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acre has been able to make his now his
torical sweep from Modder river to Bloem-
fontein and from Bloemfonten to Pretoria.
The lessons learned by England are based
broadly on three conditions of the war
the weapons used, the nature of the coun-
try and the character Of the enemy's mill
tary organization.
In the Boer war for the first time modern
high power long-range weapons were in the
hands of combatantS who, owing to sur
rounding conditions, were on terms of prac-
teal equality at the beginning of the strug-
gle.
were in the hands of a military force
in which individual initiative was highly de-
welcomed which was capable Of extreme
mohiIity and was operating in a country
most excellently adapted to defense and
the tactics natural to the burghers.
These conditions imposed on the British
invading force four principal necessities
which they seemed for time 1ncapapie
of learning.
These were the avoidance of frontal at
tacks in close formation, careful and skill
ed scouting, wellplanned thanking or turn
ing movements and extreme care i'll the
handling OF artillery 10 prevent us cap
ture. 49,.
for the British to give up. Their generals
had been trained so long in lighting savage
or half-civilized foes with Anticipated or
useless weapons that it seemed impossible
for them to quit hurting masses OF troops
against the BOer trencneS ana unerrlHS
rifles and sending thousands to needless
slaughter.
RULER at Colenso and in his Spion Kop
campaign, and Methuen at Magersfontein
illustrated most yividly this doggedly main
famed British tendency. And the great
Kitchener, too. at Paardeberg, in spite of
The death-dealing lessons given to Butler
and Methuen, sent hundreds to their long
sieep and seemed bent continuing it,
when Roberts arrived and called off the
devoted battal1ons. t'
Proper scouting, too. for a long time was
| contemptuously neglected by all the British
commanders Butler, Gatacre and Methuen
suffered for this most seriously at Colenso,
| at Stormberg and at Magersfontein.
Baden-Powell, shut up in Mafeking, real
| ized the value of skilled scouting, and has
| written n book on the subject, explaining
and advocating the American system. 1t
was n misfortune for England that the
other British commanders were not famil-
lar with Baden4Powell's work or willing
and able to apply its teachings.
After many disasters, however the scout
ing lesson was learned, and with it, q
naturaI corollary, the need of large bodies
| of cavalry with good supply of fresh
RULER. in his final advance on Ladysmith.
shaved that he had learned how to use
scouts, how to avoid frontal attacks and
how not to risk artillery and lose it, as he
| did at Colenso
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-01
LESSONS OF THE WAR.
England Has Had to Modify Some
Old Customs,

England in particular and the world in
general at Britains expense. have learned
many valuable military lessons from the
Boer war.
The schooling has cost England thousands
of valuable lives and millions of money,
and for a time it looked as If her generals
were unable to adapt theselves to new
conditions and profit by the hard teaching
that Boer rifles and guns were pounding
into them.
But the new ideas were finally driven
home. and Roberts, profiting by the terrible
experiences Of Methuen, Butler and Cat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-01
Six Killed by Dynamite Explosion.

SIN kfIIed 11NPfVSfOH'
A dispatch from Clinton Wis, last night
says:
K dynamite explosion in the house of Au-
eust Broehm, near Forest Junction, today,
SiIlad six members of the family. The
hnuse was completely wrecked. The dead
are William Broehm. Mrs. William Broehm,
three Broehm children and John Stebbins,
a brother of Mrs. Broehm.
Broehm was a wealthy farmer. 1t is not
known what caused the explosion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-01

PIatt's ChlOrides Instantly Dislnfects
the house drains water closets, Sinks cellars, &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-01
Golden Rule plan.

for pulling one of Howard Merryman's
ears. The affair grew out Of a quarrel be-
tween some children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-01

1t pays to read the want columns of The
Star. Hundreds Of situations are hlle<
through them. 10000
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
sULTAN'S CLEVER DODGE.
Will Buy a Cruiser in the United
States to Disguise Payment Of

will Buy a Cruiser in the United
States to Disguise Payment of
Claims.
London, April 2e.-The Constantine
pie correspondent of the Daily Chron-
icle says: The Turkish-American diff
ficul;y is in a fair way of settlement,
the sultan having promised satisfac-
ton. The rumor is revived that the
sultan intends to build cruiser in the
United States to disguise the payment
of the indemnity, and Ahmed Pasha is
going to New York to confer with the
Cramps on the subject.
The Constantinople correspond ent Ct
the Daily Mail says: In addition to
rebuildi1.s the American mission struc-
lures at Kharpoort. the sultan has
found way of paying the claim by
purchasing cruiser built in the United
States. the cost of which will include
the 100000 claimed. BY this adroit
measure he hopes to shelve the princi-
pie and avoid giving the powers pre-
text for pressing their claims.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
1.-'E15.7 - -
RES;lu]mE ' be NEWS
From, the Capital.

