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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-25

cessation of executions and regarding
the responsibility of vicerOys aud gov
errors.
Prince Chun, the emperOr's brother
will soon go to Berlin to express
China's regrets for the murder of
Baron Won Ketteler. He says China
has now performed everything required
by the powers, except the payment of
the indemnities. the amount of which
has not been decided He thinks ar
engagements should be made for the
evacuation Of Pekin in order to enable
the court to return. He says he believes
no nation in history ever complied with
a series of terms more quickly and
more completely.
No official announcement has been
made of the abandonment of the pro-
posed expedition into the interior, but
it is not likely that any further pre-
parations VIII be made. The foreign
ENJOYS feel that the proposal was a
master stroke and caused the settle
ment of what might have been pro-
tracted affair.
The ministers of the powers regard
the punishment edfct as satisfactory
Chih Stu, former grand secretary, and
Hsu Cheng Yu, son Of the notorious
Hsu Tung, viii be publicly executed in
Pekin Tuesday.
An edict has been promulgated sus-
pending executions at all points which
were the scenes of Outrages upon for
eigners.
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London, Feb. 25.-The Daily TeIe-
graph publishes the following from De
Aar, Feb. "a: Mr.. Steyn addressed the
Beers yesterday, and told them they
must all shift for themselves, returning
to Orange River colony as best they
could. He and General Dewet took
300 of the best horses with which to
escape"
The war Office has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Lord Kitchener:
''Middleburg, Transvaal, Feb. "a
French reports from Pet Retief, Feb.
%, that the result of the columns
sweeping the country east is that the
Beers are retTeating in scattered and
diSOrganiZed parties to the number of
some 5000, in front of him.
Amsterdam and Pet Retief have
been occupied and troops are protecting
the Swat frontier. French will push
on, but is much hampered by the con-
tinuOUs heavy rains.
Summary of losses inflicted on the
enemy up to Feb. Is: Two hundred
and ninety-tWo Beers known to have
been killed and wounded in action;
fifty-six taken prisoners; 1873 surren-
dered, one fifteen-pOunder gun, ASP
rifles. 10000 rounds of small ammuni-
ton, $500 horses, seventy mules, $3.50
trek oxen, 1900 cattle, 1885, 400 sheep
and .070 wagons and carts captured.
Our casualties: Five officers and
forty-One men killed, and four officers
and los men wounded regret to say
that Major Howard, a very gallant Of
ficer of the Canadian scouts, was killed
Feb. II.
''PIumer reports that Colonel Owen
caDtured DeWet'S fifteen FOUNDER and
pom pom Feb. %, as well as fifty-three
prisoners and a quantity of ammuni-
ton. We had no casualties; enemy in
full retreat. and dispensing after be-
ing vigorously pursued.
"Dewet's attempt to invade Cape Col
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ONE MORE ADDED TO
THE LIST OF SAVED

San Francisco Feb. 24-J. c. Holland,
third officer of the Rio De JaneirO who,
on the day Of the wreck, was among the
missing, has reported, to the surprise and
delight of his friends, unframed Tt is
not known how he became numbered with
the dead further than after the boat sank
he did not report his escape to any of the
officers of the steamship company. He
was on the wharf and around the beach
where the disaster occurred, but his pres
ence was not noted
After the Rio struck upon the reef.
Holland assisted Captain Ward in get
ting the passengers into the life boats
He and the captain walked aft together
on the starbOaTd side and just as they
reached the saloon the boat gave a lurch
and disappeared beneath the water. Hol-
land was carried down by the suction.
but managed to secure hold of a. life pre-
server, which assisted him to rise TO the
surface, but not until he had been almost
strangled by the salt water. Being an
expert swimmer he succeeded in keeping
afloat until picked up by an Italian fisher
man. Holland has relatives residing in
New York.
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be made known before the present con-
gress expires if the treaty is to be eff
fectiVe.
The various reciprocity treaties have
not received the attention at the hands
of the senate that was desired by those
who negotiated them, and by the nu-
merOus foreign government interests.
They compromise all the treaties made
under the reciprocity section Of the
Dingley tariff act, and the inaction of
the senate on these treaties appears to
terminate the protracted negotiations
which have been carried on by foreign
governments on the subject Of reciprOc-
ity by treaty.
Another treaty ratified by the senate
is that purchasing of Spain for 100000
several small islands north of the Fhil-
ippine group, which were omitted from
the acquisition of the treaty of Paris.
The payment TO Spain has been pro-
vided for in the deficiency appropria-
ton bill of the Philippines.
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FRICHTFUL CRIME OF AN INSANE
WOMAN IN STATE OF WASHINGTON

