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G. W. KRAMER, Editor.
M’CRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1901.
YOL. I.—NO. 13.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Oompilad from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AMU POLITICAL.
On the 20tli, at the meeting of the
Brown university corporation in an
nual session at Providence, R. I., for
mer President E. Benjamin Andrews,
now of Nebraska state university, was
elected to fill a vacancy in the board
of trustees.
On the 20th Lord Pauncefote of
Preston, the British ambassador to
the United States, took the necessary
oath and his seat in the house of
lcrds, for the first time during the
present parliament.
On July 4 civil government will be
established in the Philippine islands.
Judge William H. Taft will be desig
nated as civil governor. He will re
main at the head of the Philippine
commission, which 's to be continued.
The order creating him civil governor
will be issued by the president
through the secretary of war.
On the 20th Judge Bradley, in the
equity court at Washington, denied
the application of Lone Wolf and oth
er Indians for an injunction against,
the secretary of the interior to re
strain him from opening the Kiowa,
Comanche and Apache lands in Okla
homa, to settlement. Without going
into the facts of the case the court
held that the question was purely a
political one with which the court had
no power to deal.
Among the important duties to
which Adjt.-Gen. Corbin will attend
in the Philippines will be the enlist
ment of natives as a part of the in
sular army. Lieutenants of the regu
lar army are to be selected as cap
tains of companies, and non-commis
sioned officers of the regular army
will serve as first and second lieuten
ants and battalion and squadron stall
officers.
William Waldorf Astor has con
tributed £5,000 to flic Queen Victoria
jubilee nurses fund.
On the 21st the Copenhagen corre
spondent of the London Daily Mail
telegraphed that Mr. L. S. Swenson,
the American minister, had started
for Washington, supposedly in con
nection with the sale of the Danish
West Indies.
The secretary of Mr. Joseph Cham
berlain, the British colonial secre
tary, declares that the rumors of the
surrender of Gen. Botha are unfound
ed.
suscEr.r^ANEous.
On the 20th the secretary of the
treasury bought $1 IS,000 four-per
cent. short-term bonds at 113.3757, and
,<5,000 short fives at 109.03.
The Berlin Neueste Nachrichl.en
«eys that the Russian and French gov
ernments are negotiating' a fresh loan
of 125,000,000 roubles.
On the 20th the Tennessee supreme
court, sitting at Jackson, decided hat
a womaa can not practice law in that
stut«.
The government has been asked for
*n appropriation of $10,000 to defray
the expenses of 50 Filipino teachers
who are f.o study for a year *n normal
schools of the United States, these
schools having offered them free tui
tion.
The first gold shipments of the aeu
'on arc low on the way from five
Klondike. Sums aggregating $1,500,
000 were started from Dawson, on the
14th, on the river steamers Canadian
and Zealandia, according to tele
graphic advices reoeh ed in Skagnay.
On the 20th the New York state
court of appeals handed down a very
important decision, in the case of
The People ex rel. A. Klipstein & Co.,
vs. James A. Roberts, state controller,
that a foreign corporation is taxable
on its capital stock under the corpor
ation tax law of the state if it trans
acted business in the state, although
the business is in the natuie oft* in
terstate traffic. The case will proba
bly be carried to the United States
supreme court for final determina
tion.
Incomplete accounts of the ravages
of a tornado along the Keya Paha riv
er, in Nebraska, on the night of the
20th, proclaim it the most destructive
of life and property of any storm of
the kind that ever occurred in the
state. Whole families were wiped
cut, and many jtersons were left
wounded and shelterless.
On the 22d Ihe Engineering ard
Mining Journal published complete es
timates of the gold output in the
United States and in the world at
large last year. The figures, $118,435,
562 for the United States, and $255,
924,654 for the world at large (com
paring with $99,518,712 and $311,50",
947 in 1899) do not differ materially
from the estimates of several months
ago.
The Mexican government is arrang
ing to take the delegates to the Con
gress of American Republicas on an
excursion through Mexico similar to
the trip Mr. Blaine gave the delegates
to the Pan-American congress. The
Mexican trip will include Pachuea,
the large silver mining center; Mon
terey, where the reduction works are
located: Pueblo and Orazade, large
industrial Centers, and the celebrated
caves of Cacahuhumilpo, one cf the
natural wonders of the world.
