Show lORD ROBERTS IS ISON pJ ON THE DEFENSIVE preparations Being Made to Hold Against Surprises HARD AT Barn Lo 10 be Jorre or of the lilt Mott 01 of Men I e Early n 10 0 1 a are bs II though r to that Lord I le In for tor a eral eralI winter Inel Thle I la the and nd In a tw few w rd nl Of th r high hopes upon rt brilliant dath dasil to Kim r r red I inn are being made to hold hoId holdy Lord Lard ill against y emt tn 1 J r ha been given nl an Important duty dUI b 1 for tor the whit Lord I u II f i In railway for and win winI S I s rung Ii I tl tit i fig fur Cur the traps WhOM thin I n II hold and boots bool are areto to 1 rn UI ESE ItAL AT A STANDSTILL STAND Ian aliI and Can aiD are aret I 11 t Lon Roberts will 1 r ial iua v hI br ome lume time lime confine hie hi ns to clearing the Fr Free State Ii in I I him 1 of and to the re iI lr which purpose lit I the hI eighth now nr ar at t has been ordered t Ih rh and other Mate hc r I send nd diaries ot of the I figs III that the Mare Mareb h b u i I by abandoning their t t r I L I lure the out Into a Ii i 1 the 1 n the th mine mineL J I L t u and un r I pound ot of dynamite ant antI and I elaine a IH N A jASIE TO 10 TIn II 6 h 1 th Ih are an for ter an advance I I It J judged from the i f I LII from six lx to ten thousand h I Ire In t n their way to the Cape I I f t I h further tact fact that the mil milI I ing department only within h hr a r three Ihre weeks ban making t It Is said It eel lah al It least two months to lo pro proe e uniforms Mo II r u 1 s address to the Free State I u t I The I h rR n deputation hu has full tull I rr r I negotiate subject to the I will remain at Cape Capeau au 11 Th duke ot of Westminster the ther thed d r and Lord Loni Henry lenry I lI have gone to 10 the ther theAT r AT WITH RUMORS h he Tu n or of orall id r all telegraphing Sunday Th The air i Ie thick with rumors ot of otI I fr free ot of Doers tb the southward there le Is no official 11 n the subject On the other r the he le Is said to be well ft correspondent ot of otI I 1 y 1 graph telegraphing Sun The railway and h ht t well Works and t h 1 n t h n I i ird In p post t tr es r u The great igi lit Is II exercised Some of th thIr the Ir I n the trenches h has been n received of h he rI p t I that the are In laager lu Hi rn rahle force with guns at atI J I ekr r eighteen mile south louth louthI r I n Th scouts report re r I Iv it 1111 deer fr The Boer ot r patrols t very daring venturing b r art r our Jur tents I Tm or oP FOR T r correspondent of M f nI rig Past telegraphing Sun eTha r movement ot of troop L L w II hh bewildering frequency rr l nt md and andring nd Hi ring at brief intervals No NoI I I eel of such movements r I 11 u remounts ware Wre fired on ee lay n h the h retired railroad while the they were Ii the ho rev here from the south The Th Ii fir ar to bt be In I In the southeast of the In Th i legs erl are also alao apparently feel teel ng Ing hr hir it way from frem the west of the line t arl hu hAa been thrown forward and tae as rF Ih the laager leager at ors Jrr t J to Search for tor burled rn mt ammunition AT The Times publishes publish the r fl dated Sunday A h The h garrison Is 11 however th the lines are ly trong and the torce 18 tU r r 1 d Desultory firing firing be been t en n continues A commando at 2000 with tour four gun went I lut miles night ht Ave mil from t r rf hull In Ih tin dIrection from ot North North April Ap l 9 says An engagement took ai Ila at The Doers Doell k r dud did considerable exe n HI the un HOn I r I and did great havoc havoc The The I XIII h has gone to epe r Tt Ti voting at al was severe Mere r day long The hairs Hoert re I I I I heck The were rh Ih heavy hd VY on bOth bolh eld sides Another n 1 nl IJ I Is advancing toward We Ve i 1 r froom ALL ACT 50 10 WOUNDED Th AI correspondent of the Tin h T s Sunday ay VI e that onn of ty n n remained unwounded out ot of Ile hI column captured lit at Il Gen Oen and his AA ff wars Irl tired on front from hu thy temporarily occupied Hell up Considerable movements movement of It have hIe here with the ob e t f t a surprise from m North say ear noel bo of the enemy have hal been n n arro across the river near the town ot of en MII tr Jm The he punt pont ferry terr has hll en end d toyed There la Is a Doer corn com noI of at al A larger s hat has left Iff Smithfield for re are arf two twe commandos around We Ve n nr I r but tut thug thu far there has been outpost tiring A lieutenant of tHant ants horse horae has haa been C captured at who Nho had previously am ur If The Th la II also said to broken their oath TRIED FOR TREASON J I The or of the Tim Times at I Marques give details detail of a 1 t I treason trial whIch has hal been ding lit at Johannesburg Three n were charged with decoying State t ti a house houle at the tr r and aM n t Suburban mine with the tho mitten hOlding him a a hostage against ot of the mining property age to fere allo him chused gai With murder d I 11 fore mpg in I him under threats threat to hand ovet JOO The jud judge who declared this toI non cal end and mere mra one