North Carolina Newspapers

Vol. V. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY JANUARY-5, 1900. No. 36. If K i lt Tfccmas F. Ryan Asks' Ur. Williams Some Questions ii Bonus to Syndicate and Com missions to Bankers; TELEGRAM READ IN COURT rrrifrnt Williams Writes a Warm inter C herein- llj an with. Violating; (ntilnff and Attemptlngto Thwart riipi of Consolidation II Df ,Urf That the Opposition Cannot arred Iljan Resnts ttas Chars J omes Dark with a Demand for kprrlltc Answer. New York. January 4. 1000. Morning Tost. Raleigh, X. C: Papains F. It ran has revel veil M". :. .Mr. John iSkelton Williams. - of the Seaboard Air Line r l system, a Jotter upon which i:.v.i:i makes the following cam- . requesting their publication. D. II. SlIttA, Pr.wire Secretary Ito Mr. Ryan. KjjnV statement follows: Williams does not touch the : ..n t. hi reorganization plan. . . v ufiv presented in my tele- . i of I Hituiler 2t." said Mr. Ityan. r w ..:jections remaining now un : . r-1, their force Js admitted. The . f had faith on my iart in . tit:n to the public I naturally u Mr. Williams communications oral and written, were held. toy -violate until at Raleigh, two r.-is a;... Mr. Wiliams attorneys j j :ti -u court-the--text fa, dia ; ;lai had been sent to meoD -. u.:-t t. in which he referred to .ir- i-i:nmunicatkn, asserting that fy .vatalned 'all the propositions a t ur miudeJ man could reasonably r-' Ills purpose in oaring his -.t.i:u read in court was to impress ;.: U with the idea that his con- . : L.til !en fair and his proposi a jut. and that I had had such :v ;af.nnatlon pf them as to en - to take sich legal measures ns esary for the protection ay rights at a much earlier time His attorneys -were iruine i' ly warned tliat this telegram was a;iai. but they said that it was I thai no other matter was, ' it all the communications that -1 ' ; .".t.J between nie and Mr. Wll- . a.... A'juM. as they rudely put it', . ..i liuht of day.' Their ac- i a railing Jlr. Williams' tele- -.t.u. ..i .riving what I regard as a : ..:wru.-:iou. and in saying-that '. ;-.,. ,-d to publish all other 'ia., -a; ions, of course, removed .-. uf confidence which 1 had ;u.x careful to regard, anI I :0m: Mat the sooner tnej Oe e r .Uy the better. Mr. William !.. aas uo right to complain ground of my u-legrani analyz-- - plan. What lie should and i .1 he exacts to convince the vi th wisilutu of his project ' a t.rit-is proiosition, is to far .1 r-.-t answers to the questions -: . telegram suggested. "Wr-.j' I .ivMTt is that Mr. Williams, r ' : z a salary r. president of the Vi .;tri v: KKinoke Railroad, is a --' i.r the stockholders of that 1 - . ta l is bound to administer the vu atralr for the equal beneflt of - - kholder, and has no right to t- ai'If in any position which ' i"! ivirh th mierest of that in these two positions to con- tii- Seaboard's dismemberment own er?onal pxoitt and the " wf some of the tockboidirs, :he Injury of other srockhld nr. then, are the questions to a Mr. Willixuis KhouKl rive spe- e.- c lowers. I'ive any of the tock- that were f the Seaboard & kai;e prior to his becoming the pr :!. ai 0f that road been removed : -f th treasury? and if so. tvLy r.. removed, where have they rnved. and who has possession c '"m now? they been sold? and. If so. Mr. Williams buy them himself, :n they bouglit toy any srndi 'r la whch fce-is interested or i k 'nt.