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the Democrat. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20,1899. OFFICIAL PAP KB Op CITY AND OOUNTY The next republican national conven tion will be held in Philadelphia. Lieutenant Henry Cahill, who was a "tteipber of the staff of General Gomez '*)f theXjuban army, has entered the law scilootof BiSBtop University, intending lo take the three years' course. Abraham Lincoln truly said: "De Stroy the spiWt whioh prizes liberty as the heritage of all' men in ail., lands everywhere, and you have planted the seeds of despotism at your own door." The currency-measure, which the re publicans are forcing through congress, is nothing more nor less than a thinly disguised scheme to convert the green backs Into interest bearing bonds and all silver money into a government lia bility. A Week of Qlooxn in England. Last week was full of grief and gloom for Great Britain. It was prob ably the saddest week experienced by that nation during the present century, On Sunday Gen. Gatacre met defeat at Stormburgh, on Monday Gen. Uethuen was defeated near Modder river, and on Friday Gen. Bedvers Bnller, Comman der-in-chief of the British forces in South Arica, was signally defeated at the Tugela river, near Colenso, loBlng 11 cannon, which was all of hiaartillery except two pieces. According to the official reports of the English comman- 1 \H ders their losses in killed, wounded and prisoners in these three battles exceed 2,500 men. Arnold's Pen Picture of Goethe. It iB doubtful whether Matthew Arnold's pen picture of Goethe will ever be improved upon. It is a gem. and like all other gems it fills but little space. Here it is in its entirety: "When Goethe's de&th was told we said: Sunta, then Is Europe's sagest bead PbyBlclan ot tbo iron age, '.: Goetlie has done bis pilgrimage, He took tlie suffering buman race, He read each wound, each weakness clear And struck his finger on the place, And said Thou altost here and herel He looked on Europe's dying hour, Of fitful dream and fovensh power His eye plunged down the weltering strife The turmoil ot expiring life He said: The end Is everywhere Art still has truth, take refuge there! And bewaB happy, If to know Gauses of things, and far below His feet to see the lurid flow Of terror, and Insane distress, And headlong fate, be happiness." Sympathy for the Boers. From the World-Herald, God has prospered these United Statesof America. He has blest this land of liberty with more bounteous plenty and truer happiness than ever monarchy or empire enjoyed. Let but thiBCountrv live true to man in the days of greatness and wealth as it fear lessly did when adversity and penury were its portion, and, God still with us, we need not fear the frown or the guns of princes and potentates. But when principles and truth are abandoned for Inst of territory and greed of gain, then, though the bejewelled hands of sin daintily applaud and the friendship of emperors and kings be ours, then, in good sooth, will come tor us days of trembling as they came to Greece se duced and Bome debauched. If the United States senate expresses sympathy with the Boers and with the Finns, it will have done a righteouB act, and will have proved that the Declara tion of Independence is yet the funda mental law of this great people. A Climax of Defeat. Krom the Now York World. After seven days of 'careful prepara tion and thorough scouting to deter mine the strength and situation of the Boers, Gen. Buller yesterday attempted to force the fords of the Tugela lliver at Colenso, at the same time by arrange ment Gen White, shut up in Lady smith, opened fire to prevent the be sieging Boers from assisting those whom Buller was attacking. Gen. Buller reports that he was driv en back with heavy losses, the Boers being completely victorious and captur ing about a dozen guns. He has re treated to his camp five miles from the river. This is the severest defeat the British have yet experienced. They were led by their best general. They advanced to execute a cautiously planned move ment. They saved themselves from destruction and rout only by retreating as soon as the battle began to go against them. Gen. Symons saved his reputations only by his gallant death. Gen. White lost his reputation in a sortie from Ladysmith.' Gen. Gatacre