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LIV WINXSBOKO. S. C, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1899. NO. 19 liiRITISH DEFEATED. Lord Methuen Checked in His Advance and Thrown Back. r " .MANY MORt MtN NttL>tL?. The Boers Appear in "Astonishing'Numbers." Gen. Buller's Advance on Ladysmith. A dispatch from London savs eich important Dattle seems 10 bring a woise reverse for the British, and the papers -J ?*!.?*'! XUtkn^n'c S0rr0WlUi:y aumit iiiai o check at Magersfontt-in is the must strife; ous event the war has yet produced. K The Morning Post says: "We have Bp had our day of humiliation appointed for us. Let us accept it humbly acd soberly and be the better and stronger ' for the lesson it has taught us. This last reverse will make us a fresh butt y * of Europe. There never was a more apt occasion to prove to Europe what we are worth." The position Lord Methuen assaulted 33 thus described by a correspondent Magersfontein ran.^e terminates on the ? ast with an abrupt saddle rock, some ^50 feet high. Boer entrenchments run around the whole front. The portion is some two miles long, due east aud west. The western ends of the j trenches iollow the contour of the j koj-jes and afford a retreat. It is estimated here that Lord Methuen's forces amounted to 11,000 men and perhaps 1'iore. No reliable estimate of his i .5>*es has yet been received. They are '{.ciieved to have been at least 450. A ll tlicnanprs ftftmmPBt HDOn the eX ^ trcrne gravity of the situation and upon the momentous decision Loid ? -Hcthuen has now to make?whether to r-u,ain at Modder river or o retire on Orange river. The Tiuit s says: "At i ast 30,000 additional men must be called up and the militia and volunteers lurued to account. Efforts must be matle to increase the local colonial Jv.rces, and further oiiirs of troops from 1'auada and other coiouies must be nought and accepted." The Standard, which comments upon ihe '"seemingly astonishing numbers < i'Boers?," is driven to the conjecture * i-'iUi a substantial portion of ihe Boer commandoes has been lecruitcd from : he Cape Dutch. ^11 ejes are now turning hopefully to (ieu. Bailer, who inking into account the troops with tieu. White at Lad\smitb, has alto tether 30,000 men. The Standard says: j - ''At this moment there must be few I- n?en in her majesty'? dominions have int weight of care upon them as Geo JSuiier carries on his shoulders." A ? spatch from Boer sources says that l Knuberley remained <iuiei during the ^ battle at Mager&fomeia. j ^ The special correspondent of the > w Daily Mail at 3iuijuer river, describing W . the fighting, say?: -^ 'The Boer ttenches extended far k USjond the kopj- iDto the open plairi. Those on the plain were hidden by - screens of leaves. Those near the ?o^je were guarutu by a double lice ot barbed wire. Ey.ckutly they feared our storming and na; uutt attack. * "We took the ki>jje atd trenches <Kjth an intense, weii uirecud tire, of various guns, iue!udiog a navai guo - and a Howitzer bacu r>. bo? h using l>d diie. iVbelieve the} sutfcrtd severe damage. yhe Boer pri*ot>trs report that one lycftdue theil fell among fort> men, only five&? whom escaped u it hurt Oiher shells bursbdn theeneu.Vs 'anger, causing its completX destruction. "The Boers are instill' larger force than we found them &t >loddcr river, ?y outnumbers us bj almVst '6 to 1. The Transvaalers are apparently dominaiing in their military councfJ?, although i'j a minority." { THE OFFICIAL REI'<?IiT, The London war office Jhas received the following dispatch from Gen. Meihuen, dated Tuesday, Dec. )2: ^ "Our artillery shelled a -very strong position held by the enemy in :i loog, high kopje from 4 until dusk Sunday. It raised hard last night. X-he High r laud brigade attacked at ,daybreak ^ Monday the sourh eLd of the kopje. Bl The attack was properly timed but failed. The Guards were ordered to protect the Highland's right and rear, f nA cavalrv and mounted infantry, j with a Howitzer artillery battery, attacked the enemy on the left and the Guards on the right, *-upt>o:ted by fkld artillery and Howitzer artillery. ^ They shelled the position from daybreak, and at 1:15 I sent the Gordons to support the Highland brigade. The troops held their own in front of the enemy's entrenchments until dusk, the ;> position extending, including the kopje ~ .afT-?r^ t Ka I Jur a distance U1 S1A. umco iv/?a<.vi | Modder river. Today i aw holding my J ^ pc-sifion acd entrenching myself. I -''had to face at least 12,0U0 men. Oar J Ls-s was great." jr*r Gen. Forestier-Walker, telegraphing from Cape Town at 3:80 p. m. today, sends the following d^patch from Lord Methuen, dated Modder river, Tuesday iv /? 19 7-30 t). m. As the Doers oc cupied their trenches strongly this morning, I retired in perfect order here, where I am in security. I have gathered from some of the prisoners and from our men with the ambulances who talked with the Boer's, that the! enemy's losses were terrible, some! corps being c nnpletely wiped out. The i jBjjMfc have been most kind to asy ^ ^^Kvounded.' MHr SEVERAL OFFICERS KILLEI>. The British casualties included the Marquess of Winchester, major of the k ~ S?coud battalion Coldstream Guards, r who was killed, and Col. Downham of ' " the First battalion Gordon Highlanders * ho was mortally wounded. When the Highlanders met the murderous pointblank fire of the Boers about 200 were mown down. The Black Watch regi ? rnent on reforming was able to muster only 160 men. The Boers lost heavily in the trenches and also in the wire entanglements when they came into the . open in an attempt to make a Sank atgfo tack on tbe Biitish. The terrific British artillery fire provoked no response except from the V. Beer rifles until nearly 4 o'clock in the TT 1 1 1 t afternoon wnen tne uoruon mgaianaers formed to .enew the attack on the entrenched kopje. They advanced with the utmost gallantry to attack the Bo?n; close to the place where lay J iheir de<id a:.d w-.mi.did c< tirades oi j iLe lii?:Ki<xua brigade. The c-tjeai} I |>ffied with a h-.avy >hrapucl lire ;t? i the Brirish advaoc.