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VOL. X. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, J ONE 19,190!. . BRITISH SUFFER fl DEfEAT Boers Take 200 Men and Two Guns Alter a Sharp Ficht. MILITARY SITUATION IN AFRICA Tli? Rorr* tlkrj^ i^Contlnnr tlif Acrtpi. Mve Turtle* Which Ttiey Itcccntlj Adopted?A Fnrccof Amlrnllnn Mounted Rifle* Rnr)irli?Hl, Few of Whom Earn pod ? Kltrliener Report* the Loitct, London. ? Tho War Office linn received the following dispatch from General Kitchener. at Pretoria: "Near Wllmansrust. twenty miles south of Mlddelbnrg. Transvaal, 2r>0 Victorinn Mounted Rifles, who lind been detached from Bcatson's column, were surprised in camp at Rtenkool Spruit by a superior fnrce of Boers. "The enemy crept to within short range and noured in n deadly Are. killing two officers and sixteen men. nnd wounding four officers nnd thirty-eight men. twenty-eight of whom were only sltclitly wounded. Two officers and fifty men escaped to Bcatson's camn. The remainder were taken prisoners, but were afterward released. "The enemy enntured two pnniponfll Whatever may he the truth In regard" to the renorted peace negotiations in South Africa, the commandos In the field are evidently not a party to tliom. In addition to the defeat renorted by General Kitchener, which offsets the Report of the defeat of General De Wet near Vrede. there are reports of vigorous activity on the part of the Boers, especially on the border of tlie Orange ftlver and Cane Colonies. It is stated from a British source that the P.oers and Carte rebels there continue to Increnf^e in numbers, and Commandant , Kritslnger told a farmer in tho neighborhood that tho movement of the commandos southward wns onlv beginning nnd that the jftrtcrs intend to compel the British to^B-vnstate Carte Colony as they have tlie two republics to the nnrtli. The Boer tactics are the same as for months past. They avoid conflicts when possible, snine at every opportunity nnd manoeuvre for surprises. Many British i**oops who are now in Fretoria are refitting after arduous operations in tho north, which have left marks nnon them. Tliev snv it i? vcrv vorv difficult to locate tltc srunll l?odlos of Boers. who conceal their stoek and stores in Inaccessible ravines. It Is one continuous trek after hidden enemies, whose fresh horses enable them to es? cape when located. WIDESPREAD IRRIGATION. Nooosmry tu Two-II ft lis of 11? Country . Arm to Moke I'm-lulus Pny. Washington, P. C.?Professor Meade, the Agricultural Department's Irrlgntlon expert. In his testimony before the Industrial Commission, said that irrigation is necessary In two-fifths of the area of the United States to moke farming profitable: that It had redeemed an area In Louisiana and Texas larger than some New England States, causing an increase In th<^ value of land from ?5 to from $r.o tfl ?100 an note: that it is considered n^ Necessary adjunct to market garden' ihg all along the Atlantic roast, and that there are 75.000 Irrigation ditches In the United States, 'costing $200,000.000. I MAN AND WOMAN DROWNED. Went l'owlnc on n T.nlco nnil l.nnt IT an Found Flouting Itottom UpwHrd. Oak Orchnrd-on-the-Lake. N. Y.? Earl Rently. twenty-two years old, and Miss Dora Phillips, aged twenty, of West Rarre, drove up to Oak Orchard Inn and left their horse and buggy, going to the lake and hiring a boat. Later I l oir boat was found drifting bottom up near the mouth of Oak Orchard Creek. Near by floated the girl's black jacket and her companion's derby hat. The bodies were recovered. It Is the general opinion of the people at the lake that the net. as far as Rentley was concerned, was premeditated. I Transport Tips Over In Dry Dock. I The United States transport mgnlls [tipped over In dry dock In the Erie [Basin, at Brooklyn. N. Y? where she Kvas awaiting repairs. One life wna host and twenty live men were serioushy injured. The accident waa caused [by ft careless adjustment of the bilge [blocks under the shin, and by recklessmess In fiitemntinir to Ilng