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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY Is. 900.
The Relief of Kimberley.

London is no doubt en- fete t0dIy IN con-
sequence Of the first gratifying war news
from South Africa since the battle Of Glen
Coc Kimberley has been relieved and &C
cupied by General French, Lord Roberts
$ in possession Of Jacobsdal, aud the pre-
Iiminaries TO the march on u oemfontein
are complete.
But where IS Cronje all this timec
There is no hint OF serious iChting in any
OF Roberts dispatches. Some OF the Lon
don papers assume that the we.tern Boer
Army is bottled up at Magars.ontein be-
tween Methuen in frOns. French in the
rear. and Roberts on the left Perhaps It
is. but the suspicion we expressed yester-
DAY. that Cronie had retired before Han
uay crossed the Riet last Sunday. leaving
an empty nest FOR the Bri Ish to swoop
down on. is rather strengthened by the
news today. FrenChs movement around
the Bosr flank TO Kimberley was so easily
accomplished that il is doubtful if there
were many Beers in the region to interfere
with him. We may be all wrong in this
theory. but the chances are we are not.
Cronje could easily have retired - Spyt-
fontein before the British advance. and il
is quite probable that the war council at
Pretoria would regard the defence OF
BloemfOntein as much more important
than even the capture Of Kimberley and
Cecil Rhodes.
BIoodless or otherwise. as the case may
BE-. thc success Of the initial movement il
Lord Roberts campaign of invasion mus
BE regarded as highly important. He is
now in possession of an advance ba
which viii be useful in his future opera
tious The next step is not likely to b.
delayed. The army may be expected e
move from Jscobsdal at once in the direc
ton Of Bloemfoutein This ought to have
the immediate effect OF drawing the Doe
forces now opposed to Clements and Cat
acre 10 the north OF Orange River. els
their zine of retreat TO BlOemfontein woul
be cut ON within a few days by the east
ward march Of Lord Roberts. We are ar
guiug at course, upon the NypOthesi
that Nagarslontein has been evacuated
and that IL viii not be necessary fer tn
British general 10 fight a battle before Pre-
reed.ng farther into the Free State. ]
the other event it might rot be clear sal
Ing for Roberts. Clements has been con
PEELED ;0 fall back from ReHsburg I
Arundel ten miles south. The incident
probably not specially important Pol
erjS. no doubt. IS satisfied with the stu
atior ON The qusdriIateral temporarily, G
he aUuld not have weakened the defendiu
force by carrying eli all the cavalry to III
northwest CruTjc is the puzzle Of al
moment. When We can locate him "
shall have d more intelligent idea OF ID
conditions in The western field generally.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

Tire Postoffce Depalalcn, OF sweden announces
that the amount Of money received from the INIT
cd states in 1899 through ne medium Of the msis
was nearly Sl.500Go0. u !, at Christmas Tine
that the largest SUMS are sent cut. but STEADY
stream Is coming al the year. No Other country
contributes so large sim 20 Sweden.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
HenrtIess Cruelty.

tFrom the Chicago RccoTd.)
..TbsL IA the nselucst dentist I ever saw
-sTHc one next door.
Yes; he keeps a phouoSaph IN his office 90
peoplc who have thcir teeth pulled 9'e AFRAID 20
Yr.l-a q -e...9 -
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

(From the Chicago Times-iicr7ld)
''The man who Usrries nv daughter, s'," .ne
old ycrt Ie,7sr ..uflsr demonstrate beiC'e be re-
ceives ms consent th3t he can earn ms own i'-
ing" Co.. -. ,,..
IAN right the boy replied. Just make me
vice president Of yOuF company lot "''le "N'''
and tn show YOU
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
CURRENT HUMoR
COnsiderRte-

JFrolu the Boston ri9USelipJl
Se-vant-Neln. the bosrder- say tia. The butter
Is awful strong
Observation-Disclosures rcmeu.b-r 90 spread There
toast thinner One must have SOME regard Ter
the tastes OF ones boJrict-.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
The Force OF Habit.

tFrolE lie Chicago Eecord)
s,Did your friend, the actress, hare Al imposing
.,Yo: poor Gladys forgot herself and did the
axe walk going down the aisle
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
ON THE PANAMA CANAL.

