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VOLUME LXXXVII—NO. 185, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. EIGHT HUNDRED BOERS SURRENDER AT VRYBURG S AT AT AT AT ATk Tk A DA DA TR A T A T AT AT AT AT AT AT Ak D X O 00000006000 KIMBERLEY, Tuesday, May 22 —About 800 Boers have surrendered at Vry- burg (north of Kimberley and little more than half way between that place and The road is all clear from Mafeking, and all opposition in this district is practically ended. 009080000 x> % ® : Mafeking). @ L3 66E0E0C8008 - PREEY -5 A0 $ ot = 2 S s = e — T ASHINGTON, May 2.—This|ment for the proper control of the é - % o G : © a day of rasping political | island.” * . ; and oratory in the | “When will that time come?” inquired ~ | th the controversy | Bacon. . i | on the Democratic side | “That time will be delayed ® & |of the chamber, anomalous as it may | torted Platt, a party for pa § p | seem, had to do. What by far- 1o work more difficuit seelng regarded ds likely to be | F bught to mantle the % - @ | the param ue of the approaching | ery man who ing to hi r 3 ¢ | national ¢ was the subject of two le the operation of General Wond { | notable speec Platt of Con- |y, a, who is seeking to bring about H o |nceticut and the other by Spooner of Wis- | tha¢ time as rapid! v be br & |consin. The former was an answer L';u\n‘“_‘ § ¢ peegh delivered a few davs a80 BY | gpsoner resumed his speech on the n of Georgia on his resolution de- | - s & 2 } fnvestigation of in ippine question.. incidentally he referred oo Sty e t | to the situation in Cuba and our re 6 ¢ | ditions in Cuba. Platt favored t ) RS aten S Cubyapt oy & | tion of the resolution, but deprec FEUSE e phie of Mg what he declared was a cheap effort to | €3 him to say that in view of . - : : A happened in Cuba it wo e b ¢ & |make political capital out of a sham i B b | condition cf affairs, the Republ ot el B E : % | party needed no prodding to induce it to | “Does th k. inquired 3 & | probe to the bottom. ; | Spooner, “in the I nave put 1 4 | The speech of Speoner was atinua- | should have indoned Cuba @ & [tion of his address u‘l ¥ on me1 Should Have Abandened Cuba. Philippine question. In it T S 320 & N : g cdme involved in a heated ana | “ '!»“'“‘. it would rn\r‘.h(i‘n the b —! ? | colloquy with Hale of Maine ov | thing in the world for us if we had dor ¢ % | Government’s conduct of affairs |t replied Hale. “I think if it w T @ | “inzular possession It was a remarsa- | found that the population in Cuba . 4 | ble controversy between two of the best | line o s ag it had been to Spat - & | cquipped debators in the Scnate and -was | 2% NOSHTE to us B b Fal Bo been & 4 |listened to with profound attention | Bt s : Senatos many Kepresentatives and | e . : o | Wood Detectzd the Fraud. | T believe we should have taken Cuba ¢ 4 | In bringing up the Cuban frauds Platt | held it, giving to the people of Cuba what : ¢ | of Connecticut, who fs chairman of the | they never had had in the world p { | Committee on Relations with Cuba, said: |ual liberty and good government. b4 v ¥ 3 Hale—The Senator has more confidence than About a month ago General Wood, the Gov- | o v 3 i’ ernor General of Cuba, was led to suppose tb I have in the experiment we are trying u; | | there had been irregularities in that portion of | day of teaching the people of Cuba honesty and - ® | the government of Cuba under the superwision | Ecod government. I ik we ‘would have 4 | of the Director of Posts. He Im ately or- | been better off If we had mot taught th y | ganized an inspection, which has been un- | Cubans the lesson that has been taught in | speringly pressed [ the tast few manths. ? z | The Senator from Georgla (Bacon) seems to [ SPOOTer '1‘(“D = r“@ HEREE 7 ? | think, as do some of the newspaper all | ke l‘”*" o -L N * 4 | the malfeasance in office and fraud have been appropriation of revenues, stealing. a car. © ? | brought to light not by the United States Gov- | direction ¢ corrupti ernment officials, but by outsiders. But it is | . S e 3 1 | to General Wood that the credit of the discov- | Spooner (warmiy)—It is a littls tiresome for @ ery of these frauds and wrongdoings belong: led upon on !IILM side of the Cham ® @ | the probing to the bottom of the: | a Republican as the & | The Senator “rom Georgta has no m = I do not recog: 3 the sham } humiliation with which every | party cbligations to compel me to consent to | @ | patriotic man is affected by recent disclosures. | the pro fon that everything has gone right y ¢ | They are shocking. They are a direct blow to | in Cuba. © ¢ | every true citizen of the United Stat 1t oner—Nobody pretends it + | the ‘wrongdoing had occurred in Boston, New 3 55 ot thinle Vb iheecitaeit Ban b4 ? | York or Washington it would have been sad e 1. would Seik s o b @ | and shameful, but it would not have been so prb el iBeb gt S e ol T . Y ¥ 4 |.