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TARY RULE
IN BLOEMFONTEIN.
uards Brigade Sent to Join
Gen. Gatacres' Force.
JMUT IN COMMAND AT BBANDFOBA
Ex -President Steyn Denounced as a
Coward by His Confreres.
The guruoder of and Entry Into BI)emfootsie-Good Work of the Troops
-The People Were Glad When the British Arrived -Two Boer
Commandoes Hold Van Reenen'a Pass --Roberta Will Not Push
Matters for a Few Days-Steyn Still Playing at President -Reitz
Bays Kruger's Famous Ultimatum Wu a Peace Document--Leyds
Now Looking to Holland for Help.
London. Marsh 18.- Commandant -
Gen. Joubert 1. reported to have ar•
riven nt Bruudhxd, about forty miles
north of BInemfott,11, to nasutue "s ne
mend of the Duerr, *Mote headqum-
ter+ are, apparently, on the Molder
River,
Tile rurre pendent of the Da If News
at Bluemfositcin report. that tlu rut•
thig of the trark by Mir Weton,
situ got belend the Boer lines, Inter-
cepted Clam, Jonberiee Intended ad -
Tante euuthwer.l on Tweelay, but
there is no other hldieatlea that the
Boers at present are net lig except On
the defensive. ve. Thuu euppo +dolt la
81u11nfaxutein 14 that they will defend
Ian loped.
Tae Torre pondent+ .etid long .torler
01 tee Br.tt,h entry lotto the Frae
Stow cup.t(1. Twee )(mmm to hatc
ueu eturiny tree(', at the rumt.ug w
the Exotatt.ve Commit rneutlnne1 In
the flhiinfotrt le de pot;h. • rest de,lt
Step; pre.etest. ale, Fresno-, the 1 re-
aldent'a rival, wan fully deal Lel to sur-
render, turd he tieuouleed Mr. S:eyui
av u vowhtd for lack ng mewl' moral
courage to accept the situation. Th
1'reAleut remalun.l uumoted,
T1ro envoy shot lieu. Robert+ emit
to demand the surrender of the time
was a rnilttred mewls -sr of Co }:xeru•
toe Cuuucll Won.; Palmer. IIA, like
Juke Stey1L Uri t r'e deft', brother,
wets n w prlo ter, The sow of
the formal it wawa over of tho keys
of the Pulite tdfksn w',te the euulult
of a kotele such no th r Bowe know
to well how to defend, Fiore Gel. Rob-
erts awrltell the MINA tt'on, tie mut-
sim of hes guua pwittlug grimly to-
wetthl the capital.
When the delegates bad (limbed the
:hill sod aalutel Gen. Roberti mart
reepeotfully, they'rereived with grate•
Bastion hie assurance the& the lives
nd property of the inhabitanlswould
of too InJtred If there was no fur -
r oppoeittoo. The latervk(w was'In-
fres from any sense of bumttl-
The delegatee, though undo -
alive, seemed relieved that
t'he anxiety was endeJ.
'Ebel/rftiish found no wounded Deere
in the town. Gan. Roberts naked If
they bad been removel bereuen of the
(belief that the British did not treat
the wounded well. Mr. Froner replied
Chet lobe Boers did nor like dish, eo
t'hy did not wish to go to .'lope [own.
There le no scarcity of common fool-
etnffa In the capital, and cbe dietrlc:
le lull of cattle. Forage, however,
is not abundant.
The British Wend In the town moat
Of their convoy which the Boers cap -
tatted at the Rtet River.
They also secured the dynamite
ma/amine, two wagon loa ill of Mouser
ammunition, and much railroad plant
end bridging material, and many prt-
eonen.
Numbers of burghers surrendered
their arms.
]finny had already fled for their
homes, and numbers are trekking east
and north with thetr ca'Itle ani goods.
8s10a wounded British officers and
slaty wounded mea were found in
the hospital,
fesluded in the number were nev-
es* members of the Suffolk Regi.
,1Witwits bes been resumed, end '1:1
barricades have beim removed
the shops.
The correspondents eulogise the en-
dorsees and pnerRy of the troops. The
°QG0aarda' Brigade marched from 8 p.m.
>lLatoh 12 to 1 p.m. March 13, with
aNy 21{ hours' sleep, but, Saye the
Them' correapetvlent, every into 111
the force 1• willing to work until he
drops for Gen. Roberts. Every march,
every movement, every victory !n•
creams Ida popularity anti 'strength-
en. the army's conftknoe In him. The
,00ereepoidsnt ascribe high credit
to the commissariat, that deport.
Cdent dally furnishing protlsoue,ond
ga Wiklio 16 n Mitch for 40,000
men and 18,000 horses.
The Timer' tarreaponeent confirms
tete report that Oen. Joubert, with
8,000 men, wits prevent•d from ar-
riving at the capital on Tuesday by
the tearing up of the railway.
The nompattot was extremely or•
steely and well managed. The ep'ecta-
cie was must Impreeatee when the
Meth division marched through In
grand iL,vle, notwlth.ttnding that,
Ilk* the rout of the army, It had cov-
ered forty miles In twentyeleven
Moura,
Itr.RPas('le, Prertldentof the 1(nnd,
Arun gone to England to uollclt plrbllo
sympathy, awl to plead for the hide -
pen knee of the Free etn te.
Kmnnstedt, the new Orange Free
('.tate rapItnl, Le a [(awn of 2,000 lie
hnbltnnte, meetly Barge, on the Voted
River, n stream of ioulo Importance.
In wet weather It le not readily ford.
able, except at one, tinnily fortified
Place. Even In tate dry treason the
roetm, kopJei and trees on 110111 aures
91 lite rtver'w01 seined much pi'JIPO-
tloa Atnlnxt an Invading army. The
tae b In a much leer open position
Iran the erstwhile capital. It
meed to he a holiday resort for the
Rang, and hount
hosting and Haling rPel,lent. on the
o of n snuple of geed
isolate.
Called grey It a Traitor.
