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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-14

Modder River via Koodoosberg 1t is
learned that 200 Beers were killed or
wounded during General MacDonald's
reconnaissance. There is no confirmation
of Tie reported sortic of British troops
from I.adysmith nor of the Boer out
thanking movement.
\ report comes from Durham that Brit
ish artillery forced the Beers TO evacuate
their camp on IIlangwana Hill, south of
Colenso. 1t would he an important adj
vantage if the British were able TO oc-
cupy tie position.
The absence of General French from
the Rcnsburg district seems TO have
given the Beers an opportunity for re-
newed activity. They have apparently
commenced an extended attack on the
British lines and are meeting with minor
successes which are having considerable
moral effect OH the border colonists.
The Boer invasion of Zululand is
causing keen anxiety. Apart from the
fact that il threatens General Butler :
supplies il is difficult TO believe that the
Zulus can long be kept quiesccnt while
their cattle is Communicated and their
country overrun by their hereditary
foes.
The friends Of Cecil Rhodes are becom
ing alarmed at his possible fate, and
have sent an emissary to see DR.. LeydS.
the diplomatic agent of the Beers in Eu-
rope in regard to the probable course
the Beers would pursue i'll the event Of
his capture. DR.. Icyds assured the in
termediarics the Beers did not intend
TO kill Mr.. Rhodes. but he added. they
would certainly hold him as hostage
until the indemnity for the Jameson raid
was paid In view Of the Developments
since the raid the Beers have also de-
cided to double the amount Of the in
demnity demanded. so Mr.. Rhodes
friends will have TO hand over $4,000
600 before he is released.
1t is also learned definitely that DR..
jameson is still at Lady smith, i'll spite
Of the conflicting reports.
\ semi-official paragraph published in
the Globe this afternoon says Germany
does not contemplate Intervention.
The German Government, it is added
does not consider itself concerned in the
Boer republics.
ZOUTPAN'S DRIFT SEIZED.
London, Feb. ia private telegram
received here says that The force COM
manded by General Wood has moved up
from the southwark and seized Zoutpan's
Drift which il now holds"
ROBERTS PROMISES RELIEF.
London. Feb. 13.-An undated dispatch
from Mafeking via Gaberones. February
2nd. says:
Colonel Baden Powell has received Il
communication from Lord Roberts prom
:sing that relief would he sent in a few
weeks The food will last. The garr-
son is as game as ever. The Beers have
expressed their intention not TO fight, but
to starve us out. All WE'LL
REVISED LIST OF CASUALTIES.
London, Feb. ia revised list of the
British casualties at Potgieter's Drift
from February 9TH to February Ith
shows killed 10 wounded 80. missing
). This dispatch from General Butler
is dated from Chieveley which is taken
in some quarters as an indication that
General Butler has removed his head
quarters TO that place. There is nothing
to Indicate whether or not he leit any
large force at Springfield.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-14
ZOUTPAN'S DRIFT SEIZED.

London Feb. ia private telegram
received here says that The force COM
manded by General Wood has moved up
from the southwark and seized Zoutpans
Drift, which il now holds"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-03-23
THE CARDINAL POINTS

in favor OF the Nickel Plate road are
suie and easy roadway; fne trains, lux.
ious equipment AID fast time' i h Sc
combined wit solid through vestibuleC
sleeping and dining car service make The
Nickel Plate road q desirable route be-
tween Chicago. TT. Wayne, Cleveland
Erie. Buffalo. New York, Boston and al
pointstast. The1ravehpg public AHEAD,
know that the rates via this road art
lower than other lines. 1898
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-03-23

IVA" IA A. oAoAA1 AoNSAS
Minnesota, HorSiculturiSt, with the Mime
sofa Farmers Institute, also successful gar
dener and farmer, has prepared an Illustrated
plan of the Farmers Garden he is advoc:t-
ing. 1t is the most practical thing Of the
kind ever brought to our attention and does
away very largely will. hard labor: Mr..
BvSh's plan provides for Fruit and Vege-
table Garden that may be easily cared for
with the aid Of 4 horse and an ordinary farm
cultivation. 1t is illustrated b. diagram a,?i
Instructions are g;lc: 3; 10 culture,
etc. Every farmer, :. f::tt, every oE?c VIZ,
has or wants {. ac:s"ticn. should have Il: {
folder, e,titl1.: H.: ::t::=e's s5ccx'2t, l. j
published by ~. ~: :>-E<irG & Co.: (: :
seedsn,en Of Ni!.'!ea:::> -. q, = =
Se2t ! ;tc:E to these ~. %:'.s t:-::' ASKING
for It, ara WF2, "! ':'<::"'t'r? t..1a j.: ia.
they saw !t.= o:!:4 H. :::..s I>:::.r.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-03-23
THE FARMERS GARDEN.

