Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 9 March 1900 — Page 2

Republican Progress. BLOOMINGTON, IND. DENNIS B. HAUNGS, - Proprietor,

1900. MARCH.

1900.

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HISTOEY OF A WEEK.

PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS OF THE WORLD.

Newt of Crimea and Criminals, Ac Cidents, Fires, Etc., from North, South, Bast and West, Sandwiched wit Minor Affairs.

Indiana's Exhibit. Secretary Amos W. Butler of the Indiana State Board of Charities, has sent to Paris for the Exposition Indiana's exhibit of her four insane hospitals and School for Feeble Minded Youths. There are beautiful photographs both of the exterior and interior of each of the hospitals, besides a complete plan of each building. Besides the photographs of the buildings there are many photographs showing the especial equipment of each hospital. The history of each institution is contained in a separately bound volume, and taken as a whole, it will make a most attractive exhibit. - - Iron Mills posed. Every one of the big iron and steel mills in Indiana, owned by the Republic Iron and Steel Company, closed down indefinitely Friday night on account of the recent filing of suits in Muneie, lnd., to enforce the weekly pay law by State Factory Inspector McAbee, and over 5,000 men become idle. The company claims that the prosecution is political, and that the mills will stand idle so long as the employes consent to be parties to the prosecutions. Mills in other states will fill the orders.

Boers Kind to British Wounded. A dispatch frm Colesburg, Cape Colony, says: A reconnoissance with two troops of Australians and two guns found the wagon bridge over the Orange River intact. Fifty Boers on the other side were taken by surprise and the Brit-

on the Free State side.

The Boers during their occupation denied themselves rather than see the British wounded suffer. Jumped the Track. The Montreal express on the Canadian Pacific Railroad jumped the track between Pontypool and Burketon, Ontario, and bounded down a steep embankment, the coaches toppling over one another as they neared the bottom of the incline. The train was moving at a rapid speed and on it were a number of passengers, many being members of Parliament on their way from Ottawa. Many persons were injured, none of them seriously. Vanderbeck Is in Control. George A. Vanderbeck, late owner of the Detroit Club of the American Base-ball League, appears likely to retain possession of the club, notwithstanding its recent sale to Mrs. Vanderbeck, divorcee, to satisfy her decree for alimony. Vanderbeck has complied with an order of the Circuit Court requiring him to file a bond of $9,000, with sufficient surety, for payment of the alimony. ' Great Coal Find in Alaska. Advices from Dawson give full particulars of the extent and value of the recent coal discovery. The fuel question is of most Tital importance in that section of the country, and the discovery of vast deposits of good coal gives a new impetus to all industries, especially to mining, and makes the recent discoveries of auriferous quartz in the vicinity of Dawson doubly valuable. Deadly Duel in the Street. At Brewersville, lnd., Al Fuller and Isaac Powers, a school-teacher, met and began shooting. The trouble was over the correction of Fuller's child by the teacher. Powers was shot once througn the lung and Fuller received three balls. Both men will probably die. Are Sounding Spain. Madrid special: It is said here that the representatives of the United States, Great Britain and Germany have sounded the Spanish Government to ascertain its intention regarding the Philippine Islands not included in the cession to America.

Arresting the Dutch Rebels. Rensburg special: The greater part of the Duth residents of Colesburg have been arrested as rebels. Saturday rhe Boers were in full retreat northward with a British force following them.

They Won't Sell. Paris special: A dkpatch to the Temps from Copenhagen says it now appears certain that the Danish Government will not accept any offer from America to acquire the Danish West Indies.

Men Are Imprisoned. Three miners are imprisoned in an Iron Mountain cave near Redding, Cal. They are believed to be dead, j Relief parties are still working. Three Firemen Hurt. Fire destroyed the McMurray & Baker bicycle storehouse at Jacksonville, Fla. The loss is $25,000. Three firemen were badly injured.

BOER 111 YIELDS

General Cronje Surrenders Un conditionally.

FIEECE FIGHT ENDS,

Stubborn Ten Days' Battle Results in

Victory for British Arrae.

