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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-02-27
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice IL hereby given that l this day
have been appointed temporary admin
istraior Of the estate Of A. B. Carr, sr 4,
with power 10 collec, all debts and to
bring suit II necessary therefor; to take
charge Of. control and manage the es-
tate. All persons indebted to the es.
tate are notified 10 settle same at once.
My place OF residence is Bryan, BraEos
county. Texas. G.. 5. PARKER.
bryan, Tex. Jan. "a. 1900. 46u-l5tf
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-02-27

The L. 5. Ross chapter Of the U. ..
c. will give an entertainment at the
residence Of Mrs. H. A. Lee on Friday,
March ., from q to 1890 p. M. proceeds
10 be applied to the Confederate nome
at Austin. Refreshments served. All
invited. Admission 25c.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-02-27

Washington. Feb g. - Benjamin II
Pop ~ Texas. has hcn nominated by
the president for second lieutenant
ship ia the army.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-02-27
BrarOs Bottom Farm for Rent.

100 acres fine improved Brazos ! OF
tom land for rent very cheap. 10 man
who can furnish himself with pro-
visions, implements and stock.
d70Swl7 j. W. Coulter.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-06
Newlands' Generosity.

In his speech Mr.Newlands told the
people how generous he has been, how
he had purchased lands and reser-
voir sites TO hold. not for speculation.
for he expected to lose little on them,
but for the people alone.
Mr.. Newlands also said that he is
the Occidental Land and Cattle Com
pany. He spoke Of his big ranch be-
low Dayton. That ranch is the prop
erty OF the Occidental Land and Cat
tie Company. Therefore. according
to his own talk he Is the company.
Now let us see about his great So
licitude for the people. He told US Of
his holdings in Duglass county-for the
benefit Of the people Of course.
Well, when the Alpine Land and lr-
rlgation company wished to make ar
fragments for bringing people to this
section Of the State and place them IN
Douglas county lands. The company
found the best concract they could
make with the Occidental Land and
Cattle company (Mr. Newlands, &C
cording to his statement) was 81 per
acre and the purchaser to pay the 81
per acre still due the government be-
sides.
This land cost the Occidental or Mr..
Newlands, Is cents per acre, and in
demanding fonr dollars he was simply
making fifteen hundred per cent on the
investment.
Verify, Mr.. Newlands Is working for
interest Of the people. He expects tic
10 lose a little money on his lands and
reservoir sites. but then he is simply
doing IT for benefit Of the people.
And yet there are other men on
earth who are philantrophists If thay
a make fifteen hundred per cent on
their investments for the poor people.
Surely Mr.. Newlands believes firmly
in the theory that If you cast your bread
upon the waters 1t will return,
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-06
Another Industry.

C. E. White, manager of the Nevada
Copper Company at Lovelock is in
Reno looking for charcoal burners. He
wants $4,000 bushels of charcoal
burned at his company's mine, forty
miles southeast Of Lovelock. MIR.
White is representing a Philadelphia
company, and has been doing develop
raent work on the mine for the past
year. There is now SIS, 900 worth Of
ore on the dump. and the company has
constructed the latest improved water
jacket smeltey, and will have 1t running
in six weeks. Mr.. White is employ
ing twenty-five men.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-06
Spread Like Wildfire.

When things are "reture" they be-
come 1.-THE best selling" Abraham
Hare. a leading druggist Of Belleville,
o., writes: "Electric Bitters are the
best selling bitters | have handled in
20 years. You know why1 Most dis
eases begin in disorders Of stomach.
liver. kidneys, bowels, blood and
nerves, Electric Bitters tones up the
stomach, regulates liver. kidneys and
bowels, purlfles the blood, strengthens
the nerves, hence cures multitudes Of
maladies. 1t builds up the entire sys-
tenn; puts new life and vigor into any
weak, sickly. rundown man or woman.
Price so cents. Sold by C. w. Kin
ney & Co., Druggists.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-06

A riend in need is a friend indeed.
That is exactly what Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is. 1t is the mothers
help when she is suddenly awakened in
the night by the omlnous husky cough,
and labored breathing, OF the babe. 1t
is the safe resort OF the youth or adult
when he has caught cold and there
is coughing and irritation Of the mu-
cous membrane Of the throat. 1t
allays the irritation and cures the cold.
For sale by C. w. Kinney & Co.. drug
gists.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-06
Great Lick of an Editor.

