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* VOL. I. NO. 30. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 25,1904. $1.50 PER YEAR. ? ? ? VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON DEFEATED. The Rurit Sunk and the Other Ships Flee Toward Their Home Port. N6 BATTLE LASTED FORJF1YE HOURS' SUNDAY. Yictorioas AMral KwUwn Says The Damage hflfcted Or Ms SWps 1$ Sight?Maay Russians Probably KM. Tokio, (By Cable).?Vice Admiral Katnimura encountered the Russian Vladivostok Squadron at dawn Sunday north of Tsu Island, in the Strait of Korea, and attacked the enemy at once. The battle lasted for five hours, and resulted in a complete Japanese victory. The Russian cruiser Rurik was sunk and the cruisers Rossia and Gromoboi fled to the northward, after having sustained serious damage. Vice Admiral Katnimura cables the Navy Department that the injuries in flicted upon his vessels were slight. The fate of the crew of the Rurik is not known. It is presumed that many of them were killed or drowned. The strength of the fleet under Vice Admiral Kamimura is not known, but at is presumed that he had the Adsu iga, Idsumo, Iwate, Takashiko and other light cruisers. Flags are flying, lanterns "are glim mering and cries of "Banzai!" are ringing in the streets of Tokio in hon or of the victories gained at sea by Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Ka mimura. ? Underneath the jollity of the popu lace lies a feeling of deep satisfaction and gratification at the disposal of a desperately serious problem of the war. The Russian squadron which con fronted Admiral Togo refused battle. It was stronger than Admiral Togo's ?quadron in battleships and armored cruisers, and had it elected to fight the result might have altered the for tunes of war. The strength of the ?quadron which opposed Admiral To Jto compelled him to draw vessels rom the squadron under Vice Admir al Kamimura, and left the Japanese navy powerless to operate against the Russian Vladivostok squadron and unable to prevent the raids of these vessels. The raid conducted by the Vladi vostok squadron in July was extreme ly expensive to Japan, and not only was retaliation tempting, but it was demanded by commercial interests. The Navy, however, grimly refused to make a diversion and stuck to Port Arthur. It was confident that the harbor soon would be untenable for the Russian warships, that it would eventually get a fair fight in the open ?ea away from the Russian land bat teries, and that the Japanese would win. Tlfese calculations of the Navy were correct and the Russians, with the chances even, have been hopelessly defeated. Vice Admiral Kamimura, after months of wearv and patient waiting, finally got his chance at dawn Sun day off Tsu Island. He sunk the Russian cruiser Rurik and sent the cruisers Gromoboi and Rossia fleeing back from the fight. Japanese guns dominate the dock yards at Port Arthur, and in view of this fact it would seem to be impossi ble again to make seaworthy or fight able the Russian battleships which have returned to Port Arthur. It is probable that the Russian battleship Czarevitch will disarm at Tsingchou. The best possible naval force that Russia can now concentrate at Vlad ivostok is four cruisers. In the fight of August 10 the squad ron under Admiral Togo was practi cally uninjured. The battleship Mika aa suffered the most, but she continues on the fighting line. The cruisers Yakumo, Nisshin and Kasuga also were hit. but temporary repairs already have been made, and they are fully serviceable. Eleven wounded officers and 66 wounded men arrived at Sasebo today. The imperial Prince Hiroyasu Kwacho who holds the rank of commander in the Japanese Navy, was hit in the re gion of the heart. His wound, how ever, is slight. The steamer Gaelic, bound for Shanghai, at 10 o'clock Saturday morn, ing sighted a Russian cruiser, evi dently the Novik, steering southeast by east. This course showed her to be heading for Van Diemcn Strait. Six Hmdrri RikiH By Kaalaara. Tokyo, (By Cable)?Vice-Admiral Kamimura rescued 600 men of the crew of the Russian cruiser Rurik, ?unk by his squadron off Tsu island. Surbivora at Saaebo. Nagaski, (By Cable).?Six hundred aurvivors of the crew of the Rus aian cruiser Rurik, which was stink by Admiral Kamimura off Unsan, Korea, Sunday morning, have arrived at Sasebeo. The Japanese hospital ship Saikio also has arrived at Sascbo with acvcnty-fivc