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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
FIVE MORE BODIES FOvhl
Total Number OF Victims OF y afax-
nell Mime Disaster at Br''
willie Is Twenty.

Brownsville, Pa, Dec. 27.-- :
for the dead was kept up u
nell mine all night, resuitlhs
finding of five more bodies y
victims Of the explosion.
were so mutilated they have
identified.
a thorough search OF The
made Tuesday morning, Da'
bodies were found, and II 7
lieved that the number o.
not be Increased. The worR
ing the mass of wreckage u
began Tuesday, and caIs1u j
was made for more bodies, a'n,
company's officials feel conhu
all the men have been aecou.
Thirteen of the victims o.
sion were buried Tuesday. ~
were attended by every ihAp'
and child in Braznell.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
plnn Ahnndoned.

Berlin, Dec 27.-The German gov
eminent has definitely abandoned all
idea OF acquiring the Danish West In
dies, either by purchase from Dem
mark or otherwise. The German en-
bassy in Washington has left no doubt
that any such attempt would be looked
upon by the Americans as an I'M
friendly act and as a serious infringe
ment of the Monroe doctrine. Accord
ing to the same authority, the reports
representing that Denmark is nego-
tiating to sell the islands to the Unit
ed States are either entirely prema-
ture or without foundation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
A SAD CHRISTMAS.
1T IL Experienced I'm the Humble
Homes Of Victims OF the Wine
Disaster.

Brownsville, Pa, Dec. 26.-Work at
the Braznen mine is progressing very
slowly. The country roads from
Brownsville to the mine are almost
impossible, and there is no telegraph
or telephone connection with Braz-
nell, So all news from the mine has
30 be brought overland. Four more
bodies have been recovered, but not
identified Some of the families of the
doomed men are in suffering condi-
ton and provisions are being sent out
by the Brownsville merchants, as well
as from Uniontown- The men who
have been working since Saturday to
recover the bodies are almost exhaust
ed, yet they refuse to give up and
keep at the grim work doggedly,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
SUSPECTED OF Murder

San Francisco, Dec. 26.-The man be.
lieved to be HI. j. Hannah. who has been
arrested in this city, at the request of
the chief of police of Pittsburgh. pa
is wanted in Greensburg, Westmore-
land county, 81 miles east of PITTSBURGH.
for the killing of his former partner
John Craig, member of prominent
Youngstown family, during the West
moreland county centennial celebra-
ton. The Pittsburgh police officials
have wired to Chief Lees to hold the
prisoner until an officer arrives here
to take him back to Pennsylvania for
trial.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
ARE WELL PLEASED.
Situation in the Philippines Suits
shingtOn Officials.

washington, Dec. 26.-Washington
officials are very much gratified at the
existing situation in the Philippines.
The insurgent army, which dominated
the northern part of the island up to
November 5, when the American cam
paign began, has disappeared; Ameri-
can garrisons are established at more
important points, promising peace in
the surrounding territory, and the gen
eral condition has so improved that
Gen. Otis considers il feasible to open
all the ports Of northern Luzon to trade.
Gen. Otis viii now turn his attention
to the rebels south Of Manila, and, it is
expected, viii begin active operations
against them in few days. Just what
the strength Of the insurgent force in
southern Luzon is the Authorities are
unable to say, but it is likely many Of
the Insurgents under Aguinaldo in the
north have joined the rebels in the
soufb. The authorities would be glad
to Am0w that their conclusion is cor
rect. Tor ii the south there will be a
sgood opportunity to cut off the armed
4sllipinas, and if a large number could
be captured at one time it would mean
j, the deafh-blow of the revolution.
AEufnaIdo DodEing.
Aguinaldo has not yet reached the
southern territory, but is believed to
be ID the northern mountains, trying
to elude the American columns, which
are securing the country. Aguinaldo
is undoubtedly working his way south
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
Damaged by Fire.

