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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-03-09

P. S. Witherspoon of Gaines
vile, a very prominent and wealthy
cattleman, spent Monday here clos
ing up the deal with Charles
Shreiner for 1000 threes and fours.
Mr.. Witherspoon was feeling very
much encouraged at the outlook
for the cattle business. He was
rather disappointed, however, to
learn of the action taken in regard
to the closing of the Greek nation
and regretted the hardships such a
step would work to the cattle in
erests.-Texas Stock and Farm
journal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-12
BALFOuR'S STRONG SPEECH.
The War Not Sought by England, but
Forced Upon Her.

London, Oct. IA flood of oratory
on the Transvaal situation burst out
tonight. A. j. Balfour, first lord Of
the treasury; Henry Herbert Asquith,
former home secretary, and others
spoke in various parts of the country
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor Of
the exchequer, who was to have deliV-
cred an address on the subject, is suf-
fering from an attack Of bronchitis
and was unable to speak
Mr. Balfour. addressing the unionists
OF Haddinston, said: The crisis in
South Africa has now reached the .tags
where diplomacy is put aside, argument
ceases to make further peace and ap-
peal is made to arms. Peace and good
will among men, which it is our first
business to cultivate in all of Great
Britain's vast possessions. has been
wantonly and srstuitousiy imperiled by
the rash policy Of the Boer government
"A great change has taken place in
the past three months in the opinion
of this country regarding our South
African policy. There was not then the
clear conviction which now exists re-
specttng the true merits, of the case,
which is now to be decided by the ar
bitrament of force; but the more the
public has known of what the govern
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He SUSTAiNS THE GOVERNMENT.
Lord Rosebery Says the Boer U,timutum
Is 4 Declaration of War.


London, Oct. I1.-LOrd Rosebefy. the
former premier and liberal leader, has
finally declared his position relative to
the South African question. In a let
ter under te-day's date he says:
Il have maintained silence because
am loath to re-epter politics. To-day,
however. I can speak without touching
politics, fer situation is created which
is beyond party problems. ! think
there Is much in the last three years
of our relations with the government
Of the Transvaal to eriticise, il not
condemn: but that is all over for the
present II IL needless to discuss how
We could best have attained our Sim
pie and reasonable object of rescuinS
cur fellow -eountrymen in the Trans
vaal from intolerable conditions of sub
lection and injustice, and of securing
equal rights for the white races in
South Africa, fer an ultimatum has
been addressed to Great Britain by the
South African republic which Is itself
a declaration of war In the face OF
this attack upon the nation the people
will undoubtedly close their ranks and
relegate party controversies to more
convenient sphere.
There iss one more word to be said
Without attempting to Judge the pol
icy which concludes q. peace after the
reverse at Majuba hill. ! am bound to
state my protouna ConFlctlon that
there is no conceivable government in
this country which could repeal it."
1t is said that the object of Lord
Rosebery's silence until to-day was to
lead President Kruger to believe that
Lord Rosebery and his followers might
come to the assistance Of the Trans
vaal. thus stiffening President kru-
gers back TO resist British demands.
According to this explanation. Lord
Pnn, "a pcng
dent Kruger would yield. To his lord
ships point Of view this would have
been fatal, as he is fully convinced
that the only road to permanent peace
is the defeat Of the Beers.
Continental opinion, so far as it can
be ascertained from to-day's dis
patches, remains largely anti British
Popular sympathy with the Beers is
being shown in various ways in Ger
many. where, however. oficialdom
maintains an absolutely neutral atti-
tude.
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WAR, WITH ALL ITS HORRORS,
AN ACCOMPL L|SHEO FACT
When the Time Limit Expires People in London Sing
God Save the Queen''-The Beers Have Crossed
the Border-How Well the English
Are Prepared to Meet
the Attack.

