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Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - December 13, 1899, Mitchell, South Dakota
Mitchell daily Republican. Volume xvii. Mitchell. South Dakota wednesday. I elem heh 13is <1 Nim heh i to Brilliant sortie from Ladysmith was probably preliminary to an nil Vance. A strange item of be we Bas reached Here from Hoer sources announcing the Wash bunk Bridge is damaged. A. This is taken in some quarters ast possible confirmation of the urge British storm a Kopje and capture Tiu that the Hrisi itch Waxen Odt a wide sweep by Way of help Aaker. A number of Boer reign of terror in Northern Luzon guns Humours of More Battles f Neon firmed imports of Cageiii Cut at mudder a outlay Iio Filien up to Date Are heavy. An Fuki Vee Loudon dec. I t he morning fallers Are unanimous in regarding sunday v sortie at Ladysmith As a Brilliant piece of work. A War office dispatch re torts that Mafeking was Safe no to december 4. But that the hours had been shelling he town since november 27 with increased effect. It toils had been considerably reduced meat in half a Pound and bread a Quarter of a a ground in View of a prob Able Long siege. Water however was still plentiful. The doers fear the bayonets. This i illustrated in the full accounts now arriving of previous sorties let erns that in sir Archibald Hunter s Sally from Ladysmith to capture the Boer guns the Briti a <1x1 not carry bayonets. While they were storming the Lull the Beer suddenly aroused from sleep rushed to the Edge and opened in indiscriminate lire upon them. just before the British secured a footing on the top of the Hill some one among them shouted Quot fix bayonets and give them cold at this the hours turned and fled into the darkness. Little mention is made in the War office dispatches of horses lint it is understood that the losses in this re so sect have been exceedingly heavy. It Jenera Tia acre s disaster at storm Berg has been Laid to Lack of knowledge of the country but. According to the daily Telegraph when tile War began there were no official maps available at ape town anti therefore ii is probable that general list acc is till without them. The times while praising. Olomei Metcalfe a Brilliant feat at Ladysmith. A Presse it the opinion that Relief urine now so near Uch sorties arc perilous and h would in better for Genera White to avoid them it far As possible. The Post again endeavours a a ii tip i in i ii to arouse the British people to a recognition of the serious nature of the struggle and of the grave j h a s i to on in which matters now stand. It urges the government to prepare immediately to Send More troops to South Africa. London de. 12. The following from general Guthere. A for warred from ape t of n a the idea to attack Slor Liberg seemed of Promise certain Success hut the distance was underestimated by myself and local guides. Policemen took us round some Miles consequently we were marching front h 30 p. In. Till i a. In., and were landed Iii an in ski Msihie position. I do not consider tin error intentional. Boers Coin Mene cd fire from tin top of an a scalable i and wounded a Good Many it cur men while in the open Plain. The second North Timberland tried to turn our the enemy but failed. The second Irish Fusiliers seized Kopje Nar Ami held on. Supported by Mounter infantry and Ca Fie Pollee. Gun under Jeffrey could not be any better handled but i regret to a one gun was overturned in a deep mulch. And another sunk in Quicksand. Neither could in extracted in the time it a Ole. Seeing the situation i int i dispatch rider to Molteno with the new. I collected and withdrew out Force from Ridge to Ridge for a lion nine Miles. The Boer gun were remarkably Well served. They carried Necuis Atchly Coo Yards. I am holding Bushman a flock and Cypher at. Via sending Irish rifles and v bundle lands to Starks re in to recuperate. Wounded will proceed to Eileen town. Mis ing Northumberland number 366, not t0<5, us previously reported. So Jii lives a few detail. Pretoria. If e. La president Steyn has sent the following details of tin tight at Stor Anbery Lunetti in Quot the British with six cannoli Atta. A a d tin Boers under Swanepoel and Dicker storming the Hoerst entrenched in so pm pm Kopje. After a a even fight they were compelled to Retreat. Prisoners Are mayor \ urges. Six officers. 