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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

their tents the Beers swooped through
the camp, shooting the soldiers as they
came out Most Of the British officers
were shot while trying to stem the rush.
Lieutenant Harwich himself opened fire
with the "pompoms" and was shot
through the heart while fighting. Lieu
tenant Watney was killed while leading
a charge.
There was no panic and all engaged did
their best; but once the picket was over
whelmed the superior force of the Beers
had all the advantage.
Guns Defenders All Slain.
Including the killed and wounded, about
half the column is now at Glands River
bridge. The remainder are prisoners. A
ffteen-pounder after two rounds became
jammed. The men composing the detach-
ment stood by the gun and were shot
down around it.
Lieutenant Scarlett, who was wounded,
was overlooked by the Beers and left be-
hind. He saw two wagon loads of dead
and wounded Beers carried off. Most of
them were hit during the first attack on
the picket.
The Beers, who apparently numbered
about 1000, under General Dewet, behaved
well, leaving men to look after the
wounded.
The Imperial Light Horse were four
teen miles distant. They heard Of the
fighting at 4:30 o'clock and arrived on the
scene at 6:9O o'clock. After breathing
their horses they galloped after the
Beers. who, however, succeeded in reach
ing the broken country, where the Light
Horse were useless against superior num-
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

ONDON. Dec. 28-The War Office
this afternoon issued q list Of the
British casualties at Zeefontein
IL on December a. when Colonel
Firman's camp, consisting Of
three companies Of yeomanry and two
guns, was successfully rushed by a Boer
commando under General Dewet. The list
indicates the entire success Of Dewets
attack. Six officers and fifty men were
killed. eight OF were wounded and
four are missing. is presumed that the
missing officers we're taken along with
~ guns. The number Of the non-com-
raissioned officers and men wounded and
missing has not yet been received, but
the aggregate promises to make the Zee
fontein affair q memorable disaster to the
British.
e,i-,r,l+a neously with the foregoing news
the War Ofice gave out a dispatch from
Lord Kitchener noting a minor success of
The south African constabulary, who raid
Cd Rotbaville and captured thirty-six
Beers.
Beers Surprise the Camp.
In 2 subsequent message Lord Kitch-
.ner sends q stirring account Of the fight
ing at zeefontein. showing that the
wounded and prisoners must number
about $50. He says that in the absence
OF Colonel Firman, Major Williams, who
was killed. was in command. The column
was encamped on the slope Of a kopje,
the southern side Of which was precip-
stous. outposts held the edge OF the
precipice.
The northern slope, on which the camp
vAs pitched, was gentle. The outposts
wire well pushed out and the position
naturally strong, had been entrencheo.
It was moonlight night. The Beers
appear to have climbed the precipice,
and, mustering near the top at g. M.
suddenly attacked the picket on the sum-
nit Before the men could get clear Of
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

NEW FIGHTING CRAFT AND
THE SPONSOR AT HER
LAUNCHING.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
POPE LEO rs TOO ILL
TO GIVE RECEPTION
New Years Function in Honor Of the
Diplomatic Corps Is Post
nnnad

LONDON, Dec. 2S.-A dispatch from
Rome says the Pope is i'll. The New
years reception to the displomatic corps
has therefore been postponed.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
Counterfeit Gold Certificates.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Chief Wilkie
Of the secret service has issued circular
stating that a counterfeit $50 gold certifi-
cate is in circulation. He says it is an
unlimited photograph and would not de-
ceive any one who is accustomed to hand
ling money.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
RUSSIANS BATTLE WITH
MANCHURIAN BANDITTI
Lose Three Men in the Fighting and
Slay Forty-One Of the
Natives.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2S.-General
Grodekoff reports that a Tongueses chief,
with thirty-six men, surrendered at Ba-
jansusu, Eastern Manchuria, on Decem-
Der Is. Other bands. on refusing to sur
render, were attacked by the Russians
and forty-one of the natives were killed
Three Russians were killed during the
fighting.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

, EXPORT NEWS, Va, Dec. Is
The battleshlp Missouri was
launched at the shipyard here
to-day at HIP o'clock. Fifteen
+to,,.ood ,,arsops A. is aetiToof
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

ONDON. Dec. 28.-The War Office
this afternoon issued a list Of the
British casualties at Zeefontein
on December a, when Colonel
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
ADMITS KILLING OF A SPY.

