1101115 Off 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 V