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Botha Rejects the Peace Terms
Offered Him.
tltS ACTION SUPPORTED BY HIS MEN
British Pre 1 1 Generally Pleated With th Re.
wit Urje Thai Further Reinforce
menu Be Mad Rudy,
LONDON, March 21. Joseph Chain'.1
berlaln, tb colonial secretary, In
formed the bouts of commons that
General Botha haa rejected the peace
ternia offered him. General Botha,
Mr. Cbambrlaln said, conveyed the
Information In a letter to General
Kitchener, in which he announced
that he was not disposed to recom
mend the terms of peace General
Kitchener was Instructed to offer him
to the earnest consideration of his
government General ilotha added
that his government and Its chief of
flrera entirely agreed with his view.
The Issuance of parliamentary papers
on the negotiations Is delayed. Gen
oral Dotha'a refusal to accept the
peace terms offered him It commented
upon with an evident sense of relief.
The Idea that Lord Kitchener Initiated
the negotiations Instead of General
Botha, as had been supposed. Is un
palatable to the British press. The
Dally Mall, under the editorial cap
tion, "Our Rejected Bull." aaks why
the government instructed Lord
Kitchener to eue for peace after the
murder of the pence envoys, and
concludes as follows:
"Let the war be pressed to the ub-
most, and let further reinforcements
be prepared, for they may be needed ;
but, above all, let us have no more
"negotiation. "
Bruce-Hamilton at Wepener.
Mafeklng, Basutoland, March 21.
General Bruce-Harailton'a force, which
Is sweeping over the soulheaat portion
of Orange River colony, has reached
Wepener, where the troops found
heavy stocks of grain and cattle. They
carried away as much as possible,
but destroyed 3.000 bags of grain.
The houses at Wepener were found
to be intact,
Recruits for South Africa.
. Ottawa. Ont., March 21. The 1.000
men recently recruited for police
service la 8outh Africa will leave here
hunday next and will sail from Hal
ifax the 20th.
Meuntad Maxim Gun.
Cape Town. March 21. The military
authorities here approve the new in
ventlon of a Maxim gun mounted on
a motor car for immediate service.
8KA0WAY:JUNEAUL CABLE.
Advertlaementa for Proposale Being
Prepared.
WASHINGTON, March 20. Now
that the war department haa funda
available, It la the purpose to push
work aa rapidly aa possible on the
telegraph cable from Skagway to Ju
neau. Alaska. This cable, approxi
mately 125 mllse long, is to be laid
by contract with funda made avail
able at the laat session of congress.
In hia last annual report to the sec
retary, the chief signal officer, Brigadier-General
A. W. Greely, atrongly
recommended the laying of auch a
cable, saying there was a pressing
need for a cable between these two
cities. This, he said, would not only
connect the mllitaray posts at Skag
way with Juneau, the capital of
Alaska, but would enable the terri
torial authorities to reach, vlaSkagway
and Dawson, the points In the YuKon
valley now so remote that as a rule
not more than two or three letters
upon any subject can be exchanged
In the course of a year.
Of course, this cable, while not laid
primarily to connect with a line run
ning down the coast to the states,
will be a valuable adjunct in case such
a project la later adopted by con
gress. It ia estimated that a caole
could be laid from Skagway to Vol
dea, 650 miles, for $300,000, and that
a cable from Skagway to Seattle,
passing outside of Vancouver and
Queen Charlotte Islands, so. aa
to avoid international complications,
which would be at least 150 miles
long, could be laid for about 1500,
000.
"These cable connectlona." aaya
General Greely. "seem absolutely ea
eentlal if the United States intends to
encourage commercial and other en
terprises in Alaska with a view to
development and Ita becoming, aa la
possible, a territory of the greatest
financial value to the American Re
public."
In speaking of the work soon to
"bo begun, General Greely aald that
there were now available sufficient
funda for purchasing and laying the
Skaguay-Juneau cable. The cable
Is to be laid by contract, the Arm
manufacturing it being required to
lay it. Advertisements for propoealB
are now being prepared, containing
all the specifications. The cable Is
to be insulated with rubber, as ex
terience haa shown that no other in
suction can successfully be used in
our waters, especially those of
Alaska.
A Total Wreck.
Victoria, B. C, March 21. The
teamer Willamette, hlch ran on Den
. mawn Island, near Village Point, about
2 miles from Union, where she
loaded 1,000 tons of coal, and will
be a total wreck, for her back has been
broken. She was lying on the rocks
amidships and when tne after part
of her hull filled she broke her back.
