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; FHB SUMTKR WATCHMAN, Rstabitthed April, 1850. "3e Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established jane iSfc? Consolidated Au?. 2,1881. . SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 23. 1900. Sew Series-Vol. XIX. So. 43 %\t Wz\t\\\\m w? Sont?jnm. Published. Every Tffeinosiay, -Bf JW. C3r. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TSRMS : $1.00 per aDDQGQ-in advance. ADTSSTISSHSKT: Oao Square first insertion.$1 00 Svery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wit be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will becbarged foras advertiements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. BOERS WILL GIVE BATTLE AT LAING'S Big Poree Concentrated There to Oppose Roberts. LONDON, May 16.-The war office has famished tardy confirmation of General Boiler's movement on the Biggarsbnrg in a dispatch from General Buller at Kemp's Farm as follows: "In accordance with instructions to keep the enemy occupied at Biggarsbnrg on May ll, I concentrated the Third Cavalry brigade of the Second division and some corps of artillery at Sunday's river drift on the Helpmaakr road and directed Colonel Bethuen to advance on Greytown with the Bethuen mounted infantry, the Umvoti mounted rifles and fae Imperial light infantry. On May 13 we moved to Wasch bank and Be? thuen, with General Hildyard from Elandslaagte, occupied Indoga moun? tain. **On May 131 sent General Hamilton with three battalions up the steep slope of Withock MD. The Third cavalry brigade crowned a hill on each side of the main road and Bethuen attacked by the Pomeroy road from three sides. The enemy hurriedly abandoned the position which they had strongly entrenched and retired to the nek in front of Help? maakr, whence we hope to dislodge them, as many of them have retired. We have gained the summit of the Berg with the loss of only a few men wounded. I am advancing on Beith and Hildyard moves on Wessel's nek. "Our small loss. I think, was certainly due to the excellent troop leading of General Hamilton and Lord Dundonald and Colonel Bethuen." A second dispatch .says: "The enemy evacuated Helpmaakr j Nek during the night, leafing a rear ? guard of about 2,000 men in front of ns. j These we have forced back throughout i the day under considerable difficulties, j as they fired all the grass on top of the | berg as they retreated, and the wind be- j ing unfavorable to us. we were scarcely ] able to see at ali. I halted the infantry j who marched very well through the hot j smoke at Beith. "We have taken a few prisoners. Our ! casualties are small. '" A third dispatch says: "Dundonald reported late last nicht j he had driven the rear guard on to the ! main body of the enemy, near Buraltn- j den, where they occupied in force a strong position with three powerful guns. Major Gough, with the compos? ite regiment, maneuvered to the rigut around their left flank and they retired. Dundonald then halted. He was 25 miles as the crow flies from his previous night's bivouac and had covered nearly 40 miles during the day in a waterless country, most of the time being through smoke. From prisoners I learn that the enemy numbered over 2.000 at Help? maakr and being joined by those who left Van Jonders pass they must total nearly 3,000 men. "Heldyard reports the occupation of Wassals Nek and repairing the line."' Interest Centers In Mafeking. Judging from the above dispatches the British advance is little more than an arduous march. The Boers who were active at first later appear to have shown the same readiness to retreat : which is now marking the movements I of the federals in the Free State. Apparently the burghers are about to j evacuate Natal and concentrate for the j defense of Laing's Nek. northward, and i Van Keenan's pass, westward. The reoccupation of Dundee by the j 3ritish places the coal supplies there in ; their hands. There is little news of a j definite character. Interest for the mo- ! ment is almost entirely ("entered in Mate- j king, whence the wife of the mayor has j received a cablegram setting forth that j all was well on May 4. Buller <)<'<-:i?>:?'< i>w?<Iee. The war office has received thc follow- j ing dispatch froirt General Buller at j Dundee: "We have occupied Dundee. About 2.500 of the enemy have lefl for< rlencoe, where they are entrenched. Their wa- : gons left by DeJagers drift and the Dannhanser road. Their Kaffirs said | they were going to Laings Nek. Almost j every house in Dundee is completely i looted. The navigation colliery is all ! right. The machinery of the Dundee j collieries is destroye 1. The houses of I the town are damaged, but are struc- j turally intact.'1 Boers Lost IT? Men. MAFEKING, May 16.