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English Capture Boer Wagons
and Release British Prisoners.
KRUGER ADVISES SURRENDER
ll It Reported Bolbi Declirti Krer Hit
Told Him to Expect N. Help From
Europe I'm ol Maorlei
Disapproved. '
LONDON, Dec. 29-The dlspatche
from South Africa add little or nothing
to present Information concerning the
situation, though the general trend of
events aeems to show that the lirltlsh
are regaining ground recently lost.
A special from Naauwpoort report
that Colonel Dellsle assaulted He" log,
in mile west of Dr Aar, capturing a
number of wagon and releasing prison
er captured near Phlllpstown. Lieu-ti-nant
Colonel OrenMl forced back
General Krliaenger toward Venter
studt. ltoih cotnmandoe are In d''sp-r-ale
plliiht and will probably never re-
cr the Oranire river. i
A 8unerton dispatch aaya that It I
estimated that 2000 Boer, were engaged !
In the operations In North Natal, hop-
lug to break the Iirltlsn line of com
munication, Thla plan failed
According to
patch. General
Johannesburg dl -
French occupied Ven-1
trradorp Friday without opposition.
From Carnarvon come a dispatch
saying that the Boers occupied Vosberg
December 17 In force and were reported
to be moving on Carnarvon, where
martlxl law haa been proclaimed.
It la creditably reported, according to a
dispatch from Newcastle, that Louis
Botha ho Informed Commandant
Sprulghi that Kruger haa sent word
that the burgher must lay down their
anna or continue fighting on their own
account aa no support from Europe
can be expected.
MORE BRITISH LOSSES.
LONDON'. Dec. 19. -General Kitchen
er, tvleiirophlrg from Pretoria under
date of Friday, December 28, ends a
summary of the number of attacks
made by the Boer, at varloua points.
The only Important Incident wa. .,
attack uKn a baggage column near
GreyllngMtad, A company with a
pompon made a sortie from Greyllng
stad and drove off the Bonrs. Captains
R&dclyffe and Harvest were wounded,
eight men were killed, twenty-seven
were wounded, and twenty were report
ed missing.
BRITISH REOCCUPY FICKSBURG.
BLOEMFONTEIN,, Dec. 29.-The
British have reoccupied Flcksburg,
which for aome time haa been In the
hand of the Boers.
COLVILLE REACHES ENGLAND.
LONDON, Dec. 29 Mojor-Gcneral Sir
Henry Colvllle, whose resignation haa
been demanded by the war office, ar
rived at Plymouth today to demand
a trial by court martial to establish
the responsibility for the yeomanry dis
aster at Llndley last May.
He says he does not Intend to be
made a scapegoat for the sake of the
staff. He avers that the Llndley dis
aster could never have happened had
he been Informed of Lord Hobcrts' In
tention. The primary cause of the sur
render, he says, wa Insufficient infor
mation given by the headquarters staff
to Colonel Sprogge and himself, and he
declines to accept the blame.
General Colvllle and his influential
friends are thus beginning the cam
paign against the secretary of state for
war, Wm. St. John Broderlck, Lord
Roberts and Genera Kitchener. It Is
expected to be fought out with some
ferocity in parliament.
ROBERTS SAILS FOR HOME.
GIBRALTAR, Dec. 29. The steamer
Canada with Lord Roberts on board
sailed for home this afternoon.
MORE RESIGNATION! DEMANDED.
LONDON. Dec. 29. Miserable rain.
fog and dirt made Christmas week of
evil memory for England. Depressing
gloom In thorough harmony with
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China Closets and Chairs, all of which we
are offering at a very low price. A new lot
of Iron and Brass Bedsteads just received.
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th weuther ttled over the coun
try. The coasts were strewn with
wreck, commerce wa out of Joint
and the public wo bltKTly dilating
the crliklimi of ;he Mrltuih army.
