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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20
The Boers Still Makes q Good
Running Fight.

LONDON, June 10, 4 Q m.-Lord
Roberts' dispatches leave affairs east
Of Pretoria With the Beers withdrawn
to new positions Tuesday News of
fresh fighting 10 expected at the war
ofhoe, but none came last night.
Gen Rundle's patrol had Q skirm.
ish with Boer videttes sgain Wednes
day. Il is assumed BY some that
Gen Butler will move into Orange
River Colony and cooperate with
Lord Methuen and Gen Rundle in
bsgging President Steyn and his
1000 or 5000 followers
Part of Christian Bosha's force
hss halted at Pasrkdekop. lS miles
northwest of volksrust Boer par.
ties are still near Volksrust and
6re occasionally upon the British
pickets.
The British government is consid.
ering whether . substantial force
should not be sent to China from
South Africs. II is thought uuofi
cially that Lord Roberts could spare
brigade or two. and the necessary
transports Sre now 10 South African
waters. The commander of the ex.
peditioD, 1t is said, wonld probsbly
be Gen Sir Wm Nicholson
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marques,
dated yesterday, ssys: "Persons
have arrived here who have seen the
preparations of the Beers aud learn.
ed that they will retire. when forced,
through the Lydenburg district into
the Zoutpansberg region, adjoining
Rhodesis and GszsIand
The Daily Mail mas dispatch from
Bloemfontein dated Wednesday say
ing: "Geo Dewet's attack on the
railway wee made after he had sue
ceeded in Turing Lord Me,huen from
where he had destroyed the line
Then he cleverly seized it north OF
Kroonstad. blew up the bridge and
destroyed long section Of the line
with dynamite.
Msj Gen Baden Powell has been
appointed to The temporary rank of
lieutenant general
The Cape Town correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph in . dispatch
dated yesterday ssys IL understand
that Gen Dewet. 10 addition to the
Dsrbysnire battalion captured two
companies Of The City Volunteers
and two companies of yeomsnrv,
two men only escaping to tell tho
tale
The Lorenzo Marques correspond
ent Of the Times ssys: "lt sppesrs
that s,eyn and not Kruger is now
the stumbling block in tho wsy of
the surrender Of the burghers
Shortly after the British entry into
Prstoris. Mr. Kruger proposed to
reopen the peace negotiations Mr
Sseyn. bearing in mind that his
former advice was secuted. demurred
to the proposition snd pointed on.
that owing to the treaty between the
republics neither could conclude
peace without the other
"Mr Kruger. equally unwilling to
incur the charge o: q breach of faith,
bad to continue the war Nothing
further ic known regarding the ru.
mored peace negotiations but it is
. matter OF notoriety that Mr. Kru.
ger fsvors peace on almost any
terme, but dislikes personally to take
On Initiative that would involve un.
conditional surrender
NINETY seven burghers out of 200
IN one commando have returned to
their homes"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20

Habsua. Juno l5.-Yellow fever
has broken out at Quemados. eight
miles from Habsna, where United
States troops are stationed. Thus far
there have been IA cases, three of
which proved fatal, At present only
six are under treatment and all are
expected to recover.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20

Calcutta. June 15.-Rsin fell con.
tiuuously 10 the DarjeeliDg district for
three days, oeasing at 4 O'Clock this
morning. Several light lspdslips
occurred and number of water pipes
we're broken. AZ the railway revot.
mcnts are unfinished, trains have ceased
runniDR.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20

New York, June Is Ten lives
were lost and several people badly
Injured during o fire which almost
totally destroyed . tenement house at
"a Jackson street early today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-20

Good hamuocks ohsap-bst,er once for
little more-st H. g. Osieen l. Co.'S.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31

who know the President well and that!
he. OF all the men he ever knew, has a
warm heart for those who toll for q,
living. S
Edmonds says. the world would be
better II there were millions OF sucl
good men as Mckinley. and he hasn't
the slightest doubt OF his triumphant,
election by the people Of America, and
he believes If all the working masses
could know him like he does that the
election would be nearly unanimous
He is warm-hearted. enthusiastic old
fellow. and likas;to tell what he knows
about the President.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
ANOTHER SUICIDE.
at Martins Ferry, the Second Of the
Week-Dead Body of Miss Mary
Phillips Found in the River. 4.

