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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
BRILLIANT FUNCTION.
Reception at the Berlin Court, Many
Americans Attending.

Americans
BERLIN, Jan. 23.-The court reception
held at the castle tonight, was splendid
function. The members of the diplomatic
corps, with their wives, many princely
personages, and members of the Cabinet
and of the Bundesrath were present. En-
peror William and Empress Augusta Vic
toria headed the procession of princes and
moved to the rittersaal, where they took
their stand beside the throne. The guests
then filed rapidly past to the strains OF
the Tannheuser march. The Emperor,
who wore the uniform of a general of the
guard looked serious. The Empress, in a
gown of silver tissue, gave her hand TO
the wives of the ambassadors.
The dress worn by Mrs. White, wife of
the United States ambassador, was of
white satin duchesse, with a green velvet
train. Mrs. Jackson, wife of the secretary
of the United States embassy, wore dress
of the same material, with a blue velvet
train. Mrs. Beehler, wife of Lieutenant
Commander Beehler, United States naval
attache wore a white satin dress with
brocaded train. Mrs. Wurts was in cloth
of gold under white gauze, with purple
velvet train. The Americans presented for
the first time were Lieutenant Commander
and Mrs. Beehler, Mr.. and Mrs. Wurts and
Mr.. Dodge.
The usual court balls will be omitted.
owing to the condition of the mother of the
Empress, the dowager duchess of Schles-
wig-Holstein, which is said to be hopeless
For the same reason the gala opera, ar
ranged for Saturday evening, will be
abandoned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
CHURCHILL's ESCAPE.
Further Details of the War Cor
respondents Flight from Pretoria.

LONDON, Jan. A.-Mr. Winston Church
i'll. in the columns of correspondence in the
Morning Post, supplements his cabled mar
rative of his escape from Pretoria. Two
other officers had planned to escape with
him, but they thought they had been dis
covered by the Beers and returned TO
prison. On the second day out Mr.. Church
i'll, realizing with awful force that no ex-
ercise of feeble wit and strength could
save me from my enemies, and then, with
out the assistance of that high power
which interferes more often than are
prone to admit in the eternal sequence of
cause and effect, l could not succeed,
prayed long and earnestly for help and
guidance. My prayers, as 1t seems to me,
he said, 'were swiftly and wonderfully an
swered. cannot now, relate the strange
circumstance which, followed and which
changed my nearly hopeless position TO one
of superior advantage.
After the war, he asserts, he will tell in
what manner this change was effected.
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HAS FALLEN THREE FEET.


CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-On account Of the
opening of the drainage canal the Chicago
river has fallen three feet at Bridgeport,
leaving out of the water the intake pipes
of the pumping works, which at that place
pump $4,000 feet Of water a minute into the
Illinois and Michigan canal. The water in
this canal has been so diminished that
two canal boats which started to-day from
Lockport to Chicago were left without
sufficient water. The pumping works in
take pipes will be heightened so as to
reach the water in the river, but this work
will take week. The fall in the river,
however, is not regarded having any
other serious consequence, as the lowering
of its surface about that much had been
figured on by engineers. The fall of the
river at LaSalle street is not more than
five inches and river navigation is not
threatened.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
DON'T WANT TACTICIANs.
Beers Desire Only Recruits Who Can
Shoot Straight.

LONDON, Jan. 23.-The Cape Town cor
respondent of the Times telegraphing Mon
day, says: "In view of the exaggerated
ideas current that the Beers have been
largely helped by foreign military ad-
visers, it is worth while quoting the state
ment of a gentleman who has just arrived
from Delagoa bay. He says that the
Beers are at a loss to know what to do
and that the advice rendered them being
based upon opposing ideas of tactics is
valueless and only leads, when adopted, to
loss of life.
1t appears that during General Jou-
bert's illness, General Scnalkberger wired
to DR.. Leyds to send men able to shoot
straight and experts to make explosives
and to work mines, but not useless advis-
ers
From what / saw myself of the Boer
forces at the outbreak of the war / know
that the Beers have profound distrust
and contempt for European military
methods and, with the exception of Com
mandant Albrecht, they have practically
no foreign officers even in the artillery.
The Transvaalsrs, however, acknowledge
that they have learned several useful tao
teal devices from the Free Staters, es-
pecially in making entertainments in least
expected places and at the foot of kopjes
instead of only on ridges
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
Ruakin'A Burial Place.

