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KIToHENER's PROCLAMATION.

~ ITCHENER'S proclamation warning the Boer
X leaders that if they did not surrender before
l. n September Is they would when captured be
sent into permanent exile appears to have had more
effect in Great Britain than in the Transvaal. The
Beers have paid little attention it, but the British
themselves have been warmly discussing it and
demning it. 1t is claimed that the threat of exile
on the part of Kitchener assumption of power
which he does possess and that neither he the
British Ministry legally enforce such punish
ment unless given authority by the Legislature.
Mr. Asquth, one of the foremost of the Liberal
leaders, recently said cit is total mistake to sup
pose that the proclamation has the force of law no
Minister in this country has the power by putting
piece of paper the sentence of Punishment to
make that sentence effective against any part of his
Maesty's subjects What the proclamation really
is this, and in this respect it corresponds
think, to large extent with what done at the
end of the Franco German war with regard to the in
habitants OF Alsace The proclamation says to these
people: You must make your choice If by the date
fixed you surrender, well and good; if you do not
we warn you that local legislation will be initiated for
the purpose of doing what done to the inhabi-
tants OF Alsace who did not choose in under
the proclamation on terms, banshing you from the
territory
the Commons of Great Britain would ever consent
to an assumption the part of the Government that
it had right by paper proclamation Danish from
any part Of the empire any British subject and that
before the warning given by the proclamation can be
put into effect there will have to be local legislation
which at every stage be discussed and which even
when enacted will be at all times subject to amend
nent, revision and repeal.
The statement of Mr. Asquith has been regarded &C
such clear presentation of the law of the emn;re
that even some members of the Ministry have adj
mitted its truth The Westminster Gazette saws that
the question of the legality of the proclamation
even more important than the question of its en-
pediency and adds: IF we accept this gazetted M.
tice as good law, the Russian method of banisbme,,
by administrative order will henceforth be weanon
OF the British executive, and thus under the supnosed
stress of military necessity shall part one bv one
with the most cherished safeguards of our liberal
tolerant and unaggressive empire"
While the British lawyers and Liberals are tb,,.
discussing the proclamation from legal standoor.
all questions as to its expediency seem to have been
answered by the event The proclamation has NOT
brought single Boer leader to surrender. II b.s
served only to deepen their hostility to the Briti
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AN ANARCHIST COLONY.

~ all the plans which have been suggested for
dealing with anarchists who too good to
~ hang but too bad to be tolerated in civilized
society perhaps the best is which has been pro-
posed in Belgium and which it is said the Belgian
Government will endeavor to have adopted by inter-
national agreement. The plan is nothing more nor
less than the establishment OF an international penal
colony uninhabited group of islands in the
Pacific to which the nations shall be bound to de-
port all anarchists living within their borders
+ The man who devised the scheme seems to have
worked it out in every detail except the selection of
the islands That he left to international diplomacy
For the rest he proposes that island or group of
islands shall be set apart for male anarchists and an
other for females and that the separation between the
two Shall be kept strictly enforced so that there will
be breeding of anarchists. He figures out that pro-
vision will have be made for not more than 10000
persons, that is about the number of reds now
wandering about the world outside of Russia For
not set forth in the reportthat comes to
us Russia is not to be asked to join in the PLAN Her
Government is to be left to deal with her anarchists
in its way
A dispatch from Brussels to the New York Herald
says the plan is to be seriously made part Of dpo
matte discussion during the coming winter There is
something of radical common in the plan that
renders its adoption very improbable. In fact most
dipomatsts would probably laugh at it if it were
permissible for diplomatist to laugh at anything
At present Austria, Germany, France Italy and Spain
have to keep considerable police force watching an
archists all the time, and in Great Britain and
the United States there is much police supervision
necessary Each Government feels relieved when
some particularly dangerous anarchist removes his
residence to some other country. In fact nations
have repeatedly warned such anarchists to leave their
boundaries THUS forcing evil upon neighbor ma
ton instead of crushing it.
1t would be more reighbory as we'll as cheaner J,
the long run to accept the Belgian idea and establish
the international colony. 1t ought not to be dis
agreeable to anarchists for it would give them .,
island in which they could live in lawIess freedom
1t would save them from the trouble OF conspirng 70
kill anybody, while permitting them the amplest lib
erty of speech Altogether the subject is well worth
the attention OF dplomatists, and it is to be hoped
the Belgans will really press upon their considera
ton.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

