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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
DEPOT BATTALIONS.
Order For the Return of Troops
Stationed In Cuba.

Washington, Aug. 22-The order 1or
bringing to the United States five bat
talions of soldiers serving in Cuba. pub
lished at the war department today,
establishes deDot battalions, system
that has not been known in the United
States army heretofore. The order also
provides that troops, batteries anu
companies will hereafter be formed
into battalions in alphabetical order,
except with light and siege batteries,
being mounted, will not be placed III
any battalion.
The troops ordered from Cuba are
known as depot battalions, and are 10
be stationed as follows:
Battalion T, First infantry, at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas.
Second infantry, at Fort Thomas, KY.
Fifth infantry, at Fort Sheridan, Ills.
3 Eighth infantry, at Fort Smelling,
MINI
Tenth infantry, at Fort Crook. Neb.
While these are known as depot bat
talions. those remaining in Cuba will
be known as active battalions.
The order continues:
Officers and enlisted men who are
unfit for duty with the active battal-
ions will be transferred 10 the depot
battalions, and a sufficient number of
officers and enlisted n IN will, if pos
sible, be transferred to the active bat
talions. to bring them up TO maximum
strength, prior to the departure of the
depot battalions, and, thereafter, when
regiment has a depot battalion. Of
fcers and enlisted men, grade for ;sade,
as nearly as possible, will be trans
ferred between the active and depot
battalions, upon the active and depot
battalions upon the recommendation of
regimental commanders, and to the
station of the headquarters of the depot
battalion will be sent all recruits, in
valids and other transients pertaining
to the respective regiments
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
Nj. LnB0RI COMES TO
RESCUE OF DREYFUS
His ElOquenCe Captiyates All and Inflses New Life
Into the Dragging Trial.
Succeeded In Getting Admissions From General Mercer
Which May Land Him In Prison.

was concluded with passage alarms
between him and NJ. Labori The lat
ter declared that NJ. Berth himself, by
remarks which he had made upon a
certain occasion, convinced the lawyer
Of the innocence of Dreyfus. Counsel
then recalled other words used by Ber-
tin. TO the effect that NJ. Demange was
counsel Ior the German embassy be-
cause he had defended others accused
of espionage.
The witness admitted the correctness
OF NJ. Labori's quotation, whereupon
NJ. DemanSe jumped up and protested
against Lieutenant Colonel Bertins
statement. Sharp words were ex-
changed, until Colonel Jouaust inter-
Vened and refused to allow any fur
Their discussion of a matter outside the
case.
Several minor witnesses followed.
Lieutenant Colonel Jeannel repeated
evidence which he had given befor the
court of cessation. He was very hard
on Dreyfus, but while testifying he
scarcely once looked the prisoner in
the face
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
FREED FROM CUSTODY.
Mrs. Perot, Charged With Abducting
Her Daughter.

London. Aug. 23.-Mrs. William Y.
Perot. charged with having abducted
her daughter Gladys from Baltimore.
and for whom extradition papers were
sent from the United States, was for
mally freed from custody in the Bow
street police court today, and the case
was thus ended
NAL proofs of the withdrawal of the
extradition proceedings, which was ac-
complished by mutual agreement after
Mrs Perot had promised to hand her
daughter over to the care of William
H. Perot, her grandfather.
Mrs. Perot drove away from the court
smiling, accompanied by her sister and
Gladys. Mr.. Perot and the child will
sail as soon as possible for the United
States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
MINERAL PRODUCTION.
Total Value of Products of All Metals
For 1898 Was 1914, o96,1 $50.

