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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-12
LORD RoBERTs's REPORT.
WAR BULLETIN,

WAR BULLETINi
LONDON, March ia dispatch to
the War Office from Lord Roberts,
dated Driefontein, March II, 7i16 IN.
M. says;
"The enemy opposed us through
out yesterdays march. and from
their intimate knowledge of the
country, gave ms considerable
trouble. Owing. however, to the adj
mirable conduct of the troops, the
enemy were unable to prevent us
reaching our destination. The brunt
of the fighting fell ON Gen. Kelly
kenny's divisions, two bnttaIions of
which, the Welsh and Essex, turned
the Beers out of two strong posi-
tions mt the point of the bayonet."
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LORD ROBERTS COMPLAINS.
WAR BULLETINs


LONDON, March 1.-The War Omca
has received the following from
Lord Roberts, dated DRfefontcin,
sunday, March II, DAB n. M;
"The following telegram has been
addressed by me to their honors. the
presidents of the Orange Free State
and the south African Repablici
"Another instance having occur
red of gross abuse of the white nag
and of the signal of holding up
hands in token of surrender, IL IN my
duty to inform you that II such abuse
occurs again. 7 shall most reIuctnnt-
~ be compelled 10 order my frocp.
to disregard the white flag entirely.
"rbe instance occurred on "a kopje
east of Driefontein Farm, yesterday
evening, and was witnessed by sew.
as by myself, and resulted In the
younding of several of my officers
and men.
"a large quantity Of explosive bull.
lets of three different kinds was
found I'm Commandant Cronte's Iaa-
ger and this has been the ease after
every engagement with your hon.
ors' troops. such breaches of the
recognized usages of war and the
Geneva convention are a disgrace TO
any civilized power. A copy of this
telegram has been sent 10 my gov
eminent with the request that IL
may be ommunicafed to all neutral
powers"
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-----------------Fh--~
KiNed Her Husband

JOLIET, Ills, March 11.-Mrs. John
Gallagher, so years old, during fit OF
temporary insanity, arose from bed,
procured a razor and returned to the
bed chamber, where she cut her hus-
bands throat from ear to ear. He
died before the police arrived on the
scene. The demented woman is now
confined in Jail. Two small children
were sleeping in an adjoining room,
but were not molested After killing
her husband, Mr.. Gallagher went to a
neighbor's house in her night clothes,
which were saturated with blood, and
told them of her deed. Mr. Gallagher
was a well known steel mill man.
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TAYLOR'S EXPLANATION
OF HIS ACTIONS

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 11.-Ac-
cord1ng to a statement made by Gov
ernor w. S. Taylor tonight to a. rep
resentative of the Commercial, he has
granted a pardon to each of the per-
sons for whom warrants have been is
sued, charging them with being ac-
ceSSorleS to the assassination of Gov
ernor Goebel, including Secretary Of
State Caleb Powers and ex-Secretarv
of State Charles Finley. In his state
ment, Governor Taylor recites the
conditions under which he claims to
have been elected, and charges the
Democratic contestants for state Of
nces with conspiracy to secure control
OF the government He continues:
Notwithstanding these conspirators
were defeated at the polls as to the
State offices, they succeeded in secur-
ing majority of each of the two
houses of the General Assembly, and
in retaining in power the State can
wasting and counting machine.
While many Democratic members
were honestly elected, yet others were
elected by the manipulation of dishon-
est precinct officers and county canvass
ing boards before and during the cleo
ton, and then after the election by a.
system of counting in and counting out
until the majority aforesaid was OBJ
tanned. AS thus constituted the gem
eral assembly and canvassing boards
have declared that the will of the peo-
pie, as expressed at the polls shall be
set aside. 1t is needless to say that
such conspiracieS as. this almost in
evitably produce revolution, because a
free people will not willingly be de-
prived of their right of suffrage or
consent that the minority, instead of
the majority, shall rule.
Pending this unfortunate struggle.
the Hon. William Goebel, the contest
ant for the Office of Governor, was as
sassinated by some person whose iden-
tity is unknown. Thereupon a con-
spiracy was formed to fasten this helm
Gus crime upon all or some of the State
officers elected by the people, the pur-
pose being to obscure and cover the
political robbery and to terrorize and
destroy all opposition. In order to
carry out this vile conspiracy they pro-
cured an act appropriating 800, 900, os-
tensibly for the purpose of detecting
the criminals, and have employed a
lawyer whose couse in the criminal
practice in Cincinnati was so edious
as to cause riot resulting in the de-
struction of the court house and the
loss of over forty lives.
Following this, an employee of the
Cincinnati Enquirer has made affidavits
charging that Hon. Caleb Powers, Sec
rotary of State, his brother, John Pow
ers, captain of a company of State
militia; w. H. Culton, clerk in the
Auditors Office; Hon. Charles Finley,
ex-Secretary of State, and Captain John
W. Davis, policeman of the State House
grounds, conspired, aided and assisted
in said assassination. Warrants were
issued and said w. H. Culton was, dur
ing the night of March 9th, taken from
his home, where his wife and children
were sick. and incarcerated In the
county jail without bail or given an
opportunity to secure bal. On the day
Of said assassination. Harland Whit
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AN ENCOURAGING CALM.

