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Srest I THE PUNTERS LOAN AND lAVINGS' ?BANK. ?AUGUSTA. GA.? Pays Interest on Deposits? Accounts Solicited. Lr. C. BATHE, President. CHAS. C. HOWARD,1 Cashier. VOL. 69. KDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APEIL 6,1904. THE NATIONAL BANE OP AUGUSTA' L. CZRAYKE, ' FRANK G. FORD, President. Cashier.^ CAPITAL $250,000. Surplus i Uudivided Profits, j $125,000 Our New Vault contains 410 Safty-Lock Boxes, which we offer to our patrons and the public at three toten dollars per annum. NO. 15. -.'. -ii- . fighting io a Small Way Reported,... Points NO DECISIVE BATTLES,. HOWEVER -_. 3oth Sides Seem to Be Playing For Time In Which to Collect ADI Their Forces. Tokio, By Cable.-The advance guard of the Japanese army in North western Korea occupied the town of Sengo Cheng yesterday afternoon without opposition. Senge Cheng is on the Pekin road, 18 miles west of Cheng-Ju and about forty'miles south of Wiju. ? ?When the Japanese drove the Rus sians out of Cheng-Ju last Monday the Russians withdrew in two col umns, one going over the Kcak San road and the other over the Peking road. The Japanese advance from "Cheng-Ju was made very rapidly. It was anticipated that the Russians would resist this advance, but they failed to do oo, and it is not probable there will be any further opposition .south of the Yalu river. Cheng-Ju, because of its superior natural surroundings, is the strongest place between Ping Yang and Wiju. Besides these natural advantages there is an old Korean fort there w?ch, had lt been defended with spirit, would have been hard to take. The Japanese are gratified with the comparative ease with which they drove the Russians from this fort. Russian patrols are reported to be tn the country east of the Peking road, but.it is not probable that there ls any considerable force of Russians In that section. The patrols are withdrawing gradually to the north ward toward Yalu. It ls reported ?that the ice on the Yalu Is well broken up, and in the fu tune the river must be crossed either In Junks or over pontoon bridges. A dispatch from Tokio to the Asso ciated Press, dated April 1, said Ic formation had been received from a private lodging the enemy at Cheng Ju had advanced to the Yong Chun (about 45 miles west of Cheng-Ju), from which place they drove the Rus sians after- a brief engagement It is possible that the many different spellings, given to Korean names in gazeteers, and on maps have led" to .i con?nsicij) ,asd that Seng Cheng in ? BjM-.^Eg^^^jt^^^r^ft7if^ Yon gr Ohnr* - 1, should be the same place. The 1 two towns, however, are quite dis tinct, being about 25 miles apart. St Petersburg,. By Cable.-The Nov! : Kroi, of Port Arthur, thus describes the scene on board the cruiser Bayan during the recent bombardment in which she distinguished herself: "Bursting shells bowled over man af ter man until decks were slippery with blood. Amidst this hell the cap tain stood unmoved in the conning tower calmly telephoning his orders to the gun captains. His wonderful calm ness had a marvelous influence upon all the officers. "The cockpit was soon crowded, 39 men being there before the fight end ed; but amidst the crash of the guns, the hiss of flying splinters, arid the di rection of the working engines, the surgeons labored over the sick as at tho hospital operating tables. Although some of the men suffered frightful agonies there were few groans, in spite of the fact that anaesthetics were ad ministered in only one case. "Whe:. the battle ended and the ene my begnn to draw off the officers on the bridge cheered and the cheering extended down into the hold, the stok New Trustees. Nashville Special.-Col. W. C. Ta tom and Commissioner of Agriculture Ogilvie, trustees of the University of Tennessee, speaking with reference to the card of Joshua W. Caldwell, advocate the featuring of the mechan ical, technical and agricultural de partments of the University. Both prefer ?a Tennessean and an aluuinus for president None But Union Hen. Washington, Special.