The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 10, 1900, Image 1
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OowioIIdated Aus;. 2,1881.
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jjSBjisiBS tkree moo tat, ar laagar wil
etredeewJ rataa.
?etatfteee which saeeeree private
will beebergad for aa *d?ertiemeate.
aad tri*a tee af reepecta will ba
Gen French Success.
atetreat or Boen About Colet
burg Officially Confirmed.
Lc*daw, Jaa 2 ? The eoeeeee of Gaa
Breach aeterno ia ai leegth confirmed
eosetelly, tbe war ofiee tbto afteroooo
leeoieg a die pa tab from Oepe To wo,
Mewdey, Jaa 1, aa foliowi :
"Free eh reports ai 2 p. aa today
frets Oeleekop, by beliograpb, aa
falte we : "Loavlog at Reoeberg,
botdteg tee eeemy ia froat, half of tba
firal $e folks aad a eaatioa of tbe
Bevel Horse Artillery, I started tbenoe
at & ia tba after oooo, Dee 81, taking
witb ose Iva rqeedroos of eaealr?, half
af tba Saoood Barke aid 80 moooted
ie fee try, is fee try aarried ta wagoos,
aad 10 ge?e
*I baited ??* ioor boaro at Maidcrs
fares. aad al 3 80 tbia moroiog oaeopiad
tba kopje everlooktog aad woetwerd of
Oeleeberg Tba coemVe oatpoata were
take* eoespletely by eorprise. At
dayltfkt we ebelled tba laager aod
ewtladed tbe right af Iba eoemy*e
peeiuon Tba artillery Ira to reply
wee wwry bot fro es a 16 poaeder aeiog
royal laboratory easssooittoD, ted otbar
gaae We eilseeed tba gaao oa tbe
eeomy'e right laok, dsaiooetratiog
antb eevalry ead gaae ta tba eortb of
Geleebarg towards tbe jo not too, where
^ etroag laagar af tba ooemy was hold
iag a bill aad a poeitioa eootbeaet of
OeJeeborg. aa far aa tba joeotioo
Oer poeiieoa eo'e tba hoe of retreat via
tbe road aad bridge Some tbooeaada
'af Beate, with two goat, are reported
ta ba rettriog towards NorteUpont
All Remiogtoo'e teoote proceeded
toward* Aabterlaad yeeterday moroiog
Blight oeeoeltiee; sboal three kiiled
aad few woooded ; dttailt later
A COOPERATING MOVE.
Modder River. Jea 2 ? YeMerday'e
aavalry j sped moo aoder vieu B?bing
tea, eommaodtng tbe Ninth and
Twelfth Laeeere. prove to bare bceo
ia eooperetioo with a simi'er movement
fraai Belmoot Tbie direeted Sy Oeo
Wood, eoeoieied of a firing edomo aod
a foeee aader L'ee* Col Pilober from
Bslesoat Tbie fores moved into the
territory between tba Oreege and Kiel
rtvsre At Seooyetde, oortbwsel of
Doaglee. t% encountered a oooeidtreble
eesaeseado, believed to be wholly oom
of disloyal Britieb tabjeeta
Oca Bibiogtoo'e foree proeeed^d in
Ibe eaese dtreeiioo, bai oe lbs north
aide af Riet river. Tba reeott of tbie
reeoeaeteeeeee bae/ooi yel beea re?
ported
TOGBLA R1VBR B SCO MBS
FORDADLE
Loodoa, Jao 8 ?Tbe Daily Tele
gn-ph baa received the foliowiag, dated
Jaa 2. froai Frere Caesp :
Tbe weather is las Tbe TegoU
River is sow fordsbls Gee Boiler'e
sraay ia a Ina fores, reedy eod ooifl
drei tor tba work before it."
