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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13

once has received the following from
General Kelly Kenny:
Blocmfontein. June 12.-Our troops
from the north are at Honiuss Spruit
south of Roodeval, where the Beers cut
the British lines of communication,
having defeated the enemy. They will
be at America Siding tomorrow at
a. M.
General Knox moves ont from
Nroonstad to intercept the enemy.
Fuller particulars later"
a comparison of General Kelly Ken
ny's dispatch with the maps available
shows, apparently. that the British line
OF administrations. cut by the Boers.
mas been restored by the movement Of
troops from the north toward HonluS
Spruitt. to reach which place they
would have TO pass through RoodeVal.
II they followed the railroad Tie fact
that General Kelly-Kenny says Knox
VIII move out from Kronstad TO inter
cept the enemy" would seem 10 demon
strate that the Beers are retcaing be-
fore the northern British force. and
that troops from Kroonstad. south OF
HcninG Spruitt. have been sent 10 in
tercept them # possible.
DISPATCH FROM BUTLER.
London, June IL GO:i0 q. m.)-I'he
War Oiiice posts the following dispatch
from General Butler:
Headquarters in Natal. June H. We
forced Almonds Mex to-day. 1t is not
marked on the map, but is the last de-
file 10 Charleston Flats. The enemy
were in considerable force. with sew
eral guns IN Position. The brunt of the
lighting fell upon jhe Second Dorsets.
who carried the Position mt the point
of The baYonet ana the Third Cavalry
Brigade. who were heavily attacked ON
our right from very broken country
round Iketini mountain. | hope our
casualties are less than 100. which, con-
sidering tho cXtrenmc length of the pO-
sition. is much less than / expected.
The whole attack was directed by
Hilyard whose dispositions were cX-
tremely good. The artillery. Tenth Bri-
gade ana Third Cavalry Brigade did
most of the work"
DETAILS OF THE REVERSE.
Accra. Gold Coast, June l2-The de-
tails haze been received here OF an
other serious reverse TO the re!iuf
column under Colonel Carter ard
Major WILKINSON a days march north
81 the Prah. There were heavy cas-
ualties. The latest Wmors report
further disaster TO q detachment On
the north bank of the lN,h. which is
now flooded. and where the Ashantis
werc found strongly ontrench L.
Colonel Elllcocks advance Mas becll
delayed by rains. which have de-
stroyed the bridges on the Prahsu
road.
The Continued absence Of news from
Kumassic tends 10 confirm the pessi-
mistic views as to the safety OF tho
Governor and his staff. I'he coast
towns are approhenslye OF their own
safety.
The British gunboat MaglHc. sta
toned at Accra. is the sole protection
for the coast
owing to the difficulty encountered
in procuring carriers the enforcement
Of labor ordinance IS threatened but
such = step is considered unadVisable
IN view Of the present temper OF The
inhabitants and the unprotected condi-
tion Of the colony.
The general opinion is that the pres
emit force is INADEQUATE 10 cope with
the situation ana the local government
apparently falls to recognize It's gray
ity.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13
(srec!al to Nlrgtnian-Pilat.A

