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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-19

s movement Of cotton Liverpool during the week
ending to-day. as compared Win previous
y fl.-rNs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-19
Railroads.
PENNSYLVANIA

STATIONS foot OF West Tvsnty-thrd Street and ps'-
brosses and Cortiandt Streets.
OThe leaving time from Desbrosses ana
Cortinndt streets Is i've minutes Inter than
that given below for Twenty-thtrd street
station, except where otherwise noted.
G.55 A. VI. FAST MAIL.-Imited BGiet Parlor
Cars New York 20 Pittsburg. Sleeping Car Pittsours
% Chicago. No coaches 10 PittsDurs
500 A. NJ. FAST LINE.-Pittshurg and Cleveland
300 A. VI. PENNSYLVANIA BlMiTED-Pui1ah
Compartment Sleeping Dining. smoking ard obssrva-
zion Cars For Chicago. Cleveland. Toleoo. Cincinnati
lnd9napolis, Louisville. ST. Louis. -.-.o, -.
LOO y. VI. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EMPIRES oF
Louisville (va CincinnatD Indianapolis chicago St
Louis.
5.55 -. VI. WESTERN EXPREss.-For Chicago. For
Toledo except SATURDAY. ,,....
7.55 r. VI SOUTHWEsTERN EXPREss.-For Pits
burg, Cleveland. Nashville tya CinennatD bodissiis'
indianapolis. 81 Louis
100 y. VI. PACIFIC EXPRESSLY FtisoVrg. ana
Chicago For Knoxville. daily. via Shenandoah Naiey
Route Connects for Cleveland except SATURDAY.
$40 p VI. tDesbrosses Cortandt streets go p NJ
MAI. AND ENPRESS.-Pullmsn Buffet Sleeping al
New York 20 Altoona. East Liberty, Plttsours' anu
points West daily except Sunday. No coaches
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-19

Cotton Exchange special Liverpool cabies Sp 800:
srner. ssi@s 600 bales: specua tion>and e1poI
Arecsn COZ receipts GOO American 600 nioalfSS
ynIsrd T1sd Futures opened steady, buyers al -
afvsnce, Closed steady "a 64d264d net
eenlber-January 3l74b; January re Aprii-May
sislzs Msy-June 2Ob. June-July 3zls, Aus COS DC
Angus sepfernher 321izs: September OCTOBER i'm
tooer- NCvember 3Is4b. NOvember-lece ilDeI .ia,,,
Nanehester-Ysrns quiet but steady Clotns NJ ens,rg
Compsrative cotton statement for the "erA '
August Il: Bales
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-19

Receipts Of breadstufs interior points IN thousands
foil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-19

the total net receipts OF cotton at all
- tSQG.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
CONTINUES HIS ADVANCE.
Gen. Young DemOralizing the Insur-
gents-Cayalry Swims River
and Captures n Town.

Washington, Nov. Gable adyices
to the war department Tuesday indi-
cate that Gen. Young's column is stead
lily continuing its advance, in spite of
unfavorable conditions. A cablegram
from Gen. Otis says:
"Young's advance north and east Ca
banatuan; will occupy Talavera and prob
ably Aliaga to-day, objective San Jose
and Carranglan: wet season has rendered
roads in thar section impracticable for
wagon transportation and progress diff
cult"
Manila, Nov. 2.-All signs show that
Gen. Young's rapid advance is democrat
izing the insurgents northward. Pris-
oners report them to be fleeing to the
hills There are many deserters and
sick men, and the former are taking
their arms to the Americans. The cav
alry's rapid movements are a puzzle to
the insurgents, who think that the
Americans, in striking so many places,
must have overwhelming forces.
Manila, Nov. 4.-Chase's troops, of
the Third cavalry, and Rivers troop, of
the Fourth cavalry. swan the river and
surrounded the garrison at Bongbong,
entering the town. The enemy es-
capel. Six rifles and quantity of am
munition were captured. Cashiers
scouts had a skirmish with insurgents
near Aliago, killing five.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
WILL FIGHT THE LAW.

