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Fudyard Kipling Complains of
the Small Pay for Loyalty.
NO SAFETY FOR COLONISTS.
If Loyal He Holds the Red Flag Be-
fora the Boers.
ENGLISH GET THE DISLOYAL.
Condemns II <
4 cvernuient it*
Weak. Oiiuiipre-M-nl anil larila-
tinc -< omplaiiiw lor Uie4oloii-
lal Troop* '1 lie Iturde-ii of
tiiigtiali-African.
NEW YORK, MARCH II - Th«
word from Ku y :rd K:;-llng sin h
to South Africa will bo printed n
week'j issus of Ha ;> r'ri \\ kij .
Kipling cables a long ispate-h . Hri i
"Honest Labor Bears
a Lovely Face."
There is nothing more
pleasing to look upon than a
hearty, ruddy face, gained by
honest toil. They are the
saving of the nation, these
toilers of both sexes, strug-
gling for daily bread.
'Pure blood mikes them able to keep up
the daily round of duty at home, shop or
store. If the blood has a taint or im-
purity, or a run down feeling comes on,
the one remedy t<r Hood's Sarsaparilla,
America's Greatest Medicine for the blood.
Poor Blood — "SMy blood was so
poor that in hottest weather J felt cold.
Hood's Sarsaparilla made me 'warm. It is
the right thing in the right place." Hat tie
J. Taylor, Woodstown, N. J.
libcdA Sauafyauffq
^Hood's I'llli rurn liver ill*; the nnn-lrrltaUngand
ouljr ratharUe to tak« \>itli Saraaparllla.
THREE SUCCESS-
FUL CROP SEASONS
Oklahoma Has Been Very Fortunate in
the Past.
British forces Made a State Entry into the
free State Capitol Tuesday Noon.
! In a special fro:
I City Star ha3 the
. ha.-,
had thie•
esrful i rop
big? exporting holi es ond In the clubs
of all the white man's world. Do you
see, therefore, that the long enduring
scorn, "he terse tick ng contempt, the |
happy cpiihet spat out in a dusty j
camp, to turn tip double-leaded in aj
journal of 80.003 circulation on the oth- j
or .«ide of the world wall not come from I
England? The colony will be branded I
by her own brethren, by the open ai'r
in-11 who# have voted rerrularly eince
their majority and who own the houses
they live In. She dare not say that
LONDON, MARCH 13.-r.M0 a. n..—Th-^ putation of tho town council, with Mayor f fon'eln. Lord Roberts and his staff
first half of the campaign 13 cut. Lord Kcl'.ncr came out to meet Lord Roberts [ have ridden through the town and been
Roberts arrived at tho Modder river on at Spitz Kop, five m cs south of tho I every where cheered. The British nat-
February 9. Ho entered Bloernfontein town, making a formal surrender of the^ iona 1 anthem is enthusiastically sung
on March 13. Thus. In liltto over .1 month P'ftce- j hy ''he population.
,, , , . ,,y . Lord Roberts made a state entrv at _ _
ho ku effected the relet of K mbeiley noon reeelved a tremendou. ova:
ana Ludysmlth, the capture of Oonrr.il A(trr vl8;Ung th„ pub„c touI;«lnw
Cronjes forces and tho hoisting of the
went to tho official residence of tho proa-
disloyalty which h cii; the
w.tch they have l>een bought by the cap
craft," The burden of his uv ant
that British civil authorities jrv Cape
Town wince at si ml-trei s.nab o nct, and
to quote his own words, ' the govt.
talists, influen.ed by the press, or
prejudiced 1 y their insular training.
It is her own caste In punch and yet
'hat will strip the colony of her caste.
