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f ROCK LAND ARG'CJ TXXL. XI. VII. NO. G2. BOCK ISIiAXD, 1X1., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30s 1898. PRICE THREE CENTS. t V TRANSVAALIS EXCITED! Uitlander Circles Full of Discon tent Under the Tyranny of the Boars, iAMS35 SAID 'niTE3 RECALLED. Many Causes That Ar Leading to a Rapt or, with Great Britain Boar Editors Adding Fuel to tha fir. stith Incendiary Articles State of Thine That Mast soon Cease or Onus Are Likely to Settle tha Blatter. London. Dec. 20. A disquieting situ ation is developed at Johannesburg. Ac cording to the latest advices from there the place Is seething with discontent, as on the eve of the Jameson raid, in con sequence of recent and proposed gov ernment measures which the Uitlanders regard as being a fresh series of Im positions. In addition racial animosi ties are Intensifying at the vexatious treatment of the British-Indians and Cap boys." which is rousing much bitterness. There was a tier, jus develop ment last week when a Boer policeman murdered an Englishman named Kd gar, entering the latter's house and shooting him. The policeman was ar rested upen the charge, but upon tha following day the charge was reduced to one of manslaughter and the police man was allowed his liberty on ball. The British agent demanded a restitu tion of the charge of murder. fioer Newspapers Are Vitriolic The newspapers publish venomous article on the subject. The Botr or gan. The Rand Post, discussed the pros pect of war with Great Britain and ad vised that on the first British act of war the women and children at Johan nesburg be given twenty-four hours to leave anil that the whole place be then razed and that "the perpetrators of these turbu!nt proceedings, if caught, should be thrown Into the deep shafts of their m'nes. with the derrls of their machinery for costly shrouds." and add ing that "the whole of Johannesburg will exult If the Afrikander ward N converted Into a gigantic rubbish heap, as a mighty tombstone for the shot down authors of the monitrn deed." The Pretoria Volksteln suggests that Jan. 2 be obesrved ad Jameson day. and that Dr. Jameson be burned in efnpy. Would Klioot "Wire-Puller." The Johannesburg correspondent cf The Times, telegraphing yesterday, says: "Yesterday's issue of The Kami fort contains runner lnr.amrratory ar ticles. The paper called Saturday's pro ceedings rebellious plots against the ex istence of the republic and styles the petition 'a lying ar.'J libelous document compiled in conjunction with the Brit ish agent's office. ' It su?gsts that If a couple of wire-pullers were shot It would avert war, and S3ys that Great Britain should be required to aprolnt a new consular staff, failing immediate compliance with which request the en exequateurs of the members of the pres ent staff should be withdrawn " Kruger Deprecates Wit Taik. The Cape Town corespondent of Th Dally Mall says: "President Kruger. In the course of an Interview, has asserted that he deprecates the warlike article published on Wednesday by the Boer organ. The Band Post, and declares that he will prohibit the proposed anti Janr.eson demonstration." SITUATION 19 INTOLERABLE. Reform Leaders Roused to tha Point of a Rebellious Slot.. The Johannesburg correspondent of The Daily Mail, who utters a warning against the optimist reports cabled tj London in the Kruger interest, says: "I have interviewed the British consul, who said that the Saturday demonstra tion Impressed him as based upon deep public feeling, while the deputation which presented the petition was. to his personal knowledge, composed of men of high character and standing. Signs are multiplying that the outlander sen timent has been roused to the point of asserting claims for Justice. The ex reform leaders are debarred, under pain of banishment from interfering in politics, but they declare that despite Pretoria terrorism they will not keep silence much longer. The present temper of the community Is such that opposing demonstrations will almost Inevitably be followed by serious riots. I learn on high authority that during the negotiations at Pretoria regarding Saturday's demonstration the British agent carefully avoided any ad mission