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The Wsr oa tta Boere. Oyohat Corps Outapeedti the Boer? Iq m Race For a Leedee, iaa Tkt 'British eeeaal * Has re tat tfstisf Jtaaery i haiwtte (V! Btbiegtoa'e fte*?e sad tat Boats, f aasVr 9t* me Leray m4 Gee 8tete kemp. si Naeewaeeri, wkte the burgh J aas were fofstd to retire, were twelve men killed aed thirty three wottrded Obee Toaa, ist 9.?letreeoameote beleg atemasttd tercet tke Ospe from f elea Bey te Tskle Bay. I BelOB TALK MEANS NOTHING. New lark, Jaa 9 ?Mootegoe tke reatooettativt ef eke 8oetk leeebUe. said today tkai he ki e* tmaotteaee ekoeld he eitaah ta the :?e*rts aed ptooctdiogo of so* Beer paaee eemmitteee at Krooo aed Lead sftteeeeet'e reeeat epeeeh aha Serge* re* mettiog eear Pretoria. ??It le perfectly eater el," said Mr White, "thai theee Boers who have aatvtoderod valaetarily te the British aad who have tehee the oath of oeutrel lay aheald ha aieet eeiieed te retara to la thaw fat see, hat they have leas into aaae with the Igktiog bejrghere thaa aha Brttiah saldiere who ere opposiog them. Their ieleftettiee, therefore, ha leaf aaeeatable thaa that ef .. . fba Ooyperhesds doting the Aaisriaaa !*? eivil war, er the Loveliots Jar lag the of il Kstoheoftr Send? Little Newa nod That Diaoouraglng. London, Jae 11, 5 a an ?Tbe sitae hi Beath Africa grows worse rather haiter. Lard Kiteheaer's dispatch sere laeeeie thee theee o( Lord rteaed Hale else of import* oeo is allowed *e eeme throng b The TUaeOy- ie ae editorial today, ^ laws easafm ia the theaght "that the ! at sens of emititiee it doiag lie work < aa4 woei shortly leed to the iasvitahle I la ether teertest, boweter, there ia eatiefaaiiea with tie state of whUh hat praetisally aeeetsi the foriif ewtiee of Oape To wo Ha steps haut heea ttkta to comply wkh Lord Cueeeoer'i demaad for fooftreraemeete Lard Coleridge, la t Utter txeosiag Me aea ttteedaeeo as a politiaal meet tag says : "I tooth aad dstaat this war aed the aettty ab tea broegki it about, tot saade ie vkieh it is toodeeted ted tbe eaadtf ailed oietlemeet over the defeat ef a headfal ef peasants defending ?Chair eoaetry at tke heeds ef tee times the it aamhar ef traioed soldiers, basked ?by the aealth ef Koglend " Thla moraiog's dispatches report a ?ejaaell patty ef B ?era- tarried off eattla ?etaoe te the eeet feel at Preiorit Niat heodroi Ibers, older Ocmmsodeat Kritatoger. are 1ft anise from Rieb ?tend, ia the direction ef Marrtysharg Remote ate spread log at Portertille the rebelt have joiued the Boere tho Cattle ie d'tatrtct. Tke military cemmiteii aer of polite Jahaaeeebarg bet vareed the peblio a* ware ef the dtagtroea dyaamite mit04 iaid ia the read to areteet the mixe as the aatkeritiee eaoaot he teepoaeible for iejeriee reealtieg there rrta L ?odoe. Jet 10 ?Get Kittheetr ate it aews of a ttrstne aimul tattoos attatk oa ihs eight ef Jaa 7, by tke repobiietee ee the Krititb poeitioes between ptiete 00 miles apart, tloeg Ike neet ef the Pretoria aed Lorei to Ma/qiet railway Tkt Itsaes oa both tidtt wert heaay Aaeordiog to reports the B?ere were teatto off after proloug ? ed flrfhnag Puli ?wief s the teat of tbe dispatch from G?e Kiteheaer: ? Pretoria, W*daeaday, Jaa 9. 