The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 06, 1900, Image 1
A GREAT CAPTURE. !
The British fail Inlo a Boer Am* j
bush,
I
BROADWOtJt) FALLS INTO A TRAP. 1
He I. uses Seven (inns and All Mis l*ag- j
gage ?Casualties 330 Surprised j
With Cisastrous Results.
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London, by Cable. ? Tho. War OllUe |
lej&rts that Colonel Broadwood lo-t :
woven gmm and all his hagfiaKe in tho 1
litnbush laid for him by t ho Moors on ;
Saturday. The casualties nuinbc;e(k J
fc>50. The War Oflice has revel ved t in j j
following dispatch from I. ml Huberts) j
datexj Bloemfontcin, April 1 j
"I received news late Saturday after- ;
noon from Colonel Brondwo'ad win J
i> > ' nu * 'iW miles ( *t "*t 01
Jieve, that information had reached him I
tin at the enemy was aproaching !
two forces, from the north and o:ts;..
lie stated that if the report proved
?true lie would retire toward the water
/works, 17 miles 110,1 r Bloomfonlein,
(Where wo had a detarhnient of mount- I
ed infantry for the protection of tho j
works.
' Broadwood was told in reply that 1
the Ninth Division, with Martyr's j
mounted Infantry would ma roll at day- j
1 1 g*}i t today, to support liioi, and that j
if he considered it necessary he could
ro!clr.Q .froiu lh.e water w?n*kH. H?? mov- ?
(h! there during the night and bivmiack
ed. At dawn today lie was shelled by !
tho enemy, who attacked on three |
sides. He immediately dispatched two j
horse artillery batteries end his bay- j
gage toward Bleomfontoln, covering j
?jmo of them with his cavalry. Soirx j
two miles from tho water works t h--. ,
road crosses a deep nullad, or spruit, j
in "whieSi during the night a force of 1
Boers had concealed themselves. So !
well were they bidden that our leading ;
scouts passed over the drift without (
discovering them, and it was not until
the wagons and guns were entering the j
drift -that the Boors showed them- (
selves and opened lire. Many of the
drivers of the artillery horses were im
mediately shot down at short range,
and several of the guns were captured.
The remainder galloped away, covered .
by Roberts' horse, which suffered hcuv- 1
iiy. Meanwhile. Lieutenant Chester- j
masters, of Rimington's .scouts, found ;
a passage across the spruit unoccupied
by the enemy. by which the remainder ,
of Broadway's force cro^-ed. They re- j
formed with great, steadiness, notwlth- 1
standing nil that had prevlou ly occur- !
red.
"B-roa-i wood's report, which has jttsi |
reached me. and which cor. I i.mis no do
'ails, s-tattd th.it he had loat seven,
gun-s and all ?iis baggage. He estim
ates all Ills casualties at about UjO. in- i
eluding 2UU mlwiing. Cnv Jindring thh '
morning that Broudwoci wa3 hard j
pressed. 1 inwucdOately ordered Genet al ,
French, with two remaining cavalry j
?brigades to support of .the Ninth HI
'vision. The latter, a>fter a magnificent
march, arrived C11 tiie sc?ne of ucLion I
shortly after 2 p. m. Broud wood's force j
consisted of the Royal Household Cav
alry, ;tilie Temth Hussars, two batteries |
or 'the Royal Horse Artillery, aixl I'll
clur's battalion of mounted infantry
Tho strength of the enemy is estimated I
at from 8.000 to 10.000 with guns, the
numifoer of which Is not yel reported. '
4: 55 p. m.? The War Office has re
ceived another dispatch from Lord {
Rc'hrrts, dated- at Bloemtfcntr.in, sun- (
muy, April 1, 8:1"? p. m., in which, after ,
referring to his previous telegram, he j
Vlves a. partial list of the mining Br - ?
7i?h officers. Of Q Battery four offi
cars wcro wounded, two of who-n are I
mii8?Jnsr. One gunner waa killfril ami ,
40 toon -co in missioned officers a?d men j
are wounded or niiiving. L/sml ?- 1
iihen continues: "in V Bavtcry, al\ arc
Imiss-iug except Major Taylor and a
ucrgcant major. The two ca\.ilr> I
mentis did' not suffer so much. A 10- J
iport has Just come In that the enen 1 >
,lha'? retired towards ixidyjrand, lca\ ing .
12 wounded officers and some <0 men |
?at the water-works. W6 are now send. .
. ? lug an fumibulance for them.
Note*. - :
At Toledo, ()., a petition \va.s filed by j
t.ho Arbucklcsa asking that a receiver !
1>e appoiWU?l for the 'Wonl&on Spice j
Company. II. O. Havcmeyrr control-: '
the plant.
The Now York, Texas and Mavhla.? j
will leave Penaacola for Hernitida on j
Wednesday nnd will sail from l ho lat- I
?tor point for Hampton Roads on ApriJ j
17th.
A Towel Pactory.
Hock Hill, 8. C., Special. ? Mr. .Tno
C. Harrington. Who vrna ' attracted tc
this city throaglh. t:he agency of the
"Commercial club Trill k'xvo scon for
the north for the purpose of closing up
the deal "by which Rock Hill will gain
* new Jjkdufltry? a. towel factory. M.
