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VOLUME 11.
r HI DAY
M () I { X IN' i j
frUiaitlK, OfCLA-aOvlA, l)E 2 £
H. t
I UID.VY MORXING
IvuMliEU liiT.
I puwerful
f 'I
•1
British Soldier Writes of Com-
rade's Devotion.
iera were loth to accept <ihe call ail,
continued firing for many minute,. !
hen it was unconditional surrender, i
and the men laid down their arms.
J he correspondent at Ladysmlth, of i
the same paper, describing the battle-
e "f Elandsaagiie, realistically d •-
talis the horrors of the war. He writes:
"The battlefield, as it stood on Sun-
day, conveyed sufficient proof of the
severity of ihe flre. The wounde4 [lJd
been removed by daylight, but the bur-
«1 panties had
net arrived to perform
!N NICHOLAS N.K DISASTER.
the last duties to the dead. The men
av here as they had fallen, a sad, pa-
British ?o'6 the pouraffG of the
* ' s°Wlw- We followed this tras.c
trail-high, mders, Manchester!. an J
mounted volunteers lay Indiscriminate-
railroad corporations «.f the
commonwealth whereby many thousan d
Of voters -were bought against the demo-
cratic party and Its candidates.
Issues an Address Endorsing
Goebel's Contest
GERMAN MATTERS
princi'j hohrni/oe R13PI..ii2s to
gov ciin mj:nt cn i tics.
Hcrlin, Deo. 21.—The sharp attacks made
of late upon imperial Prussan minis
(
"ufsnn minis-
em to be bru a „ ,.< ai _„ Clark Howell. Editor of thp it. 1
in pol tical customs, as (he inlnlyl, IS are I Mfred l.y v.
Missouri Jacks Stampeded
Caused Trouble.
and
IRISH SLOW TO SURRENOER.
Victim* I.ny with Ileuds 0.1 It (tie
Stock* anil Mobile,* l>ie<l While
Loading Uuns— Slaughter or
Horse* no Less treat—
Graphic Account,
ly grouped. Then solitary figures under
the Wones showed how little the cover
had availed them. There were places
where wire fences had Impeded th:!:
progress. Here the carnage had been
great and one brave fellow, stooped ;n
death, cut off as he strove to wrench
a post from its foundations. On th,.-
ftkyllne of the table land the dead lay
thickest; this being the main spat
where the a;ttack had been checked, tut
the white flag was already there and
strinpts of coolies were digging the
trench which so often is the soldier's
re?" ng place.
We rode hark to the Boer position—
he little kopje upon which Sclilel and
his 2.1 men had made their last stand.
I he bodies of the fifteen that had fallen
of this little band were grouaal i>s
deah hnd taken them. Some lay with
heads sunken upon their ride stocks,
fighting to the end. Another had placed
his hat upon a
SENSATIONAL REASONS GIVEN
Claims Tissue Ballots Were Used
Republican Counties
IN
VIOLATION OF LAW.
Also Claim* tunitia w«, t *ed to In
"initiate Democratic Voter* by
Wovernor lira.I ley—
State Ticket (untested by
Defeated Candidates,
lanta Constitution.
MAKES A PATRIOTIC ADDRESS.
Subject ol "The Man With His Hat
His Hand".
INDEPENDENT CLUB OF BUFFALO
, - prominent stone five
.(Correspondence of the Associated ynrl,s away oml hr"' died with in fn-
Press.) i sers pressing a charge Into his mfja-
Ijondon, Dec. 13—Letters from British I *!ne' What remained of the laager was
officers and soldiera lighting in n,fl ' ' e °f shell fire.. Tents were torn
irorn war correspondents that filter in- explosives lay wrecked in every dlree-
'''' ' 'through .the malls teem wit:. 1 "on- There remained no doubt that our
thrilling and pathetic Incidents. Writ- ?h*'1 firp hid Played upon .the position
dug on his mother, a young officer of V'llh fu" efr^t and one could only mar-
the Manchester, wounded la one of th., Vp| thait the Boers had stood to their
first engagements, relates .that while he 1 Pos'tlon so long.
lay at n.ght on a hillside, expecting ,1"t- as "n® of the wounded prisoners
to die, bleeding from a wound ir. h.i | ,old me later in the day, there was no
thigh and shivering with cold, there I rn"m "> retreat, the extended flies of
-tumbled over him a "Tommy of my1'' Manchester regiment, overlapping
companj, mulled Rogers." This "Tom- 1 r"v"r"e of the kopje, sweeping the
my quickly whipped off his own coat. n'"'thern f.xit path, while the rain of
placed It around the boy oflicor and ly- , Bhpapne' destroyed every living thin"
'™g d"wn> put his "rms around him and ! "" ,ho western slopes .And the scene
for the rest of that long, cold night, at the farm h™se nestling at the foot
S,
' kept him "beautifully warm.
