St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 10, 1900

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2 AMR LL ee 4 oe iy UL Pee ee peer ? TRANSIT COMPANY “afternoon for the com OO [ hirty-Mile Stret Car Ride Oe That is possible near S on a system which has revolutionized one phase of transportation. See the facts in to-morrow’s Junday Post-Dispatch. }~ vor, 52. NO. 201. : ee ee ee ee st a ; ee ee " id fem 2 koe GO ys 7, Se OF 3 er ; : ape“ me: tt ; z ) > $ ay F » « . “ x * s df . ? t # be pA ae RG Ce Bee SWORN AVERAGE SUNDAY CIRCULATION FOR FEBRUARY, 152,565. ‘THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. OOS SS Blacksmith, carpenter, spiritual guide of thousands and the father of RegularE (jr Man Is a Farmer, twenty chilaren. See the facts in to-morrow’s SATURDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—MARCH 0, 1900 PRICE} n St. Louis, One Cent. Outside St. Louis, Two Cents. —-—_—_—_- ~~ - > Junday Post-Dispatch. ee ee REPLIES ‘ TO THE MEN. afr «pz a ad Under Existing Circumstances, Reads the Docu- ment, the Requests Cannot Be Complied With. , wa’ , i a A LETTER IS OF THE SAME TENOR AS THAT SENT TO THE MAYOR, ee 2 * 4 The Executive Committee of the Union Says the Men’s Decision Will Be Given the Public at 4 O’Clock. a Sf) a i ie REPLY OF THE ST. LOUIS TRANSIT COMPANY TO THE MEN. ST. LOUIS, March 10, 190. To the Committee of Employes of the St. Louis Transit Co.: Gentlemen—Your favor of the 7th inst. has been received and duly considered, In answer to the several requests therein contained, we have to say: 1. The case of any discharged employe will, upon his application for re-employ- ment, be considered upon its merits. A 10-hour work day is already the policy of the company. The endeavor has been and will be to have this day’s work completed within 12 consecutive hours whenever possible. in other cities in this section of country is: peka, Kan., 15 cents; Cincinnati, 16 2-3 cents; The lowest pay in St. Louis is on the Fourth Street 1742 cents after one year’s serviice. or People’s line, which is 20 cents for a trip occupying 68 minutes. pany did not fix this rate, and has not yet The company cannot pay 25 cents per hour for trainmen. The rate of wages Springfield, Hl., 12 cents per hour; To- Kansas City, Mo., 17 cents; Louisvilhe, The Transit Com- acquired title to this line. When the Transit Company gets title, this rate wil be raised without waiting for a request. On the.lines now operated by the Transit Company, the rates range up- ward from the highest of those quoted above, 17% cents per hour on the Baden line De- ing the lawest. Rates on other lines are higher, being on the Lindell 19 cents for conductors and 20 cents for motormen, and on the Olive street line 19% cents for con- ductors and 20'2 for gripmen, It has been our service was made all] electric, and in so equalizing, it was also the intention that the 20 cents, Fate per man per hour should be fixed at intention to equalize rates when the which would mean a material in- crease in our payroll, If, instead of waiting until the service is made all electric for this equalization, our employes prefer that that it be done now, \we are ready to con- ~sider the matter. We had thought it best to leave uniform. this until the service Was made $ If your third request means that men on the extra lst shall be paid as sug- gested, this cannot ve cone, work. It would nut be Just as ketween them and the men at 4. We have no objection to changing the ruje as to extra men referred to, and make it that when they miss they be placed at the foot of tse list for one week and then sign yn their regular places. & Tne work done by firemen, greasers, motor inspectors, car washers and shedmen is such that it is properly paid by the day or month. We believe that the present rate of wages is as high as is paid for like service, and we have had no compluint on that score. The company cannot relinquish its obligations to the public to manage the prop- erty, but in any and all matters affecting the interest of any employe or employes, we shail always be glad to meet and confer with those concerned. The reply of the St. Louls Transit Co, to requests made by its employes was made at noon Saturday. The letter is given in full in this issue. The men say they will let the public know their