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Boers Are Awaiting
The British Attack.
And British am Awaiting Ar?
rival of Lord Roberta.
London, Deo 27, 4 60 i m ?Die
??lebe? from Sooth Africa are atill
greatly delayed. Bot they are arriv
tog eaore freely, which ah owe that the
aenaorthip baa been relaxed.
There appears to be oo great
okaoge in the aitoation
A dispatch from Lorenz) Marques
slated Thoreday. Deo 21, give* the
following from the Boer bead laager,
dated Tuesday Deo 19 :
"The British naval gone at Colenso
have been cannonading Bolwer
bridge, over the Togela river, with a
view of smashing it
"The bombardment of L-.dysmith
is proceeding slowly Gm Joubert
has arrived here and been accorded
a hearty welcome He addressed
the burghers on Deo 18
''More British prisoners have been
Mat to Pretoria
A dispatch to the Daily News from
LvJvsmitv, dated Pnday, Deo 15, by
heliograph, says :
"Another sortie last night Qen
?outer, wt'h 600 volunteer*, destroyed
eat tix ieeh Grtaeoi gun. one Howi<i?r
aed ooe Maim Oos Britoo killed.
The Boer gaooers fid"
Tiers is so idea ia some qaarter*
here that G o Bailer's destrootioo of
the Togela bridge heralds so attempt
to eat off the Boers now tooth of the
river, bet the general opinion it that
the Britieb will not stake any toriou?
move pending -he arrival of Lord
Roberts
Ditptlobea from varuot poiott iodi
sate ike steady growth of Du ch
diaaffeetieo. The Cape Towo oorros
pjodeot of lbs Daily Chrooiole reports
ibe disoovery of a plot to ooooive at
tbs escape of Bier prisoners The
Times advisee etern treatmeot of the
diaaffieted Doteh oolooitta aod the
enforcement of the peoeltiea of treason
against persona and property.
The Sixtemh Laooert willx go to
?otrh Afrioa from India at the tpeoial
reqaeat of Lvd R>bertt, even after the
government bad deeided thai oo more
iroops should be wi.hdrawo from lodia
The war office baa oomioated 8tr
William 8?okeo at oootaltiog torgenti
te the Sooth Afrioao forest He will
leave Dohlio for the Oape to a few
daft
Lord Somerset writes to The Times
?rgiog Ike seiiare of Loreoio Marqaet
aod its releaiioej if oeeettary. until the
end of ike war, ia order to preveot the
laadtag of war material for the Boert
Tke iraaaport Taotalloo Cattle bat
arrivtd at Ctpe Towo with a number of
Howuasra tad qoiek flrers, whieh Gen.
Dollar argsally oseds ?
A dispatch from Moddtr river dated
Thursday, D?e 21, reports that inter
? Klent firing was oooiinoiog oo both
tides; sltkoagk tbe B ?er shells fell
tkort A number of Free Srate burgh
art had ?arreod?red. There It ao oo
e-nfirmed rep rt that 'ho Gaoadiao
pteket wet eat off near B Imoot. It it
also aaterled that ftver it raging among
tke Boert
Tbt teste "* wireless telegrspby at
Modder r.ve*r oave b n highly sueoees
fol. soejmooioatioo over a ditraoee of
70 <ndet being pcrftody cettbliehed
Hn Mar cool iottrameote inieoded for
ine Hoert, have beeo seised st Ctpe
Towa.
A ditpattb from Ohieveley oamp,
dated Thuredav. Do 21 , tat?:
"Lyddits tbtllt are daily thrown into
tke Boer oamp to prevent them working
at the trtoeoe*. The Bring of big guio*
ia heard datlv ftom Iwa direot*oo of
Ltditmt'b "
Commandant I)<melion, who w%*
SSp'irtd a' fcland?laagie and brought
to 8imostowo, where he ?u?oet-d* d to
mating hit esetpe from the British
trotter Veoelope, has been reoaitur
ad
awamo* ^sa?^^?
Aogosia, D-o27?W C |lO| wa*
srreettd lait laat night oo a warrai t
sworn oat by (Jhiel of Poltoe il u I,
sbargiug him weh arson Stoy is an
tioor*ioo marjagor Tbs 'bree d s?s
iroos Ares in ibis eiiy reomtly, their
erigie piloting strongly to inoeoditri n>,
kave greatly eioi'ed the people
Reotaily a boildiog waa fired three
listet to ort day io the lower pert f
ike eiiy tnd last oigbt thortlv before
lbs big Ire ihe dtpartooeot was eailtd
10 a reside ate oo Walton Way to a
ire pleiel? ioeeodiary, wbieh was also
aseeeed atttmpi oa ikal boildiog.
