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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

For the first time IN her annals, Porto
Rico has enjoyed the excitement Of a
municipal election. and has experienced
Che unwonted legal procedure Of trial
by jury. Eleven natives. with one
Yankee TO act as foreman. composed
tne jury. and the result Of their deliber-
ations Is said TO have been emnently
satisfactory TO every one except the
culprit. The election, although promis-
tng as a first attempt, was marked by
innocent, but somewhat embarrassing,
innovations. The supervisors became
hungry at noon-tlme, and adjourned for
dinner. taking the ballot-boxes with
them. This rendered the appointing OF
another election necessary 70 forestall
possible complaints OF lllegality. These
aud other encouraging facts show that
American ideas and methods are max.
fng Roadway IN Porto Rico.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

Prior to that time, in 1852, England
had practically acknowledged the indie
pendence Of the Transvaal, otherwise
known as the South African Republic
In 1854 the Orange Free States were
also declared independent. but by both
treaties and conventions England retain
ed suzerainty.
There was trouble in 1881 when a
force Of British was repulsed at Majuba
Hill, the incident leading to a revision OF
the convention in that year and again in
1884. 1t Is the latter which defines the
degree of authority reserved by England
under its suzerainty. and the contentious
over which are involved in the present
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

Those who are looking forward 10
employment as agents In the field for
the decennial census bureau. will have
their fears somewhat allayed by the
announcement from Washington that
after n consultation with the president,
Superintendent Merriam has prepared
q circular Of instructions TO the actual
census takers which forbid the asking
OF questions leading into family secrets
and likely 10 provoke fights. The presi-
dent has ventured the opinion that II
is unwise TO put questions THAI are like
ly 70 humiliate the citizen. The ques-
tion which aroused most Indignation in
fhe taking Of the last census was as TO
whether a person had any acute or
chronic disease. This was generally
regarded as stepping into the domain
OF privacy. and a soft answer was
rarely received. In view Of this the
statistics on this point were generally
regarded as worthless anyhow. Old
maids viii still have TO state their ages,
however.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

nually, which consisted almost entirely
in tax on mining.
Then a number of prominent English
and American miners formed in johann
nesburg what has passed into history as
the National Reform Union Committee.
of which Lionel Phillips was chairman,
and John Hays Hammond, an American,
an officer. They were in communication
with Cecil Rhodes, resident director of
the British South Africa Company, and
Leander Starr Jameson. known as Or
jim" What happened is of too recent
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22
isanaa@a.saa ~asaa#ama#~ans
I BOER NATIONAL SONG. :
anAaAnna anAhns . ans

Flag Of our precious land. wave on,
Transvaaps four color free,
We pray may God the hand strike down
Fer raised to lower thee.
Float proudly, banner. to the wind,
For past the threa ening Ill.
Our foes have fed and left behind
land uncOnquered still.
Through many years Of hate and blood,
Dear flag, thou didst endure,
Again the storm thou hast withstood
And foated still secure.
And as Of old when foes assail
Ger brave hearts thou shalt wave,
Nor shall the black or Brit prevail
While we have strength to save.
Thou art, dear flag. our token true,
Transvaals fOur-cOlor free,
To thee we pledge ourselves anew,
TIL death Wen strive for thee.
Aloft DER all our precious land
Wave. banner, proudly on,
By God forsaken be the hand
Fer raised to drag thee down.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

ca He issue between the English and
the Beers is one as old as this cen
u tury. In many different forms, but
always with much the same ground of
quarrel at the bottom. it has reappeared
with each succeeding decade. Many
times the two peoples have met ON the
battlefield, and when war itself has not
have been current Wherever the Eng
lishman and the Boer have had their
common interests in one territory strife
has been sure to come, for the qualities
and ideals Of the two are widely dissim-
liar.
The great gold fields in the Transvaal
are the material facts that have caused
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

found many means to derive national
revenue from the Uutlanders or "out-
slders." The government, under Presi-
dent Kruger, levied transport dues,
stamp taxes, license fees, franchise costs,
customs and monopoly charges on such a
mining necessity as dynamite.
The British in the Transvaal appealed
to London and London appealed to Preto-
ria, but there was no redress. By 1896
the Outlanders were paying to the Boer
government a revenue of 100000 an
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

A political boss, recently deceased.
served a term In prison. The period
OF his Imprisonment was shortened for
good behavior. II the good behavior
had begun earlier. the term would have
aad no beginning Respect for law
which only develops behind prison bars
IS something OF an afterthought. There
are other political bosses whose be-
havior Is not up 10 the grade Of good.
ness which shortens Incarceration
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

The Buffalo Express thinks 1t is fun
ny that Minnesota produces more frogs
than any other state In the Uhon Per
haps the Express doesn't know that
Minnesota produces more lakes than
any other state in ,he Union. The lakes
may account for the frogs.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22
Nutrition In ChoonInte.

