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is found near every drift in South Africa, was
slept, though during the daytime she joined the
women in the carefully made shelter constructed
for them. Albrecht the we'll known German Of
hcer, speaking of his experiences in the trenches,
says that of lyddite shells burst within I'VE
yards of him. covering him with dirt and leaving
foul taste in mis- mouth. but otherwise not affect
ing him, even to the extent OF knocking him down
II is extraordinary that few should have at
tempted to escape. Burnham. the we'll known
American scout. who for several nights crept up
to the very trenches either side OF the river,
under cover OF the scanty scrub. reports the
'spoor" of only three or four deserters night of
whom quite half must have been secured by our
outposts and seutries-
Tuesday, 10Th. marked by the severest
bombardment of the entire investment and Boer
doctor described the position awful Nothing
could be done but crouch in the trenches and wait
till dusk prevented further attack. while wagon
after wagon in the laager caught fire and burned
away into heap Of scrap iron amid a pile or wood
ashes. The desolatiOn produced was fearful. and 1t
became impossible TO make any reply. The
losses inflicted upon the horses were the turning
point Of siege So enormous a proportion (esti-
present. of the horses, for which no protection
could be made lost that any dash for free
dom by night impossible and the condition of
laaser rapidly became foul that that alone
apart the Of food, would have m
PEELED early surrender. There was no oppor-
tunity of getting rid of the vast number OF dead
animals; burial impossible. and the low
OF the river prevented them from sending them
down stream for several days; all they could do
drag them 10 leeward OF their camp Mean
while decomposition set in. and the absolute need
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY APRIL g. 1900.

note to Lord Roberts reminding him that Tues
day was the anniversary of that disaster which,
We all remembered, he had by example. order and
threat himself done his best to avert. even while
the panic had been at its height; Sir Henry Col
V:he submitted suggested attack, backed by the
same unanswerable plea. For moment Lord
Roberts demurred to the plan; II seemed likely to
cost too heavily, but the usistsnce OF Canada
broke down his reluctance. and the men OF the
Oldest Colony were sent out In the small hours of
Tuesday morning to redeem the blot on the name
of the mother country.
From the existing trench some seven hundred
yards long, on the northern bank, held jointly by
the Gordons and the Canadians, the latter were
ordered TO advance in two lnes-each, of course,
in extended order-thirty yards apart, the first
Royal Engineers, under Colonel Kincaid and Cap
tain Boieau.
In dead silence. and covered by q darkness only
moon, with the old in her lap, the three
companies of Canadians moved the bush
sIrewn ground For over four hundred yards the
noiseless advance continued, and when within
eighty yards OF the Boer trench the trampling of
the scrub betrayed the movement. Instantly the
outer trench OF the Beers burst into fire. which
was kept up almost without intermission from 2:55
TO $40 O'Clock. Under this fire the courage and
discipline of the Canadians proved themselves
Flngtng themselves on the ground, they kept I'D
an incessant fire on the trenches guided only by
the flashes of their enemies rifles and the Beers
admit that they quickly reduced them the neces-
sity of lifting their rifles their heads to the
edge of the earthwork and pulling triggers at
random Behind this line the engineers did mag
ntfcent work. Careless OF danger, the trench was
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CRoNJE's LAST STAND.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE SUR
RENDER OF PAARDEBERG.

