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THE ! PLANTER'S LOAN AND I SAVINGS .BANK* x AUGUSTA ? GA. Pays Interest on Deposits. Accouuts Solicited. L. C. HAYHB, President. CHAS. C. HOWARD,* Cashier. VOL. 69. THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA' L. C.JHAYNE, FBANK G. FOBD, President. Cashier. CAPITAL $200,000. Surplus Undivided Profits. $125,000 # Our New Vault contains 4?0 Safty-Lock Boxes, wmch we offer to our patrons and the public at three to ten dollars per annum. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WED^DAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1904. NO. 8. Brave Stand Made By Russian Ships That Went Down THEY GALLANTLY WENT TO DEATH With Bauds Plavins: and Fleets Cheering the Rues ia,-J s Faced (hs Enemy In Prospect 'o? Ce.-ta-n Death. Nagasaki. By Cable.-thc Vessels comprising the .lapanese fleet which attacked and destroyed the Russian cruiser Varigan -and Korietz at Chem uipo-on the 8th inst: -were th? cruisers Nani wa, Ak?chiho, Akashi, Suma, "and the Asama. Japan did not lose a man. The survivors from the "Variag and the Korietz, thc Russian cruisers that were sunk by the Japanese fleet at Chemulpo inst Tuesday, still remain on board the British cruiser Talbot, the Italian cruised Elba and the French cruiser Pascal The situation is becomiug acute as the Japanese have twice made demands on thc commanders of the "three for eign vessels that, the Russians ?>s sur rendered as prisoners ot war. The cap tain of the Talbot, being the senior c?aval officer, each time replied i hat he ! was awaiting instructions from his j government. None of the Russian?; i* I cn board the American gi;a-boat Vieles- I burg whose commander considers that I i ? ? ? .ii MAP. OF Tiffi SCENE OF HOST1U1U ite Japanese are right in their de- ? tnand, as the Russians took advantage j of the clemency bi the Japanese in returning to the harbor, then taking j refuge on the foreign vessels and re- j fusing to surrender, whereas the Jap- j anese fleet refrained from sinking Ungfetinthe op?.n sea as they could h a>SA^??f*'{f j?rjfc?. A m??grrhrj!^^ episode in the battle was the second sortie of the two Rus sian cruisers. With bands playing the national anthem, the international fleet loudly cheering the bravery and gallantry of the Russians, the Variag and Koreitz faced the Japanese fleet in what was certain death. " The post tiens of the . wreck appear to be such that it will be easy .to recover the j guns. - The Russian . losses were one' officer and 40 men killed and 464 wounded", Two Killed; Seventy-flv.e Injured. Cumberland, Md., Special.-Two per sons were killed and about 75 injured, 23 of whom were seriously hurt, in a trolley car accident in Fxostburg Sun day. The car ran away^ on a steep grade and crashed into a telephone pole. The dead are: John Gough, of Midland; J. J. Ross, of Laconing. --i Gorman's Challenge. "Washington, Special.-In the report on the naval appropriation bill made to the House by- Chairman Foss, of the naval affairs committee, the gauntlet thrown down by Senator Gorman in his announced policy of Internal Im provements in place of naval :construc tion, is' taken up with vigor. The re port says: . ! "If we Judge public sentiment'-anght it is in favor of the continuance of the policy of building up the navy. If we stopped now we would be left and behind the leading countries, of the world. . ' ... "The American people are not wiii \r - to lessen their influence on this 'sphere, nor forsake their interests other." ?^ioo Reported Killed. y^agasaki, By Cable-Six Norwegian i>*steamers chartered by a Russian naval contractor have been captured. The vessels are the Lena. Activ. Sentis, . Seirstadt, Argo and Hermis. They carried coal cargoes. The Herrais ar rived here Sunday and under convoy of a cruiser. It is rumored that 1,800 Japanese soldiers have been killed, ? presumably by the sinking of a trans port. Disturbances are reported m Seoul. - Destination of the Prarie. Washington. Special.-Naval officials say that while the Prairie with the 450 marine* from Colon aboard will touch at San Domingo, that the real destination of the vessel is the naval I station at Guantanamo. The purpose of tabing the men there they say is to g?Te taem a f?an6e of cllmate ancl .- ?urr$?nain?s- ?l? tliey bave been . li QuftntflnoDip a while probably they mat >*c* t* t&?-iBtbmu^. , .':,."...... V. Tokio Celebrates Victory. Tokio, By Cable.-The night cele bration far exceeded that of the day in noisy enthusiasm. Many impromptu processions of thousands of men were formed and paraded through the prin cipal streets, and surged about the public buildings and the palace, carry ing banners and cheering wildly. The Russian legation was dark arid Silent. I No unfriendly demonstration. " was made there by- the immense crowd constantly passing it,, but Baron -De Rosen's associ?tes plainly heard the din and ncise'bf the triumphant people. Bands, drums ?nd horns added volume to" the cheers of C?e noisy populare. Every reveller carried a lantern, flag or transparency. The people havs been restrained and calm .for so.