Hopelessly Cornered and Subjected to

a Most Terrible Artillery Fire for

Ten Long Days and Nights, the Boer

Commander, with His Entire Force

Is Finally Forced to Capitulate to

Lord Roberts. The unconditional surrender of Gen

Cronje and his force, numbering 4,000

men, was officially announced by the Brit ish war office early Tuesday morning

Gen. Cronje, commandant of a Boer army estimated at from 8,000 to 10,000

men, retreated from Modder River toward Bloomfontein, the capital of the

Orange Free State, when Gen. French

with British troops, effected the relief of

Kimberley. Gens. Kelly-Kenny and

Kitchener managed to head off the re

treat. Gen. French came to their aid from Kimberley and Lord Roberts con

centrated bis whole British force about

the cornered Boer army. Fighting was kept up almost incessantly for ten days, endinsr with Cronie's surrender.

At daybreak Tuesday morning the Brit

ish were preparing to renew the bombardment of the Boer laager when an officer arrived from Gen. Cronje offering surrender and asking a safe conduct for the women and children who accompanied the army. The request was granted. Immediately upon receipt' of the news in London the Queen and Government officials wired their congratulations to Lord

GKNKRAL KITCHENER.

Roberts and his victorious army. For six days the Boer army was practically at the mercy of the British, but Lord Roberts treated the burghers with great consideration from humane motives. Surrounded by ten times their number, cut off from re-enforcements and supplies, subjected to a concentrated artillery and machine-gun fire that for fierceness and effectiveness probably has not been equaled in history, burrowing like rabbits in a river bank, and threatened by a flood that might burst on them at any time and drown them out like rats, the Boers held out for over a week, and saw one relieving force after another broken up and scattered by the superior strength of the enemy. A week in such a situation is a long time. It would have been a great achievement to hold that position for three days. But they had to yield at last. Gen. Cronje himself was received by Lord Robert's with the greatest courtesy and sympathy. Lord Roberts will exchange a large number of the Boer prisoners captured for British prisoners held in Pretoria, At last accounts the Boers held as prisoners 193 officers and 2,669 men. These will be swapped for an equal number of Boer prisoners. Gen. Cronje will be held a prisoner of war at Cape Town, as the Boers have no officer of his rank to exchange for him. CONFIDENCE IN ROBERTS. British Faith in "Bobs" Is Strengthened by the Recent Victory. Now that one of the most formidable of the Boer generals has been summarily disposed of, the London war critics are justifying their confidence in "Bobs," whose good luck is proverbial, but is in reality an infinite capacity for taking pains. They point out that it took only ten days to compel the surrender of the Boers at Paardeburg, while Mafeking, Ladysmith and Kimberley, with' very inferior forces, have held out for four months. The comparison seems to gratify the national pride, somewhat humbled as it has been by recent reverses and hostile foreign criticism. The capture of Gen. Cronje and his troops cannot fail to have an immediate effect on the war. Gen. Cronje's name was one wherewith to conjure. During the war of 1880-1 Cronje besieged Potchefstroom. After a long and gallant resistance the garrison was forced to surrender eight days after peace had been declared. During all that time Cronje had concealed the news' from the British commander. His conduct in placing British prisoners in the trenches, where they were killed by the fire of their countrymen, earned for him the hatred of th British.

ARTILLERY CROSSING LI I TLB TUQELA RIVER UNDER FIRE.

London Graphic.

JOY IN LONDON.

News of Cronje's Surrender Received

with Wild Demonstrations. The news of Gen. Cronje's surrender

reached Loudon Tuesday morning during a sudden downpour of rain and spread by word of mouth almost before the extra

papers appeared. Englishmen thawed at once. Absolute strangers stopped in the streets, shook hands and slapped each

others' backs. In office buildings some

went down the corridors hammering

doors and shouting the glad tidings. Many rushed to the telegraph offices, while excited throngs blocked the win

dows and flags were run up everywhere.

A stranger entering London would not

have known the town. The usual staid Englishman for the moment was insane with joy. Proceedings on the stock exchange opened with the singing of "God Save the Queen," and then the jubilant

brokers cheered Roberts, Kitchener and everybody connected with the war again

and again.

