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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23

bes'alioweaaIo ten nlssssory IN his own
way, without interruption. Governor
Steunenberg then related in detail the
steps taken to carry out the proclama-
ton. The arrests were made, he said,
of those reasonably. suspected sofcom-
plicity in the disturbance.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
NOT MADE PUBLIC.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Pass Between Kru
ger and the British Government.

Acknowledgements Pass Between Kru-
ger and the British Government.
LONDON, March 2~3.-Seyeral tele-
grams have passed between President
Kruger and the British government in
addition to the Salisbury-Kruger CORE
spondence already published. The for
eign office received a dispatchfrom Pre-
toria "Wednesday. The .contentsSof Of these
kilograms cannot be obtained yet.
So far as the military situation is con-
cerned there is no change. Lord Rob
erts is quietly making preparations for
the next move. As necessary to a be-
ginning Generals Brabant and Gatacre
are swiftly moving from point to point
in the southern districts of the Free
State, dispensing or accepting the sur
render of any remaining Beers, thus in.
surfing the safety Of Lord Roberts COM
munications before starting for Pre-
toria. "A correspondent OF The Daily
News at Springfontein thus describes
these movements:
General Gatacre is sweepingthrough
the country like a cyclone with flying
columns in all directions. His swift
ness and strategy have proved Of 'inesti-
mable1 value to Lord Roberts.
The rebuilding Of the railway bridge
at Noryals Pont will occupy two
months. Tee temporary bridge Will be
completed in about 10 days. Mean
while supplies are transported by an
aerial tramway across the gap. These
works necessarily delay the providing
Of supplies for the advance.
Lord Methuen's movements north Of
Kimberley are believed to be advancing.
He has a column of 1000 men with
Kimberley asa basesto strike eastward
from Fourteen Streams into the Trans
vaal. The long a%nxiously awaited news
Of the relief Of Mafeking has not yet
been received. -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
WILL NOT SEEK TO ESCAPE.
Goebel Suspect Says He Can Prove ar
& ia Alibi,

Goebel Suspect Says He Can Prove an
Alibi.
LEXINGTON, KY, March 23.-Judge
Robert Fields Of Perry county came
here from Beattyyille during the day.
On the train he madea statement that
he was in Beattyville, the home Of
"Tallow" Dick Combs. He went to
the barber shop where Combs works
and heard Combs say that he was not
hiding, nor in any way trying to avoid
arrest; that he was at work every day
and would make no attempt to escape
from the o~fdeersif they wanted him.
He saidshe could prove where he was
every hour Of the day on which Goebel
was killed and that he was not afraid of
the conseauences.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
Receivers for 3. Appleton 3 {

Receivers for Q. Appleton Go.
New YORK, March 23.-Justice Bis
choff Of the supreme court appointed 3.
Hampden Dongherty receiver for ID.
Appleton & Co, publishers, on the APP
plication Of Daniel Pritchard, stock
holder. The bond of the receiver was
fixed at $3.50, 600. The liabilities are 81
10000. The assets consist ofsstock and
outstanding accounts.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
srate WINS THO narss rnint.

LINCOLN, Neb., March 2STlae 81
preme court has overruled the demurrer
of the Standard Old company tolhe3sua
brought against it and named April
next as the date for trial The aetioni il
one brought BY the attorney general
charging the Standard Oil company
with violation of the antitrust laws Of
Nebraska.
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
oaanan Pasha Nat pead.

CossTANTINopLE. March 23.-There ia
no truth in the report published iii the
United States that Osman Pasha, the
hero of Pleyna, is dead. The famous
Turkish general has been sick b a
week past. but his health is now Inn
proving.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
Reported From Kroonstadt That
Gatacre Had Been Defeated
Ms Near Bethulie.
The Information Not Credited in.
London---Reasons Given for
Disbelief.
Beers Advancing in Force To
ward Lobatsi--Plumer May
Be Engaged.

