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THE CAMPAIGN
IS HALF OYER
Roberts Entry Into Bloemfonteln
Rounds Out a Great Record.
THE FREE STATE'S END
Now Considered by the English I'rcss
an Having I'assed Out of Existence
as An Independent Couatry.
LONDON, March IB. 4.W a. m.-The
flint half of the campaign In over.
Lord Itobcn arrived at Mcddcr rlv -r
February . He entered HUt mfontclp
Mnrch 13. Thus, In Hill.i over 11 nionih,
ll.j ha efTre, the r.-U.-f .i Klinl. r
Icy and Ludyauilth, the capture u( Gen
crul ( ronje's force unil the lolsting of
tin- Jtnif in the capital of the Fre
Put. All tliln him b.-en accomplish, d
will, comparatively irllllnw Iomc.
It Ih small wonder thai In I Urn
' f the hour In Emiun.l. All O.e
In k..ih m kiIokIi,. htm an I congratu
lt country. They talk f the
! State u I uviiiK onrfJ out of ex
igence , being now iui of ih.. shad
i w of history.
It I not douMed Unit thei . mav vt
Ih- heavy fighting, but the genius of
Lord Robert In looked to for victory
over ull (1llll. ultl.-ii. Jiln irrlm reference
to the "late' president Stcvn Ik un
ci, iKt.HHl niiow that thors nlull U,: no
uinblKUlty a to the ponlil-it ai-runi)!'!
to'Aunl thf r.-publb'i.
The fan ihnt M,- Fnim-r. lute chair
.nan of the Krr KtaU taod, Hnd Icudcr
ol th Di iKwitloo to Si...m. tain,. Milk
deputation to surrender the keya, la
tx-fliinlud aa extfcmcly Ignlilomt of
a coiidldi'iabl- difTurence of opinion
amonn the Ttv Hlatera regardlnn the
war.
It ih wild lliat I'rcnldnt KruRi-r hat.n
Fraacr on tu:oounl of hla ayraiuiiby
with the L'ilUnilt-rs. The demontit ra
tion f the ltl(M-nifonleln Inhabitanta
are alto n-trardeU aa a good aunury for
the future of the Ilrltlsh aupremacy.
It la Inleroftlnrf, In connctJIon with
the rapid advance of Lord Hubert, to
leirn that the ItiiHulun military attuche
with the IIihtb who were cAjitured by
the llrlliah acnt the following tele-
Krain to the riar:
I am jKjrfectly amused at the en-
erity In action and the endurance of the
Hrltlnh infantry. I need aay u more."
The IlrltNh continue praising their
advance on the Orange river.
THK UI.OEMFONTEIN ENTRY.
Roberta Otflclul Announcement State
He Waa Welcomed by the
CRUena.
LONDON. March H.-Foll(winK la
the text of Lord Roberta' dispatch to
the war .office, announcing hi occu
pation of Bloemfonteln:
Uloemfonteln. March IS, 8 a. m. lly
the help of Ood and by the bravery of
her majeaty'a troop under my com
mand, I have taken poescsxl.m of
Kloemfonleln.
The HrliiHh flag now fllea over the
presidency, evacuated last evening by
Mr. Steyn, late president of the Orange
Free, State. Mr. Prater, a member of
the late executive government; the
mayor, secretary of the late governor,
LandroHt, and other official mot me
two mile from town and presented mo
with the keya to the public buildings.
"The enemy has withdrawn from the
neighborhood and all aeema quiet The
Inhabitants of Uloemfonteln gave the
troops a cordial welcome."
The above dlHpatch, though dated on
Tuesday, was not received at the nor
office until 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. It
was made public a few minutes before
o'clock. The delay is attributed to
the field telegraph not being connected
with Bloemfonteln Tuesday evening.
STILL IN NATAL.
Doer Forces With Heavy Guns Discov
ered In the Vicinity of Lady
Smith. LA.DY8MITH, Wedneaday-TheBoers
have been located In several strong po
sition near the Junction of the Drak-
enhburg and Rlggersberg ranges.
They have heavy gun In position on
ongwopl kop, at Hlatlkula, and in
Ompatl mountains, as well as at Gib
son's farm, near Cundy Cleugh pass.
General Hunter now commands the
division. Doth the men and horses of
the relief column are completely recov
ered and now in the pink of condition.