Scientists make the start
ling assertion that lung
and kidney ailments are
rapidly increasing among
the, Farmers of America,
and assign as one of the
principle reasons the lack
of vegetable food in sui.
fcier,t v1riety.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-03-23
NEWS CONVERSATIONS.
Wednesday, March II.


CONGRESS- Teller and Turner
Wash. delivered speeches opposing the
Porto Rican tariff. House: District OF
Columbia bill passed.
Serious foods reevail in Northern
Illinois.
Three fresh cases of bubonic plague
in Sydney, New South Wales, are of.
f1cially reported.
Retail hardware dealers of the North.
west met in Chicago and perfected an
organization.
The Kentucky legislature has ad.
journed and a truce has been declared
between factions.
Rhode Island Republicans have nom.
mated ticket headed by William Greg.
DRY for governor. The Mckinley ad.
ADMINISTRATION was endorsed.
To represent earnings actually invest.
ed in permanent improvements, the
Chicago Telephone company will pay a
stock dividend of $1,000,000 April 10,
one share Of the new being given fo1
every five shares of the old stock.
Thursday, March Is.
CONGRRss-Senate: Porto Rican bill
and Quay case discussed. House: Dis
trict Of Columbia appropriation bill
passed.
The president has signed the financial
bill.
Former Premier Crispi of Italy is seri
opsly ill with influenza, complicated
with bronchitis.
J. S. PETER, a printer and son Of ex.
Senator PETER, suicided at Kansas City
by taking morphine.
Senator Sewell has introduced bill
changing the name of the Paris Of the
American line to the Philadelphia.
Mrs. Lucinda H. Stone, widely known
as ''the mother Of women's clubs" and
a writer and educator of note, is dead at
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Senator Davis has introduced bill
for pension Of $50 per month for the
widow Of Major A. M. Diggles Of the
Thirteenth Minnesota.
General John J. Elwell, one Of the
best known citizens Of Cleveland, O.,
and q. hero of the Civil war, is dead.
Death was due to old age.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-03-23
Friday, March 16.


CoNGR ss-Senate: Porto Rican re-
lie: bill passed after amendment declar-
ing constitution exte2ued over Porto
Rico had been voted down. House: Pri-
waite bill day. None important.
Congress will attempt to adjourn in
June.
Secretary Root has again assured
Cubans that they will be given indie
pendence.
England announces that she will not
accept the intervention Of any power in
the settlement of the South African af-
fair.
At Racine, Wis, the jury in the case
Of the state against Henry F. Corbett,
ch4rged with assault and intent to kill
Rev. David B. Cheney and wife, rem
dered verdict Of not guilty, after
being out one hour.
Saturday, March II.
CoNGREss--House: Tribute paid to
memory of Senator Hayward of Nebraska.
Dave Sullivan of Boston defeated Kid
Broad Of Cleveland in 25-round bout
at the Broadway Athletic club, New
York city.
Gus Rubin has issued challenge to
all the crack big fellows, including
Champion Jetfries, and posted 50, 500 as
evidence Of good faith.
It is announced that the British cas-
ualties at Dreifontein, March 10, were
1~:17ol
ing one Canadian wounded.
General Gatacre has crossed Orange
river and occupied Bethulie. Many
burghers at Bloemfontein are surrender
ing their arms.
A dispatch from Manila says Floras,
Aguinaldo's secretary of war, has sur
rendered to General Macarthur. Agui.
naldo's infant son, who was captured
in November, and who has been suffer-
ing from smallpox, is dead.
Monday, March 10.
CoNGREss-Senate: Legislative, execu-
tive and judicial bill passed. Also meas
ure providing for commission to adjudi-
cate individual Spanish war claims:
House: Porto Rican and pension bill
sent to conference.
The Detroit has sailed from Havana
for Greytown, to look after American
interests there.
Captain Leary, the governor of the
Isle of Guam, has issued a proclama-
ton abolishing slavery.
Andrew Bolter, one of the most noted
entomologists in America, and for As
years resident Of Chicago, is dead.
Nine persons were injured, five seri-
ously, in an accident on the Ninth
avenue elevated railroad. New York city.
B. G. Cheney, husband Of Julia Ar
thur, the actress, has announced her re-
tirement from the stage for the season
and perhaps permanently.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Katherine Stauffer Clark,
the youngest daughter Of United States
Senator w. A. Clark of Montana, to
DR.. Lewis Rutherford of New York.
Tuesday, March 20.
Maud s, the famous trotter, is dead.
H. e. Taubeneck, at one time chair
man of the Populist national committee,
is dead. :'s..,> -.
Thefederal supreme court has affirmed
the eonstitutionality of the Texas anti
trust law.
The Metropolitan street railway has
- 1o,>%,,o11;rre int in tho
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-17