-National Sec retary James Duncan, of the Granite Cutters' National Union, today effec-j ted a settlement with the Mt Airy Granite Company, of Mt. Airy, N. C., ?which provides that hereafter none hut union granite cutters shall do their work and that union wages shall be paid for the customary eight-hour day of the trade. The settlement closes a contention which has covered a period of nine years, and more or less effected granite cutting in the building trades in practically every city along the coast from New York to Philadelphia. The contention arose over the company's refusal to recog nize the union and union conditions. Residence Eurned. Ottawa, Ont, Special-The new wing of Rideau Hall, the official residence of the governor general, was destroyed by fire Sunday. Some anxiety was at first felt for the safety of Lady Minto, who -was lying in one of the apartments with a fractured leg, but her removal .was accomplished without difficulty. Rideau Hall was purchased as the vice regal residence 36 years ago and has cost about $200.000. The damage by fire was about $50.000. Negro Candidate For President. East St. Louis. Bl., Special.-E. S. Scott, a negro, has announced that pre parations have been completed for a national convention for the nomination of a negro candidate for President A platform will be adopted which Scott says will-call for government owner ship cf ail transportation facilities and a pension list for fenner slaves. 9. P. Mitchell, of Memphis, Tenn., is presi dent of the organization, and I. T. Walton,, of Washington, D. C.. vice jr>resid32it., ors and even the wounded Joining In ic. "The captain signaled for full speed ahead after the retreating Japanese, but the Bayan had not gone far before the flagship signaled to return." St Petersburg, By Cable.-Reports received by the ministry of the inte rior indicate that the precautionary measures taken to prevent anti-J?wish disturbance during East?r week, when the ignorant are aroused easily tb ? sort of religious frenzy against the Jews by the dissemination of false sto ries regarding "blood atonement" will result in the avoidance of serious trouble. In spite of the preeautio&s, however, it is considered possible there may be attempts at rioting, but the authorities will suppress these with a strong haud. < The following private telegram ? was received today from Odessa: "Reports of anti-Jewish disturbances which always are common, at Easter Mine, causes more alarm than usual this year because of the occurrences last year. The Jews here are nervous, ' but the authorities have confidence in Governor^ Edhardt, Who is an energet ic and humane man, as well.as in Baron Kaulbars. commander-in-chief of the troops in Russia. Uuder the cir cumstances, therefore, anything like a serious disturbance is regarded as im possible. "The official newspapers have pub lished strongly-worded warnings and the city is placarded with notices that all who disturb the peace will be se verely punished." St Petersburg, Special.-A corres pondent at Yin Kow says the opinion prevails there that the Japanese will nert bombard that place because 99 per cent of tho population is made up of Chinese who are not at war with the Japanese and because a shell from the Japanese ships would be sure to strike the residence of the United States con sul, who is safeguarding tho Japanese interests Tue same correspondent hu morously describes ' the speculation among the British correspondents there as to whether the victorious Jap anese after defeating the Russian army j will stop in China or go on the Irkutsk. [ St. Petersburg, By Cable.-As soon \ as tho Neva is clear of ice the battle- < ship Souvaroff and Siuva, in course of 1 construction at the Baltic Works, the ?c battleships Borodino and Orel,, at the , Franco-Russian Works, and the ' cruiser Meleg and the transport Kamt- j chatka. at the new admiralty yard, j j will be. sent to Kronstadt for comple- j tiqn. The cruisers Seemchug and j C [zumrud and the battleship Sissoi Veli- ['} already there-and are being prepared t for commission. These ships will form 1 part of the fleet which is destiued to t re-inforce Vice Admiral Makaroff's fleet j next summer. important Decisions. j Two decisions have been rendered < by the United States Supreme Court, 1 says th? Springfield Republican, with- , in a few days, both going to establish ? the rule that a persea traveling on a i free railroad pass, or his heirs, can- J not recover damages In case of acc?