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eens oes as NJE, HARD PRESSED, we "DO : ~ | River. The soldiers were under fire all dsy long, and all the fighting had The British guns shelled the lnager vigorously and the Boers confessed to a loss of over eight hundred men. The terrific shelling was resumed Monday, when Gen. Cronje asked for an armistice. The shelling was con- tinued Tues ‘ay, over fifty guns pour- ing lead into the Boer camp. PAARDEBERG, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 6.20 P. M.—A Boer kopje has been on the left and Gen, Knox's Seeigade on the centre and riy':!, while Ges. Smith-Dorrien's brigaie crossed the river and advanced along the morth bank. ; Om both the north and south banks Be ground is level and the advance *geross this was deadly and the Brit-| captured with fifty prisoners. feh losses wore heavy. The battle; Gen. Cronje's position is Was an exact replica of the Modder | changed. LONDON FEELS BETTER. | LONDON, Fed. 22.—Intense relief has hension, but reinforcements of guns i i caused here by the receipt of the| «rd men are als» reaching Lord Roberts, ) | Bere trom Panr@eberg showing that) ond tt ts not thought that the Trans- ; Zeta Roberts is personaliy superintend-| vaa; and Free Btate railroads will be "Ging the operations, and though It fo 4iM-| able to transport hurriedly great num- “s eult. to grasp the real situation, ft 1) bers of men ang horses. a @enerally thought Lord Roberts is grad-| From the available information re- «feat ba ad his grip on Gen.’ ceived here it appears that Lord Rob- ’ 1 Cronge 's forces, erts completely eurrounds Gen, Cronje Tt te evident that Gen Cronje ts not} with artillery, thus releasing the other | | MRerely lingered in the ordinary accepte-| arms, of which, military experts anser:, Mon Of the term, but occupies a stPONEy| 0 hay plenty to defeat all reinforce- Desition. After failing to 418-) ments of the Boers as they arrive in Gen, Cronje, and after a recon} 45,1), he decided to content himself) tne fact that Gen, Cronje asked for Meiling the Boers, which he wes! an armistice pointe tq great Ineses an Going when Paardeberg advices were) wor a, “indicating that ho recognised Off at 6 o'clock Inst evening. that his hope Hes in séeuri: ing delay in it Whe tact that Boors from Ladyemith | seer 1 allow Boer reinforcements. to q en, 1 allaliigdl vat freate @ diversion in Lord Roberts's i Paardeberg "| rear, JOUBERT LOSRS MBRYE. tine, hag ities. petition! bitterness party si in ell the col |N0 POWER 10 IJTERFERE leré Salisbury Gaye No Ragage- je Beem Made an fettir~ ment with Beer Republics, sri racrowmit MALY WALTZ Society at Odds and Break Ahead. a | Moore say Me to Breaking Down and ts Ne Longer in Ohiet 3 Command. ‘ LONDON, Fo. 2 Beer soporte cay Gen, Joubert’s Berves are anstrung, and that he © je longer eneretece the chief com- mend. A despateh trom Sterkepralt saye: “Phe prominent rebels in thee |e recbect ae eae at wade bf | Lonaglond tmtend (to surrender and the Stermberg rebels will omertiy | Republie Jey thete arms.” aray tot 4 g Speeches om the subject ' | @f the losses of the Canadians in South Africa, concerning which, ew ¢@mough, there is not a single word, offi- © > the women of the place, arrangement. wes presers. Lord Saiebery alee sald he knew noth. | Me. Stackpole ing of Gea. Cronje’s proposed armietice.| taht, the girls i ome one proposed a compromise on a MORE ARTILLERY CALLED, 4 e & quaéritie—one of the old schoul, where you form in # hollow square, advance | [ala or otherwee, known of published ' the tt tery vencept that two officers were ae eee eee re Ofleers Get Hurry Orders to Atrien| Then one of the young men whispered : —Pifty One-Pounders to to the leader of the orchestra, and, to i Be Sent Out, a fecetved hutry orders to-day t Quadrille drifted into a masy waite to Mouth Africa with Atty vas pouna Tut Mrs. GriMi and her allies were tien | Maxim-Nordenfehit gus. not yee beaten, ‘There wns n rush to the j le Captured. Awitohboard that controlled the electri ‘ ea Hghts and the boll was in darkness. ’ EY CAMP, Natal, Wednes- y peng! a d 21.