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I NBAI, INVESTIGATION. RKPOUT op JOINT Tb« Attorney Geuerai’e Concise nnd OomprehenslTe Humnunry of the Results. ^ ■ - - ■ . S'j" The report of the jolot committee “ to IsTestlgste the hff.ir. of ths State penitentiary,” sppgluLed at ths last •esslon of the general aisembly, has just heed 11 Issued f'oai t is ureases of the State printers, asd u being sent to the members ut the general assembly, who are asked to preserve their copies. The volume contains 458 pages. Pre liminary to the report pt the committee, which has already been published Is The State, and tne transcript of tpe voluminous testimony Is a mesa from the Governor transmitting whole to the general assembly. In this message the governor Quotes the resolution, all oorrespondenoe between his office and the attorney general’s office.- Then the message concludes thus: The whole matter was then placed entirely In the QaaJs of the attorney you plalnlv, and as briefly as possible, . the fuels In the case and the action commuter. | taken by me, Inasmuch as you hava the report of the committee and the testimony. Trusting this will meet your approval, It Is respectfully sub mitted. i w M. B. Mc^wkznky, ■ . Governor. tlrely general-, with full power to act, and protect, as far. as possible, the In tereets of the State. Ue set to work diligently to ascertain the liability of the bondsmen of the late superintend ent of > the penitentiary and to colieci the several amounts due the State. Criminal action was also brought against the defaulting superintendent in the sessions court for Richland county,- under three separate Indict ments. These oases will come up for trial at the spring term, 1900, of tne criminal court for Richland county. As soon as the attorney general de termined the*llabllity of the bondsmen of the late superintendent, they came forward and paid the amounts for which they were liable, as will be sean from the following communication from the attorney general: Executive D -partmeni. Office Of the Attorney Giaeral Columbia, S. C., O.t. 2d, 1899. To His Excellency, the Governor, Co lumbia. S. C. Sir : Upon tne coming In of tha re port of tbe committee of tbe general asMinbly appointed <0 investigate tbe affairs of the pcultentieiy, your excel- leacy referred the seme to me, to take such action as would protect tbe Inter acts of the State, end 1 at oace pro ceeded to give the matter attention. The committee has divided the late superintendent's liabilities Into two classes, vis: First, as shortage ad mitted by himself, items aggregating IS.584.41; end, second, liabilities “ con tested by bin;,” composed of "convict hire on the Weleon contract for the years 1896, 1897 and 1898.17,400, and stable real, 1740, aggregating 18,140Z’ I beg to eeil your attenttoe, first, to the secoad clais of liabilities, so-called. Upon investigation 1 *<ad that Neel, as srtatendent, for the years 1896 and accepted in payment for ooevlct hire two notes, whtoa he discounted et the Carolina National bans and placed the proceeds to the credit of the peni tentiary. The tttate received the mosey arising from tbeee discounts, ead, ooosequeatly, cannot count this as a lose. The bank must suffsr on this account, unless the general assembly gives it relief. For the payment of the hl/w of con victs for the year 1898, J. B. Wateoa, the con tractor, gave to the board of dl rectors of tbe peoltenUarv his check oa aa Anderson bask for $£,800, which check was transferred to the Gat oil ea National bank, and one of tbe noses above mentioned (for 1897) Was there with taken np, nnd Is now In the pos session of the penitentiary aulhorltlae. Inasmuch as this check was credited to the penitentiary aooonat, being ex obaaged for the note taken up, It fol lows that this cannot be allejpd as a low chargeable against Neal’s official hood. As to the last Item, 8740, referred to as " stable reat, n It super 18&, KILLING OF GEN: 8ROGWICK. A Bit of War History Published Now tor Use First Time. To the Editor of The State. Yon republished what I said in the Abbeville Medium about Cnpb O. B. Warwick, of the Eighteenth U. 8. In fantry, who was killed In a skirmish i Philippine*, Nov. 26. You gave t to The Press and Banner through inadvertence, and I make no complaint, but write to make a correc tion In what I wrote and to tell some strange coincidences about the killing of Gen. Sedgwick. Lieut. Char es R. Paul was not In the company with Gapt. McLaughlin and Lieut. War wick who were here in 1874. He came In 1876 with Capt. Lloyd and Lieut. Barnhart. I took him to a big politi cal meeting at Due West, where we had a brass band, red shirts, negro De mocratic speakers and two pitchers on the stand. It was an Interesting expe rience for him. —i : - LieuW. Paul afterwards married n daughter of Gen. Rains, who was- an old army officer, but rmigned nnd came South. He had charge