Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1896 — Page 1

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c. "arioti Block. HAVE YOU TRIED A GORAL High Grade Havana Cigar? P. L. CHAMBERS ' 66 West Washington St. Entrance Into Bates IIoum Lobby. WHAT WILL THEY DO? Mm. Roby Saya 3Iother Are Tired of Furnishing Food for Gunpowder. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. The United States General Society of the Daughters of 1S12 met to-day at tho Everett House to. celebrate the victory of Gen. Andrew Jackson over the British at New Orleans pv'lSll. Tho founder, .Mrs. Flora Adams Dfcfllng, was present as the guest of the ooion. Mrs. Leroy Sunderland Smith, hlstoriifccneral of the Historic Council, preside;34teports were read from Ohio, Louisiana Texas. New York, Pennsylvania and Eentueky, where State societies are already rgaKped. Reports were also read by tho cri jarygeneral from a number of States whciM societies are being formed. Among the Wtate presidents who were present or represented at to-day's meeting were Mrs. Louis vW. Hall, of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Edward Eojy, of Illinois, and Mrs. S. A. Webster, of ol io. Among the honorary officers present were Mrs. Admiral Cooper, Mrs. Louis J. Allen and Mrs. Gen. John II. King. A feature of the meeting was the presentation of badges to the founder, Mrs. Darling, and Mrs. S. A. Webster, in recognition of the work of organization and financial aid. At theconclusion of the business meeting a reception was held, and at noon lunch was served. Among those present were Mrs. Montgomery Schuyler, Mrs. Sudln. Miss Franklin. Mrs. Devolnev Kverett, Miss Florence L. Adams. Miss Masac, Mrs. H. T. Bartlett. Mrs. Neighbor. Mrs. Itobblns, Mrs. Hewitt and Mrs. James Parnell. In an address Mrs. Edward Roby deliv ered she said that while there were no more ! patriotic women In the world than the women of America, the mothers of the land wrre tired of furnishing food for gunpowder. ,,War." she sail, "should come, only as a last resort. English-speaking people the world over should maintain peace." A committee of three, consisting of Mrs. Flora Adams Darling. Mrs. Edward Koby and Mrs. Lewis Hall, was appointed to draft resolutions praying that peace be maintained between tho English-speaking

HOW THEY SUFFER IN THIS INVOICE SALE ! IN THE PANTS DEPARTMENT, AS IN ALL THE REST THERE'S A RICH HARVEST 'FOR BARGAIN WANTERS. THIS $3.45 SPECIAL IS A FAIR SAMPLE OF THE MANY MONEY-SAVERS.

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- . TRUST-CO J ALBERT E. MKTZGER, SAMl'EL O. PICKE.M, ;r.niu;i: tawfu. , CIIAIKLi: . THOMPSO.W I FEHU AVI.NTER. Sb CO. Cor. of Meridian and Ohio Sts people of the world. Mr3. Roby was also appointed to present these resolutions to Secretary Olney with a request that they be forwarded to Queen Victoria. The ladles refused to entertain the idea of Mrs. Darling resigning, as she wished to do. and she will continue as general director of the society until the work of organization in different States is completed. The Society of the War of 1812 he'.d its annual meeting: in the City Hall to-day. In accoruance with the usual custom on the anniversary of the battle of New OrleansJackson s day. The Rev. Morgan Dix was re-elected as president for the ensuing year The secretary read obituary notices of the late Commodore Henry Bruce and Ellas G. ov.en.h,over' of the warf 1812. He reported that there were but four veterans of thewar now living. The society is composed of ninety members. QUAKEtt CITY VAMPIRES. Evidence Hint Policemen Were In the Hnhlt of "Bleeding" "Women. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 8. The Senate Investigating committee had another sensational session to-day, during which damaging statements were made against a detective in District 'Attorney Graham's office. Martha Meyers, who kept a questionable house at No. &X Inquirer street, in 1SS9, was the witness. She said the house had been of bad character for twenty-two years, and the police always had a good thing out of it. She claimed to have paid policeman Singlerhaus sums of money at frequent Intervals. She refused him money once and was arrested. After being In prison seven days the matron told her she was discharged. Outside she met the district a -torney' detective, Rernstein, or Eurnsiu?, by name, she was not sure which, and a lawyer named Rutt. They went to a savings fund, where she had some money, and by aid of the detective was able to draw $10 without waltln? the usual two weeks This she gave the two men. Later she was summoned to appear in court. Here she met the defective In the corridor; he advised her to close up her house. This sht did. At this point in the testimony Bernstein, who is employed in Superintendent Linden's nrtlce. cam? into the committee roonv Mrs. Meyers said he was not the man. An effort was ma ie to find Rurnslde. who is ir. Graham's detective, but he was not about. Kx-pclloeman Naylcr pave Additional testimony In relation to his alleged partnership with serseants Green and McManus in running a house of ill-fame. Naylor said they made arrangements with a livery Ftable to pay (1 for every customer brought to the house. He also said they personally placed cards In all the hotels bearing the name. "Molly RJanchard. Modiste." The sergeant, McManus. referred to by Naylor, Is one of this city's "praying policemen." He leads revivals, and is looked on by Director Beitler as a most devout Christian.

