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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-09-21
BARBARous cRUELTIEs.
Horrible Story Rega riding Manner Frenc
Ofiicers Treated Prisoners.


Horrible Story Rega riding Manner French
Officers Treated Prisoners.
Paris, Sept. 3.-The Matin publishes
"details OF the investigation into the
conduct of Captain Voulet and Captain
Chamoin, charged with barbarous
sruelties to the natives in the French
Boudan, which led to the sending of an
expedition under Lieutenant Colonel
Klobb after them.
According to the paper the two off,
'ers mentioned, who were in command
Of column of troops, began their
work OF barbarity by beheading a ma
live who declared he did not know
what he was being questioned about.
A letter said Voulet captured eighty
natives, of whom he killed twenty of
The women and children, shot a soldier
Tor wasting ammunition and burned a
village of 10000 inhabitants.
Chamoin, it Is asserted, shot two of
his men without trial for not pursuing
4 native who had wounded soldier.
lie also burned a village, and having
lost six men in an engagement rushed
TO village and captured twenty of
the inhabitants, of which number he
killed ten, placing their heads on
pickets.
1t is further charged that Chamoin
allowed his men to mutilate the bodies
Of the natives who were killed by cut
ting off their hands
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OUR PENSION ROLL.
Commissioner Evans's Report Gives the
Amount at s13S,355 ,O52.

Commissioner Evans's Report Gives the
Amount at s13S,355 ,O52.
Washington, Sept. 1.-The annual
report of Hon. II. Clay Evans, commits
sioner of pensions, shows that during
the year there were added to the pen
sion roll 4O,229 names and 40, 1856 were
dropped, 34,345 of these by reason of
death.
There was expended for pensions
S13s, 1885, 52. The annual value of the
entire pension roll amounts to Sl31,-
619,961, being 500, 400, more than it
was, due to the higher average annual
value of the pensions. The roll is
made up of 753,45 surviving soldiers,
237,4l5 widows and dependant relatives
and 673 nurses.
The total number of original appli-
cations filed during the year, includ-
ing those on account of the war with
Spain, was 4s,765 The number c.
original claims allowed was 37,O77.
During the year 1O9,sl9 claims of all
classes were rejected, a large percent
age of these being claims for increase.
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GEN. BROOKE A NrMRon
Bat He Found a Better One in
Guide. GARNER.

Bat He Found Better One In m
Guide. GARNER.
AFTER Big Game with Packs" IA N.
title Of a paper by Capt James CooD..
Ayres, Q. S. A., in the Century" n.
hunting expedition was made in 1Sa9
and Gen. Brooke took part in it.
Our hunter and guide par exceIIen..
was Baptiste GARNER, or Little Par
as he was generally called. He wa.
five feet six inches tall; his frame wa.
well knit; every muscle was developed.
his lungs were as sound as an ANITA.
lope's; his eye had the power az /.
microscope; and a rifle had been nj,
plaything since childhood. His faith,
was French, and his mother Indian
and he inherited the energy, bravery
and endurance of the old Canadian vsv.
ageurs, with the remarka BILE Observation
and instructive knowledge Of tonov.
raphy and OF the habits Of animate
of the aburigines OF the plains. His
mission in life seemed to be ID KIN
and probably his aggregate bag would
surpass that of any other hunter ~
this country. He kept a record onlv
of the bears he killed, and that record
had then reached eighty-five. Mr.
Webb Hayes, son of the late e4-prAs,.
dent, who was one of our party, called
him greatest hunter in tho worlds
His wonderful powero of trailing gamA
were our admiration. He would rida
along on his pony, and occasionally
made such remarks as Tive mountain
sheep crossed there yesterday" or "A
Dlacktail deer and fawn, passed along
mere this morning" and VIC would look
IN vain for sign. He would trail a
deer or an elk at trot, and presently
remark, He's over in those bushesa
and sure enough there he would be. Hs
had the true Indian taciturnity about
his success as a hunter, Mr.. Collins
of Omaha likes to tell the story a,
one of Bats elk hunts. He was on
hunt with Gen. Crook come years ago
and one afternoon st1olled off alone
and on foot. When he returned At
dark, Mr.. Collins said, well, Bat did
you see anything?" Saw thirteen
Elk was the reply, With an information
that seemed TO end the conversation
Mr.. Collins persevet4d: Did you get
any of them?" Yes; ! got Them Hs
had actually slaughtered the whole
band of thirteen elk.
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TROOPS ABOUT TO RETURN,
Volunteers In the Philippines Are Getting
RaaAv IN aayo

