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The sit uiitlin In It chief point I apparent ly uiu'lianiit'il, Tliu run he report at Klmberley that Cildiicl Douglas engaged the Bo.-r iiiai .win kiip on Wednesday and sue cicdi'i! In driving them bark. The Brit ish casualties wire slight. Elands lu.ik'to lust evening reported that there had been no traces of the Boers In that neighborhood for the past two ilnyn. Their progress southward ha been tffectlvcly barred by the British occupation of Jonenoskop, on the l'ft. and I'tiiliutwanl, on the rlnht. Tin tx-llrf thut the ItoT' action nn Turxluy wua due to rmtlii-nin-nit and illMillBfai ilon In the rank U ronflrnu-d by iinllven, who ay that the UiM-ra hiive Ixi-n ready for aome time and an!'l the DntUh to altiuk them. In ordt-r to force till, the Hoera com-m.iHi-.l nht'lllng, at the wmt time ketiiltng a force to muke a Hank move mint mi the left. Natlvva aide con II nn the alatenicnt thai one of the lkHT' heavy guna wh put out of ac tion and the gunners driven off. The acouti on Haturday located the Itorr In a itrong porttlon 11 mllin iiorthenat of the llrliiuh advanced po alllon at illocmfonteln. Ird HoberU has lronuly proUited to IVealdent Kruver BKulnst the treatment of pris oner and the nl k and wounded In the hand of the Hoera and hna formally demanded the obaervance of the tlene va convention. It apear from every Indication that the liut-ra are preparing, In the event of Pretoria being eaptur-'d, to make a limt atand along the line reaching from Lcydcnberg along the mountains Into Swadlond. Ulll) HOSSLYNN OAPTl'HKD. IXlNrKJN. April 14-A ecliil illit pulcli front 1-loemfonteln auy: "A paln.l of the Itoyal liinh, wltb whom wua lrfird ItonHlynii. haa been ruptured. Ixrd KoKHlynn haa been ent to Kroon tad." MAKKKINO THE WEAK POINT. Otherwise Iloberts' Campalxn Is Pro gvesMlng Mot Favorably. NKW YORK, April 14.-A dlnpntch to the Tribune from London Buys: There has been a complete shrinkage In war new during the last twenty four hours. There are no further de tails of Dotha'a reconnaissance of dory's position, which has dwindled Into an outpost affair with artillery practice on both sides. The extent to which General Duller' army haa been reduced by the withdrawal of troops under General Hunter la not yet known but the strength of his force is prob ably three times as great as Uotha's, and It needs to be, since the Hoera will be operating on the defensive under most favorable conditions. No further results of the change of Boer tactics In the Free State are re ported. General Hoberts holds the railway line In great strength from Norviil's to the'Moddcr river and U not diverted eastward or westward by the Dutch strategy. He Is saving his homes for a march northward and al lows the raiders to hang upon his east ern llank from Wepener and Smith field to Thabanchu and Wlnberg. Wep ener still remains In posesssbn of the colonial gnrlson and no additional ad vantage has been gained by the Dutch. They have taken seven guns and one thousand prisoners durliiK the fort night, but otherwise their counter stroke has failed, since General Hob erts' forces are massed for the march to the Vaal river In overwhelming strength and cannot be diverted to the hills In the least. General Rob erts' last reports are cheerful, the Boer movement having been checked and Wepener holding out well. Much has been telegraphed about General Roberts' heavy losses In horses and transport animals during the march across the country to Bloom fonteln, but nothing has oeen said about Hlmllnr losses on the Boer side. It is continually assertd among mili tary men that there were three horses for every Boer at the opening of the Special for IRON BEDSTEADS, $3.15 Oak Cobbler Seat Arm Rockers, $1.75 CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON 591395 COMMERCIAL STREET war, wher.;as, only a portion of their ttrtm fun tww tin mounted ul Mil. Thn Dutch have also lost an Irnm Tise num- lier of oxen, lind are .