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vast responsibilities He was born in
Natal OF Dutch parents about thirty
eight years ago.
General Jacob Hendrick Delarey. or
De IA Rsy. IS the Oldest Of the trio.
being about fifty-four OF ffty-ive. and.
ike Botha. IS 4 great favorlte with the
Beers who served as soldiers. Delarsy
comes OF mingled Dutch and Huguenot
stock and is as remarkable as Botha for
his personal appearance. being a big
six footer. with fine. dark eyes. a Duke
OF Wellington nose and a large brown
beard he is. in fact. the typical Boer
in personal appearance and has all the
great fighting qualities which ena bled
his Countrymen 10 make such a stand
so long a time against overwhelming
numbers. Born OF a fighting family. he
came rightly by his genius for war and
command. and he has not only the cred
il Of the first Boer victory Of the war.
but also for the change OF strategy
from open, organized resistance 10 the
guerrilla tactics so successfully pursued
by himself and De Wet. He has 70 his
credit several minor battles. but his
greatest achievement WAS the capture
OF Major General Methuen and the
last March
Delarey is known as the silent man. +"
but almost equally taciturn is Christian
De Wet. who was the greatest guerrilla
general the Beers had on their side and.
perhaps as many have observed. the
greatest the world OF modern times has
known. He and Delarey are said to
have sworn a solemn oath never 10 sur
render. having in mind their devastated
acres and farmhouses. destroyed by
British incsndiaries: but now they are
on the way 20 America bearing mes
sage Of reconciliation 10 all the world.
including their former foes
No one OF the Boer commanders Is
better known than the ubiquitous De
Wet. who alternately chased and was
chased by the British IN South Africa
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his appetite keen. and az iris iuuCtare.
finding himself uifh fvhzf be considered
n winning hand he after some hesifa-
ton reached down into bic roekef f1r
his wallet Jusf af thla moment quiet
looking. sturdilJ built man wno. rlth
score ~ Others had been Watching the
game. placed a hand ou thf sour
mans shoulder and called "a Galf A.
the same tirae another mar stepped o.
the smoking room door ard ieese1 r.
Put your money back Sad fhs er7f
intruder o. fhf FSaaE nam Tbs saTe
enes right here. and yae mea bad trst
keep Quief he ADDED a3lrrrefrE fra
and peintiuE ffer ogf err
by one That is fae hand far Tns 20
play right non Fcv Afer Fear ssrtE
0N that rof uufii fhla reare mar has
got his money ouf ~ 81 arI = an -
you four ulen are seen p,aFre an tnis
ship FOR abe remalr1sT - tee pFsss
you vii he arr@Etsf
Having warned fhs passenger ar1
seen that fss yognF ran 500 BE n.e1eF.
ire detective ordered faa crer -nlerfssi.
and the Eamhiers aass aaJ ns
particularly qu.sf re seaf ~ fha trip
Making ~ rasots arl tnE en tHs
daily runs Il fha saig is alN4ga IN
progress ~ ahigaear1 BIS tff 1foffs-
ssonai ntarpn rarely - lrte there naea.
-agirz no 0grcrfsrifira far betting fha
gan.r rot oyer ~ sfa~Fa aorstrflnsea
10 Fary fts ps-forn.arrr tfs sharks
AXE a aerla1 along. an aFreeatte aeg
iffrarfsre fsua $50 lrfr11sres fhs-1
b ire ether fss7fngsfs sr1 raees 80
way gar zee Kawe fEat ia 80 fellsa.
rhis eas ~ cass ir annfhe4 eans rs-
-e-tgv s1aosef or srearashfe = :
sarrnan IRE. 7fe wauan's ffferss an-
-arsahiy scr. ani fhe efhrf fass~rrers
.nrzxeS in 80 Karns 34sf as .nezr.astv
49, s-fn ths Eantirrs wrfe eectfrs -
ne snlgs rsspart snf Grsrnasig as-
sacssss - tfslr fsilae srgazsfs. ra.ax
lsners az tne sat ~ rne frsr aa =
esE ~ s1seirtan tanx1s~ asrr ts~-z-
THOMAS z. CHESTER
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4 Milan correspondent tells % a
doughty pianist named Bancia who a.
