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HERO OF MAJUBA HAS PASSED AWAY Otn. Joubert, Commander of Transvaal Forces, Dead. HAIVSTAY OF BOER ARMY i i It Was Through Ills Leadership That Troops of South Afrlean Republics Were Drought to Their Present High j Standard. Loiuenzo Mahqi kz, March 20.?General Joubert is dead. General Pictruskobius Joubert, com- j tnaudnut general of the Trnnsvaal j forces, was born about 08 years ago. IIo was descended from an old French Huefenot family which settled in South QENKKAI. .lot UKKT. Late Commander in Chief of the Transvaal Forces. Africa many years ago. He was born in Cape Colony, but was taken by liis jaifeuts when several years old to the Orange Free State, where he was taught from early childhood to shoot straight and hate the British. He is described n< having been utterly * *' fearless. Of schooling he had but little .and he never saw a newspaper until he was 19 years old. In spite of this, his ambition prompted him to read the few books he could obtain and he succeeded iu obtaining a fair knowledge of history and language. In consequence of the acquisition of Natal by the British his family moved from Natal and settled in the Transvaal. , Boon afterward he beeanie a burgher of I the South African republic ami a daring | fighter. It was claimed in his behalf . that he ennlil li'iul ;i lmrl\- of men imirx 1 successfuliy against hostile natives than j any other man in the Transvaal. Ho \ canto to l>e so feared hy the natives that j the knowledge that he was tit the head i of a punitive expedition usually resulted j In their surrender. It was during these wars with the na- j fives that Joubert became acquainted with Paul Kruger and tin- two men became bosom friends. Liu. '^patedSir Godw Golloy at Majnba 'Irnriii 1881 and acted as president of the republic in 18X4, during President Kruger's absence in Europe. (reuerul Joubert was always in favor of the use of force instead of diplomacy, and President Kruger on several occasions had great difficulty in repressing liis hotheaded colleague, notably in 1S7S1 when Joubert, with Kruger and Preterms, was'planning the rebellion to overthrow the British rule in the Transvaal. The result was Majnba hill and the practical independence of the Transvaal. It was Joubert who organized the army of the South African republic. According to the general's plans every native In'oanie a trained soldier without ^leaving the farm with his equipment always at hand. So near perfect was the system carried out that within is hours -t- - tiiit<r (in* present" war was declared the B<xir nation was under arms. It was also duo to (frnoml Joubert that j the South Afrioan r? publics suoooodod in amassing the ammunitions ot war j and provisions which have stood them ! in such good stead during the conflict now in progress. When the Jameson rai'lers wore 1 >eked tip in Pretoria jail. Jonbort was strongly in favor of their immediate execution. In spite of these characteristics, Joubert, 011 some occasions, showed consid- i ' ernble regard for the usages of civiliza- ' tion. When tin- Ilocrs raided the Brit- i ' isli territory of Becluianalaud in lss|, . Jonliorf was probably the only promi- i lient Boer who refused to snpjmrt the 1 i niovenieut and liis ?<ppo-irion resalted in the withdrawal of the B >- i> from the < territory seized, as he threatened to re- I sign unless lie had his way. Ill November last it was rcjiorted that General Joubert bad b en killed inaction 1 and later reports said ho was danger- ] ously wounded and had to use a cart in j order to follow the n]>crutions in the field. The circumstances of the death of ' General Jouliert tvve not explained in the 1 lis]?itch from Lorenzo Marque/,, which 1 recalls the fact that William Cox, it ' licwspajK r correspondent. who was re- 1 cetatly release d from prison at Pretoria 1 and who has arrived at Durban, said ' Geueral Jonii rt was ap]iarcntB sns- 1 pected of half-lieartedness and Unit his life wonld