-rippled In trans port service. Their raiding operations hnifn loliniiHted their home, wherea. French's cavalry brigade will be fresh for service wnen maicning oraers are Issued, Tin, niilv weak tMiInt in the British taiiipalKit Is Mafeklng. Veterans here are anxious about the rate or tne gar rison and are ur,abl to n-rcelve how General rarrlngmn can relieve It n-ith-out ft msrch of Ml miles, which tnke up many weeks. The closest ob servers are not convinced that this at tempt will be made, but are disposed to bellevs that his force will be em ployed exclusively on the northern frontier of the Transvaal. Till-: PAUW EXPOSITION. Tolled Htate Hanks Higher In Num ber of Exhibitor to Any Other Country. PAULS, April 14. American enut lally will be proud of their country' display at the world's fair, for the i'nlted Htati siands second only to France herself In the number of ex hibitors, which treble those of any foreign country. Following Is a table of exhibitors lil h sH-uks eloquently of Aue-rli an enterprise: France, JO, WO. I 'lilted Hlates, 0,M6. Belgium, 2,MW, Germany, 2,000. Italy, H.oon. BussU, 1,600. Ktandlnaviu, 1.400, Austria, 1.000. Great Britain, 600. I.ritlsh Colonies, 600. America has three times the num ber of exhibitor thut France hud at the world's fair at Chicago. 8he oc cupies 3:.t52 square feet with her 47 distinct exhibition spaces. American enterprise, however, I not only shown In the slxe of her representation, bOt also In the preparedness of her In stallation as compared with tht of most of the other countries, and It .an be safely said that but for the dilatortness of French workmen and methods. Hie Culled ti:als exhibits would havj- been exposed In their showcase to today' visitors. Unfortunately much tardimss has hampered all American efforts to rush matters. ; In coinpailiiir Hie state of progress of the InMallutloa of various nations, the commissioner general of the exposi tion said to Commissioner General Peck: "It Is an object lesson to us all to see the American people at work. I thank yt.u for your promptitude and the advanced condition of the work In the United Suites section." To many visiting our national pavil ion Is a distinct disappointment, a pretentious, almost over-powering with its big dome acl startling frescoes over the entrance, but it compares un favorably with the beautiful buildings of even smaller power like Italy, Spain and Austria. SPAIN'S CLAIM DENIED. " Sicretary Hay Insists Upon Our Own ership of the Whole Philippine Group. NEW YORK. April 14.-A sjwcUl to the Herald from Washington, says; Secretary Hay haa formally notified the Madrid government that the Unit ed States cannot accede to Its claim that Slbutu Island and Cagayan Sulu, of the Philippine archipelago, belong to Spain. This section was taken in th? IlKht of Information In the posses sion of the authorities, showing that Germany Is taking a deep Interest In the controversy. It Is likely that the Spanish govern ment will endeavor to answer the American note and perhaps, will go so far as to suggest arbitration of the claims. It Is altogether unlikely that the administration will consider any propositions of this character. PUGET SOUND COLLISION. Steamer Utkine Runs Into the Ship Queen Elizabeth. SEATTLE, April 14.-The steamer Lakmc and the British ship Queen Ellxabeth collided early this morning between Seattle and Port Townsend. The total damage is estimated at $3,00"). Both ships were about equally Injur ed. The Lakme was outward bound with a load of lumber for San Fran cisco and the Queen Ellxabeth was Kolng to Port Blakeley, towed by tug Tyee. The accident was probably due to a mistake In signals. The vessels came together with great force. The Lakms Is. now at Seattle and the Queen Eliza beth on the way to Port Blakeley. NEW S. P. OFFICERS. SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. The directory of the Southern Pacific Coast railroad has elected the following offi cers: President, Thomaa H. Hubbard; vice-president, H. F. Huntington; treasurer, N. T. Smith; secretary, J. L, Wilcutt. The Market Street railroad directors have re-elected H. E. Huntington pres ident; Charles Holbrook and Alvlnia Hay ward, first and second vice-presidents respectively, and N. T. Smith treasurer. George B. Wilcutt was made secretary In place of his father, J. L. Wilcutt, who will devote himself to other of Huntington's Interests. Week Only FRESH DISASTER IS IMPENDING One Thousand British Troops Hopelessly Surrounded. PART OF BRABANT'S HORSE Stslblsj Comment ol Eizllta Press Inefficiency ol Officer! la Command-" Pronounced Brave but Circlet, and Inclined to Be Slnpld. LONDON. April 15.-A dispatch, dat ed Leemokeep, Southeast of liloemfon Un, April i, saya: New received here from Johannes burg drift says a British force of about I.UW men, composed of Brabant's horse with General Brabant commanding. Is surrounded at Robertson's mills, with remote chance of relief or effective re sistance. The L5rltif.li force reported In the dis patch above to be surrouned at Rob ertson' Mills I probably the for;e of Colonial troops previously referred to as surrounded by Boers near Wpener. There British troops are not com manded by General Brabant In per son. General Brabant was last report ed nt Allwal North, with General Kitchener. LONDON. April M.