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A Report Krom General Ot!s. Washington, Feb. 16.—Tbo war de- xrtment today received the following “port from General Otis: “Harvey H. rri6, Company B, Twentieth Kansas, sh wound in left leg, doing well; Job [treason, First iloutana, reported prob- Wy dead, is alive, but both eyes shot ray, condition fair. Cable of Feb. 7 sporting WiIlium J Hayes, First Wash- pgton, wounded slightly, is an error, val Gibson, Company E, First Wash- igton, reported missing, was found rith sprained leg. Corporal Hayes, first Montana, cabled on Feb. 6 as iissing, is with the company.” An Ultitn.itinn Krom Kngtand. Bombay, India, Feb. 1G.—The Persian ilf mail steamer, which has just ar rived here, brings news that a British adtimatura was presented to the sultan ^f Oman on Saturday, owing to hi* iving lea- c.l to France a coaiing sta- |on on the coast of Oman, which is a pni-indeiieudet state in southeast Ara- Omaii is considered to be under ^itish protection, as the saltan has on receiving a subsidy from Great itain. _ Baltimore Kircmcn !■ Jared. Baltimouk, Feb. 16.—By the collapse ' a wall during the progress of a small today'at the building of the Balti- lore Barrel company, at 213 McElderry rharf, ten firemen were iujnred. The rail carried down with it a ladder on jrhich the men ivere standing, playing line of hose upon the flames. It is lought that none of the men were dan* srously injured. The money loss will it exceed a few thousands of dollars. Island of Jamaica Flooded. [ixostox, Jamaica, Feb. 16.—A ter- iprther, accompanied by an iaces* ^instorm, has been cansing no* [local floods. The storm swept bhern coast of the island from bay to Montego bay from Mon* Wednesday, doing widespread image to shipping, wharves, the rail* ds, cattle and cultivation, etc. No italities have been reported. Gas Kills Judge and Wife. Cincinnati, Feb. 16.—A Times-Star ^ecial from Belie Fontaine, O., says Judge Thomas Mittenberger was found lead in bed this morning and his wife Jn an unconscious condition, frftm which he cannot recover. Escaping gas from broken fixture was the cause. Volunteer Generals Discharged, fashinutox, Feb. 10.—Tbo war de- jent has honorably discharged Ma- enerals Butler and Sumner and ^ier Generals Kline, McKee, Wi- icolu and Comba, all of the Tol- [ariuy. ^nt Commissioners Hopeful. ^irgtox, Feb. 16.—Tue joint (■Canadian commission was in iv. As nsnal, the members mselves as not discouraged r ne vcmiTacting couple will ’govern themselves accordingly. Mr. Brown and Miss Wood are deservedjy among the most popular of Gaffney’s young people and The Ledger, along with their many friends, extends congratulations in advance. A I.ittle Human Nature in Allot I's. Newspaper publishers are very much like other people who work for for their bread and butter in other ways. If you do them a favor they usually return it; if you are kind to them they appreciate it, and they are friendly to their friends. They re semble their iellow creatures in an other way. They do not expend money, time and brains in explaining to the public what a line fellow and merchant so-and-so is, when he will not spend a few cents tc support the paper. In fact they are like the rest of the human family; they stick to those who stick to them: they sup port those who support them, and if a fellow kicks they kick back twice if possible—once anyhow.—Ex. Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted. Judge Gary granted a writ of ha beas corpus last Saturday, Two children of Bryant Bonner, who have been living with their aunt, Mrs. Mary Lockhart, were brought before the judge on said writ. Their father wished to get possession of the child ren and give them to his brother, Ed. Bonner, who resides in Arkansas. The case was hotly contested by Judge J. E. Webster, for the father, and Oapt. J. B. Bell, for Mrs. Lock hart. After examining the children as to whom they preferred to live with, the judge signed an order al lowing the children to choose for themselves as to where they should reside, dismissing the writ with costs. Trial I’ut Oit'Uiitll Marcti. Asheville, N. C., Feb. 16.