London. April 1.-The hfty-odd columns of corre-
spondence from the front, appearing during the
last few days in the London dai!ies. have been
chiefly devoted TO Cron3e's surrender. a corre-
spondent Of The Times says:
Riding out from Paardeberg Camp the after
noon OF MaJuba Day. I met the long procession OF
Bner prisoners marching their way Modder
River Station. IL a truly striking picture they
presented. Here were the men that mad checked
The Guard Modder River and shot down the
Highland Brigade Magersfouten. the men who
for a month held their against superior
forces who when in fight and hunted down
into the ditch Paardeberg, had repulsed Lord
Flitchener's first onslaught with such heavy loss
and for nine days after had stuck with Hmpetllke
tenacity their holes in the river bank in spite of
shrapnel and lyddige and the ntolerable stencil of
hundreds Of dead horses and oxen. Here they
were these terrible fellows p,acdly Jogging along
ne high road. with their few personal belongings
wrapped UP into bundles with bright colored hand
l-archiefs looking for all the world | Ike English
r-ls.ics going haymaking Many OF them carried
umbrellas - protect their weather beaten COM
1jex50us from the sun They OF every age
F-orn mere boys TO EraybeaTds. The question In
ezftabIv suggested Itself How Il that an army
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it. BY his side rode his secretary and inter-
red beard and very light EYEBROWS i' and eyeisshes
They passed into the square of Highlanders and
rolling out of a wagon.
The Chief trim and alert. standing by the
table 10 receive them looking more digntfed and
grave than have ever seen any man look He
5aluted as Gronle advanced and the Boer, dangling
his sjambok. clumsily bowed.
Here the story is best told by The Times cor
respondent, who adds:
"Commandant Cronje.' was the brief introduc-
ana curly answering the Field Marshals salute,
shook hands I am glad 10 you. l glad
to meet so brave man, was Lord Roberts's brief
welcome, and formal surrender followed, the
conversation being interpreted by Cronies secre-
The General man of. few words, sat deeply
s4nken IN ms chair with ms hands In the pockets
Every consideration was paid him. but until the
last was seen of MS bulky form driving away TO
Modder River in the close carriage which had been
provided for him, his set, hardened face only sug
gested that the bitterest hour Of his life being
capacity and whose Observation-Disclosures We his
enemies, the first to admit.
Mr. Hands describes Mrs Cronje as "a nearre
little, elderly lady with meek look the habit
ually subdued and repressed woman. who was
driven in later, and In the early afternoon Cronje
and she and the lean secretary were driven off in
artillery wagon, with escort of cavalry for
Modder River for Cape Town"
Julian Ralph adds that Mrs. Cronie's wardrobe
was In pillow case, and the chief article in Frau
Cronjes pillow case proved TO be a silk dress COM
Wandered from Lady Sarah wilson
Mr. Battersby pays tribute 10 the conduct of the
Beers while in their evil smelling lager They
had treated their prisoners he writes with great
Kindness sharing equally their own scant food and
putting them far possible n a place of safety
no easy matter. Commandment Ross was espa-
cially cOnsderate. and those of so unfortu-
share that weeks bombardment of the
enemy formed high opinion Of their captors The
correspondent adds
The trenches which had proved impervious TO
our fire, were very interesting. 1t difficult 10
trace in their outline any military design or even
wilful divergence from improvement on the ac-
cepted pattern. Nor did there seem TO be any sys-
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of clean air caused serious rebellion IN the camp.
of the four thousand men demanding lilhl
surrender be made AT once
From that moment the Beers scarcely oDeJHd
orders. A sharp division between the fraIsV WALTERS
and the Orange Free Skaters ensued, ana me ON. only
common adversely IA long hidden hatren OF
me Germans in their ranks. Albrecht, who had
worked for Faithfully and well, whose orders
had been hitherto implicitly oBeyed ana 10 Whoh'
indeed he credit Of nearly the whole OF the sue
ceesfui opposition the relief column ~ due was
openly accused Of Incompetence and even as
LOYALTY. He in took no pains 10 conceal MS
opinion of the lighting powers or the Boers When
on equal terms with the enemy. and the breach
was complete Until sunrise on the Zith the state
OF affairs among the Beers was pitiful. Apart
from the ever increasing hunger despair or relief
and unhealthness OF the position, mutuai rscrill-
nations destroyed the last consolation or adVesl1y
and good fellowship and Cronje sat aloof' silent
and unapproachable -
best be told from outside.
Brigadier-CzeEerai Macdonald sent from Hls ped
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10 cover dead angles They might have been drawn
by with military knowledge. but they
could only have been dug by experts in war. Very
narrow. in of them a broad could
scarcely have turned his shoulders very short and
very deep they offered the meagrest opportunities
shell fire that be conceived They were bur
roughs rather than trenches, with extraordi-
nary squareness a depth sometimes OF six
feet and with shelves scooped three and four
feet below the surface.
The same correspondent gives in detail the mes
sages that passed between Lord Roberts and Cen
eral Cronte. After the English commander had re-
fused to grant an arIniscce, Cronte replied:
Since you are so uumerciful not 10 accord
me the time asked for. nothing remains for TO
do but you wish At least this is how II was
translated but evidently Crouje did not put his
faith in English translators, for when Lord Rob
erts sent 10 receive the unconditional surrender
implied by the last message Cronte replied:
There appears TO be great mistake IN Your
Lordships mind. What really said Since
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sword-a heavy sword with iewelled hilt. II
the first time had him wearing IL since the
column started But he foTgets nothing. oVeriOoks
nothing, considers everything And ne had dOnned
his sword now "A marx Of respect for his fallen
foe
Presently the body of horsemen past the
hospital tents into the camp. MaJorGeneral Pretty
man was one OF the leading hcrsemen his compact
hGure lightly swinging with the movement of his
charger. BY his slac great heavy bundle OF a
man was jumped atop of a wretched little gray
bony Boer pony. And this was the terrible Cronjei
w as II possible that this the man who had
held back the British Army al Magersfontein?
Great square shoulders. from which the heavy head
was thrust forward that he seemed almost
bumped; heavy face. shapeless with unkempt
gray tnged black hair: lowering. heavy bruws
from under which small. cunning, foxy eyes peered
shifdly- A broadbrmmed gray Boer felt hat was
pulled down low. loose brown overcoat. ordinary
dark trousers nothing military, not even spurs
on his brown veldt boots The only thing he
carried that seemed 10 speak authority his
sjambot. thick heavy stocked whip OF hide,
which he grasped and swung one accustomed
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numbers One man who shoot with untaiIing
accuracy is worth twenty who miss; one battalion
az the right spot is worth brigade marched TO a.
Spot where ii can be OF Relatively 10 our
serves the Boer army is army of skilled fighters
aence there is little for surprise that fifty
thousand Beers should have required an army OF
nearly two hundred thousand TO overcome their re-
sistance eut the skill is only relative. is bold
stitefnent, nut probably true one. that an army
OF thirty thousand mounted infantry highly or
ganized as whole, and in which each Individual
unit was trained expert in lighting accompanied
ny cue proportion OF artillery, would have over
months.
HOW THE BOER CAMP LOOKED
shrapnel had scattered the bodies of beasts:
yddite had turned them inside out; cattle twisted
out OF the likeness of kline, skinned to n red and
skinless horror. rent into mounds of broken pieces
lay on every hand. and had lain there for week
under a sun that turns meat almost between
the plate and the mouth"
Hhus Provost Battersby. in THE Morning Post
describes the larger of General Cronje The hor-
rors Of that last stand Paardeberg appear to
have been scarcely limited at in the accounts that
came by cable. BY OF the latest mails from
Cape Town the English papers have been able to
ten in all its ghastliness the story of the defeat
or the Lion Of South Africa
The Tmes's' correspondent at Paardeberg is
able 70 give some idea OF what happened in the
Roer camp prior TO surrender. He writes
The Red House. kind Of ak-bungalow which
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SWAT CHIEFS MURDERED.
LAwLEssNEss RAMPANT IN NATIVE
STATE.

