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I VOK'69..'"' -" .?TfrMMTT^ fj,? ? EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1904. THE NATIONAL BANt f OP AUGUSTA?. ^ FEA?TE: G. FOB?, Cashier. CAPITAL $250,000. Surplus i Undivided Profits. I $125,000 NO. 30. I k Ja SM -Tlfr? r* i inf m ? ?rm i Recent Battles Have ( i""r' of " thc JAP LOSSES GREA?LY FXAG?RATED Puzzling, J^c^Qt??u^e?_ N?w?- a*, St. Petersburg-Tokio's Silence.Con aidered Significant. ^ . Wi Per; mi C]? his rer OV( on] Ea m Lie Ya; est pat tro< woi '.the bec; cut andi S3V( grac sitie .mar now The gran eral my's iron Yan; raen impi tvoo teac if' tl lhe batt bloT wit! figh HM _f-U^Fi^^ lack of further official hews regarding The engagement at Port ^ffiur .on the night of July 10th isllvery^ puzzling. That the Japanese were heavily, defeat ^-not doubted'.here/ but in "the ab-. ^ sence of . further information; the ex tent of the disaster that befell them is beginning to be seriously questioned. TT definite news has been received from Viceroy;- Alexieff's headquarters at Mukden that a week beforejhe en rgagemenf ?t'^?rt'Tr?nurrMa'jor'^Geh-* eral Fopk administered a severe defeat tq-the Japanese' on July.14 'ahdTJuiy o. drivings them from - theheiglrtsxcom m^dlng Lunsantan Pass with a loss of 2.000. This-js.-considered -bere-^ proof that there iasjieen heavy^fighting-be fore the fortress of .Port Arthur, and as making the silence. qf^Tokio regarding it ail the more significant - ' .. ot.her Reports' of lasses. 'r.-.'^Ta Tch.e Kiao, By fJable.-The latest reports regarding the storming of Port Arthur, July 10,-place:the Japanese: losses in killed, and wounded at 25;000 and'ftose of the Russians at 5,500. the Japanese retired and the Russians': ob cupied the position. The Japanese have .now. changed their, frontal position and w? ?e^[S "af the ' eastern .portion of the-defenses, owing'to the Japanese turning movement. i Must Not. Mention Ships. . St. Petersburg, By Cable.-It is possi ble that the fourth ship of the Viadivo stock squadron, now off the Japanese coast, is-the cruiser Bogatry, as the re pairs to that vessel were known some time ago tc have been nearly com pleted, m view of the approaching de parture of the Baltic squadron for the iar East, extra precautions are being taken to prevent the publicatio_n of news of the movements? or: condition^bf ?^l??CaT?pw. Thevhewspapefs-are stnctlv 'forbidden t to- me?tib? ! their' ^i?^-:.^.even foreign news .dis patches referring to the Russian ves seis are not passed by the censor. 5 ?**o Yang, By Cable.-Fighting is Imminent ai Ta; Tche 'Kiao and Hai Cheng'. The .Japanese are entrenched ^I^PUtb ..of Ta Tche^Kia^ ;J^^v,is.. ?XW;^: ; piuco. _.Thei^ . ?wofe'week;^e"^ermpnie,te^^^eg- ^. ^Ha^rii^as/ 50^eg?ee8 lontri ?^??v^It^ rumored that a, Japanese .Sl.mn-has appeared on the Mukden . road. Troops are constantly arriving here. ,\-8 > ^ ??H>c>.*s \i - t 'v.Troops Shifted./ - Ta Tct?'id?o^By.Cabk^Th? nete have withdrawn from the west ?5c of the railroad and are massing ?the! armies on the Russian left Re connaissances in force carried out hj Russian cavalry and artillery yesterday and today almost as far south asK ai Chou, failed to disclose the Japanese. A diversion is expected from Ta Pass. It ia possible that some of the-Japwese forces have been drawn off to Port Ar - Sur to replace the; terrible,losses, of .Joly 10>vf> .?- *? ' Reoort of Losses Confirmed. London, By Cable.-A dispatch to a the War Office' announces the receipt S a dispatch, from Port Arthur con finning the report that the Japanese sustained considerable losses on -July ll the exact particaulars of which have not yet been ascertained. According to , ^ Se dispatch, the Russians recaptured . va Jlfp?n?se._ Officer Wounded. r V~ St. Petersburg, By Cabie.^Ge?eial Rennenkampff was wounded hut not seriously, in a skirmish nearSalm?tS za A bullet passed through the calf:ot. k&ofr's?ys' It occurred July 13, D Seen Liao Yang and Saimatsza, .toa Sish in which the j?panese ,were" repulsed. ' : ': Losses Now Placed" at 2j000. -. * Mukden, By Cable.