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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
AN AMERICAN
With the Transvaal Army Writes an
Interesting Letter.

Interesting Letter.
NEW YORK, January 1.-THE
World this morning prints a letter
from James F. Dunn, of Lowell, Mass,
a member Of the Irish brigade with the
Transvaal army, from which the fol-
lowing is taken:
1.-THE fact that all the nonsense
about the wrongs Of the Outlanders
was cooked up by the Rhodes gang for
the English papers. / have lived here
for two years and I have yet to learn
that we have any wrongs-political,
religious, commercial, or any other.
The men who wronged and threatened
and bulldozed the miners-I mean the
working miners-were the Rhodes
crowd, fellows of the Hammond stamp,
who were getting fat salaries for work
ing the mines and the papers for their
English bosses. 1t was a great pity
so far as humanity and liberty were
concerned-that Jameson, Hammond
and the rest of them were not strung
up after the raid.
Brf9ades of Foreigners.
when the war broke out brigades
of foreigners were organized at once.
The Germans have a brigade of 1000
men or more, nearly all men trained
in the army in Germany and command
ed by men of their own country-train-
ed officers. There is a mixed brigade
of French, Scotch and English, who
have their own officers, and they are
doing good. We have an Irish brigade
of $500 the majority of a are men
from California and the West, with
quite a sprinkling from the old country
and the Cape. Our commander is Col.
Blake. a West Pointer. who used 70 be
in the regular cavalry at home. and a
Jim dandy, a fighter and q tactician that
West Point may be proud of.
"We are getting new men every day;
they come IN from Lorenzo Marquex
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
would Nof notice II.

WASHINGTON, January 14.-Sena-
tor Hoar tonight declined to take any
notice of the statements attributed to
Mr.. Barrett, ex-minister to Siam, in an
address on the Philippine question.
The Senator said that Gen. Otis re-
ports give the fullest account Of the
events that lead to hostilities and that
he expects. as he has already given
notice. to deal with the whole matter
ii the Senate
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15

Case OF Adverse Decision.
FRANKFORT, KY, January H.
The hearing of the evidence in the con.
tests for Governor and Leutenant-
Governor will begin at $50 a. m. to-
morrow. The committee to try the
contest in the case of the Governorship
is composed of ten Democrats and n
Republican.
The committee in the case of the
Lieutenant-Governor is composed of
nine Democrats and two Republicans.
Representative Hickman is chairman
of the committee trying the Governor
ship case, and Senator Coleman is
chairman of the Northumberland
committee.
Under the rules already adopted by
the committee the contestants are Civ
en- four days in which to introduce
their proof. The contestees are then
given five days. In which to present
their side, and one day is allowed the
contestants to bring in rebuttal evil
dence. Both sides are to be given a
reasonable time for argument by coun-
sci. In addition to Louis McQuown
and John K. Hendricks, who will act
as general counsel. Mr.. Goebel will
have special counsel, who viii look af-
ter his case when certain counts are
being considered. Judge James F. Tar
vim, of Covington; lack Phelps and
Aaron John. Of Louisville, will be
among the Goebel special counsel. For
mer Governor w. o. Bradley, Judge w.
H. Yost, OF Lexington; A. P. Humph-
rey and David W. Forleigh, of Louis
vile, will be among those who will look
after Governor Taylor's case.
Senator Blackburn, who has been In
Washington for several days. will re-
turn night, and his close
friends call silly the stories that he
has relaxed in his support of Goebel.
1t is said he will remain here and as
sist Goebel till the fight is ended.
The Republican leaders who are rep
resenting the Republican contestees
claim to have assurances that even IL
Gov. Taylor and Lieut.-Gov. Marshall
be unseated by the Legislature they
will institute proceedings before Fed
eral Judge Evans, at Louisville. to re-
strain the Democratic contestants from
taking the offices, and that a year or
more will elapse before the case can
be finally decided, as the case will be
carried up to the Supreme Court, no
matter how 1t may be decided by the
inferior courts. Meanwhile, they say.
the Republicans will hold the offices.
Senator Goebels attorneys and the
Goebel leaders generally do not think
there is anything in this claim, as they
insist that no Federal question is In
volved. and the case, if filed, will have
no standing in the Federal courts. Ex-
Gov. Bradley gave out an interview
tonight in response TO the charge that
he was in conference with the Repub-
licans and the anti-Goebel Democrats
at Louisville prior to the election. He
said:
1.-The statement that I was the agent
of a plan 10 confuse or terrorize the
voters in Louisville or TO carry the
eIoo4sor ~ forna re armc ar uouov fa
a malicious f~alsehood. The statement
that | was induced to take part in the
campaign by promise of the Senator
ship is also a deliberate he. / went
into the campaign because / felt 1t my
duty to the party and to the country,
especially after the opposition speech
es and platform were levelled at my
administration"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS.