and held the heads of the children be-
meath the surface until all were
drowned.
Mrs. WurZer was found alive in the
we'll with her six murdered children by
neighibOrs, who pulled her out with a
rope. She is violently insane. The
woman's husband died a year ago, and
since that time she has been supported
by the county and the charity of neigh
bOrS.
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Generous SChIey is Willing to be Ad-
vanCed Below Sampson.

known is not hopeful that the bin viii
be passed this session, but should it
pass, he believes an end Of the con-
trOversy between Sampson and Schley
advocates would be reached.
However, even if. as his naval friend
says, Admiral Schley is so generous as
to be willing TO step asidesfor Sampson,
it IS not SO certain his friends in the
senate viii be equally generous. IN
less, indeed, they are entirely satisfied
he sincerely desires it.
A statement was made to your cor
respondent by a naval officer of high
rank which. if verified before the SEN
ate, may have an important bearing on
this controversy. 1t is that Sampson
never wrote, or saw, before it was sent,
the famous dispatch announcing the
victory. 1t is said in his hurry ne re-
quested one of his staff to send the dis
patch announcing the victory. but with
no suggestion as to the terms to be
employed.
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WANTS TO GET
OUT OF JAIL
Mrs. Nation Fears Her
Hatchet VIII Get Rusty.
SHE WRITES A FIERY
LETTER TO THE JUDGE
Begs to Be Released That She
May Resume Crusade.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 24-AIrs. Carrie
Nation, tired of Jail life, has written
Judge Hazen letter demanding re-
lease.
I want you to quit your fooling."
she writes, and let me out OF here.
If you cause me to miss my engage
ments, I won't feel like a ministering
angel to you. 1t is time for you to re-
cover yourself before the devil, your
master, makes a clean sweep with you
into hell. You know you are persecut-
ing one of Gods children, who loves
you for Jesus sake Let me out that
I may go about my business of saving
such poor devils as you Write, or
come to see me right off"
Judge Hazen has ignored the letter,
placing it in the waste basket with
dozens Of others received on the sub
ject from different parts of the country.
Some Of these letters threaten the
judge. One from Bunker Hill Kan,
says a committee of fifty will admins
ter q coat of tar and feathers to the
official if Mrs Nation is not released
by Feb q, and another, from a woman
in Douglas, Mich, says.
I'VE now propose, if Mrs. Nation is
held longer, to raise the greatest army
of women the world has ever known
and wipe man out of existence It is
our intention to begin with you"
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Religious Riot in oporto.

Madrid, Feb. 24.-El Liberal pub
fishes a dispatch from OportO, Portu-
gal, saying that a crowd stoned the
Office of Apalavra, a Catholic journal
of that city, because of a report that
the editor had attempted to carry away
the daughter of the Brazilian consul.
The police were obliged to intervene,
In consequence Of the disturbances, the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-25
(Snecial to The Herald.


Washington, Feb. 24.-Rear Admiral
Schley will not ask his friends to op-
pose the nomination OF Rear Admiral
Sampson to a higher number in the
rank of vice admiral, if that grade be
revived. This information has been
received from Rear Admiral Schley by
an officer commanding a vessel in TIE
Santiago sea fight, and who may be re-
garded as possibly his warmest sup
porter among the captains taking part
in that engagement This officer be-
lieves that SchIey has never cared much
about the advancement of Sampson,
although this is not by any means the
opinion Of a great many other of his
friends On good authority it is as
serted that the adherentS of Schley in
congress will be informed that he is
perfectly willing to accept the rank of
vice admiral with one number below
that of Sampson. The officer to whom
Admiral Schleys views have been made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-25

