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boards inside General Buffers long
dispstchswas placed. The Sunday pa.
pers issued extras, but only the faint
est interest was manifested iii the
streets.
At the clubs the situation as re-
svenled by General Ruller was consid-
cred very unpleasant. His excuses or
explanations We're characterized as
very weak. The absence of water,
which Sir Charles Warren was .s.letl to
believe existed, and the facts that
Spion kop was indeed a mountain
and that its ..perimeter was too large"
are all matters which even Buffers
warmest admirers hold should have
been ascertaincd before he attacked.
One comforting feature of the stu
alton, however. is the fact that Cen
eral Buffers retirement across the Tu-
gela was accomplished without loss,
which puts an end to the unpleasant
rumors that We're in circulation here
and on the continent. The splendid
gallantry of the men in capturing
spion kop is read of with great pride
III satisfaction. 1t is taken us assur-
ance OF the ultimate success of British
arms.
The war oflice-does not give any
iden of the casualties in taking and
holding Spion kop, but n report from
the Boer headquarters near Lady
smith via LourenZo Marquee. says that
1,500 British dead were left on the bat
tletield. This number is thought to
include the wounded.
The report also stated that General
Butler has been down with fever, but
had recovered.
III Boer reports are to be credited
the abandonment of Spion kop was
due to the inability of the British to
resist the Boer attack, the Beers car
rying the first trenches and taking $50
prisoners.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceiyed in London from Pretoria, dated
January %, via Lourenzo Marquee
January IS:
THE government has advices that
after heavy fighting Il Spion kop
some British on the kop. being
stormed, hoisted a white flag. One
hundred and fifty prisoners, God be
thanked, although we also had to give
brave and valuable lives
Rumors in Berlin.
Berlin, Jan. 30.-lt is said the Ger
man war office has confirmation Of the
report that Warren's division has been
crushed.
New York, Jan. 3o.-The London
correspondent of the World says that
General Clery has been defeated in n
battle with the Beers. Clery is oper-
ating with Butler in the Ladysmith
relief movement.
London, Jan. 30.-There is no mem
ton here of the report circulated in
the United States that General Clery
has been defeated by the Beers. The
last heard of Clery is that lie was par
ticipating in Warren's movement.
Berlin, Una. a9.-some papers here
claim to have Il telegram from Preto-
ria saying that General Warren was
enticed to spion kop, where the Beers
fell upon him, and that seventeen of
his cannon We're captured; that Bull
ler's hasty retreat over the Tugela
river alone can save him.
The alleged Pretoria telegram adds
that the British losses were 500 killed
md 1900 wounded. The dispatch
comes through Brussels and does not
receive much credit here.
London, Jan. 29.-rhe war office has
no ndvices confirmatory of the above.
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HAVE NO MORE FAITa IN BUTLER
Flank Movement. Seems as Big a

Flank Movement Seems as Big a
Failure as His Frontal Attack.
New York, ina. 29.--Dispatches
from London say tbs military experts
OF the newspapers and people in the
street take u gloomy view Of the stu
atlon on the Tngela, it being the gem
eral belief that Buffers fianking move
ment has failed as completely as his
frontal movement of last month. The
idea prevails that the war Office has
bad news which it is keeping from the
public and that the list of casualties
whlch was given out yesterday does
not cover the losses of General War
rem from the annoying fire. spoken
OF BY Butler. Since the Ranking move
ment began, January 10, Butler has
reported so killed, $50 wounded and 60
missing. 1t is remembered how his
casualty list grew from day 10 day
after MS defeat last month, and it is
feared the losses of the past few days
nave been %frightful. Butler is criti-
clsed for The form of his message,
winch reads as though he were trying
TO saddle the blame for his defeat up
on Warren. The new British reverse
Is likely to have Il disheartening effect
upon the beleaguered garrison Of
Ladysmith, but for whom the cam
Palgn woul have been conducted on a
very ditferent plan. Letters written
When the siege of Ladysmith began
were very sanguine. A letter written
about the middle of December said the
besieged had rations for six weeks.
and. according 10 all reports the food
question: must be pressing. The latest
message from L.adysmith ~reported
twelve deaths in one day from enteric
fever and dysentery. Lord Roberts
at Cape Town, has been almost,
forgotten insthe fighting over the Tu-
gela: hobelt IS in no way respon-
s,o,s me operations for the relief
q l.adysmith, for theyshave been con-
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ANOTHER MAJUBA HILL.