230 non commissioned officers and Lien of the Nort Humli Erland regiment two officers and about 250 non commissioned officers anti men of the Irish Fusiliers. Imp it Ible to Tat the number of dead or wounded British. Boen Ca of ii ret i three Cannon and two ammunition wide sweep by was and Are preparing to attack the Boers North of Ady Smit ii in tile rear. A message from Annau poort. Dated yesterday shows general French has apparently no inclination to withdraw his advanced troops at Arundel As it was feared might be the result of Gat acres defeat. French reports his artillery yesterday forced an Advance Post of Boers South of Kleberg to evacuate their position and seek Refuge Lichi and Vaal Kop. There is great indignation in great Britain it the ignorance the British intelligence department has displayed in estimating the Boer strength in Caie Colony. Experts aver that 15,000 Boers will have to be driven out of the Colony before the passage of Orange River can be commenced. The rhodesian Force advancing to the Relief of Mafeking reached Gabe Rosie a a fort december 2 and found the Boers had evacuated the place. The rhodesian Are repairing the Railroad As they Advance. The latest news from Mafeking shows c colonel Baden Powell has been forced to reduce the rations of the Garrison and inhabitants but water is plentiful there. A a a sympathize with Boers. Rebel army has broken up into Small bands who Rob and murder. Into the Bay Entrance. It came up fifty feet Over the Lowland. No in a holy and Soma Sora on the Bay. The Waves swept Over the tops of Trees thirty feet High. Out of nearly i Hoo inhabitants Only fort a pet Young Rockefeller s expensive Lesso philippine queries by or. Pettigrew the whole coast for Miles was Tram formed into a corpses were eve Trees Ami portions of houses were Bur i till in the ooze. Every few rods were great lumps of stones and in elders it j that had washed up from the sea. _ c hanging the entire Topography of the j suppression will be difficult to Norvelt a it t a applies to his father sch Ai Contr the coast will never be known. Us the corpses Are in Many cases Yards a huge mud puddle. Attempt run a Corner in be alb very where. Broken j a a will net him about $5.-000.000 minus. J under the new ground. At Lia Toesia. Some officers favor outlawing All out it f two get Polo. Lawtm., kill i and 40 wounded. T he balance is Majied to j the Hills where the Shock if Earth to quake was first Felt. Natives found with Anna More Spanish prisoner freed. Standard Oil Many a Hon steered against a bad prop snoot by j. It. Keene the Veteran h pee ii i a tor. It of to lord major of Dublin preside at anal Boltis meeting. Dublin. Dec. 12.�?i>ord mayor Daniel Fallon presided at a meeting of the v cry Sirut Ion yesterday called to pretest against the Transvaal War. The clerk announced there was no quorum. But the lord mayor insisted on making a statement in which he declared that the War was a Quot Wanton and unprovoked undertaken by or. Chamberlain and capitalist against a handful of he further declared thai America was opposed to this Quot iniquitous i the meantime the members present shouted a no quorum Quot and Aud the tumult in the galleries drowned All the speeches. Eventually the Long mayor left flit chair with tile galleries cheering for president Krueger. No attempt a made to adopt the previously prepare i resolve i Lions against the War. Republicans carry Boston. Fleet mayor by a Small plurality Heulu Iii other town. To ton. Dee. I. Returns from i i precincts out of he give Hart Republican. Collins de Moi rat. 37,040. I he same precincts in i-<7 gave or Republican. 33,042 Quincy Democrat. Ns.3s�j. On the Bas of these returns the lobe estimates the Republican plurality at 2.000. T he republicans were generally successful in the City elections yesterday. Only in Newburyport did the socialists make a Strong showing. In Boston. Lynn and Woburn ordinarily Strong democratic strongholds tile i publicans scored signal victories. In Boston after a pirated Campaign. N. Hart Republican Defeated Exon Gressman Patrick a. Collins the democratic nominee for mayor by 1,04 4 vat s. T he total vote was Hai r. Republican. 