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YOL. 11. NO. 3.
. TWIN CITY NEWS.
MINNEAPOLIS.
THE ORIENTAL NATIONAL
FAIR OF ST. PETER'S
CHURCH
under the auspices of the Wayman
Home Circle, will commence April 2nd,
1900, at St. Peters A. M. E. Church,
22nd St. and gth Ave.'So. The commit
tee in charge has arranged to make the
fair the reé‘ letter event in the church's
history, and to this end they offer the
following prizes to those selling tickets
for the fair, or otherwise raising money
to apply on the church mortgage fund,
Ist prize, a fine upright grand Kimball
piano, retailed at g 350: 2nd prize, lady's
writing desk or its equivalent in value,
at the option of the winner; 3rd, mahog
any rocking chair, or its equivalent in
va{uc. at the option of the winner. The
giving of the first prize is upon the con
dition that the aggregate amount turned
in from all the contestants exceeds $2OO.
All persons desiring to enter the con
test will hand their names in to W. W.
Tucker, secretary of the committee.
The young people of the Mission are
arranging for a concert March 21st.
Rev. J. Will King will preach from
the subject “The Wonderful Woman,”
Sunday evening, March 11. Special mu
sic will be furnished by the choir.
Go to Miller’s, Fiith street and Nic
ollet avenue, for your photographs.
For good cigars call at W. S. Con
rad’s, corner of First avenue south and
Fourt hstreet. He will suit you.
. The Advance Restaurant, 214 Wash
ington avenue south, is up to date in
service and equipment. If you want a
good meal in a clean place don't fail to
go to the Advance Restaurant.
Go to John L. Neal, Real Estate,
l.oans and Insurance, 622 Boston
Block.
Furnished rooms, 411 Fourth ave
nue south.
The members of St. Thomas Episco
pal mission leased a church building on
the corner of sth avenue south and gth
street, which will hereafter be their
place of worship. All are cordially in
vited.
To raise thirteen hundred dollars is
the next popular thing in church cir
cles. This enterprise fiaas been under
taken by the Wayman Home Circle of
St. Peter’'s. The amount mentioned is
the mortgage, which, by faithiul effort,
they expect to raise the first week in
May.
Mrs. Lena Mason will begin a se:
ries of meetings next week. :
church and friends of Mrs. Willie Gil
bert, who will return to her former
home in Chicago, tendered her a very
pleasant surprise on Monday evening,
March sth. Refreshments were in
abundance and a very enjoyable evening
was spent. She will leave tor Chicago
Friday evening.
Dr. R. S. Brown has purchased a
new electric battery of superior quality,
He is ready to extend application to
any case which requires electric treat
ment. Give the doctor a call if you
(vjvish electric treatment. He is up to
ate,
The A. M. E. O. C. will have their
first annual sermon preached at St. Pet
er's church on Sunday, March 18, 1900,
at 3 p. m., by Rev. {h’s. Lena Mason.
Mr. Wm. Smith angdd Miss Ella Plun
kett, of Baton Rouge, lLa., were mar
ried by Rev. King recently. Mrs.
Smith will be remembered as being one
of the ladies from the South who cre
ated discussion among local Afro-
Americans. Mr. and Mrs. Smith re
side at 913 Mary place, with Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Brooks.
Rev. J. Will King will preach at the
mission Sunday evening. The subject,
the “Wonderful Woman.” Mrs. J. T.
Monroe will sing.
Many on the sick list this week. Lit
tle Tolord King is quite sick with ty
phoid fever. Mrs. Joyde down with
throat trouble. Mrs. Della Wright is
quite sick also.
There will be a green sash supper at
the Mission Friday evening, March
16th, by the Green Sash Committee.
Supper 15¢, from 6 p. m. to 11 p. m
Come and have a good time.
The Young People’s concert, Wed
nesday, March 21st, at which time ten
girls and ten boys will drill against
each other, for tie cake. Admussion
10c at the Mission hall, 407 Fiith avenue
south.
Quarterly meeting Sunday, March
18th, at St. James, East Side; preaching
at the Mission, as usual, at night,
DIED SUDDENLY.
