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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-30
ROBERTS GETS THE BENEFIT.

Chinese Situation Permits Recent Blum
ders to Escape Notice.
NEW YORK, June 27.-A dispatch to
The Tribune from London says:
Lord Roberts profits by the diversion
Of public interest from South Africa to
China. Unpleasant incidents escape
notice and the delay in winding up the
campaign is screened from criticism.
According to the acco UNITS given in the
press dispatches the ambuscade Of the
Yeomanry near Lndley was not credit
able to the British arms and details Of
the capture Of large convoy with an
escort Of Highlanders near Heilbron
show that depressing story was sup
pressed as long as possible. There has
clearly been good deal Of laundering
on the British side in the Orange River
Colony about Heilbron and Lindley and
General Bundles campaign which re-
quires explanation.
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A queer condition exists in Pembinn
county. The best crops, ectiyely.
are on the hills, where the soil is light
and sandy. t,s::, ,tss Il. ssss. #.(tss 10
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IlLllorI9 IlllI Roberts Reported to Have
Fused q Call for British
Troops fol China. :.
F0rsign Military Attaches, How
eyer, Seem to Think the End
Has Been Reached. !.
WaaSjn China Drawing Atten-
tis Il From Roberts Blunders
in South Africa. d

poN, June 27.-As Lord Roberts
ntly is carrying out important
: he'd operations, the slackhess Of
som South Africa will probably
Ne until they are completed. The
: tat the foreign military attaches
Rneward bound indicates that, ip
dnion, the war is over. But the
n refusal pf Lord Roberts TO
4 tpops for ANN Ill China seems,
to show thes field marshal con-
Ruch work raipsins to Be done.
IA quantities of bar gold, received
ehants in the western part Of the
I Aal from President Kruger, os-
IN payment Of requisitioned
haye been seized BY the British.
ent1ineness of the accounts can
/! ed, the gold will probably be re-
& Bocrs sharply attacked General
! rs transport, near Senekal, June
s were repulsed.
fhcial report Of the capture ola
a pf so wagons escorted by High.
CHI between Rhenoster and He'll
hne 4, has just been received.
n pberts reports that the convov
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-30
. CHAIFFEE: J. NAMED
Selected by the President tc
Command the United States y
Forces in China.
Will Sail From San Francisco
July | Accompa panied 9. led BIZ the & {
Ninth Cavalry.
Admiral Kempff Confirms the
Arrival Of the Relief Force
at. Tien Tsin.

WASHINGTON, June ~. The president
has assigned General Adna r. Chaffee
to the command Of the military forces
operating in China. General Chaffee
was at the war department during the
day receiving instructions and will
leave for San Francisco in time to sail
on July with the Sixth cavalry. This
detachment sails on the Grant, which
has been ordered to touch at Nagasaki
for further orders. 1t is probable that
the ship will then sail direct for Che
Foo with General Chaffee and the Sikh
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CHE Foo, June 27.-The foreigners
everywhere are urging the immediate
concentration of an army OF 100000
men, or at least SO, 900 men, for an ad.
vance on Pekin. >"'
Many persons familiar with the Chi
nese character think the foreign minis
ters and Vice Admiral Seymour are
held as hostages for good terms of set.
tlement. They also believe the whole
Chinese army is joining in the move
mont under the leadership Of Tung Flu
Hsiang, who crushed the Mohammedan
rebellion. Recently he was nominally
degraded for the purpose Of organizing
an anti-foreign uprising quietly.
It is estimated that $4,000 soldiers,
well armed, but poorly disciplined, are
about Pekin and Tien Tsin. The Chi
nese officers boast that they have 400, 900
soldiers. Admiral Seymour's force
Carried Weeks Rations
and the men had an average Of $50
rounds Of ammunition. The Russians
conduct at Taku, according to other
officers, inflamed the natives The Rus
slams are reported to have been shoot
ing the Chinese indiscriminately and
driving away the peaceful Chinese, who
have procured transportation and pro-
visions and Of looting the town.
A great naval demonstration at all
the treaty ports is also said to be de-
sirable, in order to influence the waver-
ing Chinese merchants who are friendly
to foreigners.
The masses are becoming excited at
the reports Of their countrymen's sue
cesses against the powers. Merchant
men arriving here report that the Box
ers are drilling III the streets Of New
Chwang and that when the officials in
spected the soldiers, with tho view Of
suppressing the Boxers they found the
soldiers had sold their rifles and equip.
ment to the Boxers.
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CASUALTIES WE'RE SMALL.

