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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-14
LORD ROBERTs's DISPATCHES.
His Cavalry Reported to Be Six Miles
South of BIOemfOntein.

South of Bloemfontein.
LONDON, March 12.-Lord Roberts tele-
graphed from venters vlei. dated March
u, $50 p. m, as follows: 'T directed Gen.
eral French, If there was time before
dark, to seize the railway station at Bloem-
fontein and thus secure the rolling stock.
At midnight received a report from him
that after considerable opposition he had
been able to occupy two hills close to the
railway station, which command Bloem-
fontein.
"A brother of President Steyn has been
made prisoner.
1.-The telegraph line leading northward
has been cut, and the railway broken up.
81 am now starting with the Third Cav
airy Brigade, which i called up from the
Seventh Division. near Petrusberg, yester-
day, and the mounted infantry to reinforce
the cavalry division. The rest of the force
will follow as quickly as possible
At 10:45 a. m. the War Office posted the
following additional dispatch from Lord
Roberts, at Venter's Vlei: "Our march was
again unopposed. We are now about eight
cen miles from Bloemfontein. The cavalry
division is astride the railway six miles
south OF Bloemfontein. There were 81
men wounded. and about 60 or 20 were
killed or are missing. Colonel Umphey
has died of his wounds. Lieutenant Pratt,
CT the Essex Regiment. was wounded Sc
verely. The wounds are. as a rule, more
bullets, which are freely used by the
Beers"
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HAWAII'S PLAGUE RECORD.
Sixty-Two Cases and Fifty-Three
Deaths Up to Feb. Fl.

WASHINGTON, March 1s.-A summary
Of bubonic plague cases and deaths in
Honolulu recorded by the Hawaiian Board
of Health from Dec. IL last to Feb. q has
been furnished to the Marine Hospital Serv-
ice by Surgeon Carmichael in a report re-
ceived from him dated Feb. "A. II shows
total of sixty-two cases, of which fifty
three were fatal and nine recovered. The
deaths include twenty-eight Chinese, seven
Japanese. fifteen Hawaiians and three
whites.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13-The steam
er Gaelic, from the Orient. via. Honolulu.
brings the following advices from Homo
lulu under date Of March 5. mo new cases
of plague have developed for three days
One new case has been reported from
Kahului. Maui. The situation in this city
is better than it has been for month"
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MEDIATION DECLINED.
Lord Salisbury VIII Not Accept Pres
ident MckinIey's Oncr.

LONDON, March 13-The United States
government. at the request of President
Kruger and President Steyn, has offered TO
the British government its services as me-
diator, with the view OF bringing about
Ieace in South Africa. Lord Salisbury de-
clined the offer IN terms as cordial and po-
lite as those In which the offer was
couched-
The representations made to Great Brit
ain were so put that they assumed nothing
OF desire to intervene. but simply trans
mltted the communications made TO United
States Consul Adelbert Hay at Pretoria
with the accompanying assurances that
anything the State Department could do
ir. the interests OF peace would be gladly
undertaken. The well-known aversion OF
the British government to any foreign in
tervention does not appear 10 have been
aroused by receipt OF the mediation offer.
As stated. the offer OF mediation originated
I'm Pretoria. where Mr.. Hay. with the other
consuls. subsequent to Presidents Kruger
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All Well on March 6-Plumer Advance
ing to Relieve the Town.