London, Marcel le. - The Dully
Chronicle, h1 a uecond edition, prints
LhBloemfontein davpatdl, e,ylnR
�tat F.xPrnt.vMonrkuy'e moat'"c „f
l',n 1, Ill ho'm'an.
tele. Prsaldent Steyn war unwell '
nt Rollins the OOifltry. Burghers who
had long been hmtlie to him, rare,
frilly watched the Presidency,
Mr. Itsyn sent his family 'way
on Pudgy, end subsequently left
secretly and unattended. When his
flight wag discovered, Moore. Kell-
ner and Fraeer awmed eu8trol of
Eke dletriet, The burghers declared
that Mr, Steyn was 11 traitor, and
decided to dlrcontinue the war.
I'reelalent Kruger amd l'Ie:tient
Steyn were evidently eeerangod when
they were at Poplar Grove.
7bn T.mee pun li. Les elle .0 I0.vtrtg
Prow Blot 'Monteith dated Tueatley:
" Contempt nor the flight of the
Free Staters le unlveratl, many people
neserting that President Steyn world
have been shot If hin Intension to
Dee had been known. More harm kali
boon done the Dutch coupe by the,
Iguoudnlqus surrender, than. le eon.
ecivab!n, and despite the state-
ments of the brwller of Steyn, It le
doubtful that there will be any more
resletanee south of the Vaal."
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DluewfonteulWes tiled,
Bloemfontein, Mnrrh 15, 003 a. in. -
Wiwi' the ltrhtoh troops entered VIII
city- on Tumidity they found It pre -
muted a regular Sunday appearance.
The alums were all closed, an 1 the
Innis 011 true itrtets were wearing
thmlr eun.lnY attire. Many of the re I -
Jt me declared that they expeeted the
plum! woul.l be borate -oiled
The correspondent 1111(1 n converut-
tlun with Cuunetllor Poly toelay, who
dencrlhxl an embittered meeting of
the Executive l'ounell that was held
the day prior to the surrender. After
the meeting 1'reeldent $tcyo hoarded
n train nal proceeded to Kr nsand,
where lie hep eetabllahed him l:overu-
nu nt.
The Trnnovnal Boers sought to com-
p.'( the }'ree Stater? to reeler the
Britian a I'ottrau:e, but their offorte
were of no avail. A westienger was
lent to the Boar camp un the Madder
Itvrr with the Information that the
Free State Boers would not attempt
to hold Bloemfontein, whirl) Ilea nu
fortifications, o,guinst Lien. Roberts,
tie,: knowing that to attempt to
make n defence would result In the
practical dewirnctlon of the town.
The mee,'age excite] the Indignation
of the Trno?venters, who threatened
to ,low Bloemfontein to plecer. The
reeldente were, therefore, entertain
whetner the Euglllh or their own al -
Iles of the Trnnivaal woll1 bombard
the town;
Therefore, when the British entered
there wait condkrnble rejolellet, no
their presenee would prevent nn at-
tack upon the place hy the Trnnov'nnl-
ere,
The segos on thou shops and all the
externals here wanl1 lead anyone to
bel eve that rho pi'Ire 11 nn Fsltg11111
town.
The fret troops to enter the city
were the CArbhleers.
Now Looks 10 Holland.
London, Worth 16.-A de patch to
the Meriting lot from Bruce is says
that Dr. Leyda, tiro d plan,tl' agent
of the Trainee/tat, he gone to Helium,.
He kept Ids departure A secret It
le bcllewed that tin °eject of hl, whit
k t, confer w:th M. de Beaufort, true
Dutch M 111 ter of Foreign .1lfalrr,
who reett rel Inst week n telegram
from the hutch coo nd at Pretor'n,
nppne I ng In Ire! lent Krugger', 1 eh11
for the Intervention of Hellen I. Th.
Cnb:net dl-ca°an,l the question oa
'fee day. Dr, L yds is represented as
,ny'ng tint he did not expert any
pewee to Intel eerie.
Old Story Revived,
Loudon, Mnrrh 18,-.1 de potrh to
the Da Iv 511.1 from Lor.nlx, M.urporn
aye that alreug cmnmunloei or
mi,s-Ing :,1 Wnrreuton, wiles! t11: F -e
t out' Bmr.i w 11 m,k) it 'stand. Tluo
rem+ to be au 1(0110 of the oil ('tory,
but If It uccur,irly represents tee
pre ent altuat'on, It suggcstu that lh •
, nolo e.1 h muerl"y lelttun moving
to the r.:1 el of Mafekh,g 1; endnl,gunsl
unless It peeled) the Vaal River 0 long
t'mo ago: •---
Bunn Hold Van Reenen'a Pase,
Cape Town, Merril 15, 11.50 a.m.-
L:eute. Grunt, 'rhoro:d, and Leigh, of
the South Africatl Horse, have made a
eucoesefui reconnaissance of Van Rea-
nea'e peep, leading from Nntel into
tee Ornema Free State. They me-
ceeded in getting behind the hoer
Wager, and learned tial the pones WAS
occupied by two eomm'a'ndooa tette two
gunm. Tiley discovered many embra•
aurae for e'rtlllery.
(ampton'a Horee marched as rerort
to the Honorable Artillery Company,
of London, upon the arrival 0f the lit-
ter here.
ROBERT.' NEXT MOVR.
By an English M':litary Veteran,
From n military polo( of view Mroon-
staeit, the new Free State copi al,
seems to have been ebosan with judg-
ment, as it is a conelderah:e distance
to the north of the point where .he
next effective resietsoce to the Bri-
tioh ?elvence ran be made, if the nnr-
thera ilea of the Free State decides
to continue in lee wnr alongside the
Transvaal.
What the next military mea moue of
the Boers will bn meet be determined
lit the next few days. The Beaker's -
berg passes wIll, no doubt, be held to
the duet to prevent a Junction be-
tween the Ferree of Lord Roberts aid
Gen. Buller as long as post,ible, wlele
the new front le forming. Thin will,
et the beginning, lin In a eend•cl ele
with the centre samewliere on the
rnllwey One between Bloemfontein
and Kroonatadt, the right reefing on
the Vaal River at Bloemhot, and the
left ht the mountain/1 etretching be.
vend Lahtg's nek, with Ito advance
nt .re4 0.1 in tar 1liggerslrrtr north
of Ladysmith. But no fighting of a
eerlouo nature ti likely to tido Mete
In the Free State for the nett few
days, though, al Gen. Butler la paid
to he making some moves In Natal,
there may be .lune on tint nide nt
any- moment. -
W111 Hot4 Kruger Reeponelble.
