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A8HEVILLE, N. C, SATUfiDAY JlOENING, FEBBDAEY 17, 1900.
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(IBL
Success at Last Comes
to the British
Army.
Boers Retreat From Beleag
uered Town on French's
Approach,
Roberts Has Begun March
, Again3t Bloenfontein.
Important Position Established in the
Orange Free State.
Apprehension Caused by Fact That
This Success Has Been Accom
plished Almost Without
Besistance.
London, Feb. 17. Substantial success
has at last come to the British arms
and that without any grreat resistance
on the part of the enemy. Kimberley
has been relieved and the Boers- are re
treating from the whole region around
Modder river. General Roberts has
commenced the march against Bloem
fontein. He has already established an
important position at ' Jacdbsdal, well
within the borders of thl Orange Free
State.
. This great news Has been received by
Englandl with joy mingled with appre
hension. The fact that the present ad
vance was accomplished almost with
out resistance increases the uneasiness
In regard to the ultimate result . More
over, there' has been kc fresh popular
alarm created by the fear of hostile
European complications, based partly
on Rbseberry's grave forebodings and
partly on vague rumors concerning
Russia's intentions in India and Per
sia. The new fear has more than off
set the news from South Africa in its
effect on the stock market.
GENERAL, FRENCH'S REPORTS.
London, Feb. 16. The war office has
received the following from General
Roberts:
"Jacobsdal. Feb. 16. Received! the
following from General French this
morning: 'Have completely dispersed
the enemy from the southern side of
Kimberley from Alexander's Fontein to
Oliphant's Fontein. and we are now go
ing to occupy their ground. "We cap
tured the enemy's laager and store
idepot and supplies and ammunition.
Our casualties reported will be about
twenty, of all ranks, including the
wounded. Kimberley is cheerful and
well. "
INFANTRY WAS FIRST.
London, Feb. 16. A despatch from
General Roberts indicates that the
first British arrivals at Jacobsdal were
mounted infantry. They were not op
posed. They found the place full of
women and children. The infantry was
attacked as they were returning and
lost nine wounded and two officers and
ten men missing. The officers were sub-
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For immediate sale we have a
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paying 15 per cent, cm investment.
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WILKIE & LaBARBE,
Real Estate Agents
23 Patton Arenas.
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BAKER S CO.,
Scientific Refracting Opticians,
No.' 45 Patton Avenue.
Examination Free. .
sequently found wounded at Jacobsdal.
PURSUING BOER CONVOY.
London, Feb. 16. The war office has
issued! a list of the casualties in the
neighborhood of Modder river February
11. The list shows four killed and
twenty wounded and one lieutenant and
thirty-one missing. The list of Lady-
-smith casualties issued shows forty
have died! of wounds and disease since
the last report.
In another despatch from General
Roberts to the war office dated Febru
ary 16, Roberts says he has reason to
believe that the Magersfontein trenches
have been abandoned by the Boers wfoo
are endeavoring to escape. He adds
that General French is scouring the
country north of Kimberley and that
one of General Kelly-Kenny's brigades
is pursuing a large Boer convoy which
Is moving toward Blomfontein.
THE FIRST BULLETIN,
London, Feb. 16. The war office tfcis
morning received the following from
General Roberts:
"Jacobsdal. French with force' of ar
tillery, cavalry and mounted1 infantry
reached Kimberley this evening, Thurs
day." GEN. FRENCH'S MARCH.
Riet River, Orange Free State, Feb.
14. General French, In command of a
cavalry division and with a strong force
of horse artillery left Modder river
Sunday morning for Ramban, where the
whole division was concentrated.
Next day he made a Tapid march to
Riet river, where a party of Boers con
tested the passage at Dekiel and Water
fall drifts. After some hours' shelling
General French drove the Boers away
and crossed the river.
Tuesday the column continued its
march to Klip and Romdaval drifts on
the Modder river, where a short engage
ment ensued. The Boers precipitajtedly
retreated, leaving five laagers in the
hands of the British, besides a great
quantity of cattle and 2,000 sheep.
