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The Indianapolis journal., 1899-03-02
Minister Merry welcomed.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua. March l-Presi-
dent Zelaya gave a magnificent official re-
ception at the national palace this after
noon to the United States minister, William
L. Merry. 1t lasted two hours, beginning IN
Congress Hall and adJourning later to the
executive offices of the President. The ma
tional band welcomed Mr.. Merry his
arrival with the strains of Hail Columbia" ="
Among those present were the members Of
the Cabinet. the foreign representatives and
many Nicaraguans of high social and official
rank
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-03-02
STUDENTS FRIGHTENED.
Fleeing from Princeton Because of a
Mild Case OF Narioloid.

PRINCETON. n. j.. March 1.-Ralph ].
Steen, or Philadelphia. a university student,
is Ill with a mild case Of varioloid. lie is
now in the infirmary and will recover.
Despite the fact that the faculty has given
notice that there is no danger OF the disease
spreading through the college. which state
ment has been corroborated by the physi-
clans, great many students took their de-
parture on the morning and afternoon
trains. and tonight nnds the dormitories
with many empty rooms. President Patton
said tonight tnat there was absolutely no
prospect OF any other cases that he ad-
vised only those to leave who were mem
bers of the Nandal Club and those who were
IN Stems company previous TO his sickness.
and that many students had left without
any reason whatever.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-03-02

the seriousness of my illness. You must
have had great courage to operate upon en-
old man like myself The physicians,
according to Italie, are anxious about the
weakening effect of the dysentery. but If
the Pope has good night, there is every
reason to look for a rapid recovery.
Several foreign soverelgns have sent mess
ages OF inquiry during the day. King Hum
bert, Queen Margherita, General Pelloux-
the premier-and Admiral De Canevaro, min
lister of foreign affairs. have arranged to be
informed at frequent intervals regarding the
Pope's condition.
The diplomatic dinner arranged by
Cardinal Rampolla for tomorrow will not
be given, the invitations having been
countermanded.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-03-02
NEGRO LYNCHED.
Taken out Of Jail and Furnished as
He Justly Deserved"

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. March morris
Christopher. the negro who committed an
outrageous crime on a young white woman
at Hope Monday afternoon. and who mar
rowly escaped lynching at the hands of a
mob at that place Monday night. was taken
out OF jail last night and mobbed. What
became OF the negro or what his fate is is
not known. A dispatch to the Gazette re-
porting the affair says that he was taken
from jail and punished as he justly de-
served" he admitted his crime.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-03-02
WANTS PART OF CHINA.
Italy Demands Naval Base ard
Three Islands.

LONDON. March 2.-The Peking corre-
spondent of the Times says: "Italy's de-
mand upon the Chinese government for a
lease OF San-Mun bay as a coaling station
and naval base on the same conditions as
those under which Germany holds Kiso-
Chau includes a demand for a concession
OF three islands off the coast OF Klang
province. with the right TO construct rail-
way from San-Mun bay to Po-vang lake
and preferential mining and railway rights
within a sphere OF influence covering the
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-03-02
MARTIN MAH0N MISSING.
Chief Witness Against Mrs. Fnyne
Moore Thought to he Hiding.

NEW YORK. March 1.-The case Of Mrs.
Fayne Moore was again adjourned to-day
until Tomorrow on account OF the absence
of the complaining witness. Martin Mahon.
Justice Fursman announced that he would
make an example OF Mahon when he did
appear. Assistant District Attorney Me-
lntyre stated that he was OF the opinion
that Mahon was secreting himself TO avoid
appearing IN the case
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-03-02
New President for Uruguay.

MONTEVIDEO. March 1.-Senor Cuestas
has been elected President Of Uruguay
Cuestas was president OF the Uruguayan
Senate at the time OF the assassination OF
President Borda OF Uruguay, in August,
1897, and assumed the presidency ad interim.
He was afterwards appointed provisional
governor OF Uruguay.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-03-02
FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION.
Two Engineers and Two Firemen m
Killed and "a Brakeman Badly Hurt.

