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aossRrs. OPERATIONS.
His Asa Mssusg with strong Oppositioa
In the = .lssf Of Wepsaer.

ais lasa Msstsg WITH strong Opposition
In the 1-iist Of wepsoer.
London. April 24.-The strong body
OF achievements which Lord Roberts
sent to assist the relief of Wepener and
to endeavor to envelop and cut on the
BOaRs from a retreat northward fur
nishes further evidence that the Beers
are assembled In much larger forces
around Wepener than had hitherto
been supposed: and. as the Times, In
an editorial this morning remarks,
whatever may he the difficulties Of
roads and ruins, the Beers always ap-
pear to have guns, and sometimes big
ones, where they want them.
karriefOntein, mentioned In Lord
Roberts message to the war office is
fifteen miles southeast of Bloemfontein.
Leeuw kop IL two miles further south.
Apparently the British captured
Paarde Kraal Sunday night. The Beers
evacuated Leeuw kop during the night,
removing the gun. and the British oc.
cupied the kop the next morning.
Although the Beers appear to be of
fering stout resistance to the British
advance. their position is dangerous.
They can scarcely delay further their
retreat northward without incurring
the risk of being cut OFF. Usually they
have been well informed regarding the
British plans and they are not likely to
run such risk. especially as they have
partially accomplished their object In
drawing large forces from Bloemfon.
tein on long marches and have there
by delayed the advance ON Pretoria.
The Bloemfontcin correspondent of
the Standard, discussing the operations
at Leeuw kop, says:
The Ranking movement having
failed. General Pole-Carcw. with Gen.
eral Stephenson's brigade advanced
In crescent formation from the south
and west with the object of envelopinc
the kopjcs. The Welsh. Warwick shire.
Essex and Yorkshire regiments ad.
vanccd in extended line. covering the
west, while the guards brigade took up
Il position TO the south, with two field
batteries and naval guns. Sheltered by
the rocks. the enemy opened II heavy
lire from rifles and n pompom
Our men advanced over the open
ground in splendid style hy success.
sion of short rushes, falling prone
while pouring In their vollcys. The ap-
proach of darkness threatened To leave
the Beers in possession. but. Just be
fore sunset the Essex regiment gallant.
ly pressed forward and drove the last
man of the enemy from ranrde Kraal,
bold spur of Lceuw kop.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28
Export. Of wn-., to the or,.p,.

Washington. April 24.-The recent
large wheat shipment to Japan from II
Pacific port directs attention 10 the
growing demand for American bread.
stufYs and manufactures In the Orient.
Nearly $d.U0.1S worth OF our flour
went 10 the Orient last year. against
about xt.N'0.Wp worth In the preceding
year. and nearly nll Of II to China. ia
ian and Asintic Russia. the large pro.
portion OF that which reached China
passing through liongkong. Shipments
Of brcadstuffs In III. form Of wheat io
The Orient have been In the past rare.
That section of the world buys annual.
ly xl,OW'.U0.0sI worth Of goods. taking
less than six per cent. OF It's purchases
from the United. States. That our
sales tn the Orient are rapidly growing.
however. is shown by the latest export
statistics.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28
Magnet To Dr.M LII

The hardened end of bit. or chisel,
broke of in bore hole 300 metres
deep, put down near Ostroppa. in Up
per Selisia. by Ioc!lner n Co.; and this
obstruction eifectually prevented fur
ther boring of the hole. because all
the diamond crowns Wore away, says
the London Colliery Guardian. After
the most various attempts had failed
to remove the piece of steel. the follow
ing plan was hit upon by Engineer
Degenhardt OF GlelwitZ. A soft steel
bar. 1.5 metres long and of seventy
millimetres diameter, was covered by
single winding of india-rubbcr tape,
and magnctizcd by the current of Il
small dynamo driven by the portable
machine employed for the work of bor-
ing: and the current was kept constant
at about thirty amperes by means of Il
simple resistance coil. The steel bar
was let down into the hole unmagnct-
lied: and. when 1t reached the bottom.
the current was switched through the
conductor enclosed in the rope for let
ting down and drawing up. On the first
day that this method was employed the
piece of steel was drawn up to the sur
face, so that boring could be resumed.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28
A New Industry,

