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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Crops Ia the North Statc.

RALEIGH, July S-The North Caro-.
INA report on the condition of crous
June 30, based on returns from over
i,ooO correspondents, was Summarized
by the agricultural department here last
evening, lt gives the following ner.
centages of acreage and condition as
compared with last year: Cotton, az per
cent acreage, 30 per cent condition:
corn, lOl1a acreage, % condition: TO-
Dacco' lOola acreage, 81 condition. The
increase IL tobacco acreage is in the
east. The yield is found to be 1917 per
cent OF average crop and that OF oats
6O1a per cent.
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tEcRUfTiMG AT MCPHERSON.
!n!;s:mrnts BrirS Made For r'v uty-
NINTH tcSsi,..nt. -

sn!;s:mrnts Hrirg Mtie For ivy uty.
NImth ltcgau"nt. e.
ATLANTA, July IL Recruiting for
the Twcn ty- ninth regiment of infantry
commenced tais morning ut Tort Nc
Pherscr II cOMplianco With telegraphic
Instructions. recsiyei from, tho lead
quarters of the army yesterday after
noon. rs . .,s
COlc:el Hardin, the commanding Off.
Ger OF the twenty. ty.ninthanfantry, Is at
present III Washington aud until his re.
turn the recruiting will be done under
tho direction OF Lieutenant Otfiey OF
the Seventeenth infantry, now the conf
manding officer of the posi-
TIE recruiting OF this regiment VIII
occur principally at Fort Mcpherson.
and these who apply for enlistment are
supposed TO come from the states ON.
bracei ii tho department of the gulf.
Every applicant will he madc TO UNI
dergo Il rigid physical eXamin alton be-
cause Of the severe climate III the Phil
ipp!ueS, wbcro the regiments VIII be
sent for service. Tie officers bavc been
instructed to be very particular about
the character and physical condition ol
the men enlisted, and these instructions
| will be enforced.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
ARMY JOBS FOR GEoRoIANs.
Five Appointed by the President to
80 Serve at IIauilu.

Five Appointed by the President to
'ET Serve lIauilu.
WASHINGTON. July H. Georgia had
its inning at the White House yester
day and during the presidents working
hours his pen traced the names of q
number of Georgians who may soon
have an opportunity to distinguish them
selves.
In the batch of appointments made
We're Cleveland Willcoxon of Atlanta.
Owen T. Kenan of Macon, w. K
Wheatley Of Americus, Blanton Win.
ship of Macon and Ed II. Armand of
Conyers, Willcoxon and Kenan being
given captains commissions, while the
Others were awarded lieutenaut's
shoulder straps.
Willcoxon and Winship were officers
In the Second Georgia. Kenan was in
the First Georgia and Wheatly was in
Rays immunes. These five, with Ma.
lor Spence of the regular army, CAPTAIN
Walter Corbett of Macon, Cantain
Frank Crenshaw of Barnesville and
Lieutenant Longstreet of Gainesville.
comprise the Georgia list as it has been
completed to date.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
RICHARDSON LAID TO REST
All Columbia Turns Out to Paw
Tribute to His Memory

COLUMBIA, S. c., July S.-Citizens of
Columbia, with friends and relatives
from other parts of tho state, crowded
Trinity Episcopal church yesterday
when the funeral services of ex.Goy.
ernor Richardson We're conducted.
Inc statehouse was closed, the fIaps
We're at halfmast, and all the officials
attended the funeral i'll u body. The
members OF Camp Hampton, United
Contederate Veterans, also attended i'm
pody. AT lao D. III. the casket was
removed from the apartments in the
Hotel Jerome 10 the church.
The services were conducted Inv Raw
w. IL. Evans, rector OF Trinity. The
pooy was later removed to the train and
tak ken to Camden. where the intermant
took place IN lot selected by the gov
ernor some years ago.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Sa turday, july 9.