that the British government assented to the public meetings act. He even suggested that Great Britain might test the legality of that measure under the London convention. The present position has aroused the deep est public excitement known since the Jameson raid, and It U plain that .ome- thing must be done quickly toterrolnate humiliating tlon." and intolerable situa- Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards tbe food against alum arc the oi the day ROMERO IS NO MORE. Distinguished Mexican Ambassador Passes Away. Washington. Dec- 30. Amliassiulor Komero. of Mexico, died this morning. aged 62. Tbe remains will be taken to Mexico for interment. Senor Komero was probably tbe lest known member of tbe diplomatic corps in Washington, and was for some time its dean. Wben Great Britain raised ber mission to an embassy, tbe added rank placed Sir Julian Pauncefote at the head of tbe corps, though the junior in years of Komero. who was raised only recently from minister to am iiassaiior. Don Matias Romero was one of tbe most eminent statemen. writers and diplomats of Mexico. He was born in the citv of Caxaca Feb. 4, 1837. Komero was unable to stand the shock of an operation for appendi citis last eioesiay. .Lp to 1:30 this morning, however, it was thought he was in a lair way to recover, but at that time a high fever set in and be sank rapidly until his death at 4-10. Tbe funeral will proliably lie held Sunday afternoon at St. " Ma- tbew'a Catholic church. He was also on intimate terms with President Lincoln and Secretary Sew ard. The legation was bv concurrent arrangement of the two governments within the last month raised to tbe grade of an embassy, and next Tues day had been fixed upon as the day when Komero was to present his cre dentials to McKinley as ambassador. St. Louis, Dec. SO. George Ingram Barnett, one of the pioneer architects of St. Louis, is dead, aged 84. Dixon. I1L. Dec 30. James A. Ilawley, prominent Mason and active member of the Scotish rite, is dead, aged 66. WILL YIELD TO BROOKE. Representative Cabana to Abide by Amer can's Judgment. Havana. Dec. 30. The Cuban Pa triotic committee, consisting of 1,500 leading Cuban, lawyers, doctors and business men, at a meeting which lasted until 4 this morniug. decided to vield without reservation to the vish- es of Gens. Brooke and Ludlow in the matter of postponing the six days celebrations, and has approved tbe manifesto to the Cuban population of Havana on the lines of Ludlow's re ply on the subject of the proposed celebrations, quoting sortie txrtions of t and paraphrasing others. The citi zens in Havana and Cuban soldiers outside the city are intensely excited, but the Patriotic committee and mili tary chiefs of the Cubans think they can quiet this feeling and prevent vio lent incidents. SOLDIER'S ACCIDENTAL FATE Ear Herring Meets Catastrophe at I'ana The I-ong Straggle. Tana. 111,. Dec. 30. Ear Herring, trumpeter of Company C. of Spring field, doing riot duty here, was acci dentally shot and killed this morning while on guard duty east of Pana. During the storm Herring entered an old coal shed for protection from ' the rain. In the darkness he stumbled and fell. His gun was discharged, the lall passing through his heart. It is nine months today since union miners left the pits which are now operated by negroes. Their struggle for a state scale and recognition of the union has been bitterly fought, but there seems little more favorable pros pect for victory than it was threj months agoT The strikers received today f 1,UU from the state organiza tion. CUBAN LABORERS STRIKE. Dock Meat in Santiago Wait Illghor Wage. Santiago. Dec. 30. The boon of employment at fair wages is seeming ly not appreciated by Cuban laborers. Dock laborers struck for a raise of 55 cents today. They were getting (1.2-r a day, which is 'lb cents more than under the Spaniards. Now they re fuse to go to work under $1.80. "Gen. Wood told the ring leaders if they did not instantly return to work be wouid import enough negro laborers from Jamaica t do the government work. As a result several returned to work and enough were obtained to unload the vessels. Shot the Intruder Dead. Lexington. Dec. 30.