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The Drain upon your put-M- Kill amount to very little- If you Imvo u do your repairing and plumbing of til kinds. We mi) always reason able In nur charge, prompt and ..',-I!Ihk In service, mi J our work riumi.t bo excelled In plumbing, an or steam flttlnir. How Ik your oil) plumbing wearing let u know. & REED am Attention ! things needed by )ou. line of CHARD, BOERS ARE CLOSE TO BL0E11F0NTEIN Roberts Obliged to Increase His Force at Glen. AN ATTACK IS THREATENED Tbc Country Is Bclof Severely Kaldcd, Firmer Art llaraittd and Their Cattle Arc Drlvea Oil ay I he Johannei bvrf Moaattd Police. LONDON. March 3d, 4 a. m.-TIm liner are concentrating In force about IS in 1 1 in north of Illocinfonieln In the rear of Glenn, and Lord Robert la sending forward troop to enKiige tlicin, The Seventh Infantry division and part of Ct-ni-rul French' tavutry have been sent up to join the Fourteenth brigade and two cavutry regiments that nr.- holding Glenn mid It en- Vlroos. It doe not seem probable that the IJiM-r will give serloua battle In the fairly ij-ii country north of Glen Still their evident strength Indicate nu r.' than a c-oip of observation. In small atYalj tile Hoer are ilurliixly aggressive In ull part of the ft'ld of war. Tin- Johannesburg mounted poller esteemed by the Boer to be their beat miiunied commando, are raiding the country near Itloemfonleln, harassing farmer who have given up their arma to the ItrltlNh and carrying off cattle. Doer have rwtccujiled Campbell and ur In utrrtiKth near Taungs and Hark- ley Wrnt. Urd Methuen and the force that had liwn oeratlna In the IJurkley dla trl l have be--n ret-ullinl to KlmberUy by lrd Itobt-rt. No explanation hua Uen given for Ihla, but the mounted troop are dUiiatloned at having ben orderil back. Accorllng to Pretoria, advices, Mafek ItiK waa bombarded for aeven hnura on Tueaday. It la rwpurtrd In LcimIor In a well-In-fornieil iunrter, that Lord Kltchenon will be offered the pout conimunder In chief In India, aucceedlng; the late Hlr Willlun IHklmrt, ao anon a declnlve auoccpa haa been obtained In hf Tranavaul, nnd that Sir Cenerul Archibald Hunter will auccet-d Mm aa Lord Itobvrta' chief of ataff. KKl tlKltS LATEST DOAST. Ik' Says Itloemfonteln Will lie Ite- taken In a Week. LOXIN. March Z9.-A Uloemfontcln rorrvHpomlent of the Morning Post, tel egraphlng Wedneaday, aaya: Prenldent KruKcr boaata hla Inten uon 10 n iuKo tuoemtoniein within a week and It npiH-ura probable that the Hoera are advancing In force south ward." KKl'OKK ON THE WAlt. Interview With a World Correapond ent on Ilia Prediction us to Mow Its Leases Would KiTect Humanity. NKW YOltK. March 2'J.-Tlie World luibllMlua u Ioiir Interview with Pful tlcnt Ki4ug;r, under date of Pretoria, February 7. President Krugir said: "I aeiit a message to the World suy. Inu that the Iowa In a war would atuggvr Immunity. The Brltlah laughed at me nnd said they would only take u month to conquer us. Did thosd six hundred ur.d fifty dead at Hplongop nnd thosj fiundreds who were killed In other battlea please the Prltlsh? Are they laughing now? When you came through London did you see much laughing?" The correspondent told, him of the scene In front of the London war bul letin board, the weeping relatives and the sorrowing friends. Mr. Kruger went on: "Yes, that la only one side of the picture. Here we have the came scencii, only our casualties are not so grout. h'vtry home in South Africa has been desolated and the war has only begun. Wait until the war la ended and those who will suffer on account of It will be numbered by the hundreds of thousands. 