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The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1900-04-20
IOWA CYCLONE.
Tornado Does Conaile rable Damage Near
Hamburg.

Tornado Does Considerable Damage Near
Hamburg.
HAMBURG Ia, April 18.--A tornado
did considerable damage in the north
part Of town during the day, COM
pletely wreclSing Fred Johnson's brick
yard. All of his sheds, corn cribs and
windmills were piled i'll a heap i'll the
middle Of his lot. His stock was con-
siderably injured by flying missiles and
his house was removed from the foun-
dation. The residences ID Lark Miller
and John Crane were complete wrecks,
but no one was seriously injured. All
the damage was done within a radius of
one mile. There was considerable dam
age to other property in the destruction
Of small buildings, ETC. No reports
have been received from the country,
but it is not thought that any great
damage was done there.
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Relic Pllfering Ministers.

The superintendent Of public build.
ings and grounds, who has charge Of
the Washington monument says one
OF the greatest troubles the watch4ncn
at the monument have to contend with
is the chipping Of these memorial stones
by relic hunters
Zone Of tho strangeSt things il re-
gard to these relic hunters, said the
superintendent, 'is the fact that more
than one-half OF the men arrested foi
chipping off relics are clergymen When
the police arrest these dospoilers and
start with them to the station house.
the man will begin to ask what is the
penalty and try to beg off. lie is told
that the fine is heavy one, but that
&15 security can be put up for appear
ance IN the police court. Then the pris-
oner explains that he is minister Of
the gospel and meant no HARM and
that he could not stand the disgrace Of
appearing in police court. He ends up
by giving up the collateral after gener-
ally trying to cut it down to so, say
Ing he has only that amount with
him. New York Mail and Express
ID. A. Macpherson. the noted Cana
dian manufacturer of cheese, lately
shipped six cheeses to England which
weighed 1000 pounds each.
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Lord Roberts on the Eve OF MAKING
His Main Advance.
ARMY TO MOVE IN COLU MNS
The Beers Are Said to BE Showing Great
Activity on the Border of Easuto-
land - Have Retired From
ElanGslaagte District,

LONDON, April 18.-At last Roberts
seems to be OH the eve of making his
main advance towards Pretoria. Un-
less all the usually reliable sources of
information and all the indications
smuggled past the censor are at fault
the British army within a few days will
he marching northward. After many
have pnrported to tell Of this move
there is naturally, even i'll the best in
formed quarters, considerable hesitancy
in definitely settling upon the day Lord
Roberts is likely to leave Bloemfontein,
but there is settled impression that l.
will occur either at the eud Of this week
or the beginning Of next. The long,
weary wait i'll the Free State capital
has, apparently, effected a much needed
rehabilitation, though it is probable
Lord Roberts would still further have
delayed his advance had not the Boer
activity forced him to put his forces III
such positions, that, unless they quickly
proceed northward, the strategic ad-
vantage will be lost.
The critics agree in the supposition
that the advance will be made in paral-
lei columns, with broad front, west
of the railroad, the third and eighth
divisions sweeping northward to the
extreme northwest, the entire force
amounting to $4,000 men.
Exactly what part General Buller
will take is still secret which no one
is able to probe.
From the seat of war there is signif-
can't silence. From The Hague comes
the news that the Boer delegates refuse
to make public the object of their mis-
sion. They hope to be received. by
Queen Wilhelmina, but nothing in this
direction has yet been decided upon.
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Garget,

One Of the best remedies for garget,
or caked udder, is to give milk physic
consisting of pound and a half of
EPSON salts. Feed laxative foods, keep
the affected part of the udder we'll
MIXED out and rub vigorously several
times a day with hot salt and water.
spoonful Of powdered saltpeter will be
beneficial.-Live Stock.
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RER11N, April 1S.-Prussia's Polish
socialists held convention to decide
the question whether the Polish nation.
alistic issue shall remain leading part
of the party creed. The committee was
most boisterous and finally adopted a
resolution to become an integral part of
the German social party, putting the
national issue behind the economic one.
The government considers this fact ;s
strengthening and solidifying socialism.
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PORTUGAL READY TO PAY.