Venice recently set himself 90 break the
record OF piano playing so FAR as time
IL concerned. Apparently what the ru-
sician had 10 surpass was a forty
hours sitting az the instrument. This
he undertook 10 do handsomely ~
hammering the keys for afty conzecu-
tive hours. that appalling period being
only broken by three short rests Of ten
minutes each Incredible as 30 seems.
this feat was duly accomplished in the
presence Of a committee of doctovs aad
musicians
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The Gould operations meanwhile at
tracted the attention of competing lines.
notably of the powerful Pennsylvania
system. which owns and controls lit
tie world of its own and includes as
many miles Of rails in its combinations
as its rival. the M. Q. P" Besides this.
it has a traffic alliance with the Wander
bits by which a virtual monopoly is
maintained along their lines between
the Atlantic slope and the Mississippi
river. The Pennsylvania is also cred
tied with control of the Santa Fe sys-
TEN, thus securing direct connection
with the Pacific coast.
Anyway. its competitive instincts
were aroused and war was declared as
soon as the Gould intentions became
evident. Opposition was made mani
fest in a variety of ways, but chiefly
through the Baltimore and Ohio sys-
tenn, controlled by the ''Pennsy," which
had traffic agreement with the West
ern Maryland. A practical ignoring Of
this agreement followed hard upon the
nonrenewal of the contract between the
Pennsylvania and the Cfoulds' Western
Union Telegraph company. which has
been superseded by the Postal, SO far as
the eastern lines of the Pennsylvania
extend. But the Goulds went right on.
regardless of the threats that yet more
valuable franchises would be taken
from them, and the upshot OF the mat
ter is a prospect of as pretty a fight
between two powerful forces IN the
American railway world as the age has
ever seen.
Now the Pennsylvania is reaching out
for new fields for development. having
500 000,0 600 to eXpend on betterments
and having laid aside $4,000 600 for in
gress to New York city by means of its
wonderful tunnel scheme, which was
exploited a few months ago. Even aft
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ing but approval, but when he branched
out north. east and west, as in his pur-
chase of the Denver and Rio Grande
lines and more recently the Wheeling
and Lake Erie and the Western Mary
land, some of them began to complain.
the protests increasing in volume when
it came out not long ago that m. O.
P" and Chicago. Milwaukee and ST.
Paul railway had entered into a close
traffic agreement which is only another
term for a union of interests. BY an
other agreement with the Southern and
Central Pacific an outlet was obtained
at San Francisco. and. as the Gould
lines already controlled entrances into
Mexico and TO the gulf at Galveston, it
needed only an Atlantic terminal to
make it complete as a transcontinental
system. By means of the Wabash sys-
tenn the Goulds extended their lines as
far east as Toledo, with a traffic ar
rangement 10 Buffalo.
Their first objective in the new de-
velopment was Pittsburg. which has
been reached via the Wabash over the
rails of the newly acquired Wheeling
and Lake Erie. The GoulGs are credit
ed with having devoted $40 000, 600 to the
Pittsburg terminal alone. including
among their Improvements a million
dollar bridge over the MOnonga hela.
From Pittsburg they planned to move
still further eastward to connect with
the Western Maryland. which Mr..
Gould recently obtained by a mastery
coup and the expenditure of millions.
Surveyors are now in the field seeking
the best route between Pittsburg and
Baltimore. and it seems q matter only
of the near future when the expanding
Missouri Pacific system shall have its
own rails laid from the Rocky noun
tains and Mexico to tidewater on the
Atlantic coast.
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Town and other places in South Africa.
where they were feted and cheered
without stint On arrival in England
they were rendered receptions such as
victorious generals might have expect
ed. accorded an audience with the king
and invited 10 attend the great naval
review. all classes Of people wing TO do
them greatest honor On the continent
il was the same, public meetings being
held at which speeches were made
praising the Boers and their heroic
deeds. professions formed, the Boer ma
tional anthem sung by immense crowds,
especially in Holland. and in fact, uni
versal testimony given Of the peoples
respect and admiration for the defeated
generals.
Now that it is announced that the
trio viii come to America for the pur-
pose Of collecting funds for the relief Of
the widows and orphans Of Boer sol
diers. opportunity viii be afforded for
q display of the long depressed sympa-
thy which our people have undoubtedly
felt for the Afrikanders' lost cause.
There is every reason for believing that
they viii be received with an outburst
of national feeling such as has greeted
few strangers here in recent years.