The limes correspondent gives a
Phis account and explanation of the
British disaster at Nicholson's Nek,
where Carleton': column consisting of
SI* companies of .the royal Irish fus -
iters, four and a, half companies of 'lie
trlouceshire regiment and number l'l
Of the mountain battery eurrende.-'d.
"Two hours before day-break" savs
correspondent, "while the column
*as In an enclosed country, cither a
shot was fired or a b lulder rolled Into
the battery. The mules ptampeded an 1
easily broke away , from their half
H-sle.-p drivers. They came back on the
<ilou-eeshlre regiment, the advance par-
ty of whom fired Into the maw? belli-v-
Ing. In the darkness that it was an at-
tack. This added in the chaos, the
ranks were broken by the frenzied an-
imals, and they dashed through the
ranks of the rear guard, carrying a
first and second reserve ammunition
animals with them.
It became a hopeless panic. The nnl
niHls. wild with the Shouting ana the
turmoil, tore dmvn the Nullnh into the
darkness and the last that was licllr.l
of them was the sound of ammunil'on
boxes and panlers as they were «piin;
of the ,-ldge. on the far side, bere out
Jills statement. It was here II,at th..
liners had brought their lead horses
for rover and carcasses lay piled on
ev.-ry side. The slaughter among the
> im-a must hav l.e-„ am os: „ heavy
as that of t"he m^n."
^HUROHTLiyg CAPTTTRE.
Bennett Burleigh, the r>a.l]y Tele-
graph's war correspondent supplies a
ft.Il account of the annihilation of the
armored train contingent at Chievely
v'.n Winston Churchill was captured.'
Ihe train. It appears, with the exception
of Ihe engine, tender and two truck"
was badly wrecked by the removal of
flsh P'ates and thp seventy-two men
Of the Dublin fusiliers and the ninety.
Ave men of the Durban light Infantry
o say nothing of the blue jnckels from
th^ Tartar w<yp thrown out.
Captain Haldane of the Oordan High-
landers, who commnndp I thp party ra!
I'ed hl« bruised and shaken men'and,
amid a hall of bullets from the Boers
began to clear the iinPi oth(,rs|
""■re pouring deadly volleys Into
In political customs, as the ministers are
replying through the newspaper* to th Ir
assailants. Only a few days ago Dr. Von
Ml.mel answered over t;, s|snaturo
the Charge that he w..'« Prussian mil
Isler responsible for IjW^sm ssnl of the
lattdrathe who had vim asairst the can-
al bill. Today's sensation Is Prince II,,
henloe's reply to hi# cr tlcs through a
semi-official artlclnw ta the Nordo Deut-
sclie Allcffem^lne Zeltanp.
j\1I this is Interpretated as shewing that
very rl.irk Intrigues are brewing Tjehln.l
the scenes if such extraordinary steps
are iwccssary.
The imperial chanceior s article has not
satisfied the press In the main. The Ag-
rarian organs are especially dissatisfied.
declaring that the writer has not render- I
ed a service to Prince Hehenlohe. The
Kreuse Zeltnng comm. :the ealm tone Kntertsin* ...
Of the article, but declines to comment ■ O'meut t.roriclnu
further Even Ihe Berliner Post refuses I nn<"-l «ens to the Menthnent ot-
to be sooihed concerning the repael of!
the prohibition against the union of po-
litical societies. The liberals are vexed j
beesuso the chancellor has minimized his I
liberalism In order to appease the conser-
Frankfort, Ky.. Dec. 21,-The address
to the democracy of teh siaiP i„w., s Kns in,1,cat^ « ^mrp fipht 1n th«
the contest instituted by r< h i i S I Pn,ss'an d,rt- which will assemble Jan- Buffalo. X. y
instituted by Goebel and oth- , nary 9. „Ealnst Prince ITohenloe. whom ! or Allan(a u
•nservatlves arc detormtned to oust. f ' ^ several friends
^ount iTIohenlhal. a raem-ber of the Prus- r°m that c,ty> arrived here last evening
plan house of lords, writes to the Kruse ;ls the «"up t of the Independent club
ZMhin.tr indicating the Intention of tho ,wd*y v,8'*e> the pite of tne exhlbiiion
conservatives to bring up ihe question and J,lf,P<?cted the service bulldlnir wl.1,1.
