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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-08-11
AN. ENORMOUS FORCE.
Chinese Well Prepared to Resist the Ad-
Vance OF Allies.

Chinese Well Prepared to Resist the Ad-
vance Of Allies.
New YORK, Aug. 8.-A dispatch to
The Tribune from London says: The
correspondent Of The Express at Tien
Tsin believes that the advance Of the
allied troops on the capital viii be
strongly resisted, the time consumed in
international conferences having Ell
abled the Chinese to concentrate an
enormous force. The Shanghai CORE
spondent of The Daily Mail reports
that there has been great fristion among
the allies as to the appointments Of a
commander.in-chief. General MacAr-
thur has, it is stated. been put forward
for the place by the Americans, while
an unofficial Paris telegram says that
General Voyron. the commander Of the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-08-11
French expeditiohary corps, has acfnall.
been appointed.
AMERICANS IN THE FIGHT.

Ninth and Fouvtsenth Regiments En-
es gagged Ut Pet Tseug.
TEN Is1N. Sunday, Aug. 5, via
Shanghai, Aug. 8.-This morning at
daylight $1,000 allies attacked the Obi.
nese at eei Tsang and forced the enemy
from the trenches. The Americans
who participated were the Ninth and
fourteentlr rsgiments, Reilly's battery
anu the marines. A heavy battle il
still in progress.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-08-11
Three Killed and Several Injured.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 8.-Three
persons were killed and number in
jured by the collision Of passenger
train with q freight engine and caboose.
on the Monon railroad near South Raub,
10 miles south Of this city. The freight
engine was awaiting the passage Of
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-08-11

f. Governments Of India wants to Borrow.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-C Consul Fee,
at Bombay, has been advised the state.
ment that the government Of India de-
sires to contract 816 per cent loan to
the amount Of 30. .000, ,00O.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-08-11
Asks for Police Protection.

CHICAGO, Aug. 8,.-Countess Enrica
Rozwadowski, wife Of the Italian con-
sui IN Chicago, has asked that special
police protection be given her husband,
expressing fear that anarchists might
injure the count owing to his conneo-
ton with the Italian government. tits
said that Count Rozwadowski has re-
oeived several threatening letters re-.
Gently. 81
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-08-11
Say It Il Not Yellow Psver.

TAMPA, Fla. Aug. a-An official
statement signed by State Health Oh
Ger J. Y. Porter and J. u. White Of the
marine hospital service, just issued, de-
clares two suspected Gases to benot
fellow Fever.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1900-08-11
That Throbbing Headache.

Would quickly leave you, If you used
Dr.. Kings New Life Pills. Thou
sands Of sufferers have proved their
matchless merit for Sick and Nervous
Headaches. They make pure blood
and build up your health. Only rs
cents. Money back If not cured. Sold
BY D. H. Macarthur, Druggist.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02

cuse for remaining in Cape Colony eft
er Olivier's escape northward, encoun-
tered trouble on the borders Of Basuto.
land while marching toward Bloemfon-
tein to join Roberts. Suddenly news
came that the Colonials under General
Brabant We're besieged at Wepener.
BY whom they were besieged was a
mystery, since Lord Roberts had an
nounced clean sweep of the Orange
Free State east, west and south of the
farmer Boer capital.
The Beers who had penned up Bra
bant had cannon, and the British lead
er gave reports of their strength and
doings which led to the conclusion that
there might be 10000 burghers in his
rear. Speedily two whole divisions of
the all conquering army and several
scattered contingents took their long
ing eyes from Pretoria and faced the
other way to march to the relief of
Brabant's Colonials. 1t seemed that
the war couldn't get on at all without
the British rushing to the relief of
something or other. General Rundle's
division moved in toward Wepener
from the railroad on the west, and then
Lord Roberts was forced to send
troops out and clear Rundle's fank-in
other words, relieve Rumble from Boer
attacks.
All this time the British dispatches
were filled with the brilliant plans on
foot to surround and capture the Beers
who had surrounded and menaced the
capture of Brabant But the mystery
was all solved when it turned out that
the Boer leader at Wepener was De
Wet, a customer as difficult to surround
as lively rooster with a good pair of
wings. He played the game to the linn
1t, had the whole British army moving
or alert to head him off and surround
him either at Wepener or on his retreat
from there.
The history of Wepener may be read
in what followed. De Wet disappear
ed, the siege was raised, and Roberts,
who had been held at Bloemfontein by
the guerrilla until South African
winter was on, finally marched north,
only to find De Wet in his rear again
after crossing the Vaal.
1t was plain that the Beers had aban-
doned the idea of stubbornly defending
the Transvaal in the face of large bod
les Of British. But De Wet, the Free
Slater, was not among the pacified
burghers who bowed before the British
president, Frazer. The very day that
Lord Roberts hoisted the flag over Jo-
hannesburg De Wet captured the I'm
perial yeomanry battalion at Lindley,
40 miles due east of Kroonstadt From
that time on his campaign was in the
nature Of raid lasting three months
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02

