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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-07
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Morris Keokokaloli has returned from
an extended visit at Salt Lake.
% S. s. Warrimoo will come into the
harbor this morning. having anchored
outside over night.
George d. Dornin, a California pio-
neer and prominent insurance man of
San Francisco, arrived on the. Aus
tralia.
schooner Corona, in attempting to sail
out of the harbor yesterday, grounded
on the lighthouse reef, afterwards sail
ing out without further trouble.
s. L. LYMAN of San Francisco came
down on the Australia to visit his
brother, Walter Hyman. Mr.. Lyman
contemplates making his home in the
Islands.
l.. Griffith, wealthy young Austria
liam, arrived from the Coast yesterday
and will spend fortnight in the ISL
ands before proceeding to his home in
Brisbane.
Mrs. C. b. Wells, wife of the well
Known planter of Wailuku, Maui, arriv-
on the Australia with Miss Wells,
I'D viii remain in Honolulu the rest
of the week.
Auction sale of household furniture
today at corner of College and Dominis
streets. An exceptionally fine assert
nent will be sold. Jas. F. Morgan has
charge of the sale.
r. s. Moore. superintendent Of the
Risuon Iron Works, San Francisco.
anne down on the Australia, bringing
'r'i'h rir" "rnntity of machinery for
q Oahu plantation.
u. ~. 44ua..s of Boston arrived by
he Australia, accompanied by his
laughter, Miss NJ A Adams Mr.. Ad-
ans will assume the SUPPLEMENTARY of
the railroads on the SpreckelSVilie
| plantation at Spreckelsville.
Minister Mott-Smith yesterday read q
communication to the Cabinet from
Consul-General Wilder of San Francis
| 20. dated May &c, in which he stated
| that up to that date there had beer
! tie cases of bubonic plague in SaT
| Francisco.
Mrs Lulu r. Ellis and Mrs. George
! Cole of Los Angeles We're passenger.
on the Australia and will spend tn,
| summer in the Islands. Mrs. Ellis ha:
many friends in Honolulu and Hilo who
| win learn with pleasure of her return
to the Islands.
'Mr. aDu mrs. Clarence II. Cooke an6
IRIS. w. II. Hogs and two children
! 'onStituted party of kamaainas re-
| urning on the Australia yesterday Mr.
! md Mrs. Cooke have been touring the
/ 'tates for the past five months, visiting
nearly all the large cities on both
| coasts.
George T. Smith, a well-known con
| tractor of San Francisco, arrived by
J the Australia. Mr.. Smith attracted
! some attention recently in San Fran
cisco by raising from the bay in TWEEN
| ty-four hours Santa Fe locomotive
which had gone through the slip anC
| for which the railroad people had beer
angling vainly for three weeks.
| t. Seymour Hall, the son of w. w
Hall. the hardware man, has beer
! chosen business manager of "Olla Pod
rida," the annual publication of the
| berkeley High School. Mr.. Hall has
| been student at the Berkeley High
| school for the past two years and viii
enter the University of California mex,
fall. The Call recently published an ex-
cellent likeness of Mr.. Hall.
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POISON NEARLY
ENDS HER LIFE
)
Night Nurse at the Hospital
for Incurables Has a
Cose Call.

Miss Rees, night nurse at the Victoria
Hospital for Incurables. took several tab
lets of bi-chloride of mercury yesterday
afternoon in her room at the hospital.
Mr.. Bowman, nephew of DIR. Bowman,
went to Miss Rees' room to give her
Message and finding the door locked, and
..ot having seen her about for some time.
suspected something wrong and burst
open the door.
He found Miss Rees stretched upon her
bed, apparently suffering great pain.
Upon inquiry, Miss Rees. speaking with
some difficulty. said that she had taken
some bi-chloride OF mercury tablets.
Dr. Bowman was Immediately sent for
and quickly responded. A stomach pump
md emetIcs were used soon as pos
,ible and the patient somewhat relieved
Later Miss Rees was taken to the resi-
ience of A. F. Clark on King street. II
vas reported that Miss Rees had at
tempted suicide through dependency, but
ler friends are all of the opinion that
he taking of the poison was purely an
accident. Miss ReeS was considerably
better at midnight.
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rp1raRApa1c BREv1r1Es.

