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FACTORY WAS WRECKED.
Explosion in Powder Room of Fire
Cracker Works.

Fostoria. O., Feb. 10-Six employees of
the Columbia Firecracker works were in
jured by an explosion in the powder room
today. A large part of the factory was
wrecked. believer Hart, the mixer of
the explosives, was probably fatally in
jured. His eyes and one arm are gone.
Frank Decker Will McMeen, Jacob ON
Ter and - Group, employees, and Frank
butcher, visitor, were burned and
hurt nv falling walls.
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PROMPTLY AVENGED.
Negro Stays a White Woman and is
Shot to Death by Her Husband.

Hopkinsville, KY, Feb. TO- Early to-
day, at Cherry Station, Tenn, just across
the Kentucky line, Jim Gordon, a negro
Farmland enraged because Mrs. George
Rollins. a white woman, refused to give
him money, savagely attacked here and
cut her throat. Her husband shot the
negro twice and beat out his brains with
the gun butt. Mrs. Rollins died in few
minutes
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London's Dutch Church.

The only Dutch place of worship in
London is the Dutch Reformed church
in Austinfriars. 1t is part Of the old
church of the Austin Friars, which was
built in the form Of cross, and was of
great extent, and it forms merely a part
Of that cross, all the rest having been
destroyed.-Scottish American.
Berlin has sixty-thre. public niona
mentS.
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London. Feb 9-The new Russian
steam dredger Devolant which left the
Clyde December 81, for orders, is over
surmised that she foundered in the chan
nell There were nineteen persons on
board the DeYolant.
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Special to State People,

Commencing November 20, the Hotel
Davidson. Milwaukee, make a rate OF So
per day, American plan. This is to state
people only.
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Acknowledgements Sofas.

