The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 04, 1900, Image 1
riBtUMTSK WATCHMAN, fetakiyK
Con ho Ii dated Au?, 2,1881.
Yibllifctd Itwt wTtdntsday,
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8UMTER, 8. C.
TSHM8 :
$1.50 per moam?io advance.
Qmn Squar? first ias?rcion.$100
Im; sabseonant insertion. 50
Ooatraets for tore* mot tbt, or ?onger wil
Ii mede at redeesd ratet.
?II coeMSueieatloos which ?observe pri?ate
Bstereste will becbargej for as adver tie aieots.
Obtteartee aod trlbutaa of raapecU will be
Gen Olivier Marches Small
Force Between the British
The Advance to the Trans?
tut Delayed.
Loodoo. March 28. 4 a m ?The
Beert wrw h*iw eg o little good look
ted oro oboviog eome boldoooo again
00 o raiding oerty eat tea at ad at 400
It bellowed by the Britiab foroee at
Worrooloo to bovo orooood tbo Kim
bovloy- Bloomtootoi o wegou rood
Mooday aod to have boadod for
Jeoebodel, with tbo iotootioo of oat
Heg tbo railway tor Bailee weot
Oommeedent Olivier appeara to
bovo geHel bio 6.000 men and 25
OJlloo of waggoaa loto logged coun?
try, where bo oao eaaka ao eaay rear
guard delaooo. Obotleo Williame, the
military oipert, eoya :
? If tbie oolomo goto tbroogb aub
otoetially Uommeodaoc Olivier will
bete ?orHod oot tbo groot feot of Iba
vor, oooiog tbot bo ran ovory chance
of being groood between tbo opper
OJiMotooo of Lord Roberto* army and
tbo oetbor millotone of tbo broken
Boeoto frontier "
Ho will bovo dooo it within 26
miloo Off oo of Lord Roberte* main
etffoogtb Cortoioly it looked for o
wbtlo oo tboogb Lord Roberte bold
Olivior io tbo bollow of bio hand If
Olivier goto through to Krooootad
witb ovoo tbroo tboooaud moo it will
to oo important odditloo to tbo Boer
gathering tboro Hie oooapo la at
trlbotobio io port to tbo worn oot
oooditioo of tbo Britiob oovalry
boraoa. Lord Roberta' traooport ap
ri to bovo been badly dislocated
tbo looo at Riet river before
Oronje surrendered, of tbo wagon
train ood In addition to tbla tbo army
witb wblob bo propoaea to advaooe
toward Pretoria io nearly double tbat
of too earlier rapid movementa.
Tan tbooeand traneporl, cavalry
aod goo onimala are doe to arrive
ot Oopo porta during tbia aod next
week
It it givoo oot ot Capo Town tbat
Lord Roberte' advance may be de?
layed for moutba Altboogb inch
ototemeots ehon'il be reoeivod with
rooorve it aeema poaiuve tbat be
iotooda to go io Cape Towo to meet
Lody Roberta, who ia doe to orrive
tbere io too day*.
The war office boo iatood another
table of British loooea. abowiog an
aggregate of 16.662, wbioh doea oot
i eel ode 4 000 wbo bave been invalid?
ed borne
London, March 27 ? Recoooeie
oooeoe of alight importance oontinoe'
to bo tbo ooiy feat ore of tbo wor io
South Afrioa
Lord Roberta wiroa to the war
060*0e ao followo :
"Bloemfontoin, Monday. 26
? Captain Sloane Stanley of the
Hiateenth Lancaetere wae slightly
wounded io an affair of outponia,
north of tbe Modder river Marob
26 "
A diapaloh from VI azure Basuto
land, 26tb aaya I
"Tbe Baeotoland government ia
boey collecting native a to be employ
od at Bloeaifooietn in repairing and
relaying reiiroade The nativea re
\ rt tbot tbe Free Steter?? on the
border* of Baeotoland bave return*ri
to go to Kffooootad and are ataying
oo their forme, aa it ia now the
ploogbiog eeaeon and they are in
olioed to keep tbeir land and eubmit
rather tbao give it up and fight."
Boer raporte fiom Natal enow no
developmeoia of importance have* oc
oorred tbere op to March 23 A die
patch flrom too Boer camp at Glen
coo, dated March 23. eaye :
"No attack ia expected to be made
oo tbo Boer foroee io Natal Gen
Botba aod Meyer bave been joined
by tbolr wivea
"Pretorias with tbe patrol got be?
tween oo odvaoee guard of Lancers
ood tta main body Marob 22. Ooe
rofoaed to surrender ood waa abot.
