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Faiiic in Africa Grows. ThQ Boer Raid Sweeps On ward. ??GLAND IMPORTUNED FOR MOKE TROOPS. London, Jso *7.-This morning's oem from Cape Town is agaio unsatis factory. Martial lav has been pro? claimed afc. Malmesburg and would have beeo proclaimed io otber districts bet that the cabinet meeting oalled Saturday was coable to agree as to its advisability. The vagueness of the information ceoeerning tba movements aod position cf the invaders bas sent a fresh oold fit aver the colonists, and Cape Town calls badly fdr strong reinforcements from Soglasd on the ground that the greater part of Lord Kitchener's available ferae ts employed in proteotiog tba lines af com iii un icatioo and the Rand mines, (ha latter extending for a distance of Mi j miles. It is asserted by one Cape Town cor? respondent that unless tue forces in .ape Colony are increased, a most uo desirable state of affairs may result, as tan success in arms of the invaders, however slight, might be the signal for a Dutch rising As it is many British residents bave v had to leave the Dotcb villages near wapa Town, their lives being a o hears - . A acor di og to a native report, a hun ?red men, either Boers or local farmers, have just passed through Ciao william dtatriot io ?he direction of Malmesbury. The Cape Town correspondent of the 9aily If ail who calls for 40,000 fresh kr-oops. says : ''Prominent Afrikander loyalists de alare that the rebellious colonists will construe the colonial cali to arms as a ehaller/ge, and that the ominous si lenee of the pro rebels, combined wi: h the fact that members of tbe pro Boer jmnta io Cape Town bave been touring ^ in the disaffected districts, emphasizes the necessity for martial law. The necessity was never more eenie for dis patching reioforeemeots Already there is proof that colonials are leading ana commando.'* The military movements reported are c^ite unimportant, though Portrogai is .soding reinforcements to Lourenzo Ifstqsat. Dr. Leyds, according to the Hague correspondent of the Daily Mail, is re emiting in Holland, Belgium, France and Germany, and his recruits will be sent out to Namaqoaland ostensibly as ?migrants, each mao reoeiving ?50 down on starting. Lisbon, Jan. 6 -Additional reen forcements have been ordered to Lou? renzo Marquez. De Wet's Successful Raid and Dutcn Sympathy for Bosrs. SENDER ENGLISH SITU AT : ON CRITICAL. London, Jan 7 -Reporting to the war office under date of Jan. 6. Lord Kitchener says: "Yesterday Rabiogton engaged BeLarey's and Steenkamp's com? mandos at Naowpoort. Tbs enemy was forced to retire to the northwest Oar casualties have not yet beeo re? ceived, but are reported slack A .Boer doctor stated ?hat 29 Boers were killed or wounded Command ant Doprez was taken prisoner "It appears from reports of the wounded wbo have arrived at Heil hroD that a detachment 120 strong belonging to Knox's command came into contact with a s o per i or force sear Lindley. I regret to say that lient. Laing, two officers and 15 men were killed and two officers and 20 men wounded No detaila have come from Knox of this act iou *' There are several Naauwpoorts, P^,eibJy the scene of the fight is tbe Naauwpoort on the railroad between Potchefstroom and Frede rickstad, Transvaal, Cape Town, Jan 7 -Martial law hes been proclaimed in the districts cf C alvinia, Gian william, Piqoetburg, Tolbagb, Paarl and Stellenbosch. Cape Town. Jan 7 -Mr P fl. Malan, editor of the Oods Land, tbe principal Afrikander newspaper here, has beeu arrested on the charge of ??ditions libel, consisting of reflec? tions upon the conduct of Gen French and bis troops He is a member of the Cape parliament and his arrest has long been demanded by tbe extreme loyalists Tbe authorities accepted bail in the sum cf ?500. DELEGATION TO ENGLAND. Cape Town, Jan 7 -At a meeting cf Afrikander members of tbe Cape parliament today it was resolved to send Messrs J. X Morriman, former treasurer of Cape Colony, J. W. Saner, former commissioner of public works, and J. H Hofmeyer to Eng land to present the state of affair r South Africa to the government parliament and people of Great Britain Gen Barbant has arrived here to Complete tbe organization of the colonial forces It is reported that 1.500 Boers ore nearing the town of Soutberland and tbe other parties are close opon Rich? mond The invaders have reached Calvi ni* and are xpected at Clanwilliam within a few days Scoots report that the Boer com? mandoes under Delarey and Stein kamp in the Bufferspoort district nnmber 5,000, Bloemfontein, Jan 7.