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iy ey v ‘ , Tlhe Ligonier Lanuer »_!:IGONIER. : 3 INDIANA. et Bertolani, an anarchist arrested at Milan, has made a confession relative to the anarchist plots. He says that at a meeting held in Paterson, N. J., seven men were selected to Qassassinate monarchs and leading rulers. He adds that one of the men was to kill McKinley. . A pathetic interest attaches to the death of Charles Dolby, who was at one time the private secretary of Charles Dickens. - Dolby died in an English poorhouse, after dissipating the savings he had accumulated in earlier years. Drink sent him to the poorhouse. A sad end and a sadder moral. RTR RARIR A S RAR B American machinery will hereafter handle the coal and iron received and shipped in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt. with a reducticn in the cost per ton from $1.50 to 50 cents or less. An expert was sent to this country to study the problem, and the result is the construction of an elevated tramway on the American plan. : According to late authorities it is a mistake to suppose that the Indian population of the United States is decreasing. It is declared to °be slowly growing now that tribal wars are at an end and the rea man has learned not to get into trouble with Uncle Sam. Poor Lo is becoming a self-supporting agriculturist. Otto Schuiz holds tihe Evanston (I 11. championship record as a pieeater, having eaten 51, pies at a single sitting, while his opponent was able only to cause 31, pies to disap_pear. It is said that Schulz could have eaten more, but decided to restrain himself. ' Such restraint is admirable, especially when it is remembered Schulz’ opponent had to pay for 'the pies. The police officials of a Kansas town were made the victims of a senseless hoax when a stranger called at headquarters and related a circumstantial story of how he had been rolbed of a ; $4O bill. Every policeman in town was - furnished with a description of the alleged thief- and a whole day was spent in looking for him before it dawned upon any of the sleuths that there is no such thing as a $4O bill. By that time the joker had disappeared. '

Nearly 30 years ago Jonas Silverman, a farmer living near Springfield, 0., was swindled out of $1,500 by sharpers while on a train near Valparaiso, Ind. The ecriminals escaped and ere long one of the three died. The other two drifted to the Klondike a year or two ago, became rich and have just réturned to the states. They hunted up Mr. Silverman, paid him the $1,500 and gave him $1 000 miore by way of interest on the forced loan. :

From the outbreak of the contest with the Boers up to the end of September the actual war expenditures of the British government were $280,000,000, and the official estimate of paymentis still to be made—based on the declaration that the war is over —is $80,000,000 more, making a total o£-$360,000,000. This is nearly equal to the gross output of the South African gold mines from their discovery to the beginning of the war, a period of 151, years.

It will be interesting to note what the result of this cane fad for women will be. On the theory probably that “Satan- finds some mischief for idle hands to do” woman always has endeavored to keep hers pretty well occupied. With one she takes a halfhitch on her gown and with the other she hangs on to her purse, her handkerchief and various other things that man carries in his pocket. So how about the cane? Will she carry it in her teeth? If mnot, to the load of which hand will she add it?

John McDcnald, a Kansas newspaper man who is touring Scotland, says in a letter to one of the papers of the Sunflower state that he recently went into a store in a little highland town and inspected the goods cisplayed for sale, finding -among them the following American products: Corn flour, canned beef, canned peaches, canned apricots, canned pears, soap, rolled oats, washboards, churns, cheese, hams, flour, salmon, apples, forks, hoes, axes, hammers, saws, joiners’ tools, braces and bits.

. .The London Daily Express says that a syndlcate of New York and Philadelphia capitalists, including Russell Sage and Hetty Green, have decided to erect a great hotel in London for the benefit of bachelor girls. The building will be ;&8s high as the law allows, will be lighted by electricity and heated by steam, will be thoroughly mogdern in all its equipment, and will furnish a model home for 200 or 300 young women. But ‘why should Americans go to Engiand to build such hotels, when there is not a large city in the United States but what needs such a place?

o The most remarkable feature in connection with the recent discoveries in Babylonia of records antedating all others by thousands of yearsis the fact . that men were much as they are now, and lived then somewhat as they live to-day. On one tableta jeweler gave a guarantee that an emerald set ring would not fall out for 20 years; on another a couple of farmers agree to refer the question of their boundary lineto a third party for arbitration. A third bears record of the adjustment of a claim for wages, and so on, the life then being similar to the present. : ——————— - A tale has found its way from Hud- - son bay about a ‘“sky boat” which was geen by Hskimos to land .on the northeast shore of the bay two years ago. The man in the “boat” is supposed to have been Andrce, but as the - sky navigator is reputed to have been k}&a dby the “huskies” of that re- * gion further confirmation is impos- _ sible, In fact, this is s ..Pmfi,gity o _ beidof many years to eome, tor it is ?fiw%f . ‘?’*@"’gfflff“ b A ih.

