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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
noERs ARE PRowLING AROUND.
Evidence of the Fact That They
Were After ProvisIons.

London, April 1.-THE Bloemfonteln cor
respondent Of the Morning Post, telegraph
ing Monday, says:
Small bodies OF Beers are prowlng
around and are even coming within eight
or ten miles OF Bloomfonteln. Three Jo-
hannosburg 'Zarps' actually entered the
town one night and escaped without being
discovered.
"'rhe Boer demonstration yesterday a.
Karee Siding was designed 10 cover the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
POWELL OFFERS A REWARD.
For Party Who Wrote Threatening
Letter to Mrs. Thompson.


Atlanta, April 1.-THE Southern Railway
telegraphers' strike in this vicinity to-day
seemed to be progressing satisfactorily to
both sides.
President Powell claimed that the stu
alton was encouraging and the railroad
officials say they are suffering no incon-
venience nor appreciable delays in the
operation of trains.
In his statement to-day President Pow
ell offers $lCO reward for the person who,
it is said, wrote the letter of warning to
Mrs. ] 5. b. Thompson. wife of Assist
ant General Superintendent Thompson of
the Southern, provided it is shown that
member of the order was implicated in its
authorship.
According to Mr.. Thompsons statement
the letter threatened the life of himself
and Mrs. Thompson.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
GUILTY OF GRAND LARCENY.
The Verdict Found in Case of acct
nIch QnIckv MlIIer.

New York. April 16.-william f. Miller
Of Franklin Syndicate fame was found
guilty by a jury in the County Court in
Brooklyn tonight Of grand larceny In the
FIRST degree for taking from Mrs KRtn-
crime Mocser 800 which she invested in
hi5 90 per cent scheme TO get r.ch
quick" The prisoner was rcmandod for
sentence a week from next Friday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17

New York. April 16.-The steamship
sandsend has been taken 10 Brooklyn
elevator 20 load for Beira. This Is the
portueteso port where Il Is said a British
force Is 10 De landed 90 attack the Trans
vaal through Rhodesia. She Is the first
1hi. 70 load here for that place.:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17

withdrawal of an immense convoy of pro-
visions. There is no doubt that the Boer
incursion into the southeastern part of
the Free State was largely due TO the need
of replenishing victuals in the most fer
tile part of the country. This explains why
the enemy marched south with empty
wagons. Various important movements
are occurring, which naturally it is not de-
sirable TO specify"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
INsURGENT BAND SURPRISED.
Fifty-three of Them Killed and For
ty-Gour Captured.

Manila, April IS, $50 p. m-Capt. Dodd
with squadron of the Third Cavalry, re-
Gently surrounded a village in Benguet
province, and surprised two hundred in
surgents living in barrack apparently. a
recruiting center for the province.
The enemy lost fifty-three men killed.
Our troops also captured forty-four men
and burned the village. One American
was wounded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
PROMISE NOT CARRIED OUT.
snyman Did Not Permit Collection
of Dead and wounded.

London, April IA dispatch to the
Times from Mafeking, April 6. confirm
ing the earlier reports, says:
After Col. Plumer's repulse Comman-
dant Snyman sent a message inviting
Col. Beden-Powell to send out to collect
the dead and wounded but, when the
ambulances appeared the Boer command
er declined to allow them TO be taken 1t
was discovered, however, that the Boer
reports of the extent of the British cas-
ualties have been greatly exaggerated"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17

London, April 1.-THE Bloemfonten cor
respondent of the Standard, telegraphlng
Monday. says:
"The Beers are in full retreat from
Wepener. hugging the Basutoland border
The Basutos are marching parallel with
them along the frontier, watching eagerly
for the slightest encroachment."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
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SANFORD WILL BE GONEHNOH.
Has Enough votes to Get Nomination
on First Ballot.

birmingham Ala, April 16-Later re-
turns from Saturdays primaries Indicate
that Col. William j. Sanford, Lee coun-
tvs candidate for Governor, will 90 to the
state Convention with nearly If not quite
enough delega es to seeure the nomination
on the first ballot.
The convention is composed Of 5oi dele
gates and according 10 estimates, Sam
fords vote will be more than 25}
Charles +. Waller Of Hale county claims
10 have 100. Gen. Charles NJ. Shelly has 50
ana John W. Tomlinson about 65.
Stalllngs vote will be not over lO0
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17

