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e toute m n n FHK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane.12*6 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 29,1899 Sew Series-Yoi. XIX. No. 18 Clje ed?a?rij?i?nii M ^oiitbnm. Published Erery TSTednQsaay, -Bf INT. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, & C. TERMS I ?1.50 per aucuui-io aaVaorte. ADVERTISEMKKT: O?? Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for tbree months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests wi'l be charged foras advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. Communication With Estcourt Interrupted. Boers Get to South of Town. Nearing Mountain Passes. Darban, Nov 21-Communication with Estcourt is interrupted. Durban, Natal, Monday, Nov. 20. -Seven hundred Boers from Wee neo took np a strong position on the highlands 12 miles south of Estcourt SQ nd ay, occupying Turner's fatso, I northeast of the Mooi river. Maj. Thorneycroft, with a detachment of mounted infantry and the Estcourt Carbineers, engaged the Boers, of whom three were killed, iucluding their commandant. The Boers with drew, taking 200 head of cattle cap tored at Turner's farm. The main Boer force south of E3t court is reported to have retired Pretoria, Nov 21, via Lorenzo Marques -Monday's report from Gen. Joubert'9 headquarters, which was presented to the Transvaal coun? cil of war today, says : "Heavy gun firing was heard in the direction of Estcourt on Saturday, and continu? ous rifle firing is proceeding south of Ladysmith. "A small sortie from Ladysmith this morning was repulsed The Transvaal heavy guns fired a num? ber of shells into the town this after noon " London, Nov. 22 -The Daily Mai publishes the following dispatch from Pietermarhzburg : "An official communication from Ladysmith dated Nov. 18th, says the garrison is maintaining its position. A Boer force is reported to the rear of Boston, about a dav's ride from here." Estcourt, Natai, Monday. Nov. 20. -Rumors of a glorious victory achieved by Gen White Wednesday last are still unconfirmed. Little credence is attached to them, espe? cially as the rumors added that Gen. White had threatened to place many hundreds of prisoners in conspicuous places should the shelling of the town continue. Reports from the southward say that the Boers are separating into foraging and pillaging parties who are looting stores, stealing cattle and ransacking houses It is added that one farmer becmse so incensed that | he stalked a party of 160 Boers, I eventually shooting eight of them. A Boer foi ce occupies a position ? on the Mooi river, ten miles below j tbe Mooi river statiou. Durban, Nov. 21.-The govern i meut has received the following ad ; vices from Col Royiston, command- 1 ant of the volumeeis at Ladystnitn, i under date cf Nov 16 : i .'All the volunteers and police are ? we?i and there are plentiful suppiits ? for man and horse All was quiet yesterday ( Wednesday ) and the same j condition exists this morning. There ; has been no further bombardment. j and the effects hitherto have boen ; trifling. We are anxious for new6 from toe south " AT MAFEKING. L ?ndon, .Nov 22-Lite last ev .ti? ing the war effie.' made public two dispatches from Get) ?uiler from Cape town Th?; first had bf u received from Gen Ciery, dated Mo; . ; day. Nov. "20. and announced that three privates were wounded the I previous day at Mooi river The I second was from Col. Baden Po weil, j dated at Mafeking, Nov. 6, paying : "Ail weii here. We have had a few succesifui sorties Our loss is two officers and IT men killed and j four officers and *20 men wounded. ! The enemy's loss is heavy fl is numbers are decreasing, but his guns remain and shell us, keeping out of the range of our small guns. Have bad no news from the outside since Oct. 20 " NAUWAPOORT REOCCUPIED. Cape Town, Nov. 21-The British troops reoccupied Nauwpoort on Sunday. Boers are Preparing to Shoot Their Bolt, GOING DOWN ?TO MEET BRITISH REINFORCE? MENTS. Pretoria, Nov 21 -The following dispatch has been received from the Boer headquarters near Ladysmith : "The field cornets of the Pretoria commando reported that British gun carriages and some horsemen had been heard moving last night in Ladysmith Our outposts observed the British endeavoring to sortie toward Lombard's Kop and Bul wama Hill when our Maxima opened fire. The range was too great and, therefore, our artillery began shell ing, which drove the British back About daybreak the British batteries fired upon our positions Two burgh ers were wounded. 