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GOVERNMENT DEFEATED ALSATIAN LAW REPEALED DESPITE lIOIIEALOIIES PIIOTEST. The "Dietntorlnl rarnRraph" Kl I minuted by the German Uclchxtntj The llawkesley Letters. BERLIN, Feb. 21. The Reichstag committee to-day adopted the amended bill for the inspection of cattle for slaughter and the Inspection of meat, including the more stringent penal provisions advised by the committee.

During the course of the day's the Reichstag discussed the motion of Herr Winterer, an Alsatian member, to repeal the so-called "dictatorial paragraph" now enforced in Alsace-Lorraine. He likened the situation there during the last twenty-eight years to a state of siege. The imperial chancellor, Princo Von Hohenlohe, sald he could not hold out any hope of the repeal of the paragrjph. It remain In force "as a warning to the French minority, whose feelings are reflected in the resistance of the clergy of Alsace-Lorraine to the offered establishment of a theological faoulty at Strasburg, although the Holy See has agreed tolt." It is true." added Prince Hohenlohe, "that our relations with the French government are the best conceivable, and In France als- a friendly feeling prevails, but there is no guarantee, for the duration of this frellng. For this reason we must not relinquish our weapon.

We have acquired Alsace-Lorraine not by popular vote, but ty force of and we shall retain the reconquered hnd. This Is our right." Prince Hohenlohe further declared that if the dictatorship paragraph was allowed to lapse the government should be given a r.ew weapon against internal and external cisturbances. Herren Hoe fiel. Grouser, Singer and Buesing supported the motion, whereupon the discussion was closed. The Reichstag then adopted Herr Winterer's motion by a large majority, thus defeating the government.

OUTRAGES IX CONGOLAXD. Slave Raiding: ami Plundering- Permitted Iy the Belgian. LONDON. Feb. 21.

On Oct. 13 of last yar Mr. W. M. Morrison, of the American Presbyterian mission, with headquarters at Nashville, forwarded documents confirming the stories of a reign of terror in the congo Free State, and of events which "may lead to International representations" to the King of the Belgians.

The importance of the documents Is that the first time the evidence offered is derived from credible sources from an eyewitness. Mr. Morrison says: '0i hearing these reports we decided that one of our missionaries, Rev. Mr. Sheppard, should investigate and his report then confirmed the first rumors." Mr.

Morrison then gives Mr. Sheppard's story, which was published in the Inde-p ndent Jan. 4, and adds: "Such outrage's have been going on, no doubt, all over the "ongo State. An iniquitous tribute system by which great quantities of rubber- and iyory are obtained is the primary cause. Enormous tributes are demanded; the people are cither unable or unwilling to pay these, and they are 'punished.

as the State ills it. In reality. It is all only slave raid-ins or plundering. This very night some state oflicers are on the road near here. Within a radius of seventy-live miles from l.tute there are more than 40.000 persons sWpir.g in forests, without shelter in the lainy season.

The people are afraid to stay la the villages when the Free Statje officials ore near." The Colonial Office was asked whether Ore.u Britain could exert her influence to l'i event the continuance of these condition, but Mr. Chamberlain said: "It Is not uual to make representations or charges against a friendly sovereign without better authority thin a statement in an American r.ew spa per. Representations will now be made to Vnited States Ambassador Choate on the aj well as to the King of the A Duel Probable. PARIS, Feb. 21.

There was a lively Incident at to-day's session of the Senate sitting as a high court In the trial of Deputy Marcel-Habert. charged with inciting soldiers to insubordination at the time of the funeral of President Faure. During the testimony of General Jacquey, -who eulogized M. Marcel-Habert, Senator Lecompte Interrupted and asked if. it was not true that General Jacquey had uttered threats gainst court-martial judges.

General Jacquey wished to speak, but the president refu.rd to permit him to so. whereupon, turning to Senator Lecompte, General Jacquey exclaimed: "I will attend to you." The president told General Jacquey to' withdraw. As the general did so he turned to Deputy ITovost de Launey and said sig-nlricantly, "Give me M. Lecompte's address." The outcome Is expected to be a duel. Is Dr.

Clark Traitor? LONDON, Feb. 21. The St. James Gazette this afternoon says the stolen Hawkesley letters, which Mr. Chamberlain yesterday evening referred to in the House of Commons as having been sold to Dr.

Ieyds for 10, "Were purchased frort the thief, for what sum we don't know, by no less a personage than Dr. Clark, The St. James Gazette then says it presumes Dr. Clark transferred the letters to Ir. Loyds.

Davii Gavin Clarke, 21. Radical, is Fair weather. ARE SURELY COM1NQ rain garments. Prices tell you $5.00. $12 Mackintoshes JIO Co.

30 to 40 North Penn. St. member of Parliament from Caithens. He was consul general of the South African Republic prior to 1831, and lias written pamphlets on the land question. South Africa, India and some social questions.

Russia Urged to Ponnce on Britain. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. Rossia has a vigorous article on the text that England's adversity is Russia's opportunity. "England," it says, "fettered Russia by many treaties.