=ad ana shameful as it Is, since it occurred on | reltesc ol ol g gl e R T il s % IR A A e & | the 1sland of Cuba, where the administration The " tiie’ Wil vomse -whén. Hee . i z is engaged in & great work of freedom and o Bt Lo nga g 1 o d philanttiropy. vithout worse things happening BOERS FLEEING BEFORE THE ADVANCE OF BRITISH TROOPS. PRI i i ! - | ed by the| Spooner—What does the Senator mean when & } with the Investigation instituted by | Tsp D+ 0080005t ePIEtIrDIOIPIIIBI VI vedsittt Dttt st ittt ettdrditedessdedeiiss "'>‘$ Postmaster Geweral -might' defeat the he sreaks in geieral terms of w carnival of = | t Z 3 tt . ends of justice, and he announced that | fraud and corruption? Boers Deps Suddenl y ij 1.3 1 f*Final*B 1 VW hiGh |the department investigation would be| Haie—I mean the things disclosed. A bil S B epa r't u e on | etaills o mna a €s ) 1C thorough and searching. He then read a | of particulars has been fled already. It ] | o 3 2 | >ostmaster General Smith to | not the administration at fault. It s a nat- the Approach o (€] er’ts,!~ Culminated in the €lief Of | Fourn Asistant Bristow. who is chargod |ural esut_ There nver s boen a1 nsance W i | with conducting the investigation. e | of the setting € a sup ment | 3 | jotes! o a colony of dependen that has not been b2 7S N 1 | h B l d M f k letter gave the strictest instructions for | o gt~ WG (W S Boves ho D raws ear to tne [ tne eleaguere ale lng :mr Sresecution of the Inquiry, and urged | sttended with practically the same things I'ransvaal Frontier | ‘Garrison that every guilty man be brousht to Jus- | 6 T I T Laimirtration has sele 3 o . | tice. men who are believed to be good men l President Will Not Waver. | went into it with utter confidence, believing | | Continuing Pratt said: [ that 1t was an casy tning. ll“\'rvlo;l R | e seace treaty because I Lelleved colonta € - « in varfous parts of the ONDON, May 23.—The War Office | the townsfolk, themselves so long cooped The people have confidence in Willlam Me- .‘,.,' encles would result in precisely what dispatch from Lord Rob- |up. As the hungr: v, battle-stained | Kinley. No President while he was President 5 red. I am glad, too. 1 am glad der date of Honings Spruit, | Boers marched between the iming | had tke confidence of the people to the degree Popn o s o s A B s Ry By s 4 nnouncing the receipt by yonets of the British, the British popu. | that President McKinley has 1t. Otier Prtst rd it, but I do not want anybody to say him of the following message from |lation received them respectfully, but the | dents bave been canofized S7er PA9Eh RS T that it is an unexpected thing. Sor Ganeral -Powell: | Keffirs gave full rein to their enthusiasm | 18 been e it mo porern In offieg | Spoomer—So far as anything 1 said is con- MAFEKING 7 17.—1 am happy to |in hoots, vells and similar expressions of | Sour escaved the criticlsm and innuendo that | ! rvations are, in the . eking was success- | delight. -The prisoners seemed glad the | jicicinies has escaped. The people would be | cspears, “A bolt of mothing 3 hen The northern and | fight was over. RS T Mt G Tavextigation 1b him s | shot at nothing.”" We went to war to free 1 | K s joined hands on May 15| As the afternoon advanced the crackle | know there would be no condoning of fraud, no | Cuba. Have we done Cuba and the Cubans o . the enemy yesterday, and v began again, continuing un- | covering up of crime. But when charges are | 10 kindnesa by pouring out milllons of our men Er Is- small engagement entirely defeat- | til nearly 7 o'clock, when Captain Single- | made stmply for campalgn purposes I think we shedding the blood of ou Joldters. in : s The British casualties | ton shouted “Cease fire!” A message had | may as well make an investization for our- 5. Sityn Sha i Qi e Sl 3 n « £ and twenty-two | come from headquarters to the effect that | purther along Platt paid a high tribute e T e H that ngly the Wak- s been doubt Lord Roberts gives er to wait 1 before com- g further Nearing Transvaal Frontier. d F near to the His infantry mil nort of pster River. Some are already across drawing ward the Va They are It ready across men and a. ert that Pretoria sicge. Accord zo Marques, | are described burg has not A state of de- ment papers removed o | inue to leave | crulser Fries- | so 1t is reported, | > the fleeing Hol- to dwindle. assert that only about 24,000 of the hardiest | fighters yet remain, although there are | the denburg. and passage to I Boer forces cont of the corresponden: | tion at issue the people desired to SA A DA AT AT A TR Tk T AR T AT AT AT AT AT AT AT AT A AR X * X GICOSD0C0006 e e force marched into Mafe- shelled them out and nearly captured Snyman and took one gun, a flag and a large amount of ammunition, stores, ete. | Five ¢ found. The enemy s to be retreat- & morning 1000 men, including | ing in all directions, except one com- . arrived. With them w do, which is lying low, possibly to loads « or the retreat of the remainder. d ptain MacLaren and Corporal Mur- ray were found ir Boer hospital. They forward to fort, the |are dofng well. The townspeople and the f the unsuccessful sortie in Decem- | garrison of Mafeking are heartily grate- e Boers were pressed and the cor- | ful for their relief. T teleg ohing Thursday after- MAFEKING, May 18.