
Bloemfonteln Railway.
THE BOERS ARE RETREATING
Whitel&w Ktid's Expressions of Sym
pathy Pleasing to Eoglani Xo
European Intervention.
LONDON, March 13.-1:30 A. M.
Lord Roberta Is making a very rapid
advance and he is again misleading the
Boers by continuing the advance south
ward instead of through the Hat coun
try due east of Aasvogel kop. He wl.l
probably slex the railway south of
Uloomfonteln and, although another
battle Is possible, it is more, than likely
that the Boers are only endeavoring to
delay hut advance until all tbe rolling
stock of the railway and mores and
troops from the Orange river district
can be gotten away.
tueh confidence Is now felt in his
military operations that Interest rather
center in the political aspects of the
war.
The Daily News quotes Whltelaw
Keid aa saying in a private letter, "I
give you hearty congratulations on the
changed aspect of the war. It Is an
lnimente relief to us all as well aa to
you."
"Thla view," aays the Dally News,
"is welcome, as expressing, with un
ual measure of authority, the enlight
ened public feeling In the United
States."
Except In the case of Germany, the
replies of the powers to the Boer ap
peals for Intervention are not yet
known publicly here, but It Is quite
certain that Austria-Hungary and It
aly will decline to interfere and there
la no apprehension that anything will
come of the overtures of the two re
publics. All the morning papers take the line
that the government 'will decline to
open negotiations with the Boer re
publics except upon the basis of a com
plete surrender and will also make It
perfectly clear that nothing In the
shape of foreign Inter ention will be
tolerated.
ROBERTS' PROGRESS.
The General Should Be in Bloemfonteln
by March 14.
LONDON, March 11 At the present
rate of progress. Lord Roberts should
be In Bloemfonteln March 14, though
all calculations may be upset by the
development of more strenuous re
sistance than the Boers have so far at
tempted. The distance between Rob
erts and the Free State capital la now
so small only about 23 miles that it is
apparent the Boers either contemplate
making a determined stand on the out
skirts of the town, or for strategic rea
sons best known to themselves are al
lowing Roberts to occupy, after mere
ly harrasslns his advance. The numer
ical superiority of the British troops
leaves no doubt in the minds of the
critics here that Lord Roberts will ac
complish his Immediate objective, the
occupation of Bloemfonteln.
The commander-in-chief's latest dis
patch announcing that General Gata
ere Is at Bethulie Bridge and the spec
ials saying Gatacre commands the
bridge approaches, puts the Boers in
that vicinity between two British
forces, Asvoge Kop, whence Lord Rob
erts sent his last cable message, being
100 miles almost due north of Bethu
lie. However, there Is a large plain be
tween them and the main body of Boers
are now confronting Lord Roberts,
with Its ceaseless activity, may be quite
able to cover the retreat of the burgh
era confronting General Gatacre. Once
the British are in control of the. rail
road from Bethulie to Bloemfonteln,
the junction at the Free State capital
of General Gatacre and Roberta would
be a matter of a very few days.
Commenting on the fact that Lord
Roberts found the Boers holding a po
sition In a part of the country sup
posed to have been left open, the St
James Gazette says: "No more dam
aging IndL-tments were ever preferred
against any cavalry."
Rumors of the relief of Mafeklng con
tinue to circulate, but fall of any con
firmation. From Natal, which General Buller so
erroneously declared was free of Boers
and from Cape Town, where General
Kitchener's stern hand is upon the re
bellion, there is no news of any im
portance.
SAN FRANCISCO INFECTED.
Genuine Bubonic Plague Found In
Chinatown.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 12. At a
special meeting of the board of health,
held to consider the plague situation,
there were present besides the mem
bers, Dr. Klnyoun, federal quarantine
officer; Dr. Oanaway, of th- United
Htates marine hospital service, and
Professor Armntrong, of the University
of California.
