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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-09

her place. II she makes promises they
are as binding as II the empress herself
had spoken. Whether request for
audience Is granted depends upon the
mistress of the robe and the grand mis-.
tress.
Baroness Won Ketteler will play a
leading part in charities, She will iden-
tify herself with the church building
movement 50 dear 10 the heart Of the
empress. with the German branch OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. and the Working Wo-
mems Protective league.
The mistress Of the robe may use the
royal boxes at the opera and theaters;
she has the entry there whether her
majesty be Of the party or not, while
the other ladies must he content with a
seat in the "court box" The kaiser and
kalserln learned with much gratiflca-
ton that Mime. Won Kettaler is fine
musician She will have plenty Of OPP
portunity 20 be heard, particularly "a
Countess Bertha Won Bassewitz who
used to delight the court by her excel
lent piano playing, got married and re-
tired.
The empress will confer upon the wife
Of the murdered ambassador the order
Of Louise. Of which she is grand mis-
tress This order was founded In 1914
by Frederick William III In memory Of
Queen Louise his beautiful and accom-
plished wife, who had then been dead
four years
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HIS RESTLESS ACTIVITY,

sees her orders dlsregarded without
knowing why. This indicates the power
OF a mistress Of the robe and the great
confidence imposed in her.
IL some OF the great ladies' over whom
the American baroness Will hold sway
should take exception TO her appoint
ment, Nine, Won ketteler may point out
that her name Is as good as any In the
empire The Kettelers exercised roya
power for over 200 years, Gotthard III,
Won Ketteler, became duke Of Courand
and Semigalla in 1861, and he and his
successors ruled until 1887, when En-
press Anna of Russia compelled their
subjects to elect her favOrite Biron. as
their prince Until recently the duchess
Of Courland was a leading figure at the
Berlin court, but her family was recog-
ni2ed by Russia only In 1884, while the
Kettelers figure in history since the
eleventh century,
Among the functions Of the mistress
Of the robe that Of fastening the crown
on her matesty's head is perhaps the
most enyied. The crown and regalia
belongs to the people and the treasury
holds the mistress of the robe respon-
sibe. II a diamond, pearl or other
jewel IL lost, II must be replaced. The
regalia ia examined before use and
pieces having become loose or insecure
stones are sent back by the mistress
Baroness Won Ketteler Will be the
kaiserin's chief adviser in dress, Hls
majesty concerns himself with every
detail Of his vast household and has de-
dded opinions on women's apparel. He
often quarrels with Countess Brock
dorff about selections, telling her Of
tasteful toilets he sees worn by Ameri-
can and English ladies' So the grand
mistress viii probably be glad Of the
chance TO shift this responsibility. par
tlcularly as her American colleague viii
make no claim to one OF the perquisites
Of the office, her majesty's cast-off
dresses. As II comes from the shop
the empress wears a dress only once:
for a second appearance II Is altered.
After that the mistress Of the robe o.
the grand mistress may have II for her
own use or 20 sell.
At the reception Of delegations the
mistress OF the robe stands at the foot
Of the throne 20 conduct the exchange
of courtesies. II her majesty has to
make answer to some address. the mis-
tress Of the robe writes her speech be-
forehand. and II her majesty is unwil-
ling 90 receive other officials or private
visitors the mistress Of the robe takes
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| first met Christian Dewet on the
march to sanna's Post. We had start
ed away back. about Winburg-mid-
way twixt north and south OF the Free
state--and were pushing rapidly, pur'
posefully south, What reason there
was In the movement no man among US
knew. Lord Roberts occupied Bloem'
fonten in front and an around us were
active columns Of his army
with the little knot Of foreign at
taches | had received an invitation to
accompany Gen Dewet on an import
ant expedition with such bald in
structions we perforce rested content
and for three days and nights rode
steadily forward.