of constitutionality of d sclplininggovern-1 8 just bppn completed and the uthor
ment oiTlclals who voteil agamst tbe canal Wor't 'n progress
bl". , , , Tonlghl Howell was the gnes
rbo centrist organs charge the consorv- ,lonor nt the monthly olnner of th
- - "«« ui ine Candidat< a,lves with hypocrisy n nttacklnp Prlncc 'ndent club and delivered
or state officers, but the (board declared I Uohelr,hp- inasmuch ns they know that °n 'kThe Man
m the opinion that it rendered, that It ,he dlsc'PHnlncr-so the centr st orKnr-s Han,] " He
acted Simply as a canvassing board with- as'ert-wns Emperor William's personal
out power or authority, ,, construe 1 I :'rt
he law fnqlllre InlQ ,he leBKl|ty ^ j
'lie one band there was the Spanish army
overthrown, tho Spanish navy wiped
away on i Spanish rule surrcn.lt .oJ. On
the other, the watchful Diedrlchs, ready
to sail his German neet Into the harbor
of Manila and let tly the Teuton' eagle
irom every flagstaff In tho Philippines,
j Hut whatever doubt may have exdstwl as
, to our right to raise the flag of our ooun-
i> o\er M'.tiiiiu. must have been ditpellei!
when by formal ratification of tho peace
treaty, every island of tho Philippine
was formally ced0J and trap —
anqulshed Spain to tho
""" ttnited States. The Pliillppln
became oura-ours beyond a doubt, our-
beyond the possibility of misconstruction :
or misunderstanding, ours to recognize
an! to establish thereon a governmom i
which would comport with the dignity of I
rsL'tbrn ComPtroi,er Dawes Names Re-
ceiver in Boston Bank Case
f in. i'.nal prestige and conform to the EXPERT FIND IRREGULARITIES
renuiro,,,.■„, or our national demand I
They became ours a, Alaska I ecame
I * hen purchased from Russia, as the j
IR MUnriihn* territory when seenred from
f ranee, or the republic of Texas wlun
molded Into our national crown. Indee 1
mere was more doubt concerning the 1
right of tho United States .to nrganlle a I
gover„m<,n. fnr ,he teri.,tory parc(,]ed oul
1 he northwestern country than there I
ln 1,10 effort to establish
I ment today in the
The ratification
I with Spain was a
tion and the
Bank Closed fo Protect Unsecured
Creditors.
1 SCHEDULE OF BANK ASSETS,
tho Moutli on ihe \ Hal «(u
foils .Vow Before the
American I'eeple.
reasons therefore
as Issued tonight. It was signed by form
staf' "a0r B'"cklnlrn* chairman of the
Yo. L Ca7a,lfn ™™mtt,«e. Chairman
m^ii , a 1 mpm""rs Of those com-
mlttees. It says in part:
er?^"!!6 "'f *'lr<,,lon roinm'sslon
ers at Its recent session, Issued certt.
flcate of election to all of the
' « B h IMvldend t an II.
«'«ld at .tm,
WinJet All Their M „ey...
Mocltholdera Mill t,„
Heavy Losers,
«■' ington, DeC. 21,-Co«nptroller Dawes
this i ^ 1CU r
receiver of tha
• ink of Bo8t6n* iMass. , in
'■onnectlon with ltla action the comptrol.
I ler sail?*
"Soni
of 'tiie
y of contested votes. The bo.i „
expressed the opinion that If clothed w th
the authority to go behind the returns
and determine the matter m contention.
been t ^eS ^ '°n not hav-
been Issued to the parties who received
aetlrw ?fifCel """ ln lhe "Kht of
action of this board, the democratic pnr-
ty cannot do leSH than to carry its conten-
tion to the tribunals created bv law fo'
determination. The grounds upon
GOVERNOR WOOD
iFOn.WA IjI.Y TAK1S CHARGE
OPFICH AT HAVANA.