Captive Boer Commandant Scheepels
Testihes in His Own Behalf.
GIRAFFE REINET, Cape Colony, Dec.
2s.-Commandant Scheepers, who is prob
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
CARNEGIE'S TEN-MILLIoN
GIFT TO BE ACCEPTED
Government Is to Receive Cash or
Securities Drawing Annual
Interest

s. WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.-President
Roosevelt has received information from
Andrew Carnegie that is expected to en-
able him to submit to Congress a form
of gift of s1O,OOO,OOO to the United States
for higher education. This offer will not
be in bonds Of the United States Steel
Corporation, formerly proposed, but
will be in form expected to be generally
satisfactory. The gift is likely to be in
cash or in securities drawing annual in
terest.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

The operation upon the president lasted
almost an hour. Ether Was administered
\ five inch incision was made whese the
ball entered the abdomen and IL. eouf n
was followed until the physicians became
satisfied that the kidney had not been
touched or the intestines perforated and
that Il had lodged probably In the msl-.
eies OF the back, where it could do no harm
Tor the present. The inEe.tines we're
lifted out through the ineision and care
fully examined and the utmost confidence
exists that there wa. no injury The
physicians we're exceedingly gratitie,i at the
result and pronounced the operation a
complete success
In response 10 a request from the A-.o-
eiated Press for an opinion a. to the prob
able result Of the president. wosfna. sur.
geon General Wyman III the Marine hos.
pitai service said:
The fact thar the president was la such
good health; that skilled surgical as-ist.
ance was Immediately available: that the
necessary operation was not postponed. and
the fact that the percentage Of recovsries
in similar cases Is large all give good
ground for antieipatiinsa iayorabIs re-
suit.
the fact that the wound was received
a. late As $40 p. M, protsrbIy some hours
after luncheon and before dinner, the
stomach being comparatively empty. Is In
his favor. 1t il difficult TO find statistics
based on a large number of eases with
wounds OF this character. but in y general
way IT may BE- said that recoveries aver
age about so per cent. With man like
President Mckinley il !. safe to say that
the percentage OF chances in his favor l.
much greater than this. Cases with nu.
merous pcrforations Of the stomach and in.
testines. accompanied by wounds OF the
liver and kidneys have recovered
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13
The Pieshorsc Iicnlc Pie.

That the Joyous picnic season does
not bring peace and happiness to all
alike Is clearly shown by composition
written on the subject by girl In a
New York high school:
May parties will soon be ripe, and
the June walk season Will follow hard
upon The difference between MAJ
party and June walk Is a simpls.
matter Of chronology. Each has its
queen Of brief authority and its chap
eron Of absolute sway. Each has also
its hamper. which is rs deadly an enc
my to the Manhattan populace as the
frying-pan to the Kansas farm hand.
took an inventory of one OF these
hampers last year. and as was
member Of the physiology class Mt the
time. 1t startled me out Of sessions
growth
when the hamper was opened the
chaperon drew forth one bag Of sand
witches and one pie: one bottle Of pick
les, one pie; one sponge cake. one pie;
one roast chicken. one pie; one bottle OF
lemon juice. one pie; one bag OF assert
ed cookies one pie; one dozen dough
nuts. one pie; one package OF biscuits
and one pie. This was all. except that
there were few extra pies at the bot
tom. for the purpose, l suppose, OF
forestalIing famine
THE chaperon wondered after lunch
con why the girls and boys didn't enter
INTO their play with as much zest as
hey did wherf they first arrived at the
park. didn't. | was studying natu- /
al history at the time. and only few !
lays before lucid explanation had /
,een given why the boa constructor
axes a months nap after dining on
ar more digestible food than anything
saw in Central Park TINT day.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