The Important Happenings of g - Week Briefly Told. IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South. THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES ‘ FROM WASHINGTON. John Sherman, former representatative in the house, for a long term a member of the senate, and twice holding cabinet positions, died at his residence in Washington in the seventyeighth year of his age. : Leonard Wood, governor general of Cuba, says that wonderful progress has been made in the reconstruction of the island during the last year, and that the Cuban government is now self-sup-porting, with a balance of $1,500,000 in the treasury. The secretary of the navy has given his consent to the removal of the battleship Maine from Havana harbor. All official circles paid tribute to the memory of John Sherman at services held in Washington before the funeral train started for Mansfield, O. A census office bulletin gives population of the 159 cities in the United States having 25,000 each, the combined population being 19,694,625, the increase over 1890 being 4.839,136. In the explosion at Indian Head proving grounds, 25 miles from Washington, the government lost $BO,OOO worth of powder.

THE EAST.- > A dispatch says the National Civil Service Reform league declined to accept Carl Schurz’ resignation as president. The death of Henry Miller, the inventor of the steam and air brake on railways, occurred at Chappaqua, N. Y., in his eightieth year. - _ At Cramp’s shipyardsin Philadelphia the Russian battleship Retvizan was launched. It cost $3,000,000. : At Paterson, N. J., four prominent men are in jail, accused of murdering a mill girl. . Coal operators made further concessions and it is stated the big strike is likely to end in a day or two. . In New York city C. L. Alvord, Jr., teller of the First national bank, was discovered to be a defaulter to the amount of $700,000. His whereabouts were unknown. The funeral of Charles Dudley Warner tock place at Hartford, Conn. The Methodist women’s $200,000 “twentieth century thank offering” has all been raised. An announcement by President Mitchell that he will soon make a definite statement is taken to mean that the anthracite strike will be formally declared off. : The anthracite coal strike at all collieries that have posted notices of the ten per cent.advance has been officially declared off by President Mitchell. - At Cambridge, Mass., the world’s bicycle record for an even hour, behind pace, was placed at 40 miles 330 yards by Will C. Stinson.

WEST AND SOUTH. Charlotte A. Sanderson died at her home in Sanford, Fla., aged 100 years and 6 months. : s AtEldorado,lll.,, Thomas Simpson and Mrs. Mary E. Mooneyhan, aged 81 and 67 respectively, were married. 1k At Nashville, Tenn., the twenty-fifth anniversary of Vanderbilt university was celebrated. Dr. J. N. Craig, of Atlanta, Ga dropped dead in the pulpit while addressing. the Presbyterian synod at Newport News, Va. The 1900 census gives California a population of 1,485,053, an increase since 1890 of 276,923, or 22.9 per cent. The legislature of Georgia convened in Atlanta. . : o William A. Paulsen was sentenced in Chicago to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary for receiving deposits after his bank was insolvent. - James Callaway !and James Guer (colored), charged with firing into a farmer’s house, were hanged by a mob at Liberty Hill, Ga. The selection has been made of C. M. Cotterman, of San Francisco, as director general of posts in the Philippine islands. : Fire wiped out the entire business part of Minneiska, Minn., including the post office. Flames swept away the entire business portion of Dunavant, Kan. Carrie Caldwell, insane from grief over the death of her parents, killed her three children and herself at Hnutersville, N. C. While drunk Charles Vargo killed his wife and himself at Aurora, IllL The Klondike minirg camp is now a prosperous commercial center, says Consul MeCook at Dawson. ,