Warren's Retreat Compared to the
Famous Reverse Years Ago.
New York. Jan. 29.-The London
correspondent of the Herald says:
Absolutely no light has been thrown
upon the reasons for Spion kop's evac-
uation. When the first news spread
throughout the city the involuntary
exclamation, What, Majubu again?"
was heard frequently. In fact, the
parable! between Spion kop and Ma
iuba is rather startling. Both were
eminences, commanding Boer posi-
tons. Both were seized i'll the night.
In both cases the Beers attacked the
position the next morning. Here, for
lack of definite news the parallel
ceases.
There are two equally plausible the
cries for the retirement from Spion
kop. One is suggested by the fact of
the mountain being so weakly held by
the Beers, and is that the position had
Warren attributed to it. 1t is quite
possible that there are other heights
near it, or behind it, which were not
visible from the British lines. From
these eminences the Beers, with their
guns in position, could dominate Spion
kop and render it untenable, instead
of the British, by the capture of the
kop. rendering the Boer position UNI
tenable. 1t is notorious that all the
maps of Natal in the possession of the
British are exceedingly faulty.
In an interview with DIR. Leyds in
Paris before Buffers last dispatch was
received. the Boer representative said
that Spion kop consisted of n series of
ridges or hills rising behind each 9TH
er. If this proves TO be the reason for
Wurren's retreat it shows that DR..
Leyds knows more about the British
territory than the British themselves.
The other and far more serious sup
position from Il British standpoint is
that the position was of Importance;
that the Beers made desperate efforts
TO retake it, and that they succeeded
in their efforts. General Buffers dis
patch is SO vague, simply stating that
he was surprised to find that General
Warren had retired, that such ii thing
is quite possible. If this is correct a
serious reverse has been suffered by
General Warren's division. since it is
clear that corresponding efforts would
have been made by the British 10 hold
the kop. We know that the Beers
We're attacking determinedly on
Wednesday.
Should Buffers reverse be as serious
as it now seems, the probability of his
reaching Ladysmith by the western
route is much diminished as the Beers
undoubtedly confront the British in
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HER NAME WAS MEDLEY.
Flew the Kind Old Gentleman Who Lived
Next Door Leaned It.

The gentleman of the house of the
ucw neighbor was u charming person,
in the opinion of pretty Miss Katherine
Medley, who lived next door and saw
him going out in the morning and COM
Ing home in the evening.
He was elderly-thnt is, his hair and
whiskers were white aud no was such a
fatherly old gentleman that she couldn't
help but love him, even if he had lived
next door for only two weeks Of that
lovely June, when Harold A%shbrooke
had become so much to her.
Possibly she loved the old gentleman
because as he passed the house and saw
Harold and her talking on the piazza
he always smiled a cute little smile to
himself, as if he knew the whole story
aud understood every word OF it.
But of course he did not, for she didn't
even know him. and he had never pre-
sumed on his proximity as a neighbor
to speak to her.
One morning as she stood on the
piazza steps humming q merry tune
for Harold had told her many things
the evening before. as they sat in the
shadows of the vines, and she was very
glad-the old gentleman came out of
his house.
He was very radiant over something,
too, and there was that in his face
which almost tempted her to speak to
him and tell him her Joy.
She thought she heard him whistle as
he stepped onto the street, and she grew
bold enough to come down to her own
gate to get q good look at him.
She stood there unconscious, as peo-
pie always are who want to see people
without having people think they are
being gazed at, and she watched him
fartively, though she was looking
straight across the street.
When he reached her he stopped.
Then she looked around really star
tied, for this seemed almost a Irritation,
and only last night Harold had told her
SO much.
He took off his hat, bowling grace
fully. and spoke with a smile that made
her smile in spite of herself.
Il beg your pardon" he said, "is this
Miss Dear?:"
-No." she said, II ann
litely.
@No, II and her face looked liks
q puzzle.
Miss Love'' he interrupted again.
Now she began to grow angry and
her face redeemed. Yet she could not
comprehend his actions, says tho Free
Press.
4 am Miss Medley. she said, haugh-
tily.
soh, beg your pardon" ne ex-
claimed. with that same funny little
smile she had often noted, "but Thought
differently. As l came home last night
! heard the young man talking to you
on the porch, and he called You Katie
Dear and Katie Darling and Katie Love
TO such an extent that really wanted
to know your name. and-'
But he did not finish the sentence.
She had led into the house aud it was
week or more before she recovered.
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MISSING OFFICER SEEN.
Spanish Major Reports Seeing RIA
ior RoekeEe!icr IN ZnlDMlcO.