of tb the three Dempsey no escaped front custody to Yen yeses Imprison Imprisonment ment for tor attempted murder the others othell ASSAIL Mafeking Tuesday March Wn wag received yesterday of the of tb the lOuth southern rn relief column Th The Doer DolIn this morning opened Ate at sunrise with seven ev n guts gun Including on one This h has been the most vigorous bombardment ot of the theon season on The Hoer siege Run gun alone Blone has haa already tired fired over sixty Ix rounds round Under cover of the fire the II tiers ad to the tho northern tal face 0 of th the works but retired ly In cm lag within rifle ran Th They y also Rd ad I e 1 41 A e I Ia i a t I Ii 4 p i ir irI I It Itice l ice 1 lM I i I lit litt l t p f I II IP Il P I l rl 5 p IJ 4 a pf tit GENERAL WHO IS BESIEGING to the southwestern parts parta and were There was al one casualty The Doers Doer under Commandant Jan are evidently tailing falling back I be before E Etor fore tor the advance ot of th the southern relief reller column and are arf concentrating with two commandos who ho are retiring before Cot Col Plumer III hs order to make t a final effort to reduce the town All the forts torta and outlying are manned the troops are standing to arms arm and Ind everybody I is under cover All AllIre Allare Ire are that this JI Is till the heirs 1 last attempt meRLIN BERLIN CALLS IT Berlin April latest mints of the UI military situation In South Africa Alrica are Interpreted her I Ier u very er unfortunate to the British The Th military writer say Lord IAni Roberts now troops have lost greatly In their nt At nelll aces Moreover the enormous lose of horses rend renders the case cate desperate since Inee the Doers will evidently prevent rein reaching The article concludes III a follows It ls 11 an admirable achievement perhaps an unprecedented that I 1000 Boer I have hav not oDI only m managed to 10 hinder for tor weeks the march ot of a five fivefold told fold army but have alec contrived to 10 damage tahe British communications Proto Prat In the n nue lle vue ue answers the re recent pro ar argument of ef Pro Prof Max Mueller U Ifs con the South African War se un jue and conclude u follow tollow Un Sin Ragland hi history torr a new page ge Is Ie upturn namely melr t the work ork ot of an executioner against the belated follow tollow followers er ers of William Ten Tall TenTh The Th comments ot of the pra upon Prot Prof declarations are aN thees of unqualified Endorsement The Tag blatt says An Every word ord Proto Prof Sen IMn ha written III b Indorsed b by a nation of UNIONS TO WIX Situation In III Ohl to ho In Their o In III IN IH Item Chicago April I Ice In the Eat East will be to In possession of the situation in Chicago from the union standpoint within the next hour houri Acting on the ot of the trades council meeting of Friday Frida night end and the advice of leaders who Mid held I a conference Sunday afternoon Edward arroll president of both the National end and Chicago building trad trades and James E Daly pre president ot of the I o Fe Federation of at Labor left lett last lut night for Washington DC D C In that city Ily It is III that the two u ill have u Ii with 1111 ot of the American Federation of Labor JAbor and each will III address meetings ot of workmen Hr Ir Carroll will rill go to Nf New York Doston DoNton and other altos In Inthe till the Dart while Mr Daly will travel to Cleveland Cincinnati Louisville and other points point In each o of these cities the lied at as WEll a as the workmen will J be addressed The pa plan which the Chicago hod bod h has outlined fm the sup support U port of the Idle men Will be ex and the union men will be awed ed to contribute Part of at their earnings to pre prevent vent th the dissolution ot of the building council and the ot of otHI lh HI unions attached to It ItA ItA A din member of at the building trades council said Mid It is I our purpose to lay our case ete before the workmen In Inthe Inthe the Dart Bait from first undo We want ant to convince them that this tight a is all as much for tor tb the of their an anIon Ion I a for tor our own It If the contractors should succeed In disrupting u us here how long would It be before fore they would through their national association at attack t tack taek the workmen In other clUe cities w We have hd had assurances from many points that our cause will be gIven en a carped hearing The eThe FrI FrIda Friday da day night was n not t the he tint Ant move we made In this direction rAtteN have been sent all 0 over the country by the National Dunding Trades Council and now the of that body II h tol towing them lU illow hut Santa Barbara Darbara Cat Cal April ha bu reached ached Un here that ne Rev Dr suicide nr near Dal Dallard lArd In the norbet Ott fa n art ot of this till county b by blowing the b top of head oft with witha a shot gun n U He is believed ved to 10 have been temporarily a no other CAU cause can be a nd for tb the ut act Us ne w was a brother of at 11 John Hem hlll of Dt son Sail Francisco A wife and I Ave are ara left Ift almost penniless |