Has Money TO Wipe Out Delagoa Bay
Award.
WASHINGTON, April IS. $50 United
States Minister Irwin at Lisbon has re-
ported to the department. of state that
the Portuguese government had made
all necessary arrangements for the pay
ment of the Judgment, amounting to
nearly $1,000 600, on account of the
award of the Delagoa bay arbitration.
AS stated in the house of delegates by
the Portuguese minister for foreign
affairs the money can be realized upon
the Northern and Eastern railway
bonds and the l. urenzo Marques rail
road will remain in the possession Of
Portugal
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GOLD IN PHILIPPINES.
Lodges as Rich Anything in Colorado
or California.

LcuStB rs ftECH as 1HnytNIHy III CO1OfANO
or California.
SAN FRANCISCO, April l8.-The trans
port Tartar brings advices from the
Philippines up to March g. One Of the
reports from Manila is that William
Odun, who is spoken of as miner of
large experience, has returned from a
prospecting trip on the distant coast of
Vigan. He showed rich specimens of
gold and declared that he had located a
ledge Of quartz as rich as anything in
Colorado or California. He is organiz-
ing a company of ex-soldiers and will
go into the mountain districts of Vigan
to secure claims.
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Strike Declared Off.

WAsHBURN, Wis, April lS.--The mill
mems union, by unanimous vote, de.
clared the Jacobs strike off, and the
mill will be started up at once. MI.
Jacobs made no concessions.
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DULUTH, April lS-J. e. Maytham of
Buffalo is here making arrangements to
establish line Of independent tugs to
oppose the tug fleets at all principal
ports at which the combination is rep
vacnntal
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WAsHINGTcN, April 18.-The secre-
tary Of the treasury has received in an
Envelope postmarlzed 90. & st. L. R. ?.
o. from an unknown person, q con-
icience contribution OF 1923.
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Killed While Using "a Telephone.

B. Wilson, superintendent Of the Still
man institute at Tuscaloosa, Ala, was
killetfDy lightning while using tele-
phone in a thunderstorm.
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ON BASUTOLAND BORDER.

Beers Said to BE Displaying Great
Activity.
MAsERU, Basutoland, Monday, April
1S.--The Beers, for two days past, have
been displaying great activity along the
Reddersburg and Rouxville road. Their
scouts report that the British are ad-
vancing on those places to the relief of
Wepener.
Scouts have just reported rife firing
in the direction Of Thaba N'Chu.
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Strikers Seek Work Elsewhere,

FRosTBuRG, Md, April 1S.-Nearly
700 Of the younger men among the
strikers Of the Georges Creek region
have left for other coal fields. The ma
jority of them Went to Clearfeld, Pa,
while the balance journeyed to New
River and Clarksburg, w. Va, to seek
other employment. The men say they
prefer to work if they can do so honor
ably to spending their time idly at
home.
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HAVE LEFT ELANDSLAAGTE.
Loers Said to Have Retired to Their Big.
garsberg Positions.

garsberg Positions.
New YORK, April 1S.-A dispatch to
The Tribune from London says: Lady
smith dispatches confirm the report that
the Beers have retired from the Eland
slaagte district to their Biggarsberg DO
sitions. No raiding operations south
ward have been reported, and it is now
clear that the Boer advance was ordered
for the sake of employing the burghers
Oh active duty and of checking deser
tons The British inactivity in one
sense is mastery, since it demoralizes
the enemy.
Sir Redvers Buffers scouts have re-
ported that the Beers have wrecked tho
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Hispano-American Congress Convoked.
MADRID, April is. The queen regent
has signed a decree convohing the pro-
jected fispano- American congress for
November next. The congress is se-
Auel to the demonstrations which at
tended the recent visit to Spanish ports
OF the Argentine training ship Presi-
dent Samiento.
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IS RE-ESTABLISHED.
Lake City, $. c., Has Been Without Post
office for Two Years.

WASHINGTON, April 18.-The post
office at Lake City, S. G., has been re-
established and Mrs Della L. Carter
(white) appointed postmaster. This
was done unon petitions filed by prac-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
STORY OF REAL CANNIBALS WHO
KILL AND EAT THEIR OWN
YOUNG CHILDREN.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 29-An in
teresting story of life among the can
ibals is related py Ben Bridge, just
from Australia.
He says he was captured by savages
nine years ago, and has since been 4
prisoner. his wnIte skin alone saving
MIN from snaring the fate of his black
servants, who were roasted and de-
voured.
Bridge was the first white man the
cannibals had seen, and on this ac-
count they looked upon him as deity
and his life was spared.
He describes the mode of life of these
black aborigines as unspeakably bar
barous. The ynot infrequently kill,
roast. and eat their own young children
Their ordinary oiet is yams, lizards.
and iguanas.
After his escape Bridge was two
months in making a terrible rough trip
across the desert, before he reached
civilization. He had escaped during
a war between two tribes.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
A TIRED BARBER TOOK POISON
AND WENT TO JOIN HIS
WIFE IN DEATH.

