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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-05-03

sarmarks of one, but il so there are
plenty of other well authenticated in
stances which show that civilization.
while not destroying the martial qualities
of armies, develops the spirit of true
heroism.
The events which brought about the
Peninsular war did not seem favorable
for displays Of courtesy on either side.
Napoleon, in 1907, taking advantage of
the imbecility of the government of Spain
and Portugal, took possession of those
countries and, by military exactions and
oyerbearing conduct drove the two ma
lions into instruction and to apply to
England for assistance
At the battle of Talavera the French
had been repulsed in their first attack.
Some contend that this was owing to the
heat, which at midday was so great that
In portion of the battlefield both parties
relinquished fighting and repaired to a
stream close by, where they sat chatting
fmicably together for an hour or more,
till summoned by the officers.
They then babe each other goodby. took
up their positions and Immediately re-
newed the battle with great vigor.
In this engagement the English won a
fruitless victory, the French being so
strongly REINFORCED in the moment of de-
feat that the English were forced to re-
treat, leaving their wounded behind.
Nothing could have been better for
these poor fellows, for the French Mar
shal Mortier Immediately organized
good hospital for them, which the Brit
ish, owing to their defective transport,
had been unable to provide. His own
wounded were told that honor and hui
mainly demanded that the foe should re-
ceive the best attention, which being &C
ceded to party of French officers wait
I'd on the principal inhabitants and asked
for the loan Of bedding for the English
The Portuguese thought their
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-05-03

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree
ably aromatic. 1t is received through the
nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole sur
face over which it ditfuses itself. Druggists
sell the Soc size; Trial size by mail, 10
cents. Test it and you are sure to continue
the treatment.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-05-03


stead Of slashing at him, dropped his
sword to the salute and galloped away.
In this battle large number Of prison
ers were taken on both sides. Numbers
Of soldiers carrying flags of truce would
hand to the outposts portmanteaus and
effects Of the officers who had been taken.
At the siege of Burgon the British en-
gineers were extremely weak in numbers,
and the trenches were so arranged that
refreshment of any kind was unobtaina
BILE, unless the thirsty one was prepared
to cross the bit of ground separating the
trenches and the town. This seemed
risky thing to do, but at last a daredevil
Irishman, prompted by the possession Of
the finest thirst in the whole army, vol
unteered. Walking calmly out, he APP
preached the Notifications and, holding
up an empty mug, pointed to the other
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-05-03
Played Out

Dull headache, pains in various parts
of the body, sinking at the stomach, loss
OF appetite, feverishness, pimples or sores
are all positive evidences of impure
blood. No. matter how it became so it
must be purified in order to obtain good
health. Acker's Blood Elxer has never
failed to cure scrofulons or syphilitic
poisons or any other blood diseases. 1t is
certainly a wonderful remedy. and we
sell every bottle on a positive guarantee,
Sold by G. Il. Williams, druggist
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-05-03

end of the trenches. AS this did not
seem particularly clear to the astonished
garrison he added to the dumb show an
imitation of man drinking and, without
waiting for permission, coolly walked to
the other end, had his drink and returned.
Embodened by this display of gentle
manly feeling, his companions did the
same, and from that day to the end Of
the conflict the besiegers used to sally
forth mug in hand to get their drink.
At the first storming of San Sebastian,
which was unsuccessful, a dashing young
officer was taken prisoner. A French
grenadier who had witnessed the bravery
Of the prisoner was so overcome by adj
miration that he ran and kissed him.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-05-03

There Is certain grim humor in the
70 called "chivalry' of war, with exam
pies of which history teens. Nearly ev-
cry student of history knows what hap
pened when the two picked corps Of
France and England came face to face
at the battle of Fontenoy. The two par
ties halted within q short distance Of
each other, and, after a momentary
pause, the English officer In command
raised his hat and called out:
Fire, gentlemen of the French guard"
Advancing few PAGES the French Off
Ger made profound bow, saying
1.-The French guard never fires frstr'
Thus challenged, the English officer,
after moments reflection, put an end
to this chivalrous conduct by calling on
his men to fire. which they did, and,
there being nothing to disturb their aim,
they biffed the daylight out of all but
score of the French.
This sittle incident may be lie, says
the Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t bears all the
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-05-03

