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, 1899-11-30
ANOTHER BRITISH VICTORY.


London. Nov. 2G.-This afternoon the
war office posted the following dis
patch, dated Cape Town. 1920 p. IN.
to-day, from General Forester Walker:
"Ior Methucn reports that he
moved yesterday Saturday at $3.50 n.
IN. with the Ninth brigade. the Mount
ed corps. the naval brigade and two
batteries. The Guards followed with
the baggage. Near Grns Pan about
ter miles north of Belmont ON the rail
way line to Kimberly, $500 Beers
with six Gun ana two machine guns
opposed him. The action began mt &
n. IN. Our batteries fired shrapnCl nc
crrately ill the heights sccmcd clear.
Then the naval brigade and infantry
advanced TO the assault. The firing
was desperate until 10 II. IN. when
the heights Wee cnrricd. The Beers
rctrcated IN the line, where the Ninth
L.anciers We're placed to intercept them.
The result was not known M the time
of telcgraphlng. The artillery took
immediate advantage of the enemy's
retirement.
EARLY in the action 800 Beers Mt
tackled our rear guard. The brigade
met this, and also protected the TANKS.
The AVA brigade acted with the
greatest gallantry and suffered heavily
hui no particulars are yet known.
"Thc enemy showed the greatest
stuhhOrnncss and must have suffered
greatly. Twenty We're buried. Ii is
known thai thirty-Onc were killed and
fOrty-cight wounded. More thar fifty
horses were found dead in one place.
one battery fired 500 rounds.
Our force must halt II day at
Gras Pan to rest ana rcploniSh am
munitiOn. The force worked splendid
ly ana is prepared to overcome many
difficulties. The naval brigade. the
Royal Marines. the light infantry and
the First battalion of the North Ian
cashirr regiment especially distin-
guishcd themselves.
, 1899-11-30

Philadelphia. Nov. 24.-Ellery T.. Ing
ham, eX-Unitcd States district attor-
ney, and his Law partner and former
assistant, Harvey X. hewitt. were to-
day sentenced by Judge Mcpherson to
Imprisonment for two years and six
months and to pay n fine of 81 and the
costs Of their trial for conspiracy in
attempting to bride n secret service
operative in connection with the re-
cent big revenue stamp CONTRIBUTING
conspiracy.
lngham and hewitt were recently
convicted of conspiracy and bribiug n
secret service operative in connection
with the bogus revenue stamp coun-
terfeiting, Of which William Jacobs
and William l.. Kendig. Lancaster eli
garmal;ers, Were the leaders.
In sentencing the prisoners, Judge
MCPHERSON said: 1T is my duty 10
mark this offense with such punish.
mont as Will fairly indicate the prorer
reprobnt'On, which ought to follow nm
offcnse of this character"
The maximum penalty under the in,
dictment is five years.
, 1899-11-30
Filipino Cause Waning.

Manila. o 25.-Bautista, president
or the Filipino Congress. presented
himself 10 General Macarthur to-ds v
ana formally renowned all further
connection with the Instruction.
lie was one of the influential Fill
pinos who hcsitated ut the beginning
OF the war, as to which side to east his
lot. He was offered IA iudgeship of the
supreme court, but declined. - now
announces that lie desires to accent the
position, AMI says the Filipino Con
Sress ana Cabinet are scattered, never
to rehSsemble Some Of the members
ne adds AVE returned to their homes,
while other are flying for safety
Many of the congressman have resign.
ed n he believes the Filipino soldiers
VIII lay down their arms everywhere
as sOon as they learn the truth.
, 1899-11-30
THE STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE
Sir Henry Irving Earnestly mmen the
Practice of Reading Aloud.

