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SERIOUS CLASH At ONEIDA.


striker; he was shot in the groin and
will probably die.
Ten non-union men were stoned, but
only two Of them were seriously injur-
ed. One sustained scalp wounds and
the other had four ribs broken.
The Oneida colliery having been in OPP
Grafton since the Inauguration of the
strike. the union men at Oneida and
sheppton, where many of the employees
of the Oneida and Derringer collieries
of Coke Brothers live, decided early this
morning to close down the mine. They
gathered in groups on the streets as
early as 8 o'clock. AS the non-union
men went to work they were asked by
the strikers to remain at home, Some
turned back, others did not. Those VINO
went to the colliery were stoned. van
Blargin, one of the non-union employ IS,
attempted to pull a revolver, but the
weapon was taken fromfhim and In the
beating he received he had several ribs
broken. This occurred just before start
ing time at the mine.
The strikers remained at the coll1ery
all morning. AS the small mine aloco-
motive used in hauling coal from the
No. 2 and No. collieries to the ONEIDA
breaker pulled up on the road near the
latter colliery a crowd of women block
ed the track. The women We're told by
General Superintendent kudl1ck to go
home He assured them that their nus
bands would get an increase in wages
and that their other grievances would
he properly adjusted. The women re-
fused TO listen and stoned the supe lin
tendent. who was wounded in the head
Then the striking men and the women
rushed toward the No. colliery
force of about fifty special pollcemen,
who had been brought down from Beav-
er Meadow to prevent trouble, attelnpd-
ed to intercept the mob, but they were
powerless to do anything and retired TO
the engine room. Just as the oHlcers
got close to shelter shot was ffed
This was followed by another, and in
few seconds many shots rang through
tbe air. Policeman Mills was the first
to fall. Then Joseph Lesko, the striker,
staggered to the ground. NO one knows
who shot first, but it is believed that
both tbe strikers and the officers used
their weapons
A gun shot killed Mills and small
shot struck Policeman Kellnor Lesko,
the striker, was struck by ball from
O revolver with which all the officers
were armed.
After the shooting the strikers dis
nersed. Sheriff Toole of Schuylkill
county, in whose territory the clash oc-
CURED, was in Philadelphia and could
render no assistance. His chief deputy,
James O'Donnell, arrived here this af-
ternoon and went to the scene with
force of men. Rev. Carl Houser,
1ithunian minister from Freeland, who
baptized a child at oneida just at the
time the shooting was in progress was
mistaken by the strikers for Superin-
tendent Kudlick and narrowly escaped
being stoned. He was soon recognized
nv friend and safely escorted to the
station.
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would allow the garrison to take three
days rations and escort them to the
nearest British troops. allowing the off,
GERS to retain their arms provided they
would give up their stores The Aus
tralians said, to one man, 1 believe,
they would rather die than give In, ana
If the white flag was put up over the
lager they would go on shooting just
the same.
We'll, this continued until we hove in
sight of the Boers' look-outs, when
they cleared out. There were twenty
eight hundred of them and they had six
guns. The Australians were four hum
dred strong, with one gun and Max
i'm. OF these seventy-f1ve we're killed
or wounded, and out of five hundred
horses they only had sixty left alive.
Crontes laager wss perfect fool to 1t.
went into one of the holes; two men
could live absolutely under ground,
and 1t was all done in one night. The
Beers in the eleven days they were be-
siegiug them fired eighteen hundred
shells into them, and then every night,
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ought to vote with a view to the right
decision, of those questions that are d.
rectly and finally in the control of the
president and congress.
THE general results / gave in my
Carnegie hall speech in 1896, why Mr..
Bryan should not be elected still hold
good with me- His election would.
think, throw governmental and business
affairs into confusion. We should not
aid the election of a president who
would, admittedly, If he could, destroy
the gold standard and other things
that we value even more, upon the de-
ceptive suggestion that he has been
bound and that the republican party
will, after defeat, still have strength
enough to save the temple. 1t will be
much better not to allow the man with
destructive tendencies so much as to
lean against it's pillars.
perhaps it will save you much
trouble, If 1 give you, and underwrite
as of this date, this extract from my
Carnegie Hall speech:
"'When we have q president who be-
lieves that it Is neither his right nor
his duty to see that the mail trains are
not INSTRUCTED and that interstate COM
merce has it's free way, irrespective of
state lines, and courts that fear to use
their ancient and familiar writs to re-
strain and punish law-breakers, free
trade and free silver will be appropriate
accompaniments of such an admins
tration and cannot add appreciably to
the national distress or the national
dishonor'
THE economic policies of the repub-
lican party have been vindicated by the
remarkable and general prosperity that
has developed during Mr. McKinley's
administration, succeeding a period Of
great depression A change of admin
istration this fall would almost certain
ly renew conditions from which we
have so happily escaped. The full din
ner bucket Is not a sordtd emblem 1t
has a spiritual significance for the spir-
itually minded 1t means more comfort
for the wife and family, more schooling
and less work for the children, and a
margin of saving for sickness and old
age"
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Tranel1et's Gnthf.
New York, New Haven and
Hartford II. R,

