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An the Blocmfonteln correspondent of the Time remarks. Commandant Oliver's strategy, In rcoceupylng Uoly liranil hiuI Thuhu Chu was bold hikI even hrllllunt. Most of his fiirce Is composed of Free Stater and the ud vantage gulned by them will have a most .llHtur IjIiik effect on the mind of th- Free Stale population. Th impossibility of effecting the roinplete protection for the innment of hit farmers In the south snd southeast sections of the Free State Is recog nised at lllnemfonteln. The men who surrendered under the proclamation of Lord Roberts are now being punished foi' the reliance they placed In I he ability of the British to protect tlicm. It Is unnouced from SprliiKfoiilcln that the censorship has again cur tailed dispatches. Therefore Import ant developments must be Impending. There I little news from other points. Mafeklng was still beselged on Murch 20, and there are rumors that General Huller Is preparing to advance. CRONJE TAKEN TO BT. HELENA. CAPE TOWN, April J. General Cronje and 1,000 Roer prisoners sailed for 81. Helena today. TUB IJI'KEN AT KINGSTON. Much Enthusiasm Manifested and No Hostile Demonstration Occurred. DUBLIN. April 4. 12:30 a. m.-In spite of the rain that was fulling, the arrival of Queen Victoria In the royal yacht Victoria and Albert off .Kings ton, was the occasion for much en thusiasm. Although all political conditions are represented In Kingston, there was no attempt at a counter demonstration. In fact the evening's fire works, slng lini and cheering was not marred by any hostile note . WHO REICHMAN IS. The Boer Commander, Who Entrapped Hroadwood, Is a Deserter From the American Army. NKW YOIIK, April 3. The Journal nnd Advertiser asumes that the Ameri can named Itelchman, sold to have been In command of the Doers ut the Irishman's Kop ambush, was Captain Carl Itelchman, United States army, The Journal and Advertiser says: Captain Itelchman was detached from command of a company of the Seventeenth Infantry when ordered to South Africa on January 5. He was sent to the Cape to report on all mili tary operations and Is vlrtuully a Uni ted States representative. He reached the' front about four weeks ago and, like the French and Herman attaches, Is believed to be helping the Boer forces in whatever way he can. Captain Relchmnn was born In Ger many. He came to America In 1881 and the same year Joined the United Slates army as a private. Within three years Reichmun passed through the bucces Hive grades of private, corporal, ser geant and second lieutenant and after obtaining a commission his promotion was rapid. At the beginning of the Spanish war he was made an assistant adjutant general with the rank of captain of vol unteers and was at the Santiago cam paign. On his promotion to a captaincy In the regular army he was assigned to active duty In the Philippines. He served at the front there for several months. Captain Relchman Is a graduate of Heidelberg university. A Washington dispatch said last night that the war department received no report recent ly from Captain Itelchman. The re port that he was fighting with the Bors was a startling announcement to the department. Captain Relchman is still officially connected with the United States government and such an m t if his might bring on grave diplo matic difficulties. The rabl -s giving this report were handed at once to Adjutant-General Coibln. "Hii'h a thing hs Oils Is Inconceiv able," siild the adjutant-general. "I funnot eve thnt Cnptsln Itelchman Iiiim done tills ulthout first forwarding a resignation to the war department. I have been fished several limes today whether he hud resigned. I cannot be lieve that he would take urt In the Transvaal buttles without first leaving the United Slates tinny. ''As 1 have mil. I, such a thing Is In conceivable und'-r military la. "Captain llelchninri Is one of the most foimervallve officers In the army. Thnt wus one of the reasons why he was sent to the Transvnil." If CHptuiil Keli hiniin has J"lnd In the fighting without first resigning from the United Htatea army he will be HhIiI to court murtisl on his return. If he does not return he will be dis missed from the service In disgrace If It be found true that lie Joined the lloers while still holding a commission under the United B:utei. ItKI'OUTrf DON'T AOHEE. Iindon Newspapers I'ubllsh Different Accounts of lir-iad wood's Dis aster. NKW YOIIK. April 3.-A dispatch to the Tribune from IMnhm says: There are some curious discrepancies In unotllclul rcKrts of Colonel Broad wood's inlxhip. According to two cor respondents the B.k-is were under com mand of Oen-.