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otchntan Mid outljron ? BS HUMTKK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Lot all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy' God's landlTruth's.' THE TR?B 80?THBON, Established Jane 1SC6 SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2. 1901. New Series-Toi. XX. Jio. 23 Published Svory Wednesday, ?L C3r. Osteen, SUMTER, S. G. TISKM8 : 3I.5O per annum-io ad vanee. ?DT?BTI312f SST: HA Square first insertion.$1 00 I very sabsequeot insertion . 50 Contracta for three months, or longer wil ia made at reduced rates. All commucicatioDs which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertiements. Obituaries sad tributes of respects will be marked for. SERIOUS REPORTS FROM CAPE COLONY The Cape Daten Are Giving Aid to the Boers. Loo doo, Dec 25 -"We learn.'* says ?he Daily Mail, "that the reports of the lerioas situation to Cape Colony are Klly confirmed- The invading Boers ire receiving mach assistance from the Sape Datcb Railway communication tetweeo cape town aod the north is almost entirely severed, partly by Boer operations aod partly by rains" 1 -- London, Dee 25. 4 20 a m -There BIKO sigo of the despondency which ?bar?otem ed "Black Dace ra ber" last ^e^r. At the same iime tbe Christmas editor; ats had little cause for extreme satisfaction AU express regret that ie nation ia still, at war. Some take crooble to remind their readers there, ace fror times as n? an y ia Sooth Africa 00? as there l2 atonto? ago, sod all ??faged mono too aus round of wearisome against an ever evasive foe aod tho sympathy of friends at a? thia festive season. NO COMMON FOI .^tajndard, which says that ristraas find* the British people in r ?hast?ned mood, moralit?s apon the strange ladt of jpoiitieal foresight re yarding the chancier aod tba wisdom cf the operation agatM* the Boars It sanfes*es _?hat "everything -bas -toog sin oe boco doe* that woo ld have been possible to eau .the wast if we had beeo oooteodiog against European powers " It is oonfideot, however, that the Settlement is only a question of time. Lord Kitchener's departure to De Aar would be soffioiant to explain the ab? sence of official news. ' Babbrate preparations are being made to give Lord Roberts a popula r welcome Jan 3. Ten t&oosand troops will be gathered tn London to line tb e route tc Cnektogham ' 'he Fate of Cape Colony From a British! Point of ?o-,'Dec 26 -The position of oj is banging: io the bal Accordion to the Morning Cope Towo oorrcflpendent everything depends opon the quantity of ammouition io possession of the disloyal Dotch residents, fifteen bon dred of whom have joined the Boera in tho Pbilipotown district alone, fioergetic measares bav? beeo taken ko stem tbe invasion, bot there is unquestionably danger , that parties pf Boera will get through into parts f ine colony and gradnr.tty raise the bole Cape ioto rebellion Reinforce (ts cao arrive nooe too soon ost of tbe dispatches from Cape o, however, describe the raiders little harm and as being ap id ly enclosed by Lord Kitchener's combination. Lord Kitchener is in the heart of the disaffected districts He has the advantage of being per soaally acquainted with local condi lions Last March be sopervised the suppression of the rising which occurred there. He ie bringing down thousands of troops from the aortb The Standard's Cape Town corres? pondent says the loyalists demand that martial taw shall be proclaimed throughout Cape Colony, but adds : "Such a step is DOW impossible, ewing to the lack of sufficient troops to enforce it." ? Civil railway traffic bas been ens pended largely in all parts of the colony, and the movements of both toe Boers and the British are almost unknown in Cape Town One Boer column attacked Steynsburg, but W88 repulsed and fled, intrenching itself in the mountains Another Boer commando captured, a party of police at Yenterstad. Mounted colonial troops surprised 300 Boers 15 miles from Borgbersdorp, Dec 23. and after a brisk exchange of volleys etired with a loss of two men The Cape Town correspondent of Times telegraphs that scarcely Gape Colonists have joined the adera Thirty thousand lepers are reported the Philippines. Will returning Idiers from che Philippines sun >rosy io the United State* ? Boers Get a Good Christmas Dinner. Captured Methuen's Christ mas Luxuries. ALSO A SQUADRON OF YEO MANRY. Z?eru9t. Transvaal, Dec 24 -The Boers captured two wagons contain? ing Christmas luxuries destined for the camp of Lord Methuen. Cane Town, Dec 26 -? eqoadron of Yeomanry, which had followed the Boers from Brittstown, is re? ported to have been entrapped There were several casualties It is said that the remainder of the force was captured. THE ENGLISH DISTURBED. London, Dec 27, 2 30 a m.