To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atonizers in applying LIQUIDS
into the nasal passages for CATARRHAL IRON
DIES, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in
liquid form, which will be known as Ely's
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube is 75cents. Druggists or by
mail. The liquid form embodies the med
lclnal properties of the solid preparation.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-05-03
Ii Cent Cans

Five gallon kerosene cans for Is
cents. Cheap and servicable, Get
them at the Signal office.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
KILLED BY POLICE
RUNNING FIGHT WITH ROBBERS
AT QUINCY, ILL.
Two Expert safe Blowers Killed
Third Badly Wounded-suspected
of Having been Mixed Up In Sew
eral Robberies-Made q Haul Of
$4,000 in One Flace-They Made
a specialty of Cracking Safes Of
Building and Loan Associations-
Wounded Man Is Mum.

Quincy, ILL.,, Jan. 3O.-Quincy police
officers last night killed two expert
safe blowers. supposed to be from Chi
q and wounded another badly. The
tragedy included q running fight
through the streets, through which the
men were pursued. The men are be-
lieved to have operated recently in
Freeport, Galesburg and other Illinois
towns, making a speciality Of cracking
safes in building and loan associations.
On Jan. 6 the safe Of the Adams
County Building and Loan association
was blown open at the moor hour and
cash and securieits amounting to $780,
600 taken. Saturday three men came
to the Moecker's hotel and registered
from Kansas City. The proprietor
recognized their hand writing as being
the same as that of the men who came
here Jan 5, and who afterward were
SUSPECTED as crooks. He warned the
police, and when one went out he was
Swallowed by Detective George Koch.
The stranger acted strangely and the
officer finally appeared, showed his
star and asked the man to go to the
station and explain himself. The man
drew a pistol and pointed 1t at Koch'S
u6dIC, UuL us In OAS ~ 4AOSh uACW AlS
own and fired four shots. The man
fell dead at the fourth. This happened
at 8 o'clock on Saturday night. The
baggage of the suspected men at the
hotel was examined and found to con-
tain burglars tools and nitro-glycer-
inc When the other tvs men re-
turned to the hotel at 2 O'Clock Sun
day morning they learned of the death
Of their comrade and found the hotel
surrounded by officers. Then there was
a running fight through the hotel cor
ridors. One rushed into the street,
followed by Policeman George Ahern.
He turned to fire and as he did so he
was shot by the officer, dying in a few
minutes. The third man was struck
by Officer Charles Horst and sank to
the floor with a broken hip. He was
captured but refused to give any in
formation. The men were all well
dressed, wore diamonds and other
jewelry and had plenty of money.
Skeleton keys were found on all Of
them. When the two men came here
on Jan. 5 they registered as Burt and
Crowley. Saturday Burt was recog-
nized as G. 81. Rogers. The wounded
man refuses to give his name. The
men are believed to be three Of the
best workers in the country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
A Noted swede.

Gen. o. E. D~reutzer, a well known
Swedish-American, died at Frankfort,
KY, a few days ago, aged "a years.
Born in Sweden, he entered the Swed-
ish navy at an early age, went to
America at the age Of IT,, was a New
Bedford whaler for. several years, vol
unteered for the Seminole war, then
went to Sweden, where he attended
the naval school at Kariskrona. On
graduation he was commissioned as
lieutenant and placed in charge of five
pilot stations on Sweden's west coast.
The America fever caught him again,
and in 1854 he vas practicing law in
Waupaca county, Wis. There he
served as county treasurer, register Of
deeds and county Judge, and earned
his title of general as a brigadier in
the militia. In 1866 he received an
appointment to q Norwegian consulate,
and then began the study of old Morse
literature and viking discoveries IN
America.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
Personal.

At the annual meeting Of the Mas
sachusetts Total Abstinence society
Secretary Of the Navy John ID. Long
was elected president.
Prof. J. T. johnson, president Of the
Hargrove college, died suddenly at
Ardmore, Ind. T., Of heart disease. He
was f~orty-nine years Of age.
Charles Mccarthy, who was a circus
clown more than forty years and
known as the first nan to turn a
double somersault, dropped dead at
Chicago.
An efigy representing DR.. Johnson
president of the state board Of health.
was suspended from a telegraph pole
in a prominent part Of Monticello, ILL.,,
by persops who took offense at his or:
ders to quarantine the houses affected
with smallpox.
julius Schriftgiesser, editor of Der
Boston Telegraph and Of the New
England Stats Zeitung, a prominent
German-American resident and q
member of many organizations, died
at Boston Of consumption at ,the age
Of th~irty-fodr. He was born In Alex
andria. Va.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
IS CRAzED BY RELIGION.