Spanish Major Reports Seeing 1fa-
.tor Rockefeller III ZaiDnleo.
Washington. jan. 3l.-The following
has been received at the war department
from General Otis:
Manila, Jan. 2s.-Rescued Spanish ma
jor reported that he saw Major Rookie
Teller In northern Zalbales, December IL.
Another Spanish officer III southern Luz
ION states that he saw him there a short
time ago. No satisfactory conclusion can
be reached"
Major Charles NJ. Rockefeller has been
missing since April % last, and his fate is
n mystery to the officials of the war de-
partment. He strayed away from Gen
eral I.awton'sc command or the date given
and until now nothing has been heard
from him and 1t was not known whether
he was dead or a prisoner in the hands of
the insurgents. He is a native of New
York, a regular army officer and n vet
Gran of the war of the rebellion. Al
though the Otis dispatch gives ground for
hope that he is still alive, the officials
here are not entirely satisfied over that
point.
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PHIL. ARMOUR, JR., DEAD.

Dies Suddenly Of Congestion of the
lungs in California.
Pasadena, Cal. Jan. 29.-News has
been received of the sudden death OF
Phil d. Armour, jr.. ut Montecito, near
Santa Barbara. Young Armour was
i'll but tw%enty-four hours, and his
death was due 10 congestion OF the
lungs. He vas 81 years of age. He
left Chicago three weeks ago in excel
lent health. a special train has been
engaged to take relatives and friends
from Pasadena TO Santa Barbara. On
the advice of his physicians, p. d. Ar
mour, ST., father of the Young man,
did not go, his health being delicate.
Mr.. Armour is standing the shock
well.
Chicago, Jan. 2o.-J. Ogden Armour
left for California today TO take charge
of the arrangements for deceased's fu-
neral. 1t has not been decided whetll-
en- the remains shall be brought to Chi
cago or buried in California, where p.
d. Armour, ST., has taken up his per-
manent residence on account of the
state of his health.
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GLOOMY VIEWS Of 4 HIGHLANDER
Letter From One of Wauchope,s
MeN-.CritfCises Oficers

Letter From One of Wauchope.s
Men--Crittcises Oficers.
London, Jan. neutrality-suspicious.
OF the Associated Press.l-The follow
ing account of the Modder river fight
was received today from one of the
Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders:
I'VE have had some hot fighting
with Methuen, but We got through all
right until the 18th, when we got II
licking. We of the Highland brigade
had marched during the night to sur
prise the Beers. No one knew what
we were going to do or where we We're
going. The rain came down in tor
rents and we We're soaked through,
and that on empty stomachs. We We're
led right into the Boer trenches by
our guides, and before we could de-
ploy from the column half of us were
shot down. We all ran for our lives,
reforming 500 yards back, when the
Gordons joined us, and we again tried
the trenches. But it was no good. All
day we lay out In the sun without
food or drink, and in the afternoon
Boer shells began bursting among us,
so we made the best of IL way to
the rear. The men We're sick and dis
pirited and there was no fight left
in them. They would not stop for the
officers OF anyone else. General Wau-
chope was killed. hit in seven places.
He was the tight sort. They say it
was not his mistake at all, and he did
want a night attack. Anyway, it
was a ghastly failure.
"The camp at Modder river is full of
Roer spies, colonials and others, so our
every movement is watched and in
formation carried to the enemy. Why
these people are allowed to mass about
the camp cannot understand. Some
Of these disloyal %colonials have been
caught red handed fighting against
the queen, Why don't they shoot
them right off instead of sending them
down for trial? They don't de-
serve it.
Most of the regiments here are full
of young officers and the men don't
are about them. l saw some of them
at Modder river fight like a lot Of
schoolboys. giving out orders none of
us could understand, and we took no
notice of them and went our own way
as best we could. Most of the regi-
ments are the M The guards are
the best Off for officers. None of us
can make out why SO many young Of
ficers were sent ont to take charge Of
old soldiers. Why can't we have more
of our old officers. My late captain,
who left lis at Aldershot, came TO see
us off and we asked why he was not
coming with us. lie replied the war
office would not let him %re.ioin. He is
a good man. We should not have lost
half the men we had il we had older
officers.
1--WE We're a good brigade if we had
not been messed up and if only Wau-
chope had been left to handle lis him
self. This is a terrible war and God
only knows how it will end.
MY wound is not a bad one. l was
shot through the feshy part of the
thigh and / was SO excited l did not
notice it for an hour or two
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WAR BRIDGES QUICKLY BUILT.
How British Soldiers Cross Rivers
lE a IL Gn,,tV, A c,{na -w

