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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
MAY REPEAL WAR TAXES
Congress Likely to Relieve Some In
terests of Stamp Burden.


A special message may be transmitted
to Congress by President Mckinley be-
fore the adjournment of the present ses-
sion, recommending reduction in the
special war taxes. No official administra-
tive edict has yet gone forth to cut down
the treasury receipts, but close friends
of President Mckinley state that in view
Of the almost abnormally excessive re-
ceipts a plan will be entertained at the
present session 10 relieve the people from
the onerous burdens caused by the war
tax. Initiative legislation will be taken
in the lower house of Congress, where sew
eral hearings and numerous petitions
have already been recorded, designed TO
obtain reductions in the special tax on
articles which it is claimed are now ex-
cessively levied upon to pay the expenses
of the Spanish-American war. The food
stuffs, medicines and financial documents
of exchange upon which the special
stamp tax is levied are most likely TO be
favored.
The war revenue stamp taxes If not re-
pealed will produce during the next fiscal
year about $40. COOS 900 of surplus reve-
nue. The United States needs no war
chest" like Russia or Germany. There
is already a surplus of $150.000,000 in
the treasury. That surplus needs no ad-
dihons. Then, it is argued, why should
Congress hesitate to repeal those unnec-
essary and irritating taxes which are
forced on the attention of the people
when they buy medicines, send kilograms
or express packages, take out insurance,
purchase land. give notes. draw checks,
or make contracts? A prominent mem
Der Of the ways and means committee
said the other day that he considered the
taxes ON proprietary medicines burden
some and unnecessary, and expressed the
belief that they should be among the first
to be done away with 1t is altogether
likely that the first features of the law
to be repealed will be those relating 10
taxes upon such medicines and others
which do not yield much revenue, and are
troublesome 10 those who have to fix the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
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DEWEY is a GOLD MAN.
His Platform, 1t Is Said, Will Declare
for Souud Money


for Sound Money.
A Washington correspondent says Adj
mral Dewey's campaign for the presi-
dency is now actively opened, and rs
soon as he has had opportunity TO confer
with a few more leading Eastern Demo
Gratis he will formally announce his plat
form, which will declare for sound"
money and the ultimate independence Of
the Fiiipiuos, unless they shall in the
meantime express a preference to remain
under the protection of the American flag.
Admiral Dewey has determined to run
as an independent if he fails to get the
Democratic nomination.
Judge Hazen, brother-in-law Of Mrs.
Dewey, was asked for his opinion on the
admiral's announcement of his candidacy
for the presidency. He said: II am not
in position TO say much but il the peo-
pie of this country do not desire to place
the destiny Of the country in the hands
of a woman. 1t is best to let the admiral
remain where he is -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
CLOUD ON MRS. DEwEY's LOTS.
Allegation that Gen. Hazen Won Them
in q Poker Gam.

in Poker Game.
Mrs. Mildred Hazen Dewey may have
to go to Wichita, Kan. shortly TO
straighten out the title of some lots own
ed by her former husband. Gen. w. H..
Hazen. Because such lots were won in
poker game there in early days by Gen.
Hazen little attention was paid to secur-
ing good titles, and now when Mrs.
Dewey wants to sell them she has found
she cannot because the title is impaired.
In 1871 Gen. Hazen played poker with
Dave Bancroft, real estate dealer. Sit
ting behind four kings, HaZen bluffed the
real estate man into putting up all he
had, including fifty town lots. After that
Gen. Hazcn dealt extensively in Wichita
property. For $1,000 he bought a half in
terest in the town with William Griffen-
stein, the founder. This interest he later
transferred by power of attorney.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

a wall separating the storeroom from an
other in the same house rented by the
company, but had replaced the wall with
a heavy steel girder supported by iron
columns. The loss on building and stock
is about $4,000. The weight of tons of
white lead piled on the second floor is
supposed 20 have caused the accident.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Labor Rint in Chicago.

Gathering trouble at the Merchants
Loan and Trust building in Chicago came
20 climax when the men stopped work
the other evening. Cheered on by rich-
~ attired woman, a mob of several hun
dred union pickets, strike sympathizers
and others hurled themselves upon a thin
line of non-union workmen. After police
officers had been summoned from all the
nearby stations and had quelled the dis
turbance, several were found injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
THREE BURIED in THE RUINS.