The rapidity of General French's maroh
and the overwhelming nature of Ms
force, enabled him, in spite of the diffi
culties thoroughly outwit and sur
prise the Boers.
The British caisutalties were slight.
New York, Feb. 16. Trie Commercial
cable company this afternoon sent out
the following notice: "We are advised
that telegrams can now be accepted tfor
Kimberley, South Africa, . at sender s
risk, and not exceeding 12 words.'
ORDERS TO THE NAVY.
London, Feb. 16. A telegrarA fraiti
Portsmouth says admiralty inquiries at
the naval yard have resulted in the a-
surance mat 4J aaaiuoiuu De.n.JBiwpa,.
.cruisers ana torpea Doat aestroyers
could forthwith hoist the pennant.;...-
Tie admltalty Jfcoday ordered the hip
in thje fleet reserve jat Portsmouth to be
fully crewed arid rlady for sea. ";
This is regarded in some quarters as
preliminary to putting the whole reserve
in readiness for commissioning.
CASUALTIES OF THE WAR.
The British casualties in the (South
African war are officii reported up to
yesterday as follows: Officers killed,
156; officers wounded, 386; officers miss
ing, 114 (captured) ; total number of of
ficers killed, wounded and missing, 656;
men killed, x,-84; men wounded, 5,064;
men missing.2,789, (captured) ; total num
ber of men killed wounded and missing,
9.337; other fatalities reported, 563.
Grand total of officers and men killed,
wounded and missing, and other fatali
ties, 10,556.
BOER ADVANCE IN N-TAL.
Arundel, Feb. 14. General Clements
withdrew from Rtrusberg during the
night, his reaT guard arriving at Arun
del early this morning. The Boers
promptly followed, reoccupying their
old position in the Taalbosch hills,
whence the have been shelling the
British cavalry patrols. The British guns
returned the fire, making fairly accu
rate practice.
WAR BUDGET ADOPTED.
London. Feb. 16. In the house of
commons today during the discussion on
the war budget, the leader of the oppo
sition to Campbell, Bannerman, said the
opposition would vote to grant all the
money needed for the prosecution of
the war, but he declared the opposition
thought the government should con
centrate its efforts on the immediate
situation and leave the future of the
army to a calmer time. The situation
in South Africa, he said, was not the
Briton's only anxiety. Other portions
of Africa miffht at any moment need
troops if not also Soudan.
Balfour, in replying, complimented
Bannerman on the calm tone in which
his utterances were mace, and contrast
ed it to the panickey tone of the utter
ance of the noble lord, Ronerring Rose-
bery. He feaid Bannerman didn't tell
them in 'tones trembling with emotion
that the country was in danger unless a
.fleet was mobilized. He said the situ
ationi presented one of the great and.
unexpected difficulties which the govern
ment would endeavor to retrieve as rap
idly as possible. He repudiated 'the
idea that the present trouble would re
suit in.-, a -..fever of expansion and said
he would be glad to receive any practi
cal suggestions as to how the increasing
military responsibility should pe met.
The budget was adopted. It provides
for an appropriation of ithiflteen million
pounds.
BOER MARKSMANSHIP.
Capetown, Feb. 16. In recent fighting
at Bird river the Boers developed mar
velous accuracy in their artiHery fire.
With their third shot they found the
range at a. distance of 6,500 yards. Nine
shells struck the British entrenchments
within a ridus of 30 yards.
Downing'e Chlorides area while you
sTeep. Germs cannot live In air im
pregnated with Downing's Chlorides.
Agency at Grant's.
Wood's Beels--ataJogruc---Grajit's. .
"In winter's coid aad summer's parch
ing heat," use Camphorjaiae, lor chapped
hands and face, tan, sua burn, etc, 25c
all druggists.
Headquarters for Cots and Cot Mat
tresses. Mattresses made to order any
size you desire. MRS. L. A. JOHNSON,
43 Patton Avenue.
Refused sympathy to
BOERS AND FILIPINOS
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Thj House Votes Down BesolutioDs
Southerners Strongly Op
posed Them.
