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THE WAR IN AFRICA.
The Boars Concertratiog For
a Last Stand in Defence
of Their Homes.
London, March T. 410 a m -
Lord Roberts still pauses in the
neighborhood of Osfontein, while
stores, remounts and fresh troops
stream toward him from the Cape
The British position also continues
to improve in the minor sphres- of
the campaign Natal is clear of
Boers and Cape Colony is nearly so
The Boers seemingly are pursuing
the course commended by the j
strategists and are concentrating
to resist the British wain army.
Varions messages from correspond?
ents with Lord Roberts report that
the enemy are increasing continually
on his front, extending, as one cor?
respondent wires, eight miles, and,
as another says. 18 milts Tue
lowest estimate of their number
gives the Boers from 8,000 to 10,000
men, with similar bodies moving j
north and south of the British lines
Each army is on both sides of the j
Modder river Although the Boers j
have monnted eight guns on the tops
of kopjes and appear to be too far
away for inspection, the British
scoots report that they are dilligent
ly using pick and shovel
Military opinion is that their pres
ent position merely screens more
.easily defended one3 deeper in the j
region. It is suggested that Lord
Roberts is quite willing to give the
Boers time to assemble all their men
io order to deliver a smashing blow
effectively
Tbs round robin in favor of the an
negation of the Transvaal and the
Free State, which is being promoted'
among the supporters of the govern
ment in the house of commons, con?
tinues to receive signatures The
sigoatorie? of the memorial to Mr
Balfour aSrm that the time has ar
rived for plain speaking inside and
outside the parliament, and that Lord
Salisbury's words are bei'?g construed
into a pledge against annexation a::c
Lord Roberts' proclamation into a
promise of no confiscation of Boer
property
The Transvaal agency at Brussels
threatens a rising of the Cape Dutch
in the event of annexation, though
why the Dutch should rise then
rather than now is not explained
DUTCH IN REBELLION
Cape Town March 6 -Nearly the
whole cf the Dutch population cf the
Prieska and Kenhardt districts are in
rebellion. Many of the Dutch from
neighboring districts are reported to
have joined them, notably Piet Mool
man who will lead the iebe!s to
Brandbles Lucas Steinkarr.p, com
raanding the Boers, is reported march
ing on Carnavron Ii is believed
thal Gorcinia ana Victoria West will
rise It is thought that the total
number of men in arms wi ii exceed
three thousand. The general opinion of
loyalists is that a strong force o? rJrit
isb will be required as a reverse
would spread the rebellion
800 CASES OF TYPHOID AT
LADYSMITH.
Locdoo, March 6, 9 05 p ra.-The
possession or Stormberg puts Gen
Gatacre in railroad communication
with Geo Clements at Coleebprg, fur
though thc Boers partially wrecked the
railroad it is uoderstond tb*t if caD br
quickly repaired aod thus the entrance
of adduiooal British troops ioto tbc
Free State will be greatly facilitated
The posifioD gained by G<*o Brabant
at Dordrecht ig reported to be exceed
iogly stroog. Accordion to Tbe
Times correspondent, the Boer num?
bers aiooe enable them to retreat from
Dordreobr, practically unhindered
He also reporta a violation of the
white 8ig by the Boors and that they
deliberately fired, at close range, oo a
stretcher party
Gen White's garrisoo bas begoo to
leave Ladysmith aod is arriviog at the
Mooi river camp, where the troops will
remain several days, after wbiob they
will go farther sooth. Tb*y are ema
ciated and exhausted aod say the road
to Coleoso preseot* sceoes that exoped
ID horror those depicted io Dante's
"Inferno." Dead men and animals are
tveocbes formerly occupied by rh
Boers ano ii i the air v-'ii a sickening
stench io c?ss> whera berried buna
bad boen attempted tbe rains havj
siushei the earth away au I ou* of rbe
e*rth sriek ghastly legs aDQ arms o
burchers.
