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The evening times., 1899-11-07
"Boer.n in EnslI.h U.nge,
(From the London Chronicle.)

When did the word .'Bder'' assume its present
form and spelling? Judging from "Hansard,' -
down to the late fifties it was printed with a
small 3D." and spelled doors" Mr.. Gladstone.
when secretary of state for the colonies and
at the Cape" In the glossary attached to Mr.
Mccall Theall's History of the Boers," this
primitive form of the word is not given. Bocr
is there defined "a Dutch word signifying a
tiler of the ground.' In South Africa the word
is now used proper name to denote any one of
European descent. who ordinarily the broken
Dutch language of the country.
The evening times., 1899-11-07

The cheerful rattle of the crisp notes.
fresh from the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, which is heard throughout the
Western Reserve today, will not appeal
pleasantly TO the thousands of Federal
officeholders, whose pockets have holes in
them and whose hopes of Thanksgi sing
dinner are much depressed by reason of
their devotion TO the cause of Mr.. Nc
kinley lin his own home State"
The evening times., 1899-11-07
An Ancient Patriotic Fund,

An appeal which ought 10 meet with general
response is made on behalf of Lloyd's Patriotic
subscribers TO 'Lloyd's" 10 relieve the sufferers
of the French war, and has since that date
pended no les than f125.000 in relieving the
widows, orphans. and dependent relatives OF
officers and men killed IN. action, and for the
help of men disabled in service. 1t is wholly dis
tinct from the Patriotic Fund, and has made no
appeal 70. subscriptions since 1925
The evening times., 1899-11-07
RUSSIAN DESIGNS IN INDIA.

No Alarm Felt ON an Invasion by the
Car.
ALLABAHA. India, Nov. THE Indian
Government processes to be unaware Of the
slightest grounds for the sensational re-
ports being circulated as to Russian de-
signs on Afghanistan.
The Amir continues to conduct affairs
with the government with his customary
shrewdness.
The evening times., 1899-11-07
ILLTREArED THE SOLDIERS.
The Board of investigation Said t,
Blame Surgeon Rafter.

The report of the board Of investigation
appointed by General Shafter to investi-
gate the charges of ill-treatment received
by the soldiers who returned from Manila
on the transport Tartar, has been receiv-
ed by the Secretary Of War. 1t will prob
ably be made public on the Secretarys re-
turn from New York tomorrow.
While the of1cials Of the War Depart
ment refused to discuss the report until 1t
is made public by Mr.. Root, 1t is said that
the. report is very severe in the condemna-
tion of Major Rafter, surgeon in chief of
the Twentieth Kansas Regiment, for his
alleged neglect Of the soldiers under his
charge.
The evening times., 1899-11-07
Folly's Acme.
From the BROOKLYN Ea,

From the Brooklyn Eagle.)
And now the scientists have discovered microbes
in the preservatives used in canning and bottling
food, and advocate that they be done away with.
Next thing we know the microbe will be infest.
ing chloride Of lime and things like that. Moth
ing is safe from it
The evening times., 1899-11-07
TRAVELS OF THE PLAGUE.
The Disease Makes an Entry Int
LOurencO Marques.

THE HAGUE, Nov. THE state author
tiles have been officially informed that the
bubonic plague has broken out at LOurenco
Marques. II is rumored that 1t is officially
there.
Lourenco MARQUES is the port of Delagoa
Bay in Portuguese. East Africa. 1t is $40
miles from Pretoria and 395 miles from
johannesburg. The harbor itself is the
best in that part OF the country, but the
town is not over healthy.
The evening times., 1899-11-07

