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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

reports of all battles which the Beers have
circulated. They have been cabled to Eng
land at times for your amusement. Do
you know how earnest and serious they
made this practice OF false witnessing?
/ will instance the Barkly district merely
because i want to write nothing that I
cannot prove. From that district a man
went To see or to take part in the battle OF
Observation-Disclosures first victory. He
came back to his home and told his neigh
bors that the British had beaten the Beers
in that fight. The Beers had posted an
announcement that they had won victory
there and had also taken De Aar with
its million pounds worth of army stores.
When the local gossiper contradicted this
with his own true tale the Boers-in the
Queens colony, mind you-declared him
guilty of high treason and set out 10 kill
him. He was hidden five weeks IN the
house of a friend of mine and finally got
away safely. The Beers confiscated all his
property, even sending to his laundress for
his soiled linen. Then they posted a notice
that a fine OF $50 would be imposed upon
any man who circulated any information
about the war except such was given
out by the pro-Boer landdrost.
This is a story Of Barkiy West, but am
told It fits scores of other districts.
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RENTED FOR FoRTY-EIGHT YEARS.
Long Lease Taken on q Flat by .
New York Artist.
New York Herald,

This is a story about a man who does not
expect to move for forty-eight years. He
is Frank X NJ. REIN, an artist. who has
Room 112, on the tenth floor OF the Chelsea,
In West Twenty-third street. He has al
ready occupied the same quarters for six
teen years, and If he survives his new lease
he will have paid $3.50 rental.
Take this up to 'Spion kop." said the
clerk of the Chelsea to the hall boy last
night, when sent my card TO Mr.. Rehn-
"Spion kop," in the parlance of the hotel
employees, means the studio, officially re-
corded on the books of the hotel as Room
Ill., where Mr.. REIN has painted some OF
his most successful marine views. During
variously known as the Old Homestead
and the Sky Parlor.
Mr. REIN, who is about forty-five years
old, feels content 10 spend the rest of his
his forty-eight-year term expires the lease
will be turned over to his heirs. IL is his
wish that his children and his children's
children shall wander through the halls
where he has >pent the happiest years OF
his life.
ly pay a rental of LOCO. For Room III he
has already paid to the hotel corporation
the long lease runs he or his heirs must
pay s50SS0. The sum OF $67,S40, representing
the total rental for the whole term OF oc-
cupsncy, would in lump sum purchase a
generous portion of the hotel stock But
Mr.. REIN has also fortified his possession
by the purchase Of large block Of shares
In the property, and there is little likeli-
hood that he or his heirs will ever be
evicted from their tenancy.
Room 1l2 is in reality a duplex apartment,
or, in other words, room above room.
In the upper part. directly under the roof
OF the building. Mr.. REIN has his studio
Below the studio is the living apartment OF
Mr.. and Mrs REIN and their thirteen
year-oId son. A brief record OF the lease
was filed I'm the registrars office yesterday.
Mr.. REIN enjoys the distinction of being
known as the star boarder' at the Chel-
sea, because he and his family have been
there since the opening OF the hotel. The
management has recognized his artistic
rine pafntings In the hotel lobby.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
Samantha and Calvanism.
Chicago Post.