-Tie Boers Sat- ; urday opened lire on the Kaffir location i at Mafeking. They were in turu at- j tacked during the ilighr of Saturday and on Sunday found themselves sur? rounded. The Boers lost seven killed and 18 wounded. The British loss is re ported to have been heavy. Concentrating JJt the Vaal. . KKOONSTADT, May 16.-Ir. is reported j that the whole of the Boer forces are j concentrating on the Vaal, drawing ! from Biggarsbnrg and southwestern bor- j ders. It is computed that not more than 2,000 Free Staters will fight on the Vaal. CRUCIAL TEST WILL COME AT VML RIVER Mr. Wessels bays Boers Will Show Their Strength. PEACE DELEGATE TALKS Says Retreat of Boers Is Only Carry? ing Out Their Plan of Campaign. Harmony Prevails Between TRI ns vaaiers and Free Staters. NEW YORK, May 17.-Beyond a drive through Central park and thc local places of interest no program was ar? ranged for the Boer envoys. They spent the forenoon in answering telegrams; and letters from more than 60 cities in the United States from where they had been received. An effort is being made to so arrange a plan that the envoys can visit a ma? jority of the cities. C. H. Wessels, ono of the envoys, discredited the cable dis? patch to the effect that President Steyn of the Orange Free State is said to have lashed the Free Staters to make them fight. Mr. Wessels was also asked concern? ing the English advances and successes reported in recent cables. He said: "Everything in general is according to the plan of action prepared for some time. Every time we fail back it is given out as a British success, but it is all a preconcerted plan and does not hurt us in any way. The final crisis has not yet come. What I consider the j crucial "test will be- at the Vaal river j ! near Pretoria. I do not think that the ! stories published about tue British suc? cesses are neutral news, but highly opti? mistic from a British standpoint.'' Reception In Washington. j WASHINGTON, May 17.-No one con I nected with the Boer delegation in New j York has yet communicated with the j state department in relation to the re? ception of the delegates in Washington by the authorities. Only by indirect means has it become known to the offi j cials that the delegates will reach here I within the next; three days and that a ? public demonstration is being arranged in their honor. BRITISH PRESS COMMENT, Boer Envoys Are Regarded as Play? things For Americans. LON&ON. May 17.-The afternoon pa? pers pay some scant attention to the re? ception accorded to the Boer delegates in New York. The Pail Mall Gazette dubs thom as | "playthings of American politicians,'5 j and Thc Evening Standard says: "Thy proctediugs certainly showed ? unfriendliness to Great Britain, but no j deeds will be forthcoming to prove the I sympathy of the United States. Had j American statesmen previously tallen j any interest in President Kruger's offer to bribe them with a protectorate would have finally settled the matter." PRESBYTERIANS TO MEET, j _ Southern Assembly to Convene In At- j lanta-Northern In St. Louis. ATLANTA, May 17.-The General Pres- j bvterian assembv of the southern Pres- ! ! ; bvterian church will meet in this city j tomorrow. Delegates are arriving on j every train and the attendance promises J to be very large. The proceedings of the convention will be the most inter? esting for many years, as much business of importance will come up for consid? eration. - Northern Assembly to Meet. ST. Lons, May 17.-The Presbyterian general assembly will convene tomor? row. The first important business to be transacted after the presentation of the credentials will be the election of a mod? erator, for which position there are a number of candidates. _ ?Cv Cumberland General Assembly. CHATTANOOGA, May 17.-The Cum- j borland Presbyterian general assembly ! will convene in this city tomorrow. Death From Wood Alcohol. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., May 17.-Three men i and one woman are dead at South Fork, j near here, and another man will die as j a result of drinking wood alcohol at a j picnic last Sunday. Lawrence Smith, Peter Broeck. Joe Poloszinki and thr. j latter's mother arc dead and Joe E. ? Smith is in a critical condition and may ! die ar. any time. All were Poles. Editor Williams' Future. GREENVILLE. S. C., May IS.-A. ?. : j Williams has returned from Richmond. ! In referent to the statement published j that he was working for 'the'Richmond ! Dispatch and would hiter take :J .:? ; with the Seaboard Air it??-, he says there is no truth i? <-itl:.T. rie has I . ?: ? elected president of the stock comjxmy I which will publish the Richmond News, ! itu afternoon paper. \\ heal Crop Promising. Foin' WORTH, May is.