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The age-herald., 1901-12-24
BOtha, OsWett and BTitz Makes Fierce Attack on the
 British Forces
CASUALTIES ARE ABOUT l6O
Kitchener, In His Report to tho War Office, Says the Boers Fought 1raveIy and Several Brit
 ons Were Killed.

London, December N-Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Johannesburg dated Sunday, December 21. sends reports of sharp fighting in the Orange River and Transvaal colonies. The engagements oc- cured December IS, 19 and % at points widely apart
 The casualties, so far as known, aggre- gate about 150, equally divided: but heavy British losses. the totals of which have not yet been reported. have occurred in the Transvaal.
 Two hundred mounted infantry in the neighborhood of Beningderyn were di- vlded into parties and were searching farms when they were attacked by 300 Boers and forty armed natives under Commandant Britz. The Boers charged determinedly in overwhelming numbers. Beyond the fact that the British casual ties were severe no details have been re- ceived.
 Lord Kitchener also reports that during General Dewet's attack on the British force commanded by Generals Dartnell and Campbell at Langberg December IS. the Boers charged bravely and fought oesperateiy TOT several hours DeWet was driven off with a loss of twenty men. There were twelve casualties on the side of the British.
 On December 20 Botha with 800 Boers surprised Colonel Damantts advance guard at Tafel kopje, Orange River Col | ony. The Boers rushed a kopje com | manding the maln body and guns. but Damafltts rallied his men and drove the enemy from the kopje. The British cas- ualties were heavy. Damantt was terri ply wounded. two officers and twenty men were killed and three officers and seventeen mea wounded. The Boers left six dead on the field and dispersed. The British pursued the enemy and captured a number of prisoners. including Com mandant Keyter. Later the Boers, under flag of truce, asked permission to re- move their dead. They admitted having buried twenty-seven men.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
LIKENS DOWIE
 TO PIERPONT MORGAN
 AS A GREAT ORGANIZER

point of death reather than any sKrTied physician. MT. Packard is not mem- Der of Zion congregation.
 pr Dowie and his wife were pres ent in court with by far the largest num- Der of followers that has yet filled the court During attorney Packard's recital of Dowies identity with Elijah ''restorer' pr. Dowie frequently rolled his eyes up- ward and gazed at the ceiling as though in prayer.
 Following Attorney Packard's argu- ment for the defense, Attorney L. F. Reeves. for the plaintiff likened Dowie to devil fish that twiped it's arms around the victim and quieted him until a strangle he got a hold. He touched upon the death of Mrs. Stevenson, wife of the plain If and sister of Dowie, and said that when Stevenson, in his grief sought out Dowie a brother and priest, Dowie gave him a cup of gall and called him murderer. Arguments in the case closed this afternoon and the case was given into the hands of Judge Pulley for decision.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
OUTSIDER GOT THE WORST OF IT
TWO MEN ARE SHOT DURING A STREET FIGHT IN TExAS-NEl- THEIR OF THEM WERE PAR. TIcIPANTs.

Dalhart, Texas, December 23.-One man was killed and another mortally wounded during a fight at a railroad depot here today in which Deputy Sheriff John L. Sullivan and V. F. Cam m ack attempted to arrest Thomas Myers and Al Timmons on a charge of murder. When Sullivan ordered Myers and Tim mons to surrender, it is claimed one of them attempted to draw a revolver when the shooting began. Gus Book. a by stander. was killed and Paul Hininger. another participant, was mortally wounded while Myers, one of the men wanted, was shot in the chin. At the coroner's inquest Sullisan was exoner- ated from all blame.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
HAD $115 IN STAMPS.
Man Arrested for Being Connected
 With Postoffice, Robbery.

New Haven, Conn.,, December S.-A man carrying dress suit case llled with postage stamps. who was arrested to- day, is believed by the police to be an important capture. He Is suspected by them of some connection with the recent robbery of the Chicago postoffice. The prisoner said that his name was Henry Bantill, that he was a resident of Provi- denSe R. l.. and that his age was 50.
 Postage stamps worth about sll5 and number of gold watch cases were found in his pockets and dress suitcase. He is held under bonus of $2000 on warrant issued by United States district attorney.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
AGAINST WATER COMPANY.
Attorney for City of Knoxville Attacks
 the Charter.