- ] dent, where such a condition is speci- | fled in tte terms printed upon the | : pass. It makes no difference whether J the user of the pass understood tho , conditions or not. It might be sup- i posed that this would tend to discour age the demand for and use of passes, , but such will probably not be thc case. So strong is the nassion in most persons for getting something for nothing that almost any amount of risk would be ventured for the sake of riding freo. Porto Rican Messengers. New York, Special-Among the passengers who arrived on board the steamer Coamo from Porto Rico were W. F. Willoughby, treasurer; R. Post, auditor, and Manuel S. Domesecb, member of the House of Delegates, who came to counsel the Secretary of the Treasury about placing a loan for general improvements in Porto Rico. May Lose His Official Head. Carthage ' Special-E. McDonald, for a number of years a member of the county court, is in imminent dan ger of losing his official head. A bill has been filed charging McDonald with speculating in county warrants wt?ile a member of the county court which issued them, McDonald at one time represented this county in the Legislature, and has for a long time been a prominent figure in the county court. By his opposition to all enterprises requiring an appropri ation he has been christened "the watchdog of the treasury." He says that be will be able to exonerate him self. flayer Released. Telluride, Colo., Special.-Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation cf Miners, who has been held in jail here since Saturday ou a charge of desecrating the flag, was re leased by County Judge Waid law, on furnishing a bond for $600, but was immediately re-arrested by a squad of soldiers, acting under orders of Ad jutant General Sherman. The nature cf the charge on w*. Vh he is held by the militia has not btou made public. Factory Dismantled. Blnghampton, N. Y., Special.-The work of dismantling the Binghampton sugar factory, which is to be removed to Blackfoot, Bingham county, Idaho, will begin within a few days. This change has been made because it has been difficult to persuade the farmers here to raise enough beets to operate the plant successfully. The Idaho ?oil and climate are well adapted to beet sugar, and the farmers there are eager to contract to raise enough money to supply tho factory. Already 4,000 acres haye been contracted for within a radius of 100 mlies from Bin hampton. RAILWAY LASES Bt?S?lt A Case Where a Lady Was Insulted bti the Train.. Greenville, Special.-The court of common pleas has been ?ng?ged for three days In hearing a most extraor dinary case, in which the Southern rail way is asked to pay $60,000 damages tc Mrs. Susan L. Franklin of Newberry for ail alleged Insult td h?r by ft pas senger while oh a train between Green ville and Atlanta about a year ago. The jury brought in a verdict for ?25, OOO in the plaintiff's favor. Mrs. ^Franklin is ? comely woman, unusually self-possessed on the witness stand, with readiness and intelligence in giving testimony that is surprising and urieonimon? and apprecating thc bearing of evidence upon the case in hand. Her testimony revealed the fact that she was married when only 15 years old, and has Been the mother of three children, one of whom is dead. Her husband is a policeman in New berry and her occupation is dress mak ing. Mm Frankiin g?ve a connected account bf the trip from Newberry to Atlanta, stating that on reacning Greenville she and" her little ch?d w?nt aboard the afternoon train for Atlanta, and that lhere were only two other passengers, inthe car, both of whom were m?ri-. Soon after the train left here one of these men engaged her in conversation, taking a seat hy her side, making indecent proposals, putting his arm around her waist and using famil iarities against her protest, though she endured the upleasant treatment for a quarter of an hour or more. The men were drinking and behaving un seemly but-only one of them niade ap proaches to heh On the cross examination Mrs. Franklin said that the conductor was In the car the most of the time when thc man was annoying and insulting her and made no effort to stop his un ruly behavior until she appealed to him for protection, when the conduc tor told the man he must desist or he would put him off the train. The man claimed that he was a detective, but the conductor said he must behave or c-Ise he could not ride any further on ilia train, -which put a quietu? td th? tuen except tba*, they continued to lrink ?hd usc indecent language, but :hc conductor had removed her to the ?entre of the car, where he had been jested for some time. On arriving at Ulanta she was takeh ill and the cause .vas due to the fright occasioned by the :onduct of this unknown mah, result ng in serious consequences owing to vcr delicate condition at the time. Conductor Roseborough, who was in ?barge of the train when alleged indig iities were heaped upon Mrs. Frank ^_stated_that. he had observed the md. holding her little daughter/?uii^iia;j., ince, and