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The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
Big Smelter Plant

An immense iron and copper smelt-
Ing plant to employ 1900 men, is re-
ported to be the next industrial pro-
ject OF magnitude to be launched on
on the Almeda shore OF the canal or
estuary. nearly facing the two big
steel plants upon which work is now
under way. says a San Francisco dis
patch. II is rumored that mineral
lands containing copper and iron, To-
Gated in this state have been secured
by the promoters of the enterprise.
Oil fuel will be used so as : o success
fully compete with eastern rivals.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
BRIEF DISPATCHES

Nearly three million gallons Of Pc
troleum stored in reservoirs on the
outskirts of Odessa, Russia. have been
Destroyed by fire.
The cigarmakers at all the factories
at Havana went out Wednesday and 1t
is estimated that a total Of 3O,000 m
ployes are now on strike.
Oberlin college Thursday elected DIR.
Henry Churchill King to the presi-
dency, vice DR.. John Henry Barrows,
dale. Mich, in 1858.
The railway strike on the Blooming
ton street railway was resumed Mo-
vember 10. The discharge of two mo-
tormen started the trouble. Two men
chosen by the emples for arbitrator
were rejected and this intensified the
feeling.
The statuary groups of the Sieges
Alice at Berlin were subjected to fur
Their vandalism Wednesday night. Five
of the groups were damaged, the
crosses forming part OF the designs
being knocked of. The perpetrator OF
the outrage has not been apprehended.
Two hundred and fifty men employed
in the coal mines at Washington, Ind,
struck Wednesday because they
claimed the operators had failed to
have the bank mules properly fed and
curried.
The Danish government has selected
all the members of the commission
which Is to go to the Danish West In
dies In December TO investigate ano
report on the necessary steps to DO
taken for the Improvement OF the
economic condition Of the island. M.
Nordlien. chief OF che department OF
railroads ard te,egraphs In the minis
try of public works Is head OF the COM
mission.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
Lady MANAGERS Meet

The board of lady managers Of the
st. Louis exposition held a business
meeting at New York. No definite ac-
ton was taken on the adoption Of .
set of rules and regulations for con-
Quoting the meetings Of the board.
which have been under consideration
since the organization on September 80
at st. Louis.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
Terrorize the Town

Seven masked men. heavily armed.
held up the town Of Edinboro. in Erie
county, New York. The postofice safe
was robbed Of 500. A jury deliberat-
ing in an alderman's Office near at
hand. heard the explosion and sur
rounded the building, but were STAN
peded by a volley of shots. George S.
Goodell. watching the affair from a
window In his house, wa shot in the
arm. The gang escaped in stolen rigs,
after breaking into several shops.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
Able to Maintain Transit

The navy department has received
the following cablegtam from Admiral
Casey, dated Panama, November 16:
Colombian government has today
about five thousand men Of line OF rail-
road. More ar expected daily. Gen.
eral Perdamo expressed to me his abil-
ity to maintain free transit. l have
ordered withdrawal frmo lsthmus OF
Panama and embarkation Of marines
Tuesday next"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

On Saturday he telegraphed me two
words: Don't write
HE vas driven to this act by perse.
cution.
Il am his wife. spiritually.
Before God he Is mine and mine
alone.
My life work will be to place him
right before the world"
While she spoke she was preparing
to return to st. Paul to carry out the
last wishes OF the man for whom she
had made such tremendous ascrifces.
And this was the end of the ro-
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
To share In Profits

Deputy Ernest Roche, who calls him.
self a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. has intro
duced in the French chamber of depu-
ties a bill to compel those companies
holding mining concessions from the
government to admit their employees to
a share Of the profits within six months
of the passage of this bill. The house
voted urgent consideration for the bill.
which was referred to the committee
on mines.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
Rain Water Good. II You Like Il.