Robert Earwood, G. G. Graham and Richard Russell, employes on Vanderbilt’s estate, were drowned near Asheville, N. C. The steamer Port Stephens sailed from San Francisco tor Manila, carrying 400 horses and severalhundred tons of supplies. : : The death of A. W. Merrill, editor of the Prairie du Chien Courier, occurred at the age of 85 years. He was the oldest printer in Wisconsin. ' 4 John Sherman’s funeral took place at Mansfield, 0., President McKinley being among those present. - In many streams in upper East Tennessee high water was doing great damage. : ; ‘ln Helena, Mont., Deputy United States Marshal Sam Jackson was killed by a fall. For years he was a famous government scout. ) =

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. _ Sir Thomas Lipton has accepted the New York Yacht club’s terms for the race for America’s cup. It is said that Secretary Hay will ask the powers to join America in a convention promising to preserve China and maintain the “open door.” Germany will ask Li Hung Chang for his credentials before opening peace negotiations. ! In a collision near Alicante the -French steamer Faidherbe sank and 24 of her crew were drowned,

The war In South Africa has again spread southward. The heaviest fatalities of the past week have been in the Orange River colony, near the border of Cape Colony. The activity of the Fiiipino junta in Paris was giving rise to the rumor of an alliance between Spain and Aguinaldo. . At Vietoria West, South Afriea, the military depot, containing- vast stores of food and ammunition, was destroyed by fire. ' , Word has been sent to Minister Conger to begin peace negotiations at ofice with the Chinese envoys on the basis of the points in the German and French notes upon which all the powers are agreed. Upon those points where divergence of views has been found to exist, the governments of the powers themselves will negotiate with a view to reaching a further understanding. China is apparently preparing for war with allies, storés, arms, ammunition and treasure being constantly shipped from Yangtse cities to Peking. The famous English ballad singer, Sims Reeves, died at Worthing, aged 78 years. Lord Roberts hopes to leave South Africa for home about November 15. The American tweeds have practically driven the Scotch tweeds from the domestic market. Insurgents killed 2,000 villagers in the Kwai Sin district in China and the rebellion in the south was spreading.. Throughout Abyssinia tobacco smoking has been prohibited by the government.

At Valley Field, Quebee, cotton mill operatives and soldiers had an encounter and 15 strikers and two soldiers were injured. LATER NEWS, An imperial edict was communicated to foreign ministérs at Peking asking the powers to name Boxer leaders and suggest their punishment. Kang Yi and Yu Sien, Boxer leaders, committed suicide by swallowing gold leaf. The bank of Seeds Bros. at Bridgesort, 111., was robbed of over $3,000 by ourglars. : Edward Henry, reputed to be the old:st man in the country, died at his home n Pittsburgh, Pa., aged 116 years. He was born a slave in Culpepper, Va., in L 784. President Steyn has declared Fouiesburg to be the capital of the Orange Tree State. At Chillicothe, 0., Harry Gudgen,tged only 18, shot and killed Mattie Nichols, aged 46, and then himself. Jealousy was the cause. The will of the late Senator Sherman, of Mansfield, 0.. disposes of a 53,000,000 estate. At Washington the gold in the treasary on the 26th amounted to $451,77,404, the highest point ever reached since the foundation of the government: Warby Wine, a negro, was hanged at Orangeburg, S. C., for the murder of C. J. Paulling near Fort Motto. A reward of $5,000 is offered by ‘the First national bank of New York for the arrest and detention of the defaulting teller, Cornelius L. Alvord, Ir. : The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Field Marshal Von Moltke was celebrated in Berlin. Lo The whole anthracite region in Pennsylvania is filled with joy over the termination of the coal miners' strike. : ‘ A Belgian war correspondent reports the massacre of 15,000, rather than 5,000, Chinese by Russians along the Amur. : C. M. Hays, manager of the Grand Trunk, succeeds C. P. Huntington as president of the Southern Pacific railroad. Four American soldiers were killed in a severe battle with Filipinos near Narvican, Luzon. : There were 205 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 26th, against 209 the week previous and 190 the correspond. ing period of 1899. France accepts Americd’s proposal to promise to preserve China and to maintain the “open door,” and other powers are expected, to do likewise. The bank at Prairie du Sac, Wis., was robbed by burglars of $1,700. Max Muller, professor of comparative philology at Oxford university. died at Oxford;- England, aged 77 years. . The four children of William Stark were drowned near Plaster Bed, 0., by the capsizing of a boat. Floods cut off La Crosse., Wis., from the rest of the world. Heavy rains ‘throughout Wisconsin drove hundreds from their homes. : - Pwo United States soldiers were killed and four wounded in a battle! near Looe, Luzon. - | Rev. Henry Russell Pritchard, the oldest Christian minister in the United States, dliied suddenly at Chesterfield, Ind., aged 81 years. The 150,000 miners of the anthmacite regions in Pennsylvania, most of whom ‘have been idle for nearly a month because of the strike, have resumed work. Sixteen members of Isham’s “King Erastus” company, a colored organization, were injured at Appleton, Wis., in a railway collision. George Dunlap, who was at one time one of the most prominent’ theatrical men in the United States, died in Chicago. Only 11,216 voters were registered for the coming election in Hawaii. : Entire villages of Indians have perished. on the Tiberian and Alaskan coasts from the plague. . ; Severe earthquake shocks were felt in the Collma districts and on the Pacific slope south of Austin, Tex. A total of $20.166,687 worth of gold dust and bullion has peen received at the Seattle assay office during the present year from Alaska. e : Harry Elkes broke the 25-mile bicycle record at Brockton, Mass., his time being 37 minutes and 2 3-5 secol o . Figures issued by the treasury department show great gain in value of american manufactures shipped _ Edward Dewey, brother of Admiral Dewey, died at his home in Montpelier, Vt., aged 71 years. _ The Boers surrounded a patrol of Cape police, killing seven and captur/ing two Maxim guns. The burghers _were said to have 15,000 men in the i i , The explosion of an acetylene tank. for 4 stereopticon wrecked the inteR R s