he was not aware that the J vornan being annoyed by his pres iiice as she made no complaint against Um, and seemingly thj?y were eneaged n ah ordinary conversation. Mr. Rose borough assumed that they were at esst acquaintances and it was not his luty to iuterfere, but he denied that he vas in thc car for any legth of time ?nd did not observe that Mrs. Franklin ivas at all annoyed until he went .brough the train again, when as he entered the coach he saw that she was ,n the act of leaving the seat. Immedl uely he approached and asked If she 3csired to change her seat, when her reply was that the man had been an noyance to her, which caused her to r^ake the change. The conductor es corted Mrs. Franklin to the rear of the car and then went back for the child, who was taken to her mother. He told the man not to repeat his conduct and if he spoke to Mrs. Franklin again he would be put off the train and left "in the ditch." The mau asserted that he lind not done anything wrong, but wa# willing to make an apology if Mrs. Franklin was offended and then went into another coach. Mr. Roseborough assisted the mother and child off th? train on reaching Atlanta and the in cident on the train was not mentioned again. . ' . The testimony of other witnesses had iKtle bearing upon the facts relating io'the alleged insults, and much time was occupied in efforts to exclude im proper evidence from the case. Con ductor Roseborough was supported in the main by the flagman, who saw and heard a portion of what took place. 'The conductor is known as one of the mest careful officials in the service of thc Southern and he has been on the "Air Line" for upwards of 20 years. The argument in the case began on Thursday afternoon. State Items. Ben. Williams, a well-to-do colored man of Anderson county, 64 years o.' agc died Tuesday under distressing circumstances. His daughter, aged 24. had died of consupmption. On the wa> to the funeral thc father dropped dead of heart disease. He was a good old "slavery time" negro. The sheriff of Pasquotank county carried to the penitentiary Wednes day M. F. Stancill. a young white man who is to serve eighteer. months -ior betrayal under promise of marriage. Sheriff Roark, of Brunswick, took a negro to serve five years for man slaughter, and Sheriff Lunns, of Beau fort, a negro to serve twenty years for murder. Pope B. Havird. the young white man who was shot by John Yar borough, white, a week ago, in Saludo county, Is in a serious condition. The right arm of the wounded man, which received a large portion cf thc shot was amputated on Sunday by Dr. O B. Mayer, of Newberry. Yarborougi wbo had been released from custody on $600 bond, when Havird's woundr were not considered ?rions, has beer lodged in jail again, to await the rc suit of thc wounds. Instructed For Hearst Little Rock, Special.-Democrats county conventions were held in thc 75 counties of Arkansas for the purposr of electing delegates to the State con vention which will be held in Ho Springs, June 14. Carroll, Clay ant" Green counties instructed for Wm. P. Hearst, for the presidential nomina tion. Crawford county instructed it delegates for D. R. Francis, of Mis souri, for the presidency. No other ex pression? on question were recorded. Opinion Given. ' Recently State Superintendent of Ed ucation O. B. Martin wrote the attor hew general in reference to a section of the new' library. iaff: Section 1 of the library law provides t?i?? "N?t m?re than 12 schools In'any c?unly, in any one year, created and operated under the general free school law of the State, shall be e???ed to th? benefits of this act, and no school district shall receive any moneys under' its provis ions, except schools operated under the general free school Jaw of the State. The schools receiving tills ben?flt Shall he decided by thc county boards.'' ' Mr. M?rtin ask?d that Attorney G?n-. eral Gunter defiri? the expression "cre ated and operating under the geberal free school law of the State," so that I school officers might have some rule | to determine what schools are entitled to the. provisions bf. the law.. He aiso wished to be advised.whose duty.it Is to pass upo? tri? ?ppUcatio'?s, ?nd de cide whether the Schools ar?' operating under the general free school law or special acts. In answer, to the superintendent of education, Attorney General Gunter rendered the f?li?wi?g opinion: "The schools to receive thfe benefit of this act are limited to such as were cieat?d and operated scicly under the general free school