timbers along her sides. It will take several months to put the trnus? port lu serviceable shape. Kennedy Jarjr Again Dlaagrees. I The Jury In the case of Dr. Samuel T. Kennedy, who was accused of the tnurder of "Dolly" Reynolds at New York City, three years ago, failed to agree and were discharged. It is not believed that Kennedy will be tried again. It is estimated that bis three trials have eost New York County more than $75,000. He was eonvicted in the first trial, but the Juries failed to agree on a verdict in the other two. Max Limr Discharged. United States Commissioner Robineon, at Buffalo, N. Y., ordered the discharge of Max Lasnr, of New York City, who has been in Jail nearly a year for trying to smuggle $31,000 worth of diamonds into the country at Suspension Bridge. Lasar had served his time, but could not pay the fine J of $500. He secured bis liberation uu- ' der the Poor Debtor law. j&s CUBA ACCEPTS PLATT LAW No Modifications Are Made by the Constitutional Convention, Ko Drbitte PrrMdml the Vote, Which 6tood 10 For the Amendment and 11 Aenlnet It. ITaronn, Cuba.?The Cuban Constitutional Convention has accepted the Piatt Amendment by a vote of 10 to 11. The resolution to accept was carried without discussion. Immediately after the opening of the session Senors Tamayo, Ltluendas and Quesada, constituting a majority of the Committee on Relations, summitted as n substitute for the Committer's former report the Piatt Amendnieut as passe 1 by Congress, recommending that it be accepted and mnde an appendix to the Constitution. In the vote on the resolution the twenty-seven delegates present divided as follows: In favor of acceptance?Capote, VIIuendns. Jose M. Gomez. Tamayo, Montengucdo, Delgado, F.etancourt. Giberga. Jdorente. Quesada, Sanguilly. Nunez, Rodriguez Berrlel, Quilcz and Ferrer. Opposed to acceptance?Znynr, Aleman. Eudaldo Tamayo. Juan Car.lberto Gomez. Cisnert^^^ilyc, Forlrn, ' T--: PS Mmi ' ^P P^^^PP P^^* ! Robnuwero absent, '"he latter two voted against acceptance in the previous division. Senor Ferrer voted with tl.e Conservatives, explaining his change of attitude by asserting that he believed acceptance would bo tbo test sclution of the problem. TVASnTNCTCN EEAU3 ThE NTOVCC. Erpected T!i*t t? Gpeccty Kracnatloa el tho Ialcnd Will Follow. TTnshington. D. C.?Tho newn of tho adoption of the Piatt Amendment by tho Cuban Constitutional Convention was received with genuln gratification here. Now that the Cubans have demonstrated their faith in tho United States, it is expected that a fairly speedy evaluation of the Island will follow, contingent only upon the establishment of a r.tnhle government in the island. An effective police fcrc? and otlior measurer: neccsrary to tho preservation cf good crder and sanitation are considered as essential prerequisites in tho formation cf the new government. The riero physical question of the withdrawal of tho American military from the irlnrd is an easy cnc and ran he accomplished without much delay. One cabinet office**, speaking cf t ie matter, exprorscd the opinion that if the ether requirements are met our withdrawal must lie accomplished during tho summer so that Cuban independence might bo a reality by nest autumn. Ceueral T7oirt has oncinll.7 communicated to tho War Department the fact that tho Amendment has been adopted. 'LLINOIS FASTEST OF BATTLESHIPS. BIr S:? Flcliter JTnkm n ITeeorit cf 17.33 Knots on IIor Trial. Poston, Mass.?When tho battleship Illinois is turned over tc tho United win 1 u- added t > the list jpor.rse, had her efiima^WPWI^^^er Average speed for tho four hours of steady steaming under forced draught Kvns 17.H1 knots per hour. This breaks fho record cf 17.01 established by her sister ship. Ilie Alabama, and again it eclipses the most recent record cf 17.12 made by tho Wisconsin, on the Pacific, a vepsel of tho same type, design and dimensions. Not only did the Illinois demonstrate that she was faster than any warship of her class, hut she nroved her ability to turn upon an enemy with