Such BREATHING spaces as we had
were punctuated with queries;
(Which OF the 1900 men around us
was Dewet?' whittier was he
bound2" was he going TO cut the rail
way line?" was the Boer mad dream
of an attack upon Bloemfontein 10 be
put to the test2'
We asked and marveed, but found
no answer. With difficulty we singled
out Dewet, the man whose name viii
live longest In the history Of the Boer
war. With us were two Dewets-
Hoofd Commandant Pet Dewet and
plain Commandant Dewet The hoofd
commandant was tall and young and
commanding, ana to US in our lgnor-
ance the leader Of the expedition
The other Dewet was taciturn man
OF middle height, Of middle age, with "A
sparse. scrubby beard and a thick mus
tache His high, square forehead rose
Bteeply from a pair Of bushy eyebrows,
beneath which pair OF restless eagle
eyes gazed out to the distance, In the
eyes there was no laughter, but the
CLEAN Of a steady purpose, the cold
resourcefulness OF man hunted by his
fellows
Dressed In a seedy black coat and
pair Of striped trousers, nothing In his
attire or bearing suggested the general.
He was common Boer peasant,
speaking the patois Of his race ana
concerning himself with nothing be-
yond the immediate concern of the mo-
ment. But In his face there was the
tidiHp VI lnNlHtlll' utN'l HlIihtlbiit ms
mouth, slightly dropping at the corners
was carried tightly closed, and the
strong, square jaw was sent firm be-
hind the struggling russell beard.
As the third sun set on our forced
march the attaches became FESTIVE, and
United States Attache Reichmann rode
forward to ask the object of our exer-
tons
II do not know" was the only reply
and we jerked at our brides as we rode
on into the gathering night.
A simple Boer, ignorant Of maps save
the wide landscape spread out before
him. possessed or no strategy, except
his hunters instinct, and utterly in
capable OF intelligently explaining his
purpose, Dewet took refuge in silence
No mar OF his command knew more
than we did but they understood their
leader and cantered unquestlonably
unapprehensiyely onward.
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE
ENEMY.
Suddenly the long, struggling line
was called to halt. A dispatch rider
on painting welt pony refined up beside
the general and delivered to him some
kind OF report Dom Christian heard
and considered, and then In the dark
ness our whole disposition was
changed, The force was divided int,
three, and two sections rode away TO
the eastward under Hoofd Command
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Dashing Dewe the Most Extraordinary Raider of Modern
History Who Makes His Only Headquarters in the Saddle

1900 British soldiers and had taken
I seven guns,
THE NET SPREAD TO CAPTURE
HIM.
AT Wepener. away out on the Basuto
border, he found another Isolated Brit
ish foroe-seyenteen hundred colonists
| under Col, Dalgety-and settled down to
beslege II. For seventeen days he be-
set the Britlshers, but this tine un
successfully although he killed nearly
all their horses and disabled three nun
dred Of the troopers
The engagement at Wepener mad its
chief interest In the fact that 1t gave
Lord Roberts time to complete his ar
rangements for meeting De Wet and all
OF his force. Generals Rumble and
French Ian Hamilton. Pole Carew and
Smith, Dorrlen, Brabant Hart and
Chrmside. Stephenson, Broadway and
Bruce Hamilton drew rapidly around
hlm--thirty thousand men disposed in
two nets 20 capture De Wet. But
Dom Christian had further need Of his
liberty He successfully hindered
French and Rumble until his Wepener
force was disengaged. and they skipped
gayly past Ian Hamilton at Thaban-
chu. On May LIST ne was safely back
at Winburg. and Lord Roberts had
commenced his main advance on Pre-
t0rla.
For some weeks the Beers were too
busy In retreat J. give De Wet q
chance Of attack, but he carefully dis
entangled himself from the main flight
of the Free State with his president
and handful Of followers. Past him
rolled Lord Roberts giant army to
Pretoria and the north.
on May 9TH De Wet swooped down
on convoy at Lindley. to the eastward
Of KrOOnatad In the northern part OF
the Free State and after three days
lighting captured 1t and the escort OF
500 yeomanry. With him were five
guns, fifteen hundred men and the best
Of the Free State horses.
on June 4th he held up a baggage
train of flfty-hve wagons near He'll.
bron. fifty miles north of Lindley. and
took prisoners its escort Of 100 men,
With the supplies secured from these
wagons he set of down the railway line
to Roodeval, where he found the
fourth Derbyshires, a raw militia regl-
ment. The milltiamen had gone quick
~ 10 camp In the kopJes north OF
Roodeyal and expected nothing less
than the hail of bullets that woke them
in the night time. De Vets five guns
completely commanded the camp. and,
after losing their colonel and lao men,
the regiment on June surrendered.
