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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-27
News from Arctic Explorer.

st. Petersburg dispatch: Baron Toll,
the Arctic explorer. telegraphing via
Yakootsk. East Siberia, says his win
ter quarters have been established in
the neighborhood of the Lena Delta,
and that an observation station has
been opened at Kotelnitch Island. Dur
Ing the summer the expedition reached
q latitude Of II degrees 30 minutes In
the new Siberian islands. Baron Toll
intended to spend last winter on
Taimyu peninsula. and, III possible, to
circumnavigate the Siberian islands
during the summer.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-27

considerably improved saturday. Re
is cheerful and carried on a CONVERSE
ton during the evening with the doe
tors The physicians entertain no ap-
prehension at this time of 4 seriou:
change in his CONDITION
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-27
Try TO Capture DE Wet.

The South African dispatches tC
London report small skirmishes and an
unusual attempt to SURROUND General
De Wet. who is stated 10 have 500 men
and two guns. The Boer casualties are
placed at p. The war office issues a
mail dispatch from General Kitchener
detailing further instances of alleged
murders of natives by Beers. In most
of the cases the only testimony against
the BOer is furnished by natives.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-27
Long Reserves statement.

Long Reserves Statement.
Secretary Long almost Immediately
after the receipt of the communication
called Judge Advocate Lemly and the
solicitor of the department, Mr. Hanna,
into conference At its conclusion the
Secretary said that he had no state
ment to make regarding any action
that he might take in the premises.
He, however. indicated to Mr.. league
through the Judge Advocate. that he
would not near an oral argument by
Mr.. Rayner regarding Rear Admiral
SIMPSONS protest but that he would
receive written statement.
The Exceptions in Part
The bill OF exceptions in part is as
follows:
i. The majority OF the court have
given their opinion that Commodore
Schley should have proceeded with the
utmost dispatch off Cienfuegos when
there was no specification covering this
subject. and when the applicant did
not have sufficient opportunity TO bring
in proper and convincing evidence in
reference thereto and when the only
evidence taken by the court on this
subject was directly contrary to the
opinion rendered
-. The majority of the court have
held that the applicant should have
endeavOred to open communication
with the insurgents at the place desg-
mated III the memorandum by Com
mander McCalla. delivered to him on
the morning OF the Odd of May. 1898
when, in fact, there was no place men,
toned IN said memorandum as being
place at which camp of insurgents
was located
3. The majority of the court have
arrived at the opinion stated in the
foregoing paragraph without regard to
the fact. which was proven By an over
whelming weight Of testimony that the
said McCalla memorandum was sent to
Commodore Schley only for use in
connection with the information il con-
tanned relative to certain batteries at
or being constructed in the vicinity of
the entrance to the harbOr of Cienfue-
COS. as is attested by the order No 6
dated May -. 1898. and sent to Com
modore Schley by Admiral Sampson
a. The majority of the court in
the opinion rendered hold that Com
modore Schley should have maintained
close blackade of Cienfuegos, when
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-27

United States senator William J.
Sewell who is lying seriously III az
his residence in Camden, y. J., was
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.

OVerm0w From the Wires I'm q Con.
denscd Form.
wright Fisher and DR.. Dewitt Jordan
OF Vlncennes. Ind, were frozen to death
near Rosedale.
crown Princess Sophia, wife Of
crown Prince Constantin of Greece,
mas given birth to son.
Sousa and his band sailed from
southampton for New York on board
the steamer Philadelphia.
Two men are dead and two others
are at the point of death at Beverly.
MASS, from the effects of drinking
wood alcohol
w. M. Griffin, a member OF the Amer.
lean Raisin Packing company, has Sc
cured control of nearly the entire rafsin
crop and advanced the prices.
The appellate court of Illinois has
decided that the child of divorced
parents must not be removed from the
state by the pare mt into whose custody
IT has been awarded.
Three delegates from the MOSQUITO
territory Of Nicaragua have arrived at
kingston, Jamaica. and are negotiating
with the Hrlt.sh government for relief
from Nicaraguar rule.
t~AI AIAhudIt, Ill.,, Or2 Strlne. q labor
err, aged twenty-five, killed his bride
and cut his own throat. He was ar
rested. but will probably die. The
couple have been married only three
weeks.
Heavy wind and rain resulted in
triple drowning about five miles below
Nashville, Tenn. Edward Reynolds, q
fisherman, his wife and infant were
lost and two others narrowly escaped
drowning.
Reports received in Pel1in from the
court say that the dowager empress is
In noticeably failing health. But it is
added that her physical weakness does
not affect her paramount influence.
The emperor's health is improving.
Portia Knights breach Of promise
suit against the Guke of Manchester is
expected to commence the middle of
next week. Miss Knight, who is now
playing at Terry's in London, has re-
tanned Sir Edward Clarke as COUNSEL
Judge Kelly Of Chicago has directed
the drafting df decree making per-
petual the injunction which restraints
the board of education from furnish
ing free text books to the pupils of the
first four grades Of the public schools.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19
CHuSllalitieS.

