1MVKD JM lUU-WIUUT CECTIOKB, KACH TtDDiT ARB niDAT.
51ST YEAR NO. 51.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 4. 1902.
FIRST SECTION EIGHT PAGES.
RECEPTIONS T0
PRINCE HENRY
trlsnipba! Tear of the Kaisers
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Brother Ccatlcaes
THE ROYAL VISITOR IS EVERY-
- - - . - -.r y -
WHERE RECEIVED WITH THE
GREATEST ENTHUSIASM.
Forty Thousand Psopls Crowded
Around His' Train: at- Cincinnati
- ' f - - -
and Cheered . Him Hs Is Going to
Chattanooga to Visit the Battle-
r fields The Germans Are Plaasad
with the nonora Ha .Receives Hara.
birvininJli v., mmr. i r-rinv
Henry, of Prussia, traversed the states
of Maryland, Pennsylvania and j Ohfo
today, and Tennessee,' with tha battle-
1 1 c la 9 irgvng wn wwyi .......
Southern goal.
I te stopped- tor a rmai reception
ut Altoona. -Pitt Knurs. Columbus and
Clm inn:iU, but the wtdcome extended
ti.hlui w.ut not limited to these places.
Kviery where nlnnK tht$ line, after day
light came, and until dong after dark
iwhh.MUi people ; gathered at the sta
tion to (hciT Jijm u he sped along.,,.
Thy? train beitring Prince Henry and
party reached this city ut 8:45. and re
mained a iii'ir Hour ror demonstrations
M the Panhandle depot, hen It was
if inaffireil alios the city and left for
Chattanooga. The station and streets
o'l out It. and even Hie yards, were tilled
with mo4 lorif: before J the schedule
time of arrival.; It la estimated there
ere from to'io.OOO people In the
vkinity, and tbnt many more-within
the station and yard. Considering the
hhortrter of the reception it surp-issed
anything; ever witnessed in thla city.
"13ermany Is Delighted. j
Iterlln. t?ar. 1. Thf to tut quick liM;
presslon of wonjlw over the reception
of Prince Henry In the United Stales
ha a possed. but fresh Incidents of the
Prince's experiences continue to enter
tain the public. The newspapers here
handle the disiwttches from the United
"Studrs as though they were install
ments of t serial . romance and the
curloMltyna to what will happen next
a .nearly-aa keen as w hen Prince ilenry
debarked.. The olltlHana and writers.
however, are beginning to examine his
vldt from the standpoint of clans and
nartv views. What at first were either
extensive expression of pleasure' or
llnre. are-$eplaoed now Jy reflections
of analytical minds, who -explained
why the v pi a pood thing, or of use
as ..politlmt material.-
A SPLENDID RECORD.
The WSrelese Telegraph Tested Sue
ceasfully 'at Sea.
Nl-nv YOItK. March l.Hlnnor Mar
coni, who arrived todsjr on the Phlla
d"li.h',a from tmthampton, reportetl
tin new wlrele leUaraph rwnrd: j
'?hl time.' said Marconi, "fifteen,
htindred mIU".t Kea. reuular mensasei
were received from - the Cornwall ata
Hon. and ticks were recorded at a dls
lance "of 2Ho miles."
AN EARLY SETTLEMENT.
I WASHINGTON. March-- 1. Oenerali
Wood has Indicated t the Auditor of
tih that It la hla desire to finally set
tle the accounts ?of the office rV of the
army, ror fund and property ertain
Inc. to the Miljtary t(Tvp-'""'nt of Cuba
March 11th.
THE BOER LOSSES.
Many Prisoners Mada During tha Re
cant Operations of Kitchener. t-
' Irf-NlxfS, Mar. I. Kitchener reports
that "the Itoer losnc In the recent oper
ation were fifty men killed, ten
woiMid'ed and "J mwlp prlwmera. In
addition to these. Kitchener nay. It la
rerrted that over a huiulred Itoera.
kfle-t !or KoumloL were carrlel off if
tcr tjhe- rtttack cr the bia khoue line.
February 24lh. Ttieae figures, " how
ever, cannot be verified.
A CHINESE REBELLION. .
Missionaries Given, a Safeguard Out af
tha Affected District.
