Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel (Newspaper) - January 1, 1900, Lemars, Iowa LE 1,1900. $ 2 ( l F t Y E A R A FrELD BAKERY IN SOUTH Pn 1iiiffT Atkins itli Ilia daily bread is one of tlie problems English J. i to faco in It is no easy matter when ihe inds of w. l. is 1romtJiebAse v of The it is il Tiie department carries a number of oblong stn - 1 a is taken the orens are placed in a row upon the A tr. - r is z in trout of the row and hot coals are heaped upon the inside nf i- it- li 1 d bread pans are The bread is not always light aud fine but it is wholesome and the soldier boys like it. BOER OCEAN LINER Gale Drives Big Ship Aground in English Maintain Furious Cannonading Upon Lady AHE SOU a GOOD One of ir shells Kills Nine British Soldiers and Seven r a Hot tlx tit with J LADYSMITH Dec. 21. General White i a slight attack of bat be is now The Boer shell fire is very damaging On Friday one shell killed six men and missile killed 14 Another just Hissed the I Fifth lancers slightly wounding six Several shells have fallen close to General White's co the removal of headquarters to another It is reported that General is iin in command of the Boers The military authorities ar confident but they are very B ers have been observed and westward in large Boers Defeat PRETORIA Dec. 30. Commandant Bwart reports from the laager at near that he had an engagement on Dec. 23 with Kaffirs in the neighborhood of The Kaffirs occupied a strongly ridge and were well prepared for After heavy fighting the burghers captured the Kaffir losing 1 three lolled and five of Corned Beef For CHICAGO Dec. 80. A train of 20 freight cars loaded with corned beef will leave Sunday bound for the British soldiers in South The shipment was old to the British government by t he Hammond Packing STATE Corporal Fair and Private Arraigned for Shooting 80. Corporal Fair and Private who shot and killed Private Morgan at La Platte as he refused to halt after escaping from guard a t Port were arrested at Fort Crook by Sheriff Startzer of Sarpy county and brought to charged with They were brought before Judge Howard and their case set for next as had been arranged when the test of the state's Soon to right to try them after they had been 30. The latest special t i e d by the military was agreed dispatches from intimate darkly at some important movement as This is interpreted with some to mean that General Bailer contemplates a renewal of nig attempt to relieve It is reported by the same dispatches that the Boers have now retired to the north bank of the being afraid that the swollen river bar their They are also moving the nearer probably with the intention of putting further pressure on the which now seems to be suffering pretty heavily front It is t to conceive that General Euiler would make another frontal especially now that the river is and an additional indication that this is not the is that he has removed his a back to The Boer movement north from the Tugela is quite in keeping with the enemy 's usual plan of securing a safe Una of It is known that further artillery is dne to arrive for General but the belief here is that fore s even then will be too He be animated by a desire to accomplish something before the arrival of Lord Koberts and to satisfy the keenness of his men to retrieve their - Mance at Dec. 22. Before dawn today a detachment of the mounted forces with artillery and light infantry moved our in a westerly Boer ery from opened fire at Otto's Kimberley fort replying with 20 The British force outposts along Lazarette the Boer patrols Having accomplished this and having discovered Boer reinforcements approaching from Colonel with the Royal exchanged a dozen shells as soon as the guns could be limbered Some 5) 5 Boers poured in a heavy fire from their the British retiring with the loss of one The movement showed the Boers were still keeping their guns in the neighborhood of Kimberley and are able to summon reinforcements It also showed their to vacate a position immediately when weaker than the opposing Kept Well LONDON Dec. 30. The Times has a dispatch from Marquez dated December 28, which The suspicion that the Boer intelligence department is in close tonch with a foreign consulate in Pretoria is confirmed by the fact that the appointment of Lord Roberts as in- chief was generally known in December SO. Suspicion rests on a consul who is notorious for bis Boer There is reason to believe that Pretoria is kept