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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Father Barzynski Dead.

CHICAGO, May 4.-The Rev. Vicente
Barzynski, pastor of st. Stanislaus
Catholic church, said to be the largest
Polish congregation in the world, out
side of Warsaw, is dead of pneumonia.
Father Barzynski was born in Sulisla-
vice, Poland, September 90, 1888. He
took part in the rebellion and when the
instruction was suppressed he was cor
cealed for IS months in q monastery
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
General Hampton Loses His Home.

COLUMBIA. S. c., May 4.-The home
of General Wade Hampton, in the SUBJ.
urbs of Columbia, was burned during
the day. There was no insurance en-
the property and a fine library contain
ing about 6 900 volumes was lost
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Republic Iron and Steel Company.

TRENTON, N. j., May 4.--Articles of
incorporation of the Republic Iron and
Steel company have been filed with the
secretary of state. The company has
an authorized capital stock of 500, 0O0.-
600, $50, 100000 is preferred, with per
cent cumulative dividends. Thirty-fve
companies unite to form this one.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Made Money in Alaska.

Dies MONIES, May 4.-Charles A.
Walsh, secretary of the Democratic ma
tional committee, has arrived at Seattle,
Wash, from Dawson City, Alaska, en-
route to his home at Ottumwa, La. 1t
is supposed that he has cleared up be-
tween $50, 900 and $4,000 during the
past wear.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Leather Trust Incorporated,

NEW YORK, May 4.-The American
Hide and Leather company was incor-
porated in the county clerks office in
Jersey City. 1t has capital of $40, O00,-
900, of which $50, 600, 900 is preferred.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04

DIES MONIES, Ia, May 4.-Copious
rains fell during the night in every
county of Iowa. Spring wheat, oats
and barley show a good stand.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04

geant William D. Birmingham, knee.
third Infantry May 2, G., Corporal
Jacob Fisher, abdomen, severe; NJ, Pri-
vate Frederick Miller, thigh, severe.
kllled-Thirteenth Minnesota-1st, F,
Private Frank Smith.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Anderson's New Command.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Brigadier Gen
sral Thomas Nj. Anderson, who returned
recently from the Philippines, has been
assigned to command of the Department
of the Lakes,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04

In Chicago Father Barzynski was tn
founder of many of the Polish organiza-
tons and charitable institutions, as well
as Polish Catholic churches in Chicago
and vicinity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Promot.d consul Bowen.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-The president
has appointed Herbert w. Bowen OF
New York as minister to Persia. Bowen
was consul general at Barcelona before
the Spanish war broke out.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04

Hahnemann medical college, Chicago,
and one of the most widely known
homeopathic practitioners of the world,
was stricken with heart disease while
performing an operation at the college
hospital. He died five minutes later.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Rain Gives Relief.

CHICAGO, May 4.+The heaviest rain
of the season visited Illinois, bringing
relief to winter wheat and corn which
have suffered severely from the dryest
april i'll % years. General rains are
also reported in Kansas and Nebraska.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Colorado Railroad Blocked.

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo, May 4.-Rail-
ways are completely blockaded as the
result of weeks snow storm here, No
mail has been received since last Satur-
dow
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Saturday, April 30.

In the women's whist tournament at
Washington the Minneapolis Journal
club won the Philadelphia cup.
Sam T. Jack, the we'll known theat-
rical manager, died st lTs1-7 York s:55
of cancer of the liver, aged Is years.
Judge Martin Of the 3ircnit court at
Little Rock has upheld tho constitu-
tionality of the Arkansas antitrust law.
Negotiations are pending for the con-
solidation of the Cramp Shipbuilding
company of Philadelphia and the Eng
lish firm of Vickers g Maxim.
In an altercation between w. A. Null
len, plantation overseer, and a gang
of negroes at Madison, Ala, Mullen and
one of the negroes were killed.
Judge Jenkins has ordered the sale of
that part of the land grants of the North
ern Pacific Railway company which lie
in Minnesota and North Dakota, east of
the Missouri river The sale will be
made Special Master Alfred l.. Carey.
The North Dakota lands will be sold at
Fargo and the Minnesota lands at st.
Paul,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Tuesday, May 2.


