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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

DRUGGED AND ROBBED.
Temp1eton Farmer Loses $50 While
in Chicago.

Templeton, Wis, Dec. Especial i
John Banstone, a farmer of this place.
was robbed of $50 Thursday night in
Chicago by a man for whom the police
are looking. He was drugged in a sa-
loon, but cannot remember where He
regained his senses in a State street ho-
tel yesterday morning.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20
DESCENDING A STEEPHILL.
Train Became Uncomfortable and
Four Persons Were Killed.

Four Persons We're Killed.
Lewiston, ID, Dec. 16.--A train with
a load Of steel for the Northern Pacific
extension was wrecked at the bottom of
Kendrick hill. -Four persons were killed
and one was fatally injured.
The dead: Arthur e. Balm, engineer;
John A. Ogden, engineer; Earl Brad
shaw, fireman; A. Bulge, brakeman, all
of Spokane. Fatally injured: John Pc
terman of Spokane.
AS the train was descending the steep
hill it became uncomfortable owing to the
ice and snow on the tracks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20
The Waste of Coal.

Owing to defective heating apparatus
over 100000 of coal is wasted in
this city every year. Smart as we think
we are, we hardly know the first thing
about warming houses economically
New York Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

The committee of the Coincide Fran
caise has refused to receive the bust of
Francisque Sarcey and place it in its
galleries on the ground that it is that of
q mere critic
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

"A German biologist says that the
two sides of a face are never alike; in
two cases out of five the eyes are out of
line; one eye is stronger than the other
in seven persons out of ten, and the
right eye is generally higher than the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

-Mohammedans to the number of 49,
600 have deserted Crete. The remaining
$4,000 are beginning to feel reconciled to-
the new order Of things.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

Peru possesses such a diversity Of
elevations and climatic pecularites as
to be able to produce almost any product
known to man.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain is not the.
typical American girl which some peo-
pie represent her to be-.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

Ambrosia Chocolate or Cocoa pleases ali.
Send your address for pretty Panel Picture
free to Ambrosia Co., Milwaukee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

Exquisite favors make exquisite cakes.
Try NIB" fiavors.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

Rheude's Business College and Me
chanical Drawing School, Milwaukee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20
OF ENORMOUS WEALTH.
The Duke Of Westminster Serious
ly Ill with Laryngitis
at London.

London, Dec. 16.-The Duke of West
minister is lying seriously i'll with laryn-
gifts and bronchial catarrh at Lord
Shaftesbury's seat in Dorsetshire.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

The WEEKLY WISCONSIN is so well
known as a family newspaper that any ex-
tended comment on its high standing as a
household journal is unnecessary. 1t still
continues TO be the newspaper for the home
and is edited with the same care as in the
past.
FARM AND HOME is published semi
monthly thus giving you "a numbers year,
the whole making a volume of over 500
pages, teeming with all the latest and most
reliable information that experience and
science can supply.
The "EVENING WISCONSIN HANDY
DICTIONARY is a book of 248 pages, 315
x6 inches in size. with red edges and round
corners. Two hundred pages are devoted to
the Dictionary, the balance of the book
containing the Homestead and Exemption
Laws of all the States: the Postal Laws,
Spanish American War Tax French Words
in Common Use: Helps in Case of Acct
dents; Special Poisons and Antidotes; Table
of Weights and Measures; Brief Cooking
Recipes, and other useful information for
the family.
MINDLESS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-12-20

several Americans, whose aggregate
wealth is much less than that of West
minister, but if their returns are larger
their risk is greater The dukes belong
ings, real and personal, amount to about
S175 000 600
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

the Outlanders were paying to the Boer
government revenue of. So, 0OO, 600 an
nually, which consisted almost entirely
in tax on mining.
Then number of prominent English
and American miners formed in Johan-
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 "Dr.
Jim." What happened is of too recent
occurrence and too sensational to have
passed from the memory of readers.
The first battle of the Jameson raid
occurred at Krugersdorp on Jan. 1, 1896:
the second at Doornkop the day follow
ing, when Jamesons already defeated
raiders were all captured by the Beers.
President Kruger turned over the raid
ers to the British Government, which
sentenced Jameson to fifteen months in
Jail and some Of his officers to shorter
terms, after making them the heroes of
London for weeks.
Kruger arrested hundreds of Outland-
ers in Johannesburg on the charge of
treason, and upon trial four were sentenc-
ed to death. Among the latter was the
American mining expert, John Hays
Hammond, but their sentences were com
muted to fine and imprisonment. Both
the Beers and the British were fighting
mad. and everyone expected war would
follow between them. but it was averted
in a curious manner.
Emperor William of Germany sent a
cable message of sympathy to President
Kruger, and the enfant terrible of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