American Engineers Arrive safely
at Colon.
COLON Feb 16--EngineerS Hayt and
TaIiaferro, who are attached to the Ameri-
can Surveying Commission, which came
here on the auxiliary gunboat Scorpion.
have arrived here in a canoe Mr. Hayt
is suffering from the bite OF an insect, aud
is seeking medical aid
The Panams Company has further re-
duced its expenses. Work on another sec
ton Of the canal has been stopped.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

Lord Rosebery was very clear in his
statement in the House OF Lords yesterday
that the British Government appro ache {
that of the United states vigorously last
December, with the idea Of securing an
alliance. Rosebery ought TO be well in
formed. because he is a sou-in-law OF Lord
Rothschild. who knows everything. His
Lordship added that the oyertures were
not cordially received, and that, therefore,
the matter was not pressed. The queer
part of the business is that neither the
President nor the Secretary OF State seems
to recOllect anything OF the kind referred
TO by the Earl and that leads Us 10 fancy
that perhaps the approach was not made to
the Official end Of the Government. but TO
the less visible power controlling It.
Probably Lord Pauncefote knows as li;ue
Of the matter as Mr. Hay.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio is an extremely
frank person when 10 comes to defending
Republican political methods lie vas
member OF the committee al St Louis
which drafted the platform Of 1895 That
interesting document called loudly for an
extension Of the merit system in our civil
service. proposition which Mr.. GrOsyenor
has bitterly opposed ever since Atren-
ton being called TO the Inconsistency Of
his attitude on the question. the gentle
man from Ohio remarked that he some
times made fool OF himself. which is an
ample explanation. so far as he is con-
Cerned. But he might have added that
the purpose OF Republican platforms is not
so much TO make fools of the persons who
write them as to make fools Of the PEOPLE
who are expected to believe in their
pledges and promises
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16


It will be remembered that during the
time Taylor was trying TO think himself
Governor Of kentucky he attempted TO
pardon convict ont OF the peuitentiary.
That convict is still doing time as
the saying is. Governor Be-khsm. NOT
discouraged by his rivals bad Iuck. has
also issued pardon. the dinereree being
that bis convict was promptly released.
Peace reigus once more IN the ueighbor-
mood OF the Executive Mansion at Albany.
Roosevelt has been given his way about
the Vice Presidency. it being considered
that his break in the Hay Pauu,efote
business entitled him TO elimination from
national party politics. II further harrjed
by the machine he might jump on the
Porto Ricau tariff next. or l-t out some
organization secrets about the game th5.
is going on ia Manila under the Joint
management or Otis and DENLY. The
Governor is not comfortable subject 10
stir up. Plat has had a Try or two at IT,
with the result that he has concluded tc
let his warm friend have a second term
although il is to quite a different chair h.
would send the Rough Rider &c he had it En-
hi power.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

Harry Nsrdon who holds the English
golf championship was al the ShOreham
today en- route TO Florida. whore ne viii
spend a month and play several OF the
American cracks. He viii remain IN the
United States until May, when he returns
to Great Britain 10 defend his title.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

Frank f. CHM. prominent lawyer OF
Cleveland. Ohio is al The Riggs. tie is
here on Measure trip and viii remain
only "a few days
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16

James r. Sovereign. the labor leader. IS
az HE National from Arkansas he is in
ihc city as a witness 20 appear before the
House Committee on Military Affairs.
which viii investigate the labor troubles
in Idaho which resulted in ShoshoHc cOun-
O. being placed under martial law for FIVE
months and caused the arrest and impris-
OumpnT OF 500 miners.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-21
Lyncled Near Aiken.

AIKEN, S. c., February Twill
Burts, n negro, was lynched near Bau-
suit mills this morning, I've hundred
and fifty men 20 in the crowd. Last
Monday Burts attempted assault on
Mrs. G. l.. Weeks, wife 0f a planter.
He escaped and posse came up with
him in Edgefield county last night.
They were returning with him to
Aiken. When Burts was strung up the
rope broke and he fell to the ground.
The rope was tied and Burts was again
swung up, the crowd emptying their
guns into his body. Burts confessed to
attempting to cut Mrs. Weeks throat,
and told her he would kill her. A re-
ward of 800 was paid to the man who
captured Burts.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-21
Flat R"ck Items.