new ana profitable industry has
sprung up around the banks of many
Of the ponds and salt lakes IA this part
of the state. The common cattail,
which grows in profusion in the
marshy grounds near the waters edge.
has become valuable article of com
mcrcc aud sells mt the lake for cent
pound. The cattails have largely SUI
pcr>cded wool cotton and hair for mat
tresscs and upholstery and are said 10
be admirable substitutes. while they
cost far less than the materials men.
toned. The boys who gather the once
worthless weeds are paid cent n
pound for them. and since the LIST OF
March over ten ions of the commodity
have been gathered and paid FOR at
Syracuse or Turkey Lake. The de-
mand far exceeds the supply and is In
Hammond Indl News.
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NO LONGER a MAVERICK.
4 Iattis 0iri's Ezp,.sation Of the Baptis
mAl Service,

4 Little 0isi's Explanation Of the Baptis.
NAL ssfvios.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, giving
his experiences as "A Missionary in
the Great West" In the April Ladies'
Home journal, tells Of the baptism of
. little daughter of a big cattle owner
in Indian Territory: In our baptis-
mai service we sign those who are bap-
tized with the sign Of the cross" he
explains, "and when the little girl re-
turned to school after the baptism, the
cA.adren pressed her with hard Ques-
tions, desiring to know what that man
with the 'nightgown' on had done, and
II she were now any different from
what she had been before. She tried
to tell them that she had been made
"A member of Christ, the child OF God,
and an inheritor of the Kingdom Of
heaven but did not succeed In express
ing the situation very well, and they
pressed her for Il clearer explanation.
Finally, when she had exhausted ev-
cry other effort, she turned on them.
her eyes flashing through her tears.
Well she said lapsing into the ver-
nacular. 4 will tell you. l was little
maverick before and the man put Je-
sus' brand on my forehead, and when
he sees me running wild on the prairie
he VIII know that | am his little girl"
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sch,o hau.s. nm 8h..,..

ST. Louis. Mo. April "A portable
school house To relieve tl.. overcrow,i.
csl condition nf several ~. Louis
schools is the odd innovation which the
school board win establish, here To.
morrow. The building Is Of frame.
contains one room. 10 accommodate
nearly lOo pupils. nnd Will bc In til.
same ynrd with the overtnxed per.
mnncnt structure. When conditions
change the nnncN VIII simply hc
moved to the point where needed. This
plnn is considered nn Improvement
over the old method "f renting rooms,
Nine portable school houses arr to b,
Put Into operation.
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CONCESSION FROM THE SULTAN
Ise Authorizes tho Rebuilding of Mission
Buildinr-.


Csnstantipople. April 23.-An i'm
perial trade has been promulgated. au.
thorizing the rebuilding of the prop.
crty of the American missionaries at
liarpoot and the construction of an
annex 10 the Roberts college at Con
stantinople.
Washington. April 23.-The State
department has no official conlirma-
tion of the above dispatch. but the
news was received with considerable
satisfaction. being regarded by of
ticials as a friendly act ON The part
of the Sultan. and possibly an earnest
of full and final settlement of the in
dcmuity claim.
Turkey admits her liability for
American claims. but officials Of the
State Department deny that the sultan
promised To pay on the same conditions
rs he VIII pay other powers. such
conditions would not be acceptable.
and fhe matter Will he pressed.
Lloyd Grlscom. United States charge
d'aifaires at cCnstantinople. has
cah!cd the State Department that The
Turkish minister FOR foreign affairs
has Informed the ambassadors that
The porte Will not raise tarin duties
without previous agreement with the
powers.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28
Gr-., shin. for the Pacific.

President Hin of the Great Northern
Railroad says that for his proposed
'ranspacIfic steamship line he has or
dered vessels that will carry 10000
tons. or a measurement capacity OF
over 2s.0o0 tons. In other words, he
VIII have In operation, eighteen
months hence. vessels equal In carry
Ing capacity to the Campania and the
Luoania combined. The deck room of
each vessel will amount to over five
acres.
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Ope. O.msllss In k..... C,,,,

Knnsns Ciiy. April 2i.--Gnmbicrs
from NIL pnri- ~ the country ARE np.
parcntiy making Kansas City their
Mecca. the word having gone forth
TINT III" new city government IL Ia iol.
ernte n "widc-"ich" policy. Gambling
clubs nnd poker rooms that have been
closed for years have been recently op.
cn,Si md there have been consinn, NJ.
rivals of rninblets from all directions.
Poker Is being played. II Is said. with
u limit that hns not been touched her,
H. twenty years.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28
Learn - l'rafsssion.