BUK RS SAY TU KV BEAT BRITISH
Pretoria. Jae. 1 ?Laei oigbt (Sao
day) tbe British ia great fot^e at'eoked
Commeodeel Sohoemao'e ooa maodo io
tba Ooleaeborg dtatriet aad Iritd to
eteres tbe poeitioa. Tbey repeated the
attaek tbia aroeaiog. bot were foroed to
retreat, tbe Boers holding (he poeitioo
Tbe loee of tee B'inoh ie ooi known,
bot it ie reported to h?ve been bo?vy
Tbe Beere eooeider il a great eompli
aieat ta lbs Traaevaal that L rd Rob
evt? eboald btve beea ?ei?o'ed to the
eopreese oommaod of ibe Brititb f rot *
Oeo French Unable to Take
Advantage of Position.
Loodoo. Jao 1. 4 30 i id ?There
ia a cooiplete abeence of anything
new from tbe aeal of war The
report of the Boer attack opon
kfolteoo is not yet confirmed Ap
perently Geo French holda nothing
within five) mtlea of Coleaburg June
lion Ilia requeat for reinforcement*
dispele any present hope that he will
bo able to aeia? one. of tho croaeinga
of tbe Orange river
Il io probable that when I? rd
Robert* arrive* lim K.encn uill r>?>
ordne?! to quit hie present unefjp
ported position and to gOtMH nt rate
bia command al I)e Aar or Orange
river The Daily Telegrepfc *ey* :
"Gen French seema to be in the
April, I860.
"Be Jui
SUM!
position of s man having a tiger oat
in a trap and unable to kill it for
want of a stick "
A dispatch from Dover Farm an I
nouuors tbet Lieut Col Piloher has
returoed safely from Douglas
Since Commt? idant General Jou
bert's return to tbe front tbe oanooo
ade of Ladysmith by tbe Boera baa
been much livelier Between Deo 18
and 29 four shells killed one officer
end 13 men end wounded 13 officers
and 11 men
Tbe wer offioe aokoowledgea tbe
Inferiority of the regular artillery by
authorizing tbe equipment of tbe
new battery alteebed to the London
volunteer corps with Viokere end
Maxime, some of whjoh tbe Boera
use, end by ordering 100 of these
12} pounder quick firera built imme
diately The officers end men of the
new battery will be supplied from the
Hoooreble Artillery oompeoy.
Eight edditionel militia regimente
have been called out Seven of these
Will eerve in Ireland, replacing tbe
regulars sent to South Africa
From a eourae whioh baa many
facilities of gaining inside news from
South Africe, e representative of the
Aeeocieted Press learns that Col
Pilcber'a occupation of Douglas is
ragardsd as merely the first step of
Gen Metbeen's carefully matured
plans to outflank tbe Boers
According to thia authority, it is
probable Col Pilcher, in conjooeiion
with Qen Babiogtoo's forse fr?re the
Modder river, will proeeed to tbe rear
of thoee iotrenebments ?hieb now
prevent 'rcn Metboeo from proceeding
to Kimberley Col Pilobnr has only
about 40 miles travel before be achievov
this end, and if thia understanding is
correct ao attack by Gen Matboeo and
a determined effort to relieve Kl ruber
ley may be expeoted any day
A special dispatch from Honsberg,
dated Tuesday, Jan 2, says a supply
traio, without a locomotive, was set in
motion within tbs British lines near
Colesberg, sad proeeeded so near tbs
Boar position that it was impossible to
raaover it, and the British guns there
fora destroyed the trucks It ie sus
peeled that this was tbs sot of a traitor
Tba total British sasualties about
Colesberg, in two days, were six men
killed sad 20 wouoded.
Tbs supply Irate, says soother dis?
patch from Rensberg, ran into a broken
oulvert end|was wreeked The Boers
began lootiog it and another Rensberg
train wni diapatebed to the spot in an
attempt to recover the provisions The
Boer* opened fire oo the troops and
natives accompanying it, forcing tbe
seeond train lo retrev, after several of
the natives bad bean killed.