Four-Story Brick Building at Pitts
burg Falls Without Warming.
At Pittsburg, Pa, portion of a build
ing owned by the Armstrong McKelvey
Lead and Oil Company, branch of the
National Lead and Oil Company, coli
lapsed without warning Thursday morn
ing. Twelve persons were in the build
ing at the time, and three were killed.
The building was a double four-story
brick. a firm of contractors. engaged
in remodeling the building, had removed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Miners Return to Work.

The delegate meeting of the block coal
miners and operators at Brazil. Ind, re-
suited in the settlement of the suspension
II work in the mines by the signing OF
ihe contract. the miners conceding the
operators demand for semi-monthly pay
after having been ont for Il month. Three
thousand miners have returned to work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Deatb of GEORGE Fl. scripps.

George III. Scripps died near San Diego,
Cal. The remains We're cremated at Los
Angeles and sent to Rushville, ILL.,, for
burial George III. Scripps, with his
brother, e. w Scripps, and Milton A.
McRae, formed the Scripps- Mcltae
league partnership. lie was also treas
urer of the Scripps McRae Press Associa-
ton Company, and had number of other
newspaper interests. Mr.. Scripps was 90
yoorS old
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Shooting in Chicago Hotel.

Rufus Wright of the firm of Morgan d
Wright, bicycle tire manufacturers, was
shot and MORALLY wounded by Mrs.
Louisa Lottridge of Paw Paw Lake,
Mich, in the latter's apartments at the
Leland Hotel, Chicago. Death resulted
in a few hours. Mr.. Wright declared to
Captain Coleran, chief of detectives, that
the shooting was accidental.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
TRADE AFFECTED BY WEATHER.
backward Spring Causes IrreGu1arity
in the Weeks Business.

backward Spring Causes Irregularity
in the Weeks Business,
Bradstreet's says: Backward spring
weather conditions have figured consid-
erably in distributiye trade reports this
week, and in connection with some weak
ness in prices of leading staples have inn
parted an appearance of irregularity to
the general situation. Another one Of
those downward swings in the prices Of
agricultural staples is exhibited this week
in slightly lowered prices for the cereals.
Evidences accumulate that active mis-
sionary work in favor Of lower prices for
iron and steel is at last bearing fruit. A
slight upward swing in cotton is to be
noted and Southern mills have officially
advanced prices. Wheat Including four
shipments for the week aggregate 1886
653 bushels, against 3,S36,96 bushels
last week. Corn exports for the week
aggregated $780, 43 bushels, against A.
361 ,o91 bushels last week"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

The United States Supreme Court has
decided the cases involving the stamp
tax as it applies to express packages, the
question involved being whether the ship
per or the carrier shall pay the express
charges ON packages. The opinion wss in
fator Of the cofananies
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
FOR UNIVERSITY AT TOPEKA.
VIII of Mrs. Eliza Chrismau Provides
for its Founding.

for its Founding.
The viii of Mrs. Eliza Chrisman, who
died in Topeka recently. has been filed
in the probate court there. She bequeaths
the greater part Of a fortune estimated
at $3.50, 000 for the founding of the Uni-
Errsity of Topeka. The bequest is con
,ingent on the Methodist churches of
Kansas raising an equal amount within
ZEN years Mrs. Chrisman also leaves
$50 900 cash TO the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
rersity, $1,000 for new parsonage for
the First Methodist Church of Topeka
and s., 900 To the Women's Missionary
Society. The viii provides that Rev. a.
y Embrce. her former pastor, shall be
administrator of the estate at salary of
$1,000 a year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
RoBs AN AGED WOMAN.
Young Man Gets Her to Mortgage Her
Home and Takes the Money.

