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Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
;oLoMsIANs STILL GROWING.
Denounce the American Government
for Recognizing Panama.


for Recognizing Panama.
Washington, Nov. 24.-The press of
Colombia continues to severely criti-
else and denounce the American gov
ernment for it's action in isthmian
matters and the recognition of the
republic of Panama. This is shown in
a dispatch received at the state de-
partment from Minister Beaupre at
Bogota. President Roosevelt, the
United States congress and the Ameri-
can people are the targets of violent
denunciations. The minister's dispatch
makes no reference as to the time
when he intends to deave Bogota on
the leave OF absence granted him by
the state department. No uneasiness ie
felt for the minister's personal safety
by the department.
Hon. Henry J.. Wilson, the United
States minister to Chile. in q dispatch
to the state department. reports that
the action of the United States in the
isthmian affairs is receiving the sup
port and sympathy of the press and
leading politicians and people of that
country. They look with favor on the
acts Of the United States. and express
the opinion that it has acted rightly in
isthmian affairs.
1s Seeks Moral Support.
Manasua, Nicaragua, Nov. 23.-Pres-
ident MarT'Guin OF the republic of
Colombia, has sent circular to Pres
ident Zelaya OF Nicaragua, asking for
his moral support in dealing with the
present situation on the isthmus.
President Zelaya has telegraphed to
the presidents of all the Central Amer
ican countries proposing to them that
they combine with him in an answer
to President Marroquin. The idea has
been accepted by the various execu-
tives, but it has not yet been decided
what form the combined answer will
take.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
800 M0R0S KILLED
!:
RESULT OF FIVE DAYS SEVERE
FIGHTING WITH AMERICAN
TROOPS.
GEN. WOOD LEADS AN EXPEDITION
MORO LEADER LEADS AMERICAN
DETACHMENT INTO AN.
BUSH.
RfBfls ARE lIItRAlly DESTROYED
INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE
WILL BE NO EXTENSION OF
UPRISING.

Manila, Nov. "a. - Three hundred
Moros are known to have been killed
and many others were carried Oft
dead or wounded as a result of five
days severe fighting in Jolo between
the American troops under Gen. Leon
aard Wood and the insurgents. Maj.
H. L. Scott, of the Fourteenth cavalry,
and five American privates were
wounded.
Gen. Wood landed near Siet lake, in
Jolo, Nov. IL. The Moros were soon
located and fighting began immediate
ly and continued until Nov: II.
Maj. Scott was taking Tanglima
Hassein, the Moro leader. who had
been taken prisoner, to Jolo. While
en- route Hassein asked to be allowed
to see his family. His appeal was
granted and he thereupon led Mai.
Scott
Into an Ambuscade
where the American detachment was
fired upon. Maj. Scott was shot in
both hands. Hassein succeeded in es-
Gaping during this unexpected attack,
but Is supposed to have been killed the
following day.
The fighting took place in country
covered with swamps and rocks. The
Moros were driven across the country
from Siet lake to the town where
Hassein had made his headquarters,
and where it was reported the Moros
were 1000 strong. The rebel position
was attacked in the flank by the
American troops who occupied the
town and inflicted loss of fifty killed
on the Moros. Hassein, with small
party surrendered. The rest of the
Moros went into the swamps, out Of
which they were driven on Nov. 16,
Leaving seventy.six Dead
behind them. On Nov. II the American
forces renewed the attack on the re-
naming Moros, of whom forty more
were killed
The rebel forces have been literally
doBtrcyed by these operations by Gen.
Wood, who says the Indications, are
that there will be no extension of the
uprising. which was handled without
difficulty.
On Nov. 18 Gen. Wood started On an
expedition against body of 1000
Moros who are in the mountains back
of Tablibi. No news has as yet been
received as to the result of this move
ment
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
49, A.. H.s--s.-s. :. 80. +. = ~
DISPOSED TO DIE GAME.

Missouri Man Would Dance. Hornpipe
on scafso+d Before Hanging.
Des MOines, Iowa, Nov: 24.-James
Clark. known as yellow" who con,
fessed to criminal assault on ten
yearoid girl at Kahoka. Mo. near here,
stated to Sheriff Burton that he would
dance q hornpipe on the scafrold next
Thursday # permitted. Clark will
hang tor his Grim, Thursday evening
at 6 O'Clock.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
FIRE IN OLD MINE ,cN,TEs GAS IN
ADJOINING FERGUSON
WORKINGS.
no BLAME. ATTACHED TO ANY ONE
SURVIVOR TELLS or HIS TERRI
BE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sc.
vERELY INJURED. -.