WILL FIGHT TILL DKATII.
Kruger's Announcement to the New
York Tellow Evening Journal.
NEW YORK. March H.-A dispatch
from President Krugor to the Evening
JourtiUl, dated Pretoria, Mnrch 13, 8 p.
in., vl.i llerlln ,aay:
"The burgher will only ceae flht
Inir with death. Our force are re
turning In good order to our line of dv
fi nne on our own o.
"The Niitnl campaign wa longer In
our favor than we expected.
"Tlie llrltlnh will n;vr reach Preto
ria. The burgher. Kten, JouU-rt and
niyxeir, a well a all other, are unit
ed. There are no difference, nod
help ua."
LOUD HALISDUnY'S KKPLY.
tiltter Ulcapixdntment Felt by the Two
Kepubllc' People,
PRETORIA, MarlH 12.-Lfjrd Salla
bury'n reply to I'realdenta Kruger and
Hteyn cauaea bitter dltappolntment and
Mate Secretary Il-lt uy it mean
that the war will be fought to the bit
ter end.
ivil'UNO IIKARD FROM.
II in Finn South African ritory Will Ap
H'r In Thla Week' lluriier.
NEW VOUK. March R-Th drat
w.id from Rudyarl Kipling since he
t.enl to Eouth Africa will Ih- prinlej
in till wk'i 1kuo uf Hur;j"r'e w.ek
ly. Kipling caWa a long account of
uiHloyally, which he rallK the 'Sin of
witchcraft."
The burdn of hi conioiaint la that
the ll.ltixh tisll authorltl.- In Cap?
Town wn:ce at th-j N-nil-(rcaonablH
net and, to quote hia own word, "the
govt rnimnt will take car ll does not
pay any onn to h loyal."
JAMEriDN S PART IN THK WAR.
fould Not Flghl but Did Great Service
for th Wounded.
NEW YORK. March Il-A dispatch
to the Tribune from London aya:
Dr. Jameaon was down with enteric
fever and critically 111 when Ladysmith
wa relieved. A private dispatch re
ceived here by a prominent South Afri
can Htates that he hua rallied and Is
likely io recover. Dr. Jameson was
anxious to have a military command
In the campaign, but aa the leader of
the raid he w aa excluded from the ser
vice for political reanon and waa not
welcomed when he arrived at Lady
mi Ith a few days b-fore the Investment
of the town. Ilia opportunity came.
When the garrison wa fever-stricken
he reverted to inedioai practice and did
ten men's work in caring for the fever
put lent and the wounded soldlera.
The K-ace envoys .who have arrived
at Lourenco Mur(iUea are high officials
In the two republics. Mr. Wolmarana
is a member of the Boer executive
council and a blind follower of Presi
dent Kruger. who has implicit confi
dence in his fidelity.
While nearer forty than fifty year
ol '. lie f.iuKht as u youth In the lirst
w ar of independence, and was bitterly
hi I-tile to the I'itlanders and reformers.
The South Africans describe him as au
astute and crafty man who has learned
all he knows about politics from Mr
Kruger. Mr. Fischer has been state
secretary otv the Free State and has
exerted a strong Influence over the
Dutch leader In Cape Colony. . He ha 1
the reputation of. being a strong advo
cate of peace a year ago, but President
Steyn carried him Into the war and ha
been faithfully served by him.
The ministers, having .the moral sup
port of the United States, ai'e Indlffer
ent to the appeals which the Dutch re
publics a iv making for foreign media
tion, whether Jn Europe or America.
They confidently expict Lord lloberls
to K" from Bliiomfonteln to Pretoria
and (jc rcsoluic in fighting the battle
of the I'nlted Empire. They will re
g.ird the Intervention of any European
power as an unfriendly act, precisely
as the Americans would have done
the close of the W'af with Spain, when
the British government refused to med
dle, ii; what did not concern it.
WASHINGTON UNCLAIMED DEAD.
Lodles of Nine Soldiers Will Ik Burled
Sunday at Olympla.
OLYMPIA. March 11 Adjutant-Gen
eral Fox has telegraphed from San
Francisco that ho had started for Olym.
plu with nine bodies of unclaimed Pol
dlers belonging to the First Washing
ton volunteers.
The funeral will be held In Olympia
Sunday, March 18.
