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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
CAPTURE OF WILTsHIREs.


LoURENZO MARQUES, Monday Feb.
IA correspondent who was with the
Boer forces in the attack upon Rensberg
gives further particulars regarding the
capture of the Wiltshires. He says:
"Commandant Pelier, who arrived first,
found two companies of the Wiltshires
and began the attack in the open. Soon
after he was Joined by a body of Free
Staters, and together they drove the
enemy back from the kopjes, capturing
all but three. 1t is impossible to say
how many of the British were killed
or wounded, but of the 200 WiHshires
142 were captured and of these A were
wounded.
"The suffering of the wounded from
heat and thirst was intense. The burgh-
ers did their best to alleviate this, and
many of the wounded were carried In
blankets to Rensberg siding.
"At Rietfonten the British rear guard
began shelling, thus compelling the fed
erals to leave the wounded in order to
repulse the attack federal krupp
gun replied effectively to the British can>
nonade The Beers lost two killed and
four wounded. They now occupy all the
Rensberg positions formerly occupied by
the British, whose rear guard is at Riet>
fontein, with the federals close up
CRoNJE HOLDING HIS OWN.
LOURENZO MARQUES, Feb. 19.-It
appears from advices received here that
the loot captured by the burghers yes
terday near Koffyfontein included over
5000 head of cattle and number OF
wagons, eighteen of which We're loaded
with provisions intended for the relief OF
Kimberley A number Of prisoners were
also taken. Heavy fighting is reported
today around Kimberley, where Cen
Cronje is said to be holding his own
BOER PRISONERS RELEASED.
ARUNDEL, Sunday, Feb. 1S.-
Commandant Pretorius, who was cap
tured by the British at Elandslaagte, and
three other Boer prisoners were handed
over to the Beers from Arundel today.
messenger under flag of truce had
previously arranged the programme. The
prisoners had a cordial interview with
Gen. Clements and were then taken In
an ambulance half way to the Boer camp.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
Chicago Police Think Samuel ID.
McRea Dead.

CHICAGO, Feb. ia communication
from Mrs. w. B. McRae, Plttsburg, "a,
to the local police, asking them to assist
in locating her son, has apparently clear
ed I'D the mystery surrounding the iden-
tity of the man found dead with Jockey
Marty Cunningham here last August.
Mrs. McRae had not heard from him
since about that time and from her de-
scription Of the missing man the police
are convinced that Cunningham un-
known companion was Samuel B. McRae,
who had been connected with the Harlem
race track.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20

Capital City Lodge No 217, A. It. & A.
NJ, meets. Masonic hall, West Seventh
and Ontario streets, p. M
Mizpah Lodge No. 191, a. F. G. A. M,
meets, Masonic hall, South ST. Paul, s
p m.
sons, meets, Masonic hall, Laurel ave-
nue., SD. m.
Annual meeting, state society for the pre-
vention of cruelty, 141 East Ninth street,
8 d. m.
Taylor Memorial Aid association meets,
Central high school, Ais p. M
Board of aldermen meets, city hall. 8
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
Union Tailors Locked out.

CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-About two hundred
union taflors were locked out today by
the members of the Tailors and Trim
mers' exchange. The tailors demanded
concessions in the way of "back shops
and free silk, which the exchange re-
fused to grant. Union men not in the
employ of members of the exchange are
not affected by the lock out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
OCEAN LINERS.
TO-DAY IN SIT. PAUL.

METROPOLITAN : ..The Sign of the
Cross S:i5.
GRAND "McFadden's Row of Flats
S:i5 p. m.
Camera anne club views Japenese slides, Com
mercial club parlors, p. m.
Address on Public Ownership" Rev. w.
D. P. Bliss, state capitol, s p. m.
Triune Lodge No. 100, A. r. & A. M,
meets. 7:S0 D. M. Masonic hall, Mer-
riam Park 7:30 %. m.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
Explosion of Molten steel.

ladle of molten steel in the Illinois Steal
works today injured a number of the
workmen Three are thought to be fa-
tally burned They are Joseph Glowacki.
John Jeseayta and Stanislaus Rezelaus.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
secretary GAGE in Cbicaro,

CHICAGO, Feb 19.-Secretary of the
Treasury Lyman J. Gage, who Is to make
an address before the Merchants and
Travellers Association of the Northwest
at it's meeting tomorrow, arrived today
He will probably return to Washington
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
JESSE CONVICTED.
Must Serve Two Years for Killing
Frank Griffin.