She will be left with her climate and
w ta e care it does not pay ^x^y one her feognaphical advantage-?, bu>t her
*° 1 y 11 I place and our peoples -will go over to
"The loyalist <0 to I r has his little Natal while her honor i* trailed
house ripped open by Boers or re! is. or round the world at the heels of these
tooth the dIs 0yo 1 sts farm is rspe'tel returning horsemen. This is unjust-
and In return he up;i - the enemy will: hittoilv and cruelly unjust,
food, horses and information. His r sk ' 1 'h veiuped the toreoa*t at some
to null. He mar DOMlblr-bot n i f hli len*lh Sou;l1 AWctn. and there
wend, can .top It—bo* Welted on « !£? "" V.' h" a-1,j'cll"n,,'1
ni- iiit-ti.' ine. 11•' wus quite unconaoled
charge of treason. He may then be MM by remlnder „n, the Cretan* hav,
down country tn he Wed by a •ympathat. nat yet recovered from the effects of
Ic Jury. He hope., and not without re-i-! a hurt J- hexameter of old days and that
son. to have h furm restored to b in tho bandit-cans have 'passed into lit-
sftrr he hoas u 11 darn • • n;no ab <:-dit-- era t. ure.' It struck him as a piece of
Inadequate punishment. MeJnwb'lo the hideous brutality, for he loved his land
loyalists piano Is lying wirt '., on the w'th :i passion—you see she is his own
veranda; photographs of his homo j.how ^nr'('- and great torture and
the rooms .is though < \ • <■ •; i-• !
to wrest o there; his tlockrf' . 1 h< 1
gono and the b ti y i i < 1 ,s \ . ip « 1
dung heap Ho and h's 'am v i-i.iwi
Cape Town In overpacked trains ; n
what consolation they can fr<-m sii
"Britons never shall ie siav-• " mi
platforms. Then -in Mey
Steyn begin c«>respomlen
Roberts sa to tbf if: .1 r:
, a virtuous population by
lieent Ions soid.t : • .
"The loya ists d c'aro
handled open d .illy en
to a neplectnb." . n.l ily.
they demand is th M i;se 1
propping nnd support ng tlie th
oreat< d and propped and su
Transvaal till It bit you.* F
certain amount of reasorr o
and it mav as well be set 01
<0 delay, to evade and nullify tlir •
ings of a just punishment at t'rst
tious'.y but later male bold b;- tolernt'i n. i
with an Insolent carelessness of s- i.rlty., —
to preach sedition under guise of abject
loyalty. To maintain unscruj. . .is y ar.-l Teller and Turner Debate From
to lie malignantly and with krowhc'.g^j
among an Ignorant people is a merry j
and profitable game while It rnduri<. The.
players, however, do not Be?, jr. busy,
with their small Intrigues, will r.ot realize
that for each man whose neck they save
arises and yet another desir'rg :io h n^
lrss than their necks It. Is a brutal way
to put it, but things are no: li. cream,
and honey In Capo Colony jvst no.v. an 1
I confess It gives mo the co'd ere u to
watch these smooth talking. smiM ig men
explaining to their int mates, a
t it cuts him to the soul hat her name
should be RO'lcd. He says that she has
uii-re loyalists lighting in the field than
Na'ai; that there are thousands of
u men and women, their relaitiVes light-
ning on the other side; their hearts torn
•- in three piece?, who ptill bide loyal,
ivrr," . n the 'is it not,' ho asked, 'enough that when
1. Kruger and PPace coroes the dlsloyalis s will bo p >t-
wit'i l^f.rd 1fl<l an<3 raised to honor without this
committed on luiU shame upon him and his?'
a brut 1 and "Th«'e is one hero ond one only.
, Tho men who have befooled the col-
tha* -,r-nriv "ny are known- Xo man ,a>'3 a hand
,' , ' ' ' upon them. They have become careless
'' ' !1 I" speech and this is Important, Indeed.
*A\a {. th(i: at the proper time hese men can be
1 made the means of saving the co.ony."
SENATORS TAKE
.1 feat
flag In the capital of the Free Btatw. All ldenli fo]lowcd by a chGcrlnB crJW,j „„0
I hi. heen accomplished w tU ejmrara- wavrd the Brltlsll flae nn(1 snr s (h0
tlvt-ly trldlrg losses. I national nnthem. They vera in a
It Is small wonder that he Is tho bero cond!llnn ot b excitement.
of the hour In F.ngland. All the news 0„ Monday nfu.r„oon, previous to the
papers euiegize him and congratu ato tho surr(>„d4.ri lhor0 had beon a nttlo sn,p0„,a
country. The talk of the Free State* as ttnd 1: , ut tho rnr„,T r
having passed out of exi.tene". as btlbg ,.ori, Roberta has bis headquarters at
now one of the shadows or history. | lhe preildmU h0U5C and ,hrr(. nre mlny
It Is not doubted that there may yet 0p tho Ilrltlsb wour.d.-fl in tho bul il.nil.
bo heavy nshtlng, bat the geiinim of Th0 r,nway js not injured.