April. I860.
"Be Ju!
SUM!
Glanders And Sedition.
Spreading in American Muies
and Bntlsn Sabjeola In
Cape Colony.
London, Deo 26.? A. cable die
patch fron Cape Town, dated
Wednesday, Deo 20, says that
glanders has broken oat among the
American moles, of which there ore
1,100 at tbe Htellenbosch remount
fs.m Twenty six nf the mules hove
been destroyed and 78 have beeo
isolated
The dispatch ssys sedition is spread?
ing; io Cape Colony Three members
of tbe Cape Porl; moot ore alleged to
be implicated, and one >f them io i
osid to have presented a Free State
flag to a Boer commander, at the same
tiite expressing the hope that he
would carry it to glory and victory.
Another member of the parliament
io ooid to be recruiting for the Boero
In odditioo, weolthy farmers ore now
oiding the invodeio
FRENCH ALMOST FASTENED
London. Deo 26 ?Tho Boers
heovily bombarded Ladyemith ior a
couple of hours Deo 16, the dsy
after the battle of Togeia river, but
little damage wao done They killed
one man ond wounded two men of
the garrison
Advices from Cspo Town say tho
New Zja1anders with Gen French at
Newport, were in o tight corner Deo
18 They were nearly surrounded
by Boers and retired under a hail of
bullets tired ot short range, but sus?
tained only little loos
Among the Boers killed at Strom
berg wore many of thot loca'ity who
had joined the Orange Free State
forces
Several newspsper correspondents
have returned to Cape Town from tbe
Modder river, opporently confirming
the belief thot no immediate advance
of tbe British is projected
CHURCHILL ON 8ITUAT10N
London, Deo 28 ?The Morning
Post has received tho following from
Mr Churchill under dote of Dec 26th,
telegropbed from Chieveley Comp,
where he has orrived :
"AU ranke have complete confi?
dence in Sir Redvers Buller and
there is a otern determination to
aucceed next time at all costs A
painful impression wae caused by the
announcement ot the change of com
mander in chief, and the soldiers here
ore resolved to viudicote their trusted
leoder
"Tbe situation, neverthleos, is diffi*
cult, the Roer position being one of
extroordioory otreogth, with high
hills lined tier on tier with trenches
ond galleries rising from so almost
onfordable river, ond with a smooth
ploio In front
"The enemy hove oil the ranges
marked, and many powerful guns
dominate the voriouo poioto of tbe
river, while the drifts ore commanded
by converging musketry fire from
probobly 12.000 Boero Tbe are 16
miles of wild, broken country before
reocbiog Lodysmitb which deusnds
oorly relief "
Diopotcbeo from Modder river rep
teoent Dutch disaffection io Oriqua
land Weot oo growing very serious.
Iu some towns tbe entire Dutch pop?
ulation boo joined the Boers.
It is announced tbst the Boers
r.ave raised tbe siege of Kurumau
and have all withdrawn to Mages
fontein
The Capo Town correspondent of
the Times, under date of Friday,
Dec 22. ssys : "Anxiety regarding
the attitude of the Colonial Dutch is
steadily growing They make no
effort to conceal their sympathy with
tbe two republics ; and the only
question now is whether if the mili?
tary situation is nut changed they
wiil keep from open rebellion.
ROBERTS AND KITCHENER
Gibraltar. Deo 27 ?The British
steamer Dunottar Castle, having on
board Uen Lord Roberta oi Kandahar,
commander in chief of tho British
forces in South Africa, airived hero
yesterday evening. Gen Lord Kitch?
ener, who camb from Ettypt to joie
Gen R ibertM ae his chief of hi ?IT, em
barked nu boord the Duu.uU*jc ?fJaAta
and the vessel sailed early this morn
ing for Cape Town
FFLT THE BOERS FROM KIM
^ bKKLEY
Ktmberley, Dec 20 -At 2 30 this
morning detatchmentH under Cd
IVakman, with three Maxims and
three seven poundeis under Maj May
reccnfiuoitered. L(>aviug the en
trenmento, the British advanced on
Toll Pan The Boers pickets fired
oud our Msxims replied, the Boers
disappearing over the ridge
Our guno then began to shell Toll
Psn st a range of 2,500 yards. A
Boer goo dropped four shells oear
3t and Fear not?Let all the Ends thon -
'ER. S. 0., WEDNES]
(?nr men but did no damage Ah the
Buers wete strongly entronched we
withdrew Their gnus are well
placed
If APEKING RELIEF BORGE.