DENVER, Colo, Dec. 29.-After
mailing letters to two men who had
befriended him, Fred Grubert, a bar
Der. retired to his room in Blake
street and drank prussic acid.
He was found dead this morning by
the proprietor of the house At 8
o'clock this morning Buerger Bros,
who conduct BARRIERS supply house,
notified the police that they had re-
ceived a letter fro Grubert by the
time you get this will be dead" wrote
Grubert. Il am tired Of the miserable
life 1 have been leading and have de-
cided to destroy myself. The box
left with you for safe keeping con-
tains an insurance policy and a deed
to a lot in Fairmount cemetery, where
wish to be buried with my wife"
The dsheartened man had told his
friends that his wife had ben his best
friends and since she had died he
could not live without her
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
PANIC in
LONDON
Many Big Mining Brokerage
Houses Throw Up the
Sponge.
CRASH MAY SPREAD
As These Concerns Have Wide
Connections All Over
the World Of
Finance.

LONDON, Dec. 29-There was a pan
ic nthe stock exchange today.
The failures of the following firms
are announced: Haggard, Hale and
Pixley; Carle and Driver, Douglass, Jr.,
& Co.; Cornfoot Bros; F. A. Cohen !;
Blockey and Buskingnam; Gum &
Aubrey; Richards & SIoper; Baker <
smith; f. C. Watts - Co.; Flower &
Co.; F. Boulley & Co.: Bartholomew &
Jack. all broners.
Haggard, Hale & Pixley, are among
the largest mining brokers in the world
with important connections, and from
the fact that the firm is pinched in
the panic it is argued that unless the
threatened crash is warded off specula-
tive interests in all parts of the world
will be affected.
Friends of the London and Globe ex-
press confidence that the corporation
will be able to pull through. They say
it mas been tied UP by a heavy raid on
West Australian securities. but that
with a capital stock of $1O,O00.0O0 and
ors. il will be able to tide over the
furry until the West Australian mark
ct RECEIVERS.
Lord Dufferin. Marquis of Dufferin
and Ava. former Viceroy of India and
Canada. is at the head of the London
and Globe Corporation. There is
much indignation against him and
Whitaker White.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
W. u MEMBERS
Follow Her About the Streets
and Make a G-eat Spec
tacle Of Her fanat-
ical Attitude.

WICHITA, Dec. 29.-Mrs. Carry
Nation, the woman who raided the bar
room in the Carey hotel and destroyed
a valuable painting and other property
was brought into court today for her
preliminary hearing.
AT her own request she was granted
a continuance until January 5, when
she expects John G. Woolley, phohib-
ition candidate for president in the re-
cent campaign, to defend her.
Mrs. Nation refused to give bail, and
was escorted back to the county Jail
by a hundred members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, all of
whom regard her as a martyr.
A number of prominent citizens of
fered bail, but she refused to leave the
prison until the charge is cleared.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
NEARING THE END
CONTEST FIR CARNIVAL
CUE.N CLOSES TONIGHT.
The Race ViIl Be Espceiallys Spirit
ed &. the Last. and Big Money
Will Be Paid Over.

