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Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
SCENES AT A FIESTA.
Mexicans Gamble While Seeking
Favor of Venerated Saint.
Strange Mixture of the World and tho
Church During Celebration
In Memory Of St. Fran
cisco Xavier.

Such strange jumbling of the world
and the church is seen nowhere in the
United States as is exhibited at Mag
dalena, Sonora, Mexico, during the
period of the fiesta in honor of the men,
ory of St. Francisco Xavier. The fiesta
extends from September 26 to October
~, but October is celebrated as the
birthday of the great missionary. The
tradition that on this day to kiss any
portion OF the figure that lies in the
sanctuary will heal all pains and sick
ness is believed by thousands of people
who travel hundreds Of miles to secure
the legendary benefits.
Tuesday night thousands of people
camped in the plaza on the campus sur
rounding the cathedral and elsewhere
near by. At four o'clock in the morning
when the bells in the tower rung the
call to early mass the crowd pressed
into the big auditorium. There in the
center under the dome on a catafaloue
covered with rich lace and silk Law the
life-sized figure of the saint, robed in
the costly raiment of a prelate. On the
AAOOA uuAAAS VIC udSS b great CTO"Q
knelt. At the conclusion of the serv-
Ice the throng passed on either side
of the figure. Th e sick, the lame, the
blind kissed the forehead, the nose, the
lips, the eyes, the hands and the feet
For hours streams of humanity JOS
tied and surged in and out of the church.
At ten o'clock another service-the bap-
tism of children-began and lasted for
three hours. During the remainder of
the day great crowds continued to visit
the figure of the saint.
Religious duties performed, the
crowds passed to the market place,
block away, where gambling and
drinking tents are pitched and where
high officials of the state and prominent
mine owners win and lose fortunes.
Hazards of $1,000 and $4,000 on single
card are common. Women of estab-
lished position play. Everybody gam
bles, drinks and goes to church.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
RUMORS REPEATED.

Said tho Doors Have Again Attacked
Glencoe and Dundee.
LONDON, Oct. 24.-The Daily Tele-
graph has received the following from
Ladysmith, dated Sunday at 2:1O p. M:
"The Beers, reported to be 5000
strong and under the command of Com
mandant General Joubert and Presi-
dent Kruger in person, are today again
attacking Glencoe.
General Yule, commanding our
troops, has moved his camp back into a
better defensive position"
LONDON, Oct. 24.-The Daily News
publishes the following dispatch from
Ladysmith, dated Sunday night:
"a large force under Commandant
General Joubert and Commandant
Vogan opened fire on Dundee yesterday.
The firing was continued today. The
result is not known here"
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
THE FIRST 800.

The ability to earn and save up
particularly save up-the sum of $1O0
by the time he is 20 years of age
very largely determines the question
whether the young man shall acquire
a competency for his old age, or wheth-
er he will have to then depend upon
the charity Of friends, die in a poor
house and be buried in a pauper's
grave. The saving of the first S1OO in
wolves all the self denying and eco
nomic methods, on small scale, which
are incident to the accumulation of
fortune. The doing of it will be as
hard financial problem to most young
men as they will tackle at any time
during their lives. The $1OO is not
very large sum, it is true, still the
earning and saving Of it makes it an
educational factor of almost incalcul-
able value. The boy who has earned
and saved this sum has learned in the
first place that most important lesson
the real value of dollar; then it rep
resents denial of appetite, repression
Of purely animal tastes and desires,
which develop endurance, patience,
manliness; it knocks the easy come,
easy go, idea of money, which SO many
young men have, all to pieces; it teach
es him how to say "Now and stick to
it. Then he learns of the cohesive pow
er Of dollar-how one dollar will
draw other dollars to itself, and also
Of the cumulative power which COM
bined dollars have over individual and
scattered ones. By saving 500 thus, he
will learn not so much to love money
for it's own sake, but rather will learn
to respect money and value it rightly
as the important factor it is in his own
development as man. No boy who
may read this item (and great many
wllD can do better or more sensible
thing for himself than to resolve that
he will earn-honestly earn by good
hard knocks-and save not less than
500 by the time he is 20, and our word
for it the experience and discipline
which he will undergo in the doing Of
it will be worth more than $1,000 to
him in after life.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
HOG. ..CHOEE:RA.~ .

