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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09
nIipers, strike Continues.

Little Rock, Ark, March s. - The
coal strike is still on with little pros
pect of an early termination, although
there has been no serious clash be-
tween the opposing interests. There
are about go men out at Russellville.
All the miners AT Huntington are out
hut quiet prevails. AT Bonanza every
miner is out aud determined to stand
ty their demands.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09
DISPUTES BETWEEN NATIONS.
Meeting In Boston Advocates Arbi.
tratiOn.

Boston, March S.-A meeting to ad-
vocate arbitration Of disputes between
nations was held in fremont Temple.
Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale was
the principal speaker. He said: I'VE
have come here to forget the things
that are behind and to think only OF
the things that are before. My text
Is the rescript Of the ear, which
hope every one will ponder over" DR..
Hale then read the rescript and said:
"This conference proposed by the
czar will meet just as surely as the
world goes round. For the first time
In the Nineteenth century body Of
twenty-six men will come together to
consider questions Of perpetual peace"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09
New Trial Denied.

Topeka, Kan. March 3. Judge
Hazen overr,lled the motion for a new
trial In the John Collins murder case.
Young Collins was convicted on Dec.
"a Of killing his father prominent
real estate man Of this city, last May.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09
o,,x w,,I withdraw.

Harrisburg. March S.--There are ru-
mors current here that Senator Quay
will withdraw before the close of the
present week and that Col. George II.
Huff will be chosen his successor In
the United States senate.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09
s.r,ou. Charge.

Chicago, March 5. Ralph l.. DC.
trander. who heretofore has enjoyed
AN excellent reputation, was indicted
or n charge Of receiving stolen prop
erty. Letters In his possession showed
that he has been acting as a fence.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09
ROBBERS DEN.

Gu Lac boys Hoard stolen
r. S"ods Under a Sidewalk.
uolicn uu Lac, Wis, March S.-The
nndes ma nave discovered robbers den
Hoso tne postoffice sidewalk. and
ase ha, lock, lad fourteen years of
fessad oeen arrested and has con-
will = 70 burglary. Three other lads
=, nl DE arrested. Over 1000 worth
|inas eas ,rcm merchants In the build
past soning have been missed the
pass. wv months An underground
ase was dug by the boys.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09
s,IxeIn FOR EconomY

Madrid, March The cabinet coun-
ell decided to suppress the pensions
of all former ministers. Senor Silvela
says the government has begun at the
top In setting an example Of economy.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09
kinIin. Continued to Improve.

New York. March 5.-Rudyard Kip
ling continues to improve rapidly. One
bulletin was issued, as follows: MT.
Kipling has continued to improve 80
that his temperature and pulse are
but little above normal"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09
Won by FnIlieres

Paris. March 5.--The senate elected
NJ. FaIlieres president of that body
by a vote of 151 against 80 votes cast
for NJ. Constans.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09

Winnipeg, March S.,-The death Of
Principal King, OF the Manitoba Pres
byterian college, has called forth en-
presslons of sympathy fsom all de-
nominations and oil parts OF Canada.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09

Boone, Iowa, March S.--W. n. Hall.
the colored man who shot and killed
Brown, o colored miner. at Eruser
some weeks ago, was sentenced To-
eight years in the penitentiary ana 3
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09

Washington, March 8. - No confer
cnce reports on appropriation bills
were passed at 6 o'clock last evening,
and the house. therefore. paid its trib-
ute of respect TO The memory of the
late Representative Hurley by adjourn.
ing until to-day at IL o'clock. An at
tempt was made TO consider the reso-
luton reported by the judiciary conf
mittee, declaring that Gen. Wheeler
and the three other members who ac-
cepted commissions in the army had
thereby vacated their seats, but the
house. by an overwhelming vote. re-
fused to consider them. The political
division upon this vote was significant.
The vote stood u ayes. cast by 81 Re
publicans, 43 Democrats and 13 Pop
ulists. and 1i6 nays east by 101 Re
publicans. Al Democrats and Popu-
list. A half million dollars each was
appropriated under suspension of the
rules for the Pan-American exposi-
tlon at Buffalo and the Ohio centennial
at Toledo. The senate bill carrying
S1.oO0,O00 for new building for tbs
department of justice was passed ant
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09

