Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 43, Petersburg, Pike County, 2 March 1900 — Page 2

M. MeC. STOOPS, Editor mod Pi oprletor. PETERSBURG, : INDIANA. The Anglo-American Telegraph Co., Of New York, on the 21st, issued the following notice: “From London we ar«: again informed that telegrams may now be accepted for Kimberley, but only at sender’s risk.” ■ ■ ■ m ■■ 1 ■ ■■ The German foreign office confirm* the report that Germany intends to lay a cable to Eiao-Chou, and later extend this to the Carolines, and to connect the German cable with the Amcrican-Philippine cable. The Central Pacific Railroad Co. has anticipated the payment of one of its notes for $2,900,000, due more than a year hence, and has received in turn the same amount in Union Pacifia bonds which were pledged as collator* ,al. t

The contests over the state offices in Kentucky were very much simplified, on the 21st, by an agreement entered into between the attorneys for the republicans and the democrats, that there shall be a speedy trial in the courts on an agreed cade, involving ali the issues. A board of officers, to consist of Brig.-Gen. William Ludlow, Col.'Henry C. Hasbrouck, Seventh artillery, and Lieut.-Col. William H. Carter, assistant adjutant general, has been appointed for the purpose of considering regulations with a view to the establishment of a war college for the army. Judge Taft, president of the Philippine commission, had a long conference with Secretary Root at the war department, on the 20th, in regard to the proposed work of the commission. It was said the commission would be completely organized in the near future, and that it will start for Manila about April 1. Latest intelligence from the war in South Africa, -dated the 211st, said: “The- Boers tire leaving all the positions held by them on British territoiy and are concentrating for the defense of their own. Sir Redvers Buller thinks they are about to raise the siege of Ladysmith, and this is the large news of the day.” e The tablet presented to the naval academy by the Maryland Society of Beughters of the Revolution was unveiled in thet chapel at the academy,in Annapolis, Md., on the 22d. The tablet is dedicated to the officers,, soldiers and sailors who lost their lives during the \\ar of the revolution. During the discussion of the war budget ip the French chamber of deputies, on the 20th, the marquis de Gallifel said: “Thanks to the eminent director of infantry (Gen. C. F. Mallet), 4 Fiar-ce, in six months* time, will possess the finest rifle in the wortd; and only a slight modification of the present weapon will be necessary.” Hon. Arthur Sewall, of Bath, Me., candidate for vice-president on the « democratic ticket four years qgo, had a conference, on the 23d, with Mr. Bryan on the train-which took'the Nebiaskan to Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Sewall declined to reveal the nature of their Interview.

Victor Hochenstein, of Spencer, Ind., has filed a claim for $200,000 against tin: Spanish government for ill treatment received from Spanish soldiers in Cuba while he was in the service of the lied Cross society. He publielv charged in Havana that the Spanish blew up the Maine, was seized: and confined in Moro castle. According to information received at the war department from Manila, with tins end of the present expedition of Gen. Bates into the two provinces at the extreme southern part of the Island of Luzon, military operations in the Philippines will close. Afterwards, it is said, there is nothing to do but to undertake to maintain order through a, police system. Johns Hopkins university celebrated its twenty-fourth anniversary, on the 22d, by appropriate exercises in MeCoy hall at Baltimore, Md. The orator of the day was President Ben;}. I. Wheeler of the University of California, who dwelt strongly on the dignified side of politics, and made an urgent plea for stronger men for political office. ki

