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BOERS BEGIN
General French Enters
of Kimberley Wit!
A FINE STRATEGIC MOVE
Good News-^tirs England and
Praise For French Is Heard
On All Sides.
A London special under date of
^February 17, says: General Cronje,
''with a start of a day or two, is in full
retreat from Lord Roberts, moving
northward.
General French, with the cavalry,
eimply staid over night at Kimberley
j 'rvnoV.A/? r>r> +/% cot in toneh
OJiU llUCU ^/UOUCU vu VV - ?
with the retiring enemy. A long Boer
wagon train is moving toward Bloemfontein,
followed presumably by a
large force of British infantry. In
their hasty departure the Boers lost
qnaDties of supplies and amunition.
Military opinion in London is that
Lord Roberts will no^ push far after
the Boers immediately because of the
present problems and the need of rest
for the troops. He has to feed 70,?00
persons in his army and the whole
Kimberley population. He must rebuild
the railway from Modder river
to Kimberley and revictual the latter.
General iSrench lost a few men only
in action, but the forced marches
end heat have probably made many
Sil. Numbers of remounts must be
provided.
Lord Roberts has wrought a genuine
preliminary success and the impression
is that he has done enough for
the present. He will need to prepare
for another strike. All over England
there have been evidences of public
joy.
In every theater and publio meeting,
around the railway stations and
in the streets there have been expres
sions of gladness and jubilation over
the news. The newspapers are editorially
rejoicing.
Those who read the news closely see
? tmly one disturbing factor in the Cape
situation, and that is the pressure of
the Boers toward Lord Roberts' line
of supply through De Aar, which was
never more important than now.
The Boers, under Commandants Delarrey
and Gobler, are making a persistent
effort to penetrate to the railway.
They have pushed General
Clements back to Arundel and have
outflanked him. All are within sixty
miles, or two days' hard march of the
central railway.
Doubtless Lord "Roberts v has left
considerable forces along the line and
can send back more if necessary.
A special dispatch dated two days
back;and just transmitted from Chieveley,
says that an important move "pras
then pending there, althongh contrary
indicalions are found in the fact that
750 ambulance bearers have been temporarily
disbanded and the farther fact
that traction engines are arriving at
Durban from the front to be sent to
. Lord Roberts. More artillery is being
sent to Lord Roberts from Cape
Town.
GEN. PBENCH'S MOVEMENTS.
The following from Riet River,
Orange Free State, tells how General
French reached Kimberley:
"General French, in command of
the cavalry division and with a strong
force of horse artillery, left Modder
river Sunday morning for Ramban,
twelve miles east of Enslit, where the
whole division concentrated. The nexl
day be made a rapid march to Kiel
river, where a party of Boers contest
ed his passage at Dekiel and Watei
Fall drifts. After some hoars' shelling
General French drove the Boers
away and crossed the river.
"Yesterday (Tuesday) the columr
continued its march to Klip and Bom
daval drifts on the Modder river,
where again a short engagement en
sued, General French shelling th<
Boers vigorously and forcing a passage.
"The Boers precipitately retreated,
leaving five laagers in the hands ol
the British, besides a great quantity
of cattle and 2- 000 sheep.
"The rapidity of General French'i
march, and the overwhelming natur<
PLUMBERS ON STRIKE.
They Demand Wage Scale and a Shorte
Werk Day.
The plumbers and gas fitters of Sa
vannah, Ga., are on a strike. The^
want both shorter hours and increase<
wages. They have demanded a nine
hour day every day but Saturday
which they want fixed at eight hour
for a day's work. They want the seal
of wages fixed at $1.50, $2 and $3 i
day, according to experience.
The employing plumbers assert tha
the strike will not materially affec
them and declare, if necessary, the;
can get out their tools and go to worJ
themselves.
TO FORESTALL MACRUM.
The State Department Will Also Make A
Investigation.
The stat > department has take
Bteps to mako sure of the position
has assumed toward ex-Consul Ma<
rum, in anticipation ot an inquii-j nv
congress, by directing an investigate
into every phase of the allegatior
contained in that officer's statemen
including especially a thorough inve
tigation of the conditions under whic
the consular mail and cable servi<
were conducted.
INJUNCTION SUIT POSTPONED.
Will Be Heard Before Judgre CantTill ;
Georgetown, Ky.
A Frankfort dispatch says: T1
hearing of the injunction suit of Go
ernor Keckham against Governor Ta
lor and Lieutenant Governor Nlarshf
was postponed Friday to Febrna
21st, when, unless some agreement
meantime reached, the matter w
come up before Judge Cantrill
Georgetown.
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THE RETREAT
the Beleaguered Towr
1 Slight Opposition.
of his force, enabled him, in spite c
the difficulties of water transportation
to thoroughly outwit and surprise th
Boers. The British casualties wer
slight."
MOLINEUX SENTENCED' TO DIE
Condemned Man Vehemently De
nounces District Attorney and
the "Jellow" Journals.
At New York, Friday, Roland I
Molineux was sentenced to die in Sin
Sing prison during the week of Marc!
26 for the murder of Mrs. Katherin
J. Adams. He made a statement as
serting that he had not been fairl
convicted, and that * 'Yellow joural
ism" had put a price on his head.
After denouncing the newspaper
and making quite an extended argu
ment in his own Lahalf, the defendan
paused, either to regain his composur
or to control his temper, and went o
speaking with remarkable clearnes
and angry vehemence.
