The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 22, 1899, Image 1
f ?? SUBsT/W* WATCHMAN, Kstftbl Lh?d
Coqm>..dated Au?. 2,1881.
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80MTER, 8. C.
torus :
$1.50 per aooom?in advance. \
Oso Square first insertion.$1 00
?eery eubeequsnt insertion. 50
Coo tracts for throe month*, or longer wil
ho sad* ot red need roteo.
All cooinionieationi which subserve private
tater ests ?III heebargod for as advertiemeote.
Obituaries aad trlbu'e* of rospocU will he
tharged for.
COTTON CROP NOT
OVER NINE MILLION.
Ottotal Ettlmate Places it
Under That Figure.
WsehiagtoowNov 14 ?The etatte
liaiaa of tho depertmeot of agriculture
to a report >eot to tho praaa today, aaja
that the faol that tho preliminary
ofsetal eetimeto of the ootton crops
eeveral i tea to baa taraod oat to bo ao
oadoreetioiate, aad haa been dao io
?tor? iootaoeo lo a failure to keep pooo
?Ith tho rapid oxpeacioe of tho prodao
live area. Whoa, thoroforo the very
largo orop of ladt year made it roam
foot that tho aoroago had iooreeeed
beyond both official aad almost oik
commerced ostiosstes, it wss deterujio
sd to isotitate a special a od Tory
thoroagh iaveetigetion iato tho entire
erop^eit nation this yoar. Tho prodao
lag area lost year to foaad to hate been
35.000,000 asree, aad that for tho
prasset yoar to bo aboot 28.500.000
astse. with a probability; that tbo fiasl
rotaros will show the present aorsage j
tw have bota below rather tbaa above
tie asnoaot ttated. Tho investigation
disslotce ooe of Iba smallest overage
yields aar core ie maoy yeere, andyio
sstimeiteg tbo total arop at a maxima ?
of 9,600.000 bales, a sabetoatial aad
saoet ample . llowaoee baa been made
fat ooy toadoooy lo toka a too pessimis?
tic riosi of tbo sitaatioo. tho attoal
isdtoatioss at Iba preeoat moment poiot
iag ta a atop of lata tbaa 9 000.000
baloo Tho rsport farther ssj: :
"lo bio oapssity as cotton export to
tba Uoitod States ocmmission, tho
otatietieiaa baa had tbs preparation of
tbo Uaiiod States sottoo exhibit for the
Peris exposition, aod hie dattee io that
ooaaoottoo have afforded him additional
(anilines for eeoerteioiog the actual
ooadtlioa of the orop io every part of
the aoastry. The unimpeachable evi
d*aoo tba) hat sons to him ia that
capacity is io every wey oonfirmstory
af lbs ssoot oofavorable offioial re?
ports "
THE CONSTITUTION'S E^Tl
MATE
Atlaala.Oa.. Nov. 14 ? The Ooo
e'itolioo. which bss sll lbs seasoo beeo
advoaatiag bighar prices for ootto".
will psbltsh tomorrow estimations of lbs
srap frosa proaitasat men io tho ootton
growtog States
Arkaaass aad Alabama plaoe tbo
ecatmstioaa at 8,600,000 bales; Tea
asasaa plsae* tbs figure st 8,800 000 ;
Mississippi at 8,750 000, while Texas
aad Sooth Caroliaa give tbsir estime
liaao at 8,000.00 ssob North Carolina
aad Loaieaaa do not give any Agares,
bell say lbs orop will bs vsrj mach
red seed
Dtipeosary War Will be Re
newed
Afior a brief seaeoo of quietude the
diapeatary fight will break not afresh
tomorrow at the meeting nf the state
board of eelbtrol
Mr. Doathit has beeo summoned to
appeor before the board aod answer the
charges Tho first ia ebaogiog X ooro
whiskey labels to XXX ooro aod the
other ie selliog oootrabood liquor after
tbs alleged astioa of the boara iostraot
log him sot to do so
II ia uoderstood that Mr. Doathit
will be ready to saswsr tn the two
shargee aod thai he will appear prompt*
ly oa tbs boor, accompanied by his
attorneys?Messrs Pat ton, Prince and
Johaotoas. There haa beeo considers
bis tslb snoot aol allowing attorneys lo
epp?cr aad some opposition will be
oodoohtedly msde aocordiog to tbo
stetimeet of a member of the board
Issi week
Soould this oppositioa provesffeotivs.
lbs whols hasiaese will bo tskeo bsok
to lbs sown sod s fresh legsl fight will
be starred. It has beeo stated tbet
three members fsvor the appearance of
attofaeye. Mr. Robineoo oomrniutd
himeelf to that at the meetiog wheo
Mr Djo'bit wee discharged, and if he
snots to it, thso there will bo oo trou?
ble aboot attoroeye.