Mobile, Ala, Sept. s.--Fntz Huffman
the Wichita tKan.) reporter, who says he
was told last March by Antonio Maggie, a
cornet player Of the Andrews Opera com.
pany, that President Mckinley would b.
assassinated before October |, was with
the Andrews Opera company here as a
tenor singer few weeks ago, when the
company disbandcd and portion Of the
members left for Kansas City.
Several Of the company remained in Mo-
bile A reporter today interviewed the
members here, who stated that they were
well acquainted with both Maggie and
Huffman and that the sta tement Of Hutt-
man teIegraphed from Wichita last night
Is correct in every detail.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

find out whether any of them CORE
sponded accurately with the finger
prints of the man who Is now accused
The task would. think. be hopeless
one.
That finger prints may be important
in the detection of crime whenever the
criminal has left the print of his Tin
gers behind him | do not dispute. but
without much stronger evidence than
we now possess that no two persons
have undistlnguishabl finger prints
such evidence ought never to be per-
mitted to outweigh what appeared to
be tolerably satisfactory aiibi,
knowledge
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

New York, Sept. 9.-Commodore Kane
of the New York Yacht club has given out
statement saying that the race between
Shamrock III. and Columbia sill take place
according to program should President
Mckinley recover. In the event Mckinley
dies it viii be indefinitely postponed
II nothing unforeseen occurs il is the in.
tention Of Sir Thomas Upton to give the
Shamrock trial spin every day this week.
Sir Thomas Upton, replying to a PROPOSE.
ton OF Thomas W. lawson to race the In.
dependence against the Shamrock II. in
Massachusetts waters for two handsome
cups, or In English waters for 100000 ~
ter the Americas cup race Is finished, sent
the following message tonight:
Regret impossible 10 arrange race
Shamrock u. against independence"
Sir Thomas also, received letter this
evening from Thomas W. Farh.wdrth of
Boston threatening an injunction in case
be wins the cup. He paid no attention to
it.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

fingers dropped II with crash He let
1t lie where it had fallen.
He began mechanically to settle the
things ON the table. TO fold up the news
papers. and open his neglected letters.
He was fighting his pain. The letters
were read without his being a whit the
wiser as to their contents. The packet
Of patterns was the only thing that re-
manned.
With another of those pitiful laughs
he ripped open the envelope. The laugh
changed into an indescribable cry.
There were no patterns In the envelope.
Instead there were three thick sheets
Of notepaper. each OF which had Wal
ter Robinson 4 Son, Solicitors. Alwyn
Bay" printed upon It, The writing was
penciled scrawl-a dear. familiar
scrawl
Laurence read 1t on his knees. sob
bling out his thanks to God. Three sen
fences and the signature will sufficient
ly explain:
II was brought ashore half drowned.
Mr. Robinson. lawyer. has
kindly given us shelter. Mr.
Griffiths Is addressing this.
Your loving May.v-San Francisco Ar
gonaut-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

There Is teacher In the brooklyn
public. schools who has an Item Of In
formation she thinks may be OF interest
to photographers. This young woman
has Just been drilling cinss OF young
hopefuis on the variations OF the mag.
cuIine and feminine forms Of nouns.
Now" snId she. "wbo cnn give me
the feminine Of horscmanf"
Up went the hand Of m 11-yenr-o]
lad.
"Well. what II 1t. JohnnicY T..
"PIensc. ma'an." he answered.
"mafclndy Mnil and Express
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

