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THE OMAHA DALLY BEE; PIjyDAV, DECEMBER 2, 1900.
FIGHTING WITH THE BOERS
Bhort-Eange Sketches of Men and Events in
the HcpubHcnn Army,
QUAINT CHARACTERS FROM MANY LANDS
t'ljrhttiiK lunll(lm of the Yoiiiik Afri
kander '1 lie ltoli 1 1 o - or IIiiIhhi-Iii
In n Wiirni Cnriivr A Slrnum;
Llntilciup Picture.
Colonel Arthur Lynch, commander of the
Becond Irish brigade of tho Uocr arm)', and
correspondent of Collier's Wcokly, who
recently returned to tho United States,
prints In tho current Issue of tho Weekly
lovcrnl sketches ot soldierly characters
developed on tho republican sldo and tho
vents that demonstrated their fighting
qualities. Coming from n leading partici
pant In tho fray, they hear the Imprint of
tho artist on the spot.
Tho first combat nt Elandslaagte was
ono of tho must tcrrlhlo engagements of
the wur, and It Illustrates a truth which t
had frequent occasion to verify during tho
cumpalgii, tnat autibUgh bravery Is an e.i
stntlal element In ovi-ry guod commander,
yet In tho hlerarcny of hlB qualifications It
ought to occupy only an inferior position.
Llko TeulL-Udrock'B learning, It should bo
Ucre, naturally uud of course, and that
should be tho end of any reference to It.
Tho lloers had beta led to u very exposed
and unsupported position, and nil day lung,
LbcllccI at and fusilladed, ihey hud fouglu
itg&lnst terrible odds. A few of thu ad
vamed guard also, it tho truth must be
told and that 1 always endeavor to do
had taken too muuh of iha cup that cheers
but not helps to shoot iho stralghter.
Toward evening tho IJoers broko and tied,
un(. tho Kngllsh lancirs sailed lu nnd en
Joyed a couplo of hours' "pig sticking,"
us they fauotlously called tho sport of
putting their lances through liners who
had surrendered, and noma ot whom begged
on their knees for mercy. Hen VHJoen, iho
famous commandant of tho Johannesburg
men, now general, wan one of thoso who did
not surrender, but who made his escape
In tho dark. Two Kngllsh soldiers rode
nfter him, nnd they called out, "You are a
prisoner!"
"No, I'm not," responded tho doughty
lien, and pulling out n revolver ho shot the
first man. Thu other took to his heels,
VHJoen galloped away, hut soon after, In
inking his horso over a small ditch, tha
animal stuck so fast In the mud thnt ho
could not get out. VHJoen left htm there
at anchor and pursued his way cn foot.
Two men who subsequently joined my
commando were among tho heroes of Eland
slaogtc. (The name, I may say In paren
thesis, is derived from tho word Eland, a
buck or deer; nnd Inagtc, a long slopo or
talus.) They had resisted tho sholls and
the storming parties of tho English all dny
leng, nnd at night they did not Hoc. They
simply hid near tho top of tho bill behind
soino rows sheltered by n few bushes, nnd
they remained there motionless, whllo tho
English soldiers, who had clambered to tho
helghtB, wero Bhoutlng, "Utile rirltnnnla!"
nnd disporting themselves llko demons. Tho
Bddlcrs woro often within a few yards of
them, but Hartman and Haines for so they
wero called lay low. After n tlrno they
crept nway, passed In tho darkness through
tho lines of tho soldiers, nnd so escaped.
A lady, who was very enthusiastic, after
ward Interviewed Hnrtman, nnd In pene
tratlng tones asked him how In that tcr-
riblo hour, when tho shock of nations hnd
produced Its first dread result, and his own
fate, as well as tho great momentous Issue,
was trembling In tho balance how did ho
feel 7
Hartman turned his hnt round awkwardly
In his fingers and replied, "Well, ma'am, I
was feeling very thirsty."
Hartman was tho man who nt a critical
situation on the Dundee road, whoro wo
had to hold a kopjo against great odds,
cried out so cheerily, "It's all right,
colonel, wo can keep back an army!"
Such wero tho young Afrikanders horoes
without knowing It. They never required
to have bravery pumped Into them by ex
citement. Thoy had the "2-o'clock-ln-the-mornlng
courage," which Napoleon said was
so rare. Thoy wero brave all the tlmo.