London, Dec 27 ?The Rhodesian
Mafehing force according to a dis
patch from Mochudi, Bechutnaland,
iated Saturday, Dec 16 was progres
sing slowly owing to the necessity
of repairing the bridges, averaging
one per mile.
An intercepted Boer mail bag, it
is added shows that 20 Boers were
killed and many wounded during the
Bruish sttack on the Sequani laager
Gat&cre's Disaster Not Yet
Explained.
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London, Deo 29. 4 30 s. m ?Dur
iug the continued lull m the military
operations in Sooth Africa the papers
are filled with letters and articles
oritioisiog the government and the
campaign and suggesting remedies,
improvements, alterations in the plans
aod the liko.
The Times complains of "needless
ocosorsbip aod concealment " It cites
the foot that nothing has yet transpired
in show bow Gen Gaiaore came to lose
600 men at Stromberg
The dispatches from the front all
represent the Boers as ia nervous
oondi'ion aod ooostsot dread of the
British advance, bot this is probably an
exaggeration
The Modder River correspondent of
The Daily Chrooide gives an explana?
tion of a sudden rifl* fire inexplicably
opened from the B >rr trooehee. II
says : "The Boers Lave wires stretched
along the ground in front of the
trenches, and connected with lamps'.
If a wire be touched a lamp is ex'tn
guished. thus giving warning. One
night a high wiod extinguished a lamp,
wbiob resulted in a false warning
The fire ceased when tba Boer
discovered that the alarm was false."
A correspondent of The Daily News
at Frere Gamp announces that a
tramway is being ooostrnotod from the
railway to the bill commanding the
Boer position, and that aioog this tho
British will convey heavy guns.
Aoeordiog to a dispatob from Lady
smith, dated Wedoeadey, Deo 20, the
heat then was intense, being 104
degrees Fahr in the shade. There
were many oases of entrio fover in the
town at that time, but not enoofh to
cause alarm Oo the other band,
report from Boer sources on the
continent assert that typhoid fever is
eptdou.io in Ladysmitb
The Traosvaal government, accord
iog to information supplied by B ?er
sympathisers, threatens to "reduce the
rations of British prisoners if Great
Britain stops the entry of food by
Delagoa bay
It is estimated that the war will cost
at least ?60,000 000 ($800.000,000)
it is suggested that the sinking fund of
the national debt should be suspended
for five years io order to defray the
cost
THE BOER ADVANTAGES MORE
CLEARLY REVEALED.
London, Deo 28 ?A dispatch to
The Dsily Mail from Pietermaritiburg,
dated Saturday, Deo 23, says:
1 Every day reveals some new faot
regardiog the strength of the Boer j
position at Colenso. Thanks to the
services of continental officers, the
character of the campaign has obaoged I
? We are no longer fighting a foe whioh
relies upoo guerrilla taotios, but we
have to deal with what is rapidly
becoming a well disciplined army and
mjoyiog tho advantages of knowing
the country and of selecting toe scene
of oontest without (he burdens of a
cumbersome comissariat.
"The Boers have converted the hills
near Goleoso into fortresses of immense
streogth Everywhere they have
?plendid treoobes, many of them bomb?
proof Tramway lines permit the
?hifting of guns with astonishing
rapidity. The main positions are con
Meted with the outlying positions by
undergroud passages and the forts
prcpor bristle with machine guns that
commaud the approaches. Probably
mines are laid.