When a man gets used to drinking
rain water" said Mr.. n. d. Mcdonald
Of New Orleans. to the Washington
Post, there Is ne other water In the
world that tastes SO good. Most OF
the people in New Orleans have els
terms In their, yards which hold an
abundant suppl Of water caught from
the clouds-the 'purest and best in
the world, according to my notion,
The winter rainfall alone is used, the
summer catch not being desirable, 1t
it somewhat curious that in northern
ATTITUDES the cistern water does not
keep wholesome and sweet as 1t does
in country"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
Negroes Fight Duel

In the suburbs of Kirkwood. ear
st. Louis, Rev. Samuel Tyler, pastor Of
the African Baptist church and Logan
Flemory, one of his Pensioners,
fought a duel with pistols Tuesday.
Both were wounded and it is believed
Flemroy will die. Rev. Mr.. Tyler Is in
Jail. The two negroes fought over .
domestic difficulty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
Jumps From Train

Fred L. Denny. of Minneapolis. an
~ex-conyict from the Nebraska peniten-
tiary, escaped from Sheriff Klum. of
Hamilton county. at 2 O'Clock Wednes-
day morning by jumping from a NOV
ing Burlington passenger train at AL
bia. la, while being brought back from
his Minnesota home to answer to q
charge of burglary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
Annul the Marriage

The courts of Vienna declared that
the marriage of Leopold Weinenger. an
Austrian Jew, and Elise Shekely, q
Hungarian Protestant, in New York in
1892 was null because OF the Austrian
law prohibiting the marriage OF per-
sons OF different religious beliefs. An
inheritance Of a million dollars was
involved,
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
Schley at Kansas City

Admiral Schley arrived at Kansas
City Wednesday morning as the guest
OF the Commercial club at its John Jay
treaty anniversary banquet. Escorted
by a regiment of militia, the admiral
was the chief figure in the parade and
great crowds cheered an enthusiastic
welcome. A general reception was
held at noon and later the admiral was
the guest Of honor at a select lunch
con.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

A New York man who was out hunt
ing the other day mistook his brother
for a deer and shot and killed him. Il
ls wonderful how many different things
the human form looks like to a man
with q gun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Mascagni declares that he despises
this country. The man is rash. Has
he never heard OF that beautiful
axiom. III at first you don't succeed,
try. try again?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

The spectacle Of IN automobilist
doing a term OF six months in Jail will
doubtless be a welcome M to the
farmers Of New'York who have been
lodging these vehicles all summer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Another Frenchman has been
scratched In a duel. The French duel
may yet become deadly. There is
always the possibility Of blood poi.
soning.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

A new Mexican volcano has begun
operations in the stste Of Tobasco.
LAS II tobacco were( not hot enough
wftnotktF3pmingsF
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Auto Runs Into a Ditch-Auto
Strikes Elevated Post-Auto Turns a
Somersault. Judging by these head.
lines from one column of a New York
paper. tho life Of the rich is not en-.
t1rely without excitement.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Morocco should have sense enough
to keep quiet. II she makes noise
enough 70 attract the attention OF the
European powers one OF them Is likely
TO gobble her.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

The Baron Muenchhausen, who went
into the marriage syndicate with a
view 70 capturing a $780, 900 Ameri.
can widow, appears TO have got a new
way of spelling his name.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

The decision to hold the Olympic
games in st. Louis instead OF In Chi
cago, which has talked so much about
them, must be a hard blow to the
Windy City.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Mark Twain says joyfully that his
wife is getting better ~daily-and he
has often remarked that she was the
best wife In the world.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

How long will 1t be before the peo-
pie will flock In droves to the great
comic opera hit, entitled The Mac
Nuilah?" This idea is copyrighted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

A young man in New York has won
Z wife by his good cooking. Now. II
10 Is only a first class sweeper and
luster that will be a happy household.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

1t is reported that King Leopold is
going to get married again. The name
OF the lucky music hall artist is not
given.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

A Kentucky woman recently secur-
ed divorces from two different men
In one day. Let NJ hope that she now
feels free and equal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