40 Jai Collins Democrat. 3-l701. The democrats however still control Roth branches of the City government. The i Mard of aldermen by an increased majority. I be Board stand eight democrats Aud five republicans. The City. As usual toted for License. The Republican Victory was. In a great measure due to the knifing of or. Collins by the supporters of John in Mur Illy. Win were eve rely i appointed by their favorite a defeat in the caucuses. Death of maj. Logan. Manila do. 13. Colonel Smith with a detachment of the seventeenth in i Fai itry. Surrounded Ami captured in a Village near Malaqui a party of goer Rillas who had made their head Quad i Tern there. The party included the band which assassinated seven officials at Malaqui for Frieu lines to the a americans Vul Are insurgents who be Calm ban a lits when the disintegration of the filipino army began. They kept the country around Malaqui Iii a state of terror for several weeks and commit i Ted Twenty five murders in less than that number of Days. When they were caught they were promptly sent to general Macarthur Headquarters at Baya bang by train. It is expected that they will i a speedily tried and either shot or hanged As an example. I the a Hole country North of Sun Fernando and Manila except within the permanent line of troops around the City and the closely patrolled stretches of Railroad swarms with similar bands. Probably they will be increased by men from Pilar army Many of whom Are making their Way South to join the insurgent Force in Cavite province. These people for the most part succeeded in dodging general Grauth. Olomei Belles a i colonel flood troops who Are scouring the country for them. They devote their energies to ambushing commissary wagons Aud to picking up soldiers who leave their column. Every Day some Wagon train is fired upon or some Soldier disappears. General Wheeler Secretary or Garret was disarmed and slashed by a Bolo Man almost within sight of Headquarters his a Sailau pursuing him nearly into the Headquarters building. The policy of these ruffians is to make the country uninhabitable for americans and to frighten natives into refraining from giving assistance to the americana As Well As to compel the inhabitants to sup Kirt the insurrection. Frequently they raid anti loot town the brother of the i t silent of Linos event outside the town the other Day to Harvest some Rice. In was captured by his compatriots accused of being a spy and executed. Only a Small proportion of the insurgent important decision on suicide clause new y Feller or. Esta i is ii believed f Ort. Dec. 12.-, w to recent my office in to have a Aid South Dakota circuit court decides insurance companies Are not liable. R Hirx or Leith. When Young his , with he i eat her common. Up Hock father Selling John la i in left Ach Wail or a inuit a i a to Date. J to at n Matra it restaurant keepers Case an attractive investment grown of in the leather Bolding leather Stock because get rid of it. But appear Young Rockefeller did no to know Tiv heu leather was at Sall the could have been nought fur a found dead Iii place of let Uris Ira sat Cim reel won under Circum a lattices indicating so h Ide. My under the advice of Jam r Rockefeller a it the it level in Keene the Young induced to attempt Sioux fall. S. La. Dee. Ant action bearing on the insurance companies on to to person who commit Sui suited from the trial of a state circuit court Bere Dishner. A Garretson keeper was found dead i of business on the morn ii 12.�?i Iii Hgt it liability of heirs issued ride has release in the. John in restaurant i in of Ary to Limiter i Cui indicated that he had Odic. Dishner was ins a faint $2,000 of who tonal fans Ira Ohio and re Odd Fellows. H was Iii Tivee Coni a ii remaining it of which he place Junu a which Aimi t Ted sided for a it a it. In Piqua nay of Piqua. $2,00t� in the was a me Iii of leather common. To h lie consulted with his Faut is believed. Realize that Tivel Small amount of Mot trolled and that probably Man would receive a Lea would be Ben Etheial Iii fill and smiled at the plan. T i preliminary stage a Tion. Through by it tie to a Ceria Oil movement