OGDEN, Utah. March lin a head-end
collision between a passenger train east
bound and a freight west bound near White
Plains. New. four people were killed out
right and one seriously injured The dead
are Engineer +. G. Ieargen, Fireman Hen
dershot Fireman Dillon and another en-
gineer. The head brakeman OF the freight
was perhaps fatally injured.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-03-02
Mrs. Lovnn.s Condition Improving.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-The condition
Of Mrs. Logan. the widow of General Logan.
who has been seriously Ill from grip and
other complications, has improved consider
ably. She is now said 10 be out OF danger,
but Is very weak
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-08
Towels

Unbleached Turkish, As by %, only
Toe each.
Fancy Striped Turkish Towels, ~
by 90, only s 1-Sc each.
Full Size BleaChed Turkish Towel,
good value, 15c each.
Pure Linen Crash, IS inches wide,
121ac values, for SC.
Cream Colored Open Work Fine
Damask Towels, extra large size.
S125 values, for 15c.
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Dept Bargains
Interesting tiousekeepers andO thers
Sheets, etc.

Hemmed Sheets, 6S by 30, only Acc
each.
Hemmed Sheets, 81 by go only soc
each.
Hemstitched Sheets, 81 by 80. only
Coo each.
Pillow Cases, 45 by SO and so by
So, only 10c each.
36-inch Pure Finished Bleached
Muslin, only sc yard.
ga Unbleached Sheeting, only 17c
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-08
Linens

Irish Linen Table Napkins, worth
S1.20, sale price soc dozen.
66-inch Cream Table Linen, regu-
lar 75c values, for soc.
Linen Bureau Scarfine in the very
newest designs. width IS inches,
value 35c, price Csc
All Fine Damask Table Linens
and Napkins, at one fifth off regu-
lar prices.
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Children's Jackets
AT One=Third Off

High Grade Cloth Jackets, thirty
five in the lot, Kerseys, Coverts,
Fancy Boucles, ETC., all this sea-
sons newest and best garments, in
variety of swell styles. The Mill
tary Jacket, with standing collar,
trimmed with Geld or Silver Braids,
is the latest and most popular; 9TH
ers have large sailor collors, trim
med with Braid. Some are lined all
through, some half lined, all colors,
navy, cardinal, black, fancy mix
lures, etc, regular values $3.50 to
$1,000, at one-third off
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Dress Patterns Cheap

About $50 New and Stylish Dress
Patterns, foreign and domestic, con-
sisting of Broadcloths, Cheviots,
Coverts, Fancies, Plaids and Plain
Textures and Colorings, at dis
counts averaging some So per
cent.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-08
Art NeedleWOrk

Glasses are being formed for the
instruction of ladies in Art Needle
work. All interested persons are re-
quested to call at the Art Depart
ment, second floor, where all ar
engagements can be made
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Knit UnderskirtS
Only Soc Each

Knitted Underskirts for Women. in
Extra Heavy Weight Cotton and
Part Wool. solid colors and fancy
stripes, navy and black, navy and
yellow, tan and red, black and
yellow, very serviceable and
warm. regular values 75c, $100
and SIPS each.
Sale price Soc
ALL WOOL KNITTED SKIRTS,
extra heavy weight and very
warm, a choice assortment of
solid colors and fancy stripes,
Bayadere and other new effects,
full length and width, colors ca
det, navy, garnet, tan and black,
solid; also navy and white, navy
and yellow and pink and white,
regular values $500 and $3.50
each ................ ..............
Sale nrira &! y
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About 400 yards Extra Heavy All
Silk Black Brocade and Satin Da-
masse; also several pieces Black
figured Lyons Taffetas, fine for
Peticoats and Innings. every yard
worth $1.5O, sale price 75c.
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Silk and Wool Shirt Waists, fancy
stripes, in green, blue and garnet.
separate tight fitting Innings, stock
collar, extra we'll made, neatly fin
ished and perfect fitting, sizes 80
to 40 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
$500 values for $3.50
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

