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I he State of Dade News.
vot.. IX.
BULLER IS BALKED.
He Comes to a Standstill Before the
Enemy.
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DAYLIGHT ATTACK NOT POSSIBLE.
A Zone of Fire Through Which He
Refuses to Send His Infantry—Spion
Kop Heights to he Assaulted.
London, by Cable.—General Buller’a
great turning movement, of which so
much had been expected, has come Lo
a standstill. His carefully worded
message to the War Office telling this,
after a silence of two days, reads like
an apology and explanation. General
Warren holds the ridges, but the ene
my’s positions are higher. The Brit
ish artillery is playing on the Boer po
sitions, and the Boers are replying.
British infantry is separated by only
1.400 yards from the enemy, but an ap
proach to the steep slopes, across the
bare open would expose the British to
a fatal rifle fire. General Buller’.-
plans have reached their development.
He declines to send his infantry across
this zone against formidable positions
by daylight, and discloses his purpose
to assault the Spion kop heights dur
ing the night. This appears to be the
key to the Boar defences. If he takes
it and thus commands the adjacent
country, an important and possibly a
decisive step will have been accom
plished. It seems that General Buller’s
dispatch reached the War Office rather
early in the night and was the subject
of a prolonged conference between
Lord Lansdowne, Mr. Balfour and sev
eral staff officials.
1 he Buller dispatch, dll things con
sidered. looks like preparation for
worse news to some of . the newspa
pers. Parliament will meet in five
days. The cabinet had bean hoping
for one rallying British success to
cheer the country, and to command
generous support for fresh revenue
measures. Among these will be prob
ably an increase in the income tax to
a shilling in the pound, but this would
only provide the cost of five weeks hos
tilities. The duties on- tobacco, alco
hol, tea and coffee are likely to bs
raised.
1 he cabinet will meet at the end of
the week and discuss the situation.
Political con si derations, both foreign
and domestic, press upon the military
authorities the necessity of speedily
accomplishing something. These au
thorities may have been persuaded to
urge General Buller to attempt his
great operation without adequate pre
paration. Apparently Lord Roberts
has nothing whatever to do with Gen
eral Buller's operations. General Bai
ler and the War Office* communicate
with each other direct.
The Daily Chronicle "publishes the
following, heliograiphed from Lady
smith, dated January 22. by wav of
Swartz kop, January 23d: “Yesterday
we could see British shells bursting
close to the Boer camp on the plateau
this side of Potgieter's cirri ft, but the
camp still remains in position these
to-day. We heard heavy firing all this
morning. The bombardment here is
U.u-k. but tih-c big gun on Mount Bul
wat.a is still firing.
Expelled From The Party.
Augusta, Ga., Special —W. H. Stal
lings, Republican postmaster of Au
gusta, has been “expelled" from th
Republican party by negroes in control
of the people of the party in this
country. He presented himself to regis
ter for selection of delegates to the
State and national convention, and
was denied the privilege on the ground
that he was expelled. This action was
taken because he refused to appoint
a negro named Wimberley as assistant
Postmaster.
Prohibition Convention.
Chicago, 111., Special.—The following
call for the national Prohibition con
vention has been issued: The nation
al convention of the Prohibition party
,0 nominate candidates for President
and Vice President of the United
States, and to transact such other bas
iuess as may properly come before it,
is hereby called to meet at the coliae
"nr, in the city of Chicago. 111., at 10
0 clock a. m., on Wednesday. June 27.
1000.
Telegraphic Briefs.
The President sent the following
: >m in at ions to the Senate, Army—to
te brigadier general of the Unite I
“lutes volunteers. Colonel Geo. M.
R-ndall, Eighth Infantry. United
■dates army; Colonel James M. Bell,
7"'ent.v-seventh Infantry. United
volunteers.
special from Greenville, Tenn.,
EJys Mrs. M. .1. Petterson, the only l!v
--% child of Andrew Jackson, is criti
a‘: y ill at her home there and not tx-
to live. She is over SO years of
age.
f Tl >e sum of $35,000 has been raised
‘? r a cettton factory at Smithfield, N.
anr l the Herald says the success of
• c ‘ enterprise is assured.
