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C. J. TRENCH ARD,
BOERS DESERT THE
FREE STATE TROOPS
Lord Roberts Announces Capture
of the Stronghold, Kroonstad.
STEYN riJ-IiS FOR SAPETY
nt'lnnl- ol (be End ol the War la South
AfricaThe Triaivtal Troupi, Routed
I All Point. Flee le Pretoria
' . The British Advance.
LONDON', Muy 13. The Boer eein
to )i on the eve of playing their lat
card, ii ml, according to mitny k'en
uWrveia In England, It In being play
ed, not In f'luth Africa but In the
United Plnte through the medium of
the I'imt dtdi-gute who sailed fur
York from Hotu-rdum lam week.
Am the bulk of British n)iilnn doc
not contiMiiilHt fur a moment that
Mr. Fischer mid bin cmittnlotiii will
achieve alien-. It In only lutlurill that
tclioti thought not C'otillilently de
Voted 16 pognMl allng the datewlii-n
war III the Traiiava.il will be ended. The
moNt eNilniutea concur In agreeing that
hoKtllttli-N will have -eased by June.
When Pnldnt Kruger learn Unit
the lut country tm been upiwuled to,
nunvlv the United State, and that It
will ii (Tin J no help, he will renllie that
hp bun r.o allcrn.illve. In the fin e of the
overwhelming furve now vlelnrlouNly
sveeplntf Into bin territory, but to Hue
fiT pence.
Whnt Orenf Hrltnln'a annwer to that
rclteNt will be wun unnilxtuknbly de
fined by Joneh Chumlx rliiln, deeretary
of atnte for the colonle, at Dirmliifham
yenterdoy, whin he declared that Itoer
republic niuiit become a crown colony,
whoiic Initial utaue of orgaiilxatlon will
bo controlled by a military adminis
tration. Ily aifreelng to thene term
I'rejtblent Kruiter inutt, of courne, nlve
up all for which be ha been flffht
Ing. Hut, on the other hand, now that
the term have been o eiiifhatkally
aununclAted, they muit either be grant,
ed or fcniilftnd will aland Ttefented.
The latter nlternatlve however doe
not enter Into England' catenory of
piiNKlbllltle. Her ietle are firmly
convlmcd that IrJ Hubert w ill utead-
tly advanre, iM-rht' with delay and
Iohbc of dure devil unit, and may bo
without Inflicting a rrut)hliifr defeat un
til ho occult the Tranivual.
Ill forward progn', they believe
will be toH-d only when PreMdent
Ki'UKer, lenmlnK of the failure of Klch
er' iiiImhIi'H, hhK for peaoe.
LONDON. May lS.-PreMent Steyn
tied limt evening after vainly endeavor
ing to penulade the llurgher to con-
tlmi" otiiiotiltlon.
Tim Tranavaulera uld they could no
longer fight on the Orange Free State
noil und made off for the Vaul river.
The Free Stater accused the Trans-
vnnlers of having made uro of them
and then deserting. Many of the
TrntmvHuler huve gone to their home.
LONDON, May 13. Lord Roberts
telegraphs. "I have taken Kroonntad
and have entered the city.
The proceNBluii entering the town wus
headed by my body guurd, nil of whom
were colonlalH, and lifter my taff and
foreign oincres came North Somerset
Imperikl yeomanry, followed by Pule
carew'i dlvlnlon, conlHting of guards
and the Eighteenth naval brlgndo,
Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth and Elgh-ty-flfth
batteries, two five Inch guns,
manned by Royal artillery company
and the Twelfth engineers. First of
the force encamped around the town,
ftefore leaving Kroonstad President
Steyn Issued a proclamation making
Lindley the seat of government of the
Free State. Generals Botha and Dew
et accompanied the Transvaaler.
