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bended largaly 1b alt parte of tbe
eolony, lad Iba moeewjOBta of both
Ab Boere aod Ibe Britieh ara almost
bbkoowo io ('ape Town Ooe Boer
balban attacked Stayaaburg, but
waa repolaed and fled, iBtrei.obing
)teolf io the mooBtaioa Aaolbar Boer
aommendo oapt t/ad a party of polioe
Ol Venteratad Mounted colonial
troopb onrpriaad ftOO Boera IA milea
frobj Burgheredorp, Dab 'JM aod
after a bitak atobaaga of eollryo
lired wilb a loaa of two men
Tba Cape Towa correspondent of
Tiaawb laUgrapbs that aearoely
Oaoo Colonials have joined Ae
Belara
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Tbtrty ibenaaad leper* ara reported
As r*biltafiBes. Will rsisreiog
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"Be Jut
_SUM
Boers Get a Good
Christmas Dinner.
Captured Metouen's Chrut
mat Lux nr lea.
ALSO A SQUADRON OF YEO
MANBY.
Zseroet. Trsnsvssl, Deo 24 ?The
Boers ooptured two wagons contain
leg Christmas loxuriee destined for
the csmp of Lord Met boon.
Cane Towo, Deo 26 ?A oqoedron
o* Yeomanry, wbiob bod followed
tbo Boers fron Brittotown, io re
Krted lo hove beeo eotropped
ore wore oovorsl oooooHiee It is
?oid tbot tbo remainder of tbo force
woo captured
THE ENGLISH DISTURBED
London, Doc 27, 2 89 o m.?Tue
paucity end obscurity of the dis
potcbee from 8ootb Afrios give rise
to woe wed enxiety Apperently the
disturbed sreo of Cope Colony ex
tones fortber oootb tbon it did lost
December end Lord Kitchener does
oot sppeor to bave bod mttob oocoeos
oo yet lo drifing bsok tbo in voders
The wor offlce bod reoeived oo
news loot evening of tbo reported
ooptore of Yeomaoty ooor Britta
town.
A Borghersdorp diopotob bee "a
myeterione reference to "oo ooforto*
note mistaking of tbo enemy for Bro
bent's boree," wbieb rooaUod io tbo
son od iog of "oeese fire/1 end one*
bled tbo Booro Co ooeopy oil tbo
mmeodiog pooitiono, tbe British
retiring from o diiBenlt prodicomeot
Goo Glomeeo' soooeos sgsinst Ibo
Booro to tbo Siegelteeberg region io
alec donbtfol, tbo mot diopotob re
porliog tbot Mt woo considered od?
eiotvble not to for oo tbo Booro from
tboir pool ti oos M
tbo British prooo oootioooo in tbo
moio optimistic, bot tbo eOndttioo of
oibiro bringe borne tbo e nor moos
difleotttee tbot will fooo Lord Kite h
ooor io petrol iog end polioiug sorb
immeooe trocto of con try, even wbsn
tbo Booro ohoii bo ioolly sobdaed
Tbo Doily Noil, wbiob mokee o
otroog appeal to tbo government to
"fooo tbo facts sod send Lord Kitch
nor more troops/' soys:
??There io o reel risk io being lolled
to sloop by oorofnlly censored mes
Leprosy in tbe Philippines.
Wesbiegtoo, Dso 26 ?An oppen
dod report to Geo MtoArtbor'o ro
view of tbo civil offsirs of tbe Philip
pi neo for tbo post fiscal yssi, gives
some rother otortliog fee to regording
tbo instruction nod provoloooo of
leprosy io tbo ioloodo
A ooordiog to tbo eetimetion of tbo
Fronoioooo fstbers, ooyo Mojor Guy
L. Edie, tbo write of tbo report,,9*
there ore no lees tbot 80,000 lepers
lo tbo orcbtpelogo, tbo mojor portion
of these belog io tbo Vieeeyee,
Leproty woo iotrodnced io 161:8
rboo tbo emperor of* Japan oont o
ship with 160 loporo on boord to tbo
Fbilippiooo, o pcoooot to bo cored
for by tbe 0 etc olio priests. Tbno
tbo oeod woo oloo tod, end to no
proof fool mot bode wore over adopted
to eradicate tbo disease or prevent
its opreod. it boo token irm root, ood
spread into ito preeeot formidable
phase
A boose to boose inspection inon
goroted last Jaooory foood more tboo
o boodred lepera ooocoored in dwell?
ings Tbeoe were sent to Son Laza
to hospital io Msoils, bat msoy
otbere escaped ioto tbe oorronndiog
ooootry. A commission is now
eogoged in tbe work of selecting a
suitable ialand or islands for tbe pur
poee of isolating ell tbe {opera in tbe
aroh'pelego.
