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WEATHER REPORT SAN FRANCISCO; March 12. Northern California: Fair tonight and Tuesday fogs in the and on the coast Tuesday morning: light northerly winds. Sa ami Vicinity: Fair to nisrht and Tuesday with fog in the morn-ins; light wind. the buying: publicj THE RIBUNE is read in every town in this bounty, It has. the best news and telegraphic services VOL LIU.

OAKLAND; CALIFORNIA; MONDAY EVENING. MAIiOH 12, l900i NO. 61 HERO IS LAID KRUGER ADMITS PAPE IN THE GRAVE. THE REPUBLICANS (mm isy aitvertisiBg i Xoaft-eacn. EPL1ES TOME WBTo I WO CAN DAL Imoressive Services Oter ARE WHIPPED.

it Remains jot the Late Capt. Nichols. Principal Powell De- Appeals Captain H. TT. Nichols, late commander iwa i particularly sad and because It OC of the monitor Monadnock, who died on jeurVed just at the moment when the re-the Manila coast, in May of 1S9S, hasipult for which he had ioped and worked fought his last battle and now sleeps his i for months was about to be realized, last sleep in the embowered slopes of jnaifrely.

the capture of Parunaqiie and its Mountain View occupation by. the American forces. The remains laid to rest this at-f "His temporary funeral took place ternoon in the presence of a concourse of Cal-ite on June 11. lbf: with appropriate people after, a civic and miktarv funerat. itMeral cerem-onies.

The officers-of the than which one more impre-K was nev- were present and the flags on all the er held in this citv Vessels were placed at half-mast. Both. Funeral rites were" held In Masonic fAdhiirala Dowoy and -Barker; in their offl- Temple. iwhere members of the mystic rcions rw -msi-iriuui iA to his efficiency, constancy and paid sembled hundreds of people, male and fc- 1 male, who knew the deceased only by the fact that he had rendered tip his life behalf of his country. The Obsequies concluded at the grave, where a few hymns were sung and bro- ther soldiers fired their last farewell hots over the inclqsure the hero was buried.

IN THE LODGE. The casket lav in the htrare lodge room of the 'Jremple, weighted with a wealth of pink and red flowers of the more ro- bust order, with a sprinkling of leafage of green, which had, been sent in by the Masonic! bxlies and brothers in arms at i 1 I Mare Island Navy Yard. Beneath these lateral nonors at our ruins, ana our token of remembrance was a pail of the Master Theo. F. Mock of Oak-national colors.

On one side of -the Lodge No. F. A. kindly ket there were three figures in black, to perform these last sad duties mourners for the deceased, the widow, Mrs. Captain H.

E. Nichols' of East Oak- land; her mother, 'Mrs. Dr. W. lisn oi -Pir, nrMnw nf the late doctor Ot ttv- -nri Mrs.

Ware, aiand having no- fixed residence for any ds Oakland School Teachers. Says They Do Not Shirk Their Duty, as Has Been Intimated. Oakland, March 10, WOO. Editor -Tribune Dear Sir: In your paper of Friday, March 9th, ydu call attention tb a circular sent out by Super-, intendment McClymonds, and use the following words as a heading: "Teachers may be reprimanded. Report that they have shirked their At a meeting oi the principals, held some ndnths ago, the Superintendent gave us permission to dismiss our classes earlier 64 rainj days; and it isn't likely the Board) of Education will reprimand us for obeying the instructions of their executive ott'icer.

i For many years the teachers In th G-ranti scliool have been authorized by the Superintendent to hold but one session on very rair.y day. The; children are allowed: a recess of five instead of the usual one of and then detained tntil 1 o'clock, when they are sent home to ThiS arrangement was made for the ben-edt of! the pupils, not of the teachers, and is highly satisfactory I to the parents. Tirt'e jis gained, instead of lost, for many parents will not allow children to return in th afternoon when it rains. By pijr-suinsl this plan all exposure during the noon hour -is avoided, and the children below; the fourth grade have only live minutes less than usual it, school; the other! primary classes thirty-five minutes the grammar clatses r.fty less. As teachers arts there may be someisnirKs among dui i ao not knowj any who are, though I have a large acquaintance among them.

