Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 52, Petersburg, Pike County, 4 May 1900 — Page 6

m K. IcC. STOOPS, Kdttor tod Froprtato» JjCETERSBUBG, : INDIANA. .‘_—.-■!. s Hon. Matthew S. Quay was refused • seat fn the United States senate on the appointment of the governor of Pennsylvania, on the 34th, by a vote of 33 to 33.

Among the result* of the beginning of a general onward movement by Gen. Lord Roberts, on the 25th, were the relief of Wepener, by Gen. Brabant^ ^nd the capture of De Wet’s Dorp by the British. | The International Tuberculosia eon* ference was ppened in Naples on the 25th. Dr- Baccelli delivered the inauguration speech, and a delegate from each country represented at the congress followed. Emperor Nicholas has designated Grand Duke Sergius, governor-general of Moscow, to go to Berlin to attend the ceremonies in connection with the declaration of the majority of Crown Prince Frederick William, on May 6. The plans of Gen. Otis have not been announced, but it is understood he intends to sail from Manila on the Mead or Grant early in May. He will be accompanied by his staff, and will probably visit lld^fg Kong and other ports. Emperor William has empowered the I russian minister of education, Dr. Situdt, to forbid hereafter the use of Latin in all university and faculty de<rees, assigning as a reason the importance of a “more general use of the German tongue.” An order to this effect has beeh issued. The king of Sweden and- Norway Las decided to reward certain persons who have found various objects belonging tti^the Andre polar balloon expedition, and a certain amount of money has been set aside for rewards to persons who hereafter may find similar objects from the expedition. The supreme court, on the 24th, issued its mandate in the case of Capt. Oberlin M. Carter. The writ is directed to the circuit court for lh$j southern ^New York district, and unless Capt. Career's counsel can find some other means to delay, the result will be his early departure lor the prison at Leavenworth, Kas.' The state department received confirmation, on the 27th, of the press I report that Cartagena had fallen into the hands of the revolutionists. The taking of the town is regarded as a mutter of the greatest importance, for Cartagewqis phe principal seaport of Col&upbia, and collects most of the customs revenues of the country. United States Immigrant Agent Healey, at Seattle, Wash., gives an interview on the Japanese tidal wave, in which he says the rush will cause n labor upheaval. Five thousand are ' on the high seas and 25,000 arc to : come, he says. They will mostly land in British Columbia, and sneak over 4 the line into the United States. Gustave H. Schwab, manager of the North German Lloyd line’s American agency in New York, said, on the 27th, in reference to the action of Prince Yon Hohenlohe in interdicting the importation into German, Dutch or Belgian ports, of pork and dairy products by the Northern Lloyd fompnny, that tire edict did not apply to American provisions. Before leaving Dublin, for home, >n the 26th, Queen Victoria conferred baronetcies upon the lord mayors of X'ublin and Belfast, the title of lord mayor on the mayor of Cork and his ai-ecessors in office, and knighthood upon the mayor of Cork add the mayor of Londonderry. She gave £1,-<-V- to be distributed among the poor ill the Dublin hospitals.

Representative Needham, of California, on the 26th, sent to the president, members of the cabinet and senators and representatives in congress, invitations from the board of trade of Visalia, Cal., to join in a .'*0dn‘v camping- party, which is to visit Mount Whitney and the Sequoia national park in the Sierre Nevada mountains, about July 15. The United States ship Dolphin, bearing Mr. Charles Herbert Allen, the r.ewly-appointed civil governor of Iiorto Rico, dropped anchor off San Juan at ten o’clock on the morning •f the 27th. Gen. Davis, military governor, visited Mr. Allen on board the Dolphin at half-past eleven o’clock. Gov. Allen and family landed at noon and took breakfast with Gen. Davis. Refore leaving Ireland, on the 2<5th)( Queen Victoria distributed titles among the^great and cash among the poor, with an equally liberal hand, tihe also declared her purpose to present a piece of plate to the corporation of Dublin as a memento of her -visit, and published a feeling expression of the great pleasure her stay among her Irish subjects had afforded berf Five square miles of territory burner over; more than twenty-five hundred dwellings, iactories, mills, stores and other buildings destroyed, entailing a •oes estimated to reach $20,000,000, and between 12,000 and 15,000 men, women wnd children homeless,, is a summing i.p of the havoc wrought by a fire which devastated Hull, Que., and Ottawa, Out., on the 26th. The cisips are separated by the Ottawa river, over which the flames swept.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Souroes. FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.