A1reader Of these notes writes lts re-
questing that we say something about
ogcholera. He says T. Ut he ts losing
all his hogs for the third successive
season and wants to know. whether
any progress has been made in discOv-
ering Il cure or preventive for this dis
ease. We regret to say that hog cholera
is just as unpreventable, just as erratic
IN it's manifestations, just as fatal and
just as incurable as it always has been.
New remedies and methods Of treat
ment are, constantly being advertised,
only to be abandoned as utterly value
less; quacks make fortunes out Of so
called cures and the hogs keep a-dying
just as they always have. There are
as many theories as to the cause Of the
disease and how to prevent it or treat
1t as there are about religion. Nothing
definite seems to have been settled,
even by the most thorough scientific
research, save that it is a germ disease;
that it is both contagious and infec-
+ious; that no breed Of hogs is exempt;
that it comes when it gets ready and
leaves when it has cleaned all the hogs
out. Theoretically, proper food, care
and sanitary conditions should prevent
it, or at least mitigate its force and
destructiveness, but they don't, the hog
Of the slums, the animated product Of
decomposed animal and vegetable offal,
bearing charmed life while the well
bred, well fed pig in a palace falls a
victim to the disease. The experiments
made by the government along the line
OF serum inoculation hold out some
promise Of relief, but have not as yet
been sufficiently tested to make certain
the efficacy Of this method Of treat
ment. AS affecting the hog interests
of the country as whole, the plague is
an equalizer and regulator, and a posi-
tive benefit to the man whose hogs are
not visited by it. But what is our
friend to do who has lost all his hogs
for three years in succession? We re-
ply, quit trying to raise hogs; or, if
any at all, but just a few. Put sheep
Of the mutton breeds on the farm in
their place. Put more COWS on the
farm, Of beef breeds if you don't like
to milk, and put your corn into mutton
and beef; both are going to pay as we'll
or better than hogs for some time to
come. We know Of two men who, two
years ago, substituted the sheep for
the hog, and both are more than salts
fed with the results. If you must keep
hogs, you are liable to have the disease
in your herd, and for fact there is no
better remedy to use when it comes
than to cut an inch off the tail of every
other hog in the herd.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
NO MEETING AT PRESENT.

Joint High Commission Will Postpone
Action ON QUESTION: at Issue.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-1t is learned
that owing to the temporary character
of the settlement Of the Alaska bound
ary question, there will be no meeting
Of the Canadian joint high commission
in the immediate future. The com.
mission adjourned last spring, because
of the statement by the Canadian con-
tingent that they could not undertake
to adjust any Of the other important
questions before the commission until
the Alaskan boundary issue was salts.
factorily settled. With the boundary
issue still open, 1t is regarded as useless
to attempt further meetings.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
GIVEN TOTHE GRAND JURY
Cases Against Wardner Miners Submit.
ted for Indictment.

ted for Indictment.
Moscow, Ida., Oct. 24.-The cases
of Edward Boyle. Emil Fosberg and
others were submitted to the United
States grand jury here. The defend
ants are charged with interfering with
the running Of United States train
and conspiracy at Wardner on April ~
last, when the Bunker Hill and sulli.
van mill was blown up with dynamite
by mob. The indictment is against
~ persons whose names are given and
and 400 whose names are unknown. It
ia expected the trials will begin Thurs
day before United States District Judge
Beatty. -.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
Tuesday, Dot. ~.


