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BOERS WHIP BRITISH
Much Excitement in the London War
Office.
HEAVY REVERSES INDICATED
g ft Is Possible That Four Regiments
Have Been Captured by the BoersReinforcements
Sent.
Johannesburg. By Cable.?The battle
still continues in the hills a few miles
from Krugersdorp. General Clement
has asked for re-enforcements, and
mounted men, under General French,
have already gone. There have been
many caualties on both sides. It i6
estimated that the Boers number 2,800.
L/Onaon, tsy i_;aDie.?L/uru rviuvueuoi
reports that after severe fighting at
Nooitgedacht, General Clement's
forces were compelled to retire by
Commandant Delarey with a force of
2,500 men. Four British officers were
killed. The ether casualties were not
reported. Lord Kitchener's official
dispatch to the War Office is as follows:
"Pretoria, Dec. 13.
"Clement's force at Nooingedacht,
on the Magaliesburg. was attacaed at
dawn to-day, by Delarey, re-enforced
by Beyers' commando from Warm'bath.
making a force estimated at
2,500. Though the first attack was repuked,
the Boers managed to get on
i top of the Magaliesburg, which was
held by four companies of the Northumberland
Fusiliers, and were thus
able to command Clement's camp. He
retired on Hekpoort and took up a
position on a hill in the center of the
valley.
"The casualties have not been completely
reported, but the fighting was
very severe, and I deeply regret that
Colonel Ldgge. of the Twentieth Hussars,
and Captains McBean, Murdoch
and Atkins were killed. Re-enforcer
ments have left here."
A Daring ;Robbery.
Texarkana, Ark., Special.?A bold
robbery on the Cotton Belt Railway occurred
today at Bassetts, Texas, thirty
miles south of Texarkana, on the train
coming north, in which Postal Clerk
John N. Dennis was almost killed, and
the mail pouches of his car rifled of
their contents. The amount stolen is
not known. As the train left Bassetts'
water tank at 6 a. an., the express and
mail cars were separated from the
train, but the train crew soon had
them coupled up again. In the rim
from there to Texarkana the coaches
uncoupled twice in a very mys>kSt>U5
manner. On the arrival of the
here -the United States transfer I
clerk knocked at the door of the mail
car, but got no response. Officials then
forced an entrance and found the clerk
Jno. N. Dennis, stretched upon the floor
apparently dead. A hurried examination
showed that the registered packages
had been ripped open and robbed
, of their contents, the most valuable of
which was the Waco-Memphis through
pouch, containing a large number of
valuable packages.
A physician was sent for and it was
found that Dennis tvas alive but unconscious.
An ugly wound in the top
of his head told the etory. Two hours
after he wa* taken to the hospital he
revived sufficiently to give the details
of the robbery.
Just as the train parked at Bassets'
? V * i rttr\ t"h ^ VOfitihlllA fif
the maii oar to stir up tho fire. When
he opened the vestibule door he saw
two men standing by the stove, one of
whom dealt him a terrific blow over
the head with a heavy fire shovel. The
first blow felled him and he was then
quickly beaten into a senseless condition.
He knerw nothing more until he
was revived in the Texarkana hospital.
He i6 In a critical condition.
Examination of the car showed that
the robbers gained entrance by crawling
thiough a small trap door In the
floor of the vestibule. In the vestibule
Is a crack with which a person can uncouple
the cars, and it is believed it
was the intention of the robbers to dis?
connect and get control of both cars.
* Offered Rewards for Heads.
Hong Kong. By Cable.?Reports from
Canton anounccs that several men
have been arrested in the Haiping district,
ou charges of having placarded
offers of rewards for the heads of foreigners.
Twenty of those taken into
custody will be beheaded in a few days.
A French gun-boat has been dispatched
to the scene to see that the sentences
are properly executed.
j Telegraphic Briefs.
A seat on the New York Stock Exchange
was sold for $47,500.
Senator Cushman K. Davis left his
entire escate (abcut $60,000) to his wife.
"Two men were killed in a freight
-- -justV on the Union Pacific Road, near
W?U?-Utah.
Tha' Baltimore Presbyte?*y favors a
revision of the Confession of Faith by
a vote of 47 to 24.
One man was killed nnd three injured
by a cave-in of the Pennsylvania
mine, at MarysvllK Cal.
The foutb annual convention of the
L<eaguc of American Municipalities was
In cession at Charleston, S. C., last
week.
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CONGRlSSIONAL DOINGS,
Daily Proceedings of the National
Lawmakers.
SENATE.