My fun mail coursr. iivs courses In one.
prepares you TO teach or .praoiic.
nypnoiirm, Physical Culture. Magnetic
breathing and bathing. and crring hy
Personal Magnetism, All of these courses
for s., Address rRof. ZACH SHED.
- and ~ Afapahor building, Denver. Colo.
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wouldn't
FREE GIFTS TO AGENTS.

We want 10000 Agents, men and wo-
men. boys and girls all over the united
States To soil our wonderful I.ekko Scour-
ing Soap, Lekkocnc and other Toilet soaps.
Big profit, ensy work. Priz. with every
cake. Write to-day. L. II. Marshall a Co,
Dept TO- Chicago, H. Factory lis-i.6
No May st. Ref, any hank In Chicago
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28
New Train To Portland for C.p- Nome.

Commencing Sunday, April I'D, the I'm
ion Pacific innuFura,. double daily
s.rvic. Denver to Portland. Trains leave
Denver i.3o -. IN. ana . y. m. daily. nrfiy-
IN. Portland '.@ a. IN and I y. IN. sec
ond day. a business day saved by tray
cling Union paonc. See your local agent
or address Geo. Ady. 81 Eth street. Dem
Yer. Colorado.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28
Museum tnlitte-

Bearded LADY, think they ought
to establish peace by letting Ken
tucky have two govcrnors."
Living Skeleton wouldn't
work At all
Bearded Lndy-"oh. don't know
the two-hcaded girl gets along nll
right"
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28

you mov. every spring. don't you7''
g Isr. when Nv. impoverished myself buy
ing coal all winter I can't stand II TO
stay and H"" that huuH. get red hot In
summer for nothing.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28

Well. what ala your riNic rlub do to-
day. wv. passed a beautiful resolution
TO have law made that no married man
can be- out after o'clock without carr.
Ing written permit from hir wife
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28

what are the most vivid rccoiicctions
OF your childhood - The places whore 1
used to be given something to eat"
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28
Tn. r,,hnn.,.r nn 1. n,,r

Tn. Union Pacific overland Limited, ''
leaving Denver at T., IA. daily makes
seven and hnlf hours quicker tim. tina
any other lin. between Denver and San
Francisco aud the Northwest. superb
equipment Ticket Once. ~ nth street
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28

Sll.HkH STATE TYPEWRITER AGENCY. i5Do
''chsmpa st, hnNcr. Tel siiA Wi buy .nli r,-
ehhnsr, rent, repair any typ-srit.t. -cn supplies
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28

1vpswiurths. All makes, bought, sold or-
] l. changed, rented and repaired. Write for
prices. Denver TypcwHt"r Exchange. IF3 ChsmpN
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28
GAS AN0 GASOLINE ENGINES

for posrr In your rn'ins once viii save yoa
money. for economical po~er for mining aud
manufacturing Write Tor catalogue and pri0,,
Mining NHehinrt, aud supplies, tAlRHASk.
NohsE A co. h"'lt1s scv-ntoenih street
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-28
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

an eight-hour day on armor aud like
commodities and in the building Of
warships.
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their debt Brought down the net reduc-
ton TO s2.s2s.s7i. A corresponding reduc-
tion has been made in private debts. From
time to time newspapers IN the state re-
port large cleaning up Of mortgages.
The Marion Record recently stated that
as against n foreclosure suits in Marion
county during cieveiand's administration
there were but sfxty-six foreclosure suits
during McKinley's. Thus far in 1900 but
nve suits have been nled in that county.
Last year the net reduction Of mortgage
debt in Marion county was $s7s.4cc. II
Marion rs typical Of the whole state, the
reduction OF mortgage debt last year was
between sso.cooeoo and ssoeooeoc All this
indicates there Is not 50 much the mat
ter with Kansas as there was four years
ago.
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FROM THE PEOPLE.