'Did Chamberlain and Mllner and the capitalists who were back of them think of those things before they drove us to the wall? Are the tears of the widows and orphans to pay for the goldllelds? . Tell the Americans that I appreciate their expressions of gym- athyand that I will Inform my burgh ers of It. I am greatly pleased to hear that committees have beem formed to raise funds for our Red Cross. , 'We need medicines and supplies for the wounded not so much for our own wounded, but for tho many poor British soldiers who conio into our hands "It makes my heart bleed to see that they suffer, we cannot help them as much as we would like to do because the llrltlsh authorltle will not let ua bring medicine or supplies for our lociil Itl Cross through Delugoa bay." President Kruger said that the !)th Inokeil for no asslstane from any na tion. He declared thut the Moera would not destroy th mine a any event. it: said before the war closed he be. Ileved that the 1'nlted States would offer to act as nrbllraUir f the differ ences between the two countries and that he was perfectly content to accept the decision that would h.ive been in:id but Oreat Itrltuln p-fus-d to ar bltruto. I.OHKItTH' PLANii UNKNOWN'. Yailous t'MiJi ttip-M a to the I ng'h itnd t'bjett of His Halt at Hloemfontiin. LONDON, March 29. -Conjecture as to Lord Uoberts' advance from Hloem foiitein Is the topic of the day and la likely to continue ao If the Ilrltlsli coiiiiiiander-lii-chlef In South Africa com eals his movements as carefully as he has done In tha past. April 2d Is set by arluus- critic t tin prob itlli date of the lepnrture of the main a nny from HI-icMfonteln. It Is pointed out that there will then be over a week's hard searching before Kroon slu'lt Is reaehed, '.hough there seem no certainty that Kroonstadt will en tirely occupy liobcrts' attention. The advance, when It do-s occur, will prob ably be nude by par.iliel columns ulonf; a broad front. Ti- m iveiiii-nt of the cavalry furce and 'art of the infantry toward Glen can varcely be construed as an actual advance, although they undoubtedly point to Imminence of such a step. Put only a small part of General Gata cre's forces have yet ai rived at Kloem fonteln and until that movement la completed, it la not likely Huberts will start for Pretoria. The luteal news from Lloemfonteln, (ontnlned In a dispatch published In the second edition of th- Times and dated Wednesday, again dwell upon the necessity for not making a pre mature udvance. CLK.MENT8 IN FAl KESM1TH. Several Guns and a Large Quantity of Amunltlon Captured. LONDON.- MnrcU A.The war tf flc has received the following dis patch from Lord Robert, dated Hloein fonttln. March 2S: "Gem rul Clements occupid Faure smlth without opposition. One nine pounder and one Martini-Maxim were discovered In a prosiectlng shaft of a mine, where a large quantity of amu nltlon was burled. "Arms are being surrendered gradu ally and the inhabitants are settling dow it. folonel Pitcher visited Ladybrand on March JC On leaving the town he was attacked by a party of the tfnemy. and cne of his force was wounded and fiw are missing. 'During the skirmish north of Mod- der river on March 28, five men were wounded. Three are reported to be missing. Captain Sloan Stanley, of the Sixteenth Lancers and five men of that regiment were taken prisoners." DROUGHT IN INDIA. Enormous Loss Due to Shortage In Wheat, Cotton and Other Crops. CALCUTTA. March 29. In the course of his remarks, in addressing the coun cil budget yesterday, the viceroy, Lord Curzon, said the loss to the wheat crop caused by the drought during the present year was S.OOO.OOO to 10,000,000 pounds sterling, the loss to the cotton crop was seven million pounds, while the oil seed crop, usually covering 1S,- 000,000 acres, was non-existent outside of Dengal and the northwest provinces. The loss to Culthators In Rombay alone In the food crops was i:,000,000 and in cotton 1,000,000. FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Several Workmen Killed and Maimed at Spokane Yesterday. SPOKANE, March 29 -By a. prema ture explosion if sixty sticks of dyna mite five workmen were buried under a mass of rock today. Salvatore Ururilno Is dead, Michael Herman v.iil die, "and Andrew Had- berg will Imj Mind for life. Ferdlnando Grego and Ole Oleson will recover. About two hundred men were working on the Great Northern light of way through this city. Hudberg waa tamping In ihe dyna mite- when it exploded. BRYAN AT PENDLETON. Sp eaks In nn Octopus Warehouse and Accepts the Courtesy of the Monster's Special Train. PENLLETON, March 29.