of a Con federate foundry in Augusta during tbn war between the States. Llsut. Panl told me that he was sit ting on a horse near Gen. John Sedg wick when he was killed by one of Mc Gowan’s sharpshooters at Spottsylva- ala Court House. Paul was acting on hlt^iaff and Gen. Sedgwick was giv ing orders about bringing up some commissary wagons. In a very few mlautes.the word pasted down our line that one of our sharpshooters bad kill ed a Yankee general. Some years ago while dlntag with Hon. J. J. Darlington, In Washington, D. C., his father-in-law, an eldarly minister, told me that he saw the body of Gen. Sedgwick when It landed in that city, and that Gen. Sedgwick was the only man be saw during the whole war who bad been killed in battle. I wee standing la the broad road leading to Spoitaylvanta Court House when the word came al^ng the line that a general bad been killed by oae of our eharpehooters at a single shot at a distance of 1,000 yards. It Is strange that 1 should meet bis aide after so many years and also the man who saw the body reach Washington. In "Lee's Sharpshooters,” recently published, Mej. W. S. Dunlop, wbo commanded ■eviowan's sharpshooters, tells who Ml Gen. Sedgwick as follows : We reached the backbone of the ridge, near the edge of a field which lay out beyoed. Here we could plainly etc Sedgwick’s corps la line of battle oa tbe crest tf another hill, busily en gaged In rectifying their lines and con structing breastworks, with their skir mishers well advanced. Upon tbeee we opened a icattenog Are with some effect. We discovered aa angle pro truding from their mala line towards the right of the battalion, which brought a four gun battery with Its Infantry supports placed there for the defense of the eailent, barely within reach of our long range rifles. And to these Beu Powell with his*Whitworth' aed a few flies on the right paid their respects. Presently an officer of rank with his staff approached tbe sa il sat, and adjusting hit field glasses, began to take observations of the front. A fnw shnts only had been fired at tha- f roup, when the ringing peal of 'owell's * Whitworth ’ wen heard some distance to the right; the officer was seen to stagger aad fall, and the bril liant career of that gallant aad dis tinguished soldier, Maj. Qen ANOTHER BRITISH DEFEAT. ENGLAND MUST BEND MORE MEN. Geo. Methuen Checked la Hie Ad vance and Thrown Book—A Dis tinguished Officer Killed. f Etch Important battle seems to bring a worse reverse for the British, and the London newspapers sorrowfully admit that Lord Metnuen's check at Magersfonteln Is the most serious event the war has yet produced. The Morning Post says : 11 We have had our day of humiliation appointed for us. Let us accept it humbly aad sober- iy and be the better and stronger for the lesson It has taught us. This last reverse will make us a fresh butt of Europe* There never was a more apt occasion to prove to Europe what w* are worth.” The position Lord Methuen assaulted is thus described by a correspondent. "Magersfonteln range terminates on the east with an abrupt saddle rock, some 150 feet high. Boer entreach- menta run around the whole front. Tbe position is some two miles long, due east and west. The westers ends of the trenches follow the contour of the kopjes and afford a retreat." It is estimated that Lord Methuen's forces amounted to 11,000 men aad per haps more. No reliable estimate of his losses has yet been received. All the papers comment npoa the extreme gravity of tbe sltuatloa and uik>q tbe momentous decision Lord Methuen nee now to make—whether to remain at Moddsr river or to retire on Oraage river. The Times says : “ At least 30,000 additional men must be seat ouf^ The entire available reserve must be eelled up and tbe militia and volun teers turned to account. Efforts must be made to increase the local colonial forces, and further offers of troops from Canada and other colonies must be sought and accepted." , The standard, which comments upon the "seemingly astonishing numbers of Boers," Is driven to the conjecture that a substantial portion of the Boer commandoes has been recruited from the Cape Dated. Ail eye# are now turning hopefully to Gen. Builer, who taking lato ac count tha troupe with Gen While at Ladysmith, has altogether 30,000 men. The Standard says : "At this moment there must re few men la her majesty's dominions having great a weight of care upon them aa Geo. Bailer carries oa his snouldert.” The special correspondent of The Daily Mall at Modder river, describ ing tbe fighting says Boer victory of the war. Lord Me thuen's forces were not only driven back in dlsmav, but they left a total of 832 officers and men either dead, wound ed or captured on the field of battle. In this number were many of thefhwer and pick of the British army, and to day there is sorrow and mourning In hundreds of English boueebolds. Even the boasting British Toi