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I "bought the liquor j WHAT THE BOARD CF CONTROL CiOj THURSDAY. I InspectorReport--The Hoard's Position J In Regard to Short^K'8 Fully Set Forth - j No Action About Stills. The Stats Board of control spent! most of Thurst'av making the monthly purchases of liquors and before thf> work was completed quite a large quantity of liquors had been bought subject to shipment upon the directions of the StateJiquor commissioner The board met Thursday with four members present?Mr. L J. Williams having arrived. A great many specimen bottles of liquors offered had to be sampled by the members of the board and the progress was necessarily very slow. The purchases were not completed until the afternoon session. Ths following purchases wore made: Fifty barrels of XX ^terrart corn whiskey from Lanat-an & Co., Baltimore . Fifty barrels of corn whiskey from the Ulma, Goldsborough company of Baltimore. Fifty barrels of Old Fashioned corn whiskey from the Kohn Distilling Cuiupauy Ui lixuu it;umvAtr . Fifty barrels of North Carolina corn whiskey from the Meyer-Pitts campany. Fifty barrels of rye whiskey Irom Angelo Meyers of Pniladelphia. Fifty barrels of X rje from II. &H. W. Catherwood of Philadelphia. Fifty barrels of Standard whiskey from Kosskam, Gerstlerv & Co., of Philadelphia. Fifty barrels of Old Monongahela rye whiskey from Lanahau & Co., of Baltimore. Two hundred barrels of beer from the Acme Brewing company of Macon, Ga. 1 ? ^.1 I. ? ? I r. f UrAw ftinw WHO iiuuurcu umxem ui urei jium j the Atlanta Brewing company. Fifteen barrels of whiskey from H. &H. W. Catherwood of Philadelphia. Fifteen barrels of whiskey from Ulmar, Goldsborough & Co., of Baltimore. Fifty-five barrels of XX whiskey from S. Grabfelder <5c Co. Fifteen barrels of XX whiskey from Meyer, Pitts & Co. Fifteen barrels nf whiskey from Rosskam, Gerstley & Co., of Philadelphia. Fifteen barrels of whiskey from Angelo, Meyers <fc Co. THE LNSPECXUK S iCKPUKl. The following report of inspector Hill, overing his work for the past I month was submitted and received as information: Gentlemen?I have the honor to | submit to you an Itemized statement of my expenses for the month of July, and also to submit a report of the work done by me as State inspector. July 8th I went to Laurens to look ( up the accounts of ex-Dispenser Langs ton. This matter I found in the hands ' of Mr. N. B. Dial, who will make an 1 effort to report to you. I was at Laurens until the 13th, and on the 14th ( went to Denmark. This dispensary I , found behind for a small amount, ' which the dispenser said he would soon settle. July 16th I went to Blackville, and on checking up the books of the dispenser I found them correct. July 17th I went to Barnwell and Allendale and on checking up the , books I found them correct. July 13th I went to Sycamore, and on checking up found a ditference due the State. The dispenser came on here to Columbia, and after going over the books with Capt. Webb i found that I was correct, and he will settle up next week. July 19th I went to Greenville and had to attend the court in the Hctzclaw case. The solicitor not being ready, I went to Laurens and then returned to Greenville on the21st, when the case was again put oil'. I went to Spartanburg and looked up the ac counts 01 ex-.uispensers wooa anu Carson. Both of these gentlemen will close up their accounts in the next ten days. On the IMth I ae:ain returned to Greenville, when the Holtzclaw case was called and he was tried and convicted on two counts upon which he stood indicted. On the 27th I returned to Columbia and got the other papers that Oapt. Webb had nrepared for me, and on * the 30th went to Charleston and checked up the books of Dispenser Powers. I found a smail difference in favor of the State. Aug. 1 I went to Monck's Corner and checked up the books of the exdispenser, finding a small amount due the State, which will be paid this week. The present dispenser' books snow up correct. Aug. 2 I -went to St. Stephens, and on checking up the books of the dispenser I found that the mistake had been made of overpaying the town and county, leaving him due the State a small amount, which will be settled v this week. 1 will recur to Laurens L to say that while there I inspected the .books of Dispenser Henry and found J his books neatly and correctly kept. Very respectfully, ft W. J. Hill, Inspector. When Mr. Hill's report was read to f the board all the members insisted L that the names of every man short, j' together with the specific amounts, should be given by Mr. Hill in his monthly reports. Mr. Hill was sent for and he appeared. He explained that many of those reported short were not really shorf, but that he had to report the difference found between the amounts he went out with charged against them and what he found from their books. In some instances they had made mistakes and the amounts of