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From Gen Bullens Army - Public Shocked at Antique Armament of Many Brit? ish Ships. London. Feb 9, 4 a TB.-All the messages from the observers with Gen Bailer throw ia a phrase or two aboat the "strength of the Boer positions" and the "difficulties of Gen. Baller's work" bat they do not carry events be ' yond Tuesday evening. Their last slender narratives 'eave the British advance on Vaal Krantz, in tbs centre of a semi-circle, where the troops are exposed to the Boerartii 5" lery on both sides and in the oentre. The fighting continued until 9 Tues? day evening and almost without doubt continued Wedoesday, as the Boers weald certainly not leave this wedge into their lines unmolested, it is also inferred that Geo Buller must either continue his advance or retirs. The heaviest fighting apoears to ha ve been on Tuesday. Geo. Butter's 233 casualties are mentioned as having occurred before Tuesday noon. Large lists are consequently expected for the rest of the day. The casualties already reported briog the total British losses dariog the ^war to 10,244 killed, wounded aod captured. . The disposition here ts rather to min? imize the importance of the fightiog io Natal aod to suggest that this is only ao incident anyway, placiog hope upon expected decisive engagements in northern Cape Colony and upon inva? sion of the Free State by Lord Roberts. At ail events, this is the officia! view. The public does not like these oew waits, and there is sharp anxiety for further news. In Cape Coioooy Geo. MacDonald has bad a skirmish with a thousand Boers at Koodooborg. This was OD Monday. The Boers have been taking the offensive against Geo French near Rensberg, as well as agaiost Gen. Gat acre in the Stormberg bills. | Since the war bas strained the re- j sources of the military system, Eog-1 Jisbmen have been troubled by the pos? sibility that sea fighting might show naval defects wbioh would weaken the first linc of defeose io which the coun? try has placed such complete trust. This apprehension has suddenly found expression. Duriog the last two or three days, io half the newspapers io England, the government's attention bas been specially directed to the muzzle loading guns. Even public men have been painfully surprised to | leam that 16 battleships aod eight j armored cruisers depend upon muzzle- ! loaders This means that smaller bat j faster ships with modera goos would be | able to stay one thousand or two thoo- j sand yards cut of range and to disable j io leisurely fashion about ooefhirdof! the vessels which appear in the naval list as 'first olaf3." | The admiralty is understood to be j preparing to remedy this defect and to propose aiso coosiderable additions that will preserve the present ratio of Great Britain's oavai strength to that of Franco and Germany. A supplementary army estimate to March 31 was Uid pro forma before the house of commons yesterday but was not made public It is reoorted that tbe call is for $100.000.000, wbicn weQtd make the cost of the war up to t?at date ?150.000,000 The 'mainrenancc of 200.000 meo at the front. i* ?5 estimated, costs between $40,000,000' and ?50.000.000 per rnont^ LOSSES UP TO TUESDAY London. Feb 8. I 15 p. m.-Gen Boll r rus cabled to th^ war office that the -icpronia.ate Briti h casualties io the Sgh'ing at Potg? tvrs drift up to DO"^ Tu**sd**v ?re : OS e-p. 2 kilJpd nod 15 wounded ; Don-?*-iiri*r/?;'ai'vn?d offictrs and men 216 killed and w^und^d. The office* bi?ed were Maj John s r Soy h ard Lieu* Shafto, both of the Darr?.:n L'ght infantry The office wounded included Col Fi Zgerald of tb* Durham Light iof*n try sod Col A. J Mnnt?omery. of the Royal arnHery. and Lieu* S:r T. A. A Cu*?* injjbame, of the xfrflh brigade. A di-iia*eh to rh? London Time? from S^f-armaa'- Camp say-i that when the barham** rear*'-; ?d the ton of Vaal K"st- z" ever 50 of tbp enemy, who .?ere *'?H ?efe^d'cs rb" poeitioT. fled/' and ''more than half of tbe^e were armed natives A cable d.spitoh from Spearman's Camp, under tndav's daro. siys : "Baller holds hi* po?irion Relief is certain " BRITISH PRISONERS, koodoo. Feb 8 -Io reply to a series of questicoe in the house of commons today on the subject of the Delagoa bay raiiroad, Mr Brodrick, parliamen? tary -ecre'ary of the foreign office, said the government had not. been vouchsafed by any reason or explana? tion of the delay in the delivery of the award by the tribunal considering the subject;. George Wyndham, parliamentary secretary of the war office, announced that 2,285 officers and men of the Brit? ish army were missing, but it is uncertain how many of them were at Pretoria. As to their protection in case the British besieged Pretoria, Mr Wyndham said the government left that to the discretion of Lord Roberts. Answering another qoestioo, Mr Wyndham said that in addition to the 180,000,000 troops io Sooth Afrioa recently mentioned io bis speech, the government had deoided to send 17 more battalions of militia acd 3,000 yeomanry, making a total for the mili? tia of over 20,000 aod for the yeo? manry 8,000 Tbe grand total io Sooth Africa, he added, woola then be 194,000 effectives, exelasive of siok aod wounded. BOERS ATTACK TOWN IN ZULULAND. Durban, Feb 7.