"One hears Iom. nowadays about
Boei shsUi not burs iug. Observers
of the Colenso fight ?ay the Boer fire
was very tffrcttve. This is duo largely
to the fict that distances are marked c(f
with white paint
' Tho onctiiy'n disoip?ne is improv?
ing Tho trench's represent groat
manual labor for which the Boers have
a keen ?ih|ik^, und lbs way in which
they restrained their fire when oar
troops "?ere advancing is another proof
of improved loldiertog "
THE GERMAN PRESS
Bsrliw, Doc. 28. ? The Gorman press
continues to comment upon tlx* war in
South Africa The Mtlitair Wochen
Matt, the mil ? ny organ, SOI uns a
severe crrioism hy a high nffieor, in
which the writer oLitna that hitherto
Beers, both leaders and met?, have
proved far moro efficient in every way
than the British The National Zei
toog says editorially : "The best so
lotion for Germany wot 1 bs a peaoe
Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's
DAY. JANUARY 3. 1
gusraotoeiug the Boen their iodepeori?
erne and aeooriog the 'uiure ; that is,
srsatiag n utate wbo.-*o frootier I ?u b<
the ire a, in opjer to eosole it to adi p
iteelf ?o tho new times iipoo which
A?'rioa is entering.
"That mu-t ho the policy of '.ho
?aera. We do oot de^iro the British
to wholly expelled from Af.ioa, hur
% I do not nee the necessity fur soaking
tho entiro African oootioeoi British
The ideas of Cecil Rhodes will eplit
upon the rock of Boer courage 99
BOERS VERY CONFIDENT.
Durban, Natal. Saturday, Deo 23 ?
Mr Wi nston Churchill, on arriving
here after bis escape from the Boers,
received a tremendous ovation. He
says that from conversations with mem
bers of the Transvaal executive at Pre?
toria bo learned that the Boers began
tho war with trepidation, but that
President Kroger is now confident
Great Britain will soon *ue for peaee.
In the highest Transvaal oiroles, Mr
Chnrohili asserts, there is serious talk
of a oompromise, by whioh Great Brit
aio would eedo the territory now oocu
pied by the armies of the two republics,
pav an indemnity of ?20,000,000
($100,000,000) and acknowledge the
oomplete independence of the Traos
vaal
Believed Buller May Try to
Retrieve Defeat.
London, Deo 30, 5 a m ?The
latest special dispatches from Chieve
ley camp hint datkly at some imDor
tout movement as imminent This
is interpreted, with some misgivings,
to mean that Gen Buller contemplates
a renewel of his attempt to relieve
Ladysmith It is reported by the
same dispatches that the Boers have
now retired to the north bank of the
Tugela being afraid that the swollen
river may bar their retrest They
are also moving their laagers nearer
Ladysmith. probably with the inten?
tion of further pressueon tbegarrion,
which now seems to be suffering
pretty hesvily from the bombard
ment It is difficult, however, to
conceive that Gen Bulier would mske
another frontal attack, especially
now that the river is rising and an
additional indication that this is not
bis purpose in the fact that he has re
moved his headquarters back to
Prove
The Boer movement northward
from the Tugeia is quite in keeping
with the enemy's usual plan of
securing a safe line of retreat It is
known that artillery is due to arrive
for Gen Buller but the belief here is
that his force, however, is animated
by a desire to accomplish something
before the arrival of Lord Roberts
and to satisfy the keenness of his
men to retrieve their defeat
The reported engagement with
Kaffirs is very vague and cannot bo
explained pending the arrival of
later dispatches
The times has a dispatches from
Lorenzo Marquee dated Deo 28,
which says: "The suspicion that the
Boer intelligence department is in
close touch with a foreign consulate
in Pretoria is confirmed by the fact
that the news of the appointment of
Lord Roberto as commander in chief
in South Africa was generally known
in Pretoria on Dec 20. indirectly
reoobing Delogoo Boy from the
Transvaal two days later Suspicion
rests upon a consul which is noto
rious for his Boer sympathies There
is reason to believe that Pretoria is
kept well informed with regard to
British military movements.
"With reference to the rumors of
smuggling contraband is significant
that Moj Erssmus of the Free State
artillery is here, his arrival being
coincident with that of the French
liner. Considering the freedom with
which the Transvaal secret service
fund is spent considerable mischief
may be done unless cargoes are
inspected by British searchers, who
understand ioreign bills of lading
SIEGE OF LADYSMITH
Piotermoritsborf, Wednesday, Deo
27.? A dispatch from Ladysmith, dated
Deo 22, siys : "The. Buers have
mounfcd another Howi'S'r on Borprise
bill roplsoing the gun oaptored in tho
poitio of the Rifle brigade. While
they watoh us nightly win a Keorch
light sod bombard the pises (iailv, they
show 1*0 tigOl of assaulting tho (own.
