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MILITARY POSITION
NOT YET DECISIVE
It Is Believed Boers May Yet Re
cover Their Own.
INDEPENDENCE OR DEATH
Boer Wilt Continue to Flflit iBdeflnllclj
Slact Their lionet lad Properly
Have BceaDeitroycd aid They
Seeh Revenge,
LONDON, March 20-The Westmlns.
t'-r !iZHt trili ifternoon make pvssl
mlKtlc comm-nt on Oner&l Botha's re
fusal to ,vi - th ciue term offered
by Lord KUrhrn-r, and connects this
refusal with the F):tmt(,n China. The
tinflt.- says the powers are at sixes
and cv.n In the far Kant. ant that
uny d.iy nmy :h cunin'mr'inrnt
"f a MniKKl" frrn whlrh the Hwm
nmy r-vovi-r llw lr "n. The fullur- f
th ipdii- nKttiiNna nrans that
th.. miliary ixwition In 8'mth Africa In
not yrl il-clBlvi-
ilOTMA 1 1 1 : I.I UKSPONSIBM-;.
NKW ViKK. M.ir.h 20.-In muklr.R
i hi- uiiiiiiiiiic im-nt :h it thi 4-c ni'io.
tliiiliiiin with n.-rn Hnlhii hud l)"-n
broK'-n "ff, a lf iwtTr h fmm Unun to
thi" Tilliuin' iiii:
Mr. ('hiiinlH-iliim npoke In a ronvtr
h4ilnn.il tmir without accent u itlnit th
luiirinnii. of it ,y tune fr gt'fturf. He
mIi jii(.k. Ku.ir.l.-iiy anil ojirt'fully m
that no frtlno lnft-rn(-l could be drawn
from hln adniliiHln that th nrjcotlailuim
ha, I failed. lTd Kitchi-m'r waa cred
Urd with off.-rliiK terma which Ocnt-ral
Hutha wan not dispnufd to recommend
to th-- other Iiocr hadi-ra. Tht renpon
Hlblllty for thi- 'ntiiiuanre of (cuerrllla
wurfirf to th" hitter end ivnaMiuuiitly
t'hi with General But ha and thou?
whom h- hai ((inculied.- Thi waa the
lmur..Nln which Mr. Chamberlain
el urly n. ant to cr-nvey.
The f.irt ihot he made th'1 explanation
proved that Pli Alfreil MUner rather
than I. r Kitchener rnia been attempt
Iiik to ni'Kotla with the Hor lender,
cltice othi rwle Mr. Itroderlck would
have been lh on. . announce the un
llrtsant !)i'h.
The promptteH with which the full
ih tall of the nKoUatlon are promised
Imilcat a deelrr on the imrt of the
government that the term offered to
the Hoera nmy be known for the mural
effect here and In South Africa.
The Mlnlct-rl ilWia accepted General
Hotha'n answer philosophically an a
proof that the war muat ax on until the
llotr leadtm are capturej and that the
chancellor of the exchequer might as
well nlg'-on-hol hi more favorable
hudg"t and warn taxp.iyer to prepare
for the wort. the lugnr duty a well
an the noreaad Income tax.' The pro-
HtT Ubrala, who are looking for
atrange revelatkna from Holland, are
predicting that General Rotha will have
a veralon of the negotiation quite dif
ferent from the one authorized by the
colonial office.
KRt'OKn HAS FULL POWEK,
NKW YORK. March 20. A dlxpatch
from lmdon to the Herald gives an In
terview with D. Ernsmus, son of Gen
eral Eraamua. of Pretoria, on the prob
able cons -quences of General Oothn's
refusal to accept the terms of peace. He
("ii Id:
"The Engllfh public for aomf unknown
retinon has Uniked upon the war ad
along a mete chllu'i play, r.otwlth-
Hiandlng the . essoin It recvlvtd In the
eontm.-nr ih rt of the war. Four hun
died Poors are quite suftlclcnt lo har
ass the entire army for an Indefinite
period In the district north of Pretoria
"Regular cavalry cannot operate
there. It Is deep sand which gives the
poorest foothold. Owing to the fever,
the llrltlsh c-in operate but six months
In the year. . The Boers from childhood
have accustomed themselves to this cli
mate and can atop there without much
harm.
''In foreign countries people who are
trying to Tiake mischief out of the
Kngllfh reverses read In them dla
grace tn the British army. But I can
assure those pretended friends of my
people that If they had to do what the
British are now trying to accomplish,
p RUFFLED CURTAINS.
Iliey might have done very much worse
or aueceedml if well In fighting."