-Wllllam J. Bryan spoke in this place this morn ing to an audience of thirty-five hun dred people In the large double ware house of tho O. R. St X. tracks. Immediately upon the close of his speech he was taken on o, spe-.ial train to Walla, for a tour through Washington. VIOLATING THE RULES OF WAR Severe Arraignment of tbe Meth ods of the Boers. AN AMERICAN S OBSERVATION Julia Ralph Says i Every Battle Ike White Flax a ad Oeseva Cross Are Abased sad Ambulances Fre quently Fired L'po. LONDON. March 23.-The most aer lous Indictment' of the lloer methods of warfare which has yet appeared In England conies from Julian Ralph, the Amerli-an war correspondent, in a let ter from Klmberley, published In this morning's Dally Mall. Ralph says: ' There has hardly been a battle In which the Boer have not abused the white flag or Geneva Cross or both. At Klmberley the Boers shelled the funeral cortege of George T. Abram, an American. At many places they fired on our ambulances MARINES AS GUNNERS. Decision of the department to Retain Them a a Part of Gun Batteries. NEW YORK. March 29.-A special to the Herald from Washington says: Marines will continue to serve the butteries of American men of war. This decision has been made by Assist ant rJecretary Allen as a result of con sideration given to a provision inserted In the naval regulations by the board which haa revised them, practically prohibiting the further employment of marines aa gun crews. The board's action Is a renewal of the effort made several years ago by line officers, notably. Captain R. D. Evans, to Induce Mr. Herbert, then secretary of the navy, to have the gun crews made up of bluejackets. . It is understood, however, that the n?w regulations will contaiu a provi sion requiring the marine guard on board ship to be thoroughly drilled and instructed at the guns of the main and secondary batteries and permitting their station, under their own officers, at either or both batteries, as the com manding officers may direct. DUAL HONDURAS SYNDICATES. Quarreling Over the Question of Which Is the True One. TRENTON. N. J.. March 29. There was filed here Wednesday In the Uni ted States court, third district, a bill of complaint by the Honduras Com pany, a corporation of the state of Georgia, complainant, as against the Honduras Syndicate, a corporation of the state of New Jersey. The bill sets up that the Honduras Company was Incorporated In Georgia on December 4, 1S95, and that the Hon duras Syndicate was incorporated In New Jersey on December 30, 1WS. The bill altllrms that, warranted by assur ance from ultimate officials In Hondu ras, the Honduras Company was In corporated as stated, to acquire estate, real and personal, In Honduras, to pos sess and enjoy all the rights, power, franchises and provisions necessary to enable the company to manufacture or construct public or private depart ments for the developments of Its prop erties and in fulfillment of its obliga tions with' the Honduras government. The bill atllrms that as a part of the plan of the Honduras Company, It was designed to organize a bank to finance the projects referred to, fund the large public lndebtness of Hondu ras, and that, pursuant to the design, the Commercial bank of Honduras was organized In August, 1S36. The bill further sets forth that pur suing Its plans and in a line with an understanding set up with the officials of Honduras there were organized un der the laws of the state of Georgia eight subsidiary companies for the promotion of homestead and land rights for the development of lumber, for the prosecution of metal mining for the extension of railways, for the establishment of a sinking fund and for the Improvement of harbors. Under these subsidiary companies the bill sets forth that the public debt of Honduras, amounting to more than eighty millions of dollars was designed to be refunded; that the Interocean railway of Honduras, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Bay of Fonseca, was to be completed over a distance of more than 200 miles at an estimated cost of eight million dollars; that, co-operating with the government of Honduras, the Honduras Company would have part In thj collection of the customs revenues and that several hundred thousand Im migrants were to be brought Into Hon duras. The gravamen of the bill rests In allegations made therein In effect that persons to whom, in the prosecution of Its purposes the Honduras Company has confided lis plans and possibilities had, it