LEXINGTON, KY, March 1.-THE
Sabbath day brought hopeful and en-
couraging calm TO the storm, which
for three hours on Saturday night
threatened to burst with terrible fury
over Lexington. Impulsive action,
under perhaps misguided impressions,
came near precipitating bloodshed
which would not have ended with the
threatened riot at the depot when Sec
rotary of State Powers and Captain
Davis were arrested by the Lexington
officials. Time was ripe under mis-
leading reports that mountain men
were preparing to rescue the prison
ers from Jail last night, for desperate
resistance on the part of the local Of
ficers who are mostly Goebel men.
Had an attempt been made to take
the prisoners from the Jail the result
is unpleasant to contemplate.
The adopting of such disguise by
Davis and Powers in order to get out
of Frankfort puts an ugly phase on
the matter for the prisoners, in the
opinion of some of their friends here,
although they explain that they did
so merely to get away from the local
Goebel influences, which they allege
WodAQ WIN W tAlOAA 0CIi III oO-
curing fair trial.
Both tacitly admit now that in this
they may have made mistakes, and as
strongly urge their innocence of any
connection with the murder of Goe-
bel, and insist that they have no fear
whatever as to the outcome.
Sheriff Suter, of Franklin county,
stated that he did not know when the
he tal M nh
fort. 1t will not be, however, till
the examining trial is over here, which
will simply decide that the local court
has no jurisdiction, and the prisoners
will then be taken to Frankfort
All is quiet Tonight, and the sol
diers still guard the Jail. The ar
mory is deserted, as all arms are In
the hands of the local soldiery on duty
at the Jail.
Reports from high sources in the
Beckham ranks are to the effect that
Governor Beckham may move the State
capitol here, but there is nothing more
than rumors so far.
General Castleman came here to-
night, but he says he has issued no
orders and will issue none. He says
he will do all in his power to preserve
peace.
Officers from Frankfort arrived here
about $50 tonight, having in custody
Harland Whitaker, who, at his pre-
liminary hearing few days ago, was
held to the grand jury on charge of
completely in the assassination of Gov
ernor Goebel, and w. III. Culton, who
was arrested yesterday on a similar
charge. The men were brought here
from Frankfort because of the fear that
an attempt might be made by soldiers,
acting under the Republican admins
tration, to liberate them.
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ROBERTS ADVANCE
F|ERSELY RESISTED
\ SERIOUS ENGAGEMENT FOUGHT
AT DRIEFoNTEIN, LASTING ALL
Of SATURDAY.
BUT APPEAR TO HAVE INFLICTED
AND SUSTAINED MUCH Loss.

A Dozen English Officers Killed or
Wounded-The Total Casualties
Not Yet Reported--Lord Roberts
Complains of "A Violation of the
Flag of Truce and of the Use OF
Explosive Bullets by the Boers-A
General Review of the Situation.
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REBELS sURRENDERIHG.