' VASIUNt;T03i. Mar. 1. Tha KUte
-Lepartment haa made , public the foi ;
lowing cablegram, from Consul Me
Vo. at Canton, 'Oil ha, dated Febru
ary 27th r "-" , ;" - ; 'r-'-.'
It waa.learnoil at midnight tht
irNIIIon has broken out at Nan-KIhg.
At the, niuitt ut the ilovermtf of
kwang HI province the missionaries
were jaked to leave Imrnedlatrly. tin-
r a. pledged t mort, to ue taken to
tVuihow,
i
Pekhi. Mar. J'rhe Chlnew Foreign
it iKui tWu rwtM'ltiiin In
the --tlrinl'ly of the Hty of Nan Kliyt,
provlme f Quang HI., la very frrave.
Over loi forme auldlera-are engaged
In iilllaelnir. An edict has been Issued
commanding the Chinese authorities to
afford protection to the mlonarlea
and other foreigners.
A PRAIRIE FIRE. f
(il'THUIl- M j T., March 1. A de
structive ptalrle, fire near' Fort obb
did great damage to 100 hotneatvaderf.
sweeping away"' Improvements, stock,
and personal property, and compelling
the people to flee -for their lives. 1
A NEBRASKA FIRE.
Tha Littla Town of Sutton Had a
Heavy Loss Last Night.
-OMAHA. Neb. March 1. The Oakland
Jlotel. at Sutton,'Neb., was completely
destroyed by fire tonight. Many-of the
guests barely escaped with their Uvea,
and nearly! all lost valuables. The
Hastings . fire department arrived In
time -to prevent a spread of the fire to
any but unimportant building adjoin
ing. The loss la $18,000. :
SOMBRERO WON.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar, 1. Som
trero . won the California derby, one
and a quarter miles at Oakland to lay
in a gallop, from' Corrigan, Water
scratch being a distant third. 1 Time,
2: 164. ... , . ;
BATTLE OF SAN JUAN..
i HAVANA, Mar. 1. VaasiUi Wrest
chagin, the . Russian painter, has ar
rlred here on hla way to Hantiago, to-j
Juan for President Roosevelt
BOER ENVOYS.
J WASHINGTON. Mar. 1 Wesacla
stnd Wolmanens, the Boer envoys, ur
ifvtd here tonight.
SEVERAL BILLS PASS
WORK OF THE SENATE YESTER
DAY WAS IMPORTANT
Tha Conference Report on the Philip
pine Tariff Bill Agreed To An Ir
rigation Maasura of . Interest to
'States Having Arid Lands.
WAHHINaTON, March ,1. Consider
able Important bulnra was disposed of
by the Herwite twiay. What la known as
the omnlbu claims bill and the meas
ure providing for the irrigation of pub
lic lands were "passed, the conference
rejort on the Philippine tariff bill waa
a (treed to, and the shipping bill was
made unfinished business.
The Irrigation measure provides that
all moneys deceived -from,; the sale of
ptlblie land In i Arizona, California,
Colorado, Idaho, Kanaas, Montana, Ne
braska Nevada, New Mexico. North
and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon.
Utah, Washington, and Wyoming be
ginning July 1st last be devoted to the
construction of necessary irrigation
works for the reclamation of arid landa
the work to be rtVne and the money ex
pended tinder the direction of the Sec
retary of the Interior. The bill. waa
under dlscusxlon for several hours, but
encountered no opposition and was
paused without a roll call.
. In the House.
1 Washrngton, March 1. The House
Committee .on Arid Lands- ordered a
favorable report on the bill, introduced
in the5House by Newlanda, of Nevada,
with;an amendment giving each state
or territory the major portion of the
irrigation fund derived from its public
land..iales. . :- ';-
1 PRESIDENT IN EARNEST.
Wants, Federal Office Holders to Keep
Out of Polities, i J
WASHINQTIN, March 2, The fol
lowing statement Was made public a
the White House today: After Inqulr;
of the Preldsent aa to what the Pres
ident'a view were In regard to the po
lltical activity, especially In any frac
tlonal difference within the party, o
hla appointees. Major Hogan stated t
the IVeslderit that , he would be com
pelled to withdraw his name from con
sideration in connection with the ap
pointment of Internal revenue collector
for the Southern fHstrtrt of Illinois, aa
he desired to continue actively to par
ticipate in the politics of che state. ,
The President reitesated today to
various Illinois repreesntatlves, both In
Congress and In eveeutlve offices, that
he expected his appoimes in Illinois
to keep clear of any active fac-tlonal
work:, that ' the election of a Senator
from Illinois wa for the Iltinola people
only to decide, and thai he expected the
Federal appolnteef in "that . state to
aerve their purty by doing their work
In their respective office In firwt-class
shape, and by rrainlns fr'mt ny Im
proper factional activity In connection
with matter With which the Federal
admlnltrtratron tiad no proper concern.