Dr. Klnyoun reported that all of the
animals at tho quarantine station on
Angel's Island, vhlch were inoculate I
with virus from the body pf the C'ltlna
man who expired a few diys tiii under
suspicious (irctimstances, had tiled,
with the exception of a monkey, anl It
was In a dying condition. An autopsy
on the rats and guinea pigs showed
that they hal Jevfleped symtt'nn of
the genuine bubonic plague. After
dlsciis'tng the matter, the board de
cided that the Chinaman wro died at
1W1 Dupont street, had bn aini'-ted
with the plague. A request was made
for ion volunteers from among mem
bers of the medical profession to make
a house-to-house examination, and aid
the board l.i thoroughly fumigating
and disinfecting the entire Chinese
quarter.
A quarartlne was not declared, but
the board adjourned at an early hour
this morniqg to meet at noon today,
when It is predicted that such action
will be taken. The beard of health
has agreed that the work of Insist
ing Chinatown with a view to Improv
ing Its sanitary conditions shall be be
gun at once. The section will be dis
tricted and every day, until all dan
ger is past, every house will be vis
ited and every wupant Inspected. Re
liable Chinese will be detailed to ac
company the physicians and the police
will render what assistance they can.
These Chinese will be supplied for the
work by the Six Companies. Until an
other cae of plague develops, China
town will remain free from quarantine.
but people are requested to have as tit-'
tie communication as possible with the
suspected district When the Chinese
learnel of the action of the board of
health there was an exodus from Chi
natown of those who are employed out
side of the district which may again
be quarantined.
Dr. J. M. Williamson, president of the
board of health, says:
"Regarding the case In question there
Is no cause for panic I have every
reason to believe the inspection will
minimize the danger to such an ex
tent that the disease will not succeed
In getting a foothold in the city."
No alarm ts felt by the physicians
who dirfcuss the matter and some
doubt la expressed as to the nature of
the disease from which the Chinaman
died." Consul General Hoy Yow says:
"I believe thu there is nothing more
nor less than a ruse on the part of the
board of health to prevent the liability
of damage suits which have frequently
been threatened on account of the out
rageous act of last week tn quaran
lining the Chinese quarter. There
never was any bubonic plague in Chi
natown, but if there was, I would be
the first person to assist in protect
ing the health of San Francisco.
"If any more attempts are made to
blockade the Chinese quarter we are
prepared to procure Injunctions from
the courts und will protect the rights
of our people as far as possible."
NOW IT'S SIBERIA..
Reported Fabulous Gold Finds on Both
Northern Coasts.
SEATTLE. March 12. Two arrivals
at Dawson City from Cape Nome who
left the latter place eight days after
Curl Knoblesdorf and C. D. Campbell,
tell a wonderful story of what Is
claimed to be the richest And made In
tho north.
The new field is one hundred miles
fiom Nome and reports of Us fain
lous wealth were being passed
from mouth to mouth at Nome when
the latest arrivals left there on De
cember IS.
Reports of wonderful strikes on the
Siberian coast opposite Cape Nome
were being received. It was reported
that the Siberian earth was literally
filled with various metals.
A gtat rush from Nome to the new
fields will commence as soon as the
weather will permit.
NEW NETHERLANDS MINISTER.
He Does Not Regard European Inter
vention In South Africa Probable.
NEW YORK. Marc hl2. A special
to the World from Washington says:
Baron Gevers, the new minister from
The Nether'ands, will be officially re
ceived lomonow. He bring authentl
rated copies of the three treaties em
bodying the agreements of The Hagu-?
peace conference which he w!U file with
the state department. Baron Gevers
gave out tonight the following ruthor-
ized Interview:
"The Ioers are brothers of the Hol
landers and the two people are bound
by the strongest ties of blood and inter
course.
"I um not aware of any negotiation
between European powers looking to
ward Intervention. The state of affairs,
unhappily. Is such that in all proba
bility it would be impossible for any
European power to approach 3reat
Britain without danger of remik-
'If some nation, on terms of cordial
intimacy weie to begin the negotia
tions and open the way I feel convinced
that all Europe would further the
plan."