S^riarrlD^>ik WS beec in this IrjsineBs
all 3kiv Ufa and to ? prtuctical nxvn. Th<
goo&f -which his anil! will make here
a*? tax*Ok4* *we?vibeta?
ootrtoo Mid half linen. The ooatJwT]
between Mr. H*rr2brftaa atvd the cluc
culls for the completion of a $50,(KK
riril) by December }. 1900. The m-Hl h
to vnabdtr i** fees than lSibamls oj
? 9st pff &lrf ? ? ?
i's Bis Exports.
. BperiaL? The export.
ENDED.
Agreement HoacbeU ^iturday Be- j
tv. een Workmen ami Employers; I
Chioflg'o, ii pecial. ? Th ?\ ma-cliin i*t ?' '
strike li iivi'i' and all tnhough the ,
T'nftod S:at <?? where the I'll/on hat; or
d?red y'i'.Um t iioy havtJS^^/n called oft
and the mrn will rotary V work hI '
once. Th^ (VMidl'ilous4 tfpon \Wik\h ilio ?!
tlgl OiMlH'U't bCtWCCin tllo bossVs an l |
inon was reached was iJubiJshej* Saiur- |
day morning and <it nlglXj^U** Chicago {
nuu iiinisU iik>i in ooivhlder the j
nwr.'t. K beln? understood In advance j
that it would >Ln> ag-roed (to. Tho agree- '
UHU' t wan approved late at night ?it a J
general ma&s meeting, the* vote stand- j
i :? X 3,02$ for his adoption, and 360 i
against. A formal order was at onco ,
Issued by President O'Comwdl of the
ava-ehii.'iits union, declaring tho strike 1
>ff and ordering ihe men back to won' k j
>;i Monday. The rai lfieaitio?n was t-ho ,
>11 ly business (transacted nt the meet- i
"?? ... j
Looking for Trouble. I
Indianapolis, Kjveclal.? It Is believed j
by promiwent residents that Kentucky ;
Pomoarats are here watting a favor- j
a We opportunity to tako Chas. P.
FirJey, ox -Secretary of State of Ken- ;
tueky, an>d carry him to Keirlucky to
ho t.n!od for complicity in tho aswas- j
si nation of Senator Goebel. Fin ley is '
known to be in eon teal men t here. Ho i
has been at the residence of the sheriff, j
& pairt of tho county jail. The Repub- '
llenns here say such effort will 'bo re- j
slsted and tlva-t if the two factious meet i
Choro will undoubtedly be bloodshed iu
Mils cily.
To Open Rapid Transit*
NVw York, Spcndal. --The World ot j
t>nni lay says: August Belmonit and j
his construction o.ompany will operate j
the rapid transit system. The unexpect- i
rd admission from Mr. Belmont, that '
he was form (nig a conipawy 'to operate !
tho ro.ul came 'through hiis announce- i
mw.t that E. 1*. Bryan, of St. Louis,
had been engaged by him. Mr. Bryan ,
h i-s been vice president of the St. Louis j
Terminal Railway, which position he !
has jii-rt resigned, .ilr. Bryan lias a j
oorjiratt with Mr. BenuoTvt, represent- |
ing the new ermpany for livo years at i
(20.000 ?? year. H'e will receive $S0,? |
900 bo fore a ear is operated over tho !
A Bogus Interview.
Princeton, N. J., Special.? Kx-Presi- j
flout Cleveliiml, w"heu interviewed re
lative. tn an article on "imperialism, j
war and citizenship," raid: "The ar- j
tick* is a perfe.-t fraud. It b:i3 been t
taken word for word fr-cm the speech |
I delivered at Lawrenceville. in June ;
189S. A few days ago a representa
tive called with a paper which had the
speech in it, and tasked nve If I would
illow htm to use the speech. I told him
I had no objections ?to any one using
It, provided he stated when it had been
delivered, as the speech was already
7hsolotc."
Condition of the Exchequer.
London, By Oaiblo. ? Tho annual j
statement of tho Chancellor of tih-o Kx-.i
chequer, -Sir Michael H'icks-Beach, for |
th<; year ending March 31 at sTvowb a net i
Increase in revenue over 1899 of 11,- '
899,377 pounds ($rj9,49fi,S7f>), of which |
7.4(5L',80l pounds oecurrcid in tho last, j
quarter and was evidently due to tho. j
Immense j>uy men-is for the- release of i
bour&ul goo<Lj previous *o t.lk* budget
annyuncemcnit.
Brevities. ? ,? 'V j
W. F. 'McCready has .<n*mrc*l Judg- j
mcfcit against the IVinitsylvanla Com
pany for $1C6, alleged to have been re- j
taiined from his wages. McCready i
claims that when lie was given em
ployment by the company as a brake
man, he was coerced into Joining tho
relief department aind that a p&rtion of
his wages was withheld each month
fucainst his protest. The suit is regard- j
ed as a te;tt ease. The company gave j
fi'.Ttico of appeal.