Washington, Aug. 22.-The official re-
port of the mineral production of the
United States for the calendar year
1898 was made public today by the
geological survey. 1t shows that since
1880 the total value of the mineral pro-
duction of the United States has in
creased from 1868, 1000 to s697, sSO.OO2
in 1898, nearly 80 per cent. The normal
increase deduced from this record of
nineteen years is at the rate of SlS.000,-
900 annually, but during the five years
since 1893 the increase has been nearly
S25, 600, 900 annually.
The 1898 total product was the larg
est in history. exceeding that of 1892,
which held the record prior to 1898 by
nearly $50 000, goo.
The value of all metallic products in
1898 was 1914, 096. 100, as compared with
1902 1913, 500 in 1897, a gain of s41,S97,6 2S.
All of the metals except nickel made
large gains. copper. lead, zinc, alumni
mum and antimony reaching their max
imum in both production and value,
but while the amount of pig iron pro-
duced in 1898 was greater than in any
other year, the value of this product
was considerably less than in 1890 or
1890
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
Heavy Run of Salmon.

Tncoma. Wash, Aug. 22--The present
run of sockeye salmon on lower Puget
Sound is so phenomenal as to make it
almost certain that the Puget Sound
salmon pack will be large enough to
compensate for the shortage in the
packs on the Fraser and Columbia
rivers. If the fall run of humpbacks
and silversides, which should commence
soon. equals the sockeye run now clos
ing. all records of salmon packing will
be surpassed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
ATTACK ON CUMURIPA.
Mexicans Barricaded Themselves and
Successfully Resisted.

Austin. Tex. Aug. ga dispatch from
Chihuahua. Mexico. says the military
authorities there received Geographic adj
vices today of an attack on the town of
Cumuripa by band of 300 Yaqui In
dams. The place was without military
protection. but the Mexican citizens bar
ricaded themselves in their adobe houses
and resisted the attack for ten hours.
when the Indians withdrew. Several
houses were burned by the Indians and
five men and women were killed 1t is
thought that a number of Indians were
killed and wounded, but as they were car
ried off the number of casualties cannot
be definitely stated.
As soon as the Indians withdrew a
courier was sent to TORN for military
protection and two companies of cavalry
have been ordered to Cumpuripa.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.
Misplaced Switch Causes Disastrou:
Accident In Ohio.

Circleville. o., Aug. 22.-An excursion
train on the Cincinnati & Muskingum
Valley railroad was wrecked in the
edge of this city and five persons were
seriously injured and twenty others
badly cut and bruised. The injured:
Engineer William Ditto, internally.
William McKinn, baggagemaster.
Mrs. Leoto Reichelderfer. Crieders-
vile, o.
Miss Kate De Long. Indianapolis.
Rev. c. H. Eckhardt, Lima, o.
The train was running at high rate
of speed in the outskirts of the city
when a misplaced switch turned it into
a siding. on which stood a locomotive.
Both engines were telescoped. and the
first two cars badly splintered. The
train had three cOachloads of passen-
gers. going to a family reunion at Lau-
relVille O.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
BOILER EXPLOSION.
Two Men Killed and Eight Seriously
Injured.

Appleton, Wis, Aug. PA boiler ex-
ploded at the A H. Wickert planning
mill today. killing two men and ser
iously injuring eight others. The dead:
Nathaniel Patterson, engineer; Rob-
e-t Pasch.
The injured: William Goldman,
scalded, will die: Paul Hoppener, John
Foster. Edward Koletzke, Herman Mil
Ter. August Refeldt, William Hoffman,
Joseph Wettingill.
The. entire plant was wrecked, and
windows in the vicinity were broken
by the conclusion The end of the
boiler was carried through the engine
room roof. and fell 100 feet distant. The
loss is estimated at $4,000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
THE HERALD BULLETIN.
PAGE ONH

PAGE ONE
General Otis Press Bureau.
M. Labori Comes to Rescue OF
Dreyfus.
PAGE TWO.
Council Breaks All Records.
PAGE THREE.
Benbrook Applies For Bail.
PAGE FOUR
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
Grant Information Filed
To Boom the Salt Palace.
State News.
Uintah Mining Monopoly.
PALE SIX.
Mining Stock Market
Financial and Commercial.
Mr.. Tarbet's Purchase.
PAGE EIGHT.
Assault Upon Major Young.
Advance In Building Materials.
Denial From Mrs. Doyle.
Cold Wave In Zion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
THE VICTOR FIRE.
Estimated That Eight Hundred Bull
dings Were Consumed