Tiu; Bombay correspondent ot rno
London Daily Express announces that
the monsoon rains have not yet ex
tended beyond the Bombay presiden
cy, and that unless they become more
general the outlook is very gloomy.
On the 21st, at the Kiel regatta, 74
yachtsparticipated in the races. Neith
er the Iduna, belonging to the Ger
man empress, nor any of the other
noted yachts at the gathering, won a
first prize.
CONDENSED-TELEGRAMS.
The city of St. Louis is preparing,
on an unusual scale, for the celebra
tion of the Fourth of July in this the
initial year of the new century. An
elaborate programme has been pre
pared, and it is intended that the suc
cess of this effort shall serve as an in ■
dex to the spirit that will control in
bringing the great Louisiana Purchase
exposition into being.
Adelbert Stone Hay, former consul
of the United States at Pretoria,
South Africa, and eldest son of Secre
tary of State John Hay, fell from a
window in the third story of the New
Haven house in New Haven, Conn.,
shortly before 2:30 a. m., of the 23d,
and was instantly killed. He was a
young man of fine attainments and
great promise.
Gen. Cables surrendered at Santa
Cruz, Province of Laguna, Luzon isl
and, on the 24th, with 630 men and
500 rifles. Oaths of allegiance to the
United States were administered to
the former insurgents. Col. Caballes,
who fled to the mountains with a
portion of his command, but was in
duced to return, likewise surrendered.
Senator James M. Kyle, who had
been ill for several days at Aberdeen,
S. D., was, on the 23d, reported to be
in a very serious condition, and fears
were entertained that he might not
recover. Heart trouble is the cause of
h.is illpess, and the attack is similar
to the one that prostrated the sena
tor at Cleveland two years ago.
Bank notes to the value of $270,000
have been stolen from the strong
room of the Hong Kong and Shanghai
banking corporation, at Singapore.
An inquiry is being conducted to as
certain how the bills could have been
stolen from the inner vault, to which
only two or three trusted employes
have access.
Surgeon-General Wyman has issued
a general circular to medical officers
of the Marine hospital service calling
special attention to the importance
of insects as factors in conveying dis
ease. The circular says there is no
longer doubt as to the relation of the
mosquito to malarial diseases and to
filariasis.
The Russian and British authorities
have publicly thanked the ladies vho,
on the 17th, the anniversary of the
beginning of the seige of Tien Tsin,
decorated the graves of the soldiers
ot all nationalities.
Late accounts from the scene of tha
floods in the West Virginia coal fields
indicate that the early reports of loss
of life and destruction of property
were very greatly exaggerated. In
stead of $2,000,000, $500,000 is now
stated as the probable property loss,
while the number killed is variously
stated, the lower figure being less
than a score.
Commissions as brigadier-generals
have been issued to Enoch II. Crow
der, judge advocate’s department;
James Allen, signal corps, and Robert
L. Howse, cavalry. They will hold
these places until June 30. The ap
pointments are in recognition of the
services of these men in the Spanish
war and the Philippine campaign.
Webster Withers, aged 60 years, a
prominent capitalist, died at his home
in Kansas City, Mo., on the 24th, of
Bright’s disease. He was surveyor of
the port of Kansas City during Presi
dent Cleveland’s second term, and in
1899 w'as made one of the receivers of
the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
railroad.
It was formally announced, on the
24th, by J. Pierpont Morgan & Co.
that the Shelby Steel Tube Co. had
been purchased by the United States
Steel Corporation for the purpose of
consolidating it with the National
Tube Co., one of the United States
Steel constituents.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes held, on the 24th, that a lega
cy to an adopted daughter is subject
to tax as a stranger in blood to the
testator. Former rulings of the com
missioner inconsistent with this deci
sion, are revoked.
The king and queen of Portugal ar
rived at Funchal, Island of Madeira,
on the 24tli. This is the first time any
Portuguese monarch has visited Ma
deira. The town was gaily decorated,
and their majesties met with a hearty
reception.
Anti-cerieal rioters paraded the
streets of Madrid, on the 23d, shouting
“Ilurn the convents,” hissed the In
fanta, Isabella and stormed a monas
tery during the night. They were
finally dispersed by the police.