There was a dearth of positive news from the war in South Africa, on the £lst, the most important being thax desperate fighting was doubtless going on between Lord Roberts’ forces and the Boers under Gen. Cronje, who had probably been largely reinforced. The heavy list of casualties ambng officers reported by Gen. Roberts indicated a large total killed and wounded list. It was reported in Windsor that it had been given out from the castle that Ladysmith had been relieved. The most thrilling and important »ows received from the scene of hostilities in South Africa, on the 22d, was an account of the battle raging between Gen. Cronje’s troops, partially intrenched in the bed of the Mod*' der river, and Lord Roberts’ forces pressed by superior numbers,by whom pressed by superior numbers by whom he was completely surrounded, with fit) guns dropping lyddite, shrapnel a mi canister into his laager, wiriest was in dames* the Free State comin eii der asked for an armistice of 34 hours.^JLord Kitchener’s characteristic reply was “immediate surrender or resumption of the fight.” Gen. Cronje’j answer was that he would resist to the death. The battle was still In progress.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sources. FlcTY-SlXTt+ CONGRESS. In the senate, on the 19th, a bill for the benefit of claimants having cases pending against the United States in the circuit and district courts affected by a certain act of 1898, was passed. Mr. Sale offered a resolution, which, after a long constitutional debate, was adopted, calling for information as to why the law of congress relating to telephone charges in the District of Columbia bad not been enforced and practically was inoperative.In the house the debate oh the Puerto Rican tariff bill, on ell hands conceded to be the most far-reach-ing and important measure to be introduced at this session and which is expected to last for several days, was begun. In the senate, on the 20th, discussion of tho Philippines question was resumed, Mr. Kenney speaking against retention and in favor of self-government. Fifty-two pension bills and.a number of bills on the calendar were passed, after which the Hawaiian government bill was taken up and some amendments agreed to.In the house the time of the session was mostly taken up by three set speeches on the Puerto Rican tariff bill, the constitutional question involved forming the principal subject of discussion. In the senate, on the 21st, the greater pai t of the day's session was taken up by consideration of the Hawaiian government bill, little progress, however, being made. Mr. Penrose (Pa.) gave notice that he would call up the resolution, seating Mr. Quay as senator from Pennsylvania. on the 22d.In the house, the Puerto Rican tariff bill being under further consideration. Mr. Bromwell (rep., O.) spoke against the measure., His opposition, however, was on the ground of policy and not of constitutionality. On the failure of the substitute, he said, he would vote for the bill. . Iu the senate* on the 22d, on account of the absence of democratic senators, who were in.attendance upon the Democratic national committee, Mr. Penrose (reD., Pa.) refrained from calling up the Quay case, as announced, and gave notice that be would do so on the 23d, which met with some objection on the part of the opponents of Mr. Quay—..In the house the debate on the Puerto Rican tariff bill was resumed and brought out several notable speeches. The debate was continued at a night session. In the senate, on the 23d, the resolution Involving the seating of Mr. Quay as senatoi from Pennsylvania was taken up. the vote in favor of consideration being 34 to 2S. Mr. Daniels (dem., Va.) made a speech vigorously supporting Mr. Quay’s right to the seat. Messrs. Vest and Foraker delivered constitutional arguments opposed to and in support of the Hawaiian government bill — In the house an agreement was reached to take a vote on the Puerto Rican tariff bill on the 27th at 3 p. m., general debate on the bill to close on the 26th. The leading speech of the day w*as made by Mr. Littlefield (Me.) against the bill. The debate was continued at a night session. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The house committee on public lands, on the 22d, submitted a favorable report on the bill providing that the state of Wyoming be permitted to relinquish to the United States certain land*: of a desert character but susceptible of irrigation and to accept qther lands in lieu thereof. The condition of Princess Cantacuzene, daughter of Gen. Frederick Dent Grunt, of the United States army, who has been seriously ill in St. Petersburg with pneumonia, was reported, on the 22d, to be better. , In accordance with the custom, all of the executive departments of the government were closed, on the 22d, in houor of the anniversary of the birth of Washington, and business generally was suspended in the afternoon. The condition of Archbishop Hennessey, of Dubuque, la., on the 22<L, was such that hopes of his recovery were abandoned. His physicians expected death, within a day or two at the longest..

A man wno says ne is Count Gull Festitics, of Hungary, a relative oi Count Rtfdolph de Festitics, who married Miss Eiilly Haggin, granddaughter of J. B. Haggin, the copper baron, was held in $2,000 bail, on the 23d, in the Center Street police court, in New York, on a charge of swindling". The United States consul at Rio de Janeiro has informed the state department (under date of January 23 last) that the pest scare in Brazil is subsiding, and that the health authorities thought that the quarantine restrictions would probably be removed at all Brazilian ports within a week. By direction of the president the military post at Magnolia Bluff, uear Seattle, Wash.,will hereafter be known and designated as Fort Lawton, in honor of the late Maj.-Gen. Lawton, lT. S. Y., (colonel and inspector general United States army), who \yas killed in action at San Mateo, Philippine islands, on December 19, 1S99. Representative Loud, author of the bill relating to second class mail matter,'secured a special rule, on the 23d, giving two days in March for the consideration of the bill and providing for a final vote. Gen. John McNulta, for 35 years a prominent citizen, lawyer and. politician of Bloomington, 111., died* in Washington, on the 22d, aged 63. lie was born in New York, and located in Bloomington in 1857. He raised the Nirety-fourth Illinois volunteers and became a brigadier general.