1t is the irony Of fate that after pin.
ing SO long for a life of freedom Jim
Younger should so quickly find 1t in.
tolerable when obtained.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

A great battle is saiA to be going
on In Venezuela. A cbuple of men
win sometimes get together and put
up . stiR fight.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

About the only man in this world
who always gets just what's coming
to him is the villain in the modern
melodrama.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Marconi says that his experiments
are giving complete satisfaction.
Then why is he so reticent?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

A Chicago woman asks for $4,000
damages for a broken heart. 1t must
have been smashed into a good many
pieces.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

The automobile owner who doesn't
believe in running over people finds
II hard to be a hero to his chauffeur.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Marie Corelli appears to be troubled
by an abnormal development OF the
personal pronoun. first person singu'
lar.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Along the ak trust. II will
De followed by the hammer trust
Then what will the knockers do?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

True. II costs more t. live than 1t
used to. but It is worth something
TO be alive these days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

IT'S better to be stlngy and have
money in the bank than TO be broke
and have to borrow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Mr.. Balfour wants to standardize
English education. but he is opposed
to standardizing his golf.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

The fewer brains a man has the
more mouth he has and the greater
his propensity for using 1t.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

With a crop Of more than $500, 000..
600 bushels. 1t ought to be impossible
this year for any one to corner corn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Blood In the Human Body.
The amount OF blood in the human
body Is 1-13 Of the body weight.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28
Declared 10 Be Lef-
ally Dead. He Could
Nor Marry The Wo-
man He Loved. and
in His Despair Com
miffed Suicide.

Strange and terrible were the last
days Of Jim Younger. The man who
for twenty years was an outlaw and
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Fate couldn't conceal San Francis.
cos labor mayor by naming him
Schmitz.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Is the p~rolongation Of human life to
be In the hands of the salt trust here.
after?
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Fooled again-a robber. And by the
usual Chicago girl.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-28

Sir Thomas Upton is again after
the cup. He has the tea.
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yter sdaoen (6eint ni6t anseri6te woroen ST fsin.
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SfIimmes Giienbabm@lngl in
Nifiuuri.

