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ROOMS AND BOARD.

1922 q ST. NW.-ONE LARGE FRONT I'D FLOOR
bay indowed room. with alcove; furnished or I'M
furnished; with excellent table board; terms rca-
sonabe. oc1-6t"
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FOR RENT-STONE & FAIRFAX. SO6 r ST. n W.
500. 1870 P. 13r, b $50. ....130i NV 7r b
$50 30. 1903 NV, lar $26. .1811 10th NV, sr b
$50. 1914 7th NV, store $3.50 ST. I'D NV Or n
SIS "a Grant pl, l7r SIS. 80 HOO Fla ne sr sta
$50. :. .2O10 NV, Tor. b $3.50. iii G NV sr h
$50. 1887 Ken aT, lOr, SIS 90. 1407 ay 6r b
$50. 1872 10th NV. Tor SIS. 145S Breeds terri sr
$55. 1867 kenesaw ay, Or SO HOS Fla av, 7r b
$55. .11l4 ii NV. Tor, $25. -100c 18th INV, Or b
$50. .521 4th NV. Tor, $3.50. COS 7th sw Sr b
$50 .20S 10th NV, Tor, b So. 80. 1908 9th NV 7r h
$50 All ay sc, Tor DC 5000. TOO store eel
$50. .1S4O NV, Or. b $20.h0 1915 4th Or eel
$45. COS 18th sw, sto&dw SO. so 1202 11th stSlw
$45.. 1888 NV 12r, b So. so. .T0s 7th ne 7r b
S45 1918 Columbia, Or b SO. so. 1872 7th NV sto
$42 1915 Park pl, lori $3.50 90 It'll Sc Or b
$42.5 1910 COLI I'd Tor Sl1- 30. LIPS me- Sr
$40 1887 Sth. Or. b. stab &16 76. Avalon Hts 6r
$3j. 1855 Kenesaw nv, Or Sic. 80 S2s 18th ne Or b
$50 2G9 nv, Or. o. $3.50 .1129 9th ne, 6r b
$S3. .175f 18th NV. Or, b SIS .1423 9Th NV Or
So. so. 500 T Or, b. SIS. 425 av NV hasn't
$50. 80. 1911 Corcn ST., S13. 30. 10 MYRTLE 7r h
SSu6O. 1917 10rh NV f2r. b. $12. II ne, dat Or, b
$50 40 NJ ay NV lge hall S11. .S12 Fords co;rt
$50. ..21O2 Ward pl, sr, b. SO. lii SCI Or
1t
FOR RENT-s1o Sd ST. NV; a-STORY AND
basement bay window brick house; II roors and
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A LARGE, NICELY FUR. 2D-STORY FRONT
room; large closets; ami; rent reasonable;
suitable for and wife = gentlemen; good
table board; desirable neighborhood; private fam
ily 43O NJ st NV It,
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FEMALE.

WANTED = FIRST CLASS COOK, WHO WILL
wash and iron for small family. 1882 jefferson
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PERSONAL.

YOU WOULDN'T LET GOOD THING GO BY
would you? Then write postal for to call at
with our generous cash exchange for gents
discarded garments. We prompt.
ocI-6tf JUSTH'S OLD STAND, 619 D.
NATIONAL DETECTIVE AGENCY, AUTHORIZ-
ed and bonded, 454 st. NV, opposite city hall.
Open day and night. oc4-1ws
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WANTED-HELP.
FEMALE,

WANTED-A YOUNG OoLORED WOMAN TO GO
to Ohio cook in small family: SIS per month
and travelling expenses. Call with references.
which must be frstclass. before am. 316
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FOR RENT-s14 nth ST. NV, NICELY FUR
nished room, second floor; suitable for two
gentlemen; a.m.i. frst-class. well-kept house;
rent moderate, oc5-3ts
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FURNISHED.

