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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
five Hundred Girl. strike.

EAST LIVERPOOL. o., Nov, l.-About
strike for an advance of % per cent. Every
factory In the city but one is affected
Mayor Bough has teegraphed Secretary
Joseph Bishop Of the State Board of Aibi-
tration and the latter will come here and
attempt TO settle the strike,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

the melee. Seeing his son lying
on the floor and supposing him TO be
dead. Dodge, who Is 73 years old, procured
revolver and fired at the person he thought
had struck the young man. The crowd scat
tered and Hall fell dead on the sidewalk out
side the door. Dodge has been arrested and
charged with murder.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
Three Men Thrown from Buggy.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. Nov. 1.-(Special.)
"A. Nitka. Frank Green of the Plattsmouth
Journal and Charles Searle were riding in a
buggy this afternoon when the team turned
too suddenly around corner and they were
all thrown to the sidewalk. Searles head
struck the hydrant and he was knocked
senseless. He was taken to the Hotel Platts-
mouth and DR.. Livingston summoned, who
found that no bones were broken.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
Close Cali for Street Car.

CLEVELAND. Nov. IA Wilson avenue
street car, carrying forty passengers and
running at good speed, jumped the track
on the Wilson avenue bridge, which spans
bridge was torn away and the front trucks
went over the side Of tho structure. after
seventy-fve feet below. Women tainted
and men fought their way to the door
Had the car moved another foot 1t would
have gone over None were injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
Car to Visit Po,sdnm.

BERLIN Nov. 1.-The czar and czarina
are expected at Potsdam Sunday. The visit
is to he of purely private nature. Some
unknown persons yesterday evening mu-
tilated the statue facing the stadtschloss
at Potsdam
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
Appe.I for Mediation.

BERLIN. Nov. 1.-The Tageblatt says
Count Bothmer president Of the German
Peace societies, has telegraphed to Queen
Victoria praying her to accept the medi-
alton of the United States in the war with
the Transvaal.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

LINCOLN Neb.. Nov 1.-(Special.)- 1.-THE
Creamery Package Manufacturing company
OF Chicago filed articles OF incorporation
with the secretary OF state today. The cap
ital stock is 100000. and the incorporators
are Charles NJ. Gates, Charles NJ. Maret and
Edwin r. Kimball.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
Mystic Legion Receives Initiates.

PLATTSMOUTH Neb,, Nov 1.-(Special.)
Golden Rod Castle No. Is OF the Imperial
Mystic Legion held a special meeting in
Ancient Order OF United Workmen's hall
this evening and initiated thirty-two new
members, making membership CT III.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

SEATTLE. Nov THE steamer Roanoke
arrived here today from ST Michael and
Caps Nome. 1t brought $l.300,000 worth of
gold and 400 passengers.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
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DEBlLITATED MEN

In the treatment of these nervous dis
orders OF men, young and old. which re-
suit from the abuse of some law of nature.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

carry lnulScretlonS,
later excesses, dissI-
pations. etc, there is
a great deal to be
considered. The sub
iect Is deeper than
m o t physicians
think 1t. There il
one thing that Is GER
tain. Drugs only
stimulate. They do
not tone or strength
en-. 1t is Just like
taking a drink of
whiskey to relieve
the mental torture ef
some financial or
family trouble. I
knew drugs would
not cure these dis
eases. so l went to
work experimenting
Just as n business
man would do who
wanted to improve
the condition OF his
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

