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VOL. XXVII. OLD-FASHIONED POSIES. Oh. those street <'*Kl-f is'uog***! posing tint were mother’s pride and joy, In the sflnny little woe o I wondered when u boy! Oh. the morainis sjlorie? twiuin? ’moaijst the shining aunflowors tail, And tbo eUmatis -tangle la the angle of the wail! How the mignonette’* sweet blooming was perfuming nil the walks. Where tite hollyhocks *too l proudly with their blossom-dotted stalk*. While the oi l-maids' pinks were nodding group-* of gossips, here and there, Anil ihe bluebells swung so lightly in the lusty, hazy air! Then tbo sleepy poppies stooping low their drooping, drowsy heads, And the modest young sweet-williams hiding in their shady beds! • By the edges of the hedges, where the spider*’ webs were spuu, How the marigolds lay. yellow its the mellow summer sun That made all the gr is* a-dappl ’aeath the leaty apple tree. Whence you heard the 1 ' ut dramming and the humming of the bee, While the soft breeze in the trellis where th * roses used to grow Sen*, the silken petals flying like a scented shower of snow! 0! t the quaint ol l fashioneg garden, and tbo pathways cool and sweet, YTiili the dewy branches splashing flushing jewels o’3r my feet! And the dear old-fashioned blossoms, and the old homo where they grew, A i l the rnotner-hands that plucked them, and the mother lovo I knew! Ah! of nil earth’* fr igcHut fl >wer* in the bowers ou Her br.rn.st, t'U.re the b'oooaj whlo'i memory brings us are the brightest and the besl; And the fairest, rarest blossom* uo'er could wiu my love, I know, Li .-: tiie sweet old-fashtone l posies motber tended long ago. —Joe Lincoln, in Philadelphia Saturday Evening Tost. 1 Ashby Grantham’s Bank Robbers, I ■it’ r~i M Lt By Hollis W. Field. ® Y7 T was nu eventful day in the life of Ashby Grauibatn | when ho entered the Macon County Farci r s’ an 1 Traders* Bank as an assistant to the flashier,-Mr. (Laves. At first ho had rather more to do with the corpulent stove that ato up so much soft coal than with the books, but before the winter passed ho gaiui'd some insight into thu beautiful system of double entry, and the romance of business began to unfold to him. His proudest moment, perhaps, was when the cashier gave him the com bination to the fire proof vault, aud thou to the burglar-proof safe that stood far hack ou its mosaic floor. And when the black-aml-gold door to the safo swung wide, what an ecstasy of responsibility to reach far in and turn the dial that released the door of the strong bos. with its sack* of gold aud silver coin aud its paeknges of bills neatly tied, live hundred dollars in a bunchl Behind this steel door was the wonderful time lock, with its two watches ticking incessantly, and against which even the cashier was helpless until after eight o’clock in the morning. Such precautions had been found necessary in that Western country in which the Fanners’ A Traders’ Bank did business. For fifty miles arotrml lay a rich cattle country, and stock-shipping days were red-letter days for the Farmers’ A- Traders’ Bank. Twenty five thousand dollars had been paid out through the ouo window of the bank in one day on the checks of cattle-buyers; and the knowledge that such sums lay in banks of that section had tempted bandits on more than one occasion. The safe in the Jamesport Barings Bank, twenty-seven miles awnv, had been blown open and robbed of fifteen thousand dollars. Twelve miles sonth of Macon, the cashier of the Gallatin National Bank had been shot dead for resisting a bold daylight raid, but he had saved the bank. To the east, and at the next station down the rail road, tlu Breck an ridge Exchange Bank had been held up by two masked m< n, late one afternoon, and fifteen hundred dollars in bills were sur rendered by the terror-stricken cashier. Not one of these robbers had been brought, to justice. To the north of this stretch of fertile prairie country was a wild, broken, river section, to which they escaped, aud where pur suit was almost useless. Behiud the ground-glass partition that walled in the secrets of the Farmers’ & Traders’ Bank from the open space by the big stove were two impressive objects. One was just under the counter opposite the teller’s window, the other was farther along to the left in similar position— two long, black, self-cocking