--The paucity and obscurity of the dis patches from Sooth Africa give rise to renewed anxiety Apparently the disturbed area of Cape Colony ex tends further sooth than it did last -December and Lord Kitchener does not appear to have bad much success as yet in driving back the invaders The war office bad received no news last evening of the reported capture of Yeomanry near Britts? town. A Borghersdorp dispatch has^a mysterious reference to "an unfortu? nate mistaking of the enemy for Bra ban t's horse," which resulted in the sounding of "cease fire," and ena? bled the Boers to occupy all the commanding positions, the British retiring from a difficult predicament Geo C?emeos' success against the Boers io the Magaliesberg region is also doubtful, the last dispatch re porting that 'Mt was considered ad vitable not to force the Boers from their positions " The British press continu?e in the main optimistic, but the condition of affairs bringt home the enormous difficulties that will face Lord Kitch? ener io patroling and policing such immense tracts of contry, even when the Boers shall be finally subdued The Daily Mail, which makes a strong appeal to the government to "face the facts and send Lord Kitch? ener more troops," says : "There is a real risk in being lulled to sleep by carefully censored mes sages " Leprosy in the Philippines. Washington, Dec 26 -An appen ded report to Gen MacArthur's re view of the civil affairs of the Philip? pines for the past fiscal yeai, gives some rather startling facts regarding the instruction and prevalence of leprosy in the islands According to the estimation of the Franciscan fathers, says Major Guy L. Edie, the write of the report," there are uo leas that 30,000 lepers in the archipelago, the major portion of these being io the Viscsyaa, Leprosy was introduced io 1633 wheo the emperor of Japan sent a ship wino 150 lepers on board to the Philippines, a present to be cared for by the Catholic priests. Thus the seed waa planted, and aa no practical methods were ever adopted to eradicate the disease or prevent its spread, it bas taken firm root, and spread into its present formidable phase A bouse to bouse inspection inau gu ra ted last January found more tbao a hnndred lepers concealed in dwell? ings These were sent to San Laza ro hospital in Manila, bot many others escaped into the surrounding Country. A commission is now engaged in the work of selecting a ! suitable island or islands for the pur? pose of isolating all the lepers in the archipelago. Thirty-One Cotton Mill Com? panies Chartered During the Year Columbia, Dec 26 -D?ring thc year just closed Secretary of State Cooper grkoted charters to thirty one cotton milling comp&oies, whose authorized capital aggregates $4/ 850,000 Daring the same time per? mission was given fourteen cotton milling companies to increase their capital, aggregate increase capital authorized being $2,945,000. Dar? ing the same period commissions were issued to twelve cotton milling company corporators who have not yet obtained their charters, whose authorized capital will be $1,495,000. FIGHTING IN MEXICO. El Paso, Texas, Dec 26 -Mexicao troops io Senora, Mexioo, were reeeot ly attacked by a band of Y?qui Indians, and four effie rs and about 30 mon ?ere killed outright. The soldiers were 6red oo from ambush rear Lamisa. about 150 miles from Geo Torres'bead? .qaartrs Col Francis Pomade, of the leading officers io tbe army, ana se\ i ansi j wounded. The Boers and (he British. Newcastle, Nata!, Deo 27.