Young Man Gets Her to Mortgage Her
Home and Takes the Money.
w. II. Brooks, young man, who has
been boarding at the home of Mrs. Sarah
Keller in Shelby, Ohio, has disappeared
from tie city, taking with him S225,
which belonged to the aged lady. Mrs.
Keller is a widow and is nearly 80 years
of age. Brooks is young man of 70
and has been boarding at the Keller
home. He worked into the good graces
of the aged woman, induced her to mort
gage her home. secured the money and
disappeared. In order TO secure the money
Brooks told Mrs. Keller that an addition
ought to be built to the house. 1t would
be necessary to give the building and loan
company a mortgage on the property.
This Mrs. Keller consented to do, and
Brooks volunteered TO net as ner agent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
wire Nils Open Again.

Suspension OF the wire mills of the
American Steel and Wire Company in
Pitfsburg district. over which there was
much anxiety. has been brief. The wire
departments of the works are in operation
again. while the nail mills viii probably
he idle some time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Fortune Len to university.

The viii Of Mrs Mary ]. thurman
feayes her estate, valued at from 500
600 10 $250. eco. to the Vanderbilt Oni-
rerSity at Nashville. Tenn. The will pro
vides that building TO be known as Eur
man Hall shall be erected on the grounds
or the university at q cost Of SlO0,OOo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
MURDER ENDS PRACTICAL JOKE.
Youth Is Killed by Father of His
Younger Victim.

In Baltimore John Y. Niedhart's prac-
teal joke.for boomerang which re-
suited in his own death and landed his
victim in jail on the charge of murder.
Neidhart, who was IS years old, prepared
a pipe load Of mixed tobacco and gunpow-
der, which he handed to Charles NJ. Dreb-
ing, who is 10 years old The explosion
seriously burned Drebing, who became
angry and quarreed with Neidhart. Dreb-
ing's father joined the quarrel. Finally
Drebing picked up a piece of scantling
and struck Neidhart with it. The youth
never recovered consciousness and died.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Big Mining Company Formed.

The formation of the biggest mining
company operated in the entire West and
one of the most gigantic mining schemes
ever formed, has been made public. The
King Solomon Mining Company, headed
by James b. Townsend of Lima, Ohio
has been capitalized for $30,000,O00, and
has secured hundreds of claims for two
and a half miles along Lake Kootenay.
near Ainsworth, b. G.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

brought the most able men, like Gems.
Botha and Dewet, to the front. New
fighting tactics have been adopted, which
have already resulted in signal success.
England's political moves have also
helped TO solidify the Boer national spirit.
Lord Salisbury's reply to Presidents Kru-
ger and Steyn's appeal for peace has con-
firmed their determination.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Laws Its Tracks Under Mnles.

The novel feat Of building a railroad
through mule harricsde was success
fully accomplished at oronogo. Mo, by a
Missouri Pacific construction crew. For
some time there has been lively compcti-
ton between the Missouri Pacific and
Frisco companies in seeking TO get into
the busy new zinc mining camp.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
SPAIN S CLAIM REPUDIATsD.
Uncle Sam Denies Her Right Over Any
Islands in the East.

CHClS Sdh DeHlcs heT NlShi over ANY
Islands in the East.
SPANS claim to the islands of Cagayan
Sulu and Sibutu on the outskirts of the
Philippine group has been repudiated by
the United States in a note addressed by
Secretary Hay to the Spanish minister.
This course was determined after a care
full study of geographical, typographical
and historical authorities. This Govern
ment holds that as Spain agreed to cede
all her far Eastern territory within the
Philippine and Sulu archipelagoes she has
no ground for claiming sovereignty over
any part of that territory not included
within the longitudinal and latitudinal
lines laid down in the treaty Of peace
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

Frederic Kestermeir, after a short ill
ness, died at Marietta. Ohio, aged So
years. His son, Frederic, Jr., lived with
him and they kept house together, all
other relatives being dead. Ten minutes
after the father died the son, who had
cried for three days, went to his bed,
threw himself down and was dead III a
few minutes. The physicians say he died
of q hroken heart
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
FINp sroLEN BEER sTAmps.
Government Said TO Have Lost $4,000
by Two Recent Thefts.

by Two Recent Ihef1S.
Within the last two months two mys-
terious robberies of beer stamps. by which
the Government lost $4,000, have oc-
CURED. One of these thefts took place
while the stamps were in transit between
the Treasury Department aud the general
postofice in Washington. and the other
between the postofiice and the internal
revenue office in Chicago. The stamps
stolen in Washington were worth $lO,OOO
and those in Chicago $4,000. Internal
Revenue Agent Frank G. Thompson
learned that the stamp thieves had made
arrangements for the sale of large
quantity OF stamps to brewers agent
at the Astor House. New York. Thomas
Blaney, a bartender, was seen to enter
the hotel with big brown paper bundle
under his arm. He was arrested by Mr.
Thompson. The bundle which Blaney
carried. when opened in the Federal
building, was found to contain about SlU.-
600 worth of beer stamps.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
osborn Deicnan,s Amendment.