-ii at.d it was found < p i}tieal'y impossible to take the B >ei | irenches. The British got within 20U yards but could not get nearer. It was here that Col. Downham fell. The Boers had had free recourse to barbed I i i : .a J . wire entanglements wmcu ouereu obstacles even after the majority were cut by artillery fire. A COMPLETE Sl'RPKlSE. The correspondent of The Standard at Modder river, describing the fight at Magersfoctein, say*: ki6ix miles had to be covered before the Highlanders brigade could reach the Boer stronghold. It is not yftt clear through what mischance the force, which was led by guides, came upon the Boer trenches !>o unexpectedly and so suddenly. Beyond question ihe Boeis were awa-e of the approach of the Kriti&h and had prepared to rective them. According to one version two Highlanders, through neivousness or clumsiness, discharged their rifks prematurely; but it is equally probable that the advar.ee Boer scouts convened the intelligence. "Our men were totally unprepared They had not even fixed bayonets. The disaster was all the more exasperating because of the consciousness that, had the brigade been extended aod with fixed bayonets, the trenches might have been successfully rushed with lar less eacrifice of life." SEVEN* HUNDRED CASUALTIES. A revised list of the lotal casualties to the B.itish troops of all amis at Mag r-t ..tein places the number at 832. T re wore fifteen officers killed and f- i>' v?) wounded and in addition five oic misfiug and oce is known to 'have boon made prisoner. The war office has received a message t>tatiog that there were (>30 cavalries among the non-commissiooed offi.ers and men of the Highland brigade at Magersfonrro. ? t > . 1 t\ ftf ! ? ) 1 1 tern. J ne tmgaae tost iu omcers Kiiu-a, 38 woufided and 4 .nissing. An Atlanta Row. Quite a lively "sensation has been started up among the lawyers of Atlanta. The grand jury recently had a good deal to say shout lasers at the Atlanta bar who carry on a brokerage business in litieation and are guilty of barratry and other unprofessional practises. At a ui-jetiog of the Atlanta Bar Association resolutions were adopted and a committee appointed to draft a public address. In this the lawyers have strongly denounced the course pursued by the grand jury, declaring that it was the duty of the grand jury to investigate the charges .. - j? ?3 ??? It UJttUC <tuu l\j iuuiV/1 a a j lutuiutio yj i the bar whom it believed to be guilty and not make indefioice charges which were a reflection upon tiie bargenerally, without specifying the guilty ones. Mr. T. II. Austin, a member of a business firm in Atlanta, took a hand in the dispute and published a very scathing card in which he cited the names jf' certain lawyers whom be accused of bc:ng gailry of improper and unp ofe^sional conduct in seeking to place his ~ > i 10 rn_ arm in tne nana* or a receiver. iwo or three street fights followed ihe publication of this card, and now Mr. Austin has begun proceedings against Attorneys 3. U. Tapp and C. E Langley, with a view of expelling them from the Atlanta bar. He is proceeding against them before the grand jury on the charge of violating the kw against bar ratry, before the bar associa'ion, on the charge of unprofessional conduct, and before Judge Lumpkin with regular disbarment procecdirgs under the law. The matter has created q-;ite a stir and tho 4 ilanto no aro f 11II nf m 11 ni - cations first on one side and then on the oiher of t'ae controversy.?Augusta Cujoticle. Don't Want to Know. The United Stated Senate Thursday by a decisive vote and practically without discussion laid on the table the P^-ttiirrewr resolution of inquiry as to ffbeibv-r or n >t United States forces had recognized "the Filipino insurgents' flag and had turned over Spanish soldiers to the insurgents. The vote on the resolution resulted 41 ayes to 20 nays as follows: Yeas?Aidrich, Ahi-on, Beveridge, Carter, Chandi* r, (Mark of Wyoming, Dcboe, Dcpew, Eikins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, Frye. Galling*r, Gear, H:mna, Hawley, Kean, Lindsay, L tQtc, McBride, McComas McCumber, MeEnery, McLaurin, McMillan, Nelson Perkins, Piatt of CocDeciicut, Piatt of New York, Pritchard, Ross, Scott, St??rall, Shoup, Spocner, Stewart Thurston, Wellington, Wetmun.-. Wolcott?41. \' - ~ t> !-? ..? T) .> A\ > UilUUU, U lit;, Clay, Ctcsrell, Harris, Heitfield, Hoar, Jones of Arkansas, Kenney, Money, Pettiprcw, Pettu?, Rawlins, Sullivan, Taliaio-.ro, Tillruan, Turley, Vest?20. Deserved Success. The Murray Drug Company, of Columbia, furnishes one of the proofs of the proposition that well directed efforts, sound business methods and perfectly fair dealing will lead to success. starting some years ago, in an untried field, under circumstances not the most encouraging, this company has extended its business all over South Carolina, and finds its customers steadily increasing in number and in the size of their orders. It is one of the established institutions of Columbia, and by its example has contributed no little to the spirit of enterprise which now pervades our capital city. The company is under the management of its president. Dr. W. J. Murray, who was its founder, and to his energy and constancy the success of its business is very largely cue. More Prisoners Released. M a nil 9 ctTi inf<vr iuation has been received at headquarters that 500 Spanish prisoners have been shiped from Vigan to Manila and that 1.500 others have been a?sembled in Vigan. including