the conditions for the present struggle.
for 1t is through them that Englishman
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 Iransvaal 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 Kruger's 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-
lish. 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. Snch
Is the history Of the two that each can
fairly make Its claim.
Sovereignty or no sovereignty wonld
not, however, be a burning question was
there not reason for insisting on it, The
more practical statement of the issue is
that it concerns the political franchise
rights which the Uitlanders now find it
so difcult to acquire, and which Eng
land insists SO strongly they shall secure
on reasonable conditions. It 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 1t
would help the Uitlanders to secure for
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

lilly and even mountainous, full of
sharp rayines and regions of difficult pas
sage, the Transvaal is peculiarly adapted
for defensive operations, and even with
inferior fighters than the Beers could
long hold out against great force. The
Beers settled it only after series of
hard experiences, the result of which had
been to drive them north and, east from
the African settlements they had orig
inally made.
Struggles in Former Days.
Only by considering the past struggles
with the English can the present one be
seen in its true proportions. The Beers
were the original European settlers Of
South Africa. OF 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 in 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 such as exists now in the
Transvaal, where the Uitlanders out
number the Beers. except for the fact
that then the Beers We're actually and
not merely nominally subjects of Great
Britain. The English rule was autocrat-
ic, and the Boer idea about slaves and
land holding fitted so little with the Eng
lish ideas that soon the Beers had two
great grievances against their rulers.
The Dutch French colonists quarreled
with the English continually, and num-
bers of them "treked" or tracked north.
ward in search of farming lands. Their
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08
pre.ehe. q . Red Role.

The Rev. A. w. Hobson, pastor of
an independent church in Lyons, Neb.,
is known as s'the Man in Red" from
the fact that he always breaches in a
red robe. when people ask me-" he
says, what the red robe means 1 tell
them that they have made the same
inquiry exactly that the Prophet Isaiah
did $50 years before Christ. am not
permitted to divulge the secret Of the
red robe at present Though 1t will
gradually be done as the days go by),
further than to say, whatever else it
means, for the present 1t is emphati-
cally a question mark, viz, why art
thou red in thine APPAREL isaiah
kilt, q. AS such, for the present, let
1t remain. Every one instantly asks
the question when they see 1t. A lady
recently asked me, Are there any 9th
ers than yourselfT answered, Yes.
many in all parts of the world She
again asked, DO your followers be-
lieve as you do, and wear the red
robeY answered, Madam, 1 have no
followers; they are all the followers Of
the Lord Jesus Christ, and will, at His
command, put on the robe Of red, -
New York Tribune. =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

themselves what they need, and BECAUSE
he thought an agreement could be reach
ed concerning It more easily than con-
corning the many reforms in Boer laws
which are the real objections to be at
tained-for the benefit of the Uitlanders
and the real occasion Of England's inter-
vention.
Main Grievances Stated.
Reaching thus the kernel Of England's
reasons for interference In the Trans
yaal, the main grievances of the Uitland-
ers against Boer rule in the Transvaal
can be summed up in the following dec
larations:
The Uitlanders pay practically all the
taxes of the Transyaal. yet have no say
as to how the money shall be spent.
Their children have to speak Dutch in
| order to gain a proper education.
johannesburg is wretchedly governed,
and Is In a fearfully unsanitary condi-
ton. The Uitlanders have no power in
municipal government.
Their newspapers are gagged.
They are not allowedNto hold public
meetings.
Trial by jury is turned into farce.
The dynamite monopoly is an obstacle
TO the industrial progress Of Johannes
burg.
The president may without trial expel
any Uitlander from the Transyaal.
He controls the cables and can delay
messages.
The Uitlanders pay more money in
taxes than is spent in the government of
the Transvaal.
The Uitlander has been disarmed md
compelled to pay for fort erected to ter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

Republic has full powers to frame and
amend its constitutions and administer
Its internal affairs, but is prohibited from
making any treaty save with its neigh
Dor, the Orange Free States, without the
consent of the Queen.
BY this time British, Americans, Ger
mans and French were pouring into the
gold country, and johannesburg began to
take on the size and character Of an
American mining town. This annoyed
the Beers, but their thrift did not de
sert them, and although they avoided
mining and stuck to their farms, they
found many means to derive national
revenue from the Uutlanders or '.out-
siders." The government, under presi-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08
A Bee and pigeon Race.