thinkers Beret n extent i v in the St a Are St Dent lid re to i do the Ohio company refuse to pay the amount of ifs policy on the ground that Dishner Bud commit Tell suicide. Anti the 011 Fellows likewise declined to pay the amount of it. Policy for similar reason. Suit was then rom the younger Rockefeller place orders for the a ecu i the floating Supply of the Ter picking up Many Large l tween la and la he started movement for an Advance to lie Able to unload Bis a Ings at the rising quotations. The older men w to had Bee on leather immediately let a Stock. Anil. Iii order to cont Aine 11 Advance it became n de mended against the two conic the heir of Iii Nettlie. Ii directed the jury to return favor of the defendant on that the insurance policy Lames by a clause re a a that the the heir state up Den i h or unit the Jones a verdict in the ground contained a la the event gtd suicide. Ease to the Boek Feller to buy i than he had originally s when 25 a readied pointed out to ills Young there was a Short interest which could very easily by then began the Al Rock Ceary Roger i Wah in 1114>1 in Lam if with time Ai inter fro a i of a St k was Lotan no 25 out the mad is a i Van to 41v e top t Pri rumours of Battles. Fight als be Progress at mudder in of Tugela Biver. A ton n. Dec. Ii. I i reported ii Ivy firing l a been heard All a Lav in tile direction of Molder rivet. Lot Don. Dec. 12. Almost Complete ii knee of now a fr1 in i he of War up to j 20 this afternoon increase Niblic anxiety. So deeply stirred Ltd by a inlay disaster. A such scanty me age As bait till i through a a ,�11 to indicate Flat pre Pat Ai a fit it Complete tot to Imus Taueu a ii i Geia tiler Aud Mold i i ficht i Niovi. A. Rite Brit i in Iii Titti i there is in con i a tit t ii u 1101 h t a ii up i Tai to or i i i a a it. Iff i i la 1 Bas Ben a Hting a reported by Story that his of ii it i a ii shut him Ita Seless. A Iii Ngou. Dec. I or tin War department the Story that najor John a. Logan a her it i own men i ii Utcy. By ail appearances not the a lightest intimation of Uch a thing a. Come through official channels. I he gallantry of major Logan a specially mentioned by Secretary Boot in i recent report to the president. Major general Corbin Only a few Days ago poke of major Logan death Sis illustrating in the most notable manner the reunion of North and South. The regiment of which major Logan battalion was a int was recruited i Texas. Here. Corbin pointed out. Was the in off the Greate to Volunteer general of the Filiti War killed while leading Iii Battle texan father hat fought for til confederacy. The illustration was impressive. It a the intention to cite if had the president and general Corbin visited Nashville on the occasion of the Welcome of the Tennessee Reg Menf. Nothing is known Here of the import that major Logan cause a pet to Sav it dog of one of the Texas companies to in thrown overboard from the trait Kilt. Aud to credence i put in the Tori that lie was hot by one of his Texas soldiers. Tile regiment a coins handed by a Olomei Hare. When major Logan a to the Ingi Niento he expected that some of tile texans lie Hail known Iii service in Cuba would join the regiment. Colonel Hare urged major Logan to i a Oon a , fic Lidilia i Arm have been surrendered and the problem of suppressing this guerrilla warfare is anything but o solution. Smie of the uni Erica a officers think it worse than fighting indians owing to it the difficulties of the country in locating a he natives who resort w Hen hand pressed to the Amigo Dodge Aud hide ther guns. Some of the americans favor the i thing of ii proclamation declaring All natives found with arms to be Bandit and punishable As criminals instead of boing treated a Pri owners of War. Information has been received at Headquarters that 5oo Spanish prisoner have been hipped from Vigan to Manila and that 1.5 Gnu others have been assembled Iii Rigau. Including general Bena. Probably tiles a spaniards released by general Young s troop in the Bengue District where they were concentrated by the insurgents. Washington. Ifie. 12.