-In' the'fighting Bi the right flank of the line of de fences" of Port Arthur July. 3 to-July 6 the Russians drove jjacktte..Japanese and occnn?ed tte east bank of the Lu*- , } santan-and-the-rheights. comman^ngrg ?n?santan^Pasft -The -Japanese losses ? -, . were about 2,000. Those of tte Russians j were insignificant. Russian Submarine Tested. : St. Petersburg. By'Cabl?.-The- suh-.^ marine t- t Fulton.Wch'Tias bWar, * rronstadt is reported to be in the Wetter she will go to the far East by rail orvWitt the Baltic squardon,. sf _--?--? I < ^Killed Whole Family. Ruff alo i?l vj Special.-One of the m?cking:tidies that.eye||J currefcto this city came to liMg?| thence-^ad^hodies of Ba??:!. WaSrn, a member of the grain firm of Heathfield & Washburn, on the noafd of trade, Washburn's wife and his young daughter, Gladys, ID >ea? old - wore found in a bed- room of their : Washburn heia and^sfiof-and killed his. SfeSm daughter^^??5*2? weapon upon his, head-and killed him Jell J:*- -i " -a^C'NSrthern^Seeurttles-m-'^ ; Trenton, N. J.;Special.-Judge Brad ford on friday granted a preliminary H Hardman. Winslow ^Pierce Sd others to restrair the proposed nro-rata distribution of the assets o ??e Northern Securities Company. TW te a defeat for the Hill interests. Th ?pmion length. - z /^--f-s William F. Sheehan h." declined th ?ptopswUft- eiairnianship-,, and tt -? "oat ,vSa1 are p~o; of sa} an ?Fe tte va Sh Ja by ri w ec :-ci ei ti P o liven: Russia the Better : Fight - Tien. Tain, : By Gable,-The Chinese minister at Tokio has telegraphed the Wai -\vou TouTTXthe~<;?n?se" minister -cf T?reign""aft?1rs) "that th? japanese .government has presented a scheine for the administration of Manchuria; the principal clause qL^yJiicnJar.that the. Japanese will govern the-pY?vT?c? with .thB'iraHfber bf CTiinesT'^r??ps how in the-, country.-In-formation has been'Tre ceivea" here"that ' unless._'.\ Cliina^sup presses the rebellion in the province of Kwank Si;' theTrench Government has threatened1 to.'land-troops'and put it down.:- Tho Chinese Government is much perturbed in consequence.' A feeling .prevails in Tien Tsin that the Japanese-'has suffered a terrible re,-1 verse at Port Arthur. If they, had- not, lt is thought "that, the Japanese Gov ernment jwould . haye contradicted Jke :epbffed^isaste'r days ago. ,is .^t.ra**9y... .Declared i,to Have Proved Beyond Reproach-Matters in Which ^ Than His "Critics'-Apparent Blunders, Such as 7assalitch's "Fight on the Yalu and Stakelberg's March, Seen to Have Had--Valuable Results-Now' Able to Accept 8attle. St. .Petersburg,*- Jy - Cable.-Experts io, until M-ec?ntly; were inclined' to iticise General ?Kuropatklh'-s.jnanage-. mt of affairs in-the. far East, -de ne, as . the situation develops, tha'i/ ! strategy has proved, so far, beyond iroachv He has successfully tided ?r a, pressing danger-how c pressing ly these- in close touch with the far st. realize. His apparent mistakes, e thejprolonged resistance offered by nt?n?nt General Zassalitch on the lu, turn out to be acts of the high -military judgment." General Kuro kia then. had. so .few and; such poor jps at "Xiao Yang that the Japanese lld "have had an easy task to crush main.force'of Russians, had they n permitted'tu cross the Yalu with se've":e punishment, and the thous B lost by Zassalitch .practically sd i.iao Yang, Zassalitch, until dis :ed, occupied an important staff po ra._jjeneralJ3aron ? SJakeIberg?s ch')""whlch ' also" was 'criticised,' is : admitted to have been necessary.; march was a reconnaissance on a; d scale, and not only enabled Gen-: Kuropatkin to ascertain the ene-ii rtrehgtlt?and disposi^^r^it ma-lLw^ V a d' ?I a] tr di ST til in, bo 1 his cf sui CUli in ?j sui T Joh ?t.i3 D| ?Iii 1 Uaw I g and Mudkden: Meanwhile, tne at Kuropatkin's headquarters are roving. Fifty thousand of the best ps>from -European Russia. have hedXiao Yang within a month, and tie Russian commander-in-chief in far East nov/ chooses to accent"'a ;Ie, he yr?? be able to inflict a heavy v. All Russia is looking forward i confidence^ to the issue^ . of the t "'": V-'^YV? Advance Posts Driven Back, t. Petersburg, By Cable.