IT IS STILL WARLIKE

X APPAnEVT CnASGB IX TUB TROVBLE OVER TUB TRASS VAAL. Sentiment In Ensland I Bitter tAgnlnst the "Autocratic, Domineering Young Prussian War Lord.' SHIPS HURRYING TO AFRICA DOTH BRITISH AXD GERMAN VESSELS EX ROUTE TO DELAGOA BAY. English Mllltla and Army Reserve Ready for Mobilization on Short Notice If the Necessity Arises. 30ERS DEMAND INDEMNITY ASK THE BRITISH. CHARTERED COMPANY TO PAY 9-."00,000. Londoners Attack German and Dutch Socialists In Hyde Park and Scatter Them After n Fight. LONDON, Jan. 9. The developments of the past twenty-four hours have not tended to allay the war fever that Is spreading over England. The newspapers are still blustery In tone and the anti-German sentiment is Increasing among the people. In the clubs you hear Germany's Emceror called "the Prussian war lord," "Herr Swollen Head" and the "ambitious young autocrat." Now an! then the wish Is expressed that the "young war lord wiil get the licking he Is so rashly courting." Some of the more radical of the young naval officers are burning to test the destructive power of the big guns of their ships on something more animate than condemned hulks or improvised targets. It is this class that !s most anxious to "reduce the big head of the young war lord." They recite with gusto the story about His German Majesty's doings on one of his war shlp3 some time ago, when. It is said, the Kaiser took charge of the vessel on a Sunday morning, posed as a deity and forced the crew to fall down and worship him. While the story has little or no basis, the recalling of it just now shows the bitterness of the anti-German sentiment of those who rave at the Err.p ror. The Germans themselves are saying little, as dispatches from Berlin Indicate there is no visible war scare there among the people. The newspaprs, of course, resent the "British bluster," but there is no apparent effort to arouse a war sentiment among the masses. Many baseless rumors were in circulation here again yesterday, but there was enough confirmed news to keep the war excitement ablaze. It is admitted that both English and German war ships are hurrying to Delagoa bay, the great South African eeaport, and iLia. also a fact that there-Is unusual activity at' the" 'navy yard3 In England. Count Von Hatzfeldt-Wllden-burg, the German embassador to Great Britain, had a conference with the Marquis of Salisbury yesterday afternoon. A dispatch from Berlin says that Prince Von Radolin, the German emb?ssador to St. Petersburg, who has been at the German capital, has returned to St. Petersburg bearing a letter from Emperor William to the Czar dealing with the Transvaal question. Another dispatch from Berlin to the Times, speakiiig cf the supposed purpose of the Germans to dispatch troops to the relief of the Bers, says: "It is now explained that Germany only desired to protect German residents and its consulate at Pretoria, and that no arrangement had been previously made with Portugal, and, after hearing that Dr. Jameson had started, Germany only had time to telegraph aji explanation of Its intended action to Lisbon. The news cf Dr. Jameson's defeat arrived before I'ortugal had time to reply. It is a pity that this explanation was not published earlier." The latest dispatches from Capetown report that it is stated at Pretoria that the Transvaal government demands the banishment of Mr. Cecell Rhodes, ex-Premier of Cape Colony, and Dr. Jameson from Africa, and that an enormous