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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
DE WET DOES UP THE "RUINEKs."
Boer War Office Tells of Another Grea
British Defeat.

Boer War Office Tells of Another Great
British Defeat.
General De Wet was also fighting on
June q whether at Roodeval or else
where is not clear, but the BOer war
office gives it out that he captured D.
COO suits of clothing, blankets, gloves,
boots. etc. Being unable to carry them
with him in his rapid sweep through
the country. according to the Trans
Vaal war office. he burned the whole
mass General De Wet has alsOrepOrted
that he put LOCO British out of action
and destroyed property valued at f100,-
900. As Lord Methuen is officially de-
scribed as fighting on June Z, it is pos
sible that lie was engaging General De
Wet.
4 dispatch from LourenZo Marques
says that $4,000 Beers are reported TO
be retiring on Middleburg from various
quarters. and that after wedding out
the faint-hearted 10000 steadfast men
are still left.
General Butler was unable on Mon
day to follow up the Beers from lack
OF cavalry as we'll as water The dis
patches describe him as fighting a spir-
tied advance over Il rugged field under
prolonged rifle fire. The Beers had two
guns, which they got away. Few dead
or Owunded Beers were found. 1t
seems probable that the major portion
of the Beers had Withdrawn before the
advance began.
The war office casualty returns up to
June aggregate 1864 besides 792
officers and 12.3JJ men sent home as
invalids, but not including the sick
in South African hospitals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
Drowned at Coppera. Creek Lock.

Canton, Ills, June 13.-William
Dow, aged 81, of Utica, Ills. was
drowned by the upsetting of a skiff at
Copperas Creek lock. His companions
Fannie Bains, Jessie Thomas. Maude
Smith and Alva Bains, of Utica-were
rescued with difficulty by c. NJ. Pier
son and L. B. Woodruff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
Representative Warner,. Sister Married.

Clinton. Ills. June 13.-Dr. ]. Har-
rison Metler, of Chicago. and Miss
Minnie Warner were married at the
home of the brides parents, DR.. and
Mrs. John Warner. in this city, at $50
last evening. by Rev. c. W. f. Cos
sew. pastor of the Universalist church
here The bride is a sister of Repre-
sentative V. Warner, of this city. They
will make Chicago their home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13

Tor IllIure pay Jne remainder or a
fine of $500 and costs imposed upon
him for using the mails for fraudulent
purposes There is still due 1913 %,
and this Wilcoxen paid yesterday. VIII
cOXen. desiring the position of super
intendent of the Decatur City railroad.
then held by W. L. Ferguson, went to
Muncie. Ind. and had letter heads
printed "City Railway Co.. Muncie.
Ind" n company which had no exis-
tence. and sent letters To Ferguson Of
fering Ferguson a position as superin-
tendent of the railroad at an increased
salary. Ferguson accepted: resigned
his position at UecaIur-Wilcoxen be-
ing promptly appointed to fill the va
cancy-and went to Muncie. only to
find that he bad been victimiZed Will
coxen pleaded guilty at his trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
ENGAGE IN BIG BATTLE.
Continued from First page.

rapidly with the aDun0anI maLerIaI
warehoused at Bloemfontein.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13

General Kelly-Kenny telegraphed
from BlOemfontein yesterday that our
troops from the north are At Honing-
spruit (south of ROodeval, where the
Beers cut the British lines OF com
municatiOn), having defeated the en-
envy. They will be At America Siding
tomorrow at : Il. IN. General Knox
moves out from kroonstad to inter
cept the enemy. Fuller particulars
LATER"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain aud Produce.

Following were the quotations on the
Chicago Board of Trade today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
Boer Commando Defeated.

From the subjoined telegram i
would appear that General Hunter wa:
in command OF the troops referred Il
by General KellyKenny in his dis
patch from Bloemfontein:
''BloemfOntein, June 12.-Genera
Hunter is coming up rapidly from the
northwest. having severely defeated s
large commando of Beers who had de
stroyed two miles OF railway north OF
kroOnstad.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-13
Makes a Frontal Attack.

