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fought Like T A detachment of six men were car rying dispatches from a command near Red river to Camp Supply. Of the six two were scouts, Amos Chap man and William Dixon. The others were cavalrymen. Far from any refuge they were surrounded by near ly 200 Indians. They sought shelter in a buffalo wallow and prepared to hold their ground. The attack came at 6 o'clock in the morning and the long, long day stretched before them. In the first rush four these six were wounded, Private Smith mortally. The other hurts were severe. They were hemmed in on all sides in an open plain, and were outnum bered almost twenty to one. One of the scouts, while a severe fire was be ing poured In at them at close range. succeeded in throwing up a scanty intrenchment with his bowie knife and his hands. His comrades held the K7iowas and Comanches off until this little help was ready as a refuge and -they moved into the treuch. the wounded walking with brave and pain ful effort. Although Private Smith was wound ed unto death, he sat upright in the Methods of I An English traveler says in a letter to the London Times: "History tells us that, when coffee was first brought to the cities of western Europe the first makers of it were Turks. They roasted and ground the berries and served the liquor, as it is served to this day in the east, grits and all. 'We still drink coffee as we drank it then, with this difference, that we mostly omit the grits and drink an infusion instead of a decoction. It was not so with tea. No Chinaman was imported with the first pound of tea to teach us how to make and drink it. The consequence has been that we have never drunk tea in the Chinese way-that is, as a simple infusion. "At first there seems to have been great doubt, as to how to deal with the new herb. It is even said that it was sometimes boiled, with salt and butter and served up as a sort of spin ach. The old phrase 'a dish of tea' seems to bear out this legend. Fin ally it came to be settled that the most wholesome and pleasant wv-y to treat the tea leaf was to make it iwiZ a kind of sweet.soup with sugar and milk or cream. I have personal Paid Debt wil In a recently published autobiogra phy of Sir Henry Bessemer is told how, in 1833, when he was a youth of 20, he learned that the British govern ment was losing about $500,000 a year .!through the use of forged stamps. Re set about finding a remedy. In Mine months he discovered how to forge government stamps with the greatest ease. This was a risky bit of knowledge for a struggling young man who wanted money wherewith to get married to the girl of his choice. But young Bessemer having invented forthwith the perforated stamp that is now known everywhere, went gayly to the government officials with the forgeries in his pocket to ask if they were genuine. When Sir Charles Presley passed upon them as genuine, Bessemer remarked that he knew they were forgeries-"simply because i forged them myself." Then he sug gested a remedy. It was accepted. Bessemer was offered the post of su perintendent of stamps-for plant and staff must be reorganized-at $3,000 to $4,000 a year. Young Bessemer went away happily Visible to Ph~ "The medical man is on nodding terms with death at most street cor ners in our larger towns." A writer in this week's Lancet, pointing out that a doctor sees many things s'.ch are hidden from the average man's eye, sums up the posi tion in this grim phrase. The medical man, he says, must re main a pathologist in the street, and he sees many unsuspected tragedies. Who else would suspect the sword of Dlamocles that Is hanging above this red faced merchant, or see in his cheeks the signal of a fruit overripe? To the lay mind this portly person stands for all that is prosperous and confident, and his appetite is the envy of many of his dyspeptic friends-who will send wreaths to his grave. See the bluff and kindly manner In which he hands a shilling to a thin faced woman selling boot laces in the. gutter. It is only the med-ical man who will dare to prophesy white hairs Decrease of The modern crusade against con sumption is no losing fight, but one In which every blow tells. It is en couraging to note, from the first an nual report of the Commitee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis, that the death rate from this deadly malady is decreasing cquite rapidly, especially in those places where the public is be ing instructed and the necessary sani tary reforms made. The following statemen's recently made by Prof. Fisher of . show the encouraging rate at which tuber enlosis is decreasing in this and other .countries: "In England it declined in seventy years from thirty-nine per ten thoesand of the poulation to thirteen. Although sanatoria did not exist in the early part of this period, England did have (and was the first country to introduce) consumption hospitals, which served like isolation wards to Blind Men tfsed Striped Paint. A short time ago a salesman from the Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind came to Fall River to sell brooms. In the course of his talk, he explained that the brooms were made by blind people, of whom be was one. After he had departed, one of the men who heard him tell his story said: "I believe all he saici about blind men making the brooms, but how can they paint the stripes on the handles?" "Oh," said another, "they use striped paint for that."