wounded including Im perial Prince Hiroyasu Kwacko, who was slightly wounded in the naval engagement off Round island. The Report confirmed. Washingto, D. C., (Special)?The American consul at Nagasaki reports to the state department that 600 of the aurvivors of the big Russian cruiser Rurik (of the Vladivostok squadron), aunk by Admiral Kamimura, have ar rived at Sascbo. Sascbo is the island tiled by the Japanese as a naval base. Ravetattea la Parages?. Buenos Ayres, (Special).?The Par aguayan revolutionists have occupicd several districts and are rapidly ap proaching Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay. One orttcer and eighteen men were killed and several others wounded in an attempt to board a rebel vessel. An attack on the capital insurgents is believed to be im minent. The Argentine government hat dispatched two gunboats to pro tect it* interests in Paraguay. A Decisive Victory. Tokyo, (By Cable).?Only a few additional details of Admiral Kami mura's defeat of the Russian Vladi vostok squadron reached here Mon day. Enough has come, however, to show that it was a clean cut and deci sive victory. Kamimura met the Russians off the Korean coast, about twenty miles dis tant from Ulsan.at 5 o'oclock Sun day morning. The Japanese were anxious for the fight and rushed into the battle. The fighting was continu ous until 10.30, when it was seen that the Russian armored cruiser Rurik was in trouble. The vessel settled by the stern and -slowly disappeared beneath the water, the prow being the last portion of the vessel visible. With the Rurik out of the battle, the other Russian ships, the Rossia and the Gromoboi, took to flight and escaped. Several times during the action the Rossia and Gromoboi were on fire from the Japanese shell fire, but the Russian sailors mastered the flames. Both boats were heavily dam aged. Small boats from the Japanese squadron saved 600 of the crew of ?he ill-fated Rurik. It is estimated that the Rurik carried a complement of 750 officers and men and so it appears that 300 of her crew were either killed or drowned. The Japanese casualties were vary light, according to the preliminary re ports. But two Japanese sailor* were killed and seven wounded. Only one of the Japanese ships engaged was hit. Legation Hears the News. Washington, D. C., (Special).?The Japanese legation received a dispatch from the foreign off.ee at Tokyo say ing that Admiral Kamimura reports that at dawn on August 14 his squad ron discovered the three vessels of the Vladivostok squadron off Ulsan, south eastern coast of Korea, steaming southward. The Russian vessels, on sighting the Japanese squadron, at tempted to escape northward, but were prevented and fighting commenced at 5 33 A. M. All the enemy's ships caught firel several times by reason of the Japan ese shells, and aparently suffered heav ily, especially the Rurik. Eventually the Russians flsd at full speed north ward, leaving behind the Rurik, which afterward sunk. Thereupon the whole Japanese squadron began the rescue of the drowning Russians and picked ( up about 600. " IsssUas Rsfsss la Ssrresdcr. Tokio, (By Cable).?It is reported that the Port Arthur garrison has re fused the demand of the Japanese to surrenderv and is disinclined to send out non-combatants. The commander of the army be sieging Port Arthur reported that Major Yamoka, a member of his staff, was sent under a flag of truce to the outposts of the Russians, where he delivered to a Russian staff officer the offer of the Emperor of Japan granting the removal of non-combatants. He also demanded the surrender of Port Arthur. Japs WltMa Twe Miles. Chcfu, China, (By Cable).?Accord ing to news received here the Japan ese line has been drawn still closer around beleaguered Port Arthur. The right wing of the Japanese has penetrated to the vicigity of Pigeon hay, while the centcr has removed for ward from Pailing Ching, south of Shushiyen and two miles north of the 1 town. Chinese are authority for this ! outline of the new Japanese positions. Passengers on board the steamer ] Decima, which anchored off Port Ar thur witnessed a bombardment from Pigeon bay. The Japanese shells were visible during their whole course, j They circled like comets toward the town and their explosions wore mark ed by great splashes of fire which shot tip into the sky. The bombardment from this and other points began at midnight and lasted until morning. The Russians did not reply to the Japanese fire. Japs Losms Up I* A?