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New-York tribune., 1900-01-01

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New-York tribune., 1900-01-01

JEkxL ISLAND CLUB.
One share In this well known club: price 81 200 Aa
dress HOPKINS SMITH. Union club. New-York
, 1900-03-08
CONDITION AT LADYSMITH.
Garrison and City Had Suffered Terribly
From Famine and Disease.

London, March 2.-Colonel Rhodes,
the brother of Cecil Rhodes, describing
in the Times the entry into Ladysmith
Of Lord DundOnald and 300 men of
the Imperial Light Horse and Natal
Carbineers, February 2Sth, says:
General White and his staff met the
troops in the center of the town. He
was cheered with heartfelt enthusiasm.
He addressed the civilians and thanked
them and the garrison for their mag
nificent support through trials which
we alone can realize. We could DOS
sibly have hung OF for six weeks lon
ger, but the privations would have
been great and sickness and the pau
city of our ammunition would have
limited the number of assaults we
would have been able TO resist. We
started the Siege with 1900 troops,
1000 civilians and 1000 natives. Be
tween casualties and sickness 5000
soldiers passed through the hospital.
1t is impossible to over emphasize the
privations of the sick. Since the middle
of January a man once down was prac-
tically lost. The reduced rations of
the soldiers just sufiiced for their sub
sistence. Daily thirty old horses and
mules We're slaughtered and were con-
verified into soup and sausaEes. From
January 18th to now there have been
over 200 deaths from disease alone.
The last fortnight saw the majority of
the field batteries endorsed and the
guns permanently posted in u de-
lenses. The cavalry and drivers were
converted into infantry and sent TO the
trenches. A line of defenses had been
constructed with the view of n possi-
bic hnal contingency, IL the outer
, 1900-03-08
MONEY FOR PUERTO RlCo.
Mckinley Advises That Duty on Their
Products BE Returned.

Mckinney Advises That Duty on ihehr
Products BE Returned.
Washington, d. O., March 3.-!The
President yesterday sent b Follow
ing message to Congress:
ITO the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives:
"sisce the evacuation of Puerto Rico
by the Spanish forces on h eigh-
teentn day of October, 1898, the United
States has collected on products COM
ing from that island to the ports of the
United States the duties fixed by the
DIngley act. and amounting TO $1,000
455. IS, and will continue to collect I'M
der said law until Congress shall 9TH
erwise direct. Although l had the
power, and having in mind the best In
terests of the people of the island, USED
1t to modify duties on goods n prod
uctes entering into Puerto Rico, / dld
not have the power to remit or modlfy
duties on Puerto Rican products com
ing into the United States. In view or
the pressing necessity for immediate
revenue in Puerto Rico for conducting
the government there, and for the ex'
tension of public education and In view
also of the provisional Legislation just
Inaugurated by the House of Repre-
sentatives and for the purpose Of max
ing lHe pTlltlIht Cllpohleh -" Nb
~islation applicable to the immediate
past as well as to the immediate flu
ture. | recommend that the above sum
so collected, and the sums hereafter
collected under existing law shall,
without waiting for the enactment of
the general LEGISLATION now pending be
| appropriated foe the use and benefit of
the island.
(Signed) CIVILIAN MKlNLEY.
Executive Mansion, March 2, 1907
The Republicans greeted the conclu-
sion of the reading of the message
with demonstrations of enthusiasm.
After a debate of forty minutes the
bill passed by a vote of 1852 to 1O7.
, 1900-03-08
BELL ATTACKS REPUBLICANS.
Points Out Discrimination Against Puerto
Rico,

