WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1900.
TfflEy: RETIRE
Doer Army Is in Fell Retreat Be
fore LcrdRc2erts.
FRtNCH CONTINIES IN PURSUIT.
Oenalne Prellenlnary Immm Wronfht
by the Brltleh. ComBa4r-Joy
Tfcroaf host Eag laad. f
LONDON. Feb. 17, (Saturday, 4: 15
a. m.) General Cronje. itn a stan 01
n ia or tarn, i teerainzlr in full re
treat from Lord Roberts. Moving
northward.. General French, with hn
cavalry, simply stayed over night' at
Kimberley, and then pasnea on m ex
in tmu-h wrt-h h rrtirirxr enemy. A
ions' Boer wagon train is movinj? to
ward Bloemfontein, iollowea presum
ably by a large force of British infan
try. In their hasty departure the Boers
lest large quantities of supplies and am
munition. The military opinion here
is that Lord Roberts: will hot push far
after the Briers immediately, because of
the transport problems and the need of
rest lor tvts troops, tie nas to.teec
70.000 persons in his army, and the
whole Kimberley population. He must
rebuild the railway from Modder-River
town to Kimberley, and reviciua
the latter. . -, '
General French lost a few men onh
in the action, but forced marches an
the heat have probably made many ill
Numbers of femouits must be provid
ed. Lord Roberts has -wrought a gen
uine preliminary success, and the im
pression is that he has done enougl
for the present," and hnl need to prepare
for another strike. I j
All over England tonight there ha?
been evidence of public joy. In even
theatre arid public meeting. arounc
railway stations and !ri the streets, therr
have been expressions of - gladness, am
jubilation over the news. The news
papers are editorially rejoicing. Thosf
who read the news, closely, see only on
Hif-urbincr factor in the situation: aru"
that is the" pressure of Boers toward
Lord Roberts line of supply througr
De"Aar, which was never more import
ant than now. The Boers, under Com
mandants DeLanjf and Gobler. an
making persistent I efforts to penetrate
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to tne ranway. iney nave jjusiicu uch
eral Clements back to Arundel, am"
have outflanked him. All are withir
sixty miles, or two lays hard march, o
the central railway. Doubtless Low"
Roberts has left considerable forcer
along the line and cart sertd back mor
if necessary. K '
In the lobbies of the house, last night
Jt was rumored that General Buller hac"
again crossed the! Tugela. '. ; :
A GAP FILLED " ' ' : '
London, Feb. 16. "9:30 p. m. Th
following dispatch from General Rot?
erts fills the gaps in the eariler di
patches: ?
"Modder River. Feb. 16. The Sixt
division left Waterfall Drift early e$;
terday morning, and marched herrl
going on the same evening to Rondova
Drift to hold the crossing of the Mod
tier river and leave General French frc
to acti -. ; ' !
"Shortly after arriving here th
mounted infantry visited Jacobdal am'
found it full of women and children
with four-of our wounded men doim
well. On the. -way back the .Tnoutite
.infantry was attacked and nine met
were wounded. Colonel "Henry an'
Major Hadhell and ten men were mis
ing. Both officers were subsequent!;
found at Jacobsdal. slightly wounded, j
- ,'The cavalry division is moving r
northerly direction and has appar
ently already "reduced the pressure-fr
Kimberley. Kekewich 'signals tha
the enemy has -abondoned Alexanders
fwhtein, and that he has occupied it
French has advanced as far as Aboni
dam 'with a slight loss, and is pu shim,
ott his posts, his rear being held t:
mounted infantry. I
TClemarrts, having been pressed b
Boers. has retired to Arundel to cot
er Naauwpoort, - i
The war office points out that th.
word "here. in the above dispatc
means some point on the Modder river
other than Modder River station.
A BOER REPORT.
Pretoria. Feb. 16. The Transvaa'
government has made public the follow
ire official dispatch: j
"Yesterday, at Rondeval Drift, in th
ncitrborbood . 1 of Jacobsdal. federt
troops were, ensraged in a severe fight
with u.ono British who were trying t
rfnch Kimherlev. Cormmandant . De-T-any-
continued the engagement unt:
tTvs" tnrmn?. sthe federal easualtt;?
MiiiT f-ve wounded After another
-to h-.i?rt hard fighting it is reported
tv Britih retired.: leaving Colone'
TTfnrv daneerously wounded. Colont'
T Ten nr. with bis servant, was taken t
Tacobsdal" . 1
An official dispatch from Cotesbure
-iv. fighting .was resumed Tuesday
(February t.tth). and that the Britis!'
hd sixtv killed and -wounded, and lot
eighty; captured. The federal force
had no casualties during the fight.