extraord| innry quickness by describing a com plete circle within 300 yards, or little more than twice her length. In three minutes and ten seconds while ploughing through the sea at fuR speed. Rear-Admiral Sampson, who was nbeard unofficially, and Roar-Admiral Evans, who acted ns President of the Trial Eonrd. ns well ns the other naval officers who participated in the trial, spoke of the ship In the highest terms, FREAKS OF LAWMAKERS. , AUb*mlRii Wnnti Mm I.rnrnrd In Lav to Hold Only Judicial Offices. Montgomery, Ala.?A feature of the 1 Constitutional Convention uow In session was an ordinance introduced by i Mr. Sanford, of Montgomery, to strike j out that part of tlie preamble which I declares that no State has a right to secede. He says it is unnecessary, i Another ordinance which created i much laughter was that of Tierce, of | Marion, that no man wlm la lnornod law shall hereafter hold any cilices ( except those of a judicial nature. A PARAGON OF HONESTY. Llllo Patriot Sends the Treasury One Cent ' I>uty on Smntfled Pencil. Washington. i). c. ? when United g States Treasurer Roberts opened inoruL'g mail one of the first lcttegPI was from a man io Toledo. Ohio, who did not sign his name. He stated in the letter that while in Buffalo recently he bought a lead pencil from a Canadian, paying two cents 1 for It. He learned later to his humiliation, that the pencil had not paid duty, and therefore sent a one-cent 1 stamp as payment of the duty. i Battleship Oarojcon in Horn* Water*. The battleship Oregon has arrived at San Francuco, CoJ., from Chinese j water a, if NOR EVENTSOF THEWEE* WASniXfiTON ITEBTS. Government officials ndmltted that In two months since the Russian retaliatory order went Into effect the loss In American export? wns $100,000. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue decides that every national hank mast pay a tax of one-twelfth of one per cent, each month upon tho averace amount of circulation Issued by It. President MeTCinlev pnmnintoA fha three-yenr sentence of Harry Smith, n counterfeiter at Indianapolis, Ind., to one year. Secretary Loner annonnced a list ot rewards given to officers and men of the navy for gallant conduct in China( Secretary Cage bought to date 512.4 700.000 In short term United Statea bonds. Secretary Cage sent a llfe-saver'a medal to W. W. Grlesser. of the Buffalo Life-Saving Crew, who displayed! heroism In saving life In Buffalo Hnrbor during a gale on November 21, 1000. OHt ADOPTKn ISLANDS. The Phlllpnine insurgents were encouraged to hold out. It Is thought, by the setting in of the rainy season. Captain IVllllnm IT. Wilhelm. of the Twenty-first Infantry, who recently r?;!* vtuUIHlCU 111 nil engagement Wltn Insurgents at I,lpn, Bntnngns Province, Is dead. Advices from Honolulu stated that Sun Ynt Sen, the famous Chinese reformer. hnd sailed from Hawaii to raise the standard of revolt In China. In the court-martial trinl at Manila of officers accused of accepting bribes and permitting trnde with Insurgents through closed ports of the islands. Surgeon Welch confessed. Implicating other officers. domestic. Commissary frauds were discovered at San Francisco. Cal. Oil was struck near Marlon, Fin. A monument will he placed over the grave at Chicago of Daniel Ivennlson. the last survivor of the "Boston Ten Pa:ty." William W. Onrdncr, .Tr.. unsuceess. ful In the Klondike, blew out his brains at Port Chester, N. Y. Attempts to close the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. X. Y., on Sunday by legal proceedings were stopped. The new building for the Unite# States mint, at Philadelphia, which was recently completed, wan turned over to the Government. The cost of the structure was $2,000,000. fn a fight with two Mexican thieves enenrr "W. t. Morrl". or Karnes County. Texas. was killed, hut not until ho hart killed one nnd wounded thi other Mexican. Commander R. F. Tilloy. Governor of Tululln. Samoa, arrived at San Frnneisro, Cnl. Jamen McLoid, under arrest for stealing a pony, was taken from jail rit