London, April 1.-THE Daily News has
the following from Reddersburg, dated
Friday:
Gen. Chermside saw the rear guard of
the Beers disappear southeast Ia full re-
treat. The enemy appear to be in a strong
force fourteen miles east of Reddersburg.
They are falling back before our advanced
ri
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
SAYS TREY ARE GOING SOUTH.
Another Report of Movement of
Beers From Wepener

London, April 1.-THE Bloemfontein cor
respondent of the Times, telegraphing
Monday, says:
"The Beers who have been investing
Wepener are reported 10 be moving in a
southerly direction, but the object of the
movement is uncertain"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
PosTOFFIcE AT LAKE CITY.
Re-estabIished with White
Woman as Postmaster.

Washington, April 16.-The postofice at
Lake City, S. c., has been re-established
and Mrs. Della D. Carter, a white wo-
man, appointed postmaster. This was done
upon petitions filed by practically all Of
the white and colored citizens, request
ing re-establishment OF the Office and this
lady's appointment. The colored people
submitted a separate petition requesting
her appointment There has been no post
office at Lake City since the negro post
master there was killed by mob two
years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
HISTORIC CHURCH BURNED.
II Was Robbed and Then Set on Fire
by VandaIs.

Paris, April 1.-THE historic church OF
Notre Dame des Vertus, in the village Of
Aubervilliers on the outskirts of Paris.
was entered Sunday evening or Monday
morning by vandas, who, after pillaging
It, set IL on fire.
Several fremen were badly injured by
burning brands and Able Barnard re-
celved slight injuries.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
MRS. LOTrRIDGE IS IN JAIL.
Acted Like Maniac when Commit
ted for Murder.

Chicago. April ls.-Mrs. Louise Lottridge
was committed 40 the county jail this AZ
ternOon. charged with the murder Of Ru-
fus Wright Hearing Of the case WAS con-
tinuod until April "a The prisoner act-
ei like a maniac.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
ENTERTAINMENT by LOUBET.
~ ot SERIES of OHicinI Fetes Dur
ing the Exposition.

/, '' april l6-The first of the series
'''0'ai fetes TO be given in connection
' l'e exposition took place tonight at
"}See palace. President Loubet en-
'''''d goo guests at dinner. the largest
ever seated at an Elyseo banquet.
'nose present were the diplomatic
" 'Hl commissioners general OF the
hailons represented al the expo
%" Tho decorations were very elabo-
Glowing the banquet reception
ued 10 which,G.OoO invitations were
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
SIEGE OF wEpENER RAISED.
Majority of the Roers Said to Have
Retired North.

London, April 1.-THE Bloemfontein
Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, in
a dispatch dated yesterday, says:
"The Beers have raised the siege of
Wepener and have left Rouxville. A ma
jority of them has undoubtedly retired
north with the exception of a body of
a out 6,CO} row reported to be going to-
ward Bethulie."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
Beers at DewdrOp.

London, April 1.-THE correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph at Ladysmith, in a
dispatch dated April l6, says
"The Beers are down again at Dew
dorp, east of Ladysmith."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
BRABANTs MEN ENGAGED.
Beers Keep Up the Attack at JAM
merberg Drift.

Brandfort Friday, April 10, via Lorenzo
Misunderstanding with Brabant's horse
at Jammerberg drift continues. Com
mandant Petrus DeWet is reported to
have engaged the troops sent from Bloem-
fontein to Brabants assistance. There
was also a brush with a British column
advancing towards Bufontein, without de-
cisive result.
All the foreign attaches are now here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
Abseondins TeIIer Arrested.

Boston. April G.-J. c. Farrar, whose ae-
counts as teller OF the Waterbury Wt)
National Bank ore said to be short $1,000,
was arrested here tonight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
CONFERENCE or REPUBLICS.
President Wants Money TO Pay the
Expenses of II.