law. if ia the cr& ation or operation of the schord in any' j respect appeal must be.had tb any spe- ' cia! act fdr authority'for Such action, however incidental it may be, that school is., exempt from the benefit of this act: The op?ration of th? machin ery Of ? school, such ?s. the, appoint ment of trustees, levy abd collection of taxes, selection of teachers, etc., mus! he exclusively under the general school law, and such feature that Ands Its authority in a special act eliminates ouch school from the provisions of this ?ch. "The action of county boards in Se lecting certain schools tb r?c?ive this benefit is conclusive when the restric tion as above stated has been ob served." Big Ginning Plant. Anderson, Special.-The Peoples Oil ?nd fertilizer c?mp?flS' Of this city re cently made a contract for what will Le the largest ginnery east of the Mis sissippi river ard one of the largest in the world. It will consist Of 16 70-saw gin? and four presses, arid ?l? will be under one roof. It will be driven by i 150 horse power engin?1, but elec tricity will doubtless be ' substituted when the new dam at Hattori's Ford is built. The plant will be in operation by the opening of the riexf; cotton sea !on. and will be on?.of.' th? sights ID ^^^^^ Spartanburg, Special.-The county*) board of education decided to reinstate Prof. A. L. McLeod as principal of the Campbell schools. The matter was thoroughly investigated by the board with the result as above stated. The trustees will appeal from this ruling. Mr. McLeod was recently requested and subsequently ordered to resign as thc head of the Campbello school. The charge preferred by the trustees was profanity. He admitted to swearing at one time, but held that he made no practice ^f it. South Carolina Brevities. The jury in the case of J. S. and j W. Y. Stevens, of Charleston, owners of the schooner James D. Dewell, ren dered a verdict for damages agaiust the Dwell Tuesday night in the sum of $2.000. The suit of the Stevens was brought against the Dewell for dam ages in the sum of $7,000. claiming that when the Clarence caught fire last April at Johnson's coal docks the crew of the Dewell cut the steamer loos2 from the pier, causing her to drift out into the stream and that she bumed because the fire department could rea der no assistance. George Bond, colored, lies seriously wounded at his home near Pauline in Spartanburg county, as the result of a pistol shot Inflicted by a negro named Henry Sires. Sunday aaer noon Bond and Sims were drinking and carousing about Pauline. They became involved in a personal diffi culty, as the result of which Sims drew a pistol and shot Bond, and thea made his escape. The ball entered the right side of Bond above the hip and ranged inward, towards the backbone. Up to last night Sims was still at large. The Supreme Court in Columbia has handed down an important decision as to right of cotton mills to ISSUP cbecVs to their employes for use at mill stores in lieu of money. The case went from Spartanburg county and was a suit against the Spartan Mills, of Spartan burg, brought by Johnson. Lytle & Co., who had a number of checks and were refused payment by the mill cn the ground that they wer? issued solely for the convenience of their operatives. E. M. Gillespie, who lives at the old Speegle place In West.:End, Green ville, Monday afternoon . accidentally discharged his shot gun, the load tearing the ankle of his two and a half year old child to shreds and sev eral of the shot taking effect in the hip of Mrs. Gillespie. The child's foot had to be amputated.' Governor Heyward Tuesday offered a i eward of $200 for the arrest and conviction of the parties who shot from ambush and killed J. W. Meetze. in Lexington county, on ."February 19. Aiken was visited again Monday night by a bold robber or gang of robbers. No clue has been found to the rascals. As burglars "schooped" the town last December and entered the residences of W. J. Platt, F. B. Henderson, L. Bradwell and Mrs. Ed ward King, leaviug no clue to their identity, so did they Monday night md left no trace; only in this In stance but one place was visited. County Supervisor Miles of Spar tanburg, Tuesday inspected and re lived the steel bridge over Pacolet river at Pacolet. This bridge is one jf the most durably built of any in Spartanburg county. The rock wort and piers were constructed by th? ,'ounty chalngangs under competent iverseers. The span of the Pacolel )ridge is 220 feet in length; it has i double track and two feet walks. Il :oBt the county $3,200. The State convention of the Bap ist Young People's Union to be hele n Anderson the first w?ek In Apri! .ives promise of being a much largci Affair than wns nt first, anticipated. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. -V*^, - . -ZZlfo?.. Many fiUtters of General Interest t? ?bott Paragraphs. ?Down In Dixie. Two more negroes were killen in thd race riots in Arkansas, making ll slain Ih ?flig I ?x-S?erSf?ry or..the Interior Hoke Smith has;, organized is second Parker club in Atlanta. General {Corbin favors holding the next manpeuvers of regular and State troops near Manassas, Va. Rev. fi J\. H?iey, of Richmond, was elected president df the National Con gress of the. Disciples of Christ af Dbi. cago. Both^ Governor.Jefferson trsVis ?rid Judge W?pd claimed t? have won Iii the Arkans?? primaries, the .full rec tums not paving been rcC'??r?dV Elijah. W:; Campbell, division super intendenir ?f the Texas & Pad Bc Rail way af Mirrahall Texas, was caught be tween twi&pam??g cars and killed. A rewatft. ?f ?2?0_w?s offered last weak b'yjlfovernor Heyward f?f the arrest t?^cf?nlvicfi?n of thd murder ers of John W. Meetz?, tf?? yoting, far mer of lexington countv kili?d ?rz the 19fh.??I February. A reward o'f $100. wav^ffered for the parties who burned fh'eV'barn of Sam Berryn In Orang:ebnrg; Pcb.- 23. Atp??e ftv. lonni Capital; Applications for pensions tinder Commissioner Ware's late ruling ?re pouring into 'his office. The Senate postoffice committee took up co??'?.^fntlon of thep ostoffice ap proprlatM--bil?. The: SejUte devoted much of its time to c?n?iflteratl?ri of the Indian Appro pr?atio?-;bl:?: The House ?pent nearly ali day with tri* Posintfice Appropriation bill, dis posing .??*?nly one page of if; - . Furthe^'testlmony was heard by the special Congressional committee inves tigating .R?f?rences made to members in one ot.^he postal reports. Most ii&the time of the House" fills week, it ja expected, will be devoted to up consideration of the postofflce ap prlation bill, The ??ti.?critic members of the Sen ate. h?V&taecid?d td adopt aggressive tactics i$-,dealing witS the Pbstoffldfi investigaron matter; . Enemies; in the Senate of the Pur?" Food biir.?vill seek tc prevent Its con sideration ' by keeping appropriation bills tb the front. TUR corner-stone of the Memorial Hall of Iffier Daughters Cf the American Rcvolutioli-will tie laid in Washington April - A ne^ftreaty frith China has beer) made h?^lssary by the denouncing on thc part'.pf-the Chinese Government of thc Chliiese ?xciu?;ioh treatv. At Thc Ndrtn. When jCh aries M. Schwab returned from Euvppe his chauffeur was held .on More than" 20 v/omeu and children were hurt" in a panic in au Italian church In New Haven, Conn. Buffalo, N. Y., Special.-Of the twenty-four delegates to the Demo cratic State conventions chosen nt the Erie county primaries, twenty-one are instructed to vote for Judge Alton B, Parker for tile presidential nomina tion. Burton Norville Harrison, a lawyer of New York, and husband of Mrs. Burton Harrison, the authoress, and i i father of Congressman Harrison. of h New York city, died at Chicago Tues? < day night, aged: 65. |< From Acrn?s The Sea. . Marquis Ito left Seoul. One Jap was killed in a skirmish near An ju. Niuchwang was reported to have been declared under martial law. A Turkish army has surrounded 10,- | OOO Albanians in ??ccedo;ila. Premier Combes, of France, de clared he did not intend to resign. A great anti-Chineee labor demon stration was held in London on Satur day. \rne story or cae poison'iug or the Ameer of Afghanistan was denied in London. ; Russia was reported to be anxious to involve China in the war in. order to secure the aid of France. Lord Curzon of Kedleston, viceroy of India, has been appointed Lord War den of the Clinque Ports, to succeed the late Marquis of Salisbury. Thomas W. Lawson continued the testimony in the suit in connection j with the Boston Gas combination. xne uomnes Ministry, lt was believ ed in Pari3, cannot long survive, and M. M. Mlllerand and Doumer were spoken of to form a new Ministry. It was reported that Major Glasenapp would be recalled from German South west Africa and court-martialed be cause of his defeat by the negro rebels. Mlsce'clrnious flatters. Martial law was declared by the Rus uian authorities in Niuchwang, and American and British flags were or dered to be hauled down. The Czar awarded the Cross of St. George to Lieutenant Krinitzki and of ficers of the torpedo boat destroyer Silnl for heroism