The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-01-12
TO HELP TIE BOERS.

agreement to go to South Africa
and serve in the Boer army. They
are Irish. Americans, German
Americans and French Americans.
Only men between 20 and 40 and
without any one depending on
them we're enlisted. They will
leave as soon as an agent of the
Transvaal government now ON his
way here arrives.
A subcommittee will likely in
vestigate the alleged polygamous
status of certain federal appointees
The senate committee on foreign
relations last week, ordered favor
able report on the bill to establish
a territorial government for Hawaii
Much excitement still prevails
over the British Boer situation in
expected conflicts; but few incl
dents of importance in the last
week are confirmed.
The New York state legislature
convened in it's annual session Jan
uary 3, and Governor Roosevelt in
his message recommended the re-
peal of the Horton boxing law.
The trial Of f. j. Mills for the
murder of j. G. O'Melyiney, Octo-
Der 3, 1899, was begun in the die
trict court at Salt Lake, Monday,
but it has been difficult to secure a
jury aud little has been done yet.
The commission appointed by
President Mckinley under act of
congress to detirmine the most feas-
able and practicable route for
canal across the Isthmus of Pana-
ma sailed for the scene of its labor
Saturday.
1t has been EnglNnd's conven-
fence to attack or take some Of
Germany's vessels as contraband;
and dispute is on now as to the
Interpretation placed upon contra
band and the right Of search which
may terminate rather seriously.
Complaints are heard against
the War Department for not open
ing the hemp ports of the Philip
pines, thereby allowing a few spec
ulators to corner the market. The
farmers in this country use &c.
100000 worth of binder twine ev-
cry harvest, so there is naturally
great uneasiness since hemp is
more than 400 per cent above nor
NAL, and the supply in the hands
of wealthy spectators.
Congressman Mondell, of Wy
oming, has introduced n meritori-
GUS bill reducing the requirements
for proving up on desert land en-
tries to reclamation, and the pay
ment of the entry fee, as in the
case of homestead entries. Under
the present law, the price required
by the government of Sl25 per
acre, added to the cost of reclama-
ton of the land, puts the lands be-
yond the reach of would-be entry
men, and makes the expenditures
for them more than they are worth.
Lieutenant j. 9. Gilmore, of the
United States gunboat Yorktown,
who was captured by the insur-
geuts last April near BOler on the
coast of Luzon, and rescued n few
days ago by Colonel Luther H.
Hare, with IS other American pris-
oners were brought to Manila
January 9th from Vigan on the
steamer Venus. Gilmore speaks
we'll of Aguinaldo's treatment but
he suffered while in the care of
General Tino. Mondays States
man gives a full account of his OK
perience with the insurgents as re
lated by himself.
WI Ting Fang, Chinese Minist-
er to the United States is not con-
tent with American furniture but
wants supply Of Chinese manu-
facture and wants it quick. He
recently wrote to the owner of the
handsome house rented by the le-
cation, stating that the American
chairs were not comfortable 10 Mrs.