--A special irora rgeni. ... eastern iveutucKV. says George Frazier.a prominent young farmer, gave a holiday dance last night to which John Stidbern came unbidden. Frazier ordered Stidbern to leave, and on his refusal to go. shot him dea 1. Frazier gave himself !up. The Parting Possessions. . Madrid. Dec. SO. The cabinet agreed to send additional funds to Cuba for the repatriation of the Span ish troops remaining there. The gov ernment considers that the prospects for the release of tbe Spanish prison ers in the Philippines are Tery dis couraging. Cold Weather In the Xorth. . West Sujerior. Wis., Dec. SO. At 8 this morning the thermometer wu 2S below zero and a -record of 34 for the night is reported, the coldest this winter. To Csrs m Cold tn Ono Day. I Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. IA11 druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c Tbe genuine has L. IS. Q- on each tablet. HAS KEPT HER WORD. Bishop Lorenzo Snow Declares Utah Has Not Been False to Her Promise. PLURAL MARRIAGE IS FORBIDDEN. aueh Performed Since the Admission of tha Stat. Mormon Church Not En couragtng Nor Teaching tha Doctrine, Bajs tha President of That Ecclesiastical Body, and Does Not Intend So to Teach Keler to tha Roberta Case. Salt Lake. Utah. Dec. 30. In connec tlon with tha election of B. H. Roberts to congress and certain charges circa lated by the Presbyterian board of missions President Lorenzo Snow, of the Mormon church, furnishes a signed statement to a paper here In which he says in part; "I declare most solemnly and emphatically that the statements which are being published to the effect that the Mormon church is encourag ing and teaching polygamy are utterly untrue. Ever since the issuance of the manifesto on this subject by President Wilford Woodruff, my predecessor in office, polygamous or plural marriages have entirely ceased in Ctah. Has Kept Her Word Sacredly. "Since my accession to the presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints I have repeatedly asserted my intention to stand by that manifes V and my determination not to permit any marriage to take place under the sanction cf the church which is con trary to the law of the state, and I now reaffirm that statement. The implied understanding with the nation when Utah entered the Union as a state has LOBKNZO SSOW. been sacredly observed. There is no intention-or disposition on the .part of the church to violate or depart from it In the future. The enabling act re quired a provision in the legislation of the state of Utah that polygamous or plural marriages should be forever prohibited. Laws have been framed In support of this constitutional amend ment. Heavy penalties are provided for in case of their violation. Roberts' Case a Secular One. "The election of Mr. B. H. P.oberts to the office of representative In congress from Utah was an entirely secular af fair. Non-Mormons participated In his nomination In the regular convention of his party. Non-Mormons also aided in his election. Many Mormons, not be ing of his party, voted for his opponent. He was elected as an American ctizen by American citizens, and the question of religion did not enter into the purely political contest. The church has noth ing to do with the action of congress in relation to his seat. Has Not Violated tha Law. "If. however, notice is to be taken of the wild statements and anti-Mormon fulminations in the pulpit and the press to the effect that Mr. Roberts has vio lated the state legislation and the re quirement of the enabling act. it is proper for me to state, as I do most positively, that the charge which in cidentally affects the church of which we are both members. Is entirely with out foundation in fact. If he should be unseated, the result as to polygamy would be no different. There have been no polygamous marriages since 1S90. There is no movement in the church for the revival of such unions. I am per sonally opposed to any such change. My associates in the leadership of the church unite with me in this determi nation. The excitement that has been caused during the last few weeks Is without reason and it appears to me without excuse. With a sincere desire for the welfare, progress and redemp tion of the whole human race. I am, etc., LORENZO