Use Allen's Foot-Ease. . '
Apowder to :be shaken Into : the
shoes. . Your feet feel swollen, nerv
ous and hot, and! get tired easily. If
you have smarting feet r tight shoe,
try Alien's Foot-Kase. , n cools ; the
feet and piakea walking raay. thirea
swollen, smarting fee. Ingrowing
nails. tlister and callous spots. Re
lieves wna and tnlon f ail pain
and give r-st and comfort. Try It
Unlay. Kld by all druggist and slew
stores for 2! Trial rM sre FRKK.
A.t,ires. Allen 8. Olmatead, Lm Roy,
New York.- ; - - - i ; : - ;.
A A THIEVING POSTMASTER
Sold a Friend's Goods and . Started for
. British Columbia, i ,
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HIViKANlX Wash, Mar. .-i-Chas,
Chandler, patnater at t hoenix,
Wash waa arrested at Roeebunr to
dayi being taken from the train on
which he waa , making good time to
ward th Hrttlsh lOwlumbU't;' turunda ry.
Chandler had been left In charge of the
mttn U of goods m 4tueni: osnW by
" w I-Viin f. It la claimed Jhe elosed
nut large piirt of the strck last week,
Kcketcd the cash and atarted to get
out of the country.
THE FLOODS IN
FEfMYLNANIA
V
Alleghany River at Plttstsrg Is
Higher Than Ever Detore
THE DAMAGE TO 'INDUSTRIES
AND PROPERTY IN THAT CITY
IS ENORMOUS.
Lower Portions Are Flooded, and the
People Suffering Fourth Stopr of
. a Bakery Plant Breaks Down Car
rying Death and Destruction With
It More Victims of the Colorado
Avalanches at Telluride. ' '
PITTSBURG, Pa, Mar. 1 Tonight
the Allegheny river, marks show 37.6,;
and is still rising. The flood marks' of j
1ES4 will in all likelihood be passed, j
and thirty-five feet, the highest point
ever reached by water here, in 1832.
may be equalled. A -reliable estimate
of money damage can not be made at
this time, but it will be very heavy.
Already 50,000 men have-been made
temporarily idle by the forced closing
down of the mills, factories, and other
industries, and the number is likely to
be greatly increased. ' , '.
No drownings nor serious accidents
have resulted up to the present. To
night Allegheny City is a modern Ven
ice, and every sort vt Improvised water
Ctaft Is In service.
Iii Pittsburg proper, from The Point
to Ninth street, and as far back as "
Penn avenue. eerything Is, flooded. :
Thef south ; side is literally swamped, j
but there Is not a drop of water avail-
ablo for home purioses. r for fire
CONGRESSMAN MOODY
ii WINS
Carried the Republican Primaries In Wasco
County Against J. N. Williamson -Will
Carry the County Convention Easily.
THE DALLES, Or., Mar. 1. In the Republican primaries- todsy. Con
gressman M. A. Moody carried three out -of four precincts in The Dalles, and
gained a majority of country delegates over Stats Senator. N. Williamson.
Mr. Moody is expected to carry the county convention easily.
fighting should It becorne necessary.
The Mmopgahela, liver reached the
water company's plant, putting out the
fires and forcing shui-aown.
The Wstere Falling. -
: Philadelphia. Pa.. Mar. 1. During the
day, the Schuylkill river began to re
cede, and tonight had fallen about
three feet.
; 3"be machinery In the Inundated n
d filial eatablishments and the house
hif d furniture In dwelllnRr partly sub
merged,, have been damage to an enor
mpus extent.' The loss sill amount to
htindred of thousands of dollars. At
lert. three fatalities occurred . today.