Volunteers In the Philippines Are Getting
Ready to Leave.
Manila, Sept 3.-Of the troops about
to return to the United States, the KAN
sas men will leave on board the trans
port Tartar, the Washington regiment
on board the Pennsylvania and the
Nevada cavalry on the Ohio. All these
departures will occur within the next
week. Eight hundred men of the Kan
sas regiment will return and 200 will
remain at Manila, $50 of them re-en-
listing. Three officers and thirty men
Of the Kansans were killed and nine
teen officers and men died from disease
during the smallpox epidemic, while
1872 members of the regiment were
wounded.
OF the Washingtons, s75 men are en-
barking, while eight officers and 2O6
men will stay, most of the remaining
men enlisting in the new regiments
being formed here. One of the officers
OF the regiment was killed, one was
wounded and one died from disease;
twenty-four of the men were killed,
1873 were wounded and nine died.
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johannesburg, Sept. 3-The town is
preparing for the eventualities of war.
The inmates OF the Children's home are
going to Natal.
The town council is providing a
three months supply of food for the
men and animals.
All the outgoing trains are crowded
and most of the prominent men have
already left johannesburg.
A Pretoria dispatch says Herr Fischer
was present at the session of the volks-
raad last evening, circumstance that
caused a great deal Of curiosity. Large
crowds gathered around the building,
anxious to learn the latest intelligence.
President Kruger remained with the
executive until late hour discussing
the situation.
An inf uential section OF the Afri-
kanders has wired Herr Hoffmeyer,
leader of the Afrikander party in Cape
Colony, to come to Pretoria immedi-
ately.
The Pretoria correspondent of the
London Morning Post telagraphs as
follows: President Kruger told a
prominent Boer yesterday that war is
practically certain. Every Boer is now
armed with Mauser and has hun
dred rounds for practice. l am con-
WINGED that the reports of the Beers
not being prepared are only pretense,
and they will strike blow when it is
least expected
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-09-21

The Latter-day Saints College of Salt
Lake City has been reorganized and will
open with all departments in the Tenn.
pleton-business course September 4,
and other courEes September II. A
preparatory course Zone year, for stu
dents advanced In years but backward
in studies; high school course three
years. to prepare for entrance into uni.
verSities; a business course three years.
to prepare for commercial life; nor.
NAL course tour years. to prepare for
the teachers profession; a college
course -four years. which emphasizes
such studies as philosophy, literature,
political science and law; and mis-
sionary course lone year. comprising
themes and arguments as preparation
for missionary work these are the
courses now offered, and they are up
to-date and thorough. Prof. ]. H.
Paul, president; Prof. Jos. Nelson and
nineteen other teachers comprise the
faculty, and the favorable prospects Of
this institution have attracted general
comment.
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A Perfect Man.

New York Tribune T. E. Lawrence
Topeka (Kan) young man OF ~
years, was married a few days ago 10
Mrs. Anna Hylt, who puts more thaA
70 candles on her birthday cake, Law
renee is the man who the recruiting Oh
ficers said last fall was the most per-
feet man physically they had ever seen
in all their experience. Every measure
ment was what it should be to make
model.
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Treasury Overlooking with Gold.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The treasury
statement for August shows that the
amount of net gold on hand on that
date was $247, $780, o1. This is the
largest amount on hand at one time in
the history OF the department, the next
largest having been s246, s73, o9e on De-
cember 81, 1898. This situation is ac-
counted for by the fact that during the
last two weeks or more the revenues
of the government, of which 80 to 90
per cent are paid in gold, have largely
exceeded the expenditures,
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yellow Fever In Now Orleans.

Mobile, Ala, Sept. Sowing to one
death by yellow fever in New Orleans,
and two other cases declared there,
Mobile city authorities have proclaimed
quarantine against persons, baggage
and freight from New Orleans entering
Mobile county. The night train from
New Orleans, due at 1910 a. m, was
prohibited from discharging New Or
leans passengers here. A detention
camp has been established. Quarantine
is also proclaimed against Key West
very strictly.
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DENOUNCED AS TRAITORS.
Murat HaIstead Gives Some Straight Tip
toFriends OF AguInaIdo.