LONDON. Jan. 23-The dean of West
minister has offered a grave in Westmin-
ster Abbey for the remains of John Rus
kin. This honor, however, has been de-
clined by Mr.. Ruskin's relatives, who say
i'm their reply to DR.. Bradley that it was
the professors own wish TO sleep in Con-
iston churchyard where his remains will
be inferred on Thursday.
The dean and chapter of Westminster
Abbey are pressing relatives to reconsider
their decision. 1t is hoped that Mrs. Sew
ern may yet consent to an interment in the
abbey. The memorial presented TO the
dean in favor of interment there was very
largely signed by eminent persons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

Roswell Field. in Chicago Post.

Roswell Field. in Chicago Post.
1t is a sad thought that as Lady RAN
dolph Churchill is speeding to the southern
cape her young and true lover. CORVALLIS
West is on his way TO England Nothing
has impressed us so dismally since Gabriel
and Evangeline passed each other in their
weary search. True, Lady Churchill Is .
trifie older than Evangeline, and I'm certain
other respects the parallel does not quite
fit but both cases are inexpressibly touch
ing. When woman arrives at
the ripe age enjoyed by Lady
Churchill she loves with love.
as Mr.. Poe would say, that is more
than love, and the fact that her Gabriel
is young enough to be her son Is not oas-
templated in the grandeur. the sublimity.
of her passion. We repeat, nothing can
be more affecting than the thought of the
lieutenant and the lady passing to and fro
on the boundless ocean. Again the horrors
of war are vividly brought before US.
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Killed and wounded in Action.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-General Otis
has cabled the War Department the fol-
lowing list of casualties:
Killed in action at Vigan, Luzon, Dec 4.
Thirty-third Infantry: Company A, Arthur
Wright; Company b, Lawrence l.. Spencer,
sergeant; Frederick j. Bell. sergeant; AL
fred Wachs. corporal; Company ID, Dave
Pickett; Company r., James Bennett, Will
liam Brandt; Company l.. Norman NJ Fry,
sergeant. Near Santa Nicolas. Nov. 49,
Third Cavalry: Company A, Irving H.
Palmer Near Lemeri, Luzon, Jan 1S-
Forty-ffth Infantry: Company F, Frank
Carr.
Wounded in action at Vigandre, Jan. A.
Thirty-tbird Infantry: Company b. James
r. Montgomery, musician; Company E,
Fred Loyea: Company X. William H. Bost-
wick; Company NJ. JOHN Patterson. At
Tangadan mountain Jan. Third Cavalry:
Company ID, Hubert Muggy; Company K,
Frank j. Kaiser. Near Binai. Jan. =
Fourteenth Infantry: William c. Geiger,
first lieutenant. Near Lemeri. Jan. 49,
Forty-sixth Infantry: Company III, William
Boese: Jan 10, Company G, Albert Nelson;
Company H, John Lenehin. Near Santa
Tomas. Nov. 19-Third Cavalry: Charles j.
Grace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

Rrooklyn Eagle.

BROOKLYN EdBIt-
The Springfield division of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians i'm Missouri has mani
tested an extraordinary disposition. It
neither wants to violate the neutrality laws
of the United States nor TO prefer remote
interests to those at home. Instead OF
sending money to the Beers, with whom, IL
says, it heartily sympathizes. 1T believes
there are more worthy causes here in
which money can be better expended"
a single day. and TO star for that day
events which mark an upward tendency OF
sense and health. this action of the An
Gent Order OF Hibernians In Springfield
Mo-. would be entitled TO an honorable
Mace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
Henry A. Hazen.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Henry A Ha-
zen, enc of the chief forecasters of the
Weather Bureau, died here tonight as the
result of the injuries received last night
by a bicycle collision with a negro pedes-
TRAN. His skull was badly fractured, and
he continued unconscious up to the time of
his death.
Professor HaZen was well known among
meteorologists and scientific men. He was
born in India fifty years ago, his father
being a missionary. He was graduated
from Dartmouth College and then was con-
nected with the scientific department of
Yale University for nine years. He joined
the United States Signal Service. now the
Weather Bureau, in 1881. He was single
and lived with a sister and two nephews.
Another sister is missionary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
SUNDAYS FIGHTING.
Battle ResumedsAfte the Heat Of the
Day Had Passed.