CAPE TOWN, Sunday. March IL
News from Lady Grey, Hers aeI and
AIiwaI North show that the rebels
are laying down their arms In largo
numbers, and that the Beers nIf
along the border arc I'm serfous
straits.
The rebels assert that the Bocrs
are snbsistins ON bread and water,
and so-caiied cenee. made from rye.
Other rebels are leaving 10 nghA
in the Free State. Bxfffsh rule nae
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THE SITUATION IN
KENTUCKY Is CRITICAL.
Both Sides Are Summoning Soldiers
and Preparing for a
Conflict.
TAYLOR HAS ORDEREDOUT MANY SOLDIERS.
Governor Beckham is Forming and Aiming
A State Guard,

And Many Citizens Are Offering Their Services and
Are Being Placed on Duty-The General Situation
Is Acute, and Boodshed May Be the Result at
Any Moment-The Legislature Has But Two
Days More of Life But the Developments May
Be MomentouS.
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TEE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. March u--Forecast for
Monday and Tuesday:
For Ohio-Fair Monday, Tuesday fair
and warmer, fresh north to- east winds
For West y.rginsa--Fair Monday. proceed
ed by snow in the mountain districts. Tues
day fair and warmer: north 10 east winds
Observer Schnepf, the Opera Hoaee drug
gist, made the following observations 81
the Temperature yesterday: a m IS: 8
q m. q: IA M. -; , p m. ~; I .. n. a
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-12
A VERY IMPORTANT
EXPEDITION MADE
BY TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AMER
ICANS TO THE SOUTHERN
PORTS OF LUZON.
THREE TOWNS WERE CAPTURED
AND THREE MORE ARE TO BE TAX
EN- AND GARRISONED.

The Expedition Conveyed by Three
Small Warships-The Spanfards
Glad to See the observation-disclosures
gents Evacuated the Towns on the
Arrival of the Forces-A Graphic
Narrative of an Important Move
ment.
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Continued On Second n
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-03
The Queen Hunts, Others May Follow.

Now that the Italians possess a sport
ing queen it is to be surmiscd that they
themselves will care more for hunting
and shooting, The average Italian gen
tleman does nothing; he is content to be
idle and waste him time at cafe But
the new queen is apparently splendid
shot. She is an adept with revolver,
and Possesses the island OF Monte
Cristo, an agreeable little wild resort
where her husband built her hunting
lodge, and where she spends happy
days OF hunting, pursuing every kind
OF game, even wild boars. Such an ex-
ample will surely move the most indol-
ent of Italian men into some scmblance
OF virility.-London Graphic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-03
MILITARY NOTES.
France Preparing Surprise Japanese Army
Organized Upon German Lines-Pen-
sioners' Widows Iona Lived.

If is NOT an ttucpmmOn Siolt tO SrC
a Chinese soldier with a ian and an UNI
brella strappcd across his back.
The British government is the owner
of oyer 25.ooo camels. Several thou
sands are used in India to carry stores
and eauipments when the regiments are
Changing quarters
Field Marshal Won Waldersec's flag
for the campaign in China is A Uhlan's
flag. divided into four squares. two black
and two white, with a red border. and a
bar running transyerscly across the de-
sign. The FLAG is attached TO a Uhlan's
lance.
A large number of the, new French
being manufactured as ouietlv as possi-
HE, so as to spring surprise upon an
enemy in the event OF war. as in the
and the mitrailcuses in 1870 The NOR
al effect OF such surprises is the chief ele-
mcut of their value
At the nrescnt timc thc United States
has more warship tonnage under CON
of the country in time Of Deace The
new vessels building or authorized in
clude seventy OF all classes. - of which
are DattleShlpS, armOred cruisers, J
protected torpedo boat destrovers. X
torpedo boats. submarine eunboats
and ono lake punboat
The Japanese armv is organized upon
German lines, which supplanted the
French system IN 1872. Since 1880 the
Jap has ceased to seek for instructors.
He does not think the British training
a thorough one for service in the field
Common sense chose them the German
system. but they love the British ma
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-03
- .o.s-e!.l:; p y -=.rs :y,a.
Hygiene For the Seaside.