44It ief supposed that the object of the sorties was to reiieve the Est? court force, who bad sent an urgent message to Ladysmith requesting aid. The burghers captured the messenger, but finally allowed bim to proceed " It is reported that the Natal police have captured a number of Transvaal dispatch riders In his latest report Gen Joubert says : "I am cutting off the retreat of the Estcourt troops to Pietermaritzburg and driving them back on the Tugeia river " Il is also reported that the Boer commander with the forces near Ladysmith has "comprehensively sur? veyed the different points from which the fall of Ladysmith can be insur? ed " Gen Synman, who is outside Mafe king, reports heavy fighting Monday afternoon. The British briskly fir .ed on the French cannon and Boer forts The Boers replied, bombarding the British forts with good effect The loss of the British is unknown One Boer was wounded. The official returns of the Tranvaal casualties since the outbreak of the war show that 90 men have been killed and 200 wounded, of whom a number have recovered and returned to the front Newspaper reports from Cape Col? ony say that a general rising of the Dutch farmers is imminent in Natal and that the colonists Boers in these districts which have been proclaimed republican territory have already joined trie Boer forces Geo. Metheun Meets Boers Beyond Orange River. London. Nov. 24, 5 a. tn -Before aoxietv as to the situatioo io Natal has been relieved there comes news of a great battle at Belmont. This has happened sooner than was expected. Ooly tbe offioial acoount is yet to band, but so far as can be gathered the fight? ing appears to have been almost a repetition of the battle of Eiandslaagte. A dispatch of the previous day esti ma'es that the Boers io tbat vicinity numbered 2.000 aod that, they had five guns, and judging from the absenoe of any statement to tbe contrary in the offioial report it is believed that the British were slightly superior io num? bers to the eoeniy T*he Bee's bad cbo^n a position with their ccstornarv skill and were strongly entrenched The Brirish j were obliged to carry three ridges in - Nothing is sairl as tn whe'ber the j positions so gained wore held, and the ! oestrue-ion of ammunition seems to looieate that, 'be contrarv was the ca?e. While G;-n. Methuen can bo congra? tulated up^o R brilliant victory it wes gained at a heavy loss of officers and rn e n. The <?i.>rv of events at Mafeking u? :o Nov. 15 bas arrived Ir give* li'tie rhat is new. At 'hat date Ho!. Baden ! Powell bari no idea nf being relieved ? for a fortnight, or r?rh:'.p^ for a month Both M.^frkin? and Kimberle?,however, seora to be quio* L*er derails regar i ir-g ?ho Arundel reconnaissance sav the i B -ors were engaged in destroying fte railway One account says thar nirrr ? the retiremon4 an ambulance tra'.:; with j dolors was seot out from Naauwpoort. ! The Situation in Natal remains ob=cu<e Figb'ine is rrportrd at both Estcourt and Ladysmith it was at ? first reported that heavy firing had b'en beard in the direcion o? Willow I Grange, leadiog to a belief that. Gen. ? White sortied from Ladysmith and j inflicted a demoralizing defeit upr-n the Boers. It would be premature to viv* full credence to either report. What i* (juite certain is that Lid v-mit h. Est? court and Mooi River station aro -iii isolated and the Boers ecrm able, aft r detaching eoough troops to hold three British forces aggregating 17.000 men, to push no toward Pietermari'zburg with some 7,000 men. A disquieting feature cf the whole campaign is the fact that ali the ad? vancing