Advices of the 22d indicated that -Gen. Kitchener had Gen. Cronje and his force that retreated from the vicinity of Kimberley surrounded on the Modder riv«f at Paardeberg, and while Gen. French, with the cavalry and mounted infantry, was preventing the reinforcement of Cronje, the British artillery was mercilessly shelling the Free Staters’ laager. A dispatch has been received at Batavia, N. Y.,stating that Earnest Kingdoc, of Stafford, who enlisted in the Fortieth volunteer infantry, had been tried by court-martial, in Luzon, and sentenced to be shot, for sleeping at his post, in consequence of whieh Filipinos entered the American camp and killed two or three soldiers. Ai invitation received by Adiftiral Dewey to visit Jacksonville, 111., is in the form of at gold plate, six by eight inehes, containing $400 worth of the piecious metal, beautifully engraved, and bearing the admiral’s flag, the four strrs being represented by diamonds. Advices from Marathon, in the great bend of the Rio Grande, 200 miles west of San. Antonio, Tex., confirm the reports of extensive discover ies of cinnabar. or quicksilver, ore of remarkable richness, • i

The statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the 23d showed: Available cash balance, $296,598,93%; gold reserve, $255,583,787. The Democratic national committee at its session in Washington,on the 22d, after listening to speeches on behalf of Kansas City and Milwaukee as locations for holding the national convention, decided, by a vote of 40 to 9, on Kansas City and July 4 as the date. Thomas W. Bali’s heroic bronr.e statue of Washington was unveiled at Methuen, Mass., on the 22d, on the grounds of Edward F. Searles. The statue, with its accompanying figures, is said to have cost $250,000. It was on exhibition at the World’s fair at Chicago, where it occupied a central position in the art gallery. The pedestal, of white marble, is 60 feet in height. ' The black plague has broken out both Kahului, on the island of Maui, and Hilo on the island of Hawaii. Thq latest advices report seven deaths at Kahului—all Chinese—and one at Hilo, a Portuguese woman.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 24th, the entire session was devoted to the further consideration of the Hawaiian government bill. The discussion took a wile range, but the basis of it was an amendment = offered by ' Mr. Pl<ut (Conn.) as to the appointment and tenure of office of the judges of the Hawaiian courts....In the house the debate upon the Puerto Rican bill was proceeded with, a large number of speeches being delivered, both for and against the pending measure. Admiral Von Tirpitz, German secretary to the admiralty, has informed the reichstag budget committee that if the naval augmentation bill is adopted, an order for steel plates to the value of 279,000,000 marks will go jointly to the Stumm Brothers and to Herr Krupp. Herr Eugene Richter, the radical leader, asserts that this will give a clear profit^ to the manufacturers of 176,000,000 marks. The Lourenzo Marques correspondent' of the London Times, under date of the 25th, says: “The feeling in official circles at Pretoria borders on consternation. Gen. Louis Botha and President Steyn are both urging President Kruger to sue for peace. At Bloemfontein Gen. Cronje’s position is regarded as hopeless.” At the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church, in Washington, on the 25th, Bishop John f. Hurst preached a memorial sermon at a special service held in honor and remembrance of Bishop John P. Newman. The auditorium was filled to the doors. President McKinley was an interested auditor. - Harry Weldon, for 20 years the sporting editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, in which capacity he won for himself and his paper a national reputetion, was stricken with paralysis as lie retired to his room, about three o’clrek on the morning of the 25th. Dr. Wriglit, of Buffalo, aged 74, oue of the foremost homeopathic physicians in New York state, who, in 18 IS, \Vas chosen president of the American Institute of Homeopathy, died, on the 25th, in Chicago, where he had gone to secure medical treatment. The order of Gen. Wood making Sunday, the 25th, a holiday in Cuba, in honor of the beginning of the revolution, was very popular and was observed strictly. The Cubans consider tlieYlay in the same light as the Americans do the Fourth of July. CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