Knoxville. Tenn, December 23.-A mo- ton was made before Judge c. D. Clark of the United States court, today by Knoxville water company attorneys to make permanent an injunction granted ten days ago. restraining the city of Knoxville from enforcing its cut rates fixed by ordinance regulations passed by the city council recently.
 Attorneys for the city exploded bomb shell in their demurrer, when they at tackled the constitutionality of the act of 1877 under which the water company was given iCs charter. Judge Clark took the case under advisement and ordered attorneys to file additional briefs in the case touching on this one main point.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
A SYRIAN PARDoNED.
Rented a Typewriter and Went to
 Prison for Selling 1t.

Columbus. O., December 23. - Governor Nash today pardoned Abraham Dah- rouge. a Syrian, who was sent up from Cincinnati In 1899 for having sold rent ed typewriter.
 Dahrouge claims to have been sent to Cincinnati by Ali Farougn Bey, Turkish minister at Washington. His mission, he says. was to investigate a society of his countrymen which he claims was organ ized to conspire against the Turkish gov ernment.
 According to his story he took a trait or unwiliingly into his employ. and this man, who was also a Syrian and a member of the society Dahrouge was sent to investi- gate, secured access to certain secret correspondence between Dahrouge and Consul General Ali Farough Bey This pretended friend betrayed Dahrouge to the other members of the conspiracy, and Dahrouge claims that plot to ruin him was formed
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
LOVE FOR THE
 MOTHER COUNTRY
NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE DANISH WEST INDIES DRAG ON, BUT WILL ULTIMATELY BE UNITED STATES TERRITORY

Washington, December 23.-The negotia- tions between the governments of the United States and Denmark, looking to the acquisition of the Danish West in- dies, are dragging. No substantial pro- gress has been made since last week. The latest suggestion from the Danish side is that the people of the islands shall determine by a plebescite whether they shall be ceded to the United States. The outcome of such test cannot be foretold for strong feeling of attachment for the mother country on the one hand might be offset by the great trade advantages ex- pected to follow the cession islands to the United States.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
Prisoners overpower JaIIer.

Walla Walla, Wash, December B. Eight prisoners in the county jail over powered Jailor Malone as he was locking the cells last night and were about to make their escape when Mrs. Susan Kees. wife of the sheriff stepped up with revolver and drove the prisoners back to their cells. Sheriff Kees and his family live in the jail building and when Mrs. Kees heard the commotion she rushed to the rescue of the jailer and released him from the prisoners who were beating him into insensibility.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24

Washington, D. C., December 23.-(spe- ciaD-Booker T. Washington was with the President for considerable time today. He was received in the cabinet
 room. While talking to the President Secretary Hitchcock arrived and Wash ington left in company with the Secreta- " of the Interior. He declined to make any statement as to his business with the President but 1t is understood he call ed at the White House at executive re- quest to discuss certain Alabama ap- pointments, particularly the Middle and
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
Gift From .cervera.

Concord. N. H., December 23.-Very Rev. o. M. Buckingham. Vicar General of the diocese of New Hampshire has re- ceived a Christmas gift from Admiral Cervera. It is a casket containing auto graph portraits of the admiral and mem- hers of his family. On the outside is a gold plate suitably inscribed.
 After the Spanish war many sailors were imprisoned on islands in Portsmouth harbor and Vicar General OCallaghan then a priest at Portsmouth, attended them spiritually.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24

caseaux, the Chilian minister. will leave here for Chili on January 1 and the secretary of the Chilian legation, Senor Errazurez, will remain in charge or Chilis interests. Senor Subercaseaux conferred two hours this morning with Dr. Costa, vice president of Argentine, and Dr. Alcorta, the minister of foreign affairs. After this conference Senors Cos ta and Alcorta went to see President Rica.
 The Tiempo says that casus belli would arise if Chilli, desiring to render effective her jurisdiction over the terri tory known as Ultima Esperanza, at tempted to drive the Argentine police from this territory, as Argentine would resist such an attempt
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
Petition Aaainst Sale of Indies.