FOR RENT-1020 18TH ST. NV, NICELY FUR.
rooms. single suite, LIST and I'd floors;
private baths; open frepaces; large closets; con-
venfent to Army and Navy and Met Clubs.
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FOR RENT-BY LATIMER & NEsBIT, 1921 G ST.
LIB 7th ne, Crib. $3.50 731 18th NV, 7rxb. u. 90
29l1 NV, 5r. .155O 1910 NV, erSb 40. 80
ITO 18th NV. 6r. Is 40 hob Fla av. srsb .230 %
Cor 15&U, Tor COCO 12lS 10th NV, Or, I'D $50
2231 10th NV, Grab 90 226 18th 6rSIb. 1Go0
OCT
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WANTED EXPERIENCED WHITE NURSE
between - ard A. years old. for two small chill
dT,u; must sew well and bring reference Adj
dress Box T3. Star office
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FOR RENT-e10 Sd ST. NV; 3-STORY AND
basement bay-window brick house: II roopas and
BATH: MI Key GA Sd st. NV. oc7-3ts
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WANTED-A WOMAN TO COOK. WASH AND
iron; small family. Apply 1921 " Y. ave
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FOR RENT-2007 KALORAMA AVE. WASHING
ton Heights. to gentlemen nicely furnished FOOD
opening on large porch: hot water heat; near
two car lines; private family of adults; refer
73fs
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
MRS. STANFORD LETTING CO.
She Has Sold All Her Southern Pa
cific stock for Over Eleven
Million Dollars.

San Francisco, Nov. 16.--A dispatch
to the Call, from New York, states
that Mrs. Jane Stanford has sold all
of her stock in the Southern Pacific
TO the Huntington-Speyer syndicate.
Her holding amounted to 2S5,O00
shares, for which she received about
$40 per share, or $11, 100000 for the
whole The stock is said to have beca
purchased in the interest of c. p. Hun.
tington. All the railroad property
she now owns, in common with Mr..
Huntington, is her interest in the Pa,
cific improvement Co., which may MOI
exceed $1,000,00O.
ii is understood that the money OBJ.
tanned by Mrs. Stanford for her South.
ern Pacific stock will at once be made
available for the use of the Stanford
university, which is now one of thu
wealthies, Institutions of learning II
the world
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
PROTECTED BY THE COURT.
Calesmen Must Not be Subjected to
Unnccessary Annoyance by
Smart AIeck Lawyers.

New York Nov. 16.-The work of Sc
lecting jury for the trial of Roland
b. Molineux, who is accused of the
murder of Mrs. Katherine j. Adams,
in December last, was resumed. The
prisoners father sat at the counsel's
table with his son. The examination
of talesmen proceeded without Incl.
dent, until Mr.. Weeks, leading counsel
for the defnse, put to one of the tales
men hard Hypothetical question.
Recorder Golf intervened, saying: II
will not permit citizens who come be-
fore this court to be held up to ridi-
cule, because they can not answer
question a college president might not
be able to answer.
- want you, gentlemen" addressing
counsel, "to allay the dread of citizens
who come here by compulsion to un-
dergo these preliminary examinations.
The taesmen must be protected ir
this matter"
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
SALT CARR|ON SCANDAL.
The British Getting a Taste Of the
Methods Resorted to by Some
Rascally Meat Packers.
HAS AROUSED A STORM or INDIGNATION.
Ube officer Who Makes the Com
pIaint Says "They Only Salt Down
the Very Worst Portions of Very
Inferior Beasts and Pigs"-'Twns
Labeled "New York, 1S39."

London, Nov. 16.-A letter in the
Times, written by an officer on board
The transport Nubia, asserts that l.
600 rations of salt carrion labeled New
York. 1899, had to be thrown over
hoard, as it was full of disease" add
ing:
"They only salt down the very worst
portions of very inferior beasts and
PIGS"
This has aroused a storm of indigna
tlon against ''the rascally contractors
and incapable admiralty transport Of
fcers who allowed filthy, salted bris-
let beef to be furnished to the troops"
The war Office has accepted gift Of
Of 10000 timed Christmas puddings
for the troops in South Africa. These
puddings will aggregate upwards o.
ten tons in weight
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
WHITEMAN is BADLY WANTED.
Authorities of Several Cities Want
the Alleged Swindicr, White
man, Arrested In New York.

