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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19
CRONJB REPORTED SAFE
The Beer General Said TO Have
Reached BlOemfOntein.

Crippled by the Loss of Artillery,
Ammunition, and Camp Equip
ments-Mav he Driveu 10 Pretoria
or PASSES Leading to Natal - \
Despatch Received From BuIIcr.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19

FIynn's business College. Sth and Is
Business, Shorthand, Typewrit'Hg-S2j year.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19

"Ar agree that the first and most impor-
and is to open up markets for them In
no other way can we allay the feeling OF
discomfort likely to arise among people
who have realized so little in the change
from Spanish oppression Of four hundred
years to the prosperity and liberty which
follows the American flag
Discussing this. the speaker said that 10
change Of the tariff law would b. neces-
sary to permit the Porto Ricans to send
their coffee into the United States free OF
duty. The original bill would also have
given free entry TO their sugar and tobac-
CO, and. uf course would have permitted
the free entry into Porto Rico of all pro-
! ducts Of the United Sta ses. But General
| Davis. Military GoyerTov Of the island,
had informed the eop.cl,ttee that il this
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-19

Nolan had told the Senate Committee that
| had attempted TO bribe Justice Hunt. ]
showed the message TO Justice Hunt I
told him that it was a very serious mat
ter / told him 90 was a Jest that ! was
not in earnest that did not intend 10 offer
him bribe and that had no sum Of mon
ey to give him for any action which rs
might take in the Welcome case.
Did you have an interview with Alter
neY General Nolan =
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17

that Russia fears the Afghanistan,
IS a war with the Afghans would
mean general rising of all Islam,
which would spread through Russian
Asia. RussiS has not troops enough
to combat such a rising. Her hold
on the Mussulman countries she has
conquered is insecure. They hate
her, and with ten times her power
Russia could not fight Atghanistan
and India successfully.
"The Afghans prefer death to sla.
very, and their women and children
are being taken by the Russians"
l am willing to send numerous
troops to help Great Britain in the
Transvaal.
/" Englanfs troubles are always
my troubles her strength is my
strength, aid her aOeakness is my
weakness. England must remember
that | am always ready to fight for
her on Land, here or in India"
Abdurralman-Khan is making no
bluff when he thus defies Russia. He
has been repairing for trouble for
several years, and to day has an ar
my as perfectly equipped as any in
the world. He can put 10000 men
in the fell, with huge batteries of
the most modern artillery. Instead
Of horses Ito drag his guns he has
teams Of trained elephants. The ma
rrow defibs that lead into his coun-
try are bow mountain fOrtresses,
guarded by heavy cannOns.
At Ktbul he has an arms factory
managed by Sir Salter Pyne, the
distinguished English engineer,
which las been turning out vast
quantities of arms and ammunition
for mary years.
Best les this he as imported arms
via India in such amounts as to JUS
tify the assertion that every man Of
an ageto bear arms is now equipped
with anoderu repeating rifle.
Abdurrahman- Khan owes his thrO-
ne to England, for she exalted him
to th4 position on deposing Ayoob-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17