The northwest breaker of the Temple
iron company, at Vandling, Pa, was
totally destroyed by fire. The loss is
$780, coo. Five hundred men are rendered
idle.
In fire at Bayou des Allamandes,
La. Miss May Ernest aged seventeen,
and Flossia de la Bretonne aged two
years, We're burned to death. They are
p1 ominently connected in New Orleans.
The carriage in which President Nc
Kinley rode when he was in Chicago,
attending the great peace jubilee, in
1888 and which played a conspicuous
part in the Mckinley memorial SER
vices, was burned in the livery stables
of the Leroy Payne company.
Sherry NJ Marshall, receiving teller
OF the National Bank of Commerce.
Kansas City, was struck by San
francisco passenger train from which
he had just alighted at Lacygne, Kan,
and died of his injuries. Mr.. Marshall
was one of party of Kansas City
business men who had gone on a hunt
ing trip.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19
Foreign Notes,

Dewet is reported to be close to Neil
oron with 1000 men, and TO have come
very near surrounding Kitchener's
lighting scouts, under Col. Wilson.
There is a prospect that King Ed
wards visit to Ireland" says the Dub
lin correspondent of the Times, will be
postponed until after the coronation"
A communication which appears in
the organ of the Russian finance min
lister says that if the German tariff is
adopted in the form projected Russia
will likewise revise her tariff
The hearing of the action brought by
the Harvey Steel company against the
Term Steel company, for counterfeiting
Harvey plates, has been xed for Dec. 81,
before the Spoleto tribunal, in Rome
1t is said at Vienna that the man
named Halju. who was arrested at So
fla Dec. Z, and alleged to be the assas-
SIN OF Premier Stambuloff, had a hand
in the kidnapping of Miss Ellen NJ
Stone.
Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from
Pretoria. dated Monday, Dec 9, reports
that the result of the weeks work is
81 Beers killed, II wounded, 1852 made
prisoners, 30 surrendered, and quaint
Of supplies captured.
| Another young Austrian violinist. Ko-
can, mas made his first appearance in
Lohoon' under the experienced manage
heht OF MI. Vert, and has been re-
celVed with homage due to the art of
Paderewski or Wethelmi.
The Hon. Arthur Raikes, at present
secretary to the British legation at
BRUSSELS, has been appointed first sec
rotary of the British embassy at Wash
ington, to succeed Gerard Lowther. the
new british minister for Chile.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19
Crimes and Criminals,

James c. Green was hanged at Ste
venscn, WASH, for the murder of E. V.
Benjamin at dance, on March "a.
Two more of the twenty-six convicts
who escaped from the Fort Leaven-
worth military prison on Nov. Z, have
been captured at Lawton, Okla. OF
the conVictS who escaped in the out
break, but seven are now at large.
While ]. n. Hawkins of Lexington,
KY, was on his way home from his
store at midnight recently, he was shot
and his pockets rifled by footpad. De-
ceased was treasurer and deacon of the
Broadway Christian church. The po-
lice have no clue.
L. II. Bundren, wAll-to-do farmer
nc arly sixty years Of age, has been sen
fenced at Rutledge, Tenn, to serve life
Imprisonment for the murder of Attor-
Icy j. III. Crozier, who was shot down
in a public highway last July. Gro
zler had sought to collect debt from
Rundren.
Traffic in diseased meat, presumably
for ultimate sale to the public, has
come to light in a startling manner by
the arrest of an official of the Standard
Strengthening company of Chicago and
five men engaged in the retail business
All are charged with having condemned
meat in their possession.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19
From WashinRtOn.


