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Kroger Ready to go to the Mountains. SAID HE IS PREPARED TO MOVE THE CAPITAL BY RAIL. London, June 14, 3 50 a m-The dispatch from Lord Roberts clearing up the situation at Pretoria and along the communications stands alone. Military observers, noting that no mention is made of prisoners, assume that Gen Dewet got away with his forces practically intact. Gen Buller entered Yolksrust Wednesday, passed Charleston and encamped near Lamg's Nek. The tunnel was not much damaged. Both engines were blown up, but the en? gineers think that repairs can be effected in about for. - days The advance troops of Gen Buller sa?r the Boer rear guard, four miles distant, yesterday. It was estimated that 8,000 Boers were withdrawing. The townspeople at Ermelo counted 15 guns. Three hundred Free Staters, re? leased from guarding Van Keenan's pass, have gone to join President Steyn's commando in the eastern part of Orange River Colony Gen Rundle has sent notice to the Free Staters that, unless they surrender by June 15, their farms and other possessions j will be confiscated. President Kruger, according to a dispatch from Lorenzo Marques, keeps a locomotive with steam up attached to the car in which he con? centrates the executive offices of the government and that he intends to leave Macbadodorp soon and to es tablish the Transvaal capital at Nel spruitt, in tue mountains, a fine defensive region. The state printing press is operating at Machadodorp, producing leaflets containing war Dews for distribution among the Boers. It is again reported at Lorenzo Marques that ihe British are advanc? ing through Swaziland. Lord Rob? erts, it appears, however, counter? manded the order given to Strath oona's Horse to land on the coast and to penetrate to the Transvaal through the Swazi country. Mr. Schreiner, the Cape premier, and his colleagues, resigned last evening, Sir Alfred Milner accepting their resignations. The London pa? pers only recently abused Schreiner for not making war preparations. Now they ere complimenting his refusal to follow the majority of the Afrikander bund in opposition to the British policy. Gen. Butter's casualties on June 10 bave been ieeaed by the war office They were 26 killed, 126 wounded and 2 missing. London, Jone 15. 3 30 a. m -That Commandant Louis Botha should h3ve been able to stand for two days against L'?rd Roberts and then to re?re:-:t without losing any guns or bavir.g any of bis men captured is taken to rneau that he has a force which the British must still reckon as formidable when acting defen? sively The pacification of the whole of the Transvaal, especially the wide spaces far from the railway, is looked upon as a business squiring months rather tba*? weeks Meanwhile everything goes well for the British arms A Boer bulle? tin issued June 12 at Machadodorp said : "Beth wings of the federal fbrcf^ touched the advancing enemy at 10 a m. yesterday east of Preto ria Fighting continued until dark The "nemy, though in overwhelming numbers, were cSecV * i ahn?;* a line of 36 miles' and the burghers sue ceeded in driving back their right w?i? fives miles. Two burchers were killed and ten wounded " A ?other Machadodorp announce merit is that the first regiment of Gen Buber's fore** to attack Almond's Nek ivas annihilated, but as the Brit 18b were in ovetwhelming force, the burghers were compelled to abandon the N<=-k A dir patch from Lorenzo Marques, dat^-d yesterday, says: "President! Kruger is holding on to his gold and j issu.ng paper notes from a press in j bis executive car The Buer govern I ment's coin 6tock ia exhausted, and the officials are DOW paying out plain goid disks unstamped Some who hav?