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The National tribune., 1899-11-30
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
British Relief Column Advances-Gen.
Methuen's Victory.
WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The Transvaal situation is more compli-
Gated. and heavy fighting is soon expected.
The main points last week were the success
full advance of Gen. Methuen toward Kim
berley, and the arrival of Gen. Butler at
PietermaritZburg.
The Colonial Office received the following
dispatch from the Governor of Natal, dateu
PietermaritZburG, Sunday, Nov. 26:
The Beers are retiring on Weenen. Our
troops are occupying a ridge three miles
northward of the Mooi River. 1t appears
that the Beers have found our position too
strong and are retiring toward Ladysmith
with the loot they have collected. The
river is in flood. Butler has arrived.
''Telegraphic communication with Est
court was restored early this morning"
The War Office received the following
dispatch from Gen. Butler dated Pieter-
maritzburg, Sunday. Nov. 26:
"Hildyard, from EStcourt, made sue
cessful attack, Nov. %, with three bat
talions, one field battery, a naval gun,
and 700 mounted troops. on the enemy oc-
cIpying Beacon Hill, which dominates Will
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were constantly carrying off their dead and
wounded.
The British official reports stated that
the losses in the South African war to date
are. British, 2,3S6; Beers, 230. official re-
turns of the Boer casualties since the out
break of the war, exclusive of the fight near
Belmont, show that 80 men have been
killed and 200 wounded, of whom a num-
Der have recovered and returned TO the front
Total, 290. The total British losses to date
in South Africa, including those suffered
by Gen. Methuen's column near Belmont
are: Killed, 2S6; wounded, 1, OIL prisoners
and missing, / ,0S9; total, 1886.
A statement from Pretoria last week was
to the effect that the Beers had lost 900
in killed and wounded. 1t is impossible to
get true estimate of the Boer losses.
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Nottingham, south of the railway, in
single day They were within 40 miles of
Pietermaritzburg at the farthest, and it is
said they intend TO attack the town."
Apparently Gen. .Joubert's plan was to
defeat the British relieving column from
Durham in detail, while still attempting the
reduction of Ladysmith 1t was believed
that serious attack on Mooi River was to
be expected, with the object of destroying
the bridge at Weston. Should this be ac-
complished. the Beers would be free to turn
their attention again to Estcourt, while if
it failed the enemy might rejoin the invest
ing forces around Ladysmith.
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An African Solomon

President Kruger is credited with an
almost Solomon-like piece Of wisdom.
Two brothers. it is reported, waited upon
him TO explain that they could not agree
upon division of their fathers property;
would his Honor arbitrate in the matter?
After hearing both sides, the President,
addressing the elder. of the brothers, is re-
ported TO have said: You shall divide the
property in two" and then, turning towards
the younger. added, "and you snail take
first choice When your brother has divided
IT." Such law as this on our statute
books would doubtless save much litigation
and defeat all kinds Of injustice.
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Pietermaritzburg, it has been necessary
10 alter the defenses of Durham
London papers dispatches of Nov.
% contained the following from Pieter-
martizburg: Your correspondent man
aged TO escape from the Mooi River dis
trict yesterday before the arrival of 5000
Beers, who are looting the farmsteads in
all directions. The Natal Beers, encour-
aged by the successes of the Transvaalers,
join in the looting. The main body of
Beers made a rapid march from Ulundi,
southwest Of Elstcourt, TO point near Fort
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ems. Morea,,i Starkweather, Beatty.