well informed with regard to British military With reference to smuggling contraband it il significant that Major of the Free State artillery is his arrival being coincident with that of the French Considering the freedom with which the Transvaal secret fund is considerable mischief may be done unless cargoes are inspected by sh searchers who understand foreign bills of Question Is LONDON Dec. 30. Lord writes as follows to The There ere disquieting intimations with refer ence to our government having treated foodstuffs as contraband of As t h i s is a matter of supreme import venture to address this line to you in the hope that i t may elicit an tive The comment Ing editorially on Lord s admits chat it would to create a precedent which might some day be invoked ' County Attorney Hassett appeared the state and United States Attorney Summers from Omaha was counsel for the two KILLS MAN AND Farmer at Rnn Down by Union Pacific Fast DJC 30. The Union Pacific faat mail ran into a team that was crossing the track aE killing William the and both horses instantly and scattering wheat and pieces of the wagon in every The man and horses were terribly was a farmer living on the island south of The train does not stop at Shelton and was running at ariy fud Engineer Austin and Conductor Dunbar were in After the accident the train stopped and backed up to the station to ascertain the extent of the EVIDENCE AGAINST Secretary Laws Turns It Over to Attorney General to Make a C u e LINCOLN Dec. 80. Secretary G. L. Laws of the state board of has furnished the attorney general with evidence of the violation by the railroads of the order made in 1S37, prohibiting the 100- pound rate on live stock shipments and restoring carload Attorney General Smyth announced that he would examine the evidence and if satisfactory would commence proceedings against the railroads to recover the fines provided by the law for the violation of the which must not be less than $ 300 nor more than $ 3,000 for each State Brand LINCOLN Dec. S. P. Delatour of and J H. of members of the state brand and marks arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and began the work of checking over the 1,700 applications for M. J Blewett of the third member of the will come to Lincoln soon after the first of the It will probably bike the three commissioners about a mouth to go over all of the Mauy requests have been received for the use of a single brand and in all such cases all but one of them will be In case of duplication the application first received will be Injunction la BEATRICE Dec. General L. W. Colby this afternoon secured a temporary injunction from Judge restraining County Treasurer Maurer from selling his law under distress warrant attachment until the case can be heard in the district which convenes Jan. 8. In his petition General Colby claims that the tax assessment was Teachers Will Test l a w Dec. 80. The 84th annual convention of the Nebraska State association was brought to a close here last n i g h t with a general session at the First Presbyterian At the general cession a resolution appropriating money to defend the free high school attendance law was adopted by the Mistakes His Wife For a NEW YORK Dec. 80. Alfred a professor of mistook his wife for a burglar during the and shot her a t their home in Mt. N T Mrs. Morrison exonerates her husband from all He is almost insane from Mrs. Morrison may Hernandez Army Is on t h e O ABAC AS 80. The Hernandez revolution can ba said to be j & General Hernandez Is fleeing men to the Colombian boun The government troops and t he - are VESSEL IN PERILOUS Hill Believed ta Be One or t he Is Hard and Fast Aground Off Cnut Guards Unable to I t. IOWA'S HOT Claims of Gains by Cummins Not Conceded by DES MOINES 80. The contest for the of the Iowa house is now commonly conceded to to decide whether Gear or Cummins will be elected The Gear people insist that they have control of the Republican caucus and will elect D. N. a Gear as The Cummins people announce that J. M. Anderson of Warred county has authorized the statement that he is pledged to the Cummins candidate for Dec. 80. A large German ] Representative Wise of Black mail believed to be one of the hawk another doubtful has announced thai he is pledged to Eaton and - ve Scott of another heretofore doubtful American has gone aground during a terrific gale in East abont a quarter of a mile off Dun Heavy seas are breaking over Vessel and boats are