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, 1900-04-26
Beers STICK TO WEPENER.
Relief Forces Have Not Yet Driven Then
ON.

Maeru, B~asutoland, April 21.-The
Beers continue to move freely around
Wepener, going in all directions from
which relief columns are expected. De
sultory cannon fire and sniping have
been going OF all day with scarcely any
reply from Colonel Dalgety's force.
The Caledon river rose considerably
during the night. This made the Beers
uneasy, as they fear separation. Some
reinforcements nave arrived for them,
coming, apparently, from Thaba Nchu,
or that direction.
Our casualties up to date are believed
TO have been twenty-five killed and ITO
wounded.
Owing to the heavy rains and clouds
heliographing has been impossible for
the last two days.
The Beers who lately surrendered i'm
h Wepener district have been forced
again with violence TO fight. Ten of
their leaders have been arrested,
President Steyn has issued orders to
the Boer forces to hold tight to the
grain districts of Wepener, Ladybrand
ana ficksburg, from which they draw
their food supplies, and also to prevent
the British forces from getting the rich
supplies now in those districts.
Aliway North, April 2O.-Captain
Little of Brabant's Horse, Lieutenant
ltolbeck and Mr.. Milne, a Reuter- CORE
spondent, fell into the hands of the en-
envy while they We're trying to reach
Wepener Il week ago. Everything was
taken from the prisoners, who We're
sent to Pretoria.
lhelr native servants, who escaDed
from the Boer laager, near Wepener.
say that there We're four guns disabled
that the Beers had lost 100 in
killed alone.
II is also ascertained that the Beers
made n night attack on April 18th, but
Were discovered while creeping along
a deep ditch by Cape Mounted Rifles.
Win maXims. who fired into them at a
distance of 200 yards with the result
that the Beers lost five w~agonloads of
killed and wounded.
a simultaneous attack in other quar-
ters was repulsed by the British, who
used their bayonets.
Ihe Beers still surround Wepener
but there has been little firing lately, :
, 1900-04-26
RUSSIANS RUSHING RAILROAD.
Gap between Siberian Frontier and East
to BE Closed In About Eighteen Months.

to BE Closed in About Eighteen Months.
Washington, April 21.-Minister Con-
ger reports that III Russians are work
ing with feverish activity to finish the
railroad between Moukden and Vlad-
1vostock, h eastern terminus of The
Siberian railroad, and he says the be.
lief is that Russia's two great strategic
points in the far East, Port Arthur
and N~ladivostock, where she is said to
have garrisons variously estimated at
from 10000 to 100000 men, will be
connected by rail not later tina Aug
ust of this year.
As a matter of fact, there is already
uninterrupted steam communication
between st. Petersburg and the Pacific
over the Siberian railroad, though at
present it is necessary to use the river
route on the Shilka for that part of the
distance between Stretensk and Kha-
Daroysk. The schedule from st. Peters
burg to V~ladivOstock is nineteen days.
1t is expected that the gap in the rail-
o now covered by the water route
will be completed in about eighteen
months.
Minister Conger also reports the COM
pletion of the Chinese railroad from
Tien Tsin to Nuschwang, 34S miles
long. The new line from Tien Tsin to
Chinchow is already paying five per
cent. on h investment. and it is ex-
pected that the entire line when opened
Will return thirty per cent.
, 1900-04-26
A DAKOTA TOWN BURNS.
Two Women Die in = Blaze which Entails
Loss of @4OO 900,

Grand Forks, n. D., April 21.-Ed-
inburg, in the northern part of Walsh
county, was destroyed by fire to-day.
A south wind aided the flames in quick
ly spreading and before anyone was
aware what had happened the whole
town was ablaze. 1t was impossible
to learn how the fire originated. Sew
eral persons attempted to save their
personal belongings, but were COM
PEELED to abandon the attempt and flee
for their lives.
Two ladies, Mrs. Lindahl and Mrs.
Bjornsen, persisted in the flames, and
one child barely escaped.
The residence portion of the city is
uninjured. Twenty buildings were de-
strOyed n two elevators.
A Great Northern engineer ran his
engine in to pull out n train of freight
cars that was standing in close proX-
unity to the fire, but no soner had he
made h attempt than the whole train
caught fire and he was compelled to
leave his engine.
The property loss is 100000, with in
a of 100000.
, 1900-04-26

