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out serious loss. 1t is said the Beers twice
unfairly used a white flag. Botha, who was
among the killed, was a member of the
Voiksraad and famous Dutch fighter. He
distinguished himself as marksman at
Brenkhorstspruit, when the Ninety-fourth
British Regiment was moved down. He
afterward defended farmhouse against the
British. When he surrendered the farm
house Botha was found with five wounds,
bathed in blood.
A special dispatch from Cape Town to-
day gives details of the defeat of 700 Beers
by the British at Riverton, north Of Kim
berley, Wednesday, IN which the enemy
was completely routed. with heavy loss,
the British loss being three men killed and
twenty men, including two officers wound
ed. This is probably the same fight, though
different date is given. as referred TO in
the Cape Town dispatch Of yesterday, in
which il was said that official reports from
Kimberley Tuesday announced that Col.
Scott Turner, with 270 men, had an engage
ment with the Beers, during which a de-
tachment of 80 men of the Lancashire regi-
ment distinguished itself and the armored
trains did great service. The Beers were
unable to withstand the splendid charge Of
the Lancashires, who cleared the hill occu-
pied by the enemy at the point of the bayo-
net. The Boer losses are described as very
heavy. Colonel Scott Turner's force con-
sisted of the local volunteers, who. with the
Lancashires, completed the rout of the
burghers after Mondays artillery had
driven them out of their intrenchments.
Botha commanded the Boshof force The
fight lasted four hours.
Before the sortie Kimberley was appar-
emily in high spirits, as a dispatch from
there, dated Oct. o. says every one was
cheerful there at that time. and that
wedding was celebrated there that day.
Great enthusiasm has been aroused at Cape
Town by the news of the British successes
in Natal Several farmers in the neighbor-
hood of Kimberley have been noticed in
the ranks of the Beers. A letter from
Father Rorke said GOO Beers, with 100
wagons, were laagered at Taungs. All the
whites have left. except the women, who
sought refuge in the convent. The Boer
commandant has promised to protect them.
dispatch from Colesberg. Cape Colony,
says: "A detachment of twenty-four Free
State burghers crossed and recrossed the
Orange river at Alleman's drift yesterday
for the purpose of studying the ford. which
has caused the circulation Of rumors of an
intended invasion of the colony from that
point
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CARL sCHURZ's VIEWS.
He Thinks Imperialism More to BE
Feared than Silver.

CINCINNATI, Oct. PA number OF
prominent German citizens recently ad-
dressed an invitation to Hon. Carl Schurz
to deliver an address in Cincinnati. The
following reply was received to-day. 1t fol-
lows In part:
'If the Filipinos are not granted their
Independence then Imperialism will be the
main issue in the presidential election next
year, erowding all Oh ether issues into the
that / undervalue the danger that may
arise from free coinage. But / hold that
Imperialism is decidedly more dangerous,
for II means the ruin of our free institu-
perialism without working into the hands
of the free coinage what then? II means
that three years ago in good faith We
elected President TO solve the money
Imperialism. OF what do the speakers who
have been called into Ohio really speak ?
Did Governor Roosevelt, for instance, di-
late upon the silver question? He was
heads in answer TO our anti-imperiaistic
arguments. And the rest of the orators do
likewise. IL under these circumstances I
would by the agitation of the silver ques-
ton aid the Republicans OF Ohio TO victory
i would be convinced that the adminstra-
tion would construe such victory as the
Endorsement by the people OF its imperial
istic policy and make unlimited capital out
of II. Toward such result / cannot con-
scientiously contribute.
81 am of the honest conviction that the
greatest danger that now threatens the Re-
public is Imperialism. / believe that IL is
party interests and to do our best to avert
this danger. IL was 10 this end that last
year 1 opposed the candidacy of Roosevelt
for Governor in this State i did this al
though was a personal friend OF Roosevelt
and worked with him for ciyil-service re-
form. I believed then and stiIl believe that
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Colonial Secretary Chamb e ria in
Again Taken to Task by OppO-
nents I'm the Commons.
SPEECH BY LORD ROSEBERY
ALL THE POWERS JEALOUS OF
GREAT BRITAIN, HE SAYS.
Affair as Some People Assert
Victory at the Polls.