fine- is al3o demanded from the British chartered company. It is supposed here that this may refer to the 12,300,000 indemnity which, according to a dispatch from Berlin, the Transvaal government will demand of Great Britain. An editorial in the Times admits that the chartered South Africa company ought to Indemnify the Transvaal for Dr. Jameson's raid, but says there is not a shadow of pretext for the demand for Hon. Cecil Rhodes expulsion. A meeting of German and Dutch Socialists held in Hyde Park- last evening to congratulate President Kruger was attacked by a crowd of Londoners. The platform was demolished and a free fight ensued, in the midst of which the foreigners fled. Tho Chronicle .learns on authority that tho German Council did not fully approve of Emperor William's telegraphing to Presi dent Kruger, but the Emj ror insisted on having his own way, and banded the message himself to the telegraph bureau, ordering that a copy of It be imparted to tho seml-ofllcial journals. AVAR PREPARATION'S. FlylnK Squntlrou Commissioned njnl Vessels Sent to Africa. (Copyright, 1S9S. by the Associated Press.) LONDON, Jan. 8. The gravity or the political crisis here Is Increasing Instead of diminishing. The attitude of Emperor William toward Great Britain in the matter of Dr. Jameson's freebocting expedition Into the Transvaal on closer study seems to have been deliberate and long ar.d carefully planned. The Transvaal incident. It would appear, was only the pretext seized on by the Emperor in order to enter the field as an active opponent -of Great Britain's policy of aggrandizement in Africa, and her little misunderstanding with King Prempeh. of Ashantee, together with her support of Italy's warfare asalr.st Abyssinia, are believed to have been the irritating features which finally induced his Majesty to show his hand. Of course, this is only a sample of the rumors In circulation here, but It shows the drift of the wir.d and has served to incense the British to a degree not witnessed since war with Russia was threatened some years ago. To make matters worse, it Is now reported that the Transvaal republic will demani an indemnity of f2,C-,0Co from Great Britain as ore cf the results of Dr. Jameson's Invasion cf the little Dutch republic. If thU turns out to be the case, no doubt will be entertained that Emperor William, la his recent interviews with Dr. W. J. Leyds, the Secretary of State of the Trans- . vaal, prompted this demand, and may also have announced his intention of supporting it. Under these circumstances, and In view of the war preparations by land and tea now belsg vigorously pushei by Great Brit

ain, it is not astonishing that there was an ominous dr jp in consols, which, as much as anything, is a clear Indication that the gravity Qf the political situation is not newspaper exaggeration. Dispatches from Berlin announce that Emperor William and Prince Hohenlohe had an Important conference this morning with Dr. Kayser, chief of the German Colonial Office, and that further dispatches have been exchanged between Berlin and Pretoria. NAVAL PREPARATIONS. Great Britain is evidently determined not to be caught unprepared for war. The report that orders have been sent to Portsmouth, Devonport and Chatham for the immediate commissioning of a flying squadron of war ships is confirmed this afternoon, and has caused a profound impression in all circles. The Hying squadron Is ordered to be ready for sea by Jan. 14. Tuesday nxt.

