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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1900)
ra flw fie i r I Y J -X i V thp riAvc nnrnmc AJL1L 1ATLI o iMSlllvioh SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS BY WIRE VISIT TO 00M PAUL CONSUL HOLLIS HAS CONFER ENCE WITH KRUGER While the American Official Was Not Given Permission to Meet the JBoer President the Officials Will jTake No Notice of the Incident k Washington feeerotary Hay says in reference to the Lorenzo Marquez dispatch stating that Consul Hollis lias been Mating with Kruger to bring about peace by direction oE the Washington govern ment that Hollis had no authority what ever from the department to make atrip into the Transvaal The consul had no rightUo go into foreign territory without permission but -assuming his visit was purely personal -it is not probable notice will be taken of his reported action Lorenzo Marquez United States Con sul Hollis returned here from the Trans vaal by special train He had a two hours interview in close confidence with Presi dent Kruger at Machadodorp It is stated Hollis was the bearer of friendly dispatches from the United States government urging Kruger to treat for peace DUNS WEEKLY REVIEW Failures for May Largest Ever Known for that Month New York Duns Weekly Review says Failures m May were not only the largest ever known in that month since sucli rec ords were made but of eighty months ered by these returns only six have shown as large liabiliti es Contradictory though it may seem the report is encouraging There was not a single failure in the month which was culculated to shake or did shake commercial credits which were strongerut the end of May than at the be ginning Neither were there any failures or nest of failures calculated to create alarm about any particular branch of business The large brokerage failure for about 13000 000 exceeded in amount all failures in any other month except one since 1898 and with it came another for 733000 Nearly 00 per cent of the total defaulted liabilities was due to five other commercial fail ures while the ten larger failures in man ufacturing and trade covered less than 53000000 liabilities in all The number and amount of liabilities of all commercial failures in May compared with last year May 1900 9i7 1899 5S1 Liabilities -May 1900 23771151 1899 3S20686 The returns to Duns Review for May show an unusually large number of small failures They exceed those of any year but one and this is considered suggestive lalso the increase of over an eighth in aver age liabilities This the report says is really traceable to the manufacture - for with the suprising increase in number th binaller failures in trading show lower liabilities than in any other except two WHEAT SOARS UPWARD July Makes Nearly a Niclcel Advance on the Chicago Change Chicago Not since the days of the Lei ter operations has the market for wheat shown such activity strength and volume of business so large as during June 7 and 8 July wheat just before the close on the 8th sold at 73c iJ4c higher than the market closed on the 7th inst The cause of the advance was the continued dry weather in the northwest combined with the Hessian fly injuries to wheat in In diana Ohio Michigan and parts of Illinois PARDONED BY MKINLEY Jeff Harrison Life Convict at Ana mosa Is Given His Xiiberty Anamosa Iowa Jeff Harrison a United States prisoner who carried the distinc tion of serving not one but two life sen tences for robbery has been set at liberty toy President McKinley The charges upon which Harrison was tried and convicted were train and stage robberies the former alleged to have been committed at or near Birmingham Ala the latter near nuntsville in the same state Whiteside May Be Promoted Santiago de Cuba Col Samuel M Whiteside of the Tenth Cavalry com manding the department of Santiago and Puerto Principe has been recommended by Gov Gen Wood for promotion to the rank of brigadier general Capt Cognlari in 111 Health Seattle Capt Coghlan who has been commander of the Puget Sound naval sta 1 ion for over a year has been granted six months leave of absence on account of ill health He has been in the hospital at Seattle over two weeks Will Challenge for Americas Cup Queensto wn At a meeting tff the Royal Cork Yacht Club Sir Thomas Lipton was elected a member He has expressed his intention of challenging for Americas cup under theauspices of this club Wheel Works at Jiacino Burn Racine Wis The plant of the Wis consin wheel works was destroyed by fire The loss on slock and buildings and ma chinery is about 60000 on which there is alinketTinsurance of 80000 Agree to Mine