per* and the war department ol admit temporary defeat, and England Is now humiliated ae she has not been in dose ns of years. »ry pa- )ffiotals Mitchell, en altitude of 6,787 feet—the highest point thie side of the Rookie*. | The country radiating from Mt. Mitch ell toward the Toe river and then off I in the Linvllle region would indeed make a most desirable location for the | national park and forest reservation. Thefifamons Murchison foundry Is lo cated In this region.” A GOOD DE TBCTIV E' BTORY. - - *a item of expense, aad is not charge able ae a breach of the official bead. I am, therefore, of the opinion that at the present time non* of the chargee contained In the second cine* ol liabi lities could be made tbe basis of a salt against the bondsmen of the Iste super intendent of the penitentiary. It will bs noticed that on the aooount of tbe lease of convicts for ths three yeere mentioned, the State has lost 12,600; but I know of no legal steps which can be taken to reooves this amount. Among the first Items of the first clast of liabilities (83,584.41), there are ^.two which were deducted when de mand was made upon the bondsmen. The report charged up " check unpaid aad carried by Burris*, 8172.” Upon investigation I find this paid bafore the report was referred to this office. There Is also charged, "W. W. Russell, note for 8808,” for which the peniten tiary received the money, which It has never returned to the bank, discount ing the note. As long as the State holds the proceeds of this discounted - note It cannot demand of ths bonds men reimbursement on that account. Therefore, deducting these items, $172 and 1600, from tbe 13,584 41, we have ns the amount chargeable against the bondsmen at the date of the report the sum of 82,812-41. I notified the bondsmen, Messrs / Wills Jones, W. 8. Pope and P. H. Haitlwanger, of the claim of the State, and It gives me pleasure to say that they have promptly met the demand upon them, each paying the sum of 8937.47. I now bold the State trees urer’s receipt for the amount paid on the bond. Senator Tillman, upon the presenta tion of hi> bill, as reported by the committee, paid the amount due the StetsT " : ^ I desire to acknowledge valuable as- sistanoe rendered me by the Hon. W. F. Stevenson, chairman of the com mittee of ievestigation. Respectfully -.7 >-=% G. Duncan Bellinger, »Attorney General. ^ The attorney general has discharged hUydutle* la tbis matter faithfully, aad I commend his diligence. I have thus given you In detail the course taken on this report, so that C in might be la full possession of the ots la the pass and be able to take intelligent action, If you should deem say further .proceedings have Blot felt It my duty la this oon- ncctloa tn do more than to lay before army corps, waeeloeed, aad closed forever. Powell reported at onoe that be hid killed a Federal general but we knew not his name or rank until It came out a few days later In the North ern papers, announcing that Gen. Sedgwlok had been killed by a Confed erate sharpshooter ; which fact so pub lished has gooe Into history, but the ghtlng Tbe Boer trecches extended far beyond the kopje into ths open plain. Those on she plain were hidden by screens of leaves. Those near the kopje were guarded by a double Hoe of beroed wire. Evidently they feared our storming and bayonet attack. ‘ " We teked the kopjs aad treaebes with aa In lease, well directed fire, of various guns, lucludiur a naval gun and a Howltser battery, both uelag lyddlie. I believe they suffered severe damage. The Boer prisoner* report that one lyddite shell fell among forty men, only five of whom eeoaped un hurt. Other shells burst la the seamy's laager, causing Its complete deetruo- tion. ** The Boers are In still larger force than we found them at Modder rlvdr, outnumbering us by almoet 8 to I. The Transvaalers are apparently dominat ing In their military councils, although In a mlnorlty. M " The British casualtias Included the Marquis of Winchester, major of the Secoad battalion Coldstream Boards, who was killed, aad Col. Dowaham of tha Gordon High leaders, wbo aBa mortally wounded. ' When the Highlander* met the mur derous potat-blaak fire cf the Boers about 200 were mown dews. The Black Watch regiment on reforming wee able THE SOUTHERN NATIONAL PARK The Crtgln ol the Proposed Park lp the Mbantafls off Western North OaroUaa. The movement to establish a South ern national park, which now gives such fine promise of success, had Its origin la a hunting and fishing trip through a portion of the northwest country, taken last May by Judge William R. Day, McKlnleya former Secretary of State ; Dr. C. P. Ambler and Georga H. Smathera, of Asheville. The party was riding through the Sap- E h ire country on horseback. One morn- ig while passing near the White Falla, Judge Day stopped, enraptured by the soeaery. The other two mem bers of the-party rode od