Hamburg. Ark., nnd lynched. For fear she might be called homely. Ellen Mohey, of Worcester, Mass. ?liot nnd killed herself. Remembering cruel treatment twe years ago by a policeman, a large dog In New York City that bites every hluecont neijr him in revenue, tore open the cheek of one. Locomotive experts declared nation si prejudice nnci din'erent conditions pause foreign criticism. After robbing the First National Hank, of Mineral Point. Wis., of $2fl,X>0. Stewart Jelleflf confessed and returned all hut $2500. Dennis Sweenie, who was Fire Chief r?f Chicago forty years, was forced by ill health to give up his post. Patrick Hawkins was perhaps blinded for life by Miss Mary Collins, at New York City, who threw carbolic acid in his face lu revenge Tor his having jilted her. An extra session of the Washington Legislature was called to correct defective laws that would have released many murderers now under death sentence. The German Consul, at Cincinnati. 1 Ohio, reported to his Government that the time is past for immigrants to get riches in the United States. 1 FOltKIGX. The monsoon rains in India started unusually earl;.*, and it is hoped they will greatly improve the crop prospects. Speaker Henderson and Represents- , live Glllet called on President Loubet it Paris. France. The business world of London was \ surprised by a reduction of the bank ] rate from three and a half to three j per cent. j Specinl advices from Warsaw told i if the arrest of numerous profniueut 1 Poles, including Niew ledomskl, foi ' political reasons. Contracts were signed for 500 miles 1 ftf new railways In Rhodesia. Andrew I>. White, In an Interview at Berlin, considered there was no ground | for apprehension of diltlculties be- ' twecu Germany and the United , States. . ^?lr David Barbonr, Government kfehil expert In South Africa, made \ ; V/Z^^iecoinmeuding that the mines . wim! be taxed $2,250,000 yearly to help defray the cost of the , war. | Pope I.eo XIII. is stated to be in t excellent health. i Loudon Truth annouueed that King 1 Edward's coronation will probably 1 take place on June 25, 1002. i Grand Duchess Olga, the Czar's eld- 1 est daughter, Is recovering front typhoid fever. ( Warm weather In Scotland wao fol ! lowed by a kuow storm. , A [HE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH It is to Become a Great Manufacturing Region ot the Union. SOUTHERNERS IN PHILADELPHIA Speeches Delivered Before the Delegate! to the XndasUlnl Convention ? Th? 6outli line Everything Except Pop til?. ttou end Capital?Statistics to 1'roTi It? Illimitable ICeaources. Philadelphia, Penn.?Delegates to the Southern Industrial Convention were welcomed by Governor W. A. Stone, of Pennsylvania, Mayor Ashbridge, of Philadelphia, and representatives of various trade bodies. Governor Stone snld that Pennsylvania | was always glad to welcome gny representatives of the Southern States "Every one recognizes," he said "that the South to-uay Is the greatest missionary ilehl for commerce In the world. We recognize that the South produces two-thirds of nil the cotton of the world ami make3 Into finished product very little of it. This should not be continued. The Soutli's maun racturing capacity should be developed, and she would then make eatton goods for the world." Mayor Ashbridgo assured tho delegates to the city that Philadelphia ha<] much which they could use. and that to Increase the commerce between this city and the South would bo mutually beneficial. i President H. FT. Hargrove, of the Southern Industrial Association, responding, said the South's capacity to produce raw material was almost be- i youd measurement. He added: 1 "The Southern States contain, one- ' fourth of the area of the Union, and 1 have practically aa much In agricnl- I tural products a3 til the rest of the country combined. This section lias 1 thirty-three per cent, of tho population ' of tho United States, raises all of Its ' cotton and cottonseed, and American I rice and eighty per cent, cf its tobacco. contains ttlrty-flve per