HOW AfItiSu SOtulcFs SfOSb 1h1ScTS
in South Africa.
London Mail: The advance of the Brit
ish troops in south Africa is being con-
siderably hampered by the enemy blow
ing up the railway bridges and the
bridges which span the rivers. This. of
course, is quite legitimate. and Is a COM
mon means of checking the progress of
an army on the march.
Rivers are rarely fordable except a
spots which are inaccessible to troop
marching on a direct route, and the diff
culties caused by the destruction of
bridges are overcome at the cost of much
time and money.
One of the most general e%xpedients
adopted is the "pontoon" or floating
bridge When the engineer officer who
is about to superintend the construc-
tion of Il pontoon has determined the
amount of floating power his bridge re-
auires, he finds out II any local material
is available. A bridge Of boats is the Sim
plest and readiest method, but it Is only
in big centers Of population that sufi-
Client boats can be found.
In south. Africa today, for instance, a
army on the march. therefore, carries a
number of tin cylinders in wagons. These
are about nineteen feet long and two feet
eight inches in diameter. They are an
chored together In the stream. and sup
port a superstrhcture Of boards.
The most important point about the
construction of n .pontoon bridge is the
anchorage: Good holding ground for the
anchors is absolutely essential. The
close proximity of an island or of a rock
he engineers can make the bridge addi-
ttonally secure by means of ropes. "
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BOTHA's NARROW ESCAPE.
Ball From n Shell Lands in Bo
aEe f.nnoHnlsa U>,Iroe

Ball From n Shell Lands in Bocr
Generals Pocket.
Beers Camp, Modder Spruit, Upper
Tugela River, Jan. 2a3--The British are
now e%ndeavoring TO force, with 10000
troops, the Spion kop route to Lady
smith. The firing on General Botha's
position yesterday was terrific. the
federals firing only thirty shots. A
ball from a shell landed in Botha's
pocket. The only Boer casualties were
some horses wounded. The firing
ceased at dark. but was resumed this
morning III the vicinity of Lady
smith and here, but lacked vigor.
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DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Illinois Antitrust Law Knocked
Out by j Judge Kohlsout.

AFk N uOckcu
Out by J Judge Kohlsant.
Chicago, Jan. 3~1.--Judge Kohlsaat,
of the federal court, mas rendered a de-
i%cision declaring the Illinois antitrust
law unconstitutional.
The opinion deals with the act of the
Illinois legislature OF 1893 AID is based
on the ground that the statute CON
tanned both class and special leSisla-
ton and is in contravention of the Sed-
eral and state constitutions.
Opinion differs widely as to whether.
the decision leaves the state without
ANTITRUST laws. II is held by some
lawyers TINT the act of 1893 did not
supersede that Of 1891 and that the
latter statute is still in force. How
ever that may be, the opinion is re-
garded ~ extremely important one,
because a clause Of the law of 1898,
exempting farmers and stock raisers
from its provisions, affected nearly
three-fourths 81 the people Of the
lSS8t&. 80 ttSEI-fs.Na q q 43RlSsE$F ~ a.. 6f
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KIMBAIL GRAPHIC
q a5ar
q Il TINAN,Publisher.
knfBAII SOUTH DAKOTA

The invention Of lamps is ascribed
70 the EgEptians, In the British mn
esum are two colored glazed tiles,
which were fixed in the center of the
ceiling; each has a large knob pierced
through the base to receive a cord for
sispending a lamp; around the base
Q Teach Is an inscription stating that
itsformed part Of the decoration of the
temple Of Kammuri at Callah Nimrod,
lin the time OF ASSURE Abba, s55 y. G.
What the lamps were made of cannot
NV be ascertained, but there is plen-
~ OF contemporaneous glass, which
hns been discovered in the n%eighbor-
hood. The sacred lamps in Greek tenn
pies, whose undying flames were per-
petnally watched by y~estals, We're
probably of metal, and the wick
formed of asbestos. In the public
baths at Pompeii two lamps We're
used, eachsto light two rooms. These
lamps were protected by circular con-
vex glasses. fragments of which We're
found on the .spot.
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BABY BuGGlEs TO BE HIGHER.
The Manufactures. decide to Adj.

