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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. r WY* fgMft | 'WfW 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. • MICHIGtAN DE.U& COMPANY, DSTrOIT, TUTTrrpr, 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 We will issue our NEW CATA LOGUE of FLY SCREENS for WIN DOWS and DOORS. 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. Bell, Millen, Ga. 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 promptly. H. B MCMaster, 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 I feel like sounding its praises •hroughout the Universe.” So will every one who tries Dr. King’s New Discovery for any trouble of the throat, chest or lungs. Price 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottles free at H. B. mcmaster’s drug store; every bot tle guaranteed. 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. bbsmo the Biffc A startling incident of which Mr John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was Ibe subject, is narrated by him as follows: “I was in a mosi dreadful condition. My skin waa almos! yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated pair, continually in back and sides no appetite—gradually growing weaker day by day. Three pby? clans had giyea me up. Fortunate )y, a friend adrised trying ‘Electru Bitters,* and to my great Joy an surprise, the test bottle made a te dded improvement. I continue their use for three weeks, and y ’> now a well man. I know they sax, jCd my life, and robbed the grave o another vietim. B No one shouh fall to try them. Only 60 cents pe bottla al & B, MeMaster’s dru; - 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 Subscribe! Subscribe!! ilfi