Binghamton, N. T., Dec. %. The
Jones scale works of this city was
badly damaged by fire and water
Tuesday. The fourth floor of the main
building is in ruins and the rest Of
the structure. filed with the manufac-
tured product, is drenched with wa
ter. The loss viii probably reach
$50. 900.
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in order to gain command of large
force. saIa -
A foreign officer, who is familiar with
the Filipino methods of fighting, said
that the government should not be too
certain the rebellion in northern LuZon
had been quelled. Before the war with
the United States Spain had expert
enced no difficulty in sending columns
from one end of the island to the other,
but the natives organized guerrilla
bands and continued the war, and the
greatest difficulty was met in suppress
ing them, peace usually being secured
by liberal promises. This officer said
the policy of garrisoning important
points would tex ! TO minimize guerrilla
work. but he beiieved that until Agui-
naldo was captured or killed the war
would continue.
Young Appointed Governor.
Manila. Dec. 26.-Gen. Young has
been appointed military governor of
the provinces of northwestern Luzon,
with headquarters at Vigap. His com
mand includes the Thirty third infan-
try, under Col Luther r. Hare, and
the Third cavalry. He will establish
permanent stations at San Fernando
and Laoag, with outposts wherever
needed. The Sixteenth infantry VIII
proceed to Aparri, garrisoning such
towns as may be deemed necessary in
the provinces of Cagayan, Isabella and
Nuevo Vizcaya, of which Col. Hood has
been appointed military governor
Gen. Young and Col. Hood are estallo-
fishing civil municipal governments.
and the ports in northern Luzon viii
be opened for trade about January l.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
Had ANOTHER FIGHf,
British and Beers Do Batsls at
Ladysmith.

London, Dec. S7.-Dispatcpds rom
South Africa are still greatly delayed.
But they are arriving more freely,
which shows that the eensorst;n has
been relaxed. There appears = be no
great change in the situation 4 dis
patch from Lourenzo MARQUES dated
Thursday, December 81, gives 3be fol-
lowing from the Boer head l.ager.
dated Tuesday, December Ia. aThe
British naval guns at Colensa have
been cannonading Bulwer bridge. over
the Tugela river, with view - smash
ing it. The bombardment - Iadv-
smith is proceeding slowly. Gen. Jou
bert has arrived here and been accorded
hearty welcome. he addressed the
burghers on December IS"
Another sortie.
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Ladysmith, dated Friday, December Is,
by heliograph, says: "Anotba,. sortie
last night. Gen. Hunter, with 5o1 vol
unteers, destroyed one six-incbs ereusot
gun, one howitzer and one mari,n One
Briton killed. The Boer guinness fec. .
There is an idea in some orarters
here that Gen. Buffers DISTINCTION Of
the Tugela bridge heraIds an attempt
to cut off the Beers now South Of the
river, but the general opinion il tina
the British will not make anvI serious
move pending the arrival of Lokd Rob
erts.
Engagement at Ladysmith.
The war Office has received dis
patch from Pietermaritzburgl Natal,
dated Sunday, December "A. alnoune-
ing that in an engagement II Lady
smith December % Maj. A. d King,
Capts. Wathen and Cakes and Lieut..
Hulse and Lieut.. Col. Fawcett we're
wounded and that nine nondbmmis-
stoned officers and men werd killed
and ten wounded.
This engagement had not q Zen re-
corded before this.
The Beers heavily bombardet Lady
smith for couple of hours Deem
Der 16, the day after the battle of
Tugela river, but little damak Re was
done. They killed one ma and
wounded two men of the garrSson.
In a Tight Place.
Advices from Cape Town Ay the
New Zealanders with Gen. Frkneh at
Naauwpoort were in a tight corner
December is. They were neal y sur
rounded by Beers and retired under
a hail of bullets fired at shora range,
but sustained only little loss.
Among the Beers killed atk Storm
berg were many of that local " VINO
had joined the Orange Free State
forces.
Several newspaper corresps ndents
have returned to Cape Town 4 bm the
Modder river, apparently cor krming
the belief that an immediate lYanee
of the British is projected.
Methuen Well Entrenchk ID
The war office has received be fol-
lowing dispatch from Cape flown,
dated December 25, saying:
''There is no change in the std don at
Modder river. Gen. Methuen is vel in
trenched and the Beers have not smrbed
him.
Gen. Gatacre reports that fo4 sof l5G
police have occupied Dordrecht Beers
retreating with no loss"
Joubert Again In CommaH ID
Pretoria, Dec. IS. - Gen. JouI pr has
recovered and returned to the pht to-
day.
There were special services ster-
day in the different laagers as banks
giving for the victories OF hnso,
Stormberg and Modder river.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
souvcnkr stnnns.