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Thirty Que Cotton Mill Com'
pa Die b Chartered During
the Year
Columbia, Deo 26 ?Daring tbe
year just closed Secretory of State
Cooper granted cberters to thirty
one cotton milling companies, whose
authorized capital agg-egatea $4,?
860,000 Daring *he sane time per?
mission wss given fourteen cotton
milling compsnies to increase their
capita^, aggregate increase capital
authorised being $2,945,000 Dur?
ing the same period commissions
were issued to twelve cotton milling
compsny oorporstors wbo bsve not
yst obtoioed their oborters, whose
authorised capital will be $1,495,000.
i?S I ? ?
FIGHTING IN MEXICO.
til Paso, Teias, Dps 26 ?Mexisso
troops \o Seoora, Meiieo, oero reesot
It attacked by a band r>f Y>qui Indians,
end roar ofioere aod about 30 men osre
tilled outright The soldiers osre
8red oo from uobgnb near Lianna
abooi 160 asiles frosa Geo Torres' head
ooertfe Col Frsesie Potaede, of lbs
leedlof oosssrs io lbs army, ose
sei lonely eoeoded.
915
tyrnan
it and Faar not?Let all the Ends thou i
TER. S. P., WEDNEE
The Boers and (he British.
Newcastle, Natal. Deo 27.?The
B>ers oelebrated Cbristma* io ;be
district between Staodortoo aod Iogogo
by more or leia datermioed attacks upon
every British g.rrieoo along ho Hoes
of eotnmooiostioo Theso, however,
ware io all eases teooeasfully repulsed
Al Utreobt tbe Boer eornmaodaot sect
io a demaod for whiskey, eigars and
Christmas luxuries, failing wbiob be
thrsateoed to attaok tbe towo. His
demaod was igoored, aod the Boers
aitaoksd Utrecht io atroog foroe Obriat
mas morning. They were rspolsed
with loss, the British oasualtios bsiog
slight
QKN KITCHENERS REPORT.
Loo don, Dso 27 ?Tbe following die*
patch baa bsso received from Lord
Kitchener:
"Pretoria, Dso 26.?Koos, with
Barker, Pilober aod White, is eogaged
with De Wet's foros, holding a. position
io the osigbborbood of Lsuwkop.
"DoWet hopes to break through aod
go sooth agaio
'?The Boers' eastero column io Cspe
Colony io apparently beaded by oar
troops about Reitport Spruit Tbe
Boers* western oolnmo it reported to
have gone oortb to two portions, one
towards Prisska aad tbe other through
8tsydeoborg Tbey are belog followed
op"
THE BOBR8 CHECKED.
Loodoo, Deo 28, 8 a m ? The latest
dispatches from Sooth Africa show
that Lord Kitebener bas aooossdsd in
holdiog tbo iovsdlsg Boers to oheek.
Bot bs bss oot been snoosesfo! io
ei polling them from Cspe Colony,
while smsll sommaodos soottnoe to
display astonishing daring aod astivity
over ao immensely wide field.
It is oosstistebls whether bis proele
mstioo will have mosb affsst ootil Qso
Ds Wet baa been ooptorsd. Tbe Boers
are likely to regard it as a sign of
weakness, aad they hive a wbotssoma
dread of Ds Wat's veogeaoee if tbey
sorrsodsr.
Tbs proelsmstioo is approved by Iba
party at borne that favors oonoiliatory
tor me to tbo Boors aa a stspt io tbs
right dirset'too
Qoess Vistorio, H is paid, bas
spproved tbe proposal to institute o oew
order of Knighthood to reward offioen
oho bovs ssrved io Sooth Afnoe Tbe
order will probably be called the btsr
of Africa.
