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,cs Der Reqnine pan ct itsrre Slar'
tefelt poa ben tsrlagte Sanogruno,
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Selma af 2ier Scrrcb. Sra Dram

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Sialmar Sobanien til SDSpOlcn ?
"Trom" .Ionben SinImor Sobanicr
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Ruten.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

until the vanguard had reached the town of Colenso:
which is close to the rver Here they paused and
spread out. while the naval guns rapidly wheeled
into position, began to tear the hills behind line
with heavy Lyddite shells The Beers looked up at
the shrieking but futile messengers of destruction
and laughed because the British gunners were aim
ing far beyond the trenches. The hills they were
became doubly convinced that there were no Beers
to bar their way. The shell fire ceased. and in
silence strangely in contrast to the thunder OF the
big guns the army again came swinging forward.
Still the Beers did not fire.
wait bit. wait bt!" Botha kept repeating.
Moving Down the British
THE first companies of the enemy reached the
bridge and the ford, and each rifleman picked
out a victim. Then Botha gave the word. Almost
as single sound, like CULVER suddenly breaking
a silence among the Lilputs, the Mausers from the
trenches began to speak. The Englishmen looked up
in establishment, and sank under the impact of sing
places, fell into the water and went rolling down the
stream. Great numbers, running back from this
fatal river hit they and lurched forward
on their faces. Some stood bewildered, not knowing
which way to turn, because the pOmpoms OF MAJOR
Pretorus the hill had joined the chorus, and men
front The uncertain not left long in their
uncertainty Bullets put end to it. Soldiers
rushing here and there aimlessly, harassed by
shells that were exploding on all sides OF them
From the height where cannon were located the
British army looked, l was told afterward, like a
colony of greatly worried ants.
Suddenly many ambulances came rocking and
careenng out the plain in front of the greater
number of the British and our ponpoms subsidized
into silence the cannon ceased their heavy argu-
ments and the riflemen in the trenches held their
fire, in order that there might be ministrations OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

lrishmen ever knew He 1eaped upon a gun: he
straddled the muzzle: and gazed with astonishment
on crowd of British hudded IN depression IN the
ground behind the piece.
"Surrender We tarriers!'' he yelled
With this Colonel Bullock. British officer. big
Scotsman scrambled to his feet. " For the love o
heaven. come off that gun!' he exclaimed to Mike.
Don't ye know you're liable to get killed. me boy?"
'Surrenderl' repeated Nike drawing out his
revolver but pointing it at the crouchlng figures on
the ground and not at the soicitous Scotsman:
At this instant lot more of the Irish and some of
the Beers came running up and the English soldiers
in the SLUT hastily cast away their rifles, to indicate
that they did not intend to Shoot and did not want
to be shot at The Scotsman who had feared for
Mike was the only man among them still defiant
Come. surrender said a Boer, pushing his
Mauser into the officers face.
Il won't, won't not while have whole Skin!
cried the latter slashng around him with his sword,
all his fighting blood up again, now that he was
confronted by score of men instead OF by just
lone Irish boy.
We'll have to make We, then" said the Boer, and
stepping back he struck this stubborn enemy
heavy blow on the head with the butt OF his nile
The Scotsman went over backward. He was
unconscious for moment, and then opened his
eyes Mike who leaning over him, wping the
blood from deep wound in his forehead.
Faith, and ye're camel exclaimed the young
Irishman. Yell give up now, won't We, old chap
he added coaXingly.
Il will" replied the Scotsman; but couldn't
do it so long as l was my feet We ken how it is
yersel
two small towns miles back from the river.
General Botha, the who had been a private a
month before, had won, against vastly superior
numbers the battle of Colenso, and had delivered
to British prestige one of the hardest blows it had
received In killed wounded, and missing the
enemys loss nearly five thousand men.
An Expensive General
RUT the Beers as well as the British had their frail
- reeds For instance, there was General Eras-
wealthy, and averse to taking chances with his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
Times of the Africanders Before Ladysmith