- many : months that they ar?;pouring out their long pent-up feelings into a wildly en thusiastic celebration of victory. It was Manila. Ladysmith and Santiago nights duplicated, with an Oriental setting. Hurry Orders at Colo?. Colon, By Cable.-Hurry ordei-s were received yesterday to embark a bat talion of inarines on the Prairie. A fpeej?? train left Colon this morn :?? and returned at noon with thc 4?0 marines who were encamped at Bas Obispo statin? oh the Panama rail road The Prairie's boats were kept busy all day embarking the camp fittihss. baggage, stores, etc., aud this task is not yet. finisher. Major. Lucas will command the battalion and the Prairie will sail tihd'er sealed orders. Tt has ieakted ont here that the marines are destined for Santo Domingo. Only about 100* marines now remain at Bas Obispo. SS BETWEEN JAPAN AND RUSS1& London, By Oable.-The Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph and other papers publish dispatches from Tokio', Naga saki and Shanghai, reporting the de struction of three Russian cruisers by mines or torpedoes in Tsugarl Straits. The Daily Mail, which at first described the news as official, in a telegram says the report still lacks^ absolute confirmation. In tho absence of confirmation thc reports are generally discredited. A statement that China will main tain neutrality is. published In Pekin. It is reported from Tien Tsin that all foreigners and ..civilians have been ordered to leave Port Arthur. It is also reported that the Siberian rail road has been wrecked in six places, covering a distance of seventy miles. New Steamship Service. Boston, Special.-Announcement was made that a new steamship service had been inaugurated between the Mediter ranean ports and-this city. The sleam er? of the new lib? are ali under Italian j registry. On their outward trips they I will not load here, but will proceed to ! New Orleans and Galveston, where they j will oad cotton, provisions and gene-al i merchandise for Mediterranean ports. Judge Brewster Lead. Danbury, Conn., ^ -Judge Ly man Denison'Brewster, a jurist, of na tional reputation, is dead at his home in this city Sunday.. .He was a. charter member of the* American Bar ^associa tion. - From 189.0 until ^..-beginning o.e the present year lie w&SsShairman of the committee.cn uniform State laws. The uniform divorce law. which is expected will be adopted by nearly every State in-the Union, was drafted by Judge "Brewster. He was associated with Joseph H. Choate, now United States ambasasdor' to England, in breaking the will of the late Samuel J. Tilden. Turks Attacked. Berlin, By Cable.-The Frankfurter Zeitung Sal?nica Corespondent tele graphs that a Bulgarian band, num bering 100, has been attacked at Dcbumbala hy Turkish frontier guards, who were reicforced by two companies of infantry. The battle, the correspon dent adds, fasted a long time and the Bulgarians fled at night, leaving twelve dead on the. field. The Turkish loss was one man kiled and two wounded. .Four men of the crew of the schoon er Lillie, which was sunk Sunday in collision with the steamer Vedamore, were landed at Cape Henry, Va., Tues day by the pilot boat. The schooner and cargo of wood were a total loss, no 6 adv fill-up One can buy "cocoa," so-called, in New York ch?aper than the Venezue lans can buy this, their notional bever age, in the stores of Caracas. The starch-and-BUgar compound added to th?se extremely healthful decoctions ia : not slways harmless. Noxious fats, and even plpft clay, have recently 'boee tie tosted tn both' ?oooa and chocolats. BALTIMORE RALLIES Desolated City. Puts Up a Bold Fight For Rebuilding FIRMS GETTING READY TO REOPEN The Property Loss Hardly As (ireat As at First Estimated - Outside Assistance Appreciated Aut in Nd Case Asked For and Not Needed. Ah incident that inspired the whole community with tremendous confidence was the resumption of business by the banks, deposits being received and checks honored in the usual way. It would be difficult to estimate the vol ume of transactions in this respect, but according to tho leading bankers it was gratifyingly large in view of ex isting conditions-. The knowledge that Baltimore's ter minal facilities are intact and that the grain elevators were not involved in che fiery tornado also serve''. *o pro mote a popular conviction that the situation is not so dark as it has here tofore appeared. Indeed the optimistic feeling is manifestly growing that thc calamity, though harrowing in every detail, will give the city an opportunity to re-adjust itself on