The moment has come to break these fetters. Now is the time to pay off old scores. Europe has many and heavy ones to settle with England. As England did not scruple to turn to her own advantage Russia's weakness after the Turkish war. Russia should not hesitate to avail herself of the opportunity presented by England's difficulties in South Africa.

There is no time to be lost. Russia must not wait for promised reorganization of the military system. If she does her hour vill have passed and it will be too late." Evicted Tenants Bill Rejected. LONDON. Feb.

21. The House rejected by 232 to 133 votes the second reading of the Irish evicted tenants bill. The attorney general for Ireland. Mr. J.

Atkinson, M. said the case of the evicted tenants was a fast diminshing evil which could be dealt with better by voluntary efforts than by legislation. The evictions of the past year, he added, were only 434. the lowest in thirty years. Cable Notes.

Some eight thousand Berlin cabinetmakers have gone on a strike. Dr. on Mlquel, Prussian minister of finance, after an apparent recovery from the grip, suffered a relapse and Is again very ill. Crown Prince Frederick "William of Germany successfully passed nis maturity examination yesterday at Ploen. He will now go to Potsdam, where he will receive his own household.

A ball and supper were given, last evening, at the Kaiserhof, Berlin, in honor of Washington's birthday. About two hundred Americans attended, among them United. States Ambassador White and Mrs. White. JAMES H.

SMART DEAD PRESIDENT OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY DIES AT LAFAYETTE. Had Deen in 111 Health for Several Years One of Indiana's Fore most Educator. LAFAYETTE, Feb. 21. Dr.

James II. Smart, president of Purdue University, died to-night. He had been in ill health for several years. James Henry SmarL who had been president of Purdue since 1SS3, was born in Center Harbor, N. IL, June 30, 1S41, and received an academic education.

His degree A. M. was from Dartmouth, and LL. D. from the University of Indiana.

He taught In Concord, N. IL, in 1858, and in other New England schools until 1S61. Then he taught at Toledo, and in 1S65 became super-tendent of schools at Fort Wayne. He married July 21, 1S70, Mary daughter af Professor Swan, Grlnnel College, la. He was a member of the Indiana Board of Education twenty-seven years, thrice state superintendent of public instruction, trustee State University 1SS3, six years trustee State Normal School, assistant commissioner of Indiana to the Vienna exposition, 1S7S; commissioner from the United States Department of Agriculture to the agricultural congress at The Hague, 1S91; president Indiana Teachers' Association, 1871; National Educational Association, 1SS0; American Association of Agricultural Colleges, and Experiment Stations, 1S90.

He published a number of books and pamphlets, among them: "An Ideal School System for a State," "The Institute System for the United States," "Commentary on the School Laws of Indiana," "The Schools of Indiana" and "Books and Reading for the Young." Other Deaths In the State. SPICELAND, Feb. 21. Lilburn White died here this rrornlng, aged seventy-eight years. He was born in North Carolina in 1S21 and with his parents removed to Henry county, in 1S2S.

He was married in 1S14 and removed to West-lield, Hamilton county, in 1S45, and lived there until 1S71 when he moved back to Spiceland, where he has since resided. Mr. White was a very prominent and useful man, both In Hamilton and Henry counties. He was a life-long member of the Friends Church and one of the trustees of Indiana Yearly Meeting. He was treasurer and one of the leading spirits of Spiceland Academy.

He was also one of the directors of the Henry County Bank here. He left a widow and two daughters, Mrs. S. 21. Smith and Mrs.

William Pierce, of West-field. Death was caused by heart disease, superinduced by la grippe. Mr. White was prominent In local Republican politics. MARION, Feb.

21. Mrs. Leon C. Weaver, aged thirty-one years, died to-day as the result of burns received about three weeks ago at her home In tnls city. At the time of the accident.

Mrs. Weaver was attending to thawing out. a frozen pump with a redhot iron when her dress became Ignited ly being blown against tho rod. She was burned In a horrible manner before assistance reached her. Her husband and ten-year-old daughter survive.

FRANKLIN. Feb. 2L The body of J. Bert Terhune arrived here from Havana to-day for barktl. He was a member of a United States battery and died while In the service last summer.

He was a young lawyer before he entered the army, and had spent most of his life in this county. A few days before enlisting he was "married and his young widow now lives in Indianapolis. RICHMOND. Feb. 21.

Mrs. Agnes B. Maler, aged ninety year3, died this morning at the Wernle Orphan's Home. She was the mother of Rev. George Maler, superintendent of the home.

-The remains of Mrs. Hannah Connell.will arrive here from Union City to-morrow for burial. The deceased was eighty-six years old. KOKOMO. Feb.

21. Beverly Ward, retired Baptist minister, died here to-day, aged seventy-five. Funeral Saturday morning. He began preaching in 1S19 and was fcr seventeen years moderator of the Judaon Association, and held a special frcra Governor Uortca la the CiVll T7wS SPEJiT OEY $25,000 aill. WELLCOME DID XOT HANDLE ALL CLARK'S SIX EWS OF WAR.