Attorney Oenenal Gniggy has given
an opinion t?r> the Secretary of the
Navy to tho eflV-ot that 'the Secretary
of the Treasury fluis compete authority
in the matter of the disposition of t.ho J
wrecks of Spoaisfli vesecls along tho
shores of Cuba. ^ -**
The Director of the Census has ap
pointed Aleeo Bouohereau, of New Or
leans, flpccial ex.p?rt agemt (to collect
st&tl titles of the sugar -Lndiudiry In> the
Southern 8tat<x*.
Serretary Tvor.g has recommended to
Congress that tho employes of tho
NaVy Department be paid for 4'heir ex
cess time in office ifrcm January 1,
1898, to January 1, 1899. It is ex
pected that Congress will make pro.
vision for the reward of these em
ployees. In the carc r>X- N.m De
partment the estimato of cost is placed
at $40,000. *?
Celebration of the esrtablislunent of
?a erigfttt-Orotrr irorklng day t %y the coal
miners brought about almost complete
Idleness to the Pltttfoupg district.
Ntwrly 90,000 men win be benefited by
fife oeweeatowbldb goes Into affect
an MumIui1.1 It 4fyMm for an aotance
WWt 20 per cent and the
PASSED IN SENATE.!
j Tlie Long Debated Porto Rican Bill j
Goes Through.
m FKitIT IN THE SENATE IS OVER.
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Only the Comm t'co Amendmci.t.* j
Accepted? Hason and I orakt r rt?ke J
ttrttliniit Speeches
Washington, O. C.. Special. ? lius |
day was a notublu day in the 1'nlied
States Senate. It brought to a clone
llio sharpest and most prolonged debate
upon an> measure since those discuss
ed during the memorable* "War Con- j
gross," two years ago. At I o'clock in
the afternoVSn the votes were begun
upon the Porto Kican tat iff and civil |
government bill and t^ie pending j
?Tn\ ii*tnvinN, iirid less rnan an hour
later the measure, about which there
had been ?:> much contention in and
out of Congress, was passed bv a ma
jority of nine, the final vote being 10
to II. Only committee amendments
were adopted. It has been evident for
some time that the bill would com
mand a majority in :he Senate, but <
notwithstanding that fact, the Interest
in itlie measure, both of Senators and of
the public, has not Nagged an instant. :
Fhe galleries were crowded and bun- j
Irods of people tilled the corridors un- i
ibie to secure standing room In the I
galleries. Froui .1 1.. o'clock. ...wiicu . ilic-.|
Senate convened, until the 'hour when
he voting began, advocator and oppo
nents of the bill brilliantly and elo
quently maintained their convictions,
n\d the auditors were kept in a state
>f constant excitement. The particu
larly notable speeches of lhe day were
Sollveved by Mr. Mason, of Illinois, in
spposlti on/to the measure, and by Mr.
! fornker, oPohio, who replied to a
brief speech by Mr. Wellington, of
Maryland. It was the Ohio Senator's
Jesire to clear up any mlsunderstand
.ng or misinformation concerning the
jlll. Mr. Mason's spe-M<!i was argumen
tative and amusing by turns, and as It
covered -the entire range of the coun
try's duties and responsibilities to (
ishat the Illinois Senator sarcastically ;
termed "our Insular possessions, it j
fr-a-s very interesting to his bearers,
just before the Senate adjourned a sen
latlonal episode occurred, in which Mr. !
IVolcou. of -Colorado. accused Mr. !
Lodge, of Massachusetts, of uttcilng j
>hat which was "unqualifiedly false."
l he difficulty arose over an effort made j
by Mr. Liodge to have ttho Spooner bill j
made the unfinished business. This
nvoleved the displacement of the Quay \
vase, and t befriend s of tho former
Senator from Pennsylvania nnule. ;
things exceedingly lively for half an j
hour.
?Mr. Mason spoke in favor of the reso
lution of Mr. Wellington, which offers
Independence to the Filipinos, and
wgalnst tt.t. bill proposed by Mr. Spoon
ir, of Wisconsin, conferring authority
upon tare PresWeml to govern t<ho Phil
ippines until Congress should Other- ,
wise direct. ln<-id<'n!ally. he opposed |
the tariff proposed to :l>e placed on j
porto Rican products. He w.vs op
posed. to holding the Philippines, "be
cause under the law of naitio^s, we
have no title and never can liave com
plete? title except 'by conquest of the in- j
habitants. I do not wish them for
glare*. If we govern the.ni, they must
el then- be citizen or wcrf. Whether they
labor as our citizens ,nr.d equals .before,
the law, or whether they labor as our
political slaves, thoir labor competes I
with t'.he labor of our country, and I
am opposed to that. I am .for expan- j
slon. I voted for the annexation of
Haiivaii, but would never have tent
65 000 men there to compel them to ac
cept our Aug. In other -words. I aiji
against taking any territory ?by eon
quest against a friendly people, and
ngain taking any territory that brings
a cheap clasps of labor in free ond
open competition with the class of men
and women who do t ~ne labor in 4hla
country. "
He declared that 1/ it wah treason to
opjjoj-e a war of conquest, >to lift un
just taxation, to confer upon a strug
gling people the blcrrlngs cf liberty, to
protect the laboring mrrn and wome.ii
of this country, then he was guilty,
lie v?a i d bhat only by amending the
constitution could a t"?rff be levied
against tho people of the United States
to prevent their trading with the rest
of the United States. "I 'beg you," be
appealed, "to count the co^t of such an
amendment."