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~ NJ, VI, ~ u;a pno4aa;e
sr uesuas "a M Ii e.
$500 800, Co., ueesaaana az pr =
-, asneaaa o.lyaea, n 80 Getsasa - = az
.u.S.oot1a $3.50 Sa.a.1a:sa ~ De-
49, * p.i1
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$50 na W. sc; 80
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ON, nan =. 0ny len iele oinisu-
hela TWO lours peioIe ,ne nr,tlsn SOUS
arrlyed. = iialcins onls
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80 : IS
frlday' Marcn lo.-lhe
EBoers under Cominandant snlmah, are g
hdvanclng II Iorce from lMaieklng 70
WARDS sarddss IoDats Coroner bod1e made q
reconn als on Marcn = ana lonna
1 Iss ana F ihllg occupied ~ tne
Boers. lie returned 60 dood sldlng ana
made aemon ns on$hlarc arena 2. ~, Ne
Ionnhd the boe el. u stIengtn On 9 sharp
curve On bne rallroads mao nae m ,rn.
ed g gun On the me ana We're lying N
walt for the construct t1l tr ram Br1sk
nrrlng occurred g lew miles southa4o
Lob Eafsl on me Of Jhe aloth.
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
PATCHING UP A BILL.

Friends of Porto Rican Tariff Confident,
But Opposition Is Still Firm.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-Renewed
efforts were made during the day to se-
cure an agreement On the Porto Rican
bill The friends of the bill are still
confident, but the opposition on the Re
publican side stated positively that the
house tariff provision could not go.
through. Several propositions for a
compromise have been made. One is to
place in the hands of the president the
authority to remit duties on goods going
into Porto Rico, and to retain the Is
per cent duty on goods coming to this
country till the Porto Rican legislature
can convene and prepare a system of
raising revenue for the island. 1t is
said this proposition viii be accepted by
a number OF opponents of the present
bill.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
OBJECTED TO THE HOUSE BILL.
Iowa Legislators Adopt a Resolution ON

Iowa Legislators Adopt a Resolution on
the Porto Rican Tariff.
DIES MONIES, Ia, March 23.-Just be-
fore the adjournment of the lower house
of the legislature a resolution was Il
troduced by Representative Kendall,
declares: That the people Of Iowa are
unalterably opposed tothe Porto Rico
tariff bill passed BY the lower house Of
congress.
After considerable debate the resoln-.
ton was adopted By unanimous vote.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
FEW NEW CASES.
Plague Apparently Very Nearly stampet
Out in Hawai-.

g13&8SHsEN4SE LII a8sa8B%ss$s&# w
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-The
steamer Hong Kong Maru has arrived
from Hong Kong and Yokohama via
Honolulu The correspondent Of the
Associated Press at Honolulu, writing
under date Of March il. says:
ssBut one case Of plagneh HIS developed
during the last ~ days. This encourag.
ing situation has caused the board 81
health to modify q number of their
rules. and now all classes 81 American
andsEuropean goods are allowed to be
shipped TO the outside islands. Pas.
sengers have been allowed I'd depart for
the first timesin manygweeks.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
Shot WINE shaving Z Patron

IN SH0G " nIIe ShHVInS q FatrOn.sa
CHIcAdo,M March 23.--Robert w. Gill
christ, proprietor Of barbershop at 1894
TWenty-second street, was shot and in
stantly9killed while preparing to shave
q patron in his shop. The unknown as
sassin scaneto thesdoor Of the shop,
opened III about half way, took5a slow
aim with 3 ri1essand fred, hitting Gill
christ In the temple
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
Q % q Q Q o o D O
HAVE SETTLED DIFFERENCES.

Authoritative Statement That Carnegie
and Frick VIII Combine.
: New YORK, March 28.-The Com
msercial Advertiser says:
sfAuthoritatiye confirmation was OBJ
tailhhed Of the report of The settlement of
thel contest between Andrew Carnegie
and H.C.s Prick. They have agreed to
drop all suits and have signed articles
fer algreat steel and iron combination,
tlhe details Of which are to be arranged
All Rttsburg, whittier lawyers III the
cSase have gone. The capital OF the con-
c.ern will be $500, 0o0, 600 Or perhaps a
little less. q
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-23
Oates ont Of tha Raoa.

