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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-08-17
BENTON. LOUISIANA. THURSDAY, AUGUST II, 1899

The Traasvaal is strip Of territory
500 by 400 miles, with an area of 10000
square miles. 1t is rich in diamond
and gold fields, coal, iron and copper
mines, and timber OF great value. The
Beers have never done anything toward
the development of the mineral re-
sources of the country, preferring the
raising of cattle to digging for pre-.
cious ores. Foreigners of all national
tiles naturally gravitated toward this
new Eldorado, and powerful companies
invested fortunes in smelling plants
and mining machinery, so that the pop
ulation increased quickly to $4,000, of
whom less than $4,000 are Beers. In or
der to prevent their absorption by new
corners, the founders of the South Af-
rican republic drilled every citizen in
tenn of government which virtually dis
franchises all foreigners, or uitlanders.
In 1875 the Beers passed law, or rath-
er reafirmed an old law, to the effect
that the people will admit of no equal
ity of persons of color with the white
inhabitants, either in state or church.
In the same year war with rebellious
natives had emptied the Boer treasury;
and England felt called upon to inter-
yene "in the name of humanity" and
Sir Theophilus Shepstone on April Il,
1877, annexed the Transvaal. More than
| three years afterward, the impoy-
erished Beers began an active war for
! independence. They had chosen new
provisional government, with Paul Kru-
ger. M. w. Pretorius and p. j. Joubert
/ at it's head. Sir G. Pomeroy Colley, lieu
tenant governor of Natal, refused recog-
milton to the Kruger administration
and led punitive expedition against
the Beers. In January, 1881, his troops
came to Laing's Neck, where they met
Gen. Joubert's forces, and in less than
five minutes i69 English soldiers had
been killed. A few days later the troops
met again on the banks of the Ingogo
where Coiley lost another Is men. On
February ~ occurred the famous bat
tie of Majuba Hill, in which Colley and
the flower of his army bit the dust
Shortly afterward England recognized
the independence of the Transvaal, was
given resident agent at Pretoria, was
permitted to establish fictional suzer.
ainty, and in its turn granted all the de
mands of the Beers. Kruger has re-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-08-17

promised to afford a permanent home
to the settlers who had created it.
But three years later Lord Napier,
then governor of the Cape Colony, is
sued proclamation denying the right
of the Beers to form an independent
colony anywhere in Africa. The Beers
paid very little attention to this pro-
nunciamento, and nothing would have
come of it had not the agents of the
various chartered companies in London
discovered rich gold and diamond de-
posits in Natal. In 1912 British troops
were sent to invade the Boer strong
holds and Natal became British col
ony. The Beers then began their sec
ond trek" or move, and crossed the
klipp river. fighting the Zulns all the
way, with the intention of occupying
the fertile tract lying between the
Klipp and Buffalo rivers. When the
British government became aware of
this intention, it proclaimed the Buffa-
10 river as the northern boundary of
Natal.
For the third time the Beers moved
this time into the country bounded on
the east by the Dralensberg, on the
north by the Vaal, on the south by the
Orage and on the west by the Vaal-
and established the Orange Free State.
England, its eyes ever on the main
chance-annexedt the Orange Free State
in 1s4s; and the patient Beers began
their fourth move-across the Vaal
river, northward into what is now
known as the Transvaal.
The patience of the people was thor
oughly exhausted; and on June II, 1s4s,
the burghers stopped at Bloemfontein,
the capital of the Orange Free State,
and routed the British regulars. On
August go, of the same year, the Beers
were defeated by their enemies at
Boomplats, but only after stubborn
fight. The exodus to the Transvaal
continued, but $4,000, Beers remained
in the Orange Free State to harass the
British soldiers and miners.
In 1850 the Kaffir war broke out. The
English forces were too weak to cope
with this rebellion, and III order to pla-
cate the Boers.- who were inclined te
side with the natives, the British gov.
ernment acknowledged the independ-
ence Of the Orange Free State. But
| this did not help the settlers in the
Transvaal whose political organization
was recognized only after severe strug.
glsA
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manned president ever since 1851, and
nothing occurred to disturb the tran
quillity of the Boer government until
1886, when jameson made his i'll,
fated raid against johannesburg, the
commercial center of the, Transvaal.
Since then the uitlanders. who pay
most of taxes collected in the Trans
yaal, have several times applied to the
English government for redress of
grievances. Among other things they
demand the right of franchise and a
voice in the expenditure of the vast
sums which they are compelled to pay
into the Boer treasury. Joseph Cham
berlain, the British colonial secretary,
responded to the call of the uitlanders,
the majority of whom are Englishinen
and Americans; and not very long ago
Sir Alfred Miner, British high COM
missioner for South Africa, met Presi-
dent Kruger to discuss a readjustment
of Transvaal affairs. The English Off
cial asked for more liberal naturaliza.
ton laws and an increase of uitlander
representatives in the ''vol)tsraad.' =
President Kruger submitted a counter
proposition that citizenship be granted
to foreigners upon the following con-
ditions: First, registration IA days
after arrival; second, six months notice
of intention; third, two years con-
tinuous registration; fourth, continue
ous residence; fifth, to have undergone
no dishonoring sentence; sixth, proof
of obedience to the laws; seventh, full
title of franchise in the country Of
origin; eighthly, the possession of prop
erty, or a yearly income: all these con-
ditional upon England's consent to the
incorporation of Swaziland into the
Transvaal - 81 80
This counter proposal IVES, of course,
rejected by the British commissioner;
and it is quite probable that consent to
the English demands will be enforced
at the point of the bayonet. The Trans.
vaal is prepared for such an outcome
FITS fortifications are in splendid con.
dition, and its army of 10000 men
headed by Gen. Jcubert, is equipped
with Mauser rifles and modern artil
lery. Should war come, it will be :
stubborn and bloody conflict, the sue
cess of which may hang in the balances
for long time. That England will win
in the long run is almost certain, bu1
whether the victory will be worth thu
sacrifice it must entail il another qnes
tion. q. W. WEJPPIERI.
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Fish,.

