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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
EucrS Active.

LONDON, March Goa dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle, dated March 9th, from
B.oemfc ntein, says:
THE Beers are active north of Glen.
about fifteen miles north of here. 1t IS
reported that they are concentrating IN
considerable force = Reintorcements OF
all arms are being sent, UP from EBloem-
fontein including the Seventh DIVISION
and a norton Of General French's
cavalry.
"The johannesburg mounted police are
still raldins cattle and harassins the
disarmed iburghers. who are returning
to their farms"
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Secretary Hay on the subject. Either in

Secretary Hay on the subject. Either IN
this letter, or in some communication. n :
IS credited with having said:
He hoped the Beers would ma some
place on the green earth where tney
would have a right to live unmCleSted By
the British. They haver more than once
sacrificed their land and their homes and
moved on, to avoid the British aggses-
SION
General Harrison was asked about the
matter tonight, and said:
II have nothing TO say upon the mat
ter. nor do I want to be drawn into any
newspaper controversy by confirming OF
DENYING the report"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
Quiet at South Boston.

SOUTH BOSTON, VA, March 29.-Spe-
cial.-Everything is quiet at Houston
since the Emanuel Morton murder tr4al
to-day.
Mr. H. p. Darlington, prominent cti-
zen near town, who has been dangerous
~ Ill several days with typhoid pneu-
monia, is not expected to live through
the night.
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WILL Attendir Possible.

WASHINGTON, March GA deleSa-
ton representing the Antietarl Battlefield
Associat ton saw the President to-day and
urged him to attend the unveiing OF u
monument on thebattlsneId on May 5ith.
erected to the memory of the soldiers OF
both armies who fell at that battle.
The President assured the delegation
that he would certainly attend il possible.s
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
NIcthuen Has Returned.

KIMBERLEY. Wednesday, March Is.
Lord AIethuen has returned to Kimberley
from the Barley District. The mounted
troops under him areaexpected- tomorrow
They were at Lkations when they re-
ceived the order from Lord Roberts 10
return here. Il is reported that the
Beers have reoccupied Campbell, and
that they are in strong force near War
renton. Barley. West and Taungs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
BREACH OF NEUTRALITY.
Esyptiah Nsaxims Used Against the

Egyptian Maxims Used Against the
Beers.
BRUSSELS, March 22-Dr. Leyds. the
diplomatic agent of the Transvaa!, mas
drawn the attention Of the Egyptian and
Turkish governments to the fact that the
British government, in the House o.
Commons has admitted that six fIaXims
were borrowed from the Egyptian army
for use in the TranSvaal war, and has
demanded explanations for this breach
of neutrality. declaring that unless the
guns are Immediately returned the Trans
vaal will consider that the Egyptian gov
ernnlent has abandoned neurAlity.-and IS
lending openly its assistance to Great
Britain.
No reply has been vouchsafed to this
protest. which was dispatched March
18th.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
DIMINU7IoN OF TROOPS
will Not be Made Till After the Elec-
lions in Cuba.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-Secretary
Root said to-day that he had not changed
his mind as TO the possibility of safely
reducing the number of American soldiers
in Cuba; but the postponement of the
Cuban elections for al least a month be-
yond the date originally flxed had made II
advisable to delay CORRESPONDENCE the
diminution of the garrisons, so that 1t
might be we'll into the summer before the
contemplated reductions could be made.
The existence of quarantine in Florida
at that time would not prevent the move
ment of troops nortirward, as they could
be LANDED without much delay at almost
any point north of the Carolinas.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
CONTRABAND LIQUOR.
Custom House Used TO Store Illicit
Whiskcy III.

Custom-H ousc Used 70 Store l11Iclt
Whiskey i'll.
COLUMBIA, S. c.. March 29.-Dispen-
sary constables have found that illicit
v-tGskey dealers in Charleston have been
getting Htliskey shipped through the Gus
tom house and taking it out in small
packages.
This makes the custom house store
room for contraband liquor Colonel
John r. Tolbert in charge OF the custom
house. refused to let the building be
searched Chief Constable HOWE COM
nunicated with Governor McS"'eeney.
The latter, together with Senator Iill-
man. wired the Secretary of the Treas
urv. Mr.. Gage replied that he would send
special agents down to look into the mat
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
TIME EXTENDED.
Spanish Residents to Elect Whether.
Thcy Shall Surrender Allegiance.