On May sOth the House passed $50 pen
sion bills.
The Canadian steamer Seguin is ashore
near Mackinaw City,.
The Kansas City street railroad strike
has been declared of.
The American iron market shows a
feeling of hopefulness.
The United Confederate Veterans are
in session at Louisville E.
The new United States cruiser Albany
has gone into commission.
Gen. Andre has succeeded De Galll1et
as French Minister of War.
The Interstate whist tournament and
carnival is meeting at Chicago.
A sale Of $1,000 tons of American pig
iron has been made in Scotland.
The track team from Stanford has
reached Chicago in good condition.
All grades of refined sugar have been
advanced ten cents a hundred pounds.
Southern railroad men are trying to
get the Beers to settle in that quarter:
Vaudeville theater managers OF the
ton.
rama denies that he has determined
not to be chairman Of the National Com
mittee.
The new American-built Russian cruis-
er is expected to be the fastest vessel of
her class.
Posts in Cuba, will return to the Unit
ed States.
The Cupples property at ST. Louis,
worth $1,000, 900. has been given to Wash
ington University.
Andrew Carnegie states that his pos
sessions, readily convertible into cash,
amount to $500 900, 900.
The Panama Construction Company
has been ordered to push work on the
canal with all available laborers.
A motion to strike out the enacting
clause In the Chinese Commission hill
was lost, 105 to 100, and the bill was sent
back to the calendar.
At the intercollegiate bicycle races the
following results were had: Half-mile-
R1nIey. Princeton II H.
ALL Yale, second; c. r. Rose. Columbia
third. Time Iii g.
Two Italian laborers were found dead
in the woods forty miles from Montgom-
cry. w. Va, their deaths being caused
| ny eating poisoned food which they had
stolen. They were railroad hands
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Missionaries In CHINA.

NEW YORK, May 30.-It is stated al
the Methodist Mission rooms that the
parent board has ninety seven missionar.
ies In China. The Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society, Of the same denomina
tion, has for,y-five women missionaries
IN the same field. Total 142
The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
Sons has forty-two on the rolls of its
canton mission. fifty-nine in Central Chi
ma; seventeen in Hainan, twenty-seven u
iorty-three in West Shantung Its Cen.
trai china mission also reports nineteen
native preachers. seventeen licentiates
gights Iour teachers and other helpers
iotaf, zp Americans and 1903 natives. Tho
Anne ricah Board of Commissioners TO,
forelsn Missions reports thirty at its
Foo Chow mission, five in South China
sixty IN Moth China and fifteen in shan
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THE TAFT COMMISSION
Consldering Ia Ical Reforms fol
the Philippines.

NEW YORK, May 30.-A dispatch to
the World from Hongkong says: Presi
dent Mckinley's new Philippine Com
mission has been engaged in consultation
with Consul General Wildman. The mem
pers OF the COMMISSION probably VIII
leave for Manila on Friday II ,S lil,ei>,
that Wfdman will accompany them.
the British colonial officials are extend
Ing every courtesy to the Comm ssioner.
endeavoring to faml arize them wIih III
colonial methods of the English
A policy has been formulated since ,he
arrival of the Commissioners and they
confidently believe that they Will be able
to pacify the Philippines. Consul Genera
WLdman has urged upon the Commits
sioners the following poiicies Free trade
the free admission of Chinese, the expul-
SION or the friars and the return of all
property that has been confscated lille
gally
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A New Arrival.

Wade Il. Thayer arrived yesterday on
he Australia to take a position as re-
porter on the Advertisers staff. Mr..
Fhayer comes directly from the staff
i the San Francisco Chronicle, where
ne made an excellent record Mr.. Thay-
T is graduate of the University of
Michigan and is member of the Kappa
Alpha Fraternity. He has a number of
friends in the Islands, among them
Jack" Atkinson, who was a fellow stu
lent of Mr.. Thayer at Ann Arbor.
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Memorial Day In Manila.

MANILA, May 3o.-Mernorial Day was
observed here as general holiday. Mil
itary ceremonies were held at the var,oue
stations and salutes We're fired from TIC
forts at Santiago and Manila. mill
tary escort proceeded to the MaIate car,-
etery. where. the graves of United States
soldiers were decorated and an address.
was made by the chaplain
Memorial exercises were hold ,, &.
the theater, at which a number of adj
dresses were delivered, interspersed with
vocal and instrumental music. The nh
full q
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SaSoEN 49,.
Arrived.