LONDON, Oct 5-The third reading of
the appropriation bill in the House of Com
mons to-day gave opportunity for further
attacks on the governments policy.
Gavin Brown Clark. Radical, formerly con-
sui general Of the Transvaal, accused the
secretary of state for the colonies, Mr.
Chamberlain. of publishing emasculated
version of the Boer franchise bill passed by
the Volksraad Mr.. Chamberlain tartly re-
pudiated this. He said the bill was pub
lished exactly as received from Secretary
OF State Reitz
Thomas Gibson Bowles, Conservative
member for Lynn Regis, referred to the
heavy military task before the government
and said he feared the foreign powers would
take advantage of Great Britains diff
culties to make attempt upon her pos
sessions. All the great powers, except
Austria, he asserted, hated Great Britain
Mr.. Lloyd-George. Radical memt er for the
Carnarvon district, declared the offers of the
Transvaal had been misrepresented, where
upon Mr.. Chamberlain jumped up and pro-
tested, and the speaker, Mr.. William Court
Gully, intervened. Mr.. Lloyd-George then
withdrew his expression regarding misrepre-
sentation. The session was then suspended
until o'clock in the afternoon 81
When the House reassembled the Queens
speech was read and Parliament was pro-
rogued with the usual formalities The
speech follows: s sas 80
My Lords and Gentlemensazs am happystq
be able to release. You of the exceptional
duties which have been imposed on you by
the exigencies Of public service. con-
gratulate you on the brilliant qualities
which have been. displayed by the brave
regiments upon. whom the task of repelng
the invasion nv South African colonies
has been laid. In doing so, / cannot but
express my profound sorrow that many
gallant officers and soldiers should have
fallen In the performance of their duty.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons-I
acknowledge with gratitude the liberal pro-
visions you have made to repay the ex-
penses or the military operations in South
Africa.
My Lords and Gentlemen-I trust that
the divine blessing may rest upon your ef-
rorts ana those OF my gallant army to re-
portion of my empire and to vindicate the
honor of this country"
In the House of Lords at o'clock the
lord high chancellor, Earl Halsbury, and
the lords commissioners, fully robed, took
up positions in front of the throne The
black rod summoned the Commons, the
Queens speech was read and the lord high
chancellor declared Parliament prorogued
until Jan. 10.
The Commons then returned to the lower
house. where the speaker read the Queens
speech, as given above, after which the
members filed past and shook hands with
the speaker and the House then adjourned.
The House Of Commons passed the appro-
priation bill prior to the suspension of
business there, after which the measure
was taken to the House of Lords and passed
through all the stages.
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against Lord Rosebery's candidacy for the
rectorship of the university said he admired
the earPs character ana oriiiiancy. but op-
posed him as politician. The. speaker
charged Lord Rosebery with following. in
stead of leading public opinion, and asserted
that he was largely responsible for the
Transvaars resistance and the present war,
because he had remained silent until war
actually begun and the Transvaal had in
terpreted his silence as meaning that the
country was divided on the issue.
Lord Charles said in the course of his
speech: II am not sure that the Beers have
not been advised to fight by unfriendly
countries. We must be prepared for all con-
tingencies."
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FOR CHAMBERLAIN AND WAR;
London WOrkingmen Cast Their Bal
lots Against "BOer Spendern