-Tfcie Biers celebrated Christmas io the district between Staodortoo aod Iogogo by more or less determined attacks apon every British garrison atong the lines of communication These, however, were io all cases successfully repulsed At Utrecht the Boer commandant sent in a demand for whiskey, cigars and Christmas luxuries, failiog which he threatened to attaok the town. His demand was ignored, and the Boers attacked Utrecht io strong force Christ mas morciog. They were repulsed with loss, thc Bricisb casualties beiog slight GEN KITCHENEK'S REPORT. London, Deo 27 -The followiog dis? patch bas beeo received from Lord Kitohener : "Pretoria, Dec 26.-Koox, wit;h Barker, Pilcher and White, is engaged with D? Wei's force, holding a position in the neighborhood of Lruwkop. "DeWet hopes to break through and go sooth again "The Boers' eastern column in Cape Colony is apparently headed by our troops about Rsitport Spruit The Boers' western column is reported to have gone north in two portions, one towards Prieaka aod the other through Sleydenbarg They are being followed up " THE BOERS CHECKED. London, Deo 28, 3 a m.-The latest dispatches from South Afrioa show that Lord Kitohener bas suooeeded in holding the invading Boers in cheek. But he has not beeo ?accessio! io ex pel li og them from Cape Colony, while small commandos continue to display astonishing daring aod activity over au immensely wide field. It is questionable whether his procla? mation will have much effect uotil Geo De Wet bas been oaptured. The Boers are likely to regard it as a sign of weakness, and they have a wholesome dread of Da Wet's vengeance if they surreoder. The proclamation is approved by tbs party at home that favors conciliatory terme to the Boers aa a steps io the right direction. Queen Victoria, it is said, baa approved the proposal te institute a oew order of Knighthood to reward officers who have served in South Africa. The order will probably be called the fctar of Africa. A dispatoh from Vryberg, dated Deo 20, says the Ibers in considerable num? bers were theo making an nnexpeo'od movement westward They had 150 wagons. The dispatoh suggests that they were trekking to Damaraland, al? though the Boers themselves denied .neb an intention DEATH OP MAJ. WM. H. MAULDIN. Hampton. Deo. 26- Major Wil? liam H Macldin, the State senator from Hampton county, died today at 11:25 o'clock, after an. illness extend? ing over nearly a month. He died of a complication of typhoid fever and kidney trouble. Major Mauldin was one of the most energetic business mea in the State of South Carolins. He was the sole owner of the Hampton and Branchville railroad and had large interests io the section of the State io which be resided. He was the father of the town of Hampton, hav? ing done the work necessary to the securing of the -location of the court house at that point when tijo county of Hampton was formed He was a gallant Confederate soldier, known among his comrades as the "fighting quartermaster" of the famous Hamp? ton legion He was a strong mao, an earneat man. and a man generally beloved by those who knew bim. During his illness many inquiries have poured into bis borne from peo? ple all over this aod other States. William H Mauldin was 63 years of age He was born io Williamston, Anderson county, and came of the well known Mauldin family. He was a son of the Rev. B Frank Mauldin. His mother is still living and now resides in Anderson. He had two brothers, one of whom died a year ago The other, Mr. B F. Mauldin. is now the cashier of the Bank of Anderson and the president of the Bank of Due West Ile also had two pister? He was the first cousin of Lieut Gov. W. L Mauld din, of Greenville. The Spartaoborg Herald recently called attention to a very pertioent truth, wbicb is that iogtt ad haring of 6'? over the reported presence of thc case of smallpox io a commuoity. thal oommaoity jast ought to go to w.rk and vacoiooate, wbicb is a sure preventa? tive of the plague aod not nearly so coolly as to keep (be telegraph wires hot and to have special officers of the board of. health rushed around io do what ibAAple themselves ooold do. Statement by Conger. Wasbingtoo.Dec 24.