Exhibited Dank Book to Prove that Lea Than Fifth of the Senator's Expenses Were Paid Tlirongh Him. HAD NO FAITH IN THE JUDGES HIS REASON FOR NOT TESTIFYING AT HIS DISBARMENT TRIAL. Daly Suspected of Putting Up the $30, OOU That Whiteside Used to Expose the Wily Wellcome. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.

John B. Well- come. Senator Clark's manager in his senatorial contest, was the only witness before the Senate committee in the Clark case to-day. His testimony was at no time startling. Mr.

Wellcome placed his expenditures for the senatorial campaign at not to exceed $25,000, and at the request of the committee produced his bank book and old checks to substantiate this statement. These documents were taken in hand by a subcommittee and were not made public. He said that he suspected Mr. Daly of supplying the money usedj In the Whiteside exposure. He also said that he had concluded that the Montana Supreme Court was prejudiced against him and that this was the reason why he had not gone on the stand in his disbarment trial.

At the conclusion of the day's sitting it was announced that Senator Clark's son, C. W. Clark, would go on the stand to-morrow. When the session opened to-day Senator Faulkner asked Mr. Wellcome: "What amount of money did you use during the senatorial contest?" Mr.

Wellcome replied: "I can't state the amount with exactness, but I think I spent from 520,000 to $23.000. I know what I used on my own checks, but In addition I got money at different times from C. W. Clark and I also let him have money. We kept no account whatever, so that It would be next to imposslbe to give exact figures.

On my own account I checked out $15,000." "How did you spend this money?" "On the lobby; bringing people to Helena, defraying their expenses there and also paying them often so much per diem. My experience, limited though It Is, Is that in politics you never get returns from more than one-quarter of the money expended." "Was any part of this money paid to any member of the Legislature for the purpose of influencing his "Not a dollar." Here the examination In chief concluded and Mr. Campbell took the witness. "Did you pay any of this money to any member of the Legislature?" he asked as his first question. "No, sir; not a dollar," was the reply.

He said he had kept no memorandum of his expenditures, but that he could name some of the persons to whom he had given money. A. J. Steele was one of these. He had given that gentleman from $3,000 to 57,000.

Mr. Wellcome said he had no personal knowledge of Charles l'ark's purchase of land from State Senator Warner, but had heard rumors )f such a transaction. Mr. Wellcome said he had procured the $15,000 on his checks from the Montana National Bank, drawn on the bank of Clark Brothers. He had drawn $10,000 at one time and $3,000 at another and had taken some large bills, some of denominations of $500 and $1,000.

WHY HE DREW LARGE SUMS. "What was the necessity of drawing so much money at' one time?" Mr. Campbell. "I did it because I was told when I arrived at Helena that there was a large lobby there and considerable money would be needed. I got the large sums at one time to avoid inconvenience." "Was It any more inconvenient to go to the bank and get checks cashed than to go for change for large bills?" "Not a bit, but there was no necessity for several checks.

I thought it more desirable to give two large checks than small ones." Asked for Information as to his stay in Helena, after Clark's election, Mr. Wellcome said It related to the effort to get the corporation bills 132 and 134 through. He said there was an item of in his accounts in this case that he would not like to go into because it Involved his relation of attorney to his client, the Boston and Montana Company. "Was any part of that sum thrown over Senator Geiger's transom?" asked Senator Turley. "It was not," was the reply.

Mr. Campbell asked Mr. Wellcome why he had not testified In his own defense in the case for his disbarment before the Montana Supreme Court. "My reason was," he said, "that I considered it absolutely useless to go on the stand, because I believed the Supreme Court had made up Its mind as to how to decido the case and that no testimony would have made any difference." "You were willing then to rest under the Imputation cast upon you without saying anything in your own behalf?" "I was; I was willing to leave it to the people of Montana." "How could you expect a favorable verdict from the people when you made no statement? "The people knew that court was not unbiased in tho matter. It was a topic of common conversation." He gave as his reason for believing that the court was prejudiced against him the court's decision on the preliminary question of the demurrer which was filed in that case.

"As a lawyer," he said, "I felt after that there must be some reason why tho court wanted to take cognizance of the matter and was convinced that the court was prejudiced against me." Mr. Wellcome said that for a time In Helena his expenses amounted to about $1,000 a day. He had at least a hundred men there. The witness admitted that he had used his efforts to formulate Republican opinion in favor of Clark's candidacy, and he thought it probable he had asked Republican members to vote for him to break the deadlock. He had been informed of the decision of the Republican caucus as soon as it was announced.

BANK BOOK EXHIBITED. After recess Mr. Wellcome appeared with his bank book and vouchers showing expenditures of money made by him during the Montana campaign. The defense did not offer these papers as evidence and the prosecution announced that it would not ask for the introduction of thera. The committee decided to examine the accounts through a subcommittee consisting of Senators Chandler and Caffery.

The witness in reply to questions said that he had only seen the $30,000 used by Whiteside in his exposure at his disbarment trial and that he had not furnlslfed the money. "Your theory I understand Is that the money was furnished by some member of the opposition?" suggested Senator Chandler. "That is the theory," replied the witness. "Now give us the names of the persons you suspect, taking the widest latitude." would not go further than Mr. Daly himself, but I might suspect Mr.