from the Capital.
The naval appropriation. bill was
passed. by the house, -. : ! .
/: Gen. Joe Wheeler has resigned as a
member of congress. = i.
A compromise has been reached on
the Nicaragua canal -bilk, So
Secretary Of War Root shows the
falsty Of GA. allegations against officers
The ssenate agreed to the conference
REPORT e4 the Hawaiian civil govern
ment Bin. -,. -.
The bill for extending the time limit
on cattle in transit:is favored by the
stockmen. ,,-,,3 go.
approval of the Holland type Of sub
marine boats.
The naval board at Washington has
finally, approved plans for three new
battleships of the Iowa type.
Last week proved one Of the blood
lest of .tAa&Philippine war since the
first days fighting around Manila.
BY directions of the president the
military post near the city of Bis
marck. n. D.. hereafter will be known
as Fort Lincoln.
The division of claims and insular
affairs Of the war department has
made public the statement that the
total receipts of the Porto Rican treas
ury for the first half of the fiscal year
of 1S99-19OO were $S45,S9O.
The acting Indian commissioner has
authorized a delegation of the Yank-
ton Sioux to go to Washington in re-
lation to the pending Pipcstone treaty.
The Indians are anxious to have the
treaty ratified as soon as possible.
The house committee on foreign af-
fairs directed a favorable report on the
bill. an ending the present law so as to
require consuls and vice consuls TO
give security for the estates of Ameri-
cans dying abroad entrusted to their
administration. and requiring reports
on. such estates to the secretary of
state. Secretary Hay suggested the
amendment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
Foreign Gossip.


"A new fort will guard the mouth o
the Thames. .;..4. = -
| William Schring, the poet land histt
rian. of Berlin. is dead, =.
The Prince Of Wales received an owe
ton OH his return to England.
The Venezuelan forces at Hamac
We're. defeated by the insurgents.
Fourteen fatal cases of plague OF
CURED in Manila within Il week.
Italy is talking of a Latin ALLIANCE
and may not renew the dreirbund.
Shakespeares birthday was celebrat
ed recently at Stratford-On-Avon.
The. American pavilion at tho Pari
exposition will be inaugulnted May 1u
The French government is likely tt
prohibit automobile races on public
roads. 80
A Turkish torpedo boat exploded il
| the harbor of Beyrout, killing twenty
| three men.
Castro's rule of Venezuela is said tt
be 1yrannical. and another revolution
! is threatened. .'-s' -
Famine in India is increasing. Re
lief is inadequate. Natives are attack
ing Europeans.
The powers are not likely to heeC
Moroccos protest against the French
seizure of Tuat
Dreyfusards. with the aid of the gov
| eminent. are reported as planning tc
reopen the case.
Under the patronage of the king of
q
open May ) at Stuttgart.
Emperor William expresses Il wish
that Germany and Grea1 Britain
dwell together in unity.
The Turkish government has ordered
the rebuilding of the American mis-.
sionary property that was destroyed.
An army of workmen continue To
hammer night and day on the untin
iShed buildings at the Paris exposition.
NJ Coquelin and Nine. Bernllardt
intend taking an American trip after
the Paris exposition With "Cyrano de
Bergerac' and "Aquilon."
The German admiralty is said to he
authority for the statement that Ger
mans are about to visit the United
States to study American shipbuilding.
Sir Francis Arthur Mandarin. senior
inspecting officer Of railways in con
nection with the board of trade, died
at London. He was born May l, 1888.
Emperor William has ordered public
school teachers to point out to their
pupils, the significance Of the coming
of age next month of Crown Prince
Frederick William. =,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
Otherwise.