-rested directly or Jndiroctly in ti"' purchase? I- ?re Mr. Williams became presi vt i he Seaboard "Ar Roanoke that owned T20,000 of the stock LLe Raleh Gaston. Bjr 'means us of that ownership tho Seaboard e n-- trolcu the 1,000 miles of track com piling the Seaboard Air Line sys tem. At a meeting of the stockhold ers of the Seaboard, held recently, the proxy representative ot 1he WHlUns syndicate gave at tempted authority against tny protest, I ieing orwiur of one-fifth of the Seaboard stock, .to sell those Raleigh & Gaston holdings, thereby dlsineni-bering the Air Lino sj'stem. Has that stock been Kvld?; and if so, has it heen sold to Mr. "YA ll liams or to any syndicate in which iMr. Williams is Interested, or is Mr. Williams Interested in the purchase of that stock directly or indirectly, or does ho purpose to become interested in "any such purchase? The llalelgh & Gaston stockhold ers have similarly authorized the sale of Kaleigh & Gaston treasury securi ties. Mr. Williams Js president of that road. Where are those securities? Are they in the custody of the treas urer of tlie Ilaleigh & Gaston? Were they in his custody when at a stock holders' .meeting they were c author ized to be sold? How long have they been out of his custody? Why were they ever taken out of his custodj'? dlave they been sold? and if so, is Mr Williams directly or indirectly inter esteu in their purchase or any pro posed purchase of them?- "While Mr. Williams is throwing things open to the light of day he sliould not hesitate to let in a little light upon these transactions. They go directly to the legality of what he Is doing; and not until the public knows the facts in these matters wil it be able to Judge whether it 'can safely invest its .money in Mr. Wil liams' enterprises. I notice that .there is a . conspicu ous difference, by way of omission. between the original of Mr. 'Williams' letter, as it came to me through the mails, and the copy that has been sent to the newspapers for publica tion. This omission occurs in the par agraphs where he remarks that the issuance of bonds for the acquisition of stocks. is not unusual. In the let ter as given out for publication occur illustrations of this point which are not in the mailed letter to me. In the published letter he remarks that the Vanderbllt railroad, when it. pur chased Lake SIiore stock, gave $2,000 of its own bonds for each $1,000 of Lake hore stock. This may he true. but it is not the, parallel of Mr. Wil Hams transaction. It does not ap pear in the 'Iike SJiore matter that Mr. Wm. K. Vanderbllt, having given Central Ixmds for Iake hore stocks, thereafter proceeded to put into his anl his friends' pockets an amount of common and preferred stock twJce as great as the stock purchased. Xor does It appear that iMr. Vandexbilt nardto hlniself any commission "on the purchase. He neither gave to him self and, his rJendr $23,000,000 of stocks as bonus, nor did he give hhn elf; and his partner $2,000,000 as a commission. Mr. ' Williams must cite a case where the vender -and' trustee. being also vendee and. purchasing syn dicate, pays interest bearing bonds dollar for dollar for stocks of certain and uncertain value, and then.as ven der gives and as vendee takes twice that sum in additional stocks, and then as a commission agent absorbs $2,000,- 000 more. If 3Ir. Williams can find in the records a case of this kind he will have a true parallel of his own. The Williams Letter. The iWilllams letter to which Mr. .Rvan refers In the foregoing com ments is summarized In the following press dispatch: Xew York, Jan. 4. President John Skelton Williams of the Seaboard Air Line has issued a long reply to the charges by Thomas P. Ryan in a re cent telegram. Jlr. A Illiams says tnat Itj-an's telegram, which assumes to e a reidv to Vllliams' telegram xo weeks previous, passes over the most serious charge coma in ea in it liams)' telegram and continues in part as follows: "In your telegiVia 3u- distort and make public use of Information which J freely gave you concerning our plans and purposes, including our tentative plan of consolidation: I therefore ask ed you 'to regard all ths information as entirely coafldentiaL . and though you promised faithfully to do so, you tare deliberately violated your nJedge. You criticise the tssttance of four per cent Iwnds by the system for the purpose of acquiring .the capital stock of roads, which yon well know is not unusual. ir Williams cites acquiring various roads by the Xew York Central in this manner and the action of other roads