Chicago Woman Attempts to Muir
der Her Husband and Six Children
While Insane.
Chicago, Jan. 3O.-1n a fit Of insanity,
caused, it is believed, by too close at
tention to church duties, Mrs. Anna
Kudzen attempted to brutally murder
her husband and six children with q
potato masher, and was only subdued
after a terrible struggle. Kudzen had
one eye destroyed and a policeman was
severely scalded with a kettle of boil
ing water which the frenzied woman
threw ut him. 1t took the combined
strength Of Kudzen and four police
men to subdue the woman, who
screamed, "The Lord has told me to
kill them all"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
MINISTER'S FOR THE JURORS.

Serve.
Columbia, S. c., Jan. 3O.-The names
Of three doctors of divinity appeared
in the panel of jurors drawn for the
approaching session of court in Green
vile. The jury commissioners say the
ministers and editors have had a good
deal to say about the best men shirk-
ling jury duty, so this fall all Of their
names have got into the box. While
they are exempt by law, the commits
sioners say they have the right to
serve as a personal privilege. The
ministers have not yet decided what
course to take.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
OF General interest.

The new Finnish Lutheran college
and theological seminary at Houghton'
Mich. was dedicated last Sunday.
It is said that Of the 800 volunteers
in the Scandinavian corps In the Boer
army the Films have the greatest
number of representatives.
In Norway a rural genius had rugged
a windmill device to threshing ma
chimes and it is said to work splendid
ly on the small Norwegian threshers.
A company has been formed in
Stockholm to operate an automobile
cab service, provided a franchise can
be secured. Twelve cabs will form
the nucleus Of the new service.
The predictions that the socialists
would show q strong growth in Den
mark was amply fulfilled when the
vote in the recent municipal elections
was counted. They captured the city
of Aarhus completely and won many
nlaces or showed big increases all over
the country.
Norway has voted funds to two
army officers to permit them to visit
South Africa to study the military OPP
erations. They will probably try to
reach the Boer army, as England de.
MED N0rway's request to allow Nor
wegian military attaches to follow tho
English troops.
Rev. J. G.. Jensen, secretary for the
United Norwegian Lutheran church,
has had his name changed to J. G.
.Jerson Roseland. His former name
was in such common use that his mail,
which. naturally was very extensive,
Aly disturbed until patience
- ito be a virtue.
BisAp Harald Stein, one of the mos,
important churchmen of Denmark,
died ON Jan. g at Copenhagen, aged 6C
yenrs. He was a brother of Professor
nh. Stein, the sculptor, and Professor
v. Stein, the scientist. The bishops
nobility of chara cter, his refinemen,
aud Christian gentleness made him
universally beloved.
The Norwegian giant, Johan Arn1
Bredesen, is now on exhibition In
Christiana. He is about a quarter OF
nm inch over seven feet. standing In
his bare feet, and stripped to the bun
he weighs 34O,pounds, and is very vel
proportioned. For twelve years lie has
naturally was the most powerful oars
man.
1t is reported that Danish officials
are in favor of disposing Of the Danisl
! West Indies to the United States II
the latter will pay $31,OO0,OOO. The
press has little to say except to SPEAK
OF a sale to Germany as IN ifapossi
bility. Still a trade for North ScAles
wig would be hailed with: delight b,
the DaEes and the South Jutes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
A MIGHTY WRESTLER.
Marnus Emanuel Bech-Olson IL M
Unvanquished Champion.

