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The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION
TO DANISH HOSTILE BURGHERS

London, Aug. IA parliamentary
paper has been issued containing the
proclamation issued by Lord Kitchen
er August 7th, in accordance with in
structions from the imperial govern
ment, the governments of Cape Colony
and Natal concurring. The proclama-
tion says:
"All commandants. field cornets and
leaders Of armed bands, being burgh-
ers of the late republics and still en-
gagged In resisting his majesty's
forces, whether In the Orange colony
or the Transvaal, or other portion of
his majesty's South African domin-
ions, and all members of the late
governments of the Orange Free State
and Transvaal shall, unless they sur
render before September 18th, be per-
manently banished from South Africa.
The cost Of the maintenance Of the
families of all burghers in the field
who have not surrendered by Septem-
ber 18th shall be recoverable from
such burghers and shall be charged
on their property, removable and i'm
movable, In the two colonies"
The preliminary correspondence
shows that the proclamation is based
upon suggestions which the govern
ment of Natal forwarded to Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain July 9th, and
the date. September 18th, was recon-
mended by Lord Milner.
The reasons OF the government for
the proclamation of Lord Kitchener
of August 7th are set forth in pream-
BILE to the proclamation, as follows:
Whereas, the late Orange Free
State and South African Republic
have been annexed to his majesty's
dominiOns; and
whereas, his majesty's forces are
and have been for some considerable
time in complete possession of the
seats Of the government of both the
aforesaid territories, with their pub
lie Offices and the whole machinery
of administration, as well as of all the
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

At the recent matriculation examina-
tions Of the University Of Breslau, a
young German peasant with his moth
or and sisters passed with honors. The
mother came first on tho entire list.
In order to encourage the young man
in his work, his mother and sister had
since his childhood studied his lessons
with him. A less spectacular version Of
family cooperation goes on daily in one
of the most beautiful homes at a fash
ionable resort. Directly after breakfast
the father and mother. two college
daughters, one grown and one young
son. join in a half-hour's spelling
down" Thanks to this littlefruse. the
hoy. who several teachers had deeldfed
could never be taught to spell. is over
coming an ignorance WHICH would have
seriously crippled his collegiate course.
and been source of modification all
his life. .....
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

San Francisco, Aug. 11.-Jack Win
tiers, who was arrested for the Selby
Smelling Works robbery. has confessed
the crime and SO far 100000 worth of
bullion has been recovered from the
bay, where he had sunk 1t. For three
days the detectives had tried all sorts
OF intimidation to make Winters con-
fess but their threats apparently had
no effect upon him. Finally he asked
to see Superintendent Won der Ropp of
the works, who, he said. was the only
friend he had. In his conversation
with Won der Ropp Winters manner
indicated that he knew where the gold
had been hidden. Won der Ropp told
him that they had strohg case
against him and that he would be sent
to prison for thirty years. He said:
"You Will be an old man when you
get out and 1t will do you no good to
hide the gold. We know 1t Is hidden
in the water near the works, and we'll
search every inch. You may be sure
that the gold will be found before you
get out of prison."
Winters finally weakened and told
Won der Ropp that he had taken the
gold and would take him to the spot
where 1t was hidden. The criminal,
in company with Superintendent ROpp
ana q 10rce OF detectives, ieit OIL IL Jug
last night for Crockett. There they
waited all night for low tide. Winters
pointed out the place at the end Of the
railroad wharf. behind the coal bunk
ers, at the beginning of the Vallejo
ferry slip. At that point at low tide
the mud is about four feet deep, COW
cred by a foot Of water. When the
tug first reached Crockett, Winters
pointed out the spot In the water
where he said he had thrown the gold.
Superintendent Won der Ropp marked
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
Mr.. Bryan's Diversion