Diplomatic intercourse does much
to inform one-half of the world how
the other half lives. Just now the gay
society of our national capital is learn
ing from the rules which hedge about
the wife of the Turkish minister, who
mas recently come to Washington,
something about the position of wom-
an in Moslem lands. AS a faithful
Mohammedan, the minister's wife is
not allowed to see men, except as h
may glance out at them on Ii street
from her closed carriage. She may re-
ceive from ladies calls, some of which
she will perhaps return when assured
that she can do so without encounter
ing n of the men of the household.
Her husband has ever inquired If she
might not be taken through some of
the great government buildings on
Sunday, when they would be deserted
by their regular visitors.
, 1900-04-26
DAMAGE BY THE FLOODS.
Southern Country Suffered Heavily From
the Swollen Streams.


New Orleans, April 21.-All railroads
running north are tied up and the Hi
nois Central is damaged hundreds of
thousands of dollars by washouts and
stoppage of traffic.
-Four people We're drowned near Me-
ridian and two near Hattiesburg, Mis-
sissippi. In Enterprise, Mississippi, the
water is five feet deep in the main
streets I'M throughout last night cries
for assistance filled the air. The loss of
life, if any, could not be ascertained.
Jackson, Miss, April 21.-Railroad
traffic is still badly crippled by wash
outs and missing bridges. The stage
of the river is the highest ever known
and the water continues to rise rapidly.
Meridian, Miss, April 21.-The flood
situation in the country eighteen miles
south of Meridian is growing worse
with every report. The town of Hick-
DRY is in a distressing condition, being
completely surrounded and water is
rising, the result of the heavy rainfall
last night.
, 1900-04-26

A young freshman. while waiting
one day last autumn for a room to
be assigned to her in a college dormi-
tory, picked up an old newspaper and
read in it an editorial upon escape
from burning buildings, The ugge
tion was there made that by once
thinking out n plan of action for an
emergency, the action itself would be-
come somewhat mechanical. The girl
laughingly said to herself thai an
opera cloak would be a good thing to
have near in case Of fire by night.
When she unpacked her trunk her
warm evening cloak was given a hook
neal the closet door She decided
also that her night slippers might rea-
sonably be kept under the bed. A
few weeks ago. on a bitterly cold
night. that very dormitory burned to
the ground. The young girl aroused
from sound sleep by the alarm, hal
only time 10 seize her cloak and Slip
pers and flee for her life. Not an
other of her belongings was saved.
Having to run some distance for shell
ter. the wraps saved the girl from an
exposure which on such n night might
have been fatal.
, 1900-04-26

The March report of the statistician
of the department of agriculture
shows the mount of wheat remaining
in farmers hands on March / to
have been about 15S, 700, 900 bushels,
or go per cent Of last years crop, as
compared with 1873. 900. 900 bushels, or
1913 per cent OF the crop of 1898, on
hand on March l, 1899. The corn in
farmers hands is estimated at 773, 7O0.-
600 bushels, oil 37.2 per cent of last
years crop, against 800, 500. 900 bushels,
or 41.6 per cent of the crop of 1898, on
hand on March l. 1899. The proper
ton of the total crop of last year
shipped out of the country where
grow is estimated at les per cent
or about 34S. O0O, 900 bushels. The pro-
portion of the total crop of last year
that was of merchantable standard is
estimated at $50 per cent. OF oats
there are reported to be about $780,
100000 bushels, or 36.5 per cent of
last years crop, still in farmers hands,
as compared with 2S3 900, 900 bushels.
or 1877 per cent of the crop OF 1898,
on hand March l, 1899.
, 1900-04-26