Copenhagen. December 24.-A petition against the sale of the Danish West h. dies, unless the matter shall have been first submitted to plebiscite, has been circulated and will be sent to the Rigs dag tonight. This petition bears very few signatures of members of the form CT parliamentary committee who re- ported in favor of selling the islands.
 Bankers and business men are taking a last and desperate stand against the sale of the islands. During the coming holidays they will draw up certain pro- posals in the premises to be submitted to the Rigsdag immediately when that body reassembles.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
Germanx Is Retlcent.

Berlin. December 23.-The foreign office. while 1t is reticent as to Germany's spe- cific plans with regard to Venezuela and the time of their execution. gives the i'm pression that something will be done soon. It is watching the uprising in Venezuela under the leadership of Gen. Luciano Mendoza. If anything serious should come of this revolutionary movement Germany will suspend action in the mat tar until 1t shall have been determined upon which party the de facto govern ment rests The papers continue to pub fish everything available on this sub ject The Berliner Tageblatt sums up Germany's position in the Venezuelan matter in the following words:
 '"The new rebellion Is of the utmost im- portance in consequence of our relations with that country. Our position toward the government of Venezuela would nat urally be influenced if everything there goes topsy turvey."
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
Hopeless to Expect Peace.

London, December 24-The news receiv- ed yesterday convinces the newspapers that it Is hopesless to expect peace in the immediate future. That this is also the government view of the situation Is ap- parent from the fact that between now and January the drafts of troops pro- seeding to South Africa from home and from the colonies, aggregate 1b,o00
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
ROOSEVELT CONSULTS
 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Southern districts marshalships and the collectorship.
 Washington is said to favor the appoint ment of T. W. Curry to Marshal Sim mons position. The visit of Washing  ton caused comment at this time on ac- count of the wrangle over the Middle district marshalship to which Bryan was appointed. Many Alabama Republicans have requested the President to give the case further investigation and the Pres ident is considering taking this step though the Attorney General seems sat isfied with Bryan's record.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
Bryan Accepts.

Boston. December 2s-At the meeting of the executive committee of The Com monwealth Club of Massachusetts this afternoon a letter from the Hon. W. J. Bryan was read accepting an invitation from the club to become It's guest at banquet to be given Thursday evening. January g.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
Serious Demonstration.

London, December A.-The Vienna cor respondent of the Daily Chronicle says there were serious anti-German demon strations at Moscow last week during which the escutcheon over the German consulate there was shattered. The cor respondent adds that the Russian cen bor stopped the transmission of this paws
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
officers Presented.

Lima Peru. via. Galveston. December 2.-Captain Perry and the officers of the United States battleship Iowa were pre- scented to President Deromana of Peru today by T. R. Neil, secretary of the Am erican legation here
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
Famous Author Dead.

Hutchison Kas.. December 2s.-Dr. J. c. Malcolm, author of several standard works died here today aged q ysarA He was an authority among h0meopathic physicians. He was born in scctlaa1s a
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
NapoIeon's Old Estate.

London. December 24.-A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle from Rome says that Queen Alexandra is negotiating the pur- chase of the villa San Martino at Elba, formerly occupied by Napoleon.
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
SIGN PROTOCOL AND AGREE ID
 ARBITRATION Report Says Argentine and Chi|i Have FOuad a Way Out
 of Their Difficulty DIPLOMACY IS EXHAUSTED U. S. Minister at Santiago Says Noth- ing More Can Be Done to Settle
 the Matter Except By
 Arbitration.
DIPLOMACY IS EXHAUSTED