Washington, April 16.-The President
to-day sent message TO the Senate ask
ing that S25 900 be placed at the disposal
OF ahe Secretary OF State for the pay
mcnt Of the expenses OF "A conference OF
the republics constituting the union OF
American republics, which he recommends
ed IN his last annual message.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
INSURGENTS WE'RE REFUSED.

The American Force Killed and
wounded 1OG of Them.
Manila, Tuesday. April H-Gen. Young
reports that 800 insurgent rihemen and
bolomen attacked the American garrison
al Batoc, province Of North Ilocos, yester-
day. but were repuleed, losing 1OG men.
The Americans had no casualties.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
BOER PRISONERS LANDED.
They Were Sent to DeadwOOd and
Col. SchIeI With Them.

Col. SchIeI With Them.
jamestown, ST. Helena, April 1.-THE
remainder of the Boer prisoners were
landed to-day and sent to Deadwood.
Col. Schiel and the two others who had
been confined at the Citadel, after their
attempt to escape, have been released
and they also have gone to Deadwood.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
senator Hanna Has the Grip.

Washington. April Ex-senator Hanna
returned to-day from Old Point. lie II
suffering from an attack of the grip.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17

The congress is a sequel to the demon-
strations which attended the recent visit
to Spanish ports Of the Argentine training
ship Presidente Sarmiento. Early this
month the Spanish government assigned q
credit to defray the expenses of the Span
ish representative at the congress.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17

Ambulance Corps MS

Irisll-Americam AmbuIance CORPS as
Governments Guests.
Pretoria, Sunday, April 15.-President
Kruger keeps in excellent health. Gen.
Botha is here consulting with the govern
ment.
The members of the Irish-American am
bulance corps are treated as guests of the
government.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
REVOKED BY QUEEN REGENT.
There VIII Not he Amy Hispano-
American Congress.

Madrid. April 16.-The Queen Regent to-
day signed a decree convoking the pro-
Jected Hispano-Amerlcan Congress for Mo-
vember next.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
MORE TROOPS SENT THERE.
'''hth Regiment Men Ordered to
CrOton Landing.

~" YORK. April 16.-Late this afternoon
''' ''n' Roe ordered the Seventh Regi-
WI to assemble at its armory. Tonight
''l,l'les o'as it B and II left the armory for
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
The comnaeroe of the phuippine..

Products take. care Of themselves. Climate and soil and mild pressure of commercial exchanges have deter mined that the Philippines should con- tribute to the worlds trade few lead ing commodities. The most important is hemp, a natural monopoly; for though many species of this plant are found in the tropics, none produces the same or as good fiber as is obtained an thezPhilippines. More than that. at tempts to raise this particular variety elsewhere have failed. The value of the exports of hemp in 1897 was $8,500,- 900, and nearly equal value of sugar was also exported ($7,00O,0O0), these two commodities making nearly "A per cent of the value of the total exports If three other items be taken from the export tables-eopra ($2,6S7,97S), to- bacco in leaf ($1,323,445 and cigars tSS05, ,000)-about 97 per cent of the en- tire export value is accounted for, and every leading article entering into the export ovement-Harpers Maga- tine
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 4 cHlNAMAN'S OATH.
The Celestial Was Particular and Ca 4sed
 the Court Lots Of Trouble.

The Celestial Was Particular and Ca 4sed
 the Court Lots Of Trouble.
 The various forms of oath-making, even in this country. are of consider able interest. It would not, however, be easy to find an instance in which anything like So medium of attestat;on was ;, ed as a guil- lotlned black coeksy. But no less an extraordinary medium than that was what the police of country district in New South Wales had to provide the other day for finical Chinaman, who declined to swear on anything else. Headless fowls were brought but in vain, and as the matter was impor- ta7t, even black swan, a luxury fa 2. for Chinese witness, was sug- T si only to be immediately refused. z. some time had elapsed, and Vim the representatives of the law seemed quite at their wits end, dead cochatoo of the required hue was strangely discovered in hut of one of the other celestials, who muleted the anxious officials in $2.50 for the bird. Then the solemn and peculiar oath was duly administered, on which the diffi- cult witness with a bland and childlike expression. declared he knew nothing about the case and sat down smiIingi
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
American ostrich Farming.

