BOERS CAPTURE GENERAL METHUEN Orange River Colony Scene of Big South African Battle, DELAREY LED THE BOER FORCES. The British Were Defeated With Heavy Loss, and Their Guns and Baggage Fell lato the Hands of the Enemy This Is One of the Most Brilliant Strokes on the Part of the Boers Since the Outbreak of the War. London, (By Cable).—The Boers have South Africa, General Lord Methuen, who, until his defeat at Maagersfontein, had been considered greatest military strategists, one of has been der Commander Delarey, one of their star generals. The battle was fought just before day- break March 7, between Winburg and Lichtenburg, Orange River Colony The Boers captured four guns. The British casualties were: Killed—Three officers and 38 men. Wounded—Five officers and 72 men. Missing—One officer and 200 men. Delarey, who has proved himself the most able of all the Boer generals, has within a fortnight gained a second de- cisive victory. His first victory was the capture of Von Donop’s convoy, when the British casualties, in killed, wounded and men made prisoners, totaled 632, and he has now added to his laurels by the capture, for the first time throughout the cam- paign, of a prominent British general, and by inflicting what is generally admitted to be one of the worst reverses the British have suffered throughout the whole war. It is supposed that Lord Methuen was marching with intention to avenge the capture of the Von Donop convoy. The news of the disaster came like a thunderbolt to London. The extra edi- tions of the cvening papers giving an ac- count of the disaster were eagerly bought up, and their readers hurried through the sjreets with anxious faces, and bitter remarks were passed on the subject of the government's declaration that the war in South Africa was over The news came too late to affect busi ness on the Stock Exchange, but exc curb dealings ¢ ly followed th Ing, in : Africans heavily. ited Children Die ia Fire. Matane, Quebec which originated in the kit of of Arthur Bouchs Mrs Bouchard fire was immediately 1 iwchard residence the death children. The a servant, who alarm. Mr. Bo: jumped from an upper window, and was about to be fol- iowed by his wife, but she failed in her attempt, and perished, together with her nine children—six boys and three giris The eldest was a boy of 14 years, and the other children aged as follows: Girl 12 years, four boys aged 10, 9, 8 and » years, two 6 and 4 and years, discove gave an oy or 5 sel _ i » ir a DOYy Fire Caused by Sparks. New York (Special) The coroner's which jury has been the Park February ing that the | 3 first Regiment Armory, . The al stroyed by fire hotel was not safety of guests and there was no standpipe provided investigating Avenue Hotel City y wtel by sparks 2 Pr < 4Fmor was use of the fire departm were no ropes or ent ane fire escape Powder Mill Blown Up. Keokuk, Iowa (Special). ~The E Dupont de & Co's powder plant, five miles west of here, was badly damaged by an explosion. Two men were killed outright, a third will die. and three others are seriously injured The men killed and two of the mjured were working in the building. The un- known man was injured by a falling rock. He was employed about the grounds. The damage amounts to $72 000 The mill in which the explosion occurred was totally demolished Nemours $1.50 an Ounce for Silver. New Haven, i Conn., (Special) dollar and a half at once and tions ask ar i C George Hare Ford to broke into his home and stole a quanti- ty of silver articles valued at $i.300 Many of them are family pieces and much more valuable to the owner than to anyone clse. Among the goods stolen from General Ford were a collection of loving cups, a Russian snuffbox, inlaid with precious stones, and silver spoons that had been in the family since 1740. no ques * ofter made by (yen the thieves who Murder In Richmond. Richmond, Va. Clayton, a well-known contracting paint- er, was murdered here in a manner that thus far baffles the police. He found on the street in a residential tion of the city frightfully beaten, died without having regained conscious- ness. His head was crushed and one of his eyes almost pinched out. Clayton left three grown daughters and two sons. Evidence Against Bulgarians, sec- has been made upon Turkey in connee- tion with Miss Stone's case. It is said the whole trend of evidence so far is strongly against the Bulgarians, and not against the Turks, £30,000 for a Portrait. New York, (Special). ~