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The Augusta Union. * 1 ' f ' " • * '• t < -r- -■ ■ VoJ-XI. jllfß is BALKED. ——- kft# es to a Standstill Before the Enemy. UfljfillT attack not possible. of Fire Through Which He Refuses to Send His Infantry-Spion Kop Heights w be Assaulted. London, by Cable.-General Buller’s . U turning movement, of which so S had been expected, has come to £ ndstill. His carefully worded Lage to the War Office telling this, a silence of two days, reads like *' apology and explanation. General Lren holds the ridges, hut the ene positions are higher. The Brit til artillery is playing on the Boer po sitlons, and the Boers are replying. British infantry is separated by only 1400 yards from the enemy, but an ap to the steep slopes, across the tare open would expose the British to t 'ata’ rifle fire. General Buller’s flans have reached their development. Be declines to send his infantry across this zone against formidable positions jr daylight, and discloses his purpose to assault the Spion kop heights dur ing the night. This appears to be the ley to the Boer defences. If he takes Hand thus commands the adjacent country, an important and possibly a decisive step will have been accom plished. It seems that General Buller’s iispatch reached the War Office rather early in the night and was the subject da prolonged conference between Lord Lansdowne, Mr. Balfour and sev en’ staff officials. The Buller dispatch, all things con- Kdered, looks like preparation for wtrse news to some of the newspa per. Parliament will meet in five fcyj. The cabinet had bean hoping ft” one rallying British success to cheer the country, and to command generous support for fresh revenue nraswes. Among these will be prob ihiy an increase in the income tax to a shilling in the pound, but this would only provide the cost of five weeks hos tilities. The duties on tobacco, alco hol. tea and coffee are likely to be n/ed. The cabinet will meet at the end o-f the week and discuss the situation. Political considerations, both foreign and domestic, press upon the military ajahorities the necessity of speedily •raomplishirg something. These au thorities may have been persuaded to General Buller to attempt his peat operation without adequate pre paration. Apparently Lord Roberts Im nothing whatever to do with Gen eral Buller's operations. General Bul b and the War Office comm uni jeate each other direct. The Daily Chronicle publishes the following, heliographed from Lady unich. dated January 22. by way of Swartz knp. January 23d: *'Yesterday could see British shells bursting ’’lose to the Boer camp on the plateau this side of Potgieter’s drift, but the •Amp still remains in position there May. We heard heavy firing all'Chis wning. The bombardment here is slack, but the big gun on Mount Bul '‘aita is still firing. Expelled F-rom The Party. Augusta, G:-i., Special. —W. 11. Stal- Republican postmaster of Au- G' Jc ta, has been “expelled” from the Republican party by negroes in control the people of the party in this r Wry. He presented himself to regis for selection of delegates to the s:re and national convention, and denied the privilege on the ground he was expelled. This action was liKftn because he refused to appoint s nf gro named Wimberley as assistant Postmaster. Prohibition Convention. ; li].. Special.—The following for the national Prohibition con r--ion has been issued: The nation invention of the Prohibition party 0 , Eo ®inate candidates for President, ana Vice President of the United , s - and to transact such other bus uT a? ma - v P r °P er ly come before it. 5 hereby called to meet at the colise in the city of Chicago, 111., at 10 a ' n ’“ on Wednesday, June 27, Telegraphic Briefs. .J*_ p . res idfnt sent the following /nations to the Senate, Army—to 3r igadler general of the United Jtw , Tolunte€rs - Colonel Geo. M. 5, Eighth Infantry, United army; Colonel James M. Bell. lnfantrv, United P “nes volunteers. Greenville, Tenn., it’ J " Petterson. the only liv- Andrew Jackson, is criti jtX? at . ner 110:110 there and not ex to live. She is over SO years of f 0 suni °f $35,000 has been raised c a J°*’ On factory at Snrthfield, N. tk .. tne Herald says the success of * e -Wise i 8 amrea IKtAIY WITH SCLTAN. The Senate Calls For Facts in Rela tion To It. SENATE. . ■ Twenty-eighth Day.—Little new in formation was developed in the Clark senatorial investigation by the Senate committee on privileges and elections, r. F. Normoile, of Butte, Mont., a member of the last Legislature, testi fied that he had been approached with an offer of $12,500 to vote for Mr. Clark, but had not accepted it, and had voted for Conrad throughout the con test. Twenty-ninth Day.