> declined notes have taken their salaces if? gold bars The Boer gov ernment is stii! paying cut much gold in that way *' Two steamers arrived at Lorenzo Marques yesterday bringing several ton* of supples consigned to Portu srese merchants but destined for the Boers One hundred Americans, frenchmen, Germans and Hollanders have arrived there by various steam er? en route for the Transvaal. Mr. Crowe the British consul general, has large stocks of clothing for the Brit ?sh prisoners, but he will not forward these until he gets assurances that the Boers wiil cot take them for their own use. . Gen. Buller will be unable to ad? vance further until he gets supplies He will probably wait until the tun? nel bas been cleared. Nearly every farm house his troops passed flew a white flag. The British took nothing without paying for it and a brisk business was done in milk, eggs, bread and chickens by thrifty houee wives who were pleased to get 60 much English money Gen Rundle had a sharp skirmish at Ficksburgon June 12 The Boers had been aggressi- e all along the whole Ficksburg Senekal line and j menaced Ficksbupg in force. Tbe British outposts retired to the vil? lage Gen Ruudle held the attention of the Boers in front with two guns, whiie yeomanry were seat to their rear and dre e them off with a loss to the British of three woundeu. Three patrols were also wounded. President S?eyn is at Uitkop. His presence there ia supposed to accouot for the Boer activity. ? ? mm-m>+-~mmwmmm ?Cut Through English Lines. London, June 12. 0 32 p. m.-The war office has? received the following dispatoh from Gen Kelly-Kenny : "Bloemfontein, Juoe 12 -Our troops from 'the ooria at HoniogFpruit, south of Boodeval, where the Boers ct** the British i?ces of communication, haviog defeated the enemy. They will be at ?merioa siding tomorrow at 8 a. m. "Gen Knox moves out from Kroon atad to interoept the enemy. .'Fuller details later." A comparison of Gen Kelly-Kenny's dispatch with the maps available shows apparently that the British line of communications, but by the Boers, bas been restored by tbe movement of troops from the north towards Hoa io?spruit, to reach which place they would have to pass through Roodeval if they followed the railroad The fact that Gen Kelly-Kenny says Geo Knox will move out from Kroonstad to "iotercep* the enemy" would seem to demonstrate that the Boers are retreat? ing before the northern British force aod that troops from Kroonstad, south of f?oniogspruit, have been sent to iotercept them if possible. The Boers Still Makes a Good Running Fight. London, June 16, 4 a m.-Lord Roberts' dispatches leave affairs east of Pretoria with the Boers withdrawn to new positions Tuesday News of fresh fighting is expected at tbe war office, but none came last night. Gen Rundle's patrol had a skirm? ish with Boer videttes again Wednes day. It is assumed by some that Gen Buller will move into Orange River Colony and cooperate with Lord Methuen and Gen Rundle in bagging President Steyn and h*3 7,000 or 8,000 followers Part of Christian Botha's force has hailed at Paarkdekop, 18 miles northwest of Volksrost Boer par? ties are still near Yolksrust and fire occasionally upon the British pickets. The British government is consid? ering whether a substantial force should not be sent to China from South Africa. It is thought unoffi ciaily that Lord Roberts could spare a brigade or two, and the necessary transports are uow in South African waters. The commander of the ex? pedition, it is said, won'd probably be Gen Sir Wm Nichoieon A dispatch from Lorenzo Marques, dated yesterday, says : "Persons have arrived here who have seen the preparations of the Boers and learn? ed that they will retire, when forced, tbrousjh the Lyd^nburg district into the Zoutpansberg region, adjoining Rhodesia and Gazaland The Daily .Mail has a dispatch from Bloemfontein dated Wednesday say ing : "Geo Dewet'e attack on the railway ws3 made ?fter he had sue ceeded in luring Lord Methuen from where he had ce3troyed the line Then he cleverly seized it north oi Kroonstad, blew up the bridge and destroyed a long section of the line with dynamite.'' Maj Gen Baden Poweil bas been j appointed to the temporary rank of lieutenant general The Cape Town correspondent of j the Daily Telegraph in a dispatch dated yesterday says : "I understand that Gen Dewet, in addition to the Derbyshire battalion captured two companies of the City Volunteers and two companies of yeomanry, two men only escaping to tell the tale " 1 he Lorenzo Marques correspond ent of the Times says : "It sppears that Steyn and not Kruger is now the ?tumbling block in the way of the surrender of the burghers Shortly after the British entry into Pretoria, Mr Kruger proposed to reopeu the peace negotiations Mr Steyn. bearing