DR.. c. E. Reed of PetaIuma is at ths
Grand -I9
S. ]. Faylin, Jackson mining man, Ia
at the Lick.
P. L. Harrington. wel1-known mining
man Of Reno. New, is at the Grand.
Rev. John E. Simpson Of Portland, Ore.
is at the Palace.
Senator E. C. VOORHEES, Of Suffer Creek
is at the Palace.
E S. Churchill. a welI-lxnown Mana
banker, registered at the Palace yester-
day.
c. White Mortimer. British Vice Consul
at Los Angeles. is staying at the Occi-
dental.
E. B. Yerington, an official of the
Truckee and Carson Railroad, is at the
Palace.
]. Ross Trayner, fruit grower oe
Marysville, is in the city and staying az
the Lick
r. V. Ellis. who is interested in oiIweus
at Hanford. is among the late arrivals az
the Palace.
E. st. John. the railroad man, returned
yesterday from Southern California. and
is at the Palace.
E. A Gurst, who conducts a general
merchandise store at Ltvermore, is stay
ing at the California
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Harrington have en-
gagged apartments at the California Hotel
for the winter months.
Ex-Assemblyman c. B. Jilson. who IA
engaged in mining, came down from Mana
yesterday and went to the Grand
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and to strengthen their resolve fight the last. 1t
IS to be borne in mind always that even after the
quest of the Iransvaal the British will not own all
of South Africa, and accordingly when resistance in
the field IS no longer possible the valiant Beers will
have only to cross over the border into German
Portuguese territory to find safety and repose Evil
IDENTIFY, therefore, the British gain nothing by
the proclamation, and its publication seems to have
been one of the worst blunders they have made dur
ing the war.
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Where 1t VIII Fall Down-After ths
world had waited a long time capitalise
finally came forward and endowed q
theater with 100000 in the name of Pure
Art.
1t was the night of the first perform
ance.
The curtain had gone down on the third
wildly.
You'll have to come before the curtain
and make speech" said the manager.
going behind the scenes.
Will not! exclaimed the star actor
1T is not art 1t destroys the Illusion .
But the audience is growing wild.
Some Of TIE people have begun to hiss
their d1spleasure at your refusal"
Let them hiss. What do we careP
We are not dependent upon audiences for
the support OF this theater."
L know 1t, but here's a note from tha
man who gave the ten millions. He e~ys
II you don't come out he'll insist on our
being fred
And Pure Art continued to get it in the
. + : o
made him enemies. 1t was his enemies
who, when he started the Free Lance.
declared 1t would not succeed. But what
mas been the result? His interesting little
weekly has not only succeeded, but its
circulation has gone up by leans and
bounds. l dare say there is no weekly
which has brighter future in store for
1t than this same Free Lance.
Its anniversary number is close at hand
coinciding with the birthday of CIement
Scott himself. 1 asked what were tha
prospects of his birthday number. This
is what he replied: THE birthday Num-
Der comes out on Tuesday next. I viii
praise me- some chaff me, some Ianeb e
me. some with me. 1t will be great fur
and 1 think a novelty in joUrnaIisno =
What the novelty turns out 1 shall tell
you next week. go
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