Portland, Ore, Feb. PA special to
the OregOnian from COIfax, Wash,
says: Mrs. Rosa Wurzer, a widow, in
a fit of insanity, drowned her six chill
dren, aged from to Il years, at Union
town, Wash, today. Two were boys
and four girls. She threw them into a
well thirty feet deep, containing two
feet of water, then jumped in herself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-25
Temperance People. Are Meek.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. PA public
mass meeting of the citizens of Wich-
tia, under the auspices Of the Minis
teriaI association, was held here to-
day, and a resolution passed demand
ing the enforcement of the prOhibitOry
law. No specific time was set for the
jOintists to close their places, and
doubt is expressed that the citizens
viii ever adopt Misunderstanding as a
means of compelling them to quit bust
ness. The meeting was surprisingly
temperate, and the 3, 600 people who at
tended. most Of them through curiosity,
were disappointed at its tameness- The
resolutions viii be presented to the
mayor, county attorney and sheriff to-
morrow. 1t is said that no effort viii
be made by these officers to change the
present system of allowing saloons to
run for city revenue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-25
Beers Scattered bv British.

Cape Town, Feb. 24.-Colonei Plumer
engaged General Dewet yesterday near
DisselfOntein, on the south bank of the
Orange river, capturing a gun and a
pom-pom and taking fifty prisoners.
The Beers were scattered, and are be-
ing pursued by Colonel Plumer.
It is reported that General Dewet es-
capped to the opposite bank in a boat,
and is now fleeing with a handful of
followers. 1t is reported from a Boer
source at Zeerust that General Delary
has been captured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-25
MRS. HEARsT'S DONATION.
Gives $500 to Confederate Monument
Association.

Association.
Springfield, No, Feb. 24.-Captain @.
l. Jones. treasurer of the Missouri
Confederate Monument association to-
day received a check for $500 from
Senator Vest, a gift from Mrs. Phoebe
A Hearst. The letter from Mrs. Hearst
says
7 note what you say in regard to my
husbands generous donation to the
confederate home in your state. While
he was living he was making money,
and since he passed away I have been
trying to accomplish a great many
things which has consumed all of my
income. Besides, I have divided my es-
tate with my son, giving him the bet
ter half, and I am precluded from do
ing many things which I would be in
a position to do
Mrs. Hearst is the mother of William
r. Hearst the publisher
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Steamer Disabled at Sea.

st. Michaels. Azores. Feb. 24.-The
British steamer Mira, Captain Vincent,
from New Orleans for Liverpool. was
spoken on Feb. 10, in latitude SO degrees
north, longitude AZ west. with her rud-
der-head gone, by the British steamer
Forest HOlme, which arrived here for
coal today The Forest Holn1e reports
that owing to her small coal supply,
she was unable to render any assist
ance to she Mira.
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Go ID View &c -

New York. Feb. 24-On the North Ger
man Lloyd steamship Werra, which left
today for the Mediterranean, was a party
the eclipse of the sun on May II. There
were thiTty-eight members OF the first
party. among them being Professor Az
fred T. Burton. President George l..
Hosmer. Harrison ". Smith and G.
Matthes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-25
10 Form New Ministrv.

Madrid. Feb. 24-General Azcarraga,
the premier. will present the resigna-
ton of his cabinet to the queen regent
tomorrow and will probably be charged
with the task of reconstructing the
ministry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-25

dispatch says, the homes of the relig-
ious congregations in OportO are now
being guarded by police
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Fear He is Lost.

Syracuse. n. Y, Feb 24-Fear is enter
tanned by the friends of Harry Austin. 3
years old, formerly of Fulton \. Y, but
lately of Jersey City, y. J., that he was
lost in the wreck of the Rio De JaneirO
off San Francisco. He is supposed 10 have
sailed from HongkOng on the vessel
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trusts and other organizations in re
straint Of trade.
Besides the antitrust bill, passed by
the house and not acteu upon by the
senate, a resolution proposing con-
stitutiOnal amendment giving congress
more ample power TO deal with trusts,
was defeated in the house. Another
measure defeated was that defining the
power of fnJunctiOns and limiting the
authority of the federal courts to issue
this process.
Much of the time of the senate has
been occupied in important treaties,
considered behind closed doors. This
includes the y-Pauncefote treaty
neutralizing the Nicaraguan canal;
treaties with Great Britain and Ger
many. dissolving the tri-partite agree
ment on Samoa, and dividing the is
lands; commercial reciprocity treaties
with France, Germany, Argentine Re-
public. Nicaragua and with Great Brit
air. respecting the various British colo
MES of the West Indies.
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Hav-Pauncefote Treaty.

