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New-York tribune., 1900-03-15
DISAPPOINT MENT AT PRETORIA
SECRETARY REITZ SAYS THE WAR MUST
BE FOUGHT TO THE END

Pretoria Monday. March Y Wia Lourerco
Marques, Tuesday, March 13).-Lord Salisbury 5
reply 10 Presidents Krtiger and Steyn causes
bitter disappointment State Secretary Reitz
says it means that the win have TO be
fought TO the bitter end.
A dispatch from Bloemfontein says that in
view OF the military situation the seat OF gov
ernment may be removed 20 Kroonstadt.
commandant Delarey's report of the fight at
Abraham's KraaI on Saturday says:
The British estimated 10 number forty
thousand men. Their first assault was repulsed
Only two Beers wounded. The second as
sault was made the hills TO the left OF our
position. These hills were of great strategic i'm
portance- Appreciating this, and three hun
dred men defended the position from In the
morning until sundown. The burghers fough:
like heroes and three times repuised masses OF
the British. who kept relieving their tired men
Every attempt to storm was defeated. Al sun
down there we're not nifty yards between US Inc
British lost heavily No accurate returns OF our
loss are SyailabIa.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-15
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

Norfolk, Va, March 1.-THE Merritt-Chapman
wrecking tug Coley has abandoned the schooner
Lizzie I. James aground on Hatteras Inlet bar
and has proceeded Ocracoke 10 finish stripping
the abandoned British steamer Ariosto
Lima. Ohio March I4.-Magistrate DufieId to-day
discharged y. l. Michael. vice-president of the
American National Bank who was arraigned on a
charge of robbing that institution of $4,000 which
mysteriously disappeared. The detective who made
the affidavit was not present and the Justice re-
fused to continue the case. Michael declares that
his arrest a backmailing scheme
Flint Mich. March 1.-THE Armstrong Steel
o'clock to-day. The plant established in ISS9
and was employing 100 hands. Loss estimated at
brewery and cooper shop. adjacent the steel
works, were also destroyed
Baltimore March 1f-Captain B. z Crosby oF
the schooner Joseph Luther, from Boston was
burned to death this morning in fire. which broke
out on the schooner J. W. Lennen- Captain Crosby
visiting Captain Handy. or the Lennen and
asleep in staterOom when he met mis- death
captain Handy was badly burned while trying 10
rescue his friend. The Lennen was considera blv
damaged by rre-
Kansas City Mo. March IA man. identified as
the son OF ex-Cnited States Senator " A PETER
OF Topeka. Kan. was sound dead Ia as room A. th..
81. to-day He had taken morphine and left g card
inscribed Father. I'm tired j. s. Mr.. PETER.
who about thrJy-f five years OF aye was A
printer ana bore card of Topeka union
Pha deiphia. March I4-Charles L. Curtis a we'll
known swindler whose term or four years In prison
expired to-day was arrested he came out OF the
the Governor of New York. Curtis Is wanted in
White Plains charge of grand larceny. He
was convicted here or obtaining $500 from the Com
monwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company by
means of a bogus check and sentenced 10 four
years Imprisonment He was turned over to
Deputy Sheriff Breeze. of White Plains In his
career OF crime Curtis swndled banks In Havre de
Grace Easton. Wllliamsport. Louisville Chicago
Peekskil and scores OF others In Ohio and Indiana
New-York tribune., 1900-03-15
GEN. ROBERTS IN BLOEMFONTETN
TIE BRITISH FLAG NOW FLYING OVER THE ORANGE
FREE STATE PRESIDENCY
TROOPS WELCOMED BY THE INHABITANTS.