In the senate, on the 23d, the final two days’ debate on the right of Hon. M. 3. Quay to a seat as senator from Pennsylvania was begun, Messrs. Chandler (N. H.), Kenny (.Del.) and Penrose (Pa.) speaking In support of Mr. Quay’s claim, and Messrs. Platt (Conn.) and Quarles (Wis.) delivering speeches in opposition to Mr. Quay......In the house consideration of the post office appropriation bill was entered upon, and the general debate closed with the afternoon adjournment. The main subjects of contention were the provisions In the bill relating to the extension of the pneumatic tube service special fast mail facilities and the, cost of railroad transportation. ^ In the senate, on the 24th, the debate on the Quay case was continued and concluded, and at four o’clock the vote on th^ motion of Mr. Chandler to strike out of the resolution declaring Mr. Quay not to be entitled to a seat the word “not,” was defeated by a vote of: Ayes, 32: nays, 33; thus ending the hard-fought battle of the appointee o/ the governor ot Pennsylvania adversely to Mr. Quay...,.^ In the house the Foraker resolution continuing the present officers in Puerto Rico until the appropriation acts are amended by the committee on insular affairs was adopted In the senate, on the 25th, the conference report on the Hawaiian civil government bill was agreed to: the agricultural appropriation bill, carrying a little over three million dollars, was passed, and the Alaskan civil government bill was undejconsideratlon for an hour, but no progress was made^A joint resolution authorising the exhibit of government relics at the New York Printing exposition was adopted.Jn the house, the post office appropriation bill being under consideration, the item of $725,000 for pneumatic tube service—an Increase of $500,000 over the amount formerly appropriated—was dropped from the bill, after sensational charges of bribery of members by Pneumatic Tube Co. An amendment to reclassify railway mail clerks went out on a point of order. In the senate, on the 26th, almost the entire session was given Up to consideration of the claim of Nathan li. Scott, of West Virginia, to his seat in the senate, several speeches on both sides of the contention being delivered. The case finally went over without .action.In ihe house the post office appropriation bill was passed. The bill to increase the salary of the director of the census and the salaries of supervisors of census by two per cent, of the amount received by their enumerators was passed. The final conference report on the Hawaiian governupon. In the senate, on the 27th, the resolution declaring Nathan B. Scott to be entitled to his seat in the senate from West Virginia was adopted with but three dissenting votes. The Alaskan and cotton claims bills took up the rest of the day, save for an announcement concerning the Clerke case.In the house 91 private bills were passed, among them one granting $40 a month to the widow of the late Col. John M. Stotsenbcrg, of the First Nebraska, who was killed in the Philippines. The conference report u»i the Hawaiian government bill was adopted, and the bill sent to the president. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The house committee on Indian affairs, on the 26th, directed a favorable report on the bill creating- a comnmsior to consider the establishment of a national reserve, or park, of the Leech Lake, Winnebagoshisli and Cass Lrke Indian 'Ye^ervations in Minnesota, comprising about eight hundred end thirty thousand acres. The house committee on labor, at a special meeting, on the 26th, directed a favorable report on the Gardner eight-hour bill, which has attracted much attention in labor circles and among contractors- for government work. The vote was unanimous in its favor. .Information lias just reached Washington fhaj the Nicaraguan .court.;, having .decided against, the Maritime Canal Co.’s claims, the Nicaraguan government lias refused to extend tho period of time allowed for the construction of the Nicaraguan canal by ihe Maritime Canal'Co. as applied for, and has vacated its concession. One-third of the city of Ottawa, Cm., including the famous lumber district, and nearly all of the city of Hull, Que., separated by the Ottawa river, feH a prey to a fierce fire on the. 26th. Five square miles was burned, over. At least three lives were lost, and from 15,000 to *20,000 persons rental ed homeless. The financial loss is roughly estimated at $20,000,000. News from the scene of active operatic ns in South Africa indicates that t’ ere is slight chance of [the Boers, vhc hurriedly raised the;1 siege .f W< pener and. allowed Generals Brabant and Hart free passage into the lown, being caught. They have a llear road open to them so long as they skirt the Basutoland boundary toward Ladybrand. .fesse Fields, one of the most noted ©f ell the mountain feudists in Kentue%\ died, on the 26th, from the effects of a pistol shot wound received on the 24th. Fields was one of the leaders in the famous French-Ever-sole feud, in which 30 of Perry county's most prominent men were killed. A St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern passenger train was held up by a lone negro bandit near Higginson, Ark., on the morning of the 27th. TITS" negro confined operations to one passenger coach, compelling the passengers to hand over their valuables at the point of a pistol. He made his escape.