generals report meeting the Beers in force In view bf the brilliant success of Gen Joubert in partially paralyzing the relieving columns, the question is being asked, , what would have happened had be j at the outset of the war, instead of I sitting down before Ladysmith push ed on to Pietermaritzburg Gen Gatacre8 reports that the Dutch are rising, increases public anxiety as it tends to confirm rumors that have long been current. Late last evening it was asserted at Aldershot that the sixth division, now in process of mobilization, will actually be required for active ser? vice Some of the yeomanry agents have been warned for mobilization, owing to the scarcity of cavalry ia Africa It is also reported that an? other brigade of boree artillery will be mobilized BRITISH REPORT OF BATTLE. London, Nov 23 -The secretary of war has received the following dispatch through Gen. Foresties Waiker from Gen. Methuen, dated Belmont. Nov. 23 : "Attacked the enemy at daybreak this morning He was in a strong position. Three ridges were carried in succession, the last attack being made by shrapnel Our men behaved splendidly and received support from the naval brigade and artillery The enemy fought with courage and skill Had I attacked later I should have had far heavier loss. "Our victory was complete Have taken prisoners Am burying a good number of the Boers, but the greater part of the enemy's killed and wounded were removed by their comrades Have captured a large number of horses and cows and destroyed a large quantity of ammu? nition " Brig Gen. Fetherstonhaugh was severely wounded in the shoulder, and Lieut. Col Crabbe, of the Gren? adier Guards, is reported wounded Our casualties are the following : Killed. 44 ; wounded, 130 ; missing, 18 BOERS ATTACK MOOI RIVER Mooi River, Natal, Nov. 23, 10 a m -The Boer guns began to shell the camp at 5 o'clock this morning The British artillery is in position on grounds to the east, west and north of the station The artillery duei was continued until 8. when it ceased for an hour. The Boers recommenced at 9 and i dropped three shells into camp They are still firing at intervals with no damage although their aim is good NO CHANGE AT KIMBERLY London, Nov. 23 -The war office this evening issued a dispatch from Cape Town which is a brief official dairy of events at Kimberly from Nov 12 to Nov 17. It shows that no serious engagement occured between those dates, that the British losses have been infinitesimal and that the Beer losses were probably very small The final entry indicates that the Boers, anticipating the advance of the relief column under Gen Meth? uen, has taken up defensive positions to the south of the town. Dervishers Meet Death From British Maxims. Cairo, Nov. 23 -Gen. Wingate, I with an Egyptian force, moved from I Fakikohi yesterday io attack the ! force of Ahmed Fedii, reported to be Nerissa (Dreifessa f) 23 miles from the River Nile, on the road to Genial (Gimeh ?) The sirdar, Gen. Kitch i ener, has telegraphed to Lord . Cromer, the British minister, as fol I ?ows : "Omdurman, Nov. 23 -Wingate found Nefissa evacuated, pushed on j to Abriaadil, four miles further, and found Fedil's forces encamped. They were forthwith engaged by the mounted troops under Mahon, with four Maxims and two gnus and the Jehadieh under Girringe The Der j villiers charged with all their old j j dash to within <w?; yards of the guns Wingate, with the infantry, arrived in timi* to support Mahon and clear j ! ed thc whole camp Tho Dervishers j bolted through the bush, pursued by the mounted troops. Wingate esti j i mates Fedil's force at 2,500 men, of j ? whom 40'J were killed Wingate ; captured many prisoners, grain, rifles ! and speais The Egyptian casuai ' ties were three wounded " ! Baltimore, Nov 22.