London, June ia dispatch was
posted by the war office yesterday from
General Butler, dated June IL. stating
that the Second Dorsets had forced
Almonds mex, which was occupied by
a considerable force of Beers with sew
eral guns in position. The attack was
evidently frontal for the Dorsets
used the bayonet. Butler hopes our
casualties are less than 100, which, con-
s!derlng the extreme strength OF the
position. is much less than expected"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07

FIRST two buns each. Then the lord
mayor gives TO each "Grecan" a sov-
eregn and the others coins proportion.
ate In value to their standing After
being refreshed with lemonade the boys
and the lord mayor so TO Christ church
10 hear the sDitaLseuh9n.
Egg rolling In the grounds OF the
White House has come 20 be popular
institution In Washington on Easter
Monday. -.
The Thursday before Easter. called
Maundy Thursday was the time oriki-
naly set apart for washing the feet
as an act OF humiliation The pope,
bishops and superlors Of religious
houses stlll perform this act and Sow
erelgns and princes formerly did. al
though in late years no royal person
ages, except the Empress OF Austria,
have carried Il out. The pope formerly
washed the feet OF thirteen bishops,
representing the Apostles and the angel
who appeared to Gregory the Great
while he was performing an oct Of char
ity. The present pope washes the feet
Of twelve beggars. the apron that he
wears over his soutane during the cere-
mOny being rewarded as "A great treas
ure, and afterWard Is made by the Bene-
dlctlne nuns into pals 20 cover the
challces for the converts OF their or
der,
After washing and kissing the right
foot Of each beggar the pope serves
them during q supper, and each man
finds under his NAPKIN bank note for
100 francs.
The hot cross buns Of Good Friday
have great antiquity TO recommend
them. They go back TO the time Of
Cecrops aud the lba offered 20 Astarte
and pass through the Jewish Passover
cake and the eucharistc bread or cross
marked waters Of the early Christian
church.
In London and in all parts Of England
the first cry one hears on Good Friday
morning is, Hot cross bunsW The VEN
ders have curious cries in regard to
them. one runs:
one a penny, buns:
Two a penny, buns
one penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns.
Another:
One penny two a penny,
Hot cross buns.
II you have no daughters
Give them 10 your sons;
But II you have none OF these merry
little elves
Then YOU may keep them all for your
selves.
The bun Is small and splced and bears
a cross on its sugary top. Chelsea for
a long time had great reputation for
these buns, as many as 2i0 600 having
been sold In a day by one house.
To carry out the provisions Of a win
made by woman before the great fire
In London, twenty-one old women APP
pear every Good Friday In st. Bar
tholomew and IN the presence OF a great
crowd pick up twenty-one slXpences
from the floor, one who Is too proud or
too infrm 10 stoop being barred from the
possession Of that vast sum
In Spain women appear IN the streets
In funeral garb on Good Friday and the
young men OF fashion don black, even
70 Jet studs and sleeve buttons.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07

half OF our months 10 Us year Mars,
whose year ie nearly two OF ours. Jupi-
ter. which makes one revolution about
the sun In twelve Of our years. Saturn
with its year equal 20 30 OF our own
Uranus. with "a Of our years 70 one
Of lts own. and Neptune with a year 1855
times as long as ours, were shown. each
moving with true relative speed. The
asteroids, revolving as a ring Of frag-
ments, between the orbits of Mars and
Jupiter were discussed. and their con-
nectlon with metcoric showers was ex-
planned An actual meteorlte-posslbly
q fragment Of a shattered world. which
fell upon the earth from space, striking
our planet somewhere In Arizona, was
exhibited The discovery OF an aster.
Old OF considerable size made by witt
OF Berlin In 1898. was explained as OF
particular Importance. This tiny
planetoid. Eros by name describes an
orbit which passes within that OF
Mars, and 30 may approach the earth
closer than any other body except the
moon. II viii be favorably situated
FOR observation IN November next, ana
from rs proximity 10 the earth may
serve 20 rcctify on confirm our accepted
distance Of the sun and other bodies
from the earth.
Then, passing beyond the solar sys-
tenn into sldereal space. the enormous
distances Of the fixed stars were Illus
trated by an imaginary Journey on
beam OF light travelling az IT'S usual We
locity Of over eleven millions OF miles
per minute Al such a rate the sun
would be reached from the earth In
eight minutes the orbit Of Jupiter would
be- crossed IN one hour and a halt that
of Saturn In two and a half hours, that
OF Neptune IN three hours the Pole
star would be reached In forty-five
years. and the PleIades In $50 years
while the most distant bodies observ,
able from the earth would be reached
IN not less than 1000 years. And stu
beyond these are other systems, other
heights. and other depths
Comets. those occasional visitors from
outer space. which come now and then
within our system, and nebulae-the
dust OF which worlds are made-were
described, explained. and illustrated.
The lecture was a mastery EFFORT
throughout. and II was brought TO a
close by a grand recital Of Jean Paul
Richters Dream Vision OF The In
finite.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07
GENERAL CRONJE'S PLUCK.