|wt I. Washington, D. C., (Spocial).?The Japanese Legation has received a re vised list of casualties on the Japanese side from the battle of Chongjiu. March 28, up to and including the bat tle of Yangtsc pass, August 1, show ing the total estimated casualties to be 12,055. The large.* losses resulted from the battle of K-.nohow, or Nanshan Hill, the first in the Fort Arthur campaign, when 33 officers and 716 men were kill ed and 3.455 men wounded. The next largest loss was suffered in the battle of Telissti, or Vafangow, June 15. when the total casualties were 1,173, includ ing 7 officers killed and 43 wounded. The actual known losses for the period of this report are given as fol lows: Killed?Officers, 54; men, 1,509; to tal. 1,563. Wounded?Officers. 96; men, 6,330; total, 6,426. These are added to the estimated casualties for some of the engage ments, amounting to 4,066, making the grand total of 12.055. Uft lapriMMieit for Boy Baitfit. Chicago, (Special).?David Kelly, a member of the "Boy Bandit" quartet, has been found guilty of complicity in the murder of John Lane, a stage carpenter at the Illinois Theater, by a jury in Judge Chytrau's court and he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. James and William Formby and Feter Dulfer already have been sentenced to life imprisonment for their part in the ki|ling of Lane, they having pleaded guilty. t KISaSMT George Sweitrer. of Philadelphia, snatched two boys from the approach hoofs of five horses, tossed them out of harm's way and was so badly mangled that he died four hours later. Newsboys from all over the coun try were admitted free to the World's Fair. They held a meeting and or ganized a national association. At the session of the Society of Friends in Toronto philanthropic work and treatment of animals were subjects under discussion. High government official*, including Secretary of the Navy Morton. Attor ney General Moody and General Cor bin, made tours of inspection at New port. Valmy W. Foster, a prominent bus iness man of Chicago, and a former president of the Union League of that city, is dead, aged 53 years. The Standard Oil Company has de clared a dividend of $5 per share, the three dividends of the year ag gregating 28 per cent. At Madisonville, Ky., Miss Clara Bouland was killed by lightning while talking through a telephone during a thunder storm. Two thousand cloakmakers are on a strike in Cleveland, O., for more wages, recognition of their union and "closed shop." "Education and the Religious Life" formed the subject of discussion at the meeting of the Society of Friends, in Toronto. One man was killed, another prob ably fatally wounded and t6 were in jured in an elebator accident in New York. ' The report of the Geological Sur vey shows the production of iron ores in the United States in 1903 was great er than that of any other country. A large fortune has come to Mrs. Julia S. Cowan, of Manchester, N. H., who was estranged from her family because of her marriege. Poison has been found in the stom ach of Mrs. Jones Watson, of New London, who was supposed to have been drowned. ' x James A. Place, a Berwick (Me.) farmer, has* sold two ponds which have valuable deposits of chalk on their bottoms. Eva Booth will probably succeed Commander Booth-Tucker as head of the Salvation Army in the United States. Mrs. Charles Cohen, of Brooklyn, choked a thief who was trying to break into the apartments of a neigh bor. Jesse Pomeroy, the famous New England convict, made another at tempt to escape from'prison. " Wesfcern railroads are seeking a cheaper method of locomotion than that furnished by steam. Mrs. Sadie A. Lytle sued her hus band for difcrorce because of his con stant desire to pray. The admissions to the World's Fair last week were considerably larger than the week before. Mrs. G. Guenther of Germania, N. J., beat off two thieves who attempted to rob her. The Kansas City police were led in a raid on an opium joint by a 15 year-old girl. The excessive importation of food stuffs caused a declinc in the value of English farms. John W. Gates lost $100,000 becausc he was on the wrong side of wheat. William Kilday shot and killed Owen Cunningham in Philadelphia. The coal miners have decided to submit to Judge Gray the entire ques tion of check-weighmen and cneck docking bosses. Hereafter the conventions of the Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen will be held every two years instead of annually. Dr: rank G. Sanft, a prominent physician, of Roxbury, Mass., has been arrested on a charge of counterfeiting. Seymour I). Thompson, former as sociate justice of the Court of Ap peals at St. Louis, died at East Or ange, N. J. Chairman Cortelyou announced that President Roosevelt will not make any political speeches during the cam paign. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion announced its decision regarding the fruit transportation charges. Half a dozen men were injured in various encounters between strikers and nonunion men in Chicago. Former Congressman George Brick ner died suddenly of heart trouble at Slicgoygan Falls, Wis. Prince Henry, of Prussia, his wife and eldest son will visit the St. Louis Exposition. Three persons wre killed and three were injured in a trolley car wreck at Defiance, O. Twenty-one mines of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company will shut down for a week. liight inn were arrested for counter feiting in a raid at Chicago. A meteor struck the earth near Con cord Station, Pa. A $35,000,000 mortgage from the Norfolk and Western Railroad Com pany to the Guaranty Trust Company of New York was filed for record at Columbus, O. The International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen indorsed the ac tion of the packing-house firemen in going out in sympathetic strike. A summer trolley car ran away iu Beaver Run Valley. It turned over at the bottom of a grade and 10 people were injured, 1 fatally. Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks was tendered a reception during the cele bration of the Old-Home Week at Marvsville, O. Ferttfa. The jury in the case of Alfred Waugh, charged in London with kill ing his vicious sister while protecting his mother from her violence, brought in a verdict of "death by misadven tu re.?' A number of liberal measures have been decided upon as acts of grace to signalize the birth of the heir to the Russian throne. Captain Mott, United States mili tary atachc at Paris, has returned to tlie French capital to witness the French army maneuvers. MINED IT THE STAKE IhfnlMiemin tttlkSms rfa UriWMtn, fa. WOE samMt it K IAMM. Dii>III the Ml Na CMrt UrMftsft* Statesboro, Ga^ (Special). ? With clothing saturated with kerosene, writhing and twisting in their agony, screaming to hw?n for mercy that the mob would not show. Paul Reed and Will Cato, negroes, two o! the principals in the murder and burning of Henry Hodges and wife and three of their children six miles from Statesboro three weeks ago, were burned at the stake Tuesday. Tuesday at ? tM o'clock a deter mined mob charged oh the court house, overpowered the miUtary guard, secured Cato and Reed, who had been found guilty after a legal trial and sentenced to be hanged, took them two miles from Statesboro and there burned them at the stake. The climax came quickly and unex pectedly. . The forenoon ha^d passed quietly, the trial of l?anl?.Reed, the ring leader in the murder, being conclud ed and a verdict of guilty rendered. | Both he and Will Cato, found guilty the day before, Werp sentenced to hang September Ow/J The crowd aftsepibled about the courthouse was notias large as usual, nor was it so threatening, though for that matter there was never much parade, the countrjSften always being quiet. , In the trial of R?kd little delav had been caused and sa its conclusion the prisoners, as tfcfbre, were hustl ed into the witnefe room, where a strong guard of urinary was mounted over them CROWD SOUWdgTO HANq BOY. YeetMal Bcklde-srteSew YotkTried Pistol New York* (Sp&slV?After hold ing a crowd of pnsjfbera at bay from the platform of elevated railroad station, following fftalleged assault upon another work^Aaty emptying his revolver into the moh'^nd trying to escape on a train* jbsepfc Costello, 16 years old, a brickhfrgm. taken to a police statiqpr equad of reserves with drawn revolvers. Be hind surged the crowd which had chased him.' demanding that he be lynched. He was locked up on a charge of felonious assault, made by Thomas McLaughlin, another brick layer, who says that the youth fired at him, the bullet passing through the collar of his coat, near enough to burn his neck. Costello, who is not a member of a labor union, had been employed on a new building up to last week, when the union workmen demanded