El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-03
Probability Of The Opening
Of Peace Nego-
tiatiOns
THE Two PRESIDENTS,
Kruger And Steyn, TO Hold,
tits Believed, a Confer
ence Looking To An
End Of Hostilities

LONDON, March 3.-The Time
. second edition prints dispatch fron
Lorenzo Marquee, dated Mrch Z
which says that President Kruger ha
left Pretoria to confer with Preslden
Steyn at some place unknown. Th'
dispatch adds that people converssn
with Boer ublic>opinion predict tina
this is conference preliminary tt
opening negotiations for peace.
KIPLING IN RIOT.
CAPE Town, March 3.-Soutt
Africa news accuses Kipling OF lead
ing a mob which invaded the parlis
ment house today. 1t is stated, how
ever,Ithat Kipling was only q specta-
tor of the riotcus proceedings and left
the moment he was recognized.
A MEMORABLE SCENE.
LADYSMITH, Feb. % (Delayed).
White received Lord Dundonald to-
day before an immense crowd of sol
diers and civilians who cheered the
greeting between the saver and the
saved. After wringing Dundonald' g
hand Gen. White turned to the throng
and said:
People of Ladysmitb, L thank you
one and all for the heroic and patient
manner.in which you have assisted me
during the siege. From the bottom OF
nv heart | thank you. It hurt me ter
ribly wheE l had to cut down the ra-
tious. hut thank God we have kept our
flag flying"
Whites voice broke at this point
and some one started "Gcd save the
Queen" which was taken up by the
crowd and sung with barred heads. 1t
was a memorable scene.
MAFEKING REPORTED RELIEVED.
LONDON, March 3.-A Brussels dis
patch says it is reported that the siege
of Mafekipg has been raised, Beers
abandoning the attack for strategic
reasons.
Mafekipg was invested almost imme-
diately after the war broke out. Until
the last of November the besieging
forces were under the command OF
Sen. Cronje. The garrison was under
the command of Lieut.. Col. Baden
Powell, of the Fifth Dragons, one of
the bravest and most picturesque Of
fcers in the British army. Baden
Powell's forces at the beginning of the
siege consisted of some 1900 irregular
troops. Z Among the officers were Lord
Edward. Cecil, a son of Lord Sails
bury, Captsin Fitz Clarence, a grand
son of. William the Fourth, Lord
Cavendish Benthick and others of
note.
Mafeking garrison has been on short
rations for months but at last reports
was able to hold out till June if neces-
sary.
THE HORRORS OF SIEGE.
LONDON, March "a Ladysmith
dispatch says that when the city was
relieved the citizens had almost reach
ed the limit of endurance. Eight
Thousand fighting men passed through
the hospital up to January Is when
medical. appliances were exhausted
They had just enough rstions to keep
them alive Thirty horses and mules
were killed daily for food, and the
guns were unhorsed and placed in
trenches. The total casualties since
the investment had been thirty officers
and a hundred and seventy-five men
killed, or died from disease and
seventy officers and three
hundred and forty wen wounded.
CRONJE'S PRISON A SHIP.
CAPETOWN. March 3.-Gen. Cronje
and party arrived today. The captured
general was at once sent to SimoDstown
where he will be confined in a prison i
ship.
A SWORD FOR CRoNJE.
PARIS, March 3.-The subscription |
opened by Henri Rockfort to buy Gen.
Cronje a sword now amounts to more |
,han three thousand francs.
DAILY HERALD 15c. per week. !