.GOOD HOSPITALS. !
London. Feb. 16. The war office to
night issued the following from Lord
Roberts: -! " - J
"Jacobsbdal, Feb. lO, 7:45 P- an. I
am much grati6ed on my arrival here
to find the admirable hospital arrange
ments, made by the German ambulance
corps under Drs. Kaettner and Hilde
brand. who with their staffs, have
shown the greatest kindness to oar
wounded, as thev have to the Boer
wounded, Some of our wounded have
been here since: December Some were
crougni in yesieraay. .
A WARM TIME.
Outside Jacobsbdal. Oranee Free
Stae, Thursday, Feb. 15. The road be
tween Modder river and Jacobsdal is
now opened. .The distance is only nine
miles. The road is available for send
ing reinforcements aid supplies. When
(the Boers evacuated Jacobsdal they
were obliged to pass over a ridge,
where they afforded a splendid mark
for British guns, , which showered
shrapnel upon the retreating enemy.
The convoy which was attacked at
RSet ; river had been countermanded
but the order did not arrive in time,'
and the experience was a very warm
one, although the Boer dod little ma
terial damage. As General French
with a strengthened division pushed
forward toward Kimberley he found
beleaguering, Boers deserting their po
sition at Alexandersfontein, thus al
lowing ; a portion of the Kimberley
garrison to occupy and entrench the
place. ' i ; , -' (.
EFFORTS TO ESCAPE,
London, Feb. 16. General Roberts
has sent the following dispatch: .
"Jacobsdal. Feb, 16.I have good
reason to believe the Magersfontein
trenches have been abandoned, and
that the Boers are endeavoring to es
cape. General French is scouring the
country north of Kimberley. One of
General Kelly-Kennysr brigades c in
fantry is in pursuit of a' large Boer con
voy moving towards Bloemfontein.
CROSSED THE RIVER. .
Riet Riverr Orange Free State, Feb!
14. General French, , -with a cavalry
division and a strong artillery detach
ment, left Sunday morning for Ram
San, twelve miles from Enslen, where
he whole division concentrated. The
icxt day he made a rapid march to
Reit river, where a party of Boers -con-ested
his passage at Dekiel and Wa
erfali drifts, After some hours of
helling, French drov the Boers away
ind crossed the river.
Yesterday' (Tuesday) the column
ontinued its march to Klip and Rom
faval drift on the Modder river, where
'gain a1 short engagement ensued,
French shelling the Boers vigorously
"nd forcing a passage. The Boers
recipkately retired, leaving five laag
ers in the hands of the British, besides
great quantity of cattle and 2000
sheep. ;' t .
They were informed that an ngree
icn had been reached, between the
British officer commanding the ex
reme left, and the commandant of the
"toerv ambulance corps, that a half com
pany of British should be permitted to
"etch water from a neighboring farm
h'oirse. The ambulance then - retired
nd the Boers rushed out of conceal
nent and cnt off the water party.
General French now holds both the
VIodder and Reit rivers, between the
kers at Magersfontein ami their base
t Bloemfontein. Throughout the
narch the Free State . farms were re
pectcd, but their owners almost in
ariably fled, taking their effects. The
calth of the troops is excellent, but
ickness is prevalent among the
horses." '
,WILL RETURN.
Louisville. Feb. 16. The democrat
"f the legislature will resume their ses
sions in the state capitol, at Frankfort
Both houses met at noon today and
tfter, short sessions took a recess onitil
'ater. A quorum was present in the
House but not in the senate, and the
ecess spent in securing one. A quorum
s necesskry for the passage of a con
urrent resolution to resume the ses
ions at Frankfort. The committee,
ppointed to investigate conditions at
7rankfort, will make no formal report
SNAKE BITES.
The Suggestion made by the British
-ledical Journal that a selected officer
hould be appointed to deal with the
uestion of mortality from snake bite
ias found its way to India. "No doubt,"
emarks an Indian paper, "if an iin
erial snake suppressing department,
vith an imperial snake suppressor at
he top, aided by a sufficiently large
rmy of selected snake catchers and
Hven 'a free hand.' were constituted.
