| Show iE BATTLES IN souTh SOUr AFRICA Admit They Have lOSt Men in These D D OWN The Tool n JIt SaT Sar 3 II at Irella dIspatch from lAc on D Dec C dated sas ay Six ad h hf 1 were at f b the at river 5 t aT Urn Oen CronJe maintained net British tJ n and captured o 0 furl her newS new Jas hos been received t ove the retreat from lie Ee b not yet et forwarded the promised and the censorship the correspondents from the matter hUe It appears to be generally ad that Gen aen Is Inclined to his men Lord LortI Durhams roo re rather bad cut are consIdered ns as In wIt Gen Gatacre has given urt nallon It I 1 felt that consider its t nce mutt be mILd made for tor the of getting In A countrY whose Inhabitants sympathy with the I 1 In hi st n emr emrE E Is described as n a stronger itu th than n LaIns The only d r 1 through lofty hills and kl r Is II Colesburg Is ClO Jo said to 10 be An almost liS s po troops are uro avail I te e t lu r the columna noting actIng I thai direct cH ns as It becomes evident ht Gee Oen I misfortune or or cr orr r wid dea the Im ot or the Free Freo Mf some It II Is II ble that he heIL IL 1 b e to r lIle un en Queens t u D and Ind to welt walt or I un hardly reach hIm him until lr Ir I W I Vu 1 at th b la ue The rhe first will viii Li II Uld d t It If Gen Oen I is nut compelled to retreat ho he her hor I r toe is Ld to puso In hIs hla ad adi i e eIt It ft CulT certain that the Is being zd j at will vIll also be sent j b th Africa n news s has hns been rn nl thO h U tr report ot of the cap capt t t I f prisoners at Modder river i Lr nl column I II Jit tw months since the Trans Trana no was waw Nine Ine he teen belli ought and the han bak 6 lUlled killed 07 and 1 or prisoners Tte ne Ir ar e lu has Issue Issued II a notice that t after afler January Januar 1st IL ii deduction I L tt te made from th the pay vay of soldiers 11 South the th case ot of stes alu rout p nce per day for tor wI ea a a for tor each child In the tho oil of ci ter elOt eight pence for tor wives u two renee rence for tor each child These Iri 11 have bave thus far been paid by the The order Indicates the I tf th that t the campaign will be a Ion long let It II II announced from Capetown that U Boers he have succeeded In repairing the I L bridge between and which b destroyed on retiring who ho com Uis Doer Boor forces lit at tu replaced by a Scotchman 1 dispatch via III Lourenzo Laurenza Rez m dated yesterday says laI The Tho re three British guns In It et nt with Gen Oen t tal a ht sortie at l last Satur by J as 11 an attempt to 10 take the Boor Daer U I St It and to so ae rr Ih the All the tho British c Aj jj hort are expected from the Doer In the direction of Madder u e There Is a report that the tho Brit sit re on the plain anti and avy tn Is anticipated Gen Lo end and Gen Cronje command b Boer r fures t Mafeking dated No Ih via Lourenzo Marquez tir says as Sorties b by the tho jA armored train and Doer Boor shell Im town continued The Tho British but ut few casualties Last r the regiment man to an where the tho ib could leach zach the ct teTI f 1 big guns and the result was IU U t t el I ness of the hoer Doer tire reduced redo cod n e hu hn h n from r r near u Several runners to Estcourt ha hae e been f The They received from IG 15 to the tb trip The Intercepted meso mes I that men and horses In are now on halt half rations hIlk I is 1 U a bottle and that 0 II t exhausted Dee Dec l Th lord mayor maor ot of n Tallon presIded at a 11 of f the corporation toda today c called llad clerk gains the war that th there re was WIl no but the lord mayor Insisted i 1 a In which ho he de that the war ar was 1 a and YOked sJon undertaken by and capitalists tic a handful of farmers lie Ifs to declared that AmericA was op l ibe iniquitous war meantime the tbt members pros pres io o quorum and Order 1 ite we In galleries drowned 7 r Eventually the lord the chair with the galleries tt t lor r No nt at 4 made mad to Adopt the prevIous against the war warp rt p York D A dispatch to from London When Carps first Went ou out t to AfrIca WAS WAI generally regarded 1 h circles as aa the strongest ot of Gen iI called the Ideal guards 1111 11 ot of the parade parado Gen lery Iery was known as the ter I In strategy owing to his O On Wh Hh the start and nd ual on o military s the and tat dressed In the Jd the most POPular club man re the ot of reputation Dr a d soldier who had seen leen ulce ervice than either ot of lila 1111 ts es and ad had done dane brilliant work trl 4 BOth till s In Eli Egypt t befOre S I as and Ind were ib military who cx 1 men under them to work Cler lery was wa A rigorous Lt and more considerate hi nt of hla soldiers Gsa Gen not Yet mt had A chance chanc to e ha a he e is II but n Le 10 tar proved to be a poor although a strong n lIghter hu has not been ibIs bl to n I I I vv trap any Portion ot at hi his force Gsa Oen Gatacre has shot hot his bolt and ond the bet beat that hIs Admirers can say l I is that South Saul h Africa has always been the Iho graveyard ot of military reputation It If Gen his prestige It will be because sympathy Is excited b by premature attacks like that made by Lord Durham yesterday ut who In Ito tho safe retirement of a t fat t stock sale luncheon described Gatacre as a man unfit to command troops In South cn Ca Lord Durham overshot