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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-27
DIED..

CoNRoY. On Thursday, April &c, 1900. II 80
am, at her residence, 1927 Potomac street
northwest. after a short illness, CATHRINE,
beloved wife of Patrick Oonroy.
Funeral from her late residence Saturday, April
-, at $50 am. Requiem at Holy Trim
ity Church, Georgetown, at 8 am.
| FISCHER. On Wednesday, April Is, 1900, s:45
Pn at biz sSmf e2s oth street n1Tt ~ i
ME Fischer nee Franke), in the sIxty-sixth
Funeral (which will be private will take place
from the residence tomorrow Saturday after
noon. April %; at o'clock. Intsrment AZ Ar-
lingron. Kindly omit flowers. philadelphia,
Lancaster and Reading papers please copyl 2
1880 pm, PETER, beloved husband OF Anna
Iatterner, aged sixtyfour Year,. a native Of
Funeral will take place from his late residence
109 AZ street northwest, Saturday. April IS,
at pm. Relatives and friends invited 10 at
tend. Syrucuse, y. Y, and Leesburg, Va, pa
pers please copy -
PooRE. LEO ALEXANDER infant Of W. L.
and the late Clara NJ Po0re, aged eleven
Funeral from residence, 80 22d street northwest,
Saturday, 10 am
THOMAS; On Thursday, April 2s, 1900, after
George W. and Sarah J. Thomas, aged sixteen
years and seven months.
ion street northwest 90 Saturday, April Is al
oelOSk R% Relatives .t and friends are re-
WALKER. On "wednesday. April rs 1900, at 4:sO
Illness NARY S EMILY wife Of Martin q
Walker AMI daughter of Judge T. L. Shepherd
Of West Bay City, Mich
Ftreral will take place at West Bay City, Mich. 2
" eelesk HELEN FL SfkeiafA vile Of Thomas K
Wallace in the seventy second year OF her age.
Funeral services will be held at her late residence,
2o3s P street northwest, Saturday, April Is,
at 4 O'Clock. mterment private.
WEBSTER. On Friday, April 81 1900 at her
residence, 1923 eth street northwest, at 5:20
am CATHERINE WEBSTER wife of Thomas
Singleton Webster Of Anacostia, aged fifty
years.
Funeral Monday, April 30. at pm, from I'M
macuIate Conception Church. Friends and rela-
tfyes invited to attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-27
MARRIED.

RHINEI.ANDER At st. AL
bans Church. Washington. u. c.. ID Wsducs-
day, April =. l3n9, 10y the bishep Of Washing
the Rev WILLIAM MoRGAN-JoNES or car
diff, Wales, 10 FRANCES daughter Of FrcdPr-
lex W. Rbinelander, esd, OF New York. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-27

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JAlNE'S ENPEGnORANT.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
NO DANGER WHATEVER.
No Person Need Fear Small Pox
in Wahpeton,

No person encounters any
danger whatever from small
pox in coming to Wahpeton.
There is a contagious disease
in the city very much like
chicken pox, the same disorder
most likely which has been all
over this northwestern coun-
try the past year or more. Last
July or the middle of last sum-
mer there were in the neigh
borhood of 500 cases in Grand
Forks, one young man being
"broken out" and at work ON a
very hot day, ran down to the
Red River and jumped in for a
bath and died from it. He was
covered with eruptions and it
was no wonder that he died:
that was the only person who
did die out of the whole busi-
ness. The history of the dis
order is the same, all over the
country, no deaths from it and
no danger. That's the history
OF it, hence we say there is no
danger from the disease in
Wahpeton; and any person can
come to Wahpeton OH business
or pleasure and not run the
least bit of danger of catching
small pox, or even chicken pox,
for it is we'll under control.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08

The Times would not under
take to give advice to people
about vaccination, but it oc-
ours to us that ordinarily it is
All outrage to take a child
which has pure blood in its
veins and contaminate the
same with poison. This poison
they put into the child's blood,
at the best, is said to be matter
from sick animal nature and
holds much the same relation
to the animal kingdom that
syphilis holds to the human
family. If one were in the
midst Of a small pox epidemic
and people were frequently
dying about them-entailing
great danger, it might be ad-
visable to take the plut ge and
possibly break the force of the
small pox attack. But where
there is little or no danger The
Times would not contaminate
pure blood for life, on a mere
idea--from fear, merely, that
exposure might occur. And
besides this, it is question if
one may not fight the disease
unvaccinated nearly as we'll as
though he were vaccinated.
The Times does not presume
to give advice on the question,
but on it's own individual ac-
count, would not poison a
child's blood or any persons
blood, as it is ordinarily done.
We believe it is wrong and
leaves chances for many times
more harm than good.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
Trove, Mrs. Sina.
Proclamation.