lots Against "BOer Spender.-
LONDON, Oct. 27.-The parliamentary bye
election for the Bow and Brombley division
of Tower Hamets. London held to-day to
replace the Hon. Lionel r. Holland Con-
servative, was fought on the governments
Transvaal policy, and resulted In big vic
tory for the government, the Conservative
candidate. William Guthrie, being elected
by 4,32S votes, against 2,123 votes cast for
his Liberal and Radical opponent Mr.. Har-
old Spender. The Conservative majority
was practically twice that secured at the
election of Mr.. Holland.
Throughout the Campaign Mr.. Spender
opposed the war in South Africa and Mr.
ChamberlaiE's conduct of the negotiations
with the Transvaal government. His op-
position was SO persistent that he was
dubbed by the Conservatives through the
canvass 'Boer Spender." His election liter
ature denounced Tory patriotism as I'm
voking the slaughter of British workmen
for the German millionaires on the Rand"
and declared that orders for clothing and
blankets were given by the government to
German concerns and not to British Mr.
Spender Of being a member of the board of
directors of an insurance company which
had raised the premiums on policies of the
officers going to war, while he pointed out
that no American insurance company had
increased premiums during the Hispano-
American war. The constituency. which is
mainly Of the working class, nevertheless
pumped for chamberlain and war"
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Occupation of Dundee by the Beers
9SS of Jouberts Men Captured.

LONDON, Oct. 27.-The Colonial Office
has made public the following telegram
from Governor Hutchinson, dated PETER
maritZburg, Oct. 26:
THE following telegram has been received
from Greytown from d. Greig, a resident of
Dundee, formerly in the telegraph service:
I left Dundee this morning. General Sy-
mons died on Monday, at D. m, and was
buried the following morning close to the
English church, by the Rev. w. DAILY
There was a firing party. and a few med
ical officers and few civilians attended the
funeral. There were no Beers. Colonel
Eckett, Majors Boultbee, Hammersley and
Nugent and also Crum. Johnstone and
Ryan are improving. The Beers occupied
Dundee Monday afternoon. Commandant
Zeuderburg is in charge. Stores were looted
by individuals who were unarmed The hos
pital was removed yesterday from the old
camp to houses surrounding the railway
station. The principal medical officers
asked me to inform you that everything
was going well and that every one was
cheerful and confident. "
a special dispatch from Pietermaritzburg,
Natal. dated Oct. "a. says: Nine hundred
and lightweight Boer prisoners arrived here
this morning. They include Captains De
ger and Dottner."
dispatch from Utrecht, Transvaal, says:
The fighting at Glencoe lasted nine hours.
The burghers say they never witnessed such
a fight. Gen. Lucius Meyers force of 6,c00
men. with eighty-six guns. was several
times repulsed.'
From Cape Town comes the following be-
lated dispatch: THE story of the retreat
| from Glencoe and Dundee shows the British
were forced 10 move their camp twice in
order 10 get out OF the range of the excel
| lent Boer practice. Just as they had de-
oided to evacuate the second camp a shell
killed two soldiers. When General Yule
| heard OF the battle at Elandslaagte he sent
a squad of hussars. under Colonel Knox,
and battery of artillery to intercept the
| Beers at Biggarsberg. The artillery suc-
ceeded in shelling the Beers as they were
| retreating over the Umpau mountain. kill
ing and wounding many, but the artillery
| men were forced to retire by the rifle fire of
| the enemy. IL appears that the Beers
sheiled the camp all day long Sunday and
the British were kept busy skirmishing and
removing their transport wagons out of
| range During the retreat there were manv
anxious moments Monday night. when the
| British marched through Won Londer's mass.
| six miles long. across to Biggarsberg. The
troops got through the dangerous defile.
which fifty men could easily have held. AT
3 O'Clock Tuesday morning.
| Two kilograms. dated Lorenzo Marouez
Oct. %. have been received at Cape Town
| and in view OF the fact that all Pretoria
news is now coming via Lorenzo Marouez
Continued on Second Page.)
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OVER 500 BOERS KILLED.
Heavy Loss of Life at Mafel<ing-
Fighting on the RhOdesian Border.