MoNTaoMERY, Ala, March 28.-Ex-
Governor Oates publishes q letter with
drawing from the racefor United States
senator,th thus leaving the contest be-
tween Senator Morgan and Johnston.
General Oates says he cannot afford to
imperil Senator Morgan's election BY
remaining insthe field.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
j. A. LATHAM,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
q, wsyossxr ST.. ssi,rs BLOCK

Jegus discourscd and whose power, pres
epcc and love ne manifested
Everything that the world could 90 10
silence faith the world has done Ridi-
c,ilc. malignment. falschood. threats of
violonce. arrests Of practitioners. cruel
contempt expressed awards rs followers.
shsicd against its advance. but to no pur-
pose. a. A.,
gt cannot ia stayed so long as " IL
what A is-the Truth and the practice of
,,e truth nder Mrs. Eddyr God-fii-
rrcted guidance the Christian Science
rnovsment. step by step, has saintd
around until its host n,lides some ot tle
.ud maj. host trusting ~ God with all
its heart leaning not unto us own uncsr-
stsndlhg- acknowledging tim ~ an Us
,xays ls panoplied. lorisglt ana fiater-
r,lix rs a. It's uarr towards forw fdirk
Tho rcdemption ~ its epr"ltnf, - enc
ny tho world.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
PROVIDENCE, FALL RIVER & NEWPORT

STEAMBOAT co.
NEwPORT-4 p. m. Week days only:
return. leave Newport a. m. For Pru-
dence. Mondays and Saturdays. For CO.
nonicut. Mondays
FALL RIVERS o. m. Return 9 q. m.
Week days only. stop at Bristol and
Bristol Ferry each way.
b. BUFFuM. supt Transportation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
ICE.
EARL CARPENTER & SONS S'C0.
No. a Westminster ST., Cor Dyer

THIS oid-estabiished house wholesale
prompt attention to business ana the ern..
pioyment OF good men In their seyeral
departments. merit . continuance " -
patronags so long enjoyed
ToIep6cuO AGA
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19
75C.
Providence
TO NEW YORK
THE xin NEW LINE.
RELlAsLE AND POPULAR ROUTE
SUPERIOR sERvcE. FAST TIME.
EARLY ARRIVAL.
.s The Large and Favorits

STEAMER RHODE ISLAND.
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays
from Fox Point Wharf at 7:30 D. m. Re
turning following days from Pier 36.
North River. foot of Spring street. New
York. at 500 p. m
Staterooms at regular :ates. Tickets.
rooms. etc. obtaiiable at ticket Office.
FOX Point wharf. on sailing days
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-19


why did he do as he did?
Why did he live the life he lived?
Why did he suffer az he suffered?
Why was he crucifed2
Why did he rise from the dead, ana
show TO his disciples the identical body
which had been taken from the cross?
why dld he give them specific parting
directions and shortly. afterwards, 10
their material senses. disappear?
There must have been some reason for
n all Such self-sacriiice. such humbleness
such mightiness, such meekness,
such courageousness. such indifference To
what the world thought OF him. such ut
ter devotion 90 his purpose. such conse-
Grafton 90 the Fathers Will, such stress
as he laid upon works" fruits sdcn
contempt as ne displayed for the hypo-
critical Pharisee and his mode OF worship.
ought, Christian Scientists believe, TO be
regarded as an object lesson TO sccentu-
ate what Jesus had 10 say. and 20 point
irresistibly. in connection with his teach
ing, 20 the fact that Christianity. as he
announced ~. was Intended 10 a relig-
ion of deeds. not words, OF obeying, not
disobeying. OF self -abnegation. not self
assertion. OF simplicity, not ceremonlous-
ness. aud Of unfaltering acknowledgment
that the God whom he served. his dear
Father whom he 20 revered, was tile
Spirit, the Life. the Truth, the Love. the
Power. the constant Presence that made
men capable, ~ they would keep His
commandments, reiterated by Jesus, OF
triumphine- sin. slcknesr. suffering
and death. I'm other words Of subjecting
the physical body. the human Will, the
human, mortal mind to the guidance and
domination OF almighty. slf-present God
Christian scientists further believe that
what Jesus said and did proved beyond
All cssn that the 9od power Was and is
spiritual and was and is the one and
only sil-powerful. an-preseut intelligence
before which eversthiDs that men deem
material and real whether az substance.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-25
POachinE EGGS.

Break an egg carefully into a coffee
cup and sprinkle it lightly with salt
and pepper. Have ready a small stew
pan containing some boiling beef tea
which has been nicely seasoned. Care
fully slip the egg into the pan and
poach it in the usual way. When it is
done place it on a rather thick round
of buttered toast. Thicken a small
quantity of beef tea quickly with lit
tie corn -four and pour it over the egg.
Another way of serving a poached
egg is as follows: Break a new laid
egg into a buttered teacup. season it
with salt and pepper and place the cup
in a stewpan containing sufficient boil
ing water to reach rather more than
half way up the cup. AS soon as the
egg is set turn it carefully on to a piece
of hot, buttered toast. While the egg
is cooking boil a small quantity OF
cream in a saucepan, season it with q
little celery. salt and pepper and ado 9
teaspoonful Of chopped parsley to it
Pour the cream over the egg and serve
at once.-New York Post.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-25
A Warning to borrowers.

