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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28

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Swamp property as proposed by the goo.
Goo gentlemen OF the Second ward.
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since Attorney General ariggs is
soins out al tho cabinet anyhow, II Ia
pity that hs did not retire before the
time came for him 10 make an aTsu-
ment In the supreme court IN the Por-
90 Rico and fhilippins tarin matter,
That argument may be historic
blight on his reputation as q lawyer"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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An exchange says "Rey, Dr, Faunea
president of Brown University, for
merly the pastor ef tha New York
church of tbe Rockefellsrs, will offi-
oists al The wedding of Miss Alta
Rockefeller and Mr. n. .Parmaies Prem
iiee, January ~. How could hs do less,
after Rockefeller has been 30 sener-
Gus 20 BrOwnY'
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Have you made up your mind just
what sort Of good resolution
you are going 90 make on Tuesday
nsxty Better think II over very care
fully. for there IN not much time left.
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MY dear I am just going into the lob
by tS stretch nv iegs You've been in
the lobby three times 20 stretch YOUR legs
aud the last time when yOu came back
thrN seemed rather weak. | ann afraid
YOU ere stretcbiug them too much. New
Orleans Times Democrat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-28

Value OF Music--Mrs, Matsrnai--'I am
sorry YOU are soing back 60 Germany.
had { not better get another music
Note-'Id ees nod NECESSARY, sho knows
enough museek 10 set married Anew
York Weekly,
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SMILES.
JhsQosslo.

man can read in an advertisement; !;
boating and fishinsi first-oisss surf and
still waller bathing without the lea st
desire 20 throw up his Job and so.-som-
erville Journal,
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'Iaxouse me, sir" said the man in the
Hext seat,-.hli- Anur- cigar Ia burning "A
hole la your paper, That Is all risht,
out the price OF those electric seals al TO-
murrowb bargain sale, You see, l take
this paper home. e."-Phiiadeiphia Record.
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Judging from ths number of lost and
found advertisements ! see in the pa
pers, 1 ann inclined 90 think that
great many people are more than or
dinariiy careless about Christmas
time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15
"LITTLE BOBs" A sTRATEGIsT.


uation i'm Cape Colony.
LONDON. Feb. Is, $3.50 a. m.-Spencer
Wilkinson. in the Morning Post to-day,
says: There is good news to-day. for a
new campaign has begun. The movements
of Lord Roberts are a practical illustra-
ton of the principle of concentration or
action in time and space. The unexpected
presence of the Sixth Division makes Lord
Roberts stronger by 10000 men than any
one had ventured to hope. Evidently he
ordered General MacDonald's reconnois-
sance to Koodoesberg in order to draw the
enemys attention westward. away from
the contemplated move through the Free
State. The Boer army is barred from the
direct route to Bloemfontein. and even on
the road by Boshof it would be exposed to
a flank attack during the march.
General Cronje on learning of Lord
Roberts's disposition on Tuesday and yes
terday must have been an interesting
problem. He had to consider whether to
hold on to his positions at Jacobsdal and
Magersfontein and to seize Kimberley, or
to raise ale siege and move off-and, If
so. in what direction, whether to Bloem-
fontein or northward across the Vaal.
These events form the brilliant opening
OF new campaign, which is being marked
by concentration of purpose and by an en-
ergy and rapidity that augur well for the
future. The public must wait patiently
for the result of these operations, remem-
bering that the distance to be covered Is
considerable and the heat great. Possibly
enough there may be no general action
until Friday"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15

Details Of Operations Along Modder
River-Drifts Seized.