The contest over the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty was most vigorously conducted
through both sessions. After a sharp
contest at this session the treaty was
amended so as to permit the United
States to adopt such measures of mill
tarv protection of the canal as the in
terests of this government may require.
III this amended form the treaty was
returned to Great Britain. The final
action Of that government viii have to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-25

Is one OF Utaa's greatest resources,
The Herald publishes more min
ing news than any other Utah
newspaper.
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Bills That VIII Die.

\ number OF other measures of more
or less Importance have received Ger
tain degree of consideration, but will
not pass at this session. They include
the joint resolution proposing an
amendment for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people, which was passed in the house
but has remained Enacted upon by the
senate. and bills TO establish the Ga-
partment Of commerce and industry. to
endoW state schools of mining with a
portion of the proceeds of public land
sales authorizing the president to ap-
point a committee to study the com
mercial and Industrial conditions of
China and Japan, and to regulate
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FOrecastfO for Salt Lake Today is /:
Cloudy; probably scattered showers.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-22

at New Milford have been very nu-
1877, and have been a great expense
to the town. What with repairs and
the carrying away of bridges by raging
floods the HouSatonic is noted for, the
costs from first to last have been enor-
nous.
The beginning of the laying out of
streets of this town commenced in TIA,
when Main, Bridge, Elm and Bennitt
streets were laid out.
The Congregational church was, of
course, the first church society here
and it's early history is practically the
early history Of the town. The MethO-
dist church was represented here by
preachers of the Redding circuit as
early probably as 1900. The first
Methodist church was built here in
1829-29 at cost of about $4,000 and
the church in New Milford village in
1849. Episcopal service was held here
as early as l742, and in 1913 the town
set aside piece of land upon which
| to build a church. The town now has
two prosperous Episcopal societies, St
Johns and All Saints Memorial, each
having beautiful church editces.
The Roman Catholic denomination
has fiourishing organization here, the
church being St Francis Navier's.
| The members of this denomination
have held services here for many years,
but it was only few years since the
present beautiful church edifice was
erected.
New Milford has always responder
grandly to the call for men an | mon y
whenever the nations honor Or we,
fare were at stake. The W.T. o. the
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-22

road was taken by Messrs Bishop and
Sykes. Among the board of directors
of the road at this time were two New
Milford men, Anan Hine and Asa
Pickett. The House tonic road was
opened by an excursion train from
bridgeport to New Milford on Febru-
airy IL, 1910. No event that ever hap
pened in New Milford can approach
this one Of the opening of the railroad
n Importance from commercial OF
industrial point. Apropos to the open
ing of the railroad it may not be amiss
to mention few plans that were dis
cussed years ago to open communica-
ton with tide water. AS far back as
176l there was great discussion as to
the feasibility of opening the Housa-
tonic river to navigation by clearing
the river bed. The proposition took
definite enough shape to have the
General Assembly authorize lottery
but the bottom of this scheme fell out
because one of the men who had charge
of the money died, and as litigation
followed the money went to the law
yers. A later plan about 1922 was to
build a canal along the river bank.
This canal was to go from the sound
to the north line of the state. The
distance was 66 miles and the ascent
was about $40 feet, requiring about 60
locks. The entire cost was estimated
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-22

il ibbe Brothers, Wallace & Son. Brad
ley x Smith. New Haven Bakery, and
,therS. They make a speciality of
handling tobacco cases, as they have
t1!c!IS specially built for that purpose.
six horses and three men are kept
,lisy at all times. besides extra outside
help they employ. The senior men,
Dcr Of the firm, Mr.. Part ridge. is we'll
md favorably known in New Milford,
and has the general supervision of the
business, while the junior member,
Mr.. IFoyt. looks after the clerical and
financial part. being assistant under
caIcr and salesman with the we'll
inOwn firm of +. G.. Bennett Son, for
he last seven years. leaves him but
little time to devote to other business.
When wishing to call this busy concern
the telephone number 34-2. ''office,'
will usually get them. if not 34-3
house." is sure to answer. We are
pleased to recommend this trucking
ing firm to the general public.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-02-22
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

