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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
MAP OF T~RANsvAAI.

49,
Aliwalnorth dispatches say that Frere
bridge, which heretofore has been a
great aid to Boer spies, is now closed
and guarded by Cape police.
1t is rumored that the Beeste Kraal
commando, strengthened by 800 Beers
from Smithfield, is menacing Aliwal-
.uorth.sS
KaffrS brought to Vryburg by the
returning hospitalstrain says he passed
the sceneFof the recent armored train
disaster and saw several bodies of white
men lying there.
There is still no reliable news from
either Ladysmith or Glencoe, except
that q patrol from the latter place ex-
changed shots with a small body Of
Beers on the road to Helpmakoar. All
reports agree that the Beers now occupy
Newcastle,
Boer tents have been discovered eight
miles southeast Of Kimberley. Great
clouds Of dust seen 10 miles to the east
ward of Kimberley this morning seem
to indicate the movement of a large
body of troops with wagons. Two inn
perial officers at midday also discovered
column of 400 Beers going in the di-
rection of Modder river bridge from
Johannesburg. Small parties of Beers,
evidently on a Communicating expedi-
ton, have passed Kafir river. There
are large commanders on either side Of
the railway. The burghers say they
will have 1000 men. They probably in
tend to join the other force in camp last
night several miles from the Cape Col
nnv border.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
Lirht sentence for DYKES,

HUTCHINSON, Kan, Oct. 16.-Jacob
Dykes was sentenced to 10 years in the
penitentiary by Judge Simpson. Dykes
was convicted of murder in the second
degree. He shot Jake Schoenfeld, who
was superintendent Of the salt plant
at which Dykes worked.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
Martial Law Declared.

LONDON, Oct. 13.-AP Pretoria dispatch,
dated Oct. IL, sent via Lourenzo Mar
quez, says telegraphic communication
between Natal and Cape Town is un-
doubtedly interrupted. It says: econ
yngham Greene this afternoon said
goodbye to President Kruger and his
officers in his private capacity. He and
his staff will leave tomorrow by two
special trains. Martial law was pro-
claimed at 5 o'clock this afternoon and
British residents without permits must
leave the Transvaal within eight days.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
YOUNG Mar Kills Hls Brotber.

CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., Oct. 16.-The
accidental discharge Of a shotgun, in
the hands Of Merlin Strait, residing
near Bonesteel, resulted in the instant
death of his brother, Miller, aged 10.
After a%scertaining the facts the jury
returned q verdict Of accidental killing.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
A Thrirty Statesman.

during the pas week William Jen-
nings Bryan has been making a polit-
ical tour of the state and speaking for
the Democratic ticket. Reports from
his meetings do not indicate that he is
creating any large amount of enthus-
iasm for the Fred White aggregation.
OF course, he makes much of the dan
gers Of imperialism" and says as
little as possible about 16 to 1. That
is what he is here for, and, incidental
~, to draw a snug sum out of the
treasury of the Democratic committee
for each speech.
Mr.. Bryan's enthusiasm for the
cause is not altogether spontaneous. It's
s%pontaneity may be said to be a good
counterfeit of the obsequiousness of
the waiter at the cheap restaurant
when he is looking for a good-sized tip.
1t is said, however, that in some in
stances Bryan insists that the tip be
paid before he. will serve the viands.
Over at Canton, Ills, the other day
Bryan was advertised to deliver an
address for which he was to receive
the snug sum of 5000. When the time
came for the speech there was a delay.
The speaker was on the ground, but
did not seem in any hurry to mount the
rostrum. In the meantime there was a
scurrying around among the managers,
and after a quarter of IN hour or so q
man arrived, all out Of breath, and
handed the eloquent statesman a roll
which he placed in his trousers pocket,
and then began his speech. The roll
contained 5000, and 1t transpired that
Colonel Bryan had kept the audience
waiting until his stipend was forth
coming. Besides being a thrifty states
man, Bryan is a smooth one. He
knows that the Bryan fad will not last
long and he is determined to make the
most of 1t as long as it is workable.
Important Notice to Township Commit
teemen.
Chairman Weaver of the Republican
state central committee is using every
effort to secure the most thorough or
ganization possible. 1t is the desire
Of the committee that each county
should be organized down to the school
districts and that the state committee
as the head of the organization in the
state, should have a list of all the
precinct committeeman in the various
counties. If the county committee
men will remember the Importance of
such a perfect organization, they will
certainly be willing to cooperate with
the state central committee in secur-
ing it. Blanks have been sent out from
committee headquarters in Des Moines
asking for this information and most
of the counties have responded. There
are, however, some counties yet lack.
ing and Chairman Weaver is anxious
that the missing precinct committee.
men be reported at once. County
chairmen should bear in mind this re.
quest and see that it is complied with
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
Train Robbers Near Clintor

CLINTON, Ia, Oct. 16.-The robbers
who held up train No. 9 Of the Chicago
and Northwestern railway at Meredith
Station, Ills, last week, are believed to
be near Clinton, making a dash for
their home, probably in this vicinity.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
Mafekinr on the Defensiye.