Wv
Denver. March "a special to the
News from Washington says:
The sudden change in policy by the
administration relative to Puerto Rico
was made the subject of a few vigor-
Gus remarks by Representative Bell
yesterday afternoon. He said:
This bill ZONES as an apology for
former rongs committed. l will
guarantee that you may 90 back over
the history of this country from the
foundation. and such another chapter
of Inconsistencies, of changes of posi-
tons, of changes of scenes, cannot be
developed. l would like the gentleman
from Illinois CAlr. Cannon to explain
to us, how it is that he is so anxious
that the trusts of which he speaks
shall not get additional benefits from
the proposition he now favors. As j
understand the presidents of two of
the greatest trusts in the United States
We're before the committee of ways
and means and prevailed on the COM
mittee to adopt the present course.
Now it seems that the trusts are so
thick in the United States that If we
fall out of the arms of one. we fall in
to those of another. | would like the
gentleman to explain how it is that
Hawaii, 2.0SO miles west of us and
producing five times the produce can
bring in its goods free, and the prod
ucts of this little island of Puerto Rico,
not longer than the county l live in,
must be taxed. The only explanation
is that a lot of American magnates
W Hawaii and have purchased them.
selves through political influence into
our markets free. while Puerto Rico is
owned by individual residents without
any great political influence. Our
treatment of Puerto Rico will keep the
value squeezed out of the lands of the
island. American syndicates will buy
1t up, then bring themselves in free"
, 1900-03-08
BRIBERY is
New York City's Auditor Accuses His Eel
low Officers.


low Officers.
New York, March 5.-ComptroIler
Coler to-day attacked the office of the
corporation counsel in n way that is
likely 10 create n storm. He charged
wholesale robbery and did not hesitate
TO say that bribery is rampant among
Ii city ~ofiice-holdcrs, who, he AYERS,
seem to ave made the trade of theft
respectable, and thereby avoid the fate
of the late William Tweed.
Robbery of the city of New York
is now perfectly lcgalized,' he began.
II prepared and sent t. Albany a bill
that would save the city from whole
sale theft, a bill providing that the
persons selling supplies to the city de-
paftments shall not charge more thar
market prices. The officers of the city
whose duty 1t is to defend suits, went
to Albany 20 defend a bill providing
that those selling goods to the city
would not have to prove thai they were
overcharging for them.
MY bill would stop legalized rob.
berry. When | have held up bills and
claims because the prices charged
were above the market price, the cor,
poration counsel confessed Judgment
on the ground that the city had no de
Tense as fraud had not been proved.
When my bill 10 stop %lcgalized robbery
is introduced, the corporation counsel
hurries TO Albany to defeat it.. The
city has been robbed ~outrageously in
the purchase of supplies. There is u
concerted movement on the part of Ger.
tain departments to defeat the finance
department from protecting the city
treasury. In some cases, large reduc.
tons were made on bills because they
were fraudulent and the prices charged
were more than double the market
value, yet If these cases had been
taken TO court the corporation counsel
would not defend them because fraud
had not been shown. l must prove
fraud or there is no defense.
To prove fraud and actual bribery
Is n difficult matter. l cannot 20 into
dark rooms see the money passed
In one case safes were purchased by
the city for $500. The mayor of Mount
Vernon advertised for bids for the
same kind of safes and got them for
1901. In another case. carpets were
bought AT auction for SIPS IA yard thai
could be bought for So cents. Tweed
did no know how to steal in n respect
manner ana went to Jail in conse,
quence. LOCALIZED robbery of the city
Is now respectable. Things are worse
than in Tweed's time. Thousands OF
persons are subsidized by the city
through the purchase of supplies in lots
that cost less than $1,000. The patron
z taken away by the civil service is
distributed in hat way.
My bill would stop all this robbery
and bribery and theft, but the corpOr
alton counsel in his official capacity
goes to Albany and uses his influence
to defeat the bill. The people can judge
for themselves"
, 1900-03-08
Beers GATHERING in FORCE.
A Battle Probable Near osfonteIn-Jou
bert In ommand

bort In Command.
London, March 5.-The Post has the
following dispatch from Osfontein.
dated March 3rd;
General French made n ~reconnois.
anc to-day and encountered the enc,
my in force. They were occupying a
table-shaped kOpjc. Shots were ex.
changed, n Boer gun replying"
a dispatch TO the Times from Osfon.
teln, dated March 3rd. dilates on 1.-THE
increasing difficulty of tclegraphlng ms
the army advances through the enc.
my's country"
The correspondent says: Forage for
horses Is almost understandable. The
whereabouts of the enemy Is not exact.
ly known but the mobile commanders
are lowering around our army. We an,
tcipate opposition mt Abraham's krnal,
thirty miles east of paardeberg, where
Genera Joubcrt Is reported collecting
n force from the whole Of the Lady
smith forces, with the northeastern
Free Statcrs.
president Stoyn arrived at the Bocr
camp at Abraham's krnal the morning
of February eth and ]harrangued the
burghers, cNhorting them to remember
Mnjuba, ana to deliver Cronje."
Abrnham's krnal, as shown in the
war Office maps, Is II group OF three
kopjcs, situated at the junction of
kraal spruit with Moddcr river. 1t is
n natural point of concentration which
the Beers could make exceedingly
strong, but after the proofs of the mo.
bility of the army of Lord Roberts. IL
may be doubted whether they will
make II really serious attempt to bar
his advance there.
, 1900-03-08