Osborn Deignan. who was one of the
crew Of the Merrimac when that vessel
was sunk in the harhor of Santiago, has
been appointed an acting boatswain in
the navy and assigned TO duty On the
guuboat Marietta.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Fatal Gas Tank EXPLOSION.

Michael Ellison, IT., was instantly kill
ed and five other men seriously injured
by an explosion in the plant of the Chi
cago Pipe Line Company near Logans-
port, Ind. Defective pipe and high pres
sure are said to have been the cause of
The Incident.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
STRENGTH OF OTIS COMMAND.
War Office Shows There Are 63, 5S5
Men in Philippines.

Wen IN fntlippineS.
The War Department has prepared a
statement showing the strength of the
troops in the Philippines April /, 1900.
Ii shows a total force Of 63,JS5 men in
service, including $50 regular army Off
GERS and 1856 officers with volunteer
rank. OF the men there are %. 397 reg
ulars and 30.S4I volunteers. The army
is distributed among the different
branches of the service as follows: Total
men and officers Of the staff. including
fifteen general officers. 2.T30: cavalry,
$780,; infantry, $500; artillery. 22.:2s2,S.
The staff organization is as follows: Adj
jutant generals department. 4: inspector
generals department. 8; judge advocate
generals office, >: quarrermaster's depart
ment, So; subsistence department. ~;
medical department. 1.941: pay depart
ment. is: ordnance department, 10; engi-
neerS. ga; signal corps. 3T9: chaplains.
Ia The statement shows three regi-
menfs of cavalry. hve Of artillery and
forty-three regiments Of infantry.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Large Gifts for Church Extension.

EasIer glIIs aSgregauHg SoU,VOU uU-
mated for the work of church extension
were announced at York, Pa, by General
Secretary Rev. ii. II. Weber of the board
of church extension of the general synod
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America These gifts are in the shape
of special loan funds, just founded, and
are to be used exclusively in territory
west of the Mississippi river
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
His Body Hacked to Pieces.

Chief of Police Alex A. Main of Ste
v:nston. Il. c.. was found murdered. His
body was literally hacked to pieces Chief
Main had made successive raids on the
hold-np men and thugs who have caused
trouble in former years. and it is sup
posed that his death is their revenge ON
bis work against them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

4 ire in the lumber yards and coal ele-
vators that line the upper part of New
town creek in Brooklyn. \. y. did nearly
100000 damage TO property aud caused
the loss OF nj least one life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
HaIstead Heads a College.

Murat Halstead has accepted the presi-
dency of the new College of Journalism
at Cincinnati, an institution devoted to
teaching practical newspaper work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
ToiIors CO 10 WorL

Chicago tailors who were locked out
Feb II have returned 10 work. the con-
tract between the Journeymen Tailors'
Union and the Tailors and Diapers EN-
hange having been draNn mp and signed
10y representatives, of both bodies. The
exchange wins every point in the contro-
NerSN.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
BRITISH LOSSES.
War Office Report Shows Them to Be
Oyer 23,OOO.

Over $4,000.
The British war Office has issued re-
turn of the total British casualties up to
April Z. 1t was as follows: Killed in ac-
ton. 211 officers and 1860 men; died of
wounds, As officers and 465 men; missing
and prisoners, 16S officers and 3, 722 men;
died of disease, Al officers and ,4S5 men;
accidental deaths, officers and 81 men;
repatriated inyalids, 2SS officers and f.
934 men. Total, exclusive of the sick
and wounded now in hospital, 1886.
To the war Office returns of casualties
must be added the losses and the wound
ed since the date named, aggregating
about 10000 men, making a grand total
of upward of $4,000 officers and men put
out of action
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Forpotten in VILLAGE Ioi1.