The house committee on interstate
and foreign m and the senate
committee on naval affairs have
reached different conclusions on the
subject of a Pacific cable. The house
committee has voted to report a bill
for the construction of a cable by a
private company from San Francisco
to Hawaii, the Philippines and Japan,
under a pledge that the government
shall pay the company not more than
$500, 900 a year for twenty years for
carrying its messages. The minority
of the house committee is in favor of
government construction of h cable,
and the senate committee has voted to
report a bill for government construc-
tion of a cable, but to extend to Ha-
wall only.
, 1900-04-26

would cry, realizing what pain he was in
His pitiful wailing was heart-rendinr. 7
had about given up hope Of saving him
when I was urged to give him Hoods sars,.
parilla, all other treatment having failed
I washed the sores with Hoods MedIcat.d
Soap, applied Hoods Olive Ointment and
gave him Hoods sarsapariila. The child
seemed to get better every day, and yery
soon the change was quite noticeable. Tn
discharge grew less, Inflammation went
down, the skin took on a healthy color. and
the raw flesh began to scale over and a thin
skin formed as the scales dropped on.
Less than two bottles Of Hoods sar,apa.
rilla, aided by Hoods Medicated Soap and
Hoods Olive Ointment, accomplished thi,
wonderful cure. I cannot praise these
medicines half enough" MRS. GuKRror.
81 Myrtle St., Rochester, n. Y.
The above testimonial is very much con-
densed from Mrs. Guerinot's letter. Al
many mothers will be Interested in reading
the full letter, we will sen It to anyone
who sends request of US on a postal card.
Mention this paper.
, 1900-04-26

More than n speech during the
present session of Congress has had
in it the special ingredients of the
force of eloquence which Emerson
thus summarized: Clear perceptions;
memory; power of statement; logic.
imagination, or the skill to clothe
your thought in natural images; pas
sion; which is the heat; and then a
grand will, which, when legitimate
and abiding, we call character. the
height of manhood.
, 1900-04-26

Steel rails weighing eighty pounds to
the yard were first used upon railroads
in this country in 1888. Since that
time steel has practically superseded
iron as a track-building material. and
h weight of the rails has tended con-
stantly to increase. Now one of the
great trunk lines is experimenting
with nickel steel. which is even more
expensive than steel, but which will
undoubtedly come into general use If
the claims made for it are justified.
, 1900-04-26

Those who declaim about faults in
our public schools and their manage
ment give no alarm to DR.. Wlnship of
the New England Journal of Educa-
ton. He secs with satisfaction a tend
ency to better teaching, better super
yising, better books, better methods,
and to higher-toned men, intellectually
N morally" Doubtless he would al
low that this tendency to improvement
is due In part to the frank exposure
of defects. The best friends of free
institutions viii welcome all reason
criticism.
, 1900-04-26

1t is pleasant to know that the Unit
ed States government has made
"Woodman, spare that tree" practi-
cally an act of Congress for the pro-
lection of the giant trees of California.
, 1900-04-26

LABASTINE Is the original
and only durable wall coating,
entirely different from all kali
somines. Ready for use In
white or fourteen beautiful
tints by adding cold water.
AIDES naturally prefer ALA
BASTINE for walls and CELL
ings, because 1t is pure, clean,
dered FORM I'm IN f w in n1s pack sSx,
ages. with full directions.
a ID pdr aaI' pTeDaaat aGs ssn%s sds t tsm,
whiting, chalks. clays. etc.
and stuck on walls with de-
cnying animal glue. ALABAS-
TINE Is not a kalsomine.
- EwARE of the dealer who
says he can sell you the Same
K .so@e.hins Just as good" a e
Is either not posted Or Is try
ing to deceiv you.
a ND IN OFFERING something
he has bought cheap and tries
Az to sell on ALABASfINE'S de-
~ mands. he may not realize the
damage you will suffer by a
kalsomine on your walls.
- ENsIBLE dealers viii not buy
- q lawsuit. Dealers risk one by
selling and consumers by using
~ infringement. Alabastine Co.
- W right to make wall coat
- ing to mix with cold water.
HE INTERIOR WALLS of
every church and school should
be coated only with pure. dur
able ALABASTINE. 1t safe
guards health. Hundreds OF
y tons used yearly for this work.
N BUYING ALABASTINE.
customers should avoid get
ting cheap kalsomines under
different names. Insist on
having our goods in packages
and properly labeled.
= UIsANCE Of wall paper is OBJ.
Waited by ALABASTINE. 1t
N can be used on plastered walls.
wood ceilings, brick or. can
vas. A child al brush It on.
1t does not rub or scale of.
- sTABLISHED in favor. shun
all limitations. Ask paint deal
er or druggist for tin caro-.
- Write us for interesting book
let. free. ALABAST1NE CO..
- Grand Rapids. Mich.
, 1900-04-26
A M0fher'8 Teaixn.
- Would Cry Every Time ! Wasbs.
My Baby"