The demand for Major-General Blr
Henry K. Colvllle' resignation, thrown
aa a op, only erved to whet the rav
enous appetite of those who are howl
ing for th responsibility of the re
verse In South Africa being brought
home to Individual. More heads are
demanded. Whera so many must be
blameaM. It la felt that the .election
of General Colvllle la woefully Inade
quate If not unfair. Indeed, It I al
ready ad that hud not the yeomanry
force at Llndly, which Colvllle failed)
to relieve. Included some nobility and
other influential peraona, Colvllle would
never have been recalled. The bitter
neia felt by theae yeomanry at being
compelled to aurrender becauae, aa they
allege, Colvllle refused to render the
aid within hl power, has never died
out and will probably result In one
of the moat Interesting court martlala
In the anruils of the British army,
upon the result of which wilt depend
the fate of aeveral other high offlcera
who have proved unequal to the occas
ion. The Liberal paper, comment aeverely
on the acceptance of the war office of
a contingent of Maori from New Zea
land. The Star aaya:
"The effect of ihl atupld blunder
on the Dutch will be terrible. After
declining to employ Indian troops, we
are taking a paltry 100 Maoris. Thla
nt "iy inrunute me uuicn, out
' U(' n U't the Indian troop".
h 1 regard it aa a declaration ot
their Inferiority to an Inferior colored
race. Oo on. government of muddler."
However, there are slgna of the dawn
"f that common sense, the lack of
which the English critics ao deplore in
the military system, for the cavalry
now going out to South Africa la dis
carding the lance and substituting for
these weapon, rlfiea and aabrea. After
over a year's fighting, the authorities
have woke up to the utter uselessnesa
of lances and carbines, considering that
thousands ot British soldier, have
never aeen a Boer during the many
engagement..
WILL OF HENUY VILLARD.
Leave Many Public Bequests for
American and German Institution.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. The will of the
late Henry Vlllard makea theae public
bequest:
Columbia University, $50,000; Harvard
University. $50,000; Dobb'. Ferry Hos-..i.-i
ta.twinti.in Xnnfln- German So-
yJm. New Tork
Infirmary for women and children,
3000; SociMy for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children. 52500; Hospital at
Speyer, Germany, which he founded,
60.000 marks; Museum at Kaiserlau
terln, 50,000 marks; Town of Speyer,
M1.000 marks. Income of which Is to be
applied to the making of loans to de
serving mechanics.
ARMY BILL WILL BE PUSHED.
Senator Hawley Tells the President
That the Senate Will Take It
Up on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Senator
Hawley, chairman of the military com
mittee of the senate, had an Inter
view with the president today about
the situation of the army bill In the
upper house. The senator told the
president that he will go ahead with
the bill as soon as the senate recon
venes on Thursday. The senator ex
pressed confidence that there would
be no filibustering on the army bill.
CANTILEVER BRIDGE FINISHED.
Announcement Made by Manager of
White Pass and Yukon Railway.
SEATTLE. Dec. 29. General Mana
ger Haklns. of the White Pts. and
Yukon Rood, was advised today of
the completion of the steel cantilever
bridge that crosses the chasm near
the summit of White Pass.
PARCEL POST CONVENTION.
May Be Established With Great Brit
ain. .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Lord
Pauncefote, the British ambassador,
had a conference with the second as
sistant postmaster-general today upon
the establishment of a parcel post
convention with Great Britain.
ROOM FURNITURE...
POWERS OPPOSED
TO THE EMPRESS
Will Not Permit Her to Confer
Power on Son of Prince Tuan.
CHINA WANTS EXPLANATION
Cart Aiki Ma.y Queilloai A boa I toe Peace
Terai-Oeran Fore Captures Flu
Hn.dre4 Imperial Chlaeie
Troop.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-U I. recog
nized, ay officials here, aa a perfect
ly natural course on the part of the
Chinese government to ask for explana
tion of the Important points In the
agreement reached by the ministers at
Pekln. It begin to appear from the
character of the Chinese response that
there may be more time consumed In
securing final acceptance of the agree
ment than at first expected.