Workers Terms Indianapolis Ind Seven of the mine owners belonging to what is known in the west as the Big Pour have agreed to the terms of the United Mine Workers of America and as a consequence 1000 union men will res time work within a few days 170000 FireVNear Richmond Va Richmond Va The factory and stock of the Virginia anjaNorth Carolina Wheel Factory locateda short distance from this city was totally destroyed by fire The Ions is 170000 insurance 110000 T- ENGLAND IS AFRAID t i 1 No Steps Have Been Taken to Meet the Far Eastern Crisis London It is understood here that if the United States expected Great Britain to take independent or initiative action in China as might be gathered from special cable dispatches quoting Congressman Hilt it is depending on a contingency which appears very remote indeed Prom every continental capital on June 7 came evidence how keenly the powers appreci ate the far eastern crisis yet the British foreign office retains the apathetic attitude which for years has distinguished its Chi nese policy Though the Boxers outbreak has doubled in virulence and international complications have since cropped up Sal isbury appears to have taken no new steps to meet the emergency The government understands the diplomatic and naval au thorities on the spot are co operating har moniously and so long as this slate of af fairs continues Salisbury sees no immedi ate necessity for taking a step over the British ministers head In spite of the fact that the Associated Press is officially informed that Great Britain has neither sounded the other pow ers with the view of securing co operation in the new and vigorous Chinese policy or been sounded as to such action bysany power there are many rumors thafe such steps are under consideration A member of the foreign embassy in London says it is certain the British foreign office contemplated sending instructions to all its ministers to secure the support of other governments especially the United States in a plan of action Though Russia might be invited to join this concert would have for its ulterior ob ject the frustration of any designs Russia may harbor fpr making capital out of the present troubled state of affairs in China This statement the British foreign office categorically and emphatically denied No amount of public pressure could induce Salisbury to enter into further complica tions until the South African war is fin ished CONGRESS ADJOURNS frirst Session of Fifty Sixth National Assembly Is Ended Washington Congress adjourned sine die at 5 oclock p ra June 7 Por the sen ate it was a day of waiting The naval appropriation bill the stumbling block to final adjournment could not be agreed to by the conferees of the two houses and the disagreement was reported to the sen ate early in the day At 3 oclock after several recesses had been taken it became known to the senate that the house had concurred in the senate amendments remaining in controversy and as sbon as announced by the conferees the bill was passed by both houses and adjournment taken at 5 oclock FIRE IN MINNESOTA TOWN Destroyes Virginia the Largest Set tlement on 3Iesaba Range St Paul A report received June 7 indi cated that the town of Virginia Minn the largest settlement on the Mesaba iron range has been entirely destroyed by fire The business portion consisting of eight blocks of substantial brick buildings and the Moon Kerr Lumber Companys large J mill and Hards boarding house was en tirely wiped out The destruction of the telegraph office cuts off all communication with this place WIND STORM IN KANSAS Faulkner Nearly Wiped Out and Many Houses Destroyed Chetopa Kan The village of Faulkner sqvcii miles northwest was almost entirely demolished by a wind storm June 7 The school house church and several dwellings and barns were demolished Many farm houses in the adjacent country were un roofed or blown from their foundations Much damage was done to crops No cas ualties are reported AMBUSHERS FARE BADLY Treachery of American Guide Proves Costly to Filipinos Manila Capt Crenshaw with forty men of the Twenty eighth Infantry while scouting near Taal was lead into an am bush by a guide The captain and one private were badly wounded The am v bushers scattered leaving ten dead and three wounded on the field Disastrous Storms in France Paris Heavy thunderstorms in the cen tral parts of France have caused serious damage to crops and live stock There have been several deaths from lightning Seven persons have been drowned Traffic on the railroads has been interrupted and 1000000 francs damage has been done at Thiers itself Will Crush Greek Industry Athens The new