()4 man was drowned at Spring Mill,
another at Kutxtown, and a third at
St. Clair. ; -
Five Were Killed. !
tfvlnA. 0 Mar. 1. The fourth
floor of the Cleveland tfciklng Com
pany plaii fell beneathqthe weight of
a large number of arrtds of. Hour to
day; crashing through the three under
Poora Intojthe Iwuiement. Five persons
are missing, four girls , and a man.
They are twirled beneath the debria and
are undoubteclly deatL The name are:
Jktay- Ketly, Moille Ilotner, tlrece
Mctirath, Maggie Hlscr. Joseph Wud-ker..-
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The Telluride Horror. ;
:TIIurld Colo.. Mir. 1. Five nam-
have been jaddel to the ,11st of yester
day's snow, slide victims, making the
known dWl nineteen. The bo-1 lea were
found In the third slide. They were Alt
Hwanson, J. tl. Cedarlwrg. Louis t K.
Lundberg, iAndrew Aho, and n un
known boy. v They were amonff tlw
who took petrt In the search for the; vic
tims of the first slide. Nothlnr was
done, toward the recovery of the bodies
of"thse burlel by the llrwt and second
slides. The work Is considered so aan
geirou that Superintendent Chase for
bade any attempts In that. line. It ta
thought by Monday the slide will have
tun so that the search for the dead may
be prosecuted w ithout danger.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
. i t i.. 1
Loud Wants Contract Instead uf
- ! . ; Salary System. ' ; ' .
WASHINtlToN. Marrh a.-Uiidr
the onler made last wcvk, th IIous
today went into committee of t,he wh'dff
and entered upon the consideration of
the Mil t classify the rural ff-e-de-livery
service nd substitute the ton-
tract for the salary system for rural
carriers," . '
Loud Cal.) In opening the debate,
declared that in his opinion the ques
tion involved was of more importance
than any which would come before the
present Congress. Upon Its solution
would depend whether the rural free
delivery eervtce would cost ultimately
f 69.000 000 or $10,000,000 per anpum.
The rural free-delivery up to thla time,
he said, had been'a political one, and
it had given many members of Con
gress their first taste of the sweets of
public patronage. ' He traced the ttla
tory and rapid growth f the sendee
and Its cost, declaring' that It was the
most extravagant In the public service.
The bill was carefully drawn. Loud
mid, to provide against the possibility
of a recurrence of the star-route scandals.;-
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FROM ALASKA
The New Diggings on Hammond River
Are Proving Valuable.
PORT-TOWNSKND, Wah , March S.
Advices from the Kuykuk country.
Under date of January -27th. are most
encouraging, and the Hammond river
is the centre of attraction in the north
ern gold field. The Hammond river
was discovered late last fall. The pay
streak 3s' from. one to four feet to bed
rock. j0id 2 feet wide. It la raid the
owners of IMsdovery claim take out five
and six bucketa of frosen gravel er
day, which they thaw and from which
they realise from $75 to f 123,.'
THE NICARAGUA CANAL
"
A HITCH IN THE NEGOTIATIONS
IS EXPLAINED
Columbia Proposes to Profit by the
Sale of the Frsnchlse to the United
' States and Wants a Part of the
Forty Millions.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. It; Is gath
ered from . Inquiry here,, addressed to
persons familiar with the negotiations
Letween the United Hta'tes Government,
the Government of Coloutbla, and the
Panama Canal Com puny that the Gov-
I. ii ' ' ". ii i i ,ii .in I.. I,
OUT IN HIS HOME
ernment of Colombia holds the key to
the situation and Is responsible for the
present ehek to the negotiations. Co
lorrrbla Is now belle-ed to be deter
mined to make an effort to secure more
favorable terms than the protocol, aa
provided by Minister Sllva, who Is now
Lretirlng. contemplated. -If additional
compensation cannot be secured from
the United States, then the plan Is to
have recourse to the Panama Canal
CXimpany, and.' in some manner obtain
a portion of the fto.ooa.ooo which the
United States Government' is to pay
for the'works and franchise. If It de
cides upon the, Panama Route.
BIG ELECTRIC PLANT
To Bs Built in the Cascade Mountains
of Washington. .
NKW WllATCOM, Wah, March 3.