-Copyrlghted, l'JOO, Associated Press. The unsa;isfac tory turn that has rtcently marked the campaign against the Boers Is resulting In astonishing and sweeping criticisms by the English papers of their own army methods. There Is a widespread, deeply rooted conviction that the meth od of selecting British army officers is altogether wrong. About this con viction theie is no bitterness, nor Is It based upon conclusions rapidly ar rived at. "Our officers." says a con servative, common sense, oulbtok, "are as brave as linns, but as a rule they are stupid.'" "The foremost champions of our regi mental ollieer." says Saturday's lie view, ''are beginning sorrowfully to ad mit that their courage often makes them careless, and when not negligent they sometimes show themselves Igno rant ot their business. Vanity Fair, which " formerly de nouneed vigorously any such form of criticism, admits sorrowfully "that our officers seem to play at war rather than to carry on war. It is all wrong." GENERAL WHITE IN LONDON. LONDON, April 14. General Sir Georue White, the hero of Ladysmlth, who arrived at Southampton today, re ceived a rousing ovation. MRS. KRUGER'S VIEWS. Says God Must Stop the War, as the Boers Have No Intentions of Doing So. LONDON, April II. A special from Pretoria says: Mrs. Kruger, on being Interviewed, said that she trusted God would soon stop the merciless bloodshed, but that the republic would be victoriously de fended, even If Pretoria were finally taken. She added that she had had In the field M grandsons, two of whom were killed; four sons, six sons-in-law, and numerous other relatives. MORE ST. HELENA CAPTIVES. CAPE TOWN. April 14.-The Tians- port Lake Erie, with upwards of 500 transvaal prisoners, sailed for St. Hel ena today. THE BRITISH IN BATTLE. Ofllcers Still Decline to Avail Them selves of Cover Like Privates. (Correspondence of Associated Press.) LONDON, April 5. Though British ofllcers dress like privates when under fire, they won't take to cover. So a Telegraph correspondent writing from Natal says: "The minute fighting begins," he says, "the men He down, but the offl cers stalk about giving signals, waving their arms, smoking cigars and gener ally behave as If they were in Plcadll ly. "I watched a young gentleman carry Ing his rifle under his arm, as one does one's gun when walking between the beats of a covert shoot. In his other hand he had a walking stick with which he was pointing out where his men were to fire. The soldiers were carefully hidden and he was under a merciless fire, but I saw him the next morning trudging to Ladysmlth, none the worse for his day's fighting. "Indeed, it does not much matter If you are going to be hit you'll catch It whether or not you disguise yourself as a private. Habit is a Btrong thing, hard to get rid of. You may dress a British subaltern or captain of the infantry of the line how you like, but If he Is the rlsht sort you can 'spot' him soon as you can see him. "Certainly, at close range the Boers have made a dead set at our officers; an ottlcer of my old regiment got two In his thlsh. one through his head, three through the helmet and his rlcht arm was shot off. This is cer tainly bU8lness-like shooting, but the damaue was done at about 300 yards, when all men shoot fairly well. On the other hand, the Boers blaxe away an alarming amount of bullets which hit nothing at longer distances. "Twice I have seen the South Afri can Light Horse undjr heavy rifle fire. a harmless a It wa heavy, thre or four men hit out of tone or four hun dred. Compare Ihls with the shooilng of the BazliiKer In our Zareeba at Gu- bat, where they wiped out every man who stood on hi f.iet. I have already told you how I was ml-sed at clo.ie range by twenty of thirty riflemen and, on the whole, I do not think the iKier army Is above our average In shooting. "Where they arc facile prlnelp at mounted Infantry work, at seizing and abandoning, or reinforcing a position, a necessity may compel; their tena cious cllnKing to a place they know to lx. necessary t" their safety and their sure eye for such a position. "Indeed, against a slow moving army like ours, whose precise tactic compel it to shift In a 1'lMurely manner, they arj very formidable. Each good Boer Is n general In himself, each pile of ston'-s he shoots from a fortress In it self, a commando of 300 men in a koo-I position means 300 fortresses to be tak en. "Then the Boers let off their ammu nition unstlntingly aa far as they can see; they hjot. not because they think