"I denounce and despise," he said
"the act of the district attorney in at
tempting to villify the reputation c
the pure and lovely woman who bear
my name. It was the act of a black
guard and a villainous lie.
"Now, your honor (to the recorder]
I am prepared for sentence. I am no
afraid."
Kecorder Goff, in pronouncing sen!
ence, reminded the defendant that hi
counsel had already presented all th
facts to the jury and that the court ha
but the one duty to perform.
General Molineux was asked abot
the fund which it was proposed fo
him to defray expenses he had bee
under by the trial, and he said, whe
inquiry was made regarding his a<
ceptance:
"Absolutely and under no ciroun
stances would I accept such a thing.
The attorneys for Moiinaux hat
hied an appeal, and the appeal wi
stay the execution of the sentence ii
definitely. Molinex will, however, I
taken to Sing Sing prison.
WON'T PAY CLAIMS.
Government Takes No Responsibility F<
Depredations of Soldiers.
A Washington dispatch says: T1
house committee on war claims hi
n^ira.colf tV(A Kill for tl
1 Oyvi bcu auig&ovtj vuv ? ?
relief of Eugene A. Stone, of Gree:
ville, S. C. This bill asked for s
appropriation of $6,992.50 fordamagi
to property by United States troo]
during the war with Spain. The repo
is of wide importance to the south i
it defines the position of the committ<
with regard to the claim bills, hu:
dreds of which have been introduc<
this session from all states where troo]
were mobilized and encamped.
Several of them have been offer*
from Georgia, the larger numb
coming from around Chickamaug
Athens, Americus, Albany and Sava
, nah. The report says:
*'The idea that the Federal gover
ment is liable or ought in any view
pay for the depredations committed 1
soldiers is not entitled to serious co
sideration. The whole claim is f
depredations committed by soldie
during the war with Spain. Thecoi
mitte8 reports adversely and recoj
mends the bill to lie upon the table.
! TEUCE IN KENTUCKY.
j
' Effort Will Be Hade To Consolidate Cai
of Contest.
A Frankfort special says: The agn
ment to postpone the Taylor-Beckhf
5 suit operates as a temporary truce
the legal battle over the state offic*
i and it is not probable that there w
- be any decisive changes in the sitt
, tion till then, unless the return of t
- Democratic legislature to' Frankf*
) adds some unexpected feature.
A part of the attorneys on be
sides held a meeting Friday afterno
, and discussed several plans for cons<
f idating the various injunction cases
f order to avoid a clash between t
(different state courts in which they s
pending, but a final understands
? ??
i liUlf i oauuuu*
BOER ARMY SCATTERED.
r Roberts Captures Enemy's Laager a
Some Supplies.
The London office makes public t
following dispatch from Field Mar6h
* Lord Roberts:
1 "Jacobsdal, February 16?The f
- lowing from General French was :
, ceived this morning:
s " T have completely dispersed t
a enemy from the southern side of Ki
a berly, from Alexandersfontein to C
phantsfontein, and am now going
t occupy their ground. Have captui
t the ememy laager's and supplies
Y ammunition. Casualities about twei
k of all ranks wounded.' "
" 'Kimberly cheerful and we 11.''
Campaign Manager Testifies.
The proceedings in the Clark c
n at Washington, Friday, reached
most the high point of interest
n tained Thursday. The principal \
It ness of the day was Mr. Walker Co
er, oue of Mr. Clark's mauagers in
campaign.
" " !'**? wwu Vimhorlp
Q tan lomiiimuiaic mm
1S Friday afternoon the Commer
I Cable Company, at New York, s
81 out the following: "We are advi
.jj that telegrams can now be accepted
\e Kimberley, South Africa, at send
risk, and not exceeding twelve wore
attacked by bolo men.
American Garrison at Daopoga Assai
at By Insurgents.
A Manila special says: Insurg
ie forces estimated to number 5,
v- soldiers, mostly Bolo men, attac
y- the American garrison in the cont
ill at Daopoga in the province of A1
ry during the night of February 5. T
is were repulsed, however, after t
ill had burned much of the town. <
at lieutenant wounded was the only
sustained by the Americans.
r JACOBSDAL ENTERED
British Take Posassion of Boor
Town In Orange Free State.
MILITARY POLICE PATROL STREETS.
The Utmost Order Prevails and Inhabii
'?. tants Show Xo 111 Will Towards
6 lt. the Invaders.
e j
Advices from Jacobsdal, Orange
^ Free State, state that Roberts' troops
entered the captured town Sunday.
? The utmost order prevails there.
Military police patrol the streets,
but not a stick of furniture has been
taken. "A sentry has been placed be
!* fore each store, and the soldiers are
? allowed to enter and purchase what
they require.
0 Everything is so peaceful that the
>- inhabitants eipress the utmost sury
prise, as it had been diligently re[.
ported that the British occupation
meant instant looting.
s Judging from the conversations of
the inhabitants, the Free State is
& weary of the war. It is openly said
e that President Steyn betrayed the
Q people. When the latter became sat3
isfied there was no truth in the stories
of the looting proclivities of the British,
the townspeople welcomed the
troops as friends. SiDce the battle of
,f the Modder river, the town has not
s been garrisoned, but has been merely
used as a hospitable depot.
When the Boers fired on the British
)f Wednesday, the townspeople protested.
Although the British shelling
considerably frightened the wo .
r.**n, the shells were only, directed
s at i ridge beyond the town, which was
e in'renched.
j The German hospital temains in
beautiful order, It is clean and sanitary,
and the wounded on both sides
r are equally well attended.