1.-THE practice of reading aloud in small
or moderate-sized gatherings is in every
way to be commended" writes Sir Henry
Irving of THE Study of Shakespeare in
Small Communities. in the November
Ladies' Home Journal. at is good for
the Individual, good for the members of
the group. good for the locality, good for
the nation. No community can be too
small for the practice of reading in public.
II there be only two persons, each may.
in turn. learn something from the sue.
cesses or failures of the other; No one
need be difident at the beginning: there
is nothing really difficult. There is no ar
duous labor. there is no possibility of alb
solute failure where there is honest, care
full effort. Any form or subject of read
ing, worthy in itself. can be of use for the
study of eloCution. 1t Is, however, posi-
BILE to get together groups Of persons in
tereSted in some common theme, when
the mere getting them together without
such an .agglumerative, cause is lacking
and Shakespeare has been. is. and ever
will be. "A name to cOniure with. A play
read weekly or monthly, with the various
characters allotted beforehand, has been
a source of much and continuous pleasure.
productive of thought and study, anchor
alive of defective power Of u~tterance, n
winnower of the chat of harsh accent or
ultr~a-colluOquial mannerism."
, 1899-11-30
LAST OF STATE VOLUNTEERS.
mastering Out Tennessee Mon Closes One
Chapter of the War.

San Francisco. Cal, Nov. 2i.-Thc
First Tennessee regiment, after pass,
ing through an cvcntful history. ceased
to exist this afternoon. out of 1850
men NhO composed the regiment when
il started for war in the ummer of
lSoS. only G2l men and II officers step
ped up to receive their final pay and
discharge from service this afternoon.
one hundred and ninety five men re-
manned in Manila, having enlisted in
the Thirty-sevcnth volunteer infantry;
twCnty-One died of disease and three
were killed in action. The majority Of
the men left for home ut g o'clock TO
night on the southern Pacific.
Mrs. Townsend gave another evi.
dence of her generosity by offering the
Tennessee regiment n check for So
600 to pay its transportation hoGnc.
The TenuesSeeans. with all possible
gratitude. refused the generous offer.
The Tennessee regiment is the last OF
the state volunteers to be mustered
out. Their camp was crowded with
visitors to-day.
The Rev. Father McEinnon. chap
lain Of the United States army. de-
tends General Funston and Colonel
Metcalf from the charges that have
been brought against them. He n y
that churches in the Philippines We're
not desccrated by American troops,
but by insurgents and Chinese. The
priest Is positive that Colonel Met
calf did not shoot II prisoner in cold
blood, as has been alleged.
, 1899-11-30

In the "transbordeur' which spans tho
Seine at Rouen engineers have sought and
found n practical method of getting pc
destrians and vehicles across a large
stream without interfering with the use
OF the streain by shipping; Tbs struc;
ferry boat. has on either bank a steel
tower POS feet high. These towers are well
anchored and bound together by heavy
cables. The latter carry n horizontal track
100 feet above the. waters surface-high
enough to permit the passage of the larg-
est ships. A truck with sixty wheels runs
on the track, and from this truck hang
thirty cables, which partly support a plat
form or ferry boat large enough to take
on several tram cars. Power for propul-
sion is applied to the upper car; the low
er one slips over the water without jar
or vibration, and the trip over IA stream
40 feet wide occupied only "A minute or so.
Besides Rouen, BlZerta and Bilbao have
tried the arrangement which they have
round thoroughly practical.
, 1899-11-30

Billings. Mont. Nov. 27.-Rcprcscn-
tativcs Of the American-English syn
dictate have been in this state all sum
mcr and fall travelling all over the
large sheep raising sections, securing
options on the best sheep ranches and
best watered land for the purpose of
consolidating them into onc large com
pany, Already options on nearly 300
q head of sheep and 100000 acres of
the finest and most fertile sheep rails.
ing land in the state have been OBJ
tanned.
The representatives. of the syndicate
in Montana are Caloucl T.. G. Waters
and Edward j. Morrison of Billings,
both experienced and successful Mon
tana sheep men. Bert Rciss Of New
York is counsel ana organizer of the
company, which will bo known MS the
Consolidated Montana Sheep u Lamb
Company, with II capital of $4,000.
900.
, 1899-11-30
THE HOBART FUNERAL.
Imposing Ceremonies Attended by Many
Omcials.