re volvers, thrust into holsters nailed fast to the woodwork. They were grim, vicious tilings, but of their necessity an item in the general ledger account of “furniture and fixtures” was proof: “Two Colt s revolvers, s2#.” “They’ve never been fired since we got them,” said Mr. Grave?, when Ashby had remarked them: “but we keep them in readiness. It’s the un expected that happens, you know.” To an imaginative boy, who felt his responsibilities keenly, these weapons of defence loomed importantly. Ashby could hardly imagine bank robbers venturing into the wide, quiet main street of Macon at any hour, day or night. But they had come to Breck enridge, Gallatin and Jamesport. Ashby meant to be ready for them at all times. Mr. Graves, the cashier, had laughed jit the boy’s earnest plan nings for resistance in case tlie Farm ers’ k Traders’ Bank should be at tacked. “Suppose I were at the window, looking into the muzzle of a revolver? You couldn’t see to shoot through the ground glass, and you couldn’t shoot through the window without being Been by the robber. What then?” and the cashier smiled indulgently at the boy’s troubled face. Ashby thought so often about rob bers and how to save the bank’s funds from them that, at last he devised a scheme. One morning in midwinter, when the snow lay fence deep in coun try lanes, and wheu business in Macon, because of interrupted communication with the eonutry, was almost at a standstill, Mr. Graves came down lata, to find the boy at work tvith pen cil and ruler ou some sort of mechani cal drawing. His eyes were dancing with interest, and his breath came with uncertain little catches, as he began to explain his work. Mr. Graves was indulgently inter ested in the beginning; theu ho was curious and questioning. Half an hour later ho was bending over the draw ing, as much absorbed as was the boy. All day long, in iho slack of business, they planned. At night the parting injunction of the cashier was: “Remember, Ashby, if we do this, it must be our secret. It will bo no good if it gets out.” That was a famous cold snap in the history of Macon County. There were I days when nor a farmer’s wagon came to town, and days in which pages of the hank’s journal had not- twenty eu- I tries all told. But every niglil for a week the hank shades were closely drawn, aud the cashier aud his assis- I taut worked behiud them, carpeuter | iug. On Saturday afternoon, after early : closing, deaf old Mrs. Maxiu scrubbed | out the bank, and ou Monday morn ing new hempen mats were laid at the I entrance doors and just, in front of the ! teller’s window. On Thursday the Macon Weekly Telegraph had a news | paragraph commenting upon the neat i quarters of tlie Macon County Farm ! ers* k Traders’ Bank. On the gen* 1 oral ledger were some rather odd entries under the account of “ex | pens©,’’but the business of the Farm ers’ k Traders' Bank went on to the ! satisfaction of its stockholders. In January a semi-annual dividend of seven per cent, was paid, and in | the April following Ashlrt Grantham’s ! services were recognized as worth ■ something more than bis schooling, j for ho was put ou a salary of tweuty | five dollars a month as bookkeeper. For weeks Ashby had been taking turns at the teller’s window, paying ! checks and receiving deposits. He | had learned the dexterous, sliding ! movement of the left thumb which with uncertain little catches, as he began to explain his work. Mr. Graves was indulgently inter ested in the beginning; theu ho was carious and questioning. Half an hour later lio was bending over the draw ing, as much absorbed as was the boy. All day long, in tho slack of business, they planned. At night the parting injunction of the cashier was: “Remember, Ashby, if we do this, it must be our secret. It will be no good if it gets out.” That was a famous cold snap in the history of Macon County. There were days when nor a farmer’s wagon came to town, and days in which pages of the batik’s journal had not twenty en tries all told. But every night for a week the bank shades were closely drawn, aud tbo cashier aud his assis tant worked behiud them, carpenter ing. On Saturday afternoon, after early closing, deaf old Mrs. Maxiu scrubbed out the bank, and ou Monday morn ing new hempen mats were laid at the entrance doors aud just, in front of the teller’s