/ Simultaneously* clearing his eastern flank and skillfully disposing the tight wing of his immense army in the shape of a net for the capture of laggard Boer commandoes, Gen. Roberts has begun bis northward advance. The campaign has now entered an interesting stage.. Canadian school children, by way of retaliation for the sending of a message of sympathy to President Kruger by the school children of Philadelphia, will raise funds and send a resolution of sympathy and admiration to .Aguinaldo and his Filipino compatriots. Gov. Roosevelt of New York has given it out flnt-footed that he would' not accept a nomination for vice-president of the United States under any consideration. He says he would rather retire to private life. This declaration, h says, is final. Lcuis Klopsch, publisher of the Christian Herald of New'York city, ' ft London, on the 27th, for India, iu der to investigate the famine and -'’•iHute the American relief.

It is now asserted that the porte has revived the projwt of building a cruiser in the United States to disguise the payment of indemnity, and Ahmed Pasha is going to New York to negotiate with the Cramps on ihe subject. The amount of the indemnity would be added to the cruiser*3 priee, and the contractor would hand it over to the government. Jt was reported, on the ?7th, that ihere were 300 Boers at Bosnian's kop, in the Smithfield district; 100 at Smith field, 400, with two guns and a Maxim, at Grys’ kop, and 20C, with two guns, at Klotter drift, Caldeon river. The American National institute la Paris was inaugurated, on the evening cf the 27th, by a soiree, given at the temporary premises of . the institute, vnder the presidency of M. Sullyl'rudhommc, the poet. The amount of bonds exchanged up to the 27th,at the treasury for the new two-per-cents was$258,443,400,of which $•4 J,888,800 were received from individuals and institutions other than national banks.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the ?$th, Mr. Prttlgrew (S. D.) introduced and asked immediate consideration of a preamble and resolution of sympathy for the Boers of 8011th Africa in their war against Great Britain. A vote to refer to the committee on foreign relations disclosed the absence of a quorum, efforts to secure which failed. Beyond the passage of a few bills no business of importance was transacted....In the house, a number of important bills were passed, but most of the session wps! devoted to senate bill to create a'commission to adjudicate claims of citizens of the United States against Spain assumed, by the treaty of Paris, by this^ country. A bill to confer medals upon the officers and crew of the revenue cutter Hudson, which rescued the torpedo boat Winslow, at Cardenas. Cuba, was passed. By the collapse of a bridge at the Paris exposition, on the 29th, about fifty persons on the promenade below were caught under the ruins of the failing structure. Six of them were taken out dead, and 40 were more or ies-c severely injured, several of them dying soon after. The bridge had that morning been condemned as insecure, but for some reason no warning ha-1 Veen given the public. Gen. Allan Rutherford, clerk of the Maryland court of appeals, died in Washington, on the 29th, of consumption, aged about sixty years. He was n nativ^of New York, and served with distinction in the civil war, entering the service as major of the Ninth Ne\y York regiment. He was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers for gallantry. Interment will be at Arlington. Admiral Dewey, accompanied by Mrs. Dewey and his private secretary, Lieut. Caldwell, left Washington, on the 29th, in a special train over the Baltimore & Ohio railroadmen route *.o Chicago to participate in the celebrut ion of the seeond anniversary .of the battle of Manila. At a supplementary meeting of the 'Ecumenical conference in New York, 011 the 29th, the subject of the “Liquor and Opium Traffic” was discussed. The brieful effects of liquor and opium m me natives of every country where missionaries are working were explained in detail. United States Consul-General Mason, ut Berlin, is preparing an official report on the German trusts. CURRENT NEWS NOTES. 4 . .- Blanche Walsh, the well-known actress, is seriously ill at Chicago. William Davis, of Oeeonto City, Wis*. was run over and killed by a Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis train near Sedgwick, Ark. 1 The;James Hogan Printing Co., at St. Louis, one of the oldest printing1houses m the city, has assigned for the benefit of creditors. ■f Patrick Diamond fell 80 feet frow the roof of an elevator, at St. Louis, without sustaining any more serious injury than a few scratches. Gov. Tanner of Illinois has gone to Chicago to consult surgeons concerning the operation which is believed to be necessary to give him relief. - IZrastus de Klerk was sentenced, at Pretoria, to two years’ imprisonment, at hard labor for guiding the British from Petrusburg to Bloemfontein. The Blomer Michal Packing Co.> plant, at Quincy, 111., was damaged by lire to the amount of between $15,000 und $20,000; covered by insurance. The prince of Wales, in a ffiessage.acfcnowledges his thankfulness for the sympathy of the world in his receiii narrow escape from Sipido’s bullets. There is a rumor current at Ik Soto, Mo., that the body of Charles liruechert, the wife-murderer, has been found in the river near Crystal City.

