The Blyth Standard, 1900-04-05, Page 2e hoilpi
ON LORII BOB!11T84
They Make an Attack on
the British?
FORCE 'AT LADYBRAND.
vier Telegraphs That He and His
Troops Are Safe.
thele Commando of 6,0o0 Eludes the British—Ru0114n Scouts With
Boers—too of Them Reconnoitre Between British Patrols and Cap.
tune a Wagon and Ten Mules ---Trooper Ramsay, of the Mounted
Canadians, Doad—Funeral of Joubert ---The Cape Ministers Dl i
clued in the House of Commons --French's Great March to the Re•
lief of Kimberley—British Troops SHB Pouring into South Africa --
Now One Canadian Was Wounded.
Imitdon, Marsh '0.—There le no he 11y from the British warship Doris, at
Mon of the probable duration of 1`lmony Town, gratefully acknowle Ig -
delay In the British advents ing the excellent treatment he ao.l his
m^n have resolved at the !rands of
t the Boers. A telegram from their captors.
ingtonteln annoutu'es that the
it; raAlway from the coast to
fattens was reopened to teat
Wedhesdey, a track having
fid arrow the Bethulte wagon
Tho low-'evel brtdge at iior•
et -pont war completed on Tues.
elaabling ears to crow the Or•
Ritter.Mgt Direct rail communion..
Mott being this opened with Caper
Town, it is assumed in some near.
tree that the nernwnry muppllee will
Iseeumulatel at Bloemfontein, and
early advance may be ex -
ommaportdents with General
eleanwhdle report n. south-
movement by Um Doors. though
shier statements are not -,berg deffn. I
Ile.
The Morning Pottle eart'espondens
says 1t b l rs tent the
Boers are ;-.'•lt, rd 1n
recd
cownv,t.„.„ . kkcd
eortb i, way of Conon �,.,.. „
brand. '> 4y will probably f
Brandtord, tUlrty utllevt no i of I
Bloemfontein.'
The corrrfxxdent odds the the
r leaders are dtsseminatire wild
rte regarding omega has'
thousand Rusatans
be odvs.netng on Woo
1 place l'reeidint Iiruger
B ,recapture to u week.
lielteee of the eorresponden
Inion le pet stated, cad though
of the despatches nppenr to bi-
t(tat $bee force moving mouth -
tidal by Commandant
Ision made of li ne and
reference to him s
parlous telegram sent
sate ay, which
NrlitelUH*S WHAT *AIWU.
Graphic Description of the Versions
Cavalry Ride.
S1, Petersburg Waimea iubecrlbe.
St. Petarsbur March 20.—Tho Irish
reeldeats of tilts city hem subscribed
1,000 realties to the Conlon Lord May-
or's furca for the benefit et the widows
ant °rebatte of .British soldiers klaed
it Routh Africa.
Another Cuaadleu pend.
Cape Town, March 20.—"he first
death has occurred la the ranks of the
Canadian Mounted hales Yesterday
Trooper Ramsay, of the tint troop,
Winnipeg Compntny, died at the hos,
'Mal Mere from inflammation. He was
well known and eked, and hie death is
greatly regretted.
We are still la doubt a$ to( our ulti-
mate destination, but hope to !care
for the (rant shortly. The general
hearth or the coftingent Is excellent'
and the spirit of the men all that
could lxs moire t.
taco.
meld
a1n,
Pill le satiate
Ivier,,byn 6 t i i l
a eh
All h y rd i ich
akYs Con lit OItrier is now ori
cNtutiy mortog southward and that
he being closely w :fella by,
lir ; soy �,g � the Resident
In Ba* ttolhnd, woo+ 1e
unboatlon with Oen. Fretioh.
the word teeth In the fore•
to be north, or whether
Olivier has a force
h to continuo operations
part of the Free to,
said. bat It is perhaps rig
t# t
Oen. Brabant has {e.
Boal North from H,
Vit ngaged
`setttiitr Rut Mel
Free
detachments to
wheels have
Carnarvon do•
being quiet In
dintrlot'. The
their arms
ee Tranevaal
Ktttltener
rebellion
v that
from
n
tl
•
, in*
in•
'n
an.
'oma
ids
that ;gelation.
Pretotla, dated
that-Commnnd•
eluted tit* !Mittel' lines
al, and has arrived at
n. The despatch dots not
hero he arrived from.
la no never from !Mittel'
mete* coneerntng Mnfektog, but
Preba l r report* that the place was
boors$ ded for *oven hours Tuesday,
ilte garrison repaying. The Boers
Mahn to have suffered no ca*ualtici.
e'Mr. Michael Devitt, the well-known
Irish Nationalist, who la acting as a
newspaper oorrespondent, has gone
to !Croon*tad.
The Boors are concentrating In
tote about fifteen mere north of
Dii*mfontcln, in the rear of Glens,
ad Lord Roberti is *ending torward
t0 attguge theta. The 7th
try ditidon and rt of Gen.
French's cavalry eYe been sent
b
iota the 14411 ads and the
twtooavalry regiments that are!foid-
Glen and Its emitting.
that ,fila
dare bot preen probable
Las w131 give serious battle 4n the
lainiy Imes country north of (Etc.
theft evvtdsct streng.b indicates
come et observation.
lures Me to Sure:
March 29..• -'Phu
re' Nowa, to
the fa:awing:
,,Field Coract
I at swine tele.
lit a place
to ; been.
