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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
LONDON RELIEVED.
Occupation Of BIOemfontein Hailed
With Joy.

London, March 14.-Lord Roberts de-
spatca caused feeling of great relief.
The absence OF the news eagerly looked
for had provoked some apprehension,
during the earlier part Of the day, that
the British had met with check before
Bloemfontein; and anxious inquiries
were made at the war Office aad In the
Hobbies Of parliament.
On the receipts Of the news, che Queen
at Windsor Castle, the Prince Of Wales
t Marlborough house. Lord Woissley and
others were Immediately notified; bat at
nine o. clock the war Office was almost de-
serted, the public having given up hope
of further news until tomorrow. The ap-
psarance OF the newspapers with the
tidings caused great excitement along
Poll Mall at the service clubs and In the
west end generally. Owing to the late
hour, however there were NO demonstra-
tions approaching in the remotess degres
thoSe which heraldsd the surrender OF
General Cronje and the relief of Lady
smith.
1t so happened that q torch light pro-
cessiou, organized on an extensive scale
for the widows and orphans fund, was
parading South London with banners
and bands. This included a body OF uni
formed men representing the British field
forces, the surrender Of Cronjs and other
inspi ring Incidents.
The route was hung with nAgs and
stands were erected at numerous points
for spectators. Naturally the appearances
of the extra editions Of the evening
papers created u furor OF enthusiasm
among the paraders, who greeted the
nsvs with cheers and the singing Of the
national anthem. At Windsor tie news
was eosiysd with much joy. The Queen
commanded that 1t re Immediately pub
lished; and abe instructed her equerry at
the dinner table to send q note to the OH.
GERS OF the household brigade. The bat
TALON was CALLED ON parade at 10. 10 .. N.
Major SG Aubyn read Her Majssty's
note and called for cheers for the Queen
and Lord Roberta Ths band played
"God Save the Queen"
wherever Lord Roberts despatch wal
read his reference to the Late" Prssi
dent steyn and the "Lats" executive
was Immediately fastened upon e. highly
sign iticant.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, Mar. IA, taken at s
D. M, meridian time, the observation for
this section being given in this order;
Temperature, direction of wind, state Of
weather.
Boston. 81, W, clear; New York. 22,
NV, clear; Philadelphia, SO. NV, cldy;
Washington, 3s. N pcldyi Albany, 20,
w, clear: Buffalo, "a. NV, p cldy
Detroit, 2s, NE, clear; Chicago, 20, NV,
snow; St Paul, IL, NV, cldy;
Eastport, 80, N. clear,
Huron, Oak, 10, NV. clear; Bis.
marck, 12. N, cleari jacksonville, 20
SW, p cldy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
The SURRENDER.
How Lord Roberts Entered BlOem.
fOntein.

London. March IA despatch to the
Daily Chronicle from Bloemfontein. dat
ed Tuesday evening, March 10, says:
"Blosmfonte In surrendered at 10 to-
day, Il was occupied at noon. President
Steyn with n majority OF the lighting
.burghers, has fed northward.
"Gen. French was within five miles OF
the place at S O'Clock Monday afternoon.
He sent summons into the town,
threatening to lombard unless 1t surrend-
cred by 4 a. M, Tuesday. A white nag
was hoisted Tuesday morning; and . de-
putation Of the town council, with May
or keller, came ont to meet Lord Roberts
at Spitz kop, i've miles south OF the
town, making formal surrender OF the
place.
"Lord Roberts made Q stats entry at
noon. He received q Tremendous ovation.
After visiting the public buildings he
want to ths official residence OF the Pres
ident, followed by a cheering crowd. who
waved the British flag and sang the Brit
ish national anthem. They were In a CON-
dition Of frsnizsd excitement
|Ou mOuuuy dAsefaSeh RAe'te~ ~ ---~
surrender, there had bsen little sniping
and shelling. but the enemy then retired.
Lord Roberts has made his heaiquar-
trs at the Presidents house; and there
are many of the British wounded In the
building. The railway is not injured"
The Daily Mail has the following de-
spatch from Pretoria, dated Monday
March l2:
"Lord Salisbury's reply has been re-
ceived and b ser refutAtion Of the Brit
ish contention is under consideration. II
will deny that any annexation has been
made and 1t will declare that the oocupa-
ton of British territory was purely
strategic. It will express the determina-
tlon OF the two republics to fight to the
fnish."
PLOT TO FREE PRISONERS.
Cape Town, Msrch IA lit has just
trAnspired that another plot has been dis
covered to free the Beer prisoners al
simon nstown. The remarkable quantitisl
Of water melons resolved by the prisoner
aroused comment and an Investigation
discovered that compromising letter.
were contained In the melons, the writer
planning the escape OF the captiyes
| Il reat subtraction 10 felt hers % the fac
that transports with the bulk OF TN
prisoners sail for Helena tonight.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
NO CHANGE IN THE NASHUA
STRIKE.