Q A correspondent talked With a numn
ber of the Boer wounded, iand they ac3.
knowledged that the British movements
had nonpulsed the bnrghei
i. commanders. Even now, it is' added,
" they are under the impression that the
re sole object was the capture of Jacobs11
dal. When informed of the relief oi
i- Kimberley, they were at first mcredu)e
lous and then astounded. The landrosi
remains in the town.
Other advices from Jacobsdal statec'
that General Cronje, with 10,000 men,
was in full retreat toward Bloemfon9r
tem with General Kelley-Kenny fight
tiio rpftr cmard and harassing th<
10 retreat.
ig The Boers captured a large convoj
ie as a result of Thursday's fighting a
a: Riet river. The British oasualtiei
were comparatively slight in view o
B8 the tremendous bombardment. Lesi
39 than thirty men were wounded anc
rt but one killed.
iS General French's division was en
ae thusiastically welcomed at Kimberley
q. The officers dined at the club in th
evening. The news of the entry int<
p3 Kimberley has greatly cheered th
troops, who are working splendidly.
>q .
er ROBERTS ADYISES BURGHERS.
a, -
n* Iaauea a Proclamation Urging Tham t
Cease Fighting,
n- A dispatch from Cape Town says
to Lord Roberts has issued a proclaim
dj tion to the burghers of the Orang
n- Free State, saying that he feels it hi
or duty to make known to all the burgb
trs ers the cause of the coming of th
ii- British as well as to do all in his po^
a- er to terminate the war, and that h
" issues the proclamation in order tha
if the burghers should continue fighl
ing they may not do so ignorantly, bu
with a full knowledge of their respoc
tea sibility before God for the lives los
in the campaign.
?e
im POSITION OF L. and N.
in .
)S, In Regard to the Political Fight In Kei
ill tucky la Made Pnblic.
la- Milton H. Smith, president of th
he Louisville and Nashville railroad, ha
?rt given out for the benefit of the pnbli
the correspondence which passed b<
?th tween the officers of his road an
.. , m,_ _ T ; .-11
on Henry Watterson, 01 xne juuuisvm
d1- Courier-Journal, bearing on the Kei
in tucky election for governorhe
The correspondence is highly iute:
ire esting, as it furnishes a missing lin
3g in the tragedy of which Governor Wi
liam Goebel was the victim.
FACTORIES WANTED.
in<* MUslnsippl ILeglidatnre Adopt* Coneui
rent Resolution Inviting Capital.
A concurrent resolution has passe
both houses of the Mississippi le$
legislature. inviting home and fo:
eign capital to invest in manufactu:
re" ing enterprises, especially cotton fai
tories, and setting forth the advantage
-k? of Mississippi as a manufacturing stat
m
>li- Senator Butler Denounced.
Populist Congressman Atwater, <
'e^ Fourth North Carolina district, hi
published a letter denouncing Senat<
Butler, also Populist, for antagonizir
the amendment, after having said t(
months ago that he would support i
WILL USE GEORGIA GRANITE
ase
In Construction of Bier Federal Prison
Atlanta, Georgia.
rit- The new Atlanta Federal prison wi
op- be built of Georgia granite and woi
the oa the structure will begin within tl
next thirty days,
i The prison will be completed at
v j ready to receive prisoners within
c i year. The department of justice
ent ; Washington is hurrying work on tl
3 j building and has instructed the supe
, vising architects, Eames & Young,
pr 3 push the work to completion as rapid
lB- j as possiDie.
FIGHT COMES OFF IN MAY.
i
led Bout Between Corbettand Jeffrlee to Ta
Place In New York.
;ent The date of the fight between Jam
000 ; J. Jeffries and James J. Corbett h
ked j been fixed as May 14th. George
-ent j Considine and William A. Brad
bay i managers of the men, formally accei
hey | ed the offer of the Coney Island cl
bey ; for the fight.
One j The Seaside Club is to post $5,0
loss j forfeit and the fighters $2,000 ea
| with A1 Smith.
I PORTO RICAN
| TARIFF BILL
j
| Before the Rouse and Great
Debate Is Inaugurated.
j GREAT QUESTIONS INVOLVED,
Democrats Are Solidly Arrayec
! Against Measure and Discussion
Will Invoke Interest;
I
; A Washington special says: Th<
I debate on the Porto Rican tariff bil
opened in the house Monday.
On all hands it is agreed that thi
bill, although it applies only to Port*
i Rico, involving as it does the questioi
of the power to govern our new pos
sessions outside the limitations of thi
! constitution, is the most importan
measure which will come before thi
congress.
Interest in the bill is intense amoni
the members on both sides and ther
is urgent demand for time. The Dem
j ocrats are solidly arrayed against th
j measure and they will have powerfn
j support from the Republican side ii
i Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts, am
Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, both abl
! and forceful debaters. How far th
j Republican disaffection will extend
! or whether it will endanger the bill
! it is impossible to say at this time.
Mr. Payne, the floor leader of th
! majority, refused to agree that a vot
should be taken upon a substitute t
be offered by the minority. This sul
j stitute,which has not yet been framed
i will be in substance the bill originall
| introduced by Mr. Payne providing fc
1 ; free trade with Porto Rico by the es
J tention of the customs and revenn
i laws of the United 3tat9s over tt
island.
