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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 5, 1891, Winnipeg, Manitoba Interesting facts about the place and the people. And Telia All those important personages fj.0 maharajah the Job Raj Tho and the . Fixa div lived troops Are Cut to pieces in fare with barbarous or Savage tribes Irold always thrills at the news of the and such was the cose Early in a Hen a body of some 450 goo Khas St escort of the British chief commissioner tar Assam together with fourteen army of Al and government officials Whereat oct Jund nearly All killed by the natives of sly Par a Small but unruly Stato Northeast cupper end of the Bay of Bengal and in Der British Rule inasmuch As the govern of India a copy a political agent at the la jul to instruct Tho ruling maharajah in Ruvay be should go. Be maharajah was deposed last septum after a revolt headed by his second and Brothers known respectfully As the or heir ind the sen Putty or com under in chief. The maharajah his brother styled Tho lord of Elo Refugo in India and Aro now since then the Power has been Jan do of the Job Raj and the Hena Ite traditional policy of the British in Jaipur byte been to recognize the do fico Julg accordingly the chief proceeded thither intending to the and Deport the son Putty to India As in egg Likely to i eve troublesome. On the arrival at Manipur a Force Wab Job Raj Tho Manipur is. Romo tej fed general engagement followed the dog Abas ran out of ammunition and retired to by residency where Tho Counnis Bignor Fth the the residency 0d a fuelled it. Tho commissioner then Mot oat to meet the Job Raj and was Treach Jjo Asly taken prisoner together with Sovell a fleets who went with him and Tho attack Tjing renewed the troops had to it treat Iriti Tery disastrous results. In englishman who has lived in that part world and seen something of Tomani Moffe at Home says that Manipur is n. Small Stato of northeastern India situated in the heart of the mountainous Region which Tho Valley on Tho North a puff Burmah on the East and South Aud tto Oschar District on the West. Until 1881 not Only be number of inhabitants but oven tatar tit of Tho state was a matter of great act Tafoy but in that year the census Dis thai hero were people. Area was ascertained to to Square 0ja. The proximity of mini Par to the asst in of other wild Hill and Tho of its own people Havo Given jew to constant feuds so that in Early Days to country was barbarous in the extreme. Manipur is used to raid into Burak and while its internal his tory was marked by of the Moat Savage Ted revolting Type in hich sons murdered Mersan Brothers murdered brother with single trait of heroism to relieve the Fork record of treachery and bloodshed. Datil recently slavery was a recognized in station and the so called fresh inhabitants me compelled quador a system termed la top to Render ten Days Sei vice to Thorn Jah 40 without remuneration. The Hill ranges of Manipur Are clothed with ten font Trees of great variety among Rueban teak and India rubber. Most of am immense tracts of Timber Are however Mai Uttel the Region is generally Rich but of eloped while Coal Iron and Gold have Tan found. The Tea Plant is known to grow win various parts of the country. Al though the general facial characteristics of Temin Spuris Aro mongolian there is great ares Fey of feature among them some show regularity approaching the aryan 5 Goulty and with Wangkh Lhakpa who was shot the heed bite making at the riddance Mao Pitr Warrior in combat. Another unsuccessful attempt against the maharajah was made by inn Puri exiles during the same month. The rebels were in sued by a detachment of Tho Frontier i Dice and finally Defeated. In 1888 and 1889 matters were quieter but a brutal Case of flogging inflicted in the of the former year by order of the Juaha Rajah a younger brother the Sona Putty who is regarded As Tho instigator of present rebellion shoos some Light on his subsequent behaviour. Tho maharajah act ing on Tho advice of the chief commissioner expressed his intention of banishing Tho sen Putty from the capital but the sentence was not carried into effect for some reason or other. If regard the present conduct of the son Putty As Tho Sequoi of this incident the leniency was sadly misplaced a present of arms was made to the maharajah in 1887, Soo Enheld rifles being placed at his disposal in lieu of 200 smooth bore Inu liets to Gether rounds of Ball ammunition. Two 7-Pounder gains wore presented to his highness for assistance rendered to Tho British troops in Burmah together with rounds of common and double Shell and Case Bhot nud six Martini rifles to the maharajah s Brothers with rounds of Martini cartridges. It is doubtless these very arms which were recently turned with such terrible effect against the British troops. Their Itice Germany s strategist Duzs full of years ant honors he away aft i attn Al lug the Sorn in jul Suc Clort of if in life and Wink. Field Marshall count von Moltke Dien i n april 24. He a i traded the of tin Reich tag note Ronnii list in Iii even Ruig died of Bart failure quietly Aud Paul essay. At Tho now t to o death has a tinted or through out