# - - rTH s - "a d
Phillips Found in the River. s:
Another case OF suicide occurred in
Martins Ferry yesterday morning, be-
ing the second this week. The latest
victim is Miss Mary Phillips. Charles
and Leslie Williams while playing
about the river shortly before 10 o'clock
discovered the body in the river and
Immediately notified their father who
took the body ashore and notified the
city authorities. The body was found
near the ferry landing and only a few
feet distant from where the body Of the
late William Saunders was discovered.
The body was:remoSed to the undertake
ing establishment Of W. L. Noble,
where the coroner's Inquest was later
held and pronounced 1t an evident case
OF suicide. 1t Is thought by friends of
the young woman that she had not been
in sound mind for some time. the cause
of which Is thought to be the. recent
death OF her father and mother. Late
Wednesday, evening she had been seen
walking UP and down the river bank,
and having discovered tina. she was
watched started for home, and her
brother states that when he returned
from work at about o'clock yesterday
morning she was at home In bed. 1t IS
thought that she returned to the river
between that time and daylight aud
succeeded in making her way into the
water unobservcd. Deceased was
twenty-eight years OF age. The funeral
will take place tomorrow Afternoon G,
2 o'clock and the ,interment will be al
Rivervlew cemetery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
DEMAND THEIR RIGHTS
Juvenile Strikers Hold a Meeting on:
the South Side, and Decide to Stay
Out to the Bitter End

4 : u
About twenty-five boys, ranging In
ages from nine to eighteen years, en- en-
p!oyed In carrying moulds for, the Jig
germen at the Wheeling Pottery, went.
out on strike Wednesday,. They de-
manoed an increase OF ten cnts IN their.
daily wages. and this being refused
they decided to strike. s,'sl
Yesterday afternoon. in the rooms Of
the Sunnybrook Club, on South Jacob
street, the youthful strikers held
meettng.and decided to fight It out on
this line II It takes all summer. All
but one OF the jiggermen, who employ
the boys. accede to their demands, hut
ne persistentiy refuses to- come to-
terms. " -
Piggy" Herman presided over tho
meeting, and he harangued the boys in
a brilliant oratorlcal outburst, urging;
them to stick together, saying that
der bloke what goes ster work is q
scap, and it won't be good fer him .if
anyfof US union fellers gifts hold Of
him" Piggy" seemed to voice the
sentiments of the rest OF the boys. and
after completing his, appeal he was
cheered to the echo. 3 4 q 81 N
Alter the meeting Piggy" hunted
up the 1ntelligencer reporter and made
a Statement. Il want yer to say In
yer paper dat al we wants is what's
a-eomin to US. We Amt a-goin' 10
work fer nothin' when dem rellers Is
s!ttin' big salaries. and say, ten cents
day won't break 'em.h Yer see, It's
Ike dis. Der's one bloke watts so tight.
he won't give in, when all de other
ifellers Is dead wlllin:. AMI dat iobs-
ter don't git all OATS a-comin. to him
IL won't be de fault OF de union. He
Is a blacksheep. and it's a-goin' to be,
de unions business to tell 1t all over
town. OATS all want yer to say to-
day. See yer agin ter-morrer."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
A FRIEND OF M'KINLEY..

Bellaire, Has an Old Citizen Who Has
Voted for Mckinley on Every Pos.
sihle Occasion but Once. IS
James sEdmonds, the aged and erin.
pied Waterman at the Cleveland, Lo-
rain & Wheeling crossing at Noble
street. Bellaire. was q coal miner in
Stark county for over forty years, and
voted for William Mckinley for. prose.
cutting attorney when he was first a
candidate for office. Ever since he has
been a loyal follower OF Mckinley and
has always lived where opportunity
was afforded him to vote for him ex-
cept once, and that was the time Nc.
Kinley was defeated fol" Congress In
his home district. The old fellow Is as
proud Of his record In voting for the
man who is now President rs the rccip.
lent can be OF his own great achieve.
lmentsf md he snys II he lives until thu
9th day Of November next, he will helm
70 make him President ngain. el
Hc says he Is but one OF many miners
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
Attempted Suicide.