Richmond. June l2.-Edward Gunter
q Portsmouth negro who is serving a
TENN in the peniten;iary. succeeded in
making his escape today by a clever
ruse.
Gunter was working on the rock wall
at the penitentiary. He seiaed his
chance when the guards back was
turned, ana slipped out of his striped
clothing. To drop from the wall only
occupied a moment and he sauntered
away in Il jauNty manner The guard
SAW d man going across the lot, burt
as his stripes We're missing had no idea
mat it Was one Of his charges.
\ thorough search is now being made
for the man. ana he will no doubt be
caught
DIR. EVANS CALLED.
Monumental Church has just extend
cd call 70 Rev. nr VIM. II. Evans 10
IN The vacancy in the pulpit occasioned
DN the resignation OF Rev. w. A. Barr,
VINO goes TO st. lakes Church, Nor
folk. DR.. Evans will preach here next
sunday. and IL IS thought likely that he
VIII accept the CALI lie Is now pastor
Of huorish.aS church in Columbia,
:. {.
JAiLpR BluTTON INDICTED.
SUne days ago as noted in The Vir-
g.ulan Pilot, seven prisoners escaped
from the Chesterfield county Jail, tho
steel doors TO their cells. opening upon
a corridor having been left open.
Today n special grand jury brought
in an indictment against Jailer w. e.
Triton FOR GROSS neglect Of duty The
penalty tor this offence is Il heavy tine
ana Imprisonment.
POLITICAL MATTERS.
All political eyes are now turned on
the Congressional battle in the Tenth
District, which Viii undoubtedly. be one
OF the liVelIsst ever contested in the
state.
Although the District COMMITTEES rec
cnimends that the delegates 10 the
Buena Vista convention, which meets
ON the first day OF August, be elected
iu all the counties on the 7th of July,
many Of the counties have Disregard
cd The recommendation, and have fixed
earlier dates FOR that purpose.
Buckingham and Appomattox have
already elected and instructed for Sem
alor IL. d. Flood as long as his claims
age before the convention.
Following are the dates set by some
OF the other countless
Allegheny. June 20; Highland. June
o.: Cumberland. June &c: Nelson. Juno
80; Botetnurt, Rockbridge and Buens
Vista. July :.
Mcs5 of the counties will HID mass.
meetings.. In Nelson Il primary will
he held between Hon. ID. G. Loving and
Mr.. u. ~. Gordon. and whichever shall
set a majority OF the votes will name
ths entire delegation.
II is regarded as n coincidence that
the Third and Tenth District conven-
lions Will contain the same number Of
delegates. and will each meet on the
first day of August.
CONVENTION SECRETARY.
Colonel William Henry Mann, OF Pc
tersburg WAS asked to-day if he would
he Il candidate for secretary of the Con-
stitutional Convention. He replied 1t
vas too carly as yet to say. 1t is quite
certain that either Colonel Mann or
Colonel Joe Button Will be made the
L
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13
TO BRIDE BOTHA.

According to n dispatch to the Daily
Express from Manchester. dated June
10. Via LOuren2o Marques. those around
President Kruger say that Louis Botha
has been offered indirectly (pOunds)
10000 a year to lay down arms. and
President Kruger expects the same Of
fer 10 be made to him, President Steyn
and Dewet. President kruger believes
the British make these offers 10 close
the war on the principle that it would
cost less than TO fight 1t out.
A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques
says that $4,000 Beers are reported to
be retiring on Middleburg from various
quarters. and that. after wedding out
the faint-hearted, twenty thousand
Steadfast men are still left.
General Butler was unable on Mon
day to follow up the Beers from lack
OF cavalry. as we'll as water. The dis
patches describe him as fighting a
spirited advance over q rugged field
under prolonged rifle fire.
The Beers had two guns. which they
got away. Few dead or wounded Beers
were found. 1t seems probable that
the major portion of the Beers had
withdrawn before the advance Began.
Lord Methucn. General Rundle and
General Brabant are reported to have
1000 men and guns engaged in en-
closing the Beers in the eastern part of
Orange river colony.
The War Office casualty returns up
TO June . aggregate 1861. besides 1872
officers and I2.355 mems sent. home as
invalids, but not including the sick in
South African hospitals.
London, June 12.-9:12 p. m.-The War
Office has issued the following:
"Buller to the Secretary Of War:
'Joubcrts Farm. June 12.-5:05 p. M.
Tncanped four miles north of Volks-
rust, Lalng's Mex and AIajuba We're
completely evacuated by the Beers last
night. General Clery. from Ingoso. is
now coming over the Mex. I have had
to camp here for want of water. y cor
pect list of yesterdays casualties Will
Be sent as soon as received
London, June 12.-The following dis
patch has been received at the War
Office from General Forester Walker,
in command of the l!nes OF communica-
tion in South Africa:
Cape Town. June 12.-The following
IS from Kelly-Kenny:
June 11.-No communication from
Methueql since June :. He was fighting
June 9th To the north of Netchkop.
Steyn is near Retz.
The British prisoners sent to Vrede
are we'll treated.
KELLY KENNY HEARD FROM.
London. June l2-6;a2 p. m.-The War
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13
rho cablo Bro,so.
, Tclegraph % vIrginlan-pllot3