New Milford has every reason to be
proud of her financial institutions,
which are solid and ably conducted.
The First National bank was estab-
lished in 1852, as State bank, and IN
1865 was converted into National
bank. with capital of sl25, 900, and is
differed as follows: President, A. B.
Mygatt cashier, H. S. Mygatt; teller,
Z. J. Sturges: clerks, R. E. Murphy
and w. B. Bull; directors, A. B. Ny
gait, 1. B. Bristol, G. H. Sanford, T.
T.Marsh, c. A. Todd, H. S. Mygatt, 81.
Leroy Randall, Charles n. Hatch and
D. L. Smith. This bank has ever
proved one of the financial bulwarks Of
the town, and one always guided by
the soundest and most conservative
policy. Its capital stock is held by
leading citizens as one of the choicest
ind most remunerative of invest
nents. Besides deposits, loans and
discounts, general banking business
i, done. 1t numbers among its per-
nanent patrons not only our wealthiest
citizens and leading business men, but
also many from out of town, and no
fiscal institution in this whole section
enjoys greater confidence or is favored
with management more signally pru-
lent and sagacious. Its affairs to-day
are in condition highly gratifying to
its officers, directors and stockholders.
The executive officers are able, clear
headed financiers, and have every
qualification at command, including
vast practical experience and perfected
facilities for handling the large vol
ime of business centered here, while
the board of directors is composed of
prominent capitalists and business
nen, whose interests are closely allied
20 the growth and prosperity of the
town and state.
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iowa management was adopted,
ma ing the Center High school free to
all pu pills throughout the town and re-
sulting in general repairs and rebuild
ing among all the dilapidated district
school buildings. Since that time an
increasing number of children each
year, from outside schools, have avail
ed themselves of the free educational
privileges of the Center school, and
the capacity of the building has been
doubled 10y a four-rOom addition. The
town at present enumerat2S $40 school
children, 467 of whom are found in the
village, or School No. l. The entire
school system of this town is now adj
mirably organized, with good buildings,
and an excellent corps of teachers
For several years past especial atten-
ton has been paid to securing regular
attendance with the result of greatly
improving the average for each year.
During the scnool year of 1S99-19OO,
96 per cent of the children between
five and 16 attended school. The first
secretary of the town school board,
under consolidation, was F. E. King,
NJ. d., who was succeeded by F. NJ
Williams, who preceded Albert Evitts,
the present incumbent.
The school board, as now organized,
consists of F. E. Baldwin, G. B. Marsh,
w. G.. Baritone. n. Hall, w. G. Green,
J. f. Adds, G. II. Soule, V. B. Ster-
ling, G. a. Todd, J. B. Merwin, Albert
Evitts, a. II. McMahon: chairman, F.
E. Baldwin,: secretary, Albert Evitts:
acting visitor, G. n. Hall; executive
committee, w. G. Green, C. n. Hall.
Center school. The following is a
complete list of the teachers in the
several schools:
No. !, Room 8, E. l.. Robinson, prin-
cipal: Room I, Miss JEANNE T. Greg
DRY; Room 6, Miss May G. Turrill:
Room 5, Miss Edith G. Dean; Room 4,
Miss Veronica Murphy; Room 3, Miss
Ida J. Marsh; Room 2, Miss Edith w.
Wadhams; Room l, Miss Mildred
Hatch.
No. =, Miss Urania Marsh; No. 3,
Miss Lillian G. Hatch; No. i, Miss
Mary L. Morehouse; No. 5, Miss Cora
Burnette; No. 6, Miss Fannie Grafton;
No. 7, Miss Mabel L. Scott; No. 8, Miss