without no ticing him. Presently Dr. Ambler turned back and found the judge silll motionless under'the Infinenoe of his majestic surroundings. " Do you know what I was thinking about ? r ’ finally asked the judge. " No, but I would like to, replied the doctor. „ <* “ Well, I was ' just thinking that something ought to be done to preserve all this "—sweeping his hand over the country. " Something should be done to save it from spollaiioj.” The ex secretary was lost la admiration of the “ Why shouldn’t It be made a na tional park ?” suggested the doctor. Judge Day thought the Idea magnif icent and me doctor thought so, too. From that time Dr. Ambler began to agitata the establishment of a national park. He worked hard and alone at first, but soon secured the oo-operatlon of other* aad presently there was a call for a convention supported by pro minent men la all of the States of the southeast. Tbe ooeveatlon was held on November 22, and was a brilliant suc cess. There was a good attendance aed a well directed effort to eeeur* the |mrk was Inaugurated. The necessary com mittees were formed and as expressing the seose of the ooeveatlon and the ob ject of the movement, the followleg resolution was panned : " Whereat, the Went has the Yellow stone national park and there leaaotb er on Mackinac Inland, aad the South ban noae, and lumbermen are galaleg control of the vlrgla forests, game Is becoming extinct aad could be restored by a pare, mountain trout are dying out, several hundred thousand acres could be gotten here cheaply, all of which Is uerlvaled for soeaery aad Is centrally located ; there Isa most salu brious climate; this would be a suitable place for the national sanitarium for sick soldiers, aod the head waters of our streams should be preserved ; therefore be It “ Resolved, That Congress be eeked to set aside a forest preserve for the park." I had a vary latoreetiag talk with Dr. Ambler, who as I have said, wee the original mover la the enterprise. I asked him whet were considered the beet loeatloas for the park, aad ha re plied : * "The several geatlemea her* le Asheville who have darleg the pest few months promoted the movement toward the establishment of e national park la the Bouthera Appalachian mountains, have not proposed aad do Gold OertUtoat* Was Through a Woman’s rood detective story from A Missing Recovered Dream. • Here is a gc the New York World. It may. furnish 'a valuable pointer to detectives elne where. Mrs. Mary Coleman had just received Insurance money on her bus- band's life and secreted it In a bureau drawer in her room In Jersey City. #n Monday morning she harried to police headquarters and reported the loss of *81,000 gold certificate. Here Is the remainder of tbe story as related In the New York World : Detective Doyle was put on the ossa. After searching Mrs. Coleman’s apert- HOW TOWNS CRT THEIR NAMHB.I BUI A#p Takes a Tour aad Ol Many Things—Dull Town* Progressive Places. How ephemeral is fame. Thin word is of Greek origin aad literally means “for adty” and was applied to tha lives of certain Insects. Its —TSilnf has broadened and now It in applied to life or fame or wealth or happiness or anything that It of brief or uaoertala deration. 1 wee ruminating about this beoanse I have bee* down to Barneevllle and Thomas too, two pros perous towns, on* In Pike and the other In Upeon county. I Inquired of several good ottiseas wbo Mr. Upson was and they could not tell.. Finally an old gentleman said that be was a member of the legislature from Ogle thorpe county and was a very greet and good man and died wly, aad tbe Legislature of which he was a member made a new county and named it for him. But sow there Is not on* maa la a hundred in that^oounty that knows anything about him. I did not And anybody who knew what Mr. Thomas, meats he oloeely questioned the wo- WM ewued for. Juat so I did man and an idea came to him. “ Have you dreamed of the monev either before or since you missed it ?” he asked. Mrs. Coleman said that In a dream she had wen a man take ihe money from the bureau drawer and disappear through an open window " Are yqn a somnambulist ?” queried the detective. Mrs. Coleman had no recollection of ever having walked le her sleep. “ The lee* is agitating you,” said the detective, aad hs advised Mrs. Cole man to lie down and sleep. " You might perhaps dream of the money again,” be continued. " You might then secure another clue.” Doyle went back to police headquar ter* and assured Chief Murphy that the money would probably be recover ed. He was about to start for Mrs. Coleman’s bouse yesterday morning, when the widow entered headquarters her face beaming. Gleefully she exhibited the 81,000 certificate. She had followed Deteo tlve Doyle’s Instructions. During the night she got out of bed aad found the missing certificate in a corner of the room under the carpet. She was asleep at the time, aad did cot awake until late la the morning. She was lying on the floor with the certificate in one hand aad the other boldlag an upturned ooraer of a strip of carpet. Feet are Larger.