The wife and daughter of Field Marshal Lord“Koberts took luncheon with Queen Victoria at Windsor castle Friday John 0. McMackin, aged 19 years, son of James B. McMackin, who was I injured ip, last Sunday’s fire at Salem, 111 , died Friday. Austin May, the colored watchman at the Newport (Ark.) electric light plant was electrocuted by coming in contact with a live wire. The death of Prof. James Barkley oec tired Friday at his home in Carlyle, ill. Deceased was 78 years of age. He was lx>rn itt Paris, l\y. To Wing, the Chinaman recently charged with murder at Bingham City, Utah, and-sentenced to be shot, committed suicide, Friday, bj- hanging. John B. McLean, of Ohio, gave a dinner, Friday night, a.t Washington, to a hundred dr more prominent democrats, including members of the nation democratic committee. The K county flouring mils, located at Newkirk, Okla., and owned by Ledbeter & Cou, were consumed by fire Friday. The loss is estimate to be nearly $50.\K)0.

H. R. L. Jones, a stockholder and director in the Mermod •£ Jaccard Jewelry Co., of St. Louis, died at St. Augustine, Fla., where he had gone for his healths J. B. Rainy, one of the most prominent cotton buyers at Paris, Texv died Friday morning from an. overdose of morphine, taken with suicidal intent. An old well at Loogootee, Ind., was shot witah nitroglycerin, Friday, and a flow followed, estimated at 200 barrev. daily. The oil was struck at a depth of 338 feet. One .woman was killed, several otlm persons were severely injured, and property valued at half a million Jolla rs was destroyed by fire in Philadelphia Friday. The Frankfort (Ky.)- city council passed a resolution authorizing the mayor to appoint a committee to investigate the alleged presence in the city of armed mountaineers. Joe Walcott, the Barbadoes negro, received the decision over Joe Choyussk, ot California, in thb seventh round of what was to have be$n a 25-round bout before the Broadway Athletic club, New York city, Friday night CJioynski was all but out.

ALL OVER THE STATE. Events in Various Portions sf Indiana Told by Wire.

*«me a Ticket. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 23.—Tlie populist state convention nominated the following ticket: For governor, Alonso Q. Burkhart, ol Tipton county; for lieutenant governor C. M, Walters, of Rossvtlle; for secretary of state, Dr. W. T. Carmichael, of Waleshorough; for auditor of state, J. W Wales, of Hancock county; for treasurer of state, William H. Kun$e, of Dogansport; for attorney general, pavid F. Boger; of Shelbyvllle; for supreme court reporter; Charles E. Hoffman, of Clay county; for superintendent of public instruction, W. P. Beasley, of Vincennes; for state statistician. A. L. D. Grindell, of Starke county. A Test Salt. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 23.—The board of police commissioners is to make a test case: of the injunction suit brought by a restaurant 'man. whose restaurant is in the same building as a saloon. He says the police have no right to close his place of business if all connection with the saloon is cut off at hours when saloons are not allowed to do business. Divorced. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 23.—Flora E. Swineford with a few witnesses told her troubles to Judge Allen and was given a .divorce from her husband, Egbert H. Swineford. She was also granted the custody of theii child. She said her husband got' drunk one week after they were married and failed to provide for her. She was compelled to live with her relatives. Murderer Captured. Wabash. Ind., Feb. 23.—The murderer of Maj. John F. Stone, formerly of this county, but recently of Kingfisher, O. T., has been captured at Juarez, Mexico. His name is James Walch^r, and the killing was the result of an attempt on the pari of Maj. Stone, who was a conspicuous volunteer officer in the war with Spain, to collect a debt of long standing. Sues for Damages. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 23.—Gertfi.de Hamilton, a dashing young woman, gifted with rare personal charms and considerable wealth, who recently left Chicago to locate in the staid little village of Pimento, this county, has been named as defendant in a suit for $19,* 000 damages for alienating the affections of Emma j. Bowne’s husband, William Bowne. Sentenced. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. t 23.—John Owens, charged with burglary and grand larceny, withdrew his plea of not guilty in the criminal court and enterefl a plea of guilty to grand larceny. He was charged with stealing $50 worth of clothing from William H. Patton. He was sentenced to the Indiana reformatory for ffom two to 14 years. Given a Flag. Notre Dame, Ind., Feb. 23.—The student body and the glee club of Notre Dame university sang national anthems ’in Washington hall Thursday morning. James H. McGinnis presented the university with a large silk flag in the name of the 1900 class. President Morrissey accepted the flag on behalf of the institution.