difference were really not shortages. He thought therefore that the publication of the amounts before these mistakes had been investigated and rectified was an injustice to them. In this the members of the board agreed with him and it was decided that hereafter monthly rsports should be made to the board of all dispensers actually found short after full investigation of all accounts and claim3, together with the actual amounts of the shortages.! \ The disposition of the board is to make < public every shortage and prosecute any man who is found short. A DsEReroaa Capture. The surgeon general of the marine [hospital service has been informed by Tj?ire of the capture today of three Cuban refugees at Punta Gorda^cn the coast of Florida, who arc suspected j of having yellow fever. The capture! was the result of the coast inspection i I service of the State and the national j government. The suspects were scat! to the quarantine station at Charlott ville harbor for detention. INTO COURT AGAIN. I j Another Important Move In the /Sjjrlcul-j tural Hnlt C??o. j Bl It 'was stated Wednesday in Cclum- j Dia tiiat Mr. w . n. ijjits, wuu rcprc-? sents ilr. Wesley, the winner intho;Qr famous agricultural hall case, had i "written to the United Statts marshal 1 c for the district of South Carolina do j y mandinp that he come to Columbia j and put him in possession cf the j 1 building and premises. It appears that the marshal, upon receipt of thei , demand, notified the State's attorneys j } in the case. Thty at once b?gsn toj('u take steps to prevent inttrfererce with jfcle the property until the determination I str of the case. It is said that on Tues jar( day night guards vern kept at tie J building all night with instructions to jrr,i resist any attempt upon th? part nf jru anyone to take possession of the build i fc?i ing. with force if ceeessary. Wednesday morning the attorney . general's otlice had the fol'owing no- . tice served upon the United S'.a^s iai marshal and upon Mr. Lyles, thus(of putting a atop to further proctedi'irs du until the date named at lesst; by fir agreement the hour named in the no- ws tice has been changed until 5 p. m. Sc Here is the notice: St United States of America, District of 1 South Carolina. Fourth Circuit. vri In re Edward B. Wesley, pluintiff, ha vs. J. E. Tindal and J. R. Boyles, de- CI fendants. cr ^ 1 TXT 17-^.rv4C JtL.x pane isamuei w. vucur, pen- JU tinner. bu To vV. II. Lylcs, attorney for Edward Jej B. Wesley and J. T. Hunter, U. S. lej Marshal for the district of South jai Carolina: if. You will hereby take notice that Mi the undersigned, as attorneys for Sam- cr uel W. Vance, petitioner in the above cu stated case, and upon whose petition a ju writ of error has been allowed to the g] United States circuit court of appeals by for the fourth circuit, and a superced- se] eas bond approved by Judge C. H. cu Simonton, circuit judge, will make a by motion before his honor, C. H. Sim- ed onton, United States circuit judge, at ab Greenville, S. C., on Tuesday, the 10th by day of August A. D., 1897, at 11 o'clock Ja a. in., or as soon thereafter as coun- La sel can be heard, to stay the execution sei in the case of E. B Wesley, plaintiff, be vs. J. E. Tindal and J. K. Boyles. Li defendants, pending the said of appeal to the circuit court of appeals, ca the said motion to be heard on the pe- bu titiun for writ of error, bond and all bo other papers in the case. Ea S. W. Melton, bu Attorney for S. W. Vance, petitioner, nil Wm. A.Barber, Of Counsel. pa br "NOT GUILTY-" TK 'ha Solicitor Tliarmond Acquitted of the ^ Cbarge of 3Iurder. in: The trial of Solicitor J. Win, Thur- j?? mend for the killing of Will Harris wj on the 24th or March last, was begun f at Edgefield Tuesday, Aug. 3. About W? an hour was consumed in selecting the jury, which is composed of the best men in the county. Ten witness- jQj ?'S were examined in behalf of the ac State, and 14 on behalf of the defense. CQ] One witness, a drummer from Rich- ^ mend, who failed to arrive Tuesday ( was examined on behalf of the State i ^ Wednesday morning. L Tiie State developed notning new from the testimony taken at the in- ^ ' quest. The plea of the defendant was ex belf defense, and all the evidence for WJJ defense was in that line. The court we adjourned at 5:30 p. m. Tuesday at the request of the attorney general. j As soon as court convened Wednesday morning the arguments in the Thurmond case was commenced. Gen. j Butlei opened for the State. He was . followed by ex Gov. Sheppard. N. G. j Evads and J. H. Tillman of Edgefield and Col. Croft of Aiken, the attorneys for the defense. The attorney gener- { al closed for the State. All of the ar- f ct guements were strong, eloquent and j It. logical. At the conclusion of th? ar [ , guments the court inquired of the jury , if tv, or wait until the morniDg. They r9 j ^ spouded that they would prefer a; r postponement and the cas.e wascar-jer( ried over until Thursday. As soon as court met Thursday^ morning: Judge Benet commenced his j , charge to the jury. He consumed!.