London, Murch 21.—Never have the
mailed amounts from the roeneof the
war brut so interesting. Within the
last few days Owe' 50 columns of
these Imre appe need in the London
papers, and for the flret time Great
Britain hag learned the dramatic de.
tulle that 'narked the ride od (letterat
French into t ueberley, the advance
of Lund Roberts tato the Orange Free
`•tette, the corralling of General Croak
too ndvnnee to relieve Ladysmith, and
the terrors of tho elegise of Kimberley
end Mateking.
From tide interesting accumulation
the meet vivid is perhaps tee detail!•
ed account of'Oeneral French's ride
to Kimberley.
It le staid that since 600 cavalry
charged 1rultlesaty at Batnklava no
emelt spectacular eight has been re-
corded. In the annals d war. tetras
caro titers were 10,000, and with them
were dote 42 guns, The oortespondertt'
of tha London TUnxedeecribae thews
thinge as follows:
"Fran Molder River, from .Rene.
burg, and from DeAar to cavalry,
mounted infantry, anti horse artillery
came 19 long hues; silently concen-
trating at Graspan and li nsynest
Kloof. Cu Monday the march began.
Ramdam, eight Mlles to the south,
watt soon passed, and a sharp skirmish
teetered LeKlers Drift, oe the Riot.
Atter a halt of a day the column
moved on.
At Kilp Drift tee cavalry dlvblon
baited at night. The breathiest haste
of a dash threagh the enemy's coun-
try, carried out with a rapldite pro-
hably without a panel*, lett Its
marls on the iv4111M1, and tha transport
was hopelesel • Lit the rear. Five days
rations and forage were oarrted by
mach man. Day after day the cavalry
move:l et high posture over the
ehadelaee veldt during the hottest
hours of the day.
O;i Thursday. the 16th, at 10
t,'clo':k, the eritieil advance was wide
nevi the shelling and o:eptura of two
leag+ers a few mites out of Kite drift,
on the et:ettorfe side of, the river,
cleared the way for the Junction of
the torte encamped on the Molder,
some nee tulles east of the border
fence, This body watt composed of
Kitel ener's and Roberta' Horse, and
two snore regimental of mounted in-
fantry, Before they entered the great
plait of Aiexandenlontelu the con•
unseat from Moidhr River—the S.ote
utrye, Household Cavalry, amt two
Lancer reglnnenta—also ;deed the
force, which mw numbered 10,000
mee, seven batteries of horse artil-
lery and their field batteries. Their
eetry Into the plain was the signal
for the great event of the day. The
h
anttt��five is lIn length, convree ergingilee h !gilt-
10
gilt
ly 10 the north, and iringed with
kop cs.
Private Wannaueakcr Missing.
len, March 29 —Private Herbert
1Cnsmaarn„ker, formerly of the
Ilon, Sussex, N. 11., bat who
frit -a with the Royal
t, has been missing,
t^h from Menem -
tele nays, since J” web 7th.
ral JOabevt; her eynt yet
he loos of her husband dht to tel
her that the British peppe aeways rr
gar'ded l4} deed general se a eseemet
soldier and honor/OG.4 format,
(tttawa Huts' liable.
Copt Town, Mirth 29.— Hollund'a,
Ottawa, Bloemfontein. Tire above
cipher eutle watt receited boat night
lay Mr. Andrew HolInud from Iia sou
Fuld e, who cited °a the Milwaukee on
Feb. elst w th the meant contingent
74t, i
went
l-nmullan Itegur.
n. War Mee deet
Funeral of boubert.
Pretoria, Marchi 5,—Gem• Joubert
was taken 111 Hand morning. lie
was nt Its office the orevlous day.
He suffered great pain. {tnd became
unroneeious before bis Matte The
it•A'hmplatnt watt acute inflammation
Or t ' boweba. The body wilt Ile in
°-morrow, and will then be
*peelat train to the farm,
near Wnkkerstroom,
will be bunted quietly, es
often requested, without
onors.
etat
taken
Buskin
1:7-440 i
oubert
'ninth to ry
Ma 'strafe Captured.'
London, arch 29.—Replying to a
question pn by Mr. Eugene Wason,
Liberal tat bee for Clackmannan
and Kinross who asked whether Her
Majesty's vennment b:0s_essed In
formation 91e to the wberenboute °1
the Britiete magistrate, Mr. Oastln
of eon J1; Africa, who wan raptured
rgent Dutch relights, and
neatened with trial Pur metier,
and on what grounds the trial was to
be held. The Secretary of ,dtate for
Mae tetgttlie, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain,
stud the British High Gbimnledoner,
91r Alfred Milner, hue tweeted tint
Mr, Gelatin sent to Bioeinioutelo
Karol 19th. Ur, Cltamberlale ;tddati
that Sir Allred Milner bad been ask-
ed to inquire inter" the particular.
or the cage, and to make the neons-
eary repreeentatbus through the
rotted States Cogent at Pretoria, Mr.
Adelbert Hay.
of Mir, K
of meat hBl tis
are pounds for nutpiet.ng that t
real Motive of the threat le to i541R*
tom'pgtnt inventors to bring pressors oe
Ooveruusnta to Intervene"
Mexloan Tribute to Canadians.
Melee° City, March 28,—Dlarlo del
Hoven), the oldest Radical Liberal
paper hem, Drafees the valor of the
Catmdla i to the Tooth African war,
or the Canternn Mounted liner. lee saving that there wail nothing but
ciphered by a private code arranged
before his departure from Ottawa, it
means'. We are Defense to Jo it Rob-
erti' forte nt llloemfonte';n imtnedi-
ately,. Ottawa Wee well;'
Prisoners Honor Joubert.