and covering distance of 1000 miles.
May 81 he captured the yeomanry and
three days later took in $50 highland
ers with convoy of wagons June 2
he cut the railway in Roberts rear 100
miles south of Johannesburg and in
days operations destroyed the track
northward for so miles.
Turning southwark again De Wet
captured the crew Of a construction
train and also the Fourth Derbyshires.
His old enemy Of the Wepener cam
paign, General Rumble, was coming up
the railroad and, marching to meet
him, the raider took in another con-
struction train and destroyed three
culverts on the railroad On July 2 he
fought with Rumble at Winburg, then
dashed so miles east almost to the bor-
ders of Basutoland. Rumble start
ed after the nimble Boer from the
north, and Hunter moved up from the
south, but De Wet broke through Run
dies lines and reached Lindley again,
east of kroonstadt. Oyertaken at
Lindley and his force partly dispersed,
AS DOluly uCh OuI Luz lie
captured a supply train and 100 high
landers and after cutting the telegraph
and track pushed northwest to Reitz-
burg on the Vaal.
Meanwhile the British were tireless
in their efforts to head off De Wet.
General Colville, whose division twice
met with disaster at the hands of the
raider, was recalled home and threats
made that others would share a like
fate unless the thing was stopped.
But De Wet plunged across the Vaal
and broke into Methuen's lines on the
railway in the western Transvaal.
After rounding the British position at
Ventersdorp the raider pushed north as
far as Rustenburg, 40 miles from Pre-
toria. Methuen turned his whole force
against De Wet, but had no better sue
cess than Roberts had had in the
Free State, where at one time in July
$4,000 troops We're trying to hem in the
raider. Forced westward by Methu-
ems swarming detachments De. Wet
entered the bush veldt and turned
southwark, once more to cross the
Naal and penetrate to the mountains
of the Free State beyond Kroonstadt.
Making Hebron his headquarters, he
rallied respectable force, and, al
though Lord Roberts sent three bri-
gades to entrap him, he again slipped
out. The equal of De Wet as an irreg-
ular campaigner would be hard to find
in the history Of modern war.
GEORGE L. KILMER
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02
A Couple of Shocks.

"Where have you been, Mr. Rocky y
demanded the boss.
ION, sir" replied Rocky mendacious-
~, my landlady is most excellent
woman, and she has been SO i'll that
had to stay at home to nurse her"
This excuse went, and the boss turned
away. The following day Rocky felt
like he had sand in his head, and a.
headache as long as a rainy Sunday
in the country developed. He staid at
home, sending the excuse that his
landlady was dead and he had to at
tend the funeral. Later in the day a
woman entered the bookstore and in
quired for Mr.. Rocky.
''The reason came here she ex-
planned, sis because am his landlady,
and not having seen him for week I
became uneasy and called to inquire
about him.
Ills landlady!" gasped the boss.
'Why, woman, he's attending your flu
neral this very day and has been nurs-
ing you for week.
1t was shock to the poor woman to
find she wa dead. but a shock of an
other sort struck Rocky when he came
back to work. 1t was his funeral that
time.-Louisville Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02
Parted the Thrust.

A lady had in her employ an excel
lent girl who had one fault. Her face
was always in a smudge. Her mistress
tried, without offending, to tell her to
wash her face and at last resorted to
strategy.
do you know, Bridget" she remark
ed in confidential manner, "it is said
that if you wash the face every day in
hot soapy water it will make you beau
tiful?"
"Will it?" said Bridget. Sure, it's a
wonder We niver tried it, ma'amv'-
Our Dumb Animals
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02
Distinctions In Being Kicked.