Fighting on the RhOdesian Border.
LONDON, Oct N.-The magistrate at
Vryburg is responsible for a report made to
Premier Schreiner at Cape Town that 513
Beers were killed at Mafeking.
Belated dispatches from Tuli partially
elucidate the situation on the Rhodesian
border. 1t appears that Colonel Plumer as
certainined that all the Zoutpansburg Beers,
numbering 700 men, mustered under Piet
Joubert at the Brack river and proceeded
to Limpopo river, where they arrived Oct,
16. accompanied by a number of armed
Shanghan and Zoutpansburg Kaff1rs, whom
they had compelled to take UP arms. The
British thereupon captured three Kaffir
chiefs, who are now held as hostages for
the good behavior of their tribes.
On Oct. 10 accommodating patrols proceed
ing along the north bank of the river in a
westerly --direetion-safdenlyse encountered q
part fof the Beers in some dense bush on
the Rhodesia side of the Limpopo. The
patrol retired and the Beers fired, wound
ing trooper. Subsequently Captain Glynne,
with a patrol, left Tuli with the object of
locating the Boer force.
On Oct q strong Boer patrol was en-
countered at Rhodes Drift in thick bush.
sharp siirmish was the result. Two Brit
ish were killed and two wounded. The Beers
had seven men killed and many wounded.
The Beers retired to a strong position on a
kopje at Points Drift. Major Pitsen, with
an ambulance, proceed to fetch the dead
and wounded, and while placing the bodies
on a cart, the Beers reopened fire, killing
two hoLSes, but In spite OF the sharp shoot
ing the British succeeded in carrying away
their comrades.
The latest dispatch from. Tuli, dated Oct.
"a, says: "A Boer patrol crossed the river
ten miles above Rhodes Drift twice recently,
haranguing native women and children.
They shot cattle and looted"
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WORK OF THE WOMEN.
Americans I'm England Will Raise
S15O,OOO for Relief Work.

LONDON, Oct. 27.-Lady Randolph
Churchill, who presided last Wednesday at
a meeting of American women in London
organized to raise funds to equip a hos
pital ship for South African waters, has
issued an appeal on behalf of the women,
saying: FIFTY thousand English and
American men, women and children have
been expelled from the states now at war
with her Majestys government and are con-
gested at Durham, Delagoa bay and Cape
Town." and recalling that "the people Of
Great Britain by their sympathy and moral
support materially aided the people of the
United States in the war over Cuba and
the Philippines" 1t is proposed to raise
$4,000 within a fortnight. Among those
signing the call are the Duchess of Marl-
borough, Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, Mrs.
Bradley Martin and Mrs Arthur Paget.
Mrs. Brown Potter is organizing a cafe
concert, confined exclusively to American
artists, in aid of the fund.
The government has gratefully accepted
the offer of the American women in Eng
2and 20 equip the steamer Maine. which
has been left without charge to the British
government by the Atlantic Transport Com
pany as a hospital ship for use in South
African waters.
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TRAP LAID FOR THE BOERS.
Alleged Significance Of Recent Re
treats of British Troops.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-'London doesn't
think, breathe, sleep or eat anything but
the Transvaal trouble" said H. r. Selten,
Of Montreal, who has just returned from
England, to-day. Public attention is wholly
concentrated upon South Africa. At points
where the news is given out enormous
crowds gather, and the departure of the
troops was a never-to-be-forgotten spec
tacle. There can be no question that Ma
juba hill and Laing's Mex are still raw and
sensitive spots with the English, and that
the present breathless interest and unbound
ed enthusiasm are in part due to the wide
spread desire to wipe out the memory of
these defeats and to restore to English
arms the prestige that was lost there.
'I notice by the disaptches that the En-
glish have been slowly, but surely, aban-
doning the tongue of Natal Charlestown,
New Castle and Dundee have all been given
up in turn, and now Glencoe Junction is
also abandoned and the British forces have
concentrated at Ladysmith. On the surface
the burghers are apparently winning, but in
reality / think they are losing. and are on
the eve of committing the mistake Of their
lives.
"For this move on the part of the British
lNs in exact line with what / was told in
London, and that was that, If possible, the
Beers were to be enticed out of the steep
country and tricked into fight in the
open. Had they remained in the mountains
of their own country, they might have pro-
longed the war indefinitely, as there a few
men could have withstood many, and it
would have been all but impossible to send
cavalry against them, and artillery could
have been used only with great difficulty
and probably little effect.
IF now the Beers attack Ladysmith 1t
will be another story, for the country is
rolling one, over which cavalry can be eff
fectively sent and artillery brought into full
play and personally / expect to hear of
the English dealing the Beers fatal blow
within the next few days believe the re-
treat to Ladysmith is only carefully laid
trap for the Beers. If they walk into it
and engage the British in the open they
will not only find themselves whipped off,
but utterly unable to regain their mountain
retreats. which the British will at once
occupy"
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MOUNTAINS ABLAZE.


