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-W" m VOL.. I. NO. 82. CAMDEN, S. C.,THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,1904. S1.SO PER YEAR. ; JAPS FAIL TO FLANK ENEMY ? Two Mighty Armies Engaged in Decisive Battle at Liaoyang?The Opposing Forces Number 400.000 Men. The greatest battle of the war be gan around Liaoyang early Tuesday morning, the anniversary of the birth of the Mikado. Opening with an artillery duel, fol lowed by a general advance of the Japs, the first day's struggle of what promises to be a several-day's deci sive engagement, terminated with the honors in favor of the Russians, they having repelled attacks made upon several positions. The combined strength of the op posing forces is estimated at 300,000 to 400,000 men. The Japanese have 1,200 guns on the field, but the strength of the Rus sian artillery is not known. THE BATTLE PROM LIAOYANO. Cltlseas Wondering What Is to Be the Fste ?f the City. Liaoyang (By Cable).?A Russian correspondent supplies the following: "The eventful moment has arrived, and the battle of Liaoyang is in prog ress. Before 6 o'clock A. M., when the first gun was fired, but soon after ward hundreds of cannon were thun dering along our southern and east ern fronts. "The centcr of our position is lo cated near the famous Tower of Liao yang, about seven miles to the south east. The fighting there was of the most desperate character, but is now going on much nearer at the flanks. _ "The hissing of the shells is dis tinctly audible, and from the city it is easy to see the shells bursting. "Heavy guns were brought into ac tion by both sides, and their dull roar was discernible above the sharper de tonation of field and mountain guns. "The Russians are using big ord nance, which is in position in the in ner ring of the Liaoyang torts. "The noisy Chinese population has suddenly become quiet. The main streets of Liaoyang, always the scene of the busiest traffic and usually re sounding with thousands of shrill voices from sunrise to sunset, is now as silent as if it were night. "The inhabitants are watching the distant battle from the housetops and watch towers, or are wandering gloom ily in the streets. J'Wc are asking ourselves if the tide battle is going to swamp the city rand what is to become of the houses ' and other property:" ????"? . The Japanese are searching the whole countryside with their fire, se lecting certain squares of territory on which for a few moments they mass a hail of shot and shell from their. guns. They then pass to an other square, thus working the whole field, with mathematical precision, from right to left. In this way the entire Russian front has been system atically searched in the first four hours of cannonading. Then began the general Japanese ad vance along the whole line. The Russians have been hotding their ground gallantly and their losses are small, considering the terrible na ture of the Japanese fire. Wounded zv.vt liecn nourine Into Liaoyang since 8 o'clock, mostly hurt by shrapnel shells and some by rifle bullets. The heights of Mactung. near the railroad, have been showered with projectiles. WOMAN OETS FORTUNE OF $50,000,000. Mrs. Anne M. Walker, of Wllllamsport, Pa., One of the Richest Women. Philadelphia, Pa. (Special).?The will of William Wcightman, head of the firm of Powers & Weightnian. manufacturing chemists, who died a few days ago at the age of 91 years, was probated Monday, his entire es tate, valued at more than $50,000,000. being left to his daughter, Mr?. Anne M. Walker, widow of the late Con gressman Robert J. C. Walker, of Williamsport, Pa. By the terms of the will. Mrs. Walk er, who is the only surviving child, becomes sole proprietor of the ex tensive chemical works, which makes her on of the richest women in the world. Mrs. Walker will assume ac tive management of the drug busi ness, besides looking after the real estate left her by her father, who war one of the largest holders of real es tate in the country. Me owned much property in Penn sylvania outside of Philadelphia, and also in New York, Ohio, Nebraska. Delaware, West Virginia, Missouri and Wisconsin. DW ol the Plague. San Francisco, Cal. (Special').?The slcamcr Coptic, which arrived front the Orient, was sent to the quaran tine station because a Korean passen