the whole the new revised and amended Dan Rice. Tho to a native or Masiuk chief Road into Tho country is that from Manipur to the District of which was constructed by the after Tho ii by Anglo War and which is said to be in Good fit for pack Bullocks in cold the Vallois Well supplied with a Fate roads which Are suitable for the traffic of the country. The chief is the bridging of streams which is by the Muni puris after a primitive requiring yearly repairing after season. The Rocomio of the state Tae military Force consists of a Hort of is liable to to called out when and is believed to number in All infantry cavalry and Veteran octogenarian Clown Start another show. The hosts of Barnum s death was followed by the announcement that Dan Rice the Chilom King of clowns had determined to come out of his retirement of years with a be one ring show. When interviewed on the subject he smilingly said i will prove that the amusement Loving Public appreciate and will support an old time circus such As Dan Rice made historic a the Good old sketch of the old showman. Dan Rice s real name is Daniel Mclarren. When a lad he was a stable boy on various race tracks and was known As Dusty he was agile and acrobatic Aud became an acrobat with wonderful Energy and Amaz ing physical strength. It was not remark Able with such training and Early surround Ings that his physical prowess should Lead him into the roped Arena end in 18i 8itis recorded that the Pennsylvania Leguia Ture adjourned to witness a sparring exhibition Between Kensett the John l. Sullivan of his Day and Young Dau Rice As he was known then. He was a strapping fellow of Twenty then and by this event Uncle Dan s age at present is fixed among the eighties. Shortly after this Fristic encounter Dan who was possessed largely with the gift of gab began his career As a Clown. Model de his Tvorik after Wallett a famous English Jester and speedily took front rank As a wit in the West and Southwest his earliest Fields of Conquest. His popularity became so great that he started a. Show of his own with a wonderfully trained pure White stallion christened and rival managers used this feature to refer to him As running a one horse Tim horse was n win Ner however and proved to in Neh a Success that when Excelsior Iliad horse much like him and j Tho name soon supplied his Pluto Rico in Host Days was an excellent Stu up outa and when his show reached a Simth town he would Harangue the populace 1 rom the bal Cony of a Small tavern while the circus was being filled up and at its conclusion he would extend a cordial invitation to his hearers to visit Dan Rice s Groat Aud Only show not Only As a Clown but As a Benefactor was Dan Rico known in his Early Days. He built an Iron Fence around Ono of the Parks in new Orleans made generous donations to building churches orphan asylums and Market Housos and often made Tho Small boys Happy by scattering a hand Ful of shining coins among them while his was moving along Tho streets. Now Niheu the frosts of eighty Winters have faded out the brow Ana silvered ins locks Dan Rice once the acknowledged peer in his line proposes to make a tour of the kind Aud resume his position As a Tuaua Ger of a big show and its great american Clown. Recagni present relations with the state to have begun at the time of Burmah. Had by the burmese and its and fled to Cuchara upon British government cooperated Maui Uris in restoring Gur Bheer Rajah Aud secured his Manipur a 1834, ail his son swab placed on the throne by try while Tho sen Putty himself Tho subsequent history of been marked by frequent it chiefs to of throne Banc All Wero frustrated i of lost their lives. Soe throne was actually a. By the Young Rajah but in was restored and during the tin38 of Tho Ludian Mut ii y his it bras praiseworthy. Owing to a 11 too Distant and difficult to be. Ged by the District Ork t at Nec Isary to Utji. A i capital. Who is now under 1 of chief commissioner of As 1 by the rival members Amily of practical hut the i a tribes tires coma cum robberies of violence on Maui Puri Ter have provoked retch tory Mea there been is Agui Tibt t a author in bopt., j i .7, scarcely after his Public installation outbreak instigated by the a who Ranics Nert to Sena principal judicial officer in r9volt was quelled by the Jan 9 troops without any great do Fol Robert Louis Stevenson. Sket Cli Aud portrait of an author now in Hie Southern Pacific. There is a mail living on the Island of t7p Olu in the South Pacific who within ton years has won and to Day holds Tho highest place in contemporary English literature. In imagination in insight in the Power to Charm with and to interest with ideas his Genius is of the very first order. His master in the management of the noblest of languages does not exist. Where ver Robert Louis Stevenson sits is the head of the table. At present he is telling of wanderings in the South seas in quest of an Ideal Home in the great doily papers and uncommon in Terest is Felt in his letters for he is describing Bis life and pleasurable adventures amid scones of loveliness and among the delightful Savages and Sci Savages of Tho tropical islands that have captivated his imagination