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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-12

tackles" have or should have received
their education and training.
Additions have been made from time
to time to the. grounds about the fort
until at present Uncle Sam owns sew
eral hundred acres, and is contemplate
ing an increase of his holdings by
dredging out the fats of the river and
bay.
Beautifully situated as are the
grounds, with the Chesapeake north
and east and one side bounded by the
Severn river, the buildings to be seen
here-about so in number-look as if
they might have been shaken out of
some giants pepper box and dumped
here and there as chance decreed all
over the lot.
/ Take the arnory, for instance, as an
example Of the makeshifts which neces-
sity has compelled the academy to
adopt. 1t was built in 1881, is one story
high, $50 feet long, 50 feet in width
and is one of the most modern build
ings here. The committee appointed q
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-12

one side by the boathouse, on the other
by the armory and will be connected by
covered colonnades.
Work was commenced In accordance
with the scheme of improvement year
ago last March and has been in prog
ress ever since. The buildings now in
process Of erection include only the
boathouse, armory and power house,
which are to be completed within q
year, when. as the appropriations are
made, others will be taken up in Sc
quence of Importance. The largest of
these structures is the armory, which
will contain an immense hall $50 feet
long and $50 feet wide, with uninter-
rupted floor space for drills and dances,
and above it continuous gallery which
will serve as a sort of military museum,
while in the gallery of the boathouse
opposite will be collections Of 8 naval
character.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-12

group them where they will produce
fine artistic effect and not interfere
with the natural beauties OF the place.
The area of the grounds, says the con-
sulting architect, Mr.. Ernest Flagg of
New York, who furnished the plans,
was thought to be too restricted. To
overcome this and at the same time to
deepen the water along the sea walls
it is proposed to reclaim flats which lie
under water on two sides and to obtain
the necessary filing by dredging out a
part of the area for a basin. In placing
the buildings it was thought that as
the institution was chiefly for the ben
eft of the cadets. their quarters ought
TO occupy the best and most command
ing location on the grounds SHAT is to
say the site of the present superin-
tendent's residence.
BY filing in the lower levels a ter
raced plateau is obtained for the larger
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-12
M1LL,oNs IN OSTRICH FARm1sG.

Cape Colony has monopoly Of os-
trich farming in South Africa A COM
mon sight to the traveller is q great herd
Of these valuable birds moving along In
stately fashion beside a railway train.
apparently wondering why tho driver
docs no. put on more steam. The cul.
ture of ostriches is extremely profitable.
and 80 peculiarly adapted are the con-
oitions in South Africa that the country
last year exported El,Soo. 600 worth
OF feathers and furnishes nine-tenths of
the worlds supply. An eanort duty Of
Ell per egg protects this industry, and q
slight ore on feathers encourages is.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-12

A nervous per-
son could hard
ly remain in the
same block in
s o m e c 1T j e $
where the color
ed folk gather
to mourn over
a deceased rel
ative. Not long
ago a much re-
S p e c t e d oil d
uncle nam ed
Toby in Atlanta
became sudden
~ ill, and a
physician W a S
c all e d. 7 W Q
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-12

:
tho porter. startled to hear
loud conversation in the next room to
mine, and, listening, soon discovered
that one voice was that OF my friend
the president. Apparently the pertsr
had invaded his privacy.
"'What are you going to do. Dorterf
asked the president.
"'I'm going to throw you OUT nn-
swered the porter.
GLOW dare you, sir! Leave the
room!'
"I will, but you'll go wild met
"And with that the porter leaped
upon the astcnished guest.
Help! Fire! Murderl' yellsd tho
president.
Shut yer MOUTH said the porter,
and he began to drag my friend out
and down the stairs.
"Out they went, the president yelling
for help like Comanche. When the
door was reached, the porter threw him
out and returned to the Office, whore he
was accosted by the astonished proprie.
tor.
"'What did you throw that man out !,
for?' he demanded. &
"'Becuz was told to- said the por-
ter.
"'who told you toy queried the pros
prietor.
"'This here woman replied the por-
ter. indicating the housekeeper. who
happened to be standing near by.
Why, sir, did nothing Of the kind
said the indignant woman.
eyes, she did, SIR said the porter,
and here's her erders.' pulling out a
small scrap Of paper.
Taking the paper, the proprietor
read the following words:
Fire. No. 40. $780,"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-12
NEEDED MORE .sK1yyERs.s