^ about an hour, and his charge w*sj generally pronounced as one of tfiejui ablest ever delivered at EJgctie'd. The jury retired, and after remaining about forty minutes returned with a verdict of not guilty. As soon as the j j ' verdict was announced Mr. Thurmond . . received the congratulations of many * of his friends. 8eD8Btlonal Arrests. \Y( Three prominent business men of lai Pittsburg have been aarrested and tb< bound over to the October term of Tfc court charged with conspiracy tc de- w] fraud the National Loan and Invest- thj ment company of Detroit, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the trc country. The case promises to be a by sensational one owing to the promi- wi nence of the accused and the amount claimed to have been secured by them, 00' which Ls said to be in the neighbor- an hood of $200,000. The men charged with the fraud are W. M. Benham, well known attorney; D. W. Jones, a teller in the Pitts- ^r( burg Bank of Savings, and Wm. dr S. Greene, secretary of the Calumet th and Coke company. A prominent ^h Kast end and real estate dealer is also isl said to be implicated but has not jet pi] been arrested. The information ac- vo cuses the defendants of using the 1&' mails in devising a scheme to defraud. ins supposed mai uennam acieu as."* attorney for the company and the ne other {.laced mortgages and by con- a < niving together, the company was induced to advance big money on prop- *?u erty which had only a nominal value. '?v< The scheme is said to have been in op- bl< eration for months. de Htilcitie and Mardtr. (jr Charles Deitz, aged 45, a foreman as in the candy factory of Phillip Wun ay dele, at 11 Pegg street, Philadelphia, sti Wednesday shot and fatally wounded to Kate Scollon, aged 38 years, and com ha mitted suicide. The woman was also ag an employee of the place, and unre- wl quitted love is said to have prompted me shooting-. The foreman persisted In his attentions with no success. Daring the lunch hour to day Dietz pa and the woman were seen talking to- an gether, and after work had been resum-1 ca ed he called her to a room near where i ha they worked. A few moments Inter; en two pistol shots were heard, andilal when the employees entered the room jth Deilz was dying on the lloor, wilh;N< the revolver in his hand. Miss \ M, Scollon was still alive, unconscious, j to; She was sent to the Pennsylvania; be Hospital, where she died a few hours jPc later. i (j? li TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. ! i JRNING OF A LARGE GRAIN ELEVA-! TOR IN CHICAGO! T eat Hnv?c Wrnnslit-.Four I'ersons Kl 1- (, ?1 and Over ft Scoro, More or 8?vf-r?- j I J c y I:-j.irod-Fileh:ful Fcrco of the Ex ?'oa!oti--Fury of .li' F'.sm a. L F.. ur lives were lost in an explosion r'ch took place Thursday cvei.ipjr .viog a Gre in the Njrihwfstern grain f jvatcr at Cctk and West Wa-rr ^ eels, Chicago. Thrci of the dead j a firenctn, the btdy cf anotl er fi e- j an is thought to be buii d in the I ins of the elevafor. Frr-m the ? !C3 with whic'j the explosion swept ^ p 5-pjt ou wi i h they were standirgr y is certain that they must have been ): ('mllv killed. Either Iho bursting a boiler or the explosion of mill * st caused the havoc. The three 1 emeu vho were killed by the falline: n ills of ihe elevator were Jacob J. . bur. JohnS.Coogan and Jacobs. t ramer. ( The injured are: Charles H. Con ? \y, fireman, burned about face and ? nds and body crushcd, may die; ^ lief Dennis Sweeney, right foot! ushed, left arm wrenched and painlly burned; Fire Marshal Campion, J rnedabout face; Lieut. Smith, both ?s crushed; Lieut. W. II. Bartlett, ? * crushed: Assistant Engineer Bencoin Blanchard, badly bruised; John Smith, injured by debris; William , cGuire, 15 years old, both feet us^ed; Thomas Eagle, pipeman, y t about hands and internally inred; Ignatius Bond, cut by falling j ass; Captain John J. Evans, struck , debris and rendred unconscious, Wiiliam T-Tanlav nineman. f t in head William Thompson, bit i ' falling glass; C. F. Walter, knock- r down by explosion and injured y out the spine; John Ilentz, struck t falling beam and skull fractured; ^ mes McGuire, leg fractured; Joseph icey, badly burned about face, case rious; Frank C. Hally, .face burned yond recognition, may Jose sight; 5 eut. G. Miller, compound fracture leg badly burned, condition criti- * 1; Capt. William Cooney, badly .rned about face, may lose sight of * th eje9, condition serious; John l rans, fracture of right arm, badly rned about the face. In all 51 fire sn were injured. Besides these, dozens of firemen and j ssers-bv were more or less cut and t uiiArl hw oIasr and flvinc debris. ? le origin of the bJaze is believed to ^ ve been in the vicinity of the boiler t use. Accumulated dust, as dry and ^ [lammable