tion in its midst. which was always
stirring UP hatred and endeavorins for
political or financial reasons to under
| mine the independence Of the state.
The Beers have never taken the Of
fensive, not even after the Jameson
raid, when the Transvaal was strongly
armed and there were few British
troops there. Regarding the Free
State army. it will be remembered that
the Free State always lived at peace
and harmony with it's neighbors and
has everything to lose and nothing to
gain by rupture. The burghers will
certainly not be called out, unless the
that the British troops on the borders
Of both states are decided menace to
the independence OF the Transvaa'.
which the Free State is bound to as
sist.'
Butler Starts Saturday
Great preparations are being made
at Soatha ampton for the departure on
Saturday of Sir Redvers Butler and
great demonstration is anticipated. The
Duke of Connaught, the Duke of York,
Lord Landsdowne, General LORD Wolse-
ley and General SIR Evelyn Wood are
expected to accompany him to South
amptcn from London. 1t is announc-
ed that the fleet Of transports convey
ing Sir Redvers Buffers army corps
will be escorted by Warships. while
further dispatch boats and gunboats
will be sent to South African waters.
Millions of Money.
The government has already cxpend-
ed E5,O00,000 in naval and military
preparations, the orders placed with
contractors this week alone amounting
to 100000. The authorities, antici-
pating a serious decrease in the out
put of the South African coal mines
have ordered 5000 tons of English
steam coal to be sent to the Cape for
the use of the warships.
The outbreak of war has sent up
the price of English wheat and or va
ricus country markets the farmers
have refused to sell wheat under go
shillinss per quarter. in some cases
even holding for a still higher price
A dispatch from Kimberly says Cecil
Rhodes is expected there shortly.
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KRUGER'S BIRTHDAY.
God, He Tells the Burehers, Will Direct
Every Bullet.

Petoria, Oct. 10.--(Delayed in transmits
sion)-President Kruger's birthday was
announced this morning with 4 salute In
camp and a general display Of nags
throughout the town. Cougra,ulatory tel
egrams were received by the president
from all parts of South Africa and Eu-
rope. In che course Of the morning. ad-
dressing q body OF burshers who called
Immediately before setting out for ths
front. the president impressed upon them
that they must not trust in themselves,
but should place all their reliance upon
God. who directs every bullet.
You must keep up your courage" he
said, land remember that in former days
although our enemies were numerous,
comparatively few burehers fell"
The burghers departed singing the Boer
national airs. Some Of the laagers are
flying the Irish flag with the flags of the
Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
The ambulance corps has arrived. Expe-
riments have shown that an armored
train can be pierced like tissue paper by
Creusot guns.
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ment has done and what they aimed at,
the more they have come around to the
view that the government, if they have
erred at all, have erred ON the side Of
, patience. Those who supported us can
| look back to the long anxious months
| with the conscientious conviction that
we earnestly desired peace, though war
was imminent and that though at the
moment l. am speaking war may actual
ly have begun, that war is none of our
seeking, none of our desire, but is
forced upon us by those who are not
men fighting for the freedom of their
| country, but an olisarchy, who fear that
the hour of their domination is at an
end
Now that the prospects of peace are
finally destroyed. now That war with
all its consequences, ell it's loss Of life,
all its destruction of property, all it's
suffering. is on us, We can say we new
sired anything but freedom, all we
lonsed for was equality under the
Tranvaal republic toward men Of our
race and speech, which We freely give
to the men oe the Dutch race and
speech in the neighboIing colonies; and
If they think it worth while to imperil
their future in order to refuse these
rights, at all events the blame rests
on them and not on us, and we can feel
that, whatever we may have to endure
before the war is brought to a final,
conclusive and successful issue. the
sacrifices we shall be called upon TO
make are sacrifices in the interests of
rights of men and civilization" Pro-
lonsed cheers.)
Mr.. Balfour concluded his speech
with an expression OF thanks to the au-
dience for their approval Of the govern
ment's policy.
Mr.. Asquith, speaking at Dundee,
credited the government with a sincere
and honest desire to avoid war. 1t
seemed incredible, said he that the
other side should strike the first blow
in a conflict which could have but one
issue. The handling of the problem by
the Beers was such as no civilized
country could permit, and the issue
raised by the Transvaars ill-starred
dispatch was one from which Great
Britain could not shrink, but was bound
to take up. The vast majority of the
people. Mr.. Asquith declared. contem-
plated the war with reluctance and
aversion, and saw in it little or no pros
pect either Of advantage or military
glory. 1t was not with a light heart
that they took up the challenge, but
now that it was forced upon them, they
would see ii through.
Right Hon. William st. John Broder-
ick, under secretary of state for foreign
affairs. announced in a speech at Gull
ford that the government had made
the only possible reply to the Ira MS
vaal. namely, that we are not pre-
pared to discuss such terms"
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Schley Is On Deck,