A man who was too economical to
take this paper sent his little boy to
borrow the copy taken by his neighbor
In his haste the boy ran over S4
stand of bees and in ten minutes look
ed like a warty summer squash. His
cries reached his father, who ran to
his assistance and. failing to notice a
barbed wire fence. ran into that,
breaking it down. cutting handful of
flesh from his anatomy and running a
81 pair of pants. The old COW took ad-
vantage of the gap in the fence and
got into the cornfield and killed herself
eating green corn. Hearing the racket,
the wife ran. upset four gallon churn
full of rich cream into a basket of
kittens, drowning the whole flock. In
the hurry she dropped 81 set of false
teeth. The baby, left alone, crawled
through the spilled milk and into the
parlor, running a brand new $50 car
pet. During the excitement the oldest
daughter ran away with the hired man
the dog broke up IL setting hens, ant
the calves got out and chewed the tails
off four fine shirts.-Kansas City Jour
nal.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-25
CHURCH SERVICES.

AsPURI METHODIST EPIsCoPAL-Sunday-P
ing at 10% A. and 7.45 P. NJ SUNDAY School
p NJ. Christian Endeavor Prayer Meeting,
6A5 P. NJ. Prayer Meeting-Wednesdays at .45
Pm. Rev. G. A Hill, pastor.
ST. PETERS CHURCH. Rev. Henry Thomas Rec
tor.-Sunday-MOrnln Prayer and Sermon at
1917 A. NJ. Evening Prayer and sermon at ~
Pm. Sunday SchoOl-2.15 P. NJ. Wednesdays
Evening Prayer and Lecture ~ P. NJ. Teach
ers' Meeting Immediately afterward.
-Sunday-Preaching at 1O1S A. NJ
and ~ Pm. Sunday SchoOl-1l15 A. NJ. Prayer
Meeting-wednesdays at ~ P NJ. Rev. J. i.
Estlin, pastor.
ST. PoLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-Servicese every
other Sunday, by Father Waldion. Sunday
School Immediately after service,
SMYRNA CIRCUIT-Preaching services, Friend.
ship in the morning, Severson in the after.
noon. Jermans Chapel and Smyrna Land.
ing alternate Sunday nights at 7.3O. Rev. L.
W. Layied, pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL tCOlored) =
Sunday-Preaching at IL A. NJ. and P. NJ
sunday School, P. NJ. Rev. j. (. Cook
Pastor.
A. NJ. E. CHURCH-Sundt preaching at IL a
m, and p m. Sunday School at ? p. m
Christian Endeavor, 81 p. m. Sunday. Praise
meeting at S o'clock Wednesday evening
Rev. Paris Daker, pastor.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-25
Saving Trouble.

A provident plumber, on leaving his
home for a holiday with his family,
placed a placard just inside the hall
door couched in the following Ian
guage:
'To burglars or those intending to
burgle: All my plated Jewelry and 9TH
er valuables are in the Safe Deposit
company's vaults. The trunks, cup
boards, ETC.. contain nothing but sec
ondhand clothing and similar matter
too bulky to remove, on which you
would realize comparatively little. The
keys are in the left hand top drawer
of the sideboard-if you doubt my
word You will also find there a check
to bearer for So, which will remuner-
ate you for the loss of time and disap-
pointment. Please wipe your feet on
the mat and don't spill any candle
grease on the carpets. ."-Colller's Week
ly.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-25
SECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, l. o. 0 F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at 500 o'clock.
McDoNNELL ENCAMPMENT, No 2.I O. o F-Meets
second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. at 500 o'clock.
HARMONY LODGE, No. l3, A F. \. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings cf each month,
at 500 O'Clock.
SMYRNA LODGE, No. 5, l. 0. G. T.-Meets every
Wednesday evening, at 90 O'Clock.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, No. 45. ORDER OF HEPTAsoPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 500 o'clock, at the Odd Fellows Hall.
UNION CASTLE No II, X. g E.-MeetS every Mon
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at % O'Clock.
MIsPAH LODGE, No. l6, A. o. {. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 O'clock in odd Eel
lows Hall.
MIzPAH CONCLAvE, No. 1917, ADHESIVE MoGUL-
LIANs.-MeetS the last Monday evening of each
month, at s 90 O'Clock, in Odd Fellows Hall.
GENERAL WINFIELD :. HANCOCK POST. No. %
G A. R.-Meets every Thursday night in the
Hall of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. ThOS
Davis, Commander.
STARS AND STRIPES COUNCIL, No. 26 JR. o. [. A
M-Meets at Ol .. m. every Thursday IN
Odd Fellows Hall
FRANCES f. WILLARD Temple No. s. X. of g. E.
Meets every Tuesday evening at O'Clock, a
the Golden Eagle Hall
Smyrna times., 1900-04-25
THE PENALTY OF MUSIC.
Players Who Are Forced to Quit Be-
cause of Deafness.