be in duiigvi at the hands of | the burghers if Pretoria was besieged. i ! t Burglars lion Down. I Usnos ScaiNtis, Ala., March :>D.? * Burglars broke into the storehouse of J. M. Ellis & St?n at Thompson. Deputy J. it. Cnmiioluiel, with flu- hounds, lmrrie<l to tho scene. They put tin- dogs on the track, hut this could not he followed farther thau where, a horse had hecn " hitched. The track of the horse was li then followed by the persons who had }i gathered, and the hors having thrown ii off one shoe, was easily followed to the n hotae of Bill Mal low, a negro, whore most of the stolen goods were recovered. Bill has implicated a noted negro-)<olitieinn, Jerro Thompson, and a negro ^ Batued Kerdien Townsend. All threearo ~ now it: jail here. The loss sustained by tho burghiry is about $2~>. " ?j i st Twenty Inches of Snow. MlU-T.ETTK, S. D., March 20. ? Tho 1 worst blizzard of tlic season prevails here. Twenty inches'of snow fell last I1 night and a heavy north wind is blow- ^ ing. However, the tompcruturu is moderate. ; pJ british are driven from ladybrand; Heavy Firing Heard Toward Modder Point. BOERS DESTROYING MINES Machinery Itlown Up With Dynamite. British Losses Now Koot Up More 1 Than 10,000 Officers und 5Ieu?Sickness Anions Troops. Oape Town, March 20.?Tho British force that entered Ladybrand was forced to retreat hurriedly before a largo nuiii- j her of Boers who may have been part of | Olivier's command. Firing lias been heard at Modder Point, which would seem to be near Modder Poort, to tho ; southwest of Clocotnn. Possibly the j Boor rear guard has been engaged there. | xnoiv nave ixth cavalry skirmishes at Lord Roberts' outposts in the Frco State i and General Roller's in Natal. The weekly casualty list shows that , the British losses will l>e very heavy. J Mr. Wyndhaui's original roseate csti- ! mate that the war would be carried | through at a cost of not more than 5,000 lives is bound to be very much exceeded. Up to Saturday the British forties had lost 2.1:10 men killed, while 0,807 were wounded and 5,515 missing or prisoners, making a total of 1 5,-155. To these must be added 1,20!) deaths from disease, or a grand total of 10,552. These figures. however, do not make evident the actual weakening of the British army due to illness, hardships and long marches. General MacDonald, writing from Panrdelmrg, states that the Highland brifade had at the time only 21 oilieers and 1 .hi)'.) men tit for duty out of a total of 557 officers and 5,00.> men. Hard march- ! ing, bivouaciiig in the ojm u and other trials of the severe campaign have re- ; ("meed the brigade's strength nearly 50 j ]w r cent. The 1.000 men that remained of the j garrison at Lnlysmith are recovering mtv slowly from the etlVets of the siege. [ It may be we*, ks before they are able to pai'tieipate in any military movement. Letters are now arriving from Lidysmith which show the desperate condition to which the garrison had come : when relieved. Only 1,001) men were left fit to offer any determined resistance to the Boers at the time Lord MncDoii- j aid arrived. i mien mares uoiisni May nn<l Ms see- j j-ftary haw gone to Kroonstndt to make | neeossary arrangements for United States representation in the Free State. | A dispateh ret- ivetl here from the Boor headquarters in Natal announces that the destruction eontinues of coal mines likely to he useful to the British. j The Dundee colliery has been blown up, the machinery destroyed aiul the j mine has been rendered useless for three : months to eom.v tnsiwrtTi From Kroonsradt, Commandant Olivier has joined \ Generals Grohlair and Lvmuor. General Delavey is still sick at Pretoria. but he will proceed to the front Sun- ' day. Trains are frequently lenvingwith burghers for the lighting litte on this ide of Bloemfontoiu. It is Famed tliat Generals Olivier, Grohlair and Loninor have nrrivt .1 at a point sullieientlv far north to relieve all apprehensions of the p issihility of their i being cut off. If is exi?eetod they will arrive at Windburg in a few days and | form a junction with Jewett. when the ' federals' position, it is deelared, will i formidably op|x>so L? >rd Roberts. Sir Alfred Milner arrived at Bloom- ' ! fontein last night and was met by Lord 1 : Roberts and his staff. According to the same dispatch General French, previous to returning to Bloemfontoiu, occupied the flour mills ! car Batter, which is a valuable ncquisi- ! 