LONDON, May 13.-The situation at
the seat of war tn South Africa 1 as
satisfactory from the British point of
vley as the moat sanguine friend could
have hoped week ago. The occupa
tion of Kroonstad practically place
the whole Orange Free State In Brit
ish possession. It Is evident from
Lord Roberts' last dispatch that the
disintegration has commenced. The
B'ree Stater are scattering to their
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horin-H, whlh; he Transvaaler have
gone northward, declining to fight
longer In the Orange Free Ktaf,
What little renlsttthee the former still
Is likely t iutke, m eirm to be center
ing ut Llndli y, where- President Htyn
ha transferred his f.eut of govern
ment, '
Il Is evident that the,irnugy of
I..ud Ib-b'-rt nd lit rapidity of his
ndvunei' have bewildered and dls
heartened the Ibn-r. their rinjMtaiiee
since the llrltlsh rea'hed th Zand river
has been alight. The only point where
tlwy seriously attempted to check the
advance seem to have ben on the
lirltlsh flunk, where they defended with
oni vigor two kopje which eventu
ully ere arrld by the East Lan
cashire and Hussex. the Boer final
ly retreating, leaving a group of gun
ner dead on top of one of the hill.
The only point In the Free State
where the Boer wm In any force,
with the exception at Lord Hubert'
front, I on the southeast, where Gen
eral Hundie, Campbell and Brabant
are holding them In check, west of
Flcksburg und Ladybrund and are
gradually pushing them back a well
a effectually defeating all their efforts
to break therough and threaten Lord
Roberts' communication.
Pretoria advice, via. Lourenco Mar
Miits. state that the Boer supply of
snu.kele powder I exhausted and
that all attempt to ' manufacture a
fresh supply have been unsuccessful. '
NOT TP TO STANDARD.
Japanese Court Methods Not Giving
the tfutlMfart Ion Hoped FVom
Her Progress In Civilization.
M'nrresp.indi'nea of Aso Mated Press.)
YOKOHAMA. April M.-The feeling
of alarm among the foreigner with re
gard to their being placed under Japan
ese Jurisdiction ha been Increased by
the recent decision of a native court
In the case of the Kobe Water Work
Company, Involving a um of nearly
half a million yen.
The decision was given against Mr.
Morse, of the American Trading Com
pany, who had sued the Water Work
for non-fulllllnient of the term of a
loan made by him to the Water Work.
Among the Japanese themselves there
I going on a healthy discussion a to
the character and competency of the
native Judiciary. This ho been stimu
lated by the report o the government
commission recently went abroad to In
vestigate the standing of the Ameri
can and European court. The conclu
sions of the commission are that Ja
pan' Judge must be betur pal 1 and
given a far higher social standing be
fore the nation can hope to place Its
courts upon a par with those of the Oc
cident, In flnanclul affairs, the rast
week ha witnessed a eharp and sudden
fall In Japanese securities. The rail
way stocks were the chief sufferers.
The rate of Interest rule high and the
principal banks are offering seven per
cent for six months deposit and
on current account.
There Is much uneasiness in the air,
chiefly on account of the course of for
elirn trade. Import up to the middle
of the month exceeded the export by
4I.000.OW yen, or about $22,000,000.
HONOLULU REPUBLICANS.
An Organlxatlon Effected In Vhlch a
Number of Natives will Par
ticipate. SAN FRANCISCO, May 12The
steamer American Maru from Hong
Kong, via Honolulu, brings advices
that Honolulu was officially declared a
clean port April 30.
The transport Hancock, with the
Philippine commission on board, sailed
for Manila April 28.
An attempt wa recently made to
blow up tho residence of A. De' Sauza
Canavnna, the Portuguese consul, with
dynamite. The house was considerably
damaged, but there Is no clue to the
miscreants.
The organization of the republican
party of Honolulu was begun May 2.
A number of 'natives participated In
the preliminary proceedings. A demo
cratlc organization will be formed at
an early date.
CHEESE TRUST FORMED.
CHICAGO. May 12. An association
that will have control of all the cheese
trade In Chicago, and probably will
affect the price of the product, has been
Incorporated In Springfield by Chicago
wholesaler dealers, to be called the
"Cheese Dealer Association Company.
The new organization will have for Its
member all the wholesale merchants
In the city.
LORD SALISBURY'S
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So Remarkable It Is Believed He
Was Not Riht Mentally.
REOPENS THE IRISH TROUBLE
Doe Away Wild All the Good Dose by tbe
Queea'f Visit to Ireland, and DlMounti
Lord Roberts' Vkleriet-Eflilaod
It Amazed.
