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A SCHEMER
IS KRUGER
According to a Declaration of
Lord Chamberlain.
TRANSVAAL PRESIDENT SCORED
He Is Accused of Deliberately
Hunting Trouble—Entire
Question Is Reviewed.
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of
state for the colonies, addressing the
unionists of Birmingham, England,
Monday evening, reviewed carefully
the Transvaal question.
In the course of his speech he said
that owing to the enormous military
preparations of the government of the
South Arican republic, Great Britain
bad been compelled to increase the
British garrison in Cape Colony and
Natal, entailing an additional expendi
ture of £500,000 annually.
“If the reforms which Lord Kipon
proposed in 1894 had been accepted,”
said the minister, “there would have
been no raid and no crisis at the pres
ent time. But the raid tied the hands
of the government and prevented the
application of pressure.”
Mr. Chamberlain said the govern
ment had tried to establish friendly
relations with President Kruger, but
all their advances had been received
with contempt. He then proceeded to
eulogize Sir Alfred Milner, govenor of
Cape Colony and British high commis
sioner for south Africa. k
After denouncing in the strongest
terms the attitude and actions of the
Boers, Mr. Chamberlain, with great de
liberation and emphasis, said:
“The Transvaal’s enormous secret
service fund has procured it friends
and advocates in every country, The
way the British subject there is treat
ed is not only a menace to them, but
interferes with our prestige among the*
natives, who now regard the Boers
and not the British as the paramount
power.
“Besides the breaches of the Lon
don convention the Transvaal is flag
rantly violating the equality that con
vention was intended to secure. Its
government is a festering sore, poison
ing the whole atmosphere of South
Africa. The Dutch in Cape Colony
and Natal would be in the happiest
condition, but so long as the disease
of hatred and suspicion prevails in the
Transvaal it is impossible to stop the
contagion.
“Four times since independence was
granted we have been on the verge of
war with the Transvaal. It is errone
ous to say the. British government
wants war, bat it is equally erroneous
to say that the government will draw
back now that it has put its hand to
the plow. We hope the efforts that
are now being made will lead to an
amicable arrangement, for Great Bri
tain only desires justice, but there
comes a time when patience can hardly
be distinguished from weakness and
when moral pressure becomes a farce
that cannot be continued without loss
of self-respect. I trust that time may
never come in this instance, but if it
does Britons will insist upon the
means to find a result essential to the
peace of south Africa.”
The speech was warmly applauded.
In reply to a vote of thanks Mr.
Chamberlain said he felt strengthened
and encouraged by their confidence
and support. He had spoken from
the heart, because he bblieved they
had reached a critical turning
point in the history of the em
pire and that the whole world was
watching to see how they would issue
from the difficulty.
PORTO RICANS AS TROOPS.
Thrae Hundred Knlist In Battalion Au
thorized By War Department.
A special to The New York Herald
from Washington says: Secretary Al
ger has been advised by Brigadier Gen
eral Davis, commanding the depart
ment of Porto Rico, that 300 Porto
Ricans have been enlisted in tbe bat
talion authorized by the war depart
ment. One hundred more men will
he secured.
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PANDEMONIUM REIGNED.
Kentucky Democrats Have Hot
Times In Their State
Convention.
Trouble began with the fall of the
gavel at Monday’s session of the Ken
tucky democratic state convention at
Louisville, the beginning of the sec
ond week of its labors. In respect of
uproarious disorder it broke all pre
vious records, though it already had a
reasonably good credit for lack of ac
cord.
When the session began a demaud
was made for the removal of the po
lice, who had been present since the
disturbance caused ou Friday by out
siders. The chair ruled it out of or
der and refused to entertain an ap
peal. For hours the crowd yelled and
sang in a very effectual effort to pre
vent a continuation of the balloting
for governor. Tbe demonstration on
the whole was good humored but de
termined. Only onoe or twice was ill
humor displayed, but one of these, the
occasion being the ejecting of a disor
derly delegate, came near resulting se
riously.
The convention made absolutely no
progress in its eight hours of continu
ous session. All it did was to add an
other day of sensations to its long list.
The convention went through the
motion of taking two ballots, but both
were mere farces. Not only did a
large number of the counties refrain
altogether from voting, but the secre
taries did not pretend, in the great
confusion that prevailed, to catch cor
rectly the votes of those who did try
to respond. From the moment the
gavel fell shortly after 1 o’clock until
everybody got tired, and there was an
adjournment shortly after 6 o’elook in
the evening, absolute confusion reigned
in the convention hall.
EXPOSITION BUILDING BURNS.
Auditorium At Piedmont Park, Atlanta.
Totally Destroyed By Fire.
The auditorium of the Cotton States
and International Exposition at Pied
mont Park, Atlanta, was totally de
stroyed by fire early Monday morning
and the immense building, which has
echoed with the eloquence of nearly
every governor in the United States
and of President Cleveland and Presi
dent McKinley, is but a mass of char
red ruins.
The fire was discovered at 4:30 a.m.
by the watchman, and is believed to
have been of incendiary origin.
Everything in the building was a
total loss, including the scenery and
wardrobes of the Exposition Stock
company, which has been playing
nightly in the theatre since the first
of June.
So fast and furiously did the fire
gain headway that when the engines
and hose wagons of fire companies 4
and 8 arrived the entire structure was
a mass of flames and doomed to de
struction.
TO INVESTIGATE TAXES.