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Times, does Mr.. Bryan n great injus-
tIce. The late presidential candidate
has visited the Buffalo Exposition. He
enjoyed himself, and he wrote up the
show for the Commoner. The extracts
from this correspondence made by the
Times suggest descriptive writing Of
the dullest and most commonplace
character. OF course 1t was bad judg-
ment on Mr.. Bryan's part to write on
such a subject ut all, but having under
taken 1t, his inability to make good
job of it, from a literary workman's
point of view, was his misfortune and
not his fault. Mr.. Bryan's sole talent
is denunciation. In excOriating a
monster and painting an outrage in its
superior and few rivals. But in de-
scribing anything he has enjoyed he is
perfectly helpless; he lumbers around
among the most tcommonplaee thoughts
and the tritest Of expressions. His
mind has dwelt upon the Robber Bar
ons, the Gold Bugs, the Octopus, in
succession; 1t is not clear what 1t will
dwell on in 1904, but 1t will be some
thing awful, and Mr.. Bryan's powerful
arms will swing scourge over 1t.
What can he who is wont to storm the
Imminent, deadly breach to do when
called upon to chatter airy nothings
in a lady's boudoir? What can Mr.
Bryan do with the instructive Pan
American, the amusing but strictly
chaste Midway, and the beautiful
Thousand Islands ds?-Commercial Bull
letin. H''r
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
Thepropor discharge of nubllc duties

Theproper discharge of public duties
lies not in the form of the law but in
Sthe character of the officials upon
whom those duties are imposed. The
Fusionists have been in control Of the
State Board,of Equalization for years,
and If they have not properly dis
charged their duties what assurance is
there that the desired assessments
would be made in any better way by
the Fusion county assessors or other
officials to whom the authority might
be entrusted? Are we to suppose that
the fact that few of the assessors
are Republicans inspires Governor Or
man with the hope that in the aggre-
gate the duty Of assessing corporations
throughout the state would be better
performed than 1t would be by the
State Board of Equalization composed
OF Governor Orman himself and other
Fusionist state officials?
The trouble goes back to the fact,
demonstrated through years of bad
public affairs, that the Fusionists are
Incompetent aad without any qualifi-
cations for governing a state or COM
munity of any other size. This has
been demonstrated and illustrated ever
since they came into power and they
seem to be growing worse and more
and more inefficient and incapable
with each succeeding administration.
The laundering attempts at legislation
last winter and spring were the worst
in the history of the state. To call
such Legislature into special session
to enact law for which there is no
use whatever would put the cap sheaf
upon Fusion bad management and
wasteful expenditure Of public money.
-Denver Republican.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
CORNERSTONE LAID BY
COLONEL ROOSEVELT

Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. II.
Yesterday, in the presence of n vast
throng, the corner stone of the new
SS5,OOO Y. NJ. G. A. building was laid
by Vice President Roosevelt. many
prominent officials of the city and
state assisting.
Franklin Z. Brook opened the cere-
mony and Rev. DIR. Edward Braislin
of the First Baptist Church, pro-
pounced the openeing prayer and invo-
cation. Ex-Governor Adams of Pueb-
! 10 was then Introduced as the orator
Of the day.
He stated that manhood was the
best asset of the nation-more than
our countless resources, and that 1t is
the moral power of an intelligent
Christian that makes our flag. Aside
from the home there Is no institution
that does more for growing manhood
| than the Y. NJ. G. A. all over the coun-
try. He even declared that 1t would
be justifiable to appropriate n portion
| of the revenue money received, to fos-
ter and aid such institutions. He be
lieved that Y. NJ. C. A. building
placed in every city In the country
would do much to solve the problem of
the city.
At the conclusion of his speech.
which was heartily applauded. Colonel
Roosevelt was introduced, and as he
| stepped into view. n roar of greeting
went up from thousands.
This the vice president acknowl-
edged with smile and bow Owing
to severe cold. which rendered
! speech difficult. his address was eX-
tremely brief and informal. He said
in part:
what l have to say this afternoon
| will of necessity be in the nature of a
word supplementing the admirable ad-
dress of Governor Adams. l want to
| dwell again ON the point he made. If
you expect to drive out evil. you've got
to put something else in its place. It's
all very well TO preach Thou shalt
not be bad but to compete with vice.
you must make its substitute fascinat-
| ing. You cannot go to vigorous
man with red blood in his veins and
expect him to change his ways by saw
ing: Thou shalt not You've 20 to
environ him with proper surround
ings,'
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
mr. riliman.s pr,pciple.