his discharge, and the contractor dis missed him. He claimed that a sum of money < was due him from the contractor and that ? every time he went after it the union men drove him away. Monday when he again appeared at the building and started for the contractor's office, McLaugh lin stood in hi* way. Costello says that McLaughlin knocked him down. McLaughlin declares that Costello I drew a revolver, fired one shot, which 1 narrowly missed him, and then turned j and ran. McLaughlin and the other [ workmen on the building and others I nearby who had heard the shot started after Costello. As .the boy ran down the street I he turned and fired another shot and I before the pursuer* again took up the chase he had dashed up the stairs to an elevated railway station. There he turned, and as the mob surged to the foot of the stairs, he emptied three chambers of the revolver directly into the crowd. No one was hit, however. With his ammunition gone and the crowd coming up the stairs witjh shouts of "Lynch him!" he ran onjo a platform just as a downtown train pulled in and ran into the arms of a big policeman. PENNILESS BRIDE FOR DOWIE'S SON. Ha Wealth ?! MIm Rath IHftr Has Beea Exaggerated. Geneva, (By Cable).?Dr. Dowie is likely to benefit very little from the reported engagement of his son to Mile. Ruth Hofcr, of Constance, whose wealth has been largely exag gerated. Her money is entirely un der the Control of her friends, who indignantly deny that any engage ment exists, and declare emphatically that should such a marriage be con templated young Dowie would receive a penniless bride. Mr. Palmer, who has just arrived here on his motor car from Switzerland, and who is an intimate friend of Mile. Hofer's fam ily. says such a marriage with the son of a man who trades in religion would never be tolerated. I The girl herself was "captured" by Dowie senior, and was reported to be willing to sacrifice everything rather than forego the marriage with the "Prophet's" son. "But," added Mr. Palmer, "such a sacrifice would not suit the Dowieties, who, finding business slack elsewhere, are endea voring to secure her fortune." A Faatpatf's S?tcMc. Vancouver, B. C. (Special)?A foot pad, who had been terrorizing resi dents of this city for a week, coni i mittcd suicide when an intended vic tim, W. W. Brchant, threw him to the ground and took the man's revolvers from him. The highwayman drew a knife and cut his own throat. While dying in the hospital he said his name was A. R. Jerrard, that he could not i get work and had nothing to cat, so [he took to ttie road in desperation. 11 DAVIS IS NOTIFIED Safb CcitaMj at VUto Sriffar Snwp, W. Y?. nu it Hwrnanm cmudttee. Tke Scaaeef Ike CaraaMales Was Mealy Pk -Twa flat* Oaks Mlaf M TMr Directly Or?r (ke Platfana alike -Fear Otkcrs la a Sealdrdt la Fraat Fankkel Skill ler Spcctatars. Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. (Special.)?In the presence of more than 1,500 persons the principal figure in an inspiring scene, Hon. Henry Gassaway Davis, of West Vir ginia, was formally notified Wednes day afternoon of his nomination as the Democratic candidate for Vice President. The feature of the occa sion was the speech of Congressman John Sharp Williams, who as chair man of the notification committee de livered the principal address. Mr. Williams' utterances aroused the crowd to a high pitch of enthus iasm. The speech of response accepting the nomination, made by Mr. Davis, was short and informal, Mr. Davis' intention being to more fully discuss issues and policies in his letter of ac ceptance. Praai Mr. Darts' The mpst sacred right of property is the right to possess and own one's self and the labor of one's own hands, capital itself being but stored-up la bor. For years I worked in the ranks as a wage-earner, and I know what it is to earn my living in the sweat of my brow. I have always believed, and my convictions came from the hard school of experience, that, measured by the character of work he does and the cost of living, a man is entitled to full compensation for his services. My experience as a wage-earner and my association with labor have alike taught me the value of Demo cratic principles, for in them the humblest has the strongest security for individual right and the highest stim ulus to that independence of spirit and love of self help which produce the fin est private characters and form the base of the best possible