"chippy" chapline, Of Mccollocn
street, East End, attemptcd:suicldc yes.
terday morning by taking a dose of
Paris green, but physicians were called
and succeeded in pumping the poison
from the young mans stomach before
Z 1t had taken effect. Chnpline was taken
to the. county jail, where he will be held
until the effects. Of protracted spree
are worked off.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
THE SHERRARD BARBECUE.
General Howard, Judge Freer and
Congressman Dovener VIII be the
Speakers-Large Delegation From

Gencral doWaru,r Juuge Ereer ana
Congressman Dovener VIII be the
Speakers-Lnrge Delegation From
Wheeling. }5$s
The barbecue and ox-roast to be
given by the Republican League, of
Sherrard, on Thursday. September g.,
will be one OF the largest political
gatherings In Marshall county during
the present campaign. The speakers
for the occasion will be General o.. O..
Howard. an orator of national reputa-
ton and a distinguished soldier and
statesman; Hon. Romeo H. Freer, at
present congressman from the Fourth
district OF West Virginia. and nominee
for attorney general on the state Re-
publican ticket: also. Congressman B.
B. Dovener. Such a trio OF political
lenders are certain to draw large
crowd. ~ 4
The meeting Will be held In the grove
surrounding Aliens school house., This
is on the direct road leading to Mounds.
willie and Benwood and less than one
half mile from the Fairmont pike lead
ms from Wheeling to Cameron. A
large speakers stand has already been
erected and seats will be built sufficient
to accommodate three thousand people.
The committee In charge has been
working necessarily for the past month
or more and the arrangements are
nearly completed. ~;
Large delegations from Wheeling,
Moundsville. Benwood and McMechen
have already planned to come. The
country people for ut least twenty or
thirty miles around VIII be there. The
ox-roast'will be an attraction. An ex.
cellent baud has been, secured.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
RED BAND OF ITALY.
Famous Organization at Wheeling
Park Tuesday. .F. W
,. NJ OLIVER
Superintendent.

Wheeling is promised rare musical
treat next Tuesday, when the famous,
Banda Rosa of Italy will give two.
concerts ut Wheeling Park, Sunday AZ
ternoon and evening. The Banda
Rosa is the finest. that ever came from
sunny, music-loting Italy. and It has
met with n most cordial receptioriI
wherever 1t has played. In fact, IT.
has everywhere been voted most sui
rerior organization. and great crowds
have flocked to. Its concerts. Spec!ah
motors have been provided for both
concerts here, and no one should fall
to hear this wonderful band.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31

NEW students are enrolling with III
every day under our. special summer
offer. Ask any Of our, students what
they think OF our school. SO saved by
enrolling on or before September 3. Call
and investigate. = Is S,55
THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL, Market St
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
FAMILY WASHING.

Rough Dry Washed, Starohed and
Dried 5 cents per pound. -
Flat Work. Washed and Ironed, S
cents por pound. =.
I, All hand work finished 10 centa
per pound at LUTZ BROS. -
Home Steam Laundry.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
Ocean Steamship Tickets

To and from Europe. via all lines can
be purchased from T. C. Burke, Passen.
ger and Ticket Agent OF the Baltimore q
Ohio railroad. who Is also agent for the
best OF all tours-Raymond & Whltcombf
Ito the Paris exposition. 535{fIJT5s
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
- : : -
Cathedral Suits
Cathedral Suits
made to order. Knee pants suits 81;
long pants suits, SO.
D. GUNDLING 6 CO.,
1918 Market Street. 4
Reunion 1877 %. WI.

The Wheeling & Lake Erie Will sell.
excursion tickets to Steubenvllo for
this occasion at rate Of 81 for the round
trip good going August 20 and 30, and
returning August 81 Is l5iis{ u
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
Low Rates to Detroit

August 25. &C. % and IS. Particulars at I,
city, ticket office, corner Twelfth and (,
Market streets. -.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
Hay Fever.