WASHINGTON. March b.--Nlce PfeSl-
dent Hobart declared the senate OF the
Fifty-fifth congress adjourned with
out day at 1908 Saturday, after
continuous session beginning at IL
o'clock Friday. with the exception OF
oBe-hour recess during the forenoon.
The day Of final adjournment broke
with the senate in executive session
disposing Of large number Of nom-
nations. When the doors were opened
there were seen but a handful of tired
and haggard looking senators, who
were waiting for the final reports from
the conferees on the two bills yet In
dispute. Finally Mr.. Hale appeared
with both. The deficiency bill was
quickly passed, and then came the
final and closing fight on the naval
bill and the price Of armor plate and
for an armor plate factory. This was
finally over and the weary senator's
took short recess.
Upon reassembling the senate took
on a new appearance. The chamber
had been cleaned up and the senator's
came back TO the . closing meeting
with more spruce appearance. Some
few attempts at legislation were made,
but oil were unsuccessful. Then the
galleries filed with gaily dressed Wis
itors who We're there TO see the finai
ceremonies. They were not long per.
mitted to enjoy themselves as an exec,
utive session drove them into the cor
ridors, where they patiently waited
for the doors to be opened. wheI
this was done only nve minutes re
mained OF the congress-, but the hand,
Of the clock were turned back tel
minutes to give time for the usua
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"WAIT TILL THE CLOUDS
ROLL BY"
BY ERNEST JARRoLD.
Author of tho '1Ilcky Finn" Stories


Copyright. 1899 by Ernest Jarrold)
Robinson had worked his way through
Cornell University, and had been gradu-
ated with honor. Having inherited taste
for literature, he decided to go to New
York and win fame and fortune with his
pen. To young and ardent man this
prospect is q very pleasant one. In the
effort a few men have succeeded, but
many more have failed for the reason that
the road is more stony than the famed
rocky road TO Dublin. But Robinson's :
heart beat high and strong. He knew he
would have to work, but he was willing
His ambition was to become an editorial
writer like Horace Greeley or Henri
Rochefort
When Robinson arrived in New York
city in November, IS, he had one suit of
clothes and two ten-dollar notes. Having
passed through an apprenticeship in econ
oCny at college, he knew the value Of a
dollar, and so he decided to make his
cash capital go as far as he could. 1t was
the first time he had ever visited a great
city, and feeling of inexpressible lone
liness came over him as he looked into the
faces Of thousands of men and women
and wondered why he did not recognize
any of them. Robinson had been reared
in an environment of green trees and run
ming brooks, where nature smiles upon
man. But 10 the country boys perception
the tall buildings seemed to frown forbid
dinghy upon him, and the noise of innu-
merable vehicles sounded discordantly
in his ears.
Tugging his old carpet sack, containing
his clothing, a copy of Shakespeare, a BIZ
bic and thesaurus, he walked up Broad
way in search of a lodging house. He was
amazed at the hustle and activity, the in
difference of every man for his neighbor,
and at the indications on every hand of
wealth and prosperity. Up the great
thoroughfare he wandered looking for a
home, but finding no renting place until
he arrived in Harlem. Here in a quiet
The morning news., 1899-12-31