—Shoemakers and haberdashers who eater to the waste of the elite assert that their pe trous this year demand hosiery aod shoe# averaging from oae-half to one and a half sises larger tbaa they did five yearn ago. Tn* majority of the dealers believe that tbe average length aad breadth of maa’s feet have bean steadily Increasing since the wane of the fashion which demanded a pointed 46* and tight fitting shoes. This they explain by saying that the effect of the style la vogue six years ago was to cramp and distort the eetural develop ment of the feet. Whee the style changed aod comfort became the crite rion of fashion natare again exerted Its if. Feet which bad become dis torted during the reign of the narrow shoe aad pete ted to* slowly began to broaden aad adapt themselves to their ■aw surroundings. The change, being gradual, weal for a long time uanotle ed, and not until the mereheate re cently began to compare their sstles of five years ago with those of today was It found that ths average increase has been approximately one else. Several wall kaowa shoe dealers said that whaa they first began to no tice the apparent chi not find anyonj at Baraeevlll* wbo knew what Mr. Plk* that county was named for. So I had to wait till I got home and examined my books aad I learned that Z jbulon Pike was a great soldier in the war of 1812—that before that he explored the tar west, aad was the first man to discover aad ascend that very high mountain which has ever since been called *’ Pike’s Peak.” The town of Z jbulon took his Chris tian name or rather his Jewish name, for Zshulon was the sixth toa of Jaoob *au his descendants became sailor*. Nobody oould tell me wbo Baraesvlllle was named for. Nobody oarea very much wbo nay town or county was named for. The present seem* to be all that concern* us, and the historic rt will sooDtpass into oblivion for the old men are nearly all dead. Not long ago I read how an English mas was walking about the beautiful cemetery of Gettysburg aod met a Confederate veteran there and said to him: These grand monuments aad grave stones will forever perpetuate the mem ories of the brave men who fall, but I fear your Coafederat* dead will soon Into oblivion units* you give them cemeteries aod monuments like these.” “ No,” said the veteran, “ Oars will last as long as the**, for every stranger whooomes her* will naturally ask tn* same question that you did : Who killed an these people who are burled here F’ Aa I travel over the South I oaa tell a prosperous town from a stagnant oa* by the wheels that are turslog, the smoke stacks and the hum of machi nery, or the absence of all those— Barneevllle L forging ahead aad so Is Thom as too, for both have cotton mills already aod are building more. Thomas toa oaa boast of having the oldest cotton factory la Georgia for It built la 1833, aad has boss added to In later veart, aad bow Is ereotleg another with a capital of 8100,000. Everywhere are vlalbln the signs of progress aad business activity. The hotel recently built by Mrs. Sand wich is a gem of beauty aad reminds the traveler of Florida aad the tropins. All around *r**to be seen new re sidence* of ssodera architecture. The auditorium uearlv completed te a mar vel of Grecian beauty. Aa electric plant light* the a*w hotel .-nd noma* aad will boo* light the of the little olty. Mrs. Saadwioh established this plaat aad owas it Just ponder It a momtnl. A woman 1* the foremost factor la the advancing progress of a newborn city. Now U they will let her tear down the old ante-bellum oourthooee aad eraot a new 00* ah* will do Ik But ah* can't vote—when la this foselllferoes relic of ft He _ from Colembua down that MeaMaff aad for 400years. It wag* gread Th* Wrowq Ckxdit fob a Nutanui , Saying.-" MiHiens for defaa not a cent for tribute " letke eeatt meet that for a he has keaa linked with that, era! Charles 0. Pinckney. Ittf dft> f ravea oa a marbia tablet C 'laekaey's memory la 8A church la Charloetoa. close of th* eeatan a story lei the round* to th* effeet that Ge Plnokaey never es* never claimed to have late Hon. Alfred Huger, « wrote a letter la 1811, la looted a ooevereatloa betweaa Thomas a. Grlmke and General Charles 0*1**- worth Pinckney as folio we: " ‘General,' said Grlmke, 'wo like to know If th* Fraaoh dir ever ao.ually proponed aaythlaff Ilk* tribute froan the United State* to ywa, when minister’ — “They did sir’ ho answered; the question was : What will tha Halted States pay lor oertala poiltteal par- poses t ole.' “ 'What was year answer, General f naked Grlmke. . v , " ‘Not a sixpence, sir, 1 eral Pinckney. you say anything alee, “ Did alF " ’Not a word, eir.' “'Was there aothlag Hoes for defence, bat not tribe te?" about mil- “ 'I never used aa; 