HIS RESTLESS ACTIVITY,
Two miles to the south was Roodeval
station and thIther, after the noise Of
| the Derbyshires' death struggle had
sienced, came a mail train with some
! hundred men of various regiments as
escort. TO them went De Wet and de-
manded immediate surrender. but the
postmen fought in, defense Of their
| bags and the motley details assisted as
best they could. 1t was useless. About
| their ears came the station buildings.
Dom Christian speedily held the train
escort prisoner. With them he cap
tured five truck loads OF mail, 10000
great coats and wagon Of great sleigh
shells bound northward. Train, station,
! mails and shells were all set blazing
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and De Wet rode away with his cap
lives.
Before doing so, however, he wrecked
the railway line for miles on either
side OF ROodeval station. destroyed the
KhCnOster bridge ANA the RoodeVal
bridge, and Tor ten miles twisted the
telegraph poles into shapeless metal III
q country which the l,2yJ miles from
CapetoWn TO Pretoria has NOT one SIM
gle tree of timber for the Loo miles
from Capetown TO Pretoria, bridge de-
structiOn ana railroad Wreckng IL
more effective military operation than
ever IL was in the American ClVll war.
In haste upon him came Lord
Kitchener from Pretoria ana LORD
Metheun from Hebron. But Dewet
moved off to the eastward, returned a
week later. and on June IA narrowly
escaped capturing Lord Kitchener him
self al RhoenOster. On June Il he re-
appeared at Honng spruit station, mid
way between Kroonstad and Rocdeval,
ripped up the rails to the norm and the
south Of waiting train, and set TO
work with his guns on the former 300
Pretoria prisoners who guarded II, For
seven hours the medley company OF
tattered, ll-armed prisoners fought OF
Dewet. and In the evening relief came
with the G. !. VS. and yeomanry. -Four
men killed and nineteen wounded was
the whole result of that raid of Dewet,
DEWET AT BAY.
His three weeks of raiding had, how.
ever, wakened the British to the neces
slty Of stopping him, and great prepar.
atoms were made for the capture Of
Dewet. on July 2 Gen. Hunter had
10000 men under his command for
the purpose. Slowly purposetully, the
net was drawn around Dewet, ald on
July ~ 1t began to close in on the guer-
rilla chief. Four days later DeWet
dashed down on the railroad at Honlng
Spruit, captured q train and a hundred
Welsh fusleers wriggled his way
through the British lines, and with I'VE
guns and 1900 men got clear away to
the northwest He was forced TO abal-
don his wagons and a few badly horsed
men to Broadwood's tender meScies,
but on July 22 was In comparative safe
~ on the Vaal river,
In the early part Of August Lord
Kitchener and Lord Methuen began the
third attempt 10 corral DeWet. On Aug,
Z Dewet dashed through Dewet's drift
TO the north side Of the Vaal, with
Kitchener and Methuen swapping up his
guns his wagons and his provisions at
his heels. Every available man joined
in the chase and extraordinary efforts
were made by the infantry in pursuit,
An August 18th lie crossed the
railway at Welverdiend, and on
the 18th he was ten miles east
of Vendersdorp and on the 18th he was
we'll out in the Western Transvaal at
Rustenburg,
on the nth he passed through the
ring Of his pursuers and appeared on
the Crocodile river well to the north
Of Pretoria. On the 18th he tried to
cross over to the eastward, north Of
Pretoria but could not On the 22nd
he had tackled back to the Free State
and his 10000 pursuers We're left de-
serted in the Transyaal, hundreds Of
miles to the north Of where the chase
commenced ten days before.
On Sept. Dewets presence was re-
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aims star was clouded that 31st day Of
March. last year, and little mistakes
were quickly added TO the first great
error OF choice OF position and lack of
efficient vigilance.
. Startled by the crackle Of Mauser fire
In a wholly unexpected direction, the Q
ana l batteries Of Horse artillery
wheeled right under the Boer rifles. In
thirty seconds the horses OF five guns
Of u battery and two guns of q bat
terry were killed and their drivers out
OF action The remaining five 9-pound-
ers staggered across the plain and
opened fire from the station buildings,
1900 yards away. Their singing shrap-
nel dampened the Boer fire. but when
the order to retire came. only ten men.
several OF them wounded, could leave
the field with their guns.