Mrs. Frances Brady, wife of Officer
Mack Brady, died :uddenly while at
tending services at St. Charles’ Catholic
church, Friday evening, March 2nd. Mr.
and Mrs. Brady arrived at above church
at 8 o'clack, the latter apparently sound
and healthy, but in 20 minutes after ar
rival Mrs. Brady passed away in the
arms of her husband. Supposition,
heart faiiure. Mrs. Brady was 77 years
of age, yet she looked less than sO.
Married 43 years, and one son the re
sult of the unton. Mrs. Brady's friends
were legion, perhaps as many whites
as colored. She was loved for her sim
plicity and not only her direct relatives
will miss her, but the community at
large will mourn the vacant place she
has left in society. Mrs. Brady was
buried from St Charles’ Catholic
church, Monday morning. Rev. Father
Cleary, the c!oq\gmh and schnlm"iy
priest, officiating. igh mass was cele
brated in full on this occasion. De
posited in St. Mary's cemetery at 11
o'clock all that remained mortal of
Frances Brady. To mourn her loss is
left a devoted husband. son George and
family, adopted daughter, Nellie, and
family, and many others. The pall
bearers were Messrs. Addison Davis, St
Paul; Cassius Harper, E, T. Fite, { 1.
Neal, ‘im Cheatham, Editor J, C. Reid
The Advance extends to the bereaved
s sympathy,
3--.!1. sngrily}—*You know that a
fool can fl‘?nhcu thta: wise man can't
sowwer, dou't you®” Her 'ls—"l've heard
-2 but | m’hn it uzi.. pow."—Boston
ST. PAUL.
Correspondence, letters, etc., must
reach us by Wednesday for publication.
305 Thomas street. .
Mrs. John Godirey has moved from
502 St. Peter street to 361 Sibley
street, and is better prepared in every
way to satisfy her regular patrons and
to cater to new ones, Tfie place s
large and roomy. She can not only
serve you with meals, but can accom
modate you with a nice, clean, warm
room.
The “Advance” is prepared to do
your job printing of afl kinds at rea
sonable rates. Remember the place, 303
Thomas street. Kindly keep in mind
that any item of news, social or other
wise, that you wish to publish will re
cleive attention at 395 Thomas street
aiso.
THE ORIENTAL HAIR PAR
JLLORS, on the corner of Seventh and
Sibley streets, room 205, Krahmer
block, is the place to go for all kinds of
fashionable hair dressing, ete. Straight
ening hair and scalp treatment a spe
cialty. Hair work done to order. Calls
made at residences, Prices made satis
factory. Mrs. E. J. Allen, proprietor.
Revival services at St. James A. M.
E. church are growing in interest, many
are being converted and coming into
the church. The meetings will con
tinue for some time yet,
Mrs. Cora Smith has returned to the
city from Duluth.
Mrs. J. B. White, 567 Broadway,
came in irom the West quite sick.
Rev. Lena Mason is holding meetings
in the city under the management of
the Salvation Army, at 206 East Sev
enth street.
Mrs, N. Brown still remains sick at
the residence of her sister, Mrs. Allen
French, 178 East Tenth street.
Mrs. H. C. Covington lies very ill at
St. Joseph's Hospital, suffering from
an abscess in the throat.
Mr. James Thompson, for years em
ployed at the Ryan Hotel as waiter,
left Friday evening for the East. Mr.
Thompson intends to visit Paris and
the World's Fair before returning West,
Biddle Circle Ladies of the G. A. R.
are making preparations to give an en
tertainment of a very high order at Gar
field Post Hall, Grand block. on Fri
day evening, March 23 admission 15
cents. Full particulars later on. The
Circle has from time to time given little
social affairs free to their friends. Now
Wil be your timé to return the com
pliment by coming out in large num
bers and help a worthy cause,
Mrs. J. B. Johnson has moved from
Summit Place to 217 Carroll street,
where she will be at home to her many
friends.
Sunday, March 11, will be quarterly
meeting day at St. James A. M. E.
church. Rev. Jason Bundy, the presid
ing elder, will be on hand, and with
Mrs. Myers and Rev. J. C. Anderson,
assisted by the Minneapolis force, Rev.