. Columbia, S. Feb. 16. The sym
feathy given the southern confederacy
by England and! the fact that United
States troops are fighing against the
Filipinos, caused the resolutions ex
pressing sympathy for the Boers and
Filipinos to be overwhelmingly voted
down in the house tonight after a
ninety-minutes' debate. The South
Carolinians who remembered the inci
dent of Slidell and" Mason, it was de
clared, could not censure England, and
they all were Anglo-Saxons.
110 APPROPRIATION FOR
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
The Usual Annual Assault on the Sys
tem in the House.
Washington, Feb. 16. Th; regular
annual assault upon the civil service
law was made in thp hnnsp tndav in
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the course of further consideration of
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill. Mr. Mund, of
Maryland, moved to strike o it the pro
vision for the civil service commission,
which was agreed to. 75 to 67. Mr.
Cannon gave notice that in the house a
separate vote would be demid;l on
that amendment.
There was a discussion of the por
tion business, growing out of an allu
sion to su speech on that subjait Wed
nesday Ty Mr. Sims, of Tentnis?, in
Which the opinion was expressod if the
commissioner of pensions furnished
certain tables used by Sims, knowins
alt they contained, he should be dis
missed.
' The finacial bill was received from
thfe senate, the amendments non-concurred
in, conference asked an-'
Messrs. Overstreet, Brosius and Cox
appointed managers of the conference
on the part of the house.
A STATE SENATOR
SHOT BY A WOMAN
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The Would-be Assassin TJnsuecess-
v foUj Attempts Suicide.
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' Jalpfcson, Miss., Feb. 16 State Sen
ator Praxlley was shot and ser-ously
wounded. today by a woman. The sen
ator was at Raymond attending a eourt .
At dinner he was seated at a hotel ta
ble with a dozen others when a grass
widow, Mrs. Bells, entered and plac.-d
a revolver at Bradley's back and fireu,
the ball going through his neak. Doc
tors say he will recover. The won.f.n
attempted suicide with a dirk but was
disarmed and placed in jail. She claims
Bradley ruined her. Ha denies the
charge.
HELD UP BY SIX NEGROES
AND ROBBED OF $900
Crime Near Greenville A Young Man
Killed by a Train.
Gazette Bureau,
Yarborough House,
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 16.
D. H. Young, ex-clerk of the superior
court of Wake county, received a mes
sage this morning from Durham to the
effect that his nephew, Ernest P.
Young, aged 21, was accidentally killed
by a train there this"" morning.
Cahrles M. Busbee. counsel for Mr.
Bellamy in the Dockery-Bellamy con
test, has just returned from Washing
ton! He says Bellamy will retain his
seat. But District Aattorney C. M.
Bernard, who is also just back from
Washington, says Dockery will be
seated; The committee will begin to
hear the case next Monday, February
19. and will continue the hearing until
the case is r finished. It will probably
take a week.
A private telegram received in thrs
city this afternoon states that Mr. J. J.
Laughinghouse of Grimeland, while en
route to hie home from Greenville this
morning was held up by six negroes with
pistols and robbed of $900.
Mr. Laughinghouee left aome yester
day for Qreenville for the purpose of
selling a large quantity of tobacco. His
tobacco was sold in Greenville, and he
received more than $900.
He left Greenville this morning about
9 o'clock, and about 10 o'clock, when
about 6even males fiom his liome and
eight miles frm Greenville, six negroes
came from their hiding and with revol
vers pointed at him forced him to give
up the money.
A eoon as the negroes left nim Mr.
Lauhiaghouse made haste back to
Greenville, where he telegraphed to thia
city tor bloodhounds to track the high
waymen. ' '
A special ttradn was immediately sent
to Weldon to await the arrival of the
bloodhourfds and then make a hurried
trip back to the scene of the robbery.