Electro-medical treatment is given pa
tients by means Of new sofa, which
has batteries and an induction coil CON
tanned III the lower portion. with head
and foot plates to be placed i'll contact
with the patient
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Vienna policemen are required to IN
derstand telegraphy, and to be able TO
swim and row a boat.
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Rheude's Business College and Me
chanical Drawing School, Milwaukee.
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Pens to the number of 100000 are
used throughout the world every day in
1 he week
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Nearly $500 residents Of Minnesota;
shared in 1899 in the tree-planting boun-
~ receiving s.. 40 an acre.
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Flavor your Custards, Pies, ETC., with
NIB Vanilla or Lemon. All Grocers.
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Fishers FiaVOring Extracts endorsed
by food laws and the U. s. government for their
PURITY and STRENGTH. A. j. Hilbert Co., Milw.
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Gold has been discovered in the
back Of Monrovia, Cal.
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Beers been accepted. At last large
force was completely organized. con-
sisting principally of British colonists,
though II also numbered many friendly
natives and a few Beers. The expedi-
ton marched west along the Tugela.
They had two battles With the Zulus, in
both Of which they were victorious. but
were finally led into an ambuscade, not
many miles from the now famous Spion
kop where the relief expedition was
completely apnihilated. After this VIC
tory Dingaan bore down upon the main
body Of Beers, the caravan which had
been under the command OF PET Retief
and fell upon the lager with force Of
nearly 10000 warriors. There were but
400 fighting men in this lager. but they
completely defeated Dingaan by max
ing use Of strategy, the thing they have
used so well In their present war \
force Of 200 hOrsemen were sent out
from the laager, and. falling upon the
Iulus from the rear created a panic in
the army Of blacks, which was defeated
with loss OF about 5000 warriors. a de-
feat that broke Dingaan's power and
sent him into ignominious exile. This
victory occurred on December l6. a day
that is celebrated as the principal event
OF the year In the Transyaal. And an
other bar had been added 20 the song
Of war the Tugela babbles TO the sen.
Save for innumerable small fights.
peace now reigned along the Tugela,
until Cetewayo ard Umbulazl. the two
sons OF Pande king OF the Zulus be-
gan to quarrel over their right Of sue
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most soldier In the empire was made
commander-ln-chief Of the army.
Before the appointment was confirmed
the liberal government suddenly tripped
and fell over q snap vote on cordte
and for a little time there was hope on
the part Of the dukes supporters that
he might get back into office again.
II Is not impossible that the marquis
OF Landsdowne. who succeeded Sir
Henry Campbell Bannefman in office.
laid foundation for bad feeling be-
tween himself and Gen. Wolseley by
supporting the claims OF the duke OF
Cambridge.
But at any rate the voice Of the peo.
pie made itself heard, and Gen. Wolse,
ley remained In his place.
And what sort OF man Is Gen. VOL
seley?
There are almost as many different
opinions about him as there are men
who have served under him He Is not
half so popular a figure as little Lord
Roberts. who has In some sense been
his rival ever since both entered the
army IN the early sos. Although a year
older and a year earlier IN the service
Little BObs" did not become a captain
"a
captain In 1855. From that time on the
two have raced ahead almost evenly.
wound for wound, medal for medal
promotion for promotion, Whatever
Wolseley got Little Bobs' got a year
or two later until they We're as far up
the ladder as there was room for two
men, Wolseley becoming field marshal
in 1894, and Roberts In 1895. Perhaps
Little B0bs' would have liked 10 be
commander-in-chief, and his supporters
would have been plentiful, but as Wis.,
count Wolseley had a little the start of
him and was senior officer tradition re.
qulred that he should be chosen.
Comparison between the two rivals
who have been running neck and neck
for half a century, l. Inevitable. but
probably rather Improbable. Gen.
Wolseley Is u reserved man. who. so
lar as outward appearances went neyer
Jared much for popularity whereas
Lord Roberts never has been ayerse 10
applause The newspaper correspon-
dents always had a better show with
him than they did With Wolseley. sull
no one doubts that both Of them are
gallant soldiers
The many acknowledged blunders at
Hc BEGINNING OF TINS war Indicate the
need Of a shake-up In the war office.
and the temper OF the House OF Com.
mons indicates a determination TO find
out whether these blunders can be laid
at the door Of the. Marquis Of Lands.
downe or OF Gen. Wolseley.
one thing In particular is TO be de.
termined, and II 1t turns out as some
of Gen. Wolseley's friends contend that
II VIII. II is not unlikely that II will
lead to the resignation Of the MARQUIS
OF Landsdowne. This extraordinary
amor concerns the status Of Sir VIII.
Han Francis Butler, who was in com.
mand OF the troops In South Africa un-
I'll the Transvasl war became a Ger.
talnty. 1t was his place to learn and
to report the exact strength OF the
Beers and TO provide the British gov.
eminent with such Information as
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cession to the throne. So fierce ana
their quarrel become that II finally led
10 a clY,l war The nation was divid-
cd over The claims Of the brothers and
their forces frally met on the Tu-
gela within slsht Of the Draakensbures,
In December 1852 An day the struggle
continued The ground trembled with
the rush Of fighting men. and the hills
echoed the shouts and the roar Of bat
ue. For hours the struggle continued
without an apparent advantage on
either side, when CetewayO and I'm
bulWazi, who had been fighting IN the
'front.' ranks NJ their respective armies,
nnally came face 10 face. and a terrible
duel ensued between them. Nightly
did these brothers, giants ln strength,
battle together: but In bulazl was at
last dispatched BY en- assegai thrust.
and hls army disheartened az the loss
Of their leader, led from the field This
was one Of So.th Africa. and II the
ghosts Of warriors l.nger about the
field OF their death, over TO- 1000 who died
10 that struggle between brothters are
gazing az TIE fighting now going on but
a short distance from where they en-
countcref death redplng his harvest
From the pain Of war
Although umhulazrs followers had
fled from the fcli On .te death Of their
leader they dId not abandon the fight.
but scattered over The country Ia guer-
r.lla bands ana continued The war until
1861, when Ceitwayo was geciaied the
legal successor TO Pande Many battles
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opposition gets through with Its attacks
on the present government for mlsman-
az ment Of the war, and by the time the
Beers get through taking advantage OF
that mismanagement, the war depart
ment will be ready for the greatest
shake-up II has known within the men,
ory.of its Oldest fossil.