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(Correspondence of Ass j. dated Press.)
LONDON, May 12.-Lord Salisbury
addressed the member of the Primrose
League on Wednesday but the drift of
hi meaning has not yet filtered Into
the British minds- The remarkable ut
terances of the premier on that occa
sion ' continue to form almost the
sole topic of conversation, though eji
tortal wtIUt quickly gave up the at
tempt to analyze for the benefit of the
publl" the numerous feature of the
Fpeech and were well nigh staggered
Into silence by it baffling unexpected
ness and the multiplicity of the Issues
It contained.
It was delivered when the nation ex-
pect?d exactly the opposite kind of re
murk. To Implore hi countrymen to
awake to the peril constantly menoc
Ing their great empire and It existence
at the very moment when a long period
of patient waiting had been replaced
by jubilation over Lord Robert' sue
cessful advance, was an expedient
o utterly bereft of the very first prin
clple of politics, especially considering
the approach of the elections, that
some of Lord Salisbury' own upport
ere believe he was almost off his head
when he spoke.
Not content with this, he pulled
dow n every pretty fabric that had been
built around the queen's visit to Ire
land, calmly comparing the political ef
forts to attain home rule to Boer con
spiracles and hostility. And this after
the queen and every leading member
of Lord Salisbury's own cabinet and
party had been at particular pains to
bury tfce Irish hatchet. Moreover, the
whole tone of the speech lacked all
those formalities, reticences and veiled
allusions to which the English people
have been accustomed since the days
pf Pitt and Palmerston.
Lord Salisbury hitherto had religious
ly followed such precedents, but on
Wednesday he spoke to the public as
he ndght to an intimate friend aftet
dinner. Su amazing and so Interesting
ha been Lord Salisbury himself, as re
vealed this week, and the broad
and from the standpoint of other na
tions, the far most Important sensa
tional feature of the speech has passed
almost unnoticed.
Were the premier of any other Euro
pean state to get up In these times ot
wan and rumors ot war and urge the
people of an eminently commercial racs
to accustom themselves to the use of
firearms and to establish rifle clubs In
every city, village and hamlet, there
would run through Europe such a
shiver of fright and such vivid antici
pation of hostile intention and devas
tating conflict that market prices would
drop by decades and mobilization plans
would be at the finger tip of every w ar
minister.
That this has not occurred appears
to be due to the generally recognized
fact that Salisbury is more a philoso
pher than a statesman and that when
he pessimistically painted the hostili
ties toward England the world over, he
was sneaking purely In the abstract
without harboring In his mind one con
crete Instance whereby that hostility
might become an immediate menace.
A curious Incident connected with the
parade of the Ladysmith Naval Brigade
of the British cruiser Powerful was
that the decorating authorities almost
smothered the officers of Lord Strath
cona and Mount Royal, the Canadian
high commissioner, with the stars and
stripes, while on the outside of the
United States embassy on the same
street, there was no sign of an Ameri
can flag. Lord Strathcona pointed out
the unsultttblltty of the predominence
of the stars nnd stripes, and the num
ber of those emblems was reduced.
The latest display of British Ingenui
ty is a new bible. Mr. J. K. Starley,
who "describes himself as a "Bicycle
Director," of Coventry, nas Issued, un
der the auspices of the Sunday School
Supply Company, a bible in which the
new testament precedes the old. In the
preface Mr. Starley Justifies his action
by sayinjr the old testament was meant
to be a candlestick on which the new
should stand, adding:
''Yet we have largely made the old
nn extinguisher which puts out Its
llsht."
With all the best players at the war,
the polo seasons opens tamely. Clubs
like the Ranelagh and Hurlingham,
are likely to be quiet this summer.
There was an Interesting' game Wed
ne?dny at Hurlingham. however, wh. n
a match between England and Ameri
ca was played. ' The American team
was composed of Foxhall Keene, W.
McCreary and Frank Markay. The
bitter wun unable to play but at the
lact moment a strong English player,
A. P.aW'llnson. was substituted. With
hto help th American defeated Lord
Harrington, F. Freak. W. 8. Buckmas
ter an I Captain Rent-in, by four to one.