When it is recalled that the real senti-
ment of sthis country has always been
with the fighting Beers, that assOcia-
lions have been formed for aiding their
cause, that congress passed resolutions
Of sympathy and that President Nc
Kinley offered the kindly services Of
this country as arbitrator looking to-
ward peace Cbut which were refused by
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-14
A SINGULAR CUSTOM

The Kurds have a very curious and
somewhat dangerous marriage custom.
which one would think would be more
honored in the breach than in the OBJ
servance The husband surrounded ~
n hodygu8rd 81 twenty or thirty Young
men. carries his wife home on hts back
In a scarlet cloth and is desperately as
sauited the whole way by number *
girls Sticks and stones are hurried az
the bridegroom who can hardly %
considered a very happy man. for The
irate amazons often inGlct on h.m
marks which ne carries Co the grave.
II may be that among the lady pursu-
erS are some OF the bridegroom for
r1er flames. who turn the mock at
tack into downright earnest % asenEs
sighted love.
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gan 10 wear upon the passengers they
were introduced by mutual acqualnt-
snccs and IN turn introduced others un-
tiI they had quite a large circle n men
with whom they were on speaking
terms Then. -5ust TO relieve the monoi-
ouv. you know" the subject n cards -
preached. and a very quiet little game
81 started in the smoking room. The
professionals lose at first and Il any %
them makes a winning enc n the others
s always 0stenslhiy . loser. IN really
making little difference a. be receives
his sha-e ~ the swag" a. the end ~
the ulp They manifest 10 eaEerness
20 play. and on boats where they are
suspected have been known 20 make
an entire v0yage without mentioning
che subject q cards AZ aii Just 20 throw
Tho ships officers on their guard They
are always wei dressed and % gentle
manly appearance, there being nothing
about them 20 proclaim then rnOrs
rhen ordinary men u business on a
casual vs,yage across the pond
Having acquired The reputation q
being good losers who pay their fre-
euenf losses without protest. they grad
uauy get m 20 The playing of their
E rI|.HHt an aaaA tlAN @-tt'AfHt
seir E-oEr ectiFe victims. g ahead ard
kin them ~ their leisure. Their meth
,gs ~ fleeing heir victims a-s those
rur1on 20 as gamblers and need not
o. Tarficuiarized. bar by means q
stacking INC car1s. e marked cards ard
concerted Eirnais they siways mar
3 ~ ~ ccrle oct ahHae
ir me iuTfaree mentioned as m a.
ast reported me game had g4rrned ~
ri fhe usual manner EeginatnE 9Th
dollar frrit she bets hs1 gradually
nrreased Iufn there uzs TIE comfort
sbIa amount q 81 go IN TIE PCT ~
Fhich TIRE u nappensS nat three -
.hr Fkaruera wers riaTlrx - rereIanT /
zlfh a rica y1snE ran urs evidently
1z1 ur1rs r50reg fhsn brains He had
.aen claxrs af1ur ard alioNe1 - aln .
% previous games ggst sneDxh 20 a-axs .
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aErrER rAAN MEnALs-

\ young man while strolune along
the sands 90 Tynemouth England re-
Gently heard cries for help he az
once plunged into the sea and rescued
a lady from drowning
A few moments after a gentleman
came hurrying aiong and. addressing
the young man said
'sir. do not knoa how 20 reward
you for saving my daughter Hfe
know you are TOO brave and ucuarahis
% accept ~ money. ieueiry oT medals.
but I wili reward you with good advice.
which is much better Never cat sag-
sage in the summer time J ara pork
butcher and know somefhlrg
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in fact. that the Atlantic steamers re-
turning to America from England and
the continent are bringing their richest
freightages OF passengers. The great
American milHonaires and Others who
are not quite SO great bur like 10 show
themselves so 10y flashing a roll Of
long green" are much in evidence Just
now and unconsci0usly bring along
with them shoals OF sharks" and
sharpers who fatten upon what they
car be prevailed upon TO diSgorge
The announcement that professional
gamblers have been detected on this ana
that ocean steamship is brought out
every year with all The eclat of a new
discovery. bGt peTusal Of journals
punished years ago reveals the same
situation annually aboard the same
steamers or their Successors II was
only few weeks ago that three differ
emf groups OF gamblers We're spotted
ana denounced aboard as many steam
ers coming from European port. a-f
81 uyinS the same faE This latter
iaci may have been merely coin,.
oence. Tor The ocean Sharpers are nos
pFeeuoiced m tavor or any partfe,l-a-
Inc cniy being careful 20 travel a.
ollefent steamers as often as possible
III orcer thar the officers snau nor h.-
come TOO wei acquainted with them.