Harvey Johnson, a brother Of Tom
Johnson, the street railway magnate.
who was United States consul to Ants
werp under the Cleveland administers
ton, is very clever raconteur. Re-
Gently, while with a party of friends. he
told the following yarn:
ITO some negroes" he said, "a death In
a family offers an outlet for display,
sometimes ludicrous, of grief and finery.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-12

Chicago who, I
learned. was the
president Of a
bank. He talked
to me for quite
a time and In
formed me that
he was very
particular about
his room ana
the service when
ile stopped at q
hotel, and that
he made It -
point to exact
the utmost re-
specs from all
t II e employees
from the clerk
down.
"a b ut II
o'clock the same
night 7 was
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HE oBEYED ORDERS.

when was travelling for hcase IA
Chicago some years ago." says q CONF
mercial traveller, IT put up at a sn6il
but excellent hotsl. There made
the acquaintance OF q gentleman FROM
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
WHEELING. ". VA FRIDAY. MARCH 1900

native are in the worst plight. Those
who are unable to obtain work are al
lowed small handful of meal daily.
Many Drawing the danger, wander
about the town with gaunt and hungry
faces in search of work which entities
them to an extra ration of meal If
they find work they are generally too
weak to perform it.
From their advanced posts the Beers
rake the streets and the market square.
1t is impossible to dodge their bullets.
We have taken remark; kle precaution,
however, and the casualties though
heavy, are not what they might have
been had less able men been at the
head of affairs. Even the headquarters
mess fares scantily. Like saints under
the alter we cry how long, on Lord,
how long"
Two hundred and ninety-two persons
have been killed, wounded or died of
disease. The garrison is SO small that
it would be criminal to make its weak
ness public, but there is never SO much
as a whisper. If any one suggested
the possibility of surrender it is De-
cause we do not mean to get beaten
and we are cheerfully enduring the
hardships of to-day rather than to
make surrender in any degree posi-
BILE tomorrow.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
BROUGHT TEARS TO THEIR EYES

A Heart Touching Speech by the
Aged President of the TransvaaI.
PETORIA, March Ga special de-
spatch from Bloemfontein says that
President Kruger addressing a crowd
of people said:
Although God is testing our people,
my personal opinion is that the limit
of the test is nearly reached. If the
people are sustained by faith in the
time of adversely God will soon again
turn the tide in our favor If we have
strong faith in God, He will surely de-
liver us. The God of deliverance Of
the olden time is the same God now"
The speech of the venerable presi-
dent brought tears to the eyes Of men
and women alike.
The Free States volklied ;National
anthem) was then sung.
The visit of President Kruger has
done much good and has cheered the
respondents.
President Kruger more recently has
been visiting the commanders south
of Bloemfontein.
Fighting is proceeding at Mafeking.
All the outside forts except one, have
been taken by the Beers.
Much satisfaction is expressed in
all circles at the courtesies extended
to Gen. Cronje by the British.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
PEACE P[RCEPT|BlY NEARER
ROBERTS'S SUCCESSES WILL
BEAR FRUIT.
BoER FORCES ARE DIVIDED.
This Leads Some to Believe There
Will BE No Further Stand West
Of the Free State CapitaI-General
Roberts Reports the Result of His
M0vement-A Very Serious Situa-
ton at Mafeking.

LONDON, March S.-The full extent
Of Lord Roberts's success of yester-
day IL not clear, but tine best inform
cd appear satisfied that it brings
peace perceptibIy nearer. Experts
anticipate that the burghers Will
make mo- further stand west of the
Free State Capital and some of them
even deduce from the fact that the
BOer forces are divided and have
retreated in different directions that
generalization has set in and that
the Transvaal forces will next be
found carefully entrenched in posi-
tfOns north of the Vaal river, while
the bulk of the Free Staters will
abandon the contest and sue for
peace.
Elsewhere the news indicates that
the conditions are hopeful from
British point of view, the kilograms
from Mafeking alone showing any
dependency.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
MRS. LOWE HAS SMALLPOX.
Weston Board of Health Reaches
That ConclusfOn-Guards Placed
About the House.

