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A* Chronicled by the Alert Correspondent
a of The Columbia
State and the Charleston
Novts and Courier.
(Specials to The State )
$2,500 Reward for Murderer of
J . T. Smith.
Williaton, March 6.?At the
coroner's inquest which met today
nothing new was developed in the
killing of Mr. J. T. Smith, .Jr.
Solicitor Davis, owing to some
rumors of lynching which had
circulated, thought it advisable to
postpone the cace till such time as
the ends of justice mightjbe promo
ted and that owing to those rumnru
if tuna * ? - 4 ?*
iv i?.i inuii^iii uusi io Hittn no
investigation which might oxcite
passions which are already much
aroused. Upon motion of Dr.
YV. (J. Smith, more than 100 men
who were at the investigation pled
gel their co-operation with the
solicitor to prevent any violence
to any suspects wh<? might he approhonded.
The Smith family have put tip a
reward of $2,500 and the governor
will be asked to supplement
this amount for tho apprehension
of the assassin.
Prisoner Shot in Darlington.
Darlington, March G.? While
Policeman Fields was taking a
negro, Ed wilson, from the niav
ot'b court to the guard house today
the prisoner, who hud been
sontonced to 80 days on the chaingang
for carrying concealed wonpon,
broke away and ran. Tbo negro
was getting the beat of the race
when he had gone about 100 yards
and the officer shot at him, the
bull entering the hack and
penetrating the abdomen, making
u seriohs wound.
Penitentiary Recruits From Charleston
County.
Charleston, March 7.?The
business of the court of general
sessions was practically completed
today with the sentencing of 15
prisoners to terms in the penitentiary.
Thera were 50 cases on
the docket, and 20 of tbo number
have been carried over to the
next term to be handled by toe
solicitor of the newly created ninth
circuit. Among the number which
u/onf niror \rrm o ' liM 2 U ?
?> <. Vivi una lUdt Uk Ciimil HU) I|
who was to have been tried today
for murder. Judge Gage refused
a new trial for Dan Hedd'eson,
convicted of manslaughter, and
notice was served by Attorney W
T Logan that he would carry the
case to the supreme court.
Monazite Discovered in Greenville
County.
Greenville, March 7.?Mod.
nzite in large quantities has been
discovered in the creeks and
branches around Lennermnn in
Grove township, and tons of the
minerul is being taken out and
tested.
The analyses by reliable mineralogists
show a very large per
cent, nuro mnnn'/itfi in (K j oomnUo
? ? ?? ?"UT""
sent for analytical purposes, and
a trace of gold la found in every
sample
(Srecials to News and Court- r )
White Man's Body Found.
St Stephen's, March 7.?The
dead body ofjja white man was
discovered lying in the ditch near
the railroad, about one and a half
miles south of this place, yester.
day morning. Magistrate Wilder
.
examined the body', and found!
out from letters in lm pocket that'
his name was .lohu F] MeCrucken ;
and hi? [ eoplc live at Conway, S.
C.
! There wus no evidence as to the
j manner iD which ho met his death
1 but the marks on the ground in!
dicated that he either fell or was
| thrown from a southhoud train.
I His head was under water in the
Hitch
| Not a Bale Sold.
I .Jonesville, Union County,
March 7.?Special: The good
weather for the hist few day* has
put new life in everything. Farmers
have started their ploughs and
they seem lively. They nro so
far standing to their pledge to reduco
thoir cotton acreage and the
use of commercial fertilizers.
Not a bale of cott >n has been sold
in this mmkot since Christmas A
number of bales of cotton have
been ginned at this place in the
last few days.
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Brown, of Beunettsvilo, S. C ,
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o implicated with a torpid livor,
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Electric Bitters, which helped
her at once, and finally made her
entirely well. She is now strong
and healthy." Crawford Bros.
J. F. Mackoy & Co., and Funderburk
Pharmacy druggist, sells
and guarentees them, at 50c a bottle.
Liquor Constables Lose Point in
Supremo Court.
Special t3 Greenville News.
Columbia, March 6.?The Supreme
Court today rendered a
veiy important decision as to the
liability of bondsmen of dispensaty
constables. The cn*e arose
from that of Wieters a blind tiger
daider in Charleston, who alleged
that constables in muking a search
of his place useanl ed Lim Ho
sued thom tor damages in the sum
of $10,000 each and when the case
was called the State, through the
attcr.ieygeneral, demurred. Tho
case was taken to Supreme Court
and the effect of the decision is to
bold the bondsmen liable in such
cases The practical outcome
will he that the case will go hack
to the lower court for trial and
for tho assessment of damages if
any be allowed.
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Ho may well think, he has got
off cheap, who, after having contracted
constipation or indigestion.
Is still able to perfectly restore
his health. Nothing will do this
but Dr. King's New Life Pills.
A quick,pleasant, and cortain cuie
for headache, constipation, etc.
25c at Crawford Bros, J. F.Mackey
A Go's and Fnnderburk Phar-.