1 tion. o?? 1 * ' ....... ji iH.wni:- j;iiu ninor < towns say the surrender of nrins to tlio ^ British continue sntisfactory. General Clements' column entered 1 Fauresmitli Tuesday. March 17. having 1 proviou-ly occupied Jjaajtersfoiiteiii. The disjxateh from Maseru, Basutoland, dati*l Tuesday. March 17. says the ( Boers are re-entering Gidyshrand. A special dispatch from Bloemfontiin 1 says: ! 1 "The period of inaction is cominpr to ' in end. Troops are beinjr pushed to the ( front and transports and stores are he- | in# collected." A NEW COALING STATION. ( One Will I'yohatily lie Mstahlished en ' <'ral> Island. fWashington, Marcli :10.?The ppin- j >oat Vixen lias left San Juan for Isla, > Oevcnques or Grnh island, southeast of t rhicrto Rico, to look for a {jood harbor 1 here. Tile exploration is undertaken J ?y the navy department at the su^es- (1 ion of the naval war college, which lias (, eason t<i suspect that Crab island, in all , reliability, lies tremendous strategic [ Missibilities. especially in the event of ho United States failing to acquir the Danish West Indies. * It is believed tliat should a *<iod bar- e >or he found there, a fortified naval coal- (j ntt base should he promptly established t ,vith flu1 objet oT more effeotivi.lv ..... . .landing the eastern entrances to tli j. vjirriliean sea than would bo feasible ? roin 8;in Juan. < Applies For HotIreinent. Washington*, Mtireh till.?Rear Admial 1'enjamin Jb\ Day has voluntarily pplierl for retirement from the active ist of the navy and his name will he laced on the retired list today. lie was le.ipacitated for duty l?y falling down '1 11 c levator shaft several months ago. ? ' t Stranded In a Snowstorm. r PoTTBHt/AM, March '39.?The Hollandf lp.u rican line steamer Statendam from few York March 17. for this ground at Manslnis during a snow- \ orin. She will probably float next tide. T Tost Wns Successful. ' t Washington, March 29.?The Krnpp late, manufactured bv the Bethlehem ' o teel company, lias passed a very sue- ? ssnil ballastio test at the Indian Head t. loving grounds. > ' u J OPENING OF MACRUN'S MAIL AT CAPE TOVN Ex-Consul Before Foreign Relations Committee. RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE States That Itrlt isli Officials Have Stale Depart incut Cipher? Mr. Howard Regards It us an Kflort to Make Sens?tlou Out of Nothing. Washington, March 30.?Charles E. Macrvun of East Livcmool. O.. the Aiuer ican ex-consul at Pretoria, appeared before tin- house foreign affairs committee and told of the alleged indignities lie suffered at the hands of the British dur ing liis ineiunlieuey. When he gate out his statement some weeks ago, dechriiifi that liis oflieial mail had been opened by British offieinls, Representative Wheelei of Keiitueky introduced a resolution calling for an investigation. It was subsequently arranged that tht foreign affairs eommittee should tak< the matter up 011 its own volition with out any direction from the house ami Mr. Macnun was summoned to Wash ington to testify. In opening Mr. Macnun recalled the statement he nuult some t ime ago t<> tin- Associated Press. That statement, he said, practicallv em bodied all he li:ul to say. Tie explained that when he asked for leave of abseliei lie desired to come home for privTUi reasons and also heeause lie desired ti place before the United States govern luent certain facts which lie deemed il essential to he known here, lie under stood, he said, that the British had ikis session of our ruble cipher. He was no! certain of this, but he had since