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PRONE TO EXAGGERATE.
This Tendency OF Americans Affords
Amusement to an Eng
Iish Writer.

Americans are not notable for their strict
adherence to the truth, but their exaggera-
tions are so manifest that they cannot be
fairly accused Of lying. William Archer, an
English author, has recently written a book
IN which he gives some characteristic exam
pies OF this trait He very properly classes It
as American humOr"
"On board one of the Florida steamboats,,
which have TO be built with exceedingly light
draught TO get over the frequent shadows Of
the rivers" he relates, IAN Englishman ae-
eOsted the captain with the remark: j un--
derstand, captain, that you think nothing Of
steamIng across a meadow where there
been a heavy fall Of dew. Well, ] don't
know about that replied the captain, but
it's true we sometimes haze TO send a man
ahead with a watering pot Again, south
erD colonel was conducted TO the theater to-
see Salvini's 'Othello.' He witnessed the
performance gravely, and remarked at the
close: That was a mighty good show, and.
i don't see but the coon did as well as any
Of en- A third anecdOte that charmed
me was that of the man who, being invited
to take a drink, replied: No. no, / s0lemDly
promised my dear, dead mother never to
touch drop; besides, boys, its too early Ii
the morning: besides, I've Just had one. -
Chicago Chronicle
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just at daybreak, when the enemy
volleyed at a distance of 30 PAGES.
The colonel. his adjutant and two
other officers were killed.
Fhe Suffolks, who had scarcely
fired a shot, fed back to the pickets
about a thousand yards away, some
one having shouted Retire" About
$50. however, remained, lost heavily,
anu finally surrendered.
Our opinions since have been unim-
portant. Several recoanoisances have
been made. and these show that the
enemy is jealously guarding his com
municatiOns to the north.
london. Jan. 1.-THE Durham cor
respondent OF the Standard telegraph
ing Tuesday, says that 1900 Indian
stretcter bearers started for the front
the previous night and that their de-
par..sTe was regarded in Durham as
indicative OF renewa. of the fight
ing.
London. Jan. ia dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph, dated Monday, Jan
. uary s, at noon, from Frere camp.
says: Firing from the Boer positions
around Ladysmith began early today.
1t still continues, but the cannonad-
ing is light and irregular"
London, Jan. 11-If the complete
embargo upon news be one of the
conditions OF successful strategy.
something really NaPoleonic must be
going on along the Tugela river At
the clubs nearly all well-informed
men were confident that the army had
been set in motion on Monday, and
officers fingered at the military serv-
ice till midnight. in the expectation
of receiving tidings of some great
stroke.
The plight of British arms in South
Africa is Overshadowed for the pres
ent by the storm which is bursting
over the head of the home govern
ment. The Manchester speeches of
Mr.. Balfour, the government leader
in the house of commons. has loosen
ed such a torrent of comment from
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cowARDLY ASSASSINATION.
Two officers Shot in the Back and
Killed and n Lynching of Two
Men Follow.

Ripley, Tenn, Jan. 1O.-Marvin Dur
ham and W. d. Turner, officers of the
peace, were shot TO death while in
the discharge of their duty by two
Negroes. A throng of 1,50O people are
in pursuit of the murderers and a
double lynching is expected to follow
their capture, as the community is
Mortified and eXasperated by the IN
provoked crime.
Turner and Durham had arrested
Negro named Gingery, and were es-
cOrting him to the Ripley Jail, when
they were overtaken by two Negroes.
brothers of the prisoner, who, with
out warning, fired from the rear,
shooting both officers in the back of
the head, killing them instantly.
When the news of the tragedy
reached here it created intense excite
ment, and many business people
closed up their shops in order to join
in the chase of the murderers. Hounds
were brought forth, and all the peo-
pie who had left for the scene of the
killing carried arms and were evident
~ DCnb vi ldhlAlS SuAIilldlg NtllStdnCC
on the slayers If they should be
caught.
The latest reports from the large
posse which went in pursuit of the
''Gingerly" Negroes are that two of
the miscreants have been caught and
lynched. The two Negroes were swung
to trees on the roadside as soon as
caught. One of the dead men is the
prisoner who was being escorted to
the Jail when the officers were shot
by his brothers. The searching par
ties are still out hunting for other
participants in the crime.
1t is reported that many Negroes
in the neighborhood are arming them
selves, and excitement runs high. Ne
groes are being run off the streets,
and are warned to remain quiet.
A Negro was assaulted by a white
man and perhaps fatally injured.
Every incoming train has brought
large numbers of men, who have join
ed in pursuit of other Negroes.
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Two -urderers Hanged.

