Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-03-13
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south Africa. heneral Metlbueu, one
of Englands famous soldiers, with
eleven hundred men. has been stam-
peded by the Beers. and General Me
thuen wounded and captured. The
news of the defeat was announced in
the house of commons today by the
secretary OF war who said, regarding
Lord Kitchener's dispatch:
Regret to send you bad news abou;
Methuen with 300 mounted men and
200 inafntry, four guns, and one POM
pom. He started to Litchenberg from
Wynberg, and was to meet Greenfield
with 1900 mounted troops. but near
Tembesch was attacked by Delarey.
The Beers charged from three sides
Five hundred and fifty mounted
and fifty mounted troops at Maribogo,
and were pursued four miles. Re-
ported that Methuen Major Paris. sec
ond in command. guns and baggage
were captured. General Methuen
when last seen was a prisoner. Sug-
gest publication be delayed till more
definite details"
Second dispatch received Sunday.
says:
Parks. with the remainder of the
men, arrived from Kramspan. and
reports that the column was moving
in two columns. ox-wagons an hour
Nhead of those with mules. The
Beers attacked at dawn and the mules
stampeded, making a terrible mixture
of mules, wagons. and mounted men
rushing into ox-teams. All efforts to
nh sto do
Major Paris called for one hundred
men, but after gallant and useless
defense, the enemy rushed them.
General Methuen was wounded in the
thigh and Major Paris surrendered af-
ter six hours fighting. Three officers.
and thirty-eight men were killed, and
five officers and seventy-two men
wounded. Two hundred men are
missing"
LONDON, March lO-After reading
Lord Kitchener's dispatches, Broder-
lex. secretary of war, added apology
for General Methuen, saying: His
failure to relieve Kimberly did not re-
fleet to his discredit"
This refers to the severe reverse
General Methuen suffered at Modder
river. two years ago. General Me-
thuen kept his position through socie-
ty influence. it is said
TOPEKA, Kan. March 10.-Miss
Lola Lowther, daughter of Rev. &.
Lowther of the Methodist Episcopal
church of Mcpherson, Kan, will chris
ten the new lake steamer S. H. Will
kinson at Chicago. for Mr.. Wilkinson,
her brother-in-law. She refuses to
use champagne. and will take with her
a bottle of Kansas water.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. March TO-
The Penoyers of Bay City, Michigan,
entered into contract this morning
for the erection of sugar beet fac
tory in this city to cost six hundred
Thousand dollars. Its daily capacity
will be five hundred sacks. The fac
tory will be ready for the crop OF
1903. The farmers pledge themselves
to plant five thousand acres. and Fort
Collins citizens to take two hundred
thousand dollars stock in the enter
prise.
TACOMA, Wash, March 10.-Twen-
ty-five vessels have already been char.
tered for the Alaska trade The
rush to Nome this spring will be
enormous, and much larger than in
previous years. More passengers
have SO far been booked than ever
before, due to the fact that the Nome
gold fields are now regular producers,
and the distant city permanent
town.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March TO-
The federal supreme court held today
that the Illinois antitrust law is un-
constitutional because defective in
exempting stockmen and agricultural
lists from prohibition to combine. The
decision rendered is in the case of
Connolly against Union Sewer Pipe
company Connolly refused to pay
the companys bill, alleging that it
was a member of the trust.
Cornelius Vanness, the octagenarian
engineer, who sailed on the Celtic last
month for the Holy Land, was bap-
tiZed yesterday in the river Jordan,
thus fulfilling the ambition OF his life.
PARIS, March 10.-Dr. RouX, of the
Pasteur institute who performed the
famous operation upon Sarah Bern
ndTut, Wltu LII. beIScIOH nave pCSh
studying the question of microbes at
che great hospitals, and today an
nounce astounding results. They say
that public buildings are saturated
with microbes, the Bourse having ten
thousand microbes to every square
Yard. The eminent physicians say
that the yelling of traders makes air
very impure and that the atmosphere
of the New York stock exchange must
be just as bad. The growth of mi
crobes is increasing and the results
are likely to be desperate.
WASHINGTON. d. c., March 10
Secretary Long returned from Wash
ington last night and went immedi-
ately to the White house, where dur
ing a protracted interview he tender
ed his resignation to take effect May
1st.
Representative William Moody was
this morning offered and has accepted