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HE WAR IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Bills Ne«r B!oemfontein==Brit=
ish Sustain Heav" Loss.
Pretoria, April 3.—There has been
lighting between Brandfort and
nitontein. The Waakerstrooin and
•ielo commandoes attacked 7,000 Brit-
and drove them back with heavy
'.(•••; >rding to the reports of thewonnd-
riio have arrived hero lighting oc-
r l all along the tera. The federal
.] >s held positions ou'th i side and top
w mountain, while the British posi
es were on the opposite side of the
The British charged repeatedly,
■ were repulsed.
The latest reports say that the federal:!
vi iv more than holding their own, but
CASE !S WITH THE COURT.
Early Decision Expected In Kentucky
Governorship Contest.
Louisville,. April 3.—A decision iu
the governorship case is expected from
the court of appeals within a day or so,
probably tomorrow. At the conclusion
of the argument last night the case was
taken under advisement and the judges
are now considering the points involved.
Pending a decision interest centers in
the proceedings of the grand jury at
Frankfort, which is expected to return a
number of indictments in connection
with the Goebel case. The conclusion
of the investigation is not expected for
fully two weeks.
Governor Taylor is expected to "report
today from his: home in Morgantown.
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GENERAL F.OTIIA.
The New Conunander-In-Chief of the
Boer Armv.
the final result of the fighting is not
known, here- The federal loss was nine
killed and wounded.
Reports from Brandfort, received later,
state that 2,000 federals attacked 3,000
British successfully, but that 13,000
British reinforcements arrived and the
f> derals were compelled to retire, after
j niishing the British severely. The
federal losses, according to these ac
counts, was slight.
British 3iove Westward.
London, April 3.—Fuller news of the
disaster to the British army in the
neighborhood of Saunas Post does not
tend to improve matters from a British
standpoint, but the dispatches are so
mystifying it is impossible to accurately
portray the present situation or to fore
tell the ultimate issue of Lord Roberts’
attempt to retrieve the defeat.
The war office has posted a dispatch
from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein,
as follows:
“There has been considerable delay in
getting accurate returns of the casual
ties,,as the action took place 22 miles
hence; the telegraphic cable has been in
terrupted several times, cloudy weather
has interfered with signalling and al
though there has been no engagement
since, the force is continually in touch
with the enemy.
“ -Q’ remained in action under a cross
fire at 1,200 yards for some hours, the
officers serving the gnus as the casual
ties reduced the detachments.
“The Essex, Munster, Shropshire and
Northumberland mounted infantry and
Roberts’ horse covered the retirement of
the guns from that position to the cross
ing of the drift found by the cavalry 2
miles further south and withstood the
determined attacks of the enemy, who
in some cases advanced within 100 yards.
“U battery of the Royal Horse artil
lery was suddenly surrounded in the
drift aucl the officers and men were all
made prisoners without a shot being
fired. But Major Taylor and a sergeant-
major succeeded in escaping in the con
fusion. Five guns were captured at the
same time.”
A dispatch from Maseru, Basutoland,
dated Monday, says the Earl of Rosslyn,
who is acting as war correspondent for
The Daily Mail iu South Africa and who
left there April 1 on his way to Thaba-
N’Chn, has probably fallen into the
hands of the Boers.
The Boers are still occupying the wa :
tenvorks, which the British shelled yes
terday-afternoon, the Boers replying.
Messages from Springfontein suggest
that the fact that press messages are
keenly censored indicats an early ad
vance northward.
The German liner Koenig has again
reached Lorenzo Marquez, this time
haring on board 257 passengers bound
for the Transvaal.
President Kruger is said to have prom
ised to re-occupy Bloemfontein this week
and the stubborn burghers seem to be
closing around the place in such force as
promises to be troublesome, especially
when it is realized that the activity of a
strong Boer force in the vicinity of
Paardeberg has already interrupted di
rect communication.
A dispatch from Kimberley, dated
Sunday, savs there is great Boer activity
along the Yaal river. About 6,000 burgh
ers have assembled at various points be
tween Fourteen Streams and Christiana.
About 700 men are occupying the raad
north of Kilipdam and 400 men are
laagered at Boestap.
The war office has received another
dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated at
Bloemfontein, Sunday, in which, after
referring to his previous telegram, he
gives a partial list of the missing British
officers. Of Q battery four officers were
missing. One gunner was killed and 40
commissined officers and men are still
missing. Lord Roberts then continues;
‘ In U battery all are missing except
Major Kyller and a sergeant major. The
two cavalry regiments did not suffer
much.