The debate Monday was in the ni
' | ture of a long range bombardment bi
' j fore the clash of the contending forc<
J in ham** Mr. Pavne opened with
I *** w*"* *"v* t ?
' 1 general argument in support of tt
f j bill, going largely into the materi
" | side of the situation -which the bill
j designed to relieve.
| The house then went into committ*
1 { of the whole with all questions rela
1 [ ing to the close of the debate opei
j Mr. Payne, in charge of the bill, j
opening the debate, received mark<
* attention.
"This bill by its terms," he e
f plained, "relates only to the island
* Porto Rico. It cannot be taken as
! precedent of any legislative action
I reference to the Philippine islam
* when the present insurrection sh*
have boen overcome except in so f
as we assert in it our view of our po^
* i er under the American constitution.
"But our constitutional power
6 questioned. I find no case where tl
3 j question was directly involved
0 which is decisive.
"It is now universally concedi
that we have the power to acquire tc
j ritory by conquest or by treaty.
| find no limit in the constitution
| this power. In respect to Porto Ri
we are not hampered by treaty stip
l> lations by act of congress. We ha
f absolute power."
RICHARDSON DEADS OPPOSITION.
g
' Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, t
e leader of the minority, made the ope
| ing argument in opposition to t
e ' measure.
^ j "I am not an alarmist," said 1:
.. | "but in my judgment the pending b
' * " ?- ii.. i:i
i i is more dangerous 10 me huw ucb
l_' j the people of this republic than a
j! ' measure before seriously presented
f the American congress. It will pro
; more far reaching in its provisio
and disastrous in the results that mi
| of necessity follow if it should be <
j acted into law than any act ever pai
j ed by congress.
e i "The bill is framed upon the id
k8 j and assumption that congress enti
[0 npon the government of Porto Ri
5. | unrestrained by the provisions of t
d ; constitution. This we deny. The
It of us who oppose this measure, I 1
i- lieve, without exception, mainti
i that the bill cannot be enacted ii
r. j law without a total disregard and v
fc lation of not simply the spirit, 1
]. i the express letter, of the eonsti
I tion."
TO SUPREME COURT.
j
.. | Judge Tuft Grant* Appeal From Hl? 1
cision Ajrainut Taylor.
^ Attorney H. B. Mackev, with <
^ Governor Bradley and other attorn<
r. interested in the Kentucky electi
contest cases, appeared Thursday 1
>8 fore United States Circuit Judge W
l liam F. Taft at Cincinnati auu ?3
j notice of an appeal from the decisi
| rendered by the latter on Wednesd
0f ; afternoon.
1S i The petition for appeal merely sta
3r ! that Judge Taft erred in declaring tl
ig i jurisdiction did not lie in the fede
jn j court, and it was solely on this grou
t. I that the appeal? were taken.
ALL STATES REPRESENTED.
j
at I Daughter* of Revolution Hold N1
Continental Congreng In Washingto:
ill Every state in the Union was rep
k sented in the audience that filled
le Grand opera house at Washing
i Monday night when the National
id ciety of the Daughters of the Ami
a can Revolution began its ninth coi
? ! * _ i ? ?
at ! neniat congress.
ie i The decorations of the large at
r- toriuni were in keeping with the pa
to , otic purposes of the society, the An
ly ican dag and colors being freely u
and with beautiful effect.
! FRETOKIOUS IS EXCHANGE!
I
Boer General Once More In the Bank
His Countrymen.
es Advices from Arundel state 1
as Commandant Pretorius, who was c
^ i tured by the British at Elandslaaj
T? and three other Boer prisoners "w
?*" j handed over to the Boers Sunday,
j A messenger under a flag of tr
had previously arranged the progr
M i Xhe prisoners bad a cordial inter*
h i with General Clements, and v
j taken half way to the Boer camp,.
DUAL LEGISLATURES
f Are Trying to Do Business in
Kentucky's State House,
; THE DEMOCRATS STEAL A MARCH
t
L ?
" ? ^ 1 |M T^.
BTarsIiall and carter uccupy vi???? -?^
aether?Dmoerats Again Declaro
Goebel Governor.
\
A Frankfort special says: The
I Democrats had a session of the senate
at 9 o'clock Monday morning. President
Pro Tem. Carter presiding, and
adjourned to meet again at 10:30
o'clock.
The Republicans adjourned Saturday
to meet at 11 o'clock and the
1 Democrats adopted this move to get
possession of the chamber first. The
s senate convened at 10 o'clock, both
3 Carter and Marshall presiding.
The Republicans, recognizing Mar1
shall, adjourned after prayer, and led
by Lieutenant Governor Marshall, the
? Republican senators left the hall.
The Democratic senators, recogniz3
ing President Pro Tem. Carter, paid
no attention to the Republican proS
ceedings and continued in session.
The Democratic senate then adopted
L" a motion by Senator Allen, of Leiing?
ton, to ratify and re-affirm the former
action of the senate by which Goebel
J? was declared governor. This prevailed
on a viva voce vote, nobody making c
o A. J
aemana lor me yeas ?uu uuco.
? Senator Triplett, anti-Goebel Dem?
ocrat, voted with the Democrats foi
' the purpose of making a quorum. The
Democratic senators adjourned aftei
0 adopting the Allen resolution.
The house convened at noon. Speak
0 er Trimble presiding. Mr. Hickman,
Democrat, demauded a roll call to as
? certain the presence of a quorum. Th<
y Republicans did not answer to theii
)r names and only fifty-three of the sixti
Democrats were present. The contes
16 matter was not taken up.
le
SETTLEMENT NOT IN SIGHT.