mercy to the helpless wounded on that bloody field
But Pretorius the HILL perceived that the British
were attempting ruse. He saw that twelve Arm
strong cannon were being dragged into place behind
the ambulances
Begin to fire again, he shouted to his gunners,
standing by awaiting ORDERS and train your pieces
upon the wagons!'
The hill once awoke to fury. Shells fell
among the ambulances and scattered them. exposing
the artillerymen in charge of the to rain of
shot and shell so deadly that all the horses and most
of the men fell at the guns Except for isolated
figure here and there none was left to flee. In
bold relief but impotent, the row of big guns
stood out the plain. Instantly the fight was
focused upon them. it being the purpose of the
British to get them back and of side to capture
them.
Several times large parties of horsemen rushed
out from the main force of the British, which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

ing pipes and spinning yarns, they would send
few last shells screaming toward the town just to
say good night and show that they were ready for
any movement in the darkness.
For weeks this lasted,-weeks that to me seemed
like Fourth of July celebration strung out over
many days,-and then morning we heard that
General Butler and his thirty-five thousand men
were marching rapidly northward to the relief of
Ladysnth Our force about eight thousand
strong. 1t was plain that there work before us.
Botha's FIRST Chance
GENERAL LUCAS MEYER, an incompetent
~ leader, had meanwhile fallen ill., and his
mand had been given to Louis Botha, keen eyed.
hrm Tipped young man whose judgment and zeal
had Thda Up to this ne mao
he sent with his small force to stop the advance
of the big army of General Butler. The latters
essary line OF approach to Ladysmth was s, cut by
serpentne from west to east about ten miles
south of the besieged town. The only way OF cross
ing this river was by a ford and a wooden bridge.
On the northern bank, directly in front of these.
General Botha took his stand. On the hills behind
his trenches he placed his pompoms and other big
guns in charge of that brilliant artillery officer,
Major Pretorius In this position he awaited the
coming of the British.
Compared to theirs his force only handful.
The pacity of our numbers was due to the fact that
the greater part of the Boer army needed to keep
General Whites army bottled up in Ladysrnth.
From the Irish Brigade. for instance only fifty men
of these, because my right arm, which had been
smashed by shell from Ladysmth in the defense of
Pepworth Hill, had not healed and still gave me
much trouble.
The British army had reached couple of little
towns close together about miles to the south
of the Tugela, and from there sent out scouting
parties The latter did not dare to the river,
nor to approach very close to it. From their observa
ton points at distance they could Beers
signs of Beers. Our CrouChed in the
trenches, waiting Butler, concluding that the Beers
the north side of the river few days before
had retired before his overwhelming numbers, gave
the order to advance December I s and with swing
ing steps, in beautiful battle array, his army moved
into the death trap.
They marched down the treeless, sloping plain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

naQ retired well up the slope,
in attempts to drag the pieces
away: but each time these dar-
ing soldiers were driven back
by storms of lead, leaving men
and horses on the ground be-
hind them. Lieutenant Rob
erts. a son of Lord Roberts,
commander in chief of the Brit
ish army. was killed in one of
these reckless SallieS.
Irishmen in the Lead
GENERAL BOTHA called for
~ volunteers to take the guns.
All within reach of his voice
responded: but my Irish boys
were in the lead. They could
run faster than the Beers, and
thus were in advance when the
volunteers raced across the
bridge 1t was little Mike
Haley, the one to whom l had
intrusted the perilous task of
procuring one hundred pounds
of dynamite from a coal mine
for our bridge destroying prof.
ect of two months before, who
first reached the guns. Mike
had the soft hazel eyes and pink
complexion of a timid girl; but
he was one of the most reckless
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