GREENSBURG, Pa, Oct. 27.--From every
mountainous section of Westmoreland coun-
ty come reports Of the fierce forest fires
spreading. Farmers are working with
might and main in semi-cleared districts in
the hope of staying the flames. but seeming
ly to no effect. Hewn timber upon which
the natives OF the ridge have worked all
summer is being destroyed, but the greater
loss is the timber in the trees. Acres upon
acres have already been killed by the
flames. The fire is eating down into the
valleys, and many farm houses ere in i'm
minent danger The dense banks Of smoke
are having a peculiar effect on the people.
Their. eyes burn, their throats are sore, and
in the villages along the foot of the ridge
the air is suffocating.
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Thurston on the stump.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. q. - United States
Senator John NJ. Thurston started in to-
day on a weeks campaigning in Nebraska,
opening with a speech at Wakefield. The
senator was greeted with a large audience,
many coming from all over the county to
listen to him. He discussed the money
question first, arguing in favor of the gold
standard. He then took up the Philippine
question and advanced reasons why the
islands should be retained and the McKin-
ley administration supported in its policy
In dealing with them. Senator Thurstou
will spend the remaining time between now
and election day on the stump in the State
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ASSISTED BN AHMOR TRAINS.
Boers Repu1sed with Heavy Loss
North OF Kimberley.

LONDON, Oct. e. During the momen-
tary luli In the fighting in Natal comes
news from the western border which tenn
porarily shifts the scene OF chief interest
70 the beleaguered force at Kimberley The
sharp struggle there on Tuesday appears TO
have been the result OF sortie, with the
view OF breaking the Gordon surrounding
the place. The British. apparently 800
strong. met 200 Beers, and. according to the
offcial and other accounts. routed them
after severe fighting. in which the armored
trains appear 10 have done valuable serv-
Ice The Beers were intrenched strongly
seven miles northward and the British bril-
nantly carried the enemys position WITH
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After senator Morxan's Seat.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Oct. 27.-Col. John
d. Roquemore. of this city, and one OF the
most prominent members Of the Alabama
bar, to-day announced his candidacy for the
United States Senate to succeed Hon. John
T. Morgan. Colonel Roquemore will an
nounce his position on the leading public
questions in a few days. The contest for
Senator Morgan's seat promises TO be ex-
tremely warm. Senator Morgan is a candi-
date for reelection. Ex-Gov. William c.
Oates is his only avowed opponent in addi-
ton to Colonel Roquemore, but Governor
Johnston's announcement Of his entrance
into the race is expected daily.
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SOMEWHAT YELLOW"
Female Correspondent Who Boarded d
n Transport i'm Male Attire.

ASHEVILLE, n. c., Oct. IA letter re-
ceived here by the wife Of Bandmaster Coe.
of the Twenty-ninth Infantry, United
States Volunteers, says that when the
transport carrying the regiment 10 Manila
arrived at Honolulu one of the employees
of the ship became very i'll, but refused TO
take medicine or have the attendance OF
a physician. Colonel Hardin ordered a sur
geon to attend the case, and IT was dis
covered that the patient was woman in
male attire going TO the Philippines to rep
resent an American newspaper. She refused
TO disclose her name or the paper she would
represent.
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Mail for Refugees.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27-The British
government has reported to the United
States that large numbers of people from
the South African Republic and from the
Orange Free State have iocked into Cape
Colony and Natal for temporary residence
during the war, and that every effort will
be made 10 deliver their mails The British
authorities suggest that if this country puts
into the British mails letters and packages
addressed 10 persons in the Transvaal or
the Orange republic the Cape Colony Office
will try to deliver them 10 such as are
found there or in Natal. 1t is assumed
from this that the British have a list Of
refugees from the Boer country. Mail
sought TO be delivered by this means must
be indorsed by the senders. Via England >,