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Plumer was within six miles of Mnfeking when he was driven back with severe loss, he himself being wounded. / Thirty-five thousand Boers, with ninety guns are concentrated on the range of hills between Krooustadt and Winburg. The whole line is" fortified and is almost impregnable. The German government will re­ ceive the Boer delegation which has arrived at Naples. An unconfirmed report is in circula­ tion that General Brabant has in­ flicted a crushing defeat upon the Boers at Wepener, capturing gun#and taking prisoners. A patrol of Royal Irish, with whom was Lord Rosslyn, has been captured by the Boers^ THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES. Brigadier General Funston in Manila Is in danger of court-martial on the charge of ordering Filipinos hanged without trial. , yfl Chaplain C. C. Pierce makes an offi cial report that there has been no in­ crease in the number of saloons in Manila. The United States transport Sumner has arrived at Gibraltar. The Sumner left New Yo.rk March 31 for Manila, carrying men and money for the army. The American garrison at Batoc. in' North Ilicos repulsed an attack of 300 insurgents, killing 10(5. American had no casualties. A squadron of the Third cavalry sur­ rounded a village in Luzon, Philippines and of 200 Filipinos killed ">3, and cap­ tured 44. The village was burned. Our men had one wo,unded. WASHINGTON "NEWS. The senate committee on privilges, elections unanimously declared Clark of Montana secured his election by fla­ grant bribery and should forfeit his neat. The house has passed the Puerto Rico bill with senate amendments-- 161 to 153. The senate passed a bill establishing a buffalo preserve in New Mexico. Senator Burrows strongly urges the senate to refuse to seat Matthew Stan­ ley Quay. The house rivers and harbors com­ mittee has decided to report favorably the resolution for a survey of the Illi­ nois and Des Plaines rivers. The United States supreme court has denied leave to file habeas corpus pro­ ceedings in behalf of Ramon Baez, a citizen of Porto Rico, imprisoned for violation of the election laws of the Island. The president has nominated Charles H. Allen, of Massachusetts, to be gov­ ernor of Porto Rico. The Kentucky governorship case will be heard by the United States supreme court April 30. IN THE POLITICAL FIELD. Admiral Dewey denies the report that lie would retire from the presiden­ tial race. Charles B. Aycock was nominated for governor by the Democrats of North Carolina. The Republican convention of the Fourteenth Ohio district has taken I,314 unfruitful ballots for representa­ tive. Governor Roosevelt has positively refused to "be a candidate for vice president on the Republican ticket. After taking 1,351 fruitless ballots the Fourteenth district Republican congressional convention at Welling­ ton, O., adjourned to meet at Norwalk May 17. Iowa silver Republicans will select national delegates in state convention at Des Moines May 3. Second Oregon district Republicans renominated M. A. Moody for con­ gress. Democrats of the Fourteenth Illinois district will hold their congressional convention in Peoria June 21. THE CRIMINAL RECORD. Jessie Howard, an Arkansas girl, found hanging to a tree, is thought to have been murdered, James B. Kellogg, the head of the E. S. Dean ("get-rich-quiek") company, has been sentenced to seven years and six months in the New York state prison. Charles Wegner hanged himself at Chicago after gazing at the corpse of his sweetheart, Ida Keller, who ha'S been murdered. Term's Dictionary or Synonyms ft Antonyms, Mytboiogj and Familiar Phrases. A book that should be in the vest I pocket of every person, because it tells you the right word to use. I No Two Wordb in the English Language Have Exactly the Same Significance. To express I the precise meaning that onein- ] tends to convey a dictionary of I Synonyms is needed to avoid repe- Itition. The strongest figure of I speech Is antithesis. In this dic­ tionary the appended Antonyms will, therefore, be found extremely valuable. Contains many other features such as Mythology, Familiar Allusions and For­ eign Phrases, Prof. Loisette's Memory •ystem, 'The Art of Never Forgetting," etc.. Mc. This wonderful little book bound in a neat cloth, "binding1 fry? 30.25. ITuli leather, gilt edge, $0.40t postpaid. Older at Mice. Send for our lave book catalogue, fine. Address all orders