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Roberts Northward Movement Is
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BRANTFORT IS EVACUATED
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LONDON, April 1. 4 a. ni.-Tho war
office Issued no further news tonight
ftii'l that few dlsputchea received from
the neat oj war bear evidence of hav
lug been delayed by the censor.
According lo ft special dispatch from
Pretoria, dated yesterday, Lord Rob-
Ht his commenced hla advance north
ward. Thu dlnio(i'h aaya there are
dully skirmishes and that ft big bat-
tie Is Ininlni'nt.
This, however, may refer to the oper
ation preceding the engagement ' at
Kurni siding, which haa apparently
cleared the way an well a secured
an advuntagenus position whence the
next ot'ratlon may be conducted.
Tucker's division la now strongly oc
cupying the Ber ramp at Karro sld-
liitf, w Ith the way clewed to Urand
forl, w hu h la reported olreudy evacu
ated.
Order have been received at Cape
Town for the Klghth dlvlalon to bo dla
embarked and sent north Immediate
ly on It arrival.
FIGHT AT MAFKT KOI.
KHOONBTADT. Orange Free State.
Friday. General Smut today engaged
the Brit lh at Mafet Kop, aouth of
Drandforl, and held them at bay (or
all huur. The bur here (ought veil.
The ruaualtlea are unknown. The Free
Stale mad wilt asscmhld at Kroonstadt
on April 2.
THh QUEEN'S IRISH VISIT.
Preparations All Made (or Her De
parture Tomorrow.
LONDON. Mann 31,'(Copyrlght. 1900.
by the Associated Preaa.) The Life
Guard, couriers, carrlugea, pots and
put), and other royal paraphernalia
have already gone to the Itoyal Isle,
w hich eagerly walta for Queen Victoria
to follow. How her majesty will be re
celved and the proapeeta of her doing
In Dublin have quite overshadowed
all other topics, even In ft week which
haa haa been marked by the lnter-var
alty boat race, the resignation of the
Duke of Norfolk aa postmaster general,
the announcement of the Delagoa Bay
railroad award, and the rumors of
possible wr In the far east. Great
ItrltAln'a own war In South Africa haa
almost been forgotten, ao uninterest
ing haa been the progress of pence In
the Orange Free State compared with
the atlrrlng accounta of battle which
the British people had grown accus
tomed to read dally. The queen la said
to be In excellent health and well able
to beur the strain of the trip to Ireland.
She commences her Journey April 2 and
sleeps on hoard the royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert, landing at Kings-
own April 4. In anticipation of her
majesty's progress through the city the
street of Dublin are already gay with
Mags and decorations.
A curious feature of the prepara
tions nt the Viceregal Lodge, where
the queen will stay, are the pots and
pans already referred to. Her majesty
Is tremendously particular about her
kitchen arrangements and those at the
viceregal Lodge were found to be quite
below the royal standard. Conse
quently, no less than 300 copper frtcan
deau pans, 84 saucepans, 60 copper
stock pots and many other varieties
of cooking utenslle have been sent to
Dublin especially for the visit.
The Earl of Denbigh, who goes to
Ireland as chief of the royal entourge
and lord-ln-walttng, holds three Irish
titles and was formerly aide de camp
i the lord lieutenant.
However, though the queen la said
to be full of exrltement and enthusi
astic In regard to her approaching vis
, she Is not forgetful of South Africa.
A story la going the rounds that the
queen remarked that she was aware
many people Imagined her anxiety
about the war would cause her death.
I may die," added her majesty, ''but
It will be from some other cause. I
do not mean to let Mr. Kruger kill me."
London, or rather that great residen
tial pnrt of It which la outside the city
proper, has been relieved thla week
from a grlevan:e almost aa great aa
the war Itself. For months yelling
newsboys have been In the habit of
making the. quiet streets hideous at
all hours, day and night, with endea-
ors to hawk "extras" often with no
thing In them.
The London County Council has now
stopped this nuisance, and an news
boy shouting hla ware la liable to
arn-s t.