Montrose, Pa, Jan. 1O.-COrneliu.
". Shew and James J. Eagan were
hanged Tuesday for the murder OF
jackson Pepper. Pepper resided with
his wife near Rush, Spsquehanna
county. and had accumulated a small
fortune. Eagan and Shew planned
10 rob Pepper. They set upon the
old man while he was husking CORE
October 9, 1897. battering his brains
out with a whipple tree. They quar-
relied after the murder and left with
out committing the robbery.
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DIXON KNOCKED OUT.
Terry McG0vcrn Wins che Feather
weight Championship in
Eight Rounds.

New York, Jan. lO.-Terry Meow
ern wrested the featherweight cham.
pionship of the world from George
Dixon, who had defended IL for near
" nine years To save Dixon from :
knockout, Tom O'Rourke, his man.
nger, threw up the sponge in the
eight round, when the Negro was stag
gering helplessly, bleeding and weak
but as game as the dying gladiator
The fight took place before a crowd
shat packed the Broadway athletic
club and the victory decided the own.
ership Of a $4,000 purse.
When O'ROurke threw up the sponge
Dixon was practically helpless. While
McGovern was hailed with vociferous
cheers as the winner and was cheereo
and cheered again as the new cham
piOn. Dixon, the ex-champion, was
lot forgotten
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Ar INSANE MINISTER.
After Attempting to Kill His Wife
He Fell Dead From Heart
Failure.

Columbia, S. c., Jan. 1O.-Rev. A.
McSwain Ataway, a Methodist min
lister, became suddenly insane, at Pick
ems, because of the death of his son.
He nrst showed signs of insanity by
cutting of the heads of the domestic
animals with an AK. He then ran into
the house, where his wife was lying
i'll, and began destroying the furni-
ture. He sprang on his wife and seized
her throat by his teeth. In her terror
Mrs. Attaway called her daughter to
take a carving knife and kill the faith
er. The girl seized a knife, but could
Tot make up her mind 70 kill him.
"Cut his throat screamed the
mother, cor he'll kill us ALL
The girl. finding that his teeth only
held the clothing, cut the cloth away,
and Attaway rolled on the focr dead,
from heart failure.
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Loss AT LADYSMITH.
List of Casualties Not Made Public
By British War Officials.
Curious Dispatch From Camp Frere,
Which May Be Intended to Pre-
pare the British Public for
Disastrous News.

London, Jan. 11.-Gen. Lord Rob-
erts, the new commander of the Brit
ish forces in South Africa, and his
chief of staff, Lord kitchener, have
arrived at Cape Town.
London, Jan. 1.-THE war office an
nOunced that the list of casualties OF
Ladysmith last Saturday has not get
been received.
The following dispatch. dated Frerc
camp, January 10, noon, has been re-
ceived from Gen. Butler:
"A Transvaal telegram gives the en-
emy's loss at Ladysmith on Saturday
as four killed and Is wounded, and
this after, as is admitted, they had
endured a whitening fire from six
masked batteries and been defeated
at all points.
Natives here assert that the Boer
loss in one commando alone was $50
killed and wagon loads of wounded.
The heaviest loss is said to have been
among the Free Staters, who were
forced by the Transvaalers into the
most dangerous places"
This curious dispatch is all the war
office has issued. 1t makes not the
slightest mention of the position or
dOings of the British forces. 1t MAY
be interpreted to mean that Lady
smith is safe, but it is more likely in
tended TO prepare the British public
for a terrible list of casualties.
London, Jan. 1.-THE Cape Town
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REFUSED TO FIGHT.
Philippine Insurgents Flee Before
Approach of American Forces
Several engagements.

