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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-20
PRETORIOUS RELEASED.
British Turn Gvcr the lsoer Commsnd""t
aud Three Others.

aud Three Others.
ARUNDEL, Sunday, Feb. lS.-Com-
mandant Pretorius who was captured
by the British Mt Elandslaagte and three
other Boer prisoners We're handed over
To the Beers from Arundal today. "A
messenger under flag OF truce. had
previously arranged the programme
The prisoners had cordial interview
with General Clements and were then
taken in an ambulance half way to the
BCer camp.
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STICKS TO HIS STORY.
Ex.Consul Macrum viii Furnish Evidence
Of Its Truthfulncss.

Ex.Consul MaCrum Will Furnish Eviuen'e
of Its Truthfulncss.
PIrTsBuRG. Feb 2O.-Charles +. Mac
rum, former United States consul at
Pretoria, left for Washington at 10
O'Clock on the Baltimore and Ohio road.
Before leaving he said:
IL do not withdraw II word OF my
charges against the British officials i'll
South Africa. If am called upon lam
prepared at any time to testify to them
and furnish evidence Of their truthful.
ness
Mr.. Macrum is evidently delighted
over the effect Of his statement made
public last week. He says he is not go
ing to Washington on any special mis-
sion, but wants to be on the ground t'
give his testimony should it he desired
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Refuse to Nuash lndict ments.

LANSING, Mich, Feb. 2O.-Judge
West has denied the motion to quash
the indictments found by the grand
iury against Colonel Eli r. Sutton and
General Arthur +. Marsh of the state
military department. The court also
denied a motion of defense to require
the prosecution to furnish bills Of par
ticulars. General Marsh will be tried
next month.
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Fight for Democratic Convention 10 He
tween Milwaukee and Kansas City.

Fight for Democratic Convention 10 T3e-
tween Milwaukee and Kansas City.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 20. - Allen w.
Clark Of the national Democratic com.
mittee passed through the city during
the morning ell route to Washington to
attend the meeting Of that body which
will be held during this week. The
purpose Of the meeting is to select a
time and place for holding the national
convention.
II believe" said Mr.. Clark, "that the
coming convention will be the largest
gathering ever seen at Democratic
national convention. Reports coming
to national headquarters from nearly
every state in the Union announce large
delegations, and as the convention will
be held in the West the far West and
South will be more largely represented
than ever before.
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Kansas City Or Milwaukee.

"Where, in your opinion, will the ma
tional convention be held:"
The contest is between Kansas City
and Milwaukee, and from present indi.
cations one OF these cities will get it.
Kansas City is putting up a strong fight
for it and the trend Of sentiment at the
present time seems to be IN that direc.
ton. 1t may be, however, that some
other city will be sprung when the com.
mittee meets and neither one of those
mentioned will be successful"
What date do you think will be So
lected for holding the convention"
II am confident the convention will
be held early"
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,...,... Rc.crvlsts to Join.

LONDON, Feb. ao.-An army order Is.
.,,ad invites the rcservists to reJoin the
oolors for a year for home defense an"
ofYars c2a bounty to those who 40 So
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OLE'El.AND, Feb. 2O.-The stable Of
Gibbons q Pinkett was DESTROYED bv
arc ana 10 horses perished in the flames
LOSS 100000, covered by insurance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-20