19^1. ?Oo the nijbt oa Jan 7. tbe Biers made eimel'socjea aod dvtermioed attaets cp?e ?II tar poets tt Belfast, Wo ?de -feateia, Ntoitgodaokt aed Wild feeiei . let %tt fog prevailed tod taking adv >e sje ?f ike eover it afforded tkt Bo re et e e*>lt it tree? op oloee to oar n*e? ioa. A he.ey fie aiotmoed aetil 3 tO a. m. wh t tat Bo?re wert drivtt off. Oaeoftterwse ki hd aod lane w ?e d d, wulo 20 men were kinad ?od 59 eoe ?de I The lost of the B?ere*o?e bet>y, 21 J ad Doing eoeu<e I A ????.it ?7 '?tin* erinplioe t > Gordon's bruad ai?"b of Krugersdorp, wa? artee^ed t> Hejcr'o enoiruaodo yester? day (Taesdte) The II >ore were driven off letting 11 dsad oo the field Oo? oi") ? nn# were f >ur elightly woeoded " "Vita th ?eeand Boere aapposed to be treSbieg weet from Vryborg," eays the Cape Towe eorreapoedeet of The Daily Mail, "are atw making their way into tke beert of Cape Colooy. The supposition it that tbty btre captured several smsll garrieoas oo tbe way." i awaam?me> ^bwjw* - ? ? A asgro who was arrested at Rome, Go, oa suspioioa of tsetelt, bat baviog beta ttkta before tke woman aesaalted, wtt tot idcotified, aed as tbsrs was no avideaee aa wbteh lo bold kirn, tke jadge discharged him. A. mob, bow ever, Itoehed him. Of eoarse the real criminal will go free. This tea legiti? mate eoiteqeeate of mob law, aad every eae wha adSoeatee or defends II ia leadiag hie isleeoee la each re site?Otoattf Lea tare. CARPET-BAGGERS AND NIGGER VOTES. Plain Talk From Two South? ern Congressmen. The New York Jonrnal'i Washing too correspondent gifes ander dste of the 8th loot the following grephio report of two speeches delivered Io the house ssrsinst the AI instead end Crompeoker respportionment bille : There were two ootoble philippics delivered io the hooeo this efteroooe from the Democrstic side eoeot the race problem Tbe dsys wbeo sec? tional hatred marked tbe differences between tbe two sides of tbe bouse were vividly recoiled Mr Otey of Virgioio gare a sensa? tional warning eo to the oooditioo of affairs that might be ezpeoted if oorthero Republicans persist io tbeir efforts to revive tbe old feeling with reoolotiooo intended to curtail tbe power of the wbitee to role io the sooth Cbsmp Clerk of Missouri stirred op tbe trouble with e proposition to change tbe District of Columbia ioto o territory snd allow it o delegate io ooogroeo eod o looel government of ite owo msking Io reply to tbe 'argument that Washington is tbe beet goveroed oity io America, be dec I sred : "If e nigger ie good enough to vole against me io tbe Niotb district of Missoori," bo declsred, "he ie good eooogb to vote for bio owo represeotetive bore, ood if I otey in ooogreee long eooogb I propose to pot tbe perty io power oo reoord ee declaring o oigger ie not worthy of votiog ooy where, for it ie beosuse of tbe oigger tbet yoo don't weot tbe people of Washington to hove self government *' OTKY'8 REMARKBLE SPEECH. Tbfe speech caused a seneetioo, bot U wee mild compared to tbot caueed by Mr Otey. Hie deooooie tioo of oorpetboggiog to tbe new Americao possessions was most severe Regsrding the curtailment of repreaentation from tbe south, be seid io port: MThe logics! eod of ell such egito tiono ie negro dominstion in tbe sooth, whiob ie bell on eorth to tbe white men oq the ooe bood or o rsoe wer oo tbe other. It means tbe reinstsllotioa of tbe oorpetbogger. It moons tbe reioetolletioo of tbe demon of dsrkness end oorroptioo. "It meono tbe coming of e bozzard gluttcued with eorrion?tbe descend oots of those who. 35 yesrs ego, foetened tbeir tolooe io tbe proetrote body of tbe sooth, like tboee pitiless btrde who fed opoo tbe vitsls of Prometheus when hie helpless form woe ebeioed to bie rook. Yes, it meoos tbe return of tbooe buzzards gluitooed with carrion tbot ere todoy following tbe colling of tbeir diabolical doddiee io Cobo. tbe Philippioo lelonffe eod io Porto Rico, who exude eoob on odor tbot o mosquito ebooe them Yes, they ore eo meoo tbet tbe yellow fever germs die io tbeir presence Tbey ore eo lootbeome tbet tbe smallpox microbes fly from thorn, eod if o snoke bites ooe