—The steady progress of the PEACE MAN WON'T QUIT. adh gM ry naive Us ag _ 2 alin ‘e ddlahictented. ‘The wanted. And in the dark they waltsed e re , t thelr. on until they were tired. ‘Then, flushed © {lam Pevition south of the Tussle, re |COMrtney Mefases to Resta trom | i") HAphuces and irlumph, they went q i Be tbe exnetetion of Colense, Porilament a¢ Demand of vA Woe att tour Awash Sicn, Weallcoasa Was Promptly reovcupied by the c mite, had octet — Wraslicers and Thorneyeroti's| LONDON. Feb Tha Conservatives Ot Hho Reet waseting of the i bry of the Bodmin Division of Cornwall, in- ,_ & Transvaal fag was captured, as wae] consed by the attitude toward the war of WHY HE HATES REPORTERS. L { andkerchief inscribed with Gen.|their representative in the House « i ; Kame. This is treasured a8 4/ Commons, Mr. Leonan! Henry Courtney, — mr, 4 rophy. formerly Deput 5 \- © + The Boors heavily shetied Hiangwara| ed his ie Maye Stel Mnptotent®) Matt he) 6: aatran 7 {RRM and Colenss Wednesday, Feb. t1.| ar, Courtney, however, refuses to re-| Tells How am Allowed Newspaper [SRE cthe British advanced Infantry was| sign. He cladma he contested the seat lan Rerrewod Mis Money. 7 Gebfveted to a revore musketry fire, but | on condition that he be allowed toact ine] Magistrate Mott, In the Centre Btreet BAC excellent cover and the casual- | dependently Court, had another tantrum this morn- were few. ing. He excluded from the court t ‘The Roers gel the railroad rupning lawyers, the reporters and even the frem Colenso to Bulwana ft ———— FBAR A FENIAN RAID, THE WORLD: FIGHTS DESPERATELY. BLOWN DOWN. WOMEN'S SNAG. Riverhead Improvement Three weeke ago the residents of the Village of Riverhead, 1. 1., turned con- trot of the village iinprovementa over to Brute man snickered and said that within three weeks the members of the Villege Im LONUON, Feb, 22—In the Hease of /P¥evement Society would be pulling hair. Lords to-day Premier Lord Saiisbury|And already has his prophecy borne declared that the Government had ge] (ult, for the society has spilt upon fook, and there is mo hope of @ reanton. Tt @ae n village dance thm camsed all the ultimate settlement with the lner| the midehtef. The Improvement Soclety bave a little supper last night in cele- No power, he added, had asked or| Dration cf the victory of woman over he emtering imo of any euah {et Oprtesscr. and nearly everybody in war Gfant in hor tearful. An4 at last the speechless horror of the old ladies| Van LONDON, Feb, s.—arti a of the opporttion, the last figure of the! Persohs who came as complainants and | HURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1900. FOUR HOUSES (VETERAN EDITOR | MARRIES A WIDOW. Henry M. Alden, of Harper’s Magazine, Weds Mrs. Murray, of Norfolk, Va., in Washington. _— Furious Wind Shattered New Structures in Brooklyn. CITY SWEPT BY BIG GALE |Sunshine Followed Storm and Holliday Throng Had Outing. Goes to Missouri Town. Final Vote Was 40 to 8 Against the Beer Stronghold. Washington's Birthday opened in 6 way to give a warning signifieance to the memory of the man who left " ful memory a itght for after times. Rain «nd wind fighting for the mastery fell upon New Yor in the midnight hour and through the early moraing held possession of the city But as noon approached the weather @eared and finally the sun came out dright and golden. The weather had the breath of éarly Spring in it. Four unfinished frame houses were dlown down on Osborne streat, between Glenmore and Pipkin avenues, by the storm af 4A, M. to-day. They betonx to Sagnuel Pulley, of Brooklyn. No onc was hurt. ‘The velocity of the wind at Sandy Hook at 6 o'clock this morning was sixty miles an hour, and was increasing. WASHINGTON, Feb, 2.