“A report has just'come in that the
enemy has retired to Ladybrand, leaving
two wounded officers and some 70 men
at the waterworks.”
Job Printing promptly executed.
Investigation. Begins.
Frankfort, Ky., April 3. — The
Franklin*county grand jury has begun
work. The physicians who held the au-
topsy on Governor Goebel’s body were
the principal witnesses today. Demo
cratic Attorney^ General Breckinridge
appeared before Judge Cantrill today
and asked that he be recognized as at
torney general of the state and be per
mitted to represent the commonwealth
in cases pending before the court. Gen
eral Breckinridge said he had attempted
to notify Judge Pratt of the motion, but
that he had been unable to locate him.
PREACHER QUITS PULPIT.
Threw Water on Congregation and
Hurriedly Leaves Town.
Macon, April 3.—A revival has been
in progress at Knoxville. Sunday night
there was a sensational occurrence at
the close of the evening’s service in the
Methodist church. Mr. Morrill of Car-
tersville, who had been conducting" the
services there for the past week, closed
his sermon by washing his hands in the
pulpit and throwing the water from
them over the congregation, saying at
the same time that he washed his hands
of the people of that town; that he would
have no more to do with them; that he
would never preach another sermon
there, that he would go on his way in the
world and allow them to go theirs. He
then picked up his hat and coat and
walked out, slamming the door. This
was during the midst of the service.
It is said there was considerable talk
about- the action of the minister, and
that several threats were made against
him. It is also said that he hurriedly
left the city.
ANNEXATIONISTS APPEAL.
They Will Carry Their Eight to the
Supreme Court.
Macon, April 3.—The annexationists
have not given up hopes. They will
carry the fight on to the supreme court
and have strong hopes of winning out.
A bill of exceptions has been prepared
and sent down to Perry to Judge Felton
in order that he might sign it. It is
called a fast hill and the lawyers say
that the coxu-t will take it up in the next-
few days. All of the lawyers who rep
resented the city here will appear before
the supreme court and argue at length
They believe that there is still plenty of
time to get the suburbs in should the
ruling of Judge Felton be declared an
error. It is two months yet before the
tailing of census will commence and if
an early hearing can be had it will give
plenty of time in which to call the elec-
tion.
EX-GOVERNOR R. L. TAYLOR.
His Friends Are Booming Him For the
Vice Presidency.
Knoxville, April 3. — Ex-Governor
Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee is being
suggested as a candidate for the rice
presidential nomination on the ticket
with William J. Bryan. Hon. John T.
Essary, who successfully managed Gov-
emor Taylor’s last campaign, has issued
a letter to friends of Governor Taylor
suggesting such a candidacy and an
nouncing that a meeting will soon be
held to discuss the advisability of push
ing the claims.
It is argued that the south and west
will largely be depended upon for Dem
ocratic success in November, and that-
being true, Tennessee’s distinguished
son lias a just claim for the second place
on the ticket. The suggestion has met
favor here.
RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR.
Land and Sea Forces Are Being Made
Ready For Service.
Berlin, April 3. — The Koelnische
Zeitiuig, a semi-official organ, publishes
alarming reports regarding the busy war
preparation which Russia is making on
Land and sea. The Zeitxmg announces
that the czar will go to Moscow to be
present at a military council.
All dispatches relating to the mobil
ization of troops are carefully censored
before they are given to rbe press.
Officers who have applied for leave of
absence have been informed that all
such requests will be denied for the
present.
Family Filed In West Virginia.
Huntington, W. Va., April 3.—Ewell
Purdue was fatally shot and his brother,
Lee, was seriously wounded near Cen
terville in Wayne county Sunday night
by Arthur and Albert Cyrus, brothers,
while they were returning from church.
The families had an old grudge. The
Cyrus boys escaped, but it is believed
they were both injured as Lee Purdue
emptied two revolvers iu firing at them.
Canal Company Chartered.
Trenton, April 3.—The Interocean
Canal company was incorporated here
today with an authorized capital of $100,-
000,000. The company is authorized to
construct, own and operate a maritime
between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, through the territory of Nicara
gua, or any other territory in Central or
South America.
William Jones Insane.
Washington, April 2. — William
Jones, the avenger who shot at Guitean,
President Garfield’s assassin, while
Guitean was being taken to jail, has
been found insane and turned over to a
Georgia relative.
BeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
The iamou9 tittle pills.
Johnston’s Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
THE GRE/VT SPRING MEDICINE.
JOHNSTON S SARSAPARILLA as a Blood Food and Nerve Energizer, is the
greatest SPRING MEDICINE ever discovered. It comes as a rich blessing from
heaven to the “ worn out,” the run down, the overworked and debilitated. That “ tired
feeling, those * sinking spells, ’ the languor arid despondency which arise from badly nour
ished nerves, from thin, vitiated blood and an underfed body, vanish as if by a magic
spell. The weariness, lassitude and nervous prostration which accompany ihe spring,
time and the heat of summer, are conquered and banished at once. For every form of
neurasthenia, and all ailments of the brain and nerve, insomnia, hysteria and nervousness
generally, it is almost a specific. It furnishes the very elements to rebuild worn-out nerve
tissues. It feeds brain, nerve centers and nerves, calming and equalizing their action; it
makes rich, red, honest blood. Newness of life, new hope, new strength follow its faith
ful use. It makes the weak strong, and the old young again.
It was the antiquated (but now happily exploded) method in the good old times, to
treat Salt Rheum, Scrofula, Cancer and other troublesome disorders arising from
BLOOD lAINT with powerful alteratives, such as mercury, arsenic and other mineral
agents. It was expected by this treatment that the poison could be killed while the blood
was left to course through its channels holding in its circulation the speciftc germs of the
disease. But in this way. every part of the body became more or less diseased. Noth
ing can be more terrible than a horribly destructive blood taint. It not only attacks viru
lently the different structures of the body, but many times the bones are honey-combed
and destroyed. It often seeks out the nerves and spinal cord, and again it will bring de
cay and death to some vital organ, as the kidneys, liver or stomach. There is only one
scientific method for the cure of blood taint. That is, PURIFICATION! Every particle
of the blood must be removed through the execretory channels, the lungs, kidneys, bowels,
liver and skin. “ First pure, then peaceable.” The great restorative, reconstructive and
vitalizer of the blood, JOHNSTON’S SARSAPARILLA, not only radically and ex
haustively removes the taint, but also removes all mercury, calomel and other minerals,
and fills the veins and arteries with the ruby, glowing current of vitality. “Hie blood is
the life. Good health means pure blood. The old and reliable remedy, JOHNSTON’S
SARSAPARILLA, is universally regarded as the greatest Blood Purifier ever discov
ered. This fact is now established beyond question or cavil.
BLOOD POISON CUBED BY JOHNSTON'S S VKS VPARII.H.
- • o , , _ „ Byron. Mich., October 31, 1894.
Williams. Davis, Brooks & Co., Detroit:
Gentlemen:—In April last I began using JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA for Blood Poison, caused
by an amputation of one of my arms. I had SEVEN RUNNING SORES on my legs. I used two bottles
tncl was entirely cured. I know it is what cured me. Yours truly, G. W. LUTHER.
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H. B. MeM ASTER, Waynesbors, Ga.
DANIEL, SONS* PALMER, Millen, Ga.
S.F. OOOPER, Rocky Ford, Ga.
I \V, H. PARKER, Rocky Ford, Ga.
| E. S. LANE * CO-, Dover, Ga
I M. M, PERKINS, Perkins, Ga,
FIVE DOCTORS PROSECUTED.
Warring- Financiers Come To
gether In Big Beal.
COAL TRUST TO BE FORMED
By Merging of Their Bonds Into One
System a Powerful Corporation Will
Control Entire Coal Product of the
United States.
New York, April 4.—Control of the
Reading railroad has been acquired by
the Yanderbilts. Not only is the vast
mileage, with the extraordinary coal
land holdings of the Reading company,
taken over by the Yanderbilts, but two
other important railroads are incidentally
absorbed. The Lehigh Yalley and the
Erie systems are to he merged into the
Reading and the Reading, with these ac
quisitions, becomes the property of the
Vanderbilts.
This assures the settlement- of the an
thracite coal troubles—the unification of
» j. thracite coal mining and transportation
interests. On this alone the deal is of
tremendous consequences. There are
other and even greater elements, how
ever. By this transaction practically
every disturbing factor is removed from
the anthracite situation. Not only are
competitive corporations brought into
harmony, hut financial interests, recently
antagonistic dangerously close to open
war, are harmonized.