was trapped and beaten by a greatly inferior force. Gen. Methuen was overwhelmed in a pitched battle of his own seeking, and overwhelmed, aB today's news shows, by a republican armyfar smaller than his own. And now the General to whom Britain has looked as certain to turn the tide in her war of conquest has to confess that the Generals of the republics have out-generalled him and the soldiers of the republic have outfought his soldiers. These defeats are cruel stabB at British pride, even crueller Btabs at the British conscience. For Britain With the pilcea of grain and hogs) having a tendency to go lower ant', trust magnateR forcing the prio* of lumber, wire, nails,farm machinery und the necessaries of life upward, the average farmer is beginning to trjalize what the men who contributed tbn §16. 000,000 Hanna corruption fund in When the United States supreme court took itB swipeat the trusts it came pretty near reversing the decision of Mark Hanna that there are no trusts, and that if there are such things they can not.be found, and if they can be found nothing can be done with them. There is an irreconcilable difference between Mark and the supreme court. The new currency bill to destroy the greenbacks, and otherwise shorten up the circulating medium, passed the House Monday afternoon, and, while the vote on the measure was being tak en, It begins to look as though Oom Paul's race track at Pretoria will have to be enlarged. The 12,000 English soldier- penned ap in Ladysmith, Kim berley and Mafinking are in groat dan ger. The three armies sent to their re lief have been beaten, and unless there is some speedy change in the trend of events the beleagured garrisons will be forced to surrender. panic conditions prevailed in Wall Street on account of the scarcity of money. Let them go ahead and compensate the scarce D^oney men for their 1896 contributions, the same as the trust managers have been compensated, but there will be panic conditions far and wide as a result. The Empire in Danger. The London Times, an official organ of the present English government, commenting upon the situation, says. "Neither the Crimean war nor the In dian mutiny gave rise to greater dan gers to the empire than that with which we are now menaced, nor at either oi those critical periods was Great Britain so isolated politically or regarded with such dislike and suspicion aB are now most everywhere apparent. "Unless the calmness which impresses the foreign observer proceeds only from apathy or a want of sufficient imagina tion to realize the imminent danger io the whole fauric of our empire, the great efforts now urgently required will surely be made before it is too late to retrieve the situation. We are fighting not merely for supremacy in South Africa, but our position as a great pow er. We know we have miscalculated the strength of our foe and we are re solved to make that miscalculation good." I ADDlTIOWflL LOCAL Death of Mrs. J. 0. Heath Mrs. J. C.' Heath died yesterday morning at her home'inthis city after along and painful illnesB extending over a period*of more than two years. Death came to her as a relief from her protracted .and untold suffering which was ever borne with the strength of character and christian fortitude she Bsed. On account of the duty and care she owed to her children, she hop ed for recovery but cheerfully accepted her fate with all faith that her future life would be one of comfort and re ward. Mrs. Heath was born in January, 1855 at Woodstock, Canada, within a few miles.of Niagara Falls and was brought to this state by relatives when but few months old, and has since that time made Manchester her home. She was married in Dubuque in 1875 and six children resulted from the union The funeral will be held at the family residence this, Wednesday, afternoon at 2 p. m. Bev. B. M. AmBden will offici ate. She is survived by her husband, andfive children, Harry, Charles, Clyde Bessie and Howard, and her aunt, Mrs H. A. Granger City Council. The city council met in regular ses sion in the council chambers last Mon day, all members being present except Brown. E. W. Kirkpatrick, of the Manches ter Cold Storage Co., presented the fol lowing petition: To the Mayor and Members of the City Council of Manchester, Iowa, Gentlemen:—I hereby ask your honor