Gen. Per.a. Probably these are Spaniards released by Gen. YouDg's troops in the Bengaet district, where they were concentrated by the insurgents. "I have used your 'Life for the Liver I and Kidneys' with great beneut, jtnd for Dyspepsia or a ay derangement of the Liver or Kidneys I regard it as being without an equal." James J. Osborne, Attorney at Law, Boliston, Henderson 3o., X. C. ;! "WAR IS HELL." . j I i ; Seme of the Horrors of the War in > tia TI. ! BOERS GIVEN NO QUARTER. Charge of the Fifth Lancers on the Disarmed and Defenceless Boers Was a Horrible Spectacle. The first definite charges of British j massacre of B>ers who had thrown do?n their arms and asked for mercy was made by a corresponded of tbe Algemein Aandelsblad, the leading nflwirar.nrnf \ m <fArrI !i rii wrirt^n frjm Elandskagte, and they were punted on December 4. lie :-a:u: "Never have I thought Englishmen to be such brutes. Imagine that about 90 men were behind a kopje when 300 lancers attacked them. 'The B^ers had to surrender to such overwhelming numbers, and threw do-vn their weapons in token of submission. But the captain of the Laueers shouted: " 'Kill the ; !' Whereupon a tremendous massacre ensued. 8ouseni _ -L. -_i.. ?: ? uiaier, me vmy unsuuu aiucug u^uj, was spared because he had remained fiat oq the ground. ' Private JJolan, of the Kifih Lancers, thus describes the same incident in a letter printed in Loudon. D eember 4: As soon as they saw the latces the} threw up tbeir r:fies and ammuntiou and cried 'Friends!' but it was no go. for they fired on the Ked Cross, and we had no mercy fur thf-m.'" An ucfij- r ot ihe Fifth Liocers wrote a letter describing the Klandslaagte massacre, which was published in the Loudon Times of December 9, in which he describes the cold-blooded killing most cheerfully and with rare humor, thus: 4"After the enemy were driven out one of our squadrons pursued and got risrht in among them in the twilight, ~ ? ~ w ^ # ^ ? and most cxoejlent big-stickiDg ensued fur about 10 minutes, the bag beinu about 60. "One of our men istuck Lis lance through trt'o, killing both at one thrust. Had it not been gettting dark we would have killed many more." An account told by a dragoon corporal to a correspondent of the Loudon Chronicle was printed io tLat newspaper on December 8. lie said: llThe Boers fell off their horses and rolled among the rocks, hiding their heeds with their arms, calling for mercy, calling to he shot?aavthing to escape a stab from those terrible lances through their back and bowels. But Dot many escaped. We just gave them a good dig as they lay. Xexr day most of the laiiucs were bloody" Another lance trooper thus described the affair: "We got a charge at them. They throw up their arms and fell on their knees for mercy, but wc were told n<>t to give them any, and I can assure you :hey got none. We went aloDg sticking our lances through them. It was a terrible thine." J. H. Fox, an uiilander now at Lidysmith, writes: "It was a sight to see the Lancers charge. When they got within 100 yards the Boers threw up their arms and begged for mercy. They jumped o2 their horses and got on their knees and prayed for mer<*y-" Here is a contribution from one of the Lancers: "One Boer begged me very hard to spare him, but my reply was: 'You ? here's your mercy!' I shot him dead, and did not take the trouble to lance him." Private L. Thompson. First battalion King's Iloyal Rifles, thus described lhe tight at Glencoe when General Symons was mortally wounded: 'With a wild cheer, we were among | them. Bayonets went to work, aud j heads were smashed like pumpkins They were speechless with terror. When they saw the line of cold steel coming at them they threw down their arms and fled in confusion, only to be cut into travelers' samples when they reached the bottom of our cavalry." Henry Burgess, fireman on a British armored train, wrote: "Ooce the bayonet charge of the Devons and Gordons began the Dutchmen fk-d precipitately. Meanwhile the Lanccrs had been creeping up behind, and as the Boers reached the bottom the Lancers charged them at full gallop. The panic-stricken Boers threw down their rifles and attempted to escape, but it was utterly useless for with shouts of kMajuba!! the Lancers were upon them and the awful work commenced. \ ery lew ifoers escaped. Drummer Hearn, of Colonel BadenPowell's Light Horse, describes the first-engagement of Mafeking: ' "We 'cleared the remainder at the poiat of the bayonets. It was really fine fun. You saould have seen what a fuss -the Boers made about being pricked. I touched one and he jumped four yards They don't like cold steel. We showed them no mercy. A piivate in the King's Rifles described the Elandslaagte slaughter: '"In was a great but terrible sight to see those horsemen hew their way through the Boers. Three times they rode right through, cutting, slashing, rmolrinor 0. "Some of the Boers died io a prayiDg attituds. Many flung dovrn their arms as soon as they saw the flash of the lances, clasping their hands abave their heads. ar:d begged for mercy. Bat they had ehown no mercy to us, and this was our revenge." Shot by His Hen. The Pittsburg Post learns that ' 'some of his friends are incline^ to accept the horrible story that Major John A. Logan of Youngston, whose death ia battle was reported from Manilla a few days ago, was shot by one of his own men in revenge for some real or fancied affront." It may be difficult to prove I anything m a case ot tne tana, tne Post adds, {:butthe Government owes it to itself and the memory of the dead officer to make every investigation possible. 