—The whole town ed his dispatch thu: “We | iIs animated with a keen sense of exulta- ) with the retreating Boers and | tion over yesterday's victory, which was | complete, decisive and far-reaching. All | the outlying works of the town were in- tact; the British had lost hardly any men and yet three bodies of Federals, right in- side the British lines, had been surround- ed, cut off and given an opportunity to surrender, which they had declined. | - Commandant Sarel Eloff did not realize | that his supports had been driven back, | has managed to get from Mafeking, dated the entry of ge ves until dusk. forced slowly to retreat, p. m. ng every inch. At synset they | and he Informed a messenger that the 1 the last position. Colonel Mahon | town was at his mercy. Toward noon enterc town in the brilliant moon- | there was a lull in the fighting. Every- light Boe were as tired out as we | body at headquarters went to breakfast were and never guessed that an at- tempt would be made to force an entry | yrning. Therefore, thelr surprise They deserted their laag. a lot of food, which was di g the people of Mafeking. FUTURE PLANS OF BOER PEACE ENVOYS| WASHINGTON, May 23.—Mr. Fischer, | one of the Boer envoys, spoke freely with | a representative of the Assocfated Press | to-day as to their general plans for the future. He sald that it was their purpose | § to visit ten or twelve of the principal | cities of the United States and to explain to the people whatever they might wish | to know of their cause. They came to| plead with the whole, American people for | ympathy and support. The cities which they will visit have not yet been determined upon, and in making their selections they will be guided by | their friends. It is probable, however, that they will eventually recach San Francisco, stopping en route at Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louls and Cincinnati. Other cities have also been mentioned. | The envoys hope to complete their tour of | the country within two months and be | ready to leave for Europe, where they have planned to do important work. Mr. Fischer said that they did not contem- plate making any set speeches, but would give the people plain talks, the sub- jects of which would depend entirely upon What particular phase of the great ques- and the commissariat commissioned for horse sausage, bread and water for the men on the fighting line. There was no thought of half rations. all_he could eat. The British in the staat, moving from rock to rock, gradually drew in their cir- cle around the Federals, whom they cor- raled like cattle in a compound. Shortly after 4:30 a_white flag was hoisted by the enemy, and then, amid ringing cheers, the first batch of Boers was disarmed and sent to the town. ers furnished an inspiring spectacle bef to et e et en e NN Bt NN % i APE TOWN, May C Roberts. Continued on Third Paxe. £ 9 this morning and the rellef and Had Dzfeated the Boers. forces combined and moved out t7int evening attacked the enemy’'s head ager. | ad and fifteen wounded Boers were | Every one got | The erstwhile besieg- | § Republican Senator Hale, Denouncing Recent Island’s Independence. loff, kis officers and men had surrender- | {5 General Wood, General Brooke and ed and had lain down their arms uncon- | gthers, and said no army officer has been | teraporary character of our occupation in Cuba ditionally to Colonel Hore, ., With a | even charged with anything like fraud in | is rot to be kept? | handful of men, had been a prisoner of | (upa. | i Mff during most of the day. | ““Has the Senator had his attention di- Nation’s Honor Endangered. the resolution passed by Congress as to the Shortly before this a fuslllade Was| rected to the rafiroad construction along | Hale—I have very grave suspicions. I think heard. It was Eloff and the men Who |ipe south side of the hdrbor of Havana?”