ROUT OF FILIPINOS. Insurgents Continue Their Attacks on Americans, Driven Back in One Engagement with Heavy Loss—Our Troops Ferced to Retire in Anothksr . Skirmish. : Manila, Oct. 29.—A civilian launch towing a barge loaded with merchandise near Arayat was attacked by a force of 150 insurgents under David Fagin, a deserter from the Twentyfourth infantry. The American troops on hearing the firing turned out in force before the boat could be looted and captured. Fagin, who holds the rank of general among the insurgents, has sworn special enmity toward his former company. Of the 20 men he captured a month ago seven have returned. One was killed in a fight, his body being horribly mutilated. Fagin sends messages to his former comrades threatening them with violence if they become his prisoners. It was Fagin’s men who captured Lieut. Frederick W. Alstaetter, who is stili a prisoner.

Enemy Driven Off, While scouting near Looc; a detachment of the Twentieth and Twentyeighth regiments, under Capt. Beigler, were attacked by 400 insurgents armed with rifles, under the command of a white man whose nationality is not known to the Americans. The insurgents for the most part were intrenched. After a heroic fight Capt. Beigler drove off the enemy. killing more than 75. The fight lasted for two hours. Capt. Beigler and three privates were slightly wounded, and two of the Americans were killed. Forced to Retire. An engagement took place October 24 between detachments of the Third cavalry and the Thirty-third volunteer infantry, numbering 60, anu a force of insurgents, including 400 rifiemen and 1,000 bolomen. Ihe fighting was desperate. Finally, under pressure of sverwhelming numbers, the Americans were compelled to retire on Narvican. Lieut. George L. Febiger anc. four privates were killed, nine were wounded and four are missing. Twenty-nine horses are missing. A number of teamsters were captured by the insurgents, but were subsequently released. The enemy’s loss is estimated at 150. v Gen. Hall’s expedition, with a force of nearly 800 men, through the mountains to Binangonan, province of Infanta, in pursuit of the insurgent General Cailles, although it discovered no trace of the enemy, encountered great hardships on the march. Twenty Chinese porters died, and 40 men were sent into hospital. After stationing a garrison of 250 men in Binangonan and visiting Polillo island, off the coast of Infanta province, Gen. Hall and the rest of his force embarked there on the transport Garronse. Reports from Gen. Young’s district show a daily increase of insurgents there, owing to the fact that recruits are going thither from the towns. While a detail of the Thirty-third volunteer infantry was returning from Bangued on rafts, it was fired upon by insurgents, Sergt. Berdstaller being killed and two privates wounded.