A dtepateb from Vryberg, datsd Des
20, says tbs Biers io ooo side r able no ru?
bere wars theo mskiog so oosxpeoted
movement wsetwsrd Tbsy had 150
wagons. Tbs dispstsb suggests that
tbsy wsrs trskkiog to Dsmarslsod, al?
though tbe Boers tbsmsslvss deoisd
sosb oo intention
DEATH OF MAX WM,
MAULDIN.
Hampton, Deo. 26?biojor Wil?
tiam H Meoldio, tbe 8toto senator
from Hampton county; died to/ley at
11:88 o'olook, after on. illness extend
leg over nearly a month He died
of o complication of typhoid fevor
ond kidney trouble
llojer Msoldin was one of tbo
moot energetic busiuees men io tbe
State of South Carolina. Ho woo tbe
sole owoor of tbe Hampton and
Brooobville rejlreed end had large
intereoto in tbo oeotion of the Stote
io wbiob be resided He wss the
fotber of the towo of Hampton, hav?
ing done the work necessary to tbe
securing of the location of the court
bouse ot tbot point when the county
of Hampton wss formed He wss s
gallant Confederate soldier, known
omong his comrsdes ss tbe "fighting
qoartermaeter" of tbe famous Hamp?
ton lsgion He wss s strong man,
an earnest man. and a man generally
beloved by tboee who knew him.
During his illness msny inquiries
bsve poured into his borne from peo?
ple all over tbis and other States.
William H Msoldin wss 63 yesrs
of sge He waa born io Williamston,
Andereon county, and came of the
well known Mauldin family. He
waa a son of the Rev. B Frsnk
Mauldin His mother is still living
end now resides in Anderson. He
hsd two brothers, one of whom died
o yesr sgo The other, Mr. B F.
MsuMir>, is now the cashier of the
Bank of Anderson snd the president
of the Bank of Due West He also
had two siaters He wss the first
cousin of Lieut Gov. W. L Msuld
din, of Greenville.
The Spsrtaoborg Heralc recently
oalled attention to a very pertinent
truth, whioh is that ioeuad having of
fits over the reported presence of tho
ease of emellpoi io a community, that
oora moony jaot oaghi to go to work and
veeoiooste, wbiob is a sure prevents
tivo of the plague aod oot nearly so
costly ss to keep the telegraph wiros
hot sad to have spestsl officers of tbs
board of health rushed aroood to do
what tbej^pl* themselves ooold do.
Lima't at, be thy Country's, thy God's la
iDAY. JANUARY 3. 1
Statement by Conger.
Washington.Deo 24.?Seoretary Hay
bas reoeived a osblegrem from Mioister
Conger at Pekio, announcing that bo
bad signed the agreemeot reached by
the foreign roiotstors, bot hai done so
with a writteo explanatory statement
setting forth the exact position of his
go emmodt
The text of the statement is not
forwarded by Mr Ooogor, bot it is
nodsrstood to bo based opon the last
instruction be received from the depart
moot which, while disspproviog the
inclusion in the agreement of some of
the more severe language, aooopted it
at the best srraogemeot that could be
mode at this time It Is believed that
the United States alto, while sanction?
ing cjte provisions of the sgroemoot
relative to tho maiotoosnos of perms
oeot Host of communication, legations
guards, sod probibitioo of the imports ?
tioo of srms ioto Chios, indicates
oiearly that ooostitatiooal reasons
prevent the exeoutive from making toy
pledgs to take part io ths execution of
these plans
The signature of the agreemeot by
the mioister olotet what is regarded
here as the first, the most important,
and the most difficult phase of the
negotiations at to China, for it is not
doobted that the Chinese envoys will
?obasribe to this agreemeot, without
amendment.
Its conclusion has been marked by
one of the most curious mistakes io tb<
history of iotsrnatiootl exohtogtt, for
by a eipber error, the majority of the
signers foood to their amsiemeot that
they bad eootraefced to do sxsotly what
they did not intend, and moreover, tho
error wat irretrievable.
JOINT NOTE PRESENTED.
Pekio, Deo 24 ?-The preliminary
joint note was delivered today to the
Chinese Li Hang Cbsog foood that
he was ?nable to attend the meeting of
the ministers, and bit credentials and
those of Prince Chiog wars presented
by tbs latter to the foreign envoys.
