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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

MATABELE BRIDEGROOM have supreme
control, but over which he exercises
none. Opposed to war against the
British because knowing its futilitH
he has been forced into the field by
the fighting men of his race, who re-
gard the shedding Of blood as the law
of their being
Lobengula is the son of Umziligazi,
who more than sixty years ago re-
volted against Tchaka, the King Of
Zulus, Umziligazi, leaving Natal,
where Tchaka brooked no rival, set
tied at first in the Transvaal, but
Being pressed by the Beers he crossed
the Limpopo River and settled in
Matabeleland. There in the heart Of
subtroplcal Africa he established a
Matabele counterpart to the original
Zulu kingdom. When he was gath
cred to his fathers Lobengula sue
Ceeded to the rulership The author
ity of Lobengula is absolute, His
word Is law About 300, men.
women and childen call him lord and
among them not less than among his
neighbors his authority is maintained
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

accused party allowed to rebuff the
allegation brought against him.
Treachery, no matter how hideous,
murder, no matter how foul, is ex-
cused by the simple allegation that
the victims had been practlclng
witchcraft. Lobengula himself is
continually travelling about lest he
should become the victim of malig-
naRt spells.
The Present War.
The present war between Lobengula
and the English was occasioned by
raids made by the Kings armies into
the territory of the Mashonas, who
are under the protection of the South
Africa Company. Considerable fric,
tion has existed for years, since the
very time when f. G. Selous, the
famous South African hunter led the
advance columns of the South African
Company into the land Of the
Mashonas. The company was en-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
WEAKNESS OF BIG IRoNcLADs.

Valuable Lessons Taught by the Recent
Disaster in the British Navy.
The following are the principal
points Of the speech in which Lord
Armstrong, at the meeting of share
holders Of his famous company tho
other day, expressed his views con-
corning the dangers involved in the
construction of gigantic lronclads
The ram Of the Camperdown, al
though striking with a restricted
momentum, was buried deep into the
side Of the Victoria, and it cannot
be doubted that while armor. is in a
great measure effective against pro-
jectlles, and netting against torpe-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

Ex-MAYoR CoURTENAY, Of Charles
ton, says that Tillman's State whisky
monopoly is a failure wines and
whisky" he says, "are being snug
gled into the State in large Quanti-
ties Liquors come by wagon loads
during the night, and are sold to re-
tailers in cities and towns along the
State line. l do not see how it Is
possible for the State authorities to
break up the smuggling, for it would
be necessary to distribute marshals
along all the highways leading from
Georgia and North Carolina.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
King LobengnIa.

The war between the English and
Zulus in Matabeleland, South Afrl-
ca, has concentrated the attention
of the civilized world on that coun-
try of mystery and romance. There
civilization and savagery are once
more in conflict, to result as all other
similar conflicts have resulted-in the
downfall of savagery. The represen-
tatives of the one are clothed In the
panoply Of nineteenth century prog
ress; those Of the other are naked
and WELD the shield and assegai
somewhat similarly as their ancestors
did a thousand or two thousand years
ago.
1t is interesting amid this condl-
tion OF things to take glance at the
central figure in this drama, King
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

AN interesting occurrence at the
Carlisle Indian School the other day
was the marriage Of Otto Wells, a
full blooded Comanche, to Mary
Parkhurst, an Oneida girl. After
the ceremony they went to Wells
home, in Bucks County, Pennsyl-
vania, where he is tenant farmer.
He is a graduate of the school, which
he entered as a blanketed Indian
boy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

EMPEROR WILHELM ought to cease
worrying about the Triple Alliance
and devote himself actively to
strengthening out affairs in the Ger
man Empire. The gambling and
lottery scandals, in which so many
high officers of the army are involved,
show the rottenness which comes of
of garrison life, with its terrible
"ennui." The military party in Ger.
many has by these exposures received
a blow from which it will find it hard
to recover. If Wilhelm tries white.
washing the culprits, it will be bad
for him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