New President. • Crawfordsville, Ind., Feb. 23.—Rev. William P. Kane was formally inducted into the presidency of Wabash college with impressive ceremonies, in the presence of 1,500 people, including 500 visiting alumni and former sxudents. The trustees of the college conferred the honorary degree of LL. D. on Gov. James A. Mount. shoots Herat if. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 23.—Miss Beckey Garrison, aged 15, daughter of William R. Garrison, of Tecu nseh, this county, shot herself above the heart in an attempt at suicide because her father would not let her marry Jo hn Faulkner, aged 17. a farm hand. The bullet struck a bone, and she will recover. Novel Salt. Richmond, Ind., Feb. 23.—A novel damage suit will shortly come to trial here. It is that of John Ca Iwallader against the Grand Rapids Indiana railroad. Cadwallader asks $5,000 for catching a cold while riding from Fort Wayne to Richmond, alleging the coach to have Jaeen poorly heated.

Mounted Mall Carrier. Indianapolis, Ind., .Feb. 23.—Post- I master Hess says that as soon as the roads were in good condition between Indianapolis and Irvington, le intended to put ,on a “mounted nail carrier” in the latter town in order to make It possible to deliver mail to every person living in Irvingnon. “Struck It Rick.” Wabash, Ind., Feb. 23.- Will H Anderson, of this city, secretary of the school board, received a letter from his brother, Thomas N. Anderson, of Fayette, Idaho, stating that he had received an offer of $1,000,000 cash for two silver mining claims in Idaho, and would probably sell. By Acclamation. Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 23.—Congressman Edgar D. Crumpaeker, of Valparaiso, was renominated by acclamation by the republican congressional convention of the Tenth district, held here. The candidacy of William S. Haggard for nomination for governor was indorsed. , Selling: Agency. Mnncie, Ind., Feb. 23.—The giass fruit jar manufacturers, who represent 90 per cent, of the output of the country, have formed a selling agency, which is to be located in this city.

Said to be Willing to Surren But Opposed by Young Boe from the Transvaal.

REFUSES SAFE CONDUCT FOR WMEII. _^_ . ■ 5. Consternation Prevails at Pr- aria -Krnser Urced to Surre Boiler’s Slow Advance Bring Ilia Hear to Ladysmith—General -tews from the War in booth Afri si London, Feb. 26, 4:35 a. m.—I irliaps never before in the course of tit: pi.xseafc campaign have such crowd > ti.&ited the war office as went the: is :iunday. As the Times remarks jo-clay: “The dearth of news is somewl ufc. trying at a time when a considera ii success". was generally regarded a li aminent.” No diminution of confidence a ‘Lord Roberts is felt, however, a t>3 the masses are ready to believe a«t he has good reasons for not mei tifning Gen. Cronje in the official dis patches. Possibly he is in no hurry t > end a situation which is daily bringi * small parties of Boers in a vain end :4' or to reinforce Gen. Cronje. These deal with in detail. Lord Roberts has already ovei 500 Boers, and at this rati: soon have; quite a respectat of prisoners to hold as host the 3,000 British already in P Gen. Cronje’s refusal to act4f>t the offer of Lord Roberts regai iiiig iho women and children indicat :s either that the position is less despe -tt a than has been supposed or that hejhis been able to dig an absolutely safe place for themEverything goes to show .aflt Gen. Buller’s advance is most s jbboruly contested and most cautious yj carried out. It is hoped that he wi i Soon be in a position where Gen. Wh i.e will be abb: to assist him material!;', j The campaign is now aj r>r:>aching a most interesting phase. uf about, a fortnight the congress of tl :: jlfrikander bund will meet, and it rumored that Mr. Hofmyer will then! proposes ptacc terms on the basis A the republics retaining absolute irdepeud ence, but offering to disarn . ( If these terms are rejected, it is \in lerstood that a manifesto will be Ik off issued to the Dutch throughout S uiila Africa calling upon them to throv nl off their allegiance to Great Britaii . ; Possibly these rumors are exaggerated; out there is po doubt that t '.q greatest anxiety prevails in Cape T< ,vr; i regarding the coming events. $ Germany, thrqugh the stjui-official Berliner Post, reiterates -isa t all reports of German interventi >a are quite without foundation. Cap . Raymond Haivey de Montmbrency, who, »vas killed in Gen. Gatacre’ reconnaissance, Saturday, was the 'ae r of Viscount Frankfort de Montmc r incy, and was the fourth heir to a y>v;mge who has fallen in the course bf the' caiapuigm . c i