window. On Thursday the Macon Weekly Telegraph had a news paragraph commenting upon the neat quarters of the Macon County Fann ers* k Traders’ Bank. Ou the gen eral ledger were some rather odd entries under the account of “ex pense, ’’but the business of tlie Farm ers’ k Traders' Bank went on to the satisfaction of its stockholders. In January a semi-annual dividend of seven per cent, was paid, and in the April following Ash In Grantham’s services were recognized as worth something more than bis schooling, for lie was put ou a salary of twcuty fivo dollars a month as bookkeeper. For weeks Ashby had beeu taking turns at the teller’s window, paying checks and receiving deposits. He had learned the dexterous, sliding movement of the left thumb which could slip only one bill at a time over the sensitive points of Ins fingers, aud when he had counted out the sum called for by a check he had no ner vousness as to whether he had paid too much. Ho had reached that state of proficiency when to him money had no value; it presented numerical units and was as abstract us were the long columns of figures in the journal, de posit ledger or general ledger. One Thursday in Juno notice was given that Wallace, Hunt k Cos. and Joseph Bander. ton, the big cattle buy ers at Macon, would draw heavily on the Farmers’ k Traders’ Bank ou the Saturday following. So, at about 11 o'clock on Thursday, Ashby Grant ham filed a telegram with the depot operator, ordering fifteen thousand dollars in currency shipped from the bank’s balance in Chicago, to come by the three o’clock express the next day. Friday morning gave promise of rain. The air was close, and a fine haze overspread tlie early sun. Grad ually the atmosphere thickened and thickened, its oppressiveness scarce ly relieved by the gentle breeze that fanned from the southeast. At noon a storm was plainly impending. The few scattered wagons from the country began to rattle and bump homeward along the macadamized streets. Awnings were pulled in; windows were made in readiness to close; wagons here and there rattled briskly along that packages might be delievered before the rain; and ou all sides were the preparations that al ways precede a storm in the country, where each man must be his own weather-observer. The southeast wind had softened to a mere zephyr. To the westward, from north to south, a sullen black arc of cloud stretched ominously. A ragged border of rolling brown fringed it, setting off the smooth, blue-black rain-cloud behind. The dusk and the silence deepened together. Business had been slack in the Farmers’ k Traders’ Bank. As the clock ticked on toward three, when the express train from the East should thunder in only two blocks from the bank, both the cashier and his assis tant sat idly at the counter,waiting. “I hope it will be on time,” the cashier said. “When that currency gets in I’ll leave yon to balance the books aud lock up. I want to get home early this afternoon.” “The train ought to be in in five minutes. What’s that now?” “Thunder, wasn’t it?” queried the cashier; and they sat listening till the muttering of the storm aud the rumble of the train sounded in one deep diapason. Five minutes later Yates, the ex pressman, came in with his express pouch tightly strapped, and as be stood at th© window, opening it to take out the p*£eiop/* pacjfcage, the first lightning Hash told that the storm would break in a moment. Grabbing his receipt book from under the very i pen of the cashier, Yates dashed out with the cry, “It’s coming!” The wind had whipped fiercely intu the northwest, and a simoom of dust was sweeping up Main street. At the teller’s window inside, Cashier Graves and his assistant were cutting the sealed and sewed package which hold a small fortuuo in paper currency, wheu suddenly the front door opened, with a rush of wind and swirling dust. It closed again, and before cither the cashier or his assistant had time tc recover a breath, two heavy, muffled figures stood in the dusk, close to the brass bars of the window. “Good!” exclaimed a guttural voice. “We’ll take that!” aud u heavy re volver was pointed directly at the head of Mr. Graves. At the very instant that the little i guarded window darkened with the two figures, Ashby Grautlmm had dropped to the floor uuder the coun ter. Instinct had guided him. His heart was leaping