The car of Russia is not much in
love with the grandeur in which he is
compelled to live. He has no liking
for a soldiers or sportsman's life, and
is more uncomfortable than
when Obliged to don the gorgeous uni
form of some crack regiment OF which
he is colonel. He is fond of rowing.
cycling, tennis and other quiet sports.
His happiest oments are spent in his
un~pretentious library. The ear and
his young wife have for their favorite
domestic resort the small Alexander
palace. at Czarskoie Selo. In the
grounds of this palace is a queerly
built pavilion. or summer house, which
was designed by the great Catherine of
Russia, and here the royal pair enjoy
their meals unattended by servants. A
sort of trick table" sinks through the
floor when each course is finished and
reappears laid for the following course.
, 1900-03-08

Curious as it may appear to many
people. 1t Is, nevertheless. extremely
probable that the war in South Africa
may nave the effect of giving an i'm
mems stimulus to mule breeding in
Great Britain. The truth is that the
military authorities have discovered
that the demand for really eligible
mules far exceeds the supply, and as it
Is evident to the public hat the prices
paid for such animals are
tive, 1t is pretty certain hat the les
son will receive the attention it de-
serves. In this country the mule is
highly valued for heavy draught work.
When it is also borne in mind that the
mule can exist well where n horse
would well-nigh %starve, thai he is the
most healthy of animals and a willing
worker. in spite of all the jokes which
are made on the score of the obstinacy
displayed by some mules. there can be
no gainsaying the fact hat he is a
useful beast.
, 1900-03-08

Franklin, Pa, March 5.-Shortly
nfter the election, Hon. Joseph Sibley.
ts congressman from the Twenty.
seventh district. announced that he
would divide his sulnry for his term
between the five hospitals in his dis.
trict.
In fulnllmcut Of this promise, the
officials of the projected hospital In
this city have received n check for
$1,000 from Congressman Sibley, and
a check for II similar AMOUNT was re.
relved by the hospitals at OH City.
Warren, Bradford and Kane.
While Mr. SihlCy represented the
E~rie-Crawford district. lie took similar
action with his salary, dividing II
among the labor organizations of the
district.
, 1900-03-08

England has more battleships and
cruisers than France and Russia com
bined and more than Germany, Italy,
United States and Japan combined. In
torpedo boats she is inferior to France
and but little superior to Russia. The
Australians want to nave a little navy,
but objection is raised to this in Eng
land on the ground that the colonists
would next insist upon having a voice
in the disposition of the British fleet
and might not be disposed to take a
hand in all OF the imperial wars.
, 1900-03-08

A young minister who did not scru-
pie to fish for compliments was once
invited to take Inner with an old
elder, as reticent as they make them.
Manipulate the conversation as he
would, the young man could not get
his host to say sermon" and at last
he boldly introduced the important
subject by remarking directly, That
was a fine text l had to-day" But the
elder knew his man. "Ou, ay. there's
naething wrang wi the text"
, 1900-03-08
PREDICTS ENoLANp,s DECAY.
Presipent Jordan of Stanford University
Prophesies.