cent, cl its timber rcaources, thirty per cent , cf its coal area, twenty per cent, of lt? coal production, produces seventeen and a half per cent, of it3 Iron and 1 , furnishes eighty per cent, of American ! j pig iron exported, produces tho cheap-1 > cat pig Iron rr.d conl In the world, is! the third largest coco tugar produc-j Ing section of tho world, producing it; 1 lt)0i twelve per cent, of the world': < tone sugar; contains mere const nud * river frontage than all tho other States 1 and has thirty per cent, cf its railroad 1 mileage, and affords the cheapest lum- 1 bor bnlhllng material, lands, cotton. 1 coal and oil and living in tho United States. "To achieve the fullest wealth which j the Southern Stntc3 nro capable cl producing, I estimate that within five yenrs there will bo needed n.OOO.OOC additional population and $303.0X.O(X ! additional capital for manufacturing 1 mineral, agricultural and forest dovel- ' opmont and railroad building." In an address on "Popular Ednca ; tlon. the Power of Industrial Pro- j gress," Kobcrt C. Ogden, President of the Southern Educational Confer eneo, raid: "Intelllgcnco bar. r. cosi 1 value, nnd tho Intimate relation he ] tween business and education place? ha. ' ? " tjuv oiiun va. iiin versai c ouinor: education wit 111 a the pewer of South- ' ern business men. It lr, clear thai ' practical knowledge Increases prcduc ! tlon, creatoa more wealth. Increase! { consumption and creates nore wnntn Encourage private beneficence to sr.p 1 plemcnt the action of the State. The ' South has an educational mission. Will It rise to the opportunity?" Hoko Smith spoke on "The Tic j sources of the South." He snld tlia* the successful cultivation of one crci would not bring success to a region To produce raw materials alone !? j not sufficient. It Is necessary to pre pare then for manufacturcrfe' use ni * well as to produce them. The Soutt offers, he said, opportunity of everj Variety of cultivation?corn.wheat, rye, * potatoes, tobacco, rice and frolta of . all kinds. Ho said. It wan not a . fact that the South bad sent a challenge to the cotton cplnners of Now England that bad been a notlco to : tlicin that they cannot continue to accumulate millions by shipping Southern lint cotton 1600 mlle3 and 1 manufacturing It into cotton to b": shipped South again. He did not believe the destiny of the South lay In manufacturing cotton cloth In coinpe- t titlon with New England. He op- t posed struggles between different t parts of the country. The challenge r>f the South was to the world thai she would manufacture her cwn cotton cloth and ship It to all parts of hie world. All the people, he raid, must be freo ind educated to insure progress. He 1 spoke of the establishment of schools * lioth for manual and mental training ^ md said that the Government cr.iild rery easily rupply half of the $1".lOO.OCO irregularly collected from the j South for a great technological college. He added: "I wish the Sonth to grow financial'y, that schools, colleges and churches may Ixv opened to every child, that the rroat nnit n? riAnnlo pmv !.<? elranuth. ned and blessed. I wish the South :o do Its full part, commercially. In ho t'nlon. that cur nation may be nore powerful In the family oi na- J :ions. not fcr move splendor and glory, t lut that wo as p nation may the , nora readily reach our great destiny, ; he upbuilding of tho human race; that t he Stars aud Stripes may float upon ; wery sea. carrying freedom and hapflness to those It may visit?the symjoI of?n prosperous people, netnutcd , .y a brotherly love." LEHIGH PROFESSOR HAZED Students Hurled an Instructor Into River at South Bethlehem, Tenn. Tbfjr Waylaid Him After T>ark. Seized and Blindfolded ITIm. and Bf?l Ulm Wltli ISwltche*. Fontb Bethlehem. Per.n.?Howard Logan Bronson. nn Instructor In the Department of Physics at Lehigli University. wns hascd by ISO students of the Institution, vrho. nfter subjecting him to various dignities, threw him into the Lehigli River. Professor Bronson has heen at the