CAPE Town, Oct. 13.-Advices from
Mafeking say that every precaution has
been taken against attack and that all
the streets are barred to wagons. Ac-
cordlng to these advices the Beers in
tend to shell the town before delivering
their attack. They are said to possess
IL guns. Every man in Mafeking is
carrying a rifle and the military author
tiles are confident they will be able to
repel attack, but they lack the force
necessary to follow a Boer retreat. The
town is fairly quiet.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
Bricklayers Are In Demand

"rIcNInHc1S IN
Iowa CITY, Oct. 16.-A scarcity Of
bricklayers is reported by the con-
tractors of the new $275, 900 collegiate
building of the State University of
Iowa, and the work is progressing
slowly on that account.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
Brown Declares the March OF.

HrOwn DecIafes II MARCH On.
WICHITA, Kan, Oct. 16.-Carl Brown,
who led Coxey's army to Washington
and who arrived in Wichita from Dem
yer on his second march yesterday, has
declared the march off and notified his
men that he would go no further.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
Football PLAYER is Killed.

TOPEKA, Oct. 16.-George s.. Thurs
ton, fullback Of the Delphos, Kan, foot
ball team, was killed in a game between
Delphos and Kansas Wesleyan.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
President steyn,s Proclamation.

PRESIDENT Steyn's PrOcIamatiOn.
CAPE Town, Oct. 13.-President Steyn
of the Free State has issued a procla-
nation to the Free State burghers in
which he says: "Our sister republic is
about to be attacked by an unscrupu-
lous enemy who has looked for a pre-.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
General McClernand,s Condition.

: SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Oct. 1e.-The con-
dition of General John A. McClernand
is not improving. He spent another
restless day and appeared to be
| what weaker.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
waterloo suffers 800, 900 Fire Loss.

WATERLOO, Ia, Oct. 16.-The build
ing occupied by Fowler & Co., whole
sale grocers, wa destroyed by fire yes
terday. The loss approximates $1o0, 1000;
insurance, 6 1000.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
". ]. BRYAN'S GREED,
It Is Money and Not the Honor
That Attracts Me-"
J. Sterling Morton Publishes a Letter
from the Silver Apostle Which Goes Far
to Explain Why He Will Not Make
Speeches Unless the Cash Is Forthoom-
ing at Once.

70 Explain why He Will NOT Make
Speeches Unless the Cash IL Forthoom-
ing at Once.
William Jennings Bryan's political
tour through the state of Iowa bears
the stamp of ~insincerity. The people are
not going into enthusiastic raptures
over the presidential aspirant from the
Platte any longer and in proportion as
he finds the public firing Of his mouth
ings he boosts the price which the
faithful few are compelled to pay for
his efforts. 1t is said that he now
asks at least $500 for each speech he
makes for the Democratic ticket. 1t
Is the money there is in it for him that
he is looking after and SO he is weep
ing over the troubles of the Filipinos
at a stated sum per weep"
This thrifty habit which the silver
apostle has adopted is nothing new for
him. j. Sterling Morton of Nebraska
has an interesting letter written back
In 1889, which reads as follows:
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. IL, 1SS9.-Hon.
]. Sterling Morton, Nebraska City,
Neb.-Dear Friend: Your kind letter
to Mr.. Lease "a received and ,deliv-
cred. | think 1T vas well received.
The postscript was %judicious. l think
I am grateful to you for your indorse-
ment. l hesitated to write you be-
cause I dislike soliciting aid. I as
sure you that it is the money that is
In the office and not the honor that at
tracts me. If successful in getting it,
1t will tide me over my beginning here.
With regards to the ladies, l am, yours
very truly. w. J. BRYAN"
Note the. choice expression, - as
4 sure yonSthatsit is the money that Ia
the office and not the honor that at-
y tractsssSSmasss aai 8Ss5
s IT, Bryan had conveniently forgot
ten this letter and when the fact Of it's
existence began to be printed about he
denied writing it and challenged Mr..
Morton to produce it. The result was
that Mr.. Morton printed a fac smile
of the letter in his paper, the Nebraska
City Conservative. This letter dis
closes the motive which governed Mr..
Bryan's activities ten years ago and
that motive has become dominant in
all that he does. With him the CUES
ton is not How much will it benefit
the people" but 'How much is there
in it for Bryan?"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
CENSOR EpITs NEWS.