"When ne
month";
old, first fes-
tiers and then
large boils
broke out on
my b a
n k. The
sores spread
do wn his
back until 1t
b e q m Q q
mass OF raw
flesh. When
/ wa 8 b Q d
a n pc W.
dered him I
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
BUSINESS FAILURE
Is Frequently Caused by the Worry
Attendant On Dyspepsia.

If you would win in the Battle of Life
yOu must have a clear brain, keen
senses, perfect vigor, sllrewdness, en-
erCy and ambition.
Dyspepsia kills these needful quail
ties. You can't succeed if you are con-
stantly tortured by dyspepsia or indi-
gestiou. But you can get rid of dys-
pepsia, indigestion, biliousness, sour
stomach, or any other ailment of stom-
ach or digestive organs by simply
taking one or two of Dodd's Dyspepsia
Tablets after each meal.
With d perfect digestion go a strong,
healthy body, clear, capable brain,
vigor, ambition, determination, ener-
gy, activity, keen. alert senses. Dodd' >
Dyspepsia Tablets ensure all these.
Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets have new
er failed to cure any or all of the dis
eases named when they have been
fairly tried. They cannot fail.
DIR. r. B. Strong, New York City,
writing in the American Journal of
Health, describes Dodd's Dyspepsia
Tablets as a remedy which could not
possibly be more efficacious though it
er1anated from a council of the leading
physicians of the world.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
BOERS DRIVE BRITISH BACK
Continued from First page.

can Sen Tnem. OreIgners VIII nave
their passage paid to Europe. Colonial
rebels are advised to surrender in pref
erence to being taken prisoners.
Not n word has been received from
the correspondents with General Bull
Ter for three days. 1t is as though
Natal had been wiped off the map. eN-
cepting the heliogram from LadySmith
saying that the Beers are cannOnading
and that lighting is going on" Gen
eral Macdonald. with 1000 infantry.
cavalry and artillery. threatens the
BOer right ut MagerSfOntein. This is
the first sign of activity on the part of
Lord Metheun for some weeks and
doubtless has relation to the move
mcnts of the British further east.
London. Feb. :. 4:2O Il. NIT ap-
pears that General Frpnch'S visit 10
Cape Town was to ask Lord Roberts
for 1000 more men. Whether he got
them is not disclosed. Troops are no
longer detained at Cape Town. They
proceed Immediately to some point at
tlc front. Three thousand diSembarkcd
Monday and We're quickly sent else
where. No public reception was given
to tn" arriving volunteers at Cape
Town. because they had to leave inn
mcdiarcly.
As Lord Roberts. since the battle of
Spion kop. has had 1000 fresh troops
to dispose. it iS probable that some have
gone To General Butler. The World
SAYS learns that Lord MPthuen has
diSbanded RcminGton'S scouts. one OF
the most useful colonial commands. be
cause he had HSccrtained that some
members of the crops had been COM
municItin% with the BoCrS.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
SEATTLE WOMAN SUICIDES
Takes Her Life While in a Fit of Temper
airy Insanity.