whence a tube extends down to the
bursting charge. In this opening is
screwed the fuse which causes the ex-
plosion in the shell itself. This is a
gem OF mechanical skill and works with
clockwork accuracy. 1t can be used
either as a percussion fuse or a time
fuse. II the former, 1t will cause the
shell to burst by impact, a needle in the
tip igniting the explosive and scatter
ing a shower OF bullets and broken shell
In all directions. Percussion fuses are
used against a solid target, such as a
wall or fortified house, while the time
fuse is employed against troops in the
open with little or Insignificant In
trenchment. When this is so, a simple
manipulation of the gunner ignites a
ring CT slow burning substance in the
shell which, at a certain time after 1t
has left the gun, viii ignite the ex-
plosive and shower its leaden rain on
the enemy. The pieces Of shell and
outlets thus set Nee and exploding in
the air retain the same velocity the
shell had at bursting. It is easy TO
imagine the terrible way in which such
a charge will tear up the ranks OF an
enemy. What a wonderful piece Of
mechanism the time fuse is will be clear
from the fact that gunners are able 10
determine within a yard OF two just
where It viii explode, notwithstanding
the tremendous rate al which it wnis-
ties through the air.
Case shot Is less often used than
shrapnel. Il Is looked upon as the last
esort Of q battery threatened BY il.
fantry Or cavalry at close quarters and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24
FIELD GUN
pRILI

While a great deal Is written about
artillery in these warlike times, it is a
subject not always fully understood
The artillery now being used by the
British in South Africa consists of the
II FOUNDER horse artillery gun and the
Is FOUNDER field artillery gun They
are practically the same pattern. the
lighter gun being shorter in the barrel.
Horse artillery invariably co-operates
with cavalry and is able to keep up
with the same at its fastest pace, its
gunners always being mounted. Field
artillery, on the other hand, co-operates
with infantry, and must be ready TO
be pushed into action at a moments
notice.
1t is only in field and horse artillery
that the guns are known by the weight
OF their charge, other guns deriving
their name from the diameter Of their
bore-that is. their calibre. In horse
and field artillery the calibre is three
inches. both for case shot and s~hrapnel.
A shrapnel is a hollow shell filed with
some 200 bullets and a small bursting
charge sufficient to burst it and dis
perse the bullets over a conical area.
This charge Of an ounce and a half is
at the base Of the shell, with the bullets
packed above it ard round an inner
tube reaching from the tip Of the shell
to the exploding charge. The bullets
are placed in rosin to prevent their
rolling and interfering with accuracy
of aim. The powder charge projecting
the shell is independent and is contain
ed in a silk bag to facilitate handling
and exactly fitting the breech Of the
gun
The method OF exploding the ahsap1ei
is interesting. At its upper end the
projectile has . funnel shaped opening,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

Is not effective beyond a range Of 500
yards. 1t is made up of 300 shot pack
ed in a case OF sheet tin. which breaks
INFO piece when the gun is first fired,
scattering the bullets In all directions,
and not carrying its bullets IN a COM
pact mass to the target like the shrap-
mel and then exploding.
A third kind Of projectile, used In
heavy guns, such as the 5 inch howltzer.
big naval guns, and fortress ordinances,
is the common shell. similar to the
shrapnel in appearance. but containing
no bullets. 1t holds, however. a large
bursting charge and Is Of much heavier
metal. 1t always explodes on impact,
being ignlted by a percussion cap at
the tip. These shells are used for the
destruction OF masonry, earthworks
and all solid targets. They will explode
after i~mbedding themselves in mason
~, and so not only pulverize the point
where they strike. but also tear up the
S"uffDuAuihB SDOIe layers. Inetr de-
%structiye power has been greatly In
creased by using lyddite for the burst
ing charge. this explosive being named
after the town OF Lydd. In England,
where the British government factories
are.
The machine gun forms an inde-
pendent section in the service Maxima
a fire 500 rounds per minute. To pre-
vent the barrel getting redhot from the
friction It Is surrounded by a Jacket
holding WAGER. This heats and passes
OF IN steam. \ and a half pints o.
water being required for svary 1000
rounds fred
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

ed hopeless to ever again try to
straighten them.
She made pitiful efforts to placate
MS drunken wrath, sometimes by pre-
pairing the food he liked best: at
others she gave full vent to the bitter
resentment that his conduct aroused.
and then they had those dreadful
scraps" that her neighbors heard
through the telltale airshaft.
1T amt decent" she said, "the way
Jim and me goes on. If the child had
grown up here with US it would have
turned out a regular bad one. Now it
can't. 1t just can't"
She pressed her hot, hard hands over
her SWOLLEN eyes. She had wept many
and bitter tears that day. She was
conscious of growing nervousness as
the time approached for Jim's home
coming. If only she did not have to
tell him!
He lever cared for the baby. He
hated it. He oughtn't to be sorry to
know it's gone-but-oh, the unrea-
sonableness of a drunken man. You
don't know what he'll want nor what
he don't want"
AS the short February day closed in
she drew down all the shades and
lighted the freshly cleaned and trim
med lamp. There was a ~pervasive
odor of fried liver and bacon in the
fiat. She had taken especial pains with
his dinner that evening.
Maybe he wouldn't ask about the
baby at all that night. He might take
it for granted it vas asleep in it's
soap box cradle behind the bed. She
stopped to one last pitiful subterfuge.
She flung her black CAPE over the
empty cradle in a suggestive manner.
At last she heard his heavy. irregu-
lar step upon the stairway. Once upon
a time Jim's football had been enough
to send her smiling to meet him at
the door. 1t was hard to understand
how things had come to get so crook
ed between them. Maybe it was her
fault.
One frightened glance at his face as
he opened the door and she breathed
more freely. He was not very far
gone' and he looked to be in a toll
cradle good humor."
Woodrow nodded to his girl wife sur
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