It. will consist of the following ships: Revenge, tirst-class battle ship, JU30 tons; four sixty-seven-ton gun;, ten Fixinch quick-firing guns, thirty-six smaller rapid-fire guns, eighteen inches of side armor; speed. 1V,2 knots. Royal Oak, first-class battle ship. 11.150 tons; four sixty-seven-ton guns; ten sixinch quick-firing guns, thirty-six smaller rapid-hre guns, eighteen inches of side armor; speed, 17i knots. Gibraltar, first-class steel cruiser, 7.TC0 tons; two ,t wenty-two-and-one-half-ton guns, ten six-inch quirk-firing guns, twentyfour smaller quick-fire guns; speed, 19 7-10 knots. Theseus, first-class steel cruiser, 7,550 tons; two twenty-two-ton guns, ten wxinch quick-firing guns, twenty-four smaller quick-rtre guns; speed, twenty knots. Charybdis, second-class steel cruiser, 4,3JO tons; two six-incii quick-firing guns, eight 4.7 quick-firing guns, thirteen smaller quick-tiring guns; speed, nineteen and livetenths knots. Hermione, second-class steel cruiser, 4,300 tons; two six-inch quick-firing guns, eight 4.7 quick-firing guns, thirteen smaller quickfiring guns; speed, nineteen and live-tenths knots. In addition. Rear Admiral Henry W. Rawson, C B., in command of the Cape of Goodhope and West Africa station, has been ordered to proceed to Delagoa bay on beard the flagship St. George, a first-class steel cruiser of 7,700 tons, two twenty-two-ton guns, ten six-inch quick-firing guns, twenty-four smaller guns and a speed of nineteen and seven-tenths knots, and he is now on his way there, accompanied by another cruiser, with all possible speed. The German Emperor, it appears, had planned to land a force of Germans at Delagoa bay In order to assist the Boers against the British, and only desisted from so doing when he learned of Dr. Jameson's defeat and capture. This, it is claimed, is proof that his message to President Kruger, congratulating him on his victory over the British and his Majesty's reported announcement to Dr. V. J. Leyds, the Secretary of State of the Transvaal, that Germany refused to recognize any suzerainty over the Transvaal, were wellweighed moves and the result of a prearranged policy. Rear Admiral Rawson has also been instructed to report Immediately to the Admiralty what addltonal steps are necessary to reinforce his squadron, and they will be sent to him as promptly cs possible. Beside these preparations, the greatest activity Is displayed at all the dock yards, making ready for a call ror tho commissioning or more snips as soon as needed, and the naval reserve lists are being prepared In readiness for an emergency. ACTIVITY IN (MILITARY CIRCLES. The military authorities no longer attempt to conceal the fact that they are actively preparing for the possibility of war. All the regiments of the British army (army reserve, volunteers, militia, etc.) have been ordered to make immediate re turns of their strength for mobilization. but as yet no further steps in thl3 direc tion have been deemed necessary. Among the volunteers and militia there is a Btrong feeling in favor of enrollment for. active service, and on all sides the greatest en thuslasni is displayed. There seems to be a feeling here that Great Britain has about stood all she can'staud in the way of stud ied opposition on the part of Germany, even if the latter. Is baciieJ by France and 1?hc5ji wi'ilrh 1 nnt rnnsi.1t-rp,1 tn liv any means certain. The commandfng of ficers ot the different regiments of volun teers have been overwhelmed with letters from the men under their command, expressing the desire to be enrolled for active service. At the ar Office this aft ernoon it was stated that the troops returning from India or bound for that part of the British empire had been ordered to call at Capetown before the crisis occurred, and all that is necessary is to instruct their commanding olficer to land drafts at the cape. It was further stated that detachments or troops are now on their way to Capetown to relieve the troops there and that the latter will be Instructed to remain at the cape for the present, so that double forces will shortly be available at Cape Colony, beside the Indian troops en passage, which can be landed there shortly. Without desiring to be in any way sensa tlonal, it can safely be said that the war spirit is hovering over the British empire, and that people of all classes are eagerly supporting the attitude of the government in resenting the attitude of Germany to wards Great Britain. The press is unanimous In Its 'approval of the preparations of the naval and military authorities, and the newspapers of all shades of opinion agree as to the manner in which Germany's attitude must be met. The Globe, for example, says this afternoon: "There Is absolutely no difference of opinion among Britons in their keen resentment of the wholly