The sort of man to whom the state
Of South Carolina turns itself over, IL
1t refuses to accept the good advice Of
Mr.. McLaurin, stands revealed in the
brutal speech made by Senator Benja-
min II. Tillman, at Marinette, Wiscon-
sin, yesterday. In an entirely unneces-
sary and Enthusiastically offensive
manner, Tillman proclaimed to a far
northern audience the extreme "befo'
de wah" slave-driving principles on
the subject Of the negros assumed un-
fitness to live anywhere else than
well under the white mans heel. The
whole speech carries us back to the
past would You have your daugh-
ter marry a nigger?', the old pro-slav'
cry orator used to exclaim. why
don't you exterminate your black pop
ulation by intermarriage?' asks TILL
man. Then he goes on to declare that
Booker T. Washington ought not to
be permitted to make artisans and
trndesmen Of the negroes, because
that would put them on an equality
with white artisans and INTENSITY
race hatred"
Mr.. Tillman says there were more
Christians among the 100000 slaves
before emancipation, than therelrare
among the 100000 blacks Of the pres
ent day. 1t does not seem to occur to
him that this statement is n worse re-
proach to the white people of the
country, and particularly to those of
the section in which the negroes chief
ly live, than it is to the negroes them
selves. The blacks are Of their house.
hold. If they have gone so far astray,
the household is morally responsible.
If they are relapsing into paganism
and barbarism. they must have been
horribly neglected by their natural
guides and guardians
i'Mr. McLaurin, and the new senti-
fment in the South which he represents.
offer salvation from this old Confeder-
ate-brigadier and slave-whacking spir-
it. There are some hopeful signs that
South Carolina is ready to accept the
salvation. In Tillman the people may
see the evil and revolving alternative
that is offered them.-Mail and Ex-
press.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

principal towns and the whole Of the
railways; and
whereas, IL great majority of the
burghers of the late republics, to the
number of $4,000. exclusive of those
who have fallen in the war; are now
either prisoners or have submitted to
his majesty's government and are liv-
ing peaceably In towns and camps un-
der control of his majesty's forces;
and
''Whereas, the burghers Of the late
republics still in arms nre not only few
in number, but have lost almost all
their guns and munitions of war and
are devoid of regular military organic
alton and are therefore unable to car
ry on regular warfare or to offer any
organized resistance to his majesty IS
forces In any part of the country; and
Whereas, those burghers who are
still in arms, though unable to carry
on regular warfare, continue. to make
isolated attacks upon small posts and
detachments Of his majesty's forces,
to plunder or destroy property and to
damage railway and telegraph lines;
and
Whereas, the country is thus kept
In state of disturbance, checking the
resumption of agricultural and indus
trial pursuits; and
Whereas, his majesty's government
is determined to put an end to the
state OF things which Is aimlessly pro-
longing bloOdshed and destruction and
infiicting ruin upon great majority
of the inhabitants, who are anxious
to live in peace and earn a Livelihood
for themselves and their families; and
whereas, 1t is just to proceed
against those persons who, being In n
position Of authority, are responsible
for the continuance of the present
state of lawlessness and are instigat-
ing their fellow burghers to continue
their hopeless resistance to his majes-
ty's government"
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

The "play" Of intellect, to use a
vacation pun. constitutes the dHiAsht
OF learning. and is often Its truest IN
spiration. A young girl Satsaa hotel
table. some years. ago. undertook to
quiet restless child by making for
him little figures which she modelled
from bread crumbs rubbed between
her fingers. The rapidly growing pro-
cession of Noah's-ark animals at
tracted the attention of a a.gentleman
opposite. 1t was the sculptor Thomas
Ball, who afterward told the girl she
had unusual talent, took Shers to- his
own studio, and taught her to model
in clay and afterward to work in
marble. An interesting side-light on
the pretty incident is that the young
girl had nodded her figures undis-
turbed by tableful of witnesses, and
on the other hand. Mr. Ball seated her
in the studio with her ,bacls toward
his own chair, because hes"could not
possibly work while anybody looked
on"
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