they will hit anything, bnt for the very good reason that nothing demoralize an enemy more than bullets coming from an unseen rifle. Indeed, the Boers produce great moral effect with their little bullets. They are extremely busy al 2.001 yards. But every man will not walk across the ground under fire from the Boers at 2.fto yards range and whistl 'God Save the Queen' at the same time. If anyone accepts my bet he will see what he will see. "What affords the Boers most gW Is our regular cavalry. Indeed, It does present a ludicrous appearance In this country of stones and kopjes. I often wonder what would happen to a regu lar cavalry brigade. If surprised, armed as they are with lance, sabre and car bine. The untidy Boer horseman with his grass fed pony, lopes along quite regardless of his formidable looking adversary. If the lancer attempts vio lence, the dopper dismounts and shoots. "Our colonial cavalry Is a little bet ter, but they suffer considerably from their want of knowledge of horses. Even they are no match for the Boer at the game of hide and seek. Fortun ately they are brave and have a gener al, not yet eradicated, contempt for the Dutchmen and often achieve by audac ity what they would be unable to ac complish if their usually wild enemy did not think them as formidable as they look. Their work in the Natal, however, rannot be sufficiently extolled. It Is one of the most pleasing features of the campaign. It is almost certain that our cavalry will have to be differ ently trained, at all events armed with a long rifle. The day of shock action is practically over. ''Those vast plains of Germany and Austria, where Mural's legions thun dered to victory are now intersected with wire fences." OTIS AGAIN CRITICISED. His Recall Said to Give Satisfaction to War Department Officials; WASHINGTON. April 14. The war department officials, while they will not talk over the publication, are consid erably pleased over the president's ac tion In relieving General Ewell S. Otis as commander-in-chief of the United States forces at Manila. Had Presi dent McKlnley taken this action six or nine months ago a great many peo ple here believe that the war in the Philippines would have been over by this time. It Is stated by those who claim to know the situation that the failure of General Otis to fully grasp the situation in the Philippines has prevented the success of the United States troops there. General MacAr'.hur, who succeeds General Otis, will, without doubt, make a very competent commander, but it is believed that because of the mis takes made by Otis, it will be neces sary" for this government to send more troops to Manila In order to subdue the rebellious Filipinos. This Is a great disappointment to the army of ficials. Four weeks ngo General Corbln cabled Otis to send home as fast as possible the troops who first saw duty at Manila. This order has never been carried Into effect because Otis was wise enough to se that Instead of re ducing Uncle Sam's forces there, It would be necessary to have more men. Without doubt General Otis also dis covered that he had a very hard cam paign ahead of him and asked for a leave of absence in order to be re lieved of responsibility In Manila for an indefinite period. It is probable that President McKln ley was disappointed In Otis, and while the claim has been made that he did not want Otis to return to th United States, he Is really gratitled that the general made this request of him. With General MacArthur In command of the United States troops at Manila and with the new Philippine commis sion there to treat with the Insurgents, the latter can probably be brought to terms within the next six months. That MaeArthur will need more men lo accomplish this purpose is said to be true, and th? department Is quietly making arrangements to send more troops to Manila at an early date. MORE PHILIPPINE FIGHTING. Several Engagements Reported Near Marivales Mountains. MANILA, April 14. Insurgents, sup posedly Mascados' command, are ac tive about the Marivales mountains, across the bay from Manila. A force estimated at 300 attacked Batanaga, where three companies of the Thirty second Infantry are stationed, on Mon day night, but were easily repulsed. Yesterday they attacked Captain Gold man, with 30 men of the Thirty-second regiment, near Orion, killing two Amer icans. Golcman then retired. The transport Thomas sails tomor row, taking General Theodore Schwan and 300 discharged and sick soldiers. SET FIRE TO HERSELF. LA PORTE. Ind.. April 14.