Victor, Colo. Aug. 22.-The total
number of buildings destroyed by the
fire which broke out here at 1870 o'clock
yesterday afternoon is estimated at 500.
Nine-tenths of these were wooden, and
the fire spread with great rapidly.
Fourteen blocks, comprising almost the
entire business section of the town,
are in ashes. The total loss is variously
estimated from $1000,0O0 to s2,500,000,
and the insurance from S400. 900 to $780,
600. The most valuable buildings de-
stroyed were the Gold Coin mine shaft
houses, the loss on which is 500, 900. All
the newspapers were burned out, but
they have already arranged to continue
publication. Victor is the metropolis of
the southern end of the Cripple Greek
district, having population of 1900,
and will be quickly rebuilt in a more
substantial manner than before.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
Patent For Salt Laker.
(Special to The Herald)

ISptCIdI
Washington, D. c., Aug. 22.-Patents
were issued today as follows:
Utah-James F. Dunn, Salt Lake
City, locomotive cab platform.
Wyoming-George F. Goodwin, Guth-
rie. egg spoon; Alley Smith, Dayton,
potato cutter.
Idaho pensions granted today-Origi-
nal: Peter Mahuken. Oakley, Sc; Car
mel S. Carpenter, Moscow, IS.
In the land contest of James H. Hur-
ley ct al. VS.. w. Van Colt and ]. j.
Meyers. involving lands in the Salt
Lake district, Utah, the acting secre-
tary of the interior today remanded
the case with instructions to hold an
other hearing, to determine whether
the land is mineral within the meaning
of the mining laws
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23

in Phoenix Park. Dublin, of Lord Fred
erick CavendisSl, chief secretary for
Ireland. and T. II. Burke, permanent
under secretary. who V as asSassinated
by stabbing by four men, known as the
"-nvincibles.''
An order of release was also signed
in the case of Launense O'Hanlon. SEN
fenced TO penal servitude for attempt
ing TO murder members of the jury en-
gagged in the trial of persons charged
with murder. in November, 1882. Fitz-
harris and O'Hanlon left the Jail this
evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
Murdered By Tramps.

Marshalltown, Ia, Aug. 22.-Three
tramps stealing a ride on Chicago &
Great Western freight train that left
here shortly after midnight, shot and
killed Brakeman j. L. Wilson and Con-
ductor Mathews, and threw their bodies
under the wheels. The murderers es-
capped. but an armed posse at once
started in pursuit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
MUSTERED OUT.
Pennsylvanians Left For Their
Homes Last Night.
Their

San Francisco. Aug. 22.-The Penn
sylvania regiment was mustered out at
the Preside today and will leave for
their homes at 9 o'clock tonight. The
train order followed will be as origin
ally planned by the committee-in their
divisions, Colonel Bennett in charge of
the first, Major Cuthbertson of the
second and Major Berry of the third,
The Nebraska regiment will be mus
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 22.-United
States Senator Hansbrough of North
Dakota arrived here today. 1t is stat
ed he is here for the purpose of making
arrangements for the transportation of
the North Dakota volunteers from San
Francisco by steamer to Puget sound
and thence home. He went to Tacoma
tonight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
NEWS FROM KLONDIKE.
Two Hundred Miners Return With
Another Klondike Victim.

Seattle. Aug. 22.-The Humboldt arrived
from Alaska this evening with about 200
Klondikers. ]. o. Hestwood of this city
brought down 500 pounds of gold. one
third of the cleanup of mines owned by
an eastern syndicate of which Mr.. Hest
wood is manager
Among the Humboldts passengers was
Cy Warman the well known author who
has been in Alaska gathering material for
sketches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
FROM LONDON TO DAWSON.
A Record of Seventeen Days Has
Been Established.