New York, Oct. IA special to the
Herald from Washington says: In the
event of war. which officials here re-
gard as practically certain, as q result
of the Boer ulttmatum, orders will be
Immediately cabled to the cruiser
Montgomery, which was last reported
at Pernanbuco. directing her to pro-
ceed to Delagoe hay and cooperate
with the consul at Pretoria in the pro-
lection of American interests. Rear
Admiral Schley informed Acting secre-
tary Allen to-day Of his willingness ia
assume command OF the South Atlantic
squadron whenever the department de-
sir~d and was informed that the
cruiser Chicago would be ready for sea
on Oct. 2s She will proceed imme-
diately to Delagoa bay and Comman-
der Merrill, commanding the Montsom-
cry, will make his report to the squad
ron commander.
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UNITED STATES TO ACT.
We will Represent Great Britain in the
Transvaal.

we VIII Represent EreAt BFitaIn IN the
Transvaal.
Washington. Oct. 11.-It is practically
settled that the United States will look
after the interests Of Great Britain in
the Transvaal in the event OF war. AL
though Great Britain UP to a late hour
to-day had made no formal request for
such action on the part of the United
States, it is believed there Is an under
standing to that effect. Mr.. Tower. the
British charge d'affaires, had another
conference with Acting Secretary Hill
at the state department to-day, at
which it is believed an understanding
was reached that the United States
would look after the British interests in
the Transvaal, in case the withdrawal
of the British representative was made
necessary by declaration Of war.
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Canada's Contingent.

Ottawa, Ont, Oct. u.-In response to
intimations that the Canadian govern
ment would furnish military contin-
gent for service in the Transvaal. a
cablegram has been received from the
war office stating that the imperial
government will accept two units" or
about 5000 men, for such service. No
officer higher than maor will be re-
quired, indicating that the contingent
will be attached to an imperial corps.
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official gazette to-day contains the con-
fiscation law, approved by the volksraad
Sept. a. adopting the mining article in
the gold law, eliminated last year, en-
powerirs the government to confiscate
claims and mines belonging to persons
convicted Of treason or conspiracy against
the state
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Kingston. Jamaica, Oct. 1.-THE col
onial government has received ca bie-
gram from the British war Office de-
Ginning with thanks the offer of the
services Of the jamaica militia in
South Africa, but ordering the regular,
Jamaica army reserves to report i'm
mediateiy and rejoln their eolors on
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Hauled Up y Big Gun.

Pretoria, Oct 1.-THE German detach-
ment has posted big gun on the Free
State Natal border in 4 position to aid
Wakkerstroom. Five hundred burghers
assisted in hauling the big gun up a steep
and almost inaccessible acclvity. The
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No Formal Declaration.

Bloemfontein, Oct. 1.-THE Orange
Free State and Transvaal officials held
conference regarding the time limit
of the Boer ultimatum. The Transvaal
wanted to allow only "a hours. but the
Free State suggested a compromise on
4S hours, this view prevailing. 1t is
not believed here that any formal de-
claration Of war will be made.
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ant Colonel Pulleine and other officers,
were n1assacred the British loss being
about ss7. Two thousand Zulus are
said to have been killed.
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Mr.. Whites reference to the Isandlu-
whama massacre is an allusion to the
attack made on Jan. 20, 1879, by some
1900 Zulus upon the British camp at
1sandulaor, Isandluwhama. about 10
miles from Rorkes Drift. on the Tuse-
la. Five companies OF the 24th regi-
ment, with Colonel Dunford, Lieuten-
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No munition ON Board.

Lorenzo Marques, Oct. 1.-THE Brit
ish third-ciass cruiser Philomel has re-
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The Morning Session.

Captain Oliver Dotson OF washington
gulch, father of the defendant, took
the stand at the opening of court He
made an impressive figure in the court
room; tall. white haired and sad faced.
His testimony was brief. his stay on
the stand being limited to five minutes
The old gentleman told of the coming
of his son Clinton to the gulch about
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Continued on Page Five.)
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Steyn's Statemsn I.