The llocm, he said, can g' t plenty
of f'tod, Iioihck and ammunition. A
an alt'-rnatlve for Hlr AlfrH Mllner
a a negoiiiiior with th- Boers. Mr,
KtHHintif KtiggestH that England should
end-some Impartial Englishman, fr?e
from all party feeling. Ird Kitchen-
tr'ii Mmv will not go either. He has
been im much associated with Mr. Cecil
Rlio.J -s, Vou remember how ihHr nniM'n
were coniMTted together when Lord
Kitchener was In London; how they
wciv coupled and how they (ook direc
tor' degrees together.
"Th end," suld Erasmus, "will be
when the Boera remaining must be eith
er caught and exterminated or given
Iik1cm ndence. There was a time after
Pretoria was taken when many Hx-r
deserted or surrendered In the belief
that they would fln! their house and
famllk a they left them, a they were
allowed to go free, promising not to
fight again. The end of the war was
then possible. My people were ready
to give In. Hut when Hie Boers re
turned to their homesteads and found
their farms burned and t h-lr families
gone, they knew not where, they were
ruined men. From that day on It
should be well understood, the war be
came one of revenge and no longer one
of patriotism. Picture to yourself the
situation. It Is perfectly simple to un
derhand the bitterness of the B'x-rs.
"The only terms satisfactory would
be re-stoklng the farms and making
good that which has b-n destroyed.
Otherwise why should not our men con
tinue to fight. , They have mt every
thing and therefor have nothing to
lose and everything to' gain.
"Mr. Krugvr Is still absolutely presi
dent of the Transvaal republic. Peo
ple say he ran away. TJiat Is untrue.
He was forced to leave hy th- ex.-cu-tlve.
It took 5O00 men to guard him.
We needed thime men else here. More
over It was considered that he would
be more useful over here.
"It Is perfect nonsense to say he Is
worth billions. At most he may be
worth a million, which he mad.- from
the purchase and sale of lands, just
as any other man might. But much
mony has ln-en Intrusted t' him for
state purpot-.'S. That money he spends
In the manner which Is Indicated to him
pnj as Intended by the Boer execu
tive. "Mr. Kruger may hae ot trnne
weight with a certain number of people
of the extreme section. But, remember
this -It Is mortant Mr. Kruger Is the
one man today who could, If he liked,
bring the war to an end. He could
llnlsh It tomorrow If he willed. When
peace coiik s It w ill be made by the peo
ple appointed to make it, Mr. Kroger
and the extraordinary commission sent
over hy the Boers, Messrs. Wolmarens.
Weasels and Fischer. They have full
nower to art."
' And the Boer forces todiy?"
"I estimate them to number from 10.
000 to 12.0H0," concluded Mr. Erasmus.
BANVHEIt MURDERED.
End of Longstanding Quarrel Between
Washington Farmers.
SEATTLE. March I0.-W. R. Ross, a
rancher living near Kent, about fifteen
miles south of this city, wa shot and
Instantly killed by Alex Simpson, an
other ranchers, thin morning.
The shooting as witnessed only by
Simpson's t-year-old a.m. The shoot
ing was thi outline of a longstanding
quarrel between the two men about a
fence w hich R ws had placed across a
portion of the cou uy rond. The fence
kept Simpson frjm getting Into his
property nnd he tore It down several
times, the last time being last night.
This morning Ross started toward
Simpson's house but wis met by the
latter, who commanded Mm to halt.
Ross still advanced and Simpson then
took careful aim and fired the fatal
shot. He was brought to the county
Jail here this evening.
UAPH WRATH POSTED MISSING.
LONDON. March !0. The British bark
Cape Wiath, Oapfalri Hart, from Cal
l.io, November 2. for Astoria, Oregon,
Inst reported outside of Astoria. Janu
ary 13, and then disappeared, has been
posted nt Lloyds s missing.
RECORD AGAIN BROKEN.
NEW YORK, March 20. A seat on
the New York, stock exchange waa sold
today for 152,000. This Is 300 more
than the previous high price.
Just fleeeived. . .
100 pairs Bobblnet Ruffled
Curtains. The Swell Window
Display, on which we are
making a'SPBCIAL SALE.
Also a new line of Ladles'
Wrltlns Desks In Flemish
Golden Oak and Birds' Eye
Maple
BRITISH RECEIVE
REINFORCEMENTS
Claim That They Are to Keep
French in Order.
RUSSIANS WANT AN APOLOGY
Bcim Brlllib fUalca Dowa Their FUj
British Relate-Rnitlis tad Jipa
cm Squadron Headed for
Cereia Coait.