ConnoHsyille, Pa, Nov. 24.-Eleyen
men we're killed as, the result of an ex-
piosion in the Ferguson mine. adjoin-
Ing the i,lfated .*Hill Farm" mine. Sat.
urdav. rs.
When thea books of the company
were consulted yesterday it was found
there were twenty,one men in the
lnine at the time of the explosion.
Ten bodies were taken from the mine
Saturday night. OF the ten injured
one died yesterday and one, man is
missing whose body is supposed to be
one of the bodies was disfgured. All
the others were in good condition and
scarcely scratch could he found on
them. Indicating that death was
Due to sutfocation.
The officials declare that no fire ex-
lists in the mine. but this is not es-
tahlished. as 1t is believed the fire Is
burning further back than where the
explosion actually occurred. Pit Boss
McGurk is the only man who can give
any definite details of the disaster and
the scenes that followed it, He was
seen at his little home yesterday and
said: :.
Il think the explosion was caused
by the flames from the old Hill Farm
breaking through the wall that had
been erected when the Ferguson slope
was opened. Ferguson mine is prac-
tica1fy the old Hill Farm mine.
When the explosion occurred was
standing in room with ten or twelve
men about men. The place was rent
with terrific noise and men were
thrown In all directions. must have
been knocked unconscious for a few
minutes. When regained conscious.
ness I felt the blood streaming from q
cut in my head but filled with
Tho Fear Of Death
jumped to my feet and called to the
men to follow. None of them moved.
and, going to several of them. I shook
them roughly. Then lost conscious.
ness again. In few minutes was
back on my feet. The room was filled
with smoke. broken, timbers and
flames. made for the mouth of the
mine and fought my way back through
the smoke and flames, but fell ex-
hansted thirty yards from the pit
mouth and was picked up and assisted
from the mine by the rescuing party"
The doctors fear that McGurk can.
- eTNI.
his facs and his hands. and in many
places the bone is exposed.
A mine inspector made thorough
investigation yesterday. He says that
the explosion was caused by fire from
the old workings igniting gas in the
Ferguson mine. No blame. he says,
can possibly be attached to the EN-.
p1oyes Of the mine 3r the mine in.
spectors.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
HosTlLiTlEs ARE SUSPENDED.

Negotiations for Treaty Of Peace Be-
gun at San Domingo.
San Domingo, Nov. 24-Negotiations
for treaty of peace between the reb.
els and the government of President
Wos y Gil has been begun. There will
be suspension of hostilities for
forty-eight hours under an amicable
arrangement. It is expected that the
rebels will demand that President,
-Wos y Gil announce a. general election.
The United States gunboat Newport
has arrived here to relieve the cruiser
Baltimore, which leaves Saturday for
coal.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
Both. Badly Burned.

Sioux City, Iowa. Nov "a. - In at.
tempting to save the life of his wife,
whose clothing had caught on fire from
pan Of burning gasoline, H. H. Young
had his face and arms seriously burned
and his whiskers burned on: His wife's
condition is serious.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
Man Burned to Death. !

Columbus. Ind, Nov. a. - August
Dcller was burned to death and his
mother. aged eighty. was fatally
burned yesterday morning by q gas
explosion. at their home. The house
was totally wrecked. a part IT it being
blown into neighboring yard.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
cRAzEo Hy LONELINESS.
Sad Death of Young Poiander in Sioux
City.

Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. "A. - Alone
and in q land of strangers and de.
spondcnt because he had no money.
Ivan Babici, q Polander,. committed
suicide in the rooms over the Koscnine
restaurant. by closing the doors and
windows and blowing out the gas
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
BLOODY FIGHT EXPECTED.