Gems Morgan. Starkweather, Beatty,
Hecker, McColik, Whitaker, Tindale,
Wilder, Long. and Engart, the First and
Second Ill. Light Batteries. Cogswells IS
Battery, and the Chicago Board of Trade
Battery In architectural design it is a
canopy with tai polished shaft, on the top
of which is a 5-onze figure of a standard
bearer 1t is built of New England granite,
with base of Southern granite.
THE vICE-pREsIDENT's DEATH.
AS announce.I in our last issue, Vice
President Garret A. Hobart died Tuesday,
Nov. 81, at Paterson, N. j. The remains
were inferred near Paterson on Saturday
last, the ceremonies being attended by the
President and many other prominent
officials.
The death Of Mr. Hobart closes the career
Of one of the most capable and affable Vice
Presidents this country has ever had. He
and the President were close friends, and
aside from his prestige in the Senate he was
prominent figure socially. His death
was received with unusual expressions of
grief in Washington The rapidity with
which he mastered the parliamentary rules
and preceients OF the Senate was quite re-
He was the Sixth thiyice-President to die in
Office. the others being George Clinton,
Eibridge Gerry, WIN. r. King. Henry
Wilson and Tdos. "A. Hendricks.
GEN. WOOD TO RETURN.
Gen Leonard, W cod. Military Governor of
Santiago de Cbba Province, has started for
Washington. ,lAn 7otficer prominent in
Army circles said:l'Gen. Wood will not re-
turn to Cuba for several months. and prob
ably not at ALI. understand that he has
been recalled and will remain in Washing
ton while Congress is endeavoring to settle
the question Of the future of Cuba. No
officer in Cuba hasiwon such respect and
gained so much friendship from the natives
of the island as1Gena Wood. 1t is admitted
that he is in CLOSER rtouch with the Cuhans
and understands them better than Gen.
Brooke, Gen. Ludlow, Gen. Wilson, or Gen
Lee. and for that reason he has been selected
to advise with the Administration concern
ing the islands future"
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An 1nsuperable Obstacle.

Il could not think of becoming an Ameri-
can, my dear" said Aguinaldo to his wife,
between, jumps.
NO, love-"
"Of course not. Think of waiting until
the 1st Of April to novel"
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The only preparation known to science which really
cures Failing Manhood is "CALTHos,' the marvellous
French remedy discovered by Prof jules Laborde 1t ia
controlled this country by The Won Mohl Company of
Cincinnati, Ohio, concern which occupies high and
honorable place in the world of medicine. II one the
largest and most responsible houses in Cincinnati any
who is acquainted in that city will testify.
The Won Mohl Company invites all men suffering from
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the Nerves Organs, send their and
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rapid progress toward the buoyant feelings and sensations
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This liberal free is genuine There is no swim
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days treatment is sent by sealed mail to all request
the medicines that each patient becomes his
own doctor and himself at home.
Ii doesn't make difference what caused the weak
nesswhether excess overwork business troubles,
'CALTH0S will effect u matter what big name
the disease may be called by doctors.
The Won Mohl Company treats all correspondence in
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after other medicines and appliances have proved worth
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Conso1ing Suggestion.

BOStON IFdnScTtpt.
Harriet-Men are so tickle! Fanny's
husband fell in love with her at first sight,
and now he hardly looks at her.
Nellie-She ought to be glad of that
Evidently he does not wish to be disen-
chanted.
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this God given power TO be able to cure personally,
but he with the aid OF his absert Treatment cure
patients thousands OF miles away. Walter Mott,
Sedalia Mo-. was cured of Catlrrh Of the head in
week Had tried all kinds of medicines without
success Mrs. NJ. F. johnson. of San Angelo.
Tex suffered for years from Ulceri ton of the
womb and other female disorders Was cured in
u month by Absent Treatment
By writing Prof. AXtsll you will receive free a
CODY OF the Herald "a page monthly containing
the statements OF hundreds of prominent people
w ho have been miraculousIy res Jred to health
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TRUTH
WILL TRIUMPH.
Prof. =. w. Axtell, of SedaIia- Mo-. Faith.
ers n System OF Magnetic Healing
That Cures Disease and Rem
ders Drugs Useless.

The mind of man is con.
vinced that God in his wis.,
dom did not intend mans
body TO be tie domain OF
all manner Of diseases.
Sickness and disease being
unnatural conditions and
directly caused by hu-
manity itself. it has been
discovered that they can
be cured by human hands
and without the use of
drugs or medical appli-
ances. Prof. Aytsll, of
Sedalia. Mo. fathers a
method of Magnetic Heal
ing that proves by actual
results his wonderful
power over disease. Not
only has he so developed
The National tribune., 1899-11-30
He Teaches Others His Methods.