A writer in Popular Science describes ostrich farming in southern Califor~ nia as growing industry. The first birds were imported about 13 years ago, and now there are farms at Nor walk and South Pasadena stocked with hundreds of ostriches born in Califor- nia. Every few months the male birds are stripped of their white plumes each bird yielding about s30 worth of feathers annually. The birds are also sold to menageries, a fine pair being worth from S25o to s300 The hatch ing of the eggs requires forty-two days. the hen covering them i'll the daytime and the male bird al night. The pre- yaiiing color of the hen is gray, and that Of the male black, so that their choice of the hours for sitting on the eggs corresponds with the time when aacA is less easily seen.
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EVOLUTION OF WALLPAPER.
It Took Time to Introduce It and Bring
 It to It's Present Perfection.


 It to It's Present Perfection.
 From the Paper Trade: While va- rious kinds of printed fabrics were known to the people of most remote antiquity it was not till the eighteenth century that wallpaper anywhere near its present form came into common use in Europe, though it appears to have been used much earlier in China. A few rare examples which may be as early as the sixteenth century exist in England, but these are limitations, gen. orally in flock of the old Florentine and Genoese cut velvets, and hence the style of the design i'll no way shows the date of the wallpaper, the same traditional patterns being reproduced with little or no change for many years. It was not till the end of the last century that the machinery to make paper in long strips was invent ed. Up to that time wallpapers were printed on small square pieces of hand made paper and were very expensive. On this account wallpaper was slow in superseding the older mural deeora- tions. such as tapestry, stamped leather and paper cloth. A work printed in London in 1744 throws some light on the use of wallpapers of that time: "The method of printing wall papers of the better sort is probably the same now that it has ever been. Wooden blocks, with the design cut in relief, one for each color, are applied by hand, after being dipped in an elastic cloth sieve charged with wet tempera pigment, great care being taken to lay each block exactly on the right place, so that the various celors may register or get together. In or der to suit the productions of the pa- per mills these blocks are made in England twenty-one inches wide, and in France eighteen inches wide. The length of the block is limited to what the workman can easily lift with one hand-tWo feet being about the limit as the blocks are necessarily thick and in many cases made heavier by being inlaid with copper, especially the thin outlines, which, if made of wood, would not stand the wear and tear of printing. In flock and gold or silver printing the design is first printed in strong size. the flock (fnely cut wool of the required coior) or metallic pow der is then sprinkled by hand over the paper; it adheres only to the wet size, and is easily shaken off the ground or unsized part. If the pattern is re- quired to stand out in some relief the process is repeated several times and the whole. paper then rolled to com press the flock. Cheaper sorts of paper are printed by machinery, the design being cut on the surface of wooden rollers, under which the paper passes. The chief drawback to this process is that all the colors are applied rapidly, one after the other, without allowing each to dry separately. as is done in hand printing. A somewhat blurred appearance is usually the result"
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DEF RAUDED.
By . New Plan of Bank swindrink Ry
 Duplicate Draft.


 Boston Special Chicago Tribune: A new scheme to defraud the banking houses of this community has been dis covered through the officials Of the Massachusetts National bank. The of. hclals are assisting the-police in this country and those of the Scot tad Yard force in unraveling the matter. The manner in which it is worked is as fol- lows: A man enters a bank and pur- chases a draft, at the same time tell. Ing the 5hier that he Is goia abroad and would like to have a duplicate drawn He takes both of the drafts away, ard the original Is either taken or sent to Europe by the swindler. Some bank in London cashes the origi- nal draft, and the Duplicate is cashed on the continent 5y some unsuspeeting person. In this way the swindlers double their money Paper issued by the Massachusetts National bank was used by one of the swindlers to secure s2,000 from bank in Switzerland. The man who had the transaction with the local bank told the cashier that he was going abroad and that he would like to have the drafts in two parts. He pur- chased two drafts of $1, ,0o0 each. These were drawn on a London bank. Re- gently word was received from London that one of the drafts marked dupli. cate had been cashed there. 4 few days ago letter was received from a banking house in Switzerland, stating that it had cashed the original draft Tor the party to whom Miller had in- dorsed it. The cashier of the Massaehu- setts National bank wrote to bank ing house in Troy, N. Y, and asked that institution to look up a man giy- ing the name of J. P. Miller, who had bought the draft in March. The bank ing house replied that it found three people of that name, all reputable bus. mess men. No one of the three an swered the description Of the Miller who bought the drafts. The SWitzer- land bank will be the loser in this case, as the person who eashed the draft should have demanded the dupii- cato as well as the original before cash ing 1t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
Below the Ocean Level.

