Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1900 — Page 7

Pufclicjales! CLYNE, MCIIM. Having located at Monticello, I solicit your patronage. Have made and am now booked for some of the largest stock sales in the country. I guarantee satisfaction on my part or no pay. I’ll make you money on small as well as large sales. Terms reasonable. Write for dates before advertising. V. D. CLYNE, Auctioneer, owes with o*comhos« csss Monticello, Ind. •SOUNI FLOOH. Professional Cards. ATTORNEYS _____ Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT IAW. Law, Abstracts, Real Estate. Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office first stairs east of Postoffice. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Hanley & Hunt, Law, Abstracts, Loans and Real Estate. Office up-stairs in Leopold's block, first stairs west of Van Rensselae, street. Jas. W. Douthit, LAWYER, Rensselaer, Indiana. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For The L.N. A. AC.Ry, and Rensselaer W.L. AP. Co. over Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer, Indiana. rualt FOLTZ. C. O. OFtTLZK. HARRY R. KURRIZ Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) Attorneya-at-Law. Law, Real Estate. Insurance Abstracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the County. RENSSELAER, IND. Mordecai F. Chilcote, William H. Parkison Notary Public. Notary Public. Chilcote & Parkison,

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BOER ARMY YIELDS

General Cronje Surrenders Unconditionally. FIERCE FIGHT ENDS. Stubborn Ten Days’ Battle Results ta Victory for British Arms. Hopelessly Cornered and Subjected to a Moat Terrible Artillery Fire for Ten Long Days and Nights, the Boer Commander, with His Entire Force, la Finally Forced to Capitulate to Lord Roberts. aWHRRMR 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 Bloemfontein, 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 retreat. Gen. French came to their aid from Kimberley and Lord Roberts concentrated his whole British force about the cornered Boer army. Fighting was kept up almost incessantly for ten days, ending with Cronje’s surrender. At daybreak Tuesday morning the British 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

GENERAL KITCHENER.

Roberta 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 Roberts 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’* la 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 onjy 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 the British. ' ■ < ANNIVERSARY OF MAJUBA. Noteworthy Coincident of the Surrender of Cronje’s Army. Those who take note of coincidences point out that the surrender of Cronje and his men took place on the anniversary of Majuba Hill, a minor British defeat at the hands of the Boers which has had far-reaching consequences. Majuba has been flaunted in British faces during ths last nineteen years, and there is little doubt that the British are glad the old aiorc to now more than even.

ARTILLERY CROSSING LITTLE TUGELA RIVER UNDER FIRE

—London

JOY IN LONDON.

News of Cronje’a Surrender Received with Wild Demonstrations. , The news of Gen. Cronje’s surrender reached London Tuesday morning during a sudden downpour of rain and spread by word of mouth almost before the extra papers appeared. Englishmen thawed at onee'. 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 picked 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’, surrender will have a far-reaching effect. It opens the southern Free State to the British and isolates the Boers in northern Cape Colony. The Boers, it is known, are now collecting 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 infantry 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, meanwhile employing the infantry in an attack on the Boer re-enforcements who were coming to Cronje’s relief. Until Thursday the bombardment continued unabated and it was reported that the beleag-

KANSAS CITY’S CONVENTION HALL.

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 last week under his authority as Governor of the Philippines, using the public funds of the Islands for the purpose.

Told in a Few Lines.

Kalamazoo, Mich., raised $1,090 for the Boers. ' ’ Georgia is experiencing the most prosperous winter in a score of years. The Baltimore and has decided to raise the waflV ofall engineers. / Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, exploiter of the “Christian newspaper” idea, may be called to share the pulpit of the Chicago church formerly occupied by Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis.

THE MAN OF THE HOUR

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 age. He received a splendid military education in England. The success he won in the Indian mutiny led to his eventual pro-’ 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 the country, li was opened a year ago. The building is of bridge construction without a column to interfere w-ith the view from any part of the auditorium. The roof is

supported by great steel girders. The general seating arrangement to 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, the upper seatings being reached by means of inclined planes. Separate exits are used for the balconies and roof garden. and it to estimated the hall can ba emptied at the rate of 5,000 persons a minute.

Profits of Diamond Mines.

At a meetin< of the De Been Mining Company at Kimberley Saturday, Mr, Cecil Rhodes, who presided, stated tha| the profits of the company for the yeas ware roughly estimated at £2,000,000. " 1 7 True manhood Ur chary of charity.