George Jaeobi, who resided with hi* father, Fred Jacobi, six miles east oj (ireentield, 111., was dragged to death while plowing, his horses having rur away. Irvine Alcorn, a well-to-do farmer, near Bobtown, Ky., was accidentally shot and killed by his 19-yenr-old son, George, who was examining a loaded pistol. The investigation of If. C. Jennings, publishing agent of the western branch of the Methodist Book Concern, at Chicago, resulted in liis acquittal. Adolph Spietzel, an Austrian, died at Hot Springs, Ark., from the effects of hn assault perpetrated upon him, while intoxicated, by unknown assailants. The German government has formally demanded satisfaction for a number of outrages lately committed at Melbourne, Australia, upon German residents supposed to be friendly tq the Boers.

NE WS FROM INDIANA. Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Oar Own State. Thrown Into the River. Marion, Ind.. April 27.—The body oi Conrad Gunther, of Cincinnati, waa found in the Mississinewa river. Gun* ther came to Marion on April 14, and was admitted to the national military hone. On the 16th he disappeared, and had not been seen sinee. Wounds on the head indicate that the man had been murdered and thrown into the river. He leaves a wife and family, who live in Cincinnati. He" served in the Civil \Var in company K. Forty-seventh Ohio infantry. Poisoned Uj- Pie, Shoals, Ind-. April 27.—The family of“ .lames Tranter were poisoned by eating raspberry pie. Mrs. Tranter and daughter are in a critical condition. Mrs. Pierce, mot herof Mrs. Tranter, will not recover, and Otto Hawkins is in a precarious condition. Mr. Tranter did not eat the pie, and escaped. The raspberries were canned two years ago in glass jars, and the poisoning is a mystery.

