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Newspaper Page TextPROPEWY MUST NOT BEJESTBOYED Boers Are Warned by British Government Against All Looting. I A PROCLAMATION ISSUED Government Party Will Make Army Reorganization One of the Prin cipal Planks of the Next Election Cam- paign. London. -March 3. 45* a. m.—While there is a lull in the military operations, the political surround.ncs show Interestins developments. The colonial efficx hns tel egraphed t» t’ape Town the tert of the. . proclamation concerning the destruction : of property. This w ill not be published in Is'-nd tn until after It* pro. tarnation in South At- | rica. hut it is known that it will convey | an tnttir.-.tion that any wanton destruc tion of British property during th.- war will l»e reg-m cl as warranting a ciaim for , compcnsatior and as justifying a levy U|»on private property should the resources <>i the Transvaal government prove in adequate. The fact that the pro. lan ation is issued , by the colonial oflico is nutarded as a . s gnllkant indication that the republic* | will be administered r.s crown colonies, I In this cot nection it is understood that the lenders of the opposition In parli i- ; n’.cnt iv w u«*mit that no settlement Is pos- M’.>:e. since the republics Insist upon their de-rand for also lute Independence. In < view of this the .flirts of the liberals will l*> «-.*nt:n<d to reeuring in the set tlement the best treatment for the dense ‘|~>pu!at.«'n. it eluding veil rlty against their d.-frar. h.sement. Successful War Plank. I- is r< tardejf •» a settled matter that should the war be ended, as is now ; h-pvd. before Juno, the government will ui-solve parliament and appeal to the! . -nntry on the lv.--l< o' a si .-essfal Smith i A tri. an policy. Shi til I the war drag •n , dissolution will I* postponed until next j spring. In any event one of the foremost Pranks ..f th.- g .vvmment platform will po arnti ie-.reanlxaiic-n. There fat n-» further inf>rmation t.« to the movements »f dir Alfred Winer. It • is regarded as certain, however, that he has gone to It o. mfontein to arrange f-»r ■ th* temporary administr.itlon <1 the l-r-e | The reply to I..rd Rol»erts‘« r-oly to u**» of th<* fl of truce ••••mnv » 1.1 -n a* Importin’"tit .in«t r;«i.••«!••<!?. mid I.* rd !:••!•*•«« .■•hiw n a I .• >« •li« u-*‘itir. is comm* is Indicati >r.s fmm X < <i - «■ ’• >t G.:--r.-l B tiler’- forward movement I I, |..„ s delay* d Th- s-vicn mem I.- ... i 1.-. I th.t Ma Ft General F-e-terf K itirrluston shall command n i . . • r . f : a. tnelu ; -th 2.3 W n. » Mr Cls.nr •« r «in asked froir Aus tra’ia. Kitchenet Is at Prieska. Tz.nd.rn. M rrh * . -The war office has received the fidlowfiig dispatch from lx.id J Robert* ted m'<»rt-4n. Tuendny. ; •Rli-hi r occupied Prieska yesterday I nnopt I The nd-I- surr-nd-nsl their erm* The Tran.-vaalent escap'd acnss the river. Mr S’ vn I- circulating a notl -e by <lder ill reply to my I V -! in.ation to the etf.-ct that any hnr gher who dens a declaration that he will I ftgi - again will be treated as a traitor and shot. •T' • ltl.- mf-.i t.4n p- -.pl.- are < ff-ting t:« every assistance in th. matter of hos pital mnmdntfcme We have c. ire quc-ntlv t~ . n able to arrange for l.etls. • Thirty-three prisoners w. re taken to I'rt. -K - stands of arms and s-m --sunnlies nnd ettplmdves. •T» -- I-- r« have I- gun to surrend-r tn th- Basutoland frontier ” Kruger Makes Some Charges. Tz nd-m. March ?». 7.T. p. m -The fol- j lowing di«pateh has hern r»-cetv<st at the war n®re from Iz-r.l Robert*. «lat> I I. - m'—Monday March nth: • | l-.nve r. ■- iv. d the following reply to my ’-i- vr n March llth to th.- presi dents the Free State and south Afri- ■ ’Your » x .-11. n-y’s t. legram reached me y.-sterday I assure you nothing w.-.-14 grl.x. me more than that my l archer* should make thems.4x.-s guilty is a tint laid to their < barge by you. I am. however, glad to s-.iv that you must have been mistak •■». . iiave r.iad ■ j--rsonal Inquiry of Gen . ral Belarey. who was in command <f - bm ntjpn I by vou. lie denies entirely that our bur ghers a. t.d as stated by you. bu| ie say th.it on S.ituniay, the date being illegible, the Hritisii tr--»ps. when th. y w«-re i-larat lilty yards from our position. I it i.p their hands .is well as a white flag, whil.