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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
WILSON'S REPORT.
Operations of the Department of Agricul-
tare During the Past Year--Seed
Wheat From Russia

Washington, Nov 3O--The annual
report of Secretary Wilson of the agri-
cultural department, made public to-
day, begins with complimentary ref
erence to the work of his predecessors.
which has brought the department. to
its present state of efficiency.
The work of preparing serum for
treating hog cholera and experiments
in treatment Herewith are continued.
with results, which. While they do not
Justify definite conclusions as yet are
sufficiently encouraging to Justify con
tinued experiments, including some on
entirely new lines. Over 100000
doses of black leg vaccine have been
distributed during the year. Summar-
lied reports of 1000 cattle owners tes-
tify to its efficiency
National legislation on the subject
of food authorizations is urged as es-
sential to supplement the work done
by the several states Very little
horse meat seeems to be sold in the
United States. whether under its own
name or any other name.
Secretary Wilson cites the introduc-
tion of wheats from Russia, Hungary
and Austria. greatly exceeding in
yield our present varieties
There is much inquiry regarding bet
ter roads and better methods of build
ing them and much work has been
done in the past year in building roads.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30

Chicago. Nov Mrs. II. A. Hud
son was murdered yesterday by hel
husband, who then attempted suicide
The Hudsons lived at the yickery ho
tel and the crime was committed in
their room. Hudson was insanely
jealous of his wife. After infiictina
three bullet wounds, any one of which
would have caused death, he crushed
the lifeless woman's skull with a ham
mer, and then fired two shots into his
own head. The shots failed to kill
and he tried to crush his skull will
the butt of his revolver In a desper
ate struggle he was overpowered by
attaches of the hotel. He will re-
cover
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
REBELS HOLD THE INTERIOR
Colombian government Making Slow WORK
snppressing the Insurrection.


Snppressing the Insurrection.
Guayaquil, Nov. 3o.News of rebel
activity on the Pacific coast of Coiom-
bia, not permitted to pass over the
wires controlled by the government,
has been received
Although driven from positions COM
manding the port of Buena Ventura
by the expedition brought from Pan
nma on the steamer Taboga, the Lib
eral forces are operating in the in
terior east of that city. They hold the
foat to Cali, which is now besieged by
a strong insurgent force and must soon
surrender unless relieved
Reports of the fighting at Buena
Ventura show that the port had been
closely blockaded by the Gaitan and
the Salinas for three weeks when the
Iapoga expedition arrived The Ta-
boga, which flew the British flag dur
ing the action, was equipped with ar
tiilery 1t was reinforced by the gun
boats Boyaca and Darien which had
been held in the harbor by the block
ade,. and these so vigorously bonn
barded the positions on Points Bazan
and Soldado that the rebels retired
into the interior An advance by the
garrison resulted in the capture of
Generals Salamanca and Hovas, who
fought TO the last. Three guns We're
also cantwed The Taboga took to the
port cargo of arms, ammunition and
provisions The artillery it carried
VIII be mounted for the defense Of
the port.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
YAQuls TRAP MExlcANs.
Two American Prisoners Make Their Es
cape During the Battle.

cape DufhS the tsattie.
El Paso Tex, Noy. 3u.-News of a
fierce battle last Sunday between Mex
lean regulars and Yaqui Indians was
brought here yesterday by two Amer
lean miners, Seth Tompkins and Will
lam Lowe. They were engaged in
prospecting about 40 miles from So
yapa, Socorro, when the Indians APP
peared and made them prisoners and
ransacked their camp. Troops were
dispatched in pursuit of the Indians as
soon as it became known that the
Americans had been carried off.
Tompkins and Lowe report that the
Indians entrapped the Mexicans in Il
narrow defile of the mountains and
when the NIeXicans finally withdrew
they left 20 dead. The battle then
continued at long range. While it
was in progress the Americans es-
capped. Six Indians were killed or
wounded
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
a.ooks Retrax His Guilt.

Cincinnati, Nov. 30.--The discovery
of supposed error of $1,000 in the
books of george Griftiths, deceased,
late clerk of the board of education of
Cincinnati, led to the examination of
his books with the discovery, it is said,
that Grltfiths was an apparent de-
faulter to the amount of 100000.
Grltfiths had been clerk for 13 years
and had always had the entire conf
dence of the whole community. His
estate will not meet more than one
fifth of the shortage and his bondsmen
will have to make up the remainder.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
TELEGRAMs TERsELY TOLD.