—This was an other. day of oratory in the Senate. Mr. Pritdhard, of North Carolina, de livered a long and carefully prepared address upon the race question in the South, his remarks being addressed particularly against the proposed amendment to the constitution of North Carolina, which, if enacted, he said, would disfranchise a large class of voters, both white and black. He was followed by Mr. Turner, of Wash ington, in a speech on the Philippine question, in which he arraigned the administration’s policy. Soon after the Senate convened today adjoint resolu tion was offered by Mr. Platt, of New York, authorizing President to inv.te the government of Great Britain to join in the promotion of an interna tional commission to examine and re port on the diversion of the w’aters that are the boundary of the two coun tries. It was referred to the commit tee on foreign affairs. Mr. Hoar, chair man of the judiciary committee, re ported back the resolution of Mr. Raw lins, of'Utah, for an inquiry upon the first and last paragraph of the resolu tion be adopted. The report was ac cepted and the resolution as amended adopted. Thirtieth Day.—Speech-making oc cupied the Senate. The features were the concluding speech of the session on the race question by Mr. McEnery, of Louisiana, supporting the proposed imendment to the North Carolina con stitution, and a carefully prepared speech on the Philippines by Mr. Ross ( of Vermont. At the opening, Mr. Turley, of Tennessee, reported from the committee on privileges and elections a resolution on the case of former Senator Quay. The resolution follows: ~ “That the Hon. Matthew S. Quay is not ehtitled to take his seat in this body as a Senator from the State of Pennsylvania.” That resolution was the judgment of the majority of the commit tee. The minority of the committee filed a report declaring that Mr. Quay ivais entitled to a seat in the Senate. Thirty-first Day.—Routine business occupied the attention of the Senate in a brief session. The resolution of fered by Mr. Pettigrew, of South Da kota, calling upon the President for information regarding the treaty en tered upon with the Sultan of Sulu was passed after Mr. Pettigrew had made an attack upon the administration for entering into an agreement which, he said, authorized slavery. An extended debate was precipitated by a confer ence report on the census administra tive bill, but the census committee gained Its point and the measure was sent back to conference. Mr. Allen of fered a resolution calling upon the Secretary ..of War for all information and correspondence relating to the ad ministration of customs affairs in Pu erto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines since the war with Spain. Objection being made it went over. HOUSE. Twenty-eighth Day.—The House spent an hour Tuesday in disposing of bills favorably reported and among those passed were the measures to build the League Island and Mare Island Dry Docks of stone instead or timber j The reports on the Roberts’ case were also received. An hour was , given to pronouncing eulogies on the late Representative Danford, of Ohio. Mr White (N. C., colored) presented a petition signed by 2,413 persons for national legislation against lynching and mob violence, and asked that it be read at the clerk’s desk. Mr. Richard con (TennJ objected., saying that there was no reason why this petition should not take the usual course. Twenty-ninth Day—The session of the House was occupied with routine business and the discussion of the Roberts reports. After a brief session the House adjourned. ; Thirtieth Day.-The opening debate in the Roberts case brought crowds to the house. Fully three fourths the spectators were joinen. Mr Roberts was seated on the ex treme right of the hall, and every neck was craned to view him. It was an oratorical field day and the crowds re mained long alter nightfall to hear the impassioned words of the accuse as he faced the house, like an an.mal • at bay, knowing that every hand was raised against him. Mr. Roberts wao very adroit in the handling of his case and at times exc^^ s Taking advantage of the issue raised J? the division in the “innuttee as to the method of ousting him. he appro nriated to himself the argument of the minority, that he was constitutionally entitled to be sworn in. and the argu ment of the majority that once sworn in he could not be expelled. Thirty-first Day.