New York, Nov. 16.-Capt. Nc
Cluskey, of the detective bureau, has
received several requests from the po-
lice in different cities TO hold AlonZo
j. Whiteman, who was arrested here,
Monday night. with three other men,
on suspicion of being engaged in big
s"indling game.
Chief of Police O'Mara of Pittsburgh
wired: Hold Knox. VIII sent requisi-
ton papers next mail"
Chief Inspector Watts of Boston tel
egraphed; "Ilold Alonzo j. Whiteman
Oh indictments"
Chief Detective Colleran of Chicago
also sent "A dispatch saying: hold
WlIiteman. Officer will leave for him
tomorrow"
Another dispatch from Woodsocket,
K. I.,aslied that Edmunds and Thomp-
son be held.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
ECHO OF THE YACHT RAGE.
The Case of the Steam Yacht Va
moose, Arrested by Com
mander Fremont.
WAS CHARTERED FOR PRESS SERVICE
Charges Were Preferred Against
Capt. HciIbran, Master of the Va
moose, of Interference, Hut The
Local Inspectors Dismissed the
Case ON the Evidence.

New York, Nov. 16.-During the
progress of the recent yacht races. the
steam yacht Namoose. under charter
and in service as a press dispatch boat,
was arrested by Lieutenant-Comm
der J. c. Fremont, who was IN charge
of the flotilla of torpedo boats, under
the ultimate command of Capt. Rob
ley d. Evans. The arrest of the Va
moose was made despite the fact thai
she was sailing astern of the yacht
Columbia, which was making the
course alone. because the Shamrock
had carried away her topmast, and af-
ter the Namoose had received penis
sion to approach the committee boat
to get the official time at the turning
mark. The Nammose was taken by
Commander Fremont to the Manning,
Capt. Evans flagship, and in the face
of protest and explanation that per-
mission had been given the press as
sociation was deprived of the use OF
its swiftest dispatch boat, the YAM
oose being sent to the city in COM
mand of the revenue officer.
Charges Were Preferred.
She was released Immediately after
she reached the city by the authorities
here, but charges were preferred
against Capt Theodore Heilbron, mas
Yer of the Namoose, and hearing was
had on November 7, before the local
board of the steam vessel inspection
service. Lieut. |. Y. Gillis, of the tor
pedo boat Porter, who gave the Vam-
oose permission to go astern of the
committee boat, testified that he gave
the permission, and subsequently so
advised Commander Fremont, and that
in his judgment nothing, therefore,
could be done as against the Vamoose.
Commander Fremont was present as
n witness against Capt. Heilbron.
The Case Dismissed.
Inspectors Petrie and Barrett care
fully considered the case after the
hearing, and have now notified Capt.
Heilbrun that on the evidence they
have dismissed the case.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.
iIipinos Must Treat Their Spanish
Prisoners HuninneIy err Suffer
when Uncle Sam Gets Them.

Washington, Nov. 16.-The president
is making efforts to secure the pro-
lection of the Spanish prisoners with
the insurgents in the Philippines. A
cable message has been sent to Gen.
Otis, and by him forwarded to Gen.
Macarthur, with instructions to get
it TO Aguinaldo, if possible, relating
to this subject. The president re-
quests the kindly and humane treat
ment of the Spanish prisoners, and
the message also contains an intima-
ton that any official Of the insurgents
responsible for the ill-treatment of
such prisoners will be held to strict
account when they are taken by the
United States forces operating in the
islands.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
DUEL AT BAKERSFIELD, MO.
Mrs. w. VI. sharp Calmly Watched
Her Husband and Lover Fight
With knives-Sharp VIII Die.