| FOR NEW YoRK-*4;05, ~4:50, xS.10,
x7;0O, 500, 1910. $3.50, 1915, x1O3o a.
M, "12:10, 1915, 1870 Cparlor car linz
ited, *l:85. 1900 $3.50, 800, $4,000, *4:17.
A3O, $40. 5:35, $50, "7:10, 1910,
9:1b bridgeport accommodating *9:1o
9:lb p. m. sundays-*4o5, 1880, xS:0o
a. M, $3.50, x4:3O, x6:15, 1910, 1910,
$780, 1910 p m.
FOR WASHINGTON via Harlem
River-"1:o5. '11:5o p. m. daily.
FOR BOSTON via Hartford and Will
ilnantic--*1O:03 q. m.
FOR BOSTON via New London and
Providenoe-"2:1o, 1920, "11:35 (parlor
car limited a. M, "12;o5, '2:47, @4:o5.
F4:55, 1855 p. m. Sundays-*2:10, 1920
a. m, "12:O5, '455, +6:55 p. m.
FOR BOSTON via springfield-s1:1o,
x1O:10, '1105 a. M. "1:45. $3.50 p. m.
Sundays-"1:1o a. M, $3.50 p. m.
FOR MER1DEN. HARTFORD.
SPRINGFIELD, etc.-"1:1o, $40. 500,
x1O:O3 Ito Hartford) x1o:1o. s11:o5 a. M.
1908, *1:45. $40, 500. $3.50, (6:15 to
Hartford), 500. 1000. lib. Ito Meriden)
p. m. Sundays-1:10 a. NJ, 1908, 1853,
1928 .. m.
NEW LONDON DIVISION
For New London, etc-*2:10. 1920,
1855, $3.50, 11:05, %11:35. (parlor car
limited) a. M, s12:o5, 2:15 "2:47,
'4:o5, N4:55, 5:15 6:15 Ito saybrook juno
tion), $3.50, $40 (Guilford acc.) p nj.
Sundays-#2:10 1920 a. M, 1905, *4:55,
6:55 p. m.
AIR LINE DIVISION
For Middletown, Willimantic, etc.
7:45 a. m, 1876, 1888, sos p. M Sum
days-7:15 p. M Connecting at Middle
town with the Valley branch and at
Willimantic with Midland and Central
divisions and G. " r. r.: at Turner
vile with Colchester branch.
NORTHAMPTON DIVISION
For Shelburne Falls, Turner's Falls,
Williamsburg. Holyoke, New Hartford
and intermediate stations-7:60 a. M.
and 400 p. m, For Westfleld and in
termediate stations, SGT p M
For Pennington. New Hartford and
points this side-7:bo a. M, 1904, 400,
5:57 p. m.
BERKSHIRE DIVISION
For Derby Junction, Derby, Ansonia,
etc.-7:00, 800, 9.8S a. M, 1900, 2.S9,
1857. 5:3b, 1850. 11:2O p. m. Sundays
$40 a. m. and $3.50 p. m.
For Waterbury-7:0 500, 9:33 a. M,
1900, 2:39, 5:35. 1850, 1920 D. m. Sum
days-S:10 a. M, 6:1b p. m. (via Nauga-
tuck Junction..
For Winsted-7:oo, s:ss a. M, 2as,
$685. 1850 p. m. Sundays-8:10 a. M,
6:15 p. M (via Naugatuck Junction).
For Shelton, Botsford Newtown. DAN
bury, Pittsfield, State Line-s:33 a. M.
1857 D. m.
For Albany Buffalo, Detroit Cincin-
natl. st. Louis, Chicago and the West
via Bridgeport-6:10 a. n1.; via State
Line--9:33 a. M, 3:57 .. m.
For Litchf1eld and points on Litchfield
branch (via Derby Junction), 9:33 a. m.
1857 p. m.
express Trains. xLocal Express.
c. T. HAMPSTEAD.
General Passenger Agent.
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Lovely Dress Goods For Little.