Washington. Dec. 23.-The post of
fee department has decided upon an
issue of stamps commemorative of the
Pan-Ameriean exhibition at Buffalo.
next year. The stamps will be of the
ea7ue size as those now issued and will
be in the denominations of one, two.
four, five, eight and ten cents.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
Enters n Protest.

Boston, Dec. 27.-The New England
Sabbath Protective league has sent a
protest through its president, Senator
George f. Hoar, to the postmaster gen
eral against the recommendation that
the eight-hour law should be changed
so that the post Office employees may
be worked on Sunday up to the eight
hour limit.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
Buried in n n..anh.

Chico. Cal, Dee. 27.-While engaged
in digging a cut for a m;ner's trench
on Butte creek Frank cable and a
man named Conner were hurled under
IONS OF rock and earth After sew
eral hours, work the terribly NUT
lated body Of Conner MAS recovered.
tables body has not vot been found.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
Treaty Concluded.

Washington, Dec. 27.-The negotia-
tions which have been in progress for
some time between China and Mexico
for general treaty of trade, navi-
CATION and immigration have been
brought to a successful conclusion
here, and the formal signing of the
document completed at the Mexican
embassy
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
spanlsh Wnr 80.

Ne, New . York, Dec, PA special to the
Ire rreSs from Washington says Pen
a~ai,. ae tIy are pilipg up cases
aainse the government IS a result OF
ane war with Spain. Already $4,000
applications AZ =, have been fled On behalf
of the soldiers of the -. uisu war.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
,Iaae an Honorary rresl,,.,,,

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. %. Mrs. Williams
p. Lowe, of Atlanta, president of the
General Federation of Women's Climbs
has received notice of her appointment
as honorary president from America IF
the woman's board of the Paris exposi-
ton, and has notified Nine. Poquard
leader of the woman's department of
the exposition, of her acceptance.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28

sa washington, Dec. ssHlrbe urgent
a. os1 phe appropriaiion bill, the first
government e ss,as supply bills Tor . lnv
i made mn ans expenses, is practically,
abant u y, and ano the total Min amount 10
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
Loven Arms Company

Boston, Dec. 27.-The JONI 7,
Arms company assigned TO
Barnes. The failure is the rev.
collapse of the Globe nationa' s
this city, to which the conp
largely indebted.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
princeton Flag in the F.r 49,,

The Princeton college flag was at tba
masthead of the Peary relief-ship. alon J.
with the stars and stripes. and VS.
carried further north han any Amor
lean flag since 1871.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
ArbuckIes' Coffee
no. 90
Six Handkerchiefs.

Six Ladies Pocket HandkeT.
chiefs, hemstitched, colored bard
ers, size Il xlS inches. SentnosS-
paid on receipt of 2 cent
hostage stamp and 20 $40
natures cSt from wrappers az
Arbackles' Roasted Coffee. y
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28
First Fiag Pole on the Coast.

IN the highest ground Of long, low
nil distant about one mile to the west
ward of the little town of Iodega, IN
western Sonoma county, Cal, there
STANDS tall, somewhat decfepif REQ
wood flagstaff This ancient-looklng
poe Is about 60 feet in height, says the
Sdn francisco Bulletin, is bent Win
age and exposure, and is slowly decay
+ THAT plain, warped old REDWOOD
nagpole is the patriarch of al fagpcies
not only il California, but on the en-
s'Fe Pacific slope For it was the flTst
erected to fly the banner Of the union
."heIl California and all other terri
sosy u the same latitude from the IA
sslac 70 The Rockies we're taken posses
saon OF by the United States.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1899-12-28

This Is a picture OF the sig
nature on Arbuckles' Roasted
Coffee Wrapper. which YOU are
20 cut out and send TO Us as a
voucher.
10 other part Of the Coffee
Nirappef NIL be accepted as q
voucher, nor wiIl this Picture be
accepted as such.
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QUEEN VICTORIA IN HR HAPPIEsT ROLE.