never faced it in any shape before.
She knelt by the still form. She
touched him with %shivering hands. No
whispered pleading words in his ears.
more danger of violence from him;
no more hope Of ever Strengthening out
things that had gotten all crooked
A new terror crept into the poor, ig-
norant child's torn soul.
Folks would say she had killed Jim.
The people in the house knew about
that quarrel last night; who would be-
lieve her if she told the truth about his
falling upon his own open knife?
Her dress was all blood-stained
where she had knelt by his side beg
ging MIN to speak to her. She tore it
of with shuddering haste, letting it
drop upon the floor near the dead man.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

She got into her best gown, the green
serge she kept for Sunday. Her teeth
were chattering as if with cold. 1t was
horrible to be alone with Jim-that
way. She dragged the spread from
the bed and flung it owe the huge bulk
which almost filled the little room. 1t
looked ghastlier than ever under its
white pail. She could have screamed
aloud for help. One thought kept her
dumb.
Nobody would believe her. They
would come if she c~alled-arrest her
perhaps-hang her!
The gray of another day was streak
ing the eastern sky when she softly
opened and closed the door to her fiat.
She left the latch UP, so that folks
could get in" She stole swiftly down
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

Woodrow took all the airs out of that
girl before him and herd been married
three months. You see, l was Twin
here when he brought her here. 1t was
me that he asst to fix up their fiat a
little tasty-like. Jim was all right
them first days"
"|ioor walker, wurn't he?"
Yes-floor walker in the same store
she clerked in. My Lord, she don't
look no more like the girl she did
when Woodrow brought her here a
bride! She was a real tidy little thing,
and always ready for a joke or a
laugh"
Whats the trouble with emp"
Dunno. Woodrow's an ugly cuss.
He's been drinking hard now for six
months. Lost his place count of it,
or something worse"
"Maggie's baby is a mighty purity
little one. Got eyes like one OF them
advertisement babies in the back of the
magazines. / don't wish her no bad
luck, I'm sure-but, II Woodrow's goin'
in regular for the saloons she's got a
hard road to travel. Woodrow hit that
baby last night and he hurt it."
moi"
Two frowzled heads came into closer
proximity Over the dingy metal sink.
"Airshafts is mighty telltale things.
My 'partment window looks smack into
Woodrow's. Folks ought to pull down
their shades when they're goin' in fur
a scrap. / couldn't help hearin' what
was goin' on acrost the shaft, not if
I'd been stone deaf and plum blind"
"0f course you couldn't. I've been
in that same sorter fix myself. What
did you hear?"
s. "Well, it was las night and the baby
was dreadful peevish. Collie, l should
say, and Woodrow, he wanted his sup
per, I s'pose, and I guess it wasn't
Tcduy, So tney ndQ a reg idr scrap ABOUT
1t, and Mrs. Woodrow, I s'pose she put
the child down to get Woodrow some
thin t eat and it set up a howl. 1t
must a been then that he give it that
lick, for | heard the mother yell at
him that he'd kill her baby and she
wished he was dead himself. Then
they had 1t hot and heavy. 1 don't
suppose he really hurt the child bad,
but when a mans temper's up he don't
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24
CHAPTER II.
MAGGIE WOODROW's FLIGHT.