Details Of Operations Along Modder
River-Drifts Seized.
LONDON. Feb. 1.-THE War ONCE late
last night issued the following message
from Lord Roberts, received yesterday
evening:
"Dekiel's Drift, Feb. IA, $40 a. m-Gen
French left this point at 80 yesterday
morning with three brigades of cavalry,
horse artillery and mounted infantry. in
cluding several colonial contingents, in or
der to seize a crossing of the Modder dis
tant about twenty-five miles. He reports
by dispatch. dated 5:35 p. m, that he had
forced passage at Clip drift and has occu-
ried the hills north of the river, capturing
three of the enemy's laagers, with their
supplies. while General Gordon, of the Fif-
teenth Hussars, with his brigade, who had
made feint at Rondeval drift, four miles
west. has seized 1t and a second drift be-
tween that and Clip drift, together with
two more iaagers.
General French's performance is bril-
liant. considering the excessive heat and
blindirg dust storm which ragged during
the latter part of the day. Owing to the
rapidity OF his movements General French
met with but slight opposition and his
losses were small Lieutenant Johnson, of
the Inniskillin Dragons. is the only officer
reported severely wounded.
the north bank of the Riet at Waterfall
drift. and is moving to support the cav
airy. The Seventh Division is here and will
go on this afternoon.
-Four officers and fifty-three men had to
lie sent last evening in the returning OK
wagons to the railway line. Frustrated by
heat and exhausted"
Last night at s:2s o'clock the War Office
gave out the following dispatch from Lord
Roberts:
"Reit River, Feb. 13.-Colonel Hannay,
In command OF a brigade OF mounted in
tantry. marching from Orange river to
Ramah. had a slight engagement Feb. IL
with the Beers holding the hills and threat
ening his right flank With a detached
part OF his force Colonel Hannay detained
the enemy while he pushed mis- baggage
and main body through to Ramah The
object OF the march was successfully car
ried out Four men were killed. twenty
two were wounded and thirteen are miss
ing.
''The Cape division. under General
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WANTS WAR DECLARED.


CHICAGO, Feb. 14-"War with England
should be the policy of this government"
said Governor Andrew Z. Lee, of South
Dakota, tonight, 'if the facts set forth in
ex-Consul Macrums open letter, issued to
the American people, are found to be cor
rect The action of the British authorities
In Durham In tampering with mail matter
addressed to Mr.. Macrum is damnable,"
the Governor continued, land an outrage
against the representatives of neutral pow
ers. If the facts, as stated in that letter.
are true. the American government in
stantly should call Great Britain to severe
account. That may mean another war on
our hands, I know, but war is preferable
to national dishonor. The spectacle of an
American citizen, be he in private or pub
lie life, having to sit idly by and see his
mail opened by an official of a foreign pow
er, is too humiliating for American blood
to stand.
Almost equally as radical comments were
made by several of the leaders in the anti
trust conference who We're shown the dis
patch from Washington tonight setting
forth the experiences of the ex-consul. All
were emphatic IN saying that the rights of
citizens of neutral powers should be pro-
tected and that England should be con-
demned strongly for her high-handed
methods.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15

LONDON, Feb. IS, 4:20 a. NJ
The British army, for the first time
since the war began, is inside the
Boer frontier. Lord Roberts, with
at least 40. 900 infantry, 1000 cav
airy and 80 guns, has turned the
Magersfontein lines, before which
the British forces have been en-.
camped for ten weeks, and. with
half of his corps, he is already op-
Grating on Free State territory.
A battle has not been fought,
but large tactical advantages have
been gained. TIE relief of Kim.
berley is within measurable reach,
and the way to Bloemfontein is ap.
preciably easier.
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And Thrown Off His Guard by MacDonald's S
Reconnaissance to KOOdOe sburg.
Several Fords Seized by General French While the Old
Boer Warriors Attention Was Directed Else
wI1ere-Great Battle Probable Soon

ly pleased and hopeful Of what is to come
low diet of British successes that they are
disposed to caution and given to measur-
ing developments with considerable re-
serve. They fully realize that serious fight
ing is yet to come. Lord Roberts's an
nouncements make the minor operations in
other parts of the field shrink.
The Times. in an editorial, commenting
upon Lord Roberts's "dexterous and bril-
liant movement" says: 1.-The Beers have
shown themselves too wary and too skill
full for us to assume that the success of
these operations must disconcert their
the siege of Kimberly without a further
struggle; but, so far as 1t is possible to
Judge. in the absence of detailed informa-
tion and good maps, the operations should
be followed by strategic consequences of
the highest value. The presence of a large
British force inside the Free State borders
and within relatively striking distance of
the capital must largely alter the whole
aspect of the war to the Beers. Lord Rob-
erts's first steps show that he is executing
with all his old skill a plan of operations
carefully and ably thought out The news
Of his next movements will be awaited
with interest, profound indeed, but full of
hope"
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INDIANAPOLIS,