Behind in the spruit, Dom Christian
was busy, with his peasants thrift,
experimenting the mending of the
damaged wagons, Strengthening the
bent axletrees and splicing the strained
dissel bOoms AT one swoop he had
captured seven guns, 10 wagons with
nearly 1900 mules. 400 prisoners, and
had driven from the field with heavy
loss a force of 1000 men under one Of
the smartest of British cavalry gem
erals.
THE TYPICAL GUERILLA CHIEF.
II was Christian Dewets first raid on
the British and the onens We're favor
able. On that 3lst day of May, 1900 De-
wet began his career as a guerilla chief.
For him the style of warfare is ideal.
A h,.p I. ktritl I, n
force of native born Free Staters. He
has as his field Of operations a state Of
about the size OF Kentucky every foot
If which Is known TO him and every
man under his command. Every resi-
dent Is sympathizer ready with food
and with Information. He needs no
commissariatl He has no headquarters
save his saddle. His authority is the
old state president, whom he carries
with him, and bis object IL the haras-
sing OF the British troops spread all
around him. With slight exception he
has confined his raiding to the $50
miles Of prairie between the Orange
river and the Vaal. He raids north or
south Of that district have been few
and shortlived forced upon him by
stress Of circumstances.
Unencumbered by baggage or by COM
mlsssriat, Dewet moves with nothing
heavier than wheeled buggy. His
guns he burles when he desires to In
crease his speed, only to resurrect them
on a less pressing morrow. Ammuni-
ton Is passed In some mysterious way
to centers In the mountains aud every
farm has its little bundle Of cartridges
awaiting him.
If only he can maintain his supply OF
horsemen. Dewet can operate for years
yet in the Free State capturing isolated
conveys. surprising solitary columns,
swOopng down on unprotected towns.
In a straight line the British have LOO
miles Of communication to guard over
which every ton Of supplies must be
conveyed. Every yard Of that Is a tar
get for Dewet.
Three days after his success at san
mas Post. Dewet swooped down on
Reddersburg, 100 miles to the southland
captured three companies Of the Irish
Rifles and two Of the Second Northum-
berland Fusillers. In less than week
Dewet. with his 800 men, had captured
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tiers, preceded by heralds. great digni-
taries of the crown, swarms OF couriers,
high officers and pages,
At the head OF the procession walk
heralds In medieval dress, playing on
ancient silver bugles draped with cloth
of gold. The court marshals, carrying
gold knobbed ivory stats, follow, then
the lord guardians of the regalla, the
grand chamberlain, duke OF UJest, VINO
bears the crown on a purple cushion;
the prince Of Hatfield with the orb OF
the realm, and Prince Ploss, sword
bearer.
Now an interval Of some half minute.
and a platoon Of pages, good looking
boys In scarlet coats with silver lace,
white silk stockings and toy swords,a an
nounce the emperor and empress,
Since even kings no longer balance
crowns on their locks, the kaiser has ON
a modest silver helmet. topped by an
eagle with outspread wings, but his
queen Is respondent with a diadem OF
precious stones, having the great re
gent" In the center And while the
chancellor walks at Williams side the
mistress Of the robe attends the em-
press
mat is nef eAcellentN opppINulilNs
From the back OF her powdered hair
hangs the "mantiIa, mark Of her Of
fee. II is a black lace shawl OF eX-
qusite workmanship, held by big dia-
mond pins II falls 20 the bottom OF
the skirt ending whore the mantle be-
gins The latter is five yards long. II
Is. however, not borne by pages like the
more p0nderous affair. eleven yards In
length, worn by the empress.