There ie a matter of prime import?
ance aod the public iwairs with interest
tbs action of the bosrd ?Columbia
Rsecrd. Nov 14
?0/ Writing Tablets, Pencils aod Paper at
April, 1860.
"Be Ju
SUMTI
Gallant Work of |
The Thirty-Third.
One Officer and Six Men Kill?
ed Near San Fabian.
Manila. Nov 14, 8 p m ?The
Thirty third imantry, in one of the
abarpeat two boaro' engagements of
the war, with so equal force of in
surgenta, five miles from Sau Fabian,
Saturday, lost one officer and aix
men killed and one officer and twelve
wounded. The Americana captured
29 Filipinos and 100 rifles and found
81 inaurgenta dead lying, In the
trenches and rioe fields Many more
Filippiooo, doubtless, were killed or
wounded
Gen. Wbeston wss informed that
the ?nemy waa gathering at J ?ein to
for tbe purpose of preventing the
Americans from controlling the rosd
from Dsgopan north, whereby Agni
oaldo might retreat. The Tbirty
thircL, Col Howe commanding, and
a detatohment of the Thirteenth,
with a Galling gun, Howlaod com?
manding, were aent to disperse them
The troops encountered the worst
road ever found in the island of
Luzon. There waa a aupceeaion of
creeks whose bridges tbe Arnericsns
bad to atop and repair, and miry
ditches, and st certsin places men
sod horses struggled waist deep in
quagmires A hundred .oldiere bad
to drag tbe Galling gun pa-1 of the
way, the horaes being uselosa The
insurgents opened the fight two miles
from S*sn Jaointo, while the leading
American battalion waa passing s
clump of houses, in the midst of a
oocoanut grove, knee deep in mud.
Tbe Filipino iharpsbooters, bidden
in trees, houses sod a small trsnoh
soross tbe road, held their fire until
tbe Americana were close to them
When they began firing other Fill
pinos opened fire from thickets right
and left, further away The insur?
gent sharpshooters pioked off the
officers first. Five of ths Americans
wbo fell wore shoulder strsps or
chevrons Bat the Thirty third nev?
er wavered. Its oraek marksmen
knocked tbe Filipinos fron; tbe treee
like squirrels, sod tbe Americana
ruabsd tbe trench, lesving four deed
insurgents there The regiment then
deployed under fire, with Maj. John
A. Logan's battalion in tbe centre,
Maj. Oronic's on the right snd Maj.
Marsh's on the left The aknmish
line, which was a mile long, advanc?
ed rapidly, keeping op a constant
fire The Filipinos msde sn unex?
pectedly good stand, many of them
remaining under cover until tbe
Americans were within 20 feet of
them Maj Marsh fianked a small
trench fail of insurgents, surprising
them snd sisugbtering nearly sll of
them before entering tbe town. The
Galling kiUed five of tbe force bold
ing the bridge and awept tbe country
beyond tbe town, driving about 150
Filipinos into the billa Marsh's
battalion, eutering the town first,
captured a big battle flag, which was
flying over a coovent.
Tbe ioaorgsnts are supposed to
bsve retreated towsrd towsrd Dsgu
psu It wss impossible to pursue
them, ss the American troopa were
exhauated and their aupply of ammu?
nition waa low the outposts killed
five Filipinos during the night
The body of the Filipino lieutenant
colonel commanding was found
among the killed.
The regiment returned to San
Fabian Sunday, it being impossible
to get supplies over the roads
Guerrilla Warfare
in Philippines.
Aguinaldo'n Latest Orders to
His Followers.