PEKIN, March 20. The British re-ln-forcero
'nts, consisting of ninety marines
which arrived at Tien Tsln last night
from Taku forts to replace the Indian
guards wn the disputed land, are ex
rl'ilned as due to fear lest any Incident
arising out of the Busso-Brltlsh land
question should cause the French
troops, whose conduct has given mmh
trouble, to pre'ipltate a collision. The
BrltUh commanders desire Ui have
enough troops In Tien TMn to presence
order In the streets.
BRITISH MUST APOLOGIZE.
INIXN. March 20. General Wjg
ack has refused to accept Count Von
Waldersee'a arbitration at Tien Tsln,
says the Ptkln correnpondent of the
Dally Mall, and demands that the Brit
ish not enly withdraw but apologize for
removing the Russian flag. General
Barrow refuses to do either and In so
r-fusing has the support of the British
government. British . re-lnforcements
are being sent.
NAVIES PREPARING FOR WAR.
SHANGHAI. March 20. A dispatch
to the China Gazette from Toklo. dat
ed today, says that all the Russian
warships In Japanese waters have sail
ed for Corea and that the Japanese
ouadron Is mobilizing for an immediate
departure to the Corean coast.
WALDERSEE POWERXJvSS,
TIEN rSIN, March 20.-3en. Lome
Campbell, ;he English commander, and
General Woguck, commanding the Rus
sians., met Count Von Walderse upon
his arrival here. Learning that both
had received Instructions from their
governments. Count Von Waldersee
sild that It was useless for him to give
even an opinion regarding the mat
ters at issue.
"It is the general feeling In Tien Tsin
that the trouble is not likely to reach
a point where blood will be shed. Both
detachments on guard have orders to do
nothing aggressive unless forced to do
so bv the other. Except the army and
ramp followers, the only Russians now
residing here are the members of the
consular stiff, two clerks and two
Jews, who are running stores and who
left Russia In order to save their lives.
These are now being offered Induce
ments to move to the Russian conces
sion. The Fiench concession Is quiet. The
French gendarmes are on duty at the
British concession to prevent the sol
diers from trespassing and an Austra
lian naval brigade is preventing the
Sikhs from Invading the Freneh con
cession.
General Lome-Campbell, upon hear
ing of the dtath of ex-President Har
rison, ordered all the British flags to
be. down at half mast.
BRITISH R E-IN FORCEMENTS.
TIEN TSIN, March 20. A dust worm
prevented Count Von Waldersee who
arrived here yesterday from proceeeling
for Pekln until 'this morning.
Ninety British marines arrived here
last night from thi Taku forts to re
place the Indian guards on the dis
puted land. The fusiliers are expected
today.
A special train bearing re-lnforeements
of A I' tra'ian troops left Pekln for l'ion
Tsln at K o'clock this morning. One
French, an Italian and a German war
ship ate outside the bar.
BRITISH MUST WITHDRAW.
NEW YORK, March 20. A dispatch
to the Herald from Tien Tsin says;
Count Von Waldersee while here yes
terday had long conversations with the
Russian and English commanding gen
erals. He orally renewed the proposi
tions which had been made by telegraph
and which the Russians had declined
to entertain.
General Wogack declined to discuss
the question of ownership until the
British had withdrawn from the ground
claimed by Russia and occupied by his
forces. General Campbell stateil that
under hl3 instructions he could not
withdraw from the position. The dead
lock therefore continues.
Count Von Waldersee Is visibly de
Dressed at the failure to arrange the
question, the seriousness of which he
seemed fully tcr Talize. After an hour
he returned to Pekln. '
' There ha9 been much fighting during
the day "between FTencb and British
soldlep but up" a the present there
have, been no serious results. General
V'oyron has ordered out gendarmes who
together with the Australians are "now
guarding the settlement and preventing
French soldiers from entering.
G n'-ral Campbell has received the ap
proval of his government In his view
of th dispute with the Russian com
mander here and Is holding his ground
under orders from London.
Count Von Waldersee's proposal
which G n'ral Wogack declined to en
tertain waa that the disputed territory
be turned over to a neutral guard, the
Russians ami British simultaneously
withdrawing, pending legal investiga
tion of th? question Involved.
British officers maintain that if. as
rum r-d, Russian troopa are bring hur
ried to Tien Tsin from port Arthur,
the British government will regard their
arrival as a hostile movement on the
part of Russia.
General Wogack ha made the follow
ing statement of the Russian position
for the HeraJd:
' The question over which we unhap
pily are at odds Is not whether the dis
puted ground belongs to us or to the
Chinese government or to the railway
company but whether the English will
make good their trespass.
"At the time the British attempted
to take possession the ground was pro
tected by British flags and a clearly
delimitated boundary of stone. These
(lags were overturned and thrown away
bv a working party of Bengal pioneers
and coolies who went on with their
worlr until driven off by our guards.