1 nay aa Goodie* sir; Mr. Robert a public mooting; I “ ‘Did you ever oorroot th* Harper’s speech, General f* ** ‘No, sir. Tho aatioa expression, ahd I always would have been more denyjag thaa submitting port. ~ w m~ Plating Doctor—Childrea are qelok at imitation, aad hava a lor making up games la cleverly burlesque the! day two bright Util* foaad playlag ■■ child has the patient, with head wrap ped la a towel, aad th* eMar, the pfep- eiolaa, with a silk hat aad oaaa. Tha elap la mother, listened at th* “I feel awful __ “ We'll fix all that," briskly. “Lemmaam Out cam* the little red "Hues! Ham I Osated f doctor, looking very grave! Thee, wlthoet a word of tho skilled phyetclaa koala gave the patient a am region of toe rib*. “ Ouch r cried tho eoffOr. “ Feel nay pale there r* Inquired the doctor. " 1 thought so,” said tha I “ How's th* other eld* f “If* all right," said tl edging away. Thereupon the doctor prodt small bottU filled with what I like eltker broad er placed It 00 the table. “ Take oae of those poUoto." pbyalotaa said, “ dleealved la every 17 mlaatee alter mlt-ly.* “Bow loag mas* I takeWr need 'hepatient. Till you die," said tha < ‘Good morning, sirP Methodist. a got name of' the mai behind the gun’ has never before been mentioned.” Ben Powell was from Lancaster, 9. C. There may not be much In what I have aald above, but some of the old soldiers may be Interested in the story. Robert r. Hemphill. Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 12, 1899. A New iNDUiTUY.— ' Photograph- ng tombstoaes,” says the Philadelphia Record, “is a novel Industry which has been InsYlUtuted by a colored mao oftblseliy, who was at onetime boy of*all work In *' photograph gallery. He has recently branched .out for him self, and has already eltabllshed a re munerative business which promises to open up evea a wider field In the future. He visits the various ceme teries with his camera, and when the day Is fair he takes pictures of many of the Imposing monuments. After he has developed nls plates he takes the proofs around among the relatives of the deceased, and usually Hods a ready sale for his pictures. Of course, he has to take ohaoces, for he works en tirely without orders, trusting to senti ment for hie sales. Still, he says, It Is very seldom that he doesn't get an or der. He also has* habit of haunting the marble works where tombstones are made, and by striking while the Iron Is hot he takes a picture before even tbe bereaved relatives have seen the~ stone. This is always a ten strike.” Puroouattyr tThisr been my good fortune during the past 10 years, to have been pretty well over th* wild and unfrequented portions of weetara North Carolina, northern Georgia, east Teaaeesee and Ylrglnla, aad l de not hesitate at all to say that the most beautiful parte of this Appa lachian raaga are located In western North Carolina. “ I believe that If we can get Oon- commission to la- movement western will have several sites presented to them M possible locations. Of course, the location of a large tract gress to appoint a vestlgate this mi North Carolina will ’ course, the location of a large < of land a* forest preserve and national park la a difficult thing to do, particu- lari] ijays —The latest official-census-of-the Wand of Cuba shows a population of about one aod one half millions. One half of the population of the satire Island Is embraced within th8 limits of the largest cities. Havana contains 280,000 people, Santiago 86,000, Clen- fugos£2,000, Matansas 55,000, Cardenas and Sants Clara each 35,000, Plnar del Rio 34.000. There are a number of others betwesa 20,000 aod 10,000. —It Is estimated that -the wealth possessed by ' less than one-third of tha members-Of the United States Be ante amounts to more then $100, ! 900,000. i*s and also la ths wire eotanglemeats when they cam* Into the open la an attempt to make a flank attack on the British. Tbe terrific British artillery fire pro voked no response except from the Boer rifles until nearly 4 o’clock la the afternoon when the Gordon Highland- or* formed to renew the attack 6a the entrenched kopje. They advaaeed with the utmost gallantry to attack the Boers, close to the place where lay their dead and wounded oomrades of the Highland brigade. The enemy opened with a heavr shrapnel fire as tee British advaaeed, and it was found physically impossible to take the Boer trenches. The British got within 200 yorde, but oould not get nearer. It was here than Col. Dowa ham fell. This morning (Tuesday) both sides occupied thejposltlons they held before the battle. The greatest bravery was displayed^ by both officers aad mea. The wounded Include Lieut, Col. A. E. Codrlngton and Capt. Sterling, both of the First battalion of the Coldstream Guards. A detachment of Boers, posted amoag some thick bushes to th* east maintain ed a most destructive fir* os our right. With the remarkable taleut for taking cover which the Boer always displays they were generally speaking lavlaet- ble, and, although ths eaemy’s artille ry wss practically sllehced, his rtfis fir* was so peifilstent and ooaceatratod, as well as usually well sdned, that It was absolutely Impossible for the British Infantry w take the position by assault. At the first ad varcs of tha Highland- em the Boer shooting was somewhat high, probably owing to the darkness. Otherwise tbe British losses would have been still heavier.