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The Bamberg Herald. | ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR M o DESPERATE Bil Murderer Flanagan ar birds Attack ODDS FEARFULLY UNEVEN Colored Janitor Stood Bravely By < Sheriff s Side Until Fight Was Won. The DeXalb county jail at Decatur, Ga., was the ecene of a terribe fight Saturday night between Sheriff Talley and eight of his prisoners who made a ; bold and desperate attempt to escape, i In the fight the sheriff used his pis- j tol, and Edward Flanagan, the notorious double murderer, was shot. Among those who took part in the attempt at jail delivery were George 3 Bankston and John Pendley, the men 3 who were mixed up at one time in the 1 murder of Policeman Ponder at At- < lanta. 3 Flanagan was one of the leaders in j the assault upon the jailer, and held as a weapon the heavy padlock which ^ had been sawed from the jail door. 1 The affair was one of the most terrific hand-to-hand fights that ever oc- 3 curred in a prison between jailbirds 1 and prison keeper, and but for the 1 fact that the sheriff acted with the 1 greatest coolness and bravery, some noted and desperate prisoners would ' now be at large, and among them the 3 notorious Flanagan. The sheriff was assisted by his ne- ^ gro janitor, Jim Smith, and it was the ^ negro whom Flanagan attacked, trying < to brain him with a heavy padlock. 1 The striking feature of the jail sen- j sation was the fact that the knife with 1 which the lock was sawed or filled was ' owned by Hiram Sharpe, the man who brutally murdered his wife near Litho- 1 nia about a month ago. With this 1 part of the story comes the statement ] from the sheriff that a few mbments ] before the fight with the prisoners, 1 Sharpe secretly armed himself with a heavy iron bar, an act the significance 1 of whioh was not realized until the en- 3 counter was over. < The attack upon the sheriff was sud- 1 den and without a word of warning. Eight prisoners, all charged with grave ] * crimes, sprang upon him as he passed the cell door. The sheriff thought the ! door securely fastened and when he i saw it swing open and the eight des- 1 perate men rush upon him, he backed 1 off a few feet and cried out to his ne- 1 gro janitor to stand by him. The ne- 1 gro, displaying remarkable bravery, 1 , stood his ground. For several minutes the fight lasted. < --a I Figures Are Approximately Fixed From Sellable Reports at 6,425 Men. Advices from Rensburg, Cape Colony, Friday, state that carefully compiled figures from reliable sources, some of which have been investigated and found to be correct, show the Boer losses up to date are approxi mately 6,425 meD, including 2,000 casualties during the siege of Ladysmith. Cuba's Receipts, The war department has given out the statement that the total receipts for the entire island of Cuba for the month of December were $1,733,211. The total receipts for the entire island for the calendar year ending December 31, 1809, were $15,217,497.42. The Yaquis Vanquished. A battle* has been fought between the Mexicans and the Yaquis, the Yaquia being defeated with heavy loss. Their killed numbered 200. Five hundred were taken prisoners. The prisoners were enaeavunug w beet down the sheriff and the negro, ] for if this could have been accomplished, nothing stood in the way of 1 their liberty except a run through an open corridor and a dash through the residence portion of the jail which had only unlocked doors. ? The sheriff knew the situation and 1 he struggled with his assailants with a determination to conquer or be 1 trampled nnder foot. 1 All the while, the negro janitor 1 stood by the side of his officer ready to go down with him. 1 For a while the sheriff could not get ^ an opportunity to draw his pistol, which was in his hip pocket. When < he finally did, he pulled loose from the prisoners and backing quickly to- 1 ward the outer door he began to fire. J The negro janitor dropped to the floor to keep from being shot. The sudden ness of the firing dismayed the pris- i oners. Flanagan reeled and fell. A bullet had struck him. Three shots ^ were fired, and that was every bullet ^ the sheriff had in his pistol, and if the prisoners had known this they would ' not have retreated as they did into 3 their cell. The retreat was what the j sheriff looked for. He jumped through the corridor 1 door, slammed it to and fastened the 1 lock. The fight was over. The sheriff ? and his loyal janitor had won the day. < The jailbirds were safe. This was the second time within two 1 months that Flannigan had attempted 1 to break jail. The last time he seized the sheriff's child and made a dash for 1 liberty. He knew that as long as he i ran with the child in his arms the < JOHN RUSKIN DEAD. Was Great Critic and Euayiit Bat a Q aeer Character. A London dispatch says: John Bus. kin, English critic and essayist, died Saturday afternoon of influenza, aged 81 years. One of the most remarkable facts in his career was his divorce of his wife. , ' He engaged the great painter, Sir John Millais, to paint a picture of his wife. Millais snd Mrs. Buskin fell in love with each #ther, but they remained silent. Buskin soon realized that his wife and Millais were bound by a true love, but made no objection to it, arranging himself a divorce for his wife so that she could marry the painter. BOER LOSSES TO