The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 04, 1900, Image 7
THE WAR IN AFRICA.
Considered Over by Foreign
Attaches.
London, June 26, 4 22 a m -
Lord Roberta' six columns are con
verging apparently so as to c!ose in
upon the Free Staters although de?
cisive results connot be expected f::r
several days
A nuaaber of Boers who were sue
pected to be Avitbin the wide flung
net have broken, or rather stolen
through Gen Rcndle's Ficksburg ?
Senekal lines The Canadians were
engaged in the Honingspruit fight
last Friday. Gen Dewett's men first
cut off a Canadian outpost of mount?
ed rifles at dawn, two being killed
Lieut Trig?8 and four others were
wounded and three were captured.
The Free Staters then attacked the
camp where there were 50 Canadians
and two companies of Shropshrires,
though without much effect as tbe
men were well entrenched.
The foreign military attaches who
were with Lord Rcberts are new in
Cape Town en route for Europe.
United States Consul Hay of Preto?
ria, is going to Macbadodorp ia the
interest of British prisoners and to
see President Kruger. j
Eighty Hollanders have been j
lodged in jaii at Standerton for de?
stroying property prior to the British
occupation. The wives and children
of the Boers are surprised that the
British did not loot, but pay for what
tbey get.
The B^ers derailed a construction
train near Standerton on June 24.
Two trainmen were killed and four
badly hurt.
A party of Brabant's Horse near
Ficksburg saw a camp of khaki clad
men and walked in, to find them?
selves among the Boers. The visitors
surrendered.
The Lorenzo Marques correspond?
ent of tbe Times, telegraphing yes?
terday, says :
"The Boers are losing a large num?
ber of horses from the cold and from
lack of food, and the survivors are in
miserable condition The inadequacy
of the Boer commissariat is telling
on the burghers "
The Times editorially adopts the
suggestion of a correspondent that
Johannesburg should bs tbe capital
of the Transvaal colony "because the
traditions of Pretoria are corrupt."
British and Boers Fighting. !
London, Jons 28, 4 a m.-Geo Sir
Leslie Roadie had a sharp artillery aod
rifle skirmish near Senekal Friday with
a large fores of entrenched Boers Re
declined to attack them. This is the
only fresh fighting reported.
Tbe Boer outposts northeast of Pre?
toria are busy.- Tba telegraph wires
between Staoderton and Newcattle were
cst Sunday and Sir Redvers Baller bsd
?o resort to heliograph.
Commaodaat Dewet, with 3,000 men
tod three guns is moving northeast in
he Orange River colony.It is under?
stood that be and Commandant General
Botha entered into a compact that
neither would surrender so long aa the
c?ber was on the field.
Twelve thousand rifles all told have
been surrendered to the British.
Jamestown, St Helena, Jane 27.
Sarai E?off, President Kruger's grand
son, who was captured by the British
at Mafekiog, landed here today with
eleven cmcers and 98 troopers, mostly
foreigners.
The prisoners who were clean aod ct
respectable appearance, were imme?
diately sent on to Deadwood, the pris?
on camp Most of the Boers at Dead?
wood are io good health, and thus far
there has been but one death from en?
teric fever.
The Boers Still Fighting.
London, Jane 29. 2 30 a. m.-Lord
Roberts bas sent bulletins nf two small
fights occorriog on June 26 aod 27, in
which the Boers were discomfited. Io
a dispatch from Pretoria dated yester?
day, he says :
"A small force of mounted troops,
with two guns, commanded by Lieat
Col. Drsiper, was attacked by the
enemy under Prefers and Nei on the |
morning of Jane 26, seven miles north
of Senekal They beat off the eoemy
and burned their laager Our casual?
ties were three wounded and ten killed
"Hunter, temporarily commanding
Ian Hamilton's, made one maroo yes?
terday from Heidelburg toward Frank
fort without meeting any opposition
"The enemy attacker! our Roodeval
spruit post on tbe railway yesterday
but were easily beaten off by a detach?
ment of tho Derbyshire Light Infantry,
the West Australian Moan teds, a 15
pounder a?d ao armored train.