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? Reward will be paid for information
which will lead to the
recovery of a black Berkshire sow
and pig^six months old, which lef
mv hnnm Int.! Hnnrtau
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of printing neatly and quickly
printed, send your work to this
office. Roy S Strait.
lYuiupdiiuii CiUiirciy OUITUUHUcd.
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Oyuina Lost 40,000 Men, ilulf
That number of Dead Russians
Being on the Frozen Ground.
Newehwang, March 8 ?It is reported
here that scouisof General
Nogi's and General Kuroki's
armies aro already in touch be.
hind Tie Pats. If tho report is
true this means that Gen. Kuropatkin
is entirely surrounded by
the ,Japanese.
Kuropatkin's loss in killed and
wounded up to last night is placed
at 23,500. Oyaraa is believed to
have already lost fully 40,000
men.
The Japaneso army, according
to prisoners, is greatly exhausted.
The\ repeat the statement that
some of Gen. Nogis men have not
hud any food for two days.
Headquarter18 General Ren?
nokamptT near Ohepusa, March 9.
?The road northwest is covered
so far us tho eye can reach by a
continuous tile of two wheeled
Chiuese carts full ot wounded
Each cart hearing from three to
five wounded men whose exhaus
lion is almost too utter for them
to feel pain. Scarcely a groan or
a cry is heard, not even the mouns
of tho dying,only the dismal creak
of the road wheels and tho thud
of the hoofs. Most of the wound
od have their beads covered with
Chinese blankets rr dirty coats,
stiff with coagulated- blood, hid
ing wan and dirty faces, distorted
with pains, sunken eyes and dis?tended
nostrils. Horo and there
is seen a cart with two woucded
men, betwoen whom is a corpse,
which with every jolt pounds
against tho helpless living comrades
of a man on whose face
death had sculed its unbearable
agony. The valley in front of the
Russian positions has become a
valley of death. Coipsos strew
the debatable ground from which
neither side can remove its dead.
In many places two foes lie side
by sido with bayonets sheathed in
each other's breasts.
Everywhere corpses, corpses,
corpses! Noar the 44Hill with tho
tower" the Japanoso wore discov
erod 3'esterday heaping up corpses
as defonses. The Russian field
batteries immediately opened fire
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mm luiuen cessation or tne work.
In Foil Retreat Northward.
Russians Have Evacuated the
Whole Line Along the Shakhe
Rivea, and the Fall of Muckden
Appears Imminent.
General Kuroki's Headquarters
in the Field, via Fusan, March 8,
Morning.?The Russians last
night, under cover of darkness,
evacuated the whole line along
the Shakhe liver, and aro now
in full rotreat northward. The
Japanese infantry i? pressing them
closely. Before retreating, the
Russians set tiro to great heaps of
supplies^ which burned throughout
the night. Tho fall of Muck
den nppoars imminent.
Tho .Japuneso are pushing the
Kussian8 hard on tho east.
Notice to tho Public.
1 will hold all inquests in the
county. Phone to my residence
at Plea-ant Hill for mo when
needed.
J. Montgomery Cafkey,
ept. 20?tf Coroner L C.
MileHace for the Pass.
Wearied Japs May Lag Behind
No Other Hope Lett Russians
General Kuropatkin's Condition
Recognized in St Petersburg a*
Worse Than at LiaoYang.
St Petersburg, March 9, 3 a m
?The battle of Mukden has resulted
in a Russian defeat.
Fiold Marshal Oyama has once
more proved himself one of tho
greatest tnnsters of offensive
strategy ?sinco Napoleon, while
General Kuropatkin is now ongaged
m endeavoring to defend
his titlo as a master of successful
rcireais anil bno); otf bis army,
with its immense train, safely to
Tie Pass, where a position was
long ago prepared with this contingency
in view. The problem
before the Russian commander inchief
is more difficult than the
|ono he met successfully at Liac
lYnng, since now he is threafened
on both flanks, hie left wing being
entangled in a mouctainnus region
from the railroad.
BASK IIOl'E ON JAr's FATIGUE.
Nevertheless, Russian militaay
men hero express a fair degree of
confidence in GencralKuropatkin's
ability once more to extricate his
army and avoid a Russian Sedan.
Besides his skill in rear-guard
action, they l#se their hopes on
the physical condition of the Japanese
soldiers, who, although they
are the greatest marchers in the
world, are well nigh exhausted
by their strcunons endeavors of
the last fortnight. Only to the
initiated is the now* of the reverse
positively known at this time.
Emperor Nicholas and high military
officers, of course, were informed
by Generul Kuropatkin's
telegram of Tuesday, stating
tersely that Mukden must be aban
doned, and they received details
of the withdrawdal as they appeared
in excised portions of the
official dispatches giyen out yes.
terday. Last evening a newspaper
contained u vague report of
doubtful origin, credited to Chinese
sources, but the first positive
statement was derived from the
dispatch from General Kuroki's
headquarter, the contents of which
wero quickly telegraphed to many
liberals from friend* abroad. The
report probably will not bs printed
in (bis morning's papers, the government,
true to its policy of
breaking bad news gently, only
p-eparing the way by authorizing
the publication of a number of
premonitory telograma. The
news, however, is only what wa*
expected, ultimate retirement
having been discounted from the
moment the battle began.