-Baton Her-I AldL rue Americans trench to conceal his crippled condi tion from the foe. From early morn ing unttil night this handful of five men was unzler almost constant fire; often at such short range that they could bring their pistols into play. Thus they fought for their own lives and defended their dying comrade, without food and for drink only a little muddy water mixed with their own blood. They killed more than a dozen Indians and wounded above a score. Relief came that night. but it was thirty-six hours after the first attack before medical aid and food could be given them at the nearest post. Pri vate Smith died before camp was reached. Every man was wounded, Scout Chapman severely and Scout Dixon several times, but not danger ously. This band of four soldiers and two scouts were of those who had been fighting and marching for weeks amid the most dreadful privations. They were worn to skin and bone, but the.: souls wpre as "big as all outdoors" and they flinched at no odds under heaven. And by such men as these was this nation made.-Outing. reparing Tea knowledge of no country in Europe, but one, where tea is used as in China -Portugal. which got its knowledge of teamaking from a province of China, with which, at that time. no other nation of Europe was in contact. "It was while traveling on horse back with a guide in the wilder parts of Portugal away from shops and inns, where we had perforce to make ex periments in the most economical use of the few ounces of tca and coffee that we c:>uld afford to carry with us, that we hit upon a discovery. I-av ing no miLk, we drank our tea. as most Portuguese drink theirs, as a simple infusion, sweetened with sugar. "I remembered to have read. I b) lieve in the travels of the Abbe H;c, that, when the Chinese desire to be thrifty in the use of the finer and more expensive teas, they grind the leaf to a powder and use less for the infusion. We found that tea could be ground in a coffee mill as easily as coffee, that tea made with the pow der is as good as or better than when i-ade with the whole leaf and that the powder. as it naturally would, goes farther than the tea leaf." h Knighthood to tell his good luck to the girl of his choice. H1e explained to her the sit uatton, bow ol, stamps hr.d been picked of documents and used again and how he had invented an elaborate plan to remedy this. "But surely," said the young lady, "if all the stamps had a date put on them they could not at a future time be used without de tection. " 'This rather startled young Bessemer. But he devised a simple method of marking the date. The British government was delighted. The device was accepted. And as no change of machinery or staff was needed., Bessemer was informed that no superintendent of stamps would be appointed. Thus he had deprived himself of a job. Forty-five years later, after he had invented the "Bessemer process' of preparing iron and had made a great fortune, Bessemer wrote to Lord Bea consfield, then prime minister, point ing out that he had saved the country millions without the reward of a pen ny. He no longer wanted money, but the government acknowledged the debt and paid it with a knighthood. sicians' Eyes for her long after her benefactor has been gathered to his fathers. Behind sunburnt cheeks-cheeks that make all these other jostling faces look pallid and worn by contrast -the medical man is quick to recog nize the imprint of the health resort, other things pointing to an ominous diagnosis. "ie woman with the curious red s., upon her face affords him a som ber chapter for reflection. Whether it be lupus or epithelioma or rodent ulcer, it will mean far greater obses sion of bodily and mental pain than that of any broken limb. But, on the other hand, the doctor has compensations. He sees that the pallid man with his arm in a sling will in a few weeks be able to dig or ride to hounds; that the hopeless crip ple appealing to the charity of passers by is in no pain, and probably as well able to enjoy life as any one else. London Mirror. White Plague prevent the spread of infection. These hospitals, together with the English love of out-of-door sports and the use of ventilating appliances and open fireplaces are probably the explana tion of their growing freedom from consumption. "In Germany. during the past fif teen years, the death rate has de cined from thirty-one to nineteen and one-half-a full third less. "In the United States the death rate in 1900, in the area for which registration has been well kept, was nineteen, as against twenty-six in 1890, showing a decline of twenty-five per cent in ten years. In New York city, owing largely to the work of War ing and Biggs, the death rate had diminished in twenty years nearly forty per cent. It is a conservative prediction that the next three de cades will each see more remarkable improvement." Dipiomacy. Brown-Halloa! Your typewriter's left you, I see. Black-O, yes. I gave her notice to leave. She wasn't a bit of good couldnt spell at all. Bown-Was she riled when you told her she'd have to go? Black-Not a bit. I told her she was :-o pretty that the clerk's couldn't zet on with their work for admiring he-.