"They cut Off the mans ffps. lie
was a hOrrid sight. Lobengula wait
ed a moment. Then he said, DELHI
erately:
"You have heard with your ears
that it is not allowed to drink Kings
beer, but your ears are no good to
you.
"OG went the poor wretch's ears
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

dominlons, arranges the settlement
of law cases, judges criminals, and
transacts farm business, He is a
farmer on a gigantic scale, for he has
the control and management Of all
nations cattle. He is the center
from which everything radlates and
to which all things converge in Mata-
belle land, The destruction Of Il
pillaging regiment or the death Of a
calf at some obscure cattle post are
alike reported to him with minutest
details
The Kings Audience Room.
A writer who has frequently visited
King Lobengula says that he walks
as he has never seen any other man
walk, moving his elephantine limbs
one after another, seemingly as II he
we're planting them forever, rolling
his shoulders from side to side and
looking around in way that Is
dreadful to see. He has bullying
blood-shot eyes caused by The smoke
of his hut in the winter time. King
Lobengula is easy enough Of approach,
but for white man the TASK is dis
agreeable, II you visit him in his
house you have to crawl on your
hands and knees through small aper-
ture in the front Of his hut as If
you were bee entering a beehive
The ordinary place Of reception,
however, is in the center Of the
kraal, where the King administers
Justice with his chiefs around him.
In that case the visitor has to sit in
the broiling sun until the business in
hand is disposed Of. While holding
a conference or granting an inter
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

Syrup"

Regis Leblanc is a French Cana
dian store keeper at Notre Dame de
Stanbridge, Quebec, Can, who was
cured of a severe attack of Congest-
ion Of the Lungs by Boschee's Ger
man Syrup. He has sold many a
bottle of German Syrup on his per-
sonal recommendation. Ifyou drop
him a line he'll give you the full
facts of the case direct, as he did us,
and that Boschee's German Syrup
brought him through nicely. It
always will. 1t is a good medicine
and thorough in its work. o
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

Lobengula, Of
the Matabeles.
OF all the saw
age rulers Of
our day there
is none who
stands forth so
picturesqu ell y
as Lobengula.
He has all the
greatness a s
we'll as all the
grossness Of the
savage and has
the misfortune
of being the
victim of cir
cum S + a n c G s
over which he.
is supposed to
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
TERENCE v. PoWDERLY.
The Noted Head of the knights OF Labor
Recently Retired.

Recently Retired.
At the recent session Of the Gen
eral Assembly Of the Knights of La
Dor, in Philadelphia, General Master
Workman Powderly resigned as the
head Of the order and his resignation
was accepted. Mr.. Powderly steps
down and out as the result of differ
ences between the leading knights
and himself. j. r, Sovereign, State
Labor Comm ssioner OF Iowa, was
elected to succeed him. Mr. Powderly
says that he has the good Of the Or
der and mankind in general at heart,
and will "labor hard to build the
Knights of Labor up to the height 1t
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

view, the King is very fond of sitting
on an old box and leaning against
one of the pillars of his hut. White
visitors, when paying their respects,
are expected to eat three platesful of
grilled beef and to drink three cans
Of beer each can holding about a gal
Ion. The King consumes vast guam
titles Of beer, beef, and tobacco. After
feeding, he wipes his greasy fingers
on his bare legs
Unparalleled Cruelty.
An instance of Lobengula's cru
city is thus given by Mr.. Thompson,
one of the agents who obtained the
concessions which brought the Brit
ish South African Company into ex-
istence. II remember once when
was waiting for an audience to have
seen man brought in who was
guilty of having drunk some Of the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04
THE WAR In AFRICA
CONFLICT BETWEEN ClVlLlZA-
TON AND SAVAGERY.