"No, you won't. They haven't denied 1t.
They are the blamedest lot OF idiots alive.
But you shouldn't have said it in this paper
sir. Indeed you really should not. 1 am
the president OF that club"
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In the engineering department fully
200 men are employed: The officers in
clude. besides the chief engineer. a.
score Of assistants, hydra ulic engineers
refrigerator engineers water tenders.
storekeepers and a clerk There are
sixty -fiye stolers, divided into three
shifts. whose duty it IS TO- shovel into
the twelve furnaces the $50 tons Of coal
required to keep the ship at full speed
during each twenty-four hours. As
many more :.trimmers pass the coal
from the bunkers to the furnace doors
and thirty five greasers look after the
machinery of the engine rooms.
The stokers. who perform. the most
arduous labor it is possible to conceive
of, are paid S25% per month. while the
trimmers and greasers receive a little
less than this amount. The men are
all employed in European ports, as it
is possible to5 secure them there more
cheaply than i'm America. Most Of
them are Scandinavians orEIrisns. while
the engineers as a rule are Scotch and
the sailors English.
While the principal activities OF the
ships company are comprised within
those departments presided over BY the
chief navigator, the chief engineer and
the chief steward, a there are nuinberless
smaller enterprises that go on more or less
Independently. There is alvast amount of
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A Thoroughbred.