Tueohy, Mr. Flllan, Mr. Harrlty, Mr. Whiteside himself or any member of the Silver Bow delegation as an Intermediary. Mr.

Wellcome said that after his election Mr. Clark had given him $3,000 for his services and that he had also been paid $5.000 by others for his work in the interest of legislation. -His partner, Mr. Root, had received $2.500 from Mr. Clark for legal services In the Wellcome disbarment case.

In reply to Senator Turley the witness said that the friends of Senator Clark had made an effort after the Whiteside exposure to trace the source whence the had been received, but had not succeeded satisfactorily! "You did not. then, get unquestionable proof of conspiracy?" doubt iL" "D4 ycu ctt prccf luCjat to czzxlzzz a fair-minded man regardless of court rules?" "I could not say as to that." Mr. Wellcome was then excused, Mr. Faulkner saying he would call C. W.

Clark to-morrow, to when the committee adjourned. GOLD CURE" MAN DEAD LESLIE E. EE LEY DIES SUDDENLY OF HEART DISEASE. Leaven One Million Dollar to De Divided Anions: the Widow, Two Children nnd a Sister. LOS ANGELES.

Feb. 21. Leslie E. Keeley, the Inventor of the Keeley cure for the liquor habit, died in this city of heart disease. Mr.

Keeley had been 111 with a severe cold for two days, but nothing serious was feared from it. This morning while going to his bathroom he had an attack of heart failure, but recovered and later said there was nothing s.erious the matter with him. Dr. Westhughes, a specialist in heart disease, was summoned, but before he reached the Keeley residence Mr. Keeley had had a second attack and tiled.

There were with him his wife and Judge Ewing, a Christian scientist of Chicago, who had been stopping at the Keeley home for several days. Mr. Keeley was sixty-eight years of age. He ieaves a widow but no children. The only heir to his estate besides his widow is his sister, who lives at Dwight, 111., Keeley's former home.

The estate is valued at $1,000,000. The body will ultimately be taken to Dwight for interment, but as yet no arrangements for the funeral have been made. Mr. Keeley had been in southern California two winters. Dehjnmln Wood.

NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Benjamin Wood, the proprietor of the New York Daily News, died to-day at the Fifth-avenue Hotel, where he has been ill for some time. Mr. Wood was born at Shelbyville, Oct- 13, 1S20.

He was elected to Congress from New York city in 1SG0 and re-elected in 1S64. In 1SS0 he was again elected to Congress. During the civil war Mr. Wood's newspaper was excluded from the mails for eighteen months because of its opposition to "Armed Coercion of the South." Other Deaths. GRAWD RAPIDS.

Feb. Charles C. Comstock died at his residence in this city last night from pneumonia, aged eighty-two years. Mr. Comstock.

who was born in Sullivan, N. was the Democratic candidate for Governor in 1S70. He was one of the pioneer furniture manufacturers of Grand Rapids and had amassed a large fortune. LONDON, Feb. 21.

Mr. Henry Duff Traill, editor of Literature and a well-known English newspaper man and author, died to-day in this city of heart disease. He was born in 1SI2. Feb. 21.

Dr. Charles Piazzi Smyth, for forty-three years astronomer royal for Scotland, is dead, aged eighty-one years. WBBSSSSSSBSBBBBBMBBBBSBSSHBaBNBSSSBlSSBBaMSHSBSSSBBBSB KNOCKED DOWN A PAGE SERGE ANT-AT-ARMS NEEDED BY THE D. A. It.

CONVENTION. Much. Con union, and Some of the Fair Delegates So Disorderly They Tarn-bled Over a. Young Girl. WASHINGTON, Feb.

to-day's session of the Daughters of the American Revolution the credentials committee reported on names withheld yesterday and stated that after careful examination it had found tho credentials correct. The "Warren Chapter" question then arose and after discussion the congress decided to hear the minutes of the last meeting. An attempt was then made to adopt the minutes of tho board meetings for the year and approve their finding. This would mean to accept as final Its findings in regard to the loyal Warren Chapter. The confusion at this time was so great that Mrs.

Sherman, of New York, suggested that if the disturbance continued a ser-gcant-at-arms be appointed. She said that yesterday one of the pages had been knocked down by members of the congress in their determination to go where they wanted to. Mrs. Thompson, of Massachusetts, said it was true that a page had been knocked down, that the young lady was under her charge and that the deed had been done by two vice presidents general. Mrs.

Forsythe, of New- York, stated that tho occurrence was accidental. Mrs. Hatch, chairman of the house committee, asked that better order be observed. The question of approving the minutes of the board meeting was ruled out of order, and the congress proceeded to the consideration of amendements to the constitution and by-laws. The Warren Chapter controversy came up again after recess when Miss Helen Gilbert, of Illinois, announced that a delegate from that chapter had arrived in the city and was in the gallery.