Fishing Up Cannon.
flAVWMMJh fie., ? The Tirrrripn
Dabcock, dredging In the river for the
terminate of the Georgia and Alabama
railway a f ew day s n?o. -picked wp two
old type English catwnon, In a man-of
war wreck It la pulling 'out acarly op
posite the foot of Bull fftroet. One gun
weight aCx>ut J ,000 pcxicwls, and the
other ulKKOt ?50 pounds. The v*tasel is
gupyciCCTt to, -hare tbeen rank at tfyo ttmo
Of ihe British occupation of fifre city
! and wh*<n the Freaob allies eudled up
the liver ?to attack them. The dredge
tme already uken on* a number of
exsmon ball* and severed stiver oolna
?Ta ?hh? of wsrs than. 100 yeare e*K^
nr. Bryan Speak*.
W?w Special ?gW. J. Bryant
-S*.
wide
Aim speeoim yertarfljr, oott ul ]
flha?la in das ootttbic and wo here.
^^ enlon to* WMIW* 8.000
llf III > win "Til W0 18 'ttw !
J?e MMiBC irHfc n
wrfa packcd. Ha left at aW j
Mr. Bryan to nlwoT
throughout Tin: counts.
I lie ?outh.
All the <V/al minors in Indiana mrmlt
Saturday, an<l nil of the Iloavor l>am
' Ky. ) district will s'rlke (Monday.
Kx-Senntor Gibs-son. of .Maryland,
died In Washing tun Cit\
)( Is said Kentucky IVonoi rats have
(CO no to Indianapolis to kidnap ox-Sec
retary of State I-'inloy. who Is hiding
there.
Savannah naval s-.orcs iccoipts for
tho yoar just closed were 1::SG,3I0
packages. against l,4".;i,U>S for the pre
: ceding yoar.
Steamer.* between Kuropt-an ports
I and Ni w Orleans which used to 1
j for the round trip at tho fonnor, have
j now reversed tiio procoedni e.
I Coal operators put no faith in tin* re
port that Alabama coal to tho amount
, of ".000,1)00 toiis has Ix'on s > I <1 to an
Kn^lirh syndicate at 7"> c??n. < a ton at
tho nv1uo8.
'I ho North.
Cornell again defeated Gem-gctou n
H baseball.
Tho Illinois n<>;i oes I. so their rase
brought to enforce mixed school*.
The machinists*' strike is ordered off
but the Cleveland, Ohio, strikers re
fuse to obey the order.
' The governor of Indiana sends re
quisition for a criminal to both of th ?
Kovernora of K.?r.tue?y.
There are 208 entrkv, Including two
women, .for the grand American han
dicap pigeon shooting on Long Island
next week.
Tho woman under arrest in Cinalu
i nati for poisoning the divorced wife of
j C. O. Wlnold. confesses. It was done
: in order 'that she and Wlnold might be
j married.
I The New York World says that Au
j gust Belmont. and his construction
i company will operate tho rapid transit
j system.
? Michael Donnelly, of New York, an
; iron merchant, had filed his petition in
; haiikruptcv. Liabilities. $119,317; as
j s&h, $363,010.
Monsignor Thomas It. Moral). Vicar
| (Jen oral of tho Catholic diocese of
Trenton. N. and rector of St. Paul's
j church 'in Princeton, died Sunday of
i pueumonia.
1 Thomas McGregor, a New Yorlc_ boy,
! died Sunday from the effects of' a blow
! received in a friendly boxing bout.
| Thomas Nelson, the boy who delivered
I he blow, lias been arres>ied^
i
| Gas' escaping from a ii'ealor asphyx
| iated John Proselle, a ufork, at Buffalo,
N. Y.
j V
l>amage from an ieo gor^e. just
j broken In tho RaLsin River at. Monro?,
| Mich., is estimated at $80,000.
I Machael Fleming. of Chicago, III.,
I set fire to the bed on which his wife
was lying, and she watt fatally burned.
Before a large crowd at O^den,
Utah, on Saturday night. Col. William
J. Bryan spoke on the money question.
He is now at Salt l?nkc.
Foreign.
News has been received from MafelT- I
ing up t ci -March 1 ot li . All was then !
well.
Oxford suffers a most inglorius de
feat by Cambridge In the annual boat
race.
.
Lord Iloberts sends a. telegram of
condolence to Kr tiger on the death of
Joubert.
The Chinese General, Pana, com
manding the Luzon, surrenders to Gen
eral Kobbe.
The Gorman government is trying to
make a compromise with the. agrarian
parly on the meat bill.
The Boers threaten to send tho Brit
ish prisoners to Koomat ipoort, a fever
pesthole, if their prisoners aro sent to
St. Helena.
Germany, in return for granting tho
United S'tatrs the open door in her
Chinese territory, wants the Philip
pine ]iorts open to her trado free of
duty.