kelt Ionic EoF Heryous Reopses
Walking With shoulders tnroWn
hack. lungs expanded ana nea4 wen
poised. Is the best tnafSeansn 2
prescribed Tor exhausted brains Weak
ened muscles 2 wurn-out ery 4
strengthens the digestive organs.
drives the blood away from the tireo
brain, n Is one OF q best cures Iot
nervousness. Many doctors recoms
mend q walk IN warm weather as q
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The waters of the Gulf, driven by the
force of the hurricane, swept up over
her wharves and buildings along the
water front, inundating even the
streetsin the higher parts of the city.
No less than eight ocean steamships
and scores Of smaller craftwefe swept
from their moorihgs~ hyrthe force of
the storm in Galveston Bay. Whole
families were in many Instances wiped
out of existence. The jCatholic Hos
pital, down the island, was complete
" demolished. ALI the Sisters and
ninety inmates were drowned.
Thousands and thousands are desti-
tute along the coast. survivors in
Galveston are perishing for lack Of
fresh water, the water works being
destroyed and private cjsterns filed
with salt water. Food isl scarce.
The entire country is responding to
the calls for help. Money, provisions,
clothing and medical supplies are be
ing hurried to Galveston from many
points. President Mckinley, Governor
Sayers and officers of the War Depart
ment have entered earnestly upon the
work Of relieving the sufferers. Pres
ldent Mckinley has directed the War
Department to hurry $4,000 rations
and 10000 tents to the devastated dis.
trict. Generous citizens of New York,
Denver. st. Louis and many other cit.
les began the work Of raising relief
funds.
The first news to reach this city from
the stricken city OF Galveston was re
ceiyed through James G. Timmins, who
resides in Houston. and who is the
general superintendent of the National
Compress Company. He was one Of
the first to reach here with tidings OF
the great disaster which has befalleu
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Chinese Craze For Ginseng.

The strangest feature of the trou.
bles in China is that the importation
of ginseng has stopped. The craze
for this root, or for it's active princi-
pie. is surpassed only by the craving
for opium, and in times of universal
peace thousands of tons are exported
annually from this country. The med
icine that is made from 1t is said to
be worth more than it's weight in
gold, the price ranging from Sc to $40
an ounce. Our home doctors say that
its virtues are unimportant, but the
Chinese find the extract of incalcula-
bic value in restoring both mind and
body after complete exhaustion. The
mandarin with paresis will get well
on ginseng. Merchants here who make
a business of exporting it buy i'm
mense quantities from the farmers,
who dig It wild. The price paid for
the root ranges from $2.75 a. pound
in the South to S. for the best quality
in New York, the New England States
and Canada. Ginseng is from the Chi
nese words sjin-tsan," meaning liter
ally the likeness of a man." Secret
uses r made of the root, which Chi
nese refuse to diyulge to our mer-
chants.-New York Press.
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The epicurean taste for frogs legs
is said to be highly developed in Chi
cago, that city consuming more in a
year than any other place in the
United States. There frogs are pro-
vided for the masses. being sold in the
department stores. In these stores the
frogs are kept on sale in large tanks,
and are fished out in quantities to suit
the customers. 1t is reported that on
a recent Saturday 62.OOO frogs were
sold in the markets at Chicago. 1t is
admitted that this is about 1000 more
than the average Saturday night sale,
but the same report maintains that
the average sale during the summer
months is about 100000, and that the
demand is far in advance of the sup
ply. In other Western cities and in
the South the demand for frogs is
much greater than it is in the large
Eastern cities. The demand is large
enough in New York City, however,
to quickly exhaust the domestic sup
ply, and at that point the indulgence
must cease, as the frog is an edible
that will not stand much Transports
ton.
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Chinese war Notes.