government. The apprehension which now pre vails in business circles and the pres ent unsatisfactory industrial condi tions of the country seem to demand a political change. With the convention and its nominee for. President, I regard the present monetary standard of value as irre jggcatriy fixed. y iTJeg my countrymen, as they value liberty, to guard with great care the sacred right of local self-government and to watch with a jealous eye the tendency of the times to centralize power in the hands of the few. KILLED ON WAY TO RACES. Ralkaai Trala Daskes lata Tralley Cars aatf Fear Die. Chicago, (Special).?Four persons were killed, another fatally hurt and 23 severely injured in a collision be tween an express train on the Chicago Great Western railroad and a train of three trolley cars bound for the Haw thorne race track. The Acident occurred at the cross ing of Forty-eighth avenue and the Chicago Great Western tracks. The train was coming into the city and, according to some witnesses of the ac cident, was running at high speed. Others and the train crew declare that it was nol going mere than 20 miles an hour. The trolley train, which was made up of a motor car and two trailers, in charge of Conduc tor W. II. Condon and Motorman Mi chael Ryan, approached the crossing at a/rapid rate just as the train pamc around a sharp curve to the west. Ryan put on the brakes with all his strength in the effort to stop his car, but the brakes refused to work. Drewaed ia the Delaware. Philadelphia, Pa., (Special).?Mrs. Mabel Hart, aged ,?o years, and her cousin, Clarcnce Dunlap, aged 9 years, son of former State Representative H. T. Dunlap, of this city, were drowned in the Delaware river near Kaston, Pa. The first intimation of the accident was the recovery of the rowboat in which Mrs. Hart and the boy had started to cross the river. The bodies were recovered from the river near Frenchtown, N. J. Mrs. Hart and the boy were visiting at the home of William Dunlap, at Kintners ville, this state. Fatal Flro In New York. New York, (Special).?Fire in a four-story brick business building in Howard street, in the heart of the wholesale district, resulted in one death and caused damage estimated at $75 ,000. Two firemen were overcome by smoke on the top floor, and had to be lowered to the ground with ropes. The building was occupied by a num ber of business firms, all of whom suf fered loss to their stocks. Exptoloa Kill* Fnr, Senoia, Ga., (Special).?The boiler at the sawmill of J. F. Arnold, five miles from this city, exploded killing four persons and injuring several oth er*. how many is not known. The injured included two negro em ployes, one of whom may die. The cause of the explosion is not known, but is reported to have been low water in the boiler. Presidents lor Peace. La T.ibertad, Salvador, (By Cable). ? President Fscalon, of Salvador, sail ed for Amapala, in the Gulf of Fon scca, where he will be met by President Honilla, of Honduras. The two Presi dents will then proceed to Corinto, Nicaragua, where they will meet Pres ident Zelaya and a conference will be held, having for its object the taking of measures to maintain peacc in the Central American republic*. SETTLE! IT LAST. *? Nrd aai IMM Stein Art?jil to lillrfuliB mt M NsMi?? Constantinople, (By Cable).?The issues between Turkey and the UniC- j ed States have been arranged to the satisfaction of both governments. ?A conference between Minister Leishman and Izzet Pasha, secretary of the palace, and Nedjib Melhame, assistant minister of public works, oc curred at Mr. Leishman's summer res idence at Therapia and lasted eight hours, during which Izzet Pasha ex changed communications with the pal ace. The fact of sending a palace functionary unacquainted with the question to discuss the matter with Mr. Leishman is typical of Turkish methods. The Sultan's ignoring of thf proper channel, namely the Porte, is much commented upon as evidently being an attempt to delay a settlement. In the course of the discussion the Turk ish delegates attempted to impugn the character of some of the schools and contested the American claim to be granted certain privileges given to similar French institutions. Mr. Leish-' man, however, firmly refused to con-' sider for a moment any suggestion of discrimination and insisted on a full acceptance of the American list oL about 300 schools, hospitals, charitable' institutions and missionary dwellings filed with the Porte eighteen months' ago. The American minister pointed out1 that the Porte had ample time to' verify the list, but that it had done, nothing, and Mr. Leishman positively! refused to listen to any suggestion' regarding treatment differing from' that accorded to the schools, &c., .un der the protection of other powers. The delegates finally left in order to' report to the Sultan, promising a fav-. orable reply. 