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THD TRANSCRIPT. GENERAL CRONJE
San eae ee
BROWN & CALKINS.
blished every evening except
Sundays and Legal Holidays by
.
.
TUESDAY ....++++Feb. 27, 1900,
Telegraphic News.
Lonvon, Feb. 26—-The reports that .
Lord Saffsbury had closed the Sabine . !
incident with a frank expression of ,re.
gret to the United States Ambassador, .
with a promise that more caution
would be displayed in stopping Ameri.
can vessels in the future and that he .
bad handed Mr. Choate formal papers . gurren
onthe subject, are vigorously denied .
at the Foreign Office and at the United
States Embassy.
PorTLAND, Me., Feb. 26—The Allan .
line Californian, which went on the
rocks off Ram Island Ledge S tnday, .
was found to have twenty-five feet of .
water in her hold today, and it was .
considered unlikely that the vessel .
could be saved. The passengers who,
owing to the rough sea, had remained
Forest Queen today.
Norro.k, Va., Feb. 26—A storm of
unexampled severity has raged at sea . i
for three days past. Incoming vessels
are sheathed in ice.
CuicaGo, Feb. 26.—The will of the .
UNCONDIT IONALLY
SURRENDERS.
. SPECIAL TO THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. ]
Lonpon, Feb. 27.—General
nost
under his command, the number of which is variotisly estimated as being from three to six thousand, the former number :being probably nearer to the correct figure.
der took place shortly before daylighi.
‘competent generals, capitualted with the entire army
%
Cronje, one of the Boers’
The
FOUR THOUSAND
[SPECIAL TO THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT.]}
. Lonpon,, Feb. 27.—Lord Roberts notified the War Office that the estimated
on board, were saved by the steamer, number of prisoners captured in the capitulation of General Cronje amounted
. to 4000. Other estimates from neutral sources place this amount at 3000, which
3 probably the more correct statement.
Of the number of men captured fifteen hundred are from the Orange Free
. State, while the balance are citizens of the Transvaal.
Twenty-nine Transvaal officers and eigh
late Philip D. Armour Jr. was filed for . the prisoners.
probate here today. The instrument .
disposes of property valued at $8,000,.
000. $6,800,000 in .personal property .
and the remainder in real estate. One.
third of the estate is left to the widow, .
May E. Armour, and two-thirds is .
given in trust to three executors for
the two surviving sons of the testator, .
Leslie and Philip D. UL. Philip D. .
came over from Grass Valley today.
teen Free State officers were among
Valuable Ammunition
Captu
. Lonpon, Feb. 27—By the capitulation of General Cronje the British obtained 375 Centimeter Krup guns and one Maxim gun. The loss of this am. munition will weaken toa great extent the hold the Boers have thus far mainArmour Jr. died recently in Pasadena, . tained against the British forces.
Cal.
Osweao, N. Y., Feb. 26—The extensive works of the Minetto Shade Cloth .
Company, four miles south of this city, .
.
.
eral hundred hands.
WasHinaTon, Feb. 26—The United .
States Court of Claims today rendered .
a decision on the claim of Admiral .
Dewey for prize money on account of .
the destruction of the Spanish fleet in .
Manila harbor. ‘The court decided .
against the Admiral’s contention that .
the enemy’s force was superior to his .
and awarded him $9570.
Pexiy, Feb. 26—Jobhn Fowler, Unit. moralized since the’capitulation, and a general dissatisfaction is spreading
ed States Consul at Che Foo, province .
of Shan Tung, announces that 4000 na.
tive troops have gathered on the border .
route of the New German railway to.
await the arrival of the German troops. .
‘ne natives are determined to resist .
the construction of the railroad. .
Brock, Neb. Feb. 26—Wilson.
Wakelin, a prominent farmer, murdered
his’ wife last night by cutting her
throat with a razor. Hetnen went to
the grave yard, where his first wife was
buried and, standing on ber grave, cut
Mrs. Wakelin at one timee
of the W.C. T. U. of Nebraska.
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FIXING WATER RATES,/ .
Board of Trustees Decided to Ran Pipes
to Grove Cemetery.
At the meeting of the Board of City
Trustees, held last evening, the fixing
of water rates came up for discussion.
With the exception of a few changes
relative to irrigation privileges the
same rates of last year were adopted.
The new schedule decided upon is to}
take effect from July Ist next.