Nashua, N. H.. March 14.-There Is no
change In the situation Of the strike that
h been in progrefs during the past
wsek by the employees cf the Nashua
Ieon and Brass foundry. James Roach
Of PittsbuIg, Pa, vice-presidsnt of tie
National Iron Moulders' union. has bsen
here during the past two days to see whnt
could he done absut settling the difficult
tits but tonight it was reported that after
holding two msetings of the strikers
nothing definite could be determined up
81. The company has IL non-unicn men
at work In the shop
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

Senator Platt Of Connections who was
noe heard ysstsrdav expressed himsslf as
firmly convinced thas the principal OF 9
protsetive tariff In the interest Of the In
dustries Of the United States should be
sustained In whatever was done. He
showed leaning towards the House
tariff bill, ~ did several other Senators
who spoke some Of them expressed the
opinion that this measure would oom-
mend the votes of two-thirds Of the mem
bers Of the caucus II tested. Members Of
the Port Rioo committee were not will
ing that the governmental features Of the
bill should be abandoned at this time.
Senator FORAKER expressed tbs opinion In
this connection that the Porto Rioans
themselves would not object TO the tariff
provided by the House hill Senator Hoar
talked at considerable length about the
legal phase OF the question, expressing
the opinion that the Senate could not act
with too great delibsration In consider.
ing 90 momsntous q subjsct. Senator
Warren agreed with Mr.. Hoar upon this
iatterp oint. He had. he said been favor
able to absolute free trade between Porto
Rico and the United States proper, tut
he had listened with interest and profit 20
the arguments ON the other side and he
did not believe that the subjsot had been
exhausted by any means.
Many other speeches were made in the
same line. notably BY Senators Aldrich
snd Mason.
At this point the suggestion Of . COM
mittes was made and ss soon rs the au-
thority for It's appointment was given,
the oauous ad.ourned alma dia
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15

muoh milder than that u yesterday. As
soon as it was generally Understood that
the tariff features of the legislation were
to be postponed the discussion reverted to
the governmental features OF the bill and
upon this subject tie time was mostly
spent. Senator Foraker sxplaiped many
features of the bill and was frequsntly
in serrogAted, 90 that he was on his feet
great deal OF the time.
Senator Elkins said that he favored
leaving not only the question Of revenues.
but the government Of the island a. well
to the President. He thought the Island
would be much better of under military
rule for the next two years than under
any government that could be devised by
Congress. He particularly counseled de-
lay.
"We will know q lot more about this
whole question in . year or two years
than we know now." he said, "ana the
islands will te as well taken care OF dur
ing that time as they would be under any
legislation we may pass.
Senator Foraker said that the question
of dealing with the Islands was before
Congress and he for one, thought Con-
0rsss should act. There was general
unantmity as to the wisdom OF providing
for imm ediate action on the 5000, ,oto re-
lief proposition, the opinion OF all tne
Senators teiug that that measure should
te PASSED for humane reasons. There was
some effors to have the appropriation Dill,
the House tariff bill and the Senate bill
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
Civil Govt. to Be Taken
Up Next.
Argument In Favor Of Continued
Military Rnle.