Ninth Day.?On account of th>e centennial
exercises^ the Senate did not
meet until 3 o'clock. It was agreed to
meet at 11 a. m.. in order that Mr.
Hanna might have an opportunity to
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nuu.cc.'* L11 vT ocuatc Wli tlic SUI^ OULiaiU/
bill before the consideration of the
special order?the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty?in executive session. The Senate
in a body proceeded to the hall of
the House of Representatives to join
in the exercises. At S p. m. the Senate
returned to its chamber and immediately
adjourned.
Tenth Day.?In accordance with
previous agreement the Senate in
executive session took a vote at
3 o'clock on the amendment to the
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, authorizing
the United States to defend its interests
in the canal. The Senate did not
close its doors until 2 o'clock and there
was left only one hour's time for discussion
of the provisions of the amend- .
ment. The vote was taken by yeas aDd
nays. 65 votes being cast in favor of the
amendment and 17 against it. The neg- |
ative votes were as follows: Baird, '
Beveridge, Frye, Foster, Hansbrough,
Lindsay, Mason. MeCumbcr, McEnery. '
McBride, Morgan, Money. Stewart,
Tillman, Wellington, Wolcott and GalHnger.
Later the Republican committee on ]
Order of Business held a session to decide
upon the future line of action with '
reference to the treaty as amended. j
Subsequently Senator Lodge, who was
with the committee, stated that the 1
Senate would proceed with the treaty <
enrl tViit V*n Ttrsvulsl onrtfiniiix Y%ia offArt2
ft"U LUai uo truuiu WUUUW uio viav*
to have It ratified. 1
Eleventh Day?The Senate commit- i
tee on foreign relations held a special 1
meeting and decided to recommend
four amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. The committee adopted an i
amendment suggested by Senator For- <
aker, which declares that the Hay- J
Pauncefote treaty supersedes the i
Clayton-tmlwer treaty and also 1
strikes out of the Hay-PPauncefote <
agreement that article which permits ]
the submission of the Hay-Pauncefote i
treaty to the other powers and invites
their acceptance of it. 1
Twelfth Day.?The proceedings in 1
the Senate consisted of a brief speech <
by Senator Teller in which he sliggesb- '
ed the substitution cf the word "abro- !
gate" for the word "supersede" in the 1
first of the amendments reported yes- i
terday by the committee on foreign <
? ?1 - 4U a A?PA?4 KA{*I?V I
I tfitUlUIlS, tuc CUWt uciug cvr i
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty abrogated
In express terms. He then made an
argument in support of this suggestion,
coptending that any nation has a
right to abrogate a treaty entered into
with another nation. He said that if
the committee intended to hold the
treaty to be abrogat?d that word
should be used.
HOUSE.
Ninth Day?The House adjourned in
a body to attend the centennial exercises,
and no business was transacted.
Tenth Day?The debate upon lii9
War Revenue Reduction Bill continued
in the House. It wis dull and featureless.
Those who spoke were Messrs.
Grosvenor (Ohio), Batholdt (Mo.), Hill
(Conn.), Boutell (111.), McClellan (N.
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and Underwood (Ala.) Mr. Bartholdt
criticised the action of the Ways ahd j
Means Committee in not itoaking a \
deeper cut in the tax on beer and gave j
notice that he would offer an amend- ]
ment to reduce it to $1.50 per barrel. ]
The House adopted a resolution for r
holiday recess from Friday, December ]
21st to Thursday, January 3rd, 1901. ]
Eleventh Day?The House adjourn- \
ed without disposirg of more than half ?
the war revenue reduction bill. General ]
debate closed at 2 o'clock, after wnich ,
the bill was opened to amendments ]
under the five-minute rule. A deter- ]
mined effort was made to reduce still ]
further the tax on been, but the ways (
and means committee overwhelmed the ]
opposition. Originally the tax had been
fixed in the bill at $2 per barrel, with ;
a rebate of 20 per cent. This was (
changed by the committee to $1.60 flat. ,
Twelfth Day.?The house passed the j
war revenue reduction bill. The op- {
position sought to recommitt the bill ]
with instructions to report back a ,
measure reducing the revenue at least ,
$70,000,000, and including a provision for
an income tax so dravrn as to cs- j
cape an adverse decision of the supreme
court. The motion failed?121
to 155. Thereupon the bill was passed
without the concurrence of the mi- ,
nority, who refrained from voting. The
amendment placed in the bill yesterday
to tax express receipts was defeated
on an aye and nay vote In the house ?
125 to 139.