-It is report? ed that an influential peace commis sion is being formed here to inter? view Gan DeWet. Mr Steyn and other leaders, to explain Lord Kitch? ener's terms and to endeavor to indue* them to yield Piqnenberg, Cape Colony, Jan 7 -The Boers boast that their present incursion is only a big patrol, prepa ratory to an invasion in force by Gen DeWet. The latter's influence over the Dutch is so enormous that there is no doubt bis actual presence would result in a general rising. Philip D. Armour Dead. Chicago, Jan 6 -Philip Danforth Armour, financier and multi million? aire, head of the vast commercial establishment that bears his name, died at bis home, 2115 Prairie ave? nue, at 5 45 o'clock this afternoon. A muscular affection of tho heart was the immediate cause of death He bad been slowly recovering from pneumonia which for three weeks bad been threatening his life At 9 o'clock this morning bis heart gave way under the strain of his recent illness, his pulse running up to 103 That was the beginning of the end Daring the day be bad realized that death was near, and was con? scious until within an hour of bis death Ju6t before his death one of the nurses who bad been attending him, drew a chair to the bedside aud slowly read from the Bible the Lord's prayer It was read sentence by sentence and each was repeated by Mr Aimour The end came after two years of illness, during which time Mr Armour visited German baths, passed the cold months in southern California and devoted himself largely to an attempt to restore his health So carefully bad the plans for the future been made that the death of Mr Armour will have little effect on the outward working of the great enterprise with which he had been so clearly identified It is believed all the Armonr properties will be held in tact until the grandchildren come into their own Estimates of Mr Armour's own estate run from $10,000,000 to $25 000,000 This of course does not inelude the $10,000,000 or $20,000. 000 owned by the younger members of his family. For years every enterprise ha was interested in has been making immense profits His holdings of stock h? j all advanced largely during the last three years ELECTIONS BY LEGISLA TURE. Columbia, Jan 6 -There are three candidates io the field for ?peaker of tbe house of representatives, vis : Mr W. F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield ; Mr Geo E Prince, of Anderson, aod Mr Franois H. Weston, of Columbia. In the raes for elerk of the hons? Mr Thos Haoaer. the inoumbeot. will be opposed by Messrs J Walter Gray sod Mr Higgios. of Newberry County There is no intimation of opposition to Geo R. R. Hemphill as elerk of the senate. The liveliest eoBtesi will be for librarian. Tbis is the ooo elsotive uffiee filled by a woman, and there are already more than a dosen candidates tn the fieid Kiog8tree Dispeoser Arrest? ed Columbia S. C . Jan 5.-F. M. Player dispenser at Kiagstree, was ar? rested today on the ohrge of malfeasance io effioe The dispensary was robbed of a large sam of mooey on Christmas night. Player said tbat four masted men had riddn to (be dispensary and bad forced bim (Player) to open the safe It bas since been learned tbat Player was ?raos in tbe dispensary that night and tbat be bad refused t< deposit the money with tho county treasurer as required by law For crimina! carelessness be was arrested by W. H. Holloway. After his arrest be admitted that he bad lent dispensary money to his friends A Big Railroad Deal. New York, Jan 6 -The Tribune tomorrow will say : "Just at the close of the market on Saturday Wall street received news that Pierpont Morgan had bought the Central rail? road of New Jersey and sold it to the Reading railroad When the market reopens Monday morning, it is said, it will be confronted with the additional news that Mr Morgan has secured the controlling interest in the Lehigh Valley, also that this interest will probably be offered to the Reading at the meeting of its directors which has been called for Monday to complete officially the purchase and arrange for the formal transfer of the Jersey Central stock to its new owners " - mmm .... ^mUwmm Congress has been asked to make an appropriation for the purchase of the site of the battle of Yorktown Terrible Blizzards in Europe. Great Fall of Sn ow--Many Fr?ssen to Death. London, Jan 7.