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Boers Are Awaiting
The British Attack.
And British ar? Awaiting Ar?
rival of Lord Roberta.
London, Deo 27. 4 50 s m ?Dis
paiehee from Sooth Afrios are still
greatly dslaysd. Bat they are arriv?
ing store freely, which shows that the
?ennorthip bss been relaxed.
There sppears to be oo greet
?bangs ia the situation
A dispatch from Lorenz > Marques
dated Tburoday, Deo 21, givee the
following from the Boer head Isager,
slated Tuesday Deo 19 :
"The British osrsl guns st Colento
base been cannonading Bui wer
bridge, over the Togela river, with a
view of eaaesbing it
"The bombardment of Lidysmitb
is proceeding slowly G ?n Joubert
bss arrived hero sod b*so sccorded
a beany welcome He sddreesed
tbs burg here on Deo 18
''More British prisoners have been
?sal to Pretoris
A dispatch to tbs Daily New* from
Ittdyettiiy, deled Friday, Dse 15, by
heliograph, tayt:
"Another sortie lael night Gen
?aster, wt-h 600 volunteer*, deetroyed
eae tig iteh Oroa?ot gun. one Howiti?r
sad ose Maxim Ooe Britoa killed.
The Beer gaosere fl d "
Tsere ie an idea is tone quartern
bare that O n Heller's desiroetioo of
tbs Togela bridge heralds an attempt
te sal off the Boers now sooth of the
river, bet the general opiuion is that
the Britieb will not make eny eoriou*
mote pesding .he arrival of Lord
Roberts
Diepetobea front various points iodi
sale the eteedy growth of Doc*
dteeffeetion. The Cape Town oorro*
psodetl of the Daily Cbrooiole reports
the dieoovery of a plot to ooooive at
the eeeaps of B>er priaooers. The
Times advises stern treatment of the
dteef >cted Doteh colonial* and the
enforeeeaeat of tba penalties of treason
against persoos and property.
The Six'euh Laneere willx go to
aoath Afriea from lodia at the special
reqnost of L >f d R>berte, even after the
government bed deeided that oo more
troops should be withdrawn from India
The war offioe hae nominated 8ir
William 8'okeo as oonsaltiog surgeon
Is the Sooth Afrioan foroee He will
leave Drjblin for the Cepe in a few
am
Lord Somerset writes to The Times
srgiog lbs seissre of Loreoso Marques
aad its reientioa if oeoesoary, until the
ssd of the war, is order to prevent the
laadisg of war material for the Boers
The iraaeport Tantalloo Castle ha*
arrived at Cepe Towo with a number of
Howiissro and quick flrere. wbieh Gen.
Bailer argeslly oeedt ?
A dlspetea from Moddsr rivsr dated
Tbaredey, Doe 21, reporte ibat inter?
mittent firing wee continuing on botn
eider; elihoagh the B ?er shells fell
ebort A number of Free State bargb
srs bed ?srreodered. There ?- an on
emfirmed rep rt that rbe Gaoadian
piekel wee et? off near B Imoot. It is
also aeserted that fsver is ragiog among
lbs Boers
Tns tests wirelert ttlegrepby et
Modder r.te'r nave n- -n highly eueonea
fal. tommnoieation over a distance of
70 miles being porfse<!y establiahed
Hix Mareoot instruments intended for
ine Huers, have beeo aened at Cape
Town.
A dispetsb from Ohievaley oamp,
detsd Thuradsv. Do 21 . sat*:
"Lyddite sbelle are daily thrown into
lbs Boer oamp to prevent them working
el the trencoe?. The firing of big gun*
ia heard detlv ft on lbs dueotioo of
Lsdysmt'h "
Commandant D'tnelion, who w%*
eep'srsd a' fcland?laagie and brought
to 8i?ost?we, where bo ?u"oe?'d*d in
meting his e*eape from the ltntihh
troiser Veos'lnpe, haa beeo reoaitur
ed
Aogonta, D o 27?W 0 0>aj aaji
srrtttsd lets laat night oo a graftal t
sworo ost by Chief of Holme Hood,
ebarging h>m with arsnti Stoy i* an
eimr-i it maoager The 'bree d si*
trous fires in rhi* eiiy reot ntly, IbSvf
trigie pointing strongly to inoendisri i%>,
have greatly egot'ed the people
Recently a boildiog waa fired three
times in one day to the lower part of
Ike eny snd la*t night srmrtlf before
ib* big Ire the depwtment was eailsd
as s reeideses oo Walton Way lo a
ire plsisly ineeodiery, wbieh wee alto
a testsd attempi os thai baildisg.