STYLISH ALL-WOOLPLAIDs, SO INCH
wide, cancels hair effects and plain,
-29cts Yard, instead of Scots
SMART CAMEL'S HAIR MIXTURES
and Homespuns, Atwood and full SO in.
wide, 49,, --39cts Yard
STUNNING SCOTCH CHECKS, MIXED
Granite and Homespuns, goods 40 inches
vide and Atwood, 90 and 75cts a yard in
worth. Scots Yard
A VERY DISTINCTIVE SHOWING OF
Atwood Cancels Hair and Homespun
Suiting, in the new blues, greys, tobacco
browns, ETC., having the appearance of 81
and 81. 50 suiting, Acts Yard
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i. sTARIN's
New Haven TRANSPORTATION Ca

DAILY NXCNPT SATURDAY.
Steamer JOHN II. STARIN, Captain Nc.
Allister, leaves New Haven from Starin'a
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. stenmei
ERAsTUs CORNING, Captain Thompson.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Thc
North River. at Q p. m. Mondays, Wcdnes.
days and Fridays; the ERAsTUb CORNING
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Fare
rooms 81 30
Tickets and staterooms for sale AZ /. n.
Judson's, 88T Chapel street; Peck & Bisb
tie depot on arrival Of Hartford train s1 All
from corner of Chapel and Church streets
s every half bout hourl commencing at $50 p. m.
west. C. H. FISHER. Agent
Order your freight via Starin Line
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remember, they had to get water for
themselves and water their horses half
q mile across the open. OF course they
did it in the dark, but the Beers used
to lie in wait for them and trained their
guns on to the spot where they had to
water. This was stopped by the be-
sleged sending out party Of fifty to
stop them as they went into the bushes.
but, of course, the guns fired all the
ZANE I think these fellows deserve
anything. London Times.
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f,exelsnd VIII Not Talk.

princeton, N. j., Oct. 1O.-Ex-Presi-
dant and Mrs. Grover Cleveland and
their four children, who spent the
summer at Buzzards Bay. arrived In
princeton tonight from New York on
+he Princeton special train. He abso-
1utely refused to be interviewed ON the
nojitical situation.
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AL SI.50

$l.oS. In fact we've put the old ones in
along with the new and they're all to go for
$50. They're of silk Taffsta with silk COW
Ell and tassel, mounted on paragon frames with
stunning Princess handles of English horn and
English natural wood silver trimmed.
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GEN, HARRISON'S ATTITUDE
tcont,nued from First Page.)

igt3ng to duties and imposts, applies to
po,to Rico. These views, l know, are
NOT held by many able lawyers. 1t is a
local ouestion-one that the political
departments of the government cannot
fully ad1udge. The final and controll-
ing word upon this question is with the
United States supreme court. Cases In
yolying the question are, [ understand,
pending and a decision, in which we
all must acquiesce, cannot be long de-
gerped. / think, therefore, that voters
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yyaldersee in Command.

rfen Tsin, Oct Announcement was
,,ada in the British brigade orders yes
terday of the fact that Count Won wal
dorsee had assumed chief command of
the troops in Chilli province.
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BLACK SCOTCH CHEVIOT, A
choice piece of Sd inch wide Chew
lot, made of fine long Australian
wool, worth 8octs, every yard of
it, 6octs Yard
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New Gloves.