-Stray Stories. The Hanslet Engine Company, a Lees firm, lin.r achieved a. record by builn; a locomotive in twenty-one WILL FACE DANGER President Roosevelt Not Deterred in View of Danger From fever 15.)OT AFRAID OF NEW ORLEANS Official Announcement is Made That the Cresent City Will Be Made Final Stop on Southern Trip, Pres ident Taking a Cruiser For Return In Order Not to Violate Quaran tines. Washington, Special.--The very in teresting information was obtained from Senators who called at. the White House that the President has not changed his views with reference to railway rate legislation. They found. indeed, that it we.s the subject uppermost in his mind, and, in the language of one of thiese Senators, "The President's backbone is just as stiff as it ever was." Senator Foraker, of Ohio; Senator Hemenway, of Indiana, and Senator Burkett, of Nebraska, were three Satesmen whom the President led into conversation about rates almost as soon as they entered his private of fice, although they had not called to talk about this question. There is no doubt that the President stands by the recommendation he made to the last Congress. It was also made clear that there would be no extra session of the Fifty-Ninth Congress next month. Senator Burkett, in speaking of his visit to the White House, said: "I discussed rate legislation with the President and I found .im as deter mined as ever. Althou-h there will be no special session, the President will take up rcilroad mEtters Os soon as Congress convenes, and will give a great deal of attention to it through out the session." Secretary Shaw Speaks in Richmond. Richmond, Va., Special.-Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the tvasuiry, Mon day night addressed a large Republi can gathering at the Acl.deny of Music. Judge L. L. Lewis, Republican nom inee for Governor, presided at the meeting. Mr. Shaw was preceded by Congressman Yost, who made a strong appeal for purity of elections and for the choice as governor of Judge Lewis. Secretary Shaw said in rart: "You must bear in mind there was never a tariff law enacted that was perfect on that anyone (laimed.it was perfect. No two Congresses would ever enact the same bill. Every tar iff law is an aggregation of compro mise. All the Republican party ever laims for any tariff law is that its principle is perfect. The rate will be too high here and too low there, but protection will be found in its very feature. "The opposition party never claims that their tariff meascries are per fet. They only claim that the prin iple of free trade, of whaich they pro fess to construct their tariff laws, is the correct principle. They claim to eliminate every element, of protection from all their tariff laws. as England eliminates protection from her tariff laws. England provides a tariff for the sole purpose of revenue, and the Democratic party profess to do the same. They have openly and repeat edly denounneed as robbery-they strike at the principle. "While the Republican party nev er claimed for any tariff law that it was perfect, and never promises to enact a perfect tariff law, it does claim that all its tariff laws are build ed on the principle of protection. It has never sacrificed one .industry for the sake of building up another, and never will.'' Auto Line For Negroes. Nashville, Tenn., Special.--The Un ion Transportation Company has been organized by the negroes of Nashville and will put in operation five automobiles for the purpose of transporting negro passengers to va rious parts of this city. Some of the leading negroes of Nashville are interested in the venture and claim to have ample capital. Ever since the "Jim Crow'' street car law went into effect the colored population has been greatly dissatisfied and negro travel on the cars has greatly de reased. Natchez Has 11 New Cases. Nachez, Miss, Special.-Monday 's record shows eleven new eases and a rapid spread of ye!low fever in the last 24 hours. as: sixZ new foec are listed on the lor:u maap. One ease is in "'Factory Row." whlih is in the first ward. thus infect inz every one of the four ward( s in the ityt . As the houses in factory' row are elo'n (' gether, it is tearedl the sle.kness will spread rapidly 'i that neighiborho~od. But Few Cases of Smallpox. Nashville. Special.