The Manufacturers decide to Adj.
vance Prices.
Toledo, o., Jan. Observation-Disclosures
of bnby carriages and children's wag-
n will soon advance prices. Repre-
sentatives Of the Toledo Metal Wheel
company and the Gendron Iron Wheel
company, of Toledo; the American
Rattan company, of st. Louis. and the
Wilkinson Toy and Carriage company,
of Troy. n. ", held a secret meeting
here Saturday at which a so per cent
increase vas agreed upon. Those ill.,
terested deny any plans of forming n
combination, but say a uniform ad-
n is necessitated by increased
prices of iron.
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A ST. Lsntsswoman has just received
letter, which was mailed on July 10.
1880. and which has been travelling
around the country ever since. Dur
ing the decade of its w%anderings the
writer died and the addressee married
and became the mother of two chill
dren. The letter originally contained
q money order for 50. but the post
Office officials distracted it because it
had become ontlawed. Upon the pre-
sentation of the missive to the prop
er authorities, however, the claim of
the recipient was allowed and the SO
rNoS mid 10y. 5000.
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great strength. NYarren's turning
movement having failed, General Bui-
Ter may find himself iiny the same AZ
as he was in Mt Co1enso. and as Me.5
thuen is now at Modder river.
Although Ladyslnith is said to have
been made impregnable and the fever
is abating, there must be a decrease
in the supply of ammunition and food.
Moreover, the check of Butler must
have a seriously depressing. effect up
on the garrison, affecting its physical
health.
1t is possible that some other way
may be found of turning the Tugela
river position from the Acton Homes
side or by a more direct attack from
Potgieter's. Or II more effort nay
be made at Colenso. where the Boer
left must have been weakened by the
loss of men whom they ave lately
been sending westward.
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June w. Gayle. the new congress
man.from the Ashland district in Ken
tucky-the II so long represented by
Disadvantages of the handsom-
est men in Kentucky. Six feet tall,
with regular. almost boyish features,
blue eyes, brown hair, a splendid fig
IRE and easy bearing, he is expected to
make n stir in Washington society.
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The eminent bandit. Miss Pearl
Hart says the Los Angeles Times, late
Of Tucson, .Ariz., is nee more in the
stages of the sun
kktseetSterritory move ncross the land
saHlN#Without let or hindrance and
the3drivers thereof are not standing
arolnd with their hands up waiting
fora more or less conely young wo-
man to go through their pockets,
thereby soaring the passengers into
seventeen different kinds of fits. .Ari-
IONA no longer %slindders when she
witnesses q lady riding across the
country in mans clothes astraddle Of
q fiery untamed steed. %congratula-
lions.
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Representative Roberts, of Massa-
ychnsetts, known in the house iowa
days MS "the other Roberts, has the
credit of having introduced more bills
and amendments to the constitution
than any other member of the house.
He is the author of two amendments
and of fifty-four bills, covering a large
variety of subjects,
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No president has ever been so ac
cessible to portrait painters as Nc
Kinley. Without meaning to he often
si.e, n painter recently referred to
thelehief magistrate as 81 natural
posers His latest portrait is o be-
ing paiated for the Corcoran gallery.
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1.-THE sixteen predecessors of the
prince of Wales in his title only five
have attained the age of so, namely,
Henry VIII. Charles H., George H.,
George III, and George IN. Five died
before the age of 20 and five died by
violence.-Edward r. Richard IL, Ed
ward. son of Henry VI, Edward ".
and Charles j.
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The family of the late d. l.. Moody
announces that, i'll accordance with
his expressed wish, his elder son, Mil
liam Reyell Moody. will write a biog-
raphy of the evangelist. 1t is request
ed that persons having letters from
Mr.. Moody will submit them for use in
tbic ,yo,L