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people at large on the island want indie
pendence, and it is the majority that ought
10 RUE. Ihe prospects are that the condi-
uons OF the island will continually i'm
prove am
Secretary Porter Going South.
Mr. John Addison Porter secretary to the
President, will leave Washington tomor-
row night for Camden, s C, where he will
spend short vacation. He will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Porter and children. In
addition to his official duties Secretary
Porter had charge of the arduous work of
the social season. The secretary's health
has greatly improved since his brea kdown
OF last year. and his friends are glad to
see him take a short vacation now 10 avoid
any return of i'll health.
Portraits of His Predecessors.
secretary Porter has just had completed.
d, great expense to himself, valuable col
ec'ioh OF crayon portrait photographs of
his predecessors at the " hite House. These
PORTRAITS were worked up in crayon from
photographs secured by Secretary Porter
from al quarters and in all kinds Of wa,s.
me enlarged crayons will be hung in Sec
retary Porter's office, ard in the wears, to
come will be increased by the faces of f,I-
lure secretaries. The present collection is
a historic one, embracing such men as John
hay, Gen. Horace Porter. Gen. Fred Grant
and John G. Nicolay. There are twenty
live secretaries in the gallery made by Sec
retary Porter. Prior to President Buchanan n
there was no provision of law for seSre-
tary to the President. The private and con-
ndential secretaries up to that time were
paid out of the pockets OF the chief eSecu
tNes. Beginning with Buchanan, Congress
made an appropriation for a private secre-
tary. This was continued until a few wears
ago, when the title V as changed to "secre-
tary to the President" Secretary Porter
Is the frst official to hold that Office.
Presidents Interest i'm LongfeIIoyy,
B. III. Warner and DIR. Alexander Mackay-
Smith have obtained from the President a
promise to attend the Longfellow exercises
at the National Theater ON Friday, March
16. President Mckinley has written a let
ter expressing his deep interest in the eff
fcrts to erect a monument to Henry w
Longfellow. and hoping that a magnificent
statue will be the result. The exercises will
be public and the many new features will
be of great interest.
TOday's Nominations.
The following nominate were sent to
the Senate by the President today:
State-Henry B. Miller of Oregon, to be
consul of the United States at Chungking,
China.
War-Daniel Van Voorhis of Ohio. to be
second lieutenant of cavalry, United States
army.
Navy-Daniel W. Blake of Mississippi, to
be second lieutenant in the United States
marine corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-27

must present himself at my camp. and that
his forces must come out Of their Iaager
after laying down their arms BY am.
received General Cronje and dispatched a
telegram TO You announcing the fact In
the course of conversation he asked for
kind treatment at our hands, and also that
his wife, grandson, private secretary, ad-
5utant and servants might accompany him
wherever he might be sent / reassured
him and told him his request would be
eomplied with. informed him that a gen.
sral officer would be sent with him to Cape
Town to insure his being treated with
proper respect en- route. He will start this
afternoon under charge of Major General
Prettyman, who will hand him over to the
general commanding at Cape Town.
Got About 1000 Prisoners.
THE prisoners. who number about no
will be formed into commandos under o,,r
own officers They will also leave here to-
day, reaching the Modder river tonorrovv
when they will be rallied to Cane Town IN
detachments."
The above dispatch was read in bo,b
the house of lords and the house Of com.
mons today. The reference to the Cana.
dians evoked immense and prolonged cheer.
ing
Mr.. A. J. Baifour, the government leader
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THE SENATE.

PREVIOUS announcement that Mr.. DepeW
ON " would address the Senate today
drew a large attendance Of senator's and a
notable assemblage of spectators in the gall
leries.
Aside from the eulogy he pronounced
upon the late Vice President Hobart. this
was MIR. Depew's first formal speech in
the Senate, and particular interest was
manifested in it. Senators on both sides OF
the chamber gave HIM close attention
Mr.. Turley Crenn) was entitled to the
floor at the conclusion of routine business
to conclude his speech on the Quay case;
but he yielded to Mr.. Depew, saying that
II time allowed he would finish his speech
after the New York senator had concluded ;
If not he would go on tomorrow.
Mr. Depew addressed himself to the res
olutions offered on the Philippine question
particularly to that proposed by Mr.. Bever-
idge Qnd), declaratory of a policy of the
enited States toward the Philippine Is
lands. His remarks will be found in an
other column.
AS Mr.. Depew concluded his peroration,
In which ne pictured commerce and civili-
zauon proceeding hand in hand, the CALLER
les We're swept with hearty applause
The demonstration called out not only an
admonition from the chair. but sharp pro-
test from Mr.. Bacon (Ga.). He said that
during the past year there had been a
marked departure from the rule requiring
that there should be no demonstration of
approval or disapproval. He thought the
public ought to be informed that a repeti-
ton Of such demonstration would result
not merely in an ad1nonition from the chair,
but an enforcement of the rule.
Mr.. Turley ON the Quay Case.
Mr.. Turley CTenn) then resumed his
speech, begun yesterday, on the case re-
lating to the seating of Mr. QUAY of Penn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-27
Movements Of Naval vessels.