new and more modern plans and that a new city of imposing grandeur is to rise from the .uins of the old. The progress which has been made n the work of clearing the debris from he streets in the burned district seems ilmost magical. Baltimore street, which it sunrise was a confused mass of rub >ish, is practically clean, and likewise south street, one of the great banking horoughfaro. Hanover street, near vhere the fire started, was made passa- I de for wagons, abd Pratt street, a long i venue of .trade, i3 clear of ehcum 'rances ail ins way through. The city ngineer's department, the building in pector and the street cleaning depart ment, all worked in conjunction. No ttempt was made to do more than to lear the streets from curb to curb, the ebris being piled high on the side walks and back of the building line. Many dangerous walls which over ang the streets were pulled down. The ? lost ambitious attempts at razing i .alls were on Liberty and Lombard i treeis. At each of these places Ibero 1 re hoisting engines with wire cables, ] hieb are fastened to a section of tho J >ppling walls and then wound upon 1 a the spools. The Hurst building" in 1 hich the ii: st . started was pulled ( awn. All through .the financial district 1 reparations are being made to open. t ifes and vaults. Those of the German 1 ank aaej[the.German Fire-insurance. \ i^?^imoS^ke?^u????nTuTeTL^rhe" vault of the Marine Bank was opened and found intact. In no instance have the contenta of any vault been seri ously damaged. The chamber of commerce has been exceedingly active in sending bread cast to. ftyery center of trade in this country^ ftnd Europe the assurance that Baltimore is even nov/ in condition to transact all shipping, grain and foreign trade, and that all other lines of busi ness will be restored to their normal channels within the next two or three months. Thc officials of-the chamber of commerce announced that plans are already nearly completed for the re building of their $000.000 structure. Many .merchants and manufacturers whose places of business were swal lowed up in the conflagration have signed contracts for rebuilding and there are on. all sides the greatest signs of activity in this respect. All are simply waiting for the city to clear the streets of debris and give permis sion to the owners of the ground to take possession. The matter of accept ing aid from other cities, has not yet been finally decided upon, according to Mayor McLane. The fire did not reach the residential section of the city and lhere is no actual destitution at this time. The indications are that the citi zens of Baltimore will be fully able to take care of all cases of want that I might present themselves. The mayor feels grateful for the many proffers of aid from the citizens of this country and from foreign lands. The following was received from the Pope: His Holiness, deeply moved by the news of the great .calamity which has recently visited the city of Baltimore, desires your excellency to convey to the honorable mayor and the people of Baltimore his sincere sympathy. He prays that they can stand the severe loss their city has suffered and that it. will continue to progress. (Signed.) "CARDINAL MERRY DEL VAL." The leading savings banks in the eily combined in a public announcer ment last week that none of them hove suffered any loss of securities by the fire, and that they are in as good con dition financially as ever and that they will be open for business February 15th. A composite estimate of the total loss from the fire by 25 expert representa tives of leading insurance companies outside Baltimore places the figures at $85,000,000. Some of them think that the total loss will be reduced to $70, G00 000, as much salvage is being aug out' of the ruins which was thought to have been destroyed. The loss to the insurance companies is estimated by the some experts at 75 per cent, of the total loss. Steamer Ashore. New York. Special.-Marine advices received here reportthafthe ship Henry B. Hyde, bound from New York to Bal timore, with coal, is^ashore near Dam neck life-saving station, Va., having gone ashore during a furious gale. The crew of 14, including the captains wife, were taken off safely today. Al though the storm continued to rage, at tempts will be made to save thc ship, which lies In a fairly good position. President Roosevelt's marriage reg ister is in London, at St. George's, Hanover square, and so many tourists from the United States have flocked to see it that for convenience* sake it has been placed by itself in an ac cessible alcove of the old church building. President Roosevelt's mar riage to Miss Carow took place so long ago-seventeen years ago, to be oxact-that few . person? remember .hat the American president was mar ..led in a foreign land. He is. it. is ?aid, the only American President vhosti wedding wa? not celebrated IB4?T tho Stars a?d Stripes. WILL KEEP NEUTRAL-; Decision of Our Government Ol Japanese-Russian War SEC'Y HAY SUKES SUGGESTIONS' Ile Recommends to the Powers That Cli ha Ce Accorded the Claim of Perfect Neuerality-?h?S Will Aid, japatf; * Washington^ Special.