Il am indebted 10 One Minute Cough
Cure for my health and life. 1t cured
me OF lung trouble following grippe"
Thousands owe their lives to the prompt
action OF this never failing remedy. II
cures coughs. colds. Group. bronchitis.
pneumonia, grippe and throat and lung
troublee. 1t is the only harmless remedy
that gives immediate results.
Cook + ODER
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Golden weddings are taking place
ell over the country. The old coupl-e
evider tly took Rocky Mountain Tea
in their young days.
FRANK SMITH
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cut through by a bullet. his chin. neck and chest
also shot through by Others and his back and
dropped in to let take his finger off. as II was
SO shattered he could pun the trigger of his
ne could use. Tor ne wanted TO get back up the
hill 20 pay Ire DutchreR out OF course l would
NOT let him back. The bullet wounds beauti-
tu!Y Clean Just little round hole, and, as rule,
DO nor do much damage. as they often go
through the bone without SCATTERING It, and they
don bleed much The shell wounds hideous.
DEAD AND WOUNDED STACKED
1t rrightfuly dark and I put one OF
the lanterns on a stick a directing light my
pass one of group of soldiers returning the
hill tried TO run away with II. and 1 would have
lost IT, only snatched up a rifle from a wounded
man, and shouted I would shoot him If he did not
bring il back He dropped it and ran away and it
both lanterns went out ana | had a pretty had
time as the pass often cot blocked wifi u,o,1ndad
Finally could send more wounded across the
drift, and had to stack them with the dead in
ncers on stretchers around me, and gave them
brandy and hypodermic of morphia.
The morning light began 10 about $50 and
lighted up the CHASTITY faces of the patients around
me. My men now got fire ready and got some
the first neal since dinner the day before and
after giving he wounded some veil I them
on the 2moHlances across the drift.
commandments hotha aud Burgess. who the
Boer Generals. came now the scene The
former who was the chief general a sInall!sh
thln man with EeioWlSh beard and hair. and
had magnificent rifle beautifully carved with
his name and text from the Bible He had a
couple OF mounted katflrS carrying his ammuul-
ton and water bottle. and Interpreter He
seemed, however. TO understand English though
he refused 10 speak ii, but now and then said
Certainly. certainly" There were omit. = nm
Der Of German officers. l heard one of them had
been killed They let our men search tht. dead For
sad the things we found in tbair
pocketsloye letters Christmas cards little pocket
Several of the Beers handed in little things thew
Tound-a check for 10 shtllings, purse with money
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no offence. I'll send 1t 'ome You 'aven't got pipe
or bacca about yer. ave yer?'
had
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looms, like good maps, military com
modltles In Natal. The best map of Natal vas
produced by the German Military Attache from his
POCKET, WHITTIER IL has been returned. As the Ian
SAshlre brigade went forward in widely spread and
Iar apart successive lines OF sktrmishers field
batteries and the 50-pound howitzers Numbered
yddHe ana shrapnel upon the enemy's trenches
ana works The balloonist directed by telephone
where the Beers clustered thickest behind their
ueieilces The Infantry went steadily, slowly for
ward as II 10 charge the Boer works. BY they
We're near enough for the enemy begin shipping
IN thrIleSt at ranges OF twelve hundred yards
less Ihtlr craftsmanship Indifferent. the
troops. disregarding their tormentors. walked or
ran Forward At convenient stages they would lie
down Nat upon the ground and open independent
ana VoiIey firing at the enemy concealed I'm dongas
and trenches.
meanwhile the royal engineers We're busily laying
doWh a trestlework and pontoOn bridge combined
near MunserS Drift which Is up stream from
Schiet Drift When the Beers discovered what was
going on ar the drift they opened sharp fuslads
upon the sappers and the covering party or SOL
diers Their aim Indifferent and SO, luckily
oniE, hNe sappers and a few soldiers were wounded
Nhile the cannon and rifles flashing fire and
hurting death there were two helios at T4adysmith
ghtttrinS and sending messages TO Signal Hill.
BY means OF this simple apparatus and
responding stations Generals Butler and White
were enabled 10 communicate smartly and fully
Win eaeh other. The bridge having been COM
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and fell from the enemy's lines but from ours the
hre continued with undated force and steadiness
Inc atmosphere grew clearer the afternoon
advanced, At 3 p IN from Munger's Farm
General l.ytteltOn launched his brigade at Vaal
hrantz. With the Durham Light Infantry lead
ing and the 81 Battalion Kings ROYAL Rifles upon
their right, up from the sIopns banks OF the
Iugela the troops and dashed forward toward the
auSsed sides OF Naal krantZ. From front and
TANKS the enemy opened fire
THE CHARGE OF THE DURHAMs
or the gallant advance by the Durhams The
Standard correspondent furnishes this description:
On leaving the protection OF the river bank the
Durhams We're exposed 20 a whitening musketry
nre, while the CreusOt the left OF Vaal Krantz
ana the Maxim automatic well up the valley aided
the Boer rfhemcn In delaying the advance The
Work OF pounding ahead In the face OF calling a
lre was both dtfhCult and arduOus the Dur
mans are made OF stern stuff Steadily they crept
forward. replying well they could 10 the
enemy's nre. which presently with deafen-
ing roll from Naal Kop and right along Vaal
hrantZ ana reached the right donga with compare
tiVely Few casualties. The advance was slightly
checked by A deep pool. once the latter ne
gouated ana the men had reached the dip between
the Two dongas. they directly exposed
20 frontal nre. and able 10 draw breath be-
tofe they made their final rush. This they did in
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pIeted, there was no further need for continuing
the demonstration before Brakfoutein Under a re-
doubled fire from Boer guns and Mausers General
Wynne proceeded to withdraw his brigade To the
casual observer II looked probably as II the Lam
cashlre lads had been driven in. although thew
order. " $1,000
Toward high noon the storm of artillery roar
ana shock OF cannon and shrek Of shells In mid
ar We're almost deafening and bewildertng The
great missiles tore overhead with the uproar OF a
IcconoCXe hammeTing through a tunnel at express
Speed w hen the din became furious, musketrv
Joining IN the uproar. il the tear and whirI
or hundreds OF huge machinery wheels broken
loose or many engines racing Never was srOuter
more lndomitahle courage displayed than by the
hOWltZer ana held batteries. A hurricane of BOer
common and Shrapnel shell descended upon them
Shells burst to right, left front and behind them
put round tnem unm0Ved. Nay the missiles struck
under the hmDers. almost under the gunners' feet
ana out OF the bursting. splaShiug and dust
enclrclng clouds steadily the gunners laid their
pieces. pulled the lanyards flash of exploding shell
answering upon the instant with darting flame
from British cannon. To and fro the gunuers
walked. doing their duty without fuster or haste
and showing by their shooting that their aim was
good ana true Horses We're wounded and one or
two We're killed. A few gunnerS also fell and were
carried In and for nearly hour the contest rose
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burne, who continued the charge that
oTncer ana Lieutenant Bridges. of the same squad
ton or the tight were unwounded. The ground
around the fort becoming dotted with the
nsules OF our wounded men, who; although they
We're but an irregular soldiery followed their off,
GERS with the pluck and dogged determination of
veterans.
The brunt of the fight fell upon the com
panies under the immediate command Of Captain
Vernon: who. undaunted by the impOssibility of
his task. steadily fought his way forward As
they approached still nearer. his men undisturbed
by the shower of bullxs which fell about them.
cheered repeatedly. the of those cheers giving
rise the impression that the capture of the posi-
ton was imminent. The steady rush OF our men.
undeiected by the worst that the enemy could do
was rapidly demora!izing those VINO were firing
from behind the loopholes in the fort. II may
have been that. had we not had our responsible
of the fort. different story might have to be told
As it happened, when Captain Vernon. with whom
last charge, bullet struck him in the body. For
a brief interval he stopped, but refusing the en-
he joined that officer IN taking the lead
From the point which they had gained the charac-
which II was defended showed 1t 10 be impreg
nabe.
the edges OF ditch. with sides Il was almost
impossible to climb. II certain death which
stared them In the face within twenty-five yards,
out not man was dlsmayed. They continued
The ditch was before them the fort before them
and through three tiers of oopholes the
enemy nre our men from one side of the ditch
fired point blank enemy who from behind
his loophole fired point blank at him. Here those
who had survived until now were either killed or
wounded. and II here that Captain Vernon
nit again. he. with Lieutenant Patton and
the scout Cooke, whose tunic the end OF the
engagement found TO be riddled with bullets
endeavOred TO Chamber into the fort. Captain Yer
and Lieutenant Patton managed by superhu-
they emptied their revolvers. Their example was
eagerly copied BY the few who remained and who
through the apertures Here Captain Vernon
Lieutenant Patton. Corporal Ptckard, Sergeant Boss
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STORIES FROM THE FRONT.
CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE SCENES
OF THE BOER- BRITON WAR.