The Arabs, clever horsemen as they
are, are quite as liable to accident as
English grooms. But the Arab likes to
be kicked by thoroughbred horse and
cannot endure to be put to any pain by
an animal whose pedigree is at all de-
fective. An English surgeon had been
setting the broken leg of an Arab who
complained more of the accident that
had befallen him than was thought be-
coming in one of his tribe. This the
surgeon remarked to him, and his an
swer was truly characteristic. "Do you
think, doctor should have uttered
word of complaint if my own high bred
colt in playful kick had broken both
my legs? But to have bone broken
by brute of jackass is too bad, and
will complaint
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02

It'll a soldier
like Christian De
Wet in the sad
die at the end of
a years unequal
struggle it is but
natural to think
of the might
have beens" on
the Boer side Of
the South Afri-
can contest. De
Wet first came
into prominence
at the time of
|Cronje's plight
at Paardeburg in
'EehruarY. With
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02

The combined catch of cod by all the
fisheries Of the world is estimated at
5OO,OOO,OO0 pounds annually, most Of
which is exported to tropical countries
after having. been hard dried.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02

How Bier Rabbit Beat Br'er Fox.
One day Br'er Fox was hungry. AS
he wandered about the woods he saw
squirrel upon the branch of tall tree.
"Hello, Br'er SQUIRREL he said.
Hello, Br'er Fox!' replied the squir-
rel.
Then said Brer Fox: 81 once had
brother who could jump from limb to
limb" $50 can l." replied Br'er SPUR
rel. .Let me see you," said the fox.
So the squirrel jumped from limb to
limb.
"Br'er Squirrel, have brother who
can jump from tree to tree" 81 can
too" So Br'er Squirrel jumped from
tree to tree.
"Br'er Squirrel, had a brother who
could jump from the top of tall tree
right into my arms" 81 can too"
And he did. Br'er Fox ate him all up
Br'er Rabbit was lying in his bed
near by and saw all that was DONE
"Br'er Fox" said he, your a mighty
smart man, but / had a brother who
could do something you cannot do
what was it?" said Br'er Fox.
"My brother could let anybody tie a
large rock around his neck and jump
off this bridge into the water and swim
out" $50 can L." said the fox. Then
Brer Rabbit fixed the rock and the
string, and Br'er Fox jumped, but he
has not been heard of since.-Ameri-
can Folk Lore.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02
Got the Change.

why We're you tempted to steal this
mans purse?"
Because my doctor recommended
me to take little change"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02

Paymasters and commissariat Of
ficials Of the German army receive
special training in examining the qua.
ity of food supplied to the army.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02
DE WET, THE RAIDER
EXPLOITS OF THE DAsHlNG BoER
FARMER SOLDIER.

IN tho Cronje Campaign-Bold Cap
tnres East of Bloemfontein- On
Roberts Rear Mt Wepener-Raiding
North of the Transvaal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02
Corkscrew Seed.

There are some seeds which literal
" corkscrew themselves into the
ground" The most remarkable in
stance is perhaps that of the Spina
pennata, beautiful south European
grass. The actual seed is small, with
sharp point and stiff short hairs
pointing backward. The top end of
the seed is produced into fine, twist
ed, corkscrewlike rod, which is fol-
lowed by plain cylindrical portion,
ending in long, delicate feather, the
whole being more than foot in length.
Owing to this feather the seed falls to
the earth point downward and sticks
In the ground.
But even if the seed should settle on
it's side, damp, by acting on the hairs
attached to it, causes it to rise up till
its point is downward. If shower
comes on or dew falls, the spiral I'M
winds, elongating itself upward Be
ing covered, like the seed, with back
ward pointing hairs, it usually presses
against some blade of grass or other
obstacle, with the result that the seed
is pressed into the ground
On the spiral becoming dry again. 1t
curls up, and the seed is not drawn
out of the ground owing to its back
ward pointing hairs, but the spiral and
the feather are easily drawn down. On
the return of damp the spiral again I'M
winds and, acting as before, drives the
| seed still farther down until at last it
is quite buried.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-02

tcopyright, 1900, by G. L. Kilmer.l
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-31
The Orpheum.