Nile, Wash. Oct "a, 100
To the Editor: see by Mr.. Bfowne.s
attempt IN defend hims~lt against the just
charge made against him Ia the Post
Infeiigencer. that he hatters himself
with the thought that he has Iahvred 20
hard IN his great love for the parents Of
this state to get rid OF one school book
fraud that he may establish another
school book fraud IN It's place
Mr. Browne says he went all over this
state TO see what the people wanted.
and he heard nothing but a cry for q
change or school books BUT I must say
that we thought we would get some
thing better. But suF hopes were IN
vain. for the school books adopted under
the Browne administration Of education
are the worst that were ever taken fnto
any school room.
am a Democrat ana expect 20 vote
FOR fsryar. bot this schosa book swsndls
IS 80 grea, ! cannot stand II. must
say that feel discouraged when thlnk
81 the dismal pr0spect 81 an education
for my children under fhe present
changeahle and fraudulent system
The arithmetic adopted IL absolutely IN
faIerahie There - not a single rule or
illustration 70 guide the stusen, In work
ing uut problems IN ngurfs Yet. IN the
face 81 all this. they ten az our boosted
free schools and what grand progress we
hos teachers can get along with this
arithmetic There u great howl
against the trusts. and yet the people
build them ND, ahlls they could Ftarve
the trust out. u they wouid.
There Was bill pskaed the legislature
which would have killed the school, book
trust In this state II the governor had
signed H. II provided that districts 81 q
certain population select their e~n
school book. which they could 10, for
there are many authors ard cofnpsiers
OF school books. This wpGla DO away with
the present system. which binds the
people together. and X the governor had
signed Il q w1ssld have been the grand
eat blow ~ The book trusts that any
man could have made. for Il would NOT
be 10 easy for these book trusts 20 20
around and buy up all the school direct
ors IN the many towns as IL would be
for them 10 buy a state board OF educa-
ton. The governors veto Of this bili
worked ia the hands Of the book trusts
Just - have stated. when he had IL In
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Register.

There are just two days more In which
TO register. On Tuesday evening the
books will close. After that date the man
whose name is not on them. or who has
removed to another election district with
out having the transfer recorded. win lose
the right OF suffrage. There are many
such in this city. Some have postponed
It until the last moment: some have for
gotten 1t altogether: some. notwithstand-
ing frequent warnings, have not heard OF
1t or are unaware OF the necessity Of a
new registration after a change of resi-
dence. To all such this last word is d.
rected.
II is the duty OF every good citizen to
vote at every election. But this year. with
national and state issues both involved.
no patriotic American should forfeit or
fail to exercise the privilege Of citizen
ship. The Indispensable preliminary is
registration. and the time for that has
narrowed almost to its final limit. We
urge every man who is not registered to
make a vow today that he WIN attend to
IT before he does anything else tomorrow
morning.
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To THE POINT.

Quiiceue. Wash. Oct. is 1900
To the Editor. II william j. Bryan had
lived In the time OF our war with Eng
land. II he had been al Valley Forge
and had said to George Washington.
"Sir. the Declaration OF Independence
applies as much 20 your slaves against
YOU as TO you against King Georxef"--if
he had said this II would not have done
him much good TO have been born so far
ahead Of his time, for any one or the
patriots OF washington's army would
have been ready 10 kill him on the spot.
And yet there WAS no imperialism
about Washington any more than there
In about William Mckinley today-not
half RS much, In fact. as there was In
Brysn's dictum 10 the Kansas City CON
vention IN plan Of campaign that some
were wise enough 10 see would be- as II
IL, ruinous to their cause They had 20
grin and bear n, because they thought
they had no other suitable timber for
fignrchead. There IL no more sense In
trying TO apply the wording OF tho colon
lists protest against King George TO our
Philippine possessions today than there
would be to demand ths liberation OF
any convict In the United States whom
we are governing without his consent.
for few, II any 81 them. are guilty Of
greater crimes than the average Tagalo
bushwhscker. And these oonvicts viii
average n ulncn hfbnff Htttbs OF utsbhpnu
than the miiiione OF savagee fn those
islands do. From the record OF Gen.
AEuinsido." n he had bean caught and
paroled. very much doubt his having
done ms well ms those brave prisoners ut
Galveston. 7, r. happy thought that
public forbearanes IL such that MIR.
B.yan can say what he pieaSes today
without moieasaiion. even " Mr.. Rooae-
Welt cannot. but II Is q shame that any
citizen Of the United States should be
giving aid and comfort 90 armed insur-
recifonisis against Our country by Ian
guaEe that encourages them IN the vain
hope that their crimes VII not only 10
unpublished bot that on Mr. Hrysu'a
entry Into tbs white House the United
states army will 10 nt their Frataltoas
service against the world
No doubt Mr.. BRYAN masnR ia he pa
triotic. when dreaming ~ the dead past
he - eloqpentiy -. but when lie gets
down 70 the living present. what them
Why. every rtfp IN advance our c9un-
try makes IN the grand march ~ the
worlds progress u has 20 forra ifs way
through fbs eloquent wyfnd st1fns ~ sha
only William jennings Bryan
] MARION GALE.
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Admlraese WORK.