She moved that the delegate be seated in the congress, but this was objected to and the matter was temporarily adjusted by sending it to a special committee for Investigation and report. Much of the day's session was occupied in considering amendments to the constitution. Thirteen of them were considered, but only one was adopted, the others either being lost or withdrawn. That adopted was submitted by Mary B. Temple and provides that local chapters shall be goverened by the constitution of the national society, but may enact by-laws for their own government in harmony with the constitution of the national society.

An amendment proposed by Mrs. G. iL Strong, of New York, the effect of which wouhl have been to cut down the representation in the congress of all chapters, with a membership of less than 100 to the regent alone, was strongly oposed by the Western delegates, who claimed that it was almost Impossible to secure a chapter with a membership of more than 100 in any State in the far West. It was finally defeated. A Left-Handed Compliment.

Saturday Evening Post. Bishop Lawrence, of Massachusetts, the successor of the lamented Phillips Brooks, tells this little joke upon himself with keen relish. It was at the time when there was a vacancy in 'the bishopric, and Doctor Brooks was the most prominent candidate. Mr. Lawrence, then dean of the Theologi cal School in Cambridge, was walking with President Eliot, or Harvard University.

and the two were discussing the situation. "Don't you hope Brooks will bo elected asked the dean. "No," said Doctor Eliot; "a second or third rate man would do just as well; and we need Brooks in Boston and Cambridge." Phillips Brooks was elected, and a little later Doctor Eliot and Mr. Lawrence again discussed the matter. "Aren't you glad Brooks was elected?" queried the dean.

"Yes, I suppose so." said Doctor Eliot, "If he wanted It; but to tell the truth. Lawrence, you were my man." Taking No Chances. Harlem Life. "You are a pharmacist, are you? "I am." "Been in the business a number of years?" "I have." "Registered?" "Yes, sir." "That is your diploma hanging over there -It is." Well, you may civs mo a pound of TWO ISLANDS HISSED NOT INCLUDED IN THE GOTIATED WITH TREATY T5E- 9 PAIN. American Possession of Cnygnyen Sa in and Cibntn, Sonth of the Philippines, to De Relinquished.

WAR IN LUZON POSSIBLY OVER MOUNTED POLICE FORCE TO PATROL PART OF THE ISLAND. Trial of a Togal on the Charge of Be- ins a. Guerrilla Regarded as the Initiation of a New Policy WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Upon repre sentations of the Spanish government to the effect that some of the Islands south of the Philippine archipelago which had been taken possession of by United States gunboats were really the property of Spain the authorities of the State Department have examined the charts and concluded to direct the withdrawal of our claims to the Islands of Caygayen Sulu and Clbutu, both of which lie without the boundary lines laid down by the treaty of Paris.

According to Information received at the War Department from Manila, with the end of the present expedition of General Bates into the two provinces at' the extreme southern part of the Island of Luzon military operations in the Philippines will close. Afterward, it is said, there Is noth-lng-to do but to undertake to maintain order through a police system. Attention is now being given to that subject, and steps are being taken to form a thoroughly mobile, lightly armed gendarmerie, something on the order of the Canadian mounted police, to cover the islands at all points and conserve the energies of the regular troops. The arrest of a Tagal on the charge of being a guerrilla as reported from Manila yesterday, it is said at the War Department, marks the initiation of another policy toward the insurgents who still remain under arms. As the summary punishment cf guerrillas cannot be had- until some action has been taken to declare the termination of the application of the rules of war It Is assumed at the War Department that General Otis has already issued some kind of proclamation or notice to the natives warning them that If they defy the rules of war and pursue a predatory warfare they will be treated as guerrillas when captured.

The President is devoting special attention to the formation of the new Philippine commission, acting on the advice that the army has reached the end of Its functions in the islands, and that the time is ripe for the establishment of civil government throughout the archipelago. It is hoped the personnel can be completed before the end of next week. It appears that Mr. Denby was obliged to decline reappointment a-j a commissioner on account of physical inability to stand the hard work that will be Involved throughout the visit to all islands and set up local governments. It is understood that the President has practically decided to appoint Gen.

Luke E. of Memphis, a member of the commission. General Wright is believed to have the indorsement of Judge Taft, the president of the commission. Otiss Casualty Lint. WASHINGTON, Feb.

Otis's latest casualty list follows: Killed In Luzon: Thirty-seventh Infantry, Jan. 11. at Santo Tomas, A. Lincoln Miller; Jan. 21, at Santiago.

Company B. Harry E. Hosier, corporal; Feb. 14, at Santa Criiz. Forty-second Infantry.

Company G. John T. Larkln; Company William Shultz. Wounded In Luzon: Thirty-seventh Infantry, Jan. 21, at Santiago, Company William Bullis, arm, severe; Company Marlon F.

Schaffer, leg, slight; Company Frank Chapman, foot, severe; Company Charles Silver, head, slight; Company Harry Seymour, first sergeant, hand, slight; Company Edward M. Holt, hand, slight; Company Anthony L. Schneider, forehead, slight: Thirty-ninth Infantry, Feb. 16, at San Francisco, Batangas, Company Perrin L. Smith, first lieutenant, arm, moderate; Company Napoleon D.