Hong Kong is crowded with refugees
from the interior.
"A medal will be struck commend.
rating the seige of Pekin.
Coasting steamers are obtaining fab
ulous prices for carrying refugees.
Prince Iwakura Of Japan said the
war in China would not last long.
The Japanese Government has Or
dered the withdrawal Of marines from
Annoy.
Eight months supplies for 5000
United States troops have been sent
to China.
Emperor William is quoted as say.
ing: Under no conditions will we
give up Pekin.p
The First United States Cavalry.
ordered to China, has been diverted
at Kobe. for Manila.
The Russians have made further adj
vances In Manchuria and have refused
to make terms with the Chinese.
Two thousand Boxers are said to
have been slain BY the Taotai Of
Tsangch0u ut q feast to which be had
invited them.
1t Is stated that the DoWaeer Hm.
press has sought the protection Of LII,
Governor az 6hansi and ex-governor
1T ahautung.
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he electric light plant having been

h electric light plant having been
ruined.
Arelief train sent out from here, the
third, returned unsuccessful. 1t could
not get closer than six miles Of Vir-
GINA Point, where the prairie was
covered with 1ufTber, debris. pianos,
trunks and dead bodies. Two hun
dred corpses were counted from the
train.
Among the passengers who arrived
here on q relief train from Galveston
is Benjamin w Dew, an employe Of
the Southern Pacific. Dew had been
at Virginia Point for several hours,
and said that he saw 100 to 80 dead
bodies floating out near the beach at
that place.
Ole of the refugees who came in on
the relief train, and who had a sad ex-
perience, was S. w. Clinton, an engi-
neer at the fertilizing plant at the Gal
weston Stock Yards. MI. Clinton's
family consisted Of his wife and six
children. When his house was washed
away he managed to get two Of his
little boys safely to a raft, and with
them he drifted helplessly about. His
raft collided with w~reckage of every
description, and was split in two, and
he was forced to witness the drowning
Of his sons, being unable to help them
In any way.
MI. Jennings, a slater by trade, got
to the mainland in about the same
manner as Clinton. After losing his
wife ne set out, and by swimming and
| drifting around reached the mainland.
England and his wife. of Texas,
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TERRIBLE loss OF IIFE.,


LowIands OF the Coast Swept ~
Hurricane and Tidal waves. causinx
Enormous Losses Of Life and Prop
erty-The Storm Forosd High Waves
Over the City Of Galveston-Water Six
Feet Deep i'm the streets-Many SMALL
Towns Inland wrseked-Tale Of
rhouasnds Dead Told ~ Survivor.
Houston, Tex. (speciaD.-Authentic
reports Of the damage done BY the
great storm which swept owe South
ern and Central Texas on Saturday
and Sunday show that at least 1000
lives were lost. and that $4O,OO0,000
will no more than cover the destruc-
ton OF property. This includes build
ings wrecked or damaged, and the tre-
mendous losses in cotton and cereal
crops.
Galveston is in ruins. It is roughly
estimated that the death list will APP
proximate more than 1000 and the
property loss more than $4,000, 900.
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storm Inland.
Houston, Tex. (SpeciaD.-The storm
that ragged along the coast of Texas
was the most disastrous that haslevei
visited this section. The town Of AL.
vim was practically demolished. Hitch.
cock suffered severely from the storm:
while the little town of Alta Lena was
reported without a house standing.
The town Of Pearl lost one-half of Its
buildings. Alvin Is q town Of about
1900 inhabitants. Seven persons were
killed In and near the town.
The small town of Brookshire, on
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas, was
almost wiped out by the storm. The
crew of a work train brought this
information. Many lives were lost.
A train went down the Columbia
Tap Road. as far as Chenango juno.
ton. The town was greatly damaged
and the bodies of nine negroes were
taken from the ruins of one house.
The train could proceed no further and
came back to Houston.
In Houston one person was killed
Henry Black, a hack driver. The prop
erty damage is great, conservative
estimate placing it at $250,OOO. Nearly
every church in the city was damaged
Many business houses were unroofed.
The residence portion Of the town pre-
SCENTS a dilapidated appearance. The
streets are almost impossible because
Of the litter Of shade trees, fences, tel
ephone wires and poles. Much damage
was done to window glass and furni-
ture. Many narrow escapes are re-
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An Unforeseen Emergency,