Manila, Jan. 11.-Reports from the
movements of the American command
ers south of Manila show that Gen
Bates and Gen. Wheaton are at Perez
Das Marinas and Gen. Schwan at ST.
lang, ali awaiting the arrival of pro-
vision wagons. Reconnaissance have
shown that 1000 armed insurgents
have retired to the mountains from
the district between Indang and Maig,
and that others have retreated along
the coast from NOvelita toward Ba-
tangas.
Tuesday night NOlan's squadron of
the 18th cavalry drove a body of in
surgents from Maig. One American
was killed and two wounded. Thir-
teen dead FilipinOs were found
The movement largely resembles
Gen. Schwan's experience in the same
country. except that the towns are
now being garrisOned, and that the
insurgents refuse to fight, retreating
southwark and dividing into small
bands, with the apparent intention of
reassembling later. About 100 insur-
gents have been killed, but compare
lively few arms have been taken.
1t is asserted on high authority that
Archbishop NOselaeda contends in his
interviews with Mgr. Chapelle, the pa
pal delegate on behalf of Roman
church and the brotherhoods that the
titles TO all property held by the
church and the brOtherhOOds in the
Philippines should be recognized; that
the existing religious orders should
continue to administer the parishes,
that other parishes should be estab-
lished under the same control and
that the parochial control of Gene
teries should continue.
He also lays stress in his cOnten-
tions upon the Importance of allow
ing the church to administer its own
affairs without state interference,
upon the necessity of a regime that
Will guarantee the liberty Of the
church. upon the desirability of Eu-
ropean clergy, the establishment OF a
new college for the instruction of ma
tive priests and the continuation of
indirect contributions for the main
tenancc of church and clergy and up
on the eXpediency of maintaining the
system of parochial fees, including
revenues from births, marriages. fu-
nerals. dispensatiOns and apostolic in
duleences.
The inhabitants of the islands of
Leyte and Simar are suffering from
lack of food, resulting from the long
blockade. the arbitrary confscation of
property and the levying of tribute
by the so-called government of the
Filipinos. The governors of both
islands are Tagalos, who are appoint
ed by Aguinaldo, and they hold the
territories completely IN their power,
administering local affairs according
TO their own whims and accountable
to no one. They have armed forces
which terrOrize the peaceful inhabi-
tants.
The rebel forces, on the other hand,
have never lacked food or money. The
inhabitants, driven to desperation by
the necessity of having to pay four
times the normal price for fOOdstuffs,
organized against the insurgent dep
relations, but having no arms they
were unable to resist their Oppressors.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-01-12
sad story of Distress.

New York, Jan. IA sad story of
large number of distressed and
hOmesick Americans who became in
terested in a settlement at La Gloria,
in the province of Porto Principe, was
told by Robert Hall, St. Joseph, Mo-,
business man, who arrived on the
steamer Olinda from Cuba. He dwelt
upon the little employment obtain
able, and said that many were. suffer-
ing for lack of ordinary necessities of
life. Many have not the means of
purchasing passage back to the Unit
ed States.
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correspondent Of the Daily Mail, teIe-
graphing Monday, says:
The Boer successes have been fol-
lowed by a tremendous outburst of
enthusiasm and Boer sympathy in the
western part of the colony. Reports
from Paarl say the whole district is
made hideous at night by bands of
young men parading in the villages
and singing the Transvaal Volksleid,
while the children are everywhere
practicing the national songs of the
republic.
Rensburg, Cape Colony, Jan. Sit
is reported here officially, with refer
ence to the disaster to the first bat
talon of the Suffolk regiment, that
Lieut.. Col. Watson marched the regi-
ment in close column to the top of
the hill at midnight. He assembled
the officers and was addressing them,
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-01-12
TWO MEAN TOWNS
Stories Told by Travelling Men About
Couple OF Decidedly Poor
Places TO Live In.

They were talking about bad towns.
'.Ihe mednest place / ever was in. said
the man who travels for Chicago house, .is
down IN Massachusetts,. Say. do you know
what happened while i was Stopping thers
Oncey a man had fallen through a hole In
the sidewalk and sustained injuries that re-
suited IN the loss Of his right arm He sued
the city for damages, and the case was tried
before a jury, which, the papers sand. was
composed Of representative citizens Wei.
what do you suppose they did 90 hims
Brought n a verdict In favor Of the citv.
holding that lnasmuch as he was left-handed
his injury didn't amount % anything"
Yes, the cigar man said. that's y pretty
mean town, ! admit, but / know of a worse
one This place IS IN Pennsylvania An ac-
qualntance OF mine down there was iniured
some time ago IN pretty much the same vvav
the man you mentioned got hurt Hefell on
a bad sidewalk and lost one Of his legs lie
sued the city, and didn't get anything.
never heard Just why, but probably because
the jurors didu't believe he needed more than
one leg III ms business, seeing that he was
a barber and couldn't hone razor or shave
a man with his foot anyway But wait.
haven't come to the point at which the real
meanness developed. Being poor man. he
couldn't afford TO buy a cork leg. so he had
10 get along with a wooden peg, and one day
while he was crossing the principal street
this peg IN some way got wedged between
couple Of paving stones right IN the middle Of
the street car track. IL took them nearly an
hour to get him loose, and what do you sup
pose happened them Blamed Do they didn't
90 aud fine him ten dollars and costs Tor
Obstrusting traffic! Chicago Times Herald
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How,s ThIaF