unprovoked affront put on this proud land by Emperor William and his foolhardy counselors. Instead of working Kngland harm with the Americas, the Emperor's Insolent interference has revived the feeling of kinship and Is making easier a friendly arrangement of the Venezuelan question." It may be added that there Is little doubt that the Chronicle's Washington dispatches have had a very good effect here in showing that it is more thin likelv that Great Britain Is wrong In the boundary' dispute, and, following the Chronicle correspondent's suggestion, that some means of arbitrating the matter should be promptly found, a movement is already on foot here among prominent Americans and Britons to bring about the formation of a permanent court of arbitration for the settlement of all disputes between the two nations. . Regarding the report thU Germany had prevailed on Portugal to allow German troops to traverse the Portugese South African territory adjoining the Transvaal, with a view of reinforcing the Boers, a special dispatch from Berlin thl3 afternoon says it is rumored there that Portugal has positively refused to consent to any such movement upon the part of Germany. The idea that a combination of powers has been formed against Great Britain seems to be gaining ground, and a dispatch to the Soldi, of Paris. to-(ay says that a movement is really on foot to establish an anti-British alliance. FROM THE TRANSVAAL. Dispatches Indicate the inlanders Have Surrendered Vncondltlonnlly. LONDON, Jan. 8. From Capetown to-day tho news is much more satisfactory than for some time past and sets at rest the rensational stories cabled to the United States on the subject. A dispatch to the Secretary of State for the colonies, Mr. Jaseph Chamberlain, from Sir Hercules liobinscn, dated yesterday, and Just made public, says that the Uitlanders of Johannesburg have surrendered unconditionally and have given up their arms to the representatives of President Kruger. In addition the latter hes Intimated his intention of handing over Dr. Jameson and the other prisoners captured by the Boers to the British high commissioner on the borders of Nat!. Sir Hercules Rcblnson, in his dls. a ch, a d: "Vou may therefore be satisfied that tne crisis is over and that all danger of further hostilities is ended." The dispatch Is regarded by 'Mr. Chamberlain as practically settling the crisis in the affairs of the Transvaal, so far as the Boers are concerned, and is alto looked upon as disposing cf the report that Dr. Jameson had been sentenced to be shot, which was current at Capetown recently. The most bitter contempt Is felt at Capetown, says a dlrpatch dated Jan. 5, for the Uitianders, who are branded as cowards for atandonlng Dr. Jameson, and the hope was then expressed that President Kruger would reject their demands. This dispatch also soy: that Sr Hercules Robinson was petitioned to treat for Dr. Jameson's release bffoie dealing with the demands cf the socalled National Union of Johannesburg. Another dispatch from Governor Robinson, dated Pretoria, Jan. 7, in reply to Mr. Chamberlain's Inquiry as to whether there was danger of an advance from Buluwayo. fald: "I have received u telegram from the chairman of the mass meeting held at Buluwayo yesterday, saying that a resolution was parsed unanimously praying me to exert my influence to obtain the honorable release of Dr. Jameson and his men. as a mat

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assuring rae of their loyal obedience to my proclamation. I also received a similar te.egram from the Chamber of Mines at Buluwayo, and think it is certain there is now no danger from that quprter.'" A third disnatch from Governor Robinson to Mr. rhamherlaln. dated Pretoria. Jan. . communicates a message from the imperial aeent at Rhodesia. It sayi: "I had been absent from Bechuanaland nearly a fort night prior to Dr. Jameson s move. I arnvei at .Mareking on aunaay, uec. zt. an-i heard then, after the telegraph line had been closed, that his force was going to leave that night. The wire was cut that night. The first message which came through on Monday, Dec. 30, was your message directing me to send after Dr. Jame son to tell him and force him to return. About one-fifth only of the force which yielded started from Maf eking or Cape Colony; four-fifths started from Camp Pitsanl, in the British South Africa Company's ter ritory. No portion cf the force started from Bechuinaland. Dr. Jameson left me an officer and two me. a at Mafeklng and eighty-six men at Pitsanl. He appears to have taken all the available men. Thpre are now ten police in the whole of Bechuanaland. four cf whom are doing customs duty. Tho country Is practically w ithout po lice, and there are no magistrates in the British chartered companys new territory. I have