ROBERTS ON TRIAL
Defends Himself in the House of Rep
resentatives
1 wenty-seveoth Day.—A speech, sen
sational in interest and international
in its importance, was delivered in the
Senate by Mr. Hale, Republican, of
Maine. The occasion of the utterances
was the simple question whether a
resolution introduced by Mr. Allen,
Populist as to the recognition by this
country of diplomatic representatives
of the Transvaal republic, should be
directed to the President, or to the
Secretary of State. Mr. Hale made the
question the text of an impassioned
speech in which he leclared that nine
tenths of the American people sympa
thized with the Boers in their gallant
struggle for liberty against one of the
greatest powers of the world. He spoke
with unusual force, decisiveness and
earnestness, even for him, and his pas
sionate eloquence claimed the closest,
attention of every auditor. At the
opening, the Allen resolution, calling
upon the Secretary of State for infor
mation as to whether any representa
tive of the Transvaal had applied to the
United States government for recogni
tion. and if such application had been
made, if it. had been accepted; and if
not, why not, was laid before the Sen
ate.
Pending the further discussion of
these measures the Senate adjourned.
Twenty-eighth Day.—Little new in
formation was developed in the Clark
senatorial investigation by the Senate
committee on privileges and elections
T. F. Normoile, of Butte, Mont., a
member of the last Legislature, testi
fied that he had been approached with
an offer of $12,500 to vote for Mr.
Clark, but had not accepted it, and had
voted for Conrad throughout the con
test.
Twenty-ninth Day.—This was an
other day of oratory in the Senate.
Mr. Pritdhard, of North Carolina, de
livered a long and carefully prepared
address upon the race question in the
South, his remarks being addressed
particularly against the proposed
amendment to the constitution of
North Carolina, which, if enacted, he
said, would disfranchise a targe class
of voters, both white and black. He
w r as followed by Mr. Turner, of Wash
ington, in a speech on the Philippine
question, in which he arraigned the
administration’s policy. Soon after the
Senate convened today a joint resolu
tion was offered by Mr. Platt, of New
York, authorizing President to invite
the government of Great Britain to
join in the promotion of an interna
tional commission to examine and re
port on the diversion of the waters
that are the boundary of the two coun
tries. It was referred to the commit
tee cn foreign affairs. Mr. Hoar, chair
man of the judiciary committee, re
ported hack the resolution of Mr. Raw
lins, of Utah, for an inquiry upon the
first and last paragraph of the resolu
tion be adopted. The report was ac
cepted and the resolution as amended
adopted.
Thirtieth Day.—Speech-making oc
cupied the Senate. The features were
the concluding speech of the session
on the race question by Mr. McEnery,
of Louisiana, supporting the prcpoeed
amendment to the North Carolina con
stitution. and a carefully prepared
speech on the Philippines by Mr.
Ross, of Vermont. At the opening,
Mr. Turley, of Tennessee, reported
from the committee on privileges and
elections a resolution on the case of
former Senator Quay. The resolution
follows:
“That the Hon. Matthew S. Quay is
not entitled to take hi® seat in this
body as a Senator from the State of
Pennsylvania.”
That resolution was the judgment
of the majority of the commit
tee. The minority of the committee
filed a report declaring that Mr. Quay
was entitled to a seat in the Senate.
The Hous'.
Twenty-seventh Day. —The ' pension
appropriation bill, carrying $145,245,-
250,was passed by the House. It was
made the vehicle of attack upon the
Commissioner of Pensions by Mr. Cur
tis. of Kansas, Who was seconded by
Mr. Lentz and Mr. Norton, of Ohio:
Mr. Robinson, of Indiana, and other
Northern Democrats. All inveighed
against the lack of liberty in the ad
ministration of the pension laws. The
Commissioner was ably defended by a
score of members from both sides of
the House. A rider was put upon the
bill, by unanimous consent, empower
ing the Commissioner, in his discre
tion. to withhold the fees of attorneys
of record in pension cases where lie
was satisfied that the attorneys had
not prepared the cases under their per
sonal supervision. Mr. Barney, of Wis
consin, in charge of the bill, said the
Commissioner of Pensions’ estimates
under the bill during coming year
would largely decrease, but the appro
priation should not be reduced owing
to the pendency of 25.000 Spanish war
claims, which $5,000,000 or $0,000,000
would cover.
Twenty-eighth Day.—The House
spent an h6ur Tuesday in disposing cf
bills favorably reported and among
those passed were the measures to
build the
Island Dry Dock® of stone instead of
timber. The reports on the Roberts’
case were also received. An hour was
given to pronouncing eulogies on the
late Representative Danford, of Ohio.
Mr. White (N. C., colored) presented
a petition signed by 2.413 persons for
national legislation against lynching
and mob violence, and asked that it be
read at the clerk's desk. Mr. Richard
son i Term.) objected, saying that
there was no reason why this petition
should not take the usual course.