t"?™1D.ee. -Major Oenera* ,he I,here of its commercial"hope'
-jeonar.l Wood fn.-i.Vly took charge of «<wgestlon of resources
upon I thls m°™lng. His first a at was to ac-
Whleh thls contest 1, based consist of the ,hp resignation of the advisery — ngnis tne h.nv I
protest against the use of tissue ballots i rablnet ^neral Brooke. These offlc- Pna tor a moment and then fa,lea Into u
in many of the overwhelmlnly repuhli-I S' af"'r considerins tile question over "hscurity, the words of the ere.t 1 1
...... repuhli- ■ • ■*i" 4 w.iB.ueiuig xne question over! """^rny, tne words of the crest mm
can ^"ntles. : night, harl decided to InslHt upon re- nioner flashed upon tbe public mind a*
rifAItriKS TtflMTB nAi.r/ITS. "ring. Their ,|e,. si,,n n,„,„s w th pub. I an Inspiration; tha buildlns of ttas trans i
™e"M °! ,h-s,> l not only m I aPr"-ovai. Almost without exception <-"n1lnental line which Id connect the
lntlon of the law hut Is in defiance I hac' rendered themselv. particu- Atlantic w'th the Pacific was accept,.,i
ie spirit of the law nnd the use of I !fr. °^nox^olls to a majority of th" ns nn assured undertaklnj? by the Rov.-n-
ment. and what Benton described as t h* 1
mtrastln* General | ^''lminathnn of ihe "crani uesljrn of r01- 1
gvnern-
hilippines.
of the pe.ico treaty J
s a non-partisan fjeclarn-
•ict could not have been
consummate! wl-hout liberal support from
coZTV overcome the
combined opposition of the senators from
each; and whether that act Is to be ap-
proved on Its men, or not, I, has long '
PhlLf™,", * nni1 wllh '< the j
I pine islands became not n new i
„ , possesion... n„ )mrt of oul
c. -l.-Clark Howell, | "ation i! domain, to be disposed of a,.'
;• w\|" vi l"pr",a' °r A|aska. or. forsooth. < v. ning aiipolnleil Special Examiner
houM , Wh'r" ' """" "•' «
I jnir -I,., ' fR,s,Pd (>VPn bv the mellow- <Hobe national
I ngr dream of mugwump conscience.
a ljvincj question. !<>r sn,(i
Wo have Ihe Philippines, „n(, ,herea, time ago Mr. Win*, who Is one
! question -tho living question ,s Whal^ ' ' experts employed In the sy^m
are we going to do with them? To r.-i.-h I "xamlastions recently in-
a correct solution of ,hls n,„mento„s | O'scovered a serious condl-
problem we must approach Its dlacuss-
on not solely • ti, a view of ascertain-
Ing what Is best for us to do from a
selfish standpoint; hut also with the
I Iroader and more comprehensive recon-
nlt on of our duty to ourselves to the
Klllplnos and of the obligation imposed I "",n"' ana "ave grjatly Improved the
res. of the; of Ihe bank since that time.
I I hey aim delivered to tne comptroller a
ha-s been made signifying! "Tll,p" guarantee that they would re.
more than tha", . '"nv" doubtful assets. Ttcrent fall-
on the part of a small: "r" 1n ""'"'n have lessened the value
f the unperformed t.nrtlon of tha guar-
ind involved tite solvency of the
regard to party
he reverses m- I V,|VW °r ,,1e fart that to allow the
ironm of srsr.ee. countered by our troops, hut to 'nil I',nnk remain open i„.,g,,r „,n-,. ,„Lllt
IJke the meteor which lights the h«av ' ]' ''"llB-hl n| development -vhi. T, 'n Injllsllce to nessenrMl creditors, now
uld drive them Into th- ocean. It ,h" condition of insolvency if founi
"There Is the
So spoke
With Ills Hat
said in part :
I tion of affairs In the
there is Ind i ••
chidlticr r?0m" "' D"lton '■ c°n-
I i n" ,"B m0" niemorabi, and
1 rohetlc addresses ever delivered In Ihe
I mted States senate, at a time, just hair """" by Providence t.
j a century ago, when a realization of ,he ' t''vl"Zll,l world
magnlflcent opportunities of the great
OF had first dawned upon the nato,
| riveting the attention of the whole coun-,. ,
ry upon Its possibilities and Illuminating ' Ul emlnently respectable and pa,
the 1 larly demonstratlv *
condl-
'il.ibe national bank
I Which he brought to the attention of
the controlled and under his direction,
to tbe directors of the hank. The dlree.