(By Telegraph to Yirsinan-Pllot)
Tallahassee. Ala. June While
nine men in a basket cable line sus-
PENDED e'ghty-dve feat above the Tall
lapoosa river at this point were cross
ing the river Yesterday afternoon one
OF Tie cables broke and The men fell In
10 the river. One was killed and two
are reported unable to live. All the
others received injuries.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13
BRITISH HEAR
GOOD NEWS.
Lord Roberts Broken Communi-
cation to Be Re-estabIished.
HUNTER DEFEATS MANY Beers

And is East Going to Roberts Aid Bocr
Version of tho Disaster to tho Derby
shires = General Dewet Captures and
Burns Large Amount Of british stores
Beers Say British Have Offered Rotbn
Ten Thousand Pounds Year TO Law
Down Arrns-kruscr, stcyn and Dcwet
Expect Cash Offers.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13
TIE NEWS
FROM RICHMOND.
The Bold Escape of a Peniten-
tiaTy Prisoner Yesterday.
JAllER BRiTT0N INDICTED.

Monumental Church Extends Call to Rev.
DR.. William Il. Evans-Tho Tenth Dis-
trict the Coming; Political Battle Ground
Dates for County Conventions Col.
VIM. Henry Mann spoken of as Secre-
tary ofthc Constitutional Convention.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13
(By Telegraph to vIrgInian-Pllot.l

London. June 1880 a. m.-Two
pieces Of news encouraging to the
British !si the official dispatches are
that the broken communication of
Lord Roberts is in Il fair way to be
mendcd by the forces moving north
ward and southwark and driving off
the rowing commanders, and that Sir
Redvers Butler is at last master of
Laing's Mex
TelcSraphlc communication with
Lord Roberts is expected to be restored
today as Il dispatch from Blom-
fontcin. dated yesterday, says that the
railway is in British possession again,
and that the work OF repairing the line
Is going OH rapidly with the abundant
material warehoused at Blocmiontcln.
From the sub-joined telegram it
would appear that General Hunter was
in command OF The troops referred To
By General kelly-Kenny in his dis
patch from BloomiOnteln:
''Blocmfontcin, June 12.-Gcueral
Hunter is coming up rapidly from the
northwest. having severely defeated a
large commando of Beers. who had
destroyed two miles of rallwy north of
kroonStad."
The Boer government is also issuing
news cheering the sympathzers.
THE DERBYSHIRES.
The following bulletin. the Boer vcr-
sion of the disaster to the Derbyshires.
was posted by PRECEDENT Kruger Sunday
at Machadodorp:
ION June four divisions of Burgh-
ers commanded by Stccnkampf, Prone
man, Duploy, Fourie ana Mel, attacked
the British at Ro0devaal. killed zoo.
took 700 prisoners, and captured i'm
mensc stores of food and ammunition.
a. maxim gun and 1000 Lyddlle shells.
Some food was taken by the Boer farm
ers and the rest was burned. The Eng
lish mail was taken. The burghers az
taclSed from the omen Veldt and gave
evidence Of unprecedented bravery"
General Dewet was also lighting on
June .. whether Mt ROodaval or else
where is not clear but the boer war
office gives II out that he captured 5000
suits of clothing. blankets, gloves,
boots. etc. Being unable TO carry them
with him in His rapid sweep through
the country according to the Trans
vaal war office he burned the whole
mass. General pewct has also reported
that he has put 1000 British ont of ac-
ton and detroyed property valued at
C 1000 As Lord Methuen is officially
described as fighting on Juno T. ii Is
possible that he was engaging General
DeWet.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13
WAITED FoR o,EKRNY.

e, comnanweai-a mat its case here
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13
CONVENTION SECRETARY.

Colonel William Henry Mann, OF Pc
tersburg. was asked to-day IL he would
zoe Il candidate for secretary of the Con-
stitutional Convention. He replied II
vas too early as yet to say. 1t is quite
certain that either Colonel Mann or
Colonel Joe Button Will be made the
secretarv
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-28
CAPE MONIES NEWSPAPER.
Odd Little Sheet which Chronicles
Towns Happenings.