ing voice, although the feeling among the
higher officers of the army who We're be-
ing superseded. and many of them had
strong political influence was against
him.
Wood ruled with the power of a Car
In Santiago, and yet he is probably the
most popular man in Cuba, with Cubans
as well as with foreigners. His appoint
ment as military governor was received
with enthusiasm by every paper of promi-
nence in the island This was due to
Woods quality of tactfulness, which, Il
seems to me, came to him with his medl-
cal training. A doctor must know how
to manage people. There are any num-
Der of instances, showing with what con-
summate skin he managed the Cubans
One of the most difficult influences in all
Spanish-American countries is the Church
In Cuba il was very powerful and Wood
saw that it would be necessary to handle
it with great care, inasmuch as it was
naturally opposed to the Americans, as
being the power which parted the Church
and the state and divested the Archbishop
of his accustomed revenues. Wood made
it his business to become personally &C.
quainted with the priests, to look at the
difficulties from their point of view, and
when the new Archbishop of Santiago was
appointed Wood was asked, to the sur
prise of every one, to take a prominent
place in the triumphal procession. He
expected that it would be merely q mat
ter Of a brief carriage drive from the pai-
ace around the plaza to the Cathedral
but when the procession arrived he found
that place had been made for him under
the canopy with the Archbishop And
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this time Robinson's money was becoming
scarce, and he decided to take the advice
of the editors and hunt for news. II is
fact peculiar 10 the newspaper business
that news is seldom got by searching. An
able reporter might start out tomorrow
to hunt aimlessly for news aud not run
across an item in a week But let him
visit police headquarters. where all the
crime of a great city is chrOnicled. or the
courts of justice, or shipping offices, or
the headquarters of any great industry,
and his search is likely to be rewarded.
But Robinson did not know this. Besides,
being unframed, he did not know what
the word news" meant in the vernacu-
lar. If he had run across an item of in
ternational Importance he would not have
recognized its value. Two days work
along this line convinced him of the use
lessuess OF his efforts, and he became de-
spairins
Why was it, he reasoned to himself,
as he sat on the humble bed under the
roof, that he could not get a chance to
show what ne could do? And the next
day was New Years. What hallowed
memories were conjured up by that
name They would miss him at the old
farmhouse in Cayuga county on the NOR
row. He could not write home for money.
because that would be an acknowledge
ment of defeat. His relatives expected
great things Of him. And there was Nell
lie, the blue-eyed girl, TO whom he was a
veritab,e Sir Galahad! What would she
say when she heard that all those beau
tiful tales which he read to her in the
orchard had been refused by every news
paper of standing in New York? Then
Robinson buried his face in his pillow and
went to sleep hungry, for only 10 cents re-
mained of his $40.
In the effort 10 dispose of his manu-
script. Robinson had visited every news
paper Office in the city except one. This
newspaper. by reason of its Acknowledged
superiority over ell the others, had fright
ened he young author. He did not have
tie confidence to think that he could write
anything fit for its columns But now
thai he was literally driven to the wall,
Robinson resolved to beard the Park row
literary lion in his den, and if he failed
he would go back to the farm and mi k
the COWS. His breakfast consisted of two
rolls and a cup of coffee, leaving him a
cash capital Of five cents. Before starting
on his forlorn hope he picked out from
amo his manuscripts a short descrip-
tive sketch of a mountain brook. 1t was
tie gem of his collection. In glowing lan-
guage he had pictured the ripping cas-
The morning news., 1899-12-31

the sport One night however, Miles In
vited him TO come up. assuring him that
he Gnles) was a hard bitter, but that he
would take into consideration the op. O.
nents youth and 50 on. and so on. If
there is one thing that would have stirred
up Woods boxing blood il was Just su-n
a remark. AS the story IS now told the
sparring was fast and furious, and result
cd in Gen. Miles getting much the worst
Of it, But Miles was then. as he IS now
very much Of a soldier, with a keen al
miration for the qualities of grit and de-
termination, even If he suffered by those
qualities, and Wood became his warm per
sonal friend as well as his physician.
BY nature Gen. Wood is "fearfully di-
rect'-the characterization Of one of his
friends He is direct aud honest Ike
Roosevelt and yet there never was man
who had learned the difficult lesson IF
tactfulness more thoroughly. Not long
ago a New York newspaper comment d
on the fact that there were only two men
of prominence who came out of the war
wholly without unfavorabe criticism
Dewey and Wood When Wood was ap-
pointed major general last month, he was
confirmed by Congress without a dissent
The morning news., 1899-12-31

ed dazzling. Although barely past 80 years
of age, Wood is a major general, occupy
ing the most important post with one ex-
ception, in the gift of the war department
Less than two years ago he was a plain
assistant army surgeon, with the rank of
captain. Indeed, his rank in the regular
army is still that of captain. When he be-
came colonel of the Rough Riders in May,
1885, he was absolutely unknown outside
of his circle of friends in the army and
in Washington. His brilliant dash at Las
Guasimas made him a brigadier general
and the fight of San Juan hilf in which
he commanded a brigade, brought him
the goyernorship of the city of Santiago
Here his remarkable activities in the quell-
ing of riots, the feeding of thousands of
starving Cubans, in street cleaning, in
fumigating, in battling with disease made
his fame even in Great Britain, and
brought him the governorship of the en-
tire province of Santiago, together with
an appointment Of a major general which
he held until the army was reorganized,
when he became q brigadier general. And
only the other day he was again made
q major general and assigned TO
the chair in which Weyler sat
so long at the palace in Havana This ca
ieer IS all the more remarkable Because
Wood started as a surgeon-outside of the
&C i've line of Service. Only few medical
officers ever have reached high places in
The morning news., 1899-12-31