WASHINGTON. March e9.-Secretary
Hay and the Duke D'Arcos. the Spanish
Minister. to-day signed protoco! ex-
lending for SIX moaths the psriod of time
allowed Spanish residents In the Philip
pine Islands 10 elect whether they shall
remain Spanish subjects or surrender
their allegiance and adopt the nationality
OF the territory in which they reside.
The article in the Paris treaty bearing
on this subject allowed the Spanish resi-
dents one year from the date of the ex-
change OF ratihcations OF the treaty
within which 10 make their choice That
period expires on the 18th OF Next month.
The extension arranged for docs no,
apply to Cuba or Porto Rico. u Is con-
fined III operation to the Philippines for
the reason that conditions IN the archi-
peiaso have been SO unsettled as to war;
rant Ne Spanish residents In hesltat!nE
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
INTERSTATE EXPOSITION.
VIII be Held i'll Charleston, S. c., III
Autumn or 13O1.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March s.-At
,1lsrss-1neeting of the representative bust
ness men and merchants of Charleston,
held at the Thomson Auditorium Tonight,
il was decided to hold the proposed Inter
state and West Indian Exposition mere
during the autumn of 19cl.
Prominent men from all parts of the
State were present, and the big enterprise
was launched amid the greatest enthu-
siaS1n.
The General Assembly has already given
its sanction Assurances were received
from senators and congressman that every
effort would be used to secure large
government exhibit.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
nr,nkweoa alcohol.

LYONS. GA. March 29.-Danfel Brough-
ton, a merchant of this place, is dead
and John McE,achran, his friend, IS at
the point of death from drinking wood
alcohol by mistake. They are prominent
men in the community.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
Admiral Farquhar Off Pensacola.

PENSACOLA. FLA. March 29.-Admiral
Farquhar and staff. on board the tiaSsaip
New York. conveyed by the battlesnipi
Texas. and the gunboat Mach Us. arrived
off Pensacola bar from Galveston to-day.
The vessels will enter the harbor to-mor-
row morning.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
Iuu,l,cr Plant Burned.

WINSTON. N. c., March 29-Srecial.-
A large saw-mill and lumber plant at
Madison, owned by B. M. Cahill, were
destroyed by fire to-day. The loss IS
heavy, but partially covered by insurance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
BLUNT VIEWS OF BOER WAR.

General Harrison Writes Personal
Letter to Secretary Hay.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, March ga
special from Washington to the Indian
apolis News to-day says that General
Harrison has expressed some pretty blunt
views on the Boer. question, and mas
written a friendly, personal letter to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
JOUBERT'S FUNERAL.
The Boer General VIII DC Buried
Quietly.

Quietly.
PRETORIA, Wednesday, March Is
General Joubert was taken i'll Sunday
morning He was at his Office the pre-
vious day. He suffered great pain, but
became unconscious some ti1ne before
death. The complaint was acute in
nammation OF the bowels.
The body will lie il state tomorrow
and will then be taken by special train
to the farm at Rustfontein, near Wax
kerstronl, where it will be buried quietly.
as Joubert often requested, and without
military honors.
Michael Davitt has gone to Koonstadt.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
HAWKINS STILL AT LARGE.

Escaped Convict Has SO Far Escaped
tccapture.
Richard Hawkins, the negro prisoner
who escaped from the guards of the pen
i,ent;ary Wednesday night at the Chesa-
peace and Ohio Station, is still at larbk-
The police Of the city and also guards
OF the prison spent yesterday on the
search for the negro. but their efforts
were not rewarded by the slightest clue.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
HOLDING. FRONTIER.
Olivier Being Closely Watched by SIR
GOdfr LangdOn.

ALIWAL NORTH, March 2a.-General
,Brabant and his staff have returned from
RouXville. and are now actively engaged
in holding the southern frontier of the
Free State. Detachments are being sent
to strengthen the positions which have
been occupied.
1t is evident that Conrmandant Olivier.
now moving north. is being closely
watched by Sir Godfrey Langdon, the
Basutoland Commissioner, who is In
communca ton with General French.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
DICK COMBS ARRESTED
On Technical Charge Which Will
Probably he Changed,

MANCHESTER, KY, March 29.-"Ial-
low Dick Combs, the negro who was
arrested at Beartyvile to-day on tech
meal charge. tomorrow, PROBABLY,
win be rearrested, charged with being an
accessory to the Goebel murder.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
&C. Brax, on Shot and Killed.