An Ironalde.
Another of my men was In hospital. I
visited him. "Well, K ," Bald I, "what
Is all this about?"
"Oh," ho replied, "I got n bullet that
went In at the right side and passed
through my body nnd came out on tho
left."
"That knocked you down, I suppose?"
"Oh, no; I did not know that It hap
pened at tho time. I went on fighting, and
thon another fellow Jumped on mo with his
bayonet and put about two Inches Into my
chest.
"Thnt knocked you down, I suppose."
"Oh, no. I shot him. Hut 'shortly after
a bullot struck my nrm and broke It."
"That knocked you down, I supposo?"
"Oh, no," replied the indomitable K ;
"I did not know that It happened at the
tlmo. Ilut I soon found that I could not
uso mynrm, so I walked to tho ambulance,
and here I am."
K soon recovered from all his wounds
and was fit for service once again.
Tho occasion to which this Incident re
ferred was a night surprise, and this may
explain tho use of the bayonet by the Eng
lish soldlor. Tho bayonet, whon pitted
against men who can handla tho rifle, Is an
obsolete and .ridiculous weapon. Tho Eng
lish soldiers were as n rule not only bnd
hots, but In tholr nttneks they did not
seem to take aim. I myself would have lost
twclvo lives (If this bo not n "bull") had
tho llrltlsh been nblo to shoot as well as
tho nocrs.
Ono of my troopers wan a Bulgarian
officer, who had achieved great fame In
his own country as a fighter of Turks, Some
people called him a brigand, others called
him a great patriot; tho prcbablllty Is tlr.it
ho was both. He was, In fact, tho Hob
Roy of Bulgaria on tho frontiers of Turkey,
and his raids upon tho subjects of tho
sultan, who nro not to be trifled with, en
titled him to all the renown ho had re
ceived. Naturo brings not back tho Mnsto
don. It has boon said, ' but uatnro had
brought back In llousokoft perhnps a sol
dler of Alexnndnr tho Great, perhaps a
warrior of Sparta. Small In stuture, but
compactly built, of n frame of Iron, llouso
koff possessed tho regular feature ono may
sec In an antique bronze. His mustache
nnd short beard wero coal black, his com
plexion swnrthy, his eye calm and daunt
less'. Now, nullor was n long whllo coming
up from Lndysmlth, nnd wo wero passing
tho time with desultory patrols and raids,
and llousokoff wns getting weary for tho
big guns. Ho told mo that If Duller did not
bring the big guns up soon he would llko
to go to tho Free Stntes, and I gavo him
that permission, to tnko effect within a
certain limit of days.
A Hut Cnrnrr.
Wo went down to tho hills beyond Wasch
bank, riding all night, and in the early
gray of the dawn, on tho hither sldo of
Elandslaagto, wo behold tho English cav
alry going through somo mnneuvors. Wo
threw the frst shell right Into tho middle
of tho squadron, and they scattered llko
ants. Thot wns the first they know of our
bolng anywhere near the plnco. Wo con
tinued to Bhcll them, nnd after soma time
they replied, and tho nrtlllrry duel con
tinued. Our numbers were greatly inferior
to theirs, although our artillery was In
fcrce and doing pood work. It would have
lien Impossible for us, however, to attack
them In their camp and at closo quarters.