Pall Mall was thronged, and the war

office pcfcked with shouting and cheering crowds. Congratulations were exchanged

on every side. It was really the first chance the public has had to jubilate, and

no one seemed to neglect the opportunity. The fact that it was the anniversary of the battle of Majuba Hill added to the

effectiveness of the news, carrying as it

did the avenging of the disastrous defeat the British had sustained nineteen years ago. Gen. Cronje's surrender will have a far-reaching effect. It opens the southern Free State to the British and iso-

ates the Boers in northern Cape Colony.

The Boers, it is known, are now collect

ing for the defense of Bloemfontein, where another battle is likely to occur,

but the Transvaal is still untouched. A

stubborn resistance is expected there.

On Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17 and

18, an attempt was made to take Cronje's position by assault, but again the Boers

demonstrated their ability to stand off

nfantry attack, and the British were

treated to a deadly fire against which

they could not advance. On Monday,

Feb. 19, Gen. Roberts arrived. He saw

the futility of attempting to storm the Boer position and ordered a cessation of these tactics. Instead, he brought up the artillery around the Boer laager and

opened a terrific bombardment, mean

while employing the infantry in an attack on the Boer .re-enforcements who were coming to Cronje's relief. Until Thurs

day the bombardment continued unabat

ed and it was reported that the beleag- i

Field Marshal Lord Roberts, V. C, the commander-in-chief of the British forces in South Africa, to whom Gen. Cronje surrendered, was born in Cawnpore, India, in 1832. His early years; were spent in England. He did not know' his father until he was 20 years of ageHe received a splendid military educa-i tion in England. The success he won in! the Indian mutiny led to his eventual pro-1 motion to be commander-in-chief of the Indian army. Roberts is quiet and retiring, cool and a keen observer. He says little and appears to be always thinking out a great plan. He is a devoted husband. His love for his only son did not

prevent his unremitting zeal in perfecting the South African campaign after the news was sent to him that his son had fallen in battle.

FINE CONVENTION HALL.

Kansas City Has Good Accommodations for Democrats. The convention hall at Kansas City, where the Democratic convention will be!

held July 4, is one of the finest in thej country. It was opened a year ago. The1

building is of bridge construction without

a column to interfere with the view from any part of the auditorium. The roof is

KANSAS CITY'S CONVENTION HALL.

LADYSMITfl F

General Buller Lifts the Long

Siege.

ENDSHABD CAMPAIGN

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Official Announcement of Victory Mide by London War Office.

Victory Comes After Months of FightingBrief Acconnt of the Siege and Efforts at Relief Gen. White Penned in Ladysmith Oct. 30 After Disasterto British Arms Reward of British, General's Valor and Perseverance.

ured "Lion of Africa" was ready to surrender. These reports, however, proved premature. After Friday the British bombardment slackened, Roberts evidently thinking it poor policy even if good war, to turn the little Boer camp into a shamble. Warships Bought from Spain. Three more Spanish vessels have been added to the United States navy. They are the armed transport Gen. Alava and the gunboats Quiros and Villalobos, all modern ships. Maj. Gen. Otis purchased them from the Spanish Government lust week under his authoritvjjjJovernor of the Philippines, usingTnepublic funds of the islands for the purpose.

supported by great steel girders. The general seating arrangement is modeled somewhat after the plan of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. The floor space is divided into arena, arena balcony, balcony and roof garden, boxes skirting the arena and the arena balcony. The stage is situated in the center of the arena. The total seating capacity is nearly 20,000, and, with standing room, the building is capable of holding more than 22,000 persons. The arena alone will seat 4,000. To each side of the arena and under the first balcony are numerous committee rooms, which have their separate street entrances. The building has no stairways,

It is officially announced in London that Ladysmith has been relieved. The war office has received the following dispatch, from Gen. Buller: "Lyttleton's headquarters. Gen. Dundonald, with the Natal Carbineers and a composite regiment, has-

tntered Ladysmith."

