The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 30, 1900, Image 2
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
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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
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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
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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.
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....... 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. ?
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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
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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
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. 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
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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
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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.
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Union, S. C., for the week ending
March 30, 1900.
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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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will please pay if advertised, and
will be required to pay one cent L*r
their delivery.
J. C. Hunter,*P. M.
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M. Sparks
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"The murderer did not wear theie clothes
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