Several yeans ago poison, was placed
in his well for the purpose of killing Mr.
Laughinghouse and his family. In the
state penitentiary today there Is a ne
gro woman serving out a long sentence
for the crtrae. - She was convicted after
a prolonged trial in Pitt county shortly
after the attempt was made to poieon
the well. "
The alleged cause of the.attacks that
have been repeatedly made against Mr.
Laughinghouse date back! almost 20
years ago.
General Bryan Grimes was assassi
nated and -the county round about was
enraged and greatly wrought up. Mr.
Iiau ghlnghous e prosecuted the alleged
assassin, and at the end of the trial the
prisoner was acauitted and t frv&M1
Shortly after the end of the trial the J
"vHuuicu uitLu. was lyiQcnea. it was a
most exciting time, and prominent peo
ple were intensely interested on both
sides. Mr. Laughinghouee had pushed
the prosecution most vigorously, and it
is alleged that this is the oauee of the
troubles that have occurred since that
time.
INVESTORS WAITING
TO ENTER CUBA
Chattel Mortgage Laws
Will be
Changed First.
Havana, Feb. 16. At a dinner given
last night' by Mr. and Mrs. Rubans In
honor of President Van Horn, of the Ca
nadian Pacific road, Mr. Van Horn said
his visit was for the purpose of ascer
taining whether Cuba presented a safe
field for investment in straight business
enterprises. He declared himself and
his friends ready to invest large
amounts, but asserted that a change in
the mortgage law is necessary before
capital dare eniter that field. He was
assured toy some members of the com
mission for the reform of laws, who
were present, that changes will be made
which will safeguard the rights of in
vestors. General Wood's cabinet was
present at the dinner.
The movement against restricted suf
frage is making little progress.
MACRUM'S ALLEGATIONS.
Steps Taken by State Department to
Investigate Them.
Washington, Feb. 16. The state de
partment has decided to take cogniz
ance of the charge of ex-Consul Ma
crum that his official mail was opened
by the British censor at Durham, and
has already set on foot inquiries of an
unofficial character in connection with
it. According to what the officials of
the department say tjhey will welcome
the opportunity afforded by the adop
tion of the resolution presented to the
house yesterday by Wheeler, of Ken
tucky, directing that Secretary Hay
furnish information about Macrum's
allegations.
DEMOCRATIC FILIPINO POLICY.
Washington, Feb. 16. Initial steps
in the democratic plan of opposition to
the administration's Philippine policy
were taken in a senatorial caucus to
day. The democratic policy will favor
the establishment of a Filipino repub
lic trriflet the protection.- tte$ United
tStiates and complete surrender -of Amer
ican sovereignty in the Philippines.
DATE FIXED.
New YoTk, Feb. 16. All "the details
have been arranged for the Jeffries
Corbett fight, which has been finally
fixed for May 11 at Coney Island. This
is the fourth time the date has been
changed.
COAL ALL GONE
Norfalk, Va., Feb. 16. Having filled
her bunkers, the Austrian -steamer Eros
has sailed for New York. She left Tri
este for New York January 2, in ballasi,
and met storms the way that drove
her from her course and depMei the
coal supply.,
When the (vessel arrived here all her
coal was gone and part of her woodwork
had been burned.
Year by year the sales of Oamphor
line increase. Could this be true of a
fake. 25c. All druggists.
At home and abroad hundreds now
use Camphorllne. The famous chapped
hand and rough skin lotion.
Mrs. F. R. Darby says:. "Camphorlime
Is not only good for chapped hands but
for burns and inflamed surfaces also.
My husband would have been badly
burned the other day had I not used
Camphorline quickly and freely."
Croup curd by inhalation with
Downing's Chlorides. Agency at Grant's.
The largest and best selected of French,
Briar Pipes at Blomberg's.
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CLARENCE SAWYER
Successor tar W. P. Snider,
6 NORTH COURT SQUARE.
AGREEMENT
IN KENTUCKY
Lawyers Decide on a Truce
Until Next Wednes
day. An Agreed Case to be Sub
mitted to Com t.
