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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-03-01

press OF this great republic of ours
whether Intentionally I know not
will print and convey to their readers
the most absurd and diabolical de-
scription and character of the Beers it
has ever been my lot to see. But
mems minds and cupidity is not, I
hope, so adhesive as to place credence
in these stories, or place the least be-
lief in their authenticity.
OF course, human curiosity is at all
times ready to drink in passionateIy
the mystery of some fellow being: and
the more the imagination is catered to.
the more pliable becomes the mind of
man, especially is this true, when the
subject of mystery" can only be seen
in the minds eye. Happily, | have
had the pleasure of seeing with the
naked eye these supposed half bar
barians that the Briton is bent on ex-
terminating; have dwelt in their midst:
have heard their Christian PRAYERS:
have been moved by their marvellous
tales of adventure in the wilds. and
savage hinteNand as it fell from their
lips; have seen their humble and'peace
full homes; have feasted on the display
of human kindness as it was lavished
upon the benighted wayfarer; have
seen their loved ones cling with love
and harmony to their elders; have seen
the angel of devotion put to shame
any attempt to hide behind a stranger,
lest their aesthetic nature would revolt
at an open moral: have seen their in
stltutions of learning and worship.
and, above all, have seen their love of
freedom and independence as persona
fed in their daily vows.
1t is not my object to convey to you
the full story and history of the South
African Dutch, leave that to the
more competent student to tell you !:
OF their first attempt to colonize a
savage territory, thought to have been
new world surrounded by an un-
known sea; of how they resolved to
throw off the yoke of European tyran
ny that refused to recognize religious
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-03-01
'ER, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH l, 1900

freedom; and the heavy burdens of
taxation thrust upon them in their
native land; Of the many years of
abuse they were subject to in their
new homes by an alien tax master.
No! [ will try to enlighten you upon
the last crime their aggressor has COM
mitted against them and leave you to
judge of the justification of this crimi-
nal colossus in her endeavor to crush
republicanism that says men have
rights greater than that of European
potentates.
There is what is known as an inter
national code of laws that gives recog-
nized nations the right to make and
unmake laws over people they gov
ern, and can use such means as the
people see fit to enforce such laws as
are compatible to good government.
The Transvaal being recognizedlform
of government, has had enacted such
laws as would place the burden of
taxation upon they who derived the
greatest amount of wealth from her
possessions, at the same time hoping
to preserve the Republic from inva-
sion and aggression. It has dealt
justice with an impartial hand; it
promised equal suffrage to the emf
grant in due course of time; it declared
religious freedom and recognized all
legitimate creeds; it sought to bring
the principles of liberty the basis and
unit of true brotherhood by instill-
ing the theory that all men are equal.
They invited legitimate commercial
competition from foreigners; they
opened their little republic to civiliza-
tion by offering premiums to the
learned; they built railroads and tele-
graph lines, schools and churches, hos
pltals and libraries; they preferred to
till the soil and raise stock, than to dig
the riches of their mines. In fact
they had everything that goes toward
the civiIizing of humanity They pun
ished severely the evil doer; they in
culcated within the minds of their
youth the moral obligations each was
subject to toward friend or foe; they
sought to destroy evil temptations
when placed on sale or barter. Surely,
these are not laws of a barbarian
people!
If such signs of morality as enumer-
ated above are the ways of barbarians,
then l say 'twere better all mankind
were of that sphere than to laud the
more progressive nations of today in
their false endeavors to rise from
Oriental oblivion. But some will
doubt the authenticity of the claims
above, for surely they will say and
reason that England would not dare
face such a people on the field of
battle. Yea! her crimes smell to
heaven. PSEUDO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-03-01
Written for The PRISON Mirror.