DATE. iTTLE IN JAIL id Seven Other Jailthe Sheriff. sheriff would not shoot. He was intercepted in the jail office and a desperate fight followed, the sheriff's wife snatching her child from the murderer's aims. Saturday night the sheriff did not aim particularly at Flanagan, but it seemed to be some direction of fate that he of the others should be shot with the same kind of weapon with which he had murdered two helpless women. It was about 9:30 o'clock Saturday evening that Sheriff Talley sent Jim Smith, his negro janitor into the lower floor of the jail to clean up the cor ridor. The negro opened the door leading into the corridor and placed bis lantern behind it. The sheriff followed behind the janitor to see if the prisoners were all right for the night. As he passed a cell Hiram Sharpe, the wife murderer, confined in a cell across the corridor in which the eight notorious characters were locked up, handed him a beavy piece of iron five feet long and four inches broad and half an inoh thick. "Mr. Talley," said Sharpe, "the man in here with me has been hiding this piece of iron and I want you to take it out before it gets us all into trouble." The sheriff thanked the prisoner and walked down the corridor with the iron bar in his hand. Not until after the terrific fight with the desperate jailbirds was over did the sheriff remember the significance af the act. Sharpe suspected that the ittack was going to be made and he had armed the sheriff so he could defend himself from a sndden assault which might have meant his death. Sheriff Talley walked to the back of the corridor. The eight prisoners who had planned the escape were peering at him, watching for an opportune moment to make the break for liberty. Not a suspicion of what was about to take place entered the sheriff's mind. He had glanced at the doors ?f all the cells and,he had not noticed that any lock had been tampered with. But the men had already sawed the padlock to the door of their cell. The eight men must have made a ' * r 1 ? I?% % 4V?a ^icfonoa Ulgnt miscttlcuittlluu 111 buo uiomiuvo the sheriff was from their door, aud the time it would take to walk to the rear of the corridor. They threw open the door just as the sheriff was about to repass it. Then the terrific fight took place. Before they could pass out the pris>ners would have to beat down the iheriff and the negro, and this they proceeded to do. "Stand by me, Jim," cried the sheriff to the negro. And the answer came back: "I'm with you, Mr. Talley." As many men as could get at the sheriff struck him over the head and the shoulders with their fists. Sheriff Talley fought with the momentary strength of a giant. He curled the desperate jailbirds from bini as fast as they sprang upon him. Jim Smith was not idle. He stood by the side of the sheriff and struggled to keep off the assailants. All this time the sheriff had not had in opportuniiy to draw his pistol. He at last got off a few steps from (he prisoners and he drew his pistol md began to fire into the crowd. Three shots were fired in quick succession, and Flanagan screamed aud fell. Back into the ceT the prisoners bumbled in more confusion than they bad left it a few moments before. Sheriff Tally saw his opportunity. He sprang backwarn through the corridor door, closed it and turned the key in the lock. A few minutes later hflp came and the desperate jailbirds who had made the bold but unsuccessful attempt to 3scape were safely locked tip in their sell for the night. Flanagan was placed in a chair in the oorridor and a physician sent for to dress his wound. The pistol ball had entered his left thigh about two inche3 above the knee, inflicting a painful but not very serious wound. BRYAN IN BALTIMORE. Talks to Free Silverites on Imperialism, Trusts and the Currency. Hon. William J. Bryan delivered an address in Baltimore Saturday night upon the political questions of the day to an audiance which filled the Music Hall. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Maryland Democratic Association, one of the free silver wings of the the Democratic party of the state, and was not encouraged or discouraged in any manner by the regular Democratic organization. Infaot the latter held strictly aloof from the affair. PENSION BILL PASSED. Many Members Attack Pension Commls sloner, While Others Defend Him. The pension appropriation bill, carrying $145,245,250, was passed by the house Friday. It was made the vehicle of an attack upon the commissionei of pensions by northern Democrats. Ail inveighed against the lack of liberality in the administration of the laws. The commissioner was ablj /W?r>dfld bv a score of members front both sides of the house. KXOXYILLE DEMOCRATIC. Hon- S. G. Helskell Elected Mayor o Tennessee Town by 942 Majority. In the municipal election at Knox ville, Tenn., Saturday, the Democrats ticket carried every votiDg precinct Hon. S. G. Heisk'ell was elected mayo: i by 942 majority over G. W. Hender I son. Henderson led the indepeuden j citizens, or "Googoo" ticket. The ad ; ministration, which is Republican j backed the citizens' ticket. No Re i publican ticket was out. This is th< | biggest victory Democracy has eve i had in the city. rsirvifNj?sjfMrvicMCM i I SOUTH CAROLINA j \ STATE NEWS ITEMS, j rsiCMfMCMrsirsicsirsii Charter loaned. A commission for a charter ha: been issned to the