The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-16


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The anesiion of ref0rhiiiah f0f ihi
nIefs % being raised in the House o
Representatives
The British aro nndinf thai smoE
Jess powder rlfies are The most salts.
factory weapons
noers say arilliery ia Of little value
on either side and thar lyddlte bonn bl
cause no damage
Dr. l.eyds ls trying 10 got the pow
ere 10 Intervene In case England should
seize Delagoa bay.
Rlcclotti Garlbaldi wants 70 com
mand a corps Of Italian volunteers In
The British service.
Rumors prevail in London thsi the
Prince OF Wales had a pecunlary rter-
est In the Jameson raid.
KafIirs say General 5Jubert was kill-
ed by a shell outside Ladysmith.' The
report Is probably untrue.
Lord Roberts has issued proclama-
tion urging the Dutch farmers OF the
border to desert the Boer forces.
England Is said to have contracted
I'm Philadelphia for 1000 900 tons Of
coal for naval and transport use
The Beers have dug up the roads
leading from Spearman's camp 10 La
dysmith and have made trenches along
the route.
Tie British force In South Africa
will soon reach 213,000 with 452 guns.
no Ia l.1
man in the field.
A Cape correspondent says the Free
Staters are asking what terms they
can get from the British If they cut
adrift from the Transvaal.
Lord Roberts will release Command
ant Pretorious. whose leg has been
amputated. Lord Roberts says he does
not wish to imprlson so gallant sol
dier.
Cunningham Graham again attacks
England for "grovelling and squirm-
ing" to the United States, and declares
that American symps''S g with the
Beers.
The British losses from the cross
ing of the Tugela to the abandonment
of Spion Kop were 1886 officers and
men. The loss on Spion Kop itself
was 2l5.
Secretary Hay has received $3.50
from st. Louis for transmission to
Pretoria, where 1t will be used to aid
the widows and orphans of the Boer
soldiers.
The Dominion Government Is to be
petitioned to offer the services OF TO-
900 men to go to the Transvaal and 70
pay the cost of transporting them to
the Cape.
Crowds OF military-looking men are
landing from German steamers at
Delagoa bay and going TO Pretoria.
They are carefully watched by Boer
detectives.
Lieut.. Won Brusewitz, who ran a
sword through civilian at Carlsruhe
three years ago and caused storm OF
indignation in Germany, was killed at
Spion Kop.
England Is looking for new men TO
head the Government and the name Of
Rosebery Is most often heard. A small
section of the press wants Rosebery
for Premier.
The Queen will not leave England
unless, by the beginning of March,
there is great Improvement in the
South African situation. The Royal
family will also stay at home.
Canon Farmer, who returned to-
London from Pretoria, says that Con-
sui Macrum was a weak man whose
first care was for his personal safety.
Macrum told Farmer that there were
5000 Americans In the Transvaal, most
OF whom the United States was glad
to get rid of. Farmer says Pretoria is
provisioned for two years.
A Mafeking dispatch says: Siege
now been enforced. Oats Intended for
horses are saved to supply the troop
ers, If needed. Timed milk and
matches are commandeered. Liquor
is scarce. Lady Sarah Wilson ls pluck
lily attending to hospital work and
constantly passing to and fro under
shell fire