; he number of snakes might be reduced
jnd the : mortality , from snakes might
:el lessened; but a Tar greater savirg
fl life would probably result if the
inds required for' such an experiment
tere spent in combating any of the
any forms of disease in India respon-
5ble for a mortality compared with
vhich the number of deaths from snakei
ite is wholly insignificant It sounds
ippalling to a stay-at-home to read
fiat the death roll from snake bites in
4 ndia in 12 months included 24.000 hu
nan beings and 80,000 cattle; but
Vhen we recollect: that -over 1.000,000
eople die in the northwest provinces
nd Oudh from fever alone, we get
hings into proportion. When, more
over, we remember that British India
ontains some 840,000 square miles, of
vhich perhaps 140.000 square miles are
angle, the ;- desolation wrought by
nakes seems less extraordinary and
he feasibility of reducing it to any
narked extent by any measures within
he powers- lof an administration with
mi'ted funds is less obvious.
; j A QUESTION OF TIME.
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Ethel "(rummaging in grandma's
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Mis key this is! j.
Grandma Yes. rrty dear; that was
four grandfather's latchkey.
"And you keep it in memory of old
ays?"
, "No, my dear; old nights. Tit-Bits.
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Adventcrcas Escape of an Asso
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CONDITION 1 0f THE GARRISON.
Fever m.md. Dyseatry Arm Abetlnt Vrt
blea Are Scmree bet other NoerUh
- j lag Food la Flcntlfal.
LONDON, Feb. 16. A correspond
ent of the Associated Press at Lady
smith, from which place he escaped, on
February loth, says:
"Every one .capable of shouldering a
rifle is confident in our ability to hold
the town against any force ihe! Boers
are capable of putting in the field, but
the continued use of horse and mule
flesh is getting somewhat monotonous
although the health of the camp is bet
ter than could be expected,
"Enteric fever and dysentery are
abating. The scarcity of vegetables is
very trying to the troops and they are
luxuries beyond the means of the ma
jority. - !
Eggs are 36 shillings a dozen; a
small fowl is 18 shillings. 6 pence;
pumpkins, 12 shillings' each; a tin of
jam, 12 shillings 6 pence; a box of sar
dines, 3 shillings; tobacco, 9 shillings
a pound; . A case of whiskey-was raf
fled for 145.
"The " Boers are . smuggling tobacco
into the camp through the natives. A
local ' factory is turning out excellent
horse sausages, and another is making
nourishing soup which is much appre
ciated by the troops, who certainly
have increased in strength since this
was served out.
The escape of the Associated Press
correspondent was most adventurous
and arduous.
A STORM WAS RAISED.
PENSIONS OF. SPANISH WAR
VETERANS THE CAUSE.
Southern Soldiers Make Less Claims
Than Those from the North, "
; Say the Democrats.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. A sorm
was raised ;n the house today in the
debate on the subject of pension claims
made by veterans of the Spanish war.
"Sims, democrat of Tennessee, yes
terday submitted figures, showing that
the Northern soldiers were more clam
orous for pensions than those from the
South, and attributing this to the de
bauching of public sentiment in the
north by , pension cases. Pearre. re
publican of 'Maryland, raised a, .-storm
by reference to those figures, and the
statement that hundreds of Massachu
setts soldiers, who never smelled pow
der, had applied for pensions. This
brought out an indignant reply from
Fitzgerald, democrat of Massachusetts.
He was followed by others who de
fended the records of the soldiers from
their Several states.
TORTURED TO DEATH.
Filipinos Commit Atrocities on Amer-
-i ican Soldiers; i
Boston, Feb. 16. A dispatch to the
Globe from Ho llo says: Three Mas
sachusetts soldiers of the Twenty-sixth
regiment, U. S. V., have been tortured
to death by insurgents. The men were
Dennis Hayes, William Dugan and
Michael Tracy, privates of company
F, under Captain William Tutherly.
They remained behind the column at
Baliuag last November to get a tuba
and refused to-accompany the corporal
sent by Captain Tutherly to bring them
along, i
They were captured by the insurg
ents hanging on the rear of the col
umn, and were cruelly tortured and
murdered by the rebels in the public
plaza at Baliuag, the action being
countenanced by the Spanish priest.
The padre has since left his parish for
the mountains.
Manila. Feb. 15. Generals Bates and
Bell, with the Forty-fifth infantry,
Keiler s battery and many pack mules,
started today for the province of Cam
annes. The Cruiser Baltimore and the
transports Tartar and . Athenian,
compose the fleet which, with the gun
boats accompanying, will land at Neu
va Cascares, and sweep the province.
It is expected there will be much cam
paigning in the mountains.
i t CHANGED THE DATE.
Seattle.Feb. i6 The state republican
central committee has decided by a
mail vote, to postpone the state con
vention at Ellensburg from : April 4th
to April 5th, on account of the munici
pal election at Tacoma on April .3d.