The beautiful girl had parted forever
from the only man she ever really loved.
and she was even sadder than was usual
with her upon such occasions.
They tried to comfort her.
"There are always good fish left tn
the seal" they urged.
Eyes, but when you catch them they
turn out 10 be lcbsters!" she exclaimed,
bitterly-thereby showing that after
all PERSONS hair may curl naturally
without rendering person entirely de-
void of sense.-Detroit Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-08-17
A Surpr1se.

81 guess I'll keep you on all season.
said the manager of the summer yau-
deville house.
AT last / am appreciatcd! ex-
claimed the man who had never been
able to get an engagement for more
than week, trying to hide his aston
ishment under the air Of man coming
into his rights.
That's what" continued the man
ager. you are so hopelessly bum that
you make the other turns seem good by
contrast t."-Indianapolis Journal.
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why He Forgot.

Forget thee?'' wrote young man
to his l--'forget thee? When the
earth forgets to revoke, when the stars
forget to osshine, when the rain forgets
to fall, when the flowers forget ID
bloom-then, and not till then, win /
forget thee.
Three months later he was going To
see another girl, with sandy hair and
freckles, and some thousands of pounds
in the bank.-Tit-B Bits.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-08-17

Bargain sales have parted many
wife and her husbands money Chi
cago Daily Ne~s.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23
FITZ AND JEFFRIES.

NEW YORK, March 22.-When w. A
Brady and Martin Julian meet to decide
where FitZsimnons and Jeffreys will fight
they will consider a new proposition from
G. c. Bennett, a Chicago promoter, who
has offered a $4,000 purse for the men to
baltie for. Mr.. Benefits $500 forfeit has
been sent to the Police Gazette office and
Brady, who has had some correspondence
with him, is anxious to discuss the details
of the bid with Fitzsimmons' represent
alive He says that he is anxious to have
the fight take place where the largest
purse can be obtained and if Benefits Of
fer is more advantageous than any of
those now under consideration it will be
accepted. Bennett proposes to have the
Hght take place in an amphitheatre
erected for the occasion n Illinois, Indiana
or Missouri. He is now in Kansas CITY
looking for a suitable battle ground in
that locality
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23
CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS.