W,'itten for The PRISON Mirror
$50 Tim is not working for you
now" said the manager of one large
implement firm to another
"No; the last job we put up on him
he couldn't stand. You know Tim
used to put up the binders and reapers
for me at the county fairs when [ was
on the road. He would work until
everything was ready and then he
would come around and say: well I'd
loike little money
81 would give him a few dollars, and
that would be the last [ would see of
Tim until time to move to the next
town."
One night after the fair had opened
in little town in Ohio, number of
us boys were sitting in the rear of the
office of the hotel. 1t was storming
and the rain came down in torrents.
1t was getting along near bedtime
when the door opened and in walked
Tim. He had evidently been out in
the rain some time, for he was
drenched to the skin. He had about
as much whisky as he could carry, and
staggering up to the desk, he pulled
the register toward him and started to
sign his name.
"Hold on there" said the clerk, ''you
can't stop here"
"Why not, I've money!" said Tim.
"Well, we are filled up-not a bed in
the house, unless you want to sleep
with the nigger porter"
"Nagur is it?-shure an I'll sleep
wild no nagur"
So he goes over and throws himself
into chair by the fire, the water
dripping off him and forming pool
around him. [ motiOned the boys to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-03-01
Written for The Prison Mirror.
B0er-Briton.
ARTICLE l.

The closing chapter of the nineteenth
century will, in all probability, be
written with human blood, if we may
judge from present history. Just why
this should he seems beyond the pale
of human reason. The fearful havoc
and devastation of human life and
property that is necessary (?) in times
of war and left in it's wake, seems not
to have left an impress upon the moral
of man, regardless of the universal
desire for peace among the nations. Is
this desire for peace shallow pretence
and Christian mockery? If not, why
this needless sacrifice of life?
Today there is Waging war in
South Africa that is as unholy and
unrighteous as were the wars of the
Vandals or GOths of old. We have
but to turn to the history of our fore
fathers in their struggle for freedom
and independence to see the injustice
of the pretext that has led up to the
BOer-BritOn war now in progress.
W" A"'O OuC w SOLu PolO
traditions of the two peoples to con-
vince you that the thief has again put
on the false girdle of civilization, to
murder the Saint in his coarse garb.
And for what reason?
'Breathes there man so vile,
Who would not die for his country?'
There is the sentiment that is causing
the Boer to sacrifice his life, his honor,
his God-all are being placed in jeop-
ardy by an aggressive enemy, who is
seeking to undermine the principles of
fundamental law-the law of
Christian brotherhood.
When read of the defamatory
charges placed to the credit of that
noble race of people-the Dutch-and
know, as l do, the utter falsehood of
the charges adduced, wonder if men
have after all soul. Yet the daily
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-03-01

desuetude, while their other hands
were kept busy chasing some invisible
things Imaginary probably about, un-
der their patched and tattered gar
ments. The lazy bones would first
double his fingers into the shape of a
claw and then by turns, run it through
his hair, under his shirt and into his
armpits and then he would draw it out
unconsciously, let it slip down to the
bottom of his pants leg. and drawing
the pants leg up, slowly would dive his
probing manipulation into his sock
after some imaginary (?) thing.
This new form of nuisance was also
more than the clean we'll l-mannered
citizens could stand. 1t fairly made
them feel as If thousand things were
creeping on them, they said. So they
utterly refused to associate in the same
reading rooms with the lowly "bugy-
men," as they called them.
When matters came to this pass, the
public librarian fitted up room in the
basement Of the public library and
supplied it with all kinds of games for
the amusement of those gents, who
could not keep from clawing away at
their bodies while reading. This room
received the name of "Impecuniositors
Hall" from the INDECENT men who fire.
quented it and who were usually in a
chronic state of impecuniosity.
M, J.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
STORMY DAY At KAHULU|
THE SCHOONER MOKIHANA IS
WRECKED.
A Bark in Collision With the Steamer
Centennial-Name of Vessel Which
Collided, not Known.

The island schooner MokiEGna was
wrecked last Wednesday at Kahului.
during a heavy northeast blow. She
was anchored in the harboT but the
wind reached such violence that she
could not hold on and she was driven
far ashore. Her bottom is reported to
be ruined, and she is so far in shore that
there is no hope of saving her. The Mo-
kihana is one of the smaller island
schooners, and has been running be-
tween Maui and Hawaii ports for some
time. She was an old schooner owned
by a Portuguese, and sailed by ma
tiVes and Portuguese.
During the same blow that sent the
Mokihana ashore, the steamer Centen-
NAL and a bark in the harbor got afoul
of one another. The bark ran into the
steamer and did good deal of damage
on deck, breaking the cabins. 1t is not
known which of the vessels in the har-
Dor was the one that struck the Cen
tennial. The captain of the Alice Kim
ball, which was in the harbor at the
time, thinks that the Emily F. Whit
ney, Captain Pendleton, was the vessel.
The Emily F. Whitney arrived at Ea-
hului in ballast from Manila, on April
2, to load sugar. The other vessels In
the harbor are the sChoOners Novelty,
Helen N. Kimball and Dora Blum, and
the barkentine Chehalis.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
New Republic Building, Honolulu 3 |
BYAUTHORITY
IRRIGATION NOTICE.