ger died of the plague durinjj the voyage. Among the arrivers 011 the Coptic were Professors Kitasata and Hozumi, of Japan, on the way to the Congress of Sciences at St. I.ouis and Miss Carl, who painted the por trait of the Dowager Empress of China. Leopold to Roosevelt. Oyster Hay, N. Y. (Special).?Infor mation was received at the executive offices here of the arrival in New York of G. Francottc, a delegate to the peace conference which is to be held in September at the St. I.ouis expo sition. He is said to be the bearer of credentials from the King of Bel gium to President Roosevelt rcrjiu-it ing the latter to use his good in the restoration of peace between Russia and Japan. TWO THOUSAND JAPANESE FELL. lasslaa Losses Als* Heavy at Battle ?! Aap lat?Japs Captet Oaas Tolcio (By Cable).?The Japanese lost 2,000 men killed or wounded at the battle of Anping. The Russian losses have not been estimated, but are said to have been heavy. The Japanese captured eight guns at Anping and eight at Anshanshan. The first Japanese army was divided into three columns and moved against Anping, where the Russians occupied a steep and well-fortified eminence, whi^Ji they had spent months in strengthening. The Russian position to the east and south of Anping ex tended along a ridge north of Tai shukou to Hundshaling through Han polin and Tatientsu. The advantages were with the Russians. The Japan ese were not able to secure good po sitions for their artillery except along Liaoyang road. Midnight Bayonet Charge. The Japanese left column moved forward August 23, driving back a small force of Russians, and on the 25th took possession of a line on an eminence north of Erhtaokou and south of I'elingtsu and prepared to give battle the following day. The center and right columns made their preparatory moves before the night of the 25th. At midnight of the 25th the Japanese ccnter suddenly rushed forward in a bayonet charge against the Russian center, which was located in the vicinity of Kugchangling. This charge was a surprise and was successful. The Japanese captured the entire position. The Russian forces on the second and third lines were then strongly reinforced and of fered determined resistance. A fierce rifle engagement ensued and contin ued without abatement throughout the 26th. The Russian artillery posted at Anping got the range of the Japanese lines and sent in a deadly fire. Japs Badly Exposed. The Japanese artillery was not able to obtain good positions and was badly exposed. The Russian infan try endeavored to recover its lost ground, but the Japanese held their positions and managed gradually to press the Russians toward the val ley of the Lan River. The Japanese right column made a, A? Hungahahng. A severe rific and artillery duel opened at dawn and lasted until dusk. The Japanese left column, the prin cipal strength of which was in in fantry, attacked an eminence north of Tahsikou at dawn on the 26th. The Russian artillery was in semiperma nent fortifications north of Tatientsu and northwest of Kaofengsu, and in strength was superior to that of the Japanese. This bombardment reached its height between 2 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The Russian fire had dwindled at times, but the Japanese were unable to sibnee the enemy's guns. The Russian infantry was rein forced and pressed against the left wing of the Japanese left column. The Japanese troops were dangerous ly c.\|i(i9c?2, iiid the sdvar.cc c? the loft column retired. Russian Line Divided. In the meantime the Japanese cen ter had pierced the Russian line, com pletely dividing it, but both the Rus- , sian wings held fheir positions firmly. During the afternoon of the 2(>th a l ..treat thunderstorm broke over the battlefield, covering the hills with mist ; and preventing accurate use of the! guns. On the morning of the 27th. through j :111st and ha/.e, all three of the Japan-! csc columns moved forward. The Rus- j ?ians resisted this advance vigorous ly, and it was nightfall before the! Japanese were in possession of the long ridfce. The most fierce engage-! :nehts of August 2'> occurred at Hung- > shilling and Kungchangling. The moonlight revealed the Japan ese troops as they advanced. The Russian defenders of these positions. | besides opening a fierce rifle fire on \ the enemy, rolled boulders down the ? hillside upon tlie ehtnbing Japanese I soldiers. The Japanese reserved their I fire and climbed steadily upward, final- i Iy reaching the summit and driving! the Russians out. St. Louis Exposition Finances. | St. Louis, (Special).? President David R. Francis, of tlio Exposition, aid: "Tlif cost of maintaining the ' J Louisiana Purchase Exposition is ap proximately $,t i .000 a day.' That amount includes every legitimate fx pense of the Exposition. We are un der contract, however, to repay to the I'nitcd Statesc government a loan of $4,600,000 by payments r?f $500,000 every two weeks. Including that amount in the daily expenses of the Exposition, the entire amount of our expenses is $<>3,000 a day, hut as the government loan is more than half repaid, the $,it,ooo basis will soon be the total of our expenses." NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Brigadier Generals Carter, of the Philippine Army, and Kcc, of the De partment of Texas, say that the anti canteen law has been a failure. Several changes in the faculty of the Georgetown University arc an nounced. Typhoid fever of a mild form is prevalent. Postmaster General Payne is on his v. :ty to Washington from his home, at Milwaukee. HEWS IN SIOKT QUEL TV Latest In St. Louis Mrs. Julius Laaraann, wife of one of the boodler members of the Missouri legislature who is serving a term in prison, attempted to jump from a window of her home. John Deilcler was fatally shot by a stranger near his home, at Glendale, L. I. There is no clue to the mys tery. Deikler died shortly after fe ceiving his wound. At?Weimar, Tex., Oscar Lee Tuck er, a negro prisoner, charged with criminal assault on a white woman, was mysteriously lynched in his cell. The biennial school census of Chi cago shows a decrease in thf popu lation of Hyde I'ark and an increase in the crowded section of the city. The executive committee of the In ternational Sunday School Associa tion is in session at Buffalo, N. Y. The Portsmouth (O.) Steel Com pany shut down on account of the con dition of the steel market. The relief fund for the sufferers of the General Slocuin disaster amounts to $109,543 At Kenuncrer, Ore., four highway men held up an express messenger and secured $900. The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II., which arrived at New York, broke her own best west ward passage by about 2 hours and 26 minutes. The Kaiser Wilhelm II. left Bremen August 23, and South hampton and Cherbourg on the 24th. Thomas N. McCauley, organizer and former president of- the alleged bankrupt International Mercantile Agency, was arrested in New York on the charge of larceny of $4,500. The charge was preferred by Hamilton (Ont.) parties. The demand of the motormen and firemen of the "L" Road in New York for an increase in wages and a dc cieasc in hours of labor was refused by the otticiais of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. At Auburn, N. Y., Antonio Giorgio was put to death in the electric chair for his part in the murder of John Van Gorder and his half-sister. Miss Farn ham, at West Almond, last May. A party of 16 engineers arrived in New \ ork. They will inspect en gineering works in principal cities of the United States and Canada. Preparations are being made for a general resumption of work at the Republic plant of the National Tube Company at Pittsburg. Richard Siegman, of New York, filed 5} Trenton, N. J., a bill against the Rlectnc Vehicle Company's directors compelling them to make good $704, 800 which was paid out in dividends in 1899 and 1900. Chairman Hanna, of the-Republican committee of Maryland, was among ? a* Western headquarters, in Chicago. He made an encourag Vl? r^P9rt of the political situation in Maryland. - - .... . ? - .. ... Fairbanks, Repub lican candidate for vice president of the United States, delivered his for mal speech of the campaign at a mass-meeting at White River Junc tion, Vt. One spectator was killed and an other probably fatally injured during faces of the World's Fair Auto mobile Speed Congress in an acci dent which totally demolished Barney I Oldtield s racing machine and seri ; ously injured Oldficld. j The United Garmcntworkers of America concluded their thirteenth an nual convention at BuHalo by voting down a