I. O. Mill, of New Tork.: Alviasa
Hay ward and II. B. Cornwall, of Han
Frsncleco. tonight applied to the city
council for a ' franchise for supplying
the city with electricity from a, power
plant which1 they have etab!ihd in
the Casta'l. Mountains at the falls of
the Nooksaeli river. Tliey Mnd them
selves to T-omjite a 10,000 hore-ower
plant wtth!n 4w ea r. which dtiall le
trebled later on. and which will 'utply
411 the Puat-t Sound citWs letween
Sfsttle and Vancouver, H. C. with elec
tric power.
THE PONTIFICIAL JUBILL
Papal Chapel Held in St. Peters With
, Er9r4nmy Pomp.
TtfME. Mar. S. The'prinrlpal cere
mony In the ci-l-tratini of the Pontl
'flefat Jubilee, In horwr of the 2tth an
niversary of the Pope's ;rronat Ion. the
i holding of the PaiiJ chapel, was car
ried out In imp and In the presence rf
the Iontlff and an MwniWaw esti
mated to have humtered fully SO.OOS
ersms. Thirty r-artltnals. numeroos
erehhishope, memters of the IontIflefa
eotjrt, special foreign trrlsslons. mem
Mrs of the diplomatic ,.erps and the
lUsnan njlly iartlelpteL '
MISS STONE'S PLANS.
INlMANAPOLIfl, lnd., March J Kl
Pn M. Stone, the misUmary who was
liv tirkandt and re!sed re-
' rently. has contracted to lecture for the
Chautauqua. Sor Jet l-s - of this country
during the summer.
! Legal JJJanka, S"latetjnn Job Office.
FIGHTING If!
PHILIPPINES
Constabulary and iBStrdrriU Meet
la Sharp Conflict
GENERAL LUKBAN WANTS A CER
i - . I
TIFICATE OF GOOD BEHAVIOR
FROM AMERICANS.
The Shipping Bill Called Up , in the
United States Senate Yesterday
Frye Delivered a Long Address on
the Subject Effort to Classify the
Rural Free Delivery Service and
Contract-IL
MANILLA. Mar. 3. f
weoty-five
members of ihe constabul
ary Of Ma
rong, ten miles from Ma
ll, encoun
tered eighty Welt armed i
nsu
rgents to-
day. The former fled,, aftetr
expending
all their ammunition.
Keven of the
constabulary are unaeeoun
ted for, and
lied or cap-
it is believed they were k
tured.
Governor Flofes, of the
province ot
Itlztt. rsiys. nunntei- of t
recently caHuredj'Anii4i,
Calnta, Morong province,
latdrones nor Insurgents.
he
band wivo
I
renlitent f
ere neither
1
le takea It
a private feud was at the
b4t
torn of the
matter;
General I.ukban has off
d to assist
In suppressing the In surge
ts, it riven
a cerflneute that he con
lucted his
share of 'the war according
to civilised
uruges. t The offer has
considered favorably,
n4t
yet been
The Shipping Bill.
Washington. Mar. S. Thf enate to
day bciran consideration of the shipping
bill, the' meaaure to provlkie for the
mean mall service between the United
State and foreign ports, and the comi-
IIHin ucirnnej w iivnnn luiiHiirnc,
arul to encourage deep sejiJlsheiies.
Frye made the opening abatement fn
support of the Mil. He -cupled the
floor nearly itwo hours. The address
was largely technical, but ; the argu
ment was listened to wlfh Hose alien
tlon bv the Senators on .bMh sides of
the trhanrber.
Ilefore the consideration bf the ship
rlnir ! bill, many minor meiksures were
adoided,
, Rural Mail.
Washington, Man X,-Th
House to
the bill to
day began consideration o
classify the Rural Free
lell
very ser-
vice and place the carriers
under the
contract system. The debi
te waa in-
terrupted by the pfessnta
on of the
conference report upon h
Phlllpiarie
Tariff bill. raynethe ma
rity leader.
declined to allow the ml
norlty mre
than thirty minutes In whlc
h .to discuss
the retorL and this offer w
km rejcted.
A filibuster followel and
the House
adjourned after the 'previous
question
on the adoption of the repoift
"had been
ordered.