It is shown that since the city assumed control of the water works, the .
change bad proven @ matual benefit, !
both to the consamer and the city—
secured iower rates
while the. S8tautly in each other’s company, each; answer for, and at best would deserve
the former had
than theretofore enjoyed,
latter was netting a snug monthly sur
plus for the benefit of its treasury.
.
Several fraternal societies having pe.
tioned the Board to extend the water .
mains running along Boulder street to
SoBe ce Scat aa arrived here.on the afternoon train from
San Francisco.
General Cronje Is
Lonpon, Feb. 27—-Orders have been
red by the British.
d
Kept a Prisoner.
issued by the Secretary of State for
Depression in the Boer Ranks
Roberts to the Home Office. From infor
. Department, it has become clearly apparent that the Boer army is greatly de
among the Boer population.
Since the Capitulation. who was caved on and bad both of his
. legs broken is, we are glad to state, getFrenpesury, Feb. 27—The following statement has been issued by Lord . t
mation reported to the Intelligence
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SUDDEN DEATH
Of Mrs Robert Holland at Columbia Hill , Young Men Indulge in Making Bon-Fires
Last Evening.
A dispatch was received this morning .
by David Holland of this city, informserious experience to this city and
ing him of the sudden death of his against which protective measures are
' mother, Mrs. Robert Holland, at Oolumgonstantly being adop*ed by the city
authorities was selected i
; a . "These meager details were-wired here morning by afew ae
his own throat, falling forward dead . ¢,5m North San Juan, further than fy) frolic.
bia Hill, last evening.
president j i
. that Mr ‘Holland is unable to give any , ter to do these young men busied theminformation as to the cause of the sud. selves at about 2:30 a. m., at the corner
den takiug off of his mother.
It is only about two weeks ago since
. husband, Robert Holland, attending to
. purchases to be made here, and she was
ithen, barring ber advanced age, ap. parently as well as ever.
. Mrs. Holland was a native of Ireland,
. but came to Columbia Hill as early as
1857, where she has resided until ber
. Ce wth, reaching the age of 68 years. Very
. few residents there are at Columbia Hill
. who have not at some time met the de. caased during her-life and ever after
remained firm-friends.
The suddeu blow of the death of his
wife leaves Mr. Holland almost heart
. proken. This aged couple having, since
. their children became grown, been con.
igstriving to please and comfort the
. other,
Five children are left to mourn the
loss of their aged mother: Mrs. Mary
. Jane Bogan of Columbie Hil; Mrs. E.
Merroitt of Baker’s City, Oregon; Mrs.
. of Pine and Broad streets, in the accumulation of a quantity of ‘iif: ou y of ‘itpflammabl
. Mrs. Holland visited this city with her material, set it on fire and then rae
Pine Grove Cemetery, the expenditure .
of $100 was autborized toward defraying the expenses of the improvement;
have the privilege of selling water from .
this main to property owners along its
pense be borne by the petitioners and }
property owners whose holdings will .
be enhanced in value by the extensivn . Hood’s Pills.
of the main. .
. J. H. Riley of Grass Vulley; David Holland of this city and Joseph Holland
provided, however, that the city shall . of North San Juan.
The
. city for interment.
route, and also that the balance of ex-! funeral has not yet been decided up. n
Indi
remains are to be Lrought tothis
Tiuje and place of
gestion, nausea, are cured by
DANGEROUS FROLICS.
in the Early Morning.
What may some day prove a dire and
young men asa play”
Fo. want of something betit with a dry goods box, the whole beiug
left to burn, without regard for consequent results.
Fortunately the blazing heap was dis.
covered in time by Officer Fowler, who
assisted by J. Graham of the Nationa}
Hotel, succeeded in extinguishing the
flames of the burning rubbish before
any damage was done.
It it not supposed for a moment that
these youug men, who instead of being
in bed were roaming the streets committing incendiary acts, intended to do
anything criminal. Nevertheless, if
disaster followed their frolic they certainly would have something +erious to
@ sojourn at the castle in Marin county.
“FORTUNE Favors the brave.” It” is
also favorable to those who purify their
blood in the spring by taking America’s
Greatest Spring Medicine, Hood’s
Sarsaparilla. A clear head and a
healthy body are given by its use.
—— -22--—___—
You Try It.
