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I he State of Dade News. vot.. IX. BULLER IS BALKED. He Comes to a Standstill Before the Enemy. - 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.