Attltede of Cape Ministers,
I.midtnt, Marcia 29. -la the House of
Lords tory the Karl u! Vemperdowa
aakee u seems Of questloaa bearhtg
upon the vet Oaf allegut.onn roucerii
fig I remise S.htlehwr'a attltuse to-
wr}pds the war,
The Earl of tiiborne, Ceder- a-
tary of State for the Color a Led
i that a self-governu ouy was
bound to do ev atg imamate to
i,, d it ory against !evasion.
ittea meek ng, the Mal defens=e
v w.th the colony, while the tiefettoe
the coal ng etttlon from attack by
ten devolve,' upon the muther land.
No pr art of Hes M;ijasty'a teen Monti
een1.1 slam to le at peace with a
in>wer .sr,th whites Her atujeety was
at war. 40.
It w \)hist to say the Cape Got-
erttmeat, ,tat deal ne 1 to rah out In
forces !tali culled out the vobun-
teers t a extent the Government
considered wee. While the ,Cape Mln-
Ietry lead eat til every point hell vtewa
kientimnl Ih those of the offlctalere-
spone'ble 1 the eondurt of the war,
it watt quite east to tangs the colo-
nial Minetry 'e lining to call out
troupe, Clea t' ,t was much better
that some hr burgher forces
clout not bee' not, for :t win a
matter of notoriety that
part of these to ' apa,els not be rel ed
Regarding the qr i el the liabil-
ity for damages, the ntet-°scute levy
gall the Guvernmset aieaed'',rjt eii-
deavor to exact eompenoatlort- feta,,
those who caused the damage. Tie
question, he added, concerned both
the Colonial and the Imperial f o-
ernmente, but principally the Col-
onial Government, which wag respon-
sible to parties inlured, and ought
to co-operate with the imperial Gw.-
ernment to see that those whocaueed
tho damage paid for it,
Private Corley's Wound,
Mount Forest, March 29.—A letter
wile received keit night by Mr. John
Corley from tie son, Private James
B. Corley, of D Company, Royal t'on-
adian Regiment, who wag wounded
in tho battle of Peardeberg on Feb-
ruary 1Sth last. The letter was
dated from Nanuwpoort Cape ('mons,
Feb. 26th: "We got into action," he
asyjt, ''about 8 o'clock in the morning,
hen" (*nada did her duty t:oMy.
t along all right till about is
d'elork, an them I got a little too
A poor fellow in A Company
fag fora stretcher-bearer. I
about the bullets, go called
ankm, and 011 we went to
y , toe Thing line. 'We had )tat
end opened the etretcher
I ay came whtating, and
over heeta. 1 thought
td dealt wd flhtab, but I only got
t. It cense oat
nit the hone.
till dark,"
ap-
slimy York, March 30.—A despatch'
to ties Herald from Pretoria says
that (kn. Joubert's funeral took place
theiie yeeteeday. Rye will be buried
to -day et Rustfon'Leia to his privaea
mausoleum with mettarryy honors.
The raptured Brittle earner* at ['re -
torte nett a flora: tabu*.
Oovernmeot Won't 'fell.
,London, March 30.—In the Home of
OoAtuiona today the Parliamentary
Semettar!ev the . 'Wer One*, Mr.
George +Wl nehttfte twee asked, wheth-
er en expedition wan on its way rto the
relief of Malikiag. Ha repeal that
the Government wee prettified, on
military grounds, from giving any In-
dications of Lord Rebate' plans,
,loubert's Funeral.
Pretor'a, March 29.—Thai funeral of
Gen. Joubert took place tills alternmee
and wan attended by all eigiees. The
foreign military 'Macho In uniform
were amen tho-e preeent, and the
Br Mall ot,laers who are ialtonershere
ent a wreath. There were evet'y-
wltere signs al morning.
"The kopjee on either site were held
by Boers, who poured bullets anti
steel:s into the teivarn-ing mass, al-
most bidden by the curtain of dust
that rosy front umear the harms' hoots,
'there were quickly c:eared of their
ocoupaetp by time impetuous rush of
the mounted infantry. Lie':t. Sweet
Resod, of the 16th Lancers, was ' he
first entree to fall, shot dead, at ttt.y
yards, by a (Boer, who K.:mired a tend*
through his throat almost, before he
could produce the/ inieurialate cry Inc
mercy. Kcpjs after ttopje watt clear-
ed
lear-
n t eine the +Beers. were driven. from
them right and left, as the cuumn,
creole forward,,
"At D Vitaare' !afro, at the north
esti o the plain, the co)umn halted
cad re crotid, after watering the
horoa, Thar bed corse fear miles, and
broken the ring otround the betleged
town. The puce at which the advanes
had :bon lanae hid both minimised
the eausunl'tlea arca ppteveneed Croats
from 'towering "with 40000 aro to
line the kopjes on the plain. The late
ter realized that ba was defeated, and
soto-i with hie usual sagacity. By the
evening of thin creme doe not a man
o; •a.: the (thousands of the. investing
force beyond a few straggling bodies
of men out patrol:ing or foraging
when Cronin gave •:uta order to retreat
was lot' on the bills and the ridges
thee head been chair camping ground
co long.