Two million bushels of grain arc
tied llp in Chicago.
! Thei Asiatic demand for American
/ foodstuffs is increasing.
The New York Herald independently
comes out editorially for President
Mckinley.
| The Rockefeller interests are report
ed to have secured control of the Mis-
souri, Pacific.
The weather bureaus reports indi-
cate large yield of grain and fruit
everywhere.
American locomotives have been sue
cessful in Bavaria and will now be
tried in Prussia.
Republicans of the Fourth Nebraska
F., district nominated John Pope Of Sa.
line county for congress.
| The American coal production for
1902, is estimated at $50, 500 $50 tons,
1 an increase Of IT'S per cent
| Roosevelt has signed a bill COMPEL
! ing the provision of seats for waitress.
J es in New York restaurants.
.Congressmen Babcock, Often, David.
son, DAZZLE, Cooper and Barney of Wis
consin were renominated by Republic
ans,
Tennessee Republicans split and
nominated two state tickets and elect
ed two sets of delegates to Phila,
delphia.
It has been definitely decided that
Yale and Harvard will not meet the
track athletes of Oxford and Cam.
i bridge this year. =.
.: According to statements Of his fam
lily Harry Dribble eighteen years old
t who died at New York from consump
ton, grew seven inches in two weeks.
Ex-President Harrison, President
Mckinley and Gov. Roosevelt deliver
ed addresses at the first days sessions;
of the >ecumenical conference on for
eign missions.
Visitors from every section of the
| country will attend the approaching
conference to be held at Montgomery
Ala. May 8. 9 and 10 to discuss the
race problems of the South.
Thomas J. Hunter. formerly auditor
Of the Atlanta & West Point Railway
company, was placed on trial at Allan
on charge of embeZzling $4,000 HI
was found guilty and sentenced to the
! peLitentiary for five years.
| Henry H. Yard, who was acquitted
of abetting in the wreck of the Key.
| stone National Bank of Philadelphia
was discharged in bankruptcy at Tren
| ton. N. J. Yards liabilities are 1926,
500. Of which the unsecured claims ag
gregate 1854, OSS. The assets are $93,
1876
John Mack. who for many years was
prominent in commercial life in New
York. is dead, aged seventy-five. He
was an intimate friend of President
Lincoln. and during his term of office
was collector Of internal revenue al
/ the port of New York. One of Mr.
| .Mack's daughters married Bourke
Cochran in 1866 and died in 1885.
Oxford and Cambridge defeated
Yale, Harvard and Columbia at chess
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03

-Arbor day is the 'onfy holiday which
speaks for the future, all others cele-
brate the, past. Yet even Arbor day be-
gins to- have a past. Eighteen years
ago, during the first fofestry congress
in this country, the children Of Cincin-
natl marched to Eden Park and planted
a young.1ree for each,Rfesident. Wash
ington would be prounerAofi his. Gincin-
natl oak than of his mythical cherry
tree; and jackson would find his hick-
DRY harder to break down than was the
United States Bank. -~-----'s.-...-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
Sins and Sfnnera

i G. B. Webb Of st. Louis, No., was
murdered by, saflS{n negro employe.
Steve Trif1ett committed suicide in
the Jail at Marshalltown, Iowa.
S. w. Jacobs of Chicago was arrested
on the charge of forging Sugar stock.
ri Mrs. Phil Rennell of East Benton
Harbor, Mich, ended her life by TAX
ing morphine.
Jordan L. Cooke. railroad foreman
was shot and killed by bandit at Ac-
ITALIAN. Mexico.
William Thomas of ,Muncie. Ind.
.g1iarreled with his wife, swallowed
sstrychnine. and.Aied. "a tGse
1t is stated that the men who dyna.
mited the Welland canal did it for fish
ing purposes, only. IL.
George Z s6wsaffss discharged farm
hand. near Terre Haute, Ind. killed
Annie Hartley, fourteen years old.
T. w. Clark Of Chicago. night super
'4i.fc Eli -of Daivvf3lseiss marble works,
was badly beaten by three union work
men.
Thomas G. Woerman OF Atchinson,
Kas.. gets eighteen years in the peni-
Tertiary for burning the house Of ]. G.
Fax
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
Observation-Disclosures. h,sif

A reeent-edi ....lG,}Ai Id. EAri Fl
in France" has. ELECTED 1.-THE pleasing
fact tha4sins several American cities the
school children; are :systematically..e en-:
couraged. to save their pennies. Eight
years ago plan OF saving, promoted
by the Grand Rapids savings bank was
introduced experimentallyy,s into four
schools: After twelve weeks success
full trial, it was taken up in all the
schools" Now the savings bank has
several thousand child depositors.
whose savings aggregate more than
seventeen thousand dollars. There
are now more, than five hundred
schools in the country in which there
is a similar system of saving.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
She Had statistic..