The supreme court having upheld the
Grindeland law. the commission men are
preparing to continue the fight. The law
requires them to give a bond and pro-
Vides other irksome regulations relative
to the conduct of their business Palmer
& Beck, the st. Paul attorneys who
fought the Redpath case in the courts,
have been instructed to apply to the SUI
preme court for a rehearing. Until the
law is knocked out or materially
amended. the commission men say they
will be practically out of business
AT the present time many dealers de-
clare their intention of giving up entire
ly the commission business. as long as
the present law stands. What they handle
in the future will be bought outright
One prominent commission man stated
that the many so-called commission deal
ers in the city OF Minneapolis did not in
reality handle much goods on commits
sion, and he went so far as to say that
the business done on commission on the
produce exchange did not amount to 10
per cent of the volume of the business
There are three points in the law that
the court did not decide upon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
FOUND BY ACCIDENT.
The Strange Case of Harvey w.
Rogers, of Buffalo, N. Y.
Left His Comfortable Home Twenty
Three Years Ago and Has Since
Been an Absolutely Aim
less Wanderers.
[snecial Washington letter.

Students of mental philosophy are
often baffied when they try to explain
some of the peculiar workings OF the
human intellect. There are ample evi-
dences of the fact that some men have
dual natures; and many men OF re-
search and profound thought beiieve
that every human being is so endowed.
Some Investigators claim that eacn
lobe of the brain is in some degree IN
dependent of the other, and that good
impulses come from one lobe OF the
brain, while bad impulses come from
the other. Some scientists assert that
if subjects could be found, who would
permit surgical operations, so that one
lobe of the brain might be removed,
in that manner they could discover
which is the good and which the bad
side of the human thinking machinery.
Lapses of memory are well authenti-
Gated. and intellectual freaks abound
in the daily experiences OF observant
men.
Twenty-three years ago last Septem-
Der Harvey w. Rogers, railroad sta
ton agent at Hamberg, suburb OF
Buffalo, n. Y, left his position, home,
friends and comfortable fortune TO
go TO the Centennial exposition in
Philadelphia He has since been a
wanderer up and down the country,
from one extreme to the other, but has
never returned TO his home. Not once
in that time did he communicate with
his relatives, and they, hoping almost
against hope that he was still alive,
have been steadfastly searching for
him for more than a score of years.
Their diligence was rewarded one day
recently. when a meeting between
Rogers and his family was effected at
the office of his attorney in this city.
1t was through the efforts of the lat
ter that Rogers sisters were enabled
to find their long-lost brother and that
they came here from Buffalo to meet
him. Their recognitions were mutual,
and while the women wept for JOY, the
old man was so overcome by emotion
that for few moments he could hard
ly speak.
The story of the eventful life of the
old man, now 90 years of age, is an inter
esting narrative. His father was
well-to-do farmer in Erie county, and
possessed a fine tract of land in what
is now a growing suburb of Buffalo.
When Rogers was a boy the land was
reckoned to be worth about $50 an
acre; now $4,000 would scarcely pur-
chase that much of it. When young
man he enlisted in the Ninth New York
cavalry, and served throughout the
civil strife. There the romance of his
nature developed. The home life was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
MINNESOTA NEWS.
WILL TEST THE LAW.


The report comes from Duluth that the
assessors of that city will next spring be
ordered to place upon the county tax rolls
all railroad property of whatsoever ma
ture, with a view to collecting taxes
thereon for the exclusive benefit of St.
Louis county
II w explained that this course has been
suggested by reason of a decision recent
iy rendered by the supreme court of
Iowa, in which 1t was held that a gross
earnings tax upon insurance companies
was unconstitutional. Inasmuch as the
constitution of the state of Iowa is en-
tirely different from that of Minnesota,
II Is not easy to conceive why the Duluth
people should obtain the impression that
their proposed action would be success
full
The railway gross earnings tax has
been in vogue in Minnesota many years
and has proved highly satisfactory in the
main, and it would be rather surprising
II supreme court could be found to
sanction any decision declaring it uncon-
stftutional 1t is known, however, that
Duluth is eager to abrogate the system
and substitute some method which would
be of benefit to itself
In st. Louis county there are enormous
railroad interests. and it would mean
thousands of dollars of taxes in the
treasury of the county. In fact, any sys-
tenn of direct taxation. under which the
taxes would be paid into the treasures
of the different counties, would be of
great benefit to all large cities. the larger
the city. the greater the benefit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
NEWS IN RRIEE.