LEFT TO' DIPLOMACY
Settlement of th Dispute at Tien
' Tain. ....
PEKIN, March 23. Count Voa
Waldersee, General Barrow and Gen
eral Wogack ha;e been In consulta
tion and General Wogack haa agreed
to withdraw the Russian troops from
the disputed ground at Tien Tain,
provided the British also withdraw,
lie Insisted also upon a guarantee
that work on the railway aiding
ahotild not proceed until the matter
had' been diplomatically adjuated.
Thla proposal and stipulation was
satisfactory to General Barrow and
was accepted by him. Consequently
the British and Russian troops will
be withdrawn at 5 o'clock thla morn
ing (Friday), thereby avoiding all
trouble at present. Ordera have been
Isaued that no British officer shall
leave or even "sleep out" at night
or go to dinner without furnishing
hia address to the adjutant. The
marines wilt return to the ahlpa.
Admiral Beymour objects to any of
the Australian naval brigade, who
volunteered for aervlce on the rail
way, remaining. The military au
thorities aay he doea not understand
the altuatton. that hia inference la
uncalled for and uat the Australian
marines are Juat tne men needed.
The Russians have ordered a regi
ment to proceed from Port Arthur
to Tien Tsln. The arrangement made
by General Balloud the French com
mander, are regarded as perfectly
satisfactory and all danger of trouble
between the British and Russians la
avoided.
MILITARY TO CIVIL.
Tranafar of Government In Philip
plnee June 30.
WASHINGTON, March 23. The
transfer from the military to the civil
government In the Phlllpplnea la ex
pected to occur about June 30, ac
cording to calculations made at the
war department upon Information re
ceived from the Taft commission and
General MacArthur. It la known that
even where civil government la be
ing established by the Philippine com
mission, the military will be neces
sary for some time to support the
civil authorities. It Is the Intention
to withdraw the military as fast aa
possible, however, from any partlcl
patlon In the governments established,
and the soldiers will be more of a
police than of a military force.
Wherever possible, native police wiQ
be organised.
BATTLESHIP ASHORE.
Massachusetts Runs on a Bplt in fan
aacola Harbor.
PENSACOLA, Fla., March 21.
The flagship Kearsarge and the battle
ship Alabama, of the North Atlantle
squadron, crossed the -bar here this
morning for a cruise In the Gulf,
with Target Bay. Culebra Island, as
a destination. The Massachusetts,
which followed the two other war
ships out, took a sheer, left the chan
nel, and went aground on a spit of
sand at buoy No. 7. President
O'Brien, of the National Bar Pilot
Association, arrived late tonight from
the battleship. He says she Is aground
with 24 feet of water under her for
ward turretwhile there Is plenty ol
water under all other parts of the
ship. It Is expected the battleship
will be pulled off tomorrow.
Philippine Trade.
Washington, March 23. The lm
porta Into the Philippine Islands from
the United States during the first
eight months of i900 show an Increase
ct 72 per cent over the amount for
the aame period In 1899, according to
a statement of the commerce of the
archipelago Issued by the division of
Insular affairs of the war department
For the period stated of 1899, the Im
ports from the United States amount
ed in value to 1780,793 and for the
drat eight months of last year to
fl.340,717.
The total value of merchandise,
gold and silver, Imported into the
islands from January through August
of 1900 the period of time to which
the statement relates was 16.8t5,-
684. The exports were valued at
$17,808,222, showing a balance of trade
In favor of the archipelago. These
figures, as compared with the aame
period of 1899, show an increase of
34 per cent in Imports and 28 per
cent in exports. Vhe exports to the
United States show a decrease, $1,954,
631 worth being sent to this country
In 1900, as against $2,547,839 worth
in 1899.
Panle at a Chicago Fire.
Chicago, March 21. Fire tonight
totally destroyed the large warehouse
of J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co.,' at Six
teenth Btreet and Wabash avenue.
The building and everything Inside
was ruined. The north, south and east
walla of the building collapsed while
a number of firemen 'me 1 Inside
fighting the fire. They were corn
polled to drop the hose and run for
their Uvea. Several were badly
bruised by falling bricks. A panio
was created among the thousands
of spectators, and in a wild rush to
escape injury by the falling walla
many women and children ' were
knocked and trampled upon. The losa
Is $200,000, equally divided among
building and stock.
o in
Russians Refuse to Give In at
Tien Tsln.