tariff which Turkey intends to impose on imports from Greece is practically prohibitive4 and will almost annihilate several important Grecian in dustries such as cognac and soap manu factures The three protecting powers are now engaged in considering the Greek appeal Wheeler to Bo Brigadier Washington Nominations by the pres ident Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler United States volunteers to be brigadier general United States army Walter K Landis to be postmaster at San Juan Por to Rica Turkey to Renovate Ironclads Constantinople The government has signed a contract with the AnsaldoCom pany of Genoa forthe renovation of eight ironclads and is negotiating with the Krupp Company for arming them Tinplate Mill at Joliet Closes Joliet 111 The Great Western Tinplate Works employing 800 men paying 5000 wages weekly has closed indefinitely The troubles started over the discharge of an Amalgamated Association man who was away as a delegate to a convention Americun Mechanic Killed in Paris Paris A man named irony Stringer of Chicago employed at an Amercan ma chine companys cantilever exhibit here was killed as the result of an elevator ac cident r t -ac ARRANGES A TRUCE Duller Fixes Up an Armistice ivith Boers at Jbaings Nek London A Lorenzo Marquez dispatch dated Tuesday June 5 says Buller and Christian Botha met at Laings Nek at Bullers request when a three days armistice was agreed upon The British have evacuated Utrecht London Until the situation in the neighborhood of Pretoria is enlightened officials here as well as others will find difficulty in prognosticating Roberts im mediate programme It appears evident that the Boer Botha with all his guns withdrew inall proba bility along the Delagoa Bay railroad with the view of joining Kruger So the Trans vaal forces remain practically intact with Kruger Steyn Botha and Secretary Reitz safe in a position to continue the direction of affairs The more optimistic see in the fact that Krugers and Bothas wives were left at Pretoria an indication that the president does not count on a long resist ance In anycaseit will probably take Roberts about a week to organize the cam paign of pursuit The military authorities anticipate the next important news will come from Bullers direction plenty oZ time having elapsed to complete a turning movement at Laings Nek EXCLUDE COLORED WOMEN A Boston Club is Turned Down at the Milwaukee Convention Milwaukee Wis There are much in dignation and regret felt among the bien nial delegates over the refusal of the board of directors of the General Federation of Womans Clubs to admit the New Era Club of Boston because it is composed bf colored women Massachusetts called a meeting and adopted resolutions regretl ag the boards action aiul requesting a sideration of it The following resolution was adopted by the Iowa delegation Resolved That as Iowa women we deeply deplore the action of the board of directors of the Federation in excluding from membership the colored delegates from Massachusetts that as progressive club women awake to every movement that is calculated to advance the general good and raise the standard of women gen erally we most ernestly urge the recon sideration of this question to the end Miat the color line be not drawn Though the Nebraska delegation did not adopt a resolution its sympathy is with the New Era Club The board denies that it refused to accept the credentials of Mrs liuffin the New Era Clubs president but said they simply laid them on the table Several other states adopted resolutions NEW WAR IN AFRICA Moors Preparing to Attack the French Outposts London Special dispatches received from Algiers portray a serious situation Thousands of Moors are massing at Figuig and in the neighborhood preparing for a determined attack upon the advance posts of the French The French columns have joined hands at Zoubia but the men suffered terribly from heat and thirst and hundreds of camels died The French are preparing entrenchments and are confident of their ability to repel an attack and even to take the offensive against Figuig if necessary Meet After Fifty Five Years Mishawaka Ind While attending a re union in Marshall County Mrs Geo F Knoblock wife of a prominent contractor met her brother George Beyers of Detroit Mich Neither had heard of the other in fifty five years and brother and sister had mourned each other as dead Beyers is 70 years old while Mrs Knoblock is a few years his junior Miss Rogers Again Marries New York The marriage of Miss Mae Rogers formerly Mrs Joseph Mott daughter of H H Rogers president of the Standard Oil Co with William R Coe of this city was solemnized the 