'M.unwhl:.e, the cavalry ,ppenaled co,
mei the poet, began. bo tell. Horse after
horem that hal struggled oat so far (e:i
dead from soma wound unnoticed is
eke heat of eine tight. .
'There was no tine' to pure, and
tit last, some three m les oa, the first
tight of Khnbeeley Moot mon theme
Men, through bite fringe of trete. The
'fanngg, weary -weeks of euucety and
Iiafd'h p, the daeappeettinsttt of Mag.
oretonieln, ;`, •
be ee:trtslekneve of
e ° were al he forgotten,
iberley was relieved, end the re-
n'nde: of the torch tn'gltt as well
leave trent a'°rev'ew.
' The Boers (et the north of the town,
at the Intorno ;1 ate station, null Kam.
pher.iam, were t ring their bast theta
from tier greet guns in Ignorance of
the ta'luro oa the south, but those
soon ',topped, and Gen, French entered
the town w:titiu a moment, awl had
l'rought out Ito flags and decorations,
The pan'c that had leen caused by
the eont'nuoni tenting of huge shells
over every part of the besieged town
vanished, and from the 1,201 -Toot level
of the danced mines thousands of
woven anti children emerged Into tb'e
light of dnv."
Boers Advancing.
London, March 29.—The Bloemfon-
tein correspontent of the Morning
Post, telegraphing Wedneaday, says:
"President Kruger tante his in-
tention to retake Bloemfontein
within a week, and It appears prob-
able that the Boers are advancing
in force sontltward."
disaetew find tears an the rltlah
nide until the yanthtul people of
(Maeda appeared on the scene and
ehiumed the aspect of affalre,
A Bracer for Beer Spirits.
iretor:a, Murch 21n-4 es pat h
item Fourteen Streams, north of Wnr-
.enton, Cape Colony, nays the Baur
oft March 28th opense a Wreatrthed
stent on the Bettels camp there, and
that the Br.tish refits.t feebly and
evtellAsa the place during the night.
London, March 20.—The latest des-
patches from Bloemfontein confirm
tine reporte of the oatccewful retreat
of Commandant Olivier's force, though
telegrams from some other British
'sources conflict, The fact, however,
seems unquestionable. Oen. French's
failure to Intercept him le ascribed
to the laetdtletent strength of his col-
umn at Thou, NeboHe left a detach -
went there under Col. Broadwaal.
Gen. eataere'a troops are beginning
to arrive at Bloemfontein. They will
protsably be followed In a few days by
item. Clemente' form;. The report of
the letter's occupation of Faurewaita
without opposition is confirmed. The
burghers seemed to be resigned, and
the Prltlah cm huslastt:al►y welcomed
the troops. The correspondents are
satellite that the southern part of the
Orange Flee State will Iteucefortlh be
peace( ul.
Today the Fourteen'h Brigade, halt
of the Guards &Wade, ant the Gordon
Highlanders (with whom the ('ana-
tllaus were brigaded) were sent north.
ward to the glen. The railway bridge
there was badly wrecked with deka-
mite three bouts before the troops ar-
lived. The repairs will compel a con-
elderable delay.
'rhe Boen are constantly etrenette
1
mug their preparations to oppose the
British avant*, nod advisor from
Bloemfontein show, that they have In
nu way loaf heart.
A despatch front borenso Marquez
asserts that Col. Marnull Villebote, a
Preach officer, now commands the
Foreign Legion operating la the Free
State, where the bulk of the burgher
army 1s now believed to be entrenched,
only a rear guard strong enough to
delay General Buller'e advance bring
lett W the Drakenepnrg and Biggers.
berg ranges. Krimustad still mama to
be the oeatre of the defensive opera.
Clone.
A dematch to the Daily News from
Pretoria declares that opinion is dl.
vi e9 rospeottag the ultimate defence
of the Transvaal capital. Prominent
reehleete are °p;stseng President Kra.
gore wish 'to stand a tinge. In were
quarters the dentre 1s exp`ro:arid to
retire to Lydenburg if the capital
cannot the held.
A despatch to the Times from Be
Aar- Saye that Qeaeral Kitchener's
Whiten returned from Preaka on
'Vuasday, having received the stibnite
elan of 200 rebels.
'Loyalists around Kimberley com-
plete that dieoharged rebels are
marauding and preventing the neon -
potion of forms,
Relta'e Speech.
Pretoria, March 24, eta Lorento
Marquee, March 28. --There has been
nothing of importance from the var.
loos Boer commanders at the front In
the last three days.
Adelbert S. Hay, the American Con•
set here, is Melting the &tet'laager at
Kroonetad,
The Governor has exchanged I500,-
000 of bar gold for colas from the
beaks.
State Secretary Belts, of the Trans-
vaal, in lamenting a flag to the artil-
lery today, made it speech, In which
hs sal:1 the situation was holrefui. ire
declared that the two Republics were
not fighting tor any other final ob-
Jeet than the maintenance of the na-
tional lndspendenee of a free people.
Cronje's (lune Found to s Well.
London, Mnreh 80.—The reports that
Lord Roberts will remain at Bloemfon•
ten another month aro probably for
Bc'r cementation, and the recent
movements of troops and other Jodi,
ratio's point to preparations being
well advnnoed for a forward move-
ment. 'Pito entire diene.: td the ct-
lrile tate horning is regarded ar sig-
iflcant.