IMPORTANT IOINT DECIDED.
SEATTLE, March 14. In the federal
oourt yesterday William J. Marvin,
alias "Kid" Marvin, who was arrested
here three months ago on a charge of
drugging and robbing two men of
$2700 at Nome, was released by Judge
Hanford on a writ of habeas corpus.
Thu point was raised that the local
authorities were not proceeding under
the new Alaska criminal code In at
tempting to hold Marvin In Jail here
until he could be taken back to Nome.
United Statis Attorney Gay says the
new law Is cumbersome and not well
adapted to present conditions In the
North. It would have been Impossible
to comply with it In the Marvin case
owing to lack of communication with
Nome.
ALL EYES NOW
ON M IFEKING
Not Believed Possible It Can Hold
Out Moch Longer.
PLUMER WITHIN 40 MILES
Colonel I'cckham'a Force, However,
Stands best Chance of Reaching
the Besieged Garri&oa.
LONDON, March 14.-WIth Lord
Roberta' triumphant occupation of the
Orange Free Bute capital, attention
now turn to Mafeklng. That hamlet
of the plain can scarcely hold out
much longer. The newa of Colonel
Plumer'a approach ha given ubtance
to the rumor of Its relief, but those
best Informed are Inclined to think the
relief i more likely to become accom
plished by Colonel Peckham's column
from Klmberley. Private advice have
set forth that Colonel Plumer has al
most given up hope of accomplishing
anything more than haralng the
Boer, though alnce these were writ
ten, It I stated that the diminished
number of the investing force may
have rendered Plumer' task more feas
ible. Judging from the lack of news every
thing is quiet In Natal, while from
Herchel comes the statement that the
total collapse of the insurgent colonist
is Imminent.
General Cronje, according to a Cape
Town special, sails for 8t- Helena on
March lis accompanied by all the Paar
deberg prisoner.
Cecil Rhode is suffering from ca
tarrh of the stomach, and is unable
to sail for England.
Natal dispatches recount that the
greatest satisfaction is felt there at
Lord Salisbury's reply to the Boer pres
idents' peace overture. A dispatch
from Pietermarittberg, published In the
aeoond edition of the Times, says:
. "The reply, especially the lant para
graph, relating to Independence, baa
beeu received in Natal with a feeling
of great relief, and Is dispelUng all
doubts."
A private dispatch from Johannes
burg has been received In London, dat
ed Saturday. March 10. contradicting
the reports that the mines are flooded
an all the machinery broken, and as
serting that all is well.
LOBATSI, March a. Colonel Humer's
force reached here. March 1 It Is be
lieved only a single bridge southward
ha been dropped, and that otherwise
the railroad Is intact within five miles
of Mafeklng. Plumer has already dis
persed several Boer police post in this
nelgh'wrhood, and is actively pushing
hi advance southward.
'CAPE TOWN. March 14.-Colonel
Plunur is now within 40 miles of Ma
feklrg. Sl'LZER SAT DOWN ON.
Hi Resolution for the Annoyance of
' (.real Britain Amended.
WASHINGTON. March 14.-ln the
meeting of the house committee on mil
itary affairs today, Sulzr called up his
resolution directing the secretary of
nr to Inform the house what fortifi
cations Great Britain is erecting along
the northern frontier of the United
States, especially at Puget sound and In
the Ntfrthwest border country. An
amendment was made striking out the
reference to Great Britain and making
It refer to "any foreign power.' A
motion to postpone consideration of the
rratter for a week prevailed on a party
vote of six to five, and the resolution
went over without action.
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE
Sister and Brother of Henry Ward
Beecher Die on the Same Day.
HARTFORD, Conn., March 11. Mia,
Mary Foot Beecher Perkins died to
day .aged 94 years and 9 months. Mrs.
Perkins was a sister of Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher and of Harriett Beecher
Stowe.
ELM IRA. N. Y., March 14.-Lev,
Thomas K. Beecher, eldest and last
surviving brother of Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, died here today aged 81 years.
HOLLNAD SUBMARINE BOAT.
WASHINGTON. March 14.-A large
congressional party, Including mem
bers of the senate a,. ' house ocmmlt-
tees on naval affairs, u 'ay witnessed
performance of the Hoiu -d suhma
rine torpedo boat
SENSATIONAL DISCOVERIES.