The great nutritve powers Of choco-
late are now so generally recognized
that It has been adopted for campaign
use In the armies and navies OF almost
every European Government. The in
creased consumption in Europe within
four years is IS per cent.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

Nobody especially minds that there's
something bright IN the prospects for
Spain after all. 1t has yearly three
Thousand hours OF sunshine as against
Americas twenty-one hundred.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

a Texas woman has been suing
man because, as she claimed. he shook
hands with her so hard that he broke
her leg, An Illustration OF the way
they shake hands in Texas might not
De wholly devoid OF interest.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

An excuse for Canada's uncertainty
as to where the real boundary lines run
in Alaska may be due to It's eyes not
seeing well on account Of the glitter Of
the gold near by.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

What is called smokeless powder
really throws or a shadowy vapor.
This vapor is percepible only when
viewed through a disk OF violet glass
inserted in an ordinary field glass Col
onel Sweet OF the army medical mu-
scum, Washington, made this dscov-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

There is one man among the seamen
of the Olympia who had nothing TO do
on the memorable lrst Of Maybe had
been detailed to carry water to the
wounded.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

canning grounds by the burghers, LANG 3
Mex was occupied, and other steps were
taken that menaced an invasion OF Ma
tai.
Oct 10 Kruger's government sent an
rltimatum TO London demanding the
withdrawal Of British troops from the
frontier and the return to England OF
the special forces sent to South Africa
and Of the forces en- route. II not com
nlied with, n state Of war was TO exist
In twenty-four hours. The next day
Montague White, the Boer consul gen
eral. Quilted London, and war was praS
tically on
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

The star Polaris is flying toward the
earth az a speed OF 2Ss .S24,OOO miles a
year. We advise Polarls 10 look up
the records OF the parachute artists and
learn a lesson from their general expert
ence.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

Since there are exceptions TO all
rules Deweys habit OF arriving ahead
OF time Is no justification for the gen
eral run OF oversmart people being too
.nraNlnna
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

In the fierce duel between armament
and armOr that began with the inven-
ton Of ironclads armor has at present
decidedly the advantage. The recent
Best held by Russian Government Off
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

None OF Captain Kids pirate gold
has been found In New Jersey. but the
State has discovered there's millions
IN forming trusts.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

Now that we have wireless teleg-
raphy steps should he taken to get
messages without messenger boys.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

Marked cards have been discovered
in swell gambling club IN Berlin.
This oifense should be worse in the
eyes OF the law than lese majesty.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

A curious thing about money in poll
tics is a candidate with barrel giving a
check TO his friends with the Interior
view OF giving a check to his enemies.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

Helen Gould ia opposed to polygamy.
SO far rs the record goes she is not
particularly enthusiastic In favor Of
monogamy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

A certain woman has cowhided n
man who kicked her dog Every dog
has his day aud this CANNES was
hummer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

An Ohio man Is said to have invented
an odorless onion. Such a discovery Is
calculated to take away the breath.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

Manila Bay seems the actual cause
OF the Dewey rejoicing, but really the
Spanish navy Is az the bottom Of L.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

Out here IN the West a mans promi-
hence may be measured by the number
Of pall-beareTS bis widow insists upou
having. y-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22
strurrles in Former pays.

Only by considering the past struggles
with the English can the present one be
seen ia its true proportions. The Beers
were the original European settlers Of
South Africa. or Dutch descent, they
had sturdy qualities, which their life IN
the savage lands only served to make
sturdier. They were farmers from the
first, and by the sweat OF the negro races
they grew ia wealth. The English took
definite possession OF the Cape In 1914,
and the English immigration then began
IN such great waves that Holland emf
grants and Boer children could not Keep
up the balance OF power. The situation
was much suck as exists now IN the
Transyaal. where the Uitlanders ont
number the Beers. except for the fact
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