The public debt increased $23,0S1, 7O1
in April.
The United States has paid the $780,
600, 600 to Spain.
The first anniversary of Dewey's vic
tory was celebrated throughout the
country.
The 10th congress of the Sons of the
American Revolution is in session at
Detroit.
American women have started a
movement for q universal international
peace demonstration for May Is.
A consolidation Of the peanut indus
try of the country, under the control of
single company with capital of $5,-
600, 900, is about to be effected.
DR.. Reuben Ladlam,. president Of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Monday. MAY 1.


King Leopold Of Belgium will visit
the United States.
Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset,
eighth duke of Beaufort, is dead.
Indiana experienced severe earth
quake shocks Saturday night.
General Otis has been instructed to
discharge every volunteer in the Phil.
ippines who applies.
General Harrison Gray Otis, has ar
rived at San Francisco. General Otis
speaks in high terms of the volunteers
in the Philippines.
Lieutenant o. E. Lasner, U. S. NJ,
who was thrown from his trap while
out driving with his 6-year old son at
Monterey, CAL. on April 81, has died of
his injuries. He was native of New
York. aged 20 years.
A. N. Miller, vice president of the re-
Gently failed bank at Golden, Ills, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
twice in the head. Recently creditors
of the bank filed suits against Miller,
aggregating $4,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
Friday. Anril RS.

FRIDAY, ADFl1 20.
Surveyors are at Bismarck to begin
surveying the new Washburn line from
Bismarck to Washburn.
Philadelphia equestrian statue of
General Grant has been unveiled.
President Mckinley made an address.
Marcus Daily has been elected presi-
dent Of the new copper combine, known
as the Amalgamated Copper company,
capitalized at $75, 100000
Fifty or sixty people We're killed by "a
cyclone at Kirksville, Mo-, and Is at
Newtown, same state. Deaths from
the same cause have also occurred near
Onawa, la.
A New York Herald Manila special
states that General Lima, Aguinaldo's
chief of staff, has sent an insurgent
colonel through the lines under a flag of
truce to ask for a cessation of hostilities.
General Lawton has planned to trap
! the Filipinos by entering Calumpit from
the north. The fighting continues
General Macarthur winning a brilliant
victory in consequence Of daring
| achievement by Colonel Funston Of
/ Kansas
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Thursday, ADril FL.


Ex-Premier Gerlachstein of Austro-
Hungary is dead.
The cruiser Marblehead has sailed
from San Lucia for Barbados to the
Pacific station.
The Union Match company, with a
capital of $40, 900, 900, has fled articles
of incorporation at Trenton, N. j.
An examination shows that 1926, 000
in bogus revenue stamps were used in
the Jacobs cigar factory at Lancas-
ter, Pa.
The appearance of yellow fever at
Bahia, Brazil, is announced in dis
patch to the state department from
United States Consul Furniss at that
place.
On Monday next the wages of car
penters in Denver will be increased 80
cents day, making the minimum days
wages $500. Abont 500 men are af-
fected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-04

This Womnn's Curiosity Is Only Tenn
pOrarily Suppressed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-02
TROPHY OF THE CIVIL WAR.
A Confederate State Flag That Was
Captured by the Late Capt.
HIOOre's Company.