LONDON, March 13.-A dispatch received
by South African firm in London. dated
Mafeking, March 6, via Lobatsi, March 3,
says: "All well, but town still besieged."
Lady Sarah Wilson wires to the Daily
Mail from Mafeking, under date of March
6, by native runner to Lobatsi, March O. as
follows: ION Saturday, March g. the Beers
furiously bombarded the brick fields and
trenches, about a mile from the town, for
three hours killing one and wounding two
colonials. On Monday. March 5. they made
determined attack. Owing to a misun-
derstanding, the colonials evacuated the
foremost trench This the Beers occupied.
but reserves were called up, and the trench
was recaptured with rush. We had no
casualties.
1.-THE Beers are very active, and 1t taxes
Colonel Baden-Powell and the garrison
very heavily to prevent them encroaching
on our lines. Since Commandant Snyman
returned from the north the siege has been
prosecuted with renewed vigor.
Dynamite explosions were heard during
the last two days of February. The Beers
have been blowing up sections of the
Northern Railway, showing that they fear
the approach of Colonel Plurner's column.
'The new five-inch gun made here has
proved very satisfactory and accurate.
Colonel Baden-Powell warned Commandant
Snyman that unless he disbanded and dis
armed the native levies filling the Boer for
ward trenches by March 8 he (Baden-Pow-
| elD would no longer be responsible for re-
straining Chief Linchwe in the Sequani
district. Commandart Snyman declines to
disband them"
A dispatch to the Times from Mafeking,
| dated March 5. says the garrison at that
place were then feeling acutely the stress
Of the siege. They were reduced to the
| use of horse flesh and bread made from
horse forage, while the water was parasit-
| ioally contaminated Typhoid, dysentery
and diphtheria were epidemic, but it was
| impossible 60 isolate the victims. The suf-
| ferings of the women and children were
terrible, and there were deaths in the wom-
| ems laager daily. The native population
was starving. The military operations were
| progressing favorably. They had been ex-
tended to the brick fields. whence the ene-
my had been completely expelled"
A number of cablegrams have been re-
| ceived from Mafeking to-day, including one
| to a Birmingham firm, asking it to ship
| goods Immediately, thus indicating the be-
| lief of the speedy relief OF the place. Lady
Georgiana Curzon also received the follow
ing dispatch from Lady Sarah Wilson. at
Mafeking: Delighted to receive your ca
BILE Of Feb. 20. .All well March l." The lat
| ter message was dispatched from Mafe-
king March 4, by way of Colonel Plumer S
/ camp.
The indications are that Colonel Plumer
| was at Lobatsi March 9. and as II is only
| ffty-seven miles thence to Mafeking. def
mite news ought to be speedily forthcom-
| ing.
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Message of the Boer Presidents De-
nounced by a Member OF the Low
er House as an Insult.
COMMENTS OF LONDON PRESS
LORD sALIsBURY's UNYIELDING ANS
WEIR COMMENDED.
Appeal Of the south Africans Made
for the Purpose of Influencing
Some Of the Continental Powers.

LONDON, March 14.-It seems
pretty certain now that peace will
not be restored IN South Africa
until the Beers surrender uncon-
ditionally. Lord Salisbury has
politely declined the offer of the
United States to act as mediator.
and has fatty refused to consider
the proposal of Presidents Kruger
and Steyn to give the two republics
independence. Lord Salisbury's
reply meets with unanimous ap-
prevail among Conservatives, and
it is the universal opinion that the
Beers. by their extravagant claims
and canting tone, meant to infiu-
ence foreign powers, have again
overreached themselves, as they
did by the ultimatum.
The Times, commenting editorially this
morning on the reply of Lord Salisbury to
says: 'The government has given the
only conceivable reply to the extraordinary
Kruger-Steyn telegram. reply which will
be hailed with profound satisfaction
throughout the empire. We are sincerely
glad to see the attitude the United States
has assumed IN transmitting the proposals
washington's service, of course, have been
declined. but declined. we need hardly say.
I'm the same cordial and friendly spirit In
which they were offered. The news that
General French commands Bloemfontein is
an Instructive comment on the preposter-
Gus character of the Boer pretentions.''
Most Of the papers express sentiments
similar to those OF the Times. The Stand
ard says: 1T is hard to treat with any Sc
riousness an appeal which ignores the pail
pable realities of the situation. So far as
it is meant for diplomatic use abroad, the
appeal is a sheer waste of labor. Knowing
our views. the diplomatists of both hemi-
spheres will respect them.'
lie Ddliy NEWS says. LORD SALISBURY
puts his decision on the right ground. No
other answer could be expected. The duty
OF the Liberal party will be to use its in
fiuence in the direction of tempering the
future British sovereignty with the largest
measure Of local autonomy consistent with
the securities for interstate peace and
equal laws and liberties"
The Daily Chronicle says: 1.-THE worst
enemies of tire Beers could not have antici-
pated the full extent and audacity OF their
demands. President Mckinley has been
forced by the exigencies of his position to
approach Lord Salisbury with harmless
intimation OF his readiness to exercise his
good offices. When he reads the corre-
spondence he will feel thankful that he has
not compromised himself with a cause that
1t is now resolved into the arrogant OBJ
-
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cular side. but cOunseled action which