"Julia. DEAR said young Mr.. Gilley
thirdly. to his charmer,> "do you think
that a married couple could live on a
salary OF $3.50 a year?'
'"Oh. Dick" replied Julia, earnestly,
II saw in the Ladies' and Gents Home
Journal an account of how a man sup,
ported himself. his wife and two chill.
dren on $3.50 year. I'll run and get
the paper!'
Invitations were issued the following
week.-Detroit Free Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03

The project for building a new ia
cade to the cathedral of Milan, -whicI
has been,at the point. Of execution fol
fourteen years.. is receiving so much
opposition that it is not impossible
that it may be abandoned: The Ole
facade struck a discordaht note, but
many Of its details were fine. AS the
bequest which was to largely pay che
cost of.the.; construction Of. the facade
was to: revert Ito. .thei great hospital
at Milan if the construction was. not
begun ,.Withinr4a~s certain time it, is
probable that the Milanese public, will
not regard the loss Ct q new sWs..ff facade q
serious matter. 'HS ,E: &
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03

Among the most distinguished young
men of foreign birth who are now
studying in the United States are T.
and Y. Sung, the grandsons of Ii Hung
Chang, the grand old man of China. The
two young men are Grand IS years OLD
respectively, and are said to differ from
their illustrious grandfather in political
faith. They are fully in sympathy
with the Chinese reform movement.
and will study Western civilization
with a view of applying the lessons
they learn when they return to China
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03

Peoples who: talk anxiously concern.s
ing the danger from automobiles
should remember that great deal al
ways d9pe1ds upon T the lssi man in charge
of the mac inery, and that an incon1-
petent Individual with a team of skit-
fish horses can do quite rs much dam
age as the man who does. NOT know
how to work the levers of an automo,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
PersOnal Mention.

Bishop Tobias Mullin passed away at
Erie. Pa. ..... ............,- l-~.
Charles G. Stachelberg of New York
is dead.
Prof. A. K. Spence, Of Fisk universe
ty. died at Nashville, Tenn.
Matt Parrot. journalist, of Waterloo
Iowa. died at Battle Greek, Mich.
Louis Fougeres, merchant, Wabash;
Ind. is dead, aged fifty-seyen years;
Z" Wilhelm jain, the famous viennese
ORCHESTRA conductor, is. dead at Vienna.
Mai. Thomas Gillespie of Marquette,
Mich. dropped dead on the street re-
Gently.
-, President Mckinley has declined to
90 to Chicago to attend the Dewey cele-
George P. bold. son of Jacob Dold,
1.-THE pork packer, was found dead in bed
at Buffalo. N. Y:
Matt Parrot of Waterloo, Iowa,
prominent Journalist, died at Battle
Creek, Mich. He was receiving treat
ment. III
- A. S. Hillidie. builder and inventor of
the first cable car system in the Unit,
ed States. which was laid down in San
Francisco. died there of heart disease.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
Two Killed by Train.

Riga, Mich, April 2S.--Whilc cross
ing the tracks of the Lake Shore rail-
road this morning wagon containing
Mr.. Kruse and his young son was
struck by the fast mail and both were
instantly killed: also both horses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
unfortunate Happenings.

Patrick Cahill of Chicago died ut
Norwalk. Ohio. from accidental in
juries. ..u
David Hutchinson. of Neponset, H.,
and student in a Quincy business col
lege. was killed by freight train at
kewanee, Ill. .. $50.
panuco. Mex. the most important
trading post on the river of that name.
was destroyed by fire. Two thousand
people are. homeless. =, -, -.
The body Of an ulridentifedman was
found in mud bank of Jamaica bay
Long Island. He had been .mired il
the mud. which held him fast. and The
tide rose and, drowned him. 9:r:,.'.
i: John Duge of La Sale, ILL.,, .descen l.
ed from the Illinois Central bridge TO
a pier to fish. Being unable. to get
back he jumped sixty feet to the
ground and will die from injuries.
: AT Philadelphia fire started in the
four-story building Of J., w. McCaus.
land. .227 Church street, maker OF
paper cobs and spools. The flames
from this building spread to others and
caused loss of 100000.
flre is raging IN the, I1lden mine al
Ressemer, Mich, several hundred feet
below the surface. 1t is. known to D.
near No.. 6 shaft, where the powder
magazine is located All men have
been ordered out.
John Horton, negro, his wife and
five children We're drowned in the
backwaters of Pearl river, near Jack
son. Miss, while irving TO escane from
the flood. The family was endeavoring
to make it's escape in a wagon and the
vehicle fell through a broken bridge
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
sHOpMEN STRIKE.