Afrikander Ward is converted into gigan tic rubbish heap, as mighty tombstone for the shot-down authors of the monstrous deed."
 mat the military forces of the Boer gov ernment are capable of raging the town or Johannesburg is perfectlyl apparent to those who have watched the progress of events In the three years that have elapsed since Jameson's raid. No Indian Sepoy bound to cannon's mouth was ever more certain of most horrible death than are the residents of Johannesburg at the mo- ment war against them is declared. They may not, it is true, be bound to the can mons mouth. But they might as we'll be- for they are penned in by Boer fortresses as so many rates in trap.
 With that tireless energy and continual podding, which has ever been a charac- teristic of the race, the Boers have erected just outside the city and commanding 1t completely. large fortress. It is a re- markabe structure, considering that it has been erected in three years and Is fortified with no fewer than 100 of the most modern types of riflea cannon. The fortress stands on a hill and has one feature that marks 1t as singular among fortresses the world over. Instead of its guns pointing away from the city they all bear directly upon the town. And that is why the editor of the Rand Post can speak with so much &C.,
  town.'' The fortress was built to command the city--not defend 1t.
 It Is all very well for conservative Brltons to pooh-pooh the idea of the Boers rising against the English colonists on the ground that they have neither an army nor a sup ply of arms in the event of force being raised. The fact remains that the Boer fortress at Johannesburg Is as well fortified and garrlsoned as any force English troops would find to their cost If they attempted to storm It. Pretoria, the capital, which Is twenty-five miles north of Johannesburg, is so fortified as to be practically impregnable and the Boer army is an admirably equip ped and effective force of 45,00O men. These are things that cannot be brushed aside. They are quite as important and ever pres mt problems as the lodging of hansoms In the Strand. Like the sandwich men. they are always with us--that is, If we are inter csted in the South African question.
 TIC available English force of troops In South At:iaa consists of SO,uO0 men, and
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London, January 21.-Peace, calm, gentle peace, finds little favor either among the colonial correspondents among the big Lon don dailies or in the hearts of the great British public. They both dearly love a 'shindy"-both are equally desirous of Eng lands being a militant force among the worlds nations. And, it must be admitted, they go into any scheme that tends to keep Britannia's battlefags f1uttering in the wind, with all the force of your average Britisher, whether 1t be waxing Wroth over the extravagant price he has to pay for a bottle of "Baws' in some out of the way hole on the continent or the deep interest he has been recently taking in the threat ened outbreaks against the English colon- ists in the Transvaal. Recent events in the Boer country began to look promising, from the point of view of England militant, when the cables announced that Cecil Rhodes had sailed for "home" Militant England's ''lit- tie war; seemed averted.
 At the same time the editorial writers be- gan 10 point out that as Rhodes had out lived the enmity of a portion of the liberals and the non-conformists, it was more than likely that he would from thenceforth die tate the governments African policy. This policy" by the way, is interesting-and in a measure, iattering-to the average Amer ican. For it is not often in discussing the question of Great Britain's government of her, colonies that she ever thinks of taking a leaf out of the United States book Eng land dearly loves to play her own bat-aS the cricketing phrase has it-and therefore it is the more surprising to read these sen- tences from the lips of one of London's best
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informed men on South African matters. In speaking of the recent outbreak, he said:
 ''The logic of events Is driving England toward interference in the Transvaal even more strongly than the United States was driven to intervene in Cuba. President Kruger has become very friendly to Eng land since he lost his brief hope of German support, kindled by Emperor Williams tele- gram. He is probably an honest fanatic, but he Is in the hands of ring, all rich, whose object is to squeeze as much as pos- sible out of the foreigners"
 The threatened creation of Jameson day" proved to be flash in the pan. And Johannesburg did not witness the spectacle of the gallant doctor being burned in effgy. Since Jameson returned to South Africa inc has grown to be very popular with all classes of the people, and it is scarcely probable that he will jeopardize the repu- tation by repating the Jameson Raid" He Is perfectly well aware that the same frothy agitators who played at rebellion three years ago. who im2lored Jameson to come to their aid, and then fled Johannes burg when fighting seemed imminent are behind the present agitation. This lesson he learned then at their hands seems hard
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they can be mobiized on the Transvaal border in three days. It is well known to the English colonists, and their sympatnlz- fers still have in their possession the 3O,0O0 rifles which were bought by them before "the raid" and this in spite of the Tact that the president offered reward of $lO0,- 0O0 for information as to their whereabouts
 There is little likelihood that in the clos ing years of President Kruger's life he VIII ever have more difficult problems oi state to face than the adjustment of some such an affair as the trouble occasioned by his recent edict against piano playing and the wasing of pet dogs on Sunday, whlch aroused the women of Johannesburg into fine frenzy. But after his death-then those 30. 900 rifles are likely to come out or hiding; and hundreds of England's mothers VIII De mourning for their sons lying dead, out under the Southern Cross.
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ly likely to need to be impressed upon him again in this, the year of our Lord 1899.
 In the Transvaal, or in English discus sion over South African affa IFS, everything dates from "the Raid" That dashing ride of Jameson and his companions aroused a feeling of resentment among the Boers that even the pacific measures of President Kruger cannot assuage. And 1t smolders like volcanic fire bursting forth, as it did in the last weeks of December, with lur d light that turns the face of the civilized world toward the Cape of Good Hope. Pres ident Kruger is an old man. It is with foreboding that the average English states man looks forward to what may happen in his republic when he dies. The flash from the volcano will light up IS bier all too well. 7
 The shooting of the Englishman Edgar by a Boer policeman at Johannesburg, the subsequent indignation meeting at which B. 900 colonists gathered to memorialize the queen, the conciliatory attitude of the Boer republic notwithstand ng the hostile atti- tude of the government organ, the Rand Post, all combined to draw attention 10 the changes that have taken place around Jo- hannesburg in the three years that have elapsed since "the Rad" And, after hear ing of these changes it is easy to under stand what the Boer newspaper meant when, in discussing the prospect of a war with Great Britain, it said gr mlyl "That on the first British act of war the women and children at Johannesburg be given twenty-four hours to leave. and that the whole place be then razed and that the perpetrators of these turbulent proceedings, if caught, should be thrown into the deep shafts of their mines, with the debris of their machinery for costly shrouds and the whole of Johannesburg " Il eHult if 'ee
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steady old slow coach the human brain is. Notwithstanding all our talk about quick wits and flashes of intelligence the brain is not so easily thrown from it's accustomed ruts If, for instance, I ask a question which is entirely new to you, but which your honest old brain mistakes for query quite similar in construction, it will go right ahead and telegraph the reply in it's own hidebound way"
 That sounds interesting" said one of the guests, but show us an example"
 T will said the first speaker, with the proviso that you answer 1t promptly" He smiled and then without any haste quietly asked: "Who saved the life of Pocahon- tas?"
 John Smith!' roared twenty voices.
 You see," said the questioner
The age-herald., 1899-01-22
Perfidlous Man
From London Tit-Bits