The programme outlined by the public
lss.sRrian Tor the work ef the next year
could scarcely ee bettarea. There wiA
o. souuethtne mere than mere hand 70
mouth existence FOR the HeFAry. u will
have Ntsls noney 20 spend Tor books.
not much. wssn measured by the needs OF
such AZ insiltasioE in e!iy Hike this. bur
aftuence when compared with the asstI-
tuition Of the past These resources wfn
Be USED 10 strsngthen the library in the
directions where Il most needs accesSIons
tlEss place is given very wisely 10 mat
ters seiAuax 10 the early hlssoxx OF this
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fm Alaska. the land 81 ice ard FIRE.
glaciers ard volcanoes. scientists find a
good place Ia which % verify their the
cries Of wthat occurred IN the rest of the
world a long while ago. by observing
What h actually eeing on N the mat
ter Of sorld building ~ that nmnn-
tshea quarter ~ The globe. N u u true
that the world was mads N Fix Gaya
the writer Of the narrative niaat have
meant 70 except Alaska. for II - a pa
tent fact that the process Of creation II
not yet finished there; the glaciers are
stiil scraping. planning and chIseiing
The Window glacier. which has been Inn
movable. for a long time. has just been
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BAILLARGEON'S|

his power with one stroke Of the pen to
destroy them. This action OF the gov
ernor was wrong.
The people are not free to have their
children study what the parent desires.
but he must wait and see what this book
combination wishes to give us. and what
they do give us gets worse and worse.
The school books of the last ten years
will not compare with the books used
In the schools OF Washington In
Its territorial days OF thirty years
ago. We are going backward now. for
the laws bind us together so as 10 make
us the wholesale prey OF corporations.
Then we were free, the school board OF
each district selected the books for the
school. a system far ahead Of what we
have now. There were no special con-
tractors. competition was free and all
had an equal chance.
JAMES BECK.
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section. We are making history ourselves
so rapidly that the past viii quickly re-
cede. Documents now available win be
impossible of procurement a few years
hence. The story OF the founding OF the
Pacific Northwest is intensely, dramatic
ally interesting. Ali that relates to it
will be treasured In the days TO come,
when II has entered into the mighty king
dom that awaits II. Now IS the time to
secure records OF its early days which will
soon become unattainable and almost
priceless. The people win commend most
heartily the Judgment of the library man
agement in building up this department
to all possible completeness.
1t is judicious also. IL the idea be nor
carried too far, to provide books Of pop
ular interest and value on technical sub
Jects on all that relates to the industrial
arts. II is an age OF industry. and the
people. whose practical needs are too lit
tie served by the traditional curriculum
OF the public schools. want some informa-
tion for the Industrial iife They want to
know how to DO things: to furnish them
selves inteiiisently for practical business.
The great demand upon this portion of
the resources Of public libraries has en-.
gagged attention in every part OF the coun.
try. 1t Is notably urgent here, where the
community is young and activity in en-
tering into new lines OF life is intense.
Within its limitations. the public library
is doing a great work for Seattle. 1t
needs two things in particular. and the
second will be likely to follow the first.
II should have management vested In
a board Of trustees with ample and I'M
questioned powers. Except In the matter
OF its finances. It should be absolutely in
dependent Of the city government. II
should have home OF It's own; worthy
at once Of its splendid mission among this
people and Of what is soon to become the
first city upon the Pacific coast. Toward
both OF these ends we shall not cease to
work until they become matters Of happy
accomplishment.
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Mr.. Fitzgerald. who spoke in Seattle
the other night. says that the great
question Of this campaign is that Of "thc
perpetuation of our liberties. the spirit
OF 177s burning again today at is stirred
torical pyrotecnnic for the stump this may
be all right, but when Mr.. Fitzgerald
gets down to earth and talks with people
that they are not at all anxious about
any prospective loss OF their liberties.
and he may be obliged to make pro-
much evidence Of the spirit Of 177s being
called into use.