Twentv-ninth Dav—The session nt
TRENTON, GA., JANUARY 25, WOO.
the House w*as occupied with routine
business, and the discussion of the
Roberts reports. After a brief session
the House adjourned.
Thirtieth Day. —The opening debate
in the Roberts case brought enormous
crowds to the house. Fully tihiree
fourths the spectators were women.
Mr. Roberts was seated on tibe ex
treme right of the hall., and every neck
was craned to view* him. If was an
oratorical field day crowds re
mained long after nightfall to hear
the impassioned words of the accused
as he faced the house, like a:n animal
at bay, knowing that every hand was
raised against him. Mir. Roberts waa
very adroit in the handling of his case
anid at times exceedingly dramatic.
Taking advantage of the issue raised
by thie division in the committee as to
the method of ousting him. he appro
priated to himself the argument of the
minority, that lie was constitutionally
entitled to be sworn in. and the argu
ment of the majority that once sworn
in, he could not be expelled.
Atlanta’s Celebration.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.—The Virginia
Society in Atlanta celebrated tlhe
birthday of the Confederacy’s chief by
attractive exercises at the Grand Opera
House. Seats were sot apart for the
j various local partiotic associations and
I the boxes were occupied by Governor
Candler, State officers, justices of the
Supreme Court, the local clergy and
the beauty and chivalry of Atlanta.
lloh. Hamilton Douglass, president of
the Virginia Society, presided.
.-ree Rural .Mail Delivery.
Washington, D. C., Special.—lt has
been decided by the postoffice depart
ment to permit the star route system
in a measure to sunplement the system
of rural free delivery, and to permit
carriers on star routes to deposit mails
in proper receptacles placed along their
line of travel. This plan will be inau
gurated in South Carolina, beginning
July 1, and will be extended to other
parts of the country as rapidly as pos
sible.
Boer Spies in the Lines.
London, by Cable—The Durban cor
respondent of the Standard says: It
is reported that ten volunteer stretcher
bearers on their arrival at the front
walked deliberately across into the
Boer lines. The samp thing occurred
at the battle of Colenso. It is presum
’ ed they were spies who had succeeded
in enrolling themselves in the ambu
lance corps. It is asserted that the Bo
ers desecrated the convent church at
New Castle in an indescribable man
ner.
Shot as He Ran.
Macon, Ga.. Special.—Two negroes
shot to death and two white men des
perately wounded were the casualties
in an attempt to arrest a negro mur
derer here Monday. .1. B. Butler, col
ored, is the naan w r ho did most of the
shooting and who was himself shot to
death. His victims were Armist-ead
Bryant, colored, shot through the heart
and instantly killed; B. Saltman,
white, shot through the stomach, and
will probably die, and John Reed,
white shot in the neck, and who is in
a precarious condition.
Closing Mines.
Scranton, Pa., Special.—The Dela
ware. Lackaw'anna and Western com
pany has closed its mines. Officials of
the company declare this is done be
cause of ar. overproduction for the
market demands; but among the min
ers there is general conclusion that it
is done for the purpose of anticipating
any labor trouble by reason of the
present unrest among the miners of
district No. 1 United Mine Workers of
America.
The President Monday seut to the
Senate a report showing that the State
Department expended $493,860 of the
$50,000,000 emergency war appropria
tion. This included $135,102 for the
peace commission and $136,420 for the
Philippine commission.
A. F. Gault and Wm. Doull, capital
ists of Montreal, have just returned to
Palm Beach. Fla., from Cuba, where
they secured control of all the surface
street railroads in Havana and also
concessions that will give them a mo
nopoly of the street railway business
in and around the Cuban capital for
many years to come.
The Vienna dispatch says: "Thirty
thousand more miners have joined the
strikers, making a total of 70,000, and
20,000 more are expectant. The strike
is affecting ail industries in Vienna.
Information has been received .at
Norfolk that Lewis Davis, a negro
preacher, of near Kent Court House.
Va.. 'while in a fight with his wife, was
struck over the head with a stick by
her and beaten so badly tha on Mon
day he died. The woman has been ar
rested and will he tried for her life.
Davis was considered a great preacher
by the negroes of Kent county, and the
tragedy has caused quite a stir among
them.
Georgia is waking up *n the modern
way of doing tilings. She is about to
institute some means for utilizing her
cornstalks. An agricultural expert
says the farmers ought to realize full
$.500,000 each year out of this product,
wb’eh has heretofore been wasted.