April. I860.
"Be Ju
SUM']
Glanders And Sedition.
Spreading in A.m*rican Mines
and British Sabject9 In
Cape Colooy.
London, Deo 26.? A. cable dis
patch from Cape Town, dated
Wednesday, Deo 20, says that
glanders has broken oat among the
American moles, of which there are
1,100 at the Htellenbosch remount
fa.m Twenty six of the molea have
been destroyed and 78 have been
isolated
The diepstch ssys sedition is spread?
ing io ('ape Colony Three members
of the Cape Pari* ment are alleged to
be implicated, and one >f them is
said to have preeented a Free State
flag to a Boer commander, at the same
time expressing the hope that he
would carry it to glory and victory.
Another member of the parliament
ia ssid to be recruiting for the Boers
Id addition, wealthy farmers are now
aiding the invaders
FRENCH ALMOST FASTENED
London. Deo 26 ?The Boers
heavily bombarded Ladysmith ior a
couple of hours Deo 16, the dsy
after the battle of Togela river, but
little damage waa done They killed
one man and wounded two men of
the garrison
Advices from Cape Town say the
New Zje1anders with Gen French at
Newport, were in a tight corner Deo
18 They were nearly surrounded
by Boers and retired under a hail of
bulleta fired at short range, but bus
tsined only little loa*
Among the Boers killed at Strom
berg were many of that loca'ity who
had joined the Orange Free State
forces
Several uewspaper correspondents
have returned to Cape Town from the
Modder river, apparently confirming
the belief that no immediate advance
of the British is projected
CaURCHILL ON 8ITUAT1QN
London, Deo 28 ?The Morning
Post haa received the following from
Mr Churchill under date of Dec 26th,
telegraphed from Chieveley Camp,
where he haa arrived :
"All ranka have complete confi?
dence in Sir Redvers Buller and
there ia a atern determination to
succeed next time at all costs A
painful impreeaion was caused by the
announcement ot the change of com
mander in chief, and the soldiers here
are resolved to vindicate their trusted
leader
"The aituation, neverthleaa, ia diffi*
cult, the Roer poeition being one of
extraordinary strength, with high
hills lined tier on tier with trenches
and galleries rising from sn almost
onfordable river, and with a amootb
plain In front
"The enemy have all the ranges
marked, and many powerful guns
dominate the varioua pointa of the
river, while the drifts are commanded
by ooovergiog musketry fire from
probsbly 12.000 Boers The are 16
miles of wild, brokeo country before
reschiog Ladyamitb wbioh deuands
ssrly relief "
Dispatchea from Modder river rep
teaent Dutch disaffection iu Oriqua
land Weat aa growing very aerious.
Iu aome towoa the entire Dutch pop?
ulation baa joined the Boers.
It is announced tbst the Boers
have raised the siege of Kurumau
and have all withdrawn to Mages
foittein
The Cape Town correbpondent of
the Times, under date of Friday,
Dec 22. saya : "Anxiety regarding
the attitude of the Colonial Dutch is
steadily growing They make no
effort to conceal their sympathy with
the two republics ; and tho only
question now is whether if the mili?
tary situation ia not changed they
rill keep from open rebellion
ROBERTS AND KITCHENER
Gibraltar. Deo 27 ?The B.itish
Ht?-itrn?T Dunottar Castle, having on
board (inn Lord Roberta oi Kandahar,
commander in chief of tho British
forces in Sonth Africa, airived hero
yesterday evening. Gen Lord Kitch?
ener, who came from Ettypt to Join
Qtl Roberta aa hi* chief of stafl*, em
harked ou board the DuuuU.a.c UfJlftAft
and the vessel sailed early this morn
ing for Cape Town
FFLT THE BOERS FROM KIM
bERLEY
Kimberley, Deo 20 At 2 30 this
morning detatchmenta under Uol
lYakman, with three Maxims and
tbree seven pounders under Maj May
reccofiunitered. L"aving the en
trenments, thu British advanced on
Toll Pan The Boers pickets fired
aud our Maxima replied, the Boers
disappearing over the ridge
Our guns then began to shell Toll
Pan at a range of 2,600 yards. A
Boer goo dropped four shells near
st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thon .
rER. S. C. WEDNESl
our men but did no damage Am the
Boers wete strongly entrenched flFO
withdrew Their gnus are we'll
placed
MA PEKING RELIEF EOKCE.