—The trial of William E. Breese, W. H. Peuland and J. E. Dickerson, charged with em bezzlement of a large sum from the de funct First National bank, was post poned till March 7 by Judge PurnelL Five grounds of continuance were ar gued, but the main and probably the effective one was the absence of Senator Pritchard, main counsel for the defense, on imnortant business in Waahingtou. Or. Hull'* Connli Syrup i* the remedy on which you can depend for the ’cure of a protracted cough or lung affec tion, brought on by exposure to cold. It is the most excellent medicine sold. A bottle costs onlv 25 cts. The crusty old bachelor if consis tent would make his own bread. To Sweeten the Breath, Brighten the Eye, Clear the Complexion and Insure the natural Bloom of Health, use Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver _Medi- cioe. err TjUmbwii uuiiJ Jiim ibo reihii* replied with a harmless fusillade. The Boston and the Petrel then bom barded the rebels’ trenches, completely clearing them of their occupants in a very short space of time. Ani-rieaii King Hoisted. Soon after the bombardment began flames broke cut simultaneously in va rious parts of the town. Thereupon 4{j marines, acting as infantry, and artil lery were landed from the cruiser Bos ton and a company was sent ashore from the gunboat Petrel. These de tachments marched straight into the town of Iloilo, and, hoisting the stars and stripes over the fort, took possession o: the place in the name of the United States. The capture of the town and its de fenses -having been accomplished, tha marines and soldiers who had been sent ashore proceeded to the task of saving the American, English and German consulates from destruction by the lire which was raging among the frail and inflammable buildings of the town. The Swiss consul’s residence, which was in the same row as the consulates named, was burned. The entire Chinese and native sections of the town were des troyed, but foreign mercantile property escaped with slight damauo. There was some desultory firing by the enemy in the outskirts of Iloilo, but nor a single American was injured. General Miller’s force had complete control of the situation when the gnu- boat Petrel sailed from Iloilo for Ma nila. The Sixth United States artillery regiment occupied a position command ing both the brigades leading into the town, and the Tennessee volunteers and the Eighteenth United States infantry were occupying the trenches that had been constructed by the rebels. ‘WE ARE LICKED/ SAYS VEST. Hard Worker In tin* Senate Against Kxpansion Admits Defeat. St. Login, Feb. 14 —A Washington dispatch to a local paper says: “Senator "N est, one of the hardest workers among the antiexpansiouists, who introduced the much discussed res olution in the senate recently against the annexation of the Philippines, has given up ali hopes of success. “He said today: “ "We antiexpansiouists are licked, so we’d better make the best of it. The Phil ippines i-.re onrs and we will hold them. Yon never heard of a case where the Anglo Saxon race gave np an inch of land once taken. Gentlemen, we are ex panded, and we will remain expanded.’” Admiral Diwcy Cabli-s Litng. Washington, Feb. 14.—The navy de partment has received the following cablegram from Admiral Dewey: “Pe- tiel just arrived from Iloilo. That place taken by onr forces Saturday and now occupied No prisonei's; no casual tied on our .-id-i. Insurgent loss not known, but believed to be slight. They at tempted to burn town, but foreign prop erty generally saved by our force.” Carlos K:g!il» IVnee Treaty. Madrid, Feb. 14—El Ccrreo, the or gan of Don Carlos, prints today a letter from the protender forbidding his parii- gans to attend tbo chambers when the peace treaty is under discussion. ed Mr. Rogers ringe licenses was killed. No good road legislation is like to be reached this session. A white citizen of this State pre sented a petition to the General As sembly asking “for a clearance from . his wife.” When it came up in the/ Senate it caused considerable amuse>^ mentand was referrod,to the judiciary committee. / A bill passed the house yesteA^ a y killing the beer privileges. / McCullough’s bill taxing iiv or ^S a " ges was continued until next Fission by the Senate. V The Senate agreed to ho/* 86 resolu tion to adjourn on the 2Ip j £' Mr*. Kc-becca Lip# c " nib ' Mrs. Rebecca Lipscoiff^- notice of whose death was repoil^ 6 ^ * n ^ a8 t week’s Ledger, was bortv three miles south of Gaffney, Aug. ^14. Her maiden name was LockhaV^’ „ 8 * ie be ing the youngest child of wi m ' an< i Christina Lockhart. She \P nr ried Wyatt Lipscomb, July 4, ISdldlL an( t settled with him near .ThicfiVty, she remained his faithful anddevi wife until she was left a widow 1881. She was the mother of thi teen children, three sons and eight daughters, only five of whom survive her. She had sever.!y-two grand children and fifty-four