cuIar side. but counseled action which
would unite the Republican majority.
Senator Perkins, as well as other MEM
bers OF the Porto Rico committee, wanted
the bill agreed on without compromise or
amendment. Quite a number of senator's
in this connection expressed the opinion
that a majority would vote for the bill as
reported and took occasion to criticise the
unstable policy which was being pursued.
saying that the constant changing had
done more TO shake the faith Of the coun-
try than anything else.
Senator Simon, OF oregon. whose position
was not known, went further than any
other senator in declaring his unalterable
position In favor of free trade with Porto
Rico. He said that we had no right to tax
our dependencies, and that If We did not
intend to treat the new acquisitions as we
treated other acquired territory We should
not retain them. He saw no menace to la
Dor, manufacturing or agriculture in free
trade with the islands, but a promise OF
far greater increase OF commerce.
Senator Mason also took strong grounds
in favor of free trade with the islands II
they were to be retained as possession or
part of the United States. He said the
trouble was not with Porto Rico, but with
the Philippines. This could be easily
averted by announcing our determination
not to hold the Philippines, but to grant
them the freedom which many of them
sought, and to assist them to form a stable
government. 1t would not be difficult then
to enter into satisfactory trade relations
with them. and our laboring men would
not then be threatened with cheap Malay
labor, which. he said, seemed to be trou-
bling a great many advocates of the pres
ent tariff.
Senator Spooner urged party harmony,
and believed that the senators could find
some common ground on which differences
could be adjusted. He was for the COM
mittee bill, as was also Senator Hale, who
spoke against what he said were the dam
gers lurking in our attempting to control
and to legislate for the distant islands of
the Pacific.
Senator Proctor to-day introduced an
amendment to the House Porto Rican bill
authorizing the President, '1n his discre-
tion," to appoint an officer Of the army or
of the navy as Governor Of Porto Rico. his
service not to extend beyond three years
from the passage of the act.
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FLAGS FOR BRITONS.
Cincinnati Firm Receives an Order
for, Nearly 100000.

CINCINNATI. o.. March 1s-The En-
quirer vii sally: "An order was received
by a Cincinnati concern yesterday by
cable from an English firm for nearly half
a, million flags. to be shipped as soon as
they can be made and sent forward 1t
may not be known. but such is a fact that
a very considerable quantity of the flags
used in England are made In Cincinnati
royal ensign. union jack and all. The
order received yesterday is for 300 gross
Of assorted kinds and 1000 standard
union jacks. Tie Cincinnati concern now
employs 500 hands and will have TO work
day and night to get the order filled."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-14
Brabant mt AliwaI North.

ALIWAL NORTH, Cape Colony, by
Courier to Burghersdorp. via Stormberg
Junction, March 13.-General Brabant's
forces arrived here on Sunday. The Beers
had retired the previous night, taking up a
position four miles beyond the Orange
river, where General Brabant attacked and
drove them back, securing the position
after a sharp engagement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-14
Laborers Ask Fifty Cents a Day.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March 13.-An-
other strike began yesterday among the
workmen on the military road in the
Arecibo division. Hitherto the men have
been paid 40 cents day and they want
so cents. Six hundred left work, but thus
far they have been orderly and are not
organized. The contractors declare they
will make no concessions as there Is plenty
of workmen available to fill the places of
the strikers. A special police detail has
been sent to the locality of the strike.
Victor g. Clark, president of the Board
Of Education. has resigned. Members of the
board charge him with incompetency. al
though this is repudiated by others. Former
Major Croft, president of the Board Of
Health, succeeds Mr.. Clark.
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OCCUPIED BY BRITISH.
Garrison Placed I'm the Town of Po-
shof without Opposition.

LONDON, March 1.-THE Daily Mail has
the following dispatch from Kimberly,
dated Tuesday March 13:
Lord Methuen occupied Poshof on Sun
day, without opposition. He left a garrison
there and returned here.
''The railway and telegraph lines have
been repaired thirty miles northward to
Slyp Kip. 1t is understood that the line be-
tween Fourteen Streams and Vryburg is
not badly damaged
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-14
VIII Carry Supplies to Sufferers.