and claimed him As their own. Or. Stevenson is in love with his present subject and he writes with a pen dipped in enthusiasm for the for away and fascinating Region which has now be come one of the great literary centres of the world. Tho novel and instructive pictures accompanying the narrative Are l nordly less notable than the letters then Selvas. For the first time or. Stevenson appears the Illustrator of his own writings. Science notes. A Learned Frenchman Days the Way to overcome the disagreeable crackling in a i to Bravo a Small air space under diaphragm which can be done by lining the e with Felt. Experiments recently made with Armor ates is ovo of Ning or annealing i i i Apps not i. I Vil. A Hile i i j b .1 Coull , mar Shal of the Gorman Empire chief of the general it nth was descended from a Well known Mecklenburg family and was born at Pari hem october 20, 1soo, m Tho Leigh Boi Hood of which place his father a Foi Ner officer of the Ai Ollendorf regiment to so said the a brute of of Miowitz. Soon after birth his parents settled Down m a Ohton and thus Tho boy in Hia 12th year went to Copenh Aceti m order to a Voto in the Jii a suit. There to the military profession in 1822 he entered the prussian a i Vico As a lieutenant in Tho 8th infantry Kogiu out and it Judd m the military Academy. The War had nearly ruined his parents and the Young officer was thrown entirely on bib own resources. After having spout some time in the school of division of Frankfort on the Oder Mollie Vas entered into the general staff. In 1825 to undertook a tour in Turkey which brought him under the notice of the Sultan Mahmoud Whon a Vised with the Young prussian officer on the reorganization of the turkish army. Moltke Rem Amod Jereral Turkey and in 1880 took part in the Campaign of the turks in Syria Aga Trist Tho Viceroy much cried All of Egypt and his adopted Sou Ibrahim Pasha. In 1845, having returned to and published an account of his turkish experiences he became adjutant to Prive Henry of Prussia Thon resident in Rome and aft or his death in 1847, ext aged in connection with the general command on the be coming in 1348 a member of Trio grand general staff and in 1840 chief of the Start of the 4th army corps in Magdeburg. In 1858 he was advanced to the rank of chief of the grand general staff of tha i us Siau array and in 1850 became a Licu tenant general. In Tho Austro it Liau War Moltke was present in the austrian Headquarters. After the conclusion of peace he spared pains that he might fully develop the Capa cities of the general staff and the prussian army. When the War of Lsfj-1 against Denmark broke out Moltke sketched the plan of the Campaign and assisted in its execution actin similarly in the Case of the War of i860. The whole plan of the Bohemian Campaign was due to the lieutenant general who was personally present in the Battle of Konig Gratz which he led and in like manner arranged the bold Advance of the prussian columns against Olmutz and Vienna and negotiated the armistice and Tho preliminaries of peace. For these services he received the order of the Black Eagle and a National donation. To father Moltke Vater he was familiarly termed in the German army and Bis Brilliant strategy Are ascribed the splendid Vic tories of the German arms in the Franco German War. He was practically the com Mander in chief. The whole plan of the Campaign was due to him. In recognition of his unrivalled services Moltke was Amdo Tho chief marshal of the German Empire sept Ember again received a National Dona Tion and was created count 1872. The illustrious marshal who was generally regarded at the time of his death As the first strategist of the Day received from the Czar the order of St. George the highest military decoration of Russia in october 1870, and from Bis own Sovereign the grand Cross of the order of the Iron Cross March 82, 1871. An English translation of his observations on the influence that Arras of precision have on modern tactics was published in London 1871. Acc tide , Graham. Just to hand tub new colourings in dress goods and Cashmere. 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It at first resembled a vein of dark Clay or shale but on close examination it was found that it was covered with Scales. The in Terest of the workmen was aroused and by careful digging they finally unearthed a store body Twenty eight feet Long Imd tapering at both ends. A close Examina Tion showed it was that of an enormous reptile that had become petrified. The Tail end was first found and Twenty five feet of it have been taken out but the head is yet imbedded in the Rock. The Fos Sil rested in a fissure in the solid Rock and about it were also discovered dead leaves. The remains have been seen by a number of responsible people who will take care of them for further examination. This find recalls the famous Mckee port Snake that had been seen in the Vicinity Many years ago and which was described by those who had seen it As being Over Twenty five feet Long. The Snake was last seen about Twenty live years ago and there Aro people still living Here who say they have seen it. 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