-A large force of Boers attacked Nordweoi, io Zululand, destroyed the publie buildings and took numerous prisoners. A force of volunteers, with artillery, has been dispatched there to support the scouts :and to oppose a funner advance. THE EARLY FIGHTING. London, Feb 9-The Daiiv Tele graph bas received the following dis ! patch dat?d Tuesday, Feb 6, from Spearman's Camp : ' This is the second day of the battle, and the fightiog bas been fiercer than it was yesterday At dawn toe Bjers began the action by shelling our bivouac with their Long Tom and pompon guns from Doom Kloof. Their six inch shelis fell near the spot where Geo Bailer and his staff were watching the engagement. Ooevsbell burst amid a squadron of Thirteenth Hussars, bot cot a soo! was touched. "Oar gaos from Zwarts kop and on the plain soon silenced the enemy artil? lery, bat repeatedly the Boers brought back their guns, propped them into work over the oils, fired a few rounds aod then again changed their position. "During the morning our gunners succeeded in blowing op the enemy's ammunition wagoo upon Doom Klooff Geo Lyttleton's brigade was shot at from three sides and had a warm time opon Vaai Crantz. "Desperate efforts were made by the Boers to recover the smoking hill The Durham Light Infantry, tbe King's Royai Rifles and tbe Scottish rifles gallantly charged ana oleared the position. Geo Hildyards brigade relieved Gen Lyttleton's brigade toward saoset. .'Fighting continued until 9. Sev? eral prisooers bave been taken. They declare that tbe Boers yesterday lost heavily. The enemy suffered severeiy today. It is reported that among their dead in tbe trenches armed ksffirs were found.*' An Eaitor's Life Saved by Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy. During tbe early part of October, 1896 I contracted a bad cold which settled on ay lungs and was neglected until I feared that consumption had appeared in an incipient state. I was constantly coughing and trying to expel something which I could not. I became alarmed and aftrr giving the local doctora trial bought a bottle cf Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy and the result was im? mediate improvement, aod after I had used I I three bottles tey lungs were restored to their ? I healthy state -RS Edwards, publisher of i 1 The Review, Wyaot, Ul. For sale by A J China. The report of State Superintendent j of Public Schools ?VIcMaban has just j been published aod is fu>i of interest ? and of food for thought. It shows that last year the counties had and spent for public schools ?827,000. Thc total nuoiber of pupils was 269,000 of whom 123.000 were whites and 146. 000 colored. There were 62,129 white boys and 61,2*50 white girls and 68,786 colored boys and 77,691 oolor- j ed giris. Tbe total Dumber of budd? ings is 2.310 for whites. 1.736 ror negroes. There are 5,003 teachers, 3,000 white and 2,003 colored, who j teach an average of 36 pupils, eaeh for whites, 64 ror colored. The average leogth of the i-essioo was 4 81 for the white frcboois, 3 63 for the ooiored. s The white teachers were paid an aver j age of $154 90 each for the year, the i negroes $73 42. ! The South Carolioa college bad 188 j students and ?. facuhy of 12. The j State appropriated for it $25,000. Tois is an average of ?133 for eaeh studeot, whereas the public school pupil j is allowed something over ?3 a year j aod goes to school four roon*bs Fur I mao University and Wufford College ! have 181 students each and do not ask j the S ate for anything but a chance to j live, an open field and no favors, j Winthrop Coiiege, State iuscitutioo, ! bas 344 students while Cooverse. pri j vate institution, has 452. The Pres ! bytenan college for woaien at Coluro - ? bia comes oext io tbs female iostitu j tions wiih 154, the Greenville female college foliowicg close after with 150 The Sooth Carolina military academv had 111 cadets, 68 beneficiary and 43 pay. and the State allowed it ?20, I 000-a cost of ?264 a year tor each ; Cider, against ?3.50 a jear for thc 1 public school pupils. The ?45,000 paid for the two insti? tutions would pay the salaries of ?92 i white teachers who would teach, 1 according to last year's averages, i 10.51J children. The question seems ! to be whether it is better for the orate I to give 234 young men higher educa : lion or 10,512 white children thc ; opportunity to learn to read and write, j Each student and cadet represents now j 45 children deprived ol thc bare occessi I ties of an education that Kc may enjoy ! the iuxuiief. - - .??.-?????--- . - ^t?5C'J3AN RELIEF cures Colic, ^|IV Neuralgia and Toothache in fiveminutes. Sour Stomach and Suinmer Complaints. Price 25c. Sold by Hughsoa-Ligon Co. The General Assembly. I _ Progress in Reconstructing the Dispensary. I Columbia, Feb 6.