The impression that the contes
B. over the governorship will not be end
ed till it is fought to a finish in th<
ft courts is not lessened by the actio]
16 taken by the Democratio senators ii
al their session Monday ratifying thei
j8 former action by which Senator Goebe
was declared governor.
:e The Republicans who spoke fo
t- Governor Taylor said that he wonh
Q. not recognize as legal the proceeding
in taken and which, it is anticipated, wil
be duplicated in the house, but ha
told them that he looks upon thes
x- proceedings as illegal and will .no
i fink* nntil fhA whnla matte
QJ l^UIU luc Uguv uu?u VMV
a is passed upon in the courts of last re
in sort.
3a His position is that the former pre
dl ceedings being void, the ratiheatio:
ar gives them no legal vitality; tha
[v- the legal presiding officer, Lieti
tenant Governor Marshall, had dc
i8 clared the session adjourned whe
be the vote in question was taken, an
or that the vote should have been take
by yeas and nays, as in the case of
ed bill or joint resolution.
!r. Negotiations to settle the conflit
I between Lieutenant Governor Mai
to shall and Senator Carter over th
c0 chair in the senate went on again Mor
n. day afternoon, but no agreement hfi
yq been reached so far. There was tal
among the Democratic senators Moi
day night of voting on the ratificatio
resolutions Tuesday in the senate b
k? yeas and nays. Those resolutior
Monday received the support <
k? twenty-one senators, two more than
quorum,
te,
ill MISSING CASHIER RETURNS.
of
ny Warnell Declares His Mind Was In
to Blank Condition.
ve Walter L. Warnell, cashier of tt
n* Bank of Adel, Ga., who mysterious!
disappeared from that place Januai
)n~ 11th under circumstances which le
to the belief that he had wandered c1
. in a spell of temporary mental aberr
tion, arrived in Atlanta Sunday mori
mg.
lC0 The story he tells is altogether a r
markable one. He says that from tl
)S# time he stepped on board the tra
D.e" which carried him from Adel on tl
"n morning of January 11th until tv
. 0 weeks ago, when he woke up sick in
* 1 -1:?~ '? T.nniarillo V>
, Doaruiug uuuoo Ha ajuuw > ...v, ?
mind was a blank, and he remembe
u~ absolutely nothing of what he did dn
ing that interval of time.
BECKHAM RECOGNIZED
)e" By Kontuoky Prison Officials In R?lea
Of a Convict.
5X- The clash between the Democrat
and Republican branches of the Ke
tucky state government was emph
.0I1 6ized Thursday night by the pris<
j?.?" officials releasing John Seals, a Loui
, " ville convict, on a pardon issued 1
Governor Beckham. Deputy Wardi
j Punch was acting warden at the tim
^ and when the pardon papers were pi
sented he ordered Seals released.
Douglas Hays, a Knott county co
* vict, recently pardoned by Govern
ra[ Taylor, is still in confinement, t]
prison officials refusing, to recogni
Taylor as governor.
DISCUSSED FINANCE BILL.
n*k Republican Members of Conference Co:
n* m'.tteo Hold Lengthy Session.
?re" The Republican members of t
the conference committee having charge
ton the finance bill held a protracted s<
So- sion in Washington Saturday.
Bfi* During part of the time Secrets
Qti- Gage was present, having been invit
to give his views upon certain featui
of the measure. No conclusion v
tr*" reached on the bill as a whole or a
ler" single proposition, the entire time 1
-i 1 ilicnvaainn on nr
OCVA 1Dg givtJU IU gOUCJ ai i-_
ciples involved.
Canadians Begin Journey.
:g o1 Three hundred mounted Canad:
volunteers for service in South Afri
the third section of the Canadian c<
jap_ tingent, arrived at Halifax N. S., Si
daj, from Toronto and Kiugston a
fgre will sail for Cape Town at once.
uce Appropriation Bill Passed.
am. Late Saturday afternoon the ho'
iew passed the legis'alive Lad judicial
fere propriation bill after having it nu
consideration four days.
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I SOUTH CAROLINA i
| STATE NEWS ITEMS. j
Teachers to Meet In Charleston.
j The next annual eonvention of the
j National Educational Association will
: occur in Charleston, from July 7th to
12th, inclusive, and extensive preparai
tions are already in progress for the
j reception and entertainment of the del|
egates. In addition' to the regular
j work of the convention, which will be
l particularly interesting to all who are
| concerned in educational work, the
! Charleston association of teachers is
I preparing to make the stay Of the vlsI
iting delegates in their city thorough^
' enjoyable in every respect.
Charleston has an auditorium which
I is capable of seating 8,000 persons,
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; ana in tnis Dunaing me sessiuuawx tuo
I association will be held. Those w^ho
have seen the auditorium announce thdf
it is better adapted for the general sessions
of the association than any auditorium
room in which the association
has ever met. In addition to the
hotels and boarding houses; private
residences have been turned over to
the executive committee for the use of
the teachers. Charleston has had experience
with large crowds and there is
no doubt that the teachers will be well
cared for.
President Carson and Secretary
Shepard, of the National Educational
Association, urge all teachers of the
state to co-operate with state director
i in his efforts to secure a large attend!
ance;
Lawmaker* Finish Labors.
> The most conservative legislature
* that has assembled in Columbia sincd
1888 adjourned last Sunday morning
at daylight. Saturday was thb end of
> the forty da^s allowed fcrr the sessioh.