King and Brooks, a wonderful time
15 expected,
The Rev. D. S. Orner, oi Pilgrim
Baptist church, has tendered his resig
nation to the officers of said church, to
take place immediately. The reason for
his action at this time 1s on ac
count of the sickness of his wife, who
must be carried to a different climate
if she would "gain her health., Both
Rev. Orner and Mrs. Orner have a
host of firiends who will miss them
greatly and will pray for their success
wherever they go.
The death of Rt. Rev. Mahlon N.
Gilbert, late bishop coadjutor of Min
nesota, was a sad blow to his church in
general, but more particularly to his hit
tle mission on Rice street, known as
St. Philips Mission. The bishop was
universally loved by every member of
the mission. He was more to them
than a spiritual leader; he was their
friend and elder brother. His last talk
with his “little mission"” people was one
of good cheer and high hopes of their
new church, soon to be erected, etc.
POLITICAL CORNER.
The political pot will soon be at the
boiling point. Candidates are bobbing
up here and there of all sorts and col-
Ors,
If what we heard at a little commit
tee meeting be the sentiment of the
head pushers of the Eighth ward, we
can positively say that there will be a
couple of colored men in the race for
constable; one a Democrat, the other a
Republican.
Aldermanic fights are growing warm.
Never, since the late J. K. Hilyard
was defeated for alderman at large,
sofhe ten years ago, has another
“brother in black™ had the nerve to
want lond to be alderman. You give
the white brather your vote. what is
the matter with asking for his vote?
CORRESPONDENCE.
Editor Afro-American Advance:
Dear Sir.—lt has come to our notice
that quite a few people are under the
impression, owing to the location of our
place of business, that it is unfit for their
patronage, or, is run by men not wor
thy of their patronage Please permit
us, through your paper, to say that our
place 1s one of the most respectable
places in oor aity.
And we can furthermore say that we
have some of the maost prominent and
respectable men and women to visit and
g:roaiu us. We want all persons to
r in mind that we are here to stay,
with the intention to do business in a
business way. That is, to treat all alike,
It we fall let us fall trying to do nght
If we rise we intend to rise in the night
So as we have done in the past we
intend to do in the future, FExtending
our nvitation to the public to visit and
wrmamum. oft :
espectinlly
MA!%R & KOGER,
Props. Advance Cale.
214 Washington Av. 8o
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN.,, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900,
ANKIOUS ABOUT TREATY.
France to Be Asked to Extend Time
for Ratification of Reciproc
ity Pact.
[IME AS NOW FIXED EXPIRES MARCH 24
Believed That the Treaty Would
Be Defeated If Pushed te a Vote
at the Present Time=House Wil
Vote on Financial Bill Next Tues
day.
Washington, March 9. — Several con
ferences were held with the president
Thursday, on the pending reciprocity
treaty with France, with the result, it
is thought, that the French govern
ment will be communicated with on the
proposition to extend the time for its
final ratification or rejection. By the
terms of the treaty, action must be
taken thereon before the 24th of the
present menth, and it is the opinion of
many prominent members of congress
that if pushed to a vote at this session
the treaty will fail, hence there is an
effort being made to secure a postpone
ment until the terms of the treaty can
be more fully considered. Senators
Sewell and Kean, of New Jersey, both
opponents of the treaty, and Senator
Platt, of New York, saw the President
Thursday and later Secretary Hay
called.
= Sennte.
Washington, March 9. — In the sen
ate Thursday a econcurrent resolution
INTERIOR PLANS OF THE JOHANNESBURG FORT.
Showing the 23-Contimeter Quick Firing Gan in Bastion, Commanding
the Pretorin Road. Machine Guns Are Also Emplaced in Ench of the Clre~
cular Redoubts,
offered by Senator Culberson (Tex.),
directing the secretary of war to re
port a survey and an estimate of vost
for improving the main shipchannel in
Sabine Pass, Texas, was ndopted.
When the routine business had been
concluded Senator Mason (111), in
accordance with the notice he gave
Wednesday, moved to discharge the
committes on foreign relations from
further consideration of his resolution
introduced December 6, last, express
ing sympathy for the Boers. Under the
rules the motion went over until Fri
day.
i To Vote Next Tuesdny.
Washington, March 9. — At the open
ing session of the house Thursday Mr.
Overstreet (Ind.), in charge of the con
ference report upon the financial bill,
gave notice that he would call up the
report next Tuesday. By unanimous
consent it was agreed that the vote on
the report should be taken at 4:30
Tuesday afternoon.
