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BoERs ABANDONED QUANTITY
OF SUPPLIES

Ladysmita, Thursday, March l.
Gen Buler, accompanied by bis staff,
arrived here e, 1140 a. N today
He entered the town upncticed as more
cavalry vas couicg 10 during the
morning. TIE news of bis arrival
soon spread however. and Gen White
aad his staff at once went 10 receive
him The two generals met amid
scenes of tremendous enthusiasm and
Gen Butler had an immense reception
[. is understood that the Beers are 10
full fight toward the Free State aud e
flying column OF Ladysmith troops are
pursuing them The Beers iefs many
wagons aud guOs aod quantities of
p.ovisiocs and AMMUNITION behind
toem.
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CRONJE TREATED WITH CON-
SIDER ALTON

Orange River, March Gen
C.ooje ED h:s wife passed beTe last
rigt:, en route to Gaze To.a Eao-
o5ase prs2.ea:Ioas tad been ,akeo TO
prevent the puo:.iic f;om seeing hin.
e7sa ;te eGice7s aera ordered of CT
the ststioa and tee :eirss5msn, !oom
was seps c;oscd before bis arrival, &c
the discomfort CT the Kin berley psssea
gers. Who we're obliged TO 90 focaless.
Gen Cforje looss deje:ted and nlser-
sbIe and i mech core gray. He
entered :ce refresa1sct room acccm
pspled By bis wife, SOB aod Interpreter
and Gen Pettynan aod bis s:sf. TAX
ing bis scat at q table Gee Croojc
covered his face with his hands for a
few u:uures as be e0gaeed 10 prayer.
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BRITISH CASUALTIES.

Loodon Feb %, 8 90 p. The
rapidly growing casualty lists are be;ag
classified as qaiczly as possible. They
show that up to this no.uiee the tota!
ncnher Of casualties YES 1884. CT
which 2.319 we're added during he last
forrnigb, Teo Of the II Scotch regi-
uenss lost .bcas 1900 usn aad eight
of the Irish regiments 1000 Then
cone toe Glcuces;ers ard n riham ber-
LANDS, wh;e Of nea.ly 200 coIoo;a!s tie
;ovas Capsdiaus los, 12l and 'ha Vic
soria mouoted contingent 26 The
casualties are classified thus :: Killed
l903; woaoded 6,S3S missing
8 l73; disease $50
Laodon, FEB IS Lord h '5srss has
forwarded 90 addiioosl lis: OF the
British casusl:;es during the saree days
6gh:ing as Psaraeoerg. showing II
kil!ed 80 wouaded. and 4 missing and
including sever fl .e1s aBo ioc: Cana
diao ps.va;es wcuoded
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The Chickamauga Monument

Columbia Feb 27.-At sbe recent
session of the General Assembly
joint resolution was adopted carrying
an appropriation Of $4,000 with
which to erect suitable and substan.
tial monument to the soldiers who
fought so gloriously on the Chicka-
mauga battlefield
Under the law Governor McSween-
ey was to appoint three commits
aioners, who were to CO operate with
Governor McSweeney and Gen Floyd
in the selection CT monument and the
preparation for the unveiling.
Gov Mcsweeney appointed Gen G.
l. Walker, Col j. Harvey Wilson
and Mr. G. < Henderson, as the
three commissioners.
There was a full meeting toGay of
the members of the commission in
the executive mansion The members
went over the whole situation care.
fully There was a similar connie
zion appointed in 1896, and they
went to the trouble of having plans
made and accepting invitations. bat
there was no money forthcoming.
The work of that commission was of
value to sbe present one, come Of the
same members having served On both
commissions
Gov McSweeney was elected chair
man at the meeting today aod Gen
e. Walker secretary
1t was decided to call for new bids
and plans. and it is to be distinctly
understood tina: the entire work is
not to cost over SO. 600
1t is Of the utmost Importance thas
the monument be completed by the
first week in October The Chicka
mauga commission has announced
that i! will have the park open to the
public on October 9, 10 and IL, and
ander the rules of the park the
unveiling should occur during this
time
The commission will meet again on
March 81 in Gov McSweepey's Office
to award the contract News and
Courier.
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Cotton Spectators Wild to
Buy,