A CONSPICUOUS POSITION,
After their majesties are seated on
the throne the mistress Of the robe oc-
cupies conspicuous position directly
opposite the empress, SO as TO introduce
to her the ladies commanded" for pre-
sentation,
But whether all the noble danes on
the list be admitted Is left entirely Il
the discretion OF the mistress Of the
robe. The lists are made up weeks
beforehand. and in the meanwhile q
thousand things may have happened
things OF the kind the mistress learns
from the political police,
Hence sometimes her majesty whls-
pers 10 the mistress Of the robe the
name Of lady TO be summoned which
that functionary can not pass on to the
chamberlains, and as there is no chance
for explanation, the empress sometimes
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1901-08-03

The Tonopah paper, IN each issue
for a few weeks past, has complained
of a scarcity of farm and garden pro
duction in that camp, and now it says
there are no ''spuds in camp While
the camp of Tonopah is quite a dis
tancr from Mason Valley "a railroad
connects the two points with the eX-
ception Of "a distance of sixty miles
from Sodaville to Tonopah-and it
seems that farm and dairy products
of all kinds could be supplied at fair
prices by the ranchers of the valley to
the miners of Tonopah, Hay, grain,
potatoes. onions, honey, butter,
cheese. etc, are to be produced in
Mason Valley in unlimited quantity,
and as the new mining camp to the
southis bound to consume great
quantities Of these products, it would
seem that the market would be well
worth looking after.
1t is true that industry in and
about Mason Valley is creating a de
mand for considerable farm produce,
but there is plenty of land and water
with which to raise more than enough
for home consumption, 1t may be
| that there are other agricultural
points tritie closer to Tonopah than
Mason Valley, but we do not under
stand that they would have any the
best of competing for the trade.
One thing we are sure of, they can
not produce a better quality of goods,
dayton Times
Brother BurbaukS of the Times is
right when he says that this market
is worth the while looking after. 1t
is IA great market for soon we will
have 1000 people here, and all OF
these folks must consume food. II
the good farmers of Mason Valley
will supply our local produce wants
we hope they will pack their goods
in proper manner so that it will be
paIatable when placed upon the table.
Yes, we want all the produce of al
kinds that you can haul in with II
4-animal teams. Bring it right
along
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On the same page of the daily news
paper Shat announced that America
leads the world of commerce was AN
other announcement that the billion
dollar steel trust had Il strike OF Its
employees on its hands. What is the
use of the country being prosperous
if that prosperity means nothing
more than the aggrandizement of lhr
rich and ensavement of the poor
Report
Mrs. Ida Mckinley, wife of th'
President, has begun suit in the i ,.
Courf at Carson against John Steele
and William Hayes for the possession
of the Elijah mine located near Ely,
White Pine county, in this State, -
White Pine News
Due to the fearless attitude of Judge
Harrigton of Modoc county, Cal, the
Garnd Jury of that county has in.
dicted three of the supposed ringlead
ers of the mob that lynched Calvin
Hall, his three sons aud son-in-laV
recently at Lookout
Against a pain from bruise or sprail
Trib the best insuring,
You will regret if you forget
Trib when you go touring.
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BUTLER CITY NYE COUNTY NEVADA SATURDAY AUGUST g. 1901
Auditor and Treasurer's Report.

TO the Honorable Board OF County Commission
ers Of Nye County Nevada
GENTLEMEN:
We hereby respectfully submit our Report for
the quarter ending June goth 1901
Cash on hand April list 1901 1...,.... ,..S 1912 10
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Everything looks pretty lively
about the Y, &. shops. Four extra
machinists have been put to work in
the machine shops and as many added
to the blacksmith department, while
the tinshop is running with extra
help. The shopis piled full of work and
enty III sight for some time to come.
The shops have more men employed
at present than at any time in the
past two years. Appeal.
An editor down in California some
where about that hot town of Willows,
said recently that silver buckles on
garters were becoming fashionable,
and hoped to see more Of them. His
wife sued him for divorce, and the
only woman in town who had silver
buckles ON her garters cow -hided the
editor until he was as raw as a pc.
tato.
Some husbands are excessively par
ticular A Brooklyn man is asking
for divorce on the ground that h,
doesn like being crowded out of bee
lby his wifes pet dogs.
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p. H. GORDON
The Difference.

A prominent lawyer in Pasadena
said to the editor of the news yester
day: you newspapers are continu-
ally opening up questions which lead
to controversy and trouble. Then we
lawyers have to step in and settle
matters. We lawyers are the peace
makers Of the country
That is one view. Another is
neatly brought out by the Wills Point
Chronicle which says
"A lawyer in a court room may call
a man liar. scoundrel, william or a
thief, and no one will make "A com
plant when court adjourns. If a
newspaper prints such reflections on
a mans character, there is a libel suit
or dead editor. This is owing to the
fact that the people believe what an
editor says. What a lawyer says
cuts no figure.