After pounding away at us for soino time
they moved up n strong detachment of In
fantry with guns to a neighboring kopje,
and from this point they began a fusillade
of Lco-Molfords. I took i y brigade to a
kopje opposite, separated from tho English
kopje by a flat valloy about half n rollo
In width, and after some tlrno wo succeeded
In forcing thulr riflemen to rotlre. Mean
while, however, tholr guns had been play
ing over our potltlons from behind fhelter,
and as we were too few to traverse tho
Intervening flat country to storm thcra, and
as wo had no fear of the Kngllsh attempting
anything of tho sort, I led my men to a
part of tho field whero Oenerul I.ucan Meyer
commanded In person, and whence wo were
fcendlng out a forco to endeavor to take tho
enemy on tho flank. On this occasion, un
fortunately, they retired too rapidly to
ullow us to effect our purpose. But as wo
left tho kopje wc had to cress two exposed
strips. At the Arm we were under n hall
of bullets, but tho Kngllsh are had shotB
Wo could hoar the vicious bwIsIi of tho Lee
Mctford close to our ears, and we could
8eo tho bullets crackling on the rocks nil
about us, but they did not kill a man, Had
tlioybecti first-class marksmen they would
havo decimated us. We wero soon under
cter and we inndo our way to where we
had left our horses, but In order to rench
General Lucas Meyer wo had to traverse
on horseback an exposed "nek" or pass,
whero grent many commandos hud al
ready passed, nnd of which tho Kngllsh
gunners had taken tho dlstanco most ac
curately. Wo had to mako a dash for It,
In single file, running tho gauntlet In rare
stylo, nnd they put their sholls upon us
with admirable precision. One of them, a
shrapnel, hurst so closo to my hoad that
I veritably thought for n moment that tho
end of the world had come. Ilut Instead
of that, nothing raoro serious had hap
pened than thnt my horso had taken a
sudden and violent leap to ono side, and
that I had lost n stirrup. I turned round
and saw another shell burst closo to
IlousokofT, covering him with a cloud of
dust, nnd frightening his steed. Dousokoff's
hat was knocked over his eyes, nnd his
terrified horso ran down n steep place, nnd,
throwing him, nearly precipitated him Into
u chasm. Even Ilpusokoff had enough of
war's alarms for ono day, olthough, by that
good luck which often struck mo as so
astonishing during tho wnr, ho, ns well ns
nearly till tho commando, escnped unin
jured. A "Ornimrr."
In contrast to llousokoff, I had another
ti coper, whom I shall cnll Androw, qulto
as bravo, quite as devoted a soldier, and
qulto as buaceptlblo to tho rapture of tho
Biilfo, certnmlnis gaudia, which Is tho
alllatus of tho true warrior. Andrew, how
ocr, was not austere. Next to fighting
ho liked drinking, uud ho wus a confirmed
grumbler, or, as tho mou called It,
"grouser."
Andrew's remarks would run llko this
iNico positions, and they expect us to
hold these. Hut I suppose we must. I
never criticise my superior officers. I
novel giouse. Ilut tho most elementary
' common senso would toll a man that wo
should not havo off-saddled where we did.
As It Is, wo havo to carry our things on
our uack up here."
I did not enlighten Andrew as to my
reasons, and he added to tho llttlo group
whom ho was entertaining: "Well, we'll
put up with it I never was a grouser.
Andrew had a flno little horse which
had been mine, and which I had given him
ns n mark of satisfaction. I asked him how
It wns getting on. He replied: "He's too
small for me. He's a willing llttlo horso,
mu not an animal for a trooper. I'd havo
tola V0" about It, but I halo grousing.'
i iniTcupon gave hlra a strong, upstanding
norse, or wnicn no was visibly proud. A
few days after I asked him how ho liked
this ono. Androw replied: "He's a flno big
norse, out nis temper is vory uncertain.
No ono In tho brigade would havo had him
but me. You took my little Toby from mo
that I was so fond of such a willing, gocd
little beast, and so quick on his feot. That's
tho sort of a horso a man wants. Bnt It's
all right; I don't bellovo In grousing."
"Well, Andrew, you can havo Toby back."
"Oh, no," replied tho old trooper, hastily,
"I've got tho gray now. I'll stick to him;
I never criticise my superior officers."
Out on bivouac Andrew would cook a
steak If wo could get fresh meat of that
kind, or If not ho would grill a choice
piece of biltong and would bring mo aomo
tidbit, nt tho snmo tlmo letting me know
that ho didn't bellevo In officers bolng
served nny better than tho men.
"I quite ngroo with you, Andrew," I re
plied on ono occasion. "Wo nro all repub
licans here, nnd thnt Is also my theory. I
am glad to hear you say so."
"Oh. I don't say anything," responded the
Incorrigible Andrew. "It's not for me to
criticise my superior officers,"
Tho last day wo wero In Johannesburg
Andrew slept oulsldo tho walls of tho house
whleh served as my quarters. This was
partly out of respect to his superior officers
and partly because Andrew was Intoxicated.