President Steyn replied: "The rea-
sons for arming the Transyaal were
the presence of an alien, hostile popula-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17
A Fathers Grim Duty.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, correspondence OF
Philadelphia North American: James
Richard an engineer on the PLANES
of Ashley, left his ten-year-old son in
a fiagmans shanty while he went into
the engine house. His son screamed
soon afterwards, and Rickard was hor-
rified to find that he had wandered on
the track and had been run over by
the big truck used to push cars up the
incline. The truck, weighing several
tons, rested on the boys legs, near the
hips, crushing them into pulp. There
was no help within two miles, and the
distracted father had to start the en-
zines in order to drag the truck OF
the boy. The little fellow was uncon-
scious and died next morning.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17
why Men No Longer Dance.

The Drapers' Journal, the leading or
gan of the trade in the world, has just
completed a searching investigation
into the causes of the present scarcity
of dancing men. 1t comes to the con-
clusion that the materials now popular
for ball dresses of fashionable women
are largely responsible. These fabrics
and the materials with which they are
trimmed are often so rough and sharp
that they soon destroy "the gloss and
perfect condition Of a well-groomed
mans dress suit" 1t is, therefore,
with the idea of saving their dress
suits that the men decline to dance.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17
EIcnhnnt Not a ThIef.

A Paris correspondent writes that an
elephant in the Jardiu des Plantes has
recently been the subject of numerous
defamatory accusations. The animal
was accused OF being professional
thief, says the Boston Transcript The
story went that several visitors to the
Jardin des Plantes, who stopped to
view the elephant, had been relieved of
their purses, and on each occasion boys
who were present affirmed that they
had seen the animal seize the purse
with its trunk and carry it to his
mouth. At last a provincial stopped
in front of the elephant and lost his
purse. He made a complaint and some
boys-the same boys, by the way-ac-
cused the elephant of having taken it.
But the animals keeper, recognizing
the boys, became suspicious and had
them searched, with the result that
the missing purse was found. The cor
respondents imagination also influ-
ences him to say that as soon as the
purse was discovered the elephant
showed his great joy by vigorous
waving of his trunk.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17
HistOric Land Sold.

New York correspondent Pittsburg
Dispatch: A tract of twenty-three ac-
res of historic land in Brooklyn bor-
ough was transferred by sale recently.
1t was part of an original grant from
King George III. to Peter De Beroise,
who was a close friend of Peter Stuy-
vesant, the sturdy governor of New
York a century and a half ago. 1t has
been in the De Bevois family ever
since. But now comes the demand for
Brooklyn cottages, and away goes tie
property into the hands of specula-
tive builder, a Mr. Donnelion, for a
consideration of s9S.000. The value of
the holding can be estimated from the
fact that Mr.. Donnelion was offered
$4,000 for his purchase as soon as he
had completed it, and he declined.
When old King George gave it to the
original De BevQis you could probably
have bought the whole property for
$500.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17
THE ARAB HORSE.
He Has Fow Needs and tsreat Enduranos
and Spirits.

and Spirits.
An Arab can not dispense with food
altogether. like the legendary camel of
travellers tales, but his needs are few,
and he will m-intain his health and
spirits under conditions which other
horses would never be able to endure.
Indeed. not only can he put up with
hardships at a pinch, but he actually
deteriorates under the generous regi-
men which Is considered necessary for
other horses. This has been proved
over and over again by purchasers who
have refused to believe the usual three
feeds of corn to be supererogatory and
the morning hour of walking exercise
insufficient. There is probably no be-
ing SO obstinately conservative as an
English coachman, and, even when he
finds an Arab grow utterly unman-
aSeable, he is not to be convinced that
the simple cause Is lack of exercise and
exuberance of feeding The fact is, an
Arab is naturally so high-spirited and
so difficult to tire that even single
feed of corn is excessive unless he is
being subjected to exceptionally hard
work. He will answer every require
ihShl do Il nuhteT II iis ulcA NC i,-
stricted to hay or even to grass. and in
the summer time he is most satisfac
tory if he has the run of the paddock.
where he can chose his own food and
exercise. So far, the quality of the
normal Arab in everyday life. What
a picked horse can do when put upon
his mettle almost battles belief. An
officer. recently returned from the
Soudan, relates that after a ride of
500 miles his horse showed no signs
of work, though he had cast all his
shoes before accomplishing Il quarter
of the journey, though many of the
camels had died and the others had
suffered severely. Again. it was an
Arab of 14.2A, which carried ten
stone six pounds and won ten-mile
race at FeroZepore in 25 minutes,
feat of endurance probably unequaled
in equine annals. And Lord Roberts
can bear testimony to the powers of
the Arab which carried him through
all his campaigns during 20 years. and,
alone among the horses of history,
received official authority to wear the
Afghan medal with four clasps. Such
qualities are worth insisting upon at
the war Office as short cut to the So
luton of many problems Of economy
and dispatch in the transport service.
Saturday Review.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17
INCREASE OF MuTES.
Due to Intor arrlaEe-Statements of
Authorities.