If Shilob’s Cough and Consumption
Care, which is sold for the small price
of .25 ets., 50 cts. and $1.00, does not
cure take the bottle back and we will
refund your money. Sold for over
fifty years on this guarantee. Price 25
cts. and 50 cts. For sale by H Dickerman, the druggist. Ee tt $
Dally Chronicle of the Doings of Both Old
town.
Francisco.
Park today.
Corral today.
to be critically ill.
Sunday on a visit.
from Truckee today.
Jamestown this morning.
: : San Franéisco this morning.
.
Ee this morning for San Francisco.
PRI SON E R S CAPT U R E D. Bac from French Corral today.
from North San Juan yesterday.
ing’s train to Gold Hill, Nevada.
over from Truckee this afternoon.
returned home on the morning train.
over from North San Juan last -evening.
istered at the Grand hotel in Sen Francisco. ‘ i
{\Chas. Jauin,a mining expert of San
mines.
went to Auburn today to’ visit ‘his
Odin mine, came up from San Franare burning. Assistance has been sent . War, the Marquis of Landbury, that General Cronje shonid be at-once taken to . cisco last evening and returned home
from here. The works employed sev-/ (gnetown and there be imprisioned and kept under close guard. This order today.
{to stand until further orders are issued which is altogether likely. who canis here Bunda té visit Me. aad
Mrs. Fred Zeitler, went. to San Francisco today.
Sheridan where he went to attend the
killed at Cottouwood.
Valley who has lived there for forty
years, will leave next Monday for a
visit to his old home in the East.
M. R. Sayers of San Francisco, who
have been spending a few days here,
returned on the morning train to their
home.
and who was called here
PERSONAL POINTERS.
and Young. :
D: Douglas of San Francisco is in
Mrs. 1. E. Phelps left today tor pa
Assessor Schroeder went to Chicago
Mrs. J. Dauis came over from French
Sam Peck, of Sailor Flat continues
Mrs. R. 8. Ogden went to Auburn
Hon. C. F. McGlashan came’ over
Chas. E. Fish came down from
Geo. Coffey and T. Coffey went to
R. D. McCools of Riceville, Ia., left
Henry Davis and Dorsey Hines came
Supervisor A. J. Wood came over
W.S. James returned on last evenQ@. W. Curless and P. Cozalio came
John Glasson and Richard Dunston
Miss May Kleinsorge of Sacramento
Wm. Dunning and T. Harver were
Louis Conrath of Smartsville is regrancisco, is -here examining some
.
John German of North San Juan
aughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert L. Wertheimer
Julius Haas, who is interested in the
Daniel W. Voltz and wife of Chicago,
Anton Miller, the unfortunate miner
ing along nicely.
Walter Lewis. has returned from
uneral of his brother, who was recently
S. A. Weeks, an old resident of Grass
N.N. Chapin, E: M. Gooy Jr. and
Farmers’ Bulletins Can Be-Had For.
. the Transonirt as follows:
Bulletins, printed bythe Secretary of
Agricniture.
from the Second District of California,
I have several hundred of these to my
credit, which I am desirous of distributing in. a practicable way.
occurred to me that if the newspapers
of the District will print these lists or
bulletins, the farmers can see what is
available, and it will afford me pleasure to supply the same, if any of them
will drop me a postal indicating the
bulletin desired. I will state that tho e
publications are of great. value to the
farmer, as they are calculated to give
full and complete information upon .
the subject treated by each.
WHO WANTS THEM?
the Asking,
Congressman Marion De Vries writes
Enclosed please find list of Farmers’
As the representative
It has
The following isa partial list of the bulletins.
Barnyard manure. =
The feeding of farm animals.
Foods: Nutritive value and cost.
“Hog cholera and swine plague.
Peanuts: Culture and tses.
Sweet potatoes: Culture and uses,
Flax for seed and fiber.
Weeds: And how to kill them.
Souring of milk, and other changes
in milk products.
Grape diseases on Pacific Coast.
Alfalfa; or Lucern.
Silos and Silage.
Peach growing for market.
Potato eulture,
Cotton seed and its products.
Kafir corn: Characteristics, culture,
and uses.
Spraying for fruit diseases.
Onion culture,
Farm drainage. ‘
‘Sewage disposal on the farm, and
protection for drinking water.
Commercial fertilizers: Composition
SPRING ~ 1900
AVE you jeoti the. new SPRING
_ PERCALES for this: Spring
as yet.
We have our large window full of them,
and we think they are by far the most handsome Percales that we have ever -seen,.