in issuing bonds Xor exchange of stock, and says In regard to Ryan's com ment upon tb amount of stock of the consolidated company to be allowed Richmond bankers for services ren dered in connection with consolida tion that It was approved by every member of the syndicate. die expresses willingness to pay $200 for every share of stock of Seaboard & -Roanoke that Ryan and(his friends own, "some of which stock, he adds, "you have Informed me yourself cost you as low as r0 cents.. ... Mr. Williams proceeds as follows: -In conclusion, I will tell you that I am aare of the methods which -you and your associates and backers have adopted for the purpose of delaying, and If possible, of -thwarting the ex pectation of plan! approved by a large majority in interest. , -I do not believe that those interest ed in the creation of a system so sound can be disturbed by the--futile and wardly attempts which are being made to wreck the same. You may be tha Soso"sodeI . " ,a.i VnH not ner- sure Tri thlrM nnA Tint TXr- K1U invrv.-fc wiu-av - - - BLACK AGAINST WHITE Negro Republican Clubs Op pose the Amendments isw SHOUT" FOR PRITCHARD Llnney Says tb Amendment Will Be Defeated Thomas Declares It Will De Carried An Educator of Nesroes Describes the Condition of Three thirds of the Colored Race-Unique Dill by Gaines of Tennesse Washington, Jan. 4. Special. Sev eral meeting's of Republican colored clubs have been (held here within the past few days at which Senator IPritchard's resolution to declare in advance that the Xorth (Carolina fran chise amendment is unconstitutional, was loudly applauded.. At these imeet- ings speeches were -made in which the white people of the State were vig orously denounced and the' clubs pledged themselves to lend all possi ble aid to the Republican party, through speakers furnished and other means, to defeat the amendment. At these meetings of neirroes and even anions the white Republicans from the State temporarily here, much con tidence as expressed in the success. Judge Linney, fresdi from the State, is more' confident, he says, than ever. Congressman Thomas, however,' who keeps in close touch with his. .people, savs all his advices are to the con trarr. "The Democrats," said he. "will be successful, and they should be. I have no-idea that the substan tlal ieoi)le .of my State will for a moment so far lose sight of tihelr'in terests as to permit the :State ever again to be turned over to lrresponsl ble people." The education of th ecolored people in the South and the industries that occupy them was the subject of. tes timony before the Industrial Commis sion today. The witness was Mr. II. IJ. 'Prissel, principal of JIampton Xormal and Agricultural Institute of iHamuton. Va. After describing the methods of Hampton School. Frissel described the condition of the colored -rart" in ihe Smith, lie said that small negro farms -In the South are rncreaS Inir ranrdlv. In manv districts rthe South, he smorrtne" cohcTufon bf the negro is no better thah sTavery in the ante-bellum -days. 'Wages are' smatT,' he said, end the fanmer is unable" to break away from the lien system of trops. Slavery was goon m soute things, Mr. Friisel saidr in -W-f' H taught the negro the English'Tari1 guage, habits of industry, and" some religion. He said that since the civil war one-third of the" negroes ton! retrograded, one-third are-wherrthey were when the war closeqpantt one- third have been taught that their-ad-t vancement Is to be achieved xftrough' politics,-instead of through hard work. The appalachlan Park Commission; that a certain section of land" in Western North Carolina named in the memorial be named, as a national park. The memorial is signed by -G. S. Powell, president, and S. H, An drews, secretary. . ,t Ansonville, State . Roads and Leecih- ville postottices become money order ottlces after this date. M. A. Fortune has 'been annointed postmaster aV Craig, McDowell coun- ty, vice .. L. Fortune resigned; P. a Evans at