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DUEL WITH PISTOLS.
Three Men Shot Dead and Two 9th
ers Wounded in "A Mississippi
Court Room.

Vicksburg, Miss, Jan. 1O.-Oak
Ridge, a little hamlet IS miles north
east of this city, was the scene of a
desperate pistol duel, in which three
of the best known residents of the
county were killed. The dead are: A.
D. ROLAND, R. S. Stephenson and DR..
Ohio Austin.
Only meagre details of the encoun.
ter are Obtainable, but it transpires
that DR.. James Austin, his son Otho
Austin, and his son-in-law, r. S.
Stephenson, had been arrested on an
affidavit sworn out by ROLAND, charg-
ing them with whipping one of Roll
lands Negro tenants.
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How woman Was Made.

A small boy in the Mission Sunday school
Of Bishop FallOws' church prop0unded an,
entirely new theory Of creation last Sunday.
"WhO made man." asked the teacher, be-
ginning. as in the good old days when ortho-
dOxy used catechisms-
God, was the prompt reply
"And how did he make him.
"Out of dust, am; nothing but dust
"And who made woman
God made her, too, ma'am
How"
The small boy hesitated. and then replied
eheerfully: He caused a deep sleep TO fab
upon man and then took out ms backbone
and made the woman Chicago Inter
Ocean
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RECIPROCITY WITH FRANCE.
The Recently Agreed To Treaty May
he Defeated on Final Vote of
French Chamber.

Washington, Jan. 11.-Private re-
ports that reach the diplomatic circle
here from Paris indicate that the re-
ciprocity treaty between the United
States and France is in a hazardous
position, with more than possibility
of a defeat when il comes to a final
vote in the French chambers.
The administration here is filed
with grave concern for the fate of
the treaty in the United States, and
thus the convention is in the singular
position of being exposed TO rejection
by both parties on the ground that it
is TOO favorable to each.
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Washington, Jan. 10.-The negOtia-
lions looking 10 the maintenance of
the ~Open ooOr" in China have now
passed 70 the mail stage. The agree
ment having been reached IN prin-
ciple through the agency Of the cable
81 becomes necessary now 10 resort TO
the mail 70. exchah,-e the defnitive
notes in view Of the importance Of
avoiding anything Ike cleEssal error
misunderstanding il. the last phases
OF thiE important negotiation. There
fore u is learned that at least two
weeks time, OF perhaps more, VIII b.
ccnsuned is tie wizdiHE pp,
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MANY DROWNED.
Heavy Gales Are Blowing Along the
Entire French Coast and Dis
asters Have Occurred.

Paris, Jan. 1f.-Heavy gales are
blowing along the entire French coast
and a number of small vessels with
their crews have been lost, although
several life boat rescues are reported.
A fishing boat fOundered off BOu-
lOgne Sur Mer, nine of the crew per
ishing.
The bark Eugenis sank near Cher
bOurg and five persons were drowned.
Heavy weather is reported from all
Mediterranean ports.
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DIR. McGLYNN's FUNERAL.
Departed Priest mt His Home
I'm Newburgh, n. Y.

Newburgh, n. Y, Jan. 1.-THE fu-
neral of DR.. Edward McGlynn was
held in st. Mary's church, which was
crowded to the doors. The services
were presided over by Archbishop
COrrigan, head of the diocese of New
York. Occupying seats in the church
were all the Protestant clergymen of
the city, who had been specially in
vited to attend the services. The city
officials were also present by invita-
ton.
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MOTHERS HORRIBLE CRIME.
She Cuts the Threats OF Her Two
Children and Then Cuts Her
own Throat.