-The second day s debate in the House upon the Roberts case was less dramatic than the first. The galleries were almost as crowded. ! but the ladies were less demonstrative. Mr Roberts was not present during the day. Had he been he would have I heard the moat scathing excoriation of b the ' M< J r {?° n^ o c Jsp ‘mt? l n’ d?ana° the orator who dlstin- AUGUSTA, GA.. JANUARY ?7, 1900. guished himself during the last Con gress in an oratorical duel with-Mr. Johnson, of his State, won new laurels. He charged that Utah had been admit ted to the Union as a result of a Mor mon conspiracy and reviewed the his tory of the apostles of the church, whom he charged with living in open and flagrant violation of the statute against polygamy to show that they had basely broken their solemn pledge to the government. The other speakers were Messrs. Powers, Republican, of Vermont, and Miers, Democrat, of Indiana, for the majority resolutions; Messrs. Snod grass, Democrat, of Tennessee, and Wilson, silver Republican, cf Idaho, for the minority resolutions; Mr. La cey, Republican, of lowa, for his prop osition to expel without swearing in, and Mr. Crumpacker, Republican, of Indiana, for exclusion by a two-thirds majority. Boer Spies in the Lines. London, by Cable—The Durban cor respondent of the Standard says: It Is reported that ten volunteer stretcher bearers on their arrival at the front walked deliberately across into the Boer lines. The same thing occurred at the battle of Colenso. It is presum ed they were spies who nad succeeded in enrolling themselves in the ambu lance corps. It is asserted that the Bo ers desecrated the convent church at New Castle in an indescribable man ner. Shot as He Ran. Macon, Ga„ Special.—Two negroes shot to death and two white men des perately wounded were the casualties in an attempt to arrest a negro mur derer here Monday. J. B. Butler, col ored, is the man who did most of the s'hooting and who was himself shot to death. His victims were Armisteal Bryant, colored, shot through the heart and instantly killed; B. Seltman, white, shot through the stomach, and will probably die, and John Reed, white shot in the neck, and who te in a precarious condition. ,-ree Rural Mail Delivery. Washington, D. €., Special.—lt has been decided by the postofflee depart ment to permit the star route system in a measure to supplement the system of rural free delivery, and to permit carriers on star routes to deposit mail? in proper receptacles placed along their line of travel. This plan will be inau gurated in South Carolina, beginning July 1, and will be extended to other parts of the country as rapidly as pos sible. Closing Mines. J Scranton, Pa., Special.—The Dela- , ware, Lackawanna and Western com pany has closed its mines. Officials of the company declare this is done be cause of an overproduction for the market demands; but among the min ers there is general 'conclusion that it is done for the purpose of anticipating any labor trouble by reason of the present unrest among the miners of district No. 1. United Mine Workers of. America. Americans Fired On. Manila, By Cable. I—On 1 —On Thursday a pack train escorted. by 50 men of Co. C, Thirtieth infantry,’ V-ieut. Balstnn commanding, was ambushed by insur gents near Lipa’, province of 1 Laguna, and two Americans were killed. Four were wounded and nine are missing. The insurgents fired three volleys and the escort was obliged to retreat after killing 15 of the insurgents. Several animals of t'he pack train were killed »nd their packs were looted. Atlanta’s Celebration. i Atlanta, Ga.. Special.- —The Society in Atlanta celebrated the birthday of the Confederacy’s chief by attractive exercises at the Grand Opera House. Seats' were sot apart Jor the various local partiotic associations and th a boxes were occupied by Govern or Candler, State officers, justices of the Supreme Court,, the local clergy and the beauty and cthivalry cf Atlanta. Hon. Hamilton Douglass, president of the Virginia Society, presided The War Department has given out the statement that the total recelp-s for the entire island of Cubat for, the month of December were $1,733 , , The State Department has been in formed bv United States Agent Hay- ; wood at Honolulu. that there have been five cases of bubonic P la , since the last report on January 9. and I 6 deaths. ' ; . I The napal bulletin authorizing the consecration of Rt. Rev. Mgr. SMretU, bishop elect of Havana, has been re reived at the apcstoli; delegation, Washington. John Ruskin died Saturday morning I of influenza, aged SI years: Forejjn. 