The pension appropriation bill carrying
$145,145,280 was passed in exactlly
13 minutes.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Judgment for 2ov pounds was entered
in Ue Queen's Bench Court, in
London, against the Duke of Manchester,
for wine and cigars supplied
by a city merchant. Tue claim was
not contested.
Nashville, Tenn., by a vote of 5,717
to 934, decided to subscribe $1,000,000
for stock in the Nashville, Florence
and Northern Railway Company, the '
road to pass through Nashville, its 1
terminal toeing Leitchfield, Ky., and *
Florence, Ala. ]
(
A recent export order called for 25,- ,
000 axes, which will be distribtRed ov- 1
er the Australian colonies. IJ
HAS A GALA DAY.
fhe Nation's Capital in Holiday
A1' *e.
I00TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED.
The Exercises Comme.norative of
the Removal of the Seat of Govern*
ment to Washington.
Washington, D. C., Special.?The
national capital was in gala attire
Wednesday in celebrating of the one
hundredth anniversary of the establishment
of the seat of the Federal
government at Washington. The
wheels of government ceased revolving
for the time being, business, both
public and private, was suspended
while the President and his cabinet,
the Senate and House of Representatives,
the Federal judiciary, the governors
of many States and a great concourse
of citizens and visitors joined
In the elaborate festivities of the day.
Perhaps never again will this generation
witness such a significant gathering
of the executive heads of the
States and of the Chief Executive of
the nation. One hundred years ago
the transfer of the seat of government
was made from Philadelphia to Washington
and the site previously selected
by President Washington was taken
possession of by the various branches
of government, President and Mrs.
Adams driving over from Philadelphia,
the Senate and the House holding
their sessions here for the first
time.
The programme of the day began
with a reception at 10 o'clock by President
McKinley and members of the
cabinet to the governors of the States
md Territories at the Executive Mansion.
This was followed by the unveiling
in the East Room of the model
>f the proposed enlarged Beecutlve
Mansion, which is to be a lasting
memoral of the day's celebration.
The other events were a parade
from the White House to the capitol,
participated in by the President and
Hher dignitaries and visiting and district
militia; Joint eiercses by the
Serate and house in the hall of the
House of Representatives. At night
i reception was tendered the govern>rs
of the States and Territories at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art
The exercises began at 10 o'clock
with a recepton at the Executive Mansion
given by the President to the
governors of the States and Territories
and their ladies. The East
Room, the Red, Green and Blue Partes,
the corridors and stair-cases had
seen tastefully decorated with flowers |
ind foliage plants in great numbers
ind they presented a spectacle of rare
beauty. The President entered with
Secretary Hay. Immediately following
were the other members of the
cabinet, walking two and two, the only
absentee being Attorney General
nnt-<?rn<-?r T?<WU*VPlt Of NeW
J"6b?' *??.??? ,
i'ork, who had been spending an hour
with the President, joined the other
sovernors in the Red Parlor. The
presentations were made by Col. Bingtiam,
U. S. A.
Following is the list of the goverlors
present: G. W. Atkinson, West
Virginia; D. W. Bloxham, Florida (represented
by Col. F. Q. Brown); C. M.
Barnes, Oklahoma; D. W. Jones, Arkansas;
J. A. Mount, Indiana; C. S.
Thomas, Colorado; E. W. Tunnell,
Delaware; L. W. Shaw, Iowa; Llewellyn,
Maine; F. W. Rollins, New
Hampshire; F. M. Voorhees, New Jer?ey;
W. W. Heard, Louisiana, Mexico;
P. Steunenberg, Idaho; Stone, Pennsylvania;
E. Scofleld, Wisconsin; D.
L. Russell, North Carolina; Theodore
Roosevelt, New York; A. E. Lee, South
Dakota; N. O. Murphy, Arizona; Wm.
[Jregory, Rhode Island; J. W. Smith,
Maryland; W. M. Crane, Masachusetts;
W. W. Heard, of Louisiana. Goveraor
Stephens, of Missouri, was roprejented
by Governor-elect Dockery and
the Lieutenant Governor; Governor
3tyckney, of Vermont, was reprejented
by Adjutant General W. H. Gilmore.
The fallowing ex-Governors
lis? were present: Lloyd i^owndes,
it Maryland; A. S. Bushnell4 Ohio; A.
W. Fly, Texas; A. A. Markham, Call'
fornia,
Tampa Strikers Return to Work.