the m mark rk In declaring the tho war was responsible for the tho III at rl In ep pointing Gen Oen Gatacre to 10 the cora mend mand ot of a division when the opinions UI ot who bad served under him were known A more practical line of criticism would be to censure the WIlT var for tor not sending out II a larger farce torce of cay airy nd and In good lime end ond not In arming Gen Ceo with facilities for tor scouting and gun practice tice without forcing him to depend depentI up upon upon on treacherous spies as II guides and then finding himself outclassed In guns gun Gsa Oen and oilier ex cx ports Crts who were willing to the tho Publicly yesterday contented themselves with laying stress upon the tho necessity of having cavalry for tor lag Ing and with explaining rae mo live of surprising all an entrenched position tion when he did not consider himself strong enough to force torce It b by frontal at attack tack a as n a sound one Iter of the retreat from do not praYer easier casler read readIng reading Ing for tor l EnglIshmen tha than first bulletin which was curtailed by the tho war var arid and rendered unintelligible What hat hurts the pride Is the tho humilIating t fact ct that battalions famous for far fighting liS as the fifth and the royal Irish rifles rilles Ute ore with historic rw ree of splendid service In peninsula campaign In the and nd In reo re recent cent campaigns down to 10 have hae t been een entrapped and forced to sur rend r notwithstanding the warnings from the e and the Maju ba huh battles battle The temperature tell fell yesterday In every London club and there was an anair air of pensive melancholy pervading the tho whole body of af the civil service The war office bestirred itself with prepare preparatIons for ex expediting reinforcements that t the first battalions of the would sail lall on Sat Saturday Saturday There will be moro more strength In Inthe inthe the bow even een It one general utter an 1111 another other goes wrong and shows hows Incapacity for adapting himself to 10 Dutch Duleh tactics The Dutch warriors for their part vart display remarkable flexibility While continuing to tight ht In their own way I thc they have learned that the open I battles wIth artillery lire fire In order to clear ground for II a front attack and I the they adapt them themselves ehe to these tactics b by suspending gun lire fire and holding bock back rifle rilio volleys they can be most mast destructIve They Ther have also found out that the British commanders attempt to surprise their positions b by forced marches at night and the they get their troops In well place ambuscades New YorK Dee Dec the situation the London ondon car cor respondent of the J says MS Experts here would not be surprIsed to 10 find that a of the Doc Boors who were Vere had been called off and hurried down downto to the southern part of the Fre to toto to bar the approach ot of the British BrItIs from Northern Cape Caroo Colon Colony TIle The extreme mobility of the Beers hpe always been one ot of their chief sources of strength Gen yesterday held II a review rele ot of tho ho troops nt at rere Camp probably as u II prelude to giving the order for far nn an advance For the the greas operations which had been going on In Inthe inthe the western field stops d on the tho extreme right lied had been st forward to turn the tho Free whoa when the they would break back toward fontein A As an Incident to the general genera plan to relieve Gen aen French was creeping up as a center line and occupied town after atler town to movements movement At last lut the time caine when the plot pivot of the move force shOuld maN forward The strategic necessity of pel seizing zing was obvious It Ls the Junction of oe the main line from l at London into Inlo the Orange Orane Free Freestate state with a little branch line running wesl which when th the bridge some lome somewhat what In the II side de and the tho culverts have been repaired will II give tion by rail between Gene Gens and French It was also ne necessary to ta m make ke II a forward movement on the center and right to keep the attention of the Doer Beer commandos which might otherwise tall upon weak line of cation Methuen has nearly pushed his share hare of the scheme lie has been successful III at great price In nil all his hll e engagements In all probability he has hIlS but one more action at tom or Mn before will II be relieved lIe Is II more anxious about the long line of af communication behind him than about the entrenched position which he hiss has sooner fooner or later tu to assault Gen Oen French has hal had no great difficulties In his way 11 Jle Ho has ad advanced d from village lIIa e to 10 village with the Intention ot of eventually occupying and debouching Into the Free Freo FreeState S State la te at Point The first t move more on part was Val Valto to seize possible if This nt at attempt tempt has hns been defeat defeated d and he has hili ro re retired tired to M olleno The effect of this on the future con conduct conduct duct ot of the tho campaign c cannot lie be PrO PrOphesied with any certainty O Gen n Gata ore CN will hare to be reinforced very Cr strong strongly Gen French will have to pause In his hll advance Lord Methuen once the final action for tor the relief reller ot or Is tou