against his side, choking him, almost. The supreme moment had come! “Here,” with au awful oath from outside, “get a move ou you!” to the cashier. “We’re onto you and tlie stuff! Hand it over, or by ” A grating creak broke into the threat; two despairing yells went up from the throats of the robbers; a re volver shot crashed and echoed, aud down tumbled two dark forms where the floor had given way beneath their feet. “Quick, Ashby!” and the boy felt the butt of a revolver thrust into his hand; “ruu to the basement door and tire this into the air as you ruu!” With a sweep Mr. Graves threw the express package and the money al ready on the counter into the vault, aud shut the doors. The next instant the cashier was outside the railing, stauding hack from i yawning black holo just, under the teller’s window, and calling down to the basement. “Don’t stir, you scoundrels! I’ll shoot the first man who sticks his head up!” At that moment, the spiteful crack of Ashby’s revolver was arousing Main street, and a dozen citizens, including the town marshal, came running through the pouring rain. “Robbers!” the boy shrieked. “Rui to the basement door. Hooray!” The marshal whipped round the corner without a word of questioning. Five seconds later tho Farmers’ A Traders’ Bank was full of men, most of whom had some idea of the situa tion. Standing back from the dark yawn ing hole in the floor, Mr. Graves shouted to the two silent men in the basement. “Hold your revolvers up, butts fore most,” he called. “The basement door is guarded and padlocked on the outside. Give in, or wo will smoke you out!” Ten minutes later two sullen pris oners were being led away to jail in tbo rain. Botli wore strangers, and both had come in mi tho passenger train that brought the currency ship ment. Incidentally, the telegraph operator at. tho depot was gone—he was anew man who had been “picked up.” It was observed that ho had stood for five minutes at the corner of Main street, in the rain, aud that when Ashby Grantham's revolver shots were heard, he bad run diagonally across the street to where three horses were hitched. Mounting one of them, he had ridden away into the storm to tho north. But ho was promptly followed, cap tured and his complicity duly proved. Eventually the three criminals re ceived intermediate sentences to the penitentiary, where they are at this hour. Ashby Grantham’s famous trap door under tho teller’s window has never been patented. But it is there still, with triggers set. And Ashby is now assistant cashier, owning ten shares of stock as a present from the bank directory.—Youth’s Companion. Qnalnt U*#> of Salt. Salt was declared by Pythagoras to bo the emblem of justice; for as it pre serves all tilings and prevents corrup tion, so justice preserves whatever it animates, and without it all is cor rupted. He, therefore, directed that a salt-cellar should be placed upon the table at every meal, in order to re mind men of this emblematic virtue ol salt. Cosmas, the Egyptian geographer, stated that salt currency was in use in Africa in tho sixth century; and Marco Polo wrote that salt was a common medium of exchange among certain Asiatic people in the thirteenth cen tuiy. In Thibet pieces of salt shaped in a mold and weighing about half a pound each served as small exchange, eighty such pieces having a value equal to about $3. There is an old proverb that “many packs of salt must be eaten together to bring friendship to perfection.” Britain'* Roman Road*. Up to the year 1824 the modern roads of Great Britain were inferior to those the Romans built prior to the fifth centnry. The complete system included six main roads from London, with their branches, and a perfect network of cross roads, measuring all tcld some 6000 miles, and connecting Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bath, Bristol,' Newcastle, Dover and other points still unoccupied by thriving towns. The Roman roads were narrow, but built to last for all time. The usual width was about fifteen feet, the depth 'three feet. The bottom was dug out and well rammed, a founda tion of larger stones was laid in ce ment and layers of smaller stones tap ered off toward the top, whioh was laid crowning in the middle to shed rain. Hueh cement as Romans used made . these roads practically sofit blocks of stone. THOMSON. GA.i TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7. 