MARYyILLE, Mo-, Feb. &c. G, Jes-
Sc. druggist, charged with thesmurder
of Frank Griffin, editor Of Griffin's Daily
Review on the streets of Maryville, April
s. 1888, was today found guilty of man
slaughter in the fourth degree, and sem
fenced to two years Imprisonment Ask
ed If he had anything to say why sentence
should not be pronounced, Jesse replied:
II have nothing to say but that ! did
what ] did to protect the honor and ln-
tegrity of my family.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
COLD IN CUBA.

Monday Was Record Breaker In
That Way.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Feb 19-Today
has been the coolest recorded, the tenn
perature being 5S degrees Fahrenheit in
the city In the mountains, ten miles off,
the temperature was 90 degrees. Mount
San Piedri, twenty miles to The northeast.
with an altitude of 5000 feet, is covered
with snow. Old residents say that thirty
years ago, during the war of that day,
snow fell in the rolntaing but ncEe has
been observed since until today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
WHITAKER UNEASY.
Fearful He Would Not Be Protected
by Frankfort Officers.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 19-Harlan
Whitaker and James Sutton, suspected
of connection with the assassination OF
Gov. Goebel, were taken to Frankfort
this afternoon. They were handcuffed and
shackled together. Sutton seemed undis-
turbed over the removal to Frankfort,
but Whitaker betrayed anxiety, and ex-
pressed apprehension that he would not
be given protection by the officers there.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
ACTOR CRANE SUED.
Minneapolis Stock Brokers Seek I
Recover $1,000.

StOcA bFOkcrs Seek tQ
Recover $4,000.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1s-Notice to a suit
to recover $4,000, said to be due In stock
deals, was served today on William III.
crane, the actor, now playing at CHI
cago theater. The plaintiffs in the case
are Il. L. and H. p. Watson, stock
brokers of Minneapolis. The brokers
declare that Actor Crane owes them
$2,26l, and interest, for purchasing and
selling 200 shares of Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western railroad stock lase
October. The case probably will not
come up for trial for several months.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20

enthusiasts declare that every one UP
to the age of one hundred must go.
Typhoid fever is said to be playing
havoc among the Beers at Colesberg.
At Kimberley a report is current that
Mafekfng has been relieved, but that
the Beers are trying to conceal the in
formation
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
SENSATION EXPLODED.
President Mckinley Has Not Inter.
fered In South African War.

LONDON, Feb. 19.-Inquiries made IN
official circles here fully confirm the dis
patches of the Associated Press from
Washington that there is no truth in the
story contained in Paris dispatches that
President Mckinley has sounded the Brit
ish ambassador to ascertain how an offer
of mediation in the South African war,
on the part of the United States, would
be received by Great Britain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20