Prof. Axtell teaches his method to Ct1ers either
by mail or class ns t-ucton. He is so well quail
fled as an instructor and has such confidence in
his lectures that he guarantees the student will be
successful 1t is the best paying profession OF the
age and the easiest mastered Many students are
now making from so to S25 per day W. H.
Gripe, of Mulhall Okla. writes: The mail course
is as represented and am highly pleased Am
having good success.
Full Information and instruction sent free to any
address.
PROF. S. w. hxTElL,
BoxE. SedalIa, Mo.
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A CHAPLAIN's INFLUENCE.

U. Chase James, New Antioch, o.,
writes: ''The 10th Ohio and the 35th Ind.
were brigaded together. Comrade Samuel
Arnold relates the following story of a
Chaplains influence: The 35th was an
for Chaplain. While the boys We're at
Mumfordville, Ky, several got too
much bad whisky. A rumpus started in
one of the companies. The boys took
sides. The 'rag-chewing' continued, and
others took sides. The whole regiment
became excited. The boys got ready with
guns and bayonets to settle it. The Off
GERS were powerless to restore order. AS a
last resort they sent for the priest. He
marched between the lines of angry dis
putants with dignity and reverence. AS
he approached the center of the disturbance
all eyes were riveted upon him, and the
quarrel subsidized He looked first to one
side and then the other, saying: 'Byes, go
back to yure quarters"
The National tribune., 1899-11-30
SCATTERING.

J.K. Merrifield, Co. c. SSth H., st.
Louis, Mo-, writes: In your issue of Oct.
10, A A. Jones, Sth Tenn, writes that the
Sth Tenn, I'd and 18th KY, Tooth and
1O4th Ohio, retook the works at Franklin,
Tenn. after they We're broken by Hood s
charge. This is the first time in history
that any writer has had the nerve to
claim that any one else retook the works
and saved the day at Franklin, Nov. 30,
1864, except Opdyeke's Brigade. Van
Horns History of the Army OF the Cum
berland says that never did SO small a
body of men save an entire army as did
Opdyckes at Franklin. All the writer's
up to the present time, except Comrade
Jones, give Opdycke's Brigade the credit "
o. J. Lyon, Sabetha, Kan, wants some
one to send him copies of the old songs the
"Wideawakes" used to sing in Lincoln's
first Presidential campaign; also, When
This Cruel War is Over. Kingdom Com
ing" and when Johnny Comes March,
ing Home" He thinks there was book
of these songs.
Thomas Kinnear, Co. D., 9Th Ill. Cav,
Winona, Tex, says he has seen but
one letter from his regiment, and he would
like to hear the old bugle blow through the
columns of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
In answer to David b. RAINY, in the issue
IF Oct. 10, he says the 9Th III. Cav. turned
over their arms at Selma, where the muster
out rolls were made, and then the regiment
was transported to old Camp Butler, near
Springfield, and disbanded in November,
1865.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

proved, the policy being to placate rather
than irritate, and Gen. Brooke, more than
likely, will be advised to keep this policy
firmly in mind.
A conflict with the Cubans is not desir-
ed, and will be avoided, if possible. 1t is
said that President Mckinley has been
Informed of the situation by Gen. Alger,
and that the President himself will take
hand in unraveling the knotted skeins.
The Cubans must be treated with great
patience. They lack stability of purpose
and other sterling characteristics. Recog
milton Of this fact is deemed requisite in
handling the questions that have arisen.
Washington adyices say that the Govern
ment is prepared to establish it's author
ity in Cuba at all hazards, although anx-
ious to avoid conflict Such conflict, it is
generally conceded, would postpone indefi-
nitely the independence of the island
Secretary Alger cabled Gen. Brooke
asking him for a statement as to the re-
ported troubles in Cuba. Of the charges
against Gen. Brooke made by the Gu
bans, the Secretary said not one Of these
had yet been made and added: 'People
who are put under necessary restraint
are apt to complain of undue restraint
The Cubans say they are willing to give
up their arms to Cuban officials, but under
no circumstances will they yield them to
the Americans They point to the fact
that every move by the Americans tends
to Americanize the island. Americans are
favored for government positions; Ameri-
can signs go over the new Offices, and the
American grip is tightening on everything.
Cubans feel that they are being brow
beaten and forced into the background.
They are ready to fight again for indepen-
dence if it is necessary. War, they say,
is not desired, but unless an honorable
proposition is made promptly it cannot be
9yertpd
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TRADE OF THE WEEK,
SITUATION AS VIEWED BY r. q.
DUN & co.
Reason for Advance in Iron-Great1y
Increased Shipments of Boots and
Shoes from the East-A Desperate
Omaha Lover Attempts Suicide.

r. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of
trade says: while the buying of 1000
tons of Bessemer pig at Pittsburg gave
reason for the advance in price to $3.50,
with gray forge quoted at $15 per ton, it
Is not quite as clear as it might be that the
output, which was go, 900 tons weekly,
according to the Pittsburg record, and has
since been largely increased by the addi-
ton Of many furnaces, will continue to
fall below the demand. For the require
ment in various departments for manu-
featured products, it must be recognized,
is scarcely measurable, and does not seem
as much diminished as might be expected
by higher prices and long delay in deliv-
cry. The shipments of boots and shoes
from the East have been, for two weeks
of May, % per cent larger than last year
and 500 per cent larger than in 1892.
Leather shows hesitation. Spectators
are doing a large business in wool, some
foreign and some American. The orders
for wooden goods are decidedly better. Cot
ton declined a small fraction, owing to
freer port movement; but there was re-
covery of all the decline in middling up
lands and a net gain in option prices.
Failures for the week have been 147 in
the United States, against $50 last year,
and II in Canada, against 20 last year."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
CHINA CLASHES WITH BRITAIN.
Russia Is Also Accusing the Ire of
the Ce1estials.

Russia Is Also Arousing the Ire of
the Ce1estia1s.
Great Britain's warships and soldiers
are in full possession of IXow Loon, occu-
plying a position just opposite the city.
The present trouble is the result of a sud-
den renewal of the native opposition to
British control of the ceded territory In
addition to the large military and naval
expedition now in the field, the volunteers
have been notified to be in readiness for
any emergency. Troops are patrolling the
European quarter of Kow Loon 1t is re-
ported that Chinese rebels from Tung-
Kung invaded British territory, and that
two armed gangs robbed the city of Kow
Loon. Hong Kong itself is quiet. The
territory back of the hinterland is also
disturbed and Chinese troops have been
sent there.
The Russian demand for new railway
concession connecting Pekin with Russia s
present railroad system in Manchuria is
still exciting the grayest anxiety. The
Germans and Japanese are particularly
uneasy on the subject of this unexpected
move upon the part of the Russians, and
it is said that there is a feeling among
the prominent Chinese that the moment
has come to make every effort in the di-
rection of securing British sympathy and
aid
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
Fo1Ls ARSON AT A COLLEGE.
Teacher at Cotner University, Lincoln,
Neb., Saves the Structure.

Teacher at Cotner University, Lincoln,
Neb., Saves the Structure.
A plot to burn Cotner University build
ing, the UNCONVENTIONAL college of the
Christian Church of Nebraska, six miles
northeast of Lincoln, was overheard and
frustrated by Miss Lethe Watson, teach
er of elocution in the university. The plot
tiers bound and gagged Miss Watson, and
locked her in a room, thus escaping. She
was discovered later by some students,
who were attending prayer meeting and
heard her groans. The story told by Miss
Watson is that she was alone in class
room on the fourth floor when she heard
two men, strangers, planning to burn the
building. She stepped into hallway,
when they, realizing they had been over
heard, knocked her down, bound and gag
ged her and carried her to another room,
the door of which closes with spring
lock. She was unconscious when found
two hours later.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
Massacre in Formosa.

Formosa advices give details of terri
BILE massacre in the vicinity of Taiko, a
town in the central district. Thirty I'M
armed villagers were ambushed by about
sixty savages, who killed % of them. Only
one escaped. The cause of the massacre
is said to have been dispute between saw
age tribes over the paternity of child
and the death of it's mother. The reputed
father of the child denied the charge and
refused to make compensation to the tribe
to which the mother belonged. An appeal
to head hunting was the only way by
which the injured tribe could prove its
righteousness to it's ancestors. After the
massacre the savages INDUCED in feast,
at which the heads of the murdered vii
layers were conspicuously displayed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
NEGRO BOYS CRIME.
YOUNG CINCINNATI POlSONER
MAKES A CONFESSION.
Admits that He Dosed His Father and
Brother with Rough on Rats = A
Letter from Explorer Andree Dis
covered in Iceland.