1 1 ! '10 BE ROLLING PALACES. i The Southern Railway's Florida Limited Trains This Season. j In increasing the service to three I trains each way daily between New York and the principal resorts of the I crmtli th,-> railway 1ms in I eluded the famous '"Ne * York and Florida Limited,'" which ?ill he ]>ut on the line Jan. 15 nexr. Upon this train the company has bi ilt up much of its enviable reputation as a caterer to the traveling public. This year, the lialeigh Post says the coaches of which it is composed will be superior to anything which have yet been operated over the Southern lit es, iu spite of thehi^hstandard maiota;nel in previous jears. It will include library. observation ana double drawing" room carj, as well as dicing car.-, aid the latest ideas in compartment ct ach 5s; o . . i MI /? 1 1 . 1 _ in lacr,. me train win consist oi an trie es-euti.ii features of a first class hotel, ami the iuomtony and other disagreeable features incident to the average railway traveler is almost entirely obviated. The trip betw-en New York and Jacki-onville by the new route is made in but a little over 24 hours, although in that time the traveler goes from a winUr to a summer land. The other trains south are sj arranged that th'o gli ci-s are operated daily bet fectj New York and Florida. Like the iiiiiiteH traio, they arc ma'de up of the finest ^rade of sleeping and parlor cars built by the Pullman company, and sie;ial arrangements have been made for dining service, which will he appreciated by pa r>ns There is every indication that the tide of travel this jear wili be much i:roatrr than in the pa*t, owing to various reasons. a-jd trie company will d juIkIosS receive its shire of the patronage in return f-rthe enterprising and lib r: 1 policy which ishas adopted ? 1 he S> ates. The Cigarette Must Go.. The Southern railway system has declared war against the cigarette. A pipe or eigir can be tolerated by tne luii.azemeut <-t the company, but a cigarette provokes them to wrath?and likewise b rs the smok?r thereof from furtlur work among their great nctvrork , oi lines throughout the south. An order lias been issued in South Carolina to this effect, applying to-the system throughout that state, and Assistant General Passenger Agent S. II Harda/iol oivfi if. inot? cruin nA nr.nl? cant to all the different branches of < the road. The order issued from the South Carolina department i* an ironclad rule, and applies to all departments of the line throughout that state. < The order iu substance says that all J employes who smoke cigarettes must ( either give up the weed or ln^e their positions, and further, that no man will , be employed ia the future who is a ( cigarette smoker. Mr. Hardwick said that the order was haying a good effect among their employes aLd that he had received many lettrrs from Charleston and othvr cities throughout the Pal metto state, congratulating the company J nn si5>rid it ha<? taken. Thf> letters , says that the parents of young men employed throughout the system and ' the young men themselves are loud in , their praise of the benefit they expct to ultimately derive from the anti ciga- ( rette order. "Many young men," said ( Mr. Hardwick, '"have been ruined by ] the detestable cigarette. Two young men, I knew well, one in Montgomery and one in Ashville died from the effect of their excessive smoking.'' j A Horrible Death. 1 The Columbia correspondent of The 1 New ani Courier says early Wednesday morning Mr. C. W. Taylor, of Manchester, N. II,, was killed by an accident. Mr. Taylor weut to Colum- j bia rcccntly to accept a position as mechanical workman at the Penitentiary Hosiery Mills, operated by Mr. J. M. ' Graham. He liked his work and was acceptable to the owner of the mill, and he went to his New England home to , bring his wife and child here to live ia Columbia. He returned Tuesday with : his family and Wednesday morning went to work.- In some way, while working with a belt on the electric pul Icy, his overalls* caught in the belting and he could not extricate himself. Finally, after being pulled over and battered several times, the clothing was torn and he fell about ten feet to the ground. Both legs and one arm were broken. Mr. Taylor survived for about ? * - i i - i A i i. rr ^ _ iorty minutes anu aiea irom iae cnecis of his wounds. Strange to say, Mr. Taylor was talking Tuesday night with his wife about how happy he was in his new Southern home, and how he liked to live in the South, being of delicate constitution, and he told his wife that when he died he wanted to be buried here. Murdered in Honduras. A dispatch from Xew Orleans says it is reported there from an apparently reliable sourcrt, that two Americans of prominence were shot and killed last M ? 2 ix,J,? lU.UUUtlJ' l Li k.uu X UUHjj U^UUIDU dura?, the samo inland city where : Frank Pears wa? murdered. As the < story reached this city, Capt. Jack Imboden and William Gold were in their room at San Ptdro, when a native of prominence walked up to the < door and, without the least provocation, opened Sre. Capt. Imboden was , shot once and Gold was shot three I times. Both mca died within a short time after the shooting. The shooting occurred last Monday and news of it was brought to this city by th3 steamer Breakwater, which touchod at Bluefields on her way home. Capt. Imbodcn was i the son of the late Gen. Imboden, of Virginia, who was a noted Confederate leader, and who was at one time the agricultural commissioner of his State. He has been aresident of Spanish Honduras for a number of years, being largely interested in miking there. Very little is knoivn of Gold. Smallpox in Eight Counties. The State board of health met in i Columbia Thursday. There was nothing special done except to provide for the further elimination of smallpox in the State, which has appeared in sixteen different places. The governor was in Charleston ana the board awaited his return. The board w\nts money with which to buy virus and employ physicians who have authority to vacei naie. Soxni trouble is had in enforcing; vaccination. The board has handled 1.300 cases this year. There is smallpox now in eight counties. V . . ^ ^ ^, [THOUSANDS KILLED. Terrible Loss of Life on the Island of Ceram. AN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER A Huge Tidal Wave. Whole Coast for Miles Transformed Into Immense Mud Puddle. Corpse Everywhere. The San Francisco Bulletin says the disaster that overtook the island of Coram on the second of last moDth cost the reople of that district immense loss ia life and property. The steamship American Maru. which arrived Wednesday from the Orieot, brought advices from Ceram and reports that five thousand people were destroyed on that island alone when the dreadful earthquakes of November shocked the Japanese and agitated the islands adjacent to the empire. ' * Oa itic night of the second, the people 01 Cernni were awakened by a tenifis shock of earthquake that seemed to wark from north to south. Every or:e lied from his house into the public square. * A few hours later it was reTil . i 1 . ? 1 _ ported tna: tue water was rising in me bay of Arnbonia. The sea came forward ia the shape of a huge tidal wave aud forced the water into the bay entrance. It caD e up 50 feet over the lowlands. At Pauholyand Samasoeroa on the bay, the waves swept over the tops of trees, 30 feet hi^h. Out of nearly 1 S00 inhabitants only 40 escaped. "The whole coast for miles was transformed it.to a huge mud pudd.le. Corpses were everywhere. Broken trees apportions 01 houses were buried in the ooze. Every lew rods were greit mounds of stones and boulders that ha>! been washed up from the sea, changing the eatire topography of the country. The exact number kilkd along thy coast will never be known, as the corpses are in many oases yards'un der the ne.v ground. At Hatoesia. out j of 500 people, 100 were killed and 40 wounded. The balance escaped to the hills, whore the shock of earthquake was first felt," THE LUZON GUERILLAS. rhey Harass Supply Trains and Carry Off Isolated Americans. A dispatch from Manila says Col. Smith, with a detachment of theSeven:eenth infantry, surrounded arid cap :ured ia a Tillage near Malasqui a party )f guerillas vrho had made their headquarters there. The party included :he band which assassinated seven officials at Malasqui for friendliness to ihe Americans. All are 'asurgents who became ban iits when the disintegration ot the rili[>ino army bezan. They kept the coun;ry around Malasqui in a state of terror for several weeks, and committed 25 murders in less than that number of iays. When they were caught they ivere promptly sent to Gen. MacArihur'd headquarters at Bayambang by train. It is expectcd that they wiil be speedily tried and either shot or hung is an example, if convicted. The whole country north of San Fernando and between San Fernando and Manila. exceDt within the permanent line of troops around the city and the closely patrolled stretches of railroad, swarms with similar bands. Probably they will be increased by men from Pilars army, many of whom are making their way south to join the iusurgent force in Cavite province. These people, for the most part, succeeded in dodging Gen. Grant, Col. Bell and Col. Hood's troops, who are scouring the country for them. They devote their energies to ambushing commissary wagons acid to picking up soldiers who leave their commands. Every day r-sswtsv TT>n/?AM 4- nn i n in n A* OATV^fl 3ULUC watjuu Limu 13 uicu uyuu vi ovwg soldier disappears. Gen. Wheeler's secretary, Mr. Garrett, was disarmed and slashed by a by a boloman almost within sight of headquarters, his assailant pursuing him almost into the headquarters building. The policy of these ruffiians is to make the country uninhabitable for Americans and to frighten natives into refraining from giving any assistance to the Americans, as well as to compel the inhabitants to support the insurrection AW*] ?? liAM o t"? /-I 1 AAf lAtrna J.' ICljUCUllJ' liiUJf lai U ilUU IWl IV rr u J , The brother of the president of Imus went outside the towD the other day to harvest some rice. lie was captured bj his compatriots, accu-.ed of being a spy, and executed. Only a small portion ct the insurgrets' arms have bce'a urrendered, and the problem of suppressing this guerilla warfare is anything but easy of solution. Some of the American officers think it worse than fighting Indians, owing to the difficulties of the country and the trouble of locating the enemy, who :esort, when hard pressed, to the i nigo dodge and hide their guns. Some of the Americar-s favor the issuance of a proclamation declaring all natives found with arms to be bandits, punishable as criminals, instead of being treated as prisoners of war. The Tobacco Planters. The tobacco grower* of North Carolina have begun a movement to raise the price of the prod<i'-t throughout the southern States, which planters say has decreased in ten years from 37 cents per pound to 112 cents. .District conventions are to be held in the tobacco growing States in January for the purpose of appointing delegates to a convention to be held in Raleigh on Jan. 17. The purpose of the convention will be to organize a company to buy the entire crop of bright tobacco grown in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, and the farmers are to enter into an agreement refusing to allow the trust, which the growers claim is reducing the price, to purchase any of the product for five jears. wauerooro ixciieo. The town council of Walterboro has made an appropriation for the establishment of quarantine regulations against the towDS of Hampton, Varnville, Scotia, Denmark, Bamberg and against the turpentine farms of Georgia, these places being reported as infected with smallpox. ( | ANOTHER