Fell from n C«‘r. Hagerstown. Ind.. April 27.—As train No. 18 on the Panhandle was passing this station at the rae of 60 miles an hour Daniel W. Deardorff. a mail clerk, fell from the door of his car and was instantly killed. Deardorff w as 45 years old and had been ten years in the ser\ice. He leaves a widow and daughter 1-4 years old. Attempt at Sulfide. Muneie, Ind.. April 27.— The sixth suicide here within five days was attempted by Harry Thomas, 21 years old. who came home from the funeral of Hattie Snyder, who killed herself, and took strychnine. It is said that Hiss Snyder begged him to “go with her.” but he is still here, and will recover. Warrants for Miners. Washington, Ind.. April 27.—Warrants are out for the arrest of 15 of tlw 500 miners who recently came to this city from Pike and other counties to unionize the Cabel mines. The charge against them is assaulting a negro miner name Grot', and attempting^ murder him. Fonvalescinir. » Terre Haute. Ind.. April 27.—George Cowell, who shot 14-year-old Anna Hartwell, seems to realize his position, tnd gives way to paroxysms of grief. His condition is attributed to the nervous shock. It is now thought the girl will recover. Two bullets stil remain in her body. Mother General Dead. South Bend, Ind.. April 27.—Mother M. Annunciate, mother general of the Sisters of the Order of the Holy Cross, the headquarters of -which for the Cnited States arASt. Mary’s academy, •>f this city, died from heart disease. The funeral will be held at St. Mary’s on Tuesday. Advance the Price. £ Crawfordsville. Ind.. April 27.—The wool clip of this year is coming tomarke1.~and Crawfordsville buyers, whp do by all odds the largest wool busineSb of Indiana, have startexl the price at 25 cents a pound, an advance of four cents over the high "market price of last year. t Took .Morphine. Frankfort. Ind.. April 27.— Elsworth Livingston, aged ,25 years, committed suicide by taking morphine. Disappointment in a love affair was the cause of his act. Livingston wyisan employe of the Yandalia Bailroad company* _ Gravel Hoads. Valparaiso. Ind.. April 27.—At a special election the voters of Chesterton and Westchester townships, this county. by a vote of 396 to 110. decided to ouild 20 miles of gravel roads. The estimated cost is $70,000. . A Sew Club. Crawfordsville. Ind., April 27.—The business men of Crawfordsville have 'ormed a commercial club, and it will be inaugurated by a banquet to be given at the Crawford house on the evening of May 16. In Jnll. Madison. Ind.. April 27.—William E. Gray, a Johnson county builder and bridge contractor, is in jail here, accused of obtaining goods under false pretenses and of passing bogus checks.

Hroke a Hip. English. Ind., April 27.—While •T.uek” Allison and Jerry Larkin were engaged in a friendly wrestling match at West Fork Larkins was thrown with such violence as to fracture his hip joint. Quarantined. South Bend, Ind., April 27.—George Smith, of Chicago, aged 21 years, locked up by the police, is ill with smallpox, and the station and four officers are in quarantine. In Asltea. Oxford, Ind.. April 27.-^116 electric light plant, owned by the town, has been destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $5,000. It carried $2,500 insurance. No Protection. Flora, Ind., April 27.—The insurance on seven ^business houses here has been canceled because the town has no fire protection. Nine Years’ Service. Huntington, Ind.. April 27.—Rev. H. H. Hackman, who has been pastor of the English Lutheran church for nine years, has resigned. , Killed by a Limb. Greensburg. Ind., April 27.—Frank Hendrickson, 25 years old, was killed by the falling branch of a tree near Westport.