BANK ROBBED. Robbers Blow Open a Safe in a Wisconsin Town and Escape with About $2,000. La Crosse, Wis., Oct. 29.—One of the most daring bank robberies in the history of the state occurred early Saturday morning at Prairie du Sac, a small town near Baraboo, Wis.. The Prairie du Sac bank, at that place, was entered, the safe blown open by means of dynamite and its contents looted. The robbers secured $1,500 in silver and about 300 in gold coin, besides several valuable checks. In‘all about $3,000 was stolen. While there is but little trace of the thieves, it developed that there were three of them, and it is further believed that they left town by means of saddle horses, heading for the north. The explosion of dynamite was so loud that it woke several persons who lived near the bank, and it was but a short time before they were awake and realized what had happened. They did not dare to oppose the burglars, who were, from all appearances desperate and fully armed. As soon as the crowd could get together however a posse was formed anu they started in pursuit of the thieves. Kruger’s Plans, : ‘Brussels, Oct. 29.—The Transvaal agency announces that Mr. Kruger will arrive at Marseilles on the Dutch cruiser Gelderland November 11 or November 12. He will have apartments at the Grand Hotel de Noailles, where he will receive several French, Dutch and Belgian delegations. Mr. Kruger will proceed to The Hague without stopping at Paris, and after expressing his thanks to Queen Wilhelmina for Dutch hospitality on board the Gelderland he will appeal to the powers to intervene in the South African settlement on the basis of “Article 3 of The Hague convention.” Two Men Killed. : West Superior, Minn., Oct. 29.—A regular fréight train ran into the rear end of a work train on the Eastern Minnesota near here. Sunday the bodies of two men were removed from ‘the debris. They were burned almost to a crisp and it was impossible to identify them. : Steel Works Shut Down, Joliet, 111, Oct. 29.—1 t is announced that practically all of the Illinois Steel company’s works here will close for an indefinite period. Over 2,00 C men wiil be affected, Officials refuse to discuss the situation. ’ ~ BITS OF INTEREST. ‘ ~ Only one city in Sweden would be classed with our larger cities—Stock‘holm, which is soniewhat smaller than Pittsburgh. i . ~ e ~_Paper money is at a premium at Nome. Miners find it more convenient ‘than gold and pay as much as two per cent. in excess of its face value _ Tax valuations in Tennessee have een inereused $25,000000 by the opsessment at cash value.

MORE LIVES DEMANDED. Foreign Ministers Add Two to the Lisi of Seven Chinese Officials Whem France Wsanis Executed. London, Oct. 29.—Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times from Peking, under date of October 26, says: The foreign ministers in conference decided to add the names of Prince Yi and Ying Nien to those of the seven officials whose execution France has demanded. Hong-Kong, Oct. 29.—The Chinese Mutual Protection society of the Hoi Ping district has offered $5OO for the head of Dr. Sager, of the American board of missions, and $3OO each for the heads of Revs. S. G. Tope, a British missionary; Dr. Graves, a Southern Baptist missfinary, and Dr. Beattie, of the American Presbyterian board. The placardsi say the heads must not be secured in Hoi Ping. The magistrate of this district is notably antiforeign and inspired the posting of the placards. Protection has been guar-. anteed by placards to all who destroy the property of tlie missions or of converts. | Paris, Oct. 29.—A dispatch to the Havas agency from Peking. dated October 27, says the ministers held ¢ second meeting Saturday to examine M. Delcasse’s proposal, and they unacimously recognized the necessity for demanding the death of all.the instigators of the rebellion. There is reason to believe, the .dispatch says, that if the ministers insist and satisfaction be obtained, no reply will be made to the late note of Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang. London, Oct. 29.—A special dispatch from Shanghai says a battle was fought. between imperial troops and rebels on October 23 and that the rebels were ultimately routed, 600 of them being slaughtered. St.. Petersburg, Oct. 29.—Dispatches from Mukden received at the war office say that proof is at hand that 400 native Christians were massacred at Mukden before the Russian occupation. Fifty modern guns, mostly Krupps, several thousand small caliber rifles, and 20,000,000 cartridges have been found. ' New York, Oct. 29.— A step in the direction of the arbitration of the Chinese difficulties, a Washington dispatch te the Herald says, has been taken by Secretary’ Hay. He h#s cabled to Minister Conger the suggestion made by Russia that in case of a protraected aivergence of views the questions of indemnity be referred to The Hague court for decision and instrucied him to consult with his colleagues as :o the demands their governments will make upon China in this respect. Should he report that it is not possible to reach an agreement then Secretary Hay intends to advocate vigorously the adoption of the Russian suggestion as the easiest method of obtaining a satisfactory solution. . The authorities dre anxious to obtain informatior relative to the replies of Germany and_ Great Britain on the Russian suggestion. No information on this point has yet reached the state department. Should all the nations consent, the authorities say a grea* obstacle in the way of a satisfactory solution of the whole Chinese question will be removed.

