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KDlTO't AND MANAGER.
WKDMKSDAY, 1T.HKL ATY 17, 1004
Murk Hanna is Dead.
Washington, Feb. 17). ? Marcus
A. Haana, Ignited States Senator
from Ohio, and one of the forcraoat
figiues in American public
life, died this evening in his apartments
at the Arlington Hotel at
6:40 p. in., of typhoid fever, at?
:11 / 4 l._ 11 ?
ici an liiuco^ in w?u iiu
passed awav peacefully and with,
out pain, after being unconscious
at 3 a. m., at which time the tirst
of a ssriss of sinking spells c i ~ e
on, from the bud of which lie
nerer rallied. All the members
of the family, with one or two
xceptions, were ul tho bedside
rheu the end came.
During the last hour* life was
kept in his body by tho ir?e of the
ino^t powerful stimulants.
A public funeral in tho Senate
chamber will bo held at noon
Wednesday. Tho funornl will ' o
h?(d in Cleveland Friday.
FIGURING ON HIS SUfOKS-i >K
Cincinnati, Feb. 15.?A" the
Ohio legislature is norr in session
Senator Manna's successor will
not be appointed by the governor,
but at onco elected for tbu
terms expiring in March 1905,
and in March, 11)11. During ti c
past week there has been much
comment about tho senatorial
succession Among tho names
mentioned in this connection have
been these of Gov. Merrick, Chs^.
1*. Taft und Goo. I>, Cox of ('in
cinnati; !. 11. lloyt of Cleveland,
Gen. J. Warren lviellen ?fS| )t i ni; J
ield, Gen. A a \V. Jones of
Youngstown, and Congressmen
Dick, Grosvcnor, Burton, Nevin,
k X W _1. _ CJ-.i . II ! -.1
tt it ii^CKo. otftmioi iDiHuu. iiveti
in northaastero and Senator Foraker
in southwestern Oliio. It is
claimed by some that geographical
conditions arc likely to add to
chances ?f Gov. Heirick or Con
gross nanDick, who rcsi ie in lako
districts. There is ovorv in lica
tion of a fren fur-all contevt before
the legislature.
Voluminous Dispatches from the
Far Far East.
Loadon, Fob. 10.?The voluminous
dispatches from the far
East published here this morning
aro again characterized by absonco
f details. Unconfirmed and conflicting
rumors aro given and
among them is a report ?>f another
engagement at Port Arthur in
which the Russian* lost eight ves.
sola sunk and ten captured.
A correspondent of The Daily
Mail, who witnessed the enen^eujant
oir Port Arthur confirms
this morning his previous account#
of the fight an i assorts again th.it
one Japanese torpedo boat
sunk and another deserted by its
crew in a sinking condition and
subsequently captured by the
Russians. Ho says ipso that the j
Japanese lost 0110 battleship and
had one cruiser put out of action,
1
and that the colonel of the Fifteenth
Russian regiment was kill-1
ed hj a shell during the bombard
UlUil I.
Cablegrams to The Daily Uail
from Wei-haUWei and Nt<t
Chwaog report a Japanese Meet,
with transports criming iu the
Gulf of Pe chi-li, apparently with
the idea of effecting a landing
near Port Dainy.
1b a dispatch from Tokio, dated
Fob. 12 a correspondent of
The Times Mays that t! c It i?r an
Vladivostnck squadron is -ti I t>
the westward of I-oigaru at rait,
the eastorn ox t being g 11r< 1 .->< 1 b,
torpedoes.
Cherokee Border Mystnry. j
Peculiar Circuruslaoceu Atlend i
the Fatal Tominalion <>f u
Sprco?Two Men t'nder Arte?
I
Special to The State.
(Jntrney, Fot). 14. ? fjn*t Satur-j
day 11 . (ieorgo Frown, ? farmer
liviug ahont six milos from the
city, came to town an.i w.? returning
to bis h iniv- prcttv wcli
nader t!io influence of whiskey,
lie wae in tho wagon with Mr.
Jv.mau W. Allen, on wh >.-e place
he lived, and Mr. Isaac Phillip?.
When thev were near Mr. Allen's
homo tko three became involved
in :i j> tonal difficulty They
i
pit out of the wrgon to hive tho
tight out. Whilcthey woro lighting
the tunica wont off and left
them Some negroes came tip
soon in wapon nod the three ?en
rode nith thorn somo distance and
got out to light again. Allen and
Phillip* wml homo hut Iirown
wat no! hoard from any raoro. 1
Hie v. i'e became uneasy and notified
thr Sheriff, hut the man was
not foun 1. Yesterday afternoon
shout dunk n negro woman found
the dead body of Brown ia a field
beyond Ida home and nbont n half
to three qi ?rtors or a mile from
where the tight oecured. The .
flipriff and coroner went out last i
!
night, and t!ii% morning a j?ry i
w iv e np rude 1. A number of '
witnesses were csllod and the
verdict of 111* jury wan UiatBrown
had come to his death from
wounds inflicted with a sharp instrument
by Allei and Phillips.