^ LONDON, Deo. 14.—The British have met with disastrous defeat la South Af rica. The Boers have overwhelmed the queen’s army In Capo Colony, and I possi two jyiDqml*,,U*U«re and Methuen, the HlghlaStf section, have tasted the bittereese of Boer vlo- undoubtedly be situated tory. Their armies have been foroed ' backward, and the long bonsted ad vance of the British through - the Or- »y found that when fashion de manded the ns* of narrow shoes feet were oloeely confined aad by degrees became smsll.' As style* changed and aa easy fit was alone desired the feet seemed to expand aod grow Iteadlly larger until th* fashion again required a small, neat foot, when tbe process would be repeated. One merchant, versed In ancient and Oriental h'story, pointed out me th* fact that laooue- tries where ^he sandal or other loots foot covering Is generally worn the Inhabitants are f Iftfift _ lest negro la this town has a vote la tolecllng Its ruler, while a widow who E f* th* highest tax Is excluded. All t one of th* teachers la our public schools are women, but they have no voloe lu anything except the privilege of teaching our children. Th* Hara* wick bill Is dead, aad the maxim Is to ■peak no 111 of the dead, but a better bill would have One Mori Dewey story the Dewey fever saboMso * ■tore^tor^ooJftaAdteM ns^a^eswdsluged^ SH* been to place the bal- j feet of tbe Inhabitants are compara tively large, aod In oountrle big shoe Is In poor taste small feet are 1b the msjorlty.—OlnclnnEtl Enquirer. nnge Free State nnd the Transvaal, by ksd. way of Kimberley, While in the end 1 pected the British will march the oaemy's country, tbe faqt Is Mist they have been whipped and whip ped badly. Nothing short of groat re inforcements nnd that at onoe will save tha Invading army from practical an nihilation. It turns out that the battle of Monday at Magerefoatela was arly for the reason that It must.be si tuated away from tbe thickly Inhabited districts. It should hava tk* virgin forests; It should have pome natural advantage* and attraotloas as regards soeaery, aad there shoull be some lo cations where agriculture oould be pursued oa a small scale If desired. “ If the goverameat Investigated the practicability of this project their at- teetToa first will undoubtedly be at tracted to the Cherokee Indian reser vation la the extreme western part of th* State. This section, Indeed, has maaj advantages in Its favor. Adja cent to this reservation, which pos sess** about 3,000 acres, there Is a tract ef laud between the Little Teq- 1 senses and the Pigeon river,about 40 by 60 miles lu extent, which Is practically an unbroken wilderness covered by for ests la their natural state. This sec tion bus upward* of 60 mountaius of over 5,500 font le elevation, and 80 of over 6,000 feet, Including the famous Ollagmaa’s Dome. The country Is well watered aad from a scenic point of view there Ip nothing which I have seen ln the heart of the Rockies through Colorado, or Wyoming, that oaa begin to compare with It In beauty. “ Another tract of great beauty and Mii*i|»J§,SJ*8A i* cow. known. a* A park could In tnls region, including ihe 2,800 acres of tho Toi- away company, of unlimited pose I bill- tie* to It* eastward. Indeed, perhaps the most feasible and most desirable thing of all woold be to establish the —Tbe president of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad ha* autborlxad the general manager of that "road to con tract with the Richmond (Va.) Loco motive work for twenty-five additional locomotive*. The duplicates of ten of these locomotives are sow on the road, and fifteen are In course of oonstroo tloa In th* shops of th* locomotive works. In addition, tho worki referred to, have received aa order from the Seaboard Air Line for twenty-five heavy ten-wheel looomotlvos, delivery to begin In April, next. It Is stated that the works haye received orders for ninety-one locomotives during the past week. The plant Is running night and day. —Light has at laet been thrown on the origin of th* word khaki, a title given to th* material from which the uni forms of soldiers In tropical climes are made. The word Is derived from a Hindu root—khak, dust. Khaki Is dusVcolored or elay-oolored. It wee originally used for the uniforms of East tnliao regiments. —The Usited State*' Supfeme Court has affirmed the opinion of the court of claim* in the ease of the Lot Abra Silver miniajr company again t