Th' fact that rho Bonn tetagrams
ntuw»neirg the bombardment of Male.
king Weeny and Tuesday do not
claim any sudders, Is accepted its proof
that thaw met with none, ami bopar
ate entertained that It may prove to
tuna been the (Inas effort to reduce
tit^ Piot•;. before raising the elege,
1s ) his a Relict Force?
It le nun• suggested that the ap-
ppaarent bnactatlty of the BTtttah at
1larrenton ix merely designee to hu-
lloes tee 110,�re with the Hotton that
they are checking the Mareking re-
lief column, which In reality is ad -
esteems by a weatward detour. Color
to lent to thla vie„- h: ta, uonute:ce-
u1.. n0 thel.t a cuinlm, u! ;1,090 mounted
troops, woman led 1 colonel Drum -
mon I, and accompanied by three
batteries, a pontoon trtdn and several
wagons of amnuuhltion, p deed Barkley
West, March 281h, n extensive
march, the objective which i a
t of the tslfetela lett
An*toaMyy awsttiiR its arrttel in
der to - learn iethe ,,, spot mete of
airs in the ItepubUaer
1 Ml
f•
tkwadtans at Nutley Hospital,
London, Mirrh 28,—In Netlay hos-
pital at Southampton, the fo:lowleg
Oanadlene, wbo were wounded or
tek while in South Afrlon are taw
quartered, having arrive reeenely
from Cape Town:
,Pte. F. E. 'Weir, Queen's Own Attlee
Taranto,
;Pte. H, S. Bingham, 85th Bimees
Fomenters, Batr(e,
Pte. M. Burrow, 93rd Cumberland
Battalion, Nova Scotia,
rte. Macdonald, Royal Canadian
Regiment o1' Infantry, Oetawe, and
Kingston Dom,pioy.
Pte. F. A. K. Taylor, 83rd Ilehfex
Raise.
Corp. W. R. Ferguson, 93rd Cum-
berland Battalion.
Devitt and Kruger.
Pentorta, March 27, vet Lorenzo
Marques. March 28, 2 p. m.—Mtchael
Devitt, the Irish Nationalise arrived
here halt tight. He had an Interview
with President Kruger today.
Jan Pelneluo's Arrest.
Kroonstadt, March 25, vin Pretoria
and Lorenzo Marques, March 27.—
Jan Benitoo, the former command.
ant -in -oh et of the Free State troupe.
has lean arrested on the charge of
high treason.
Load -Dal March £8:—A despatch from
Faureamitb says that the BO tab
found a Maxim gun and a mtnit-pound-
er 1111 la et well at Koffyfontstn.
They also found three aaleged raves
containing ammunition, which re-
quired three wagons to remove.
Ko(fyfonte(n le twenty [alias south-
east of Jaeobadil, 'Which wags a Boer
base of suppllea 11pd+ which was
occupied by the British when Lord
Roberts made bin flank movemem:
which relieved Kimbereay , and en-
trapped Cronies army, It la moot pro-
bable the suet referred to belonged
to Cronjs's farce, •s5 no other Boer
army hal been ta, dila region. They
must here been buried prior to the
British advance into the Free Stn e.
The Queen's Sympathy.
London. math ss,_Queen Victoria
hes cabled to Lord Roberts asides
Destroyed the Lot Pontoon.
Pretoria, Martel tleapeteb
from nestifteen Stiatame, dated Marsh
:A fame "The tut pontoon across
the Fast River at this point was de.
stroyed yesterday.'
BrItala's Casualties.
London, March 28.—The weekly cas-
ualty list shows that the Britlah
the war would he carried through at
a cote of get more teen three ,hou-
stand lives is bound to be Very Medi
forret, had lost 1,130 Leen keled,
while 9,80? were•wountied need 3,515
soloing or prisoner*, °liking total
of 16,163. To these must be added 1,-
200 deaths from disease, or a grand
total of KM.
Them twee however, do not make
ovelent tho equal weakening of the
The six theneand men teat remained
ot the garreue at Letlysmith are re-
covering very 'slowly front the effects
of the siege. It nuty he wants before
they are able to participate in any
nelltery movement.
Lettere are new arriving from Lady-
smith whet,' thew the desperate cote
teem to whleh the garden' had tome
thew:and wee Were pitysically fit to
offer 1111.V ileterallei resistance,
Treatment of Rebels.
- London, March 28. --The Earl ot
Felborne, Under Secretary of State
;or the Colonies, who was the prin.
Meal guest this evening at the an-
nual dinner o1 the Conservative
League. said that, as a result of
the war, the first prbtelple was
that the nOer republMe Mould not
be independent and that 10Yaliats
shoulet not suffer more than Maim -
elide
le ties decision, he continued, there
should be nu idea of vengeance or
enaotional yeutiment. Indeed, the re.
in a faebion that would command the
support and sympathy of a major-
lty of the Weenie subjecta
Steyn's Counter Appetit.
Lotion., March 29.—The correspond-
ent of the Telma at Lorenzo Marques,
telegraphing Monday, says: "Mr,
,teareg with the prociamatton of Lord
Roberts, and dealer ng It to te ob-
thous that the eneniye policy le as
it always have been in Mouth Afri .a,
to divide anti doiniatte Mt opponent."
Ile repudiatea rharge that the
burghers have Leest needed by their
leaders, and then says:
" The enemy itew, by fair eremites,
seeks to divide tut to of fain a reward
for disloyalty and cowardice. Could
grower insult be offerei than to Moe
male us from a emceed duty ? Lot
es not be Meted by Ulla conning ruse.