decision at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The reply of the company was to these resolutions: First. We ask that all employes, who have been discharged for being members of our association, shall be reinstated to their former positions with- out prejudice. Second. We further ask that a 10-hour work- day, as near as possible, be inaugurated on the entire system, and a day’s work be completed with- - in 12 consecutive hours: and that the standard rate of wages shall be 25 cents for all trainmen. Third. We ask that men doing extra work be paid from the time they are instructed to report until the car is turned in; and where men are re- quested to show up and remain at the sheds all day, they be paid for the number of hours they are there at the regular rate of wages. Foyrth. We would ask that the rule prevails causing extra men to go to the foot of the list when they miss, be changed to the same as that among the regular men, that is: That they be Placed at the foot of the list for four days and then sign in their regular places. Fifth. We would ask that firemen receive 25 cents per hour, greasers and motor inspectors 20 cents per hour, car washers and shed men 17% cents per hour and regular seale of wages for all Over-time. ® Sixth. We ask that the company recognize and treat with our committee in the future. These resolutions were adopted at a mass meeting of employes of the St. Louis Tran- sit Co. Tuesday night in Harmonie Hall, Eighteenth and Olive streets. While the gathering was a mass meeting, it was at the same time an executive meeting of lo- coal No. 130 of the International Amalgamat- ed Aseociation of Street Railway Em- ployes, for this local union and the organi- zation of Transit Company employes are identical. There were about. 1400 etreet milway employes at the meeting. he meet called on the which now advice of toa union and Mahon pre- Mr. Mahon was ed the Officers of the local ved here last Sunday., Mr. sided at the meeting. While not all the members of the union were at the meet- ing, the entire membership was represented coat og te delegates from the branch unions— eech line has a branch union. The meeting adopted resolutions embody- ing the requests printed above. The meet- ing elected the committee which is to wait upon Mr. Coleman Saturday. By a unani- mous vote this committee was given full power to without con- ar- n presented the resdlutions Coletfyin at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. They introduced themse!ves as a commitiee of Transit Company employes. No reference to the fact that they beionged to &@ union was made. Mr. Coleman said he could not answer the requests himeseif, but that he would im- mediately lay the resolutions before the Board of Directors of the company. He gat ne. and at W o'clock Thursday morning e informed the committee that no definite time could be set by the company for their final reply to the requests. The committee would wait until 4 o'clock that said they mpany to set the time. At the hour Mr. Coleman informed the committee that the company would give —* answer to the requests oa Sat- ay. The committee called a meeting of the general committee of the union, which compered of four members from each branch union, which was held Thursday Franklin avenue, This meeting agreed _. Might at Lightstone’s Hall, Beventh street it until Saturday noon for the com- s definite answer, providing the som would agree to not discharge or hire Respectfully yoursy ST. LOUIS TRANSIT COMPANY. By Edwards Whitaker, President. any men in the meantime. The company, tunrough Mr. Coleman, agreed to this prop- vsition at 4 o'clock [Triagay afternoon. BAUMHOFF TO LINDELL MEN. Superintendent Delivered a Very Con- ciliatory Speech. Supt. George W. Baumhoff of the Lindell division of the St. Louis Transit Co.’s sys- tem addressed meetings of the men em- played on that division Friday afternoon and evening. The afternoon meeting was held at 2330 Choaiteau avenue. The evening meeting was heid in the company’s gym- nasium at Taylor and Fairfax avenues. At the evening meeting Mr. Baumnoff said: ‘“T was at first inciined io have this meet- ing behind ciosed doors and not admit rep- resentatives of the press. I reconsidered this, however, believing it @ Matter § in which the public is interested, and could