LAwLEssNEss RAMPANT IN A NATIVE
STATE.
Lourenco Marques. Friday. April IA runner
who has Just arrived here from Sebobo's Kraal,
Swaziland. says Sebobo has been killed and his
women have been tied up with ropes. Unrest is
increasing in the country which s a most
settled state, bordering reign of terror. in
the absence OF white mans law" Many
tves have been threatened and in district
they have been completely killed or
A messenger from BrOmersdOrp. Swaziland.
says the Beers making presents TO the
Queen, and are seeking permission 10 pass
through Swaziland armed.
NPquezie. the famous old Swat Chief, and
two women OF his household with two infants.
have all been assegaied at Mquezie's Kraal The
kraal sacked and burned and the Chiefs
son captured Numerous bands marching
about. maraudng in every direction cor
respondent found M-quezies son in charge of
two natives. who admitted the killing OF the
Chief but said they had followed the orders OF
the Swat Queen.
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dug from the inner edge of the bank the crest
and then for fifty sixty yards out through the
scrub The Canadians retired three yards to this
protection and waited for da wn confident in their
new position. which had entered the protected angle
of the Boer position and commanded alike the rife
pits of the banks and the trefo shaped embrasures
the north.
CrOnje that matters We're indeed desp2A.s.&s
Many Beers threw up their hands and dashed
unarrned across the intervening space; others
waved white flags and exposed themselves care
lessly their intrenchments. but not shot was
fired. Colonel Otter and Colonel Kincaid held a
sight of Sir Henry Colve. general of the Ninth
Division. quietly riding down within five hundred
yards of the northern Boer trenches. bring the
that while the last few shots We're being
fired horseman hurrying in with white flag
and CrOnjcs unconditional surrender. to take effect
sunrise.
THE SURRENDER
The arrival of General Cronje at the headquarters
Of Lord Roberts is graphically told by Charles f
Hands in The London Daily Mail" follows:
The trim figure of the Chief alone in front OF
the little lean-to tent fixed to the side of a
cling wagon. in which ne works and sleeps. His
gray face. grave and thoughtful. showed signs
of elation. He looked around, gave order
of his staff and table and two chairs
brought of his tent and placed under the shade
at the edge of the river bank. He gave
another order and half a company Of Highlanders
formed UP in three sides of a square about the
spot. The Chief looked carefully around that
every thing in order. then walked 10 his tent.
When he came out again he was wearing his
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sTEYN TO THE vOLKsRAAD.