We have been having some rainy
weather since our last writing.
Misses Jcmima and Ella Milford of
Long Branch, worshippcd ut this place
last Sunday.
Miss Mamie Howard, of lIartwcu.
GA. is visiting relatives in this com
munity.
1t seems Mr.. Lester Rancy, of IIol-
lands Store. has some attraction over
on this side. rs II" makes Ills visits frr
Qucnt.
Mr.. Edwin Thompson and sisters.
Carrie and Jessie, recently visited Due
West.
One of our young men Sa, he is going
to get married when cotton gets o 10
cents. 1t is $ now. Look out, girls
| Mr.. Wade Drake, one of Flat Rock,
most Industrious young men. is saving
III Mohawk this week.
Mr.. Victor Tate, who has charge of
tho Rullamah school, visited here the
second Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Jessie Kay, of Bolton, who lla.,
been visiting relatives III this cOmmun-
ity, has returned home. JACK.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-21
sIO0 Reward. Sl0O.

The readers Of this paper VIII be pleased to learn
that there Is AT least one dreaded disease that sci
enca has been able to cure In all Its stages and that
tive cure now known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh heing n constitutional disease requires
taken internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous rurfaces Of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation Of the di ease. and giving
tion and assisting nature in doing its work. The
propretors have 20 much fifth in Its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any cas-" that 1t fails to Send for list Of tes-
tlmonials
n1-Sold ny Drugyiais, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-21

NEW YORK, Feb. 1G.--Charles B.
Bcirnc, eleven years old, and Martin
Locticr years old, up to Wednesday
had been missing from their homes, at
Nos. 1l5 and l19 Edgccombe avenue,
respectively, for more than six months.
The father of Charles Bcirnc and the
parents Of Martin I.0cilcr believed that
their boys had been drowned
The discovery was made Wednesday
that the little fellows had died and
been practically mumiiicd in closet
LII vacant house less than half Il block
from their homes. Plumbers who had
been called to stop a leaking water
pipe III the house found tho withcrcd
bodies.
The terrible death that the lads met
and the finding of their bodies long
afterward makes II nineteenth century
repetition Of the ancient story of Gin
crva, the bride who, on her wedding
night, in sport hid herself in IN old
chest which had a spring lock and was
never heard of more until her body
was discovered many years afterward.
Detectives from the West One Hun
dred and twenty fifth street station
arrested Cornelius Ahern, sixty years
old, n veteran of the civil war, and
locked him up in tho station Wcdnes-
day night. He is accused Of being
suspicious person.
There is IL chance that he may be
able to clear up the mystery surround
ing tho death Of the boys. He was
caretakcr Of tho house at No. 1O9 Edge
combc avenue on August 2, the date
Of their disappearance. Their bodies
were found in this house. He lived in
the basement. Complaints filed by
tie neighb0rs concerning his habits
and his treatment of his own children,
Cornelius, aged ten and Patrick, aged
6, led to his discharge early in October.
Ahcrn refused to talk when arrested,
save to express ignorance of the man.
ner i'll which young Bcirnc and young
Locticr met their deaths. He denied
Knowledge OF how they had entered
the house, and asserted that i'll over
two months, while he was in the house
and the bodies occupied the closet OH
the second floor, he noticed nothing
that would lead him to make an invcs-
tigatiOn.
There are mute evidences of the
puny struggles for life made by these
little boys on the walls and the door
@; the closet. Some of the plaster of
the wall is knocked Oft. About the
place where the knob should be there
are scratches on the paint, showing
where the little fellows dug with their
finger nails.
In the lower panel of the door there
is crack, denoting that Loeficr had
kicked with NIL his might to force the
door open. The whole surface Of the
door is spotted with minute indenta-
tions bearing the appearance of
scratches. In their desperation the
boys attempted to scratch their way
out.
1t was not long that the poor little
fellows were conscious of their pecu-
liarly awful position. There was not
much air in the closet. Bcirne was
the first to succumh. Io lay down
with his head to the northwest corner
of his tomb, his bare feet braced
against the door. Lociler sat up in
the opposite corner. his right leg dou=
bled up, the other across the body Of
his companion. And so they died.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-21

= The Rev. Henry Thompson. rector
of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church at
Kenoshua, Wis, has just sued a couple
Of we'll known young men of the town
for 81 each--the fees due him for hav
ing performed the double ceremony of
marriage when the two young men
welded sisters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-09
LETTER FROM PAGE.

CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexandria Gazette
Luray, Vs., jan. Gas an old reader
of the G zette, l feel like all your reat :
ers-proud of the good old paper,
whose hundred years only give it new
and constant youth. Honorable In Its
age and with record constant In its IL =
t. gritty, the Gazette stands for an ex-
poDent of what is good both for the
State and it's people.
Though Luray has been dry town
for many years, still that does not mean
that plenty of liquors are net constant
ly being cold. A few days since dep.
uty U. :. marshal visited our town and
carried to Harrsonburg one of our citi-
zsns. charged with the Illicit sale OF
liuuor by the u. 8. grand jury. The
same party and some four others are
under indictment here for the same Of
fence. So it goes Whisky cannot be
put down and will be sold.
Our town council is again wrestling
with the question of water works Tor
the town. A bill will shortly be passed
in our Legislature enabling the town to
borrow $25 900 for this purpose.
Another move is TO light our streets
with acetylene gas, to be furnished by
one of our young couDtymep.
The Henkel woods bordering our
own on the east have been sold and
will be cut down in the early spring.
This takes away the beautiful site for
our camp N meeting grounds and forever
-huts off the fond wish OF our people
hat these woods might have been turf =
ID into park.
The once vast quantities OF foe tim
her In Page are most surely and lastly
going. and the time will soon come
when we will be virtually stripped aud,
az an old observer remarked, "Ihey
who live longest will have the farthest
90 to carry tn 'ir wood"
The best ice for years has been stored
oy our people. The ice on the Shenan
ioah is about breaking up, but without
damage. owing to the low water. -,
The furnace at Shenandoah will
start in full blast before long under 9
management that promises continued
running.
Samuel Sours, 7S years old and the
last but one of the Mexican soldiers
from Page still living, died at his home
1T Stony Man o few days eince. he
claimed to have been the first to scalt
the walls OF Chapultepec, and no doubt
was a good soldier. He was known al
"Old Chapult" by his many friends
aud was fond of his youthful record il
Mexico,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-09
A MANIAC AT THE MASS.

The attempt of raving maniac to
leap from a balcony down on the heads
of the congregation below caused o
thrilling scene in St. Patrick's Cathe-
dral at Newark, N. j., on Sunday dur
log cbildren's mass. The big edifce,
which stands at Washington street and
Central avenue, was crowded to the
doors. All the seats on the main
fl Jor were occupied by children, while
the adults sat 10 two small galleries IN
the rear, on the north and south sides
of the choir loft. These balconies are
over 20 feet above the main hoor.
While Father Nc Carthy was intonlng
the most impressive part of the mass
there WAS a sudden commoti0n 10 lhe
north gallery and loud voice which
thrilled the whole congregation, shrek
ed:
"Lst me 90, let me jump; it is the
will of God!"
The priest, in astonishment, paused
i'm his solemn office and raised bis hand
as if to give some word of warning or
command, but his voice was drowned
in a sudden shout of alarm which burst
simultaneously from the lips of all.
A middle-aged man of powerful
frame had risen quietly from bis seat
near the front of the gallery and lesped
to the railing in the attempt to h'ne
himself over headlong. Before he
could do 80 a man sitting close by selz-
ed him by the leg and another by the
coat, and attempted to drag him back.
1t was then the maniac uttered the cry
which startled the congregation.
There was a desperate struggle. Fol
a moment the others in the gallery
watched in dumb amazement. AS the
crszy man wrestled himself loose from
one of the men who held him and wei
about to fling the other back on The
seats, three other men grasped him apC
oyerpowered him. Struggling hercely
he was forced out through door and
dragged downstairs, where his captor
succeeded in calming him down. Thel
thew led him home were he broke dowr
and sobbed. They refuse to give hi
name and address.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-09
FREE OF CHARGE.

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-09
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture OF Ah-
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Philadelphia, Pc, when she found that
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-09
He Only Repeats What Has Been Said
Around The World.

It has been demonstrated repeated
" in every State in the Union ana In
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-09

Lewis Dennis, Salem, Ind, says "Kodol
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-09

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