think of no better way for the people iv know what we were doing than through the papers. “Now, gentlemen, you are on the ave of one of the most important affairs the em- ployes of any railway company of this size have ever faced. To begin Wiih, if there ls any cause for dissatisfaction on your part it must be well founded and there must be some just grievance to entitle you to the sympathy, support and respect of. the pub- lic. You meet the public in your daily duties and no doubt have felt the public puise, It has been stated that your pay averaged 16 cents an hour. You Know better than this, but for the benefit of others I will say the wages per hour paid the conductars is 19 cen:s and motormen 2 cents. I believe that to be fully as good, and probably better. than the employes of any other similar system are receiving. If I had my way and the company could afford it, you would get two times as much. ‘In regard to strikes, I want to SAY a just cause is always necesSary, and so far as the Lindell division is concerned I have never heard of a grievance. I had a con- ference with President Whitaker to-day and urged him to make the pay of motormen and conductors equal. In 189), when e'lec- tricity was first introduced on the Lindell railroad, we pa‘d $2 for twelve to fourteen hours’ work. As President Whitaker said to-day, We have never thought of reducing your pay. From that standpoint you have no grievance. “The time table on this division is prob- ably as well equalized as it can be. I be- lieve you will agree to this. If there is a man in my hearing who can get up a bet- ter one, which will take care of the travel and give you equal hours, I wil] hire him and pay him good wages. It Is true. some of the company’s systems may not have time tab.es like those in vogue on this di- Vision, but the company contemplates a change in them. “I have been with this company twenty- seven years, and have worked in nearly every capacity,” declared the superintend- ent. “When I worked on the road we had what was called the long and short runs. On the long run we worked from 5 a. m. until 12 o'clock midnight. On the short run the hours -were between 6 o'clock in the morning and 7 o'clock at night. For this we received $2 a@ day. The conditions. system and travel have changed since ther.” Following Mr. Baumhoff's address. Con- ductors Burkhead, Lightstone, Holden and Vankirk each made a short speech, assur- ing Mr. Baumhoff they would be loyal to the company. At the afiernoon meeting, Mr. Baumbhoff said: ‘“‘In 1885 the same conditions that threaten us now prevailed. The men had no griev- ances. One road was paying but $1.75 per day. Others were giving their men §2. The men on the system which was paying $1.76 concluded to strike. In this connec- tion, let me say, however, that I do not anticipate a strike now, and hope there will not be one, for the sake of yourselves, the public and the company. When the men went on a strike in 188 it was not long until they induced those on other lines to join them. It spread, and was, of course, contested, There was a bitterness of feel- ing which I hope will not creep into this, providing the men go out. Some Was done to the company's property. happy to say, however, but little of occurred on the Lindell. If anything takes CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO, “TITTLE BREECHES”- AT COURT. . - ' = + Pea « "ta; LA When Hay wrote “Little Breeches,” Which has so famous grown, Did he ever think, I wonder, Of “loafing around the throne?’’ Did he ever dream, I wonder, That witn Fnickerbockered monkeys He would bow to Vic, with the other Administration flunkeys? THINGS AT HOME SIGNS OF SPRING. Soon all along the boulevards And everywhere we pass We'll see this heaondl in the ‘“‘heep off the Gruass.’’ yards: And all along the street car lines, _ With advertisements blent, Conspicuous will be the signs Of ‘‘House for Rent.’’ And in the boarding houses soon Spring chickens will be sprung, Though many a cold and wintry. moon Has passed since they were young. VANDERBILT KNOTT. It Have you ever read “Frankenstein?” is the weirdest story ever written. tong | MAY TAKE THEM BY FORCE. ago it passed into literature as an English | It was written in a friendly con-'! classic. test between Mary Wollestencraft Shelley, her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, Lord Byron and Polidori, an Italian literatteur, early in the present century. The object was to see which could write the weirdest story. Mrs. Shelley’s effort alone survived, and it has become immortal. “The word Frankenstein has become almost a proverb for one who is destroyed by his own works,’’ says Webster's Dictionary. This great story will be published in full by the Post-Dispatch, commencing in the Sunday Magazine to-morrow and con- tinuing daily until completed. The latest facts given cut by Charles E. Tripler concerning liquid air will be pub- lished to-morrow. ‘A Curtain Call for Oliver Goldsmith,” is the title of a beautiful lifeograph con- ceived by James J. Hannerty and executed by the camera and Artist Charles M. Big- gers. This striking picture, which includes Playwright Augustus Thomas, Miss Flor- ence Rockwell, Beaumont Smith and other St. Louis stage folk, will form a pleasing feature of to-morrow's Sunday Post-Dis- patch, and will be published by no other newspaper. St. Louls Methodists and church-goers generally will be interested in a timely ar- ticle concerning the appeal of the Metho- dist Bishops for a week of prayer, alarmed, as they are, by a decrease in church mem- bership. The situation is fully set forth, and the case is discussed by Rev. Jesse Bowman Young and Rev. W. B. Palmore, two of the most prominent Methodists in St. Louis. A preacher in the State of Arkansas is the father of W® children, of whom 16 are living. Two of them reside in St. Louis. This remarkabie man—he is only 63 years ohd—will be described in to-morrow’s Sun- day Post-Dispatch, and there will be re- lated an amusing incident of which he was | the central figure, and which happened at | the St. Louis Exposition. An American youth Is worth $14,000,000. He is in love with a beautiful girl, whom he has known since childhood, yet he is not her, her inexorabie determined that she shail wed a prince, who is an ardent suitor for her hand. See the facts concerning this present day romance to-morrow’s Sunh- day Post-Dispatch. Jhe halftones will be numerous and pleas- ing. One of the largest will be a reproduc- tion of a from William H. Crane’s new piay. Another will be a beautiful presentation of spring styles for children. abie to marry because guardians are in scene Among the comely St. Louls women whose pictures will be seen are the following: Miss Lulu Hathaway, 5585 Vernon avenue. Miss Camille Mendel, 4216 West Morgan street. Miss Margarite Sandusky, 5233 Vernon avenue. Miss Lillian Tobler, 2837 Franklin avenne. Miss Bertha Quentin, 43836 Arsenal street. Miss Ma Bell Skene, 1016 North Compton avenue. Mies Florence Muilally, 5155 Kensington avenue, Mise Nettie Biermann, 3812 Laclede avenue, Mrs. Agnes Smitb, 3812 Laclede avenue. Miss Nena Hull of Rushville, Ind.,. who ie visit- ine Mrs. H. ©. Oyler of 5187 Kensington ave- aps SEE THESE CHILDREN. Harry J. Allen, Jr., 2128 Ouroline street, Grace Britton, 2623 Howard street, Leeota Owndy, 4031 Florissant avenue. Chiid of J. Bright, 3625 Botanical avenue, @iarence Donlob, 2151 Oregon avenue. Mildred Ophelia Becker, 5us2 Minerva avenue. Viola Wehmueller, 14124 North Nineteenth. Dewey Wertheimer, 1408 Menard street A. B. Wuestemah, Jr., of Champaign, Il, Hazel Pauline Atkinson, Kansas City, Mo. Special contributions by the following eminent writers will be found valuable: Rev. F. M. Bristol of the Metropolitan M. %S, Church of Washington, D. C., whien President McKinley attends; Rev. Charies H. Parkhurst of the Madieon Square Pres- byterian Church, New York; Rabbi Gott- heil of New York, recently retired; Philfp C. Hanna, former United States Consul) to San Juan, and Winfield 8S. Hall, professor | Warmer than St of physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago. MUnt BLUGDSH I) NUW FEARED, Alleged Slayers of Goebel Pro- tected by Militia. a LARGE BODY OF DEPUTIES SWORN IN FOR THE PURPOSE. Sheriff Will Make a Second Demand for Admission to the State House This Time Backed by an Armed Posse. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 10.