Mcpherson, Kan. Jan. 11.-Mrs. JO-
seph Christie, of this city cut the
throats of her two children, both
under six years old, then cut her own
throat and set FIRE to the house. The
children died at once and Mrs. Chris
tie died soon afterward.
On Monday Joe Christie, her hus-
band, was arrested for drunkenness
and is now in Jail because he could not
pay his fine. He is a laborer and has
not been working steadily. 1t is sup
posed that worry over their condition
bic deed.
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Alden, Jan. 1O.-The Imperial Ger
man mall steamer General, detained
here by the British authorities since
January 4 on suspicion of having con-
traband on board, has been released.
After her cargo had been examined
il was found that she only had few
chemicals and axeI trees on board.
Nothing else was disclosed. A guam
tity Of Trieste -four, brought by q
Lloyd steamer and supposed to be
bound for the Transvaal, has been
held pending the decision Of the prize
court.
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HOLD ON TO THEM.
Senator Beveridge's Advice in Rels-
ton to q Philippine Policy.
An Unusually Large Number OF Audi
tors in the Senate Galleries TO
Listen 10 the Young Sena-
tor From Indiana.

Washington, Jan. 10.-"That man
little knows the cOmmO3 people of the
republic, little understands the in
stincts Of our race, who thinks we
viii not hold il (the Philippine arch
ipelagO) fast, and hold IL forever, adj
ministering just government by sim
plest methods"
This sentence was the keynote Of
the speech delivered in the senate by
Mr.. Beveridge, the junior senator
from Indiana. II was the maiden
speech in the senate of about the
youngest member in the body. The
announcement that he would deliver
an address, embOdying his Observa-
tions in the Philippines, attracted an
unusually large number of auditors
10 the galleries. On the floor of the
senate every member in che city was
IN his seat and scores of representa-
tives came over from the house.
The occasion was inspiring and
Mr.. Beveridge rose 10 it brilliantly.
His OratiOn-for properly, il was an
oration-was deeply interesting. 1t
was replete with striking sentences
and well arranged information. SpOlz-
en- with all the earnestness, vigOr and
elOquence of a fine orator, enthusiast
lie in his subject, who rose at times
10 his subject with the power of pas
sionate dramatic utterances, the
speech created a profound impress
sion upon all who heard IT.
Mr. Beveridge is scholarly and re-
fined in appearance with a striking
face and figure. Throughout his
speech he was easy and natural ind
entirely free from mannerisms. He
spoke rapidly and with great earn
estness. When he declared, with deep
solemnitv. 10 those whose voices in
America have cheered those misguid-
ed natives on 10 shoot our soldiers
down, that the blood of those dead
and wounded boys of ours is on their
hands, and the food of years can
never wash that stain away, there
was a deep, although suppressed, SEN
satiOn among his auditors.
AT the conclusion Of the speech
tremendous and unrestrained ap-
plause swept over the galleries, and
II was notable that Secretary OF
Treasury Gage, who occupied a seat
IN the senator's gallery, was partici-
pant IN II.
AZ. HOar rep, Mass.) replied brief
" 10 Mr.. Beveridge. Although he did
not enter fully into the merits of the
question under discussion he did not
feel that some OF the Indiana sena-
tors statements ought to 60 TO the
country unchallenged. He declared
that not the American opposition to
the war, but the presidents procla.
nation 10 the Filipinos was responsi.
bic for the hOstilities. He ridiculed
Mr.. Beveridge's statement that the
FilipinOs were not capable of self-gov
eminent and quoted Gen. Otis reports
20 show that they were.
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Montreal, Jan. 1O.-Ernest Fellowes
q brother of the broker of that name
Glready arrested in connection with
the Vile Marie bank wrecl1ing case.
surrendered himself, and was remand
I'd IN the custody of the detectives.
The charge against him is the same
as that against his brother, namely.
receiving money known 10 have been
stolen. This is the tenth arrest in
The case.
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Fen no,rn AM EIevator shnft.

Chicago, Jan. 11.--Mrs. S. Nj. Keith,
aged 20, while a guest at a luncheon
given at the residence of former Unit
ed States Senator Charles B. Farwell,
90 Pearson street, opened the wrong
door, walked into the elevator shaft
and plunged to the basement. Her
death is momentarily expected.