Paterson, y. j., Nov. 25.-with the
impressive religious services of the
Presbyterian church and with the dig
nifty due to his high office, all that is
mortal of the late Vice President, Gar
rett a. Hobart, was committed to the
earth this afternoon. The President,
Secretary of State John Hay, Chief
Justice Fuller, Former Vice President
Levi p. Morton, Former Secretary of
War Alger, Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock, the Supreme Court judges,
members Of the Senate. members of
Congress and the vice presidents per
sonal friends filed the beautiful
Church of the Redeemer. and with
muistened eye and bowed head testi-
fled silently and eloquently to his
worth as Il statesman, friend and
neighbor.
On every side of it the floral offer
ings We're banked In n wealth of beauty
and color The funeral services were
opened by Rev. DIR. Charles S. SHlw,
who read II portion of the ninetieth
Psalm, verses l to :. IL - II. This was
followed by a selection from Job, xiv,
verses l to . and I &c ~. and con
cluded by n reading from the fifteenth
chapter of Corinthians, first verse.
After n prayer sixty male voices filed
The church with the beautiful melody
Of Nearer, My God. to Thee"
The sermon was preached by Rev.
DIR. David Magic, who extolled the
business, statesman-like and social
qualities of the deceased. Then the
Orpheus Club sang II cantata by
Chwatal. DIR. Magic then |propOunced
the benediction and in the same order
that 1t arrived the funeral procession
left the church.
, 1899-11-30

st. Petersburg. Nov. 2T.-Thc Rus
sian newspapers that the
British charge d'attnircs has Informed
the Russian government that Great
Britain has been In n state of war with
the Dutch republics of South Africa
since August 10Th. The Svct. com
menting upon this. says:
England, in giving this notification,
wlthdraws her declaration that she is
not carrying on war, but is merely
s~ubjugating rebels"
The NovUe Nrcmya, which attributes
fnrrcaching Importance to the British
notification. says:
THE powers are now In Il position to
send not only Red Cross agents. but
military agents rs well. and they may
Judge this n fitting time to intervene.
especially ms the Afrikandrrs are going
more and more 90 the BOcr side"
, 1899-11-30
WAR VETERANS SPLIT.
Another Association Formed General
Hale Is Junior Vice Commander.

Hale Is Junior vice
Washington, Nov. PA split has oc-
Cured in the organization of the Span
ish war veterans, and a rival body was
formed to-day, TO be known as the
Spanish-American war veterans.
Last week the original organization
held n p%rotracted meeting in this city
and perfected It's construction and by
laws. and mt that time there were rum
ors of an impending split, but nothing
was made public officially of 1t. To-
days meeting was held in response to
an urgent call of Adjutant General
Liller, who gives the following ms the
reason for the split:
General dissatisfaction, and an at
tempt to place the organization in the
hands Of the representatives, making
ii appear as a for political pur
poses, and the recent action of the COM
mittee who were in the minority as
suming the privilege of eliminating
n vacating offices created by the ma
tional convention; making several ap-
pointive officers, and n move to control
the association generally, and remove
the headquarters to Ohio.
Those who were present to-day are
men who have made national reputa-
ions and are here to make the organ
iZatlon n success and not use ii for sell
fish motives"
The new organization makes all
those who served in the regular or vol
unteer army, navy or marine corps
during the Spanish-American war and
those now serving in the present Phil
ippine war eligible to membership pro
vlded they can show an honorable dis
charge.
A resolution was adopted declaring
1t to be the sense of the body that Ad-
miral George Dewey be placed at its
head and authorizing the adjutant gen
eral to convey to the admiral the in.
formation of his unanimous selection
as commandments and that he be
earnestly requested TO accept The of
fee"
These officers were elected: Com
mander-in-chief. Admiral George Dew
ey; senior vice commander-in-chief,
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. New
York: junior vice commander-in chief.
Brigadicr General Irving Hale. Colo
RADIO: adiutant general. William Chris
tC. her Lillcr. Pennsylvania: quarter
master general, Colonel w. L. Lane,
Maryland: surgeon general. Major Ed
ward G. Davis. Georgia: commiSsary
general. Colonel james r. Coreyell,
Pennsylvania; inspector general. Colo
mel George w. Taylor. Virginia; judge
advocate general, Colonel James II.
Tillman. South Carolina: chief signal
officer. Colonel James l.. Fyffe. Ten
nessee; chaplain general. Captain
Charles ii. Jones. New York: sponsor,
Miss Helen NJ. Gould.
, 1899-11-30
nInm nj lnc pl.nrcc Inhn.tr,.