HAVE ORDERED BRITISH TO WITHDRAW
Central Wojeck Refue to Accept Voa Wl
itnu't ArBltratlon EnglUh Troops
Saint; Ruined to the Scene,
LONDON, March 22. "General
Wogack haa refused to accept Count
von Waldersee'a arbitration at Tien
Tain," aaya the Pekin correspondent
of the Dally Mall, wiring yesterday,
"and demands, that the British not
only withdraw, but apologize for te
movlng the Russian flag. General
Barrow refuses to do either, and in
so refusing baa the support of the
British government. British rein
forcements are being sent."
"Russia's proceedings In Core."
nays the Kobe correspondent of the
IJally Mall, "aro now openly aggres
sive, and It Is believed that ane Is
about to make further demands in
connection with Masampo."
The officials of the foreign office
here have received-no Informatloa
of an outbreak of hostilities at Tien
Tsln. Their latest advices say the
situation remains the aame. The ru
mor (credited by a newa agency to
the London stock exchange and pub
lished in New York) that the British
and Russians bad fired at each other
at Tien Tsln, haa iiot even reached
the leading stock exchange firms.
Preparing for Trouble.
Tien Tsln, March 22. A special
train bearing reinforcements of Aus
tralian troops left Pekin for Tien
TBln at 10 o'clock thla morning. One
French, an Italian and a German war
ship are outalde the bar. A dust
storm prevented Count ton Walder
see, who arrived here yesterday,,
from proceeding for Pekin until thla
morning. Ninety British marines ar
rived here last night from the Taku
forts to replace the Indian guards on
the disputed land. In addition tovthe
Australians, outposts from the lines
of communication are coming to be
ready in case of necessity. The Brit
ish are under anna to prevent the
aettlement being rushed, but they do
not anticipate auch extremes.
General Lome Campbell, the Eng
lish commander, and General Wog
ack, commanding the Russians, met
Count von Waldersee upon his ar
rival here. Learning that both had
received Instructions from their gov
ernments, Count von Waldersee aald
that It was useless for him to give
even an opinion regarding the mat
ters at Issue.
It la the general feeling in Tien
Tsln that the trouble is not likely to
reacn a point" where blood will be
shed. Both detachments on guard
have ordera to do nothing aggressive
unless forced to do so by the other.
Except the army and camp followers,
the only Russians now residing here
are the members of the consular staff,
two clerks and two Jews, who are
running stores, and who left Russia
In order to save their lives. These
are now being offered inducements
to move to the Russian concession.
The French concession Is quiet
French gendarmes are on duty at
the British concession to prevent the
soldiers from trespassing, and an Aus
tralian naval brigade is preventing
the Slhka from invading the French
concession.
General Lome Campbell, upon
hearing of the death of e -President
Harrison, ordered all the British Bags
to be flown at half-mast.
Our Claim Against Morocco.
European Diplomats Watching the
Case With Interest.
NEW YORK, March 22. A special
to the Herald from Washington saya:
The European diplomats in Wash
ington are deeply Interested In the
action of the United States in send
ing the armored cruiser New York to
Morocco to aid the American consul
general in exacting an apology and
obtaining a settlement of claims ag
gregating $50,000. France's Interest
ia probably greater than that of any
other country because it la no secret
that she hopes some day to extend
her sovereignty over the whole north
western coast of the African conti
nent France requested the United
States some time ago to denounce its
negotiations with Tunis, over which a
French protectorate had been estab
lished,4 and this would probably have
been a step in the direction of hav
ing the United States ', denounce its
treaties with Morocco, under which It
is proceeding in demanding the set
tlement of claims. The United Statea
declined the request It is treating
with Morocco as a sovereign power.
While no bombardment of any
Moorish town is contemplated, the
presence of an American man-of-war
is expected to have a salutary effect
in obtaining Immediate compliance
with the demands of this government
The New York will remain at Masar-
gan until Consul General Gummere
returns from Marakesh, and an
nouncea a satisfactory, settlement.
Murder by Bulgarian Brigands.
Washington, Mch. 22. The Turkish
minister has received a telegram from
the governor-general of Salonlca stat
ing that Bulgarian brigands, after
having murdered four Mussulmen in
habitants of the MiKahelnhl mount
ains, burned tnelr bodies. The crim
inals were arrested and confessed.
They were turned over to the court
If justice by the authorities.
BOTH SIDES' RETIRE.
Troops Withdrawn From Disputed
Land at Tlen Tsln.
BERLIN. March 25-The war office
haa the following from Count von
Waldersee:
'The Anglo-Russian dispute at Tien
Tain baa been settled from a military
standpoint in a manner satisfactory
to both parties at a conference be
tween Generala Wogack and Barrow.