189!). THESIiLU AGREEMENT Explained By Presid-ut of Philip pine Commission. ANY INTERFERENCE IS UNNECESSARY Mr. Sclim-iintn Thinks That Arrunffineitta Which Ilnvp lieen Miult* .Aroll*t For All ( oiirwriio.l. A Washington dispatch says: Hfl view of the current dismission of military agreement between Bates and the sultan of Sii’h tlie of President Schimuau, of Hie pine commission, <<u the mihjeei interesting. JflH Mr. Hchurman was one of the mjsM Americans to visit Join, the Spanish government ,n the Suln pelago, and bad mi extended inter with the sultan before the General lhit s. !he Mrr.m-ciiK'nt tried into bctwe-ni General IGt< s the sultan was considerably by this meeting. Although the full agreement the Sultan has net been nut !• by the Washington :nt Inn qj, s be state.l t hut it pi ne! ’ -.illy .-onf.^BH tv> the previous com out uni exis^^H bet ween the Sultan and Hie Spu^HS government. In this agreement '' never claimed anything mure thun^BS external protectorate over tin* group, the right to suppress piraej^pl its waters and to prevent tho perioHH migrations of iho oathbound Moham medans who went to tho northern islands under a vow to kill Christians and thus secure au entrance into Par adise. Professor Boh unit ah said wheu ques tioned about the probable continuance of polygamy and slave!y in the islands after they came under the American dominion that this was a subject which would have tq be dealt with in the most careful fashion to bring an ultimately satisfactory solution. Ho raid: “It seems to me that were it not for the ignorance displayed, the pres ent hue and cry about polygamy and slavery in these islands would be ab solutely criminal. In taking over the Snlu group we have acquired no rights of any sort there except those be queathed us by Spain. She was bound by her agreement with tho sultan not to interfere with the religion or cus toms of the islands and tt would bo* most unwise for us to attempt this by force when it can be ultimately ac complished by the slower method of civilization and edi. -ation. “Tho Bulu group proper contains about 100,000 inhabitants. They are all Mohammedans, an are about 150,- 000 of the resident** of Mind&non, directly east. To fiH<■ *pt to interfere with the relipi ■ f these people would precipitat* ; the bloodiest wars in which I - '.is country has ever been engaged. They a>v a different race physically ami mentally from the resi dents of tho Visefiy-hi .sirs ~powerful men and religious faf -• ti.* <<f the most pronounced type. .< nothing for death and believe v .. o to heaven can bo attained by killing Christians. Polygamy is pa.. their religion, and slavery, about which so much is being said just now, in . mild typo of feudal bondage. “The sultan believes from what ho has seen of Americans that they are ready to be friendly an ’ -leal honestly by him. Our soldiors and officers al ready travel into the interior of Jolo with perfect impunity where Span iards never dared to se.t foot. It has been suggested indire- liy to the sul tan that lie should maintain an Ameri can of good standing r- a confidential adviser at lii.s coiod. t< .1 him in the work of material development for which tlie beautiful [. ■ q> of islands is ready, and which is bound to come wheu they are thrown in touch with the civilized. I believe that lie will take kindly to this suggestion.” STRANGLEItS RETURNING. lleinherH of 111-Kut-l Rugimerit and I’art Of ItHttwry Return. A special dispatch reoieved in Lon don from Pietermaritzburg, Natal, dated Tuesday morning says: “Stragglers from the Gloucestershire regiment are arriving at Ladysmith. A number of mules with a portion of the mountain battery are also coming in.” TEXAS IS OBDURATE. blit* WIU Not lUIio Quarantine Until Weather la Favorable. The Louisiana state board of health is making an earnest effort to have Alabama and Texas raise their quar antines against New Orleans now that Mississippi has done so, and earnest telegrams have been sent to the offi cials of both states. Or. Blunt, of Texas, however, wired the Louisiana state board that he could not consent to the raising of the quarantine until the weather condi tions justified it. Soveral towns in Louisiana have also refused to lift the embargo. COLLAPSE OF BIG BUILDIXU Cfittfttti Him J>*atlt of Threw Men. While Three Other* Are .Winning. Three men are known to have per ished and three otbera are reported misHiug aa the result of the collapse of a six-story building iu Chicago Wednesday. Considerable' damage was done to adjoining property and during tbo ex citement it was reported that as many as forty lives bad been lost. About $200,000 damage was done. A FERRY BOAT CUT IN TWAIN : Sleamer City of Augusta, of tk Savannah Line, Has Collision. FORTY PEOPLE WERE ABOARD her in getting ashore. One or two were without life preservers, but they all assisted each other ami succeeded in getting to tho pier safely. 