-Severe cold bas soddenly set io throogboat Europe. In England it is accompanied by a north easterly wind, amounting to a gale over the ohannel. At Dover a boat was capsized, four persons being drowned, and probably other accidents will be reported On tho continent the weather is still more severe. Scow has fallen as far sooth as Naples, and in St Petersburg the cold ia so intense that the police in the streets have had to bo frequently relieved and the schools to be closed. At Moscow tbe temp?rature is 30 degrees below aero Tremendous gales are blowing over the Adriatic. Terrible blizzards are reported from Austria aod Southern Rassia, extinguishing signal lights aod resulting in the derailing of the orient express at Altpazua The storm caused a collision between passenger trains at Mikolo, near Szartraar, Hungary, six persons beiog killed Nioe people were frozen to death on a high road in Transylvania. Odessa ts completely snowbound. The harbor is frozen o?er and trains are nnable to enter or leave in consequence of tbe drifts. ROME IS SNOW CLAD. Paris, Jao 6 -Severe cold is report ed throughout Franco and Italy. A foot of snow fell at Marseilles last evcoiog and the mercury shows 18 degrees of frost io Paris today. There have been a number of deaths ie the streets Trains from a long distance are greatly delayed Snow has fallen even in Southern Italy, and the oity of Rome and sur rounding country are snow dad for the first time io many years Crowds assembled on the Ponoio to witness the rare panorama Mr Stokes Seat Contested. Orangeburg, Jan 4 -Notice was ro cently served upon Representative Stokes by Alex D Dantzler, his onlorod oppooent in the last general election, that he would oootest bis seat in Con? gress. The grounds for the oootast are general and include all of the ob? jections to the registration and election laws of the S:ate uoder the new Con? stitution that were entered into a few years ago io the numerous contests that were entered by the Recobiioan can didates over the State. None of these objections earned any considerable weight before and it is not thought that this time there will be any chance of Dantzler unseating Dr. Stokes. Still it is inooovemeat and troublesome for a Repr?sentais to have a oootest on hts haods. and in so muoh as the notice has been regularly served it be? comes necessary for Dr Stokes to take steps to defend his seat Notice bas been served on thu attorneys of Dr Stokes that the takings of testimony in behalf of the contestant will be oommenoed at Orangeburg on next Taesday. ONE RASCAL CAUGHT. Mobile, Ala, Jan T.-This after noon a secret service agent, E. P. Adams, arrested on Royal street of this city Capt C W. King, quarter? master and supervisor of the govern ment work at Fort Morgan, Ala Capt King bad just received $1,000 in bille from J. H Hobson, a cou tractor on government work at the fort McAdams with a local detect ive as a witness searched tbe captain and found the roll of money, King telling them that if it was of any value to them to know, he wonld say he had received the money from Hobson. AU the bills had previously been recorded and marked eo that McAdams was able to identify them Hobson told McAdams tbat this waa tbe second $1,000 paid to King by him King was taken before United States Commissioner Rickarby for preliminary examination Hobson testified before the com mission that for some time he bad been haviag trouble in carrying out his contracts on buildings at Fort 'gi?n, about 50 per cent of the material he furnished being regarded as uosatifactory About eight months ago King approached and 6aid if Hobson made au arrangement with him he would not be so hard on him The amount named by King was $5,000 and 08 failure ou the contracte meant min, Hobson agreed to pay $3 000 King said he would accept that amount as be had caused him loss by being hard on him. Hobson paid King $5'J0 in October and the same amount in November, and $1,000 today. Capt King was bound over in the sum of $10 000, but up to 7 o'clock bad not made his bond King is a volunteer officer. He enlisted at Dubuque, la. in 1898, receiving appointment of captain and assistant quartermaster He served in Puerto Rico during the war, superintending the loading and un loading of transports He was as signed to Fort Morgan on April last He has a wife a?d two children and bas been well received here Now York, Jan 7 -All reoords were broken oo the S:ook Exchange today. Up to rhp c:o?e of the i-xonai.-'C ?bout 2.150,000 shares had been dealt in. the greatest number of transactions record I ed iu the history of the exchange. Chinese Situation and South? ern Mills. One of the most important resnlts of the troubles in China ha? been the unfavorable effect upon the cotton goods trade. Oor exports of cotton ?roods to China reached nearly $10, 000,000 last year, and np to the time of the outbreak of the Boxer ont rages trade was proceeding on a scale which promised even greater resnlts for the present year. Since the ont break the demand from China has practically stopped. This falling off Tn the demand for cotton goods, due to the stoppage of the Chinese traffic bas been severely felt by a number of southern mills, which have been engaged in supply ing tbe