-"Td Russia aud Japan the Washington government j suggests the propriety of limiting hos-vi| I tilities within as small an area as posH sible and of respecting the neutrality^ and administration entity of China.f that China may he free from disturb ance and foreign interests there from menace." Thia the Associated Preiss is enabled , to give as the substance Of the notO addressed by Secretary Hay on Feb. ??~"jj to the St. Petersburg and Tokio go ernm?nts; On Feb. 8 in ? note to Ger many. Great Britain and France, Mr7 Hay invited these powers concurrently to address Russia and Japan with th?-if same suggestion, and bri Feh. ii this invitation was extended to Italy, Aus tria-Hungary^ the Netherlands, Den mark, Spain and Belgium. j Germany was the first to respond with a proinpt. acceptance of the .iii-., vitatiou aiui the promise that she ini-i' mediately- would address the two combatants. Great Britain was heard from next, l; expressing adherence to the principle laid down in the note, but withholding;^ formal acceptance pending an answer to au inquiry whether the "administra tive entity" of China involved Man churia. Japan was heard from quick ly with the answer that she would act readily on the suggestions of the Unit ed States if a similar promise could be obtained from Russia. Italy, Hungary and the Netherlands expressed sympa thy with th<? Idea add promised an an swer after consultation with, other powers. There is reason .to heiieV? that Spain and Belgium will also ac cept that invitation. Russia thus far has beeb silent and . tho attitude ?f France is one of hesitation. This is ?he situation tonight. Meantime it is learned that Germany is addressing the combatants with a note in substance the same as that of Secretary Hay. Regarding thc attitude of Great Britain it is a matter of regret to the officials here that, as the principle is one for which the British have stood in the past so stalwartly, it should hold up formal acceptance of the invitation un. til it has learned further dctaiis. On the highest authority it c?n be stated k.hat there are no details to the note, is it would be manifestly impossible o hopo for concurrent action by s? nany powers upon any but the most jeneral lines. That the Ofilcials of the Washington government could bav? ?.ad in m hid the neutrality Of Man muria is decl?red on the face of it to bd . ibsurtl. Manchuria h?. recognised by bis government with Korea to be the' ?atural theatre of the var, and for hat reason, primarily, the suggestion. ni lli iiiTiiirrfoi" WasMngto?r Special.-President Roosevelt Thursday issued a procla mation declaring the neutrality of this government in the Russo-Japanese war. The document, after setting forth the existence of a state of war and that thc laws of the United States without interfering with the free ex pression of opinion and sympathy, or with the open manufacture or sale of arms or munitions of war, neverthe less imposes upon all persons who may bo within their territory and jur isdiction the duty of an impartial neu trality during the existence of the con test, proclaims the provisions of the United States' neutrality law, which law forbids the acceptance of a com mission to serve either belligerent, or enlisting or hiring or retaining anoth er person in the service of either; fit ting out and arming, or commission ing vessels of war, increasing the force or armament of any vessel of either of the belligerents arriving in United States ports, and setting on foot any military expedition against either belligerent. The proclamation further declares the use of United States waters to prepare for hostile operations a viola tion of neutrality; that after Feb. 15 there shall be a lapse only of 24 hours between the .arrival and departure ot warships of the two belligerents from United Slates ports, and that no war-' ships shall remain in any port over 24 hours, except for necessary repair. Such ships shall not be permitted to take in any supplies except provis ions and so much coal as may be suf ficient to carry the vessel to the near est home port. The proclamation further declares the principles as to the rights of neu trals at sea contained in the treaty be tween the United States and Russia of 1354 as permanent and immutable, as follows: "That free ships make free goods that is to say that the effects of goods belonging to subjects of cltizeni of a power or state at war are free from capture and confiscation when.found on board of neutral vessels, with the exception of articles of contraband