The man nem would eseence another to
deloynIty rennet Metall be faithful.
" Although the enpital in In the
enemy's hands," he says, "the battle
'a not lost ; on Cie contrary there is
a great reason for fighting more
fiercely. The- lower of the reentry le
not eependent upon any town."
'Mere entuletakable internal ev1-
411ei- that th's letter In the work of
State Secretary fie tr. ?OW that Mr.
Fisch& le gone, 11 le apparent that
integer for women and eh laree Is beleg
firma the report tint the Boers letelati
to bloW up the works and eherts of
the prettily& mince on the Rene awl
on Crown Reef, together with the
Rolteeeon and Lenginagte estate
mituse huge chews exeeptIonally
powerful tiaseing gelatin having al-
ready lieen placed In mention with thle
romwulI'e Cevatey*Metrel a the
Army of the King.
Mr. Morley alters the fourth of his
Cromwell paper, is the February
Century, with an amount of the
battle of Naseby :
Though soem. says the modern
titer, may may hold Marston to offer it
greater variety of striking pletur *
and womesite of more Intensity filo.
meg, i. 201), there Is scarcely a bat+
tie in history where cavalry war bet-
ter handled than at Nnsobv. 01
the taotia of Naseby this second
charge of the Cramweitluu botn.t
stone out consptottous for skill and
vigor. There was still, however, one.
more move to make before vletory
Was remure..
Though aware of the dtaheter than
was overwhelming him, the king
strove bravely to rally the broken
horse of hie left wing. He was Joined
by Rupert. at lest returning from
the baggage wagons, aitd Naseby 1411.
Bombardment et Mateking.
Kroonetad. March 25, via Lorene()
Menem, March 28, 2 p. ne—A tre-
inendoes bombardment way opened
on Mafelting from all Wee at day,
Meek to -day. It Is tneeting with a
spirited reepOnee.
Belittle lies Plenty of Nem •
London, March 2/1.—Lord Wolseley,
oommander-in-ohlef of the forces,
meaking al the annual meeting of the
Militia 111110 Assonlathen, dated that
EnglIshmen migbt congratulate thane
wives in the moat hearty manner in
the way everythisom was going
They had supie~ the limiest arum
that England had ever placed In the
field and the largest that had ever
been want over the eau in the hi,tory
a the world. Judging by what he had
witneend it was comport) of the vere
finest men he heed Seer Seel, at*
army in the world. 'rimy owed this to
a large ext,ent. he site, to the won.
dertut system Maugurat,ed by Via.
count Cardvrell (the Secretary of
9tate for War, who inaugurated the
Present (*.latent in 1868). Had It not
Wit for the army reeerve whleh Vie,
count ebrfilVell created, it would, tn
herd Wo'dieloyh opinion, have been
nenensible to carry' on the war. He
would ire Itilitialtr, and say it would
have been rtnemenble to send an tonne
tierces the setts had they not had the
militia. witliout which they would
have been in a bad way Indeed.
Lord iVottetley said ha thought this
the country how ourdially they ehould
the militia. This wes the first time
that militia had 13031111PM to war,
and ho hoped one of the ha11009 Of the
war would be the value of this force.
Ltirti Wolseley remarked that there
seemed to be a general Wet abroad
that England had no army at Owe
But, he eine, on ne previous orneelon
had the barracks been leo full. In
face, the men wale 'looping on tile
Mors of the barracks 111 England and
Ireland. The conamandeolmehlef told
be was antontshed te am how the of-
f kers of the militia mannged to turn
men with so shert a training into
such good merera. He veould go to
far as to say that the tew regiments
might learn a good deal by studying
the methods of the militia.
Advance Ikea, Next 'Monday.
Loudon, Marcie '.../1—A telated de-
nim telt front Malan) y states that
one, has return& to Van Wykevla
from the advanod foree, and ordered
ii1/4 oilmen to mom on March 27th.
The Saler at liplagem bee arrived
at Klmterley. Ile repot; that 800
rebels are entrenched there under
Cenintandient Steenkamp. They are
&mat with If trienitlenry rifles, and
Count Beauregard Killed.
Lonion, March ele—Count Emile
Beauregard, one of the foreigners
fighting. with the Boer army, haft been
slain in art engagement. Count Beau-
regard watt for two yenre an officer of
the Loewe. He Joined in 1894, and
resign& MI eummisation in 1896, Mule
eminently he went uut to Klroberley,
441 Maori the emir forme last July.
lie was born in 1872, and educated at
Trinity College, Cambridge. News of
les death was received the other day
from tee Peer headquarters, liretorta,
ey Count Beeturegard, of Bourne.
month, The Pooregarde are French
Royalede, and were exiled from
Fromm at the time of the Franco -
Premien war.
tape w th his mat and h vacs et•
tweeted and out of breath. Hero
the Royaltsta made thele list stand.
It was it vain. The Parliamentary-
generals,
arliamentarygenerals, wIUt e*traordinarylae-
rlty, prepared for a thitl eltargerottd
their preparation wee It.'trdly m'
before all was over noel the day"
Ireton, though severe", Wont
the beginning of `.lie battle, lir.
his meat together again, and he took
nn active part to the new attack.