in mind that his former advice was scouted, demurred to the proposition and pointed out that owing to the treaty between the republics neither could conclude peace without the other "Mr Kruger, equally unwilling to incur the charge o? a breach of faith, had lo continue the war Nothing further is known regarding the ru? mored peace negotiations ; but it is a matter of notoriety that Mr Kru? ger favors peaco on a'most any terms, but dislikes personalty to take an initiative that would involve un? conditional surrender "Ninety seven burghers out of 29? in one commando have returned 'c? their homes " -- CUB?N OIL cures Cuts, irn&, tiruises, uneunia iism und .Surc^. i'rie?-, 25 cts. Sold bj Hugbson-Ligon Co. Good bummocks cheap-fritter ones for a little more-at H. G. Usteca ? Co's. ! REFUSES TO HONOR j THE REQUISITION. j Gov Mount, of Indiana, Won't Give Taylor Over. j Indianapolis, Ind, Juna 13 -Gov Mount bss refused to honor the requisi? tion of Gov Bookham, of Kentucky, for the return of W. S Tayior. Col Toni Campbell. Justue Goebel, brother of the murdered mao. acd Sberifi Sliter, of Franklin county. Ky, arrived h^re this afternoon wah the r?quisition. Col Campbell inri'ted to tbe governor that be had beeD misin? formed as to the situation in Kentucky. Mr Campbell said Taylor could get a fair trial in Kentucky and cited the fac? that seven others charged with the same crime bad not be9n molested. Justus Goebel added to Mr Campbell's argument, which lasted an hour, a short statement urging the governor to have the law take? its course. Gov Mount asked for the papers which iocluded copies of the evidence and said he would consider the matter. At 10 o'clock foEight Gov Mcuct announced his decision io a statement ref?6?og to honor the requisition. The statement says ; "I deplore the assassination of the late Wm Goebel and WGold not for a moment refuse to re?urn Mr Taylor of any other man charged with complicity in that crime, if I could persuade myself that the party so charged, under existing condi? tions would bs accorded a fair trial. 44I do not believe a fair and impartial trial can or will at, this time be given Mr Taylor. When Judge Cantrill, of the trial ooart of Frankfort, declares that he would not subjeot a sheep - killing dog to a trial under such circumstances ES exist, may I not justly refuse to send Mr Taylor back to be subjected to a trial, with prejudice i?teosified aod faoned into hate? Wben j a man who is a controlling spirit in the j prosecution oses the monstrous lan? guage that wheo they should get cootrol they woold baDg republioaos "like pigs to a pole" the question of guilt seems of little consequence io this conspiracy against innocent men, tbe furtherance of which is indicated by indictments found by a partisan grand jury Upon such findings is based the requisition papers whiob I now refuse to bonor. "Another phase of tbe question that d?*erves to be challenged is the action of the general assembly in setting aside the enormous sum of 0100,000 as a reward for the conviction of persoos suspected of having been concerned in the' killing of Mr Goebel. That of itself is accepted by all right thinking" people as a tempting invitation for the propagation of wholesale perjury and a premium on moral and physical assassi? nation ' In tbe fearless ezerciso of an estab? lished right and io the performance of a coDscientious duty. I must refuse to hecor your requisition." DEMOCRATS WIN. Frankfort, Ky, June 13 -Io the court of appeals aa order was entered today sustaioioiog in part the motioo of Attoycey General Breckioricge of the minor State contes!s and discharg? ing the eupprscde bonds of rho republi can State officials so far as they relate to possession of the SrEte offices and build ic?rH The effect nf this is lo put the democratic State officials in posses? sen of the offices aod buildings at ouce. Won't Take Second Place. i Wcshiugton, June 15 -Admiral Dewey was seeu today by an Associated Pres9 representative and asked whether or not he would defioe his position ? relative to the vice presidential nomina- j tioo. He replied that, inasmuch as he bad not been offered the nomination, it wouid perhaps be presumptions in bim to say that bs would or would not accept it "But," it