4 Paris dispatch says that the anti- j government organ, ba Patrie, cnarg?s the government with abandoning French prior rights over the Damsn West Indies, and says: "Denmark only despatched a represents ye to negotiate the cession'oi the b.anrs aDer negotiations w*th the French government, which benevolently re-, nounced the French r&i.s oi P- e ' emptlon.’ COL BRYAN SPEAKS. Enthusiastic Audience Greets Him in >. Baltimore. DISCUSSES THE MONEY QUESTION. Also Elucidates His Position on the Problem of Expansion—A Large Audience Hears Him. Baltimore, Md., Special.—Hon. W. J. ..ryan delivered an address here Sat trday night upon the political questions of the day to an audience which filled the music hall, the big gest auditorium in the city to its full est capacity, and which greeted, him and his remarks with the greatest en thusiasm. The meeting was held un der the auspices of the Maryland Dem ocratic Association, one of the free silver wings of the Democratic party of the State, and was not encouraged in any manner by the regular Demo cratic organization. In fact, the latter held strictly aloof from any partici pation in the affair. They made no effort to discourage it in any manner, but not one of the Democratic leaders appeared on the platform, and an of fer of stage tickets was politely de clined by the principal members of the Democratic State Central Committee. With the party who came from Washington with Mr. Bryan were Sen ator Tillman, of South Carolina, Con gressman Sulzer, of New York; Rich ardson, of Tennessee; Jones, of Vir ginia, and DeArmond, of Missouri. It 'was nearly eight o’clock when the party reached the music hall when the crowd greeted him uproariously. Mr. Bryan said in part: .■ “I want to assure you in the begin ning that my happiness does not de pend upon any honor which the peo ple of this nation can confer, neither do I believe that this nation’s happi ness or welfare depends upon any one person. As in politics, as in the army, the generals get glory and the privates do the work. And therefore I feel that 1 owfe it to those who for nearly four years have been bearing the burden in the heat of the day; I owe it to them io say that what I have done is but an a?om compared with what they have done. “In 1896 the voters proved that they could control the policy of the party and during the last three years they have proven that they could hold what they/ gained in 1896 in spite of news papers, in spite of railroads, in spite of banks, and in spite of every in fluence supposed to obtain, the plain people (if the Democratic party have and now stand for the Chicago plat form, in all that it says. I want to be gin With an accepted proposition, that proposition which I consider most fun damental in government. “I find it in the Declaration of Inde pendence —If you will pardon me for quotTng anything from that old and outworn document as our Republican friends seem to think it. x I' Look Up Old Cotton Cleim. At Washington Southern Senator! express themselves as hopeful over the . prospects of securing legislation during the present session of Congress, look- . ing to the refunding of money paid into , the--treasury of the United States*soon after the civil war, as the result of the I sale of the cotton captured by the Fed eral troops. There was originally j about $30,000,000 of this money, but a porjjpn of it was paid to the owners of the cotton soon after the war. The re mainder was left in the treasury and has remained there ever since. Sena tor Money, who is giving special at tention looking to the reopening of the subject, says that the sum left amount- . ed'Ar about $11,000,000. A Mil intro ’ duju i by Senator Davis gives one year additional time for proof of such claims before the court of claims. It has been favorably reported by the Senate com mittee on claims and Senator Money thinks the outlook very good for fa vorable action. Most of the claims are held.in the Southern States. Jov in Ladysmith. ' Laxly smith, By Cable. —-The enemy have placed in position new guns throwing eight-inch shells and have been bombarding more vigorously for the-last few d>ays, though little dam age has been done. Three of ths British force have been wounded. T’ne troops are jubilant over General Bul ler’s successful advance. His guns ran be heard distinctly, and the burst ing of shells can be plainly seen. To Oust a Democrat. Washington, D. C., Special.