General Cronjes pluck was monu-
mental Il made you feel that the mod
ernity Of warfare has not, after all.
killed lis romance. These days Of shrap-
mel and lyddite can be as heroic and
poetic an said. as those Of catapult and
cross bow, OF falchlon and casque. A
hundred-fold more so. one may add,
thinking Of how shell after shell burst
over the Paardeberg trenches Lord
Kitchener. as YOU doubtless know, re-
fused TO let Cronje have a day to bury
his dead. This hardness Is, IN some
quarters. roundly blamed here. and all
the more so because OF the frlghtful
condition In which Cronje's lager was
found on the surrender General Bull
Ter. Il Is argued. repeatedly asked for
the same sort OF armstce In relation
to his dead and wounded, and these re-
quests General Jouhert granted, Never
popular commander In Egypt, Lord
Kitchener has thus far IN his South
African campaign done nothing 70 re-
move from his reputation the clinging
epithet OF cruel" With Lord Roberts,
on the other hand e Is agreeably other
wise. Mercy and kindness toward the
conquered will help TO make 'Bobs'
more cherished than ever by the Eng
llsh people. He rendered Cronje's POSI-
tlOn hopeless, deyotlng himself, with all
the military science OF which he Is PAST
master. TO battling every hope OF the
enemys reinforcement Yet he has re-
Trained from reckless splitting Of blood.
and has secured the 'lion OF Africa las
Cronie IS called nowadays) 10 blde TOT
indefinite months at cape ToWn.-bd-
gar Fawcett In Golfers Weekly
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07
THE GRANDEUR
OF THE UNIVERSE
Dr. TaImage'S Lecture on the "Sun
Moon and Stars" Last Night
FINE STERE0PTICON VIEWS,
The zig Tabernacle Audience Greatly
Delighted with WhRt IL Heard and
saw A subject Ever New,

Splendid indeed was the Astronomical
lecture delivered IN the tabernacle by
Or Talmage last night The subject
'The sun, Moon and Stars" Is one
with which the speaker Is thoroughly
familiar and one too. that that never
grows old The audience was large,
much larger than might have been ex-
pected considering the great number Of
er-entertainments and attractions
that are always found at conference
time. aud was a distinct tribute 10 the
well known abilities OF the lecturer
The audience listened In almost pain
ful silence 10 the polished diction Of the
doctor and gazed intently upon the
magnificent stereOpticon views pre-
scented and several times found Itself
at the point Of applaudlng that which
Il heard aud saw. The lecture Is
one that could be delivered with untold
profit In every advanced Institution Of
learning IN Utah
MAGNIFICENT VIEWS.
The pictures exhibited by DR.. Tai
mage In Illustration OF his subject We're
Of an order OF excellence rarely sur.
passed There were diagrams executed
with the greatest care showing in true
relation Of size the sun and its family
Of planets. motions Of the planets In
space the phases OF the moon and OF
the inferior planets, also magnificent
paintings OF the solar surface and
numerous photographs OF the same
Some OF these sun views presented on
the surface Of the glowing orb the
appearance Of frost flowers and ice
crystals But the most interesting and
instructive OF all the Illustrations were
the moving pictures showing the bril-
liant moon IN its monthly lunations
about a sun-lighted earth, the entire
family Of planets and satellites revOlv.
ing around the sun, the direct and
retrograde apparent motion OF the IN.
ferior planets etc BY moving views
also the nature Of eclipses was made
clear. and the dark disc OF the moon
was seen creeping over the suns face
until from a mere notch I'm the limb
Of the solar luminary Its face was en-
tirely obscured.
THE LECTURE.
The lecture proper was prefaced by
an interesting outline Of the history Of
the science Of the heavenly bodies. and
by sincere tribute % the studies ana
Investigations OF ancient times, which,
while In themselves often erroneous,
prepared the way for more reliable
demonstrations Of later times. Astrono-
my was pronounced the Oldest Of all
human sciences dependent on observa-
ton. In striking contrast with this
fact, that OF the youthfulness Of earth
science was presented. II was but yes
terday in the history OF the race that
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07
A Horrible OuIbrrnk.