Probably few people could say of
hand whether bees or pigeons fly the
faster. Yet the question has been ex-
perlmentally decided in favor Of the
bee. A race for wager took place at
Hamme, in Westphalia. A dozen bees
and as many pigeons were carried to
the village OF Rhynhern, about a
league distant, and there liberated.
The bees We're first rolled in -four in
order to identify them. In the result
the first bee finished quarter Of a
minute in advance of the first pigeon,
and three others arrived before the
second pigeon. The main body Of
both bees and pigeons arrived togeth-
Ier q few seconds later.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

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 revision Of
the convention in that year and again in
1854. 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
trouble. By its terms the South African
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08
the latter in his modern struggle

Tue iatter IN ms modern struggle for
wealth.
The war is. however, not merely war
with the Transyaal. The Boer rules I'M
disputed in the Orange Free State as
well as in the Transvaal. Beers live in
great numbers in Natal, which the Eng
lish long ago wrested from their indepen-
dent rule. Beers, too are many in Cape
Colony. Everywhere they are of the same
nature and ideals. Everywhere they, will
band themselves together as foes of Eng
land. A war with the Transvaal means
also war with the Orange Free State and
bitter fighting with Boer sympathizers on
English colonial soil.
The Transvaal, or South African Re
public, as it is properly called, is region
about as large as the State of Nevada,
and is completely surrounded by foreign
countries, having no direct outlet to the
sea. To the north and west are the
British possessions, Bechnanaland and
Rhodesia. To the south is the friendly
Orange Free State, and also Natal, q
British province. To the east are the
Portuguese colonies
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

first settlements were in Natal, but from
there also the English drove them, and
then they "treked" into the Transyaal,
where, on an unpromising upland, 5000
feet above the sea level, they became
Beers farmers" There they hoped the
British would leave them alone and their
hopes might have been realized had not
the discovery of gold been made there in
1865.
Prser 70 that dme, In 1852. England
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
] BOER NATIONAL SONG.


Flag Of our precious land, wave ON,
Transvaal's fOur-color free,
We pray may God the hand strike down
Fer raised to lower thee.
Float proudly, hammer, to the wind,
For past the threatening Ill,
Our foes have fled and left behind
A land unconquered still.
Through many years Of ilate and blood.
Dear flag. thou didst endure,
Again the storm thou hast withstood
And fioated still secure.
And as of old when foes assnll
Der brave hearts thou shalt wave,
Nor shalbthe black or Brit prevail
While we have strength to save.
Thou art, dear flag, our token true,
Transvaal's f0ur-color free,
To thee we pledge ourselves anew,
Til death we'll 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.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

Horse thieves are at work in Crawford
County,.
"A single tax club has been organized
at Dies Moines.
Free rural mail delivery has begun in
the country surrounding Iowa City.
A. I. Wood, the postmaster at Win
terset, has been convicted Of perjury.
The name of the postoftice at Youngs-
town has been changed to Carbonate.
Over one hundred men have been work
ing on the Rock Island grade at Minden.
Il. j. Farrell was robbed Of SIS while
asleep in boarding house in Burlington.
Charles Gramkow, residing near Per
STA, suffered loss Of about $4,000 by
fire.
DIR. P. Turner, who has just died at
Des Moines, was the founder of the
street railway in that city.
G. G. Jameson, wealthy banker and
business man OF Bows, has been indict-
ed by the grand jury for bribery.
Mrs. Robert L. Lincoln has been ap-
pointed Administrative of the estate of
her father, the late ex-senator Harlan.
William Dunsmore, freight conductor
on the Rock Island, committed suicide by
shooting while respondent over i'll health.
Mrs. Fred Settler of Des Moines was
thrown from her carriage in runaway
and sustained injuries from which she
died.
The 12-year-old son of Peter Shaver of
Sigourney, returning from hunting trip,
fell from the train and was cut in two by
the wheels.
The late James Morton of Cedar Rap
ids carried more than $34, 600 insurance
on his life. He was by no means a
wealthy man.
Thomas Glenn was killed by knife
thrown by Frank Montague In packing
house at Omaha. They were both for
merly of Ottumwa.
Andrew Chindlund, prominent farm
er Of Buena Vista County, died very sud
denly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Walters, an aged
couple of Welton, We're seriously injur-
their buggy.
]. D. Golf sold his 151-acre farm near
Atlantic for $3.50 per acre-land fol
which he paid $50 per acre only few
years ago.
1t Is learned that the burglar killed at
Otley, thought to be one Kennedy of
Waterloo, is Lou Bartlett, who served
a Jail sentence there last summer.
A dangerous epidemic disease has
broken out among the horses near Abba.
There is an epidemic among horses
around Ames, something similar to pink.
eye.
According to the report of the auditor
of Dubuque County that county spent
| $1S,756.57 in criminal prosecutions last
year.
A young son Of William Laubender Of
Audubon while riding a bicycle was kick.
ed on the head by horse and fears are
entertained for his recoverys
A Burlington man was arrested and
| fined for shooting duck across the river
from Burlington. He has appealed the
case and will test the Illinois game law.
Sherman Dougherty, boy of Paine
fell off tree and hurt his arm in such
I, a manner that 1t is feared he will lose it
Ground has been broken and excava
tions begun for the foundation of the
@. & N. w. freight and passenger depoi
ut Quarry.
VIM. Frederick of South Omaha was
found beside the track near Dunlap with
his skull crushed and left leg injured
His leg was amputated and 1t is though
he will recover.
When President Mckinley was at Du
buque he met there an old schoolmatt
who had saved him from drowning Will,
both were boys together. The meeting
| was most cordial, '
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