"Gen Botha deoieo tbe reporte
tbot Trooevoal womeo were wounded
io tbo Tugeia treoohee Gen Buller
boo coat Iba Boero o liat of tbeir
woroded atatiog tbat be buried 60
or Goo Botba aaya tbia ia impoa*
eibie. ao bio rolle do not abow any
aoob looo "
A Lodyamitb special eaye :
"Boer pat role endeavored to trap
ejetty o tbo Thirteenth Hooaaro
Ifereb % et WooObook A bot
aprll. 1860.
"Be Jus
SUMr.
chase ensued Several Boers were
wounded
The same dispatch says :
"A printed document bss been
giving the Boer losses at Spion kop
at over 2 500, bot this can scarcely
be credited."
Advices todsy from Capo Town
say :
"Reins sre general throughout
South Africa aad rivers which have
been dry for years are being flooded.
Many csodds are transformed into
swamps This will still more miltate
against an immediate British ad
vaoce
Sickness among the Boer prisoners
oo the transports is in creating
Three deaths occurred March 26 The
bodies were boried by the British
with the Transvaal flagon the coffins
The leading Duch of Simonstowo
attended the funeral Typhoid fever
alone claims 100 victims among the
Srisoners and the population of
imoostown fear an epidemic
The bond at a meeting at Pearl,
March 26 atteoded by several mem?
bers of the Gape eeeembly, passed
reeolotions regretting that the Cape
government waa not consulted before
the war and declaring that the settle?
ment which did not reapect the iode
pendenoe of the repoblice would be
detrimental to the highest interests
of the Britieh empire Mr Hargrove,
the ohief speaker prophesied revolo
tloo with eix years unless iudepen
denee war granted and Assemblyman
Marale characterized the war as a
continuation of the Jamison raid.
Ten Mtlei a Day About the
Best Average to be Ex?
pected.
London, March 29, 5 15 a m.?
Lord Roberta baa sent 10.000 troops
to Glen, 10 miles north of Bloemfon
tein. oo tbe railway. This is prelim
inary to the general advance Im
roense quantities of stores have now
been acoomulsted at Bloemfontein,
aod Lord Roberta' infantry ie seem
ingly about to move An impres?
sion whioh oan be traeed 'to tbe war
office is abroad that tbe adeaooe will
begin next Monday Boer observa?
tion parties are hovering near
Bloemfontein, bot Lord Roberta hae
136 mi lee to cover before reaching
the great poeition which tbe Boers
ere preparing at Kroonstadt
Moving ten miles a day is proba
bly the bsst he oan do with field
transport Therefore he oan hardly
engage the B ?ere in foree for two
weeks Tbe reconstruction of the
railway behind bim may even delay
an ir.vaaioo of tbe Transvaal until
May.
Meanwhile all tho important towns
in the Free State, within Lord Rob
erta' reach are being garrisoned
Thaba Nchu, Pbiilipolis, Fooresmith
aod Jagerafoiitein are thua held
Sir Alfred Milner ie touring in tbe
disturbed newly acquired territory
investigating oooditiooa and arrang
ing tbe administration He is under
etood to be getting materials for a
report to Mr < hamberlain concerning
a plan of civil government
All tbe morning papers piint
singularly kind editorials ooooemiug
Gen Joobert They praise bis mil
itary skill, uphold his chivalrous
oonduct, and regret that so strong
aod moderate a mind should be
absent from the final settlement of
the dispute. Although some of the
younger commanders thought the
old soldier wanting in dash and
entepri*e. his raid into the country
south of the Togels is considered
the best piece of Boer leadership
durin the whole war It in now
known that he crossed the Tugela
with only 3,000 riflemen and six
gtiio*, but so bold snd rapid were
his movements that the British com
matiders thought 10,000 Boers were
I marching on Pietermaritzburg Foi
a few days, although in the pres
I enne of greatly superior forces he
isolated Gen Hildyard'a brigade at
Kit court and at tbe ssm > time
threatened Gen Barton s camp at
Mooi river. Then as British rein
forcements were pushed up, Joubert
reorossed the Tugela without losing
a prisoner, wagon or gun
Gen White's estimate of him, pro
noonced oo Toesdsy before he died,
as a gsntleman and a brave and
honorab e opponent, strikes tbe tone
of oil British commeot.