Il
will have two lines Of railway over which
to move north. At present he has but
four thousand men on the ground, and the
probabilities seem to be that the forces Of
the enemy, which have crossed the Orange
River, at Bethulie Bridge and Coles
burg are superior In number to the de-
tenders. It il an additional commentary on
the sacuity Of the British intelligence office
that whereas two weeks ago 1t was conf
dent the Boers could not put more than
thirty thousand men in the field, the gen
erai opinion among military men in Lon
| don now Is that they have anywhere from
| sixty to seventy thousand
So the real extent of the invasion from
the Orange Free State is problematical.
Its object. however, is not. II the natural
line Of concentration for the British at De
Aar. Naauw Poort, and Stormberg juno
tion can be occupied and communications
destroyed. movement of counter invasion
would be rendered exceedingly difficult,
and would be delayed perhaps for many
weeks after the troops necessary to effect
it had arrived from England
As four thousand men could not be
spread from De Aar to Stormbe-g without
involving their certain destruction, Sir
Redyers Butler has adopted the only course
open to him, in abandoning the last named,
and Its connection with East London. II
he can hold the restricted line. he will be
in better luck than the conditions promise
The necessity Of retreat from Stormberg
Will carry evil consequences. The region
about is inhabited by boer sympathizers.
who are now expected to accept the move
ment as a confession OF British weakness.
and join the ranks Of the enemy. BEYOND
this, all these temporary reverse5 are mag
nified into great disasters by the enemy for
effect upon the black tribes. whom the
British are trying to restrain, while the
Beers appear determined to turn them
loose in the fight.
The situation then. in general and par
ucular is very ugly one and it is not
likely to be mended in day. Within the
next week, the outside possibility of as
slstance amounts to the twenty-one thou
sand men due to arrive at Cape Town on
transports within that time Another week
viii add enough mere to place a substan-
tial working force at the command of the
general- in chief; but two weeks looks like
year in existing circumstances
The evening times., 1899-11-07
TORTURED By ROBBERS.
John TOtten Nearly Killed by Mid
night Visitors.

night Visitors.
HAzLEToN, Pa, Nov. John Totten.
aged seventy years. who conducts small
boot and shoe store at Tamanend, Is al
most dead at his home, in this city, from
injuries received at the hands of burglars.
Late at night he was awakened by q
loud knocking on the door of his estab-
lishment. He opened the door and four
masked men entered with drawn revolv-
ers and seized him.
He was supposed to have large sum
of money in the store, and when he re-
fused to reveal where 1t was hidden the
robbers bound and gagged the old man and
frighttfully maitreated him. They then
ransackeG the house. but secured only IS
cents. He was found In an unconscious
condition in the morning by neishbors.
The evening times., 1899-11-07
Lafnyette-..A cont~nted womnn.v

Bslla Archer has transformed "A Con-
tented Woman" into an oldfashionsd
Hoytian faree-comedy. As originally pre-
sented. the satire on the woman in poll
tics was barren OF songs. Now there is an
ample supply OF late musical numbers. and
Bonnie Lottie contributes two dances that
are very clever. Miss Archer is most
attractive Grace Holme. and is surrounded
by a company that is exceptionally ca
pablo.
The evening times., 1899-11-07
Possibilities,
(From the Houston post ,

General Wolaley may become the General
Miles Of England Secretary Of War Lansdowne
Is accused Of being responsible for the British
disasters in the Transvaai in not. sending an army
corps to South Africa - far back Is July, as he
also possible that LansdowDe viii become the
AlEef of the British Cabinet by being forced to
The evening times., 1899-11-07

The Ohio election returns from Otis ap-
pear to have missed connections. 1t was
fully expected that he would have some
sort of victory TO report this morning
for political effect, but he is only able 10
say that MacArthur's advance has been
checked by high water This is really de-
plorable. and leads US TO fear that Otis mas
lost his old capacity for inve ltion, and
should be replaced. \ war bulletin that
would change even a hundred votes would
bring Otis more glory from Administration
sources than would an actual triumph over
the rebels. Evidently Otis has not risen to
his opportunity.
The evening times., 1899-11-07

Russia also wants Nieu Chwang. on
the Gulf OF Pc chi le, and China is will
is repugnant to the Anglo-Saxors. and
there is diplomatic war in Pekin. Very
shortly there will be number of British
and American pennants in the harbor. Mat
tiers are becoming creditably lively in the
The evening times., 1899-11-07
ADVICE aIIsairectea.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.)
Missionary loutside Of saioon)-Dou't Won know
my misguided friend. that BY going into that
place you are depriving your wife and children oI
the comforts Of homer
Tbs man-G'xan. chass yourself Ioun III
The evening times., 1899-11-07
Dewey's Way
(From the Indianapolis Journal.l

From the Indianapolis Journal)
Tommy-Say, paw.
Mr.. Figg-Well?
'n Dewey was elected President, do you reck-
on he would go and get inaugurated the Sd
Of March, instead OF the 4th.
The evening times., 1899-11-07
A Possible Hiding Place.

s'The Government is trying to find a certain
ten-thousand dollar greenback, the only one ex-
tant,"
elias it searched all the European tenors and
violinists who have been in this country iateyY'
The evening times., 1899-11-07
AT TIE THEATRES.
xa4lon.Il4Phro.o,.,y, .