From London Tit-Bits.
 Charlotte my dear, how Is it find you weeping? Have you had bad news from your husband?"
 'Oh, worse than that! My Arthur writes me from Carlsbad that he would die with ardent longings for me, were it not that he could gaze affectionately at my picture, and cover 1t with thousand kisses every day.
 ''That is really very nice of him.And pray Is it that you are crying for? I would give anything to have such poetic and tender ly loving husband as you have!"
 "Ah, yes, my Arthur is very poetical; but let me tell you that, just to try him, ] slipped my mothers photo into his travel ing bag instead of my own before he start ed"
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Just His Lay

From the Boston Transcript.
 Harlow-What rattle-brain Tibble is. If he was to answer for every idle word he ut ters in this life he'll be kept busy enough in the next.
 Barton-That's just his lay. The more idle words he utters here. the longer he will have the floor over there. It's pub licity he's after that's all.
The age-herald., 1899-01-22
HePr,ved His Point

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Al A little uptown gathering not long ago the guests played some simple games anu told ghost stories, and managed 10 nave good time in the old-fashioned way.
 Pretty soon one of the gentlemen salu'
 "I don't believe we appreciate What
The age-herald., 1899-01-22

Hoods Sarsaparilla cures catarrh by scl- entihcally attacking the disease through the blood.