eminent on the charge of bein vags-
bonds.
The black man has no rights be-
fore the law. The magistrate may
either hear or reject his complaint
just as he pleases. A man who kills
his black servant by beating him will
perhaps be sentenced to six months
imprisonment. 1t is very clear that
he will not on that account be depri-
we'd of his rights as voter"
When tribe, pushed to extremi-
ties, refuses to pay taxes, an attack
is made on it, its villages are burned,
its crops and cattle are taken away,
and the men are handed over to
those who have taken part in the
attack, and they must serve them
for five years without any pay. If
they make any attempt to escape
they may be Killed with impunity.
can occurrence of this kind took
place in 1894, in the district south
Of Zoutpansberg, and in 1898 in the
northern part of the same district"
"Such is the legislation and such
has been the practice of the Beers
up to this hour. To regime of this
kind one name can be given, namely,
feudality.
The object of the Beers, as pro-
claimed in their manifesto of Febru-
airy IL 1881, is to establish great
South African empire.
"The Beers, being backward, and
for the most part ignorant, are not
capable of establishing great en-
.pire. They are forced to place them-
selves IN the hands of a close oligsr-
chy, which is itself obliged to depend
upon foreigners. The government
of Pretoria could not have prepared
for the war without the help of the
Dutch and the Germans, yet it
aVails itself of their services provi-
sionally because it cannot do other
wise, and iG would reject them on
the day of victory for the reason
that it hates all Europeans, no mat
ter of what nationality they may be,
ust as much as it hates the English
themselves. Its aim, whicE is very
well understood by the Beers, il to
make the latter privileged and do
minant class, which is to control tho
country absolutely. Under such
circumstances it would admit foroig-
nerS, but it would not grant them
any rights. The manner in which
it treated the Uitlanders during the
period that its exercise of power was
limited by the conventions with En-
gland renders it possible for us to
foreSee how it would act it once be-
came absolutely free and all power
full.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17
Senate Passes Bill
Returning Two Mil
lion Dollars
Collected In The
u. S. On Our
Imports.
Money Limited To The Amount
Collected Before January lst.
All Other Amendments With
drawn Or Rejected.


After closing yesterdays edition
we received the following important
cablegram from the " Associated
Press:"-
The Senate has passed the bill
giving to Puerto Rico the two million
dollars, collected in the United Sta
tes as duties on Puerto Rican goods,
after adopting the amendment limit
ing the money to the amount of CO.
Elections before the 1st of January.
All other amendments have been
withdrawn or rejected"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17

Khan after the war of 1880. Lord
Dufferin, when Viceroy of India,
took pains to cement the friendship
by large presents Of arms and year
ly subsidy of lakh and q half of
rupees, He also entertained the
Ameer at Rawal Pindi and took ca
re to make q display Of military
grandeur that deeply impressed Alb
durrahman.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17
England'S South
African Policy.

The fOllOwings are extracts from
the principal paragraphs of a very
interesting review by Mr.. Villarais
and Mr.. Ives GuyOt, prominent
French politician and stateman,
which were recently published in
the Partisan paper Gle Siesle":-
"It has been said that the present
war is the work of capitalists, that it
marks the paroxysm of the mercan.
tile politics of Rhodes and Cham
berlain, and it is this belief which
has turned against the English pu-
bic opinion throughout the greatest
part of Europe. This view of the
situation, however, appears less CO.
rect as the wells which hide the
truth are being torn away. A thor
Ough investigation is to be made in
England-indesd it is already be-
gun-with the object of finding out
who are responsible. Before We ma
ke up our minds on the matter we
should wait for the light which will
certainly be the result of such an
inquiry"
Could the war have been avOi.
ded -
If We examine the matter clos
ely we shall quickly see that a con
fiict was inevitable sooner or later,
and for the reason that the princi-
Piles at stake are absolutely inconsis.
tent with each other. Never before
perhaps, have ideas which are so
much opposed to each other been
brought face to face. AT the begin
ming of the present century the mo-
dern spirit, which had lust come to
life, encountered the monarchieS
and the aristOcracies of the old regi-
me. The result was that it shook
the former and overthrow the latter.
We are amazed when we see IL
berals, democrats and friends of pro-
gress siding with the Beers.
We are still more amazed when
we find them picturing the Beers as
persons Of idyllic character. NJ.
VillaraiS very properly says that we
must not leave out Of sight the pol
itical attitude maintained by the
Beers toward the natives, since ii
forms notable element of the pres
ent struggle. Their retrogressive
conduct in this respect rises up in
Judgment against them. The Pres
ident of the Orange Free State said,
in his proclamation to the Afrikan-
ders, Of the cape, the object of which
was to urge them to oppose En-
gladn:-
"Are you willing, Afrikanders,
to witness such a horrible abo.
minatiOn as the sight of a black man
sitting with you in Parliament ?
Yet you will witness such sight,
and we, too, will witness it, if you
permit England to obtain the victO.
ry in this war;"
The constitution of the Transvaal
declares that there cannot be equal
ity, either in the State or in the
Church, between tho whites and
those "who have among their an
cestors up to the fourth generation
y man who was not Of the white
race" On August 26, 1898, the
Volksraad rejected a motion which
was designed to free native minis
ters and teachers from the obligation
Of wearing the metal armlets which
blacks living in towns are bound TO
wear in order to show that they are
in the service Of whites and as safe
guards against arrest and impris
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17
News OF The Island.

