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LONDON, March 27, 4:15 a.m.-MIl-Mary observer here, und even those In rlHM Hlllllutlon with the wnr office, art) considerably confuted aa to what la being don for the succor of, Mitfek Ing. Home B,W0 or 8,000 men are en gaged with Lord Mi'thuen at Warren tun ami Fourteen Stream, mix! now another column la about leaving Kim bcrley, If It hna not alrraily started fur (ir!itintown, lot mile westward. It'a (Miwmlhlf purpose la to drive out the Boers. The force la described aa "a strong one," and H n further stated that the expedition I "likely to attract much attention." General French la reported from lllm-mfi.iili ln Sunday aa returning from Thuba Nochu without apparently hav ing heuded off Commandant Oliver, with hia fifteen gun and miles of biigguge. Boer horsemen are In. contact with the British outpost all the way from ItlKgnrstierg to Warrenton. General Buller'a patrola hud a aharp skirmish on hint Hunday at Waachbank. Ixird Itobcrtu' Infantry haa now been unlet for four day. and news of an advance In hf.urly expected at the war office. Mennra. Wolmara, Flacher and Wea aela, pence envoya fnm the fedtral force., are due at N'aplea In a few duya. After vlnHIng two or three Eu rlenn capltalo, they will go to New York. vl Antwerp. It la understood at The Hague that they are Invented with large power and are prepared to agree to anything looking toward In tervention. - The Time prints a statement from Cape Town to the effect thut the Itoers, after deducting their heavy losses, are probably unable now lo put more than 30.00.1 men on the lighting line. . t HONJK WAS H'UPRISED. Would X U tli llevt AVarnlngs of Uob erta' Invasion of the Free State. NKW YOIIK. March .2-Count Adi I bert Sternberg, a young Austrian no bleman, ho has spent two months In the Western Uoer camps up to the time of hi capture by the English on Feb ruary 15, eave the correspondent of the Neuc Frele Presse interesting par ticulars of the effect produced upon the burghers by the unexpected appear ance of the Ilrltish forces In the Or ange Free State. These confirm tho previous statements that General C'ronjo failed to recognise the signifi cance of Lord Roberts' strategic move ment. Count Sternberg arrived at Ma gersfunteln soon after the Boer vic tory of December 11. He found the camp In Jubilant spirits. The burghers beg m early In Feburary to observe (lie in rival of large musses of troops In the Ki.glish camp and on the 10th they re-, celved the news of the Urltlih advance on Koftyfonti'ln. Count Sternberg rode to J.icobNilal to reconnoitre and came In sight of HHUhIi patrols. That ev n Ing CW burghers w?re sent to check the advance, of the Rrlttah cavalry. Gen eral Cronje's opinion was that the English were adx-anclng, with the ob ject of cutting oft the retreat of the lloer dctatchment at Colesburg. On the morning of the 11th, Count Stern berg found the English endeavoring to cross the Bumdum ford, opposed by the Boers. Two wounded Inniskllllng dragoons told him that Lord Kitchener was proceeding to the relief of Klm berly with UOOO men. While bathing In the Riet. the Count saw several English regiments march punt. Escaping notice, he galloped back to Cronje's camp and told what he had aoen. He met with incredulity, the Boers Insisting that large bodies of troops neither would nor could under take such a movement. The. only ac tion of General Cronje was to send two hundred men across the river to cut off the English transport wagons, which they succeeded in doing. On the following day, five miles from the camp, Count Sternberg saw at a short distance huge clouds of dust whloh Indicated the presence of troops on the march. At this time General Cronje was waiting In the trenches at Magcrsfonteln In expectation of an at tack. Count Sternberg's news was laughed at by the Boers in camp. It was not until the next day that General Cronje began to recognise the seriousness of the situation. The can non were hastily withdrawn from Mag ersfonteln, two guns being despatched to attack General French's cavalry. In, the engagement at Kalkfontaln, the disorder was such that Major AW brevht'f artillery fired cm distant de tachments 'without knowing for cert tuln whether they were burghers or English. Even then the lloera' were still of the opinion that th attack was directed agunlst their camp and ronoe (Piently set about raking defense In the. rear. ; ' Uindrost Hteyn a ho urrlvl from Jacolisdiil, wn convinced that the gume wa lost on the Modder river, while Ueiierul Cronje still awaited the main attack In the Intrenchinenta at Mugeisfonteln, and did nt wish to weaken hi position there. The Imme diate vicinity of thu British with a large force of atlllltry had created Trent confusion In the camp, which at 2 o'cl.i' k In the morning removed to a safei position about three miles to the southvest. The breaking up of tht camp greatly affected the spirit of the enliri H'er force. When the British re newed the attack next morning It was evident to Count Sternberg that the burgher had no stomach for the light. He say; "As I rode out I met number of fly Ing IVier, whom I Vainly em-davored to n strain. The panic was general and each soustrt safely In the Intrembmncts at Magersfonteln. Toward non, when a larwe number of Moers had already made olT, a very bad spirit b"gan to prevail in camp. "The field cornels urged Cronje to summon a council of war and tho present decided to evacuate the tamp ai d retreat to Pdootnfonteln, via Oil phunis.'onteln. It came to high words at llda council, at which Vlllebloes and I were present. The majority of the Fne Htate Burghers, who were anx ious for their cattle and property, posi tively Insisted upon the retreat." KAHL OF HARROWBY DEAD. LONDON. March 2.