Prinoe Cbiog, replyiog to the Span?
ish mioister, Ssnor B. J Do Cologao,
who presented tbs note, said bo would
immediately eommnoioate its contents
to ths Bmpsror and asenred tbs minis
tsrt that a tpesdy*reply wst the desire
of the court, as it felt tbst sll China
wants peaoe and prosperity
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Paris, December 25?A dispatch to
the Havas Agenoy from Pekio says :
"The ministers assembled at the resi?
dence of Sonor B J. Da Cologao (the
8paoieb minister aod the doyen of the
diplomstio oorps) aod rooeived Prince
Chtog, to whom the Spaaisb mioister
bsoded the joint note of the Powers
Li Hang Chang, who it ?Hill ill, asked
to bt exoused. Prtooe Cbtng tsid :
"I uave ths honor to seoept the note
eoacefoiog the reestablish moot of good
reletjooa and will trantmit it immedi?
ately to the Emperor aod eommnoioate
to yon bit reply at soon ss reoeived 9 99
Many f Cbrutians Burned.
Washington, Deo 86 ?A oablegram
reoeived at tbs state department from
United 8tates Mioister Conger dated at
Pskio on the 24th iast, stitss tbst ths
first formal mssting betweoo the diplo
matio re presto tatives and Printe Cbing
took plane oa the 24th.
Chtog preeeoted tho eredentialt of
himself and Li Hoog Chang, who was
onable to attend owiog to illoess, to
the diplomstio represeotatives, who
haoded to bim the international onto
Oar oeoopanoy from a ntJ^' <oiot
of view baa terminated aod there is no
dispoaitioo to reoew it As far the
other powers it is expected that the
msio obstsole they will eoeonnter in
withdrawing noder this condition will be
foood io the dtffieoity io obtaioiog satis?
factory gaaraoteee opoo the Chinese
promise to pay indemnities
CHRISTIANS BURNED.
Pokto, Deo 26 ?The Ruv-Mr Kelly,
the Presbyterian missionary, has report
ed to Mioister Conger the boroiog by
Boxers of 19 Catbolto Christians, aod
how rays bo has rsoeivod farther
confirmation of the baroing of native
Christians He ssys the number is 21
and that tboosaoda of armed Chinese
bavo been seen io the Sso 'Io ooantry
The reports of tho vsrioas nations
oelebrated Christmas in their own
fashion, each foree beiog interested in
tbs doiogs of the powers. The Ger
maos today reviewed oo the occasion of
the preseotatioo of flags to two tegi*
moots The event was made prsotioally
ioteroatiooal. All tbe generals aod
their staff* sod detaohmeots of their
troops were present, with the result that
a great military speotsele wss witness?
ed. No answer has yst been reoeived
to the joint note of the powers.
THE FRENCH HAVE A PIOHT.
Berlio, Deo 26.?Field Marabil
C <unt voo Walderaee, lo a diapateh
from Pekio dated Monday, Dee 24,
aaya :
"Tbe Franzi troops esoouou^,
ndlTruth's.'
TBl 1
901. New
December 22, oast of Chooban, be
tween Pekio and Pao Ting Fa, a
Chinese foree oamberiog 2,500 men
meo with artillery, The Obioeee fled
in the direction of Kaan Heieo. Tbey
suffered losses aod left bebiod.them five
standards and four cannon. The Chi
ooso probably ooosisted of the reunited
remnants of a body already dispersed
THE AMERICANS LED.
Washington, Deo 26.?Brig Gen.
Haywood, ooamaoder of tbe marine
oorps, has forwarded to tbe navy de?
partment a letter from Capt. Gbas. D.
Long, serving with tbe marines in
China, stating that tbe American ma
rices were the first to enterthe forbid
den olty. There has 'been maob con?
troversy aa tc whether tbe Russians,
British, Germans or Americans were
first ioside the saored preoioets of tbe
forbidden oity, and this letter is re
garded ta establishing the claim of tbe
Americans to have been the first oo tbe
ground.