Magnus Emanuel Bech-Ols0n Is an
Unvanquished Champion.
Magnus Emanuel Bech-Olsen. the
famous Danish wrestler, left Copen-
hagen on Jan. 16 and arrived in New
York last week. His first match will
be with Roeber at Madison Square
Garden.
Bech-Olsen is SO years OLD and in the
nine years he has been wrestling he
has engaged in 700 matches and has
never vet been defeated. He bears
eight championship medals and the
championship belt worn before him by
Antonio Pierri, the Greek. Among
chose whom Bech-O Olsen has defeated
were the reputed champions of Ger
many, Austria, Russia, England, Hql-
land, Australia, France. Sweden, Nor
way, Italy, Turkey and Greece.
Bech-Olsen is q native of COpenha-
gen, was born in 1886, and ut the age
of "a was a masOn with no thought
of ever being famous in anything. His
size, stature, strength and active move
mcnts attracted the attention of Karl
Obs in Hamburg, then u champion
! wrestler, who invited the young mason
; to attend a match between two prom
Using pupils. The Dane became great
" interested and became q pupil un-
der Abs in 1891. s
A year later a cholera outbreak
| stopped the work on four buildings
which he had in hand and quickly
ruined him. Then he turned his skill
and strength to professional use and
Travelled with the Busch and Schu.
mann circus, challenging every wrest.
Ter and later. hanging up an offer Of
1000 marks to any One who could
throw him. HI was required ia
nay the sum and only nee was lie
called upon to pay 500 marks fseA q
wrestler whom he was unable to lay
on his back in fifteen minutes 1t IL
explained in this instance that tho
Dane was i'll that evening and had not
intended to appear, but his name and
the challenge were OH the program
and therefore he insisted on wrestling
in spite of his illness.
The great wrestler will no doubt toul
the whole country and If so will hardly
overlook the northwest.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
wa.hinrton Talk.

w -
DR.. Hunter, United States minister
at Washington to Guatemala and Hon.
duras, has arrived on leave of alb
ence.
Representatives of the cotton knit
goods manufacturers have protested
to Senator Davis against the ratifica-
ton of the French reciprocity treaty.
The state department has issued q
warrant for the surrender to the Next
can authorities of IssaurO LOya, who is
held under arrest in Ell Paso on a
charge of murder committed in Chiu-
| huahua-
Senator Tillman. from the senate
committee on naval affairs. yesterday
reported favorably the bill authorizing
the secretary of the navy to permit
| the repair of the old United States
friSatc Constitution and to recOmmis.
sion it.
The resignation of Joseph w. Ivey
as collector OF customs at Sitka. Alas
ka, has been accepted, to take effect
on the appointment and qualification
of his successor. 1T is understood that
the appointment will be made within
q day or two.
The December statement of the col
lections of internal revenue show the
total receipts to have been $24.219 ,3OS.
an increase over December. 1898, Of
$2,O26,416. The total receipts for the
| six months of the present fiscal year
we're $751;, $50. 156, an increase of $13,-
457 1913 over the corresponding periOa
last year.
The senate committee on public
lands reported favorably on Senator
Warren's bill granting $4,000 acres in
Wyoming for the benefit of the state
soldiers and sailors home of that
state, and a bill granting the aban-
doned Fort Hays military reservation
to the state Of Kansas for a branch
agricultural college.
The secretary of the interior has re-
called previous instructions in regard
to the right Of the state of Utah to
school sections within the limits of the
abandoned Fort Cameron military res
ervation. The secretary holds that the
acts of congress providing for the dis
posal of the lands in such reservations
do not amount to a disposition of the
lands.
Senior Corea, Nicaraguan minister to
the United States, has advised Secre-
tary Hay that as an indication of the
friendship for his government for the
United States it has appointed an arbi-
traitor to determine whether the Mari
time Canal company is entitled to an
extension Of it's concession. The ac-
ton Of the Nicaraguan government
was based upon a protest submitted
to it by the Maritime Canal company,
through the American minister at
Managua.
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Four hundred British cavalry horses
in South Africa, it is said, have already
been shot, owing to the occurrence Of
glanders. The disease is likely to
spread with much greater rapidity
among the British horses than among
the hardy Boer ponies, and this may
mean a considerable prolongation OF
the campaign. Horse sickness In
south Africa generally appears during
the latter part of January and lasts
three months. The present outbreak
is unusually early.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03

Vienna's chief of police has ordered
the cessation of all gambling, and will
not even allow poker games in private
clubs. 1t may be added that the order
will be enforced and that no alderman
or citizen with a gutta-percha pull will
be allowed to have a "quiet little place
Just for the boys" Those European
CAPITALS are indeed slow, far behind the
times and sadly at a discount as COM
pared with real American municipal
perfection as established in Chicago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03

Cereal Trust Dividends Increased.
Akron, Ohio, Jan. 30.-The American
Cereal company announces that begin
ming Feb. 1 the quarterly dividend
will be increased to 2 per cent, raising
the annual dividend from 6 to 8 per
cent. The capital stock is $3,5OO,OOO.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
Crime. md Criminal.