Graduates of the Naval Academy In
Annapolis who have attained the
highest rank have heretofore been
sent abroad for a post-graduate course
in naval architecture at Greenwich or
Glasgow or the Ecole Polytechnique
in France. 1t ought to be ., matter Of
pride to Americans that hereafter
they will study at the Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology. The Annapo-
lis graduates have always taken the
highest honors abroad. The authori-
ties in Washington do not say that the
foreign schools no longer have any
thing to teach our young men. but
they do say that they have nothing
which is not now tsught as well or
better here. d" "F
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

Prof. N. c. Bruce, colored. of the
Shaw University. in Raleigh. N. c..
who was given the degree of A. NJ. by
Bates College recently, graduated from
that college in 1885, He was fborn in
Virginia, and gained his early educa.
ton with difficulty, working with a
hoe in the summer and with his books
in the winter. While ip oollegeA he
sold books, worked on' Maine farms IN,
the summer. and acted as janitor of a
Lewiston church. He was on the COM
mencement programme at his gradua-
tion. and was the class-day orator
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
SAN FRANCISCO BULLION
ROBBER MAKES A CONFESSION

the place on the. wharf and the tug
steamed away to wait for low tide.
This morning Winters himself got into
the mud and water up to his neck and
for an hour and n half groped for the
missing bullion. Up to 10 o'clock SILL
COO worth had been recovered. This
includes the four bags of fine gold.
Winters had put some of the bars In
bags. He said that one of the bags had
broken and some small bars had
dropped out 1t Is now only a
question OF careful search to find
the rest of the $2SO.OOO. Winters
claims that he did the job all
alone. He says that he made
fourteen trips from the vault to the
wharf, from which he dropped the
gold. The smelter officials, however,
are positive that he received assist
ance from someone. The detectives
think that his story that he did it all
himself Is correct.
In view Of the fact that promises of
clemency were made Winters in con-
sideration Of his unearthing the gold
1t is thought that his punishment will
be light.
Detective Gibson is quoted as saying
that 1t was promised Winters by
President Ralston of the Selby Smelt-
ing Works that he should not only be
unprecedented, but should receive $25,-
600.
''Winters can not be prosecuted,
said Detective Gibson, for there Is no
evidence against him. All that has
been drawn from him was secured by
the detectives under promise that 1t
would not be used against him. I'm
der such circumstances it would be
extremely difficult to secure a convic-
tion."
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

The following allegation in bill for
divorce against wife was held by the
Supreme court of Washington not to
state any legal ground for divorce:
"She was quarrelsome. vicious In dis
position, murderous In threats against
the plaintih and his parents. hysteri-
cal and ungovernable in temper. crazy
in her actions. and by her causeless
and unprovoked boisterousness.
screaming. hallooing and other wild
conduct by day and night. an intol-
cradle nuisance to all her aneighbors. y
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

II may be news to some readers
that English Is the Language Of the
Japdnese foreign ONCE, both in its in
tercourse with foreign diplomatists
and It's 'telegraphfc correspondents
with Its own representatives abroad.
All kilograms from Tokyo to the for
eign agents OF Japan are written and
ciphered in English. and the replies
are in the same language. The
Yankees of the East" evidently want
their western civilization in the orig
inal package. ~ u,,
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
jaw III - Ile ~ .FN
Tho Old Revenue Law Adequate

