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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
JAMBOKED AND SHOT.
How BOer Peace EnvOys Was Treat
ed by DeWet.


Bloemfontein, Saturday. Feb. 2.-An in
huential burgher gives some details re-
garding the treatment of the peace ENJOYS
who went to Gen. De Vets laager. 1t
seems that they were ordered to remain
with cart until the mules arrived. AS
the Beers were breaking laager in the
expectation of a British attack one morn
ing Commandant Froneman came up and
asked them why they had not inspanned.
Morgendael replied that they had been
ordered to wait for mules, whereupon the
Boer commandant Immediately jamboked
Morgendael on the head and face and said
he felt inclined to shoot him.
Gen. De Wet, coming up at the mo-
ment, said
Why don't you shoot him?''
At this Froneman fired at the envoy,
who died Of the wound.
Muller, another envoy, was jamboked
also.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
S4O,ooO.oOo or GOLD BONDS.
To he Issued in Payment of South
crn Pacific stock.

New York. Feb. SIT was learned to-
day on good authority that the Union
Pacific companys purchase OF Southern
Pacific stock IL to be financed by an issue
Of N00oO,O00 OF Union Pacific 4 per cent.
ten-year convertible gold bonds under
written BY Kuhn, Loeb q Co
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09

London. Feb.8 The treasury invites
tenders for an issue of Fill 600 of ex-
cheauer bonds. with interest at per cent.
They will be dated March 7, 1901, and are
repayable at par Dec. T. 1906. The list
opens Feb. IL.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
FAVORABLE REPORT FOR MILES.
But Senate VIII Investigate Wood,
Grant and Bell.

Washington, Feb. S.-The Senate Com
mittee on Military Affairs to-day agreed
to report favorably the nomination of
Maj. Gen Nelson A. Miles, to be Heuten-
ant general. and also the three nomina-
tions to the office of major general under
the army reorganization bill. All the
nomina tions to be brigadiers also, were
favorably acted upon, except those Of
Gen. Leonard Wood, Gen. Fred D. Grant
and Gen. J. Franklin Bell. These three
were held up in order to permit further
investigation the feeling being that these
three had not. seen sufficient service to
warrant promotion over older and expert
enced officers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
DISAGREED WITH SENATE.
Means Another Conference on War
Revenue Bill.

and Means Committee to-day adopted the
minority resolution for a disagreement in
bulk to the Senate amendments to the
war revenue reduction bill and asking a
conference with the Senate.
Some of the Republican members OF the
committee openly expressed the opinion
that the action taken meant the ultimate
acceptance of the bill as the Senate had
changed, increasing the reductions from
about Ss0,OO0,OOO to approximately $40, E
0O0.00O
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
David Hunter McAIpin Dead.

New York, Feb. s.-David Hunter Nc
Aipin, the millionaire tobacco manufac-
turer and philanthropist, died here to-day,
lie was s. years Of age.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
there and captured twelve wagons and
cattle.
French is near Ermelo."
BELGIUM MAY ARBITRATE.
Resolution to This Effect Adopted
by Deputies.

by Deputies.
Brussels Feb. SIN the Chamber of
Deputies to-day a petition invoking Bel
gium to offer to arbitrate between Great
Britain and the Transvaal was debated
at some length.
a number of deputies urged that the
Powers should put into practice a vague
engagement and thus end homicidal
conflict.
NJ. Janson proposed a motion approving
the conclusions of the commission deal
ing with tie petition.
The Foreign Minister, NJ. De Favereau,
urged that Intervention by Belgium was
impossible and the Belgium government
cannot undertake such an engagement.
The Chamber. however, adopted M.
Jansons motion unanimously.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
EIGHTEEN YEARS IN PEN.
Sentence of Attempted Rapist in
Virginia Court.