unable to reach Fears are entertained for the safety of the Because of the great violence of the storm it is impossible to communicate with it in any Its signals cannot be The coast guards at Dover and at Folkestone have made repeated ef forts to reach the bat have been driven back by the fury of the T E N SAILORS Wreck of a Hasted Schooner Off NORFOLK Dec. 80. The loss of about ten other men cau be added to the already long list sacrificed in Saturday night's big in which 21 met death off and 15 ou an unknown bark in for they un doubtedly went down in the wreck of Bad Accident on Cheyenne Line at Colo. CRASHES A also announces himself for The Gear people announce that they have secured a pledge from D. J. Pulton of Franklin county that he will support Bowen and The men chum to have made serious inroads on the Gear column of supposed sure bat this is as vigorously denied by the Gear who say they have lost nothing they IOWA TEACHERS IN A Charges Against Candidate for First Vlee DES 80 The annual meeting of the Iowa State association closed with a sensational lasting an hour and Tha nominating committee appointed Thursday had reported a list of nominations which it was moved to Superintendent Chandler moved to amend by a large masted schooner that was j dropping the name of G. L Miller of discovered yesterday off reported for vice Mr. most dangerous point on the Atlantic No shipwrecked sailors have been landed and the men must have gone down with their for Overdue SAN 30. Great anxiety is felt in local shipping circles for the overdue French bark Louis from Limerick for and it is feared che Pasteur is the vessel sighted ashore on the coast of Terra del not far from where the Biancia The was in company with the Pasteur up to a short time before she was CAPTURE A j Take Another Point Wat Supposed to l ie WASHINGTON Dec. 30. The adjutant general received a cable message from General Otis as MANILA Dec. 29. Colonel with two battalions one fifth and company seventh two attacked enemy 600 strong on mountain stronghold beyond Mont northeast San Large number killed ami 24 taken Lockett captured one 40 20,000 rounds 500 pounds arsenal all food supplies and considerable other This captured point located on mountain trail and formerly supposed to be Our Lieutenant Eleventh and five enlisted men mostly Private fifth - - Dec 80. More than 400 delegates representing 90 divisions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians of with a total membership of 20 H held a secret meeting in Industrial hall hist for the purpose of taking action to help the Boers in their war with Great After the meeting had adjourned it was announced that the delegates of all divisions had pledged each member of divisions to contribute $ 2.50 toward a fund of $ 200,000 to be raised for the ise of sending a hospital 6hip to the Three ' CALCUTTA Dec. 30. Almost 3.000,000 are receiving famine The government is spending nearly two lakhs of rupees It is estimated that the cost of the relief to the end of will be three crores of Owing to the rapid increase in the number of persons seeking the Lord invites a closer scrutiny of the claims of the Davis on Ills Way to SAX JOAN Porto DJC 80. Governor General Davis and Lieutenant his de- sailed for the United States Friday on the steamer bound for Orders arrived hero on Thursday for the general to a t Washington for consultation with the secretary of Itetl Steamer 80. The steamer Linda of burned to the edge aud sank off on the Red The officers aud crew were compelled to take to t he water und swim for Five negro roustabouts from Shreveport were either burned or Chandler reported that Mr. Miller while acting as manipulated the ballots for members of the nominating two who had served with Mr. stated that the result was erroneously Miller was not ' The fight was a bitter but ended in the of The officers W. O. Des vice George L second vice A. R. Mason third vice William LODGE HAS FAITH IN IT. Relatives Cannot Collect on Policy Because of Christian Science CITY Dec. 80. George W. Goodrich carried a $ 2,003 in the Ancient Order of United Three months before his death his physician was dismissed and Christian Science treatment The order now refuses to settle unless a physician's proof of death is submit ted or the body disinterred antl a post mortem The physician refuses to A lodge of Modern Woodmen of America in a Nebraska town recently refused to pay a setting np the same ccm ten Dies of a Sioux DJC 