SNOW." WELLS-FARG 0 OUT $60,000. j Trusted Messenger Takes tha Package and Then Disappears. San Antonio. Tex.. Dec. 30. The local office of the Wells-Fargo Express com pany is out a money package contain ing $0.0O0. The money was sent here from Houston for the Southern Pacific to meet its pay-roll west from this city to El Paso. It arrived Wednesday morn ing and was given to C. A. Beeler. the Wells-Fargo money delivery clerk, to hand over. Beeler started for the sta tion and was sen en route. Four hours after -his departure his wagon was found five miles west of the city In a thicket, the horse almost dead from the effects of hard driving. Inquiry developed the fact that no delivery had been made. There was no evidence of a struggle In the vicin ity where the vehicle was found. Beeler had beer, in the employ of the company for nine years and enjoyed the confi dence of all. He spent several years on the frontier as a cowboy. His friends stoutly assert that he is the victim of foul play, and hi wife also Inclines to this telief. Has Wives in Eight States. Kansas Ci'.x. JJec Z0. Harrr C. Bow- ' ell, whom the police assert has eight wives In as many states, has been par doned from the workhouse, where he was sentenced for carrying concealed weapons, on condition that he leave Kansas City. Howell has started for Fresno, Cal., where he says he has a daughter. . C0RJT1SH FOISOJTIKO CASE, Detectives at New York Declare It as Much a Mystery as Kvrr. New York. Dec. 20. The Adams Cornish poisoning case regains as great a mystery as ever. Whe the detective bureau, the district attorney's office, the coroner's office and ethers seeking to find a solution of ths strange case ended their labprs for the day all said nothing had Been learned that might assist in bringing the gfcUty person' to Justice. The police are inclined i bslieve tha the person who sent the ish is a woman, althou son to .Corn the evidence Is of the most flimsy character, and Is largely based on opinions of more or less responsible parties. ' Cornish, who was also poisoned at the- time of Mrs, Adams death, is now completely out of danger, though confined to bed at the Knickerbocker Athletic club. ILLINOIS TEACHERS ADJOURN. Albert G. Lane, of Chicago. Elected Presl- dent of the Association. Springfield, Ills., Dec. 50. The Illinois State Teachers' association adjourned last night. The last numbers on the programme were a memorial address on the late State Superintendent S. M. Inglis. by his successor, tlon. Joseph N, Freeman, and an addreSs oh "Abraham Lincoln," by Hon. Isaac '.N. Phillfps. re porter of the Illinois tfupreme court The association adopted Resolutions fa voring a larger appropriation for the work of the state superintendent s of fice: summer schools at-the University of Illinois; free text books and opposing state uniformity of text books The following officers J were elected: President, Albert Q. Lane. Chicago secretary. Joel M. BowBy. Metropolis; railroad secretary, W. C. Payne. Hins- dale. Alton Railway Sale Again. New York. Dec. CO. The Evening Post says: Negotiation have been prac tically completed for the purchase of the Chicago and Alton railroad by in terests represented by K. H. Harrlman of this city. While the purchasers de clined to say anything on the subject it can be stated on trustworthy authority that the purchasers intend to maintain and operate the road as .an independent line for the benefit of certain other It. portant railroad systemF. Urllls.li War Ofti-e Puzzled. London, Dec. r.O. The war office here is puzzled by an invitation received from the governor of Florida to send representatives to the national militi convention. whiL-h Is to take place at Tampa. Kla.. on Feb. S. The British otlicials have be?n endeavoring to as certain the purposes of the convention. and finally decided .to .write to the gov ernment of th-- United. States on the subject, asking for information prior to coming to a decision. Millers to Meet a Detroit. St. .Louis. Dec. 30. At t.v.e semi-an nual meeting of orlicers of the fraterni ty of Operative Millers of America, held here, it has been decided to hold the next annual- convention at Detroit in June. 1S99. St. Louis. Omaha and Kan sas City put forth