-ral Grobls-ler, while an other names Itelchman as the com mander. Then, again the Chronicle's account says that two guns are re IMirted to have been re-captured while the Times Indicates that the Uoers got away. It Is interesting, too, to note that while Ird Itob?rts speaks of the loss of seven guns, the Boers themselves say thnt they have captured only six. Of the five guns that are known to have been saved four did not fall In to the hands of the Boers simply ow ing to the fact that when the drivers were shot the horses stampeded out of the action, but instead of galloping toward the Boer lln"s they made off In the direction of Bloemfonteln and the nrrl.al ofthe Ninth division compelled a dctac hrrent of Jtaers who had been sent In pursuit to beat a hasty re treat. Indeed, It seems that except for Gen eral Ciilvllle, the whole of Colonel Itroadu'ood's column would have gone und'.T. He forced the Boers back and evidently without much opposition ns by the time he had got his artillery In position, the only resistance that was offered to the advance of his In fantry came from guns firing shrapnel at too long a range. According to the Chronicle the Boers cut off the water supply of Bloemfon teln and destroyed the pumping gear, as well us the field telegraph before they retired. The water-works were howeved new and the old supply of spring water Is still available. The Britlrh losses in artillery in the present war have been exceptionally heavy. Altogether 23 guns have been captured by the Boers, who on their part have lost only seven. TO FIGHT THE PLAGUE. Marine Hospital Sen Ice Asks An Ap propriation for Thnt Purpose. NEW YOIIK. April 3.-A special to the Tribune from Washington says The secretary of the treasury has s;nt an urgent request to congress to make $J00,000 Immediately available to enable the marine hospital service to fight the plague and other diseases that may appear at uny moment. In the annual estimates, submitted lust December. ;I00.000 was asked for this purpose, but It is already seen that this amount will be insufficient. Burgeon-General Wymnn, In his requisi tion on the secretary for the money, reports that on account of the con tinued and Increasing danger from the plague it has become necessary to de tall medical officers of that service for duty In the offices of the United States consuls at the various posts of Europe from which emigrants depart and to prevent the introduction of yellow fever from the frul? ports of Central and South America. Medical officers have been detailed to serve In the consular vfflces to en force the quarantine regulations to be observed at foreign ports. Medical of ficers arc also attached to the Ameri can consulates In Yokohama, Kobe and Hong Kong. Dr. Wyman further says that the plague has recently been re ported In San Francisco. This Btate of affairs has rendered necessary the expenditure of greater sums from the appropriation to tight epidemics than were contemplated when the estimates were submitted and It Is believed that $300,000 may prove Insufficient to meet till the emergencies likely to arise In the omlng fiscal year. GOING TO ALASKA. WASHINGTON, April 3. Command er Couden has been ordered to Unalas ka, Alaska, to take command of the Wheeling. The Wheeling is now at Manila, but will pall shortly for the United States by the northern route. She Is now under command of Com mander Purwell. BRYAN NEEDED IN NEBRASKA Lincoln and Omaha Go Repub lican by Urge Majorities. OTHER REPUBLICAN GAINS Municipal Election Gcacrtlly Throughout Kisms, Illinois, Wlscomlo ssd Else where Yesterday Reslt Diwulrous ly to Democratic Cindidatei. OMAHA. April 3. City and village elections were held throughout Nebras ka today, with the exception of Omaha. The main Issue In most of the smaller pines was the ll'iuor license and the results are mixed, the greater number of towns apparently being favorable to licensing the traffic for another yesr. While party politics cut little figure In the smaller towns, yet republican gains are noticeable all over the state. South Omaha for the first time In its hiMtory elects a republican mayor by 3'") plurality. Lincoln gives the largest republican majority for years and mukes a clean sweep on the local tick et. CHICAGO REPUBLICAN. CHICAGO, April 3.