The almost unprecedented matter of
a (ublnet mlnU'er giving up hla office
to go to tight for his country, results
In giving Houth Africa not only Eng
land's premier-peer, but three other
holdi rs of the highest rank In the peer
UK", namely,, tlit- Duke of Marlborough,
lilt- Duke of Roxburgh and the Duke
or Westminster, ranging from 52 years
old, In the faite of the Duke of Norfolk,
to the Duke of Westminster's 21.
The fulled Ktate rruiser Albuny re
mains at Newt-mill", though her otilcera
expected she Would have sailed long
before tills, Severul week will prob
ably elapse befcre she leaves England,
no opportunity having yet been se
cured for lest Inn her guns, and several
minor chunge are Ix lng made. In the
meanwhile, heH officer and crew are
having a dreary time at Newcastle.
CupMln Craig Managed to get steam
heat put In for thu crews but the'
oltlcera' quurti-ra are merely warmed
by a couple of stoves, which arrange
ment. durliiK the recent bitterly cold
weather, haa not added to the happi
ness of their existence.
8
Coixmander Clover relieves Lieutenant-Commander
Col well April 2, as
United States naval attache here. The
retiring Incumbent has been the recip
ient during the last few- weeks of
many valedictory dinners and on all
sldea there are expressions of regret
that he Is leav ing the naval and so
clnl circles here, Both he and Mrs.
Colwell are Very popular. The Spanish
war devolved upon him more Impor
tant duties than ever before fell to
the lot of an American attache, during
his three years' tenure. Ober $1J.0(p0,
fluo (Missed through Lleutenant-Com-mnnder
Col H ell's hands.
S
Colonel Cary Sanger Is busy In Lon
don collecting farts regarding the war
and Is sending a special report to the
war. department at Washington re
garding the lessons learned from trans
port and kindred matters. Colonel
Sanger makes the United States em
bassy his headquarters.
Military circles here are somewhat
puxzled by the Hpiearance of a volun
teer officer si. daily commissioned by
tli Unlttd States war department to
do what is generally considered to be
the peculiar function of the military
attache, which post Coloned Sumner
atlll formally holds.
Mr. Charles Krohnian has made good
us-; of the few days he has been In
London. He has made a contract with
Arthur Collins, whereby he gets the
annual Drury Iine melodrama for the
next five years for America. He made
a contract with D'Oyly Carte to pro
duce "The Hose of Persia," now play
ing at the Savoy, In America In Sep
tember. The cast will be made of the
present company and will number sixty-three
persons In all. They will sail
at the end of August. Mr. Frohman
further aranged to produce Belasco's
"Madame l!utterrly," at the Duke of
York theater, with "Miss Hobbs" April
2:1, with Evelyn Milliard as Madame
Dutterily and, finally', he fixed the date
of Mrs. Leslie Carter's appearance in
"Za" for Easter Monday. Mr. Froh
man goes to Parts Sunday.
It la not known whether George Ed
wardea will appeal against the decision
of Justice Kekewith, who, on March 20,
delivered Judgment In the suit of the
late Augustln Daly against Edwardes,
giving the plaintiff possession of Daly's
theater. He has until April 14 to do so.
Th? decision, as It stands, gives Mr.
Daly's heirs absolute possession and
they propose to run the theater and
not transfer the lease.
Edna May is unnouueed to reappear
here In April and the papers are taking
up the New York story of the alleged
heirlooms of famous English families
which nre raid to have been presented
to her. The Star saya:
"It they are legally heirlooms, the
gilded youth who have thus adorned
Miss May are likely to have the family
lawyers after them."
In an Interview concerning his ap
pearance on the stage. Sir Robert Peel
says that 100 a week which he Is to
receive In no way Influences hla de
cision, adding that his affairs point to
a settlement by which he will have
1,200 yearly. He asserts he Is merely
"going on the stage to Mil time," as
he Is going to parliament at the next
asked htm to stand.
In consequence of hearing that Kir
alfy intended to have a beautiful
woman competition with money prlsea.