ts<AutNOEptse6 F6leSSeOs Dy Vue. kSSC6bp 81
4. 4. KempfY.A Message. &:
~. w WASHINGTON. Jnne 227.--4After = das
lcf uncastA mud iss 4licia .ias-
formation came with rush early il
the day concerning the forces operating
at Men Tsin and those seeking to break
through to Pekin. Admiral Kempf' s
dispatch and that from Consul Fowler
at Che Foo both confirmed the reports
that the combined forces which have
been operating near Ten Tsin entered
the city on June 2S. The admiral
added the welcome intelligence, ''loss
very small" This is in the relief col
umn, including Major Waller and 1S0
United States marines, which suffered
repulse on their first movement. Be-
yond the brief statement of four killed
and seven wounded, nothing has come
as to the casualties of this first attack,
but the result of the second movement,
which has been awaited with deepest
concern, is now cleared up by the ad-
miral's report that the force has got
through with very small loss. It re-
mains yet to be reported how the relief
column found affairs at Tien Tsin,
where, according to the unofficial re-
ports of last week, anarchy prevailed
and the foreign quarters were de-
strOyed.
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MORE MARINES FOR CHINA.

Admiral Remey VIII Take Three Hun-;
"a y tired On the IrooIslyn. b SO
WASHINGTON, June %. The navy de-
partment announces that the armored
cruiser Brooklyn, with Admiral Remey
aboard, will take 800 marines from
Manila to Taku, stopping at Nagasah
en- route. The gunboat Princeton has
been ordered to Swato, Utomy and Foo
chow, thence toSShang hal, to install an
electric plahr, keeping ever ready fol
actiEet service. IN q
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MAY ACT INDEPENDENTLY.

Russians Said to BE flaming to Break the
Concert in China.
CHE Foo, June 27.-The officers Of
the British first-class cruiser Terrible
assert that discord exists between the
Russian and Anglo. American and say
they believe the Russians are planning
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-06-30

me total Tekpendi ditnres Of the Fargo
|sfire festival were y. 400, and the treas
1urer has { ei24 left.
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A wealth OF Beauty

Is often hidden by unsightly Pimples.
Eczema, Tetter, Erysfpelas, SaIt7
Rheum, etc. Bucklen's Arnica Salve
will glorify the face by curing all
Skin Eruptions, also Cuts, Bruises.
Burns, Boils, Felons, Ulcers, and worst,
forms of Piles. Only rs cts a box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by D. II. Nc.
Arthur, Druggist.
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DONE BY THE EMPLOYEES.
Some Of the Dynalnlting at st. Louis Was
Not tl,O Work cf Strikers.

Some Of the Dynalnlting at st. Louis Was
Not tlls Work of Strikers.
ST. LOUIS. June ~ Gradually the
mystery Of numerous dynamite explo-
sions under cars Of the st. Louis Tran
sit company and the alleged plot to
blow up the bridge Of the company
over the river Despers is being unrav-
eled. The police authorities are in
clined to believe that by following GER
tain clews given by Nathan J. Farrand,
q Transit company detective, they may
be able to prove that at least some Of
the actual dynamiting was done by per.
sons in the employ Of the company, not
at the instance Of the company, but in
order to enhance the reputation OF the
Transit detectives by giving them OPP
portunities to make pretense Of doing
Sherlock Holmes work. &
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CONFIRMED BY KEMPFF.