Notorious Outlaw Captured and His
Friends Will Try to Rescue Him.
Cheyenne. Wyo.. Nav. "a. Tom
O'Day, the outlaw. formerly member
of the notorious Curry band, was cap
tured yesterday near Summit, in the
Big Horn mountains by posse. The
sheriff captured O'Day with his guns
before he could make an attempt at
resistance. He is now being taken tn
Casper and his friends are gathering
in the Lester mountains to intercept
and rescue him. A bloody fight is ex-
pected. When captured O'Day had
twenty.three horses.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
SUICIDE SUSPECTED.
Henry Ronieder Is Drowned in a Mill
Race,

Milwaukee. Nov. a. =. Henry Ron
leder, leading merchant of this place,
disappeared. and after diligent search
his body was found in the mill race
near large factory in the outskirts Of
the city. The general belief is the man
committed suicide. but his nearest
friends hold to the theory that he was
eit.,os murdered and his body thrown
into ts.a race. or that he was the VIC
tim cE ii. accident
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
Gasoline stove, Lets 60.

Logansport, Ind, Nov. "a. - D. N.
Flanagan and wife were fatally burned
and their baby was burned SO she will
be dishgured for life as the result Of
. gasoline stove explosion:
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-27
!. SCHOOL HOUSE IS BURNED.
Fire Set by a,,Portable Engine in Di
trict Near Winona.

trict Near Winona.
Winonay Mimi, Nov. "a. Sparks
from an engine used with wood saw.
ing outfit set fire to the school house
in District No. 50. about two miles
south of NTinona, and the building was
totally destroyed. AS there was nc
means at hand with which to fight the
flames. the crew at work with the
saving machine could do nothing. The
loss is rract.:aliy total
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-23
THE LONDON WoRKMAN's WIFE
Life at Its Best Is a Hard Struggle With Them,

With Them,
 It is a sheer innpossibility for, most
 Workingnaen's wives to leave home, no matter how sorely they need rest and change. When the sapae person is nurse, cook, laundress, charwornan
 and needleWoman to an entire house hold. her absence means chaos.
 Mrs B., whose family consists of ten children under 14 and whose boast is that she never sends a child to school with an unstarched pinafore or un- blacked boots, said one day to her vis- itor. T declare I'm a bit glad when
 one Of them is III, for then put on my bonnet and 90 to tue chemist. and Lit makes a little change. But, there,
 I oughtnot to complain. I don't have l what you may call laborious life. z
 Even d grown Up daughter living at home does not always relieve the mother. T went away last year" said
 Mrs C., ssarld it did me 8 world of good,
 but can never 80 again. My girl and her father couldn't manage OH what I
 do with. and when got home they were in debt to all the shops, l"
 Only one experience of being left to do all her own work--can en- able a member of the servant keeping classes to realize what continuous household dradgery really means. By
 B many of these women are well on toward old age, still toili1g for the fam fly good, but querulous, broken in health and unattractive. losing infu- enee daily over husband and sons. In times of sickness or slacknAss of work 1 1t is considered the mothers business 1- !. by charing. pawning or begging and even to provide a few pence for beer
 and tobacco
 these working class house mothers con- centrate their energies on their homes. They are marvellous managers. and
 have reduced shopping to a science. i
 always begin Monday morning said Mrs S. wondering how shall come out on Saturday night. If I don't owe 3. penny I go to bed happy. 7 She went on to explain how she bought her vege-
 tables a farthing cheaper by going up | the street. and saved a half penny on 1 her meat by going down 1t. The great
 ambition Of her life was to provide the family every day with bit of some thing hot.
 l Al+S 4aN@k3DA aolL 01es ss1ASee'SAIt1 Ns1As If you had a daughter in good trade, able to support herself. would you
 wish her to marry ? The remarks
 made were Of deep interest from the l light they shed on the speakers innaost feelings. They did not deny that mat rinony involved terrible rfsks--that even where the husb ands proved satis- factory dozen circuan stances might plunge the wives into misery. On the
 other hand, there was the craving for children. for belongings, for $ sphere
 of influence. Babies are not such a burden, after all said one woman, whose domestic trials would have soured most people; they don't come all at once, and the time doesn't seem So long when you have child in your l arms ''-- Macrnillan's Magazine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-23