London, Dec 27 ?The Rhodesifin
Mafeking force according to a dis
patch from Mochudi, Bechumaland,
Jated Saturday, Dec 16 was progreB
eing 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
British attack on the Sequani laager
Gatacre's Disaster Not Yet
Explained.
London, Deo 29. 4 30 a. m ?Dur
iug the oootioued lull tn the military
operations in Sooth Africa the papers
are 61 led with letters and articles
oritioiatog the government and the
campaign aod buggesting remedies,
improvements, alterations in tbe plans
and the like.
Tbe Times complains of "ueedlese
ocosorsbip and oonoealment " It cues
ihe fact that nothing has yet transpired
to show bow Gen Gataore oame to lose
600 men at Stromberg
Tbe dispatobes from tbe front all
represent tbe Boers aa in nervous
jwodir.on aod oonstaat dread of tbe
British advance, but this is probably an
exaggeration
Tbe Modder River correspondent of
The Daily Chronic1? gives an explana?
tion of a sudden rifl* firo inexplicably
opened from tbo Boer treoebee. He j
says : "Tbe Boers liave wires stretched |
along tbe ground in front of the j
trenches, and connected with lamps'.
If a wire be touched a lamp is ex'tn
guished. thus giving warning. One
night a high wind extinguished a amp,
wbioh resulted in a faise warning
Tbe firo oeasod when tba Boers
discovered that the alarm was false.1'
A correspondent of Tbe Daily News I
at Frere Camp announces that aj
tramway is being ooostruotod from tbe
railway to the hill commanding tbe
Boer position, and that aioog this tho
British will convoy heavy guns.
Aooordiog to a dispatch from Ltdy
smith, dated Wednesday, Deo 20, the
beat then was intense, being 104
degrees Fahr in tbe sbarle. Th?'re
were many oases of eotrio fover in the
town at tbat time, but not enough to
cause alarm On tbo other band,
report from Boer sources on the
oootinent assert that typhoid fever is
epidemic in Ladysmitb
Tbe Transvaal government, accord
iog to information supplied by Bier
sympathisers, threatens to "reduce the
rations of British prisoners if Great
Britaio stops tbo entry of food by
Dtlagoa hay
It is estimated that tbe war will ?oat
at least ?60,000 000 ($800 000,000)
it is suggested tbat the sinking fand of
tbe national debt sbould be suspended
for five years in order to defray the
cost
THE BOER ADVANTAGES MORE
CLEARLY REVEALED.
London, Deo 28 ?A dispatch to
The Daily Mail from Pietermarttiborg.
dated Saturday, Deo 23, says :
1 Every day reveals some new fact
regarding the streogtb of the Boer
position at Coleoso. Thanks to tbe
services of continental officers, the
character of the campaign has obaoged
We are no longer fighting a foe wbioh
relies upon guerrilla taotios, but we
have to deal with what is rapidly
becoming a well disciplined army and
mjoyiog tbo advantages of knowing
the couotry and of selecting tbe eoene
of contest without the burdens of a
cumbersome comissariat.
"The Boers havo ooovertcd the bills
near Colenso into fortresses of immense
strength Everywhere they have
splendid treuobes, many of them bomb*
prof Tramway lines permit tbe
shifting of guns with astonishing
rapidity. The main positions are oon
nected with tho outlying positions by
undergroud passages and tbe forts
pr?per bristle wilb machine guns that
eommaud ihn approaobes. Probally
mines are laid.