—The neat Democratic National Convention will be eid in Kaneag City. ‘That wae decided upon this afternoon by the Democratic Na‘tonal Committee, which met here in the Hotel Raleigh. Milwaukee was the only other city mentioned, and before the meeting dele- ations from that city industriously but. ton-holel members and had some hopes. ‘The bottom dropped out of their claims, hewever, when !t receme Keown that William Jennings Bryan and Chairman Jones favored Kansas City, ie Another argument used by sovrians was that the last campaign showed the Democrats two things: Firat, the folly of holding the old idea that “local influence” was worth consid ering, for Missouri, the seat of the Rept blican convention, went Democratic oe, and Illinotw, boure the , went Becond, the wirdom Stent tne con. vemtion of the is" Before the conven- tion of the “ins.” The precedents of eo many years had pointed the other way that polticlans very generally thought that the Republicans were foolish to hold the convention firet in 1888, instead of tneleting on having the administration party @o Of record and then profi: the mistakes in their platform. feee of the Republicans in stepping out into the open field and forging the fight- ing has emboldened a great many Demo- orate, who now say that if they can hold = \ EDITOR HENRY M. ALDEN. Meary Milla Alden, editor-in-chief of works of the kind have been more No Gate was fixed for holding the con- MSHS CTY 800 WORKED G CHOSEN, FOR CLARK Democratic Convention|Senator’s Son Tells of Horde at Montana’s Capita. WILWAUKEE POOR SECOND.|HE WAS THE TREASURER, Most Hop«<i ‘to Earn a Little Expense Money,” He Said. WASHINGTON, Feb. %-Jonn B Wellcome was recalle| before the Clark Investigating Commitice at the begin- ning of the seasion to-day. At the instance of Serator Chandler Mr. Welleome related that he iad been present with Benators Chandler and Caf- frey had examined his bank account and that, according to their finding, he had y (Wo corrections to make, They had found two checks. one for $95,00) and the other for $00.0", which should be added, C. W. Clark, son of the Benator, was called. He ald be had taken an active part In ti ntana legislative cam- paign in 18%, and in the Senatorial fight following. He was treasurer ef the Clark campaign committee. The money placed tn his hands was for the purpore of covering both of these campaigns. Mr. Clark thought there were an average of 1 persons in Helena in his father's behalf just peter to the election, and all told there were fully 30 people there from first to last, Most of these had come ‘with the view of helping Mr. Clark in the contest, but the witness had no doubt that some of little expense money." BACHELORS FORM TRUST. Delaware Men Band Together to Reatet Matrimonial Tempta- i tens, SMYRNA, Del., Fed, 22—Everybody’ knows or should know that there are more attract te young women in pre- portion to ite population in Smyrna Harper's Monthly Magasing, wae mar-| widely read. | Med to-@ay in Washington to Mra. Ken-| “A Study of Death’ was dedicated to Al from the little private suppers| ‘on C. Murray, of Norfolk, Va., widow| hie wife, who wae for many years an lsd Gea Gtk atin Redbird recog-|0f the former editor of the Norfolls| invalid. nises the anniversary, there were the . We will take hie bride te hie home, Oak Mr. Alieh is sixty-three years of ‘Tree C inarine |t one of Republicans here believe the G. 0. P. convention will be held in New York His first wife died five years ag. three daughters, Mrs. Murray has been [Of subsrban rey & widow since 19%. She te thirty-five igpae we trons, whe founaea a hae sheltered RY . wetters, a9 years old and has five daughters, having Iden, ee lta — -|POPB 480 BLESSES 15,000 a been married to Mr. Murray at the age Of sixteen. Impressive Scene at st. Peter's, Where Crowds ef Pllgvime Saw the Pentta. ROME, Feb, 2%.—There was an im- preastve scene tn Gt. Peter's to-day when the Pope gave his blessing to 15,000 Itai- tan pligrims, who filled the vast Basilica.” The appearance of Pope Lee, borne on Astoria; the Bons of the Revolution, at Delmonico's, and that of the First New York Mounted Rifle The Hebrew paditering Guardian Society gave @ for- mat peception. VAN GILSA HOUSE AFIRB. Blase Camced Much Bzcltement Amotg Members of Seoiety Women's Household. A fire in thé basement of Mrs. Augusta Gilsa's handsome reaidence, 167 Madison avenue, caused a great deal of excHtement, but little damage to property this morning. Whe the firemen arrived, at 116 RSH Voices woman ts rather more agreeable, on an average, tham those of the women in other Northern Gities. Philadelphia wo- men's voices, it is aaid, are the most harah in the world.” “Way?” 