The Civil Secretary has received
a communication from the Mayor of
Lares, stating the distressful con.
ditiOn OF that town for lack of res
sources of any Kind and requesting
the help of the Military Govern
ment.
She schooner " Mary e. Morse y,
Cap j. Newburg, anchored in our
bay yesterday.
The GENES from Philadelphia with
. cargo of coal.
Miss Emma Shaw Colclengh who
arrived on the Ponce, is the repre-
sentative of the New York Com
merclal Advertiser" and several
ether important American nswspa-
perS.
Miss JOsefa Amato suarez Of this
city, is dead.
The cases against BenitO Pereira
and Jose Trinidad Ruiz, for assault,
will be brought up for trial Monday,
before the District Court Of this
City.
Mr. Ramon Cestero, Alcalde Of
Dorado, sOho had been arrested by
order Of the Provisional Court was
released yesterday on bail.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17
Declarations By The
Ameer. OF Afgha-
nistan.

The Ameer Of Afghanistan has
authorized his agent in London to
publish the following statement Of
the policy Of Afghanistan toward
Great Britain and Russia:---
~ have come to the conclusion
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17
Ani,BritiSh Demonstration At
Bordeaux.
RingIeaders OF The Demonstration
Arrested And Fined.
New York, March 18th, 1900.

Dispatches from Paris state that two students and a
clerk led an AntiBritsh public denomination in Bor-
deaux.
AT the head of compact groups they walked through
the principal streets Of the city raising great popular dis
turbance
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17

The cries of death to the British and the hurrahs for
the Beers and for General Cronew echoed by the
ses of the people.
The ringeaders of the demonstration fined and
imprisoned.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17
THE TRANSVAAL WAR.
British Hold Whole Railroad Line
South OF BlOemfOntein.
Scouts Occupy Springfontein.
British Secure Twenty Six Locomotives
New York, March 18th, 1900.

The War Office in London has announced that the
whole railroad line South of Boemfontein is occupied
by British forces
The regiment of Scouts has occupied the town of
Springfontein.
--latest dispatches from Cape Town state that the Br
irish have secured twenty six locomotives belonging to the
Beers.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17
Appointment OF Officers For
Puerto RiCdn Battalion.
New York, March 18th, 1900

Dispatches from Washington state that President Nc
Kney has made more appointments of officers for the
mounted Infantry Puerto Rican Battalion
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17
General Prettyman Is The Cover.
nor OF BlOemfOntein.
New York March 10Th 1900

New York March 10th 1900
The Government of London has appointed General
Prettyman as Governor of Bloemfontein
cabegrams belong the BolET MERCANT and their
reproduction any will cost fifty dollars for eadh cable
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-17
The Tariff Bill.
Appointment OF A Republican
Caucus Committee.
New York, March 18th 1900.
New York, March 10th 1900.

A committee of seven Republican Senator'S has been
appointed to unite the differences of opinion of the Repu
bcan Senators in regard to the Puerto Rico tariff bill
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-14
INCREASE IN THE ARMY.

Washington, Nov ll.-senatoF
Proctor. of the senate committee on
military affairs and Adjutan. General
Corb,n. of war department, held an
informal conference with the pres'-
dent yesterday relative to the legls
lation to be asked of congress in
connection with the proposed 10
crease of the regular army
Under the existing law said
Senator Proctor at the conclusion OF
the conference, "the present strength
of the army, $4,000 regulars aud
35,ooo volunteers. will be reduced
on the lst day of next July to q 900
regulars. Congress will be asked by
the president TO reorganize the army
upon larger basis
"My judgment is that congress
will provide regular army of about
SIS o0o or 0,0Go men with discretion
to the president to raise the total to
100000 have no doubt that this
legislation will be enacted at the
coming sessioo I"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-14
The Chinese Problem.
SOME PROGRESS MADE
TOWARDS ITS So
LUTON.

