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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

RIvERToN, April 23.-Four miles be-
low Riverton an unknown man about
25 years of age and fairly well dressed
threw himself in front of an engine
running fifty miles an hour. He was
cut into small pieces. A note was
found stating that his name was w.
II. Taylor and he was from st. Louis.
About 50 was found in his pockets.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
CENTERVILLE's BAD FIRE.
Business Property Worth $4,000
burned.

Burned.
OTTuMwA, April 21.-Centerville, the
county seat of Appanoose county, was
visited by $4,000 fire which for
time threatened to consume the entire
business portion of the city. The fire
originated in an implement house on
the south side of the square, but in
what manner is unknown. The most
of the buildings destroyed were old
structures, else the loss would have
been much greater. The facilities for
coping with the flames were made
quate and the fire spread to the yards
of the Lewis Lumber Company, which
were also damaged 20 the extent of
several thousand dollars.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
Serious situation In Ashanti.

AccRA, Gold Coast Colony, West
Africa, April 2o.-Governor IIodgson
wires from Kumassi that the other
tribes are rising again, and he asks for
assistance. The loyal Bekuis have
been attacked by the Ashantis, and 500
have been killed. 1t is feared that
this Will compel them TO join the re-
bellion. Evidently the matter is ex-
tremely serious and was minimized I'M
til it was too late.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
THREW HIMSELF UNDER A TRAIN.
A Horrible Case of Suicide Near
Dysart.

A Horrible Case of Suicide Near
Dysart.
WATERLOO, April l9.-David Alters,
a well-to-do German farmer, commit
ted suicide two miles south of Dysart,
by deliberately throwing himself in
front of north-bound passenger train
on the b., c. r. & N. The engineer
saw the man walking on the track to-
wards the train. After repeated
warnings, which failed to make him
leave the track, the train was stopped
only few feet from him. Ahlers then
stepped off the track, but when the
train started up again he plunged
headlong in front of the engine. His
body was horribly crushed and
mangled. Ahlers was a married man,
so years of age. Domestic troubles are
assigned as the cause for his act.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
MONTENEGRO sURRENDERs.
Leading Filipino General Capitulates to
Colonel Smith.

Colonel Smith.
MANILA, April 1s.-General Monte
negro, one of the insurgents best
fighters, surrendered to Colonel Smith
in the mountains near Camaling prov
inee, Pangasinan, where General Ma
cabulos has been trying to reorganize
the Filipino army. Colonel Smith,
with five companies of the Seventeenth
regiment, nearly surrounded the force
of Montenegro, who, discouraged by
the impossibility of making the men
stand against the Americans, surren-
dered. Macabulos escaped. The in
surgents attacked San Jose in the
province of Batangas and Santa Cruz
on the lake, fruitlessly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-The senate
committee on military affairs reached
an agreement to report bill for reor-
ganization of the army with number
of amendments. The bill confers the
rank of lieutenant general upon the
senior major general, and that of
major general upon the adjutant gem
eI.:ll of [ he nlInV
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

PRETORIA, April ls.-The latest Off.
cial reports from the Orange Free
State are to the effect that General Do
Wet is still surrounding Brabant's
Dalgety's) forces, though the British
are strongly intrenched in Boer
fashion, indicating that they are
colonials
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

DUBUQUE, April Ex-senator Allison
has not and does not express willing
ness to accept the second place on the
republican national ticket. The re-
port is without foundation. Senator
Allison is at home to remain a few
days and the above statement is made
on his authority,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
CONVICTED AS GUERRnLAs.
Three Filipinos Sentenced to Serve Fiji
IL Ii.

Three Fnipinos Sentenced to Serve Fiji.
teen Years in Prison.
MANILA, April 2l.-The military
commission which tried three Filipinos
at Leallanbra for guerrilla warfare
has found all three guilty and sem
fenced two of them to life imprisonment
and one to thirty years imprisonment
Major General Otis has approved the
findings but has reduced the sentence
to fifteen years. Two Ladrones, con.
victed of murder, have been sentenced
TO be hanged at Odonnel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
METHUEN HAD To RETIRE.
Attacked by Force of Two Thousand
Beers.