ABOUT the mouse.
Special N the Register.
WESTON, w. Va, March 8.-The
Health Board is again undergoing a
seige of criticism. 1t is given out
that on last Sunday no less than five
persons, ladies from the homes of
our best and most wealthy people
called upon Mrs. Porter Lowe through
sympathy on account of Mrs. loves
late affection, that of being quaran-
tined with no physician to wait upon
her in childbirth. 1t is now brought
out that Mrs. Lowe is all broken out.
and has been for eighteen days, with
suspicious eruption. Three physi-
clans have passed upon her case this
week neither says it is smallpox, but
they all agree that sis Is suspicious. :"
The house is quarantined and yellow
flags float from the front yard fence
corners. Many people have asked, if
this be true, why are not the expos
ures quarantined? This question will
have to be left for the board of
health to answer.
The question as to whether the
Health Board shall in case where
the party being quarantined is fully
able to do so, supply them with the
necessaries of life, has been settled in
the Lowe case, by the board fully
maintaining the family as to provis-
ions. Much Is being said, however,
about their not supplying nurse for
Mrs. Lowe.
Superintendent A. M. Lane of the
West Virginia & Pittsburg division of
the B. G. o. gives out the information
tonight that all the regular passenger
trains on this division commencing
Monday, will resume on their regular
schedule time, carrying passengers
upon health permits.
Some miscreant last night tore
down the yellow flags at the home of
Porter Lowe. They were replaced
this morning. The Health Board an
nounced it as fact to-day that Mrs.
Lowe has smallpox and has placed a
day and night guard over the house.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
SITUATION AT MAFEKING
Growing Desperate-The Graveyard
Growing, and General Hunger
stalking in the Town.

Growing Dcsperate-The Graveyard
Growing, and General Hunger
stalking in the Town.
MAFEKING, February 19.-What
may be typhoid malaria has broken out
m the women's lager, and dysentery,
due to the absence of vegetables, is rife
among the garrison. We are thrown
upon our own resources. Such luxur-
les as we had are exhausted or have
been commandered for the hospitals,
which are filled to overlooking. The
children's graveyard, close to the wo,
mems lager, grows weekly as the
young lives are cut short prematurely
by shell and fever. We look with hope
deferred for relief.
The cheerfulness which was charac
teristic of the early days Of the siege
has almost deserted us. the men pre-
ferring to remain at their posts rather
than move about and work up an ar-
petite Which cannot be satisfied. Tho
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
A CHINESE DEMONSTRATION.
An Unique Celebration Proposed for
Sen Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO March s.-Mayor Phe-
Ian has received from Chinese Consul Gen
eral Ho Vow a communication outlining
the plan of an oriental carnival which the
Chinese residents of San Francisco desire
to celebrate in this city on the festival
days of the feast OF the dragon, which oc-
ours in June. Permission is requested to
decorate Market street In oriental style by
experts to be brought from China, and 70
give display of fireworks surprising any
thing before seen here. President McKin-
ley and the Governors Of all the States
viii be invited to attend. It Is thought
mat the mayor Will comply with the re-
quest Of the consul general and that the
most unique celebration ever witnessed In
Amex1ca VII result.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
Between the Frick and Carnegi
Sides of the Controversy.

Sides of the Controversy.
PITTSBURG, Pa, March S.-An ap-
parently important conference was
held to-day between the defendants
and plaintiffs in the equity suits
against the Carnegie Steel Company
and the Prick Coke Company. To
outsiders it looked as though the long
talked of compromise was being ar
ranged, but this could not be con-
firmed, because none of the gentlemen
who attended the meeting would talk
afterwards. Coming closely after
President Schwalb's flying visit to
New York, the compromise feature
seems to have some foundation.
President Schwab and Secretary
Moreland, of the Carnegie company
went to Mr.. Tricks Office, where they
met Messrs. Prick, Walker, Phipps,
Lovejoy and Attorneys McCook and
Gordon, counsel respectively for the
plaintiff and defendants. The confer
ence lasted over an hour, after which
Messrs. Frick, Phipps and Walker
went to the Office of D. T. Watson, MIR.
Tricks chief counsel. where another
lengthy conference was held.
Thomas D. Chantler. private coun-
sci for H. NJ Curry, one of the de-
PENDANTS in the Prick suit. said the
Prick suit, said the conference was
merely the result of a mutual agree
ment between the parties to make q
joint examination Of the company's
records. Both sides to the litigation
still being partners in the corporation,
hs said, have equal right to an In
s24ct1cn o. the books.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
and shone overrthe shouting thousands,