According to statements made by Wall
street interests in close touch with the
Vanderbilt and Morgan factions, one of
the first and most important results of
the Vanderbilt-Morgan-Cassett alliance
for the joint control of eastern railway
systems will be the cementing of a new
coal combine, which will include both
the authricite and bituminous compa
nies, and bind them together in a pow
erful trust that will have absolute con
trol of the American coal trade. The
final step toward the completion of this
project was, it is said, the acquisition by
the Pennsylvania railroad of sufficient
Norfolk and Western stock to make it a
factor in the management of that prop
erty.
Editor’s Awful Plight.
F. . Higgins, Editor Seu&ca,
(Ills.,) News, was afflicted for years
with Piles that no doctor or remedy
helped until he tried Bucblen’s Ar
nica Salve. He writes two boxes
wholly cured him. It’s the surest
Pile cure on earlh and the best
salve in the world. Cure guaran
teed. Only 25 cents. Sold by H. B.
MCMaster, druggist.
They Are Held Under a $500 Bond
For Misdemeanor.
Atlanta, April 4.—At the instigation
of a committee of regularly licensed
physicians, representing all the medical
schools in the city, five doctors have
been indicted by the Fulton grand jury,
the charges against them being that they
did not hold regular diplomas author
izing them to practice the profession in
the state.
The following are those against whom
indictments were found: Dr. Tanner of
Dr. Tanner & Co., Dr. John Swanson,
Dr. W. C. Yah Yalen, G. K. Woodward
and Professor W. R. Price. The tech
nical charge against those indicted is a
misdemeanor and the bond in each case
was fixed at $500.-
PROPOSED NEW RAILROAD.
WILL BUILD WINTER HOTEL.
Charleston to Have .$500,000 House
on Battery.
Charleston, April 4.—Mr. George M.
Trenholm of this city, who has been
finn.iicin.lly interested in the building of
a grand $509,000 hotel on the water front
in Charleston, has gone to New York on
a business trip. The hotel scheme is in
splendid shape and there is every reason
to believe that the money can be raised,
as previously promised. Architect
Wheelwright of New York, who has
been in Charleston for several weeks,
has completed the drawings for the hotel
and these have been sent to New York.
The site picked out for the hotel is on
the high battery overlooking the harbor.
It is considered a magnificent location
for both a summer and winter hotel.
There is more calarrn In tt is section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until thelast few years was supposed to
be incurable. For a great, many years doc
tors pronounced it a iocal disease, and pre
scribed local remedies, and by constanti
failing to cure with local treatment, pro
nounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney <t Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con
stitutional cure on the market. It is taken
internally in doses frtnn 10 drops to a tea
spoonful It acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
1 Jggv-Sold by Druggists, 75c. Toledo, O
Colonel Boone of Blade Diamond
Fame Is Projector.
Columbia, S. C., April 4.—Colonel A.
E. Boone, now of Knoxville, has written
to the secretary of state for a copy of the
acts relative to railroad, charters. He
wishes to apply for a charter for the
Knoxville, Soxxth Carolina and South-
port Railway company. He states that
the proposed railroad trill ran from
Knoxville to Greenville, and from there
probably to Wiunsboro, Camden, Con
way and thence to Charleston, via
Georgetown.
Colonel Boone is the father of the
“Black Diamond” project.
Robinson on the Warpath.
Fernandina, Fla., April 4.—Frank
Robinson, formerly of Waycross, Ga.,
who has been employed as a car in
spector hv the Florida Central and Pe
ninsular railroad in their freight yards
here, shot at Conductor Brooks near the
shops Saturday, the conductor having
refused to allow bun to ride on his train.
He then came down town and engaged
in a row with some negroes on Broom
street, which ended in his shooting at
one of them. Neither shot took effect.
War on the Cattle Tick.
Clayton, Ga., April 4.—A meeting of
the representative men from all parts of
the country has been held at the court
house in Clayton for the purpose of de
rising means to prevent the spreading
of disease among the cattle of this moun
tain region by what is kuown as the
“cattle tick.” An organization was
formed to he known as the Rabun Comity.
Cattle Protective association.
Promising Derby Candidate.
Louisville, April 4.—Another very
promising candidate for Kentucky derby
honors has been uncovered in John E.
Madden’s Star Bright. He went a mile
in 1:45 with a good sized boy np.
Waterworks For Apalachicola.