Detectives Make Important Criminal
Disclosures at Seattle.
SEATTLE March 14. Human hairs,
blood stains and hidden money have
been found by a Plnkerton deteetlvf
ibut the pmnrnUm of O'Brien, the
prisoner held by the mounted police
fin upMon of the murder of P.olfe,
Clayton and Olsen, Klondlker on their
way out from Dawon.
('. P. Rene, on arrival at HkHscway
from Daw:n, tell of discoveries which
he resjard a rwmt important. A
round Indentation on the Yukon sled
owned by O'Firien attracted the atten
tion of the det'-ctlve. The wood Indi
cated that the sled had b-en repaired.
but the I'lnkerton man, on examining
more closely, found a plug which h
forced out, revealing a cavity in which
were three $100 Canadian bill. Next
he found blood stain and human hairs
clinging to the framework of the led,
mute evidence perhaps of a terrible
tragedy enacted on the Dawson trail.
Two $50 Canadian bills were found se
creted in the ring plate of O'Brien's
revolver.
A GIGANTIC CORPORATION.
Papers Filed By the Ore Vaporizing
, Furnace & Condensing Com
I any of Spokane.
TACOMA, March 14. A special to
the Ledger from Olympla says:
Articles of Incorporation have be-n
filed with the secretary of state for
the Incorporation of the Ore Vaporizing
Furnace ft Condensing Company, with
a capital stock of $100,000,000, with
headquarters at Spokane. This is the
largest capitalization of any company
filed In recent years with the secretary
of state. The trustees are Edmund C.
Nordyke, R. M. Russell and Ben
Thrasher of Spokane, and O. L. Engle,
Franklin D. Arnold. Arthur A. Stone
and Alfred E. Moreley of Chicago.
OFFICERS' WIDOWS' PENSION'S.
House Committee ReporH Bills for
Several on Account of Spanish
and Philippine Wars.
WASHINGTON, March It - The
house committee on pensions today or
dered bills reported granting pensions
to the widow of Colon !l Stotsenberg,
of the First Nebraska regiment, hilled
In the Philippines, at $10 per month, to
the widjw of Caotain Allan Capron.
killed In Cuba, at J04 per month, and
to ti e widow of Captain Allan Capron,
sr., at Hi per month.
The distinction lu the rate In the
Capron cases Is due to the property
owned by Mrs. Capron, sr.
GOEBEL'S SUCCESSOR ELECTED.
COVINGTON, Ky., March 14.-In
the vote of Kenton county today, toelect
a senator to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Senator Goebel, H.
Harbison, Goebel' law
elected by 3r9 majority
Creae, his republican
partner, was
over L. L.
opponent.
SELF-CONFESSED MURDERER.
GULDEN DA LK, Wash., March H.
George R. A. Ferris, a Klickitat farm
er, surrended himself today to the
sheriff, statin.; that on Monday after
noon, at his farm. In Goodnoe Hills, he
shot and killed a man by the. name of
Vurrell in self defense.
Wurrtll was an unmarried man trom
Missouri and had Ferris' farm rented.
CANADIAN PACIFIC OPEN..
VANCOUVER. B. C March 14. -The
blockade on the Canadian Pacific sine
last Saturday was raised today.
four nundrca Japanese arrived to
duy on the steamer Gienogle from Yo
kohamu.
NEW CHINA SQUADRON.
Admiral Kempff Will Be Sent With
Strong Fleet to Protect Amer
ican Interests.
Kttt i OKK, March 14. A special
to the Journal and Advertiser from
Washington says:
The Geman ambassador, Dr. Von
Hollehen, had a long conference with
Acting Sec retary of State Hill, in which
the latter was presumably informed
that a demonstration in China might
be expected from Russia shortly. The
chief of the bureau of navigation, Rear-
Adinlral Crownlnshield, sought Secre
tary of State Hay and found him at
the Hay residence, after which the
navy department announced that a Chi
nese squadron will be established and
that Real-Admiral Kempff, r.ow com
mandant at the Mare Island navy
yard, will be sent to Manila to take this
squadron for cruising the Chinese and
Japanese coasts; also that P.ear-Ad
mlral Kemey, In charge of the Asiatic
station, will maintain the naval base at
Manila.