and shone over'the shouting thousands,
and, piercing the veil, it showed happy
smiles lighting the aged monarch )
face. 1t was repetition of the scene
of the jubilee-queens weather in the
truest sense of the words.
Still nodding vigorously her majesty
passed out of sight into the quadrangle.
There. the peers and commoners assem-
bled sang God Save the Queen" and
her majesty entered the palace.
Outside there was pandemonium.
Over the roadway which had been
kept clear for the carriages the crowd
swarmed, until it was almost impos-
sible for those near the railing to
move an inch. Somebody started sing
ing God Save the Queen" and half
a mile or more of people took up the
strains. In response to this, the
Prince of Wales and the Duke and
Duchess of York
Re-Appeared on the Balcony,
" hASn SduoCQ AuolS CulLuSldSui. VI O.
quarter of an hour the royal duke re-
manned bareheaded before this great,
yelling mass. The people, however,
wanted another sight of their queen,
and it was over half an hour before
the crowd, realizing that her ma
jesty was not coming out, broke up.
Those who saw the queen unveiled,
said she looked remarkably we'll. The
journey from Windsor and the long
ride through the deafening din, ex-
posed to the keen east wind, was a
trying experience for any one, yet in
spite of her great age, the queen ap-
parently did not suffer any unusual
fatigue.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
NO THOUGHT OF SURRENDER
Secretary Reitz Says the Spirit OF
the Burghers is Undaunted-Are
Of

Secretary Reitz Says the Spirit OF
the Burghers is Undaunted-Are
Full of Courage.
PRETORIA, Monday, March o.
Secretary of State Reitz has issued war
bulletins, in which, after saying the
government has no official tidings Of
the surrender of General Cronje, but
must accept it as fact, however pain
full, he adds:
"The government remains assured
that the surrender will not discourage
the burghers in their defense of their
independence and standing as ma
ton. The struggle thus far has
shown the republics have indicated
This reverse will not stagger us. In
the struggle for our cherished rights
our belief remains that whatever hap
pens the Lord still reigns.
Owing to the invasion of the Free
State by large force of the enemy,
and other circumstances, 1t became
necessary to take up other positions
hence the burghers in Natal have re-
tired to Biggarsberg. All the COM
mandos have reached there safely, ex-
cept few, who retired In the diree-
ton of Van Reenan's Pass. Thus Lady
smith and Kimberley are no longer
besieged. In retiring, the enemy was
time after time driven back, so that
our laagers were not cut off. In these
fights a few men were killed or
wounded, and the enemy lost heavily"
"In spite of all reports, the spirit of
the fighting men as to the outcome re-
mains unchanged. Among the COM
mandos in Natal the burghers are full
of courage.
General Dewet now commands all
the commands at the Modder river.
''The president started yesterday
evening for Bloemfontein, to visit the
lager of the Free State"
1t is understood that President
Kruger's visit to Bloemfontein was to
try to arrange a compromise of the
differences between the Transvaalers
and the Free Staters.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
LORD ROBERTS TELEGRAPHs

That the Beers Made No Stand and
Reiterated Hastily-British Cap
tured n krupp Gun.
LONDON, March 9.-Lord Roberts
telegraphs that he has captured a
Krupp gun and a number of tents
and wagons.
The general also announces that
General Clements has occupied Nor
vols Pont.
The following is the text Of Lord
Roberts dispatch:
POPLAR GROVE, March 8.-Two
brigades of cavalry, with horse artil-
lery, and Kelly-Kenny's division,
marched to-day ten miles eastward.
1.-THE Beers were quite taken< by
surprise yesterday. They moved off
so hurriedly that they left cooked
dinners behind. We captured a
Krupp gun and several tents and wa
CONS.
THE total casualties were: Killed,
Lieutenants KeSwick and Frieslick.
Wounded, Lieutenants Bailey. of the
Twelfth Lancers, and De Crespigny,
of the Second Life Guards. both Sc
verely, and Lieutenant Smith, of the
Shropshires, who is believed to have
been picked up by Boer ambulance.
Two men were killed, forty-six wound
ed and one man is missing.
General Gatacre reports that he
intends occupying Burghersdorp to-
day.
Repairs to the railways towards
both Stormberg and Steynsburg are
being pushed.
General Clements now occupies
Norvals Pont, on the south bank of
the Orange river. The bridge was
blown up March 6, and the enemy are
holding the north bank of the river,
but not, it is believed. in any great
strength"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
RUMoR OF PEACE PROPOSALS
Informal and Unofficial Overtures
Said to Have Been Made.