"One hears 1om< nowadays about
Boat sbeUl not burs lug. Onservers
of the Colenso fight nay the B)or fire
was very effective. Thin i? due largely
to tbe f?ct that distances are marked c(f
with wbito faint
1 Tho oncmy'a discipline is improv
j ing Tho trench' s reprenent groat
manual labor for which the Boers have
a keen dislike, und tho way in which
they restrained their firu when o;ir
troops ??pre advancing is another proof
of improved loldTsriOf "
THE GERMAN PRK8S
B-rlin. Doc. 28.?The Gorman press
continues tn comment upon th<> war in
South Africa The Militair Wochen
Matt, tho mil tary organ, somaioi a
severe ?ffitioissj hy a high nfioor, in
which the writer oLirns that hitherto
Bests, both Isadsri and met?, have
proved far tnoro efficient iu every way
than the British The National Zei
tang says editorially : "The best so
lotion for Germany wot i bs a peaos
\ims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's
DAY. JANUARY 3. 1
gusraotoeiug the B>en th?jir independ?
ence end seeariog tbe 'uture j that i?,
creating n state who.-*o frontier I ?u b<
tbe nee, in order to enaoie it to edi p
itself to tho new times upoo which
Africa la entering.
"That mU't bo the policy of tbe
1> jt-rn. Wo do Dot de?.iro tbe British
10 wholly expelled from Af.ica, hnr
%e do not nee tbe necessity tor making
the entiro African continent British
The ideas of Cecil llbodei will eplit
upoo the rock of Boer courage ,;
BOERS VERY CONFIDENT.
Durban, Natal. Saturday, Doo 23 ?
Mr Wi nston Churchill, on arriving
here after bis escape from the Boers,
received a tremendous ovation. He
says that from convocations with mem
hers of tbe Transvaal exeoutiva at Pre?
toria bo learned that the Biers began
tho war with trepidation, but that
President Kroger is now oonfideot
Great Britain will soon cue for peace.
In tbo highest Transvaal circle*, Mr
Cbnrohili asserts, there is serious talk
of a oompromise, by wbioh G'eat 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 ibe
complete independence of tbe Trans?
vaal
Believed Buller May Try to
Retrieve Defeat.
London, Den 30, 5 a ru ?The
latest special dispatcher from Chieve
ley camp bint datkly at some imnor
tant 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 retreat They
are also moving their laagers nearer
Ladysmith, probably with the inten?
tion of further preesueon tbegarriou,
which now seems to be suffering
pretty heavily from the bombard
ment It is difficult, however, to
conceive that Gen Bulier would make
another frontal attack, especially
now that tbe river is rising and an
additional indication that this is not
bis purpose in tbe fact that he has re
moved bis headquarters back to
Freie
The Boer movement northward
from the Tugeia is quite in keeping
with tbe 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 tbe 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 be
explained pending tbe arrival of
later dispatches
I The limes has a dispatches from
Lorenzo Marques dated Deo 28,
'which says: "Tbe suspicion that the
Boer intelligence department is in
close touch with a foreign consulate
io Pretoria is confirmed by tbe fact
that tbe news of the appointment of
Lord Roberts as commander in chief
in South Africa was generally known
in Pretoria on Dec 20. indirectly
reaohing Delsgos Bay 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 regatd to
British military movements.
"With reference to the rumors of
smuggling contraband is significant
that Maj Erasmus of the Free State
I 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
Pioteruiaritsburg, Wednesday, D?'0
27.? A dispatch from LadyNtnith, dated
Deo 22, s?ys : "The Boers bevr
mounfed another Howi'gtr on Surprise
bill rsplssing the gun saptnred in tbo
soitie of the Rifta brigade. While
they watoh us nightly wih o rssreh
light and bombard the nUoo ?ailv, they
*how ro signs of assaulting the iown.
Tbef probably think they eao atarve us
out, but we have p'coty of provisions.
"Tho toial SSSUaltiei since the si<*??e
began are 70 men kilhd and 230
wounded M
THE BOER ARTILLERY.
Ladyamitb, Deo 24, via Pietertnerits
bur<j ?Gen White h?8 bad a siiyhi
uttwek of fetcr hut he is now oonvales?
Sent.
The Boer shell Ore haw been very
damsgtog recently. On F.tday one
ah'II killed six men and wounded ot.e.
The Numn uiisMle killed 14 horses.
Another just m's^ed tbo Fifth Leasers'
lines, slightly wounding six officers.