tim. INCH COMPANY. Anon, Out, * THE WLKNI August Young, aged 22, troubled by unrequited love, shot and seriously J wounded Kate Van Cloostere in Mur- ' physboro, Ills., and then killed him- . self. I George Manger, aged 83 years, com­ mitted suicide by blowing out his brains at Scranton, Pa. j At Bakerville. Teun., Joseph String­ er killed his wife by choking her to death and then committed suicide. I Thomas Brennen, aged 27, of Hunt­ ington, YV. Va., quarreled with his 1 sweetheart, whom he was engaged to 1 marry next week, and committed sui- (cide: 1 At Alexander, Ark., Mrs. T. N. Hol­ land wbot and instantly killed William Cooh. She claims Cook defamed her charai'^er. Jacfc Kinnnel. .Fames Heath and Wil­ liam Disbennett. well-known young men of -Mound City, IJls., were ar­ rested on a charge of counterfeiting. During a dispute at Lexington. Ky.. Dr. James K. Parker shot and killed V. A. Antonaila. an Italian tailors Jesse Orendorf of Indianoia. Ills., in a fit of jealousy, fatally shot his wife and then killed himself. Jeanette Iteed. 20 years of age, com­ mitted suicide fifteen mites north of Keokuk, la. - BUSINESS NOTES. I Ralnhard' & Co.'s private $tank at Coluuibus, ' ., has closed ]{s doors. I A Urge box factory will be erected a* Watertown, Wis., this spring. It wJl employ 200 persons. Hie bankiug house of Reinhard & Co., Coluuibus, O., was forced to sus­ pend after a run of a month. The Chicago and Northwestern road has sent five large locomotives north from Green Bay, Wis., to handle the immense ore business which the com­ pany expects to do this season.. The telegraphers on the Southern railway have gone on a strike. They number 1,200. / W. H. Dildine. of Sioux City, la., has purchased the lease of the Leland hotel at Chicago. The Burlington road is preparing plans for an extension of its line to Yellowstone park. Railway earnings of western roads show an increase of 12.5 per cent, over March of last year. MISHAPS AND DISASTERS. Richard W. Kenny was the first Chi­ cago victim of the automobile whose injuries have proved fatal. A building being remodeled at Pitts-- burg collapsed, killing three people. There were many marvelous escapes. Peter Larsen, Joseph Madsen and a woman, all drunk, were drowued at the entrance to the outer harbor at Sap Pedro. CaL Mrs. J. S. Sinington; coiored, and her twin babies were burned to death in their home at Denver. Lamp explo­ sion. A through freight train on the South­ ern railway struck a mule near Hunts- viile. Ala., and was wrecked. The en­ gineer. Percy Armstrong, and the fire­ man. Sandy Osborne, were killed. *Flre in the Essen coal mine at No. 3 at Hazietine. Pa., caused the death of only one miner. Veusel Sternad. Small cyclones are causing much anxiety and loss of property in Texas, Kansas and other regions thereaway, but there have been but two fatalities reported so far. NOTABLE DEATHS. Thomas C. Ilannan. a„ prominent member of the Chicago Board of Trade, is deatl. Rev. William F. .Tunkin, a well- known Presbyterian minister, is dead at Mont Clair. N. J. Commodore William K. Mayo, Unit­ ed States navy, retired, died at Wash­ ington Monday night, aged 7(5 years. George W. Diilawa.v, one of the largest wholesale and retail crockery dealers*in the west, is dead, at Mus­ catine, la. Baron Inchiquin (Edward Donough O'Brien) is dead. Colonel J. H. Lifford, one of the noted characters in Texas, Is dead at his home near Beeville. that state. Frank H. Cashing, for years con­ nected with the United States bureau of ethnology, is dead at his home in Washington, D. C. Major Martin M. Burke of the regu­ lar army, superintendent of national cemeteries, is. dead at St Mary's hos­ pital. Quincy, Ills. George H.Scripps. of the Scripps-Mc- Rae league, is dead. Mrs. Bridget Gormann, aged 102 years, is dead at her home in Pana, Ills. Henry J. Slyfield, an old and wealthy resident of Waukegan, Ills., Is dead. John .T. Owsley, Sr., one of the fore­ most pioneers of western Wisconsin, as well as of South Dakota, is dead at Mendota. Wis. James Tuttle, a pioneer of Logan county, Ills., is dead at Atlanta, aged 93) " . THE FIRE RECORD. John C. Donaldson was killed and a man and boy probably fatally injured in a $400,000 fire at Newton" Creek and Grand street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Twenty-two head of cattle and four horses were killed in the lire that de­ stroyed the barns and residence of August Slender at Picketts, Wis. ODDS AND ENDS. The Creek Indians are preparing to quit the tribal government in Indian territory and take farms in Iowa and the Dakotas. A. C. Clark won $20,000 on his horse Hernioso at Memphis. The Santa Fe company!s new line to the Pacific coast is to be operated May 1. The Minnesota Iron company has won the famous Hyde case after fif­ teen years of litigation. Julius Rosenberg of Chicago Is con-, testing his father's will disposing of a $3.!HX>.