Yellow fever has practically become
epidemic at Jackson, Miss.
The Iowa State Baptist association is
in session at Boone. About 200 minis
ters are in attendance.
The war department is considering
tho desirability Of having Cuban ex-
hibit at the Paris exposition.
William P. Lord of Oregon has been
appointed envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to the Argen-
tine Republic.
Emperor William will exhibit the
Frederick the Great collection of
curios, literary productions and French
paintings, at the Paris exposition.
A Berlin dispatch says vandals have
defaced newly erected monuments in the
Sieges Alice. The noses and hands of
seven of the emperor's ancestors have
been demolished.
The will of the late George w. Clay
ton, who bequeathed 100000 to the
City of Denver for an orphans college,
has been admitted to probate. Contests
have been abandoned.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
ACCEPTED WITH RESERVE,

Report From Capo Town That Kruger 10
willing to Surrender.
LONDON, Oct. A.-A special dispatch
from Cape Town says that advices re-
ceived there from Pretoria report Pres
adent Kruger as now being in favor of
an unconditional surrender.
1t is added that it is expected the ex-
ecutive council will meet on Monday or
Tuesday to discuss the advisability of
such step.
The report it is stated here, must be
accepted with reserve.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
BOER OFFICERS KILLED.
Viljoen and Kock Both on the British
Odloial List.

LONDON, Oct. 24.-An official dis
patch from Ladysmith, the British
headquarters in Natal, dated 10 p. m.
Sunday, gives the following list Of cas-
ualties among the prominent Beers at
tho battle of Elandslaagte:
General Viljoen, killed; General
Kock, wounded and captured (since
died); General Rocks son, killed; Colo
mel Schiel, German officer command
ing the artillery wounded and a pris-
pner; Commander Pretorius, wounded,
prisoner.
Several Boer standards captured.
An amended list of the British cas-
ualties at the battle of Elandslaagte
places the number of officers killed at
and wounded 80, and the number of
non-commissioned officers and mon
killed at 81, and wounded at l75; the
total number of casualties being A7.
Ten men are missing.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

CHICAGO, Oct a.
HOGS-Market5 5@l0c lower, and very
slow.
Sales ranged at s410@4.4O for mixed
and butchers; S4.l0@4 4a11 good heavy;
Ssso@4.00 for rough heavy; $4,000 37h
for light.
CATTLE-Market steady.
Sales ranged at $4,000. 10 for beeves;
$l.75@5.O0 for COWS and heifers; $500
400 for Texas steers; 3S.0O@4 Is for
stockers and feeders.
SHEEP-Market slow.
Sales ranged at $s.75@4.l5 for sheep;
34O0@5.75 for lambs.
Receipts: Hogs, $4,000; cattle. 5000;
sheep, 5000.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
Public Schools Will Suffer-.

ST. PAUL, Oct. 25.-The supreme
court has declared invalid the 1899 law
giving St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth
the right to levy an additional tax of
~ mills for school purposes, thus re-
versing the decision of the district court
Of Ramsey county. The effect of the
decision will be to close the schools at
the end Of the first week in April,
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
St, Paul Union Stock Yarda.

SOUTH ST.. PAUL, Oct. a.
HOGS - Market 5o higher. Range
of prices, a 00@4.30.
CATTLE-Butcher cattle steady and
active Good stookers and feeders firm;
common dragging.
Sales ranged at ss6O@3.4O for COWS:
$2lO@2 80 for heifers; $2.5O@4 30 for
stockers; So 75@5.OO for bulls
SHEEP-Market loo higher than Sat-
urday.
Sales ranged at $4,000 55 for lambs;
$3OO@3 IS for sheep.
Receipts: Cattle $500: calves $50; hogs
800; sheep, 1900.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
IOWA BOYS GO ASHORE.
Heartily Cheered All Along tho March
to tho Presidio.