EngIishmen Tell of Some of Their
Experiences in the War.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
LONDON, January 6.@Letters from
the soldiers fighting against the Beers
are published in large numbers, and in
many cases are just as interesting as
the accounts by trained war correspon-
dents. A medical officer under Lord
MethHen, describing the battle of Mod
der River, writes:
"A lot of the North Lancashire men
were horribly wounded. l turned over
a sergeant, black in the face, dead.
One man vas brought to me who had
been struck by a she'll fragment-face
mutilated, throat cut and chest lacera-
ted. Oh, God! the sight was sickening!
Blood everywhere. Very few of our
men being wounded, | went out neal
sunsets to aid the Highlanders. They
had been lying all day under that
frightful sun, and their wounded were
still there. No stretcher bearers could
advance, as they were all shot at. They
shouted to me to crawl on the ground,
as, though most of the firing was over,
there were still three or four Beers
with express rifles and explosive bull
let's, who were under cover and who
kept picking off our men. Some men
utterly collapsed, and all l could do
was to put a pad to their wounds and
my whisky flask to their lips. then
crawled back to my horse and made
way to some ambulances, two miles
distant, to get their aid. l was under
fire all the time, bullets. dancing around
me. felt a kind of solemn disregard,
as l had been exposed to greater dan
gers before"
In a letter written to his father from
MOOT river on November 23d, an officer
in the Queens Royal West Surrey reg
iment says:
Against an enemy like the Boer in
fantry is useless. The Beers have spies
everywhere. and as they are well
mounted they can move away hours
before our infantry can get within
striking distance. On the other hand.
they will lever attack, and when we
advance toward Pretoria commands
will be left all over the country loot
ing and burning farms. The only peo-
pie who have a chance with them are
the local volunteers. If the government
would only raise about 1000 volun-
teers and send out a lot Of mounted
infantry who could work with the 10
cal volunteers these isolated Boer fore
es would soon be wiped out. At present
we are helpless, as they make rings
around U.S."
The special correspondent of the
Cape Argus thus describes a lombard
ment of Kimberley:
What will probably be handed down
In the annals of history to Boer pos
terity as the bombardment of Kimber-
ley, probably occurred on Tuesday, No
vember It'll, and IL ever the farcical ele-
ment were introduced into such serious
business as war, the puerile attempts
to raze Kimberley can surely lay claim
TO 1t. The Beers had two guns mount
ed, one at Scholz Mex, trained on the
premier mine at Wesselton, at a range
of something like $500 yards, and the
other on ~Spytfontein. quite 1000 yards
distant A couple Of shots were fired
between five and six o'clock in the
morning but then the Beers desisted
until about ten, when one gun at Scholz
Mex, apparently q nine FOUNDER. firing
Contfn.sd - sixth Page.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
A BATTLE IMMINENT
ON THE TUGELA RIVER WITHIN
THE NEXT FEW DAYS, SAY
LATE REPORTS.
STILL QUIET AT LADYsMITH
THE BRITISH MADE AN EXTEND
ED TRIP INTO BOER
TERRITORY.

Penetrate within a Days
March of h Sea in Zululand,
south of Delagoa Bay-A Letter
From an Irfsh-American Fighting
for the BOers-Advtces From Pre-
toria-Rumor That Ladysmith Has
Been Relieved-Storfes Sent In by
Correspondents - General Views
From the Cape.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15

ington felt at Count Won Buelow's
A~mericophile words on Wednesday.
Rumors are current that Germany
has begun negotiations with Portugal
for the purchase of Macao as a coaling
station. At the foreign Office the 20
respondent of the Associated Press OBJ
tanned neither a confederation nor a
denial.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
HEARING OF EVIDENCE
WILL COMMENCE AT FRANK
FORT TODAY.
RULES ADOPTED FOR HEARING.
TWO WEEKS WILL BE OCCUPIED
IN HEARING AND ARGUMENTS.