of i war; that the property of neutrals on j board an enemy's vessel is not subject ? to confiscation, unless the stine be ! contraband of war." ' The proclamation declares that mr person within the United States shall* take part In the war. and warns ail' citizens "that while the free and ftillf expressions of sympathies, in pubic! and private, ls not restricted by the! laws of the United States military forces in aid of either belligerent can-[ not lawfully be organized within their jurisdiction; and that while all persons* may lawfully and without restriction,'1 by reason of the aforesaid state of war, manufacture and sell within th(j Unitc?lj JS|(:ates hrms. amuuitions ot] war and other articles ordinarily known as 'contraband of war,' yet they cannot carry such articles upon th<u high seas for the use or service on either belligerent. Nor can they trailed port soldiers or officers of either, oj attempt to break any blockade whicjd may be lawfully established and mairdl fained during the war, without Incut!; ring the risk of hostile capture, anv the penalties denounced by the law c-o nations in that behalf." jh \ Hs Japanese Steamer Sunk. -Vi London, Special-Baron Hayashi, tl.w Japanese minister here, has recelved-ac dispatch from Tokio announcing tba ] two Japanese merchant steamers, HI. Nakaoura Maru and the Sensho Matyc while on their way from Sakta to ru (on the island of Hokkaido) w^aL surounded and shelled by four Rth Blan warships, presumably the Via/* 0 rostock squadron, off the coast f*Q. Henmsol (OkusbirJ). One or tho ^rets Foi? were flunk, bvit th? other agoajdofl ' INGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS 'lat the Nation's Lawmakers Are Doing Day By Day. V Speaker Takes the Bit. ^Speaker Cannon Friday took the hit M^iB teeth and ran completely away Wm sanctified legislative precedent In ;#?House. Incidentally he broke all ^JVioua records in the dispatch of pri pension bills. Under his guidance y&t?i these measures of relief received ^(favorable consideration of the com '?Kee of the wiiolfe and passage by the $-%e in the short space of 155 rain '2JP^\ Nearly the whole of this time, Hfe?er, was consumed in committee jl|the whole. The House passed the W?s "en bloc under unanimous con gp; which the Speaker himself asked ..jj-V About half of the bills were dis f?sed of under this request-these Without, amendment. When objection j|a? . temporarily made the Speaker i??nly showed his displeasure by drag jgag the proceedings ?ie objection was withdrawn when .?mai?ing billa were declared p?ss jjup>?ithout even the formality of hav ij^he clerk read their numbers. Mr. bf South Carolina, was the ob f?tor; He made the statement that he fd not consider this mode of procedure Moper for a legislative body. ^'-The'objection is perfectly proper," replied Speaker Cannon. "This method deprocedure could only be done ' by ihanimous cousent, and the chair has leen very careful, and it ls quite with in 'the power of any member to ob rftThen, with a note of disappointment pi-his voice, he concluded: "Objection iajmade, The clerk will report the first IP ?YThe first bill contained an nmend rnent, and when the clerk announced tj^?t fact, the Speaker inquired face tiously: "Does thc gentleman1 from 3arolip? desire to hear the" ametidment read?" ;("Oh, no," replied Mr. Finley. -"Well," continued the Speaker, "the Gentleman does not know what the na ture of the amendment is. Neither does aie chair." ' He then insisted on the reading .of )he entire- amendment and, when this Iras done, his announcement of the hird reading and passage of this hill Iv&S noticeably slow. In the meantime Chairman Loudenslagor, of the pen non committee, and several ot Mr. finley's Democratic colleagues went .Shis seat to remonstrate with him for bk Objection. When a fresh request orA'?ttahimOus consent was made no ihj'iction was offered. 3ttf: Grosvenor, of Ohio, made what ?ec?ared, with sOmfe heat; Ayas his Sst attempt to get ? day s?t for the pBideration of the bill creating a fc^^ommission tb consider tt?? qu?s Qjjp^'^-j i i Iiiiii*'??! Tn? liiQi^aiiTHi atas Hl-y for Feb. 20. Several objections BB?r^en made and withdrawn. y f?r. Hardwick, of Georgia, objected because Mr. Bartlett, his colleague, had (objected when the request, was made /previously and was not ID his seat at tho time. The Senate will vote on the Panama Canal treaty on soirie day between February 15 and 23. An agreement vas reached in executive session today t) take action on Monday next to de cde upon a time for voting on thc tea ty, and it was determined that sich date should be on or before Feb nary 23. The Senate was in executive session fr more than four hours, and after te agreement to vote on the treaty bd been reached nearly the entire time ns devoted to general discussion of .i encroachments of the