The African Savage Who Is Fighting the
English in the South OF the Dark Conti-
nent-ITls Mode of Life and His Awful
Cruelties.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

He looked at the King with look
dreadful to see.
"'Your eyes-cover up his eyes.'
shouted the King. Put his fore
head over his eyes that they may not
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

by some 10000 fighting men who
form the standing army and whose
chiefs form military hierarchy by
which the government Of the country
is carried on. The Matabele nation
though Zulu in origin, in Ian
guage and in customs, has greatly
degenerated from the original Zulu
stock by the incorporation of the in
terior tribes it has raided and con-
qured from time to time. There are
no industries, the tribesmen living
mainly by the assegai and the cattle
captured on raids On these expedi-
tions the men and old women are
massacred, the children and young
women being carried away and
marked as Matabele by a hole made
with an assegai in the lobe of the
ear. The lads grow up recognizing
no other country than that Of the
victors and no other religion beside
war.
An Intelligent Savage.
Lobengula is now 60 years old and
weighs 300 pounds. He is feet IL
inches in height. His natural dis
position is said by some to be not
cruel, but by others he is painted as
utterly depraved and bloodthirsty.
He is very intelligent and his mem
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

LOVE beats the reveille on young
hearts, and the tattoo on old oues,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-04

DRY is something wonderful He is
the most hard-worked man in the
nation, From morning until night
he hears reports from all parts Of his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-19
THE SELECTMEN TALK
MCoRNICK,s ATTACK ON THE
JOINT BUILDING COMMITTEE.
seIectman Morris Comes Back RAJ
Their SayageIy at the President of
the Council-Selectman Bamber-
gers View.

The remarks made by President Nc
Cornick at the meeting of the city coun-
Gil Tuesday night, concerning the coun-
ty end of the joint building committee,
created considerable comment yester-
day. The intimation was thrown out
that in making the contract for furni-
ture for the building, the, interests of
the city and county had not been look
ed after
Selectman j. r. Morris was seen by
Herald reporter, and when asked for
an expression concerning the matter, he
replied: you ask what l think of Mr..
Cornicks attack upon the building COM
mittee? Well, Joslin & Park have the
clock contract, and L apprehend that it
will be put in place upon its arrival, Mr.
Mccormick to the contrary notwith-
standing.
1t is true that Andrews & Co. have
the furniture contract. The county
committee dealt with them the same as
1.-THE city committee and the school
board. 1t is also true that no COMPETE
ton was asked. However, we examin
ed the furniture in the different banks
of the city, comparing prices and work
manship and had the matter under adj
visement for upwards of three months
before contracting. The Union Nation
al, National Bank of the Republic,
Wells, Fargo. Utah National and the
Commercial Savings were furnished by
these people. The poorest job we found
in the city was that of Mccormick &
Co., which was supplied by a st. Louis
firm. The same, l believe, that fur
nished the Alta club. We rather con-
Guided that McCornick's furniture was
very "snide" in comparison with the
samples exhibited and the banks fur
nished by Andrews. 1t is further true
that all the people with whom we con-
ferred-and they were many ad-
vised us to deal with Andrews.
These people may have been bought
! by Andrews with chairs, ETC.,
I in order to influence us; of course 1
can't say as to that
! Now, Ivens, think the secret is this:
The joint committee contemplates put
| ting in lighting plant for the building
and grounds, and we all know that Mr..
Nc. will turn heaven and earth to de-
! feat that proposition. And why? Be
| cause it will take dollars and cents
away from the McCornick's London
Syndicate owning the Ogden and Salt
Lake Gas and Electric Light company S
stock. You can depend that that is the
secret of the whole matter. He is far
seeing banker and is going to leave no
stone unturened to compel the city and
county to buy all their light of his
company In this he is as he was in
the effort to purchase the city water
works-he will if he can. If Mr.. Nc.
will read and study the contract be-
tween the city and county he will find
that the powers of the city were, as full
ly as possible, delegated to the members
/ of the joint committee representing the
city. to contract for everything in con-
Injection with the building, without
reference to the council
Selectman Bamberger said that Mr..
McCornick's talk was sheer nonsense,
and the intimation thrown out wholly
without foundation.
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the old chief, manifesting his great
pleasure by a smile and repetition of
the word wonderful. Il never had any
idea there were so many people. The
buildings are so large. The street cars
run without horses or any engines. 1t
is wonderful how they do it when moth
ing is drawing them. The people are
very great here, but there is one thing
don't understand. They don't observe
the Sabbath In Auckland, Brisbane
Tor Wellington you can look all around
on the Sabbath and not see anything
sold but here it is very different l
noticed the clothing of the men and
women 1t is very beautiful.
THE country 1 came from, where
my powerful ancestors have lived so
long, is a very verdant, semi-tropical
land. with a rich soil. 1t is a little
like California in its fruits. l am now
going to Utah to live, since l was con-
verified. and | think many of my peo-
pie will come and live with me. We
will go to war no more, because it is
forbidden in the, Bible and is not right.
am now an old man, with my hair
and beard whitened by many exper-
fences, and though the blood of twenty
generations of kings flows in my veins,
I am content to throw aside all claims
to rule and be simply man among
my people, and among all men, for we
are all brothers"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-19
THE LATE GENERAL MCAULEY.
He Was One of the Most Popular
Men in the United states.