Dallas, Tex., April 29.—The floods show no signs of receding. On the contrary, most of the Texas rivers ar* rising. A Fort Worth telegram at 5 p. m. says the Trinity river has overIV wed, doing much property damage. The people are alarmed for the safety of the waterworks, which are seriously threatened. A nine-foot rise i& 'sweeping down from the headwaters of the Trinity. The Fatalities at Waeo. A bulletin from Waco at 1:30 says the list of dead there will reach from ten to fifteen persons. The property damage *in, the city v ill exceed $150,000. The telegraph l.mes of both companies are gone south of Waco, isolating more than one-half of the state. Railroad Tralhc Suspended. The railroad movements are absolutely suspended south of Dallas oo almost every line in the state. The loss by flood and hurricane since Friday morning is estimated to reach three to live million dollars, including damage to railroads and eyops. The damage to railroads is immense Jo Hill, McLennan, Williamson,, Bell, Colorado, Bastrop and adjoining counties. Trying to Mnke Repairs. The telegraph companies have large ■forces of linemen out trying to make repairs. The reports received from southern and central Texas ftate that threat destruction has occurred. The t%Tl>nle State Visited. A bulletin from Galveston at noon rays: “The government weather report shows the whole state was visited by Friday's storm. The greatest precipitation was in Temple and Waco, being six inches. Three boys in a row boat in Galveston bay are believed to have perished. Another Storm Promised. “Another storm, to last two days, ‘vus at noon predicted by the government weather bureau. The Brazos valley is expected to be floodad from Waco to the gulf. The water at Sealey is now up to the highest point leached in the disastrous flood of last July. THj: FLOOD AT GAI.VKSTOV. Results of the Tremendous Fall of Ruin and Hail. Galveston, Tex., April 29.—Many streets here are flooded from curb curb owing to the tremendous rains Friday night. A hail storm Friday afternoon aaid night shattered many v indows, wrecking green houses and photograph skylights, caused runU' ays and killecf many birds. The whole state is water soaked,, the spring precipitation being the greatest on record. THE WORST PROBABLY OVER. The Flood Situation at Waeo. Tex., Very Muoli Improved—The Relief Work. Waco, lex., April 30.—The flood situation is very much improved, tlu> destitute arid suffering being nearly all provided with wearing apparei and foodstuffs. The citizens, especially the business men, gave out large quamities of clothing and food, which eliminated the suffering to a great extent. The principal difficulty the committee of organized charity who have the distribution of supplies in charge are meeting with is want of a place tc f house the homeless. Many house.-; j contain several families, while many nre= living in tents waiting to see if the predicted overflow of the Brazos materializes. \ The crop situation in the bottom? is considerably worse than on the former deluge several weeks ago, and much will have to be replanted, thus throwing the cotton crop, which is already late, backward about six weeks.

Death ot Gen. Allan Knthferford. Washington, April 30.—Gen. Allan Rutherford, clerk of the Maryland court of appeals, died here Saturday of consumption, aged about & sixty' years. He was a native of New York, and served , with distinction in the civil war, entering the service as major of the Ninth New Yoric regiment. He was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers for gallantry. During Gen. Grant’s administration he was third auditor of the treasury. Interment will be at Arlington. WILDMAN IS COMING HOME. American €*■■■! General at Hon* Kontt Coniin* Home on a Political Mtasloa. t "• * ___ New York, April 29.—A dispatch to the World from Hong Kong says: It |is reported here that Rounseville Wildi>ian, the American consul general, Sis leaving for the United States on a political mission. Mr. Wildman, it In said, has been asked by republican leaders in the west to become a candidate for the vice-presidential nomination h . ’