There is no need OF special session
Of sthS Legislature Of Of: new law to
ernpo~et the ait thorilSss to: assess rail-
roads and other corporations. The old
Inv Is adequate. 1t makes ample pro-
Vision for the assessment of such cor
porations. 81 i
There never has been any need of IL
new law on this subject. The Fusion
lists have been in powerffor nearly ten
years and during that time they have
completely, controlled the State Board
, Of. Equalization which under the law
Is required to assess the property of
railroads and kindred corporations.
This board needs no increase in IT'S
powers. If it has. failed to properly
assess the corporations It is the fault
of the men who ecnstftute the board
and not of the law which confers upon
them ,power to act -.
Instead Iof calling q special session
of the sbeeisratTeS for the purpose of
enacting a inv Init wosld confer this
authority to assess corporations upon
other Fusionists, Governor Orman and
The other members of the State Boapl
OF Equalization have but to discharge
their duties under the ACT creating that
sboard- sThey ,haveaall Ihe power they
need,s all that the Legislature could
.confer.npop aiotlieE set of officials "a
special session of the Legislature
would cost something Ike slQ96oo,
but session of the sGite Board OF
Equalization would cost nothing. Gov
ernor ,Orman and his associates on the
board should accept Judge DiXons de-
cision.r go ahead and make the assess
sments in the way they ought to be
made. To enact n new Jaw. would be
to shift the responsibility now resting
upon the State Board Of Equalization
10 ahe shoulders of other officials. but
with no asshrhnce whatever that the
duty of assessing the corporations
'wossad be's.sNft ftsrtcr discharged than in
the past.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

The birthplace of our presidents are
divided among the states as. follows;
Six have come from Virginia. five from
Ohio. three from New York. two each
from Massachusetts and North Caro-
lima and one each from New Jersey.
Kentucky, New Hampshire, Vermont.
Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Presi-
dent Mckinley Is OF Scotch-Irish an
cestry; Vice President Roosevelt is OF
Holland-Dutch descent. l
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

King Edward VII has ,aecepted from
Scott Montagu. member On parliament
ia present of a number ok.Americap
bronze turkeys. which were imported
into England in a wild state. but have
adapted themselves very comfortably
to. their new surroundings. and have
thrived remarkably at Mr.. Montagu's
place in Hampshire. The kings birds
will be lodged at sandrinsham. -
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14

India has hundreds of dialects,
which may all be classed under three
great heads the Sanscrit, Pracrit, and
Magadhi. The Sanscrit is the funda-
mental language and that Of the
Vedas the Pracrit the vernacular Ian
guage in many dialects. and the Maga-
dhi or Misra is that of Ceylon and the
islands. s.a r4h'h'
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
Earthauake shocks.

Victoria. B. c., Aug. 1.-THE seis-
mograph at the meteorological office
here on Friday recorded some very
severe shocks of earthquakes, which
the superintendent believes occurred
in Alaska, as the records are similar
to those made when the last earth
quakes occurred up North.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-14
THE REGISTER.
1AAAA 'So01onAsossi

There are 40 counties In Texas
which have to seek legal advice out
side their limits. as they have not a
single attorney OF their own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-05-14
FUNDS NEEDED AT JACKSONVILLE.
NEW APPEAL. TO THE COUNTRY FOR CASH
CONTRIBUTIONS TO RELIEVE DISTRESS
lay TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIsuNE.l

IBY TELEGRAPH TO The TRIsUNEl
Jacksonville. Fla. May ia fragrant case
OF the diversion OF the relief fund was brought
before the executive committee this afternoon
5. H. Hart, said to be the weslthiest negro in
the city. was charged by the head OF the bureau
OF employment with drawing pay ror men who
were not at work and OF drawing double pay
himself. TO the amount of So 30 day. The hrst
impulse Of the executive committee was to turn
Hart over to the Provost Marshal for summary
punishment. but it finally decided 70 bring
him up for hearing tomorrow morning
The Secretary of War was asked to-day by
telegraph 10 have the river boundaries surveyed.
and permission was sought 10 bulkhead the
river front with the debris from the burned
district
The relief fund has been reduced TO such an
alarming extent that a committee was appoint
ed this afternoon to send out appeal to-
night to the country at large for cash contrfbu-
tons. Bishop f. q. Weed, Mayor BOwden and
Captain c. E. Garner. president OF the Board
OF Trade. signed the appeal
Supplies are running low. more clothing is
needed, and above all. money Is wanted with
which TO pay the men who have been set at
work in order to reduce the free food distrtou-
ton. Unless the country responds generously
within a few days to JaCkSOnville'S cry Tor help,
widespread suffering will ensue.