Manila. Not 15, 11 p ra ?Geo
Hagbss, with part a of tbe Nineteenth
aod Tweoty aisth regiments, moved
from Uoilo Thursday, No?. 9, toOitoo,
six miles wait, for the purpoao of oap*
luring Hanta Bubara, ths rshsl strong
hold 10 miles north of lloilo. Hsavy
raios preoeded ths movement, aod ths
roads wars, in piasss, impassable. Ths
sans night Col Carpenter, with ths
Eighteenth reg orient sad Battery O of
ths rfutb artiilsry movsd westerly from
Jaro oo aooooot of ths roads, aod ths
eotirs movement was hampered by kok
of propsr transportation Co. C of the
Twenty sixth regiment had the ooly
fighting Wbeo three miles out of
Jaro this company charged tbe rebol
trenebes and threo of tbe eneuiy were
killed One Amerioao was wounded
Gen Hughes, Nov. Iii, nooupird
Tagabau ai d Guimbal, on tbe sou^h
ero ooast and also Cordova in the
interior The enemy did not oppose
Gen llugh'V advance
Hooeot orders from Agoinaldo found
in tbe tr i ohe* said : 1 Do not oppose
tbo American*' adviooo. Boro ths
villages us they srs evacuated. Divide
iiiiBB^yi i -?~
st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou a
SR. S. c WEDNESDj
the forces into band? of 40 Harrass
the Americans oo every occasion "
Araneta. the rebel leader of the
island of Pansy, was captured at Tag
baoan whilo attempting to pass tbe
lines into Iioiio
It is reported that an expedition,
evading tbe navy, reoently landed arms
and ammunition oo (be Antique ooast,
and that the rebels threaten opposition
with an armed force of 3,000 men.
Theso stories are not believed.
All ports of the Sulu islands outside
of tbe Amerioan possessions have been
ordered eloied to commerce
Ladies of Amerious Refuse
Vaoclonation.
Americus, Gs., Nov. 10 ?Nearly
tbe entire membership of the Chris
tain Science church in Americus
were in the mayor's court today to
answer charges of refusioo to submit
to vaccination. Among the defen?
dants were 20 ladies, many of them
prominent in tne community, besides
a number of boya and girls Tbe
court room was crowded with well
dressed men and women. Attorneys
for defense obtained a continuance of
the cases until tomorrow. Tbe scien?
tists will be given the alternative of
being quarantined at their residences
or going to prison, and many of them*
it is eaid, will choose tbe latter.
Tbe sentence of Mrs. Raines, who
was sentenced yesterday to 30 days
in barracks or to leave tbe city for
refusing to be viccinnated, baa been
suspended until the other cases have
been disposed of Tbe affair has
caused a tremendous sensation here
and little else is talked of.
Ladies of Amerious are Sent
to Prison.
Amerious, Qa.. Nov. 17 ?The eases
of tbe Chrietaio Scientists who refused
to be vaooiooated were settled today so
far as the mayor's court can sottle them
by the sentencing of E J MeMatb to
imprisonment at tbo city ball for 30
days aod a fine of $15 Five ladies
of ths congregation were sontenoed to
15 days' confinement at some plaoe to
be designated by ths ehief of police aod
to pay a fioe of $3 each. The same sen?
tences of fioe aod imprisonment will be
assessed against auob other members of
of the ocagregatioo an may refuse to
obey tbe vaooioatioo ordioaooo.
Mr. MoMath is a loading tnerohaot
of Americus end tbe ladies in solved be?
long to tbo best families in the oity
Counsel has been employed to repre?
sent tbe Cbristaio Scientists tod their
oases will be oertnraried to tbo superior
oourt and will ultimately be carried to
the supreme ocurt of tbe State, if eeo
essary The cases have caused a great
desl of talk throughout this immediate
section and there has been no rmall
amount of feeling aroused by the vigor
ous enforcement of tbe law.
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A Merry Railroad War
Columbia S C Nov. 17.?The Sea
board aod Coast Line people seem to
have bad their rob over in Cheraw,
aod today bad it here. Today at 2
o'clock Chief Daly stopped the Coast
Line people from laying a piece of
track which would have crossed Lin
coin street at Tobacco street Mr.
Newman, in charge of tbe work, has
been arrested charged with violatiog
city ordinances relative to railroads
oo the charge that he laid track with?
out permission of council in city
limits
The Seaboard people seem to think
that the Coast Line people ran the
side track across Lincoln street so as
t > make?the epan ro wide for the
trestle that a steel epan would have
been necessary, and that to get the
steel span would have forced a delay
of completing the line, and that it
was a return compliment for crossing
the Atlantic Coas1; Line track at night
near Cheraw
Tbe Coast Line people in charge of
the work say the side track was
necessary, and that they did not
know or think it necessary to secure
special permission for such work as
the spur track ran on their right of
way aud against their main line or
near to It.