Presidency OF the Orange Free State The
outside hint
Genera announcing occupation Bloefonten
President Orange
Orange Free State
Pretoria 0'ale i says the " VIII De fought TO
end
State Secretary,
zps Council sailed from ouenco Marques
=. Errone presumably peace delegation.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-15
WILL, REPLY TO SALISBURY
AZ ANSWER TO THE PREAIIER'S NOTE
pFISG PREPARED IN PRETORIA.
Hc1v7aght; 1906: By The New-TorA Tribune.l


Hcuvynght: 1906: BY TIE New-York Tribuns.l
IBY CABLE TO TIE rRIBUSE.l
London. March Is. 6 a m.-BlOemfontein sur
,snsrrsd Al 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning, and
-.s oecupied by the British two hours later.
.,-,rssng 70 a Chronicle" correspondent, who
u.s the first to enter the captured capital
p-.ssent steyn has fed with the main Boer
,orre TO the north. while General Roberts has
,sksn I'D his headquarters in the Presidents
,ouss which also is being used as a hospital
,,- ,un,bsr Of British wounded. The railway
Hns Is said 10 have been uniniured. but there
are s,ir several interesting points on which
"a ara without information General Roberts
Was naturally anxious 10 obtain possession of
he rolling stock on the sidings al Bloemfon-
tsn Station. but il is not known whether it was
an por away northward by the Beers, nor has
,-y intelligence been received giving particu-
Az-s NJ the considerable resistance which French
mat xith before he succeeded in occupying the
nils commanding the town on Monday night
Pretoria dispatch 70 The Mail" states that
the Boer Presidents are busy concocting reply
70 Lord sslisbury's telegram They intend TO
reassert that the Boer occupation OF British
territory vas merely strategic, and will express
thsr determination TO fight the matter in dis
pute between Great Britain and the Dutch Re-
5uhlics 70 a finish L \. T.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-15
REPORT ON THIRD-AVE.
FILED WITH JUDGE LACOuBE
BY II. H. GRANT.
TOTAL DEBT PLACED AT S24,S71. .917-
$10035, ,G57 NECESSARY TO PUT ROAD
IN GOOD PHYSICAL. CONDITION.

Iotni funded debt and accrued in
terest ............... 50. .T3:. OF o
tnIundeu debt. ~
lateral. with st
Unsecured noattnE debt. II. Ass. 1874
amount
c0mpiefton of
fhird-ave. system. 10. .O..5.6 .6.7
claims in personal Injury actions. 1861 %, a..
Bill of HondIy- Lnuterbnch John
son. ie9nI services .............. zoo, ,OOO
Total liabilities OF rOnds operated
by Third Avenue Railroad Com
pany 30. .6S4. .cs3
Iotnl assets OF same. 5,6S0,J0T
Excess of Liabilities over assets. 25, ,003. 7S8
New-York tribune., 1900-03-15

Continued On third pase.A
New-York tribune., 1900-03-15

CALIFORNIA EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
Two magnifcenty appointed trains leave Chicago
for California daily. $50 p NJ. ana 1890 p. NJ re-
spectiVely, via the Chicago, Union Pacinc and
northwestern Line. Time. service and equipment
beyond compare Sleeping reservations. rates
and Information. Northwestern Linz Once, 4el
Broadway.-tAdyt.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-15
NO EXCEsa FARE

To Cleveland 81. Louis or Cincinnati. Luxurious
trains, fast time superb service via New YORK
Central, Lake Shore Big -Four. Trains illuminated
by Pintsch Light.-Advt
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-27

lative department and subject to its SUI
pervisIon and control"
According to the Republican conten-
ton. which is abundantly supported by
the decisions of the supreme court. con-
gress can In its discretion absolutely
prohibit the Importation OF Fiiipinos
into this country, II at any time there
became the remotest fear that they
would interfere with American work
ingmen. II the workingmen of this
country have any such fear. by all
means they should vote for the Repub-
lican candidates for congress. who be-
lieve In the right OF congress to apply
such remedies as this. instead of for the
Democratic candidates who profess to
believe that all of the Fiiipinos as well
as all of the Chinese now in the Philip
pines are already citizens OF the Unit
ed states; and who. having that belief,
could not consistently vote for any ex-
clusion law directed against them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-27
A Rogers Recommend alton.