o HE issue between the English and
the Beers is one as old as this cen
always with much the same ground of
quarrel at the bottom, it has reappeared,
with each succeeding decade. Many
battlefield, and when war itself has not
existed rumors Of war between them
have been current. Wherever the Eng
hshman 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
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

The inmates Of the girls reform school
at Mitchellville have been in rebellion
and escaped from the custodians. A doz-
en- policemen from Des Moines went to
the scene to assist in rounding them up,
and members of the State board of con-
troll went along to investigate the trou-
bic. Twenty girls escaped. They We're
recaptured, and the disturbance incident
to their return set all the inmates going.
Windows and furniture were smashed,
the guards oyerpowered and the girls es-
caped. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08
HI, Appearance Agaln,t Him.

"You wouldn't think from the looks
Of that old fellow that he is one Of
the ripest scholars in this town."
ut doesn't surprise me. He's the
seediest looking man pve seen to.
day,"-C Chicago Tribune,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

The body of young woman was found
in the Des Moines river at Des Moines
and identified as that of Mable Schofield
of Macksburg. She was 81 years old
and went to Des Moines few days be-
fore to visit at the home Of j. w. Thon-
as. She was missed. but no anxiety was
felt and the first suspicion Of trouble
came when the body was found. The
coroner and physicians on examination
declare that she was not drowned, as
there is no discoloration of swelling.
There were no marks of violence, how
ever, and no poison could be detected.
The murder is complete mystery.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08
Supposed Crook Falls Beneath Train.

Supposed Crook Falls Beneath Train.
A tramp beating his way east fell I'M
der the wheels of the stone train In the
Northwestern yards at lama, both legs
being crushed at about the knee. He
gave the name of John Leonard, but
other tramps with whom he has been as
sociating say he went by the name of
Frank Williams and that he comes from
Columbus, Ohio. He died.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

Self possession is more than nine
points in law-or in anything else for
that matter,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

A girl of sixteen thinks it is the
proper thing to get shocked If her
mother sits out on the front porch with
anything but her best dress on.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

The Farmers Industrial Beet Sugar
convention of the State of Iowa conven-
ed at Clear Lake. James Wilson, secre-
tary of agriculture, presided over the
meeting. Papers were read by James
Allen Of Ames, Neb.; Prof. Allen of the
State Agricultural College of AIinneapo-
lis; Theodore Hapke of Pekin, ILL.,; Prof.
Hayes of Minneapolis; Prof. G. F. Curtis
Of Ames, and g. F. Sayler of Washing
ton, ID. @.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08
A BIG STATE
INTERESTING ITEMS OF LATE
IOWA NEWS.
Plot to Wreck and Rob a Train-A
Young Woman's Body Found In a
River-Hobo Holds Up Hobo-Trouble
at Girls Reform School.

A plot to wreck and rob north-bound
passenger train on the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern road near Rockford
on a recent night was revealed by four
arrests. 1t was also stated that the at
tempted crime was the third futile effort
Of the kind within three weeks. The men
arrested are Frank Hay Of Rockford,
Young Barkett, living near Nora Springs;
Charles Wilson and "Jupe" Brockett.
The first two have both served time in
the penitentiary, and all are said to be
members of an organized gang of would
be train wreckers Other suspects are
under surveillance. Brockett is said to
have confessed. The train which escap-
ed wreck had $35, 900 in cash on its ex-
press car. 1t passed safely, over sec
ton of track which was displaced, but
news of the affair was kept secret until
the arrests had been made.