Ho nwoko early next morning and camo In
to see me. His manner was greatly chongod.
"Co'onel," said ho, "things aTo tad
Olvo mo your hand, colonel. Wo might
havo hot work today, hut If you need a
man count on old Androw. My own old
enrcass Isn't worth much now, nnd I am
ready to die for you."
I looked at my old trpoper sadly. He had
censed to "grouse," and nothing In my ex
perience could tell mo more poignantly that
tho cause wo had fonM for wns lost at
l'a-t on thoso lines. I "hook Andrew heart
ily by tho hand- tho tears woro standing In
his gray eyes, and ono wns trickling down
his tawny beard. A moment nfter the nlnrm
vn sounded. Wo went through many p"rlh
thnt day. ond Andrew paid the Inst forfeit
that n bravo man can pay to tho cause of
liberty.
A Ilrnutlful Home.
Ono man's especial business was to look
after my horses. At whatever hour of the
day or nght I entered the laager Pete would
como running up to moot mo. Ho wns a re
markably good Judgo of a horse, and I
often used to nsk his opinion In order to
hear his happy phrases In describing them.
One, he told mo, was too much "like n
buck." ny this ho meant that the animal
would probably buck when I mounted. This
wns a beautiful young thoroughbred maro
to which I had taken n great "fancy." Rbo
kicked mo on the shin and had It not been
for my thick high boots would havo broken
my leg. nut that was only nervousness.
When I mounted her sho gave an oxhlh'tlon
of ground nnd lofty tumbling that disproved
my theory that only Australian horses
knew how to buck. Sho fell to nor knees
unit sent mo flying over her head on to
mine. They wero cut soveroly. AUo my
head. Ilut that was my fault. I had
touched hci with the spurs, nud, besides, I
should havo stuck on. I had her caught nnd
I mounted her without spurs. Sho wont
beautifully, with thnt graceful, swinging
movement and light and dainty tread of
which only such high-born dnmes possess
tho secret,
I had obtained possession of this fll'y
Just before our rotrcat to Lalng's Nek, and
throughout that terribly long Journey, dur
ing which I had only four hours' sleep out
of srvrnty-two, being In tho saddle most of
tho tlmo, sho accompanied me, I frequently
leading her by my side, whllo I rodo somo
other horse, Altogether I rodo six hnrsos
tired that trip Thero won sr many Inci
dents ou tho road, tho llttlo beauty was so
often seared, nnd so often found me pro
tecting her, tbnt before the end of the long
ride sho had grown ns tamo as a pet lamb.
Sho would try to thrust her muzilo Into my
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tnmnied with four rows of taffeta
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Benorally not there.
During that retreat we burned tho dry
grass on the veldt ns wo passed by. Tho
clouds of smoke screened our forces from
tho observation of tho English, hnd tho
burning of the grass forced them to carry
tho forago for their horses with them, At
night these conflagrations had an lnde
scrlbablo effect. Tho fires spread out In
oceans of red Humes as far as tho eye could
reach on both sides of the narrow track
along which passed our picturesque, cara
van. Sometimes at night, riding cither for
ward or back from tho main body, I have
found myself with only one of my ofneers
and our black boys In the midst of this
strenge Dantesnue picture. Tho enemy
was closo behind. Wo might nt any time
be called on to face round to mako n
stand to stop his too rapid advance And
yot In tho lurid night thero was something
essentially Boothlng in tho regular cadence
of tho hoofbeats of our horses, and thero
seemed an Incongruity In our tranquil con
versation and the scene of conflict and
sleughter that any moment might evoke.
And then when.. I looked up to tho Infinite
vault of heaven, to tho myriad slnrry
worlds strewn In that clear crystal sky,
there surged In my mind a new nnd deeper
apprehension, brought about by a thousand
ussrclatlops of tho moment, of tho saying
of thn great German philosopher, Imman
uel Kant, on which I hnd often before re
flected: "Two things strike mo with nwc
the starry skies nnd tho sense of moral re
sponsibility in man."
WILL MAKE FIGHT AFTER ALL
Iteimlillrnn Caiitrxtiiiitft for .Minor
Stnte OfllcfN In Kentilfl.'
AnU lor ItrliourliiK.