Gen. MacArthur cabled the war de
partment, on the 24th, announcing the
surrender of Gen. failles, with 3S6
rifles, 4,000 rounds of ammunition and
600 officers and men. failles took the
oath of allegiance.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
The Cotton Crop.
Greeu county, small; Independence,
small; Lawrence, poor; Sharpe,
favorable; Cleveland, small; Desha,
favorable; Lincoln, favorable; Phil*
lips, doing' well; Faulkner, looks well;
Jefferson, doing nicely; Lonoke, doing
nicely; l’rairie, prospects good; Sa
line; forming squares; Pulaski, small;
Van lluren, good condition; Clark,
looks well; Dallas, favorable; Oua
chita, favorable; Marion, favorable;
Franklin, favorable; Pope, favorable;
Sebastian, poor stand.
Saj'K Site Killed Him.
The coroner's jury, empaneled to
investigate the murder of John D.
Ware, a prominent citizen of Hot
Springs, returned a verdict fixing the
guilt upon Mrs. Ware, the widow.
Mrs. Ware has admitted that she fired
the fatal shot. Her son, Baxter Ware,
20 years old, made a statement to the
jury, in which he told of the domestic
affairs of his parents, and then the
alleged confession of his mother.
Anti-Trust Suits Dismis.ied.
The celebrated anti-trust suits in
stituted against the Little Bock icc
companies by Gov. Davis, while he
was attorney-general of Arkansas,
were dismissed the other day by
Judge Joseph W. Martin upon mo
tion of Att'y.-Gen. George. W. Mu~
phy, who stated that the state could
not possibly convict, as he could find
no evidence of a combination or con
spiracy to control prices.
Rnllroud Ordered Sold.
Pulaski chancery court at Little
Pock, in foreclosure proceedings in
situted by Memphis and St. Louis
creditors against the Wooley railroad
a line in Lonoke county about
fifteen miles in length. Chancellor
Martin gave a decree for the plaintiffs
and directed that the railroad be sold
within the next sixty days to satisfy
the claims of the creditors, aggrega
ting about $20,000.
New Trial Not Granted.
In the case of Hartgrove & Clegg
vs. Southern Cotton Oil Co., Circuit
Judge J. W. Martin, ;;t Little Pock
overruled a motion for a new trial.
This is a suit in which the plaintiffs,
who are extensive cattlemen in Texas
sued for $35,000 damages for alleged
damage to cattle by injurious food
The jury awarded them $400.
Octosrnarlan'a Death.
“Aunt” Sarah Moon, aged 8.5, col
ored, who was one of the oldest col
ored residents of Pine Bluff, died at
her son's home in that city. She was
one of the best-known negroes ot
Jefferson county,and was held in high
regard by the white people as well as
those of her own roce.
A Fiddlers** Contest.
A crowd of nerly 3,000 people at
tended the fiddlers’ contest at Coir
Harvey’s new pleasure resort, font
miles south of Rogers. Fifteen tid
dlers entered, and the. prize was
awarded to Dud Dutton, a bling mu
sician from the Ozarks. A banquet
followed the contest.
North I.ittie Rook Incorporated.
The petition of citizens of a portioi
of North Little Hock, asking for the
incorporation of their section into a
separate town, has been granted In
Judge Kavanaugli. The territory em
braced is less than half of that which
was included in the original petition
Death of James A. Langford.
Circuit Clerk James A. Langford
died at Fine Bluff, aged 41. For sever
al terms he was clerk of the low r
house of the general assembly of Ar
kansas. At the time of his death, he
was serving his second term as cir
cuit clerk of Jefi'erson county.
Mysterious Trnuedy at Hot Springs
Mr. John 1). Ware, a well-known
citizen of llot Springs, while in a state
of intoxication, was either shot and
killed by an unknown assailant, or
committed suicide, at his home in
that city. The killing is a most mys
terious one.
Fonnd in n. Well.
The body of Luis Hoyos. a Mexican
was found in an oid well at Mena,
Folk county. Mrs. Sowders, Maggie
Pa vis, Mis. Springer and Toll Johns
ton were arrested, awaiting the cor
oner’s verdict.
t'hnrsed With Murder.
Andrew Bogan, a negro, is in the
Jefferson county jail, charged with
being an accomplice in the killing of
Joe Haris, which occurred at the
home of the later in Altheimer, Jef
ferson county.