Senate and ic President on each other's preroga ve under the constitution. Senator Teller opened the debate on ;is subject. In a speech lasting more an two hours, and filled with inci jnts where the Senate has interfered ,th the President in regard to making ideral appointments, he aroused a imber of the Republican leaders to e defense of President Roosevelt, 'me of the Republicans agreed that ere had been many encroachments the White house upon the rights the Senate. Tho political phases of . [e debate were finaly eliminated, with j i : result that several administrations re discussed and brought under the pt of disapproval. The first was uh r the .Cleveland administration, in ?ich it was said that the President Rd undue influence for the repeal of 2 purchasing clause of the Sherman I President McKinley's influence on Republican members of the Sen ! for the ratification of the Par's aty and President Roosevelt's assure in bringing about the ratific? is ?? the Cuban treaty, and also jj influence he has brought to bear king to the ratification of the Pa:i a Canal treaty, were cited as in n?es in which the Senate has not n left free to deal wlth'these tonics Ording to individual judgment. The icism was not alone of the admin ation. and several Senators, includ Messrs. Spooner, Allison, Dubois, linger and Platt, agreeing that the ate had often insisted upon the ap ltment of certain men for execu positions against the wish of the Jidents mentioned. Baltimore Stiil Rallies. here is some disappointment. PS;:C y among business men who hove able property buried under the s, over the determination net to I federal troops herc to police the district, but Governor "Edwin War is firm in his insistance t?:.;r t lie ?ers are not needed, my-laborers were paid off Satur as usual. Others had to wail on.j nnt of the difficulty of getting iyor Robert McLane voiced thr iding sentiment in Baltimore i he said to the Associated Press: re aro going to recover from til is | a i ty and will emerge n greater betfpr city than before, am very much encouraged." the V added, "with the spirit-and grit] n by our people in their deter mi ll to go ahead and assist in the lilitation of tho- city. I re.Tlirr i the average citizen that noir isl opportunity to iinprove the bnsi part of Baltimore. Thc question averting certain blocks into p'j'o-] mations will be conEldei'ftil. MU] init? ecnoJw?ion jsenhjed." M ? fllnor Eventa of the Week in a t Brief Form. | State News Items. An unknown negro man was found on the Southern Railway near the railroad crossing at Seneca early Wednesday morning between the rails. The verdict of tho coroner's jury was that he came to his death by being run over by some south-bound train. His clothing was found scattered from within a ?hort distance of th?, depot to where his body was found, something like 300 yarri?, ills body was cut off from his thighs, one foot (int off. and the other half cut off. Parts of the negro were found as far as seventy yards from the main portion of th* body. The man was a stranger, bul il is said he was from North Carolin.-;.. News reached Union Tuesday ci a homicide that occurred near Cai'.isle. From the Information t ceci ved. it ap pears that Will Kubanka, a white man. attended a l?egrn "fC?Ubai" nen Carlisle Saturday night, The usual ros took place and a fballade of shots wari fired, one bullet taking effect ou S? banles and passing entirely thron gi his body. He lingered till Friday morn ing. when he died. The sta tomen given out is to the effect that a negr: by the name of Silas Lyles ?red th? fatal shot-though several olhets art said to have participated in the shoot ing. Lyles was arrested and lodged in ? jail. M. P. Tapp was injured in th? union depot in Columbia Tuesday morning. He was there about 4:30 o'clock lo ta kt the train for Augusta. On attempting to board thc train he slipped cn at. orange peeling and fell; his left r.rir going under the wheel of a mr/ln: train. Dr, Kendall had to amputati the arm at the eibow. Mr. Tapp if originally from Fairfield coullfy and :? weli known in Columbia! where fc< used to l?v? irfiil? in the employ cl the Southern Railway a? a conductor. Lately he bad been living in Nashville, Tenn. South Carolina postmasters effected an organ iza-Jen i? Columbia Tuesday evening. The State organizion of the men and women of lette:-.j was formed with a deal of enthusiasm and a very gratifying idea of thc hene?is that, will accrue to thc improvement of the service. Over ?O postmasters were in attendance and letters were read from neatly as many more who desire to be enrolled as members of thc asso. ctation but whose presence was impos sible for a variety of reasons. Sheriff Coleman, of Richmond. Tues day discovered that Ed Marks-the missing sandbiller for whose murder Ed Marsh, Mrs. Marks and \V. T. Simpson were