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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-11-01
DISPATCHES FROM PRETORIA.
Tell of an Engagement and British ON
GERS Captured.

GERS Captured.
Pretoria, Oct. 27.-General Joubert
reports that General Cronje, COM
handing the Free State and Winburg
forces, had an engagement with the
British at Elandsgaate. 1t started at
8 and lasted seven hours. Nine burgh-
ers were wounded and six were killed.
All the British retired to Ladysmith.
The British prisoners captured Friday
near Dundee were entrained at Damn
hauser. They filed ten trucks. The
officers travelled first class, and sep.
arate van was provided for two
wounded officers. An enormous crowd
assembled at the station here to wit
ness their arrival, but there was no
demonstration. When they alighted
the prisoners We're received with flu
ereal silence upon the part of the
crowd. The greatest order and de-
corum prevailed while they were tray
ersing the streets. The wounded were
taken to a hospital while the other
officers and men were marched to the
race course, escorted by mounted
burghers, and were encamped on the
spot where Jameson's raiders were
confined. The officers lieutenant Col
onel Moller, Major GrevilIe and Cap
tain Pollock of the Eighteenth hussars,
and Captain Lonsdale, Lieutenant LIE
Meseurier, Lieutenant Garvice, Lieu
teant Grimshaw, Lieutenant Majendie,
and Lieutenant Shore of the Dublin
fusileers), looked in good health. They
are quartered in building apart from
the men. On giving their parole they
will be allowed the freedom Of the
whole enclosure. The men appear in
different and spend most of their time
smoking. They sleep ON the grand
stand.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-11-01

LauySmltn, dated Oct. 70, that strong
reinforcements Of infantry and artil-
lery have arrived there from PETER
maritzburg. 1t was also reported that
the Beers were again massing near
Elandslaagte and that a Free State
force several thousand strong. was oc-
cupying Besters Station. Advices from
Cape Town show that the assembly at
Hutiatu river was attended by all the
principal Basuto chiefs. The resident
commissioner, Sir Godfrey Lagden,
was present.
London, Oct. 2S.-During the mo-
mentary hull in the fighting in Natal
comes news from the western border
which temporarily shifts the scene of
chief interest to the beleaguered Brit
ish force at Kimberley. The sharp
struggle there Tuesday appears to
have been the result of sortie, with
the view of breaking the Gordon sur
rounding the place. The British, ap-
parently 500 strong, met 700 Beers,
and, according to the official and other
accounts, routed them after severe
fighting, in which the armored trains
appear to have done valuable service.
The Beers were entrenched strongly
seven miles northward, and the British
brilliantly carried the enemy's position
without serious loss. 1t is said that
the Beers twice unfairly used white
nag. Botha, who was among the
killed, was member of the vOlksraad
and a famous Dutch fighter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-25
CITIZENS ENTER PROTEST..
Objections to Removal of Teacher in
High School.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, September "a, 1892
At mass meeting of the citizens of
Rockville and vicinity, held last evening in
the opera house, resolutions were passed
requesting the board Of county school COM
missioners to reconsider its action in regard
to the removal Of Miss Lucy Garrett, as
sstant teacher in the Rockville High
School. About three hundred persons were
present, representing all classes. Mayor
Spencer c. Jones presided, and explained
the object Of the gathering. Mr.. A. A.
Braddock served as secretary. Mr.. w. A.
Humphrey presented resolutions which
were unanimously adopted by rising vote,
setting forth that Miss Lucy Garrett, one
of the assistant teachers in the Rockville
High School, has been notified by the board
of county school commissioners that her
services will no longer be needed in the po-
Sltion she now holds after the term of the
notice has expired and as Miss Garrett has
for years served as teacher in this COM
munlty, to the entire satisfaction of the
parents of the children attending the school
in which she has taught, and now, by her
experience and qualifications (being a grad
uate of the State Normal School, for many
years a successful teacher, and possessing
the confidence and esteem of the commune
ty at large, is more than ever in the posi-
ton to be of service to the public as the
instructor of the children, we feel that the
people should not be deprived of her yalua-
BILE services without good cause shown
NO charges have been made against this
lady affecting either her ability or fitness
for the position from which she is about to
be removed, and 1t Is believed that the
action of the county school board in this
matter was had without full knowledge of
the wishes of the patrons of the school
therefore, the citizens, taxpayers and
patrons of said school, assembled for that
purpose, direct that the board of county
school commissioners be- and is hereby, re-
quested to rescnd the order vacating the
position now occupied by Miss Garrett, and
to relnstate her therein"
A committee, consisting of Spencer c.
Jones, John T. Vinson, Chas. w PRETTY
man, William r. Humphrey, John L. DaW-
son. Albert King and Henry Dwyer, was
appointed to present these resolutions to
the board of county school commissioners
and urge that the action hereby requested
be had. The committee was instructed to
request the president of the school board to
call a special meeting of the board, unless a
regular meeting thereof is to be had prior
to October 2 next.
MRS. A: }. Almoney. accompanied by her
little child. Is visiting her parents Prof.
and Mrs. E. b. Prettyman, in Baltimore,
Mrs. w. F. Rabbit and little daughter
are visiting relatives at Martinsburg. W.
Va "
Mr.. Charles A. Mewshaw of this town. for
the past i've years station agent of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad at German
town, has been transferred to a position in
the dispatcher's office at Camden station
Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-25