The debate upon the contested elee
tion case of Aldrich vs. Robbins, from
the Fourth Alabama district, which
was interrupted Wednesday by the ad
journment out of respect to the mem
ory of the late Representative Harmer,
of Pennsylvania, was then resumed un
der the agreement that the vote should
be taken at 2:20 p. m. Mr. Hamilton
(Mich.) addressed the house in behalf
of the claim of the contestant, Mr.
Aldrich,
Robbins Is Unseated,
The minority resolution declaring
Mr. Robbins entitled to retain his
seat was defeated, 134 to 138, by a
strict party vote.
The majority resolntion declaring
Mr. Aldrich the contestant, entitied
to the seat, was adopted, 142 to 135,
Bill Ordered Reported.
Washington, March 9.--The house
committee on merchant marine and
fisheries held an extended session
Thursday with a view to completing
the shipping subsidy bill which has
been under consideration for some
time.
By a vote of 10 to 5 the bill was or
dered reported.
Diseuss the Ment BilL,
Berlin, March 9.—The reichstag de
bated the meat inspection bill on its
second reading. Paragraphs 1, 2
and 14 were taken up first and con
sidere® conjointly. Herr Gerstenberg
er, on behalf of the centrists, said
he thought the measure unprejudicial
to industry, while it was beneficial to
the health of the people and agricul
ture. Herr Frize, radical-union, said
he considered that no such blow had
ever been struck at trade, industry
and navigation as by the meat bill,
the objlect of which he asserted was
the exploitation of the working
classes in favor of the agrarians.
Mrs. Anmell Serionsly NI
New York, March 9~ Mre. J. B. An
gell, wife of the president of the Uni
versity of Michigan and ex-minister
to Turkey, is seriously ill at the home
of friends in this city. Mrf Angell
suffered a stroke of appopiexy while
on a trein on the way to this eity
from sunapoiis last Monday,
STILL ON STAND.
. ———
Cross-Examinat of James P. Sov
ereign by Huse Committee
Produdes Noihing New,
Wa-hlngton.‘ x;l‘l‘h V~James P,
Sovereign continued his testimony at
the Coeur d'Aleng investigation be
fore the house committee on military
affairs Thursday, Ovwing to Represent
ative Lentz's ab#ence in New York,
Representgtive B%.ML of Texas, di
rected the examin®tion and the cross
examination was participated in by all
the members of the committee,
Mr. Sovereign sestified that the
miners' union was not responsible for
the publications written by him,
which had been ntroduced as evi
denee.
The cross-examdnation took Mr
Sovereign over the vieiting events at
tending the blowldg up of the Bunker
Hill concentrator, mnd the witness
was made to ife in minute detail
the circumstane s of the affair, the
explosions, sh g ete. In the main
this was an elaboftion of the direct
testimony previ v given. He said
the masks worn By the men were of
ordinary cloth i holes eut out for
the eyes. 5
Mr. Sovereign sald the “scabs™ fa.
vorable to the mine showed cownrd
ice and ran away, although a shot
from them into the «tock of dynamite
would have destroycd it hefore the
mob could have used it in blowing up
the Bunker Hill mill. e declared
that the “chip on the shonlder” atti
tude of the mine ovwuers in diserim
inating against owgunized labor, had
preeipitated the trouble.
The witness sald the same aggra-
vated conditions would eause a repe
tition of the trouble, and in anticipa
tion of it the Bunker Hill company
had built a Morro castle with loop
holes for Gatling guns.
PARIS THEATER BURNED.
The Magunifieent Play House Is De
stroyed by Fire=Firemen tn
nble to Cope with Blaze,
Paris, Mareh 9. -The famous The
ater Franeais has been destroyed by
fire.
The fire broke out at about noon but
was not diseovered immediately, with
the result that the theater was burn
ing furiously before the fire brigade
got to work. Even then the applionces
were quite inadequate to eope with the
eonflagration, and by 1:30 p. m. the in
terior of the building was a roaring
furnaee. The dense eolumn of smoke
arising from the fire attracted crowds
from all parts of Paris, especially when
the news epread that it was the Thea
ter Francais that was on fire, it being
regarded as a national institution.