A frayed and faded flag, seized by the
hand of a northern soldier from the
| hand of a southern rebel, was folded
away 20 years ago, after the death of
the soldier to whom it belonged. Henry
Moore, a Vermonter, living at Leaven-
worth, Kan, at the commencement OF
the civil war, was enlisted as lieuten-
ant in the Third Kansas cavalry, army
of the northwest, under Gen. Montgom-
cry, the Fifth and Third. having been
consolidated. Lieut.. Moore was pro-
NOTED to a captaincy for bravery and
courage and served under Maj. Gen.
Ousterhouse, Col. Clayton serving in
the same regiment at the time. Capt.
Moore also served under Gen. James
Lane.
Capt. Moore was injured internally
and at the close of the war came north
and received an appointment in the
second auditors department of the
treasury, where he remained seven
years, when he resigned, as the close
application impaired his sight. He re-
turned to Arkansas, where he died in
1879, and was buried at Little Rock.
Capt. Moore's company captured
confederate flag from the Seventh reg
iment, commanded by Gen. Dockery.
One-half of the flag was red, the other
part blue and white; now, however, it
is yellow from age. Across the top of
the red square is the date, May 20, ITS,
and across the bottom May 20, 1861. In
the center is a single star. On the re-
verse side of the flag is: Seventh Reg
iment, n. Carolina State Troops
This war trophy is still in the posses
sion of Capt. Moore's widow, resident
of Brooklyn. Mrs. Moore also possesses
the guidon that was carried by her hus-
bands company during the civil war
RrOO1S1Vn FaUle
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-02
THE TRUE ACCOUNT.
story of the Stealing of B. & o. En-
gines at Martinsburg, w. Va,
During the War.

There have been various stories writ
ten about the stealing of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad engines at Martins
burg, W. Va, during the civil war and
their transfer across the country for
service on southern railroads by Col.
Thomas Sharp, who is still living in
Ohio.
Recently, an official of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad made some inquiries of
old employees who were at Martinsburg
at the time the incident happened, and
they say that on June 10, 1861, 200 men
of Gen. StonewalI Jackson's command
were detailed to destroy the Baltimore
& Ohio's equipment at Martinsburg.
They piled wood and coal over Al en-
gines and nearly 400 cars and then set
fire to them. Only ten or twelve of
the engines, however, were seriously
damaged, and these not by the fire, but
because the water was first let out of
the boilers. Col. Sharp arrived in Mar
tinsburg on August IS, 1861, and re-
manned there until the following March,
engaged in removing engines, ma
chinery, etc. He took eight engines
across the country over the turnpike,
either to Staunton, Winchester or
Strasburg (and there are some his
torians who disagree on this point), 80
horses being required to haul each en-
CINE. He also removed all the dupIi-
cate parts of engines and cars and all
the wrought iron at the station, and
took away all machinery and tools,
which were afterwards used in the
southern arsenaIs. The country around
Martinsburg is extremely billy, and the
work of getting the engines over the
country roads required considerable en-
gineering ability.
1t has been currently reported in late
years that one of the locomotives was
the Winans camel-back, No. 90, which
at that time was numbered II, but Col
Sharp did not care for this class of en-
gines, and took only ten-wheel and pas
senger engines. There was only one
eight-wheel locomotive taken, and that
was No. "a.
Some years after the war Col. Sharp
was employed on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad as master of transportation.
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based his demand for regulating the
status of foreigners residing within the
limits of the republic.
The injustice of the British claim
speaks for itself, but it is further en-
phasized by the fact that the ''outland-
ers'' are not only to be permitted TO con-
troll the elections in the Transvaal, but
that they shall at the same time lose
none of their rights as British subjects,
nor be compelled to take an oath of ale
glance to the republic. The preposter-
business of such proposition cannot fail
to appeal forcibly to every American
citizen. not one of whom would for a
moment consent to have Englishmen,
Germans. Frenchmen and Italians re-
siding within the United States exercise
the right of franchise without assum-
ing the responsibilities as well as the
advantages of American citizenship.
Had President Kruger accepted the
Chamberlain proposals the TransvaaI
would have ceased to be an independent
state and Great Britain would no longer
have been the ''suzerain,' but the ''soV-
ereign" power. The fact of the matter
is that since hostilities have begun Eng
Iish authorities have spoken of nothing
but sovereignty, the more Objectionable
term ''suzerainty" having been rele-
gated to the archives of the foreign and
colonial offices at London.
Whatever one may think of the Beers,
their customs and their ways, their his
tory has been one long struggle for in
dependent existence; and theirinitiative
in issuing an ultimatum to their power
full enemy surprised nobody, least of all
the war faction in England. President
Kruger, whose little republic was being
surrounded by a chain of armed sol
diery, could not afford to wait until the
enemy was strong enough to crush his
army of burghers in one great pitched
battle. He realized as we'll as his OPP
ponents that his only chance of secur-
ing an honorable peace depended upon
quick action and the complete route of
the British forces now in Natal and
other border colonies. a single over
whelming defeat would mean the de-
struction of Boer rule in South Africa
and the conversion of the free Trans
vaal into a British colony.
Surprise has been expressed in some
quarters that the Orange Free State,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-02
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