Seaboard Invest ment Company, of Charleston. Thi corporators are: Messrs. Samuel H Wilson, James U. Jackson, R. G Rhett, Morris Israel and Henry Ruist The capital stock is to be $30,000 The company proposes dealing in rea estate. Work at Winthrop Reviewed. Dr. J. L. M. Carry, of Washington was in Columbia the past week. H< called on Governor McSweeney an< with President Johnson reviewed th< work at Winthrop College. *% Counterfeiter Arrested. John M. Wise, Jr., a young whib man of the Hymansville section, o Florence county, has been arrestee and is now in jail under a charge o counterfeiting. He is about twent; years old. % Ellett Backed By Record*. A Columbia dispatch says: A gooc ieal has recently been said about th< discovery of gun cotton by Prof. Wm H. Ellett, of the South Carolina Col lege. There have been efforts mad< to take that honor away from Prof Ellett, Mr. Jesse T. Gantt, of the secretary of state's office, has been looking int< the matter, and has made a valuabli historical find, which establishes j good deal, as it comes directly fron the records, and was prepared at th< time of the discovery, before otheri came into the field for the honors, Mr. Gantt in his statement says: "I have noticed with much interes references in the newspapers recently to an almost forgotten South Carolini scientist, William H. Ellett, whos< labors while he occupied the chair o chemistry in the South Carolina Col lege reflected as much honor on hit native state as did the labors and dis coveries of Garden and Ravenel ii bofimy and Simms in medicine. "Professor Ellett was a contempo rarv and fellow worker at the Soutl Carolina college with another famous Carolinian, Professor Lieber, who though a native of Germany, compilei at the age of 26 the American encyclo pedia. "Professor Ellett's discovery of thi process of making gun cotton,althougl it has not fulfilled the hopes of our to< credulous legislators that it woul( supplant gunpowder and consumi half the cotton crop of the south deserves to be remembered. The re port of the legislative committei which investigated the discovery at tin time gives the best account of th< achievement. This report, togethei with Professor Ellett's letter disclosing his process, dated November 27, 1*46 is preserved in South Carolina's legis lative records." ?** Legislative Notes. The joint assembly of the state helc memorial services in honor of the lat< Governor W. H. Ellerbe. The ntati officers and supreme court attended iz a body. The house has decided to cede t* the government Sullivan's island, neai Charleston, for a United States gov Avnmanf r?nnt Viumvuv |/VMV? The building of the state capitol, stopped by the civil war, will probabij be completed at a cost of $250,000. A South Carolina monument to cos; $10,000 will be erected on Chickamau ga battlefield. Marriage licenses will be requirec in this state hereafter. V Tablet Unveiled at Colombia. The legislature took holiday in hon or of Lee's birthday. A beautifn tablet iu memory of the color bearer! ef Greggs' brigade, all of whom wen killed in one battle, was unveiled ic the statehouse. The tablet was erect' ed by the South Carolina Daughter! of the Confederacy, asssisted by the Wade Hampton chapter of Columbia, Judge A. C. Haskell presided. Cheraw Postofflce Muddle. Cheraw is all agog over the appoint raent of a postmaster. M. D. Mc Farlan, a colored lawyer, who held th< place under Harrison, and who wai ousted by Cleveland and reappointec by McKinley when he went in, ha; ior some cadse resigned, ana tor sev eral days the race for his place has been kept lively, both in Cheraw anc in Washington. It was thought ai appointment would be made this week but some hitch exists at the capital Delegations, letters, telegrams anc petitions have been the order of the i day. ** Ballentlne Tired of Life. In Laurens county, a few days ago A. L. Ballentine, a leading man in thi county, attempted to commit suicide by hanging. He had once before at tempted his life and his wife, beinj , anxious about him, went into the car i riage house, where she found him sus pended from a beam by a plow line unconscious He had used a bugg; for a scaffold. Mrs. Ballentine cu the rope. *? Three Local Option Bills. Three local option bills have beei introduced in the house of representa . tives. The significant feature is th< fact that the authors of the bills hav< _ heretofore been strong dispensary men and one of them is the brother of A Howard Patterson, of Barnwell, wh< will run for governor on the straigh dispensary platforn*. Mr. J. C. Patterson proposes t< abolish the state board of control an< the people of each county are to elec ? their dispensers. The legislature i to elect a liquor commissioner with - salary of S3,000, and a liquor inspec 2 tor with a salary of $1,900. The dub of the commissioner will be to bu; r liquor on bids to be opened in public - No liquor and no money is to pasj t through his hands Representative Josh Ashley intro , duced a bill abolishing the state dis - pensary and providing for a vote ii e each county at the next geueral elec r tion on the questions "dispensary, "no dispensary," "license." A bill by Mr. J. F. McLaurin, of Marlboro, attracted general attention. It provides for elections in towns of over 10,000 inhabitants to decide on what they want in the liquor line. For - - Ml i ' the rest, one big dispensary win iur| nish county dispensaries their liquor at actual cost, -with margin for expenses. The counties will conduct their re3 spective businesses, and there will be no state board to "control." 