THE CENSUS. The Count Nearly Finished-—Director " Wlill Announce Country’s Population in a Few Days. Washington Oct. 29.—The work of counting the inhabitants of the United States was practically completed by the census bureau Saturday, and this week Director Merriam wi.. announce the population of the country. His statement, however will be subject to some slight revision. All the returns from Alaska are not yet in, and the returns from the American soldiers and sailors serving in the Philippines and elsewhere abroad are not complete. These figures will be estimated. The figures for the states and territories will be official. After the total population and the population by states and territories are announced next week the bulletins showing the population of the states and territories by civil minor divisions will be issued as soon as tabulated. AN AVALANCHE. It Sweeps Down Mount St. Elias— Caused by a Severe Earthquake —Damage to a Town. ) Port Townsend, Wash., Oct. 20.—A report has reached here from Yakutat that Mount St. Elias was badly shaken by the recent earthquake that did so much damage at Kodiak. Indian trappers and hunters who were_ in the vicinity of the mountain have returned to Yakutat and say that the mountain was badly shattered. The shock was so severe that acres of ice broke loose near the top of the mountain and came crashing down the sides, carrying everything before it. Indians state that from where the avalanche started clear to the base of the mountain it made a track a half-mile wide where no snow or ice remains. Al the trappers had not returned and some fears are entertained that some may have been overtaken in the avalanche. Drowned. ' Seattle, Wash., Oct. 29. — Torrey Carr, a son of B. 0. Carr and brother of E. M. Carr, of this ecity, and Clark C. Carr, son of Gen. Clark E. Carr, of Galesburg, 111., were drowned in Lake Washington early Sunday morning, while duck hunting from a canoce. The bodies have not been recovered. E. M. Carr is a prominent lawyer here, and Gen. Clark E. Carr is a campaign speaker sent out from Illinois by the republican national committee. He was an intimate friend of President Lincoln, and several years ago minister to Nowmark, _ THIS AND THAT. _ Imsurance for bathers is the newest enterprise in the -insurance line in England. Penny-in-the-slot machines are to be erected at the popular bathL e mpdeunis buy it gected By the o toemaisey) Sk Dot fif}g@fi*;@“kfii"’ ‘ ’*“i‘a e ”N‘ m‘ e Al B ey