8ufGin, Wlo., IA. 0ss. - Gin
6ra9t3ug Der r9unnibul &c ct.
Soiepbs8abn" brad lebte Na6t bier
U1eilen ipeitli9 BON bier bur9 etne
Bride unb ipurbe bemolirt. Stint
3ugbebienitete, Namens S. Murpbp,
2lrtbur 9isbt, Sbumas Ninsportb,
u. Green unb S. 6. @otau tumen
un's Qeben. 2ofomotibFiibrer Sob
erlitt t0btIi9e @ertebungen, unb elm
6albes 9uBenb anbere 4ngeitellte
tpurDen ne6r ober tpeniger f9Der parz
IeBt.
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(Surtfctmns fiebe 6. seite.)
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,Ra6 8oGoe brdngt, am @olbe
bdugt bod aacs," uno eiue 9oioaotr 1T tie
ben, Der fe aus3ubeuteu bcritebt, etpas S6dbtngz
pertbts Qbtr por qoloenen Aosrn, iue Der 6da
Observation-Disclosures fts fennt, bite SID g8eHH
gu oaran lsipst 70 taun Sir uur Ods beriibmte
6eilmitttl ~ natsiis" 5" bclieu GiHen &triub
nit oemielbcn taunft Gu uueHtgeItli3 d bas
ben, ou Su uur g. ReutdOttr & Co., SOr 24l6,
RetpsQurt=6itp, 5u aDrsiiirsn brau6f um cine
9robe gu btfommsn. Die sauuttfss III in olsH
apotbefen gu babtn. 9reis ST..
(qQo gRi eSr S&9ll
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3ug auf bic 8e3a6lung Der Oeutf4en
2lnIpru6e, Die fi6 du8 ben 8iirgeE
triegen BON ben SSya6ren 1898 II. 1900
erge6en, ab unD tpieS in 8egriin0ung
i6rer Weigerung uuf berettS Dorber
angege6ene 2lrgumente bin. Die tatz
IerIi8e Regierung glaubt na4 elmer
erneuten @rtpdgung iener 4rgumente
ni6t, OaB iie Oiefel6en al5 3ufrtebens
fteGenb anieben fam. Die Regiertng
Der 8epubIit fii6rte in eriter Rei6e an,
oaB eS unter Der inneren 8eieBge6ung
oes 2unOes niat mOglid iei, bic aus
ben &riegen entItanOenen 4nipriid
Der 2luslGnbet auf DiplOmatii4e
Dege 3u erleOigen.
Sine fol6e 9pttrin lit ni9t in L
bereinitimmung nit bem internuti
naIen 8e8t, neil bic 6rage, o6 fOl
synterDention 3uGdfig iei, nt9t nua
Der 8eitultung Der inneren @efeBgez
bung, ionbern in llebereinItimmung
nit ben prin3tpien bes international
len Ge6ts beurt6eilt iperoen muB.
Die Dene3uelanii6e 8egierung, in Dec
2(6ii6t, etnen S6ein BON diplomatic
f6er 8ertbeibigung gu pa6ren, be-
bauptet, OaB Die 2(npenOung Oe8 tnz
ternationalen 8e4t5 auf jene 2tns
fprii9e un5ulGiIig iei, unO {tiiBt ii3
uuf Q(rtifel 20 beS 5rsunDf9aft8z II.
6Qnoel8Dertrage5 3piI4en Der taiz
ferli6en &egierung unO Der Repu6ltt
Colombia pom %. SSult 1892. Dies
1T ieoo4 6infdlig, erItens, neil Der
@ertrag nur 5niI6en Dem Oeutf4en
Rei6e unO Colombia beIte6t unO neil
ferner N6f9nitt 3 Des beIugten Qrtiz
fels elmer oiplomutiI6en 8ert6eibiz
gung gegen bic beutI6en 2tniprii6e,
bic aus ben BON Der colom6ianii9en
Hegierung oOer i6ren Orgonen fi9
erge6en, feline S4pierigfeit in BEN
@eg Iegt. 2tu8 iinb bic 8ebauptunz
gen Der Dene3uelaniI3en Regierung
unrt3ttg, DaB dusldnonde AniPru9e
infotge bon 8iirgertriegen in @enez
auelu nienals i'm acknowledgements
ge georbnet fporben feien.
o9enn auBer ben gleihen Qrrunge4
ments, peI4e 8ene3uela i'm Sabre
1885 nit 5rantrei4 unO i'm Sabre
1898 nit Spanten a6I9loB, tpurbe
am 6, 6e6ruar 1896 cine formeueQ6s
mu6ung 3pii4en bem beutI6en 8e4
fanbten in Caracas uno bem benez
sueluniI6en NtiniIter unter3ei9net
8eGufs 0ronung Der beutI6en Qtns
iprii8e, bic ii4 aus Dem 8iirgertriege
bonn Sabre 1892 ergaben. Den ana
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vG6arD6Ois" unb .,Stneta" er6fnen Sener.
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SITE 3 SobMid)mers.
SrOpfem f&rirem itt elmer
Wimttte.
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Was (ol fs Gtin fir Wribnadtta!