BIRMINGHAM. ALA, March sc. +.
Wi1not, passenger conductor tonight
shot and instantly killed c. c. Braxton.
Braxton lived with Wilmot, doing chores
about the place. Wtlmot surrendered to
the sheriff. He is prominent Mason.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
Enxious Outsider.

She's a Daughter of the American
Revolution"
..She looks as though she might have
been a sister of it"-ChicaGo Tribune.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
TO .RETAKE BLOEMFONTEiN

Probable That Beers are Advancing
in Force SOut Inward.
LONDON, March 30.-The Bloemfontein
correspondent of the Morning Post, tele-
graphing Wednesday, says:
president Kruger boasts his intention
to retake Bloemfontein within a week,
and it appears probable that the Beers
are advancing in force southwark
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
Lake City Lyrchinc Trial.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March CIT
was announced to-day that the Lake
City 1ynching trial will not be called at
the approaching term of the Circuit
Court.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30

At Ford's-N. P. Foard, Virginia.; H.
NJ. Brown Asheville, N. c.: II. w. Cooper
and wife. Miss Jennie Cooper, South Caro-
lima; David Mitchell and wife. Montreal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
Trinity, 6. Lafayette, 4.

DURHAM, N. c.. March 29.-Trinity
College defeated Lafayette University
this afternoon by a score 8 to 4.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30

the public points in this and adjoining
counties.
Farm work IS unusually backward, oW-
ing to the unpropitious weather, but the
farmers are making use of every good
day, and pushing their work.
Grip is still very prevalent in this COM
mllnifY. 49,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30

raining. with fresh southsrly winds, but
not much sea.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-30
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. March %. 1900.

: PORT MdfCn IVJV.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Ocracoke. Willis, Norfolk. nasr-'
chandise and passengers. Old Dominion
Steamer Pocanontas. Graves. Norfolk
and James river sidinss msrchsn no. and
= Steamer Winyah. Simmons, Philadel-
otna. Pa merchandise and passengers.
schooner Maria Pierson. Lear, Norfolk,
Schooner l.. a. Plummer. Foster, Nor.
folk, railroad ties, Philadelphia.
SAILED.
Steamer ocracoke, Willis. Norfolk. ner-
chandise and passengers. Old Dominion
Schooner cornelia. Linman, James
River, light
PORT NEWPORT NEWS. March %, 1900
ARRIVED
steamer Minerva Baltimore.
Steamer Cluden. Amsterdam
Steamer Vidar. New York
SAILEn
Steamer Lord Lansdowne. Dublin and
Steamer Hector. Boston.
PORT OF WEST POINT. March %. 1900.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Accomac, Thompson, Nor.
iolk. passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Accomac. Thompson. Nor
folk, passengers and general cargo.
> 90 Late roR Observation-Disclosures.
PIRATES OF PESzAScE,
Academy Of Music.
APRIL 18TH AND 17TH !.
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make an election in this important

matter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22
Chinese Wedding Rites .

: pubIc gaze and 70 spend her time max
( ing shoes, OF which she must have dozens
/ Of pairs. and in embrofdering the gar
ments for her trousseau and Longevity
pillows for herself and husband Il her
father be dead, her guardian buys h=r
furniture and arranges all that part OF
the ceremony. The number Of each ar
ticle and the kind Is laid down in the
Sacred Book, the amount and value OF
decoration depending upon tha wealth
and social standing OF the families
There are certain other gifts, poultry,
wine, king6shers' feathers, fixed
/ amount OF pin-money etc, exc, which
II bridegroom must send 20 his bride a
month before the wedding ceremo uy. Al
these gifts and the brides entire trous-
seau are sent 10 the house o. the groom
the evening before the marriage, and
this is made the occasion for q parade
( through the streets. band making the
most discordant noise heads the process
sion, and each cooue who bears a tray
or box is clothed in Z wedding garment
OF red.
The money paid and the day selected,
the bridegroom comes IN procession TO
bring the bride home She Is arrayed
/ in her red wedding garments and wears
on her head 4 cap, with long strings OF
pearls hanging down over her face and
neck. Her face is concealed from view
by a handsome crimson veil. and if she
belongs 10 the class Of women whose
feet are Bound" she IS carried 10 the
great marriage sedan chair. which IS COW
cred over with red cl0th-red being the
symbol Of joy-and in which she never
rides but once; q widow marrying is not
allowed TO use II It IS a curious. clumsy
thing, covered with carving and decorated
with kingfshers' feathers.
IN passing from the great gate OF her
fathers house the bridegroom precedes
the bride, and with this commences the
right relation between husband and wife
The woman follows and obeys the man
IN her youth she follows her father and
elder brothers; when married she follows
her husband; when her husband IS dead
she follows her son. So says the Book
Of Rites.
When she steps into the sedan she
turns her face TO the east and when she
aliEhcs she gazes toward the westward.
AT the threshold OF her new home there
Is kindIed a fire and the bride is held
over the flames for a short time. to dis
possess her Of any OF the ri or bad
spirits which might wish TO work mis-
chic: between her husband and herself
Nc Chinese marriage Of the present
day would be considered properly consul
mated without music, but in olden times
we read that Confucius said: The
family that has married a daughter away
does not excinguish its candles for three
nights. thinking Of the separation that
has taken place. The family that has re-
ceived the new wife for three days has
no music" After three months she pre-
sents herself in the ancestral temple.
where she is styled THE new wife that
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22
Bride 1ust
Appear to
Be Bashfui.