resolution committing the or ganization to socialism. The next an nua] convention will be held in To ronto. The New York, New Haven and iiptfurrl Railroad Company will spend *8.000,000 tor improved rapid transit Ironi New York city to the Bronx. Edwin W. Hagar. president of the Xenia Strawboard Works, was killed in an automobile accident near SprinK held, O. The Brotherhood of I'lngineers voted to' support the motor-e.igineers employed 011 the New York Elevated road. I>uring nine months the total com I'leice of the Philippines showed an increased value of m re than $t,coo. 000. Ira Green and William Dillon were convicted of the murder of Turnkey i ond.. 11. of the Bellefonte Jail. I he daughter of Secretary Hay has written the words of a song which ?las been recently issued. , N?"c men of the Secret Service i-.avc been detailed at Ovstcr Bay to guard President Roosevelt. Edw ard Augier has aga 11 been ar retted at Boston f.,r attempting to pass worthless cheeks. I wo sets of brothers fought a des perate battle in the street of an Arkan sas town Julius Fritz committed suicide at 1.a Crosse, Wis., when his son mar ried. , I Foreign. ! The Congo l;rcc State is said to he :\arfnl of a German invasion and to lu* constructing forts on the west shore of Lake Tanganyika. I re conference of the transatlantic >hipping companies was continued at i-'raitkiort-on-t lie-Main, l>nt no con elusions were readied. The German Imperial Insurance I'.nrean explained its reason for handi capping foreign insurance companies. The autopsy held in London on the body of Washington Hancock ?showed that he died a natural death. Representatives of eight transatlan tic steamship line.-* began a confer ence at Frankfurt-on-the-Main with a view to settling the rate war. The retired English vice admiral, W. K. Holland, dead. An inquiry into the loss of the Dan ish steamer Norge, which foundered June iS off Rockall Reef, nyo miles from the Scottish mainland, with the loss of 64b lives, was opened at Co penhagen. Jose Pardo, who^vas elected presi dent of Peru in June last, will be in augurated September ^4 The photographer Rorchiggiani. ar rested at Ascoii in connection with the theft of the valuable cope from ?t\? .-athedral, has committed suicide NINE rWLE KILLED cwmcin ?r mn msaptuis. ?f Mn CutM a Frtgktfal Catastrsffcs la C?<a !? AdtfttUa ts the Nlae Dull TWMtyHkrM lulilf 4 laiarlts?Om 41 ft* Trslas Montreal (Special). ? Nine people were killed and 23 others injured m a head-on collision on the Grand Trunk Railway, near Richmond, Que. The trains involved were a special excursion from Montreal bound for Sherbrooke and passenger train No. 5, running between Island Pond, Vt., and Montreal. The collision, it is claimed, was due to neglect of orders on the part of the train crew of the excursion train, which left Richmond without await ing the arrival of the passenger train. The excursibn train was running as the first section of the regular Gr^tnd Trunk Portland Express, which usu ally crosses the Island Pond train at Richmond, and was running on" Its time. This makes it all the more inexplicable <rhy Conductor Atkinson, in charge of the excursion train, did not wait to nake the usual crossing. Atkinson disappeared shortly after the wreck occurred. The excursion train, made up of 10 coaches and a baggage car, car ried about 1,000 persons bound for the exhibition at Sherbrooke. The Island Pond train was composed of five coaches and a baggage car and had only a small number of passen gers. The excursion train had barely cleared the Richmond yard, when, rounding a curve, it met the Island Pond train, running at a high rate of speed. Both engineers reversed, and. with their firemen, jumped, es caping with minor injuries. The shock of the collision was plainly heard in Richmond, more than a mile away. Both engines were locked firmly together. The baggage car of tHfc ex cursion train was picked up and drop ped on top at the car following it?a sniobr, and it was in the$e two cars that the greater number of fatalities occurred. The most 'graphic account of what followed tae collision is given by J. > A. Denault, a Montreal banker, who ' was seated in the smoker of the ex cursion train. "When the (sHock came,"' he said, "I was hit oa. t)|e head and momen tarily stunnea '.When I came to my senses I appeyed to. be lying un derneath a pile.of kii^Kng wood, from which I could not reJeste'tarwff.