To the People of Richland County:
1t has been decided by the board
of health of the city of Wahpeton,
and confirmed by the superinten-
dent of the state board of health,
that a few cases of small pox, in a
mild form, exist in the city of Wah-
peton. The first of these cases was
discovered in the latter part of
January, 1900. During the time of
such discovery the district court of
this county has been in session
number of days and a large number
of jurors from different parts of the
county have been in attendance. 1t
is impossible to ascertain at this
time whether any such jurors were
exposed to the disease while in
Wahpeton, but 1t is probable that
some were. Every person who has
been in the city the past week may
possibly be exposed to the infection.
For the purpose of1guarding
against any spread of the disease it
seems absolutely necessary that
certain precautions should be taken
by every one throughout the county.
In any case where suspicious
symptoms appear, whether it is
known that the person has been ex-
posed or not,such person ought
Immediately to be treated as here
after directed.
Generally the first noticeable,
suspicious symptoms will be an
eruption of the skin, headache and
pains in the back, but especial at
tention should be paid to the
symptom of eruption of any kind
on the skin. Wherever that symptom
appears the person should be i'm.
mediately isolated in a we'll venti.
lated room, and notice should at
once be sent to the superintendent
of the county board of health, at
Wahpeton, with a request that he
investigate the case, examine the
person affected, if in his Judgment
deemed necessary, and give such
further directions for the treatment
of such person as may be deemed
necessary under the circumstances.
The compliance with these direc-
tions is matter of grave i'm
portance to the people of the
county. The board of health of the
city of Wahpeton and the board Of
health of the county have done, and
are doing all within their power to
eradicate the disease and prevent
it's spread. 1t is the earnest desire
of the county board of health that
all the citizens of the county shall,
in every way possible, assist the
board in the discovery, investiga-
ton, care and treatment of every
suspicious case.
Reports should be prompt, for de-
lays are dangerous.
No one ought to take the respon.
sibility of Judging for himself
whether suspicious symptome are
those of small pox or not. The
moment the symptoms ccur.notice
should be sent to the undersigned,
superintendent of the county board
Of health, as before stated. :.
This proclamation is not issued
for the purpose OF creating undue
alarm, because, with the disease ii
the mild form which it has thus
far manifested, and with Propef
such 40 to warrant general alarm
90 to the outcome but THE aauoucs-
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
HOPING, FEARING, DOUBTING.

British Public Remains at the Mercy of
Every Wild Rumor.
LONDON, Feb. This hoping, fear.
ing, doubling nation remains at the
mercy Of every wild rumor. The i'm
preston that General Buller's forces are
fighting twill not die out, in spite of the
continuous asseverations of the war Of
flee that it has no news to confirm that
belief. From Cape Town under date of
Tuesday comes the statement that up to
that time nothing had been heard there
regarding General Buffers recrossing
the Tugela river, while Field Marshall
Lord Roberts, in dispatch dated Mon.
day, Feb. 5, reports no change in the
situation. In view Of the latter's dis.
patch it seems hard to credit the cir
cumstantial report of the engagement of
General Buffers troops. The common
sense now almost inclines towards the
decision that these are due to the wish
being father to the thought. SUPPOSE
tion upon such basis is utterly futile.
The complete silence from the front and
at home may be significant, as the wise.
acres aver, but it more probably repre-
sents that period of preparation which
precedes an important movement.
IN other parts than the Tugela the
conditions of information are scarcely
more satisfactory. There is an incon-
elusive vagueness regarding General
French's reported intention to attack
Norvals pont with an overwhelming
force of infantry, for while the news Of
sharp fighting in the neighborhood of
Colesberg can be fairly expected within
few days, it is not likely that it will
assume greater proportions that recon-
naissances and skirmishes for the pur-
poses of holding the advanced position
Of the forthcoming main advance by
way Of Bloemfontein. General French
is strategically prohibited from run
ming any serious risk.
Lord Roberts reply to Presidents
Kruger and Steyn creates an excellent
impression here.
From Kimberley and Mafeking there
is nothing new, SO it can be presumed
that the intermittent bombardment of
the places continues.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
Must Prove Their Assertion.