strong inducements to secure the convention. Coal Strike Declared OfT. Carlinville. Ills.. Dec. 20. The strike In the Carlinville coal shaft is ended the union miners returning to work yesterday. The controversy was setiled when Alva Witt, the topman whose dis charge was demanded by the union, voluntarily resigned his position. Wisconsin Teacher El. ot Officers. Milwaukee. Dec. 30. At the closing general session of the Wisconsin Teach ers' association yesterday the following officers were elected: President. John T. Flavin, superintendent of Dodge county schools: secretary, H. A. Whip ple, of Whitewater j : Suicide at a Chicago Hotel. Chicago. Dec. 30 Htr.ry Clay Mont gomery, grain dealer aad leading business man at Deontur. Ills., and for merly treasurer of Macc-n county, killed himself in his room at the Great North ern hotel some time between Wednes day afternwn and yesterday morning. The revolver was still hand. Financial trout !utchcd in one Jos growing out of his grain business ieit Decatur are iJ.-n him to sui- supposed to have dri cide. Keinses tu (irantlthe Writ. Lansing. Mich.. Dec. io. Chief Justice Grant, of the state suareme court, has denied an application for' a writ of er ror under which the express revenue stamp case could be removed to the United States supreme court. The court recently decided that tl e Americar Ex press company must p ly for the reve nue stamps affixed to i s bills of lading. iioarsonoss Sore hroaf Hoarseness, sore throat and constant coughing indicate that tbe bronchial tubes are suffering; from a bad cold, Trhich may develop ifcto pleurisy or Inflammation of the unga. Do not waste health and str ngth by wait ing, bat use Dr. JehrT .'.Bull's Cough Syrup at once. This vonderful rem c !y cares all throat nd lung affec tions in an astonishinJrly short time. res Hoarseness and Sore Throat. Dts are small and pleas r I to take. Doctors letritactti tlm Price j eta. At all druggists. 'SJfc CI IIMI II tlsvaaaj OdusIi SuruD ah aV n l JMfegi mum IJ i-1 - m MEW Big Store With Little Prices. - Just received a new lot of fine Over coats especially for the Holidays. All the new shades of Coverts, Kerseys and Friezes in all styles and shapes. See our line of Light Colored Coverts from 10. OO to $15.66. We have a large stock of Suitable Presents for men and boys. THE LONDON. WAS A EEAL EN0CH ARDEN. Comes Home After Long Absence, Sees Wife and Children, and Says Nothing. Augusta, Ills., Dec. 30. Tennyson's story of Enoch Arden is equaled by a drama of real life which culminated here in the departure of Mrs. Wylie lay ers, of this place, for Colorado last week. She went to Join her first hus band, who until recently was supposed by her to be dead. The mysterious dis appearance and supposed murder of Randolph Garwood, which caused a sensation eighteen years ago, is ex plained. Garwood was selling silver ware for a Chicago house in the towns of Hancock county. One night in 18S1 he was last seen going upon the Mis sissippi bridge at Hamilton. He was supposed to have been murdered and throws into the river. His wife and two children living here mourned him as dead. Ten years later Mrs. Garwood mar ried Wylie Byers. a wealthy farmer here. They lived happily together until a year ago, when he died at their home in Carthage, survived by his wife and one child. The woman then moved back to Augusta and lived here until last week. But Garwood was not dead. He went to Colorado, taught school, was elected county superintendent of schools, later published a newspaper. and prospered. Five years ago he came back to this county, learned that his wife had married, saw her and his two children, but did not reveal his iden tity, returning to his Colorado home. Having learned of the death of Dy ers. Garwood wrote to his wife last August, imparting to her the fact that he was alive, and a correspondence en sued which culminated in the departure of the woman. Senator Mitt bell s Son Badly Hurt. Jacksonville. Fla.. Dec. 30. David Mitchell, son of ex-Senator Mitchell, of Wisconsin, was thrown from his polo pony yesterday and lies at death's door. Mitchell was thrown on his head and his pony felt on him and rolled over. Death of Ambassador Romero. Washington. Dec. 30. Ambassador