London, March 7.-Ladysmith, with its narrowing
experiences of siege and assault. has passed into
history yet II is only now that the British public
has chance TO get a connected account and learn
the details of the sanguinary struggles which &C
complished its relief. The latest malls only take
the graphic story up to General Buffers third at
tempt. when for the second time he crossed, on
February 6. at Potgieter's Drift, and after three
days fighting forced to retire from Vaa
krantz To this series OF actions Bennett Burleigh
devotes four columns Of The Daily Telegraph,
while the other correspondents not far behind
In point of length After describing the feeling OF
keen disappointment that followed Spion Kon Mr.,
Bureigh writes:
We all knew on Sunday. February 4. that next
day General Butler intended attacking the line OF
low hills opposite Potgieter's Drift Brakfontetn
is the principal feature of the chain that. running
nearly east and west. connects the Spion kop
mountain ridges with Doom Kloof. There was to
be a fe1nt or demonstration from left against
BTakfontein and determined attack later in the
day upon the right. carry the separated crested
hill of Naal hrantz. From Signal Hill and SwartZ
Kop General Butler and staff had looked upon Vaal
krantz They had come the conclusion that 1t
possible TO seize the HILL for the Beers had not
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A SURGEON AT SPION KOP.
HORRORS AFTER THE UNFORTUNATE
ENGAGEMENT ON THAT EMINENCE