was suggested, "many demoorats throughout ?be country are discussing the desirability of placing you on tbe ticket with Mr Bryan." "I have Dever contemplated being a candidate for vice president," replied tbe admiral, with his usual frankness "I am not a candidate for nomination ' for that office, aod would oot accept the | nomination if offered. My position is ? uochaoged ; I stand now where I have stood for the past three months." It will thus be seeo that the admiral had oo second string to his bow wheo he made the announcement that be would be a candidate for the presidency if the people of the country wished him to be Tbe above statement was submitted to and approved by Admiral Dewey. Vancouver, B C., June 15.-The steamer V> arrimoo, from Sydney, N. S. W,, today briDg details of the wreck on the Victorian coast of the British ship Sierra Nevada, of 1,400 toes. Twenty three lives were lost, including the oaptain. Of the crew of 28 only five reached shore, and ono of the Dumber arerward died from exposure and injuries. The disaster occurred on I a very dark night during a roaring ! gale. Thc ship dashed to picots on a j rock n -ar Port Phillip Heads ; Calcutta, .Juno 15.-Ilain fell con j tioooosly io the Darjeeling district for ? three days, ceasing at 4 o'clock this ? morning. Several iight landslips . occu'icd and .* number of water pipes were broken. As tbe railway revet? ments arc unfiaiched, train? have ceased I running. SOME GOOD ADVICE. ! Prof James B. Dudley, president j of the colored Agricultural and Me : chanical Cullege at Greer.fcboro, : recently delivered an address on the j race problem before the Bethel Lit i erary Society in Washington. He j viewed it from the standpoint of a colored mac, and took a decidedly sensible view of it, too. He attribu ted the friction between the races mainly to politic?; and the aspirations of the negroes to live by politics, and he contended that when the ? negroes as 3 rac*- give less attention I to politics and more to business, to the accumulating of money and prop erty, then would come the lessening of the friction and the betterment o? the race. Substantially his views are in ac cord with those of Brooker T Wash ington and other thoughtful negroes, who teach that the way to race ele? vation and race influence is through the paths of industrial endeavor and progreos Thrift and industry are the keys to success, and the accumu? lation of property by which they will become identified with the communi? ties in which they live, interested in good government and factors io pro moling it. As an object leson he cited the cotton mill at Concord, projected by a colored man, built largely if not altogether with capital furnished by colored people, and to be operated by colored people There is more in that for them than in all the politics they could dabble in for a decade, for it blazes the way to success and shows what may be done by well directed effort and con cert of action. It will take time, of course, and a good deal of missionary work to accomplish what Prof Dudley advises, but he is on the right line when he strives to divert the atten? tion of his people from politics to industrial pursuits, and to the accu? mulation of money and property. When they get this fastened in their heads a long stride will have been taken in the right direction-Wil mington Star. THAT UNENDING WAR. General Otis has many times during the past six months declared the war io the Pnilipoines to be over Sinoe his arrival in this country, be bas declared there will be "no more real fighting io the Philippines ;" and yet the dispatch? es almost daily bring accounts of tbe killed and wounded. The reports of tbe past few dave snow that during last week there were more than 200 Filipi nos killed and 160 captured ; and during tbe same titre there wero nine Ameri cans kiiied. ii:cloding a captain and lieutenant and tero eapraio3 and twenty one privates wounded and one captain taken prisoner Compared with ibo reports of our engagements during tbs Spanish wt?i\ this may bs written down as rather furious fighting General Ois has further declared that the cresent strength of our forces io the Philippines cannot be reduoed, and that, for a number of years, mili? tary force will be ceoessaiy to preserve order in the islands. For many years the standing army io this country has I been 25.000 and it wa9 less than 60, 000 during the war wi:n Spain. We now bav* a standing army of 65,000 in the Philippines, and ere informed in the same breath by General Otis that thery ..will be no more real fight? ing there'7 and that "we cannot afford to reduce our army." This does not look much as if the war was over, but it does look very much as thoagh we were paying a price for the Philippines stupendously in excess of their value.