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, 1900-01-18
sULLER
Begin, n Flank Movement BIT May Be
Hindered by the Tugela.

London, Jan. 1.-THE war office this
morning received the following dis
patch from Genera Butler, dated
Springfield, Thursday, January l1th, at
$40 evening:
Il occupied the south bank of the
Tugeln river at Patgeister's Drift this
morning and seized Pont. The river Is
flooded. The enemy is strongly en-
trenched about four and n half miles TO
the north"
General Buffers twenty-eight words
announcing his forward movement are
interpreted as meaning that he has
passed around the western end of b
Boer lines Mt Colenso and is now sew
eral miles behind them, and wlthln
fourteen miles of General Whites out
posts nj L~adysmith.
The Beers n few days ago had forces
with guns at Springfield. where Gen
eral Butler dates his dispatch. These
commands have been obviously dis
lodged. either by fighting or vancouver
ing. the Beers retiring across h Tuge-
Ia as General Butler advanced.
From General Buffers dispatch,
coupled with the fact that unofficial
intelligence from the seat of war has
virtually ceased since Monday, the de-
duction is drawn that important opera
tons are in progress against he Boer
intrenchmentS.
The dOath list from enteric fever and
dysentcry mt Ladysmith, averaging
from eight TO ten daily. are considered
more serious than the casualties OF Sat
urday's fight. as they Indicate the
frightfully u%nsanitary condition of the
beleaguered town. \ letter from Lady
smith. dated December 9TH, says that
even then ninety out of every o4O men
in the battalion of which the writer is
n member was sick with ~dysentery or
enteric fever. and according to n dis
patch to tine Daily Chronicle dated Jan
uary Sth the patients and attendants
in Tomb camp. where the hospital is,
then numbered $500.
Remarkable scenes of patriotism
were witnessed in London last evening
after n short service held for II vol
untecrs in ST. Paul's cathedral. The
vast audience was slow to dispense.
Ladies stood mp on their chairs beck
oning and calling to brothers. sons and
friends in the ranks. the latter signal
ling back. A scene of great animation
ensued. The Organist Introduced a few
bars of the national anthem in conclud-
ing the voluntary. The effect of this
was magical. First the volunteers and
then the congregation took up the
strains and the vast cathedral was
filled with enthusiastic song. These
demonstrations We're renewed by i'm
mems crowds outside. ST. Paul's
churchyard and LudGate hill We're
black with people. and it was impossi-
BILE for the volunteers to march. lndi-
vidual members We're pulled ont of the
ranks by their friends and admirers,
who raised them on their shoulders
and thus carried them down Fleet
street to the Temple. Those who es-
capped hosting proceeded slowly, sur
rounded by clinEinG women.
, 1900-01-18

Ortiz, Mexico. Jan. l5.-Small binds
of Haqui Indians have become very
annoying to the Mexican troops during
the last few days, and frequent Skin.
mlshes have occurred. a few nights
ago 100 Indians boldly rode into the
corral and stampcdcd over 200 horses
belonging to the troops. The Indians
nttcrward captured the animals for
heir own use. 1t Is almost impossible
TO get supplies 10 the troops. owing to
lac Naquis guerrilla tactics. General
Torres men are living ON the country.
ana there are times when they must
suffer severely for lack Of food. Amer
leans who have come from the Yaqui
country say the troops have made no
headway toward putting down the re.
belliOn.
, 1900-01-18

The supreme court of the United
States has decided the case of the AG-
d. ston Pipe Company against the
combination of pipe manufacturers
called the Associates Pipe Works"
TIE manufacturers in his combina-
tim controlled the supply of gas. water
aSd sewer pipes in n considerable nunt-
btr of states. and apportioned the ter
rt-ory among themselves. When con-
tracts were to be awarded, the COM
pany to which the territory affected
had been assigned would notify the
other companies of its bid. and they
would put in higher bids. The con-
tract would go to the lowest bidder,
which would divide a part of its profits
with the others. The supreme court
decided that this practice was a re-
straint upon interstate commerce, and
therefore, Illegal.
, 1900-01-18
QUEER FREAKS OF THE BRAIN.
Man Arrested In Washington Who Has .
Mania for Cutting Iiotber.