On Ithc co.itrary, I do know that- ver many, teachers, in order to do the worK which the course ot st.idy requires, are compelled, to spend from one to, three hours daily, after classes are dismissed upon! school work. leae school beforie 5 o'clock, and am often there after 6' do not leave a minute earlier on raiiiyj jdaya. nAn, i do on sunny ones). cannpt speak for the gentlemen, but I 1 i pal finds -it necessary to remain at school as late as I do. I hiave no fear of contradiction when assert that it would not be easy to hud a morej conscientious, harder working class of persons thin the Oakland Many work to the utmost limit of their strength.

If you will give this letter srace in your columns, you may remove an unjust impression which was almost sure, to be given by what was said in- your VridaV's paper; and for one, shall appreciate the kimiaess and be -grateful for.it. Very respectfully yours, ELI7ABETH POWEL.L, I Principal Grant School Rev. Sheldon Outlines i Christian Daily's Policy. Will Edit His. Journalistic Experiment as Jesiis i Would Dolt.

Associated Press Dispatches by The Tribune's Special "teased Wire. TOPEKA, IMar. 13. Rev. C.

M. Sheldon, -who edits the Topeka Capital this was -at the office of the paiper at 8:30 this morning and made a hurried inspection of the, various departments. At 10 o'clock he had a conference with the visiting correspondent, promis- ng to give them such information as he could during the week. At 11 clock he met the working' force of the paper and gave out instructions tfor the day. At noon Mr.

bheidon said to tne report ers of the various local and outside papers connection with his experiment ot run ning the Topeka Capital as Jesus would: My firs: editorial will se: forth the scope of the paper. ithout being discourteous to you. I wovld rather be dumb myself and let the paper do all the tilk- ng tor itsell. This weeK means every thing to me. It is serious work, not play." i When asked by a correspondent of a Christian paper whether he had given any nstructions reigardins: praying, I Dr.

Shel don said with a smile: "So. sir; we ha done our. praying be fore this." Regarding1 office rules, Dri Sheldon said: i I i "There Shall be no smoking in the edi- tcrlal rooms. That is the only rule in re gard to office habits I hare given out." Mr. Sheldon has instructed his reporters not to use the word "Populist in referring to a member of one political party.

In interviewing a man the matter must be referred to him before publication. If ho declined to be interview ed his wishes must -be Everything political must be non-partisan. i J)r. Sheldon gave these additional in structions to his reporters: Only clean sports are desired. In deal ing with crime, make little more than .1 bare announcement; leave out; all horrible details; give the cavse of the crime.

ind oat whether llQuor. or something else brought it about. Avoid all scandals. Thev will, not be Waste no time on them." I A number of assignments of- speTisI work" have been made lor matter to appear during the coming week. For tomor row morning paper the 'reporters have been instructed to take thei- rfilar signnients, write up their stories, turn tbe copy into the city editor' hands, whe will in-turn rfr it to Mr.

Sl.rj'don. Sugar, Plant Resumes. NEW YORK, Mar. 12: Work was re sumed at ithe sugar house of the American. Sugar Ttpnning Company; in Jersev City today.

The -plant was shut down a week ago for the third time since the first or the year, on the 'plea of over produc tion. The whole force, consisthie- of about 1,100 hands, went back to worfc? today. NHU Mm FITZROY HART- MAJOR-GUNERAL ecently Asstened to Command 12, (it is learned from a Consuls at Pretoria, has appealed for the intervention i DEED to the Powers for Intervention-Roberts Reach THE HAGUE, larch dent Kruger, through the of the great povers in the ments of Belgium, Holland LONDON, March 12. At the present I rate of progress Lord Roberts should be In Bloemfontein Wednesday, March 14th, I though all. calculations, may be upset by 1 the of more strenuous resistance than the libers have so far attempted.

The distance between Lord Roberts, and the Free tat capital is now so small-only- about twenty-five miles that it is apparent the Boers, either contemplate making a determined stand on theT outskirts of the town or for strategic reasons, best known, to themselves, are allowing Lord Roberts to occupy it after mere-iy harassing his advance. The numerical superiority of the British troops no doubt in the minds of the' critics here 1 a II 1 rHAmntlfh Vi4e XIia.L ljurii I i I is ill ai.vi.iiiiuou rf mediate- ntiinrt the rkrcuoation- of Bloem- fontein. I The Commander-in-Chief's latest dis-'patcj announcing that General Gatacre Is at Bet hulie. bridge, and the dispatches saying General Gaticre commands the bridge approaches, put the Boers in that vicinity between two British Aas-vogel Kop, whence Lord Roberts sent his last cable -message, being 100 miles north of Bethulie. However, there is a large plain between them, and the main body the Boers now confronting Lord Roberts with its ceaseless activity may FbequiSe able to cover the retreat of the burghers confronting Gatacre.