Defeated Party Will Then Take Case
to Court of Appeals.
If Case Can be Taken to United States
Supreme Court It Will le.
QUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED IS
AS TO THE LEGALITY OF THE
MEETINGS OF DEMOCRATIC
LEGISLATORS AT WHICH GOE
BEL WAS DECLARED GOVERN
OR. Frankfort, Feb. 16. Common sense
prevailed in Georgetown today, and in
place of fierce speeches in Judge Can
trill's court in furtherance of the de
mand for injuncions, the lawyers on
'both sides conferred and came away
without bothering the Judge. The con
ference was held. on the train while the
lawyers were going from Frankfort to
Georgetown and the agreement reach
ed. The substance of the agreement is
that matters will remain as they orb
until next Wednesday, when, if a fur
ther and additional agreement is sign
ed, the case will be sulbmittedi to the
circuit court and then rushed through
that court to the court of appeals and
perhaps the supreme court.
The substance of the additional
agreement as presented by the republi
can lawyers, is that an agreed case can
be decided on between now and Wed
nesday; that it be taken to Louisville,
where the republican suit was filed, and
submitted to some Judge other thai.
Judge Toney, whom the democrats dis
like . This jtdge wilt take and render
his -decision within forty-eight hours j
after which the .defeated - side will ap--
peal the case to the court of appeals.
The court of appeals will set the day foi
argument and will hear both sides.fully
and then as soon as possible render a
decision. After that if there is any
thing in the case that can be appealed
to the United States supreme court, it
will be appealed) to that body.
This agreement is signed by all the
republican lawyers, and while the dem
ocratic lawyers favored it they re
quested time to consider it. When the
lawyers returned to Frankfort the
democrats called all thejr extra coun
sel into a conference and went over
the agreement with the result that
some of them objected and a counter
agreement is now being drawn up. It
strikes out the proposition that an
agreed case shall be submitted, and
says that theirs shall be submitted.
It leaves in abeyance the matter of ap
peal to the United States supreme court
for the reason that an agreement of
that kind has something of the sug
gestion of a backdown from the posi
tion the democrats have taken, that no
federal court could possibly have any
authority.
Theyare willing that there shall e
a verbal understanding that if tne
case can be taken to the United States
supreme court, it may be. The dem
ocrats are still in conference. They
promise to meet the republican lawyers
tomorrow afternoon. The difference
in agreement being slight, it is believed
that the two sets of lawyers will not
waste much time in coming to an un
derstanding when they get together.
In case they cannot agree the first
agreement to hold! the case in status
quo until Wednesday will stand, and on
the 23d the situation will be precisely
the same as it was yesterday.
The democrats will appeal to Judge
Cantrill in the manner they proposed
appealing today. The question to be
submitted to the courts is: Were the
meetings of the democratic members of
the legislature, at which they decided
in favor of Goebel, legal meetings? and
was the vote in favor of Goebel legally
taken? The law makes the legislature
the absolute judge in such contests.
'The democratic legislators in Louis
ville held two sessions .today, each of
which adjourned without transacting
any business for the lack of a. quorum.
They are holding another session to
night. It is believed that they will vote
to meet at Frankfort Monday.
INJUNCTION CASE .DEFERRED.,
: Louisville, Feb. 16. The injunction
ease of Beckham against Taylor, which
was to have been argued' in the circuit
court at Georgetown today, did hot
come up. The attorneys agreed to
leave it in status-quo until the 23d
Asthma cured by Inhalation with
Downing's Chlorides. Agency at Grant's.
Catarrh cured by inhalation) wiun
Downing's Chlorides. Agency at Grant's.
Bronchitis cured by inhalation with
Downing's Chlorides. Agency at Grant's.
LaGrippe cured in 24 hours by inha
latio with Downing's Chlorides. Agen
cy at Grant's.
Whooping Oough uutaistly relieved
by inhalation with Downing's CWorJdes.
Agency at Grant's
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