At Cincinnati, James Weaver, colored,
aged II years, confessed to having poi
soned his father, Woodson Weaver, and
his half brother, John Weaver. John
Weaver died in few hours, and Woodson
Weaver has slight chance for recovery.
The lad simply said he found box of
trough on rats" on the stove and didn't
know what it was. He put it in the cot
fee pot. The father and two sons were
living together, and prepared their own
meals. Both the men were taken ill soon
after drinking the coffee. A neighbor
saw the boy throw away the can which
contained the poison, and this led to the
confession. The police now believe the
boy is responsible for the death of Wood
son Viewers second wife, and for the
burning of the house few months ago.
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CUBANS SHOW ANGER.
DON'T WANT TO SURRENDER
THEIR ARMS.
Trouble Over Their Disarming Has
Caused Some Anxiety in War Depart
ment = Fighting Against Brooke's
Troops Deemed Not Impossible.

Special dispatches from Washington in
dictate that there are differences between
the Cubans and Americans of nature so
tense that only the greatest tact and abil-
ity, coupled with compromising dispo-
sition on both sides, will be able to solve
them without results of grave nature.
This seems to be the opinion at the War
Department, although officials refuse to
discuss the situation publicly. There is
less criticism of Gen. Gomez than there
was. 1t is believed that the old general
is still pro-American, but that the opposi-
ton of the other Cuban generals has dis
couraged him.
Although the course of Gen. Brooke is
not approved in all it's details by his SUI
periors, there is no disposition to criticise
him for demanding that the Cubans give
up their arms. This measure is approved
as necessary one, and if all differences
of opinion are to be traceable to this order
it is quite likely that Brooke will be sus-
tanned by the home Government. But
the threat to disarm the former Cuban
soldiers by force, if necessary, is not ap-
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MOTHER AND SON DIE.
Mystery in Burning of an Ohio House
Fired to Conceal Crime

Fired to Conceal Crime.
The charred remains of Mrs. Rachel
Austin and her son William were recov-
cred from the ruins of their burned home
in Zane township, Ohio, and the youngest
son, Ernest, aged "A years, has a bullet
hole in his breast. The family of Wesley
Haines, a farmer, was aroused by some
one knocking at the door. Mr.. Haines an
swered the call and found Ernest Austin,
faint from a bullet wound in his breast.
He said that about an hour before he had
been called to the door by robber and
shot in the chest. Austin continued in
broken sentences to say that the home was
in flames and his mother and brother were
no doubt dead. With this Austin swoon-
ed away and was carried into the house.
Mr.. Haines then went to the Austin home
stead, about half mile distant, and there
found the burning timbers and debris Of
the once comfortable home. The neigh
borhood was aroused and in the ruins
were found the charred bodies of Mrs.
Rachel Austin and her son William.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
Labor Trouble in Arkansas.

Forty strikers attacked twenty-five col
ored coal miners behind a stockade at
mine No. SO, near Huntington, Ark, firing
volley after volley at them. Two men on
guard at the stockade returned the fire,
killing one of the strikers. John Wright,
one of the guards, was killed, and the
other, James Campbell, seriously wound
ed. The colored miners had been import
ed from Illinois several days ago to take
the places of the strikers Several warn
ings had been sent to them to leave town
or suffer the consequences. The attack,
which occurred before daylight, was the
result of their refusal to leave.
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Thirteen Training hips,

Under instructions given by Secretary
Long, the gunboats Annapolis and Vicks-
burg are to be placed out of commission
and refitted for service as gunboats in
stead of as training ships. Experience
has demonstrated that these vessels are
too small for the training service, and
their places will be taken in this service by
the Hartford and Pensacola in Pacific
waters. Not counting these ships, ten YES
sells will soon be engaged in training boys
to be sailors, landsmen to be seamen and
seamen to be expert gunners.. The Am
phitrite and Lancaster will soon come
north, and the men who, have undergone
training in gunnery exercises for the last
six months will be transferred to other
ships, and new classes will take their
places,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

Of her employer, has
been bound over to
the District Court
in the sum of $5,-
600. The prosecu-
ton claims it has a
clear case. 1t is I'M
derstood that it will
be argued that the
girl was infatuated
with her employer
op1 co,,0ht m m.