of tbom It kills the snake PICTURE HE WOULD AVOID "This ie tbe picture tbot I would ovoid Tbie ie tbe piotore tbot the Olmsted resolution would drew. Tbeir fluoneiol acumen consists in Ratbbonizing freed men's funds with? out detection, to Neelyfylog negroes' wogee without being oeogbt. "As for tbe Shsttuo reoolutiou, it eeeme tbot neither tbot nor tbe Olmsted resolution will poos Tbey will not pees until tbe fisbworm swallows ifcej whale ; not until the snail ootruos tbe bore ; not ontil Dutchmen etop drinking beer, ood oot ontil tbe billy goot butts from tbe reer " There wos prolonged spplsuse on tbe Demooratio eide loter io tbe doy wbeo Mr Crumpscker moved to recommit tbe reopportionmeot bill to tbe census committee, with iostroo tioos to ascertain what proportion of the oit zeus of certain states ore deoied tbe right of eoffrage end reduce the rspresoototion oocordlng ly, ond woe defeoted by o vote of 94 to 136 The Republicans in the main favor* ed the motion oo o rieing vote, but I were ofroid to go on tbe record with e roll ooll HANNA'S HAUL. The enormity of Mr Henna's pro posed ship subsidy grsb is clearly set forth in sonie 6gures from the Now York World For $9,000,000 a year, the amount proposed to bo paid in subsidies to slready prosperous eteomship lines under the pretense tbot it will "promote the foreign oommerce of tbe United States," the government ooold borrow (450,000, 000 ot tbe present rste of interest on its bouds With $450,000,000 tbe government could build o fleet of steamships thst would more than double the tonege of our oceangoing merchant marine and turn them over, free of coat, to private steamship oompooiee for operation * Tbe oostof tbo war io tbe Philippines dowu to tbs preaent time woold bsvs psid for tbe Nissrsgua Canal, or irri? gated 20,000,000 serfs of westoro land, 1 wbisb woold have sopporied o million I Asisricao fossilise.?-N Y. Joorool ^ SMALL CROP AND HIGH PRICES. An Estimate That Appeara to Be Warranted By Availa? ble Facts. New York, Jan 4?We desire egeio to call your attention to tbe eiie of the crop indicated by the movement eo far tbie season For tbe past 12 yeers the average move? ment into sight to Jsnuary 1st has been 70 4 per oeut of the total out put. The emoont io sight to January 1, this eesson according to Mr Hester's figures is 6,607,000 bales ; Assuming 29 6 per cent to oome ioto sight for tbe bslsnoe of the eea eon, equals 2,777,943 bales ; Total crop, assuming the move meot to date to have equalled tbe everege of tbe past twelve years. 9,884,943 balee. Our information gathered by spe oiel agents, and by extensive oorree pondence confirms tbe opinion we have heretofore expressed, that this crop has moved fester than tbe ever? ege Io our opioiou, therefore, the max? imum of this season's output msy not exceed 9,500,000 balee and may fall materially below it. In this connec? tion, it ie e noteworthy fact that to tbe 1st of Jsnuary in 1897, when tbe total crop wes ooly 8,757,000 beles, tbe amount in eight wee 6,398,192 beles, or only 134,177 bslee lees than the emoont io eight to the same dote tbie eeeeoo. Io 1891 1892, when tbe orop wee only 9,035,370 bales, the amount in eight to January 1, 1892, wee 6,446,086 belee, or only 86,283 balee less theo the amount in eight to tbe esme dste this eeeeoo It is also interesting to note thet io tbe orop of 1891 1892, tbe amount io eight to December I, 1891, wes 4,782,232 bslee, while tbe amooot io eight to December let, tbie eeeeoo, ocoordiog to the Chronicle, wes 4,795,708 bolee . The movement tbie yeor would seem to run more nearly on o pority with the movement io 18911892 then ony other season While