Qnce the British are In control of the railroad from ethulle. to Bloemfontein. the Junction at the Free State capital of Generals Roberts and Gatacre would be a matter of a very few days Commenting-on the fact Roberts found the-Boers holding positions in a part of the country supposed to have been left open, the St. James Gazette says: "No more damning indictment was ever -r preferred against any cavalry." Rumors of the relief of Mafeking cen-. tlnue to circulate but failjof any eonflrm-i- ation.

From Natal, which General Bulled so erroneously declared was7 free of Boers, and from Cape Colony, where General Kitchener's stern is upon the rebellion, there is. no news any Importance. THE EARL OF WARWICK'S SOU A -VOLUIIUEERS. i Associated Press Dispatches bjc 4 Tne Tribune's Special Leased Wire. LONDON, March 12.

The Earl of War-Trick's eldest son. Lord Brooke, has vol unteered for service in South Africaand starts for the Cape Saturday. He will be attached tothe eavalry AMERICA MAY i. BE THE PEACE INTERMEDIARY. Our Good Offices to Be Extended to End the War in South Africa.

Associated Press Dispatches by The Tribune's Special Leased Wire. WASHINGTON, March 12. -There Is reason to "believe the United GoVernmeirt is using its good offices -to restore peace between. Great Britain apd the South African republics. This has not taken the shape of a proffer of mediation.

That would be distinctly repugnant to Great Britain, and according to the rule international law, which has without exception governed the State Department In the could not be volunteered, by the United States until it was known to be acceptable to both parties to the! war. But the United States might very properly serve as an intermediary to transmit an appeal for peace and the terms upon which peace can be secured. The United States has successfully served in this capacity in the past, notably in the termination of the China-Japanese war, and -It la believed that good offices In this lme are now being extended. If this (belief Is well founded, then Adelber Hay, United States Consul to Pretoria, has been the instrument for transmitting to the iBritish. government through the double intervention of the State Department and Embassador Choate, an.

application from Presidents Kxuger and Steyn Expected to Bloemfontein By Wednesday, I "firebug valor in his position, as Captain in corn- Ion afterwards It was earned "Z.T Xl i "ir rtin Through' Brother Hiram S. Tuttle i-, vw.y,Al wu tha, hsui mm 1 nT jhid drath, ho' would Sike to have his breth- l-eit of the 'Mystic Tie' to drop the mystio spsig of acacia, emblem of. the soul's iimfnortality, upon his coffin when he wa to I be laid to rest in his mother earth, Hiti sorrowful and bereaved wife express- earner aeeire uiat ne nugn receiv tni to k-ww ceased 'brother. lhw uuic uiiiii-bls iwvj tiku ih-wu retired from service. he) was initiated.

Tassed. and on July 17, 1S6T, was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason In Tolerancia Lodge No. 4, atjiLisbon, Portugal, under the jurisdiction of the Grande Orienta de Lusitano, which the Grand Master was the Cd? de Paraty, thirty-third degree, as weire all of the othr officers of that degree, -who signed, his diploma. As is customary in countries, ana at a trrie when it was dangerous to be known" as) a Mason, by reason of the tyranny of the clerical power, rather names are" also' giten and entered upon tne register ror the archives, and Brother Nichols in tnat loige is recorded as Lin-coin No. 2, and a nobler name could not have been chosen.

He took his demit with i high recom mendations on December 4, lS6i, accom panied also by a letter from the secretary ofj the lodge oil January 8, istss, ail or wljich1 documents have translated from tht Portiifruese language in which they arfe printed and written. fBeinir constantly on tne mow ail over the waters of the globe, with no perman ent until he should be retired, tj opportunity, to affiliate and enjoy the fellowship of bis brethren in a particular loge has been denied htm; but in all-hu-mhne Masonic duty to be performed upon tbie ocean or brethren stranded in port. his heart and hand afid purse haveever lilen open with full fraternal sympathy- arid material' aiV and succor, "and his charity has been found wanting. And so -with the broal mantle of Masonic lore, 16 the hour of sorrow and need. wfith the discretion of tne ana tn fraternal approval of his brethren.

