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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23

defeat which will greatly impair the
Boer resources for repelling an attack
upon Pretoria.
The Beers are reported as mastering
every man capable of carrying a rifle
and as taking their ambulance corps
into the fighting line. They need all
their reserves in order to justify cur
rent estimates of their available force.
They are alleged to have from 5000 to
600 men in the district between De
Vets dorp and Wepener, where heavy
fighting is reported Friday and Satur-
day They are also described as occu-
pying a line ten miles long in upper
Natal, and as shelling the British po-
sitions at Elandslaagte on Saturday
with unabated spirit. The motive of
this activity is not clear, but it Is sur
missed that the Beers are anxious to
prevent the transfer of British forces
from Natal to Bloemfontein and Bos-
hof, which apparently is still in pro-
gress.
The Beers have also been active in
front of General Methuen and at Four
teen Streams, and Mafeking remains
under investment. If the elastic esti-
mates of Boer forces are footed up an
aggregate is produced which upsets the
reasonable deductions from the census
returns and the casualties on the
Dutch side. More careful estimates al
low 20 900 Transvaalers and 5000 Free
Staters for active operations all round.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23
into MILLIONS.
Losses by Floods in Lower Mis-
sissippi Valley
Are Enormous and the End is
Not in Sight.
RAIN BEGINS AGAIN.
Mail and Telegraphic Commu-
nicatiOn Cut Of.
Every Railroad and Wagon
Bridge Washed Away
In the Vicinity Of Columbia
Crops Destroyed.

Louisville, April 23-Pouring rains
continue throughout the flood districts
of the south and the danger to lives
and property is becoming more grave.
It was thought Saturday that the. crisis
was passed, but in many localities the
rain is falling again with increased
violence. Late reports to the weather
bureau show that heavy precipitation
has been general within the last twelve
hours throughout the flooded country.
It was estimated last Saturday that
$3,000.O00 worth of private property had
already been destroyed and it is neeJ
thought probable that this damage will
be heavily increased. Mail and tele-
graphic communication has been des-
troyed between the smaller towns in
Mississippi and Alabama south of jack
son, the northern limit of the food Many
farm houses have been swept away, the
occupants barely escaping with their
lives, and the drowning of a family of
seven negroes is reported from Jackson,
Miss.
The food district is roughly bounded
by a line drawn from Mobile up the
Tombigbee river to the center Of the
state of Alabama, thence west through
Jackson, Miss, to the Mississippi river
Around Columbia, Miss, every rail-
road and wagon bridge is reported
W
total loss. At Enterprise, Miss. the
water stands five feet in the houses
and stores. At Meridian, Miss. the
water is reported at six feet IL the
streets, and rising. Timber and build
| ings are reported destroyed at Ellis
| vile, Meridian, De Soto and throughout
| the Bayou Pierra district in Mississippi.
and numerous small points in Alabama
report. great damage.
Trains on railroads into New Orleans
which have not been abandoned entire
/ ly are running cnly in the daylight,
| owing 70 the dangerous condition Of the
| tracks. The Louisville & Nashville
| New Orleans line which was in fair con-
| dition until last evening is now cut IN
bridge over the West Pascagoula near
Scranton. Arrangements have been
| made to ferry passengers across the
| break
| Thousands of people in the small wa
| ter bound towns of Mississippi are re-
ported on the brink of starvation.
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Experience has shown that in all South
African reports the strength of the
Dutch is grossly exaggerated
The war office was silent at midnight,
and the results of Rundels advance
toward Wepener were not announced,
although there was little reason to
doubt that there had been serious fight
ing Saturday. There we're details of
Geenral Methuen's convoy fight near
Boshof, but these did not materially
alter previous accounts.
FIGHTING DAY AND NIGHT.
Boer Camp, ,Thaba N'Chu, Orange Free
State, Sunday, April 22.-Fighting con-
tinues day and night at Jammersburg
Drift. The English trenches have been
so full of rain that the men have been
obliged every now and then to Chamber
to the banks only to be shot down. The
Beers were so drenched on Saturday
that they were unable to sleep, so they
started debate on the subject of the
good to be derived from virtue and
courage. The discussion lasted most of
the night, shells at intervals interrupt
ing the speakers.
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FLOOD STRIKES |. & N.
Bridge Over PascagOula River
Washed Out.