The closing Of the carnival queens
contest at the Sheldon tonight prom
ises to be the most interesting function
of the week. Speculation is rife as to
the probable winner and 1t now looks
as if some money will be spent on
several of the candidates.
Rumors are afloat to the effect that
a $4,000 check is ready to be cashed for
Miss Schultz, while another faction says
there are several thousand dollars al
ready collected for Miss Trumbull. On
the other hand it is persistently stat
ed that it will take $4,000 to win over
Miss Kelly. A dark horse may come
in, but this is entirely improbable as
interest seems to be centering on the
three candidates now in the lead.
The vote in the various boxes will be
counted at O'Clock this evening and
ered and the rest of the balloting will
be done in the dining room of the
Sheldon. There an interesting time is
assured. The committee has secured
an orchestra and good music will be
mad between acts.
The committee will announce the
vote several times during the heated
contest, that those interested may have
an idea of how the thing is drifting.
Several people from a distance have
fair. but it would hardly be fair to tell
which side these people are on.
Mr.. Fisher las arranged a comfort
able place for the ladies in the dining
room and invites all the ladies in the
city who are interested to come out and
witness the scenes He has also Of
fered the winning young lady, whoever
she may be, the use of his parlors to re-
ceive her friends at any time after the
contest closes. Each of the candidates
has more frienos interested than an
ordinary parlor would hold. and he Of
fers from the whole house If they need
it.
Those interested in this event seem
to have grasped the correct idea of the
honor. The honor of christening a
DattieSnlp Is one Sought Dy all the eltte
of eastern cities and to be queen OF
the Ell Paso carnival is on the same
order and the greatest honor that the
people of this city could bestow.
The custom, too. is beautiful one
It has been adopted by the government
in putting into service all it's great
vessels and taken up by every
city in the country in starting the ma
chlnery of a great event like the car
nlval promises to be. 1t is an honor
TOO great for men and is reserved for
l lady because of the natural fitness
of things.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
A LITTLE BOY, HAVING BEEN KID
MAPPED. FOUND FROZEN AND
INSANE IN BARN.

FIT. DODGE. Ia. Dec. 29-Frozen,
half starved. and evidently insane.
Johnny Tonhoz. nine years old, the
Judd. Ia. was found in a barn loft
after absence from home for ten days.
The boy is supposed to have been
kidnapped. The father offered a re-
ward of $500 for his return or the ar
rest of the abductors.
The little fellow had lived upon veg
etables from the loft. His legs were in
a frightfui condition from cold and
may have to be amputated.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
CLOTHES CUT OFF
After He Had Been Beaten
With a Car Pin, and He
Uttered Greatly from
Exposure.

The facts have just leaked out in the
case of d seemingly unwarranted as
sauit which came near being q murder.
committed on the person of Apolinar
Estrada On Christmas night.
Estrada is carpenter and lives in
one Of the group of Mexican huts in
the open lot south of the Santa Fe de-
pot He was injured by a falling scaf-
fold about four months ago and has
been unable to work since, until
Christmas day he decided that he
would try it again.
He went to see J. E. Terry, the con-
tractor, in the evening and was told
hec ould go to work for him next
Monday. He left Mr.. Terry about 8
O'Clock and started home When near
the Santa Fe depot he met a gang of
Mexicans. about eight in number, and
they called for him to stop. He did
SO and one of them knocked him down
by hitting him in the back of the head
with a car pin
Estrada says that it seems that he
was about half conscious. though helm
less. and could hear the men talking
They said they believed he was dead
and then planned to dispose of the
body. They decided to put it in 2
car of freight train that was about
to leave on the Santa Fe and would
dump it out somewhere on the road
to the smelter, and then get out them
selves.
They pulled sack down over his
mead. cut off his coat and vest. and
tnen pulled the sack down over his
arms Taking rope they tied the
bottom of the sack tight around his
body, pinning his hands down to the
side of his body. Then they cut the
remainder of his clothing OFF, but his
shirt. which was under tho sack.
1t seems that the villains were then
frightened away, or concluded to leave
their victim there and left on the
freight train. The victim of their
murderous assault lay on the ground
almost naked until about three O'Clock
In the morning. when ne regained con-
sciousness and went home. DR.. II
thompson was called and dressed his
wound and give him other medical at
tent1on to counteract the effects of the
exposure he had undergone.
When Estrada reached his home his
wife thought he was drunk and he
says that is why he has not told of the
assault before. He was afraid the peo-
pie would think he was drunk. but he
was not, and he thinks he can prove
1t by Mr.. Terry, who saw him a short
time before the assault.
Two officers have called On Estrada
for particulars and description of the
men, but he is unable to give any de-
scription other than that they were
Mexicans and wore Mexican hats. He
thinks they must live out about the
smelter, from the talk he heard while
they were binding him and cutting off
his clothing
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
MARSHALL FIELDS BIG STORE
NARROWLY ESCAPES DE-
STRUCTION BY FIRE.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 29.-Marshall
Field & Cos, big retail store narrowly
escaped destruction early today from
fire in the upholstery department on
the fourth floor.
Before the blaze was under control
the fired apartment received one of
the worst scares it has had in a long
time.
An estimate made while the fire was
in progress placed the damage at
$10O, 900.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
RED CROSS SOCIETY WILL HOLD
WATCH MEETINGS IN ALL
THE LARGE CITIES.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S-The Red
Cross society may have to pay 81 1000
ca Die tolls on messages sent and now
in the possession of the organization
from the crowned heads of Europe.
The messages came from many coun-
tries and are in response to the many
requests from the society for an ex-
preston of sentiment on the birth Of
the new century,"
The society is to hold watch meetings
in all of the large cities o. the land
and these messages will be read in the
meetings.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
ANTI FOREIGN ELEMENT IN KO
REA is EXPECTED TO RISE
IN FOnCE VERY SOON.