Or I'M vi SdlSly
~ pervaded the Boer
camps on the hill
that looked down on
Ladysmith. We had been
relieved of fear. Before
that morning when the
British had sailed forth
from the town in glisten-
ing lines to sweep us from
our positions, we had
never met the legions of
the Queen in full array
of battle, and many of
us had wondered with
misgivings how the un-
trained farmers would
acquit themselves before
Great Britain's hosts. But
when, after eight hours
of fighting, we had seen
the far flung battle
line" buckle back and
break, and dissolve itself
into a fleeing mob, the
sun had broken through
the clouds that had
mounted high on the hori-
zon of our hopes. The
farmers could more than
hold their own.
Every morning shortly
after dawn, when the
slanting light from the
east made shining marks
of the houses down in
Ladysmith, we would
turn our Long Toms and
howitzers upon them, as
a sort of overture to the
days drama of easy war
fare After breakfast
there would be more can
nonading, and in the cool
of the late afternoon
more yet. Along toward
bed time, when the boys
had grown tired of smok-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
CHICAGO MYSTERY CLEARED
knights Of White Death" Joke Of
Youth Who Wanted Sherlock
Holmes Mystery.

Chicago, Dec. 13.-The mystery Of
the knights of the White Death"
letters, which were recently sent to
various clergymen and prominent cit
liens in this city with the threat that
unless they left large sums of money
at designated spots they would be
put to death, was cleared up last
night. when William Pollard, twenty.
two years old, driver of a grocer's
wagon, was arrested and confessed to
having sent the missives as joke.
When confronted by the postoffice Of
ficials, Pollard laid the blame on his
having read Conan Doyle's stories Of
crime. Fascinated by the novelist's
.lurid pictures Of skulls, ghosts, grave
yards, and all-night vigils of detec-
tives, Pollard declared. he had deter
mined to. see how they would work
out in the hands Of the Chicago po-
lice. So he organized the knights
Of the White DEATH" and with Sher-
lock Holmes fancy for the weird.
wrote out bundle of letters, all deco
rated with skulls and cross-bones.
The demands for money, he said, were
simply added to enliven the mystery,
as he never went to see whether the
money was left or not.
Pollard was arrested at Evanston,
a suburb. He was held in custody
pending further investigation.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
RISK OFFICIALS MAY ESCAPE.

II Decision Freeing Tegeman Stands
It Will Serve to Quash Indictments.
New York, Dec. 13.-John R. Hege-
man, president of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company. was freed
by the court yesterday in decision
that, if it stands, will serve to quash
all indictments now outstanding
against insurance officials. District
Attorney Jerome, however, expects to
take the present case to the court of
appeals.
Mr.. Hegeman was charged with
perjury in the verification of a report
made by the Metropolitan Life In
surance company to the superintend.
ent of insurance of the State of New
York in January, 1905. The matter
reached the appellate division of the
supreme court through habeas corpus
proceedings, and yesterday that court
sustained the writ and dismissed
Hegeman from custody.
The court in it's opinion says that
the evidence was insufficient to es-
tablish prima facie, wilful and DELHI
crate perjury of Mr.. Hegeman. On
the contrary, there was enough to
show satisfactorily that such wilful
and deliberate perjury had been COM
mitted.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-18
RIVER CONGRESS OVER.
Conventions Last Act Declaration fol
$5O0,000,0oO Of Bonds.

6dSS fASI SCStdt dIiOU wi
$5oo,0o0, 900 Of Bonds.
Washington, Dec. 13.-The rivers
and harbors congress adjourned final
ly yesterday after the adoption of a
series of resolutions, the most i'm
portant of which was one providing
for the issuance of $5OO,000,0OO of
bonds by congress for financing of
waterway improvements.
Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana,
president, and j. F. Ellison of Cincin-
natl, secretary and treasurer, were
reelected.
The resolutions urge congress to
authorize the completion of water
ways projects heretofore entered up
on; the adoption Of new projects Of
a comprehensive character; doubling
the size of the engineer corps of the
army, and the creation of commits
sion to study waterways here and
abroad.
Vice presidents, one each from the
various states, and a board of d.
rectors were appointed.