-Under e.'; ot.. July 16, Lieutenant General tharoff>reports that the chasseurs : driving back the Japanese advance 5ts" southward of Siakotan and east Kanchl. The Japanese, the general < s, have re-captured. Kechinhia. They ; still fortifying the passes between nshul and Motien. The Japanese, ? general says, have evacuated Seke n and Yan Dikan. The country from lossyra up to Sihu Pass is free from panese, but the pass itself is occupied a detachment of the Japanese ad nce guard. General Sakharoff re rts .several., minor, encounters " with aetrc?lIy"no "casualties'; " Min an i s ?. nois on ' sun A in g pre abc abl 1 am in tri W? Ja $4 Pi -May Lead to Extradition Treaty. Mexico City, Special.-Georgy B. Bar ere, ? Cuban arrested in Vera Cruz, ill tf? returned to Havana. His alleg 1 defalcation amounted to $33,000, .exico/will probably.-rrecelve "in, ex rang?"' an alleged diamond, tMef^ham i Soler." Mexico" and Cuba have ?o'ex rad?tion-.treaty, but this exchange of rispners;. ?nay^'lead to the negotiation f such a treaty" .-' ' . No. Settlement In Sight. Chicago, Special".-All" chance's bf leace in the packers' strike-has--van shed, for the time-being.at least. The md of tie) negotiations came, late Sat jrday after ? conference which had asted nearly .all afternoon between the Dfficials-pf the strikers-: and. a number Df packers. Tffe""fin?T' break" resulted when the union officials insisted-that all the men who had gone out on strike be taken back and given their-ord places. The packers declared that this Would-necessitate "the discharge of all the" m?n'th-ey'^?ri: employed since the commencement of the strike, and that they_coul.d not,, and . would not~consir tier'it The conferehce'theh "broke up, and the strike will continue. Roosevelt's Notification. Oyster Bay, SpeciaL-^President Roosevelt and Secretary-Loeb are per ?ffic?ng arrangements for the ceremony ? incident to the President'sformaljnci j ftcation of his nomination, wETch: wi?l ?occur at Sagamore ..Hill on-.the 2.7th j inst. Allvof the d?tails have not" b?cn ? worked:aut/$at the preparations prac i tically,have;>he?n completecfin a gen eral -way; The-^.'??remonies will not be I c-rahor?t?-or ostentatious. Indeed, they ?twill "be markedly simplicity. 3* , ; Signs of Foul Play. London, By Cable.-Reports to both th" press'; associations and the Central News assert that'a further examination PT the body of F. Kent Loomis, which was"found yesterday, at'Warren Point, some 15 miles from - Plymouth, has "given"rise to grave suspicions on the prirt of local-^fficialR.'thatv.M'r. Loomis i met with fouf play. 'The wbtoiid behind .. -the right ear is described as being cir cular, large and clean, and. itils thoughl that it waa inflicted. beforV;death. It If j r-urmised that Mf.v troonii?' body fel , ! iato the. wateTvaaar-:tbe .'-E5dcl?8ton< Nfc WS THROUG HOUT Tfl? COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Imporcance Gathered From 'Many Sources. Through the South. Several persons in various parts of Virginia were killed by being struck by lightning. " Senator Elkins, Of West Virginia, in a speech opening the Republican State Convention, eulogized his father-in law, Senator Henry G. Davis, but did hot advise Republicans to vote for bim. There lias, been placed in the State Library, at Richmond, plate armor taken from the body of a Federal sol dier on the Seven Pines field. It is claimed that this sustains the charge that Northern soldiers wore armor, row escapes. Wshlngton Happenings. It is likely that if American battle ships to Turkish waters they will not sail before August 1. .Repr?sentative J. W. Babcock, chair man of the Republican Congressional :ampaign committee, speaks hopefully it the outlook. . Baltimore is third, in a list of four ities which, lead in negro population, Vashington being first. Extensjy?'