formed at Rockville watching the passage
of the Orange river at Alwal North. the
terminus of several lines of Cape Colony
railways. and posts have been established
at other frontier stations near the rail-
ways where they cross into the Free State
from Cape Colony. The roads from Kim
berley are also under observation, and the
BaSutoland frontier is guarded.
In the Transvaal. commencing with the
north the crossing of the Crocodile river
between Fort Tuli In Rhodesia and Peters
burg in the Transvaal is guarded. At
Koomati Poort where the Delagoa Bay
railway enters the Transvaal, there is a
strong post, and the Swaziland frontier
toward Amatongaland. about which there
is a difference between the British and
Transvaal government, is watched. In the
southeastern districts, toward Zululand
and Natal, the burghers have been sum-
moned to take the field at q moments
notice fully equipped for service. The rail-
way entering the Transvaal from Natal at
Lan2's Mex is under observation, and prep
arations have been made to render it use
less a means Of communication for an
enemys advance. On the western side all
the roads from British territory into the
Transvaal are under observation, and the
burghers of the western districts are ready
fo- the field. The field artillery held
in readiness for dispatch to any point re-
quired.
The statement that the Beers can put
Go,UO men into the field is an exaggeration
unless they obtain large assistance from
the Dutch of the colony and Natal. Their
own estimates put the fighting strength of
the republic and Free State combined at
1900 electives. This is a very respecta-
Bile force, and with its peculiar organiza-
ton and recognized quality will require
quite 10000 British troops to overcome
them. The announcement stated to have
been made by the premier of Cape Colony,
the Hon. w. =. Schreiner, that In the event
of war the Cape Colony would remain neu-
trail. is one of great significance. and if
correct, gives quite a new feature to the
whole South African situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-25