Flat Rock, Henderson Vounty, vice B. P. Stepps removed; Jno. McSmith at Tony, Caswell coun ty, vice J. D. Whltted resigned. John Browning of Edenton, has been awarded the contract for carry ing the mail from Windsor to Ply mouth. A unique bill has been introduced in Congress by Mr. Gaines of Ten nessee, .which provides that there shall be paid to ex-Confederate soldiers the value of horses and personal prop erty taken from them in violation of the terms of surrender. The resolution recites that the sol- liors were entitled .to retain their rses and side arms, but in many in- nces they were ' deprived of this operty by the Federal soldiery to iheir serious loss and detriment. A commission is authorized to sit and receive applications for re-lmburse-iment and then sift the evidence sub mitted. While the bill seeks to do Justice to a deserving class there is not the slightest chance of it becoming a law 35 years after the war. HEARING OF ROBERTS CASE. A. T. Schroeder Arcnes.That the Citi zenship of Roberts Is Impaired. fWashlnpton, Jan. t. The House special committee 1 the i 'Roberts case (met at 11:13 oY.ock today. Mr. Roberts declined to admit the state ment of a witness in Utah who had been unable to visit Washington. He sought to, impeach the testimony of witnesses.' A. T. Schroeder offered to supply the court with a record of the naturalisation cf . Roberts. , JIe did not urge! the matter, but .Mr. Roberts asked that it De produced Chairman Tayler explained that for- T? SSS r attend. A- T. Schroeder of Salt Lake !ltieu" . . wrwvntfk A. j.m- of Roberts eligibility under a number of topics. He contended that Rob- mist and therefore bis citizenship was Impaired, t ' - wfcii? cbjoeder was reading State ' Board oT Uitah, Senator Raw Ijngsxjif. Utah felt called upon to make ft few" remarks in eorrj'tion of the re- admitted to the Union it was the un i i . Mi.ziiiiii' i ii;i,i xv urn i ur kuLLC iiui tunihxr .i,o Ria.VxiiiiivH-h.4A fcrr- bidden further polygamous (marriages. Schroedeirconclud'ed by arguing that as;tihe State .had broken Uie contract The Ilnndesrathj Matter ttesarded Se with "the other. ,'Sta.tes it was proper! rionsiy lh Germany Afrikanders to rebuke ft by preventing - Roberts J r : - ' from" :taking his seat. n r5ed to Stand Firm and Do Their . .ur, iXster made a.iDner appeal to; the committee to report against Rob erts, far "the sake of American wom anhood.? i ' " Roberts will -make his argument to morrow .morning. . - ; i NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. J Fettisrew Resorts Ineffectually to the " Use of Dilatory Tactics. iWa'shlngton, Jan. 4. In the execu - tive session of the Senate -today Mr. Petitigiw started in to use dilatory tactics in antagonizing the coriflraa - tiom of important military nonima- tioiis, the promotions of Colonel Young and. ; Lieutenant-Colonels MacArtbur - . and Ludlow to be brigadier-generals in the- . regular army; and especially raised his. opposition, although he did not carry it to the point of insisting that' the cases go over, as he might have done under the rule. All of the ominatioiis were favorably reported by the committee this morning, and Ir,. Hawley urged that confirmation follow immediately.. Mr. Pettigrew took the case of Mac- Arthur, who, although major-generall .of. wlunteei-s, was only a lieuteuant colone in the regular army. He asked if .thisUvas not rather rapid promotion and. discriminaition against other men higher in rank than he in the regular establishment who had not been per .mltted:by the administration to show the stuff they were made of. Mr. Haw ley jtlefended MacArthur's pmmotion. iMessra. Hale and Proctor also spoke of his distinguislied sendees. Mr. Pet tigrew soon saw he was on the wrong side.. 'of the question, and without fur ther objection permitted the 'Senate to act so that the President might be no tified, that his action was approved. ' : ; v " -GOLD THE STANDARD, Debate a Cnrrener Bill Begun In tne r SenaXBeeolutlbn Introduced De f clWrlns Tor Retention of theThtllpr . j ...