He was delighted to meet the bunIxo
man. says the Washington Star
He set his grfp-saek down Iii the middle
of the street to talk over old friends i'm
the town where both had spent their
happy b0yh00d days. He took off his
sfIVer-rfmTrfed spectacles and wiped them
with his red cotton handkerchief. so as
to get a better look at the nephew Of his
dear old friend.
Ibid / understand you to be inquirim'
veins2" he asked. after the other had said
something in q. low tone. well, should
surnise that I've got a few drops. But [
don't play only one game. FaE02 No
faint faro. You git an even chance fur
yer money at some stages of the game In
enough fur me- No: 'tafmt roulette nor
Wit poker, where we jes' put a few dollars
down on the table an where It's all over
in q minute or two. "Tafnt h0sS races,
neither. You kin holler fur quick action,
but gimme SUI thin Engerfn', SUI thin where
the suspense hangs right over yer an you
hold yer breath tell we S0tter swing yer
arms to resucitdte yerSeIf. Every year E
take all my cash capital an go over to
the layout. put some of it ON oats an
wheat. with a few side bets ON sweet
corn an various fancy vegetables. Then
j get out every nr0Fnfn an bet a days
work an watch out fur the weather,
week after week, an spend my nights
Wonderfn' about graSSh0pperS an l0cESseS
am secf 1T takes a long time to find out
whether / win or not, but it, mighty in.
tereStin', am [ like an excitin' life. T0E
might wait fur some o. the hired hands fC
come to town an git 'em to take a hand
TONED. But your might as we'll bear liz
mind that when you tackle @ frst-elass
farmer, you're g0in UP again one o. the
sp0rtteSt people on EARTH
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gailop here and there on the veldt sur
rounding the tocsin, or else make bon
fires at + ght and pillars of smoke by
day the prearranged signals for war.
From a dull, apathetic, ill-kept and
lazy dreamer. the Boer is then trans
formed into a quie4z-witted, cunning
and energetic being.
The Transvaal burgher, indeed, is a
most peculiar combination of phleg-
matte Dutchman and wildly excited
Latin. On the veldt he will loaf
around in the sun, and only move to
reload his pipe. In the road cham
berS the sergeant-at-armS cftentimes
is unable to maintain order The mem
bers leap around, throwing their arms,
shout and carry on like a session Of
anarchists.
It is on the rifles of these old country
Beers that Kruger mostly depends. On
the night that news reached him of the
Jameson raid, in December, 1885, there
was CONSERVATION at Pretoria. The
first dispatch said that 5000 British
troops had crossed the border, and then
a second, sent by the English as a
decoy, stated that the troops were only
the Chartered company's police, MAX
ing a short cut. Joubert wanted to
take the few cannon that were in Pre-
toria and go out to meet the Invaders.
"Oh, no, Pet" said Dom Paul.
Don't you suppose 200 of our old farm
ers with their rifles can stop 1000 rui-
neks?"
The result proved that Kruger was
right. The whole force that fought
Jameson consisted of 400 men in two
divisions, summoned in few hours
from the open veldt. jameson began
the attack with artillery. The old
plainsmen laughed at this.
Every man take to a rock" ordered
Commandant Cronie, and the farmers
lodged. behind rocks and trees.
AT the proper moment they advanced
in Indian skirmish in two divisions,
opening a deadly fire at 200 yards. The
reformers then cut loose with MaXirns,
but for once the machine guns which
have been used to NOW down the Afri-
can natives were of no avail. The
Beers were so scattered that they
evaded the bullets. Jameson finally
opened with a twelve-pounder. but
Cronje told off twenty Beers to Kill the
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ing barrel and hit small objects at long
range. When he shoots at a British
soldier, therefore. he first examines him
carefully to see if he is an officer and
then picks out some particular button
or conspicuous part of the uniform on
which to rest his sight.
He does this partly from force of
habit. just as he aims at the white
breast of a duck, though it is an I'M
written order in Boer warfare to kill
the officers or chiefs, if possible. When
the captain or commandant sees an
officer it is his plan to select about six
of the best marksmen available to fire
simultaneously at him. The higher his
rank the better. The man so carefully
selected may be regarded as doomed.
At Majuba hill the Beers did not even
spare General Sir George Colley.
To an American these methods may
seem eold-blooded and cruel, but it
must be remembered that the Trans
vaal burghers hate the English as they
do the dreaded black spiders that in
vest the country, and always refer to
the British soldier as ruineks or red
neclls."
There are two explanations Of this
sohriquet One is that when the Eng
lish came TO the cape an old Dutch
man noticed that when John Bull got
mad he swelled and grew red about the
neck. In the TranSVaal they say the
name arose, when British dragons
were quartered there, from the red coat
collars which made the uniform con-
spicuous
For the English the Beers have
framed this particular def: IF You
will have our country, take it; but it
shall be over our bodies and the ash
heaps of our property and goods" Paul
Kruger himself is the author of the
catch phrase which was embodied in
the celebrated third proclamation made
in 1881 when the British were hectoring
the old farmers. Il was no idle threat
or dramatic bluff. Any one who has
seen these long-legged, weather-beaten
plainsmen get together at a rally has
realized Immediately that they would
never give up their country until all
were wiped out, men, women and chill
dren.
The commandment general of the Beer
forces is Piet Joubert, man IS years
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Of plates. cups and saicersg necessary to
meet all requirements The BROKEN
dishes accumulated on each voYaga fill
several casks and the cost Of these Is as
sessed equally on the whole body OF
stewards
Enough Linen to Stock Shop.
To wash alb these dishes Is no light
task For the most part is is done BY
machinery. Big baskets OF Soffed dishes
are lowered into tanks on boiling water
which cleanseS them thoroughly Ihen
they are dried BY hand. The silver and
finer china is washed by hand, and this
work Keeps y force of twenty men busy.
OF table and other linen the Oceanic
requires enough to stock e. shop "a Fast
out q voyage There are 1,0o9 tablecloths
1000 napkins and the same number or
towels. Unlike moss OF its household
operations the ships laundry work is done
ON shore at the end OF each trip In a.
plant maintained by the company for that
purpose.
The cooks are among the best paid OF
the ships lab0rers Chief cooks receive
from so to SD per month"; according to
the skin required of them. On tine other
hand the stewards receive the least OF
any class their wages being only abouE
SIS per month. For the most substantial
part Of their income they must rely upon
the tips OF the passengers.
While none Of the ships employees
from the captain down receive rates OF
pay that are at all munifcent. the great
number of men employed makes the
salary list mount up to a. heavy sum On
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NATIVES A COACHING oFFIcE-A NATIVE UPRISING Is