demand from China That these mills have svffered there can be no doubt, but the loss sustained has probably been greatly overestimated Nevertheless the stoppage of the China trade bas afforded an excuse for stating that the cotton manufac turing industry of the south has suffered a serious setback. ?s a matter of fact, while the loss of the China trade has been felt by those mills which especially catered to it, the great mass of southern mills did not feel the trouble in China at ali, for the reason that their capac ity was not engaged in making goods for the China market While there bas been some short time in individu? al cases, and there bas been less working overtime than last year, these conditions have been due rather to scarcity of skilled operatives than to the loss of the China trade It is more than likely that the great increase in the number of spindles in operation has more than offset losses which have taken place in consump? tion due to the stoppage in the China trade and other causes The New York Commercial and Financia: Chronicle, in a recent issue, gives the result of some special investigations it bas been making into this matter. It finds that the inflaence of the loss of the China trade has been much exaggerated, and that, far from exerting a serious ly damaging effect upon the develop ment of cotton manufacturing in the south, its effect has been more than offset by the increased output of new mill capacity They Weren't Boer Girls. Io the way of journalistic '"fake*/' few things b*ve been quite so startling as the arrant imposition recently perpetrated upon The Ladies' Home Journal of Philadelphia through one of Mr Bok's energetic war correspondents, Mr Hillegas. In an article whioh be contributed to The Journal on the peo pie of the Transvaal he submitted with the text a series of photographs of South African maidens, snapshots of domestic scenes io President Kruger's country, some of tbem taken in the fields, with tbe bright eyed maidens husking core and gathering tbe crops, while others depicted them in thc happy pursuit of preserving fruit and knitting sooks for the sturdy sons and fathers of the soil Hardly had the issue of The Journal containing this attractive feature appeared io various parts of Pennsylvania when friends of the ''Boer maidens" recognised their faces in tho piotures alleged to have been taken m South Africa The excitement did not break forth io. intense form, however, uotil The Journal rcaobed the quiet village of Ku'i'.own. All the photographs were those of Ku'Stowo maidens. Such a distinction as being selected by the great organ of Phila delpbia oultnre and household economy to grace its pages had never been dreamed of by the modest daughters of the Kutztown burghers, but they did not relish the labels on tho pictures They resented the idea of geeing piotures of tbe corners of the old farm where they had milked the cow cinder tho sharp rays of a Pennsylvania eun palmed off upou the publie under unpronounceable names as scenes in tbe great war belt of the far eff Transvaal -Baltimore News. mum I * ' w An Orphanage Burned. Rochester,N Y , Jan 8 -Fire brose out in the hospital section ol tbe Rochester orpbao asvlum at 1 o'clook this morning and the Aimes spread rapidly to other section? of the institu? tion lt is known that 19 of ibe children perished and it is expected that many mere victims may be report? ed later A terrific explosion was beard aod in a moment too entiro hospital section was ia fi?mes The work of rescue began with a will. Firemen carried children and nurses fruin tUo building in an unconscious oonoicnn or dead. Aaibulaooes ooevsyed tbs vic? tims to various hospitals There were 1?9 obildren at the Oospital and a corpa of aoeat 30 nornea and attendants. Two of tho women attendant? wero among the dead. P. B. Mayson, reoently elected to the lower house from Edgefield oounty, is preparing a bill which he will intro duce, that will revolutionise the system of public toad working in this Htate. j Tbc main feature of bis measure is to abolish the present system of working under overseers, and pubsii;a>e therefor the contract system, subject every one now Kable to road duty to the payment of a coTitnuiatiou tax, let out the roads to bo worked under contract, to br paid tor with thin fund. This \? practically the plau adopted by n^r'h Carolina and' some or the other Stares, and bas work td sativfactoriiv and wi - (j beet results. The Work of Cougress. SOME REPUBLICANS OP? POSE INCREASE OF ARMY. Washington, Jan. 7 -The debate to the Sena :e oo the army bill has brought oat several interesting poiots The administration senators have been com? pelled to acknowledge tbat the situation in the Philippines is