The brutal attempt to exploit for
gain the public schools. made by the
creatures OF Gov. Rogers. recalls a
recommendation fathered by the ex-
the legislature. II is OF such interest
now that we have reproduced II in an
other column. Gov. Rogers then thought
II feasible and proper 70 have all the
textbooks used in the state printed
at the walia wslia penltensiary. He
saw no reason why. at an early date,
all skilled labor might not be dispensed
with in their preparation
This conjunction q the prison and the
school Is one that would scarcely have
suggested itself 10 another mind than
that Of GOV Rogers. There Ia another
and more logical connection today. IN
view 81 recent revelations. between
the prison and some 81 those charged
With the duty Of guarding the interests
q The schools. aud perhaps We NAV
RHA w tAAAA sNHAtaEA*- - tsAfsAkAA ksAa Aff
are in some way closely associated with
each other IN the executive mind
There Is in this recommendation OF
The Democratic candidate for soyernor
az attitude toward labor that the
wovkingmen % the state may wen take
Into consideration. Labor al over this
country has had 20 guard itself against
the competition 81 the convict. The
isbor engaged IN the printing trades
Is skilled and organized. It Is closely
allied with that 10 other occupations.
How 30 its members enjoy the scheme
suggested BY Gov. Rogers. bat which
the legislature restrained him from
carrying into efTectf
The closing sentence OF this strange
document should be studied by every
voter. 1t proposes 20 make criminals
Instrumental In eieyat.ns and edueat-
Ing the youth Of the state" We quote
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-27
A Republican State.

few fusionists of some prominence
been In the East during the past ten
days and they are reported to have
said that the state will vote for Bryan
and elect the fusion state ticket. II Is
not surprising that they should make
such statements. for II Is supposed to
be legitimate In political campaign
to claim everything. In sight or out Of
sight. II Is to be noticed. however. that
few OF the gentlemen who profess to
ington, have any reasons to OFFER for
this alleged growth OF fusion sentiment
in the last two years
Washington was Republican terri
tory and has been and probably always
will be Republican state. 1t will. OF
course. witness temporary political
revolutions. which from time 10 time
sweep over all commemorative. but
Judging from the political history
safe calculation to put the state
In the Republican column The ma
iority Of the voting population Is
Republican and there Is no probability
that Its political complexion WIN be
changed by the natural increase that
viii be noted year after year.
Washington went for Bryan In 1895
by something like l2,oo0 votes. but II has
been demonstrated that the political
commissions which were experienced In
the far West that year were q mere
passing III snd slgnifed no permanent
change IN party strength. The Bryan
movement struck this state just at a
time when the people were suffering
from the effects % a national Demo-
cratic administration added 10 the dis
tress furnished by the collapse Of a
local boom. There had been three years
Of hard times which had brought nnan-
clai difficulties 70 nearly everybody.
rich and poor high and low. II was
period ~ p'nehlng. unrest and general
dissatisfaction; and, as has always been
the case under similar circumstances.
the financial quack found thousands
ready 20 ties, bis treatment. Communi-
ties supposed to be intelligent and hon
est were carried away By the free silver
argument just as sober and SERIOUS
people had been hypnoiixed by
Greenhack orators twenty years before.
Among the many states that took up
with the financial folly Of the unfor-
tunate period OF four years ago was
Washington
Il was remarkable. however. how
quickly the people Of the state recovered
from the alteration. The election %
Mckinley had the effect Of an awaken
! inx shock: for the re:eetioa OF Bryan
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A GOOD YEAR roR awe, US 4 co..
America Has Substantial Reasons
for Feeling Happy.