? dispatch from Osfoateio says thai
accordion ta t?fl B^r prisooers aoo:b r
important Brins!- suer":ss wili cause
President Suyo to fl ?e te Pretoria,
leaving a provisional government at
Bloemfontein, which ts likely to make
peace overtures, those Free Starers not
wishing for peace treking into tbe
Traosvasl and there he?pios to make
a stand wbioh most of tbe British
military critics now point our will
const^ute the most diificult and decid?
ing feature of tba war Surgeon Trevrs
cables from Ladysmith that the oondi
rion of the towo is most deplorable and
that there are 800 cases of typhoid
fever Lavish supplies of comforts are
DOW in the place, however.
THE BOERS BEATEN AT
SEVERAL POINTS.
Osfontein, March 7 -Lord Robert?'
force advanced early this morning
Gen French turned the southern part
of the position of the Boers who fled
leaving guns, immense quantities of
for3<re and tents He is now in
pursuit
The Boers on the north bank are
aiso evacuating the position
London, March 7 -Field Marsha;
Lord Roberts has telegraphed as fol
iows :
* Osfontein, March 7, 4 30 p m -
Our operations today promise to be a
success The enemy occupied a post
lion four miles north and ll miles
south of Modder river I placed
Gen Colville's divsion on the north
bank and Gen Kelly Kenny's and
Tucker's divisions, with cavairy on
the south bank The cavalry di vi
! sion succeeded in turning the enemy's
left fl*nk, opening a road for the
Sixth division, which is advancing
without having been obliged to fire
a shot up to the present time The
enemy are in fuil retreat towards the
( north and east They are being
i closely followed by cavairy, horse
i artillery and mounted infantrv while
j Tucker's Seventh division. (Joiviile76
! Ninth division and the Guards'
j brigade under Pole (Jarew are mak
j ing their way across the river at
j Popuiar's drift, where I propose
j to place my headquarters this ever;
. Our ca?U3!Ues will, I trust, be
; few as tue enemy were quite unpre
! par^d for being attacked by the flank
I and having their communications
! with Bloemfontein threaded
j Midnight-The war ofllce bas ju'-t
i posted the following advices from
j Lord Robert-: "Popular Grove,
i Wednesday, March 7, Evening-We
j had a very successful day and have
j completely routed the enemy who
I are in fuil retreat
"The position which they occupied
is extremely strong and cunniugly
arranged with a second line of en?
trenchments which would have cans
ed us heavy loss had a direct attack
been made
' The turning movement was nec?
essarily wide, owing to the nature of
the ground and the cavalry and
horse artillery horses are much done
up
j "The fighting was practically con
. lined to the cavalry division, which
j as usual, did exceedingly weil, and
Gen French reports tbat the horse
artillery batteries did great execution
among the enemy
I "Our casualties were about 50 1
I regret to say that Li^ut Keswick was
ki:ied arsd Lieut Bailey was severeiv
wounded, both of the Twelfth
Lancers Lieut De Craspigny of the
Second Mfe Guard?, were severely
wounded Remaining casualties will
j be telegraphed tomorrow
j Gens Dewet and Delarey com
! manded the Boer forces "
DUTCH RISING TN CAPE COL
ON Y
London. March 8 -Lord Roberts
wired yesterday morning from Osfon
tein and again from Poplar Grovp, 14
I miles eastward By an application
I of the elementary principle of strate
j gy the Boer position, 15 'miles long
j across his path, have been emptied
i and their holders have been obliged
to retire in confusion consequent
upon hasty withdrawal
Nothing wa? done by Lord Roberts
i to disturb the symmetry, the deadly
j ingenuity, of the Boer trenches in
j front of him ile marched out in
j fantry estimated, from the commands
i named, at 30,000 men. and sent 10,
i 000 horsemen and horse artillery in
a bold sweep around the Boer left,
whereupon the Boer centre and right
became untenable.
Fifty British fell whpn the cavalry
came into contact with the Boers
The correspondents differ as to the
enemy's strength The Daily Mail's
representative thinks the Boeri num
ber s .mething more than 4,001?. The
Daily News man estimates them at
10,000 As these figarea come from
observer? at headquarters it is clear
that Lord Roberts was overwhelm
ingij superior He can scarcely
have fewer than 45.000 immediate
ly available, ns the Guards' brigade
reached him from Lord Methuen j
Tuesday
Lord Methuen now commands only ;
volunteers and the local forces at
Kimberley, some of whom have gone
toward Mafeking
The Boers do not yet appear to
appreciate the mobility of Lord Rob
eris' corps, which was able to strike
so swiftly in this affair that the enemy
, had to abandon a gun, much forage
and a large quantity of camp equip
ment
The Standard cautions Englishmen
8gainst "rising io a height of serene
contentment which the actual posi?