TREACHEROUS BOERS SHOT. Roberts Confirms Sentence of Death on Three Men Who Fired on Brit= _ ish After Sarrendering. —— 7 London, Ozt. 29.—A dispatch’ received at the war office from Lord Roberts, dated Pretoria, Friday October 26, referring to the fighting of Gen. Barton’s column with Gen. Dewet’s forces, October 25, says: “The British losses syere heavier than at first reported. An additional officer and--12 men were killed and three officers-and 25 men were wounded. The Boers. left 24 dead and 19 wounded on the field and 26 Beers were made prisoners. Three Boers who held up their hands in token of surrender and then fired on the British were court-martialed, convicted and sentenced to death. I have confirmed the sentence.” The 'dispateh also refers to minor affairs in which the troops of Gen. Kitchener and Gen. Methuen were engaged and a serious incident between Springfontein and Philippolis, Orange River colony, where 50 cavalrymen: were ambushed and captured by the Boers, only seven of the party escaping. i L Another dispatch frem Lord Roberts says: I “Barton attacked the übiguitous De Wet near Frederickstad. The Boers were scattered in al! directions.” : London, Oct. 20.—According to a dispatch from Cape Town to the Daily Mail, a force of Doers attacked and surrounded a patrol of Cape police, with a convoy. near Hoopstad, Orange River colony, last Wednesday, and a sharp ficht ensued. “The police,” says the correspondent, “were compelled to abandon two Maxims. ™ Ultimately reenforced by the yeomanry, they succeeded in getting away with the convoy. but they lcst seven killed, 11 wounded "and 15 captured. The colonials were cutnumbered ten to one, aud the engagement lasted two hours. The Boers have 15,000 men in the field. nearly half of whom are in Orange River colony. These are divided into commandoes of some 300 each, but are capable of combination lor large operatiors.” * FLOODS IN WISCONSIN. Hundreds Driven from Their Homes-— Railways Sufier Severely—Other Serious Damage Caused. LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 29.—Great damage has been caused by heavy rains. Enormous loss has been suffered by railroads, business men_and farmers, and hundreds are without homes, It is impossible to estimate the damage, as many towns are without communication and no facts can be obtained. The rallorads running into this city have suffered great damage. The trains from all directions have been tied- up. The worst damage is -reported on the Milwaukee road. | At Hokah, Minn., a large bank of earth was washed on to the track, ten feet high. Men have been working removing it, but the task is not yet completed. At the same place much damage resulted from the flood. Lake Como, about a mile from the village, went up, flooding the summer cottages on its banks. Bridges and mill dams were wrecked. The Webber Milling company, at that place, suffered a loss amounting to $4,000. At Dresbach, on the river division of the same road, a washout has been the cause of the trains being tied up. The bridge was carried away and in many places the track has been ruined. - - Much damage was done in this city. The basements in the business part of the city are flooded. In -many buildings on Front and Second streets the water stands three feet deep in the basements, and’ heavy losses will be had, especially ‘in the wholesale district, where much stock was stored in the cellars. The sewers overflowed, the streets were flooded, and in some places deep ditches were left.

A SAD DISASTER. A Boat Capsizes on Sadusky Bay and Four Children Are ; s “Drowned i Port Clinton, 0., Oct. 29.—A quadruple drowning occurred near Plaster Bed, on Sandusky bay. eight miles east of here, Sunday afternoon. The drowned are: Douglass Stark; aged three years; George Stark. aged five vears; Alfred Stark, aged eight years; Henry Stark, aged 13 years. They were the children of William Stark. Mr. Stark and the children went for a boat ride. On returning to shore the boat became fouled in a fish pound net and the oarsman could not either forge the boat ahead or go back. The children became frightened and, leaning over the side of the small craft, it capsized, resulting in the four deaths by drowning. Mr. Stark came here from Toledo three weeks ago. He then had a family of a wife and ten children. Last week Harvey, aged four, died; and the week before another child, aged three months, also died. ‘ Sad Fate of an Aged Lady. 5 Anoka, Minn., Oct. 29.—Mrs. C. Kohler, aged 72, was killed by an angry bull while crossing the yard in which the animal was confined. It had been dehorned, but attacked the aged wom‘an with its hoofs, crushing in her face, breaking her jaws and inflicting internal injuries from which she died before medical assistance could arrive. ] Candidate Drops Dead. ; Peoria, 111., Oct. 29.—George W. ‘Blake, democratic candidate for congress in the Eleventh congressional district, dropped dead at the conclusion of an address before a large democratic gathering at the little town of Dana, in Woodford county, Saturday night. e etk Waitress an Heiresa. 5 Wichita, Kan., QOet. 28. — Mary Voelker, a waitress at the Manhattan hotel in this city, has fallen heir to a property of $5OOOO. G3he is descended from tl.e B2kkers, of Holland. The es-. tate is ix India. s e g eeE e : OF INTEREST TO FARMERS. The fruit crop in Switzerland is the ‘pest that has been known forythe last 30 years. For want of pickers | most of the cherries were left to rot W e e i ek M%a%ww%fém