"Baden Powell reports the capture
of an influential Boer named Ray, who
was endeavoring to raise a commando
in the Rastenbsr^ district. A patrol
brought in over a hundred r;fl?9. More
than 4,000 rifhs and 1,000 inferior
pieces have b-;ea taken during the last
ew day*. Ha states that 30 Biers
have arrived at Rustenber? <?cirj? to
their homes from D:!?rev's commando.
"They wcuid have left b??-re \ - th^y
cad t-ecn the proclamation which wa?
carefully withheld by Boer authority "
Lord Roberts says that Wedvcsday,
Juoe 27, was a record market dey in
pretoria for Boer formers selling pro?
duce
Partios of Boers Btii? hang on Geo.
Bailer'? Ssnfes. F R Horahaoi, ?hi
American euout, inva-ided:
1RY?NG TO SURROUND THEM.
Loudon, June 29-Tbs Pretoria;
.:: r-"K?por.dcnt of Tho Daily Telegrs.pL- j
in a dispatch dated }ester.:oy, says : j
"Sicc^ Sunday Gen French, on the j
left. Gen. Ian Hamilton on ihe ri^ht j
and tee Eleventh division on the centre, ;
have bseu endeavoring to surround rna j
ecei:v'x position in the bilis 15 r iles j
past There was fighting for three j
ds.vs. but. Tuesday ni^ht the eros.-sv i
decamped, going eastward. The to'a! ?
casualties were under oce hundred and |
fifty "
Dan's Review of
Trade Conditions.
The Course of Basic ess in 'che
Various Lines.
Ne? York, June 29 -R G. Duo &
Co.'a Weekly Review of Trade tomor?
row wiii say : The ccuDtry begins to
feel some of the effects of its new place
among the nations. Influences affect
ie g irs business during the week rang
ed ail the way from a boycott st St
Louis to a war in South Africa and
from sun spots to the relief cf Pekin.
Drouths aod tun !-po!s have played
their part before, but nene cao quite
foresee the result? of defending* Ameri?
can rights in China Pol?tica; ic flu
enees V70rk together to create a state
of uncertainty until the controversy is
over.
The icng effort io hold nominal
prices for iron at Pittsburg has ceased
and the associators now recojr&iz': an
open market in whiob Be3.-emer is offer?
ed ai ?19 and billets at $26: with grey
forge at $17. Scarcely a single trans
action is reported, buyers abstaining
even more than when prices were pure
ly nommai, and while there are man?
considerable contracts waiting tor a
safe basis in cost of ma'.eriai, the pro?
blem is a rather difficult oce. Over 30
furnaces are said to have gen9 cut of
blast and while some have been stepped
for repairs many more will be idle tor a
time until wage scales for the eomic?
year have been settled with labor or?
ganizations. With a proper adjust'
ment of supplies and prices to the ac?
tual demand a heavy business is possi?
ble but deiay at this season may effect
prosperity fer come time to come.
With steel plates quoted 3t 1 30 at
Pittsburg and No. 27 sheet3 at 2 9
cents, co general gain in business re?
sults from sudden dcclioe in sfrue"ural
shapes.
Neither efneial or uncfBeial accounts
j have removed doubts about the wb^
crop sud if it proves as low aa one j
estimate, 460.000.000 bushels, the
extent! to which it may nov; be displaced
in European consumption by corn will
bs seriously Jested. Exports of wheat
and oom were 420,000,000 bushels ia
1898 and 400,000.000 in 1899 and
have been about 190.000,000 bushels
wheat and 210,000,000 bushels corn in
the croo *vear 1900 but never as larse
before, Vr in 1892 when 225.000.000
busbeis wheat weat abroad there were
only 75,000,000 bushels corn. But
all recent estimates of production have
been yo far distrusted aod it is scarcely
good sense to base grave apprehension
on aoy so etirly io date and the census
this year will be awaited with especial
interest because it will help to show
bow unworthy of reliance some esti?
mates have been. In four weeks ff
! June Atlantic exports of wheat flour
j iooiuded have been 10.980,076 bushell
j against 8,934.638 last year, and Pscifio
I ezoorts 2.753.978 bushels againot 2,
! 445,749 last year, while corn exports
j in ibe four weeks have been 11,986,
2-?4 bushell against 11,485,596 last
)<vr. After rising four cents wheat
closed unchanged for thc week and corn
only J cent higher.