The Parliamentary foot, who had
Wu thrown Into dtsordar by
the first charge, and bed
then rallied " In a shorter
time than Imaginable," now advanced
at the beet of their speed to joint/es
horse. For Oliver had got Its fordo
of cavalry once more in head, and
merle ready to bear down on the ene-
my for a third and Gnat charge. The
horsemen wore again drawn up kr
two wings within carbine -stet of
the enemy, "leaving a wide epees
between' the wings for the battled
the foot to tall in. Thereby," oars
the eye -witness, "there was (ranted,
cis It were to a trios, a second good
battalion at the latter end of the
day, which the enemy ix.reetttng, tend
that it they stood they moot expect
a t+ecoand`charge from our horse, tout,
an.1 artillery (th'ay iattng.hrot all
their foot and guns before), and our
dragoon's ltnving already begun to
flee anon thole horse, they, tat
A New Destroyer.
Lateran, Pearce 28.—It Is claimed
that experiments at the Armstrong
Whitworth refute at Silloth, Cumber-
laul, hare demonstrated that Mem-
!escort:do tan 1m fired with safety
chargeti with 92 per eent. of nitro-
glycerine were [trot 1,500 yards. Ex -
mete regard the expertmenta as ime
Doers Short of Ammunition.
. London, March 29.—The TiTabb bor.
respondent at Lorenzo Marques res
'touter the report that there etre
numerous deeertIone among the burgh-
crs. Hu onyx that hundreds ot the
younger men, IndudIng some °lettere,
teentinually aerated for deaer.
Ile oleo assarte that the Boone to-
tal stock of Maurer ammunition,
amounted to four million rounds, was
issued to tite Free kteters. The
tridges, of widen they :lave onlY half
a million, anti Martini cartridges, of
which they had originally four mil-
Ilone. Their Creueot ammunition is
nlmoet exhausted, They are using
hteme-rande smokeless powder 01 bad
quality. Experiments in reloadlog
Kaffir Kidders !driven Beek.
Pretoria, elerch 26, the Loretto
Marques, March 27, 2 p. ne—A des.
paten front Itestenborg, dated March
28, statem that the baffles who havo
been raiding on the northwestern bor-
der of thereeranevaal, have been driv-
e° back. They lima now retiree'
aerate the border.
Me. Hignett, the British megistrate
at Nguta, Zululand, who was cap,
Mired some thee ago, hal been re-
leased and sent to Delagoa Bay.
Mr. Crewes, an Engles!' resident of
tho Mario° %inlay, who was It prls•
oner here, died in the hospital to -
Loyd* Anacleto; About Ills Job.
Brugge's, March 28.—Dr. Leyda, the
diplomatic agent of the Transverse
that city be Ives unable to see M. Del -
'Ha will probably ee.turn ta Paris to-
morrow to nand the diplomi,to
banquet that is to be given ,here.
When gee's:Ione! concerniag the
Transvaal :Masten, wheel is now en
route to Europe, Dr. Leyds mate he
regrettei that he was no. treferated
as 1.0 the existence or, Melees of
the miesien. Ile was of tbe opinion
the' the British censorship had pre -
London, March 20.—Immense mina
titim of stereo Mere now been am
cumulated at Bloemfontein, and Lord
Roberts' Infantry is wernIngly about
tO MOW, An impression, which min
be traced to the War Offire, Is abroad
that the advance will begin next Maw
day, Doer observation parties are
hovering near Bloemfontein, but Lord
Roberts has 180 /line& to cover before
reaching the great position witIch the
nova are preparing at lirothistadt.
Meting ten miles a day is probably
the best he enn do with field tramp
porta. Therefore Wean hardly ong,oge
the Boers In force for two weeks. rile
reconstruction of the railway behind
him may even delay au 111411a1,6ti of the
Transvaal until May, Meanwhile, all
the impart.. .e towns in the Free fetate
within Lord Roberts' reach are being
Faurtatualth, and Jagerafonteln are
thee held.. f
IvEn?, ELUDED THE BRITISH.
will -
Ing
great disadvantage AS there was like
to be, immediately ran away, both
'meta and reaervem, without stand.
Mg one etroke more." To the king,
gallantly heading hie line, a curlew,
ant cherneteristio thing happened.
Lori Canes -ate riding by his nide, itud.
(leanly Mid 116 hand amen the kismet
beetle, and wearing minery ecotele
mak cried eitte"Will you go upon your,
aottli 10 nn instant ?" "Then," meat
Clarention, ' before the king under -aloud
%hut he would have, he turned het
horse round, and upon that they all
turned their horror and rode upon the
ell4Pealfrt: feeer Ithimeetheffew' ere ever" 'Pan to
The fight, which was destraratery
the day, with itie lame often doubt-
ful, last& three hours. The killed end
The Melt tomp-folletwers wereslatatit,
tered in teal blood. All the King's'
guns, all WY ward* and earritairme
colora and Mender& were taken,
and, word of all, lea private catinet,
emulating his mutt recret correaponti-
oliee tine pepera. This did him an in-
jury almost at deep nee the J0911 of a
leattla for the lettere &Mosel lee
laerf My, hie trutteettinere and the lin-
postibility of trusties hint
Tower,' the end of May, IPgby
veto, In one of bit letters. " Ere one
month to ever, we shall hive a tattle
of all for all." The prediction came
true. If the battle had gone the other
way, Goring anti tbe King would
leave nierehee up to London. heartem-
eg thee. men with the promiaa of the
smil of the rIcheit city tha realm,
gni the preeenet of the King anti hie
ermy in the metropollet might here
rotecv2, As it wam. King had not
Naselw was for all tax one of the "
eotreyel the lest ergeresed torus mem
Cherie, was /tele to rano; it drilitew
duce:el an Invincible army : It tramp
fennel the stature of the struggle Mid
the rotations of the ewe; It Meant'
414W Interset 1 and new ovulates; it
ehanget the balance of parties, and
etnixamme in all men's minis.