-t .it th., s.im-- tim<- your --ami hi -■mtar.l.-I th.- -aid tr—.ps. with the n sillt that Commandant l»el--vr was w>>in.l..l. Y.-st.-nlay morning the h.-a-l commandant wrote in his a.x-ount of th«- i.itti. as follow--. ’The soldiers hoist,-.! tn., white flag, but were then lir. <1 at by th.- British cannona and compell.-d to " T - . rhaps it Is not known to y.iur •-«- rellency that th.- s-anv- thing liappened Bpion kop where, when a portion of th. troops hoisted a white flag and put tip their bands and whil.- our burs! disarming th- in. ..nmTi.-r t tion ~f the tn-.ps nr- i -ui our burghers; v - ¥° ur LfffL \ 1 r ap«r ttw» iff a W 1 p i \ I •* ,f a ‘* eaSarv | I I Change Your Occupation. FyM LI Mr hgakalarT-* FC* V> ' 'oral IdreagtH Im e . > kW iV'lfrfrl-al.Mrrbddl al,M*ndif{ < A I aflnri rlag. rlr*.. w f • m nail. v rste «M af W ibe ledermaaional % I* I<II K' *. wou /■ u P/ I f / 1 jff *» . B t —w'Sellivaa. CrirbtMl »» Th* l oe-.i .ru- M ■•iue—l oaraw. l.salCoM. fX-ig Hosii in— Mart to tir.l*h “ Mo-t tbon- icb Sborthan i l>-v'T tn Amencw eo sradonuv CM free- TEIjEGRAPHY Teiart-t thoroughly nnd quickly, rosltlons guar anteed Expenses low. Particulars free. OEORGIA TELEGRAPH SCHOOL. Senoia. Oa. t»OUTH£hiN SHORTHAND artawra. ' s s__X The Ire-t-eg bew-ew • !>ool es tte Seeth. l-e*r»d ia the Sir WT--.--*. 'tty- Owe raw gm!■»»»t ia potrteat. I p.*— ■»» su pt St- S a*-.l>. I-O— rates, superb j enuwweat lU..a refe---s-ea. Eater • Carai-gu* rr-a. I t*- -A*ldr**< A C. BRISCOE. Fresrdcgb I w 1.. * .iHSuLU Vr.e rtaaaJeag AiLaata. Ga. | but snme of the British troops were killed. It has also been reported that at the last battle of th© Tugela English cannon fired on troops who had surren dered. ” ‘With reference to the explosive bul lets found in Cronje’s laager and else where. I can give your excellency assur ance that such bullets were not pur chased or allowed hy the government. I. however, have no reason to doubt your , s'utement. as I know many of the burghers of this state and of the south ' African republic took a large number of liee-Metford rifles and dum-dum and other bullets from British troops. “ ’May 1 request your excellency, as the cable Is closed to me, to make nu reply known to your government and the neutral nowers by C! ‘hle. I - ’STATE PRESIDENT. * The dispatch from Lord Roberts con i chines as follows: "As the inquiry into that matter proves his honor’s allegations to be unfounded, ami as I personally saw the holding up of hands which he denies. I have rot thought it desirable to continue the cor respondence.” CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED. Telegrams Passing Between Salis bury and President Kruger. London. March 22—4:12 a. m.—Several telegrams have passed between President Kruger and the British government in addition to the Salisbury-Kruger corre ! spondence already published. The for eign office received a dispatch from Pre toria yesterday. The contents of these communications cannot yet b.- obtained. So f-.r as the military situation is con cerned, there is practically no change. Lord Roberts Is quietly making prepara tions for the next move. As necessary ' to a beginning. General* Gatacre and Bra bant are swiftly moving from point to point In the southern districts of the Free I Stat--, ilispersing or accepting thesurrenii -1 er of anv remaining B-x rs. thus ensuing I the safety of lxir-1 Roberts’s communica tions before starting toward Pretoria. A correspondent of The Daily News nt Springfnnteln. describing these move i ments. says: I General Gatacre is sweeping through th-- country ilke a cyclone with flying cohimns in all directions. Ills swift ness and strategy have provi-d of in estinu-ble value to Lord Rolx-rts. ' The rebuldlng of the railway bridge at Norval’s point will occupy two months ■ i The temix.rary bridge will lx- completed In I ahout ten -lays. Meanwhile supplies are | ' trans|x»rted l»v an -ierl.il tramway across I the gap. These works necessarily delay . the suppk’-s for the advance. laird Me thuen's m ivenienta north of Kimberley | ar- b«-li--v--d to lx- a prelude to the gath- > -ring of a eoluinu of 2i'.