Lord Roberts is looke!• to for victory | -
over a 1 difficulties. His gr m refercnc"
to the "lato" President Steyn is under-
stood to show that there shall be no am-
biguity as to tho position assumed to.
ward the republics.
The fact that Mr. Frazicr. late chairman
of the Free States and leader of the op-
position to Mr. Steyn, camo at the depu-
tation to surrender tho keys, Is regarded
as extremely s gnificant of consi erabla
difference of opinion among the Free
Staters regarding the war.
ROYAL FAMILY
OF CANINES,
seasons in ma
traetod attention al over tho l u ted
State i .Tho > r>p failures follow i « the
open ng together With the tmpov- rishod
condition of the early set tiers, who were
In prepared to meet Hi:eh reverses . .rise I
the territory to fall in o Itsrvpute d.
but tho phenomlnal yields of t orn, wheat
and cotton In tho years lSt 7, 1-''S 1 ••
told a story of plenty and pro.-; •>r|ty that
s lcnced further cri"
this time in Oklahoma is that they wl I
havo tho lx st and largest wheat er
both in yield and acreage, tha great
yield of fruit of a I kinds and <h- h-
ui ti
r of c
raster
House Bill Appropriating $2,-
000.000 is to Be Passed.
TO DELAY THE TARIFF BILL.
Committee Appointed to Compromise
Differences as to Revenues.
HON IN OKLA.
ir found In an equal
trs II. H. Km
:il farmer, who
nlng of Okla-
tory in such a
1 the extreme
KRUGER IS FIRM.
4C0 of them Barked Their Wel-
come at Convention Hall
Yesterday.
NEW YORK, MARCH 14
from President Krugt r to the Kevcning com
Journal, dated Prttotia, March is, 5 p at th-
KANSAS CITY. MARCH 14—Four
hundred dogs, all of them -i fam lies
dispatch npro or 1< s royal, barked heir we:-
this monln.; at ron^.jtion hall
ipening rf the I<nn«as Citj'k
via Berlin, says
"The Burghers will only cease flght'ng
l>ench annual dog show. The morning
spent in benching the entrli
with death. Our fret ss are rot r nj in ^hlch came from all parts of the ccmn-
good order to our lines of defens • on oui
own soil. The Natal campaign was ling-
er In our favor than we expectol. Th-
British w ll never rcach Pretoria. Tin
Burghers, Steyn, Jouberete. and myself as
well as wcli as all the othl :s ate un t( 3
There are no differences. God heip us."
In the afternoon Judgi
formally opened tho show by beginning saved i7 for
Two Extreme Polls of
Thought.
REJOICING IN ENGLAND,
LONDON*, MARCH 14 —Lordi Roberts'
dispatch caused a f<e.ing of great relief.
The absence of the news. ea. • .y looked
for, had' some provoking apprehonsio",
during the earlier part of tho -day, that
the British had met with a check !> • f-'r
Bloemfonteln, and anxious inquiries Wt a
made at tho war office and in tho ktbies
of parliament.
On the reception of news by the qu-en
at Windsor castle, tho I'rinco of Wales
at Marlborough house. Lor. Woo y . i.d
others were Immediately n -t flo-\ but at
9 o'clock the war office was a most de-
serted, the public having given up 1- Ji >
of further news until tomorrow( Thurs-
day.) The appearance of the newspapers
with tho tidings caused great <exrit- mcnt
along Ta'-l Mall, at tho service clubs and
In the West End generally. Ow ng to th«
late hour, however, there was no detn.
onstrat ons approaching the t ightest de-
gree those heralding the surrender of
Crorj™ nnd the surr-nder of La yarnllh.
It so happened that a torch light pro-
cession .organized on an extensive sea e
for the widows nnd orphans fund, was
parading South London with tiands n'.d
banners. This Included a body of uni-
forme* men representing the British n Id cd railway line, to meet the III
forces, the surrender of Croaje and' oth- pr„, advan(,lng fr0m ,ho Oraen,
the judgment of the vArious cla5so.s.