"For two years all efforts to cure
Eczema in the palms of my hands
writes Editor H. N. Lester, Of
Syracuse, Kan, "then | was wholly
cured by BuckiiE's Arnica Salye," It's
the worlds best for Eruptions. Sores
and all skin diseases. Only Csc at
C. w. Kinney & Co.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-06
That Throbbins Headache.

Would quickly leave you. if you
used DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Thousands of sufferers have proved
their matches merit for Sick and
Nervous Headaches They make
pure blood and build up your health.
Only Is cents. Money back if not
cured. Sold by C. w. Kinney & Co.,
Druggists.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-06

NOTICES HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
undersigned have this day sold their en-
tire stock and business known us the Nevada
Neat Market and Store" in Wadsworth.
Washoe county, Nevada, to Il. Clay, who will
conduct and carry on said business at the old
sta4d. An parties indebted to said Gaynor 4
Happier will pay the sane TO said Ciaynur &
Happier.
T.G. GAYNoR.
r. i. KAPPLER.
Dated at Wadsworth, October /, 1860.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-06
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know Of n concern which Is
not afraid to be generous. The pro-
p%rietors Of DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
have given away over ten million trial
bottles and have the satisfaction Of
knowing it has cured thousands OF hope
less cases. Asthma. Bronchitis, La
Grippe and all Throat. Chest and Lung
diseases are surely cured by it. Call
on c. w. Kinney Il Co.. Druggists,
and get a free trial bottle. Regular
size SOC and $l.O0. Every bottle
guaranteed.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-06
Hunters. Rewarel

Hunters trespasslng on my ranch
have caused me trouble with loss Of
livestock and other damage and are
hereby warned to keep off the prem
Uses and avoid prosecution.
E. D. SHORT.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-06
REPUBLICAN
COUNTY TICKET.


For Senator,
D. C. WHEELER.
Of Reno.
For Assemblymen,
r. H. COWLFS.
OF Wadsworth.
WALTER HASTINGS.
Oh Verdi.
A. w. CAHLAN.
OF Reno.
GEORGE robson.
OF Glendale.
For Sheriff,
w. D. McNEILLY.
OF Reno.
For County Clerk.
w. A. FOCG,
Of Reno.
For County Recorder.
]. A. BONHAM.
OF Reno.
For District Attorney.
H. c. CUTTING.
OF Reno.
Coroner and Public Administrator
J. v PEERS.
OF Reno.
For Commissioner-Long Term,
JAS. SULLIVAN.
OF Reno.
For Commissioner-Short Term,
HANK STEVENS,
Of Glendale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

advance to Khartum, he carried his
railway along with him, for, as he
knew. the railway tie had come to be
looked on as the seal of conquest. In
South Africa the British had the ad-
vantage of owning and operating most
of the railways. Had the case been 9TH
erwise their invasion of the South Afri-
can republics would have been a fruit
less, if not hopeless, task. Even
though they finally arrived at Bloem-
fOntein or Pretoria, the English COM
mander who had pierced that uninviting
country would have found himself in
much the same predicament as did Ma
poleon when he faced Moscow in the
heart of a Russian winter. His nearest
base of supplies would be in some re-
mote part of Cape Colony or Natal. He
would have found himself surrounded
by a hostile population and his move
ments embarrassed by a cumbersome
supply train, for in such a country he
and his commissariat could never part
company.
But the railways considerably chang
ed conditions, and as factors in the
campaign are we'll worth studying.
There are in South Africa five different
lines or portions of lines which have
figured and are still figuring conspicu
ously in the present campaign. The
first may be designated as the line
which runs from Cape Town to Mafe-
king by way of Kimberley. The second
runs from East London. on the south
| eastern coast of Cape Colony. to Pre-
toria by way of BlOemfontein. The
/ third runs into the Orange Free State
/ from Durham by way of Ladysmith and
Harrismith. The fourth goes from Lou
renco Marques, on Delagoa bay, to Pre-
toria, and the fifth is the Beira railway.
which runs from the port of Beira. in
Portuguese East Africa, to the town of
/ Salisbury in Rhodesia-
Each one of these lines has played its
own particular part in the Boer- British
war drama. Before this war shall have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
HE RAILROAD IN THE ANGLO=BOER WAR