District Deputy tirand Master.
IV. L. Toney, of Fine Bluff, has been
appointed district deputy grand mas
ter of the Freemasons for the Third
district of Arkansas. He succeeds tin*
'ate John T. Marsh.
Negroes Coming to ArkausuM.
According to the recent census
there has ben a lanrge negro migra
tion from the C’nrolinas and Georgia
to this state. Also many have eomf
from Louisiana.
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The Filipino Command Entered
Santa Cruz to the Music of
Native Bands.
RIFLE MONEY FOR THE WIDOWS’ FUND.
Gen. Sumner Gnllnntly Returned
Gen. CnilleM* Sivor.l After the Gut
ter II ml Surrendered It—Friink
Merklii, an American Deserter,
Placed In Irons.
tianta Cruz, Province of Laguna, P.
I. .June 25.—When Gen. Cailles sur
rendered here with ”50 men and 5i 0
rifles, he entered Santa Cruz to the
music of native hands which were
drawn uo in six lines in the church
yard. Cailles and his staff entered the
church, where mass was celebrated by
Chaplain Hart of the Eighth United
States infantry.
The column passed in review be
fore the United States army head
quarters with arms to port, returned
to an inclosure, am! there surren
dered their rifles and took receipts
entitling them to 00 pesos each. All
the receipts were deposited in the
hats of Cailles and his officers, Cailles
insisting that the arms were not be
ing sold, but belonged to the revolu
tionary government, and that the
proceeds must go to the widows and
orphans. During the surrender of
arms Cnilles and his staff, who were
outside the inclosure, wept.
The officers afterward walked to
headquarters, where Cailles tendered
his sword to Gen. i’umner, who gal
lantly handed it back. Gen. Sumner
also handed back the revolutionists’
flag, which Cailles will personally pre
sent to Gen. MacArthur. Gen. Sum
ner congratulated Cailles on his sur
render, and the latter responded that
it was a happy day for Laguna prov
ince.
The president of the federalists in
Laguna made a patrotic address to
M"' former Filipino officers, and then
1he latter and the rank and—file—of
the Filipinos took the oath of a1
lcgianee publicly on the plaza.
Frank Mekin, tin-, deserter of the
Thirty-seventh infantry, who had
been acting as a lieutenant with the
insurgents under Cailles and who
surrendered, was placed in irons.
NEW TARIFF STOPS TRADE.
Distremiing Reports Concerning Con
ditions Prevailing in Gunm
Con firmed.
Manila, June. 25.—The schooner Es
meralda, which has just arrived here
from Guam, brings confirmation of
the distressing reports in circulation
regarding the conditions prevailing in
that island. The new tariff stops trade
and it is asserted that the people will
starve unless they receive government
support.
Because of the theft of a barrel of
whisky from the hospital stores and
owing to his inability to discover the
offenders, Commander Shroeder, the.
governor of Guam, issued a proclama
tion lamenting the prevalence of hood
lumism, and cn account of the puni
tive and disciplinary measures adopt
ed. 75 marines fled from the barracks
and hid in the interior of the island.
Seventy-two of these men were recap
tured, and were awaiting trial by
court-martial when the Esmeralda
sailed.
REBEL PRISONERS RELEASED.
Sen. MncArthurN l’iaii of Celebrating
the Surrender of n llebel
General.
Washington, June 25.—The war de
partment has made public an order
issued by Gen. MacArthur, on May >u,
liberating l’ilipino prisoners. The or
der is as follows:
“In pursuance of the general policy
of the division commander in respect
to matters appertaining to the paciii
eation of the archipelago, 500 prison
ers of war will be released, to especial
ly signalize the sureuder and accept
ance of the sovereignty of the United
States by Gen. Maseardo, command
ing insurgent forces in the provinces
of Bataan and Zainbales, and Gen.
Lacuna, commanding in the provinces
of Bulaean and Xueva Ecija.”
Complimentary Commissions.
Washington, June 25.—Commissions
as brigadier-gt nernls have been issued
to Enoch II. Crowder, judge advocate's
department; James Allen, signal
corps, and Robert L. Howse, cavalry.