New York, Feb % The widest
ezci'e1eos witnessed on the Cotton
Eychacse io receos years prevailed
taday, t,susactioHs reaching the eoor-
nous tctal of about 1000, coo bales.
Tie shorts we're ooshiog less titan
furious TO cover A; tines, SC great
was the exciteneot, brokers would be
Offering to bug cotton a: sSo CT 'aree
p9iuts ABOVE the prices 3: ah!os o'ters
we're oFerlag TO sell i; ', bile tue
demand vas geoe.ai sod largely from
European sources the feature OF tee
LEGAL market was zoe iosa'ias;a demand
from Wall Stree: coocero. ,ePu,ed 60
be bea7i:y sso5t cf asa:eh ccas-ec:s
aud also re?u;ec 20 have been . SesSy
seller yesterday ia Eeep;rg ss;;iii large
urubas Of tea.i,s dlspase5ss v5!eh
:bsy scot fo7sb yesterday l'ss.s can
cero oaogh: caoracus aSss'i''ss Ct
cotsaa, especially ior Ausosi de:lses7.
4. sae oess eo:ot tie us Set saowed
tie unusual ADVANCE Of Is 70 SO pants.
tie record cf TRANSACTIONS oye:a;wed
;be large beard provided fo: their
accom- uodat;on sod sa auxiliary boc!d
vas provided 20 comp!ese tie record Of
he saws transactions JUS. before the
close there vas se!log ucveueot to
secure profss and the market flashed
irregular aud easy at yet advance of
II 70 "a Doicts.
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An Issue for the Democrats.

The Republicans forced their Porto
Rican tsriff tariff pili through the
house and the little island which
came uuder the American flag with
scch fair promises and high hopes is
to suffer commercial oppression,
worse in it's effect than The political
tyranny of Spain The consequences
of this f;ss enactment for the new
possessions of the United States will
be far reaching and the policy will
bear upon our coioris! ambitions
closely and with evil effect We
have started out very badly and
there is prospect that we will make
SAD mess of the whole business il
we are to continue IN the course we
have entered upon.
The Republicans nave inaugurated
greedy and short sighted policy for
dealing with the new possessions, in
respect to the Philippines and to
Porto Rico, actual American terrific
ry, and Cuba, prospectively such
And in this situation is to be found a
strong, sound, material from which
the Democrats could make plat
form. There is something live in it,
something worth striving for,
hearty prospect and lusty future TO
develop The Democratic party
would do we'll to take it up. There
is something wholesome about this
feature of the new American!sm,
something lasting and true, and a
party might thrive and grow upon it,
instead of sickening away on the
stale diet of free silver and anti i'm
periaIlsm Charleston Post
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Probably Only g Farce 60
Delay Roberts Advance.

London, March 3. Is a. M
Lord Roberts at Osfontein, six or
eight miles east of Paardeburg. faces
the reformed Boer army, from 5000
to 6 600 strong This may be mere.
~ a corps cf observation ready to
retire on prepared positions Doubt
less it is receiving accre.ions from
the late besiegers OF Ladysmith and
from other points
Whatever the force nay 5e, Lord
Roberts has ample troops to cope
with 1t TIE Beers are temporarily
favored by heavy :ai:1 falling or
the vald1 apdlmaking the grass im-
prove
LORD Roberts hes surprised ob-
servers by the excellence CT bis
transport during the first advance,
and he is likely to 60 SO again, al
though military men here think be
must wait for some Gays before going
much father
The Beers, presumably. Will use
this delay for all it is worth, pulling
their resources together Dr. Leydes
gives out the opinion that the Brit
ish entry of Bloenfontein is daily
expected, as Commandant Dewet
and Delarey had been Instructed to
retard the advance OF Lord Roberts
only until the concentration under
Gen Joubert had been accomplished
No adequate explanation is yet
made of the $4,000 reenforcements
that the government is preparing for
Lord Roberts Such explanations as
sre advanced tentatively suggest
either that the Cape Dutch have be
come more restive or that the impe-
rial government has hint Of foreign
suggestions as to the future status Of
the allied republics
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sITMTER s. c. WEDNESDAY. MARCH z. 1900.

at the top of Van Reenens pass,
where several wagons are visible, |
can fud no trace Of them
Their last train left Modder spruit
station about o'clock yesterday and
they then blew up the bridge They
packed their wagons six days ago,
moving them to the north of Lady
smith, so that we had no chance of
intercepting them. but they have
left vast quantities of ammunition
of all sorts, herds, grass camp and
lndividua! necesearies They have
got away with all their guns except
two"
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For Goebel's Murderer.