no reason to believe that any Iccal officials in Bechuanaland had any knowledge of the raid. The magistrate who was In the British chartered company's territory ac companied the force." Governor Roblnscn also telegraphs that Capt. Charfe? John Coventry, second son cf the Earl cf Coventry, and one of Dr. Jameson's officers, who was reported to have died from wounds received in fighting the Bocrs is alive and recovering from his wounds. A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company from Krugersdorp, dated Jan. 3, says that the wounds inflicted by the bullet" cf the Metford rifle are remarkably clean. The correspondent instanced a case in which a Metford rifle bullet penetrated the brain cf a man and the man is still alive. The dispatch also says that the Bechuanaland contingent of Dr. Jameson's force unit? In declaring that when they left Mafeklng they were told they were gcing to fight a native tribe, ani it was only when they had crossed the border of the Transvaal that, they were told that they were golncr to Johannesburg, to the relief cf the residents of that place, and that they would be Joined by a detachment cf the Catfe Mounted Rifles, 2,300 Johannesburg volunteers and a regiment from Capetown. DELAGOA HAY. Description of the Place Where a Naval Battle May Be Fought. Delagoa bay, to which British and German war ships are being dispatched, is pronounced the finest harbor in South Africa, and the European powers which have Interests in Africa have long kept jealous watch of each other's movements In relation to It. In the latter part of September, 1&)I, there was a report In England that a syndicate had purchased a concession for building a pier in Delagoa, by which the practical control of the port wculd pass to the Transvaal. Soon afterword thera was an uprising of Kaffirs against the Portuguese, to whom Delagoa bay belongs, and British marines were promptly landed at Lorenzo Marques from the gunboat Thrush against the protest of the Portuguese governor. Delagoa bay is the natural outlet cf the trade of the Transvaal, and Portugal's Interest Is to make all the traffic of the plateau of the interior converge toward this port. To this end tho Pretoria-Lorenzo Marques railway was commenced in 1SS6. For half a century prior to this attempts were made, but unsuccessfully, to establish communication between tho Transvaal and Delagoa bay. With basins, quays and railways at Lorenzo Marques communicating with the gold fields and rich country of the interior, Lorenzo Marques will have a great future before it. At present its cnlef imports are arms and alcoholic liquors; Its exports, oil, nuts, caoutchaouc, etc. The town is surrounded by a wall, and batteries have been erected to defend It against hostile attack orr the landslde. The town lies low cn the northern side of the inner harlwr, cr English river, as it u?ed to be called. Lorenzo Marques fcas a splendid harbor, capable of holding and sheltering hundreds of the largest ships. The entrance to the harbor is so wide and nn that a fleet of ironclads could enter it. The harbor covers seme 1.000 square miles of waters, dotted here and there with wood-clad Islands. Invack Island guards the entrance, and here the Portuguese have planted batteries to defend the anchorage. The entrance to the inner harbor, or English river, where Lorenzo Marques has been planted, is about a mile wide. Fifteen feet of water covers the bar at low water. Vessels drawing twelve feet of water can navigato the English river for forty miles, while two miles from Lorenzo Marques they can lie in sufficient depth and free from every' wind. About five mlle3 from Lorenzo Marques three rivers, the Temby, the Dundas and the Matoll, empty themselves into the estuary. The decision of the ownership of the bay of Lorenzo Marques became a question of great Importance in 1873. Portugal claimed possession of the whole of It by right cf discovery: England bv effective colonization. The British settled along the southern part of Delagoa bay and built a town, and in the cour.se of time England, while acknowledging Pcrtugal's right to the northern part of the bay, claimed the southern as her own. The matter was brc-ugiit to a crisis when, in ISC, the Transvaal Republic, by proclamation, claimed the Chamaputa river from its Junction with the Pongola to its embouchure into the southern part of Delagoa bay. Both England and Portugal strenously resisted this claim and set up counter pretensions. Eventually the matter was referred to the arbitration of Marshal McMahon. the then President of the French Republic. In 1S75 he declared that tho southern rart of Delagoa bay. Including the Maputa river up to the Lombobo mountains, belonged to Portugal. England conseouently hauled down the British ensign, but In 1X1 an agreement was made between that country and Portugal that, in the event of the latter country wishing to part with the bay, England should have the first right of purchasing it. good wonn for England. A Mliinlonnry DlKcnunea the Situation in the TrnnMvnal. BOSTON. Jan. 8.