A company headed by Edwin Woods
of Chicago is said to have been organ.
iZed to build a railroad from Memphis
TO Knoxville.
The North Carolina Bar association
ended Its first annual meeting at Moore.
hedd City with banquet after electinp
Charles i. Warner president.
Senator Hanna, in an interview at
London, said he believed the next con.
gress would provide for sweeping the
rebels out of every nook of tho Philip.
pines"
Admiral Cervera and the other com.
manders OF the Spanish fleet DESTROYED
III the battle of Santiago, whose conduct
has been the subject of inquiry by
special courtmartial. have been acquit.
ted and formally liberated.
The quarterly report of the Georgia
state prison commission, just completed
ana hled with Comptroller General
Wright, shows that the gross income to
the state from this source for the first
quarter amounts TO over $4,000.
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Worth Remembering.

Don tattempt to talk If your mouth
is full or your head is empty,
Don't forget that b ldlttins a fault
Don't forget that nothing appears
OF disappears quicker than tears. u
Don't dcride tho vanity OF others
III isn't modesty that creates censor.
Don't think because man never
knows what he can do unit! he tries
'hat 1t always expedient to try.
An upstart isn't apt to get. very
far up.
i"u can even work a slot machine
without Il push.
Boware OF scrapes when bru sbing
against the world.
Being habitually weary is not evi-
dence OF retired habits.
lie who wooes coauette g,es from
attraction to distraction. 80 - -
It might pay man to retr .ncb
before he reaches the last ditch. ~
Most OF the sour grapes in this
world are the fruit OF other men;s
labors. 0' ihen
Castles in the air and their arcbi-
tecCs also arc often without visible
means Of support.
The poor man doesn' t mind re- ,erved
pc pews in the churches, but he hoes
Gnere m are none in Heaven.-Chicaoo
Dispatch.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
FIGHT ON DANGEROUS OILS.
Nearly Two Hundred Thousand Gal
Ions Already Confiscated.

ATLANTA, July Sit is announced
1T the agricultural department that
nearly 100000 gallons OF illuminating
oil have been confiscated i'll Georgia us
Il result OF the order Of Commissioner
Stevens directing inspectors throughout
the state to seize ali supplies that fail to
come up to the standard by law.
This action is taken to Indicate that
the tight on illegal and dangerous oils.
which the report Of State Chemist Nc
or which are withheld ty the officials
large supplies OF oil have been tesre6 70.
Gently and found TO burn at IL point be.
low the limit OF l20 degrees Fahrenheit
below which oils are declared dangerous
nnd illegal by the law of the state.
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CURRENT WEEKS DOING .
NEWS PARAGRAPHS CULLED ~
VARIOUS QUARTERS.
Wednesday,, july ..

The Samoan commission has ar
ranged to leave Apia- july IA. ~ 1910 -
Governor McLaurn is leading his op.
ponents, Allen and Williams, i'll the
Mississippi senatorial contest. -.-,-,>-...-
The weekly weather bulletin, just
issued i'll Atlanta, shows that crops
throughout Georgia are suffering from
lack of rain.
Governor Stevens has ordered a
special election for Aug. 30 to fill tho
vacancy in the Eighth Missouri district
caused by the death of Congressman
Bland
At Fort Thomas, Ky, orders have
been received to arrange for moSiliz ng a
new regiment for tho Philippines and
recruiting offices have been opened III
Cincinnati for that purpose.
Jose L. Leon Castillo of Gaut"mala,
who was once candidate for the presi'
dency and escaped from tho country
after an unsuccessful revolt against
Blrrios, has arrived at San Francisco.
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TO BE TRIED IN SAVANNAH.
Private Arnold OF Third kentucky
ACcus u OF Nurtirr.-