It Is understood that Rear-Admiral
Kempff's squadron will consist of the
Oregon and Baltimore, now at Manila,
the Iowa. Philadelphia and Marblehead,
now on the l'a IHc coast, and the Mont
gomery, now attached to the South At
lantic station. It Is believed here that
the formation of the Chinese squadron
by the United States is to be a spectac
ular warning to Russia and France
that American Interests are Involved In
any change In the conditions in China.
Presumably Germany will make a sim
ilar demonstration.
AGREEMENT Oil
PUERTO RICO
The Tariff Feature Will Be Post
poned for the Present.
YESTERDAY'S MILD DEBATE
Appropriation for Temporary Kellef
aad Provision for Civil Gov
ernmcat Kill Be t'aswd.
WASHINGTON, March 14,-The re
publican members In caucus today
reached a partial agreement on the
Puerto Rlcan legislation. The hous
bill appropriating $2,000,OCO 1 to be tak
en up and parsed immediately.
The bill for a civil government of the
inlan1 Is to be taken up and disposed
of a soon a possible and the tariff
bill I to be delayed for the present,
while a committee of seven senators
may be selected by Chairman Allison,
to try to compromise the difference on
the revenue bill and secure a measure
which the republican senators gen
erally can support. This partial agree
ment was reached after a caucus last
ing from 2 o'clock until 5:30.
The tem(er of tho debate today "was
much milder than that of yesterday.
HAGUE CONFERENCE A FAILURE.
None of the Nation Represented Has
Ratihed Its Doings.
WASHINGTON, March 14. In diplo
matic circles here an unpleasant sug
gestion ha been thrown out to the ef
fect that the Hague conference has
resulted in a complete failure and that
even the limited program agreed upon
i ne er to be perfected.
Tne basis for this belief is the fact
that up to this moment it is not known
officially that a single one .if the pow
ers represented In the conference has
ratilied the three convention prei;ar
ed there. . ,. j. -
TELLER AND TURNER. 4
Roth Oppose the Policy of Expansion
but From Opposite Standpoints.
WASHINGTON, March 14. Two ar
guments were presented to the senate
today In which almost antlpodlcal po
sitions were taken by two seuators.
Teller (sll.), of Colorado, In a brief
speech, maintained that the constitu
tion could not extend over territory
acquired by the United States, while
Turner (dem.), of Washington, elab
orately contended that the constitution
embraced acquired territory the very
moment the United States took posses
sion of it.
Teller said that this government
could make the outlying territory In
to states or could hold It as colonies
as it saw fit. while Turner maintained
that the United States could not hold
colonies or dependencies. Aside from
the constitutional question, the two
senators were practically agreed.
Both were opposed to the pending
bill and both objected to any of the
insular territory becoming a part of.
the United States or any of its Inhabi
tants, citizens of the United States, :
WRECK OF THE WOLCOTT.
Rescued Passengers and Crew Arrive
at Seattle The Particulars.
SEATTLE, March 14.-The steamer
Excelsior at rived here this afternoon
wilh Captain Snow, the passengers and
ersw of the Pacific Steam Whaling
Company's steamer Wolcott, which was
wrecked on the night of January 31,
near Karluk, Alaska.
All were confined three .days cn a
beach at the foot of a glacier, In the
snow and rain without shelter, on ac
count jf the unusually high tides.
They reached the cannery at Uyak,
February 4, aad remained, there until
February 27, when the Excelsior came
along and picked them up.
The Wolcott Is a total loss. She
struck at 10:50 at night ,on a rocky
point half way between Karluk and
Uyak bay, iu a howling northwest gale.
The vessel began to fill rapidly and
Captain Snow decided to beach her.
The passengers were put safely ashore
in the small boats through a heavy
surf.
A fifteen hundred dollar gold brick
from the Unga mine was saved, a were
also the mails and baggage.
NOW FOR ORIENTAL TRADE.
WASHINGTON, March U The ways
at"! means committee today ordered a
favorable report ou the bill to extend
Astoria, Oregon, the privilege of
mmcdlate transportation on dultablo
goods.
TRIBUTE TO IRISH VALOR.
SYDNEY, N. S. W.. March 14.-The
government has proclaimed St. Put-
rick's Day a public hcllduy as a trlbu'c
to the bravery of the Irish soldiers In
South Africa.