The foreign office, according to the
Daily Chronicle, is arraoging with
Portugal for some thousands of Brit?
ish troops to be landed at Beira and
aent bv the Rhodesia railway from
Massi Kesse to Umtali A perms
oent arrangement ia understood to
exist for tbe use of tbia route to
transfer tbe Rhodesia police Tbe
possibility of foreign protest is sug
gested by the Daily Chronicle
Among the Items cabled from Preto
ria is a statemeot that prominent res?
idents there objeot to a defense of
Pretoria aod deaire that President
Kroger should retire to Lydeoburg
It ia alleged that tbe principsl build
ings at Jobsuoesboig have been oo
dermioed by order of Kr?ger.
hm an
t and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou a
rER. s. a. WEDNES
KR?GER MAY TAKE COMMAND
Brussels, March 28 ?A private
dispatch has been received her? from
Pretoria which says that President
Kruger will now take chief command
of the Transvaal forcee.
GEN JO?BERT DIES AT PRE?
TORIA.
Lorenzo Marques, March 28.?
Gen Jnubert is dead
Pretoria, March 28.?Gen Joubcrt
died last night at 11 30 o'clock He
had been Buffering from a etomacb
complaint
The town is plunged into mourn?
ing for the true patriot, gallant gen
eral and upright and honorable gen?
tleman
London, Maroh 29 ?The Pretoria
correspondent of the Daily Mail, tel?
egraphing yeetarday, aaye :
1 Gen Joobert died of peritonitis
The funeral will take place tomorrow
(Thursday) The government is
pleading with the widow to allow a
temporary interment here, with a
ataie funeral Jonbert always ex?
pressed a deeire to be buried in a
mausoleum built on his farm.
"His successor in the chief com
mend will probably be Gen Lewie
Botha, now commanding in Natal "
London. Mareb 80. 4 a m ? The
B 'ere are concentrating in force about
15 mile* north of Bloemfootein in the
rear of Glen and Lord Roberts is send?
ing forward troops to engage them.
The Seventh infantry division and part
of Gen Freneb's cavalry hate been sent
op tn join the Fourreeotb brigade and
the two cavalry regiments that are
holding Glen and its environs
It does not seem probable tbst the
Boers will give serioos battle in the
fairly open oonotry north of Gen Still,
their evident strength indioatet more
than a oorps of observation.
In small affairs the Boers are daring
ly aggressive in ail parts of the field
of war The Jobannesborg Mounted
Poiioe, esteemed by the Boers to be
their best mounted oommando, are
raiding the country near Bloemfootein,
harrassiog the farmers, who have given
op their arms to the British, aod carry?
ing off eattle
There is a Boer report from Natal
ihat a Russian soldier of fortuoe, Col
Gaoo'iki, with a hoodred horsemen, is
operating close to the British outposts
rn the western border
The Boeis have reoocupied Campbell
and are in strength n?ar Taungs and
Birkly West They shelled the British
camp at Warrenton Wednesday, but
rooted out of range that night Yes
terday (Thursday) two British goos
pi fi adcd tho B#or tretiohes, quieting
'h-'ir Mausere
Lord Methoen and the forces that
that been operating in the Barkley dis
-ftot have been recalled to Kimberloy
by Lord Roberts No explanation has
beeo given for this, but the mounted
troops aro dissatisfied a*, bating beon
ordered hack.
The Boers and disloyalists at Ken
hardt have beon dispersed and oaused
to retreat
Gen Parsons is about to eater the
towo unopposed i
Lord Roberts is making extensive
arrangements to poline and safeguard
all the Free State towns in the territory
? copied Dispatobes from Maseru
aapert that the Boers who returned to
Ltdybraod from Cloooelao have taken
op strong positions and sent piokets far
in etery direotioo to watob Barutolaod,
in the eipeotation that part of Gen
Boiler's army will intade the Free
S ate on that side
Aoeording to Pretoria adtioet, Mafe
kiog was bombarded for seten bcurs on
Toes ey
It is rep rtnd In London, in all wc'l
informed q larter*. that Lord Kttohenei
w II ho olT-red tho post of commander
in-ohiet in India, succeeding the late
Sir William Lookhart, ho soon as dcois
ite snootSHos hate beon obtained in tbc
Trar staal and that Gen Sir Arobibald
Hu fer will nuooeeed him as Lird
Roberts* ohief of staff The Indian
in ??.p?P"rs bate been urging Kitchen?
er's appointment
London, March 29 ?A dispatch
from Bioemfonteio published in The
Times dated Wednesday, Maroh 28.