Nne baben 6rsuee an Fer ueberrets
dung ueer @mpfaHse etEeS nn6lIs
dJeu SefcbeHtee
Eabourettes, GOc. auiipdrts
SuOiibt size, 65c. aufpdrts.
Wuffd4ortsfeuus, 81. go ouFpdrts.
Wuit4Gabusts $500 ouirudrts.
@,arOtrobc4@a!tsr. &c. auipdrts.
Sumenss4rribtiitt, $3 so aufwdrts.
Sepp5=Rtinissr, $I.69 oufpdrts.
R0miibe StIbls, $5 90 auirudrts.
g,rqolo,t: stii6ls, $500 dufrpdrts.
9arlorzsta6le, $500 Quipdr;s.
Gboimmcr=Stibls.
9drlorzGabinets.
3nfraStdrosr, $40. 90 ouFtpdrts.
Qiano=Stlbls, 81 so aufpdrts
66lat3 at3immsrsStible. Lie. aufEu6rts.
sSertens," S9c. aufiudrfs.
porjenanzSbrdnte.
Combinations Hsaasrfarunt $40 auftpdrtR
rSi0eboarDs"
ROrrg-stIbts. "a Ruftsr. S4.25 auftudrts.
sobr.eauut.IfabIs. $500 oufpdrt:.
6aleu+stdrD:r.
Gbiffonisrs.
9arIor 1Wsub!emsuts, bon $40 Bis $500.
9oiIetten45ij5e. aus jitbsSilAs.
9arLorZIii5e, 81 90 aaftpdrts
aGs artsn bon etanfslfi6Isn, q RuRer, non
81 90 bis $500
Sir SinDer.
6OI,sru, uHs aObr .56autsRhbL, s10o auitUdtss.
Rorris4stHble, $I0S auiDdrts.
7spp6s, @Eas, Dlatttn. 9iuoisuurs unO afts,
mas in einem T6bslz uno 3eppibzaaeta
srfer REahs stbaIttn DirO.
SSmttpoIo & Co.,
Nr. 13, 0pro Charles Strake.
cine Sbar iaOIi5 BON 5apettesstrast.
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Ka,te,t<n> eroehett*

SSormbornc,mcut pom 9Smcrto GobcIlO.
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i4maf mb 9stlt 9niteu,
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Snlnett3a init merflpilr>
bigger 2ei0ti9ftit unb Il
gang f1r8er 3eit. Be0tt
ol8 oQe8 9Inbere. 5alten
sic e5 i'm 9ouie,
gu 9a6en 6et NpotGeRern.
9tQ's 9nars 1tmO Sarts
fdtbe,NitteG, id)tpars 1tttO
braun, so Gemts.
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Die egnubme brien 0amp uno @pet9erun9 BON 9enn9S
t6uung bic a. - unge6u @ntrliung in @urdds - NeoH
punbert fdb bort buB Uncle Sam mod nfd eng4rlttn IT. -
GQfo tatet Der franten Satin bes beutiden 9siadSz
rdgers b. 9ilgrm 8atu55i einen SOltttets@Se1uq
3 a6 Stulien forbert tBt ebenfaas 8ablung -.
QlrbitratipnsperIudb erfolglos.
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sos oenesueIamiidbe sort smm s@peise" sebrad)t
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-17
A WEEK OF CONTESTS
Is Promised in the House, important Mat
tiers Being on Calendar.

Washington, February 1G.-The coming
week promises to he one Of unusual Rctiv-
lty 10 the house Of representatives. Begin
ming tomorrow the war revenue reduction
bill viii be taken up with two days for
debate and a stringent special rule bringing
the bin to vote at p. N. on Tuesday
without Intervening motions to recommlt
or amendments other than those Of verbal
character proposed by the committee, At
the outset there promises TO be n spirited
contest on the adoption of the special rule,
as the minority viii protest against the
cutting off of amendments and the motion
to recomlnlt There Is little doubt, how
ever, that the rule viii he adopted. when
the debate proper begins there viii he hard.
~ more than three hours on each side. This
time will he given to the members OF the
ways and means committee, who I'm turn
win apportion It among their colleagues.
The passage OF the bin Is forcgone con.
clusion, As the minority members as wolf
as tho majority favor it, tho only dincr.
ence rs to tile amount or reductions aud
the extent to which tarlr changes should
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-17
Prenarations in New York.