—The house’ committee on elections, No. 1, divided on party lines and by a vote of six- to two decided to recommend the seating of Wm. F. Aldrich, Republi can. who contests the seat now held by Gaston A. Robbins, Democrat, for the Fourth congressional district of Alabama. It is the first decision in a contested election case at the present session of Congress. The contest was based on alleged intimidation and racial prejudices growing out of the appeals for white sup r omacy. A mi nority report will be made la of Mr. Rob hip* (In Afro-American Newspapers 1898-1901, n0....29-) THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. The South. * In the election contests, at Frank fort, Ky., nearly all day was con sumed by arguments of the- Demo cratic attorneys to strike out certain parts of the counter claims made by the eontestees. The executive committee Of the North Carolina Tteachers’ Assembly is called to meet in Raleigh January 26th, and will then select the place and time of the next annual meeting. It is said that there will be invitations from both the mountains and the coast. Lt is said that James H. Carlisle, LL. D., president of Wofford College, since 1875, will positively resign this posi tion, and retire from the head of this historic institution after June, 1900. Dr. Carlisle has been comieated with Wofford College since 1854. The Golden Belt M-anufiacturing Company, of Durham, N. C., has brought suit for damages against the Millhiser Manufacturing Company, of Richmond, Va., for infringement upon the rights of patents for making bags. The amount involved in the sufrt will be, it s claimed, $lOO,OOO to $200,000. At Savannah, Ga., W. S. Mell, aged about 22, was sentenced to be hangec on March 2d, for the murder ot his brother-in-law, Busbee, aged 15.. There had been a quarrel between Meli and has wife about an adopted child, and the child was in young Busbee’s, arms when Mell fired on him. Mell, who was an employe of a gambling room, is well connected. At Frankfort, Ky., the grand jury returned indictments charging Colonel David G. Colson with the wilful mur der of Lieutenant Ethelburt Scott and L. A. De ma rec. A deal has just been closed at Ocala, Fla., by which Georgia parties have invested $600,000 in the Copley Lum ber Company’s pine timber on the Ocklawaha river, below Grahamsville. They will erect one of the largest mills in the South. 1 • , W. L. Allison, while prospecting for minerals on Ix/okout Mountain dis covered five skeletons an a cave 15 miles from Chattanooga. There is a difference of opinion whether they are skeletons of Indians or of miners who disappeared from the ore mines at Ris ing Fawn several years ago. The cave is being explored to see whether it contains more skeletons. The conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, -South,,-ajt New Orleans adopted a resolution en dorsing the Blair educational bill, which provides for national aid to all the States and Territories for the com mon schooling of all children. Admiral Dewey and his wife will ar rive in New Orleans February 24th to attend Miardi Gras. The Adjutant General has in formed that the transport Kilpatrick left Neuvitas Saturday for Newport News, with a squadron of the Eighth Cavalry, comprising five commission ed officers, one acting assistant sur geon and 82 enlisted men, Major Wm. Stanton, commanding. The North. The refusal of a Boston faith curist and Chrichian Scientist, a Mrs. Good all, to treat a woman whose foot wa.s crushed in an aecldent, is creating a sensation in the Hub,. which is gradu ally spreading all over the country and causing the opponents of the heal ers to take fresh courage. The 'sur prise is not lessened by the fact that the would-be patient was a new con vert to faith and amply able and will ing to pay. Mrs. Goodall in refusing the case is understood to have, said that Christian Science healing did not include surgical cases..'. The statement of the treasurer of Harvard University show's that gifts to the University from August 1, 1898, to July 31, 1899, aggregated >1,544,829. A Lewes, Del., dispatch, says that the Fenwick Island life saving station reports a vessel throwing up rockets about eight miles *off shore. It is thought to be a steamer ashore on Fenwick Island shoals. A tug left Delaware breakwater at 9 o’clock to go to her assistance. Fenwick Island is about 20 miles south of Cape Henio pen. A great religious revival was begun i in Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday by | Rev. A. T. Pierson, Rev. Len. G. ; Broughton and Rev. Frederick R. I H. Jaoobs, the "singing for ten years or more the companion of Dwight L. Mcody. These three evangelists are to give impetus to the revival work for at least .four dAys. Rev. A. C. Dixon, well known in Rich mond, Va., Is taking a prominent part in the movement. ?