Be..io. November 1.-THE follow.
ing is the full .e1t Of the statement,
evideo!ly inspired, 10 tas Coicgco Ca
set,e CT Saturday, as to the ucder-
sanding reached oy ;as representatives
OF the Powers ia Paslu regarding the
Chinese settlement:
.spou7psr;ers between the ervoys ID
pekla for the purpose of agreeing upon
the fundamentals for peace uego;'at!oos
With the Ctioese pIcblpoteot'arles. pro-
ceed favorably or the Vacle series of
Important poiu's
"Ao agreement has been reached be
tween the Powers, particularly regard
Jog the punishment of the ua'o cul-
pri,s, the msndsripes and princes also
regarding the prioclple Of paying dam
age to the several Governments for the
cost. OF the China expeditions, and for
damages sustained by private persons
and missions; also regarding the per-
maoent ssatiouiog Of sufficient guards
for the Pekin legations also regarding
the rssing of the Taku forts. aod
6ually regarding the maintenance OF
secure and regular Communication be
tween Pekin and the seashore.
about number of other demands
put forth by separate powers negola-
lions are still pending
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-14
The Man Whose Fued With
Senator w. A Clark Made
Both Famous.

New York, Nov. 12.-Marcua
DAILY Of Montana died today at the
Hotel Netherlands Bright's dis
ease complicated vito hesrt weak
ness was the cause of death. His
wife and children were a: bis bedside,
and the eud came peacefully
MIR. Daly's bcdy viii! be taken to
the house, No 725 Fifth avenue.
tomorrow The funeral will be held
from that place, the services inc'ud
ing solemn high mass Of requiem
in St Patrick's cathedral at II
O'Clock Thursday morning
Marcus DAILY was born in Ireland
in 1912. lie came to the United
States early in life and since 1876
had been citizen of Montana. He
became general manager Of the Alice
Silver Mine and later came into con
troll of the Anaconda copper mlne.
At the time of his death be was presi
dent of the Amalgamated Copper
company In politics he was e
Democra: The differences between
SIR Daily and W. A Clark have
attracted much attention The
trouble started years ago over some
water rights near Butte which DAILY
wanted aud which Clark bought,
forcing the other to pay a very high
figure
No Mining property has attained
greater fame as producer of divi-
dends than the famous Anaconda
Originally bought as silver mine it
became famous for its copper and to
it both Daily and Clark owe their vast
fortunes. Marcus Daily bought the
properly for $4,000 he acted, it
is said. as agent for j B. Haggin,
of California, who had sent him to
Butte to buy him some good mining
property
AS The Gew owners ran their shaft
down they opened one of the worlds
greatest copper mines with silver
enough to pay ali expenses and hav
ing the copper az clear profits. Daily
vas superintendent aud part owner
of the greet nine He bought the
adiacenf properties He foundered
the town of Anaconda in a valley %
miles distant, located where there is
an exbaus:less supply of water and a
great deal of wood, two indispenea
bles for the sme'ting and reduction
of ores At that place he erected
the greatest copper plant in the
world
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-14

au pie. 10 the Philippines there Is 90
dyoassy to destroy; 20 organized system
Of feudal laws TO eradicate. 90 prlnc'-
n|es inconsistent with repub!:oao,sm.
which tad soliaiy iusinua'ed themselves
into ,he national life to displace 90
adverse aspects Of nature TO overcome.
Ga the contrary. nature, which IS eS-
uceraot and baimy, has nour'soea 'oto
exis,ence several millioos of sensitive
and cseduiocs people, without allegiance
TO ary existing ;assi:u;ions, bat an'-
mated by oertaio inoboa'e ideas aao 10 :
soira,ious, Which by some ua!ofiuna'e
cervsrsioo Of thoughs they cooce'vs 70
be threatened BY America These
people, fortunately, are Intelligent. geo
srous and Gexibe, sod probably Will
weld quickly and with absolute COD
6aence 20 tuition and advice ~heo
informed Of American 10 !.
s,iirsions AID purposes
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-14
PEANUTS.