SAvANNAu, July S Private James
IL Arnold of Company i, Third KEN
tucky regiment, has just been brought
here from Fort Thomas, ky., to stand
trial for murder, or some lower decree
OF criminal homicide. 1t was found im-
practicable to have him tried by = court.
martial, and nc was sent here under
guard to be turned ever to the state au'
thorities.
Arnold, who is mere boy, only 10
years Old, killed comrade in tho Third
Kentucky, Private Herman HINT, Just
before the regiment was mustered out
here last May. Acco: ding to tho story,
he was cleaning an od Spanish Rem
inGtcn rifle which he has; traded for III
CUBA, when IL was accidentally ulS'
charged, killing Hunt ami costing an
other man his arm.
So FAR no evidence has developed sU!t!
Cieut 10 warrant Arnold being Indicted
fOc mUTdcr, and tic worst seems to me
case Of criminal care!cssnesS. Soltc!-
tor General Osborne is now making 4
iull lnve5ti CATION.
Arnold has not lccn mustered ont o:
the service. His discharge was OF course
held up until the cGSe against him Cou!C
be determined. III the event OF his ac'
quittal he will, of course, receive fr!
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--ninE- .Tnhr. =e-T0RMED.
proved ana ENLARGED.

BIRMiNGHAM, Ala, July ll.-Ail tho
manufacturers of sell pipe fittings i'll
Alabama have entered the new combine
OF soil pipe manufacturers now forming
in New York under the name of the
Central Foundry company, with a CAP.
ltalization of $4,000, 600.
The Alabama concerns i'll the deal are
II. {. Wcldcn 81 Co, Anniston, Ala. !:
Pipe works. Bessemer; Hoffman. Bil.
hngs and Weller Manufacturing com.
pany, Gadsden, Ala, and Rush Manu-
featuring company, Gadsdcn.
1t is stated that extensive enlarge.
ments among these plants are contem.
plated and that the consolidation has
practically been effected.
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Eriday, july ..

Colonel y. l., Harris of Macon was
married at Eliza beth. n. c., TO Mrs.
Hattie Taylor, sister.in.law of ex-Gov-
ernor Bob Taylor of Tennessee.
The war department has been notified
of the death at Santiago lie Cuba OF
Major John Heatwo.e, chief commissary
there, he having succumbed TO an at
tack of yellow fever.
ParLam H. Mabry, who stole $4,000
while aSens mf the Southern Express
company 1T Brunswick, Ga, and was
sentenced to two years in the peniten-
tiary, has been pardoned by the gov.
crnor. sssSS
\ ST., ,iy OF the details of exports from
the United States during the fiscal year
lust ended, the bureau OF statistics says,
shows that every part of the world has
evinced al increased desire for Amer
lean products
The standing committee OF the Epis.
copal diocese of Alabama, in session at
Mobile. gave canonical consent to the
c9naseEa!iqgns Gt RsXaH8ftsoPPe Of
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
SENSATION IN CHARLESTON.
Man and Wife Fight OH the Street and
Are Locked Up.

CHARLESTON, July IL. - On Broad
street at noon yesterday Mrs. Lillian
Puff, handsome aud stylishly attired
young woman, was walking along
quietly, while her husband, George
Puff, was creeping steaithiiy behind,
though OIL the opposite side Of the street.
Suddenly Puff ran across the street to
his wife. He called, but she refused to
notice him. Then he grabbed her around
the neck and was beginning to choke
her when she broke away. second
choking attempt was made. Mrs. Puff
tried to defend herself with 4 silk para
sol, though the trouble was stopped by
the arrival-of two policemen.
Puff and his wife were arrested. They
had TO wait l5 minutes for 4 patrol
wagon, and Werc GrlIen to Lhar Il hssstr in
from New bcrrr, s. G. Her parents are
said to be well known and highly re.
spectacle people. Puff was formerly a
policeman.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
SEABOARD WINS ITS FIGHT.
Road Now 6, cures Fine Terminal
Property at Columbia.