-Rev. Francis W. Bates, a missionary of the American Board, connected with its East Central African mission, "who has been connected with that mission since 1SS3, is in this country on furlough, and was in Boston to-day. His residence of seven years in the region where the rfresent hostilities between the Dutch and the British are occurring has made him familiar with the situation. When seen by a reporter, he eald: "There seems to be widespread opinion that the late invasion by Dr. Jameson, of the British South African Company. In the Transvaal was the result of a deep-laid plot on the part of the British government to seize the Transvaal and make it her own. It seems to me, however, that such an idea is not In accordance with the facts, nor with the position that the government has held towards the Transvaal since the time 'when Gladstone put an end to the Boer war and granted them their Independence because their cause was a Just one. "The present differences are the outcome of the attempt on the part of the Transvaal government to continue the Transvaal as a Boer republic, giving no voice to those of any other than Dutch descent. The English by far outnumber the Bfers, and especially in the cities. They frfrnish the greater part of the revenue.. The Beer has been content with his ignorance; the English have ejtablishtd schools ind taken the lead in educational matters. In spile cf the opposition of tie older Boers. Yet while English enterprise has done so much to build up the government, which wis a few years a?o in the last stages of bankruptcy, the English have always been Uitlanders (outsijeri), with r rights as citizens. In other words, tJ'o Boers have attemptel to forcft on other the very system which led to their revolt axainst the English. Dr. Jameson's raid wa3 an ill-advised attempt to aid his fellow-countrymen in their revolt aga.in.st this system. It could not have been with authority from the home government. Mr. Rhodes may have encouraged it; he is a man cf strong character, a forceful leader, but In no way a skillful diplomat. President Kruger Is a descendent of the old Vortreker. those who were ever In revolt azalnst progress In the olden times. Ills influence has ever been against advance in education and civilization, a man who was well decrlbed some time aga as one who adds to the manners of a clown the morals of a. hypocrite.' "Too much is being said against the greed of England. She has done more for Africa (Continued on Second Paged

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SPANIARDS LET LOOSE BIG AD LITTLE GIXS 0. IXSIHGHXTS. Several Engagements, In.AVhlrh the "Plantation llnrnrM" Are Ileported to Have Lost Heavily. ROUTED ' NEAR GUAXAJAY PIUSIEI) IIY 9PAMSII TROOPS AD MANY SLAI AND WOTXDKD. Trap Alleged to Have Been Iild for the Patriot Army A Sannr Planter's Account of a rtntllc." HAVANA. Jan. 8. It was announced In these dispatches last night that the houii.l of canncn ar.d rifle firing had been hcarl yesterday in the neighborhood of Guanajay, a town or 4.'X Inhabitants. In :he province of Pinar del Rio. about forty-live miles south of this city. Details of the engagement. Just received, show that General Navarro, between Guanajay and Cclba do Agua. overtook a numerous insurgent forte under Zayas and other leaders. During the three hours' fighting which followed the Spanish artillery was called into play, and the Insurgents ore reported to have been routed with a loss cf twenty-three killed ani forty-three wounded left oi the field. . TI.e insurgents are said to have carried away many more of their wounded, and they left seventeen Remington rir.es behind them. General Navarro pursued the insurgents and overtook" their rear guard at Ceiba de Arui, and !.n the skirmish which followed four insurgents nerc killed and three wer taken prisoners. On the government side, it Is announced, only four officers and thirty soldiers, were wounded In both engagements. Three of the soldiers suffered serious wounds. The column of troops commanded by General Suares Valdes then pursued and overtook the Insurgents again, and, opening fir on them with small arms and artillery. Inflicted heavy loss In killed and wounded. The Insurgents lost 263 men. It Is reported that one of the Nunez brothers, insurgent leaders, was so seriously wounded that h subsequently died. A column of Spanish troops, commanded by Major Sedano, has had a skirmish In the Scion district with a band of Insurgents commanded by Mendoza, The Insurgents left seven killed and three wounded on the