as gunpowder, that had c en piling up for years, formed a v idy means for the fire. It spread a th great rapidity, and then came a a rible explosion, completing the v >rk of scattering the fire throughout a ?entire structure. i Ju&t as the firemen were^ getting v ,o position for advantageous work, ^ d nearly all the members of engine t tnpany 3 were mounting ladders and c inging leads of hoes to play on the ^ .erior from the lupper windows, v jre came a roar that could be heard D half a mile. The roof was raised ^ jh into the air, and the walls came ^ wn with a crash. The forca of the plosion was so great that the eastern c ill was hurled into the river, the t :st wall was tumbled down upon <; i heads of the unfortunate men be- . n and the roof was torn into frae: \ :nts and distributed for blocks $ lund. n E/ery window in the vicinily of the .j vator was shattered by the concu in D z.nsof persons were struck s 11 ing deb is and several small [ cs startvd frou falling timbers that js re stiil in flitms. At JclFerson i 'a e:t and Carroll areuue, many , :c!cs distant gre*i burning roas3 s;j wreckage fell upon four wa.^ousL icied with hay and set th?m on fi e. jj fhe elevator was of composi e con- j ^ uction, the lower portion being of n ick and the uo&er nart of frame cov-1 3d wi.h corrugated iron The ex j' jsion caused a porftc^ bombardment a llying I reks and sheets of iron at liost white heat, leaving little of the ilding sava a frame woHc of wdod d iroa surrounding a great pile of 2 <zing wheat. E Hie explosion stunned. for a mo- r int, tiie police and the firemen, but c ey quickly rallied to help those who ^ d been hurt. Dozens of men lay t jured in the withering heat, some ] >t seriously harmed and others in t b throes of death. It was dangerous 2 >rk to get them out, but it was gal- > titly and quickly done, and all of 1 0 slightly injured were removed. c le dead were, for the time, left s lere they lay. No man could reach eir bodies and live. rhe fire was most difficult to con>1, as tbe elevator was surrounded a number of small buildings which ere continually catching fire. rhe total los>3 is estimated at $3,000,0 which is fully covered by insurce. A Groat Volcano, A. special to the Chicago Chronicle jm Tacoma, Wash., says: Five huned reported killed up to July 1, is 0 record of the terrible outbreak of c a r?ivaa f rr^loo nr? nf "M"a xrr?n nn fVlA a. and of Luzon, one of the Phillip- j ae group. AH night of June 24, this ^ ilcano began throwing up ashes and v ?a in immense quantities and flames y ire thrown upward considersbly ; er 100 feet above the crater. The E xt day 56 bodies were recovered at jonsiderabie distance and the most cent dispatches to Hong Kong up to 1 ily 8, stated that not less than 500 v rre known to be killed. It is proba- c a said the dispatch, that the loss of ? e would reach into the thousands, a pending upon ibe length of erup- ? >n. On that date lava streams and f hes had reached the cities of B&cai v , Malipot and Liberia and their de- c uction was certain. Fifteen smaller e was between the sea and the volcano a ,d been destroyed and scores of the v rieuitural people hnvo been over c aelrned while attempting to escape. s s American Hark Lost. g Word lias been received from Yal- t raiso that the American bark Non- j: turn, Captain Newhall, from New- t stle, N. S \V., April 9, for Panama, c s Deen lost on Easter Island, a a tall island lying in about 27 south 1 ;itude and 110 west longitude, and e at all on board were saved. The t mantum was built at Newburyport, i ass., in 1805; she registered 1,11)0 os, was 17S t? feet long, .'>U,2 feet nrvy OMfl 7 ff?of rt liai lu/1 f l?A?1 t aiu auu vt?. i ivw ut*nv.v* i* v"i* i w >rt Townsead uud owened by D. R. Jl irtwell. > A TERRI3LE WRECK. J?'lytr 1'alla Intoan Abyss Made by a he: Washont. The /Wer on the Kansas Pacific j?i p-:ioc-at wfq wrecked at daylightTues :ay ncort-ing ab.iut 40 miles east of nei ):r.vfr. T*o trainmen were killed ^8a >uftipl<t and a ).umber of passengers *s rn"!;r?d, nor.c of them fatally. The k* ilJ< d i?: .Tohn Ward, engineer, wc Denver: W. B TI*rrisg4.on, bacirage ^ec ra ster, Kansas Ci'y. ba The i^juicd are: Os^ar Ingram, Pr< i i-man, biuised absut he^d, dazed: wc Ar. II. P.:?? kin, Denver, badly cut the hpsd, arm bi<k'?n; J. E. i-'d, back injured; Mrs Fred Nash, a^i jv*mie, Wy , bac* sprained; Mr. C. see C. Or.