The city claims tbe street and that
permission has been explicitly given
tbe Seaboard Air Line to use Lincoln
street for its entire length for the
Seaboard Air Lioo to get out from
the psrk Mr. Newman put up a
deposit and his os.se will be argued
before tbe mayor next Monday. The
case promises to be one of unusual
interest ?Cor News and Courier.
London, Nov. .16 ?In Russia the
leonids display oaused a panio in many
plaoos. It was believed tbat thu end
of the world had oome. ChurohcR wen
open all night long and hund'rds (
thousands spent throo nights in tb<
open air. tearing earthquakes >nd
gsaaral sataoliisa, Tbsrs aro rumors
that in soti.e willa^o^ Russian parsetl
murdered their children to relieve them
from sn eip*oted worse fate Tbsrs
wss rather s brilliant meteoric display
between 2 and 5 o'clock Thursday
morning at Bei
Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's t
kY. NOVEMBER 22,
Change of System
In Island of Cuba.
Brooke to be Recalled Jan I,
and Wood Made Civil Gov?
ernor.
New York Evening Post.
The president's programme with
regard to Cuba is now known. It
contemplates the retirement of Gen.
Brooke from the military government
with Gen. Leonard Wood at its
head.
The first of January is likely to be
a red-letter day in Cuban history.
On that day in 1898 Spain played her
last card in the effort to hold the
island by setting up an autonomous
government On the first of January,
1S99, the Spanish flag came down
and the American went up over Cuba.
On the coming first of January, if the
president can carry out the plans he
has now in mind, lie existing miii
tary government iu the island will
give way to a civil government, and
Cuba will have taken her first long
stride on the road toward indepen?
dence
Such is the information your cor
I respondent has obtained from a
source above question It is not
a new plan of the president but one
be has had i o mind for several months.
Tbo compla nts from all sides about
Gen Brook's inadequacy for his
present duties have been incessant,
and it has been obvious that some
remedy must be applied soon, or
half the labor spent in putting the
island into a. better morai and sanitary
condition would have been thrown
away.
By the beat unprejudiced judges,
the so called cabinet with which
Brooke has surrounded himself has
proved a dend failure or worse It
has retarded rather than helped the
work of regeneration. The general
baa allowed himself to be "steered"
by this hstidful of ambitious men,
instead of listening to their advice
snd then weighing it for himself
The president has been reluctant to
take any steps which could be con
strued as humiliating to Gen Brooke,
but the latter has done as well as his
natural limitations of mind and tern
per would permit, so it was decided
efter mature deliberation to let
Brooko be undisturbed until the time
came for dispensing with military
rule, and then to quietly let him pass
out simultaneously with the order of
things which he represents
As has been said, Gen Wood is
marked for the civil governorship. It
was a hint from the president that
higher honors were in store for him
which induced him to turn bis back
upon the offers made him a while ago
to return to the United States and
enter private business He made
plain to the president at that time
that difficulties beset him in the gov?
ernment of Santiago province with
the government of the whole island
in its present bands, but was advised
to bear the annoyance patiently a
while longer
The programme mapped out by the
president bad no sooner been sus?
pected in offioial circles in Cuba than
obstacles to its execution began to
present themselves Three men
would be affected in status by the
proposed change : Gens James II
Wilson, Fitzhugh Lee and William
Ludlow. All these were brigadier
generals of volunteers like Gen.
Wood, and his senior in their own
grade. In addition, Gen. Ludlow is
a colonel of engineers in the regular
army, and would, therefore, always
remain the military superior of a
captain and assistant surgeon, which
rank Gen. Wood holds in the regu
lars It is not known that cither of
the trio had any criticism to psss
upon Gen. Wood's ability as an exe
cutive, but all had decided objections
to beiug subordinated to hfm by bis
elevation to the governorship Gen.
Lee recently came home on a leave
of absence, and Gen Ludlow hsa
taken the same course Both have
in view, it is understood, the full
discussion of the subject with a presi?
dent before he takes final action.