Cape Town Message Delayed ForJy-eight
Hours In Transmission.
LONDON, Oct. 16.-Thef following mes
sage, delayed 48 hours-probably held
back and "edited by the British mill
tary censor:
LADYsM1TH, British Colony of Natal,
Southeast Africa, Oct. 13.-The last
railway train from Newcastle has come
in, bringing all the government officials
and telegraph instruments. The town
has not been captured up to noon today,
although the surrounding country was
entirely in the hands of the Beers.
We are supposed to be living here in
a state of war, but Ladysmith has all
the aspects of a peaceful garrison town
in England. The Beers show no dis
position to attack us. They certainly
have missed their opportunity, for now
l consider the strength Of the British
forces in the colony sufficient to resist
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-17
STORMS HINDER BoERs.
Find Advance on Ladysmith Dificult from
North or West.

Find advance on Ladysmtth Difficult from
North OF West.
LONDON, Oct. 16.-So far as actual
news is concerned very little change in
the Situation is noticed. The state of
affairs at Mafeking can only be conjec-
tured. The occupation of Newcastle
by the Beers was prepared for and ex-
pected, the place having been aban-
doned by the British. The Beers are
reported to be menacing Kimberley.
Very heavy rains and now are re-
ported, which hamper the Boer move
ments and they are finding that they
began too late to easily obtain the mi
tial successes counted upon. They evil
IDENTIFY find the advance on Ladysmith
difficult, either from the north or west,
as General Sir George Stewart Whites
reconnaissance seems to have suficed
to deter them for the present.
The peaks of the Drakensberg range
are snow covered and the storms which
have occurred must have caused the
Beers great discomfort, which probably
explains their failure to attack General
White. Mastery inactivity character
ICES the operations of both sides.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-10
No Disagreement Between Our Repre-.
sentatfves
Raleigh, N. c., February Z, 1899.

Raleigh, N. c., February Z, 1899.
Editor Messenger:
Several communications have ap-
peared in the papers recently, ~one in
this mornings Raleigh Post, on the
subject of our city charter, which
make it appear that there is some rad
ical difference of opinion between Mr..
Rountree and myself in this matter.
This impression should be corrected as
there do not seem to be any difficulties
but those which can be easily over
The charter has been held up
by Mr.. Rountree in committee waiting
to give those who are opposed to his
bill an opportunity to be heard.
There need be no importance at
tached to the fact that I was not con-
suited in the drawing of this act. In
it's present shape I did not see the bill
until just before it was introduced but
I was shown a draft of the law Great
ing a police commission several weeks
before the Legislature met and it was
probably because I failed to interest
myself in the matter, thinking Mr.
much more capable of deal
ing with this question, that 1 did not
know more about it.
Respectfully,
M. S. WILLARD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-10

Old indian Fighters Urge Thorough
Thrashing Of the Philippines Before
They Recover From Sundays Defeat
m the Most Humane Course

Washington, February There is
an unanimity OF opinion among both
army and navy officers in the two de-
date aggressive campaign on the part
Of the American forces in the Philip
pines. Without exception the hope is
expressed that General Otis will be
given a free hand TO follow up the blow
against the Philippines who have vio-
lated the truce and give them a salu-
tary chastisement while the memory OF
their Saturday defeat is still fresh III
mind.
One officer who had done as much
Indian campaigning as almost any
man in the department, said today in
discussing the situation:
Every day that is lost in following
up the blow at. the insurgents means
an added ten men to the American
death list when the final summing up
of the Philippine situation is made.
The Philippine natives are like all half
savage people; they are governed in
their own aggression by nothing but
a fear of being whipped by their enemy
and they cannot understand any for
bearance on the part of an opponent,
except on the theory that he is afraid
of them. We have had the same thing
for thirty years in our Indian wars
The British have had the same thing
in India and Africa and so have all
the Caucasian races when ever they
have had to deal with half-civilized
peoples. We lost more men and killed
more Indians in the west through the
mild temporizing n supposedly hu-
name policy of successive adminiStra-
tliOnS than we ever would a lost
in a few sharp, sound thrashings ad-
~ rnE IN 49,
doses, just to show the untutored saw
age that we meant business and would
whip him first and treat him right af-
terward.
When the government abandoned
the old Milk river route, as it was call
ed, through the northern Sioux country
and evacuated the lands to the Indians
by treaty it really precipitated the
whole of the great Sioux uprising that
included the Custer massacre. This
may sound harsh and prejudiced, but
the fact was that in spite of the treaty
and powwows, the Indians thought We
withdrew from their country because
we were afraid of them and they went
on burning abandoned military stations,
and as there was nobody there to stop
them and nobody cared whether they
burned them or not, they went from
that to the warpath and commenced
wiping out settlements outside THEREON
cession.
THE case is just the same today in
the Philippines. 1t is unfortunate for
them that the natives can't understand
a humane policy on the part of this
government or that we intend to deal
honestly with them. Forbearance on
our part now simply means to them
that we are afraid Of them and the
quicker we whip them, thoroughly and
disabuse their minds, the sooner we can
enter on an era Of peaceful ~reconstruc-
ton and REFORM"
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Liver Ills.