No bett(-r exhibition of dogs was ever)
hold In the southwest.
and all minor crops e\
area in the United St
of this place, a practj
traveled in all parts <
lahoma this spring, sa
"No March since the
homa ever showed the
prosperous condition.
west linp of the territory wil-
ls extensively carried - n, t i the e^st r
border, plenty of moisture "has fallen si c
last October. Wheat Is now fro in four t
s x Inch- < high. It r -v r lie -mia ;
Is so well rooted that there is v« r 1 itt -
danger of its being b own out. Oats hav
been fown nnd are now coming up. Farm
rrs nre busy p anting garden and t> tat ■
Everything in Oklahoma show- thrft mn
energy. The few farmers who sowe 1 a
faifa are In luck. It Is now h'gh ennugl
for spring pas'ure. It has I < - u «b in -
strated that, a'faif.i <'• • \ . "dlng'v v.
here and the blue grass and clover thrive
I was one of th • tlr^; farmers in Logan
county to sow alfalfa. I commenced ti th-
spring of 1891 anil beggrd all the farm- r
with whom T came 'In contact to sow jt.
If only a few acres.
HIS ALFALFA YIELD.
"There is a great d- al of alfalfa through
out this county and 1 am Informed that
larg< fields nre in aOrfield county. Last
season I tsit thr *e crops of alfalfa h iy.
and averaged 1' , to 2 tons an acre at each
, cutting. I sold this to a cattlo man for
Mortimer hny at a ton. I cut tho four h cr< p but
I threshed It
El Reno Won the Convention to
Select National Delegates
--The Date Fixed is
June 4.
OKLAHOMA CI'
(■Special)—The dem1
central committee 1
afternoon with Ch i
I presiding. The i «• i
the probate oourt 1
large attendance •
crata from all • •*•••
they had a big ti:
party j emine-sc. n.«
the Intension of att
convention ut Kan
Chairman Sir
to order at -
roail lhe call for
pose of which w
.""J | and places of h<
SENTIMENT FOR MILITARY RULE.
I oraUer I t plaius the frlirreta of the
fiilN Frovlnlous-Klklna favored
l.envlug nil «|ueHllouH to the
l'rc«ldent lloanrdiug l*«laad
—Temper of Debate \\ a«
.11 in-li Milder.
lock and the
ng tw
RCH 1&-
'tcrrltorial
held In
>n July 4.;
delegation !
♦secretary !
the pur- 1
BRITISH BIG HAUL
CAPE TOWN, "MARCH 34—Tho Brit-
ish troops under Lord Mathucn hav-- re-
turned to Kimboreley from the occupation
of Bushof, Orango Free State. Oun3 and
70,000 rounds of ammunition wcro seized
and a strong garr son was left to guard
tho town.
Six Bo rs wero arrested there or>
charges of treason. Nearly all the resi-
dents were wearing mourning, as the Bos-
hof commando lost two hundred men at
the batt.e of Belmont.
EXPERT OBSERVATION.
LONDON, MARCH 15.—Spencer Wi k n-
son in the Moaning Post Bays:
It is not Impossible that a railway is
bcinR made from Modder river or Kimbi r-
ley to B'.oemfonte n. In any case, after
a pause to complote tho reorganization of
his communications Lord Roberts will
his trocps southward on th icstor.
gen-1
ELEVEN BANKS
FOR OKLAHOMA.
Applications Filed at Washing-
ton for the Chartering of
That Number,
pltal Bui 1 12 F., St., N. W.
SHINGTON. MARCH 11. — \pp'.ca-
were reported today r<voiv i ficm
1 bank organisations asking char:- r«
tional Institutions to carry on bnsi-
; j FA Rt
, and The
June 1
yielded a bushel of .^-ed 10 the acre Tli ' 'he fir. t ■
seed |s worth on the market today at the nation;
Chfthr e $8 a 1-rsV 1 'V 11. Thompson. Vn-1 to ch«>
ited States marshal, tells me he b- | (,,nKr, .s
about Vi oa. res of alfalfa near Enl I
•that he had similar results A j;ret 1
more of alfalfa wou d be sown if lie s
"I cannot understand why pool, h • I
working tenants and renters wljl ^tuy In r
eastern Kansas. Nebraska and MNsourl | light a-as
and give one half of
lori wlv n the- can
fair 1C0 acr< : for al
acre farm for
good bottrm farm
Any '■f 'hope farms 1
ed tor two or three
out of the products
on, and the
Lime f r holding it
• her
) th"
jnd bi
with Innte 1
done. On 1
ious affair and tli'
enthusiastie in t«
outlook n the ter
THE QUEE?iAN CASE,
s at various tow
Oklahoma. This
rge number anri its
>mmi nt on the
indition of the ter
Three bank appl>a
lived from the Ir.d a
tho
fruit crop .