Bismarck. y. -, Nov. 27.-The state
Supreme Court in its decision just
handed down in Graham VS.. Graham,
strikes another hard blow ut the di-
yurro industry. II holds hat residence
In the state must he bona ildc and
characterized 10y the intention to stay
TO give the litigant tn" benefit of the
state law. Those who come to the
state for the express purpose of ScCur-
ing divorce do not acquire residence.
While the last Legislature increased
the period Of residence requisite from
ninety days to n year, this decision will
affect the STATUE of many divorces
granted 10y lower courts prior to the
going into the effect II the new law.
, 1899-11-30

Nebraska city, Nch., Nov. 2G.-Scna-
tor Hayward had another bad night,
and Dr. Written was considerably dis
Couragcd az the condition of his patient
this morning. The senator Is gradu-
celebrating and 1t is thought 10y those
best acquainted with the case that he
Cnunut survive the week.
, 1899-11-30

To those familiar with the enormous
salaries paid to the judges of the
higher English courts it may come as
something of a surprise to learn that
the president in chief of the French
Cour de Cessation gets only about
$4,000 a year. In no country save the
United States do judicial salaries reach
in amount to even a third of those
paid in Great Britain. The heavy rise
in judicial salaries in England began
about the middle of the last century,
based on the assumption that the pay
ment should be in ratio with the earn
ings of barristers from whom judges
were selected.
, 1899-11-30

MIS-. Belmont is one of those who be-
lieve that patriotism. like charity,
should begin at home. In refusing to
subscribe to a hospital ship to be sent
to the Tr%ansvaal Mrs. Belmont does
not love England less but our soldiers
in the Philippines more. After the lat
ter have had all their wants supplied
it will be ample time for American
women by their contributions to equip
a hospital ship for the soldiers of the
richest nation In the world.
, 1899-11-30

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. PA Stor
special from San Antonio. Texas. saws
IA portion OF the town of CotulIn. sixty
miles west, was washed away by n
early this morning. Four
inches of rain fell in thirty minute
a merchant m Walker and his
wire were drowned Many buildings
damage TO live stock ana ranch nrcn'
erty in the vicinity. p0p
, 1899-11-30

Nebraska city, Neb., Nov. 24.-Sena.
Tor upwards condition is more crjti.
cal tonight than mt any time during
the present attack, and he is Liable to
drop off at any time. He has barely
ned his own during the past wenk
ana MS strength is about all gone
Whlie the paralysis is increasing. He
sp'hks with great difficulty ana Ills
gible.
, 1899-11-30

~Sixty-two automobiles paraded in
New York city the other afternoon.
Victorias, phaetons, buggies and car
riages, with liveried coachmen and
grooms, demonstrated the fact that the
horseless e has arrived. and all the
spawned and w~ind-galled hacks IN the
great city neighed a sigh of relief.
, 1899-11-30
A Prince of Commerce.