IMCMOCKATIC.
COL BRYAN SPEAKS.
Enthusiastic Audience Greets Him in
Baltimore.
DISCUSSES THE MONEY QUESTION.
Also Elucidates His Position on the
Problem of Expansion—A Large
Audience Hears Him.
Baltimore, Md„ Special.—Hon. W.
J. ryan delivered an address -here
Saturday night upon the political
questions of the day to an audience
which filled the music hall, the big
gest auditorium in the city to its full
est capacity, and which greeted him
and his remarks with the greatest en
thusiasm. The meeting was held un
der the auspices of the Maryland Dem
ocratic Association, one of the free
silver wings of the Democratic party
of the State, and w*as not encouraged
in any manner by the regular Demo
cratic organization. In fact, the latter
held strictly aloof from any partici
pation in the affair. They made no
effort to discourage it in any manner,
but not one of the Democratic leaders
appeared on the platform, and an of
fer of stage tickets was politely de
clined by the principal members of the
Democratic State Central Committee.
With the party who came from
Washington with Mr. Bryan were Sen
ator Tillman, of South Carolina, Con
gressman Sulzer, of New York; Rich
ardson, of Tennessee; Jones, of Vir
ginia, and DeArmond, of Missouri. It
was nearly eight o’clock when the
party reached the music hall when tiie
crowd greeted him uproariously.
Mr. Bryan said in part;
“I want to assure you in the begin
ning that my happiness does not de
pend upon any honor which the peo
ple of this nation can confer, neither
do I believe that this nation’s happi
ness or welfare depends upon any one
person. As in politics, as in the army,
the generals get glory and the privates
do the work. And therefore I feel that
I owe it to those who for nearly .four
years have been bearing the burden
in the heat of the day; I owe it to them
to say that whatj have done is but an
atom compared with what they have
done.
“In 1896 the voters proved that they
could control the policy of the party
and during the last three years they
have proven that they could hold what
they gained in 1896 in spite of news
papers, in spite of railroads, in spite
of banks, and in spite of every in
fluence supposed to obtain, the plain
people of the Democratic party have
and now stand for the Chicago plat
form, in all that it says. I want to be
gin with an accepted proposition, that
proposition ■which I consider most fun
damental in government.
“I find it in the Declaration of Inde
pendence—if you will pardon me for
quoting anything from that old and
outworn document as our Republican 1
friends seem to think it.
Look Up Old Cotton Clclm.
At Washington Southern Senators
express themselves as hopeful over the
prospect® of securing legislation during
the present session of Congress, look
ing to the refunding of money paid into
Ihe treasury of the United States soon
after the civil war, as the result of the
sale of the cotton captured by the Fed
eral troops. There was originally
about $30,000,000 of this money, but a
portion of it was paid to the owners of
the cotton soon after the war. The re
mainder was left in the treasury and
has remained there ever since. Sena
tor Money, who is giving special at
tention looking to the reopening of the
subject, says that the sum left amount
ed o about $11,000,000. A bill inlro
da> ,1 by Senator Davis gives one ye3r
addP.onal time for proof of such claims
before the court of claims. It has been
favorably reported by the Senate com
mittee on claims and Senator Money
thinks the outlook very good for fa
vorable action. Moat of the claims are
held in the Southern States.
Joy in Ladysmith.
Ladysmith, By Cable.—The enemy
have placed ill position new guns
throwing eight-inch shells and hare
been bombarding more vigorously for
the last few days, though little dam
age has been done. Three of the
British force have been wounded. The
troop® are jubilant over General Rul
ler’s successful advance. His guns
can be -heard distinctly, and the burst
ing of shells can be plainly seen.
To Oust a Democrat.
Washington, D. C.. Special.—The
house committee on election®, No. l,
divided on party lines and by a vote of
six to two decided to recommend the
seating of W’m. F. Aldrich. Republi
can, who contests -the seat now held
•by Gaston A. Robbins, Democrat, for
the Fourth congressional district of
Alabama. It is the first decision in a
contested election case at the present
session of Congress. The contest was
based on alleged intimidation and
racial prejudices growing out of the
appeals for white supremacy. A mi
nority report will be made ia #^half
O r Mr. Robbins
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The South.
In the election contests, at Frank
fort, Ky.. nearly all day was con
sumed by arguments of the Demo
cratic attorneys to strike out certain
parts of the counter claims made by
the contestees.