London. March For ghastliness for glimpse
into the CORY realities of war and the horrors or
the battlefield. the private letter of a young medi-
cal officer at Spion Kop. printed in The Daily
Graphic" can scarcely be beaten He writes
selected pass overhung by steep clay banks
the top of which got Red Cross nag
Cases began pour down from Spion hop
stretchers. The Beers opened fire US, ana
three bullets into the fire. knocking the
sticks about. The reason for this fire was not the
Red Cross flag, but owing to some TOmmles VINO
strolling II, either take cover there
what doing. / promptly ordered
them away. A few minutes after the Beers let fire
five shells in quick succession in my direction, but
they fell short and did harm This sort OF thing
went round for the of the day, but l
always kept well in the shelter OF the bank.
From this time to 10 o'clock next morning the
wounded came through my dressing station. as the
the only exit from the hill. saw
every case. and some of them were mutilated be
yond description
Fully $50 wounded and dead who had died on the
way. passed through hands. The cheerfulness
of the wounded struck rsmaT<able-men
with shattered wounds smoking their pipes, and.
although starving, not grumble did hear Many
a poor chap shot IN the morning in the front
trenches. who could not be reached, lay in the
blazing all day. One old colonial IN Thorney
crofts, with a gray beard, walked down leaning
on his rifle; he was a mass Of wounds-one ear
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and many others were killed. Captain Vernon was
shot in the head the third wound which he had
received within two hundred yards Lieutenant
Patton shot in the region OF the heart. Bugler
Morgan, who the first 10 ply his bayonet. was
IN three places. but II is believed that he VIII
live. Then a mighty roar rose up, ana We VINO
had taken part in the charge again thought
that the position had been carried But II was the
triumphant shout of the Beers Those of our men
who were left fell back savagely and suilenly
with contempt Of the enemy 3 fire and the desire
70 renew the attack When they fell IN again, our
Of the sixty who had been engaged IN the
charge only nine unwounded. our killed
We're tWenty-One. wounded thirty. Of whom
four have since died. There were also three who
prisoners in the hands or the enemy
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THE WAR In SOUTH AFRICA.


no offence Til send II 'ome You 'aven't got n nine
or bacca about yer. ave yer?"
I had.
VALORoUS DEEDS AT MAFEKING
From Mafeking The Times correspondent sends
more thrilling account Of the sortie of the gar
rison on December &c than has yet reached this
country. 1t will be remembered that Baden-Pow-
ellis men endeavored to capture Game Tree A
particularly annoying Boer fort about two miles
from the town After relating the start OF the
sortie the correspondent continues:
For moment II seemed as though the face
opposed 10 the rush of Captain Vernon and Cap
tam sanford was a mere wall requiring only to
De scaled for the fort be captured But when
the men approached within three hundred Yards
or the Tort rifles rang out from every possible
point. and the ground swept by Mauser and
Martini bullets. Captain Sanford was the first to
fal, mortally wounded with bullet in the spine
lie fell down, calling on his continue the
charge; but where he had fallen he died. our men
now began TO drop rather rapidly, and Captain
t1tzClarence was disabled with bullet in the
thigh. His place was taken by Lieutenant Swim
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B0ERs WANT TO BORROW DRUGS.