The Twenty-ninth battery. cid artil-
lery. has been transferred from the De-
partment of Cuba to the Department OF
the Missouri. and will be stationed at
Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
According to the census reports the
school population Of the United States
for 1900 numbered 17,O2O, no. an increase
of 2S2,34S over the preceding year.
Those enrolled in public institutions
number 15,433.462.
Through diplomatic channels the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition compa-
ny has received notice of the receipt
and acceptance Of the invitation to par
ticipate in the fair by Greece, Guate-
mala, China, Peru and Costa RIGA.
Lieut.. Col. Schebiko, military agent
OF the Russian embassy at Washington,
has been appointed to the Russian en-
bassy at Berlin. Lieut.. Col. Agapie-
jeff will succeed Lieut.. Col. Schebiko at
Washington.
Secretary Gage has directed the COL
lector at San Francis.co not to insist
that merchandise consigned to the
philippines Shall be shipped in Ameri-
can bottoms. The collector had held
that coastWise laws applied to the
Philippines.
The test Of the new pneumatic dyna-
mite gun at Hilton Head, S. c., under
the auspices of a board of army Off
GERS, IS believed to have been satisfact-
ory. Maj. Ira McNutt, Of the ordnance
department, was chief officer of the
board. The gun is at the entrance of
Port Royal harbor which it commands.
1t was shown that the gun has range
OF 5000 yards.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

Somehow, the discussion as to the
eject OF college education on a young
woman's social development will not
down. Here is the dean of Barnard
suggesting that between the second
and third years of the college course
the girl student should be sent home
Tor little round OF social experience.
me chances are that this suggestion
will meet the views of the girl STU
dents.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19
Resume Of the neW$.

According to the Christiapia Tage-
bladet, F. Pierpont Morgan of New
York is buying iron mines at Salten.
severe snow storms have swept over
scotland and many parts of England.
Railroad traffic in the highlands is
much interfered with by the storms.
King Edward left Sandringham for
London In the midst of binding snow
fall.
Dreyfus is In Paris, where he is TAX
ing steps for probable eventual de-
tense against Maitre Labori's state
ments. He has close relations with the
Socialist wing of the government sup
porters, and he frequently meets Prime
Minister Waldeck- Rousseau.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

We are told that 5000 Americans at
tended the opening of the bull fight
season in Mexico. Unfortunately, this
prevents us saying a few warm things
which we usually keep on tap for such
cruel exhibitions. Consistency forces
silence.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19
PeFsOnnl Mention.

Louis Upper, a farmer living near
Sandwich, ILL.,. died of heart failure.
Rev. Campbell Brown of West vir-
ginia, elected Episcopal bishop of Porto
Rico. has declined.
Judge Young has appointed Amos
Bixby receiver of the Restof Oil Com
pany of Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
Rev. B. Kelly. vicar general of the di-
ocese of Ottumwa, Iowa, is dead in
Somerville, Mass, at the home of his
sister.
Judge Caleb Blodgett of Boston,
formerly justice of the Massachusetts
superior court, died at Canaan, N. H.,
aged sixty-nine years.
George H. Fisher, president of the
Gerdron Wheel company of Toledo,
Ohio, q ed suddenly of apopleXy. He
was fifty-flve years Of age.
Jose Hygnio Duarete Pereira, dele
gate Of Brazil to the Pan American
conference, uIed in Mexico recently
from pneumonia, complicated with dis
ease of the heari.
James Argyll Smith, marshal of the
supreme court of Mississippi, formerly
state superintendent Of public educa-
ton and brigadier general in the Con-
federate army, died of pneumonia.
William Southwark, who opened the
first wholesale grocery store in Chicago,
is dead at his home in Wichita, Kan,
aged seventy-five years. He was a
captain in the Seventeenth Wisconsin
regiment during the Civil war.
Or. w. J. Van Eman, aged forty -ona
years, a prominent physician Of Leav-
enworth, Kan, died OF blood poison
ing contracted three weeks ago by a
scratch on the hand received while per-
forming an operation. He was a mem.
Der of the pension examining board.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

Among one days records of suicides
we find that one man took his life he-
cause he shot another; one dropped out
because he had too much luxury, and
another because he was poor. Evident
ly the cause for suicide is of small mo.
ment,
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19
General.