tions does not justify "
It suggests that a large nombcr of
the Boers are still in a wide range of
country and although their morale is
somewhat damaged, it would be too
much to say that they will not stand
again
The Dutch risings in the north?
western districts of Cape Colony are
the only cloudlets visible in the sky
of British prospects
The military authorities have de
j cided that Gen Cronje and the other
j Boer prisoners shall be sent immedi
! ately to the island of St Helena,
: there to remain until the end of the
! war
! Lord Roberts has chosen Lord
i Bathurst, colonel of s militia regi
I ment at the front, to command the
! escort to St Helena, which was last
? month placed in cable communication
! with Cape Town and London It is
j also asserted that the cabinet has
; resolved neither to propose nor to
j entertain a proposal at the present
! juncture for an exchange of prison
j ers
BULLER'S LOSSES
j London, March T -Another list of
. casualties sustained by Gen Buller's
j forces from Feb 14 to Feb 27 shows:
j Killed 123; wounded. 5T3 ; miss
i ing, 54 Of these the iosses of the
j Inniskillings were as follows : Killed,
?54; wounded, 162; missing, 22
I Dublin Fusiliers : Killed, 15 ; wound
j ed, 97; missing. 18 Coonaogrhi
I Ringers: Killed. 19 ; wounded, 105 ;
i missing, S Royal Irish Fusiliers :
j Killed, Il ; wounded, 63 ; missing,
j 2 Scots Fusiliers : Killed. 18 i
i wounded 63
j With the list of casualties issued
! Monday, this make? the total cost to
j.the rank and fi'e in rhe final fight of
; Ladysmith 1,859 men
. BOERS EXPLAIN RETREAT
I Poor Camp. Bigjsrsherg, Saturrhv,
. M ireh 3 -Tb* fed-Tais have fal lon
! back on the Bigirarfherg chain that
I crosses Natal pouf h cf Dundee The
retreat from Ladysmith was due to the
mistake of a certain commandant io
ordering his men to retire from the key
ot the position without acy reason for
the move
Oo the receipt of the bad news from
the Modder river Wednesday it was
resolved to send the wagons baok io
Biggarsberg. and soon long strings of
wagons lined the road." Over a thou
sand wagons took the westerly route to
j the laager southwest of Ladysmith
! Another convoy wa? seat to the foot ct
i *he Drakensberg. A largo r.umbcr of
j tints captured from thc British a*
? Dundee and ali-o tbe ammunition were
I ab?indorjed Ttr* chief difficulty r?as
j in dismounting **Losg Tom."
INDEPENDENT OF RAILROADS.
The Rjcrs were independent of thc
railroad, A9 showo hy rho fact that
*iot one of their two thousand wagons
j went by rail. Al! traveled by road,
j together with tho firdd batteries O?ly
j heavy guns, the infantry and wounded
went by rai!
"When the last try in bad ?eft Elands
laagte, a workmen's train followed,
carefully blowing np every bridge and
culvert between Ladysmith and Glen
coe and wheo this bad been done, set
ting fire to the Elaodslaagfe colleries.
Thus thc British with Natal's southern?
most colleries in their hands, are
unable to draw supplies therefrom.
Uoder cover of the night and with
tho collieries sending lurid flames to
beaven, the bullock wagoDs wouod
over the hills, makiog roads where
none before existed, and the four
months' 6iege of Ladysmith was raised.
* It is impoesible as yet to give the
burgher casualties owing to the Hisor
ganizatioo of ambulance aod the cir?
cumstances of the retreat "
Cape Town. March 7.-An official
notifioatioD has been issued that rho
t^ioenstowo proclamation of Feb 22
regarding oertain terms offered tho re
be's by Gen Brabant in event of their
surrender, ha? been withdrawn, but
these io arms agains? England may
return to t Fi ? ir farms upon surrendering
their weapons, receiving a pass, but
they are liable to bc called to account
Driven B?,clt By Lord
<;rt;i cn a?i Points.