3 OLTED FROlf THABA R’CSU. •» fl»U»n| Amaltbj the OaB*dt!;u>, l*adt< Col. tiller. Made the Roers Qa't.

London, April 3®—A special uispatcfc from Thaba N’Chu, dated Thursday, describing the fight at Israel’s Poors - tjhich is about seven miles west ob -i 'phaba N’Chu. says: Canadians l.ed the Advance. “Three hundred Boers were strongly tkrenrhed or two kopjes. The plac« bfi honor was given to the Canadians, who advanced very cleverly, under iheir dashing commander, Col, Otter, jf he Boers reserved their fire until the Canadians had reached the wire entanglements. T’ en they opened with. terrific hail of bullets. The Canarians, however, had taken good cover,, n^td were not greatly damaged. They Mere ably supported in the assault by pk Grayhamstow horse. Successive ushes, brought them right up to the kopjes, when Col. Otter was struck, twice, one bullet inflicting a nasty., but not dangerous wound in the neck. r,nd the other tearing, the bands from his shoulder. But he still cheered his men on until the kopjes were car- : ied. The Boers bolted. The British - losses were -0 in killed and wounded.” : Shelled the Kopjes All tiay. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Thaba N’Chu, describing the same enWtgement, says: - , ;“The British artillery shelled the 'kopjes all day from three inysitions. “ The Boer positions were' extremely iv* 1’ chosen, consisting Of a lout* range of very precipitous hills, with-, narrow poorts < passes) between commanding a vast extent of country. The Buttle Became General. “The mounted infantry made a wide turning movement, while the foot infantry advanced within two hundred yards under gpod shelter. “During the afternoon the battle became general, and extended over a. I frontage of ten miles. The rifle, Maxim and artillery tiring was deafeningBoers Retreat With Wasonti. “At three o’clock the Canadians advanced in open order, but, meeting with a terrific fire, they took sheltei :n a donga. When they finally eap- ■ ured the kopje, the Boers were seen 'retiring north, and east with wagons, and subsequently when the infantry nade a dash the rest of the enemyired a few shots and cleared off. Stores and Hotels l.onted, “On occupying Thaba N’Chu wo* - j'ound the stores and hotels ail Tooted >y the Boers. The natives complain dl having their horses and cattle ftmen and of cruel' treatment. Melnforcements fam« Too t.ate. * I learn that yesterday Boer reinorcements from Brandfort came too. ' ate to assist their comrades. We found a heliographic message from 'resident Steyn to Gen. Botha saying t was inadvisable to send more troops r< Fourteen Js^pums, as, the federals vere already too weak between Bloemfontein and Kroonstad, and because here were 30,000 British at Bloemfontein. The farmers around here have ..11 been forced to rejoin tl.e enemy. Most of them have taken their sheep i.nd cattle alcngf’ Policy of Lentency Abandoned. Bloemfontein, April 29.—The recent operations have tended tcP clear the •. military situation. Gen. Poie-Carew p.issing through the'country brought home to the Free Staters the fact that the policy of leniency has been abandoned. Besides seizing the stock of farmers, who, after having given, their submission, were found fighting, he com- ■ unndered all the available forage, giv«itig receipts for the same, and this will prevent the Boers using the resources of the country. The Boers are now evidently returning in order to concentrate, for opposing the British .advasgfi. Now that Thaba N’Chu, as 'Well as the approaches, is strongly held, Ladvbrand, ■with the unfriendly Basutos lining the .order, is; rendered a position of extreme danger for the Boers, the gravity of which will be accentuated front the moment the British advance begins. British Will Hold Thuba VChu. The commandos tlia^ had reeeni--:tood that the British will continue to hold Thaba N’Chu, .owing to its strategic importance . and especially v. ith a view of checking future raidsThe commandos that had renectly .‘com operating in the direction of Thaba N’Ghii are melting away, the Boers quiptly returning to their farms, and many of them taking the oath >f allegiance^ Experience has shown, ho-dfever, in many cases that this :s. only a pretense to enable the Boers te'er eat e disturbances on the rear of the British, and vigorous methods will possibly be necessary to force real disarmament.

Commandant Olivier Wonndrd. Aliwal North, April 29.—It is reported here that Commandant Olivier was wounded at Wepener last Monday. Six New Zealanders, while scouting, fought six Boers;, killing three and wounding three. One New Zealander wac wounded. The inhabitants of Kc-uxville do not know to which government they belong, as there is no. civil administration there. Want Protection Against American*. . Victoria, B. C., April 30.—The fisher*. men of the west coast of Vancouver ■ island are petitioning tho Dominion. government again for the establishment of a patrol to protect British.. Columbia halibut banks from American poaching schooners. Ordered to the Philippines. Washington, April 29.---Surgeon. IrVyman, of the marine hospital service, has ordered Assistant Surgeons ; l.unsford D. Fricks and; Halstead A.. Stansfield to the Philippine islands an. isristants to Surgeon Perry. *