Tampa. Fla., Special.?All of the
f>ox factories in the city resumed
work Tuesday, the union men having
letermined to return to work. The
strike has been called off. In returnng
there is no restriction placed upon
supplying cigar factories working Resistencia
Union cigar makers, and
vtth the exception of less than 100. International
men who are yet out the
ast vestige of the recent general 6trike
las disappeared. The strikers failed
n the effort to prevent the transportation
of boxes to the city from Eastern
factories and the Federation of
Labor decided it would be useless to
iceep local factories longer closed.
Still After DeWet.
London, By Cable.?Lord Kitchener
cables the War Office from Pretoria,
ander date of December 12, that General
Knox reports from Helvetia that
tie is engaged in a running fight with
General Dewet and that tho enemy is
moving toward Redderstourg, where
there is a column ready to co-operate
with the other British forces.
ELECTION HAS BEEN URDEREii.
Annexation Proposition To Ba Voted
on in January.
Columbia, Special.?The attorney
general having found that all constitutional
requirements have been complied
with, and having so re-ported to
the governor, the latter official has
issued the following proclamation m
regard to the annexation election to'
be held in the Lexington county townshin
that desires to become a portion
of this county:
Whereas a petition, signed by the
qualified electors of a certain section
of Lexington county, has been filed
with me, and from said petition and
accompanying papers it appears that
one-third of the qualified electors residing
within the area of the section
of sa d Lexington county proposed to
be cut off and annexed to Richland
county have signed said petition, said
section containing 5 64?00 square
miles, and bounded as follows: All that
part of Lexington county that lies
within the following lines: Beginning
at the point where Double branch
empties into Saluda river; thence tae
said branch to be the line as far as a
point upon the said branch which is
six (6) chains in a northeasterly direction
from the corner of the tracts of
lands belonging to J. D. Senn and
Adam Ehrhardt: thence in a straight
Jine six (6) chains S.. .o degrees W., to
the daid corner of the said Senn and
Ehrhardt tracts of land; thence in a
straight line 15.88 chains S., 290 E., to
stake near Double Branch church;
hence in a straight line running west
of said church 50.80 chains S., 27 1-2
degrees E., an old ditch being the
line to the Augusta Public road;
thence continuing said line in the
same direction 168.5 chains to a stake
upon the Ijne which separates the
tracts of land belonging to W. J.
Cayce and A. R. Taylor; thence in a
straight line 79 chains N., 68 degrees
E.. to a stake upon side of hill on
lands of Mrs. Carrie Cayce, west of
Cayce's mill pond; thence in a
straight line crossing said pond. 31
chains N., 57 1-4 degrees E., to a point
where the new government road and
the State road intersect; thence along
the South line of the said new government
road and continuing in the same
direction to a point upon the Congaree
river; thence to the point of beginning,
Congaree and Saluda rivers
being the line.
And whereas it appears that Lexington
county would still meet all the
constitutional requirements as to
area, property and population, etc., a3
required by the constitution and statutes.
And whereas the requirements as to
[the distance from the court house at
Lexington is complied with.
Now, therefore, I, M. B. McSweeney,
governor of the State of South Carulina,
in compliance with the reqi^irements
of the act of the general assembly
entitled "An act to provide fo:
the formation of new counties," etc..
approved March 9th, 189^ do hereby
?-?1?? ?? 1 n o C
uruer itu eivuuuu m wc uu.iv.j
above described proposed to be cut off
from the county of Leiington on Wedr>n<?i*atT
tv.a 9H rhr f\f .Tnrmarv. 1901.
to be held In accordance with the iequirements
of said act, at which election
the electors shall vote ' yes" or
"no" upon the question of incorporating
the above described section of Lexington
county within the limits of
Richland county. The voting place to
be'lit the polling place or places as
provided in general elections.
The Mayors' neetlng.
Charleston, Special.?The League "of
American Municipalities, which has
been in session here since Wednesday,
concluded its business and adjourned
Saturday afternoon.
The next convention will Lo held at
Jamestown, S, Y. The fol'owiug officers
were elected: President, j. A.
Johnson, Pa;go, N. D.; vice presidents,
Mayors Ashley, of New Bedford,
Conn.; f.mjth, Charleston; Stephens,
East St. Louis; Secretary, Jonri Me*
Vicar,? former mayor of DeiMoinec,
Iowa; treasurer. T. P. Taylor. Bridgennrt
fonr tiuitees. Mayor Head
Nashvill*: Alderman Goorn:au, of
New York, and Mayor Weaniey, of
Florence, Ala.
Experts Appointed.
As experts to examine the books and
accounts of the State Dispensary for
the past year, as required by the new '
dispensary law, Gov. McSweeney yes '
terday appointed Messrs. Z. A. Searson 1
of Hampton, and E. B. Wilson cf '
Charleston, both expert bookkeepers. '
Their work is limited to 30 days. Dur- J
ing this time they are expected to
carefully go over all the accounts of
the State Dispensary, which 13 now
carrying on a two million dollar business.