Mhn1u Itr SuttihE shotutr.
The medical fraternity of Washing.
ton has n puzZllng problem before 1t in
the behavior of Max Krebs, a young
German who has confessed that he Il
the Jack the Cutter who has been
destroying women's dresses in New
York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash.
ington and other cities during the last
two years. His confession was made TO
DIR, Shellhausen, Il scientist of this city
who has given much attention to the
psychology of criminals, and he r-
CARDS Krebs as n remarkable type of
that class of human beings known as
''degenerates.' From n medical stand
point his mind is diseased; from n 20.
lice standpoint he is a miscellaneous
criminal; but so far as can be learned
from his own confession and from a
thorough inquiry into his record Krebs
has never been guilty of any offense
but the destruction of clothing. He de-.
clares that he suffers from an irreslsti.
BILE tendency TO injure and destroy fine
dresses and other garments and has
gratified this unnatural perversity four
or FIVE times every day for months. He
has carried IA sharp knife in his pocket,
and has done his work in street cars.
crowded retail stores, in the Hobbies of
theaters while the audiences We're leav-
ing and at other places where we'll
dressed women are to be found crowd
ed together. With his knife in his hand
he says he would pass through such
crowds and slash cloak and dresses on
either side as often as he could do so
without detection. 1t was usually nee
essary for him to destroy three or -four
before his unnatural passion was sat
istied. then he would feel n dizziness,
followed by a violent headache, Oh ey-
cry occasion.
The doctors believe that Krebs is tell
ing the truth and that he is afflicted
with n destructive mania which should
send him to an insane asylum rather
than n prison. He has done n great
deal of mischief in this city as well as
in the other cites named. Every day
for months before his arrest complaints
We're made to the police, and it was
noticed that no cutting was done in 9th
er cities while such complaints Were
made in Washington. 1t was therefore
concluded hat the work was being
done by one man who went from place
to place. and since the arrest of kreDs
there have been no eases reported.
, 1900-01-18

The Disagreement of scenery with
hideous advertisements is a great evil
in this country, but is by no means
peculiar to it. In England it has
reached such magnitude that a large
society has been formed. with a
periodical publication as its organ. to
combat it and to resist its further ex-
tension. The society is reported al
ready to have done much good, espe-
cially by SC arousing public sentiment
as to make it evident that advertisers
guilty of the offence will lose rather
than gain patronage thereby. There
is shrewd sense in that plan of cam
paign. commendable for application
elsewhere. Advertisements are dis
played solely for the sake of gain. and
II 1t be Known that those which have
a character revolving to good taste will
repel patronage and cause loss instead
of gain. offensive methods of display
will speedily be abandoned. The
remedy OF this evil. as of many others.
lies within reach OF the public.
, 1900-01-18

Santo Domingo, Jan, 10. via Haytian
cablc.-The United States gunbont
Machias and one more French wnrship
have arrived here. The French adj
mirnl has had n conference with the
government. According TO rumor the
difficulty is being settled in II salts.
factory manner.
lie French government. anticipnt-
ing the arrival of the United States
gunbOat Mnchias here, has ordered two
more warships to Santo Domingo. The
vessels are expected 30 reach here to-
day.
, 1900-01-18

The Department of Agriculture work
on poisonous plants continues to be
one OF the most popular lines of in
yestigation thus far undertaken by the
division of botany of the agricultural
department. The plan of systematical-
ly investigating actual cases of poison
ing, begun in 1896. has been continued.
The fatalities during the last year. in
cluded Over 1000 head of farm ami
mails and at least q persons. The
whole number of fatalities due to
poisonous plants is without doubt CON
siderably greater than is shown by the
department figures. Even these, how
ever, compared with the statistics in
Blyth's Text Book on Poisons, show
that during the pass year the death
rate of human beings in the United
States from poisonous plants is twice
as great as the average death rate in
England from the same cause. This
is unquestlonably Tue to a lack of
popular knowledge about poisonous
plants. The bulletin on his subject
has had a wide circulation. and II is
hoped that the subject will be taken
W and studied in all its bearings.
, 1900-01-18

One state of the Union. having a sur
plus of a million dollars in its treas
ury, for which it has no pressing use,
proposes to devote it to the improve
ment of public schools. There may
be little practical politics" in such e
course. but there is much regard for
the welfare of the people.
, 1900-01-18