defend their homes. In this way he ac,
counts for Gen. Buffers success against
the weakened forces. He will forego his
| projected trip to Rome, he says, be-
| cause of decisive events now taking place
in the theater of war;
Lord Roberts generalship was con-
Quoted with such secrecy, says tele-
gram from Modder river that even the
senior officers, who took the six divisions
through the preliminaries of the opera
ton, did not know what they would
| finally have to do.
BULLER'S OPPORTUNITY.
tary situation in the Morning Post dwells
upon the Importance of the operations of
Sir Redvers Butler, and said:
Now is Gen. Buffers chance. Now is
| the time to throw himself with all his
might into the task before him and to
hit hard without counting losses too
closely. He will then probably defeat the
Beers ana relieve Ladysmith this week.
| Failing in that he will at any rate prevent
| them from sending reinforcements to the
| Free State.
From the comparative ease Of the op-
erations so far, however, 1t looks as
though the Natal Beers had sent rein
| forcements to Gen. Cronje, who may be
| delaying a fight by retreating until those
| reinforcements shall have had time to
| reach him.
In conclusion Mr. Wilkinson reiterates
| his statement that victories are more i'm
| portant than positions, adding:
mo doubt Lord Roberts has done the
| best that is possible, but the essentiaf
! thing still is to destroy the Boer army"
METHUEN IN KIMBERLEY.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily News, telegraphing Sunday, says:
Lord Methuens force has arrived at
Kimberley, having got through from
| Magersfontein without fighting.''
BULLER's REPORT.
The war Office has received the follow
ing dispatch from Gen. Butler:
"Chieveley Camp Feb. 81 yesterday
| moved around the enemy's flank. The
| Queens, who had been bivouacked on the
northern slope of Cingole, crossed the
Mex, and, supported by the rest of the
Second brigade, under Hildyard, assault
ed and took the southern end of Monte
Christie"
CHOATE RUMOR DENIED.
The cabled rumors that Mr.. Choate
might be recalled in order to show the
United States governments resent
| ment against the treatment re,
| celNeu ny NOlSul NldCI uiu dl INC
! hands of the British officials are declared
at the United States embassy to be ut>
| terly ridiculous.
BRIToNS ENTER DORDRECHT.
sTERKsTROM CAMP, Sunday, Feb 49,
| The Beers are retiring and Gen. Bra
bant's forces are now entering Dordrecht.
DECISIVE STAGE REACHED.
| BERLIN, Feb. 19.-The latest news from
| South Africa is regarded here as of the
greatest Importance. The Berliner Tage-
blatt says that the war is doubtless now
in the decisive stage, and this view is
! corroborated by The utterances of most
of the German newspapers, although the
| Agrarian organs continue to believe the
| Beers have permitted the British to en-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
BRITISH ACHIEVE A VICTORY
CHlEKELEK, Mondaymorn-

} CHlEKELEY, Mondaymorn-
|mg. Fe6. 10. The Boer line
3of fortifcations is broken
The British haUe achieved
"a decided success in cap
turing the enemy's posi-
tion on Monte Christie.
} The Beers, howeyeS ef-
feetiUely performed a re-
treat, removing their bag
gage and convoy wagons.
The British had compdr-
atiUely few casualties.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20

ter the Free State in order to annihilate
them later on.
HUNDRED BoERs CAPTURED.
DURHAM, Feb. 19-The bombardment
of the Boer position on Hlangwana Hill
was continuous yesterday. and fighting is
still proceeding at o'clock this evening
It Is said that the British have captured
100 prisoners.
BoERs CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
CAPE TOWN, Feb 1s.-Dispatches
from Maseru say that large forces are
being sent from the Transvaal to the
Free State under~prominent generals. 1t
is also said the Free State is making des>
perate efforts to collect an army to face
the British at Koffyfontein. An official
proclamation orders out all males be-
tween the ages of sixteen and sixty, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY

Weather Forecast for st. Paul:
Fair; Fresh Northwest Winds.
I-Britfsh Pressing the Beers.
Clark Case Gets Racy.
Dewey to Be Invited.
2-SchoOl Tax Law Valid.
Mrs. Schwemberger Still Mum.
Some Political Gossip.
3-Minneapolis Matters.
Northwest News.
4-EditoriaI.
6sharkey Beats Jefords.
Taylor Holding Out.
G-News of Railroads.
Senate In Wrangle.
7-Markets of the World.
Chicago May Wheat, 6S 3-Sc.
Bar Silver, SO 3-4c.
Stocks Slow.
SIN the Labor World.
kfefer Holds Up bills.
ST. Paul Social News.
OCEAN LINERS.
NEW YORK-sailed: Marquette. Lon
don.
SYDNEY, N. S. w.,-Arrived: fairfield
New York.
Observation-Disclosures Belgenland
Liverpool.
GIBRALTAR-Arriv Fuerst Bis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20
CHoATE RUMoR DENIED.