The Bolivian congress, in secret ses-
sion, Thursday rejected the Chilean
proposals.
Professor b. A. Hinsdale of the Uni
versity of Michigan died in Atlanta
Thursday
Preston Tood 23 years of age, was
killed Thursday while taking part in
football game at kensington, Ills.
Thomas White, footpad, was shot
in the head at. Minneapolis Thursday
night by Police Sergeant Moussou,
whom he had tried to KILL
Charles Harris and r. L. Batson were
killed and four others seriously injured
at Grannis, Ark, by the explosion of
Ellis Shorts planning mill boiler
The remains of the late Captain G. w.
Wilson, commissioner of internal rev
enue, were buried at Hamilton, O..
Thursday under Masonic auspices.
More than 400 Americans were pres
ent at the Hotel Cecil at the Thanks
giving dinner given under the auspices
OF the American society in London.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
SHOT BY A FooTPAD.
w. II. Linter Killed and His Wife Fatally
Wounded at Burlington

Wounded at Burlington.
Burlington, Ia, Nov 3O-W. IA. Lin
ter of Cedar Rapids, accompanied by
his wife. Willie on his way to the depot
last night to leave for home after
spending Thanksgiving with relatives
here, was held up by footpad and
ON resisting, Mr. Linter was shot and
killed. Mrs. Inter ran. but was shot
in the back and is now at the hospital
dying. The assassin escaped
Z A man was captured at Patterson,
six miles south of here, early this
morning, who gave his name as George
Anderson. He practically confessed
to shooting the Linters.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
British Adopt Boer Tactics.

Orange River Nov. 30. The Herzog
conmmando. 500 strong. holding Il
splendid position on n range of precip-
itous kopies near the village of Lucl,-
off, completely barring the British adj
vance, attacked Colonel Henry Hamii
ton Settles column Tuesday morning.
After five hours hard fighting the
Beers We're expelled from the position,
losing heavily. The British losses
were small, owing to the fact that the
British adopted Boer methods of talk
ing cover Colonel Settle occupied
Luchoff Wednesday and learned that
800 horses had passed through Tue
day for Dewet, who is reported to be
in the neighborhood. The Boer com,
mander openly boasted in the village
of having shot 200 natives for sympa-
thizing with the British.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
THIRTEEN DROP 70 DEATH.
Hundred Persons Fall Through
Roof of Glass Works.
EIGHTY-TWO ARE INJURED.

Disabled Victims Roast In Furnaces In
Sight of Thousands--Were Watching
Football Game at San Francisco When
the Roof Gave Way Under Great strain.
San Francisco, Nov. 30-Thirteen per-
sons We're killed and 81 badly injured
by the collapse of the roof of the Pa
yesterday, while it was crowded with
men and boys watching 4 football
gainegon the field adjoining.
About 100 persons fell through the
roof upon the --dnot furnaces and
glass vats below. All We're horribly
burned and it is feared that in addi-
ton to the 13 deaths already reported
there will be several more
| The dead: William Valencia, George
Extell, Edwin Flahaven, NJ. Eandigina,
j. A. Mulroony, Thomas j. Rippon,
w. FL. Hachfelt, Talleyrand Barnwell,
Carroll Harold Frank Newly and
| four bodies unidentified.
The most seriously injured are:
John Brough. Fred Garity, r. f. Ess-
man, William Hausch, Leon Gerard,
Clarence Burns, II. Frechler, John
Doyle, Fred Bewinkle George c. Mil
ler Arthur Olsen, George Henser, Fred
Hartman, John Houser, Theodore Ba-
ker, George Pelle. Ed Hornse, James
Bowen, Carroll Palmer Albert Gerke,
George Campbell, Albert Loux, gorge
Morshat, William Conway, w. Grant,
! Otto Bermeister.
Two hundred men and boys had gath
cred on the sheet iron roof of the glass
works to obtain free view OF the an.
nual football game between Stanford
and the University of California
About 20 minutes after the game had
audible from the football grounds. and
a portion of the crowd on the roof went
down.
| The fires in the furnaces had been
| started for the first time yesterday and
| the watts We're full of liquid glass. 1t
was upon these that the victims fell.
Some We're killed instantly and others
| Were, slowly roasted to death The
few who missed the furnaces or rolled
| off, together with the workmen8 in the
! glass works. saved the lives of many
who lay unconscious by pulling them
away from their horrible resting
1 places. The police and fire department.
were soon at hand and every patrol
wagon and ambulance in the city was
summoned. They We're not enough
and express wagons and private car
riages We're pressed into service to
carry off the dead and wounded Many
of the injured were unconscious, while
others were hurried. shrielling with
agony, to the hospitals. The Southern
Pacific railway hospital was only two
! blocks away and was quickly filled.
About 40 wounded We're taken there.
Others We're sent to St Luke's hos
pital and the city receiving hospital,
to private residences and other places
AT the hospitals there was soon a
shortage of surgeons and some of the
wounded had to wait until help came.
The roof of the glass works was not
300 feet away from the football field.
| but the 10000 people watching the
game We're too interested in the game
to notice what had occurred. 1t was
| only when the ushers went through
the vast crowd calling for doctors that
it became known there had been an
accident.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
.POPE's END IS NEAR.
Father Lacombe of Montreal Reports
That Upon Recent Visit He Found
Leo XIII Failing Fast.