^v*tt, Biuft Springs, Neb., right s^' inkle broken: Mrs. C. L. Hubbard, bo Ihileoe, K'is , back hurl; W. H. B. r0) "hcrnton. Chicago, arm sprained and ?ruised; E L. Eckert. Topeka, Kas., tb.i lead cut; Mrs. Minnie Edelmon, ^ >ruises;C.E. Godard, Leavenworth, ojl vas., back hurt; Mrs. John Tracis, oc iusrusta, Ga., arms and legs cut. hp Thfi -rorenk was caused bv a washout. ^il ?he heavy rains of the night flooded he streams and carried away a por- ^0l ion of a small bridge which spans a Comanche creek between Byers 8.nd ln' Urasburg. The train "was on time W ,nd was running at the usual speed vhen approaching the point of acci- rD* lent. Without warning the engine JDJ dunged into the abyss, followed by jia he mail and baggage cirs and other he ars were piled about in confusion. C01 ?he engine was completely under vater in almost the middle of the W tream, and Engineer Ward was un- Th ler it. Strange to say, the fireman to scaped death, but he is reported to be >adly hurt. Instantly there was the e" wildest confusion. The most severly njured passengers were riding in the orward car. Some of the sleeping lassengers in the Pullmans were W hrown from their berths and more or of ess hurt, but none seriously injured. Tu Jyers, the nearest town to the wreck, op 7as live miles away and the conduc- inj or hastened to cover the distance on of oot. He arrived there at 5 o'clock ini nd the railway officials in Denver 00< yere notfied of the accidents by jtele* Th :raph. A special wrecking train with ini General Manager Duell and physi- be ians on board started for the scene of til he wreck. The rainstorm was gen- va ral in the plains region, and it is str eared that many railroad bridges have th< teen washed out. ag sa' Japan's Condition. xn( A special to The Herald from Wash- bu agton says: Japan will insist that re< he.Unted States assuD^e a contingent As esponsibility in the matter of arbitra- D? ion of her differences with Hawaii on otl hfc subi?ct of immigration and the Oi arilf. it is understood that this is ab >ne of the sensational conditions upon N? vhich Japan will consent to arbitrate, Gc >nd that if this responsibility is not Ai issumed by the United States, Jfl.pan lie vill break oil' negotiations lookiDg to we arbitration and back up hor demands bu >y a naval demonstration in Hawaiian lef waters. The state department has not >et received any official commnicaion from the Japanese government #. >n this matter and the administration tio las not indicated whether or not it up pill comply with the Japanese de- go and when made. An official of m; he Japanese legation said in an inter- pe ri6W; co "I am not officially informed con- qu ' ' -* l-Jj ii U..J. I u 1 ermne tne terms or aroiumion, uui ?? hat Japan should a9k the United an. t'ates to take rccDgnition of it and as- vi( u.'.e an ultimate jesponsibiLt^ for cai lit decisions of the arbiter as regards lh< I?waii, btin,? carried out seems to toi ue very natural. "If the United of Hatfs refuse to give us a guarantee it co: s probable that the arbitration propo- tin i'ion will fail. We prefer to enter- lal ain a grievai c > and to indemnify our be ubj cts ou.selves tbaa. to arbitrate thi fit r the indignity of the refusal by bo he United Spates of so juit a request. Br Either the Uuited States njr the Ha- mi 'sunn government caa justly plead its u.?inti:restedn? s?. Frcq.un'ly in the clc lawaiian Japanese cor,e5pondence of Ca ale a p ?ndii;g annrx.ition has figured th; .s a factor in the situation. This diJ hould ooerato in the arbitration case clt .swell." wc CO Color Line in Mills. th As '.he result of the employment of 15 negro women in the folding departofiat of the Fulton Bag and Cotton nills, in Atlanta Wednesday morning, w< iver 1.400 women and children have Ci [one out on one of the largest strikes no hat ha3 ever occurred in this city, kE ?he mills were iorced to shut down of heir entire plant and will affect fully fai !,000 people of the working classes, ag iVhen the notice was put up that the ta: uills were closed, much disorder broke hi; >ut, and it was the inclination of the ne trikers at first to cau33 trouble, but cl< he police reserve force arrived in time wi o quell anj' disturbance. The local its exule union took the side of the strik- ad irs and sent notice to them to hold out di< or their rights. When this became th cnown, the employes of the mills all of vhite, walked out. Some of those va vere the oldest and most reliable em| an >loyes of the company. Mr. Elsas, th jresident of the company, explained en if was a small affair and sh vould be arranged in a short time, af j th er which the mills would reopen on su ull time. The strikers, however, are letermined and receiving the aid of he local unions, will hold out to the ast. Several years ago the same ex>eriment was tried in working negroes *1 vith the same result. None of them tave ever been employed in the mills. Jnless the difficulty is arranged tonorrow, trouble will be looked for. mi The dyspeptic carries a dreadful toi oad on his back. It seems as if he un vere really made up of two men. One roi ?f them ambitious, brainy and ener w? ;etic; the other sick, listless, peevish frc ,ud without force. The weak man a veighs the other one down. The dys- ne >eptic miy be able tc do pretty good Mi vork one day, and the next day ba- thi ause of some little indiscretion in an ating, he may be able to do nothing oh it all. Most cases of dyspepsia start usi vith constipation. Constipation is the :ause of nine tenths of all human icknets. Some of its symptoms are J ick and billious headache, dizziness, da our stomach, loss of appetite, foul Ne reath, windy belchings, heartburn, th< min and distress after eating. All Ul heso are indicative of derangements ua ){the liver, stomach and bowels, and hst ill are caused bv constipation. Dr. eis >ierce's Pieasaat Pellets are the quick- vei st, easiest and most certain cure for [411 his condition. They are not violent n action. rol Send 21 cents in one cent stumps to fri' A/.