 The democrats in Washington who are the leaders of the party have been induIging in good deal of discussion and speculation, as to presidential can didates lately. It is a fayorite theme of conversation wherever politicians congregate. Apropos of this subject the information given out the other day by one of the leading democrats of New York state may prove of in tense interest to the democrats of the country and may guide them right in making up their choice Of a candidate Asked about Judge Parker and his strength in the state of New York, in- asmuch as the Parker boom seems to have taken on a new lease of life since the withdrawal of Grover Cleveland, he answered Jnhesitatingly that there was much naisinformation concerning Judge Parker and his strength in New York. for those who think he is weak win find him one of the, strongest men the democrats have ever nominated for this high position.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-23
A FLICKER.

was reached, and on a dead chestnut tree work was commenced. For eight days they labored hard; then, because uo more chips were thrown out, pre- sun1ed that the home was finished
 Some ten days later, I enlafged the entrance little, that I could put my hand into the nest. Inside the nest-hole was much wider than one might have supposed from glancing at the door way. md opened out into a roomy cavity which extended doWnwards perhaps IS inches, affording ample room for the mother as she sat upon her eggs. Of the latter there were seven, transparent white, with pink veinings showing through the shell. The yolks. as In all tresh woodpeckers' eggs which I have seen, were plainly visible, and loated lightly to the top, no matter which way up the eggs were held.
 Next time visited the nest, the young birds were matched. for as [ tapped on the tree~trunk there came from the hole sound like that made by escaping steam or a singing kettles the sound of very young fickers crying in chorus. I did not see the parent birds Iced the young, but we know from the observations of MT William Brewster that young flickers are fed by regurgita- Eion in much the same manner as young pigeons are given their nourishment. The parent flicker thrusts his bill down the throat of little flicker, and with his wings and tail, and in fact his whole body, quivering with the effort, he liter ally pumps the half-digested food from his own stomach into that of his off, spring
 Some time before they were ready to leave the nest, the fiedglings would scramble up to the mouth of the nest hole, and sometimes four or five inquisi- tive little heads might be seen peering out at once.
 On leaving the nest, they could fly well at once, making more than a hundred yards at the first attempt. Their plum age at this age was almost identical with that of the parents.
 ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-23
Brave Corporal.

At the battle of Chickamauga, said the captain, the skirnishers of the Eleventh Ohio were So close to the confederate lines 1t was dangerous to move in any direction The men were behind trees along the line, and the officer commanding the skirmishers was behind a tree iIi advance Of his men and nearer the confederates. I'm mediately behind the captain was Cor poral James Mclaughlin. Calling from behind his tree the corporal asked, Who's ahead of you, Cap.' The cap tain replied. No one. Thereupon the corporal remarksng, We'll, I won [ stand that left his tree, and ran to another rod in advance of the cap tain, where he remained to the last ' Chicago Inter Ocean
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-23
OUR BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE

A boy who swims may say he's swum, but milk is skinned and. seldom skum, and nails you trim. they are not trun1.
 When words you speak, these words are spoken, but nose is tweaked and can't be twoken, and what you seek is never soken.
 If we forget, then we've forgotten but things we wet are never wotten, and houses let cannot be lotten.
 The goods one sells are always sold but fears dispelled are not dispold, nor what you smell is never snaoled
 When young, a top you oft saw spun, but did you see a grin e'er grun, or a potato neatly skllr1. Tit Bits.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-23

One of the foremost authorities OF gun making, John F. Meigs, tells much that is of interest in the iron aud steel number of the Scientific American. Among other things MT Meigs says; ssix-inch guns, which used to weigh 11.00O pounds, now weigh 1S,000 to 2o,o00 pounds. The weight of the pro- iectile of these guns has not increased, and has remained always 100 pounds. but the velocity at which the proiectile { leaves the gun has increased from about 2,0o0 feet per second to from 5000 to $500 feet per second, in con sequence of three or fourfold increase in the charge of powder It may be argued that this change--that is, the constantly increasing weight of guns of a given cahber--is not a wise one. The great care and attention be- slowed upon the convenient and accur. ate moving of the gun, however, can be nothing but an improvement The growth and progress of change in ar tillery construction sometimes seems arbitrary seems sometimes to be as arbitrary as the fashion in clothes. Old guns made three hundred years ago, which may be seen in the arsen- als in this country and in Europe, had about the same shape and were iu many respects similar to the guns of to-day. In the intermediate period, say about one hundred years ago, the guns had shrulken up, aud become shorter and larger in diameter, with larger bores. We are now returning or perhaps, more correctly, it should De said We have returned, to the fashions in artillery of three hundred years ago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-23
4 PAIR OF FL|CKERS|
The Naturalist Watches Them Build Home and Set Up Housekeeping.
How the Male Called His Lady Love and BeRan His COmrtshdp--Intcr- TuptiOm by & Jealous Rival
 -The Nest and Little Ones.