-H. G. Stin- i nott of Sherman, M. T. Kaufman of j Dallas. Frank Becker of Galveston and | F. A. McClellan of this city, all mem- j hers of the Flouring Mill association, ; have retnrned from an inspection of the ! wheat crop in the Panhandle. They ! say that such a en?]) as indications point to in that section lias not been grown for many years. Insurgents Defeated. PANAMA, May is.--A ii official cai/le j from the government of Cauca reports j that a victory was obtained by General ! Prospero Pinz?n over the revolutionary forces commanded by Urbiteat Lebriga in the department of Santander on May t A _._i"i_ 1 ANOTHER REPORT OF MAFEKING'S RELIEF Statement Is Made by Refu? gees Reaching Marquez. BOERS TO SUE FOR PEACE Report From Pretoria That Overtures Will Be Made to England to End thc War-Commandant Botha Captured. Buller Takes Many Prisoners. LORENZO MARQUEZ, May 19.-Fiva hundred refugees who have arrived here agree in stating that Mafeking ha* been relieved. The end of the war ii anticipated by the queen's birthday j May 24. LONDON, May 18.-There is a lack o? fresh news from South Africa this morn? ing,' but details of past operations tend to confirm the view that the end of the war is within measurable distance. From Kroonstadt comes a story, attrib? uted to excellent authority, to the effect that a peace party is being formed ai Pretoria, while reports at Pretoria itself j indicate discouragement at the recent reverses and the possibility of an early suing for peace. There is nothing to throw light on the mystery of Mafeking. The usual crop of rumors were starked on the Stock Exchange and elsewhere, based mostly on the fact that this day, May 18, is tha earliest date on which Lord Roberts held out to Mafeking the prospects of relief. The national anxiety is strained almost beyond endurance, although nowhere ia there the slightest doubt that Colonel Baden-Powell will keep the union jack flying. On the line of Lord Roberts' advance, 1 the only important news is that the Boers have blown up a bridge over the Rhenoster river, 17 miles north of Br oonstadt. Lord Roberts' Report. The following is the text of Lord Rob? erts* dispatch from Kroonstadt to the war office: "Methuen has entered Hoopstadt un? opposed. Generals Duprey and Daniels and 40 men have surrendered. "Broadwood occupied Lindley after slight opposition. Only two of our men were wounded. Steyn was not there, as his government officials had left last Sunday. "Hutton's mounted infantry surprised and captured, about 30 miles northwest of this place, Commandant Botha, Field ! Cornet Gansen, five Johannesburg po ' Iicemen and IT Boors. There were no j casualties en our side. j "Buller reports that several Natal j fanners arc handing in arms." Commandant Botha Captured. I It has just been officially announced : that General Methuen has entered Hoopstadt unopposed, and that Generals Duprey and Daniels and 40 men have ! surrendered and that General Broad j wood also occupies Lindley. ] Ir is further announced that Hutton's mounted infantry surprised and cap I tured Commandant Botha and 2S others ! SO miles northwest of Kroonstadt. Buller Takes Prisoners. ! DANNHAUSER, May 19.-General Bul I 1er has found a number of rebels at their homes and arrested them. The Boers north of Newcastle are falling back on Amajuba. The Boers thought the two doctors had an ambulance here. EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON. Roes* Envoys Met In New York by Committee. NEW YORK, May 19.-The Boer dele? gates left this afternoon for Washing? ton. The committee appointed by citi? zens of Washington to escort the visitors to the national capital have arrived and were received by the envoys. The dele? gation was composed of Senator Allen and Congressman Robinson of Nebraska, Representatives Rogers and Daly of New Jersey, and Sulzer of New York, and C. T. Bride of Washington and Cornelius Vanderhoef of Baltimore. After they had been introduced to the Boer delegates Mr. Sulzer formally in? vited rh em to Washington and Mr. Fischer made a brief response. Mr. Vanderhoef invited the delegates to visit the west. One of rhe delegates speaking in refer? en? .<? to the report that the Boers were in This country nuder the auspices of the Boer government said: "Tiie envoys are not here under any body's auspices. They come with cre? dentials from the Transvaal and Orange Free Sra:.-."_ HE DREW TWO PENSIONS Snyder la Arrested in (?alveston Charged With Fraud. GALVESTON, May 18.-Theodore Sny? der has been arrested here charged with making false claim for pension. Ir i> charged here that after serving his first | term as a volunteer during the civil war j he re-enlisted in a different regiment ! and thar lie subsequently applied for ! and was granted a pension as an ex- ? member of rhe other regiment. It was j discovered about a year ago that two i pensions were being paid to the same mau. Special Agent Hogue of the pen- ' sion bureau t meed Synder to Missouri, ! then to Palestine, Tex., and lastly to ' Galveston. Snyder Ls from Pittsburg. j ?II ihn Queen's Presence. LOMON, May 18.