. plans for the erection of war'coll?ge building and other im rovements at Washington" 'barracks re.being pushed. * . . The Canadian Government, it is un erstood, may protest against what is yied the kidnipping."Of a Louisiana leged defaulting postmaster in-Mon eal. eal. Reports received in Washington in cate that the Perry memorial fund'ls veiling rap'idly. " Major Theodore A. Bingham was re .ed as a brigadier-general. The War Department intends resell Z $3,000,000 short-term Philippine nds falling due September 1 next. Injhe North. Tearing that he would have to close restaurant because of the high price beef, John J. Mahoney committed cide in New York; Al" .and "Ben" Wade were electro ed at the Ohio Penitentiary annex, Columbus, for the murder of Kate livan, at Toledo-,-April 14, 1900. . wo.-'negroes-Frank Ousley and n Johnston-were hanged together pittsburg for -the murder :of James nelly, aVigrpcei- . ?ic?ltjfe?s ?beiJ3?gencountered " in te^rtrnrfiqar om^oT^n^vaic" ^ g J h n: si ca tu ci' so tic Mi br, IO( is bri trii vai 1 in bia daj cov ma? nes to on Th wa am bel coi oa va Tl to nesota are talking of nomiffa^nrg-r^^ ndependent State ticket. | uee lie State Board of Health of Illi ; has issued an interesting circular 'The Cause and Prevention of Con ?ption." . committee o? Pennsylvania labor men, who. called at Oyster Bay to sent a petition to the President mt the Colorado situation.'were un e to get an interview with him. Che hundredth anniversary of Alex Jer Hamilton's death was observed New York city. V trainload of Italians and Aus ans, recently arriving at Victor, Col., ire speedily deported. The Mallory Line Steamship San cinto was damaged to the extent of 0,000 at Roach's Shipyard, Chester, ij '- -- - . Foreign Affairs. Oom Paul Kruger, fo/mer President the Transavaal Republic, diel in vitzerland. The Japanese were reported to have cupid Yin Kow, port of Niuchwang, ithout resistance. A battle was reported in progress at a Tche Kia?! ^resident Castro, of Venezuela, has ned the New'York and Bermudez As hait.Co. to recover about $10,000, 00 damages. The rumor of iO.OOO Japs being illed was not confirmed. A tremendous ovation was given Jo eph Chamberlain, who delivered a peech in .Albert Hall, London, under he auspices of the Liberal-Unionist Jouncil. William Waldorf Astor's newspaper, :he Pall Mall Gazette, nanounces the siigagement of Mr. Astor's daughter Pauline to "Capt. H. H. Spender-Clay, formerly of the Life Guords. It was "rumored in St. Petersburg that the Japanese were, repulsed at Port Arthur, with immense loss, esti mated at 30,000. Bulgarian insurgents dynamited t train between Sal?nica and Constanti nople, causing injury to 20 persons. The armies of General Count Keller and General Kuroki were reported fac ing each other across the-'River LJank," ready for a battle, 28 miles east of Liao Yang. The arbitration treaty between Great' Britain and Germany was signed. in London. Miscellaneous Doings. Messrs. Cockran, August'- Belmout cud McCarren bad a conference with Judge Parker at Esopus. In 1900, 29,073,233 persons were 'en: gaged in gainful occupations in conti nental United States. . :-.!. A general strike, which began at th< Western stockyards, ie expected':t? throw 90,000 people out of employmen and raise the prices of meat. The investigating committee in. th ^Chartreuse charges, upon reporting"* . i the French Chamber of Deputies, ha t1 its report rejected, was oensured and j resolution declaring Premier Comb? ' above suspicion passed by a large ni* jttrtty. PALMETTO MATTERS Occurrences of interest in Various Parts cf the State; a v TV .tl hi ic ai -ri in vi T\ in; si'j ti -3 ciil las Th bel w M nee tr ?' For a Handkerchief Factory; . Newberry, Special.