WASHINGTON, March l3.-The trans
port Fitzpatrick will leave New York to-
morrow for San Juan, Porto Rico, with
supplies for the suffering poor in the
island. She will bring back a squadron OF
the Fifth Cavalry.
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Condition of the Mines.

BERLIN, March 13.-A cable from Johan-
nesburg reports that the condition of the
German group of gold mines In the Trans
vaal is satisfactory and that other groups
have suffered only inconsiderably through
the stoppage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-14
SATURDAYS ENGAGEMENT.


DRIEFONTEIN, Orange Free State,
March 11.-General Roberts's advance yes
terday across the scorching plains from
Poplar Grove 10 this place was marked by
the most severe engagement since crossing
the Modder river. The Beers stubbornIy
contested every foot of ground. only fleeing
at dusk. when Lord Roberts threw most
Of his troops against the center OF their
weakened line. At the point where Colonel
CONTINUED ON SECOND PACED
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Police Reoccupy BarkIey East.

HERSCHEL. Cape Colony. March 13-
The Cape mounted police have reoccupied
Barkly East.
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DURHAM, Monday, March 12-General
Sir George Stewart White has arrived here
and embarked upon a transport for East
London.
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LONDON, March IS, Midnight.-In the
Hobbies in the House of Commons rumors
that Mafeking had been relieved were in
circulation this evening. but they still lack
confirmation.
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isbury's reply, being precisely what the
British nation expected him to send, may
open their eyes"
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HIS WORK IN BEHALF OF SOUND
MONEY CROWNED WITH SUCCESS.
He Will Take the Bill to the White
House To-Day and IL VIII be Made
a Statute without Delay.
FEATURES OF FINAL DEBATE
COMMITTEE CHANGES EXPLAINED
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL.

Majority I'm Favor of the Measure
sweIled by the Votes Of Several
Gold standard Democrats.
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CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-02
A brides Clever Idea,

Out in Il big apartment house on Co
lumbia heights there dwells Il young
married woman who is as naive as the
bride in the comic weeklieS. The house
keepers who live i'll the same house
with her have been somewhat annoyed
of late by mice. The young woman
met one of them in the hall the other
day, and the conversation naturally
turned on their common pests.
"Thc mice have been so bad lately"
said the elder woman. that l keep ev-
erything locked up and all my eatables
in the boxes"
The younger woman's eyes sparkled
with eagernesS.
N.Y. she said. 81 wouldn't dare do
that. I wouldn't want TO run such Il
risk. 1 leave crackers and cheese lying
about every night when l go to bed so
that when the mice become hungry
they'll find something to eat and not
gnaw things. I'm always afraid they'll
bite holes i'll my new tableclOthS and
my nice Centerpieces if | don't leave
the cheese right where they can find it
easily. l feel perfectly safe when l
know there's plenty for them to eat
right where they can get at it,
There's nothing after all like having
n clever idea like that now and them
Washington Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-02

II one is To really do good by gar
gling-that is. if one is TO insure that
the fluid shall reach the posterior wall
of the pharynX-the nose must be held
and the head must be well thrown
back while performing the gargling
process BY gargling i'll the usual way
only the anterior surface of the uyula
and soft palate and the base of the
tongue are reached. But by holding
the nose and throwing the head well
back when Gargling the medicament
reaches every surface of the pharynN
very effectively.
The comparative value of the two
methods can he tested by painting the
pOstcriOr surface of the pharynX care
fully with Il strong solution of methy
lene blue and then letting the patient
gargle with water in the usual way,
when il will Ice found that the water
elected will be clear and unstained;
then let him gargIe again. holding the
nose and throwing his head well back.
when the elected fluid will be found
stained, and an inspection of the
pharynN will show that the blue has
been washed away.
This is Il thing worth remembering.
for many observers have maintained
that garCling is not only useless as u
method of medication. but is quite in
effectual even as Il means of cleansing
the pharynX.-Charlottc Medical Jour
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-02

The ring-hal does not diSdain an in
sect diet. Beetles, grasshoppcrs, To-
Gusts and termitcs are all readily de
voured, as well as ticks and bots pick
ed from the hides of cattle. l have
sometimes amused myself by watching
the bold yet cautious and gentle man
ner in which one of these ravens will
approach Il reclining OK and, after n
preliminary course of soothing caress-
as. accompanied by a soft "cawing'
note, insert his head into the ear and
dexterOusly extract the ticks. These
birds always seem TO have Il good I'M
derstanding with the older and more
experienced oxen. who will, at hint
from one of them, lie down and place
themselves in the most favorable posi-
ton for the extraction Of their para
sites.-Stark's Birds of South Africa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-02
They Hadn't Met.