Takes II er Life While in Fit of Tempor-
airy Insanity.
Seattle Wash, Feb. Mrs. John
NJ. Tenny, formerly of Seattle. took
her own life at Juneau on the evening
Of Feb l in nit OF temporary insanity
brought on by prolonged ill health.
Two hours before the sailing of the
steamer Cottage City. on which she
was TO have taken pasSag ge TO Seattle.
she seized Il revolver and shot herself
through the heart. The news of Mrs.
Tenny'S death came under peculiar cir
cumStanceS. Yesterday her sister. Mrs.
Burt. wife Of President II. g. Burt. Of
the Union Pacific railroad. arrived in
Seattle in a private car on which she
expected 10 take Mrs. TennY TO her Old
home in the east.
Mrs. Burt had received letters from
Mr.. Tenny stating that he and his wife
would bc passengers on the Cottage
City. 1t WAS in eXpectiOn of meeting
Mrs. TennY that +. +. Ellis. general
agent of the Union Pacific. in this city
went to the steamer only to learn Of
her death. The news prOStrated Mrs
Burt Mrs. Tenny was well known in
Seattle. Mr.. Tenny was for several
years Il practicinG lawyer and real
estate broker here. He iS now deputy
collector of customs for the port of
Iunplu
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
Publication Notice.
State ofnlinols.

State OF Illinois, lee
County OF Rock Island.
County court of Rock Island county. To the
February term. A. ID 1900.
John !. Hun lev. administrator or the estate
OF James Eogingtou. deceased, V Nelvlda
coulter. Margaret IOland- EI,z 1betn Itau- ms
Clara Edglng ION. Ella Edgtngt m ara Nellie
EdgingtOn and Elmer Lee. Petition 10 sell real
est ate TO paw debts:
CoUlte-. Margaret Tplu q. Eli .heth kank.nS.
Clara EdgiugLOu Ella EdEiugtOu A-d Nellie
EdgingtOu. defendant above named. haV-
ing been filed IN the once pt tne CLERK OF the
county court OF Rock Island cOu1ty. no.
t!ce is hereby given 10 the said Melytna
Coulter. Margaret TOlaud. Elizabeth IA kt"s
Edgington. tnat the said plaintiff adm niN "a
tor OF the estate az James EdgiEEJ6 n. de-
ceased. has filed his petition in the said
county court OF Rock Island county for
order TO sell the premises belonging to the
tate OF said deceased. or - much Of It. Is N "
be needed 10 pay the debts Of sid deceased,
and described as follows. to-wlt;
Lots four ca iu block thirty i've tS1i in the
village Of Andalu>il. in the county OF Rock
Island and state of Illinois and that sum
mons has been issued out OF this court against
1870. % said cOIr,. to be no den on the first
Monday of February 4. ID. l!rO. At the court
house in Rock Island in Rock Island county,
Illinois
Now. unless YOU the said Melvina Coulter
Margaret Tdand. FliZ abe RankinS- Clara Ed
-invtOn. Fla EdgingI and Nellie Edgiugtou,
shall perSn uaily be ard appear be fore said cOun-
y court OF Rock land county, on the first
fay OF he March term thereof. 70 be holden at
Rock Island. in said county, on the first Monday
OF March 1870. and y cad. answer or dernur
the same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated Will be taken as confessed.
sud q decree en- reref against you according TO
the prayer OF Saii bill
Rock Island, Illinois. January -. 1900
II B. HUBBARD Clerk.
ADAIR PEASANTS. Compiainant's Solicitor
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
SPENCER wILKINsON's VIEWS.
He Di>cusSee the Problem of 4 ArminG the
Nntinn at Home.

London, Feb. Tn the absence of
war news this morning Spencer VIII
kinSon. in The Morning Post. discusses
the problem of arming the nation at
home. lie says: There iS now such
intense and widespread interest i'll the
army and its mana cement that the ma
tiOn has itself to thank if the solving
of the problem should not bc the his
tory of the next few months
He proceeds 10 argue that "conscrip-
tion would be valuelesS unless the gen
eral management of the army were
first remOdcled. ON this point he
says: a war Office that for thirty
years has not known what TO do with
the volunteers would not know what
10 do with half a million conscriptS. -
Wilkinson also discusses the use of
the bayonct. remarking: This wea-
pom very seldom comes into actual
use. Its effect is on the spirits Of
both sides rather than ON the bodies
Of either. The British hy using for
nations fit for charging. but not for
shooting. have lost ten times as many
men as the Beers have lost by British
haVOuprS"
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
WANTED.