If being in China, you should one day
receive a red envelope measuring one foot
IN length and half as much in width and
enclosing a sheet Of red paper, covered
with uninteuigibIe Chinese characters,
you may be toIerably certain you have re-
ceived al invitation TO a Chlnses we'd
ding. An Invitation which, II accepted.
viii give an opportunity Of Witnessing
some Of the elaborate and multifarious
social customs Of the Chinese.
There is 50 much circumstance and
FomD connected with bethrothal and mar
rage in the Dragon Empire that one
wonders how an ordinary person has the
courage 10 plunge into matrimony- But
If mistake not. the Chinese do not
plunge into anything, least Of al matrt-
tnony. An educated Chinaman in dis
cusslug matters matrimonial says. Mar
riasa is in China considered purely as a
family insti-uu0n-ils sole aim IS the en-
Iargement OF the family. and q family
IS only prosperous and happy 50 long as
II Is becoming more numerous II IS
therefore. quite logical that the husband
and wife should for the sake Of the priu-
ciple N fIiaI love respect 4 union desired
by their parents"
Eve-y stage Of the affair. from the
first visit Of the 57-aerween, VINO gossips
and arrauges the fuitatory proceedings,
ID the last final acL in the drama, is cor
Quoted with The greatest gravity and ac-
cOrGiuE 70 I1us-esta bIished rules which
are apparently interchangeable, but I find
II -ea- .ng the descriptions Of marriages
which took place 2'qo years a-5 that they
do differ somewhat from those OF today
n many respects but the change has
been so gradual As 10 be almost IN
Noticed
After a young Chinama1 has been cap
ped" he may marry; never before. The
ceremony o. "carqins' is an important
one, and takes place in the ancestral tenn
Die or before The ancestral altar if the
family Is very poor. The details Of The
ceremony are numerous and complicated.
and ar tE.r conclusion the boy has be-
come a man and has received the name
OF hi= maturity.
Somewhere between the years q = 1rE
: tt-e time varies in different pr0vincesl
the young SRI takes part in far less
imposing ceremony. which invests her
with the hair7in and woman's estate At
the same tiue. ID % this period she
has worn her hair loose and has been al
lowed the freedom Of a child.
After receiving the haIrpiu she is Sc
Guided in The zenara with the women
and IL she has not been tethrothed in
infancy which is often the case. her par
ents begin at once to look around for
q husband for her IN ease she mas been
5etrothed during childhood she may pos
slbIy have 70 spend several years before
marriage in the family of her future
husband; here she is made to perform
all sorts Of domestic drugery for her
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du, as the mdny cases Of wife-murder
/ testify. SO far as have been able to
/ judge. II would seem to be a Jealousy
based on possession, rather than on love.
+ The wife is The property Of her husband
her parents gave her to him withous har
consent and in some instances-as when
a grown man marries child Of ten or
twelve years-he pays for her in money.
He puts all his savings into necklaces
Of sold coins for her shapeIy neck and
into the heavy silver or gold bands which
cover her arms from wrist to shoulder
His desire seems to be, not so much to
please his wife, but to be sure his money
is safe and to crafty his wish TO view
the shining gold as often as possible
He tells you: Spose me put UNI money
IN bank. me no see it, me put on wife
see il all time. 50 his wife mus re-
ceive neither glances nor t0e-riEss from
another.
But sometimes the other man does
come, The husband says nothing. there
Is no quarrel but one day he grasps more
tightly the cutlass he wieIds 50 deity.
and there is a ierceness in each stroke a
he cuts down the stout sugar-canes
through the long. hot day. At six O'Clock
when Sis task is finished he does not 80
home, as usual, but. Ilides among the tall
canes until the darkness. which comes
SO early and so swiftly il the tropics.
falls. Near the barracks where he lives
is q pond which supplies -le people q
the estate with water In some low
shrubs growing on one side Of this pond
he waits The gods favor him His vie
comes out OF theIr r01u. and pail fl
hand, goes 10 She pond. In the darkness
ne s-eaIchIy C-eeps up behind her her
body bends 10 dip the pail. the cu-la~s
dazcenfs swiftly. sureiy-oua stroke,
faint SHREK. and the head fails on the
water. The body 20 the earth- The mug
de-er escapes to the cane field, bug n
the morning his hiding place Is found ~
the police. He Is arrested. speedily tried
ana hanged. The day before the exzcu-
ZION he sends word To his friends uhat
he Is glad % 5te tomorrow be viii again
wander lv The banks o. th= sacred Gan
Ezs. IN what lJrul he knows nor. neither
does he seem to care. MS Jealousy has
aa1 vengeance at the cost Of his own
life here. buzz whether thac LIE VIII r.
appear as q snake. butterfly or human
being does NOT seem % worry him
Many Christians find the indirect cause
Of such murder as this in cl-Ii mar
rage; This 7 am not prepared either ID
AFFIRM OF deny. Men who have chosen
their wives, often murder them. S-'-. l-
is undoubtedly -rul -aa- c1il marriage
is not Al ideal Institution. T1=re were
few couples IL my school. t1lt IS ,ce
et-.e wives belonged g husbands WAC
v5re old er7lsa 70 v7-s ana who had
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22