Mobile, Ala, April 23.-The flood sit-
uation around Mobile shows a more
desperate condition today and every
hour the loss is growing great ter. The
Louisville & Nashville railroad which
has heretofore been free from any dam
age and has been hauling the freight
and passengers of the Illinois Central,
Northwestern and Mobile & Ohio rail-
roads for the past six days is now a
sufferer also. The bridge over West
Pascagoula river, four miles from
Scranton, was washed away last night
Between three and four hundred feet
of Mobile & Ohio track has been wash
ed entirely away at one place andsghere
the road bed was there is now a. gully
four feet deep. The damage is meal
culable and nearly all the road bed for
25 miles will have to be reconstructed
RATS IN NEW ORLEANS STREETS
New Orleans, April 23.-One of the
heaviest rain storms of the season oc-
CURED here during the night and New
Orleans was flooded. Today in the upper
and rear sections of the city, RATS had
to be used to reach street cars. The city
is suffering commercially as a*reSUlt OF
the Mississippi floods and the crippled
condition of four railroad lines entering
New Orleans. The Mississippi Valley
has made some headway in getting its
tracks in condition and the Illinois Cen
trail is operating a partial service but
the Northeastern is still completely
blocked. Not until Wednesday or Thurs
day will traffic be resumed. over the
SeulIdl eACuASAOlA tA11AAo -AA<--
went out yesterday could not get back
today.
FIFTEEN INCHES OF RAIN.
Meridian, Miss, April 23.-Additional
rains have added to the gravity Of the
food situation here and in the surround
ing country. The temporary track work
which has been done on all railroads
entering the city will be damaged and
resumption of traffic will be longer de-
layed. The situation in Isolated towns
is growing desperate. Food stuffs are
running short and no relief is in sight
Reports from the interior continue to
come in showing great devastation.
Farmers are abandoning farms as
worthless and entering the service Of
railroads, which employ all applicants
Fifteen inches of rain have fallen SO far
this month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23

dated Friday, April 20, reports the ar
rival there of Commandants De Wit
and Villiers and an attack upon three
thousand British under Gen Gatacre.
The latter, of course, is a misstatement
as it is probable Gen. Rundle is meant.
The British it is added occupied some
kopje's, but their left wing was driven
back. The Boer loss was one killed and
five wounded.
From Brandfort comes the news that
Saturday, April 81, a British patrol OF
suffered the loss of one man killed and
two men captured, including Free
Slater who was leading the party.
Pretoria dispatch dated April Il,
says the last official news was that
fighting was proceeding within half an
hours ride of De Vets Dorp, with no
results.
The Transvaa1 government it is said,
has asked Lord Roberts to be allowed
to send a clergyman to St. Helena, ana
also a neutral consul to watch the in
terests of the prisoners in the same
manner as Adelbert Hay guards the in
terests of the British at Pretoria.
A proclamation has been issued, pro-
hibiting the working of the mines on
Sundays and infiicting punishment on
managers paying over Ell a month to
natives.
From Ladysnith today comes a dis
Boer guns are silent
There is nothing further from Bloem-
fontein to indicate the progress of the
preparations for the main advance.
At Cape Town, a government contrac-
tor named BAN has been arrested for
harboring three escaped prisoners,
dressed as clergymen. The prisoners
were sent back to Simontown, whence
| they had escaped.
BOERS MOVING SOUTHWARK.
| Wakkerstrom,A pril %, (Sunday)-E1v-
| ening-After yesterdays Shelling it was
expected that the Beers would open
! in, tC1 hoe J,a
manry made a thorough scout to the
/ left. The Beers endeavored to turn the
| British right wing but the movement
was detected by the yeomanry and
| mounted infantry and the guns opened
! fire and drove them off, greatly extend
| ing the position. None of the Boer guns
was in action. There were no British
| casualties
/ Many of the Beers are moving south
ward.
BOER DEFENSE MEASURES.
New York, April ga dispatch to
| the Tribune from London says:
There was last night the usual Sun
/ day medley of ominous rumors and con-
fused conjectures from the theater of
war, with a heavy budget of mail cor
4 reSpondenee of minor incidents OF the
! period of mastery inactivity. The most
serious news was the evidence from
Boer sources that formidable prepara-
/ tions have been made to resist the ad-
| vance of General Roberts army. The
Roers are vaguely reported to have
mounted so guns at Kroonstad and tc
| have constructed a circuit of defenses
| eight miles long around Pretoria. II
is a foregone conclusion that Pretoria
will be vigorously defended, but the
experts are not prepared to accept evi-
| dence from a Boer source that Kroon-
stad has been strongly fortified, al
| though the wisest among them hope
| that the news is true. Kroonstad offers
strong advantages for defense, but Gen
eraI Roberts, with his vastly superior
/ force, can turn the position by either
/ flank and compel its evacuation, witt
a good chance of inflicting a decisive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23
BECOMING UNRULY.
Natives in Famine District of
India Growing Hard to
Manage.