Murat Halstead Gives Some Straight Tips
toFriends OF AguInaIdo.
Cincinnati, Sept. 2.-There has been
considerable comment over Editor
Murat Halstead's lecture before the
Economic club, on the Philippines.
After the lecture Mr.. Halstead was
piled with questions and one man said:
II hope Otis will be kept in and will
keep on laundering till he and the
whole army driven into the sea or
captured"
Mr.. Halstead promptly replied: "a
man with those sentiments is traitor
to his country"
Several men jumped up and remarked
that two-thirds of the audience felt as
did their fellow member, whereupon
Mr.. Halstead replied: Whoever
thinks that way is a traitor" There
was rush of maddened men with
raised fists toward Mr.. Halstead, but
the advice of cooler heads prevailed
and no blood was spilled, though chairs
and seats were upset, and for few
moments it looked as though there
would be riot.
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Re-hearing of Albert Hon's Case.

San Francisco, Sept. 1.-The case of
Albert Hotf, better known as the Hoff
murder case, will be given a re-hearing
before the supreme court. Hoff was
found guilty of the murder of Mrs.
Mary Clute in this city and was SEN
fenced to be hanged. The re-hearing
will be narrowly watched by all the
attorneys interested in the Botkin and
several other criminal cases, as the
ruling in regard to circumstantial evil
dence affects them all. The re-hearing
will be had October II.
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DIET FOR RHEUMATISM.
Fruits, Grains and Nuts and Free Use
of Water

Fruits, Grains and Nuts and Free Use
of Water.
Unquestionably the most active
cause of rheumatism, as we'll as of
migraine, sick headache, Bright's dis
ease, neurasthenia and a number of
other kindred diseases is the general
use of flesh food, tea and coffee and al
coholic liquors, says Good Health. AS
regards remedies, there are no medi-
cal agents which are of any permanent
value in the treatment of chronic
rheumatism. The disease can be rem
edied only by regimen-that is, by diet
and training. A simple dietary, con-
sisting of fruits, grains and nuts and
particularly the free use of fruits,
must be placed in the first rank among
the radical curative measures. Water,
if taken in abundance, is also means
of washing out the accumulated pois-
ons. An individual afflicted with rheu-
matism in any form should live, so far
as possible, an out-of-door life, TAX
ing daily a sufficient amount of exer-
else to induce vigorous Precipitation.
A cool morning sponge, followed by
vigorous rubbing, and moist pack to
the joints most seriously affected, at
night, are measures which are worthy
of a faithful trial. Every person who
is suffering from this disease should
give the matter immediate attention, as
it is a malady which is progressive and
is one of the most potent causes of
premature old age and general physical
deterioration. American nervousness
is probably more often due to uric acid
or the poisons which it represents than
to any other one cause.
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EPLOGUE.


It may be stated here that the incl
dents in this story are chiefly founded
upon facts. The following are the
facts:
In the year 1S- large sheep-owner
in the colony of Victoria engaged
married couple for his station, which
was situated some hundreds Of miles
from the coast, far up in the interior.
The man, who gave his name as Ed
ward Dent, proved a sober and indus
trious fellow, and smart man at his
work He was capital plough-man,
amongst other qualifications, and took
several prizes for ploughing at neigh
boring contests. He was most agree
able mate" and was universally liked
by all the other men on the place, be-
ing of lively disposition and first
rate concertina-player. The latter &C
complishment is much priced up in the
bush, where there is such scarcity of
amusement.
His extraordinary affection for his
wife was particularly noticeable, He
would not allow her to do anything in
the way of manual labor, and after his
days work was done he was always to
be seen chopping up the wood for the
house and carrying up the next days
supply of water from the creek-in
fact doing all those little things which
most men out there generally leave
their wives to do.
Edward Dent and his wife remained
upon this station for nearly eight
years, but one day, much to his mas
ter's annoyance, he gave notice to
leave. He wanted to better himself,
he said, and had an idea of trying the
gold mines for a change.
For about eighteen months the gem
tleman in whose employment he had
been heard nothing Of him. One day,
however, as he was strolling down Col
Inns street in Melbourne, he met Ed
ward Dent, and accosted him.
He noticed that he was dressed in the
/ deepest mourning.
II am sorry" he remarked, ito see
you with these outward signs of grief
upon you, Edward. You have had
some loss?"
GAY, sir" replied Edward-"these
black clothes very partially reflect the
grief within me. l have lately lost my
wife"
Poor fellow!" said his late master
who knew how great his affection had
been for her. "And what have you
been doing of later"
81 have been working in the Ballarat
Mines" he doing fairly we'll
By-the-by, sir, you will be surprised t.
hear that am shortly going to be mar.
ried again. I cannot bear the solitary
life am leading now after the happ!
years have experienced. l am going
to marry my late wifes sister"
In Victoria marriage with deceased
wife's sister is legal.
Some six months after this meeting
the gentleman received a message from
Edward to come and see him. He hat
met with an accident, having fallel
from a ladder in one of the mines, ant
was an inmate of the Ballarat hospital
Upon arriving at the hospital tn
gentleman found to his distress that h
was too late. Edward Dent was dead
And now fact transpired that quit
overwhelmed him with amazement
The medical evidence went to prov
that the skilled laborer who for eigh
years had worked upon his estate, an
who had undertaken the arduous to-
of gold-mining for the last two years
was woman.
What became OF Edwards secon
wife was never known-she disaI
peared.
Such are the facts. Whether tn
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Cnts Thelr TrnYel pny.