ing the marriage feast Of little Luch-
Inee. aged seven, who had only been IN
scnooI 4 short t.s,t but had already
mastered the foc-y-twO letters OF the
Hindu aiEhabet Eaot night during the
week the feasting was kept up until a
late hour, the load beating Of drums and
the weird, unmusical singing continued
long after the two children were bliss
fu.sy Unconscious that they were being
married Lutchmee's husband was a
fourteeu-year- boy, who rejoiced II The
some what lengthy name Of Ramkaia wan.
4 Hindu wife never takes her husband s
name. nor the children that Of either
parent Ramka lawau had attended school
until twelve years old when his father.
fearing the boy would become 4 Chris
tlan. sert h n to do light work in the
cane fields.
''Lutctmee's wedding is a typical one,
50 I snsl- tlicfy describe it. The care-
monies c.Isisr ot deeds-not words, there
are no papers 10 sign; no priestly words
g. be pronounced The faastiug Begins
on Saturday night. when Lutchnes's
mosher, assisted 5y several women from
the sumo barracks. cooks large quantities
served in CaIab8shes and eaten with the
fingers. The feast is spread on the grass
just outside the room where Lacchn7ee
lives, or rather sleeps. for you can scarce
" call a single room where q family
sleep. after living and eating outdoors,
home. The men group themselves in q
circle ~ little distance from the women
and all laugh and chatter uerrily.
Feasttng seems 70 them a JOY indeed,
though from our point q: view i- IS
scarcely d thing Of beauty when no forks
or spoons are used, I have seen few
human pictures as intensely fascinating
as this group cf dark-faceI men IN SNOWY
white shirts and turol1s. and slender
women with graceful draper.es over the
head and shoulders sGuac-ng comfortably
and plccuresquely On the grass. ABOVE
thsj- constant chatter in the pleasing
accents az the SOFT 1ia5ustani tongue.
cones the sharp csG q The cicsdl.
uIng.iug viii the softer hum Of a million
other insects is = gentle ruz-Itng @.
tn eripeHed canes and the -Ur-u- - the
breeze in the b-oad-Ieafad b-eadsruit
tree. IN JEe background the .lus. l5w.
v-hIt5washsI 5a-ra ks, watch are all the
acme thsse humble t1-.s-s SNOW, end
mar q lIt-I= pond ca whose vaVel=ss sur
face tea5hery palm casts graceful
shadows. over ali the glorious white zaC
% re tropical moon
zone SEES 10 love these people. Beau
tttul natural surroundings help ore % gs-
in -uach WIKI hmm 1a-E-e. ard The
Hinta nature is very ;1vaaa
wen rhis teasr-cg continues = ths