--Secretary Hay bas received a cablegram from Minister Conger at Pekin, annoaooiog that be bad signed the agreement reached by the foreign minister?, but bad dooe so with a written explanatory statement setting forth the exact position of his government The text of tbe statement is not forwarded by Mr Congor, bat it is nndsrstood to be based opon the las-, instruction he received from the depart meat which, while disapproving the ?colusi?n io the agreement of some of the more severe language, accepted it as the best arrangement that could be made at this time Ic is believed that the United States also, while sanction? ing toe provisions of the agreement relative to the maintenance of perma? nent lines of oommnoication, legations guards, and prohibition of the importa? tion of arms into China, indicates clearly that oonstitational reasons prevent the executive from making any pledge to take part io the ex?cution of these plans The signature of the agreement by the minister closes wbat is regarded here as the first, the most important, and toe most difficult phase of the negotiations as to China, for it is not doabted that the Chinese envoys will subscribe to this agreement, without amendment. Its donoiusion has been marked by one of the most enri?os mistakes io tbe history of international exchanges, for by a cipher error, the majority of the signers found to their amazement that they had eontraeted to do exactly whaj they did not intend, and moreover, the error was irretrievable. JOINT NOTE PRESENTED. Pekin, Dee 24.-The preliminary joiot oote was delivered today to the Chinese Li Hoog Cbaog foood that he waa ooable to attend the meeting of the ministers, and his credentials and th ose of Prioee Ohio g were presented by the latter to the foreign envoys. Prioee Ching, replying to the Span? ish minister, Seoor B. J De Cologan, who presented the cote, said he would immediately communicate its contents to the Emperor aod assured the minis tera that a s pe edy'reply was the desire of the court, as it felt that all China wants peace and prosoerity ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Paris, December 25-A dispatch to the Havas Agency from Pekin says : "The ministers assembled at the resi? dence of Senor B J. De Cologan (the Spanish minister and the doyen of tbe diplomatic oorps) and received Prince Ching, to whom the Spanish minister handed the joint note of the Powers Li Hung Chang, who is still ill. asked to be excused. Prinoe Ching said : "I have the booor to accept the note concerning the reestablishment of good relations and will transmit it immedi? ately to the Emperor and communicate to you his reply aa soon as received ' 99 Many fCbristiana Burned. Washington, Deo 26 -A cablegram reoetved ai the state department from United States Minister Conger dated at Pekin oo the 24th inst, states that the first formal meeting between the diplo? matic representatives and Prioee Ching took plaoe on the 24th. Cbiog presented tbe credentials of himself and Li Hoog Chang, who was unable to attend owing to illoess, to the diplomatie representatives* who handed to him the international note Oar occupancy fro? a military poiot of vie** has terminated and there is no disposition to renew it As fer the other powers it is expeoted that the main obstacle tbey will encounter in withdrawing under this condition will be focod in the difficulty in obtaining satis? factory guarantees upoo the Chinese promise to pay indemnities CHR?STIANS BURNED. Pckio, Dao 26 -The Rev Mr Kelly, tbe Presbyterian missionary, bas report ed to Minister Conger tbe burning by Boxers of 19 Catbolio Christians, and ?ow fays be bas received farther confirmation of the burning cf native Christians He says tbe number is 21 and that thousands of armed Chinese have beeo seen in the San Ho country The reports of tho various nations celebrated Christmas in their own fashion, eaob force beiog interested in the doings of the powers. The Ger? mans today reviewed on the oooaeion cf the presentation of flags to two legi ments The event was made practically international. All tbe generals and their staffs and detachments of their troops wer* present, with the result that a great military spectacle was witness? ed. No answer has yet been reoeived to tbe joint note of the powers. THE FRENCH HAVE A FIGHT. Berlio, Deo 26.--Field Marshal C-'unt von Waldersee, in a dispatch from Pekin dated Monday, Deo 24, says : The Friooh troops eaeount^ December 22, east of Choohao, be tween Pekin and Pao Ting: Fa, a Chinese force namberiog 2,500 msn men with artillery, The Cbineee fled io the direction of Kaan Haien. They coffered loases and left behind,them five standards and four cannon. The Chi? nese probably consisted of the reunited remnants of a body already dispersed THE AMERICANS LED. Washington, Deo 26.