Lnndoa, March 15. -Ib the Hone of
lommuns today the Secretary of
State- for We Colonies, Mr, Joseph
Chamberlain, answering u 0ueatb,t no
to the %breate tt deraulleh the mine,
and rate Jolwune.burg, said that at
the commencement of the war l'r'eel•
rent Kruger had been warned that
he and the (lovernment would be held
lereuaully ruelrons Id' for any act
urownnnitk.olttrury t/.tho e lungeo, of mlvlllzed
Nnl Token Very Serloaely.
LOnslun, 5lnrela 1 (1. -Mr. Montague
w'll.te'., timet, le an 1merlean new
paper, that tin' Bo'r., w- II stterlfl'e
Johnimesburg and ruse It to t11
grouu.l '1 acee-sant' la not taken very
er nu 1;. Mr C.aamb II Co',,t't m ut
that President Krug 'r hen nlruady
,r''u weenie' ue to too eoone:mineo of
ugh ,'omhict Ia reg.lyd"d uN Nlowulg
that ruff stent preemntlon hats Imes
taken,
Toe Tlmev euggetta that burghers
shout I be mane th,t their fanny will
be taxed non gnuraut:e ngatnat any
ensilage to BntL,h proporly ; hut no
-pram, nppretL nl0(11 are enterttl:e!
of /welt rondtiet al Mr, WIYte Is nil1
to have fore 1 [dowel. M'. J. B. Rob-
in oil, the mdilonnlra m;n..• comer, aolye
he duet not bel ere the Boers wnut 1
be 00 hxdl,h. _-
Guards to ,lulu (Ialacre.
Lniloa, March 15. -The War Of( ec
roue vet the folluwatg front Lord
ltolwrt , :
" Rh emfonto n, 5lersh 15, 5.15:1 p.nt.-
(len, 0iutlere erosion the Orange R:ver
laid ocrnpiel Il.rlhulle th1, morning.
"Oen. Regluald Po'e Carew, with
2,0(N1 men of the (tunrda' Brigade,
two gene, nod n small body of
mmutte(I tglantry. left here In three
trate.; title morning to Join hunde
with (:er. Oatnere anti Oen. Cleve
ante, He had passed Bethany b
4,40 p. ht., without meeting impost.
Mon, having been nble to sup;sty
from his troops engine drivers, lire -
men, fitter', moulders, emlthu, car.
pentcre, ell'." ---
Rethnny IN 35 miles eolith of Blo-
enlontelu, while 11,41,1111e 1s 10
miles north of the 0rn'age Itiver on
the same line of railroad, The die•
tante between these two pointe le
about KO miles. -
Between '1'w• 1 Firs,
London, March 16. -At the open -
Ing of the new chapter of the war
immediate Intermit renters In the
inti' ni the Boer forte,, w'hlrh art
In retreat northward tram Cepa
Colony. where they have been ,defend.
ling the line of the Orange River.
The cmirageous eeplidta of Capt.
Grant 111111 Lieut. 1 opplImm, which
saved lite Bethulle irridge, elulbihlg
Gen. Gnt-cre to e1'O+a the river, to-
Incilcd, lo.tunately, nor the Brltith,
with ail equally daring fent north•
ward of I1,oenuwlteil, There, Mwor
Weston, of the }:nginenrr, alti,dtc3
to Orn. French's brigade. mooed th%
1 Boer linea (A1 tate evening of March
12th, wlt)1 ton Dien and rut the
I telegraph end h:en• up the rnllwayn
the-ebv preventing the remota! u( this
wtgines end cure In Bloemfontein.
Twelve locomotive 1 Were raptured.
G.n. Rubedo watt lhue ennh:ed to
promptly deepalr'a n force to inter -
e0 pt the Burrs whom (len. tl,lnnre
holds in front. That tine force reach-
ed Bethany, 3h miles distant, in a
day, is regarded here oe em1,, I work,
in view of the necessity for ennetan,
recu00oissnnce of the track, and the
position,
11 le hardly expected Ther Gen,
Polel(a'rew's advance will not be op-
posed, 1f the burgher,' nl Norvnl'e
pont and He4hulie are relying on re-
treat by means of the railway, an.'
are uuawsre of the occupation of
Bloemfontein, a collision betwen
Iht+m end the Guards' co:umo is inevi-
ta'b1r.
Coetnred the Dynamite.
London, March 15,-1 cornspondent
teltgrnpatng front Ii;ii Elie, ylar:h
141a, 0esereue5 soma exrttiitg Inc!denis
in connection wita the noting of
wagon hzdlge.
inn Loaro cmuinue l to mine it un-
0er the Britain artl.la,y fire,
Later oo Lieut. Popaam, of the Der-
hyenire Regiment, "eherwood Fore's
Don," enema unabservee during v.
corm of shot and shell end cut shy
0O0aecting wire..
Ire
id-ix,rorei several boxes of dyna-
mite,anl1e wheel nnltole npar y
tic reginem , who t:ru.sed and curried
off the dya,uul,o. At mgI, 1'aptalu
Oen nt renam a:I the ehurge+ from the
borings nn I threw them Into the rhes.
He ul.o dleeonne,:to4 the remaining,
wires.
Mr. Spell er Wilkinson, In the }torn
ing Poet, commenting npon,,the sails
factory naeuro of tl.e ote:,p,,tlon ut
Bloernlonteln, any'g:
''The tinge patlo) that the Boer re
'Monoe along the Urnng. 1 Ind- wool/1
collap,e on the BttWeh occupation of
the Free Witte aapltnl teems to have
been realize I. It will be Interesting
to await the meeting, anti, perhaps,
the fighting, of the Brlthh trope
tooting t,utth of ilia railway nal the
retiring Boars.