5 Will Help Rural Delivery. A "Washington dispatch says: It has been decided by the postoffice departj meut to permit the star route system in a measure to supplement the system of rural free delivery. Second Assistant Postmaster General Schallenberger has found that it is feasible to ? permit carriers on star routes to de5 posit mail in proper receptacles placed 3 along their lina of travel. This plan 5 will be inaugurated i*> South Carolina beginning July 1st, and will be extended to other parts of the country as rapidly as possible. This innova2 tion makes necessary a change in the 1 postal regulation which forbids mail 1 contractors and their drivers access tc 1 mail matter or any mail locks or keys. UPRISING IN NEGROS. ^ The Newly Installed Officials Re0 belled Against American Authority. Mail advices from Manila bring particulars of the uprising last month in the southern part of Negros island, in which Lieutenant A. C. Yedyard, Sixth infantry, was killed. T L ? ^ on nnimnnrtant Tfl. a iliBICBU VI UCiug au uuiiuj/v. volt of native police, as was at first ^ reported, it appears to have been an attempt to overthrow American authority. This movement was started by the chief officials of the autonomous government, the men who were elected k and inaugurated with so much ceremony last November. ^ Eleven of these officials, including } the president and several councilors, f were lodged in jail on a charge oi plotting treason. Several secured } their release under heavy bonds, but others remain in prison. 2 General Smith found evidence that the revolting police were following the orders of the autonomous government, i which designed to use the forces under its control to overpower the Americans. The plot failed through being j started prematurely. Two compaDiee of the Twenty-sixth infantry were hurried from Iloilo to reinforce the garrison at fiacolor. The officials arrested include some D of the most prominent men in Negros, j It is believed that they will be expelled from the island. ; ROBERTS COMMITTEE REPORTS. 3 Volnminoa* Document, Covering the In? 3 vestlgation, Jtoad In the House. * The reports of the special committee * of investigation in the case of Brigh&m > H. Roberts, of Utah, were presented ? to the house Saturday. The majority * report, sigued by Chairman Taylei 3 - * L:- i o . vnlnmi, &UC1 BIX OI uis aaBisiauiD, 10 a iW>u>?. nous document, and is accompanied by a summary of the law and facts. I It gives the detai's of the hearing, the j ample opportunities afforded to Mr. j Roberts to present his case, his refusal i to testify and the unanimous finding of facts heretofore published. It pro> ceeds: r "The committee is unanimous in . its belief that Mr. Roberts ought not to remain a member of the house of ( representatives. A majority are of the r opinion that he ought not to be permitted to become a member; that the t house has the right to exclude him. A . minority are of the opinion that the proper course of procedure is to permit I him to be sworu in and then expel him by a two-thirds vote under the constitutional provision providing for expulsion." MOB HAXGS MURDERERS. I } Half Brothers Swung Up In Jail Yard a< j Ft. Scott. Kansas. l Saturday night, George Silbee and Ed Meeks, half brothers, convicted ol , murder, were lynched by a mob in } the county jailyard at Ft. Scott, Kansas. Their bodies were left dangling from two trees in the yard. The authorities were completely surprised. The two men, who hailed from Kansas City, had been convicted of mur" der in the first degree, their victim * being a young German farmer named 3 Leopold Edlinger. The murderers 3 disposed of Edlinger's pair of mules,a i horse and a wagon in Bates county. 3 Amos Phillips, an accomplice of the } two brothers in the crime, was conj victed Friday of murder in the first l degree. The evidence showed that the three men belonged to a gang oi ' thieves who had been regularly disj posing of their plunder in Bates county. "RpfnrA heim? flwnncr no Silbee shout O U A ed to the mob in defiant tones that he himself shot Edlinger and that Amos Phillips struck him on the head ' with an ax. Ho insisted that his 0 brother Ed did not participate in the 8 crime. _ '*Be sure and get Phillips," the * doomed men urged. honqrTTccokded datis. t y President Kmj?r, of Transvaal, Bendi t Private Car For American. Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, arrived at Lourenzc Marques Sunday on his way to Pretoa ria and called upon the governor gen eral, Captain Alvaro Dacosta Ferreira, 0 who gave him a most courteous recepe tion and requested him to convey t , message of special friendship to Presi . dent McKinley. The TraDsvaal gov i) ernment has informed Mr. Davis thai t President Kruger's saloon cariiagf will convey him to Pretoria. D 1 BENSON'S NECK BROKEN, t 3 Negro Murderer Pnyg Penalty of Crimi a at Bainbridge, Ga. Phillip Deuson, colored, who wa j sentenced last Eovember to hang fo y the murder of "Will Lane, another ne gro, expiated his crime on the gallow j at Bainbridge, Ga., Friday. The tra] fell at 11:30 o'clock and Denson's necl i. was broken and death instantaneous He was hanged with