today worse than it was when Mr McKinley wrote his message to Coogress, and that it is more likely to grow worse than better io the near future; that in any event a large number of troop*, qaite as maoy, if not more than are there now, must be kent cn the islands for an indefinite period. Senator Hoar resumed bis old position of antagonism to the McKinley Philippine policy, aod urged that tbe Filipieo leaders be given a bearing at Washington, and that the policy of extermination be abandoned. Senator Caffery denounced the Army bill, be cause its real purpose, the extermination of the PhilipiooB was masked, and de? clared that although this sort of thing might bs called "benevolent assimila? tion", it was no less tyranny and simply a soperimposed yoke of imperialism Seoator Teller began his speeoh by predicting that 200,000, instead of the 100,000 men provided by tbe bill, would be needed to oarry out the pre eeot policy, and that for a century to come th? islands wooid have to be heavily garrisoned He referred to bis having, two years ago, io a speech, iaoghed at the idea of aoythiog imper? ialistic being seen onder the Amerioan flag, and added impressively :'' I now ret ri,ct that assertion." He characterized the actions of the present Philippine commission as gross imperialism unequaled anywhere on the iace of the earth, and said "Under the law they have a right there, but under God's law, which is higher, they have 00 place there at ali Their actions are the worst form of imperialism. In reply to a question from Senator Csffrey, Mr Teller eaid : "As Mr Linoolo aooounoed in regard to the Mexican war, a war that be did not believe in, bc would vote fer snob a force as the government needed, so 1 have no doubt that as long as our flag floats from the Philippine archipelago, I will (reluctant as ? may be) vote to maintain the army and the flag there if that ?3 illogical, it is illogical because there is no better way out of it v In dosing Mr Teller fired this broadside at Mr McKinley : "The president has assured us that there is no daoger of imperialism, but if imperialism cao be made worse than it is now in the Philippines, you'll have to increase the ability of the buinao mind for abso lutism " Senator Jones, of Ark. bas offered a resolution providing for ao investiga tioo bv th? senator committee on mili? tary affairs of the charges of crooked? ness io connection with a combine of officiais to control the Philippine out pnt of hemp, made by M sj E. L Hawke?, against Col Beistand, and some other prominent officials. In a few remarks on the necessity for the investigation, Senator Jones says : "The ex army officer (Maj Hawkes) bas been removed from the public service, as the newspapers state, and as it is stated by ooe of the Secretaries, on account of his being guilty of some bad cocduot. The rumors are that the otber man was as guilty as be was in connection with those things. If it is true that the man who remains io the pubiio service is equally as guilty as the man who was removed, the facts osgbt to be koown. If there has been any infamo is conduct of that sort, it should be understood " In a letter to Secre? tary Boot, Maj Hawkes says of bis charge* ; -*I will simply say they are trae, or' Adj Gen Corbin, Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, Gov Allen, and Judge Boyd misstate the facts as to their connection with the proposed hemp company " Thal; maoy inventors should have de* sired to file the first application for a U. S patent in the 20:h oentury was natara! Tbe honor was secured by by Dr Calvin J. Pollock, of KirksviH.e, Mo, through the energy of Messrs C. A. Snow & Co, of Washington, D C., his attorneys Pepsin preparations oftea fail to relieve indigestion because they can digest ooly albamioous foods. There ia one preparation that dieests ali class?e* cf food, and tbat is Kode! Dyspepsia Cure. It eurea the worst CUSPS ot indigestion aod gives instant relief, for it digests what you eat. J. S. Hugbson .fe Co. - -a -?-?*. i - Virginia is experimenting with the dispensary system of selling iiqaor on account of the State and town. Franklin having been seleored for the experiment. The commonwealth cots one foorth of tho profits and the town the remainder Under this system the liquor is sold in original paekages aod must not be con? sumed on the premises. The steamship Georgetown, the second of the fleet of six steel steamers of the Atlantic Coast Steam? ship company, arrived in Georgetown harbor on Sunday These steam? ships will ply between Georgetown and New York The latest development in the Chinese situation is that it has leaked out that Russia had concluded ar rangements to annex Manchuria as long ago as December, 1899, and