way kept open from the coast to Lady
smith. If such, indeed, had been the
case, there might have been very diff
ferent tale to tell.
But the most interesting, if not the
most important, railway figuring in the
South African campaign is that known
as the Beira railway. The littoral ter
minus of the Beira railway is at Beira,
in Portuguese South Africa, and con-
meets that seaport town with the town
of Salisbury, in Rhodesia. 1t was to
Beira that General Darlington and his
division were sent by Lord Roberts, the
movement being one of the most inter
esting and unique features of the cam
paign- The object of this move was
threefold. One aim was to be the re-
lief of Mafeking from the northeast;
the second aim was to keep an eye on
any scattered bands of Beers who
might have been drawn off into Rho
desia, having crossed the Limpopo river
as Lord Roberts advanced into the
Transvaal. The third and most impor-
tant object of this great northern de-
tour on the part of Darlington was the
fact that he was expected to operate as
that mobile hammer that was to pound
back the main body of the Beers
against the army of Roberts stretched
out across the republic to the south. It
was a HanklnS movement of few
thousand miles. 1t was a long way
round to the Beers back door. but
thanks to the Beira railway one that
was not impossible or Quixotic.
1t was necessary, in the first place,
for Darlington to carry his troops
across a colony of Portugal, an obvious
ly neutral power. However. there was
little difficulty here. for, according to
an international agreement made at the
time of the construction of the road.
Great Britain was to enjoy certain
transportation privileges into Rhodesia.
/ This understanding was arrived at on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

it is no easy task to move and supply
with meat and bread and fodder 100000
men and many thousand horses in the
heart of hostile country which is pen
etrated by only one line of single track
ed railway. And the farther the Brit
1sh advance the farther behind they
must leave their base. Every inch of
their line of communication must be
guarded and kept open along this rail-
way, for isolation in the land of the
Boer would mean disaster to the Brit
ish. The wounded and sick have to be
hustled away south day by day, and
fresh supplies and mounts and re-en-
forcements have to be hurried back
north as fast as the iron horse can haul
them. Then, too, the commander who
holds the railway also holds the tele-
graph wire. To guard the railway and
telegraph line between Bloemfontein
and Norvals Pont is taking an army of
Is, 600 men. This is a distance of but
107 stiles. From this may be imagined
the number of men necessary to police
all the lines of communication held by
the British. The Beers are said to be
outnumbered four to one. but when it is
remembered that Roberts has had to
scatter his men out behind him to in
sure his lines against interruption it is
not so difficult to realize just why the
Boer is able to hold so long in check the
great army which England has sent up
against him.
The railway line leading up to Mafe-
king has already been the scene of
many engagements. Almost the first
stroke delivered by the Beers was made
against this road, when a body of their
men at the beginning of hostilities
crossed over from the Transvaal border
and tore up the track south of Mafe-
king. Along this line, too, the armored
train has done considerable effective
work. Even the little stretch of road
! hort III fek'ng co7t-o'sarl by Colonel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
EVERYDAY RAILROAD SCENES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

June II, 1891, when a convention was
held, fundamentally for the purpose of
fixing the frontiers of the two powers
in Africa, upon the taking over of Chief
Lobengula's territory by the British
South Africa company. Under this
agreement the Portuguese government
promised to undertake, among other
things, the construction of a line of
railway which should connect Rhodesia
with the sea at Beira. Great Britain.
naturally, wanted an outlet for her
vast new inland colony, and this sea-
port had to be well up the coast. AL
though the original concession was
granted nominaIly to the Mozambique
company. it was eventually transferred,
through H. T. Van Laun, to the Beira
Railway company, distinctly English
company which was registered in Lon
don in July, 1892, with debenture cap
ital only. The Portuguese government
further agreed not to impose transit
duties higher than 3 per cent on all
British goods passing to and fro over
their territory.
At the time this agreement was made,
however, it was never anticipated that
British shipments inland would be nu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