In '95 a man named Sanford
with an overcoat on his right
arm and covering his hand, laid
in wait for Goebel, we believe
on the streets of Lexington,
Kentucky. Goebel came up at
a time Sanford was talking
with two friends, with these
latter Sanford shook hands
with his left hand as if parting
from them, and turning to
Goebel asked him if he wrote
a certain criticism against him
self, (Sanford) Goebel answered
yes. Instantly Sanford
whipped his gun from under
his coat and shot at Goehel,
sending a bullet through Goe-
bells clothing, in fact through
the waist band Of his trousers.
About this time Goebel thrust
a gun under the chin of one of
the bystanders and put a bullet
through Sanford's head, the
powder burning the bystand-
er's chin. Sanford dropped
dead. All these facts were SUBJ
stantiated in court by Sanford's
two friends. Sanford had the
first shot and missed his man
and jumped behind the friend
for protection.
Now every republican organ
in the country is telling how
Goebel was shot in revenge.
The country will hold the Tay-
lor outlaws responsible for the
murder of Goebel till they
prove their assertions about
revenge" Taylor outlaws
know who murdered Goebel
and if they know it was out of
revenge they must produce the
facts and the man.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
THE IMPRESSION
That Wahpeton is Over-Run With
Small Pox Corrected.


We think it was proper to
dismiss the public school and
take precaution against the
spread of the disorder which
has attracted more or less at
tention here the past week and
are just as surely of opinion
that no board calling itself
board of health ever made a
more unfortunate blunder than
the Wahpeton board has done
i'll making the howl 1T has to
the effect that smallpox were
in Wahpeton.
1t is universally credited in
the city that Jake Rickert
unfortunately brought the dis
order from Minneapolis at holi-
day time on coming home from
the university. Shortly after
Jake reached home he became
somewhat i'll aud eruptions
broke out upon his body. DIR.
OBrien treated him and when
Mr.. and Mrs. Rickert's family
came down with the disorder
the doctor thought it hardly
worth while to go up to see the
children, but said it was only
chicken pox, and home rene.
dies would take care of it all
right, but that if anything
serious should develop to let
him know. The children all
readily recovered. A young
lady there doing family sewing
passed through the disorder
and Mrs. Rickert was ill but
suffered no eruptions.
III meantime a young man,
mulatto. named Mead who had
played billiards with Jake, in
due time suffered from erup-
tions but no marked illness,
much similar to Mr.. Rickert's
whole family, including the
sewing girl who lost half day.
DR.. Quick treated Mr.. Mead
for chicken pox till Interrupted
by>~Dr. Meckstroth of the
board of health, who sent
the patient to a pest house west
of the city, and gave it out as
a case of small pox,frorn which
assertion, was sent to the twin
city papers a howl about small
pox in Wahpeton-which was
noted in all the papers in the
country, and helped to put on
the scare in good shape at Wah-
peton and Richland county. "a
DR.. Quick spent no time
whatever with DR.. Meckstroth.
Simply remarked to those who
mentioned the matter to him
that young Mead had the
chicken pox and would soon be
about again.
About the time Mead got ill
two of Mr.. Scl,weitzer's
children became ill with q
disorder, DR.. Kaufman was
called, pronounced it small
pox, DR.. Meckstroth followed
and taking down DR.. O'Brien
they agreed to it.t These
!, 4. yf .y-g
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
Puerto Rico.

Three tours of the beautiful island
OF Puerto Rico are scheduled to
leave Chicago January II, February
IL, and March 8. Special Pullman
sleeping and dining cars will con-
vey the party to New York, thence
on board the splendid new steam
ships Ponce and San Juan, through
and around the island by rail, auto.
mobile. carriage and boat.
Tickets Include all Expenses Everywhere.
These select limited parties will
be under the special escsrt of Mr.
Walter Boyd Townsend under the
Tourist Association. Reau Camp.
bell General Manager. 1923 Mar.
gazette Building. Chicago.
ITINERARIES. maps and tickets can
ksAAd on application to the aRents
St the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul R'y.
Real estate and loans-John Shin.
nam wah0AtAs N n ~ 49,; = -
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08

iment is made for the purpose of
enlisting everyone to whose atten.
Health it oesqs somsi the ii assisting ssatse9gon the ne
those unexposed to the disease, in
preventing it's spread and in
properly caring for those who may
be infected.
Dated at Wahpeton Feb. 9th, 1900.
DIR. CARL KAUFMAN,
Supt. of the County Board of Health.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
DAVIS AT THE FRONT.