Washington, Sept. 2.-The discovery
of shorter route between Manila and
the United States has had a rather de-
pressing effect upon some of the troops,
as it reduces their travel pay. The old
route was $3.50 miles, but of late the
transports have cut off the roo miles
required by touching at Honolulu.
Some of the soldiers at Manila had re-
ceived travel pay ON the basis of the
old route, but part of the first payment
has been refunded to the paymasters.
This applied only to soldiers who had
re-eplisted
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FILIPINOS ARE ROUTED.
American Troops with Field Pieces Clean
Out II Band of Natives.

American Troops With Field Pieces Clean
Out II Band of Natives.
Manila, Sept, 2,-Dispatches just re-
ceived from Cebu announce that the
American troops under Colonel Bay
less, with two field pieces, sailed on
Monday into the hills against band
of natives who recently ambushed four
of our soldiers and who have been gen.
orally troublesome. The American
force found the natives entrenched and
drove them from their trenches fur
Their into the hills. There were no
casualties on the American side, though
there were some heat prostrations.
The natives loss is not known.
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Is Otis Jealous of Wheeler

Hongkong, Sept. 3.-Private advices
from Manila state that General Joseph
Wheeler, declares he has repeatedly ap-
piled to General Otis for omething to
do. Otis, he declared, had STAYED him
off under various pretexts, with the
evident determination of side-tracking
him. General Bates will return to
Jolo to continue the negotiations for
the pacifcation of the southern archi-
pelago, and to post the garrisons in the
various towns. Wheeler is inclined to
believe Otis Jealous.
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SAYS the Pope WIN Live to Be 100.
DR.. Mazzoni, who was successful re-
Gently in his operation on the Popes
swollen hip, was a caller at the Vatican
a few days ago.
In the course of the conversation tho
Pope asked the doctor how muA
longer he would live.
The doctor deplied: 81 am confident
your holiness will live to be more than
100 years DID,"
THAT seems hardly probable" re-
torted his holiness. 81 am feeling ex-
cellent, have perfect control of my fac
ulties and can remember incidents and
names more than fifty years back, but
to live to be a centenarian is too
much"
The reverend father then entertained
the doctor with excellent conversation
on medical, political and religious sub
iectS
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ing houses, but a. Was going I saw
the earth open and swallow up a null
titude Of people, and the sea mounting
in upon them over the Notifications
Moreover, the large and famous bury
ing ground was destroyed, and the sea
washed away the earcasses. The har-
Dor was covered with dead bodies, doat-
ing up and down.
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GOOD CLERICAL STORIES.