■ r. that be
of five sta1
IMONY IN LAST EVI
CITY, MARCH
ide.nt prosperous s'-mp->
rt
. PEPPER'S SON
nf
this dh
s make C
I'ty of
paid for :
in hit It or
ps thn
i proBperou-
. Re-
mind ths't n bale of < ot-ton is 5-110 pounds
and today it represents about J-t'i to ih
bale and a half bi'e is a low **-;-Imate
WHAT ' NR MAN DID
"To illustrate fur her, Edwarel Ov h"l
f If*
HI nofs '
■WASHINGTON, MARC, r 14—Tno
arguments were presenred to the sen-
ate today in which almost ontlpodlcal
positions were taken by two senators.
Mr. Teller, of Colorado, In a brief
speech maintained that the constitute n
coukl not extend over territory acquir-
explained these ten years past, how It s |>y (he ,-nlt<Ml KtuUs u.hl!c Mr x„...
and' that will bo softenej dow,, In th. ^ nf Waflilnr«n. elaborately con-
Interest of some Impe.I.el MlMl! how t,,ndP(i thal ,he conetltution embraced
help wiil come from her< r.nd mppcrt the acquired territory the ve-.- un -
from another quarter and how little -u m< nt the United States took r>ern..\-
nny case to be fcarod, ts the* British gov-jnent possession of it. Mr. Telhr h-Id
<rnmPnt. 1 hat this government couM miki the
"The homo government is weak and "Utlying territory into states «-r c.uld
hold it as colonies a.s it saw -ir i\i>;>
of many ldnda; they axe p " Mr. Turner maintained thai 'be Unites
nlprcscnt; but maintain Intimate reia- ^r,,,id not hold colonies >r de.-teii«]eo* i
tlons with all sides; with the front ciea.
and ■the far more important 'back
Inspiring incidents. The route
hung with flags and stands were crc-?t d
nt numerous points for spectators. Na-
turally the appearance of the extra edi-
tions of the even tig papers created a lu-
ror of enthusiasm among the paraders,
who greeted the news with cheers am', tho the war
singing of the national nnthem. Ran(j ,
The occupat'. ri of Bloemfon'el i w l
clpitate the retreat of the lio-rs !
from- the 0.<tu<re river distr cts.
Free eStato forces are evdntly
beaten, and small blame to thcia
'' KANSAS CITY, MARCH 14—J.
-Sherman Poffer, son of W. A. Peffer,
ex-United Sta'cs senator from Kan-
renled Theodore Rljrle
t .ttoir. farm ;wo
IT • paid h's renr i
during the last ti
enough to buv a
of to
farm.
and witnesses on
tilled pro and con
an's mental xou
Journeil until thi.
argument will beg
Taylor will -j-en
tnr -s testified
This ff.L ure
strong point
20,fiG0 of whom a few thou- house in cast eighth street, at 1 o'clock
, the Orange ri-.cr or watch.t g this afternoon. On a buerau was found
tod a
she
Ho
- cleared up
miles sou h
There we
man r dim-
give other
at his way
'lid be n
his hobb]
lieople a
front,'.which reigns at Pretorln."
The colonial troops t=ee this disloy-
alty which the government does not
publish and Mr. Kipling voices their
feelings In these words:
"Now men who ure- used to dust in
their food do not care -to have it
thrown In their eyes. Five, 6ix and sev-
en thousand m les away anx. us young
communities are waiting for w.-nl of
their men No d«ta1 of ' o r doings
goes unrecorded by the big d il
whose wrappers you have never opened
or by the little cheap new>p ners
with -the patent Inaides. Move a mix
eel colonial continge nt fifty miles h< i
across country and Winn i>eg, Quebec.