Gle.
Yesterday the Beers with fine simplicity. sent 10
our ambulance camp for some chlorodyne, because
they had run short Of IT, and We're troubled with
dysentery like ourselves. Being AT heart a kindly
people We gave them what they wanted and Hit
tie brandy besides. The British soldier thereupon
inVents the satire that Joubert asked for some
forage because his horses were hungry and Sir
George White repned; Il would be very glad 10
accede your request but have only enough for
age myself 10 last three years.
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DIR. LEYDs ON ENGLISH INCApA CITY

ffOIn The London Star.
Whei her he Thought French or German troops
would, II confronted with the Beers have cur ''9n
equally poor figure, said he did not think SO and
added: THE British officers manifest extraordinary
ignorance and incapacity. They accustomed Ia
man hunting and serious warfare Their
attacks, like the Balaclava Charge, heroic
a. they absurd"
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strongly fortified the spot. From Vaal Krantz
krantz kloof and other positions were to be occu-
ridges gave the army TO be hurried across the
Tusela upon pontoon bridges to threaten Brakfon-
II all looked very feasible from Swartz Kop but in
this corner of Natal every hill seems 10 be com
manded by another behind to right or left Of the
one you desire 70 occupy And 50 General Butler
found out later. RecOllect. hasty carpers, that
scouting is no easy thing in Natal. particu-
larry oerore an enemy whose rife practice at hf-
teen hundred yards is to be despised The fine
sighting OF the Mauser rifle and the high velocity
OF its bullet make II far surer shooting weapon
than the rough Lee etford But IL is no use put
ting fine weapon in Tommys hands.
Very quietly preparations were completed
Guns were with infinite labor placed upon Swartz
Kop, and Warrens division, with other troops
moved down toward the intended field of action
ing many falls got the mountain battery up al
though the place was steep in parts the side
Rifles, with steel hawsers. warped their guns up
over the worst parts. II altogether
mast head of a ship. AS for the ammunition. the
soldiers carried il by hand, each man bearing a
hands, there parts of the hill ii impossi-
bic otherwise to surmount. saw.StX mules toiling
The leading one. when nearing the top, missed his
footing rolled and over, carrOmng against the
others Down with fearful clatter Of falling rocks,
scrambing hoofs and afrighted snortines. went the
six mules, some TWO hundred feet. Killed the
last kicker? Not bit Of it, Only their harness
Knocked about Al . a. m the cavalry went for
ward but 1t was hour later naval guns
from Mount slice began the battle They directed
their fire against the Boer works upon Spion KOp,
Brakfontetn and the positions fronting Potgieters.
EFFECTIVE BALLOON WORK
Colonel NOW Major-GeneraD Wynne had sue
ceeded to the command Of the Lancashire Brigade
he led his forward from behind the five
low detached hills or hoeks a mile north of Pot
spy what the Beers were about. and more par
ucularly where their cannon We're placed. Bal
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ITHERE az THE sOLDLERs, pPESENrs,
From The London Star

From The London Star
private writes from Colesberg I'VE have not
seen halt or what the people out from England
20 us There Is some roguery somewhere. l don't
want you 10 mink that grumbing, because
We are not but II is just to show you what things
are or course, the sergeant-maJors ana sergeants
Get the run OF these things first II Is case of
No. l. and the others starve."
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etc Some of the officers had trinkets round their
hecks- one poor chap had q locket with spray
OF white heather, and we had to cut his name of
Ils SHIRT ana pin II TO the locket "A means OF
idsntincation am sorry say that a number
llad their nngers cut off get their rings
Boers said that they did not who did IT, and
Indignant
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McCUE GETS DECISION.
Outpoints Gonroy in Fifteen Rounds

Outponts 1onroy in Fifteen Rounds
 All the Bouts Good
 The St. Patricks club gave their an- nual smoker last evening on Wallace street. Among the features were vo- cal solos by Charles Scully and piano selections by MT. Phillips. After the musical programme sparring bouts were held between Messrs. Malone and Fan min and Moore and Costello. Costello was given the decision. His opponent Moore, spared gamely and with spirit, although this was his first appearance in the ring. The Malone Fannin bout was declared draw
 The last and principal bout of the evening between McCue and Conroy was for fifteen rounds. Conroy spared gamely. His nervy tactics kept his op- ponent very busy in holding his own. McCue, however, proved to be more clever in long arm work and the de- cison was given to him after fifteen rounds of clever work by both men.
 Conroy appeared as fresh and vigor- ous at the finish as when he entered the ring. Richard Kenyon acted as master of ceremonies. Dr. James Kelly acted as referee. John O'Donnell was the timekeeper Much credit is due the inasmuch as the large crowd of people were extremely quiet and preserved the most perfect order and department.