the same rop Q used at the execution of Charley Wil > liams a week ago, they being sentence! " to hang at the same time, but the gov ernor respited Denson one week. HELP FORTHE BOERS! Advocated at Monster Mass Meeting In Washington. SYMPATHY IS OPENtY EXPRESSED ] Senators, Representatives and Other Emi nent Men are Heard?Strong Resolutions Adopted. The Grand opera house, the largest auditorium in Washinton, was packed , to the doors Sunday night with an enthusiastic audience which vigorously expressed its sympathy with the Boers in the fight with Great Britain. ' The gathering assembled under the , auspices of the United Irish Societies, . and a number of leading Germans of ' ( the city joined the movement. Among 1 ^ those who occupied seats on the stage > were Senators Mason, of Illinois; Al- < len, of Nebraska,and Tillman,of South Carolina; Representatives DeArmond and Cochran, of Missouri; Bailey, of I Texas; Carmack and Cox, of Tonnes- i see; Rhea, Jones, and Lamb, of Virginia; Shafroth, of Colorado; Dovener, , of West Virginia; Meyer,of Louisiana; Sulzer, of New York, and Lentz, of Ohio, and Mr. Van Sicklen, represen- 1 tative of the Orange Free State at New i ; York and representatives of the United Irish societies and others. A large delegation of Irish-Americans and German-Americans from Baltimore was in . the audience. i The principal addresses were made ; by Sulzer, Mason, Allen and Clark. Representative Bailey, of Texas, said that be was present to give his moral i support to the cause. His address was o. trinrnrrtiiR r>ne_ and he was loudlv ap k - -o~ 1 . platided. Other speakers were Representatives ; DeArmond, of Missouri; Cochran, of Missouri; Rhea, of Kentucky, and f Lentz, of Ohio, and Mr. Van Sicklen, [ of New York. i A number of letters and telegrams received, including one from Senator ; Haile, of Maine, expressing regret at > his inability to be present and entire sympathy with the movement. The . following resolutions were adopted: "Whereas, The American people ; still cherish the lessons and memories [ of 1776 and 1812, and therefore, fully . understand and realize the rapacious . war which Great Britain is waging against small but patriotic people, i whose misfortune is the possession of natural, wealth coveted by British . greed; "Whereas, In the prosecution of this robber warfare Great Britain has been balked as yet of her tyrannous designs, and has, therefore, resorted ' to unlawful and barbarous articles, as is her wont, to-wit: ' "1. The arming and mobilization of 1 savages. ^ "2. The distribution of dura-dum ' bullets to her soldiery, coupled with the boast that the British government ' possessed 100,000,000 such missiles. I "3. The illegal seizure of peaceful merchandise, en route from the neutral 1 ports of the United States to friendly Portuguese markets. "Whereas, the president of the United ! States has not taken proper notice of ' these outrages, making it necessary for the people at large to express their ? will through public assemblies and ; serious warnings. "Therefore, the citizens of the 1 American capital in mass meeting as' sembled, have 1 "Resolved, That the people of the Orange Free State and of the sonth 1 African republics are and of right ; onght to be free and independent and 1 their civilization is recognized to be ' equal in morality to that of any other ' people, the false witness of the British press to the contrary notwithstanding. Therefore, tha precipitation upon them of savagp foes in alliance with : trained soldiery threatens the repetition of the horrors of Wyoming, Fort 1 Dearborn and other places, bitterly ! remembered by the American people i as ruthless instances of British perfidy - and dishonor. The attention of the ; president of the United States is re> spectfully directed to this feature which is a notorious matter of common repute throughout the world. "Resolved, That this meeting, in concert with the American people , throughout the land, sends its sympa> thy and good will and heartfelt encouragement to the Boers and reminds them that as we triumphed against the i same foe, so may they. "Resolved, That we beseech and . strenuously urge the president of the . United States to exercise the prerogative vested in him by the peace convention lately arranged by the powers i of the civilized world. We beg him to offer his good offices as a mediator between the Boers and the British as i for the deliverance of tliese unfortui nate Englishmen and their families, now being punished vicariously for the crime of a brigand oabal of gold grabi bers and land-hungry conspirators,not one of whom is at the forefront of the i battle. "Resolved, That we solemnly protest against the shipment of munitions of war from this country for the use of t Great Britain." r TRACING THE FLOUR. There Ii Donbt As To the Disposition of the Stuff Seised By Britons. > Ambassador Choate is prosecuting ' his efforts to learn just where the pro. visions are that were seized off Dela. goa Bay on the Mashona, the *Maria t and the Beatrice. He has reported j that the goods on the Maria are in the custom house at Durban subject to the disposition of the owners. The goods carried on the Mashona are believed to be still on 6 board that ship at Cape Town. s Steamer Marie Released. r A dispatch received from Durban j says the Gorman bark Marie, loaded ' 8 with sulphur, which was captured 1 3 early in January by the British cruiser c Fearless and taken to Port Elizabeth, ; * has been unconditionally released. 