Both guards and posts have been
withdrawn and salutes have been ex
changed. The British declare that no
offense to the Russian flag was in
tended and tht the allegeu removal
of the Russian boundary marks was
neither by the command nor with the
knowledge of the military authorities.
The work on the disputed land will
not be continued until the govern
ments have reached an agreement aa
to Ita possession or until a special un
derstanding has been attained."
PEKIN, March 25. The troopa on
both sides of the disputed land at
Tlen Tsln have been withdrawn, and
all danger of a fracas ia ended. The
oplnloa of the British is that the
promptness oi General Barrow in call
ing up. the marines from Taku pre
vented a collision. The British re
port that prior' to the arrival of the
marines sentries were supplied from
the Madras Pioneers, who for several
days were surrounded by crowds of
foreign soldiers mostly French, who
assailed them with all kinds of abuse,
calling them "coolies.' The Madrassea
were becoming restive when the ma
rines arrived at night and quietly re
lieved tbem, and it was only when
daylight appeared that the Russians
discovered the change.
WHY BOTHA DECLINED.
Kitchener Refuaed Complete Amnesty
to Leadera.
LONDON, March 25. The Daily
Chronicle, professing to be able to
give an outline of the negotiations be
tween Lord Ktchener and General
Botha, says:
"The chief obstacle to a settlement
waa Lord Kitchener'a refusal to grant
complete amnesty to the leaders of
the rebels in Cape Colony. He offered
self-government on the lines of Jama
ica Immediately upon the cessation of
hostilities, with legislative, bodies
partly elected by the burghers. The
government agreed to provide 1
000,000 to compensate Boera for prop
erty destroyed and articles comman
deered by the Boera on commando,
provided the signatures of the of
ficers who commandeered the goods
were forthcoming. He also offered to
grant loans on easy terms for rebuild
ing and restocking farmsteads. More
over, he agreed that children should
be Instructed In English or Dutch, at
the discretion of their parents. The
government' undertook to make no
claim on church property or funds, or
upon hospitals or hospital funds, or
upon private Investments. No burgher
of either state waa to be allowed to
possess a rifle, except by special li
cense. .
"General Botha . waa generally in
favor of these conditions, but he dis
sented strongly from a proposal to
give the full privilege of citizenship to
properly domciled and registered
blacks.- He .was also greatly con
cerned about the position Jewish cap
italists would occupy In the country,
and was told that. Jews and Chris
tiana would enjoy equal rights, no dis
tinction being maue in the matter of
concessions.
MUST REFUND THE BONDS.
Pina
County, Ariz, Will Pay for
the Experiment
PHOENIX. Ariz., March 25. The
territorial supreme court today hand
ed down an important decision In the
matter of the Pina county bonds. It la
held that the territory must refund
these bonds, amounting now, with In
terest, to. $352,000. Incidentally, the
opinion re-establishes the territorial
loan commission which the , legisla
ture sought two years ago to abol
ish. The - bonds, amounting to
$200,000 were Issued by Pina coun
ty under an act of the legisla
ture of 1883 to encourage the con
struction of a narrow-gauge railroad
from Tucson to Globe. The road
was begun but never finished, and
though these bonds had been turned
ver to the promoters, the county re-
'Bed to pay the interest All the
onds are held in New York.
Government Calla for Bide.
Seattle, Wash., March 25. Quar
termaster Ruhlen will tomorrow la-
sue an Invitation to the various ship
Ding concerns doing business between
this city and Alaska to furnish pro
posals for the contract to lighter at
Nome and St Michael auch govern
ment stores as are shipped this sea
son by the war department to the
military posts to the mouth of the
Yukon river and points in the interior
of Alaska. Major Ruhlen roughly ea
timates that tnere will be 16,000 tona
of freight on the basis of ship's meas
urement to be Bent north this sum
mer. The bids will oe opened March
SO. The government win have four
ahlpa in the Alaskan service.
His Last Raid.
Santa Fe, N. M., March 25. Tom
Ketchum, famous as an outlaw, the
man who terrorized the territory for
years, was executed today. "Black
Jack" was the soubriquet by which
K tchum waa best known. ' He was
sentenced by the territorial supreme
court on February 25. Numerous at
tempts were made to stay the execu
tion, Ketchum having many friends
among a certain class. Although ac
cused of several murders and other
felonies, Ketchum was only tried for
the robbery of a train near Folsom, N,
M., the penalty for which, in thla ter
ritory, is death.