in foiling Admiral Togo's attempt to bottle up Port Ar thur harbor. lt is announced that the committee in charge of the national Democratic convention which will be held in St. Louis in July, that thc $40,000 pledged to the national committee has been subscribed by business men of the city. By confessing alleged complicity in the theft of supplies belonging to ruo Marine Corps Private McMullen re moved the responsibility for paying for them from Capt. R. J. Wynne. The Ameer of Afghanistan was not poisoned, as reported, but his brother was wounded in a quarrel with a half brother at Cabul. The Japanese 3eet made another at tempt to block the harbor of Port. Arthur. Four steamers were reported sunk by the shells from the Russian guns and a Russian torpedo boat was sunk, but the effort to closo the har bor was not successful. There are indications that the Ise of Pines treaty will fail of action. Ex-Senator George Turner, of Wash ington State, says he believes the Democrats will nominate Judge Park er, of New Torie, for the Presidency. Chile and the Argentine Republic have decided to sell five warships, the purchase.T being, it i? reported. Amer icans. Daring Deed Committed By Band of Train Robber? THEY SHOOT Tiff; MESSENGER DEAD The Bandit* Then Robbed the Car cf The Express Company, and Escaped In the Darkness. Sacramento, Cal., Special.-??h'r?e Masked men held up the Oregon ex' press, southbound, on the Southern Pacl/?c Railway at Copley, near Kes wick, killed W, J, O'Neil!, the express messenger, and carried off the con tents of ri?c- express box. The train ls known as No. ??. and stopped at Copie;.-, a smail station, for water. i*.s tho tm in came tb -a standstill, :hree men jumped on and cut the :rain fn two, taking the engine and :xpfcss car down the track a short distance. Tb?y stopped the engine md deliberately billed O'Neill by shooting him through the head. The bandits then robbed the express oar >f its contents, but it is not knoWfi icw much they obtained. After robbing the car tho men cut t loose, and gelling on the engine | joitfi?eiled Engineer Joesink to go mead, f?f?? near Keswick the nen jumped off" the engine and dis ippeared with their plunder. They lave not been captured. Six People Killed. Scranton, Pa., Special.-Six persons ird known to have been killed, and ive fatally injured, by an explosion n the factory of the Dixon Squib Company, at Priceburg, ?car hers, Thursday; The dead afc;: Lizzie Bray, Lillian tfahan, Priceburg; Brockie Lewis, !(orth Scranton; Lizzie Matthews, )iyp1iaf?ij .George Callahan, Teresa Callahan, Pr.'cel'nrgi Those fatally injured ?re: Mamie Jilallon, Martha Haybrown, Sassie faultz, Mettie Hevron, Oscar Ayser. Twenty girls are employed in the actory: Wahi caused the explosion s. not know?, but ii ia said that one ?f the girls threw a squib iuto a itove. and tnat the force of tho ex ricsion was so gr?a?, that It wrecked he building and set it o?i fin*. The squibs are used In coal raining;. The Dickson Squib Company occu red only the first floor of the struc? ure, the Gallahan family having ooihs on the second floor. It vas tere that the two Callahan chile ren ost their lives. Thoma* Callahan, he father, was at work, and Mrs. Mallabah bad just left the room when he explosion occurred. The chil ifen, aged three years and six ucnths, respectively, were playing >n the^flotfr; Both were instantly ' 1 Qe/building caught ounng;^rjuiiainso, . otto^ooiupied- as^a?te ioteh and the other as a butcher ?hep; Both Were destroyed. All of the bodies have been taken rom the ' debris, the bodies of the j lead employes were so badly hum id that it was with great difficulty j hat they could be recognized. Georgia Peonage Cases, Macon, Ga,, Special.-A Savannah ! ?pedal to The Telegraph says: "Doubting the correctness of news Uspatches from New Orleans to the sffect that the United States Circuit Court of Appeals bad sustained the de cision of the lower court In tho case ?f S. M. Clyatt. of Irwin county, charged with peonage, appealed from the northern district of Florida, Judge Emory Speer, of the United States Court for the southern district of Geor gia, wired Judge Shelby, who presided and received an answer, stating that the bench could not agree and that the case had been referred to the United States Supreme Court. The news re ceived by Judge Speer puts a dlffernt phas upon the question, lt remains for the status of the various peonage cases that are pending. In several States in the South there is deep interest ; in thc outcome of the appeal." Quarantine Declared. Austin, Texas, Special.