Richmond, Va, Feb. S.-Willlam Wat
son, colored, charged with attempting
criminal assault on Mrs. Watkins, near
Blackstone. was found guilty in Motto
way Court to-day. A verdict of eighteen
years in the penitentary was rendered
The prisoner in charge of troops was i'm
medately rushed to Petersburg on a
special train.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09

Washington, Feb. S.-Senator Berry to-
day introduced a resolution in the Senate
requesting the President to inform the
Senate whether the United States minis
ter to China has Joined in demanding the
execution of Chinese officials, and if so
by whom he was authorized.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09

"ri'ish Troops Capture Horses and
Cattle, but Not Dewct.
london, Feb. s.-Lord Kitchener reports
T" the war Office under date Of Pretoria,
Feb. T. as follows:
o., lac British column destroyed supplies
ana cattle
d. DeWet is reported still north OF Smith
H,'a' moving east A detached force
n crossed the line at Pompi siding Is
"'oS,!ng on Phllippipolis.
o. ,,.huen reports from Llllifontein. east
'iFDufg, that he scattered the enemy
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
n. a. O. Railroad 20 Insuc bond.

New York. Feb s.-The board Of dlrec-
tors OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
voted to-day for construction purposes 10
issue si5,000oO per cent. l0-year gold
convertible debenturea.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
THE BATTLEsBIP GEORGIA.
To he Built at the Bath, Me-, Iron
Works.

Bath. Me-. Feb. s.-The Bath Iron
Works received contracts for the construc-
ton Of United States battleshlp to be
named the Georgia. from the Navy De-
partment at Washington this afternoon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
Judac HartIett Improving.

washington. d. C.. Feb s.--Judge Bart
lett continues 10 improve. Dr. Hail said
to-day that the Judge was clearly bet
ter than yesterday and. IN fact better
than at any time since che cTisiA Ia his
disease
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
Had an EnthusiastIc reception.

The Hague. Feb. 9.-Queen Wilhelmina
and Prince Henry had an enthusiastic re-
ception at Apedoorn Thursday night.
The Loo palace was illuminated and all
the country round was ablaze with fire.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
RUSSIA'S MOVEMENT.
London Times Correspondent Keeps
mp With Them.

mp With Them.
London, Feb. 9.-Dr. Morrison, wiring
to the Times from Pekn Thursday, says:
Russia, through the Chinese minister
in st. Petersburg, has offered to pur-
chase the Northern railways from
Shan Hal Kwan to New Chwang and Sim
Min Ting, the purchase money to be de-
Quoted from the indemnity. Such a trans
fer would violate the undertaking China
gave England in October 1885, never to
ALLEVIATE these railways to any other
power. "The foreign ENJOYS are hopeful
that China will accept the note regarding
punishments."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
nIocls nurncd at PuebIo. Col.

Pueblo, Col, Feb. s.-The Guggenheim
block, two-story building, occupied by
the Crews-Beggs Dry Goods Company
department store, was gutted by fire to-
day. Estimated loss $4,000; insurance,
500, ,000
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09

Pretoria, Feb. S.-The Boer refugee
camps are now administered by civilians.
The refugees now total, approximately,
so, ,000
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09

Cape Town, Feb. S.-A Boer force press
ing southwark has been repulsed at Red
dersburg. The losses were Insignificant.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09

Rome. Feb. s.-The leaders Of oil par
ties are being consulted by the King
regarding a new cabinet.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
GEN. OTIS STATEMENT.

Is rtmored again in Cavite province
{ Aguinaldo has been seen at Indang.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09

Bethany. Mo, Feb Seen. Benjamin
M. Prenuss, one OF the oldest generals
OF volunteers OF the civl War, died to
day, aged g.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-09
CARTRIGHT ARRAIGNED.
Charged with SeditiOus Libel Upon
Gen. Kitchener.

Cape Town, Feb. S.-Albert Cartwright,
editor of the South African News, who
was arrested yesterday, charged with
criminal and seditious libel contained in
a letter accusing Gen. Kitchener of secret
ly instructing his troops to take no pris-
oners, was formerly arraigned in police
court here this morning and remanded in
e 900 bail
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02
A YEAR OF DISASTER.
An Aggregate of 1,ooo.oOo,ooo Lost
at sea During 1000.