Some months ago the empress dow-
ag?r designated the young son of
Prince Tuan as successor to Kwang
Hsu. Although the name given In the
dispatches as that of the new successor
differs from that named by the empress
dowager some time ago, they may be
one and the same, a the Imperial
names refer to dynasties and change
on appointment to the throne.
It is not likely that the powers will
permit the further exercise of the em
press dowager's Influence, particularly
If It takes the obnoxious form of seek
ing to confer power on the son of
Prince Tuan. the chief conspirator In
the disturbances.
IMPERIAL TROOPS CAPTURED.
BERLIN. Dec 29.-The war office re
ceived from Von Waldersee a dispatch
reporting that a company of the Third
East Asiatic regiment captured W0 Im
perial troops December 24th In the
mountains northwest of Mantcheng.
QUESTIONS FROM EMPEROR.
NEW YORK. Dec. 29. A dispatch to
the Herald from Pekln says:
A note was received last evening from
the imperial court at SI Ngan Fu, ac
knowledging the receipt of the de
mands of the powers. It further con
tained five questions or requests,
namely: . t
First Might not the Taku forts re
main standing, though dismantled?
Second Is it proposed to behead
princes the same as other offenders?
Third If the demands are acceded to,
would the allies cease sending out ex
pedition? Fourth What places do the allies
propose to occupy?
Fifth How long do they propose to
occupy them?
PRINCE HENRY SUMMONED.
Kaiser Wants His Brother to Get a
More Intimate Knowledge of
State Affairs.
BERLIN, Dec. 29. An imperial or
der commands Prince Henry of Prus
sia, brother of the emperor, to report
at Berlin by January 1, and remain
at the capital for some time, with a
view to attaining a more intimate
know-ledge of state affairs. His majesty
desires that while at the capital Prince
Henry shall keep In close touch with
the foreign office.
CRIME AT KANSAS CITY.
Hlfthwaymen, an Acid Thrower and a
Rapist AJ1 at Work Within a.
Few Hour
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 29. Three wo
men heid up by highwaymen, one of
whom is dying from the injuries re
ceived: a girl attacked by an acid
Wednesday Morning, January 2nd.
Oe
thrower and another girl assaulted I
tho record of crime ffir the past few
hours here.
Today a man enticed Edith Campbell,
an -yar-old girl, from her horn in
the east bottoms and nearly choked
her to death. He kaa not been cap
tured. An Edgerton, Kansas, woman threw
carbollo ncld In 14-year-old Clara
Barnes' face, severely burning her. No
cause for the assault is apparent.
Within a few hours three women have
been held up on thla aide of the river
by highwaymen. One of the victims,
Mrs. Mary Bolder, has a broken skull
and cannot recover.
THREE AND A FOURTH MILLIONS.
Offered by the United State for the
Danish West Indies.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-A dispatch
from Copenhagen announces that Unit
ed States Minister Swenson, as the
result of the present negotiations, has
offered twelve million kroners for the
Danish Antilles. ThU Is equivalent to
about 13,240.000.
Of course, acceptance of thla propo
sition by the Danish government would
not complete the transaction. The
transfer of the islands can be accom
plished only under the form of a treaty
which must be accepted by the senate
of the United States.
In addition, owing to the necessity
of providing money to be paid for the
Islands, the house of representatives
must have Its say, being called upon
to make the necessary appropriation.
SUIT FOR MANY MILLIONS.
Litigation Over the Estate of the Late
Millionaire Leonard Case.
CLEVELAND. Dec. 29. A suit In
volving the ownership of many millions
of dollars' worth of property in this
city and $1,500,000 damages for being
excluded from the rent, and profits of
the same, was commenced today by
claimants to the estate of Leonard Case,
who died in ISSt.
The defendants In the suit number
about 500. The plaintiffs, nine in num
ber, allege they are the rightful heirs
to the property. The basis of their
claims is that cousins cannot become
heirs to property against a sister, the
Case estate having been left to cousin,
of the deceased millionaire. -
BAND OF SHEEP KILLED.
Three Thousand Stampeded by Eleven
Men.