$500 |------ z Q l1Hy reVeT, .
We can cite you number OF CURES
we have made lin cases OF HAY FE-
YER. but NOT ONE FAILURE. "a
TRl-STATE
oSTEoPATH1Ca INSTITUTE, :,
Tenth and Main Streets. =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31

The Wheeling & Lake Erie will sell
excursion, tickets to Steubenvllle aud /;
return for 81 round trip, September g. /
good until September 4.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31

WANTED-5o, 900 Belmont beer
bottles at the brewery. q;
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31

THE Night School of Wheeling Bust
ness College opens Monday, Sept. 3.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31
NOTICE o 4
WATER CONSUMERS.

M 81
Connections WILDE made at the
new pumping sta,lon, COM
mencing Saturday night Dc 10
81 o'clock. { Consumers are, re-
quested to catch sufficient wa
ter supply. .;.s.,t IS
! G. M. OLIVER,
aust Superintendent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-31

WHEELING PARK this evening
Concert and Songs by Edmund Yahn,
OF Cincinnati, the noted Baritone.
Admission, l0c. BE ~
The Meeker herald., 1900-01-20
MURDEROUS MICROBES
Breeding and Feeding In
Human lnteStineS.
A New Powerful Germ Destroyer Dlseov'
ersd-How Microbes Are Killed
While You Sleep.

Millions of microbes, bacteria, pto-
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and breed and feed in the stomach ana
For their opagation 1t is only necss-
osfy for the liver and intestines TO DE-
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Modern science has been at w9rk 70 ,, mnT
q means of killing microbes and the most
0oocsssfui germ dsstr yer of all is 90
oaYets Candy Cathartic. They siauxhtsf
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REGULAR, everything as 1t should be "a
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The Meeker herald., 1900-01-20
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GENERALLY.

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The Meeker herald., 1900-01-20

Mrs. Sewell, who is the head of
classical school for girls in Indianap-
oils. could contribute a readable sequel
to English rs she is taught, for the
pupils in . girls classical school are
not above the amusing blunders which
characterize the efforts of their young
sisters in the public schools. On one
occasion Mrs. Sewell was instructing
a class In physics. Force was the sub
ject. and she made plain to the girls
the difference between centrifugal and
centripetal force. Centrifugal" said
Mrs. sewell, "is force whose direction
is from the center and centripetal IL .
force whose direction is toward the
center. Do you all understand that?"
The class chorused assent. Nov, will
some girl give me an illustrationf r.
continued Mrs. Sewell. The domestic
virtues are centripetal," replied . small
girl, because they keep q man in the
center Of his home. and a centrifugal
force is-is-well, saloon h csntri-
fugal Observation-Disclosures Post
The Meeker herald., 1900-01-20

Il HAVE CALLED TO See YOUh
AUNT"
would never have thought of CHASING
her among the beauties, with shining
black hair, blue, long-lashed eyes. and
very pretty mouth. hiding teeth like
rice kernels, so white were they.
Miss Mellen rose with a polite nod,
which was grimly reciprocated by Mr..
Deane.
Il have called to see your aunt, Miss
Mellen."
II know it, sir, but as am aware Of
her timid temperament. l sent her
away. prefer to deal with you my
self"
Mr. Deane started-the cool audacity
of the damsel in gray. with scarlet
riuDons in her hair, rather astonished
him.
81 suppose the money Is ready?"
mo, sir. 1t is not"
Then, Miss Olive. pardon me. I must
speak plainly l shall send an officer
here this afternoon to put valuation
on the furniture, and"
you will do nothing Of the kind.
SIR"
Olives cheek had Redeemed and her
eyes flashed portentously. Mr.. Deane
turned toward the door. but ere he
knew what she was doing, Olive had
walked quietly across the room. locked
the door, and taken out the key-then
she resumed her seat.
What does this meant" calculated
the astonished prisoner Of war"
1T means, sir, that you will now be
obliged to consider the question:" said
Olive.
"Obliged"
"Yes-you will hardly jump out Of
the window, and there il no other
method of egress unless you choose to
go up the chimney. Now, then. Mr..
Deane. will you tell me II you-a Chris
tian man in the nineteenth century
Intend to sell a poor widows furniture
because she IL not able to pay your
rent? Listen. sir!"
Mr.. Deane opened his mouth to re-
monstrate, but Olive enforced her words
with a very emphatic little stamp of
the foot and he was, a. It were,
stricken dumb.
You are what the world calls .
rich man. Mr.. Deane. You own rows
Of houses. piles Of bank stock. railroad
shares. bonds and mortsages-who
knows what? Ny aunt has nothing; I
support her BY copying. Now. II this
case be carried into a court of law. my
poor ailing aunt will be 4 sufferer
you would emerge unscathed and prof.
itins. You are not q bad man, Mr..
Deane; you have = great many noble
qualities, and like you for them"
She paused an instant and looked in
tently and gravely at Mr.. Deane. Tho
color rose to his cheek-lt was not dis
agreeable to b told BY q pretty young
girl that she hksd him. ON any terms:
Jet she had iAdulged in pretty plain
sDsakt1G. have AaAfd," So vsaA
The Meeker herald., 1900-01-20