with precision. Then another Boer gun
TO the north opened on the Royal Irish
Rifles, but not effectively, as the Rifles had
good cover. The shelling continued all day
and last evening the Beers brought up
forty-pounder in order to lombard the
camp from a hill TO the north. The at
tempt was plainly visible, as the gun
could be seen drawn up by eighteen oxen.
With the Beers surrounding the British
in overwhelming numbers and using ar
tillery, it became evident that it would be
impossible to retain Sligersfontein, which
the British evacuated under cover of the
darkness. falling back upon Rensburg.
The British casualties were lighter than
might have been expected under the cir
cumstances.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15
WEBSTER DAVIS COMING HOME.
He Did Not Tell n Reporter the Beers
Would Never BE Conquered.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE Times publishes
the following from its correspondent at
Lourenzo MARQUES: webster Davis. as
sistant secretary of the interior OF
the United States, who has arrived here
on his way home, has emphatically re-
pudiated an alleged interview with him
published by the Standard and Diggers
News, attributing to him the statement
that in his opinion the Beers would never
be conquered.
'Tt is asserted that since the beginning
of the war six thousand new burghers have
been enrolled in the Transvaal. A refugee
asserts that on Feb. 6, 1900 men. including
the Irish brigade, were sent from Lady
smith to assist in a contemplated night
attack on Kimberley, and that the Irish
brigade was expected to lead the on
slaught.
Republican officials are circulating re-
ports that the British wish to sue for
peace. 1t Is asserted that Chief Detective
Mention an Irishman. has been interview
ing prisoners from the Irish regiments in
Pretoria and urging them to take up arms
against England.
Another Johannesburg foundry has been
commandered to manufacture shells.
Some of the British prisoners have been
removed to Irene, just south of Pretoria.
Irene is commanded by one Of the Pretoria
forts"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15

LONDON. Feb. 15.-The Daily Telegraph
has received the following dated Tuesday,
from It's special correspondent at Frere:
ION Sunday the Beers advanced down the
Ladysmith road toward Potgieter's. Three
hundred men on horseback, with others,
proceed to point where they began to
construct new rows of trenches at right
angles to the road. This was about two
miles north of the drift.
"a party of Beers also crossed the Tu-
gela, now very low. about six miles below
Potgieter's drift, where they 'sniped' the
South African Light Horse. who repulsed
them.
Several other skirmisnes have taken
place, and the Beers are evidently anxious
about their positions. They have been
throwing up defensive works from Trich-
ards drift and the Spion kop range east
ward to the Hlangwana and Monte Cristo
hills, both on this side Of the Tugela. They
have also two. If not three, wooden bridges
spanning the Tugela in the bend and a wire
rope apparatus for the conveyance of food
and ammunition across the river
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wOMEN,s LAGER sHELLED.


LONDON, Feb. 15.-The Daily Chronicle
publishes the following dispatch from
Mafeking, dated Jan. %: 1.-The Beers
shelled the women's laager for two hours
on Saturday, Jan. q. Boer women, warned
by spies evidently, went into the trenches.
clapped their hands and hurrahed when the
shells fell near the English women. Lady
Sarah Wilson was slightly wounded. Maj.
Gould-Adams and Captain Wilson received
contusions from shell fragments
Advices from Gaberonnes, dated Feb. 4.
say: "The artillery duel between Colonel
Plumers force and five hundred Beers con-
tinued until to-day, when the British
dropped two shells into the Boer fort. The
Boer guns have since been silent. Colonel
Plumers advance has been checked by
foods"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15
BRITISH RETREAT TO RENsBURG.
Details of the Boer Attack on Sling
ersfontein and Other Positions.

RENSBURG. Feb. l3.-Before dawn yes
terday the enemy opened an attack upon
Slingersfontein, assaulting with musketry
the hills on the northeast held by three
companies of the worcesters, under Cap
tain Howell. The artillery attack began at
sunrise. the Beers approaching In great
numbers. estimated at seven to one. The
British under good cover. sustained the at
tack throughout the day. Meanwhile two
big guns on the west opened upon the Brit
ish at daylight and fired for half an hour.
when a British howitzer silenced them
with lyddite. the British artillery firing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15
"A CRIME AND A BLUNDER."
The south African War Denounced by
English Liberals.