Colored business men of Chicago are
about to incorporate an insurance
company exclusively for colored
people. The reason offered for the
drawing of this particular kind of
color line is that the insurance com
panies of the country, it is declared,
persist in holding out discriminative
rates TO those colOrcd people who wish
TO partake of the benefits accruing
from life insurance.
, 1900-01-18

a Chicago woman mistook a strange
man for her husband the other day
and had him arrested for bigamy. OF
course, there will now be the usual
crop of paragraphs about the difficulty
husbands. Really. the lady In que
ton should be more careful next time
before invoking the aid of the law in
order to reclaim or punish IN erring
spouse.
, 1900-01-18

According to the Montreal and To
ronto newspapers. u prosperity has
Tapped over into Canada. Is this add
tional evidence of foreign entangle-
ments?
, 1900-01-18

A reference library for congress
would be n good thing. 1t might en-
able certain gentlemen to take their
minds off themselves.
, 1900-01-18

A United States trooper in New Mex
leo married a fair lady in Kentucky
by telegraph. This sounds novel. but
is 4 current fact.
, 1900-01-18

A new Venezuelan minister is head
ed in this direction. We sincerely
trust he will be able to reach us ahead
of the news of the next revolution.
, 1900-01-18

Be honest in your convictions and
let the rest of the world take care OF
itself.
, 1900-01-18

The government of Nicaragua has
finally settled down to a normal con-
dition. 1t is hard up and trying to Dor
row one
, 1900-01-18

Discover how to tax a nation justly
and you become the founder of Gods
Kingdom on earth.
, 1900-01-18

A Chicago man secured a patent for
his typewriter. II that is all he had
to get her for Christmas he is lucky.
, 1900-01-18

Some limbs of the law seem unable
TO branch out very far.
, 1900-01-18

BILLY, you've told me that story once
before" What of IL? I've told it to
some men five times"
, 1900-01-18

Ambition is a balloon which carries
nj parachute.
, 1900-01-18

Schoolboy says the hardest branch
of learning grows on n birch tree.
, 1900-01-18

Don't you pity these girls who marry
foreign titles M any girl who is IA
genuine American ought to give the
man the worst of it,"
, 1900-01-18
THE GRIP CURE THAT DOES CUR

Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe. l.. w.
Groves signature is on each box. &c.
, 1900-01-18

a dispatch from Hartville says: The
completion of the spur from the Chey.
enne d Northern to the Platte river.
hVe miles from this place, Will give "A
great impetus 80 business here. 1t is
known that II large number of miners
ana p~rOSpectOrs are waiting for the
o TO be completed before shipping
III their outfits and stores, as the pres
ent rates for transportation from the
Cheyenne " Northern 80 Hartville by
wagon are too high. The Colorado
Fuel ~ Iron Company already has
about " tons of ore stacked uD MT
the river awaiting shipment. The
building of the road will result i'm n
number of private mint owners open
ing their mines and shipping ore to
Denver. II Is expected that the freight
rates Will be- such that II large mum
Der of mines can be operated profit
ably this winter even though the ore
will have TO be hauled several miles
TO the present terminus of the spur.
The new extension of the Burlington
from Alliance, Nebraska, % Brush. Col.
orado, and Guernsey, Wyoming, are
complete as far as Bayard, Nebraska.
rms W Is forty-nine miles from Al
lance and eleven miles west of North.
l''f ." ~ . ~ llN'l' Which nliltn
is also the junction of the Alliance.
Brush line and the Alliance-Guernsry
road. II is about thirty-nine miles
from Bayard to the Wyoming line, and
steel is being laid on this piece of road.
bed, which was completed several
months ago, rs rapidly as possible
From the state line the distance In
Guernsey, in the IIartville iron region
Is about ~fOrty-eight miles. The grade
for the road has been constructed TO n
point near this place and over two
thirds of the distance from the stnte
line. j. IL. McShune's grading outtits
are now building n grade through solid
rock south Of this place, ana il is
doubtful If the line is ready for the
rails much before the LIST of ApriI
Three bridges cross the Platte river
NJ Guernsey, u county wagon bridge. n
burlington railruad bridge. and The
Colorado Fuel n Iron Company's
bridge. The Burlington viii run
through the town on a high grade. nil
streets running under II as subwnys
The town is five miles from the town
OF hartville and six and one-half miles
from Sunrise Park, where most of tLr
miners now live.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-28
MINTO TO VISIT alaska.
Canadian Governor General Expect
ed at Skagway.