-The Donald son liue steamship Lokania, Capt. ! McNeill, arrived at tr?i? port this I morning with the crew of the British J steamship Manchester Enterprise, which foundered Nov ?G, 480 miles southeast, of Cape Race The rescued i men number o3, of whom nine are cattlemen returning from Liverpool. The Manchester Enterprise sprung a leak during a severe gale Nov. 13 Lawton and Young Give Otis Tile Slip. They Are Independently Campaigning in tho far North Manila, Nov. 21, 6 05 p. m -The whereabouts of Gen Lawton and Young is becoming as mysterious as Aguinaldos. The belief is beginning to grow at Manila that Gen. Lawton has struck the trail of the insurgent government and is pursuing munsters into the Beaquet mountains. It has been his ambition to capture the Fili? pino leaders and Gen Young* be? lieves that a cavahy brigade, living on the country, could ron them down to any part of the island. One vague report brought by Spanish prisoners I is that Aguinaldo and others were nearly surrounded by Americans soon after the insurgent chief left Tariac, but he escaped through the lines in peasants clothes. Officers and soldiers arriving at Ca banatuan from Gen Lawton's force, describe the campaign as one of great hardship. Many men dropped, sick, and were left at various towns with? out adequate supplies and attendance, some of them making their way back across the terribie roads A number of horses were dying and many of the soldiers and even some of the officers, were marching on, half naked, their clothes having been torn to pieces in getting through the jungles* Some of them were reduced almost to breach clouts and hundreds were barefooted, their shoes being worn out, aud all were living on any sort of provisions- Bread was rare and caraboe meats and bananas were the staples Gen Lawton foresaw that the cam? paign would involve such hardships, but he considered it the quickest and cheapest way of ending the war. The last number of the indepen? dencia, published ai Tariac, the day before the Americans eotcred that place, contains a despondent valedic? tory entitled "Adieu. The tone of the article showed the writer consid? ered the game played out He said: "Obliged by circumstances, we have fouud it neccessary to interrupt with this number the pleasant labors of defending our ideals and interests We take leave of the public and our readers with grief most profound and bitterness most cruel.v The paper also contains "News" illustrating in what a Munchausen world the Filipino leaders have tried to keep the people. A Washington dispatch dated September 14tb, des? cribes Senator Hoar as opposing the McEnery resolution in the senate that day. AGUINALDO SLIPS AWAY. Manila, Nov. 22, 12 50 pm - Aguinaldo has escaped between Gens. Young and Wheaton Gen. Young is pushing toward Bayam bang. YOUNG PRESSING IN PUR? SUIT, BUT CHANCES AGAINST HIM. Washiogten, Nov. 22 -Geo. Otis today Cibled (be war department; as foiiows : Manila, Nev. 22. Dispatch 21?t from Lawton at Tayug reports Young with cavalry and Macabebe scon's at Aricgay with advance north to Baoang rear San Fernando, about to aove on trail eas! to Trinidad. Young reports consider? able icsurgent force mokine ?n that cirectioc ; tba:. Aguinaldo if in charge, seeking to cress over to Bayocbong. 1 Portion of Lawton's troops now beinrj pushed tbropgh to Tayag wi-h rations. Battalion Tweoty frarta wilt join Law? ton tomorrow. Nothin? from Yv beaton for several days. MacAtihur opers ring west of railroad ind cor'h of Tariann. Wire from Tarlaoo rjorth not vterkiog ; troops on entire railroad i i na rationed without dif5era!ry Ilotlo reports seven companies Sixth and Twenty-sixth volunteers under Dickman, struck insurgents northeast Jaro, casualties, sis wounded. Enemy lef* rn field 18 killed. Dickman cap? tured seven prisoners, four one-pound brass field pieces, several tbousnud rounds ammunition. Eighteenth in? fantry yesterday drove insurgent north on Santa Barbara. Hughes with col? umn north aud west of Santa Barbara ; reports of results not yet received O.is. The dispatch from Gen. Oiis docs not yet make it, appear that ?he efforts to capture Aguinaldo and rho larger por? tion of hts army wiil be successful. The intention of General Young to prevent Aguinaldo reaching Bayo?bong seems evident, bur this seems scarcely probably now Some errors have b?en made in the transmission of the dis? patch