Calcutta, Apr.l 23.-The latest official
reports from the famine districts says
that the misery existing there is in
describable and unparalleled and that
the present relief is quite inadequate.
They add that the mortality among the
cattle is also so severe that the author
tiles are trying to adapt farm imple-
ments so that human power can re-
place that of bullocks. Such a drastic
move has never before been necessary
even in the greatest scarcity of ami
mails.
1t is also announced that the natives
are developing ugly feelings and are at
tacking Europeans. A great crowd Fri
day murderously attacked a party of
soldiers at Shappur, the military center
of the Northwest provinces. The sold
ierS were rescued with difficulty and in
an unconscious condition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23
SUCCEEDS HIS FATHER.
Charles Holiday Elected Presi-
dent of Excelsior Coke and
Gas Co.

Charles K. Holiday has been selected
president of the Excelsior Coke and Gas
company to succeed his father, the late
Col c. K Holiday.
When Judge J. T. Clark and Col. c. K.
Holiday sold their interest in the COM
pany the bulk of the stock was bought
by Anthony N, Brady, of New York.
Col. Holiday continued as president
Since the death of Col. Holiday Mr..
Brady rendered the presidency to c. K.
Holiday jr., and tn office was ac-
cepted by him. Mr.. Holiday and H. S.
Morgan will have the active manage
ment of the affairs of the company in
TODeIxa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23
A DAY IN WASHINGTON.
The President Will Leave Again
Tonight For Canton.

Washington. April 2s.-President and
Mrs. Mckinley returned to Washington
at 7:25 O'Clock this morning from New
York BY o'clock the president was
in his Office going over bills which. have
accumulated since he left here and look
ing over other business. The president
and party left Jersey City after mid
night, and the train Travelled slowly
so as not to reach Washington too
early.
The party was the same as that
lContinued on sixth Pags.a
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More Trust Mills Close.

Joliet, H.. April 23-Operations were
suspended at the three rod mills of the
Illinois Steel company in this city. Be
tween 500 and 700 men were thrown out
of employment. It is rumored that the
entire Illinois steel plant here which is
controlled by the Federal Steel. COM
pany will shortly be closed down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23
BRITISH ADVANCE.
To the Relief of Wepener Is
Being Contested
Step by Step by the Army of the
Republics.
LEFT WING TURNED
By the Beers Under Generals
Dewitt aud Villiers.
Attempt to Turn Right Wing
Was Frustrated.

London. April 2S.-Gen. Rumble is ap-
parently advancing slowly toward We
pener, every step being closely contest
ed by the Beers. From the republican
side there is a good deal of interesting
news today. A Thaba NChu dispatch,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23

I never intend to do so. was in a
position to have controlled Saturdays
convention in Topeka, and no conpro-
mise whatever was made + named the
chairman of the convention, and also
named the chairman on the committee
of resolutions Had 1 chosen to do SO
I could have been elected the chairman
of the convention, but everything was
conducted in a manner entirely satis-
factory to me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23
Weather Indications

Chicago, April 23.-For Kansas: IN
settled with showers tonight or Tues
day; southerly winds shifting to north
erly Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23

ALTERNATES
o. d. Skinner.
c. A. Starbird.
Jas. Mccoy.
T. S, Williams.
Otto Larson.
Geo. W. Charles.
Geo. Adamson.
G. s. Elliott.
N. Weightman.
Dean Low.
o. K. Swayze.
VIM. Core.
Philip Eastman.
J. S. Grice.
A. H. Merrill.
Jno. NJ. Wright,
r. +. Hodgins,
A Newman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23