Tallahassee, April 4.—Letters patent
have been issued for the incorporation
of the Apalachicola Waterworks com
pany, with a capital of $30,000.
H. Clark, Cbaancey, Ga., says De-
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured
him of piles that had afflicted him
for twenty years. It is also a speedy
cure for skin diseases. Beware of
dangerous counterfeits. H. B. MC
Master.
Warrant of Removal Denied.
New York, April 4.—Judge Brown of
the United States district court has re
fused a warrant of removaT applied for
in the case of Captain Carter’s certiorari,
H. B. Greene, E. H. Gaynor and W. T.
Gavnor, indicted in Savannah. He or
dered the discharge of the prisoners
without prejudice to further proceedings.
Quay Case Before Senate.
Washington, April 4.—There was a
lively time in the senate today over the
Quay case, it being the continuation of
the contest inaugurated last evening.
After an hour’s debate the case went
over until tomorrow.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is what it was made for.
Authorities Were at One Time
Near Surrendering-.
PETITION SENT TO BULLER
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If you would like to have a copy
please drop us a postal.
It Explains Row of Cecil Rhodes With
Commander at Kimberley Harrison.
Situation In City Was Fearful—Peo
ple Were Dying of Hunger.
London, April 4.—The troubles be
tween Cecil Rhodes and Colonel Keke
wich are now being fully told. It ap
pears that the relations between the
“empire maker” and the colonel com
manding at Kimberley reached such a
pass that Mr. Rhodes ordered the army
officer out of the house - The dispute is
told in detail by a Kimberley corres
pondent.
When Mr. Rhodes saw the danger to
which the town and its inhabitants
were exposed he cam e to the conclusion
that the time had arrived for the facts
in the case to be placed on record. He
accordingly called the mayor and a few
leading citizens together, and in consul
tation with them drew up a petition,
which xvas duly forwarded to Colonel
Kekewieh, accompanied by the request
that he would transmit it by heliograph
to the higher military authorities.
The petition deals at length with the
conditions existing at Kimberley after
the city had been under seige for four
mouths, and requests that relief be sent
at the earliest possible moment.
The document shows that the people
of Kimberley were in dire straits, and
suggested to Roberts that the officials
were on the verge of surrendering.
After taking tune to consider his de
cision, the officer commanding sent Mr.
Rhodes a letter informing him that the
substance of his communication had
been forwrrded to Lord Roberts per he
liograph. Lord Roberts’ reply, which
was communicated in due course, pos
sesses no less historical interest than the
remarkable communication which origi
nated the correspondence:
“I beg you represent to the mayor and
Mr. Rhodes as strongly as you possibly
ca* the disastrous and humiliating effect
of surrendering after so prolonged and
glorious defense. Many days will not
pass before Kimberley will be relieved,
as we commence active operations to
morrow.
“Future military operations depend in
a large measure on your maintaining your
position a very short time longer.”
Mr. Rhodes was much annoyed at the
suggestion that the thought of surrender
had ever occurred either to himself or to
those associated with him in the repre
sentations which had been made and I
have reason to believe that when Lord
Roberts and Lord Kitchener arrived in
Kimberley he took an early opportunity
of disabusing their minds of so mis
chievous an impression.
Question Answered.
Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandmothers never thought of us
ing anything else for indigestion or
biliousness. Doctors were scarce,
and they seldom heard of appendi
citis, nervous prostration, or heart
failure, etc. They used August
Flower to clean out the system and
stop fermentation of indigested
food, regulate the action of the liver,
stimulate the nervous and organic
action of the system, and that is all
they took when feeling dull and bad
with headaches and other aches.
You only need a few doses of
Green’s August Flower, in liquid
form, to make you satisfied there is
nothing serious the matter with
you. Sample bottles at h, b. mcmas-
ter, Waynesboro, Ga., and JEL Q.
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UNIQUE CONTEST IN SENATE
Spooner Is Reported as Trying to
Silence Tillman.
Washington, April 4. — There has
been much newspaper talk relative to a
contest which is going on in the United
States senate between Senator Spooner
and Senator Tillman. The statements
are to the effect that Senator Spooner
has undertaken the extraordinary task
of trying to silence a fellow member of
the senate. Such a contest would be
a unique one, and has not been wit
nessed in the United States senate since
the days of Webster and Calhoun and
Hayne.
