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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
Sultan Must Pay up.

Constantiuople. April 27.-The
American note banded to the Turkish
minister OF foreign affairs, Tewfik
Pasha, on Tuesday, is couched in
peremptory terms. dem g udig IMMEDIATE
payment of the Indemnity several
times promised to Minister Strauss bv
the sultan. The cote does not fix a
time Limit for au answer. bot it's tenor
is not far from the character of an
ulsimatum. 1t has produced a great
impression upon the porte which,
however, shows no disposition to
modify the attitude hitherto MAINTAIN.
ed, namely. repudiatiug the response
bility and seeking to diminish the
importance of the matter. 1t is pre-.
sumed that the porte's reply will be in
this sense; and hencs it is feared the
United States government will be
obliged to take steps to enforce its de.
mands.
Turkeys decision to send 40 officer
to America tc study naval construction
is interpreted to be smother SOP. It
the revival Of an old project to buy q
cruiser 10 the United States 10 the
price of which tho indemnify shall be
included. 90 that the porte will be at
liberty to say it has not paid the
Indemnity. The American govern
ment has already oateso.ioslly refused
such compromise. whi,b would mean
prolonged uegotistions and the drag.
giug out of the matter inde6oitely. to
which the United States will not listen.
As regards the indemnity, it is 10 the
nature OF debt of honor. If the
porte wants to buy q cruiser, that is q
matter 10 no. way connected With the
indemnity.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
SUMTER. s.. c.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 1900

Increased during the last few days
But it is not likely there will be much
troope in the neighborhood of
Wepener once Dewet's Dorp is occu.
pied by our troops.
81 inspected the city Imperial vol.
nnteer battalion yesterday on their
arrival at Bloemfontein. They are in
fine form and look very workmanllke.
81 also inspected the first company
OF Imperial Yeomanry. which has
arrived hore The men turn out
smart and their horses are in admira.
bic condition"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
REPORTS FROM ROBERTS.

London. April "a, IL Is o. u
The var effice issues the folloViug from
Gen Roberts
BloeufooteiL. April "a -Gens
Brabans aud Har, yesterday turned the
position occupied by tho enemy, who
tried TO prevent their moving oorth-
ward. ard got toto heliograph commu-
uicatioo with Col Dsleet.y. command.
ant Of the bsseiged garrison at
Wepsuer. who reported oil veil q.
Geo Brsbaot had three wounded. one
missing Three we're wounded oo the
previous day. The border regiment
bad seven wounded. Alp. N. yes
,erdsy Brabsnt and Hart we're eight
miles south OF Wepeoer. The Eleveoth
division. under Gen Poe Csrew, and
Gen Freoob's tWo briesdes Of cava,ry
reached Twesde OsIuk yesterday after.
noon witboa, having met serious oppo.
s;.ion
Hsliogrsph eommun ios.icn has been
established with Geo Ruudle. A
patrol Of the Ssvesth Dragooos, under
Lieut. Jeokins. which vas reported
@issioe yesterday. has rejoiosd Gen
Freeeh's camp. whb the exception OF
Oorpl Taylor aud Private Cook, Who
are believed to bs wounded sod prison.
ers.
Moootsd ioiantsy uodsr Gen Ian
Hswilsoo. occupied tho wssssworks at
Sseos's Poet. Az the enemy are hold
iss tho osiehborisg bills 10 soue
strength. the Moth division. consisting
OF Gen Smith -Dorriso's and Geo Mao.
Donald's brissdss. has been dispatched
10 ssppors Hsniltoo
Geo msxWeli's brigade. formerly
Gen Cbermsids's Of tho Seventh, divi.
sion. yesterday moved eastward asd
seises the hills covering the wagon
bridge over the Moddor. river at Kraus
krsal. 90 importers oom nioatiou
much used BY the Beers duriog the las,
three weeks. Cor only casualty was
Private Brum. New South Wales
Mounted Ri6ss. taken prisoner.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
BRITISH BEATEN BACK.