Much sympathy I felt for Mr.
('ha-!-!. Dy Hose, formerly ot Montre
al, and once a challenger for the
A merit a'i cup. Hi two oldest son
have be-n klH-1 In the war. A third
VM. Adilun Hoe, ha Just been gazet
ted and started for South 'Africa
Thursday, 'ireat Britain continues to
be bewildered by the continual uoc':s
of the American Jockl- and vainly
--ks an explanation. One of the lead
ing authorities on English racing mat
ters, however, put this in a nutshell
In an article In the Man of the Wijrld.
saying:
"Our- Enallsh Jockies appear to have
rellnquish'd all effort at competing
with the Indefatiguable team of trans
Atlantic horsemen now with u. Had
some of our young aspirants the energy
and determination to get to the front
po3esed by Sloan, Martin, Helff and
Company, their chances of ucces
would be consiierably Improved.
"At prenent they, with some half a
dozen exceptions, appear absolutely
paralyzed at the turn things have ta
ken. It was a notable fact that the
brothers P.eiflT were first or second In
every raco and only first and second
respectively at Hurst Park last Satur
day Each won two races and the
younger was thrice and the elder once,
econd. This was a really remarkable
afternoon's performance.
' It will surely be some time before
either 'lengthen their stirrup leathers.'
The younsest of thes gifted Industri
ous, quiet and unassuming Jockies is an
example to some of our own school, who
no sooner get to the front than, like
the frog, they swell to bursting. These
two young American horsemen are
really fine examples for a great major
ity of our Jockies who are gradually al
lowing themselves to be snuffed out"
OPERATOR SENDS
SEVEN TO DEATH
Went to Sleep at His Post and
Failed to Change the Signal.
ADMITS HE IS TO BLAME
Terrible Wreck la a Tunnel- Fire Follow
tbe Colllsioa and Many Firemen Are la
lured Trvlof; to Extinguish It.
No Bodies Recovered.
WANTED TO PLEAD GUILTV.
Man Arraigned For Murder Wants to
Be Panged Without Trial.
CHICAGO, May 11 "I plead guUty.
and I want to be hanged," announced
Lawrence E. Walsh, when he was ar
raigned before Judge Baker charged
with the murder of Robert W. Gilchrist
'This Is a capital case and I want? cap
ital punishment inflicted. I killed that
man and therefore I am guilty."
"Take him back to Jail," said Judge
Baker.
Walsh Is believed to be mentally un
balanced. Judge Baker sent for Assistant State's
Attorney McEwan and It was decided
to let the plea of the prisoner rest for
a few days. It is likely the court will
enter a plea of not guilty for the de
fendant and that Walsh will be tried as
to his sanity.
On the morning of March 21, Walsh
shot and killed Robert W. Gilchrist, a
barber at 1764 West Twenty-Second
street, w ithout cause or provocation. It
Is said. Some years ago, Walsh fell
and injured his heal severely. He was
111 for several weeks but apparently re
covered, turlng the Spanish-American
war he enlisted and went to Cuba. He
was lit with the fever there and re
turned home.
It was noticed by his friends that his
mental condition was Impaired.
PHILADELPHIA. May 12.-Frank
Lanttl, a tower operator of the B. &
O. K. It. Company, stationed at the
entrance of the tunnel under Two
Hundred and Fiftieth street, It is
claimed slept at his post. As a result
a rear-end freight collision occurred
today In the tunnel, causing the death
of Engineer George Loeb and Fireman
George Hinchman, ami It is believed
five tramp who were stealing a ride.
Fire followed the wreck and a dozen
or more firemen were Injured while
fighting the Haines.
All of the dead were still In the
wreck this forenoon, and the fire de
partment was unable to extinguish the
flames, which slowly consumed the de
molished car.
Frank Lantel, the tower operator of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, who
caused the wreck which resulted in
seven death today, gave himself up
tonight
When questioned he said: "'I did It.
Why the white signal remained in place
I do not know, but it was there and
the train went through as usual. I
wag asleep, or dozing, and why, I can
not say, except that I feel myself over
worked;, but I am ready to stand the
censure and take what come to me.