Rob
London, March 9, 4.15 a rr.-The
Boera appear :'< save made n> -"faed
whatever, except th a s while io rorrea*
they twice repulsed General French's
c^^al'? wfh nfij fire Tbo o:!'5r:-y
probably 20t aw^y wi'h their 'inrirrt
force G?nerai French is f-tiii 'oilcw
ing them and keeping between tb^m
and Bloemfontein.
The evacuation of the northern
districts of Cape Colony is now com?
plete. The British are io possession of
the railroad crossings
Col Baden Poweii at Mafekiog seems
to be io grave need of outside help.
Otherwise be would oot allow the
correspondents to send out information
respecting tbe distress of tbe garrison
A readjustment of some of the
higher commands is takiog piaoe.
; General White is to go to Stormberg to
I take supreme oommand of General
i Gatacre's division and the British
Tenth divisiont now ?D process of
formation, which will be uoder the
immediate command of General Hunter,
Sir George White's chief of staff
Tbe Daily News makes the followiog
editorial annooncement : **It was
rumored io London yesterday-and we
have some reason for believing the
rumor to be correct-that tbe two
republics made informal and unofficial
overtures of peace on the preceding
cay.
. "Tjafortuna:sly the conditions were
cf such a character as to preclude the
possibility of 'leading to any result
Terms which migh' have been gladly
accepted before the war, in order to
; avert it. are impassible after the war.
! with ali the sacrifices it has entailed."
i WEDNESDAY'S OPERATIONS.
I Ostoateia. March 7 -Lord Roberts'
movement, today again thoroughly sur
I prised, outwitted and outmanoeavred
j rhe Boers, who fhd aimes*, without
I firing a shot The plan of battle was
j as follows : General Colvilie's division
j "Steaded along tho north bank ;
Geoeral Tucker held the centre reeerve
and the Guards brigade bai th?1 centre
j advanced. Geoeral Kelly Kenny's
i division was ordered to make a huge
i
! Sinking movement, on the B"~rs left.
I fo lowing General French, who wss
in?truct,cd to move southeast until
opposite the Boer flank and then to
: swing around the rear
! ''Every mevcraett was admirably
executed and entirely successful. The
i B --ers .sere surprised as wo.:; evident
I from the state of rho c!e-*er*od cami):
I Twice 'bc British cavalry were almost
j in ii position to charge bur. ency ad mt?
! ?hat the? wore foiled bv fl:e r^aooeu
; -nog or ene Beers
*4When last seen General French
i was pursuing the enemy vigorously
j He was between them ana Bloemfoo
j tein, about 11. miie- from the right
j Wing
'General Colville merely demon?
strated acainsr a big*: mcuota:o
occupied by the Transvaal troops who
arc now fleeing, io consequence of thc
flight of the Free Starers south of the
riv?r It iimpossible at present, to
give the Boer numbers, but it is
estimated that they reach 14.000, all of
whom ere now in flight
The Ninth Lancers attempted to get
dose to the Boers' riga?, with the
object of charging, but the Boers came
out io great force and the Lancers
were compelled to retire A bittery
was then cent forward to hold the
enemy io cr>ck, while the Grahams
town volunteers and a rempanv of
i mounted infantry, t unsorted by another
i br.rtcrv, eoza-zed rho Boers on their
i right S mk
! Thc B^crs fired she:!, fafling short,
j however, and they inzds a stubborn
(defense on ibo kopje on our rigor,
enfilading the battery ond killing IS
the battery hors:". The mounted
i infantry gradually rr pe; i ed tho Boors
j and the battery rh-n took position and
I ospelied 'hem from their iaager m
\ confusion.
The Bo^r* held a strong position on
j the north back of the river but the
?flight from the southern bank com
pilled them to rerreat They showed
great adroitness in geftiog away the
wagons and displayed a bold froot
while tbe rest- of the force was busy io
spanning.
General French's division consisted
of three brigades of cavalry, two of
I mounted infantry and seven hor.?e
! batteries
PRESIDENT KRUGER'S SPEECH
Pretoria, March 6 -A special dis
patch from Bloemfontein says that
President Kruger addressing; a crowd
of people said : ''Although God is
testing our people, my personal opin
ion is that the limit of the test is
nearly reached If the people are
sustained by faith in the time of ad?;
versify God will soon again turn the
tide in our favor If we have strong
faith in God he will surely deliver us.