BRITISH REVERSE. j General Buller's Army Wa3 Defeated With Big Loss. A dispatch from London says the war office lias received a dispatch announcing that Gen. Buller has met with a serious reverse, losing ten guns. Gen. Buller was artempting to cross tVisv T** i r* A i r? if lmnnc me* ? J. iuuiug m ?uiy?'osille to effect his object, he ordered a retirement in order to avoid greater losses. He lef; 11 guns behind. The I following is the test of Gen. Buller's dispatch announcing his reverse: '"Buller to Lansdowne: Chievely Camp, Dec. 15, 0 20 p. ni ?I regret to report a serious reverse. I moved io fr.ll strength from our camp near Cbievuly at 4 'o'clock this morning. There are two.fordable places in the Tutela river, and it was my intention to Jurce a passage trrougn at one or them They are about two miles apart. "My intention was to force one or the other with one brigade, supported by a central brigade. Gen. Hart was to attack the left drift, Gen. Hildyard the right road and Gen. Lrttleton was to take the centre and to support either. Early in the day I saw that Gen. Hart would not be able to force a passage, and I directed him to withdraw. He had, however, attacked with great gallantry and Lis leadi1 g b.ittalion, the Counaught linger*, I tear, suffered a treat deal. Col. I. G. Brooke was seriously wounded. l'I then ordered Gen. Hi.dyard to advance, which he did, and his leading regiment, the East Surrey, occupied Colenso station and the houses near the bridge At that moment I heard the whole artillery I haa sent to support the attack?the Fourteenth and Sixty-sixth Field batteries and six naval 12 pounder quick-fi.es?under Col. Long, had advanced close to the ri\cr in Long's desire to bj within effective range. It proved to b2 full of the enemy, who opened a glancing fire at close rabgi, killing all their horses, and the gunners were compelled to stand to iheir guns. Some of the wagon teams got shelter for troops in a donga, aud desperate efforts were made to brine out the field guns. The fire, however, was too severe, and* only two were saved by Capt. Schofield and some drivers whose names [ will furnish. '"Another most gallant attempt with three teams was made by an officer whose name I will obtain. Of the 18 horses 13 were killed and as several drivers were wounded I would Dot allow another attempt, as it seemed that they would be a shell mark, sacrificing life to a gallant attempt to lorce the passage unsupported by artillery. I directed the troops to withdraw, '.finch they did in good order. Throughout the day a considerable force of the enemy was pressing on my right, but was kepi back by mounted men under Lord JDundonald and part of Gen. Barton's brigade. The day was intensely hot and most try kg on the troops, whose conduct was excellent. We have abandoned ten guns and lost by shell fire one. The losses in Gen. Hart's brigade are, I fear, heavy, although .the proportion of severely wounded is, I hope, not large. Tbel4th and 68th field batteries also suffered seveie losses. We have retired to our camp at Chievelry." Death of Wash ShellCapt. G-aorge Washington Shell died suddenlyat 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at his home three miles from Laurens. He was in Laurens Friday on his way home from Greenville, where he had been on business pertaining to his office, district census supervisor, and while there had on attack of something like cramps, but soon recovered sufficiently to travel and immediately came honrv A second attack, which probably ?tfected the heart, proved too much for I is then weakened condition to withstand and he expired almos; suddenly. Capt. Shell retired from public life i:? 1SJ5 and has sincc devoted his time to farming on a mo.dern and extensive scale. His appointment a?, district census supervisor was confirmed only a few days ago and he was in the discharge of his new office when the summons came. Capt. Shell was 70 years old, a man of pleasing address and marked ability. ' Tr7"V. TV,nrr A ?? 4 * " rv ii^ic xucj uic av. Well, next summer witnesses another political campaign, and for this especial reason our representatives in Washington will, perhaps, be phased to receive communications from the ''dearpeople" j at home. Those who are interested in j the governmental distribution of seeds, speeches and other litter and literature are indebted to the Congressional Record for the Washington addresses of the South Carolina delegation in congress. Senator McLaurin is at the Oxford: Senator Tillman at 1006 E. Capi tol street; Representatives Jno. Stanyarne Wilson and William Elliott at ihe Xormandie; D. E. Finley and W. Jasper Talbert at the National; Asbui'f C. Latimer, 220 East Second street, S. E.; J. William Stokes, 313 E. Capitol street.; and James Norton at the Metropolitan. Guerillas will be Hung. T>olatfed-i)ands of busbwackins: in surgents whcTa???&ught by our forces in the Philippines areitaely to be summarily dealt with. At "Ttft-?kbinet meeting Friday toe matter was discus>*4 at sorne length, and it was the general sentiment that the situation demanded vigorous treatment. As long as the insurgents keep up a show of an army under a semblance of discipline, they will be treated as prisoners of war when captured, but when they degenerate into isolated bands of marauders, harassing our forces by cold-blooded assassinations, it is the judgment of the officers in command in the Philippines and of the president and the members of the cabinet that the situation demands a summary action. Killed in the Eing. Henry Xeise of St. Louis, Mo., was killed by a right hand swing to the head, delivered by Fred Bellerson of Utah, in the sixth round of a boxing boul at the St. Louis A. C. Thursday night. "Tim" Kurst and Manager Chas. W. Whitney were immediately taken