--Reports from county health hoards sent in response to the request of the stale board (of health, show that there have been fewer eases of small-pox in the state for past six months than for many years previous during the same period. It is also shiown that the cases which have appeared were of the same mild type as those formerly appearing. Accused Two Men. Asheville. Special.-Sheriff Reed re turned from Marshall where lie went to assist in the hanging of Peter Smith there. Before being executed. Smith gave the Sheriff the names of two men vwhom the condemned man swore were responsible for the death of Smith's stepdaughter some years ago. The giri -:as murdered here. Her head was sever d from her body. mit a s h- ~ w-itrh the crime. SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. The Soutlh Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the De partment of Agriculture issues the following official bulletin of weather and crop conditions for the past week: The week ending Monday, October 2nd, hada* mean temperature about four degrees above normal in the een tral and western parts and about nor mal on the coast. The extremes were a maximum of 94 at Blackville on Septembei 25th. and a minimum of ~6 at Florence and Greenville on Sep tember 2Stb. There was considerable cloudiness over the eastern part but almost continuovs sunshine over the western parts. There were no high winds or other cond:tions that were damaging to crops or that interfered with farm work. The exception of trace of rain over the eastern half of the State the week was ' ithout precipitation. The dro.u.ht has become intensified over the central and western counties Where the ground is too hard and dry for fall plowing and seeding opera tions, and where in many localities, water is scarce, with wells and small streams rapidly drving . up. The weather conditions were entirely fav orable for haying operations and foi gathering corn and cotton. There has been no ehange in coni tion of cotton except that there con tinues to be some premature opening. The entire erop has opened uniusually fast and picking will be finished ear er than usual with continued favor able weather. In a few localities there is a small top crop, but for the crop in general and on sandy lands in par ticular, the top crop is unimportant, and the occurrence of either a nearly or a very late kiling frost will not vary the yield materially. The aver age of the actual figures from a full report on the percentage of the crop already picked indicate that for the eastern division of the State 71. pe: cent. has been picked; in the central division 76 per cent. and in the west ern division 59 per cent. Reports on sea island indicate that about 30 per cent. has been picked. At least two thirds of the unpicked cotton is ready to pick and pipking will be practically finished, with continued favorable weather, by the end of October. All late food and forage crops are suffering for rain. Corn is being housed in many localities. Weather ideal for saving pea-vine hay and for haying generally, but has been unfav orable on truck along the coast, and for sowing fall oats.-J. W. Bauer, Section Director. For an Election in Anderson Anderson, Special.--The petitions asking for an election on the dispen sary question in this county were placed in the hands of County Super visor S.- 0. Jackso,n. The committee to whom the matter was referred had the petitions thoroughly purged to as ertain the real number of bona fide registered voters on the lists and thus to settle this phase of the question in the very beginning. There are about 2,400 names of qualified voters signed to the petitions. The estimat ed registered vote of the county is about 5,200. A general understanding was reach~ed some time ago that the dispensary election would be ordered the same day that the election to fill the vacancy in the legislature takes place. When the speaker of the house of representatves orders the legisla tive election the sounty supervisor will fix the dispensary election for the same date. The matter will be settled in a few days. The Laurens Baptists. Laurens, Special-The ninth annual meeting of the Laurens Baptist Asso ciation was held last week with Mt. Olive church, Waterloo township. The association was organized Tuesday morning with the election of the old set of officers as follows: Rev. J. D). Pitts, D. D., moderator; Rev. J. B. Parrott and Mr. B. L. Henderson, sec retaries; Mr. C. H. Roper, treasurer. The introductory sermon was preached by Rev. L. E. McDavid of Greenville county and the missionary sermon by Rev. Joel L. Allen, financial agent for Furman university and the Greenville Female college. The business of the association was tansated with dispatch and the dis cussion of the various papers and spe cial reports was one of tile chief feai tures of the thiree days' session. The association was ad.iournedl Thursday afternoon and was pronune-i d the most successful in every way eld vet byv this organization. It will meet next year1 withi Poplar Springs church, Suilliv-an townIship). Death of Dr. Arthur S. Lynn. Rock Hill, Special.