able body to grant the Manchester Cold Storage Co. the privilege of cutting ice In the Maquoketa river in the city of Manchester, Iowa, on First street be tween Marion and Main ^streets during the winter of 1799 and 1900 for their ine house for the supply of the cold storage plant this coming season. BeBpectfully submitted, Manchester Cold Storage Co., E. W. Kirkpatrick, Mgr. It was unanimously allowed. Chief Miller appeared and asked the council to purchase Bome necessary sup plies tor the fire department. The re quest was left in the hands of the fire committee with power to act. After the following bills were allowed the council adjourned until January 3rd when the vote of the special elec tion held the day previous will be can vassed. BILLS. H, II. & E. W. HOIK, lights iB assailirg the liberties of a brave, an admirable people who would not fight except for the defense of their native land and their principles. We do not know the names of many of the gener als of the republics. Such few names as we do know are merely names to UB, except Joubert, of whose personality something is known. But we recog nize in them and their valiant burghers who prepare themselves for battle by putting on their Sunday clothes and singing a hymn, those same heroic, qualities which make splendid the story of B'taker Hill and Saratoga of Valley Forge and Yorktown. Britain does not deserve to win. Furthermore she cannot hope to win ontil she ceases to overestimate her self and underestimate her resolute and (teourceful adveffcariee. Another Severe Blow to British in South A'rioa. I8«i hoped to gain by McKinley's election. LOSE ELEVEN Or TI1K111 BIO GUNS. General Bullcr Hud Planned to Croat the Tugclu Itlver but the Deadly Fire of cho Boer Forceti ltendored II Im|io«nille and He IM« K. li. Robinson, salary City Clerk 25 oo J. 1\ "Wilson supplies 0 20 E. W, Seduwlck, salary 5 It. lteeder, Labor Miller & Iioyt, posts 1 Goodyear ltubber Co.. supplies 14 '25 J. 1\ Wilson,salary DO 00 K. 1^. Robinson,salary Supt. water works 25 oo F. O. Flint, team work 4 85 It. li. Robinson, posts 2 30 Frank Cramer, team work 8 75 W. G, Hitchcock, labor 3 Go J. G. Lewis, Labor 1 00 D. 11, Alien salary and monoy expended.. 35 as Mr, Fred William Wallace Ford, Wednesday evening December the twen'.y seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety ntue. at seven thirty o'clock, church of Our Sailor. Elk Point, South Dakota, At Home after January the fifteenth, Manchester.Iowa. .f.. The above invitation has been re ceived in this city bv many of the friends of Mr. Ford and JlisB llingsrud, the former of whom is a young man of our own city and of sterling ability. Mies Bingsrud will be very gracefully re membered.by a host of friends made during a short visit here last winter,and in her coming to make a home among us she will be right warmly welcomed. Rtseroed seats for Christmas night on sale at II. C. Smith's Monday, Deo Wan Compelled to Withdraw Belief Kxprettied That Joubert Will Now Mnkfl an Attack Upon Ladysmith* London. Dcc. 18.—General Buller has met with a very serious defeat. This most sensational news was announced from tlie war ottlce aliout liall' an hour after midnight in dispatch from the British .cowwa.Klei'-in-cliieL' himself. General Buller says lie moved In full Doer Fire Too Severe* Some of the wagon teams made shel ter for the troops In a donga, and a desperate effort was made to bring out the field guns, but the Boer fire was too severe, and only two were saved. Of eighteen horses thirteen were killed, and as several of the driv ers were wounded, General Buller de cided not to allow another attempt, as It seemed they would be a shell mark, sacrificing life to a gallant at tempt to force a passage across the river unsupported by artillery. The British general then directed the troops to withdraw, which they did In good order throughout the day. A considerable force of Boers pressed on the British flank, but were kept back by the mounted .men under Lord Dun donald and a part of General Barton's brigade. Louei Are Heavy* The day wan intensely hot and most trying to the troops, whose conduct was excellent The British defeat was evidently most disastrous, as General Buller adds that he abandoned ten guns and lost one by shell fire. The losses In Hart's brigade were heavy, though the proportion of severely wounded, it is hoped, is not large. The Fourteenth and Sixty-sixth field bat teries also suffered severe losses. At the conclusion of the battel the Brit ish retired to their camp at Oheveley. MAY NOW ATTACK LADYSMITH. London, Dec. 18.