General Daniel McCauley, whose
death at Nicaragua, Nicaragua, was an
nounced in yesterdays Star, was one
Of the most popular men in the United
States He was specially well known
in Washington, and his many good
qualities of heart and mind made him
generally beloved. He was the soul
of honor and good nature and many
people in Washington and elsewhere
have had substantial evidences of his
generosity, charity and hospitality. He
went to Nicaragua about two months
ago as the agent of the Maritime Canal
company, and was apparently in the
best OF health when he left here. Moth
ing had been heard here of his illness,
and the report Of mis- death on Friday
last was a great shock to his host of
friends. 1t is understood that Presi-
dent Zelaya of Nicaragua has arranged
for General McCauley's interment with
full military honors.
General McCauley was a native of
Indiana, and was one Of the heroes of
the war. He served with distinction
in the Seventeen Indiana regiment I'M
der General Benjamin Harrison, with
whom ne established the closest Tela-
tons. After the war he established
himself in business in Indianapolis, and
soon after was elected mayor of that
city. Later he went to Nicaragua and
remained there for six or seven years
as the manager of the Nicaragua Steam
Navigation company. His familiarity
with the Spanish language made him
especially useful in that country, and
several serious disagreements between
the company and the Nicaraguan gov
eminent were satisfactorily adjusted
through his management During the
latter part of the Harrison administra-
ton he made his home in Washington,
and was appointed chief of the appoint
ment division of the treasury depart
ment, an Office he filled with credit to
himself and to the administration He
resigned soon after the Democratic adj
ministration took hold, since which
time he has been engaged in various
occupations, the principal of which was
newspaper writing. General NcCauley
was 81 years of age and his friends are
of the impression that his death may
have been the result of heart disease,
symptoms of which are said to have
shown themselves before his departure
from the United States. He leaves a
widow and one son. The former is in
Indiana, the latter is engaged in bust
ness in Chicago. A meeting of the
friends of General McCauley will be
held at the Ebbitt house tomorrow eve
ming at s O'clock, for the purpose of
paying a tribute to his memory.-Wash-
ington Star.
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dazed condition but soon regained his
senses fully and was taken home.
ARE STOCKHOLDERS LIABLEg
Another Allegation Concerning U. p.
indebtedness.