An Aggregate of 81 ,o00.O00,00o Lost
at sea During 1000.
Since the establishment Of the hydro
graphic Office at Washington there has
been no record Of maritime disasters so
appalling as the one for the present
year The report for 1900, which will
be issued by this Office shortly after the
close OF the present year, will be a mar
rative of collisions, explosions, wrecks
and, In fact, OF all the dangers to which
the men who go down to the sea In
ships are exposed, 1t win show that
almost 400 craft Of every description
have been lost in the Atlantic ocean with
in short space Of twelve months, and
that the damages wiz aggregate 1000
o00000.
The number Of ocean steamers lost
has been Of course source of great
concern TO ship owners. To the more
thoughtful il means that within the
next few years steps will be taken TO
secure greater safety 10 passengers and
freight shippers. Nearly every steamer
lost has been well equipped with machin-
cry Of the latest pattern and manned by
large crew, but although navigation
has reached its present high st1te of de
velopment, 1t does not seer able TO cope
successfully with the mighty power OF the
elements. The terrible storms arising in
the West Indies are strangely enough
coming farther north every year, and
these, their violence little abated by the
long distance traversed. are greatly fear.
ed by sailors. Fogs. hidden rocks and
collisions are other causes Of this enor-
NOUS destruction.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02
Live Stock Notes.


If the sheep Oh the farm must be
sold, sell them fat.
Do not make the slops from the
kitchen answer for water.
1t will help maintain health if the
hogs have pure, fresh water every
day.
1t is the steady. quiet horse that can
usually be depended upon to do the big
gest days work.
The farmer ought to be a good judge
of live stock and know how to buy and
sell to the best advantage.
When the sheep are sheared is one of
the best times to determine what sheep
should be kept and what sold
In the end nothing pays so well as
thoroughness in all of the details Of
farm management and in the care of
the stock
According to the official report of the
Board of Agriculture of Great Britain
the past year shows an increase of 1896, :
53S head of cattle. and decreases OF
Csc, 233 sheep and 391,77 hogs. Added
to these figures are others showing a
considerable decrease In the number of
cows. ewes, aud brood sows, retained
for breeding PURPOSES. Foreign com
petition and an unfavorable season
may be credited with the losses re.
ported
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02
Evanoratinr Errs.

A carload OF eYaporated eg' shipped
By express and valued at COO left
Springfield, Mo-, recently 70. an Fran
cisco, says an exchange, where it will
be placed on a steamer bour or Cape
Nome The eggs were pL n one
pound screw top tin cans, sixty cans in
a case and win answer any purpose in
the culinary lire except boiling. The
moisture being taken out of them when
they are prepared leaves nothing to
boil The largest egg evaporatlng es-
adjustment in the world is located at
Springfield. The process of evaporat-
ing is done with hot air. and it takes
eight hours to thoroughly evaporate an
egg. About four dozen are equal to a
pound of the preparation. The Spring
! field factory employs seyenty-five peo-
pie, and its capaci y is about 400 cases
% day. The goods are shipped to all
foreign countries and in Europe espe-
cialiy is there a big demand, as the En-
giish government has placed the prep
aration on the hospital supply list The
klondike country is heavy user of
this brand of evaporated eggs, as no
matter what the price of fresh hen
fruit be or how scarce it Is, the evap-
GRATED egg retains its old price, and is
always on hand and ready for bust
ness.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02

Do not put salt into soup until you
are done SHINING IT, as salt VIII stop
the rising Of the scum.
When baking bread have the oven
quite hot when tie leaves are first put
IN. and let the heat diminish
Don't fan 70 add drop or two of
vanilla fayoring to a pot Of chocolate.
as It is a great improvement
When grating a natmcg. always start
from the blossom end. Why2 Be
cause It VIII CRATE more rapidly
scaId out and air bread and cake
boxes twice a week. Bread molds
quickly. and extra care is necessary.
To have 4 cas,ard pie Of an even.
nice brown when baked sprinkle a lit
tie sugar over the top just before put
ting into the oven.
When stoning ralsins. rub little
butter on the fingers and knife. 1t will
relieve the task Of ralsln-seeding Of It's
sickness and discomfort,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02
NINE. vELAsQUEz DISGUISED AS A CON-
FEDERATE LIGUTFNANT.