The cabled rumors that Mr. Choate
might be recalled in order to show the
United States governments resent
ment against the treatment re,
ceived by Consul Macrum at the
hands of the British officials are declared
at the United States embassy to be ut>
terly ridiculous.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20

$3.50; welcome. for John Simpson, $500;
April Is, c. w. Clark, $3.50.
expenses of the campaign last spring.
TIIREE RIc pRESENrS
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-19

firm. He said his affairs had never been
managed satisfactorily by Lee and West
Ct seems they got to thinkin' they
owned about all the old man had). He
said it had got SO ne had to go in to see
'em two or three times fore they would
atten' to what he wanted, an they was
paid lump sum by the year. He has
jest offered us the job, an accepted
it before he could bat his eyes. I call it
the latest thing ever run across, an
l owe you for my half of it,"
He is certainly very kind" answered
Ronald, his brow ruffied with frown;
"for your sake, at any rate, shall raise
no objection, but he and L"
"Ah!" broke in Redding, leaning
forward in his chair, II kinder
thought he acted quar- about it.; he
kept akin eff knowed for sure if you'd
object, an said maybe I ort to see you
first before takin' up the proposition,
but I knowed a good thing, an didn't
want no chance o. lettin' it go, SO I
toP i'm you'd be tickled to death. Well,
even eff you an him have been at outs,
he's showed a willingness to patch it
up, an you ought to let by-gones be
by-gones."
"oh, it will be all right" said our
hero. 81 shall write him note of APP
probation"
"But I hain't told you all yet" Red
ding's face took on serious look, FAN
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Fighting Hail with ARTILLERY.

In Syria and in the country aroundi
Brescia, in northern Italy. the vine-|
yards are protected against halls
storms in most warlike Manner
About three years ago Burgomasteri
Moritz Stiger, of Syria. invented al
small cannon. having a funnel fixed
upon its mouth, which was discharged
at the clouds when hail threatened toll
fall. The, charge used was two OIL
three ounces Of black powder. and the
effect produced was the preventionl
of the formation Of hail. Now a new
style of breech-loading, rapid-fre gun
has been substituted for 6tiger's pat
tern of cannon. and these guns arel
being placed at 800 stations in thei
neighborhood Of Brescia for the prof.
lection of the vineyards. The vortex
of air shot from the gun rises about
mile and quarter from the ground
and its whistling sound is heard forl
a quarter of q minute after the dis
charge. =
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-19
THE BEST BERRY.

THESE are the strawberry days
days when the wise man and the far
seeing one can go out into his garden
and pick a six quart pan heaping full
OF the best fruit in the world The
human race meets more tremendously
on the strawberry than on any other
thing. It is almost impossible to diff
fer as to its merits. We have always
felt grateful that strawberries do not
grow on the tops of tall trees like CO.
coanuts or in boys like cranberries or
underground like sweet potatoes. and
that they do not have to be nursed like
some dollhouse plant or have off years
IN fruiting like apples, but with the
coming of the June days just bloom
and blush in their tangle of greenery,
every berry bearing eloquent testi-
mony to the kind intentions Of the
Creator. True, some folks are satis-
ned with two boxes Of mushed and
sandy berries for quarter, but these
40 not live up to their opportunities
Ihere Is no set and proper way to eat
the strawberry. With cream and sug-
ar or without them, it is all right, and
much satisfaction may be obtained by
simply lying down by the side of the
strawberry bed and just filling I'D.
WIN you plant a bed next year?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-19
THE DOG Po1soNER

Nearly every community suffers soon
er or later from the work of this fell
low, and his work is universally con-
demned. while the culprit himself ia
rarely ever Identified. Inasmuch as
all mean things have some sort of an
excuse for an existence, it is Of interest
70 ind out why the dog poisoner is
everywhere found. We do not need to
look very long or very far. We will
pass the serious phase of the dog ques-
ton as manifested in occasional HYDRO
phobia or the biting and manning Of
persons and class the dog as any other
domestic animal allowed to run at
large. In general way he is an Of
tense to common decency and an I'M
mltigated nuisance. We saw q grocer
not long since pit on his delivery wag-
on basket Of potatoes which he had
set down for short time in front Of
his store. The dogs had passed by,
and the family which used those pota-
toes ate them happy in their ignorance.
The vagrant pup which tears up your
Howerbeds. kills your hens and robs
you OF sleep while he bowls at the
moon; the snarly pug which snaps at
your heels when you go to call on your
friend and other still worse traits Of
dog life which cannot be referred to
here beget the dog poisoner. 1t Is
some man who has become desperate
and Is bound to rid himself of the null
sance and relieve the community. He
might of course sts3r t off and cbnnt
the trespassers, but what man could
live in town or community should lie
do business in this honorable and
above board way? So he tries the
Borgia plan and kills a lot Of respect
able CANNES while he rids the town of
lot of worthless ones. 1t may be de-
pended upon that there will always be
dog poisoners just as long as there are
dogs.
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BY ]. S. TR1GG.
PIG BREEDING.