FATE OF THE REPUBLICS IS IN THE HANDS
OF CONTINENTAL POWERS
Lourenco Marques. April 6.-President Steyn.
in hts address 70 the Free State Volksraad at
Kroonstad on Wednesday. April 4, said the
burghers were in a better position than at the
commencement OF hostilities. He threatened
those who had surrendered TO the British and
announced that the Free State had borrowed
half a million from the Transvaal for the pur-
poses OF war. England, he declared had broken
every convention. Referring 10 the correspon-
dence with Lord Salisbury. he observed
The destiny OF the republics is in higher hands
than those OF the British OVERWHELMINGLY.
IN the hands OF the people OF France. Russia and
Germany who agttating for intervention.
The war will soon end. II II be true that Beer
prisoners have been sent 10 ST Helena, we would
be justified in consigning British prisoners 10 the
lowest depth OF the johannesburg mines
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THE WAR IN AFRICA.
Continued from first page.

across the country via Dewetsdorp made
plucky stand. but, the Beers had three field
guns and the British none the latter were com
PEELED to surrender.
General Gatacre arrived too late Reddersburg
already reocCupied by the Beers and the
enemy are now threatening the lines TO the
south.
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you unmerciful accord the
time asked for, nothing remains for 10 do. Do
you wish. During lifetime shall never
surrender. II you wish TO lombard fire away! I
have spoken
AS Mr.. Battersby says: The only answer TO that
was, of course the guns. and IT a speedy one
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PAN-AmERIC4y IDEA DISLIKED.

Berlin. April s-The Berlin papers publish
Washington dispatch with reference TO the con-
venins OF second Pan-American Congress. and
comment upon the proposal IN rather unfAvoraois
termA
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TWO OF STEYN'S BROTHERS CAPTIvES.
Bloemfontein, Saturday April Another OF
Mr. Steyn's brothers captured near Karee
Siding yesterday. and arrived here to-day
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-06