LADYSMITH IS FREE

General Buller Lifts the Long Siege. ENDS HARD CAMPAIGN Official Announcement of Victory Made by London War Office. Victory Conies After Months of Fight-ing-Brief Account of the Siege and Efforts at Relief—Gen. White Penned in Ladysmith Oct. 30 After Disaster to British Arms—Reward of British General’s Valor and Perseverance. 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 entered Ladysmith.” The events which led up to the siege of Ladysmith began with the pouring of Boer forces into Natal by way of Laing’s Nek and of Free State forces through Van Heenan’s pass immediately after the war began on Oct. 12. The attack on Glencoe Oct. 20 resulted in a reverse for the British, their commander, Gen. Symons, being mortally wounded. The British found their .position untenable, and under the leadership of Gen. Yule they retreated toward Ladysmith, the force of 4,000 men being in imminent danger of destruction by the Boers. To guard the retreat a force of British from Ladysmith under Gen. French fought the battle of Elandslaagte on Oct. 21, which reulted in a victory for the British, the Boers being routed and their commander. Gen. Kock, being mortally wounded. Gen. Yule arrived safely at Ladysmith on Oct. 2(5, after a severe march. In the meantime the Boers continued to gather in Natal and by Oct. 30 were strongly posted on three sides of the city. Gen. Sir George Stewart White, who commanded the forces at Ladysmith on that day, moved out all his force in an effort to break through the Boer lines and rout them, but the left wing of his command, composed of the First battalion of the Royal Irish fusiliers, the First battalion of the Gloucestershire regiment and the Tenth mountain battery, was surrounded by the Boers at Nicholson’s Nek and compelled to surrender. The other British troops were driven back by the Boers, and from that time Ladysmith was under siege. By Nov. 1 the city was well invested. The day before a naval brigade had arrived from Durban with some powerful guns, taken from the warships. These guns proved invaluable in the long siege which followed, as they were the only weapons in Ladysmith which could compare in power with the magnificent artillery used by the Boers in shelling the city. On Nov. 2 the communications were cut south of Ladysmith.

On Nov. 4 the British evacuated Colenso, which guarded the bridge crossing the Tugela river. The Boers crossed the Tugela and raided through Natal to the outskirts of the British camp at Estcourt and beyond, threatening even to attack the capital of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. The British forces began to arrive from England, and under command first of Gen. Cleary and later of Gen. Buller organized at Frere and Chieveley station for the advance to the relief of Ladysmith. After collecting an army of about 12,000 men Gen. Buller on Dec. 15 advanced to 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 followed, in which the British showed bad leadership and were defeated at every point with heavy loss of men and the capture of eleven cannon. Gen. Buller began his great movement toward the relief of Ladysmith Jan. 13. Gen. Warren,, with 11,000 nien, made a detour toward'Weenen, but it was three days later before the British troops began to get across the Tugela. Lyttleton’s brigade, 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 continued the advance under a heavy artillery 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 abandoning the relief of Ladysmith. On Jan. 30 Gen. Buller sent out another recounoissance, and on Feb. 2 the British recrossed the .Tugela river and attacked the Boers two days The Boers secured an advantageous position .aid checked the advance of the British for the time. More fighting followed. T&e Boers for the first time took the offensive against Gen. Buller. The two forces engaged in light skirmishes, Gen. Buller trying to 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 the hills surrounding the city, evidently fearful lest they could not hold back the British when the rush began to Ladysmith.

Telegraphic Brevities.