is j putting into effect a well laid plan to occupy and hold that province! without the consent of the other j powers I Salt in Place of Blood. Chicago, Jan 5 -Aa a result of a protracted series of experiments with salt solutions, the efficacy of which in prolonging life was recently an? nounced by Prof Loeb, of the Uni? versity of Chicago, two prominent physicians here claim to have demon? strated that in cases of great loss of blood by disease or injury normal ealt solution used as a restorative will save life even when 90 per cent of the blood bas been lost. The experiments, which have been ex? tended over a period of six months, have, according to the physicians, made practicable a new system of bleeding and substitution of salt solution for persons suffering from pneumonia, typhoid fevers, peritoni? tis, acute and chronic Bright's disease and all heart affections result? ing from last named complaint. Much success has followed, the phy? sicians say, all their experiments, particularly those made with pneu? monia and Bright's disease. In the experiments the physicians used more than 100 dogs and found it possible to withdraw ?0 per cent of the circulation from an animai before it was necessary to inject a stimulant. The final test was made on a dog from which 90 per cent of* the blood bad been withdrawn A needle, connected with a salt water apparatus containing a 2 per cent solution, was inserted in the jugular vein and a second needle inserted ia the junction of the large reins lying close to the heart After the blood bad been drawn off the salt solution w as forced in aronnd the heart and into the vessels of the brain The dog was able to stand inside of aa hour and on the following day was able to walk. A human patient, suffering with pneumonia, who was operated upon, recovered in much shorter time tbaa it was customary with those suffer? ing with that trouble In cases of malaria thc injection of the salt solution was made directly into the spleen and in six weeks all sysmp toms of disease bad disappeared. Ne claim was made tbat a cure had been effected in cases of Bright's disease, the physicians merely asserting that they bad removed several of the roost troublesome features of the complaint. Thomas E Miller, President of the State Colored College made au emancipation day speech in Beaufort and furnished a report to the News and Courier for publication. Now comes the oegro preachers and politi? cians of Beaufort who,"io mass meet? ing assembled, by resolution, declare that the speech published in the News and Courier "was not the speech delivered in Beaufort." it is up to President Miller to explain. The South Carolina Inter-denomi? national Sunday School convention for the year 1901 will be held in Newberry Feb 25-27 inclusive. The Boston Journal understands what the Southern Begroes are being shipped io the Hawaiian sugar planta? tions for. It eays : "Delegate Wil? cox, of Hawaii, was elected by a few score votes out cf several thousands. The Hawaiian Republicans will make no effort to unseat Wilcox, so says their special representative who bas just reaohed Washington. Wilcox will servs the time, bat he is likely to be succeed? ed by a ? AO of very different type.1* Doubtless.-News and Courier. The richest man io the United State? at the latter end of thc eighteenth eeo tur* was George Washington, who was worth pretty near a million dollars. Probably the richest mao tcday is Joba D Rockefeller, whose wealth is reckon? ed at 8300,000,000. Mr Carnegie ts supposed to be worth $200,000,000, while W K Vaoderbilt and Willam Waldorf Astor probablp cone next, with over $100,000,000 apiece. Theta great m iii o o ai res oaonot estimate their own riches within a margin of million?. The Scranton News is agitating the question of a new county to be called Kings coonty and having Scranton as the county seat It is proposed to get the principal part of its territory from Williamsburg coun? ty and small portions from Florence and Clarendon counties Minneapolis, Minn., Jan 6 -Eight men lost their lives in a fire at Hi Washington avenue a 3 o'clock this morning The men were overtaken by an intenso volume ot smoke in the Harvard hotel, wbiob occupies tba ssocod, third and fourth floors of tba building and death in every instance was uu? to suffocation Secret of Beauty i ; health. The secret of health is che power to digest and assim? ilate a proper quanity of food. This can never be done when the liver does not act it's part. Doyou know this ? Tutt's Liver Pills are an abso? lute cure for sick headache, dys? pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, torpid liver, piles, jaundice, bilious fever, bilious? ness and kindred diseases. Tutt's Liver Pills