During fair year the American
peanut crop will average nearly
100000 bushels, estimating %
pounds 10 the bushel This is but
small proportion of the worlds
crop, however, which aggregates
fully 55o,0oo.ooo pounds 1t is
calculated that ve eat about $i0,.
900, 1000 worth of peanuts yearly, or
1000. 900 bushels of the nuts, either
in candy or the original kernels.
The shucks or shells form also good
food for pigs, while peanas vines
are a very 6ne fodder for mules.
Very few peanuts are eaten out of
the pod in Europe. although fully
400, 100000 pounds are sent to Great
Britain AID the continent every year
from Africa and Asia They are Con.
verted into oil and sort of -four at
factories at MarseilIes and several
English cities. A busbel of the
genuine peanuts shelled can be press.
ed into about gallon of oil, which
is substituted for olive and other table
oils very frequently. 1t sells at from
go cents to 81 gallon, and the meal
or -four left after pressure is used for
feeding horses and baked into kind
of bread, which has large sale into
Germany and France.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-14
tn HANKSGIVlNG MARCUS DAILY DEAD.
Proclamation Issued by the
Governor.

70 the providence of God ve have
been spared as people apd State icr
another year Peace aud prosperity.
health AID happiness have beea souch-
safcd to US. We have oos been visltei
by plague or pes,ilepce. The labor of
cur bands has been attended With
success and the State has grown 10
material wealth. New manufacturing
enterprises have spruog up aud We aTe
fast becoming great manufacturing g
people. The husbacdueo bss been
permitted TO plant aud TO reap, ana
eoloy the fruits Of lis labor. There ls
good feeliog anoug ali our people. and
progress 10 all good aad worthy deeds
is evidenced 90 every aaud. Education
and Christianity GO hand in hand our
colleges aud SCHOOLS are filled end the
cultivation of the head and the heart is
keeping pace With toe material develop.
mcut of the State
To tie end, therefore. that We may
With thankful hearts show our apprecia-
ton of the many blessings Which we
enjoy ADD the tender care OF our
Heavenly Father, I, NJ B. McSweepey,
governor Of the State OF South Caroiioa,
10 conformity with the proclamation of
the president Of the Ucited States, do
hereby appoint and set apart Thursday,
the 29th day OF vember. 1900, as a
day of Thanksgiving and prayer to be
kept and observed by all the people o
this State.
advise that all public Offices be
closed and all private business aud
labor of every kird cease, aod that our
people assemble in their respective
places of worship ADD give thanks TO
Him wbo is the g!7er Of every good aud
perfec. gift for the seed time and the
harvest, aad that they beseeoo Him 10
humility to cooti3ue His good AID
gracious forbearance Thas they also
remember the poor and the fatherIess,
for we are tcla that it IS more blessed
to give than to receive, and every gilt
to these will 60 70 our creoit 10 the
great book Of remem brance
IL testimony whereof | have here
uo,o Sc: my hand aud caused the great
seal OF tie Safe of South Carolina TO
Be affixed Doce e: the Capitol. 10
the city of Colum bia, this 10th day of
November. A D. 1900.
NJ B McSweeney. Governor.
By the Governor N r. Cooper,
Sec. etarY of STATE
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-14
japanese Man o. War

London, Nov s The Japanese
bsttleship Mikasa. said to be the most
formidable vesse! of Its kidd in the
world, was ,auached today at the
Vickers Maxila works at Barrow
The Mikasa is of Is 200 tons dis
placement She is 400 feet long, IS
feet vide and q feet 8 inches deep
She has two propellers and has an
Indicated horsepower of Is 600 She
has an armor belt of IL to 4 inches,
and the armor On her gun positions
is IA to inches thick, while the
deck plating is 2 inches thick The
armament of the Mikasa consists OF
four l2-inch guns, fourteen 6 inch
quick firing guns. twenty IL pound
ers, eight 8 Founders, and four 2 2
pounders. She has four submerged
torpedo tubes The battleshIp has
speed jestimated) Of l8 knots, and
her normal coal supply is 400 tons
She carries crew Of 730 men