LONDON, Feb. H.-Supporters Of the
Liberal party to the number of 300 or 400
held a private meeting at the Westminster
Palace Hotel this afternoon to protest
against the governments war policy. Sir
Alfred Lawson, M. p, David Lloyd-George,
NJ. p, and Mr.. Cronwright-Schreiner. hus-
band of Mrs. Olive Schreiner, were
present. The resolutions adopted de-
nounced the war as ''crime and blum
der,' committed at the instigation of ire
sponsible capitalists. demanded the publi-
cation of the full correspondence regarding
the Jameson raid, protested against the in
creasing ornaments. reaffirmed the Lib
erals gratitude to Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman, John Morley and James Bryce
and decided to open permanent fund to
carry on a vigorous political propoganda
for the principles thus enunciated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15

French, seized the crossing OF the Reit
river at Dekiel's drift, on the east bank Of
which the Sixth and Seventh Divisions are
now encamped. The casualties were two
troopers killed and Captain Majeaale, Of
the rifle brigade. wounded. He has since
died One troc per was wounded.
'The general commanding at Rensburg
reports that on Monday, Feb. II, he was at
tackled in force by the Beers. Lieutenant
Cunningham. OF the Worcester Regiment,
was wounded and has since died. There
were other casualties"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15
MAY MEET IN BEERTOWN.
Democrats Will Possibly Hold Nm.
tiOnal Convention I'm Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Feb. H-Chairman
Joseph G. Donelly, of the Milwaukee Dem
ocratic convention committee. gave out a
statement showing that thirty-two MEM
bers Of the national Democratic committee
have expressed themselves as favoring
Milwaukee as the city for holding the ma
tional convention. Thirteen members OF the
committee. according to Chairman Donelly,
have declared themselves in favor of Kan
sas City. and seven have not committed
themselves in any way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15

The dispatches of Lord Roberts sketch
three days work. The forward movement
began on Sunday, when Colonel Hannay
set out with brigade OF mounted in
miles from Jacobsdai. one of the Boer sup
ply bases.
On Monday General French. with the
cavalry division. seized the crossing Of the
Riet river. at Dekils drift. south of ia
cobsdal. and eighteen miles east OF Honey
Nest kloof He skirmished with the Beers
and cleared the way for twenty thousand
infantry. who followed across.
On Tuesday. with his three cavalry bri-
gades and the horse artillery General
French rode to the Modder river. dis
tance Of twenty-five miles, and took three
fords. with high ground beyond the river
and i've Boer camps. He had few casual
ties in brushes with the Boer horse. Gen.
French has now fixed himself on General
Cronje's main line Of communications with
Bloemfontein. and twenty thousand in
fantry. with seventy-two guns. are being
pushed up to support him there.
Lord Roberts's dispatch. wired from in-
side the Free State. and on the Riet river.
left him Wednesday morning. His advance
had not been opposed by the Beers in
force. Their patrols melted away as the
British moved forward.
The Boer army is likely to be felt in a
day or two. and a battle Is, consequently,
imminent. AS to what forces General
Cronje has now at his disposal and as to
where he proposes making a stand against
the invaders. no one here connected with
the War Office knows anything The data
for conceptions are wholly wanting
The forces Immediately at the disposal of
Lord Roberts are placed at nfty thousand,
I'm a general way. These figures are re-
vealed by the commands mentioned In the
dispatches as having been added to the d.
visions known to be with Lord Methuen
Quite possibly. Lord Roberts has ten thou
sand or twenty thousand more.
1t is now realized that the incidents al
Rensburg have been seen out OF all proper
tion. Merely skeleton lines were maintained
there, while troops were being secretly and
rapidly concentrated on the Modder river
The facility with which thirty thousand
men have already been sent beyond the
rail terminus shows that Lord Kitchener
has been fully successful in organizing
transport. He is now supposed to be down
the line. sending forward more troops and
getting together more transport. About
five miles OF OK and mule wagon trains
are estimated for each division. so thai
Lord Kitchener. who is reputed to have
more skill than a circus manager in hand.
ling field transport. has immense labors In
hand.
The London morning papers take rathe,
sober views of the situation. but are great.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15