"Looking to the strength of Lord
Roberto' army by the time he rescan
Tent River, it Io not eurprlsing tlmt
Sir Clnrleo Warren'. Mallon I1 de-
tained In Natal. An advance of the
two armies on separate 11111.11 will le,
quite the best form of operation to
:t'rueh the enemy's' forces, an! to bring
about Ids absolute bubnaesiun
"The goer+ cnnnot longer nffor I to
(:Iv'Ide their forces. Serious resletntee
la ental n'oull enable Lord 1!uberh
to cro a the Vaal and compronlle with
the Boer fora In Natal. Porion re
'datum? at Brlll.lfor.l or Velteraburg
would enable. General Bailer to page
the nauntnlns an 1 threaten the Boer
a,mmonientlon,."
Hells on Kruger'e UltImetum.
Preterit, S. A. R., March I3, mem,
Ela Lorenz:, Marques. -'tate 'hear('.
tary- Mentz onyx, with reference to
Lord eallabury'u reply refusIIIg the
pence proposnlu mnde by the ltepnb•
ler,', that the etatentent Of the Brig
lel' Prime Mlnlitor that the ultimatum
of the Republic wax the (trot step in
the direction of war la untrue. The
real truth, he uleclnrei, la that the
war WPM brought about by the ron-
tinu0tiN threat 0n tine port of the
Britten (Iorernmenl, after tete Miens
fontrin conference, to bring abort
change, ht tete Internal ,rov-
ernmant of the 'Prenatal'', although
thtl wee totally against the rights
gunranteod the Louth African ile-
puy ing conventions, 'There
werehllc able exWtihrwnlu In the abnormal
number of BrILtelt troops which were
being etmrentruted In the vicinity of
the border/ of the two Repnlbllce, and
In the Intimation of "Ir Alfred 5116
neo, (roteruor of Cape Colony, to
Prawhknt Steyr', of the Orange Free
Mate, that these trropxe were 1w
tender to he used teuly agalnit time
Tranevanl. TIIP n(gotlatl0114 were
then suddenly brnkru off, with the
threat that the Britteh Government
would take Its own etems to remove
the gret-onuwr of Its subJecta.
The Repahllis wanted two full w'eeke-
10bile 0„I,5,4,1 : ,rttury imuuberluln
mode continuous bellicose ep;echiw, } Ir
Alfred Milner refused to give. Traci
dent Steyn an explanation of the war-
like preparation.+ of the BrItlulr, an
army corps was skipped to Fetal)
Africa, and the British reserve. wore
celled out, n11 of which ('Mesad bellig-
erent Intentlone,.
It was only then that a firm coin•
munlontIon, w-hloh the Bml telt p,oi:p,
call an ultimatum, was addressed to
Her MuJ sty's Government demnnd ng
the removal of lira troops 00 the
border', of the Republic, uud the ort
Moment M all dliferenets by mecum
of impartial urbltrnllun, That mes-
sier) was Intended t.) preserve petce,
Leon t:, pro:Ipltate war. all the nrnln-
uto;lte of the inpnblive were uwdu
allbeequutt to the Jumes,n rulA•
lien nrm,am:its were Jun,Iifiat ow•
lug to the dims:/very of Moret do;n-
nrO,lts Mid ullllutr0 h'atructins thew.
bag that an „tte;k taunt the IL pub'ks
had (Epee eoutrmien(e,1 for peer
)Miliary Government Eetabllpbed,
London, Mira 18. -Lord Roberta
lode nlu,ve.l three (ilvlslew to hint
at Bloemfontein, hat 11:. U not, Idle
!Mundt. He Ins created the Impar('
aloe that the Feta State Govern.
m(.nt hoe surreoder'.1 tit' rapt it and
that a 1nllitory Uoverlunnit 1115 been
uubetitnt':1 for It. Ha ho kept vale•
aur mtiuiiipnl and State cline^N In
nl:erutl:m under the general repose
Anion of the military Government,
end by pro_IuwaWon lull pri1etl.e IK
enrouragaig the pantie of the Fee
state to follow the examp:<' of their
own uutliorltl.te and withdraw from
a liopel.ei struggle. He can well of
lord t.o halt for a fortnight In the
capital and try hal head at the game
f lwperlal p0 111 s If h, can ell ea,'d
(hereby In liduclug the Free State
soldiers to desert their rowmaudu>;
(nd return Ga their farms
"'Ex•l'reeldeut Step' Huey.
Lottiiol, Mardi 111,-1'rrodont S1'ylt
m elf slue 119 aritea1 at Krlttct'
tldt i, IMsulug ruuut:'r peel mettles
,el sti',tlug to rale Int, truants to the
doses tl the repul:l s, but unto 5 ell
gnu fall lite forces' are rapt 11. ,asap
ea mug from the fhb!, T110 oil order
guv(ru cont 11111 104 111 polltl'11
entre wall the surrender u( tin lupi.
nal, IIII1 n 1111w order of a'hu 1t,:tra•
t au lea, been crente01 under tin lir.tleh
'Ing, Apparently Lori Robert,' ut:l''n
work curing the next fortnight will
:e nue of petc'flention awl lin: oration
1 order. Ili Ila, pnym,t.terx alt, w 11
by auppl ea for MN army of 1.0.000
mea, nal 1 h^ nl,o 1114 d erlpllnnrl' ns
W119 w'11 enforce report fur private
or0perty. With gold to pay out and
w tl1 r of :faro tinder rigorous dlxclplln :
Lord Robert+ 's ik:'I' to prove n slr'-
r sad Iwl'ticlnu lit H!u-sliest^In. It
4 evident from the press drepat'hrs
'lea h•, flr,t work will br tri °pteeling
d the railway southward to ((rang,
River and the nbnnduameit nt the
convoy system of suppl'es from Kbm-
'r,riey, --
Lon.lon, March 18-f.or11 Roberts'
eneceie In linndling the civil prohlen,N
at Bloemfontein, nnl the manifest
,'qunnimft,v with which the residents.