In Mexico match factories all labor
is task work. Women are employed
outside the factories to give shape to
the boxes. Wood brings from z to S
pesos cord. The price of matches va
ries from 70 cents to $2.25 n gross, &C
cording to size of box and
quality. The principal factory is
in the state of Vera Cruz
1t Is operated by French machinery
except the motor. which is of American
make. Wax matches have almost ell
tirely superseded the wooden matches
formerly used in this country. The wax
taper is less bulky, generally has two
striking ends. emits no disagreeable
odor. and Is made waterproof, No
matches are imported into Mexico.
The Meeker herald., 1900-01-20
PRISONER OF WAR.

mo rent again this month? This Ia
the third time it has happened within
the half-year. I'll go there myself and
get the money. or I'll know the reason
why"
Matthew Deane was in particularly
bad humor this raw December morn
Ing. Everything had gone wrong.
Stocks had fallen when they ought to
have risen-his clerk had tipped over
the inkstand on his special and pecul-
lar heap of paper-the fire obstinate
ly refused to burn In the grate-in
short, nothing went right. and Mr..
Deane was consequently and CORE
spondingly cross.
Jenkins"
Yes, SIR"
60 to the Widow Clarkson's. and
tell her shall be there in half an hour
and expect confidently-mind, jenkins
confidently to receive that rent
money. Or shall feel myself Obliged
to resort to extreme measures. You
understand, Jenkins?"
Certainly, sir"
Then don't stand there starin' like
an idiot" snarled Mr.. Deane. In
sudden burst of Irritation, and Jenkins
disappeared like shot.
Just half an hour afterward Mat
thew Deane brushed the brown hair
Just sprinkled with gray from his
square yet no unkindly brow. Put
ting on his fur-lined overcoat he
walked into the chilly winter air fully
determined. fguratively. to annihilate
the defaulting Widow Clarkson.
1t was a dwarfsh little red brick
house which appeared originally to
have aspired to two-storyhood lot.
but cramped by circumstances. had
settled down into story and halt,
but the windows shone like Brazilian
pebbles, and the doorsteps were worn
by much securing. Neither of these
circumstances, however, did Mr.. Deane
remark as he pulled the Elittering
brass doorknob and strobe into Mrs.
Clarkson's neat parlor.
There was a small fire-very small,
as If every lump of anthracite was
boarded in the stove, and at table
with writing Implements before her sat
a young lady whom Mr.. Deane at once
recognized az Mrs. Clarkson's niece,
Miss Olive Mellen. She was not dis
agreeable to look upon, though you
The Meeker herald., 1900-01-20
Peril. Of tn. Long Skirt.

In the course Of a public discussion
ON women's dress at Berlin the other
day Prof. Rubner condemned the long
skirt as a frequent cause of accidents
and as a promoter of neuralgia pains.
which were brought ON by constantly
holding up the dress. Prof. Brock
mueller. the artist, while not denying
the gracefulness In general of trains.
pointed out that in any quick move
ment the effect was the reverse of
graceful and recommended short
dresses. especially at dances. Nine.
Seller advocated the short skirts be-
cause It was unworthy Of women to
yield to . fashion which made the
wearer slave to her garments, and
because the short skirts made those
who wore them look younger. In the
end the meeting resolved by 4 large
majority that long walking dresses are
ifrsconciliable with the modern ac-
quirsments Of hygiene. liberty Of move
msnt and beauty. = London Daily
Nsws.