Once upon a time we were taught
that bather should always become
well cooled off before he went into
the water. Now he comes to the shore
after a tennis match or game Of golf
or a spin on his wheel and plunges at
once into the waves. The old conser-
vative is shocked, but the modern ply
sician approves, and gives his reasons
for it. After active exercise the blood
ia in full circulation, the heart is
doing its best, and the shock of the
cold dip has only a tonic effect that
strengthens the walls Of the blood ves-
sells by the quick contraction that fol
lows the previous expansion. Some
doctors even depart so far from re-
ceived traditions as to advise n course
like this to persons suffering from
heart weakness, asserting that the
shock acts ON the heart like the spur
upon horse, and stimulates it to
fresh effort. Such treatment should
hardly be adopted, however, without a
PHYSICIANS specific advice.-Harpers
Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-03
HOW BIG ZEN GOT us NAME.
Facts About the Famous C ock So Dear to
the Hearts Of Foreiqners.

big Ben" has ceased from booming
ior brief space, and large section cf
London misses i'll consequence one ot
its most familiar sounds. But there is
l.othing very wrong; little cleaning is
being done. How many people know
why the famous clock is called Big
Ben" The name, in fact, is that OF the
hour bcll-which weighs IS tons II
cwt.-and was so called after Sir Ben
jamin Hall, who was first commissioner
OF works in 1860, the year in which the
clock was first set going in the tower
1t had, however, been in motion in the
mandatory, for some years before that
date. Each OF the four dials is 22 feet
3 inches in diameter, and the clock IS
ISo feet above the ground. The quar-
tiers are struck on four bells weighing
from one ton to four tons each.
The large bell cracked before leaving
the foundry, and similar fate bcfel
the second bell OF the same size, the
hours being struck for several years on
the largest of the quarter bells. Big
Ben" the Second after undergoing re-
pairs, was again brought into use and
has performed satisfactorily ever since
The clock part proper takes only about
20 minutes to wind, but the striking
parts require five hours EACH 1t should
be remembered that the first stroke OF
Big Ben denotes the hour, the small
er bells indicating the quarters by the
first stroke in each case.-London
SDberc
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-03
HERMITs AMONG THE coMMoNERs.
The British NJ. P.'s Are Not a Socable
Set-Twenty Years OF Silence.

There is probably no assembly in the
world where so little social and per-
sonal intercourse takes place. | was
for five years in the House of Com
mons without knowing half a dozen
men outside the small body OF IS to 90
members with whom | acted These
were, OF course. stormy times, and il
was difficult to say whether an Irishman
in the epoch between 1880 and 1885 had
a fiercer hatred for Liberals or Tories.
Things, OF course, have greatly
changed. but even now l see every day
members OF the House of Commons
who must have been there for the same
20 years as myself and not only have
never spoken TO them, but l do not
know some OF them by name.
Amid all its gregariousness the
House of Commons has its isolation.
Members retain there the eccentricity
or the love OF solitude which are char
acteristic OF certain temperaments. Mr.
Charrington, the member for Mile-End,
for instance. who is one of the most
universally generous men in the House,
and who is never deaf to true tale
of undeserved suffering, has rarely been
seep to talk to a single human being.
The same instinct perhaps, which made
him refuse both baronetcy and peer
age, keeps him apart from his fellows.
He dimes alone, he takes his siugle cigar
in the smokeroom alone, he sits on a
back bench in the House, still and ever
alone.-T. Z. O'Connor, in London
Mail
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-03

For Illuminating purposes we now
have gas and electricity, and, from the
point of view of coal economy. the lat
ter wins in canter. In large supply
stations steam engines are used TO
generate the electric current, and in
smaller ones gas engines are employed;
each has its advantages in its own
sphere OF action. 1t has been calculated
that the ordinary gas fame consumes
about 10 times as much coal energy tc
produce the same amount OF light as
does an incandescent electric lamp, and
about 90 times as much as produces an
equal illumination in the electric arc
Pearsons Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-03
OUR CONsULS NEED MORE PAY.
Present Compensation is Inadequate 10 Prop
eriy Meet Requirements.

