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WATCHMAN. Sstabiished April, 1S50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." TEE TRUK SOUTHRON. Established jone, 1263 "Cosolldated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 5, 1903. Sew Series-Vol. XXIII. No. 1 HINES he World's Greatest and Best? TB. Jenkins, Jr., ONTO TE?!MIIRILiH3 gsblishftd 2roy Wednesday, KT. Gr. Osteen5 SUMTSR, 8; C. fl 50 per annum-ia advance. &DTKSTISEX1It? Oed Square first insertioa....^.r........~$l 00 3&very subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longsr viii ?fce made *i reduced rates. All comiaanications which subserve private interests will be charged for as a?vertiemeats. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. - FfiEE ?0BSL DELIVERY. ? A Misconception of tito Law ly the Postal Department w Washington, Joly 28.-Eepresenta . ;tive Livingston, of Georgia, was at the postoffice department today dis -eussing mral free delivery matters with Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. Mr. Livingston is opposed to the policy which Mr. Bris- j tow has adopted, whereby fee propos^ es to limit the institution of free de? livery routes to routes which will supply mail to at least one hundred families, and he is also opposed to the proposition to apportion the Available funds among the several States as is proposed by Mr. Bristow. Mi. Livings? ton contends that both of these pro? positions would operate against the Southern Staets. He says it was the intention of Congress-to have the rural j free delivery routes established in the localities here they woeJd do the. most good. The service was not intended for the fhickly-sattled sections of the country, where lhere is sufficient pos sk. tal business to ;;ustify the establish? ment of postof?i?es easily accessible to all the people. Mr. Livingston says ?bat Congress intended that the rural "free delivery routes should be so estab? lished as to supply the isolated people of the country with mail service. Mr. 'Bristow's idea seems to he that these routes should only be established in localities where the business is suffic? ient to enable ti em to pay for them w selves. Mr. Livingston thinks that this is a perversi on of the intention cf Congress, and ho says that Congross never intended that the service should be self-supporting. He says that the nest session of Congress will take this matter up and will make it so clear ^ that the service is designed especially for the benefit of persons who would otherwise be without mail facilities that it will be impossible for the post oi2.ee department to construe the law otherwise. Mr. Livingston is now in? sisting chat even if no more new routes are inspected this year, the service ashall at least be established on those that have been inspected and favorably reported upon.-News and Courier. Biehmond, Va., July 28.-Gov. Mon? tague today was a witness in the pro? ceedings in the .Henrico county court "^for the removal o? Simon Solomon, sher??f of the county for having fail? ed to do his dnty in the street car strike. The governor testified that the sheriff had declined zo ask for the troops and that he was compelled by duty to act on his own account. London, Jnly 28.-John G. Long, - United States consul at Cairo, Egypt, died this morning at Dunbar, Scot? land, where he had been visiting friends. His death was the result of an accidental fg.ll. Mr. Long, whose home was in St. Augustine, Fla., was appointed consul general at Cairo, in October, 1900. He was 57 years old. Logansport, ind., July 28.-The ^osse, intent os. lynching the nergo who yesterday attacked Mrs. Joseph Watts, continued its search today. The fugitive is believed-to be in hid? ing in a two thousand acre cornfield. Di Ilion, July 27.- Dr. J. F. Bethea, living about three miles from here, sustained' a serious loss by fire on Saturday night, : 25th. About ll o'clock his barn and stables were burn? ed and with, shem six mules, one horse, two reapers and binders, two mowing machines, about 2,500 bushels of oats and 200 bushels of corn. A few weeks ago Dr. Bethea had suffered y from a hailstorm, doing great damage to his magnificent tobacco crop and unroofing Iiis gin house. OOHED BY 1 F?LL Woman, a Helpless Cripple and Partially Dumb For Years, Accidentally Cured. Passadena, CaL, July 28.-Miss Alice Dane, apparently a helpless cripple and deprived of perfect speech for many years, has suddenly had ?he ose of her limbs and vocal powers re? stored as the result of an accident. Miss Dane had suffered from spinal trouble and had to hobble about on cratches and could scarcely speak above a whisper. ~ While ascending the stairs at her home she fell and the last step struck against her chest. Immediately the pains from which she had suffered for many years left, and, after being taken to a conch and lying there for a while, she got np and, to the surprise of every one, walked about without the aid of cratches. Many physicians had treated the case unsuccessfully for years. FLEE FOB TIES LIVES. m I ? 