'l l.ere was considerable shouting for help, the people on the boat calling for small boats to come to their assist ance. No small boats were launched, however, probably owing to the brief period of time which elapsed between the cutting in two and tbo sinking. The Bftvannah liner was evidently coming up the river at the time of the accident, while the ferry boat Chicago was headed straight across from the New Jersey shore for tho New York slip. The City of Augusta stopped after tlie accident, but apparently no boats were launched, and in tho brief space of time which elapsed nothing was done to assist the persons in the wa ter. Estimates made by persons who succeeded in escaping vary widely. Borne thought that no loss of life resulted, while others believed that at least a score of persons wore drawn into the whirling stream as tho ferry boat sank. Captain Durham, who commanded ! the ferry boat Chicago, succeeded in 1 making his escape. He says that he 1 lias accounted for all tho members of his crew except Fireman Fiomme. He thinks that Fromme was either drowned or crushed to death in the stoke hold. HOBART DESPERATELY ILL. Vice President Suffers a Relapse And His Condition Reported As Very Alarming. A New York special says: Vice President Hobart, who has been ill for weeks at his home in Paterson, N. J., suffered a relapse Monday morning He had u sitccession of choking spells, resulting from an imperfect action of the heart, an i >ifiliation complicated with inflainr.sutl ii of tlie stomach. Mr. Hobart has not been able to at tend to lii ] rivnte affairs for some days, and an intimate friend bus been given power of attorney to sign checks and attend to other matters of that character. One of the physicians iu attendance said at C o’clock Monday night that while the condition of Mr. Hobart was 1 serious, be was some better. A Washington special says: The news that Vice President Hobart, has suffered a severe relapse, and might not he able to survive tho latest attack, shocked Washington, where he is de cidedly popular and highly respected. It had been known for some time that a sudden attack might completely pros trate him at any moment, and it was realized that his days of activity were over, but nevertheless his friends at the capital were not prepared for Mon- day's nows. The vice president'# case was alarm ing a large part of last winter, and at Thomasville, Ga., his condition be came so grave during a visit with the president to the home of Senator Hanna that it could not longer be con cealed from Mrs. Hobart, though kept fro n the sick man himself. Vice President Hobart returned north ear lier than expected, because the south ern climate did not give him the reliof hoped for. He failed to improve much and has been almost an invalid ever since. Hank Dividend Heady. The comptroller of the currency has declared a 2$ per cent, dividend in fa vor of the creditors of tho Oglethorpe National bank, of Brunswick, Ga. ASK NF.DHOES TO REVOLT. SpnnlKrtU In VlilltppSnes After Colored Troop. Tu .loin Aaolnaldo. Advices from Manila ray that Colo nel Smith, at Angeles, has sent to General MocArthur a placard in Span ish which was found nailed to a tree outside tho line. It was an appeal to the colored troops to join the insur gents in the light for freedom aud re ferred to “your brothers, Sam Hose aiul Gray, whose blood cails aloud for vengeance.” ENfiLISfl ARMY SURRENDERS White’s Forces Were Totally Knocked Out In the Fight at Ladysmith. BOERS CAPTURE 2,000 MEN All England Was Greatly As tounded On Receipt of the Bad News. All Euglaud was astounded Tuesday by the announcement from the war office of a crushing British defeat and tho capture of tho Royal Irish Fusi liers aud the Gloucestershire