fleld. A dispatch from Matanzas this morning rays that a body of four hundred Insurgents recently tried to compel the garrison of Itabo, in the Cardenas district, to surrender. On the refusal of the troops to give up the fort the latter was attacked, but the Insurgents were repulsed with a loss of rix killed and succeeded In retiring with their wounded. It Is Judged from the movements of tha Insurgent bands along the north coast In Pinar del Rlo that they are now endeavoring to penetrate the rich district of sugar plantations about Cabanas by way of the Banes and Guanajay road. "The authorities again announce that they have hopes cf bringing on a general engagement, and that the troops are so placed at strategic points that the insurgents find their position badly compromised, and will find It difficult to avoid a battle. Along the line of the railroad running south front Havana It is learned that the Insurgents have destroyed sixteen culverts, thus effectually cutting off communication for the time being. Word received from Matanzas shows that the Insurgents are still active in that province. Bands led by Slotilide, Garcia, Loula Chopalin and Roban attacked the town of Recreo, which is southeast of Cardenas on the railroad. Th garrison of the fort repelled the attack, but the Insurgents returned to it and the companies of the marine battalion made a defensive stand In the streets. Meanwhile the insurgents piunderiJ and burned several stores. The troops finally repelled the Insurgents with Ions, but, while retreating, they burned thirtysix of the huts- within the limits of the town. Afterward the Insurgent General Lacrct made a demand for the surrender of the town, threatening to burn It upon its refusal to comply; but, upon a negative being given him, the Insurgent force retreated. Jose Ma ceo and Rati are reported to !e moving in the Trinidad district of San;a Clara, and an Insurgent loss of seventeen is reported in the skirmishes that havo taken place there. In the Cardenas district the Insurgents also destroyed the station at Altamlsal and tore up the railroad at Yaguaramas. Trap Laid for Iniorgenti. KEY WEST, Jan. 8. A Spaniard who arrived to-day from Cuba says the insurgents are fating Into a well-laid trap, and It is only a matter of a few days before the Spaniards will have them surrounded and, all retreat cut off, when they will mow then down and soon end the war. Several American tourists returned trot Havana to-night and report matters in th city very quiet. Advices state that the insurgents hav burned the town of Guira de Melena, ani also another small village near by. Havana In n State of Siege. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8. A special to the Republic from Key West, Fla., says; A cipher dispatch from Havana received here tonight says that the advance column of Gomez's army is camped in the mountainous country in the province of Pinar del Rto thirty-five miles west of the capital. Tho main body of Insurgent troops Is in sight of Havana, and skirmishes with the Span ian regulars are constantly going on. it is not belleve-a, however, that Gornez wilt attack Havana. He Is too wary for that. There are in the Insurgent army unitr Gomez, all told, less than II.OjO men. The Spanish in Havana number at least 70.01W. Marshal Campos would welcome an attacic under these circumstances, mwi General (Jomez Is too shrewd to accommodate the Spanish commander. He has sen; couriers to the eastern provinces for reinforcements, and will scarcely push the campaign until the recruits arrive and until the Insurcent Lsjmpathlzers in Havana have perfect! d i liitir plans. Campos is apparently arraij to engage the insurgent army outside the city. Gorrea has attempted several times to draw tha enemy out. but thus far without avail. Ho will continue to harass Campos until a definite understanding with the people of Havana has been reached. Thn th drl! oaitle of the war will be fought. General ;me is counting upon an uprising In th capita!, and he plans an attack on the city simultaneously '-ith the outbreak. In tha meantime. Goxrrz will coyer Havana, both from the east and west, and prevent the exodus of any considerable tcx1y of Spanish troops, while the advance eolumn In Pinar del Illo will subjugate that province. Havana, to all interna and purposes, la In a state of siege. Martial law haa been proclaimed and a strict censorship Is maintained over all avenue of communication with the outside world. Correspondents of American newspapers send word to Key West that it is impossible- to forward accurate Information by cable, except at rare intervals and by resorting to novel devices. Campos May lie Retired. MADRID, Jan. (.Persistent rumors art In circulation hert to-day that Captaii

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