had in formation which convinced him that hi: suspicions were correct. He also desired infornn.tion as to hi: course when the settlement came at tin cml of the war. Further ho bad a peti tion from some American residents it the Transvaal asking that the Unite* States maintain absolute neutrality which he wanted to present to the stub department. Asked as to when he was lirst satisfie* that his mail was being tampered with he said that war was declared Oct. 24 He di<i not receive any mail betweet that date and the second week in No ve.mber. Ordiharilv he had a l??x o mail every week. Pressed for sj>eci!ie information as t< how he got the intimation that the Brit ish were iqieniug and delaying his mail he replied that when his mail did not nr rive he telegiv. piled our consul at Luvnz Marque/. requesting him to inquire o (JafHi Town whv it was beii?g delayed The consul replied that he rfUo AlVi^i'iiin said the delay of hismni created a conviction in hismind that tie Brit isii authorities were responsible. Tin lirst actual evidence he had was the re eeipt of two opened letters. Ho pro dueed the envelopes which he said con tained those letters. One was from : private citizen, addressed t<> the Unite* States consul at Pretoria, and the otliei was to him by name from C iloiiel Stowe c.t <lajM' Town. Mr. Wiliiam Aldeii Smith of Chicago (piestionefl the witness sharply on rea sons for slating his belief that the Brit ish authorities had jiossessionof the stat* department' cipher. air. iuacrmn said he could not uflirii tii.it fact from actual knowledge, but there were certain facts which eonvincoi him that such was the ease. Ho ac Imowledged that on Nov. 0 he had oil bled the stat. department in cipher ask ing for a leave ??f absence. Tlie message had gone through Durban. The next day, Nov. 7. he said, he had lieen in formed tlicit a nowsiKiper at Durban printed the fact that he had asked foi leave of absence. Mr. Smith proceeded to interrogate Mr. Maorum as to the character of tin rode used, by him in this dispatch. "The message," said Mr. Macrntn, "was sent in the state department cipher ?f the Slater code." At this point M?\ Howard of Georgia interposed to question t he utility of the xaminaiion of Mr. Maeruiu. "It looks o me," saiil lie, "like an effort to cou oct a sensation out of nothing." Awarded to Wayne County. Att.anta, March Jit.?The 2.1,00!)neros ?f land over which Charlton and Wayne ountics hi'.vi been li^'htinif during the 'renter part of the present century have >cc:i declared by Secretary of Stat*' 'hilip Cool; f:> belong to the county of tVnviie. I'ndertiie act of the le^islnure tlie decision of the secretary of state s final, but a! the runic time there is a end? iicy to believe the net of the legisajnre in eonferriiitf on an executive ofli ial nndeniable judicial powers, is unsonstitntional. Cridiu Is Cap! tired. CobCMBlA, S. C., March 21).?Middle Tr'flin, the bl-year-lenn eo.ivict who osajted last wee!; when a KaiiK of convicts in the farm near Columbia made an ntaek on (lie ,'^uard, which resulted in the tilling of one. the wounding of another ud the eaplure of all but Griffin, is ignin ii pr^D'tiT. v. 111 it* oemg pursued JritTin became entangled in a Iwirb wire euee :iii?l lie fore lie eonhl extrieato liinielf h" Wits handcuffed and shaekled. Pay of SclKHiltcachm. Att.anTA, Marc'.i 21).?The teacher .1 in la- nmnnim schools of Georgia. under a Incision rendered by Attorney General Ferrell, will got their salaries tliis year >11 time. Payments will bo made from lu state treasury for the two spring n inths of the. school term, though it rjoked for a time as if only the salaries or one month could be j>aid on time. Will Soon lie In Operation. Cut.i.man, Ala., March 20.?The Callnan Handle factory will begin operaions in about- ton days. Twenty-five, aen will be employed in operating this aetorv, the money to build which was ontributed by enterprising business aen of this place. Guinea Bros, of 1 rown Paint, Ind., will have the mangeincut of the new enterprise. ITHEWARIN SOUTH AFRICA General Joubert Is Suspected by the Boers. Bi.ohmfontein, March 27.?A cavalry reconnoissnneo was made Sunday toward Frankfort. Th^ Sixteenth Luncars, by skirmishing, drove tho Boers i from their positions i.iro tic open, when , ! the Ninth Lancers attempted tooutflank ' j the enemy, while they were engaged j from the front by a dismounted section I of tho Sixteenth I-nneers. Our casual ] ties are reported to lv> few. j A dispatch from Maseru, Basutoland, ( . I nr i. ?