-Brig Gen. Haywood, commander of the marine corps, has forwarded to the navy de? partment a letter from Capt. Chas. D. Long, serving with the marines ic China, stating that the American ma? rines were -the first to enterthe forbid den city. There bas 'been maoh con? troversy as to whether the Kassians, British, Germans or Americans were first ioside the saored precincts of tbe forbidden city, and this letter is re garded ta establishing the claim of the Americans to bave been thc first on the ground. HE IS NOT SATISFIED WITH SOME TERMS OF JOINT NOTE. Pekin, Deo 27 -Li Hoog Chang and Prince Ching, the Chinese peace commissioners, have beard from Empe? ror Kwang Su. Prince Cbing called on the former for consultation, remain ing over an hour. The court objects strenuously to reducing the forts, sod also to allowing permanent legation guards, which it seems to think, could be made sufficiently large at any time it was desired to. menace the court itself After the conference it was decided to bold further communication with the court before seeing the ministers. Tbe British have inpressed their gar? rison at Yaog Tson by a hundred men with horses and three goos A flying column of 1,600 cavalry will scour the country between Tientsin and Tang T*uo, in obedience to Field Marshal Couat von Waldersee's orders to be OB the alert, in view of the French report of an engagement with 2.500 Cbioeeo troops. Co!. Tallou's regiment will return to destroy the towns be recently held. This action u taken, owing to the faot tbat it has been discovered that a num? ber of Boxers unquestionably made them their headquarters The British authorities sty they do not expect seri? ous trouble from tbe Boxers, mainly because they lack arms. Fortunately, the Chinese government feared to trust them with arms, lest a rebellion against the dynasty be undertaken Otherwise the danger might have been serions British soldiers have been found dead outside the Temple of Heaven with ballets in their brains. The murders are believed to have been committed by Chinese A detachment of the Sixth United States cavalry, Ninth infantry and Fifth artillery will leave tomorrow to investi? gate tba reported burning of native Christians by Boxers, as reported by the Rev. Mr. Kelley, the Presbyterian missionary. The expedition will be commanded by Lfe?t. Col. Theodore Wint, of the Sixth cavalry. Hubbard's Cotton Letter. New York, Dec 27.-Liverpool advices came decidedly better thao anticipated in view of the heavy interior receipts of yesterday. This caused our market to open somewhat better, ?but without attracting any outside buying, and values slowly eased through arbitrage buying and absorbed the liquidation brought about by the movement Receipts at the interior towns and ports are heavy im comparison with last season, and unless they fall off -t will be diff? colt to attract outside baying. The India crop is beginning to move at Bombay The receipts are 63.000, against 36 000 bales last season Oar stock seeraa likely to continue to increase, but the trade expect the sooth to hold its cotton and therefore does not anticipate any immediate weakness despite the movement. Hubbard Bros <fe Co BIG FIREWORKS EXPLO SION. Laurens D-:c 23-Fireworks ignited at about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon io front of J. S Bennett's store, wbeo tbe fquar: was alive with half a thou? sand people and hundreds of vehicles of every pattern aod every possible sort of team Cannon crackers and all manner of smaller fireworks simul? taneously exploded ; the fire hells rang and tbe fire department was ont in a jiffy. Males, men, women and children became excited and the square had pooh a commotion as tbe oentury has not koown in t;a?6 town When quiet was restored fortunately (be damage wss fouod to be 6mall. Mr Clinton Shell, a clerk of Mr Bennett, was severely burt in the face by a rooket, bat, it ie boped, not seriously. A half dozen buggies were smaslbed. Mr Bennett's loss is about ?75 It was near being a most serious otiamifcL Smallpox iii the State. DR EVANS REVIEWS THE SITUATION. Dr James Evans bas made a