Years before Dr. Hills and DR.. McGiffert
rebelled against the Westminster confess
sion-yeS, even before DR.. Briggs's day-a
woman attacked Calvinism, not with scath-
ing rebuke, but with gentle humor. If you
have not lately read Mrs. wiggins's
ing little book. "Timothy's Quest" you
may not remember Samantha's views on
the catechism. This is what she said:
"Speakin' OF religion, never had any ex-
perience in teachin'. but didn't 'spose
there was any knack bout teachin' re-
ligion, same as there is bout teachin'
readin' N rithmatic, but he'd hard work
maxim Timothy understand that catechism
you gave him to learn the other Sunday.
He was all upset with doctrine when he
come home to say his lesson. Tim
othy's an awful sensitive creatur', and
when he come TO that answer to the aues-
ton, What are you. then, by nature an
enemy of God, a child of Satan and an heir
OF help he hid his head on my shoulder
and bust right out cryin. How many
Gods is there?' sc after a spell Why,
where've you ben fetched up?' ST There S
only one God, the High and Mighty Ruler
of the universe ST Well sc, there
must be more'n one, for the God In this
book at allr Land sakes. / don't want
10 teach catechism again In a hurry-not
tell I've had little spiritual instruction
from the minister.
THE fact is, Wildly. that our beliefs. when
they're picked out o. the Bible and set
down square an solid 'thout explainin' that
they amt so bad as they sound Is too
strong meat for babes. Now I'm orthodox
TO the core" there she lowered her voice
as If there might be stray deacon In the
garden) but pears to me II was maxim
out lessons for young ones i wouldn't fill
'em so plumb full o. brimstun. Let 'em do
a little suthin' to deserve Il fore you scare
'em to death. say l.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
POTATO BUGS IN KANSAS.
Effect ON Their Constitutions of
Continued Diet of Paris Green.


ILippincott's Magazine.
Its a bleak day when bleeding Kansas
can't produce something a little ahead"
concluded the old man as he buttoned his
beard inside of his coat before going out
into the wind. Got all them things in my
wagon, Henry?"
'.An but the shoe polish. Mr.. Davis" said
the storekeeper. I'VE hain't much call for
shoe polish in Waubunsee. and we sort of
let ourselves run out of polish"
Hold on minute, old man." interrupted
the drummer from st. Louis. What's
Kansas done since Funston happened?"
"Wal, my boy, Webster has kinder
dabbled In science, you know, ever since he
and he writes me that ZIP there they've
discovered another thorn in the crown
that's pressed on our brows. as Bryan tells
the Pops hereabouts. This time they've
discovered that our great State has got to
grapple with a potato bug that's become
poison proof. 1t warn't so long ago that
every farmer could go out in the morning
with bucket of Paris green and a light
heart and a sprinkler and protect his patch.
Every time bug got dose of Paris green
his little hands grew cold, his feet curled
around his stomach, his tongue turned
black, and he was dead bug. But gradu-
ally, says Webster, the constitution of sue
cessive generations of greenfield bugs have
become hardened to the poison, till at last
the bugs are born with craving for Paris
green and cry till they get it. Nowadays
a bug wakes I'D dull and listless, with
jumping nerves and a gone feeling in the
pit of its striped stomach, and hardly life
enough to crawl to where the farmer has
been sprinkling the morning poison. But
one sip makes new bug of him, and he
gallops merrily around the vines, eating
where he listeth. Webster, however, tells
me that by next season it will be fatal to
the bugs to stop using Paris green now
that they have come to lean so on it. It's
like man with the morphine habit-stop
the drug and he is a goner in horrible
agony. Some morning 1 am going to lie in
bed till 8 o'clock and let every bug in the
patch have a fatal paroxysm."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
DUEL At wARRENTON.
Beers Taken by Surprise, but Rallied
and Opened a Hot Fire.

WARRENTON, April 25-The Beers,
having become emboldened. shelled the viii
lage and the British trenches and it be-
came necessary to give them a lesson and
to ascertain their strength. Monday night
Colonel Paget placed several guns on the
river bank, under cover of the darkness
within 1,OO0 yards of the Boer trenches
across the river. The horses and carriages
were withdrawn beyond range and at
daybreak the British opened a
heavy bombardment with shrapnel
and lyddite. The Beers were
taken completely by surprise, but
they replied with five guns, including a
forty-pounder, and a heavy rifle fire was
opened at the same time. The duel con-
tinued many hours the Beers finally evac-
uating the position, with, 1t is believed
considerable loss. There were no casualties
on the British side. During the evening the
guns Were safely Withdrawn. The shipping
to-day showed that the Boer lager had
been removed far back to the eastward
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
DEwETsDORP OCCUPIED.
Dispatch from Lord Roberts to the
British War Office.