New York Mail and Express.
We are 75,0oo0o0 and we feel good: the
former statement Is based on census cal
culations and the latter on common con-
sent. Before we get down to details, II
Is we'll just to take ourselves In lump
and enjoy II. century ago there were
not so many OF us as there are Dutchmen
In tiny Holland. and now we are the Sec
ond power In the world In population and
the first In wealth and resources. We rub
our eyes and wonder how II all happened.
That also is detail: the main point Is
that we are here. Seventy-nve million
Americans domiciled in. this republic turn.
across the Atlantic. a glance OF good ma
ture and good fellowship at the bellicose
military powers Of Europe and. across
tho Pacific, a glance of hope and help
fulness at the worn out and dying nations
OF Asia
We are very big. but we are not un-
wieldy. We are strong. but we are not
muscle-bound: our nerves dominate our
sinews Our interests are so inter-
woven and at heart so harmonious that
in a really national matter the voice OF
75.o0o.ooo people speaks through the voice
OF the president. Our population is so
linked and banded by railroads and tee-
graph wires and navigable rivers that II
can move rs one mass, and Its strength
is felt through the arm OF the president.
There is nothing that may not be pre-
dicted of 75.0oo.0oo people who are young
and vigorous and hopeful and neately In
telligent, with sense of humor and a
py-go-lucky spirit and desire TO
think well of their neighhorr and TO have
their neighbors think we'll OF them. Our
satisfaction is born OF the knowledge
that things are coming our way; that
there are no Rrudges 10 be meted out
against us and no entangling obligations
for us to pay.
We can Just so ahead with q clear slate
and work out our destiny in the fun con-
fdence that everything we have done 70
date Is promise: our real performance
lies ahead. with difhdence we appropriate
to ourselves the opening words OF Glib
bon's Rome: we comprehend the fairest
part OF the earth and the most civilized
portion OF mankind"
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led them to believe that possibly they
might have been mistaken after all.
And the longer they thought 1t over
the more strongly convinced they be-
came that they had been in error. The
disintegration of fusion, Populism.
Organism began with the election OF
Mckinley, and the advanced stages OF
collapse have now been reached. In
two years the reaction had set in, as
was shown by the substitution OF two
Republican congressman for two OF
the fusion variety A Republican
legislature took the place OF one which
had been controlled by the reform"
party, and, as prosperity swept over
the state, fusionists, Populists. Silver
Republicans, reformers. and calamity
prophets disappeared like snow before
a chinook zephyr. In thirty months II
could be said that the commonwealth
had been redeemed.
The past year has only added to Re-
tinued good. men have made money.
debts have been paid of. and every
thing points to continued prosperity in
the future. No one talks free silver
and the people are too busy to listen to
idle chatter about Imperialism. Bryan
ism has been repudiated throughout the
state and as proof Of 1t the Republic
can ticket will be elected this fall by
majority of from ten to twelve thousand
votes.
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Do Not Break II.

TT requires hard work on the part
OF several" wrote Superintendent
Frank ]. Browne to Messrs. Hollcraft
q Boyer. but the cooperation which
appears to exist cannot be beaten" 1t
was not beaten. The "co-operation"
between Browne and Gov. Rogers pro-
.duced the board. appointed by the ex-
ecutive. which was to select textbooks
for the state Of Washington for the
next 1--WE years. The "co-operation" be-
tween Browne and certain needy COM
pliers produced that series Of fearful
and wonderful books which is now
eliciting Amusement ana anger on every
side. The Cooperation" between
Browne and his commercially minded
friends produced the westland Pub
fishing Company. And a general. all
hands-around Corporation" produced
the adoption Of these books for the
state.
1t has been called an age OF combina-
ations: but Cooperation is the word
for Browne. And he Is a first-class CO.
operator. There was not a break In
the Corporation as he planned It.
from the first step to the last. It is
not fair, however, that he should have
all the credit or reap all the rewards
Of his success. There are others. The
gallant band who assaulted the breast
works OF our public school system. who
helped to fasten on the state, for the
benefit Of a private job, the most
uniquely bad series OF textbooks ever
known In any community, who cooper
ated all along the line for addition, d.
vision and silence, should not be sep
arated even in death. This is the
browning achievement Of the Rogers
administration. Browne and Rogers
share the responsibility and should
share the consequences. They have
been shrewd and able "co-operators."
Do not sever the tender tie that binds
them. Do not break the combination
that would have been Intellectual with
out the aid OF both of them. Let them
go down to disgrace and defeat to-
gether.
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Germany Captures the Ocean Record.
INFLAMMATION Efar