Special Correspondence post-Intelllgeneer.
SKAGWAY, July ta.--Governor General
Mimic, Of Canada and Lieut. Gov. Jolly,
Of British Columbia, are expected to ar
rive here soon on the British revenue
cutter Quadra on their way TO visit the
interior.
Plato Montjoy arrived this week to ex-
anime into the needs of the judiciary
department In this district. He is from
Washington. and Is the trusted employe
OF the Judiciary He will probably make
recommendations as to needs here for
marshals. clerks OF the courts. the courts
themselves and the Ike. He has gone
10 Eagle to visit that district first, after
which he win return and visit Southern
Alaska.
The freight which had accumulated at
Bennett and White Horse for Dawson
has not only all been cleared away and
taken forward TO Dawson, but some OF
the river steamers are without all the
business they can handle and are seeking
business lust the opposite OF several
weeks ago II Is the common opinion
that now r. the time 20 rush freight GO
ing TO Dawson by this route. as ia few
weeks the river may begin 10 fall and
trouble again be experienced from sand
bars.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-28
SECOND VOYAGE VESSELS.
Three or -Four of the Nome Fleet Due
Early Next Meek-ttcveIaud
Probably First to Return.

Several ~ the second voyage Nome YES
sells will probably arrive from that dis
trict next week The Cleveland will
doubtless be the FIRST TO return 60 port
She and the Jeanne and the steam sehoon-
er Aberdeen were among the first to
sail on their second voyage TO the new
gold fields. This Jeanne left drst It was
her intention 10 go from Nome 10 the
Bristol bay canneries, so that would de-
lay her several days. making II possible
for the Cleveland to beat her back 10
Seattle The Aberdeen should get in al
most as soon IA the Cleveland
Under ordinary circumstances the steam
schooner NeWsboy should return before
either as she has not yet completed her
FIRST voyage, being the last OF that fleet
60 sail from Seattle for Nome
The departure % the Cleveland, Absr-
deem and Jeanne was followed by the
Valencia. Nelson Centennial Roanokc
Alliance and other steamers
There are fifteen or twenty sailing yes
sells due from Nome. Only one Seattle
craft the Nellie Coleman has returned
TO this port Hnuae az them will uroha hfv
remain ~ BeFtBg sea until toward me
close ~ the season, While others expected
20 return 20 Seattle fn time 10 make a
second Nome voyage,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-28
A DOG CAUSES a LAWSUIT.
Neighb0rs Who Were Accused of
Poisoning the Animal Ask for
Heavy Damages.

Mans faithful friend, the dog. often
causes dissension among neighbors, but
Ii is rarely that he forms the central fig
ure in lawsuit. In the superior court
however such a case will come up in the
course of a week or so.
1t appears that a Mrs. Jane Doe Stone.
who Is one of Frank r.. Wiestlings neigh
bors. on seventeenth avenue, owned q
handsome, and intelligent dog, called
Don" which died on the first of this
month. Mrs. Stone. Ii is said accused
Mrs. Wrestling Of poisoning the animal
and the husband of the latter commenced
suit yesterday in the superior court for
$500 damages
In the complaint Mr. Wrestling alleges
that last Saturday Mrs. Stone addressed
herself in a loud. angry and hoisterous
manner to his wife In the presence of
witnesses as follows:
Now, l tell you this; I have no dog
now, because you poisoned our dog. You
threatened to do so and now you have ac-
compiished your purpose" For his wife
mental anguish and suffering, on account
of the charge and also for his own suf-
fering, Mr.. Wrestling asks 1880.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-28
LOT JUMPING AT sKAGwAY.


Special Correspondence Post-Intelligencer.
SkAGWAY. July 1s.--As a result of
the decision just rendered by General
Land Commissioner Binger Hermann at
Washington ID. c.. that the Moores are
not entitled to the forty acres Of land
In the heart OF Skagway for which they
have long been contesting. citizens last
night began jumping lots in unoccupied
parts of the tract. Several lots were
staked and notices placed on them, but
no trouble resulted.
j. Bernard Moore, one of the original
claimants, says the case will be appeal
ed as high as possible If necessary. The
greater interest in the land, SO far as
the Moore title Is concerned, Is held ~
q British company doing business here
through an agent.
AT the sale of crown claims of the Big
Salmon district In Dawson recently pr.
A. C.. Panton and George W. Simons were
two OF the iivelest bidders for ten claims
below on Livingstone creek.
Benjamin j. Sullivan, a pioneer of Brit
ish Columbia died at Dawson lately,
aged "a.
naval wharf for the United States
government has just been completed on
Japonsky island, on the Alaskan coast.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-28
Bonding Privileges Become Intol-
cradle to Northern City.
PREFERS cEssioN TO CANADA,
Business Men Declare They Would
Rather the Town Belonged to the
Dominion Than Continue Amcri-
can Under Existing Conditions
Appeal to Secretary Gage and
Assistant Secretary SpauidIng.