Against Panama Ro
ijite. -
Washington, Mar. J. -Th
e sub-corn -
mrttee of CommKtee on I
let -oceanic
Canals today agreed to recommend to
the full committee, that the legal com
plications surrounding the Panama of
fer are such that the United States
should not accept It. Thl sub-com-mlttee
constats of Senatorn Morgan.
Mitchell. Kittredgf. Ptichard. Foeter
tla.) and Turner, Senator
J'ritchard
was not at the meeting tod
My- wwia
Senator -Kittredge said thwt he re-
sryed the right to make a mlnotity re
rwirt to the full committee.
four: members united in the recommen
dation.
NOTES FROM HAWAII.
Steamers Arriving Hers Have Suffered
! t from Fierce Storml.
HONiiLUtU, Feb. 24. T
he steam-
ships Alameda and !rle. arriving yes
terday roornirg, were boih a whole day
ate! frorn San FTanclsc, and ear h en
ctjuntcred fearful storms en IrOute. On
the ISth'the Aluneda's wheejhouse was
smashed by; the s?ai and rcr steam
aeering seat was broken.
The brigsntlne Tanner srr I vrd on the
lth. leaking-, and with her crew mtteh
worn hi by the overwork T "keeping
the pumps going. J She left 1
or t Ilia ke-
ly for Honolulu end .hsd tW put Into
ian Francisco in distress to
repair her
luni(s. Then she started here and mrt
the seorms that have made
rouble for
other vesaH. - She was
days between here and Han
wehty five
Franeijie.
The eieafner Marghrrita.
Itound for
Manila, from Portland, put In here for
cmiI after nineteen las at sea. She
ran agrr,ond off the harbor, but got off
without bemg damaged.
. The Navy f'paNfnent has begun ac
tual work at Pear! Harbor,
A large dredger is nyw w-ihg used to
deerwn the entrmnr! to the harbor.
Kealekekua. ftay. ptaee Of Mstorie
Intereet a the rar!bt oVflnltk recorded
landing iint of whiti on tbfs islands
and the scene of the killing of the r.ng
Ilsh extdorer. Captsin Tok. hss been
chosen as the; site of the t4rmlnu of
the Kona-Kau Raltwsy. now Reng con
structed, The roal will eventually t
extended to th volcano
Kllauoau,
ex tens Ion
Ing a cir-
where It will meet pTofsl
tf the IHTo: Railway, complet
cult of the Inland of Hawaii.
The Merchants Aoe : tUrd of Hono
lulu has adoptel rcsolutloris ak!ng the
aid of the Federal Ooternnrnjnt to put
Honolulu. In firit-cUse aauit
ry condi
tlon as done by the Government In the
cwae of Havana anJ other places In the
Island of Cuba and the new possession.
The transport Grant arrived here in
the 17th,. after very rough trip from
San Francisco, bad weather delaying
her over a day. She left on the I?th.
continuing her" Journey to Manila.
Mrrfe. Geheva Johnstone ' JtUhop, the
oratorio singer, who arrived here by the
Sierra to take part In a presenetatlon
of "The Messiah." met with an accident
rwo dsys after arriving heie breaking
her arm in two places. She tripled up
on an unobserved rise In a sidewalk and
fell heavily. .'.; ,. - -i"-
MORE AVVALANCHES.
ty Men Killed en Red Mountain
by "a Snow Slide.
SILVKRTON. Colo.. March News
came tinlay from Gladstone, of the
death. ff thelS-yer-4Ud en of; Richard
Toveyby a snow slide at Fishers. There
is'sn unconfirmed rumor that the snow -Slide
carried away all Jhe buildings of
the Hunnyside mine, on Red Mountain,
killing twenty men.
FAST AND FURIOUS.