'eloch, they goon put it out. CAN Et TONED “We one knows. The Philadelphia) tne sedia gestatoria, evoked tremer- Mra. Van Gilea ts prominent in social vole appears to be imitative. Citmate circles, . teeatn t@ have ie eect coon regulating bor Wert te ld the tones vetoo. It has been sus-| aey, ity jer praying at the high alter the, 020-PBR-CENT. LYONS FREB. forced thet the harshness of the Nor'®-| papa, carved. in Bt. Peters. chat, ie ern women's velee is 0 legacy from thelr | toned to the singing of anthema, in which Throat Clutch and Jaw Clinch Are Eadlly Remedied. whining, nasal, peaim-singing Puritan forefathers, That is open to debate.” ‘Temper in the Tene. “And the velee bears that relation ¢o| the benediction. the state of one's temper?” a Throat clutch, Jaw clinch and whtning ecncrabie tune are onauctve to coed] TRAIN WREGK AT VAR NEST imtofation—the chief ills that the New) *Way one's temper through the voice ene York voice is hetr to When a peton becomes habituated to] @ugine Jumped Track and Ran on “Borty-secon’ nex’! croake the guard yd eee sas Nae wa cee Readbed, Care Toppled Over, on the “I.” with a burr and @ rattle| sible to speak crosaly or angrily in these None Wave, of discordant tones that ePackles| A ewitch-engine and two freight care nes, Anger calls into use the harsh, through the air like hail on a tim root, |Urpienenat tases, Notice how the vole) we rag Be + That's throat clutch the congregation joined. ‘The Pontiff was then borne through the midst of the crowd and pronouneed Man Whe imitated W. F, Miller Promises Magistrate Mott te We Gena.” Witiam A. Lyons, director of the Guarantee Investment Company, 19 #ul- ton street, and arrested for imitating the 83-per-cent. Franklin Syndicate, ts a free man, When the case came up this morning before Magistrate Mott Emanuel M Friend, representing the creditors of the leoncern, formally withdrew the com- piaint, "The whole object of the proceeding,” ot Oe 4 will grow shrill and one uses the more Maven and Hartford Raltroad, at 8 1 | The Britien continue to discover tare | oh. eummmnone | he #4id, “was to stop all auch schemes | sgureiy, {enjoy ‘Vornerit T dote on agrecatic Sih be wee Voice tine] o'¢tock this morning, i pox thalvegabartoned Pig beset Torente Globe Saye Less Regie |! 40't like reporters,” declared the pte Tl Ay aga him, in fact; don't you?* shrieks your | Pywement tenga yo king {Mite of provisions was lett behind ™ Been Warned to | “Tear tgs | was deceived by @ re- —— to peiehbor ot UNNEme tone Her H Toned and {hel stead of opened the switch. + Wl expected that turther resistance Be in Readiness. porter, At least he claimed he was ' MORE 6 NS IN FRANKFORT, voice in high-pitehed. It is nerve-jar- The locomtive jumped the raile and 5 [MM be half-hearted, and that Lady-| poRONTO, Om, Feb, 2—The Globe, | Teporter, He borrowed money from me 0] ring, Your tympanum euffers and your... j@amith wit! be reached in a fow days. which ts apprehensive of a Fenian raid,| 40d never paid it back.” —_— eyes Dlink tn pain, That i# because she ways to-day | “Are you sure he was a reporter?” The officers of the jocal regiments deny | (he Magistrate was asked that they have any information other! “We: 1d me he was,” than that posseased by the public re-! reply warding a Fenian movement against\ news Canada Mobilieation returns nevertheless have LADYSMITH IS HOPEFUL, was the men, i not be questioned any further,” be yelled, “I won't stand reporters, as @ matter of fact been sent out to| They can't talk to Supreme Court Jus- commanding offices, cal for informa. | tices and they can't talk to me Clear tlon as to the route th necessary | the room, officer!” from headquarters of all unite to the ASTOR SAYS HOLD COLONIES Nearest railway stationa the time ree ae We nec! to The Breving World) ITH, Feb. 19 (by heliograph Camp, Feb. %).