Dean Pigou of England has written
a book in which there are some clever
stories of his clerical experiences.
There was verger, for instance, who
was asked by the bishop of Wakefield
if he noticed that the people awaited
themselves of the open church door to
pray privately. Eyes, my lord" re-
piled the verger; 81 ketched two of 'em
at 1t only t'other day.
The curates, too, are an inexhausti-
Bile fund Of amusement. One Of them,
a new one, paid his first visit to an old
lady, who at once said, In broad York
shire, "Eh! you're the new curate, amt
your"
EYES," he said.
"Well, now, I'll tell you what yer
does when yer comes to see me. I"
You takes that stool, dye see? You
sits down, reads me short-mind. a
short-psalm. You gives me a shil-
ling, and then we can CO."
Among the wedding stories Is this
one: One of his curates was uniting
a happy pair, bit when he asked the
man il he wou-.. have the woman for
his welded wife, said the man: I
vol if lass i'll black my boots" On
being cautioned, the man explained:
Coming down Horton street | saws TO
this ERE lass, Now, lass, yer mann
promise yer'll black my boots. If yeru
no promise, I'll no wed YER" She
wouldn't, he didn't. Such is Yorkshire
Some of the most amusing stories
are from Halifax. There Dean Pigou
had verger, quite a character, whose
name was Sagar-a venerable figure
with gray hair, skull cap, gown and
verger's staff. Once, in ignorance. they
had married man to his deceased
wife's sister. Sugar, whose duty 1t was
to settle the business about the banns.
was at once cross-examined. ooh. yes.
vicar!" said he; Il knowed right well.
I knowed parties"
"But why did you not tell meP 7
should have forbidden them"
well, vicar, 1t was just this way. do
you see? One Of the parties was 81 and
t'other Sc. l says to myself, Lord. II
can't last long; let EN- wed, and bother
the lawsl'"
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IREVOLUTIoNlSTS WIN.
President of San Dominican Republic
Yields His Authority.


Puerto Plata, Sept. PRESIDENT
Figuero has yielded his executive au-
thority to his council of ministers.
Official notice of the change in admin
istration has been received from the
capital by General Imbert, who is the
provisional governor of the city under
the direction of the revolutionary COM
mittee. With the fall of Figuero the
revolution is victorious.
The ministers will continue at the
head of their various departments un-
til provisional government has been
formed, after which the elections for
president and vice-president will occur.
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INDIANS WERE ROUTED.
Mexican Troops Have a Lively Fight With
Hostile Yaquis.

Mexican Troops Have Lively Fight With
Hostile Yaquis.
Hermosillo, Mexico, Sept. "A COM
pany of volunteers went from here to
PLAYA to join Colonel Pienadoe's COM
mand and arrest the Yaquis who had
destroyed the telegraph lines to Potam.
The troops met a band of about eighty
Yaquis and short fight occurred, in
which one soldier was killed and the
Indians routed.
General Torress headquarters have
been entirely cut off from telegraphic
communication with the outer world
for the last five days. The Yaquis
burned about mile of telegraph poles
and carried the wire away.
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TRIUMPH OF THE LADY BUG.

One of the most serious criticisms
made of the department Of agriculture
several years ago by eastern newspa-
pers concerned the money it had spent
in bringing lady bugs" from Austral-
ia to "infest" California and Florida or
chards. But the lady bug (Novius car
dinalis) turned out to be one OF the
most satisfactory importations ever
made from the Antipodes, its habit of
preying on the scale that was blight
ing fruit trees being the means of saw
ing to this state and Florida their
principal landed industries.
Now it appears that the little insect
has performed like office for the cit
rus groves of Portugal. Specimens
sent to Lisbon from this state in 1896
have taken hold of the scale and are
exterminating it. Though but few of
the parasites survived the long jour
ney by rail and sea, their immense
fecundity enabled them in the course
of two years to populate the groves
with millions Of their kind. AS a re-
suit Portugal will be able soon to again
compete with Spain and Sicily for the
orange and lemon trade of Europe.
The success of the effort to eradicate
the scale pest ought to be the means
of keeping the department Of agricul-
ture flush in funds for parasitical re-
search. 1t would be worth millions of
dollars every year to this country to
find a natural foe of the potato bug,
of the curious pests that afflict grow
ing hops and of insects that make a
pasture of the bodies of domestic ami
mails and poultry. If every bane has
its antidote and every flea has small
er fleas to bite EN-" the bringing Of
the two together is proper function
of government. The way it has work.
ed in the matter of scale pests, and the
distance to which the search for the
means of exterminating them has gone,
certainly tends to encourage efforts,
however costly, along related lines.
But it is quest in which all govern
ments may properly bear a part, with
special reference to their own ento-
biological resources.