DELEGAIES.
A. A. Raub.
A. c. Wallace.
Frank Beach.
p. II. Coney.
H. H. Keith.
A. KuykendalI.
Leroy Currier.
J. X. Hudson
NJ. A. Low.
A. H. Horton.
-. W. Mulvane.
w. l. Grant.
Frank Blanch.
s. S. Rice.
A. It. Lucas.
Jno- Wetterskog.
Chas. +. Spencer.
g. n. Titus.
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CONTINUED on Sixth Page.l
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lC0ntinued on sixth Pass.a
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-30
TRADE HINTS FROM our
cONSULS ABROAD.

GERMAN TRADEsMEN AT THE
PARIS EXPOsITION.-C Mona
CHAN, Of Chemnitz, Nav 4, 1900,
writes:
A motion has been brorght be-
fore the Reichstag to select men
from different trades and send
them to the Paris Exposition, in
order that they may make a thor.
ough study oil the branches which
they represent. Il is proposed to
appropriate at least SIS for each
one. A great many cities and dis
tricts in Germany have arranged
10 send such men to Paris. Some
will pay particular attention to
hygiene, Illuminating appliances
OF all kinds, methods Of trauspor-
tation, and canahzatlon. The
Chemnitz representatives are TO
study the methods in vogue IN
London for conserving and utlllz
ing the smoke given off from large
factories. A great quantity Of the
coal consumed il this city is oi the
so-called soft variety, and gives of
a SCOT that is very destructive TO
she external appearance OF houses.
The German experts will also con-
verse with the TepresentatiV S OF
the exhibiting nations, and find out
what their countries are most IN
need of. The know ledge acquired
by these men will be OF unques
tionable value in the development
oil German industrial Lie.
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-30
How's Ehis2

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J, CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned, have known +.
J. Cheney Tor the last IS years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligations made by
their firm
WEsT & TRUAx,
Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, O.
WALDINC KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Hal's Catarrh Cureis taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system Testi
monials sent free. Price rs cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-30

TRAVEL, A LUxURY.-The he Royal
Limited finest day train in the world,
leaving Washington b. & o. Station,
New Jersey Avenue and c Streets, daily,
3pm, arrives New York pm. Splendid
dining and cafe car service
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-30
o. d. Honvrr-

700 Ninth street NV, deals in foreign
and domestic cigars, and has always on
hand Havana, Key West and home made
cigars whose quality and flavor appeal
to the most refined tastes, Departmental
and Congressional trade solicited.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-24
KANSAS CITY MEATS"
Can be fond at the Bon-Ton.
A Miners Excursion.

On October 81 the Santa Fe railroad
will run another miners and prospec-
tors excursion from Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo, Canon City, Florence
and Rockvale to New Mexico stations
Round-trip tickets will be sold, passen-
gers using Nos. / and II of November !
south of Trinidad. The general arrange
ments are the same as for the last ex-
cursion of May "a. Tickets carry con-
tinuous passage going limit, final limit
thirty days, stop-overs being allowed
within that limit on the return trip.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-24
OJOCALIENTE
SPRINGS.)


These Celebrated Hot Springs are To-
Gated in the midst of the Ancient Cliff
Dwellers, twenty-five miles west OF
Taos, and fifty miles north of Santa Fe,
and about twelve miles from Barranca
Station, on the Denver & Rio Grande
Railway, from which point a daily line
of stages run to the Springs. The tenn
p%erature of these waters Is from 81 to
122 degrees. The gases are carbonic. Al
titude, 5000 feet. Climate very dry and
delightful the year round. There is now
a commodious hotel for the convenience
of invalids and tourists. These waters
contain 1,6S6.24 grains of alkaline salts
to the gallon, being the richest alkaline
Hot Springs in the world. The efficacy
of these waters has been thoroughly
tested by the miraculous cures attested
to in the following diseases: Paralysis,
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Consumption,
Malaria, Bright's Disease of the Kid
neys, Syphilitic and Mercurial Aztec
tions, scrofula, Catarrh, La Grippe, all
Female Complaints, ETC., etc. Board,
Lodging and Bathing, $3.50 per day; $14
per week; $50 per month. Stage meets
Denver trains and waits for Santa Fe
train upon request. This resort Is at
tractive at all seasons, and is open all
winter. Passengers for Ojo Caliente can
leave Santa Fe at 1908 a. m. and reach
Ojo Caliente at s p. m. the same day
Fare for the round trip from Santa Fe
to Ojo Caliente, 81. For further partic-
ulars, address
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-24
NEW MEXICO
MINES AND MINERS
Important Ore Discoveries at Sheler-
vile, Lincoln County, Result in
EstablishmentofaNe Camp.
COMPROMISE GOLD STRIKE
A Mill to Be Erected on the Lady Godiva
at White Oaks The Pecos Valley
Railroad Prospecting for
Coal.
LINCOLN COUNTY.