IRRIGATION NOTICE.
Holders of water privileges, or those
paying water rates, are hereby notified
that the hours for irrigation purpossI
are from 6 to o'clock a. m. and from
4 to O'Clock p. m.
ANDREW BROWN,
Superintendent Of Water Works.
Approved:
ALEX YOUNG,
Minister of the Interior
Honolulu, November 9, 1899.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
New Spring
NeCkWear
10 FORT STREET

Is coming. Cupid calls it good and
beautiful. No article of wear partakes
Of so many patterns and makes as does
peckwear. When you see the new the
old that you thought beautiful grows
stale. We have just received our new
spring stock and if you don't say that
they are swell when you see them we
will quit importing.
WE ARE NOT exactly selling our
goods at auction, but we are doing the,
next best thing by selling them at
greatly reduced prices. 1t is not our
habit to carry goods over from one sea-
son to another, so we must sell our
remnants of sizes at once, and at such
prices that you will save money by buy
ing of us. These goods must sell even
if we incur war in doing so. Boys
and Mems Clothing, Underwear and
Mems Furnishings. We mean business.
Call and have a look.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
MEMORANDA.

The barkentine John Smith, Captain
Anderson, was ploced in quarantine
yesterday by DR.. Emerson, as she ar
rived with a sick Japanese on board.
The steamer Charles Nelson was to
leave Makaweli today for San Francis
co, with a cargo of sugar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED
Subscribed Capital ........ Yen $4,000, zoe
Paid Up Capital ..........Yen l2OO0,OOt
Reserve Fund ............Yen 10000

HEAD OFFICE, YOKOHAMA.
The Banks buys and receives for col
lection Bills Of Exchange, issues Drafts
and Letters OF Credit and transactS
general banking business.
Agency Yokohama Specie Bank
INTEREST ALLOWED.
On fixed deposits for ~ monts, per
cent per annum.
On fixed deposits for months, 81 PEI
cent per annum.
On fixed deposits for 3 months, } per
cent per annum.
Interest Allowed by the Head One,
at Yokohama.
On current deposits, 2-10 sen per day
On fixed deposits for IL months 5h per
cent per annum.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
DEPARTING.

DbI An lNOr'
Saturday, April 81.
Stmr Upolu, Dalton, for Hawaii ports
Schr Rob Roy, for Oahu ports.
Schr Ada, for Oahu ports.
Monday April %.
Stmr Niihau, Bruhn, for Lahaina and
Kaanapali; p. m.
Stmr. Mokolli Napala, for Molokai
ports, p. m.
Tuesday, April "a.
Stmr Noeau, Wyman, for Honokaa
and Kukuihaele; 10 a. m.
Stmr. Lehua, Dover, for Maui ports,
8 p. m.
Schr. Alice Kimball, for Kihei, p. m.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
Occidental & Oriental S. S. Co
and Togo KiSen Kaisha.

Steamers of the above Companies will call at He
port on or about the dates below toned:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23

all at Honolulu and leave this
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
REVIVAL OF COLE.

c. A Brown, while in the east, be-
came an expert golf player and returns
to Honolulu with the determination to
revive interest in the game. On Sat
urday eighteen players met on the
Punahou links and a good start was
made. Mr. Brown states that in few
days the players will try Mr.. Damon's
links at MOanalua.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
PASSENGERS.

Per Str Kauai, from Waimea, April
21-Miss Mary Schlem, Mr.. Comstock,
Mr.. Bryan.
Per Stmr James Makee, from Kappa,
April 21-Mr. Ashi
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23

This morning splendid assert
ment of Unbleached. Bleached and Col
ored
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-23
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVING.
ARRIVING.