Hers is where the president's well
knowo "taot" is oomiog to the froot
The necessity for dissipating the threat?
ened storm instead of letting it break
is taxiog bis ingenuity to the utmost
As far as oao be learned, he ilprepared
to appeal first to the patriotic impulses
of the three generals to let him take
the course he has in mind for the good
of Cuba, and to sink any personal
considerations If that will not pro
duoe tbo desired effect, there aro other
oourscn open to him The entire Miami
of Cuba need* the work of an expert
military engineer. The fortifieatioos
will require OVerbsoliog, especially an
Cuba, even if independent, will bt
ander ouj protection and remain a
military ootpost of the country and tbo
chief base for operations iu defence of
our southern ?oinIb in the event of
another foreign war Thore will be
harbor improvements also of great
extent tod importance
md Truth's."
THE '
1899 New
AM these could be assigned to Qeo
Ludiow io pursuance ot hir) regular
professional career, and us his reports
would be made to the chiet of engi?
neers of tbe army, wholly independent
of the civil government of Cuba, this
would end all controversies a* to rank
and authority As for Geoa Wilson
and Lee, the president's tecticai oppor?
tunities are somewhat lessened. In any
civil station to which they could be
assigned in Cuba they would 03 subor
dinate to tbe oivii governor.
But there are openings in the higher
ranks of the regular army, which have
not yet been filled, and io army circles
where tbo president's Cuban pro?
gramme is known it is suspected that,
as a last reeojt, be may make use of
Wilson and Lee. Ali that the law says
is that the*e ranks shall be filled by
selection, and if the senate consents
the president oan make suoh appoint?
ments from outside the regular army.
It would create a tremendous sensation,
and not a pleasant one. in the regular
servioe to have outsiders brought in
and pushed ahead of men wbo have
waited long aod worked hard ; but if
tbo ooming oongress should yield to the
wishes of the administration end in?
crease the regular establishment
largely, there would still be "room for
all V
It is a tioklish task to wbioh the
president has addressed himself, but
he is firm in his purpose to give Cuba
a civil government with Wood at it &
head, aod those who are most io bis
ooo?deace believe that he has sufficient
ingenuity in devising means, as well a9
sufficient persuasive tact in hsndling
men, to accomplish the end desired
without stiring up any bad feeling
? ^gfmmgm ?
Plenty, of Fighting
to Defend Mafeking.
Interesting Accounts of As?
saults by the Boers. *
London, Nov. 16 ?A dispatch to
the Daily Mali from Mafekiog, sent
by way of Magalapye because the
runners seut southward were unable
to traverse the Boer lines, gives an
interesting account of the fighting
during the last week in October.
The dispatch describes Gen. Cron
je's great attack of Monday, the
details of which have already been
cabled from Col Baden Powell's offi
cial dispatches
??The end came," says the Corres
pondent, "after five hours fighting
The enemy retired, being heavily
beaten for all time as far as Mafeking
is concerned It was the hottest
day of the siege and the firing was
terrific, the Boers evidently recog
nizing that the way into Mafeking, if
any, is by a kopje, which was gal?
lantly defeuded by Col Walford's
men. Tbe garrison is jubilant, while
the Boers have been hurled back in
disorder on their laager, and will
have to content themselves with a
long range bombardment unless they
are strongly reinforced.
"The enemy lost heavily. For
hours after their fighting line had
been rolled back two wagons went
slowly along their position, picking
up tbe dead and wounded
"All the men were killed by
bullets or shells. The lookout tower
was shot to pieces, while even the
aiddles of the horses were fearfully
battered about. Tbe whole place
was simply smashed up by the con
centrated fire of seven guns and a
thousand rill .-s
"The Boers ut first held on to
their advance plnckily, but they could
not live when they came to short
range, tbe men being noot down at
300 yards
"The enemy ie expected to draw
off early in order to defend Pretoria.
There is still no news from tbe south.
As 1 send this message off, 600
Boers have gone south with wagous
and have commenced shelling "
Ladystnith Encircled.
Pretoria Thursday, Nov. 9.?The
following dispatch has been received
from the Boer camp at Klaodslaate,
under today's date :
"Ladysojiih has been completely en?
circled by the Boer forces Our second
big gun was successfully placed in front
of Ladysmitb. The firing of heavy
guns commenced early this morning
with no oasulties to the burghers up to
tbe present
"Botha bas heliographed from tbe
south of Lailysmith that tbe British
batteries opened a heavy fire with big
guns aod continuously dropped shells
into the works around Ladysmitb. The
RoYA
Absolutely t
Makes the food more del
ROVAl BAKINO POW[
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l'KCE SOUTHRON, Batabllahed Jane 1 50,6
' Series?Vol. XIX. No. 17
Pretoria force was it a tight place,
hiving taken up a position commanded
by the British fire, which was ko bot
that the positioo became untenable.