Washir gtoD, March l4.--Ths ssRepubli-
can Senators In caucus today reached q
partial egrsment ON Porto Rioan legisla-
tion. The House bill appropriating 81, :
coo, 600 Is to be taken mp ana passed Inn
mediatsly. The bill for civil govern
ment of the islands Is to be taken up and
disposed of MS socn as possible and the
tariff bill Is to be delayed for the present
while a COMMITTEES Of seven senator's to be
selected by Chairman Allison, is to try to
compromise differences on the revenue
bill and secure measure which Republi-
oan senators generally can support. This
rattial sRreement was reached after o
caucus lasting froin two O'Clock until
$50.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
Lord Roberts Entered City at Head Of His Troops
Tuesday Afternoon
The Army of Occupation Eagerly Welcomed by
the Inhabitants.

that LodRo
pied Bomontn that the British Flag flying
The following Lord Roberts
ing o
Boemoein Tuesday, March mBy Of God
Majeys soldiers,
possession BOemen The British flag flies presidency
president
member the late executive
md presented mi o the publ
"The Withdrawn the nehborhood all
BIoemfonten
The above DESPATCH though dated Tuesday, received
Wednesday.
teno on evening ~" nnnneced with Boemfon
and the night crowds London
singing and engaging demonstrations
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
THE WEATHER.

Boston, March 19.-Local forecast
Fair, colder, fresh northwest windsi be-
coming light and variable; Friday cloudy
probably with rain or snow.
Washington, March 14.-Forecast for
Thursday and Friday; Maine-Fair,
colder Thursday; cold wave In afternoon
or night. Friday, fresh northerly winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

Portland. Mar. a. iSoO-The local
weather burenu records the following:
sa. m.-Barometer. 29.S64; thermome-
ter. 23: dew point. Z; rel. humidity,
46: direction Of wind, NV: WING veloc-
ity, a; state of weather, cloudy.
sp. m. Barometer, 29.S06; thermome-
ter, 81; dew point ID; rel. humidity, Az;
direction of wind, NV; wind velocity, 0;
state of weather, clear.
Max. temp. 43; min. temp, 10: mean
temp, 81: max. wind velocity, II NV,
precipitation-24 hours 0.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-15
THE BUILDER

mentioned in this space yesterday says 1t does
doesn't hurt his SAW horse TO stand outside
and there's no danger of its being stolen @ ior
kindlng wood as everybody knows BENsON ,
ALWAYS READY CHARCOAL IS much
cheaper and better than wood tor hndiing iires,
BIG BAGS 10c AT ALL GRoCERs.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18
Question Answered

Yes, August Flower still has :he
largest sale OF any nation in the
world. Your mothers and grand
mothers never thought of usin. any.
thing else for Indigestion or Bilious.
ness. Doctors were scarce. and they
seldom heard of Appendicitis. Merry
Gus Prostitution, or Heart Failure,
etc. They used August Flower to
clean out the system and stop fer
mentation Of Undigestcl food, regu-
la'e the action OF the liver, stimulate
the nervous and organic action of
system, and that is all they took
when feeling dull and bad with head
aches and other aches. You only
need q few doses of Green August
Flower, in liquid form, 70 make YOU
satisfied their is nothing serious the
matter with YOU. For sale b. A..
G.. Frerr.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18
TULANE UNIVERSITY
OF LOUISIANA.

New Orleans.
COLLEGE OF AIRS AND SCIENCES.
Classical, Literary, Latin-Scientitic anG
Scientific Courses.
COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Mechanical, Electrical. Chemical, SugSS
Civil and Architectural Engineering
H. SOPHIE NEwCoME MEMORIAL CoII'EGr
fer Young Women. with Art and
Boarding Departments.
Fail Term Of above opens October lst.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT opens Oct. 18th.
Law DEPARTMENT opens November 18th
For Catalogues, address
Secretary Of University
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18
Notice.