university onlj^' one year, but In that time he has become very unpopulnr with the students. The recent expulsion of nine students for dishonest work in examinations was blamed on him. Professor Bronson was decoyed from his home by a telephone message, and while on his way to the plaee be was taken into custody l?y a crowd of students who had lain in wait for him. lie was seized, blindfolded, and ordered to do all manner of things. One of the Indiznitles was to apologize to the nine. This was on a lonely street and bis persecutors were not molested. After making him go through about an hour's performance lie was hurried several bloeks. the students switching him with light switches, to the Lelii.zh River, into which he was ordered to plunge and take a swim ' to cool off." The Instructor refused and he was thereupon seized l>y -six of the students. who carried him into tlie Rtrenm. nnd with a swing sent him some distance into the water. The water at the point where he was immersed is only four feet deep and Bronson soon recovered himself and got on his feet. His persecutors stood en the bank and Jeered him as lie waded ashore. They ran away ami allowed him to make his way to his home in his dripping clothing. Bronson threatens prosecution. He has resigned nnd will go to Yale for x post-graduate course. The college iiithoritles are making every effort to and the guilty persons. john ;on would not serve. Suy* lie I'rvfer* to I'.k Mayor of Cleveland to (iorcrnnr of Ohio. Cleveland. Ohio.?Referring to the published statement that he Intended o lie n eandlilnto fin <"2ovi.ki.qj. 4I.I0 [all, Mayor Torn L. Johnson said: "There Is absolutely no truth In rhe statements referred to. I would dedine the nomination. I would refuse 0 serve if elected. Is that strony ?oough? Nothing on earth could cause ne to break my contract as Mayor cvitli the people of Cleveland for the text two years." INCREASE IN POSTAL RECEIPTS. S'cw York Sliout Incronio In May of $104, 548, Hi Compared With May, 1000. Washington, D. C-?Tli^^y|sr?f*?w' zelpta for the iifty Iargeswposted!cos the United States for .vt9pHMflfl^Kj! shown by a statement lasted hy Hie Postofflce Department, were $4.3S-t.-( >71, as compared with $3.ij|hi2P for May of last year, an increase of $519,142. or 13.(5 per cent. The receipts of the New York Post^fllce for May were $008,418. as campared with $803,705 for the 'same period last year, an increase of $104,748, jr 12.01 per cent. The receipts at Chicago were $000,811, as compare^ with 5555,990 for May of last year, an In rease of $113,812, or 20.4 per\cent. ! Philadelphia showed an increase of 548,147, or 17.1 per cent., the receipts [or last month being $528,048, as compared with $280,801 for May, 1000. \ FIVE NEGROES HANGED. K 1 Quintuple Execution on Olio ([nllawi at Sylvania. Cm. t Sylvauia, G a.?Arnold Augustus, Aulrew Davis, Richard Sanders, William Hudson and Samuel Baldwin, all ue;roes, were executed lu the yard of he county jail of Screven County. None of the negroes denied being ;uilty. The crime for which they were tanged occurred Inst August. They >elougcd to uu oath-bound orgar.izaion of negroes known as "Kniguts of lie Archer," for mutual defence, even o the extent of killing white men. The live negroes were in au ambush >arty which tired upon and killed fv\o uen. Britain'* >'?w Naval Station. The British Government has decided o establish a uaval station at Argcuiu Bay, Newfoundland. Forts will be reeled and dockyurds laid out. Kzploaion Kills .Fifteen. An explosion in u cartridge factory it Lea Moullueuux, France, has relultcd in the loss of fifteen lives and he injuring of ubout twenty pe>'sous. V. majority of those injured were vomeu. Browned in u ClondOurat. Three sous of Lawrence O. Mollot, of iellalro, Ohio, were carried away by he water in Gaptlua Creek in a ciouti rnrst and drowned. Tin? victims wps Arthur, tiftecn yearn old; Wllber, utue rears, uud Key, six years. eujir fTtJTrr snwnust. A patent for the manufacture of glu:osc *ugar has been granted in London ;o a resident in permany. says the Lonlon Pall Mall Gascttc. The process is is follows: "Fermentable sugar is oh- j aincd t?y heating sawdust ivtth stdphurc acid: then compressing the mixture ir.d boiling, the pressed mars with water. The sobttlon |ktU obtained is re.ady for treatment in the usu?l nicr.n?r.