From San Francisco, per S. S. Austria
ala, Atay ou.-N. u. Ashley, If. ~. baker,
T. j. AuiEy, Nhss l.. I. ,hlaItey, W. ..
ChahCo WE aEu chad; MIS-. Leo &c Cole,
e. H. Cooke ahu wife, Miss Il. Degemey-
er, Miss Clara Dekum, T. A. Donlan,
Genrge ID. Dornin MRS. Lulu 4. Ills, nj.
H. lat, q. W. k,uoms, 8Ilss N. a.
Adams. l.. Griffith, Il. h. HobDs, Mrs. w.
II. Hogs ana two children, s. L. hyman
s. G. Irving, NJ. +. Lucas, c. +. Mason,
Miss {. h.. Mccall, Mrs. NJ. ]. McKenzie,
r. $ Moore, Isaac Noar, a. G.. taulsmeIr,
h Z. l. PERKINS, j. S.V. Pletts, +. Scnnei-
der, Andrew Smith, Geo +. Smith and
Whe, Mrs. +. .. Sodergren, w. w. Thay-
er. H u. Thomas, II. w. Thomas, Mrs
y - Wells, Mss Wells, MISS O.. West,
N. III. Williams, Alex. Young. o. l.. Ste,
yens, NJ. KeOhokalole
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A Dangerous Practice.

The practice of carrying babies in
baskets on the front OF bicycles had a
practical illustration of it's danger on
Beretania street yesterday. a gentle
man was carrying a little child in low
and riding at a good pace when sudden
ly the child's left foot caught between
the front wheel and the fork. Both
were pitched to the ground but luckily
escaped serious injury. the combined
efforts of a bystander and a wrench
were necessary to pry the fork aside
90 release the little ones foot.
New attractions al the Orphe,lu, To-
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SAILED FRoM doNoLULU.

Wednesday, June 6.
Am. ship Hecla. Nelson, for the Sound.
Arm. schr. Corona, Anderson, for the
Sound.
Am schr. John A. Campbell, Smith, for
the Sound.
Haw. snip Fort George, Marse, for San
Francisco.
Mia
S,mr. Noeau, Wyman, for Kauai.
Stmr. he Au Hou, Mosher. for Kauai.
Schr- Norma, for Kauai.
S. s Ezarlna, Seanans Ior San Francis
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ARRIVED AT HONOLULU.

Wednesday, June g.
Stmr. Upolu, from HAWAII
8. s. Australia, Lawless, from san
Francisco.
Stmr. J. A. Cummins, Searle from Ga
hu ports.
Schr. Ada, from Hawaii.
Am. blk. 5. G. Al.en, johnson, from San
Francisco.
S. 5. warrimoo. Phillips, from the Col
onies. A.Al
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Robbery.

A cottage, the servants quarters at
Paul Neumann's residence. has been
entered and robbed. The room occu-
pied by a; japanese servant was thor
oughly cleaned out Fifteen dollars
were stolen from a trunk and much
clothing was also taken. This makes
the third time the place has been rob-
bed. The police are working on the
case.
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Notice to shipmasters.
U. S. Branch photographs Off,

Q. 8 Branch ffydrographiS Office
San Francisco. Cal
BY communicating with the Branch Uy-
geographic Office In San Francisco can
aims of vessels who will cooperate with
he photographic Office by recording the
psychological observations suggested by
ne office, can have forwarded to them at
my desired port, and free of expense, the
ncnthly pilot charts of the North Pacific
'oean. and the latest Information regard
ers which they frequent
Warmers are requested to report to the
nee dangers discovered or any other
1tormation which can he utilized for cor
ect1ng charts or sailing directions. or in
ne publication of the nilot charts of thu
Iurth Pacific C. q CAJKINS
Lieut.-Comdr.. II. S. N in Charge
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

DIAMOND HEAD SIGNAL STATION,
June 6. 10 p. m.-Weather, clear; WIND,
light. n.
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session Sales-Morning Session-F,iftv
lea assessahle. $3.50: a. Olsa aescs-ah'e
s29.6 60 1-2: 10 Eva, $3.50: * Oo,,aI. eIo a
81 IL; Is Honokaa, $685. w.
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Alder 5 Steamship coupon!

The STR. KINAU will sail from Hilo
on Thursday, June 7th, at p. M, and
other ports of call IL hours ahead of
regular time, arriving in Honolulu.
ATURDAY morning, June 9Th. Freight
destined for Hilo on Tuesday, the 18th,
viii be received on the Claudine wharf
IN Friday, June Sth. On June 18th the
hINAU will sail at II M, as usual.
SIR. CLAUDINE will sail from Maui
ports a day ahead Of time, arriving in
honolulu SATURDAY morning. June
9th.
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THE MELROSE, king tire t

Board and rooms; all modern COM
forts; electric lights; mosquito proof:
quiet. refined home Ning s.. cars
pass tn, door. Prices moderate. Tele-
phone g. 81 blue.
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MOVEMENTS OK STEAMERS.