A N interesting Grmthorpe
~ clockmaker, author Kings n
~ his eightyfth year. is the oldest Kings Counsel
n having been appointed in 1854
Grmthorpe during nearly OF
pursued what probably the hobby
affected by any Of designs
clocks. At Batch his
Adams residence he has workshop replete with all
of cockmaling
said pleasure "doctoring the out-of-sors
watches of his fellow -Parliamentarlans
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Half horology
took the form Of something than hobby Though
Parliamentary lawyer by profession superin
tended the Of the Westminster clock the
world He
written book, Clocks
gaTded classic in it's way.
Lord Grimthorpe is rugged-Iooking old gentleman
who wears broadcloth fok of distinctly
He is somewhat militant in
at the bar and inherited income
said to exceed $5OOyO00
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

LAUNCHES-E. A, City. No licensed
engineer is required to run a steam
launch the tonnage of which is less than
fifteen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

TWO GREAT FIRES-Subscribe City.
The great fire in Chicago was on October
S-11, 1871, and the great fire in Boston was
on November g. 1872.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

RUBBER CARRIAGE SEATS-Sub-
scriber, City. Rubber inflated carriage
seats are made and used.
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TO QUERIES.

A BACK DATE-A. o. s., City. The
14th of May. 1882, fell on Monday.
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THE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION-S.
City The Centennial Exposition at Phil
adelphia opened May 10, 1876, and closed
on the 10th OF November following.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

Special information supplied dsilv 20
business houses and public men BY thu
PresS chipping Bureau -(Anen's). SO Monr-
scenery sITees- Telephone Main 1O4s
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

Townsend's California slace FRUITS "a,
pound, in fre-etched boxes or Ian. No.
kets. A nice present for Eastern frtends
$50 Market street. Palace Hotel building .
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SOLDIER-M., Alcatraz, Cal. The fact
that man has been dishonorably dis
charged from the army of the United
States does not affect his right to vote.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

Walnut and Pecan Panoche. Townsend.
Choice candies. Townseni's. Palace t4o..ts
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

Cal. glace fruit SOC per ID at Townsenda
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,HONOLULU-H. r.. San Rafael, Cal.
The steamers of the Japanese line stop
at Honolulu on the return trip, but cam
not carry any passengers from that point
80 San Francisco.
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OIL IN TEXAS-H. C. S., City. The
principal oil discoveries in Texas have
been in Beaumont County. 1t is said
that the indications are that there may
be "gushers'' started in every part of the
State
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

FLOWING RIvERS-F. B., MERGED,
Cal. Without knowing if the property
fronts on both sides of the river, whether
the stream is a .navigable one and
whether there was any appropriation of
the water before the present owner of the
land acquired his deed to the same, 1t is
impossible to answer the question.
The daily sentinel., 1901-06-24

You can rely upon getting the
BEST GOODS at REASON
ABLE PRICES. :: :. :: =:
The daily sentinel., 1901-06-24

Most for your money at The Bazaar.
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bowels. 1t lies in a layer mixed with
flies on the top of your rations. One
wekes mp covered with dust like chill
dren in hay-stack.
We found the camp of the Chinese
in the foot hills, about eight miles from
Peking. Low, fiat-topped hills sur
round it, care and rocky. But to nm
derstand the country 1t is best to climb
the mountain, from its steep slopes, in
places almost as firoen as the valleys of
Upper East Tennessee, looked north
east toward Manchuria-a parched,
brown land like the desert beyond the
Dead Sea, dusty bits of plain, broken
up by line upon line of bare red monn-
tain. 1t seems poor country to make
fuss about, yet as China goes, 1t is
rich and fertile.
We started on our return to Peking
about p. M, the Americans in the
lead, the Chinese troops second, while
the Japs brought up the rear. We ar
rived in Peking about 6 p. m. and i'm.
mediately repaired to our respective
qnarters, leaving the Chinese troops il
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tion afforded, as to haye put guards at
the WI gate with results that the in-
ner part of the palace has been kept in
such good order as it was before.
From this 1t is evident that you Ameri-
can generals do care for the friendship
between your country and China, and
thatIyou possess in your mind sincere
inter tion of preserving harmony by so
doing.
l will, therefore, bring your kindness
to the Imperial notice as soon as the
Imperial Family shall have arrived at
Peking.
Now l come in person to receive the
palace SO as to show my gratitude to-
wards you American generals and other
officers, and my desire to advance the
intimacy of our friendship, in order to
enable all the people in this empire to
enjoy peace,
REMARKS OF MAI. +. d. ROBERTSON.
Your Excellency:-I thank you in
behalf OF the American troops for the
kindly expressions you have used re-
garding them. The American officers
aud soldiers have used their best en-.
deavors to fulfill the ducy imposed up.
on them, of protecting the Forbidden
City, and other Imperial property
placed in their charge.
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Walter Cathey Now in Jail.