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AT MEDICAL LAKE
Interesting Letter Received from
Ellton Shawl
TRAVELS IN EASTERN WASHINGTON.
Trams porlstloa of Grata oe. the Soake
River AreommodaUn- Employee "
on the Railroads.
MEDICAL LAKE, Was.h, Feb. 13.
In this letter I will give you a, slight
idea of a 'portion of the country over
which I have traveled. I- wrote you
before from Riparia, while aboard the
steamer Lewiston. 'We spent r
hours aboard the boat,,! passing up the
Snake river. There, is some very pret
ty scenery, but none equaling that along
the Columbia. The stream is not wide,
and is quite swift.The bluffs on either
side are hundreds of feet in height and
they seem to be solid stone and are al
most perpendicular. At one point, we
passed a fine quarry of granite. It is an
extensive quarry and the stone is of a
very" fine quality. They have just fin
ished an order for the new custom
house in Portland. At another point
we saw 600 sacks of barley piled up for
shipment to Lewiston, but as our boat
was full -we did-not stop td take it
aboard. ! '
At intervals we saw, along the river,
chutes coming down from the tops of
the hills, down which wheat in sacks is
slid onto the boat below; some of these
are three miles long. This means of
transportation is hard on the sacks, so
another kind of chute is used more and
to a better advantage. These are con
structed of tile. The wheat is emptied
at the top, and re-sacked at the bottom.
It think' it would be quite a treat to
see a nice Oregon' fir; I have not seen
rone since leaving the Dalles. By the
way; in Pullman I met a young man
who is well acquainted with Messrs.
O. B. Miles, Jay Bowerman, Crossan
& Robbins, all Salem boys.
-?, Along Four Mile creek, before reach
ing Colfax, we saw rose bushes and
buck brush patches, very much resem
bling those in , dear old Willamette
valley. There are orchards of ,the more
hardy trees scattered almig the foot of
the hills. In manyplaceS we saw
mullin stalks equal to those grown , in
Missouri. The farmers here are taking
quite an interest in the subject of di
versified farming.
At this place I met a number of the
young' men who are attending the
state university here. I also met Wm.
Perkins, an old teacher, formerly the
county school superintendent of Latah
county, but at present conducting a
commercial school at this point. . At
Pujlman is located the state j agricul
tural college, with an attendance of 450
students. This is a bustling little place
of about 1000 people. -!
; ; From here to Colfax the country
makes me. think very much of the Wal
do hills. Heretofore the people
throughout tbi Palouse country have
been wholly dependent upon their
wheat crop. 'Meetings are being held
all over the country. They are well
attended and great interest is shown.
At a recent meeting, at Pullman, a
couple of professors from the agricul
tural college demonstrated to 1 a much
surprised audience the use to which
wireless telegraphy can be put.
At Colfax we find a town of iooo . peo
ple strung along th! two sides of a
canyon for a mile- .or two, perhaps.
Here the young were enjoying them
selves immensely upon a Smoothly
frozen river. Since leaving here we
have seen skating continually. At
Garfield I found the most accommo
dating trainmen I have found since
leaving home. The train, a mixed one,
was here to leave for Belmont at 10:50.
My business kept me soearar train time
that I had to use my lower linibs most
energetically to enable me to reach the
depot by the time of departing. When
I reached the depot, all panting and
about tuckered out. I found the train
had not left me, but my grip was .three
or four blocks distant at another de
pot. To my query: "How long before
you pull Out, the conductor ! replied,
"how long 1 before you will be ready to
go?" I told him! I wanted to finish up
a business transaction, and get my grip
from the other depot. He said: "All
rights I'll wait on you." ' Soj he ditl.
This is a great iexception to j general
principles acted upon by railroad em
ployes. . - ' i -.
, Belmont is oAy a junction, land our
next stop is at Oakesdale, a place of
1200, scattered all Over a section of
land, the coldest place in the I Pafoitse
comntry, unless it is Cabbage FlaC an
other -flat near Oakesdale. At this
place I found the families of Mr. Wolf
and Frank Harris, both of which were
formerly - of Brooke The train for
Tekoa leaves Oakesdale at 2:15 in the
morning. After sitting up until about
midnight, rehearsing events of he past
and answering questions of the Harris
family and telling news from home, we
were afraid that if we went to bed we
would not awake in tinSe for the train,
at such an early hour in -the morning,
so we concluded we would go- down
and Wretch out on a . depot bench and
wait the arrival of , a freight for Tekoa.