Mr.. Means and son, of Sistersville,
were the guests of friends in the city
yesterday.
Harry Stewart, the South Side drug
gist, is suffering from a severe sprain
of the left ankle.
Dr.. and Mrs C. L. Hill have remov-
ed from the Mcclure and have taken
up quarters at the Stamm House.
John Butterfield, brewer, of Balti-
more, Md, arrived in the city last
night to attend the funeral of his
brother, Jonas Butterfeld.
Chas. A. Vierheller, for the past fif-
teen years with L. Swabacker, has ac-
cepted a position with Geo. M. Shook &
Co., where he will be pleased to see his
friends.
Mr.. J. B. McClement and his sister,
Mrs w. C. Beans, arrived home last
night from Washington county, O.,
where they attended the funeral of the
late Samuel Riley.
Hon. Charles Burdett Hart, United
States Minister to the republic of Co.
lumbia, arrived home yesterday morn
ing from Bogota. He has been granted
a leave of absence for sixty days, most
of which time he will spend in Wheel
ing. He is registered at the Windsor,
where many of his friends called to
pay their respects yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23
NEWS NOTES OF YESTERDAY.
A Collection of the Small Events of Eacl
Passing Day.

A Collection of the Small Events of Each
Passing Day.
There were six miscellaneous cases
in Police Court, yesterday morning.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment in another column of Herbert Il
Ayres, who have dissolved partner
ship.
The Niagara Club will give their
regular dance at their hall, corner OF
Twenty-fourth and Market streets, to-
night.
The incorporators of the Mcclure
Hotel Company are called to meet on
April 18th, at the Office of Caldwell &
Caldwell
%. Poessin, of the Eighth ward,
has received the necessary papers for
his admittance to the asylum for the
aged at Belleplaine, Me.
The Council Committee on Lights
is called for Friday evening, and the
Committee on Petitions and Remon-
strances on Monday evening.
The ladies of the Mozart Sing
ing Society will give their last kaffee
visite for the present season on Easter
mOuUdy d. lu6lI udll Ou lie OOutu OluO.
The Commissioners Committee on
Roads and Bridges met yesterday and
discussed appropriations for the ensu-
ing season. No figures were given out,
however.
Mr.. Charles Bailey has awarded
the contract to E. NJ. Holiday & Co..
for his new residence ~ Pleasant VAL
ley. The building will be a very hand
some one.
Judge Hervey held a special term
Of the Circuit Court, yesterday, and en-
tered an order of distribution in the
case Of Bertha Theresa Giles, guar
dian, V. w. c. Giles and others.
There will be a general tender Of
condolences to Mr.. and Mr.. c. H. Wat
kins, Jr., in consequence Of the death
of their daughter, Margaret, at half
past ten o'clock Tuesday night, after a
long illness. The funeral will take
place this afternoon at 2 o'clock. In
terment at Greenwood.
Henry Floersheim, of Finleyville,
has received the contract for furnish
ing the Bellaire Gas and Electric Com
pany with coal wod one year. Mr.
Floersheim has been furnishing this
company with the black mineral for the
past twelve years, and now enters upon
his thirteenth year for the contract.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23
MOUNDSVELLE.

R. G. Dakan, of Rosby Rock, was in
the city yesterday.
Robert Walker, who has been on
the sick list for some time past, is able
to be on the streets again.
Miss Gertrude Dobbins, Of Wheeling,
IS visiting her sister, Mrs. G. B. Smith,
Of Lafayette avenue.
Miss Title Lindsey, of Wheeling, is
visiting relatives in the city.
A. F. Francis and family returned to
Cameron last evening after spending
several days the guests of relatives in
the city.
A. NJ. Crow, prominent merchant OF
Littleton, was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Carrie C. Burnley, of Thompson,
and Mrs. Charles Dunlap, OF Baltimore,
are the guests Of relatives in the city.
The Ladies' Sewing Society of the
Methodist Church will meet this after
noon at the home of Mrs. c. C. Math-
ews, on Fifth street.
VIM. Meighen was at Wheeling yes
terday.
The packet City of Pittsburg passed
up the river yesterday shortly before
the noon hour The boat tied up be-
low the city quite while on account
of the injectors failing to work.
D. r. Meighen and wife, of Cam
eron, are the guests of relatives in the
city.
NJ. F. Giesey and Col. Robert White
were in the city yesterday.
Quite number ct our people attend
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23
STATE SUPREME COURT.