- The legislature cotild have remained
3 in session as long as it desired; but
r pay stopped and the members wished
7 to get away. So the sergeant-at-arms
t was kept busy keeping the clock front
recording Sunday morning by pushing
back the hands.
While there were a few reformers
_ who were uncompromising in animos0
ities, their feelings were not displayed
a on the floors of either house. It
a seemed to be generally accepted that
r past factional lines were to be obliter1
ated and there was no attempt made to
draw lines on any issue.
r No roll call during the session would
3 indicate to which faction the members
g had affiliated. In fact, the best of
j feeling prevailed and there was less
iarrincr than for a dozen years. Out
8 * o
e side of the dispensary bills none ol
^ great importance were passed. There
r was the usual argument against appropriations
to state colleges, but foi
the first time in years the collegef
were given all that they asked for(
q while $25,000 was appropriated ior at
^ additional dormitory for Winthrop
L. col I eg a at Rock Hill. For years thif
j. school has been turning away hund
n reds of girls because of lack of quar
d ters. This will enable 300 more to b<
n taken in. The new building will b<
ft ready for the opening of the fall ses
sion.
The work on the statehbuse,stoppec
r. the first year the reformers tool
0 charge, is to be resumed and ptishec
j. to completion?$200,000 to be usee
k3 for this purpose. In its present Con
k dition the statehouse, on which mor<
j. than a million has been spent, realli
n did not furnish proper shelter for thi
j records, and it was a conspicuous eye
l8 sore to ColumbiaDs and visitors.
)f
^ Flva Negroo* Arrested.
Near Winnsboro, one night the pas
week, Daniel Smith went to the houg
of Ike Kelley, colored, near Winns
boro, to make some arrangement)
* about rent. While there a disput
arose and he was assaulted by Kelley
ie three women and Robert Tinker, wh<
[y was visiting the house. Wesley Smith
j hearing the noise, went to the assist
!C1 auce of his brother. On entering th
,ff house he was felled with a stick b;
Tinker. Then Kelley and his sister
a. joined in and beat the man to death
Daniel Smith was terribly beaten.
e. Tinker, Ike Kelley and Eliza, Mar
-- ! and Macirie Xellev have been put i
16 | oo~- , _
in | Winnsboro jail.
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! Eev. S. P. H. Elwell l)ie3 Suddenly.
a j While waiting his turn to be shave
jg j Eev. S. P. H. Elwell dropped dead i
r8 i a barber shop in Columbia from ape
x. plexy. He was 58 years old, a Knigi
of Honor,Knight of Pythias and Knigt
Templar. Mr. Elwell lost an arm i
the fight at Jackson, Tenn. He joine
the South Carolina conference just aJ
s? ter the war and had been one of th
leading preachers. He was chaplai
;i? of the South Carolina division of th
n- United Confederate Veterans. He ir
a- augurated the movement and drew th
in bill and had just had it passed throug
is- the legislature for a $10,000 monumei
oj to the women of the Confederacy to b
sn erected in Columbia. For the la:
te, three years he had been pastor of tfc
e- Spring street church, Charleston, ha1
ing previously served the Columbi
n- ! church four years,
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[jq j Engine Overturned.
ze j A through freight on the Georgi;
! Carolina and Northern was wrecke
six miles from Clinton one day tl
past week. The engine went off a
embankment and overturned, carryir
in" over a number of cars loaded wil
merchandise, which were demolishes
? Rains probably caused the embankme:
to settle. The fireman was killed ai
2S~ : a brakeman mortally injured. Tl
\ track was blockaded for hours.
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Great Britain Remembered.
res The house of representatives ga
,as two honrs of the little time remaini:
ny j before adjournment to a debate <
?e" resolutions of sympathy for the Boe
in" and Filipinos. The first were offer
some days previously and resolutio
declaring the war iu the Philippic
. was unjnst and '.hat the army shor
'^n be withdrawn and the Filipinos pi
ea' tected from other Dations was offer
151;" as an amendment. The amendme
in' was lost with five votes in its favor.
tu An eloquent debate followed on t
pro-Boer resolution, the strong opj
sitiou being unexpected. The arj;
ments that the Boers were fighting*]
QSC the same freedom and against the sa:
aP grasping and-unjust country as Ame
ca a c6ntu?^ ' quarter ago, ?
not outweigh the sympathy for 1
* / UakVZ II MMV? k M w Q sympathy
given the southern confede- j
racy by Great Britain.
"How can a South Carolinian," exclaimed
one of the speakers, "remembering
the incident of Mason and Slidell
give his vote against tbo friends
of those days when all the rest Of the
World was against the confederacy?''
The delation was lost bj a large |
vote.
Found Swlnglnc to Limb*.
Will Burts, a negro nineteen years
old, was linched in Aiken county by i
unknown parties. Three days before !
he had attempted an assault on Mrs.
C. L. Weeks, and failing in it, cut
her throat, but did not kill her. A
crowd of 250 men tracked the negro
fifty miles across Aiken, Edgefield and j
Greenwood cotlnties. He was caugut
by a farther who receited $100 from
the posse. The party returned to
Greenwood and at daylight the next
morning the lynching ocOcnrred. A
clothes line was obtained, one . 6td
swung over an oak limb and the other
fastened to Btfrta' neck. He was then
ordered to climb the tree and go out
on the lirhb. This the negro did without
hesitation.- He' as then shot off
the limb. The tope broke and as
Burts wki not dead,- he was again
hoisted u? and fheff shot to pieces.