Assistant Secretary OF the Interior Visits
the 1l0cr Head Lager.
LoURENzo MARQUES, Feb. 7.-Web-
ster Davis, the assistant secretary of the
interior, accompanied by party of
friends, is at the head laager of the
Beers at Ladys1nith and is closely in.
specting the camps and positions around
the besieged town. The German con-
sui at Pretoria, Herr Biermann, is &C.
companying Mr.. Davis on his trip to the
Boer head laager.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
A. Miksche & Co.

Have just received large line of
dry goods from Chicago. Fine
dress goods, silks and silk trim
nings,ladies waists, wrappers all at
lowest living prices. Remember
the place, the old and reliable house.
A. M1KsCHE & Co.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
MISREPRESENTATION
Local News
Geo. T. Proper is improving.


This is an expansive year,
even the chicken pox expands
into small pox.
There may several more
cases of chicken pox among
the school children as many
were exposed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin of
Barnesville were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Theo. Jurgens this
week, having returned home
day or two since.
Eighteen years ago McCau-
leyville had a small pox scare.
There were % cases and ~ peo-
pie went into their graves.
That was small pox:
Fergus Falls is to have a
canning factory which will
employ $50 men, paint works
which will employ Is men and
a new government building.
Nobody finds any fault with
the idea of efforts to stop the
spread of this disorder, but
everybody finds fault with the
manner in which it was done.
Judge Shippam returned
from New York last week after
a very successful trip in a
business way. If you want to
do any kind of land business
or borrow money, call aud see
the judge. He will treat you
right.
August Heine has a model of
,his self feeder and band cutter
SAk Schuler Bros. Office and
would be pleased if any person
wanting to see dandy little
model work. would 60 in and
inspect this. Mr.. Heine will
have a number built for the
coming season. He has il
securely patented and il il
easily the greatest thresbinR
snaehine feeding device invent.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08

were about the first school
children to show signs
of the disorder, and are now
practically we'll.
Judge Dow's childre n
showed the disorder. DR..
/. Pease was, called and pro.
nounced the disorder small
pox, and the board agreed to it.
These are among Mr.. and Mrs.
Ricketts, nearest neighbors
and the children of the two
families have been much to.
gether. The families visit back
and forth a great deal and
there is no. doubt in the minds
of the two families about where
the Judges children contracted
their disease.
In the meantime w. HI.
Motts, the barber, became ill
and sent for DR.. Quick who
treated him as he would treat
grip till he "broke out" with
chicken pox, and the doctor is
now treating him for chicken
pox. 1t is true that Mr.. Motifs
cut Jakie's hair about the time
latter was recovering from
what DIR. O'Brien said was
chicken pox. On account of
Jakie's face being rough Mr..
Motifs did not shave him.
Recently a child or two at
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. b. Lotzer's fell
i'll with the same thing, DIR.
Quick was called, pronounced
it chicken pox, DR.. Meckstroth
followed and agreed to it.
Capt. Purdon's daughter
came down with it, DR.. Quick
was called, pronounced it
chicken pox, DR.. Meckstroth
followed and agreed to it.
DIR. Devine was called to see
Mr.. Boyer's child, pronounced
it chicken pox, and DR.. Neck
stroth agreed to it.
This morning a gentleman in
The Times office incidentally
said his child was at school,
when latter was dismissed some
days ago fell i'll with chicken
pox and being now nearly we'll,
two younger ones are showing
eruptions. But he said the
children were cared for and he
did not call doctor-and did
not propose to unless he saw
more need of it than had shown
up so far.
Mr.. Rickert's children were
not i'll enough to be kept away
from school more than day or
two and practically there were
some of them there all the
time, from whom many child
rem of the city must have been
exposed and we presume there
will he several more chicken
pox cases developed within the
next few days..
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
Wants to Buy Stock,

Henry Schultz, the stock dealer,
is in the market for the purpose of
buying all the stock he can get.
Mr.. Schultz pays the highest mar
ket prices and would be pleased if
people having stock to sell would
call and give him chance to bid
on the same.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
Unclaimed Letters.