Beers.
Bosnor, Orange Free State, April
2l.-At midday yesterday Methuen's
field force at Swartzkopjesfontein was
ordered to return to Boshof. Its con-
voy extended over six miles. The es-
cort took up position on the hill
commanding the road Just in the nick
of time as a force of two Thousand
Beers suddenly appeared and opened a
very heavy fire. The British. how
ever, held them in check until the col
umn reached this point in safety,
when they retired. The British had
several casualties. The Beers fought
determinedly and must have suffered
considerably, as they once advanced to
within three hundred yards of the hill,
whence concealed detachment of
British opened heavy fusilade on
them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
MOVEMENT Is REVERSED.
stories Being Sent Out from Bloem-
fOntein,

fOntein,
LONDON, April 2o.-Heavy rains i'm
pede the movements of the British
columns. The blockade of Wepener
continues, although relief is near.
Large quantities of stores are being
moved southwark from Bloemfontein,
which is reversal of the course OF
freight for the last six weeks. These
shipments are made necessary by the
operations in the southeast of the
Free State. There are 1000 sick in
the field hospitals, most of the cases
being of dysentery and enteric fever.
With the exception of these facts, the
embargo upon war intelligence is al.
most complete.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

TOLEDO, April 2O.-Two cases OF
small pox have developed in Toledo.
Editor Russell, of the Independent,
and Neil Harrigan, a printer in the
employ of the Toledo Chronicle, are
the patients. 1t is thought that about
ten or fifteen families have been ex-
posed and they will probably be quar-
antina1 also
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
chica soans with Beers.

LONDON, Anil 2o.-According to a
dispatch to the Daily Mail from Lo-
reno Marquee, nearly half the mem
bers of the Chicago ambulance corps.
when offered Mausers on their arrival
at Pretoria, tore off their Red Cross
badges. Adelbert S. Hay. United
States consul, notified the Transvaal
government that he must report the
circumstance to Washington.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

SPRINGFIELD, III, April 2l.-Gan
stones are the cause of gastritis with
which Governor Tanner has suffered
for some time, and it is the opinion of
Doctors Sem of Chicago and l.. C.
Taylor and John Dixon of this city
that an operation will be necessary in
the near future. 1t is believed by
many that Governor Tanner is a
doomed man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
CAR AND ROER WAR.
French People Think Russia Unlikely
to InierNene.

to Intervene.
PARIS, April 2l.-The supposition
that Muravieffs journey to Moscow
has any bearing on possible interven-
ton by Russia in the Transvaal war is
regarded here as unfounded. The
statement that the ear is coming to
Paris August s shows that Russian in
timacy with France is still great, and
that If the two countries did anything
they would do so in common, but
France has not officially declared what
she will do.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
JAPAN BEGINS TO DISLIKE Us.

American Feeling Based on the
Conditions In Hawaii.
LONDON, April 23.-The Daily Mail
publishes letter from Yokohama
describing the growth of anti-Amer-
lean feeling" in japan. The writer
says: This development is due to the
harsh treatment the Japanese have re-
ceived in Hawaii and to the belief that
the United States will stop japanese
immigration to Hawaii. The feeling
is calculated to lead to deplorable
war of tariffs and to retaliatory re.
strictions"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
GENTLE TIP TO THE SULTAN.

He is Told to Remember the Fate of
Spain.
LONDON, April l9.-Thc Vienna COR
respondent of the Times says:
by further resistance to the claims
of the United States the sultan will
expose himself to grave consequences
which he probably has not foreseen.
The United States government is not
accustomed to indulge in empty
threats. III the sultan for a moment
supposcs he would lind protection from
any European power. let him remem-
Der Spain
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

CORNING, April 22.-Charles Ellis,
aged 35, while blasting rock out of a
we'll at Mt. Etna, had his head blown
off by premature explosion of pow
der.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
HULL WINS IN STORY.
Defeats Payne for the Congressional
Nomination.