-The son of the ! Duke and Duchess of York (who was born Mardi :>1 last and who, it is an? nounced, was to be christened Patrick) PEAGE DELEGATES Defeat of the Beers at V ti ci. x May End the War. ARE STILL MOVING NORTH Buller Reports the Enemy's Retreat. Treachery Is Alleged-Boers Flying White Flag Attack ??ritish Foragers. Battle Reported From Mafeking. LORENZO MARQUEZ, May 17.-A Por? tuguese official dispatch says an encoun? ter has occurred at Mafeking and that the Boers have been repulsed with heavy losses. LONDON, May 17.-The most impor? tant developments today is the state? ment cabled from Cape Town announc? ing that the Boer delegates had advised the Transvaalers to surrender if de? feated at the Vaal. This remarkable announcement is vouched for on good authority and evidently obtains more cre? dence in Cape Town than would a mere rumor. j The occupation of Glencoe was merely a logical result of General BuLler's ad? vance. As usual the Boers are reported J to be flying precipitately, but also as usual the accounts add that their trans? port trains were removed in safety, which is a contradiction of any state? ment that the Boers were panic stricken. Nothing further has been heard from Mafeking and it is reasonable to suppose that the conditions there are unchanged. The prolongation of the siege only in? tensifies Great Britain's anxiety to hear of its relief. ; About 1,100 more troops have arrived at Beira, Portuguese East Africa. Among them is Lord Dunraven, who ac ? companies the Craven sharpshooters. ! Apparently Lord Roberts is still wait? ing at Kroonstadt, preparatory to mak? ing a swift movement on the Vaal river. Boers Resort to Treachery. LONDON, May 17.-The war office has posted the following from Lord Roberts: "Two officers and six men of Prince Alexis guards, while out a few miles from Kroonstadt, visited a farm flying j a white flag, the owner of which surren? dered himself with anns and ammuni? tion. They then approached another . farm also flying a white flag, when I within 40 yards of the enclosure they ! were fired upon by 15 or 16 Boers ccu j cealed behind the farm wall. Two of ! the men were killed, Lieutenant F. B. j Walton was wounded and Lieutenant i W. B. Deverton and two non-cominis I sioned officers were taken prisoners. ' Bnllor Occupies Glencoe, j LONDON, Slay 17.-The war office has : posted the following from General Bul? ler: "We have occupied Glencoe. The I Transvaalers have now evacuated Big I garsburg. The Free Staters on the j Drakensberg are much reduced in uum I hers. The Carolina Lydenborg and Pre- '< i toria commandoes trekked north from i Hlatikulo on May 13 and 14 with ll guns. The guns were entrained at Glencoe. The last train with ambulance left there at dawn May 15." ALABAMA COAL IN DEMAND. - Several Companies to Be Formed-New Fields to Be Opened. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 17.-There ?9 a very heavy demand on the coal mines in this district. The reports from Cin? cinnati, Louisville and other points that coal famines are likely to result if the rivers go down and prevent the ship? ments to large towns of coal from Penn? sylvania do not give much encourage? ment to the operators in Alabama, for the latter have as much business as they can handle. j New companies are being organized and other preparations being made to keep or increase the production. Miners are in demand at several of the collieries I in this state- Other companies are to ? be organized shortly. j CAT CAUSES SERIOUS FIRE. i ! Upsets Lamp In thc Residence of R. E. L. Miller. ATLANTA, May 17.-A cat turned a ' lamp over in a second story bcd cham- ! j ber of R. E. L. Miller's residence, 64 ! i East Ellis street, with the result that j i the upper portion of the house was badly ! damaged by lire and the adjoining rcsi- j dence of W. R. Lipscomb on the left i and that of Mrs. William Bensen on thc ; right were also considerably burned on j the roof. The occupants of the house were ? asleep, and those in the Miller residence, who included live children, had a nar- j row escape. Two Days' Crime Record. MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 17.-Ifollow ing is a record of two days' crime in this ; community: Leonard Whitten, a negro j hack driver, was assassinated by a negro j passenger. Rush Zeigler. a Montgomery j negro, was killed ar Tallassee. Bob Dickson of Ljwndesboro shot and killed a negro. A white man named Coles I was knocked in the head on Commerce | street and is in a critical condition. A I citizen of Sandy Ridge was knocked in i the head ano rubbed of money and val? uables. Talbotton Road lu Now Elands. TALBOTTON, (ia., May 17.