They will hold these places until June
30. The appointments are in recog
nition of the services of ihese men
in the Spanish war and the Philip
pine campaign.
FIRE IN TENEMENTS.
ran I (■•Stricken OecupnntN Jump (roa
I'pper Wlndon'M With Serious
and Fatal Result*.
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St. Louis, June 25.—Fire started this
morning' at 2:30 o’clock in a row ol
tenement houses on the south side oi
Morgan street between Eighth anc
Ninth.
The occupants of the upper floors
were awakened from their sleep only
to find that the flames had cut oil
their escape by the stairways.
They immediately ran to the win
dows, and despite the warnings of the
police and firemen, many of them
jumped to the street..
Ed Zola leaped from the second
story window at No. 814 Morgan street
and sustained injuries to his legs.
Men, women and children jumped
from other houses, which adjoined th«
burning structure.
Ambulances and patrol wagons were
'•ailed, and the injured were conveyed
to the city dispensary.
Camile Zola, sister of Edward Zola.
16 years old, the daughter of Alexan
der Zola, of No. 816 Morgan street,
aroused from slumber by the fire and
the cries of the household, became
panic-stricken and, in her terror,
jumped from the seaond-story win
dow. She was taken to the dispen
sary, where Dr. Johnson said she had
suffered a dislocation of the hip and
had sustained a probable fracture of
the skull.
Milla Zola, mother of the injured
children, was killed by jumping from
the third-story window.
FLOODED BY BURSTING DAM.
Another Paul Revere. l>y a Mhlnljslit
Hide, Gives Notice to Kndan
atered Villngres.
Utica, N. Y., June 25.—A rainfall ap
proaching a cloud-burst caused at
least $30,000 damage to New Berlin
Saturday night. Lain had been falling
for some hours and came down in
great torrents. A reservoir a mile
west of the village gave way, and its
contents swept down on the village.
A farmer living near had ridden ahead
warning people of the danger, and
they vacated their houses. Two build
ings were swept away. Debris clogged
a stone archway under one of the
streets, and the water poured over
the arch, breaking in the doors and
windows of business places and send
ing their inmatetctfc the- upper stories
Two of the main streets were gut
tered out to a depth of ten to fifteen
feet, pavements, walks, trees, fences,
porches and lawns were torn up and
washed away, and several buildings
were moved from their foundations.
A heavy hail storm followed, severely
damaging crops and property.
A WILD SHOT WENT HOME.
An Intending; Peacemaker, in C'lii
caga. I-'ired n Random Shot
and Killed u Man.
Chicago, June 25.—A man whose in
tentions apparently were those of a
peacemaker, became a manslayer
shortly before midnight, when Will
iam Moriarity, a bill poster, was shot
to death.
There had been a quarrel and a
fight, in which three non-combatants
were injured, llricks and stones were
flying through the air as four bill pos
ters, one of whom was Moriarity,
fought out a grievance that had its
source in Moriarity’s discharge from
the services of the bill posting com
pany. The man who did the shooting
was standing on the sidewalk on the
opposite side of the street. When the
fight was at its worst he was seen to
draw a revolver from his pocket and
advance to the center of the street
where he hesitated. Then, raising the
pistol, without apparent aim. lie fired,
and the bullet struck Moriarity be
tween the eyes. The man fell dead
and the slayer ran away, escaping.
A PLAGUE-INFECTED VESSEL.
A Itr it Inli Steamer, with i'luiinc on '
Board. ft mi rim tilled at San
Dietio, Cal.
Washington,June 25.—Surgeon-Gen
eral Wyman, of the marine hospital
service, was informed by Dr. McKay,
quarantine officer at San Diego, Cal.,
of the arrival at that port of a
plague-infected ship. The vessel is
the British steamer Carlisle City
which sailed from Hong Kong on May
lC. and coming via Yokohama am|
Honolulu, reached San Diego late last
Saturd ay.
Dr. McKay reports that there were
six deaths en route, live of which were
certainly caused by plague and the
sixth is supposed to have been. All
the deaths but one were among mem
bers of the crew, the exception being
a Chinese steerage passenger.
Jnniprd From a I.like Steamer.
Milwaukee, June 25.—A woman sur*.
pcsed 1 o be a Mrs. Uosa llichter, of
Chicago, committed suicide, Sunday, I
by jumping overboard from the
steamer Virginia, when the vessel
was about a mile f:om this port.