Georgia Stnte Commission Assembles In
Atlanta and Begins Work.
The Georgia state tax commission,
acting under authority of the Ellis res
olution adopted by the last general as
sembly, met Monday at noon in th
senate chamber of the state capitol a
Atlanta.
All the members of the commissioi
were present when Hon. Ed L. Wigh‘
called the session to order and an
nounced that the business of the bod;
would be taken up.
The first motion -was made by Hot
Roland Ellis, who announced that he
thought it wise and expedient that all
sessions of the commission beheld be
hind closed doors. After some discus
sion the motion was adopted.
MRS. BARROW SENTENCED.
Woman Charged With Kidnaping Baby
Clarke Get* Ten Year*.
Mrs. George Barrow, when arraign
ed before Justice Werner in the
criminal branch of the supreme coiyt
at New York, Monday, pleaded guify
to the charge of kidnaping Baby Ma
rion Clarke.
Justice Werner bitterly denounced
the woman and pronounced her crime
one of “consummate villainy,” and re
fused to defer sentence.
“This woman,” said Justice Wern
er, “would ordinarily be entitled to
some consideration, but the nature of
this crime shows her to be utterly de
void of the fine and tender feeling that
are the distinguishing characteristics
of her xsex.
RIVER BOAT SINKS.
Apalachee Snjpo*ed to nave Struck
Snag—One Person Drowned.
The steamer Apalachee, one of the
finest vessels plying the Chattahoochee
and Chipola rivers, between Colum
bus, Ga., and Apalachicola, Fla.,
went to the bottom Saturday after
noon opposite Wewahitchka, Fla., in
twelve feet of water. The Apalachee
had on board a large list of passengers
bouud for different Florida resorts.
Meager reports of the catastrophe
stated that foQr persons were drowned,
while in fact only one person perished.
It is supposed that the vessel was
out of her regular course, and struck
hidden obstruction.
lie BE FROM Oils
EXPLAINS WHY THE FILIPINO
REBELLION CONTINUES.
LOOKING FOR UNITED STATES AID.
Agulnaliln Has Hop* of McKinley’# De
feat In Next Presidential
Campaign.
General Otis in reply to a cable
from the war department, asking for
information regarding tbe situation
and conditions in the Philippines
Monday cabled a long reply as fol
lows:
Manila, June 20.—Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington: This is the rainy
season, and little inland campaigning
is possible in Luzon. W T e occupy a
large portion of tbe Togalo country,
the lines stretching from Imus, south,
to San Fernando, north, nearly six
miles, and to the eastward into La-
Guna province. The insurgent armies
have suffered great losses and are
scattered. The only large force held
together—about 4,000 is in Tarlac
province and northern Parapannga.
There are scattered forces in bands of
50 to 500 in other portions of Luzon.
In Cavite and Bntaugas provinces they
could assemble possibly a thousand,
though they are demoralized from re
cent defeat.
The masses of the people are ter
rorized by iusurgeut soldiers. They
desire peace and American protection
and no longer flee on approach of our
troops unless forced by the insurgents,
but gladly welcome them. There is
no recent burning of towns. The pop
ulation within our lines is becoming
dense. Taking of land for cultiva
tion is extensive. The natives are kept
out of Manila as much as possible, as
the city population is becoming too
great to be cared for. Natives in south
east Luzon are combining to drive out
the insurgents.
The only hope of the insurgent
leaders is United States aid. They
proclaim the near overthrow by the
present administration to be followed
by their independence and recognition
by the United Stales. This is the
influence which enables them to hold
out.
Courts here a r e in successful opera
tion under direction of able Filipinos.
Affairs in other islands are compara
tively quiet, awaiting results in Lu
zon. All are anxious for trade and
repeated calls for American troops are
received. Am giving attention to Jolo,
archipelago and Palawan islands.
Our troops Lave worked to the limit
of endurance. Volunteer organizations
have been called in and replaced by
regulars, who now occupy salient po
sitions. Nebraska, Pennsylvania and
Utah are now taking transports and
the Sixth iufautry is being sent to Ne
gros to relieve California. These
troops are in good physical condition.
Sickness among the troops has increas
ed lately,due mostly to arduous service
and climatic influences, but nothing
alarming. Of the 12 per cent of the
command reported sick, nearly 6 are
in the general hospital, of whom 3 per
cent have typhoid and 17 malarial
fevers. Twenty-five per cent have in
testinal trouble; the remaining 55 per
cent have various ailments, 14 of which
are due to wound injuries; Many of
ficers and men who served in Cuba
break under a recurrence of the Cuban
fever and the regular regiments lately
received are inadequately officered.
(Signed) Otis.
VICTORIA REVIEWS TROOPS.
Finest Troops of the Kingdom I’arade
Before Her Majesty.
A London dispatch says: The qneen,
tbe dnke of Cambridge, the prince of
Wales, the duke of York, Grand Duke
Michael of Russia, the duke of Con
naught, General Lord Wolsely, com
mander-in-chief of the army; Colonel
Samuel S. Summer, United State*
army, military attache of the United
States embassy at London, and many
princes and princesses were present
on the famous plains of Aldershot Mon
day to witness the review of over 18,-
000 of tbe best troops in the kingdom.
The review is interpreted in London
as a means of satisfying Queen Victo
ria that her troops are ready for any
emergency they may be called upon to
meet in the Transvaal or elsewhere.
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