LONDON. April 25.-The War office has
received the following dispatch from Lord
Roberts dated Bloemfontein, April %:
"Pole-Carews division reached Roo6e-
kop yesterday evening without casualties.
Its advance was covered by cavalry and
horse artillery which drove back the enemy
with heavy loss, their dead being left on
the ground. The mounted troops halted
for the night at Grootfontein, and at 100
this morning were crossing the Modder
river at Valsbank in accordance with my
instructions 10 French to endeavor to place
himself astride the enemy's line of retreat.
French's arrival near the Modder evident
ly. however, alarmed the Beers who
evacuated their strong position near
Dewetsdorp during the night and 1t was
occupied by Chermside's division this
morning.
1.-THE mounted infantry under Ian Hamil-
ton drove the enemy off the kopjes in the
north of the water works without casual
ties on our side. The Highland brigade
marched twenty-four miles yesterday to
support General Hamilton and halted for
the night at Kip kraal. four miles short of
Sannaspost.
'Brabant and Hart are still few miles
short of Wepener and the numbers of the
enemy appear to have somewhat increased
during the past few days. But it is not
likely there viii be much trouble in the
neighborhood of Wepener, once Dewets-
dorp is occupied by our troops.
''I inspected the Imperial Volunteer bat
TALON yesterday on their arrival at Bloem-
fontein. They are in fine form. I also in
spected the first company of the Imperial
Yeomanry. which has arrived here. The
men turn out smart and their horses are
In an admirable condition"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

VANCOUVER. b. c., April 25.-Details
of the Kiddle-Southerland murder, received
from Yokohama to-day, state that the
Mongkaus were the aggressors and that
they ambushed DR.. Riddle, Switzerland and
Litton and their escort DIR. Riddle and
Switzerland. who fell from cross bow
wounds. were stoned and beaten to DEATH
but Litton by good use of a shotgun,
saved his life.
Yokohama advices say British force and
200 Byhamas in reprisal for an attack on
British commissioners, burned and des-
stroyed the Chinese fortress at Fetso and
Panih. on the Burmah-Kannan frontier
killing eight Chinese soldiers. The Yamen
was terrified and promised redress.
\ British-ChineSe punitive expedition
burned the group of Was villages impli-
Gated in the outrages, destroying 1000
houses and killing sixty Was.
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slant cannonade was maintained but there
was little rifle fire.
The British camp was observed at sunset
to be hastily packing UP and was subse-
quently removed behind the hills, the
troops In the schanzes firing volley after
volley to distract attention from the camp.
which was seriously damaged by the Free
State shells. The prisoners declared the
British numbered 5000 men.
Lieutenant Losberg, Of the artillery, was
shot through the head, leg and arms. but
continued at the guns. and Field Cornet
Engelbrecht was killed while standing up
and giving orders.
The loss during the two days was three
killed and twelve wounded. The British
loss is unknown, but where their right
flank was driven back to-day a number OF
dead were left on the field General Kelly
Kenny's left was beaten back yesterday
and his right to-day. 1t is expected that
he will wait for reinforcements.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
SEALED PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR BEEF AND MUTTON
Office Chief Commssary. Chicago. Ill, April
% 1900. Sealed proposals will be received until
IL m, May "a. 1900. and opened, by commissaries
Of following posts, each receiving proposals for
his own post only. for furnishing and delivering
fresh beef and mutton at Forts Brady and
Wayne Mich, Fort Sheridan. ILL.,, Rock Island
Arsenal. ILL., Indianapolis Arsenal Ind, CO.
lumbus Barracks. Ohio. Fort Thomas, KY, and
Columbia Arsenal. Tenn, during six months
Commencing July 1. 1900. Information furnished
on application. Envelopes containing proposals
should be Endorsed Proposals for Fresh Beef
and Mutton and addressed TO Commissary at
post bid for w. L. ALEXANDER. Major. G. s.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
THE SIOUX MAY FIGHT.
They Say Their Treaty Rights Hav'
Been Violated at Washington.