1,1 the capital of the Orange Free
alfa(' &emit the 1lritlei occnluitem
momentarily eclipse In Interest the
military situation !t le 1o'IbOu' here
that the eonuuamler-heckle( of the
11:1(91 force.' in P01t11 ,tfrlclt will
,Esta pooh on to Pretoria, but Brent
itrlt,ln IN galtr content to Osten for
a tow dray I G1 tar neclnn,ntlons 111 the
"sold(' of Bloemfontein awl permit the
troop' to annoy a few Jaye' not before
expecting further enouess. Lord Rob-
erto made n qunlnt epee It to the
awards nt Bloemfontein to -day, whoa
ill III, lh•st congra.tutatory wor1M he
-'xprassed pride In thole spleudld
mnreh of thirty -right m31,•i in twenty-
eight hours, nu d gave a 1111110 100111r.
:mea of hl ultimate design.
,1 RI(I.\IFI('-1NT 11101,1i31's.
"Thrungh 11 1m,,II mletuke,' anti
Lul'.1 itntert', '1 have not hors able
:o auln•i Into Blnrmfoulrin ut tho
tea 1 of the brigul', 011 Intetldrd. 1
oruul''el you, 1101:111, th-tt 1 will Ir:u1
V011 Mtn Irotorba."
Oen. (10(911r to hal Ilnu lI thulle,
Ind the whale Ins rf the railroad
outll of Binetr,font,':n Is now in Ela:
Rea 1- of tie. lir'tleh. (len. Brillonutl e
Menu, hnvhlg PTO 0e1 ter' Orange
River, niter n lure., mnreit, nt .11:wa1
\'orth o•, S;mrlay nu I lien. ('nano its'
coluu, bring aero s at Vnntyl, the
tine' volumes lull form an nrwy.
12,000 TO 15,000 3MEN,
wlduh le expected to take the place
111 rho turgor of Lord Roberto nt
Bloemfontein, nu ho pastes north.
ward. Just whets tlt.e Boors will
attempt to Oppoees that march, Is nu
imlurtant question, but It cannot be
1'nelly answered until Ocu. Joubert Is
mere definitely' fixated. Further
time hate reached the outelde world
froln Mnfek!ng, dated Friday, March
0th, ehuwhtg that though the garrl-
eon wdw ill hard straits they wire.
buoyod up by the knowledge that
their pluck and tight le mach nppre•
eluted at home.
---
Rrubant's l'osltlon,
Jamestown, Cape Coelay, Martel 18,
-'!hit's Wui 1111101 elltlnt.1341111 nt
tliwot North, when Oen.. Rrubant'r
troops occupied that place. 011ier,
the Boer eommanden arslloglred ;or
the fgetio,'1 of the Bleu during the
lent dtly's of the occupation, enyhgg
Ile Gould sot control hie men,
The Pi'ltist' are now entrenehel on
the Free State p11,, 0i the Orange
River, with the Boer, holding no al-
%ant.tguua, h,ll In emit n, them.
,fru. Brabant le greatly hampered.
uwieg to tar lurk of nrthller,', hnv.
ing only two ,hien-pounders•
Ruberte Surprtace the Boers Agulu.
bnndun, March la. -General Rob-
erts 10 pori, taut hp icoel seven 11li-
t 1sa o11: ore F011 forty-thr'e men
wounded in the hoapilnl at liloemfon-
teinn
, mud that they had been we
enre;l for. lie adds: "I reJiiced the
wounded Barre by telling teem they
would be allowed to prorsed to 1 heir
homes ineteno of being made prleon-
ere, nm moon es they can leave the
hospital." --
Nurprlsel the floe's.
Cale Town, Morel], 15. -When the
13rinxh forcer the p,oitngge of the
Orange river this morning, they sur-
prised lite Boers.
The British troupe ovesupied n pos-
ition on the north side of the river
will; little oppieiitoa, and are now
building a I,Orlt000 bridge.
(Inc Canadian Wounded,
Loneen, Murch 16. -It was cftlrlul-
ly atiaoanca1 to -obey tlrtt the Brlthh
cneuiltlrs ut Dretfonteln on March
loth were 1122 01'11 kites! fwd 821
wonnd00i. !whittling 11 Cenadlanl
wnnIaled.
1 later deepatrh rnrreci, this, say.
trig only one Carindl'lll woo wounded.
Joy at Cape 'town.
Cape 'Town, March 10, -There wan
great rejoicing throughout the col-
ony ellen lie reeaipr of the news
I hat Bloemfontein hoot heen occupied
by the Crilieb. 'fh' first Intimation
of tae fact at Port Elizabeth was .he
firing of 21 guua el II o'clock in the
evening. The inhabitants haetene1 to
the alrn' le gni rnrriel the mayor on
th.;it shoulder/1'1u the Town hall where
n demoaetratinn wan made. aro-day
will be observed as n general holi-
day-.
7"..r.e .., glia0 1ej,.ol,4 at Liueu-
fonteia, where the women and chil-
dren have keen abut off for months.
AT JAME3TOW:N.
great romp:alnt to made of tie harsh
treatment by the Boers during the oc-
cupation. Rebels are coming in dally
with their arms from the. soatb. A
number of other rebel leaders have
been arrested.
ground for disloyalty and diseffee-
tloo. To go farther, I do not think
we onn aefely federate till ws have
have had some year(' of rruwo colnoy
goverpme'nt, Persolta:)y I bnve done
weith the bund,"
The British fleet class orutasr Pow-
erful, with the naval brigade, willed
hen been operating ngnlnat the Rnere
in Sound Africa, 14111('-I for England
to -day,
AT TIIK SU1tItENDKR.
Graphic Story of the Oerupetlnu ut
Bloemfontein.
Blurnnforttm, Mttrrh 111,-.1s Lord
ltobtrt, wee being coa:Iucteo 10 the
i,.we to -Way by the dcpia,tun of tell•
call; which had gone out to meet Itlis
Ile wd+ greeted by great nrotvts of
people, viva:ralg and waving Moniker.
chief.+, and dtaplaylug the utmost we
thus:ne'n awl cnrdlallty.
Lord Robert. Trot cutout!! the mar-
ket spoon, thence pr,e'eede.l to Co
viola/meld Hou r, uta focal tier' to
the 1 room racy, wail :h b t entered from
the front. The ganh'rt of the late
I'ro;llie.tt's pretty itnaso wee lint ietly
eutast by the crowd, wh'ch I.rokewit
w.th treulendOiL, energy Into " God
Stye the Qtteo." All ,tool r,gl.l, the
rn'lllnns remit lag their Int,. Thou
the cltecr.ng was renewed.