The theater stands almost isolated
with a square in frort and the gardens
of the Palais Royal behind. Both of
these spaces were thromnged with peo
ple.
After examination, belief is ex
pressed that the fire was of incendiary
origin.
Plying Vox Sold.
London, March %At the sale of
the late duke of Westminster's string
of race horses, whieh took place
Thursday at Kingselere, Fiying Fox
winneg in 1809 of the Derby, the
2,000 guineas, the Eelipse stakes and
the Donecaster St. Leger, was pur
chased by Edward Blanc for 37500
guineas (about $19.900). Blanc is the
son of the founder of Monte Carlo
and brother-in-law of HRoland Dons
parte.
Three Sons Drowned.
Bt. Louis, March 9.—A special to the
Post-Dispateh from Champaign, 11,
says that three sons of Jacoh Zeigler,
a farmer, living north of there fell
through the jee in a ecreek and
drowned while looking for stovewnod,
The bodies of the children, all of
whom are less than nine years of age
have not been recovered.
Bevolt in Ssnte Dominge.
fanto Domingo, March 9. - The gov
ernment bhas apparently discovered
that a politieal movement in opposi
tion to it ia in progress. Gen. Pepin,
the former governor of Bantiago de ion
Cabelleres, has resolted against the
government and government troops
have been sent agsinst him.
Renominnted.
Richmond, Ind., March 9. The re
publican eongressional convention of
the Sixth district rencminated Hep
resenintive James E. Watson by ac
elamation.
Whipping Set Favered.
Berlin, Mareh 9. The reichatsg has
tabled the motion to reintraduce
whipping as & Jegal punishment.
(UEEN GOES 10 IONDON
Most Enthusiastic Demonstration by
City on Her Arrival at Buck
ingham Palace.
GEN. ROBERTS CAPTURES A KRUPP GUN,
Continued Suecess of His Forees with
Small Casunlties~Deplorable Con
ditions Sald to Exist nt Mafeking
~Stckness, Short Ratlions and Boer
BHullets Make Life Miserable,
‘ London, March 9. The queen's ar
rival in London and the commence
ment of her visit to the metropolis
were marked by seenes of enthusinsm
unparalleled since the jubilee cele
bration. Throughout the demonstra
tions there predominated a note of
triumph and the cheers that made the
murky streets ring were almost as
much in honor of the British victories
in South Africa as they were vocifer
ous tributes of a loyal people to a
monarch whose womanly sympathy
has lgeen so strikingly shown since
the war began,
The royal party’s departure from
Windsor was marked by more than
‘usual interest. For hours before the
queen started for London erowds
gathered in the streets, which had
been announced as her route through
the metropolis, and which were deco
rated with flags. It was foggy and
cold, but no one seemed to care,
At Paddington the railroad sta
tion had been cleared of the general
public, but outside thousands of peo
ple waited patiently, When the train
from Windsor arvived at 12:30 p. m. a
tremendous cheer went up, Her majes
ty came down the sloping platform
leaning on the arm of a turbaned In
dian attendant, and entered an open
landau, in which also sat Princess
Henry of Battenberg and Princess
Vietoria of Scehleswig-Holstein, They
all wore black, and round her neck
the queen had a sable collarette,
From the packed sidewalks and
from every avallable window came a
continunous roar of cheers, while hun
dreds of little flags were waved all
the way to Buckingham palace. The
side streets were packed ten, 20 and
sometimes 100 deep, Hut it was around
the palace itself that the chief throng
gathered, By nine in the morning
carringes, cabs and vehicles of every
sort, people from fhe eity and the
west end and distant parts of the
gountry congregated In Bt, James
park, which the palace fronts, Dy
noon it was estimated that 50,000 peo
ple were gathered about the gueen's
town residence, waiting patiently,
Shortly after noon the duke and
duchess of York drove into the court
vard and received an ovation, Mr.