The appointments had to be 1
made yesterday under the provisions
of the act. t
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South Carolina College Trustees. <
The board of trustees of the South 1
Carolina college has been called to ;
meet on Friday of this week, the 21et ;
inst., at neon. This meeting of the ^
full board has been called for the purpose
of passing upon certain matters
deemed necessary to be presented in
the annual report of the board to the 1
general assembly. - v -v- - .
DECLINE TO SIGN
Joint Note of t!:e Powers Nat Agreeable
to England.
BRITISH MINISTER'S INSTRUCTIONS
Not Authorized to Put Hte Signature
to the Paper at the Present TimeCol.
Tolleck Returns.
Pekin, By Cable.?The Brftteh minister,
Sir Ernest Satow, has received
a communication to the effect that at
present he is not authorized to sign
the joint note. He expects definite
instructions later.,
The Germans report that their detachment
at Ho Si Wn was attacked
while foraging. They killed 13 and
wounded 20 Chinese. The Germans
had four men wounded.
uoi. Tuiiock hae returned hare. no
reports having had an exciting experience.
His detachment was fired upon
eight miles from Pekin. He could not
discover the assailants, as they used
smokeless powder and modern guns.
He camped for the night at a place
called Kao Li Ying, 18 miles from
here, meeting, with slight opposition, \
but he was informed that he would be
attacked next day by Boxers from Deh
Hal Ying and sent for re-caforcemen?s.
Fifty men under Lieutenant
Mcpherson, of the Twenty-sixth Beluchibcan
Regiment, were sent to his assistance.
Immediately after their arrival,
Tulloek attacked the town,
which had to be entered by the use of
scaling ladders. In the attack Mcpherson
distinguished himself. He led
the scaling party which reached the
town, jumped down into the place and
emptied his revolver, killing five men.
He then drew his sword and defended
himself until his men arrived in force
and saved him from impending death.
Col. Tullock speaks highly of the
lieutenant's action. He says he believes
he did a deed which merits the \.
Victoria Cross, in his jump to what
was apparently death in order to let .
his men, who were coming up the ladder,
arrive. Fortunately the Chinese
had only a few carbenes and were bad
shots and none of the Br.-ish troops
were wounded during the fight. Forty
Boxers were killed, a number were ?
wounded and many wero captured and
brought to Pekin. Owing to the killing
of the Informer, no treasure was
obtained. Tullock says the people of
Pekin do not realize the contempt in
which they are held in the country districts.
He adds that one of the wounded
Chinamen said while dying: "You
can kill me, but you cannot kill the
? -.Ui?k m
noxer mt'vemeui, wuau mu caioi
til every foreign devil In China is
killed."
The French report the approach on
the Chinese Imperial City of 10,000
men, Pao Ting Fu, their garrison, 15
mi lea west, being attacked by the advance
guard. They have appealed ^
Ll Huag Chang and demand that he
prevent the march of these troops,
owing to the peace negotiations. The
railroad opening, which was to have /
taken nlace, has been postponed ow
tng .to the road not being ready for
traffic
In Porto Rico.
San Juan, P. R., By Cable.?Th?
house of delegates passed unanimously
its first bill, -^e measure declare?
that membership in the house of delegates
is incompatable with the holditg
of other public office. The milir\f
Por a Pipa AAnCP?H
Lai j uoiiaiwii^uu v*. * v* tv ??iw
to exist at noon Saturday with Gen.
Davis' departure on the transport
Crook for Newport News. The American
colony turned out en masse and
gave Gen. Davis an ovation.
Collecting From the Turks.
Constantinople, By Cable. ? Owing
to the success of the United States in
pressing claims for ocmpensation in
connection with the Armenian disorders,
Great Britain is now urging tho
Ottoman government to pay similar
claims put forwurd by British subjects,
it Is expected that energetic mean#
will be taken to obtain a settlement.
Fire at Norfolk.
Norfolk, Va.. Special.?The building
occupied by the Construction Company
at the navy yard, was completely de- .
stroyed by fire Sunday evening Short- I
ly before 6 o'clock a watchman discovered
the office cf Constructor Stahl
to be on fire, and promptly turned in
an alarm. The navy yard and Portsmouth
fire departments responded
promptly, but found the blaze gaining
headway rapidly and in a short time
the whole building was a mass of
flames. The firemen then devoted
their time to saving surrounding
buildings.
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