Had that one of ''Helen's Babies who
wanted to "shee de w'eels go round" teen
a critic-amateur or PROFESSIONALS:
things theatrical. and been speaking mere
ly Of the mechanism Of diamaties. he
might have had his wish fully gratified
last night at the National. Anthony
Hopes "Phroso" which las been made
play by Edward Rose and H. V. Esmcnd
and q production by Charles Frohman, is
the piece that would have afforded the o.
tect lesson. The Offering is really quite
remarkable bit of tinkering. The novel
has been hammered this way and that in
precise observation of Elmer Vancs's di-
reotions for construction. Strangely
enough, the result is really p;easing-sn
absorbing. stirring. forceful romance
''Phroso' is not exceptionally well acte1
though Odette Tyler does her test and r.
ID. Mclean does even better The se.-
tings are good and the supers adequate y
trained. Sol Smith Russell follows.
The evening times., 1899-11-07
Cautious COmmendation.

t'No," said the returned soldier-hero, 81 am
not going to find any fault with General Otis.
He is doing everything for the suppression Of the
insurrection and the establishment Of good order
in the Philippines that can be done-by General
Otis
The evening times., 1899-11-07
CURRENT HUMOR.
CONTAMINATION.

Parke-I don't see what you moved for. Why.
your house was right the edge of the golf
links.
Lane-I know it. But found that my children
were learning such bad language.
The evening times., 1899-11-07
They RemaIned Down.

(From JudgeJ
Lswyer.Do you swear the collision raised the
entire car?
witness-well, it raised everything but the
Window
The evening times., 1899-11-07
ADMIRAL DEWEY RETURNING.
He Leaves New York This Mornins
for This City.

NEW YORK. Nov. admiral Dewey
and his tancee. Mrs. Mildred Hazen, left
for Washington this morning, via the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
In the party were also Mrs. Washington
Mclean and Mrs. Ludlow, sister of Mrs.
HaZen.
The evening times., 1899-11-07
Col. nbIa-.The Roundcr..y

THE Rounders.' which attracted a
goodly audience at the Columbia yes.er-
evening, is typical New York Casino
presentation. There is any amount OF Wit
in the lines OF Harry Smith. and Ludwig
Englander has written some very cztchy
melodies. The company is much above
the average Of the organizations sent cut
from the George E. Lederer playhouse.
Its humorists-Dan DAILY, Richard Caro- |,
Harry Davenport, and R. l. Don-furnish
a great deal OF Cassinoish fun, and the
feminine portion-Marie George. Phyllis
Rankin, and Mabel GilIman-are sp.eniid
specimens of the modern musical comedy
maiden. The production is very elaborate
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DISORDERED LIVER CAUSES SAD THOUGHTS.
WHEN THE NERVES ARE OVERSTRAINED BY
WORK OR CARE, THE LIVER STOMACH, KID
NEYS BECOME WEAKENED IN THEIR ACTION
AND THE BODY is MADE FOUL AND UN-
HEALTHY WITH IMPURE BLOOD AND BILE
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-15

G. #. Blake and David Ward are working
for Lyman Porter
Mr. and Mrs. II. f. Day visited his rela-
tives in Fairee last week.
Dan Ford and two daughters from Brad
ford recently visited relatives here.
W Remission is gaining under the treat
ment OF DR.. Cooley OF Chelsea. He can
now walk quite little distance.
Charlie Farewell and his mother have gone
t. Vershire where he has a job numbering
They will board several other lumbermen.
Several inches OF snow fell last Saturday
night and Sunday, and wind enough came
wi h it to pile it into drifts one and q half
feet deep in places.
A few from this place went TO East
Orange last Wednesday TO attend the three
days meeting held by Rev. Mr.. Blake OF
S rafford and Rev. Mr. Dickson OF Tun-
bridge
The National tribune., 1899-10-12
PERSONAL.