Steamers due and To sail today and TO
H. DeNt six days are as follows.
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STR. CLAUDINE will sail from Ho-
noluiI on MONDAY, July End, at 5 p
n, and provided twenty tickets are
sold from Maui ports to Hilo and re-
turn at $3.50 each, she will proceed to
Hilo, leaving (aui ports on TUESDAY,
arriving in H o on the morning OF the
4th. Leaving Hilo at midnight on the
4th, will arrive at Kahului on Friday.
$50
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New attractions at the Orpheum to-
hight.
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EMPLOYMENT as a bookkeeper: can
furnish references; resided in Japan
ten years, and speak the language.
Address Lafayette Cole, this Office.
5565
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\ FIRST CLASS carriage painter Ad-
dress *, this office. 5565
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Classified Advertisements.
WANTED.

TO RENT. furnished cottage of abou
three rooms, for bachelor occupancy
Apply s. b., this office. 1865
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Excursion tOHilO
For The 4th of Ju y Races.
Half Rate.

The STR. KINAU will sail from Ho-
nolulu on MONDAY, July End, at II M.
touching at way ports on this trip day
ihead of the regular time. Round triI
tickets to Hilo and return, $3.50, first
class. Intending passengers are request
ed to book early. Freight will be re
:ceived at the Claudine wharf on Fri
DAY, June 29th.
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FOR general information Apply to
s-*. -AckFELo @ Cold
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Prom and After Jan. 1, 1900.

@. p. DENISON, F. G. SMITH,
superintendent. G. p. Il T. A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
Federation of Women.

Milwaukee. June 6.-The question
to reorganize was made the first or
der of business at today's session Of
the federation of women Mrs. Hor-
ace Brock, of Pennsylvania, leader of
the reorganization forces. started the
debate of this discussion, and gave
way to the educational session at 10.
A mum ber of papers were read and
discussed.
milwaukee. June 6.-The opening OF
the fifth biennial convention OF the
General Federation of Women's clubs
yesterday WAS most animated. Not
only did Mrs. Lowe make a profound
impression at the morning session
with her biennial address. but great
deal of business was handled in Il live
ly manner. To say nothing of The color
controversy on the side which did not
come up. but is likely to later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.

General Otis says there is no danger
of further insurrections in the Philip
pines. that the islands are worth all
their cost and cannot be given up.
Edwards y. Park, emeritus profes-
sor of sacred rhetoric in Andover
Theological Seminary, is dead at And
over, Mass, aged 81.
Russia's minister to Peking offered
China the assistance of a Russian
army to suppress the boxers.
Henry Killiam, a Chicago saloon
keeper, shot himself during a fit of
dependency.
James Brown Potter has been
granted a divorce from his wife, the
actress.
1t Is rumored in Madrid that Eng
land is seeking to purchase either the
Canary or Balearic islands.
An unknown negro is running
amuck on the west side, Chicago.
slashing women with a knife.
There are $4,000 persons in Berlin
whose income exceeds S225 year,
and who are therefore compelled to
pay an income tax.
Decatur. Ala. boasts the largest hog
in the world 1t weighs 1.524 pounds,
and is ten feet two inches long and
four and one-half feet high.
Half a century ago the labor cost
in the production of 100 gold hunting
watch cases turned was $40. In 1897
IL was only $50.
There are 5000 bank shares in
New York city, assessed At So, ,409, :
SIC.
The first postmaster of the new post
office OF Angora, Ore, bears the sur
name of Tom.
Stephen Crane. well known as a
novelist and war correspondent. an
American, died yesterday at London,
aged 80 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
RED HOT IN THE HOUSE.
Lentz and Hull Get Into Get Into a Very
Warm Verbal Scrap, Indeed.