-?rlH1c Dianf iKurtr Medical Associa-1 iui ion, Buli'alo, N. Y., and receive Dr. \ By 'ierco's 1UU8 page common yknse j He iedical adviser, illustrated. t in Horrible Murder. Laura Lark, a negress, and a deaf ite, was murdered Tuesday night at r home on the Savannah road, near . J. M. Seago's place, about nine les from Augusta. The woman was led in oold blood, presumably, by a ?ro man, who, afterwards fled, iving neither name or description a means of identification Laura rk lived alone in a small cabin, re>te from neighbors, and had no pro 1?*?? tt ? LIOI1 WiiKlCVCr, xiuvyovoi, ana yyuuju ve seemed 1c be without need of Section for the fact that she was a man and a deaf mute would appear have bsen sufficient. She was not 3Bessed of worldly goods, so she ided alone without fear. When last n Tuesday night before she was 3t there was a strange negro in her use. A neighbor went there to borw some oil and though l.e saw the in, paid little attention to him, fAmA nf T.Q11M LSHliJg I'lLU 3UIUU iltutu ui U?JL+ m > m rk's. The nan who went for the was at the woman's hou^e about 10 lock. He returned home and an ur later, hearing a gun shot ia the ection of the Lark woman's place, hurried over. To his horror he jnd the woman lying on the c round, few feet from her front door, bleed ? from a terrible wound in her head, hen some women friends arrived, 10 were able to talk to the Lark wo in by signs, it was learned that the in had made an indecent proposal, d been refused and that he had shot r and run elf The onJv name that aid be gotten was "Bill. The worn lingered until about 3 o'clock ednesday morning when she died, ere seems to be no possible clue as the identity of the man and so this e crime will no doubt go unpunishon this earth. 8100,000 Fire. A. fire which broke out at 11 o'clock ednesday in the big chemical works D. Jayne & Sons at Bermuda and icker streets, Frankford, which are eraied by the Barrett Manufacturer company, importers and distillers coal tar, and manufacturers of roofdid damage amounting to $100,[) before it was gotten under control, le fire originated in the big distill q: house and is supposed to have en caused by the explosion of disled oil. The distilling house and the luable machinery was totally deoyed. Other buildings, located near 0 burned structure, were badly darned by the flames, and were only red after a hard fight. Seven firem and two workmen were seriously rned by an explosion which occur-1 U 1 rtfjnn 4-Ua All | X aiiUI lJLty tklLUL IL1C7 UIC Uiuao UUI?. distant Chief Engineer Charles Mcide had all of his clothing burned : and is probably fatally injured, hers who were seriously burned out the face and body are: Tfohn swling, Granville Walsh, Samuel ;ok, Jacob Lannard, John Muhr, nos Knight, Robert Clarrick and >bert Getty. Seven other firemen ire badly burned about the hands, t after having their wounds dressed t the hospital. Belongs to Great Britain. Incited by the newspaper publica ms recently, tending to throw doubt on the ownership of the Klondike Id fields, some of the high governsnt officials would naturally be ex cted to deal with the question if it mes to a practical issue have been ietly looking into the matter with new of preparing themselves for y controversy that may arise. Their 3ws are, in substance, that there a be no valid objection aavancea to 3 title of Great Britain to this terri y. A careful examination of all the reliable charts and maps has uvinced the officials that so far as 2 Klondike fields, as defined by the .esi reports are concerned, there can no question but that they lie east of 9111st meridian, which defines the undary lines and so are within itish territory by about thirty-five lei] at least. As for the meridian ell', it is said that it has been so isely located by the surveys of the >nadians and our own coast survey at there is not at any point at a Iference of more than 700 feet in the limed boundary, which, of course, mid not substantially affect any ntroversy that might grow out of e title. Farthest North Theatre. The farthest north theatre in the jrld i3 undoubtedly tnat at Circle ty, Alaska. Circle City in 893 miles irth of Juneau. Which is the best town Alaska town. The isolation the region may be judged from the :t that itcost Casey Moran, the manor, $1 postage to send the letter conining a picture and the facts about 3 company to