We are selling lots of them-and » you
ought to buy, now while the assortment is
need them.
12% and 15 cents.
You will also find some of the new
SPRING GINGHAMS
dow—they. speak for themselves:
Respectfully,
good, for it will not be long till you will
They are full 36 inches wide, and sell for.
in the same win-.
MAMER & CO.
and Use.
Some
grain.
Irrigation in humid climates.
’ The manuring of cotton.
Sheep feeding.
Sorghum as a forage crop.
Standard varieties of chickens.
The sugar beet.
How to grow mushrooms.
Some common birds in their relation
to agriculture.
The dairy herd: Its formation and
management.
Experiment station work.
Butter making on the farm.
Bee keeping.
insects injurious to stored
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GRASS VALLEY NBWS.
‘The Doings of Our Neighbors as Told
Over the Telephone. g
The erection of the new Auditorium :
will be delayed for a few days on account of pressure of other business
Moses O’Con: or has taken a posi ion
who
J.W. Locklin, formerly of this city
last week
by the death of his father, J. C.
Locklin, returned today to Virginia
City, Nevada, where his home now is.
Mr. Locklia was accompanied by his
wife and they met many old friends
while they were here.
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Brief Mention.
12 o’clock, a few uights ago.
will be made very soon.
down with small pox.
fine improvements in their property.
Superior Court.
ed in the Superior Court today :
Estate of James A. Weeks.
been set for Saturday, March 10th.
G. W. Curless.
Constipation
Pills. 25c.
Judge Coughlan today fined Rector
Bros., of the National Hotel, $30 for
keeping their barroom open till after
There are rumors of a. sensational
character floating aroind the town,
and its said that startling developments
Charles Walstrups, the well-known
conductor on the Southern Pacific, is
sick in ruckee, having been taken
The Mountaineer is making some
The following business was transactFinal account and petition for distribution has
Pietro Cozzalio was naturalized on
the testimony of C. F. McGlashan and
is cured by Hood’s
A dividend of ten cents per share
in W. H. Smith’s grocery store on has been declared and made payable at .
Broad street. The position was for: the Citizens’ bank by the Pennsylvania
merly filled by Richard Eddy,
was appointed deputy Sewer Superiatendent. :
Mining Company. .
The Miners’ Union will elect officers .
on next Saturday, and spirited friendly
contest. is being waged for supremacy.
. ‘The polls will be open from 1 to 8 p. m. .
On telegraphic communication it is
announced that the attaghment on the!
. Wonder Store has been released, and .
{that on next Thursday a reduced-price
sale will be inaugurated.
‘Dr. W. C. Jones tapped the left knee
of a young man named Kruse a couple}
of days ago and the knee bone was
badly fractured. Young Kruse was recently injured at Taylor Bros.’ foundry.
.
On next Monday night Sutter Camp ;
No. of the Argonauts will give a ban-;
quet. This is arranged for to celebrate
the reaching of the 200-mark in membership by Quartz Parlor of Native
Sons. Hydraulic Parlor bas been invited to participate.
Restores VITALITY
NERVITA SEE AND MANHOOD
Cures Impotency, Night Emissions and
wasting
e
diseases, all effects of, selfabuse, Or excess and indiscretion. Anervetonicand
blood builder. Brings the
pink glow to pale checks and
restores the fire of youth.
. ) By mail 5O0c per box; G boxes
for 82.50; with a written guarantee to cure or refund the money.
NERVITA MEDICAL CO.
Clinton & Jackson Sts., CHICAGO, ILL.
For sale by H. Dickerman, Nevada
City, Cal. .
The Board confirmed the appoint.
ment of Richard Eddy as Depu:y .
Sewer Inspector, who had been selected .
last week by Sewer Inspector Marchie .
for the position. The new official as-.
sumed his duties this morning.
2 ome
Going to Auburn.
The trial of Thomas Grimes, who is
charged with murder will be’ commenced in the Superior Court at Aubare tomorrow morning. The follow .
ing Nevada City people have been summoned as witnesses, and will leave on
the 8:45 train tomorrow morning: Dep
uty Sheriff Thos. H. Waters, Deputy
Sheriff John H. Pascoe, Constable R
Dillon, J. G. Neagle, John C. Nilon, .
Robert Simmons, City Marshal E. A }
Tompkins, E. C. Baldridge and Justice .
J.8. Holbrook.