The breeding Of pigs is almost en-
tirely under the control Of the feeder,
for If well cared for and mated with a
healthy, vigorous male the sows sell
dom fail to breed, says The American
Cultivator. We do not agree with
those who think that SOW should not
be bred until Is months or years old.
The first litter when they are mated
young may not be large one or the
pigs as fine as she will produce when
older, but the future filters will be bet
ter for her having been bred young.
At IL months old she will have either
begun taking on fat or she will have
been half starved to prevent 1t, and Ell
Their condition is not favorable to pro-
ducing good pigs. And to avoid the
same trouble we would always have
her bring two litters a year, even if we
thought there would be no profit in the
fall litter. Properly cared for she can
do this, and the fall pigs can be profita-
bly, sold as roasters at Thanksgiving or
Christmas if one does not care to fat
ten them or has not comfortable quar-
tiers for so many.
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The wife saved II.

The story is going the rounds that
when Rudyard Kipling had WRITTEN
1.-THE Recessional," which the editor oil
the London Times declared to be tho|
greatest poem written in the Mines
teenth century, and which the whole|
world has received as one Of the great
est pieces of work in our time, he was
SO depressed by its shortcomings that
he threw the first rough copy into the
waste paper basket. But Mrs. Kiplingl
has learned her husband pretty well,I
and SO she rescued it. But for Mrs.
kipling we should have had no Recess
sional!" Many great deed that has
lifted humanity upward has been nour-t
ished and saved from defeat by the.
watchful and loving sympathy of somei
unknown member of the home part
nership.
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was" answered Mrs. Fanshaw. "He
didn't have a thing in his pockets ex-
cept silver tobacco box. You've seed
it hunderd times; all the children cut
their teeth on it; it's in the front room
with matches in it,"
She went into the house and brought
it back.
I've told many lie about this lit
tie trick" she admitted, with shrug
and a little smile as she gave it to him.
He had seen the box often before,
and remembered that words were en-
grayed on it. He held it to the light,
making out the following: From
Elizabeth to-
This does not help me much" he
said, "but shall not rest till know
who am. Is any of the old band living
now?"
Thar must be some of 'em, but the
Lord only knows whar they are; they
seemed ashamed of Their war conduct,
an amt anxious to keep up old friend
ships. Now, Ron, remember yore prom
ise!''
II shall do nothing till you are away
from here" he said, land then YOU
shall never be blamed. The one to be
blamed is there" He made gesture
toward the graveyard over the hills.
Il reckon you are right" she sighed;
maybe eff I'd a-had other company
when I was CROWN up my end would
a-been different
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PIGEONS AND SQUIRRELS.


1t is in 1866. A 20 acre field of wheat
has been sown on Wisconsin farm
on Saturday and dragged over once.
On Sunday morning the air is thick
with a flight of millions of wild pi-
geons, which, spying the newly sown
held of wheat, swarm down upon it,
SO that not even the writer, with a
good gun, is able to keep them from
the field. 1t was pigeons hot, pigeons
cold, pigeons in the pot nine days DID,"
marvellous phase Of frontier and pio-
neer conditions, single shots killing
from 10 to 30 birds; then. later in the
fall, the migration Of black and gray
squirrels. thousands of them, all 60
ing east, following the old snake fences
in continued procession from morn
ing till night, the flight of the pigeons
and the migration of the squirrels be-
Ing regulated by the supply Of mast
In the big Wisconsin woods. The
woods, are gone; the birds and the
squirrels are all gone. A gopher CHR
rups out in the wheatfield, and an old
crow caws from his perch on q stake
of the old fence, and men say that the
land is highly civilized and improved.