—The Boers are in better position to take Ladysmith than ever before. The only way Bul ler can possibly come to General White's assistance is over .the Tugela river. Even if he had the men and guns needed, the bridge Is destroyed and the Boers are in full control of the only fords. Joubert is now free to go ahead and attack White without fear of interruption by Buller. The Boers, being the attacking force, might not under ordinary circum stances come out as well as when on the defensive, but with the double inspiration of Dlngaan's Verslagan day and the rout of Buller, added to flush the Boer victories over Gatacre and Methuen and the hope to captnre the British stronghold and put an end .to the war, they will probably go Into the' fight more sanguine than ever in the history of the Transvaal. the morning train and went Iminedl ately to the capitol and he and the governor were closeted In the tatter's private room for some time. WlMp the conference was over Governor Poynter announced that he had decid ed to appoint the er^enator to the place and that his eodimlMlon Would be made out as speedily a* poMlble The newly-appointed aenator aB nounced his Intention of. proceeding I to Washington at once and aaaumln? I the duties of his office. CABLEGRAM FROM OTIS. Informs tlie Wur D*pivtB«t jiAdra In Luzon. Washington, Dec. 18.—The war Ac pan in en lias received the following cablegram from General Otis descrip tive of the military situation in Luaon: 'Manila, Dec. 12.—In Bulucan prov ince the Insurgents have been scat tered and driven east to the mountains. Our casualties in that section In the 'last few days were ten. The lnsur geut casualties In killed, wounded and strength lrom the camp near ChcVeley I .prisoners aggregate 100. Considerable Friday morning at 4 o'clock. There Insurgent property, with recordB, arms. were two fordable places in the Tu gela, and it was his intention to' force a passage through one of them. They are about two miles away, and.his ob ject was to force one or the other with one brigade, supported by the central brigade. General Hart was to attack' the left drift and General Hildyard tlie right road, and General Lyttleton In the center to support either. Gallant Attack by Bart. Early in the day General BuUer.aaw that Hart would not be able to force a passage and he directed him to with draw. He had, however, attacked with great gallantry, and his leading battalion, the Connaught rangers,' suf fered a great deal. General Buller then ordered General Hildyard to ad vance, which he dla. and his leading regiment ocupled Colenso station and the houses near the bridge. At. that moment General Buller heard that the whole of the artillery he bad sent back to that arm, namely, the Fourteenth and Sixty-fifth field batteries and six naval 12-pounder quick-firing guns, were out of action. It appeared that Colonel Long, in his desire to be with in effective range, advanced close to the river, which proved to be full of Boers, who suddenly opened a galling fire at a close range, killing all of their horses, and the gunners were com pelled to stand to their guns. and ammunition have been captured. Our troops'are now In the,mountain* In pursuit.: The. Insurgents have been driven from Sublg bay and-.the ma rines occupy the naval station there. Our column moving west from Tar lac is now on the west coast of Luton, where it has been supplied. It en countered little resistance. A column is/now moving west and sooth from IJjagupan along the coast. There la no concentrated Insuegent force of Impor tance In Luzon north of Manila. Southern Luzon will not offer any aeri jOts resistance. Troops are co-operat ing In that section. Organized rebellion |,no longer exists and onr-troops are ac tively pursuing robber bands. All Im portant and threatened centers of pop ulation in the north have been occu pied. OTI8:" General Otis also says: "Two thou sand additional Spanish prisoners have been set free In northern Luzon, mak ing over 8,000 released within a month. Seven hundred are now en route from Vigan and transports will be sent for the remainder. SP1CIAL SESSION IB MICHI8AB. Governor FiapM IMBM Qfell tor Ik Logl.lature. Detroit, Dec. 14.