-In the city elec tion today the republicans elect nine teen and, the democrats sixteen alder men. The new council will contain 40 republicans and 29 democrats. ILLINOIS TOWNS REPUBLICAN. CHICAGO. April 3. Returns from the township elections throughout Illi nois today show that the republicans have elected more of their men than th democrats. WISCONSIN TOWNS REPUBLICAN. MILWAUKEE. April 3. Mayor Dav Ih S. Rose, democrat, triumphed at the municipal election today and carried the rest of the city ticket with him. He will have a plurality of at least 5.000. The result of the elections throughout Wisconsin outside of Mil waukee, show that the republicans gained the greater number of victories. COLORADO SPRINGS REPUBLICAN COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 3. The entire republican ticket was elected here today, except the candi date for marshal, by majorities rang ing from 400 to lfiOO. ST. JOSEPH REPUBLICAN. ST. tJOSEPH, Mo.. April 3. Indica tions give a sweeping victory for the republican ticket, headed by John Combe for mayor. TACOMA REPUBLICAN. TACOMA, April 3. Complete returns from the election today show the elec tion of Louis D. Campbell (rep.) for mayor by 117 majority; Alfred Lister (rep. I for controller by ISO majority; Frank B. Cole (clt'.xens) for treasurer by 3!i majority. Republicans elect live councilmen and citizens three, with a tii in the Sixth ward. The vote shows that politics cut very little figure In the contest, KANSAS TOWNS REPUBLICAN. TOPEKA, Kan., April 3. Municipal elections were held throughout the state today In cities of the first snd second class. Party lines were main tained In most casos and the returns received here up to midnight indicate that the republicans have generally been successful. KANSAS CITY DEMOCRATIC KANSAS CITY. April 3. The demo crats scored avlctory In today's city election, electing James A. Reed mayor by a majority of 1,00. ST. LOUIS DEMOCRATIC, ST. LOUIS, April 3. The municipal elections today were on the whole favorable to the democrats. FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES. Story of an Expedition In the Moun tains of Luron. WASHINGTON. April 3. The war department has made public a number of reports of the movements of small expeilitlon which started from Ban gued January 21 last, on a scout through the mountains of Luzon In seanh of Aguinaldo. Colonel Hure of the Twenty-third Infantry had heard that in Insurgent frenerul was In the neighborhood and relieved that it might be Aguinaldo. Ho he started on the trail with Cap tain Ashturn, of the first battalion of hi regiment and forty mtn, and was out five days going as far as Bacooc. This little expedition was character ized by many nets of daring and gal lantry which form the subject of the reports. At onrt point mar Donlnlay, the In surgents had prepared an ambush. The sobhers l:new of It and deployed, at tacking th Insurgents from the front and both flanks, killing one lieutenant and nine men and capturing five pris oner and a lot of ammunition. One man wounded was th American cas ual!) Il..t. The wounded ' man, Sergeant-Major Wilson, is recommended for a medal of honor, as w. re also First IJ-utenant Jeffers and these enlisted men: Joan (J. Gammons and Frank Miller, com pany B; F. A. Murphy, company D; J. A. Syzmore, company C; Ray Bruns tlne. William Smith, Paul Jenkins and J. R. Hawkins, company A, and Cor poral G. C. Burke. A certificate of merit is also recommended for Hos pital Reward A. M. Coffey. Col met Hare pays special' tribute to the bravery of Sergeant Major Wilson, characterizing his act as one that "sim ply exhausts Imagination." With six or ieve-n men he charged straight through the rocky gorge under heavy fire from the iusurgi nts. at a distance of 40 yards. Colonel Hare says: "Wilson exhausted the magazine of his Krag and then saw a man not 30 yards from him. He was too far off to be sure of Ids aim with his pistol and he hud no time to reload so he made a dath for the man with his re volver." That Is when he was shot In the hip." Then Lieutenant Jtffers charged up the- trail with seven men. At its sum mlt he had a personal encounter with three of the bandits. He shot one dead, knocked the other down with the butt of his revolver while the man behind threw his gun ovr Jeffers shoulder snd killed the other man. BRYAN AT TACOMA. Makes Three Seches and Leaves for Portland, Where He Will Be Heard Today. TACOMA, Apiil 3. Bryan made thru- speeches today, one at Olympla in the morning and two here. In the after noon he addressed 8 000 people In the new wigwam and in the evening the building, with a capacity of lO.UOu, was taxed. Colonel Bryan is almost worn ou; by his recent canvass of the state. When seen at the conclusion of his speech tonight he could hardly articulate. He left tonight for Oregon, speaking tomorrow at McMinnvllle. Hillsboro and Portland. Three days In Califor nia after the Oregon visit will end his coast tour. RAINS IN AUSTRALIA. Copious Showers Have Fallen and the Outlook for the Wheat Crop Now Most Favorable. MELBOURNT, April 3. Good rains have fallen In most districts of Victor la and New South Wales and the out look for the wheat is now generally more favorable than It has been for years past. CANAL COMMISSIONERS RETURN. Admiral Walker Says They Have Made Exhaustive Examinations of Both Routes. NEW YORK, April 3.