"Before we can discuss the question
of ownership the British, who are still
to some extent on our ground, must
withdraw. Once the British have with
drawn I am eure the Russian Imperial
government will Ignore all previous re
grettable violence and listen In a most
friendly spirit to whatever the British
government may have to say regarding
the definite possession of the disputed
territory. So sane person can for an
Instant doubt that had the English re
quired permission -to build a switch or
sidetrack on our ground It would have
ben immediately granted.
"Unfortunately, however, they sought
their ends by forcible means. The
British troops must be withdrawn from
Russian territory. TTere can be no
other settlement."
COAL COMBINE PROJECTED.
Would Include All Companies of Illinois
and Have Capital of Ka.OOO.OOO.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Manh 20. A
movement is said to be on foot among
the leading coal operators of Illinois to
ct nsolldate the coal producing interests
of the state into one company. The
object of the enterprise Is to reduce tho
expenses of production and to fortify
the operators against th? miners' organ:
ization.
The project contemplates the forma
tion of a single company with a capi
tal of $73,000,000, controlling more than
9XK) miners throughout the Mate. The
total product of these mines fast year
was W.000.000 tons.
TOWN NEARLY DESTROYED.
Fire Bell.ved to Have Been Started by
Negrrces in Revenge.
UNION CITY, Tenn.. March 20.-Tip-tonvllle,
the county seat of Lake county,
was nearly destroyed by fire hast night,
only four business houses escaping. Loss
$7f..00fl. The fire is supposed to have
been started by negroes out of revenge
for the lynching of Ike Fitzgerald in
Colorado Saturday.
DUTY OX LUMBER.
Canadians Wish to Impose One Equiva
lent to That of the United States.
OTTAWA. Ont., March 20. In the
house of commons today, W1. H. Ben
nett proposed a resolution to make the
duty on lumber Imported into Canada
the same as the United States duty on
Canadian lumber, which Is very much
higher. The representatives of Manito
ba and Northwest Territory opposed the
tmpi-rt duty while the British Colum
bia members supported it. , The resolu
tion will be continued tomorrow.
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ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT GIFT
Philadelphia Ii te Have $5,400,000 Willi
Which to Build Libraries oa the
Term oa Which; He Made '
Offer to New Verk.
SOUTHAMPTON. March 21.-The St.
Loulb arrived at 2 o'clock this morning
(Thursday). Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie had
giv-n strict orders that they should not
be awakened until ( o'clock. The dock
wait filled with correspondents from all
parts of-the country.
MANY BEGGARS WAITING.
SOUTHAMPTON, March 20. The ar
rival of Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie,
who sailid from New York on the
American line steamer St. Louis, March
13, is awaited by delegations from yar
ious institutions who want checks.
Those.lnclude representatives of Wool
ston, Reading and other cities seeking
libraries and the agents of various In
stitutions desiring aid. The office of
the steamship company and the Ameri
can consulate were crowded with peo
ple inquiring when the steamer will ar
rive. The local manager of the American
line, who has 160 letters and telegrams
from all parts of the kingdom for the
philanthropist, says that the envelopes,
indicate that they are from all aorta
and conditions of people, from universi
ty presidents to mendicants.
LIBP.VRIES FOR PHILADELPHIA.
NEW YORK, March 20. The World
ill say tomorrow:
Another mignlflcent gift from An
drew Cani-'gle will be announced within
a few days, ft became known yester
day that Carnegie had offered U0O0.O00
to another American city, also H is said
for the purpose of buildins; libraries.
Philadelphia will, it Is understood, be
the next recipient of the iron master's,
bounty. It Is said that Carnegie has'of
fered to build libraries aggtegating
J...00O.0OO in valje on conditions
similar to those which' accompany the
offer to New York. . -
BLIZZARD AT ST. PAUL, .
One of the Worst the City Has Known.
for Years, ,
ST. PAUL, March 20. The fierce
storm of sleet, snow and wind which
has raged in St. Paul since yesterday
morning is one of the worst this city
has experienced In years. The outlook
for warmer and clear weather tomorrow
is favorable.
WORST BLIZZARD FOR YEARS.v
CUMBERLAND, Wis., March 20.
The severe blizzard which has prevailed
throughout western Wisconsin for th
past thirty-six hours is the worst een
for years. -
MEAT FOR PHILIPPINES.
CHICAGO. March 20.-Coitracts for
furnishing the United States army with
nearlv a million pounds of meat for
use in the Philippines were awarded to
Chicago packers today. ,
METHODIST EDITOR DEAD.
CHICAGO, March 20 Rev. Dr. Ed
ward?, editor of the Northwestern
Christian Advocate and widely known
in Methodist Episcopal church circles,
du'J tonight, aged 66 years.
FOR . . .
Portland, Oregon