*' , if?. T ' r-:. >0;- ft. I > ' ?' ' SPURNS WAKAMAKER OFFEB^H FrancSi's^ Worth' $2,500.000 ijlve? . ^ Away by the Mayor of Philadelphia* CONTEST IN THE COURTS LIKELY I H Miiror Anliltrlitfr Rlxn<i the Srtwt Kelt- HHj wny Orillnnnr** nnd I^nnrHk -Tf.'m i^SI W^npiinlinr'" VrotYVr of Million* T'oi 9Bl ? Ttwm ? TTo TIiilii'? No Kx|itnn?1l fll* .lotion? Cnune* Vrefmuiel Philadelphia. Penn.?MaM# vAdtfttrtaflH n^Hj brldiic has sl?ned the fourteen ore! in- SHH nnccR passed by the Cltjr foonrf ;'--;a#^M(g8g rrrnntlng franchises to certain corpora- V SkHNB tions for city railways, inrftWe, ?Te- IranBS rated, and underground. These wore ?% ' |tb? ordinances made pojjki' H bills recently rushed through th ? Pent*- H sylvania Legislature lOf JH H of the Quey machine. No payment of H nay kind to the city is provided, for It; H ' lie bills. ,\s a result "i ><.,>( 1 hi'js restraining tlie oi cSa 'li" fntn-Mses ; n 4 Mayor tM H In? to open .Tolin Wnnatntlker'B lettlr. ^K .which was loft at his jtov.se. aiul jpirov.-'n- itr.ir the Piter hon'Wl Mm ,nt the dedlcniloti of tin Mint, lias ?tn*crtcl a profound > M:u,c slcmrd the h'on to publh :rfl the fnce of a protest by Mr. VMnn-H J, -V-maker, who bad tvrijrt?n to htm e*Ter^B -'" v'^ In? to give $2.300,tX)0 for the fran^>;'xj:^?^^l^a^a8B Mr. Wan a maker's h ' > rln? to the vicious L ! olnimlng any interest^ ways end expressing the opinion the rights about to be given nwnv extremely valuable, ?ont|?^d: 'tlfor this power. :i.-jj Ml ehlses, granted and cured bv th? fourteen ferred to t will give to H adelnhla the sum of $2^Bfe.|ilrtt a guarantee of coed f er I have this day Real ISt '"^I'Tfe^rVo j&.'\ .a' '", MH copnt of th' ^ SS|??; '. /. '. !- ' or ihat tbel'c^fe^^^^J^-iV';VK-^: t iiiiiors H" " ; ':v [w Mh the -7;.:. $|?; I -.H ''' t HHHB SMhb I The fl / v '"^v^v - * Whirls. h'trS gragHHBBSs! * " ' -''^ mix.- " ;. l\? .' : Bjcvity v'' ; Bsi. ^T-;" * '& : ' r;.:.7 B The n-jH\crc-. '1 '/'>:, Hi he worl '.,' rHo thc?.t%1?S|E?:. ., - 7'-7 Ho mch '5"<r',v.\. B '/:^ipyOrj'l't :- ' IsSBn ' -i !)"(!!> ;< .' T < " < 'v < ' r-iv-?\"v </':' to 1>.? "i 1^ff'Tift 1C"XTCfiMMffiKPlH?"ir^'1"L'ft"*.' t 1ii>1m-v,? ( ;, ; 1 \<> i) i:r.j< ;"? l<?0. !'"' 1 Yor.r H.Mtrr runpr-:> foritt '. of in'jv.topeople. i twaeeaxtTto' CiWft r ntviiy np?OT*?nchMMj for when r,th:'^'awaki TimiaBfo:..!!: for theyenoi* right, if rt of puhllo Mr. Wniiamr.kt rftt I ; to Mayor A^hlividy was nttendiin: tl^> <Bi-s fli'tH^ut.tid*,'Of th^ fifl \c-. ?-<.vj r The Mayor re<ogr^H '.' nor after thft'.iirasc^R rapidly walking awny. man pivk<^jfciw5*1i'ttl*| . lefte? was waiting the M^H .. --V-i r'f^$fc:y, ;:';;rS.-;^& house. : ' . ;' -^ Mayor Ashbrldge, Se:iaB -v " Bn?l renrose and nearly all^H 'y rtelphia Congressmen arc st^H :.'''^ Interested in tho proposed ronw^H . Wans maker is the hitter nersona^^y political enemy of the Mayor. AST YEA? OP SPANISH REC^B l>veen Announrea Tlint tlie KI^H' ~"0-fti' Ojitii the Nrxt iairltntnci^B y^a^ ' ' ".. Madrid. (Spain.?1The Que< ': _ :N\ nccovapanifHl by the King, ojM^g^-'-" vgijfffe:r.vSorter. The sjf.'rh _Q^>11LJ^^^^*''^^^^::''*'' . u to this will ophn Parliament, as tormina: s wx\. year. '.Foreign relations ware^B to be excellent. The would WCpetlully tivatinj? goo<< reinti<> Ish-Xmerlcan Kit US ' H E Montreal Woman ofdH ?}>- .'- ^ J Subject to AttMl^^l ' ' . ' -'; . Montreal, Que.? path shot and kilh^B '' tally wounded.licr jH - c-^; at her hoiue. The JH to the lloytil Victn^H : he died. Jijjl'. _'A.v .Mrs. IIed11ath,H ' " vT^!3Vv;;:'' 't of the oldest fntH "~:'f0$?%$i about forty five J " been subject to '- >ia. W' '* '*and uielauehonM. ''.' ? it is supposeS* ; V''-' these spelts riuieide and iliS to lire v Boers I I p | '"i^d|lTnfTii|k^^^ ilM^^Hr