Boston's pc!lce ambulances now
have competitor from which II will
be hard for them to take away cases.
II Is an automobile ambulance, sald TO
he the first ever used in the United
States and In every respect the wagon
and equipment seem TO be exactly
what IL needed TO ohnndleaocldent cases,
The automobile was built In Phil
adelphia and can carry as many as
four patients without great crowding,
The exterior, according to the Boston
Transcript, Is much like the ordinary
delivery wagons with which Boston
people have become familiar. On the
sides are the words, "WNge Farmers
Emergency Hospital" The interior
Of the wagon has double floor and
each floor Is wide enough 10 admit
two stretchers. Under ordinary cir
cumstances the top floor will be strap
ped up against the side, and there will
be stretcher and "a seat for an at
tendant upon the wagon floor.
Besides two stretchers which are TO
be carried the wagon is equipped with
q large surgical case, N medical case,
case containing surgical Instruments,
stationary medicine chest and tank
of oxygen to be used In cases Of suffo.
cation and drowning, With this equip
nent complete temporary hospital
can be set up by the attendant and all
sorts Of injuries treated, as In rail
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-06

homes, 10 be lei ont TO working psople
az permanent rentals, calculated on cost
Of bulldlng annual repairs and admlnls-
trntive expenses,
We demand municipal sclf-goycrnmont,
We demand the r!ght TO vote yes or
"nO" on every measure by which we
are 10 be- ruled
We demand Local option In tngat!On,
We demand the building OF public halls
IN every assembly district for the use Of
public mo,tlng8 free OF charge
We dca,and the immediate revocation
OF oil franchises gruntod 10 corporations
or iuGyliunlF the conditions Of which
hnyo not been complied with
We dcmuGd tho eventual municipal
ownorrhp and operation OF all public
utilities,
1--WE do not intend TO- start new
party, said Mr., Thimme, I'VE intend
10 get orr programme, or as much
Of II ns we can, incorporated in the
platform of both the republican 0n1
the democratic purtos, and we think
there win not he much difficulty IN
that when we show the politicians
that 100000 voters are behind us,--N.
y, World.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-06
TO FORCE THE FIGHTING.
ProgreSHive Radicals Preparing for Hot
Time in New York City'a MunlcI-
pal Campaign,

A new force in municipal politics
has appeared and its sponsors are
hard at work preparing for the cam.
paign year ahead, 1t had its origin
in the Social Progress league, or:
ganized by Edward Thimme, labor
leader and prominent member Of
the Citizens union. The league has
prepared municipal platform and has
set u large force of agents at work
getting Endorsements of it from bust
ness and professional men.
Mr. Thimme expects that by the
time the next municipal campaign be.
gins he will have 100000 signatures.
The platform follows:
We insist upon the complete separa-
tion of municipal affairs from national
politics, New York citizens should take
hold OF municipal affairs irrespective OF
their national party Affiliations.
We demand the impartial enforcement
OF all laws.
We demand three-cent car fares and
transfers on all street railroads.
We demand that school education Of all
children under l5 years OF age be compul,
sorry, gratuitous and accessible to all by
public assistance In meals, clothing,
books, transportation, ETC., when nec-
essary.
We demand stringent measures to pre-
vent the adulteratioR of food, medicines
and beverages.
We demand the abolition of the sweat
Ing system In all trades.
We demand that the municipality manu-
facture gas, electricity and ice and sup
ply them to the public at cost.
We demand the establishment of mu-
nicipal coal yards, drug stores and other
municipal agencies for the procurement
to the people, at greatly reduced prices,
OF certain necessaries OF life, now sold
to them by traders at several times their
actual value.
We demand the immediate extension Of
public parks, Fairgrounds, baths, lava
tories, municipal lodging houses, etc, to
satisfy all needs in these directions.
We demand the establishment of mu-
nicipal pawnshops, savings banks and Of
q system Of municipal life insurance.
We demand that none but necessary
work be permitted on Sundays.
We demand that all public work be per-
forrebd directly by the municipality with
out the intervention of contractors. No
public employees shall be discharged for
political reasons.
We demand that eight hours shall corr
stitute days work for all public en-
ployes, and that s. shall constitute the
minimum wage for such employment
We demand that immediate work he
given to the unemployed on necessary
public improvements, tho pgbllc credit
TO be utilized for that purpose
We demand that the municipality, by a
proper exercise OF the right Of eminent
domain, acquire all the vacant lots and
lands within its boundaries, for the pur-
pose Of erecting thereon comfortable