-w? ? , UilMMl iUJIIUI m!79 ?* %..> r?. 1 | "The Basutoland government is busy collecting natives t > !> ? employed at | Bloemfontoin in repairing the railroads. The natives n port that the Free Staters oil the borders ot' it e tit"l i:id have refused to go to Kroonstudt and are staying on their farms, as it is now the ( i ploughing season and they are inclined j to keep their land and submit rather I than give it up and light. 'I Reports from Natal show no develop* monts of importance have occurred there ! up to March 22. A ilispiUeh from the | Boor camp at Gl 'iicoe, dated March 2(>, , says: "No attack is r:;pot ted to be made on . the Boer forces in Natal. Oeuorals Botha ) ' and Meyer have been joined by their I wives. Pretorius, with e. patrol, got be' i tween an advimce gwrd of lancers and - the main lmdy Mareli 22. One lancer, L who refused to surrender, \r:.s shot." , A Iiulysnnitli tgieeial snvs: "A Boer patrol end* .?Yo"??d to trap a party of the Thirteenth Hussars March > 2i>, at Waschhmk. A liot chase resulted . and sevei-.il Boers wei" wounded." ^ Advices today from (Jujie Town say: "Rains are general t hieag'iout South Africa and livers v.'hic Si hnv > boon dry h for years are being ?).;< d. * lanv camps J r. ....... .1 Ti,iu,.rai still nunc militate against the British advance. Sickness onion;; t!: - Br pri-mers cut I the transports is is- reusing. Three ! deaths occurred MaY< it -<>. Typhoid ( i alone clnims 1(K) victims among the prisj I oners and the population of Siiiionston fear an epidemic. ? , A meeting of the bond was held at Pearl March 2'! and was attended by i ,-cvere.l members of the ease assembly. It pass, d resolutions rep-ret tint; that the ' i Cape government was not eonsnlted be' | fare tin- war and declaring that any set1 ! tl nncnt which du-s ui.t resp-.s't the indej ' jMUHlenc!1 of the republic will be detrij mental to tile British interests of the ( j Capo. Mr. UiS' -r.ivr, tlie chief speaker, ' | prophesied attoiht r war within six years unless independence was grunted. and ' J Assemblyman Myers characterized the i war as a "continuation of the Jameson r raid." Ceneral White was i vesent and stood by the mayor and municipal council of itnnm thrift f?V hin nynt^ ixithy in their enforced liotuu-gtiiug imd declared that the records or the siege of 5 Ladysmith are among the brightest anlli.ls ef tile J lilt ie:i. Michael Davit t arrived at Lorenzo Marque/. March 21. A dispatch from that port declares the I j 15 icrs are using natives to construct L. trenches around Johannesburg, adding that the mines are expected to shut down ' soon. A disimtoh from Dnrhan says: ' "William Cox, a m-wspaiier eorrespondeni who was released from iinpris~ oiunent at Pretoria, has arrived here. Mr. Cox saw Secretary Reitz and s?ivs he was evident lv v.-on-iofl nt ti?<> I ' turn of events. Prominent persons at the Transvaial eapitaUbitterly accuse Mr. Hofineyer, tin- Afrikander leader, and Premier Sclireiner with deserting them. I Tiiev say they e.