Prstosis, Monday, April 23.-Ao
s6oIsl bullsho issued here ,odsy says (:
"The fsdsrs's continues their 6eht.
irs o. Wspeosr aod have captured .
bsrd Of Geo Brsbsn,s cattle and
hsssss.
"Gss Dsvet's losses o, Dswe,'s dorp
vsss oss msn killed and Elk men
vossdsd. The Bnsish appear to be
retiring beyond Dsws,'s dorp
"Croojs reports the, With . strong
commando he attacked The British
northeast Of Boshof. A heavy engage
psos followed sod the Eoglisb we're
driven from kopjs TO kopje The
fsdsssls displayed great courage aud
resolution. and spiritedly ohssed tho
soswy 10 the direction Of Boshof
Only tvo burebsrs we're wounded
The British lost Is meo killed and left
three wounded and eight prisoners in
tbs hands Of the bu,ehsrs "
The Crooje referred to is uudoub,ed.
" Couusodsos Croojs. the second son
OF the famous Bosr general. now .
prisoosr oo the island Of St Helena.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
VALUABLE WORK.

Col John ID. Frost bas been engaged
for some time on piece Of voluntary
~ork OF value to the State. For
many years there has been hanging in
tae office OF the adjutant general a
nat uscrIp, roll of the mem bers Of the
historic Palmetto regiment in the war
with Mexico Raoen'ly tho document
has faded rapidly. Cot Ftos, hqs spe. {
macy days reiracing all the uamos
with India ink. The work is ucw
nearing completion. The State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
BLUE FOR THE BOER5

Psris. April "a -Ospt Leon,
the French engineer who had charge
Of the Boer artillery and engineers,
and Who was shot in the head during
the siege Of Kimberley, arrived at
Msrseilles today In sn interview
he describes the Boers % "spleodid
srtillesists. He said they never
bed more than 38. 900 to 40, 900 men
under srms, and Of these they
bad lost only 5000, Of whom only
900 bed been killed
''In my opinion" ssid Capt Leon.
"unless the Boers win On important
victory nesr Bloemfon,ein. they
must DO beaten in the end. and
although Pretoris could withstand Q
Q long siege because il still possesses
cannon and emplscements for those
temporarily with drawn. l believe
tho plan Of the Beers is TO take
refuge in the mountainous region to
the north. whi,h is practically in
accessible. rather than to defend
Pretoria at the risk Of a heavy loss of
life aud the exposure Of the popula.
tion to the fire OF the British
Even Great British declares that.
the Transvssl annexed. the Beers
will never yield and IN army of l50.-
900 will be needed 10 occupy the
county"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
The Penltentiary Scandal.
Attorney General BslIinger
Appeals the Case.

Attorney General Bellinger has
filed a formal notice of his intention
to appeal from the decision of Judge
Benet in quashing the indictment
against Col Neal on the charge of
failure to turn over certain money
received by him as superintendent of
the State penitentiary The formal
notice reads as follows:
state OF South Carolina. Richland
County-Court of General Ses-
sions, April term, 19OO-The State,
appellant, vs. w A Neal. respond.
ent. neglecting and refusing to
turn over moneys to his successor.
Notice of intention to appeal
To P HI Nelson, Julius Boegs
end Cole L Blease, attorneys for de.
fendsnt.
Take notice that the State will
appeal to the State supreme court
from an order of bis Honor, Judge
Benet. quashing the indictment
charging the sai6 defendant, w. A..
Neal. with neglecting and refusing
to turn over moneys to his successor,
the superintendent of the peniten
tiary, and will ask for q reversal of
said order upon grounds hereafter to
be served
6 Duncan Bellihger,
For the State, Appellant.
Columbia, 8 c., April %, 1900.
Mr. Bellinger lie not bringing the
matter to the attention of the So
preme court for the purpose of keep
ing up the litigation against Col
Neal. but he thinks that the
Indictment he framed was correct
and he wants the supreme court to
indicate whether or not he was cor
rect Besides. there is an important
principle involved If the supreme
court holds, in accordance with the
line of the circuit court, that Col
Neal had no right to receive money
from convict contracts and that il
was not specified in the act that this
was one of his duties, but that it was
specified that it should be turned
over to the board of directors of the
penitentiary. then Mr. Bellinger
thinks the State will have no trouble
in winning it's suit for the recovery
OF the money advanced through the
discounting of notes made by the
Rsgsdales and paid by the Carolina
National Bank to the State peni,en
tiary
The grounds for the appeal will be
filed later, the formal notice which is
given being all that is necessary to
secure the consideration of the ap
peal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
THE WAR In AFRICA.