COLUMBIA. s. c., July 1l.-TEc Sea-
board Air Line has paid to the city coun'
ell the $50, eco fixed by tie jury of con.
demnation for the Sidney park property
and now the ScabCard holds the ;it.o to
the finest terminal property in the state,
covering % acres Of the most picturesque
land within ouo block OF Main street. i'll
the very heart Of the city.
THIS iS the outcome CT q mos. v!GOr-
Gus legal tigl!5 that has been III progress
for some weeks. \ party Cf wealthy
citizens took every means possible to
prevent tho park IRON going into the
hands of. tho railroad. They got y ten.
porary injunction when condemnation
proceedings were instituted.
The engineers OF the Seaboard Air
Line are already at work and b. Jan. !
trains from New York to Florida will
be pulling through the prettiest park Ill
the southern states.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
She was Posted.

A sensible husband said to his
wife the other, "Jane, don't spend a
cent with merchants who don t ad-
'ersise.' The wife who is business
woman replied: "You old goose, I
earned better long ago than to 90
where | was not invited. You would
he an old bachelor now if YOU had
not invited me to be your wife.
Catch me going to a store without an
invitation. guess not"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Scale Agent Kills Himself

CHARLOTTE, n. c., July S.-Thonas
f. Wright OF Chester county, S. G.,
committed suicide at the Charlotte no,
tel by shooting himself with a pistol
Ihe bullet passed through his head. the
DaIl being taken out on the opposite
siue. lie was agent of the Stimpaon
ScaIe company OF Eikhart, Ind. ana
leaves q wife ard children at Neuton
n. Z. lie had been drinking for several
days and had told his friends that he
would soon be dead. A0
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Sunday School Convention.

The Union County Baptist Sun
day School Convention will meet
with the Second Baptist church
Union, s. c., July 2Sth and 30th.
MEET At 10 \. NJ.
Devotional exercises, miscclla-
nenus business.
1st Query.-Has our Sunday
School Convention been n success !!
J. II. Randolph. JOS. Sanders.
2nd Qucry.-Organization and Or
'anizations. L. M. Rice, L. D. G..
Gregory.
3rd Query. is the Sunday
School and who should attend? T..
K. Paulk, J. A. Sawyer.
9TH Query.-What Is the work of
rhe Holy Spirit in the evangelization
Of the world? D. G. Freeman. r.
VI. Estes.
4th Query Evils of intemper-
,nce. r. F. Ray, DR.. - Mont
,omery.
9th Querv--What is new les
,ament. church? Z. G. Watson, j.
q Lawson.
7th Query.--Essay by Mrs. Re
berca Lee.
Sth Query.-Qnestion box.
9th Query.-Sunday School mis-
missionary rvru,orI Nv nev. u. e.
Freeman Sunday morning at II
o'clock.
A full attendance is earnestly de.
:'red as important business will come
up at this meeting.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Night Kun to BE StoDDcd

ATLANTA, July 12.-The Fulton Bag
and Cotton mills will abandon the night
run which was established last March
and at midnight next Saturday several
hundred mpioyes-women, children
and men-wil be thrown out of work.
There is wide dlscontent in the cottap
around the mill. The wage earners are
discussing the situation excitedly and
trouble is feared.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
ALCER DECLARES He
WILL NOT WITHDRAW
A Positive Denial of the New
Resignation Rumors.
CHALLENGES TO HIS CRITICS

Shy6 he VIII SerthihiS Not Atel'fc
This Yeur and His Future Course
VIII he Governed by Health and
Private. Business.
WASHINGTON, July 12. .-Secretury Al.
ger made today to representative OF
the Associated Press his first personal
j. statement concerning the reports that
: he is about to resign from the cabinet.
p When asked as to tho truth of the ru-
mors, the secretary said:
= What do you mean eXactly:"
Il mean to ask whether or not the
stories that you are to retire from the
cabinet in the near future are true.
There is nothing III these reports
but air" replied the secretary. 81 shall
not retro this year, certainly, and call
not say as TO the future Ny private
business and the state'o of my health will
govern my future course.
"These constant assaults and re.
peated baseless reports are, OF course,
very annoying TO ne and extremely dis.
tressing to my family. but | have never
retired under fire yet and do not propose
to do so now. Nothing that lhave ever
heard Of or know of has been so cruel as
these attacks upon lnc. If my critics
can point to enc thing i'll my official Ct-
reer that l have done that | should not
have done, or that have not done that
/ should have done, l shall be very glad
to surrender lily present official duties. "
Secretary and Mrs. AlGcr will leave
Washington next Friday TO spend Sat.
urday and Sunday at Long Branch with
Vice President Hobart. The secretary
IS l,N, .t.A,,t In.
summer for day or two and was Sc
we'll pleased with his entertainment by
the vice president, who is his intimate
friend, that he will repeat the trip.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14