New York, February 16.-The opening
day of the week in which Prince Henry of
Prussia Is looked FOR witnessed the arrival
Of Captain Benjamin Parker, who has
come here for the purpose OF taking tho
Emperor of Germany's new yacht Meteor
to the other side.
Captain Parker for many years sailed
the German emperor's old yacht Meteor
In 1890 he was engaged by Sir Thomas
Upton, with Captain Hogarth and Wey
hing, to take charge Of tho Shamrock I
in her races here.
The regular Sunday services prescribed
by the Lutheran church took place on the
Hohenzollern at 10 o'clock in the morning,
They were conducted by Admiral Won
Baudissn and were attended by all the
members Of the crew. At the close the
commander Of the imperial yacht prepared
TO carry out the oabed instruction from
Emperor william to place wreath on the
tomb Of Miss Beatrice Goelet. daughter OF
the late Robert Goblet and OF Mrs. Harry
Goelet, who died on February l of pncu-
mouia The wreath was delivered at the
HohenzolleTn at II o'clock and a few
minutes later Admiral Won Baudissln, IN
full uniform, accompanied by his aide
Captain Vonderosten, also in uniform, left
for the Goelet home on Fifth avenue. The
wreath was left at the residence and later
carried TO Woodland cemetery and placed
on the tomb.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-17

Paris February 16.-La Patrie today pub
fishes n letter received from It's correspon-
dent. Mr.. Rouyer, survivor Of the massa-
ere of French scientific mission by can
nIbals at Sleraka, New Guinea, January l.
NJ. Rouyer relates that the yacht Salvatti,
with the mission on board, had anchored
off the coast of New Guinea and that sew
eral of the explorers landed After an APP
parently friendly reception from the
natives, the latter treacherously attacked
them during the night, numbering twenty.
five of the party, including Baron Villars
Count De Saint Romy ana NM. Hagenbock
and vrics and wounding thirty-three. In
Guiding the writer Of the letter, Mr.. Rou-
yer, the chief Of the mission. and another
Fronchmau named Reimar.
VI. Rouycr urites "We were all sleep
ing peacefully, when there was a great up
roar and we were attacked by hundredS Of
natives carrying torches. Several Of us
were fellcd TO the ground with clubs
ha1chcts and spears Others were over.
powered carried away and bound To trees
was among this number. received n
blow on the head from a club and tainted.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-17

go. Aside from the tariff issue, It woasa
be no surprise II tho sensational speech OF
Representative Wheeler 0<yl on Primes
ileury's visit and other foreign matters fg.
ures in the discussion, as much feeling has
been aroused by the speech.
The Indian appropriation bill will ba
taken up ON Wednesday with two other mp.
pIoprlatou bills the diplomatic and con.
sular and the postorIce bill in reserve.
Chairman Herman Of the Indian arairs
committee expects to occupy two or three
days, so that the other appropriation bills
probably will go over until the following
week. In that case private claims viii
probably get some consideration the latter
paI7 of the week.
There are several important measures OF
general legislation now ready for consld-
GRAFTON, Including the anti1narchy hill aud
the Pacihc cable Bill The intention, how.
ever. Is not TO consider these general meas.
urcs SO long as any appropriation hill re-
mains Enacted upon. BcSidrs thc work On
the floor OF ia" house il Is expected that
tho coming week may sec some progresi
Ia tho Why's aad means committee ON the
subject Of Cuban reciprocity. which was
deferred dntil after tho war revenue rcduc-
ton measure had been passed
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WERE CAUGHT IN TRAP.
inexperienced British Soldiers Suffered {
Severe Loss.

Pretoria, February 1e.-one hundred and
nifty mounted infautrymen, while patrs~ng
the Kip river south of johannesburg, Feb
mary - surrounded farm house where
they suspected Beers were In hiding A
single Boer broke away from the house
and the British started to pursue him. The
Boer climbed kopje, tho British follow
ing Immediately heavy FIRE was opened
upon them from three sides. The British
found themselves in trap and in posi-
ton where they were unable to make Tny
defense. Eight of the British officers made
a gallant effort and defended the ridge
with carbines and revovers until they
we're oyerpowered The British had two
officers and ten men killed and saveral Of