ing ahead of him before he reached
Bulawayo. The ordinary traveller pro-
ceeding from the one place to the otner
does so by bullock wagon or stagecoaen.
If he is in a hurry and wants to pay sou
for the trip, he takes the coach. II ne
wants to travel more cheaply and time
is no consideration, he goes via buliock
wagon.
So it can easily be seen that General
Darlington had no easy task to get
down into the country where he is now
operating. A whole division taxed sore
Iy the resources of a new and imper-
fectly equipped line, used only. as
rule. for the shipment of goods
1t was in the transportation of the
horses that the greatest amount OF
trouble was experienced. There was
but small number of horse boxes,
and covered goods trucks had to be
converted into live stock coaches for
mounts and ammunition mules. When
it is remembered, too. that the Portu-
guese portion of the road is two foot
gauge line, it will be seen that to rush
several thousand men into the heart OF
Rhodesia from the sea was no easy
matter. ARTHUR J. STRINGER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

Baden-Powell has it's armored train.
and this played it's part in holding back
the besieging Boer army under Snyman
and Cronje. A little TO the south, too,
Plumer has done most of his fighting
along the railway and made several in
effectual efforts to open communication
with the south. It was owing to his
failure in this that Mafeking was not
relieved weeks and weeks ago.
The line running from Durham
through Pietermaritzburg and Lady
smith up into Natal figured conspicu-
ously in the war from the very opening
of the campaign. This line was also
neatly blocked by the Beers before the
British knew what they were about by
the blowing up of Colenso bridge. This
put barrier between Ladysmith and
Durham, and to it might be traced the
series of defeats which overlook Butler
when he left the railway and tried to
force his way into Ladysmith by new
route It is indeed hard to say just how
the history of the South African war
would have been changed if Colenso
bridge had never been blown up and
the line of communication had been
properly guarded in time and the rail-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
III. SMITHS VAST FORTUNE.

The seventh richest man IN America
is James Henry Smith of New York.
His fortune is estimated at $50, 100000.
Mr.. Smith had made millions for him.
self in his shrewd, close mouthed way
that gave him the name Of THE Silent
Man." but recently his uncle, George
Smith of London, who amassed huge
fortune in Chicago real estate and
banking operations, died and left him
the bulk of his wealth. Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach announced that the death
duties on George Smiths estate amount
to "a, 500, 900.
In order to avoid the death duties
George Smith, who lived as an eccentric
recluse in the Reform club in London
and died there. decided away much OF
his property during his later years
Still there was enough left to yield a
sum TO the British treasury that shows
he beuueathed $65. 900 900 by will.
One other heir besides James Henry
Smith received a large sum, but The
Silent Mans share of the estate, added
to his own Accommodations in Wall
street. is estimated to make his pres
ent wealth $50. 600, 600.
This places him we'll up among the
ten richest multimillionaires in the
United States According 10 the latest
estimates the highest seven men OF vast
fortune in America now stand thus:
John D. Rockefeller, $3.50, 100000; Cor
nelius Vanderbilt (estate), $125,00O 600;
Andrew Carnegie $780, 100000; William
K. Vanderbilt 800. 900; John Jacob
Aston. 500. 900, 600; William Rockefeller,
800 COO 900; James Henry Smith, $780,
nOO 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