That man never lived who WASH
sorry he wrote q certain letter.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-22

the conditions for the present struggle,
for It is through them that Englshman
and Boer have been brought so close to-
gether. The Beers claim to be the lords
OF the Transvaal country, and they per-
sist in regarding the foreign settlers-the
Uitlanders--as temporary residents with
out real rights. Sharply opposed to this
view stands England, whose many sons
In Transvaal land have their immense in
vestments in mines and machinery and
demand full share in the government.
"The Transvaal for the Beers" is Presi-
dent Krugers cry, while the English
against it shout; Full rights, civil and
political, for our emigrants who settle In
your land"
The problem takes on many phases hut
not one Of them can clearly be under
stood without back reference to the his
tory Of the relations OF Beers and Eng
fish. The first form Of the issue Is over.
the question of sovereignty. England is
asserting her suzerainty, while admitting
Boer independence in local affairs, and
Kruger is denying England's claim. Such
is the history OF the two that each can
fairly make its claim.
Sovereignty OF no sovereignty would
not, however, be a burning question was
there not reason Tor insisting on IL. The
more practical statement OF the issue is
that It concerns the political franchise
rights which the Uitlanders now find It
so difficult TO acquire, and which Eng
land insists so strongly they shall secure
on reasonable conditions. 1t Is on ac-
/ count Of inability to agree on the terms
/ OF the franchise, combined with views
about sovereignty, which leave no mid
die ground. that war came, but even the
franchise Is only an incident In securing
what the English really want. Sir Al
fred Miner. who has been the foremost
English agent in negotiations with the
Beers, has said that he insisted on the
franchise merely because he thought Il
would help the Uitlnnders to secure for
themselves what they need, and because
be thought an agreement could be reach
ed concerning Il more easily than con.
corning the many reforms In Boer laws
which are the real objections TO be at
tanned for the benefit OF the Uitlanders
and the real occasion Of England's inter
yention.
The sun., 1899-03-28
Private Sales.

De Bois 4 Edridge and Horace s. Ely < Co.
have sold for the estate Of Elizabeth L. Coles
to oliver H. p. Belmont the three story dwell
ing, with stable. No 677 Fifth avenue. on a
plot 5Ox1OO. The house adioins the residence
OF eX Gov. Levi p. Morton.
NJ l.. Hess have sold for tho Union Trust
Company to Iicilncr 4 Wolf the private dwell
ing No = East Seventeenth street. on lot
3lUNo2. and Nu.G East Eighteenth street. on
lot "a GXIS. for about SliO.UOO. The propcrty
was bought by David Sands in 1855 for
Charles GrfIlth Moses 4 Bro. and Ranald II.
Macdonald have sold for Samuel l.ederer the
fOur-Story brick dwelling. on lot lS.DXDSo, No.
-, West Thirty-nfth street.
Martin X Bro. have bought the five story
apartment house. on lot SxlOO. No. 12o West
Ninety-fourth street.
Julius Scott has sold for the Ernst Marx
Nathan Company the two four-Story and base
ment dwellings. Nos. 4l2 and 4l4 West 10th
street
+. De Il. Wissmann has sold for the estate OF
William Il; Trarers the old building. on lot 27x
100 No. ~ Fast Twenty second street.
j. Romaine Brown 4 Go. have sold for the
Gaynur estate to Louise Livingstone the four
story bruwnstone stores and Hat. No. U+0 Sixth
avenue.
Slawson & Hobbs have sold for Egan & Hal
lecy the fuur-stnry American basement dwell
ing. on lot l7XH2. No. 322 West l3Sth street
, Valentine Miller has bought the six-stOrv
Hat. on lot 2JNI1. on the northeast corner OF
Coium hia and stanton streets. for $4,000.
Mrs. Patrick sullivan has sold the two four
story brick flats. each 25XGJX3J. Nos. 1885 and
1857 Lexington avenue.
, Slawson Il Hobbs have sold for Amir Greer
the four r-story dwelling. on lot 2UxlO22. No.
SO Vest Seventy sixth street.
The sun., 1899-03-28
REAL ESTATE NEWS.