Chamberlain, the secretary of state
for the eolonies, joined the distin
guished threng in the courtyard un
noticed,
Later the duke pnd duchess of York
appeared on a balcony in front of the
palace,
Ax time passed the crowds outside
grew more dense and the peers and
members of the house of commons
trooped out of sight into the inner
quadrangle, where they walted to re
ecive the queen,
Wild Demonstration at Palace,
Then from Constitution hill came |
the dull roar of distant cheers and
the ery: “She is coming,” was passed
from mouth to mouth,
Now the roar wos taken up by those
within the precinets of the palace
Dack on their ereaking hinges flew the
great gates and up went the royal
standard. A patrol of police went by,
there was o flash of steel as the life
guardsmen and outriders trotted
through the gates, and then all hats
flew in the air, & mighty eheer arose
and slowly there pussed a earringe on
the back seat of which sat a little
black figure, heavily velled and nod
ding right and left,
Suddenly, for the first time in the
dny, the sun came out from behind the
clouds and shone over the shouting
thousands, and, pilercing the veil, it
thowed happy smiles lighting up the
aged monarch's face, It was a repeti
tion of the scene of the jubilee gueen's
weather in the truest sense of the
words,
still nodding vigorously, her majesty
passed out of ight into the gquadran
gle. There the peers and eommoners
sawembled, sang “God Eave the Queen”
snd her majesty entered the palace,
Those who saw the gueen unveiled
snid she looked remarkably well, The
journey from Windsor and the long
ride through the deafening din ex
posed to the keett enst wind warx o
trying experience for anyone, yet in
epite of her great age the queen ap
parently did not suffer any unusual
fatigue.
CAPTIHRES KRIPP GIN,
Roberta Meporis Further Success-
Clements Oceuples Sorvals Pont.
London, March 9. Lord Roberts tel
eyruphs that he has captured a Krupp
gun and 8 number of tents and wag
ons.. =
The general also announces that
Gen. Clements has occupied Norval's
Pont.
The following is the text of Lord
Roberts’ dispateh:
“Puplar Grove, March 2 Two brigades
of cavairy, with horse artiliery ard Keliy-
Kenny's division, marched to-day ten
tfles castwards
“The Boers were quite taken by sur
grize yesterday. They moved off so hur
tiedly that they Wt cocked dinners be
bind. We captured 8 Krupp gun and
several tents and wagons. The total can
galtion wers.
“RILLED-Lisuts. Keswick and Fries
ek
“WOUNDED-Lisuts. Batiey, of the
Tweifth lancers, and Decrispigney, of the
Bocond Lite guards, both seversiy, and
Lisut. Bwith, of the Shropatiires, who is
believed te have been picked up by a Boer
ambulance. Two men were killed, 46 were
wouikded and ome man is missing.
“Gatacre reports that he intends oceus
pying Burghersdorp to-day.
“Repairs to the rallroads towards both
Btormberg and Steynsberg are belng
pushed.
“Ulements mow occuples Norval's Pont,
on the south bank of the Orange river,
The bridge was blown up March 6 and the
enemy are holding the north bank of the
river, but not, it {a belleved, In any great
strength”
The full extent of Lord Roberts'
success of Wednesday is not clear, but
the best informed appear satisfied
that it brings peace perceptibly near
er. Experts anticipate that the
burghers wiill make no further stand
west of the Free State capital, and
some of them even deduce from the
fact that the Boer forces are divided
and have retreated in different dirvec
tions; that demoralization has set in,
and that the Transvaal forees will
next be found carefully intrenched
in positions north of the Vaal river,
while the bulk of the Free Staters
will abandon the contest and sue for
peace.
Hoers Not Discounraged,
Pretorin, March 9, - Secreary of
State Reitz has issued war bulletins
saying the Boers are not discouraged
by reverses and will fight to the
death,
Gen. Pewet is now in command of
the Boers north of the Modder,
President Kruger has gone to Blo
emfontein, presumably to settle the
differences betwean the Transvanlers
and the Free Staters,
Oeeupy Hurgheradorp,
London, March 8.-A specinl from
Molteno says that the British oe
cupied Burghersdorp anopposed on
Wednesday night.
Mafeking tn NSore Distreas,
Mafeking, Feb, 19~ What may be
typhoid malarvia has broken out in the
women's langer, and dysentery, due
to the absence of vegetables, is rife
amony the garrison. We are thrown
upon our own resources. Such luxe
uries as we had are exhausted or have
been commandesred for the hos.
pitals, which are filled to overflowing.