• General John M. Pajmer, of Illinois, the candidate of the Sound Money Democrats for the presidency in 1896, has written to Washington protesting against the passage of a bill .Intro duced by Senator Cullom to increase his (Palmer’s) pension from $5O per month to $1QO; and the bill has been withdrawn. Miscellaneous. * The United States 'steamsh p left San Francisco Saturday for Pan ama to make an important survey. Carbolic acid and. other drugs have been advanced on account of the Eng lish-Boer war. The acid is used ex tensively in the nwunfacture of lyd idite- POLITICAL CALDRON Beginning to Boil at the' National Capital. • POPULIST NATIONAL CONVENTION Called to Meet in Lincoln, Neb., Next flonth—Democrats Hold a Confer ence. Washington, D. C., Special.—Senator Butler, of North Carolina, the chair man of the People’s party, has issued a call for a meeting of the national committee of that party, at Lincoln, Neb. The date has not yet been defi nitely settled, but will be about the 15th or 20th of next month. The com- > mittee will decide upon-the time and place of the next Populist national convention. Senator Butler declares that there is no significance in the selection. “I asked the members of the na tional committee,” said he “where they would like to meet, and I felt bound, of course, to abide by their decision. There was no majority vote for any one place, but the plurality vote was in favor of Lincoln. I think this is due to the fact that the Populist State committee sent out word, that it would be glad to entertain the committee there.” The action of the Populists, it is learned, is without the knowledge of Mr. Bryan. It is said that the first in timation of the proposed action will come to him when he reads the call which is to be issued to-day. A majority of the national commit tee, it is learned, now favors holding the Populists convention some time in May, or early June, in order that I Bryan may be nominated before the ; Democratic convention is held. No con sideration has yet been given as to his running mate upon the ticket. Democrats In Conference. Washington, D. C., Special.—The Democratic members of the Senate held a conference Wednesday to con sider the question of party policy on the various questions before Congress. They have- found, themselves following somewhat divergent paths. No defi nite conclusion was ’reached, but a general understanding »of the lines to be.pursued was had. The Philippine policy attracted more attention than any other. On this point there was . a very general exchange of views, the concensus of opinion Evidently favor ing'the policy outlined in Senator Bacon’s resolution of protecting life and property in the islands until quiet is restored, when the United States provide the opportunity and pre-, scribe the method fOr the formation of a government for and by the people of t the Philippine Islands' to be indepen dently exercised and controlled by themselves.. There was also more or less discussion of .the . hills providing for.jfc form-of government for Hawaiian Islands and for Porto Rico, 'opinion being most favorable to the ftfl-Hs for absolute free trade between the United States and these islands as a part of this country With reference ' to the financial bill it was practically ■.■ •• decided to offer a substitute providing fot the free coinage pf silver. Senators Lindsay and Caffery were present, and ) while they their intention . , not to be bound by any decision upon : this line, they recognized the futility 6 of any effort to prevent its being pur- w sued. There will be; another confer- . > ence soon. - •... To Repair the Olympia. The estimated coat of repairing the Olympia is $50,000, according to the re ports to the board on naval construc tion. The work "wifi be done at the' Boston navy yard hnd will occupy* about a year. . “ ’ - . Kills a Moonshiner. Louisville, Ky., Special. ‘News reached here of a fight between reve nue * -officers and ijj Breathill county, in which Bud Noble, one of the latter, was killed by Depu ty M. E. Horton. Horton is under ar rest and is saM to be indarger of mob violence. He will be brought to Louis ville. Two of the moonshiners were ar* rested. * Disabilities Removed. Washington, D. C., Special. The house committee on pensions has or dered a favorable report on the bill making service in the Spanish-Ameri can war sufficient to remove the diib abilities against those who aided or abetted th/ Southern troops during the civil war, in the matter of drawing pensions. At present the inhabition applies to widows, children, "heirs and others related to <htiose serving or as sisting the Confederacy, and the re moval of this Inhabition is more par ticularly designed to apply to the par of those serving tn the war NO. 26.