WILL NOT TAKE DELAGOA
BAY
Loodoo, Jan 3 ?A representative
j of the Aseooiatcd PresB has been in*
I formed on good authority that Great
Britain will not take Dolagoa bay Tbe
British government, it is ae.ded, does
eot eonte .plate any snob Mep, io spite
of the olamor of the press and pohlio
op Dion upon the advisability of so
doing.
WILL ACCOMPANY BOER ARMY.
Wasbiogtoo, Jan. 3.?Capt. Carl
Retebmann, of tbe Seventeenth infantry,
and assistant adjutant general of vol
enteera, baa been detailed by tbe aeoro
tary of war to aooompany the Boor
army for tbe purpose of observing and
reportiog upon military operaliooa io
the war in South Afrioa.
BOERS ACTIVE AROUND KIM
BERLY.
Kimberley, Deo. 26 ?Tba Boers last
night evinc (1 considerable interest io
ihe Premier coino, using thrir scaroh
lights. This morning they aotively
shelled tbo fort The Royal Artillery
replied Oor shells were well plaoed,
aod dropped amid tbe smoke of the
'enemy's guns.
Ltst night's storm ignited some of
oar military mines, but there wc- do
casualties Ceeil Rhodes bss supplied
the Boer prisooers with now clothing
BRISK ACTION IN PROQRE39 AT
MOLTENO
Sltrkstrnoui, Cape Colony, Jao. 3.?
Moroiog.? the Boera attacked Mo|ren<>
tots morning. A brisk aotiou is now
in ?degress
BULLKK CONTINUED HIS SUR
PRISES
London, Jan 3 ?Gun. Buller e^n*
tinac* his night bombardments and
p i r I sorprnes The Tog* la is again
fordable, and the strrlcber Beeren have
again been requisitioned at Durt an und
Ptetormarif'ir urg Thorn is a dieBOs!
i|#a ie eeKete ibai the British will not
long bo delayed i
It Is reported at I> rh> that th<
cap'ur'.l ?festner Bundesra'h bad OB
eeefsi five big guns, sig lees el ibtiii
sad 18H trained ariillaryseeu
FIGHTING AT COLSSBRRG
L?ndon, J?n | ?A np ci;l <ii patch
fr -rn Nsauwport, da od Tuesday, J*n
2. aaya the Bri.ieb oommitd Norval's
st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou i
?ER. S. C WEDNES1
Pont bn?!:??? with two guns and also
command the C<)lesberg bridge and
ttiat the B.iers have no way to retreat,
ozoept by way o Noruibcrg
Tbe dittpitcb adds that big develop?
ments are ezpeoted.
Naeuwpoort, Ospe Colony, Jsn 2 ?
Tbera was brisk fighting today in the
hills aroaod Gotesberir Thu Boers
stubbornly resisted tbe British at every
point, but gradually retreated.
The British holds the extreme
position to the south and east, over
lo king the town
The bills arouod Oolesbsrg are
numerous, not in ranges, but in groups,
making it very difficult to bunt lbs
Boen out Sizteeo wounded bare
arrived at Arundel.
Boers Still Fortifying the
Hills, Now Have 40 Miles
of Entrenohments.
Loadou, Jan 5, 5 a m.?This
morning's news throws no further
light upon the war situation
Lord Methuen's oavalry scouting
has developed tbe fact that the
Boers' entrenchments extend some
40 miles, far overlapping tbe British
position and making flank attacks
exceedingly difficult Military analy
ail; affirm that tbe Boer trenches con
fronting Gen Butler stretch away
so ne 17 miles snd that work upon
them is pushed unremittingly
U now appears that it is John
Churchill, second son of Lady Ran
doph Churchill, and not Winston
Spencer Churchill, who has been
given command of tbe squadron of
tbe South Afri can Light Horse
A report comes from Berlin that
Great Britain's reply to Germany's
repreneotations on the subject of tbe
Bondosrath is regarded as unsatiefac
tory aod procrastinating.