Juneau on its jourv to the CliDner office. The Cir 3 City theatre * is a variety house, th seven men and six women in company of actors. The price of mission is $2.50, which does not inlate so much the exalted character of e entertainment as the high schedule prices for everything which preils at Circle City. The audiences 0 drawn for the most part from a neighboring fields, and the mia3 will be willing to pay $2.50 for a ow which when they are at home &y might fight shy at a tenth of that m. News Cariosities. A.mong the news curiosities of the jeksofar is a story from Walnut illey, N. J., about the killing of a Ltlesaake, in which were found seated a rubber ball, a tin whistle, a ilds's milk bottle, etc.; from Camidge, Mass., came a tale of a bienal shower of toads; from Washingi. Pa., the storv of a doe that ate bees til he died; from Carndea, N. J., a mauce of a man being towed skyird by a giant kite he had make; >ui Bioomingdale, 111., a yarn about 75 years old man cutting a set of w teeth in his lower jiw; from mice, Ind., an account uf a horse it bad got his hoof in his moutb; d from Middletown, N. Y., tbe ampion lie of all, about a boy who 2d a pug pup as a bait for carp. Noted Crook Captured. Harold Marquoise, alias Harry Ken11, a notorious crook for whom tQe iw Police hard had a chase across i continent and who is wanted in ica, N. Yfor live otfsnses, two of igiary uuu imcu ui iaiwouj, s left the city prison of San Franco in company with Sheriff Wear, of Oneida county, N. Y. Mareise poood in Utica as a physician d under the cloak of his profession jbed the houses and otlicas of ends, acquaintances and strangers Usericnituitely. lis was arrested at racuse, N. Y., last July but escaped, i was recently captured at Lo3 Qalos San Francisco. A Snre Thing. "Hilton's Cholera Cure" for th< speedy relief and cure of Diarrhea Dysentery, Cholera Morbus, Blood] Flux and Colic. It is a sure cure foi these complaints. Taken at the commencementof the disorder,a small dost may be all that is required. Even ir the advanced stages of the disease, i doee or two, or a few at most, is certair to check the bowels. No need of s rapidly weakening diarrhea or dysen terv, resulting, it may be, in a lon| spell of sickness. '"Hilton's Cholori Cure" is a ready remedy. Taken ac cording to directions it never fails t< effect a cure. Htve a bottle of it or hand, in case of emergency, in the& troubles. Full directions as to do* and diet on every bottle. Price 2f cents. Th8 farm is the place to rear a goo< family. They are free from the vicei of the city, and have something to a< that tends to elevate and fit them fo: the duties of life. message v->. ?? 1 which I ; brings more gladness to a ts? 1 ". woman's heart than the efrMt 1 assurance that a little one 1* con \ log to bless her life and call h? \ "Mother." \ But ki all her lovii* prepare \ tlons for the expected little guest \ a mother is liable to forget thai \ her own health and physica \ condition is the most import \ant provision which can poasi |U \ bly be made for th< baby's happiness. ^ the proepectin j /_jjk mot^er ? weak, nerr J^b\ou9 arld aHr"niai thi; J JncDndltioa is bound t( on baby1' constitution. No dain tiness of wardrobe wtl compensate for the low / I of the natural, healthy vigoi J m I which a mother should be / Mm stow upon her baby. ' m As early as possible dor V lag gestation, the eapectan ^ mother should reinforce hei bodily powers with the sustaining, health bringing Influence of Dr. Plerct'i Favorita Prescription. It gives aatural, healthy rigor and elastli endurance to the organs specially concerne< in motherhood. It makes the coming ol baby perfectly safe and almo6t painless. I "??? > tn the motner and vita Eardfhood to the child. It is the omly medicine devised by an edn cated physician specially to overcome al weaknesses and diseases of the fcminim organs. Mr?. Rcwooc Yanover, of JtoWnson Creek. P& Co., K#.. wi<t?: " I wish Jo express fay thank to yon for thft good I hare wccived from you Favorite Prescription.' I have used ft at diffet ant timea for the fast fire 7 cam, and always witl th? nMt jjratlfyinf result*. But the gt*ntes g<*?d rec^lfni from tb# ' Ihtopnte Pnaatfiiption was about i*ur months aro When tnr laMt bsb; *m bora. I ?u afflicted with1 chile-bad Over lvaStadias afttraooetor I used the ' Pre SorlptjO*' S|M oorsd. A. lady fnmd of tnln wtb stouUfly amiotjd and *?ot aftar the doc to api t<jflfc W i remMwa ?uf iled. I am tj jrar ojo w?i}) f4f pounds, tbe rnqtharof five ohllaret ami ata tojoylflg tnebeat of health." I Pr. Piaree's Pleasant Pellets core consti pation, promptly and permanently. ARE YOU THINKING OF BUYING A PIANO 1 If so, I am prepared to furnish superio ianos and for leas money than you wil likely get elsewhere. YOU CAN HAVE CHOICE of the following makes: Chickering & Son Sohmer (not Sommer), Mehlin, Fischei Smith & Barnes and Mathushek & Son: Any of the above are