dwell* opou the boeessity for not mak?
ing a premature adtaooe from this oap
ital This correspondent, who on sot
eral occasions seemed to hate been
ohosen ss the moutbpieoe of Lord
Roberts, cables : "It should be clearly
understood that tbe present halt in the
tioioity of Bloemfootein is absolutely
nroessary as a military preoautioo It
should be borne in mind that we are
about to eater on a new phase of the
operations with ths main coro mooica
nons through a receotly occupied ho*
tile eoootry and that the reoent soo
ooeftea necessitated a great expenditure
of bcrse power. Hero and in Natal
we shall mote on the oommenrement
of tbe South Afrioao winter aod must
be prepared to face tbo effects of tbe
fir?t cold opon snob anmials as may be
sffeotod with borse siekoess. It would
be soioidal to posh troops forward till
they are equipped to i&eet the exposure
of winter. Horses, slothing aod food
we most have."
1
rVims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's a
DAY. APRIL 4, 190C
The correspondent, adds that the
Boor forces havo beeo reeqoipped and
says he Is fully convinced that 15,000
foroign troops have been landed to aid
the republio.
A deputation of Dutch ohuroh min?
isters had an sudienoe with Premier
Schreiner at Cape Town today. The
ministers urged tho separation of the
sick and well Boer prisor.es and asked
that the siok be not sent to St Helena,
Mr Sohreioor replied that he had no
powers in such matters, but would use
bis friendly offices. He added that he
had made strong representations to the
imperial government against sending
the prisoners to St Helena but without
I SU03668.
It is rumored that the prison trans?
ports will sail for St Heleoa at the end
of this week.
Roberts Pushes Forward a
Large Foroe Against Boers.
ONE HUNDRED BR TI8H SOL?
DIERS KILLED.
London, Maroh 31, 4 15 a. m?
The bead of the army of Lord Roberts
is now about 21 miles oorth of Bloem
fontsin. It oooopies a oluster of bills
woo from the Boers after a stiff fight,
in whiob the British lost seven officers
and 100 men.
The Boers had boon using these
kopjes as a base for marauding baods
that havo been beating op the country
adjaesot to Bloemfooteio for supplies,
Griving off oattle and forotog non
resistant Free Staters into their ranks
again. The enemy must have been in
ooosidorablo foroe as Lnrd Roberts sent
8,000 tofaotry and 3 000 osvslry
against them.
Lord Roberts' progress to Pretoria
will probably ooosist of a series of such
forwsrd movements, in wbioh Boer
positions will bs attaoked by a portion
of the army advaooiog rapidly with
wheel transport, the main army com?
iog up as the railway is repaired.
Lord Robsrts is strippiog the foross
in the minor spheres of operations of
their wagons and transport animals in
order to hasten ths advanes. This is
understood to bs the roasoo why he
rsoalled Lord Metboeo from Barkly
West to Kimbsrley. Lord Roberts bad
to have Methuen's transport.
Tho reason why a hot obase was not
msds after Commandant Olivier is that
Lord Roberts did not wish to woar out
ths oavslry transport
Geo French lost 3 000 horses in tho
relief of Kimberley sod the pursuit of
Geu Crenje. Lord Roberts lost 3,000
transport osttle at Watervaal drift,
and it is estimated that be has lost
4,000 other animals since the forward
movemeot began oo Fob 13
The rebellion throughout the north?
west districts of Ct.pe Colony is almost
suppressed
Tho Goth will si.il tomorrow (Satur
day) with 600 men for St Helena to
guard Gen Cronje and 4.000 prisoners.
BLOEMFONTEIN THREATENED
London, Maroh 31.?A dispatob to
Ths Daily Cbroniole from Lsdysmith,
dated Maroh 30, says : 4'Much interest
is felt in ths civil oass of former
Uoited States Consul Maorum against
tho postmaster at Fietermaritiburg for
an alleged brsacn of oootraot in band
ing over his private letters to the
military authorities to open. Judgment
is eipeoted tomorrow.
Tho Bloemfootein correspondent of
The Daily Chronicle telegraphing
Thursday, March 20, says : "President
Kruger's latest proclamation warns the
womeo and children to leave Bloemfoo?
tein within fivo days as he intends to
bombard and destroy the oity and to
shoot the burghers whom he captures
there.
"Vigorous measures have been taken
by the British to harrass marauding
baods of Traubvaal Boers Tbe latter
aro resorting to guerrilla methods,
chiefly against Free Staters who refuse
to joio Kruger."