Bayonbang is evidently meant instead of Bayombaog. The town given as Tarlaoo is probably Tariac, as I the situation of MacArthur would j indicate that he is opcratir g cot fer i from that, place. No alarm is felt ! Toozr?'w.?t the situation cf General j Wheaton, as he has been for some time beyond telegraphic communication. Operations are also progression in j the islands south of Luzon, as the last I por'ion of the dispatch indicates. Toe next move of importance is to be made bv Geo. Wheaton, who wiil go up the coast by transport to Vigao, at the mouth of Abra river This wili land his forces far to the north of where Aguinaldo is supposed to be, the inten? tion being to cut cff bis retreat to tbe north. From the military information bureau it is learned that ease of the routs Agutoaldo is taking are moan tains inhabited by tribes which are not friendly to Aguinaldo aod would be likely to attack bim if be attempted to cross their territory. The country along tbe coast is quite well settled. There are several little rivers making harbors from which it is feared Agui? naldo may escape by boat. General Young, it is believed, is watching these smaller ports with a part of his force. HIS DESTINATION ILOCOS. Manila, Nov. 23, 9 a. m-News from the pursuit of Aguinaldo is not expected for a day or two. Yesterday a report reached Gen Lawton by courier from Gen. Youog that people knowing the country think Aguinaldo's desnoattoo is llocos. With Gen. Liwtoo's troops in ? position to move toward Bayombocg by every road from the south, and with impenetrable mountains, peopled by unfriendly, semi savage tribes behind, Bayomboog would be a poor refuge. It is reported that Gen. Lawton is moving northward from Tayug, with infantry to bead off Aguinaldo. Gen. Yoaog has only ,one troop of cavalry and the Macabebei, who orig? io all j numbered 300. Aguinaldo is supposed to have two days start from Avaogay. The transports ^Newport and Tartar have arrived. PASSING OF AGUINALDO. Manila, Nov. 22, 12.50 p. m.-Gen. Young reports that Aguinaldo, with a party of 200, including some women and a few carts, passed Aringay, on the coast between San Fabian, aod San Fernando, in the province of Uoioi?, Friday, Nov 17. The general adds that Aguinaldo probably intended to strike inland through the Bicqua mountains, toward Bayombon, io the province of Naevia Visoayo. Gen. Youog, with cavalry and Macabebes, is pureuiog the Fili? pino leader, par* of the American force taking the direction of San Fernando. In a fight with Aguinaldo's rear guard, at Ariogay, one Macabeba was wound? ed and the insurgents retreated. Their loss is unknown. Some Hard Fighting in North of Iloilo. INSURGENTS ARB DISPUTING EVERY FOOT OF GROUND. Manila, Nov 23 -10 50 p. m.-j Severe fighting in the north of Doiio began Tuesday, Nov 21. Four Americans were killed and 25 were wounded, including three officers. The insurgents are retreating to Saota Barbara, but the fightiog continues. Col Carpenter, Nov. 18, advanced j to Santa Barbara straight no.th from; Js.ro, taking trench after trench, tbe I eoemy fightiog and retreating. Gen. Hughes' column has steadily been advancing north to pain a position | west of Santa Barbara It encountered j the enemy in small dctaehineot*. Sis j to ten Americans were '.7oaoded ia this ; column ? Col Carpenter started during the ! riignr of Nov *i0 aod opened wiih , Bithry G of thc Sisth artille?, at daybreak, Nov 21, on the trenches. The enemy volleyed as the artillery \ took up a position, wounding four Two companies of the Twenty-sis Ii regiment, garrisoning Jaro, moved through Oapacsz, attacking the enemy ca the righ; flank, just north of Jaro at daybreak Nov. 21, driving them ; toward Cul Carpenter. Tbs country between Jaro and Santa j Barbara is'thickly entrenched, especi ally otar Pavia. The Sixth artillery fired on tho trenches and the E'ghteeoth r:girjient charged, the enemy retreating to the next trench. The Eighteenth 1 again charged, encountered aDd attack? ing a force of ]>;lomen, who were hid in tho "'ong gra.