Show I APPEAL OF MRS tas RUITZ I Begs the Free Pree Americans to Do Something For the Boers Doers St at Louis Mo May 2 The corre correspondent of ot the Republic at Washing Washington ton writes the to his naner DaDer Webster W Davis until lotI recently assistant secretary of the interior has received from the United States consul at Lo rero Marques the following interest interesting interestIng ing lug letter written to the consuls con ls wife by Mrs ReUs Reitz the wife ife of the secre secretary tar tary tar of state of the South African re republic republic republic public Pretoria March 11 1900 Many things J Have happened since I wrote to toI you last hurt We did not mind losing Lady Ladysmith Ladysmith Ladysmith I smith and Kimberley much but we were very sorry about Cronje We I knew him to be a brave man and we I all aU prayed God that it might olease le se him to restore him and his burghers to tous tous us The president asked the neeDle to pray for him on three successive nights by which time he hoped ho that he I might fight his way WRY out Will God ut utterly utterly Utterly terly forsake us Perhaps he will still hear us in his own good time We Ve can CaD cannot cannot not turn back now and we do not mean I I to May God have mercy on us usI usI usI I see Bee lu hi u tod ys paper that I II more troops are coming comingo The outlook is I certainly not bright now I suppose I you have heard that at Mafeking threatened to send armed I to invade the Rustenburg and I Marico Mailco Mar co districts if we did not nt withdraw our forces before the 3rd of March and I he has actually done so Our general warned him that he would have to take I the consequences are well wen armed and cruel beyond words to I women romen and children The men there I are mostly away on commando Eng lish officers with cannon ar leading the he t You know that th y tried this experiment before and how they them themselves themselves I selves had ha to acknowledge how com corn comI I I the got out of hand band I Ii It i t 0 heard today how two women wore were w re I murdered there I If God means mean the English to crush j this our poor people I do not think i they will till find many men left We do donot doI donot not fear the great numbers of 0 E I troops troop they cannot shoot but It Is the cannon we can do so little against J Will VIll your people help heip us Perhaps I your government will not let Jet them I II II I ahall pray God night and day that he may move the heart of 0 your 1 and arid lay such words in the mouth of Webster Davis as Wilt go home to the people of America to make them listen to the cries of the little child chUd that is ve e I lug lag murdered here heI by a 8 big and strong strongman man as our president m expressed it |