^The cries 1 if ifrfcrtlll fc T -jMtnething *et saturating on leg of my troupers and for a mo ment thought that I had been badly wounded. Looking down I saw that the body of a man was lying across my feet. Ho was groaning, and, in a minute or two. said he was (lying. Then he was still. When relief came he was dead. I was lucky enough to escape with only a few contusions." Other passengers told similar stor ies of their escape, but the trainmen had nothing to ?ay, pending the in quest. ladlaaa Miners a ad Operators. Tcrre Haute. Ind. (Spccial).?The joint meeting <~.f the state executive boards of the Indiana miners and op erators adjourned, after .failing to agree on the questions of stable bosses being members of the union and the eight-hour clause applying to night firemen. The first will be referred to j President Mitchell again, he having formerly ruled that bouses should be long to the union. The second ques tion goes over to another meeting. Aaotber Boxer Oarbraak. Shanghai (By Cable).?A revival of Boxerism is reported from Tamingfu, in ,the southwestern part of 1'echili ptovince, 215 miles from Ticn-tsin. Over 20 American missionaries, in eluding women and children, have been obliged to evacuate Tamgfu, ow ing to an intended massacre on the part of the Boxers, who call them selves "Tsaiyur." Four Chlldrea Drowned. Glenburne, Tex., (Special). ? Four children were drowned by t ic cap sizing of a boat in the Bra s river, near Acton, Hood county. There wore six boys and girls all told in the boat at the time of the disaster. In going! down.^ream one of the boat's oars struck a snag, ;:nd the vessel imtncdi- I ately turned over. The bodies of the victims were recovered. Negro kills Policeman. Danville, Va. (Special).?Police Offi cer J. J. Hall was shot and killed by Jack Dillard. a desperate negro, out lawed in this <tate and North Caro lina Officers had been on the track >f the negro f<>* a week. One thou sand tnetf are now hunting for the negro, and if lie is captured a lynch ing may result Explosion In Powder Works. Punxsut jwney. Pa. (Special).? K'.ght hundred kegs of powder ex ploded in the pressroom of the Lallin & Rand Powder Works, two miles east of here, instantly killing one man, seriously injuring three others and causing costly destruction of prop erty. End of Career of Dr. Herraa. New York (Spccial).?Dr. Thoma* Hcrran, who represented Colombia at Washington for several years, up to the time of the Panamn incident, died at Liberty, N. Y. He had been ill for sometime, and went to Liberty in the hope that a sojourn there would aid in the restoration of his health. Dr. Hcrran was educated in the United States and devoted his life largely to his country's foreign serv ice. WEATHE1 lETAIfS CtOTS. H**j Idas la Ik* 8w> ? CwiMwi la tkc Cam Belt Washington, D. C. (Special).?The weather Bureau's weekly summary of crop conditions is as follows: Although cool weather has pre vented rapid development of corn in the Ohio valley and Lake region, the crops, as a whole, has experienced de cided improvements. Much of that prostrated by winds in the previous week in Indiana and Illinois is straightening. In the Missouri val ley the temperature has been more favorable, and the advancement of the crop toward maturity has been much more rapid than in the Cen tral Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Early corn has already matured in Southern Missouri, and ? is ripening rapidly in Nebraska and South Da kota, cutting being in process in the first-name 1 State and in Kansas. The reports .indicate that from three to four weeks of favorable weather will be required to mature the late crop. The week was practically rainless in the spring-wheat region of Minne sota and the Dakotas, affording fa vorable weather for harvesting and thrashing. Some carfy \%%icat in the northern portion of North Dakota is yet unripe, and rust is still damaging late wheat in that State, and much of the crop will not be cut. Disap pointing yields are generally reported from Idaho, Washington and Oregon. In Northern Alabama and in the southern portions of Mississippi and Louisiana cotton has improved, and the crop is in good condition in Ok lahoma and