-Dr. Arthur S. ynn one o fthe most prominent and promising physicians of this setioni died at 5 o'clock Sunday morning at the Rock Hill hospital after an illness of about two monthst His death was caused by tubmeulosis of the bowels. D~r. Lynn was 29 years of age and un married. He was the son of Mat thew Lynn of Edgemoor. The funer-al took lace from Ujnion church Monday New Enterprises Located in Darling ton. Darlington, Special-That there are many visible signs of progress mn Dar lagton just now may give rise to some surprise since this city suffered several reverses in the last three months. A thing that has been need 2 to make Darlington an all-round town is now coming to pass-factor ie, small industries and capital are coing this way. During the past ewweeks more than $100,000 have en invested here in new concerns. COTTON'S CONDITION [oernment Report Shows Average of Over Seventy-One Per Cent BIG SLUMP FODLOWS THE REPORT Extremely Bearish Government Esti mates Was a Great Surprise and Only Buying and Heavy Covering By a Short on the Bearside Saved the Market From Stampede. ------ --- - --_ New York, Special-A 1frge amount >f selling orders had been placed in the cotton marget to go into effect if the bureau report made the condition 39 or better. Very few of the most anguine bears had expected a condi ion better than that percentage. -orsequently the government estimate >f 71.2 per cent. was a great surprise. The largest firms of spot dealers mne. the heaviest and most influential >perators rallied to the support of the market. The buying and heavy cov ring by a heavy short who has been n the bear side for the past two months, and his following, practically saved the -market, as the bulls had been caught too heavily overloaded to render niuch suppor!. The govern ment's report cue eormious sell ing from the South and Liverpool, but the market was finafty steadier Linder a continuance of active proit taking by recent bears and by some >f the local and New Odleans hul!s atcr recovering their eqiihbriiim. Low oriees show n maximum de line of 125 to 150 points fron last nonth's high level, Nviuich is equiva [ent to between $6 and $7.,50 per bale, aind are practically the lowest prices reached since early last summer. Danville Council G2ets Even. Danville, Special.-The city council passed sweeping restrictions, govern in the regulations of saloons, which were recently voted back after two years of local option reian. Blinds, screens or obstructions of any nature are prohibited and the opening and losing hours fixed at 6 A. 3I. and 7 P. M. No entrances to a sa!oon except the front door are allowed. and no one is allowed in a bar after closing hours. The right of wife or mother to forbid a barkeeper frorm selling er inebriate husband or son intoxi eants is recognized by the conneil. It is also against the law to purchase intoxicants for inebriates or minors. Heavy punishment and forfeiture of license 's fixed for any vilation of these ordinances. The majority of the council is composed of "dry" men, and the "wets" claim that the wishes of the people as expressed at the polls in favor of saloons have not been tarried out. Electric Strikers in Berlin. Berlin, By Cable.-The negotiations between the electrical companies and their employes for higher wages were broken off and a general strike m the works manufacturing electrical ap paratus and supplies has been ordered. Two guard regiments now. maneuver ing in the country have been ordere~d to~ return immediately to BernnA as a precautionary measure against trike excesses. Entire Crew Lost. Manila, By Cable-The inter-island steamer Canlabenia, 1907 tons, was sunk in the recent typhoon off Tyeao Island, one of the Visayan group. Ap parently all on board were lost. She carried five Americans, one Spaniard and eleven native Chinese passengers and a crew of 97 men and officers. The island steamer Carmen is also report ed lost. Details are lacking. Mississippi Schools Open. Jackson, Miss., Specna.--The edu eational institutions supported by the State were opened Tuesday. The pning has been delayed on account af ellow fever and the (quarantines. [t is hoped, however, that the epidem l is so well under control that there w~ill be no trouble among the students f the various institutions. By Wire and Cable. It is now declared danger of a nancial breakdown forced .Japan to ecept Russia's peace terms as modi Late reports indicate many lives 'ere lost and a number of vessels uk by the typhoon which swept the Because Gr;eat' Britaini contemplates lividinat the admninist rat ion of Bengzal 50.)00 nat 0ives have swoirn to boycott :orein gtoods. P'ice louis of Battenbur'g is ex eed to arriive withI his squadruon. at nois (on November 1. C 7onre'ss will he urged to) amend the a us ht f'oreigners caanno useAmr eul itizeAnship in proecion of pol i ri agitation. The question is asked whetheri Mr'. Roosevelt w"ill pay out of his private >rse for the spreial train that wil a'r him on his 2.000i-mile Southern Secretary 31etcalf has ordered an nspection of all the steamers in the lifierent districts. The hearing before the Legislative ommittee investigating insurance ompanies in New York was prod ec :ive of some surp1rising testinony The demurrer filed by the goveirn nent against the plea in abatement nde by the meat packers was stus :ained, and they will have to stand President Ripley, of the Atchisonf. ['opeko and Santa Fe Railroad. testi1 id before aii Interstate Commerce mmmittee that the meat packers were iiapston to dictate railroad IN SOUTH CAROLINA Many Newsy -Items Gathered From all Sections. Columbia Cotton Market. The cotton market steady. Low Middling.. .. .. ...... . Stiict low middling..... .... . 