TIME TO PUT ON GLOVES.
A special Thursday sale of 2
clasp French Lamb Gloves. that's
the best lamb SKIN in the marXet,
a glove fully worth ST..
THURSDAY 6octs Pair
CoLORs INCLUDE TAN, MOD E,
grey, brown, red, and black and white.
With either black or self stitching.
We open the glove season with this
trusty lamo skin Glove off
cred we'll under price.
BLACK CASHMERE GLOVES,
Kayser double tipped fingers, that
means new pair for every pair
that wears at finger ends.
THURSDAY 25cts Pair
Instead of 38cts.
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Housekeeper's Bargains.

LADIES' FINE PARLOR BROOM
worth 39cu, Us Cents
2 HOOP OAK GRAINED PAIL, WOR I'll
l5cts, Ill Cents
9 CAKE u. S. MAIL SOAP, -25 Cents
COM bINATION SET COMPRISING A,
pail, mop handle and mop, scrub brush
and soap powGer ooct value-Se Cents,
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New Silk Flannel.

IT'S QUITE NEW. THERE'S
no wool in it at all. but it's verv
lustrous. very soft, very graceful rich
fabric, ever so slightly twilled.
SIPS Yard
SHADES INCLUDE OLD ROSE, RED,
old blue, pink and navy.
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RAILW .AY.

Commencing June IL, 1000, and Ieav-
Ing daily there after.
Luxurious Sleeping and Dining Cars.
Dining Cars with Unsurpassed Cuisine.
For ALL POINTS on the PACIFIC COAST.
Connecting at Vancouver with the steam
ers Of the trans Pacific and Canadian Royal
Mai! Steamship Line for CHINA, JAPAN
and the PHILIPPINES, HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA.
Any Canadian Pacific Agent will b
pleased to send pamphlets.
H.. v. StkiNN,G R
General Eastern Agent,
$50 Broadway, Borough Of Manhattan.
New York.
g. Nc. II. USHER, G. r. ~,
ie7 tt Montreal, Quebec.
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Blankets, F!anne!s

A full size Blanket for ACC Pair.
worth 7octs by actual valuation.
Not the small understood ones mind, but gen.
erous regular sized Blankets.
THURSDAY-4octs Pair
COTTON FLANNELEITE
in t lot of such pretty, warm bright
colors and neat dainty patterns. the
kind they sell elsewhere for 8cts a
yard. THURSDAY 4Hcts Yard
PANJAB PERCALES, PER-
fectly fawless goods small as the
PR c ma seem
THURSDAY 10cts a Yard
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warranted fast colors, builto paragon frame
and steel rod, the natural handles neatly trim
med with silver.
Good idea to get one to-day you're sure
to need it soon.
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THE RACES AT LEXINGTON.
Good Wea Their and n Fine Card