Special to the Register.
Charleston, w. Va, March 22.-The
Supreme Court handed down the fol-
lowing opinions to-day:
BloXon & Garnett VS.. Judge of Cir
cult Court, on petition and writ OF
error, from Fayette county, writ refused
and petition dismissed; opinion by Nc
Whorter.
Thayer VS.. c. & O. Railroad Com
pany, from Kanawha county; affirmed
by divided court, Judges McWhorter
and Dent for the reversal and Judges
English and Brannon for the afflrma-
ton.
Miller VS.. White, from Mason coun-
ty; reversed and remanc>~. opinion
by Brannon.
Burbridge VS.. Sadler, from Doddridge
county: reversed and remanded; opin-
ion by Brannon.
Murdoch VS.. Baker, from Mipgo
county; reversed and remanded; opin-
ion by English.
Davis VS.. Western Union Telegraph
Company, from Mingo county; revers-
ed and remanded; opinion by English.
Griffith ct al. VS.. Blackwater Boom
and Lumber Company, from Tucker
county; reversed and remanded; opin-
ion by Dent.
Holt VS.. Holt, from Gilmer county,
reversed and remanded; opinion by
Dent.
An appeal was rrfused in the case
of Boring VS.. Headed, from Harrison
county
Adjourned till Saturday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23
THE PROGRAMME
To he Rendered at the Meeting OF the
Round Table This Week.

To be Rendered at the meeting OF the
Round Table This Week.
The semi-annual meeting OF the
Round Table of superintendent, prlncl-
nails and teachers of Western West Vir-
sinia and Eastern Ohio will be held IN
the assembly room Of the High School
building tomorrow and Saturday.
The first session will be held at the
Board of Education quarters at l0 a.
m and the rest of the sessions will De
held at the High School.
The following interesting pro-
gramme has been prepared for the oc-
casion:
State your method of teaching history
What is it's special value! &c ;,da-
How do you develop the power OF lfoe-
pendent thinking? ..4.o,, of ~
Upon what should the promotion oA p"-
What should characterize the language
of the teacher? , - .,.;+
Are teachers doing all they can CONSIST
emily to further Sen-improVemeht:
The teachers meeting:-how do you con-
duct it? a..,,.,o,, a., tho mart
How can we keep the boys in the schools
until they finish their course?
Close supervision is the only hope OF the
schools in districts of all sortS-county,
village and city. 1890 49,, -,
If q good teacher fails to pass the eX-
animation for a renewal of her certificate.
the board should ktep her position Tor her
until She does obtain a ceruhcate.
Tea cheers examinations, by the question
method will never throw out unworthy
# 'fhe xe4ealed "old teachers are not
the hest III teachers in the corps, 1t is be-
cause the superlntendents with whom they
have worked have been incompetent.
A teacher should be required to write
ont the reasons for any method which she
uses or likes.
What Importance should be attached to
the grades upon teachers certificate?
The Importance of habit IN education.
100 muCh is now attempted N most pri-
mary schools.
In what grade or grades should the in
experienced teacher be placed?
What constitutes good moral teaching
in primary grades?
The Murder Of the Modern Innocents'
CMrs. Lew Wallace IN Ladies Home Jour
nal for February.
Shall children be taught reading and
writing before they are ten years of age?
CPopular Science Monthly for january.
Uniformity of text books for the upper
Ohio valley towns
When should technical grammar be
ShaI the school instiu more ethics?
The disciplinary value of music in the
public schools.
How much arithmetic should be taught
in the grammar school?
Should natural history be given a place
in the school course? y
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23

Which is to Own All The Coal Mines
in the Pittsbarg District, Contem-
plated.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 22.-An effort
which is supposed to be backed by east
ern capitalists is being made to unite
all the producing coal mines in the
Pittsburg district. Several attempts
within the last two years have been
made to bring about a combination OF
the operators, but those interested have
never been able to get all the operators
to agree to any one plan.
The Morgan syndicate is supposed
to be back of the present scheme.
Agents have been in the district for
some time and it was stated to-day
that every operator had been approach
ed and asked to give an option on his
mines and property. 1t was proposed
to buy the mines outright, paying cash
On closing the deal, or to give the
operators stock in the new concern
The new trust, should it be formed
will be capitalized at about s25,00o,-
600
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23
in a woman's college at Northampton

in a woman's college at Northampton,
Mass
DR.. B. o. Williams leaves this after
noon for New York city on business.
Mrs. Emma Undertakes condition
is gradually growing weaker.But small
hopes for her recovery are entertained.
Charles He'll will entertain a party
of his young friends at his home this
evening.
Miss Ellen Mitchell entertained
party of her friends in very pleasant
manner at her home on South Fourth
street last evening.
The Martins Ferry base ball club
has been reorganized for the comln5
season. A good strong club has been
selected and some excellent work is
expected. They are making arrange
ments now to give a benefit ball IN the
near future for the purpose OF securing
uniforms.
Another we'll pleased audience at
tended the performance given at the
Opera House by the Charles Mortimer
company last evening.
The Kings Daughters of the Presby-
terrain Church are making prepare
tions to give a market in the empty
store room in the Opera House block
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Lola Reynard has closed her
millinery store at Jewett, OHIO, ana
returned to this place.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23