30. Mrs. Anna Dolan died hers of a broken heart She recently engaged in a litigation with Mrs. Anna an concerning custody of hjr 10- old May Mrs. Crowe w o n case and was given th - y of th 3 * one: - 1 Dolan took to her was soon ill with a raging fever and expired shortly Awarded the Sioux CITY Dec. 30. The contest between Tommy White l Dick held in the Grand opera house here lost resulted in a decision for George Siler was The men went the full 15 rounds aud although in the second Green scored a clean knock down it was not a fast White clearly had the best of it on Will Pardon Four Life Dzs 30. It is learned that Governor Shaw will submit to the legislature the pardon of but four life They Thomas sentenced in Lncas county in 1SSC; John Webster 1894; Cornelius Dubuque 1878; Jasper Dallas 1878. Railway Finished at DAVENPORT Dec. 20. The last spike - of the Clinton and Northern was driven The road Telescopes the Caboose of Boulder Which Was Crowded With One alan Is l and Fourteen Others Inl a n Conductor Crazed by 80. The Cheyenne flyer ou the Union Pacific railroad crashed into the Boulder Valley train at a t 6 a. m. One man was killed aud 14 were The R express burned to Passengers H. S. head l n d l y Mrs. Margaret forehead S. G. badly cut aud E. V. tr head badly buck ribs W. G. Kansas hood badly back C H. head badly right hand Mrs. Several trainmen and section men were McAllister of the Boulder Valley train was crazed by the He attempted to jump into the burning wreckage and hod to be forcibly The Boulder Valley train left Denver a little late a s stopped at The Cheyenne flyer also left Denver late and in coming into Brighton in the early morning dusk ran into the rear end of the Boulder telescoping two or three cars and derailing the passenger The section gangs from the Denver yards and a half a dozen passengers occupied the Boulder Two earn on the flyer were New York a 00.000 NEW YORE Dec. 3 0 The two seven story buildings at 415 to 4 2 5 East Fourth occupied principally by the wall paper factory of William & were destroyed by fire last The loss is folly $ 500,000. The plant of the New York Hygeia Ice which occupied the basement of 4 2 5 and that of the Manhattan Electric Light company on t he first and second floors of the same were totally A large portion of the east side gets its light from that company and it was on account of the fire cast into complete The Campbell company employed 4 0 0 who will be thrown out of work bv the KYLE QUITS T H E South Dakota Senator Throws In Ills Lot With WASHINGTON Dec. 30. Senator Kyle of South who has been classed in the congressional presumably upon his own on independent in bnt who repeatedly has voted with the has come out in a declaration that will justify the makers of the directory - classifying him as a Be ame as well as in W e been so from conscientious convictions for 25 he I would rather take the most undiluted gold than to accept bimetallism with the ingredients of radical socialism that ore now associated with i t Blackburn Likely to Dec. 80. Although three days elapse before the ug of the the state capital is already filled np with legislative aud political approximating tho crowd usually here on the opening Though some of the leaders are fighting bard to their forces against as well as against ti - Blackburn movement does not e strong aud unless it cau gather 9. U by means of the tangle over the stay ' born will win for United States senator with something like the ease h u managers have been claiming for FLED FROM Former 7t City Woman Writes From m. DEADWOOD S. D Dec. 30. Mrs. Ce Edit n i t TROY Dec. 80. Pool 1 editor of the Wathena was sen in the district court here to 11 imprisonment in the county under a conviction of criminal The conviction is an outgrowth of a legislative the editor having accused State Senator John Fulton of Brown of a bribe in connection with the location of a new state Senator j was tho complaining stead will edit county h i s paper from the for County Treasurer's FORT DODOE Dec. 80. In the con test for the office of treasurer of Webster E. EL defeated democratic filed notice of appeal to the district The case will probably go to the supreme court for final Cox and J A. the republican received a tie vote on the face of the The board of supervisors gave the office to Lindquist by 31 deciding that defective ballots had been counted for S T I L L BETTER THE 0. H. RC COMPANY 18 PRESS KG CN More Appreciative Bargains are