That al dog owners are hereby
notified that their Dog Tax is due
and if not paid by Aug. 18th,
same will be killed.
j. p. JOHNSON,
City Mas and Tax Collector.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

Delalioussaye's drug store caugh:
fire on Wednesday morning about
six o'clock, being damaged slightly,
the result Of Spontaneous combus
ton.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

Last Sunday, Aug 14th the young
nen OF Adeline gave compliment
' 'aly 70 their young boy friends a
S sely Pleasant affair at the Charenton
Suell Bank. The following gentlemen
re.e present: Louis s. Brunson. l..
3: uelhaye, DR.. j. r. Olivier, r.
SSa.sansenl, D. Pecot, Octave Sigur,
w.. Olivier, Henry OLIVIER
s aas Pete Fuselier, A.IW. Brun-
p D., T. n. Bienvenu,-C Geo,
VOL, =. Richard, T. Brulatour.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

We have among US Messrs.
MORRISON & Donaldson, photograph
sls' Who are just from Texas, and
suo come with a high recommen-
aasion as fine workman. Any one
seSlf'ng good and cheap work would
10 well by calling on them. Their
1pt Is on Main street, opposite Mr..
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

We understand that the new hotel
which is being erected on Main street,
will have in connection bridal
chamber. This building when finish
ed will be an ornament to the town.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

Among the many guests at Coop
er's Well who were poisoned from ice
cream this week were our town folks
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Bell and family Miss
SaIlie Mequct and Mr.. l.. B. TarIton.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

thursday two persons were before
Mayor Lewis on charge of violat-
ing two of the town ordinances one
tor driving on the sidewalk and the
o'her OF hitching his horse so rs to
put him in tue ditch. Asa result
me offenders were both fined. one
- and the other $3.50.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

Tie Gallery Central Refinery has
about finished all necessary repairs
ard is now prepared 10 do a great
amount Of work this next season.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

The fire Of Wednesday evening
on Jackson street opposite Mr.. P. Z.
Sigurs residence was fortunately
extinguislied before any great dam
age was dOre.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

Quite a number Of Franklinites
Joined the excursion which passed
through here on Sunday on its way
from New Orleans . Abbevll".
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

In another column Mr.. Emil Sas-
s0"sky, the reliable j.weler, an
nonnees to his friend and the public
That he is "Home Again" after an
extended trip, purchasing a large
stock for his new store. Call and
examine his stock, he is located il
Tue Drummer building.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

We note with regret the critical
Illness of Mr.. Marion Harrison. DR..
Beverly ". Smith is his attending
physician with Miss Parrish, Of the
New Orleans lnitarium rs nurse.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

Mr., Fl. II. Ahrens representing
The New Orleans Picayune, paid US 4
Gall this week, lie reports having
done an erroneous amount Of work
during his short trip through ST.
Mary.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

First-class printing did YOU say.
Well that is orr motto. We are
now prepared to furnish you with the
best and highest quality that art of
fords, AMI at low figures. We have
just received q brand new outfit. com
posed of all the latest styles Of type,
presses, etc SO ali We ask is q trial
order,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

There will be meeting Of tie
onsectarian Aid Society on Satur-
gay evening at 4 o'clock at The
nome of Mrs. D. n. Foster. All
members are earnestly requested to
be present.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

Mr. August Erhart purchased the
Frotch property ON Jackson street
this week. paying $4,000.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

Your iir;ure in button from .
TO 70 cent. at the tent on Nam
street. Fr akin.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

The much needed cutting Of grass
and ditching which has been done
this week has greatly improved the
appearance o. the streets.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

MFR. Alfred Pecot returned from
Crowley Wednesday with Il negro
who some months previous escaped
while on his way to Jail.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