-Mina Beadle, a school teacher at Tyror, this county, committed suicide by pouring kerosene over her head and clothing and then setting fire to herself. TO SUPPRESS THE BOXERS. SHANGHAI. April 14. The Chinese government has sent seven thousand troops to Shan Tung to suppress the Boxers. However, It Is notorious that a majority of the troops ere members of the same society. LANDSLIDE FOR SENATOR MORGAN Staunch Expansionist Endorsed by Alabama Voters. LOST BUT ONE COUNTY Maay Nfrai Vessel Will Be Pt 01 ! Coaululoa Owlf l Aa Alarming SkorUje ol Officers aid Met JtUiila Fleet Alfettrd. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 14.-RC- porta from all sections of the state In dicate a landslide for United States Senator Morgan for re-election, a a result of the democratic primaries to day. Governor Johnson, who has waged a vigorous and aggressive fight against Senator Morgan, carried but one coun ty, as a result of today's voting, which, added tD the count!; previously In structed for him, gives the governor five counties, with a total of only fiva votes. ' WASHINGTON, Apjril 14. The navy department was under the necessity toilay of ordering the United State cruiser Detroit to the Portsmouth navy yard, New Hampshire, to go out of commission. In addition to this, orders have been prepared to put the Marblehead out of commission at Mare Island and tele graphic orders have been sent to Ad miral Watson to send the gunboat Innlngtcn and Concord, now at Ma nila, to Lo Angeles, where they will tie also put out of commission. The battleships Indiana and Massa chusetts, which have Just been ever hauled al the New York navy yard, are to be sent to League Island to be laid up. Instead of being commissioned. This remarkable reduction In the num ber of ships in commission is ascribed at the navy department to lack of uf fioient number of officers to furnish the complements for the ships required for naval purposes. The navigation bu reau Is authority for the statement that the total number of officers is really less than It was four year juco, notwithstanding the great. In crease in the number rf ship. A MORALITY COMPARISON. Ieaths in the Spanish War as Con trasted With South Africa. WASHINGTON, April 14. The war department ha prepared instructive statements, comparing the mortality figures In the Spanlsh-Ameiienn war with those of the first six months of the present South African war, the purpose being to show that the cas ualties suffered by the American troops at the time of their occurence were actually very much less in number, proportionately, to those suffered by the Biititdi army up to date. Only 12 per cent of the American death i ate resulted from wounds or oc curred in battle, while the correspond ing rate for the British army was 63.1J per cent The war department's statement says: "The conditions, both military and climatic, under which the cam paigns were carried on, were so dif ferent that it Is difficult to make any compailson. EXECUTIVE PROMOTIONS. McKinley Has a New Clerical Force in His Office. WASHINGTON, April H.-The pro motion of Assistant Secrttary Cortel you. to be secretary to tli- president, was followed today by the announce ment of the appointment if Benjamin F. Barneh, of Pennsylvania to be as sistant secretary to the president and Rudolph Fores'.er of Virg-nia, to be executive clerk to the president. CONGRATULATES LOUBERT. WASHINGTON, April 14. President McKlnley today sent a message to President Loubert, of France, congrat ulating him upon th successful open ing of the exposition. CHICAGO MURDER MYSTERY. Weslthy Manufacturer Found Fatally Wounded In a Woman's Apartments, CHICAGO. April 14. Rufua Wright, a millionaire and treasurer of the firm of Morgan & Wright, bicycle tire man ufacturers, Is lying at the point of death In a room of the Leland hotel, shot through the neck by a bullet from the revolver of Mrs. Louisa Lottridge, of Paw Paw, Michigan. The shooting occurred In the apart ments occupied by the woman and she and the victim declare it was acci dental. When Detective Sergeant Bums ar rived at the hotel, he found Mrs. Lot-trldg-? there. He placed her under ar rest. A friend who had spent sever al hours with her previous to the shooting was also arrested. She gives her name as Mrs. Moss. Much mystery attaches Itself to the shooting. Mrs. Moss told the chief of detec tives that she had been acquainted with Wright for the last three years and that on every one of her visits to Chicago he had called on her. IMPROBABLE STORY. New French Cruiser i., Hit; Made 25 Miles an Hour. TOULON, April 14. The new French first-class cruiser Chateau Renault, her speed trial yesterday ma le ' -r, knots.