RACK FOR THE TASS.
From good information, it is
known that genoral Kuropatkin
comtemplated retirement before
the beginning of the battle, and
that he bad hoped to accomplish
it without a serious combat. The
Japanese, however, forced him tc
accept battle. The double turniug
movement compelled him tc
end the major part of hi* reserve!
to the fighting line, and rendered
aa offectivo counter*stroke out ol
the question, and the decision to
retire was immediately taken on
March 0, and was stated in th?
dispatches of that day. Withdrawal
was Actually begun daring
the ni<iht. The great question '
now and over which tho general
staff burned its lights late Into
the night, is whether Field Marshal
Oyamu has entangled the
Russians in the strategic net sufficiently
to prevent a successful
retreat to Tie Pass. General
Renuenkaupff's forces, to the
eastward, admittedly is in
great danger of being cut off,
and a considerable forco of
Japaneso appear to bo operating
on the Russians right well toward
Tie pass. If tho Japanese succeed
in reaching tho railroad and
interrupting trallic, if only for a
, few hours, it may have tho groat"
, est consequences for General
Kuropatkin, who is now encaged
in a race with the .Japanese to
reach the naturally defensible
position, 40 milas northward.
, Thus far, ho has stood off all nti
tacks directly against the 11 inks
of his army, and holds the way of
i retreat open.
Tho Russians on Tuesday cap
tured 500 prisoners, who appear
i to he almost oxhausted.
I The losses on both sides have
; been enormous. Tho casualties
on tho Russians left flank on Tuesday
exceed 7,000.
The burning of commissariat
warehouses and tho destruction of
supplies south of Mukden, which
has hron in progress several days,
is said by Russian officero to be
complete. Everything that could
not be carried away was destroyed.
To-day the situatiou is most
tense. A terrific cannonading is
in progress and tho streets of Muk
den rumble as with 10,000 drums.
CASUALTIES OF BATTLE IIUNDRBD
THOUSAND.
Tokio, March 9, (5, a m ?Tho
great battle in Manchuria raged
all day yesterday along the ontire
enormous front. Tho Japanese
wore victorious, and they
drove theRjssians from a series of
important positions. Bj nightfall
it seemed imperative that
Gen. Kuropatkin would nave to
withdraw his shattered legions
and avoid a complete disaster. Indeed,
it appeared impossible for
him to effect a retreat without
heavy loss of prisoners, guns and
storns. Tho continuous battle is
already the bloodiest of tho war.
Upon the ground thst Gen. Oku
alone gained lie 8,000 Russian
dead. The reports from other
armies are expected, to triple this
figure.
it is estimated that the Jananese
have lost 50,000, making tho
joint slaughter far exceed 100,000
; men. Details of the combat are
! lacking, but it is believed that tho
1 Japanese cut the railway north
' of Mukden, leaving only
> the roadways and a light
railway from Fushun to Tie
pass as avenues for the retreat of
the Russians, but army headquarti
era refrain from affirming or ileny!
ing a report to that effect.
, It is thought that Mukden is
I still in the hauds of the Russians.
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Judge John H Reagan Dies at
Texas Home.
Was Solo Surviving mombor of
Confederate Cabinet, l'neuinonin
Caused his Death.
Houston, Texas, March 0.?
Judge John 11 iteugan, solo surviving
member of the Confederate
cabinet, died today at Palestine,
Texas, of pneumonia. .Judge
lieagan, who was 80 years old,
had been failing for a year or
more.
.Jndgo Rengan was postmaster
general in the Confederate cabinet.
Before the War Between tho Sections
he was elected district judge
in Texas. tie went to the United
States senate injl8S6. After retiring
from tho senate Judge Reagan
was appointed chairman of
the -State railroad commission,
tint from this he resigned a few
years ago. At tho time of his
death ho was engaged in wr iting
his autobiography.
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In tho fftco of a big crop and
in spite of enormous receipts, the
cotton market is holding its own
with remarkable steadiness at the
advance recorned aowo time ago.
Tho organization in ilie south to
make and market cotton on business
principles is responsible for
tho advance and for tho steadiness,
but is responsible for much more.
Tho farmers and merchants must
give it credit for maintaining the
prico of cotton above f> cents a
pound. Without tho counter
movement made by tho Southern
Cotton association tho bears, with
the ttemendous leverage given by
tho size of tho crop and the receipts,
would have long since succeeded
in doing what Theodore
Price predicted?driving cotton
to uV6 cents a pound. Receipts
are too heavy, but they are coming
chiefly from Texas where
moro organization is needed. The
control of the crop before warehouses
are provided for storing
and before provision is made for
advancing money is not to be expected,
but tho need of such control
i9 made more manifest daily.
The farmers must unite in this
movement and holo themselves:
ft
they will receive all needed assistance.
They aro backed by the
business interests of the south.?
The State.
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