There is great rejoicing in Columbia
o'er che action of Judge Buch anan in
sacating his order OF injunction in
Che fark Seaboard matter. AS soon
"s tina decision was announces the
attorneys for the plaintiffs gave notice
ol an appeal, the effect OF which it is
not thought will stop the work, but
must yet be seen. Wv
Inc great public interest in the
case was SHOWN by The character of
court room. 0H0
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 11.-Presi.
dent Mckinley few days ago ap.
pointed Jack Bishop. a we'll known ne.
gro, to be postmaster at White Oak, n
village i'll eastern Alabama. Bishop,
being sensible follow, knew that his
acceptance would breed trouble, and he
promptly declined the honor. He had
not applied for the place, and his prompt
refusal of 1T has been generally an.
plauded in the community.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Captai "a II. IL. Hill Dcud.

ANDERSON, S. c., July 11-Captaip
T. f. Hill, prominent citizen and
druggist of this city, died at Cashiers
Valley, n. c., Sunday afternoon al 3
O'Clock. A number Of prominent citi
Zens from Anderson, a delegation from
the Masonic lodge and from the Meth.
odist church met the remains at Wal.
halla yesterday afternoon and acted as
an escort TO this city, arriving at II
o'clock this morning.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Peterson, the Photographed

VII be at his gallery in the Foster
building on Friday and Saturday.
Suiy Slst and 22nd and make his
~ O oo Cabinet Platinum Photos at
Tz.SS per dozen. One dollar to be
l1,, pad st time OF sitting; BALANCE when
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Workncn Crushed to Deotb

GREENvILLE, s. c., July 12.-At the
Piedmont cotton mill, 10 miles distant.
the middle partition of large ware.
house being constructed fell yesterday.
George shelton, white man, aged 60
years, was Killed. Galloway Smith,
Bob Freeman, Joseph Austin and Gen
Bryant Of Piedmont, r. A. Porter of
Pickens and Jack Williams, negroes.
were hurt, some of them dangerously.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14

New YORK, July 1l.-Joseph j. vii.
lett. president of the Alabama Bar asso.
citation, who was chief orator at Tam
many Hail on the Fourth of July. left
for home this morning. He will stop
at Baltimore, Richmond, Charlotte and
Atlanta on his way homo for the pur.
pose of consulting political friends at
those places.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
TO Print Court RrDorts

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 8-Gov.
ernor Johnston has let to The Dispatch
Printing company of Birmingham the
contract for the publication Of the Ala.
oama supreme court reports, from the
Deginmlng OF the publication 10 volume
90: Inc Dlspatch company assumes to
print 800 each of the reports; one. fonrtb
of them in six months and the balance
in IL, l8 and 81 months
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
a Requisition Is Honorcd.