old, with a string of military victories
extending over one-half a century, In
the history of the Transvaal he has
borne almost as important a part as
Paul Kruger. Until this present agita-
ton there existed a strong rivalry be-
tween the two. For three successive
times Kruger was elected president by
a small majority over Joubert, and
since boyhood they have contested neck
and neck for various honors. When it
comes to fighting the English, however,
they are united.
JoubeTt has long been the military
head Of the nation, and is recognized to
be the best fighter and tactician in the
country. He has divided TIE Transvaal
into seventeen districts for mobiliza-
lion purposes, each district being
under a commandment These districts
are, in turn, subdivided under the COM
mandS of field comets. While Joubert
IS the commander he still is
subject TO the orders Of the volksraad
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with regard to railroads. and the sys-
TENS in the Transvaal compare favor
ably with those of Cape Colony. One
line connects at Volksrust with the Ma
tai line; another runs south through
South Orange Free State, connecting
with the Cape Colony road; a third
runs northward to Petersburg; a fourth
goes directly eastward to Delegoa bay
in Portuguese territory, while short
line has just been completed which
makes connections with Cecil Rhodes
Cape to Cairo system, westward from
johannesburg. The country is thus
fairly well covered with railroad lines
and if the iron cars prove serviceabIe
they could be operated in all directions
from the capital.
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Equipped For Fame.
washington star.1

(Washington Star.1
II think, said the Fiji islander. that
Fiji pack up and go to the United Sfates.fF
Think you'll make your fortuue3a'
I'm sure of il. LII go straight intoc pof-
itics. Every oncer tn Al while you Hear
OF a man, who makes al hit by getting up
on d platform and making a speech with
out his coat on. Then there was the
man who became famous BY leaving of
his socks and every now and them they
stop to take notice of some one simply
because he has no collar and neekties"
Well. what of ft2e'
why, look at me- I never wearAang
clothes ait ailsf
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sunners, which they did with precision
and accuracy. That practically ended
the fight.
The strength of the Beers as mill
tary nation lies in the fact that nearly
every man possesses innate wariness,
and is himself a general This man
Cronje, who captured the raiders, was
not a celebrated warrior, yet he took
hold of q campaign on a moments no.
tice. raapned out his plans, quickly led
on Jameson until he had him sur
rounded. and then went at him.
Until the last four years Kruger had
taken no precautions against siege.
relying entirely on open warfare. After
the jameson raid. however, he began to
follow the example of more adj
vanced nations. The first step was to
erect forts at johannesburg and Pre-.
toria. The former DOW reposes under
the brow Of strong Notifications. There
are six forts altogether, and they COM
mand broad expanse Of country. In
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Hot Stuff.


(St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
we'll known Mississippi farmer will
to- Memphis says the Scimftar. He
stopped in a we'll known cafe and among
other things ordered a siTI0in steak. a
and nIistaktug it for catsup he spread Ii
quite lavishly on the steak and settled
down to enjoy the meal. He cut off q big
piece, but no sooner had 1T struck his
mouth than he began to- feel like his
tongue was on fire. He twisted and
turned and soon had the eyes Of every
one in the dining hall fastened on him.
The more he twisted and screwed his
face the hotter the steak in his mouth
got. He didn't know what was the mat
ter. He could stand tt no longer. and
reaching Up his hand he jerked out the
burning bite. threw 1T on the ffaor. and
in a very dramatic way exclaimed: Now,
d--n you, hlaZeHs
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green vegetables and fruits in proportions
or groceries and such commodities as will
keep indefinitely, the provision stores are
kept filled.
In another cold storage room the ship
carries 5000 pounds of butter, 1900 dozen
eggs and 1000 quarts of milk and cream
Another item not to be overlooked is 1900
quarts of ice cream.
These figures give a ready basis for com
putting the amounts of these various COM
modities used each day on shipboard. In
addition 1t may be said that fifty pounds
of coffee and over thirty pounds of tea
are required daily. Four dozen bottles of
worcestershire are required TO last out
a voyage, with other condiments in pro-
portion.
Naturally a vast number of dishes are
required. There are LEGO silver spoons,
forks and knives, and $500 Of each variety
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-24
Dom Panrs Fighting Dufebmen
the Middle
the Enemys Belts Children All Much
Fanatics as the Fuzzy Vuzzes of the Soudn