| The census of 1890 showed 41,283
| deaf mutes in the United States. But
it is admitted that the list is defective,
SO many parents and relatives wishing
to conceal defects that the census TAX
ers could not get accurate data. In
1870 the number was 16,205. Statis-
tics show that the number of deaf
rnutes is increasing at a much faster
ratio than the total population, and
that more and more deaf mutes are
marrying deaf mutes and thus propa-
eating defective variety of the race.
DR.. w. w. Turner, the late principal of
the American asylum in Hartford, the
largest institution in the country where
deaf mutes are received. says the st.
Louis Post-Dispatch. shows that the
number of congenital deaf mutes Is
multiplying with increasing rapidity.
He cites one case where woman lived
to see sixteen deaf and dumb grand
children. He declares that every con-
sideration of philanthropy, as well as
the best interests of congenitally deaf
persons themselves, should induce their
teachers and friends to urge upon them
the impropriety of intermarriage-
Yecrs ago there was one deaf mute to
every 1,500 of the population. Prof.
| Alexander Graham Bell. the celebrated
inventor, amarried a deaf mute. and
has written "A Memoir Upon the For
nation of a Deaf Variety of the HUI
man Race" After extensive research
he made this declaration: THE indica-
tions are that the congenital deaf
mutes of this country are increasing
at a greater rate than the population
at large. And the deaf mute children
of deaf mutos are increasing at a great
er rate than the congenital deaf mute
population. If the laws of heredity
that are known to hold in the case of
animals also apply to man the inter-
marriage of congenital deaf mutes
through number of successive gener-
ations should result in the formation of
deaf variety of the human race" Re
ports of the American asylum at Hart
ford show that SO per cent of the pu-
pills admitted had deaf mute relatives.
Cases showing as many as fifteen deaf
mute relatives to one individual were
| found. There were more than $4,000
deaf mutes in the United States who
belonged to families containing more
than one deaf mute. More threaten
| ing still is the statement of DR.. Henry
l.. Peet the deaf and dumb specialist
He declares as result OF his re-
searches that the normal hearing
brothers and sisters OF deaf mute
are about as liable to have deaf chill
dren as the deaf mute himself.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17
LIKE TOBACCO.
Old Trainer Claims That Animals Take
To It Kindly.

Ola trainer Chains Ihat Animals Inae
To It Kindly.
81 have been an invoterate- user OF
tobacco in some form for the past for
ty years, and during that time have
had much to do with all sorts of wild
beasts, which l have found are nearly
all more or less partial to the smell or
taste of the weed" observed an old and
experienced animal trainer. For in
stance the common brown bear is 50
found of the fumes OF tobacco that IL
you blow smoke through the bars oi
his cage it Will. with eTident delight,
push forward and rub Its back and
head against the iron bars. Not long
ago l blew through Il hollow stick a
pinch CT snuff into the nose Of sleep
ing lion. The brute shortly after
awoke. sat up straight, sleezed vio-
lently, and then lay down to sleep very
contentedly again. Al goats, deer
llamas and so en- will chew and eat
tobacco and snuff with great eager
ness. Monkeys and big balloons also
breathe with great satisfaction tbs
smoke from cigars