NEVADA, April 23.-The Story coun-
ty primaries, held in accordance with
the primary system in vogue in Story
county, resulted in a decided victory
for Captain J. A. Il. Hull for congress.
The total vote on congressman is as
follows: ]. A. Il. Hull, 979; w. o.
Payne, SOL. The overwhelming VIC
victory of Captain Hull in Story county
is conceded to assure his nomination
without further contest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

Treasurer of State Herriott reports
that every cent of the Agricultural
College endowment funds have been
loaned out at per cent. More than
$500, 900 was on hand when the legis-
lature adjourned, but the law passed
by it allowing the trustees of the coll
lege to loan the money at the market
rate resulted in the qnick disposition
of the funds
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

The executive committee of the State
Agricultural society has selected the
Fifty-first Iowa regiment band for the
state fair this year.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

The governor has received and in
dorsed over to the treasurer of state a
warrant on the treasurer of the United
States for $i,3l1.67, being the amount
due the county of Delaware as indem-
nifty for swamp lands enormously sold
by the government
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

A number of cases of small pox have
been reported from Fort Dodge and
letter has been received complaining
of laxness on the part of the local au-
thorities and asking the board to
intervene.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

Dies MONIES, April %, 1900.
Plans for the completion of the
state historical building were ordered
by the council. The legislature APP
propriated SCI 900 for the completion
of the building. The third floor will
be finished and the necessary furniture
and fixtures will be bought by bids
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17

perhaps what have seen Of child
life in the slums has made upon my
heart the deepest scars" writes Mrs.
Ballington Booth in The Ladies' Home
Journal Poor little scraps Of hui
manity. sick, puny and deformed. or.
what was even worse still, vile and
evil in word and disposition before the
baby accents had left their words.
The streets swarmed with them. play
ing. quarreling, fighting amid the jos
Ting crowd and traffic until late into
the night, and the houses were full Of
little figures that slept on the floor or
crouched in the corners to get away
from the drunken and brutal. who de-
light in abusing the weak. In summer
deaths angel mows them down
through the hot season as the scythe
cuts the flowers amid the hay. and 1t
has often seemed to me that on such a
mission his black robes vanish, and he
is veritable angel Of light"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17

sender of this dispatch evidently as
sumes that news of the affair has been
received direct from the scene Of hostil-
tiles, for he merely says:
General Buffers official telegram
notifying his success at the Biggars-
berg received here an hour ago, has
given keen satisfaction. It is conf
IDENTIFY anticipated that Dundee will be
occupied by the British soon. The res
idents of the north country are de-
lighted, as forcing the Biggarsberg
means that they will speedily be en-.
abled to return to their homes"
Another dispatch to the Associated
Press from Stage Hill farm, says:
''After four days march eastward at
the foot of the Biggarsberg ridges, in
the direction of Helpmakaar, which was
occupied by the federals, the Second
brigade Sunday, led the attack. Dun.
donald's cavalry broke the Beers center
and Bethune's Horse advanced on their
extreme right. In the direction of
Pomeroy small party of burghers &C.
cupied ridge overlooking Helpmakaar,
but they did not wait for the assault. %
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
Test For a weak Mind.

Two men in cafe were discussing a
gift by noted millionaire of a large
sum Of money to found a college chair
of psychology.
what is psychology. anyway? ask
ed one.
Its the study of the mind. of the
SOUL" said the other.
whats the good Of that" asked the
skeptic. =.
"A great deal of USE" answered. his
companion. II have studied it TO some
extent myself and can detect weak
minded man from strong minded one
by very simple test. For instance, If
l can make you say fourteen against
your will you lack will power Will
you let me try it on you? ! believe l
can make you say it."
snake me say fourteen against my
will? You can't do 1t. Fire away"
And this is the way the test worked:
Allow much are six and four?
B.-Ten.
Allow much are eight and three?
B.-Eleven.
B.-Sixteen.
A. (triumphantly)-Aha! There. you
said it. ! knew you would.
B. Gndignantly)-Said what?
A.-Sixteen.
B.-But fourteen" was the word we
chose for the test.
A. (coolly)-Well, you've said 1t now,
anyway.-New York Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
Strong Boer Positions on the
Biggarsberg Range Occu-
pied by British.
Advance Was Strongly Resisted
but the Defending Force
Is Outflanked.
Kroonstad Occupied by Roberts
Troops Without Opposition !.
From Beers. x