In spite OF the fact that Monday Is usually the
quiet day in the realty m market the private sales
reported yesterday were both numerous and
important Oliver II. p. Belmont purchased
from the Coles estate the house he now occupies
at No. oI7 Fifth avenue. adjoining ex-Gov.
Morton's home. The house was formerly oc-
cupied by the City Club. II is q fine one, and
the price paid for II Is said to have been large,
even Tor Firth avenue property.
Other important parcels reported sold in
cluded No. East Seventeenth street. running
through to No. u East Eighteenth street and
several residence properties on the upper west
side.
In the auction room there was an attractive
list OF offerings. and good prices were realized.
1t was reported that Charles McRae, the pur-
chaser OF No. 30 West Forty-fourth street, ad-
joining the New York Yacht Club lots. bought
the property for the yacht club. but this Mr..
McRae denied. He said that lie had secured It
for James b. Haggin. the present tenant
Tho American Exchange National Bank is
about to begin the erection OF a skyscraper on
the site OF its present building. on the north
east corner OF Broadway and Cedar street. The
plot fronts 30 feet on Broadway and 100 feet on
Cedar street. The bank has leased part OF
the first floor OF the Borcel building. formerly
occupied by the German American Insurance
Company. which 1t will occupy until its new
building is completed.
The sun., 1899-03-28
Omcial Recorded Transfers.

Amsterdam v,es. 100 . 1881 81. 25K1oo o,
Benjamin Hoffman TO Thos Ridden $4,000
- ,oo
Leopold Gusthal to Alexander Walker 100
Bradhurst av. W 8, 3l5.9s l45th ST. 43K o
irreR VIM Huston to Andrew Nelson loo
Broadway. " $. 20.8 n 66th st, 774I741oI oo
irreR same to same ......: ...:...,..... $1,000
Broadway. W =, 30. u 1l3th st, bOIloOi 49,.
same to Annie Brown. .......,,........ 2e.ooo
BfoauWhy W cor llSth b. oolihlooi ,oo
same to James McClenahan. .......,....... <s'ooo
Broadway. ws. b1ll i2th 81. 6ofloo; ,e ooo
same to Joseph HarnershlRR and ano 2e,Ooo
Broadway, " cor ll2th at, 6o.11IloO;
same to same. ;..::.,.... S$,ooo
Cannon 1T, 1873. 2oHloo: Joseph Weber TO
The sun., 1899-03-28
Recorded Mortgages.

a4ns F.psIies aS 70 Kern st G .nd
BoWery. i IS e 5. 56s n Delaney st; samuel ''''''
Broome and anG' mo trustees; &c to the Emil mn
Byadhnst e. AZ W HSS 'Sh ST Andrew 400
Broadway, II e cor list ST. extends TO Am
sterdam ay: Joseph Hamershlag and
David EOppenheimer to Title Guarantee
Broadway. " cor ii2th ST. same to same
yr.,....,,,..,....,.,, .......' 10000
ahan to Amos + Emo. ct al. exrs, Sc. yr. 80 $50
Brown to Title Guarantee and Trust Co.
Cedar st, % and a. Woodbury. Kane to '''''O
Mary 4 Best. yrs. yrs................,.,,...... 1000
the Mutual Life Ins co. yrs. ............ 1000
WINFIELD Poillon, VI 80, $1,000
TO Ruth and William Harrison eIrs. .
Lots Is and -, map land estate Of william '''''
Crowther; VIM H BrchalI and Thomas
Lots 49, & - and ,;, i5 map SI,,S lands Of Harriet
Freeman. .....,..,-,, 10000
TO Caroline Waudell. yrs. s.............,..,. 5000
Southern Boulevard. VS.. 90 = IG7th st;
Magdalena + Esullmann to Thomas Ford.
St Johns Az e,A,, ", j $ Prospec, av; Mary 'OO
Stanton 1t, 3o4; Barnet Cohen to Mary
yandewater, yr. 1000
lin Brooks to the seamen's Rank for Say.
White Plains av, W T. 275 II I'd 81, Williams.
bridge: Mary II and Michael Murphy to
the WRppingers Savings Bank. yr...... $500
LIST av, cor 9Th 81: Charles Bernhard To
the EmiGrant Industrial Savings Bank.
"a Av. 1858; Patrick Malnney to Title Guar
Antte and Trust 60. yrs. .............. $4,000
Ath NJ. + " s, ha.3 II W Wooster ST. Emanuel
Alexander to Ernest Ehrmann, | yr....... FL 900
9TH av, 4ud and 4OS; Leon Stuhl and Philip
HeldCr to George EhTct. saloon, lease de.
10th st, 17I.G " 5th av, wakcneld Cornell. >
ius PleasRnts to American Investors co,
18TH av N - east y Of lot 3O2. map village
Of Wakefield; Amelia A Reynolds to Al.
gust FrcuteI 3Yrs....,,,.,,................ 1000
Young. byrs.:....:.;,..,. ,..,',, $4,000
46th st, ns, l4O W I'd Ay; Frank Glover to
louise Tiffany, yrs ,.i......,, 1000
William ProlGcTs, yrS, ;......,.,.. 49,, 5000
list st. 222 Fl Thomas Dunn to Regina
Levi. yrs, ~, -, ,,'' $4,000
dinand Hauck TO the Equitable Life A
EuranCe Society, .,...-...,..,,,.. "a OOO
aoth 81. 2I W; Geo Fisher to John Webb,
3yre.................. ono
esd ct. n $. 100 " 3D. avi Anna McGrory to
August Rnet. yT,; 5000
The sun., 1899-03-28
Foreclosure Suits.