to tho Presidio.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 24.-The trans
port Senator, with the Fifty-first Iowa
regiment, was docked at the govern
ment wharf. The soldiers were landed
from the Senator later in the day and
marched to the Ferry depot where an
elaborate breakfast was served in their
honor. Governor Shaw and many other
prominent Iowans were present and
speeches appropriate to the occasion
were delivered. After breakfast the
men were lined up for the march to the
Preside. During the march the men
were cheered all along the line. Each
man was decorated with flowers and
flags. The camping ground formerly
occupied by the Montana regiment will
serve to shelter the Iowans until they
are mustered out.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
Sioux City Live Stock,

SIOUX CITY, Ia., Oct. "a.
HOGS-Market slow, &c higher. Range
of prices, s.. l0@4.20
CATTLE-Market slow; 15@25c lower,
Sales ranged at at 81, 5O@5.s0 for beeves;
$2.O0@4. 90 for COWS, bulls and mixed;
eS,25@4.20 for stockers and feeders; $32
@4.55 for calves and yearlings.
Receipts: Cattle, 5000: hogs, 400.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY.

Lawton, Bates and Funston Receive Re-.
wards for Gallant Service.
New YORK, Oct. PA special to
The Herald from Washington says:
These important military appoint
ments have been decided upon: Briga-
dier General John c.. Bates, U. S. ",
and colonel of the Second infantry, reg
ular army, to be major general Of vol
unteers, to fill the original vacancy
caused by the increased enlisted force.
Major General H. w. Lawton, U. S.
", and colonel in the inspector gener-
al's department, regular army, to be
brigadier general of the regular army,
vice Burke, retired.
Brigadier General Funston, U. S. ",
to be retained as brigadier general Of
volunteers, to fill the original vacancy
caused by the increase in the enlisted
force.
General Funston has already re.
ceived notification of his intended reap.
pointment, and has accepted. He will
receive orders directing him to report
to Major General Otis for assignment to
brigade command.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
LATE MARKET REPORT.
Duluth Grain.

DULUTH, Oct "a,
WHEAT-Cash, No. hard, 69c; No.
Northern, CSC; No. Northern, Csc; No.
8, 61Xc. To Arrive-No. l hard SOC; No.
Northern, Csc; December. $50; May, TIC.
FLAX-To arrive, sl21H; October,
S121Z; December, ST. 10.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
THE CENSOR is BUSY

11G OU1NOVI 4O f.DCO1
LACK OF SOUTH AFRICAN NEWS
CAUSES ANXIETY IN LONDON.
Belief That the War Once 10 Holding
Back Advtcss Interpreted to Mean
That Reports Are Not Favorable-Gon-
eral Yule Thought to Bo in Tight
Place at Dundee.
LONDON, Oct. 24.-No news yet re-
ceived tends to dispel the apprehension
caused by Lord Wolseley's brief sum.
mary of the situation. A Pietermaritz-
burg dispatch says that the censor now
permits no messages to be sent from
the front. Other dispatches represent
the Beers as boasting that Dundee is
absolutely cut off and assert that de-
spite the British victories the situation
is still uncertain.
1t appears that the br;iiiant victory
ct Elandslaagte was productive of no
effect for the relief of Glencoe, and the
very reticence aud brevity of Lord
Wolseley's communication is only too
ominous. It seems to be worded to
prepare the public for bad news and it
is only too likely that General Yule
has been compelled to abandon the
wounded and the prisoners at Dundee
because his force is too weak to hold
the four and half miles separating
Dundee from Glencoe.
Many Doors to Reckon With.
Probably General Yule believes he
can better protect Glencoe from an
enemy advancing from the north by
concentrating all his available strength
at Glencoe, where there are now $500
men and three batteries. tbs expected
that Commandant Erasmus has by this
time joined Commandant General Jou-
bert and that their com bined columns
amount to some 10000 or 1900 men,
while the Free State Beers now threat
ening Ladysmith from the east and
column reported to be coming through
Zululand must also be reckoned with.
In short, General Sir Stewart White
has been unable to follow up his sue
cess and is obliged to remain at Lady,
smith without being able to restore rail-
way communication, which is probably
broken at other points besides Eland-
slaagte. Thus the enemy, although
their original plan failed, may be fairly
credited with having isolated General
Yule's brigade and divided the British
forces in Natal. General Yule may find
himself in a tight place. needing all his
experience in Indian and Burmese
fighting to extricate himself.
News Evidently Hold Back.
It is quite evident that the war Office
has news which is being withheld from
the public and if the situation as here
sketched is confirmed, Boer divisions
may be expected at other frontier
points. .~-s<ssS.ssssss'ss ---<sshtss*e
The war office is besieged with in
quiries. The list of recent heavy losses
caused much heartburning. Said
workman:
"If this is to be the price for suzer-
ainty, good God, but we are paying in
full"
1t is regarded as not impossible that
General White may Ae compelled to
concentrate all the Natal forces at
Ladysmith and await the arrival Of tho
army corps.
A dispatch to The Times from Coles
burg, Cape Colony, says:
1.-The situation. is grave. The Beers
are $50 strong and will be reinforced
from Dreikop. No defense is possible.
The town guard will retire on Newport
on the appearance of the enemy"
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
Chicago Grain and Provisious.
CHICAGO, OCT. "a,