111 ?? I ? ? ? I Negroes Abandoning Indiana and Illinois to Seek Homes in South. Evansville, Ind., July 28.-For twenty-four hours many strange ne? groes have been passing through the city on their way South, where they will seek homes. Many of them came from Danville, Ills., and points on the Illinois Central Ballway. Two coaches filled with negrees passed through at one time. A number of the negroes who left Evansville-during the recent riots have not returned. The feeling against the negroes in the Southern Indiana towns has grown more intense since the trouble in Evansville. Killed fy lightning. Special to The State. Spartanburg, July 28.-During a violent thunder storm here this even? ing about 8.30 o'clock, Mr. Tillman Duncan was instantly killed by a stroke of lightning. Mr. Duncan was at his home in the-western part of the city. He had just finished eating supper, and had started to rise from the table, when the lightning struck the window and ne was hurled to the floor. He was dead when he was reached by Drs, Leonard ad Cndd. Mr. Duncan's mother, ?ho was at the table with Mm was terribly shocked, but escaped without serious injury. Tobacco firowers Paralyzed. The State's Dillon correspondent writing of tobacco prices, says : To? bacco growers are simply paralyzed. A single instance will illustrate : A gentleman who was interested in three j barns of tobacco that were sold by his tenants here on last Tuesday told your correspondent that the harvest? ing, curing and marketing of the lot of tobacco cost 830. The net proceeds from the sale were $27, giving nothing for land rent, guano, nor time and labor expended during the long, hot days and nights required to make and harvest the crop. Hawaii Wants Independence. Honolulu, July 28.-(By Pacific ca? ble, ) At today's session of the home rule Convention Ex-Delegate Wilcox urged that Congress be memorialized to grant Hawaiian independence. He also strongly favored the establish? ment of a government for .the islands similar to that of Cuba. His remarks were received with much applause. It ?3 probable that a petition, embody? ing the views expressed by Wilcox, will be prepared for presentation to Congress by Delegate Kalaninole. ? - 11 -? Washington, D. C., July 28.-Mr. Hansen, the Kassian charge here, gave notice to Acting Secretary Loomis to? day that the Russian Government would hereafter vise passports for Rus? sia only at the imperial embassy here, and at the Russian consulate offices at New York, Chicago and San Francisco. This is a two-thirds reduction, in the number of offices where such passports could heretofore be vised. No expla? nation is offered for the reduction, but it is believed that the purpose is to secure a more rigid scrutiny of the character *of would-be travelers in Russia. SPAN OF HUMAN UFE. Steadily Increasing Because the Mind is Kept Occupied. Medical men are discussing a lecture by Prof. Pfluger, of the University of Bonn, on longevity, in which he as- ? serts that the average length of human life is steadily increasing. He main? tains that one-third of all the deaths registered in Munich are due to heart disease, brought on by the immoderate nse of beer, and that tobacco also claims a large percentage of the vic? tims. 1 Among forty centenarians who have come under his notice there was only one smoker, while nearly all professed to a moderate nse of alcohol. What Prof. Pfluger most seriously warns people against is the thought and fear of death. The mind must be occupied, he says, in order to secure longevity. Hard-working men who retire rarely live much longer. The German census statistics show that in 1871 the centenarians number? ed 117 men and 287 women, but in 1900 only five men and thirty women. As is well known, in Munich, the con? sumption of beer per capita is greater than elsewhere in the world, and the percentage of heart disease is higher. Beer has a worse influence on the heart than either wine or whiskey. Tobacco is better borne by adults and the aged than by youth. No youth should be allowed to smoke before the age of 2L Wine has been said to be the mild of old age ; it should not be us?d.Tmti? past the noon of life. That the German census shows a re? duction of old men since the war with France is natural The age of indus? trialism, of city life, of strain, of al? cohol and of the venereal diseases, with increase of "tabes dorsalis," and general paresis, is the present ge of Germany, as it is of the United States. Only the sedate and the temperate in ; all thiags can expect length of days. Indiana Medical Journal. Weather and Crops. Washington, July 28.