-The Tal-I button railroad has changed hands again. { Edgar T. Smith, temporary receiver, re? tiring and W. T. Dennis of this place taking charge of the road as superin? tendent and general manager, succeed? ing Captain F. S. Thornton, former su dent before the receiver was ap AN OBJECT LESSON OF THE CONVENTION Product of Industrial Schools and Textile Exhibits. GOODS EOE TEE FAR EAST An Interesting Comparison Is 3Ia.de of American and English Made Cloths. Progress of the Negro In Evidence by Normal School Exhibit. CHATTANOOGA, May 17.-The South? ern Industrial convention in a body, ac? companied by a large delegation of Chattanooga citizens, devoted the fore? noon to an inspection of the industries located in this city. General Joseph "Wheeler has arrived. He will deliver an address on "The South and Its Relations to the Trade of the Philippines and the Orient." The great object lesson of the convention is the exhibit in the auditorium, where the sessions are held, of products of indus? trial schools and the textile exhibits by the Philadelphia Commercial nHiseum. One of the best exhibits is made by ?he Agricultural and Mechanical col? lege of Normal, Ala., an institution for negroes, which is sustained, partially, by government appropriation. In this college are now about 500 students from 20 different states and several from Af? rica, of both sexes. In its 25 years of existence the college has graduated 584 students from its mechanical depart? ment and 299 from the literary. The President of the college, Professor W. H. Council, will address the conven? tion on a phase of the race problem. The delegates were deeply impressed with the progress shown among the negro students along this industrial and other lines. The Philadelphia museum has a larg? exhibit of textile, such as the southern manufacturers can produce in competi? tion with other countries. Dr. Wilson, in charge of the museum, and Dr. Green will appear before the convention and explain their plan of gaining and dis? seminating information to those want? ing to branch out into foreign markets. Among the articles displayed are tex? tiles made in England for the Chinese trade, dress goods made in Turkey, English made goods for the Turkish I market, samples of goods made in i America and offered in the Smyrna market, but refused on account of in? ferior finish, English textiles made for Australia, Germany yarn fabrics and many others, which it is claimed are inferior to the products of the southern textile mills and the exportation of which the American manufacturer has j not profitably engaged. Hon. James A. Wilson, secretary of agriculture, addressed the convention on "The Agrictdtnral Interests of the South." WIPED OUT BY YELLOW FEVER AU But Three Members of an Opera Company Dead. Rio DE JANEIRO, May 17.-One of the I most disast rous accidents that ever befell I an opera company was the almost com? plete destruction by yellow fever of an Italian opera company which gave per? formances recently in the city of Ma* noria, Amazonias, and other cities on the Central Brazil. Signor Alofink was first taken with the fever. Shortly after his death the leading prima donna, Theresa Zeeichi, developed symptoms of the fever, which frightened her into hysterics. In a paroxysm she bit her tongue through and bled to death. Twelve members of the company were then taken with the fever and died, three only surviving. Those who escaped took the:r departure from the country for Genoa. STRIKERS WILL NOT YIELD. They Demand the Reinstatement of All Old Employes. ST. Lons, May IS.-Although the j basis of settlement of the street railway ; strike, which was agreed to bv the grievance committee and the Transir company officials, has been rejected by the executive committee of the street railway employes au early settlement is looked for. The point which caused the executive board of rhe employes ro reject rho prop? osition was the clause in regard to the reinstatement of thc old men. Theccm pany offered simply to reinstate all rhe old employes, bur the executive board decided that rbis offer should be amend? ed so that rho old employes should be reinstated to rh:- position held when the strike was declared. The Transit com? pany, however, claims tear some mem? bers have boen guilty of criminal acts since the strike. TJie Transit company has only been able ;.? ger into operation a few m ire than halt its 22'lines and these are not running the full numb Tcf cars hamil: i 'for . rhe trouble begun. >?ot??Ci- 104; Son SO. Pi? KENS, S. C:, May 18.