8 Southern Baplists In Conference. * In Covington, Kv., Monday, a large * number of Baptists representing all j southern states met to hold a five days' j J missionary conference. j BRITONS HOLD THEIR GROUND Boiler Advances While Borghers Slowly Retreat BATTLES ARE OCCURING DAILY. No Detinite Results Can Be Learned at War Office In London. A London cablegram of Sunday says: It is evident from General Bailor's dispatch to the war office and the ad* vices to the Associated Press from Spearman's canfp that a big battle is now being fought. As far as can be gathered from these dispatches the result remains undecided. The war office shortly after midnight Saturday night posted the following dispatch from General Bailor, dated Spearman's camp, January 20, evening: "Gen. Clery, with a part of Gen. Warren's force, has been in action from 6 a. m. till 7 a. m. today. By a judicious use of his artillery he has fought his way up, capturing ridge after ridge, for about three miles. "The troops are now bivouacking on the ground he has gained, but the main position is still in front of them. 4<Tl>a ffisnftltipfl were not heavv. VWWW.W-w-r " " ~ ?f About 100 wonnded has been bronght in by 6:30 p. m. The number of killed has not yet been ascertained." BOTH SIDES STUBBORN. Nothing was received in London Monday to indicate that any conclusive result had been reached by the British forces in the region of the Upper Tugela, and the lack of information regarding what men and munitions the Boers have in reserve prevents accurate determination of the measure of real successes attending the two day's hard fighting. All that could be said was that the Britisli seem to be doggedly advancing in the face of an equally stubborn resistance. At the close of Sunday the Boers had merely evacuated their first line of defense to take up another semi-circular position a short distance in the rear, recalling the old burgher ruse by which the Boers have previously managed to entice the British into fatal traps. Dispatches from elsewhere in South Africa Monday morning give trivial details 01 minor happenings and do not illuminate the situation. Early on Sunday morning Qeneral Warreu commenced a flanking movement on the extreme left of the Boers' position. The infantry advanced at 5 in the morning along the side of Tahamyana mountain, which ends at Splonkop. The British carefully worked along the hills until within 1,000 yards of a commanding kopje, on which the Boers were concentrated, concealed behind immense boulders strewn thickly over the hill. The artillery opened the attack and the batteries worked continuously, pouring tons of shrapnel among the Boers, who devoted their attention to musketry firing on the British infantry, The Boers stuck to their- rocky fastnesses with the greatest tenacity and at the conclusion of the day, the British Lad only advanced across a few ridges. The Boers apparently have few guns and they did little damage. Captain Honley.of the Dublin Fusiliers, fell mortally wounded while leadingh is men to seize a fresh point of vantage. General Bnller reported nothing of his operations on Monday and offioial and press intelligence showed the British as bivonced Sunday night on tbe ground they had won after two davs* fighting. The war office tnrned everybody out of the lobbies at midnight Monday night Military men assnme that fighing must have taken place on Monday that it was probably more severe than on the preceding days. Gen. Bnller would not be likely to give the Boers leisure to add to the elaborate entrenchments, to arrange their artillery and to oencentrate their forces, BCLLER SENDS REPORT. Names of Dead and Wonnded as a Result of Sunday's Fighting. Just before midnight Monday night the London war office issued the following dispatch from General Bnller: "Speabman's Camp, Jan. 22, 6 p. m.?The following casualties axe reported in General Hare's brigade as the result of yesterday's fighting: Killed, Captain Byall, Yorkshire regiment, and five men. Wounded: Second Lieutenant Andrews, Border regiment; Captain McLaughlin, Inniskillings; Lieutenant Barlow, Yorkshire regiment, and seventy-five men. Missing: Eight men. Other casualties will be forwarded when received." GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD. Bum of C10O Will Be Paid for Arrest aad Conviction of Boyal. A reward of $150 is offered by Governor Candler, of Georgia, for the arrest and conviction of Clement Boyal, aiias Bud Boyal, who shot and killed D. J. Luke last December in Irwin county. Both men are sons of prominent farmers of that section and had been the best friends until the tragedy. A neighborhood quarrel found its culmination in a store at Sicamore, when Royal ended the life of Lnke. DRAINAGE CANAL MUDDLE. Supreme Court of the United States Takes Notice of Appeal. Thursday the supreme court of the United States took informal cognizance of the motion of the state of Missouri for leave to file a bill of complaint against the state of Illinois asking for an injunction against the Chicago drainage -canal to the extent of stating to Attorney General Crow, of the former state, that some announcement would be made Monday. PRAISE FOR SCHLEY Senator Wellington