Said to Have Been Made.
LONDON, March 9.-The Daily
News makes the following editorial
announcement:
at was rumored in London yester-
day-and we have some reason for be-
lieving the rumor to be correct-that
the two republics made informal and
unofficial overures of peace on the pre-
ceding day.
Unfortunately, the conditions sug-
gested were of such a character as to
preclude the possibility of leading TO
any results. The terms, which might
have gladly been accepted before the
war, in order to avert it, are imposs;-
BILE after the war, with all the sacri-
fees it has entailed."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Ross Ferguson Alleged to Have I'm
properly Counted Votes mt the
Steubenville Republican Primary

Special 70 the RegIsfer.
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, March s.
Quite a sensation was caused tonight
by the arrest of Ross Ferguson, who
was held in default of 81, 900 bond by
Justice Kithcart on an affidavit made
by Thomas Woods that at the late Re-
publican primary Ferguson, who lis a
prominent politician and was an cleo
ton judge, did fraudulently canvass
the vote and cause to be counted over
fifty votes cast for Woods for William
Riley, who was a candidate for city
commissioner against Woods, and also
certified to a false return of the votes
cast
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
Salem Ha. a Scare.

Special to the Register.
HARRISBURG, w. Va, March s.
Salem had a smallpox scare yester-
day, and was quarantined for a time.
Mrs. Henry Conley. wife of an oil
man, came home from Pittsburg, bro
ken out with measles. Local physi-
clans called it smallpox. The
county health board investigated the
matter to-day, and raised the quaran-
tine.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
Tracks Covered.

FREMONT, Ohio. March s-The Sandus-
ky river is on a rampage. The tracks Of
the Wheeling & Lake Erie railway are
covered and traffic Is impossible.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
A FR[ER MAN FOR PRESIDENT.
&c. PARKINSON HEADS THE WEST
VIRGINIA LEAGUE OF REPUB-
LICAN CLUBS.

Scott and EIkins Failed to Put in
An Appearance. and senator
Thurston Was the Only Notable
Present-His Address Entirely ON
the Decentralization of Nc
Kinley HIS Theme-List of Officers
Elected.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09
A ROYAL WELCOME 70 QO[H|
HER ARRIVAL IN LONDON MARKED
BY UNPARALLELED DEM
ONSTRATI0NS.
WAS CHEERED ON EVERY HAND.

Streets Leading From the Railway
Station Were Crowded, While Five
Thousand People Had Gathered In
st James Park-All Along the Way
the Queen Was Greeted by . Roar
of Cheers and the Waving of MINI
iatUre Flags.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-09

WASHINGTON, March s-Forecast for
Friday and Saturday.
For Ohio and Western Pennsylvania
Fair and warmer Friday: Saturday fair:
fresh east TO south winds
For West Virgfnia-Fair and warmer
Friday, Saturday fair: easferly winds
Amador ledger., 1900-11-23
The Pope.. omcia1 Rings.

The pope has three special rings
for his use. The first is generally
rather a plain gold one. with an intagl-
10 or cameo ornament. This is called
the papal ring. The second one, called
the pontificaf ring, because used only
when the pope pontiicates or officiates
at grand ceremonies, Is an exceedingly
precious one The one worn on these
occasions by Plus IN was made during
the reign of Plus VII, whose name is
cut on the inside 1t is of the purest
gold of remarkably fine workmanship,
set with a very large obhDng diamond.
1t cost 10000 francs G1.25O) and has a
contrivance on the inside by which 1t
can be made larger or smaller to fit
the wearer's finger.
The fisherman's ring, so called be-
cause it has figure of ST. Peter in a
bark throwing his net intothe sea, is a
plain gold ring with an ovalface, bear
ing the name of the reigning pope en-
graved round and above the figure OF
the apostle The ring weighs III
ounces. 1t was first a private and not
an official ring, though it has been
used in the latter way since the ff-
teenth century and is now the official
seal of the popes and the first among
the reigns.-Golden Penny.