"Of large sores on my little daugh.
ter's head developed into a case Of
scald head writes c. d. Isbil OF Nor.
canton, Tenn, but Bucklen's Arnica
salve completely cured her. It's guar.
anteed cure for Eczema, letter Salt
Rheum, Pimples. Sores, Ulcers and
Piles Only 25 cents at 2. c. NJ. /. Drug
Dept.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07

Twenty thousand dollars worth OF
Mems, Boys and Chlldren's Clothing
and Furnishing Goods damaged BY
water In the big Progress block fire
must be cleaned out quick. Unparal-
leled bargains. Sale began at 10 a. IN.
Friday. L. NJ. FRIEDMAN & Co,
las Main.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Omaha Insurance Man Hurt.

John V. Mcdowell, agent Of the New
York Life Insurance company, was
brought into Omaha from Arion, Ia,
in an unconscious condition from in
%juries received there and was taken to
Clarkson hospital, Mr.. Mcdowell was
driving across the country from Dunlap
to Arion when in descending a steep
hin the buggy tongue broke, causing
a mixsnp generally IN which Mr.. Me-
Dowell was thrown down hill a dis
lance of fifty feet, striking on his head.
The injured man was taken to Arion,
to which place Mrs. Mcdowell was
called. She arranged for his care at
the hospital at Omaha and brought
him in on the Northwestern. being met
at the station by the ambulance and
several friends.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
Socond Attompt on Ills Lifc.

King numbcrt !, of Italy was born
on March II, 1874, and was eldest son
of Victor Emmanuel. Mt whose death
he succeeded to the throne, January y,
ISIS. He accompanied his father dur
ing the war of Italian independence
N was active in the movement for
the unilication of Italy after strur-
giles of 1850.
Humhcrt married his cousin. Princess
M~arghcrita of Savoy on April 80, 1865.
After the outbreak of the Franco.uer.
man war in 1870, France Withdrew its
garrison from Rome and the Italian
troops, taking immediate possession,
completed the utilization of the king
dom. Within n year after his nsccn-
sion to the throne an a~ttcn,pt was
made To assaGsinatc him. while he was
IN Naples, but he escaped unframed.
The probabilities are King llumbcrt
viii bc succeeded by his eldest son, the
Prince of Naples, who is noe yet thirty
years old.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03

and blood could contain our love,
No; we belong to each other for al
ways, and Here comes our lunch,
and you will have to eat IT,"
And he did eat Il. cheered by the
sunshine OF her eyes and the music
OF her voice. And after lunch they
sat up In one OF the balconies and
watched the boats go down the grimy
but sunlit bosom of Mother Thames,
for the hotel looked ont upon the river.
And Alan smoked, and they made
plans for the future. Where they
would go. and what they would do,
and what they would see, together. to-
gether, together always. And they
talked of the folly Of married men and
women who go their separate ways.
no recognizing the divinely blessed
link between husband and wife. And
when they rose TO go they knew that
they were nearer to each other than
they had ever been before. ct had
been a gAlden afternoon, although now
the sun had gone from the river, and
the mist was rising q little. Still. ~
Joyce said, NO mist can blot the sun
out forever" She mean Il as an allie
CORY. and as an allegory Alan under
stood IL.
And then they drove home again to-
gether, and that evening Alan spent
quietly, doing n little work which was
necessary, seeing that he had spent a
good many hours doing nothing but
making love to Joyce. And on the
morrow he had forgotten the strange
turn that the woman had given him.
Nothing happened during the next
fortnight, which wen all too slowly
for him, until his wedding day. On
the contrary, each day his heart be-
came lighter. and he looked forward
each day to that which would see the
contamination of his dearest desires.
And so the wedding day came, and
Alan forgot everything but that the
sweetest woman in the world was go
ing to belong to him from that day
forward forevermore. His responses
rang out clear and fluent, as did hers.
He forgot Hutchinson and Hutchin-
sons enigmatic prophecy-that there
might be a strange wedding guest
though he could not have Known that
Hutchinson had changed his mind, and
that there would be no strange we'd
ding guest that day.
He forgot everything, save that the
time was coming nearer and nearer
when the carriage door would be closed
behind him and Joyce, and he would
whisk her off. his own dear bride. And
1T Is no exaggeration to say that the
sun had never shone on two happier
people than Alan and Joyce MacKen-
zie.
ITO he c~Ontinupl)
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
HUMBERT IS SLAIN
Italy's King Assasinated While
Out Driving.
DtATH WAS ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS
slayer IL Angelo Hressi-Narrov,y Es-
capes Fury of the ropulacc-The
Tragedy Occurs while Kiug 4.
Distributing Prizes.