arrested on Monday cara? on towards Columbia on the 23th J?rJai^ ; within four miles nf ??iamM^Frh? sheriff therefore released his prisoners. Registered distillery No. 020. oper ated in Plckens county by Sam Cox. in the name of R. c. Gantt, was re ported to have been illegally run. and its license was revoked by the State board last week. The outfit with 1.705 gallons of Whiskey waa seized by Dep uty Scruggs on Monday and carried to Easley for shipment to Columbia. Wm. Young, a colored Brakeman cn the Southern Railway;, while riding on the engine of a freight train at Sant;ie, jumped off to throw a switch, but fell, bis left arm going under the wheels o? the engine. His back was also badlv bruised. Dr. F. D. Kendall, *h i South em's division surgeon, amputated his left arm. Will Austin, a colred railroad em ploye; while attempting to couple two cars in the Southern yarri in Spartan burg Wednesday lost his balance and his hands and arms were paihfuly mashed! His wounds though" painful are not serloua Arthur ,T. Hammett, a young bov em ployed in the Poe Mills in Greenville, was robbed of a gold watch and chain by an unknown white man just about dark Tuesday evening. Hanna's Condition Critical. Washington. Special. -Senator Han. na's illness has reached a most critical stage. He has been unconscious for several hours. Hypodermics and oxy ;en have been administered, but little lope is held out by those at his bed ?ide. AH relatives have been sent for. U. 5:45 Mr. Dovers stated that the doc or had just come out of the sick room nd said that the sinking spell was un oubterily caused by a chill three hours go and that its effects gradually are earing off and that his respiration nd heart action are little better. Phy cians have prepared another solution ) be administered In case they deem necessary. Lincoln's Birthday. Chicago. Special.-Lincoln's birthday ns observed in Chicago by the Mar iette Club with a banquet and a meet, g and speaking at the auditorium, cretary of the Treasury Shaw waa e principal speaker. He talked on he Democratic Quadrennial Search . an Issue." Representative Robert usina, of Iowa, replied to the toast, braham Lincoln." Contested Elections. Vasbingtdn. Special.-The House de ed the entire session Tuesday to isideration of the resolution report from elections committee No. 3, tin ting Mr. Howell, Democrat, and de ming Mr. Conneil, Republican, who tested thc election to have been 'ted from the tenth Pennsylvania riet. Avote will not be taken for ie days. Ncvs of the Day. aniel J. Sully, the bull leader on New York Cotton Exchange, de d suddenly to postpone his va on trip to Florida, but the prices otton continued to slump. )1. Edward Butler, the million politician of 8t. Louis, was ac :ed of bribery at Fulton, Mo. ank T. Burness, under sentence 2ath for murder at Sing Sing, be ? angry when he heard that his ?ol had taken an appeal, faying bo wanted to die. the Home-Made Wedding. Me fur thc home-made .weddin'; the good, old-fashioned kind/ Where love an* hope, ah' riot splendor, are.uppermost In the mind; Where there's jes' the fam'ly preacher the ono wc have known fur years; Sonic honestly spoken "God bless you's," some smiles an' perhaps some tears. Where every word of the service has a meaning that's deep un' true, An' a promise is made that is strong enough to last fur a whole Ute through; Where there ain't no snewin' envy that smiles an' mocks an' pretends; Where the Howers are the simple sort that bloom In thc sunshine of home an' friends. When 'Mandy and me was married-tha lime is years away; Yet the memory of lt stands as clear as if lt was yesterday. Thcrf wasn't no crowd in waitln' to seo ??3 aa we wpnt past. It was jes' a home-made weddin' that was guaranteed to last, There wasn't, no pomp an' glitter. The presents was rather few, But wu spoke from our very inmost hearts when we uttered the words "I do." An' the skies was blue an' happy, an' the light that .shines In thc skies Is no more constant from year to year than the love in 'Mandy's eyes. -Waellington Star. Better Salaries for Teachers. Perhaps no more satisfactory. Christ mas present could have been devised' than that which was enjoyed by the 3,800 school teachers of Philadelphia, who have just reached the successful climax of their brief and spirited cam paign for higher salaries. A substan tial increase will shortly be made all along the line from high school to kin dergarten, not omitting the janitors of school buildings, who, it appears, get an additional ten per cent. While the new schedule just passed by the Philadelphia Councils places the nom ination of Philadelphia teachers on a considerably higher plane than before, it is to he noted that it is still behind thc standard of wages awarded in Bos ton and other cities. 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