r. g. Dun Z Co.'S Review OF Trade
for last week Gays;
"A holiday reduced tho volume oil
legitimate business. while speculative op
eratiOns were seriously curtaAled by the
general closing OF exchanges from Fri
day afternoon to Tuesday morning. In
the movement OF merchandise and In
many manufacturing lines there has
been an effort to make up the loss by
working overtime. but the weeks re-
cord will fal behind those Immediately
preceding.
actual sales OF many iron and steel
products are reckoned at material ad-
vances, and the tone throughout has
been hardened by vigorous demand.
Placing Of sample orders for spring
footwear OF such character a. To indl-
cate healthy market and some jobbers
are so anxious for early delivery that
contracts are being closed now.
Despite that activity in the market
for cotton goods, and placing OF govern
ment contracts. the staple shows no
great strength.
Although unsettled in tone, little al
ITERATION occurred in the principal ce-
reals Trading was restricted and there
was an apparent declinatIon to assume
an aggressive stand on either side OF
the Atlantic.
Commercial failures during the
month OF August were sos in number
and $9.45s.s06 in amount Of liabilities.
Compared with the same month last
year this statement Is most unsatisfac-
tory. as failures were then only 735 in
number and 1928. 903 In amount"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13
HUMAN FINGER PRINTS.


The constancy Of human finger prints
has chiefly been discussed In connec-
| ton with the Identification Of criminals.
Assuming that the evidence of finger
| prints Is to be admissible in criminal
proceedings, it will be not only neces-
! sary to prove that In the case Of the
same man the finger prints remain I'M
altered. but that no two persons have
identical finger prints Where is the
evidence of this?
There are propably LOO, 5000 men
and women on the earth. Can we sup
pose that no two of these have identical
finger prints? Nor indeed Is this all.
We may be comparing the finger prints
Of living man with those Of one who
has been dead for years past, and the
doctrine of heredity might lead us to
expect to find similar finger prints In
the case Of parents and children and Of
different children Of the same parents.
1t is. at all events. certain that il this
finger print system were once intro
duced into our courts Of justice there
would be any amount Of wrangIing as
to whether they were identical or only
similar--experts contradictlng each
other and involving the whole subject
In confusion.
Moreover, professional criminals
would probably soon find some mode Of
altering their finger prints. No doubt
If fine person who committed crime
a murder, for example has left the i'm
print Of his fingers on.aDytbing 1t may
prove an important clew, but the same
thing may be said Of the imprint Of his
boots or shoes. But clew Is one thing
and proof Is another thing.
Let me point out another difficulty. In
a country where there are large num-
Der Of criminals whose finger prints are
collected. the number OF these Will soon
be very large. How long would IT take !
to examine this collection IN order to
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13
CITY and CountrY.

New York now leads all the other
States In the predominence Of Its city
over its country population. or every
100 inhabitants of the Empire State, n
live in cities and towns. The percent
age OF the population living in cities
and towns for the whole country is
only AZ.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13
WHEAT RErOnr.

Hldes-Green hides and calf skins.
50Sc per lb.; dry hides. butcher. 100
&c per Id.
Tacoma-Unchanged. Rluestsm. see:
club. 55c-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

On account Of a scarcity Of brickxsin
A Texas town the congregation Of the
local church allowed their new cdliice
to remain unfinished while n snlcon
was being erected.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

The Turkish mother loads her child
with amulets assoon Us It Is born, and a
small bit Of mud stepped In hot water,
prepared by previous charms, Is stuck
on its forehead.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

When mother looks at her boy, II
must often occur to her to be thankful
that soap Is cheap.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-13

Don't pny high price for spelling
your children.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-16

s.s-s. ascA. - h~.s sas-as = 80. e Z. .rr e.~nsr =
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-16