great-grand children, who are living in various parts of the Southern States. Her entire life was spent in ministering to others; even her old slaves rise up to bless her for the many times she relieved their sufferings. Perhaps no man or woman was more unselfish. Being of a very strong constitution and possessed of great vital power, she always thought of others and il- ways worked for the happiness of all classes. The 18 years of her widow hood were spent in visiting her chil dren and doing what she could to make them and their families happy. To within 48 hours of her peaceful death she looked after the common domestics of the home where she lived. Mrs. Rebecca Lipscomb was a con sistent and highly exemplary Chris tian fer most of her long life. She joined the Baptistchurch at Goucher, but for the last ten years held lier membership at Gaffney. Thus has passed a good woman. Her death, like her life, was full of peace and beauty. In sweet sleep Jesus took her Feb. 6, 1899. An Honest Medicine for La Grippe. George W. Waitt. of South Gardi ner, Me., says: ‘JI have bad the worst cough, cold, chills and grip and have taken lots of trash of no account but profit to the tlie vender. Chamber lain’s Cough Remedy is the only thing that has done any good [whatever. I have used one 50 cent bottle and the chills, cold and grip have all left me. I congratulate the manufacturers of an honest medicine.” .For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. ullleges in ita petJHon t q*i the watershed that is drained by this /company in furnishing the water sup ply of the citv of Milledgeville, and to establish penitentiary camps, stockades, stables, etc., on this watershed will vi tiate their water supply and do great injury to the health of the people of Milledgeville, the inhabitants of the state lunatic asylum and all who use the water. Judge Speer granted the temporar ’ restraining order. VESSEL ABANDONED"AT SEA. Captain, First and Second Officers a .d Members of Crow Missing. Savannah, Feb. 14.—The steams ip William Lawrence of the Merchar V and Miners’ line, betwesn Baitin' ire and Savannah, is a wreck and proba jly a total loss, off Port Royal, S. Q. She left Baltimore on Wednesday last with a full cargo, bat no passengers. Saturday she ran into a severe storm off the South Carolina coast She be came disabled finally and in a helpless condition drifted ashore near the Port Royal bar. The crew abandoned the ship in four boats. One boat, containing A. J. Morrisseli, coud assistant engineer, and John mway, John Donahue, William Sei| A Charles Gree and Frank Bolden, ■eamV n - made Port Royal. Thi> eo other boats, containing Cap tain WtlHs, the first and second officers and otli er engineers and member* of the crew, hiv e not been heard from. Ueut/ C °L De»d In Augusta. WASHiKq ,T05J ' ^®h- 14.—The war de- pa tmeut tP^y was advised of the death of Lieuteiu^tit Coloael Gales Ransey, Seventh artiiiM er y* Augusta, Ga., yes terday, and the death of James Bais- ley, Companf Forty-seventh New York volunteef 8, ln Porto Rico, yester day. Baisley dfj ed °f enteritis follow ing typhoid fev«£ No Word FrP" 1 Missing Boats. Baltimore, Feh- 14.—It was said to day at the office the Merchants’ and Miners’ Steamship company that no word had reached'there from the three boats missing an d containing officers and members of ti. 1 ® crew of the steam ship Lawrence, wr ec ked off Port Royal, S. O. Anarchy Pr< Auckland, Net Advices received, der date of Feb. and rebellion si provisional govl nils In Samoa. Zealand, Feb. 14.— ire from Samoa, un- report that anarchy ^tl prevail there. The nient persists in in- terferring with th\Th4tish subjects and also with servants o^yPfttish residents. Inquest Over I.yiwhed Blacks. Leesburg, Ga., Feb. The coroner held an inquest on the booifeg-dtpeorge Bivins, George Fort and Bill Holt, wTML were lynched by the mob of masked men ou Sunday morning, and returned a verdict of death from gnu shot woundg from parties unknown. AH is quiet. Bii Constable J. "5™ ^ went to arrest Boston Davis, a in the latter's house. Davis was charged with assault with intent to kill his un cle, and was considered a dangerous negro. When the officers entered the house Davis had a pistol out, and shooting be- gau. Eight or ten shots were ex changed. Davis was shot fatally, four bullets taking effect in his body. Martin was struck in the back of the head and seri- ouidy wounded, and a little negro boy in the room was shot in the body and also seriously wounded. North Alabamian Suspends. Tuscumbia, Ala., Feb. 16.