j 'ors were laudably agreed an undertook
to make good the doubtful anil bad assets
| found, nnd hai
Kxpressioi
I a willingness—
I positive desire-
the_governor general's office at 9 o'clVk i of <WcondZ an7o"rtrt« heywS I nn,v PMa
v>lth I jrfew, which reenres
its enlistment without rec-.-.rri t.^ .. I
thought for a
these ballots furnish not only primaTac'lc' Cuban
fraud ° COnCl"slve ev,aence of proposed Thp I'ur,,a
afraid of mtt,itta
Another ground of contest is because
Of the plain violation and defiance of
law «>y the late republican governor
neral Wo
proclamation
I s advent, "mhus to put Europe
munlcatlon through the hart of our coun-
as un- | ,r> " was regarded as a certain develop.
ntatned errors. Gen. ! m,'nf In the scheme of the westward ex-
.... ,. , , promising nolhing, '^nslon of our commercial domain
ntist actively engaged In the making of [ sPp'1'vS volumes by his quiet, demo- But stagnation and uncertainty succeed-
S ump Speeches, and the prosecution ofi''ra"' mi""1 r of taking charge of the ,he fervor of Impulse; greater Issues
almost unseen Moer* 1,id,l „ "Vw,"''.'! fh ..IT." 0!>nv«* - ordered out 'IT''n's'. has captivated everybody, j Involving the life ,,r the'
'■ '•"Wen behind!'he mllltla and. and In violation of ho.b I General Chaff
law and precedent.
Brook's with C
says:
■Oen. Brooke's
fortunate n
Wood, although
ocean. If
moment that such !
expression embodied anything like a
i,™ r"ra,"bn'lbrn't \ W'""" f«lcon-
. honor of our country and
the security of Its government plrm
however, In the faith of our fa th-I
'■rs and Impressed with the
that public sentiment,
to exist, it becomes my duly lo appoint
a roc, , , A considerable cash dividend
can be paid to creditors at once.
"The condition of tie bank was diseov-
• red by Special Examiner Wlnp in Mm a
t« sofure such action on the part or the
directors ns will -probably prevent the
failure fmm infllctlnpr heavy losses upon
'he depositors, but tho directors and
fi«oh a irianifeKtatlon as the rrlor-l 8!r,('kho1,1ers will lose heavily."
•'id and affpravnted pent ment of " n I Thp >r;,nk• U is "n^rsood. was Invoiv-
hopeless and ithoughtless element „ i,i,.i, I '
when
view
fully I
d Asia into com- *,roURe{^ seldom goes wrong, I prefer to
— . - tak« « ——>-
. rocks, about a thousand ya ds err
The blue jackets, bravely command
by their petty officer—who was th
cred against the boulders. The hubbuo l rnatlnn "f °°0,ness^-gnt their sei en
or the-o few minutes was sufficient ti r""n<W Into actlom. They sent In two
have alarmed the enemy. By a st-em- f nfrt ■ne1' "Imed shells at the
ous efTort the officers aucce. i . t u- I """rs. several hundred of whom lined
getting Ihe men again under " * "
and When daylight came
the hills. Just then a shot from fhe en-
emy's three pounder or field gun. hit
the small naval, seven pounder, knock-
ed gun nnd carriage Inito the veldt, nnd
Wounded several of .the
seamen. But
the mf,n WPro ^ a wh[t |)paten
The Pall Mall Oaitette's correspond-
ent describes Winston Churchill's Con-
duct .in this occasion as follows:
A party of volunteers, consisting
principally of pint- layers, led by Win
"ton Churchill, who behaved through-
cm with most heroic courage succeed-
ed In Placing the rails. Mr Church! 1
had previously assisted In carrying In
no less than twenty men under a ter.
rible fire ftome idea of the accuracy
"public Itself
inlatfon of both | 'Jeneral Chaff o is receiving tiumer- M'verted the public mind: Inaction op-
assumed pcrsonnl | _c"ngratulat <ins upon his appoint- I pressed nnd Irresolution preyed upon the
national commerce, and the most
the streets
•on trot
1hc first position which pros„r,te VVs'l '
and which was about two miles fhort
of Ihe original goal. They were forced
«o take advnnltage of th ■ firs! lopje as
Boer scouts were all aron >1 then and
Ihe day was ushered In wt h desultory
firing. It was a sorry position, -which
they had chosen and the men were in I
a sorry plight. All thcr r-serye am- |
mun'iilon was gone, and though ti , -i
had saved pieces of the screw guns, 1
they were not able w'th -hese t leces to I
patch up a single mounting.