Canterbury, Wellington and Brisban
are alro moved over and above -that
they will write to their papers. Th" -
mens' letters will be read and re-rea l
nt cross roael stores, in railroad roun l
tiousen, in wayside dt«-s"rs caimps. at
up-couo.ry race meetings, at little
Ala^,onlt>-4udges. alfjur the wharves of
FOiTMASTERS.
State Capital Bureau, t: F., St. N. w.
WASHINGTON MARCH 14.—.Vl--< Miry
Siefert. was today appointenl1 postmaster
at Potter, Okla., vice Wi lam C.n woo.l.
resgned.
At Windsor the news -
much joy. The queen commamb- i That
it be Immediately published and she it-
structod her equeery, at tho dlnn?r tab e,
to send a note to the officers of the
household brigade. The battalion w s
called on parade at 10 1". p. m. Major M.
Aubyn Reatl. her majesty's rote and cii'.!
ed for cheers for the que*n and Lord
Roberts.
The lord mayor announced the news at
a banquet to the masters of the cir.v com-
panies which was in progress at Mansion
house. It was received with gr<-at cheer-
ing. the company rising and singing "*Ji-d
Save the Queen."
The evening papers in Liverpool, Man-
chester and Glasgow published s • c al
editions, causing Joyful demons I. at ons .n
those cities.
■ ved with the j;atai passes. They will be unabl
- people I so!<l i
i by a
thrift
in 1 pr
isldera
State Can't a' Bureau 4? F
WASUfNOTON MAI: I
for Ok ihoma are: ' i -i
of Shawnee ; Wm. -C d
IB to for 1 r.-1 i.trii
Thomas, or Vian $< ; Thomas Rlcaar!.-
of Km t J8; John Osbor'ne, of V n
SG to S12.
St N W.
14 -P. i s or s
■> Big in.
'villi Alva.
COT: CF B-Qcr«FuHTEI I,
by themselves to fight anothe- p t- - -l
battle, but they will furnish a resie-"
ble contingent to the Transvail an
unless, as seems likely, they desert
their farms.
SUPRISED THE ENEMY.
LONDON, MARCH 15—A dispatch to
the Dally Mail from Bloemfonteln
dated Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock,
says:
We surprised and out-flanked he en-
emy with irresistable force over night.
General French held the enemy north
and south of Bloemfonteln while Loni
Roberts dispatched a prisoner on pa-
role, threatening to be^mbard unl- -j
the city surrendered. The own ni- n
became alarmed
the chief mem!
ern corporal on
accepted ihi Inx
come on July 4,
<*■ the crowd"
GuO rie subscribi
asked
isand do"
KILLED IN PillLLIPIO.
lie buggies.
t-1 TTe
11
BODIES OF DEAD S< H-DrEHS AR-
RIVE FROM SAN FP-ANCISCO.
I fr.
Unknown parties broKe through the
•it door of the (j. K. second hand st' re
yesteretuy morning. The place is on See.
ond street and i« owned by L. C. B ak .
Th-- bunr irs took away e'ght revo vrr*.
one Marliti rifle. t> n razors, two watches
nn .« lot of pack kniv< s. e'hlef Reynolds
telephoned to all r.einhborinc towns last
evenl■■■: to b on the outlook for the
LONDON. MARCH 15 —A d spatch to
the Daly Chron cle from B oemfontc'n,
elated Tuesday. March 13, say .
Bloemfonteln surrendered at ten to-I-iy.
It was occupied1 at noon Presi ent Steyn
with a majority of the fighting llurgn
crs has fleel northward.