Romero, of Mexico, died this morning at 4 o'clock, from the effect of an op eration for appendicitis, aged 62 years. Triumph of tha English lparroar. Niles. Mich., Dec. 20. Representative Burdick, at the coming session of the legislature, will Introduce a bill to re peal the Michigan sparrow bounty law. The birds do not seem to decrease and the law has given unscrupulous persons opportunity to swindle the treasurers of southern counties in the state out of thousands of dollars by poisoning spar rows by the wholesale in Indiana and then bringing them over In Michigan and collecting 3 cents per head. fetrnek at a Grade Crossing. Monroe. Wis.. Dec. 20. John Trickle. a saloonkeeper, was struck on a cross ing by a south-bound Illinois Centra! passenger -train, three-fourths of a mile north of the city. He was thrown fifty feet. He has a fracture of the skull and his right leg is broken above and below the knee and he cannot live. He Is 44 years of age and has a wife and one son. Trickle was out exercising a colt when the accident occurred. ConaMtr't to the Consecration. SprlBilelJ, Ills., Dec. 30. At a meet- ing" or the standing 'committee or the Episcopal church held in this city on Tuesday it was unanimously voted that Theodore N. Morrison, bishop-elect for the diocese of Iowa, be consecrated. Deed of a Jealous Husband. Wichita. Kan., Dec. SO. At Furley, twelve miles north of Wichita. Thomas Greene killed his wife and t-n shot himself. He will die. Jealo;...-., is th alleged cause... 0 . , ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS,' Allison is now "father of the senate." having served nearly, twenty-six years. William K. i Vanderbilt, Jr.. U-reported to be engaged to Mies Virginia Fair. Sandow. the strong man, who recently discovered that he had a voice, is now in training as a basso singer. Three children, with their sick father and their mother, were found by the police atChicago on the verge of starva tion. The late Karon Ferdinand Rothschild left 100,000 to the Evelina Hospital for children, founded In memory of his wife. Grand Duke Cyril Vladlmirovitch of Russia and first cousin of the czar will arrive in Chicago Monday cn route to Europe. The Jail at Summitville. Ind., was burned, and Fred Ror'.in. of Anderson. Ind.. Incarcerated for drunkenness, was burned to death. Mrs. Lily Lord Tlfft, secretary of the American Association for the Advance ment of Women, died at her home in Buffalo. N. Y.. yesterday. A final permit of organization has been issued by the Illinois auditor to the Hill-Dodge Banking company, of Warsaw. The capital is $100,000. The official canvass of the vote cast for governor at the New York election gives Theodore Roosevelt a plurality of 17.786 over Augustus Van Wyck. The beautiful memorial hall of the Grand Army of the Republic In the Public Library building at Chicago was appropriately dedicated yesterday. A special from Washington says that former Governor Merriam. of Minne sota. Is slated to succeed Secretary Hitchcock as ambassador to Russia. A statement Just compiled shows that there are now 120.000 head of cattle, being fed for market on the line of Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe railroad. The comptroller of the currency has received information of the failure of the Colebrooke National bank, of Cole brooke, N. H. It was robbed by its cashier. The highest price ever paid in many years for a seat on the New York Stock exchange, 130.000, waa paid yes terday by Frank Jay Gould, youngest son of the late Jay Gould. Figures have been collected in a suburb of Berlin showing that 44 per cent cf all the children work two to three hoars at homo before school hours P.v tha hnvln emanating from it. we judge that tbe baby is not cutting teeth. but that tbe teeth axe cutting tne imvy Philadelphia Times. Tbe words of praise bestowed upon Hood's Sarsaparilla by those who bare taken it prove the merit of tbe medicine. A Good Time To Buy Is when bargains are ripe. for the ... Next 30 Days WE WILL MAKE GREATLY REDUCED TRICES ON Sideboards. Dining Tables, Dining Chairs, AND ALSO ON OUR LARGE STOCK OF Chiffoniers. BUY NOW AND GET A REALLY GOOD VALUE FOR LITTLE ' MONEY. 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