—Governor Plngree has Bent out a call for an extra sion of the legislature to convene Monday, Dec. 18, "to consider the sub mission of an amendment, or amend ments, to the constitution which will permit the enactment of laws which will provide for the equal taxation of all property by the assessment of the same at its cash value and such oth er matters as shall be submitted by special message." The call for the special session tella of the passage of the Atkinson rail way taxation bill by the last legisla ture and the declaring of it unconstitu tional last spring by the state supreme court, and says that because of that decision a constitutional amendment Is necessary "before laws can be en acted providing for equal taxation of all property." BOSTON HARK FAILS. Tlie Brgndway Nnllonal In ttao H*ld* of the Comptroller. Boston, Dec. 18.—The Broadway Na tional bank has failed. The directors are John R. Graham, Henry L. Law rence, Frank O. Squire, Roswell G. Downer, Frank W. Downer. Frank O. Squire Is connected with the firm of John P. Squire & Co., which as signed Friday with $8,000,000 liabili tieB. The Broadway bank was Incorpor ated In 1853. Its capital stock Is $200, 000. News of the failure became known when the bank failed to open Its doors in the morning, and a notice posted at the entrance, read: "In the hands of the comptroller of the cur rency, D. G. Wing, receiver."' Ad* Probable That Joubert Will Take TtnUfe.of ttuller'e Defeat* National Republican Conmti^*, Washington, Dec. 16.—The next Republican national convention win bt held In Philadelphia, the final ballot .being: Philadelphia, 25 Chicago, 24. The selection of Philadelphia was then made unanimous. The date was first fixed at June 5, but it was reconsid ered and June 19, 1900, was finally selected. Beal Estate Transfers. For week ending December 17* 1899, I Walter G. Reed and wife to H. W. Graves, 13 a of «w ne of seo. 86, twp 90, range 6 9 700 00 F. A. Grimes find wife to Geo. W. Lane, nv nw Bee. l, twp90, range890 00 1 METHUEN IS CHECKED. Suffers Heavy Reserve at the Hands of th« Boers* London, Dec. 18.—The revised list of the British casualties at the battle of Uagersfonteln shows the total to be 903, of which number seventy were oflicers. The Black Watch were the heaviest sufferers. Of the rank and file forty two were killed, 182 were wounded and 111 are missing. London, Dec. 14.—The war office has received the following dispatch from General Forestier-Walker: "Cape Town, Dec. 12.—Methuen wires that Major General Wauchop* was killed in action yesterday.' London,Dec. 15.—Ofiicial report gives number of killed, wounded and miLS lng of all British arms in the engage ment of Sunday and Monday, north of Modder river, as 817. There were fifteen oflicers killed and four wound ed, and In addition five are missing and one is known to have been made prisoner. There were 650 casualties among the non-commissioned officers and men of the Highland brigade at Magersfontein. The brigade lost ten officers killed, thirty-eight wounded anil four missing. London, Dec. 14.—The war office has received the following dispatch from General Methuen, dated Tuesday, Dec. 12: "Our artillery shelled a very strong position held by the enemy In a long, high kopje, from 4 until dusk, Sun Hay. It rained hard last night. The Highland brigade attacked at day- J, 1 Approaching Nuptials. Mr. and Mrs. A. O. lilngsrud request the honour of your presence at the marriage of tliclr daughter Grace to SENATOR FHOSMNEBRASKA. Ex-Senator Allen Appointed to Fill Jacob Zimmerman and wife to Tlmothy Sullivan, ne H. ne nw «w J4 aee, i, twp 87, range 4 70 00 Mlcn&el BUlinler and wife to Barney 8ekocfcmoeller,wtt seHM tee. 95, twp 88, range 8 640 00 E. D. Galrl and wife to W. E. Lookridge, 7a In se fc se nw sec. 4, twp 90p range 8 900 oo J. H. Boblnson and wife to Hannah Pol lard .ne uneli gee. 5, twp 90, range ft i,SC0 oo F. E. wood, Jr., and wife to MatceUa Zolter, vacated tots in Band Spring 106 to 110, lno.. lfiS to 198 lno., 082 to 287, in clusive and Park square 600 00 John Sharp and-wire to Hennr Sharp, sefe nw sec.i9.twp 80, range 8 Jennie Myrtle Vosberg and husband to 1 the VHcancy. Oiniiha, Dee. 14.