Abram r. Wiltse, most of the time a
butcher and some of the time constable Of
Fishllill village, n. y, arrested paint
err, William Reilly, put him in the village
lookup and then forgot all about him. He
was rescued four days afterward more
dead than alive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Plead Gnilty TO stea1irp.

Albert G. Robert and William Duncan,
Jr., in the criminal court at Kansas City
pleaded guilty to stealing $4,000 from
the Barse Live Stock Commission Com
pany and were sentenced to three years
and six months apiece in the peniten-
tiary. They mortgaged Oklahoma cattle
that they did not own.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Oxnard RiIl a Law.

The Porto Rico tariff and civil govern
ment bill ,became law at Z o'clock Thurs
day evening. when it was signed by Pres
ident Mckinley.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Infants Eat strychnine pills.

AT Pittsheld, Pa. two little girls, aged
4 and , years respectively, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs Henry Chase, in some man
ner secured some strychnine pills, about
twenty of which they ate dying in awful
agony two hours later.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Twelve Persons Injured.

The Denver and 3. Louis express on
the Burlington Railroad ran into a wagon
containing twelve persons near Harlem,
Mo. With one exception all of the occu-
pants of the wagon were injured. The
wagon was drawn by two mules. both Of
which were killed instantly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Big Mills Closed.

Because of a tremendous decrease in
the demnna for its finished products, the
American Steel and Wire Company aa-
nounses the Immediate closing down Of
twelve of The largest Of its producing
mills. Ten thousand employees IN various
parts OF the country are made idle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Request for Princeton University.

President Patton of Princeton announce
I'd that the university had recently re-
-eived the sum of $4,000 by the will of
August Van Wrinkle of Hazleton, Pa,
SD 900 to be used in the erection of a
gateway on the campus and 100000 for
IA registers office to be connected with the
gateway
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

William Horner. proprietor Of the Park
House and saloon at Stenbenylle, Ohio.
sho; and killed his wife. Horner locked
the doors aud defed arrest. but the offi-
GERS broke in and overpowered him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Bandits Raid a Faro Game.

Jesus Garrett and another Mexican of
the name of Flores held mp faro game
in Tom Steel's saloon in Johnson. Ariz,
and killed Scott Weathcrsby. promi-
nent mining man. who they thought was
attempting TO prevent their escape.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

up from Urbana.. 1t holds the Smith act
Tor the suppression of mob violence to be
constitutional. The law was written by
Albion W. Tourgee, the well-known jur-
list and novelist, and provides that eoun-
ties which permit mob violence shall be
liable for the damage to life and prop
erty resulting.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

The Ohio Legislature has adjourned.
Among other legislation killed 10y the adj
iournment was the million-dollar appro-
priation for the Toledo exposition. \
stand was made for that Qmomt, half the
sum having hcen refused.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Arkansas woman Kills = Man

At Alexander, Ark. Mrs. L. \. Hol-
land shot and instantly killed William
Cook, a member OF prominent family
Mrs. Holland claims Cook DETAINED her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

William Il. Miller of the Franklin syn
dicate was convicted in Brooklyn of
grand larceny ON the Indictment charging
him with having taken 1000 from Cath
crime MoeSer under false pretenses and
with the design of robbing her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
First Governor for Porto Rico.

Charles III. Allen OF Massachusetts, at
present assistant Secretary of the Navy.
will be the first civil governor of Porto
Rico. He has been rendered the position
by President Mckinley.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Armour & Co. Dissoiyed,

After being in existent nearly forty
wears the firm of Armour 4 Co. of Chi
cago has been dissolved, and the vast in
terests of the firm pass into the hands of
the new corporation of Armour * Co.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

Three men were instantly killed and
one fatally injured near Snowshce. Pa,
in wreck On the Snowshoe branch Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24
Three Buried in the Ruins.

A portion of building owned by the
Armstrong McKelvey Lead and Oil Com
pany collapsed without warning at Pitts
burg. Twelve persons were in the build
ing at the time, and three were killed.
The financial damage is about $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24

Two men were badly injured in West
Orange, y. j.. in a sham battle in repro
duction of the famous engagement at
Spon kop. South Africa.