Lady Henry Somerset withdrew her
name from the list of patronesses of
the woman's exhibition at Earlscourt,
but peace was patched up by Kilalfya
withdrawing the projected feature.
TRANSPORT SUMNER SAILS.
NEW VOKK, March 31. The trans
port Sumner started on her voyage for
Manila with troops and supplies to
day. Congressman E. II. Drlggs, of
Brooklyn, af ler making a thorough In
spection of the transport declared that
the charges of extravagance and lav
ish expenditure of money on the Sum
ner were not true.
ANTI-WILSON DELEGATES.
VANCOUVER. Wash., March 81.
The Blxteen delegates to the republican
state convention chosen from Clark
county today arc said to be solidly
anti-Wilson.
RUSSIA IS AFTER
TURKEY AND JAPAN
Projector of the Peace Confer
. ence Wants Two Wars.
ENGLAND IS WATCHFUL
Bat Actual Coofltl If Improbable Froai
Ibc Wtakaei aaa I'eresdlacts
el Both Powers Cea
tersts. (Copyrighted, 1500, Associated Press.)
LONDON. March 31. Russian ac
tivlty has been the international fac
tor of the week and diplomatic func
tionaries attached to the court of St
James are asking themselves: "What
does It all mean and where will it
end?"
The Russian ambassador smiles
blandly and assures his dear friends
that It means "nothing, absolutely
nothing," but just the same, specula'
lion is acute. There are many men
of fair standing and tolerable know!
edge of Internal under currents who
ar? willing to say that war between
Russia and Japan hua now come with
In measurable distance. But the Asso
ciated Press learns that no such view
la taken by the British foreign office,
which, during the recent troublesome
tlniei?, has sized up the International
situation with wonderful correctness,
The next few weeks may, perhaps,
bring up a tremendous war ware, 'but
the salient (act remains that Japan
la not ready for hostilities.
As far as Great Britain Is concerned,
Russia's military rather than her naval
activity la chiefly Interesting. The for
elgn office is devoting a careful in
vestigation to ihe warlike preparations
occurring In Southern Russia.
There seem to be no longer any
doubt that Tut key for her tardiness
to meet Russian demands regarding
1 j II way concession) Is being menaced
by her northern neighbor, and many
signs point to the fact that Russia In
tends to settle herself In the northern
part of Asia minor unless Turkey
gives In.
Already a quarter of a million Rus
sian troops are maintained on those
borders, while the Black Sea squadron
is ready for. business at a moment's no
tice. To what extent British moral
assistance can be given to Turkey In
w miMamiiiiK jusniitn uemanns is a
question at the present moment occu
pying Lord Salisbury s attention, to
even a greater extent than the South
African war.
In view of the troubles of Great
Britain in South Africa It is more than
probable that Turkey will meet the
demands and that the Russian troops
will be withdrawn.
WANTS TO COME TO OREGON.
White People Getting Too Thick
Washington and Chief Joseph's
Band Wants to Remove.
In
WASHINGTON. March 31. Chief
Joseph of the Nex Perce Indians, loca
ted on the Colville reservation of
Washington, has filed with the com
missioner of Indian affairs a petition to
remove his band lo Oregon.
Chief Joseph says that he desires to
be located In the Wallowa valley, at
the confluence of the Grande Ronde
and Snake rivers, near the Seven Dev
ils mountains.
The commissioner of Indian affairs
today said it Wallowa district was not
too thickly settled It might be practi
cable to grant Chief Joseph's request,
but he feared conditions would not per
mit this action.
GAGE NEEDS MORE PAPER.
WASHINGTON, March 3I.-Owing
to the enactment of the new financial
law Secretary Gage has sent to the
house a request for an appropriation
for 7,807,600 sheets of distinctive pa
per for the national bank currency to
cost 41,82ti.
AN AWKWARD QUESTION.
Protests Have Been Made Against
Keeping the American Buildings
at the Paris Exposition
Open on Sunday.
(Copyrighted. 1900, Assactated Press.)
