The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-05-15

groes, provisions, mules, carts, spades
and other implements, left George
town for Hagley, from which place 8
railroad will be built to Pawley's Isl
and. The A. C. L. Co. is having this
work done, making the transit from
Georgetown to the Island in one hour.
1t is reported that the fare will be 35
cents for the round trip.-Georgetown
Outlook.
Honolulu, May 4, via San Francisco,
May l0.-The Territorial Legislature
has passed resolution containing a
memorial to President Mckinley to
remove Governor Dole. He is charged
with obstructing legislation. sa..
New Orlans, La, May 11.-Samuel
Flower, paying teller of the Hibernia
National Bank, was arrested here to-
day by a United States MARSHAL,
charged with a shortage ..of s36, oO0..
He was released on bond of $40, OOC.
Flowers bond to the bank wasssof
S25, 600. Flower is a cousin of the
late Mayor Flower and is son of the
late Ex-United States Sub-Treasurer
Samuel Flower, of this city.
Brussels, May 12.-The Independ-
ence Beige publishes affdavits signed
by Count Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
before the French consul in London
admitting the authorship of the Drey-
fus bordereau and declaring the bor-
dereau was written with the conniv-
ance of Col. Sandherr, ex-chief of the.
secret intelligence bureau.
London, May 13.-The Daily Mail.
publishes the following from Malta :
'' A bomb was exploded at midnight
against the residence of the arch
bishop, but no serious damage was
done''
London, May 12.-At a banquet of
the Cornish association held in Lon.
don last night Gen. Pole-Carew said :.
" AT the beginning OF the war, had
the Beers fully realized their strength
and our unprepasedness, we should
have been driven into Durham and
Cape Town and we would have pre-
sented the spectacle of reconquering
South Africa from the seacoast.''
London, May 13.-Gen. DeWet, ac--
cording to a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Pretoria, has resumed
operations and is reported to have,
crossed into the Transvaal with 1900
men.
Port Townsend, Wash'n May IL
The steamer Victoriana arrived from
Skagway this morning, bringing 100.
passengers. Returning passengers say
that the mines of the Kiondike are
having the greatest harvest in the his
tory of the country, owing to the large
abundance of surface water, which is,
being utilized in sluicing dirt taken
out during the winter months, and
the yield Of the yellow metal exceeds
the best expectations of the mine
owners.
Washington, May lit is expected
at the war department that the home
ward movement of the ten volunteer
regiments in the Philippines will be-
gin today or tomorrow by the de-
parture from Manila of the transports.
Hancock, Pennsylvania and Buford,
carrying the 31st, 10th and 41st in
fantry. The remaining seven regi-
ments will be forwarded by other
transports between now and the Goth
instant, and the officers of the quarter
masters department predict that the
last of the volunteer army will be in
this country ready for muster out by
June 90 ten days before that army
expires by limitation.
Washington, May 1.-THE sole pro-
E. Of Tho
of dredging a channel opposite the
Port Royal naval station, S. c., bids
for which were open to submission up
to l o'clock at the bureau Of yards
and docks, navy department., today,
was P Sanford Ross, of Jersey City,
n. J.. who offered to complete the
work at 20 per cubic yard for earth
and rock dredged and deposited on the
station. and S1.25 percubic yard for
earth or rock dredged, but not deposit
ed.
The Hamburg American Steamship
Co. has bought the Atlas Line, which
is owned in England. This addition
to the Hamburg American makes
it the largest steamship line in the
world.
y commission for charter has been
issued 10 the Augusta and Aiken Rail
way Company. with headquarters at
North Augusta. The road is to run
between augusta and Aiken and the
application for the commission states
that three Of the twenty miles have
already been constructed. The capital
stock of the company is placed at slo,-
600 with the right to increase 1T to
100000 The charter asks for the
right to connect the towns of Bath,
Langley. Warrenville, Augusta, Gran
iteville. North Augusta and Aiken.
The corporators named are: Alfred S.
Elliott. of Wilmington, \. c., and
James T. Jackson. of Augusta.
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