Indian .Territories, but elsewhere the reports generally indi cate unfavorable progress. Deteriora tion from rust and shedding is re ported from nearly all districts. Heavy rains have proved injurious in portions of Florida and Georgia, while over a large part of Texas the crop has suf fered dccidedly from drought. In the last-mentioned State boil worms con tinue destructive, and boil weevils arc puncturing nearly all squares in south western, ccntral, eastern and coast di visions, and arc causing much dam age as far north as Dallas, Kauf man and Hunt countics. Picking Is in full progress in Texas, and is gen eral in the southern portions of the central and Eastern districts. A general improvement in tobacco is indicated. Cutting is well advanced In the Middle Atlantic States and New England and is in progress in the Ohio valley. In Wisconsin the crop is doing well, although maturing slowly. The outlook for apples continues promising in New England. New York and the upper Lake region, but un favorable reports continue from the State# of the ccntral valleys, r- ^ ,. EXPLOSION. Twa Men Lose Their Live* at Iron Furnace Plants la Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn. (Special).?An ex plosion of gas in an iron furnace of the Lal'ollette Coal and Iron Com pany at LaFollette, Tenn., resulted in the death of two men and the seri ous injury to one other. The dead: R. S. Kiucannon, aged 35, of Max Meadows, Va.; leaves wife and child. Fred Walker, colored, of Middlesboro. Ky. C. W. Rerry, of LaFollette, was seriously burned and cannot recover. He lias been lharried only a week. The .property loss will be light. Deported Mao Return*. Cripple Crock, Col. (Special).?Sit - ting in the front end of tlie smoking- | car, with a Winchester across his | lap, former Attorney General Eugene ! Hingley, deported last Saturday with \ thirteen others, rode hack into the j gold camp Inst night. At Cameron he stepped from the train and was met by two deputy sheriffs sent by Sheriff Hell to escort and protect him Since his arrival Knglcy has taken several long walks, with his rifle on his shoulder, but lit is in no danger, j as the sheriff is protecting him and | the law and order committee has de cided that he shall not be further molested. Fatal Frankfurter. New York (Special).?Three per sons will probably die as the result of the explosion of a Frankfurter boiler in the apartment of Israel Ro sensweig, in a tenement in Norfolk street. They are Roseusweig's wife. Pauline; his ,Vyenr-old son Mendel, and his tvmon'h-old baby I.ena. Ro sensweig himself had a narrow escape. The explosion and a small fire that followed created a panic in the tene ment. Rosoimveitf is a frankfurter pedler. He tilled the fuel tank of Irs frankfurter toiler with l:ero<eno and lighted the wick, it is thought, with out screwing on the stopper. Victim of Lynching. Cedartown. Ga., (Special). ? Join: Sext< n. a young farm laborer, who was shot during the lynching of the negro Jim Glover, here last Monday night, died at his home in Fast View The shootng >t Sexton occurred dur ing the recki ?.?? firing of the m >h. Whether Sexton was taking part i'i the lynching is not known. It i* j thought, however, that he was stand ing near the negro, and one of the pistol bullets intended for the negro struck Sexton in the upper part of the abdomen. FINANCIAL. Low priced railroad stocks are still the favorites for bull purposes. United States Steel preferred wa* tipped yesterday for a good advance and it had it. New York banks have lost this week by the principal movements of mon ey $4.H7j,ooo. Philadelphia, Haltimore and Wash ington bonds that were put out by Sailer & Stevenson at 104V.1 are now 109J/4 hid. TO EXTEND THE STRKE ??? ?J the Oicaj* |Mt. waiters. iOWCHlirs PUHS MEET OPPOSITION. Strtt, ? ad Tkrw,fkwrt *? C*?atry Rell^T l\Extcm*4 ? Pnbe May S^- c H Ah* ^ * Prtreat ft? Hiadlaf Sfcipaeata. Chicago (Special).?Famine in meat I*t b* ,h? ""kers to be the result of their new move in the strike against the packers. Orders have been issued for a gen th 'I'*? ?f a" U,tcher workmen throughout the country. ?5.ooo Men Will Go Out. >0001CJrd" Vll affcct in about Kansas ?T.a,,?. St. Louis. Milwlukre y,? ?x "y' K?w York ?"on'o?i? ?12^ ^"rioSy'crlpUledT'' '"PP' '"""l"** ws&rsss o7T,h.8 ??*?