1 The protracted conference appears to have settled one of the matters agreed upon at the time of the Beirut incident, but never executed, name ly, the payment to an American citi zen of Smyrna the sum of $25,000, being the value of land on which Moslem refugees illegally settled. This amount will now be paid. Washington is Sanguine. Washington, D. C., (Special).? There was some expectation that the state department would be able Sun day to announce the successful conclu sion of the negotiations with Turkey looking to the prevention of discrim ination against American citizens there. An answer has been received from the Turkish government which is regard ed as satisfactory, and to make sure that there will be no misunderstanding as to the agreement the state depart ment embodies' its own construction of that agreement in the last chapters of the correspondence. But there nas been some delay in the exchange of cable messages. Mean while Admiral Jewell's fleet will re main at Smyrna awaiting notice from Minister Leishman. It may be saiJ, however, that the incident is practi cally closed, with a victory for the state department on all points. RECEIVER POR LEOION OP HONOR. Actios Takes h Recoaaeadatlooof lM*rance CaaaiiiiMtn. Boston, (Special).?Henry A. Wy man was appointed permanent receiv er of the Supreme Council of the American Legion of Honor, a bene ficial organization, with headquarters in this city. The insurance commis sioners claimed that the condition of the organization was such as to ren der its continuance hazardous to the public. A few weeks ago the supreme coun cil of the organization applied to tho state insurance department for $itt,ooo if the emergency fund kept on deposit with the state treasurer, in order that the association might meet death claims then pending. This request waj refused. The emergency fund in tho state treasury amounts to $.100,000. One hundered thousand dollars of this is represented by real estate in this city. Adrift an a Raft. Lowell, Mass., (Special).?P?y the breaking of the chains which hid held it to the shore, a landing raft crowded with picnickcrs was set adrift in Lake Kabnassctt .it West Chelms ford and in the panic which ensued women and children were pushed overboard into 15 feet of water, while many others received painful bruises. The most seriously injured was Mrs. Gertrude Weaver, who was trampled upon and who suffered from nervous shock. The Lewis aod Clark Pair. Portland, Ore., (Special).?Accord ing to Henry E. Dosch, director of exhibits of the Lewis and Clark fair, who just returned from St. Louis, Ja pan, China, Germany, France, Bel gium, Austria. Italy and Hungary have signified their intention to exhibit at the Lewis and Clark fair, which is to be held in Portland next year. In addition to the countries named there are ti others which have the sub ject under consideration, the majority of which Mr. Dosch believes will re turn favorable answers. Killed His BrotbeMo-Law. Owensboro, Ky., (Special). ? At Sturgis, Ky., R. II. Latham shot nnd killed his brother-in-law, Isaac Tuck er, and Mrs. Tucker. They were all occupants of the same house. The difficulty was caused by Latham at tempting to put Tucker out of the house. Latham is in jail at Morgan field. Trial Costly to the State. St. Louis, (Special).?A transcript containing 1,684..100 words and costing the state for stenographers' work more than $1,000 has been made rf the evidence in the case of I*. Seymoui 1'arrington. the alleged Knglish lord who was convicted at Clayton several months ago on a charge of murdering James P. McCann, the horseman, and sentenced to be hanged. Before pre sentation to the Supreme Court, with the appeal, the tramcript duplicates will have to be compared with the | original at an additional cost of $(,ooo. BATTLE IN seen AFRICA! Tmllglj Mint f Ibtiras. TIE CflWUCT LASTS ALL Qm. tm Tnthi Wrtwkrf CsMpalga It That Naar ?f Hi Nattrw Can Han Thrw|k tks Qcmaa Farces. Berlin, (By Cable)*?Four