Valparaiso, December 23-Via. Calves ton-It is reported here that the gov ernments of Argentine and Chili have signed protocol by which they agree to submit the questions pending between them to the arbitration of Great Britain.
 Diplomacy Exhausted.
 Washington, December 2S.-Secretary Hay has received cablegram from Unit ed States Minister at Santiago de Chilli confirming the report that the resources of diplomacy had been exhausted in the effort to settle the dispute between Chilli and Argentine and that diplomatic rela- tions had been broken off through the withdrawal of Chili of the Argentine Minister. The proposition from the Ar genuine side to refer the dispute to Great Britain as an arbitrator, the Chilian rep resentatlve claims that this was their own original proposition. This being the case, it is believed there is a way open for a peaceful adjustment of the trouble.
 Both the Chilian and the Argentine representatives were at the state depart sy. The United States government is watching the progress of the negotiations and is standing ready to aid in peace full solution in any way agreeable to both parties. The submission to Great Britain Is entirely satisfactory to the au- thorities here and they probably will as- sist in having both governments accede to this manner of solution
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
Several Powers Ready.

The newspapers published here assure their readers that several powers stand ready to offer their good offices to medi- ate the difficulty but that Argentine does not consider that the moment has yet arrived either for accepting or refusing such offers.
 According to the Tribuna, ssnor suber-
The age-herald., 1901-12-24
THE WEATHER.

RAIN WEDNEsDAY: SoUTHEAsI WINDS. LIGHT TO FRESH
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-04

ago, and, although this did not bear
The vigorous stamp of his early work,
It was by no means weak. M. Verne
recently distinguished himself by de-
,lining a seat in the French Academy
Tor the second time. He began his lit
erary career as a dramatist and for
thirteen years labored successfully in
that field as a writer of comedies. 1t
was not until 1868 that he published
The first of the stories upon which his
fame was to rest. This was Five
Weeks in a Balloon" It's immediate
and rebounding success induced M.
Verne to continue to exploit himself
in this direction and the result was
hat widely read series of romances
which have delighted the world, young
and old, for thirty years or more. NJ.
Verne's chief amusement since his
youth has been yachting. He owns a
ane steam yacht and his happiest days
have been those spent on its decks.
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-04

position. He desires to be the official
executioner of Leon Czolgosz, the as
sassin of President Mckinley. Captain
Rath advances as his claim to this
distinction that it was he who oficiat-
ed at the death of the conspirators
who were condemned for the murder
of Abraham Lincoln. 1t was this vet
eran who supervised the execution of
Mrs. Surratt, Paine, Herrold and At
zeroth, the persons who were found to
be guilty, with John Wilkes Booth, in
the plot to take the life of the great
liberator. The captain is an old SOL
dier Of the Union. At the time of the
trial of the conspirators he was pro-
vost marshal of the Washington pris-
on. He assisted with his own hands
in the erection of the scaffold on which
the assassins died. He placed the
ropes about their necks and in other
ways facilitated the work of execution
of the laws mandate. He says he is
willing to turn on the current which
will end the life of CZolgosz, and will
ask no pay for the service save his
expenses to the place of execution.
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-04
Famous Family of ReSfaura

Charles Crist Delmonico. the noted
caterer, who has just died at Denver
from complication of heart and lung
troubles, was a member of family
of restaurateurs whose public dining
rooms have been an institution of gay
New York for upward of seventy
years. The late Charles Crist Delmon-
leo was the nephew of Charles Del
monico, who was himself nephew of
Lorenzo and Siro Delmonico, brothers.
These two latter succeeded their uncles
John and Peter, founders of the house,
in 1S4S. Delmonico's first restaurant
was at FL William street and was es-
tablished in 1927. Since then the plant
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-04
Some vital statistics.