Loedos. April 25. s .. N The
reports that The sicge Of Wspsnss had
bsss prsssisslly rsissd we're apparently
pssoassss. The Bosr attack upon Col
Dslestty's sosshsro position. % de.
sssihsd esoo Msssrs. Wss probably .
ossl ssssops 70 sssh the garrison be
fsss sssssisg . safe retreat and, %
Gel Dslgssay susesssfully rsrelssd The
ssaask. huls father anxiety 10 felt %
bic seeosns.
Lord Roberto hss sow spread BET
vhA sses 10000 OF more mso ssd
$50 esss. sevssise sbs whole wssssru
esoisissls srssrd Wspssss. vhils Geo
Hsollsss Bee oesupisd che " Wstsruorks.
Dsassisally WitAess spessisies
TIE 0sssssh diviSIeo sodsr Gen
Tsskss. ssslsssd by sAvsl suos. hss
Usas dsoosssrasies from Ksrss cid
iss. shs Dssss sbovisg some opppsi-
tioo. AZ che ssus tine Q brigade
oovsd ous isoe Glen to take up q
positios 90 ssess Of hills ct Gen.
sasdsssls. sSssh Of shs Modder. The
Watssvosks we're fousd uodsmsaed
9th The sxespsioe OF tho removal ol
The Gliding valves Of the pemping
sueisss.
The Bosss sov sss ooly sssape,
without siskisg 90 encounter. north
vsrd to Ladybsssd, ssd The shsoes Of
. susssssful outcome Of tbs plaus Of
Lssd Rsbsrss depends oo whether the
British troops can seseh Thsbs N'Chu
ssd LAaybsssd before the rstreasiee z
eeaossdess froa Dssss's Dorp sod
Wspssss.
AL shs sesssspoedsn,s report that
he seaas ere 10 . terrible coalition,
whSsh ssssssss fos sbs SLOW progress
sf ths Bdsish soIaaps. ssd IL tho
Bssss ass - cell iofcsnsd Of sbs Brit
ish plsss - they hsvs hitherto been,
sbsy are likely agsio TO escape.
10 10 asu within three weeks OF the
date predicted tor The British oeeupa.
ties a Pretoria. and although the
prescott operations. 90 suggested 10
soss qssrssss. may be the begioning ol
shs osia advance. IL 10 not certain tba,
they will not entail = further halt .,
Blososoossio.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

var Office publishes The following die.
patch from Loed Roberts dated BIoem.
footein. April 26th.: "Geo len Hsmil.
ton yesterday drove tho euemy of {
strong position At Israel's Poort BY .
we'll conceived turning movement
which was admirably carried out BY
Gen Rideely commander Of the second
mounted infantry brigade and Gen
Smith. Dorrieu. ooumanding the EiRh.
seeuth brigade. These troops are
today advancing toward Tbabs N'Chu
Our losses were slight. ooly one
yet reported-Msj Marshall, Graham.
ssown Mounted Rifles. severe wouod 10
the shoulder"
.5a m.-Israers Poort which is DOT
marked 90 the maps. lies between Sau.
mas Post and Thaba N'Chu. Geo
HsmiI.on has probably BY this time
arrived At Thabs N'Chu as be is using
bis utmost endeavors to out of tho
Beers who are refreshing from Dswss's
Dorp. The Bosr forces at Thsba
N'Chu arc not unlikely to make q
stand to cover the escape Of the oouvoys
from the southwark. They have Iaaeers
about ten miles apart. stretching from
Brsndfort to Thaba N'Cbu With . base
camp at Ssmslldell station.
A report comes that . small force OF
British mounted infantry had q brush
with q party of Beers ten miles east
of Ksree Siding. who we're trying to
establish . connection between Brand.
fort aud the Boer forces to the south.
ward.
Gen Brsbaut 10 the 6ght With the
Beers at Wspener. bad q narrow co.
cspe. Gen Pole Carew's advance was
much bampered by tho tsrdy arrival
Of artillery which prevented bin from
capturing Lseuw Kop before darkness
set 10 and enabled tho Beers to secure
their retreat. Apparently Lord Rob.
erts. With the commands 10 the bands
OF younger generals bow has 40 exceed
inRty efficient army.
The report that the Boers had reoo
cupied Boshof proves to untrue. Lord
Metbueu is ssill there and Gen Huuter's g
division from Natal. which was suppos
ed to be going to Bloemfou.ein ia
arriving at KIM berley. There is
evidence that some important opera.
tions are sfoot 10 thai district.
The Beers arc showing more activity
10 Natal
All the interest 10 the South African
war is now oentered 10 the running
fight 10 progress between the burRber
retreatiug from the southern portion of
the Orange Free State and Gen
French's horsemen aod the infantry of
Gems Pole Carew, Chermside aod Ruu
die. But the British hope of coucIu
sive results is slim at present, the
Beers escaping unbeaten ADD having
accomplished 40 immense amount OF
damage. They olung to their positions
as long as it was safe to do so and they
have DOW slipped of to hold the next
commanding ridge through . broken
country admirably suited for a rear
guard defense. Dispatches from
Aliwal North under date Of Wedoes.
day. April %, say the Beers left
Wepensr 90 hurriedly that many of the
dead were left 10 the trenoees unburied.
COmmsodaus Crooje is reported to
btve been killed. AccordioR to
advises from Bloemfonteiu. the attem ps
Of the Beers at Braudfors to get 10
touch with the command ct Thaba
N'Cbu was frustrated BY a force
dispatched by Gen Tucker from Glen.
A dispatch from Pretoria reports tho
arrival there Of Lord Rosslyu as 90 10.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
FLED IN TINE.