The Fight at Brandfort.
Bloemfontem March 30.?The at?
tack upon tbe Boers holding tbe
kopjes near Kaaro siding station, a
few miles South of Brandfort, was
made by Tucker's Seventh di
vision with the cooperation of
of French's cavalry. The attacking
troops included a large force of Aus
traliane. Col Knight, with 400 New
South Wales mounted infantry includ?
ed in Legaillai brigade, attacked the
right flank A long chain of Kopjes
was held by the Boers and there was
severe firing all along tbe line of at
tack. The approach was very steep,
like a fortress and the troops were
nuable to make headway until the
infantry made an attack upon the
front Tbe cavalry went round tbe
right flank of the Boers and used
their Vickers M^xira freely.
An army hospital was established
in a cottage onder the nhelter of a
large kopje. The Boer sheila came
right over the kopjes and landed near
the hospital, which it wsa necessary
to evsooate Tbe Boers slowly re*
treated upon Brandfort, taking their
dead and wounded with them
Meisnwbile the caval ry, including the
ind Truth's." tb* i
). New
Australian Horse and the Sydney
Lancers under Capt Cox, brigaded
wilb Porter's brigade. The Carbi
neers, Scots Greys and the Inniskill
ings received a severe shell fire.
The Boers had evidently marked the
range, aod when the troops advanced
the enemy's fire was less accurate.
The colonials displayed great cool?
ness under fire Maoy horses were
killed in the cavalry's flunk attack
The Boers fled and all our troops
pushed forward and now hold an ex
cellent position upon the large kopjes
recently held by the Boers
The farmers are in the laager fight
ing, leaving the women and children
on the farms, which they are confident
the English will not touch Many of
these farmers would surrender their
arms but for the fear that the
Johannesburg police would attack
their farms in revenge for doing so
The Boers are known to hold
Brandfort in some strength, probably
5,000
Reenforcements are afraid to move
direct to their support and are
content with holding their posi
tion, which is threatened by the
cavalry advance
fTbe whole action was rather in -ig
nificant Many regiments received
their baptism of fire and showed
splendid coolness We have now
secured a fine position facing the
huge plain before Brandfort
DIVISION OP PACIFIC."
The Military Powers of Otis
Curtailed.
Washington, March 27 ?Seoretary
Riot today took a step contemplating
the administration of the Philippine*
by directing the creation of an entirely
new military division to be known as
the "division of the Pacifio" embracing
all the Philippines arcbipelego. Tbe
division in tarn is to be divided into
four military depsrtmeot as follows:
The department of northern Latoo,
oommsoded by Gen MoArthur ; the
department of soutbero Lasoo, com?
manded by Gee Hughes, aod tbe
department of Mindanao aod Jolo com?
manded by Gen Kobbe. Major General
Otis will retain the supreme eommaod
over these departments as division
cammander ; occupying toward tbem a
position corresponding olosely to tbst
occupied by General Miles towards the
military departments in tbe United
States. It is said at the war depart?
ment that the purpose of tbe new crder
of things is to free General 0 \s of tbe
many minor details iooideot to the
administration of the island, leaving
bim at liberty to devote more time to
larger questions of policy aod civil
administration Tbe oabioet approved
the proposition today
Standard Cotton Bales
Savannah, Ga, March 28 ?Tbe
Savannah cotton exchange is sending
out a circular letter respecting cotton
bsling, giving a new rule with res
pect to bales which is to go into
effect with the beginning of tbe next
cotton year. Tbe circular says that
oo and after Sept 1, 1900,
"all sales of cotton in square bales
shall be based on packages of stand
ard size (24 by 54 inches) and when
bales of other dimensions are tender
ed for delivery an allowance of 25
cents per bale shali be made to the
buyer by the seller on such cotton "
Copies of tbe above rule are being
sent to the various exchanges of tbe
Uuited States, requestieg their co
operation, and to farmers, ginnore,
merchants, newspapers and others
interested in the general adoption of
a uniform size cotton bale. The
Galveston cotton exchange ha* prac?
tically adopted the rule.