Several shells have fallen close lo Gen
White's honte, oompelling tbo removal
and Truth's.". thk
^00. Nevt
lot headquarters ro anoth r pi or
[c if reported thai Gen Joubert i
"'. in io command of toe Bsers here.
The militari iQtb ?ritte? ippasr cn.fi
! '^rnt bot iboj are r< ry rotiteot.
' 1 > <rr?? have been observed movir-t:
j uorrhwr.rd ond westward io lar^?
' numbers
SORTIE FROM KIMBERLEY
Kimberley, Friday. D o 22, via
Modder river, Wednesday, Deo 27 ?
B ? 'ort? dawn today a detachment of ti e
mounted forces with artillery and
infantry, moved io a westerly direction.
Boer artillery from Kampcrdam opened
fire at O'tcs Kopje, Kimberley fort
replying with twenty ibells
The British force r^coonoitered out?
posts along Lazaretto ridge, the B tr
patrola retreatiog.
Having accomplished this and hav?
ing d'lHOOvered Boer reenforoemente
approaching from Wimbledon ridge,
Col Cbamier, with the Royal artillery,
exchanged a doxeo shells as soon as the
guns coold be limbered up Some 500
Boers poured in a heavy fire from their
earthworks, the British finally retiring
with the loss of one horse.
Tho movement showed that the
Biers were ?tili keeping their guns in
the vicinity of Kimberley and are able
to summon reenforeements rapidly. It
also showed their proneoess to vaoate a
position immediately when weaker than
the opposing force
TAXING GOLD MINES
Pretoria, Doc 25, Monday ?Gen
Sohalbburger reports under date of T)(>e
23 that trains are now running
to Colenso, indicating that the Boers
have built a ccoueotion around Ltdv
??itb.
Gen Crooje reports from the Modder
river. Deo 24, that th? Boers captured
two British iorts at Kururnan Dee 17
U is rumc.d that Gen Methuen'e
big naval gun has exploded
The Transvaal government has pro
mn'gated a new ?old tax law, by which
individuals and companies working
their own mines ?r<> taxed 30 per oent
of the output, r/bile mioes worked by
the governmen', will pay 50 per cent
Suspended mires will pay 30 per cent
oa their probs>'.j output, calculated on
three months' working Reducing
works will pay 30 per cent of their
prcfits The law is retroactive to Oat
11
-??i^a^?- ???.-^M^?-.
British Subjects Warned.
London, Dec 27 ?The privy council
held a meeting at Windsor Castle at
which Queen Victoria proclaimed a
warring to all British subjrets not to
assist inhabitants of the Transvaal or of
the Oraoge Free State or to sell or
transport merohatdise thereto under
penalty of the law The proclamation
was gazetted tonight
Three Leading Questions
Austin, Tex, Deo 26 ?William
Jennings Bryan's attention was called
to a dispatch from Washington stating
that he had writteo Congressman Daly
of New Jersey that be would make
several speeches in the east, disoussiog
trusts and imperialism, and he was
asked as to whether the report iodicat
ed any intention of abandoning the
silver question He said :
Congressman Daiy has probably
been misquoted. I expeot to make
several speeohes io the east but I expcot
to discuss the money questiou alone
with other questions Tbere are three
questioDs now prominently before the
people, to wit : the mooey question,
'be trust question aod the Phi ipp.re
question Whenever I make a poltti
out speech I discuss all three qu^s
tions 99
Mr Bryan will leave here S^urJay
for b'S ii;p to Liosolo, Onaba, Kansa*
Ci'y an i tbei co to tho east He Will
be gone about our month
Mis B yan today received a letter
Dom Andrew Carnegie, statiog that he
w uld gladly foroish tho money for the
erection of a library building at Lin
coli?, Nob. which, it i* estimated, will
cost bftwc.o $50.000 and $75,000.
L-urons, Dec 27.? In a rabbit hunt
yesterday near Cross Hill Caenr
Fu ;er a Y(.uri? ^eutlem&o IV* years
old, was accidentally shot by Mr Btttlef
RiobariBou Youog Fuller dii-d this
moroiog, Tbcy ?rc of our best oil
\l>. f.s Tho accident will be ^.rcit'y,
deplorei
-?~mmm%>- ? ? ? ? ?*\\m%mwm????