There were great gojnSs on on the
Orpheum stage last night. Water
melons took the place Of bouquets and
climax was reached during Hogan's
singing of Who's That says Chick
ems in That Crowd" when big and
healthy Shanghai rooster was handed
over the footllghts to Hogan who wei
coined the fowl as brother IL arms.
The benefit given to Togo Jackson 8
widow has proved great addition 10
the popularity of the HogdniteS. APP
pause was loudly bestowed when Mr..
Dante, manager for Hogan announced
the satisfactory result of the proceeds
Of the game. The ladies Of the COM
pany were cheered as each filed across
the stage and deposited III tuIa ,beir
| individual earnings as flower sellers
| and ticket vendors. Duke McNicEol
made an eXtempore speech of thanks
amid much laughter AMI applause,
| Hogan seized upon the occasion tC
make many apt allusruhs to fowl
hits, a certain umpirc's decisions ard
things baseball generally. Though the
HOganites failed to mair"iali2e enough
nits during the afternoon 20 vdnquisi
the Stars, they undoubtedly made vi
for any slaCknCss in that dlrortion las
night; everything was q home run ant
the ladies Of the organization provct
decidedly successful at the plate. Their
was a good deal of spare enthusiasm
worked off last night. This afternoon
the children's matinee will crowd th'
house and tonight will undoubtedly Sc,
1t filled to OVERLOOKING a grand Minis
,trel night with new songs and special
ties is being arranged for the fore par
of next week and will b. elaborated!
rehearsed and WORKED up for Monda.
night.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-31
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.

The intended resignation of u
Wood as President of the Board ol
Health again brings up the question
whether the executive head Of the
Board should be a physician or a bust
ness man. Dr. Wood believes that his
successor should be Il physician and
his advice Is not to be considered with
indifference by the public. The fact
remains that there are mighty few
physicians who combine, as does DR..
Wood, professional ability with the
executive capacity necessary for the
proper administration uf the Health
department.
There has also to be considered the
fact that physicians who do possess
this capacity are in the same position
as DR.. Wood-they cannot afford to
give up their private practice TO Gc-
cept difficult position that offers no
other return than glory and plenty OF
criticism. In the minds Of many
thoughtful citizens the first require
ment of the President OF the Board OF
Health Is marked business capacity,
ability to get work doae.
Few professional men possess this
requisite as does DR.. Wood, whose
resignation is sincerely regretted by
the entire community. At the same
time the public can ask no man to de-
vote his whole time TO philanthropy
DR.. Wood has seen the city through
the crisis and retires from the active
leadership with a splendid record that
will not soon be forgotten. WhoeYe"
succeeds him will have a difficult task
to perform.
Since DR.. Wood consents to remain
with the Board to give advice aud
counsel the business community il dis
posed to favor the appointment Of IL
business man to the position of PreSt-
dent
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-31

The way has been opened for the
Council of State to make immediate
provision for properly conducting the
customs and postal departments From
the remarks credited to Minister Mott
Smith at yesterdays meeting 1t would
appear that, for some unaccountaole
reason, the Executive is indifferent to
the crippled condition uf these depart
ments. 1t is impossibl? to understand
why no immediate attempt is made to
relieve the situation.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-31