John NJ. Smyth. head of the great
house The John NJ. Smyth Co, has
built up, by years of hard work, the
greatest institution of its kind In the
world. His name is a household word
in Chicago.
Their "ad." in another part of this
paper should be Of interest to every
one. Get their catalogue OF everything
to eat, wear or use.
, 1899-11-30

A scientist has discovered an appa-
ratus which will stimulate h brain.
1t consists of an electric band. While
scientists have been i%nventing unnat-
ural ways of making the brain work.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has for If
ty years been doing it naturally. 1t
cures dyspepsia and all stomach
troubles and builds up the system.
DO YOU think Congressman Roberts
is guilty of bigamy, Aunt Melissa
'Bigamy? He's guilty of trigonometry.'
, 1899-11-30

"Of course, the only truly happy man
Is the man who devotes his life to do
ing good for others, said II cornfed
philosopher. THAT is the only occu-
patton a man can engage in in which
people will let him have his own way"
Indianapolis Journal.
, 1899-11-30

A philosopher says: wise men
hesitate; only fools are certain" If
the philosopher is certain of this he
must be a fool according to his own
theory.
, 1899-11-30

Poverty would soon be an unknown
quantity If men could dispose of their
experience at cost.
, 1899-11-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
GOSSIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE DEPARTMENTS.

7 I ~ Y ~
ment fourteen senators have been act
ing vice president 10y reason OF the
death of the duly elected vice president
or his accession to the presidency.
The report OF the commissions OF
immigration shows that for the month";
of July, August and September OF TINS
year the number of immigrants admit
tea was 1896. which Is an Increase OF
1908 over the same months of last
year.
Mr.. Depew has rented the famous
CorcOrnn mansion at Washington Tor
six wears, his entire senatorial term,
md Days $4,000 for that period. Sen
ator Brlce paid 10000 a year upon an
nual leases. Mr.. Depew saves Slo'ooO
by a wholesale transaction.
Certificates of merit for service dur
ing the Spanish-American war have
been awarded by the war department
to n large numbpr of privateS, among
them being three Colorado men: Ser
gennt II. |. Clotworthy of Denver, Fri
waite l.. /. Bigelow of Leadville, ana
Private Sam Hickman also of Lead
vile.
The p~ostofice department has issued
I'M order that mail TO prisoners IN any
penal Institution or asylum shh ne
delivered directly TO the addresses or
10 us order ana the wafnens Siaii NV,
he tho crime for which the person 90
whom the letter is addressed is i'm
prisOned.
Senotor Jonos Of Arkansas chairman
of the Democratic national committee.
snys mo nevt convention must not he
hold In Chicago beconse of the parti-
sonsbip of Tho 81 am In
favor of holding the DemOchatic ION
ycntion right here in Washington" he
said. ..but | will vote for nny place be
fore Chicago"
authorities nj Havana TO make i'm
mediate rnngrmnnt for the ship
mrnt 10 this country of the bodies Of
the mon Killed on the Maine. Orders
nlso hovp brrn issued Inv the War De
partmcnt for the shipment home of
the bodies of the soldiers who died in
tha p]hIlinninrs i'm Cubn. Porto Rico
and Hawaii.
,
1t is well understood mere that a real
agreement OF some III mas Deeu ar
ranged between Germany England
II America. NothlhS oulclal can DE
learned upon the matter, put no uehlal
is made by those IN tolch WIN me IA
mihistrhtlon: Inc threatening NOE
ed ms mounting uumistnkahly toward
the existence of an alliance.
DcwCy's charactcristically frank
statement regarding the transfer of the
Eift house had the effect, almost In
simultaneously, of hushing ndversc
] criticism which had nSSuilHl MN. In
, 1899-11-30

1t is possible hat John Bull may
conclude in time that all is not gold
that glitters in South Africa.
, 1899-11-30

Pluck usually wins. A mans success
often depends upon his ability to pluck
others.
, 1899-11-30

Politicians are sometimes called
dark horses because of their shady
records.
, 1899-11-30

Bread is the stan of life and hard
tack is the crowbar.
, 1899-11-30

It is probably the excessive liabili-
ties that make marriage a failure.
, 1899-11-30

Luck is blamed with a lot of mis-,
fortunes of which 1t is ignorant.
, 1899-11-30

The way of the wise man is to let a
woman have her own way.
, 1899-11-30

HOLSTERS may not have spirits, bu'
many a mar has felt their presence
after death.
, 1899-11-30

One is apt to strike a happy vein in
the vicinity of the funny bone.
, 1899-11-30

According to the annual crop report
OF the Omaha Bee. complied from re-
ports of special correspondents in every
county in the state of Nebraska. the
corn crop of 1893 exceeds the record of
the best previous year by l4,2l7. 2iO
bushels. Previous to 1899 the greatest
corn crop was two years ago. The
figures show that the crop of 1899
reaches the enormous figure of Pa
1875, 093 bushels. The average yield per
acre is 34.5 bushels. and the quality of
the crop is excellent except in very lin
tied portions of the state, where hot
weather in August damaged it some
what. The crop is not only the largest,
but taken a. II whole is of as good
quality as any ever raised in the state
, 1899-11-30

A woman likes to be told she looks
fresh, but a man doesn't.
, 1899-11-30

If you dom care for the things you
can't obtain you will be fairly happy.
, 1899-11-30

Automobiles are speeding their way
to the front as the coming means Of
transportation. A machine has been
invented In Iowa, Weighing only sew
enty-hyo pounds, that can draw We
hlcles at the rate OF fifty miles an
hour. Motor carriages are being con
Rtructed to take the place Of mules ia
towing boats on the Erie canal. On
the back OF all this comes the usual
Information that a $500. OOO,O y trust
has been formed to corner every ar
tcIe connected with the construction
Of the new machines.
, 1899-11-30

How did you photograph that fine
large meteor, professor" ~ spattered
whitewash on my closet door,
The Arizona daily orb., 1899-10-20
Insurrec,ion in phoen,x.f
rho Phoenix Enternriee say.:

The Phoenix Enterprise says:
 "rhere is small insurrectitn in the high school presided over by Mss Mils, of Indiana, a teacher importea fron Prof, Creager's home town. Eigh cen children have applied to the snpelinfend ent because they charge ill treatment in giving credits:
 "lC seems the first monthly examina~ ton has just been pulled off. several of the youngsters, owing to fright or b,iefness of time allowed, failed to make the requisite showing. The pupils claim their general average was not taken into consideration, and though one might have .had d perfect grade Tn every branch during the month, this would count for naught.
 "The pupils are not youngsters but are prlpcipahy of the fourth grade in the high school. The pupils allege further that the offending teacher is rapsY, say ca-tic, craUbed and iussy.
 "Prof. Creager has tried to talk the pupils out of it, but % far has been un- able to do so."
The Arizona daily orb., 1899-10-20
Change of Time on s. P.

The announcement of a contemplated change of Lime in the passenger service on the southern Pacific has compara- lively recently been repeatedly made As often 1t has been stated that the change had been indefinitely postponed. However, it is now published by the Tucson press that the new time schedule has been positively arranged and will go into effect within few days. fhe ORB will dou btless be promptly advised by the $. !. Company prior to the new table gong into effect, but no such ad- vice has yet been received.
 It is not anticipated that the change of time on the s. r. will alter the time of the trains on the Arizona x South EasterL-at least not at once.
The Arizona daily orb., 1899-10-20
Spain's Greatest Need.

Mir. R. P. Olivia. of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken 5 c. Weak nerves had caused severe pains i'll the back of his head. On using Electric Bitters America's gretaest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left hiin. He says thls grand medicine is what his country needs. all America knows that itcures liver and kidney trouble, ,puriiies the blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vlgor and new life into every muscle nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50 cents. Sold by Bisbee Drug Store and Copper Queen Store .-