—Following the G@ecision of Circuit Judge Field to-day in the agreed case of the Republican and Democratic claimants for the office of Gov- ernor and Lieutenant-Governor, a rumor is that Gov. Taylor and other Re- officials will to-day The police lined up on Broad- of the State general publican State leave for London. Way in front House to-day, but they mrade no decisive move, after be- ing twice refused entrance to the pbuild- ing for the purpose of arresting Secretary State Mr. Sherift Suter at noon began swearing in of Powers and Davis. a big force of deputies to aid in arresting Pcwers and Davis, who are supposed to be under the protection of the militia in the The deputies will report at office at 2 the State Hicuse. the Sheriff's o'clock, when a conflict beiween civil and militia au- ihorities is expected. — Warrants were issued late yesterday ———-* -— Buller’s Main Advance Is Moving From Lady- smith Toward the Sunday’s River Region. SUBJECTION 15 ENGLAND'S AIM, No Attention Paid to the Over- tures of Presidents Kru- ger and Steyn to End the War. GEN. FRENCH IS PUSHING ON. No News for a Day From Gen. Roberts, but the Latest Reports Indicate That His Advance Force Is Nearing Bloem- fontein. BOER HEADQUARTERS, BIGG(A:: BERG, Friday, March 9.—Shots were ex- changed this morning near Helpmaakuar with a small body of British, who retired hastily. Scouts report that the British main advance is coming from WLadysmith io- wards Sunday’s River. PRETORIA, Friday, March 9.—The Pres}. dent has returned from Bloemfortein. Gen. Joubert is expected here shortly. Fighting commenced in the direction of Helpmaakar this morning. LONDON, March 10.—The only important change in the general situation in South Africa, indicated by the news received up to noon ta-day, ts that Gen. Buller is again on the move. The news comes in a dis- patch from the Boer camp at Biggarsbers, dated Thursday, March 8, saying: ‘Twelve thousand British are threatening the Boer positions from the direction of Helpmaakar, while a party of British scouts was encountered at Waschbank, March §&."’ The force was prabably Gen. Hunter's di- vision and it is consider@d quite possible that an attempt may be made to traverse the neck of Zululand into the Transvaal, thus effecting the double purpose of oaut- flanking the Boers at Biggarsberg and threatening Vryheid and Utrecht. The Boers are reported to be at Big- garsberg in considerable numbers, but it is said they are already serding their stores to the rear. Gen. Joubert appears to have left the active service to take charge of the war office at Pretoria. Lorenzo Mar- quez stories attribute his action partly to the alleged fact that he has lost both con- trol over and confidence in the burghers and partly to his wish to push the prepara- tions for the siege which are supposed io be being made at the capital. Lord Roberts has not reported up to this hour to-day, but the military authorities are of the opinion that Gen. French must Powers, the afternoon charging Caleb Republican claimant to Secretary of State; John L. brother, of Barbourville; former Secre- tary of State Charles Finley of Woaititey County, and Capt. Jonn Davis, who fur sev- eral years has been the orivate policeman on State House Square,with being accessory before the fact to the mucscder of William (CONTINUBD ON PAGE TWO.) SUNDAY TO BE SPRINGLIKE Its Sunshine and Balmy Breezes Wil] Be Suggestive of Easter, So Dr. Hyatt Forecasts. office Ir, drea” the Post-Dispatch Hyatt stopped humming “Ola Hun- long enough Saturday morning to tell that Sunday breezes from the Smithwest. biowing just sirong enough to lightly turn the thoughts of the devout maiden to an aster hat. In short, he promises a xenuine spring day. An unusual! feature of the weather situa- | tion SatQrday morn.ng was the temperature at St. Louis and Miles City, Mont., the later , point basking in spring weather 14 degrees | Louis, where the thermo- meter stood at 36 Moderate temperature ~-onditions prevaii | over tht entire country, and the precip.ta- | tion, which was light as a rule, occurred over portions of the lake region, the Atlan- tic States and the Ohio Valley. THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. FAIR AND WARMER. St. Louls and vicinity—Fair Saturday night and Sunday; warmer Saturday night. Missour! and Iilinola—Generally fair Saturday night and Sunday; warmer in south portion Satur- day night; southerly winde. Here and Elsewhere at 7 a. m. we. Leelee .. séés - 33 Kansas City ...... New York 66 Lditle Rock .. .. Chicago 32 OCincinnati 3s (eveland > 82 Den New Orleans gg amg is de St. Pau ** eeeeveevee 28 pL mer el “eee @8ees 36 eeeetee ** @eee8e mGianapelie® .. sores the | of | Powers, his | | whereabouts, . weather | would be exveedingly pleasant, wiih balmy | | which be nearing Bloemfontein. In some quar- ters Gen. French is credited with the de- sign to corral both Presidents, whose exac. however, are difficult to as- certain at this distance. The War Office is unable to confirm the rumors of the relief of Mafeking, but the service clubs’ trend of bellef is that the re- lief will be effected within a few days. Pos- sibly this belief is the outcome of the re- cent revelations indicating that if the relief column jis to accomplish anything it must arrive without delay. There ie a good deal of chagrin displays d over what is termed Lord Roberts’ too generous treatment of Gen. Cronje and the tendency in some sections of the press to historically overrate Cronje's bravery. Many references are naw made to Cronje’'s alleged dishonesty in former war, in accepting the surrender of the British gar- rison of Potschefstrom, when a generaid ar- mistice had been proclaimed. Vania [Tair says: “There is a vein of sentimentality tn the Anglo-Saxon nature sometimes transgresses reasonable limits. Just at present it is engaged in ele- vating Cronje to the level of a hero. “The Government is contemplating send- ing the Boer to the Island of St. Helena, but nro definite decision has been reached. On thie subject, the Morning Post publish- es a letter saying: “In view of the fact that the very name of St. Helena cauees a passionate ebulli- tion in France it would be foolish for En- Kiand to arouse this feeling by selecting Napoleon's place of banishment for Cron- je.”’ ENGLAND'S PURPOSE 1S PLAN She Has No Intention of Allowing the War to End Until Boers Are Completely Subjected. LONDON, March 0.—Although President Kruger and Steyn have put forward their the a of Biggarsberg. BULLER'S ARMY AGAIN ON THE MOVE JUUGERT 1S BACK IN PRETOR Twelve Thousand British Soldiers Are Now Threat- ening the Boer Positions in the Vicinity — TYPICAL BOER SOLDIERS WITH MAUSER RIPLES. first overtures looking te an ending of the war, their efforts appear certain to be fu- tile, inasmuch as it Is announced both here and from Pretoria that they insist. that the preservation of the independence of the two republics be guaranteed first of all. Judging froan the temper of the British people, as displayed recently, and from opinions of the press this morning, there is. from their point of view, but one possible conclusion—namely, the complete subjuga- independence of the two republics and the incorporation of their territory into a crown colony. Nothing than this will the war party of the empire, which, at present, has full control. The Berlin correspondent Mail says: “I learn that there is dissension between President Kruger and Gen. Joubert. and that the latter has resigned. Probably President Kruger will assume the chief command. Gen. Schalkburger end other prominent commandants are also likely to resign for similar and because President Kruger ignored their advice to make peace overtures after the first Boer victory.”’ A dispatch from Poplar Grove under date of yesterday “Gen. French, who is 10 miles ahead, re- ports that his front is clear of the Boers. All other reporis tend to confirm the state of disorganization of the Boer forces, Trane- Vaal as well] as Free The genera] impression ig that the further progress of the British to Bloemfontein will not be op- posed. “Lord Roberts pursued the miles farther yesterday, but countered, “Strong Boer positions for 20 miles of were carmed Wedlnesday, chiefly by the action of Gen. French's cav- alry, making a southern turning move- ment, which wis followed up by heavy ar- lillery pounding “Few ties ox our side. We tw) of memy'’s gune, a guarmtity of stores and some prisoners, less satisfy of the Daily reasons, ‘AVS: State, enemy five lew were el- east Osfontein CaS tha ‘UuUTTrea on captured the «6 “No immediate Opposition is Indeed there ie no for miles."’ A dispatch from Poplar date of March 8, says: “The Boers retreated to Abraham's Kraal last night, where a strong comman- do of Bloemfontein police interrupted their flight. The Boers placed two guns in po- sition, but the place is impossible to de- fend, and a flasco similar to that at Paar- deberg is anticipated. “President Kruger was at at noon yesterday, and it ig reported that he pressed the engagement and urged the burghers to make a courageous deiense of their country. Afterward he expressed bit- ter disappointment at the feebie resistance that had been offered to the British.” A dispatch from Pretoria, under date of March 7, says: “The Boer commander at Van Reenen’s Pass reports that there has been no ad- vance of the British ferce since the repub- lican forces retreated from the vicinity of Ladysmith. “Commandant Gen. Joubert has been ac- tively organiz.ng a, defensive line in the Biggarsberg range.” now trace of expect- ed. Grove, under Bloemfontein There are still many surmises respect! se future y= mechan of Buller’s rn 9 ere Wy .--ontradictory re ts erda of the u ~ of farmea near Van ; troops, th- : nan’s drawal of “an tion of the Boers, the taking away of the | position /-Warren will | work. the enemy | ' ous rapidity; equally at home on foot oF ‘wad the assignment of Gen. White to come mand the forces advancing from S8torme- berg. The censorship is still in operation, and it Is not probable that Gen. Kitchener will allow the secrets respecting future con- centrations to be blurted oat. White outranks all the generals in the field except Roberte and Buller, and hence it is likely that he will be assigned to com- mand the forces now operating below the Orange River at Burghersdorp and Nor- val's Point and preparing to invade the Free State. Warren is senior in rank to all the other division commanders, and his appointment was due to his own qualifica- tlone ada a genera! trained tn South Africa. Clery and Lyttleton are division commande- ers whom Gen. Buller will probably prefer to keep with him. The only cloud upon the horizon for Brite ish eyes is the condition of the Mafekin garrison. The croakers are having mue to say about It and assume that the Boers’ reports of the capture of all the forts ex- cept one are correct. The optimists are disposed to belleve that the garrison is weary of the long siege and diet of horse flesh and i# making a loud call for a relief column They admit that the Boers, having lost Kimberley and Ladysmith, will make @ despérate effort to captufe Mafeking and carry the Prime Minister's son to Pree toria, but they are convinced that Gen. Roberta has sent Col. Kekewich with a vole unteer force as far as the Vaal River and that Warren or some other general will follow him with re-enforcements and push on to the relief of the garrison. ’ Centainly Gen Roberts will need a strong column at Mafeking at a later stage of the campaign when he crosses the Vaal River, for it will enable him to turn the enemy’ on the Witwatersrand Ridge of which Johannesburg its the key, an Gen, be the right man for the BOERS AS CLEVER AS CATS This Is the Main Impression Made on a London Correspondent Who Was Their Prisoner. ILONDON, March W.—Mr. A. G. Hale@ the Dally News correspondent, who fell into the hands of the Boers Feb. 7, and was reieased a few daye ago at Bloemfone- tein, telegraphs geome “inside impressions” of the Boers: “They are clever as cats in thelr rough mountain country, and nearly as activa, dashing from point to point with marvele in the saddle, never by any chance exposing themselves needlessly, but brave ‘enough when mere courage and its use are neces- sary. They watched our men moving t0- ward them on the veldt, from behind bushes, rocks and loose earth, often allow- ing our scouts to get within a few y and permitting them to ride away unmd-. lested, in order to draw the troops ambush.”’ lt was into one of these enares that Mr. Hales, with 8 Tasmanians, rode. Lamberts, the Boer general, is as “dressed like a bullock driver, patched tweed trousers, a coa bi ton ehirt, a dirty red cotton around his neck and a battered felt hat. that were short mouth when Mr. Hales saw him. seemed full of dash and energy, said to be a celebrated hunter. did not salute him, but addressed sent vs Eh | ae p cort st ata r farm men en gave them milk, frul | bacco, washed their wo overwhe Th eqs He Ta eee Te 1 Cs pbes seth Wie 24) We ote DBs et SMdinecagees 4, ‘ Shincihcdear * as bint dts Sse No ee ee fics a Reese, a eae VT: _ ie uh Owe ine pe ee ee eer” ee ea « ee ye P - - 7 ->* . Sa es ‘