Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 28 December 1900 — Page 8

Lord Kitchener Still Boldly Ton fronted By invading Boers.

LONDON AGAIN ANXIOUS

Tlic Paucity ami Obscurity of South African Dispatches (Jive Iise lo Apprehension.

Anotlicr 'Tnlortunate Occurcucc"|Is I.VjMirtctl From I he Tliick of tho Field.-

London, Dec. 27.—The paucity and obscurity ol the dispatches from South Africa give rise to renewed anxiety. Apparently tin- disturbed area of (.'ape Colony extends further south than it did lasr December and Lord Kitchener does not appear to have~~had much success as yet in driving bfck the invaders.

The war office has received no news of the reported capture of yeomanry near Britstown. A Burghersdorp dispatch has a mysterious reference to "An unfurlmiale mistaking of the enemy for lira Slant's horse," which resulted in the sounding of a "cease fire" and enabled the Boers to occupy nil the commanding positions, the British retiring from a difficult predicament. General Clement's success

against the Boers in Die Magaliesberg region is also doubtful, the last dispatch reporting that "It was considered advisable not to force the Boers from their positions."

The British press continues in tlie main optimistic, but the condition of affairs brings home the enormous difficulties that will face I.ord Kitchenin a in a in uien.se tracts of country, even when tlie Boers shall be finally subdued. The Daily Mail, which makes a strong appeal iho government to "face the facts and send Lord Kitchener more troops," says: "There is a real risk In lieinir lulled to sleep by carefully oen so red messages."

Lord Kitclicnor, according to a dispatch from Johannesburg, has issued a proclamation dated lYetoria, Dec. ko, announcing that burghers who voluntarily surrender will be allowed .to live with their families in the government laagers until such time as guerilla warfare lias sullicicntly abated to admit of their returning in safety to their homes. The proclamation also promises that nil property and stock brought in at the lime of surrender will lie respecied and paid for if requisitioned h.v. the military authorities.

A Disappointed lol.

"White Hall, Ills., Dee. "7.—Yesterday a gam of about ."( men surrounded 1 lie Greene county jail at Carrolltown and a commit lee searched the jail for Albert Shcnklc of this city. The committee learned that Blienkle had been taken to Alton for

safety, and the gang started on their return home. It is believed Shell I be followed by certain lynching, lie is under arrest on the charge of at-^ tacking and robbing Miss Grace Gillerj •f this ciir. on the streets several! Biglitw

Tiirkev Will Iteaily I5uy a I Philadelphia, pec. "7. -The ('ramps kvc received a cablegram from Gen-j rr.il Williams informing I hem of the sigiiim: of the contract with the Turk-1 isli milliner of marine for the coil-j Ktrueiioii a lirst class cruiser. The: pro visions «f the contract are not kiKivrn. nor can it be said just when 1l»e work on the cruiser will begin. or when to be completed. Gen eral Williams is now on his way home and lie is expected lo arrive here in about I." da vs.

Wail mi' and Walchin^.

Chicauo. Dec. 'J 7. Thirty-six perFoils from various pads of the I'liiled, States who allege that by recent signs' and events they have been led to believe that the second coining of Christ' is at hand, are assembling in conven-j tion here, watching, worshipping and praying ihat they may be in readiness to receive the robes of iinniortaliiy. They are to remain in session until Jan. ."». by which lime a number claim lliey expect, to behold the object of I heir vigils.

Ail tvr !-y 1 in.

Minneapolis, Dec. '_'7. Scharf, a fanner living near Spencer, lo'.va, discovered that he had biv.n buncoed a a a 1 1 lie brought the horses here ii.r sale and fell into the hands of two crooks, who induced him to take a bogus order for *1 ,:{uii (or head of horses. Tee order \va payable at a local bank yesterday, but when S-barf presented it lie found the older was worthies.?.

A (ieoiiiia Tragedy.

Macon. Ga.. Dec. "7. Mrsr D'avo Birdsonir. wife of a well known fanner. living about six miles from this city, was murdered yesterday at hei liome. The murderer is supposed t( •be a negro laborer, and pusses are nov Ecarcimiu lor him.