Copyright, 1893, S S. Mcclure Coz
The Transvaal Boer is always ready
to fight at any minute of the day, and
he may be at il before this article is
printed. He carries his rife on his
shoulder and a piece of bit tong in his
pocket, mouching around over the yeldt
so that if a field cornet gallops up to
tell him that war has been declared
he may start for the front instanter.
Prospect of an occasion to use his
rifle has ever sent a CLEAN into the
ordinarily dull eye of the Boer and
made him a changed man. Whether
the object be human being or wild
duck matters not to him, his one
thought being. to glance along gleam-
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and President Kruger, and makes no
important moves without their consent.
Always Ready For War.
In spite of the Beers being sadly
scattered all over the Transvaal, the
whole nation can be modified in two
or three days, proceeding which
probably cannot be duplicated by any
other country. This is possibly owing
to the Beers constant equipment in
light marching order. The moment that
Kruger decides to declare war, Joubert
either telegraphs or sends relays of
messengers to each commandment This
officer promptly notifies the several
field comets in his district, and the lat
ter either dispatch their assistants who
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these he has placed long range rifle
guns of French and German patterns,
and numerous quick-firing guns. He
has filled four warehouses with arms,
and made secret preparations, which
include long tunnels underneath the
gold fields. so that the town of johann
nesburg can be destroyed by one train
of powder for the motto of the Beers
is the same as that of William of
Prague: Rather a ruined country
than no country"
Pretoria is guarded by four forts, one
at each of the four corners of the town.
Heavy guns of the Krupp make are
installed here under the direction Of
German, Holland and French officers.
Men have been drilled to train these
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RELATIVE C EASTERN


auxiliary machinery: in fact, nearly
everything is done By machinery on board
tine modern ocean liner. The Oceanic car
rtes some forty hydraulic engines. There
are engines to open and close the furnace
doors and to open and close the partitions
between the Watertight compartments: an
engine to work the three-ton rudders
engines to work the hawse pipes: hydrau-
lie lifts to convey food and dishes from
kitchen to pantry. This machinery, to-
gether with the electric light and refriger-
ator plants. requires the services OF half a.
hundred men.
Thus there are some 800 men employed
in the actual work Of sailing d great ocean
monster like the Oceanic The remain
ing 200 are required to look after the COM
fort or the passengers.
Feeding the Passengers
The. culinary operations. of the oceanic
dwarf those of even the largest hotels.
No less than twenty-four meals are sery-
ed on shiphoard every day. There are four
each for the first and second cabin pas
semgerS and the officers There are three
each for the steerage passengers. the en-
gtneers, stewards and sailors. Each of
these seven big families has its own staff
of cooks numbering between thirty and
forty altogether. There are about seventy
dining room stewards-waiters they would
be called on .shore--and about the same
number OF bedrooms stewards or chamber
alafns.
The vast responsibility for supplying
food to the steamship. community rests
principally upon the chief steward Every
afternoon he retires to his cabin and
plans out he menus for the following day
"a separate one for each of his numerous
families, from the elaborate course dim
ners of the first cabin folks to the COM
paratiyely simple fare of the steerage and
crew.
These menus are then printed by the
ships printer and distributed to the chefs
of the various divisions. They estimate
the amount of various food materials that
they will require. and submit these esti-
mates to the steward for his approval.
The next. step is to make requisition ON
the storekeepers for the various meats,
vegetables and other articles necessary to
satisfy the appetftes of 1900 persons. The
extent of this appetite may be coniec-
tured from the fact that the Oceanic ships
for each trip some ten tons of beef. three
tons Of such other meats as mutton and
veal. two tons of chickens and nearly two
tons OF ducks. turkeys and such game
birds as may be in season.
These are merely the fresh meats which
are stored in one big refrigerating room
down in the depths of the ship. The ves-
sci carries also two tons of smoked and
dried meats, 1000 dozen oysters with fish.