Erin, October 3d. Yesterday morn
ing about 4 O'Clock J. D.. Parker, a
citizen of District No. Of this county,
brought Walter Cathey to the county
Jail, where he is lodged for safe-keep-
ing, pending his committal trial, which
will be some time within the next two
or three days. Parker made the arrest
in Stewart county Monday night about
10 o'clock. 1t will be remembered that
Cathey is the man who killed Alfred
Beacham, near Danville Of this county,
about two weeks ago, and for whom the
Governor has offered reward Of $3.50
Cathey has employed his attorneys
and is preparing for stiff legal fight
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tional facts, and the one feeling uni
versal in China is pride in Chinese in
stitutions and contempt for foreign.
OF course, common sense may keep
China from initiating an aggressive
policy and from going to extremes; but
foreign dictation must some day cease
and foreigners some day go, and the
episode now called attention to is to-
days hint to the future.
Meanwhile the once turbulent Pek-
ing is quiet and orderly city, build
ings are daily being erected on the
sites Of those destroyed, business is il
a Aourishing condition, aud everything
points to years OF peace and prosperity
Yours as usual,
MACK BRAY.
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The Last of CrOlgosz.

Auburn, N. Y, Oct. 99.-At 7:12:3O
o'clock this morning Leon Czolgosz,
murderer Of President Mckinley, paid
the extreme penalty exacted by the law
for his crime. lie was shocked to death
by 100 volts of electricity. He went
to the chair in exactly the same manner
as have the majority of murderers in
this state, showing no particular sign
of fear, bat ia fact doing what few Of
them have done talking to the wit
nesses while he was being strapped tC
the chair.
81 killed the president because ht
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used as such, and even Mandarlns OF
the first class were known to have been
commandeered and forced to work as
common COOLIES" to all this they were
apparently indifferent. Again l say
their stocism was something wonderful
to be hold.
A few words retrospective Of the sit
uation in Peking: This view is only
one of thousands already expressed
and may be entirely erroneous but the
future and the future alone can tell
who is right in their surmises.
The events of the past year are by no
means meaningless; they are only a
prelude to a century Of change and the
keynote Of the future history of the
far east. The China Of the year 2OO1
will be very different from the China
OF 1901. National sentiment is a great
factor which must be recognized, and
not eliminated, when dealing with ma
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always been considered holy by the
Chinese. and before the Boxer" up
rising and the advent of foreign troops
in Peking, no foreign alien (?) had
ever crossed its threshold, no praying
eyes had ever penetrated its sacred
mysteries, no vandal (?) feet had ever
trod its marble walks or assembled it's
marble stairs, in fact, it was inviolate.
The present condition of this, their
most sacred of cities, must be o severe
blow to their oriental pride. But the
stoicism displayed by the Chinese Of
ticials was something wonderful, they
were as suave and gehtlemanly in their
demeanor as if nothing had ever hap
pened. A stranger would have never
known, for their stoical countenances,
that their temples had been looted and
ransacked, their costly furnishings
carried away by relic (?) hunters, theil
places plundered and converted into
barracks for foreign troops, the bed
chamber of the empress Dowager being
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News From Peking China.
Company ''B," 9th U. s. Infantry,
United States Legation Guard,