<»n' men. with 1 Kimberley as a l-ase. to strike eastward , from F’ourt«-en Streams into the Trans- I vaal. The long and anxiously awaited n--ws of the ri-llef of Mas-king has not I yet lx-en re«-vlv--d. Mr. Schreiner, the Cape premier, has grant---! the request ot the mayor of <’a|x- Town that a public holiday tx- proclaimed throughout the i col«*nv on the relief of Mafeking. Boers Trekking Northeast. Bloemfontein. .March Four thousand . Ttansvaalcrs from Colesburg trekked on i Saturday and Suu-lay to the northeast, going byway of the Basutoland border. They will probably l-«- caught at on-- <>f i the passes. A striking feature of the ad- , ' vance of Bloemfontein was th-- nband-m --m--nt of our communication with Poplar 1 l-or-i Roia-rts, confident in the ability of j his transport to meet all the immediate i ne* -Is of the army, deliberately I- tt th-- i • -n- till at Atv ahams kraal to do what they ' liked. Th-- result fully ju.-titi--I him. Tin- . enemy t-» the south were paralyz.e-1 by th,- ' i-oldness and rapidity of the stroke aid tlenerals t’lem-tits and Gatacre were en- ■ abled to cross the Orange river almost I without opposition. Roberts Addresses Troops. Bloemfontein. March 21—L-r-i Roberts. ! while inspecting the naval brigade on the ■ pla'n outside the town, in the presence oi | many of the town.-pc-ple, addre-s--d the , men. thanking them for the excellent ■ work they had done In the course of the campaign, lie wish-si good luck to those • who w--re alx-ut to rejoin their ships and , expr.-s.---d the hope that the others would ; be present at thu entry luto i'retorla. I BOERS MOVING ON LOBATSI. Plummer Finds His Hands Full at the Front. Izihatsi. March !’•- The Boer* under ! Commander Kny man are advancing in 1 l--r-'v Iroin Mat-king toward lailuitsi. Colom I Bodie mad- a r- i onnoisan- •- on : Man h 13th and found i'itsan and i’oth lugo occupied by the Boers. He returned to Goode- Siding and made a demonstra tion on March 14th. lie found the Boers In str-.-ngth at a sharp curve on the rati- ' way. They had mounted a gun on the line and were lying in wait lor the cun- i strucliou train. A brisk firing oc. urn-d a few miles ; south of Loi-atsi on the morning vt the | 1. The liners’ maxim was freely used. I Colonel Bodie ■ ume in touch with the | Boers just in time to prevent tne -amp . being surprised. The Huers utta< k-d the l aalvalice |-ar-> ano captured a lew boxes | of ammunition and neatly secured a maxim. lieutenant Tyler was kiiled and Meu- | t-’iiant Chapman captureu. Colonel Bodie i coming up put th- i-mrs to night witn heavy 10-s th.- iax-is yesteruay w.-re within a few ; m l--s oi i.onatsi. Yesterdav afternoon the Boers pres.-ed < h-s-iy upon colonel i’liimm-T’s mam I -amp ami kept up a hot nt killing one I w hile man ami one native. Ttiey pia-ed i the maxim and a twelve and a half 1 l~>umi< r on a lull on tlx cast side of tile I -me. l->ur thousand yards from tile camp. Th.- British right is protected by Chief I Jlalhcon. who nas warned the Boer* nut | to < liter his territory. t'oloiiel Plummer's present end-avor is ■ to insure the safely of the rai-way north ’ ql i..>i>a'.~i ,-ii.i t.> watch well iht left Sank. it is probable tn.it before tta lfc’> rs retire toward Pretoria they will ta-'kl- th-- Ithoncsians tn :orce. It is r--|x,rud liiai the burghers are ! al-.-n-loning the environs of Mas- king. I- av.ng only a sufficient number of ar tillerists to man the big guns. There are l-otie at Itamnthlabama, wh.-re they w or. supposed to have their has-*. Colonel P-umtm-r’s scouts were al i Ra :na thlaba ma vest erda y. Th.- usual Mafeking dlßpatebr* nt® over due, but no anxiety Is felt on that account. MAFEKING LEFT TO ITS FATE. Plummer Retires and Relief Seems Further Off Than Ever. I«>n-ion. March 24.