-Another enter prise has been added to Newberry county's already large number of man ufacturing Industries. This enterprise ls the Whitmire Manufacturing Com pany, of Whitmire, the purpose of the organization being the manufacture of handkerchiefs. This is the only indus try of its kind in this section. The cor porators of the concern, which has al ready been granted a charter, are J. I V. Thompson, W. H. Riser and W. H. Scott, it is experted that work on the buildings will begin at an early date. South Carolina Items. The Clinton Cotton Mill Tuesday 'increased its capitalization from $150,000 to $300,000. A handkerchief factory ls to.be started .at Whitmire. LeRoy F. You mans, of Columbia, has been appointed a special judge to hold court af Greenwood, beginning Au gust 8, and running for the specified time. The appointment has been made on account of the illness of fudge Gage. As a result of conferences with Sorry county promoters, Commission s? of Immigration Watson will go to hat county in a few days and make irrangements for a colony. It is ex iected..that about 60,000 acres can be btainedfor colonization purposes in hat section. Chief Justice Pope has notified the overnor of the appointment of Hon. E. McDonald, of Winnsboro, to old special court at Chester, begin ing in September. This is in r? lonse to a petition by the Chester bar, tiling attention to the fact that it id-been nearly two years since any lil cases had been heard. Commissioner of Immigration Wkt n ig arranging for the transporta ra of a number of immigrants from irseilles, France, and after being Dught to this Slate they will be :ated in Ihe Pee Dee section. This the beginning of a movement to. ng a large number of these indus 3us people here and locate them in .ious parts of the State. - ?elham Wheeler, who was injured an automobile accident in Ce-j Sunday night, was just alive^ but there was hope for his ery. Mr. Wheeler was driving mine $of>-P. D^JjgrflY ^Ali^^^^uu-^merous p cuts. TIT A ;herifl colena, iday morning received y=all to 80 a destructive Are at mei v e blaze des royed a tam ? ?ssgl m ??"m make a report on this the comptroller. Comptroller General Jones has ? completed copies of the gfa ony taken in the casei ot *. ^ e pol coman in F1^ceofWburning XeStTL Pee Dee tooafco warehouse.. orked by a cltlz^ " h _ East was . H. Barringer and ho*E?. Ln!le" m las was Sted bail :;?enneCsday V?mt e^s? S srstood that he will.be roller general Wednesday an old & C???der S Administration of.Gov. Jas L On S in 1886 and the interest isi calen mt time._ Forty-two Buildings Burned. _ Wrln^"t dllyed ? onUdfags ta?siness & -?on? Millington. MO., control. _ To ??neak in Doubtful States. M? Srieans. Vcial.-A telegram frirn Jackson, Miss., says that con Si S?rths?| the national committee meets. I Stanley Lowers His Record. {. Mount Washington, N. H., Special. F E. Stanley, of . Newton, Mass., who yesterday made the eighths ascent r?Mount Washington in 31 minutes, 15 'seconds, breaking the previous record by 17 minutes, 44 seconds, lowered his own figures by nearly 3 minutes, going up the mountain in 28 minutes, 19 2-5 seconds. * Reported Fight Off Port Arthur. London, By Cable.-The Shanghai correspondent..of The'Morning Post cabling under date of July 15. says tba a naval engagement took place off Pori Arthur Friday. _ It is expected that ex-Preslden Cleveland will make at least one> speed for Judge Parker in the campaign. 1 National Chairman George B. Corte] you Senator Fairbanks and Governc ' Odell conferred In New York about R< pubUcaa easipaign plan*. Tue and Jool T bus nea the 1 No: M. Jui ?1 COI fox -1 CT! . I tic ha co ia / Sill! ANOTHER SHOOTING AFFAifl POmirient Newberry County Man Pro bably Mortally Wounded; i special from Newberry to Satur days State says: Mr; P: fj; Smith was shit throught the right breast by Mn T. J. Davenport at about 9 o'clock; Beth men are prominent and respected citzens of this county. The affair oc curred near independenc? and was the ou;come of a dispute over ? road which hal been closed by Mr. Davenport agiinst the wishes of Mr. Smith. Missrs. Smith and Davenport were on horseback, accompanied by Mr. H. T. Wirkman, when the shooting occurred. is stated that Mr. Davenport fired pointblank at Mr. Smith with a -38 calbre revolver, the ball taking effect In'the right breast above the nipple. Several physicians are in attendance upjn Mr. Smith and lt is not yet pos sIHejto state whether or not the wound wi? prove fatal. Mr. Smith ls a mem be) of Gov. Heyward's staff. Hr. Davenport came to Newberry injaaedlately after the shooting and ga've himself up to the authorities. Wlien seen in the office of his attor ney he said that he had no statement :'oJtnake as yet except that the shooting )c|urred on his own land and that he lefiply regretted the affair. Disappeared at the River. Holly Hill, Special.