King Humbcrt has been asSassinatcd.
He was shot at Monza, Italy, Sunda V
evening by II mau named Angelo BrcsSi
of Prato, and he died in a few minutes.
The king had been attending II dis.
tribution of prizes in connection with
u %gImnastic competition. lie had just
entered his carriage. with his aide.dc.
camp, amid the cheers of the crowd,
when he was struck 10y three revolver
shots fired in quick succession. one
pierced the heart Of his majesty. who
fell back and expired in u few minutes.
The ASSASSIN was immediately mr..
rested and was with some difficulty
saved from the fury of the populacc.
lie gave his name rs Angelo Iircssi.
describing himself as of prato, in Tus-
cany.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
IS SHOT TO PIECES
Bloody Climax in Race Riots
at New Orleans.
CAPTURE or TIE MICRO. OHARlfS
Located smokc Out ana Ills Ro,iy IN
Riddi.d Game right Made 10.
Life-Km. Two Men, "a Hoy and
Fatally wounds Others.

After n desperate battle, lasting for
several hours in which he succeeded IN
killing Sergeant Gabriel Partcus. Andy
Van kurcm, keeper of the police iail
and Alfred j. a. Bloomfield. u Young
boy, and fatally woundiug Corporal
John +. Iaily, John Ranville. cS-
Policeman Frank II. Evans aud A. =.
I'oclcrc. one of the leading confcction-
crS OF the city, and more or less scri-
ously wounding several other persons.
The negro desperate. Robert Charles.
who killed Captain Day and ratrolman
Lamb and badly wounded Officer
Mora. was smoked out of his hiding
place in the heart of the residence see
ton of New Orleans, and literally shot
to pieces.
The tragedy was one Of the most re-
markablc in the history of the city.
and 10000 people. soldiers, policemen
aud citizens, were gathered around
The square in which Charles was lin
ally put to death. Tremendous cxl
citcmcnt rcigncd in New Orleans rs
the battle went ON between the police
and citizens and the negro, who bad ~
rifle. After the tragedy wa over and
Charles was dragged out from the mud
and slush in which he had fallen with
the mob bowling for the burning az
his body, statements were made hat
the man killed was not really the dies.
pcrado who had killed Day and Lamb.
hut papers were found on the person
and the fact that he fought - d,sper-
ately for his life and shot so accurately
seems to leave little doubt that tho
right man was killed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-03
WILL DRAW THEIR PAY
Checks for Omaha C.usu- Enumeration
to Como Soon.

Most OF the cnumcrators engaged in
the work of taking the census of 1900
Will probably receive their pay in n
short time. Ten checks have been
hung mp until the cnumcratorS explain
why IN their district there are no man
uf%acturing or industrial enterprises,
when from six of the districts such
establishments were reported in 1890.
Supervisor Wheeler has received II let.
ter from the department requesting
that the cuumcratOrs he called upon 10
explain and he judges from the tone of
h communication that the checks for
the other c~nuncrators will arrive
shortly. The principal trouble with
the |cnuncrators in the country pre-
cinctS is that they understood the
manufacturing schedules were to bo
filled by special agents.
The special enumeration is progress.
ing favorably aud will be completed in
the allotted time. but there was more
of II than was expected. The fact
that manufacturing houses are to re-
port from their principal places of bus
mess will increase Omaha's initial
showing.