PARIS, March 31. The important
question whether the American and
British sections of the exposition shall
bo open on Sundays came up this
week, engaging the serious attention
of both the American and British com
missioners, upon whom pressure Is be
ing brought to bear by sections of their
respective countryment to close their
exhibits.
United States Commissioner General
Peck's mail has brought a big batch
of protesta on this subject and the
commissioner finds himself In a dlltm-
ma, as the closure of the Amirlcan
section on what will be the most popu
lar visiting day of the week, certain
ly will not meet with favor from
Frenchmen.
ine .r.rmnn commissioner has re
reived an oflcial Intimation from his
government to go as far as possible to
ward conciliating religious feeling on
the subject.
The American (ominlssloner Intends
to close his bureau on the Sabbath,
and Cimmlxs loner General Peck will
coiimiK with the French authorities
with a view of coming to some ar
rangement w hich w ill reconcile the sus
ceptibility of his own countrymen with
French expectations and with custom
here, which makes Sunday a public
holiday.
The exposition authorities aay the
United States would be quite within
their rights In closing their exhibits
on Sunday, but that it would be re
garded as a very unfortunate dec is
Ion. riunday Is always the greatest
day of the week and shutting up the
Ann-rh'an buildings would debar nun
dreds of thousands from viewing what
will undoubtedly be one of the most
Interesting and Important exhibits.
RUSSIA STILL NAGS JAPAN.
Demands a Coaling Station on One of
the Corean Islands.
LONDON, March Jl.-The Times has
the following from Seoul, capital of
Corea:
"M. Pavloff, the Russian minister,
recently demanded from Corea the ces
sion of a coaling station to a Russian
steamship company at Atkinson Point,
commanding Mesampho harbor and to
prevent a counter claim by Japanese
of the neighboring area, he demanded
that Corea should not alienate in any
form any portion of Kojedo island to
any other power.
'Tf-sterday, at an imperial audience,
for reasons not given but surmised,
M. Pavloft modifl-Mi his original de
mand, asking Instead of Atkinson Point
another site within the treaty limits
of Mesampho. This demand is unob
jectionable. At the same time, how
ever, he insisted on the non-allenatlon
of Kojedo. His action Indicates that
Russia claim the reversion of this Isl
and, which is of high strategical value
as commanding the Corean straits and
it -is bound to provoke Japanese oppo
sition."
CALAVERAS BIG TREES SOLD.
Private Speculator Expects to. Make ft
Rig Graft On the Government.
SAN ANDREAS. Cal., Mar. 31.-The
sale of the Calaveras big trees has
been consumated. Luther Whiteside
has made good his bond of $100,000, due
today, and J. K. Sperry has transferred
the property to the big trees company.
The government, which proposes to
purchase the grote for a national park,
will now have to deal with the new
owners.
POSTAGE REDUCED IN GERMANY.
BERLIN, March 31. All private pos
tal companies will be abolished to
morrow and the Imperial post will take
their places throughout the empire,
one private Berlin postal company
alone receiving a million in damages.
Simultaneously postage will be reduced
for local postal cards to one-half cent
and for local letters to one cent, in
cluding all suburbs.
ANOTHER BANKER CONVICTED.
CHICAGO. March 31. Robert Bor-
ger, a ..partner of E. S. Dreyer, the I
banker recently convicted of embeizle-
ment, was tonight found guilty and
sentenced to an indelinite term in the
penitentiary. The specific charge
against Uorger was that of receiving
funds for deposit when he knew the
bank was Insolvent.
THE TWO ADMIRALS OFF.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mnrch 31. The
teamshlp Honk Kong Mam, which
sailed this afternoon for the Orient,
carried us passengers Rear Admiral
Kejnpif and Rear Admiral Remey.
Kemp IT will relieve Admiral Watson
and Remey will take charge of the
ships on the China and Japan sta
tion.
BRYAN AT NORTH YAKIMA.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., March 31.
William J. Bryan spoke here this af
ternoon to 3.E00 people. This evening
he was ttndered a banquet at which
speeches were made by Governor Rog
ers, Senator Turner, ex -Congressman
Jones and Attorney-General Vance.