Makes Canstio Anti-Imperialist Speech. GIVES WARNING TO THE CODNTRY. I AaaerU Thai Concren Should Declsrt IU Intentiona Toward the Archipelago Without Delay. For an hour Thursday Mr. Wellington, Republican, of Maryland, occupied the attention of the senate, continuing the debate on the Philippine question. He took as his text the resolution he introduced last Tuesday, declaring that the United States should not take permanent possession of the archipelago, but after subduing the insurrection?which he sincerely deplored?should oonfer upon the Philippines the right to govern themselves, affording them such protection as they might need. Mr. Wellington referred to the part the people of his own state had taken in the Spanish war, saying: "On that July morning which, by its rising sun heralded the destruction of the Spanish naval power in Santiago bay, as it illuminated the line of American warships advancing to deal death and destruction to the Spanish fleet, surrounded by a halo of glory, the martial figure of a son of Maryland, Winfield Scott Schley, guided and directed the great contest And though now it seems to be the policy of a cabal of one of the departments of this administration to rob him of the glory which justly is his, the verdict of the American people has been recorded and he will go down to history as the true hero of that naval battle. "A year and a half has passed since that great battle; and yet there is no indication that we intend to keep faith with the Cubans, but there is every indication that by the power of syndicates, cabals and combinations there is to be continued in Cuba the despotism of a military government,in which the Cubans themselves have no part, which is beyond the pale of any law *ave that of force, and is not reoog uized by our constitution. A very Pandora's box of national troubles has been opened and difficulties and dangers are gradually taking form and surrounding us. "?ut the great question that now confronts us as a result of this war is the question of the Philippine islands. It would havq been well for us as a nation if Admiral Dewey could hare retired from the bay of Manila on the morning after he had destroyed the Spanish fleet, but he dared not do so. He had destroyed the Spanish power and it would not have been proper for him aa a representative of the conquering nation have departed and to have left anarchy and chaos remain instead of authority* War finally came between the United States and Filipino forces, who had been working for the same end, the destrucfion of Spanish power." After picturing the possibilities of an indefinitely continued desultory war, Mr. Wellington said: "It is neither fair nor just to attack the president or the administration for the conduct of the present war. When the unfortunate contention began he could not do otherwise than uphold American authority and stand by American arms, and during the interregnum between the two sessions of congress it was his duty to continue this war for the upholding of American authority on the islands. The American forces could not be withdrawn, for their retreat er embarkation would have marked the beginning of internal disorder and possibly foreign intervefition." TOBACCO GROWERS MEET. ^ iAWul T.nn>lnv Tfl A Ficht A|IWHI?Uf MUW|T<VW ?r 0 Aftdnit Tract. The North Carolina State Tobacco Growers' convention met in Baleigh Thnrsdaj and adopted the following agreement: "We agree to enter into a contract with J. F. Jordan and his associates to sell to them onr tobacco raised daring the next five years at an advance of not less than 15 per cent over the prices of the same grade of tobacco daring the last five years, thd* said price to be fixed by a commission, a majority of Thorn shall represent the seller." TO RECOGNIZE TRANSYi.AU Kngcr1! Representative Will Be Be9 eel red by President McKinley It is stated in an authoritative quarter that if Montague White is equipped with proper credentials from the Transvaal government, he will be received as it| representative by the administration. General Obiern's rejection was ostensibly due to his American citizenship, but there is no donbt that the authorities would have preferred that the matter of the Transvaal representation be left undetermined. However, when Mr. White calls at the state department Secretary Hay will see him and his status will then be determined. A SHPELESS MASS. Diver Makes Inspection Vessel at Bottom of the 8ea. The tug Ingraham returned to St. Johns, N. F., Friday from the wreck of the Heligoland in St. Mary's bay. A diver who went down to inspect the wreck found the steamer a shapeless mass of irom, sails and cordage Her mizzenmast was hurled over when she struck; her funnel probably went at - - i s.l the same time, and her mainmast 101lowed. Her foremast alone is now standing. Counterfeit's Coraled. Officers of Rutherford county, Tennessee, hare unearthed a gang of counterfeiters that has been in operation for at least two years. John and Andrew Edwards, brothers, Will Mercer and Will Wright are under air est and others are under surveilance. Woolen Mills Burned. The Ashland* woolen mills, at Ash* land, Ore., one of the oldest industrial establishments in the state, were destroyed by fire Sunday. Low, |65,000, BRYAN TARRIES f IN WASHINGTON J Holds Informal Conferences Witfe . | Leading Democrats FULLY DEFINES