—The health @arricon has improved wonder- More rain ts badly needed for thy amd cattle, The spirits of the greatly improved because of success at Kimbertey. ; bombardment of the town con steadily, Bulwan is unvewally an4 Bleauwhank ond surprise shrapnel with ri@lev- email ite, the shells bursting above the objects alined at. hundred and thirty oer wagons WRENS worth alone Modder Bprui: to- pm epite of this ant the despatch "|BRITISH DBFBAT CHINESE \ [Seventy Kitlea with The by Beundary Force Under O@eial Herts. RANGOON, British Burmah, Feb. 2 e British official ed to the be ~ ern cma, Minne a ihe Mor ie her anly ats “Thay Be touring the Burm o-Chinese frontier with | eve expansion, If .aere is any quer Compares)!” Sort. hes engaged and rouied twol ion a: all It is one of contraction.’ considerable forces of hostile Chinese jquired and the cowt per man for (rane portation to the point of mobilization —~—— GEN. MACDONALD’S wouNp |“* “"*"; SEVERE, NOT DANGEROUS. | PARIS, Feb. £:.—John Jacob Ast LONDON, Feb. 22--Mr. George Wynd. here and tp spending his time j Parliamentary Secretary of the! mobiting. He Will leave shortly for New hod or ie In responding at the Washingto! Birthdey banquet to-night to ¢ ™ and Colontal ne Washingtom tn his day was what we ‘io the present day should call panstonist. There ie nothing new int development. It is quite as Mr. from Mien Kewux Pa. tis the reason T don't tte | An Armed Redy ef Woantaineers ie aver, care were thrown to ther fas track CS eee Quartorea ta Captiol—Agreement fone of crew was ———— has the jaw clinch, complicated, per- haps, @ith @ touch of throat clatsh, man's voice te than a woman’ of all-wool serge, colors: of homespuns, in light gray, Ket station, on the New York, New| oxford, brown, also black and navy, meade with double The train was trying to make a flying | breasted short back coat, taf- awitch, but the ewitchman locked ta- feta lined, ekirt boxe} leated value: ran along the roadside, bat did not top-/ $37,609, sizes 14, 16 & 18 yrm, chee (i aaioaad ike ria gat be ae eee ep arse Iooutng in nyt. sha ( Pil tage? ie Bashelors” swear that that the Benrros Beet any et Pear Misses’ & Children's New Spring and Summer Coats & Dresses Novel and Exclusive Styles, Girls’ Sailor Suits, vy, red, brow, sailor collar, braid trimmed, size 4 to 18 years, $4.50. Misses’ Suits, d £nepercaline lin $13.50. " but kK mey de . About Injunction *. War against both these enemies of ths) None "re Misses’ Suits, , FRANKFORT, Ky, Feb. 2 — An| New York volvo ts being waged by Miss |cordant vi is MOBBED A CONSULATE. armed vody of aixty mountaineers {s| mille C, Curtis, who has under was! jem In an effort of extra qual P apie jartered to-day in the Capito! having| tne formation of a society for the tm-| Yolce de arrived here last night. It is evident| provement of the American speaking Bore Intulgenity Troops Sent by Terke to Protect | cloth, colors: bi coh cog be |that they wore summoned by some pud- | Pes i RE BritisR Agent=tle fen Was | tor, brown, eton jacket, lie offtetal, and trouble is feared. ‘This fe hast Pr on for 6 One sensation yesterday was caused |b¥ Republienn Lieut.-Cov. Marshall when|d¢eade among the schoo! children of BLUECOA' eon | he wntked into the Senate Chamber and| the city by MPs, Curtis, Many grown- t A SUICIDE. Britiah Vice-Consul, Abela, at Biden, j | demanded that his presence be noted by| Wes, especially women, have applied to —_—__ has surrounded the Consulate. the clerk. The Democrats laughed at|her for lessons in volce culture. Dressel, Sick nad Deepondent,| Troops have been despatched, and him. “Ko one, women in particular, has Blows Ht Srales Another sensation was the signing of an agreement by the attorneys for lem- jacratic Gov. Beckham and Republicag, | Liewt.-Gov. Marshall to submit ail th | injunction sults to Judge Field, » Demo | st ee of Louwlsville for imme- —— any excuse for the possession of a hare, . Out. Policeman William G. Dressel, of the Hiv Mead After Salating ‘Twe Patrick Tralno?, a grocer’s clerk. twen- ty-six yeare old, was shot in the head | paeerd the |eaiuted them. paces when ta li can be wors or cl stitched taffeta bands, value scene | $95.00, sizes 34, 16 & 18 yrs, leated back sine, icketandekirttrimmed with thom came “with the hope of earning @ 4