German ag1arians will retard action
on the tariff bill until 1908, if possible.
Police Commissioner Murphy of New
York has announced that he will dis
miss Capt. Diamond from the police
force.
All the federal officeholders in Colo
RADIO have received an order from Pres
ident Roosevelt to resign whatever pO-
sitions they hold in political organiza-
tons.
Agitation has been started in North.
ern Idaho in favor of opening the Occur
d'Aiene Indian reservation. This res
ervation contains more than 100000
| acres.
Henry Reuping, one of the victims OF
the Depere wis., wreck of June "a,
1900, has received a verdict of So, 900
damages against the Northwestern rail-
road company.
The eighty-third anniversary of the
admission of Illinois into the Union as a
state was celebrated recently at the
| state house, under the auspices of the
Illinois society.
DR.. A. Tetev of the c. L. Magee path
illogical department of Mercy hospital
in Piltsburg, has discovered what has
every indication of being a successful
serum treatment for lockjaw.
! After many exciting adventures in
Oriental waters, having narrowly es-
capped laundering, the transport Sheri-
| dan which left Manila 1ifty-one days
ago bound for San Francisco, has ar
| rived there safely.
Charles M. SchWab, president of the
| United States Steel corporation, will
leave for Europe shortly after Christ.
mas. He will be absent nearly two
months, and will spend the time in
England and on the Continent.
1t is the intention Of Tammany lead.
ers to turn over to the incoming adj
ministration on Jan. city as clean,
morally, as it is possible to make it..
Looking to this end, an order has been
issued for the closing of all pool rooms.
Prominent cattlemen of the Choctaw
nation will be elected from the domain,
being regarded as intruders by the
| Cnoctaw tribal government. and the
Indians. it is asserted, have the backing
OF the interior department.
The Cramps Shipbuidling company
has notified the Porte that it is ready to
! commence building cruiser for the
| Turkish government, and has asked
the government to send officers to SUI
| IerVise the vessels construction.
Thomas B. Ferguson of Watonga as
sumed the office of governor of Oklaho-
ma recently. Gov. Ferguson made no
speech and vouchsafed no promises. 1t
is said all the officials of the jenkins
administration will be removed at once.
A tract of LOGO acres of land near
Rcwlands, Pa, has been purchased by
a score of Norwegian families, who pro-
pose forming a colony to develop lum-
bering and quarry interests. Forty
acres are to be allotted to each family
The labor trouble at the Prospect
Hill coal mine, near Vincennes, Ind.
has been settled, the operators agree
ing to pay the scale. and the non-union
men joining the union. All the strikers
with the exception of two have resumed
| work.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

A Brown university professo: has
succeeded in extracting light from
beefsteak. Average mankind will fall
down and worship him il he will show
how to extract credit beefstealx from,
the butcher.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

The Supreme Court decision will not
surprise Aguinaldo, who has had dis
tinct suspicion that the Philippines be-
longed to America ever since he met
Gen. Funston.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

The Georgia people have great deal
OF respect for the Union. They used
to send watermelons to Mr.. Cleveland,
and are keeping Mr.. Roosevelt supplied
with persimmons.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

Emperor Williams American cook
stove will be set up and ready for
business by Christmas time. The en-.
peror is just beginning to live.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

One-seventh of the people of this
country are engaged in the railroad
business. The others are busy wonder
ing how to get free transportation in
the future.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

The census report showing tota.
capital of $27,123,364 invested in the
1853 salt establishments reported can be
taken without a grain of the product
under consideration.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

Farmers living along the line of the
proposed Paris-Vienna automobile
race are already safeguarding against
flying wheels, linchpins and fragments
Of humanity.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

An American artist is to paint the
coronation scenes for King Edward. At
last the old masters are coming our
way.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