Burgoyne, corporal, forearm, moderate; Jan. 9, at Calamba, Hiram C. Baker, captain, ear perforated; Albert M. Petite, first lieutenant, legs, moderate; Forty-second Infantry, Feb. 5.

at Paquil, Edmund Dubois, captain, shoulder, severe; Company Milton Lane, arm, slight; Feb. 4, at Pagsljan, Company John Seeberger, corporal, face; Nineteenth Infantry, in Cebu, Feb. 5, at Consolacion, Company John W. Feltz, thigh, slight. JOY WAS BEIEF.

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) received with enthusiasm and snouts of "bravo." The rumor was also current on the London Stock Exchange and the Berlin Bourse. At 6 o'clock in the evening the president of the Board of Trade, Right Hon. C. T. Richie, in behalf of the Cabinet, announced in the House of Commons that the government had had no news to the effect that Ladysmith had been relieved.

Another rumor came from Berlin. A private telegram was received here from that city which declared that General Cronje was surrounded by General Lord Roberts's army, and that a time limit had been set for his capitulation. Berlin evidently believed the report that General Cronje is surrounded, as large German buying occurred on the Stock Exchange here. News has often reached the continental capitals ahead of England. The Windsor report of.

the relief of Ladysmith created momentary Jubilation, which was followed by a deluge of queries at all uie official points In an endeavor to ascertain the truth. While the uncertainty was at Its height a detachment of yeomanry 'visited the Mansion Hause and crowds gathered on a report circulated In Fleet street, that a bulletin announcing the relief of Ladysmith had been posted at tho Mansion House an hour previous to the arrival of the yeomanry. In a few moments traffic was almost blocked by the crowds and a large body of police gathered at the spot, but when it was learned that' no bulletin had been Issued, the crowds dispersed. The War Office finally declares it was unable to substantiate the reports of the relief of Ladysmith. But this did not prevent the public from believing the Queen had again forestalled the authorities at Pall Mall and preferred to communicate the glad news direct to the public, through the mayor of Windsor, Just as on Tuesday, she dramatically announced, through Lord William Cecil, commander of the militia corps, the tidings of General Bul-ler's success, hours before the War Office was unable to relieve the Impatient anxiety of the United Kingdom.

Nevertheless, as the Queen's words were not actually quoted in yesterday's announcement, official confirmation was eagerly awaited, especially as General Buller's dispatch of Tuesday was very generally regarded as foreshadowing a juncture of his and General White's forces some time soon. Public interest, expectation and anxiety therefore, swayed unceasingly and impatiently between Ladysmim and Bloemfonteln. If Ladysmith is relieved It will be due more to Field Marrhal Lord Roberts's brilliant strategy in drawing off the Baers than to General Buller's numerous assaults, and news of the result of the battle between General Kitchener and General Cronje, reinforced by the forces thus drawn off from Ladysmith is expected to almost synchronize with the announcement that General Buller has reached his rh. JrtUvc Tt-3 cf event, however, is regarded with greater confidence than is the ability of General Kitchener to thoroughly cripple General Cronje, for the Boer general has proved himself so clever and daring in slipping tnrough he British lines that even if Lord Roberts quickly occupied Bloem fonteln there are many fears expressed that General Cronje might still preserve tne enectiveness of his mobile force. BULLER'S OPERATIONS.

Winston Churchill Tells How the Doers Were Flanked. LONDON. Feb. 21. Winston Churchill, the noted war correspondent, in a dispatch dated at Buller's headquarters.

Chievly. Feb. IS, reviews the recent operations of the British army In Natal. He says: To understand the scope and meaning of the recent operation here It is necessary to study the map of the environs of Colen-so. The shortest road to Ladysmith lies through Colenso, Bieters and Nelthorpe.

Advancing by this an army secures railway communication. Moreover the water question presents little difficulty. When General Buller determined to break off the attack on the Boer positions beyond Potgleter's drift, he fully intended to make a fresh attempt, and he preferred to run the risk and put the matter to a decisive test as near Ladysmith and as near railway communications as possible, although this road runs through a difficult country, beginning with the almost Impregnable Colenso position and further obstructed by other strong positions in the rear of Colen- so. The position spreads In a wide horseshoe around Chievely. The western half lies on steep, often precipitous, bluffs near Grobler's kloof, and among the low hills, kopjes and scrub around Colenso village.

Against this position part of the attack of Dec. 15 was directed. "General Buller has now decided -to try the eastern half, which lies on the south side of the Tugela river, running over Hlangwana hill, along the green hills on the high ridges of Monte Cristo. Hussar hill was seized by cavalry and occupied by the army on the 14th Inst. On the 15th batteries were established on this position and heavy siege and naval guns all well Intrenched.