Saturday, April q.
Schr Surprise, Wharton from Ha-
wall,
Sunday, April %.
Stmr Lehua, Dover, from Maui
Bkt. John Smith, Anderson, from Port
Townsend March %, with lumber.
Stmr Kauai, Bruhn, from Waimea
April q; 1920 bags sugar, 10 pkgs mdse.
Stmr James Makee, Tullett, from Ka-
paa, April 81; $50 bags rice, 35 pkgs
mdse.
Monday, April 90.
Schr Alice Kimball, from Lahaina.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-22
ASSESSMENT
Will be Made Upon Stockholders Of
Newport Bank In Order to Refs
tablish the Concern.

Will be Made Upon Stockholders Of
Newport Bank In Order to Refs
tablish the Concern. Z
CINCINNATI. Nov. 2l.-About so per
cent Of the stock Of the German Ma
tional Bank of Newport was represent
ed by fifty stockholders at meeting
held this afternoon to consider reorgau-
ization. After the election of officers,
the meeting took up q proposition
made by John K. Perkins, one OF the
stockholders, that three stockholders be
appointed to confer with the dirpc tors
and dnpositors so that an agreement
may be reached as to the amount OF the
assessment TO be made TO establish
the bank anu upon the length of time n
proportion Of the deposits may be left
In the bank. This proposition was
adopted and Judge Perkins, Joseph
Faith and Henry Meyer vera appointed.
They VIII report to the stockholders
Friday morning. A warrant was issued
to-day by United States Commissioner
Leonard for the arrest of Frank M.
Brown, former assistant cashier of the
bank. This may have the effect of
bringing out reliable intelligence Of the
whereabouts OF Brown. One rumor to-
day placed him in Windsor, Ontario.
while another is to the effect thnt the
directors Of the bank were in communl-
cation with him in this city as luto aa
Friday night.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-22
MIDNIGHT BRIEFS.

Secretary Root will sail for home from
Ncuvitas on Sunday.
The overthrow OF Marquis Ito's cabl-
net Is threatened In Japan.
Grand Rapids Board of Trade last
night celebrated the flfticth annlver-
sary OF the Incorporation OF the city by
n monster banquet.
The channel span of the Ohio and
Kentucky railroad bridge, over the
north fark'8f the Kentucky river below
Jackson, wns swept away by DRIFT
shortly after noon Wednesday,.
During the last twcnty-four hours
the telegraph service between Cfcvc-
land, Chicago, Buffalo and Columbus
hns been badly crippled MS the result of
the fierce wind storm which swept over
the great lakes and over the northern
part Of Ohio.
Indications point 10 contest over
the VIII of the late Charles II. Hoyt,
playwright. The terms OF the doCu-
ment will not be made public until nf-
ter the funeral. The benefleinrles will
then DO consulted and the paper will be
flied for probate.
The meeting of tho foreign cnvoys
yesterday unexpectedly developed n
point OF difference which brought tho
Chinese negotiations 10 II temporary
standstll. The matter Will be referred
10 the home government. Tho confer
once adjourned without fixing date
for rc-aegembllng,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-22
||COLOMBIA WILL
HAVE TO SETTLE
With JOHN BULL,
m, South American Republic in I'm
,,iuent Danger Of Difficulty With
,ngland-Gunboat Dispatched to
D EFFECT A SETTLEMENT.
c,vsrrment Will be Called to Severe
Account for seizing Taboga-Ban-
croft in Vicinity Of the Trouble.