93/S Mddling.. .... .. ...... ....9/ Good middling.. ......9... 13-16 General Cotton Market. Houston, steady, middling.. ..10 3-16 Augusta, steady, middling.. .. ..10 Memphis, steady, middling ..10 3-16 St. Louis, quiet; middling .. ..10% Louisville, firm, middling.. ..10% Shortage in Eichland County. Columbia, Special.-The committee appointed to investigate the financial affairs of Richland county submitted its report to Governor Heyward, as was required by the act of the legis lature. Acordingto the report of that committee the county has lost $50,000 by the maladministration or the mis management of the affairs of the of fice. The report itself is sensational in.the extreme in the very calmness in which it is stated, but the recom endations made by the committee oe caione( great surprise, for the com mittee has suggested that the former sujpervisor. S. 11. Owens; the former cerk of the county board of com misioners. Capt. C. M. Douglass; a member of that. board", J. E. Harmon ad two other parties be arrested on criminal charges In short. it is chiimed that the county has lost $50, 001) by fraud. The charges are that wvrr.anits for pay of parties alleged to have done work for tl county were issue( when those parties had never done such work, and that by forgery their signatures were placed on the papers as if the parties had received the money. wlien in fact the money was paid to some other person, pre suniably Capt. Douglass. There are various other charges in the statement given to the press by the committee, but those are the most damaging. A Canadian Prisoner Escapes From Laurens Jail. Laurens, .pecial.-J. M. Massey. the Canadian who is serving a short term in jail for vagrancy, escaped last week, making his exit through an overhead ceiling aid ventilator to tha roof, thence to the yard by the use of blankets. He is the man who had drawings of Bailey's bank at Clinton and is evidently a slick ar ticle. The sheriff is making efforts to recapture him. No other prisoner escaped. Bail Given in Pendleton Case. Abbeville, Special.-Applicationl for bail for John M. Ashley, J. R. Moore, Wiliam Moore. Hugh Bowen and Sam Rigby, charged with lynching Allen Pendleton, colored, near R{onea Path on September 17, was made here Sat urday. The State's case was based on witnesses who testified as to threats made by defendants and the fact that they were in the crowd that took the negro away. The contra evidence was to establish presentee of parties at another place when the lynching occurred. After hearing the evidence the judge admitted the men to bail, placing the bond at .$7,000, which was furnished. Darlingtonl Court Adjourns. Darlington, Special.-The wvhole roster of cases filed for this term of court were wound up and the court adjourned. The last case tried was that of Cox, a young white man, for embezzlement. Cox was found guilty but his lawyers made an appeal. Items of State News. Late returns indicate that in the election held last week Florence county the dispensary carried by about one hundred majority. The financial troubles of the Un ion mills have increased Charleston's loses through subscription of stock and carrying of the paper of the in dustrial concerns of the State durmng the past two years to about $2,000,000. A special from Union says: Mys ter still surrounds the death of L. M. Trevitt, the white man discovered near the railroad tracks, unconscious on Sunday morning, and no clue being secured. the coroner's jury rendered a verdict that he came to his death from unknown causes. Mr. H. W. Scarborough. the new appointed magistrate at Bishop vlle, received his c'ommission from he. &verno'r on Tuesday and immeid itev took c'harac *of the otiiee. A dispensary elect ion for Anider son county has been ordered for No vember 4th. Noting has been hecard of Edward Beeun,~n a bookkeeper of a lumnber co c' erni near (Carlestonl. who d isap ea rd'from there about three weeks go. His disappearance is a m3YS The corporators of the Anderson an Easley Electric railway appliedl to the secretary of State for a char e. The capital stock will be $100. 000 divided into 1,000 shares of the par value of $100 each. Hospital For Anderson. Anderson, Special.