acted with good sense He has not dimin-
ished his own influence among the blacks.
but at the same time he has discouraged
the notion of their organizing separately:
1t is certain that no political party would
be big enough to have both him and Gual-
berto Gomez as leaders. That Is why the
latter has had poor success in the plan OF
solidifying the blacks and holding them to-
gether. If test should come Quintin Ban
deras would undoubtedly have more fol-
lowers than Gualberto Gomez, because
most of the blacks who were In the lnsur-
gent ranks would stand with MIN.
Maxine Gomez the Most Influential.
During his present visit to Havana Ban
deras has had several interviews with Max
inc Gomez. The old chief of the revolution
can be persuasive as well as harsh In
spite of the disciplining to which he sub
jected Banderas. the latter has the great
est admiration for him. 1t Is therefore
quite probable that the influence of Maxine
Gomez will be more potent than that Of the
other Gomez and of the agitators who want
to raise the race issue and to stir up dis
Content against American rule. AS Maxi
mo Gomez policy is to unite all classes
whites and blacks, Cubans and Spaniards,
without reference to race or color, 1t will
undoubtedly be good thing to have Quin-
tin Banderas follow his leadership. A GER
tain degree of consideration by Gen. Gomez
and by the American authorities is the
surest way to bring this about. The sturdy
qualities Of Quintin Banderas are not to be
despised in the future of Cuba.
EliEiO Ducasse.
Another colored leader of some promi-
nence is Eligio Ducasse. He belongs to the
mulattos of eastern Cuba, In whose blood
there is French strain. He was educated
at the military school of st. Cyr fand has
all the ACCOMPLISHMENTS of French breed
ing. Iis brother. Vidal Ducasse, was one
of Maceo's trusted Heutenants and was
possessed of marked military skill. Long
after Maceos death Vidal Ducasse was the
terror Of the Spanish troops in Pinar del
Rio. He was killed during the last months
Of the Instruction Eligio Ducasse was
not possessed of the same military talents,
yet he made good reputation as a fighter.
He acted with the anti-Gomez generals In
the assembly, but he was not so rabid as
some of them. His advice heretofore has
been to his race to unite in order to make
its influence felt, but to unite in conjunc-
ton with the white Cubans rather than
against them On the whole his influence
is likely to be conservative.
CHARLES M. PEPPER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-25

being s131 900, 600 of the imports and s132.oo-
COO of the exports. Next in Importance in the
import and export trade Is the South Afri-
can republic, or the Transvaal, which Ia at
tacting much attention at the present
moment, Its imports amounting to Slo4,-
100000, and Its exports S54,o00,0D, the chief
exports being gold and other minerals.
French Africa imports goods valued at
over seventy million dollars, and exports
nearly en- equal quantity; Turkish Africa
principally Egypt, imports 54,oOOWo and
exports S62,000,0Oo, Wills Portuguese Al
RIGA. whose ports on the eastern coast are
adjacent to the gold and diamond fields. is
also the scene of commercial activity, the
importations being S12. 900. 900 and the ex-
portations nearly S7.0o0,Ooo.
Much additional information has recently
been brought to the surface regarding At
RIGA through the opportunities which are
now offered for access 10 the interior
Physically the African continent is in many
respects unique Five thousand miles In
extreme length. and over 1000 In breadth
its area is greater than that of any other
Continent except Asia. the latest estimates
being 11,S74.OOO square miles. Its coast
formation is peculiar in the absence Of
deep indentatfons, bays or harbors and the
small number of waterways which offer
entrance to the interior. The fact that the
greater part of the interior is an elevated
table land extending on all sides to within
short distance of the coast renders access
to the interior by the few large streams
difficult.
At the point where the rivers pass from
the elevated plateau Of the interior to the
lowlands of the coast, the falls or rapids
winch there exist prevent navigation, and
as result travel to the interior in Africa
by water developed more slowly than in
any other continent. Indeed, 1t was no.
until the explorations of Livingston. Stan
ley, Spoke. and others developed the true
conditions and made known the fact that
vast navigable water stretches were To be
found In the interior that 1t occurred to
man to transport steam vessels around
these falls and put them afoat in the wa
terways of the interior. When these con-
dl1ons were clearly established, however.
modern ingenuity and energy soon found
means of transporting steamers in small
pieces upon the backs of men through the
forests around the falls and rapids for
scores and even hundreds of miles. and put
ting them together. set afioat the steamers
which penetrate thousands of miles into
the interior and develop facts never before
known, and which could not have been de-
Veloped by land exploration in tropical clt
mates and jungles for many generations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-25
HE WANTS HIS BABY.
George Wyne Sues Out a Writ of
Habeas Corpus to Recoxer His Chilli