There is no doubt Senator Tillman is
at times impetuous, and is at all times
outspoken in his opposition to certain
order of things, and he speaks perhaps
at times with a vehemence upon certain
topics, hut as a senator of a sovereign
state that is his right. If Spooner has
undertaken to wage a contest against
Tillman on these lines the South Caro
lina senator will doubtless be ready to
meet him, and there are many who be
lieve that Tillman will, before the end
of the present session, completely down
the “refined little lawyer” from the
west.
H. A. RUCKER IS INDICTED.
Revenue Collector and His Clerk Are
Held For Libel.
Atlanta, April 4.—As a result of an
article which appeared in The Republi
can Leader, Henry A. Rucker, collector
of internal revenue, and W. L. Moseley,
a clerk in his office, have been indicted
by the grand jury ou the charge of libel.
Rucker is said to be owner of The Re
publican Leader, a newspaper published
in this city. In a recent article it was
stated that Augusta F: Smith, a teacher
in the state school for negroes at Savan
nah, had been. divorced from her hus-
baud, and that the cause of the divorce
was that she had been unfaithful.
dense the liver, purify the blood,
invigorate the body by using De-
Witt’s Little Early Risers- These
famous little pills always acts
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ASKS FOR $5,000 DAMAGES.
Interesting Case on Trial Iu Macon
City Court.
-Macon, March 31. — An interesting
case is on trial before Judge Notting
ham. James O’Neal, a well known
farmer of Twiggs county, is suing Na
pier Bros., a firm of this city, for false
imprisonment. It seems that m 1898
O’Neal was arrested on a warrant sworn
out by Napier Bros., charging him with
a misdemeanor. The reason the war
rant was sworn out, it is claimed by
O’Neal, was on account of his owing
them an account, and not paying it at
the exact time promised.
O’Neal is a man of about 80 years of
age, and xvas kept iu jail here about
three days before he xvas allowed to give
bond. He immediately filed suit for
$5,000 damages against the firm. The mox r ement against the Boers east of
case wifi occupy the attention of the j ...... , «...
court for sex'eral days. The laxvy ers for
the plaintiff are endeax'oring to show
that Napier Bros, hnve been using crim
inal prosecution to cohect money owed
them.
BROUGHTON’S FATAL ERROR
Drank Wood Alcohol By 3Iistake and
is Dead.
Lyons, Ga., March 30.-Daniel Brough
ton, a merchant of this place, is dead,
and John McEachem, a friend, is at the
point of death from drinking xvood alco
hol by mistake. Both are prominent
men in the community.
Broughton xvas having his store painted
and at the request of the painter ordered
some xvood alcohol for mixing. Some of
it xvas put into bottles labeled “root
beer,” and one of these bottles the
painter left on a shelf. Supposing the
bottle to contain root beer Broughton
asked McEachern to hax - e a drink aud
both drank. Txvelve hours afterward
BroughtoD xx'as dead and McEachem xvas
at the point of death, notxvithstanding
the best efforts of physicians.
A Thousand Tongues
Could not express the rapture of
Annie E. Springer, of 1125 Howard
st., Philadelphia, Pa., when she
found that Dr. King’s New Discov
ery for consumption has completely
cured her of a hacking cough that
for many years had made life a bur
den, All other remedies and doc
tors could give her no help, but she
says of this Royal Cure—“it soon re
moved the pain In my chest and I
can now sleep soundly, something I
can scarcely remember doing before
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Charter Applied For.
Atlanta, March 31.—A charter has
been applied for at the office of the sec
retary of state for the Atlanta, Stone
Mountain and Dahlonega railroad, aline
which the incorporators of the company
propose to ran from this city to Stone
Mountain, passing by the granite quar
ries at Lithonia and ranning thence
through the gold counties of the state,
termii ating at Dahlonega. The object
of the company is to open np to rapid
transportation a section rich in granite
and gold, and xvhich is isolated to a
great extent at the present time.
Important Decision Rendered.
Columbus, Ga., March 30 —United
States District Judge Newman has
handed down a highly interesting opin
ion in a branch of the defunct Chatta
hoochee National bank case. The re-
ceix-er of the bank lexried a second assess
ment of 39 per cent upon the bank’s
stockholders, and they resisted it. In
his decision Judge Nexvman says that
one stockholder in a national bank can
not be made liable for the failure of an
other stockholder to pay his assessments.
Adula Prize Money.