- GOOD IMITATION OF SURF. It Was Only the Housemaid’s Broom ; on the Stairs, Hows= - ever, 2 “So you have gone cut on the north shore to live, bave you, old man?’ said a North side young man to a friend who had gone with his familf‘ to Kenilworth to spend the summer, relates the Chicago Chronicle. “Yes, we have taken a house for the summer close to. the edge of the lakeand I teil you it is bully, immense. It is great, for the old mar has improved in health out there till he is getting-as frisky as a schoolboy. He said' before we moved that if he could only get where he could hear the surf when he wcke up ‘mornings that it would do him a world of good. The first morning after we got there he woke up about five o’clock and cal}ed out to mother, who was still asleep: " ‘Say, ma, do you hear that surf coming in on the shore? Isn’t that the grandest thing you ever heard ? - ‘“Ma grotesteé that she didn’t hear any surf and wasn’t listening for any. Father sighed and went te slecp again, lulled by the music of what he declared was the surf. The -door of his room was open and he simgly heard the swish of our little housemaid’s room over the carpet downstairs. She gets up eariy every. merning to do the frent rooms and her broon: mmakes the finest imitation of ‘the surf you ever heard. “Now;, if pa wakes up when it isn’t sweeping «day and kicks because there isn’t any surf on ma just steps to the speaking tube in the next roem and tells Martha/to sweep up a little surf and father is soon asleep again.” - St¢ill More Cceunterfeiting., - The Secret Service has unearthed another band: of counterfeiters and secured a large quantity of bogus bilis, which are so cleverIy executed that.the a\'grgfieflfir‘acn would never suspect them cg/ yeing spurious. Things of great value ard always selected tor imitation, notably Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, which- ha§ many imitators but no equals-for disorders like indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, nervousness and general debility: Always go _to reliable druggists who have the reputation of giving what you ask for. Too Much Imagination, She is a woman much given to romancing, and while she is never intentionaliy malicious she- has a way of stretching things that often makes ‘trouble. They were dis‘cussing her the other night at supper and somebody was telling of the wonderful entertainments -she is always talking of giving and never gives. = : " “She. has' so much—imagination,” said the head of the table. “Imagination;” remarked the man who sings, “why, that woman has an imagination that ten consciences couldn’t keep up with.” —Washington Post. —_— e - . Best for the Bowels. ) - No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produc~ easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents 'to start getting your health back. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tabiet%las C.C.C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. % — An Atchison man has been refusing for years to get any new furniture, because the old was net worn out. His wife stopped coaxing, and invited his three nephews to spend the summer. The new furniture bhad to be bought the day they left.—Atchi~son Globe. : ——— e Try Grain-0! Try Grain-0! _Ask yourGrocerto-day toshow you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that - takes the place of coffee. Children may drink it without injuiy. as well as adults. - Allwho tryit like it. GRAIN-O has that rich - seal brown of Mocha or Java, but is made “from puregrains,and the most delicate stom~achreceivesit without distress. } the price of coffee. 15c.and 25¢. per package. Allgrocers. S —_— e ’ “They say,”’- remarked the philosophic -man, “that the darkest hour is just before ‘the dawn.” “Jimminy!” exclaimed Lazi‘bgnes, “that’s one of my brlfh-test hours, for I'm always sure to be asleep then.”— Philadeiphia Press. % e e ittt - Lane’s Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. lEures sicgk headache. Price 25 and 50c. : The Dashing Explorer. Polar Explorer—What shall I call my new book? “A Dash for the Pole?” Publisher—No. Call it “A Dash for the Lecture Ilatform.”—Baltimore Americaf. = & - You cannot be: cheerful if you have dyspepsia. You won’t have dyspepsia if you chew White’s “Yucatan.” ! No man appreciates poetry unless he has a little of it in his make-up.—Chicago Daily t News. —_—— |~ _Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale’s Honey 'of Horchound and Tar upon a cold. P:ke’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. Other people don’t amount to much when you use yourself as a standard of comparison.—Chicago Daily News. : S i 'ligll’:[ll:mAM ggnn'm:%s Dsgil:? are fast to sun- ,- Washing and rubbing. Sold b :df‘lgmtfl. : g yan Returns.—“ Does he get any returns frcm his poetry?’ “All he does get.”—Phila.delphia- Evening Bulletin.

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