FORT YATES, N. D., April 25.-There is
great uneasiness and bitterness of feeling
among the Sioux Indians here over the
policy of the Indian Bureau. Suddenly
and without explanation their rations have
been cut in half and the money from the
sale of hides and the annual interest money
has not been paid them. They hold this to
be directly in violation of the treaty. Let
tiers are being received by the Sioux
here from the Pine Ridge Sioux, urging
that If peaceful means fail to secure treaty
rights, there is nothing left but to fight
for them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

Supreme Court from the Evansville dis
trict. "Of course, If Mr.. Posey gets the
nomination for Governor" said Mr.. Ker-
cheval, lit will be used against my friend
Foster, or they will try 10 use IL, but
don't anticipate any trouble on that score. -
No man could be found last night who
would venture guess as TO the winner OF
to-days great contest, except the candi-
dates themselves, who are. each and all,
confident that he will be the lucky in
dividual. The consensus OF opinion among
unprecedented observers last night was that
to-days balloting will be the flercest the
State has ever known.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

New York Medical Record.

An effort is being made by the sanitary
superintendent of the board of health in
Brooklyn 10 enforce the law against spit
ting on the floor of elevated and trolley
cars in that borough. There are notices in
the cars there, there are here, but
hitherto the law has been ignored there,
as II Is still in Manhattan. The penalty
for splitting on the floor of a public con-
yeyance is a fine OF from 81 TO $3.50 In
Paris a law has recently been passed for
bidding splitting in public places. and our
London contemporaries are lamenting that
no such rule exists there Ii Is, however,
better to have no law at all than TO have
IL so persistently defied as II is in New
York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

fatal and eight men and girl received
serious Injuries by an explosion OF several
cans OF blasting powder and dynamite at
Larfmer, Pa, last night Six of the injured
were taken to the Westmoreland Hospital
at Greensburg. The others were removed
to houses near the scene of the explosion.
The injured at the Westmoreland Hospital
are: John Mickolick. aged fifty-five. may
die; George Stonecowick, aged twenty
one. may die; John Johl. aged twenty
seven, serious; Christina Stonecowick. aged
thirteen, not serious; John Stonecowick
aged nineteen; Joseph Stoncowick. aged
twenty-seven. serious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
Where Beers May Finally Stand.

LONDON. April 26.-The Lourenzo
Marques correspondent of the Times. tele-
graphing Tuesday, says: at Is asserted
that the Beers are collecting enormous
quantities of provisions at depots in the
Lydenburg district, with view to a final
stand In the mountains. The districts
around johannesburg and Pretoria are be-
ing extensively intrenched. Begsbe's
foundry at johannesburg is turning out
seven hundred shells a day
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

NEW YORK, April 25,-Long delays at
the post and poor starting marred an other
wise good days sport at Aqueduct to-day.
Only two favorites won. In the second
race Pickering fell off Graylette at the
head of the stretch but was last of the
field at the time and escaped unhurt The
handicap was the feature of the card.
King Barleycorn won cleverly by three
parts of length from Kinninic, who closed
strong and beat Charentus a neck for the
place
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
Caused Shrfnkage of Mail.

Deputy Sheriff Richard Craft, in speak
ing of the big Republican convention that
is now being held and how II so absorbed
the minds of everybody that business is
laid aside. said that ii even affected the
Sheriff's office. He said that Sheriff Clark
receives at least twelve or fifteen pieces of
mail from over the State day, but yes
terday his office was completely shut out
when the mail delivery was made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

PEKING, April 25.-The report from
Tien-Tsin dated April %. that a number of
native Christians had been massacred by
members of the Chinese secret society
known as the Boxers is quite erroneous.
Some Boxers attacked a village occupied
by number of Catholics. but were driven
Off One villager was wounded. The
Chinese report that seventy Boxers were
killed or wounded, which is doubtless an
exaggeratfon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, April PA test
case has been filed In the United States
Circuit Court here by the j. ID. Her Brew
ing Company TO compel the United States
10 refund 1882 paid as internal
revenue tax on a "tonic" produced by IT.
The complainant, in spite of the fact n
labels its bottles Tonic" claims that the
contents is mild beer; that the tonic was
drawn from kegs on which IL had already
paid a revenue tax OF 81 keg and that IL
is Unjust for the government 10 twice tax
the same article.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
Robert Hanna in Town.