A little. girl. before going out to a
tea party, was coached in conduct by
a fond mamma. you may take cake
twice, il it is offered you, but if you
are asked a third time you must say,
with all possible politeness, NO, thank
your"
On her return home she gave assur-
ance that she had remembered and
followed the maternal instructions.
But" she added. "the servant brought
the cake to me a fourth time"
"And what did you say then?"
"Oh." was the startling rejoinder,
"then I thought of what papa does
sometimes, and / said, Take it away
and don't bother. '"-Christian En-
deavor World.
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pra,ninant Pooplo,

x
The Shah Of Persia purchased about
$4,000 worth Of various articles at
the Paris Exposition.
Admiral Alexfef, who commands
the Russian naval forces In Chinese
waters, Is a man fifty-iye years old.
President Hadley, Of Yale, is an ex-
pert with the fOils and is said to be
d better fencer than any of the stu
dents In his university.
President Mckinley is the ideal man
Tor d sten0grapher. He speaks just
fast enough, with perfect distinctness,
and never hesitates for a word.
Count Leo Tolstoi's health Is much
improved.
The Democratic candidate for Cor
ernor Of Wisconsin, Louis G. BONN
rich, Is q successful Milwaukee lawyer
who was born in Germany forty-iye
years ago.
Lord Salisbury recently character
lied Hiram Maxim. the gunmaker, ~
1.-THE mar who has prevented mOre
men from dying Of old age than any
other pefaon that ever lived
Naj3EsGeneral Wheeler has beer
asked Is deliver during next winter
snsae1nE6& &c lectures on the great bat
IT fhe world before the depart
4lstofy of the University q
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The city OF Galveston.

Galveston is a city which ten years
ago had a population of 29,0S4. 1t is
built on an island in Galveston Bay.
This island is level, seven OF eight feet
above high water, about thirty miles
long and three wide. The bay on
which the city stands runs north from
Galveston to the mouth of Trinity
River. 1t is thirty-ive miles long and
from twelve to eighteen wide.
The port itself is the best in Texas
and the city the busiest. There is al
ways from ten to fourteen feet Of wa
ter oyer the bar at low tide. 1t is a
calling point for European vessels car
rying cotton, hides, grain and flour.
It also has q considerable trade with
Cuba.
Galveston has more than thirty
churches, a Roman Catholic Cathedral,
a Cotton Exchange. United States
Court House, a theatre, opera house,
public library and a city hospital.
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ms to Prevent snake Bite..

e of a stone as q charm
E a preventive of snake bites
b of superstition found In
|arters Of the world. In South
bnake-stones are said to be
bmmon, and are described as
porous stones, which when ap.
where the snake has bitten q
adhere until all the poison is
out into them, after which they
kced In milk, which in turf
the poison from the stones and
them again fit for use. The
believe that snake-stones are
rom the head of a snake, bu1
bought that they consist Of
j, which bears somewhat Of 8
lance to bone. In Germany
T raw gold are carried al
and potatoes, and 1t is j
of considerable interest to as
whether the snake-stone legend
red Of these customs or is sub
to them.
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Blooming Fire Tree For the PARK

There is a blooming fire tree from
Queensland. Australia, in the conserv-
'atory in Central Park. 1t is thirty
feet high and has innumerable BIOS
SONS of a peculiar red hue. So pro-
fuse are they that they hide the green
leaves of the tree. From the profusion
Of flowers hiding the leaves the tree
at a little distance looks as If it were
adorned with Goals of fire at red heat.
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Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications. az they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
tional remedies. ID ,afness is caused by an in
hamed condition OF the mucous lining Of tbs
Eustachian Tube. When this tube 10 in
hamed you have q rumbling sound or imper-
Deafness Is the result. and unless the infam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition. hearing will be
destroyed for yer. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh. which is nothing but q in
fiamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) tina can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars. free.
F. J. CREME & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HALLS r. miIv pilIa . fha ha.t
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RAvAGED BY THE CYCLONE.


Thirty-one Places In Which Lives Were
Lost and Property Destroy cd.
Houston, Tex. (SpeciaD.-Here is a
list Of t~hirty-one cities, towns. villages
and hamlets which the cyclone raw
aged.
Some of these have been wiped out
Of existence, for the storms fury
cared not whether it attacked a city
like Galveston or a hamlet such as
Gusten.
In all Of these places habitations
have been demolished public buildings,
depOts. churches and stores have been
wrecked. In most of them human
lives have been lost and horses and
cattle have been killed:
Galveston. Houston, Hitchcock, Alta
Iona, Pearl. Gusten, Rock Island,
Rosenberg. Waller. Affair, Village
Mills, Beasley. Booth, Chapel Hill,
Brennan, Brookshire, Arcola, Seneva,
Webster, Clear Greek, Dickinson,
Virginia Lake, Eagle Lake, East
Bernard, Richmond, Letitia, Texas
City. Hockey, Cypress, Hampstead.
Hearne.