*s, and who sevcreiy wounded several Americans During thc afternoon of Nov. 21 the fighting was severe ioiffi2diateiy ?outh of Pavia, three miles north of Jaro. Tne Twenty sixth's companies re? turned to Jaro after tbe flank move? ment, having captured three s;x pound smooth bore cannon and a quantity of arms and ammunition. The enemy's loss was not obtainable, but seven men were found dead in one trench. The insurgents are falling back on Santa Barbara, which, it is expected, Gen. Hughes bas attacssd before this. A Spanish corporal cap'ared by the Filipinos bas arrived here from Tariao. He says he saw Aguinaldo, accompa? nied by a prominent leader and 15 men, arrive at B<yambang (Dayaiabang ?) during the night of Nov. 13, batiese, his clothes toro and spattered with mud and bis horse exhausted. Aguinaldo, it appears, rested a short time, seemed anxious, consulted with his companions and the villages as to the Datare of tbe roads, secured fresh horses and pro? ceeded immediately toward Managala ren in Panganoan, provioce of Bayambaog. Tbe corporal tells a straight story, giving minute details. He is convinced be is oct mistaken, having seen Agui? naldo several times during recent months. Aguinaldo, it appears, would have bad time to leave Bayambang Nov 13 and pass through General Wheaton's Hoes Nov. 17. Insurgents Collecting. Manila, Nov. 23, 12 50 p m -The insurgents from the north are concen? trating at Mont Alaban and San Mateo where it is expected they will make resistance. The Spaniards never occupied these places, and the insurgents believed them to be im? pregnable. A reconnaissance to tbe northwest of San Mateo on Juesday developed the fact that the rebels were moving stores and men to Mont Alaban. The number cf insurgents is unknown A reconnaissance made yesterday showed that 200 rebels are entrench? ed at San Mateo and others in the valley between there and Mariquina, where the rebel outposts are station? ed. Gen Young entered San Mateo last September and found the place not especially adapted for a strong resistance. Filipino Cabinet lS Badly Scattered Washington, Nov 24 -Gen. Otis summarizes the situation in Luzon in a dispatch to the war department to? day in which he pays that the insur? gent government can no longer claim to exist, its troops and officials are scattered and Aguinaldo in hidirg. Tbe dispatch follows : Manila, Nov 24. Claim to government by insurgents can be made no longer under any fic? tions ; its treasurer, secretary inter? ior and president, of congress in our hands ; its president, remaining cab? inet officer, in hiding evidently in different centra! Luzon provinces ; its generals and troops in small bands scattered through these provinces acting as banditti or, dispersed, play? ing the role of "Amigo" with arms concealed. Indications are that Aguinaldo did not escape through lines of Lawton or Wheaton but fled westward from Bayambang railway station Telegraphic communication to Dagupan established, probably tc San Fabian today ; by relaying nine rjjiies of track with material at hand raliway communication to that point reestablished : labor of troops; must Attend maintenance " BJ Fuller details cf the sharp engage? ment between Carpenter's command ar?d the insurgents in Iloiio rrached the war department today in the fel? lowing dispatch ?rom Gen. Otis, dated Marnia today : "?:? Pansy, 21 inst, when Dickman drove enemy vicinity Jaro, Carpenter wit:! two battalions Eighteenth infant? ry and Bridgemans battery hid severe engagement at Pavia, north Iloiio His casualties five killed, 20 wounded, now in Iloiio hospital, others Slightly wounded wi:h com? mand. Enemy drivtn north with reported very heavy loss : particulars not received Carpenter passed oa to i?eurgents? Santa Barbara, which he captured 22d inst , without ios3. Nothing received from column under immediate command Hughes, which is moving mpidiy and operating north ana we>jt of Santa Barbara. Apparently Visayans friendly, not taking active part : enemy consiets of 2,000 Tagalos " ABSOLUTELY t^iJRE B>ANNG> POWDER Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.