Another good strike has been made
en- the Old Abe at White Oaks.
In prosecuting on the Butcher Boy at
Schelerville the north vein was struck,
which proves that the lead is contin-
uous for 800 feet, and shows the ore to
be high-grade copper.
1t has been settled that a mill will be
erected on the Lady Godiva at White
Oaks to treat the ore from that mine.
The mine has it's own water supply and
assay office.
The force employed on the Boston
Boy at White Oaks has cut into ore in
the new tunnel on which it has been
working the past few months. The tun-
mel has reached and passed the original
shaft and the ore encountered is rich.
The Pecos Valley & Northeastern
Railway Company has been prospecting
for coal in the vicinity of White Oaks,
and rumor has it that an extension will
be built from Roswell to White Oaks
over a route surveyed six years ago.
The whim will soon be placed on the
Homestake mine at Schelerville, and
will be used until a depth of 225 feet is
reached, when it will be moved to a
good copper proposition owned by the
same company. A Fairbanks hoist of
the latest design will then be put on the
Homestake.
w. A. McIlver and the Smith brothers
of White Oaks have made important
ore strikes in the White mountains, and
"a new camp called Schelerville has been
established. The corporation known as
the Iowa and New Mexico Mining and
Milling Company has opened fourteen
claims in the camp. Gold, silver, cop
per and galena are the ores which are
found in paying quantities.
Very rich ore has been struck in the
Compromise mine at White Oaks. 1t is
opened in three different places, two of
which show very high-grade sulphide
ores. The third opening, which is 100
feet west of the new shaft, is a tunnel
running into the mountain on a lead of
free milling quartz parallel to the sui
phide vein. This vein of free gold is a
distinct lead from the sulphide. The
two leads will be connected by cross
cuts at a depth of 100 feet under the
surface. The width of the free milling
quartz in the tunnel is about 2 feet. The
ore in the new shaft sunk to cut the sui
phide vein opened the lead at a depth
CT so feet. Assays of the ore taken from
the shaft Immediately after sinking it
ran $19.5 70.
OTERO COUNTY.
John Easterly has discovered a cop
per lead in the Jarilla mountains, for
which Chicago capitalists have offered
him 5000.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
Hugh r. Steele, who had been work.
ing the Price Patrick mines in the San
Andreas mountains, has given up the
work and left that part Of the county.
COLFAX COUNTY.
The English company operating a
gold mine -four miles north of Ration has
struck some very promising ore. The
main shaft is down about 100 feet.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-02-15
THE RISE A ND FA L L
OF A CHICAGO SPORT


desired interest. The subject of cards
permitted friendly familiarity on TIE
part of the young man with his en-
ployer at the Office, and he talked glib
ly of full houses, three of a kind.
tushes, jack pots" and other terms
significant of poker. and his fellow en-
ployes envied his opportunities.
Then there came day when busi-
ness called the employer to Europe 20
be gone for several weeks. The next
morning his three old business friends
sat disconsolately in the smoking ear
wishing for fourth hand at cards. TIE
;hird morning after the departure Of
the employer the young Imam occupied
the vacant seat and played, as he said,
for his employer. That morning he
won, and at noon he spent his winnings
FOR a better luncheon than he had been
accustomed 10.
That was not the first step in Il down
ward course, but the second The first
had been the smoking car TO which he
had not been accustomed, and the en-
couraSement of his employer.