-The weather, bureaus weekly summary of-crop con? ditions affecting cotton and tobacco is as follows:: While there has been an improve? ment in cotton its advancement is appar? ently less 'decided than in the previous week, especially in the central and portions of the western districts, where rain is generally needed. Good growth is .reported from nearly ail dis? tricts, bot the plant continues small and is from two to four weeks late. Boll weevil in Texas are doing'little damage. Much of the crop has receiv? ed final cultivation. Tobacco is needing rain in portions of Virginia, North Carolina and Ken? tucky, but ie mostly doing well' else? where. " Springfield, Iii., July 28.-Governor Yates, who has been in Europe for nearly two months, arrived in the ea ty this afternoon and went to the Execu? tive offiee, where he received the re-; port of Adjt, Gen. Scott on the situa? tion at Danville. Attorney General Hamlin had previously held a confer? ence with the adjutant general, and had advised the retention cf the troops there for an indefinite period, as trou? ble might arise when the local officers s arrested the ringleaders of the mob which attacked the jail. Governor Yates agreed that it would be better to retain the troops at Danville in? definitely. New York, July 28.-The Rock Isl? and system, through the medium of the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail? road, has acquired the control of the Evansville and Terre Haute una its subsidiary line by taking over fn? holdings of the syndicate, headed by i Edwards S. Hooley, senior partner of the firm of of Edwin S. Hooley & Co., the failure of which was announced on Monday. Official announcement of the change in ownership was made late today by L. B. Pearson, assistant secretary of the Evansville and Terre Haute, after a meeting of the board of directors, held at the office of the road. Whitinsville, Mass., July/ .-A large part of the cotton mani. turing industry in this section will suspend operations on Aug. 1 for one week with the outlook pointing to further gradual curtailment in several mills after resumption of work on Aug. 10. Notices announcing the shut-down were posted by four of the largest companies today. PE?GE IN THE ORIENT. Alleged Concessions by Russia io United States, Japan and Great Britain. ? London, July 29. -The Daily Chron? icle this morning, on the authority of a "usually well informed corres? pondent," hears that peace will cer? tainly be preserved in the far East throughout the coming winter. The correspondent says that Eussia has made important concessions to the United States and Japan, while Great Britain, which has conducted her negotiations on more sober lines, has also obtained her desires. The Chronicle adds that an impor? tant Russian declaration will be issued shortly. ANGLO-CHINESE TREATY SAFE. Pekin, July 28.-Ratifications of the Anglo-Chinese commercial treaty have been exchanged. This treaty was signed by Sir James L. Mackay and the Chinese comm is - sioners at Shanghai last September. It provides for the abolition of likin barriers, while ^native custom houses, enumerated in the Government re? cords, are retained. By the terms of the treaty a list of the custom houses, concerning which number there is a great divergency of opinion, must be furnished to Great Britain. CONVICTS AT BAY. Desperate Convicts in California Surrounded. San Francisco, July 28.-At latest accounts the troops and posses or? ganized by the sheriffs of the different counties are keeping in close touch with the convicts who broke out of State prison at Folsom and their pris? oners, the guards and Jail officials whom they have taken with them, in self-protection. The party is moving toward Coiama, wtiere the citizens have armed themselves and are prepar? ing to resist any attack. t ' The result of the fight between the convicts and the two ofiicers at 7 o'clock last night in Eldorado county was the death of Fred Howard, a con? vict killed outright, and. the wound? ing of another convict, a negro named Seavis. The coroner at Placerville at the request of the prison officials will hold an inquest on the dead convict. "Wihen last seen t&e convicts were in citizen's clothing, while their prison? ers wore stripes. The latter appeared to fee having a hard time of it, as they were heavily laden with bundles and ammunition. The latest information is to the effect that another encounter has taken place between the fleeing convicts and their pursures, resulting in the death of John Addison, a con? vict and of another whose name is nn known. The posse and militia are closing in on the desperadoes. The capture or destruction of the complete band is only a matter of a short time. An Independent Judge Chicago, July ?).