pre? liminary report to Gov MoSweeney in regard to the condition of small? pox io this State, which gives a com? plete review of the situation aad the conditions existing at both the open? ing and cloee of tbe year The re* port shows that there is sot as mach smallpox now prevailing as would be generally supposed There is more cr lesa of the dis? ease in the counties of Fairfield, Union, Sparenburg, Barnwell, Beau* fort and Orangeborg Foi a while during tho sommer it was confined almost entirely to Union county, which bas not been free from it dar? ing the year, and which eounty bas been the focas from which tbe adjoin? ing counties bate been infected with one or two exceptions, where it came from North Carolina ' There are at present a few cases OB certain sea islands, the origin of which bas not yet been traced. The lack of power to enforce gen? eral vaccination is one of the great? est drawbacks to the work of the State Board of Health. The disease now prevailing is of a nore virulent type than heretofore. WHISKEY AND PISTOLS. Moskogee, I. T.T iee 25 - Joha Tiger, a full blood India*, a ferryman on the Arkansas River4 .two niles south of E ufa ul a, went to Sol?ala with his wife this afternoon ead?, while intoxi? cated, met L. B. Boper and threatened to kill him Boper imiaetfiately struck Tiger with a board, DO words pausing between them. Tiger west to bi* boggy, got a Winchester? aod same ba:k to kill Roper, bot failed to find him Enraged, he proceeded to shoot every one he saw, shooting Jesse Ifeok through the hips aod killing bim ; shooting and killing David Porter, a oephew oftfj Chief Porter, aod a mover camed John? son, on his way to Missouri io a covered wagoo with his family. Bod Ta j lor, aged 18,was shot through tbe shooider and is oct expeoted to live. Tiger immediately jumped oo a horse aod tried to escape, bat was chased three miles, wheo he jumped off bis horse, went bebiod a tree and began shooting. Deputy Marshal Johnson, who returned the fire, struck Tiger in the arm. The murderer surrendered and was brought to Eufaula. Tiger's arm will have to be amputated. Great indignation pre? vails over the free ?ate of liquors and firearms. J Smith, who lives two miles sooth of Chootaw, beoatne in? volved in.a qoarrel with T. Thompson over the affair at Eafaola aod begao shooting, Thompson being mortally woooded. A SUBMARINE TELE? * PHONE. Key West, Pla, December 25 - An interesting experiment baa just been made bore, which demonstrates conclusively that a proper iel ep ho ne cable communication can be bad with foreign coontri?a. Io the pre? sence of several prominent people the officers of the Southern Bell Tele* phone Company connected the 'phone wires here and af Havana with the Golf cabio between the two cities. For a few minutes a roaring noise prevented any communication, bat finally this snbsided and tbe officials here beard Havana distinctly, the words : "I cannot understand you,'! beiog clearly transmitted, Havana however, failed to clearly under? stand The first experiment was regarded as highly soccesefol. ? A Night of Terror. .'Awful anxiety was felt foi the widow cf tbe brave Geo Burnham of Machias, Me, whoa bo it oe tor? said she eoahl nos live till morn? ing," writes Mrs S H Lincoln, who attended ber that fearful night "AH thought she must S(?on tile from pneumonia, but ?-he begged for j Dr King's New j.) scovery, sajing it had n?re than once saved her life, aud bud oured her cf ! consumption. After three itnall do??es she slept easily all night, and its further sse c oipietely cured ber." This marvelous medicine i? guar? anteed to eure all throat, ^best ?nd King dis? eases. Only 50c and $1. Xml bottles free at J F W DeLorme'fi drug store I mum NO EXTENSION. Though nearly every one in the State believes that there is to be sn extension of the time for the pay? ment of taxes this year, it is not likely that it will be given, Gov. Mcsweeney yesterday stated that he certainly would not recommend an extension this year. He has the power to extend and this announce? ment, of course, means that the mat? ter goes to the legislature after the time has expired. Many of the officials believe tbat the time has come to bave a fixed day for the pay? ment of taxes and let it be finally understood .-State, Deo. 27.