-Augusta Coron? icle. Chicago, June 12-Mrs Ruf??n oj Boston, who was excluded from the Federation of Women's clubs con veution, Milwaukee on account of her color, left for Boston this after noon It appears that the dues paid by the Era club of Boston for admis sion to the National Federation of Women's clubs were returned to Mrs Ruffin before she left Milwaukee In view of this fact, it is understood that the Women's Era club of Boston will retain the money under protest, not waving any rights of membership in the federation. Brave Men Fall Victims to stomach, liver and kidney trou? bles as well as women, and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, back ahec, nervousness, headache and tired, listiez run-down feeling. But there's no need to feei like that. Listen lo J W. Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He says: "Electric Bitters are just th? thing for a man when he is all run down, and don't care whother ho lives or dies, it die more to give me new strength and good appe ti tc than anything I could take. I can now eat anything and have a now lease on lifo.' Only 50 cents at J. F. W. DeLorine's Drug Store. Every bottle guaranteed. o Habana, June 15.-Yellow fevei has broken out. at Quemados, cigh? j miles from Ilabaoa, where Uuited i States troops are stationed. Thus fal I there havo been 14 cases, three ol j which proved fatal. At present only six aro under treatment and ail ai? I expected to recovet. New York, Juuo 15 -Ten livef ntie le?-i and several people badly injured during a fire which almoef totally destroyed a teuement house a 34 Jickeou street c^rly today. in private to No ene but yourselves know of the Suffering you go through. Why do you surfer:" It isn't necessary. Don't lose your health and beauty, (for the loss of one is speedily followed by the loss of the ether.) Don't feel "weak " and " worn out." Impure blood is at the bottom of all your trouble. the bloom of health back into your Sarsaparilla cheeks. Each bottle contains a --?- A 1 quart. QUART BOTTLES. Painful and Supressed Menses, Irregularity, Leucorrhoa, Whites, Sterility, Ulcera S2?255S Uteru5' chanee of life in matron or maid, all find relief, kelp, benefit and ?re ia JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. It is a real panacea for headache, pains in th? left side, indigestion, palpitation of the heart, co!d hands and feet, nervousness, sleeplessness, muscular weakness, bearing-down pains, backache, leeache, irregular action of the heart, shortness of breath, abnormal discharges with painful menstruation, scalding of orine? swelling of f?et, soreness of the breasts, neuralgia, uterine displacement, and all those symptoms which make the average woman's life so miserable. Wo have a book foll of health information. Yo? want it-its free. Li veretta* for Liver lils. The Famous Little Liver Pills, ssc. J. S. HTJG-HSON & CO. MOBOC MCEWEN 5 Number 32785 Standard Bred Trotting Stallion,jp} Registered in Volume 15, American Trotting Register. Will stand the season in Sumter at lot in rear of Osteen's Book Store. ?IOS>0? McEWEM, 327S5. - ts x w 3 ? *- o 3 cs *~ eo tc i>o 5 C 3 CD ^ =T cr . ? o a- o O rt ?? ^- ?- ~* to - = 2^53 O- =. = .in-JC-r,,- _ *? -? o ? * - X ------ j-, 0 -? -t S5 2 *** SS. ^ o ? C**- ?tc to 2," ? ? 2.2 E." t,H?. i-r, I O' ? ** . ? . D => 2 ? O' 3? *? ? " ir < i - w ?r ^. " ? " *? rr o<=c ? O 2 < c < 3 tC N S1 - -*cci**sj-.Bto*o. co*5 ?** ^eo^33- ~ ? =- -i o sz c B?OG: ?SS* : ?s..?-?^; as o? - rr > . -< t a ?? Fa zsz rr? . B S S fi g ? ? ? ^ o I S S- 2- : 2 & : ??? : % i "S? Slr': ???. : o . co -, : : c S.? 7 : . a.: o -. <-c : tc'-s: *=3 ^ -> T ^_ T_- C P ---W . ^-. 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