Moritz Butler, a st. Paul tailor, made
| a sensational attempt to murder Miss
Julia Wittgraf. The cause of the act
according to Butler, is that the woman
took his position. He was employed by
the Minnesota Tailoring Company, end
says that he there taught her the bust
ness. Then she took the position, doing
the work or $40 that he had received SIS
for.
Capt. Alfred s. Morgan, formerly of Co.
L, 18th Minnesota regiment, has been or
dered to report at San Francisco.
While excavating a sewer at Owatonna
Charles Bowman was buried and nearly
crushed to death.
The business men of Luverne claim that
competition in grain is dead, and as
remedy propose to build an elevator.
The patrol wagon at Central police sta
ton in Minneapolis had 80 calls in the
month of October.
G. Cowles has been awarded the con-
tract of 1892 to carry mail from st. Paul
to Fort Smelling.
Griffin Morris has resigned from the
state board of grain inspection.
]. b. Johnson's store at Warwick a
suburb of Minneapolis, was burglarized
five times in a month.
AS a result of the state school land
sale at Winona, 2l1 acres were sold, net
ting the state s1,1S9.25. Bidding was not
very lively.
While Mrs. W. J. Wyman. of Dodge
Center, was at her work her clothes
caught fire and were utterly consumed,
burning her body to crisp.
The University of Minnesota has been
pjVpn the third nlaPa N inf of at+
ance of universities and colleges in the
United States by the Philadelphia Post
Its attendance is larger by several hun
dred than any other university in the
West with the exception of Michigan.
which ranks second. Harvard has 1900
students, Michigan $500 and Minnesota
slightly over 5000
Minnesota has won the National Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union banner
for the promotion of temperance work at
fairs and eXpositions.
Conrad Jackson. a journeyman tailor.
committed suicide by throwing himself
In front of Minneapolis street car He
was frghtfu!ly mangled
E. A. Keepers. manager and butter
maker of the Albany Creamery Com
pany. Albany, was struck by an east
killed.
Two heavy freights on the Northern
Pacific crashed together at Carlton in the
yard limits. Three engines and twenty
box cars are piled together forty feet
high. No one was injured. The air
brakes failed to work on the eastbound
train. The train crews jumped.
L. L. May, the st. Paul florist and
scotsman, has purchased the Thornton
farm of 24o acres. in the town of Alton.
for $4,000. Mr.. May will establish a
nursery and seed farm there
In saloon row at Madelia a stranger
attempted to stab one Fitzpatrick. He
missed Fitzpatrick and accidentally
drove the knife into Dan Bohan's side.
A mob chased the man with clubs. but
the police caught him and locked him up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
CANNOT MOVE.

The state game and fish commission
has no authority to use any part of its
annual appropriation of $4,000 for the
purpose of erecting new buildings for the
fish hatchery at the Itasca state park ac-
cording to an opinion written by Atty
Gen. Douglas. The commission had about
decided to move the hatchery from st.
Paul to the park in question as soon as
new buildings could be put up.
Under the present agreement the state
is paying nearly the value of the pres
ent site every month in rent. and has
been doing so for over eight years. The
present buildings occupied by the hatch
cry are mere shells. In view of the at
torney-generals decision. however, the
hatchery will remain at Willow Brook
until the expiration of the present con-
tract in 1901.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
THE WAR IN AFRICA.
New Light Thrown on the Beers by
an American Writer.
The Two Republics Are Well Pre-
pared for War Neither side
Wants the Help of Native
Black Warriors.
Ispcclal Co-respondence.l