Further details of tbe fighting be?
tween Gen Gatacre and the Boers at
Cyphergat yesterday shows that
8,000 Boers, with artillery, ettaoked
a Britiah outpost between Cyphergat
end Molteno Gen Gatacre, with
mounted troops end field artillery,
moved oot in front of Sterkstroom
end found the Boers strongly posted
et Coperberg, whence they were
quickly dislodged, the Boers fleeing
in tbe direction of Stromberg The
Boers used the British guns captured
Deo 10 end shot well, but tbe British
kept under cover and thero were no
casualties on their side
Tbe war office has received a
report from Cape Town dated
Wedneaday, Jan 3, reporting the
situatioe in Gen Gatacre's district
It nays : "Dordrecht is now evacuated
by Montmorency who occupies Birds
siding of tbe Indwe line
''Molteno is being attacked today
by the enemy, who more or lees
surround the police station, but who,
according to reports, are being
forced back Reinforcements of
mounted infantry and field 'artillery
have been sent by Gen Gatacre Tbe
result is not known
"A company of mounted infantry
under Aldersen has reconnoitered to
Prieska aod exchanged shots with
the rebel forces on tbe noth bank
VNo movement of Gens Metbuen
an<T*French is reported M
Tbe British foreign office knows
nothing about the report that the
Berne arbitrators have made their
award in tbe Delagoa bay railroad
question, and, so far as the foreign
officials are able to ascertain, it hss
not yet been made
BOERS REPORT ON 81 T?ATION.
Boer Camp, Colenso, Tuesday, Jan
2 --The British naval guns at
Chieveley camp continue their inef
fective long range fire night and day.
in order to divert Boer attention from
the movement of the troops
Fedral scouts yesterday penetrated
into the British camp When return*
ing the British pickets discovered
them and wounded oue Boer
Gen Lucas Meyer resumes com
msnd of the division here
Gen Joubert denies that he has
ever protested sgainst the tbe ubb of
lyddite lie avers that dp/to the
present he has not lost a single man
by lyddite
KAFFi RS DEFEATED BY DUTCH.
Pretoria, Jan 4 ?Since starting
the m nt here has coined 140,000
sovereigns The machinery is now
in full swing
Vansonsberg reports from Derde
pontt that the Kaffir stations have
been destroyed und that the inhubi
lean are flying
Chief Lynch, with 3,000 Kalllrs,
attacked Ins Boer laagcts, but (lie
nutivcH wert; disnensed
PILOHKRS'a RAIDING EXPEDL
TION
Belnont, Cope Colony, Wed ties
dey, .1 >t? :j ? Col Pilohor, it in
??Iii lialiy announced being onl) <>m ?
reiding expedition, rnd foi military
reesont, being unable t > occupy
Douglass permanently has evacuated
Ibe town, briuging off ull the
loyelitta He bes now returned infa
ly |Q close prozimity to Belmont.
ana!
iims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's
JAY. JANUARY 10,
LOST RATIONS AND RUM
Rensberg Jan 4 ?The casualties to
Gen French's forces op to the after
noon of Jan 3 were five men killed
and 24 wounded.
Coleskop is now the principal
scene of the fighting. The destruction
of the wrecked train included 22,000
rotions and a supply of rum
GATAORE AT OYPHERGAT.
Sterkstroom, Jan 4 ?Gen Gatacre,
today met the invading foroe at Cy
phergat near the British advance
csmp at Brushrasoshoek The Boers
retired hurriedly shortly after the
British artillery opened fire The
enemy occupied Molteno and Cypher
gat today, bot the latter place is now
reoccupied by us.
BOER HORSES STAMPEDED
Frere Csmp, Jan 4?A vigorous
shelling of the Boer trenches on the
plain this morning forced the burghers
to shift their position after their horses
bad stampeded.
16 MORE REGIMENTS OP MILI?
TIA.