The executive committee of the North
Carolina Tteachers’ Assembly is called
to meet in Raleigh January 26th, and
will then select the place and time of
the next annual meeting. It is said
that there will be invitations from
both the mountains and the coast.
It is said that James H. Carlisle, LL.
of Wofford College, since
1875, will positively resign this posi
tion. and retire from the head of this
historic institution after June, 1900.
Dr. Carlisle has been connected with
Wofford College since 1854.
The Golden Belt Maim featuring
Company, of Durham, N. c. has
brought suit for damages against the
Millhiser Manufacturing Company of
Richmond, Va.. for Infringement upon
the rights of patents for making bags
The amount involved in the suit wi'l
be. it s claimed, SIOO,OOO to $200,000.
I At Savannah, Ga., W. S. Mell. aged
j aboid - 22 - w ‘ as sentenced to be handed
on March 2d, for the murder of his
brother-in-law, Busbee, aged 15. There
had been a quarrel between Mell and
his wife about an adopted child, and
the child was in young Busbee’s arms
when Mell fired on him. Mell who
was an employ© of a gambling ’ room
is well connected.
At Frankfort, Ky., the grand jury
n, Ur 1 5 1 , d I lctmenU charging Colonel
David G. Colson with the wilful mur
der of Lieutenant Ethelburt Scott and
u. A. Demaree.
I _. A d f al has j'ist been closed at Ocala
Fla., by which Georgia parties have
invested $600,000 in the Copley Lum
ber Company’s pine timber on the
Ceklawaha river, below Grahamsville.
They will erect one of the largest
mil*s in the South.
W. L Allison, while prospecting for
minerals on lookout Mountain dis
covered five skeletons in a cave 15
miles from Chattanooga. There is a
difference of opinion whether they are
skeletons of Indians or of miners who
disappeared from the ore mines at Ris
mg Fawn several years ago. The cave
‘ s be ‘ ns exnlored to whether it
contains more skeletons.
The conference of ,-the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, South at
New Orleans adopted a resolution en
dorsing the Blair educational bill,
which provides for national aid to all
the States and Territories for the com
mon schooling of all children.
Admiral Dewey and his wife will ar- j
rive in New Orleans February 24th to
attend Mardi Gras.
The Adjutant General has been in
formed that the transport Kilpatrick i
left Neuvitas Saturday for Newport !
News, with a squadron of the Eighth
Cavalry, comprising five commission
ed officers, one acting assistant sur
geon and 82 enlisted men, Major Win.
1 Stanton, commanding.
The North.
Plie refusal of a Boston faith curist
and Christian Scientist, -a Mrs. JUood
all, to treat, a woman whose foot was
crushed in an accident, is creating a
sensation in the Hub, which is gradu
ally spreading all over the country
and causing the opponents cf the heal
ers to take fresh courage. The sur
prise is not lessened by -the fact -that
the would-be patient was anew con
vert to faith and amply able and will
ing to pay. Mrs. Goodail in refusing
the cose is understood to have said
that Christian Science healing did not
include surgical cases.
The statement of -the treasurer of
Harvard University shows that gifts
to the University from August 1, 189S,
to July 31, 1899, aggregated $1,544,829.
A Lewes, Del., dispatch, says that
the Fenwick Island life saving station
reports a vessel throwing up rockets
about eight mile® off shore. It i3
thought to be a steamer ashore on
Fenwick Island shoals. A tug left
Delaware breakwater at 9 o’clc. k to go
to her assistance. Fenwick Island is
about 20 miles south of Cape Henlo
pen.
A great religious revival was begun
in Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday b>
Rev. A. T. Pierson, Rev. Len. G.
Brc.ighton and Rev. Frederick H.
H. Jacobs, the “singing evangelist,”
for ton year® or more the companion
of Dwight L. Moody. Th? - ? three
evangelist.® aje to give impetus to the
revival work for at least four day®.
Rev. A. C. Dixon, well known in Rich
mond, Va., is taking a prominent part
in the movement.
General John M. Palmer, cf Illinois,
the candidate of the Sound Money
Democrats for the presidency in 1896,
ha® written to Washington protesting
against the passage or a bill intro
duced by Senator Callem to increase
his (Palmer’s) pension from SSO per
month to $100; and the bill ha® been
withdrawn.
Miscellaneous.
The United States steamship Ranger
left San Francisco Saturday fo* Pan
ama to make an important survey.
Carbolic acid and other drug® have
been advanced on account of the Eng
lish-Roe r war. The acid is used ex
pensive iv in the manufacture of lyd
, dite.