Chicago. Aug. PA special to the
Tribune from Victoria, B. c.. says:
From London. England, to Dawson
City, on the Klondike, in seventeen
days, is the new record made by a
mining engineer from South Africa.
He left London for Southampton by
train, caught an Atlantic liner. in
which he crossed the ocean in a little
over six days. The trip from New
York TO Vancouver was made in four
days. From Seattle the trip to Skag-
way was made in less than three days
Close connections were made with the
White Pass & Yukon railroad and the
lake and river steamers, and he was
landed in Dawson seventeen days from
London.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
Another Klondike Victim.

Victoria. B. c.. Aug. 22.-News has
reached here Of the drowning of Frank
Ricard az Five Finger rapids on the
Yukon. Ricard belonged to the telegraph
that it was J. c. Tache, an engineer of
the department of public works. who was
drowned, but the report proved incor-
rect
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
RESIGNATION OF REED.

rendered to Governor of Maine, TO
Take Effect Sept. 4.
Augusta. Me, Aug. 22.-The resigna-
ton of Thomas 5. Reed as congress
man in the First Maine district was
received by Governor Powers today.
The resignation. is to take effect Sept.
and it has been accepted by Cover
nor Powers. Mr.. Reeds letter was as
follows:
Portland, Me-, Aug. 9. 1899.
ITO the Governor of Maine, Augusta:
Il hereby resign the position of men,
Der of congress from the First district
of Maine, to take effect on this date
Sept. -. Very truly yours.
''rT r REED {"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
Killed His Wife and Mother-in-Law.

Paris, Tex, Aug. 22.-Henderson Pier
son, living near Davenport. Tex, in a
fit Of jealousy, shot and killed his wife
and her mother. The murderer was ar
rested by his neighbors and lodged in
the GAINESVILLE jail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
ORDER OFRELEASE SIGNED.
'.Skin the Goat" One of the Phoenix
Park Accomplices.

Dublin, Aug. 22.-Earl Cadogan. lord
lieutenant of Ireland today signed the
expected order releasing from Mary
borough jail James Fitzharris. alias
Skin the Goat" who. in May, 1888. was
sentenced TO penal servitude as an ac-.
complete in the murder, on May 6, 1882.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
NEBRASKA TRUE
TO SILVER CAUSE
Three Conventions Agree On
HOlcOmb For Judge.
BRYAN DICTATES
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Silver, Not Trusts, Made the Para
mount Issue.

Democratic Presidential Candidate Of
1896 Spoke to Democrats, Silver
Republicans and Populists In
Turn and Aroused Great Enthusi-
asm In All Three Conventions
Democratic Platform Denounces
McKinley's Philippine Policy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
Arranging Transportation.

tered out on the 2Srd and start home
on the morning of Aug. 25.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23
The Efforts of a Brother.

The clerk of the. court read letter
from NJ. Scheuerer- Kestner, excusing
himself for being unable to attend the
session of the court. The letter re-
ferred to the steps of Matthew Dreyfus
to secure the rehabilitation of his
brother, and described the writer's in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-23

Continued on Page -
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-12-16
Il ConiR Directive
de los sSuntOS De Puerto Rico

La noticia de Washington comuni-
cada aver por TELEGRAPH al BoLETIN
MERCANTIL referente q la formaci6E
de un Comite para resolver los asuntos
de esta Isla es de gran inter6s para
nOsOtrOS
El Senado, al nombrar dicho Comit6,
ha demostrad0 preocuparse de los
asuntos de esta Isla.
AL expresad0 Cuerpo correspondents
.el estudio de las actuales leyes de
Puerto Rico y de las que deban inn
'plantarse en- IL successive Los proble-
mas references q la condici6n polftica
" civil de los habitantes de Puerto
Rico, al cabOtaje, cambio de la mone-
da, etc., ETC., le estar4n tambi6n atri :
buidos 81 Senadol Foraker, presi-
dente del Comit6 en- question, es hon.
bre de alta ITALIA polftica y muy versa
do en- las cuestiones de Administra
ci6n. Ha sfdo largo tempo Senador
y ha desempeilado el cargo de Gober
nador del Estado de Ohio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-12-16
NoTIcIA5 DEL Ola