The flicker IS known throughout al- most the whole of North America, and wherever he is known he is loved by all right-minded members of the commu- nifty. He is of good appearance, indus trious in his habits, and minds his own business. He is a good citizen, and an example to the rest of us: many of us are proud of him and the others ought to be.
 Last spring saw male flicker alight on the slanting trunk of a dead tree, and, after hitching sidewise two or three times, he stopped near spot where the bark was loose, and began prying off bits of it with his strong curved bill. pausing now and then to devour the in- sects which he brought to light. Then, flying to higher branch. he sent forth a long call, sWicka-wicka-w wicka- wicka, ? which penetrated to the very heart of the woods. Presently he flew to another tree, alighting close to hard, dead branch. Then lie threw his head back, and, after a nomentary pause, brought the tip of his bill to bear upon the dead branch, with marvellous force and repid- ity. The effect, was a loud, vibratory sound not unlike the rapid rolling of a small drum, and after a moments sil- ence, during which tho woodpecker turned his head on one side as though listening, it was repeated, seemingly louder than before.
 Again and again the sound rolled forth from the resonant branch, and then, with 8 little pat" second flicker alighted upon the tree Then the drum mer ceased his drumming, for he had something better to do. The lady love he had been calling for had arrived, and the delightful task of winning her affec- tions was before him. He drew near and bowed to her. uttering notes which sounded like as though they might be pretty speeches, then pranced in front of her, spreading his tail and his wings. displaying the golden feather shafts and the white patch on his ruInp. How much further he would have gone with his courtship will never be known, for at this interesting point another male flicker arrived from somewhere, and the two rivals, uttering harsh notes. dashed of together, and were followed soon after by the cause of their jealousy.
 Which. if either, of the two males was eventually successful, I don't know but, at all events, saw 8 pair of mated fiickers in that corner of the woods a very few days later. At last a decision
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-23
ANALYSIS OF THE TERRACE.
Makeup Of the British Aristocracy of
 the Period.

the Period.
 and by degrees, 3 well known tory has recently said: Tt is destined to make the peers poWerless and the poor prosperous The description will re- mind many Of the phrase uttered by Cromwell: There will never be a good time in England till we have done with the lords.
 What is the value Of our peerage of today? Lord Beaconsfield answered the question in t'Coningsby' many years ago:
 Ancient lineage" said Mir Mill bank, T never heard Of a peer with ali ancient lineage The real old families of this country are to be found among tue peasantry; the gentry, too, may lay some claim to old blood I can point you out Saxon families in this country who can trace their pedigrees beyond the conquest know of some Norman gentlemen whose fathers 111- doubtedly came over with the Conquer or. But a peer with an ancient line age is to me quite a novelty. No. no: l the 30 years wars of the roses freed
 us from those gentlemen I take it, after the battle of Tewkesbury, Nor
 man baron was almost as rare a being in England as a wolf is now
 T have always understood. said 1 Coningsby, that our peerage was the
 finest in Europe
 From themselves" said Millbank,
 land the heralds they pay to paint l their carriages. But I go to facts.
 When Henry VII called his first parlia-
 ment there were only 29 temporary l peers to be found. and even some of 1 them took their seats illegally, for they 1 had been attained. Of those % not l five remain, and they. as the Towards, l for instance. ara not Norman nobility.
 We owe the English peerage to three 1 sources--the spoliation Of the church
 the open and f1agrant sale of honors 1 by the elder Stuarts and the borough, lnongering Of our own times, Those
 are the three main sources of the ex- isting peerage of England, and in my l opinion disgraceful ones"
 1 Lord Beaconsfield might have added l q fourth origin of the existing peer age. to wit, the bestowal of honors up OH the mistresses of the kings and their illegitinate children. This de
 eorous nation. therefore delights to honor those who have inherited titles 1 from such shameful sources.-Lorldon l Truth