* ^ the.r non-union help. ? PacK?? in^?cUd, tc"' ,^ri?d <" ?**> w^r?^;ck^ ?? -cw They were greeted by cheers bv the union pickets. ?-??cers oy the Hope to Create Meat Famine. l"e manager of the Union Stock in ??' Transit Company said that handler^31'0" u* % ftrikc.of the stock tak* heen in training to and that ?o of* of.deserti?8 weighers, at once h!,nCu" are "mailable trouhU '? Said that no 'urther trouble was expected in handling the aimht? ParCkfrS Say ft is Connelly's he thiik. il "leat faiTli,le' which, such a oLh0^ YOM8a.the Pub??c to f, a P,tch ?f indignation that a set tlement would be forced. possibly*"'J9 untlertakinjf the im J'( .1' ,9a,d a representative of one 'he packer,. "There i. little chanceJ packed ?h!fnLme v The '"dependent' Pl.?. *' ?? y cir co,,U9ion with ? unions have profited much dur ? CJs,-nke' wiU suffc?- most. ,2; .na^l!",n,to the stock-handlers, nen K J P^ejnent and nearly 400 pen cleaners, drivers of refuse wa gons and laborers, employed by The work" St?ckyards Company quit J^ff|?rtS ,are lnakW to call out the thJ rvcn at ,the yards- employed by piny ? JimCtion Railway Com Depends on Union Drivers. ,;rr^ent D?nnelly is said to be ependinR upon the union drivers for the success of his attempt to make meat scarce. What action the l.soo gro wilf tak mcatlI,arkot wagon drivers will take remains to be seen. Here moZ?f they.hav<' "fused to handle rn,i ?i m c strikc-affecte(1 packers, j their employers were forced to buy from the independent*. To Shut Off Ice Supply. ? ^ ?s also said that an attempt will ?-?m * !? ?ff thc ice S"PPly from every retail market in Chicago since all meat products are to be on the union s unfair" list. MINDANAO BANDITS. Several Towas Looted aod a Whole Family Kidnapped. Maniila, (Special).?A detail of na tive constabulary lias been anibu<hed on tlie Island of I.eytc by a superior forcc of bandits. Capt. II. T?arrett, of the constabulary, was killed in ilic fighting. There has been trouble iti the Prov ince of Misamis, Island of Mindanao, where bandits have looted several towns. The native authorities were defied and Pablo Mercado and his family were kidnapped. Mercado was accused of being too friendly with the Americans. Three Chinese store* were burned. Four natives were mur dered, three of them being buried alive. Colonel llarbord, of the con stabulary, is now on the trail of the bandits. Millions la Japanese Gold. Toyko (P?y Cable).?Following an inspection made by government en gineers, the government has issued i proclamation making complete prep ?ation to develop gold fields recently !ii?eovered in the Province of Iwate. The engineers estimate that these fields will yield gold to the value of $500,000000, and th?y are now pre luring to start mining operations. It is estimated that the annual yield of the mines will br $15,000000. Samsonofl is Alive. St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?It is reported that Samsonhoff, the nssasin f M von Plehve, has been sentenced h and that the sentence is now '.?*t >?-e the Kmperor. The reports vhic'n have been circulated about 5am -onoff having escaped and also that he was dead are declared to be false. Hnndrcd Lives Lost. Manila (Cable).?The city of Bi nang, in I.aguna Province, Island of Luzon, bus been destroyed by fire. One hundred persons perished in the ?lames and 5,000 were rendered home 's# The loss is estimated at $.*00,000. !'he government is fnrniohing shel ?r and food to the people made des ttute by the fire. According to the ???umis of |K/) Binatiy had a popula tion of 7?J5^ HAMES TO UHMBBL Ylcttai of M*k VMcm Uvm OhrcHU Statesboro, 6a. (Special).*?-Sebas-i t{ne McBride, a negro living neatf Portal, in the upper part of Bulloch! county, was taken out of his house Saturday night by a mob of five men; carried out in the woods and whip ped severely and then shot. He died soon afterwards. Before death came, however, he reJ Iated to a number of white men and1 colored persons the manner in which' he was handled, and told the names of three of his assailants. They were, according to his statement. Perry Barnes, Henry Barnes and Westly'. Waters, all white men. The names of the others he did not seem to know.; He said the men came ?to his house' and hailed him at the door. Wheni it was opened they came in with guns' and held his wife at bay while they carried him away. After they had' been gone sometime his wife heard' several guns fired. Sometime in the; night McBride returned to his house,j badly beaten and shot in the back int several places. Several of the white neighbors were notified and went to see the negro.; and took his testimony. After his: death Coroner D. Q. Stanford was| notified and held an inquest. The killing was done some distance from this place, and it was impossi-< ble to learn nil the details of the crime.