NJ steamship companies have lone
Oeeh aN are of me fact that their shirs
ere used as floating gambling palaces
Si0 nave done much 20 break up thsi-
schemes. bur hitherto Without AVIAN
one company. IN fact. veut So Tar Is =,
refuse a noted gambler 90 New Y.-,.
passage on IT'S ships and was promntfv
suec Tor defamation OF character. Mos.
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diphtheris. IN q sotal a. IS patients
Only SIS Per cent OF the antltoxin cases
died while OF those treated by ether
met hosls -S-s PEP cent succunahed.
TIE new baseball grand stand q
steel and concrete IN Cincinnati IS prob
ably the fuest in the country. i -
called rhe palace - The fans
FISK 30 fNe value of SO CO. coo is land
"a 81 the United Kingdom annually
Ttie u1sown harvest - the sea Is gath
cred by some zs.ee1 fishermen
Wireless telegra ply i suggested as =
substitute FOR the hsli0Ersph as .
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efsaasec. - says. ~lth = s.lsftiT assFia-
Tr-r so1che sgrh 49, a zsak scigfica r
sea salt. Gods En1 re~ss eleszssz sT1'sif
- rs1~h .ers frFaEe1f.
Frre rse4fcai elsrs1ssr1sa cconsrfssi
sch the fsfrfF rsefiesi srnpsas - Cas-
cage. fogethsf ztsh ths fisTssrlssrsss
CO.. l-fel 81 CHARITIES. Eiff a. - iz-.-
80 refierss every pear a. totzi e<fi
- fstzzf EorriaT ~ gTssssr rsFt -
fhls eoas are i1f-sf FFeEcFissAo1s az =
asrts each Ar 80 80 vista epsifnx CT
aa average 90 - csats s&eh-
Citizens q c7tarlesfp1. =. c. sTs 1rE-
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81 ffat fhe rarrs r. hsef~r sffess.
49, - 80 stf-ss ae1 raesf .nfaorssss
streets in theif ere. e rhanxsf -
fta1rStoa aseess ~ 1zs~rzasg 81 fhs azts
fssncFei @a1f HEr7tsra- Sc rpI1rnRsz
to. farrs - fzIx - saFinz 5 ffzasrssa
strrst - sTenar
TIE reEistrar Esrsfsss Fra1ff -
4ssps4 stpzs fass ta seaf'sas As -
~ tiffhs cxstHs 491 raarf age ns-s
s~.ea 49, assaf aznsai assFses
DfFaf Hr1tssr Soc Efuesrzz srarresg
sne1gs anfsraeifs csaf ~ Acsas eas.-
s-r.sftcs.
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means % communication between mill
tasy posts along the northwest Indian
frontier
IN the Pun3ab the deaths from plasus
nor average nearly &c 90 monthly.
The squirrels a. Hsssau. Ngs1re.
caught the disease and have been com
pietaiv v.rzt CIT
cou1ite. which kas been use5 IL Ire
british service for a dozen years has
beer ccasernned by a corurzission AZ
pointed 20 Investigate Is ezecf upon
arms
To prevent s-cszc-trnsnsfe .rrzz1fze-
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HEARD IN VARIED CLlMEs.

The worlds steel output for a wear
would make a column 100 feet throaeh
and mile ana a third hish or buad a
steel Val feet thick. 90 feet high and
To- miles Ions
American canned lobster Is wanted
eNery"here in Germany. but there
seems 10 be no efficient connections be-
tween dealers and American producers
IN France fuel briQuettes are made
rom garbage. The refuse from the
s'reets. from markets and sbattoirs are
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minced and mixed wiki naphtha and
tar
An ordinance 10 regulate and I'm
prove the condition OF barber shops of
Philadelphia VIII be introduced into
councils i Will provide fo- the Gcens-
ms and registration % an shors and
Toy The appointment o. inspectors 70 in
Nesiigate their sanitary conditions
Recent experiences AZ Colchester
England have once more demonstrates
the salCe CT antitoxin as a remedy for
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As to the alignment or the great rail-
way magnates in the forthcoming con-
test opinions differ: but. generally
speaking. the Rockefellers- William and
John De II Hartman. r. c.