Infants are effected BY
foods taken by the nursing
mother.
Prof. w. B. Cheadle, Of
St. Mary's Hospital and
author of a treatise on the
feeding of infants, has shown
by experiments that wasting
diseases, will result from de-
priving children of fats and
hypophosphites.
DR.. Thompson says Cod
liver oil is what such mothers
and infants require. "Scott's
Emulsion" is pure Nor
wegian Cod-liver oil with
hypophosphites.
soc. and sr.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT s BOVINE CFlnists. New York
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23
HOSPITAL DIRECTORS.

Special to the Register
Charleston, W. Va, March 22.-Gov-
ernor Atkinson to-day appointed the
following board of directors for min
ers' hospital No. /, to be located in
the Fairmont region, the first two
named being for four and the last two
fox two years:
Hon. John W. Mason, of Fairmont
DR.. L. s. Brock, of Morgantown; Capt.
Billingslea. Of Fairmont, and Mathew
Mannex, OF Clarksburg.
Capt n. B. Maher, superintendent
of the Bluefeld division CT the Nor
folk & Western railroad. telegraphed
the Governor to-day asking him to
postpone the appointment OF the board
for hospital No. 3. for the Bluefeld
region, until Friday, at which time a
committee of Bluefeld people will be
here to address the Governor on the
subject.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23

finished ready for occupancy. The
other house on Second street will be
completed by the first Of the month.
A number of the local lodge Of Elks
attended the social session given at
Wheeling by the lodge there last night.
The Baltimore and Ohio pay car
from the East will arrive in the city on
Saturday next.
Charles Rosser, of Bellaire, has been
soliciting subscriptions in this city,
Glendale and McMeehen for the new
telephone line, which is to connect with
the Panhandle Company. When the
new line is constructed Moundsville
people will be able to talk with Wheel
ing, Beliaire, and, in fact, almost all
of the important cities.
The street car company have force
of men at work repairing the track
through the Narrows above Glendale.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23

ed the performance of Jack and the
Beanstalk" at the Wheeling Opera
House yesterday.
The trial of Harkins VS.. Davis in
Circuit Court was not finished yester-
day as was expected. The evidence,
however, is all in and the Jury will
have the case in their hands to-day.
John Brooke, Jr., has returned from
Benwood Junction. vince he is inter-
ested in the opening Of a new coal
mine.
The W. H. Dorsey sale yesterday
brought quite a large number of visit
ors to the city. All of the livery was
not sold, however. but the sale was
adjourned for the present.
The painting of the new hose house
opposite the school house, was finish
ed yesterday and the building is now
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23
MARTINS FERRY.

The much talked of and long expect
ed new side wheel river packet, City
of Pittsburg, passed up yesterday after
noon about four o'clock Many people
were lined up along the river shore to
see the new boat, while others content
ed themselves with "rubbering" from
a distance.
A young child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Jones, Of Third street, died yes
terday afternoon after short illness
caused by complication of troubles.
William Burson left for Pittsburs
yesterday afternoon on business.
Miss Belle Hayes, of Smithfield, is
visiting her sister. Mrs. Samuel Wood,
of North Fourth street.
An infant child of Thomas John
sons. of this place, died Tuesday ana
will be buried this afternoon.
Joseph Jacobs is expected home from
a weeks business trip through the east
tomorrow.
Miss Anna Bowen, one of the teach
ers employed in the High school, has
secured the position Of German teacher
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-23

make new nd tissues
will tell the plain truth about
the amazing results that followed its use
medicine It's
making heahgvng lasting effects
by the last
the sales of Panes celery
larger than those OF all other
kinds combined
the spring medicine endorsed by ply
for all rundown
for purifying the blood
mnable to Improvement