LONDON, May ia special dispatch
from Stone Hill Farm, Natal, says:
General Buffers advance com.
menced Thursday, when he left Lady.
smith in strength.
"When within two miles Of Help.
makaar the Beers opened a heavy ar.
tillery fire and the British guns replied,
while portion Ct Buffers troops
worked round the Boer TANKS. The
British attack was pressed home Sun.
day. Bethune on the right outfianked
the Beers, whose splendid defensive
positions on the Biggarsberg were prac'
tically taken.
General Buller's march subsequent
to the attack was carried out without q
hitch.
'.The British are still pushing on
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
CAPTURE OF KROONSTAD.

Lord Roberts Enters the Place without
Opposition.
LONDON, May 14.-The war Office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts:
s'Kroonstad, May 10. - I entered
Kroonstad at 1850 today without opposi.
ton, when the union jack was hoisted
amid cheers from the few British resi-
dents. Is
President Steyn fled last evening,
after vainly attempting to persuade the
burghers to continue opposing us. The
Transvaalers said they would not longer
fight on Orange Free State soil, and
made off for the Vaal river. Free
Staters accused the Transvaalers of hav-
ing made use of them and then de.
serted. Many of the Free Staters have
gone to their homes.
"The procession entering the town
was headed by my body guard, all OF
whom were colonies, and after my staff
and foreign officers came the North
Somerset Imperial Yeomany, followed
by Pole.C arew's division, consisting of
the Guards and the Eighteenth Brigade
Navals, the Eighty third, Eighty fourth
and Eighty-fifth batteries, two 5-inch
guns, manned by the Royal Artillery
company, and the Twelfth engineers.
The rest Of the forces encamped around
the town.
Generals Botha and Dewet accom-
panied the Transvaalers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
NOW AT DUNDEE
General Butler Reports That the
British Troops Have Reoc-
cupied That Place.
Beers Retired the Day Previous,
Entraining at Glencoe for
Some Point North.
Official Message Says Nearly Ev-
cry House in the Town Was
Completely Looted.

LONDON, May 16.-The war Office has
received the following dispatch from
General Butler:
Dundee, May 1--we have occupied
Dundee. About 800 Of the enemy left
yesterday for Glencoe, where they en-.
trained. Their wagons also left yester.
day by De Jagers drift and the Damn
hauser road. Their Kaffirs said they
were going to Laings Mex. Almost
every house in Dundee is completely
looted. The navigation colliery is all
right. The machinery Of the Dundee
colliery is destroyed. The houses of the
town are damaged, but are structurally
intact"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
STEYN GOES TO LINDLEY.

Hebron, However, Has Been Declared
the New Capital,
KRooNsTAD, Saturday, May a.
President Steyn has gone to Heilbron,
not Lindley. He has declared the
former the new capital. -Four hundred
burghers have given up their arms here
and in this neighborhood. Although
the bridge across the Valsch has been
destroyed, a good deviation exists where
troops crossed before the bridge was
constructed.
The Transvaalers are reported to be
massing at the Vaal.
The Standard and Diggers News OF
johannesburg shows that dissensions
exist in the Transvaal volksraad.
Railway repairs are progressing rap
idly.
The town accepts the occupation
quietly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
BOERS CHECKMATED.

General Rumble Prevents Their Attempt
.. to Come South .in.
BRANDS DRIFT, Sunday, May 49,
General Rumble has completely check
mated the attempt of the Beers to come
south again, and the enemy are retiring
before the persistent advance of the
British. Many have been captured OF
are surrendering. There were $50 OF
these yesterday and today, among them
President Steyn's brother.
The Lady brand district is clear OF
Beers. They have evacuated Mequat.
ings Mex, and are now near Lindley.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
SEIZED BY GERMANY.