Audubon ay. " =. s3.4 16sth At. ld.sxlOo; Amdu'
bon av. " =, 6S.ss 16sth 1t. 1n.s1lOo; Emily hoos
VS. Ann Cox et al; atty. + Schaeffer
Livingston pl 4; Luther kountze. eIr. va Emily
Glnf: atty, q Van Slvck. .
sth av, 2p2I: ,haries McConoloRue. Jr. Va p
McCahrev, foreclosure lien; atty u } JMo'Cnlsshai;
14th st, u 2. Ay ID. 2b.8x1uS; Wakehelu
Teach, RS Co operative Is and l. Assn vs. Rachel
Greer ct al: atty. r q Lubuscher.
Tbth st. ms 1f3 q Ay A. 2jx1o22; Vim Hay.
ward,t al. eArs. Ns Lewis Ransom ct al; atty. II
Charming. -
lO3d sf, II q, 1875 W Columbus av, 25I7s.ox irreg:
Chas T. Nogler vs. Hattie Frank ct al; attys Lpl"
mann II.
Il6th at, n 8, rs W Manhattan av. 25xloo I;
Adolph Nolcker VS. Vim Dreyer ct al; attys, Hughes
4 H.
10th at, 20 and 20 W: Abby g Marshall We Ce
celia Cassell ct nj: attys. Marshall NJ W Il NJ.
12Oth 1T, 3. 3I5 W eth av. 26x1OO. IL; Lmllns q
mel.
The sun., 1899-03-28
No Western Rate War Likely.

MONTREAL. Quebec. March 27.-General Pas
senger Traffic Manager McNicoll OF the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad. who returned to-day
from meeting Of the traffic managers OF tho
Western railways at st. Paul. said that there
would be no rate war and that the present low
rates to the Pacific coast would not continue
longer than six weeks. The Great North
ern, owns large tracts Of land IN Montana.
settlers to take up their residence on this
property the company decided to run a series
OF homesteaders excursions to the coast and
This explanation Of the cut In rates was ac-
ceptable to all at the conference. The Great
Northern intimated that as soon as the set
tiers season was over the rates would be re-
stored TO their normal basis.
The sun., 1899-03-28
WILLIss TRIAL TO BE PUSHED.
District Attorney Steele VIII Move 1t Before
Tint of CIerk JRnRen.

District Attorney Steele Of Brooklyn an
nounced yesterday that the case Of Lawrence
Jansen. tho warrant clerk in the Comptroller's
office who Is under indictment for accepting
fee in his official capacity. would not be tried
next Monday, as had been arranged. but that
the trial would be postponed until May Mr.
Steele said that he would now push forward the
trial Of the bribery Indictment against Former
City Works Commissioner Theodore B, Willis.
torney Steele, " is now we'll in hand, and will
try it first because believe il is the most i'm
Iortant one" The indictment alleges that Mr.
willis received from Contractor Daniel DOody
two promissory notes and in return gave Doody
n contract for going over certain work that had
been completed.
The sun., 1899-03-28
MORTALITY IN THE STATE.
O, 800 Deaths Estimat ed % Have Been Caused
by Grip Since November.

ALBANY. March 27.-There were 10. 163 deaths
in this State during February. according to the
bulletin OF the State Board Of Health. issued
to-day. Compared with the corresponding
month OF last year there were 800 more deaths
than then reported. which is due to the contn-
uanco OF the epidemic OF grip. which reached
its acme in January and is now declining;
800 deaths were estimated to have been
caused by it in December. 5000 in January.
and it probably caused, directly or indirectly.
about 1000 deaths this month. From pneu-
monia and other acute diseases Of the lungs
there were 50 deaths daily. against B In Janu-
deaths from old age. which is 200 more than a
year ago, In the city OF New York acute respi-
ratory diseases caused tho same mortality as
in January. nearly one fourth OF all deaths.
One, death is reported from smallpox in New