London Jan 4 ?An army order
has been issued directing the embodi
ment of 16 additional battalions of
militia
Story of British Attack on
Impregnable Boer Fort
Near Mafeking.
London, Jt o 6. 4.45 a m?The
Times pobliehei the following dispatch
from Mafeking, dated Deo 26 :
"At dawn today Col Bideo Powell
organised so unsuccessful attack upon
a strong position of the enemy at
Gametree, two miles from Mafeking.
from whioh the Boers have been main
tainiog a desultory hot annoying shell
sod rifh fire for several weeks. The
railwsy has reoeotly beeo reconstructed
between the town sod Gametree, where
the Boers had dsstroyed it, the final
repsira beiog made io preparation for
the sortie
"During the night the armored train,
with Maxim and Hotobkiss gnoi, under
Capt Williams sod troops, took op
positions for ntaaok from two sides.
Capt Lord Charles Beotiook and a
equadroo were it reserve upon the left,
while the e it re me left wing wae
oooupied by nrtillery under Major
Pansara and a galloping Maxim of tbe
Cape police, tbe whole beiog under
Col Hore
"Emplacements were throwo up
during the oigbt, tbe orders being to
attaok at dawn ?od tbe artillery fire to
desist upon prolonged tooting from the
armored train At daybreak too guos
opened fire and rapidly drew the reply
of the enemy, our shells bursting
within effeotive raoge. Capt Vernon
gave the signal to cease firing and to
advaooo, bis equadroo leading off
"As our men engaged the position
with their rifiV fire, it was sooo found
that tbe strength of the fort was
greater thao we bad supposed Tbe
enemy concentrated such an exceeding?
ly hot fire that the advance of Capt
Vernoo was almost impossible, but
w'nh remarkable heroism and gallantry
Capts Sanford and Vernon, Lieut
Pattoo and Scoot Cooke, who guided
tbe equadroo*, and a few men aotually
? eaohed the sandbags of tbo fort with?
in ibree hundred yards of the area of
tbe fort.
"But nothing living oould exist there
siooe the ground was swept by Mauser
&ud Martioi bullets Tbe men wbo
charged through this i >oe of fire suf?
fered terribly, and in following their
officers to oapture the fort, twenty men
lost their lives Capt Sandford was
tbo first to fall and Capt Vernon. al?
ready twice wounded, and Lieut Paton
were killed at tbe foot of tbo fort.
These two offioers, climbing a ditch
whioh surrouoded tbe fort, thrust their
revolvers through the enemy's loop
holes only to be shot themselves the
next moment
*'Gametree is surrounded with scrubs
whioh contained many sharpshooters,
and their aocur&oy of fire still further
confuted tbe men wbo had followed
Capt Voroon and who saw him and
his brother officers killed Beiog with?
out commanders they were driven o5
atone point, but they endeavored to
soalo tho fort at others They fi uuci
ihe position of tho Bosrt, however, a?
mosi tmprognablo
"When we retired under oover of the
armored train Sfl marjy men hod been
wooaded that a eusneusion of host11 i
ties occurred u:ider the auspices of tho
Hed Cross. Tho veldt around fho Boer
position was ot onco riott'd with flitf?
of uv rcy, and ii was seen thht our
S 'Unded were poatti ml within b'i u
short rsdios of tbe fort We had si
most SOStpletsly surrounded if; und
had it not been t>o extraordinarily weII
protested we should have been io
, ? h ssmn.