( The verdict of the coroner's jury was' obtained, however, and the sheriff has' gone to arrest the persons named in the verdict of the jury, given below: "We, the coroner's jury impaneled to investigate the death of Sebastine McBride. find that the deceased came to his death by wounds inflicted upon his body by a mob of five men, three of whom were identified by the de ceased as Perry Barnes. Henry Barnes and Wesley Waters. We recommend that warrants he issued for the above named men and that the matter be investigated." TO TEST IT IN COURT. Deportation Question to Be Settled la a Feder al Tribunal. WashingtonjD. C. (Special).?Frank' Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, declared that, in his opinion, the Government will have to take a hand before the ques tions raised by the deportations of Lunion miners at Crpple Creek are settled. The federation plans to force this by bringing the troubles into the Fed eral courts. They are confident that these courts would find it impossible to uphold the deportation of the1 miners. Having obtained a decree to this effect they dcclare the Unit-j cd States would be compelled to en force it.* "We only obey decrees of the courts because we know that behind them is the power to inforce them." said MrJ Mr. Morrison. "Behind the Federal' courts is the power of the United* States. We do not believe anyone* would defy the United States, and1 there is absolutely no law under which these arbitrary deportations would be justified." Sometime ago the federation issu-s ed a circular asking for the contri bution of funds to enable the union miners of Colorado to fight the mine owners in the Federal courts. Much aid of this sort' has been offered by union men all over the country, and ife is proposed to fight the matter to * finish. No Lnxory oa Board. Washington, D. C., (Special).?Lux* ury will be sacrificed for forma* bility in the new armored cruisers au thorized by the last Congress, and tho plan.", now in preparation in the Bu reau of Construction and Repair shovr important changes in the interior ar rangements of these vessels. Th? water-tight subdivisions will be made complete, and there will be no pierc ing of bulkheads by ventilating pipes or other openings. Death ?! a Centenarian. Akron, O., (Spccial).?Dr. Charles F. H. VVilgohs, aged 100 years an<f 8 months, died hrre. He was of re markable mental and physical vitality; until a week ago and was able to wallc for miles. He was born in Ijenmark in 1803. His father was a doctor in| the German Army and he followed1 the German Army in the same cap-, acity. He enlisted in the cause of Polish independence and was wounded four times in the battle of OstralankaJ World's Pair Attendance. j St. Louis, Mo. (Special).?The at?| tendance at the World's Fair lastj week was more than 125,000 i^j ex-| cess of any week since the exposition) opened. Saturdays attendance, 152,-? (x)R, was the largest for any single dayj since the opening day, with the en-i ception of the Fotirth of July, wheni 172,140 persons passed through thej gates. The average daily attendance: for last week was 132,245. * fatal Affray In South Carolina. j Sumner, S. C., (Special).?Magis-j trate Richard C. Folk was shot an<t killed by County Suocrvisor W. H? Scale, at Providence, S. C. The mem had a dispute on the road near Sealc's house. Body Scattered for Milts. '< Lancaster, Pa., (Special).?Murk JA Moran was killed on the Pennsylvania' railroad. Parts of his body were scat?| tercd from Gap to Christiana, a dis-l tance of nearly three miles. Frontj paper* found in his coat it was learn-, ed that he wa< a member of the Eagles) Aerie at Denver, and that he was a. member of the miners' union at Crip-; pie Creek, Col. It is not known whether he fell from a train or was walking on the tracks. I