Odd Little Sheet which Chronicles
Towns Happenings.
One of the most interesting curiosi-
ties that has come down from the new
gold fields is copy of the Nome Daily
News. This publication, which con-
sists of four pages, with four short
columns on each page, sells for 20
cents a copy. The Sunday Herald, if
sold column for column at the same
rate, would cost about 1925 a copy,
instead of cents. The Nome news
paper has arrangements for regular
subscribers. and it is furnished to
them at the rate of $35 year. Ac-
cording to this odd publication. the
new gold mining town of Alaska is
busying itself with the small matters
which usually engross young commu-
mites. The additions or alterations
being made in local buildings are
chronicled, and announcement is made
that all OF the watches. chronometers,
and clocks about the town, which have
been running by sun time" taken last
December. have been found to be an
hour slow and have been brought up
to date. All lines of industry are rep
resented in the advertising columns
of the Nome paper. but no class OF
business men describe their wares
more prominently or attractively than
the saloonkeepers. The Last Chance
saloon, the Grotto, the Horseshoe. the
Gold Belt. the Pioneer and the Edo
RADIO. all use the News advertising col
umns to solicit patronage. Physicians.
lawyers and surveyors also make their
presence known through the advertis-
ing columns of this odd little daily
newspaper.-New York Herald.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-28

mind you OF myself? II we lift q
burden, 1t must be light. II we do
work. 1t must be popular. II we sit
In the pew. 1t must be soft. II we
move In a sphere Of usefulness,it must
be brilliant. If we have to take hold
of load, give us the light end Of the
log. In this way to heaven fan us,
rock us, sing us to sleep. Lift us up
toward heaven on the tips of your fin
gers under a silken sunshade. Stand
out of the way. all you martyrs who
breasted the fire! Stand out of the
way and let this colony of tender foot
ed modern Christians come up and get
their crowns!
What has your Lord done to you,
o Christian, that you should betray
him? Who gave you so much riches
that you can afford to despise the
awards OF the faithful? At this mo-
ment, when all the armies or heaven
and earth and hell are plunging into
the conflict, now can you desert the
standard? Oh, backslidden Christian,
is it not time for you to start anew
for God and anew for heaven?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-28
SAVING THE LOBSTER.
Good Work OF the Newfoundland d
partment of Fisheries.

Good Work OF the Newfound and De-
partment of Fisheries.
The Newfoundland department of
marine and fisheries is now operated
very much on the same lines as the
Canadian, though, of course, on much
smaller scale. 1t was first organized as
a fisheries commission" in 1890,
previous to which date there was no
public department specially charged
with the supervision of the fisheries.
The last annual report of the depart
ment contains some information which
may interest your readers. Regard
ing the artificial propagation of lob
sters the report states that in the past
from 300,O00,000 to 4OO,0OO,000 lob
sters were annually Matched and
planted in the waters, at yearly cost
of $1,1O0. If only small percentage
of these survive to reach maturity the
results cannot fail to prove beneficial
in sustaining the stock of Holsters in
the waters, and thus counteracting the
effects of such heavy drafts as are
now made, year after year. l may
explain that this propagation is car
ried on by means of floating incuba-
tors, the invention of Mr.. Nelson.
Two hundred and fifty of these incu-
bators are occupied by fifty men
around the shores of the great bays.
There is no other country where the
artificial propagation of this valuable
crustacean is carried on upon such
an extensive scale-not excepting the
United States or Norway. 1t is well
known that in nearly every lobster
producing country this favorite crus-
tacean is threatened with extermina-
ION. The quantity secured each year
is lessening and the price advancing.
Newfoundland, regret to say, is no
exception to the decline in the lobster
fishery. The export each year is les
SEEMING, though the number of hands
employed in taking it has doubled.
The size, too, is diminishing in most
districts. The report states the ex-
port for 1889 as S. 1856 cases; value,
$685., 900. In the previous year the ex-
port was 1851 cases; value, S619, $40.
The department is using the most
vigorous measures to arrest the de-
cline; but the due enforcement of the
rules in regard to the size Of Holsters
taken and the spaces between the
laths in the traps is very difficult The
department has recently prohibited
fall fishing-a wise measure which
already seems to be attended with
good results and meets general ap-
prevail both among fishermen and
packers. The report states that there
is "a marked improvement in the
mode of packing and much better
article than formerly is produced,
though there is still great room for
Improvement Montreal Gazette.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-28
Victoria L,ses Military Music.