—1 a-rd Roberta's main army continues waiting at Bloemfontein. The sentimental interest hi the fate of Mafeking lias intensified with Colonel Plummer's forced retirement to Croco dile pool, where Ik- was two months ago lb-lief from the north now dwindles to Improbability. Iz-rd Methuen is skirmishing with the Boers at Warrenton, Po miles aw-y. Al though se- niingly in force siifll- lent to -io pretty mu- h as he likes, he has not ad vanced these five -lays. It is hoped that his military administration has a pleas ant surprise in preparation for the Brit ishers t-y raising the siege with a strong I column of cavalry am! artillery detouring t<> Mafeking, while Commandant Snyman is drawn off to engage Colonel Plummer. General French’s cavalry and mounted infantry, according to a rumor, are tight ing somewhere east of Bloemfontein This -iiggests more Boer had news, as C-mman-lant Olivie»*s fommando, wltn 2. wagons, is reported on the Basuto land frontier, tolling northward through Kr-x-nsta.lt via fzi-lybrand. This enorm ous wagon train Is supposed to lx* moving ' twenty-tive miles a day. General French’s cavalry tx-sts stretch from Bloemfontein east want to the mountains. G-'neral Buller has not yet moved in J Natal. British Are Forced Back. London. March 23 - The war office has j Issued the following from the general at | Capo Town to the secretary of war: "Cape Town, March 23.—The following I telegram has arrived from Nicholson, | Buluwi-yo. March ISth: " The following is fiom Plummer, Lo- j THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1900. di 1 ..Li ■..; <1,.. •■’ jw, > kt J J yVr \ R ID,NG Hurts Woiwen In a great many cases, because they are in a condition of womanly weakness which is aggravated by exercise. Exercise promotes the physical health. But for the woman rll i ./IP there can be no sound physical health unless the womanly health is sound; so inti- Ul'ifK iS> mate is the relation between local and general health and so absolute is the depend- A I ence of the woman’s general health upon the womanly local health. When there is r j irregularity, or displacement, or female weakness, these conditions must first be re- j Il 'A /r \V moved Indore the general health can be established. i JV ’ F U The claim that weak women are made strong and sick women are made well by « V f II the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a claim supjorted by the testimony of 1 7 J\\r // more than half a million women. Women to whom each month brought a we; kof f tllllllllllhia R // misery, women who had suffered for years without relief; women whose vigor had I IS 111 Hi ml A. been sapped by weakening drains; women frail of form, hollow of cheek and dull of I Wil I * e Y e » these are the women who stand up to testify “ I have been made well and strong i 11 Wor hy the use of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription." And this is but the barest statement \ M Vis V •**' °f the truth. The grateful letters received from the women cured by the “Prescrip- \ \ I r v rmr tion ” disclose miseries which make the heart ache. They tell of years of suffering, VH \ \ * 1 * °t inefficient medical treatment, often treating the wrong disease. They show the I Z >4 . modest women shrinking from the horror of questionings, examinations and local \ | A / 7.?- *’* treatments, and enduring a growing agony rather than submit to an ordeal offensive \ I ' to her sense of decency and revolting to her modesty. Then some chance pamphlet \ f J °l‘ the word of a friend has directed attention to the cures of womanly diseases by • V\ ’*•; i'-’-' L>r. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The treatment is begun and health is soon restored. -••* (il*•*/' •*VXAIi Many sick and ailing women take advantage of the offer of /rec consultation by .••/.I -/.Cv AI■ ••' letter with Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and '•; Y •Ak 1: * Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N.Y. This offer, open to all ailing women, puts at- •.I •/«-/*.' V J their service the leading specialist in the treatment and cure of female diseases, to- .*7*’/ »’ Vi;?’A K* ; y gether with the associate advice of his staff of nearly a score of physicians, and this : ’• \ ‘ *• • absolutely without charge or fee. All correspondence sti-ictly private and confidential. • Address: Dr. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo N.Y. • ".