Albert Hunt of Superior, Wis, who
shot and killed John X. Parrish in
Petersburg, Va, Christmas day, was
acquitted. 49,,
Amos Phillips, the murderer, whose
accomplices were lynched at Fort
Scott, Kan, has been sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
William f. Miller, who conducted
the 500 per cent Franklin Syndicate
in Brooklyn, has been located in Can
ada and is under surveillance.
Guy bennett, aged 81 years, a ne
| phew of President Dole of Hawaii,
| attempted suicide by cutting his throat
with a knife, in a rooming-hOuse at
Denver.
Thomas Hennessy, manager Of the
| st. Louis Radiator company, jumped
to his death from a third-story win
dow at Mercy hospital, at Chicago,
| while temporarily insane.
Six saloonkeepers arrested at Gil
! man. ILL.,, for violation of Sunday clos
ing laws, pleaded guilty. and We're
| fined at Watseka. Citizens arrested
| on charge of gambling will be tried to.
day.
! The state departr: .ent has issued a
warrant for the surrender to the Mex,
lean authorities Of Isauro Loya, who
is held under arrest in Ell Paso on a
| charge of murder committed in Chi
huahua.
Charles Jasperson Of Hillsdale is I'm:
| der arrest at Rock Island charged
With grave robbing at Rapids city. A
student at Keokuk Medical college IL
also said to be implicated and will be
arrested.
The Indictment against John Whal
len of Louisville, charging him with
attempting to bride Senator s. B: Har
roll. was quashed in the Franklin cir
emit court on motion of Commonwealth
Attorney Franklin.
Government officers have arrested
Harry ]. Kig and James Price, man
ayers of the Chicago embroidery ex
change, on the charge of havinl
swindled q number of women In al
parts of the country by advertising ex
tensively that women were wanted Il
sew at home at a salary of So pei
week.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03

For 1899 the worlds corn crop is g.
GIL, 900, 900 bushels, of which the United
States furnishes 1900, O00, 900 bushels;
Austria-Hungary furnishes 8 5000, 00C
bushels, a serious falling off from the
l53, O0O, 900 bushels of last year. Ar
1gentina comes next, with 100000
bushels; then comes italy with 6S,000,-
600 bushels. The crop is about ILL.,
600, 900 bushels more than the average
crop of the last four years.
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1t may be safely said that the one
man who regatds the present Trans
vaal war and the prospect Of Euro
pean complications with unflinching
equanimity is Herr Krupp, the estima-
BILE German cannon-maker.
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INDIA HAS PROVED LOYAL

Hindus and Mohammedans Sub
scribe Money for Mansion House
Fund. 4,
Calcutta, Jan. 3O.-A monster meet
ing of Hindus and Mohammedans in
the town hall here yesterday passed a
resolution expressing unsweeping 10y
atty and attachment to the throne, and
decided to offer prayers for the victory
Of the British in all places of worship.
The meeting also subscribed 63,OOO
rupees toward the Mansion house fund
for the relief of the widows and fami-
lies of the victims Of tho South African.
war.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
KING OSCARS BIRTHDAY.
An Unusually Brilliant Function

An Unusually Brilliant Function {.
the Dual Court Mt Stockholm.
The ball in celebration OF
the anniversary of the birth OF
King Oscar III. was an unusually bril-
liant function, owing to the presence
of the crown prince and princess OF
Denmark. The guests included Will
lam Thomas, Jr., the United States
minister to Sweden and Norway, anu
Mrs. Thomas: United States Consul
Gen. Edward D. Winslow; Lieut.. Col.
w. r. Livermore, United States mill
tary attache at Stockholm; Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Winslow; Miss Maude
Duryea and Countess Wochtmuster.
formerly Miss Hubbell, Of Des Moines,