- .mm ' a I. a. Sallltr nesolutlon Alter AMndmedt. ' Washington,,' Jan" ieatuce of the tKweedinc in the Senate .today ijras the opening of debate on-the ,sub- tetitute WU jot me nouse. -"w-j . . a mr -m ..vyt W b!U y dWb?:S plained its4 prpvisions, going over, the bill section by section, lie saia vue general purpose of the bill was to de clare -anew jthat, gold is the monetary stndaJd o.- th United '.States, to lighteh'ta-feTery possflile way the bur dens imposed on thje tax-payerby ex isting' ' public, obligations, and to strengthen the public credit. - Jllr.: Cullom . introduced- a bill pro viding for a government for Hawaii, which.' was placed on the calendar. Mr; Beveridge presented a resolution declaring that the Philippines be- lonsed to the United States,' and it was the intention of the United States to rtjiln them and maintain . suca gov ernment control as ithe situation de manded. . 1 ' Mr. Petti crew offeerd a resolution r-ilMnff on the Secretary of the Navy for a copy of Dewey's reiwrt of April 13, 1898, saying he coma xaxe Ma nila at any time, isotn resoruuviia went over. , Air.- Hoar made a personal explana tion, saying he had been requested to oDPose the seating of Mr. Quay on ac- .vMinf ft -hnrrp!s acrainst him". He said If he iwere to deny, on such grounus, the right of a governor to appoint a senator he would also have to deny the right of. a legislature to elect. The Senate adjourned until oionoay. In the House. The House, after a brief session to day .adjourned until Monday. . .Mr. Sulzer's resolution 01 yesteru-ay, calling on Secretary. Gage for infor mation resrarding the dealings of the Treasury Department with certain na tional banks of New 1 oik, was re ported with an amendment so as to include a request for information re garding the sale of the old custom hnnse to a New Yors bank, find the resolution as amended was agreed to. A resolution was presented later uy . ... .. w . A 1 A.f- 1. Mr. Bingham, extenamg tue xiiaxut of Congress to Sampson, Schley and th officers and men unae rtnem ior the destruction of the Spanish fleet 0 Santiago, and another by Mr. Ouarles extending the sympaxny 01. w ' - . 1 a the lioixse to vne rcpuiuc w. txi Transvaal and Orange ijree aiaxe au thiir patriotic struggle to preserve their governments from destruction at 4he -hands of & monarchy. "taly Agrees to Open Door Follcy (Washington, Jan. 4. Tiie Italian ambassador today waited on Secreta ry -Hay and gave him assuranVe, on h riant of his government, that if ft. U V- w Of (Ullina sne Avoiuu irspwu wo uu-, nlmity among all otner natrons inj granting the proonises requested. The. BRITISH SPIRITS RISE "r J ; ; Loyalists at Cape Town Take on Enthusiasm. - ' AMOTHFR TFAMFR TAlFN ' v . . " 1 i 1 1 inuii Duty Pilcher Evacuates Donzlas Demonstration ;atModder River - Boer Trenches Shelled Cape Town, ; Jan. 3.7 The success of Queensland and r Canadian troops at Sunnyside, and General French's vic- tory at Rensburg, have aroused muchly meeting attended, by two. thou-. , ntmi's,iasn . is ineja tnat -tnej0Ter by Alexander Troup, '"member-of. 1 .1 . ,t , . . , - ... . . successes iUus'traite the value of care-: the National Democratic Committee, ; f ui sauting. The Sunnyside com- jfone-third of the audiencejlef t the hall !m.in,do is retnirted.' to have been made',ljecause f a nuinlber of sallies .1 ., .