IIOISTINU THE FLAG,
Menewil la Lad fluorite S'utt bent
1,0,ly itobert; pretty lei 011 Jock,
wtil a four-leaved . Muni oek embrui•
;;('rein h1 the. corner, to the hnly;arde,
and ns It rose over the 1 rialiient'y the
crteve caught eight of the grhmlook•
ug cavalry evcnrt belore than, and
opo;ltoneuudy 1carrel tho moors "Ton.
Illy Atk:a;' full ' S)Idlcro of tar.
Queen." lulmrvl!ntrly after the ''ere•
mealy was over, Lon1 Robert.; ap-
pointed Gen, Pretlyylman Oxverner, nun'
thea teemed the J1111, whore 114 releare1
four prbinero trite had reflood to
f gal against the Rritl(h. Tinea that
purt'0n of the troop, wee:wary to
mall the northern he'ghtu began to
marell through the town amid tie'
cheer+ of the people. When the !loom
Iottcr'a: p.1105 .l the contrast I r'lw•ten
the well fel lathes, wad exhvl;ted
ani worn-out gunners, win roll the r
aur-ei uud ettlaoom, without n sign of
emut'uu, Wnv most strlklmg,
BRIN(HNII ABOUT ORDER.
Ry tills tine the )olein oltalde the
town wits gradually felling with In•
(entry regiments and luullenoe trema•
pant convoy's, wheel seemed to user•
run the ground lake water. Grade.
ally cit of the (lutot order emerged,
a brigade 11101 transport, estahllshtng
Itself M Its proper po.Itlon, In long
etraight lines, macs In extent. From
tar higher knots soar the town to
far beyond could he ,trot n long yet
low ee'pait, rpreeenting regiment
after regiment of Khaki -clad troupe(,
mureliing on the town,
J0I ((ERT DIDN'T COME,
(feu, Joubert was expected here
early in the moruing, hut the
Mowing up of the Ibie north of the
town pie'e0tel his coining, ile re.
monied at Brandf(0rd with „000
Nntll:m.
Co it. Pleat 111 111 it eioetaJedillg ad-
mirably as (.,verb of the town. Ile
IMsued it proclamation tu•duy rognest•
lug the borgiieru withlu It radius of ten
male; to dent or up their arena, assur-
ing them they would be odd for the
eclllleeaLtlua of their property.
ROBERTS' 1•'IR51 HAND.
Lori itoUo"te 14 ubuttt to Ie,uc
41,411 prts:lluoct!„I'1 1,11.ch 11 io be.
novol will have the cff0'1 ut hat rti,
hg further oposIttaa /pot leu part
of the Free elan•,.
Sir. (.'olling++ has L „e, np:Ranted
Ltutddrtwt vice I'ap;,eur„s d psis gid,
rind Hr. Veneer will act us Mn,rur.
Grout (In:la ltite of Nturei t'.lptnl•ed
nt liana Wall leave baron rerorrrs,.
1m the result of Huatw•', ;o•1 11e
t,.ia line cutting the Britt ,Ii have
o^rurul 2(1 cngiar'o earl tar, line I1;1.
leu cleared t) the Kettle Miter.
Rumors are Norcut lint former
Prtss111at stew Iv n•lliing to sorrel,
tier. Much unmet evllts nnrnlg the
Dutch le -mutat' nt The burghers le-
s^r1:e.I the soldiers nt locu.,tw saying
they were Itmulncrable and of 141011.
Deal cuter with thou.
The Free Staters mouth of here
are reported to be rapidly returm:ug
to their forme,
lis oorel Grobeluor le attempting to
eseopa to the a)rtli. He his n large
N4111111110 nit(' it leg convoy of new
pree,
Tho majority of the towestru'abe
nntnape to that the Free Stetere
will ever no further rcwl tan
Male on Ills Way Boum',
Naples, Merril 18, -Mr, Webster Du•
vie, Potted fitatem Ardotant Secre•
tory of tho Interior Department. has
arrive here from Pretoria, nu ala
wily to .111w'r)t':1.
Rhoden Dont With the Bund,
Cape 't'ow'n, Marsh l0, -in nn inter-
view published In the ("ape Argue Mr,
Cecil Rhodes+ is quoted as saying: "I
feel etrongly that we cannot have
pence in Routh Afrien en hong to we
have in the sepabiics n rnllying
(.IFF: IN MAVI:KINO.
Greet Suffering Hcroaee of Lack of
Feud Likely.
New York, \Martel 10, -The Worll
prluts toelay n drelelt(h from Lady
r+urnn i1'Ih:un, In M,feking; dated
}limit 4th. Lady Sarah imp', •'TIIo
1:go drnge Its w, a''y cu 'roe '1'I e,t,r11-
in lin, been rather less srvero 0 the
Inas few duya, but bullet, nn much
more plcntlil in the street«, making
wniking about a work of danger.
"The town Is gradually neouudng
the, appearance of n gigantic rabbit
warren. We have over lour miles of
trrui Itto. for the protection of pedar-
triun+ from bullets, nn.1 S011 bomb-
proof shelters to resort to when en the
_;shelling Is heavy.
"The latest triumph h, a five-Inel,
gun made by loyal workmen Both
Meth, nal powder are made locally.
Reopening the former, ,ome taken
from Jameson's column at Doornkop
by the Iloeri were fire) into town.
They were collect(' 1, melted down, re-
- cast and need again, paying 11 lalt
to the Tronov-n,A.
IIOWE AND 1100 S0l'P,
".1s regards' Tod .tells, the ' town
can hold out for mime tlme If required
to do NV, but only with the grxateet
- economy, ( soup kitchen, which 101144
mtnrttPol to -day, eupptied by horrex,
doge, et'., will protide for nearly 1,-
00!) natives daily. Theme natives
have large herd of cattle, but will
not sell any unle,s lit exchange for
foal. [ander the clrenmrtnn(.u',, It
would be unwise to commandeer the
cntti,o Moir* the outlook Is an mat -
(A114 one If the mh'gt. ',hall be prolong•
ed beyond the (into given,"
The (late when Mnftking would one -
curet' was cut out of the de,patclt by
A Brltleh cenan_
Chenille Iloer Agents.