T e B i g Shoe Sale Better T h i n g s for Less Money are Brought to tlie expects to commence its freight traffic lia formerly Miss whose cern effect of making the petitioners and Telegraph Company's NEBRASKA CITY Dec The Pos tal Telegraph company undertook to come into the city without a franchise and was stopped by the mayor and the The company had strung some wires and compelled to take outside of the city limits all Wholesale Grocery Establishment 80. The and contents of the Wisener wholesale grocery were destroyed by entailing a loss of $ 150,000, with insurance uf $ 95,030. Intense cold prevented the firemen from doing parents reside in this has written them from that she has married W. J a diamond king of and that they have fled from their home to which is now crowded with refugees from the South African She writes in We had intended to take a trip to India bnt the war came on aud we had to flee to this leaving all of our household goods at Johannesburg which is now only occupied by a few Professor Wilson Elected | Dutch women and looting We NASHVILLE Dec 80. The Modem left a grand piano worth $ 900, a few Language association closed its session paintings and odds and Many here Professor Charles people had to leave with only the Wilson of the University of Iowa ing on their The Dutch say was elected Professor H. that if they lose the day they will burn between Clinton and Davenport the first of next week aud within ten days Co put four passenger trains into Case of Smallpox at JESUP Dec. 80. President ' der of the state board of health visited here to inspect the suspected case of He pronounced it a genuine - but in a very mild All who have visited the home have been placed tinder strict to Meet Uls CAIRO 80. William Martin was hanged iu the court house yard here yesterday for the murder of Joseph Laudrum last On the scaf fold Martin exhibited He talked * his will to die and the belief that he was TELEGRAMS TERSELY Congressman Bo a telle of Maine is The Chicago Record says another rail road to the Pacific coast is a strong Eugene V. the editor and pub lisher of the Northwest died at his home iu Paul Kid Parker of Denver knocked out Tom Moi - of Boston in the tenth round of a 20- rouud go at Leadville The Prince of Wales has accepted the chief colonelcy of tho Imperial Yeomanry and has contributed 100 for the Denny McManon of Detroit was given the decision over Turkey Point Smith of Philadelphia in a round go in The of the National Hard Wood Lumber association has decided to hold its next national convention in May 3. The jury trial of William at v for the lulling of his Mrs. Nathan Friday returned a verdict of Fire Scannell Friday promoted Deputy Chief Edward F. Croker to be of the New York fire ac a salary of $ 3,000 a Kid Broad of Cleveland got a well earned decision over Jack Hamilton of through the latter 's foul tactics at Cue Broadway club Friday To the largest audience that ever faced a public speaker iu a hall in San Hon. W. J. Bryan Friday night made a speech on trusts and Dr. surgeon of the One Hundred and first Indiana regi was run down and together with his Cuban Francisco near by a Wabash At a conference of leading supporters of Senator Morgan at i t was decided to the stale and conduct an aggressive ip j eli attempted to through a stream near L with his with the result that Mrs. miau and were Upon told it accident Che mother of Charles Chap man died of tile WHEAT IS Corn a Silent Provision Market to a Dec. 9. The Liverpool and recei its were a * influence to a very quiet wheat market May fro - i Corn closed a shade lower an t t At the close provisions were practically unchanged from i U y C Dec. o. 1:: R im- a l i S LA Cash No. 2 re I 60c;- So. 2' siring 7 No. * No. 2 92g4c Live Dec. 8,000 generally 10c stock and gooi to Sa. 6.50: to 2i.- mixed s toe - 0usVUtt: selected good to a n M. 7J3: fed Texas H. 2j* j a. 27. 