New York Central Men Walk Ont to
Enforce Demands for Wages.
Buffalo. April 2S.-The employees Of
, the New York Central railroad shops,
about 1900 men in all. went on strike.
This number includes 1.SOO men in the
shops and 400 in the yards. An in
crease in wages and the reinstatement
Of certain men alleged to have been
uniustly discharged, is demanded by
the men.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
BoERs DRIVEN OUT.
BRITISH TAKE A. sTRoNG POSITION.
/. AT IsRAELsPOORT.


Gen. Hamilton Executes q Well Con-.
ceivcd Turning Movement -
Troops Are Advancing Towards
Thabn N'Chu-British Striving to
Cut Off the Beers Who Are Re-
treating From Devwetsdorp-Re-,
port That the Beers Have Reoccu-.
pied Boshof Prove to he Untrue.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03
Drowned While E,.n,. .,

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 2S.--Wnr
Krelger, while fishing from the lower
dam Of the Cedar river, near Waterloo.
yesterday, fell into the water and was
drowned. The body was later recoy.
cred.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03

The state of health of one of our two
surviving ex-Presidents was the sub
ject Of numerous newspaper para
graphs a few weeks ago. Neither of
the two has yet reached the average
number of years attained by ex-Presi-
dents from Washington to Arthur.
Washingtons brief. life after he left
the presidency was longer than that of
Polk or of Arthur for in the June fol-
lowing the close of his chief magis-
tracy Polk was dead, and Arthur sur
vived his retirement lessi' than two
years. John Adams lived twenty-five
years as ex-President, and his son.
John Quincy Adams, showed for near
ly nineteen. years how importantly a
former chief magistrate may, serve his
country. Van Buren, and Fillmore sur
vived the presidency twenty-one years;
Madison, nineteen years; Jefferson and
Tyler, seventeen years; Pierce, twelve
years, and Hayes: nearly: as long. -.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03

The Kansas Supreme court iii iii til.
case of:=the :ssAtehissn; ::s opekass and
Santa f'e Railway Company against
I. P. Campbell has handed down a de-
cision holding thei.act OF the legisla.
ture requiring railroads to furnish free
transportation to shippers of live
stock to be unconstitutional. The
court was unanimous and its. decision
reverses both the Appellate court and
the Sedgwick county district. court.
The court says: "This is depriva-
ton of property without due process Of
law and denial of the equal protection
of the laws, and is, therefore, uncon-
stitutional and void under the four
teenth amendment to the constitu-
tion." The railroads have furnished
shippers of one car load free Transport
tation TO market, the shippers paying
their fare home. For two car loads or
more the shipper is carried free both
ways. This is the rule which: has been
observAd for yearsfand is nov in force
The populist legislature of 1897 passed
the law declared unconstitutional. IL
provided that shippers of one car loao
should've carried free b9th4 sags@s =
a. -----G : lIi: 4 !:
Senator Depew estimates hat fully
one-hatf of all charitable efforts are
productive of more harm than good.
They Increase. .pahpsrism. and-s1eossr..
age pr - =
worst form that Charity can take IS
when pauperizes the recipient" The
estimate of one-half OF all charity
being - yg.::ssll!lEls..ss
bly, 1t is exaggerated. II true 1t is still
no argument against continuance Of
charitable effort. No less benevolence,
but more discretion in manifesting It.
Ii tho rule suggested. The charity that
eaeouSssse lslt-hslJ j. alwsxs G9Qd.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-05-03

"A seventh English steamer; has left
Fiume with load of Hungarian horses
for thessBritish IN South Africa. The
$500 animals thus shipped are under
stood to be fat and tender. -. ~...
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-04-20
Objection to Free Distribution of Seeds

Objection to Free Distribution of Seeds
In congress Tuesday there was OBJ
lection to the distribution of free seeds
and free vaccine, says the Indianapolis
News. MIR. Corliss, CT Michigan, marked
the displeasure of the free distribution
of seeds by providing that dinner pals
for labOrlng people be included arguing
that there was as much reason to
give dinner pals to one class as free
seed to another class. And Mr.. Corliss
is pretty nearly right. 1t is difficult to
see what fairness there is in the govern
ment going into the seed business or
supply business for one class, and re-
fusing it to another. As matter of
fair play, it does not treat private class
right, and in another matter of fair
play it doee not treat private business
right. When the government under
takes to do all the postofiice business,
and fOrbids any one to do any of it,
making a monopoly, there is no unfair
ness. But where it steps into the mar
ket and deprives the seed men of a
great trade, the unfairness of the ar
rangement is apparent.