The Navy Department has been informed
of the following naval movements:
The Monongahela has arrived at ST.
Thomas.
The Prairie has sailed from Southshields
for Rouen.
The Wilmington has arrived at Buenos
Ayres.
The Caesar has sailed from San Juan for
Port Royal.
The Buffalo will be employed in training
landsmen and will be commissioned about
April l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-27
NEW TELEPHONE FRANCHISE.
Subcommittee at Work on Details O,
the RfII.

The subcommittee on telephones of the
House District committee is perfecting a
bill to grant telephone franchise to a
rival company to the present corporation
operating in this city.
The salient features Of the new bill will
be requirement Of a 100000 bond to carry
out the provisions of the franchise within
stipulated time, and clause that if the
new company ever disposes of its franchise
the purchasing company shall be bound to
observe the requirements of the charter Gs
to rates and character of service.
The subcommittee has not definitely de-
cided to whom the franchise shall be grant
ed. but it is said that the consensus of
opinion of prominent citizens who have con-
ferred with the subcommittee is in favor
of the Washington Telephone Company, the
corporation which proposes to work in con-
junction with the telephone exchanges in
Baltimore. Pittsburg and other cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-27
WOULD NOT AFFECT SOVEREIGNTY
Prince POnfat0wski or Any One Els
May Buy Basflan Island.

If Prince Poniatowski or any other indi-
vidual has secured possession of Basilan
Island. in the Philippine group, as reported
in press dispatch, the acquisition must
have been made in purely personal ca
pac:ty. and Of course does not affect in any
way the sovereignty now existing over the
island. Any person may, of course pur-
chase the real estate of Basilan, or any
other Philippine island. but the sovereignty
of the United States would in no wise be
affected by the transfer. 1t is said at the
State Department that no concessions have
been granted to any one in the Philippines,
so that if there had been any change of
ownership as to Basilan Island the pur-
chaser stands merely In the capacity of a
private Land owner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-27

Majors Albrecht and VOndewitA
Among Those Who Surrendered.

LONDON. February 27.-The officers cap
tured by Gen. Roberts besides Gen. Piet
Cronje include the following well-known
commanders: Chief Commandant M. ]. VOL
verans a member of the volksraad; Fled
Cornet Frus. a Scandinavian; Major AL
brecht, the famous German artileryman;
Major Vondewitz. the distinguished German
officer, responsible for most of the splendid
engineering works of the Beers since the
commencement of the war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-27

in the house of commons, said he had no
information relative to the Boer guns.
Officers and Artillery Captured.
Twenty-nine Transvaal officers Were cap
tured and eighteen Free State officers We're
made prisoners.
The guns captured from the Transvaal
Krupps one four-pounder and one Maxim
gun.
From the Free Staters were captured one
venty-fve-centimete Krupp, nine one
Founders and one Maxim gun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-27

]. c. Monaghan has resigned as consul at
Chemnitz Germany. and his brother, II.
p. Monaghan of Rhode Island, has been ap-
pointed in his place. Mr.. ]. c. Monaghan
was formerly democrat, but spent many
years abroad, and in his study of the tarifr
abroad became an enthusiastic republican
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-27

This apparently clinched matters, for at
daylight today a letter signed by General
Cronje, In which he stated that he surren-
dered unconditionally, was brought to our
outposts under flag of truce"
''In my reply 1 told General Cronje he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-27
A BUSINESS AXIOM
From Printer's fak.