The God of deliverance of oiden time j
is the same God now v
The speech of ?he venerable presi?
dent brought tears to the eyes of men
and women alike
The Free State's volklied (national
anthem) was then sung.
Michaei flicks Beach, chancellor of
the exchequer, when explaining to !
j the bankers tn? Sorras of tho nev/ j
I loan, gave them an intimation that i
the government, considered the end j
of the war near. "Since the esti?
mates were prepared/'* he said,
'.'events have taken place that have
changed the situation, and probably
not ail the money will be required 99
Whatever the government may
know or intend, unofficial opinion
seems everywhere to think that the
Boer power is collapsing
The Eighth division has been
nnder orders to embark for several
weeks, but these orders, so far as the
artillery contingent is concerned,
have been recalled, Lord Roberts
having reported that no more artil?
lery from home is necessary This
is the first pause in reeoforcements
since the war began. Sir Redvers
Bu'.ier, second in command io the
field, and Lord Wolseley are under
stood also to consider that no more
artillery is needed Lord Roberts
bas altogether 452 guns, including
siege pieces
It is quite clear that Gen Builer
will not try anything large in the
future, as he is io lose Sir Charles
I Warren and the latter's 10,000 men,
j who have been ordered to join Lord
j Roberts It is the expectation of the
j war office that Lord Roberts, not
j withstanding the necessity of garri
I sonir.-g bis depots, will b^ able to
j operate a constantly increasing force,
; until by the time the Transvaal fron
j tier is reached he wiii have 70 000
? troops
! His telegrams dealing with non
j essentials are taken to mean that he
I is up to some mischief, a3 his appa?
rent inactivity usually spells uncom?
mon activity
j Mafeking, as a beleaguered town,
attracts much sentiment and sympa
! thy Nothing has been heard from
j there since Feb 19 There is a
rumor this morning that Col Baden
j Powell has been relieved, but this
cannot be traced io any substantial
j basis.
? _
i i
i KRUGER AND STEYN PRESENT.
j London, March 9 - -The war office
j has received the fellowing dispatch
j from Lord Robert? :
j **P piar Grove, Friday Morning- ?
: Presidents Kruger and Steyn were
both present at the fLr'ni of March 7 j
and did a!! in their power to rally ?
[ \\:: :r tn>".p> The rout, however, was i
complete, the men declaring that j
; they coo?d not stand against ?h? i
; British artillery and such a form ida- j
\ ble force of cavalry.7*'
! Dispatches from Poplar Grove con- I
; firm the report*? 0f ?he complete '
; panic of the Beor-? The Morning j
j Post's correspondent says : "Presi
! dent Kruger shed tears at irs ineffee
! tuai attempts to rally the Boers who
j were completely paralyzed by Lord j
I Roberts' masterly tactics They were
! too demoralized to heed his expos
! tuitions and declared that the Brit
; ieh cannon were everywhere 91
I Poplar Grove, O. F S., Friday
j Morning, March 9 -Gen French,
! who is 10 miles ahead, reports that
! his front ia clear of the Boers Ail
j other reports tend to confirm the
: eta'e disorganization of the Boer j
i forces, Transvaal as weli Free State, j
! The general impression is that the I
. further progress of the British to
j Bloemfontein will not be opposed.
; A srreat amount of ammunition wos !
; destroyed today This included sev- j
; oral boxes of explosive buli^ts on the j
I outside of which the Boers had mark !
! ed "manufactured for the British gov- j
! eminent '* j
j KRUGER MAY TAKE COMMAND j
London, Mardi 9 -The British j
correspondent of the Daily Mail j
says : "I learn there is dissension
between President Kruger and Gen j
Joubert and thar, the latter has j
resigned Probably President Kruger i
will assume the chief command Geri
Schalburger and other prominent
commandants are also likely to re?
sign for similar reasons and because
President Kruger ignored their ad
vice to make peace overtures after
the first Boer victory
THREATS NOT LIKELY TO BE
FULF?LDED
London, March 10 -A correspond?
ent oi the Daiiy Mail at Lorenzo
Marques, telegraphing Thursday,
S:*JB: "I am reliably informed that
high officials openly avow that the
British fl*g shall never 2y at J:;hir;
.i"sburg Tf:e piace '.viii be rsz^d to
the ground and tho mines put in
rf}*din?.~? to bs electrically exploded
from tbe ?ort *s occasion requires.