* I \*-. *>•'£?-**\ \ * ** * ” ‘ - - WHAT A LUOi€Y WOMAN PICKED UP. “I had inflammation of the internal organs and hemorrhage for three months so that I could not turn over in bed with out help; and soreness of the abdomen, and also bladder trouble,” writes .Mrs. Jennie Lee, of Lethridge, Alberta Dist., N. W. T., Canada. “In fact I was a com plete wreck and the local doctor's medicine would not stay on my stomach, so I had to stop taking it, and he told my husband I had to be kept quiet and he had but little hope for me. 1 happened to pick up a paper with your advertisement in it, and 1 thought that I would try your medicines. I have taken seven bottles of ‘ Favorite I’rescripti'»n,’ six of ‘ <iolden Medical Dis covery’ and three vials of ‘Pleasant Pel lets,’ and from the first day 1 commenced with them 1 began to get better, and soon got as well as ever. I have told several ladies about vour medicines and recom mended them highly. I think, that if I had not taken your medicines I would not have recovered. I cannot praise your med icines too highly.” Theft, m ho alcohol in “ Fui'OTite and it is absolutely free from opium, ooeaine and every other narcotie. J' is in the strictest sense a temperance, med icine, purely reyetable tn its composition and cannot disagree with the, weakest con stitution. “HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED final anti full solution in Doctor J Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, It Leaches women how to preserve their health. It discusses the grave ques tions which are involved in matrimony and maternity and gives instruction and advice in plain English. This great work, containing 1003 large pages and 700 illustrations, is sent FREE on receipt of stamps to pay expense of madmg only. Send 31 one-cent stamps for mailing, if the book is desired bound in doth, or 21 cents for the hook m paper covers. Address: Dr. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N, Y. | I batsi, March llth; “The Boers advanced from the south ill considerable force this > nioii ai. I’hej first ads led from I G****<i*'s dint:. After I sharp little in- i casement L i tlt'-liant Colonel Bodie's ad vanee post was compelled to retreat . Tie ret retitent was excellently carried , out to our main position. The casualties I Included Lieutenant Chapman and a cor- I I petal, prisoners, and lv,o missing, prob- ■ ably .prisoners Five trooper' were wound ! el. Ch-tpm in's horse fell with him close 1 t, the enemy, who immediatejy surround ed him. Hie exact rtoer casualties are • unknown, hut several were shot at short I rai; In th* tt< rtioon the Boris ad . v. need further north and shelled our i'“" I s.ti< n from a ridge on our left. Our 12’i- I pound* r replied. the artillery duel con -1 tinning until sunset. Lieutenant A. J. 1 Tvl* r line s'nee di*-d of wounds. One na ! tive was killed.” * Steyn Issues Proclamation. Boer Camp. Kroonstadt, Thursday. , ' March 22.—Affairs are being put I .in proper shape. and the Free Staters who had to leave are , returning in crowds. Thepr* sident’s proc -1 '.amation has shown the burghers . nat the I government is standing Arm. The com mands ar** mobilizing in great i.uml <rs i and the men are more determined than I ever. President Steyn has issued a | rec lamation in which he warns the burghers i who lay down, their arms and help the English that they ar.* liable to the I'lmost 1 punishment as traitors. French Reaches Thabanchu. Bloemfontein, March I.3.—General French, with a brigade of cavalry and mounted Infantry, has arrived at Th;*ban- I ehu ami opened heliographic eorniit ni< a- j tion with Maseru. He reports £ll will. Joubert Equipped To Resist. Txmilon, Man'll 24.—A Bloemfontein cor- • respondent of The Daily News, telegraph- | Ing Thursday, says: "A letter from Mr. Pet nteny. an interpreter in the Frco State courts, has been received by his : wife here. In which the writer declares that Gen rnl Joubert is commanding the combined forces at Kroonstadt. w here there are plenty of men. guns and food stuffs for a determined resistance.” Steyn Said To Have Been Deposed. Springfonteln, March 23.