Consternation at l‘: « t trla. London, Feb. 27.—TheLoui ;ncO Marquee correspondent of the Ti; ires says: “The feeling- in official circles att Pretoria borders on conste ac tion. Gen. Louif Botha and Preside lc both urging President Era. for peace. At Bloemj :>a ein. Gen Cronje’s position is regaisie less.’’ Steyn areer to sue l as hopeDrawing: Near to Lsil|sniith. London, Feb. 27.—The Tjinres publishes the following dispatch frbm Colenso, dated Saturday: “The British are now w .thin two miles of being in touch >ith Ladysmith; but the ground s|(il| to be coherer- is the hardest part, a; id very e voi i fighting must be expected.” The Boers Mate Go >d Cover. London; Feb. 27.—The 1'iines publishes. the following frofn L'aardeberg, da^ed Wednesday, Febrdarfjr 21: “Gin. Cronje’s forces are good cover from the British art U^cy fire, and hav* considerable stoles of" provisions

BOKKS MAKE A STOtT (DEFENSE. But the British Stabbr raly Advance and Slowly Gain Crf'ouhd. Cc-lehso, Natal, Satuijjia,% Feb. 24.— The Boers, who had b *<*: . reinforced, macif a stand on Thursua, atGroblgr’s kloof and on a range it hills running east. They had been dried from all their positions-on the Gen. Lyttleton’s divisiq^ on Thnrsda}’ advanced under cdfefof the kopjes. The Boers fired ; C.*eusot and a “Long Tom.” The Briti sh artillery was well sheltered in action at daybreak and until late in the a: te| noon whe.-i a htavy rifle fire on l* tip sides developed. Th<‘ British infantry hs d advanced a mile and d half, and a jJmtinuous fire was kept up until af'er dirk. The Boers stuck to their r_k sitions. The British art illery fire v i s irregular. A few salvos were sei 1 | toward the thickly wooded spots a id ravines in which the Boer fire we; heaviest. The Boers sent shel.t. nto the headquarters baggage, cl< >s.» to the hospital, but no materia! damage was dcnc. Gen. Wynne was slightly wounded. j:3^ The Boer positions a e not considered strong, with tii & exception of Grobler’s kloof. The dlls eastward are not so high and c treiched so well as U which the British ha e not Jje cnmountai *s, tea.