CHICAG1
March 3. Itennie Yanger.
and" Kl.1 Hroad ofClrvei
six rounds to a d'a.v to
of Chicago",
land fought
night, at the AmericSn-'Clun. Tangcr
was in trouH during the last roun.l.
and Referee llrarn'i lecl.i.m was his
rd. The fight was ftt from 11m out
set J .. ,-:'- '.', : : ' ' ,
HEAVY BRITISH LOSS
CONSORT OF A CONVOY CUT TO
PIECES BY BuaiRS. 1
The. English Troops Lost ' Over Sis
; Hundred Men, and Two . Guns
Mules Stampeded Carrying Their
i..agons With -Them,
INlMiN, March 3. A .dispatch from
Pretoria dated Unlay contains details of
the disaster to the consort r the con
voy of empty wagons a,t Vorlonop,
southwest of ,Kierkdorp. Transvaal
Colony. The ItritUh rjasuatlles in kill;
ed. wounded and mii mail prisoners,
reach the total of In addition, the
wn-i n ttti'tiiien 'e
Lieutenant Colonel Aiidrs.ii. who
pnm4iiitii( iht. iittiinh forre and wno
hffs returned to Kraalpan. Carte Colony,'
with nine officers and 2- 'men. reiHiris
that whn hla advance guard aa with
I jrfe ten miles-of Kierksdorp. during th
morning of February 2".th, the Itoej-s'-,pj
ni l a heavy rMle tire on the' lrmps
rrom tne snriio. -iiieae ourmn-rn wt-in
dj-lven off. and the convoy re'sumed W
march, when a more determined altck
was made ?n the convoy's left fl ink,
the Itoirs getting within a hundred
yards and stamixding the mnles hnr
nessed to a numlW of wagons The attacking-forces
were again driven off, Y
At about :3H in the morning the rear
guard was attacked by jlhe strong f.rce
of Itoers snd slmultaheu'sly another
bMly of Hoers boldly charged the center
of the convoy and stameded.the mul"
In all directions, throwing the escort
into confustop, during 'which the Ro-rs
charged snd recharged, riding down th
British units. The fighting lafttd for
two hours, during which the two Hiltl.li
guns and a tom pom almost exhausted
their ammunition. A detachment of
200 mounted Inranlry from Kierksdorp
attempted to reinforce th Hrltish, but
were held In cheek; by the Boers.
T.lutenant f oIOnel Anderson adds
that the strength or the iioers was e- .
timated at from ;iV. to 100, Com
mandants Ielsrey, Kemps, Celllers,?
Lemmer. Wolmarens and . potgl-ters
were all present. Commandant Icm
mer is said to have been killed,
Continue te Fiiht.
Imaon,.warrn a. i n ihuhh-h r-n;
respondent to the Ia!!y TH-grr h says
that Kroger has recelvvt a long r i"rt,
from tieneral Rotha. affirming th- Itoer
tloyerhment to he fully determined to
continue htl. I:le. and outl nlng a pr
posed midsummer campslgn.
V A Deep Mystery. " .j
i I It fa's mystery why women endure
fiarkarhc. Heartache, TervMiii-s.
Sleiessness, , Melancholy, Fainting
and dlxxy Spells when thousand!
have proved that Kl trio HHI rs will
luickty cure such troubles. "I surfer-,
ei for years with kidney troiiW","
wrues eir. i iiyin-
ana. Ja- "and ak lame baik pained tne
. . . . ...... I I ....... -
f c-roil't not oress toy self, iit Klee-
tne iiiiirra wnony inri tf-. im. i-
Ihourh 73 yesrs old, I now am iae t-'
do ail my housework. It overcomes
Constipation. Improves Appetite, gives
perfect Health. Only li cents at IIL
STNB"M drug stores. ? f -,;...'
VaJERSON UNDER, WATER.
The Flood Receding snd Relief Work
Is Being Prosecuted.
i'ATKRiM, N. J.. Mareh 3. The wa-
tr lohiclx ta fallitur.- The work of set.
ting out those irnii io?t-d in the upper
Storlea' tit I be house went on t'elay. At
the armo;y the s-ne resembles that oi
the day after the grent fire. The relief
work under! Mrs. tJarrelt A. Hobart'a
dM-ection, U In full swing and every-'
thing possible is tesJng d'ne "for .the'
homeless, ' . ';
DENIES LIABILITY.
Turkey Claims to Be Not Responsible
"4t Mies Stone's Capture.
rNHTANTINOl'I.K. March a -United
States Minister I-lfthman his pre
s'nted.i note to the Porte r-grdlr)g
the capture of Mla Hton by brigand-.,
dtnnding the- punishrnerit of' the
guUty pafti-. The Porie. in 'reply ing,
repudiates the rt ponlbillty and dfcfjl' i
alt liability. , ;
Twen
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