The children's graveyard, close to the
women's lnager, grows weekly as the
Young lives are cut short prematurely
by shell and fever, We look with
hope deferved for relief,
The cheerfulness which was ehar
acteristic of the early days of the
siege has almost deserted us, the men
preferring to remain al their posta
rather than move about and work up
an appetite which eannot be satis
fiedl, The natives are in the worst
plight. Those who are unable to ob
tain work are allowed a small hand
ful of meal daily. Many braving the
danger wander about the town with
gaunt and hungry faces in search of
work which entitles them to an extra
ration of meal. If they find work,
they are generally too weak to per
form it
From their advanced posts the
Boers rake the streetw amd market
squnre, It s impossible to dodge their
bullets, We have taken remarkable
precautions, however, and the casoal
ties, though heavy, are not what they
might have been had less able men
been at the head of affalrs,
Even the headguarters mess fares
seantily, Like saints under the altar
we ery, “How long O Lord, how long ?"
Two hundred and ninddy twh per
wonge have been killed, wounded or
died of digease, The garrison is so
small that it would be eriminal to
make its wv-nk_nrnu publie, but there
in never wo much as a whisper, 1t
anyone suggested the possibility of
gurrender, it ix because we do not
menn to get beaten, and we are cheer
fully enduring the hardships of to
day rather than to make a surrender
in any degree possible to-morrow,
TO UNITE.
Socialistie Labor Party and Soecinl
Demoeracy to Joln Hands and
Nominnte Debhs for Prealdent.
Indianapolis, ind,, March 0, -At the
opening session of the national social
democratie convention Thursiay the
conferenee committes, composed of
three representatives from the social
istie lnbor purty and three representa
tives of the social-democratie party,
reported in favor of the amalgamation
of the two parties. The report de
elared that & unlon was necessary and
expedient,
The smalgamation seemed to Indi
cate the unanimous nomination of Ku
gene V. Debw, of Indians, for presi
dent, and Joseph Harriman, of Califor
nia, for viee president, Harriman said
the arrangement would be satisfactory
to him.
MOB THE CONSULATE.
Students at Hordenux After Attend.
Ing & Pro-Hoer Muss Mevting
Visit Helitioh Consulnie,
Bordeaux, March 9. - Late Wednes
day evening a number of students and
others jssning from a pro-Boer meet
ing marched to the British consulate,
battered down the doors, shattered
the windows with stones and then
proceeded to the consul’s private res
idence, where they indulged in a sim
ilar demonstration.
The police dizspersed the mob and
srrested several of the leaders. The
prefect of the Gironde, the mayor of
Bordesus and the commissary of peo
liee ealled on the eonsal Thursday wnd
expressed their regret at the ocour
rence. .
Passed 8 Good Night,
New Haven, Conn., Mareh 9 The
physician in attendancs upon Edward
4. Pheips, ex-mivister 1o England,
who has been ill for several weeks
with puenmonis, ssid that the pa
tient passed a good night and was
resting comfortably. While there was
no change for the worse in Mr. Phelps’
econdition, it could not be said that
be had gained any strength,
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FAVORED BY GEN WHEFLER
He Would Give the Philippines a
Territorial Form of Gov
ernment.
THINKS NATIVES ARE READY FOR IT,
The General Gives His Impressions
of Trade Possibilities in Orient-—
Nelleves They Are Unlimited -
United States on Edge of Krea of
Inprecedented Prosperity.