NTFD-A COOK AT WRIGHT = RES
w tauran-, 1873 Second avenue
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
REFINERY CLOSED DOWN.
Too Much Sugar on Hand Causes a Suspe
sion of OnernIInns-

Too Much Sugar on Hand Causes a Suspen-
sion of Operations.
New York. Feb. THE New York
Evening Post says: 1t was stated posi-
lively in Jersey City Yesterday that the
American Sugar Refinery company is
preparing to shut down its Jersey City
plant which employees 1000 men. The
men will Quit work within three days.
The stopping of the plant is due to an
3verSupply of refined sugar
The warehouses in Jersey City and
Brooklyn are all OverStOcked. The re-
finery work was stopped on Saturday
night last. but the men have since been
at work getting out the finished pro-
duct on hand.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
PHYSICIANS

F. II. FIRST, NJ. ID.
Physician and Surgeon.
Phone 4 on 1857. On1ce, 82o Twentieth
street. once hours: 10 to l2 B. m; TO and
ITO 9 p. m. Sunday, $50 30 $50 q. m; 1880 10
p. 10.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
ARRIVAL WAS oPPoRrUxE.
Macdonald Prevents Two Large Bocr COM
mandOOs from Uniting.


London. Feb. 7.-Thc Standard has
received the following dispatch. dated
Monday. Feb. =. from KOppieS dam:
General Macdonald with Il brigade of
Infantry. q regiment of lanccrS and
one battery of infantry has reached
here from Modder River camp in what
is regarded as an important movement
to the right OF the Bocr position ut
MagcrSfOntcin. Koppic'S dam com
mandS the roads from Kimberley to
HopCtown and Douglass. Two Bocr
laagrrS. mt Kamulhoek and Griqua-
town. are within striking distance.
The arrival of General MacdoH-
AIDS column was OppOrtune. as it Just
prevented two large commanders eff
fccting Il junction. He now holds
both banks of the river. Our lanccrS
had two brushes with the Roer pa
trolls There iS great activity among
the enemy and strong forces are con-
ccntrating to oppose our further ad-
vance. The troops suffered from heat
and scarcity of water during the
march -
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
LEGAL.
Administrators Notice.

Estate of WI IAN !. Irwin. deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed ad-
miuistrutriX OF the estate OF v illian j.
Irwin. late OF the county OF Rock Is
land. state Of Illinois, deceased. hereby
gives notice that she viii appear before
the county court OF Rock Island county. at
the county court room. in the city OF Rock Isl
and. at the Aprit term on the first Monday
ia 4 prl next. at which time all persons
having claims against said estate are notified
and requested TO attend. for the purpose of
having the same aG luS,ed.
All persons indebted 70 said estate are re-
quested 70 make immediate payment TO the
undersigned.
Dated this Ist day OF February. A. D. 1900.
MRS FLORENCE IRWIN. Administrative.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
Administrator's Notice.

Estate of Randeline ReqUa, deceased.
The undersigned having Deen appointed ad-
miuistraLTiX. of the estate OF Randeline ReQua
late of the county OF Rock Island, state of Hi
nois. deceased. hereby gives notice that she
will appear before the county court of Rock
Island county, at the county court room. in the
city Of Rock Island at the April term, on
the first Monday IA April next. at which
time al persons having claims against said
estate are Notified and requested TO attend, for
the purpose OF having the same adj justed.
All persons indebted said estate are re-
quested 10 make Immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated this 10Th dav OF January. A. D. 1890.
EMILY FREEMAN. AdniniStratrix.
Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-07
Young SopranouI.

Chicago. Feb. bessie O'Brien.
the young soprano soloist OF the Holy
Name cathedral. has been confined TO
her bed with a severe illness since last
Wednesday. She was unable 10 at
tend the illumination services last
Sunday and will probably be COM
PEELED To cancel engagements at Cen
tral Music Hall and Steinway Hall for
I Ii