Governor General Drrvis of Porto
Aieo says if Porto Iliean free trade is
established t.he isand will have no rev
enues. Tho Porto Iliean American
Tobacco Company Is anxious for frco
trade.
The Liverpool spring rup of one
thousand sovereigns, was won yester
day at London by I^ord Durham's Os
bach. Sly Fox ridden by tSIoane, was
unplaced. * ,
A mail train collided with .1 freight
train near Alkhan Tehunt, Caucasus,
tinndny. The petroleum -tanks Ignited
and the engineer** of both trains, tho
po?t3l clerks and many of tho passen
gers perished }n the flames.
?>
Miscellaneous.
A daughter wa? recently born to the
Duchees of York.
Jeffries says all the pitee fighters
are afraid of Fltxsimi&ons.
The teat or tho new style turret* o I
the Kearsargo proved 7 perfectly satis
factory. *
The newly appointed mayors in
many town* of Porto Rlea want to re^j
*tgs, feat sot dSKiwedttf so.
The recently published alleged In
terview o t Mr. Cleveland was nothing
frul ejiuiwU ft urn a ?p?.ti made Iff
Jnne.lttt. ?
The American and British comais
tAwaf- feaerel to^?h? Parts exposi
tion. are worried orsr the vamtUm of
jggaday closta* of thsfr fmcttvf see
T*u> iatanul rsreeus
ON TO PRETORIA. I
Tlial is the Objective Point of Robert's
Move,
THE BOERS WILL MOM BACKWARD.
I lie licnd of the Army Now ji Miles j
North uf Blocinfontoln ? Why riot 1 1 ? '
uen Was Recalled.
? - ? ? -
Ixwuhni, liy (Viblo. ? -The ho.vd or' t Ik* I
army of l/ou\l Huberts Is nixv alwnut HI j
miles nwth of Hloomfonteiu. lx oj- J
oupi&a a o] u ??tor of hills won fi\>m the '
Moci:"s af:or a stiff fight, In which t h ;
llrltL&h lo.>t so von officers and 100 inon. I
Tho lioois had been usCug theso kopjoa
a?> a base for marauding hands hhat j
hiavo boon beating up tho country ioL j
"jnreun to moom Ton loin for supplli-s,
driving entitlo and forcing uon-icsl
stoivt Five Suit o.i I nto their ranks
again. Tlie on-uny must liavo boon In
cotVAkMeiV.blo ?oreo.. as Lord Huberts
sent 8,tKiU hifantry an.l H.Ot'O Cavalry |
against i iic ;n. l^v.d IulutU' progreua
lv? Dreioiui will |iii.!>a >!y consist oJ a
soritw of such forward movoiuents, in
vhloli Door positions will bo attache I
by a portion of tin; army ^advancing
napldly with wiu'4'l iraiu-p>rr tin* lnil'j
army coming up as t lit* railroad Is re
paired. l/;rd Ko harts is ."-tripping th->
forces in the nii'i'.' iv sphere of opera
tions of tl'iolr wan nw and transport
Animals in order to h i.'iN a the advance.
This la. aitdui'iiloaJ .;*> -1h? <.Im?
Why he recalled 1 /tin! Mrtihuon from
Darkly Wrv.t t o K im'borloy. Lord
Huberts had to have Met'biiwi's trans
port.
Tho mwn why a hurt eh arte %vos not
nuido iiifitM' < Vnninvandant Olivior is
that Lord Huberts did not wis>h to wear
? out t'he rivalry tTanispor.t, (Seneral
PaMjiu-.h hitit. .1,000 hor?~w -In-fho relief of
Klnihcrloy it.nd the pursuit of r?or.er.-il
C.ix>nje. Lord Hoborts lo;t .1,000 trans
port cattle nt W'a terva I drift mid it is
estimated '(hot ho -has lo : .4.000 other
anlimnls pJnce ho forward imminent
began. on Wvruary 13th.
T9w rebellion th reunion t tho North
western district of Capo Colony Is al
most RUipprrr.Trd.
Tho Ootti will sail Sa'lu-rd iy with C0(]
nvim ifor ??:. HeY.nu to guard (leir.'ora)
Own jo a nd -1,000 prlswavors.
A Uniform Bnlr.
Savannah, (7a., Special. ? Tho Sa
vannah cd'IfMi exehango is sending ou*.
a circular letter respecting cotton 'bal
ing, giving a now rule with rr. sport 'o
bales w-hl.rh 'is to go into ofTeet with
tho 'beginning of tho next cotton year.
The circular Kays that on and after
Soptenvbor 1, 1900, "all Bales of cotton
In Savannah In bales shall bo 'based on
packages of standard size ( 2-1 x .*? I in
ches) and when hales of other dlinon
fllons are tendered ? for delivery, an
allowance of 2f> rents per halo Khali 1>p
made -to the buyer by the seller on
sue>h cotton.". Copies of tho above
rule aro being sent to tho various, ex
changes of the United Rtates, request
ing IMitr co-en^rat ion. and to farmers,
pinners, merchants, newspapers and
others Interested in- the general adop
tian <?f a uniforin size cotton bale. Tho
Oalvuvstoai cot to f exehanjte has practi
cally adopted t.hv rule.
