Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-18
MANY ATTEND
 B0ER LECTURE
GENERAL JoUssRT AND CAPTAIN
 C'DoNNELL AT DOUGLAS.
Owing to Absence Of E'ieptric Light Stereopticon Feature Is Omitted
 Big Crowd Hear Facts of 6oer Fight
Special to Review)

Douglas, June 17.-Last night tho | Boer soldiers, General Joubert and Captain ODonnell. gave their lecture in Library hall. Owing to the fact that they could not get electric con, nection for their lantern, they could not show the pictures as was expecte l The lecture was very well attended by Douglas people. and was very inter esting. Edward W Flannigan made the opening remarks and introduced General Joubert.
 The general first apologized for his broken English. which is not so diff. cult to understand as he thinks. He gave concise talk on the reasons for the war, and then carried his hearers from one battle to another all throue, the war, now and then relating some ilttie incident in a humorous way. which kept the audience in good humor. The general is a good talker and his description of the fights. yic. tories and ultimate defeat of his people was interesting as well as very in. structive.
 The description of his own capture by the English, while fighting a greatly superior force. was exciting. After explaining the cause of the loss of the war by the Boers, the general made some remarks on their present condi- ton under British rule. and what their future might be.
 Captain ODonnell was then intro. drced, and he spoke particularly on the actions of the Irish and the Oranra Free Staters during the war.
 He spoke several times of Colonel Blake of the Irish-American forces Colonel Blake was at one time an off cer in the United States regular army anc was stationed at Fort Bowie dur- Ing the old Apache fighting days iu this part of Arizona. Blake went r., Scuu Africa and took up the cause of the Boers and made a name as . gal lant and brave officer.
 The captain described several bates Tn which he took part in a way thai was easily understood. He has a knack of making an audience see clearly what hs is describing. One thing that the captain brought out was the great difference in marksmansbin between the Boer soldiers and the English. For various reasons the exact number of men lost by the En siish has never been made public, but according to Captain O'Donnell. that short and hord fought var cost Ene. land 10000 lives, while the Boers lost a little over 5000 men in the war.
 Before closing his speech, Captain oDonnefl spoke of the kindness and sympathy of the American psople for the cause of the Boers.
 All who attended the lecture vara well pleased with what they heard and icft the building with a kindly feeling TOT the people who lost their liberty in a war of 65,000 men against 400 ooo well equipped soldiers.
 The only thing that marred the 1ao. ture was the presence of a number of small boys, who could not be made f, keep still, and who annoyed those in ,eres1ed in the lecture by their loud taiklng and constantly walking across lhe hoor or making all sorts of noises on the outside of the building pp-. i''seiy to disturb the lecture. Donc. .aS mas omeers who should see that ep. ter1alnments are not disturbed hz, these young hoodlums. who at ,ha. nour or the night should be at home