Chicago, March 5.-President David
Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford Uni.
versity, California, lectured at All
Souls church here yesterday, speaking
to n large audience on THE Blood of "A
Nation" He said that the present
century would witness the downfall.
of Great Britain. He declared that I'll
timately the people of South Africa
would have their freedom.
The speaker, in emphatic terms, as
serted that the present inhabitants OF
Great Britain We're n mere shadow OF
their forefathcrs in point Of brains and
health. Mr.. Jordan thinks that Il ma
ton that POUNDS its destiny on war
must reach II speedy decay. He said
II great war saps the vitality of the
best blood of the nation.
Mr.. Jordan deprecated the fact that
so many Of the best youths of n nation
are killed during times of war. He re
marked that this accounted for the eX-
lstence of u weak nation, both men
tally and physically. The speaker de
clared that France, more THAI any
other great nation, had dcteriorated.
lie snid war more than any other thing
had contributed TO this SOrrowful con
dition. Among other things he said:
Il think war, more than any other
agency, destroys the vitality of n ma
ton. Take, for Instance. the present
British-Boer war. The best represen-
tatives of both countries are now on
the field of battle. War not only
makes widows, but II prevents many
marriages. ! am certainly of the
opinion that war is II curse on any
nation, unless II Is the result of a fight
for freedom. Such a thing as carrying
on war for the sake of encouraging
imperlalistic ideas Will wreck, sooncr
or later, Il nation hat tries such a
scheme"
, 1900-03-08
Blood HumOrs
Are Cured by
Hoods


"I always take
Hoods S~arsaparilla In
the Spring and It IL
the best blood purifier
/ know Of" MISS
PEARLE GRIFFIN, Bald
win, Mich.
"~EruptionsI that
came on my face have
all disappeared sinceI
began taking Hoods
~Sarsaparilla. 1t cured
my father Of catarrh.n
ALPHA HAMILTON,
Bloomington. Ind.
~ had scrofula sores
all over my back and
face. 1 began taking
Hoods S%arsaparilla
and in a few weeks I
could not see any sign
OF the sores" OHIO B,
MOORE. Mount Hone,
Wis,
, 1900-03-08

A Delaware who went away
with another man while her husband
was out doing the milking left a note
saying: Dear john nav gone away
with the man l love, and we will live
happy. Don't hunt for US" But John
is hunting for them with a gun. prob
ably to prove that she was wrong for
once. Some men take such a mean
delight in robbing women of innocent
peace.
, 1900-03-08

Calistoga, Cal, March 3.-The Calls
toga and Clear Lake stage was held
up to-day by n lone highwayman on
Noun st. l%lelenu, six miles from this
city. The robbcr secured $3.50 in ash
Wells-fargo y Co.'S express box.
when is said TO have contained little
OF value. The stage contained four
passengers three womcn and one man.
an lthllah gardener, who contributed
t1e St;oo' me ladies were not modest
eH, OtlGers with a bloodhound are on
the track of the bandit.
, 1900-03-08
Becomes the Heroine of thu. caro,,r.
GrOun

Vancouver, II. C., March 3.-MIss
Logan, twenty-five years of noe
daughter of Key. Robert Logan thn
hrst missionary to the South Sen Is
land, sent out from Boston by the Con
grcgational board of the United States
mas, according to advicos from sydney
won Tor herself the title of heroine of
the Caroline group VI
II Is due not only 10 her fenrlessness
IN racing famine and tropical disease.
out TO her personal interference in a
hgIt between Two native chiefs I'm
Wnleh she sustained an accidental but
severe injury w has since become
and will return home, '
, 1900-03-08

Nearly 10000 valentines passed
through the Chicago p~ostofice this
year, n yet Chicago has been called
a city with no sentiment above corned
beef.
, 1900-03-08

Old man Joubert is adhering tena-
ciously to his promise to fight ito the
last ditch, the last gun and the last
man"
, 1900-03-08

1t is worth noting, also, that tho
first English general who has earned
promotion in South Africa is French.
, 1900-03-08

A recent commercial report shows
the intimate relation between weather
and business. The unusually mild tenn
perature has had its effect in many
ways. The smaller sale of shoes is
attributed to the mildness of the
weather. and the absence Of rain and
the slight fall of snow have resulted
An the shutdown of some rubber fac
tories. The sale of overshoes, rubber
boots, and mackihtoshes is much less
than ever before. The ice business is
affected. the cut in most localities be-
ing small and giving promise of n
small crop, with dearer prices in the
The scarcity of snow in the
northwest is decreasing the log cut.
Drought in New England resulted in a
shortage of water in the little streams
that furnish power to the cotton and
other mills, causing many of them to
shut down. This was followed by
floods that brought too high a level and
kept the mills still closed. Warm
weather being responsible for scarcity
of ice and lumber, one would think It
would result in a decreased price of
coal, but, strangely enough. this has
not followed.
, 1900-03-08