Montreal, Nov. 30.-The Rev. Father
Lacombe, who returned from Rome Il
short time ago. is in the city on his
way to his mission field in the Cana
dian northwest When told by re
porter that alarming news had been
received from Rome regarding the
pope's condition, Father Lacombe said.
Yes, the end is very near. The
holy fathers health was very poor
when | saw him a few weeks ago. Fe
appeared thin and emaciated and his
voice had a hollow ring. He was very
feeble, so feeble that he could not
move abeut without assistance;
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
VOLUME xxxv-No. az
Its As Mell Mitb us All, As ut lis.
Written for the Denison Review.
John L. Ainsworth.

When the season comes round and the turkeys git ripe
Why makes US all happy agin
5ecuz someone II ask dinner s,pose
N vel. go N T.set up' spitchin
llll we can't hardly there's much that is good
On the table to eat; N we're friz
10 the home that we love. wher it's all understood
Its as we'll with us all, as is"
ssAh! yes boys N gals, you'd ort to give thanks
It's as we'll with all, as it is.n
shed say lntermingled with kisses n spanks
When we MT attendn' to biz
Oh, how KIN we fergit it, when all of the years
Jist sun has arz
we have heerd the kind words, ray be thankful nv dears
It's as well with ye all, as it is"
1t may seenn~knda hard be thankful sometimes
When feller's poor crow,
N ne hant been invited, N has MT the dimes
Fer to buy him dinner, We know
ut the words ease hum for the Thanksgivin Day.
Kinda cheers up that of his
N he's happy agin when he hyers mother saw
s1ts as well with 'em all it is"
Now don't hunt fer the lesson that ort to be learnt
Or you'll find it I'm morally sure
cuz It's plain as the nose yer face ever wuz
N it's easy enough to endure
II you make up yer mind yer mother knows best
IN it's all fer your good when she sez
es be thankful more you all know the rest
lts as well with us all as it is"
he old earth keeps revolvn' and rotatin round
In the way t intended to go;
n the farmer plants 'taters n things in the ground,
With faith that they'll all of EN- grow
And gathers the crop he slows II away
In the suller and barn; n old ssLiz,"
The old family hoss, eats her oats n her hay,
N is thankful it's well as it is
Now les all of US try, in this plentiful time
To give thanks fer what have got
And to carry our load feein grand and sublime
Whether things go @ suit us er not
They is only way that III get in
To your heart N abide; m that is
To take things as they air, m git thankful agin
It's as we'll with We all as it is.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30

Tien Tsin, Nov 80. The Fifteenth
United States infantry has departed
for Tong Ku, where it will be en-
barked for Manila. The cold
weather is driving the hostile natives
into outlying villages, where there is
much restlessness. Scouting parties
constantly report sniping along the Pc
king road and on remote trails but Sc
we're reprisals are lessening it.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
lGIR[AI BRITAIN ALARMED.
Dewetsdorp Disaster and Sym,
pathy of France Excite British.
ROBERTS REPORTS REVERSE.
-Four Hundred British Troops and Two
Guns Ca .'tured by Dewet--English Col
umn Under Knox Makes a Forced March
Boers Holding Strong Positions.


