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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-15
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-15
THE BRITISH DOCTORS
Are Surprising the People of Kan
sas by Their Wonderful

Cures.
Piles are cured without cutting and
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Cancers cured by plaster. City refer
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01
DISPATCHES FROM ROBERTS.
He Announces the Departure of Cronje
and Other Prisoners.

LONDON, Feb. 2S-The War Office has
received the following from Lord Roberts:
'Paardeberg, Feb 2S.-Cronje, with his
family, left here yesterday in charge Of
Major General Prettyman. and under. the
escort of the City Imperial Volunteers and
mounted infantry. Later in the day the
remaining prisoners went in charge of the
Earl Of Enroll and escorted by the Glouces-
ters and hundred Imperial Volunteers.
The women and children are being sent to
their homes.
''I understand that great dissatisfaction
vas felt by the Beers at Cronje's refusal
to accpet an offer of safe conduct to the
women and children, and medical care for
the wounded, 10 or whom are now in our
hospital. Every man Of them is in terri
BILE plight for want of care at an earlier
stage.
81 inspected the Beers laager yesterday
and was much struck by the ingenuity and
energy with which the position was made
almost impregnable 10 assault"
Lord Roberts has forwarded an addi
ticnal list of the British casualties during
The three days fighting at Paardeberg
showing twelve killed. eighty-two wounded
and four missing. and including seven Of
ficers and four Canadian privates wounded.
Lord Roberts has also cabled that Rens-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01
BOERs USING SOFT BULLETS.
Mr. Churchill Says They Are Using
Five Kinds of Illegal Missiles.

LONDON, March 1.-Winston Churchill,
in a dispatch from Colenso. dated Tues
day, says: THE condition of the wounded
who were unattended on the hillside Sun
day was so painful that General Butler
sent flag Of truce to the enemy and 1t
was arranged that throughout Sunday
military movements should continue on
both sides, but there should be no shoot
ing. This truce terminated at dusk The
Beers then resumed furious musketry at
tack on the British left. The attack was
repulsed. Fighting contipues vigorously
We shall see who can stand bucketing'
best. the Briton the Boer.'
Mr.. Churchill goes on TO say that there
is abundant proof of the Beers using a
large proportion of Illegal bullets, no fewer
than five different kinds of exploding or ex-
panding bullets having been found. He also
asserts that the Beers are employing armed
Kaffirs and he adds: 81 have always tried
to be fair toward the Beers, but, after
making every allowance, ii must be said
that they show. when in stress, very
dark, cruel and vengeful underside of char
acter.'
A dispatch to the Times from Colenso
says: Before Sundays armstice many of
the British wounded had been left out for
thirty-six hours. The Beers gave them
water"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01
BEFORE THE SURRENDER.
Incidents of the Siege Of Gen. Cronje's
River-Bed Laager.

PAARDEBERG. Feb. 2e.-Delayed in
transmission.)-On this the eighth day Of
General Cronjes resistance, General Smith
Dorrien has worked up the river bed to
within 200 yards of the Boer laager. squeez-
ing the enemy into a more and more con-
fined space. The stay of the British here
has not been in any way due to General
Cronje. but in order to get supplies and rest
the troops, which had become absolutely
necessary. Now there are daily arrivals Of
large conveys, allowing full rations to the
men, which had at best been intermittent
during the last three days. A heavy rain
has caused great discomfort to the Brit
ish, but greater to the Beers, and the cold
winds have killed many sick animals. Last
night the river rose and brought down a
great number of dead Boer horses.
When the history of Lord Roberts's
movement is written it will be found that
the marching power and magnificent en-
durance of the British soldier is as great
as ever. The march itself as seen on the
map would be nothing very marvellous. but
II must be remembered that the whole orig
inal plan Of the march was changed when
cronje made his magnificent night trek ON
the 18th. The whole army swung to the
left In hot pursuit. Some OF the regiments
marched twenty-seven miles In twenty
lCONTINUED ON sEcoND PAGE.l
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01