"I want wi h ae amholsooa to (1 imo
tree TI:o fort it t il'l c ;r -1? 1 ar. with B
wide inferior sod h narrow frootage,
between s.x and h v n feet hieb, pieroe
cd with triple tier1 of loopholes, and
surrouoded by a ditto.'1
and Truth's."
this
1900. Xe*
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
London, Jan 5 ?The war. office
has received, through Gen Forestier
Walker, at Cape town, the following
dispatch from Col Baden-Powell,
dated Mafeking, Dec 26 :
"We attacked one of the enemy's
works this morning, endeavoring to
posh back the cordon northward
Our force consited of three guns, two
squadrons of the Protectorate regi
ment, one of the Bechuanaland rifles,
en armored train, etc. The enemy
had strengthened their worka during
the night end doubled the garrison
since yesterday's reconnaissance
1 Nevertheless, our etteck wes car
ried out and pressed home with the
greatest possible gallantry and stead?
iness under a very hot fire. But all
efforts to gain the interior by escalade
failed, the fort being prastically im
pregnable
"Our attack only withdrew after
six of our officers and a large number
of men had been bit. Nothing could
have exceeded the courage and dash
displayed
"The general situation remains un
changed, and the health and spirits
of the garrison sre very satisfactory
' 1 regret to report the following
casualties :
"Killed?Copt R F Vernon ; Capt
H C Sanford, Lieut H C Paton, 18
non commissioned officers and troop
en
"Wounded?Capt Charles Fitz
Cisrence, 23 non-commissioned offi
cers and troopers
"Prisoners?Three troopers "
Gen Forestier Waiker points out
tbst while the dispatch gives all the
names, fails to show that six officers
were hit
FIGHTING AT COLESBERG
Rensberg, Cape Colony, Jan 5 ?
Evening ?Colesberg baa not . yet
been occupied. The Boers unex
pectedly attacked the British left at
daybreak this morning, but were
repulsed They occupied bills to the
north of the town, but were eventu
ally driven out of their positions,
after an hour's shelling by our guns.
They still bold, however, the bills
immediately surrounding the town,
preventing the British from advene
ing along the railway
The British loss in tudsy's engsge
ment was lfght, while the Boers are
reported to have lost 100, including
20 prisoners who were taken by the
mounted infantry about midday
The Boer attackers numbered a
thousand men The Inniskilling
Dragoons cut their way through the
Boers who were forced to tetreat by
a heavy artillery and musketry fire.
RECONNOITEF NG FROM FRERE
CAMP.
London, Jan 6.?A dispatch to the
daily telegraph from Frere Camp,
dated Friday, Jan 5, says :
"There has been tiring today at
Ladysmith and at Colenso A strong
cavalry reconnaissance under Leid
Dundonald, proceeded westward this
morning toward Springfield, where
firing is proceeding
? There is a revival of the report
that the Boers are short of provisions
Gen Buller's army is eager for the ad
vance "
MAJ HARVEY KILLED
London, Jan 5 ?A special dis?
patch from Rensburg says Maj
Harvey, of the Tenth Hussars, was
killed and Maj Alexander wounded
while the Hussars were pursuing
retreating Boers after the attack
on the British left Jan 4th near Coles?
berg Lieut Gibson of the Innis
killins, was among the wounded.
TEN THOUSAND PAID.
Superintendent Griffith of the Srate
penitentiary yesterday completed the
[financial ponton of bin annual report
Durioc the day ho paid $10,000 into
the late treasury and be announces
that he has on band in cash and cotton
unsold and bills oollcetable the sum of
$5 450 28 He also states that pien?y
of corn, eta., has been made this year
to supply the State farms for another
year Tue eummary of the institu
tine's financial statement is a? follows :
Balance on h tod Dee. ?1, 1893, $ 4 804 4 I
Total receipts for 1890, ?;3, M 3 2 i
169,823 *7
Total expenditure: fcr 1899, t8, 3d 00
Gash on bspd J^n. 1, 1900, & 9,88* 67
Cash recclvrd sloe* Jan. 1, 1900, 2 963 61
45 Im lea cotton unsold, ?t $30, 1,359 U0
amount due snd coll actable, 1,250 00
815,450 28
Amount paid 8t is lre*?urer, 10,000 oo
Bal. on band "nil collectable, $ 5,450 28
Absolutely!
Makes the food more de
BOval PAKtNO PO*
1 ?
TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June 13f?6
Series?Vol. XIX. So. U
Gravity of the Situation
Admitted in Washington.