Tlirec Hundred Students Arrested. St. Petersburg, Dee. i_'7.—Three liun dri'd students have been arrested hen for propagating socialist doctrines.

American Minister At Pekin Looks For An Early Settlement.

REFORMS WILL FOLLOW

The Crisis In the A Hairs of tlie Celestial Empire Must !riiii' Good Jiesulls.

Agreed liy the Envoys That

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Empress Dowager Will Not He Jiecoi^nized.

Pekin, Dec. 1*7.—Mr. Conger takes a hopeful view of the situation and I thinks that a settlement, will be of- I footed, but he declares that no one of the eincvs will recognize the empress dowager otlicially. although ail are aware that, she has long exercised the supreme power. He believes the crisis will result in the initiation of reforms in China.

Senor De Cologan, the Spanish minister. fears that tlie discussion of the joint nole, alter general acceptance, will extend for a year or more. It is rumored that numerous villages east of Pekin are combining to exterminate native Christians, several of whom have been burned in a local leniplo. Li Hung Chang is a trifle better.

[merest in* Claim established. Washington, Dec. i!7,— Brigadier General Hcywood. commandant of the marine corps, has forwarded to the navy department a letter from Captain Charles D. Long, serving with the marines in China, stating that the American marines were the first to enter the forbidden city. There has been much controversy as to whether the Russians. British. Germans or Americans were lirst inside tlie sacred precincts of the forbidden city, and the letter is regarded as establishing the claims of the Americans to have been the lirst on the ground'.

Terrible Continuation.

Pekin. Dec. "7. -Itev. .Mr, Kelly, the Presbyterian missionary who reported to Minister Conger the burning by Boxers of lb Catholic Christians, now reports having received further confirmation of the burning of native Christians, lie now says ihe number burned is and he adds that thousands of armed Chinese have been seen in the San llo country. Mr. Conger has sent a copy of the communication to Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee. and Japanese and German troops have been sent to investigate the reports.

A ll!l-:.\l CONDITION

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Yiscayas. Leprosy was introduced in") It when the emperor of .la pa it sent I a ship with 1.10 lepers on board to the

Philippines as a present to be cared for bv the Catholic priests. Tims the! I seed was planted, and as no practical methods ever were adopted lo eradieate I lie disease or prevent its spread, it had taken linn root. A honse-lo-vj house inspection begun last .lauuaryj found more than a hundred lepers con-".] cealed dwellings. These were sent, "i to San l.a/.aro hospital in Manila, but many others escaped into the sur-^j rounding coitniry. .A commission is now engaged in the work of selecting a suitable island or islands for the purpose of isolating all the lepers in the.archipelago.

I Classmen examined. 1 Point. X. Y.. Dec. LI7. The milcourt of inquiry resinned its inof alleged brutal hazing -t Point military academy afternoon. Twelve wit-

iiary vest igat i111: at the Wi vest erda

nesses were examined by Generals! l.rooko. Hates and Clous. Thc.v were all of 1 lie present lirst class and classmales of former Cadet Kooy,. The witnesses were all questioned iis to whether they had hcid any conversa-! tion with other cadets as lo the withholding of testimony at the investigation. and they all denied that such a tiling occurred. They said that on the contrary all the cadets were anxious that everything should be told.

Slioi In 1 he ick.

Terre Haute. 1 ml.. Dec. 127. ---'"Bob" Cooksey. colored, was shot in Ihe back by au unknown white man on Ihe Street, but the wound will not prove fatal. Cooksey obtained release from aris (111.1 jail a few days ago. promise of good bcha vior

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-onlless \iiii a li^ni.

Blooi.iington. Ills.. Dec. 21.- Kecently the MeDeriuoit family erected a handsome monument in the cemetery here. 'Phis week it was found badly defaced, some one having thrown acid on the stoue.

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Found In

Thousand l.epcrs I h# Philippines.

Washington, Doe. "J7.—An appended report lo General MacArtliur's review of the civil affairs of the Philippines for the pasi fiscal year gives some: 'hat raiher startling fads regarding the in- I

return to the county .jail will nxluci ion and prevalence of leprosy in the islands. According to the eslimales of the l'ranciscan leathers. says Major Gu.v L. lOdie, the writer: of the report, there are no less than! .'!ii.Dim lepers in ihe archipelago, the major portion of these being in ln»

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THE CRAWFORDSVILLE WEEKLY JOURNAL.