THE REVOLUTION
IN JOURNALISM
Tbe Sbeldon Idea of a Christian
Dally Newspaper.
FIRST PAGE LEAD A PRAYER
Stotk Quotations and Quack Medicine
Advertisements Religiously Ex
cluded. Alleged Test Case.
TOPEKA, Kani.. March 12. "Th
main purpose of the paper will be t
Influence its readers to seek first th
kingdom of God.'
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, who today
assumed editorial anj business control
of the Dally Capital, which he will re
tain In one week, will maka this an
nouncement In him editorial leader out
lining his policy tomorrow morning.
The Capital, during this time, will b
a "u wspapor," the word "news" being
defined by Sheldon as anything In tres
way of current events that the public
ought to know for Itj borat and pir
Itual development. Thj paper will he
absolutely non-partisan and partisan
and political news will be given scant
natlce.
All editorials and Important lxal
matter will be signed ty the writer.
There will b no Sunday paper, our. In
stead, a Saturday evening paper, suit
able for Sunday reading.
"May God bless the use of this pa
per to the glory of his kingdom on
earth," says the Rev. Sheldon, In con
eluding his leading editorial.
The first item on the first page to
morrow will be a prayer, written by
Bishop John M. Vincent, of the Meth
odist Episcopal church.
Editor Sheldon went to the office at
8:30 o'clock this morning 'and will be
on duty until the paper goes to press
at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning.
At U o'clock he met the local force
of the paper and gave out assignments
tor the day. A page will be devcted
to local news and the leading features
for tomorrow will be reports of tem
perance, revival and anti-cigarette
meeting. Sheldon instructed the police
reporter, that tn case of murder or
other crime, to write merely a bare
statement of facts. If he had space to
spare, instead of following it up with
the usual details, he would go Into dis
cussion of the causes leading up to
the crime.
During a conference, the sporting edi
tor remarked that there would be a
bowling contest at the Y. M. C. A room
tonight '
"I think." said Mr. Sheldon, "that
that is good, clean sport. You may
print it"
The dramatic editor nsued fcr in
structions about the theaters.
"We shall not want anything of that
kind." said Mr. Sheldon.
One page has been reserved for tele
graphic news, which ordinarly occu
pies about three times that amount of
space.
Market reporta will be cut down from
four columns to one. All quotations in
stocks and bonds, gram options and
other matter involving transactions in
futures' have been consigned to the
waste basket, and only the actual cash
prices of grain, produce, etc., will be
quoted.
The notable feature of the paper will
be the method of handling advertise
ments. They will he banished from
news and editorial pages and will be
bunched in pieces reserved for the.
patent medicine ads are excluded, fa
miliar corset advertisements of maga
zines, accompanied by cuta have sought
in vain for space. No retail ads from
Kansas City or other out of town
tradesmen will be accepted, Sheldon
holding that this would be Injustice to
home merchants The (20 suit of
clothes for $14.75 style of advertisement
is also barred.
There shall be no smoking In the edi
torial rooms. That is the only rule re
garding office habits I have given out,
said Rev. Sheldon.
SULZEIR AGAIN RAMPANT.
Still Seeking to Embroil the Country
in Dispute With Great Britain.
WASHINGTON, March 12. Repre
sentative Sulzer, of New York, today
Introduced the following resolution:
"Resolved, etc., that the secretary of
war is hereby dire. -ted to Inform the
house of representatives as early as
possible what fortifications Great P.jlt
ain Is erecting, constructing and com
pletin? along the Northern frontier of
the United States, especially at Pux-t
sound and other plaees on the Pacific
oroan, contiguous to the state of
Washington and the district of Alas
ka." BRYAN IS COMINO.
TACOMA, Marrh 1?.,.-- T;-
wired today that Colonel Bryan wi;i
make five speeches in this state m
follows: Walla Walla, March 2iti, ,.
kane. March 30; Yakima, M.ci, h is
Seattle, April 1; Tacoma, April 3.