-The canal commissioners, Rear-Admiral Walker, Samuel Pasco. Colonel Ernest and Em ery II. Johnson, arrived today from Central America. Rear-Admiral Wal ker said: "We have completed our portion of the work of Investigating the possi bilities of both the Panama and Nic aragua n routes. We have spent three months in the bushes and have col lected a great mass of data which we will put Into shape for our report to be handed In to the president next December. DIED FOR HER HUSBAND. Wife of a Butte Saloon Keeper Gets Between Her Husband and an Assassin's Bullet. BUTTE. Mont., April 3. Mrs. Fay Creech, a native of Frankfort, Ky., and wife of Joseph Creech, a saloon keeper, lost her life this morning while trying to protect her husband from the bullet of a would-be assassin. Mrs. Creech got between her hus band and the assassin when the lat ter shot, the bullet striking the woman In the breast. She died In a few min utes. Edward Allison was arrested f..r the crime but escaped from the Jail. PUERTO RICAN TARIFF PASSED Majority of Nine Finally Obtained for the Bill as Amended. SIMON'S STUBBORN COURSE Hit Vole Cist With the Democrats Afaiast (he Bin, White Mc Bride Staid With Hit Psrty snd Constituents, WASHINGTON, April 3.-This was a notable day In the senate. It brought to a close the sharpest and most pro longed debate upon any measure since thoe discussed during the memorable "war congress" two years ago. At 4 o'clock this afternoon votes were begun upon the Puerto Rlcan tariff and civil government bill and the pending amendment, and In sa than an hour later the measure, about which there has been so much conten tion in and out of congress, was pass ed by a majority of nine, the rjnal vote being 40 to 31. Only the commit tee amendments were adopted. The particularly notable speeches of the day were delivered by Mason (dem.), of Illinois, In opposition to the measure and by Foraker (rep.), of Ohio, w ho replied to a brief speech by Wel lington (rep), of Maryland. It was the Ohio senator's desire to clear up any misunderstanding or misinforma tion concerning the bill. Just before the senate, adjourned A sensational episode occurred. In w hirh Wolcott (rep.), of Colorado, accused Lodge (rep.), of Massachusetts, of ut tering that which was "unqualifiedly false." The difficulty arose over an effort made by Lodge to have the Spooner bill made unfinished busineesa. ; This involved the displacement of the Quay case and the friends of the for- , mer senator from Pennsylvania made ; things exceedingly lively for half an hour. ; The detailed vote on the Puerto Rlc an bill was as follows: Yeas Allison, Baker, Bard, Carter, Chandler, Clark (Wyo), Cullom, De boe, Depew, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, Frye. Gallinger, Gear, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawiey, Jones (Nev.), Kean, Kyle, Lodge. McBrlde. McComas, McMillan, Penrose, Perkins, Piatt (Conn.), Piatt (N. Y.). Pritchard, Quarles, Ross, Scott, Sewell, Shoupe, Spooper, Stewart, Thurston, Wetmore, Wolcott 40. Nays Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry, Clark (Mont.), Cluy. Cockrell, Culber son, Daniel, Davis (rep.), Harris, llelt field, Jones (Ark.), Kenny, Lindsay, McLuurin, Martin- Mason, Money, Mor gan, Nelson (rep.), Pettus, Proctor dep.), Simon (rep.), Sullivan, Talia ferro. Teller. Tillman. Turley, Vest, Wellington (rep.) 31. Pairs were announced as follows: Those first mentioned being opposed to the bill. Cnftery-Burrows; " Chilton-Elklns; Rawilns-Hanna; Hoar-McEnery: Mal-lory-Hale; Turner-Warren; Pettigrew Aldrich; Butler-McCumber. Beveiidge was the only absentee w.ho was not paired. He has a regular pair with Clark, of Montana, and that senator announced that If present, Beverldge would vote for the amendment. DEWEY GONE CRAZY. Seduced by a Woman, He Announces Himself a Candidate for President. NEW YORK. April 3. A special to the World from Washington says: Admiral Dewey has authorized the World to announce to the American people that after mature reflection and In response, to earnist entreaties from all parts of the country, his former de cision not under any circumstances to run for the presidency Is rescinded. Admiral Dewey said: "If the American people want me for this hlnh office. I shall be only too willing to serve them.'" MAY ENLIST FILIPINOS. WASHINGTON, April 3. The war department has autl.uiUed Generut Otis to enlist competent Filipino mu sicians in the regimental bands.