—1 t is reported here that Mr. Steyn has been deposed “g KNOW THAT THEY SAVED MY LIFE.” “I was so weak I did not have breath to | walk across my room,” writes Miss Isabell Miller, of New Providence, Calloway Co., ' Ky. “.Mv periods occurred too often and ■ the hemorrhage would bo prolonged and the loss of blood very excessive. I also had fainting tits. I did not gain strength from one monthly period to another ; was weak and nervous all the time. Vas con fined to my bed for three months. The I doctor thought at first I had consumption, i after this he said it was liver disease, and tin n he told me he did not know what was ' the cause of my trouble, and told me I . would never be any better. 1 lived in , this way from sixteen years old to twenty- j three. Then 1 was advised by a kind i friend to try Dr. Pierces Favorite Pre- , scripti<>n, which I did, and before I had j taken two bottles of it I could work all ; dav. 1 took in all six bottles of the ‘fa vorite Prescription’ and about five vials of ' Dr. Pierce's Pellets. 1 used no other medi- i cine. I have never had a return of this I trouble since, and never can praise Doctor Pierce’s medicines enough, tor 1 know that they saved ray life.” Sometimes a dealer for the sake of a larger profit will of>r another preparation as “ just as good as Dr. Pierce's.” There is nothing just as good as Dr. Pierce's Faror i ite Prescription; nothing that will so surely I make weak women strong, sick women well. i from th** presld* ncy and that the public of the Free State are being ad ministered by a committee of Kroonstadt. THEY WENT TOO FAR AWAY I London. M: r< h2l At a late hour the war dtieo posted the following dispatch from Gen ral Roberts*. | “Bloemfontein. vlareh 21 Yesterday Lieutenant Colonel Crabbe, Captain Trot ter and Lieutenant The Hon. E. Lygon, 1 of tlu* Gr nadier Guards ami Lieutenant Colonel Codrlngtim, of the Cold Stream Guaids, rode eight or nine miles beyond their eamp on the Modder liver without escort i xi'ipt <ne trooper. Tin y were tir ed upon by a. party of Boers and Lieuten ant l.ygo i was killed and Lieutena. I Colonel Crabbe. Lieutenant Colonel Cod | rington ami Captain Trotter were serious ly wounded. The trooper also was wound led. t ine of th” wounded.officers held up a white handkerchief ami the Boers earn" | to their assistance ami did all they pos I sibly could, attending to their wounds. I The Boers then conveyed th* l wounded to i the nearst farm house, where they were taken car.* of.” A RELIABLE FIRM. 'rhe people of the south who are interested in first class machinery of almost any description will <lo well t<» correspond with Shaw A Camp. Atlanta, (ia. I'liew are agents for the Geis'-r i Manufacturing < o. m snoods, which any one versed | in ninrliiixTj at all knows to be among the best in ' tin* market. Their catalogue containing a 11st of th* ■ machinery they sell is now ready lor distribution, i If yon will ask th' in for it thev will send It to you. I Address'■diaw A’< amp. Atlanta, Ga. WOULDN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS Irish Nationalist Wants To Know About War Rumors. London. March 23.—1 n the house of com mons Woday John Gordon MacNelll, Irish 1 nai'.ijjialist. member for South Donegal, agaw asked for information in regard to the battle of Migersfonteln. Ixird Me thuen's relation with his officers and af fairs in Kimberley, but the parliamentary seer" tary of the war office. George Wynd hag parried all the questions. He said he know nothing confirming the sugges tion that General Wauehope had rats* <1 objections to Lord Methuen's plan of bat tle. and added that no Investigations had been proposed into the alleged differences A MOTHER’S TROUBLES TAKEN AWAY. “I have been the mother of five children, two of which were premature births, and my health was very poor ever since until the present time,” writes Mrs. A. W. Corn well. of 810 F Street, Washington, I>. C. “Had uterine trouble for six or seven years. I took local treatment and different medicines, but they only gave me tempo rary relief. Had palpitation of heart, weak I stomach, and all sorts of aches and pains. I was advised by friends to try Dr. Pierce's 1 medicine. In October, 1898, I began tak -1 ing it anil felt letter after taking a few i doses. Have taken seven bottles of ‘ Fa i vorite Prescription,’ two bottles of ‘Golden Medical Discovery,’ three vials of Doctor Pierce's Pellets, and two of his ‘Compound Extract of Smart-Weed.’ In August, 1899, I gave birth to a strong baby boy. Was in labor only a short t ime. Now my gen eral health is good and I feel stronger and better in every way than I have felt for years. I shall always feel that I owe my j good health to you and your valuable rerne -1 dies. I thank God for this ‘ Favorite Pre scription’ (woman's friend), and as for the Pellets, I would not be without them, as they have benefited mo more than any pill 1 ever took.” Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are espe cially suited to woman's use. They should always be used in connection with the “Pre -1 script ion ” whenever a laxative is needed. I between Cecil Rhodes and Colonel K*ke wicli. Indeed. ho declared. the war office j was not aware that the latter's authority I hail in any way been questioned. The i only positive answer given by Mr. Wynd ham to the interrogations was to the < f feet that neither dum-dums nor anything in the nature of expanding or explosive bullets had been used by British troops in South Africa. In regard to the trou ble Ik w teen Colonel Bloomfield Gough .and lord Methuen. Mr. Wyndham said that the former’s command expired March ; I.lth. and that his return home previous to that date was due to Lord Methuen's I action. An investigation into this niat ’ ter, he said, would be held as soon as j witnesses would return from South As- ' GERMANY ACTED ALL ALONE. I Berlin. March 20.—There is no founda j tien for the statement made here on the authority of a St. Petersburg correspond | ent of the Lokal Anzeiger tiiat Germany lias participate*! in any way in the re ported Franco-Russian communique to Great Britain with reference to establish ing peace in South Africa. Germany answered the Kruger-Steyn appe.'.l unaided and untiilluenced, and the text <>f tin answer lias been published i through the German -onsul at Pretoria. 1 No negotiations took place between Ger many and Ru-ssia as to how the former should answer and nothing is known here regarding any spe dal Russian plans or proeeduns relative to the war. The German foreign office admits that oral negotiations have taken place in Vienna as to th.* sugar bounties between Austria and Germany. til*' result ot which must be k. pt secret tor the present. But Germany is not negotiating with other powers than Austria on this subject and the negotiations in Vienna do not contem plate another international conference. Political circles in Berlin place no re liance upon the dispatch from Washington that th * German ambassador to the t nil ed States. Dr. Von Holleben. is trying to brinj about joint action in order to guar ante.* tin* safety of Johannesburg, anil the papers this evening declare that there is no truth whatever in any such reports. Swiss Refuse To Mediate. Berne, Switzerland, March 21. —The fed eral council has answered the Boer appli cation for mediation as follows: ■'Tlio Swiss federal council would have been pleased to co-operate in friendly me diation in order to end further bloodshed, but as the presidents of the African re publics have directly approached the Brit- ; ish government in order to conclude peace 1 on a basis indicated, and tin- British gov- 1 i rnment has shown itself against th** pro posals, and as furthermore the British government lias declared to the cabinet at W n hlngton 1 hat it did n 1 to accept tin* intervention of any power, the federal council to Its regret must also j renoume the idea of th** taking any steps I on th** lines of th** request made by th** presidents of the South African republics. There r*'ma ns for the federal council, in the circums ances nothing but to express : its sincere wish that tin* I>*l ligerants will have succeeded at no too distant dat* . in i finding a basis for an understanding hon- • i orable to botli parties." FvP. Ruby Jeweled Watches have genuine ruby bearings—their other points of superiority jnn be told by any jeweler—ask him about the Elgin. j ROYAL VISIT NOT SUFFICIENT. Redmond Refers to Life in Ireland as a Nightmare. London. March 2".