The Van Buren press., 1900-03-03

I Y,
ESTABLISHED Il
Secretary Root is so well satisfied
nth the record made by the troops |
iecruited from the natives of Puerto
Rico that he has determined to IN
hease the number now in service Dy
mother battalion.
Eepresentative Loud, author of the
I'M relating to second class malI
hatter. secured special rule, on the
hal, giving two days in March for The
kpeideration of the bill and proyld'
he for final vote.
IN s
The Central Pacific Railroad 20. mas
h,ticipated the payment of one OF ita
Notes for $2,900,000, due more than
lkear hence and has received in turn
he same amount in Union Pacific
bonds which were pledged as collater'
u.
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The pending naval appropriation
nm carries on item of $35O0OO TO be-
Mn work on the extensive project fol
lew quarters. The total cost is limit
Nj to S2,500,000. The total academy
appropriations for this year are S6T'
No.
Gen. Lord Roberts cabled the British
Mar office, from Paardeberg, at 7:4S
bn the morning of the 27th: Gen
BRONZE and all Of his force capitulated
Internationally, at daylight, ana If
how prisoner in my camp" 1t was
he anniversary OF Majuba Hill, fought
10 years ago.
The tablet presented to the nayaI
lcpdemy by the Maryland Society OF
b, lighters of the Revolution was un'
rcied in thet chapel at the academy,in
i, napolis, Md, on the 22d. The tablet
h dedicated TO the officers, soldiers
Md sailors who lost their lives during
NJ war of the revolution.
Hon. Arthur Sewall, of Bath, Me.
tpndidate for yice-president on the
lcmocratic ticket four years ago, had
/ conference, on the 23d, with Mr.
h, van on the train which took the Ne
haskan to Atlanta, Ga. Mr.. Sewall
lechned to reveal the nature of theb
nterview.
M At the Metropolitan Methodist Epis.
kpal church, in Washington, on the
,s.h, Bishop John f. Hurst preached n
Memorial sermon at a special service
held in honor and remembrance OF
Bishop John p. Newman. The audi
kriun, was filled to the doors Presl'
lrrt Mckinley was an interested audi
Tor,
N Victor Hochenstein, Of Spencer, Ind.
has filed claim for 100000 against
d. Spanish government for i'll treat
nent received from Spanish soldiers
h Cuba while he was in the service OF
De Red Cross society. He publicly
elarged in Havana that the Spanish
Blew up the Maine, was seized and con
bned in Moro castle.
The Lourenzo Marques correspond
lnt OF the London Times, under date
pf the 25th, says "rhe feeling in Of
Hcial circles at Pretoria borders on
Transformation. Gen. Louis Botha anc
President Steyn are both urging Pres
lGcnt Kruger to sue for peace. Al
Bloemfontein Gen. Cronjes position il
regarded as hopeless" E"
Based on n total population Of 3,
BAG, ZOO, the authorities have dccidet
Mat the respective colonies are en-
titled, under the federation scheme
~ the following representation in III,
Australian parliament; New Soutn
Males, %; Victoria, 20; Queensland
eght South Australia, six, and Tas
bianin, five; total, 81.
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Johns Hopkins university celebrated
lis twenty-fourth anniversary, on thu
e2d, by appropriate exercises in Me-
Coy hall at Baltimore, Md. The ora
Tor of the day was President BENZ
|. Wheeler of the University of Caii
!. torna, who dwelt strongly on the dig,
lnihed side Of politics, and made nu
Urgent plea for stronger men for polit
lcal Office.
IN Admiral Won Trpitz, German secre
Z tnry to the admiralty, has Informed
the reichstag budget committee tha. II
thc naval augmentation bill is adopt
aed, ar order for steel plates to The
talue OF 27O, 900, 600 marks will go joins
In tu the Stumm Brothers and to lleri
krupp. Herr Eugene Richter, th'
raGical leader, asserts that this vii
Rive u clear profit TO the mhnuiactur
'ers OF l76,00O,000 marks.
There was de0rth of positive ncw
from the war In South Africa, on The
Glst, the most important being thn;
Cooperate fighting was doubtless going
on between Lord Roberts forces ant
lthe Beers under Gen, Cronje, who had
probably been largely reinforced, Tn,
heavy list Of casualties among officers