- , at ITesMent McKinley and the'Bug UP vbotty of colonial rebels, and it lisi administiutlon" in an address by ' JI - A 1 J A. 1 . J w J . .A. I I I 1 is Tuougiit maic.Taeir u'entsait wm oe a wholesome lesson. An Afrikander newspaper here pub nsnes an article on tne soiraamv or Afrikanders, which is causing much unfavoraible comment. The article says that .this is a time for deeds, not wwnte, and .that the logic off facts has , . ; - -Z taken be rvlace of 'wise, arsraments. taken the place of fwise. arguments. It adds: : - "Nobody can say how long this state of affairs will last, For the right man to speak the right word at .the right: moment is a deed 'mightier than any thing on earth. We ;belleve that when the time arrives the man will also be found who, inspired from above, will speak that word of might. What, wruay, luaxuua-jr uu wy ever the future may bring, let us stand British set fire tc . the trucks of, a;run imonovably firni and--have confidence away .train,; which had been wrecked in the guidance of Providence, and the the Bntelu artillery when, itwas oUdaritv of the Afrikanders, and for, seen tht the tram, whtfhrwaS: loaded the rest let - us simply, do our duty.' British; Seize i Steamsh ip. Berlin,; -Jan. 4 A ..dispatch from Aden, states-that the. mail- Steamship General has been boarded by British troopV for the purpose of searching the cargo. The dispatch adds 1 that the cargo wiU be discharged at Aden. f BnndersratK Seizure Quite Serious. V- BerKnT' Jan:4; Jret Britaih'S aij .swer ,to the ; German not;in ;refefence to .thevteanishipBunaesrath his been received.. It is believed that the reply; has caused dissatisfaction m omciai . n of he dilatoriness in sending it an Insufficient expla- nation ;.of -the; : facts.;The incident is beginiiihg- to be regarded an a more serious . light. , . . r . c Boers Occupy; Molteno. Sterksrrbom, " Jan. 4: The Boers oc cupied Monteno and Cyphergat today, but abandoned-Cyphergat on the ap proach of General- Gatacre's tToops. Drouth Intense at Modder River. M7w1.rfp.r Ttilvw -.Tan The OCCUDa- tion of - Douglas by! the force under! UOionei jriicii'eir is regtuxieu uy nanii officers ; as -very : important, as there was a i Jstr ong..pro-Boer faction in the place.'- , .'.-.-; : There Twas a d emontration here be fore dawn oday Two sections of the Grenadier Guards , .Volleyed in the direction of the iBoeiS; and elicited a response. - The British northernmost otfti)osts hare been advanced a thou sand yards, and. are protected by the .Th VRoArs fired on the pickets, last night. . - Despite .the rains in cue Jbree tate and the rise of the water in the Mod der . RiTer,,.jbh aYoughit';heTe is intense. The army seryice corps has bought up all the local L forage. .. Genvei-al Babingtons force, which co operated with; theother troops at Sim nyside, has .retmTied here. 1 '. Small Boer Force Near Doxer. Belmont,' Jan 3. Six hundred Boers are reported within itrwenty-nve miles of Dover fafm, ".': " - Canadians" Carried tke Babies. Dover : Farm . Jan. . 3,4ioIenel Pil cher this morning Informed the inhab itants of' Douglas that military rea sons . he "was forced to evacuate the " M ,m. J fl 1 J town. Every one lext at o q ciocs m the morning,' and "arrived "at o'clock this afternwdn.' The Canadians,: ' acted as escorr to the women, carried the babies' for-them and kept every body lively "by their 6anging. General Frsncn Reinforced. Orange River -Jan. Reinforce- ments have beeri" senb General French from DeAar. . "-iv.n.iu,'' 1 I ' Rensburk," Jan.- 3The Boers at'pose is to esmblish a plaW-wiermay Colesburg are almost surrounded. Horsemen Escape from Ladysmltli retoria, Jam'l. During a heavy mvi-iWimffli Th i The Boers Jame- .:,j,.,. - . . Boej Trenches Shelled. Frere-Xatal, , Jan. 4.-Tbe !B)er!the.buiWinr of the Near Canai; lyddite shells smashed the Boer, In trenchments to "the left of the' kraal on the plain, compelling the Boers to shift their position. 'The hoaxes stam peded. . . r- V i J'.-''-'!i; Napoleon's Exile Home for Krugr. Tjorcnzo Marquez, Jan. 4. The Dig , gers' News; of Pretoria,-prints rb mor to the effect that Longwood, .Na- 't? , S f1? on th? i t toeieua, istieing renovatexi ior rtre re- ception of lKrugcr after the wan Tlie report has created Abutter feeling, in Boer official circles. J ': - 4 Friends ot Boers More for Intervention (Brussels, Jan. 4. A sargely-' attended: meeting, was held here' :today.vfor. the 1 rpose Ofpreeating a national, ad: uxess 10 irxesi-ueux jucxvimcy Jtcuyiug' for intervehition in South Africa." The address will 'be circulated in -the1, chief, towns for signatures. . -: ..i v Boer Sympathizers in Connecticut , New Hay en, Jan. 4. 