Is aitlrriied, in the bill, hve taken advantage of this knowledge and Information and had sent persons of their own selection to Honduras to procure a contract from Its govern ment in' their own interests and in the Interest of (he Honduras Syndicate, which Is made defendant by this bill. Allegation is nnU In the bill that these i sons so sent to Hondurus did, In April, 1HS7, procure and enter Into a contract for 'the Honduras -Syndicate with the government of Honduras to perfect plans and accomplish purposes Inaugurated and aimed at by the Hon duras Company and that the Honduras Syndicate, Incorporated with a capital of Mffl substituted Itself for the Honduras Company to achieve and se cure the advantages and emoluments designed by the Honduras Company to be enjoyed by Itself. The bill sets up a claim by the Hon duns Compuny that the contract made by the Honduras Syndicate belongs of right to the Honduras Conpany ani that the syndicate has no right there t' or therein except as an equitable trustee for the Honduras Company, The Honduras Company, therefore. In this bill, asks that the Honduras Syndicate may be directed by the court to hold said contract between Itself and the government of Honduras for the benefit of, and as trustee for the Honduras Company and the bill asks thut the syndicate may likewise be decreed to account to the Honduras Company for any profits or advantages that It may have received under and by virtue thereof, and that it may be directed to transfer to the Honduras Company every beneficial interest of the Honduras Syndicate In such con tract: the bill affirming tbe readiness of the Honduras Company to take over and perform everything on Its part in the promises that equity requires. THE ARM If BILL PASSED. Will Become a Law Practically in the Form Recommended by the Committee. WASHINGTON, March 29. After four days' stormy debate, the house passed the army appropriation bill to day. As passed the bill is only slight ly modified from the form in whiclj it came from the committee. One of the laat amendments adopt ed opens the sodliers' homes to officers and men of both volunteer, and regular armies incapaciated by service during or since the Spanish war. Without opposition the house con Armed Roreing's title to his seat. His seat was contested by White, an other republican, and the report of the committee that investigated the case was unanimously In favor of the sit ting member. THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION Conferring With Secretary Root on the Scope of Its Future Work. WASHINGTON. March 29.-The Phil ippine commission this afternoon spent three hours In conference with Sec retary Root. The secretary said the discussion had covered the probable scope of the work of the commission for the next two years. The secretary also said that the new commission would have much broader powers in dealing with the problems arising in the Philippines than had Its predecessor. The primary purpose was the estab lishment of local civil governmont throughout the island. In the selec tlon of civil officers, the commission would have a free hand. MORE TIME ALLOWED. Spaniards In Philippines Will Have Six Months Longer to Become American Citizens. WASHINGTON. March 29.-Secre-tary Hay and the Duke of D'Arcos, the Spanish minister, today signed a protocol extending for six mouths from April 4, the period allowed Spanish residents In the Philippine islands to elect whether they shall remain Span Ish subjects or surrender their alle giance and adopt the nationality of the territory in which they resied. LILY WON'T APPEAJt. Mrs. Langtry Will Not Be Permitted to Corrupt the Morals of Pittsburg. PITTSBURG. March 29.-Mrs. Lily Langtry, who is booked to appear in this city next Monday week, will not be permitted to produce her play "The Degenerates." This was decided today by Mayor Wm. J. Diehl, who has received pro tests from the Presbyterian ministers association and numerous citizens against the production of the play, on the ground that it is immoral. PROF. PRICHETT RESIGNED. NEW YORK, March 29. A special to the Tribuns from Washington says: Prof. Henry W. Pricuett, superintend ent of the coast and geodetic survey, has resigned his place to accept the presidency of the Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology at Boston. FIRST VOTE TAKEN ON PUERTO RICO Senate Rejects Ameodment Strik injr Oat the Tariff Provision. SIMON FOLLOWS 0REC0NIAN Deserts HI Party AsMclatet ad Pairs I Oppoiltlo la Hi Colltaiue and the Palicy f the Majority it Agreed ! by the Admlaiitralloa. WASHINGTON, March 29.