Unclaimed letters in the
Wahpeton post office for the
week ending February 6, 1900.
LADIES.
Trove, Mrs. Sina.
GENTLEMEN.
Benedict. Geo. f.
Carlson, L.
Morris, E. P.
Saurer, Ed.
Sweeney, Frank.
Watkins, l..
Call for advertised letters.
Don II. DAVIDSON, p. NJ.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
ITALY's OFFER TO ASSIST.

Question Brought Up in the French Cham.
ber Of Deputies.
PARIS, Feb. IN. Firmin Faure, one
of the Algerian deputies, member from
Gran, has given notice of question to
the French foreign minister, NJ. Del.
casse, with reference to the reports that
Italy intends to assist Great Britain by
replacing the British troops withdrawn
from Egypt.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
Boer Guns to the Front.

CAPE Town, Feb. THE Argus an.
nounces that 80 guns have been dis
patched from Pretoria to the front, and
that the Pretoria forts have been prac.
:ically denuded of artillery.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
Loans.

Before you place your loaus call
and see us as we have any amount
of money &c loan at lowest rates of
interest. II nill pay you to zee us.
ScHULHR BRos,
schales Block, ,Wshpetou,N b.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08
Notice..

All persons are hereby forbid
harboring or trusting my son
Harry f. Sleeper, minor, on my
account, as shall pay no debts of
his contracted after this date.
HIRAM B. SLEEPER.
Dated Wahpeton, N. D., Jan. II.
1900.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1900-02-08

The towns in the county
outside of Wahpeton have
notices up that Wahpeton is
full of small pox, all of which
is entirely wrong.
Chris Braun plead guilty to
stealing goods out of Jurgens
& Formaneck's store, as men,
toned in The Times last week,
and Judge Lauder sentenced
him to a year and a half in the
pen at Bismarck.
The big elm tree which stood
on the south side of the Twin
City base ball diamond, and
very largely in the way, has
been removed by Mr.. Boil,
which will be much apprecia-
ted by players and spectators
in the seasons to- come.
At the least calculation this
crazy scare will cost Wahpeton
merchants $4,000 in trade,
whereas it might have been
handled so as not to have cost
much of anything, and under
any and all events and to all
intents and purposes, been just
as safe. -:
J. A. Rickert's family passed
through this chicken pox dis
order and says he does not now
consider his children proof
against small pox. Would in
factno more let them go against
small pox than he would let
them go against a gang of
rattlesnakes if he could help it.
B. Berris in the country this
week could not get place to
feed his horse or get a meal
himself till he told a story
about when he left Wahpeton.
Says the country people are
frightened to death, the story
going that there are from SO to
so small pox cases in Wahpe-
ton, and that the town is quar-
antined.
Howard Rice went to Moor
head and captured the man
Ressler charged with stealing
Gus Sweeney's overcoat and,
bringing him Back, was taken
before Justice Sleeper and
fined 500 and 80 days in Jail.
The constable says he thinks
Ressler stole a certain set of
harness in town and will soon
go over and have~a talk with
him about it.
This man who signs himself
"H. D. Quarry Superintendent
of the State Board of HEALTH"
came here in the middle of the
night, made no examination
whatever of the mulatto Meade,
except to glance at him and
say. yes that's small pox, and
pass out of the room. But we
expect he will draw just as big
a fee as if had really made an
examination worth mentioning
A. ]. AnDyke was in the city
last week and was not recover
ed but improving, and thought
he would get along all right,
though few days before he
had been ill and finally spit up
lot of puss which came from
his lungs. The bullet passed
square through the center of
his chest. 1t is strange thing
that the ruffian who shot Mr..
AnDyke did not get 20 years in
the pen instead of two years.
Surely justice went astray
here. Its an accident that the
patient is alive.
Messrs. Boyle & Co., the two
gentlemen from Faribault,
Minnesota, who recently pur-
chased Dan Swank's bakery,
say that short time ago Dom
aid Grant, the noted railroad
contractor, came home to Fari-
bault from Iowa and soon fell i'll
and eruptions appeared on his
body. Some of the doctors tried
to start scare, but the city
authorities stepped in, said
they would soon settle it, and