thoroughly reliabl and will last a lifetime. ONLY ONE PROFIT. I represent the builders, hence sell at vei i reasonable prices. Correspondence solici i ed; catalogues furnished on applicatioi Those who do not know of my responsibilit will please refer to any bank in Columbii especially the Loan & Exchange Bank, Address, M. A. MALONE, COLOMBIA, S. 0., PIANOS AND ORG A.NS REMOVAL NOTICE. ? ?n THE KEELEY INSTITUT] OF SOUTII CAROLINA WILL OIIEN July 7th, 1897, AT GREENYILLF, S. C. The Liquor and Morphine Hab:? Thoi oughly Cured without discomfort. Tbo Cc lumbia Institute is olosed. Write for infor mation. ctc., to GREENVILLE, P. C., th | healthful Mountain City. Perfect Sewengo j Pure Water, To the Public. * * : WE WILL 0FFER F0R M ! ! V T sale until August 1st, : : as we will have to know : r j:[ within the time above : : stated in order to arrange our j ^HE J : business for another year, : : i : : : whether or not we will be able : : : i : : : to dispose of this valuable real j : : t j : : estate. Having decided to go : : j t ! : : more extensively into the mer- j : j _ : j : cantile and rice mill business, j j : P : : : and to reduce our farming in- : j j J : : : terest, we have deoided to place : j j : : : upon the market one of the fin- : : : " : : : est plantations for general pur- : j : : : : poses in Orangeburg County. : : : 1 : : : This property is situated in : j : 3 j i i Pine Grove Township, one mile : j j a : : : from the town of Lone Star, asta- : : j 5 jjj tion on the Manchester and Au- j : : : : gusta R. R., and containing j j : i i : twenty-five hundred (2600) : j j 1 ||j acres, more or less, with a good : : : : : : part of same under a high state : : : : : : of cultivation. On the place is a : : : : : i good saw mill, gristmill, gin and : : : : : cotton press, a fine pasture, 8 or : : j : j j 10 good tenant houses, and ev- : j : : : ! ery other convenience a good : : : : : : iarmer wouia warn, ne oner ; ; ; : : I also for sale two lota and the : : : : : : best store house in Lone Star. : : : : : : This is undoubtedly a fine open- i : : : : i ing for anyone wishing to mer- : : : e j;| chandise and farm in connection j : * t I : j with each other. All of which : : : " : : : we offer you very cheap and on : : : r : : : easy terms. Of course we won't : : j . : : : be able to-turn over to the pur- : : : : : : chaser the farm before first of : : : t j : : Jan., 1898. The store we can : j : 1 : : i turn over for the fall business. *. * j j i : For further particulars address : : : i i : TAYLOR & BULL, Lyons, B.C. j j j April 21-3mos THE THOMAS to the most complete system of elevating handling, cleaning and packing cottonImproves staple, saves labor, makes yon - money. Write for catalogaes, no other K equals It. I handle the most improved s COTTON GINS, PRESSES, 1 ELEVATORS, [ ENGINES 5 AND EOILER8 to be found on the market. j My Sergeant Log Beam Saw MiJl Is, In lmpllcity and efficiency, a wonder. COKN MILLS, I PLANERS, r GANG EDGEBS, and all wood working machinery. , ? LIDDELL AND .TALBOTT ENG1NK9 r are the best. ? Write to me before buying. V. C. Badham, I- General Apent, - COLUMBIA. S. C. ^ TnMijn I (I HILTON'S if fl CHOLERA I 13 CURE H j||| Will cure any case of > i Diarrhea, Dysentery, ?SI 31 EM Cholera Morbus, lag I Bloody EIux, or Col- III ! BB ic- Iffi I I Bp 25 cents a bottle. |3 II I El H Sold by dealers generally and by 9? THE MURRAY DRUG CO., COLUMBIA., 8. 0. Advice to Mothers. 7 t- | i. y i We take pleasure In calling your attea Hon to a remedy io long needed In carry ing children safely through the critical itage of teething. It la an incalculable blessing to mother and child. If you are disturbed at night with a sick, fretful, , teething child, use Pitts' Carminative, it * will give instant relief, and regnlate the bowels, and make teething safe and easy. It will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea, .. aritts Carminative is an instant rellef for " cc 11c of Infants. It will promote digestion, r give tone and energy to the stomach and _ bowels. The slok, puny, suffering child t will soon become the fat and frolicking Joy of the household. It is very pleasant to the taste and only cost as cents pe r tottle Sold by druggists and by THE MURRAY DRUG 00., Coi vmfcfft. 8 O. ! ifATHDSHEKl fj The Piano for a lifetime, |j The Piano of the South, $ The Piano Sold Most Reasonably. 0 The old, original Mathashek, sold by n? 9 for over a quarter of a century and th? ? delight of thousands of Southern homes. j| More .Mathusheks used South than of E? any other one make. ^ L,Oveiy iNew rsiyies ai Keaucea trices, , S cheaper thun ever before known. M Styles once $435, now $325. 1 ' a $100 saved every buyer 1 ?- h flow, because we are now Interested In 2 the great Mathushek factory, eupply '* purchasers direct, and save them all ine ij termediate pro tits. Wiute us. i ? IiTDDEJff A BATES, . ri Savannnh, Ga,, and New York CHy.