FnANKFOUT, K. Doc. 1. Former Gov
ernor nrndloy of counsel for the republican
contestants for tho minor stnto oHlces, which
cases woro dispose! of In tho court of ap
peals several weeks ngo, this morning filed
a petition for a rehearing of them. The pe
tition will bo disposed of at tills term of
tho court
Fur IliinrNiwicuM.
I3onJ. Ingcrson of Ilutton, Intl., says he
had not spoken a word above a whisper for
months, and ono botllo of Foley b Honey
nnd Tar restored his voice. It Is used
lnrgely by spoakers uud singers. Take no
substitute. Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha;
Dillon's drug store, South Omaha.
A 11 out l'uj'iueiit of Dividend,
NEW YOHK, Deo. l.-Suit has been lie-
fun m tnn united mates circuit court oy
ohn V, t'rtinmlns iiKnlnnt tho n.'iltlmoro
& Ohio llnllroau company, asking ror u
temporary Injunction restraining the com
nanv from navlnir to holders of common
stock tho 1! per cent dividend declared
payable March 1 untl! n dividend shall bo
declared In favor of holders of preferred
stock of what shall bo a proportionate part
of nil net -amines during the year ended
Juno so, 19 '. Tim complainant nlso nBks
for a temn irary Injunction restraining tho
company rom declaring nny dividends on
common slock out of any future net earn
ings for nny year until after a dividend
of 1 per cent on preferred Htoel: for each
yenr Mi-'! have been declared,
si i torn .Meet .lumen .1, Hill,
ST. l'Al" . M nn.. Dee. 1 Tho members
of tho senatorial committee attending tho
funeral of Senator Davis wero entertained
this uvenlnii with a dinner nt the Minne
sota el.ib. Kenneth Clark invited tho bch
utorH to dinner "to meet Juines J, Hill and
a few olherp." Owing to the. conditions
under which the party is In tho city the
dinner was qulto private.
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Monday
Seventy-Five
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some plaid backs, in black, oxford,
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and finished with nine rows of tailor
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LAST HONORS TO STATESMAN
Buisineu in Et. Ttul Suspended During the
' t Dayii Funeral.
BRIEF AND SIMPLE CEREMONY AT HOUSE
Mmmnpm of Flowem Kent by Frlendu
null l'ulltlcal AanoelutrN All
Clnasea uf People Are
Iteureaeutcd.
8T. PAUL, Dec. 1. Under a gloomy sky,
In tho presence of an Immense crowd of
people, tho body of lato United States
Senator Cushman K. Davis was today con
signed to the earth, closing tMe career of
one who has been foremost In tho councils
of tho country for many years and a leader
among statesmen. Decausu of tho aged
paronts of tho doccased it was desired to
havo tho funeral services at tho fnmlly
resldenco on Washington avenue and the
hundreds who gathered from all parts of tho
country to pay their last trlbuto of respect
to tho dead and to show their heartfelt sym
pathy with tho beraved family and state,
stood under the trees, on the porch and
filled the hall and parlors of the house. The
beautiful tributes of flowers filled tho house
with their fragrance. President nnd Mrs.
McKlnley had Bent a beautiful wreath from
the White House. An Immense wreath ot
chrysanthemums. overlaid with whlto roses
nnd orchids testified to tho lovo and esteem
of tho lato senator's associates In tho
United States senate; another tribute com
ing from tho houso of representatives. Two
Immense masses of American beauty roses
wero tont by tho State liar association. Tho
Loyal Legion, Wisconsin commandery, Bent
a wreath of ivy leaves, and from the Old
Tlmo TelegrapTiors ot America, of which
Senator Davis was a member, an emblem of
"30" In white nnd pink roses was received,
A crown of roses and chrysanthemums was
received from E. II. Morphy, English vlco
conMil, and from the Sons of Veterans n
cross of roses,
Tho sombre black casket, the only decora
tion of which was n burnlshod silver plate
bearing tho name "Cushman Kellogg Davis,"
wus almost hidden bonenth a floral bank,
All local organizations had adopted
resolutions 6f sympathy and respect and
wero represented at today's sofvlccs by
largo delegations. Nearly every member of
tho state, senate, all stato and city officials
and a delegation from tho Minnesota houso
of representatives wero preont.