MILES CITY. Mont.. Dec. 29. A mes
sage from Otter. Custer county, says
that eleven men stampeded 3000 sheep,
killing the whole band; The sheep be
longed to R. R. Selway and were prob
ably driven over a precipice. There
were range troubles at Otter all sum
mer and many look for further deeds
of violence.
INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED.
Court of Inquiry Into Boos
Will Raport Soon.
Hazing
WEST POINT. Dec. 29. The Investi
gation of the charges of brutal hating
arising out of the death of ex-Cadet
Oscar L. Boos was concluded this af
ternoon. It is expected that the court
of inquiry will make a report to the
war department soon.
DALY'S HORSES SOLD.
Mackle Bought the Stallion Montana
for now.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-Horses
belonging to Edward Corrigan and the
estate of the late Marcus Daly were
sold at auction today. The stallion
Montana, owned by the Daly estate,
was sold to John Mackle for J1000.
TWENTY BODIES RECOVERED.
HOLYHEAD, Dec. 29. The bodies
of twenty members of the crew of the
bark Primrose Hill, which went down
yesterday, have been washed ashore.
OUR GREAT
rr h r
0 VIIET
BEGINS -
on TI.t.8 for Wonderful Bargains
ARNOLD WRITES
SONNET FOR US
While Graham Says EnglanJ
Gets Only Kicks From Us. '
EXTREME VIEWS PRESEiNTED
Treaty Amcatfiaeats Make Kick Haabet
Twenty for Whkk Saliibary Will Be
llow Ui HI Dlttlef dine'
Cottla'eratle..
LONDON, Dec. 29. Reviews of the)
year and century All the weekly and
daily papers. Sir Edwin Arnold hills
the new century with a sonnet, "Greet
ing to Columbia." England snys:
"I send thee a motherly kls. and benl
son.
Love me or love me not; hap what
may hap.
My pride and prayers watch thy bright
course begun.
Thou do'st uphold the lesson learned
from me.
And sp-akest my Shakespear'i speech,
God go wrth thee."
Columbia answers:
"They foresee too much who dare to
think.
We shall be more kept asunder.
Than two great clouds In heaven that
hold the thunder."
That Sir Edwin Arnold's view are
not unanimously shared can be Judged
by a letter of Cunningham Graham
which is given the place of honor I.
Saturday' Review. The writer declare,
that Anglo-American friendship haa re
sulted only In kicks for Great Britain
In the case of ihe Venejuela, Saaj
Juan, Alabama and Bering awards. H.
ays:
"We won't go on patting ourselves up
on our diaphragms, making certain that
all these kick were but simply affec
tion. Americans bore us. Last, on top
of all their condescensions, like a cold
bath on a Irunkard, come tv. ctaisea
of the senate in the Hay-J'auncefou
treaty by which we are commanded
trt assent t! kick number "twenty, and
I suppose Lord Salisbury Is going to
receive it and assure the kicker, of
his distinguished consideration and
thank them for the energy with which
it is bestowed.
"Experts tell us that the canal could
not be defended, even though fortified,
in case of war. but then liar, damned
Har and expert is a comparison almost
proverbial in this commercial age."
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROADERS,
t
Unwilling to Combine With Any Other
"Reform" Movement
-t
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 29. Members of the
Middle-of-the-Road Populist national
committee and other leaders in various
reform movements debated all day oyer
the advisability of forming a combinaw
tion with the Social Democratic ant
Union Reform parties.
The tenor of the speeches made waa
practically unanimously in opposition to
the plan and In favor of carrying on the
work of the Populist party strictly
along its own lines. It was decided
to Issue an address setting forth In de
tail the views of the committee.
WHEAT MARKET.
TORTLAND. Dec.
Walla, 55.
29.-Wheat. Walla
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. Wheat,
May, lOott: cash, 98.
CHICAGO. Dec. 29. Wheat, May,
opened. 7314; closed, 7514.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 29. Wheat, March
6s. fcd.
PRICE OF SILVER.
NEW YORK, Dec. J9.-Sllver. 3Ti-
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