VICTORIA. B. c.. Dec. 29-News is
brought by tn esteamer Rio Juan Maru
that Boxer proclamations have been
found in Sebul. calling upon Korean
Boxers to expel all foreigners, includ-
ing Japanese.
Similar proclamations have been is
sued by Hi Yung rick and his party
The anti-foreigl element in Korea is
reported to be increasing in such 4
manner as to cause much uneasiness.
In South Korea, two missionaries were
assaulted and robbed of all they had.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
CLAUS SPRECKELS WILL BUILD
GAS WORKS IN FRISCO TO
SPITE ]. B. CROCKETT.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29-Claus
Spreckles will invest IS ,O0O, 900 in gas
plant in order to spite j. B. Crockett,
president of tn eElectric Light CON-
pany.
Three years ago Spreckles ma lie
complaint to Crockett that the smoke
from the Electric Light company's tall
chimney annoyed the tenants in the
Spreckles building.
Crockett made some facetious reply,
whereupon Spreckles swore he would
make Crockett rue the day he refused
to abate the smoke nuisance
Spreckles now has all plans ready
for starting a new gas plant, which
will be a deadly competitor of the old
company in which Crockett and his
friends are large stockholders. The
new works will be located at Potroro.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
AND WHITE LABORERS
BRUTALLY ASSAULT CHINESE
LABORERS IN CALIFORNIA.

CASA BLANCA, Cal, Dec 29-An
infuriated mob of fifteen laborers,
white men and Mexicans, visited a
Chinese camp and commanded the
their hands. The request was prompt
lyobeyed. and Immediately the fright
eneo Celestials were placed in a farm
wagon and hauled to Santa Ana river
bottom, several miles distant, where
they were subjected to the most bru-
seriously wounded.
The trouble was due to the discharge
from a packing house of several Mex
lean girls.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
AMERICAN WOMAN GETS 81
FROM ENGLAND FOR HEi.
HUSBANDS DEATH.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29-The Brit
ish government has made an allow
ance of $4,000 for Mrs. Geo. F. Labram.
Aurora, ILL.,, because of the death of
her husband. killed by Boer shell in
Kimberley.
Labram was an engineer in the en-
ploy of the De Beers Consolidated
Mining Co., and during the siege Of
Kimberly took part in the defense of
the city.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
GREAT DAMAGE DONE BY THE
GALE ON THE COAST OF
GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON. Dec. 29-Storm driven
seas have besieged the British isles
with great violence for the last thirty
six hours A number of vessels have
foundered and many seamen have been
drowned The names of the wrecked
vessels have not been ascertained in
most cases.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
KID M'COY'S HAND CUT ON MANS
TEETH AND HE MAY LOSE
1T YET

NEW YORK, Dec. 2e-Kid NcCoy
engaged in a street fight few days
ago as result of having been jostlei
by two pedestrians. one of whom. he
Knocked down and the other was givcn
a bloody nose.
Mccoy cut his right hand on the
teeth of tn estrangers and the hand
today is SO badly swollen that blood
poisoning is feared.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
UNION LABOR WILL BUILD A
HOUSE FOR THE WIDOW OF
POLICEMAN LACEY.

Special Dispatch to The Herald
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Dec. 29.-
The labor unions of San Antonio are
raising contributions to present to the
widow of the late Policeman Lacey,
killed in the Thanksgiving Day riot, a
house and lot
The union members will give the la
Dor free for the erection of the house.