New Yolk, March 10. -The Journal
and Adtertlaer nays to -any that dem-
pet^IEP, from Lorenz,. Marques' ante
that to., hoer cutuu,e01uuerm, ,.11(4 -
ham Fleher and A. D. Wolf naran., Rail -
el for Europe 011 the German itenni
er Kaiser, and that the Britian maw
of -war Tltue ettrted In pursuit. The
Interesting question Is raised an to
whether er not I'nglnnd would 01nre
to take the commlesnnere off the
Kaiser.
London afternoon paper. comment
In mold eympttllotic terms on the
death of Prof, E. J. Phelps, of Yale.
LONDON LETTER.
The Hearty Cheer for the
Canadian Troops,
HONER LITTLE Will
It the Meeting of the Stop•the•War
Patty,
HOW THE IRISH PEOPLE OHBBB
When the Troops are Leaving for
South Africa,
MASS FOR THE IRISH DEAD.
London, Eng„ Fob. 28, 11100, -.End
there were l'ONA-110-e, all the way
ell stage the petit of at cuuquerort,
homeward march, And ea baht night,
there were cheers and ('Mears all the
way, es Mr. Wyndham, n1 :he Howie
of Commune, weal out Lund Role
ertuu !aomrntou:r telegram of the
great tnrreader. Bot yet -the cheers
old not begin Just at fleet. In brenth•
les 1 ihimce the first friar paragraph',
were Ilgtr ted to, feelings hold beck,
sandy to rue, forth when the rim.
Ment came; uud then -Hill k) (em
it t ! It name when In deecribint the
hectic advance t1 Cronje'e trenehe,,
Mr. Wyndham maid the words, ' Can.
men,' regiment." Then, and not till
thou did pent-up fee!Mlg horst et'er,t'
dim' of curiosity, late/Tot afid Keit•
rettrnitl onedeep n n loud, J rl 1 beer. 1
rhosr repented for the gallant Oar
does, 0111 then once again nt tar
e„v,nl mention of " our roionlul ram• I
melee'
March !L -'Some omen of lively ire.
aglnntdon told of the first cheer fur
Croup'', eurretul'r Irtrdrlg beon raleed
at the Wnr Office, by the preiomon
in Eich• little elate' partition that we l
Mae gut to kuuw• no well, off tate lois
by. But not they ; nor yet this morn- i
Ing, for the relief of Lndyemlth ! Mr. 0
Gib,'oa, resident clerk, appeared, his
band, full M pnpere, nun0uoelnl the
groat nevem, each pressman seized Ids
copy, and fled like the wind, lensing
the lobby empty In lent tlmo than It
flinging thrnuelvoa ngnlnet the clime
ruler, of tau poser party, rim
were
clingier to the banisters me allowing
filial., though unable no hlently lm
withstand the repented nesnultn, no
every now nn 1 then eme of the defend.
err; ,van 11101101 down, 11111 the rink.'
gradually. thinned, Than 1 sew the
linen of a strung holy of runatehle,,
the hlggr.vt omen front Soaked lard,
by the looic of them, the sudden de -
went of some of the nttnoking Irnrty
over the hen IM of those at the bottom
of the stair.', end In It few minutes,
the tonna, etIll einghtg, t'lleerlug and
flag-warl.ng, retard to 'he hull la' -
low•, owl nut to the amid again,
As tho mime appeared to he reamed
and Lame Mesa 1 reign, 1 oleo Me
- utrtai plsnaed at having wltueaeed
fur nly'celf n surae 10Illrh w111 he
tle.'rlhe,l at length tu•ulorrow In all
the paper., JIM uMt11Pt1[ifg MOM! 11,
In+s totntrlbntieg to the bletory'•
'nuttier which IM going on all round
us rerll of the wonderful dnyM we
are living through Juet now,
The mutgnifh'eitt send-off given el
the trooped!' Ohoorkha, frau
Queenstown, this week, thnniu liters
iN plenty o: ityalty of the heat sort
In old Ire'neul to•dnv. Tile Ohoorka.
was taking out the Won Riding Rh.
Itiu lrtttnllon and' corresponding
contingent of tate Bedforda, 100111•
11111111/Pd by Lord Cranitourne, eldest
son of the Dalin of Bedford. Thou.
sends of people of Cork turned m11
t, bid them (Ind MpuwtL and the w'lld
ringing cheers/ tint went up were
even no only Irish throaty you'd send
up, Osseo! the Abeent•mhdrd Beggar
Relief Corps who was there tells me
he never heart unythblg ring truer.
and nM well Ha the departing troupe,
the A. \i. R. (exp, uud the hilly
Mall were sheered t0 the olio, ng
soon ea the crowd obeeeved the rorPl
Nutted In 'supplying the sten with
every Imaginable and mine 'scimitar
otm fort for the voyng.,
The fourth main of requiem for
our fallen soldiers In the nrehdlooese
of Westminster wall Bung lust TumN•
day at ht, Patrick's, Soho Square,
and tills time wax eepeolally for the
Irish, who have fought s'0 gallantly
nal font no terribly. The MANN ens
paid by Bishop Brindle, who, till last
year, was' the (rat known awl best
helot:f l of nrny chnpinlnte, and the
only ono win Inns had the 1). S. jJ,
conferred on Ides by the Quern, for
hen dlstiugltltlled services In the field,
cepeclnlly nt .ttbrlra and Omdurnute,
1[n 1N now thenar Blrhop of iiermopo-
IIN, awl eo-ndjntor to Cardinal
1'nughnn.
Last , undity evening the Sunday
Stage Society made tun attempt to
n 0Ivo the happily extinct cult of
THE REV. ROBERT BRiNDLE, 11. et. 0.
Senior chaplain to the furem, no adnate 1 by His Holiness the Pope on
January 24th, 1800, nN AMsletnrit-ill ,.lugp to 1(14 Eminence the Carennl
Archbishop of Westminster, and TItu lar Bishop of Hermopollt,
Imo taken to write the %verde, mei
terervhlg their enemas for n more op-
Inntuue time. That little lobby nt
the War Office and the ghat part'.