London. April rs The war Office
has issued the following from Lord
Roberts dated Bloemfontein. April 25,
8 rs pm.
"Tbe enemy retired from 10 front of
Wepener last night and this morning
fed northeastward along the Lady
brand road Their number ives be
tween 1000 and $1,000"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

Atlanta, April 25.-Thomss J.
Hunter. former a1di,or of the Atlanta
and West Point Railroad company, was
found guilty OF embe zzlemeut 10 the
superior court today and sentenced to
the penitentiary for FIVE yeare.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
Gen Botha Proving Himself
Capable Successor to Jou.
bert. Mastery Harras.
sing Moves.

London, April Is. 4 55 MN
CammsGdant Gen Louis Botha the
Beers sppar TO have found capable
successor of Joubert As result If
his insight and quick decision it may
be assumed now that the retreating
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02

THE OTHER SIDE RETlRES.
London. April 26 "A special die.
patch from Pretoria, dated Tuesday.
says that the Beers have reoccupied
Boshof, the British retiring.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-22
YOUNG VOTERS ARE ACTIVE.
Mckinley and Roosevelt Ronsh RID
ere Marching Club and Veterans
Club Aid Party In seattle.

One % the most attractive local poIit-
cal organizations ~ the present campaign
Is shs Mckinley and Roosevelt Rough
Riders Marching Cluh, which during the
past month has givrn- substantial aid Ga
the county central committee ~ turning
aut 20 attend rallies held In this city aud
surrounding towns.
The club now numbers 10 active mem
hrrs. thoroughly drilled and fully equity
ped with AAmheaQx and other campaign
paraphtrnAlia. tie members are neatly
uniformed In Khaki. more thar Soc hav-
inE oesn expended In this manner The
club Il under The commAnd " Maj W NJ
inglts. ana e divided into ave companies
II eighteen mon each, Commanded az
feliast Company A, Capt y Howard
Darlington, Company r., Capt NJ w
Thompson. Company G. Capt r logan
Company T. CART L. y Nockhart
Mems Repuhlieau Club. an org4niAa tsnn
which naw numbers SO enthusiastic
gnnnhsFs Another pTshoAt 81 tAe same
organization Is the Veterans Expansion
CiwA. c8napaaaa ~ veterans ~ the Span-
ian. American VAR. under thr command
- capt NJ n 9ormisy. Il n3N nun-
bcrs nfiy memeWrS. all veil driiisa ana
ca aipnea Nita uniforms similar - taase
~@ra by The volunteers IN the Phillip
Ths iwa cluhs NH make their next
puhi.e Appearance in Seattle "Wednesday
svening 10 TIE parade presiding the Re-
publican rally al ths AFmary EefaTe the
campaign s. ever tAey ain cn - TsratuA
and participate tn anN or more Rep&Ali.
San rallies In that eisg.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-22
CLAIMS HE WAS DErRAUDED
DIR. Jordan Causes Arrest OF A. ID.
Coulter on Charge of Misappro-
priating $4,000 In Gold Dust.