Another Fire.
New Yor?r, Bpcolal. ? Tho fiteainphip
Old Dominion, formerly of tho Old Do
minion Line, now the property of the
Joy Steam?h.!p Company, plying be
tween New York and lioston, wan
damaged by Are. Kho reached .her pier
Thursday nitfht and about ?, o'clock In
t.he morning fire was discovered in the.
cargo of general merchandise, near the
engine room. The ercw, which rushed
to it he pumps, were driven away by tho
boat, hut the Are department, which
was then summoned, confined the
flames to the lower derk. The total
loss was $Lr?.000.
Telegraphic Briefs.
The Postoffico Department. by In- |
struetlon of President Me.Klnley, his I
Issued an order directing that, mall a/i- I
dressed "Governor of Kentucky" nhall
he delivered to Taylor.
Gen. Piet J. Joubcit, com moral cr-In
chief of the Boer Army, died nt Pre
toria Tno^day from peritonitis, y
Congressman .T. W. Bailey, at Cam- t
eron, Texas, opened .hi* campaign for j
the United States Senate In opposition
to Hon. Horace Chilton. A large num
ber of prominent public men of Toxas
were present to hear him sponk. The
senatornhip will be decided in the prl- j
masies for members of tho legislature, '
a direct voto being taken. j
All the Boer? who were in the
Orange river region of Cape Colony aro
said to have e.>oapcd northward.
Hard Bay for Bryan.,
Spokane, Special. ? Friday was ?-<lay
of hard campaigning for Wm. J. Bryan
He made six epccches In Whitman and
Spokane counties and addressed 35,000
people. At Colfax he addressed an au
dience of 7,000; at ftraffeld 2,000. At
Tekoa he. spoke for 30 minutes to 4.
000; at FarmlngtOn 1,500 heard him for
10 mlnutee and at Spokane he address*
: ed two audfenccs of 10,000 each,
[ speakln* afternoon and evening la the
btf tent of fh? exp04lUon.
BATE ON EXPANSION.
House Considers a Reduction lit tlio
War Taxes.
SK NAT I!.
F;gln> fourth Day. ??^Merriment swept
1 1> uliUonaJ dignity of tlx*' Sena t?>.
s;!i'kl(is for senatorial dororum
literally held their sides ami tdiouicd
with laughter, while the crowded gal
I ihs Joined in the laughing tumult,
j which not ;'he fain lest effort was undo
j to restrain. Senator Pottus, of Ala*
hnma the oldest member of the body -
I aj'.o boiijs; only .t few months short
' of f ?in* score years- delivered the
funnif.it speech heard within the Hen
ri1 clumber in many years. 1! sj>arkl
i ed with wit and bubbled over with
Miuim?r. Its s.u\'a.?tin was Keen, but
n-t bitter; ami oven tlio.se who. wcro
| the \ ietiins of it could not but enjoy
i its porfect good humor and Its tinal
luyed fun Throughout It all, Mr. 1 -
i iii.i was ,i< solemn as If he were de
I livcri-ng a funeral oraitlon. Mr. Prop
? till'. Ji j?'? ti /J, "*?_ -J? j ^
! a forceful tvrgument in support of free
j teole with tin* bland of Porro Kiev
i (Vufclderablo prngrewa wa.s mole wi'h
I t!i < Porio IHcan incisure during tho
j day. inn.:>: o>f the eiMuinlUeo aniond
I nn n!s and wvci'il offered by Son a torn
| being disposed of. Mr. Depew. of New
j York, and Mr. Spoon or, of Wisconsin,
I five notice tint thov would speak on
I M '.iui iy on the Pojdo ltlenn bill C.ow
| sideration of tl-f I'orio Rican bill was
j tlion nwoned and Mr i'roetor spoke.
Mighty-fifth Day. ? The feature of tho
day's session was an exhaustive dis
i cushion ef the pending measure by M
Fairbanks, of Indlam. Particular in
terest was manifested by Senators on
j both sides of the chamber Wi the speech
.in v-U*w of 4be Mtl+?-n?if nt Mr. P.riv
? banks' colleague, Mr. Revoridgo. lie
| supported vigorously and unequivocal
j ly the pending measure, making an ar- |
! uument which, yomc of his' <'olleagues i
! said, would attract widespread atten
tion. Consideration of the Porto Rican
? bill being resumed, Mr. Rneon. of (icor
i ?* I . made a statement concerning the
! substitute offered yesterday for the
i pending unfinished business. Ho de- j
j sired, be said, to take t.o himself no
i credit for the substitute as it wan I ho
j measure originally prepared by Mr.
| Foraker, amended slightly. Ho could
| not speak for all members on his side
j of the chamber, but he knew that as In1
: liad introduced the measure In tho ut
i most good faith, mme Democrats, at
1 least, would support it. It presented,
j he thought, the best proposition yet
! made. Inasmuch as it provided a free
: territorial government of the United
i Stat ok,.
