The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-01

Service.)-A dispatch 20 the Tribune
from Paris says: Mr.. Macrum contin-
ues TO take particular pains not to dis
pei the mystery which the Paris papers
attach to his journey. DIR. Leyds. Pres
ident Krueger's diplomatic representa-
tive in Europe, who has arrived i'm
Paris from Brussels. said he was not
aware Of any extraordinary mission
which had been intrusted TO Mr.. Ma
crum. He said that he had met The
ex-COnsul at Pretoria. but had not seen
him here in Paris.
The Paris papers publish this morn
ing the statement. cabled from Wash
ington, that Mr.. Macrum, being TO
longer in the Consular service. has re-
ceived no instructions from the Gov
eminent regulating his attitude toward
newspaper correspondents. when
pressed by Inquiries. he said:
II am still in the United States Con-
sular service; ] certainly have received
no intimatlon to the contrary"
When urged to give more explicit in
formation as to the nature OF his in
structiOns. and to say from whom they
emanated, Mr. Macrum finally admit
ted that he had received no such In
structions from Washington, but said
that under the circumstances. silence
Is dictated TO me by common sense"
He said that all funds received at
the United States Consulate at Pre-
toria up to the time OF his departure.
which had been sent from London TO
British prisoners. had been distributed
to them. When he was asked why. as
suming that his mission to Washing
ton was of such urgency he did not take
passage on the North German Lloyd IL
ner Saale, which will leave Southamp-
ton on Wednesday evening. instead uf
waiting until Saturday to sail on the
st. Paul from Cherbourg. Mr.. Macrum
replied that, coming from the hot Afri-
can climate. he wished to get warm
winter clothes for himself and his
family before going to New York.
He wears n miniature South African
Republic flag in his buttonhole, and
still maintains a Sphinxlike silence In
regard to the reasons for his repeated
requests to be relieved Of his duties al
Pretoria. II is obvious that II Mr. Ma
crum really has any extraordinary mes
sage for President Mckinley such a
AANsA'A-N hdn dAA tdug BEEu NdOttu ia
State Department cipher from the Era.
bassy at Rome or Paris.
snIpIng at Kimberley.
KIMBERLEY. Tuesday, Jan. %
(AfternOon Service )-The lombard
ments have ceased. but the Beers arc
perpetually engaged in sniping. Long
Cecil' is doing excellent work and Cs-
ell Rhodes has personally fired several
shells from the gun.
The Robinson Mine.
NEW YORK. Jan. 24 Afternoon Ser
vice, a despatch to the Herald from
Brussels says: The Petit Bleu pub
fishes the official report of the state en-
giheer on the situation Of the Robinson
mine:
Mnen the Transvaal Government
took possession OF the mine the shops
contained almost nothing Of G24. .62S
(S123, 400 OF mineral entered on the
books. Provisions estimated at E61,- =
639 (s3OS. 1861 were found TO be worth
yOO $50.
1t will be two years before the mine
can be worked again.
Ihe working stock is worn out, water
has entered the mine and is three feet
deep, as the pumps could not be util-
lied.
once the beginning OF the war TO
that battle OF Colenso, the Beers say
they have lost 212 killed, 6S2 wounded,
eight OF whom have recovered. and 200
prisoners.
Carrington's Assignment.
NEW DIRK, Jan. "a Afternoon Ser
vicel.-A despatch TO the World from
Belfast says: The mystery surround
ing Major-General Sir Frederick Car
rIngton's release from his command in
this district, accompanied by an un-
official statement that he was going TO
South africa, IS now solved. Hereto
fore, for reasons best known to them
selves, the war office officials have re-
fused to assign General Darlington 10
any command in South Africa. despite
his long experience with British troops
in that country.
Now It is known that Cecil Rhodes
and the Chartered Company have re-
ceived permission to raise, equip and
put in the field a force OF irregulars,
and the war Office has loaned General
Darlington 70 the South African mil
lionaires TO command this force. No
one can tell what the strength OF this
force will be or where It will be oper-
ated.
Neither will the friends Of General
Darlington here say whether there will
be native contingent with 1t.
An Anxious Situation.
LONDON, Jan. q (2:45 p. m.).-The
extreme tension caused by what may
be justly designated the most anxious
pause since the war began had not been
relieved Up to the time OF writing by
anything save the daily stock exchange
rumOrs which today happens to have
been started by the bulls, who assert
that General Warren has captured
Spionkopf Anxiety in regard to the
news IS visible on all sides. The War
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