a correspondent of the Hartford Cou-
rant tells OF 4 news clipping bureau
which sent Il letter TO John Bunyan
author of a work entitled The Life Of
Mr.. Badman." in care of publisher
urging Mr.. Bunyan TO subscribe To the
bureau.
After the decease of the late Z. T.
Barnum," continues the correspond
ent, the Greatest Show on Earth
continued for awhile TO use the magic
of his name. II was coming TO Hart
ford. and it sent free tickets to clergy
men here. Among the letters contain
ing said tickets was one addressed 10
the Rev. DIR. Joel Halves. who had
died some years before The letter
was sent TO DIR. George l.. Walker. then
the active pastor of the First church.
Ion reading and bordering il DR..
Walker is credibly reported TO have
said: n letter from Z. T. Baruum TO
DR.. Halves, Mr.. Barnum is dead and
DR.. Halves is dead. Ii = evident that
they have not met yonder.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-02
Thought They Were Dogs.

summer in Dawson City is delightful.
and even the winters. say those who
have staid there in that season. are
glorious. Many are the stories told
about the wonGrOus beauties of the
trail over the ice and the White pass,
where even women have gone, han
ding their dogs from day TO day AZ
the men handled theirs Every man
and woman there has IL story, all in
tercsting ana some thrilling.
II used 10 like To start out first in the
morning. said Detroit woman. once.
as / hurried my dogs down the trail III
the gray dawn. ! SAW three stray ami
mails rOmping on The way. Now, if
YOU catch up with stray dog on the
trail. he is yours; 50. my heart tlutter-
ing with joy, | began whiStling 10 the
half wild creatures.
AT first they paid no attention to
me, but kept romping and leap frog
Ging up and down the train. | slowed
up my team and put myself in front,
The better to make my peace with the
renegades.
When we had come within 100 yards
of them, they stopped playing sat
down and stared at us. | whiStled
again. and they all ran. How foolish
l felt when IL suddenly dawned on me
that had been trying to harness three
wild wolves. York Independent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-02
Jack Wa. Glad Too.

\ Salt Lake City paper reports that
a tall. gaunt woman. with ginger hair
and Il somewhat fierce expression of
cOuntenance. lately came 10 the county
clerk of Boxelder county. Utah.
You're the man that keeps the mar
riage books. amt you" she asked.
Yes. ma'am.' he answered. What
book do you wish TO see:''
kin you find out If Jack Peters was
married.
Search developed the name of John
Peters. for whose marriage a license
had been issued two years before
Il thought So said the woman.
Married Lie Waters. didn't he:'
The license i issued for a marriage
with Eliza Waters"
Yep. Well. I'm Lie. | thought
I'd ought To come in and tell you that
Jack Peters has escaped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-02
w.en DC ru.. ce,. Her nasL rp.

W ht-h russ NscdS nCr mack p.
1t is not anger alone that makes cats
arch their backs Indeed. when TWO
eats are preparing 10 tight they DO not
assume this attitude, hut crouch low.
just aS they do when about To spring
on their prey. the body being extended
and the hair not in the least erect
But when. on meeting dog suddenly,
fear is combined with anger then the
cat. standing at its full height. at once
arches its back. with an instructive eff
fort TO appear as formidable as posi-
bic.
Darwin compares it to the similar
attitude of the lynx when attacked and
TO that of birds which ruffie their feath-
ers and spread out their wings ana
tail when alarmed. 1t * noticeable
that cat will also arch its back when
in an effectionate frame of mind. rub
hing itself against its masters lee. At
the same time it slightly raises its fur
and holds its tail erect. Its whole AT
titude is just the reverse of that which
it assumes when savage.
Darwin accounts for this i'll the fol
lowing words: Certain states of mind
lead To certain hahitual actions which
are of no service. Now. when Il direct
ly opposite state of mind is induced.
there is strong and Involuntary
tendency to the performance of Il move
ment of directly opposite nature.
though it may be of no service"