If possible, raise your own cows, but
if you have to buy, test every animal
before you purchase, by milking her
yourself.
It takes years of perseverance and
experience to build up a good dairy,
but only a few weeks of mismanage-
ment to tear it down.
a thunderstorm is looked upon as an
adept in the art of souring milk, but [
dread a careless milk-pan washer much
more.
If some dairymen would let political
fences alone and repair their farm
fences prosperity would come to them
galore.
Of late years we hear less and less
about the WORKOUT lands of the east
ern states. Why? Because they are
being rejuvenated into some of the most
profitable dairy farms in America.
The butter maker who tries to pro-
duce good butter and cheese from moor
milk has harder task before him than
reaching the north pole. Dairymen,
take note of this, as you aerate your
milk, and wash and scald the dairy
utensils.-American Cultivator.
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an absolutely independent Dutch-Af-
rican republic, should have decided to
cast its lot with the struggling Beers OF
the TranSvaal. Such step, however,
was but natural. The two republics
have not only been bound together by
an offensive and defensive alliance for
years, but the absorption of the South
African republic would inevitably lead
to the extinction of the Orange Free
State. The burghers of the latter COM
mOnwealth, after the fourth ''trek,'' de-
feated the British at BloemfOntein, in
1S49, and founded republic. The Brit
ish troops then in Africa were unable to
cope successfully with the indignant
frontiersmen; and when, in 1850, the
warlike Kaffirs threatened to annihi-
late the discouraged English garrisons
the London government acknowledged
the complete independence of the Or
ange Free State, at the mercy of whose
troops was the life of every Englishman
in the southern part of the African con-
tinent.
England has never forgiven the de-
feat at observation-disclosures those at
Laing's Neck and on Majuba hill-and
the Boer population of all South Africa
berlain and his cohorts was not in
was rather the final move in contest
for absolute control over the gold and
diamond fields of the Rand.
Back of Chamberlain then stand or
ganized capital and organized rapacity,
fortified by military hatred and unpa-
triotic jingoism. Back of Presiden Kru-
ger lofty patriotism raises its banners.
In such a struggle the sympathy of the
world especially that of a free people
is with the under dog; not because he
is an especially lovable creature, but
because he stands for liberty and self
government.
What the outcome of the conflict will
be, who can tell? Great Britain, it is
true, can dispatch hundreds of thou
sands of troops to South Africa; and
the men who wear the scarlet livery of
the queen are brave fighters, even in an
unholy cause. But they viii be con-
fronted by 10000 men who are fghtin G
for their native land, their families and
their homes and who, although not pro-
ficient in military drill, know how to
shoot and how to harass regular troops.
OF course, should the British succeed
in defeating the Beers within the next
month the Transvaal republic and Or
ange Free State would cease to exist.
Should the Afrikanders be able to hold
out for six months or longer perpetual
independence would seem assured.
Much depends on the loyalty to the
British crown of the Dutch element in
Cape Colony. There are thousands of
them able to bear arms, and should they
conclude to make common cause with
their brethren of the north, England
would have to send huge armies to AZ
RIGA to hold her own.
C. w. wEIPPIERT.
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coNvINcING ARGUMENT.
some Points which the Opponents q
Road Improvement would Do
wen to Consider.