Neorse "yne Sues Out a Writ of
haheas corpus to Recover His Child
George E. Wyne, to regain possession of
MS papy girl, whom he alleges Is now be-
ing uniaWfully detained by his father-in-
law, Charles w. Skinner, today applied to
the Supreme Court of the District of Co.
lrmbia for writ of habeas corpus JUS
lice Hagner upon reading the petition, al
lowed the prayers and signed AN order re-
curing Mr.. Skinner to produce the child
in court Thursday morning September %,
with the cause of her caption and detention,
to the end that she may be released if it
Is found there Is any Illegal restraint
Mr.. Wyne states in his petition that he
daughter of Charles W. Skinner, against
whom the writ was issued. The wedding
took place June 5, 1897, and the. couple
lived together until April 10, 1898, when
Mrs. Wyne died. A child was born to
them a few days before the death of its
mother. The little girl was christened Mil
dred Lee Wyne. Mr.. Wyne states that for
some time prior to the death of his wife
he lived with her at the residence of her
father, 1346 Wallach place, paying for the
board of himself and family.
About the latter part of February, Mr..
Wyne says, he left the residence Of his
father-in-law and took Mildred with him,
placing her temporarily in the care of an
aunt of his wife in the city Of Baltimore
1t is then alleged that Mr.. Skinner, with
out the knowledge or authority of the
father, went to Baltimore in March and
brought the child to his residence here
where he has since held her. Mr. Skinner
is said to be very fond Of his granddaugh-
ter.
Mr.. Wyne says he Is fully able to pro-
vide for and maintain his daughter, and
desires to take her to his home, but her
grandfather. Mr.. Skinner. refuses to sur
render her, although repeated demands
have been made upon him for Mildreds
possession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-25

backbone of the army over here. After
passing the ships that lay at anchor on the
Manila side. we came to an expanse of
water. decked here and there with steam
launches, bearing some naval officers COM
pliments to a friend some other vessel
or taking orders back and forth
When we came within three four miles
of Cavite we began to notice trade marks
that have been copyrighted by one George
Dewey, In the shape of masts, smokestacks,
fighting tops, daVits, and occasionally a
bow or stern OF some Inflated Spanish YES
sci which argued too long on the LIST day
of May In the year of our Lord, 1898.
counted the remains Of eleven boats that
eventful day sticking out Of the water
In an hour and twenty minutes We We're
standing on the landing at Cavite. As we
went down the street Sunday morning ap-
peared to be the market day, for we noticed
numbers of native women in front of the
tables, rice, etc. The piece of meat they
buy Is about the size CT ones hand and cut
Ike steak, and we We're told that one of
these pieces makes a meal for six or eight
people.
The women fuss and argue with the
Chinamen-who, by the way. have control
of the butcher business-as no other wo-
men OF all the other nations can do. Final
~ they go away seemingly contented, with
their meat In their hands without any
wrapping paper on it. Down at the end of
this street Is the Cavite arsenal, inclosed
by high stone wall and iron fence, where
tHe Isl IeHnSylVdnla Is Quart9red. Near
the arsenal are the dry docks, where the
small vessels are repaired and scraped, but
they are too small for the vessels Of our
| fleet, which have to be sent for repairs to
Hong Kong.
The funeral of the captain of the Monad-
mock took place at IL o'clock. at the ceme-
terry at San Rogue. about three miles
around the point. We passed hurriedly
through the ruins of San Rogue where
street after street was deserted, the houses
having been looted, and some of them
burned.
We walked over a mile and did not see a
living soul. Occasionally a shell from one
of the monitors in the bay would shrek
over our heads and burst in the insur-
gents lines three or four miles away. We
got around to the navy yard about twenty
minutes before the launch from the moni-
tor arrived with the body.
AS the funeral cortege left the pier the
bugles and drums played funeral march
Just behind came the marines in columns
Of tours. dressed in linen suits, canvas
leggins and white helmets. Next came the
coffin, wrapped in the flag. on a caisson,
followed by officers Of the various ships Of
our fleet. The marines formed company
front to the right of the grave; an officer
read the burial service; the buglers Aund-
ed taps" and the burial was over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-25
BRITISH TROOPS IN SOUTH AFRICA
No Extraordinary supply of Them
Provided There Yet.