scent, who disguised herself as a man
AMI for many years served as a Lieu
terant in the Confederate army under
the name of Lieutenant Harry Blu
ford, In this capacity she took part
in several battles, leading her men with
| great fearlessness and skill and win
ming the compliments of her superior
officers for gallantry on the field of bat
lie. In the later part of the war she
was made an agent of the Confederate
secret service, and In various DISCUSSES
spent months in the North, travelling re-
peatedly from New York 10 Chicago,
| Philadelphia, and other cities. At one
time she even succeeded ia getting EN-
| ployment under the head of the United
States secret service IT, New York City.
and in that position was able to secure
information of great value to the Con
federacy.
AT the battle of Balls Bluff she was
in command of a regiment, and the men
under her charge captured more than a
hundred Federal prisoners 1t was the
scene of bloodshed of which she was
forced to witness here that finally led
her to give up active service in the
army and go into the secret service.
which, while quite as dangerous, did
not lead her constantly into the pres
enee of wounded and dying men. Dur
ing the whole of her service she was
never wounded. though it is said that
she often took greater chances than
were necessary.
Il don't suppose there is a member of
the Grand Army who hasn't at least
heard of Mother Bickerdyke. How
many thousands of the boys knew her
by sight during the war and We're
nursed by her hands. can only guess.
She devoted herself to the care of rhe
private soldiers, always declaring that
the officers had plenty of friends to
look after them. So among the rank
and file in all the hospitals she be-
came known as Mother Bickerdyke.
and she was more than a mother to
hundreds.
When the war broke out she was a
widow. 10 years old, but strong and
robust in health. as she = aded to be
for the work before her WI en- sum
ter was fired on she was working as
housekecper in the family of a gentle
man at Cleveland. Ohio. Almost i'm
mediately she gave up her place and
began her work for the soldiers.
There were tive sides to her charac-
tea On one side she was the sternest
and most iuplacable Of women: on the
other she was rs gentle and tender as
a child Everything she did was for
the interest of her boys II the hospi-
tai surgeons did not do their work
+ properly or seemed 10 slight the private
soldiers ia any way Mother Bicke.
dyke would send in a report which Of
ten resulted IN the dismissal of the Of
fender. II was the same way with
army contractors II the supplies fur
Hisbed were not ii good order Or were
not promptly delivered it was certain
that Mother Blckerdyke would never
rest until she had seen the delinquent
punished
| In addition 70 everything else she
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02
Polishing Floors.

Floors may be easily vanished and
waxed by a delicate woman in this
way: Take a very low chair or stool, so
low that a brush held in the hand can
easily reach the floor without STOPPING,
and, by moving the chair along, the
entire surface of the floor can be easily
covered first with the varnish and af-
terward. when dry, with the wax.
Where a heavy weighted floor brush is
not available, the 1old French way may
be substituted. e., wrapping up the
feet in flannel and sh' Hing over the
floor or skating on brush. 1t is funny
TO see a servant who has been trained
10 wax floors in this way In Europe at
his work. performing sort of shutting
dance over the floor, with his feet look
ing like pudding bags and his eyes fixed
on vacancy, as he solemnly dances to
and fro, quite unconscious Of the laugh
able spectacle he presents.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02
SOLDIERS AT HOME.
THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.
How the Boys of Both Armies WhiIed
Away Life In Camp-ForaSing tx
periences, Tiresome Marches-Thrn-
ling Scenes on the Battlefield.

1T seems to me-" said Michigan
veteran at the national encampment
of 1900, in Chicago, that proper atten-
Tion has not been paid to the National
Association of Army Nurses of the
Civil War during this encampment,
am sure that every soldier realizes and
admits lie debt which the men of the
Grad Army owe to the women who
followed the armies into the field and
did so much to lessen the horrors of
war. Often. too, the women did more
than simply wait on and nurse the
wounded men in the hospitals. ! know
Of one case in my own experience where
an army nurse actually rallied the men
of the regiment TO which she was at
tached and helped to win a battle.
annie Etheridge was born in Michi-
gan, but spent most of her childhood in
Wisconsin. When the war broke out
she was visiting in Detroit, and at ence
volunteered to go TO the front 'sith the
Second Michigan as regimeatal nurse.
Soon she was transferred to the Third
Michigan, and when it's three years
term of enlistment was over she, with
the re-enlisted veterans, joined the
Fifth Michigan. Between her and the
soldiers there sprang up degree of af-
lection that was touching. 1t was her
custom to follow her ooys' into battle
and on the field before the fighting was
over to administer to tie more severely
wounded. At Charlottesville in May,
1868, she went far out to the front with
a company of skin mishers. The rebels
in full force were close at hand, and
Mrs. Etheridge was ordered by her Col
onel to go TO the rear. She rode down
the line of the trenches in which the
soldiers We're lying, and in the face Of
the enemy exhorted them to do their
duty and whip the rebels
"At Charlottesville she was riding
over the field and found in one corner
of the field a regiment that was begin
ming to retreat. She appealed to them
not to go back and finally shamed them
into obedience by actually selling the
flag and leading them into action.
Certainly the most sensational part
played by woman in the Civil War
was that of NINE Velasquez pretty
young Southern woman of Spanish de-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02
Little Convenience.