ment as the purchasers themselves might
fix, without consulting with the plaintin.
Il refused TO sign when requested so TO
do. the notice intended to compel, under
the so-called fronclad agreement. the
withdrawal of the plaintiff from member
ship in laid Carnegie Steel Company:
limited, or mis- expulsion. should ne Iaii
or refuse 10 assign his interest therein foT
o consideration virtually nominal; and up
on the return to Pittsburg or the president
of the Carnegie Steel Company, limited.
on Jan. IL, 1900. rendered my resignation
from the board of managers of said as
sociation, and my resignation as the sec
retary thereof. which designations were the
same day accepted. in my presence
Continuing OF the same opinion and
belief as on Jan. 10. as set forth in Sections
1, 2, and OF the first paragraph OF this
my answer, l further said:
"First-The .verments OF the plaintin
are true as to nearly all of my own know
ledge, as 10 the remainder 10 the best or
my information and belief
''Second-I join with the plaintiff in pray
ing that your honorable body will decree
that the plaintiff was on Feb. j. 100. ana
is still a member of and shareholder IN
the Carnegie Steel Company. limited, and
as such is entitled TO all the rights ana
privileges thereto pertaining.
''Third-I pray your honorable body 10
declare that I am no more than nominai
defendant in these proceedings, having
personally neither taken any part in nor
encouraged the acts complained OF by the
plaintiff and that / stand before the court
with clean hands, having sought to do only
what seems right and just. not influenced
by fear or favor.
An order was made in Common Pleas
Court late this afternoon giving all the de-
PENDANTS, except three, in the suit entered
by II. c. Fric-s against the Carnegie Steel
Company, limited, for an adjustment OF
his interest in the concern. fifteen days
more to file their answer. The exceptions
are Henry Phipps, jr.. II. NJ. Curry and
F. f. T. Lovejoy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01
SCENES IN CRONJE'S LAGER.
Swollen Carcasses Of Beasts and Wan,
Haggard Men.

LONDON, March LIN a dispatch from
Paardeberg, dated Feb q, a staff corre-
spondent says: ION my first visit to Gen.
Cronjes camp 1 was admitted inside even
before the British guard. At every ten
PAGES 1 came upon the swollen carcasses
of horses and mules tainting the air. 1t
seems impossible that thousands could
have endured such a frightful stencil. The
river banks were honeycombed with
trenches, such as had never been seen be-
ground dwellings. Unless a shell were to
drop straight down into the opening, it
would not reach the interior. Flat trajec-
tory projectiles would be bound to fail to
reach them.
"The Beers were lying or sitting on the
ground. Their faces were haggard and
wan. They said there was not a drop of
spirits in the laager. Every countenance
showed joy at the end of the dreadful siege.
Some of them laughed and said they
hoped they would soon get whisky. Nearly
all the Free Staters spoke English, but
there was not a word about fighting for
liberty, the only expressions being those of
Joy over their present deliverance. One
man, shaking his fist in the direction of
GeneTdl eASidiihSu. ihdh uS-
serves to be shot
"Not a woman or child in the camp had
been hurt, except one girl, who showed an
injured finger. There were heart-rending
partings between several men and their
wives, and many of the women cried bit
terly. Several youths of from fifteen to
eighteen years OF age were in camp. The
Transvaalers appeared to have lost their
former truculence."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01
BANKRUPTs DISCHARGED.
Debts of Twenty-Five Men Wiped Out
Mt New York.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Judge Brown, of
the United States District Court, to-day
granted discharges to twenty-five bank
rupts, among whom were Charles w. Sco-
field, ex-president of two railroads in Utah.
and whose liabilities were s103,5O0; George
W. Cary, formerly of Wallace & Cary,
New Orleans, liabilities. s1s9, 200; Charles L.
Weinberg, formerly in the shoe and cloth
ing business at Cripple Creek, Col, liabili-
ties, $72, ,794.
A petition in involuntary bankruptcy was
filed to-day against William b. Smith. do
ing business as Worthington, Smith &
Co., wholesale dealers in millinery goods,
with branches in Boston and Paris. Mr..
Smith has been in business for over forty
years, formerly had a large and prosper
Gus business, and a few years ago was esti-
mated to be worth 100000. The liabilities
are $4,000, and assets estimated at SIZE. .000
Judge Brown, of the United States District
Court, appointed a receiver for the prop
erty.
Leopold Stern has filed petition I'm bank
ruptcy, with liabilities of s55,2 200. All the
debts were contracted as a partner in the
firm Of Stern & Co.. formerly dealers in
mems furnishings.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01
VICTOR AND vANqUIsHED.
How Lord Roberts Received the Sur
render of General Cronje.