Toward &. Hillegas is the name of the
author of new book on the Beers of
South Africa. He calls himself an
American. whose pride in the Anglo
Saxon race causes him to wish there
were more justice and less venom in the
alleged grievances of the Uitlanders,"
which led to the existing war between
Great Britain and the two Dutch re-
publics.
Mr.. HiHegas has lived among the
Beers for many years and is bold
enough to compare their early history
with that of the Pilgrim fathers. The
Dutch and Huguenot refugees who set
tied at Cape Town made their journey
about the same time as the Pilgrims
sailed, and for the same purpose. They
conquered the warlike natives and es-
tablished homes, living happily and
contentedly until after the Napoleonic
wars, which left South Africa in the
hands of England. Four times British
rapacity compelled them to move and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10

to him rather shiftless and aimless, and
he became imbued with the spirit of a
wanderer However, he returned home
after the war was over and went to
work for the railroad.
His father died, some of the estate
was sold, and by economy Rogers man
aged to acquire considerable sum of
money. He kept an account in the
savings bank, loaned money on mort
cages, had a good position as station
agent and became well-to-do. Still he
was never wholly contented.
During the centennial year he start
ed for Philadelphia, fully expecting and
intending to return after spending a
few weeks at the exposition. He took
with him only enough funds to pay
the expenses of an economical trip. for
he was never a spendthrift, but rather
frugal and modest in his wants. Weeks
went by, and finally they lapsed into
months, but no tidings came from
Rogers. His sisters, with whom he
lived, waited anXiously for his return.
Finally they wrote to Philadelphia and
asked the authorities to find their miss
ing brother.
No man who answered his descrip-
ton could be found; in fact. no trace
of him was discovered, and the family
continued to hope that he was still
alive. Still no message came from him,
although they could see no reason why
he should remain away and still less
why. if alive, he should be silent.
Year after year passed, but from time
to time the family continued the
search for the missing relative. Once.
during the first Inauguration of Pres
ident Cleveland, some Buffalo people
reported to Rogers sisters that they
had seen him in this city. Again hope
was revived and efforts were made to
follow up the trail, but to no purpose.
The police in large cities were asked
time and again to look out for him.
In his wanderings Rogers frequently
came into Washington. In fact, he has
been in almost every town of any con-
siderable size in both Maryland and
Virginia. Upon one of these trips he
went to the office of a Mr.. Git, to have
him intercede for him in obtaining a
pension. The attorney, however, had
no knowledge of his clients wander
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10

ings. In this city Rogers also met Capt.
Wooley, of the post cffice department,
who was the commander of one of the
companies in Rogers regiment during
the war. He, too, was in ignorance of
the fact that the former soldier was
wanderer from home and that his fam
lily was endeavoring to find him.
After laying his case before the at
torney Rogers again disappeared, and
even his attorney did not know his
whereabouts for long time. One day,
however, he learned that one of the
Buffalo congressman had received
request from Rogers sisters, asking
him to make inquiries concerning their
brother, whom they had once more
learned had been seen.
Mr.. GIFT assured the congressman
that Rogers was still alive, and he made
renewed efforts to find him. For long
time he was unsuccessful. Finally he
again found his clients trail and fol-
lowed it to Danville, Va. There Rogers
was discovered, and induced to come to
Washington to meet his sisters, who
were advised of the success of the at
torney's search, and FASTENED to this
city to see their long lost relative.
Why Rogers never returned to his
home and never wrote to his friends
he himself is unable to explain. He is
bright but somewhat eccentric old
man, amiable, but aimless. He tells
many interesting stories of his travels
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10

increasingly. In those 20 rounds JEFF
fries great weight and Drawn helped
him to hold off the sailor, and in the
twenty-second round he swung in
couple of vicious uppercuts that made
Sharkey groggy. Tom came back again
in the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth,
but he was weakened greatly by JEFF
fries vicious blows One minute before
the gong sounded to end the fight JEFF
fries left glove came off, and practical
ly the contest was over.
A preliminary event of ten rounds at
12S pounds preceded the big event and
Kid Goulette, of Rochester, who looked
great deal like Jeffries on small
scale, was beaten by Tommy Moran,
of BROOKLYN.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10