From the New York sun
While the chances of peace or war IN
South Africa are still in the balance,
short statement OF the British forces ac-
tuaIly in the country Will be useful There
+. r,,,ch said and written about the mass
ing Of men on both sides Of the TransVaal
frontier, when as matter of fact there
has been nothing more than the dispatch
of small detachments of troops to certain
points of primary importance on the lines
OF communication on the British side. and
the establishment of small laagers and
posts of observation on the Boer side,
where roads of strategic Importance cross
from British territory into the Transvaal.
or British regular troops there are at
this moment in all South Africa only about
1ptNsl electives all told. They are divided
a follows: Two regiments of cavalry, 3
neld batteries. ! mountain battery, ) COM
pauies of garrison artillery, companies
Of engineers, IL battalions OF infantry. :
army service detaChmentS, > OF the army
ordnance corps and > OF the army medical
corps; = battaiions OF infantry are on their
way out. which on arrival Will bring the
total force UP TO 1000 men. Two batter
les of field artillery are under orders, but
have not vet left England. The diStribu-
ton of tho force at date is about $3.50
regulars Natal. divided between PETER
maritzburg, the capital; Ladysmith, the
junction OF the railways from Durham the
Orange Free State, and the TranSvaal and
Eshowe A post has been established at
Newcastle. and ii is proposed to form a
camp of observation near Lang's Mex. In
addition to the regulars IL is calculated
that Natal can furnish a volunteer and
militia force OF about 1000 men. compris-
Ing field battery, a battalion of infantry
and a body of about ~ mounted rifiemen,
and a police force of about $50 men
In Cape Colony there are about 1890
British regulars. comprising two and a half
battalOns of infantry, two companies OF
garrison artillery and company of en-
giueera. all the other regular troops be-
ing in Natal. There are besides, the Cape
Mounted Rifles 1Np strong, and the Cape
police 800: and "A volunteer and mounted
rifle companies, about 1000 men. with bat
terieS of IL field guns. In addition special
corps are being organized for frontier serv-
ice under the officers recently sent out from
England. These to be employed in
the protection of the railway line between
the Orange river and Bulawayo. particu-
larry the long section of il Skirting the
Orange Free State and the Transvaal.
There Will also be post at Fort Tuli on
the road from Rhodesia, crossing the Croco-
die river. into the Transvaal
So far. then, the British movements have
been merely preparatory and by way of
precaution.
The Orange Free State has as far as
known. occupied the Van Keenen Pass at
the frontier. on the railway between Har-
risworth in the Free State and Ladysmith
in Natal. small lager has also been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-25
TRAGEDIES OF HUNTING.
''DOn't Shoot Until You Know What
You Are Shooting At"
From Forest and Stream.

From Forest and Stream.
The deer hunting season in the Adiron-
dacks opened on August 10. Four days
later followed a tragedy Two brothers
We're camping on the Eighth Lake of the
Fulton Chain. For the younger, youth
of seventeen years, it was the first season
of camp life, and, like all youngsters in the
woods in their initial experience, he was
aglow with ardor to get his first deer
About shutdown last Saturday this younger
brother left the camp alone and shortly
after was followed by the other. When the
elder Of the two came to the Durant road.
he saw movement of the brush such as is
caused by a deer On the instant he raised
his rifle, took quick aim at the moving
brush fired, then rushed in to see what he
had shot at, and found his brother, who
had been killed inStantaneously by a shot
through tho breast
A human life cut short in the flower of
youth Another life clouded by the an
guish Of the hour and by lifelong regret
and self-reproach. A home desolated. And
all as the fruit Of one foolish moment with
deadly weapon in the woods.
If we did not read the stories of such ac-
cldentS, year after year, and from time to
time meet the bereaved fathers and moth
ers and wives and children of the victims
it would be impossible to conceive that
grown men could be found to bring this
woe upon themselves and upon their fell
lows. And yet season after season the rec
ord grows. Now 1t is a farmer who shoots
neighbor by mistake for a groundhog
now a Maine moose hunter who kills his
guide for big game, and now the Adiron-
dack camper who does to death his brother
for deer. Before the season shall be over
and the rifles put away We shall hear prob
ably of a score of such tragedies.
And it is all so cruelty heartrending be-
cause so unnecessary. The observance of
one simple rule would have saved this
young life, as it would have saved the
scores Of lives sacrificed in the past-Don't
shoot until YOU know what you are shoot
ing at