A. d. Coulter, who returned a month
ago from Golovin bay. was arrested late
by DIT. j. Eugene Jordan, of this city.
charging him with bringing stolen prop
erty into the state. 1t is alleged that
Coulter worked claims on Elkhorn creek
in which DR.. Jordan Is Interested took
out gold to the value OF about 1900 and
failed to make an accounting upon his re-
Coulter was released on bail yesterday
afternoon A preliminary hearing will be
had before Justice Austin at 10 o'clock
this morning. DR.. Jordan. who swore out
the warrant last night said:
Coulter went TO the Goiovin bay coun-
try for me last spring on a contract to
do my share of the assessment work on
two claims on Elkhorn creek. in which
have half interest. 1t was distinctly
understood that he was first to do the
assessment work and then to receive a
certain interest In the property.
when he reached the claims, however
es sse ots to n,est snd ss
there at the time. that he had been sent
up by me with power OF attorney Be
lieving him, Mr. Gardner allowed him to
do az he pleased with the property and
the gold taken from 1t.
Instead Of attending to his work. Coul-
ter divided the claims into LAYS Which Gnni he he
suits were secured from the work, and
Coulter proceeded - draw all the royal
s Mr. d9n w how was
aities from the same property brought
out 81 300 worth OF dust. and no doubt my
self-constituted representative had fully
as much.
II saw Coulter Just after his return and
he said that he had brought back no
dust Several days later he admitted that
he had 100 ounces OF gold in safe deposit
but II Is now two weeks since that time
and he has not offered to make an ac-
counting"
Mr. Coulter declined to discuss his side
OF the case last night.
"At the present time there y nothing
VIII show that DIR. Jordan Is animated by
spite.o he said. ''Dr. Jordan has pub
licly stated within the past ten days
thai he would ruin me. but have no
fears on that score. The status OF our
n ffairs will probably be fully brought out
al tho preliminary examination tomor-
row"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-22

preparation of his cases soon gave him
ability before a jury or In counsel or in
distinguished standing as an attorney.
The quality of his mind made him
power In litigation. and his ability to
trace statutes to fundamental principles
secured him retainers in many of the
most important cases tried in the courts
OF this section during a lo1g period OF
years.
Finally his practice and his invest
ments gave him an independent fortune.
and he retired from the courts. Then
came the crash In which so many others
went down. and his later years have been
devoted chiefly to disentangling himself
from the wreckage, in which he has
succeeded. He goes to the farther West
with an amount OF experience such as has
fallen TO the lot of not very many.
ut has been not only in professional
and business way that Capt. Chase has
been prominent, but his ability as a pub
lie speaker upon almost any sort of acca-
sion has had to meet many demands At
Grand Army and other functions OF veter-
an soldiers, on fraternal occasions. at
meetings for jubilee or coincidence, at pat
riotic and political rallies-wherever Ii
was desired that some man should stand
up to give apt expression to public senti-
ment-Capt Chase was frequently chosen
for the task. His departure from Sioux
City VIII be regretted In a multitude of
ways. and he and his estimahle wife and
their family will be followed by the pro :
foundest coed wishes OF legions OF warm
friends"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-22

''Keily's Kids" farce comedy rerlete
with bright songs. clever dances and fun,
opened weeks engagement at the Grand
opera house yesterday afternoon. At both
the afternoon and evening performances
the house was crowded.
The play In adapted from the humOr-
ops conceptions OF u. r. Outcait the cree
Ator Of the yellow kid." which have
made that artists name almost a house
hold word throughout the country. There
IL little plot. The characters are mostly
of the Bowery type. but there Is nothing
over drawn or suggestive about the piece
n n a good vehicle, however, for sue
ceaSion OF aonxS. dances and other epe-
cialfies Phil OF as Kelly IN very funny.
Hts makeup and actions arc different
from those 81 the ordinary stage Iriehs
man. Howard Boulder. as the German.
touey Piekeisnickcr. is siso good His
musical speciality with Griffin IL emo Of
the beat seen here for some time.
The Newsboye guntetge Was well re-
cstved and cncored. An amusing charac-
ter Il Efotfeuf Kate "a tough hut tender
resident 81 New Yorks east side" as de-.
iineatcd tv MAY Griffith. Willie Weston
and Freddy Nice "a the Kids" sang
and danced well. number Of new songs
and dances were introduced. The me.
chanical and electric effects are unique
ayeily's Rids'' will he repeated AZ tho
Grand every evening this week, with the
usual matinses.