The Busy Store

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6 fine kersey automobile coats, handsomely tailored, grays, tans and casters, worth $20 to $25, holi- QQ day price S

18 jackets and automobile coats, beautifully tailor- tied, fine all wool fabrics, ker3eys, meltons, montanacks and plushes, worth $15 to $18, holiday Qk QO price-

48 new style jackets and automobile coats, eton and blouse effects, all colors and fabrics, worth $12 50 AO to $15, holiday price

39 beautifully tailored cloaks, all styles, colors and a a on id re he a a $ 1 0 id a

27 ladies'and misses'new style jackets, wraps scld Oft all season at $7 to $8, holiday price

17 misses' and children's all woolkersey coats worth Oft $7 to $8.75, holiday price xO

23 misses' and children's, all colors, styles and fabrics, nicely trimmed, worth $5 to $6, holiday

19 misses'and children's $4 and $5 jacketp, nicely

male, good cloths, holiday price

21 children's reefers, aH colors, formerly sold at

$3 50 to $4, holiday price

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13 fiue

A.li our $1 98 to $'2 50 children's jackets, holiday

children's loDg coats worth

20 children's flannel, cloth and eiderdown cloaks

worth $3 to $3.50, holiday piica

Come to the Btfsy Store

THE

Holiday Trade

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Gathers Strength and Volume.

Right merrily the Holiday trade swiDgs along at this "Busy Growing Store." Throngs of busy buyers to-day are added to by larger and more delighted crowds to-morrow, and sd

will increase fiom day to day. But why wait for the jostling and elbowing that always comes at the last? No better time to buy than now. The whole store is decked in its brightest

garb. No better place to buy. Every line complete, every price most fair. We'll try to serve you promptly. We mean to serve you satisfactorily, but it goes without saying that the best service comes before throngs thicken to the congesting point Try to visit The Busy Store tomorrow. An occasion of irresistable attractiveness commences to-morrow morning at this Busy Store.

OUR CLOAKS MUST GO

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Every cloak is now on sale regardless of ths cost or value. Cloaks to fit the smallest tot or the largest lady. Cloaks and Wraps suited to the leanest purse or the finest want. All to fee moved at once at a price. Fortune knocks once at every man's door.

This Busy Store Knocks Cloak Profits at an Opportune Time

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14 children's cloaks $2 to $2 50 wraps Holiday price

There is not an old style garment advertised in the above lots. A.U fresh, new, this season's garments from the best New York makers. Instead of holding you off till our mid-winter sale

giVe you your price reduction right now. If you know what you want in Cloaks come to The Buay Store for it, and if you don't know what you want come then by all means. We're here to help you. That's the mission of .•

Graham's

1 fine electric seal XXX quality jacket, finely lined, ZT worth $10, holiday price

2 fine 34 inch braided plush Skinner lined capes, worth $18.50, holiday price 6 fine plain and braided 30-inch plush capes, fine O

lining, worth $12, holiday price

8 choice $10 handsome boucle plush and finely lined

cloth 30-inch capes, holiday price

9 choice braided or plain plush cloth and boucle capeB worth $7.50 to $9, holiday price

7 good $6 to $7 plush, cloth and boucle capes Holiday price

For the People.

1 good quality electric seal jacket, best satin lining, -4 /T QA worth $25, holiday price O 1 extra quality 27-inch electric seal cape, genuine brown martin collar and edge, heaviest brown gT satin lining, a cape worth $50, holiday price.... W C?-.-

1 fine XXX quality 30-inch plain electric seal cape, fcaTl heavy brown satin lining worth $45, holiday price w" W 2 fine 34-inch plush capes, Skinner satin lining, in martin collar and edge, worth $16 50, holiday QQ price

3 fine long handsome $12 golf capes ^7 QD Must go at 7 handsome 27-inch golf capes worth $7.75 to $10 Qft we offer at 3 $6 golf capes, nice goods, to clean them out

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