The committees of tho United States
sonato nnd hoiso of representatives arrived
at tho nouso a short time boforo the funeral
and were at tho Iioubo nnd cemetery.
All stato and city offices wero closed fo.
tho day and business generally was sus
pended during the hours of tho funeral,
whllo all flags, olDcIal and private, were
hung at half-mast, as a mark of respect to
tho deceased, The services nt tho homo at
U o'clock wero brief and of the slmplcit
character. Hev. C. D, Audreys, pastor of
Christ church, read tho Impressive service
cf tho Protestant Episcopal church, assisted
by Rov Theodore Sedgwick, pastor of tho
Church of St. John tho Evangelist, who read
tho lesson Music was furnished by a
mixed quartet,
Archbishop John Ireland, a lifelong per
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sonal and political friend of the lato Senator
Davis, was present as ono of tho mourners.
Tho funeral procession wended its way to
Oakland cemetery, whero Rev. Andrews read
tho committal servlco while the body was
placed In tho vault In tho llttlo chapel. The
pallbearers were all old friends of tho de
ceased statesman. They wero: James J.
II1I1, Judgo Walter II. Sanborn, Judgo
Charles F. Flandrau, ex-Governor John 8.
Pillsbury, ox-United States Senator W. D.
Washburn, Hon. Samuel R. Thayer, E. W.
Pcet and Robert 0. Evans.
Leaving tho coffin In the midst of masses
ot beautiful flowers, tho assembled mourners
departed from tho place ot Interment and
tho final scene In tho earthly llfo of a
great statesman had ended.
Would Succeed Senator Davla.
DULUTH, Minn., Dee. 1. O. C. Hartley
of Duluth, a closo friend and nssoclato of
Thomas Lowrey of Minneapolis, has re
turned from a trip to New York with tho
latter and today stated positively that Mr.
Lowrey will bo a candidate before the com
ing state legislature to succeed Cushman
K. Davis In the United States senate.
MOROCCO MUST SETTLE UP
State Ilpnartnicnt Sturta Conanl to
Fee on Wnrahlu to Collect Idi'in
nlty for tfsaicul Murder.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Tho Stato de
partment today sent Instructions to United
States Consul aummere, at Tangier, Mo
rocco, to proceed to tho capital of that
country, as fast as possible, on a United
States man-of-war, to present afresh tho
claim ot the United States for Indemnity
for tho murder of Marcus Ezagul, a
naturalized American citizen, who was
killed In June, 1000. Tho warship, which
will probably bo tho Kentucky, recalled
from Smyrna for that purpose, will con-
i vey the consul from Tangier to Mnzaguan,
; which Is tho nearest port to Fez, tho capi
tal of Morocco,
Tho Indemnity demanded In behalf ot tho
widow of Ezagul nmouuts to S5.000 and was
based on tho failure of tho Moorish gov
ernment to punish tho murdorors. Tho
Moorish government declined tho first dc
ninnd on tho ground that Ezagul, by long
lesldcnco in Morocco, had become a Moor
ish citizen under tho terms of tho Madrid
convention. Tho Stato department, how
ever, holds now that tho returned natural
ized citizen has a right to olect whether
he t'h'nlt become a Moor or leavo tho coun
try and Ezagul was prevented from exor
cising that choice by bis murder.