6c H 45: good mixed and M. 10 l. good to choice heavy rough M. 10 ( 4.10: balk of 11.0UU: slow to j lower except for native A1 - t. 0i; t. western i x i o i 7i Employes Will Be Paid OMAHA Dec. 30. Judge Monger yesterday passed upon the application s m u - about 100 employes of the Greater I. Wartenberg of the University Johannesburg and blow the mmes to ' - - i Tr ia all n. nri America exposition to declare that con- c f secretary and This will have the i Combine to Fight t h e SAW FRAN 80. The lner says t h a t ' five independent eastern It is hubbub and war Mrs. Rees was bom and raised in Nebraska and is an artist of considerable tobacco factories have combined to fight the tobacco trust and have made arrangements for an aggressive campaign on this The names of the are not TELEGRAPHIC Ware & boot and shoe manufacturers jof STOCK TAKING Fair Activity In order Bradstreet's Review o f NEW Dec. 80. Bradstreet Holiday quiet and stock taking impart appearance of dullness to general distributive by fair activity In re- order business to fill np stocks depleted by the hottest have day trade that has ever been uwe to Following the flurry in money J i h S ' v T Z S and 8 0 U 1 0 h n of speculative of the - Haverly Minstrel - j i i died a t j commodities noted last has agod 64 as was a more cheerful tone At or of cereals j holding np well For the ' was selected as the place year failures are the smallest In number April 10 next as date for holding the for 17 years past and were i t not for a Calumet M Baking ate N state Ex- ' Michael head of the Wisconsin state tax died suddenly Friday evening of in his office at Ean William well known to sporting promoter of died in In his younger dayshe sparred with who died on and with who died in Boston - - and iking east of resulted in the J George Warner md i * of heavy 1 suspension in which will exceed those of 1893 would have the smallest for twelve years Cashier NEW Dec 8 Lewis E crf A e v t Z fe vis National Port VX who is alleged ration of $ 54,000 on 34 and I e s a also to have falsified the hank's City U s e KANSAS 0,300: choice grades others heavy native AS area 1.00 i. 8S: stackers and X $ cows antl 13- 15 4 5; 3- fed U- 004 5 i i western 13.5041.60; l 8400; higher early dosing 1( 14Uo heavy and H. 1W4UO: 1UJ: good general at stealy prices * 5 0Jts 13- l. and 00: 3.0Q. South Omaha Live SOUTH OMAHA Dec 3.^- 1. native beet S- western Texas s 3 7 0 c o w s and IS. lieM a S i i i 93.00: stockem and t 7j; sa * 7.00: 6,000: shade t o te heavy mixed 17S: MJW of U. l 9tXIH. S. 009: iM- western stock 7bM2S David or a of former Queen states that be about decided to make Washington his Joseph the labor member of parliament Lady Warwick in her recent book brought to public is to be married and retire from The first wedding at the Tower of London In many years was - that of the daughter of Sir Hugh Gough to C. H. celebrated The bridal party was escorted by the Yoeman Wardens of the When Justice of THE CLOTHING STORE is F a l l i n g in Not a. P l a ce ' Iowa Where Y o u Can Get s o Much in Northwest for Your Mon e y than R i g h t h e r e in T h i s Store - sa. - as. Remember Our Clearing Sale on Cloaks and Ladies 25 to 33 per cent off from Regular NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO BUY At The OH ERG g Work of the Florence che secretary of the National Federation of makes an interesting statement In The Independent regarding the purposes of the in the operations of which she Is an Important The National Federation Is now composed of local In New Pennsylvania and whose object is to promote Intelligent and effective coo Deration among purchasers In demanding goods made under right and humane conditions In preference tb Wisely tlie managers of the leagues have recognized the fact tbat their scheme Is in an experimental stage and have decided to restrict their operations Co a Held which NOTED BRITISH SOLDIER Record of General Sir Redvers S o l d i e r of E x p e r i e n c e Zn He Won t h e V i c t o r i a Cross F o r Has More Than One Comrade From Among the The following article about General Sir the commander in chief of the British forces iu South Is of interest at che present time in view of his recent serious defeat In attempting to cross the Tugela the war will be lint nut said General Sir Duller when taking they think they can effectively j n j s f o r m a i | t l V e of the ac Baland when chey have demonstrated thac they can cover Chat field they propose to enlarge Che scope of As at present organized they already cover four large New Philadelphia and and It Is In these cities tbat sweatshops are most If the leagues can make an impression in these they will have comparatively easy work Following this Idea of confining Its within such a a s i t can make Its Influence the feneration has devoted its energies mainly during the present year to ibf manufacture of women's In tbe of this line of goods the federation has certainly Improved Che conditions of the operatives and practically taken out of the list of articles of