CLOSING PRICES.
WHEAT-December, 7OA@702ac; May,
74aSo.
CORN - October, 5000; December,
S19S@Slhc; January, 5lNc; May, 1870.
OATS-October, 3A@22sSc; December,
asA@a2Ho; May, a471@s4No.
PORK-Ootober, $7.s21l; December,
$7.9sh; January, >9.42H@9. u.
FLAX-Cash Northwestern, 1861;
Southwestern, $l.26h; October, $1.25A:
December. s1.a5; May s1.25x.
POULTRY-Dressed turkeys, 100
101<o: chickens, sH@S}1c: ducks, ,S]l@9Ac.
BUTTER-Crealneries l5@22: dairies
14@l9c.
EGGS-Fresh, 1870.
Austin Markets.
Wheat No. 2, 5s; Oats 20; Barley % toS4; Rye
IS: Flax ITO; Timothy, ITO to 100 per cwt. corn
rs.
CORRECTED By N'nR1DE. THE aRocHR.
Butter. Dc: Beans, 81 to $3.50: Eggs,
17c; Potatoes, 16.
AUSTIN PACKING HOUSE MARKET.
Cows, s.75c to 32bo; Sheep, Sc to SIC: Hogs
$9.75 to "a Lambs, l.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
Minneapolis Wheat.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. ~
WHEAT-In Store-No. Northern,
December, &c; May, 70No. On Track
No. hard, 6971o; No. Northern, 6714c;
No. 3 Northern, 64%c.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25

The S. land Of the northwest has
gone to $40. the $40 land to $40 and the
$40 land to $40, and the end is not yet
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
Monday, Oct. 23.

MOuuoyS Octs Sos
Sir Thomas Upton promises another
challenger for the Americas cup.
F. Tennyson Nicely, the New York
publisher, has made an assignment.
Senator Foraker in a speech nomin-
ated Mckinley for the next president
and Roosevelt for 1904.
It is stated that important reforms
will be recommended by the assistant
postmaster general in his annual report.
Twenty persons are said to have lost
their lives in Teton county, Montana,
alone, during the recent heavy snow
storm.
Miss Fanny Langdon, instructor IN
zoology in the University of Michigan,
died Sunday of appendicitis. The re-
mains will be shipped to Boston for in.
torment.
Daniel Hunter, an old settler of the
St. Croix valley, who located at Hud-
son, Wis.,, As years ago, and subse-
quently removed to Roberts, Wis, died
there Wednesday Of old age. He was
born in Canada and was 1O3 years old.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
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NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
.A0noadaY, OCT. l8.