Porto Rico Not Part OF This Country
While Occupied by Military.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE board of
classification of the United States general
appraisers lo-day announced a decision in
the Porto Rico tariff case of Mosle Bros.
ana John III. Goetz & Co., protestants, who
claimed that rorto rico is already a part
o. the United States and that no duties
can be levied on goods from there. The
board unanimously overrules their claim
so ar as it relates TO goods imported while
the military occupation lasts. The opinion
of the board is written by General APP
praiser Henderson NJ. Somerville. who
was. for many years, member OF the Ala
hama Supreme Court
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15
BULLER HAS MORE TROUBLE.


ACCOMMODATIONS faEIes Suuer-JOnn
Churchill Wounded.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE War Office yes
terday made public a dispatch from Gen.
Butler, dated Chievely. Monday, Feb. Il. 1t
says:
''The commanding officer at Springfield
reports this morning that a squadron of
the First Dragons. moving to the outpost
line covering the right flank OF the camp,
met a party of Beers near Fustenberg.
The Beers. reaching the crest of a hill first,
opened a heavy fire on the squadron, which
retired. He sent out support and the Beers
retired. Captain Hamilton and ten men
were wounded and Lieutenant Pilkington
and six men were captured by the Beers.
"Dundonald, with 700 mounted men, a
field battery and the First Royal Welsh
Fusihers, on Feb. II reconnoitered the
high ground which the enemy has been in
the habit of visiting. The enemy evacu-
ated it with the loss of two men after
slight resistance. When the force retired
on the completion of the reconnaissance the
enemy returned in considerable numbers
and kept up heavy rifle fire, wounding
Lieutenant Churchill, of the South African
Light Horse. Five men are missing"
1t is not quite clear who wrote the dis
patch, as Generals Lyttleton, Hildyard,
Warren and other generals are believed to
be in the neighborhood of Springfield.
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Chievely. dated Tuesday, confirms the re-
port that parties of Beers have occupied
the old British camp at Spearman's farm.
The correspondent, who identifies the
wounded Lieutenant John Churchill as the
brother of Winston Churchill, says he was
shot through the right leg. John Church
i'll was recently given commission in the
South African Light Horse and joined
General Buffers command.
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German VIII support Bryan.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ii. - Ex-senator
German. who was at the Capitol to-day
for the first time since the present session
of Congress assembled. in an interview
with a Post reporter said that all his ef-
forts heretofore had been directed against
the denomination OF Mr.. William Jennings
Bryan as the Democratic candidate for the
presidency, he believing IL would not be
wise. but that he was now convinced that
nothing can prevent his selection a the
head OF the Democratic ticket. He cer-
tainly." added Mr.. German. has the peo-
pie behind him 10 a remarkable degree"
Asked IL he would support Bryan II nom-
mated he replied:
Certainly. supported him In 1895, and
I shall support him again this year. do
not propose to desert my party"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15
Canadians Slept ON Duty.

OTTAWA. Feb. 1.-THE minister of ma
litia has received report from Colonel
Otter, commanding the Canadian contin-
gent in South Africa, giving details Of
the court-martial of three members of the
Royal Canadian Regiment at Modder river
for having been asleep while on sentry
duty and who, 1t has been reported. were
sentenced to death. The finding Of the
court-martial which was sustained by the
officer commanding the division. was that
the sergeant In charge Of the post. who
was one of the culprits, be severely repri-
manded, one of the privates admonished,
and the third sentenced to eight days con-
finement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-15

NEW YORK, Feb. 14-Mrs. Cordeiia
Adair. who comes here as the head of
the hospital ship Maine, seeking American
subscriptions in aid Of the wounded and
sick in South Africa. was a passenger on
the While Star line steamship Oceanic,
which arrived here to-day from Liverpool.
1t was pointed out to Mrs. Adair that while
she, in her appeal to American women.
which has been published. calling upon
Irishmen to help her cause, Miss Maud
Come was here to stir up Irishmen against
England. She said she had nothing to say
on the subject, though, she added: "Why.
Miss Come is not even Irish-she is Eng
lish."