The meager pay OF our consuls is a
matter OF whose Importance congress
men who are themselves essentially
provincial can never be convinced.
knowing little OF any world but that in
which they have moved and had their
being, entirely ignorant OF the establish
ed usage OF diplomacy and the cosmo-
politan society in which .he consular
representative must dwell, they forget
that proper consideration for appear
ances is an absolute necessity; and pet
tiness and mcanrcss and certain sorts
of small economy bring us into con-
tempt and minimize our influence with
European powers, which in their long
experience have acquired a very salu-
tary worldly wisdom. There is hardly
a consulate in the world where the
American representative is not the most
shabbily housed, poorly served and
poorly paid man among his consular
associates. Frequently his means are
so inadequate that he is unable to return
in any proper degree, the social favors
that have been shown him. Through
parsimony that curtails expense here
that the Government may be wantonly
lavish with certain species OF bold and
notorious jobbery, its representatives
abroad are often placed in the humiliat-
ing attitude of mere hangers-o -on-men
tolerated, but not respected 1t also
explains why so many entirely objcc-
tionablc persons are appointed to con-
sular posts, aside from the confessed
reward for purely political service, in
which fitness, intelligence and ordinary
good breeding cut no figure. Men Of
refinement, OF culture and experience re-
fuse to be so abased-The Chautau-
Ollan
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-03

Struggling authors who feel that their
work waits long for appreciation may
take some comfort from the history OF
play which has been the one real sue
cess OF the past year in London a time
when almost nothing has succeeded, not
even war dramas. This summer one
of the most prominent and successful
of American actors sat in a box and saw
the performance and suddenly realized
that Ia years ago the play had been
submitted to him. 1t was not typewrit-
ten, and the authors handwriting was
so illegible that the actor never man
aged to get into the play.-Saturday
Evening Post
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-03
Europe Does Not Combat Trusts.

The European public maintains a
complacent attitude toward trusts, but if
these trusts had done evil instead of
good they would not have been toler-
ated, for governments and the leading
political economists, as well as trade
rivals, have closely scrutinized their
daily walk ard their average tendency.
There are pirates among trusts, COM
binations with more water than blood IN
their makeup, and reckless gamblers.
The world has rothinp to fear from the
proper use OF the power OF
combination. 1t is the abuse
or that" power that should exer-
else til. vigilance of the citizen and the
strong ann OF the law.-Ainslee's Maga-
zine
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-03
THE slGNEss OF The OCEAN.
lis Waters Contain Many Of the Important
Elements o. the Earth.

Some people gratefully reflect that we
owe the clouds and the tides and the
winds to the Mother and Maker Of
men, but these are less numerous than
the folks who would like to know
what we should do for soes and cod and
mackerel if there were no ocean. Yet
think only how big it is! II you divide
the whole globes area into eleven parts
the sea covers eight of those, with an
average depth of 1000 fathorns. Try
to imagine 1000 feet OF solid, perpen-
dicular sea water lying upon eight
elevcnths OF the entire planet!
A patient mathematician has been al
the pains to inform us that this bulk OF
brine would weigh one and half rail-
ion millions OF tons. For the most
part this vast body OF water-thus set
down in figures as 100000, 900 600,
COO, coo tons-.is OF the same composition
everywhere, and. as everybody knows,
carries great quantities OF ocean salt.
But that same salt is i;self singularly
complex Not only are there in it the
chlorides and sulphates OF sodium, pot
ash, magnesium and line, which are "a
miliar to many, but it contains also
silica, boron, bromine. iodine fluoric
acid and the oxides of nickel, cobalt,
manganese. zinc, silver, lead. copper,
aluminium, barium and strontium. Ar
senic and gold are also found in it, along
with those rare metals lithium, rubidium
and coesipr--London Telegraph.