Company 'B, 4tn y. >. Infantry,
United States Legation Guard,
Peking, China, Sept. 1S, 1901.
Editor Of THE COMET,
Johnson City, Tenn.
Dear Sir:-The following letter may
not prove edifying, but probably it
may be interesting to some of the
readers Of THE COMET, as it is from
one who is present on the scene.
The Chinese questionis, to all in-
tents and purposes, settled at last. The
Peace Protocol was signed by the
Chinese government September Sth,
1901, and the date of tnruing over the
city was set for the 10Th of September,
bnt was postponed until the nth on ac-
count of the Chinese troops being I'M
able to comply with the arrangements.
The Forbidden or Purple City" as
well as the Imperial City" have been
under guard of the Awerican and Jap
anese troops since August IS, 1900. On
the morning of the 10th detachments
from each of those powers marched
from Peking to the camp of the Chi
nese soldiers under comm and of Gen.
eral Ma-Yu-Shen, for the purpose OF
escorting them into the city. A few
words descriptive of this march
Abont three miles from Peking we en-.
countered a fierce sand storm, fol
which this conntry is noted. Dust and
sand is the curse of the place. We re-
member the Philippine Islands as al
Arcadian dell. The thin dust comes
everywhere, and never stops. 1t blinds
yonr eyes, it stops your nose, it scorch
es your throat till the invariaple quar-
ter for listle glass of any liqnid seems
cheap as dirt. 1t turns the whites
shirt brown in half an hour; it creepl
into the works of your watch and your
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the Imperial City: Never did bath
seem more refreshing and invigorating
as on that evening. l was completely
covered with dustTmy hair was matted,
my throat parched and dry, and my
eyes blood-shot and sore.
At 1880 a. m. ON the nth, We marched
from our camp in the Agricultural
Park, to the Compound adjoining the
Forbidden City, the japanese and
Chinese troops had preceded us and
and were rlready in liue. We took up
n position en- the left of the japanese,
facing the Chinese. At blast from
the trumpet the troops were brought
to attention." and the ceremony Of
turning over the cities was ON. Prince
Ching was present to receive the cities
representing the Chinese government,
the japanese General (name unknown
representing the Japanese government
while Major e. B. Robertson, 9th u.
s. infantry, represented the United
States. The ceremony was not very
impressive. The American and Japa-
nese representatives, accompanied by
the Chinese officials, entered the For
hidden City and relieved the guard of
their respective detachments, by Chi
nese soldiers, after wards returning to
the compound which they had just left.
The troops were brought to attention"
and to ''present arms" in honor OF
Prince Ching, he prince Ching then
made an address thanking the Ameri-
cans for the excellent manner in which
they had protected the property under
their charge. This address was re-
piled to by Major Robertson, copies OF
which | enclose.
This ended the ceremony. Shortly
afterwards the troops were marched
out and the large and ponderous gates
closed.
The Forbidden or Purple City" has
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was an enemy of the people-of the
good working people. / am not sorry
for my crime"
These were his. words as the guards
hurried him into the chair.
A moment later, mumbling through
the half-adjusted face-straps, he said
II am awfully sorry could not see
my father"
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Modern surgery surpassed.

"While suffering from bad case of
piles l coosulted physician who ad-
vised me to try box of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, says G. F. Carter
Atlanta, Ga. Il procured box and
was entirely cured. DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve is q splendid cure for piles
giving relief instantly, and | heartily
recommend it to all sufferers. Sur
gerry is unnecessary to cure piles. Do
Wits Witch Hazel Salve will cnre
any case. cuts, burns, bruires and all
other wounds are also quickly cured by
il. Beware of counterfeits. Sold at
City Drug Store.
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How is This?

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Halls Catarrh Cure
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Great Luck of An Editor.

"For two years all efforts to cure Ec-
zema in the palms of my hands failed"
writes Editor H. N. Lester, Of Syra-
cuse, Kan, "then l was wholly cured
by Bucklen's Arnica Salve." It's the
worlds best for Eruptions, Sores and
all skin diseases. Only 25c at City
Drug Store.