column^ of German troops attacked the hostil^ natives known as Hereros, near HaaM akari, German Southwest Africa, on! the night of August 11. The fighting continued all the next day. The natives were defeated with heavy losses. Five German officers, including Count von Arnim, and 19 m?n were killed. Six officers, among them Baron von Water, and 52 men were wounded. Two are missing. Thousands of cattle are missing. General von Trotha, sending tha particulars of the battle from H?mi? kari, add; that his soldiers fought ?with the greatest bravery. The natives, who numbered about 6,000 fighting men, under old Chief Samuel Maherero, to whom thn younger leaders turned after their former reverses, were concentrated in the Waterbcrg Mountains. With their women, children and flocks they occupied a plain of meadowland roughly estimated at 250,000 acres, on which they had 50,000 bead of cat tle and 50,000 sheep and goats. The approaches to the plain were difficult passes, so that the Germans had se vere work forcing them. The number of the Germans In the fighting is not accurately known, buc as nine companies and tour and one-j half batteries, with some irregular! troops, were engaged the total proba? bly was about 2,000 men. j Deserters from the Hererofs re-J ported that the arrivat of German re inforcements at Swakopmund caused great depression in the native campj Chief Samuel spent much time in hav?* ing the Bible read to him. General von Trotha witl doubtless follow up his success and finish the revolt with the Wafcerberg campaign. It seems improbable that many of th? natives can have escaped through tha German forces holding the mountain passes. EIONT MEN POUSIL ltcary Rates Caass 1 Catastrapfca te <Md Salisbury, N. C., (Special?Informal tion has been received here that the; Barringer gold mine, located nearl Gold Hill, N. C., Rowan county, waaj suddenly flooded with water causing! the instant death of eight men etn-? ployed in the mine. Nine men were in the mine shaft J when a large pond located near the entrance to the mine suddenly broke loose, the breakage being capsed by excessive rains, the waters rushing in with terrific and deadly force to a depth of about 100 feet upon the men} who were powerless to save themJ selves. | Mr. Thomas Moyl, manager of thai plant, was the only one to escape* death. _ 1 The mine is filled with water anv none of the dead bodies have yet beenl recovered. The flooded mine is thei property of the' Whitney Reduction Company, of Salisbury and Pittsburg, Pa., and has been operated for a num. bcr of years. The DibiqM Laaocbed. New York, (Special).?The United! States gunboat Dubuque was success-^ fully launched from the yard of the Gas Engine and Power Company, at' Morris Heights. She was christened by Miss Margaret Treadway, 15 yearar eld, of Dubuque. Ia. On the first at-( tempt which Miss Treadway made to break the bottle of champagne over the vessel's prow it did not smash* and in the excitement which resulted she neglected to repeat the words "r christen thee Dubuque." as the gun boat slid down the ways. World'* Pair Piyi>| Its Debts. St. Louis, Mo., (Special).?A chcct for $500,000 was forwarded to thoj United States Treasury by the Lou^ isiana Purchase Exposition Company! as the third of the stipulated halfJ million-dollar bimonthly payments ott; the loan of $4,(?oo,ooo advanced to the, World's I "air by the federal govern-* ment. The total amount refunded to{ date is $1,908,149. Previous to the stipulated payments the exposition company made several payments off certain per cents of gross receipts. FINANCIAL. The hears and bulls arc having theiri troubles in wheat. I.ittle attention is being paid to the, affairs in the far Last. There is a good undertone to the. market and the reactions are healthy.] Commission houses report an in-, crease in business, with brighter pro.v^ pects. The Southwestern and Southern, stocks are the most active and strong-] est. ' J. P. Morgan is bullish on the future both in regard to an advance irt stocks and an increase in general bus-, iness. . No change in the Board of Director* or in the management of the Ameri can Railway* Company is anticipated at the annual meeting on September 15. The company has had a success ful year, earning 7 per cent. 011 its stock, St. Paul officials ?-iy that the crop damage in the Northwest has been exaggerated. They believe the ton nage will be a:-, big as last year. |