render of General Cronje.
PAARDEBERG, Feb. q (Majuba day., 8
a. m.-The British camp was awakened by
the continued rattle of rifle fire at day
break. The news soon arrived that the
Canadians while building a trench quite
close to the enemy were fusilladed at a
range of fifty yards. The Canadians gal
lantly worked forward and occupied the
edge of the trenches along the river. en-
tirely enfilading the Beers. The movement
was followed by a cessation Of the fire ex-
cept an occasional solitary shot.
Suddenly a regiment stationed on the
crest of a hill perceived a white flag and
burst into cheers, thus first announcing
the surrender of General Cronje. Shortly
afterwards a note reached Lord Roberts
bringing tidings of the Beers uncondi-
tional surrender, and General Prettyman
was sent to accept the surrender.
At about O'Clock small group Of men
appeared in the distance, crossing the plain
towards headquarters. The latter being
apprised of General Cronje's approach,
Lord Roberts went to the front In the
modest cart in which he sleeps and or
dered a guard of the Seaforths to line up.
A group of horsemep then approached.
On General Prettyman's right rode an
elderly man clad in rough short overcoat,
a wide-brimmed hat, ordinary tweed trous-
ers and brown shoes. 1t was the redoubt-
able Cronje. His face was burned almost
black and his curly beard was tinged with
gray.
Lord Roberts walked to and fro In front
of the cart until the Boer general arrived,
when the British commander advanced
gravely and kindly saluted the Boer COM
mander. He then motioned General CronJe
to a seat in a chair which had been
brought for his accommodation. and the
two officers conversed through an interpre-
ter. General Cronje's face was absolutely
impressive, exhibiting. no sign-ef~his-s saaer
feelings Lord Roberts was surrounded by
his staff when General Prettyman. ad-
dressing the field marshal, said:
"Commandant Cronje, sir"
The commandant touched his hat In
salute and Lord Roberts saluted in return.
The whole group then dismounted and
Lord Roberts stepped forward and shook
hands with the Boer commander. You
made a gallant defense, SIR" was the first
salutation of Lord Roberts to the van
quished Boer leader.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01
THE RAILWAY HILL DISASTER.
Two Hundred and Fifty British Sol.
diers Killed and wounded.