Special Correspondence Post-Inteliigencer.
SKAGWAY July 19.-The important
matter relative TO the bonding of Cana
dian goods through the American port
of Skagway to the British Yukon basin,
was handled In no uncertain way tonight
by the Skagway Chamber of Commerce.
a representative body of business men of
the city. In view of the fact that Score
tary of the Treasury Lyman ]. Gage and
Assistant Secretary O. l.. Spaulding, OF
the same department, are expected TO be
here soon, II was decided to present the
matter fully to them. and petition Mr..
Gage and Mr.. Spauiding to have the
bonding privilege repealed. In pursuance
of this policy 1t was also decided to hold
a public reception.
Furthermore. 1t was decided to gather
fun data concerning the bonding matter
relative to this gateway. and have the
same not only presented to the govern
ment officials, but distributed through
out the United Slater among Chambers
of Commerce. influential business houses
and others who directly or indirectly
may feel the result of the disadvantage
at which the American trader Is placed
In competing with the Canadian for the
business OF the British Yukon BASIN The
Seattle Chamber of Commerce not long
ago Endorsed the attitude of the Skag-
way chamber in this matter.
At the meeting last evening some of
the local merchants, feeling that the
port of Skagway suffers greatly from loss
of trade to the Canadians, expressed the
feeling that they would rather have the
port coded to Canada than to continue
at the disadvantage OF trying to do bust
ness while the bonding privilege remains
in force.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-28
A BRITISH TRUNK SHIP.
Almond Branch, Under Charter IT,
the Government for Philippine
Transport Service, Arrives.

The British steel steamship Almond
Branch under charter to the government
as an Oriental transport. tied up yester-
day at the White Star dock and began
taking on a 5No-ton cargo of feed. The
Elm Branch and something OF a marine
curiosity. She is a trunk shaped vessel.
built specially for the Russian Black sea
grain trade.
The vessel arrived at Astoria from Kobe
a week ago. 1t was originally intended
to sail her from Portland. She came
around Thursday in compliance with or
ders from Washington and coaled at the
West Seattle hunkers preparatory to her
voyage.
The transport Garonne began taking on
cargo from the Arlington dock yesterday.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-28

George Fsaxcll II Charged with AS
aault md Battery.

J. H. Mas yesterday swore out war
rant in the municipal court for the ar
rest OF George Feazell, one of the pro-
prietors of the Tony Faust saloon. on CO.
iumhia street. between First and Second
avenues, on charge of assault and bat
terry. Feazell was arrested and his trial
postponed until today.
The complaining witness presented a
much disfigured countenance when he ap-
peared In court yesterday. His face was
a mass OF bruises and his eyes were
swollen almost shut He claims to have
received severe beating In the saloon
understood that Mas counsel will petit
tion the council for q revocation Of Feaz-
ellis license II q conviction OF the offonse
charged IL secured
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-28
BURGLAR rs BOUND OVER.
KiIlett VALVES Preliminary Hearing
and In Committed to County Jail
-GrOws FacetiOus.

Sidney Killett, the self-confessed burg
lar was arraigned In the justice court be-
fore Judge Cam yesterday and given an
opportunity to plead. Killett waived the
preliminary examination and was bound
over to the superior court. His bond was
fixed at n,c0o In default Of which he was
sent to the county jail.
Yesterday nearly all OF the remaining
plumber found In the possession of Killett
or recovered as a result OF his confession.
was Identified at police headquarters and
by Its many owners and removed There
trousers, one reversible fancy vest and q
few trinkets of nominal value In the
hands of Chief Reed. Prior to his remov-
al to the county jail Killett made the
latter present of very complete out
fit of amateur photographers appliances,
which were among his personal effects, at
the same time venturing the remark that
his occupation for the next few years
would probably deprive him OF their use