Consumption is preventable? Science
bes proven that, aud also that neglec:
is.suicidal. The worst cold or ,cougli
ean be cured with Shiloh’s Cough and
Consumption Cure. Sold on positive
guarantee for over fifty years. or sale .
wy H. Dickerman, the d
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se ia suimagaaaases
2 making sweeping reductions.
benefit of the sacrifice we are compelled to make.
None of the advantages heretofore enjoyed by our patrons are curtailed by the Low
selling at. All alterations necessary to give perfect fit are made FREE OF CHARGE.
You Can’t Afford to Miss This Chance:
Carter & Johnston = come rise an commarcm a
a ie .
Prices Still Being Slaughtered!! —
Here's Your Chance to Save Money by Buying Clothing and Furnishing Goods at thisTi me
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te BUY NOW _eonraae DON’T DELAY
Approaching SeasonsZcompel us to make room for our incoming Spring Goods, and we ate ierefore
‘Our Stock must be disposed-of, and we give our customers the
Prices we are
of the architects. . ¥
WAXEL The TAILOR
Stock has arrived, and the
rest will arrive .
very soon,
SUITS = $7.00 and up
Trousers $2.50 and up
KINKEAD’S
Furniture Store
Swing Chairs,
« Chiffoniers
Bed Lounges
IS THE PLACE TO BUY
Fancy Rockers
Rugs
Couches
I am closing out my winter goods at a sacrifice.
My Spring and Summer
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Yes, . am at
the Same Old Place
——
But the stock is new and the prices are
as low as lew can be.
bargains]?
C. J. BRAND, Manufacturing Jeweler
' Phone W. 14, Broad St., Nevada City. ©
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DO YOU KNOW
That I exchange up-to-date foal for old
gold of any kind, and Were ad good
Ps
THE HOME MARKET
Is always with you; stay with it. We have been in the lu i . mber
business here 49 years, and expect to be here many years more,
as we have an almost inexhaustible supply of timber’in tbis
neighborhood. . We have made a success of .
Building Houses ME Tg hie
And we are still at it. Call
your coutract. — -'
and learn our terms before letting
+. M. L. & D, MARSH.
op
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THE TR.
TUBSDAY,....
*PORTY-FI
That Is the Sentenc
Wy
As telegraphed
Judge Hart senter
to the Folsom P
years, Gordon ro!
on the street in .
time since. Mills !
five cents, and for
amount Gordan bei
The robber was ar
guilty, and waived
whereupon Judge .
ing scorching word
The offense of wh
ed guilty, as I have
oceasion to say, is
tbe most serious of
law. It is. so se
this State that the
vested courts of co
with the discretion
much. punishment
from a year up to li
it is so fixed is that
into considerati
which would eithe
gate the punishme
consideriug that. t!
be some instances .
of this crime, an
would not be deser
penalty which the
to inflict.
-“In your case i
have already been
lar offense, from w
in inferring that ‘
acquired or an ins
to robbery, and a
such disposition a
displayed through
naturally innate, i
much consideratio
court in passing s
“I would be per!
jent than I expect
this record ‘again
determined--and ¢
upon thie bench—
are here, itis our
ple of your kind f
community and p
This is a civilized
ized laws and a cl
they have a right
shomes to their pla
hours of the day
‘assurance that the
being molested by
sires to deprive th
often at the expen
_ “And, while I .
consideration the
pleaded guilty av
county the expe
incurred in the t
propose to inflict
perhaps, be regarc
one, yet it is one .
the effect of dem
who have the sam
self that this is a
engage in that so
“Tt is, therefor
this court that yc
State Prison at F
forty-five years.”
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The Rub
The rubber ju
the densest and r
the Gulf Coast.
marks the year’
grow 100 to 150 fe
‘undergrowth. 1
largest quantity
year—upwards o
of rubber was
trees. On accov
death of the tree:
constantly dimi
grow wild in M
from 6 to 8 ye
produce two po
When cultivated
‘tures in five ye
few years rubbe
going on in Me
matien boundary
pan on the Gulf
as Colina on tl
turity of the tre
are measured by
form distributio
perature is an ir
ever. When th
and the rainfal
eleven months .
mature in four
> cost of living v
-end caring for
» would be an I
live cheaply
-. must needs pay
necessities. Le
of rubber can t
one dollar to fi
‘The land is pro
_ ‘Government. ¢
pe employed.
* gubber plantati
during the sap
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