- Governor Lanhan issued a proclamation declar ing quarantine in effect on the Gulf coast and along the Rio Grande bor der, effective April 1. This proclama tion resulted from a conference of health officers of the cities and coun ties of that territory held here today. It was stated there had been cases of yellow fever at Laredo and Monterey during the winter, one of them being found in March.. Dr. Longanet. of La redo, stated that the patient discovered during March was now convalescent. Dr. Richardson, representing the Ma rine Hospital Service, stated that the national government will at once place physicians at Mexico points to issue certificates. Big Store Burned. Newark, N. J., Special.-The Broad street store of the Georke Company was gutted by fire, entailing a loss of ??OO.OflO. The store, which is six stories in height, has a frontage of 50 feet on Broad street, with a large ell 200 feet wide on Market street front, and was prevented from spreading by the shut ters. The 14-story building of the Pru dential Life Insurance Company stands within 100 feet of the Georke store, and the fire corps of the building poured volumea of water on the flames from above. Loss to Mill Operatives. London, By Cable.-Charles W. Mc Ara, president of thc Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Associations, has issued an exhaustive statement on the situation of the cotton trade. It shows that the loss to the wage-earn ers resulting from the necessity for short time amounts to $550.000 a week, or ?6.S75.C00 since the short time was started. This amount is borne by 500,000 people." The total loss to the employers ls $200,000 weekly, making :he loss to Lancashire $750,000 weekly. Will Contest. Little Rock, Ark., Special.-Returns have been received from 7.1 out of 75 counties, and these show that Governoi Jofforson Davis is entitled to 302 dele sates In the State convention. Th? number necessary to nominate is 222 Judge Wood has conceded that on tnt face of the returns he has not enoug? counties lo win the nomination, but b< will apeal to thc State convention ant contest the vote as returned in a num ber o' rou niles ... ..... os? Provisions From Trees. There is a tree which grows in ?Sumatra, Algeria and China which is known as the vegetable tallow tree. From its fruit large quantities of oil and tallow are extracted, and the fruit is gathered in November or Decem ber, when all thc leaves have fallen. Excellent candles are made from th? herries of a tree which grows in somt parts of South Africa and the Azores. At Sierra Leone is found the cream fruit tree, the fruit of which is very :tgreesbl? in taste. In Ceylon there is the bread fruit .ree. from which a food is made in thc same way that we make bread. It is said to be equally good and nutri tious. Yaung Sharks m a Shark's Stomach A huge shane, measuring nearl] eleven feet in length, was caught o? the ocean pier at West. Palm Beac! Monday by C. F. Bingham of Nautilni cottage. A strange revelation wai made .when the big fish was cut open In the stomach were twelve youn? sharks, each about sixteen indien Ii length. These were transferred to t water tank on the pier In which thej lived for five hours.-Tropical Sun. Peculiar Land Tenure Custom. At Chingford, in Essex. England, an estate is held by a very strange con? ditton. Whenever it passes into hew hands, the owner, with his wife, man servant and maid-servant, comes cu horseback to the parsonage and pays his homage by blowing three blasts upon a horn; he carries a hawk upon his fist and his servant has a grey hound in the slip, both for the use of the rector for that day. He receives a chicken for the hawk, a peck of oats for his horse and a loaf of bread for his greyhound. After dinner the own? er blows three more blasts, and then with his party withdraws from the rectory. Prince Not Fond of Athletics." ':r\ The Siamese prince, who in the ear?j ly 90s was a member of what was then' at any rate the most cosmopolitan col lege in Oxford, found it very difficult to reconcile his autocratic notions, with the practice of undergraduates.' Being asked by the captain of the boats to go down and do a little "tub bing," he drew himself up to his full five feet and replied: "When I go on the river at Bangkok I have SO slaves to row me." g Georgia Chemical Works AUGUSTA GA. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS AND ACID PHOSHATES. CAPACITY: TONS. 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