The big gun, however, saved toe sit?
uation "
BOERS REPORT BATTLE.
London, Nov. 17 ?The following
censored dispatch fom Pretoria gives
details of tbo engagement referred to
in tbo Associated Press dispatch from
Pretoria of Wednesday, Nov. 15 :
"The Free Staters bad taken up a
position on a small bill when an Eng?
lish battery advanoed and attacked
them, sending a hail of shells on the
hill for a boor, wbeo the Transvaal
cannon put some shells right in the
midst of the battery, sending the
English to cover behind the hill. Two
burghers were killed and six wouod
ed. When the British fell baek back on
Lidysmith several shells exploded
among them, but the execution done
ooold not be seen.
At midnight all the Afrikander
oannon oo the bills surrounding tbe
towo opeoed fire simultaneously on
Ladysmith, turniog tbe quiet aod
darkness of night into -a lurid ioferoo
ot whistling, shrieking shells, speeding
from ail points of the compass to the
doomed city. Several buildings on fire
were seen from Buiwao bill. Daring
the day tbe troops left 'he oity deserted
and sought shelter oo tbe tdge of ths
hill to escape the death-dealing shells."
The dispatch from Pretoria also says
that the prhooers at that place include
tbe Eighteenth Hussars, four offiosrs
and 91 non commissioned officers and
men ; the Dublin Fusiliers, four officers
and 12 noo commissioned oj&oers and
men; the'Irish Fusiliers, 10 officers
and 533 non-eommissioned officers aod
men ; the Qlouoesters, 14 offioere aod
305 non-commissioned officers and
men; the artillery, five officers and
60 non commissioned offioere and
men ; tbe Rifles, two effloers and 89
non-commissioned officers aod men;
the Leicester*, no officers, six non?
commissioned officers aod men ; tbt
Dragoons, one man ; tbe Natal Polios,
one man ; political, 62 moo ; sick, 38
meo.
The dispatch adds; "Trains are
working exelleotly from Pretoria to
Ladysmith. Tbe Boers have ample
food, but are short of clothes, boots
aod mackintoshes
BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS.
London, Nov. 17 ?The admiralty
announced this eveoiog the arrival at
Cape Town today of tbe troopship
Arcana with a battalion of the Argyll
and Sutherland llighlaeders (tfce
Princess Lottes regiment), bringing
tr^. reinforcements up to 29,600, of
wnieb 7,290 bave already diseinDarfred
at Durban, with 18 field goes, a oum
ber of machine guns, engineers aod
hospital troops, as well as 700 mules.
This force, with that already between
Estcourt and Durban, i* considered suf?
ficient to enable Qeo. Hildy&rd to
advai ee and to take tbe aggressive
aotiou against tbe Boers sonth of
Ladysmith.
According to the latest advices
Ladysmith is holdiog oot satisfactorily,
overytbicg having been well up to
Wednesday.
In view of the Boer destruction of
bridges, tbe war office has issued orders
for tbe shipment of a quaotity of bridge
work between this and the end of tbe
?tar.
Mayor Smith Reelected.
/ Charleston, Nov. 15?The Demo?
cratic primary election passed off
quietly today, reeultion in a complete
victory for the regular or administra?
tion puny. Mayor Smyth and almost
every administration alderman and
school commissioner have been elect?
ed Tbe polls did not close until 7
o'clock and the count is progressing
j so slowiy that official figures cannot
be given at the time of filing of this
report. Unofficially, it is stated that
about 2,600 votes were polled in the
mayoralty contest and Mayor >myth
is reelected over Mr. Jsmes M.
Siegnious by about 900 majority.
The aldermanic candidates who were
not opposed run considerably ahead
of the May oral i ty vote
Washington, Nov. 16.?Chief Sur?
geon Woodboll, at Maoila, und t date
of Oot. 12, ieads Surgeon General
Sternberg the following : "A sharp
aod quite geoeral epidemio of^dc&gue
has prevailed io Lusoo for 0)me months
past, aod it appears to be spreading to
tbe south There have boen few really
severe cases, but a large number that
interdicted duty for some days."
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