West Plains, Mo-, Nov. 16.-At Ba
kersfeld,25 miles south of this place,ot
the interstate stage line, Tuesday ev'
eIipg, Luke Sees mortally wounded
Postmaster w. NJ. Sharp with a knife
Sharp is still alive, but is not expected
to live. 1t appears improper relation,
were charged between Seels and Mrs
Sharp. Rumors had reached Sharp
whc had accosted Seels twice before
demanding satisfaction. Tuesday
when Seels entered the office the
quarrel was renewed. Seels wa,
charged with accompanying Mrs Sharp
to a basket supper two night previous
\ challenge TO fight, with knives as
weapons, was accepted, and the princi
pals repaired to the cellar where the
duel was fought, resulting in fatal
wounds to Sharp and slight injury to
Stels Mrs. Sharp, it is said. sat on
the stairway calmly witnessing the
death struggle between her husband
and her lover. Seels was arrested and
paNe bond
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
HER MAJESTY AT BRISTOL.
Queen Victoria witnessed IA GreRt
Display of PatriOtism mt the
Old city of Bristol.

Bristol. Nov. 16.-The visit of Queen
Victoria here to open the Convalescent
home, of Clifton, was made the occa-
sion for great display of patriotism.
The town was lavishly decorated, and
her majesty passed through six miles
of Venetian masts, imperial standards,
heraldie designs and garlands of flow
ers. Thirty trains brought immense
crowds of visitors to Bristol. Ihe
queen. who was accompanied bY
Princess Christian of Schleswig-Ho!-
stein, Princess Henry of BatteDberg
and the duchess of Connaught, was TO-
ceived with a royal salute, and, es'
corted by detachment of the house
hold cavalry, the procession started for
Clifton in the midst of tumultuou'
popular acclamation.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
BoMBARDMENT or MAFEKING.
boers Driven From Their Position
by Bayonet Charge.

Cape Town, Nov. 16.-An undated
dispatch from Mafe<ing, received by
runner, via Magalapye, Wednesday,
November s. says:
To-day all is quiet. We have been
bombarded pretty heavily all week.
Friday night Capt. Fitz-Clarence and
Lieut. Swinburn, with ID squadron, ot
The Protectorate regiment, made n
magnificent bayonet charge upon the
Boers' intrenchment, driving them
from their position and bayonetlng
numbers OF the Beers, who must have
lost very heavily. The charge was
most gallant and determined. Inc
party could not hold the trenches, and
lost six men killed. two prisoners and
hme wounded in their retirement. We
exepect a general attack tomorrow.
The bombardment has been most in-
tffectual. Everyone remains under
shell-proof cover So far the sheli1
have only wounded one man.
Heavy Boer Losses Admitted
On Friday night, Jan. Botha' the
Nell-known Boer commandant, told a
man with the ambulance party thal
their loss had been very heavy, aho
that his heart was very sore.
The wounded include Capt. tItz'
Clarence and Lieut. Swinburn, both
slightly.
In a skirmish a. the outposts' yes
terlay. one trooper was iilled an0
Zine were wounded.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
ARE GETTING AWAY RAPIDLY.
iEiGht Transports Scheduled TO
Leave San Francisco, With
Troops, within "a Week.

San Francisco, Nov. 16.-Eight trans
ports are expected to leave this port
for the Philippines within week. The
orders are for the Senator and Ben
Mohr 10 sail on Wednesday, and carry
the Forty-fifth regiment of infantry.
On Saturday the ST. Paul and the City
troops have not yet been assigned to
them. The Ohio and the Indiana are
scheduled to sail on Monday, and the
Hancock and the Duke of Fife will
probably get away on Tuesday. When
this fleet sails, only four transport
vessels will remain in the harb)r.
They will be the Dalnystock, Flint
shire, Warren and Wyefield
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
A VICTIM OF APPENDICITIS.
Death of United states Consul Geo.
=. Petit at Dusseldorf, Ger
many-A sudden Attack.

Chicago, Nov. 16.-A special cable 10
the Chicago Tribune from Dusseldorf
says:
United States Consul Geo. +. Petit
il dead. His two nieces, the Misses
Bean, of California, arrived here on
Sunday, November 5, and Mr.. Petit
at that time said he was never in bet
ter spirits. He complained of feeling
i'll on Monday, and was operated upon
Wednesday for an acute attack of APP
pendicitis. His case was, however, too
far advanced when the physicians were
called in, and they gave no hope after
the operation. The body will be talk
en- home after funeral service here.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
Cotton Exhibit Souvenirs.