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An Exciting Pre?llc'am?n?
E. F. Walrop, a prominent: dotton'
manufacturer of .Greenwood,- attempted
to drive over a floating bridge on
Saluda river at Greenwood. His horse
became frightened and tumbled into the
deep water. Mr. Waldrop was washed
away in the flood. After clinging
to a tree four hours he was rescued by
negroes who had to build a raft to go
to his rescue.
Ijjocdy ttlat Hear Cheraw.
A riot oCcfirred between negroes
working On the Seaboard road near
Cheraw the past week. Three men
were perhaps ntottaJl^ Wottnded.- One
has been captured? the' Others fled.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
List of NeW Industries Established Darin*
ttie Part Week.
The more important of the new industries
reported during'the past
week ineltide k bricK works in Tennessee;
coal urines fit TenneteS66 and
West Virginia; thr>.e cotton ifrtlfs hi
Alabama, four in Georgia, one eaich inf
' South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas;
cotton seed oil mills in North and
South Carolina; an electric light plant
t in Arkansas; flouring mills in South
i Carolina and Texas, a furniture factory
f in South Carolina; gas works in Teni
nessee; a hardware company in Virginia;
a hat factory in Teunesse; an
! ice factory in Alabama; iron ore mines
? in Alabama; iron works in Georgia;
knitting mills in Georgia and Virginia;
lumber mills in Arkansas, Georgia,
i Tennessee and Virginia; a mineral and
i timber company in Tennessee; an oil
i and gas company in West Virginia; a
i paper mill in Alabama; phosphate
1 mines in Tennessee; a sash, door and
blind factory in Alabama; steel works
in West Virginia; a telephone and
3 telegraph company in Virginia; a tool
3 company and wire.works in West Vir
ginia; A $50,000 woodworking plant
in Texas.?Tradesman (Chattanooga,
I Tenn).
OOM PAUL'S ACCOUNT.
Latest Figures Shots That British Loss In
3 War Is 10/566.
? A London dispatch under date of
3 Feb. 15, says: The British casualties
? in the South African war, as officially
reported up to date, are as follows:
Officers tilled,?156.
Officers wounded?386.
j. Officers missing?114?(captured.)
Total number of officers killed,
wounded and missing?656.
3 Men killed?1.484.
0 Men wounded?5,064.
Men missing?2,789?(captured.)
Total number of men killed, wounded
and missing?9,337.
Other fatalities reported?563.
Grand total of officers and men kill
ed, wounded and missing, and othei
* fatalities?10,558.
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KRUGER UNDISTURBED.
^ Reassuring Boer Dispatch Received ii
New York.
A dispatch which President Krngei
is said to have sent to The Hagne sirfct
^ the successful movement of Genera
French for *the relief of Kimberl]
) reached a former official of Holland ii
^ New York Saturday.
^ The message, which was apparent!]
sent with a view of quieting the ap
a prehensions of the friends of thg Boeri
reads:
0 "No uneasiness. Federal opera
' tiens were fully planned."
The recipient of this dispatch, wh<
conceals his idenity from the public
received and published a dispatch an
k nouncing the defeat of th?? British a
Sninn kon twentv-four hours befor
it "r"? ?r "
# the news of that event was mad
known throneh British sonroes.
e DEMOCRATS REACH DECISION.
7
ia Beckham's Followers Agree to Meet 1
Frankfort.
The adjournment of the Democrat
a, legislature at Louisville Saturday i
td meet in Frankfort revives interest i
ie the political contest and promises 1
put an end to the lull which has pr
'?> vailed during the last few days.
;h There were more Democratic men
3- bers in Frankfort Saturday nigl
Qt than bad been together at any 01
1(^ time since they adjourned and fled I
be Cincinnati, Louisville and other poin
to avoid being arrested by the milit
and taken to London, where the R
publican legislature was then sittinj
ve
i M vrcw
ag K01i?KJ.> urifius a.u.i
on
TS Transvaalers and Free .Stater* H?i
0(3 Chance to "Give Up."
ns A London special says: Lord Ro
es erts has caused to be distributed
tld the towns bordering upon the fnvad<
ro- colonial territory an invitation to Fr
ed Staters and Transvaalers to go into t]
fnt desert, offering them good treatme
and a restoration to their farms on tl
he British occupation of republican t?
do- ritory.
ru- The manifesto guarantees that tbo
for ringing horses can sell. them. F<
me jigners will have their passages pa
>ri- Europe. Colonial rebels are advis
lid :o surrender in preference to bei
the ?aken prisoners,
ruLL tun i rvli ?
OVER ISLANDS I
Plenary Powers May Me Appiiel m M
to Their Government I
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PRESIDENT MAKES STA1HI&|9H
Information Given Out By Henry ||9H
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Loom is Nelson is rmum
In New York Papers.
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A statement made bj President Mo- /,
Kinley to Henry Loomis Kelson a* to -f '
tie American policy toward the ner#^f^ B
acquired Wands has been published*
in the New Tori papers.
The article is vouched for as m
thoritative interpretation of the prosi- I
dent's views.
According to Mr. Nelson "ft b Mr.