Many circles in Ohio have sustained q
severe loss in the death of Prof. Elias
Fraunfelter, which occurred at Akron, o.,
Aug. s. He was born near Easton, Pa,
in 1S4O, and began teaching school when he
this vocation, but left it to enlist in the
10th Ohio, and by good service at the
front was promoted through all the grades
to Captain of his company. He was taken
prisoner on the Red River campaign. and
was for Is months a prisoner at Camp
Ford. There ne contracted the disease of
which he ultimately died. After he was
released he was transferred as Captain
to the Hath Ohio, with which he was mus
tered out at the close of the war. He re-
sumed teaching, became Professor OF
Mathematics in the Academy of Savannah,
O., and gained position as one of the first
mathematicians in the country. In 1873
he went to Akron as Professor of Engineer
ing and Normal Studies in Buchtel College,
and after 10 years service there became
Superintendent of theAkron Public Schools,
in which capacity he made brilliant record.
He was a member of the GAR. Com
mander of Buckley Post, and frequent
delegate to the National Encampment.
The question of Admiral Dewey's re-
hgion, which has been considerably mooted
in certain circles, would seem to be settled
by the fact that last Sunday, accompanied
by his son, he went to ST. Johns Episcopal
Church, at the corner of Sixteenth and b
streets, TO return thanks to Gcd for His
protection and favor. st. Johns Is tho
church where all the Episcopal Presidents
have worShiped.
The National tribune., 1899-10-12

'Fll settle with you, Shorty. when l have
more time Si remarked as he took his
place.
"Thc sooner the better" grunted Shorty.
"You can't run over me, If You are Ser
gcaut"
The wearied mon went stumbling along
the rough road for what seemed the longest
mile ever known. 1t had grown very dark.
At last a form separated itself from the
bank of black ness on tine left. and a voice
said in . penetrating whisper:
is this the 2DDtI Ind?
"Ycs," answered the Colonel.
I'm Lieut.. SuDWden. of the Generals
staff said the whisper.
Yes | recognize your voice answered
the Colonel.
"to post you when you came up. You viii
make this your right. and form out there tc
the left. Do it without the slightest noise.
There is a strong force of rebels ont there M
| front. They have n line OF works with
! abatls in front, and a fort on the hill there
to the right, as you can see by looking up
against the sky. You will not allow any
| fires TO be made or lights 10 he shown. The
| other regiments will come up and form
on your right and left, aud you will bt
ready to attack and carry the line imlnc
dately i'll front of you the moment that il
| is light enough 10 see to move. The sigma
will be given by the headquarters bugle."
"Vcry good" replied the Colonel. 'Tel
| the General that well be ready, and he1
| find us inside the rebel line five minutes
after the bugle sounds"
'In the meanwhile" continued the Aid
| you will keep q sharp lookout. You may
be attacked, and if you see signs of evacua
The National tribune., 1899-10-12
1T GOES MUCH DEEPER,

The fight against the maladministra-
ton Of the Pension Bureau is not all
by any means, of the present struggle
The pension question is simply the most
salient feature of the issue as TO whether
the veterans Of the war of the rebellion are
back numbers, to receive no further con.
sideration as factor in public life. II
they can be treated with impunity as they
are being treated with regard to pensions
if they can not properly resent the whole
sale defamation and depreciation poured
out on them by the Commissioner of Pen
sions, their personality has lost its power
and their hands their cunning. They
need not be considered any longer fol
public Office or employment, and they car
take themselves TO their dusty shelves
ard be forgotten.
But inasmuch as there are something
like 100000 veterans alive, and most OF
them have sons and sons-in-law, we think
that the politicians who are calculating
that they have "at last got through with
the old soldiers" are liable to awake to theil
mistake with shock.
The National tribune., 1899-10-12
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT
AT WASHINGTON.