Good Weather and a Fine Card
Lexington. KY. Oct. 10.-The weather
was cool and pleasant to-day and a
good crowd saw the races. The track
was in first class shape. The card had
four events, including the unfinished
2:1S trot, which was laid over yesterday
after two heats each had been won by
Stranger and Wauban and one by
Molo. These heat winners appeared to-
day and the first heat was won by Molo
in 2:14 "a, Wauban second and Strang-
er third But Stranger went out, came
fast through the stretch, and won the
second and the race in 2:15 1-2, with
speed to spare.
The 2:0S pace was won In straight
heats easily by VIII Leyburn. Sidney
Pointer went a good race and got sec
ond money The third went to Nicol
B., and the fourth to Flirt Time
1903 ga, 200, 2:10 IA
The Kentucky, $4,000 for three-year-
old trotters, as also straight heat af-
fair and was won as she pleased by
Emma Winter the fast daughter Of Di-
rectum. Lady Thisbe got second money
and Porto Rico third.
The 1926 trot was a gift to Critic, who
won in straight heats as he pleased.
Summarizes:
2:08 Pace-Purse 81 900
Will Leyburn, blk m, by Will
ton, (Carpenter) ...... 4 1
Sidney Pointer, b h, (keTly) 80. 2 2 4
Nicol B., br h. (McLaughlin) 2
F'lirt, blk m, tRennick) ........ 8
Goblet, oh h, (Deane) .... s
Major Muscovite, br' h, (Mc-
mahon) ......... ............ 5 d
Argettat CHI h. ID WILSON, -.
Time-2;09 "a 200, 2:10 Ia.
Emma Winter, b f, by Directum
(McLaughlin) 49,. =. ....
Lady Thisbe, blk (Rea) 2 2
Porto Rico, b C (Kiroy). ......... 8 8
Time-2:17A, 2;19A
2;26 Class-Trotting- $500.
Critic, b G, by Falmont (Flem-
lng) ................ 1 / /
Fred c., b g (McGarvey) ..... Q 2 g
Lord Linton, CHI h. (Fuller) 49,. 8 2
Time-9:16, 2:16A, 2:21
2:1S Trot-Purse $1,000.
Stranger,b gby Eas-
ton Wilkes (Evans) 2 1 8 3 81
Wauban,gr g (Curtis) 2 Q Il 3
Molo, b G Oollin-
ger).... .......... Il 2 8 1
Willard Saunders, b
g. CMerryround) 49, 8 5 no
Mi Ada, b m mid
dleton.. ....... 5 4 s 8 70
Newton A., br
(Anderson) .....5 4
Gold Lace, br
(Thomas) :. :. :. Z d
T1me-2;1Sh, 2:14a, 2;151a, 2:15h.
ZIG, 2:14A, 2:15R.
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Never sold before less
than fl. Is. A small
lot of Mems % Inch
Black Twill I'm brellas,
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A FRESH CASE OF MEMS NATURAL
Woo. Mixed Shirts and Drawers Shirts
all-silk stitched and with pearl buttons,
made TO sell for Scots.
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USED A STOLEN CHECKB00K.
Z. K. GrimmelI Accused Of Getting
$4,000 from Banks.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-Chief Wilkie,
of the treasury secret service. was noti-
fed to-day of the arrest, in Philadelphia,
of Edward l.. Grimmell, ormerly a civilian
clerk in the office of the disbursing officer
for the medical department, under Major
d. III. Hall, in San Francisco. The charge
against him is that of theft of United
States property. and he was held by a
United States commissioner for a further
hearing on March IS. II is expected that he
will be taken to San Francisco for trial.
The following statement Of the operations
Of Grimmell and his record are furnished
by Chief Wilkie:
ION the 23d of last December Grimmell,
then a clerk in the medical disbursing. Of
flee at San Francisco, decamped with a
check book containing four hundred checks
of the regulation engraved kind used by
disbursing clerks, directed TO the assistant
treasurers of the United States. Informal
ton received by the secret service is that
he came east and south during the month
of January, drew on checks made payable
to him an amount approximating $1,000.
He represented himself to be a purchasing
agent for the medical department in some
places, and in Texas as a purchasing agent
for mules and by this means secured the
| money. The aliases rimmell Travelled un-
der include S. A. Bylene, E. E Grimshaw,
+. L. Wallace, II. L. Stein, ). ID. Peters,
Harry E. Stein, j. s.. Hall, Harry f. San
ford and Z. D.. Smithers. Later Grimmell
came to New York, where. 1t Is said. he
| registered at the Morton House under the
| name of E.. T.. Gordon. Subsequently he
went to Philadelphia, where he was ar
| rested to-day. In many cases Grimmel
| presented checks to the banks for a much
| larger amount than he secured, and when
these were refused persuaded the officials
to give him a smaller amount on plea of
needing ready money. The prisoner is
| about twenty-five years old and halls from
Buffalo. n. Y, where he formerly worked
as a drug clerk"
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BOERS CLEVER AS CATS.