From earliest daybreak. Boer seouls
were recomnolterlng and about R o'clock
mounted Boers could be seen galloping "f "nemy's fire nnd of Mr. Chur '•
In small groups to the cover of the hill i '"'s rouri ir """V he obtainetl by nar-
"est. Strong parties of mounted m n ! ",e fnrf that "• Beir shell b„;s
took up pop.lt!ons nn the far side of the' ,'p"n', "r Mr Churchill, killing two
two hills, commanding the kopje from I n< r Par'1 sl'''' of ,llln- n"r wound d
Ihem. About 9 o'clock thete two parties i "' r' row •'"'ting the Veldt on e,-b
had crowned the hills nnd opened a verv si'10 'rh° continued rifle fire nnd the
hea\-y fire at short ratugo right down v sound of the quick flrers added'
upon the plateau. Our men made a 'hn,Tora of ihe situation. At last I
plucky attempt to r.-turn this lire hull , n" "nil the engine with
It was Impossible. They were under a 1 nn" p,irringe of the nrmored train w,,s
rrors fire from two directions, flank and , "n!>bled to rettirn' to FYere, leaving j
rear. The two companies of Olouces ;,Ptaln TTohlane'q party fiercely en
lershires, hoid'ng .the self contained I The Boers gave It a passing
ridge were driven rrom their shelter K ,,vn nf shells, hitting the tender nnd
snd as they crossed the open ,n th- n"arly derailing .the train a second time i nft , , ,
>ow plateau w ere terribly mauled, the | rh" 1 >a"y Graphic corresp nd. nl des 1 0Iten heard tllCin Complain
and General Chaffee
command or the troops In the metropolis nicnt u brigadier general In the reg
or the State, parading the streets ,.f j utar army.
I.oulsvllle, on the dav of election with! ""neral Wood Ibis afternoon, visited
bis soldiers nnd gntllng g„ns, invailinr j ,he Prison and penitentiary and seemed
the voting booths and forcing into them. murh Interested, although he declined
against the protest of the lawfully r.p-| ,n co'nment upon the experience. He
pointed election officers, pretended icspec- i Wfl? nccmpan'ed by General Ludlow
tors and challengers, who. the highest '
court of the state has decided, had no
lawful rljrht to be present.
OTHER 1NTTMTr ATTONS
Tlie Issuance of the certificate, of clec.
Hon to the republ can candidates Is -un-
tested upon the further ground that a I
federal and also a state Jnilge. without I
warrant of law and In defiance of cv, ry
prompting o ffalr dealing and decency I
Interfered with the holding of th - slate I
election, the one by menctng charg.
n graiwl iury and by the ompl
, 'mpor-
tant and promising project In which our
country had then engegod fv.r il„.
tension of it
element which !
no more measures the patriotism of nur I
masses than a grain of rand In the hour I
pl'iss measures eternity.
fh'nk"Tb^iy'J..VaV" """'^t. and still:
' ' h"'1 W" coupled with the |
ratmca i« n of the peace treaty
sura nee in th" nature of the doc
made for Cuban Indepcndencf
would have been no serlou
commercial facilities
in tho Philippines, anrl that
an as-
laratlon
disturbance
lelayed for more opportune consideration. I now ,w' ln peaceful poss- s.«
the
an-hipelapo, as we
ia. I believe it fs
TABLES TU1NED
LfPTjr OPINION AOQl^JTS PROP.
JOHNSON. OF SITA'WNMIO, IN
BROWN CASH.
John- l 'l
Dcc. 21 —Fnank Brown, who
el.v punished by Prof#s or
principal of the city *c>n
deputy rnited States inarsbals.^ r.v. 1 the !,"'an3e nf dls«bedlence is In 1 rouble I,
"N'or was It until the scourcre of war had
bathed the union 'n the blood nf broth' rs
that government sanction of the under-
talcing was born of -the demand for bett. r
tr.nnsportatlon facilities for moving intrrr>«I nffairs.
would
•Ion of |
are In control of
not now too la e
to make that broad declaration of our
policy; assuring
the Squire failure and tn mining
stocks
Th. following is a condensed statement
if the bank:
T.Iabllltles—Capital stock, fi.non.nort.
Rurplup. $120.0nn.
T'ndlvided profits. $144,7.w.
^Iretilatiora, $891,100.
Deposits. t^.OOO.OflT
Hills payable. $273,000.