The most continental region on the giobe-farthest removed from an. soeean-lies in central Asia, south of Tsian-shan. It lies below the level of the ocean, and the Russian government has established a meteorological sta rian there
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
bFsafsss AI6Isai RalIIoad Lauds

5o,ooo acres of good timber lands for sale 2,ooo acres of cleared lands for sale, along the line ef the Arkansas Midland Railroad. Free sites for factories and mills.
 For farms or timber lands, ad- dress,
 c. T. UPDEGRAFF,
 General Freight Agent,
 Helena, Arlsans as
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
ARMY HORSES HARD TO GET.
rarchaolng Department Finds Difficulty

Purcha9ing Department Finds Difficulty
 in Meeting the Requirements.
 The entire northwest is being ran- sacked by agents of the war depart ment in quest of horses suitable for the cavalry and artillery of the army. The horses procured are for the most part brought to Chicago, where they are inspected. and then distributed wherever there is need of them. Among the requirements are the color of the animal, it's weight and it's height. The owner must stand the expense of hav- ing the two front shoes removed. fur nish a halter and have the animal weighed sIt would require the ani- mals to be molded,' said a horse trader at the stockyards. As yet there are few horses that we Lave received that come up to the requirements of the or der, and an owner having a horse that would answer the style that is wanted by the army demands larger price than the government offers to pay" The local horsemen state that the gov ernment will have to make some allow ance on the order or it will not get the requisite number from this territory Horses are being secured that will come up to the requirements in many respects, but it is feared that they will be turned down by the government buyer the same as they were last year -Chicago Chronicle.
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Feudalism in Hungary.

Inconceivable as the anaehronism may seem to the western mind, the agrarian system of Hungary has not yet issued from the feudal form. The Hungarian farmer of today is virtually q serf, bound to his master, the hered- itary owner of the soil which the peas ant tills, by the tangible tie of per- sonal liability. The Hungarian feudal lord of today is entitled to fifty days labor from each male adult who dwells on his land. The seignior is at liberty to demand this feudal contribution at whatever time may seem best to him, with the frequent result that the ten- ant farmer is employed in gathering his masters harvests while his own crops are rotting after a rainfall or are being consumed by an early frost or suffer damage from one or more of the many possible causes which ren. der destructive the slightest delay on the part of the harvester in gathering the fruits of a years labor.-S. Ivan Tonjoroff, in Arena.
 female Students m -Germanyl
 In Germany the number of girl graduates is increasing in remarRa- ble fashion. Three years ago the ten great schools had on their books TIT female students. At the end Of 1897 the total had risen to BAT, and where as in the previous year the girl stu dents were mainly concentrated in Berlin, every university except Mun- ster contributed to the roll of female graduates. at the beginning of this year the total mad again increased to 400 Philolegy and philosophy are tha favorite subjects of the girl graduates. history, art and natural science com ing next in order Of preference.
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 .soke Her Contract.

Tuck: Mrs Slimdiet (the isaesay)-Mr. Upton, you must either pay up or leave! have kept my con- tract with you, and you must keep your contract with met Hardy Upton .-But you haven't kept yoar contract with me, You guaranteed to make me comfortable! Mrs Slimdiet-Well, haven't made you eomfortable7 Hardy Upton-No! Your constant naggin me to settle my board bills for the last three months has made my fife in this house exceedingly uncorn- sartable!
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Beer Tabloid Invented.

\ German chemist has made an ad- liJion to the number of 'tabloids." This is a beer tabloid, which, dropped spso a tumbler of water, produces a loaming glass of the faVorite beverage ef the FatherlaQd.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-02
r,.aonra csng Her.

Wife Cat breakfast)-I want to do some shopping today, dear. if the weather is favorable. What are the forecasts Husband Consulting his paper Rain. hail, thunder and light uing.-Tit-Bits