The Comptroller of the Currency levied an assessment of 100 per cent, on the capital stock of the Globe National Bank of Boston. The ashes of Walter 8. Blanchard, founder of the Corinthian Yacht Club, were scattered to the winds from the main must of the ship Shenandoah, in San Francisco Bay. Mount San Piedra, near Santiago, Cuba, was recently covered with snow for the first time in thirty years. Excursions were run to the mountain to give the Cubans a view of the snow.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY! TOLD. ... Populist State Convention Com pletijM Ticket Placed in Nomination—Super*g intendente for State Fair—tion of Dr. Kane at Wabash Populists of Indiana in State eonven«|| tiou at Indianapolis named the following ticket: Governor, A. G. Burkhart, Tip- ; ton; Lieutenant Governor, C. M. Wal-jjg ters, Indianapolis; Secretary of State, Dr. W. T. Carmichael, Columbus; Audi- 3 tor, John W. Wales, Hancock Treasurer, W. H. Kunz, Logansport; AO| torney General, G. T. Boger, Shelby County; reporter Supreme Court, Charles : E. Huffman, Clay County; superinteu-3 dent public instruction. Prof. Wifliam P.. J Beasly, Knox County; State statistician, | A. L. Grindle, Starke' County; national i electors, Samuel Walker. Hancock Coun- J ty, and A. H. Rowley. Columbus; members of the national committee, N. H. ! Motsinger of Portland, A. G. Burkhart of Tipton and Thomas S. East of Madison County; Supreme judge, first district, * S. M. Holcomb. Resolutions were adopt- | ed favoring government ownership, the | same treatment of gold and silver at t United States mints at the present ratio | of 1(5 to 1, the election of President, Vice* < President and Supreme judges by direct vote, initiative and referendum, opposition to trusts, municipal ownership, additional pensions and the “issue by the general government without the intervention of banks of such value of full legal tender paper money as may be sufficient for the needs of the people.” Fair Superintendents. At the meeting of the State Board of Agriculture President Jones announced the appointment of the following department superintendent's of the State fair: Admissions, E. A. Robinson of Rocklane, grand stand, James E. McDonald of Ligonier; speed, W. T. Beauchamp of Terre Haute; horses, Mortimer Levering of Lafayette; beef cattle, M. S. Claypool of Muncie; dairy cattle and dairy products, Cott Barnett of Logansport; swine. Mason J. Niblack of Vincennes; sheep, John L. Thompson of Gas City; poultry. Sid Conger of Flat Rock: art, John L. Davis of Crawfordsville; horticulture, Knode Porter of Hagerstown; agriculture. John C. Haines of Lake; mechanical. W. W. Stevens of Salem; privileges, H. L. Nowlin of Lawrenceburg. President Jones j o appointed the following executive committee: W. W. Stevens of Salem; W. T. Beauchamp of Terre Haute. E. A. Robison of Rocklane and J. 1.. Thompson of Gas City.

Dr. Kane Is Installed. The Rev. William P. Kane was formally inducted into the presidency of Wabesh College at CrawfordsviHq, with impressive ceremonies, in the presence of 1.500 people, including 500 visiting alumni and former students. Dr. M. L. Hines of Indianapolis presided. The venerable ex-president. Joseph Farrand Tuttle, D. I).. LL. D., delivered the charter and keys of the college to the new president, who then delivered his inaugural address. Addresses were made by Prof. John L. Campbell in behalf of the faculty, the Rev. D. P. Putnam of Princeton for the alnmni, A. E. Tinkham for the. students.

Dice in a Railway Station. Mrs. George F. Field, traveling from Donaldson, Ark., to Fair Haven, Vt.. died in the union station at Indianapolis, surrounded by her three small children. Mr. Field died in Arkansas and a week later a child died. The mother was ill and the 15-year-old daughter took charge of their affairs and started with her mother and two small sisters for the old home in Vermont.

Within Our Borders. Sullivan will incorporate. Gypsies around Clayton. Ducks are plentiful on the Kankakee. Muncie is going into the park building business. Vincennes wants a $200,000 Government building. South Pend will be redistricted, and a new ward added. Greensburg schools are*' troubled with a siege of playing hookey. Herman Schroeder has been appointed postmarter at Smithson. Some one tried to burn the sanitarium at Cartersburg Springs the other day. Seventeen-year-old daughter of H. S. Daniels, Union City, has disappeared. Johnson County hens are beginning to come off of the nest with spring chickens. De'tth of Clarence Betts, 29, of spinal meningitis, has caused excitement at Russiaville. Schools have been closed and a revival discontinued at Vernon because of scarlet fever. Terre Haute Council made an appropriation to help the Board of Health fight smallpox. Work on the electric line from Muncie to Hartford City will begin with the shoots of spring. Tile old citizens of Mooresville celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the place. Jack Shashberger, Goshen, who was crippled on the Lake Shore Railroad, has been granted a pension and $2,000 back pay. A large number of business houses were destroyed or damaged by a tire at Owensville. Total loss $15,700, insurance si;ioo. William Buffington, insane over politics, refused to leave the Muncie jail with bis relation, until given a shotgun and hatchet to protect himself. Jeffersonville Light and Water Company, that has received the new contract for furnishing the city with light, miqrt«aged its plant for $58,000. There is a plan to build an electric line from Fort Wayne to Ligonier, to connect by branch lines with Mishawaka, Goshen, South Bend and Elkhart. George Hoffman, Cincinnati, while hanging sash at the Oldenburg convent, lost his balance on a scaffold and jumped to a board, but it broke. He fell to the ground, dying a few minutes later. Dr. James H. Smart, president of Pur, due University, died at his home in Lafayette. _ He bad been in ill health for several years, as a result of overwork ia his ambitious zeal to further the best interests ot Purdue.