LONDON, March 10.-Mr. A. G. Hales.
the Daily News correspondent, who fell
into the hands of the Beers Feb. z and
some inside Impressions of the Beers.
''They are clever as cats in their rough
mountain country and nearly as active,
dashing from point to point with marvel
Gus rapidly, equally at home on foot or in
the saddle. never by any chance exposing
themselves needlessly. but brave enough
when mere courage and use are necessary.
them on the veldt from behind bushes,
rocks and loose earth, often allowing our
scouts to get within a few yards and per-
hitting them TO ride away unmolested in
order TO draw the troops into ambush. {"
1t was into one Of these snares that Mr..
Hales with eighty T~asmanians rode.
Lamberts, the Boer general. Is described
as dressed like a bullock driver with
patched tweed trousers. a coarse blue cot
ton shirt, a dirty red cotton handkerchief
round his neck and a battered felt hat"
He wore a pair of boots that were ragged
at the toes, his sleeves were rolled up 10
the elbow and he had a short pipe in his
mouth when Mr.. Hales saw him. But he
seemed full Of dash and energy and was
said to be a celebrated hunter. His men
did not salute him. but addressed him IA
miliarly.
Mr.. Hales and the other wounded were
sent into the interior. Whenever their es-
cort stopped at a Boer farm men and
women gave them milk. fruit. brandy and
tobacco, washed their wounds and literally
overwhelmed them with kindly attentions.
When some OF the British prisoners said
they were married and had families the
Boer women would lift their children TO be
shaken by the hand.
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BREvITIEs.

Thomas Nathaniel. colored. was hanged
at Thibodeaux, La. yesterday for the muir
der of Mary Parker, his paramour- Ma
thaniel admitted HIS guilt.
Governor Longino has appointed Hon. 3.
s. Calhoon. OF Jackson, chief justice of the
Mississippi Supreme Court, TO I'LL the va
cancy caused by the resignation OF Judge
Thomas II. Woods.
Z. G. Rideout, general manager OF q
colonizing enterprise at La Gloria. Cuba.
writes TO say. In response TO a recent dis
patch from Havana, that no colonists are
in distress at La Gloria
Wyman King, a negro. was executed at
Pensacola. Fla, yesterday for the murder
OF his sweetheart, Victoria Watkins. King
helped erect the gallows. and when the
work was finished jokingly suggested that
another negro be put on first as a test.
Thirty bodies have been taken from the
Red Ash mine, in West Virginia six OF
which were recovered yesterday From
the best Information obtainable the number
ir the mine at the time OF the explosion
was forty-two. and no one has the slightest
hone that any OF them are alive.
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READY TO QUIT.
INCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)

been beautifully calculated to destroy them
utterly. AS the Sixth Division emerged
from a hidden position and appeared on the
crest with the mounted infantry in Skin
mishing order, the Beers thought the
whole earth was covered with soldiers in
their front and rear and on their TANKS.
They did not wait to verify their SUPPOSE
ton, but fed, seized apparently with a
dread that they might share the fate Of
Cronje."
Mr.. Spencer Wilkinson, dealing in the
Morning Post to-day with the d~isappoint-
ment expressed by the wal correspondent
respecting the Poplar Grove battle, says:
Doubtless it was not a great victory, since
the enemy was not punished and no great
strategical advantage was gained. 1t can
not be denied that the Beers have pursued
a wise course in defiance of the very bad
tactical and strategical advice of President
Kruger and President Steyn. From the
British view point it is a pity this advice
was not followed. for. in that case, Lord
Roberts would probably W captured the
whole force. We may be pretty sure that
he did not mean to allow them to retreat,
but every commander in the field has his
disappointments. 1t looks now as though
the Beers would soon adopt guerrilla tao
tics; but. even when the Transvaal Is oc-
cupied, there will still be plenty of work
for the British forces"