From a top-foor fiat in a cheap ten
ement house on avenue A to His Lord
ships silken nest in Mrs. Wilson Ward
Desbrow's landau would have been a
far step for a more experienced trav-
eler than a tenement-house baby. But
the new incumbent accepted the stu
alton placidly.
Its wound had been dressed by skill
full hands; its stomach had been filled;
it had no emotions to interfere with
its comfort. It opened its eyes under
the gayly embroidered laprobe-it dis
covered a dangling blue ribbon sup
porting a small silver badge swaying
within reach. 1t reached out one tiny
finger and grasped the pretty play
thing, cooling witt pleasure-heartless
young aniniaIs. u was actually
laughing aloud at the identical mo-
ment when the red-aaired girl was
climbing the steep dirty stairway of
the tenement house on her lonely way
to the top fiat. She missed the burden
she was SO accustomed to carry up and
down those steps.
She passed a oma coming down
as she went up. The woman spoke to
her. She answered her with an alb
sent stare. The woman met another
one at the common sink in the hall
way. Maggie's name came promptly
up for discussion.
II met Woodrow's wife as l came
down. She was jus a clippin' it up the
steps like mad. Didn't notice me no
more'n if I was a door pos when 1
spoke to her"
"She always did put on as many airs
as if she was blood kin to Mrs. Growth
Cleveland"
"Aairs! My Lud! Poor girl, Jim
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

mind much where his blows falls"
"She didn't have the baby just now
when l met her."
Didn't? l v seer her without
it."
"No. She didn't have the child.
thought it was quare."
"Why, l never see her go out nor
in without that child in her arms, Ell
she was just going after a bundle OF
kindlin' or a can of oil, in all this
time!"
well, she didn't have it just now.
Her arms was empty and her cape was
flying back over her shoulders"
Il wonder if she'd take it neighborly
of us if we was to step in and ask
about the child?"
But just then the gloom of the upper
hallway was partially dispelled by the
opening of a door and Maggie was seen
~1cScending the stairs with a pitcher
n her hand. By the time she reached
the hall where her two neighbors had
been discussing her and her affairs SO
freely there was no one visible. She
filed her pitcher at the household hy-
drant and sped swiftly up the stairway
again.
Once inside of her own apartment
she fell to work with restless energy.
There was still three or four hours
ahead of her before her husband was
likely to return.
She wished he might make a night
of it somewhere" He had done so be-
fore. 1t would not be pleasant tell
ing him about the baby. She moved
about tidying the into more than
usual neatness. If he came home, all
right; he might notice her efforts and
show himself pleased; not that she
cared very much. Things had gone
80 dreadful crooked" of late; it SEEM
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24
the steep. dirty steps. The black cape
was wrapped about her shoulders.
The shabby bonnet was on her head.
cTo be Consinued)


1t was Sergean. Baldry, whose por-
trait is herewith reproduced. who so
bravely brought a squadron of the
Eighteenth hussars back from Glands
laagte to Ladysmith after Joubert and
his men cut off bis line OF retreat.
This gallant sergeant found himself
and 80 Of his men. after having been
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

In piping times of peace the jackies of the navy often find it hard work
70 amuse themselves during their idle hours. This is especially the case
Wne a man-otwar happens to b. in quarantine, which, Of course. usually
happens IN southern waters. When such is the case the sailor bows do their
pest to amuse themselves with swim ming races, water polo matches ard
amateur theatrical performances, but the most popular amusement of all s
gong ut OF n creased pole. This pole is let down from Of the
decks OF the ship, and then jacky after jacky attempts to climb out to the
n OF IT, 1t is n 10 easy task, and Hi ny an agile young seaman es fop-
ping down into the water before the feat is ACCOMPLISHED and he nrme
awarded.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

dispatched to intercept the flying en-
envy during the battle OF Elandslaagte,
intercepted by a large number of Beers.
Baldry and his little band cut their
way through The Boer forces and sue
ceeded in reaching Ladysmith once
more, though only after several cas-
| uclties.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-24

Here is one of the more attract We OF the representative private houses
of johannesburg which during the W a has been forsaken by Its British
residents and is now being used IS a hospital for wounded Beers. the
hospital Of Johannesburg has long been filed to overcoming with ourgh-
es who have fallen pierced by English bullets, and o man OF the
larger houses Of the utlanders have been appropriated by Dom Pauls gov
eminent for hospital purposes. 1t is a noticeable fact, by the way, that
los Of the handsome and substantial dwellings n this city belong II ace
belonged to not Beers, but unlanders, the people who paid practically all the
taxes and yet did none of the govern Ing.