Oak- lajnd Lodse ISS, F. A. comes to perform these funeral honors to oilr dead Mother, the true Mason, tne loving nus- Lb.ind. tlve nobis- patrloit and ithe gallant officer ot xne navy- wt our imi i rtuL-li, under Whose starry and sun-e-treaked ertsign gave the last full measure of devotion and breathed' out the last aspiration of his soul, realizing to the fullest extent the inspiration of "Rodman Drake -in! his address to the American flag: 'Flag the seas'. on ocean wave Thy stars shall -glitter o'er the brave; Wlien death careerinK o'er the wheel As thunderbolts from tubes of steel, And frighted 'waves rush wildly back, Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each' dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And.

smile to 'see hy splendors fly In triumph e'er his closing eye. 'Flag -of the free, heart's hope and home! By angels' hands to valor given: Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were bnrt in heaven As fixed as yonder "orb divine, furled. That say the bannered blaze unruriea. Shall thy proud stars resplendent smne The guard and glory of the "Rr 'take thy rest, dear Brother; the sjtars on the colfars of thy brethren bend 4ver thee, the Stars and Stripes of thy country enfold thee, while the stars of ijeaven at night shall stand shining sentinels on guard, above thee, while thy cbmrades and companions and a grateful country offer up orisons to Him who rules the universe, and shall give thee tjo the embraces of Washington and of Lincoln." At the close of Major fenerman an- (Continued on Page 1) Coal Reduced. Dunsmuir's Wellington has been re duced from $12.50 to per ton.

Dealers can now get full supplies from tha agent, james P. Taylor. 7TC? Scientifically tested i tre- Glasses sold at Jr" 4 lowest prices. Perfect jfit gnaranteed in every case. F.

W. LAUFER, Scientlile Optteiaa 1001 Washington Street $6,500. Elegant Myrtle Street homer near 1 6th Street. 9' rooms and bath. Very fine.

Cost $8,500. Must sell. VVM. J. DINGEE 903 Bfoadway, Oakland.

Room 2d Floor Mills BuUdiBj, S. P. Fifteen Persons 1 Perish in Newark Tenement House Fire. nur -relative of San Francisco. Up to the time that these ladies encerea the chamber a guard ot honor, compris ing Sergeant F.

W. tfunt, John Boyle ana Valentine Viers, had lood beside the re i The mourners were followed into tne chn-nber of death bT fellow officers or the decease. full aiess navai -unuonrj, with clf.vpeaux, buliio'n epaulettes and word hilts bound in serge, these tooK pnt ort rhe south side or tne casKet. Behind the were quartered members of Oakland Lodge." V. ar.fi A.

and other Masonic; organizations from this city and other points. jn thn dais beneath the ever-Ditrmng lisht.sat Theodore K. Mock, mas-tef of Oakland Lodge, under whose auspices the exercises wera conducted. uentna. mm was a araceful looping' of the American flag.

On 'lis right sut Captain Bowman of the Mare Island navy yard in cliarge of the jmilitary part pt the obseo.ui.es Still further to the rieht sat Mayor K. Snow of this city. On the left of Master Mock sat Chaplain McAllister or Aiarc TMand, and on the left of the chaplain sat R. Tt. t.loyd.

loaee c'haplain. The other officers! of the lodge in their places were: John Britton. senior warden; A. Black, Senior T. Burtchaeli junior G.

Thomas. Steward, and Williar, Ingtirsoll; tyler, Th-i various! officer positions were -filled with actit; EXERCJSES OPENED. The exercises were opened with the reading of the prescribed address with query and response, by Master Mock, and the reading was sympathetically rendered. Th Temple comprisinc: Ben jamin Clark. Alfred Wilkie.

H. D. Mel- George Carleton, sang "Beyond the smiling and tne eepmg. There was more of ithe ritunl then read after which thei Quartet sang "Go To Thy Peaceful Rest." MAjjOR SHERMAN'S EULOGY. Major E.