Allied Relief Force Reached Tien Tsin
on june IS.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The navy
department. has received the following
from Admiral Kempf:
"Taku, June 25.- Relief force reached
Tien Tsin 23d; loss very small. Pekin
relief force which left Tien Tsin June
10, reported 10 miles from Tien Tsin,
surrounded; force left Hen Tsin Oath to
render assistance. =
The secretary Of state has received q
dispatch from United States Consul
John Fowler at Che Foo, saying:
Combined forces entered Tien Tsin
23d. ".
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to break the concert and take possession
of Pekin Independently. They assert
that Vice Admiral Seymour's command
lacked unison, the foreigners sulking
because they were under British lead
ership. They bitterly denounce the
Russians general conduct as uncivii-
lied and barbarous, and charge that
slaughter of peaceful Cinnamon at
Taku, has aroused the otherwise pas
sive natives against the foreigners.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The officials
here receive with regret and concern
the reports from Che Foo that discord
existed between the Russians and the
so-called Anglo Americans. Coming
from the officers of the Terrible, it is
considered as largely ''sailor talk" At
the same time it has been recognized
from the outset that such a heteroge-
nous force gave opportunities for seri-
Gus division, as it is well known that
the sailors and soldiers Of certain coun-
tries do not like to serve under British
commanders, and that British sailors
and soldiers have the same disinclina-
ton to take orders from foreign su-
perior.
The father OF Anton Hefta Of Mimic
died last week, aged 105. He has been
in this country for 20 years.
Miss Bessie Duneen of Forman will
lose an eye as result Of the explosion
Of q pop bottle she was handling.
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was surrounded ana sent messengers TO
the nearest posts, asking for assistance,
but reinforcements were unable to
reach the convoy, and $50 Highlanders,
in reply to- a flag of truce from General
Christian Dewet, surrendered during
the morning of June 4. "
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e1torJs 70 nave rotelgn troops kept ont
Of China until Il Hung Chang reaches
Pekin. The request was q formal doc.
ument, signed by the six viceroys, In
Guiding Ii Hung Chang, 81
The answer Of the United States gov
ernment was the same as, that to the
informal request of Minister. Wu Mon.
day, and amounted to 2 declination.
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Foo. General Mac Arthur was also d.
rected to send Captain Russell of the
signal corps with II detachment to Che
Foo. Captain Russell, during the Spar
ish war, worked in conjunction With
the naval officers and he has been SO
lected to have charge Of the signal oper.
ations, because OF his familiarity witt
that work in both the army and Hwy.
CASUALTIES WERE SMALL. 8
Authorities Pleased by the Receipt $
{ KempfY.~ Message, 4: A l q.
81 WAsMNGToN, Jnne 27.-Aftev q de-,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-06-23
Driven MAD BY FoREsrs.
s.,,s travellers in the woods Ars ssaass-
IL Aneotsd Mentally.

so.,s travellers In the Woods ATs ekaass-
Iy Affected Mentally.
One of the woodmen had told ne Of
q waterfall on trout stream OF con-
siderable size which emptied into .
lake nearby US. and in the hope of
anding a subject on 1t. / took the boat
- afternoon and began to follow the
course Of the stream up from the
mouth. After half mile Of clear and
Aavigable water 1t became SO clogged
with fallen trees that more lifting than
padding was required. and a. it,
course was extremely tortuous l oc-
easionally got out and examined the
vicinity of the stream bed and the
course above If perchance there might
be better navigation beyond. On one
of the digressions suddenly came on
the stream running back on Its pre-
vious course and parallel to 1t. In
stantly, in the twinkling of an eye. the
entire landscape seemed to have
changed its bearings; the sun. which
was clear in the sky. 1t being about
3 o'clock, shone to me out of the north,
and 1t was impossible to convince my
self that my senses deceived me or &C
cept the fact that the sun must be In
the southwest, the general direction
from which the stream was flowing,
and that to get home again. l must
turn my back to it II had lost my
boat, as seemed certain. Then began
to come over me. like an evil spell.
the bewilderment and the panic which
ial L. mkt fnrf,yn q fa1v
recognized from the experiences
knew of. and was aware that If
gave way to 1t was lost man beyond
any finding by the woodsmen even II
they attempted to track me. Fresh
wolf tracks were plenty all along the
bank of that stream. panthers and
bears abounded in that section and
the wilderness beyond me was never
explored and hardly penetrable. SO
dense was the underground of dwarfed
hrs and swamp cedars. l had one
terrible moment of clear consciousness
that II went astray at that juncture
no human being would ever know
where was and the absolute necessity
of recovering my sense of the points
of the compass was clear to me. By
q strong effort Of the will l repressed
the growing panic, sat down on q log
and covered my face with my hands
and waited-I had no idea how long
but until felt quite calm, and when
I looked out on the landscape again I
found the sun In his proper place and
the landscape as I had known it.
walked back to my boat without dim
Guilty and went home and never lost
my head again while l frequented the
wilderness. Monthly.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-06-23
WHAT RAN ACROSS FLOOR.
A Toddlsrs Joke Makes the Father
Excited.