Surgeon Generai Wyman
Consulted.
Washington, J?d 3 ?Tbe war de?
partment is taking steps to prevent
tbe introduction of tbe plague in the
Philippine islands, and Secretary
Root thia morning called into consul?
tation Surgeon General Wyman of
the Marine Hospital service to
discuss tbe establishment of a quaran?
tine system for the islands It was
decided that tbe war department
should adopt towards tbe Philippines
a policy like that it pnrsoed towards
Cuba in tbe matter of tbe protection
ot health, namely, confide the main?
tenance of the qdarantine system to
tbe Marine Hospital service
Surgeon General Wyman has no
confirmation oi tbe report that three
suspicious esses of bubonic plague
have been discovered within the
welled city of Manila, but no
atltempt is made to conceal the gravi?
ty of tbe situation should the report
prove true Still it is ssid, a few
sporadic cases need not neces?
sarily result in an epidemic in
the islands Surgeon General Wy?
man says the disease no longer
creates tbe dread it once did, because
it has been demonstrated that it can
be handled by modern scientific
work It bss been stamped out of
Alexandria, Egypt; Kobe, Japan,
anr. Vienna, Austria. The methods
of fighting it are the ssme used
against smallpox?isolation, disinfec?
tion and sanitation Tbe greatest
daoger is due to its possible introduc?
tion into new localities through
ambulant, or walking cases, which
defy tbe surveillance of tbe authori?
ties One feature of the disease
which is gratifying to the authorities
in view of the possible outbreak of
an epidemic in the Philippines is the
fact that its history shows that it doea
not attack Europeana as readily as
natives
THREE REPORTED CASES.
Manila, Jao 3. 5 50 p. m ?The
health officers have found a native
with ali the symptoms of bobonie
plague in a house io tbe walled city,
where two suepicous deaths have occur?
red. The patient has been isolated
and every precaution has been taken to
prevent a spread of the disease.
PLEAGUE BREAKS OUT IN RIO
JANERIO
Rio Janeiro, Jan 3.?Tbe bubonic
plague has brrken out to tbe cily and
neighborhood of San Paolo
WONT TOUCH AT HONOLULU.
San Francisco, Jao 3?Uniil all
danger of a tproad of the pUguo now
prevalent in Honolulu is past, trans?
ports leaving this port for the Philip?
pines vriil not stop there, taking fofli
oieut coal witb tbem from here to last
tbe entire trip.
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Wood Righting Wrongs.
Habaoa, Jan 3.?Today Gen Wood
issued an important order giving
freedom to forty men io tbe proVtoes of
Santa Clara. Some of tbem had been
detained without trial and others were
Jsufferiug excessive puoishment. All
had been released ten months before
by an order issued by Gen Bite*, but
they were immediately rearrt-Fted by
orders from divisioo headquarters, oo
the ground that a department com?
mander did not have tbo power to
pardon.
After looking carefully into the eases
Gen Woo- decided that tbe judgment
of Gen Bates regarding iheir release
wa9 wise, and cot.scquct.tly toiay's
order setting them ot liberty was pro?
mulgated
The Negro Pension Swindle.
Maooo, Ga. Jan 3 ?Som? Maooo
negroes are taking H'epa to see if tbe
operations of too Naiiopai Ex-Slave
Mutual Relief Bjuoty and Pension
Association of the Uaited 8tatea of
America atoool be stopped by law A
eorti6;vc ot membership has beoo
turned over t;i a court cftoial here It
w in i--ud from Nashville an i i ->i.;ued
D 1) McNairy, president 8 N. N ;
Boeitb, secretary, and I 11. U.. . erbou
manager The faco of ibo certificate
show* that the holder ban paid '25 cents
to aid the movement a::d agrees to ^av
10 cents a ujooth The association has
maov member-1 in thi* a oti'Mi.
Baking
Powder
?cious and wholesome
OE? CO., HEW YORK.