the wf-Me«leo, holuleg vnn claim lot box'just where th* jury box la now. | In every county there is n commission 1 of honorable men who select the men who are fit to serve oa the jury aad their names only are placed In th* jury box. Men of bad moral character or exceeding .Ignorance are excluded. We have known Instances where of considerable wealth were excluded because of their notorious vloes. The rtglta to sit upon a jury and try lavblvin vlng life and liberty or la of far more importano* privilege of voting. Then why not purge the ballot box 1 property than the from friends 1 to wee his tafia seen re tk promotions In I A flew days ago la old called upon Admiral hjsatd la seearlag a | siember of hU family, sally eaiared tha -earvlca through \ Isfiueaoe of the Admiral.. After as- changing tha aeaal eoarteateeefaaalL th* buslaeee propoeltloa was lataadaa ed. The Admiral expressed hlaiugrate at not being able to grant tha rseeeet aad remarked with a pereealible die* play of nnnoyaao* that ha had aa ta- finenoe with the admlalatrattea aad M he had ha woald aot nee It I He added that ha had made aa tloa la behalf of tha Gridin RaMly, bat would exert himself far aa aaa alee, ae he was heartily sick efaai Ingratitude. The hM been a had lie la the end it 1* confidently ex- park at both of these points, acquiring through a small strip of lend along the railroad west of Wayneeville, and join these two sections la this way. “ The third point to be considered Is what le kaowa ae Blaeka, extending from the Craggy mountains to th* Lie- vflla aad embracing the region already wall kaowa for lu beauty aad timber. This region has la It tho faatoaa ML I to be freuduleot cad unfounded, claim was for about 84.000,000. —Commander E. T. Wood, U. 8. N., died of typhoid fever at his restdenoe In Washington, D. 0., 00 the Uth lost He was lo command of th* gunboat Petrel at the battle of Manila bay —Governor Brady, of Alaska, argues that the territory Is ripe for statehood, also for a penitentiary astimatad-'to cost 8100,000. —It le not easy to make a chow the white feather ealees It hap pens to be la fashion. —Lora Is died to everything, with 1 th* exoeptloa of th* goldaa eagle. purge the ballot box as well aa tho jury box. Many good negroes would be put In and some bad white men left out I am not afraid of being left out. Reader are yon f The ballot has got to be purged In some way. There are only twenty counties that local option has not succeeded in driving out whisky and saloons and in nearly all of these twenty the white vote would expel them, but negroes and vagabonds and saloon owners override the will of a urge majority of the people. In Spald- ng county it we* Admitted that mo- (rose carried the day and killed tha much wanted reform. If the mothers and wive* and sisters oould have voted, tbe majority for prohibition would nave been overwhelming.' Wbo doubts it. If it Is not considered proper for women to vote In politioel matters surely they can be trusted In moral measures that affeot the welfare of their husbands aad sons and brothers, and also In all educational organlxa- tIons—why does not some memoerof the L glafature with a great big heart and brain champion tbtt reform? The le ere reedy for it and will any a tel has come to judgmaat. Our Thanksgiving la over—we hod a turkey that had beaa stall-fed, but my wife aod I were lavlted to a good kind neighbor’s aad th* girls to another neighbor's, aad our turkev has bees respited. He has been gobbling all tbe day, bat hears ao response from neighboring ooopo. I would be sorry for turkeys if they were aorry (or them- telvea. ^ , . We had a anion Thnakagivlug aervloe la our town aad a large con gregation listened to Mr. Btaler's ale ciout discourse from the 147th Psalm * 1 God hath hot dapU so with aay Exact Intobmation.—“ I aotlceo,” said th* Bev. Dr. 1 DA US iQff [m hlft three of the brethren hava lookad their watehee several timet te I law mlaates. For fear their pieces may aot agree, I will Mg that th* oorreet Mm* la 11.46. I set my watoh by the regulator at tho JotroUrb last alght. Tha sersnoa will ha at 1201. It woald have eluasfi l lyat 12 but for thie algreeelea Let us preened to ooaolder now what tfta apostle maana whaa he earn*1 arete towards the mark."*—Ohleifo Tri bune. ^ ^ —A new headlight for will, 1a th* opinion of great valea la oertala dletrinta. H M a powerful eleoMie lamp, with a ra- fieetor so arranged that tha rape will ha thrown vertically late tha ter tea ooestderabl* height The eraot peet- tloa aad direction ol a Mate wftt thpa be made kaowa evea la hilly 1 —A shoemaker „ __ fitting a customer with a aalreff haute, whaa the buyer^ehtervadTttftl halfti but one objection to them. VhMk that tho-fete* were a littin tRF "If thatis aU£ oa tha bootmaa grafiaaUy wear away.” —A eaohre party, te to< Central 10, Philip Nert, —HI* maeh barter tefte a • tele oao't pookat tear Mm te as? 4'