'At, a. Boer .sy m- siiTid nermlf 1 M evihr.nt' ' Ti-A?dv1 1 . . . , . v , . h . the principal speaker. The meeting cheered heartily all referehce to 'the - - oonuuet or xne ooucn ; ncaa-.rypu . Arms Iisued to Zulus;' Lndon, Jan. 4. JA ? dispatcn to th3 'Central News from Durban says that 'the government of Na'talwpoow to repeated petitions made by the Zu- j , -f -v.. lus ior permission w xiui aiuot Boers, has given its consent ;to the arming of part of the . Zulus: They . u.-. -.i- n1n- In ifka aiiAnf jP J.oi'nf " .lV ""' v '--.'- ' - " t , Proyision Train Set on Fir'.; Cape Town, Jan. 4. A dispatch to 'the Times from Rensburg, . filed yes- . U J . 2.1.. i, rCm . J m ! ' K m. with provisions, would otherwise fa Jl into the hands of Boers.- The Netv South Wales -troops, who', were -detailed to set t'hetrucks on -.tfire,y worked under ihea-W shell and rifle fire. ' A; 'party of iBoers ..were trying.to toot, the wreaked strain,, but .were" compelled, to retire by, the -British artillery.. Shrab- nei sneus iourst, over xue- eueuijvui- Ung, considcraiDie. damages .Jtany. ry aboutj after, the fire began The Boers so'ught shelfer ' at ' Pie wfnanrs7 siding, biiC well-directed cllihr'cOnlpllfed ' heintfabindon thi plac.'--Tlie;ene imyf took, a .'field .g'un k ut.aVrgallop through . a pappsl'te :.liieX',rBjitis. right. ';ThfeBrliisb.' itumedia'telr shell-, ed the gun, but' the enem made, no reply. . .'-' ';-' ... '.r --. The dispatch adds: ?!The. Boers, are practically surrounded,1 and "if -there were more British troops here : . we ' could cut their -lines, of .cmunica cion. . , -"- .1 .. Review of the Si tuation. , 'Tjondom Jan. 5. Events - 5rt Soufta LVfrica do not appear to have ' ad-, vanced. General ' French's' and Gen eral Ga'taere's operations have ' ' suc ceeded in keeping-the iBbers n check df nothing more,-but the latter are yet too strong and the fightihg-pwrnlses to last for some time. iMol'teno. for 't'he present 1 seems to have been cleaned of. Boers,' but the Britislh, on the other hand, have evac uated Dordrecht. .Reinforcements have been sent t- Freii-cli' from.- De; Aar, but their st ' .ih is ; unknown. - Cri'tics, in sumin.ng up' the 'probabil ities of Buller making another attack, estimate his force at nearly" 30,000 men with 00 guns, - mciuaing ' iHowitzers,' agaTnsit Jotfbert's 20,000 : men and iK) guns, but 'hbse -posi'Uoa ; anA moibility will, at least, counter balance the numerical- superiority - ot, the British: The. critic1 bf 'the -i Morn ing (Post labors daily to prepare? the public for heavy losses: ! He' say's" to 1 day . . "Once (Buller sets out his object 'to be to win a decisive battle, his aim will be to inflict the greatest-possible loss on the enemy, and; if: he.: , can, cripple oc. crush the Boer ? army.; It . will be necessary for,. that purpose that he does not spare his"; own force."1' - Methuen continues inactive - except for constant reconnaissances..:; --, '.: ! : .-':-'- -".'Vi , ) HUNTINGTON'S BIG PROJECT '.-. '"7 - .'. .r Armor Plate for Battleships to Be Made at Newport News.' - Richmond, Jan. 4. l$e.J report that fr TtnrutlntrtnTk e'ftn.temiDlated 'the es- a!blish-men.t at Newixrrt' News 'of : a rm.xssx,iQ factory kn connection witfc the shipbuilding company bf'tenich hfe is the principal owner, has Been con firmed by the introduction of , a bUl to permit the Newport Newa ' Ship buildkur and Drydock Company 'to id- sue preferred as well as cofnmMi tock I and to authorize the eblisiiment ot It 'is said that Huntington's s'.pmv be buih battleships. New Senator for the New Sonth. Jaeksoh, Miss., Jan.. 4.-The., Joii Tmocratic caucus of the,twoT housn tonight nominated W. V.Sulliyin far senator. Mr. Sullivan.- was. spose quently introduced. He. expressed ' thanks for the honor. He saidh rop raenfefl he new South " and, favored