of the armament required by the plans
whole country was placed on war foot
ing. Every important strategic posi-
ton was made as impregnable as mod
ern skill and arms could make it. and
every farmers cottage was supplied
with arms and ammunition, so that the
volunteer army might be modified in
a day."
President Kruger and his friend,
President Steyn of the Orange Free
State, knew years ago that their strug-
gle for independence could not be de-
layed beyond certain period. Every
gold discovery brought the critical mo-
ment nearer, every mineral deposit
opened by adventurous foreigners
weakened the political existence of the
Boer governments. They were probably
as well prepared for war when Presi-
dent Kruger issued his naughty ultima
tum as they ever could hope to be, and
their wisdom in forcing Great Britain's
hand just now is not questioned by
military authorities.
The general staff of the British army
has at no time underestimate either
the resources or the valor of the Beers.
This is evidenced by the gigantic war
preparation now going on and by the
calling out of the English reserves, the
latter a proceeding resorted to only in
the most critical times. That Great
Britain feels itself compelled to send its
entire available army force to subdue
two little countries, whose entire white
population does not exceed 100000, is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10
GIVEN THE DECISION.
Champion JeHries OutpOints Shar-
key I'm Fierce Fight That Lasts
the Limit of % Rounds.

Ringside, Coney Island Sporting Club,
". Y, Nov. flames j. Jeffries re-
tains the championship of the world.
Referee George Siler giving him the
decision at the end of the twenty-ffth
round over Sailor Tom Sharkey at the
Coney Island Sporting club Friday
night. 1t was one of the most marvel
Gus battles that has taken place, and
the greatest crowd that ever gathered
in the Coney Island clubhouse wit
messed the desperate struggle for SUI
premacy.
In five rounds Jeffries had the better
of the fight, in the first two and in the
last three. During the other 20 Shar
key forced the issue, and like bull ter
rier was at his man with both hands
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-11-10

and experiences with people and af-
fairs. For 30 years he has worked in
one place and another, both in cities
and in the country, although a large
portion. of the time he has Travelled with
circuses. For several seasons he was
with Barnum & Bailey; then he was
with Adam Forepaugh, and again with
two or three other travelling shows,
and thus wandered up and down the
country, through many states and hun
dreds of towns.
A phase of his carelessness is Illus
trated by fact in connection with his
arrest while upon one of his periodical
visits to this city. He was taken into
custody as a vagrant, merely because
he stood upon the street thoughtlessly
gazing at one of the public buildings,
and because he told policeman, in an
swer to his queries, that he had NO
home and wasn't going anywhere in
particular.
When searched at the police station
large amount of money was found in
his pockets. Notwithstanding, he
was sent to the workhouse, from which
place he was released through the eff
forts of Mr.. GIFT. Still Rogers never
returned to the police department to
ask for his money, and it remains in
the hands of the authorities.
Rogers has concluded to return to
Buffalo and secure possession of the
money and estate which has long been
held for him by his sisters. The inter
est upon the several thousand dollars
which he had in savings bank has
caused the amount to his credit in that
institution to double during his alb
sence. His mortgages have been re-
newed by his sisters, and his property
held intact so that he will have COM
Portable fortune, the income from
which should support him in luxury
for the remainder of his years. He ex-
pressed the desire, however, when all
his financial matters have been settled
up, to come back to Washington and
take up his residence in this city.
He remembers leaving home, remem-
beers that he intended to return, and re-
members that he was attracted to cir
Gus life, upon witnessing an interest
ing performance, and remembers that
he sought employment in order to be
with the circus. Beyond that he knows
of no reason why he should have left
his home and relatives, and remained
away from them so long.
This is not only an interesting case
story worth telling-but it is one
worthy of note by students of intel
lectual phenomena. The secret to this
story may never be written; but it
would be exceedingly interesting tc
know what impulses will control or di-
rect the future movements of this sin
gular man. There are no indication:
nor traces of insanity or disease of the
brain. And yet the case would be well
worthy careful scrutiny in the future,
in order that we might know the sub
sequent phenomena.
The story of DIR. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde
is no longer to be regarded as marvel
Gus bit of the work of the Imagination
of novelist. Every day life is filled
with such mysteries.
SMITH D. FRY.
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From these figures, and the further
fact that the British have heretofore
triumphed in but one battle-that of
Bloomphats, in 1S4S-over the Dutch
Afrikanders, Mr.. Hillegas concludes
that the numerical strength of the
European forces now in the field in
South Africa does not carry as much
weight as many military critics seem
to accord to it. To still further empha-
size the bravery of the Beers the author
Zulu war in which they defeated $4,000
native warriors with force of but 400.