Football is nothing more than guer-
rilla warfare, but it appears to be Of
the South African brand,
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

1t has been judcially decided that it
IS against the law to open theater in
New Jersey on Sunday. And yet you
can get a charter in New Jersey to do
almost nything.-Atlanta Corstitu
ton.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

A New York man claims that the an
gels taught him how to use type
writer. 1t would be interesting to in
spect his celestial spelling and pune
tuation.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

Some Of the escaped convicts from
Leavenworth WHO have reached the In
dian Territory are being held up for
the valuable horses they stole in Kan
Sas
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

The theory that disease develops
genius should be investigated by the
book publishers. 1t seems to explain
the responsibility for some of those
historical romances.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

A Baltimore company has been or
ganized to make whisky from water
melons. Yet we are trying to uplift
the colored race!
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

Frances cabinet has just passed an
other crisis. 1t has to have a crisis
every few minutes in order to Whet
its appetite for Office.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

The daughters of cabinet officers
wren their approaching marriages are
announced get rather more promi-
nence before the public than do their
distinguished papas.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

The football teams ought to be
thankful the season is over, and that
the fatalities have been so few.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

Another Of the Vanderbilt boys is
about to marry an heire3s. Thrift
seems to run all the way through that
family.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19

Just as the football season ends Con-
gress convenes, to the delight of those
who love the life strenuous.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-09

Jansen, the wall paper man.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-09
SEEKING FOR PEACE.
Important Developments indicat-
ing End of South African War.

New York, Feb. 9-There are
important developments in the
direction of peace in South Africa,
according to London dispatch to
the World. General Wood, who
brought about arrangements which
ended the war with the Beers in
1881, is going out in special
capacity, probably as a commits.
sioner, which will enable him to
treat directly with the Boer
officials.
The scheme, which is believed
on good information. has been
formulated for speedily stopping
the war, and was evolved by the
king on the earnest solicitat on of
the emperor of Germany, who is
very much opposed to continuing
hostilities in South Africa
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-09
High School Notes.

Mr. j. NJ Hanks called at the
schoolhouse Monday.
The teachers, except Mr.. Ken
yon, are temporarily acting in the
capacity of physicians.
Mr.. Kenyon seems to still enjoy
sitting in the laboratory on test
day aud giving the chemistry class
access to their minds alone, while
he asks to have put on paper an
swers to the most tantalizing ques-
tons he can think of. He invari-
ably wears broad smile of salts
faction on such occasions.
The pupils voted to have two
Joint societies. The committee on
constitution reported Tuesday, and
its revision OF the last years con-
stitution was accepted. Fred
Nicholas was elected president and
Maude Carmody secretary of the
Joint societies.
Rhetorical exercises were held
yesterday afternoon with the pres
ident of the joint societies presid-
ing.
Messrs. Snyder and Unger were
called upon for extemporaneous
speeches. Poodle Dogs" was the
subject given to the former and
Dudes" to the latter. They both
responded, Mr.. Snyder confessing
he could not get hold of a string
to unravel speech and was not
sure he knew poodle from any
other kind of dog; while Mr..
Unger said that pretty smile"
was the most charming thing he
could give us.
The Sigma Mu," one of the
joint societies, has adopted the col
ors yellow and blue, and elected
Don Denton president and Pearl
McDaniels secretary.
The Agora club met last even
ing and is still tiourishing. Mr..
Snyder is learning to be quite sar-
castle. Don Denton disappointed
-
the club by not giving his elabor-
ate essay on Love- 1t is ru-
mored that there will be match
between Frank Carmody and Hen
ry Unger.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-02-09
COMPULS sorry
FREE VACCINATION

Every person who has not been
successfully vaocinated within the
past five years must become so at
once.
That there may be no excuse for
anyone to object to vaccination,
the Board of Health has author
lied the physicians of Florence to
vaccinate all applicants, free of
charge.
Vaccination within five years is
an absolute preventive against
smallpox and the most potent
means we have of stamping Oh. the
disease.
Persons who fail to see that all
within their household are vaccin-
ated are liable to be quarantined
at any time
w. M SHERIDAN.
3l-57. Health Officer.