AYE, | know it WELL" replied the
man, but if you we're up to snuff you
would know why / halted here. When
he has eaten a dozen thlstles, the prick
ing in his stomach will cause him TO
lift his feet and hasten onward five
times faster than before"
"In other words, he will hustle?"
For sure, and | will be home the
sooner
The king drew out his memorandum
book and made a note, Feed your sec
rotary OF finance carpettacks, and he
will hustle to collect the taxes" and
passed On to where a peasant VAS re-
pairing a hole in a fence.
why all this labor?" asked the king,
after watching for awhile. IF you
stop up that hole. your hogs cannot get
out"
That's true" replied the peasant,
but at the same time other hogs can
not come in on me and do damage"
Il see" unused the king, and he wrote
down in his book. If you fire your
minister OF war. you may get a bigger
outside hog In his place"
When he had rambied farther, he
came upon a man who was weeping
and tearing mis- hair as he sat under a
roadside tree. and naturally he asked.
How now, wayfarer? What has
befallen you that you are in such dis
tress2"
ALAS. have been robbed walled
the man.
But the sum could not have been a
large one"
No; it was only q few pence, but /
shall fall under the ~displeasure Of our
king and may lose my head. He alone
is entitled I rob the poor"
The king did a heap of thinking for
three or four minutes. and then. drop
ping a coin in the victims palm, he
wrote in his little book, Give the other
robbers a show and don't be an H. o.
CT
His next encounter vas with An old
Nonnn Who wss enrIying ! daEen sGsz
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-16

TO market. and as she was about to pass
he halted her and said;
II will buy your eggs, good mother. and
save you the journey to own and back
But they are for the king she re-
piled. lie pays less than the merchants.
but one dozen out OF every six | must
carry to his kitchen and accept his price,
but these are al, fresh eggs.' he pro-
tested. why not sell me half a dozen
and replace them with rejected ones9,
II hadn't thought OF that. but / vim
do H."
The trick was done. and as the woman
returned home 10 make good the number
Of eggs his highnsss reached for his hook
and wrote. when a king beats hts psg~
pie. the people will seek TO bea, their king.
Better come up to the market price aud
have all the eggs fresh
When he had thrown his half dozen
eggs and flying crows and walked on for
a furlong. he came upon a peasant who
was belaborine a donkey with a club. and
stopped 10 ask.
Why thump your beast so ~savageiy,
my friendg As he Is not haruessed 10 !
cart he cannot have refused To pull"
AANS - AAAt 4 nave always frUTQ
him a willing beast" replied the master.
And does he refuse 10 be led or dry
emp
Not at all, am beating him because
! wish him to die
And why XIII your own donkey TO yonr
own detrimentg II seems passing stranges'
Aye. 1t may, because you have fsot
heard Of the new edict. The king pro-
claims that the owner Of a donkey snail
pay a tax OF three scudl per year. WHEN
is the full value ~ the animal. while &c
the same tine the hide Of a dead osss
cells at the same price 10 the tanner. ~
killing nj donkey | can al his care and
food
And while he ratified the club against
the poor beasts bones The king turned
about for home and wrote in hts book.
This king who would ~depoptslate his do
miniors Of dopkeys is an ass.s
He had just reached his palace when n.
saw his ~execuuoner leading out the CHER
ook 20 deoApitation ard inquired what fe
menat.
WHY, sovereign master. he scorched
your Ice cream at dinner. you ordered
his head struck off, was the reply.
oh. well. let him 90 for this time
said the king, and he sat down on the
marble steps and wrote. The cook who
overdoes the ics cream may underde ths
pudding and thus maxi ~ offseG~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-16

chief cook to be beheaded for allow
ing the Ice cream to get overdone, his
royal highness decided to take a ram
bic into the country and forget his cares
Of state for an hour or so. He put on
might not be known 10 his subjects, and
after strollins for an hour he came upon
a man and a donkey resting beside the
highway. There was a big patch of
thistles at that spot and the donkey nib
bled at them the king inquired of the
master:
Why encourage your beast to eat of
the thistles? You must surely know
that they contain no nutriment"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-16

WORKOUT system. Onions are useful in
all cases of coughs, colds and influenza;
in consumption, insomnia, h~ydropho-
bia, scurvy, gravel and kindred liver
complaints. Eaten every other day,
they o 0 have a clearing and whiten-
ing effect on the complexion.
Spinach is useful to those suffering
with gravel.
Asparagus is used to induce perspia-
ton.
Carrots are good for suffers from
asthma, and turnips for nervous disor-
ders and for scurvy.
Raw beef proves of great benefit to
persons of frail constitution and to
those suffering from consumption. 1t
is chopped fine. seasoned with salt and
heated by placing it N a dish in hot