-On Monday last ??lored man was arrested In Eutaw i?jp,':a few miles above Holly Hill, for ujramg a white man on the streets. He air, fined $5 and being unable to pay :?mne he was locked up in the gu?rd enme. Tuesday morning the place was m? empty, the lock being broken, u?Vtwo buggy tracks leading to the fer were' found. Search for the miss g^man. who is a resident of Eutaw Wf: has continued but without result, yffitrail disappeared at the river and my have been fishing for him there fc%j Tuesday. D- G. Low Twee Shot. I^une, SpeciaJ.-A personal diffi ^between Messrs. D. G. Law and omas Barnes, who live a few miles ? ^^rwhichXawwass.o ponce with a parlor rifle and once M snot gun. The wounds while not partly fata,, are very painful. The ?-.originated concerning a horse i/buggy which belonged to Law. ftrii,tt,-atuut. ?iVa pal tji..? lu, nm i, oium. gay afternoon and spend the fol nnday at Green Pond,- which is in ihef^**cj? the rice growing country, | the %r?Ma rice situation will be ?ed into. Bl?. Bank of Lam?t^will be open for (ness by the 1st or August. Its f building will be completed within next few days. |?e governor has appointed W. F. t\^on magistrate at Mullins vice W. Jones, who died on the 17th of [pe McColl knitting mill has been ?pleted, and the plant ls about ready ?foperation. Two hundred operatives p'ostly adults-will be required to op rte the new mill. Gov. Heyward upon the recommenda >n of the county delegation of York s appointed W. B. Williams, Jr., unty auditor to take the place of his tiler who recently died. Governor Heyward could not attend e. veterans' gathering at Leesville itiirday on account of extra pressure ! iluties due to his absence from of sejthe past several days. i _ ' Better Ratos on Live Stock. Washington, Special.-The Inter State Commerce Commission has sus ained the contention of the New Or eans Live Stock Exchange against the Tesas & Pacific Company, that the im position of an additional freight rate 3f $15 per car when less than ten car loads of live stock constituted a ship ment was unreasonable. ! _ Strike Clash at St. Paul. a. Paul, Minn., Special-The first ;lcili between the sheriffs force and [he striking butchers of Swift & Cozn pary's plant at South St. Paul occurred Satirday night, when a spirited and partly successfud effort was made by thecompany, assisted by Sheriff Grisim and deputies, to force about 25 men tknugh. a big crowd of strikers, who wee congregated about the entrance to :be packing house yards. A severe hard-to-hand encounter ensued, and several on both sides were bruised. One of iie strikers, J. K. Banks, marshal of thestriking pickets, was arrested later and fined $25. Full Time Resumed. Httsburg, Special.-With a display ?f fireworks surpassing that on the Toirth of July, the Homestead Steel Yorks started operation in full blast Saturday night with the employes corking double time. The plan*, has aeen operating only about half time for :he past year. By the starting of the mill at its full capacity 7,000 men will bave steady employment. Canadian Coal .for Mexico. Mexico City, Special.