-The Earl of Hartowby. Dudley Francis Stuart Ry der, a former president of the board of trade. U dead. NEW MILEAGE ALLOWANCE. I'nlted Slates Jurors and Witnesses Will Get 15 Cents a Mile. WASHINGTON, March 26. Senator Clark, of Wyoming, today reported from the Judiciary committee a bill fixing the traveling feea of Jurors and witnesses at 15 cent per mile when at tending Cnlted States courts In Wyom ing, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, -Idaho, Colorado, I'tah. New Mexico and Arlxona. IMPORTANT POINT. To Be Decided in a Case Pending Be fore the United States Su preme Court. WASHINGTON, March SiJ.-Attorney Frederick D. Denny today filed a peti tion for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari In the United States su preme court In the case which Is ex ptcted to decide the constitutionality of the provisional court established by ihe military authorities of Puerto Rico, The case Is that of Ramoua lwiex, of that Island, who Is serving a term at hard labor on a charge of voting illegally at the municipal elec tion held at Guayama on the Slst of last October. THEY WANT RECIPROCITY. Proposition to Be Made to People of Canada for Better Trade Rela tions With Us. ST. JOHNS, N. F., March 28. Mr. Bond, the premier, will appeal to the country at large at the coming election on the question of reciprocity w ith the United States, advocating the renewal of the Bond-Blaine convention nego tiated some years ago by him, which provided for reciprocity between the two countries. ' TWENTY YEARS' SENTENCE. WASHINGTON. March 2.-ln the case of Robert Porter, a civilian em ploye of the iiurtermas:er's depart ment of the army, who was tried by a general court martial an the charge of rape by a committee at Fanlq.uo In the Philippines, in December last, and who was convicted and sentenced to be hanged, the president has commuted the sentence .to confinement at hard labor In the penitentiary for 20 years. MURDER AT SUMPTER. BAKER CITY, March 26.-J. C. Lur ham shot and killed his partner, V. G. Welnian, at Sumpter, this evening. They were proprietors of the Cape Nome lodging house, the Quarters be ing In a large tent In which the homi cide occurred. The partners had been quarreling for several days. Lurhman gave himself up. TO AVENGE CITIZEN'S DEATH. SHANGHAI, March 26.-The British second-class cruiser Hermlone has been ordered to psoceed Immediately to Ta ku. It is reported that a British mis sionary has been killed. GOVERNOR STONQ DEAD. HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss., March 28. Hon. John M. Stone, for ten years governor of Mississippi, died today. STILL AGITATING OLD KENTUCKY Windy Battle Between Attorneys lo Powers Trial. EVERYB0DYGETS'SKEERED" Coloecli Denny sa Campbell Advance Upon Etc Other iso Throw the Cesrt Rood Is a Psslc FRANKFORT, Ky., March 2. The most thrilling event t-f the examination of the republican secretary of state, Caleb Powers, occurred this afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock and for a few minutes It looked as if serious trouble could not be prevented. Judge George Denny, for the de fendant, In an argument upon the com petency of a question, said: "It Is perfectly lawful for people lo come here, and to come armed. I came here several times myself." He was referring to the crowd that was present at the mass meeting held In the statehouae yard Just prior to Gov ernor Goebel's assassination. Colonel Campbell, for the prosecution, replied that he did not consider It law ful, and was surprised to know that Mr. Denny had come here srmed. Den ny denied having made such a state ment, and sold that be did not some armed. Campbell Insisted that he did make the statement Both men were very much excited and with arms shaking commenced to advance toward each other. The courtroom was crowded and the audience evidently thought a fight was on and made a rush for the doors and windows, people falling over each oth er In their wild efforts to get out of the room. After five or ten minutes of the most exciting scenes since the assassination quiet was restored. Ex-Governor Brown, one of the at torneys for the defense, whispered to Colonel Campbell, who promptly arose and apologised to Denny and to the court. Judge Denny replying In a very happy- wch- ,.CWBeL -CamptwU had misconstrued Judge Denny's statement. At the conclusion of the examination of Golden, the commonwealth rested Its case. WHALERS GOING NORTH. Annual Spring Exodus From 'Frisco About to Begin. SAN FRANCISCO, March 26. Dur ing this week the last vessels or the Pacific Whaling lieet will depart for Arctic waters. The steamers J3elvl derc, Baylies