Frankfort, FEB % The Ward bill,
whicb appsopriates 100000 TO be put
10 The hards of committee to be
expended by that committee in so
effort to detect aud conv;c. the assassin
of Gor Wa Gobel. was passed today
by the house by strict party vote of
SO to 25 Five hours was spent in
exciting debate over the bill and al!
substitutes apd amendments to it we're
vo,ed down. The bill as passed is in
It's original form
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was given up for the day, the schools
were closed. IN the harbors all the
vessels dressed ship. and at the
military and naval depots 8 es OF
the widest enthusiasm prevailed
At Liverpool, addressing crowd
of 20 900 people assembled around
the town hall, the lord mayor said !:
81 thank the Almighty God for the
glorious news We have awaited it
patiently We are satisfied that
under the humane laws of govern.
ment of this country, the Beers In a
very very short time will 6e loyal
citizens of the British empire u
The queen has telegraphed her con-
gratulations of Gen Builer aud Gen
White and the Prince of Wales has
telegraphed congrasuiatlon to Gen
Butler
Lady White, in message in reply
to congratulation, says:
call the world is in sympathy with
ne today, and am in sympathy
with al. the world am delighted
at the joyful nevs Of The relief and
am happy at the intelligence that my
husband is well and safe at last. As
a wife can say no more. What
happy wife could say more -
All day long cheering thousands
kept up the incessant roar before the
mansion house, and all traffic in
what is London's busiest concourse
ceased Pandemonium reigned The
news Of the mansion house demon
strs.ion had spread TO ali quarters of
the city and there poured 10 stream
of hoodlums and fskirs, laden down
with flags; women, boys, and ali
sorts and conditions Of people Silk
hats flew into the air and small fights
were Of frequent occurrence The
policemen on the spot had their
hands full, but as long as the entbu
sasm of the crowd was only confined
to horse play the officers did not IN.
teTfere
Tons of fireworks are being bought
in preparation for elaborate celebra-
tions tonight.
In several provincial towns ef6gies
Of President Kruger and Gen Cropje
were paraded through the streets and
maltreated At Glasgow an efigy of
President Kruger was subjected to
indignities at the foot Of tie queens
statute
Over 1000 university and college
students paraded the streets of Lon
don singing "Ruie Britannia" and
cheering
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Takes Charge Today.

The newly elected State liquor
commissioners, Mr. Crum, expects to
take charge Of affairs at the State dis
pensary, his bond having been ap-
proved Mr. CRUZ wished to start
out with the first day Of the month
with an entire new set of books.
Yesterday stocktaking was going on
at the dispensary preliminary to the
transfer today No changes are Ike
ly to DE made in the bookkeeping
department of the institution unless
Sir Yeldeil has to retire on acccun:
of distant relationship to Chairman
Williams Mr. C.um has not yet an
nounced any of bis appointments =
The State
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AMMUNITION EXHAUSTED.

London. March 2.-Tbe Standard
publishes the following dispatch from
Ladysmi,b dated Thursday. March ::
The once dasbipg cavalry brigade has
practically ceased to exist At the
beeioupg of the year we bad 3. 800
horses and $500 mules Before the
end Of January We uld only feed
LOO horses. the others had either
been converted into joints, soups and
sarsases or had been left to forage for
themselves These poor, enaclated
aoimals-mere phautous of horses
we're among the most painful sights of
the siege.
..Had we possessed an unlimited
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WOMEN DIED IN TRENGRES