HIS POSTIM M To Avoid Errors He Writes Iter* 3 views With Himself as to Future Political Course. A Washington special says: William gqB Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, spent > '? Friday in Washington, most of his M time being devoted to conferenoe with other Democratic leaders. A number of questions of party policy and polit-' SM ical management were under consider Mr. Bryan reached the city early, Friday morning and went to die Me- I tropolitan hotel. There he was H warmly greeted by a party of leading Democrats. Abont 11 o'clock ho went H to the capitol and spent some time 4 there, making his headquarters in the ; committee room of Senator Jones, of .? Arkansas. There he was closeted with ;fj leading Democrats and represents- |?j tives. Later he appeared in the mar- * yjt ble room of the senate, where all of - y| the Demooratio and a number of the Republican senators paid their re- %|| ^ spects to him. m During the most of the time he was m in the marble room Senator Hauna sat. J| at the other end of the room talking :1 with some political allies. It was noted ^ that Senator Hanna whs hot among, those who paid their respects to tbs ^ Later Mr. Brjan bad the same sort 'M of reception in the speaker's lobby of^|| >. |j the house, almost all of the Demoenlr? and Populists and a number of Bepub- -|p lioans who seryed with him in oongft|Cj| J going out to shake his hand. ~'|j When asked concerning reporta^^ ^ that western friends and support^*/ had nrged against the election of New York as the place for holding the na- :'M tional , convention, Mr. Bryiui said 4 ; that he had expressed and would express a ^dolntely qo preference in gjj regard. He added that it is a fact that p|J he has no preference; the matter of r ^ the place and time for holding the eon--1 .M vention is in the hands of the national S committee and he should certainly dfr ^ nothing to influence the action of the J|| committee against any of the cities making application for the convention - ; There was more talk upon the Phil- , ^ 1 ippine question than anything eSsv Mr. Bryan wm called upon more than ;| | once to cor.ect the impressiott given by an interview published in Minne- . -Jk apolis and telegraphed throughout the ^|f ^ country which seemed to present him * || as having gone over to the expansion. g| side of the controversy. He explained, ^ ^ however, that the chief mistakes arose ' from the interpretation placed upon the interview rather than from the in wjrview ivaou. In order that there might be no mis- i'Jflj take about his position on expansion, - ,-1? Mr. Bryan wrote with his own hand the m the following interview with himself, rW writing out the questions as we&qgf| the answers. s i "What about the Minneapolis inter*^ view? Have you changed your views ^ on expansion?" ' ? -'r| "Not in the least. That interview - 'M as sent out contains some things that * || I did not say. I am advocating today m exactly what I did in the interview -'J given out the day after I resigned from M the army, December 13, 1898. I am ^ opposed to imperialism. I am opposed to the permanent retention of the , j Philippines. "I have not changed my position | on the principles involved in the Phil- , ' ippine controversy since my first utter- * anoe immediately after I came out of m the army," said he. "Everything I have said has been so misrepresented ? and distorted by the Bepublioan press that the impression may have been created of change on the line you saggest, but I assure you there have been no changes. At that time I maintained that we oould secure by hold- f? ing a naval station in the Philippines ^ ; every possible advantage that could ".:'l be bad by retaining the entire group ^ of islands. Looking at the question purely from a selfish, standpoint* I have never seen any argument that proved the contrary." M "I believe that this government ; should at once declare its purpose to give independence to the Filipinos on #jjj the same terms that independence has . J been promised to the Cubans, and be- ,0] lieve further that we should protect the Filipinos from outside interference whil#they work out their destiny, just as we have protected the South Amer- ;|| ican and Central American repnblios. % "r 1 aTnansinrt. "Each X BU BUt Uppvocu rv ^?|i , I i . proposed annexation mast be settled ,'^S| upon its own merits. I bare tried to distinguish between the peaceful extension of the limits of a republic and the ohange of a republic into an em- : LAWYERS EXOSEBATED. ^ Committee teji Sridenee Wu Not SwflU N'| cient to Canto Disbarment. ' '.Sg At a meeting of the Atlanta, Ga., - ^ Bar association Saturday the report of the committee appointed to inrestigate the charges of unprofessional conduct made against Attorneys Lee Langley and S. C. Tapp, by Mr.' T. H. Austin, was read by the chairman. gjg The committee found that the rarions c barges made against these mem- -|| bers of the bar were not sustained by -|39| ~ Americans Occspy Santa Cms. A Manila special says: The Ameri- - J3 ca^s have occupied Santa Orna, on Lagnna de Bay, Lagnna province; It was reported many insurgents were concentrated there, bat the town was found deserted. Gigantic Trust Impending. J|| The New York World say* a general M consolidation of all the gas, electric light and traction systems of the city 9 under the supreme control of the