San Francisco, March 9.—~Gen. Jo
seph Wheeler favors giving the Phil
ippines a territorial form of govern
ment. He said:
“I belleve the people are ready for a
cortain kind of self-government. They
could be given the power to make laws
under such a system of government as
has been adopted for our territorien. The
municipal governments are all in the
hands of the natives, and they get along
without trouble or friction. Under a ter
ritorial form the islands could be best
controiled
Trade Possibilities,
He reviews his impressions of
trade possibilities in the orient as
followed:
“England, Rusata, Germany and France
have braved war and pestilence in efforts
to secure a share of the wealth which
will come to them by commercial relations
with these people. The treaty of peace
cast upon us the responsibliity of sovers
elgnty over from 5,000,000 to 11,000,000 people,
together with the fstands which they in
habit, containing an area three times that
of our great and prosperous Empire state,
“Very naturally there may be honest
difference of opintons as to whether every
thing has beon conducted during the two
years In accordance with the highest wis
dom and best possible judgment, but there
should be no guestion among the American
people as to the duty and wisdom of now
uniting in & determined effort to take the
situntion an It stands and to so conduct
the affalrs of our country as to add the
most to its glory, honor, welfare and pros
perity. 1t is a friendly struggle for com
mercial supremacy, In which our rival
nations are using their best efforts, and 1
ay, lot un In & friendly but determined
spirit use our best efforts also,
Fnee to Face with Orient,
“Our Pacific elftien are now face to face
with the eastern shores of Asia. The
Niearagun canal will bring our gulf ports
nearer (o them than those of the Atlantie
and Kurope,
“With Muantia as n great depot ateamers
trom that emporium could reach the com
mercial ports of eastern Aslh as readily
na 1 ean be done by English steamors
from Hong-Kong
“We must constder that about one-third
the population of the earth ls conventrated
in the eastern half of Asin and that the
vast multitudes arve rapldly learning to
apprecinte the advantages, and 1 might
add the necessity, of bhigh civillzation, and
they are alse loarning to realiss the eom
fort which is enjoyed by the people of
the most civilized nations, in the posses.
#lon and use of the products, manufactures
and mechanical developments which are
there found,
Need Products of Orlent,
“Europe and Amertiea must purchase the
allkn, teas, coffes, hemp, splees and prod
vets of the handiwork of the people of
the orlent, and this immense population
needs articles which Amertoan farms and
factories are producing cheaper and bet.
ter than those which are produced any
where else on earth, Cotton cloth such as
fe manufactured In southern cotton milis in
needed by the people of the sast to the
enormous value of $4,000,000,000 1o §6,000,-
K ()
“England with her navy has approached
China by the sea and has established frm
footholds at favorable locations on the
coust. France has acquired possessions in
Asla which contaln a population four times
an groat, and an area nearly ten times as
liarge, ns that of our Empire state. Kng
land's domintons and dependencies in Asla
now extend over an area of 1,600,000 sgusre
miles and contuin a population of nearly
500,000, 000, Huseia siready has in Asia ter
ritory excesding in area 6,000,000 sqguare
miles and contalning over 10,000,000 people,
“Port Arthur, the great commercial and
war port, is firmiy In her grasp. This gives
Hussin a power over Corea which will add
miuch to her strength, The completion of
the Trans-Biberian rallway and its
branches, the opening of the Nicuragun
canal and the anpexation of the Pacifie is
fands to the United States will more thor.
oughly revolutionize the commercial re
latlons of the world than has ever been
done by all other influences combined dur
ing the last three centurios
“It weoms to me that there s but -
tie Hmit to the possibilities which are be
fore us, and we are certainly justified in
the bellef and Bope that the United States
i on the edge of an era of unprecedeonted
prosperity.'
SIMPLE BUT IMPRESSIVE.
Funeral of the Late Avchbhishop Men.
neasy~An Fatlire Absence of
Munie,
Dubunque, In., March 9, - In a vault
beside the remaing of his predecessors,
Bishops Loras and Smyth, lie the re
mains of John Hennessy, first arch
bishop of Dubuque. The obsequies oc
curred at ten o'clock Thursday morn
ing and were of the simplest character,
There were no flowers and no orns
ments whatever, sven the high altar
being stripped of everything except
what was necersary in the celebration
of mass. The same order was carried
throughout the church, nothing ap
pearing excepi the black and purple
mourning drapery. There was also an
entire alwence of music, only the volees
of hundreds of priests being heard in
the Gregorian chant; this was in ae
cord with the dead prelate’s wish,
Hather Chilly,
Dublin, March 9.-The newspapers
of this city give rather a chilling re- .
ception to the announcement of the
proposed visit of Queen Vietoria to
Ireland next month, although the
comments are perfectly courtecus,
Received by Presideni.
Washington, March 9.--The presi.
dent received the members of the
pure food and drug congress, now in
sesslon here, to the number of 200
or more, ‘The presentations were
made in the east room.
fundusky on Nampage.
Columbus, ~ March 9~A special
saye: The Sandusky river is on a ram
page and already great damage hus
been done. The stream is the highest
it has been for 15 years. E