regiment, the cream of tbo English troops in South Africa. Tho news was received early in the morning and came in tho shape of a dispatch from General White, who takes the entire blame for the disaster. Defeat would have been sufficient to cause displeasure, but the announce ment. of the capture of more than 2,000 men, together with almost fifty offi cers, had added to the seriousness of the situation. Luiv Icui- I and I the I Sa I’ues lle of [even Iveeu Ifour lieri- I of ■lock le on ■unis lei:-, ■ half Rrted Siibsequoiit dispatcher show that, the capture of the troops now at Ladysmith is serious, and news of a further retreat would not bo surpris ing. The Boers occupy a strong po sition and an attack on tho remaining troops was impending. White'* Dlspntfli. The dispatch from General White, commanding the British forces at Ladysmith, reporting that the Royal Irish Fusiliers, No. 10 mounted bat tery aud tho Gloucestershire legiment were surrounded in tlm hills by tho Boors, and after losing heavily were obliged to capitulate, says that tho casualties have not yet been ascer tained. The following is the text of Geuoral White’s dispatch to the war office: Ladysmith, Got. 80. (10:30 p. in.) I have to report a disas ter to the column sent, by me to take a position ou a hill to guard tho left flank of the troops. In those operations today the Royal Irish Fusiliers, No. 10 mountain battery aud tho Gloucestershire regiment were surrounded in tho hills and after losing heavily had to capitulate. The casualties have not yet been ascertained. A man of the Fusiliers, employ ed as a hospital orderly, came in under a flag of truce with a letter from the survivors of the column, who asked for assistance to bury the dead. I fear there is no doubt of the truth of the report.. I formed a plan i* trie carrying out of which the di a-L r occurred and I am alone r ■ <• ude for tho plan. There me what ever to lit** troops, r positiou „ ! was uutenable. General White, in a subsequent dis- f patch gives names of officer# taken pi is- ! oners. They number forty-two,of whom! live were wounded. At the government office no effort was made to conceal the feeling of dismay caused by tho receipt of the news from General White. One offi cial said to a representative of the As sociated Press: It is inexplicable, and lam ■ sorry to say that its moral effect is inestimable. We have lost I heavily in many wars and have had regiments almost wiped ont, but to have regiments captured, and by the Boers—it is terrible. An official of the war office said to j tho representative of the Associated j Press; “i his disaster is more likely duo to ; the craze of our younger officers to distinguish themselves, obtain men tion in the dispatches and earn the Victoria cross, than to the fault of that splendid veteran, General White, in spito of his avowal.” The war office has sent the following ] dispatch to Buller: “Throe extra battalions of foot and one mountain battei y, with reserves, will leave England during the course of ten days to make good tho casual ties.” TIo Now* In I<on<lon. A London cable dispatch says: There was a continuous stream of oallers at the war office until a late HURRICANE STRIKES NEW BERN. Hixll.ltTld. Knnnn Do.. Thon.snd. of Dollars D.ias,.. A special from Newbern, N. C., sayß: ‘'A hurricane passed through this section Monday night. In the city thousands of dollars of damage was done by the tide, which was two feet higher than during any hurricane ever known. “Small boats were thrown into the publio streets and at midnight the firemen fought fire from lime barrels catching firo standing waist deep in water. “Many tons of salt and sugar in bag* melted and ran into the river.” SAVED ills LITTLE HIRL, Rut Ffttbtr J*o*t 111 h Own Ufe On tho Roll rood. News has been received in Zebulon, Ga., of the sadden death of Mr. Oran Jones in Florida in an effort to rescue his little girl, who had gone on the railroad track to get her dog out of the danger of an approaohlng train. Mr. Jones was run over and killed by the oars after having saved his child. Mr. Jones was raised in Pike county and had many friends iu Zebulon. NO. 41. I hour Tuesday evening, everybody I anxiously inquiring regarding Mon day’s casualties, but the war office de clared that nothing had boon received since Sir George White’s dispatch communicating