To misplace a kitchen fork or spoon
may burn to cinder the most care
fully prepared dish. The convenient
holder lost from its rail may burn the
cake or burn the pie, and incense the
cook. A cook table, full of drawers,
where -four, spices. rolling pins and
cake cutters are kept. with bake pans
hanging over Z, will save you miles Of
travel and hours OF time. A. small
shelf near the stove, kept for extra salt
and pepper. will save you fifty miles
of travel in ten years. Only for one
day, count how many times you go
from cook table to stove, seasoning
various dishes, and you will see what
this means. In finding places for
kitchen utensils study every time to
place them where ii will take the
fewest steps to reach them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02

1t is not true that the cattle business
10 be profitable must be conducted on
fhe broad ranges o. the Western plains.
That is one profitable system of cattle
raising, but there is another which
yields fully as great profits for the cap
ffal invested. Raising cattle on the
farm has in all countries and all ages
been found profitable, and more 50
now than ever. By raising cattle on
the farm the farmer has a good mar
ket for all the feed he can raise, saves
labor and expense of transportatio
and avoids much loss from waste 4
the hocus pocus of CONNIE ce. And one
OF the main features of stock farming
is that it can be made to continually
improve the fertility and value of the
farm.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-02

ton that her word could be depended
upon. Consequently she was feared
and hated by the incompetents and
rascals in all branches of the army.
almost every union soldier had one
or more pleasant experiences with the
loyal women of the South. many of
whom risked their lives time and again
in defense of their principles. Histor-
ians are now trying to prove that Bar
bara Frietch.e never existed, but 1
know of one case almost exactly like
it which can be easily substantiated.
ut was in 1863, and the rebels we've
marching through Middletown, Nd.
There were good many people In the
town who We're at heart loyal, but they
made no boast of public exhibition of
their feelings. Mrs. Effie Titlow, how
ever was made of sterner stuff When
she saw in the distance the approach
ing rebels she took large Union flag,
wrapped it about her shoulders, and
took her stand on the balcony of her
hop Sc, oyerhanging the street. There,
with the flag around her, she stood all
the time the rebel army WIS passing
and looked eonteinptuously down on
the soldiers in gray If Barbara Friet-
chic is played out some poet might put
the story of Mrs. Titlow into ryhme
Down in St. Louis there was anoth-
err similar instance. In 1861 the State
was trembling in the balance, and a
prominent merchant named Alfred
Clapp set the Stars and Stripes fout-
ing from the top of his house. The
building stood in the midst of q nest of
secessionists and the neighbors were
furious. They waited until only Mrs.
Clapp was in the house. They they
called in a body and ordered her to take
| down the flag. She refused. and when
announcing that he would take it down
himself, she stepped in front of him
and declared that that flag could be
taken down only over her dead body.
Every Wisconsin veteran will re-
membed Mrs. Henrietta l.. Colt. Left
threw herself into the work of nursing
the wounded soldiers with entire deyo-
ton. She went at one time, for in
stance to the Army of the Cumberland
and personally visited every sick Wis
consin soldier in the hospitals. Some
of her trips up the Mississippi River in
hospital steamers were experiences
which would have Killed an ordinary
woman.
'.On her visit to the army about Vicks-
burg she organized, in connection with
Mrs. Hoge of Chicago. an improvised
hospital on the same steamboat which
had brought her South The boat was
packed with wounded men, but they
stuck to their posts. and how much
good they did nobody will ever know.
Up and down the great river Mrs. Colt
and her few colleagues Travelled in the
midst of dying soldiers, helpless and