Ell lunes pr6ximo Sc veran en- juicio oral,
ante el Tribunal de Distrito de esta Capital,
las causas que procedentes de los Juzgados
de Cathedral, Cayey y Caguas, Sc siguen
contra Miguel Maytin, por hurto EscOlas-
ticO, Franco. por aborto; y Jose Rodriguez
Cruz, y OtrOs, por lesiones, respectivalre rente,
llevandO la defensa de los procesados ell abo-
gado sefor Garcia Cuervo.
Los guardias Eusebio Agniar Manuel
Fernandez, capturaron ell lunes anterior en-
Juana Dias, al pr6fugo de presidio Pedro
Santiago, despues de haberle hechO repeti-
dos disparos para lograr que Sc rindiera, &
causa de 10 cual sufri6 tres heridas de bala,
dos en- ambos antebrazos y una que le pene.
tr6 por la parte inferior del cuello saliendo.
le por un ojo. El jefe senior Figueroa, lego
con alguna fuerza en- los momentOs del
hech0.
Ha fallecid0 en- Ponce d0iia Josefa TOro.
viuda de TOro, perteneciente una de las
familias mas apreciables de aquella loca-
lidad
Ha estado en- Yauco, en- viaje para San
German, ell captain Swift, del So Regimen
to de Caballerfa.
Anteayer Sc inaugur6 en- ell Teatro de
Ponce el anunciadO Bazaar bentiico. Seg6n
versiOnes, los Obietbs que SO expOndr&n al
pnblicO seran verdaderamente artfsticos,
pues sc han recibido de los Estados Unidos
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-12-16

Ell Comite Sc ocupari preferente-
mente de estudiar ell inforlne de la
Comisi6n Insular; ell del doctor Carroll
y los de Mr.. Hanna, ex-C6nsul de lbs
EstadOs UnidOs ell Puerto Rico, Ge-
neral Brooke, Henry, y, finalmente, ell
muy meditado y concienzudo del actual
Gobernador General Davis, compren-
sivo, principalmehte, de la situaci6n
economical del pals.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-12-16
COMO INGLAIRRRA
Sc HA VISTO OBLIGAOAA ENTRAR EN- LUCIA
CON Ell TRANSVAAL
Sr Director del BoLET1N MERoANT1L

No es novedad hoy dia que ell siste-
ma de Mr.. Gladstone dc pretender ga
narse a los beers por medios persuasi-
vOs amistosos ha resultado un de-
sastre.
En- 1884 los beers pidieron y Sc les
di6 una Convention con ell bien enten-
dido de que todos los que Sc estable-
cieran en- su pals deberfan ser tratados
con la misma equidad que los va resi-
denteS.
Los beers, sin embargo, despu6s de
los descubrimientos del Oro en- ell Trans
vaal y despues que habfan invitado al
mundo para desarrollar esta nueva
fuente de riqueza, empezaron a hacer
leyes de privilegios de caracter tan
absorbente & impusieron tales contri-
buciones q los Uitlanders que la exas-
peraci6n producida por dicha polftica
culmin6 su loca y desgraciada en-
presa del doctor Jameson y sus amigos
al final de 1895 y principles de 1896.
El valor que produjo dicho aconteci-
miento y ell hecho de que colOc6 q In
glaterra hasta cierto punto como cul-
pable a los ojos del mundo, alto las
manos del Gobierno BritanicO atras6
los acontecimientos en- ell Africa del
Sur por un perfodo de tres amos.
Hace casi ocho meses justos que la
question del Transvaal volvl6 4 re-
verdecer.
El perfodo diplomatico iba va q ter
minar cuando los Uitlanders hacia f
mes de Abril mandaron su historical
instancia q Su Magestad la Reina.
Aquf debe hacerse constar que va
en- aquel entonces Mr. Chamberlain
neg6 que hubiera intenci6n de atentar
Is la independence de la Rep1blida
boer.
Mr.. Chamberlain propuso que tu-
viera lugar una conferencia entire ell
Presidente del Transyaal y Sir Alfred
Milner.
Como tOdo ell mundo sabe, Sir AL
fred Miner y ell Presidente Sc encon-
trarOn primeramente en- BlOemfonCein,
|el,2 de Junio.
Enseguida empezarOn discutir el
asunto referente & las franquicias, que
en- opinion de Sir Alfred era ell mas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-12-16
GACETA DE HOY