HE IS NOT SATISFIED
WITH SOME TERMS OF
JOINT NOTE
Pekio, Deo 27 ?Li Hong Chang
and Prices Cbtng, the Chinese pesos
commissioners, have beard from Empe?
ror Kwaog Su. Prinoe Cbiog oalled
oo the former for consultation, remaio
ing over an boar. The ooart objects
streoaoasly to redaoiog ibe forts, sod
also to allowiog permanent legation
guards, which it seems to think, coold
be made sufficiently Urge at any time
it was desired to menace lbs court
itself
Aftsr lbs eocfersoee it was decided
to hold further oommaaieation with the
court before seeing the ministers.
Tbe British havs increased their gar*
risoo at Yang Tsao by a hundred meo
with borsss aod thres goos
A iyiog column of 1,600 cavalry
will sooor tbe country betwson Tientsin
aod Ysog Tioo, in obsdienee to Field
Marshal Conot voo Wald erase's orders
to be oa tbo alsrt, in view of the F reo oh
report of ao engagement with 2.500
Chinese troops.
Col. Tollosk's regiment will return
to destroy the towoo he rsosotly held.
This aotioo is taken, owing to tha faot
that it has been discovered that a com?
ber of Boxers unquestionably made
tbsm tbsir headquarters The British
authorities ssy tbey do not expsot seri?
ous trouble from the Boxers, msinly
beoauae they lsok arms. Fortunately,
the Chinese government feared to trust
them with arms, lest a rebellion against
the dynssty be undertaken Otherwise
the danger might have been serious
British soldiers have been found deed
outside the Temple of Heaveo with
ballets to their brains. The murders
are believed to have been oommittrd
by Cbioese
A detachment of the Sixth United
States oavalry, Ninth infantry and Fifth
artillery will leave tomorrow to investi?
gate the reported burning of native
Christiane by Boxers, as reported by
the Rev. Mr. Kslley, tbe Prosbytsriaa
missionary,
Ths expedition will bs oommsoded
by Lrent. Col. Theodore Wiot, of ths
Sixth osvslry.
Hubbard'8 Cotton Letter.
New York, Doo 27.?Liverpool
edvioeo oome decidedly better tboo
ontieipsted in view of the besvy
interior receipts of yesterday. This
osused our market to open somewhst
better, but without attracting any
outside buying, snd vslues slowly
es8ed through srbitrsge buying and
absorbed tbe liquidation brought
about by tbe movement Receipts
at tbe interior towns snd ports are
heavy in comparison with last season,
snd unless they fall off it will be diffi
cult to sttrsct outside bnying. The
Indis crop is beginning to move at
Bombay The receipts are 63.000,
against 36 000 bsles Isst season
Our stock seems likely to continue
to increase, but the trade expect the
sooth to hold its cotton and therefore
does not snticipate any immediate
weakness despite the movement
Hubbard Bros & Co
BIG FIREWORKS EXPLO
SION.
Lauren* Deo 23?Fireworks ignited
at abont 5 o'otook yesterday afternoon
in front of J. S Bennett's store, wbeo
the cquaro was alive with half a thou?
sand people aod hundreds of vehicles of
every pattern and every possible sort
of team Cannon oraokers and all
manner of emallr. fireworks simul?
taneously exploded ; the fire hells rang
and tbe 6ro department was out in a
jiffy. Mulee, men, women and obildren
beoame excited sod tbe sqaare hadsuoh
a commotion as tbe oeotury has not
known io this town When quiot was
restored fortunately the damage wee
fouod to bo small. Mr Clinton Shell, a
slcrk of Mr Beonott, was severely hurt
in tbo faoc by a rooket, bat, it is hoped,
sot seriously. A half doiso buggies
were smashed. Mr Bennett's loss is
ibout $75 It was near being s most
I
ron.
MtUM SOUTH BOM, Katabliahwd Jane I SCO
8eries?VoL XX. No. 23
Smallpox iii the State.