From Printer's rak.
Money spent in continr-
Gus advertising in the daily
press draws interest that is
compounded daily.
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BRILLIANT DASH BY CANADIANS
All England is Rejoicing Over the
Victory Today
PRISONERS GO TO CAPE TOWN

LONDON. February p. BOZ p.m.-The
war office has received the following dis
patch from Lord Roberts:
'.PAARDEBERG. IL O'clock Tuesday
Morning information furnished
daily to me by the intelligence department
it became apparent that General Cronje =
force was becoming more depressed and
that the discomfort Of the troops and the
discord among the leaders We're rapidly IN
creasing. This feeling was doubtless ac-
ccutuated by the disappointment caused
when the Bocr achievements which tried
TO relieve General CroIie were defeated by
our troops on February p. I resolved,
therefore 10 bring pressure to bear on the
enemy.
Closed in the BOers-
Each night the trenches were pushed
forward toward the enemy laager, SO as
TO gradually contract his position, and at
the same time 1 bombarded it heavily with
artillery. which was yesterday materially
aided by the arrival Of four six-inch how
itzers which I had ordered up from De Aar.
In carrying out these measures a captive
balloon gave great assistance by keeping
US informed of the disposition and move
ments Of the enemy. At am today a
most dashing advance was made by the
Canadian regiment and some engineers.
supported by the 1st Gordon Highlanders
and 2d Shropshires. resulting in our gain
ing point some 600 yards nearer the enc
my and within about eighty yards Of his
trenches, where our men intrencned them
selves and maintained their positions till
morning a gallant deed worthy of our
to say. was attended by comparatively
slight loss.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-22
NEW COTTON.
Four Bales Received i'm Brook
haven Yesterday.

The first cotton of the crop of 1900
came into Brookhaven yesterday with
dash, four bales being received with,
in few hours of each other. w. r.
Keen, of Similo, brought bale weigh
ing i9j, w. G. Furr, of Little Bahala, a
bale weighing AGO; Geo. Magee, of Law
renee county, one weighing Ill, and
John Ballard one weighing i73.
The bale brought by Mr.. Keen was
the first sold and was bought by John
McGrath Il Sons at 10 cents. Mr..
Furr's bale also brought 10 cents and
was bought by l.. Cohn q Bros. The
other two were purchased by John Nc
Grath Il Sons at 9l2 cents. Mr.. Furr,
who stood a good chance of coming
under the wire ahead and winning Nc
Grath's first premium, failed to comply
with the conditions of their PROPOSE
ton and stopped his cotton at the
compress, sold it to another firm and
missed all their premium offers. As
it was, Mr.. Keen was awarded the first
premium, a 527 New Home Sewing
Machine, Mr.. Magee the second, bar
rel of fine patent flour, and Mr.. Ballard
the third, fine Stetson hat
Mr.. keene's bale of 40 pounds at 10
cents, netted him 1880 in cash: he
sold the seed which came out of it for
So; which, with the premium of s27
enabled him to realize in all on the
first bale the neat sum of S91 30 1t
was ginned and Rqled Ter him free of
charge yesterday maraing before day
light at Schwem Bros. gin, and was
soon afterward at McGrath & Sons
store.
The first new bale was received in
Brookhaven last year on Aug 10, II
days earlier than this Mr. G. W. Ma
gee, who captured the second pre-
MUM yesterday, got here first last sea
son. as he also did the year before, so,
though he lost by scratch this time,
he has a record to be proud of, never
theless,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-22
Full Particulars sGPnserning sPoaa MIN al al !
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE.

New Through Trains to Portland,
Puget Sound, 1.-The Burlington North
ern Pacific Express" No. IL, from
st. Louis, at 900 a. m. for Kansas City,
st. Joseph, Northwestern Nebraska,
Black Hills, Wyoming, Montana, Wash
ington, Tacoma, Seattle, Puget Sound
and Portland, Oregon, via Billings,
Montana the short line and time saver
to the Upper Northwest. To the
Puget Sound i'm II Hours. Through
coaches, chair cars (seats Free, stan
dard sleepers and dining cars with
through tourist sleepers from Kansas
City. This is the main travelled route
from st. Louis to the Northwest.
Number S, "Nebraska-COloradO Ex-
press, midday train from ST Louis
for Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Pacific
Coast; one night to Denver. Also for
st. Paul, Minneapolis and beyond.
No. rs, at S:45 p. M, st. Louis to
Kansas City, Omaha, st. Joseph, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Pacific
Coast, via Denver. also to the North
west-Montana, Washington, Oregon,
via Lincoln and Billings.
Please write:
J. N. MERRILL. l. w. wAkELeY,
General southern Agt., Gen1 Pass. Agt.,
N. Pryor St., ST. .ous NO
ATLANTA Ga.
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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-22
Mr.. Bryan'S Speech,