As veteran war correspondent OBJ
served 10 me yesterday: The war Office
has always been the weed garden OF
British politics and society. 1t has been
the one remaining department in which
the royal family has had much personal
influence available for providing fat
places for hlgh-born but otherwise UNI
distinguished personages, from the
Duke Of Cambridge down. Hence the
most important Office In the cabinet
next to that Of premier has been, above
all others. the society portfolio. Billets
In the war office have been sought after
even more than good places In the
treasury The best families have al
ways been wanting places there for
their sons.
1T was society as much as politics
that sent 20 the front some Of the gen.
erals now there. There Is no harm In
mentioning the name OF one Of them, for
even the Times has, printed letters IN
which II Is stated without reserve that
he has not proved himself to be the man
for the place. Gen. Paul Methuen Is
the man referred 20. ] am told that his
was a society appointment. pure and
simple, and II Is reasonable 10 suppose
that the marquis OF Lansdowne was re-
sponSible for 1t, although all important
appointments are supposed to come
primarily from the commander-in-chief
subject TO the Endorsement Of the war
secretary"
Perhaps some facts about the present
secretary OF state for war will help
American readers to get better grip
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during this period occurred along the
Tugela. Fifteen fights. IN which enough
warriors were engaged 10 warrant cali
ing them battles, took place, and In
one, which occurred during the latter
part Of 1850 al a spot about 100 miles
from the mouth Of the Tugela, nearly
L2Oo warriors were slain, including sew
eral OF Celewayos most prominent par
tlsans.
After the subiugatlon Of the Zulus by
the British IN 1873. the country was d.
vlded up into thirteen districts. and
these were given by the British TO eley-
On Zulu chiefs. one Basuto chieftaln
and one white man. an OF whom had
helped the British In their war. This
arrangement resulted IN numerous pet
" wars, but during this period only ono
battle occurred on or near the Tugela
This was between a large party Of
Basutos and a Zulu impi Il was an
all-day fight but the Basutos drove
their adversaTles from the field with
enormous loss This fight. In which
more lives were lost than in all Of Bull
ler's fighting. occurred In a deflle Of
the Draakensburgs, not FIVE miles from
the scene Of the battle OF Splon Kop
defle that Is probably held by IN,
Beers today. And now, don't you thinl
the Zulu name Of Blood is more appro
PIRATE than Tugela. FOR that stream
which flows by so many battlefield
and along whose banks so many goot
fighting men--whlte and black-hau
sacrificed their lives on the CORY ALTA
OF war?
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nus attends a scrap, this affair IA
zggihy, especially In the United
a'a where almost exactly the same
(. 4 thing happened In the Spanish
isEsan war, although perhaps for a
ten, set Of reasons.
y opponents are the Marquis Of
Aai'Sns, secretary Of state for war,
q 'seount Wolseley. Field Marshal
4 ''nmander-in-chIef Of the British
~ arce 1885 The bitterness that
tls elNeen then is equal TO the Bit
slss that was said to exist between
S'.'aTy Alger and Gen. Miles.
hlols Parliament Is many days older
ko.e marquis VIII be the center Of
- ron all along the liberal line.
y nueh is certain already. II has
q tln,tl pretty definitely by friends
itauves Of the marquis that when
= % attacked he will bring forward
esaF 70 show that II was the mill
lead Of the army, not the civil
=, lhsi was al fault. That Of course.
w, ~ Gen. WOlseley, and the stlff old
-. ~ y mad about Il. on at least one
'''h recently he has broken out In
gs's,ce OF friends. and a few DAYS
lS Manchester Guardian, in what
'. ..ae's'ood to have been an inspired
4,.,ilte said
~, Y Iofi Wolssley Is assalled In any
=. .' !. fashion he viii deliberately re-
=. - we '.s selual position he has taken in
- with our military arma-
|, y. ~! Lahsdowne evidently considered
!, ss...sllsni authoritative enough for
\. ''9,,hsf'ih'law, Lord Ernest Ham
~ sho could not be expected 10 have
49,, ~. ,"ilhout comforting with his ais.
!; -' s,'' relative, promptly retorted:
y" military administration has
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on the present peculiar state Of Affairs
and viii prove interesting especially as
he was near neighhor for five years.
having been govern r general Of Cana
ia from 1853 TO 1855. His name is
Henry Charles Keith Petty Fltzmaur-
Ice, and the mere Initials Of his titles
would stretch across Two columns OF
this newspaper lie comes from one OF
the Oldest and haughtlest families in
the Kingdom, dating 10 the twelfth CEN
Jury. He succeeded his father, the
fourth marquis. when he was only p q.
and became lord OF the treasury three
years later. He has been In Office al
most steadily for the last thirty years
nus highest post previous to that he
holds now having been that Of COVER
nor general OF India from 1855 to 1898,
In all this long political career he
has always been suave, kindly, careful
and harmless. Probabl no other man
IN England has had so many important
iiices and made 50 few mistakes
There used to be a theory that was
carefully hidden from schoolboys, and
hat, even after they grew up was inn
parted TO them only with reluctance.
although experience frequently proved
the theory to be sound. II was that
the man who never made a mistake
never was likely 10 amount TO a row
Of pins
Lord Landsdowne was liberal until
Mr.. Gladst0ne's home rule bin sent him
over TO the other side His reward was
he appointment by Lord Salisbury q
be governor general OF India. and after
his return thence 70 be secretary OF
state for war. IN india he had rather
a lively time OF It, but his doctrine OF
let-Well-enough-a lOne served him In
good stead. Doubtless IL would have
done the same In the war Office II the
Beers had not mixed things up.
II has been said that no great amount
4 love has been lost between Gen.
Wolseley and Lord Landsdowne from
he beginning, Gen Wolseley was first
n the ground and 1t was big day
n the war office when he made his APP
1aarance there as Communicative chief
n 1895, succeeding the old duke OF Cam
bridge. the queens first cousin, who
lad held that place for almost forty
iears. The duke Is a delightful old
Gentleman, but not exactly what one
would call progressive He had a royal
corn OF new tangled IDEAS.
II had been apparent for years that
he British army would not necessarily
uffer II some other man Than ne duke
we're made It's COMMUNICATIVE chief, but
as he was the queens cousin no one
Jared tackle the problem seriously. un-
III Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman the
present much-criticised liberal leader In
he house Of commons, undertook the
task. Sir Henry was secretary Of war
from 1892 TO 1885, and those who are
jumping on him now because he is SO
diplomatic that one never can feel sure
that he really thinks, occasionally tenn
per their criticism when they remember
that It was this same smoothness on
which the ancient duke slid out OF Of
flee without knowing exactly what had
happened to HIM Through Sir Henry's
influence Niscount Wolseley, whom
many regarded at that time as the fore
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