COLUMBIA. S. c., July 12 Governor
McSweenoy has honored the requisitiol.
of the governor of North Carolina for
the extradition of Giles Pearson, who is
wanted in Concord, n. O., OH the charge
of grand larceny. Pearson is under ar.
rest in the Jail at Gaffney, S. c., and
will wait there until Chief of Police
Boyer of Concord takes him to North
Co
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Negroes Decide to Migrate,

RALEIGH, July 12.-The statement Is
made by negro newspaper here that i'll
the Gpping IL months 10000 negroes
will migrate from North Carolina. That
will be assBreat number as "Peg Leg"
Williams, the prince OF exodus promot.
ers. removed in iSyy, before the lsgisla.
kpfs checked him or.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
North Carolinian Appointcd.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE president
today appointed Joseph w. Avery, for.
merly quartermaster sergeant Second
North Carolina rsgirnsns, to bs eRptgint
U yulunrey4A
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Lee and Gomez LucIs.

MOBILE, July SCOPES of La Lucha
a Havana newspaper. arriving here IN
today's mail announce that the will Of
the lato y. B: Plant bequeaths $780,.
GOO to General Fitzhugh Lee and 86o,,
so asas1sl Gaaamv uvnsa
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
LIABILITIES.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. J
UNION County.

/, George Munro, Cashier of the
above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
GEORGE MUNRO, Cashier,
Subscribed and sworn to- before me
this 18th day of December, 1899. w
CHARLES Bolt,
Notary Public.
j. NJ FARR,
j. A,FANT.
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LATER

W. ) Bryan denies shat tbo cor .
l"nu onn oL IL ne'o IS sent hS j. ID. ElcEacb-
,, urn +" 90, "f MoEv"n, Ga. to himself
was wa intend9d as q Gilt. He WI,
'iorsiy asked to place them on The,
Iharheb here. lie turned the co,.
over 10 merchant who sold The
melons and paid the freight bill 's'
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
Waferm efOHs for Bryan.

An e".hu'ilstic Bryan man of
eia'vin, Ga, shipped :. car load ~
!" '' -, "'I'o1s !, 70 "m. j. Bryan recent.
~ W II inS'r"".los to sell what bc
ano a MS t''c Ids could no. cat and mt
as asV n p.J's?"t : q; IN the campaign fund,
a.! ds "a . l. eish' was unpaid Mr.. Brv:in
oeclined tne gift with thaoks. II
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-07-14
REPORT Of THE CONDITION
OF THE
Merchants & Planters
Y a II I O ~ Az H 4 NIX
UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA.

At Union, in the State of South Caro-
ma, ma, ut the close of business, June 3Oth,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-12
Kruger'S One Bad Stroke.

New York, Oct PA dispatch to the
Tribune from London says: A state of
war has been philosophcally accepted
Since ) o'clock p. M. London time. Mill
tary officers agree that the first act of
war will be the invasion of Natal during
the night and the occupation of the bat
tlefields of the first war of independence
Iaings Mex and Majuba hill. AS no
British force is believed to be within 30
mile of the tunnel leading into the
Transvaal, immediate fighting is not ex-
pected in that quarter. Though raids
against Mafeking and in the rear of the
British position at Ladysmith are con-
sldered likely, military expert scoffed
al the idea that defensive line alrea dy
occupied could be broken by any attack
from the Transvaal.
"The campaign will not he serious
one he said. until the beginning of
December, when General Sir Reayers
Builer will be prepared to march through
the open country of the Orange Free
state and leave Sir George White we'll
entr n"hed in Natal. The Beers will not
be allowed to fight on their favorite bat
tlefields"
Mr. chamberlains reply to Secretary
Reltzs ultimatum is known to be brief
and barely civil. His work ended when
Re'tZ's lnsolent dispatch arrived. There
IS general revulsion of feeling through
Out the country respecting the whole
controversy. The nation is suddenly
united as one man in defense of the em-
plre. The outgoing soldiers received the
greetings of enthusiastic and excited null
titudes. War is now welcomed, since
Kruger has justified English resistance
to secession movement within the en-
pre- The English conscience is no
longer disturbed by any misgvings re-
war. President kruger. by a single had
stroke, has convinced every body exeept
Mr. Stead that the English have a right
eous cause. The greatest English hattie
Tor the empire since Waterloo is coming
on, and with $1,000 regulars in South
Africa victory will be certain.