Colcoso, FEB 2S.-Tbe Beers lest
heavi!y dcriog yesterdays fighting
TIE lyddile wrought fca:ful havoc 10
the treuchea. Mary OF the vouaeed
we're quite yellow from the effects Of
the fumes. Over hundred prisoners
we're taken. Macy OF them we're Hoi-
LADDERS aod few we're genuine Beers
It is said the ammunition for rifles fell
into the hands OF the British as we'll es
the damaged Maxim qua Three
Beers of l6 years OF age are amopg the
wouoded.
Tie prisoners had pos heard of the
surrender os Gco CroDje and dlscreei'-
ed it. TIE majority seened to be glad
to be captured They admit heavy
losses recently. TIE women remsiced
With tue Beers in tba trenches Until
three hocrs before sbe Dri;i.h h charged.
Two woueo were fcpod, ooe dead, ;he
o,bsr fatally wocoded Before she
d;ei. the latter said Ger hus5ead goa!d
not let Der 60 as she was such good
shot. Gae woman vas only l5 years
old.
An idea Of the intensity Of tee she'll
Ere can be gathered s.om the fact thst
Of tie 90 eups in action the Nineteenth
battery alone fred 794 rounds, 6rins
every 10 seconds The British casual
ties we're about 200 uen.
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ua;eicg prisoners weot 10 charge OF
the Earl Of Enroll and escorted by the
Gloucesters and q hundred Imperia!
volunteers. The women and children
are beiog sent to their homes | 40
ders,aad that great dissatisfaction ls
felt by the Beers at Croujs's refusal to
accept ny offer of safe conduct to the
women and children and medical corps
for ,he wounded. Ito os whom are pow
ID our hospital Very macy of then
are 10 a terrible plight for want Q:
care at ar earlier stage
II inspected the Beers laager yes
terday aod wss much struck ey 'ae
ingenuity and energy With which the
positiou was made almost impregoable
to assecl, +"
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PRISONERS SEEMED HAPPY.

Paardeburg, Wednesday, Feb 28.-
All the prisoners were paraded
yesterday afternoon. They extended
in long trailing line. like serpent
across the plain and as far as possible
were arranged in commanders The
Free Staters were kept separate from
the Transvaalers The look upon the
faces of the men as they passed made
it impossible to arrive at any other
conclusion than that they were all
overjoyed at their release from the
daily hell of shot and she'll which
they had been experiencing lately.
Many did not even take the trouble
to conceal their delight from the sol
diers garding them They chatted
freely with the British discussing the
different battles in which they had
fought.
All the prisoners have an intense
admiration fer the bravery and p!ucs
of the Bighlanders snd they freely
confess that they are Incapable Of the
dash and go and pluck OF the Brit
ish
Some OF the prisoners have given
vivid description of Gen Cronje's
night March 1t began in a panic
and terrible confusion prevailed
throughout. The huge wagons
crowded toe narrow road. There
was an utter lack of order and deser.
tioos we're numerous From them
also was learnd the details of the
Boer conmissariat The Boer ra-
lions consisted Of one pound and a
half of fresh meat daily and one
pound and half Of coffee. three
pounds of sugar and FIVE pounds of
-four per man weekly
Every man who was eff duty visit
ed the boer lager yesterday and the
crowd of curious Tonmies spent the
day in searching every nook and cor
ner. What might prove useful to the
army has been secured and the sol
diers were allowed to take whatever
they liked The men carried off
clothing, kettles. cups and even um.
breilas
The latest reports announce tEat 8
large force OF BocTs is operating
ten miles away Ga the British right
font
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HARD FIGHTING WAS DONE.

Lordou, March Gen Buffers
casualties among his officers during the
fighting of Feb 81 we're: Killed. Go!
C'Leary. Of the Lancasbires Major
Lewis, Capt Sykes aud Lieut. Simpson,
of the Scots FusiIiers /; Lieut. Mouri
Ivan. of the WarSickshires, and Lieut.
Daly. of the Irish Fusiiiers Wound
ed. Gen Barton. Col Carr, of the SCOTS
Fosiliers, and % others.
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BULLER TAKES CREDIT FOR
DOING IT ALL.

London, March 3, 2 80 nl.-The
war office has received :he following
from Gen Butler:
Ladysmi,h, Friday, March , 6 80
o nj fld the defeat Of the Beers
more complete than had dared to
anticipate This whole district is
completely clear of them and except
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Starved and Sick Garrison
VIII Need Nursing.

London. March /, 9 SO m-The
war Office received the folio wing dis
patch from Gen Butler
Lyt,leton's Headquarters, March
l, 905 Morning Gen Drndonald.
with the Natal Carbineers and a
composite regiment, entered Lady
smith last night The country be
tween me and Ladysmith is reported
clear of the enemy Moving on Mel
thorpe "
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Cape Town, March The news
OF the relief of Ladysmi;h was Off
cially promulgated az about 10
O'Clock this morning aud spread like
wi!d6fe The residents paradlpg
the streets and flags and bunting
being displayed everywhere Tbrongs
Of people crowded in front of Gov
ernmens house, hurrahipg and sing
ing
An excited crowd esorned Pa7iia
ment house and man mounted the
flag gstsf ard hoisted TIE Unionjack as
protest against the attitude Of the
ministry
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THANKSGIVING OF HEROIC
PEOPLE