Savannah, March 30.—The case of the
Spanish xvar prize, the steamship Adula,
which was brought into Savannah, after
being captured off the coast of Puerto
Rico and which was condemned as a war
prize, has been finally settled. The
United States supreme court has refused
a hearing in the case of the Adula and
the proceeds of the sale of the vessel will
be cffxrided among those entitled to re
ceive compensation for the part they
took in capturing:her.
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Bloemfontein and have rejoined the
main army. It doubtless seemed to Lord
Roberts a vain thing to send from 10,090
to 12,000 of his best troops into the xvil-
derness, xrith a field transport, in the di
rection at a right angle, which is chosen
as a line of advance. The Boers have
probably moved elsewhere and if to the
southxvest General Colville could as
easily strike them from Bloemfontein as
by folloxving up across the plains. These
inferences still leave the situation be
wildering for the time being. The
enormously superior British forces ap
pear inactive in every part of the war
field, waiting yet probably for the ac
cumulation of material for a sxvift ad
vance across the Transx r aal frontier.
The permanent bridge at the Modder
river station has been finished. The
first train jiassed over it Tuesday.
The British garrison at Springfontein
was roused at midnight Monday by the
intimation that the Boers in force were
about to make an attack, but not a
burgher appeared.
Further details of the British reverses
near the Bloemfontein waterworks tend
to shoxv that greater cohesion exists
among the burghers of the Free State
than had been imagined.
The Standard’s correspondent illus
trates the “slimness” of the Boers by
mentioning that they concealed them
selves in the long grass and further de
ceived Colonel Broadxvood’s troops by
deputing some of their number to ap
pear unarmed as merely interested spec
tators. The Boers were at first forced
back by the fire of the artillery, but
were soon reinforced and resumed the
offensive, persuing the British for some
distance. On the arri\ r al of the Ninth
and cavalry divisions an attempt was
made to surround the federal troops,
but they fell hack to a strong position
and General Colville finding them pro
vided xrith Crensot guns decided not to
engage them and returned to Bushman’s
Kop. •
A further list of the casualties sus
tained by the British officers at Koora
spruit March 31 adds 11 missing and one
wounded, making the total thus far 32.
DAVIS ON SOUTH AFRICA.
He Says Pretoria Is Impregnable—Rob
erts at Bay.
Washington, April 4.—After Secre
tary of the Interior Hitchcock sent to
Webster Davis a brief note, in xvhich he
said the president had asked him to an
nounce to Mr. Daxis that he had "ac
cepted his resignation to become effec
tive today, Mr. Daxis felt at liberty to
talk freely on the South African situa
tion and what he saxv there.
After describing the fortifications at
Pretoria he stated positively that Pre
toria was absolutely impregnable.
He says that at Tugela Buffer and his
40,000 men are held at bay by 7,000.
With this force Jonbert and Botha held
Buffer back and kept White and his 15,-
meu corraled in the texvn.
IT MAY BE BISHOP KELLEY.
Souvenirs Received at Savannah Indi
cate His Appointment.
Savannah, April 4.—Considerable in
terest has been created in Savannah by
the receipt of several consecration sou
venirs bearing the photograph of Vicar
General Kelley, who, it is expected, will
be named as bishop of Savannah before
a great while.
Some enterprising firm in the east has
issued the souvenir upon the theory,
doubtless, that Father Kelley is to be
Bishop Becker’s successor. The souve
nir consists of a piece of purple ribbon
from which is suspended a photograph
of Father Kelley. The reading matter
on the ribbon states that he has been
consecrated bishop of Savannah. If
there has been any appointment of a
bishop of Savannah the fact is being
kept a secret. Father Kelley says he
knoxvs nothing of it.
Puerto Rican Bill Passed.
Washington, April 4.—The Puerto
Rican tariff biff has been passed by the
senate. The vote was 40 to 31. There
were 16 absentees, all of them paired. Of
the Republicans, all voted for the bill
except Davis of Minnesota, Proctor of
Vermont, Wellington of Maryland, Ma
son of Illinois, Nelson of Minnesota and
Simon of Oregon. Senator Hoar was
paired against the bill. Mr. McEneryof
Urmisiana was the only Democrat paired
for the bill.
COLVILLE RETI
TO BLOEMFONTEIN
His Force With French’s Re
joins the Main Army.
IT MAY MEAN AN ADVANCE
Belhtved That Lord Roberts Has De
cided to Move at Once—Entire British
Force Inactive—Further Details of
Broadwood’s Defeat.
London, April 4.—General Colville
and General French have given up the
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