Col, De Ville Bois Marelul is about
to face Roberts. He has been appoint-
ed Commander ot the Boer foreign le-
gion In the Free treats,. Boer account's
affirming tIm safety of the troopt
treakIng from the south towardsKroon.
stad received confirmation from the
correspondent of the Telegraph in
Bloemfontein, who states that Com-
mandant Grottier's form of about 0.-
000 men has succeeded in eluding the
British cavalry.
War Notes.
There is no interruption in the out.
Ward movement of reinf °moments
from Englaiad to Cape Town. A Mtge
force ta now at sett and hattalione
of regulare, yeametnry and volunteers
aro preparing to embark, ethipments
of horses for remount's and of tutte
tary storm are continued on a large
peaks
11 le reported In Loudon, In et well.
Informed quarter, that Lord KOMI.
aner will be offered the post of Com-
malderbeChief In Indite sueceeding
the late Sir William Loakhart, mo
tem an deehliVe fniVeneefta have been
obtained in the Transvaal, end that
fiett. Str Archibald Ranter will me.
need hint as Lord Roberts' chief of
steel. 'rile Indian newspapers ease
been urging Kitchener's appointment,
Wood Paving In London.
The decision of the City Council of
London, upon recommendation of the
City Engineer, to pave two new
streets with wooden pavements, lutti
caused new interest to be taken In
wooden pavemente among builders
and contractors on both ehiet4 Of tha
Atlantic. 'rine new system of wood
paving in said to be the most Moue
bte anti Cm most easily repaired. It
he sail tket it Is the only kind pt
woodae pavement that can be re-
lied, to Mend the trrttfte of cities
11 and New York. Instead
the woolen bluchi into
moms, polygons or dire tali -
Mathew In any kits, hy the
esee barked tree. eit any
starer quality are attend into tillindri.
cal piece; about thIrtri.en inches in
thicknem The largest rieee0 Tire
pat down fleet into a good emulation,
an: tiaai Ow mealier elm*, 0141,41 the
remaining Interstices may be Mei up
with what may be called pigs. Ram-
ming renders. the whole one mild mots
of timber, and not a chip le wasted.
Tbe turtle:to preterits end grain only,
ani with the different meets and ghee
afford much better foothold than
either granite blocks or sepholt,
Mr. J. Quinlan, travelittg paessager
agent, has been a 'fetid reurosen-
tativo 01 the Trunk, with full
'-a-ula la to te none nt the Indigo. fented the ranevim charge of tbe aosepany's exhibit, et &di
hia Joubetti widest tton of Ur, sots, with the I oan istornann Ma 01 tha appoint. th, Pi* OPoition•
concurreater
tete Question of the Complexion.
The complexion of the datrymaii is
Oa, Niue by ber exerci e Met mow.
mous tystent or little spiral glanss,
pierce with Hs ir comae&
luouthalmr fro nod that of Ina. lady's
al ke, are kapt wide open by her ht
tier claly to.1, while my latty's are
:malty In a state of quiescent*,
Moke 1 by the necountiated layers of
exerees. and her ignorance of the
proper methole of bath'tig have pert
inItted to aecemulate. MY lade Pee
to epeeialists ror her liver, her dips -
non, her neuralgia, and her rheuma-
tism, not realising th it the 13 being
mewled from her negleete-that the
inpurittee whiali the akin 'Amite end
orr are kept In the holy, poisoning hy
Marotta her whole system. Wee would
..epudiate with scorn, and deny `with
tremeneouttly offended d'geity that
Om Mabel herself imperfectly ; never-
thelese Itm skin is somewhat in the
ovidition of the 'varnished frog. The
lifferenee la only one of degree. The
varnedied , frog expired bemire he
vele not tot rld of the impurities et
his aystem by means of these giends;
my lady Wes by invites booty* her
Mende ean only do a Flball part of
the clut'es assignoi to them. She be.
wafts her ret no e, her connelesion
revered with blnekivends tend templet,
end teepees hex lotto& and unguents,
end whit, looking with envy on the
fair ekiii of Bridget, falls to read tier
The etereitie In the open air brought
al'ont the bieyele and the gamed
Toe line been a great boon, bet AVM
View nre not enough to keep the
went glands nt their best. It le
emit -every to take Turkish bathe Or '
!IRV, lit home one of the
which ran be wee Maimed
amount of sweat that an
Orly can pour forth lit onr
'mum 10 eteteniehl Hee from
four winds to f rooting to the
terace ,Pecklistn• Morey, If. le, In
Harigaffe Deem
A smitten death et:Turret! In Halide
inand Township, neer Cobourg, re.
mealy. On the evening of the 22nd
Mr. Ira Mestere, wbo ems staying.
brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas Winos,
retired to bed apparently in MR usual
health, but wax found dead Oa next
morning. Mr. Masters was th- ADO Of
the late Franc!' Mestere Centretem,
He had been melding 11. the United
States fOr 1101be ;roars
drio, when he yenta to
n• leaves wife and lire children.
WAS 4(1 yeers ()Lege.
Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Vicerov
of India. mot LedY, MOO lett Cal.
cutta Wednesday- Inv a tear, which
In with 1 Week's 'hooting la -
lit