The Somersets were the first aerom the pontoons on - Wednesday. Thejr Dveie subjected to a heavy fire for Siva hours in an isolated position. It was the first time they had been unde* fire, and they behaved excellently. Early on Friday a severe rifle fira was resumed on the right and front from the positions held over night* by both sides. The British naval guns,, howitzers* mountain and field batteries shelled the Boer trenches incessantly. The Boers replied with two heavy guns, some of their shells bursting over the hospital. During the afternoon the Fifth brigade, the Inniskillings and Du bit ns leading, began to advance up the hills. In spite of the constant shelling the Boers stood up in their trenches, aiming deliberately down the hills. The infantry advance was furthercovered by parties, on the right and left, firing volleys. It was slow work, the British taking advantage of every bit of natural cover. The Boers on the crests of the hills, as well as from the trei ches part of the way down, poured lend along the advancing line. (At dark the British infantry, had reached within a few hundred yiirds of thp first line of Boer trenches. WITH HIS FACE TO THE FOE. Death of Two British Officers, One of Them a Victoria Crows Hero. Sterkstrooin, Feb. 26.—Gen. Gatacre has issued a divisional order announcing the killing at Schoeman’s farm, Saturday, of Capt. Montmorency, commanding Montmorency’s scouts, and? Lieut.-Coi. F. H. Hoskier. of the Third. Middlesex volunteer artillery. Valuable, hut Costly. The Reconnaissance was valuable* and would have been most satisfactory had it not been for the unfortunate disaster to the Scouts, with whom Lieut.-Col. Hoskier happened to be. Their loss was four killed and many wounded and missing. Washington, Feb. 27.—Capt Montmorency, who was killed near Sterkstroom while Commanding Montmorency’s scouts, was a noted man in the British army and a wearer of the Victoria Cross. He was the son of Maj.Gen. Viscount Frankfort,and belonged to the Twenty-third lancers. Hogeined the Victoria Cross at Orndurman, where he served ’ under Gen. Kitchener. v ^ Lieut. Grenfeld had been, killed, and the British earnestly desired to recover his body. At great j>ersonal risk, Capt. Montmorency undertook the task, notwithstanding it compelled, him to face the dervishes alone. WILKINSON'S REVIEW. Cronje’w Object in HIm Oesjserate He* ■iwtunee to Utobertw. London, Feb. 27.—Spencer Wilkinson, reviewing the military situation in the Morning I*ost, says: “The probabilities are that the Boers have not been able to collect a large force to attack Lord Roberts. Gen. Crouje's surrender may occur at any moment. But the ' Boer commander knows what he is doing. He is not. sacrificing lives for nothing. Every day he can hold out means the delay* of a dayr in Lord Roberts’ advance and the gain of a day for the beseigers of. Ladysmith. “Therefore, Lord Roberts is actingrightly in tightening liis grip in order to hasten the removal of Gen. Cronje’s force,and Gen. Bn Her’s steady advance is the best Aelp that can be givefi Lord Roberts.”

Loyal Inhabitants Lnthued. London, Feb. 25, 3:55 p, m,—Lord' Roberts has sent the following additional advices to the war office: . “Paardeberg, Saturday. Feb 24. “Methuen reports that llarkly West, was occupied by our troops on February 22. The loyal inhabitants dis-. played great enthusiasm, “The country west of the railway from Cape Town to Kimberly is gradually settling down. A detachment has started from lie Aar for lb'its town, and Douglas and Prieskiv will shortly be visited by our troops. '“Methuen’s account of the admirablemanner in which- the Kimberly hospital is managed lnade one desire to send some of our sick and wounded there.” The Canadians Ilc-avly Knsust'il. Paardeberg, Feb. 24.-Gf he British u&m gradually closing in upon Gen. t ronje. froai all sides, and making his posit>cr mote impossible than ever. During the course of the night the Pritish. artillery .poured in Several rounds. There was a terrible rain and thunderstorm early in the evening. The Canadians were heavily engaged in Sunday’s fight, behaving most gallantly.

i sr exmsi vK billets. One Prisoner'* Belt Contiihicd Sixty * of the Banlerons Missiles. London, Feb. 27.—The Avar office publishes the following .dispatch from Lord Roberts: “Paardeberg, Feb.-.24, 12:20 p. m. “Parties of Boers recently arrived from Natal attacked our outposts in force again yesterday. They lost a good many killed and wounded and nearly 100 prisoners, including a commandant and three field cobmts. Oar, casualties were four officers wtnmded, nine men killed, 23 men wounde?*>iw«x men missing. “On the 21st and 22d one officer and 13 men were wounded. Six men were wounded yesterday by hollow-nosed Mauser bullets. The nickel case is slit with four slits, making the projectile of the most expansive and explosive nature possible. A wounded Boer brought to our hos-i pital yesterday had 60 of these bullets, in his possession. “During the advance to and at Kimberly the casualties were: Officer's,, two killed, 13 wounded; men, four killed, 78 wounded. .“The officers’ casualties had previously been reported.’*