into custody. Bellerson escaped, but his seconds were put under arrest. The physician's verdict was to the effect that Neise died from concussion of the brain. i COLOKED CONFERENCEI I List of the Appointments Made by th< Methodists in Greenville. Below is given the appointments fo] the ensuing year resulting from the colored South Carolina Methodist Epis ^ Q i_ _ n copai cuuierence s session la urceuville: Beaufort District?W >1 Hauna, presiding elder; Aiken, V S Johnson; Allendale, W G White: Appleton, E J Curry; Bamberg, W G Valentine; Barnwell , C K Brown; Beaufort, J W Dore; Cottageville, B F Miller; Denmark, J D Chestnut; Ehrhardt, Washington Thomas; Fairfax. L W Williams; Grahamsville, A D Brown; Green Pond, B J Boston; Hamptou, (supply), W D King; Holly Hill (supply), J W Singerland; Jaeksonboro, J S Tjler; Midway, J L Hender&OD; lieedsville, M C Couk; Ridgeville, J T Latsoa; Ross (supply), J S Epps; Ruffin, Henry Baker; St George, S A. King; St Paul, J J July; Seiglingsville, C H Harleston; Springfield, T J Robinson; Springtown, Ellis Forest; Summerville, J B Middleton; Ulmer's, P D Harris; Walterboro, J R TWnsend; Weimer, G W Gantt; Yemassee, A B xMorrisey. Charleston District?C C Jacobs, presiding elder; Bethesda. G W Williams; Biaek River, G F Miller; Bropk Green (supply), R H Bostick; Camp Ridge, BeDjamin. Brown; Chark on. Centenary, A G Townsend; Charleston Mission. Old Bethel. J A Brown: Charles tun, Wesley, J F Pagn*; Cooper River, Dickson Salter: Forreston and Manning, Alfred Lewis; Georgetown and South Santee, J D Mitchell; John's Island, A J Kennedy; Kingotree circuit, A B Franklin; Kingston, H G- Frederick; Lances, VVaites Mcintosh; Marjville and St Andrews, H H Matthews; Mt Pleasant and MeClellansville (supply), r W H Witherspoon; Pinopolis, Daniel Brown: St. John's, Stewart Simmons; Sc Mary's, L L Thomas; St Stephen's. Wm David: St Thomas, A II Harrison; Turkey Creek, I H Fulton; Washington and Ladson, W R Jervay. Florence District?J E Wilson, -pre siding elder; Bennettsville, G W Cooper; Beulah, H C Asbery; Cheraw and Mc. Zioa, Jeremiah McLeod; Clio and Tatum, W E Tatum; Darlington, E li Borroughs, Florence, F E McDonald; Hartsvillle, B M Pergues; Lamar and Saidy Grove, W S Neil; Little Rock, W H Redfield; Lynchburg, G L Davis; Mai ion, J W Moul trie; Mar's Bluff, J A Harral; Maysvilie, F L Baxter; North Marlboro and Bethel, M V Gray; Salem and Wesley, CII DaDgerSeld; Sellers, C E Robin t n i.. o t n soil3 cunuu, u j_>urciij omjrrua, ju \jr Gray; Spear's, Jame3 McEaddy; Syracuse and St. John's, F W Vance. Greenville District?M M Mouzon, presiding elder; Aoderson, I E Lowery; Belton, J R Rjsemond; Central Mission (supply), W F Smith; E*sley, E W Adams; Greenville, B F Witherspoon; Liberty, P R Camlin; Lowndesville, 0 L Lowery; Marietta, J C Martin; North Greenville, CB Logan; Olio, Benjamin Robinson; Rock Hill, York Goodlett; St. Mark's and St. Paul's, I L Hardy; Seneca, D .M Minus; South Greenville, J H Parks; Walhalia, Wesley Littlejohn; Wiiliamston, A S J Brown. Orangeburg District?J LGrice, presiding elder; Alcott, J T Latson; Antioch. J W Brown: Asbland. J W Grove; Branchville, B G Frederick; Camden, G C Scott; Camden circuit, J B Thomas; Che3terfield, S S Butler; Columbia, A E Quick; Columbia Mission (supply), J H Johnson; Edisto Fork, N T Bo wen; Jamison, D J Sand* ers; Jefferson, S S Eawton; Lexington, to be supplied; Longtown, A J Robinson; Macedonia, R A Thomas; Mechanicsville, T P Robinson: Mt. Zion A R Smith; North, B S Jackson; Orangeburg, J D Wittaker; Orangeburg circuit, J B Taylor; Pmeville, Morris Stewart; Rock Spring, EM Pinckney; Rowesville, FD Smith; Smithville, A B Murphy: Sumter, \V R A Palmer; Sumter circuit, Thomas Sims; Tiller's t-i / i \ r> ? r? nr. i. ierrry (.supply;, Hj a nogers; naceree, \V A Jones; L M Danton, Claflia university, Spartanburg District?R L Hickson, prc-sidiDg elder; Aimwell, W B Romans; Biacksburg, Moses Mason; Clover, SS Sparks; Cowpeo, Scipio Greene; Gaffney, R C Campbell; Greenwood, T J Clarke; Greer, W G Deas; Xewberry, W B Bowers; Pacolet, A M Wright; Reidvilie, D H Kearse; Rock Hill, S D Williams; St. James, W H Greer; Spartanburg, C R Brown; Spartanburg circuit (supply), Moses Cherry; Wellford, A D Harris; Yorkville, I B Smith; JL. uih. Villi; VJ11UU11 \3\JL\jyij J} YT u umibu. A Good ChangeBy direction of the president, Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, U. S. V., was Wednesday assigned to the command of the division of Cuba, relieving Maj. Gen. John It. Brooke, U. S. A., Maj. Gen. Wood will, in additi9n to his duties as division commander, exercise the authority of military governor of the island. Oa completion of the transfer of I *. 1- - ? - ? ?*?- ? ? J Vf A * T? a I?A 10 /\* Lllti UUUiLUilUU, XU<1J. VJtCli. JJ1WU1VC 13 Wi! dcred to repair to this city and report to the adjutant general of the army for further orders of the secretary of war. He will be accompanied by his authorized aides. In relieving Maj. Gen. Brooke the president expresses his high appreciation of and thanks for the faithful and efficient service rendered by that officer as governor of Cuba. First Class Instruments. ^ - a i. .1 ~*Syou want a nrsc ciass piauu ux organpbe sure to visit my store or writ) me for information. I handle only first clai"?L instruments?Steinway, Mason & i^mlin, Mathushek, Sterling. Hunting;"ip and Ludden & Bates Pianos; Mason &\Hamlin and Sterling organs. Liberal ir-ms and fair dealing. No midddlema/s commissions? sales direct frum "ictory. D. A. Pressley, Manager Lu.lden & Bates Southern -Jiusic iiouv. vjoiumDia, S. C. J. 1 mo. A Poor Prophe , Voltaire said nearly o^e hundred years ago in a boastful tontTlLlbefore the beginning of the nineteeiP% century Christianity will have disap^^red from the earth." The Boston rj\anscript cails attention to the fact tV*1 since he uttered those words over tv? ? "? "* *11* 1 1- .33.3 1 nunarca million nave Deen aaaeu f the Christian church, and the sam| room in *hich Voltaire utterca those words is now a depository of Bibles. ~ l'HE OLIVE BRANCH. J Method of Minority for Obtaining r Peace With Honor. RESOLUTION INTRODUCED Promising Independence to Filifpinos, When Peace Is Established Under Cer tain Conditions. 