Senator blackburn VIII Arrive To-
Night to Assist MIR. GoebeFs Cause.
The Counsel for Contestaat-Re-
publican Leaders Threaten to APP
peal to the United States Court in
Case of Adverse Decision.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
BULLETINS.

BULLETIN.
DURHAM, Friday, IL
The entire absence of news from
Chieve1ey or Frere Camp continues,
but there is persistent rumOr that
Ladysmith has been relieved.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
GEN. Won SCHMED|NG
SAYS 1T is DOUBTFUL IF GREAT
BRITAIN CAN WIN WITH
10000 MEN.
SQUADRON READY FOR ACTION
ANTI-BRITISH SENTIMENT INTEN-
SIFIED IN GERMANY.

Britain on the Seizure of Ships,
Requesting Release, and Express
ing AstOnishment at DeIay-An
Explanation of the Monetary
situation From a German Stand
point.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15

LONDON, January ia dispatch
to the Daily Mail, dated
18th, from Pfetermaritzburg, says
"Sir Charles Warren marched with
II. men eastward from Frere By
way of cen His scouts found
no sign of the enemy at GrObIers
Kloof and Co1enso was asceftained
10 be deserted.
"There are rumOrs that the Beers
are preparing to leave Natal, dis
couraged by their failure to reduce
Ladysmith. All the COlonials and
frrexuIars have been placed under
Gen. Warren's command"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15

LONDON, January 5.-Th war Of
flee issued at midnight a dispatch
from Field Marshal Roberts, dated
Cape Town, Sunday, January ii, $3.50
p. m, sayfngs
"Ther is mo- change in the situa-
ton to-day"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15

LONDON, January 15.-The war Of
ice simultaneously issued the fol-
lowing from Lord Roberts, dated
Cape Town, January 13, $3.50 p. M:
"Methuen's cavalry recOnnafs-
ri nee returned on January IL. Went
twenty-five miles into Free State.
Country clear of enemy, except pa
trolls.
"An quiet at MOdder river.
"French recOnnoitered around
the enemy's left flank on January
10th, advanced from Sliumgers Farm
on January 11h, with cavalry and
horse artillery to lombard a Boer
Inager east of Colesburg Junction,
but was unable to outfank the en-
envy.
"RecOnnaissance of cavalry and
mounted Infantry pushed north of
Bastards Mex and xamine coun-
try north of ridge.
"AH well ON December 2Sth at
Mafekfng."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15

WASHINGTON January H-Western
Pennsylvania and notwithstanding Nor
day with light rain on lakes, threatening
Tuesday: light nortnweetersy winds.
West NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. M0nGay with
light showers En the afternoon. threaten
ing Tuesday, variable winds
Christ. Schnepf, the Opera House drnx-
gisf, made the following observations 81
a. mi As: ~ m. vs.; 3 b. m. a; Z D. "a. ~
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15

LADYSMITH, January 12;-By Hell
lograph.)-The b~esiegers have been
uuiet for two days, but can be seen
in active movement on the distant
hills.
We have perceived two small
bodies gallOping with two hi
guns.
The BOer heavy piece on
Hill has not been fred for two days.
More BOer dead have been found
at the base of Caesars camp.
All is well here.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15
BoER HEADQUARTERS AT coll

BOER HEADQUARTERS AT COLI
ENSO, Thursday, IL, via
Pretoria, via LourensO Marquex, Fri
lay, January 12.-Ever,ythfng points
to a great battle within the next
few day.
Ladysmith for the last two nights
has been firing rockets. The object
In not known here.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15

LONDON, January ia special
correspondent of the Daily TeIe-
graph at Frere Camp, in a dispatch
dated January 10th, af.er describing
the. situation as already known,
says:
'PossfbIy you may not hear from
me for the next two days or so, but,
believe me, all will go we'll"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-15