English ship owners are hewalllnR tho
spectacle OF race for the ocean record
exclusively between German lines They
foresee n material loss OF traffic nv the
British lines and they are urging that
steps be taken at once TO put the I'm.
slish boats once more in the van, where
for many years they held all records tn
DO this the English shiphuilders win hava
to overcome great handicap These ny-
ers are progressively developed. the max
ers finding opportunities TO do better
work as one vessel after another passes
from their hands To overhaul the DER
man greyhounds now viii neressitate m.
construction OF steamer capable OF al
least ssn knots an hour, in order 10
provide against the success Of the Kron
frinS Wilhelm. This IRENE ndoun spaed
represents large gain over the fastest
or the English boats. II ss too early
20 believe that the turbine principle viii
hs applicable 20 the transoceanic craft
~ this could Re guaranteed there Is no
doubt whatever of the ability Of fse
builders TO float n vessel capable Of fully
thirty knots an hour. and perhaps more.
playing havoc with the records nut
a. yet this principle seems 20 remain nm
developed 10 the point Of such appiies.
ton. although iis Inventor holds that this
use Is practicable
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They Are Not 20. r."

Gov. Rogers. his board OF education
and superintendent Browne have no
defense 10 make against the exposure
OF their betrayal Of the interests Of the
people. in their assault upon the public
schools. They do not mention the In
eliminating, the damning evidence that
has been made public. so authenticated
that the most sceptical can entertain
no doubt. dozen times over they
confess Judgment in the contradictory
and mutually destructive admissions
Of their iabored attempt to explain
away the facts that have brought them
Just and universal condemnation.
The effort OF the Seattle Times. Sec
ending Mr.. Browne. who IL In a way so
bad that any expedient may serve him.
to throw dust In the eyes of the public
by talking about the American Book
Company's Vaccinations win not dis
Sact attention from his misdeeds, The
American Book Company has
bad reputation and, in many communi-
ties, bad record. We will deal with
II, n the occasion ever arises. as merci-
Of the people with its imitator. Super
intcndent Browne and his pet private
book concern. hut that gentleman
can not skuik away from the lash OF
public scorn by this silly expedient. II
is quite worthy OF him and his party.
IL wonderfully resembles Croker. dic-
tatins antitrust resolutions. with Ice
Trust stock ciutched In his hands and
those OF all his friends
Meantime, a little rascal Is a rascal
Just the same as a biz one. The Browne
Rogers westland trust Is the present
concern OF the people OF Washington.
ana they are going 70 deal with Il with
cut gloves The Post-tntelligencer gives
few more chapters o. the story this
morning. They riadle any ,atterea
remnants 81 Brownies reputation. They
show him az reckless In statement as
he has been in action He and his as
sociates In this crime aEains, the peo-
pie say that teachers are enthusiasts
ever the new books. The statements
published IN our columns this morning
prove II false. So exeorahie are thcy
that. IN most Of the importan, ccuters
81 the state. they are either rejected
wholly by the authorities or super
ssaed BY supplementary books 70
save the pupils fram the pnNearable tn
fliesion ordered hy the state beard. The
sob ecnsummated by Brownc Is rrppd
iatea by all who do not fear 70 anger
him az the cost of losing Is per cent u
their state aRportionment That they
are justified Il proved hy compilA
ton os few u the more xlarlng errors
TO Re found IN These books. let any
man glance over she hat II viii con
vince him that SUCH books as these
could not by any possibility have been
selected honestly or en- their merits.
II will rouse his wrath at ths thought
tina, our splendid public school SYSTEM
should be made mockcry by the use
90 snoh instruments.
on every point Browne Is traversed
ana held up, BY his own words as hy
the testimony OF others. 10 public scorn
He SAID two daSs axe that he has moth
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the anti-foreign uprising In Psking =
preliminary 10 any peacs nsgot1eu
with China. II IL another aud
different thing 20 expect M az
government At the Chimes eael'e
give into the aiiies' hands auy
personagcsr whom Representative
the powers may designate a 'euY
instigating or perpetraslng ne oz1
which have taken plset ougee
China agreed TO the German dsmana ~
flcially. and some power shoah
nate by its representative ~
dowager and Prince Tuan ~ fofe
the anti-foreisn erusads-a indees
may have been who can imagine
facto auihori In rek.ng giun9
personages up9 Certainly the ssaa4
power OF any governmental rseiee
would 80 yield 90 foreign demsns
last while the allied troops hsia N
tai. but scarcely day longer