, place on the river where Butler and
Joubert are now struggling that II Is
known TO the natives as Blood River,
and Is frequently called by that name
among the Beers.
The first known battle 10 have &C.
CURED on lis banks took place during
1882 or 1888. between Zulus and Kaffirs
not far from what Is now Weenen, al.
though not quite so far inland, says the
ST. Louis Globe. Democrat. The great
Zulu chief, Tchaka, had succeeded In
conquerlng nearly all OF the Kafiir
country south OF the Tugela, and had
driven the inhabitants either 10 the
coast or far into the south. when, for
some reason that IS not known 10 this
day. a large party OF kafir warriors
and many gathered from other tribes
decided 10 go ~ the Tugela from where
they were al that time located near
It's mouth on the coast
In 1897 the history Of South Africa
chronicles an event that Is commonly
called "Ditayo's uprising although
this Is a misnomer, for 1t was not an
uprising az an
In February. 1888, occurred the mas.
sacre OF Piet Relief and seventy OF his
followers just little west OF the
ground where the British and Boers
have been struggling for SO many
weeks. Retief was at the head Of
large caravan Of Beers which had trek
ked into the Zulu country lie and his
followers had been enticed into Din
gains kraal 10 attend a big feast and
were trcacherously slain while enjoy
ing the blacks hospitality. The balance
OF the caravan succeeded IN defending
themselves from Dingaan's attack, and
the Zulu then swept down the Tugela.
staying all the Beers he could find that
had not placed themselves In a position
10 resist his onslaught. TIE number
OF Beers Dngaan killed IN this raid run
up into the hundreds The Beers who
had intrenched themselves, however
were unable 10 escape, and when infor-
nation Of their plight reached the coast
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would enable II TO be prepared fully 20
cope with them. Yet every one knows
now that the Beers caught Great Brit
ain anprepared
II was said at first that Sir william
had been either blind or traitor That
extreme word was actually used In
public speeches. Sir William said moth
ing, and when he reached home re-
ceived n nominal promotion. Since
then the rumor has spread that Sir
William not only was Informed as 20
the strength Of the Beers, but that he
urged and pleaded with the war Office
repeatedly for immediate preparation
on their part. Some Of Gen. Wolse-
ley's supporters are saying that he
backed Sir Williams report. but that
the Marquis Of Landsdowne shelved
II.
In the light Of all these facts il
seems likely that Lord Landsdowne
win be advised 20 resign the war port.
folio before many weeks are over. not
because he has done anything wrong,
but because. so far as known, he has
done nothing strong, Already some Of
the leading conservatives are admitting
as much. Besides. he Is not real
conservative, but only liberal union.
list.
The British war Offices are involved
as much INTELLECTUALLY as they are
politically. The familiar old building
on Pail Mall. which generally Is known
as the war Office, Is In reality only one
OF fifteen buildings IN which the work
Of the department Is carried on by ZOO
men, Nine Of them are strung along
heller SHELTER IN Pail Mail. and the
others are scattered around elsewhere.
Lord Landsdowne and Lord Wolseley
are In the main building. and both are
exceedingly busy in these war times.
Ten o'clock usually finds them al their
desks and both consider themselves
lucky II they can manage TO get away
BY 8 o'clock-Curtls Brown,ln 81. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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1 ulnnnnlu unnnnlu