Mr.. Robert Hanna, of Fort Wayne, the
Republican nominee for Congress in the
Twelfth district, registered at the Denison
last night. In the contest for State senator
in 1896 Mr.. Hanna carried the city of Fort
Wayne. His Democratic opponent, Jim"
Robinson, was renominated last Monday.
Mr.. Hanna will remain in the city a day or
so after the convention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

CAPE TOWN, April 25.-The Anglican
archbishop here has written a letter to
Sir Alfred Milner, in which he expressed
the conviction, in the absence OF an official
statement by the Church of England that
enduring peace cannot be secured while
the South African republics retain their
independence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
Too Many Against One.

"Alf." Purdue, who says that he will get
the nomination for governor, was told by
one of the delegates last night that the
men who pledged him the votes of 400
delegates were trying to fool him. He
thought a while and then said: well,
maybe they air. There's enough of em here
to fool any one man."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

M'MINNVILLE, Tenn, April g-John
Watson and Sill Brown, both white. and
Sonnie Grain. colored. were hanged here
to-day. Watson was convicted OF having
shot his neighbor. James Hills from am
bush in December. 1895. Brown was
charged with completely IN the murder OF
his wife. Grain was a double murderer.
He was convicted OF having killed another
negro, and while serving his sentence
killed John Brown. a fellow-prisoner I'm the
iail here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
No Plague at Honolulu.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. April 25.-The
steamer Australia. from Honolulu. brings
the following advices to the Associated
TO have entirely disappeared. and the
United States consul issued the first clean
bill OF health 10 a vessel departing from
here since Dec. Il to the schooner Bertha
Miner. which sailed for Puget Sound on
April H."
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LONDON, April pa dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Kimberley, dated Wednes-
day. says: Yesterday the Beers formed
new laager near Windsorton. The force
there consists of the Prieska. Campbell
and Griquiland rebels, about five hundred
strong
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

LONDON, April 25.-Speaking In London
this evening. the president of the Board of
Trade. Charles Thompson Richie said 1t
was delusion to suppose that the Spion kop
dispatches were published without the con-
sent of Lord Roberts. He declared. also
that the publication did not necessitate
recall of Sir Redvers Butler.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26
CONVENTION WEATHER.
Fair To-day Because Mr.. VIII
Surely Be Nominated.

WASHINGTON. April 25-Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
For Ohio and Indiana-Fair on Thursday;
threatening on Friday; warmer in northern
portion: fresh easterly winds.
For Illinois-Partly cloudy on Thursday
and Friday. with warmer In northeast por-
ton; fresh easterly winds.
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CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE0
capture the nomination, and still others
claim that this will be the opportune time
for Haggard to step in and carry of the
honors:
There is little appearance of "combin-
ing" and it is said that the location of
the successful candidate for Governor will
govern the nomination for lieutenant gov
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

BLOEMFONTEIN, April 25.-Richters
farm, near Leeuw kop. from which. while
flying a white flag, the Canadians were
fired upon. has been burned as a punish
ment. Richter is prisoner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

Hon. and Mrs. John W.. Lovett arrived
yesterday and are at the Denison. Mrs.
Lovett Is very popular all over the State
with the politicians.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-26

PIrTSBURG. Pa, April 95.-An unknown
man was blown almost 10 atoms. two men
received injuries which will probably prove
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Yesterdays Temperatures.

Bar. Tn. R.H. Wind. Pre- Wther.
a. ni-..3O.01 81 60 N'east. 0.O0 Clear
Z D. ns..-30.e0 % 40 Neast. 600 Clear.
Maximum temperature, IS: minimum tenn
perature, AZ.
Following Is comparative statement of
the mean temperature and total preolpita-
ton for April %:
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Baltimore American
Mr. James Lane Allen announces a new
Kentucky story. entitled The Reign OF
Law Mr.. Allen grows facetious.
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Local observations on Wednesday.

C. F. r. wAPPENHANS,
Local Forecast Official