LESSONS OF THE TRANSVAAL.
Wnrfnre of To-Day Bears No Rela
tion to the Theatrlenl Aspects
Called Maneuvers.
London, June 24.—An interesting
paper, written by Jean I)e Bloeli (the.
Russian councillor of state and mem
ber of the Russian ministry of finance)'
on the lessons of the Transvaal war,
was read at the United Service insti
tution to-day. M. De Bloch declared
that the South African war had provt*T
that military service, as practiced to
day, was absurd, and that the sacrifice
made on the continent to support con
scription was unnecessary. The war
showed that the theatrical aspects,
called maneuvers, were in no way re
lated to real warfare. One of the
most remarkable features was the
constant impossibility of determining
the enemy’s position. This was not at
tributable to British defective recon
naissance, but to the new' conditions
of war. it was neither the mistakes
made by the British nor the qualities
of the Boers, w'ho had shown an en
tire lack of rational strategy and tac
tics, which produced the results seen,
but smokeless powder and long-range,
quick-fire rifles, which involved in
visibility to a degree unheard of for
mer 1\, and to the possibility of pro
viding riflemen with a larger number
of cartridges. The action of the ar
tillery in South Africa had been gen
era 11 \ absolutely contemptible against
an intrenched enemv.
EUROPEAN GRAirTcROPS.
The Mark Lane Express' Weekly
f'rop Review Says It it in in
Needed in Britain.
London, June 25.—The Mark Lan-i
Express, in its weekly crop review,
noting the necessity for rain in the
United Kingdom, says:
T he wheat has come into ear on
remarkably short stems, and the ears
will not fill without more moisture.
"In France the spring corn is less
promising.
"Wheat cutting has begun in south
ern Spain. The provinces of Anda
lusia and Murcia i xpect fine yields,
and the promise in central and north
ers Spain is excellent. The wheai
crop in central Europe is very prom
ising on the confints of the Adriatic,
and very bad indeed on the confines
of the Baltic, indicating that Crotia.
and Hungary will have a good crop,
while Prussia and Prussian Poland
will have a serious deficiency. Medi
ocre results may be expected in Ba
varia and Austria.”
IS NOT FULLY INFORMED.
The Russian Finance Minister Mays
Secretary Uaae is \i*t Fully Dust
ed on the Sns»t Question.
London, June 25.—A dispatch to a
news agency from St. Petersburg,
dated the 24th, purports to quote M.
Dewitte, the Russian finance minister,
as saying that the statement issued
by Secretary (iage, in explanation ot
the United States treasury depart
ment's action in imposing counter
vailing duties on certain Russian
products, shows the question is not
fully undtrstood by Mr. Gage. M. De
witte says be can not imagine that
Mr. Gage would intentionally mislead
the people of the United States, ami,
therefore, can only conclude that Me.
(iage is not posscsstd of all the facts
in the case.
GOLD FROM THE KLONDIKE.
Millions Afloat anil Million* Soon to
Follow—The Year's Estimated
Clea n-lp.
Seattle, Wash., June 25.—Gold re
ceipts by the steamship Dolphin from
the Klondike, yesterday, were:
For Canadian Bank of Commerce,
$1,000,000: individual dust, $350,000.
There was shipped via St. Michaels
on the 12th instant $2,500,000, and
there is on the way up the river (es
timated) $1,000,000. Over three tons
of gold, or $2,500,000, is on its way
down the Yukon. It will be brought
from St. Michaels, probably, on the
Roanoke.
On the 20th over one mil Hon dollars
was on its way up the Yukon from
Dawson. It will probably arrive on
the next steamer. All estimate of to
tal clean-up for the district for the
season places the amount at between
$15,000,000 and $20,000,000.
COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS.
“A Sent l.ost by tlie Government ia
Still n Seat Gained by the
London, June 25.—Mr. Chamberlain
the colonial secretary, has signalized
his recovery from an attack of gout
and his resumption of his duties by
telegraphing to the unionist candidate
for Stratford:
“1 hope the electors will remember
that a seat lost to the government is
still a seat gained by the Boers,” thus
repeating the dictum which earned
him unlimited abuse at the time of tho
last election.
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