Fighty-slxth Day. ? The Senate con
vened nt 11 a. m., to permit an houi's
lor.-^er debate on the 'bill. -Mr. Hate
t boa addressed t.he Senate. Tils Kipfccli
! fMii'braeed the whole qucy'Mon of ex
j pmS'ion and the treitawn't by the gov
j errcmor.'i and by Congress of our in*
j sular po/sesslons. Ho took strong
j ground against the acquisition of Sp.ui-s
i ivh 'territory under the treaty or Paris;
j agslnst wit'ich iie voted.
1IOI .'-SR.
Klghty-thlrd Day.? After four days
of stormy delta to the house passed tho
Army Appropriation Hill. As passed
(ho 1)11 1 Is only slightly modified from
tho form In which It fame from tfii<
rommitteo. One ef the last amend
ments adopted opens the Soldiers'
Homos to the (ifflcers and men of tho
volunteer and regular armies incapa
eitated ')?y service during or Binco tho
Spanish War. The chief Incident of
tho day wns a defense of the War De
partment by Mr. Parker <N. J.), against
the charge of rockier* extravagance In
the filling tip u/ the transport Sumner
made by Mr. Drlggs, of New York, yes
terday.
Mr. MrRao (Dem., Ark.), moved to*^
strike from the provision for the
"manufacture or purchase" of small
arm ammunition the words "or pur
chase." he declared that tho. govern
ment had ample facility .for tho manu
facture of Ammunition. Mr. Hull vig
orously opposed the. amendment. It
might necessary to purchase ammu
nition and the hands of the govern
ment should not be tied. He called at
tention to our helpless condition for
lack of ammunition at the opening of
the Spanish War and r.afd he favored
? he accumulation of munitions of war.
Mr. Underwood (Ala.), favored the
amendment. Ho was opposed to plac
ing discretionary power to purchase' in
the hands of the War Department. Tie
was inclined to think It led to extra
oHllm:?t?i ?demonstrated that tho gov
ernment could manufacture Its own
guns cheaper than it could buy them
and tho appropriation would be suffi
cient to keep our gun factories at work
eight hours a day torf the ensuing
year.
Kigbty-Hxt'h Day. ? A/possl'blo reduc
tion of the war taxes \yhti foreshaiowod
in a resolution adopted by the House,
calling tho gc/otory of tho Treas
ury for Information aa to tho probablo
r.urplu* .he osistln* revenue laws
would' creato drtrlng this and the com
1-n.g fiscal year. The resolution tfai
?proaenlod by^' 'Mr. Paine, the floor
leader of thtf majority.
'fi^veirat weeds aa?o, was consigned to
oblivion, a^-'wna the bill to refer to tho
Con rt^.of'Cl alms tho claims of oltieen.i
of certain txxrder counties of Pennsyl
vania who suffered lows** during the
various tnenrrtom* of rebel forcea Into
<hcvt State during the civil war. This
bill has been before Congress for over
15 years and involves about $3,4^)000.
Eighty-fifth Day.? The House finish
ed up a hard week's work by passing
the fortifications appropriation* bill.
Not a single amendment was offered
and tho bill pasted as it came from the
committee. A three hours' political de
otf ewaa preclpjtated, .Bminrabm,
on both sides befng^driiwn Into It, Mr.
Hem eu way, of Indiana. In ottarftoTfbe'
bill, explained that the measure carried
t7.0M.ni, mm tiMtMmmf****
estimates. He ssld redactions 1st the
vsgance ami JoMwry.and , the
attention of the &*xm to the. Acta
elicited yesterday *e*tndh?f the tara*
port Sumner. This referent to tha.
Soamer anraeed Mr. Parker,
tailed .tha history of the vassal, which* [
he tald. had beaa_wUdl^dtstofted. ?
El^bty-fowfth HbIII
voted tha 4ay to wveWm lh? Mild
10 STOP VANDALISM.
? >
An Old Dorclio.ster Tort to E>?; Tal
Care of.
Secretary of Stat? Cooper lait. weeli
received iho following -letter ifrom Goa,
Ivduvard MeCrady, wihleli explains It
self:
Charleston, 3. C., March 2D, 1900.
Tho Hon. M. H. Oooper, Secrotary of
SUite, Columbia, S C. ? Deav Sir: Un
<:<-r B<?^t ion 82 of five HovW>d Statutes
it is provided thai yuu shall tako
c'hargo of nil the property of 'the Stato,
tho cji'ii and custody of which, is not
otherwise provided for by law.
1'ivder the provisions of this section,
therefore, you haAo general <*Kurgo
and supervision o<f the (State's proper
ty.
There Is at tho village of Glu Dor
Chester. in Dorchester Ooitnty, on tho
A/'hToy HlvVr. tho remains of <Uho tort
built at a very ?arly period- In the his
tory ofXho province, and whleh Is,
rtureforo, of great historical ln.terost
and .val'Hv It is i tJttC Uip_
or rti'o *s>i>.i'U\ lktv1n\g boon &rtlU uytffu
province for tho purpose of Its pro tec -
tlon, and situated on the corner qf
what wvus formerly tho old publics
minute. As I havo boon (Informed that
'there aro parties who .are disposal to
destroy or make depredations upon
this property, 1 would euggest th>at you
put it in c'hargo of 'the Historical So
ciety of 'S\sut'h Carolina ?wvd authorize
n.s t<? take Charge wwd take whatever
?oU--ps wo see lit to preserve It from de
struction ? thai is to say, put in our
charge the old1 fort as tho property of
i ho State mid tho public squwre at
tached.