SfcSinley's belief, and it will bdrWe.if :^^B
purpose to carry the belief into opm~ ; . - /JM
fion, that the constitution does not-Sj^Vj . /'jlB
pi/ to any of osr new islands; thai
those people are not fit for eelt*^
government beyond that proposed for , H
Hawaii; that oar new possession# ?nefc * B
not be permitted to injure any of?wr;^ :lj|B
protected interests and that free tredo ^ ;
with Porto Pico is right because o?r. -jlB
protected interests will not be l^?i^|jB
thereby.
"The president believes?and littC^v^B
is the most important statement *tbat^ 'JaB
can possibly be made touching bia-V"
! present beliefs?that congress
I plenary power over Hawaii, Begfife^liiM
I Kico and tlie Plimppin?#^^ ^^
"He holds that congress may jangl
one tariff law for Porto Bico,
for Hawaii, another for the
and that all maybe different fromthafrJ
of the tTflfited States.
"It does not appear likely to litsS
mind that any question can ever
as to the civil rights of the people '?18
these places.
"Mr. McKinley's attitude, jW
ward the natives is benevolent
desires to elerate them, to cduaeter* '"BaB
them, and he hopes that, in the enii
they will become worthy of beingjri^^fe^M
trnsed with local self goveniia?it^g-'-|^H
He does not think any of these qatfeiii^ ..
are worthy nqw, except the few
Hawaii, upcm whom it is intended^j i^B
to bestow the suffrage?a few
than possessed the suffrage under the. '
Dole government.
"Mr. McKinley holds that the
stitntion only applies to a territory^,'
when it sets np thereby a tBaata^fi^?IBM
by legislation. Upon this poiiiiMSpHij^^H
are authorities in his favor,
goes beyond the anthorities and hoti^H
that congress is not bound by the
itation when it enters upon ibe tash?H ^^H
legislatingit, i. e.: - ~
"It may refuse to the natives
to the American citizens who may gtM 'Mj&M
to our colonies, the right of jury triato|v.^BB
^^^^h^nre^peech^therigh^^H ||H
I bear arms, the righ^o^SeeaHHB'
8emblage and of petition, fi iiiiiTiw ' jW|
from unwarrantable arrest, freeMSLllBjH
from search, and those rights
the coDstitntion guards so jealoattHjBut
the main purpose of the presS8*g^^^H
is to deal with the islands as maripH
for America and as the subject"
commercial exploitation generaUy.:^^ v
"The president is a thorough be*|
Iiever in the moral and intellectual
value of commerce, and he proeeedl^
on the theory that when a nation
doing well as a bnyer and seller, il ig$j; JjBj
presumptively well governed and^ljM. V."^M
people are morally sound. He Ioe?|| ^mS
forward to benefiting the natireej(^a
expanding the blessings of ProteetjgB3
Christianity and civilization by
of commerce." , " 'jjjtjm
It is important to digress a moaeM^|
says Mr. Nelson, for the purpoee* io.
saying that the president is larg^^S
under the influence of certain clergjpM
men, one of whom considers he %
chosen champion of ProtestantieB^Ki
its imaginary war with Romanism,
and this accounts in a large measaaq^ j??fi
for his conviction that in spreadii^p ~ : JgH
Christianity and civilization '"""M
the heathen he is gaining- jntgE
keeping the approval of good Am^^| |^B
eans. Mr. McKinley is a loyal MitjjB ^ 'fjgf
odist and is naturally stirred
moved by the enthusiasm and spirijra|
r of that important denomination. , "jjfl -faqB
It does not follow, .on the preaMenlQ^ :;|JM
5 theory, that if free trade is establishing
between this country and Porto Bs^H ;
there should not be a proteeUjjg ''r:f|a
tariff against the products oi the PW3|l --^jm
, ippines and Cuba; for Cuba is talhaj^^i^a
about naturally, in administration e&||| Jjlj
[ cles and in congress as if its ann*S^ /||gg
k tion to this country was a matter oi
} course. >Ji8
q One thing is settled definitehr ln geiija;
spect to the Philippines. The doiaB
door is not to be applied to;t2n^i||| vjjl
The Bepnblican party will notoonijjjjlnl ,;*SM
to give the Asiatic world an ofrtmrtanpjg ;|||
n ity to land its geods in the Ph!li|ggfi W&
?. rJZZ2Fi>*.
pines free of duty, to enjoy
modified tariff there may be establish**^
^ ed between the Philippines and';lfi^S|H
^ SEIZED AS CONTRABAND. JB
Britiab Gunboat Orerhauli Steamer ;
a- bine at Port EUnbath.' ' .J"' ?$
it The British steamer Sabine, Captain I gEM
le Tsylor, from New York, January 4th, |j
to with a miscellaneous cargo, has bees B
ts seized by the British gunboat Thrh& | , 3
ia and towed to Delagoa bay onsuspieioa ^
e- of having on board articles of eontra* ' B
Before the Sabine sailed from | ^
York it was rumored that she had on I
board a large quantity of proriaioBf^
r* arms and ammunition, army Blanket*
and general supplies.
Ijj mnrw^im
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^ Cronje** Trooper* Are B?iaf HaarfescwSa ,>gg|
it By Kelly-Kenny. ^
, e Dispatches of Friday from Jaoobfti^fcif
i?- Orange Free State, were to the etfee|j| > |||
that General Kelly-Kenny waa;w&tt3':r||
se pursuing the Boers. Hehaa now eag?|
ir- tared more than one hundred ^
id The Highland brigade re-enforced fe? . i^lB
ec after a forced march. '
og General French i#s left Khnb^H^H^i
To join in the pursuijof t|e
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