4th inst at the brides home Chicago Speculator Suicides Chicago Thomas D Cottrell a well known speculator onv the board of trade shot himself probably fatally Despond ency was the cause MARKET QUOTATIONS Sioux Cit- Cattle common to prime 250440 hogs lSo500 sheep S225tio0 wheat 54e corn H031c oats 202ic butter dairy 111G creamerv 1S20 Chicago Cattle common to prime 5300 to 000 hogs shipping grades 300 to 525 sheep fair to choice 300 to 575 wheat No 2 red G5c to G7c corn No 2 37e to 30c oats No 2 21c to 22c rye No 2 54c to 55c butter choice creamery 19c to 20c eggs fresh lie to 12c new potatoes 275 to 375 per barrel Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to 575 hogs choice light 300 to 525 sheep common to prime 300 to 450 wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2 white 3Sc to 40c oars No 2 white 25c to 27c St Louis Cattle 325 to 575 hogs 300 to 525 sheep 300 to 525 wheat No 2 71c to 72c corn No 2 yejlow 370 to 3Dc oats No 2 21c to 23c rye No -2 52c to 53c Cinciimati rCiitrle 250 to 575 hogs 300 to 550- sheep 250 to 450 wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2 mixed 39c to 41c oats No 2 mixed 23c to 25e rye No 2 00c to 02c Detroit Cattle 250 to 575 hoes 300 to 550 sheep 300 to 475 wheat No 2 73c to 74c corn No 2 yellow 39c to 41c oats No 2 white 25c to 27c rye 00c to 152 c Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 73c tp 75c corn No 2 mixed 3Sc to 40c oats No 2 mixed 23c to 24c rye No 2 57e to 59c clover seed new 505 to515 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 - northern G5c to G7c corn No 3 3Sc to 39c oats No 2 white 24c to 2Gc rye No 1 5Gc to 57c barley No 2 43c to 44c oork mess 1100 to 1150 Buffalo Cattle choice shipping steers 300 to 575 hogs fair to prime 300 to 550 sheep- fair to choice JSOO to fo50 lambs common to extra S450 to 825 New York Cattle 325 to 575 hogs 300 to 575 sheep 300 to 550 wheat No 2 red S2c to S3c corn No 2 43c to 45c bats No 2 white 27c to 2Sc butter creamery lGc to 21c eggs west ern 12c to 14c STATE OF NEBEASKA NEWS OF THE VEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM Gov Poynter Requests Wyomings Chief Executive to Enforce a Rig orous Quarantine Around the Smallpox Districts in that State Prompted by the recent outbreak of smallpox in Lincoln Gov Poynteron June 5 formally requested Gov DeForest Rich ards of Wyoming to enfofee a rigorous quarantine around tiie iufecfed districts in that state it being believed byexperts in this state that thefcases receiitly discov ered are traable to the railroad camps in Wyoming Gov Poynter took this action as a result of a conference with Dr B F Bailey of the state board of health Gov Richards immediately replied that all possible care would be exerted to prevent a spread of the disease in Wyoming While the disease in Nebraska is very mild in form members of the board of health are apprehensive of more serious trouble unless steps are immediately taken to prevent its spread Nearly all of the cases recently discovered in Lincoln Kear ney Omaha Grand Island and Salem have been traced from Wyoming and it is thought that by cutting off this source the disease may soon be eradicated MUTILATED BODY IS FOUND Mert Hulett Is Charged with Mur dering His Brother Emmet II Kulett a resident of Gage County was found dead on the Burlington tracks in Burchard The finding of the coroners jury was death through causes to the jury tinknown llulett and brother Mert who lives near Tecumseh drove into Burchard and stopped for supper at the City Hotel After supper it is reported the brothers indulged in liquor until botli became intoxicated after which they were supposed to have started for their home in Gage County Mert however returned to Burchard and stopped over night saying that his brother had gone to Armour The next morning in company with the landlord he left the hotel in search of his hat which had been lost in the carousal of the previ ous night and it was found suspiciously hear the mutilated body of his dead brother A coupling phi covered with blood and hair was also found in the same vicinity It is alleged that the brothers had quar reled in the past and threats of violence had been made by both A warrant was sworn out against Mert llulett charging murder in the first degree and he was ar rested and lodged in jail to await a hear ing the date of which lias not been set GIVES HOME RULE NEW LIFE Stuireme Courts Decision in the Police Commission Case Before adjournment on the 7th inst the supieme court handed down decisions in three very important cases One of these holds against the Omaha fire and police commission appointed by Gov Poynter another