The country roads of the United
States are probably in worse condl-
ton than in any other thoroughly civ
ilized country. This is not due alto
gether to neglect or lack of material.
but is due somewhat to the undeveloped
condition of the country in. general
The cost of primary transportation, to
the railroads, in rural districts is often
greater than the remaining transpor-
tation of hundreds of miles. In many
cases the expense of primary transpor-
tation precludes the possibility of grow
ing perishable crops. But that is only
one phase of the subject. 1t is agreed
that mans social instincts must be fa-
vored and cultivated if he is to keep up
with the advancement of the times
Bad roads interfere most seriously with
society, education and religion, and for
this reason if for none other, it will
pay the people of county, in hard
cash, to repair the roads, or build new
ones. Among other improvements that
follow fast upon the improvements OF
country roads is the rural free mail de-
livery. This, with the increased fa~
cilities for travelling and transporta-
ton, and the heightened value of lands,
will certainly repay all trouble and ex-
pense in BODYBUILDING. The process of
centralizing the country school would
be greatly accelerated by good roads.
Bad roads are the great obstacle. for
as roads are now, hauling the children
to the township center is impossible in
many places. The two good roads and
centralized schools = are, reciprocal
The one promotes the other. The cost
of improved roads is the mountain in
the way of realization. But this noun
tain would become mole-hill if APP
preached fearlessly. If the present gem
Grafton would make up its mind to bear
part of the cost and enjoy the bene-
fits the difficulty would disappear. The
improvement must come, sooner or
later. If the farm does not pay part
of the cost during the fathers lifetime,
it must pay it during the sons lifetime
and ownership or the grandson's. Why
wade through mud, yourself, for ten,
20 or so years, and then leave your
farm in the mud? You can leave your
children a far better legacy by pro-
noting this one great improvement,
and you can enjoy its benefits and adj
vantages yourself. A farmer of our ac-
quaintance recently put up a monu-
ment for himself and wife, with names
and dates of birth all engraved, and
space left for date of death. 1T has
to be done,'' he said, land it must be
paid for by the farm. think I can do
it now as well as my children could do
it after I am gone, and perhaps bet
ter, and at less cost. Besides, L have
the satisfaction of knowing it is done,
and well done" This is the kernel of
the argument in favor of good roads
improvement.-Ohio Farmer.
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South Africa; and the Transvaal
agreed to pass a new franchise law and
to refer other subjects to international
arbitration.
Instead of meeting the Beers half
way, Secretary Chamberlain and his
personal representative in Africa, Sir
Alfred Miner, prevented a peaceful set
Element by charging their demands
every time President Kruger made a
concession; and when finally the main
point at issue was reduced to misun-
derstanding between a five-year and a
seven-year franchise law Secretary
Chamberlain, without any provocation
whatsoever, raised the question of
-'suzerainty." But before resorting to
this clearly unjust and dishonest dodge,
he had caused the British war office to
dispatch thousands of troops to the
Transvaal frontier.
At no stage of the diplomatic transac-
tons between the two countries did the
Transvaal question the supremacy of
Great Britain; its representatives at the
various conferences insisting merely
upon domestic independence, which
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-11-02
THE WAR IN AFRICA.
1t Was Forced Upon the Beers by
Secretary Chamberlain.
zDnbiased History of the Events
Which Led to the UItimatum
of President KrugerEnE-
lands IgnObIe Part.
Especial Correspondence

Now that state of actual war exists
Between the South African republic
and Great Britain it behooves the peo-
EpIe of other nations to review dispas-
sionateIy the causes which led up to
the conflict.
Whatever ones personal prejudices
may be, it is always well to look upon
doth sides of a great historical ques-
ton; and in this instance the impartial
-aobserVer-be he American or English
man-is compelled to admit that the
Beers were forced into beginning hos
Utilities by the hypocritical and unfair
policy of Joseph Chamberlain, British
secretary for the colonies, into whose
hands the Salisbury government placed
the settlement of the Transvaal diff
entity.
The original complaint, of which the
present war is the result, was the al
legged discrimination of the Boer gov
eminent against the ''outlanders," or
foreign residents, of the republic who
were heavily taxed and yet had no voice
AN the administration of either local or
general affairs. This complaint came to
the British colonial office in the form of
a petition signed by British subjects re-
siding in the South African republic;
and was made by Secretary Chamber
lain the preteXt for undermining the
stability and independence of the Boer
government, in direct violation of the
convention of 1884, which guaranteed
to the Transvaal absolute independence
in the management of international af-
fairs.
A demand made upon President
Kruger to redress the grievances of the
dissatisfied foreigners resulted in a con-
ference between himself and Sir Alfred
Miner, British high commissioner to