-Mrs. Jennie Crane of this place will bc 104 years old next month. IL-r son Jip Crane, who lives near Easier, is past 80 years old. Mrs. Crane is in good health, eats heart? ily, sleeps well and is able to be about RAGE PROBLEM IS FULLY DISCUSSED Compulsory Arbitration Also Before the Convention. NEW PEESIDEHT ELECTED Governor MacCorklc Resigns and H. H. Hargrove Chosen to Succeed Him. New Orleans Is Selected as the Next Meeting Place. CHATTANOOGA, May 18.-Two of tho most important features of the In? dustrial convention was the discussion of the race problem and the question of compulsory arbitration. The free and open discussion of the race problem was inaugurated by this convention at its first meeting in Hunts? ville, Ala., s?x months ago and the in? terest created was such as io produce wide comment and a general demand that the discussion along the same line should be continued at future meetings of the body. Speeches were made by leaders of the negro race, Professor W. H. Council, principal of the Agricultural and Me? chanical college for negroes,- at Normal, Ala., and H. T. Keating, editor of The A. M. E. Church Review of Philadel? phia. On the part of the whites the subject was discussed by Rev. W. J. Cole. Compulsory arbitration proved to be one of the most interesting subjects before the convention. Papers were read by Hon. J. W. Faxon, cashier of the First National bank of this city; John T. Wilder, pension agent for the southern district, and N. F. Thompson, secretary of the Southern Industrial convention. Mrs. Duncan of the International Board of the Young Woman's Christian association addressed the convention at night on features of the industrial work. The election of president and selec? tion of place for the next meeting were special orders of business before the Southern Industrial convention this morning. The resignation cf Hon. W. A. MacCorkle as president was accepted and Hon. H. H. Hargrove of Shreveport, La., was elected to the position by accla? mation. A short address of acceptance was made by him in which he stated that the work of the development of the southern states must be along business lines and not by sentiment and that it can be done by unity of action. New Orleans was chosen as the place for the next semi-annaal meeting, the contest in the convention being between that city and Knoxville. President Hargrove took charge of the convention immediately upon his elec? tion. FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER'. Manning Given Death Sentence-Duu can Sent Up For Life. BnaiiNGHA:*, Ala., May IS.-After be? ing out nearly 20 hours the. jury iii: the ease of Frank Duncan and John Manning, alleged safe crackers, charged with the murder of Policeman J. W. Adams on the night of March 27 last, has returned a verdict of guilty, fixing Manning's punishment at death and giving Duncan a fifo sentence. The men will now be trier! for the murder of Policeman G. C. Kirkley. Both officers were killed at the same time. The safe of the Standard Oil company had been robbed and the two officers had arrested Manning and Duncan on suspicion of being members of the robber band. While on thc way to the police station the prisoners broke away from the offi? cers ond began shooting. Both officers. were killed. Adams identified both men. before he died. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY Alabama Republicans Carry Ti?cir Fi?ht to Court. MONTCOMERY, Ala., May 17.-The Re? publican fight for the state senatorship continues unabated, and growing our of that fight one of the factions has had a i warrant sworn out against thc other for conspiring with each other to commit an assault and murder. The case lias been brought before Justice ot' the Peace J. L. Williams, who has issued warrants against some of the leaders ot' tho Bing? ham fae rion and made returnable May 23. The affidavit was made by J. H. Scott, one of the Vaughn adherents, and charges -That on April 19, ?000. trank Morauge, Warren Reese, Julian H. Bingham, J. W. Perryman, J. A. King, Neely Kmg and Thomas Kennemore, unlawfully and maliciously, conspired and agreed together and with each ethel to assault, bear, bruise, injure anti shoot. Taylor Scott, J. O. Thoiapson. F. F. Conway. J, A. Stone, S. P. Hunt T.ann* othsrs whose names are unknown." Warren S. Reese, who is district at? torney for this district, when he heard of the proceedings went to thc justice office and made bond ia thesum cr' $000. J. \V. Perryman and Thomas Kenne more also made bond in the sum ;..:' &500. Native Christians Massaoroed. Ti EN TsiN, China, May 17.-More "Boxer" outrages are reported GO miles fcortk of Tien Tsin, where a number of native Christians have been massacreecL The Britisli admiral has arrived here and proceeded to Peking. i&BSGJMJTEiY PURE BAKING POWDER Makes the food more delicious and wholesome