the news of tho cap ture of ill) Royal Irish Fusiliers and tiie Gloucestershire regiment. Tho delay in getting further intel ligence was attribute 1 in part to tho break down of tlie east coast, cable, but it stands to reason that the war office must ho possosse l of further nows, which it is probably not thought ad visable sho ild be published ns yet. The disaster has caused a feeling akin to eonsternatiou and in Glouces tershire and the north of Ireland, where the captured regiments were re cruitod, the black aud gloom prevails, families awaiting with boating hearts the names of the killed and wounded, which are fully expected to reach a high figure. Many homos are already in mourning in consequence of losses sustained by these regiments in previ ous engagements. Public anxiety wan increased by a special dispatch from Ladysmith, pub lished in the late editions of the J/on dou afternoon papers, to the eiFect that before darkness Monday the Boors reoccupied the old position held by their heavy artillery, which General ''’hite had reported silenced by the guns of the naval brigade from tho Powerful, and had opened fire again. The dispatch further says. The situation is one of grave anxiety. Beyond doubt the Boer retirement yesterday (Monday) was a ruso to draw General White into tho hilly country and away from the British camp. This last sentence is significant and confirms the opinion of many expert* here that General White is allowing himself to bo outgeneraled by Com mandant General Joubert. Boer Spider; British Fly. From the scanty advices received it seems tolerably certain that the disas ter was simply a repetition of the bat tle of Mnjuba hill, though on a larger scale. The two regiments were al lowed to march into a trap set for them, It is simply a case of the Boer spider and the BrifSi^h.fly Mm B RemorM. General Sir George White’s honest admission of full responsibility and the terms of his dispatch are regarded in pome circles as virtually placing his <aso in the bands of the home author ities, and it is even rumored that the war office lias already decided to su persede him. The report, however, is discredited in well-informed quar ters. About six thousand fresh troops will arrive at Cape Town within a few days from England and will be available to reinforce General White. Transports will arrive daily until by the end of a week 28,000 troops will have been landed in south Africa. These men are iutended for General Sir ltedvers ISuller’s army, but they will undoubtedly l.e detached to Natal if the situation should become peril ous. The British army will eventually reach tl.o huge total of 89,634, of which 69,034 will bo regulars aud the other 20,000 miscellaneous but excel lent colonial troops. BISHOP TURNER ON KItUOER. He By in pat hlzes With Kutdnml, lint. Hopes For Hoer President. During the Southwest Georgia an nual conference of the African Metho dist Episcopal church ut Columbus, Bishop Turner in an address said: “In my visit last year to South Afrioa I talked with President Kruger and with President Steyn of the Or ange Free State. "I liked Steyn because he recog nized the authority of the African Methodist Episcopal churoh. Kruger, for a tthile, did the same because he did not want white men to be tamper ing with the blacks.” The bishop exclaimed: “I sympa ; thize with England, but I fear Krnger | because he is calling on the Lord, and 11 believe if Kruger will promisa to do 1 batter that God will hear him.” MONTREAL HOTEL BURNS. Three Persons Lost Their Lives In the Flames. The Webster house at Montreal, Canada, was burned Tuesday morn ing, Several persons are supposed to have been burned or suffocated. Three bodies have been recovered, one of which was identified as that of a scrub woman. ({narantlne Embargo Raised. A Shreveport special says: The cold weather has put an end to quar antine and the embargo will be raised against all quarantine points in Louis iana. HOBART SHOWED IMPROVEMENT. Vice President Passed a Good Day and Knjoys Kofreslitiiff Sleep. A special from Patterson, N. J„ says: At 6 o’clock Tuesday evening, it was annonneed that Vice President Hobart had passed a very comfortable day. He had taken an interest in af fairs, was very cheerful and enjoyed a natural sleep. He himself says that the day was one of the best he .has passed •in a week.