Lentz and Hull Get Into Get Into a Very
Warm Verbal Scrap, Indeed.
In the house there was also a hot
time, which reached its elimination
when LeItz of Ohio attacked General
Corbin. stating that ne had been
haunting the corridors Of the Capitol
asking congress for a major general
ship. Hull replied. The adjutant
general of the army" said Hull. IF he
had been haunting the corridors of the
Capitol, asking congress to give him a
promotion, certainly would have come
to me as chairman of the military COM
mittee | never heard him in the Capt.
tol of the nation asking me or any
other member of congress TO give him
this promotion"
LentZ. lis it not n fact that he ap-
pointed sons of members, and indi-
rectly got their influence in that way:'
Hull. He has appointed n good
many Staff officers. The gentleman
from Ohio is evidently anxious to get
the fact before the country that /
have Il son in the army who has
served in the staff department ut Ma
Mia. That's something l am very proud
of. He went and enlisted first with
his own regiment. having served in
got Il commission by the votes of his
own comrades for the rankof captain
Il loud applause on the Republican
sideI and he was promoted and is now
major on the staff IN the Philippines.
[Renewed applause on the Republican
side.
His regiment is coming home and
both myself and his good mother have
tried at the war department for the
last five months to get him ordered
home, so that lie cn,d resume the
avocatiOns of peace. :.vd the testimony
from several of the generals who have
epOrted-General Wheeler among the
others-is that his work there was so
good. he was so efficient i'll discharg'
ing the duties Of his office. that they
did not want to retire him. but fur
ther to advance him. Loud applause
on the Republican side.l
Mr.. Chairman. l thank God l have
sons who can serve their country.
[ Loud applause.l L am proud of them.
/ thank God l am not one of those
creatures who has not
been able 10 perpetuate his species
and has nothing to look forward to-"
| Prolonged cheering and applause on
the Republican side.l
IentZ-I want to ask the gentle
man if he has Il son who. would be
able to support himself without being
a pensioner on his country. 1Cries of
OH and kissing on the Republican
sidel Will the gentleman explain
about his other son? Renewed hiss
ing on the Republican side
HULL would, if it had any col-
nection with this matter.
Lentz-Is he not sucking the public
teat. Renewed Kisses on the Repub-
lican side.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
SUCCESS FOR A BADGER GIRL.
Scores a Hit Singer Before n New
York Women's Club.

Lacrosse. Wis. June 6-Miss Anna
Hickisch. a Lacrosse girl. 23 years of
age, sang and scored Il notable hit st
the last meeting of the College WOm-
ems club IT the WaldorfAstOria in
New York city, where she appeared
under the patronage of Mrs. Angus
Cameron, of this city. Miss Hickisch
sang Wander Stuecken's "Oh. Come in
the Summer Night" and George Chad
wick'S Before the Dawn" Miss
Hicilisch comes of one of the old Ger
man families of Lacrosse.
She is Il graduate of the Lacrosse
high school and spent something over
two years in study under the best
masters in Paris and Berlin. After
short visit at home. Miss Hickisch
went back east and has since devoted
herself to church and concert singing.
She has remarkable clear and sweet
soprano voice. She will in all prOba-
bility be one of the SoloiSts at the
saengeffeSt in Davenport, Ia, this
summer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
Me.dnme. Bothn md Kruger in Town.
DISASTER TO THE YEoMANRY.
battalion Gets Into a Hole Prepared by
the Wary TrnnsvaaI BurgherA-

the Wary TransVaal Burghera-
London, June 6.-FOllowing Is the
text OF a dispatch from Lord Roberts
announcing a disaster to the Thir-
teenth battalion OF the Imperial yOe-
manry:
Pretoria Station. June ,, 12:J5 p.
nj regret. tn report that rhe Thir-
teenth Imperial yeomanry had 10 sur
render to a very superior force OF the
enemy on May 81. near Lindley. On
receiving information OF the battalion
being attacked l ordered Methuen to
proceed with all speed TO its assist
ance.
sMethuen was then on the march, on
the Heilbron side Of kroonStad. and
half an hour after the receipt of my
telegram on June l he started of. By
10 a. m. OF the following day he had
marched forty-four miles in twenty
five hours. but he was too late to
rescue Colonel Stragge's yeomanry.
Methuen attacked the Beers, who
were between 1900 and 5000 strong.
and after running fight OF five hours
completely routed the enemy II Is a
very regrettahle circumstances. but /
trust II will not be long before the
Irish yeomanry are released from cap
Iivity."
London went. wild again over the
news of the occupation OF Pretoria.
AS a coincidence Eton had postponed
its annual June celebration until
yesterday and as Lord Roberts is one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
BOER DELEGATES AT CHICAGO.

Mayor Harrison One of the Committee
Which Received Them.
Chicago, June G.-The ENJOYS of the
Transvaal gOyernment-Messrs Fisch-
er, Wolmarans and WesseIs-arrievd
here yesterday, the party also includ-
Ing Mrs. Fischer. wife of the envoy.
They were met by n committee headed
by Mayor Harrison and warmly well
coined. At the same moment the tele-
graph instruments were clicking the
message that announced the formal
entry Of Lord Roberts into Pretoria
the capital city of the Transyaal. The
announcement had a disheartening ef-
feet on the ENJOYS, and the were