\j?eeted 100.000 Cape ^ j Colonists to join the republics. General . | Jonbert is api>arently snspeeted of half! lieartednesx and Mr. Cox gathered that his life would be in danger at the hands l. of the irate burghers if Pretoria is lost. Plainer In Sore Strait.?. > Bi.OEMKONTEIN, Marcii 2b.?The conditions existing in tho occupied territory render imperative the somewhat prolonged halt at Bioemfoutein. It is nocessory that the ofl'ect of tho proclai la at ion should have time to muke itsolt i J fcit. It is declared that damage or an: noyauca to the line of communication may bo apprehended until the territory i behind tho advancing forces in rendered i absolutely socure. The accuracy of this ' ; view is proved by the fact of the ene' | my's breaking up into isolated groups, > ' such us that which at tacked the Guards' , ' ollicers Fridav. Tiio adjustment of I 1 - 1 . UIIU niuuiuill.il IIl.llKTS 111 [110 Free State is now u in e 11 y occupy lug the intention of the governor and his legal and financial advisors. Tho military j rogtmo is Leiug conducted with groat I smoothness, l.ut recent investigations I show that caution must bi exercised in | dealing witn persons apparently loyal, j Tne summary is probabiy an accurate i explanation of tho frequent appearance j nud disappearance of Boors and insurI gents upon which the reports lire so conflicting and which so puzzle tho ! British military critics. General Methuen appears to be awaiting transportation pud wuh Colonel Plumer's foroGs 011 half rations there now seems little 1 likelihood of the imnudiate relief of Mafeking, though ueithor from this ! quanor nor from Lord Roberts or Geu- I eral Bullor is there any dirsot news. I A Lorenzo Marquez special says the i Trannsvnal authorities are evidently | ' recrniiing actively and large nntubers | ' of French, Dutch and Belgian volnn- ] i teers are constantly passing through i that place to join the Boer forces. Mines Are In No Danjcr. London. March iO ?A distinguished Boer, said to bo a rolativo of President Kruger and the sou of a well known Boer general, has deolarod there was ! not the slightest danger of tho Boers destroying tha South African mines | "That rop.ort," ho said, "must have t boeu invented by our enemies. It would moan to us merely destroying our own property." ( i Inferring to Montagu White's state* mont on ihis subject in Washington, he said: "Thoe an totally unauthorized. He had absolutely no right to sav anything of the kind and what hi has raid has given a false, harmful impression." THE REPUBLICANS WILL BE REGOGNIZEG Acknowledged by President as De Facto Officials. REFUSES DISARM MILITIA Informs Keiitucklaiis That Hp C'uiniot Interfere to That Kxtcnt?Promise!) to Assist Them In Other Ways ?State of AH'ulrs Unchuiigod. Washington, March 29.?Tho president has informed the Kentucky republicans that while he cannot interfere in Kentucky affairs to the extent of disarming the militia of either faction, ho is willing, so far jis he can legitimately do so, to recognize the Republican officials of that state as the tic facto officials. lie told them in the same connection that ho would give directions that mail addressed to an official by title only, a;i to "The Governor," or "The Secretary of State," should be delivered to the Republicans and not to the Democrats. MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE. Youtz Deiilci Having Made Confession to Prosecution. Frankfort, Ivy., Mtircli 29.?Thoro are 110 now developments this morning in connection with the moil hold on the charge of being accessory to the murder of the late Senator Goebel. Though the prosecution claims to have some strong evidence against the man Youtz, arrested hy Detective Armstrong yesterday, the nature of it is not disclosed, and instead of making a confession as lie is reported to have done yesterday, it is admitted he has told nothing and lie stoutly maintains that he had 110 knowledge of the assassination, except such as the. public knows, and that he has from the first stood ready to tell about everything he saw around the executive building the day of the shooting. The friends of Youtz deny that the statements which lie made to the attorneys for the prosecution are as incriminating and full of details as they have been made to appear. Davis Is Still In .lull. Frankfort, Ky., March 29.?Captain John Davis, one of the alleged accessories to the murder of Governor Goebel, whom the