General Frcnch was within fi.e miles
of tho place at 5 o'clocit Monday afi-r-
noon. lie sent a summons into tho town,
threatened- to bombard unless It surrend-
ered at 4 a. m , Tueada: A wh.i > -,u*
was hoiated TucjS ,- murning and a uc
a box that had contained morphln
and a note, reading "Father, I don't
like o do what I'm eioiiig. but I cm
tired"
PoITer was about thirty years old,
and was a linotype operator. He en-
tered the Smith hoaiso at 11 o'clock last
night and when found had been dead country with fireworks.
for several hours. When last seen he -ons. etc. There wo
seeme d to be laboring under suppress- r' 'armera m town Tho
ed excitement He waa known to bo d3- "J oa-stern - ompnr\
, , "them, noticed the horses,
epondent. wagons and the
which tho people were dr
very much Impressed and ia'd: "I hav
not seen a better dressed crowd of perrp e
ftnywhere !ri the East, and I represent ti ■"
states In my business I am surpr sed at
-th neatness and Intelligence of th« peo-
ple. I ennno- "e'l n • - it'try g rl from a
c ty gir\* meaning that tho s'yle of dre s
of the lot- 'r -• r, ;ia j^noJ as of
t'" ?e who lived In town.
'Three y , old a number of
county ond school bonds to a S* Lou's
rs at f<0 cents An off-<r of ti OR war
tor the *cnris fn 1 On- firm
« u-ed to be nr 12 per cent, and mon-
■''I to ret nt thn\ Not* nr- !n o 'o -j
*u-n'ng over ♦hem el'*es b p ' g fo-
shot wound, to Gardanelle Ark. farm loans nt 8 p«r ce-t. Wh re th ro si
Paul G. Gaines, died from fever, t-o ore farm app''cant. t' -re «t-c> a dozen!
Elberton, Ga. | companies ready to toko h's loan
Joshua W. Johnron, died of malariai AND >OT tr he HAD FRFF!
fever, to Marietta. Ga
Two carlewds of doael soldiers will*ar-
rive tonight and be distributed for In-j have an impr ss oa that th^
Eight locomotives and much r iling tennent to points In Oklahoma. In- at $1 r. to $2..v> m Tlv.t Is wh.it th:-1
K'.ock were captured. The Boer orga- | dlan Territory, Texas, Arkan'as, Louis-! "hom stead settler pays 'he pove-nmot,
nizatlon .« col'.opslng ami the br«<ich iana and Ternesiiec. 'Hlt before fi" settles uj cn t - land, he,
between the Fre, Stater, and Tr-.t • , break. «.t the U.^. h-.;hi. and |
vaalers is widening. Largo-bodies move slowly -aPo small ^"j^ooo u, r, it'now ''us cheap wTh r'-e '
\laeir General Prettyman has been bodies when called to g up early in' '.•;u,ii.t\ <•' the eountry assured aid the j
appointed military governor of Bloem-' the morning. | frontier life worn off • the raw land nine'
Birk Rrfviftrha and relievo*11 tho troubles inel-
elent to a bi!lr;iia tUle of tho ■} f t-
Di 7.7. In em. Nausea, 1
pttlng, 1'ala in
remark able Burrofj bus 1
OKLAHOMA CITY. MARCH
(Special)—The bodies of three dead j
solders arrived here this morn ng, via ce
Presden. Steyn and the Santa Fe from San Francisco and hi
the executive al will be sent out to other places fo .n
nea-la'-hn. j"t Carter's T.ittlo Lire* Pllli are
e'jually \atuubloin e'onatl) n...n.curliirand j>re-
v -ntlug ttiisannoylngeomjilaliit.wl:ile tlu-v nin
rorre -ialldiatir'lr:H<>f Iboxioma. Ii.RMimilate iln*
liT'-r aud regulate tho bowcia. Uvea Jf tiiey ouljr
councl fled and proclaimed Kro< ns iadt burial as fol'ow-t
to be the capi al. Lieut. Julian Dav ;
Steyn fled io Wlnburg. At la^t on y
three thousand fighting men remained
and tn the morning many fln ' n
thom-selves «o weakened, b oke their
guns Others fled. Tho remnant M.I
shelled General French at dawn, but
>pposltlon soon collapse
died from gun-
rne here 1
:eok r-
hnt thp;
Arhother would bo aim- itprlceb>a« tot hone who
* itl«r fr< in tliisdiKtrrasiui: ' iaitn. t-utf-jriu-
i. itely tliairp I • • t . '. 1,11 - -el tli -a
whooncatry tliem Till !\nd tbeM little pillarrilii-
ablo in ao many wars that they will net '>" wil*
llug du without tbum. llut after allflck head
I* tho bane of fo many lire* that here h rrliero
wo make our 1 a-,t. Our pillacureitwhilu
others do i >t
Carti-r'n I.itilo Livrr Tills are rrry •t.nll and
r*rr tiaor to tixlei. Duo ■ r two pilU make a d -ne.