1t is impossible to deny that Mr.
Bryan's speech at indianapolis was a
great literary and oratorical achieve
ment Fault may he found with it
here and there We shall point out
what we consider the weak parts, but
it is fair to say that neither Senator
HOar, nor Carl Schurz, nor ex-Gov.
Boutwell,, nor all of them together
have produced more mastery indict-
ment of imperialism than is to be
found III this speech. 1t is far in ad
vance OF anything Al. Bryan himself
has ever done before on any topic of
public discussion. When we an
nounced our intention not to support
Mr.. Bryan, although agreeing with him
on the issue which forms the text of
this epeech, we aaid thai we should
tell the truth as we were enabled to see
it, about him and every other candi-
date and person and thing in this cam
paign. Our opinion of the Indianapo-
lis speech, as a whole, is accordingly
stated without reserve y, J.. Posi-.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-22
SIXTY YEARS IN SERVICE.
Judge Reagan to Retire from
Public Life,

Houston, Tex, Aug. 1S.-Hon. John
ii. Reagan has announced that he will
shortly retire from public life, resign
ing his position as railroad commits
sioner, which he has held since 1891.
Judge Reagan has had a long career
as public servant. 1t is quite likely
that there is no man in the United
States today who has occupied so many
positions of honor or whose service to
the people has extended over such a
length of time as has his. His public
service may be epitomized:
1S3O-Deputy public surveyor.
lS42-Justice of the peace.
1Sid-Probate judge.
1916 Legislator,
1852 District Judge.
1S5d-District judge.
Member of United States Con
gress.
1859 Member of United States Con
gress.
1OoO heHlDeI VI IOuleueTdUe pro-
visional congress.
1S60-Postmaster general of the Con
federacY.
ls6a Secretary OF the treasury of
the Confederate States.
1919 Member of the United States
Congress, and re elected until 1887.
1887 United States Senator
1891 Chairman of the TeEas Rail
road Commission
1aOd-hetires from public life by re-
signing from the commission
During the sixty years that he has
been engaged in the public service.
Judge Reagan has kept up his farm,
and he now has a fine Que OF some 800
acre7, near Palestine, in Anderson
county, to which he will retire on Civ
ing up his office Judge Reagan is by
no means wealthy man, but he has
enough to keep him comfortably for
the years that are veto be his.
His retirement is still in the pature
Of ser,ic6 to the people or the South,
for he intends to devote his time to
the preparation of his memoirs as a
member of the Confederate govern
ment, a work which he has been strong
ly urged to undertake lof n.any years
past, he rs The only surviving member
of that government, and bis recollec-
tions Of the men who were his col
leagues and of their acts as officials
are necessary to comprehensive his
tory of the Confederacy which is to be
written in the future: they will prove
of interest and of value not only to the
Southerners, hut to the people OF the
entire union-of the world for that
matter.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-22

Imperialism. says the New Orleans
Picayune, is the greatest of all evils
for the American people and the
american Republic 1t is worse than
impaired finances, worse than rotten
money. 1t is policy which, if per
sisted in, will rapidly change the Re
public ipt0 an empire. ana enslaqe the
people to an oligarchy Of enormously
rich men represented in the National
Government by so-called President,
to whom will be committed all power
and control on the one condition that
they and their special financial and
material interests shall be fully pro-
teoted. When money and despotism
shall be linked together to control the
national government, then American
liberty will have come to an end All
American patriots are now getting to-
gether to oppose Mckinleyism, and
they realize that it can only be done
by electing Bryan.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-22
POIITTC.S AS 1T IS.

A Madison county friend gives The
LEADER the following amusing account
OF the Hooker Henry congressional
primary meeting held at the Camden
precinct on August 4th:
The toh>eGtion organized with all
Henry men for officers. The call for
nominations was responded to by
very dignitied gentleman, who does not
vote at all in the elections, but who
eagerly nominated the Hon. Pat Henry.
Vther nominations were called for and
ioi SGGe moments profound silence
'felgned. ,fi,eI q white haired, pleas
ah'-iaced old man rose and quietly
nominated Hon. Chas. E. Hooker, The
chairman called for vote, directing
aa the Henry men to stand up on the
iigAf band and all the Hooker men on
the left.
Just as the voters formed themselves
inlo line on either side of the room,
'he henry line almost doubling the
llooker line, another citizen stepped
- Inc door. "You have just come in
''me TO vote, = exclaimed the chairman.
o'aud with one side or the other, my
friend"
Nell!' replied the new conner,
''hls IS the biggest side, III just vote
o'er here" and he stalked over to the
henry, side not knowing whom he was
voting for.
fhe votes were counted and while
'4e hooker men claimed ten, they
were charitably allowed nine. OF
course the Henry votes were greatly
III the majority.
rat Henry is a pretty good man."
ueciared one of the Hooker party, af-
'er the convention adjourned. "He
'en' me some seed and a book, with
some of the purtiest roosters in it, you
ever saw"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