Total $10.F)29.
f —I.o.ium and illfcounts, $5,579.*
other by Issuing every mandamus mrt in- |
lunctlnn asked by the reptiMiCan par-
ly wh'ch later Judicial acts ha ■ been!
declared by the supreme Judicial Mhdnal
of the state to have beer unlaw'ul
CHAROE9 VOTE BTYIXO
Another ground Is the use of ; iie Inter-
est or the republican party or an Immen-e
corruption fund, contributed by the mast
iU8e of an unpr
boy about hn
Two or thr<
an inoffensive
Id, wn<
at
rke
troops between the "VTesf nnd Ka:
PIlOFHEfTRS THAT TA'lr.Pin,
Tn those days the pathway of caminer-
clal development was not freer from the
obstacles of opposition and attack tha-
it Is today, since the organisation of
the original thirteen states each genera-
tion has produced some misguided citizens
who. l.llrd to tho benefits offered by ex-
tension ,,r na'ional domain, sought In
vain to thwart the mnrch or commercial
procrreM nnd check the current of n m-
II I 1 T 1 ,!°n s <1es,Iny- Kven prior to tho birth
•t«?o Halrd iJambertf of our republ'e, the great "Freder'ck ehnr-
;,n bo>' thirteen year* j acterlzed as absurd the Idea
aorni'stie control
•ombined with
the
voked Attack upou
by
nk Itro
than tha* BU
flean clothes
' Young Lam: or
j had Brown arr
set for Saturd's]
the boy's lathe
begged him •
promlaing to pa
j son out of scho
! and severely be.i
persisted In v
id bt-havlng 1
guardian. Air.
• d, and the trii
tiernoon. On Sa
vent to Mr. By.
op the
in school? I hen you have
men falling In groups. The Boe
visit to the hulk of Penelope
Ihe West had not yet declared ibent I"' 'S<imi>rs.hay, where the Poer pri«on-| ^ca^ac^e; have frequently
telyes, but about 200 tnarksinen Iinii,. 1 fnnflned, undertaken In the; noticed llOW they go about
in a listless, indifi'erent way,
haven't you?
ScctCs CtnuifviciL
does grand things for such |
children. It hringsa healthy
color to their cheeks, j
strengthens their nerves, and
gives them the vigor that be-
longs toyouth. All delicate
children should take it.
orr.T I'-"". "II «!"« I«".
SCOTT & BOVi^E, OmUti, Ntw Voik.
•o the position which the two com- ramrmnr of 001 St owe, the United
panics of the Oloucestershlres hnd Juat consul general, wrltei:
vacjifed .These men absolutely raked I
'he plateau nnd It was then bat th ■' Arv-TnF.NT,U. BirnOTINn.
men were ordered to take cover un ' Mo„ Dec. 21.~Thnma Abbott
the ateep reverse Of the kopje. As ..on a well known young man. was nty.lcrl-
■were abaolutely hemmed In. and wa.r n,'''r r"y' 'H' nt 11 hospital here
^>«d commenced as a skirmish seeinel ton,<fbt. Todav the mystery was cleared I
about to become a butchery. Th • UP by the arrest of Roy Young a school I
jrlm order was passM around "Oh boy. aKed slxteerv who
•iur i-a-T illflicrhB, fix your bayonets ing. but
•rid dl« like men."
Th rv wM the olafter of steel, the1 OT<TiA-lIOMA WI5ATHF71
foment of ^tj«:pcnae. and then th o - | Washington^ r ec
•*r «>nse firing" wi-* sounded
pre\-alled to drop t
The people of iS
taken sides In the
erally sided with
| inparity in t he si;
the assault seem a
Frank Brown, is
Brown, of this cit.<
gnng known as
Some time ago ym
nn offense agali.at
Principal K. W. J<>
rm of Mr. Jo h
martyr before thi
elicited much
• ndm ts the shoot-
says It was accidental.
.... , Again Tndlan Territory—-Probably sbour r« xr
•■rKl "Sain It sounded, but the Irish fus. - " • - "howera Fn-
- Oklahoma nnd
Dbably showers
! day; Saturday fulr; northerly winds.
foais an 1 to take his
Mr. Hyde was finally
ie cuae.
lawnee had, however,
matter, and had Ken-
1 /am best, he Krrea.t
es of the two making
most brutal one.
•i son of Police Ju<lge
and i^ captain of a
the "Dirty Dozen."