DR EVANS REVIEWS THE
SITUATION
Dr James Evans has ssade a pre?
liminary report to Gov MoSweeney
in regard to tbe condition of small?
pox in this State, which gives a com?
plete review of the situation and the
oonditiono existing at both tbe open?
ing and close of tbe year Tbe re*
port shows that there is not as much
smallpox now prevailing no would be
generally supposed
There is more or lest of tbe die
esse in tbe counties of Fair field,
Union, Spsrtsoburg, Bamwell, Beau?
fort and Orangeburg For a while
during the summer it was confined
almost entirely to" Union county,
which baa not been free from it dur?
ing tbe year, and which county has
been tbe focus front which tbe adjoin?
ing counties hate been infected with
one or two exceptions, where it came
from North Carolina There are at
preaent a few oases on sertain sea
islands, tbe origin of whitb has not
yet been traced.
Tbe lack of power to enfotce gen?
eral vaccination is one of tbe great?
est drawbacks to tbe work of the
State Board of Health. Tbe disease
now prevailing in of n more virulent
type tbsn heretofore
WHISKEY AND PISTOLS.
Moskogee, I. T., Bee 25 ?John -
Tiger, a foil blood Indian, s ferrymaa
oo tbe Arksosss Hirer, two miles sooth
of Eofsols, went to Bus?als with his
wife this afternoon ted, while totoxi
oated, met L. B. Roper and threatened
to kill him Roper ImtntJaHately struck
Tigtr with a board, oo words passior
between them. Tiger Went to hi*
buggy, got a Wtaekeeter- and same b?:k
to kill Roper, bot failed to find him
Eorsged, hs proeetdsd to shoot every
one be saw, ?booting Jests Peck through
the hips sod killing him ; shooting and
killing David Porter, a nephew efwj
Chief Porter, and a motor named John?
son, on hit way to Missouri in a covered
wagoa with his family. Bod Taylor,age4
18, was shot through the shoulder aod is
not sxpeoted to live Tiger immediately
jumped oo a oorse sod tried to escape,
hot wst obased three miles, when he
jumped off hie horse, rot behind a
tree and begao r* ?otiog. Deputy
Marsbai Johnson, relumed the
fire, etroek Tiger in o arm The
murderer surrendered sod was brought
to Eofsols Tiger's stm will have to
be ampotated. Great indigestion pre*
vails over tbe free tale of iiqoors and
firearms. J Smith, who lives two
miles sooth of Chootaw. became in?
volved in. a quarrel with T. Thompson
over the affair at Enfanla aod began
sbootiog, Tbompsoo being mortaily
wonoded.
A SUBMARINE TELE
PHONE.
Key West, Fit, December 25 ?
An interesting experiment bss just
been made here, winch demons!ratea
conclusively that a proper telephone
cable communication can be bad
with foreign countries In the pre?
sence of several prominent people
the officers of tbo Southern bell Tele?
phone Company oonneeted the 'phone
wires here and at Havana with the
Golf cabin between tbe two cities
For a few minoten n touring noise
prevented any communication, but
finally tbie subsided and tbe cfficials
here besrd Havana distinctly, the
words: "I cannot onderetsod you,"
being clearly transmitted, Havana
however, failed to olesrl5* under
stand Tbe first experiment was
regarded as highly eucceeeful.
A Night of Terver.
??Awful anxiety was felt ioi the widow ? f
the brave Gen Burnbam of Mathias, Me, when
bo doctors saM ibe SSald not live till morn
leg?" writes Mr* S II Lincoln, wbo attended
h?r tbat fearful night "AH thought she must
soon die frum pneum^nie, but tdie begged for
Dr King's New 1) scovery, paying it had in >re
than once si red bcr life, and bad cured her cf
consumption. After three fumII doees she tlept
easily all night, an 1 its further kpc I mpletely
cured her" This marvelous medicine is g<i?r
aoteoJ to eure all threat, wheat nnd long dis?
ear-efl. Only 50c and $1. Ttfttl bottle* free at
J F W DeLorme's drug store 1
rasa ???-?? o?? -
NO EXTENSION.
Though neatly every one in the
Slate believes tbst there ie to be an
extension of the time for tbe pay?
ment of taxee tbie year, it is not
likely tbat it will bo given, Gov,
MoSweeney yesterdsy stated that be
certainly would not recommend an
extension this year. He has the
power to extend aod this anuiuoce
nient, of course, means that the mat?
ter goes to the legia'ature after the
time has expired. Many of tbe
officials believe tbst tbe time has
come to have a fixed day for the pay?
ment of taxea and let it be finally
understood.?-State, Deo. 27.