BOER CAMP. Upper Tuesla River. Jan.
21.-After Commandant Botha checked the
British advance yesterday morning, 1t was
expected that there would be no further
action until tomorrow. This afternoon,
however. signs were discovered OF an in
tended movement in the British northern
camp. When the heat. which was more
frightful than any yet experienced. had
worn off, the British cannon started in
full force and the infantry advanced in
extended order.
Generals Botha and Kronje held the high
hills over which the road to Ladysmith
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
Brig. Gen. G. w. squires.

ST. LOUIS. Jan. 23.-Brig. Gen. Charles
w. Squires died suddenly at his home,
here, to-day. aged sixty years. General
Squires commanded the famous Washing
ton Battery CT New Orleans during the
civil war. In later years he was a briga-
der general of militia on the staff of Gov
ernor John S. Phelps He organized Bat
terry A and commanded it during the riots
of 1877 in ST. Louis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

Hartford Courant.

Amos Cummings is a veteran in all
senses. AS a boy he filibustered with
Walker. Later, he fought for the Union
He's an old-time printer. He's an aged
and impenitent Democrat He has served
Tammany faithfully for many years Ye,
we now see him chucked out of the Demo-
cratic congressional campaign committee
to make room for Jacob Rupert jr sor
and heir of the big brewer. How fond
these so-called Democrats are of any
plutocrat who can be utilized for cam.
paign fund purposes,
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Prof. David Edward Hughes.

LONDON, Jan. %. Professor David
Edward Hughes, inventor of the Hughes
printing telegraph instrument, now in use
on all important continental lines in Eu-
rope and on all submarine lines between
England and the continent, is dead, aged
sixty-nine years. He was educated at
Bardstown College, Kentucky. and was the
inventor of the induction balance and dis
coverer of the microphone, now almost
universally used as transmitter to the tel
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
The Bermuda fin Trouble Again.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. "a special
five-day injunction restraining the steamer
Bermuda, which acquired some reputation
as a filibuster during the Spanish war,
from leaving this port, was granted to-
day by Judge Pennypacker in Common
Pleas Court The application for the in
junction was made by George r. Jamble.
of Kingston, Jamaica, subject of Great
Britain, who alleges that he has infor-
nation that the vessel is to carry articles
contraband of war TO South Africa for
the Beers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

CHICAGO. Jan. 23.-Fire which to-day
broke out in Edward Fitzgerald's trunk
factory, at Wells and Division streets,
caused n loss TO building and contents Of
$4,000. All the employees, including lis girls
and boys escaped, many of them sacrificing
their wraps and other personal effects in
their frantic rush TO the street. Heinto
Ritz, cut off on the third floor by the burn
ing of the stairway. was taken down lad.
der by firemen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
Uncle Sans Display.

fHIIdutIpIlid fNtCUru
Entries of American exhibitors for the
Paris exposition close to-day, and the re-
mainder of the current month will be de-
voted to cataloguing the exhibits There
will be nearly seven thousand separate dis
plays from this country i'm the great
French worlds fair. and of these many
will be seen in Europe for the first time
Uncle Sam is bound TO be magnificently
advertised this year on the banks of the
Seine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

DAYTON. o.. Jan. 23.-Early this MORN
ing two masked men tortured Cash Barry.
a veteran who has lived hermit life at
Farmersville. this county. in vain en-
deavor 10 compel him 10 disclose the hid
ing place of money which he was popularity
supposed to have. Hot irons were applied
to his body. causing terrible burns. Barry
Is In a critical condition. The robbers es-
caufd
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
Republican Succeeds Democrat.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23-Samuel s. Slater,
Republican, was to-day elected assembly
man from the Thirty-first district, in this
city, by 1000 majority. Last November a
Democrat carried the district by sixty-two
votes. His death caused vacancy and
special election.
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burg. that repeated urgent representations
to London on the subject remain unan-
swered and that the German ambassador
to Great Britain. Count Won Hatzfeldt, has
been instructed to repeat his efforts. A dis
patch has been sent TO the German consul
at Cape Town directing him to see the
British authorities and to ask for the
speedy release of the imprisoned mission
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