L2dysmith, March 1 Surrounded
By cheering soldiers, towcspeop!e aud
coolies celebrating the relief Of the
;oVD, Sir George White at the post
office addressed the thrcog He said !:
People o; Ladysmi;h, l tbacked you
for the heroic and patient mauoer 10
which you assisted me during the
siege 1t bur. ne terribly to cut dowo
ne ra'ioos, bat thank God, we Kept the
dag flying
Then. profoundly moved, Geo White
led the assembly IN singing God Save
the Qaeen :"
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amount of heavy guns aud ammuni-
tiop. We wight have made the position
more besrable, although not a shos
vas fred, except 10 dire necessity.
there we're on Feb only 40 rouods
left for each paval gup, while the SUI.
ply for the field artillery would have
been exhausted in couple Of minute
engagements Fortunately, the Beers
we're igoorapt of the true state of
affairs Had they known Of our real
weakness, they might have displayed
greater daring with results which
now that We are safe-we can venture
to contemplate We are victorious
because of our mastery Inactivity.
"The bonbardment was heavy but
op the whole Ineffective. It is said
that during the investment about II,
900 shells were thrown into the town.
an average of three tons oe explosives
daily Yet We bad only 35 men killed
and 1873 wounded Our largest losses
we're from diseases.
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London, March l, 7o7 p n

London, March l, TOT p M
Gen Butler teiegraphs as follows
"Nel;horpe. March l, 20 . m =
have just returned from Ladysmi,h.
Except small guard nor,S of Sur
prise Hill. tee whole of the enemy
lately besieging the tc~n nave
retired in haste and 20 'ae south OF
;he ;own the country IS eaitc clear o1
them
The garrison we're on half a
pound of neal man pei day and
supplemeni.ng tie zeal ration BY
horses end mules
The men will want little nursing
before being 6t fer the field y
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Dews OF the rellel OF L3GySmltn De
came generally known london liter
ally went mad with joy and through
out England the scenes witnessed
have no parallel in the memories OF
this generation
The lord mayor of London imme-
dia,ely telegraphed his coDgratula-
tons to Gems White and Butler
When the queen received the news
! at Windsor the bells on :ne curfew
tower OF the castle were RUG in
| honor OF the event
The strain that for l18 days had
KEEP, the nation in terrible anxiety
was renewed The lord mayor show.
ed hinseI; at window out of which
hung a huge City Imperial Volunteer
1ag aud :he crowd yelled itself
boarse S;aid msgrates grabbed
farins posters from newsboys and
b.andished "Ladysmith relieved" to
the roaring tnrong ALL shcaght Of
business vas forgotten Nothing
could be done on the stock exchange
but sing God Save the Queen and
cheer Business on the baltic wheat
market Tor cargoes closed at 1
clock No one wanted to trade on
such day as this. The stores put
up their shutters and gave their
employees holiday
The lord mayor ordered holiday
for the city schools
The great bell in 5. PauFs was
rupg this evening The stately for
eign Office 80 far forgot itself as to
display large Unionjacks from the
windows A cabinet meeting was
held aud as the members me: at the
entrance to the foreign Office they
exchanged the warmess copgratule.
tions
Crowos blocked the war Office lob
bies. struggling to see for themselves
the announcement and cheered the
British generals in South Africa to
the echo.
Outside Marlborough house. the
London residence of the Prince Of
Wales, large and jubilant crowd
assembled
At Glasgow, Liverpool, Birming
ham Edinburgh, and in fact, in all tue
cities, big au6 little flags few every
where. whistles footed, bells cnimed
the crowd paraded the streets,
singing patriotic soogs. Business
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London, Feb % The war office
has received a dispatch from Gen
Butler announcing that Pieters bill.
the enemy's main position, was mag
niicentiy captured yesterday and 60
prisoners taken.
LopdoD, Feb %, sos p. m -T5e
war Office has received the following
dispatch from Lord Roberts: Pat
deberg, Feb 26-Cropje with bis fam'-
ly left here yesterday 10 charge OF Ma
Gen Prettyman apd under the escort OF
the City Imperial volunteers and mount
ed infantry. Later in the day the re-