and other Boer settlements prepare.
tons were at once made for their relief
Peter Uys. noted Boer led a purely
Boer expedition into the Zulu country
but were surprised near the sight Of the
present British camp--Chieyely-and
though they made a desperate eight
were defeated with heavy loss. Their
leader was killed and the few survivors
had a terrible time reaching the coast
Here their story so stirred the British
that the coast settlements would have
been almost depopulated had all the
volunteers to 90 TO the relief Of the
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Observation-Disclosures ,1rnrr OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

failed 50 signally TO ground Itself and
its disciples in the essential principles
governing modern warfare, IS II not
conceivable that the errors Of the war
office may not be entirely attributable
10 the lncapacity Of the civil side?
May be allowed to draw the atten-
tlon Of those interested 10 the following
sentence In the eommander-n -chief' 5
speech OF November 6. We have found
that the enemy who declared war
against ns--for they are the aggressors
--are much more powerful and numer-
Gus than we anticipated
II h clear enough that by the time the
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The noise Of war, the horrible strug-
gle Of battles, the groans Of the dying
the shouts OF the vlctors, are not new
things along the banks OF the Tugela,
and the hills around splon Kop have
looked upon worse scenes OF carnage
than they see now. It's banks have
echoed and re-echoed with these sounds
In the past, and Butler and Joubert
have but added a few notes to its song
Of war So many battles have taken
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-, February ALREADY # is
I'Ha'a ,.., great feud which has
Fia' ' aalsrly for several months Is
f'' - !, hurst into fame in the session
il.y " ',nsnt lust begun, A few have
{ f X n from the first, and many
F''n a...oB at II within the last four
y, ", r,, With Characteristic English h
''A'. ' ,,tbing has been said about II
= ..Sic But it can not be sm0'n'red
~ l'rs'r' 1900. ,,.,
"a. from the human Interest mat
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,aanrJlAi0'"'
WAR IN ENGLAND'S
WAR DEPARTMENT.

...,o.r secretary OF State for War, the Marquis
Fsua a.4oyvne. and Commander in Chief Lord
.,.v similar TO- the Alger Miles Case IN THIS
Country
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nnnnnnnnnnnu nnnnnnnn nnnnn.n M
AFRCA'S HISTORIC
RIVER OF BLOOD.

Native Name Of the Tugela River and Some History
Which Shows Its Appropriateness-Sceneso OF Terrific
Contest Where Boer and Briton Have Recently
Fought.