The events which led up to the siege or Ladvsmith besran with the pouring of

Boer forces into Natal by way of Laiag'-

Nrek and of Free State forces through. Van Reenan's pass immediately after thewar bea-an on Oct. 12. The attack o

ni.i rki OA itU.i1 n o roftrorao fftr

the British, their commander, txen. bym-

ms. heme mortallv wounded, xhe Brit

ish found their position untenable, and.

ander tne leaaersnip or tren, a me lukj retreated toward Ladysmith, the forceof 4.000 men beine in imminent danger

of destruction by the Boers. To guard, the retreat a force of British from Lady

smith under Gen. French fought tne bat

tle of Elandslaagte on Oct. 21, which re-

alted in a victory for the British, tne-

Rners heinsr routed and their commander,

Ren. Kock. beine mortally wounded.

3en. Yule arrived safely, at Ladysmith.

on Oct. 26, after a severe march.

In the meantime the Boers continued

to gather in Natal and by Oct. 30 were

stronsrlv Dosted on three sides of tne city.

Gen. Sir George Stewart White, who-

sommanded the forces at Ladysmith oxt

that day, moved out all his force in aa effort to break through the Boer linesnd ront them, but the left wing of his

jommand, composed of the First battalion of the Royal Irish fusiliers, the First battalion of the Gloucestershire regiment md the Tenth mountain battery, was surrounded by the Boers at Nicholsons Nek.

md conmelled to surrender, The other

Rritish troons were driven back by the- '

Boers, and from that time Ladysmith

tvas well invested. The day before a, aaval brigade had arrived from' Durban with some powerful guns, taken from thewarships. These guns proved invaluableIn the long siege which followed, as they were the only weapons in Ladysmith

which could compare in power with the tnairnifieent artillery used by the Boers

In shelling" the city. On Nov. 2 the com-1

siunications were cut south of Lady-imith.

On Nov. 4 the British evacuated Oolen-

go, which guarded the bridge crossing thfr Tugela river. The Boers crossed the TuT1 4-

rein and raided tnrougn racai w ur

outskirts of the British camp at Estcourt

and beyond, threatening even to attach the eADital of Natal. Pietermaritzburg.

The British forces began to arrive from England, and under command first of Gen. Cleary and later of Gen. Buller orvanired at Prere and Chieveley station.

for the advance to the relief of Ladyr

smith.

After rnlleetiner an army of about 12,-

D00 men Gen. Buller on Dec. 15 advanc-

n attack the Boers at Colenso under

Gen. Schalkburger and along the Tugela river in an attempt to force the crossing .

of that stream. A severe battle follow

ed, in which the British showed bad ieaawshin and were defeated at every point

with heavy loss of men and tap capture

of eleven cannon.

no Ttniler hesran his creat movement

tnvtravA the frelief of Ladvsmith Jan. 13,

fio Warren, with 11.000 men. made a

detour toward Weenen, but it was three flays later before the British troops began to get across the Tugela. ; Lyttieton'sbrigade, a battery of field artillery and a howitzer battery crossed in the center, while Gen. Warren's command to the left crossed on pontoons. Lyttleton contin-

ued the aavance unuer a uev fire from the Boers. At the same time Gen. Warren's division met with strong: resistance. There was hard fighting for nearly a week, and on Jan. 24 Gen. Warren captured Spion kop. Jan. 25 the Boers recaptured Spion kop, and immediately afterward Warren's troops moved, back across the Tugela. The Boers captured 1,308 prisoners. At this point in the campaign many of the English officers advised abandoningthe relief of Ladysmith. On Jan. 30 Gen. Buller sent out another reconnoiBeance, and on Feb. 2 the British recross-' ed the Tugela river and attacked the

Boers two days later, xne uoers secured an advantageous position and checked; the advance of the British for the time. More fighting followed. The Boers for the first time took the offensive against. Gen. Buller. The two forces engaged in light skirmishes, Gen. Buller trying toi keep the Boers so busy that none could be spared to assist Gen. Cronje, who had taken charge of the federal troops at Modder river. On Feb. 15 Gen. Buller began an advance to Ladysmith, and began to fight his way toward the besieged city. Position after position was captured by the British, and two days later the Boers began moving their large guns from thej hills surrounding the city, evidently fearj f ul lest they could not hold back the British when the rush began to Ladysmith. '