�? general Mica ides As follows a in guinean province the have been seat Tercel and driven eat to the mountains Lur Cue Lait in in that Section the la a few play were ten insurgents casualties killed wounded Ami prisoner. Khz. Onside Erable insurgent property with records arms and ammunition a been captured. Our troops Are now in the Mountain in Pur nit. Insurgents have been driven from suing Bay and Marine now occupy the naval station there. Our column Moline West from Tarlac Ami is now no the wet j coast of Luzon where it a been supplied. It has encountered Little resistance. T he column is now moving i and South from i i go a ii along the coast. There i in concentrated insurgent Force of importance in Luzon North of Manila. South of Luzon will not offer any serious resistance to troops operating in that Section. Organized rebellion no longer exists and our troop Are actively pursuing the robber bands. All important and threatened centers of population in the North have been marshal make pea it e it w a i erf own trying to Stop la i a a a a fit 11 in. Sioux Falls. S. In Bec. 12.�?-1 he City marshal of Watertown who bears the significant and appropriate name of Makepeace a inaugurated arsons who have Lorn aces use profane language on tilt regardless of whether or not Poi the. Of War on Asto Nied to the. Of reef women or children were within hearing. As an example and As a gentle hint to More prominent men who of far forget themselves As to offend in this particular. Marshal Makepeace rest cil an irresponsible a know ii As Quot Happy Jack. For using foul Anil obscene Tai Guage on a Busine Street. A Happy a k. A who a a a Strong mail and Hail. G exhibition of i All. A strength Iii Watertown Ai. Taken lie fore a police Justice. I is led ill to cont r Obilt. Treasury for i of his language d it it similarly p of this Chara Cit v is Pupos offender to the More it or thereby make generally and particular to has aria racier a it Een give feats of dons. Was who con the sum f it r not Teing Iii Public Iii ish of the r Aud St made a private that time Liegau the skyrocketing by the f from 40 to to. Or. Compelled to buy lilt sell. In this Way. In too which it was Ori til Alt the re has grown Iii ii is unites too younger Gold and Erbil. Ii ii r assistance Iii Luces the i compelled to Rockefeller. I i Patt the id i Tith. Cd oui amount $10,000.04, Vest Al info. Like the younger \ ii came to the Ler was John d. D to the. Or Iii wait steady the would by pus a portion of h Ane of this to create the was a Short ii ing steadily. Not w it standi Fere to. Were ii Al a treet. Took 1> adv at a e til liquid holdings. Erne it in. Iii pression rest us lid that this a Ling the to of the ii was to Huger Lim Kefel by for Aid. A Veteran his son to it where it ate at least in further the ill i the Pri. Qui c fit a Tati t a possible for citizens Voiret amt children in traverse the Street without having their ear pollute by foul language. Ipswich diphtheria of Pidemia. Ipswich. S. I Dee. 13 twelve cases of diphtheria Are reported in this immediate Vicinity. There a been one death the 12->car-old son of in. J. Owens. Nearly All of Tho a affected with the Disca a contracted it at a dance which a Given in an infected House so that the Large number of eases is not due to a laxity of quarantine regulations. On the contrary much credit is due to the health officer. Or. Robert Hill who i doing everything possible to curtail the contagion. Ceram s awful disaster. Nearly 12,000 lit lost in recent Forth Snake. San Francisco. Dee. The in in Taylor is inaugurated Maii Crow attends tile ceremony owing to a b Izzard notices of contest filed. The be inn which liquid Buck who had appeared originally As a buyer of the stuck now assumed the j role of a Eller. More than that i Selling was immediately followed by the borrowing of Stock from various brokerage firms it is Aid that the Hon interest amounts to 50.004 shares Anil the Stock steadied. But whether Young Rockefeller will pull out remain to be seen. Contest for the convention Iii Ladelphia delegation 4ull on the president. Washington. It dec. 12.