On the 16th a spasmodic bombardment was kept up, but the Boers were well concealed and only replied with long-range guns, causing few casualties. "On the 17th General Buller attacked the extreme Boer left on Clngola kop with two divisions and cavalry, holding their right and center with a formidable llr of field and siege artillery. Action began at 6 o'clock. The Infantry, covered by the guns, advanced through broken, scrubby country across Comba stream, upon Clngola kop, continually reaching out to eastward to find the true Boer flank. The cavalry brigade, under Lord Dundonald, made a detour of ten miles and climbed the eastern end of Clngola kop through the dense jungle, up an almost precipitous slope, and arrived at the summit at 10 o'clock.

After a brief skirmish with the Boer pickets Major Gough's regiment gradualy cleared the whole ridge. The Queen's Lancers, who now arrived on the extreme right of the Infantry attack, supported them, holding the hill which had been won. The Boers lost several killed and wounded. Ten horses were captured. The Boers retired under heavy fire across the nek to Monte Cristo.

The cavalry, then crossing Clngola kop, reached out to the Tugela river and the South African Light Horse advanced on the plain beyond the ridge level with the infantry. "The Boers had now been driven from Clngola, but still occupied Monte Cristo strongly. The nek between was commanded by the fire of both combatants, the road across it being available to neither. At right angles to Monte Cristo ridge runs a long spur to the Tugela river. The Boer left was now turned back along this end.

The operations on the 17th closed with cavalry facing infantry and holding the ridge. "During Saturday and Sunday General Buller began a turning movement on the eastward around the Boer right resting on the high hills, Clngola kop and Monte Cristo. The operations so far are entirely successful. Both hills were captured without heavy loss. The cavalry on the extreme right under Lord Dundonald menaced the Boer rear.

The Boer losses In the bombardment must have been considerable. I personally saw wounded dragged away. At last we have got on their flank. Although fierce fighting lies before us it will give us considerable strategic advantage, and the relief looks a good deal more hopeful. The devotion of the infantry was again splendid." BOER OFFICIAL REPORTS.

Hnrd Fighting with the Invaders, but Losses Very Sllaht. PRETORIA, Feb. reports have been received as, follows: "Commandant Steyn says that on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 near Foodoosrand he fought the British, who tried to encompass Gen.

Cronje'a laager, and drove them off. They fought until late Sunday evening. The Boers had one man killed and one "wounded, and captured booty and twenty-one horses and mules. "General De Wet says that on Sunday afternoon he arrived before Paardeberg and Foodoosrand, in which direction there has been heavy firing since morning. He stormed several kopjes, which the British vacated, leaving their dead and wounded and forty prisoners in the hands of the Boers, who captured the kopjes.

The Boer loss was two men killed and four wounded. The fight lasted until late in the evening." A portion of an official report from Gen. Cronje, dated Feb. 18, has been given out as follows: "Yesterday morning about 6 o'clock, while removing the laager near Scholtz nek, we were attacked by the British. The fight lasted until 7:30 In the evening.

Although on the whole the British were driven back, they each time renewed the attack. The loss to the British must have been considerable. Thus far the Boer loss has been eight killed and twelve wounded. This morning the British shelled us with cannon. Chief Commandant Ferreiera's force was too small to stop the cavalry from entering Kimberley." LONDON, Feb.

21. A curious dispatch from Pretoria, dated Tuesday, Feb. 20, announces that Commandant Ferreira was killed Feb. 19, adding that his death was believed to be the result of an accident. Doers Say Kimberley Is Reinvested.

LONDON, Feb. 22. The Dally Mail has the following dispatch from Lourenzo Marques, dated Feb. 21: 'Boer newspapers, dated Feb. 10, report that General De Wet won a 'brilliant victory over the British troops at Modder river.

General Dutolt reports being defeated by the British cavalry column, which got Into Kimberley. He retreated to Rlverton, sixteen miles north of Kimberley, with all his guns lost and seven men killed. According to the same papers. General Cronje succeeded in getting through a message to Koffyfon- tein with the news that he is holding all his positions and that the Boer cordon is around Kimberley again. "The Boers expect a general engagement on the Tugela.

All is quiet in Ladysmith." POWELL PROTECTS WOMEN. Places Boer Prisoners Where They May Be Shelled by Gen. nynian. LORENZO MARQUES, Feb. official report received from Colonel Baden-Powell of tho occurences in Mafeklng, up to Feb.

5, concludes as follows: "General Snyman, in reply to a letter complaining of the deliberate shelling' of the women's and children's laager, offered no excuse or apology, and by a transparent falsehood admits that he ordered the shelling. I have told him that I have now established temporary premises for Boer prisoners in the woman's laager and hospital in order to protect them from deliberate shelling." LONDON, Feb. 22. The Dally Mall prints the following dispatch from Mafeklng, dated Tuesday, Feb. 20: 'The houses In the woman's laager are riddled with bul lets, notwithstanding Boer promises.

A woman who was standing with a suckling child' was shot through the breast while among 500 women and children. explosive nlnety-four-pounder shell burst in the laager, a piece fixing itself In the spine of a nine-year-old boy. The explosive used caused blood-poisoning, and he lingered several days in agony." EVACUATING NATAL. Doer Positions In that Colony Said to De No Longer Tenable. BERLIN.