sweatshop manufacture In tbe four cities Included tbe scope of Its As Co the league Unds there Is no danger In cbe competition of tbe Secretary Kelly The of good made under good conditions conns from the cheapen log of the of which the ifar are from uf am sad electricity to this branch of and from the ot of the organization of thr industry Such ss thr i comes from tbr lo the long hours of the of rent by using sod of tenement houses of wholesome sad from employing young girts to do by foot power should be done by using steam In tbe lung run the factory of Industry cannot fall to compete thr sweating system out of the The statement of Florence Kelly Is It will become still more encouraging when the shopping public recognises Its duty to aid In doing away with the evils of the After negotiations extending over some two years the Massachusetts branch of the States Daughters of 1812 has secured the probably effectual assistance of Secretary Long In obtaining from congress permission to rebuild tbe old frigate known historically as Old now tied up In the Charlestown navy In a letter Co the president of the society the secretary has announced bis approval of the plan and tbe forwarding by him of a communication Co the bouse committee on naval affairs recommending tbe passage of a under which the work proposed can be The Intention Is Co restore the famons ship to a serviceable condition In order that she may be used as a ship or as may be deemed The cost of the restoration la to be defrayed by popular subscription and the work done at the navy yard to the satisfaction of tbe The secretary The Constitution as she exists today la a relic of the glory of the navy In Its early and the fact that memory of ber prowess la still cherished among the people la a gratifying evidence of the patriotism that should be encouraged. Tbe restoration of this old of- war for the government by voluntary contributions from the people under the auspices of this society wonld h e w object lesson of great value to the for a Chicago pronounced doctor pr nV ] - grain captor the first time in his judicial career rand after That recently he broke down y n M * i j f t } g - f a iW prisoner was who would i w think leave several little children not sand In bte But think what a moral before sailing for Cape and to his at the Army aud Navy club in I. oudou he added ( he couldn't have Joked so with her It's all right I'll eat my mas dinner ia Pretoria aud be back In England In time for the Derby aud Ascot la General Buller sailed amid Immense during which even royalty uncovered In his on Oct. 14. says the New York His che arrived at Cape Town no Oct. MO. and he ttel ashore on Nov. 1. high ranked and delegations of citizens met w sr e n a i t t e h r l d e a f y t ' P ort M Jerris * fbn r da S & & fe 8& - I p r c l s t wlU charge for a i 8 M n n S l t h 1 Silt him at the and a vast concourse of citizens hailed blm on bis ride through the streets as their Nest day he was preparing his plan of There were to be threes Each was to sweep np through che Boer carrying everything before Then the three were to cut to pieces whatever was left of che Boer forces and hand over tbe Transvaal as a Christmas gift to the English Everybody knows that there have been hitches in this General Buller Is no novice ac He has won his Victoria cross for conspicuous bravery and under fire bas rescued more than one comrade from certain death at the hands of Captain Lieutenant Everict and a all of the Frontier all owe their lives to his bravery a t where they were hotly pursued by All three were wounded and unable to help Colonel Buller then commanded the Bed vers Boiler was 60 years old on Dec T He entered the army n 1S5S. In the Sixtieth He was a subaltern In the China war In 1SC0, took port In the Red river expedition In 1870 and three years later served in the In 1STS he the Kaffirs and In 1879 the From 1830 to 1SS4 he served In Egypt and t h e Since then he bas been cared for In the departments at He was adjutant general In 1880 and ' e n a t i general In 1801. 5fes His tame as a fighter rests upon bis work In the Egypt Nile expedition In 1SS2- 4. He orated and promoted for services a t and Tamal ai made a march which called forth high pi There Is a story that In 1881? as a he crossed A Transvaal to mingle among When he wall ed with bnt Bi were so Incompetently him that they could 1 were slaughtered at General Buller has long of General In chief is thi ls ' Gl I -