IN HONOR OF LEE.
His Birthday Celebrated Both North
and South.
MANY TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY.
—•-
An Ovation Given Mrs. Jefferson
Davis at a Banquet in New York
City.
New York, Special.—The tenth an
nual banquet of the Confederate Vet
erans Camp of New York, given iz*
honor of General Robert E. Lee. was
held at the Waldorf-Astoria Friday.
300 persons being in attendance. One of
the features was the presence of g
large number of women, members of
the families of the camp members.
Edward Owen, command'er of the camp
presided. While the dinner was in
progress, Mrs. Jefferson Davis was es
corted into the centre box in the bal
cony overlooking the banquet hall. She
wa3 given an ovation. Fans and nap
kins were thrown in the air, and flow
ers were flung to the box from the ta
bles below. In a short time Mire. Davis
was surrounded by a group which de
serted the banquet tables to greet her.
An informal reception of an hour cr
more was accordingly held by th
widow of the former head of the Con
federacy.
The dinner over, Commarxlor Owen
proposed to toast “The President of
1 the United State® and' the Army and
! the Navy.” It was drunk standing.
Thomas Nelson Page, of Virginia,
responded to the toast “The South Be
j yond Her Borders.” The speaker first
referred to the part played -by the.
South iu the upbuilding of the city of
New York. He then spoke on Stone
wall Jackson, and paid that Southern.,
hero a stirring tribute. He next told of
•the life o*f General Lee a® a civilian
and as a president of an educational
institution, and said that his motto
was “duty is -the subliunest word iu
the English language.” He .alluded in
glowing terms to the life-work of Mrs.
Jefferson Davis.
Letters of regret were read from
President McKinley, Governor Roose
velt, Mayor Van Wyck and Colonel
Longstreet, of New Orleans. The letter
from President McKinley was as fol
lows:
“I received your kind letter invit
ing me to be present and responded to
a toast at the tenth annual banquet of
your camp on the l&t!h inst.. and I
regret very mu oil that engagements al
ready made prevent me from sending
an acceptance. The cortJlal feeling of
mutual respect and good will existing
between the sections of our now re
united country, among all the people
is most gratifying to me. It would af
tord me peculiar pleasure to be with
you on this occasion and give renew
ed expression to my grateful apprecia
tion of the promptness and patriotism
with which the citizens of the Sqpfcfe.
as well as of the North, respond to tbe
call of their country, and of the ever
increasing help they are giving u>
those things which contribute to its
permanence and influence.”
“The Man on the Monument and Oho
Memory of Robert E. Lee,” was re
sponded to by John Temple Graves, o t
Georgia.
Webster’s y tatue Unveiled.
At Washington, on Thrtisday. a dis
tinguished gathering of public officials
including President M’Kinley and In*
entire cabinet, representatives of the
Senate and the House of Representa
tives, the judiciary of the United States
supreme count branches of
public life, partiejf ated in the exer
cises attending wk unveiling of the
; Icssal bronze statue of Daniel Web
ster, executed by the Italian sculptor.
Trentanove, and presented to the Uni
ted States by Mr. Stilson Hutchins, of
Washington. The President and most
of the other distinguished guests pro
ceeded to the Scott Circle, whore at 12
o’clock, the statue was unveiled. The
drawing of tha veil was performed
by Jerome Bonaparte, the great-grand
son of W’ebster, assisted by Mrs. Hutch
ins and Miss Katherine Deering.
British Losses 7,067.
A London dispatch of Thursday say*;
The British losses in killed, wounded
and captured up to date are 7,981 of
ficers and men.
Biackburn Declared Elected
At Frankfort, Ky., on Thursday. J_
C. S. Blackburn was formally declar
ed elected United Stales Senator at the
joint legislative session.
1 h? Jim Crow Car Bill.
The Virginia House of Delegate®
passed the “Jem Crew Car” bill, or the
bill requiring separtate cars for whites
and blacks on the railways without a
dissenting vote.
Pries of Sug3r Reduced.
New York, Special.—The American
Sugar Refining Company announces a
reduction of five points on soft sugar*
Number 2, and Numbers 7 to 11 inclu
sive. in any quantity. The reduction
hold indefinitely.
Wages Reduced.
In a circular which ha® been.poesed
on the walls of the Pullman sub-office,
at the union station. Chicago, a reduc
tion in the wages of sleeping ear ecm
ductors lb announced
NO. 47.