the line, and not one ever before became
a major general Brigadier Gen. A. J.
Myer, once chief of the signal service,
rose from the medical service; so did Gen.
s. w. Crawford and Gen. Thomas Lawson
-and there the list ends so far as generals
ere concerned.
Wood received his military training in
the hardest school of the service-the In
dian country of the far Southwest Years
before the Rough Riders were thought of,
Wood was postmaster of the art of rough
riding.
It was he, who, with Capt Lawton Of the
Fourth Cavalry. now Maj. Gen. Lawton
IN the Philippines. brought in Geronimo, the
Apache, a the end Of one of the most
difficult Indian expeditions that ever fell
TO the lot of the American soldier The
hardships of this pursuit, which reached
many hundred miles into the mountains
OF Old Mexico, can hardly be over esti-
mated. Wood, although not then regu-
larly an officer in the army. being only a
contract surgeon, commanded the infantry
OF the expedition, as well as, at time, the
Indian scouts. So notable were his
achievements that Congress presented him
with a medal for distinguished service Ii
was the training in this Indian campaign
that lead to the victory IN the jungles of
Cuba and placed Wood in position to
acquire further distinction as soon as op-
portunity should offer.
Although Wood possesses rare talent IN
his chosen profession of medicine having
been graduated with honors from the Har-
ward Medical School. and later serving as
official physician to President Cleveland
ana 10 President Mckinley he is by ma
ture "a fighter and ii has been his ambi-
fon from his earliest days TO find a place
in the active line Of the service.
Aud curiously enough, he won favor
with The commanding general Of his de-
partmeut now Mai. Gen. Miles, by knock
ing him down. AZ was this way: When
young Wood entered the army he WAS as
strong as an OK and he possessed the en-
durance Of a Sioux Indian He was III n,
as he is to-day immensely powerful of
shoulders and arms with q short thick
neck and sturdy legs. From his boy
hood be had practiced running and walk
ing. and during his school career at Bos-
Ton he had practical boxing Until he he'd
become proficient in the art B king WAS
q iavorte sport nt tae headquarters OF
the Department of California and Nii
was proud Of hif boxing. Al first The
young surgeon. who was By nature shy,
diiAdent and low voiced, took no part IN
The morning news., 1899-12-31

he marched all the way through, no doubt
/ thinking of his old Puritan ancestors in
New England. Since then Wood has no
better friends than the Church dignitaries.
He dealt with that typical Cuban instI-
tuition, the agitatng editor, with the same
wisdom. Santiago is the flot-bed of Gu.
ban revolution. Every Cuban insurrec-
tion has had It's origin within fifty miles
of the city of Santiago. And the mouth
piece of the Cuban insurgent is the agI-
/ tating editor After the Americans came
into power this functionary was for a time
devoid of a purpose in life. The Spaniards
were gone and the agitating paper, no
longer thrlved. 1t was natural, therefore
that the editor should eventually begin
an assault on the American So bitter
were the attacks that many residents of
the city advised Gen. Wood to suppress
these papers, but the General knew the
mistake of making martyrs, martyrdom in
cuba being another name for patriotism
SO he sent for the most violent of the
editors.
You may say anything you please
against me personally" he said in his
quie way, but the moment you attack
the government / shall put you in Moro
Cas- le and keep you there"
Another one Of these editors had sug-
Eested 'goirg g TO the hills" which in Cuba
means rebellion. Wood sent for him, too.
and told him that the sooner he went 10
Nie HlllSt the better II would be for his
own safety, and he said it so seriously that
the next day the editor did so to the hills.
alone, and he has since caused no trou-
BILE.
Gen. Wood has made particular efforts 10
md out the real sentiment of the Cuban
people and 10 govern his official acts ac-
cordiugly with a people of the character
OF lhe Cubans, so long accustomed 10 say
ing one thing TO the cruel Spanish oficer
and dong another, and by nature so sus-
picious this was particularly difficult. and
Gen. Woods popularity in the island IS
The best attestauon OF his success. one
Of his aides told me that when Gen. Wood
was on his trips OF inspection he made
IL an invariable rule 20 dine with the
local officials and 10 talk much with them.
II sometimes happened. therefore that
Wood and Two or three members Of the
staff would sit down 10 dinner with "a
table fun Of black mon. with whom he
would directly be- on the best possible
terms. ia bis Official conferences Gen.
Wood communicates almost wholly
through nn interpreter. hut for friendly
conversation he can set along thoroughly
The morning news., 1899-12-31
SOUTH AFRICA's PLAQUES.
At BuIuwayO Boots DevOured by
Ants-The Rinderpest.
From Alnslee's Magazine.