and Jeannette have al ready sailed for Herschel Island, near the mouth of the Mackemie river, the Jeannette having left only a day or two ngo. The whalers to leave port within the next few days are the Kar luk, Alexander and Beluga. The whal ers already In the Artie from this port are the Grampus, Norwhale and Bal lena. Cupttn MacGregor, of the Karluk, and Captain Cook, of the Belvldere, are the only whaling skippers who will be accompanied by their wives on the long voyage. RETURN TO WORK. Striking Machinists Gain Their Point In the Chicago Controversy. CHICAGO, March 26. Over one hun dred of the striking machinists, for merly employed by the Siemens & Halske Company, today returned to wor, their demands for a nine-hour working day and a minimum scale of wages, having been granted. The firm, however, refused to recognise the un ion's walking delegate, and negotia tions were conducted through a shop committee. Labor leaders claim that negotiations are being conducted with other shops for the return to work of the strik ing machinists, under similar condi tions. NEW HOSPITAL SHIP. The One at Mare Island Ready to Be Turned Over to the Government. VALLEJO, Cal., March 26. The new United States hospital at Mare Island has been completed and is ready to turn over to the government. Its ca pacity may be exceeded by some East ern Institutions but In the arrangement for the oare of ihe sick and disabled bluejackets the Institution will rank with the best In the country. BEHRING SEA PATROL. Arangenients Made For the Dispatch of the Usual Revenue Cutter Fleet. NEW YORK, March 26 A special to the Herald from Washington, says: Arrangements are being perfected by the treasury department for the es tablishment and maintenance of the Bering Sea patrol. This patrol will be made by five cutters, . including the Bear, the Manning, the Perry, the Mc culloch and the Rush. The Bear will leave early in April for Behrlng sea and the others will follow promptly fter hex. The Manning will not be able lo Join the fleet until May, as she has Just arrived at Calluo, Peru, on her wav to San Francisco. It Is not Intended to asMgn a senior oft'etr to command the patrol fleet. Each commanding officer wll receive Instruction to co-operate with his ot'lcerh In preventing pelagic sealing, and they rill be required to make such arrangement that only one vensel will be in port at I'nataska at a time and only for a couple of days. The same rul' which have been followed for several reasons past will be observed. The patrol Is necessary because of the failure nf the Joint high commission to settle the questions at Issue with Canada. The commission ha agreed upon a mode of settling the Bering Sea question, under which the United States would have purchased the Heal ing vessel and outfit of Canadian sealers and have obtained control of the Northern Pacific, but the Inability of the commission or the two govern ments to determine- the Alaskan boundary controversy caused the fail ure of all negotiation with respect to the Canadian question. ENGLISH MISSIONARY KILLED. The Chinese Antl-Ff reign Crusade Still Continues. NEW YORK, March 26. A special lo the Herald from Washington, says: Mail reports have reached the state de partment from China which show that, notwithstanding the energetic protests of the diplomatic corps, the Tsung LI Yamen Is apparently unable to stop the anti-foreign crusade which has been in progress for five months past. The first foreign missionary to lose his life at the hands of the "Boxers" was the Rev. Mr. Brooks, an English man, who was a member of the Angli can mission at Ping Yin. Shan Tung. Mr. Brooks left the mission to spend the Christmas holidays with his sister, who lived some distance away. While passing through a village on the way to his destination, he was attacked by about thirty men, armed with knives. To escape his assailants he entered a temple and pleaded for aid from the head men of the village, which they re fused, and he was ejected from the building. Ue was seiaed by the Boxer, his clothing removed and with the thermometer about 15 degrees above xiro he was led to another village. While his guards were eating their noonday meal Mr. Brooks managed to escape, but was pursued by three horsemen, who overtook him and cut oft his head with a sword. . The Boxers' disturbance spread from Shan Tung province to the province of Cht LI. The officials are profuse in their promises to protect foreign res but they fail to do so. The presence of the gunboat Wheeling at Taku and the purpose of Germany to send troops to any port of Shan Tung to provide protection to foreign missionaries in danger will, the au thorities say, result In ample protec tion to American missionaries In that province ami at other points In the empire. . WISCONSIN NEARLY READY. The Battleship Will Go on Trial Trip Within a Week. SAN FRANCISCO, March 26. With in a week the battleship Wisconsin, now almost completed by the Union Iron Works will go out on a series of trial j trips. The heavy guns of her batter ies are in place and mounted, the last four 13-tnch guns being placed last week. The vessel's machinery has long ben completed and it has been fclven several