"g Brown committed
the mill <rt tbt city
being disciplined by
inson, caused t.ie ar-
Jo son, and po^el as a
• tho public. The case
*e m nation it! newspaper com-
fessor Johnson was severe-
some quarters.
young Brown in th«
^ "ill.I aie; ,r that ho w*n
nough, and the m-is of Ins
ing off th'
of maintain-
liir an Independent form of government
j.,n j cvernlff so vast a domain as that em-
iiik J l.raeM between Maine and fleorwla, Ry.
i, ir. j cry extension of our border line was met
.■Ie. I by similar nrRoment. and when the Ore
ivas In, country was under discussion (n the
■lay | forties, a aenator, with WosmlnV MTtOUI-
declared that no atich remote lana
ion coul I ever be Incorporated and held as
an Interjrul part of Ihe T'nltc.l States;
that It would require ten months out of
every twelve for Its representatives i„
guarantee of independence whenever I
in the opinion of thla government, the I
Ullplnog are able to adminisler a f iv- :
eminent which will protect life, „nd
[meet the demands of civil zatlon
"It Is harder to preaerve than io „b. J
tain liberty," raid John C. P.,thou,. )
bis memorable address an 'Self-•„r„
ment and fivlllMtlot,.' and that .treat
S-oulhern statesman never pave utter '
ance to a more profound and avlomatlc I
d"el,r.„Ion, than when, tn the same'":
'h he said: 'None hilt a people ad-
Jan.- I to a high elate of moral «nd in- '
'f^Hence are capable, jn a| "
lit Ion, of forming and
free governments; and
among ihofe who are far advanced
v^ry few. indeed, have had the good
fortune to form constitutions
104.
United Strife* bonds to secure circula-
tion. Sl.ono.noo.
('lifted f!,it..q bonds to secure United
states deposits, *190,fW>.
Premium on bonds. fl.in.flS0.
Storks and securities, $1,092.302.
( h < m hand and due from "banks $2,*
Total, $10,'?!
COMMITS SUICIDE
•Wnshln;
York
civilised
maintaining
lHlurn
A V'TVID riPTURR,
I'l'-ture In your imnginatlon the effect
I the immediate withdrawal of he
ti mer arm of the American people In
he 1-hllippine, and tbe entahllahment,
congress to go to and from (he national m'.'ni''whbii^'wouM ''have"' *
zz]m r,rh^rr ^
true,ton which would weaKen crn.-l, e„„ and an^y^ZT ^owlZ
uld It he before tribal strife and sol-
Hec i'l.-vTames TMiane
f the Imr>ortant officers la
of the Warner Palace
' tr com pan- and a son-tn-taw of the
uider f the com pan v. committed irui«
'ddo t<>day it tho Grafton hotel in this
kity, by cutting bis throat with a ••aaor.
Mr. T i' lor w;va suffering with some nerv®
i.us affection, caused by Illness end tha
cfltnl i 1 act was commit led apparently on
} e i the Impulse of the moment.
' was "i xty-three years of age.
The ;
ild weaken
the tender .foundation of Ihe national fab-
rKE NO SUBSTITUTE^,'
pre
Johnson.
tion and
r vindi-
^h** hluhwat?r
mark is reached e/-
tlrau thu Iceman prcacms his hill.
nn.T,IPl'l.v|.; Ql"EHTION,
In tbe Philippines r.i.OWl American sol-
iliera today are standing In the wenches
against the onslaught on our national au-
morfly. Tt is needbis now tn recount
the whys nnd the wherefores of this at-
tack There Is room fur patirloilc d ITer
ence on expansion of our boundary lines
and the sirleequent control of territory
'hus acquired. But It should be en,,n
for any American cl-lsen, whatever may
be his pnHtlcal opinion, to know
that "iir boys are being klllet, our It ig
is being SSMU ed and our aulh irlty H
bring defied,
\\ lio can deny the right of the brave I «
deorgla lieuterant, acting uud.r orders"
of ' lie Immortal Dewey, to ral Ihe
A merles n flag over the sunken hu >s
of ihe Spaulah fite; In Manila bay? on
fish faction vculd burat info lh^
fury of maddened riot nnd lay violent
ba,nds upon the foundation and progress
avblch has been firmly plan"ed on Die
Island* and which, under the ruldlng
hand of American direction will lead
their people into the br,.a,l ■> n 0[ I
peace and prosperity"*
Minneapolis, Mlnin., flee, !1.—A. apyc- I
lal from Jamestown, N. p., says:
Major T. Duller, lat cashier of the
Kd'gely hank, baa struck a gold mine
near San Diego, Cal.. which has created
gf««t excitemervt as being a wonder In
Aeeays at a depth nf 49 feet I
'how gold quarts running J.H7 to <hc I
' ti. 11 la near the tgreat Dewey m'n
" hl.'b was rec ently capitalized at ti.- j
OOO.WIO An ofTer of J^KI.IKKI haa been
made for the claim by Illinois parties, j
* i
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