A ToddIsrs Joke Makes the Father
Excited.
A Lake View father had impressed
his little SON with the value of observ-
ing things and reporting anything that
seemed strange and interesting.
Though not more than years old, he
had already taken his fathers advice.
although his reported discoveries of
halo around the moon and the manner
in which the hens scratched up the
early vegetables were more enthus-
iastic than valuable. The other day
he came running in to his father in
great excitement and said: ''Oh. papa,
just seed something run across the
kitchen fioor!" Rats" exclaimed his
father in amusement mo, 1t wasn't
watts" "Cats?" mo, 1t wasn't cats
either" "A dog-a bowwow?" NO."
he continued. in great glee at puzzlins
his father. "You?" mo" Brother
Tommy" NO" Little sister,"
mo. 1t was something that hasn't
any legs" "a worm?" mo" "A
snakef" mo, 1t wasn't snake" By
this time the boy had excited his IA
Tiers curiosity, but exhausted his
knowledge. So he had to say: What
was It? / can't guess" why. papa.
1t was Just some water.'-Chicago
Chronicle.
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HURRY TROOPS 70 CHINA,
Authorities 1t Washington Are raking
Prompt Measures.

Authorities at Warrington Are TAking
Prompt Measures.
Warrington, June 1s.-The firing by
the Chinese army from the Taku forts
on the International feet, the lombard
ment and reduction Of the forts and &C.
cupation Of the forts by the interna-
tional forces; tho hurry orders from the
War Department to load the Ninth in
fantry ON board the transports at Ma
nila for Taku; orders for the North
Atlantic squadron to be held in
readiness for service on the Asdatic
station; conferences between the State
Department officials and foreign an
basadors and between the war, navy
and state officials at the White House
with the President, were the salient
features Of the news and official acts
to-day in Washington.
The Navy Department officials are Of
the opinion that China declared war on
the United States when her troops
fred at the gunboats which attempted
to pass the Taku forts for the relief of
the legations at Pekin. They maintain
this position, whether or not there were
any American vessels in the fleet that
was fred at because the American
squadron is an integral part OF the In
ternational feet off Taku.
Z The War Department has apparently
taken q similar view of the situation
/. because 1t is learned to-day that 800
troops will be sent to Taku in addition
TO the full Ninth regiment. and 1t is
limited broadly that II Macarthur de-
cides against sending and more from
Manila some of the troops in the Unit
ed States will be hurried to China.
It 10 feared here, rs has been ire
quently pointed out, that Russia will
utilize the present opportunity to seize
the whole of the Pehi Ii province. put
1t under Russian martial law and as
sumo the responsibility Of the citizens
OF all foreign nationalities at Pekin,
and in the Pehi III province. Russia,
It is understood, has already asked for
indemnity, and this fact gives her pri-
GRITTY In the seizure Of railroads In
China.
The following cable message from
General Macarthur, bearing on this
subject, was made public at the War
Department this morning:
tNinth infantry, Colonel Liscum, Or
dered to Taku on Logan; Transports
ton Port Albert; probably start 24th.
Typhoon will delay movement"
The voyage from Manila to Taku will
occupy at least week.
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Near Ayuthia. formerly the capital
Of Siam, 10 . curious labyrinth In
which elephants are captured alive.
The labyrinth is formed by doubl<
row Of immense tree-trunks set irmly
IN the ground. the space between them
gradually narrowing. Where It be-
gins. At the edge of the forest, the
opening Of the labyrinth is more than
mile broad. but - it approaches
Ayuthia It becomes SO narrow that the
elephants cannot turn around. Tame
elephants are employed to lure Wild
ones into the trap. Having reached
the inner end Of the labyrinth, the
tame elephants are allowed to pass
through a gate. while men lying in
wait slip shackles over the feet OF the
cspuves. The sport Is a dangerous
one, a. the enraged elephants some
times crush their would-be captors un-
der their feet.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-06-23
PARADE AT PHILADELPHIA.
Dspub,ieaa Clubs Turn Out and Mako /.
Big showing.