-George L. Courtney and William W. Ward of j Vancouver, B. C., are here for the pur ' ;ose of inducing the government to '- ;ive a subsidy to a line of steamers hey propose to establish between can idian ports on the Pacific coast and t Mexican ports. They propose to maki ?j|i feature of their business the impor ting of Canadian coaf into Maxicar west coast port9 and for the supply o I- the Tehauntepec Railroad. Among th< ?r articles for return cargo would bi Mexican unrefined sugar and nativi woods. PAUL KRUGER DEAD . Former President of the South Afri can Republic Succumbs to Old Age. Clarens, Switzerland, By Cable. Paul Kruger, former President of the Transvaal republic, died here at 3 , o'clock Thursday morning from pneu monia, and supervening heart weak ness. Mr. Kruger lost conslousness Monday; His daughter and son-in-law were with him st the time of his death. He had been out only once Bince his arrival here, at the begin ning of last month. The /ex-president's body was em balmed, and this evening the remains TV ere placed in a vault, ponding funer al arrangements. Application will be made to the British government for authority to transport the remains to the Transvaal*. In the meantime they will be temporarly Interred here. S. Mi Jone6 Dead. Toledo, 0., Special.-Samuel M. Jones, the golden rule mayor, died at his home Tuesday evening at 5:07 o'clock as a result of'a complication of disease. The immediate cause of his death was an abscess on his lungs The dea^i of Mayor Jones has caused the greatest sorrow all over the city. He leaves a widow and three sons Percy, Paul and Mason Jones. Armour Branch at Richmond. Richmond, Va., Special.-According to a telegram from Norfolk, Armour & Company will open a branch slaugh tering house here to relieve the meat situation in Virginia during the West ern packing house strike. At the local branch of Armour & Company, how aver, nothing had been heard of such a contemplated move. The prices of neats here have risen very little so 'ar. Pork remains at the anti-strike igure. There are various and extensive ilaughtering houses already at this . ?oint, and the work there is practically infected by the strike in the West. Great Flood Near Manila. Manila, By Cable.-A cloudburst >ver the hills northeast of Manila aused a flood which has destroyed un Juan Del Monte. Two hundred ives were lost. .Thc -low-lying._dis ricts were'inundated. The homes'of """" mericans and foreigners are Isolated, ransportation through the streets is arried cn in boats ouly. Rain has illen for ,27 hours, the total being af j'd^aYfTiTto joy. The first l)ott' merbrought immediate relief and ii .^continued use completely cure om ?er. It's the most certaiu cure i jr Aflhe world for all throat and lui] je i troubles. Guaranteed Botlles 5C or(j and $1.00. Trial Bottles Free ? 0? 'The Penn Drug Store. ito ^e^w Store. you to come and see our goods befo Loi_ J" S agent' wires "-to-date line of Sho< teamer Nemesis is \u^^r^0S^ ieen lost in the gales which recently wept that section of the sea. It is eared all on board the vessel were ost. The wreckage has been washed Lahore. Japanese Lose Heavily. London, By Cable.-The Morning Post's Shangal correspondent says that the Japanese casualties by land mines nt Port Arthur Sunday night are re ported to have been 28.OOO, but none of the many other special war dispatches mention a Japanese disaster at Port Arthur. , -_ Mormon Headquarters. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special-Presi dent Beujamin E. Richards, of the Southern States mission of the Mor mon Church, purchased substantial buildings in this city for the permanent establishment of headquarters for the Mormon Church in the South. Ail the Southern States will be in his juris diction, and missionaries will be sent out from here. These headquarters are moved here from Atlanta. Telegraphic Briefs. Ecclesiastical and commercial inter ests in China are said to dVdlre the re moval of John Goodnow, American Counsel-General at Shanghai. The new battleship Ohio will be ready to go into commission in three months. Santo Domingo is being treated ta a display of American naval strength. Russian official dispatches tend to confirm reports that the Japanese lost 30,000 or 40,000 men in a land attack on Port Arthur. A cloudburst northeast of Manila caused a flood which destroyed the suburb of San Juan Del