Brown's hodv was about 100
yards firm the road, in sipht of
U- 1 ....J - - * L I I
uir i nan wim iivui II H'U' pmn, Olll
il lay Unto for exactly a vreek lie- j
fore it was discovered. The ox- |
amiiialicn (lisclosed the fsel that!
he >vfl* cut live times and that 0110
ft lt extended into the onarvinpr in
the heart, yot the hodv vraa three
quar'er* of a r.iils from the place
of th* dinicultv and beyond where
the man 'ivod. Theio it considerable
mystery ahont the uffmr. |
Hot/ a man could walk ?o far)
after being cnt through the keart j
is a myttery. Ono other queer
tiling ih that the team Allen was
driving did not go home, though
in sight of it, but went en by.
Allen and Phillips have both
been arrested and lodgod in jail. '
The ease made against them is a
prstty strong one Allen is a
veteran about 00 years old and
r>u: 11 : . -i * * ^
i wimps im HMimi ou. ino nnir
dcred ni'in was r.hont 22 and leaves
a wife *nd one cliild. He came
frown North Carolina about Christmar.
S. F. P.
Shafroth Asked
To be Unseated.
Ho Was Convinced His Electiou
Was Socuied by Fraud.
Waihington, Fob. 15. ? A most
r-iiMiu Bcer.o occurred in the
1 kou>Q today. Kepresontativa
Shiifrotu, Democrat, of C'olorado,
who o orat is being contested by
Robt. Ronynge of Denver, arose
;ir, d voluntarily withdrew all
claims to his coat and naked the
house to unseat him The alio"O
eft frauds in tbo voting were not
by his connivance, but ho wns
convinced mat no would not have
been elcc'el without them. Jlc
wis warmly applauded by both
aides of the chamber.
Kasolt ti<>n- were at once adopts
ed unsealing Sbafroth and ivin
tho scat to Hon ynoge.
Memorials and petitions from
?1! over the State have been presented
asking the legislature to
pass "enator Hricc'a bill to amend
the disporsiry law.
o JTk. *5 T* o xi. 3: y\..
Boars tho ^ ^
The School Money.
Comptroller General Divides Dispensary
School Monoy.
Comptroller General Jones has
Sent out the dispensary school
money according to the enrollment
plan. Under the law when
the county school mono)' is apportioned
if there is not a sufficient
amount to run each school
at least four months at $75 per
month the deficiency is made up.
This tirno there was * deficiency
in twenty-five of the counties
VU? .fnln.^nnt - ?? *.^1
1 lie .ill' llll III) ru UUL 1 U s3 MM
lows, the first column bhowing
the deficiencies where they occur
and the eucotul, the total according
to tho number of pupils enrolled
:
Counties. Deflicieticy. Total.
Ahl.e\ ilio S 297 So $ 4,150 27
Ait.on 76 20 3,6 59 65
>n 6 419 53
Hainl.cii: 146 95 1,9 >714
Rum w??'l 2.818 32
!> ouf 'it 175 2s
l"i i keli v 836 35 2,11017
Chariest >n 6 805 66
Cherokee 2 <*71 59
Chester 2,484 9S
i lie ate* field 922(10 2,72." 09
Clarendon 852 37 8.668 09
Colleton 741 00 3 078 67
lJur.ii gtoii 2,751 47
Do elieater 1,477 70
Edgefield 1,447 92 1,1.52 56
Fan Hold F.3 42 3 228 05
Florence 72 26 2,787 65
Oeorgeti.wn 1.714 83
(Ireen viile 168 60 6,780 12
tireenwoi (1 3,066 88
Humj. ton 5:13 37 2,463 62
Horry 35 06 5 920 68
Kerehuw 37 17 1 96147
Lancaster 739 80 3,<>36 00
Lull reus 135 GO 3 478 00
Lee 1.841 27
Lexington 310 00 8, <6032
Marion CGI 00 * 719 01
Marlboro 155 80 2 49-' 20
Newberry 2 975 42
Oconee * 070 22 2,087 88
Orangeburg 879 00 6.001 89
Picked* 190 06 2,104 C4
Hiehl ?ud 3,541 75
Saluda 532 32 2,775(8
Sparnr burg 0 14 0,931 40
Sumter 2,790 19
U.?ion 2 54H 75
Willemsburg 400 03 3,280 09
York 4,3?2 02
Total ?13 94S 74 $130,4*0 55
Loiter to Mayor AVyllo.