o. c. King, of Meridian, Miss. COM
missioner from the state of Mississippi
o the Paris exposition in 1900, has ar
anged there for what promises to he
great novelty in the way of an eX-
ibit from Mississippi. He has made
arrangements to secure at the right
eason 100000 selected, full-grown cot
on bolIs, which will be distributed at
he Paris exposition by original cot
on-field darkies as souvenirs of the
American cotton exhibit. These will
)e the first cotton bolls ever shipped
broad and they will be eagerly sought
~ persons who have used quantities
# American cotton, but who have
lever seen it in it's natural form.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED

A vein of zinc has been discovered in
st. Clair county, Mo.
The wages of all employees of the
rolling mills at Birmingham, Ala. have
been advanced since November l.
American exports are still largely in
excess of foreign imports, according TO
figures of the bureau of statistics.
News from the wrecked whaler Mer-
maid is to the eject that Capt. Clifford
lest his life in Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
The price of brooms has been ad-
vanced more than so per cent, on ac-
count of the recent rise in broomeorn.
The cruiser Charleston, according TO
the latest reports, ran on reef prac-
tically III the open sea, and will be
fetal loss.
new school house i'm st. Louis, 10
cost 100000, is to bear the name of
Eugene Field, as a memorial to the
dead poet.
Mrs. Rose Louvier has confessed
that she shot and killed John Arm
strong in his rooms, at ST. Louis, last
Saturday evening.
The Forty-eighth infantry (colored)
arrived at San Francisco, Tuesday from
Fort Thomas KY, and went into camp
at the Presidio.
There are fully 600 delegates in at
tendance at the convention of the
Western Waterways association at
Memphis, Tenn.
W. B. Thayer, of Kansas City, has
been arrested on the charge of yiolat-
ing th" Missouri department store
Dill. L; will be test case.
Eoosevelt's Rough Riders Reunion
association has obtained articles of in
corporation from W. NJ. Jenkins, terri
torial secretary of Oklahoma.
Dan Walsh, John Clark and Edward
Billings, small boys, are under arrest
at ST. Louis, on charges of burglary.
The former two have confessed.
The last of the state volunteers, the
Tennessee regiment. will be mustered
out of service on November 23. This
will end the service of state troops.
Joseph Z. Johnston announces his
candidacy for the democratic nomina-
ton for the United States senate, TO
succeed Senator Morgan, of Alabama.
Judge Colt, of Boston, decides that IA
railrcad employe using a pass for
transportation, can not recover dam
ages for injuries sustained in an acci-
dent.
Charles T. Rowe. of Boston, looks SO
much like Admiral Dewey that visit
to the New York horse show has been
made quite burdensome by curious
crowds.
j. W. Steger, a stockman from Pine
Bluff, Ark, narrowly escaped asphyxi.
alton in his room at the Portland hotel
ST. Louis. He denies that he blew out
the gas.
Mr.. William Clark, of Newark, N. } /,
it is reported, intends purchasing ths
Nalkyrie III to meet the Shamrock
and the Columbia in races in 1900, IL
British waters.
Brig Gen. Funstons leave having
expired, he left Topeka, kas,, Tuesday
night for San Francisco. en- route back
to the Philippines. He will leave Mrs
Furston with her parents in San Fran
cisco.
Rev. Frederick C. Mooney, pastor Of
the First Methodist Episcopal church
at Railway, N. j., aged "a, is about ia
marry his foster mother, aged 50, whd
adopted him when he was a young di-
vinity student.
Matthew Howard died, Tuesday, at
his farm near Paris, Ky. He was the
last of family of II which was the
largest in the known world. Their
combined height was 10 feet and a
half inch, and their combined weight
2,29S pounds.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
Deductions Drawn.