St. Louis, No., July 1S--The Republic
tomorrow will publish page article
to demonstrate that the stockholders
of the Union Pacific railway are liable
for the debt Of the road to the United
States government.
a statement of a number Of SUPPOSE
tious facts is made which although not
asserted to the Republic says there is
so much of plausibility in them, as they
lappear on the records of the goven-
ment, that to ignore them and proceed
to a final settlement advantageous to
the public without the most exhaustive
scrutiny of the rights of the govern
ment against the stockholders would
be negligency of the executive and
legislative branches of the government
The suggestions as presented are as
follows:
By the terms of the contract offered
by the United States government and
agreed to by the Union Pacific railway,
la trusteeship was created for certain
great purposes. above and beyond the
mere commercial act OF constructing d
highway for common carriage.
That the company built the road for
$50, 000, COO and pretended that it cost
sos, 000 900, accepting from the govern
ment about $3S. 000,0 600 in bonds and land
grants, when its own capital stock was
sufficient to build and completely equip
the road; that the stockholders did not
lpay cash money into the company's
treasury for their stock as explicitly
required by the terms Of contract and
| the law of their franchise, but built the
road with the proceeds of the govern
| ment subsidies and pocketed the stock,
the first mortgage bonds and the coal
profits without rendering any account
Of these proceedings to the government
that by these and other acts before the
/ date Of redemption of subsidy bonds,
the company has become bankrupt,
meanwhile having averted the pay
ment of interest to the government as
| Originally contemplated in the acts of
Congress; that the government finding
Itself by this long series of fraudulent
acts and fraudulent concealments, de-
priVed of the money due to it from the
company and finding itself charged
with the payment of the bonds it issued
in aid; that the company also finds that
ut has the right of action against the
stockholders as trustees, who have
violated their trust and further finds
that the stockholders living and the
estates of those deceased are sufficient
TO easily meet the obligation created by
| the trust and its gross viola ton
The Republic then proceeds as fol
lows:
rs there not enough in these state
ments to compel Congress and the
executive to ask imperatively these
questions-was trusteeship created by
the acts of 1852 and 1869 and their ac-
| ceptance by the company?
Second, was the trust violated by
concealments and frauds?
'Third-Does any equity require in
diligence towards these stockholders.
or their beneficiaries?
''Fourth-Why a funding arrange
ment is to be concluded which will con-
| tinue for a century these entangle-
ments until the powers and rights of
| the government TO collect its debt are
eXhaUsted?'
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Detroit, Mich, July 1S.-Ann Small
VS. John Smith, breach of promise, was
the laconic title of a case just decided
in Judge Frazer's court.
The complainant is a buxom widow
of 20 and the defendant a lively old
boy of 90 She has been married twice
and he was a widower.
The complainant related that on
February Is. 1892, less than a month
after the death of the third Mrs.
Smith. the defendant came to her house
and conducted himself very much like
a modern Romeo.
The FIRST time he asked her to marry
him she refused. But she said that on
the 20sh of the following May Smith
drove over to her home at Trenton and
again sought her hand in marriage.
This time. according to her testimony,
she consented on the spot and the day
for the ceremony was arranged to take
place in November, following.
The witness then related. with some
manifestations Of emotion, how, disre-
garding his solemn promise and her
own feelings. Smith six months later,
married another widow, John Smith
dressed in homespun clothes, with form
bent. but having a firm, brisk step
took the stand and denied that he
ever promised TO marry the complain
ant. The jury went out and delib-
Grated for an hour.
Then they returned their verdict
which was in favor of the defendant
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The Provo summer school.
CLASSICAL COURSE.

CLASSICAL COURSE.
The class in Latin, under Professor
Whitly. has been studying julius Gaze
sar from the first. Their plan of in
struction is both cumulative and in
ductive Ten students are perSulng
this course and all are highly interest
ed. English literature and the Philolo-
CIV of the English Language are COM
bined into one course as being closely
allied studies, and a very interesting
class has been organized with twelve
students.
The pathological results of recent re-
searches are given and the linguistic
growth is carefully noted.
The Celto-Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and
the Norman-French periods have al
ready been reviewed.
On Tuesday, at a. m, Dr. Hardy
continued his talks on photography.
Having shown in previous lectures
what photography is, how it may be
best ACQUIRED, and why we need to
study it. he treated voice, or sound
uttered by fhe mouth. A general de-
scription of the iarynX was given ac-
companied by a sample diagram show
ing name, number, and relation of the
several muscles moving the articulat-
ing cartillages The philosophy of
voice followed and the character of
the voice under divisions of loudness
or intensity, pitch, and quality closed
the hour.
Last evening two hours session of
the class in "Childs Study was held
after the usual school hours. The stu
dents had prepared papers on individu-
al observation, the careful examination
of which proved to be both entertain
ing and instructive.