From Ainslee's Magazine.
South Africa imports hides, wool and
mohair, and the ranchman would revel in
riches were it not for the various pests
that decimate his fiocks and herds. The
most deadly one is the rinderpest, a cat
tie plague which in the last ten years has
been slowly creeping from Central Africa
southwark, leaving a wake of whitened
bones. In travelling through Natal l saw
fifty oxen lying dead about a spring where
they had tumbed one over the other, so
suddenly had the disease attacked them.
1t was almost impossible then to get an
untinged piece of steak a. restaurant,
though the proprietor resented any such
charge, and a plethoric German traveller
who called in a loud tone for roast rim
derpest' in the railroad cafe a De Aar
Junction Cape Colony, had to be picked
nent specialists tried in vain to stop this
plague. The country is now recovering
from it slowly.
Another pest is the tsetse fly, an insect
resembling our common house fly, but
three times as large. It's bite viii kill a
horse COW or any other domestic animal
in about ten days, but strange TO say,
does not affect a wild animal or a human
being. A less dangerous but more trouble
some pest is the white ant. which is about
one-ouarter of an inch long and ubiquitous
in many parts of the country. They live
under the ground, and can only be routed
by killing the queen, which sometime
reaches the size of one inch in length.
This insect is particularly harassing in
Rhodesia At Buluwayo my travelling
companion inadvertently Left his boots on
the floor after turning IN ut night. and he
arose next morning TO ind the uppers care
fully separated from the soles. Lucky
you didn't leave your clothes on the floor,
was the hotel keepers only consolation.
These ants will eat thrOl1uh onVfhfny bllt
metal. and for that reason much of the
building is done with corrugated iron. The
ant hill is one of the conspicuous land
marks in travelling over South Africa"
The morning news., 1899-12-31
The sirdar.
From THE River War" by Winston
Churchill

From The River War, by Winston
Churchill
Kitcheners wonderful industry, his un-
disturbed patience, his noble perseverance,
are qualities too valuable for a man to
enjoy in Elis imperfect world without COM
Elementary effects. The General. who
never spared himself cared little for 9th
ers. He treated all men like machines
from the private soldiers. whose salutes
he disdained. to the superior officers he
rgidly controlled. The comrade who had
served with him nnd under him for many
years in peace and peril was flung aside
incontinently as soon as he ceased TO be
OF use The Sirdar only looked to the sol
diers who could march and fight. The
wounded Egyptian. and latterly the
wounded British soldier did not excite his
interest. and OF an the departments of his
army the one neglected was that con-
cerned with the care OF the sick and in
3ured.
The stern and IMPLYING spirit OF the
commander was communicated 10 his
troops and the Victories which marked
tho progress Of the River war were ae-
companied by acts of harbarlty. not al
ways Justified Dy the harsh customs Of
savage conflicts or the nerro aud trcaeh-
oroua natufe of the deryish
The morning news., 1899-12-31
THE NEW GOVERNOR OF CUBA.
STORIES OF CAREER OF AMERI-
JAS YOUNGEST MAJOR-GENERAL

s.The Most Popular Man in Cuba
and How He Learned the Real Sem
tfment of the Cuban PeOple-Denl-
ings with Revolutionary Editors.
How He Won the Archbishop of
Cuba-How He Works, His Diver
Sions, His Home Life-Hnd yellow
Fever ana Never Went to Bed-His
Views as to the Control of the Is
Iand-Diaz as Model Spanish
American Governor.
Washington, Dec. 29.-No soldier who
eyer served the United States has ever
risen to fame and has earned its rewards
more rapidly than Gen, Leonard WOOD,
fhe new military governor of Cuba. 1t is
the sort of success that may well be call