- At a nationalist ban quet at the Hotel Cecil in London this t vening Join Be lmond, lead *r of the na- i I tionalist t'.irty in the house, of commons, i I who presided, said hi* regarded the last ; I nine years % *f public life ia Ireland as i . i hideous nightmare. “Our re ini*.n is sir., ore." he continued. ' “and there if nothing humanely speaking i which the eighty-six Irish m.-tn'oers of I arliament cannot obtain from the ex igencies of the British parties. It is in irecibie that English statesmen cm be so blind t< th» teachings of history as to Imagine that s**rious practical griev- i anc<*s can be mitigat**.! by a royal visit, to i Ireland **r by :* British celebration on St. Patrick’s day." Edward Blake, member of parliament for South Longford, who proposel the tenst “Ireland, a Nation.’’ was greeted • with hostile cries. A disturbance ensued ! ami the pilfce were called in to restore I order. Wanted. Two traveling salesmen: salary and ex- | peases; experien e not absolutely iv essa- . ry. Peerless Tobacco Works Co., Bedford 1 City, Va. Eternal vigilance is the price of pre tending to be other than what you are. A WOMAN’S ADVICE TO WOMEN. “I feel that it is only my duty to send you a statement of my case,” writes Mrs. Mary E. Wilcox, Emo (Rainy River). Al f goma Co., Ont. “J suffered untold misery for many years with uterine trouble, until I commenced taking Dr. Pierce’s good medicine and used the local treatment as advised. I took two bottles of ‘ Favorite Prescription’and two of ‘Golden Medical Discovery.’ I also sent for one box of your ‘Antisi ptie and Healing Suppositories.’ I have only used two, and that was two months ago. Have not had to use any since, but I shall keep them in the house. I would advise every woman who suffers from ulceration of the uterus and piles to j use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, j It is the best medicine in the world. Also [ write to Dr. Pierce for his advice. I have felt better in these past seven months than | I have for years. Every month I used to have to go to bed and have hot poultices | and take laudanum to ease the pain. I | I don’t go to bed now, nor do I take landa- j ; num. Every spring I used to be troubled | ! with piles, but I did not have any trouble I of that kind this spring. I keep Doctor Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart-Weed |in the house. It is a wonderful medicine. “ You may publish this if you please, so ’! that other suffering women may be bene fited as 1 have Wen. Many thanks for I vour kindness.” SOCIETY PEOPLE IN OPIUM DEN Paris. Marell 21.—Last evening the po lice raided an opium den on the Rue le ' L'Eoitel**. frequented by fashionable so ciety and Chinese officials. The place has bwn kept by a woman named Assim. who, during the last exhibition, sold i Chinese goo*ls. M. Cochcfert. chief of t *” detective department, interrogate*! eight ladies ami gentlemen belonging to the b* st Paris society whom he f**un*i there in a state *>f intoxication. Pipes, a quanr.ty !of opium and some oriental furniture were seized. - • —— ARE DEVOURED BY CANNIBALS Vancouver. B. C._ March 23.—The steam er Warrimoo today brings from Dut’h I New Guinea, the shocking account of i io . devouring of thr.ee officers of the steamer | General Pell by cannibals, who caught them while on shore taking photographs,, Ernest Wiegan. one of th** partv. wit wounded by arrows and while hiding saw the barbarians tie his three companions To trees, cut off portions of their living t! -it : and finally roast and devour them. The ! Dutch man-of-war Sumatra is reported as , preparing to avenge the atrocity. Piles. Fistula. Rupture. | Stricture. Varicocele. Weakness. Vn-. it , Ural Lisses. D* ili'y; cure guranteed; no i failure. Dr. Tucker, Broad str**.', At ! lanta, Ga. SHF. SHOWED HER NATIONALITY i Naples. March 22.—Today a thief at | tempted to rob two American ladies. Miss i and Mrs. Burges, of Boston, who were i leaving a shop. 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