We will make You dozen full
figure cabinet photos for only 81 80.
How's that? The tent, Main street,
franklin.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

Mr. Ch5s. O'NieIl has purchased
for S.. 800 the beautiful Won Schoc
lar residence on Willow street.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

Last week the pos, office 1T Pat
terson was robbed. but fortunately
oothinu very valuable was stolen.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18
NOTICE.

l VIII open the Registration books at my of
hce on August sth, 1870, for the purpose Of re-
gIHtrrinG All qualified voters of the Parish
OF ST Mary, aud will he 1T the several polling
precincts of the Parish on the following dates:
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

We sincerely conlnlr with Mr..
and Mrs. Jas. 4. Barbour who Iosl
their infant son on Monday morning.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-18

The Arlington Gun Club was de-
f.,ted last Sunday in New Iberia
nv q score Of 23.
The colored American., 1900-06-30
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The colored American., 1900-06-30

Mr. Mitchell Dugar. Of Augusta, Ga
Iaid our of5ce pleasant visit Tuesdsv
Mr. Dugar was returning ho ne from a
trip to Philadelphis ana New York
The colored American., 1900-06-30

To the good thinking people of W ash
ington, if You are thinking of giving a
party don't forget to consult the Delmo
koonce.
The colored American., 1900-06-30


the presence in hotel iobbies aud head
quarters of the various delegations OF
these political touts who pretended to
have inside in for nation as to how this
or that delegation was going to vote on
the vice presidential question. These
yermin made themselves DISCUS ting.
They pulled the legs Of every white
man who had money aud was fool
enough to part with it. They sold the
votes of delegates they never saw and
didn't know delegates who weeks be-
| fore the convention assembled, knew
thst their votes woold be cast for Nc
kiniey and Roosevelt. Not single
candidate for Vice President outside Of
Roosevelt hod a ghost of chance fol
the nomination. 1t is part of the
game OF politics for the man who has
the inside track for any office to seem
not to want it. Col. Roosevelt played
his part in this instance with con
summste skill and tact, his mdifter-
ence (?) TO the wishes of his friends In
creased his popularity with the back
woods politicians and magnlfied his
greatness. 1t was skilIfully executed
coup aud he scooped the delegates with
neatness and dispatrh.
The other candidates (?) were not
in 1t single minute. We. all of us,
understasd it now, but 1t takes long
while to master the intricacies of q
game like that played in Phils-
deIphia by those grand masters
OF politlcs T G. Plat and M
A. Hanna. How these gents and their
able lieutensnts must have chuckled
and chortIed at their midnight con-
ference at the Hotel Walton at which
the fate of the Rough Rider was de-
cided. How they must have laughed at
Lipcoln's epigram about fooling the
people etc. etc. Well the ticket has
been named, the next thing to be done
| is TO keep the name on the sign board
for four years. This will require some
work, some very hard work and the
"Negro" Will have to take part in the
job. This convention this year wat
notable for the absence of big "Ne
groes' and tendency n the part o
some of the white leaders to elimlnat,
them entirely. Mr. Quay's resolution {,
feduce!southern representation stirret
up hornets nest and drove some O
the black brethren to dunk. It wa
fortunate foe the ticket that Mr.. Quay
resolution wss Withdrawn az there
no telling what mout o'happened ha.
it passed, But the spirit remains jus
the same aud when the National Com
mittee may safely do so, 1t will be done
and then Negroes" all over the couu
try will get together and do somebody y
There were many distinguished me
OF the race present from all parts of tn
cauntry of whom [ shall speak In M
next letter. Many personal friends an
new acqusintsnees who Will be mad
the subject Of special article Th
daily papers have supplied the publ
with full and interesting account Q
the convention, 30 that No words c
mine can add anything to it's history
1t was great convention and 1t coul
have accomplis bed in one day what
took three days to accomplish, bu
then that would have given the sna