LONDON, Feb 2S.-But for the surren-
der of General Cronje, which oversha dowed
the news from Natal, England would be
shuddering over the British reverses at
Railway hill, where the Innisklling Fusi-
hers were caught in a Boer trap and
slaughtered. The Mails correspondent,
under date of Pieters, Feb. "a. describes
the engagement:
Last night the Inniskilling Fusiliers.
mixed with some of the Dublin Fusiliers
and the COnnaught Rangers, attempted to
carry Railway hiIl from Pieters. They
were under a continuous fire, through
which they passed up the heavy broken
ground TO the first BOer trench Half way
up the hill the Beers retreated to the crest
and then came back on either flank of the
Irish troops, enfilading the captured trench
with a savage cross as well as a direct fire.
All night and until o'clock in the morn
ing our men held the position under a
ceaseless fire and at terrible cost. At roll
call only 1--WE officers and one hundred
men answered to their names.
Colonel Thackeray and Major Sanders.
Dublin Fusiliers; Captain Maitland. of the
Second Gordons, and Colonel Thorold, of
the Welsh Fusiliers.. Were killed. Two hum
killed or wounded
General Lyttleton's brigade relieved
them at 10 o'clock this morning, when the
Boer artillery pounded the troops holding
little effect
LONDON, March IA dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Peters Station, dated
Sunday, Feb. 25. and describing the twelve
days continuous fighting, of which the at
tack upon Railway hill by the Royal Innis-
killing Fusiliers was one OF the supreme
moments, says: 'The Inniskillings Joined
the column with twenty-four officers. They
have five left. That tells the tale. No map.
no penned account can give an idea, of the
difficulties of these hills and ridges. which
succeed each other like waves in a heavy
sea, one giving way only TO another. Each
can be enfiladed. and until one is taken il
is impossible. even with the keenest scout
ing, TO know what fortune lies beyond IL.
The military problem changes as the col
umn advances. each kopje refusing to give
up it's secret until the advancing troops
have touched it's crest. To add to the diff
ficulty, the tropical rainy season set in to-
day. For twelve hours the uniforms clung
10 the men like wet seaweed. Mud caught
them under foot. AIists closed down and
shut out the position OF the enemy This
discomfort Is borne by all alike. General
Butler and his staff are virtually living the
private's life. There has not been even
tent to cover the commanding generals
They eat from their knees and with their
shoulders against the rocks, and they sleep
under transport wagons. and as these are
not rain proof tiny streams of water pour
down upon and blot the official records
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01
REPLY TO TRICKS SUIT.
Francis II. II. LovejOy Answers the
Complaint of the Plaintiff.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 2S.-Francis F. T.
Lovejoy, former secretary of the Carnegie
Steel Company, limited, and one of the de-
PENDANTS in the suit Of III. c. Frick against
the steel company to determine the value
of his holdings in said company, late this
afternoon filed his answer. The document
in part says, that, being on Jan. 10, Of
the opinion and belief:
'First-That the so-called ironclad
agreement, under the provisions whereof
the expulsion of the plaintiff from member
ship in the Carnegie Steel Company, lini-
ted was sought TO be accomplished, was
and is, for various reasons not necessary
cow to be set forth, null and void and of
no effect.
"Second-That If even the so-called iron
clad agreement were in full force and
effect, yet no cause existed for the ex-
pulsion hereunder of the plaintiff from
membership in the said association.
"Third-That even IL the so-called iron
clad agreement were in full force and
effect and even IL a technical cause was
by certain members believed to exist for
the expulsion OF the plaintiff from men,
bership In said Carnegie Steel Company,
limited, yet, inasmuch as 1t was and is of
vital importance to said Carnegie Steel
Company, limited, and to its welfare as
e business association, that the plaintiff
should continue his membership therein
and should continue. as in the past, to aid
ii in the conduct Of its affairs by his coun-
sci and advice, meeting of all or ma
jority OF the shareholders, including the
plaintiff. should have been called. at which
any differences Of opinion might have been
freely discussed and possibly eliminated.
and
"Fourth-That should the plaintiff have
been willing, after this discussion In the
interest OF harmony. to withdraw from
membership in the said Carnegie Steel
Company, limited. and to sell his interest
therein. justice and equity demanded that
he should be paid by the said association
or by any partner or partners therein.
or by any other person or persons whom
soever. purchasing his said interest in said
association, such price as would either be
satisfactory to said plaintiff or would rep
resent the real value OF said interest. and
that he should not be compelled to sell at
such price and upon such terms or pay
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01
BELL COMPANY SHUT OUT.
Effect of the Recent Transfer of Erie
TeIephoue System.


NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Much point was
made in Wall street to-day of the fact
that the acquisition of the Erie Telephone
Company by the Telephone, Telegraph
and Gable Company Of America will split
the Eastern and Western connections of
the Bell systems, the Erie being strong in
the central and northwestern tier Of. States.
Officers of the Independent Telephone
Company declare that the rivalry between
their organization and that Of the Bell
company was not to be OF the "cutthroat'
variety; particularly was this the case
where the Telephone, Telegraph and Cable
Company of America came. as now. into
control of property requiring harmonious
cooperation with the Bell system.
William ]. Latta, president of the former
company, said: 1.-The Erie company repre-
sents a consolidation of five subsidiary
companies. AS far as we know, the Bell
people do not own single share of stock
in the Erie company. but their arrange
ments with the subsidiary companies,
whereby the latter are entitled to use the
patents of the Bell company in perpetuity.
are such that the Bell company has small
percentage of control in each, and rep
resented on the board of each by one
director In accordance with these terms
of the contract the Bell company agreed
never to enter the territory of the con-
tracting companies and thus, by acquir-
ing control of the Erie company, we have
shut out any competition from the Bell
company in that particular field. On the
other hand, we shall take business from its
wires for that territory and it, in like
manner, will accommodate us in other
quarters. In that sense we have become
allies of the other company"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-The manufactur-
ers of sewer pipe from various parts Of
the country, who have been at the Fifth
avenue Hotel for more than a week. have
formed combination taking In the ma
jority of the firms in the United States.
The capitalization of the new organization
is s10.0o0000. There are said to be forty
FIVE sewer pipe works in the country, and
of these twenty-eight are in the combina-
ton just formed. They include the fac
tories of r. NJ Francy and w. B. and FL
mer f. Francy, of Toronto, o.; o. c. Bar
Der and d. r.. Hin. Akron. o.; James Por-
ter, of New Cumberland. w. Va: G.. A. &
John Freeman. of Ohio. and several manu-
facturers from Michigan. IL Is the general
belief that most of the other owners will
join the new combination sooner or later.
Who the officers Of the new company will
be is not known as yet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01

enemy's position, was magnifcently cap
tured yesterday and sixty prisoners taken.
The dispatch follows:
Headquarters, Hlangwana, Feb. 2s, a.
m.-Finding that the passage of Lange-
wachts spruit was commanded by
strong entrenchments. 1 reconnoitered for
another passage Of the Tugsla. One was
found for me below the cataract by Col
Sandbach. royal engineer, on Feb. .. We
commenced making an approach thereto,
and on Feb 2s. finding that L could make
the passage practicable, crossed the guns
and baggage back TO the south side of the
Tugela, took up the pontoon bridge on
Monday night and relaid 1t at the new
site. which is just below the present
marked cataract.
During all this time the troops had been
scattered, crouching under hastily con-
structed stone shelters and exposed to a
CALLING shell and rife fire, and throughout
tney maintained the most excellent spirits.
tuesday General Barton with two battal-
ions Of the Sixth Brigade and the Dublin
Fosiliers crept about mile and a half
down the banks OF the river, and ascended
an almost perpendicular cliff of about five
hundred feet, assaulted and carried the top
or Pieter's hill. This hill, to a certain ex-
tent, turned the enemys left, and the
Fourth Brigade, under Colonel Norcott. and
the Eleventh Brigade, Colonel Kitchener
commanding, the whole under command
of General Warren. assaiIed the enemy $
position, which was magnifcently carried
by the South Lancashire Regiment about
sunset. We took about sixty prisoners and
scattered the enemy in all directions.
There seems TO be still considerable body
OF them under and on Bulwana mountain.
Our losses. hope. are not large. They
certainly are much less than they would
have been were 1T not for the admirable
manner in which the artillery was served,
especially the guns manned by the royal
naval force and the Natal volunteers"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-01

LONDON. Feb. 2s---In a dispatch to Lord
Roberts, following the announcement of
the surrender of General Cronje. her
Majesty said: Accept for yourself and for
all under your command my warmest con-
gratulations on this splendid news
Lord Roberts replied as follows: "All un-
der my command are deeply grateful for
your Majesty's most gracious message.
Congratulations from their Queen are an
honor the soldiers dearly prize"