upholds the act passed by the last legislature fixing salaries of clerks of the district court and the third renders in operative the law creating the pure food commission The decision in the fire and pdlice com mission case was based on the adjudication of thecase of the state against Moores The opinion was written by Judge Sulli van Judge Norval concurring Judge Ptolcomb took no part in the decision of this case During the morning session of court the motion of the attorney general for a re hearing of the Bartley boundsmen case vas argued and submitted Judge llol comb withdrew from the Consideration of this case and in doing so created a little comment as practically the same objec tions to his qualifications were urged in the fire and police commission case as in the bondsmen case ENGINEER DIES AT HIS POST C E Hunting of Wyinore Is Killed and Train Crew Injured A serious wreck occurred three miles west of Alliance between the first and sec tions of regular freight train No 50 on June 3 In the rear end collision Engineer C E llunting of Wyinore was bured un der his engine and instantly killed Fire man G W Johnson was badly hurt while conductor H T Carey and Brakeman D L Ellis escaped with slight injuries The wreck was an expensive one as many cars were piled on top of the engine A track was built around tiie wreck In Contempt of Court The Nebraska supreme court taxed up a fine of 500 and costs againt the Omaha Bee Publishing Company for contempt of court The Bees offense was in criticising the court for granting a rehearing in the Omaha fire and police commission case the Bee charging the court with deciding the case before it was heard The court gave the Bee leave to file a motion for a modification of the fine in case tiie defend ant should publish a full and correct ac count of the proceedings and make an apology Individual sentence of Editor ftosewater was deferrord until the next sit ting of the court She Died by Her Own Hand The Inland was aired last week Coroner Bay and County Attorney Spanogle summoned a new jury and gave the case a new hearing- The body of Mrs Pugs ley was exhumed and Drs Shoemaker and Howard made an external and internal post mortem examination of it There were no evidences of blows bruises or in juries upon the outside of the In ternally there were conclusive evidences of carbolic acid poisoning The testimony wholly exonerated Mr Pugs ley from being in any manner responsible for the death of Mrs Pugsley Fined Under Barbers Law Three casej eame up at Beatrice before lunge Bourne for violation of the state barbers law The defendants were all from Wyinore and were found guilty and lined H aud costs each Held for Highway Robbery Lanzo Helium colored was arrested in Omaha by Detectives Ileitfeld and Dona hue charged with holding up and robbing Isaac Segal near Ninth and Jackson Streets Segal called at the station and identified the negro as the man who had assaulted him 1 Frost Bied of Poison The coroners jury at York returned a verdict that C W Frost came to his death by poison but by whom administered the jury was unable to determine This action ts a great surprise to the general public S JK BONDED DEBT VIPED OUT Redemption of Last Old Indebted ncss Incurred in 70s The last Item of the bonded indebtedness of the state of Nebraska was wiped out on June 2 by the cancellation of 35000 of bonds belonging to the permanent school fund These bonds matured in 1897 but were not paid until date mentioned owing to alack of cash in thesinkingfund Of this sinking fund by the way the Capital Na tional Bank failure made away with 180 000 The states bonded indebtedness was incurred between the years 1871 and 1874 and amounted to almost 450000 of which amount all but 230Q9 was held by the permanent school fulfil iThe occasion for the issue of bonds arose outof the fact that during the period named general fund warrants were illegally paid out of the permanent school fund by the state author ities the excuse being a lack of cash in the general fund To reimburse the school fund recourse was had to the issue of what were termed transfer certificates cred iting the permanent school fund with the amounts thus abstracted These certifi cates were later taken up in 1877 by the issue of Nebraska state bonds direct to the permanent school fund Theredemption of the 35000 of bonds June 2 wiped out the last remaining evidences of these early transactions and leaves the state clear of indebtedness save for the floating debt consisting of about 1750000 in warrants outstanding agaijnst the general fund of which922000 aire owned by the permanent school fund DIES OF STRANGE DISEASE Farmer