Monte, 200 lives being lost. The Anglo-American arbitration tre aty was severely scored by some of the British newspapers. Socialists attacked army officers in Belgrade, Servia, and it was reported that 20 of the civilians were killed. The decree establishing a United States custom house in the canal zone creates excitement at Panama. Judge Parker will confer with P. H. McCarren with a view to harmony among New York Democrats. J. H. Schuettler, former member ol the St. Louis Municipal Assembly, pleaded guilty of bribery. Taken Back to Pennsylvania. Norfolk, Va., Special-John O'Brien and Joseph Day, two white men, iden tified as the alleged murderers of Sam uel Ressler, an aged tollgate keeper at Lancaster, Pa-, were taken to Penn sylvania by Sheriff Zeigler and his deputies. The prisoners have repeat edly denied the charges preferred against them. The Pennsylvania oCi eera claim that they have sufficient evi dence in hand to hang O'Brien and Day tai the murder of Ressler. Narrow Escape from Burial Alive. A startling discovery was made by some workmen engaged in complet ing a new house in Lyme road, Leices ter, England, the other afternoon The men were surprised to hear s voice from under the floor pleading piteously for a drink of water. A policeman was called, and a man was found lodged in the narrow space be twen the ground and the flooring. The floor was raised with some clifiQ culty, and after the lapse of many minutes the man, faint, hungry and dazed, was dragged out. He sfated that several days previously he had ;one Into the house to sleep, and while under the beams he had been securely nailed in. He was aware ol what was happening, but could not warn the workmen. The man was very respectably dressed, but he de clined to give any account of himself. In another hour the only source ol air would have been bricked up, and in that case the man would certainly have been buried alive. CIVIL MARRIAGES OF. APACHES. Jicarilla Couple First to Adopt Method of Palefaces. A letter from Dulce, on the Jicarilla Apache reservation, in Rio. Arriba county, N. M., says that the first civil marriage ever performed between two Jicarilla Apaches took place there a few days ago. The couple were. John Mills J3alta zar and Miss Guadalupita Julian, Juli blooded Apaches. The ceremony was performed by Edward Cordova, justice of the peace of Lumberton. The Jicarillas are making rapid progress toward civilization. There are 130 children at school at Dulce, and new school facilities will have to be provided by the government, as there are 275 persons of school age on the reservation. The government provides work for the Indians; em ploying them on irrigation works and paying them good w?ges. They prove good workers and are very practical. -New York Herald. Farrand Organs The Bese in the world. The Factory does three quarters of a million dollars worth' of business a year. Quality considered they are tde CHEAPEST ORGANS made. Over fifty now in stock. Terms accommodat ing. Write me before buyinor elsewhere. Other magnifi cent organs in appearance at Forty-Five Dollars, with stool and box. Freight paid J. A. Holland NINETY SIX, S. C. THIS SPACE IS TAKEN BY The Leading* Grocers of Augusta Ga^ V ^ -; _ ?r-uoods we will -^x^e very thing in that line re gardless of cost. It will pay all prospective buyers to get our prices before making their purchases. AND DEALER IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and other Material. Write Us For Prices. Corner Reynolds and Washington Streets, Georgia. Augusta, Wagons FURNITURE ia complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS. always on hand. AU calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded to. AU goods sold on a ?1i Jprofit. Call to see me, I. will save you money. _rrrTTira Johnston GEO. r\ COBB South Carolina^ WE HANDLE EVERYTHING IN BUILDING MATERIAL "PAROID ROOFING" "POTT'S OLD PROCESS TINPLATE" MANTELS, TILE, GRATES, HARDWARE, TIN PLATE, SHINGLES. 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