Thef probably think they oao htarve us
out, but we have plenty of provisions.
"Tho total casualties sine? the liege
began are 70 men kilhd aod 236
wounded 99
THE BOER ARTILLERY.
Ladysmith, Dec 24, via Pietermaritg
burg ?Qeo White bus bad a slight
uttweb of fever nut he is now eoovabs
Oent,
The Boer ?bell Ore has been very
damaging recently. On Friday one
sh II killed sis men and wounded ore.
The sans sail*ile killed 14 horses.
Another just uvssed tho Fifth Lancers'
lines, slightly wounding sii officers.
Several sheila have fallen olose to Gen
White's home, compelling tbo removal
THK
KOO. New
i of headquarters to anoth r poiol
I' 't reported that Gen Joobert a
agaio in command of ibo Bsers bore.
The aik?'ary aotb "ir;->* appear sonfi
?"?rnt bot Ibev are very retieeor.
Boen have boon observed moving
uorhwerd and westward io lar^r
DQDbtri
SORTIE FROM KIMBERLEY
Kimberley, Friday. Do 22, via
Modder river, Wednesday, Deo 27 ?
Before dawo today a detachment of the
mounted forces with artillery and
infantry, moved io a westerly direction.
Boer artillery from Kampcrdam opened
fire at O fcs Kopje, Kimberley fort
replying with twenty shells
The British force reoonnoitered out?
posts along Lazaretto ridge, the Bier
patrols retreating.
Having accomplished this and hav?
ing discovered Boer reenforcemente
approaching from Wimbledon ridge,
Col Chamier, with the Royal artillery,
exchanged a doxso shells as s mo as the
guns could be limbered up Some 500
Boers poured in a heavy fire from their
earthworks, the British finally retiring
with the loss of one horse.
Tbo movement showed tbat the
Biers were still keeptug their guns in
the vicinity of Kimberley and are able
to summon roenforcements rapidly. It
also showed their proneoes9 to vacate a
position immediately when weaker than
the opposing force
TAXING GOLD MINES
Pretoria, Deo 25. Monday ?Gen
1 Sohalbburger reports under date of Dec
23 that trains are now running
to Colenso, indicating that the Boers
have built a connection around L*dy
*mith.
Gen Cronje reports from the Modder
river. Deo 24, that lbs Boers eaptnred
two British torts at Kururnan Dec 17
[t is rurai, .'d tbat Gen Metbuen'e
big naval gun has exploded
The Transvaal government ha* pro
mu'gated a new ?old tax law, by which
individuals and companies working
their own mioes ?re taxed 30 per cent
of the output, vybile mines worked by
the govcrnmen'. will pay 50 per cent
Suspended mires will pay 'i0 per cent
od their probsMj output, calculated on
three months' working Reducing
works will pay 30 per eent of their
profits The law ts retroactive to Oat
11
British Subjects Warned.
London, Dec 27 ?The privy council
held a meeting at Windsor Castle at
which Queen Victoria proclaimed a
warning to all British subjects not to
assist inhabitants of the Tran?vaal or of
the Orange Free State or to sell or
transport merohaLdise thereto uoder
penalty of the law The proclamation
was gazetted tooigbt
Three Leading Questions
Austin, Tex, Deo 26?William
Jennings Bryan's attention was called
to a dispatch from Washington stating
that he had written Congressman Daly
of New Jersey tbat be would make
several speeches in the east, discussing
trusts and imperialism, and he was
asfcod as to whether the report icdicat
ed any intention of abandoning the
silver question He said :
Congressman Daiy has probably
been misquoted. I expeot to make
several speeches io the east but I expeot
to discuss tbo money questieu alone
with other questions There are three
questions now prominently before the
people, to wit : the money question,
'be trust question and the Pni ippine
question Whenever I make a pol III
oai speech I discuss all three qu^s
tions "
Mr Bryan will leave here S^uriay
for bis (t;p to Lioeolo, O.naba, Kansa*
Ct'y an i therco to the east He Will
be gone about one month
Mis B yan today received a letter
from Andrew Carnegie, st&tiog tbat he
W uld gladly furnish tbo money for the
erection of a libtary building at Lin
coin, Nob. which, it is estimated, will
cos: between $50,000 and $75,0(J0.