EX.-SENATOR SAWYER BURIED.
OSHKOSII, Wis., March 31. The
funeral of ex-Senator Sawyer will be
held Sunday afternoon at the residence
of hla son, Edgar P. Sawyer. The re
mains will lie In state from 10 A. M. to
30 P. M.
LARGE IMMIGRANT LIST.
NfcW YORK. March 31.-The Hamburg-American
line stsamship Phoeni
cia, which arrived here today from
Hamburg and Boulogne, brought 2,038
storage passengers.
FEDERAL TROOP:
2
IN COUER D'ALENE
Petition for Their Retention Pre
sented byOov.Steunenbery.
SIGNED BY A1ANY CITI2E!
Is Proportioi te Populate, II Prtseaicd
From New York It Would Have tary
J,0OO,OOO Signers Stale Offi
cials Endorsed.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-C.over-nor
Suunenberg, of Idaho, toduy call
ed at the war department and pre
serted In person to Secretary Root the
petition to which he referred while un
der examination before the house com
mittee on military affairs, in favor of
the retention of federal troops in th
disturbed mining districts. The gov
ernor had refused to produce the pe
tition befor the committee until he
had first submitted It to the secretary
of war, to whom it was addressed
The petition bears about 2,30V signa
tures and recited that all the signers '
are citizens of Idaho and Shoshone
county and the Coeur d'Alene mining
district.
They petition that the secretary of
war allow a small force of federal
troops to remain in quarters as long
as Governor Steunenberg may think
their presence necessary for the pre
servation o( peace and order.
The citizens also express their ap
proval of all the acts that have beu
done by the governor and other of-
flclans of their state to preserve
peace and order.
THE PHILIPPINE EXECUTIONS.
They Mark the First Instance Whera
the Military Sentence of Death
" Has Been Executed.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-Tbe exe
cution of Morales and Gonzales, the
Philippine leaders, marks the Inaugu
ration of a new policy in the Philip
pines. This is the first execution of the
death sentence by order of the mili
tary officers In commmid in the cases
of persons, natives or others, convicted
and sentenced by the military com
missions organised under the rules of
war. , .
Morales and Gonzales were convicted
by a military commission of the mur
der of Filipinos and were sentenced to
be hanged March 30, and press dis
patches from Manila show that the
sentence wa carried out. 4.
There have been several cases where
th-j death penalty was imposed by mil
itary tribunals', but up to the present
instance no case where the death sen
tence was carried Into effect. All pre
vious cases were submitted to the,
president for final action and in every
instance the sentence was commuted to
imprisonment for life.
It is stated that General Otis' ac
tion is undoubtedly intended to sup
press brigandage and outlawry In the
Philippines, but some conservative of
ficers feur that his summary action
may Jeopardize the safety of American
prisoners now in the hands of the in
surgents. WILL VOTE ON TUESDAY.
Senate Has Now Completed Puerto
Ricau Tariff Bill and It It Ready
for Passage.
WASHINGTON, 'March 31. So far
as the committee in charge of the
measure is concerned, the Puerto Ri
can bill was completed today with the
exception of two amendments, which
senators hud requested should He over
until Monday. The final two days' de
bate jn the bill will begin at 11 o'clock
Monday.
At 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon votes
will be taken on the pending amend
ments and the bill.
The features of today's session waa
an exhaustive discussion of the pend
ing measure by Fairbanks of Indiana.
Particular interest was manifested by
senators on both sides of the chamber
in the speech in view of the attitude
of Fairbank's colleague, Beveridge. He
supported vigorously and unequivocal
ly the pending measure.
FORTIFICATION BILL PASSED,
House Wasted Three Hours Yesterday
in Political Debate Brought
on by Shattuc.
WASHINGTON, March 31. The
house today finished a hard week's
work by passing the fortifications ap
propriation bill. Not a single amend
ment was offered and the bill passed
jj It tame from the cooiinUUe. It car
ries l7,0i3,488.
Three hours' political debate was
precipitated by a general political
speech made my Shattuc, of Ohio,
members of each side being drawn In
to it.