A. Sherman then delivered the following eloquent tribute to the deceased; which, it will the seen, abounds In facts of rare historical interest which are iow made public for the first timA: Captain Ezra Henry Nichols was born February 7, 1S42, in the town of Greene, State of 'New Y'ork. He was appointed to the Naval Academy from New York on November 1S61. His first s.ervice was as an ensign in the sloop-of-war Swatara in when that vessel was ordered to Alexandria, Egypt where John 11. Surratt, one of the con spirators in the assassination, of President Lincoln, was captured in the uni form of a Papal zouave and -brought back for trial by the Civil Court at Washing ton.

D.i C. He continued on the Atlantic stationi in the West Indies and iff the European squadron. He was promoted to master in 1S6S, and to lieutenant 169. and was attached to the Frolic, the Port Admiral's flagship of the Atlantic stationl at New York. He w-as detached for a period on ordnance duty at Pitts burg, and subsequently for torpedo duty at Newport.

He was then ordered to the Coast Survey," in which he served from 1875 to 1877. In 1S78 he was promoted to Lieutencnt commander the Hassler, and was on the European station. In. ISSiTieiwas promoted to Lieutenant-Com mander, and was in command of the Pinta in 1S88; then of Bennington. He was Lighthouse Inspectof'of the Twelfth District three years, and Was on the Board of Inspection in 1S91, when he was promoted to Commander, and took com mand- of the Bennington again in iwi.

For a short time he was attached to the Mare Island Navy Yard, and on March 30, 1S9S, he. was promoted to Captain and took command of the Monadnock. which he held until the time of his death. 'H wiii one of th favorite Cantairfa under Admiral Dewey at Manila, who sent to him and the others in command of thei Monadnock the following: ASIATIC STATION. Squadron Gen eral Order No.

13. U. S. Flagship Olym- pia, Manila, P. February 8, 1899.

The following telegram from the President of the1 United States to the Commander-in-Chief is published to the squadron: "WASHINGTON D. February 8, IS99. Wewey, Manila: Congratulations to you and j-cur brave officers and men on your decisive victory. You have won an added title to the confidence and gratitude of your country. 'WILLIAM lMcKINLEY.

'George Dewey, Rear Admiral U. S. Navy, Commanding U. S. Naval Force on Asiatic i "For the period of two months and a half the Monadnock.

under his command, was under an incessant fire from the Philippine night andj day. from artillery and rifle shots, during the hottest period of the year, at Paranaque. The heat had been Intense and the officers iand men suffered severely. The Commander-in-Chief offered to retire the Monadnock from her trying duties, but Captain Nichols preferred to remain, declaring that he did not want to leave his Bost until Paranaaue fell and the coast from i there to Cavlte was cleared of, rebels. The heat oa Saturday, June 10, 1833.

was most intense and the monitor was engaged all day in shelling the trenches at Paranaque, and the reDeis neemg soutn throneh Las Pinas. also watching the American troops closing in on the towns. Captain Nichols was overcome ny tne heat at noon ana reurea to nis caoin. where he received frequent reports of the operations and gave directions for several hours. He necame worse at lost consciousness at 5 in the afternoon, several nours Deiore nis death he expressed gratification at the way events were progressing, remarking to an officer.

'We have got the rebels there at last. "The sudden death of Captain Nichols of of New British Army Division. reliable source that esi- appealed to the Govern Boers oi've met "have been Irishmen. Certainly the Collection was a. most cosmopolitan one.

There -were a teh Afri kanders among them, but the were either Americans, Italia tvs, or Greeks. In-, the near neighbor-bo Kock and the General were cj racking whips and stimulating the lazy muies into activity, hitchi-ng and unhitchihiK har ness, greasing ana inotcnung ais seliboHms. as if such -were the cjrdinary occupations of the chairman of tihe first Volkraad and a Judge of the supreme Court. BOER WAR A LONG WAY FROM BEING ENDED. Parliamentary Secretary Says the Entire War Loan Will Be Needed.

Associated Press Dispatches by The Tribune's Special LeasedWire. LONDON, IMar. 12. At the commence ment of he debate in the House pi Com moos today on the army estlmajtes, the Parliamentary Secretary for tWar Othce, CMr. Wyndham, declared hat re cent' events did not justify, at the pres ent time, any diminution in "the provision for the further conduct of the campaign in South Africa.