-The whole day io the senate ?as spent in discussing the amendments to the Jim Crow car bill but all amendment? had not been acted on up to adjournment. As it stood then the bill required railroads to roo two erst class coaches, one for colored and one for whire passengers, and a second class coach which may be divided into two compartments The first cla?s fare t-hall he 3 cecrs and secooe 2;J cents. The bill ss presented to the senate provided oniy for a first class fire of 3 cents, abolishing the second ciass fare. Thc house fought all day on the I dispensary bill and only got over coe line, section 2, which rtads, '-the S'ate board of control is ncreby abolished.*' That one liae was adopted and was tbs fight of the day Although there *ras a tot of talk, when the vote esme 25 members voted for, and 77 voted against the present board. The present board got some hard raps acd when the question of what to pus io their place came up there was wide difference and the house adjourned, pending settle? ment. Mr Bacot, of Charleston, wanted the governor to appoint the new board of three but his proposition received but 10 votes. The pendiog proposition is : the set-ate plan of having the bouse I elect two members and the senate one There is another that the beard be j elected in joint assembly. Josh Ashley said be knew there bad been stealing at tbe dispensary, not by the members of tbe board or control, but that beer and liquor bad been going out. NIGHT SESSION Captain Blythe moved at the session tonight to amend the dispensary bill by adding a ciause that nothing in the act shali prevent the new board from making contracts with distilleries in the State to buy liquor manufactured in the State The separate coach bill passed through the senate with amendments The house plan of electing the board of directors of the dispensary is that a joint assembly shall first elect the chair? man and theo the. two other members are to be elected. Columbia, S C. Feb 8.-Tbe senate today immediately after assembling, proceeded to the house, where a joint session was held for the purpose of electing; trustees for the Citadel, Clemson and the colored college The election resulted as follows : Citadel visitors-C S Gadsden, Charleston ; Bishop Ellison Capers. Columbia; J. J Lucas, Darlington ; E M Blythe, Greenville W W. Lewip, York There was no opposition Clemson Trustees-A T Smythe, Charleston, to succeed the late Gov? ernor Ellerbe ; D T Redfern, Ches terfield ; Jesse Hardin, Chester, and J E Tindal, Clarendon No opposi? tion Colored college at Orangeburg D J Biadham, Clarendon, aud VV. R. Lowman, Orangeburg. The conference committee on the Jim Crow car bill reported that it could not agree and the bi:! wiii have to go to a committee of free confer? ence The first hour of the house session was taken up in the debate oti the proposition to appropriate $35,000 to j Winthrop for building dormitories j The house voted to give the whole I amount This is separate from the j appropriation for ordinarj running expenses The vote was 77 to 26 The senate, by a vote of 26 to ll refused to kill the bill providing for 1 the annexation of Donalds township i to Anderson county. Mr McGraw bas a bill, with a favorable report seeking to prohibit cotton factories from issuing non? negotiable instruments of indebted? ness Columbia, Teb 9 -The senate this morning killed the Jim Crow Car bill and it came back After a long discussion as to the procedure. Sen ator Sheppard moved that a commit? tee on free cenferrence be appointed ? and that that the Senate recede from its amendments This was agreed to by 21 to 17 This leaves the bill as originally introduced in the house. Railroads under it shall furnish two first class cars and charge 3 cents for first ciaas fare As will be seen, this relieves the railroads of the necessity of running an additional car for sec ond class passengers, which are re quired by the senate bill Seuators Ragsdale and Gruber, j who supported the senate biil made j an earnest but futile fight to preserve I the bill As the ?aw will stand after approval it will be the Rame as the Geoigia and North Carolina iaw and is satis? factory to the railroads The house returned the dispensary bill wnh amendments Senator W. j A. ?iown moved- to adopt all the j amendments, except the one provid i ing that the state profits shall be ten j per cent This was tabled by 37 to j 12 The objection to the amendment was that it would decrease thc school j funds and because county profits j would go to ordinary expenses of thc j county By a vote of 27 to 16 ali hou.-e amendments were adopted. The house has practically finished the appropriation bill The South Carolina college appropriation re maioed at $27.5000, notwithstanding I the fight against it Ail during the debate there were I members who twitted the friends of the colleges that they were the ; fiiend8 of the colleges and not of the ! ; common schools. j The college friends said suggest ! j what you want Mr C E Robinson pro i posed that $100,000 be directly appro ! priated for the free common schools j It came like a thunder clap The j friends of the colleges 6aid they j would support it. There was con? sternation. The suggestion was j made that it be made ?200 000 and even $300,000 The friends of the State colleges said that they wculd j support that. There was more ar.x j ?ety Tue friends of the <;ororr>on i schools, as they ca?ed themselves, j thought