CINCINNATI. o., Jan. 23.-Mrs. Mary
Wright Curwen. distinguished for leader
ship in promoting the formation of woEl-
ems clubs. and in that capacity known all
over the United States. died at her home in
Mt. Auburn, this city, tonight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

NEW YORK, Jan. 23-The Cunard line
to-day officially announced it's rates for 1900
The minimum rates are follows: On the
steamships Aurania and Servia So; on the
Cmbria and i1ut:Gria, So and on the CAM
pania and Lucania, S100. This is a return
To the rates in force in 1898, but ia an In
crease over those OF last year. The rates
for berths are about 20 per cent. higher
than last year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
De Rodays to Ca.tellaue.

PARIS, Jan. "a. $40 a. m.-The Figaro
publishes this morning a dispatch which
Pierre De Roday, its editor, has sent to
Comte Boni De Castellane, in the course
of which he says: Your denials and
threats will change nothing of the facts,
which are now notorious in Paris"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
Gave Each ChiId 100000.

CHICAGO. Jan. 23-The Tribune to-mor-
row Will say that Information has been
just made public that Colonel Isaac Ell
wood. the barbed wire magnate gave each
OF his five grown children a check for $780,
900 at breakfast Christmas day at his home
in De Kaib. Ill. The five children are Will
liam L., Perry, Puss Elwood Mayo. Mary
Elwood Lewis and Jessie Elwood Ray.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
SANTA CRUZ OCCUPIED.


MANILA, Jan. g., $50 a m.-The Amer
leans have occupied Santa Cruz, on Laguna
de Bay, Laguna province. 1t was reported
that many insurgents were concentrated
there, but the town was found deserted.
The military regulation requiring the
streets to be cleared of natives at $50 %. m.
has been changed to 10 o'clock.
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PARIS, Jan. BIN the trial of the twelve
Assumptionist fathers. which began here
to-day before the correctional tribune. on
charges of having entered actively into the
electoral campaign against the republic,
the public prosecutor to-day demanded the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
Rats Infected with Plague.

ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan. 23.-The ba-
cilus of the bubonic plague has been found
on dead rates in place where a plague
patient isolated. The Australian colo
MES have declared Adelaide an infected
port
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

BERLIN, Jan. 23.-The case of Pastor
Sarms, the missionary arrested in Natal
last month for aiding the Beers, continues
unsettled. The German Foreign Office has
just wired Pastor Baccius. of Hormanns
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
William l.. sontag.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-William L. Son.
tag. the artist, died at his home in this
city yesterday. aged seventy-eight years
He was born near Pittsburg.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
Rev. Mother Superior Anastasi..

LOCKPORT, N. Y, Jan. 23-Rev.
Mother Superior Anastasis is dead at st.
Joseph's convent. aged seventy-five years.
She was mother superior of the Sisters of
ST. Mary of the United States and Canada.
Last September she celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of her coronation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

New York Mail and Express.
Let the Democrats adopt the ostrich as
their campaign emblem Of 1900 by all
means. Then prepare for fun when the Re-
publican elephant fans the ostrich with his
trunk.
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Bm TO err al fhe time Is CRIMINAL o.
id;ofsc. Don't continue the mistake of
neorectnq you- blood. When impurities
manifest Themselves IN erupfions or zDhen
dTso,de,ed conditions Of stomach. kidneys,
Zoe, or bozvels appear, fake Hoods Sas-
sananua. II zuM make pure, lVe blood.
and put you IN good health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
Mrs. WinsioM,s Soothing syrun

Has been used fifty years by millions Of
mothers for their children while teethfng with
perfect success II soothes the child. softens the
gums allays pain. cures wind collie, regulates the
bowels. and is the best remedy for diarrhea.
whether arising from teething other causes.
For sale by druggists In every part OF the world.
Re sure and ask for Mrs. winslow's Soothing
Syrup % cents bottle.
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d6odJ SaDab0I@
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dissolution of the Order Of Assumptionists.
contending that its continued existence was
a menace 10 the social system in France
Several witnesses were heard in support
OF the Indictment. The court then adj
iOlfrned.
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Lungs of leather could not Withstand the ups
and downs OF winter temperature. Churches.
theaters lecture rooms, drawing rooms, kitchens
and schools ring with the bleatings Of laboring
chests and husky threats. There's but one REM
and Tar. Take IL and recover. Sold by Drug
gists
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Kansas City Journal.