The population of Great Britain ia
Al, ,454 ,57S. an increase in ten years of
1921 ,656, this itself being an increase
of S73, ,5S2 over the increase of the de-
cennium 1S81-1S91 This increase is
due to the fall in the death rate, the
birth rate, in fact, having decreased
from 1856 in 1871 to 31.57 in 1901.
There are over million more women
in the country than men, and this ex-
cess is still on the increase. The
economic basis of civilization is thus
becoming painfully evident. Although
Irish emigration has slackened, its
population shows a decrease of PAS, ,204
since 1891. The excess of females in
this country is much smaller relative
ly than in England. In view of the
great number of females in the richer
countries and the increasing dispro-
portion according to wealth, II is evil
dent that the work and dangers of CIV
ilization are unduly thrown upon
men, fact the women suffragists and
"emancipators' should ponder over.
The birth rate is also diminishing ev-
erywhere. Despite the lessened death
rate, the population of France, since
1896. has only increased $3.50, 900, and in
fifty years has increased only 100000,
although the French people emigrate
less than other European nations. In
the same time England has gained A.
100000 and Germany 21,OOO,0OO. The
explanation given for France is as
cribed to the unlimited division Of land
and the demand OF dowry of all mar
riageable girls. But back OF this
arises the natural question why her
people demand the division and the
dot. This brings out the. fact that the
ruling cause in such matters is the
character Of people.-American Med
icine.
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-04
HARD WORK FOR PILOTS.

Climbing Up the Sides OF the Great
Ocean Liners Sometimes is Fatal.
If ocean STEAMSHIPS continue to grow
In size, the pilots of this harbor will
need airships soon to board them, says
the New York Press. 1t Is as much as
they can do to get up the vast glisten-
Ing, black sides of the great liners. and
sometimes more, for the pilot commits
sioners have recorded two cases where
pilots have dropped dead on reaching
the deck of the vessels.
II all the front door entrances of
New York buildings were closed and
the intending visitor had to climb up
the side of the house to the fourth or
fifth story on a thin, twisting, spin
ming rope ladder, he could form some
idea of the pleasures experienced BY
the pilots when they face one of the
big ships. with tanks towering sixty
feet above their heads.
And the ships do not stand like
house. They pitch and roll. Pitch and
roll No. / send the pilot swinging far
away off the side of the ship like a
pendulum. Pitch and roll No. 2 bring
him back quickly, and slap! he goes
against the iron plates. AS most of
the pilots are elderly men and inclined
to fieshiness, the ascent of a big ship
is not viewed with unmixed delight
by them.
Alfred Baudier and John Canvin are
the two pilots who paid with their
lives for boarding big ships. In each
case they dropped dead almost on the
instant that they reached the deck
Baudier had his hand stretched out to
grasp that of the ships captain when
he fell. Both had been suffering from
heart disease, and the violent exer-
tion of climbing killed them.
d. A. Nash, the quick, sharp -witted
and keen-eyed secretary of the board
of Commissioners of Pilots, has been
laboring for a long time with the
steamship companies to provide an
improved type of ladder. The one that
is used commonly consists simply of
four ropes, with knots at intervals to
hold the little foot ropes in place. A
person can climb up on these ladders,
but so can person stand on his head.
There are, however, occupations more
comfortable than either of them.
favorite idiosyncrasy of the com
mon rope ladder is not only to sag to
one side and then the other, but it
also writhes like a serpent with indi-
gestion. Then usually, when the pilot
is half way up, the thing adds a new
trick to the others. 1t begins to twist.
Sometimes it twists slowly, sometimes
it twists so fast that it spins like a
top.
1t happens so often that a pilot is
thrown while mounting one of these
things that it Is the invariable rule
for the yawls to shoot away from the
side of the ship as soon as the pilot
has begun climbing. This is done so
that, if he falls, he shall fall into soft
water, instead of into hard boat.
The Yale expositor., 1901-10-04
WISE PAINTING

Not much wise painting
done; poor paint, mostly; too
cheap. Nobody wants it
poor; everybody wants it
cheap.
Devoe ready paint is cheap
because it ism t poor; it's un-
like any other; because we
guarantee results instead of
materials.
Wise painting is-Paint in
the fall and use Devoe.
Ask your dealer; he'll get 1t fer you. Book
on painting free II you mention this paper.
GOOD-PAINT DEVOE. CHICAGO