Near Pender Apparently a Victim of Lumpy Jaw John Dinklage a prominent and pros perous farmer living in Cuming County several miles south of Pender died of a peculiar disease the nature or name of which has not been ascertained lie was taken sick about two weeks ago and grow ing worse went to a hospital at Omaha to be treated His face neck and head swelled up somewhat resembling the cat tle diseasG known as lumpy jaw The physicians at Omaha said he must have become inoculated somehow with some disease peculiar to cattle or swine among which he woikecA a great deal and thus contracted a disease which poisoned bis system and finally caused his death Many May Be Exposed Six new smallpox cases were reported at Lincoln making sixteen within a week One patient a man escaped and is still at large The patient suspected his ailment was smallpox and while the physician was absent to report the case the patient took to his heels Policemen gave chase but the patient eluded his pursuers and is still at large lie is either hiding in the city or else is making his way across the coun try on foot The health authorities fear many have been exposed llcstrain Bond Issue M II Marble director of the Table Bock school district and W II Andrew also a member of the school board went to Lin coln with the 10030 school bonds recently issued by the district and filed them in the office of state auditor When they arrived home they found suit had been brought against the district to restrain the dispos ing of the bonds and it is presumed that this will tie the matter up in the courts for some time E I A Christian Science Victim Dr B F Crummer secretary of the state board of health is investigating the Sedgwick case at Omaha with a view to in voking the law prescribing punishment for all those who practice medicine with out a license Sedgwicks condition is critical Members of the family decline to permit any one but a Christian Science healer to see him Prisoner Hangs Himself Andy Anderson a Swede about 50 years old and who has lived in Kearney for the last twenty years hung himself in a cell in the city jail Anderson had been arrested for intoxication and would have been lib erated when sober Defeat Bond Proposition The proposition to vote 10000 in bonds for a new brick school building at Louis ville was beaten by a vote of 87 against to 74 for the proposition Welconie Rural Deliyqry People living north of Fremont near Bang are feeling much encouraged over the prospect for fre rural maiPuelivery Nebraska Short Notcs The Nebraska Traveling Mens Bryan Club met in Lincoln a few days ago and made arrangements to attend the national Democratic convention in a body Henry Beister was arrested at Geneva and on refusing to plead was placed un der G500 bonds to await the result of the injuries he inflicted upon Henry Nachbor The secretaries of the state board of transportation have received a petition asking that a shipping and telegraph sta tion be located at Abdel in Nueholls County on the Missouri Pacific line Gould Northrops china store at York was broken into recently but no merchan dise was taken Two hundred pennies were taken from the money drawer Triplets two girls and one boy were born to Mr and Mrs Fred Carlson at their home south of Lyons last week The baby bov died soon after birth The other f youngsters are reported doing nicely Mr and Mrs Carlson reirret the loss of their boy as they have ample means Herman Anderson one of the men work ing with the Elkhorn railroad bridge gang near York while woiking on a bridge slipped and fell carrying with him tools and bridge supplies weighing over 100 pounds which fell on him breaking his left arm at the wrist and crushing his right leu at the ankle i Gov Poynter has received a tion from A J Ballasteras of Buenos Ayres Argentine written in Spanish The governor sent the missive to the state uni versity romance language department for translation and learned that Mr Balles teras desires a copy of the forest laws of the state and a copy of all agricultural re ports The fame of Arbor Day had reached him in South America and he con templates similar legislation for his re public A J Cook the aged father of Wm J Cook of Kearney mysteriously disap peared somewhere between Sacramento Cal and Kearney Mr Cook left gacra mento about May 2 i for a visit with his son at Kearney and shonld have arrived last week His trunk came on the train he was expected on and it is found that his ticket was used through to Kearney At a regular called meeting of the South western Nebraska Modern Woodmen of America Log Boiling Association Cam bridge secured the next meeting of the as sociation