umn Under Knox Makes "a Forced March.
Beers Holding Strong Positions.
London, Nov. 3O.--Lord Roberts ca
bles from Johannesburg, under date
of Nov. 2S: .'The Dewetsdorp garri-
son of two guns of the SiNty-eighth
field battery, with detachments OF the
Gloucestershire regiment, the High
land light infantry and Irish rifles 400
in all, surrendered at $50 p. n., Nov
26 Our losses were 10 men killed and
42 wounded. including Major Hansen
and Captain Digby. The enemy is
said to be $500 strong. -Four hundred
men We're dispatched from Edenburg
to relieve Dewetsdorp, but they did
not succeed in reaching there in time
Knox Joined this force and found De
wetsdorp evacuated Seventy-five sick
and wounded had been left there
Knox pursued and is reported to have
successfully engaged Steyn and Dewet
near Vaalbank.s Nov. 27. They retired
west and southwest. KnoX's messen-
ger failed to get through, so have no
Details
Lord Roberts also reports that vari-
GUS columns found the Beers holding
strong positions in the vicinity of Har-
rismith. Phillipopolis (both in the
Orange River Colony and other wide
" separated points. The fighting, how
ever, was of little Importance.
The disaster at Dewetsdorp has sent
a thrill of alarm through Great Brit
ain The censorship continues so
strict that there is no hope of arriving
at a clear conception of the actual po-
sition of affairs in South Africa For
instance, Independent accounts of the
subsequent proceedings and the recap
ture of Dewetsdorp give ample details,
not omitting to announce the capture
of two Boer wagons and a quantity OF
tion of the surrender of 400 British
troops and two guns, which We're not
even disabled, inasmuch as the Beers
We're able to use them against the Brit
s:lsll relief forces. The ubiquitous De
Wet seems again to have gotten away,
captured British have been liberated.
Taking into consideration the enig-
matical military situation north of the
Orange river, the smoldering rebellion
in Cape Colony, the runors that
France has promised Mr.. Kruger to
press arbitration on England if he is
able to obtain the support of Ger
many and that Lord Kitchener after
all is not to be given the chief com
mand in South Africa, the British gov
eminent will meet the new parliament
next week at an exceedingly inoppor-
tune moment.
No attempt is made to conceal the
extreme irritation felt at the adoption
of vote of sympathy with Mr. Kru-
ger by theNF'rench chamber of deputies.
The morning papers are unanimous in
! declaring that no Intervention of any
kind will be allowed to change Brit
ish policy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30

Kansas City, Nov. so. Two Burling-
ton passenger trains collided- head-on
i'll fog at Harlem, Mo, across the
river from here, yesterday G. d.
Boyd, tourist agent of the Burlington
route, was Slightly injured, being
thrown across the car. and Milton
Nichols, brakeman. was cut and
bruised. The engines We're locked to-
gether and badly damaged None of
the cars left the track.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Knapp, pio.
neers, living two and one-half miles
west of Castle Rock, Wash, were
killed by an unknown assassin. The
murderer used a shotgun, firing
through the window
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
Good Government Convention a Fizzl,

Good Government Convention Fizzle.
Pittsburg, Nov. 30.-Through the in
appropriateness of the date and the
failure of expected speakers to attend.
the fourth annual convention of the
National Good Government league was
brought to a close last night. Major
George A. Hilton, president of the
league. at the meeting last night an
nounced that Thanksgiving was too
much of counter attraction; that the
league had been disappointed in the
attendance and in the responses OF
those men who had been invited 10
speak and that all scheduled meetings
We're therefore called off.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30

1aiyrston NOV. 30. Forty-fye bod
les of storm victims have been found
and buried Oh the island beyond the
city limits this week. The corpses
We're decomposed beyond recognition.
The pockets of the mems clothes were
turned inside out, showing that the
corpses had been robbed
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
smanpox scare I'M New Yo,

New York Nov So smallpox
scare which first came to the public
notice yesterday, when two cases of
that disease were reported to the West
Sixty eighth street station by the
board of health, has spread until there
are now 24 known cases.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
Danish oIeomargarine Factory Burn

Danish OIeomargarine Factory Burns.
Aarhus, Denmark, Nov. 80. Moen-
steds oleomargarine factory was de.
stroyed by fire last night. The loss is
placed at 100000 kronen. The fire
brigade was powerless and the garr-
son had to be turned out to subdue
the confagration.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
eerIeves lit Was Murder.