The capital invested by Southern
cotton mills is from $125 000,000 to
$150,000,000 and the Machinery for
these mills ha? been invariably bought
iu tbe north and Europe Tbe futuro
promises a vast inorease in iovcHtments
of tbin kind by the South, yet there \*
not a single manufacturer of textile
machinery in the Southern States to
day Atlanta seems to be taking a
step in this tiircotioo snd is now organ?
ising a company to be capitalized at
(500.000 for tbe purpose of maoufao
toriog textilo maobiocry.?Aodersoo
Daily Mail
The Norfolk and Western R R. has
passed into the bauds of the Pennsyl?
vania Railway, that syndioao having
acquired a majority of tbe etook of tbe
N. & W.
~ AosouiTEiy I
Makes the food more de
apvai sagen) eova
rKUB SOUTH KON, Established Jone 13*6
Series-VoL XIX. No. 36
The Porto Rico Tariff.
Free Trade With Internal
Tax on Rum and Tobacco.
Washington, March 28 ?Tbeseoate
today agreed to vote o^ the Porto Rieo
government aod tonn* bill Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'eiooK. An important
utterance was made later in the day on
the bill by Mr Davis, of Mionesota.
He advooated free trade between tba
United States aod Porto Rico aod
urged tbe neoeas'.ry money to be raised
by taxation be by an internal revenue
tax levied upon rum and tobacco pro?
duced oo the island This system, in
his opinion, wocid better soit the peopie>
of the United States sod those of Porto
Rico than the proposed tariff, aod
woold be just, equitable aod constitu?
tional.
Tbe amendment offered by Mr Carter
to tbe Alaskan code bill relatiog to
mining for gold under the waters of
Cape Nome was agreed to. but no
further progress was made with tho
measure
The oonfereooe report on,tbe measure
providing additional amounts to supply
urgent deficiencies was sgreed to
A successful ?ffort was made by Mr
Foraker to fix a time for a vote on the
Porto Rioao tariff and government bill.
Mr Baooo, of Georgia, suggested
tomorrow, aod Mr Proctor, of Vermont,
oext Tuesday afternoon Tbe latter
was agreed to
The Alaskan oode bill was taken op,
and Mr Carter's amendment tffered
yesterday was adopted without division.
Consideration of the Porto Rico bill
was theo resumed, the peodiog question
being upon the free silver ooioage
amendment offered by Mr. Morgan.
The amendment was defeated?15 to
33
Large Majority Refuse to
Strike out 15 per Cent
Tariff.
Waehington, March 29.?The
direct vote wae taken by the senate
today on the proposition to strike
from the Pnerto Rico measure the
provision levying 15 per cent of tbe
Diogley law duties upon Puerto Rico
products Tbe proposition was de?
feated by a vote of 16 to 33
While the vote is regsrded as pre?
saging the passage of the pending
measure it is not regsrded ss indica?
ting tbe final vote on tbe bill.
Tbe feature of the debate today
was the speech of Mr Beveridge of
of Indiana While be advocated re?
ciprocity between the United States
and Puerto Rico, ho announced that
if all efforts to secure free trade
should fail he would support the
pending bill Tbe bill was under
discussion throughout the session,
several important amendments being
sgreed to.
The conference report on the di?
plomatic and consular apppropriation
bill was sgreed to by the senate soon
after it convened.
A concurrent resolution offered by
Mr Culberson of Te^as, directing tbe
secretary of wsr snd the secretary of
the navy to keep "seasonably advis?
ed" the families of wounded soldiers
snd sailors of tbe condition of tbe
men, vae sgreed to
Important Railroad Deal.
New York Maroh 28 ?The Evening
Post today says : ' It n:ay be stated on
very excellent authority that tb^ ?>rora
? ion of the Richmond, Preset iekewOfg
and Potosjae will h<? taken over bv the
Pennsylvania and Biirimore an "< Oaio,
whether these roadl wi;l act separately
or jointly is not yet settled, but ths
Richmond Lino trill hereafter he domi?
nated by these two companies, ?biah
heretofore have us. d it as a connection
for the south. {< t-xiend* from Rioh
uiocd north to Qiaonco, Vs, 80 miles,
oo ibe Potomao river, where it o-ntoocts
with the Peeotjlveote's lino to Wash?
ington. It t? aho uted by the Atlantic
Oca i Line, and 'he Seaboard Air Line
ic securing a charter at the rcoeot
session of tbe Virginia legislature for
a ptrollsl line from Richmond to Wash?
ington has brought the company's u(I*irs
before the public There is a possibsH
ty that the new oootrol of tbe property
which may bo taken as practically
established, will make it possible to
efieot some arrangement by whioh ths
possibility of boildiog of this proposed
parallel line will not be undertaken."
Clemsoo College defeated Cornell
University at Clemsou yesterday in tbe
first ball game of tho season by a score
of 9 to 7
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