In view of this fact and tho further
' fart that tho last discussion on this subject
between United Stateo Consul Gummcro
and tho Moorish authorities was without
result, tho State department has thought
tho present to bo a fitting occasion to let
Mr. Gummcro pay a visit to the miltur.'a
court, whero no representative of thu
United States government has been for
years, with full powers to clone tho Ezagul
caso of tho murdered man and tho other
claims that havo been ponding against tho
government of Morocco, Tho disposition
of tho United States government Is entirely
friendly, but it feels that It has not been
given proper consideration and tho Navy
department has been asked to supply a
n.nn-of-war to convey the consul to
Mnzaguan, tho port nearest tho Moorish
.capital, and to await his futuro movo-
mcnts, i
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TUNNEL UNDER GIBRALTAR1
French liimlnerr llaa n 1'lan llouliin
About It llfliiic a I'nylnff
treatment,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. Tho Stato de
partment has received a report conveying
further information ns to tho proposed
tunnel from Europo to Africa under tho
Strait of Gibraltar, from George II. Mur
phy, consular clerk at Magdeburg, Ger
many. M. Dcrllcr, tho French engineer,
who has submitted the proposal ot this
project to the governments of Spain and
Morocco, is said to havo perfect confidence
in tho feasibility ot the plan, holding that
It presents no greater obstacles than were
encountered In the building ot the tunnels
ot Mont Cents and St. Gotthard. On tho
other band, Mr. Murphy states that the
ventilation of a submnrlno tunnol and re
moval ot the constantly accumulating water
are very formidable, and expenslvo obstacles
to bo dealt with. Nevertheless, Mr. Uer
Her believes that by a secret process of
his own ho can grapplo with theso diffi
culties and keep tho cost ot tho work at a
figure not exceeding thnt required In the
enterprises nt St. Gotthard and Arlbcrg or
Slmplon By working simultaneously from
both ends of tho tunnol ho believes the
date of completion could be safely placed
at 1907.
Tho proposed length of tho tunnel Is
twonty-ftvo miles, twenty miles of this
under tho soa. Rnllway connection In Eu-
1 ropo is planned by means of a lino following
the Spanish coast and passing through
! Tarlfa and Algeclrns Into Franco. in
Morocco a line would be constructed from
1 Tangier, connecting with tho railway sys
1 tern at Tlemcen. Tho entire cost of tho
1 tunnel alono Is approximated at over $2.1,
! 000,000 and of tho entire connecting lino
, between Spain and Algiers at about $43,
! 500.000.
I Tho French press la said to crltlclso tho
project unfavorably, on tho ground that
M. ncrller has overestimated the earning
I power of tho rond and that It seems hardly
credlblo that tho passengor and freight
traffic bctweeji France and Algeria could bo
diverted to this Indirect and expensive
route.
CLEARS WAY FOR CANAL
Srnrrtnry liny and Mliilnii-r fijr Men.
riiKlu NIkii u Treaty Kciiiov
hiK nilllcultlcN.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l.-Sccretary Hay
this morning, for tho government of tho
United States, nud Scnor Correa, the Nlcar
aguan minister, for his own government,
signed a treaty whoroby tho latter govern
ment concedes to tho government of tho
United States the nccctsary rights and prlv
UegoB within its bestowal for tho construc
tion of thn Nlcnraguan canal.
This action Is In anticipation of eon
gresslonnl action upon tho ponding Nlcnra
guan canal bill and tho Ilay-Pauncofoto
treaty. Pending tho submission of tho
treaty to the sennto, which body inuat
ratify the agreement, Its tonus will not be
mado public. It Is understood, however,
that generally Nicaragua grants to tho
United States government tho exclusive
right to construct and oporato tho canal
between tho Atlantlo and Pacific across
Nicaragua, Including tho free use of the
Ban Juan river and of Lako Mnnagua as
part of the watercourse. Nicaragua Ib also
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CALL ON OU WniTB THE
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l0O FAItNAM BTRKBT,
IN REGARD TO' IT.
to rid herself of nny outstnudlng treaties
that would tend In nny way to abridge
tho privileges required by tile United States.
It Is also suld Nicaragua concedes to the
United States the right to police tha canal.
Nicaragua receives as compensation cer
tain BccurltleH of tho canal construction
and although it Is not possible now to
lfnrii the figures laid down In tho treaty, It
Is believed to approximate $5,000,000.
Tho Stato department already has entered
Into an arrangement on Hlmllar lines with
tho republic of" Costa Itlcn. This was bo
cnuso Costa Itlca has established a claim
to tho right bank of tho San Juan river,
which must of noccsslty form about a third
of tho longth of thu canal should the Nica
ragua routo bo rclectod and bo constructed
on. tho Hues which will bo suggested by tho
Waller commotion.
An understanding also him been arrived
at with tho United States of Colombia con
cerning the same rights und privileges for
tho Panama routo bb aro conveyed by Nica
ragua and Costa Itlca In tho caso of tho
Nicaragua route. So the Statn department
has cleared tho way for such action as con
gress iqay caro to tako In tho caso of either
of tho canal routes which havo been found
feasible,
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