a severe drouth is visiting Kansas.
Chicago's population nu4bers 5S9,-
10 greater than in 1890.
Oscar Gordon, eighteen years of age.
was killed in the Yocona Mills at Wa
ter Valley.
The w. c. 7. US of the country have
resolved to deieat Mckinley because
he signed the army canteen bill
Prof. Uric Bettison, professor of
mathematics in Sophie Newcomb Col
lege, died in Louisville at the age of 81.
Kentucky Prohibitionists have nom
mated John D. White, a former Re-
publican Congressman, for G0reInOr.
! Sin hoys are dead at Blutfdale, Tex,
as result of eating stolen watermelon
i'll which farmer had put strychnine.
W. B. Taylor, leading citizen of
Jackson, was struck by lightning while
talking over the phone. His left side
is completely paralyzed
Iaiiapatchle county will hold local
option election on the 29th. Webb is
the only town in the county in which
liquor is sold.
! VIM Lawrence, one of the first orig
inal negro minstrels in the United
States. died in Chicago at the age of 80.
He was noted tenor singer.
| A long continuance of hostilities is
predicted by DR.. G. p Smith, surgeon
of the Mission Hospital at Tien Tsin,
who was in New Orleans Saturday.
a woman, Miss Mary Spencer, ma
tive Louisianian, occupies the chair of
mathematics, in Sophie Newcomb Col
lege, vice Prof. Bettison, deceased.
President Mckinley will go to Chica-
go the last of the week to attend the
G. A, r. Meeting II Is SAID ne will
make no set speeches. Mrs. Mckinley
will accompany him.
James Burnham, publisher of the
Wymoran, at Wymore, Neb., shot his
own father who, in a delirious state,
had cornered him and was about to
plunge butcher knife into his body.
! The Vatican has forbidden the use
of Queen Margherita's original pray
er for the departed soul of the late
King. The new ruler deeply resents
the afropt and hopes are destroyed:of
a reconciliation between church and
State.
\ white girl of Philadelphia,
Pa, aged -, while playing ghost
| to a crowd of negroes was in
stantly killed by one of them, who
threw a brick bat at her head. The
sheet in which she had playfully en-
veloped herself, thus became her wind
ing sheet.
An armed mob of $50 negroes are
searching in Copiah county, near Ha-
zlehurst, for one of their race guilty of
a crime against a respectable colored
girl of II years. They threaten to
torture him when found. This is the
first instarice of the kind in this part of
the country.
Just for joke lady in Wabash,
Ind, dressed large doll, with eyes
that open and shut, in the clothes of
her sister-in-law's baby. Handing it to
her, she said, Here is your baby
The young mother glanced at it, ex-
claiming My! how you frightened me;"
took commissions and died.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-22

Col. Hooker's many friends through
out the State will rejoice that the old
warrior is to be returned to Congress.
Held in the highest esteem, his cleo
tion, however, is not due entirely to
his popularity. 1t had become gener-
ally understood that Mr.. Henry was
training with the now thoroughly dis
credited State committee crowd and
their apologists, and like poor dog
Tray, he has been judged by the com
pany he kept, and treated accordingly.
Henry has followed Southworth to po-
litical oblivion, Who viii be the next
victim of the peoples disapproyal?
l'dzOO SeHtiHci.
The next victim" proved to be the
Hon. W. a. Mcdonald, McLaurinite
in the md district, who defended the
autocratic and self-perpe tuating State
Executive Committee. He was showed
under by Capt. Spight by a large ma
jority.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-22

j. +. Norwood, the new editor of the
Magnolia Gazette, says that Madame
Experience" has him in hand and that
he is learning great deal. We wish
to extend the fraternal grip to Brother
Norwood and to assure him that when,
ever he needs our advice we will give
him free gratis all he wants. Mean
while, We wish him success in his new
field and expect to see the Gazette
kept up to the high standard maintain
ed by his predecessor, who always
made it one of the very best papers in
Mississippi.