Consul-General Gunnere Is After
the Moorish Ruler.
HE MUST SETTLE UNITED STATES CLAIX
Cruiser New York Arrives at Gibraltar, and
Will Convey the American Official
t front Tangier to Maufan.
GIBRALTAR, March 25. The ar- '
mored cruiser New York arrived here
today. The New York will convey Mr.
Gummere, United States consul gen
eral, from Tangier to the seaport or
Mazagan, whence he will II ivel over
land to Morocco City, tLfe political
capital of Morocco, there to demand
from the sultan an apology for an ap- '
parent discourtesy to the United
States committed by the sultan's
grand vizier and hia minister to for
eign affairs. At the aame time, Mr.
Gummere will request tne sultan to
settle certain claims of the United
States long pending against the gov
ernment of Morocco, 'ihese claims
arose largely from alleged undue In
terference by officials of the sultan
with American citizens doing busi
ness in Morocco. When Mr. Gum
mere aald he would see the eultan
personally on the matter of tlese
claims, be was told by the grand
rizier and hia minister of foreign af
fairs that any such effort would be
useless, aa the sultan would remove
himself and his ministers from their
capital, Morocco City if the Ameri
can consul attempted to visit them
there. This discourteous statement
constitutes the offense for which the
"Moroccan government has been asked
for apology and to secure which apol
ogy Mr. Gummere, backed up by the
New York at Mazagan, will travel
overland to the sultan's capital.
The United Statea experienced
some difficulty and delay last year In
securing the payment of $5,000 from
Morocco for the tatter's failure to
make any attempt to punish the lead
era of a mob who burned and killed
the naturalized American citizen,
Marcua Ezequi. at Fez,! last June.
After considerable correspondence on
the matter and after the United
.States had threatened to send a war
ship to Tangier, Morocco paid the
$5,000 In question.
ANXIOUS TO ASSIST CHINA.
Mlnistera Desire to Put Her on Her
:, Feet .
TEKDX, March 25. The British,
headquarters here report the with
drawal of both the Russian and Brit
ish troops from the disputed terri
tory In Tlen Tsln. M. De Giers, the
Russian minister to China, believes
that everything will be amicably ad
justed at London and St Peters
burg, and doubts the probability of
further trouble In the matter. Gen
eral Voyron, commander of the
French troops, has ordered a new
regiment to Tien Tsin to replace the
one now here. French officers here
think it was' a mistake to leave a
regiment recruited in a city at Tien
Tsln. This regiment was composed
of a tough Paris element
At the meeting of tne ministers
held this morning, the only question
considered was that of policing the
legation quarters. A committee of
commissioners has been appointed to
discover China's resources and re
port on her ability to pay the indem
nity to be demanded by the powers.
Many ministers are strongly op
posed to China's having to pay to
keep an army of from 10,000 to 12,
000 men here for the next two years,
thinking this entirely unnecessary.
Even those ministers who were here
during the Biege were tired of see
ing Pekin a military camp. They
hope China will be put on her feet,
aa soon aa possible.
TO RE-MARK BOUNDARY.
United Statea Expert Will Defines
Line in Mount Baker District
SEATTLE. March 25. C. H. Sin
clalr, a government expert, win leave
within a short time to re-mark the
International boundary in the Mount
Baker District Captain J. F. Pratt
of the United States coast and geo
detic Burvey, stated today that the
boundary is not to be changed, but
is simply to be re-marked. Obliterated
posts, monuments and other land
marks will be restored and new ones
will be placed, to bring the marks
close together and prevent the possi
bility of error in the future.
The geological features of the expe
dition will be conducted by E. C. Ber
nard, ani will oe Blmply an affirma
tion of records already .made.
It la thought that a Canadian com
mission may be present whne the line
is being re-defined as a precautionary
measure, and to prevent any future
dlfficuties over errors in the re-mark-ing.
.-
Father of Mrs. Marcua Daly Dead.
Helena, Mont., March 25-Zenas
E. Evans, father of Mrs, Marcus Daly
and Mrs. J. Ross Clark, wife of the
brother of Senator W. A. Clark; la
dead at Anaconda. He was 79 years ,
of age, and came to Montana In the.
early '60s from Pennsylvania.
V Two Hundred Boers Caught
Bloemfontein, March 25. The re
sult of the combined movements
against . General Fourie, near Tha
banchu, was the capture of 200 Boers,
120,000 sheep, 5,000 horses and a ho&t
of cattle. The Boers broke south
ward to the right and left
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