—The North Alabamian of this city, probably the oldest weekly newspaper in Alabama, has suspended publication. It was es tablished in 1831, and for 25 years was edited and published by the late Colo nel A. H. Keller, under whose manage ment its power and influence was un equaled by any journal throughout the state. The plant is yet the property of his estate, and for the past several months has been published by John J. Thornton, who has surrendered his lease. It is thought the suspension is only temporary. Failed to Pay Her License. Columbus. Ga., Feb. 16.—Mrs. M. E. Levette, about 50 years of age and a lady of intelligence and refinement, has been arrested here charged with work ing as an emigrant agent in Georgia without paying the license of $500. For some time Mrs. Levette has been in this section getting workmen to send to Ar kansas, where, she says, she has largo farm interests. She has sent two or three carloads of men west. Karly Vegetables Damaged. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 16.—The damage by the cold wave in this stats was mainly confined to the early veg- etable crop. The injury to the citrus industry is as yet merely speculative. It is thought the orange bloom brought out by the open Floridian winter has been injured. It will require five or six days to ascertain the exact damage done the orange trees. .Two 3Ien Die In a Wreck. Charleston, Feb. 16.—A construc tion engine was wrecked by the spread ing of the tracks on the South Carolina and Georgia railroad 11 miles outside of this city. Two men, M. B. Jackson of Atlanta and M. B. Forbes of Michigan, were killed and eight more or less •erionsly injured. Professor Manning Is Dead. Raleigh, Feb. 16.—John Manning, professor of law at the State university, He had been sick some time. His fisher -was a captain in the United State#uavy. He represented the Fourth st in congress two terms. beei^WSSn, but witl never tell. A Filipifio master mecha'' . in the arsenal aLCavlte, represendn the middle who formed the strongest part of the insurrection, and who is himself prominent among them, said: ‘I wonder whether Aguinaldo will contiune to feed ns. ’ “This shows the attitude of tho peo ple. “Onr success at Iloilo, with only one man scratched, will, I believe, have a great effect on the. natives. The Petrel, daring the fight, went within easy rifle shot of shore. “I understand tho troops at Iloilo will move on the Outlying towns of Molo and Joro.” Number of Skirmishes. Several rebels yesterday afternoon, having fired from houses bearing white flags, on the American ontposts. Colonel Smith, with Companies L, D and M of the California volunteers, proceeded to clean out the enemy along his front. Tho rebels opposed him from tho brush and several skirmishes occurred, during which nine of the Californians were slightly wonuded before the rebels were driven out. The work proceeded today in a sys tematic manner, a gmiboat shelling the • villages and working her rapid fire guns very effectively. Tho entire California regiment, with the exception of two companies, font companies of the Wash ington, two companies of the Idahorog- iment and a battery of the Sixth artil lery were engaged. The rebels wera driven toward Lako Laguna de Bayo. ’ The rebels held their fire, apparently being short of ammomtion, but they fought desperately. The American outposts in this direo- tion run ont fully 12 miles. All is qskl _ along the rest of the line with the ex^“ ception that an occasional exchangoof shots between the sharpshooters break* the monotony. Casualties Reported by Otis. Washington, Feb. 16.—The follow- ing report from General Otis was re ceived at the war department today: “Twentieth Kansas: Wounded—Feb. 12 engagement Caloocan, Sergeant Ira Keathley, Company D, slightly. First California: Wounded by desultory firing yesterday—Privates Allen Grant, severe; Albert Egger, slight; Ray Hursh. Company O, slight; William O. W’alsh, severe; Sergeant William F. Duntt, se vere; Corporal Henry Ritter, Company fl, slight; Lieutenant Edwin A. Hartig, First Dakota, drowned last night while trying to laud Hotchkiss gnn at Pa^ig.” A Denial Krom Agoucillo, London, Feb. 16.—The Filipino agents here have received a cablegram from Agoncillo, the agent of Aguinaldo, say ing: “The statement of General Otia that he has a cop) of a telegram from me, advising Aguinaldo to attack the Americans is an absolute fabrication. I challenge General Otis to produce thq telegram.” - —J...— -