lH. Big showing
Philadelphia, June 1S.-Five miles
Of clubs, mounted, on foot, by coach,
floats and in carriages, interspersed
with music, red fire and cake walk,
Ii the shortest way of describing the
turnout of the political clubs tonight
The police had prepared for the demon
stration by roping Broad street early
In the afternoon. 1t was a wise fore
thought, for before dusk the Philadel-
pllia appropriately named thoroughfare
was q mass OF humanity. and 1t has
been many years since the police Of
Philadelphia have been called upon to
handle such banks of humanity as
lined the route of the parade.
The parade was divided into eight d.
Visions, in which were more than
eighty local clubs and about twenty
Waiting political organizations. Out Of
town clubs were scattered through the
eight sections, and escorted by the
clubs which had been assigned to en-
tertain visiting clubmen. Conspicu-
on in line were the famous Cook
county Republican Marching Club,
Chicago; Young Mems Republican Tar
IN Club, P1ttsburg; Young Mems Blaine
Club, Cincinnati; Hamilton Club, Chi
caeo: mckinley Neighbours" from
Canton, Ohio; Blaine Invincibles,
washington, ID. c. ~. Edward Addicks'
Climb, Wilmington, Delaware, and the
wen known Tippecanoe Club of Cleve-
lard, Ohio.
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I,oedon, June 1s.-The viceroy Of In
dtA cables:
ssThis weeks famine reports show q
heeyy rain in Burmah. Bengal and the
Deltaic and central districts of Behar.
ION the west coast the monsoon cur
rent h weak and has not progressed
north Of Goa, nor penetrated 10 the
most affected regions. and the hot wea
ther conditiOns still exist. There is no
measurement possible in the affected
distrfcts, nor any decrease of numbers
Of therellef works until there shall be
4 Xavier general rainfall. The relief
eu6nl row reaches 5,92O.00Q-
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KILLING THE ROOSEVELT BOOM
Senator Hauna Thinks He Has Pat q
Quietus Upon 1t.

Senator Hauna Thinks He Has Pat .
Ouietns Upon 1t.
Philadelphia, June 1S-It has been
q day Of conferences on the vice presi-
dental situation.
Among the men to see Senator Han
M were chairman Odell of the New
York committee, and L. II. Quigg, who
discussed the situation at great length.
1t was with these men that Senator
Hanna labored.
He said that six weeks ago Roosevelt
was wanted as vice presidential can
didate. He and other warm friends of
the administration believed that he
would be q very satisfactory candidate.
The bare suggestion brought out
protest from Roosevelt, a declaration
In emphatic terms That he would mot
accept the place. After this declare
ten had been reiterated several times,
II wa1 taken up by senator Fiat, who
publicly announced that Governor
Roosevelt was not to be considered as
q vice presidential candidate. Then
other candidates appeared and In a
dignined manner their interests were
put forward by their friends through
out the country.
The only man appearing in New York
was Lieutenant Governor WOODRUFF.
The suggestion of ex-Secretary Bliss
brought forth a declination from him,
coupled with statement from Mr..
Hanna himself that Bliss could not be
considered for personal reasons. He
then pointed out that after the dele
gates began arriving the name of
Roosevelt was suddenly sprung, in an
effort to stampede the convention and
force . nomination upon a man who
did not want 1t, apparently becauss
some other candidate was desired for
governor.
As the Ohio senator rehearsed the
conditions, he warmed up and pointed
out that under the existing circum-
stances the nomination of Roosevelt
was not fair to the men who had come
out for the place and who should have
an equal show before the convention.
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Must the Japanese go" tool Ten
thousand Of them are said to have
landed on our Pacific coast during the
Arst three weeks of April, and for sew
efal months they have been arriving
at ths rate OF hundred thousand q
year, ten times the normal immigra-
ton. Some are known to be contract
laborsrs and will be dsported; others.
later ON. may wish they. too. had been
sent back. 1t II suggested that many
Of them nee to this country because
they fear war.
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india Is country not half - larss
~ the United States. with four times
its population. These 800, 900, 900 pso-
pie must be fed from their own crops,
~ there 10, relatively. no manufactur-
ing resource to buy food with, says
the Review Of Reviews There are
parts of India with a population of
1000 people to the square mile, and
there are millions upon millions Of
farm laborsrs, Migrants, gypsies and
nondescript classes. whose means of
living, even in times of nlenty. are In
scrutabls.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-06-23

The people of Porto Rico were aston
ished to see their first American gov
ernor come among them, in plain
clothes. and with no pomp and circum-
stance. They had been accustomed to
bad government with endless fuss
and feathers" They ought easily to
DO rsconciled to the change. so long
~ the quiet man in plain clothes gives
them good government.
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