-A direct vote taken by the senate today on tha proposition to strike from the Puerto Rico measure the provision laying 15 Pr cent of the Dingley law duties on Puerto Rican products. The proposl. tion was defeated by a vote of 13 to 23. While the vote Is regarded as presag ing the passage of the pending meas ure, It Is not regarded as indicating the final vote on the bill. The feature of the debate waa th speech of Beveridge, of Indiana. While he advocated reciprocity between ths United States and Puerto Rico, he an nounced that If all efforts to secure free trade should fail, he would sup. port the pending bill. The bill was un der discussion throughout the session, several important amendments being agreed to. The motion cf Pettus was defeated, as follows: Yeas Bacom, Bate, Berry, Clark, Clay, Cot krell, Culberson, Harris, Jones (Ark.), Lindsay, Kenny, Morgan, Pet tus, Sullivan, Turley, Wellington 1. Noes Allison, Baker, Bard, Carter,! Chandler, Clark (Wyo.). Cullom, Deboe, Fairbanks. Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gal linger. Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hans brough, Hawley, Kean, Kyle, Lodge, McBride, McComas, McMillan, Perkins, Quarto, Ross, Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Ppooner, Warren, Wetmore 33. The following pairs were announced, the last named being opposed to tha amendment: , Martin-Jones, of Neva da; Daniel-Penrose; McLaurln-Prltch-ard; Hoar-Teller: Csffery-Burrows; Pettlgrew-Platt, of Connecticut; Sl-mon-Depew; Chllton-EIkins; Heltfeldt Platt, of New York; Butler-Beve ridge. No annonucement of pairs was made of the following senators, who were absent from the chamber when their names were called: Allen, Davis, McCumber, Mallory, N'isnn. proctor, Stewart, Thurston, Tillman and Vest. Morgan offered an amendment to the section of the bill which proposes to redeem Puerto Rican silver coins In ' United States money, giving 60 cents of Amreican money for the Puerto Rican peso. The amendment proposed to pay HK cents for the peso. Morgan held that in the proposed exchange of coins the United States was taklnar advantage of the Puerto Ricans because the peso contained the same amount of silver as the American dollar. There was no intention to deprive the Puerto Ricans of any value, as th: American dollar now was worth In debt-paying power practically two pesos in Puerto Rica. The amendment wjnt over. TRANSPORT SERVICE COST. Detailed Statement of Moneys Ex pended In Buying, Chartering and Fitting Out Ships. WASHINGTON, March 29. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn has sent to the senate a list of all the transport ships and other vessels purchased or char tered by the war department since March 4, 1S9T, together with the cost of purchase or charter and the. cost of fitting up ot repair. . Forty-nine vessels of all classes were purchased for the army transport ser vice during and since the Spanish war, tbe total purchase price of these ves sels was $8,074,455, and the total cost of refitting and repairing was J5, 1S9.093. There were 14 vessels chartered at a total cost of $10,637,519 for service rendered and a total cost of M,894,343, in restoring them to their original con dition on the cancellation of their char ters. DEMOCRATIC GUNS SPIKED. Populist Governor of Idaho Denies CorresDondence With Republican National Committee on the Wardner Strike. WASHINGTON, March 29,-Gover- nor Stuenenburg of Idaho took occa sion during the Coeur d'Alene inves tigation today to deny the statement published during the Idaho disorder last fall to the effect that in Octo ber last he wrote to a representative of the republican national executive com- mlttee assuming complete responsibil ity for the conditions in Idaho and re lieving the federal autiioiuien hum ail connection with the affair. Governor Steunenburg also denied he had had any correspondence with Sen ator Hanna.