Morgantown, Va, Nov. 3O.-State
Mine Inspector James w. Paul of West
Virginia says the recent mine disaster
at Berryville, in which ii lives We're
lost, was the result of conspiracy to
XII the foreman of the mine. The
conspirators. after lighting the fuse
stood at the entrance of the mine. but
the force of the explosion was greater
than they expected and they were also
killed
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30

Malfornations among goldfish are
produced by the Chinese by agitating
the fertilized eggs at certain stage Of
their development.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-12-25
SHOT AT HIS DESK.
F. H. Morris, Auditor of War Depart
sment, Probably Fatally
Wounded.

Washington, Dec. 24.-F.H. Morris. of
Ohio, auditor for the war department.,
was shot at e:15 in the afternoon in his
office in the Winder building by man
named Mcdonald, formerly disbnrs-
ing clerk in the. office. Morris thought
to be fatally hurt.
Morris was. shot through the heart
and died almost instantly. Melon.
add: who did the shooting, then cut
his own throat and shot himself. Be
fore doing so he had "a desperate at
fray with the Waterman of the build.
ing, who tried to arrest him. The
watchman was badly beaten about
the head with the murderer's pistol.
Samuel Mcdonald, who did the kill
ing, had been the second disburser's
clerk in Norris Office, but had been
reduced. 1t is said that brooding
over this led to the tragedy. Morris
had been auditor for the navy de-
partment, but was transferred to the
present post year ago on account
of his good record.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-12-25

Ii. 1S41, the son of ]. Huntington and Cor
nelia Frothingham- Wolcott. He is de-
scendant of the Roger Wolcott who was
second in command of the expedition of Sir
William Pepperen against Cape Breton in
i745, which resulted in the capture of Louis
burg. Another ancestor was Oliver VOL
colt, one of the signers of the declaration
OF independence. Both Of these Wolcotts
were governors of Connecticut Gov. VOL
colt public career began in 1877 as mem
Der of the Boston common council, in which
he served three years. Then he was elected
to the lower house of the legislature, taking
a position among the leaders and winning
distinction as a hard and trustworthy
worker. He was elected lieutenant gov
ernor in 1888, "a and '95 and upon the death
of Coy. Greenhalge became acting governor
in 1885. In the fall of 1896 he was elected
governor and in 1897 and 1898 he was re-
elected. Mr., Wolcott was always repub.
lican. but In the campaign of 1884 he op.
i posed his party's candidate for the presi:
dency and voted for Grover Cleveland. His
wife and five children survive himl
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-12-25
'REA1Y IN HAYES HANDS
State Department Will Forward
Amendments to British Gov
eminent at Once.
WILL REACH LONDON LAST OF WEEK.
Nothing More for the State Depart
ment to Do in Connection with Ahe
Hay-Pauncefote Agreement Until
the British Government Passes ON
the Amendments.

Washington, Dec. 24.-The Hay
Pauncefote canal treaty, with the SEN
ate amendments, was received at the
state department shortly after noon
Saturday. 1t was transmitted from
the senate through the white house.
With the treaty was n simple state
ment signed, not by the president pro
tenn. of the senate, but by Mr.. Ben
net, the secretary, reciting the ac-
ton taken by the senate on the con-
vention.
The state department will forward
the amendments in the usual course
to the British government, and they
will be on their way to London by
the steamer which leaves New York
next Tuesday. This action is rather
more rapid than is usual in treaty
making. Once it is taken, there will
be nothing more for the state depart
ment to do until the British govern
ment has passed upon the amend.
ments, provided an unconscionable
period of time is not so occupied.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-12-25
TO BE ELEcTRocUTED.
Cleveland Judge Passes Sentence ON
Desperate Negro MUIR
derer

Cleveland, o., Dec. s4.-Judge Nef
in criminal court Saturday sentenced
Edward Rutheven (colored) to be
electrocuted April 1e, 1901, for the
murder of Patrolman Shipp. Ship
discovered the negro in the act of
burglarizing residence and tried to
arrest him. Rutheven killed the po-
iceman and escaped. Subsequently
score of officers surrounded house
where Rutheven had taken refuge.
The negro, however, with revolver
in each hand, fought his way out
and after running battle eluded the
police. He was finally captured at
Indianapolis after being shot and bad
ly wounded. The trial attracted
widespread attention owing to the
fact that Rutheven was confined in an
iron cage while he was in court.