—Governor Poynter has appointed ex-Senator Allen to fill the sunutofial vacancy caused by tbe death of Hayward. Governor Poynt er wired ex-Senator Allen to come to Llncolp for a Mutcreuea. Allen came laws 1Mb Ml* ham at 400 CO Martha Allen, lot 994, Manchester-... 400 00 I Tlios, Drummy to Jaoe Halgbt, lot 172, block 23, Ryan 600 00 llattieJ. King and husband to W. H. Norrls and E. B. Stiles, lots 82, 88, 84, 85.86, Acres add to Manchester 600 oO 1 John S. Midland and wife to Fred A. Parkin, und. of lots 1. 2, 8, 4, block lots 1,2,4, block7 lots 1, 2, 8, block 8, Almoral 2C0 CJ Elmer K. Purvis and wife to Perry Gib son, ne nw ne Si sec, 88, twp 90, range 6 175 00 Margaret J. Ingersoll and husband toM Thomas, s"H ne ne and se X. ne sec. 18, twp 90, range 6 1,509 00 Notice to Redeem From Tax Sale. STATE OF IOWA,DELAWARE COUNTY,SS:— To J. OTIS AND TO ALL OTHER* WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: You are hereby notified that the north halt (H) of the southwest quarter (fc) of the north ea-t quarter 04) of the southwest quarter section twenty-eight (28). township ninety tli. range Ave (5) west of the 6th p. uu* was on the 7th day of hecember, A. D., 1896, told to J. K. Frentress for the delinquent taxes of tbc Sitree1895, ear for the sum of one dollar and thirty cents, and that the undersigned is the owner and holder of the Certificate of Sale, given by the Treasurer of said County at sHd ssile, and that unless redemption Is made from BHId sale as required by law, before ninety day* from the date of completed service of tills LO tl'ie, application will he made to the treasurer of SHld county for a deed of said land, and a treas urer's deed will be given for the same. uated this 18th day of December, A. D., 1896. siws J. E. FBBNTBBSB. Glissendoifs Heat Market. My meat market Is again open and I am pre red to supply all my old customers with choice meats. New patrons are also solicited. r.iw break on Monday the south end of the December, 25th, the historic production kopje. The attack was properly timed but failed. The guards were ordered to protect the Highlands' right and rear. The cavalry and mounted in fantry, with a howitzer artillery bat tery attacked the enemy on the left and the guards on the right, support ed by field artillery and nowltzer ar* tillery. They shelled the position from daybreak, and at 1:15 I sent the Uordonu to support the Highland brigade he troops held their own In front of the enemy's entrenchments until dusk, the position extending, including the kopje, for a distance of six miles towards the Modder river. Today 1 am holding my position and entrench ing myself. I had to face at least 12, 000 men. Our loss was great." FRED GLIBBBNDORF. The Great Theatrical Event of the Seaaon, Christmas night at Central Opera House, Manchester. Monday night% of Mary Stuart, Queen of Seats, by Madame Elsie DeTourney and her New York Company. A city perform an/:e right here in Manchester at one half the usual price in cities. Every lover of high class drama aud tragedy cannot afford to miss this opportunity of toitnessing this great play by famous artists of world wide reputa tion. And the young people of the country can combine knowledge with pleasure by coming in and have a Christmas sleigh ride and see a mag nificent and georgous stage perform awie, abounding with wonder and as tonishment during the entire evening. People living twenty miles away will be repaid, if not a stormy night, in coming to this great attraction. Re member Monday night. Over 150 seatt already reserved and going like buck wheat cakes with maple syrup.sim ply guarantee this the greatest and finest troupe ever appearing in Dela ware county. «./. COMMA. Xfch fapcy Large 1 Perfumes ip Cut Glass Bottles apd ip Bulk. mod Venetian Vases, tii re Frames, Boxes and Brushes. CALL AUD Bsrn^^.L.A.M<p></p>ANDERS IN HOUDIY GOODS We have a good assortment of the following: Photo Gases. Handkerchief and Glove Cases Necktie boxes L.. HI g.B .I'.'AAIlJMi—JIH-LiBiU jjf.rfi}' 'J Medallions and Books of ALL KINDS. To be convinced of our bargains it is only necessary for you to see them. CENTRAL PHARMACY Ladies'.'and I'lW 1 Gepts' Pocket books apd Purses, Card Gases and Ghatalaips Ebony Military Crest Wave Ware, Sterling Silver Novelties,etc. I Pics Puff US! ip IfWy.vv