they might kili the amend I mont by making it for more than j $100,000, although they had no test j voie It went cn. and by a heavy j vote the amendment was adopted by j which $100,000 in to be appropriated : for the free common schools. Opposition to tbo Big Canal. Washington, D C., Feb 7 -Friends ' of the Nicaragua Canal bill have heard with alarm that a powerful combination bas been formed to prevent tbe passage of that measure during the present session of Congress. A~ leading Re? publican Senator, who has a voice io deciding the political policy of his party, is my authority for the state? ment. He is not only a stauocb advo? cate of tbe caoal bill, but he also favors the prompt ratification- of the Ruy PauDcefote treaty without substantial amendment Under the circumstances a prediction from him that the canal bill will cot become a law during the present session wili naturally occasion surprise * The Senator referred to says he is advised from ao iodisputaDle source that a number of tbe great rail? road and other transportation and traffic corporations, whose business may be affected by the construction of the canal, have resumed their oombined opposition to the project with renewed vigor He says they will use tbe new treaty as a pretext for staving off favorable action on the bill, notwith? standing the fas: that it now commands an overwhelming majority in both bouses of Congress. The Senator does not hesitate to assert that the influences back of the opposition have oo previous occaeioos been sufficiently potent to delay, and sometimes prevent, Con? gressional action on certain measures, and be expresses the belief that they will succeed in preveotiog the bili from j becoming a law. The rules of the j Senate, permitting unlimited debate, ? can be invoked and stretched to the j limit The programme of the opposi j tion is ro direct irs principal attack on the new treaty while apparently en? deavoring to protect American interests io the canal. The gunner who aims and fires that terrible Boer "Long Tom" at Kimber? ley is f.3td to be Peter Muller, formerly of Dewey's flagship, Oiym^a Moller haodied one of the guns io the fight in Manila Bay. If ne is realiy bebind the big gun at Kimberley, the mystery of the accurate shooting is explained. 1 Hin Life Wax Saved. Mr. J. Es Lilly, a prominent citizen of Han? nibal, Mo., lately hail a wonderful deliverance j from a frightf ul death. In telling of it be say.?: j '"I ira? laken with typhoid fever that mn into j pneumonia. My lungs became hardened. I was so weak I couldn't even fit up in bed. Consumption, when I heard of Dr. King's Kew Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued t<> use ir, and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in its praise." This marvtlhius medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all throat and ung trouble Regular sizes 50 cts and $1.00. Trial bottle free at J F. IV. DeLorme's Drug Store, every bottle guaranteed. 2 A FINE PIANO. At a High Price Is Easily Found, But Fioe Pianos Like the At our pnee?, are only found in our ware rooms. They present a bappy combination of excellence, impossible to surpass elsewhere. Catftloeue and Boot of iSueefc$iion8 for tb** asking. TERMS ACCOMMODATING.. SECOND-HAND PIANOS. TUNING, REPAIRING. CHAS. M. 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The leading business training school of South Carolina which turns out graduates for holding the best positions of honor and trust io the business and shorthand profession. Tbs aim of the institution is to be honest in every state? ment it makes, and io give even more value thao it promises. It claims to keep improvement as its watchword, and excellence and thoroughness as its standard. It aims to merit patronage by thorough, conscientious work. 50 per cent cf the courses taught in other commercial schools cf this section are not more than a preparatory to ours, Graduates assisted to positions. For information and catalogue, address, W. H. Newberry, President. TESTIMONIALS. From one of our first graduates. He has a good position, and recommends our school as the test, as does ali of our students. J Columbia.. S. C., Jan. 8, 1897. Prof. W. h. Newberry, President C. ?. 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Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer ic City andi County Depositary "KT*f" Citf stock paid in, . . $75,000 00 ? Undivided surplus. . . . 10,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders in excess of their stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts :i general banking business : aiso has H Savings Batik Department. Deposits of $1 and upward received. Interest allowed ai j the rate ot 4 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HANWORTH, President. MARION MOISE, W. F. RHAMK, j Vice-President. Cashier. Ja n 31. Oysters, Game and Poultry. Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. IS and 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments of Co im i ry Produce, Poultry, Eggs, &c, are respectfully solicited. Prompt returns made. Fish packed in barrels and boxes for tbe ccuntry trade a specialty. Dec 6 x