-Judge Kava naughj sn a decision handed down to? day in the habeas corpus case of four strikers, for violation of an injunction granted to the Illinois Malleable Iron Works, decided that labor unions have the right to place pickets about a point where a strike is in progress, and he also declared that workmen have the right to persuade workmen to quit. The Judge furthermore held that sending men to jail upon affi? davits that they have violated an in? junction is illegal. Judge Kavanaugh's decision is directly opposed to decis? ions rendered in the Superior Court. v'Vashington, July 28.-Two people were killed and seven injured in a rear-end collision between the South? western Vestibnle Limited on the Southern railway and a work train at Springfield, Va., seven miles from Alexandria at 7.15 o'clock this morn? ing. The engines and several of the cars were badly damaged. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signatare of I EXCESS il. R. FARES ILLEGAL. Important Cases Decided in Col umbia Yesterday Columbia, July 29.-The supreme Court has handed down opinions in two cases which have excited con? siderable public interest, being the cases involving the right of a railroad company to charge an "excess fare" of a passenger not having a ticket, provided the company gives the pas? senger what is called a "rebate check" -a paper by which the company agrees to pay back the 25 cents excess if the "rebate check" be presented within twenty days to one of its agents in South Carolina. Two cases were heard together Fulmer against Southern Railway, tried before; Special Judge Izlar at Newberry, and Duncan against the same, tried before Judge Benet at Barnwell, lin each case the railroad company won and the losing plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court. After argument in that Court it was ordered that the case be reargued before the Court "en bane"-comprised of the Supreme Court Justices and seven of the eight Circuit Judges. The Court "en bane" duly assem? bled, Judge Watts being retired in the drawing of lots. The leading opinion in each case is delivered by Associate Justice Gary and it is concured in by Judges Al? drich, Klngh, Dantzler, Purdy and Gary, the last named filing a separate opinion. The conclusion reached is that, under the existing statute, a railroad company is limited to the rate of passenger fare-three cents a mile-fixed fm the statute, and that it cannot exceed that rate, lt is further held that the 25 cents excess fare is a "charge," notwithstanding the argee ment of the railroad in its ."rebate check" to refund that sum to the holder of Hie check. Judge Ernest Gary holds that the railroad company may exclude from its passenger car any person not provided with a ticket, but having permitted snell person to become a passenger without a ticket the excess charge is unlawful. The dissenting opinion is written by Associate Justice Jones and concurred in by Associate Justice Woods, Judge Townsend and Judge Gage. It holds that as the passenger paying the 25 cents excess because he has not pro? cured a ticket may get back that sum by presenting his "rebate check" to the company's agent there is no extra charge, but simply a reasonable regu? lation of the railroad company in the management. In each case the judgment of the Circuit Court is reversed and the case sent back for a new trial. In the Fulmer case the plaintiff was represented by Mesrss. Johnstone and Welch and the company by Mr. B. L. Abney and Mr. Thomas P. Cothran. In the Duncan case Messrs. Davis and Best and Mr. John S. Rey? nolds represented the plaintiff, while Mr. B. L. Abney and Mr. J. W. Barnwell appeared for the company. Railroad Accidents in 1903. Washington, July 29.