S(~@Ooss0yt
At Leadville, Colo, Paddy Purtell
knocked out Danny Needham in the
A,permanent good roads association
for the Sixth congressional district of
Minnesota has been formed at Duluth.
The temporary adjustment of the
Alaskan boundary difficulty will take
effect this week and continue inde6n-
itely.
Two thousand negro oyster shuckers
at Norfolk, Va, are on strike. This be-
ing the busiest season of the year, the
strike threatens to considerably cripple
the industry.
The internal revenue statement for
September, 1890, shows total receipts of
$24, ,522, ,095, an increase compared with
September, 1898, of $780, sos. During
the last three months the receipts have
exceeded those for the same period in
1898 by $4,966, 1893.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
REPORTED BY OTIS.

Death OF General HoWard's Son Omcislly
COMMUNICATIONS Skirmishes.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-The follow
ing telegram, confirming the report of
the death Of Captain Guy Howard, was
received at the war department from
General Otis:
Captain Guy Howard, assistant
quartermaster, and quartermaster of
volunteers, killed yesterday at Arayat,
while on launch Rio Grande river, by
concealed insurgents. His clerk, civ.
ilian employe, and native wounded.
Scouting detachment, Thirty-sixth VOL
unteers, encountered insurgents south
west Santa Rita, scattering them. kill.
ing six, capturing eight and ten rifles.
No casualties. General Lawton operat-
ating at San Isidro.
The forwarding Of supplies to that
point continues, attended with some
difficulty, on account of lack of trans
portation, which will be supplied soon.
Insurgents Southern Luzon attacked
Calamba. These were driven off. No
casualties.
kline, commanding at Calamba,
vigorously attacked insurgent force
concentrating on his front, routed them
from trenches and pursued three miles.
His casualties, one private killed, one
corporal and three privates wounded.
Enemy's loss unknown"
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
Thursday. Oct. l0.

Thursday, Oct. ii.
Germans are said to be supplying the
Beers with officers and ammunition.
A regiment of Scots is being enlisted
in the United States for service against
the Beers.
The First Montana volunteers have
loft San Francisco for their homes on
special train.
The statement that the bubonic
plague is raging at Santos. Brazil, is Of
fcially confirmed.
The Cologne Gazette announces off,
cially that Emperor William will start
for England on Nov. IL.
Charles L. Kahler, one of the most
prominent and wealthy men of Des
Moines, is dead of typhoid fever.
Henry Frohman. father of Daniel,
Charles and Gustave Frohman, the
theatrical managers, is dead at New
York.
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25

Hard coal, $8.75 to 5000; Illinois coal. SAX.
Indiana block Goa. h.75; Hooking Valley. $5.0O :
20, TcGd' 81 90 % per cord Soft wood .4.5O per cord
Mower County transcript., 1899-10-25
Friday. Oct. 20.

Friday, Oct. 20.
General Henry will command the de-
partment Of the Missouri.
Two smugglers were killed in fight
with revenue officials in Arizona.
Robert T. Lincoln has been elected
president of the Pullman company.
General Lawton has reached San
Isidro and will hold the town as base
of supplies.
Several railroad building projects
will be postponed because of the high
price Of steel rails.
The Illinois supreme court has pro-
nounced the American Glucose COM
pany's charter void because the con-
cern is trust.
The director of posts at Manila denies
that there has ever been censorship Of
the mails there since the Americans
came into power.
Saturday, Oct. al.
Vryburg has been captured by the
Beers.
The number of persons now receiving
famine relief throughout India reaches
393, 900. s5....:. =.
The steamship Moana, at San Fran
cisco from Australia, brought 81, 1872, :
900 in treasure.
Mrs. Thomas r. Mercein, president
of the Society of Colonial Danes Of
Wisconsin, is dead.
The 10th annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor will be
held at Detroit, Mich, beginning Dec
II next.
William H. Appleton of the publish
ing house of ID. Appleton & Co., died
Thursday at his home at Riverdale, n.
Y, aged IS years.
Reciprocity arrangements are sought
by the island of St. Kits and Turks
island, West Indies. Arrangements so
far cover nearly all the British West
Indian possessions save these two, and
Mr.. Tower, the British charge, has
taken the initial steps in their behalf.