LONDON, January 15.-The Stand
Ard publishes the following from
Ladysmith, Thursday, January 18th,
by photography, via Weeaan:
"The Beers are fortifying posi-
tions north and west of Ladysmfth,
doubtless with a view of securing a
safe line of retreat should their op-
position to Gen. Buffers advance
fail. They still surround Lady
smith in large numbers, and may be
contemplating another attack.
SIT is known, however, tina they
IRE greatly depressed by their heavy
losses. Prior to Saturday they
were perfectly confident of their
ability to defeat the garrison and
to take possession of the town."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

/ . s.
Myrrh is an unrivaled dentifrice, but
it has other qualities, and has been
greatly valued from the most remote
times. In some parts of Abyssinia the
natives give It to their horses in cases
of exhaustion or fatigue. Tincture OF
myrrh is excellent as a dentifrice, fol
It cleanses the mouth, sweetens the
breath and hardens the gums. It may
be used three times week with great
benefit. @t".
A celebrated and charming actress,
who still looks young, though she is 3
grandmother, gives the following pre-
scription for the preservation of youth
and beauty. .''You must work till you
are tired, sleep till you are rested,
have plenty of fresh air, live in cool
rooms, take daily sponge bath and
eat the simplest food. Don't wear
diamonds" That is practically the
advice given by Nine. Sarah Bernhardt
to women, and though probably those
who have diamonds will continue 10
wear them, still, the reason of the
great actress objection to brilliants
is interesting. The wearing of .dia.
monds, according to Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt, destroys the best expression OF
the face, dims the fire Of the eyes and
makes the teeth look like chalk. Her
fad is for beautiful gowns, one of he,
dresses being trimmed with turquoises
and having a train lined with skins OF
200 ermines.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
A Sad OVERSIGHT,


Fl promised my wife a while ago
that I'd go to church every Sunday #
she'd let me play golf in the after
Moons. She said all right and asked
me whether preferred to attend SER.
vices in the mornings or at night.
Right there was where the pitfall
opened before me-
How so ?'' 81 . ., ' Il 4. =
We'll, you see, thought If I went
out to the links in the afternoon I
wouldn't want to knock off as long as
there was light enough to make play
ing pleasant, and in addition to that
would shardly care to hurry home and
prepare for church instead of linger-
ing around the clubhouse and talking
over the game. So decided that
would do my church going in the
mornings - 5@z
whats the trouble? Can't you get
all the playing you want in the after
noons?" "
Eyes, it's all right as far as that's
concerned, but. confound it! l didn't
look ahead. They've given up having.
sermons in our church during the hot
weather!"- Chicago Times-Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
a Formula Of Painful Memory.


Last Monday woman who lives on:
Morgan street took her dve-year-old
son to photographers to have his
picture taken. She was anxious to
secure good likeness. at this particu-
lar sitting because she wished to dis
tribute the pictures among some
friends who were then her guests. #
The childs idea of the affair, how
ever, did not, apparently, harmonic
with with that of his mother. For when
the man with the camera began to adj
just the lens and direct it toward little
Edward the young person set up what
was Enthusiastically howl. FL. 5, &
In vain did the mother call into use
her utmost forensic abilities. Edward
did not want his picture taken.
q. "Why, my child" she said, soothing
~, "the gentleman won't hurt you
Just smile and KEEP still a moment
and it will be all over before you
know it, r. =-
Eyes, know, mamma" whimpered
the youth with the tears running down
his cheeks, "but that's what you told
me at the dentists. st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
Caring for the Skirt.

The girl who is travelling gave me a
new idea the other day. It was an
idea in petticoats and grasped II
thankfully, says writer in the Kan
sas City Journal. She had on a silk
skirt, Of course, and it was one she
had made herself. which is not SO
much a matter Of course. There was
nothing unusual about it from the out
side. It was an ordinary taffeta skirt,
made with ruff1es and a yoke. But
when she took it off saw that it had
deep facing of some sort of thin
stuff around the hem and that the
front breadth was likewise lined.
whats this?" said I, eager for in
formation. You can pick up any
amount of knowledge if you only keep
your eyes and your ears open. I would
trust a person who had never had a
days schooling in her life to turn out
in the end a well-educated woman if
she only went around using her senses
like feelers. Mind you, !. say this Of a
woman, not of a man. I don't believe
men are so quick to acquire that sort
of education as women are. However,
that is not the point. We were talk
ing petticoats, not personalities.
The girl who is travelling showed me
how she kept her silk sirts from cut
ting into ribbons: 1t was by means of
this facing, and the facing was made
of pongee.
"Pongee," she said. sis very light.
It doesn't soil easily, and it's not as
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
A WOLFE VISITING TOILET.