-A bulletin is? sued by the Interstate Commerce com? mission on the railroad accidents in the United States for the first three months endod March 31, 1903. shows there were 300 persons killed and 2,S54 injured in train accidents. Other kinds of accidents, including those sustained by employes while at work and by passengers getting on and off cars, <fec, bring the total number of casualties c.p to 327 killed and 11,481 injured. In one collision of two freight trains 12 employees were killed. Many items in the tabulation show an apparent increase as compared with similar items in tbe preceding bulle? tin, but this is partly explained by the fact that the commission now se? cures more complete returns of acci? dents than have heretofore been made by the railroad companies. The total number of collisions and derailments was 2,831, of which 1,650 were collis? ions and 1,181 derailments. There were 291 collisions and 125 derailments affecting passenger trains. The dam? age to cars, engines and roadway by these accidents amounted to $2,491,048. The Death Penalty. A little thing sometimes results in death Thus a mere scratch, insignificant cuts or puny boils have paid the death penalty. It is wise to have Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy. It's the best Salve on earth and will prevent fatality, when Burns, Sores, Ulcers and Piles threaten. Only 25c at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. HUNGARIAN STATESMEN RIOT. Two Attempts to Bribe the Op? position Exposed and Fur? ther Business Prevented Budapesth, Hungary, Jnly 29. Deputy Zolman Papp caused a sensa? tion in the lower house of the Diet today by spreading out on the table 10,000 kronen in cash, which, he de? clared, had been tendered him as a bribe to desert his fellow obstruction? ists and leave Budapesth. Herr Papp, who is a member of the Kossuth party, added that it was former Deputy Dienes who attempted to bribe him. Deputy Lovasky said that the edi? tor of the Magyar Orszag had been asked how much money would be re? quired to buy off that newspaper's support of the obstructionists. A parliamentary committee was ap? pointed to investigte the matter. There were stormy scenes in the Diet this atfernoon when the premier, Count Hedervary, rose to commence the debate on the indemnity bill. The obstructionists stood up and the cham? ber resounded with deafening shouts, the banging of desk lids, and insults hurled at the premier from the opposi? tion benches. The sitting was suspend? . ed, but the scenes were repeated on its resumption, and,[ultimately, being un? able to obtain a nearing, the premier handed the clerk of the house a writ? ten motion, moving the reading of the bill. When the obstructionists became aware of this action a couple of mem? bers of the Kossuth party stormed the presidential tribunal, snatched the paper from the clerk's hands and tore it to pieces. The tribune was soon fill? ed with shouting Deputies and amidst the tumult the session was again suspended. It is said that two duels have been arranged between Deputies as an out? come of the scenes in the Diet today. A MILLION DOLLAR PUNT, The Carolina and Western Sugar Refinery at Charleston. Information has been received here of the establishment of a large sugar refinery near Charleston. It will be built here, as the prospectus shows, be? cause of the many advantages of this port. The refinery will have a daily capac? ity of five hundred tons. This is a large undertaking, but those who are interested in the project are said to have carefully investigated the whole situation and are impressed with the advantages of Charleston for the suc? cessful operation of the enterprise. It is a noteworthy fact in connection with the undertaking that no indepen? dent refineries hav;- ever failec5, bur that those in New Orleans, Philadel? phia, New York and other points have been excelleut money-makers. The idea is to import the raw ma? terial from Cuba, Porto Rico, Nicara? gua and other sugar growing sections and refine it at the plant near Charles? ton, and then reship it from here to the markets of the world. Ther?> would bc no difficulty in obtaining- a? sufficint supply of raw sugar for the operation of the refinery. The water supply to be used in con? nection with tne proposed refinery has been thoroughly tested and found r-c be entirely satisfactory, and five mil? lion gallons per day is the available supply. Such a plant as is proposed will cost in the neighborhood of a million dollars. The interested parties have gone so far as to secure options on ail of the needed lands and have submitted plans to responsible builders.-News and Couriers. Plattsburg, N. XV, July 29.-The thermometer registered as low as twenty-eight degrees in several places throughout the Adirondacks last night and this morning. Ice formed in pails in many tents and cottages. Suicide Prevented. The startling announcement that a pre? ventive of suicide had been discovered vril? interest many. A mn down system, or despondency invariably precede suicide and something has been found that will prevent that condition which makes sui? cide likely. At the first- thocght of self destruction take Electric Bitters. It being a great tonic and nervine will strengthen the nerves and build up the system. It's also a great Stomach, Liver and Kidney regulator. Only 50c. Satisfaction guar? anteed by J. F. W. DeLorme; Druggist,