When morning. came I boarded a train
and came here, "one of the prettiest
towns in Washington. i
ELLTON SHAW.
SHE HAD MONEY TO BANK.
A Squaw Surprised a Cashier by the
$500 Handfuls She Deposited.
iDeadwood, S. D., Jlfi. 26. 1 bank
in Rapid City has an Indian dtpositor.
A few davs asro the n!H TnHIm
hU squaw and little t daughter started
from one of the Indian reservations for!
a visit to the Indian school at Rapid 5
City. Before sUrting; the old squaw
carefully dug up all of the family I
wealth and packed it carefully in two '
small hand satchels. Upon arriring at
Rapid City, the trio sought out the
first bank they came, to, and entering,
made koown to the cashier that they
wished to place in the. white .man's
vaults some of their surplus cash.
The cashier soon grasped the j situa
tion and thade known to the squaw that
he was ready to take anything she had.
The old utoman of the plains, with a
satisfied grunt, reached for safchel No.
iand opening it she pulled out a roll
of bills. These she handed to the cash
ier. He counted out $500. The second
time .the old sauaw reached for the
bills and again she. pulled out $500. The
third time she brought to light a big
handful of gold coins of different de
nominations. She hesitated a moment
and then placed therii carefu'fv back in
the grip. The glitter of the yellow met
al was too much for her Indian nature.
Again she dove to the bottom of the
handbag and out came another roll of
greenbacks. The cashier : was com
pletely astounded. He; counted out an
other . $500. The old squaw closed the
grip with a snap, and grunting ' with
satisfaction reached for satchel No. 2,
which was being held, by the little
daughter. Opening the grip ; the wo
man disclosed a large number of gold
and silver coins of all denominations.
There was a hurried family consulta
tion, the coins-were passed by and
there was'another dive for more bills.
Out came several roll and all were
landed on the cashier's window. An
other count and another $500. Grip No.
2 was closed and the woman of the
tepee signified by signs that she was
through ler part of the transaction.
The cashier counted all of the rolls;
prepareq ai certmcate oi aeposit, tne ,
unpronounceable name was affixed ami 1
the business was closed up. Chicago I
Record.
All this time the great railway mag
nate bad sat silent, listening.
At lapt he spoke:
"Young man," he said, "I I am not
sure I understand you. Please be a
little more explicit."
"I am'asking you. sir.' said the
young man. reddening, "for the hand
of your daughter." I
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nate. "Why, certainly. If she has no
objections, I haven't. I thought you
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AT-RENSBURG
Bloody Engagement Between
British and Boer forces.
the
THE ONSLAUGHT MADE IN DARK.
An AnstreJiavn . Company of Mounted
fantry Annihilated by the Trans-I
val Troop. . ' ''
LONDON, Feb-. i7.The Daily
Telegraph has he following disp.itch
from Naauwpoort, dated February
'Severe fighting Ibcurred on both
Kiir
flanks near Renlburg, : The en my
greatly outnumbered our; troops,' bring
about 4000 in" number. 'They attacked
tne vvorcesiers.nirc regiment on 1 leir
hill, and made a desperate demonstra
tiont charging home only to meet si
heavy a Maxim ana ride fire from our
men that the death roll of the assail
ants must have been considerable. A
patrol of the Enniskillen dragoons was
surrounded by some 500 Boers, and gal
lantly ci:t its way through without a
loss, but a company of the New South
Wales mounted infantry was unfortu
nately annihilated, most of the men's"
bayonets, however, bearing impress of
jhe sanguinary conflict with heir foes.
I "Colonel Conyngham was shot
through the heart. The enemy chose
the time of thel moon's settihgilor their
onslaught. Out of five colonial, offic
ers only one returned to camp. : '
f "A strategic and concentrativc
move back to Arundel has been decid
ed upon. 'Nine wounded officers and
thirty-five men were "brought into the
Naauwpoort field hospital. Our death
roll at present is not known." ,
I he correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Naauwpoort, telegraphing Wcdnesr
day and describing the evacuation of
"Two companies of the Wi'kshire
regiment, in withdrawing from Kloof
camp, lost their way and are missing.
Their whereabouts, however, is pretty
Well known, and they will probably
be relieved tonight. The Boer losses
around Colesburg on Monday arelre-
ported extremely hjeavy." '
;A dispatch to thie Daily Mail from
Lourenzo M.arques, dated February
15th. says: . 1
. "Heavy fighting has occurred at Ra
man . in tne rree tate, - not tar irom:
the line of Cape Colony. The Bers
say they held all their-positions, the
British finally retiring."-
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