Fashion is employing the yelling Fab
RIGS to bring out her newest features
in afternoon toilets, and with good
effect, for there is no material better
adapted to this purpose than wolfe,
which is one of the new veilings.
A visiting gown in biscuit-colored
wolfe is delightfully."- combined with
pastel-green Liberty satin. The skirt
is made without tunic and fits snugly
over the hips. Around the foot there
are very tiny bands of Liberty satin,
appliqued in decorative design.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
Wholly Unnecessary,

Senator she said. ''we are think
ing of getting up bazaar to represent
the nations, and we would like to have
you put your name on the list as one
of our patrons"
Are you going to have Ireland rep
resented?"
EYES,"
Scotland, England, Wales, France,
Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Poland,
Hungary and Austrian" -
eyes, and we are thinking of having
Chinese booth. too"
'Oh, never mind that, or at least,
you needn't feel that you must have
it on my account. There is no Chinese
vote. "-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

The Fish We Used to Catch.
oh, brothers of mine in the gentle art,
Whose dearest prize is well filled
creel. 6S.
Who know the thrill Of the anglers
"a -. I'd heart @ss#
When the 1.-THE rod whips to the
whirring reel; 81
A song sing and rhyme bring;
Not Of the pools where the salmon
~ hatch, .>..%
But memory fond of the village
pond,
And the common fish we used to
catch. 3d. ~ -
The fish we caught in the golden haze
OF the boyhood summers long ago,
When our bare feet -tripped through
the grassy ways q
To the nook where the lilies used to
grow; =
Where the sunbeams played through
the willows shade
And danced as the soft breeze shook
the tree, -. ..
And the sound we heard was the song
Of bird 49,.
Or the drowsy hum of the humble
bee.
The fish we caught with the home
made poles
Our jack-knives cut from the slen-
der birch, 4 -
And oh! the glory that filled our souls
With each new sinner or wee red
perch;
And when our fun, like the day, was
done,
And we heard the chorus the crick-
cts sing,
We'd idly roam through the twilight
Where mother waited to praise our
string.
Oh, brother anglers, we've fought it
out,
BY oceans surges and mountain
glen,
With lordly tarpon or gamy trout,
Full many time and oft since then:
But the days Of old were the days of
gold,
And never again that sport We'll
match;
The sare-free joy Of the happy boy,
And the common fish we used to
60 catch. ..s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

The bodice is simply constructed. 1t
has a tucked vest of pastel-green Lib
erty satin that extends below the bust
line, where it is confined beneath a
girdle of the same material. 1t is in
the boleros that Dame Fashion dis
plays her most artistic effect. This is
an abbreviated affair, cut perfectly
square at the front. It is made OF the
biscuit-colored wolfe. The facing is
formed of a narrow band of pastel
green satin. The same bands are
stitched upon the front of the bolero
to form a beautiful embroidery. The
back of the bodice is tight-fitting and
laid in a succession of the tiniest
plaits piped with pastel green. The
sleeves, too, are novel. They fit snug
ly to the elbow and here widen sud-
denly over a deep cuff of soft silk
null. They are of voile and are bor-
dered with bands of Liberty satin. An
ecru-colored lace straw, trimmed with
long, full plumes, is worn
If a pleasure is proposed, accept it.
You are exDecfe1 tn hn ontnrtainod .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

g expensive l as you " ould think Two
Yards Is. were all needed for. this.
raced the bottom Of the skirt, you see,
where it rubs against my shoe tops,
and then I thought would put it in
the front against my knees. The plan
has worked admirably. Once have
taken out the facing and have had it
washed. ~. &.
The skirt has already lasted twice
the allotted span of a silk petticoat,
and am hoping that it may have nine
lives" x@ $751;.