William Waldorf Astor seems to be
trying to follow the old adage, "If you
cannot speak well OF another. say
nothing at all" Within the last few
months two notable Englishmen have
died. the duke of Westminster and
George w. Stevens, the brilliant war
correspondent, and In each case Mr..
Aston refused to permit an obituary OF
them to be published in his Pail Mall
Gazette. He had trouble with the duke
over the purchase Of Cliyeden, his
beautiful home on the Thames, and
never forgave Stevens for leaving his
Journal for the Daily Mail.
, 1900-03-08
Denver Directory.
SADDLES AND HARNESS. f laddh
Free. Lowest Prices Fred Mueller. I4is-iiI9 Larimer

OXFORD HOTEL. Depot h.1s ST v,, ss.s Union
OH. Morse. Mgr, j. ". TenEyck. II. A. Triplett.
, 1900-03-08

In addition to the known wealth of
the Philippine islands it Is pointed out
in a monograph just published in Ger
many that they are among the few
places on earth where the trees from
which gutta-percha Is procured will
flourish. This material is indlspensa-
BILE for covering submarine cables and
electric wires and for many other uses,
Gays the Army and Navy Journal. No
substitute has been found, and the sup
ply drawn from Sumatra and Borneo
is almost entirely exhausted through
the wasteful methods employed In
gathering II.
, 1900-03-08

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DChhmpa st., Denver. Tel gltA. Wi buy, sell, eI-
change, rent, repair any typewriter. sell supplies
ana parts Agent for the Fox. Examine merits
, 1900-03-08

SAVINGS 4 sas:s;iSsa P ssSI;s
N'Vu'ovo' rays tot per ct on deposits. Send for rule
, 1900-03-08

BROWN I ?. PALACE HOTEL tHsstgsSssys
, 1900-03-08
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, 1900-03-08
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-23
The Nome Gold Fields.

The first map folder or circular re-
specting the Klondike gold strike OF
1893 was issued by the Northern Pacific
railway. 1t is more than a coincidence
that the first map folder or pamphlet
of the Nome Mining district comes
from the same source. The present
folder not only contains good map of
the Nome district but is embellished
with several cuts of views at Nome
City and on the beach where the meth
cd of mining is clearly shown. AL in
formation obtainable regarding sailing
dates from Seattle and Tacoma,
through rates, ETC., is given in this
book and the public cautioned to go to
the agents of the N. p. Ry., who are
supplied with diagrams of the Alaska
steamers, and arrange in advance for
their accommodations rather to put off
this very important business until they
reach Puget Sound. There is no doubt
but what there will be very consider
able passenger business from the mid
die and eastern states and very heavy
business from the Pacific Coast states
to the Nome district next spring.
For folders, rates, etc., call on G. w.
Jones, SOB Locust street, Des Moines,
Iowa, or send a two cent stamp to
Chas. S. Fee. General Passenger Agent
st. Paul Mimi, and he will mail you
the Nome folder.
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people without regard to political or
religious belief demanded his exclusion
there could be but one result.
CUBAN ANNEX ALTON.

The news comes from Washington
that the congressional committee on
relations with Cuba will shortly visit
that island, with view of once more
Investigating its social, industrial and
political conditions, and to learn how
much time will be required to bring
Cuba under the influence of American
IDEAS and American methods. 1t is
stated that the prevailing sentiment of
the committee is that the annexation
of Cn5a will result, and perhaps at no
distant day. This means that the COM
mittee, or majority of the same, IA
vors that result. Indeed, one member
of the committee is reported as having
said: Annexation will be brought
about by a perfectly natural process of
transition" The wish is father to the
thought. The committee should know
a few things without going to Cuba.
The professional politician and mill
tary chief of Cuba will never consent
to Remuneration of Cuba while there
is a chance for his control and plumber
of the country as an independent SOW
ereignty. His opposition may be
counted on the bitter end, unless it be
made to his personal advantage to quit.
! \ second fact of Importance is that
,anneSaiop, perfect and complete, to
fine United States is the only chance
that Cuba has Tor honorable, enlight-
'ened. peaceful and prosperous govern
ment. No number of committees or
investigations can shake the truth of
these two propositions.