�?a Conte Over the place for hoi Ling the licit Republican convention a begun at tin White lion today with Philadelphia making the first Effort to secure the juror of the president. \ Deb gation a the president and explained to him the Hopes of that City. The president expressed pleasure a meeting the delegates but Ani if would be manifestly improper for i. I. To express the slightest preference fur a by City in a contest Fth cd Ira Ter. A Large delegation from hic ago i expected tomorrow in the inter a of thut cite. Of tile that h of the Christi Faithf it general is confirmed a ii Al o u major Lim Era i of yid Meers a p it re a cd i Al id i debate on Hiles. To omit the tuck port i Ecru if my utta. Liver dispute. Uii a i Els were i til my a nday it the Dav hmm a rat a in monday int in a a Iii u of ii general t a i Iii Chi Fig run i Virrl cuing a tin Freil fire of sunday presence would rag. Tell Ile tailed a port if the death of major i Ogun a that he Vias id Duncing with a body of leva. �2u11st a my i car err Forte a t i ii i Oil of Uiti in hts a str Tant fell j wound d major i. A a Lieut to la i a be Beni Viking received a i in the brain. A Texas Juidici who followed major let Ogaus to a he b of the sergeant was wounded. Ter that overtook the Island of Ceram on the 2d of lat month to a the people of that District great Hgt in life and property. The Teum hip America Marti which arrived yesterday from tin Orient j brought advice from i cram and re ports that 5, House were destroyed Sun that Island alone when tin dreadful earthquake. Of Nolen a i the japanese coast an i ,.i lated the i Amis adjacent to the Empire Oil the night of a i the p tic of i Era ii a a Vav n acne j by a tar Hock of Curt in j Mike that served Vav. I from North t South in Tyre fied la Ort. Their to i Iii. Took up in Tim us by be. Tar. A few Lutcis if a ice i 1 11�.�i the Wain a Iluigi in the but . The spa came fur want Iii the Bapt it a Loe tidal wave and forced the water i i pct Frankfort. By. Bee. 12. S. Lay for Wana ugly rate i governor of noon. The crowd present a much smaller than to dial. Owing to a blizzard prevailing. The inaugural ceremonies writ simple. Taylor in his inaugural address a Iii Quot the verdict Reml ered by the per pie sat now nil or a a mandate of the people Iii favor of civil Liberty. It ii to Triumph Oieni a Mercil a. Remore less parti a machine to enslave he said one of Fie chief Aims of his Adamini a ration would be to. Seurt the repel i of the Goebel election Law. I fit. I teat. A Inoc in to c t a lilt i be it a stat Lotfie Begarif i Urr Ca infest 4l.1v. Fok defrauding Uncle swi. Six India to Eiith a 4 in no a lion will la to. La Marthd ii. Savannah. Ga., dec. 12. Ute i United state grand jury a p to the t. In it present session returned x Riblet ments against her on it Aari a with conspiring await a the govern in connection with the Listie in the Savannah Haring. Sioon them 1 a Utain i. 1. Art a already Coatie tuned by court martial tithers 1 Allied Are 1>. H. A Reen j f. Bai Ai l. La. A nor. I Itayim and m. A con allot. According to the indictments $574.74l a. Ted i. A a piracy. A a privileges to the faithful. Few of e Hor Erin or a fart a he Mon i that s p it p on them. I a be Leo Grants i Iron toll. Abr hip 4 a in ii in \ it a .�-h.iigt. Ii. 11. Mcce 1 ii a St a a c. 1 f i 1 i document in which the p ipe g i it Ait. 1 m a of Bourn rank intr of i i 4 till a Ini de Washington. Dec. 4 lib a a w ill in t h Leonard ,.i will in the new Var. As major t Ien r a in Ihl itary. Til Ile u View 01 preside it is to Genera Militar ban Tingmei hide. Mini nod a f. Iii it la Ira to act Tell Hay arrives. 4 Ion Al Lett Erin >1 Muju / 4 or a Vereil i a i a prot. 1 Ria. Hav a cab a to of med states 4 of Anith fell iwo a a Al i i fall. Ii so i r later rate la bar set Sirp to a i la k a a i ill site of accepting to tier Burn who a by Mac Nim to take tis will serve As Coni until the arrival of of or. A signalled or. Hob a Ria Only Blixt seeks Pardun. H Irv Hay wards i a a 1 a a it a protests i la run a a a a p. \. Blixt. Who pleaded Iii Ltd Tith first tier or the j. \ i. Uch try fore he h a i ill a j of robbery. Triple new Jersey wreck. Two Mon to tile i a of ii Iran a built do toil gel i prot a 4 ton a atty Fin plot Wresl a but 4 Bevel be. Let Eti j. La. I to a. Trai Early morning Pike. To tire of d ii Ai 4 Liel ii. Lowass Husetis elections. �?��?�1 s ii to ii the main i a a a a a in i i 4 ii is \ i i w so i
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