The cessation of the cannonade
mentioned in the dispatch, and the
opening of musketry fire, implies, it is
claimed, that the Beers were obliged
10 stop their artillery for fear of hit
ting their own men. and that nothing
further has been heard from this
movement, is regarded here as an in
dlcation either that the threatened as
tault was postponed, or that the result
was indecisive, otherwise, it is
claimed something further would have
leaked out before now.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
THE MARKET REPORT.
THURSDAY, Nov. 16.
Grain md Proyisions.

st. Louis - Flour = Patents. 50. 35@35O:
other grades, $2.75q3.10. Wheat-No. 2 red.
G9lhc Corn-No. 2 Mixed 31A AM32c.
Oats-No. 2. 24c Hay-Prairie, $500
$50. timothy, S9O0lll.O0; choice, clover,
Sl0.0Od1l.50. Butter-Creamery, 24N26c;
dairy, 2OlsQ22lAc. Eggs-Fresh, Ice. Lard
s9Ou Bacon-Clear rib, sac. Wool-Tnb-
Washed, 22d30c; Missouri and Illinois
medium combing, 22c; other grades, l6G;
2ll2c.
Chicago-Closlng quotations: Wheat
December, 67l4c May. nbd71hc. Corn
November 31Ac; December. 31Am31Ac:
January, 3Qtsc; May. S2izc. oats-Novem.
ber, 22l2c; December, 22lsc; May, 25,sc.
January, s947lz; May, $9.57ls. Lard-No-
vember, H.S712; December, s4.S71s January.
$507lzn510; May. $525 Short ribs-No-
vember, S4.75; December, a.75; January.
"a 90 May, s. 02l5.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
Mortality In the Army.

Washington, Nov. l6.-The total
number of deaths in our armies, in
eIuding regulars and volunteers, from
Nav 1. 1895. to June 30, 1892 was 6,6l9'
Of whom 496 were killed in battle, ZIG
by accident, ,2O2 died of gunshot wounds
and wounds received in action. @,7H
from typhoid fever, 476 from malarlal
fever, 354 from pneumonia, SGt from
diorrhoea and dysentery and l9j from
,-.llpU fever.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
An Oner From CRrnegIe.

Tucson, Ariz.. Nov. 16.-Andrew Car.
negie. in letter to NJ. w. Pittock. 2
well-known newspaper writer of Ari.
zona, offers the city of Tucson a sum
OF $4,000 TO pay for a public library
provided the city furnishes
a site and agrees to maintain the in
stitution at an annual cost of 81, 200.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
Earthquake shock In Peru.

Tex.-There were no celestial phe
nomena Tuesday night, but, at 12:3e
a. M, there was a strong earthquake
shock, accompanied by a great rum.
bling. The people of Lima and Callac
were alarmed and rushed to the
streets, public squares and sea beach
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS.
Appointments Announced by Pros
rcctivc Speaker Henderson of
the Next Congress.

Dubuque, Ia, Nov. 16.-Congress-
man Henderson, next speaker of the
house, announces the appointment of
Jules c. Richards, of Waterloo, Ia, as
private secretary to succeed Amos l..
Allen, who was Speaker Reeds secrc-
tary, and who has just been elected
to congress. Also, that Asher c. Kinds
will continue as clerk at the speaker :
table, and that Leroy Neeler, for some
years Congressman Henderson's pri-
vatc secretary, will be the speakers
clerk
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
Parisians in High GIee.

London, Nov. 16.-A Paris paper
gleefully announces the fall and cap
ture of Ladysmith, but reports from
this source no longer cause a ripple of
excitement. Nevertheless, there will
be considerable anxiety here until the
war Office or some independent version
of the latest Developments at Lady
smith is known.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
John II. Haswell Dead.

Albany, N. Y.,Nov. 16.--John II. Has
well is dead at his home in this city,
aged 5S. For "a years he was clerk
in the state department at Washing
ton. For number of years Mr.. Has
we'll was in charge of all the diplo-
matte CORRESPONDENCE.
The Van Buren press., 1899-11-18
Afraid of Cyclones.

Ezra Wilkinson, an eccentric resi-
lent of Sharon, Mo-, has just COM
bleted the construction of a four
tory brick dwelling for himself under
round. The roof of the house is on
evel with the street, and the whole
trrcture stands in an excavation for
Y feet deep, lined with cement and
sone-the house walls being separated
rom those of the pit by 4-foot area
ray. Wilkinson lives in constant dread
d cyclones, and he designed his novel
welling with a view to making it
sinGproof 1t is said to have cost him
10000.