Han Francisco. Deo 24.?The Uuited
States transport Westminister sailed for
; anile today with 40U heud of horses
srd mules
? SOLUTEEvl
Makes the food more d<
sovai Sjaasj aoj
TRUB SOUTHRON, Katabli?herl Swnm 1 i?6
f Series?VoL XIX. So. t%
Th? Safty Valve
of the Clan na Gael.
Ar? Alleged Officer Talks of
Contemplated Blow to
England.
New York, D:o 27 ?Relative to
the attitude of the Irish Revolutionary
societies toward tho government of
Great Britain at tbe present juncture of
affaire. Tbe Evening Pest today quotes
an officer of tbe Clan na Ga 1 as say
ing : "England cao only be made to
feel pbysioal force, and we're now
goiog to give her some Boer treatment.
We did intend going out and sinking
that first expedition from Canada to
South Africa, but tbooght it re-'or to
wait a little We can mobilize our
men without much difficulty for an
attack on Canada, and we are fairly
well armed?as well as the United
States troops in the Spanish war. We
have lots cd" Spriogfield rifles and ere
handv with the bayonet
? No decision has been arrived at yet.
Everything will depend on the tmme
diate future We have either regi?
merits or companies all over the United
S ates and are fairly well drilled, and
a great many of our men are in the
militia The Ancient 0 d??r of Hi?
bernians bas really nothing to do with
this. It l umbers about 250 000 and a
maj 'rity of its members belong to our
org?f Zii u All its 'ffi'ir- do, and
so or course it will no with us We
have lots of men in tbe regular army?
camp* or clubs in every post?and even
if they were sent against os to stop us
on tbe border ibey wou d either march
across with us or give us blank cart?
ridges.
"If it is decided to attack Canada
we shall do all in our power to keep
matters so secret ce not to embarrass
the government until we are actually
on the border Tbe French population
in Canada would be with us. and there
are numbers of our own oouo rymen
ready to welcome us. Canada would
he ao easy mark We would have the
Canadian loyalists oo tbe run io a
week.1'
Additional National Banks
Washington, Deo 28 ?Tho u ore
tar;, of riso treasury today designated ,
several additional national banks as
govenmeit depositories to receive
internal nv.roe receipts, and it ie
said will continue to do to until the
ro'al amount bo d"po?irrd ancoun'S to
$30 000 000 or $40.000 000 D,-pos
ts, however, will not be made with
tbese additir hi banks until ihe banke
comprising tbe fir-: group, designated
several days ago, have received depos?
its rqaal to tbe amcunt of bonds turn?
ed into the treasury by tbem as secur?
ity, which approximates $17 6C0 000.
It is expected that deposits will tegm
? o be made under tbo new designations
about Jan 10. Any national task
owning or controlling Uoited States
bonds, willing to deposit tbe sxne in
tbe ?asury as teeuriiy, including
tbe oow receiving deposits, is eoti
t1 to participate io ibis distribution of
internal revenue reoeipra
NEGRO KILLS SHERIFF.
Monticello, Fla., Dec 28 ? Will
Gorman, a negro ebo. and instantly
killed Sheriff T B Simkins this
morning at the Scurry place, ejfff,
miles north of town Gotmui was
wanted fur murder and Simkins and
a pesne went to arrest bim They
closed in on the cabin in which tbe
negro was concealed As Simkins
pushed open tbe door, Gorman shot
bim twice in tbe breast The mur?
derer escaped from the rear door, but
wan shot down and killed
-?mam- ?mmrnm^? ?
An experiment is being made in
Washington County Ga, on the linn of
rural school consolidation and Ires
transportation to and from school
that will be watcb^d with interest not
only in Georgia but in other flutes.
The plan that has been in operation,
and has so far proved eminently satis?
factory, provides for the consolida?
tion of eight or teu small schools of
one teacher each into one academic
it\sAiXuAv.u& a\ instructors.
Transportation to and from school
costs, under the experimental plan,
about one dollar a month per capita.
Tbs airaugement for continuous
Sessions in made by private subscrip?
tions of the patrons
Baking
*aM Powder
Pure
Vicious and wholesome
vots oo., saw yoaa._