attorneys have agreed to release on bond of &">,009, is still in jail, 110 one having appeared to execute a new bond instead of the one rejected. Ground ltrokeu For Vance Statue. Rat.f.ioh, March 29. ? Ground was broken in the capital square today for tuo star no or Senator V-uuce. It will stand oast of tho capital facing Newhprne nvciiuo, at the opposite cud of which is the Confederate Soldiers' Home. A mound will be raised so the stattie will he placed like that of Washington, which is south of the capitol. Probable Kntni Shooting. Savannah, March 29.?At 1:510 o'clock this afternoon Daniel Singleton, a negro, shot Daniel Fields, another negro', in a quarrel. Believing that he had killed Fields. Singleton turned the revolver on himself and attempted to commit suicide. He is badly shot in the head, and it is feared he will die. .Judge Battle Dead. Raleigh, March 29.?Judge Dorsey Battle of the eastern district criminal court died this morning of lngrippe at his home in Rocky Mount, N. C. He has been ill for two weeks and in addition ti> lnui'ilnui hn -1 1 ... .?p. A4V nWMVtVli U lll'IU with his lietirt. Governor Russell will appoint his successor. Surveying the limitc. Walnut Ghovic, Ala., March 29.?The engineering corps of the Louisville and Nashville Railway company is within 2 miles of this place, surveying a right of way from Oneonta to Attalla. When constructed this line will traverse a country exceedingly rich in coal and iron. Waterworks Completed. Cullman's, Ala., March 29.?Cullman's electric light plant and waterworks system have been completed, hut owing to an alleged failure oil the pa**t of tlie contractors to comply with the specifications, the electric light plant has not been accepted by the city council. Shot by a Negro. Luvf.knk, Ala, March 29.?A negro, Jim Tisdale, shot a white man named William Morgan Saturday night on account of a claim of Tisdale. Morgan .,l...l 'pi ? i.cn o^nwu^, uuuuuui, xui; I'Heaped and up to last reports had not been caught. Adjusting the bosses. Prattville, Ala., March *29. --The town lias been overrun with tire insurance adjusters si nee the late fire. It is understood that all the losses will he paid promptly. There is only about $15,090 insurance on ail the property destroyed. Secretary Hay Applauded. London, March *29.?The afternoon newspapers here applauded Secretary Hay's diplomatic achievement in establishing the doctrine of the open door in China, and say his success is much more considerable than hitherto realized. Taxes Are All l*a!d. Columbus, On., March 29.?Not a single piece of ronl estate has been advertised in Muscogca county this year to secure the payment of state and county taxes. Every real estate taxpayer in the county came up on time this year. Count <lc llenedltti Dead. Paris, March 29.?Count Vincent de Jleneditti, the French ambassador to Prussia at the time of the outbreak of the war between Prussia and France, iu 1870, is dead. He was born in Oeroeca in 1817. Bigamist Caught, Joseph Meisinhammer is something of a Mormon it seems. Some two months or moro ago he married the daughter of Mr. Jno, Bates, who had been working in the cotton mill at Union, It has since developed that he has a wife and children at Pacolct Mills, and it is also roported that ho has another wifo in North Carolina. The Sheriff has been after him somo time. He located him at Gastonla, but he skipped out before ho could be arrested. The Sheriff finally spotted him at Nowry Cotton Mill and telegraphed t he Sheriff of Oconee, who arrested him. Sheriff Long sent for him yesterday. ADVERTISED LETTERS. Remaining in the Post Office at Union, S. C., for the week ending March 30, 1900. Mr T F Bonham Mrs Mary lluck O B tiibbs Miss I.ottie Gregory Mis M try Ham y Mrs Mini 1 human Miss Lizzie M 11 utcYn on Mr Henry Osber Mr Luther V Owens "Willie Pojley Mr I Stewart Mr Ben Towusend Vnnuerg Miss Dora Wood Mr T.J Wood Mr Hill Wils. n Mr T I' W hit-man. 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