-Mr. Walton Hall, of Boston. Mass., has given the hospital association the sum of $1.000 to be used for the p)urpose of build ing a hospital. Mr. Hall has visitcd te city several times and his gift is greatly appreciatedI. The fund for the establishment of a hospital is steadily growing, and this wvorthy and nededd institution is now as assured fact. The hospital association con templates the raising of $10,000 about half ofwhich is now on hand. MURDEROUS ATTACK Prominent Citizen Brutally Slain and Robbed in South Carolina Town NO CLUE TO THE GUILTY ASSASSINS Mr. R. A. McDowell, a Merchant of Camden, Waylaid and Murdered at 9 O'clock at Night While enroute Home. Camden, S. C., Special.-Mr. R. A. McDowell, a merchant of this city, was waylaid and foully murdered on his way home Tuesday night about 9 o'clock and robbed of his watch, keys and all the money he had with him. He was struck on the back of the head presumably with a heavy club. Entire State Excited. Columbia, S. C., Special-Alt South Carolina was horrified in reading the account of the murder of R. A. Me Dowell, brother of W. L. McDowell, editor of the Camden Chronicle. Me Dowell was on his way home to post his books and was killed by a blow from a bludgeon and robbed. The dramatic effect was intensified when the news reached here that R. L. Parker, a member of the jury of the Gillis case was found in the river near Camd.,n. Parker is in a dying condition. He states that he was walking with McDowell when both were struck dow# at the same mo ment. He was found in reeds on the river one mile from the place where it occurred. He knows nothing more of the affair. McDowell's neck was broken and Porker's forehead was struck. Bloodhounds are being used.. There is great excitement. There have been many holdups in this State in the last fortnight and people are get ting desperate. Since the robbing of Judge Gary in Columbia nobody is surprised at the boldness of the Cam dem double murder. A train from Sumter had just arrived and many people were on the street when both men were struck down. Rewards are being offered. President Duncan Resigns. Union, S. C., Special.-The Union cotton mills situation was greatly cleared at the meeting Wednesday a compromise being affected by which Col. T. C. Duncan was re-elected pres ident, immediately resigned, and was. replaced by E. W. Robertson, presi dent of the National Loan and Ex change Bank, of Columbia, who was. elected president and treasurer. the new by-laws providing that these two offices could be held by the same per son. This action meets with- the~ap proval and co-operation of all the stockholders and creditors. The com promise came rather as a surprise to many, but nevertheless, was a great relief. Accidentally Killed. Asheville, Special.-A telephone message from the Big Ivy section of Buncombe stated that the death of Ellis Maner, of that place, .was due to accident. Young Maner was found dead in the woods with a guni shot wound in the stomach, and the failure to find the gun that he had started hunting with led those in the neigh borhood to suspect foul play. The gun, however, was later found some distance from the body, with one car tridge exploded. It is supposed that the unfortunate man accidentally shot himself, when he fell and died. Grasp ed in the dead man's hands were leaves broken from a bush that he caught in falling. Shot His Cousin. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-Green Steer man, about 17 years, died at Grady hospital as the result of a myseri ous shooting September 20th. The boy declared that he accidentally shot himself, but his cousin, Thomas Steer man, who was with him, declared that the wound was inflicted by him self carelessly and unintentionally. Compelled to Leave Town. Columbia, Special.-W. H. New bold, former State Detective under Gov. B. R. Tillman and a man con spicuous in dispensary affairs, was practically run out of the town of Kershaw Tuesday. Newbold has ex cited the ire of the people there on account of his being engaged as a detective to work up evidence agamnst the parties accused of lynchmng a white man John Morrison, who had killed three men and ruthlessly and cruelly added a fourth victim on the streets of Kershaw. Three Children Burned to Death. New York, Special.-Fire started in th cellar of a four story apart mnut house5L in Brooklyn and spread so raidly that the escape ot Charles Donneilv. his wife and three children on the top floor was cut off. Fire men rescued the father and mother, both of whom were seriously burned. and after the fire was extinguished the charred bodies of the chidren were found in the apartment. - One Killed in a Wreck. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-In a. ollision between a Louisville and Nashville light engine and a Southern railway freight near Boyles, H. E. Ab ererombie .f Tilla Rica, Ga., extra imna on the Southern, was killed and M. Fulgham, engineer, Brakeman Davis and Fireman Glass o fthe South ern and Engineer Jones and Con ductor Stewart of the Louisville and Nashville were injured.