Frick and few others are likely 10
be on the Gould side. while the Wander
bits and their financial allies viii prob
ably range themselves with Manager
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A. !. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Mr.
j PierpOnt Morgan. who Is really the
kngpin" OF the railway consolidation
and community Of interest schemes
in this country has not yet declared
himself and VIII not act until the crisis
comes But that a Titanic contest is
shortly to ensue and that its like has
never been known in the annals Of
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er securing an Atlantic outlet at Bal
tmoTe. the Goulds, it is said, viii not
be quite content until they have gained
terminal facilities at New York. To
this end, ii is alleged they have tried
TO secure the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, the Erie or the Reading
system, but hitherto their efforts have
not been successful.
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brown nustache and beard. The
dominant feature of his face. says one
who knows him well, is that of com
bined manliness and kindness. with a
suggestive reserve of immense strength.
At the outbreak of the war he was pur-
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ROM the very beginning
Of their visiting tour
the BOer generals, Bo-
tina. Delarey and De
Wet. have been the re-
cipients of a continu-
Gus ovation. The Boer
hero worship was strik-
ingly manifested be-
fore they left Cape
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Gently people we're notified of gambling
Saing on and some money saved 10 in-
nocent passengers hat might otherwise
have gene into the gamblers pockets
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married to a relative by descent Of the
famous Irish revoiuionist. Robert En-
met Botha has been described as one
of natures ready made commanders.
having had very little military training
before he was called upon to assume
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suing the vocation Of a gentleman farm
er. owning a large estate on the Dor
ders Of Zuiuland. He had received a
good education in his youth and was
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81 me crooks are known. even though
ene-F ranks are constantly recruited hy
new s2aris. and. being unable 80 pre-
fsi' thelr travelling or -aei- lines. the
so lal1s uSus .iy instruct their ships
oi.cerS. such rs The puTse- ara Stew
ard, 10 inform the generality q pas
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As Sd vas. large sums had been already
lost in one instance. and IN the other
Jackpot o. Sl1-a30 WAS OF tae table wfen
the game vas interrupted. The mode
o. procedure fn this latest instance re-
ported vas The same as has alvays
been in vogue among tie oeean sharps.
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Great Britain. no doubts can be enter
tanned as to the reception that awaits
these heroic veterans Of a hundred
fights.
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bed. he named Louis Botha as the man
he desired should be his successor. and
The RoeT government promptly appoint
ed him TO the high position. He being
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The hero Of Spion kcp is 4 magnif-
cent specimen Of manhood. being about
six feet in height. well built and with
a strong. handsome face adorned with
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this country Is the opinion expressed
by all who have followed the trend q
recent railway Developments iu the
United States.
WILLIAM r. Gales.
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The youngest Of the visiting generals
is Louis Botha. recently commander in
chief of the Boer forces in the field and
whose surrender" was so many times
reported before the final arbitrament.
When General Joubert lay on his death
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cry year about this
time, rs the old al
mansCs used TO say,
look out for reports
Of gambling sharps
q iscOVered playing
their dishonest games
on the ocean liners.
Ii is about this time
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the most youthful Of the Boer generals.
those who did not know his qualities
shook their heads at his appointment
over the graybeards and men Of more
experience. But the result quickly veri-
fed the wisdom Of the choice.
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are many indications that war is on"
between at least two of the vast rail
way systems that traverse the CONT
neut. These are the Gould and the
Pennsylvania systems. between them
controlling nearly $4,000 miles OF rail-
way. or, say, one-quarter the country s
total
1t is well known that President
George Jay Gould. who was left by his
father in absolute control of all his
railway and telegraph lines. has been
for several years pursuing an upbuild-
ing policy with regard TO his immense
holdings, devoting all their earnings to
betterments instead OF turning them in
as dividends. He had especially equip
ped his great Missouri Pacific system
with heavy steel rails and the best OF
rolling stock and brought it up to a lev
el with its competitors in every respect.
The beneficial result of this farseeing
policy was apparent last year. when the
road. for the first time in its history
was put on a dividend paying basis.
and not only the Missouri Pacific but
all its various subsidiary lines. such as
the International and Great Northern,
the Texas Pacific. Wabash, Rio Grande.
etc. were immensely benefited. both
materially and in the market"
So long as President Gould confined
his operations to what his brother rail
roadists considered his legitimate"
field in the southwest he met with moth
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.SPITE the assurances
given months ago that
all was going well in
the American railway
field. all the roads
having more freight
than they can move
and with passenger
accommodations taxed
IN tho t1fr,7oc+ thara