Liurens, Dec 27.?In a rabbit hunt
yesterday near Cross Hill Cavptf
Fu ;er a JOOBg gentleman IV* years
old, was accidentally shot by Mr Butler
Rioharisou Young Fuller di^d this
meroiog, They ?rc of our best cit
tZ! r.n The accident will be g.n \it y,
deplore 1
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San Francisco. Deo 24.?The United
States transport Wes'nini>'cr sailed for
anils today with 100 heud of horses
and mules
Rott
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Makes the food more de
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rem.
TKL'E 80CTHBON. t?at*t>li*hed Swam i <>6
Series?Vol. XIX. So. 23
Th? Safty Valve
of the Clan na Gael.
An Alleged Officer Talks of
Contemplated Blow to
England.
New York, D o 27 ?Relative to
the attitude of the Irish Revolutionary
societies toward the government of
Qreat Britain at the present juncture of
affair?. The Erening Peat today quote!
an officer of the Clan na Gal as say?
ing : "England can only be made to
feel pbyeioal force, and we're now
?o:og to give her some Boer treatroeot.
Wc did intend going out and sinking
that first eipeditioo from Canada to
South Africa, bu? thought it better to
wait a little We can mobilize our
men without much diffioolty for an
attack on Canada, and we are fairly
well armed?as welt as the Uoited
States trocps io the Spanish war. We
have lots of Spriogfield rifles and are
haodv with the bayonet
1 No deoisioo has been arrived at yet.
Everything will depend on the imme?
diate future We h ve either regi.
merits or companies all over the Uoited
S ates and are fairly well drilled, and
a great many of our men are in the
militia The Ancient Order of Hi?
bernians has really nothing to do with
this. It : umbers about 250 000 and o
maj rity of its members belong to our
organisation All its (finer* do, and
so of course it will ac with us We
have lots of men in the regular army ?
dmf1'' or clubs in every post?aod even
if they were sent against os to step us
on the border they wou'd either march
across with us or give us blank cart?
ridges.
"If it is decided to attack Canada
we shall da all io our power to keep
masters so secret ce not to embarrass
the government until we are actually
on the border The French popoie'ioo
io Canada would be with us, and there
are numbers of our own conn rymen
ready to welcome us. Canada would
be an easy mark We would have the
Canadian loyalists on the run in a
week."
Additional National Banks
Washington, Dec 28 ?Tho reore
tary of tie treasury today designaied .
several additional national banks as
goverrmeit depositories to recejte
internal roVOtSO receipts, and it is
lold will continue to do to until the
to'al amount so d<>po?itrd snsouMg to
$30 000 000 or $40,000 000 Depos?
it, however, will not bd made with
these additir hi banks until the banks
comprising the fir-: group, designated
several days ago, have received depos?
its rqaal to tbe amount of bond? turn?
ed iuto the treasury by tbem as seoor
i:y, which approximates $17 6C0 000.
It is expected that deposit* will tegia
io be made under tbo new destgnetiooe
about Jao 10. Any national took
owning or controlling United States
bonds, willing to deposit the s?me io
the ?asury as r-eeuhiy. iccludiog
the oow receiving deposits, is eoti
t1 to partioipate io this distribution of
internal revenue receipts
NEGRO KILLS SHERIFF.
Monticello, Fla , Dec 28?WIN
Gorman, a negro sho. and instantly
killed Sheriff T B Simkine this
morning at the Scurry place, sift
miles north of town Goimitt was
wanted for murder and Simk:nt? and
a posse went to arrest him They
closed in on the cabin in which the
negro was concealed As Simkins
pushed open the door, Gorman shot
him twice in tbe breast The mar?
rtetor escaped from the rear door, but
was shot down and killed
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An experiment is being made in
Washington County Ga, on the line of
rural school consolidation and free
transportation to and from school
that will be watched with interest not
only in Georgia but in other State*.
The plan that has been in operation,
and has so far proved eminently ?atie*
factory, provides for the consolida?
tion of eight or ten small schools of
one teacher each into one academic
iuj&?tuAi.sM\ WNVfe t&ffeia'i iufUuctore.
Transportation to and from school
costs, under the experimental plan,
about one dollar a month per capita.
Tbo airaugement for continuous
aeoatODO in made by private subscrip?
tions of the patrons
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