tests. So far all the working parts of the warship have given every satisfaction to her builders, and It is expected that she will be fully up to the standard of the battleship Oregon. TO CLOSE THE BANKS. Commissioners Recommend Receivers for Two New Hampshire Concerns. KEENE, N. H., Marhc 26. The bank commissioners for New Hampshire have asked that an assignee be ap pointed for the Keene Guarantee Sav ings bank of this city and also for the Keene Fine-Cent Savings bank. The finances of both institutions have been considered uncertain for some time and neither bank has received depos its of late, owing to a general belief that they had sustained losses through Western Investments. The Keene Five-Cents Savings bank has paid its depositors one dividend of 10 per cent. It owes $1,449,058. The Keene Guaranty Savings bank has paid its depositors one dividend of Ave per cent. It oweB $718,873. HE IS COMING. SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 26. W. J. Bryan left for Oregon and Washing ton tonight. Sir Donald Stewart died this morning ALGIERS, March 26. Field Marshal Sir D onald Stewart died this morning In his 77th year. NO COMPROMISE ON PUERTO RICO Senate "Harmony" Committee Has Been Discbargel EIGHT REPUBLICANS OPPOSED II Passed, the Bill Most (w Tares;!) With the Ala of Vt Freat ' the Opposiiies. WASHINGTON, March 2.-The re publican member nf the' senate spent two and a half hours In caucus to day in an effort to reach an aree ment upon the Puerto Rlcan legis lation now pending In the senate. Th caucus was apparently, however, with out material result, the only accom plishment being a decision to proceed with the general bill as It now stands without separating the tariff feature, and to discharge the harmony com mittee from further efforts. During the sitting the free traders on one hand and the Imnbound tariff men on the other were quite as obdur ate as they had been at any previous meeting. This condition of affairs wa4 made so manifest that Senator Alli son, acting chairman of the caucus, declared at the close of the meeting that there was no necessity for put ting a motion to continue on the past lines, as It was' very evident that no other course was practicable. Senator Foraker was instructed by the caucus to pres the Puerto Riean bill as it stood, the governmental till Incorporated with the tariff measure, to as speedy a vote as possible. The understanding at the fime this instruc tion was given was that Senator For aker would offer an amendment to the tariff feature of the bill, adding the free list named by the president In aa executive order to exports going from the United States to Puerto Rico duty free, but that the fifteen per cent of the Dingley law carried In the house bill upon goods from Puerto Rico to the United State would be retained. Jljere. are ii.gumber of senators whc .t will oppose the blir,"even with the nmendment recommended. They are, it is stated. Senators Davis, iteveridge. Hoar, Wellington. Mason, Simon,' Nel son and Proctor. It was also said that Senator Kyle, who heretofore has act ed with the republicans, and Senator McCumber. of North Dakota, will not vote for the house bill until amended,' but it Is believed that they will vote for the amended proposition. " Two senators named In the ilt of the eight first given are claimed by friends of the tariff measure as al most sure to vote for the amended bill, leaving six republicans who will vote finally against the measure. It is claimed that two or three votes will be secured for the tariff measures from tr.e ranks of the opposition parties In the senate and that In this way a ma jority will be secured. The bill If it pauses the senate must take its chances in the house. THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Vole on th" Puerto Rlcan Mill Will He Pressed as Soon as Possible. WASHINGTON, arch 26.-Senator Foraker, In charge of the Puerto Rlcan bill, announced at today's session of the senate that beginning with the ses sion tomorrow he would press the measure to a vote as soon us possi ble. The Alaskan civil bill was under con sideration during the greater part of the session. An amendment was agreed to fixing license upon every kind of trade and commerce In the district of Alaska, the licenses ranging from $11), to IjOO per annum. The measures had not been disponed of at the conclusion of the sesaion. THE ARMY BILL. Over One Hundred Million Dollars Re quired to Provide for Military Expenses. WASHINGTON, March 26. The army appropriation bill which was tak en up In the house today carries $111,. 600,361. The estimates were $127,712 16.1. The last appropriation bill par ried about $80,000,000 and there was a deficiency of about $47,000,009. . Hull said he did not think there would be any considerable deficiency In any of the Items In the present bill. JUDICIAL SALARIES INCREASKD. Supreme Court, Circuit and District Judges Will Get a Substan tial Raise. WASHINGTON, March 2l.-s. !Utr Hoar today reported from the JudU clary committee a bill fixing the annuu nar!-s of the chW jus-.-cc ol iCw United States supreme court at UZ -500 and the associate Justing at $;-. 000; circuit Judges at $9,000; OlEtri.'t Judges at $7,000. i