The financial of the war, he declared, was not immediately ai tered by fluctuations of failure for sue cess. It. would be rash at present to think that the number of months thej British army would remain In South Africa was likely to be materially So the government estimates included 'what was believed to ibe enough money to (continue the efforts at full pressure for another six months, and at half pressure ltfor six months thereafter, i i VIVID PICTURET OF BATTLEFIELD GHASTLY HORRORS Horribfe Experience ca Medical Officer at SionKop. Young Associated Press Dispatches bv The Tribune's Special Leased Wire LONDON, March 3. For real ness, for a glimpse into the eorv of war and the horrors of the battlefield the private letter of a young medical officer at Spion Kop.

printed in the DaiHr Graphic, can scarcely be beaten! "I se lected a pass, he writes, "overhun bv steep clay banks, on the top of iwhich I got up a Red Cross flag. Cases inow'be- gan to pour down from Snion Kon on stretchers. The Boers opened fire on us, and three -bullets went into ithe flr knocking the sticks about. Thej reason for this fire was not the Red Cross flag, but owing to some tommies who were strolling over to it, either to take cover there or to see what we were doing. I promptly ordered them awayj A few minutes after the Boers let Are five shells In quick succession In my direction, but they fell and did no harm.

This sort of thing went on round mej for the rest of the day, but I always k)ept well in the shelter of the bank. From this time to 1 o'clock the nAt morning the wounded came through my dressing station, as the pass was the only exit from the hill. I saW many cases and some ot. them were mutilated beyond description. I MEN'S PLUCjK.

"Fully 330 wounded and dead kho had died on the way, passed through my bands. The 'cheerfulness of the jwounded struck me as remarkable, men with shattered wound, smoking their pipes, and although not a grumble did I bear. Many a poor chap -shot) In the morning at the front trenches wiho could not be reached lay in the blazing sun all day. One old colonial in Thorny croft's, with a grey beard, walked down leaning on bis rifle; he was a mass of wounds-ear cut through by a bullet, his chin, neck and chest also shot through by others, and his back and legs tornJjy shellq. He came in and said, he Just dropped in Transvaal war, and has also and; Switzerland.

to be informed as to the terms upon which the war can be ended. The facts in the case will be fully developed in a day or two. GENJ GATAGRE'S ADVANGECHEGKED BY Partly Destroy Railroad Bridge and Hold Opposite Bank. Associated Press L'ispatches by fT)e Tribune's Soeclnl T-eaed 'Wire. LONTON, 'Mar.

12. The War, Office this morning, issued the following dispatch from Kop, under date of March A. "We (were unopposed during the march yesterdky. The officers left' at the last cnmp tt record 'the list. or.

casualties nave airrived. The following additional casualties are known, hower: Killed Lieutenants F. N. Parsons and A. B.

oddingtonl of the regiment. "Wotinded Lieutenants C. (ss- verely) Lloyd Arm and G. H. Raleigti.

"General Gatacre reports that he was within a mile of the 'Bothulio Tailway bringe yesterday. The bridge was par tially djestroyed and the enemy was hold- tag the! opposite, bank," -t- SAYS THE QUEEN HAS DEGRADED HER IRISH SOLDIERS. The Order to Wear the Shamrock Resented By Parnell's Sister. Associated Press Dispatches by The Tribune's Special Leased Wire. DUBLIN: Mar.

,12. Miss Annie Parne.ll. sier bf the late Charles Stewart Par-riell, publishes the following ietter "Since the Queen, whose Irish -soldiers have hjtherto ibeen punitehed If ithey ven tured no sport the shamrock, has now or dered hem to wear it as a token of their cegradation, it seems to me those Irish who d-d not "wish to be Identified with -the robber lords of South! Africa shouultake somf motice of "this insult to their little islansU-r whose- very humbleness might have protected It from (the Queen Em 1 suggest those who-cannot refrain from wearing the shamrock snoukiidip it into the nk until the dishonor Is wi-ped out by the final triumph of the Boers or in some other way." PIG UREOF JOUBERT'S CAMP AT COLEHSO. of His Soldiers Americans, Italians and I Greeks. Most Associated Press Dispatches by The Tribune's Special Leased Wire.