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HIGH WATERS
The Cape Fear ON a Boom at Fayette.
ville-Raging Torrents fnup Country

Cape Fear ON a Boom at Fayette.
vflle-Raging Torrents fnup Country
On Monday the weather bureau at
Raleigh sent out a warning message
that the forecasts were that the rivers
in North Carolina would be very high
in the next forty-eight hours. 1t was
predicted that the Cape Fear at Fay
etteville would reach or slightly ex-
coed the danger line.
The prediction was verified. The
weather bureau reported that at s
o'clock yesterday morning the stage
Of water in the Cape Fear at Fayette-
vile was Al feet above low water
mark and was rising. The railroad men
who came in on the Atlantic and Yad-
kin railway last night report that the
river was at least two feet higher than
it was in the morning and was still
piling up the waters around the pillars
of the railroad bridge. They report that
all h stream between Wilmington
and Mt. Airy are full Of water and
that the mountain streams are raging
torrents. The immense amount of wa
ter in the Deep river is spreading that
stream away up the hill. sides and we
are told that it is a perfect sight to
behold.
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Jacksonville, Fla, February S.-Ba-
ron de Barra, who was arrested more
than a month G for defrauding by
use of the United States mails at Chi
cago, was tonight sent to Chicago in
custody of Deputy Marshal Stickney,
in default Of bond for 5000, required
for his ap~Isearance there for trial at
the Marc. term o the United States
court. Baroness de Barra, who was ar
rested with him, furnished bond in
the sum of $500 for disappearance at
the same time and place. She did not
leave with her husband. but remained
to dispose of certain valuable proper
ty at st. Augustine.
An effort to take the baron to New
York for examination on an extradi-
ton warrant on the charge of a scheme
to defraud. committed in England IN
December 1897, vas defeated by Judge
Locke. who decided that the identifi-
cation was insufficient.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-10
SCOURGED BY GRIP.
The Awful Pestflence now sweeping
over the Country Leaves Death n
Despair In its Wake.
GREATEST DANGER N IT'S AFTER EFFECTS
Leaves it's Victims Weak, Exhausted,
Broken Down I'm Health-P1ants
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THE FIGHT AGAINST QUAY
A Massmeetfng of Antf-Quay Republic
cans-A PrOpOsftiOO to Them From
the DemOcrats

a VMaSSnneet1nG OIL Ant1.Quay
cans-A PropositiOo to Them From
the Democrats
Harrisburg, February IAN unusual
incident of a senatorial contest was
the anti-Quay mass-meeting held in the
u house tonight. A special train
from Lebanon conveyed DR.. Weiss,
the republican nominee for senator,
and a large party of his adherents.
Senator J. Bayard Henry, of Philadel-
phia, was chairman, Senator Finn, of
Pittsburg, said he was charged with
running a machine in Pittsburg him
self, but that if it was like the Quay
state machine it would not stand for a
day.
Other speeches were made by John
Wanamaker, DR.. Weiss, ex-Congress-
man George Huff, and Representative
John Dalzell.
The following resolution was adopt
ed as the sense of the meeting:
THAT no man under arrest and
awaiting trial for conspiracy to misuse
state moneys is a fit person to repre-
sent this great commonwealth in the
United States senate"
A conference Of several prominent
state democrats, including George A.
jerks, Colonel Charles M. Gully, Con-
SlOISy, YIN duu bdF-
Der, was held here this evening, to dis
cuss the senatorial situation. While no
definite plan of action was decided
pom, it is probable hat a proposition
will be made to, the anti-Quay repub-
licans to vote for one of four or five
democrats, whose names shall be sub
mitted to that organization. If the
anti--Quay republicans should refuse
the democratic legislators may with
draw from the contest entirely and
leave the republicans to fight it out
among themselves.
A new candidate for senator was in
in the race today. He is Hugh
b. Eastburn, an anti-Quay leader in
Bucks county, and was voted for by
four anti-Quay republicans. Mr.. East
burn was a delegate to the last nation
al republican convention and was one
of the few members of the Pennsyl-
vania delegation that voted for Pres
ident Mckinley. The assembly adj
after the ballot.