Publica las Ordenes generates MI
meros 1857 1919 disponiendo que los
derechos recaudados por copias SAGA
das de los archives pdblicos legal
zaci6n de las mismas, Sc acreditaran
por medic de sellos fscales que Sc fl
jaran en- cada documento legalizado, Y
agregando al t6rmino municipal de
HumacaO ell de las Piedras.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-12-16

lmpOrtante. Este pld10 que los Ult.
anders tuvieran derechO q dichas fran
quicias desqu6s de cinco amos de resi-
dencia y que la reforma tuyiera efecto
retroactive; ell Presidentc dijo que no
la concederfa sino a los nueve amos y
que no serfa retroactive en- sus efectos,
Lo propuesto por Sir Alfred hubiera
dado voto Embellishments a mills de
UiLlanders; ell Presidente Kruger no
di6 voto 4 nadie hasta 1908.
Dicha Conferencia pcr 10 tantO, no
produjo resultado, E inmediatamente
despues de su regreso & Pretoria ell
Presidente Kruger empez6 sus evolu-
clones.
La primera fu6 la aprobaci6n preci-
pitada de una nueva ley daDd0 una
tranquicia de siete amos, sin retroac-
ci6n.
Los Beers, sin embargo pronto Sc
apercibieron de los malos efectOs de es-
ia Ley.
Durante ell mes de JUNO tuvieron
lugar otras conferencias extra-oficiales,
con objeto de inducir al Presidente
Kruger a cOnceder una franquicia de
ses amos.
El Presidente Sc resisti6 al princi-
pio, pero finalmente Sc dijo que habfa
cedido. Estipul6 sin embargo que la
nueva ley no serfa retroactive, 10 que
venia signifcar que ningtin Uitlan-
der podfa posiblemente tener derecho
q dicha tranquicia hasta 1905. Esto
era por 10 tantO absurdo.
POGO a POGO ell Presidente Kruger
di6 un nuevo paso y como los hechos
probaron mas tarde, tue un pasO fatal.
Dijo que concederfa la franquicia de
cinco amos mediante las condolences ST.
guientes:
1o Que todOs los demas asuntos
pendientes Sc sometieran a un arbitra
ge.
2c-Tnglaterra Sc comprOmeteffa q
no tomar SUI Intervention actual como
precedente para interyenir en- otras
OcasiOnes.
3o-Inglaterra sc eomprometeria q
renunciar sus derechos de Soberanfa
sobre ell TranSvaal.
Este fu6 ell principle de IA suicida
demanda de independence qde, empe-
zando con una nueva petici6n de los
Beers de que Inglaterla rennnciase a
sus derechos de soberanfa, acab6 con
negar q Inglaterra todo derecho q in
tervenir en- los asuntos del Transvaal
y con una orden terminate de que las
tropas britanicas evacuasen ell Trans
vaal y toda ell Africa del Sur. Este
fue ell verdadero germen de la guerra.
El siempre paciente gobierno ingles
tendi6 todavia otro puente a los Beers
para que pudiesen retroceder en- su
temeraria actitud.
Pero la cOntestaci6n a la prOpuesta
final de los ingleses vino en- forma de
la declaration de independence del
Transvaal.
Rapidamente Sc hicieron preparati-
vOs militares pOr ambas parties, v cesa-
ron las negociaciones. Tan solo una
intimaci6n de la Gran Bretafia podrfa
ahcra hacer 10 que habfan dicho antes:
I" formulad vosotros mismos vuestras
pretensiones."
La preston ,militar Sc acentu6 hasta
que vino ell Ultimatum Boer.l
BRITON.
s. Juan IA Dec. 80.
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