1t is standing reproach that nowhere
in the beautiful city of Washington is there
a monument or memorial of any kind to
the private soldiers and sailors of the war
Of the rebellion. With all the beautiful
and costly buildings, monuments, and
other creations with which the city is
adorned there is yet absolutely nothing
which speaks to the visitor of the men
without whose superb patriotism Wash
ington would be to-day ruined and de-
serted frontier town, a melancholy re-
minder of the blasted hopes of the fathers
of the Republic, who thought to build con
this continent a new Nation, dedicated to
the principle that all men are created free
and equal"
To supply this astonishing omission
should become one of the great purposes
of the GAR, the W.R.C., the Ladies of
| the GAR, the Loyal Legion, the U. V. L.,
the U. V. U., the Sons of Veterans, and
their auxiliary societies. They should at
| once develop a warm interest themselves
| in the erection Of such monument in
Washington. and then proceed to arouse
public sentiment in favor of it. They
should determine that this shall be the
finest thing ever erected in the world tc
any man or cause, and then concentrate
their energies upon the accomplishment,
OF that object. It can be accomplished il
the great patriotic societies will take up the
work in the spirit that should animate
them. Emphatically, it is something that
should be done, and be begun at once, that
the veterans and their wives should have
their eyes gladdened by the completion OF
the work before they pass from earth
Let every one begin thinking about this
great object, and considering what he ol
she can do to aid it.
The National tribune., 1899-10-12

The remainder of our list of Standard
Books are as follows:
The CannOneer, 3S4 pages. By Au-
gustus c. Buell..
Capturing a Locomotive, 1854
pages. By Rev. VIM Pittenger
The Boy Spy in Dixie. By J.
o. kerbey. 3S4 pages
Further Adventures of the
Boy Spy. BY J. o. Kerbey. 3s4 pages.
81 Aiegg, 32o pages; illustrated by
Coffin.
Further MisIIaps 10 ST and
Shorty. 44S pages. BY John McElroy.
The Great Rebellion, Vol L.
512 pages. By J. T. Headley.
Tie Great Rebellion. Vol. H. SIC
pages; both illustrated.
The Field, Dungeon and Es.
cape. BY Albert d. Richardson. Illus.
traied; 512 pages.
The Adventures of AIf vii.
son. 256 pages. BY himself
Personal History Of u. s.
Grant, $50 pages. By Albert D. Rich
ardson.
The Secret Service, 1893 pages
By Gen. Lafayette C.. Baker.
The National Tribune Sol.
dier's Hand Book, 44S pages
The National tribune., 1899-10-12
GEN. HENDERsoN.s MISTAKE.

Gen. Henderson made another speech
at Waterloo. Iowa. last Saturday, and his
reference to the pension question shows
that, unfortunately, he has suffered him
self to be completely captured by Evans's
specious Misrepresentation. He said:
81 believe the present Administration
is doing everything in its power to carry
out wisely and honestly the pension laws.
After nearly II years work in the interests
of my comrades in these particulars, and
noting the work Of the Pension Bureau
under several Administrations. am salts
fled beyond a doubt that no better work
has been done for the old soldier than under
the Administration Of Comrade Mckinley.
MANY complain because of delay in the
work, attention, consideration, and al
lowance of their claims. / have looked
carefully into these causes for delays, and
in an overwhelming majority OF cases /
find that they come from two causes; first,
because tine facts will not admit Of the
evidence needed to establish; or, second,
because claimants or their agents neglect
to produce the proofs called for by the Pen
sion Office
Now, we have been acquainted with
Gen. Henderson for about Is years, and
have had unusual opportunities for know
ing the extent OF his knowledge of the
actual working of the pension laws. 1t is
only casual, such as any busy Representa-
tive gets, who is much more engrossed in
other questions than pensions. That is,
he attends, or instructs his private Secre.
tory, or gets some one else TO attend to the
L. l.. 80
gets rid of them the best and the soonest
that he can. He only has general i'm
pressions about the whole bothersomt
business. And we happen to know thai
up to quite a recent period Gen. Hender
sons impressions were distinctly unfav
orable to Mr.. Evans. The first public
receive came from the lips of Gen. Hen
derson at a AR. banquet in Washington
| Now, as to Gen. Henderson's alleged
facts. In THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE OF
Aug. 81 we published an Indictment OF
| Commissioner Evans" of 26 distinc
counts" every one of which was sup
ported by written evidence that woult
have convicted the Commissioner in any
court in the land. These have not beer
answered-they can not be answered
They convict Mr.. Evans of an unmis
taxable animus against the whole bod.
of pensioners and claimants,-of feverisl
zeal TO defeat their claims and reduce thei
allowances, zeal leads him to dis
regard or nullify some laws and perver
and distort others. The National e. r
Pension Committee, in its report to tn
National Encampment, set forth the sam
charges in the strongest language, an
the Encampment adopted the report with
out word of dissent or amendment, and b.
a unanimous voice.