They are strictly vegetable anu do n t ^npa or
pnrpe. but by tbfir RcntloarU'in pie .mo all who
dmtbin latialaatas mill Jwfoifl, Sold
by drupuiata ovorvwhere, or aent by mail.
CARTER MEDICINE CO., New York,
M Pi!1
tott.ru ituI
WASHINGTON, MARCH 14-The
I- ;> li-i i an w naiors In the caucus today
reae d a partial agreement on Por-
to Kican legl.-iatlon. The house bill,
appropriating $.'.000,000 is to be taken
I pi-* ■ .'J immediately. Tho bill
fni- a . ivil y vernment of the island is
tti lie t.iken up and disposed of aa bocui
e 7 si ble and the -tariff Iri II is tv> Im
d. la-, d f« r the present while a com-
mitt • of t< ven senators may be aeleet-
d by Chairman Allison to try to com-
pron. differences on tho revenue bill
and fiocure a measure which republi
• an senators generally can support.
Thin partial agreement was reaehetl
, , after a caucus lasting from 2 o'clock
-csond until C:30.
te to Th • temper of the debate today was
! much mileli r tha^ that of yesterday.
t . ,r ^ so u os it was generally understood
that the tariff features of the leglsla-
invontlon, Oklaho-jtion were to be postponed tho diseuss-
r--\ -rtel t . th gov«.Tnn:ental
•no and wate lit <
h loMylnc lielnul f'-;Ltu" s of the bill, and u|>on this «ub-
bal't t. i rttlnilvoma! -cy!t the time was mostly ypenL
■ f f .urteeit to ten. Senator Foraker explained tr ary
features of the bill and was frequently
. Il rrr : i- ■!, • o th y lie was on his feet
• ere very ;
,r;j j, ti,, party's l?rpat deal of lhe time. He was ques-
i tioTKd by different senators movt
whom wanted t know th< effects of
the different provisions of the bill. It
w i.; Intimated that the bill could ba
arnonde-d If not satisfactory and senra.-
t i oppes'-d lei a tariff on I>>rto Rlesi
products said that there would not l
the least objection to passing the gov-
ernment bill.
Senator Elklns said tuat he favor-
ed leaving not only the question of
revenues but the government of the
• i nd as well, to tho president. He
■bought the island would be much bet-
ter off under military rule for the a eit
two years than umler any government
that oul i be devised by congrw* He
particularly counselled delay.
general unanimity as to
.. oat the wisdom of providing fen- Immedi-
ate action of the Jil.OUO.OOO relief pro-
——position.
Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, ex-
pross'il hin . • IC as firmly convinoed
that the principle of a protective tar-
iff in the iir: res- of the Industries of
tho United Stales t-hould be sustained
in whoever was done.
Senaor Hoar talle^d at considerable
j length about the legal phaoe of the
rtion, expressing tho opinion tha*
, the senate could not act with too gnaaC
deliberation In cora>id«?rirrg so mumon*
; tous a question.
Senator Hoar t;Jkpd at cru^iderabla
j Hoar upon th-s latter point. He had,
.lie f-ai !. b-^en favorable to absolute
'roe trade between Porto Rico and the
\"nitod States proper, but he had lis-
tened with interest and profit to the
argument. >n the other side and he did
| not believe that the subject had been
oxhaus'.t'd by any means. He felt th«t
everything was to be gained and noth-
i tg to be lost by proceeding deliber-
ately, especially in view of the faot
that the entire problem was new.
Many other speeches were made In
im notably by Senators Al-
drich and Mason.
At this point tho puggesrtSon of a coin
mitteo w.i made and r.s soon as the
authority for its appo ntm«nt was giv-
en, the caucus adjourned.
To fare a l aid in One l ay
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Ai. I'.rusglsi • tuud the money if it £a.'.a
W. Grove's bls'i«U'-ira 9a
I ti:l'l. buX. ZLC. 2
when the 1
n. Oo inty
objections to
CARTERS
ITYL?.
IVF.R
PILLS
after
r. While their moat
cu shown iu curing
r
. J;;i, < tall Pries.
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