fought ht will have to 10 t turn rn his hll attention to he of communication tion with Do De Aar nit to I 1 Washington Dee Dec the Senate toda today Mr Hoar Mass offered a joint resolution providing for the slon elan to the State legIslatures of a 0 con amendment providing that the term Qt of the PresIdent of the United States and the Congress shall not nat expire until the In last t Wednes Wednesday tin day In April 1901 nd thereafter the terms ot of th the President and Congress shall expire on the last Wednesday in III April instead ot of on March Would iut ut Stack Decy Philadelphia Dec response to tonn toan nn an invitation to attend nn an mass meeting to be held at the Academy of Music on the centennial anniversary Qt of the death of Washing Washington ton December the following let letter tee ter has been received train of State Jphn Sherman dated Wash Vashi WashIngton Ington D C December 1 have a strong conviction that the tho President erred In sendIng soldiers to the to take possession ot of their country The United States had a its I think assisted the Fill pinos In driving the Sp Spaniards out of the Philippine islands and should I think have aided them In protecting their country agaInst all assaults lie lieno lieno no doubt was ns advised to the measures taken and all I 1 can do Is to express In my regrets Yours very trul truly JOhN JOliN SHERMAN Murdered II Drunken alan New York Dec 33 years ears old nIght clerk In the Waver 1 hotel n a lodging house at Eighth avenue and street was shut shot and almost almast instantly killed In that place at this Tuesday morning b by Martin Sweeney 33 years ear earold old n a w waiter lter who gives lIos the hotel as his hll place of residence Chief of Police Deer Devery who was WIlS standing across the street rushed over ocr overto to the hotel and arrested Sween y who was standing over oer pros prostrate form farm the revolver In Sweeney hand stilt still smoking WI bleeding from three mortal wounds In Inthe inthe the heart and lungs Ue lie tried to speak but was unable to do Oil so and died 1 In a afew few tew minutes It I is IU supposed that Sweeney who was drunk became en enraged enraged raged Holcrow refused to 10 him a room lug Cigar Combine New ew York Dec Herald tays saI It was stated In Wall WAil Street yesterday that the American Tobacco company compan had formed plan for tur going Into the cigar business on an n a large larce scale that It had bad already absorbed the factory ot of and and Will was negotiating for tor others other The price 81 a to have been for this plant h I The American Tola o company has baa a company In this city particularly for tor selling cigarettes and plug tobacco and It would be compare US easy It Is III stated In this the trade for tor the trust to 10 handle cigars a also 1110 Jt It Itis I is one ot of the trusts rules that dealers shall not handle tho ho goods ot of outside concerns It If this Is extended to cigar elgan the American company III find It corn com easy hI In Gsa Oro eler Out Oat Washington Dee Det opposition to Gen Den taking his seat as a member of the house Houte ot of thu yes from Alabama II to be revived b by Bailey Dalley ot of Teras resolution last lut rear ear brought out outU U 11 report from the house judicIary corn com e that a military anti C I al could not be held at the lun time thins The Tho has bu over OU 2000 to the ho of the tho labama member coverIng salary Pillar from March MarchI I last to date but bUI General Wheeler hns haa not nat asked for the amount and has ex cx exI I pressed presed on an unwillingness to th the certificate usually T ot of members in the settlement ot of their Considerable sums arc al also o held for Campbell Illinois Colton Colson 1 Bobbins Penn and General Wheeler who served sered In the arm army dur durIng durIng Ing the tue last Congress and as the ac accounts accounts counts of the old Congress are arc being cla d these latter sums w vere re last week turned b back ck Into the tho treasury To Tariff on Washington Dec Bellamy ot of North C Carolina has introduced a bill repealing clause 93 schedule M pulps l papers and books ot of the tariff law 0 oI 1831 1811 and providing hat no import dut duty shall be levied on mechanically ground wood pulp bleached or An Another other amends clause and fixes the rates of dut duty on printing paper un sized sized or glued suitable fur for books and newspapers nt at 80 to 80 of on one cent per pound according to value and 7 1 per cent nd aLl when valued above live five cents per ver pound An addi additional on cent per net hound Is placed on wood PUlP from rum countrIes paying an export bounty bount on wood pulp Among the other bills introduced In Inthe th the House Hause was one b by Mr Jones Jonn ot of Washington for tor a cable to the lie pines to cost not to cx exceed d and the creation ot of a lon tu It Dec 12 Mar ar Unell has hns just received from nome Borne a document In which the lie Pope grunts to Ihl he Catholic of the wo ld an unusual privilege In the cele celebration bration n ot of th year mo It concludes liS as follows order that the tho year ear 1900 which Is about to begIn and which It II to lie be devoutly hoped hopel will vIli usher In a tar far more happy century mar ma b by bythe the 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