I have no excuse to offer."
MUKDEU AND SUICIDE.
Well-Known Athlete Uses His Pistol
With Deadly Effect Upon a Man
and Woman end Himself.
BUTTE, Mont., May 13. Chas. Paus-
tlen, aged about thirty years, a black
smith helier and foot-ball player as
well us an all-round athlete, this at
ternoon shot und killed Alexander Tate,
the manager of a butchering concern
near her?, and seriously wounded Mrs.
Alexander Tate, and when the police
went to find him he was lying dead In
his room with a pistol wound in his
head, having committed suicide.
Paustien was married to his wife in
Vancouver three years ago. She sued
for" a divorce on the grounds of cruel
ty. This afternoon the decree was
granted. Within a ffcw hours Paustien
armed himself with a revolver and
started for the home of the Tates. The
Tates had been in town and when they
drove up to their home In their buggy,
Paustien was wailing for them.
As they alighted, Paustein walked up
to them and exclaimed: "You are re
sponsible for the separation of me and
my wife." He at once began firing.
The first shot struck Tate in the
forehead and he fell dead. He shot Mrs.
Tate twice and, thinking he had killed
her, started away.
TRYING TO ESCAPE PRISON.
Coeur d'Alene Miners Appeal From
Their Sentence of Impris
onment. SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. In the
United States circuit court of appeals
yesterday, the app?al of Louis Salla
and others for a new trial on a writ
of error, was submitt;d on briefs. The
appellants are undir sentence of 20
months' imprisonment In the state pen
itentiary' at San Quentln for having
obstructed the malls during the mln--!'
strike in Tdttbo a year ao.
The case of Lewisohn Bros., against
the Anaconda Copper Mining: Company
was dismissed by stipulation.
FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT
Six Lives Lost in the Disaster at
Lordsburg, New Mexico. -
LORDSEURO, N. M., May 12. A
wreck occurred on the narrow guage
road, running between this place and
Cltfton in which Engineer Schlottman,
Fireman McAfee and four tramps were
Instantly killed and nine carpenter
were more or less seriously Injured.
Or.e will die.
The engine and seven cars were de
molished.. The wreck occurred at a point near
Clifton, which Is 80 miles north of here.
A bridge was burned out a few week
ago and was being repaired by a bridge
gang- It is charged that the forman
in charge of the bridge gang failed
to display the proper signals warning
the engineer of the unsafe condition
of the bridge.
When In the center of the bridge,
which was SO feet high, the bridge
gave way and the engine and train
were precipitated into the depths be
low. The carpenters hurt were work
ing on the bridge which went down.
VICTORY FOR UNION MEN.
School Books for Washington Go to
Home Publishers Work Enough
for All.
SEATTLE May 12. The fight be
tween local and Eastern publishers as
to which should supply the text books
for Washington has resulted in a vie-'
tory for the former and the union
men.
The state board of education adjourn
ed this afternoon at Olympla, after
awarding a contract for the bulk of
the books to the Westland Publishing
Company of this state- The latter have
secured enough work to keep them run
ning on full time from now on to the
opening of the school year in Septem
ber. The series of readers go to the
Eastern men but they are to be brought
out by union labor.
ARMOR PLATE FACTORY.
Senate Rejects the Bill for Govern
ment Ownership of a Plate Plant.
WASHINGTON. May 12. By a close
vote today the senate rejected the
proposition to erect without reference
to price at which the government could
secure armor plate for It war ships,
an armor plate factory.
The vote upon the direct proposi
tion was 22 to 24 an! the subsidy
amendments were rejected by about the
same vote. When the committee's
proposition was about to be voted up
on a filibuster was organized, the quo
rum of the senate was broken and the
question Is still In the air.
BARGE SKOOKUM DELAYED.
SEATTLE, May 12. There Is a possi
bility that the big barge Skoikum, no-v
In this harbor loaded with 710) tons ot
cargo for Nome, will not be towed
'.rth- Owners of freight ycstTJjty
complained that she was ov-jrload -d,
and a' marine survey wai made. A
report will be made today.