Lancaster .S' C
Dj ar - i:: You are intonated in the
prosperity of 3 our town. You can
contribute l?> it ma erialiy, and give it
a far more prosperous look at the
same time.
Perhap.-ihe perhaps property needs
a good coat of paint.
I I)e* oe will supply that coat with
2?tbirds of the number of gal'ona re
ijulied of any oilier Dcvoo w'll last
twice us lon?< a- am other. Drone is
all pn!nt ami full measure, Dcvnr
Is the strongest paint known. Devce
will take care of the pr? perly, in the
long run, lor half the money r< quired
hv any o her
The reason is stated ?lnvc Pou-.a
in a'! paint and fnI!-nioaj-n v: the
Mlro gest paint known.
R D Jewell, f'oiry, Pa, painted lit?
itouhw .r? vt mm ?g ? with a mixed paint;
took 14 gallons, h.m' spring he refc
painted with Devo?; bought 14 gallon;
and had 4 left. Saved flo to $20 foi
painting < ot ts two or three limes ?t
touch hh the paint.
Youi*d truly
F W Dkvoe A t'o ,
40 New York
liny of 16 Kill* His Father.
Kofti.oke, Va. Feb. 14. ? Do
tuna or a parricide at Kodorfield
McDowell County, W. V* yos
terday wero received hero to day.
James Bowman, aged ltf years,
shot and almost instantly lulled
his father while the latter was
severely chastising his wife, moth
cr of the lad, in their homo. The
older Bowman scolded hid son,
and when tho hoy's mother interfered
her hnshand upbraided her.
A gonera! quarrel followed and
Bowman turned hie attention to
hi wife The hoy demanded of
his father that he stop whipping
his mother. Tho senior Bowman
did not hoed the warning and tho
l?nv firm" rti* l.i-j # 'il?- ? !,i
..... ....... v/11 1113 lillUfl W'.ill H
ahotguri, tho contents taking offoot
in llio lion i. Bowman died
in a fo.v minutes. Tbo hoy wont
to We'.ch and ?;avo himself up to
tha authorities.
A Happy
o^New'
Thanking ?>u
patronage and in
pant kindness in
have decided to ej
Thirty Days Lo
so that all <
he tic tit ot reduced
are principally ov
month intend t?? s
one knows that w
STR8USE & BR
which is by
von took Hike yon
them. ith evei
autee. gutxranteeii
fades or s'oses its
why they can mal
because every pie
and shrunk bete
consequently ther
tailing >^o forwsi
the cut prices for
will onl} call at o
stock wik promis
j; ome of our comp
i
Rembember our E
i
|
The very bes
{ air guaranteed t
eather soles am
not prove to be tl
yon at our store,
| you a new pair oi
: that is not as we i
hats.
Come alosg* a
We have a sampl
you to take out ol
Our best soft
Millinery, a f<
%/ 7
eloseovt cheap.
Groceries of i
cheap and meet a
A ? ?
Again thanking
patronage shown
will continue to g
remain.
"HflLi ife
and Pro
'Yeas* to A1
r cii?(oiii('iv ilor
order Jo
patronizing !ih st
item! the :iim
nger in Slaughl
A oils' customers
prices. t'lotiiin
er stocked on am
ell, regardless of
e have ih: exclus
OS, lis ART
tar the best iittii
wese moulded a
I* v so it there is a
W
tig; you a new si
shape. Now 1
ie you such a gua
ee of goods is tiio
re it is made in
e is no chance of
u*d boys, and take
the next 30 da}
nr emporium am
e to dress von tin
V M
etitors give you a
louglas and tiodman Lit
t that is manufae
;o be solid leather
I doable tip toe ai
le same as the s
cut open, we wil
II receipt of the (
represent it to he.
Mfi END JO THJ
lid let your crani
e lot that we will
[' our way.
hosomshirts at c(
ew pickings left,
ill kinds in aluind
,ny prices given y
? our customers f<
us in the past an
nitroiiize us in t
Your?, to
>sperous
mmt
i i?
Lr
their liberal
tor heir
t fargftly we
:ering Prices
will get the
is what we
Itor the next
cost. Ever yive
sale of
SLOTHING.
ita, and makes
ml poured in
written guaplii
in case it
can tell you
rantee, simply .
roughly tested
to a garment;
shrinkage or
! advantage of
s and if you
I ? ^
? 83i?|?eci our
or else make
new suit.
ie of Shoes.
)
tured. Every
counter; solid
nd if they do
ample shown
1 freely give
>nes returned
EM.
um be coyed.
almost give
tst.
which we will
iance, will sell
ou.
>r ther liberal
d hoping they
lie future, we
i. 1 ?T
A it.