An English journal says that Queen
Victoria is fond Of the stirring strains
Of music of a good military band. She
gave one of many recent evidences OF
this liking when, not long since, the
band of the First Light Guards was
playing in the Grand Quadrangle at
Windsor Castle. Her Majesty was
wheeled out from her apartments, and,
after listening for considerable time
with evident enjoyment. she sent for
the bandmaster to say how pleased she
was with his band.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-28
CHAPTER VIII.

Joyce gave way altogether after her
final interview with Alan. She had a
long Illness, which almost terminated
fatally; but she was young, and had
always been strong. In the end her
youth triumphed, although she made
no efforts to get better. Life was ter
ribly hard. She loved Alan with every
fibre of her being. She had known the
Joy of being his wife, and now he was
an outcast from home, miserable,
wretched, dragging on a joyless exist
ence: and she had not even the priv
ilege of consoling him. She knew him
to be as unhappy as she was, and she
was suffering all the rest of their lives,
and Joyce had to learn patience from
that hardest of taskmasters-sorrow.
Her father took her abroad. OF
course her story was a nine days talk;
but she was much beloved, and was
generally pitied and condoled with.
Alan and she had been so happy, and
had borne themselves so well and
nfodestly, that there was no one who
did not feel for the young couple
whose happiness had been so suddenly
destroyed.
But poor Veronica, she went back to
her lodgings that night broken-heart-
cd. 1t was not only that she had lost
the hope of life with Alan, but she
could see that she had given him his
death-blow. And he loved another
woman! She was intensely human,
was poor Veronica, and the knowledge
that another woman had all his heart
hurt her UNNECESSARILY. He did not
love herl He had never loved her!
But she had the boy. 1t was some
thing that she could press his curly
head against her aching heart, and
drop her tears upon it. Poor little
soul. The only bitter resentment she
had felt against Alan was that he had
failed to notice the boy. But still she
had him-he was her own. She walt
ed patiently until she should hear
from Alan. She had waited so long
that a little more or less waiting did
not matter. And he had said he would
write-he was certainly a man to be
trusted.
And on the third day letter came.
Veronica could not guess what It had
cost Alan to write It. He did not want
to be harsh and cruel towards the af-
fectionate creature. whose only fault
had been that she had not been drown
ed in the shipwreck. and yet he felt It
difficult to be kind to her who had
spoIlt his life. He wrote that hence
forth she and the boy would be his
care. that he wished to allow her and
her boy enough to live in comfort; but
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-28

OUTING for September has a long list
of articles and stories, from which it is
difficult to choose limited number for
special mention. The whole number
is full of interest to it's regular and to
its casual readers. The Sporting Spirit
Ancient and Modern, by Mr.. George
Hubbard, is a clear statement OF the
principles which should underlie VIC
tories in sporting contests. In these
days when fanaticism is playing so
large part in determining native ac'
ton in the far east, Mr.. Fitzgerald
feathers story, The Quin Ahtsk s
Quits, has special significance. So has
Casper Whitney's contribution, The
Boats of the Far East. Its portraiture
of Chinese river life, which is just now
of so much interest. is vivid.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-28

Six turtles, each weighing from 400
to 45O pounds, are said to be about ESQ
years old, were recently shipped to
Walter Rothschild. NJ. P, for his pri-
vate geological garden in London.
They were captured in the Albemarle
islands, South sea. Mr.. Rothschih
now owns eighty-four tortoises OF va
rious ages and sizes. He has been COL
lecting them for years from all over
the globe En- route the tortoises re-
ceived a whole cabbage day for food.