The Fali River committee has made
a sudden reduction to 2 87 cents io the
price of regular pri?t cloths with not a
single sale recorded. Nor are new de?
mands reported important Bat neith?
er th e sudden reduoriou io prions oor
the quiet settling in prices of staple
goods bas stimulated the market to de?
sired activity. Depression io the mark?
et for goods did not prevent raw cotton
from advancing to 10 cents
Failures for the week have been 207
in the United States against 181 las:
year and 21 in Canada against 22 iasr
year.
Mulberry, Fla., June 27-Word
has just been received here that
John Hendricks, white, was killed
by Sam Smith, colored, at King's
Ford, on Monday Smith committed
the crime with an axe, almost sever?
ing Hendricks7 head from his body
The negro at once took to the woods
with a sheriff's posse after him. He
was captured late the same night,
but a mob took the prisoner 'rom
the officers and shot him to death
Thal Throbbing Hcadacue.
Would quickly leave voa, ir voa used Dr
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have proved their matchless worth for .-':<-k
and Nervous Headaches, They make pur?"
blood an'J strong Nerve.- and build up your
health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25
cents. Money, buck if not eur? i. $>o?d bv
F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. !->
V iclO.r B ue. ?crr?b Garosina'J
lenr ern. is A dwi? al L\ :'.-:ii'~ fi'.; ' ref??
tes ant, r,nd Esculo toe tfar ;n .,
involve ? ur fore s. he will pr ?ably i .
in thc thick of ir, asMic wa? at Ssntia
YOUTHS' DEPARTMENT.
Lifs of tho Naval Apprentice-Malr?Bg
Steel Por.s Guards Set
by Animals.
"Apprentices of ii:" United States
2NOW" is the title of an article in St.
Nicholas. Almost every bey by this
time knows of battleships and cruisers,
of torpedoes and torpedo boats sud e?
tho gallant o??e? rs ami jolly Jack Tars
who mam tl.c ship-. Bat it is safe to
say that lhere aro few indeed who have
ever heard of tho young naval appren?
tice, the werk which he Jins to do and
what bis chances ore for tho fri til re. li
is enongh at present to say that bois
an enlisted boy who by means of a
great deal cf drill and training develops
gradually into a mes: efficient and use?
ful man on beard of our modern ships.
Although the apprentice can never
hope to become a commissioned officer,
there are many positions of trust and
honor in tho service that are open to
him if he but applies himself to the
tasks assigned to him day by day and
is awake to the opportunities that are
sure to t?rn up for bim.
The boys at the training station truly
may be said to live in a little world of
their own, fer they do not need to go
outside of their own circle to find any
of the needs cf life. At certain hours of
the day -hey form a well regulated
school, in which they are taught all the
elements of science, English and mathe?
matics-enough to enable them to un?
derstand thoroughly and to handle in?
telligently the varions fittings arid
armament of a modern man-of-war.
Well informed and thoroughly prac?
tical officers are stationed there to in?
struct the apprentices in all the drills
and maneuvers used by seamen aSoat
and ashore, including infantry, light
artillery, seamanship in ali its forms,
both theoretical and practical, the sev?
eral kinds of signaling used in the
service, the handling of boats nuder
steam, oars and sails, and the use of
sword and gvm in the arts of fencing
and of bayonet exercise.
A chaplain in the navy is detailed
regularly for duty among the boys ana
to look after them in any way he may
think most conducive to their highest
moral improvement. Every Sunday the
boys are assembled cn deck to join in a
regular church worship, presided over
by the chaplain, and it is a most inter?
esting sight to see several hundred boys
of tender age, all in the same blue uni?
form, joining heartily in the service.
Those with voices worthy of any culti?
vation are assigned to the choir, and
they enjoy this honor quite as much as {
any of the several privileges that fall
to their lot At (...nain otm r times, in
the evenings, during recreation periods,
they are permitted to assemble for any
kind of innocent amusement, and ons
of th*' most popular pastimes among
them seems to be dancing.
Ev. ry spring and summer the ap
prentices are taken aboard some of the
older vessels of the navy and arc sent
abroad for a cruise, daring which, un?
der efficient officers, they are taught
the full duties of seamen afloat. All the
theory of seamanship and gunnery is
then reduced to practice, and the ap?
prentices are put through the evolutions
of furling, reeSng and loosing sail, of
abandoning ship and of aiming and fir?
ing the guns on board, antiquated
though they may be.