ennial period ending December 3ls.,
1901" ftUm a certain loan authorized
by an act passed by the Legislature Of
1896, said appropriation to take eife,t
from the date Of It's appl oval by the
President Of the United states. Mr..
Sewall has also reported the action OF
the Councillors in voting 100000 for
the supp essiCn of the bubonic plague.
I he text Of both measures accompanied
Mr.. Sewall's reports.
The President directs me to advise
you that he has under this date, March
6, 1900, approved the aforementioned
Act |. Information OF such approval
has already been despatched to you by
q telegram sent this day to San Fran
cisco TO be fol walded tn HonOiuiA by
the steamer America Mdru sailing To-
morrow, February 9TH, which telegram
reads as follows:
The President has not considered 1t
wise to convyHc the old Legislature.
expecting the Council of State to pro-
vide for requisite expenditures unit!
Congress enacts the Hawaiian territor-
ial bill. He approves Act l OF the
Council of State"
The appropriation of 100000 for adj
ditional sewerage appears to fall unucr
the Presidents previous authorization
telegraphed to you on January 70 last
and forwarded by the steamer China OF
the Gath, as stated in my confirmatory
letter to you of January gath, 1900.
1t does not appear to be necessary
to review the serious objections, legis-
lative and administrative whirn at
tach to the proposal heretofore made
that the Hawaiian Legislature which
went out of existence On the anneXa-
ton of the Hawaiian Islands should be
revived and convened anew to resume
the function of legislation These OBJ
jections upon earnest consideration APP
peared to the President 10 outweigh the
favorable aspects of the proposition, to
such a degree as to render its adoption
impracticable, while on the other hand
the necessity of such step did not
appear to be imperative in view Of the
sufficient powers already possessed b.
the Council of State under existing; law,
and the exercise Of which powers had
already been sanctioned by the Presi-
dent in order to meet the grave SAM
taiy emergency which confronts Ha-
wall. The President accordingly DE-
rccted me to include in thu above quot
ed telegram a negative response to the
suggestion of your letters Of January
; 18th.
have the honor to be. sir,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN HAY.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-31

An economy OF s25,OOO,00O a year in
freight charges on our foreign com.
merce is one of the immediate Dene-
fits which Senator Frye predicts would
follow the adoption Of the bill for the
encouragement of the merchant marine
of the United States. No man in the
country has given this subject closer
study than Senator Frye and his ac-
curacy of judgment and absolute can
dor In his statements lender this pre-
diction OF his especially interesting.
The expenditures under the proposed
shipping bill will be about s9,000,O0u
a year, and II by It's adoption s25,00O.-
900 a year can be saved IN freights, X
would be an economy Of just $6l6,000,-
900 per annum, all of which would be
distributed among the people of the
United States.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-31
Washington, March 16, 1900.

Washington, March 10, 1000.
Harold NJ. Sewall, Esq. Honolulu.
Sir:-Your No. 1876, Of the III Instant.
has been received. You therein Export
the reductions of the force in the post
office and customs dcpartments In Or
der to keep within the limits of the last
legislative appropriations. You add
that those reductions will delay and
impair the operations If the two de-
partments, and that, while 1t seems
clear that the Council Ct State, under
article 81, section 6, Of the Hawaiian
Constitution, has the power to apprc-
pirate the necessary moneys To put
| these services on an efficient footing,
| there Is a reluctance on me part or the
| Executive to assume such power in re-
questing the Council 20 TO do: for
| which reason the President will be
asked to sanction the exercise Of this
power which is urged by every reason
Of public necessity"
No formal request of the Hawaiian
Executive in this sense has yet reach
ed the President; but Gin view Of the
Importance of maintaining the full ef-
ficiency of the postal and customs SER
vices, and of the urgency Of taking ne
cessary steps to that end the President
directs that you state to President Dole
that he Is at liberty t. forthwith re-
commend to the Council Of State the
making of the necessary appropria-
tions within proper limits OF econo
N.Y. for an increase If the postal and
customs force, and That II he deem 1t
necessary to obtain the Presidents en-
press approval Of Inc appropriation,
the formality Of referring the matter
to Washington 1eei not delay the
timely action which the emergency ap-
pears to require.
am, sir, your obrdicnt servant,
JOHN HAY.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-03-31
The New Year Be3etS
New Things

Fl r THE BOYS. Have you ever stop.
pc to think what difference there Is In
III. makes of boys clothing? Many suits
al bought BECAUSE the price Is low. 1t is
o. en- the price that governs the purchaser,
a not the quality or the substantial
u likes. THIS theory seems to be based on
T idea that any kind of a suit Is good
e ough fer a hov, as he will soon wear ii
{ /, That Is not good economy. for If YOU
" ould Law little more, and consider quail.
y and make, you would have a suit tor
IL boy that woulI always look well and
Itwea' two suits of the inferior grades.
6 huv the best Is money In pocket; to
-. he poorest Is money wasted. We
.akN speciality to keep the best at popu.
prices.