NEW YORK, Blar. 12. A correspondent of the Times, wrliting rom Lourenzo Marques, says: 'A Dfutchanan gives an interesting account jof a visit he recently pa-id to the Boeir camp at Ooieneo. He made a short stay at the tent of General Joubert, who at thei time was engaged with his secretary and the telegraph wires, while close at hand and under the same, canvas bis sturdy! po4se was placidly peeSing potatoes as if no fatal issues were hanging in the balance. The rites of her hospitality were observed by the Commandant -General ordering the native wench Eva, who has accompanied him and good spouse through many a tierce campaign, to ring the national beverage, coffee.

At the camp an Fusileer, who had just XaHen into the hands otf the Boers. i NEWARK, N. Mar. 12. Fifteen persons, a majority of, whom were children, perished in a tenement house 'fire at Mor ris and Fourteenth avenues about o'clock this morning.

Thirteen bodies were recovered within three hours after the flames had been extinguished. Following is a list of bodies recovered from the tenement fire: Antonio Parnlcino, Bostlano, his wife; Guiseppe Parnlcino, 7 years old; Nuztelto Parnlcino, 1 year; Oceana Casino, Angelo Casino, his wife: Tony Casino, eon of above, 9 years; Devinte Casino, 4 -years; Frank Casino, 24 years; Carrine Casino, daughter, 1 yearr Mrs. Guineto Plimina. Guisepp Ban-to, (Mrs. Nunsiato Barto, his wife; Thereso Barto, daughter.

7 years. The was a three-story trams structure, formerly useQ as a ehurch, but transformed into a tenement house with small rooms scarcely eight by ten feet In dimensions, opening into narrow hallways on both the second and third floors, forming a veritable fire trap. It is the heart of the Italian district ana the greatest excitement prevailed. WORK OF AN INCENDIARY. When it became known that the fire was of incendiary origin men and women, well nigh crazed by grief, ran tearing around the streets looking fox the man who was responsible for the frightful tragedy and threatening dire vengeance.

Three or four minutes after 5 o'clock this morning the 'fire was 4iaoovered, but long before the fire appar.us reached the scene wild Italians were running hither and thither in the building unable to find means of escape. Every room emptied its occupants into the narrow halls, from which there was no escape because the jam. There were at least twelve families in the place, JEFFRIES' a sixty persons fell, of whom rerhons fifty! were children unable to 'care' for themselves. JUMPED FROM A WINDOW. Folur men jumped from a window.

Sev eral were. hurt. The flames spread with frightful rapidity and the wind sent the sparks southeast, threatening all the frame tenements in that direction. The place was like a roaring caldron when the firemen arrived. Ladders were quick ly put in position and then began the work of rescue.

One after another the women and then the men were taken down, while other firemen devoted their attention to drown ing ithe names. This they succeeded in doing in less than an hour, but during that a frightful sacrifice had been offered. nearly every room in the house eon tained its victim. Few were really burn ed to death. Most of them were s-moth ered.

The bodies were carried out by the firemen. Two victims have been taken to the hospital. One of them is severely burn ect The other was. injured by jumping from the second story-or the burned tene ment. SUSPECT ARRESTED.

Vito Credavo Is locked up on suspicion of having set fire to the building. Cre davo, with his wife and two children, oc cupied the pear portion of one of the up per -stories. He was arrerted on a state-merit made by Virginia Di Prut who was a boarder in -the house. Di Pruta told Captain Edwards that when he was awakened by the smoke he, tound Creda vo and his family dressed and ready to leave the burning building. Credavo be came much excited but denied that he had -any knowledge as to the origin of the fire.

received in the chest. "Guydo began to spit blood immediately after the contest, and also toolc cold. "Complicatioms set in, and the pugilist became very weak "He was buried today in the Church St- Coca near the hospital." BLOW FATAL PROVES (NEW YORK, Mar. 12. An Evening Telegram special cablegram from Paris says: 1 "The (Italian boxer Guydo, who confronted James Jeffries in Paris several months ago--died yesterday in the Hospital Boucicauit as resuli of a blow (Continued on Page 2.) remarked to conversation: "Sure, ail the 'I i.