W.sHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-The devel-
,,mcnts in the Colombian revolution
arr movement are being watched here
With keen interest as well as with some
anxiety. This is especially true Of the
nDyemeut of the British gunboat
Pheasant, from Victoria to the 1sthmus,
where /, is understood she is to effect a
settlement with the Colombian govern
rput for the seizure Of the British
uerchantship Tnboga by the Colombian
army as 4 transport. The fact that
considerable sum of money was offer
cd 10 the captain Of the Tab8ga for the
use Of his ship does not legallyoffset the
protest OF the British consul against the
seizure, so 1t may be expected that the
Colombian government will be called to
eyere account.
As no American interests have so far
teen directly effected by what has hap
pened, no orders have yet been issued
for the dispatch Of q United States ma
val vpsse! to Colombia.
The British embassy here has not
been involved In this case in any man.
rer and the British minister resident at
Bogo.a, the Colombian capital. is act
.ag entirely for his government in the
EATER.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-22
WAR REVENUE
BE. CUT DOWN
s3O,O0O,OOO
Yearly-Ways and Mems Committee
Come to an Early Agreement.
First Draft of Bill
BE COMPLETED BY TONIGHT.
President and Secretary Gage Care
fully Considered Matter-Briefsof
Interested Parties Received.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 2l.-The
Republican members Of the ways and
means committee made such progress
to-day with the bill to amend the war
revenue law that 1t is expected the first
draft will be completed by tomorrow
night. The committee decided to-day
to make the biIl for reduction Of
SSO.0O0.0OO n year. This is the amount
suggested by Secretary Gage yesterday,
and It Is understood meets the views of
the President. In fact the members of
the ways and means committee who
saw the President last evening, say that
before Secretary Gage appeared before
the committee the whole matter had
been carefully considered by the Presi-
dent ana the secretary.
Briefs of Interested parties are being
received and considered. but the COM
mittee has given no hearings and will
not do so. General Grosvenor was not
at the meeting to-day, having gone to
Ohio for few days.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-22
FUNERAL OF STUDENT NASH
Who Was Killed by Falling From
Water Tower at Princeton.

PRINCETON. N. J,.Nov. al.-Funeral
services over the remains Of L. NJ.
Nash, 1904, who was killed by falling
from the water tower on Monday. were
held in Marquand Chapel this after
noon. President Patton conducted the
services and at Its close the students,
upward OF 4 thousand In number, with
barred heads, moved behind the remains
to the station. A brother OF Nash took
the body to Bradford, Pa. the former
home of Nash. The cause OF Nash's
fall was made apparent to-day when
the top section OF the ladder consisting
OF about ten feet, was found TO be bent
over several feet from the tower. Re-
Gently the upper portion Of the ladder
was removed to prevent the students
from reaching the structure and since
the change the top Of the ladder hns
not been fastened to the tower. The
weight OF Nash caused the unfastcned
piece TO swing out and In his fright he
looScncd his hold and fell.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-22
BIG VERDICT.
by Cattle Dealer Against
Oceanic Steam Navigation Com
pany for Breach of Contract

t.sT'5 |s1 l4 .g--.- ~SsiAeA hS@6A3AAlk
Oceanic Steam Navigation Com
pany for Breach Of Contract.
( NEW YORK. Nov. sl.-wmiam W.
Braueri an exporter of cattle, oblalned
a verdict to-day in the supreme court
in suit brought by him against the
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company for
$4,000. Brauers action was for the re.
covery of $4,000 M
}Brauer claimed that he exported
about sG,oO0,OOO worth of cattle every.
year to England and made contract
with the defendant corporation for tho
shipment of the stock by its steamefa.
The defendant company instead OF car.
ryins out the Charter, he alleged, placed
certain restrictions in the way of ship.
ping the cattle, which caused him con.
siderable loss. Certain days were spec
flied for the shipment Of the cattle, too
late for the inspection of them by tho
government inspector, with the result
that they could not be shipped.
The defense was that the alleged
charter was never consummated, but
that an agreement for the execution of
such contract was under consdera-
tlon, N ss
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-22
SWEEPING DENIAL
That the Government is After Secret
Agents Of Foreign Countries.

That the Government is After Secret
Agents Of Foreign Countries.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. 2l.-A
published statement to the effect that
the state department has ut the in
stance OF the war and navy depart
ments. addressed demands to the en-
bassles and legations here for informa-
tion that will lead to the disclosure Of
the identity OF secret agents of foreign
governments, met with most prompt
and sweeping denial by the official of
each one of the departments mentioned.
The same publication threatened the
dismissal Of number Of worthy for
eign-born government employees rs n
result Of this movement. 1t Is also de-
MED that such thing is in contempla-
tion.
L. 1t may be stated officially that nll
that our government has done in the
matter Of communicating with foreign
governments respecting war material.
has been to secure reciprocal advan-
tuges for our attaches abroad and it
has not issued any circular note that
might be regarded as dlscourteous TO
friendly legation.