and forth throughout that land of arid
plain and rocky kopje
When war broke out in South Africa,
the military commanders on both sides
saw that the coming campaign would
in a way be a battle of railways. It
was realized that the steel rail was the
key to the situation, for where a rail-
way pierced a mountain range there
was sure to be a pass
At the very beginning of hostilities
the Beers saw this. They knew, also,
that the British had the advantage in
the matter of railways, though they re-
allied. on the other hand, that the 10
connective was far more necessary to the
invader than it was to their own army.
The Englishman, it seems. did not ap-
preciate this situation so quickly as he
ought to have done. The general condi-
tions of affairs in South Africa were new
to him. Life in his little home island
had made him more or less unable to
estimate distance, n symptom of in
sularity that has always chung to the
Britisher. When he first landed in
South Africa. he had a vague idea that
Kimberley was a days march from the
Cape and that a little jaunt from ST.
mons Town would bring him up to
Mafeking. The truth dawned on him
with bewildering suddenness. The long
weary, overland marches. the weeks OF
toiling with heavy guns over spruit and
kOpje, the days and days in dusty
trains that crawled over brick red, sur
baked deserts for hundreds and hun
dreds of miles-these things all taught
the Englishman that he was in a LAND
where distance could not be measured
with a ten inch rule. He found that {
days journey or a weeks march land
ed him nowhere. He saw that he haC
TO depend on the locomotive to hau
him hither and thither. So the rail
ways became the center of interest t.
him. But his attention fell on them {
little late. for before he knew wher
he was the Beers had cut off railwa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

come to a close they are destined to
play a still greater part. This war"
said Rudyard KipHng, speaking in this
connection, has been a war of shunt-
ing and side tracking, of telegraphs and
time tables Some day England will re-
alize what it means to handle armies
and their supplies over 600 miles of
single three foot six linei"
The Lourenco Marques road, running
from Delagoa Bay to the TransvaaI
capital, has been the line along which
for years the Beers supplies Of arma-
ment and ammunition have been
brought secretly into the country from
Europe and the United States. Since
the outbreak of hostilities it has been
the highway into the Boer republics on
either side of the Vaal. Just how many
soldiers of fortune have stepped ashore
from French and German vessels at
Delagoa Bay and gone Pretoriaward
over this line it is impossible to say,
but the number has been considera BILE,
and often old Dom Paul must have con
graduated himself that he and his gov
eminent held the Netherlands railway
as 4 means Of communication with the
/ rest OF the world. Most of this road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

nftions of war and armed men, though
four years ago the Mashonaland field
force used the line to get into Rhodesia.
This was in July, 1896. The road from
Beira to the hinterland frontier had
been constructed in sections, and the
Mashonaland field force was. able 20
make use of the sections lying between
Fontesvilla, As miles up the river Pung-
we, to Chimoio over 100 miles farther
inland from Beira- This was establish
ing precedent which was of consid-
eraole importance to the British
1t was not until the midsummer of
1898 that the Beira road was finished
When the last spike was driven in that
little narrow gauge line, its roadbed
stretched much farther than was orig
inally intended. because. on one hand.
OF the detours which had to be made to
avoid the hills. and also because the
border line between the Portuguese
and British territories had in the mean
time been moved some II miles to the
westward. So, when finished. the line
was ZOE miles long. From Beira it rose
steadily to an elevation of $3.50 feet
above the level of the sea at Umtali
Under such circumstances, of course
a great. rate of speed could not be
looked for on such line. In fact, on
the Beira railway freight trains usually
travel at the rate of ten miles an hour,
while the fast passenger express hurtles
over the country at the rate of u and
sometimes 10 miles an hour The com
plete journey from Beira to Umtali
takes two whole days 1t is at Umtali
that the line connects with the Masho-
naland railway, which stretches on to
Salisbury, the capital of Rhodesia,
named in honor of the English premier
This latter line was built under con-
tract with the British South Africa
company, that great organization of
London capitalists which was behind
the Jameson raid and which has always
| been the bitter foe of the Boer This
| company guaranteed the interest on the
! debentures and made very good thing
out of the undertaking, which was root
! ed in Great Britains desire to have rail-
| way connections between Cape Town or
the south and Beira on the east coast OF
Africa. And it will not be long before
this dream is realized. The road from
| Cape Town, which skirts the western
| border of the Transvaal, already
reaches up north of Bulawayo. There
| is yet just one missing link in the Ions
| chain, and that is the $50 mile!
that lie between Bulawayo and Sails
bury. Work is now being done, and i
will not be long before Salisbury ant
Bulawayo are linked together with tn
two potent little lines of steel rails
Then the passenger stepping into hi
train at Cape Town will travel nortl
1000 miles and step out at Salisbury
BY turning east and travelling 373 mile
he will once more stand on the coast q
the Indian ocean.
When Darlington reached Salisbury
he had this $50 miles of overland march