(toe hero ,b nttroctiou mon Inaly
thole own Just now ; all attraction
ugly ahareel by' the ladles' gallery In
the !loupe of Commode 1 ale aye tea
eo grateful to the memllert good
enough to ballot for me for Ware In
that much abutted little grated prle-
mI. If only' early emagn to i t'ure
n front chair for the day, every•
thing ran be Pres and heard perfect.
Iv' only whywill some w e m of the dour
,iccepatita ke," up Nnrh n eibllnnt
1101111 ter of coaxers/Um, !et r.log
utoetIy 140 104110 tlehat'll pout about
the khaki knitting or crochet they
have brought with thorn, whenever
Who speech or debate In lun,td hap•
pen', not to Interest theta 111 the
moment. Sometimes, no Itn,'.heon
time eotro, Woe whisper; me of
cutlets and potatoes( to let
ordord In the refrephmett boon,
making one InclInel to wish that the
largely printed notice that "no demon -
striatum,' of any kind can be permit-
ted In Nam gallery'," extended n little
further, and Included perfect ellonte,
as in n club reading room. If dleturbed
In rending, the last thrende can BP
I peeked up ngaln, but what can restore
w lu+l repartee by an honorable Wail
member below the gangway-, perhaps,
or some trenchant remark by it men-
brr on the cross benches, ouch n long
way off, nn 1 requiring ears well
sharp: n d to roach nt tar best of
tlmon(
Tlrr pr -hoer, etnp-the-war meeting
held to -night at Exeter Hell came to
an nhrnpt ronclnnlon of the linulo of
the pollee. With my loco of teeing
everything that 19 to be seen, with
my own eyes, and having reason to
expect nn excbt!ng scene I safely en-
reroncetl myself In the o!oorwny of
' Simi) oda," jut 0protftVxr'ler 11811,
nbont 7 o'eioik, nn'1 from there
watched the nrrlvnl of nowhere of the
tithe -the -veto party. Mr. W. T. Stead,
51r. Silas (locking, and company, in,
eluding ert'rrn1 Women, Mrs Cobden
Critelli beteg the only one of those
know by name.. The meeting being
enr,fnlly packed, with admission by
tirkrt only, all created to go emootlly
for nearly an bon, when the )(forming
purer 4,1 ‘,1, roar oz, 1,k,. nu angry
nen on it rocky shore With a thunder
of Orme. i enw the big double doors
fall before them with a crash, and
the Invader,' dna, up the staircase. case. Of
the bottle Imide the hall, of coarse I
cold Neu nothing. but the defenders
managed to repnloe the Invaders mit
to the top of the etalro. Then the lino- '
doral of those below, reinforcing them,
wnvIng flap, stinging the National
Anthem and 'shouting for 'Bob..,"
kept making rushee up the stairs, and
Ibsen, by producing the "Longue of
Youth," at the vnoletllle, with Mr.
Claris*, Charrington In the clot,
but not }ties Janet Altwielt, who lino
not trcovere1 front her bail 'trach
of ty'phol 1 yet., 1 know a graft many
member. cf the Stultduy Stege So-
ciety, lel 1 n:1 fir Ito 1 understand Ito
alin+, they some ahlrfly to be Ileo
production of unwholesome and deca-
dent ply's, wbleh have no chance with
n healthy nllaJed fmblle, and ae It le
wot•ke 1 be entwcrlpNa, no money lrm•
Ing token nt the doors, or for one only
of the *even play's to he preop 'ed,
the eoclzly Ia', thluga very nmc11 It.
own any'. I fancy the groat at-
tructunl to a rert:lln, not very orlgl-
nnl cb't,+ of mind, le u vague, fearful
Jay- in the nnoghtluens of going to u
theatre in England 011 Sunday -n Joy
,,.met -hat akin to that of Tom Snw-
ye' an I his band elf pirates, nt going
to he I without 'laying their pray-
ers, nN (ring more In keeping with
the piratical character,
Good 01d Cements.
l'npt. en hie 111,111,1e 1 nemag 1,1. rnrgo
n couple of g,lloa Jura of fine brandy,
iu•blentelly hr al to 111011 ,Ni A rr umrk•
nhty Mnt.1r1 11111 Int'I.igont ('Bills boy.
The worthy eaptun had n Camp-
rtr,,te,l it ter«:ua to tho Im4r:1 ie111'et
eur.iwlty of the reveumo uffieer.-le
Wort, he ,le;r::.l to laud lei, brandy
w.th0ut thele ell.
1'ptu, l0•rt11 ug ale t 1111. ul. iig,I le tit 1
quay to 011111 0(0,4 1,1,111+1 on to tho
jetty, nu I no ,(00001 n+ lbs patrol rasa
,e thbl a Ire yards, tar cabin boy,
rnrry' g the .110rat:
ttepll et 041 mhurc,
uta w)( luunwllutrly arcodted by the
1•uatoml ofLcer, the following 11.1'
lugde enautUg :
Well, my Ind, What lino you
"Can't tell Son, Mr."
But you mast."
Capin endo 1 motet to, sir."
"Olt: n tombola 6"11510 off rer,
Boy, awl If you don't tell mu whit you
o 1111 VC' than' 1 she II en II that pranal ut(r
yonder sad Ione you nrr0st',I."
" Well, 'Ur. impart k111 me If 11e
! knows, hat he ,steal I wax to take the
' litre to Mr, --," mett'onhlg the offl-
err'a now, "\o. 12 13-- :trent, with
e. -I •.; 0 010,11....
"0h, yes, 1 fee, my Ind. 1t'e all
rglit. 1 ant Mr. -- toad here's' half
a crown for you : and, sea, go out tiny
way'," ehowiig tin bogy the private
r.v't to the pnbll. rand.
Strutgeiv enough, th0 custom+ offe-
rer In 4111 nweltblg the ndvent ttf
the boy and thr brandy.-T,t-B14,
t lateterioingleal examination of
rate caught at fort Melbourne wharf
lin« e.tabfshe:l the fact that the vier,
mitt are infected with th s- plague.
es-