1 uU JU1UL ICDUIUHVUD ncic AilUlU' duced in the house of representative! Thursday by Representative Williams of Michigan, which are the result of consultation among a number of Democratic leaders in the house, and are understood to be expressive of their general position on the Philippines. The text of the Erst resolution is sj follows: Whereas, the hope has been held out that the Filipinos, now waging war against the forces of the United States in the island of Luzon, would lay down their arms if authoritatively assured that it was the intention or the government and the people of the United States ultimately to grant to the people of that island their independence and the absolute control of their domestic affairs, and ' Whereas, such is the intention of the government and of the American people, who do not believe in wara of conquest or criminal aggression against other peoples and have frequently declared their horror thereof, now, therefore, be it Resolved, By the senate and house of representatives in congrcsj assembled: Section 1. That it has alwajs b^en our intent and purpose to recognize the inalienable right of the Filipinos to self government and national independence and that, in pursuance thereof, we shall make formal recognition of these rights and withdraw our land and sea forces upon the establishment of peace and the inauguration of a consti inuonai government, or governments, by the people of the islands, or any of them, provided the said government agrees, or the said governments agree, to refund the $20,000,000 which wu paid by us to the queen of Spain; t? give us in fee simple, with right of sovereignty vested in us, a place suit*-, ble for a naval station and other placet fitted for coaling stations, and to grant the American people in perpetuity <th? right of free access to all of their porta for goods, merchandise and person* bent on peaceful or missionary pursuit Sec. 2. We pledge our friendly m . -1 T 1 1 ? y 613tan ce ana counsel in tne wor* 01 inaugurating such a government. Sec. 3. We .pledge ourselves to treat as an unfriendly manifestation towards the United States any foreign interference or aggression for the>period of 10 years from and after the establishment of such a government provided that the government of said islands shall farrender into our keeping, during that period, the entire question of their foreign relations and shall pay the expense to which we may be put for such troop* as snail, at tHe request or said government, be kept on Philippine territory and such naval vessels a3 may be kept in the Philippines' adjacent waters for the purpose of the protection hereit provided. The other resolution recited the constitutional provisions 8gain?t slavery and involuntary servitude asks -for iaformation relative to the onclusion ? a treaty with the sultan of Jolo, and provides for an inqniry by the judiciary committee as to whether the constitutional provisions against slavery and - - . 1 tne statutory provisions against polygamy apply to the Salu people. Spanish Cruelty. Senora Carolina Lopez, who was the wife of a Cuban general, and who in 1897 escaped from Cabanas Fortress, in the guise of a nun, and who took refuge on su Argentine warship, which conveyed her to Buenos Ayres, was held with her four children at the barge office in New York Wednesday, having arrived here from Rio Janeiro on the steamer Wadsworth, en route for Cuba. The family is returning to its old home after long exile. Gen. Juan Lopez was five years azo a wealthy planter worth $2,000,000. He was arrested and sent as a political prisoner to Cabanas Fortress, where three years Ago, with one hundred and thirty-seren other prisoners, he was shot. Shortly after his widow was apprehended and cast into the prison set apart for w?men. Her four cnildren were taken is charge by the sisters of charity. AfUr Senora Lopez had been in priion two months she effected her escape by th? aid of two American sisters of harity. Senora Lopez is returning to Cuba to try to regain her estate. Will Meet in Philadelphia. The Republican national convention trill IipM at; Philadelphia June 19 next. * The place and date were decided upon by the national committhe Friday ufter a friendly contest for the honor of entertaining the convention between the city selected, Chicago, St. Louis and New York. The meeting of the committee was held at the Arlington hotel Washington and was presided over by Senator Hanna, the chairman of the committee. Fortythree of the 45 States and each of the six territories were represented. Choked to Death. The Florence correspondent of The News and Courier says the ten-yearold son of Mrs. Fannie Poston, of Bostick, in that county, met with a pitiable death last week. The little fellow was playing with some loose corn and swallowed a grain, which lodged in his windpipe. The little fellow suffered terribly for a few days and finally died from the efects of the swelling of tk? p.firn. which choked him to death. Two Men Killed. The Savannah Morning News says: "No report of it was received at Savannah, but it was heard yesterday from a gentleman from Augusta that the first Southern train into Savannah killed a man on the Port Royal and Augusta stretch of the route. About two week? ^ ago the Atlantic Coast Line ran iti 1 first train into Augusta, and that, train, ft*? an Tftnfo t. ; ,-:;