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announces that all the Boers are evacuating Natal, their position in that colony being no longer tenable. General Joubert, It is added, has ordered the concentration of all the available forces to oppose Lord Roberts. The siege of Ladysmith, it Is further announced, will be raised, and It is expected General Uuller will enter the town at the end of the week. WATCH DOKS HA UK CD. Why the nrltlsh Did Not Surprise the lloers Near Crocodile Pools.

LONDON, Feb. 21. Further details of the attack made by Colonel Plumer's forces on the Boer position defended by a twelve-pounder, near Crocodile pools, not far from Gaberones, show that as the BrIUsh were struggling up the hill in the dark, through a net of barbed wire, they alarmed the Boer watchdogs, who gave tongue. The Boers opened lire and the British charged, but the Boers exploded dynamite mines, doing much damage, and the British retreated. Arundel dispatches, dated Tuesday, Feb, 20, show that the Boers, in force, made a determined attempt to invest Arundel, but were battled by tho smart maneuvering of the British mounted troops.

Cecil Rhodes is expected to arrive In Capo Town Feb. 21. WARNING FOR BRITONS. To Bargain with the Free Stat Would Be a Fatal Blunder. LONDON.

Feb. 22. The Cape Town correspondent of the Dally Mall says: "It Is of the very gravest importance that the British public should not be carried away by recent successes Into a belief that the war is practically over. Nothing could be more fatal to a satisfactory prosecution of the war, and, above all, to a satisfactory settlement of the whole country after the war, than any relaxation of military activity, any stoppage of reinforcements, any temporizing or bargaining with the Free State or the Transvaal through mistaken Ideas of magnanimity towards an as-sumedly beaten foe. The highest authorities and the soundest opinion here say that the war has really only Just begun in earnest.

Indeed, they say the real struggle will only begin when the present military operations end. have the best reasons for asserting that an attempt is likely to be made by Boer supporters In the colony to force easy terms of the Free Staters, now or soon, by holding out a threat of a Dutch rising in the colony. Any idea of leaving the Free State its independence would be fatal to British interests. The Britisn people must not deceive themselves into thinking that it is now only a walkover. They have a most dangerously subtle and powerful foe to deal with in more ways than it would be politic to discuss publicly.

'There should be no halting In sending troops. A quarter of a million of British troops will be none too many. The more we have and the sooner they are here the quicker will be the end of the war and tho surer will be the settlement that is to mean Justice to every one, Dutch and British alike, and lasting peace and certain prosperity to South Africa." Victoria Wishes Canadians Godspeed HALIFAX. N. lb.

2L-The. last detachment of the second Canadian conUn-gent for South Africa, consisting of more than 600 officers and men and nearly the same number of horses, sailed from Hall-fax to-day. The men were given an enthusiastic send off. OITAWA. Feb.

21. The following cablegram from Joseph Chamberlain was received by Lord Minto this morning: "Her Majesty, the Queen, appreciates the Increased loyalty of Canada and wishes tho troops Godspeed and a safe return." Consnl IIollla Iuventlentlon. LOURENZO MARQUES. FcS. States Consul W.

Stanley Hollis has sent a circular letter to merchants here stating that he Is instructed to inquire Into the recent seizures of merchandise from New York. He requests information as to the actual ownership of the goods, the reasons given for the seizure and other matters pertinent to the subject, and says that he is prepared to receive the sworn declarations of the parties Interested. Canadians Killed and Wounded. TORONTO, Feb. 2L A special cable to the Globe says the first Canadian contingent was engaged at Modder river all day Sunday and that eighteen men of the regiment were killed and sixty wounded.

Among the wounded was Captain Mason, of Toronto. The Canadians forded the Modder after a night's march. Victoria In 3Ionrnfnpr VICTORIA. Ti. C.

Feb. 21. With flags at half-mast the city mourns the loss of 43 per cent, of her volunteers In the first South African contingent. The Legislature adjourned to-day as a tribute to th dead. The flag on the United States con sulate is among tnose at half-mast.

Telegraph Open to Kimberley. NEW YORK. Feb. 21. -The Anglo-American Telegraph Company to-day Issued the following notice: "From London we are again informed that telegrams may now be accepted for Kimberley, but only at senders' risk." Losses by Fire.

CINCINNATI, Feb. little fire In respect to the damage inflicted, caused a biff scare, almost a fanlc. in the Western Union Telegraph office here to-night, It was on the fourth floor of the main building occupied by the Western Union Telegraph office and adjacent to it. Although a brick wall separated the fire from the Western Union, the wire ducts let the smoke into the Western Union building so freely as to drive the operators to the ground floor with their typewriters. It was more scare than hurt, and the operators and typewriters were very shortly in their proper places.

BRADFORD. Feb. 22. A. dispatch from Glen Hatel at 2 o'clock this morning says the town is burning.

Already four buildings have been destroyed and tha flames are rapidly consuming the business portion of the town. The hydrants are frozen and there are no means of righting the flames. PITTSBURG. Feb. 2L-The Ner Method laundry on Federal street, this city, was destroyed by fire to-day.

TT.3 loss was about J100.0CO and was fully covered by insurance. Ths crista cf t-j Crs a.