Kansas City Journal.
1t is said that a keg of nails now costs
more than barrel of flour. This is worth
remembering. You may want to open somes
thing for your friends.
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Prof. j. II. johnson.

ARDMORE. ]. T., Jan. 23.-Prof. j. T.
Johnson. president of Hargrove College
died suddenly to-day of heart disease. He
was forty-nine years of age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
RECEPTION AT CAPE TOWN.
Lady Churchill and the STAFF of the
Maine Entertained

CAPE TOWN, Jan. 23.-The American
ladies resident here held reception at
the Mt. Nelson Hotel to-day. Lady
Churchill and the entire staff of the Amer
lean hospital ship Maine Colonel Stowe.
the United States consul, and other promi-
nent Americans were present
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

Kansas City Journal.
General Roberts Is said to have great
dislike of cats. He even feels little ner-
vous In the presence of General Kitchener
on account OF the first three letters of his
name.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24
vigorous. Attack ON Kimberley.

MODDER RIVER, Jan. pa heliograph
message from Kimberley says the Beers
vigorously renewed the bombardment to-
dnrr
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-01
!n,a'sit Sale O ass! Estate.

Under the terms of deed OF trus,
made by I. HI. Smith and-wiFe to me.
at the request OF the beneficiary and
the Trustors, I will on Monday, the
18th day of February, 1860, at the
Court House door in Halifax, expose
to public auction the land below de-
scribed, being a part of the lar d de-
scrlbed in said deed of trust, which is
registered in Book FOB on Page $40 in
the office of the Register of Deeds for
Halifax county, to-wit: A pant of the
tract now occupied by I. II. Smith
formerly owned by r. H. Smith, be-
ginning at the corner of r. M. Johnson
and Washington Carventer, thence
about south to Halifax read, thence
down said road to the outer boundary
of the tract sold to Ed. Smith, thence
down the Ed. Smith line to the branch
thence down the middle line of the
branch to Mrs. Norfeet Smiths cor.
ner, thence up her line to the Reynolds
tract, thence the Reynolds line to the
corner of the Ed. Smith tract, thence
down Ed. Smiths line to the main
road, thence down the main road to the
Nick Smith tract, thence down the
Nick Smith line to the old road to Mrs
N. Smiths land, thence to the fork of
the road, the old Brantley corner,
thence the old Brantley line to the line
of r. NJ. johnson, thence down bis
line to the beginning, and containing
about 60 acres.
An accurate survey of the land will
be made before day of sale.
Terms Cash, unless modified on
day of sale. G. NJ. BUSBEE,
1-lS-4t Trustee.
This January IL, 1900.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-01
Notice..
State of North Carolina,
Halifax County.

state OF North Carolina,
Halifax County.
In the Superior Court.
G. v. Andrews, G.. T, Andrews, A. A.
Andrews, E. L. Andrews, C. N. An
drews, A. w. Watson, Rob't L. Watson,
H. Floyd Watson and Lena Watson,
the last three being minors and APP
pearing by their father and next FREE nd
G. F. Watson, Elk Parte:
In Pursuance of the order of the
court In the above entitled special pro-
ceedings will on the 3rd day of March
1900, In the town of Scotland Neck, N.
g., sell for cash at public auction to
the highest bidder the following de-
scribed tracts of land lying in Halifax
county, Palmyra township, to-wit:
: First tract THAT tract of land
known as the Stephen Andrews home
place, adjoining the lands OF J. G.
Meekins, N. K. PIppin, Tom johnson
and others. containing 1877 acres, more
or less and lying on the right hand side
of the road leading from Anthony
Johns to Palmyra.
Second tract That lot of land in
the town of Palmyra, N. c., containing
about d acres, laying on the east side
of the Main street of said town, adjoln-
Ing the lands of L. J. Baker Baker &
Robertson, and known US the Andrews
lot. This Jan'y %, 1900.
CLAUDE KITCHIN,
Pits Commissioner.