Few realize how many musicians
are obliged to go out of the business
ON account of Deafness" said an old
musician to reporter. Only few Of
the thousands of players in the coun-
try become famous. The great mass
of them plod along day after day in the
same old path. When one of us drops
out, no one cares to inquire why, but
many times the reason is deafness and
nothing else.
Loss of hearing is particularly the
affliction of those who play brass in
struments. A cornetist who has play
ed in Kansas City Orchestras for many
years has stopped playing now be-
cause he is losing his faculty of hear
ing. He went out of the business be-
fore it was too late. Many of the old
players hang to their instruments until
the loudest strains of an orchestra or
clamor of band sounds to them like a
mere hum. Then they are forced to
stop. Their usefulness is gone.
"The musicians deafness is undOubt-
edly caused by the injurious effects of
the constant vibration of musical notes
upon the delicate machinery of the ear.
A man who blows a cornet or from
bone or horn of any kind for several
hours will notice a queer buZzing in his
ears. When the playing is kept up ev-
cry day in the week and every week in
the year for a long number of years,
| it's no wonder that deafness comes
Some musicians play without effort
Their skill is natural. They pour out
music as free as breath. But the skill
Of others is acquired only by hard and
constant labor. In addition to theil
regular playing in band or Orchestra
they must practice industriously sever
al hours every day. And these are the
ones who lose their hearing and drol
out of sight unnoticed. kansas Cit!
Star.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-25
Tnny,s Refnrf.

A Welshman, walking through Il
fashionable street in London, noticed
on door a bell. At the side of the
bell were these words. "Please ring
the bell"
Tafy went and rang the bell. In a
second a powdered little footman ap.
peared and asked him what he wanted
Nothing" said the Welshman, but
rang the bell because it says so.'
''Oh," said the footman. with a smile
Il see you come from the country
where nannygoats grow on gooseberry
bushesr'
YES" answered the Welshman. "Bu
In London there are more wonderful
sights. You have only to ring a bell
and a monkey pops out."-London Tel
egraph.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-25
SAM HOUSTON'S SECRET.
Why He Left His Wife and Joined
the CherOkees Is IA Mystery.


the CherOkees Is Mystery.
"A mystery in which the American
people were once deeply concerned was
that which shadowed the life of one of
the most remarkable characters of the
country" writes William Perrine in
The Ladies' Home Journal. I'm 1929
Samuel Houston, or, as he called and
signed himself, Sam Houston, was
governor of Tennessee. 1t was in the
midst of a campaign for reelection to
the gubernatorial chair that Tennessee
was startled by a report that he had
resigned his office. He had been mar
ried to the daughter of an influential
family. Three months afterward she
returned to her fathers house, and her
husband resolved to pass the rest of
his life in the wilderness.
Houston betook himself to the tribe
of Cherokees in the Indian Territory
He adopted their costume, appearing
in all the trappings of an Indian brave
letting his hair grow down his bach
and visiting Washington with a buck
skin hunting shirt, yellow leggings, {
huge blanket and turkey feathers
around his head No one could induce
him to reveal the secret of his meta
morphosis and his abandonment of tn,
ways and habits of civilization. HI
married again after he emerged from
his Indian life, and he lived to be al
old man, dying in the midst of the civi
war, but no one was ever able to per
suade him to unlock the mystery of hi
life. Nor would his first wife, who ais
married again. throw any light on th
mystery"