<X)0 estate. Portugal's violation of neutrality in south Africa may lead European pow­ ers to take momentous action. The isthmain canal commissio's re­ port will set forth the advantages and disadvantages of both the Panama and Nicaragua routes. Melba's husband, Charles N. F. Armstrong of Texas, lias secured a di­ vorce on the grounds b£ desertion. Russia is reported to have aban­ doned interference \tfTfrr-jrffairs in the Balkans. Charles .T. Figge, arrested on sus­ picion of T*ending an inTeriia 1maehine to the 'residence of George B. Cox tn Cincinnati, lias been released. Lady Schorr won the Ardelle stakes at Memphis. The members of the Minneapolis Packers and Nailers' union have de­ manded that the employing flour mill­ ers restore the 35-cent cut in wages made in 1805. Relatives of the wife of William H. Parlin will fight his suit for divorce brought in Seattle on the ground of incurable insanity. * Archbishop Chapelle firids serious obstacles to "Americanizing" the Cath­ olic church in the Philippines. A landslip buried half the houses in the village of Klappai, Bohemia, the occupants barely escaping with their lives. It is stated that the Paris crowd hooted the British ambassador on the opening day of the exposition. Colonel William J. Yolkinar, assist­ ant adjutant general at Chicago, has been ordered before an army .retiring board. Wolves have become very plentiful near Sparta. Wis., and are annoying the farmers. William Zimmer of Clinton, la., hale and hearty, celebrated his 101st birth­ day. Mrs. Mary .T. Furman of Nashville, Tenn., fhas bequeathed her estate, val­ ued at from $200,000 to $250,000, to Vauderbllt university. WHY THE LEAVES FALL. Sot Exactly a Spring; Story, kit Wm Delayed In Tranamlaalon. They walked together under the stately maples--Virginia De Claire and Augustus Knickerbocker--and with ev­ ery breath of wind the golden leaves of autumn fell at their feet. "Augustus," she murmured as she stooped to pick up a particularly bright leaf, "yon know everything, don't you?" "Yes, darling -- everything worth knowing," he replied as he gave her a tender look. "Then you must know why the leaves fall in the autumn timet** "Of course." "I have been wondering why they didn't fall in the spring.. Is there any particular reason why they shouldn't fall till the first breath of winter is felt in the chill winds which sway the branches and rob them of their foli­ age?" "The best reason In the world, my pet." "Oh, Augustus, you are so noble to tlnd a reason! See how they shower down -like leaves of gold! Listen to the sobbing of the breeze as if it grieved and wept at the parting leaf from twig! In a few days more these tre^s will stand desolate and forlorn, and their wind whipped branches will point to heaven as If appealing for mercy. Tell me, Augustus, if it is real­ ly and positively necessary for the leaves to faj,l at all, and If so why they should fall in the autumn time?" "The leaves must fall once a year, my treasure," he softly said as he patted her on the shoulder, "and being this is positively necessary It was de­ cided to have them fall at this particu­ lar season in order that the farmer might gather them"-- "Might gather them tp decorate his walls and keep him in touch with the beautiful in nature during the frigidity of winter?" "No, darling; that he might gather them to bed down his hogs and cover up the pile of pumpkins In the barn­ yard! That's all. Look out for cater­ pillars as you go pawing around!" M. QUAD. Not a Complete^Subatltute. "They say the automobile is going to supersede the horse," remarked the liv­ ery stable man. "Yes." "Well, don't you believe It. I don't believe the day will ever come when we'll hang over a rail and risk our financial futures on an automobile race. And I know for certain that when meat gets scarce we'll never eat them." --Washington Star. A Gentle Hint. Slopay--1 don't seem to get any bet­ ter, doctor. 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