® | there are very powerful influences in this | stood by him firing on their own desert- | 1, uired Tillman. | country, largely located in New York City ers, eighty of whom "‘“‘li As the news | .ls the Senator,” retorted Platt, | largely speculative and connected with money spread by telephone to the garrisons of | warmly, *has any information as to that | making enterprises, that are determined that the various forts cheer upon cheer re- | railroad, 1T wish he would produce it."” “I did not say 1 bad any information, said Tillman, “but if there is an investi- | gation 1 will produce some witnesses. Referring to the construction of this | | raflroad, Platt =ald the names of Former B ecretary of War Alger and Senators ey e S e Sl G "gmu and Depew had been used in connec- mandant Eloft and his officers. The meet- | Liatt and Depew had heon used in connes: ing betweén Colonel Baden-Powell and{ . 3 vigorous denials of any connection ! e Elo uC: aia | with It, although to his mind such denials | < : % Wwere unnecessary. ‘ | Captain Singleton. | " “These charges simply show the reck- 3ood evening, commandant,” said Col- | v] e B PO e < 1- | Jessness of those people Who are throwing \:.',]:,:,. d].‘.:-\r:,}lv?”“' Welcome, and have | g5 0q gt the present administration,” he | “As the British had already captured 120 | 5314 3 prisoners, about all they could handle, Rathbone Not to Be Shielded. Colonel Baden-Powell sent word to Lord Platt sald there would be no disposition Chase Bentenck to open the way and to | to protect Director Rathbone If he should | allow the scattered remnants of the Fed- | pg ghown to be Involved in the financial difficulties in Cuba. If he were found to | erals to be driven from the staat. In half an hour everything was over and in | the messroom at headquarters the three | be Sullty he would be punished unspar- | Boer officers were dining. | ingly. | Nearly every mess in town raked up| Bacon, he sald, demanded to know why | | somewhere a hidden store of liquor, a bot- | gur Government was in Cuba, and why it | tle of champagne in one place, a flask of | 414 not come away. | whisky in another. The whole town join- |~ .yve are there,” Platt answered, “be- | | | we shall never give up Cuba. I think that the time will never come, unless something | earnest and drastic is done by Congress, it the last soldier of the United States will be withdrawn from Cuban soil. I do not think the President favors holding Cuba. I diseovered very powerful influences, commercial, mercan- tile, money and political, that are opposed to our ever withdrawing from Cuba. I take up *he rewspapers that are foremost in the large citles, and 1 find every day Intimation and hints that we are never to withdraw from Cuba. Spooner—It T were inclined to doubt for one moment that the United States Government will seasonably withdraw from Cuba, I should be ashamed of the Government and ashamed of its action. Hale—That assurance from the Senator more than repays me for all that I have said. I shall count upon him in the future. Spooner—To say that the Semator will count upon me in the future is little less than an insult. This Is a Government of honor, and it is a people of homor. When the Semator expresses a fear that the pledge of this Gov- ernment will be allowed to slumber by the voice of commercialism, he degrades the peo- ple and underestimates their integrity. This administration is going forward to redeem to its utmost the pledge to Cuba. In reply to Spooner’s defense of this | sent our army there to destroy the power | Government's action in Cuba, Tillman of of Spain. We have a duty yet to perform | South Carolina declared that our agents there, and the American people will see to | on the island were carpet-baggers, and it that it is discharged. Our military ! the sooner they got out the better. control of the island will cease when the | “Oh,” replied Spooner, “if the Senator * people set up for themselves a govern- ' from South Carolina finds a carpet-bag- sounded. In the town some one shouted | od save the Queen,” and the strains the ational anthem mingled for a of few minutes with the hoarse shouting of the natives. Soon Captain Singleton and Colonel ed in the jubllation, singing “God Save % the Queen’” and other patriotic songs all | CAUSe We have been sent there by the m’i"hl long. he rank and file of the Boer prisoners were lodged at Masonic Hall. Most of them are Johannesburg Boers. They seemed in excellent spirits, scrambled for the blankets issued, wrote letters to their friends and grumbled at General Sny. man. NN NS ReRe R N RN R R NN RN NeRe RN NoNoReRe +RNeReRe RNeNotieN +RNe NN 42+ Relis NeR R +Ne Nole Rolio N 2N+%O FISCHER’S ALLEGED ADVICE _ TO KRUGER TO SURRENDER ON - THE BEST TERMS OBTAINABLE 23.