which will be held Aug 2 and 30 t r - BOBS IN PEET0EIA LEADS 4 f HIS ARMY INTO KRUG ERS CAPITAL British Enter the Town in Triumph London Goes Wild witbJ joy Over What la Considered the Knd of the War The announcement madetheother day in regard to the occupation of the Trans vaal capital by this British torccSJpvOB premature but iff was based on thap parent decision of the Boersto surrender k without a struggle fJ Perhaps Lord Roberts had a secret unaesstanding with the Boer commander but it has been certain for some days that no- further resistance would be offered by the fed eral forces Tuesday the oincial and den- nite news of the entrance o Lord Rob erts and a portion of his army into the capital was received A correspondent asserts that there can be no doubt as to the significance of this practical surrender of Pretorix It was deemed impregnable by the Boers and CAPITOIi OB UjLADnUIS PIIETORIA all foreign observers spoke o it as strongly fortified and able to withstand a long siege The gallant and brave Boers have chosen to open it to the Brit ish due only to the desire to avoid use less sacrifice of life and property They might have delayed the inevitable end somewhat and might have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy But save the capital and their country they could not and they concluded to how to fate The South African war is over Peace is now a question of a few weeks if not of days The South African republics areextincr and Great Britain has won through over whelming superiority of numbers At 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon almost eight months after the declaration of war Lord Roberts entered Pretoria While the commander-in-chief of the greatest army Great Britain ever put in the field was fulfilling the promise he made to the guards at Bloemfontein to lead them intc the capital of the Transvaal England was celebrating the event with wild en thusiasm Throughout the length and breadth of the country the news spread like wildfire Based on the recollection of recent European wars when the occu pation of the enemys capitaL signified the end of hostilities Lord Roberts terse telegram was taken universally to mean the practical finish of the war which has tried Great Britains military resources as they were never tried before In London the mansion house and the war office almost instantaneously became the centers for jubilant throngs Flags appeared as if by magic and traffic had to be diverted through other streets Hat less and coatless men and boys ran through the city alleys to see for them selves the bulletins announcing the news and to join in the thunder of cheers or add their voices to the joyful thronga singing God Save the Queen Judging from Lord Roberts phraseolo gy the occupation of Pretoria was not accomplished by any loss of life One of the first things done by Lord Roberts keugebs noiiE ix rrKToniA after the occupation was to direct Gen French to relieve the British prisoners confined at Waterval The press dispatches from Pretoria quote Gen Botha as saying So long as we can still count on our thousands of willing men we must not dream of re treat or throwing away our indepen dence Gen Botha it is added annull ed the regulations appointing a special committee to preserve order substituting military control for that of the commit tee Gen Lucas Meyer addressing the burghers on the church square urged them all to stand fast Though their efforts were pitifully fu tile it is evident that faithful Boer gen erals worked desperately- to resist the overwhelming force of Lord Robert army The British advance to Preftoria was bitterly opposed and when the- Boers found that they were in danger of being enveloped by the concentrating columns they succeeded in getting away in safety Telesp aphic Brevities Georgia and Alabama have fine wheat crops Since 1S91 Colonlo has produced over 75000000 in gold The Chicago jty architect has made plans for a maion for stray dogs Grasshoppers are playing havoc -with the cotton crop in the Mississippi delta The May riots at Milan in 1S9S have cost the Italian Government 13000000 so far Secretary Root has autnorized the erec tion of the Fifth Army Corps monument at Fredericksburg Va Twenty five dollars and thirty cents la the annual allowance of 7051 pensioners of the State of South Carolina Florida Georgia South Carolina and Virginia have made Jefferson Davis birthday June 3 a legal holiday The bakers strike has revealed the fact that Londons baking is nearly all domV by Germans or other foreigners Gen Cronje has been seen by several pewspaper men at St Helena but refuses to be interviewed for publication