Took Big Slice of Congo Free State From
the Belgians.
LONDON, May 16.-The Telegraph
publishes advices from Uvira, north of
Tanganyiki, to the effect that April 20
the German force of 1000 men and Is
officers seized 5000 square miles of
Congo territory. They sent an ulti-
matum at the end Of February, de-
manding the immediate withdrawal Of
the Congo Free State stations east Of
the Rusizi river under threat of war.
The demand was not complied with,
but a fresh ultimatum induced the Bel
gian officer at one station to withdraw,
after which the Germans burned the
station.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
JUST AN ARDUOUS MARCH.

Butler Meeting Little Resistance in His
Movements.
LONDON, May 16.-Judging from dis
patches from General Butler the British
advanced is little more than an arduous
march. The Beers who were active at
first later appear to have shown the
same readiness to retreat which is now
marking the movements of the federals
in the Free State. Apparently the
burghers are about to evacuate Natal
and concentrate for the defense of
Laings Mex, northward, and Van Rec.
mems Pass, westward. -
The reoccupation of Dundee by the
British places the coal supplies there
again in their hands.
From elsewhere there is little news Of
q definite character. Interest for the
moment is almost entirely conferred in
Matching.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
FREE HOMES BILL PASSED.
Senator Nelson Calls Up the House Meas
- ure in the Senate.

Senator Nelson Calls Up the House Meas
- ure in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, May 16.-Immediately
after the disposition of the naval ap-
preparation bill in the senate Senator
Nelson arose and asked for consideration
of the free homes bill. No objection
was offered, and after being read the
bill was put on its passage. Although
there was comparatively full senate,
not word was said, and the bill passed
without word Of debate.
Allison, Aldrich and others Of the So
called senate leaders, have been vio-
lently opposed to the free homes bill,
principally on account of the large ex-
penditure involved. They estimated
the cost of the measure to the govern
ment at from $25, 900, 900 to $35, 900, 900.
The friends of the bill say it will only
cost from fifteen to twenty million.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
NOT VERY SEVERE.

The Boer Bombardment of Mafeking on
May 1.
PLUMER's CAMP, Friday, May Ma
tives who have arrived here say that
the bombardment of Mafeking on May
/ was not heavy. Twelve hundred and
eighty refugees from Mafeking have
reached here.
Patrols who have returned from the
northern borders of the Transvaal say
they saw no signs Of Beers. Allis quiet
here. The Beers regularly patrol the
neighborhood of Mafeking, but. do not
seem to be disposed to be aggressive.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
is MAFEKING RELIEVED2

Rumor Current in London Needs Official
Confirmation.
j., LONDON, May ia report that Ma.
feking was relieved has reached London
from an unofficial source. No official
confirmation is at hand, and the rumor
may easily be premature. To judge
from the progress of the British reliev-
ing force, as reported by the Beers, Ma
feking should be reached by today or
tomorrow, or by Wednesday at the
latest
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
Cont In Hens.

Govt has been produced in hens by a
Breslau doctor who fed them with
meat. He gave the hens nothing but
horsefiesh without fat and as much
water as they liked. with deplorable
results to the unfortunate fowls. Hav-
ing instilled the disease. he then un-
dertook to drive out the uric acid by
administering eggshell which relieved
the hens to certain degree.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
CONTRADICTORY REPORTS.

Stories From Mafeking From British and
=, BOer Sources.
LONDON, May 16.-A special dispatch
from Lourenzo Marques says it is re-
ported that large force of Beers has
been captured by the British at Mafe-
king.
Pretoria, it is added, reports on the
other hand, that Mafeking has fallen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
To Awake Public sympathy for India.

To Awake Public Sympathy for India.
NEW YORK, May l6.-The executive
committee Of 100 on Indian famine re-
lief met during the day. It is proposed
to communicate with all cities Of the
United States. the secular and religious
press Of the United States and Canada
and churches and religious organiza-
,tions everywhere, with view to at
tracing public attention and awaken.
ing public sympathy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-05-17
BRITISH LOSS HEAVY.

Beers Occupy the Kafir Location at Ma
feking.
/ LoURENzo MARQUES, May 16.-The
Beers occupied the Kafir location at
Mafeking Saturday. They were in turn
attacked during the night of Saturda,
and Sunday found themselves sur
rounded. The Beers lost killed and IL
wounded. The British loss is reported
to have been heavy.