—it is reported here that President Kruger has received a REAPING THE BITTER FRUITS OF IMPERIALISM IN CUBA Frauds, Expresses the Fear That Wall Street Will Forever Prevent the heaven wt 0 g0 to th ly w n he gets there he will plac ed Tillman. HOUSE PASSES THE EXTRADITION BILL Provides Means by Which Neely May B> Returned to Cuba for Trial. FON, M ay tradition mr rancor was s no division of senti- luty of Congress to pass t the extradi of Neeley, to apply ling that the the possibiii- re United r to that of »mmit with in- guage was ty vote pted the resolution on Ways and ss for the fer the reduction of the war reve the resolution for a on June 6. Thke Demc insisted that Congress should r: e war taxes at the present session, e, the ma- Jority leader, said the treasury figures | showea the refunding of the bonds now géing on would pra wipe out | the surplus for this fiscal year. He con- tended that xes leade h it would be unsafe to reduce this time. chardson, mi- announced that he was in tal repeal of the war tax the nority favor of | on beer. PAPERS THAT EXPOSE NEELY'S PECULATIONS Prosecution Put Into Possession of Further Evidence by the War Department. Dispatch to The Ca ¥V YORK. May 20— Fdward K. Jones, who was appointed special assistant | General to prose- ly. to-night prom- the fz 18 case important pa- | pers. fu r Department $400,000 lation, were s. r ashington to- night and will form the basls of new charges against ly. Mr. Jones s at the Federal bullding the greater part of to-day. In company with another man he called shortly be- fore 4 o'clock on Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court. He was | tening to the trial of the case. but he sus- pended long enough to hear what Mr. Jones had to say. Mr. Je had a conference with United tes trict Attorney Burnett and dis- ussed with arguments that will be made before >r Roosevelt to-mor= row for the ex ition to Cuba of Neely, It was decided to-day to make no at- tempt to get bail for main in Ludlow-stri who will re- Jail until some de- reached in his case. John D. unsel for Neely, returned to from Washington to-day and s client. Mr. long con J y will go to Oy to oppose extrad United States Circuit postponed until Mond: HAVANA PRESS SENTIMENT. Patria Declares America Should Re- imburse Cuba. HAV The Patria, revert- ing to-day postal frauds, observes: “The Washington Government entirely controls the affairs of Cuba. Therefore it is quite right that Washington should give an account of the management of the Cuban Postal Department to the American and Cuban peoples. President McKinley's attitude in deciding that the amount stolen must be returned to the Cuban people an act of justice—not generosity. ROBERTS BIVOUACS AT HONING SPRUIT to-morrow aring in the has been Court | [Special Cable to the New York Herald. Copy- right, 1 by New York Herald Com- pany. Republication of this dispatch is prohibited. All rights teserved in the United States and Great Britain.} LONDON, May 2i—The special corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph sends this dispatch: “HONING SPRUIT, May 2-We reached Honing Sprult this forenoon. There was no firing, the Boer scouts hav- ing retired last night. Lord Roberts’ headquarters bivouacs here. The enemy who number 12,000, mostly Transvaale under command of General Botha, are entrenched north of Rhenoster River. This report is regarded as reliable. They have fifteen cannon and “long toms™ with them and their outposts are situated to the south of Roodewal. The enemy's cannon are chiefly posted to the west of the railway. They have a wagon laager on the east side. An action is likely to be fought to-morrow. NNETT-BURLEIGH.” “BE CONSULAR COMMUNICATION | SUPPRESSED AT PRETORIA | LONDON, May 2.—The Lourenzo Marques correspondent of the Times says: | “Mrs. Reitz, wife of the Transvaal State | Secretary, and her children have gone to Europe on the Bundesrath, which is be- leved to have taken a large quantity of | bullion and possibly several important | Boer politicians. | ‘“Apropos to the American insinuation communication from Abraham Fischer, one of the Bcer delegates now in the United States, advising him to surrender on the best terms obtainable from Lord it is also understood that when Lord Roberts crossecs the Vaal River he will issue a proclamation announcing that it the burghers return to their farms their property and stock will be respected. @ elie et otioti oo ReN s e Rotie Re o B oo N Netle Ro RoY Rok 420 NN oNeN BN +ReR 4NN 4R R R U RN NN o Ko &02 1 against the British censorship, I have as- | certained that British subjects connected | with the mines sought to enlighten the { American: Consul regarding their position. He referred the matter to Cape Town. | The reply was telegraphed to Pretoria, | but was never delivered. It is notorious that it was suppressed by the Boer au- thorities. | VA Popular_feeling against Presidents Kruger and Steyn is setting in heavily. Every newspaper articie is censored, and the people are indignant at discovering what rubbish and falsehoods bave been given them.” o8 o tieti ¢l NeN SN N Retien