"Most of the gold mines, except
those which the gov-'rnmetitcontrol-,
are in a shocking state- They are
flooded and the machinery is rusting
and being wilfully smashed.
NO INDEPENDENCE.
London, March 9-The Standard,
which is closer touch with the policy
of the government than any other
ministerial crgan, says this morning :
"We have reason to believe that an
authoritative statement will shortly
be made by the government reaffirm?
ing tbe impos?bii?ty of conceding any
terms of peace to the Boer republics
which would involve a perpetuation
of the political and miliary independ?
ence that ?ed to the present costly
and sanguinary conflict "
mmt I I i -? -
G A. R. Lycciiers.
Fitzgerald, Ga, March 6.-At about
2 o'clock this morning a negro named
B:ll Clark entered tbe borne of Mrs
Sarah Baker, white, aged cearly 70
years, and committed a criminal assault
upon her Mrs Baker came here from
Minneapolis., Minn Nearly all the
residents of the town are from the
ccrrb and northwest. It was several
?ours before Mrs Baker was able to
apprise her n igbbors of the outrage.
The man wus captured and positively
identified by his victim A?rangements
were made for a iynchiag when ooier
counsel prevailed for ihe time and a
preliminary examination was held and
Clark w?$ ordered committed to jail.
Wh'ie the trial was io progrs'3 thc
lynching spirit arose again and
arrangements were made to hang Ciark
as soon as bands could bc laid! upoo
aim Learaiog of this the officers
spirited him away out of a back door.
The mob, made up of both Ror;hern
and southern mea, ;s still looking.for
him Should be be 'oend he will be
hanged ?
MCKINLEY EXPLAINS.
Washington, March 6 -The Post
i tomorrow will say : President Mc
j Kinley, in a conversation with cali
j ers at the A'hne House yesterday,
reiterated his belief that the people
I of Porto Rico were entitled to free
trade with thc United States. He
mace it clear that his views had
undergone no change since he wrote
his message to congress. He still
adhered to the sentiment therein
expressed At the same time he
sa:<l he was unable to subscribe to the
theory that the constitution followed
I the fug; that the Porto Ricar.s must
? have free trade as a necessary legal
I ris ht When he found that the
! House deemed it the part of wisdom,
?be president explained, to .mpose a
small tariff upon condition that the
revenues so collected ali be returned
to the island, he bad been constrained
I to yield to the judgment of the
House The tariff nuder such con?
ditions should be no hardship io tbe
Porto Ricans Moreover, he heliev
ed it advisable, at the earliest
moment, to secure a decision of the
Supreme Court on the constitutional
question involved Therefore he had
given his consent to the nominal
tariff and agreed to sign such a bill
He left no doubt in the minds of his
callers whom he questioned closely
regarding the drift cf public senti?
ment, that Congress, not the Execu?
tive, was responsible for tbe e'iinge
oj policy
rorsville. Marco. 5 -F^e? ?co-.cart,
a i.ogro, shot bis wi?o, Smelioc. no a
plantation two miles !*os:h of here this
?frernoon Toe woman died wt; <:'o a
few minutes and rbe negro made his
escape. Ic was a esse of coid bladed
murd-r. t-o far as ali thc facts go to
show The sheriff is now trjing to
ci.ch Stewart with bloodhounds.
Philadelphia, March 7 -A fire
entailing an estimated loss of over
?700 OOO, occurred early today io the
retail dry good district The conflagra?
tion originated in the engine room of
St)ceman Brothers, dry gooods,
millinery store, at S:b and Arch streets.
A general alarm was sounded, but all
efforts to save the building were
fruitless and it was levelled. Tho loss
is placed at J300.000. Marks Broth?
ers dry goods, adjoining, was damaged
by smoke and water, and their store
house was completely gutted entailing
an estimated loss of $300.000. The
Stooemao building was four stones and
Marks'? five stories io height.
I - ? . .-.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
Makes the food more delicious and v/holesome
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