we believe it bos moved fester then tbe everege, we do oot now believe it bes moved oe fest as tbe fastest Iu tbe early pert of tbe seoeon during tbe ootton famine months, tbe movement wss oe ropid, io out opinion, es it oould possibly bo. We ore ioformed tbet tbe feimere cimped around toe gin bousee end rushed tbeir cottoo to merket with the utmost ropidity Duriog the three weeke following tbe break of October 10th, we believe ootton woe marketed more elowiy theo usual, end tbot repid merketiog did not ogoio eet iowjutil tbe Novem ber edvotice, aiooe which dote move moot bee been more theo normol. It io eofe to conclude, therefore, tbet tbe movement io sigfct to dote is somewhere between tbe everege eod tbe feeteet of the poet twelve years Id oor opinion, eo advance in prioee will bring on o lorge January movement There ie e bale nee loft of this crop unmarketed, varying io amooot anywhere from 2,500,000 to 3 000,000 bolee Piokiog eod gin oing ie practically concluded; eod tbie remaining portion of the orop ie reedy to be sold ae soon ee o sstisfac* tory price can be obteiood. A Urge January movement, however, woold oot indicate a maximum orop of more tboo 9 500,000 bolee Ooe millioo belee for January woold only bring tbe emoont into eight to the 1st of Febroery, 7.607. 000 bolee For tbe poet twelve yeers, tbe sverege io sight to Febru ery 1st bss been 80 10 per oeot, so tbst even assuming 1,000,000 bolee for Jsnusry, we woold hove oo io dioated orop oo tbe 1st of Febroery of not over 9.500,000 bolee A word now ee to consumption In our opinion, Mr. Ellison hoe un? derestimated tbe consumption for this eesson We are informed from the most reliable sources thet unless there ie e prohibitive advance in tbe price of oottou, that Southern coo sumption this season will equal, if not exceed, last year's While some mills msy consume less, the coosump tion of tbe new mills will more tboo make good this deficiency There msy be some decline in the consump tion of the Northern mills, but witb the enormous prosperity of tbe whole country aud witb the large individual purchasing power this prosperity gives we cannot but believe that we shall see during tbe rest of this sea son sn expanding instead of a con tracting trade. Mr Ellison reports the consumption of the Europesn mills for November at 155 000 bales per week against 137.000 bales iu October this yesr, end 159,000 in November last year Mr. Ellison further states thst the spinners' stocks in Europe on December let were on ly 323.000 bales against 560,000 belee lost yeor, or 237,000 bales less It most, . therefore, be apparent that the American crop this year must exceed 10.150,000 stated by Mr. Ellison for the requirements of this year, or tho cotton famine of next summer will bo ss great as it was last year If the crop should not exceed 9,500,000 bales, which wo expect, the prico will havo to ad vance to a point where consumption will bo materially chocked. , . Charles D Freeman & Co r ^ Cottoo Commission Me reboots sV PROGRESS OF WAR IN AFRICA. The Invasion is Threatening. Kitchener Holds Rail? roads London, Jan 12, 4 50 a. m ?It is understood that Lord Kitobeoer now holds seourity all tbe railroads lines in South Afrios, having recovered posses? sion of Delgoa Hay Line, which bad been out Jan 7. According to the Pretoria correspon? dent of Tbs Daily Mail, Lord Kitoheoer is ootr organising a foroe of 30,000 irregular horse, irhioh will ooeopj some wsods When this foree is ready be will resume offensive operations. Meanwhile the invasion of Cspe Colony looks more threatening. The defenses of Cape Town, including two 4.7 naval guns, are now oom* pleted, and