?tlakir.s Steel Pens.
Briefly described, steel pens are made
as follows: First the steel is rolled into
big sheets and then entinto strips about
three inches in width. The strips are
heated to a bright red and are then al?
lowed to cool gradually, which anneals
them.
They aro next rolled to the necessary
thinness and are cut into blank flat
pens, and the pens, while fiat, are usu?
ally stamped with the brand or the
name of the manufacturer.
To shape the pens is the next process.
The rounding mates them hold the ink
and distribute it more gradually and
evenly than could be done if they were
flat. To harden them they are heated to
a cherry red and then suddenly cooled.
This not only hardens them, but makes
them elastic. The polishing, slitting,
pointing and finishing come next, and
then they are ready fer use. The little
holes in the pens at the end of the slits
serve to make them more elastic and to
facilitate tho fiow of the ink.
lt is said that more steel is now used
in the manufacture of pens than in that
of swords, lt is even claimed that the
metal annually used in their manufac?
ture weighs more than all the metal
used in the manufacture cf war imple?
ments. If this be true, much force ir
added tu the time honored saying that
'.the pen is mightier than the sword."
Guards Set by Animals.
It is well known that many animals
appoint one or more of their number to
act as sentinels t?? guard against sur?
prise while the rest are asleep er feed?
ing or at play. Among the animals
using the word in its widest sense
that are thus prudent may be named
th" following: Wasps, ants, chamois
and ether antelopes, prairie dogs, wild
heises, rooks, swans, Australian cocka?
toos, zebras, quails, certain monkeys,
flaming'jes, New Zealand silver eyes,
shags and oth< r birds, marmots, mouflon
and other sheep, seals, African wild
catt] .. huanacos, elephants, <_'tc.
ira it or's Awful ri ?-nt.
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Sot ft "Pojapoas Pr?.-!???."
Bishop Gailor. ?it a banquet nt which
thv bishop of Kentucky was present,
told this story on the latter gentleman :
"In om* of the backwoods towns <.f
Kent::-ky." said Bishop Gailor, "the
pastor of the Ba pris s rhureh gave out
this notice before tie- sermon one Sun
cay morning:
"i :;:n told ami have been partially
convinced." ho sahl, "timi ii is my < 'hrls
tian duty to give tlie : :iloTv'hi?: notice
to v.* it : That :? man who styles himself
"bishop <>i" Kentucky" is about t<> visit
this town and will hohl forth in the
courthouse on Wednesday evening. I
dos!":- to add. however, my brethren,
that, in the humble opinion of your
pastor, the place for members of this
congregation on Wednesday night will
be in this place listening to your own
pastor rather than listening to the
words of that pompous prelate at the
courthouse.'
"On thc following Thursday morning
the Bsptist went out upon thc street ,
seeking for some of his congregation i
who had not been at the Wednesday j
evening meeting. The first one he
found w.is a deacon.
" 'Well, deacon.' lie asked, 'were you
to thc courthouse last nicht?'
" 'Yes.' said the deacon.
" I trust.' said thc parson, with some |
irony in ids tone, 'you '.vere edified by
the words of the pompons prelate.'
" 'Now, looky here, parson,' said the j
deacon, 'that man ain't no pompous
prelate: no sue:: thing, lie's just as
common a^ there is. What do you reck?
on he did? Lie preached in los shirt
sleet os!' .'-Indianapolis Sentinel.
Whites Demand Separate Seats.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 2G.-A very
emphatic protest is being made by the
wiri re citizens of Montgomery because
of the failure of the street railway com?
pany i tere ro pr. .vide separate seats in
the street ?irs for the use of white and
negro passengers. Montgomery has a
large negro population and a petition to
the council is being circulated praying
that the whites and negroes be accorded
separat?; seats.
Five Children Burned to Death.
RAI.]:!'.:::, May 36.-Five children of
Daniel Person, a negro, were left at
home by their mother, in Franklin
county, near here, while she went visit?
ing. Un her return she found only the
ashes of the house and bones of her chil?
dren. The children were from 1 to 7
years of age. It is supposed the floor
caught fire and thar the children were
too small to extinguish it.
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The usual stock of Horses, 31 ules,
Carnages, Buggies, Wagons and Har
ness.
Sumter, S. C., June 4,1900.