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last few months than I saw during the
previous forty years Of my life. Why
should we punish Kruger? That man has
solved problem which every statesman
has found unsolvable. would build a
monument to President Kruger Of the
size of st. Paul's cathedral, putting him
under it; and 1 would write across it, ITO
the Memory Of the Man Who Federated
the British Empire"
PLEASED THE BRITONS.
The morning papers express great sat
isfaction with Capt. A. T. Mahan's state
ment regarding the merits of the contro-
versy between the Transvaal and Great
Britain. The Times remarks editorially:
The clear, manly words of Capt Ma
ham, the man who, among living Amer
leans. enjoys perhaps the greatest repu-
tation abroad as well as at home, must
carry great weight"
NEW GUN TESTED.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Kimberley, dated Friday, JAN 10, says:
"A twenty-eight- FOUNDER gun, christen-
ed Long Cecil which was made at the
De Beers workshop, was tried today and
fired accurately at range of 5000 yards. -
MAINE AT CAPE TOWN.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The ladies' Maine
hospital committee received the following
disptach tonight:
Cape Town, Jan. 2S.-Arrived yester-
day. All well. Going to Durham Thurs
day. Everything satisfactory.
-"Churchin
The sgner of the above dispatch is
evidently Lady Randolph Churchill, who
left England Dec. 20 with the American
hospital ship Maine
BOERS FIGHT DESPERATELY
SPEARMAN'S CAMP, Natal, Jan. 22.-
Early on Sunday morning, Gen. Warren
commenced a thanking movement on the
extreme left of the Boer position. The
infantry advanced at 5 in the morning,
along the irregular Tabamyama noun
tain, which ends at Spionkop. The ar
tillery occupied positions behind and on
the plain. The British carefully worked
along the hills until within 1000 yards Of
a commanding kopje, ON which the Beers
were concentrated, concealed behind I'M
/
hill. The artillery opened the attack and
the batteries worked continuously, pour
ing tons of shrapnel among the Beers,
who. devoted their attention to musketry
firing on the British Infantry. The Beers
stuck to the rocky Businesses with the
greatest tenacity, and at the conclusion
of the day the British had only advanced
q
emily have few guns, and they did little
damage. Capt. Honley, of the Dublin
fusileers, fell, mortally, wounded, while
leading his men to seize a fresh point Of
vantage. -,
WOMEN SUBJECTED TO INSULT.
KIMBERLEY (by, photography, We'd
nesday, Jan. II, via Modder River, jan
22.-Native reports say that q proclamaA
ton has been issued at Barley West by
Commandment Boitilof, ordering all Brit
'ish sabjects to quitzsbefore Jan. a. La
dies are being subjected to great Insults
The Beers are again very active, bonn
harding heavily all positions from dawn
till a. M, the fire being directed chiefly
against the redoubts.
CORRESPONDENTS WARNED.
STERKSTROM, Jan. 22.-Affairs con-
tinue quiet. Tremendous showers of To-
Gusts are passing over the British camp
in a northerly direction, bound for the
veYdt The Boer commandment threatens
to detain as prisoners of war any news
paper correspondents captured by his
force
ss GERMANS ARE PLEASED
BERLIN. Jan. 22.-The release of the
Marie has made a most excellent impress
sion here, and is interpreted as due to
the earnest desire Of Great Britain to
establish thoroughly, friendly relations
with Germany. Nevertheless, there is
the highest authority for the statement
that Germany has not abandoned the
idea of bringing about a clearer def1ni
ton of what constitutes contraband, and
the rights of neutrals on the seas, either
through an International conference or
direct diplomatic negotiations between
cabinets. A high official Of the foreign
office, discussing the matter today, said:
Germany must, Of course, await the
action of other nations in regard to the
rights of neutrals. We are not willing
to take the initiative to obtain clearer
definition of contraband, but, if neces-
sary, If we see no other way, we are
willing to join the other nations in such
a movement"
DANGEROUS GLASS BREAKING.
BERLIN, Jan. 22.-The Montag Zeitung
says that when the emperor recently re-
ceived the presidents of the diet he ex-
pressed deep regret at the great loss of
British officers in South Africa and
praised the Boer generalship. but his
majesty reprehended the attitude of the
German press towards Great Britain,
which he said was rendering his task of
avoiding friction with Great Britain
doubly hard. He recalled Prince Bismarck's
saying that the windows which our
press smashes we have to pay for
BARK MARIE RELEASED.
BERLIN, JAN pa dispatch received
here from Durham says the German bark
Marie, loaded with sulphur which was
captured early in January by the British
cruiser Fearless and taken to Port Eliza
beth, has been Internationally released.
DAVIS AND MACRUM.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Both the state
and interior departments authorize the
most sweeping denial of the story that
Webster Davis. assistant secretary OF the
interior, is clothed with any diplomatic
mission 1t is declared that he repre-
sents no department of the United States
government in his visit to South Africa,
but is there in a personal capacity.
Since his arrival at Cape Town, where
he went to visit his cousin, Consul Cen
eral Stowe, the state department has
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