the reorutting of voluoteors is aotive throughout tho colony. Ac oordiog to dispatches to The Dsiiy Express, tbe admiral of of tbe Cspe fleet is prepared io an etnergenoy to la d a naval brigade of 2,900 men with six botohkiss guns A murraysburg tslegam this moro ing says the Dutch there reoeived the British troopf sullenly sad is reported that there are rumors that the colonial rebels of the neighborhood are join ing the invaders. The Pretoria eorrespoodeot nf the Morning Post, wires that a member of tbe Burgher peaoo committee, whom be interviewed, fraokly oonfessed that thsre was no hops of maoy Burghers surrendering Prosperity and Failures We heard e great deal of tbe proe perity of the country during tbe poet yeor Some of us besrd more of it tbsn we sow The politiool speakers end McKinley spellbinders bsd a greet deol to ssy sboot it, end tbo re publicsn newspapers assured tbe publio they had seen nothing like it before We like to see people pros perous, eod the next thing to being prosperous is believing you ate But Dun's Commercial Agency is a very cold-blooded conoern when it comes to figures, end its record of failures during the year 1900 seems to jar our ideoe of all pervasive pros perity with e substantial jolt. Here ie what Dun's Review has to soy: While it ie not yet possible to print accurate figures of failures, during the full year 1900, e preliminary stotemeot moy be made that will approximate tbe final result. Detail ed returns for ell but tbe last few doys of the yeor have been compiled, eod eddiog o proportionate amooot for tbe time still to elapse, it appears tbet commercial feiluree will number eboot 10,630, with liabilities of $137,. 000,000 Of this number 2,300 were io manufacturing for $49,750,000, 7,800 in trading for $60,000,000, end 530 brokers, transporters, etc , oot properly belonging io either of tbe other classes, for $27,250,000 Be sides tbeee strictly oommeroiol do faults there were sixty financial con corns witb liebilitiee of $34,000,000, swelling tbo totel to 10,609 io oom ber ood $170,000,000 io omount This shows e Urge iocreoee over toe preceding yeor, wbeo ell feiluree numbered 9,393 eod liebilitiee were $123,132,679 ?Augusta Cbroniole. AFIRE IN DARLINGTON. Darliogtoo, Jao 8?Deao's wars house and wholesale grooery was buroed to tbe ground tonight. Wbeo tbo alarm was soooded it woe seen st once tbst tbs building could not be saved. It is near the Coast Lioe depot. Tbo adjacent tobaeoo were booses wars saved by splendid work by white sod colored people, firemen aod volunteers. Ow? ing to tbe iolsmmoblo materials it *vas was dimoolt to stood near the boili jg; but there was never any laek of volun? teers to tske tbs plsoss of tbois who bad beso overhssted Owing to tbe work of tbo firemen tbe firs wss confined to the original boildiog. The stock wss iosorred for aboot $12,000, but tbers wss no insurance on tbe building i? ? ? ? As a rcvenue reiser, tbe dispeosary is begiooiog to approaok tbe figures set by its father, Ben Tillmsn. This re suit has been achieved by the oarcful business management of Commissioner Crum snd Directors William?*, Eraos aod Dukes County and city tressur ies, as well as tbe slate treasury, have havo been groatly helped by the large revenues from a trsffio whioh oanoot be stopped, but osu be controlled ?Col? umbia Record. Roobcster, N Y , Jsn 8 ? Tweoty eight bodies lio at the morgue and 12 others more or less seriously injured lie st tbe different hospitals io the oity tonight ss a result of tbe terrible holo osust whiob oocurred esrly this morn? ing at the Rochester Orphan asylum. 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