Tnuvt ing that, this will suggest itself
to yon as tho pmpox-xftsposltlon to -ie
ftw 41w* ?jw-ftwi1 vrtfkm- of the prop"
ertv as be-l o^ing to tho Staio and
having ouch historical value, I aim Vei*/
respectfully yours,
lobwAlM) MeCR.AiI>Y,
President SottWi Carolina Historic*!
Society. V
Secret an#- ?Cooper aft^MfnqUiry found
that lie had the necessary au'thc"**^
?and ?*on'l (Jen. M^Pn.itd'y full fit
to take caro of thv> property,
<iv J
Palmetto Notes,
Several days ago Governor Mc-^
Sweeney received (lie following ottkdai.'.
(lo^iiniciit : We pro-eat P. T. Cawtihen,
magistrate, for be in'g Implicated ia th?>
f.;f' illni'.a; of J. J. Ttrldges's cotiticn, h?
li'iving In his possesion one bate - of V
? lie stolen cotton. \V'o name aw
in s. i s aj'.-.i ! !i.- i him .1. J. Bridges, O.
Morlccy, W. T. Mobloy and B6yklaj
White. We also raouimavowi 4'lw tm~?
mediate removal of Hie ?:i Id P.
CaulLhim from t.hn office otf nva?l?t l*ate ^
awl rceanmicnd II. W. M-otbley- -for ap
pointiiment.
J. Til OS. FA 1 1 >13, Foreman,
l'pon motion of iSollcitor J, K, Henry ? ?
It is ordered1 that <a cerM<fled copy of
this Rpoc/.al presentment be forthwith
forwarded to ths (Governor. f
JA!ME5 A LDHJOII, Presiding Judge.
Governor Mc-Swooney referred the
matter 1;o t he Lancaster delegation, and
they x^epliul by rt*>tlng- ifoatt iltey did ?
nir>t Know w hait llicre was In the
charges; Hint the noni'Ineo waa ?ug
gitsttHl as a result of the 'primary and ..
that they had no oM.e.L'ttone to the ap
pointment of ?Mr-ZMofoey. who waa a
good man. Governor M/aSweeney took
the pOAltlQQ thvtt it?he report of the 5?
grand Jnf.v should bo given duo con
oid oration 'Jind that, ui\der sucdi a posl
tivo statement 'from t^e grand futy.
auwl without Objection fnom the dele- -
ftu.tio.n t hat he would* remove tho mag
istrate. Mr. Gaiatihcgi has been ? ea- ,
moved and Mr. tMoblcy, aa suggested, ""
named os his jyiicccflaor.
Oix?n<villc, fjpecla.1. ? Pink Slzcmore, v
White, aged 40, died suddenly |p> Mag
iktrate Maul din's office Friday, a/fter
no:>n. He and Tcyn ?S Ingle tori had
'ber.n arretted for,* is leu ling a watch f=
from Mfa, Kliza Slzemore, at Poe mill,
WhiH? the cxamiimautslon was progresa- ft
Ing Sizemore fell and tided in flour
minute.*. Dr. Swan dale pronoufneed
tho cause to be dropsy of the hexrt.
Slzeimoro had n family. He waa badlj*
afflicted with dropsy and drank hea,?-.
fly. Thrro was no undiue excitement
In his arrest.
The return's from the refcfcnt military
elections, which hnivo Just -cfeen held
eltow the eicctjioiii of Col. 9. W. KoI- _ v
lor.k, of Charleston, of cavalry; Lieut.
Col. r>. A. Herbert, of Oran^^bwg^ of
Infantry, ?ind Major W. T. Kllerbe, of
tlvo 3rd battalion of cavailry.
N4m?y-?ix, "Special ? Miles'
Cheatham, a yoisng lady living near
?this place, while In a convulsion, fell
Into the fire and was fatally "burned
on tho 27<t<h. - ... -
The Intermediate examination* fcatt
t<h*> gioaarih Car.-oilfina College have hso?
concluded. 'The examinations were
strict and searching and the apaxk^ 9X9^?
not as high as many>of "the yiun-g (men
expected. / N^y '
Senator Tillman Is pressing iipofat - _u
Car.crcsa tha settlement of the olalias ? -
of this State against the Nitloo^l vr
Government, and ihas recently uneertM- '
edv voJuafble documents bearing '
the'motiter In the departments at *
^ngton. 'Mr. J. T. Gantt 2?as ^
equally ntx*--wful at this end of
line, and has presented to
MoSweeney a /e^>ort of tls'
gofher with ?ho orlgSnal doc ^
ferfed to. The papers
nnezpectsd, and m_*~
strocger case tban^. T
to ha,TS. - ? -;-.vV
The negro Hunt, ?ko
Pi mwrtpr,
dtsd at Ytf
Devsd
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