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The Lexington Dispatch } Wednesday, April 6, 1904. The Tale as Told. Graphic Story of the Port Arthur Battle, London, April 1 ?A correspondent of the Times at sea in a wireless telegram via Welhalwei describing the last attempt of the Japanese * to bottle up Port Arthur, says. "After the bombardment of March 22, Vice Admiral Towo waited until better weather before re-attempting to bottle up Port Arthur. The officers who conducted the first attempt insisted upon their right to complete their work. The admiral consented and the same officers were chosen, but the crews and strokers were selected from new volunteers. "The moon disappeared at midnight and the sea was like glass when the desperate enterprise was begun. When within two miles of the goal, the frenzied motions of a searchlight showed that suspicion had been awakened, and suddenly a solitary i .1 . _ T - gun announced mac me jypautrsc had been discovered. The Russians spraDg to the gunB of tbe batteries and in three minutes tbe Japanese ciaft were enclosed in a semi circle of gun flashes. Tbe sea was churned to a turmoil by falling shells, but there was no hesitation. The torpedo boats opened out and the transports, with men standing at tbe life boat stations, steered directly into the inferno. There then only a mile to traverse and the safety fuses were ready. "It was just 3:30 in tbe morning when the Chiyo Maru led?with a searchlight beating upon her, and she a target for a hundred guns? towards tbe east side of the entrance. The fuses were set and the crew pushed tif just in time. It was a moment of suspense. The charge exploded sinking her 100 yards from a point on the east side of the entrance. "The Fukui Maru next passed on the port side of the Chiyo Maru and dropped anchor. Just as the officers and crews pushed clear there was a dull explosion. She bad been struck and sunk in the exact place which the Japanese desired by a torpedo from within the harbor. "So close were the defending destroyers that the Yene-yama Maru was fouled by a Russian destroyer and her crew was scorched by the flames of the discbarge from a Russian 6-pounder. - "It was a horrible melee, but the Japanese kept their presence of mind throughout and the steadiness was shown by the fact that before she had been fouled by the destroyer, the Yeneyama Maru passed to starboard of the Chiyo Maru and then , between her and the Fukui Maru, and reached the centre of the channel, where she was hit by a torpedo, which sank her on the west side of the channel, her bow pointing ' * * \t . i _ 1 ? _ r toward tee score. a man ui the transports crews was drowned. "The enterprise failed completely to block the channel because there were only four transports: It is probable, however, that the channel has been rendered impracticable for the large battleships, and it is certain that the Japanese will not rest until the channel has been closed. "The manuevre was covered by a torpedo division, which, running in close, endeavored to draw the fire of the land batteries from the main enterprise. This division remained in action until all the crews were rescued and just before daybreak ' was engaging a Russian destroyer which remained at the entrance line firing torpedoes during the night. The scream of escaping steam, pro claimed tbat the Russian had been damaged in her vitals. "At daybreak the flotilla drew off, under cover of the fleet which wag waiting ten miles outside." Is Hostile to America. St. Petersburg, March 31.?A cor respondent of the Russians, who bat just returned from Corea, writes thai he knows from official sources thai the commander of the Vicksburg die I not join in the protest of the othei | commanders against the Japanese entering the port to engage the Variag and Korietz and later, afcei * BBHBBnnniHBBHHnnBI j the tight, when the Yicksburg Bent a surgeon his services were refused j The tone of the correspondent is j very bitter. He adds that he Baw ! the American denials of the incident j | when he arrived at Port Said, but I that they are not convincing. He i continued: "I saw the report of one | of the captaijs to hie government, in I which the action of the American | captain was set forth clearly and j categorically in its true colors." In official circles the action of some of I the newspapers here in attempting to revive hostile feeling against the " -- 1 4-Kfi j united states ou huuuuui ui cuu j Vicksburg incident is sincerely de| precated. The Associated Press is authorized to announce that the government has nothing to criticise in ' the action of Commander Marshall. Moreover, it does not sympathize with the Novoe Aremya's editorial of yesterday pointing to the United States as the real commercial and political foe of Great Britain and i Easeia. Bobbed The Grave. A startling incident, is narrated by John Oliver, of Philadelphia, as follows: 4,I was in an awful condition. My ekin was almost yellow, | eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain I continually in back and sides, no : appetite, growing weaker day by day. j Three physicians had given me up. Then I was advised fco use Electric Bitfcer6; to my great jay, the first bottle made a decided improvement : I continued their use for three weeks, and am now a well man. I know they robbed the grave of another victim " No one should fail to try them. Only 50 cents, guaranteed, ! at The Kaufmann Drug Co's., drug | store. The Eight of the South. j New York Sun. March 29, 1904. These remarks are attributed by | the Washington correspondent of the New Y'ork Herald to the Hon. Asbury ! Francis Lever, Representative in Congress from the Seventh district of South Carolina: "Forty years has passed since the civil i war. We are in the Union. We cast i the only solid Democratic vote, and yet I we are denied any considerable weight | in making the policy of the party. This ! state of affairs should change," and in ! 190ft I would not t>e surprised to see the ! South united on some strong Southern | man for t.he nomination. We are not j only the conservative element of the i Democratic party, but we are the great i conservative element in the country, and the country needs that conservatism in -i- - ? * lUf Iiuuiu^ilieui ?u lis. auaus. | If we are not mistaken Mr. Lever is the youngest momberof the House, j The civil war had been over almost | ten years when he was born. Of his six colleagues from South Carolina in | the present Congress only three were living when Moultrie opened fire on ; Sumter; and of these elders one was I only three years old then, and another less than two months. Tne patriarch j of the South Carolina delegation, Mr. Croft of Aiken, was yet a boy when Lee surrendered. How can these Southern Demo| crate, representatives of the Demo| cracy of today, citizens of a State as ' fully identified with the interests and j sentiments which make our indissolj uable CJnion, and as loyal to its Hag and future as any State in the Northern tier between New England and the Pacific, accept as valid and unwritten law excluding them from the office of President' How can thej ! I L-J L _ 1 J i U ? I oe eipfuieu to uumpreueuu tut? tea! sonableness of a principle of political expediency which denies to the Southerner his equal right to be nominated for President by his party? There is no such law and there is 1 no longer any such principle of po j lilieal expediency. The ghost of the ' i . | old tradition of the ineligibility o: . 1 the Southern Democrat for nomina tion would vanish upon the appear) i i ance of a leader from the South i whether in 1008 or 100-4. 11 A Dandy for Burns. Dr. Bargin, Pana, III, writes-: "J 5 have U9ed Ballard's Snow Liniment always recommend it to my friends as I am confident there is no bettei i made. 'It is a dandy for burns' I Those who live on farms are espec 3 | ially liable to many accidental cute t burns, bruises, which heal rapidib b when Ballard's Snow Liniment ii I applied. It should always be kep r in the house for cases of emergency, i j 25c., 50c., $1.00 a bottle. Sold b; 3 The Kaufmann Drug Co., LexiDgtoc : ! S. C. i i j A Golden Rule ^ of Agriculture: jj Be good to your land and your crop I will be good. Plenty of Potash in thefertilizerspellsquality J I and quantity in the har- . hj.f vest. Write us and we will send you, free, by next mail, our money winning GERMAN KALI WORKS, Sew York?93 Nassau St. Atlanta, Ga.?22K So. Broad SL^ JwmMM Morgan to C-o to Europe. New York, March 31 ?In view cf the fact that J. P. Morgan has arranged to leave for Europe next week. Wall street is inclined to expect an early announcement that some sort of a satisfactory arrangement has been reached between the Union Pacific interests and the distribution of the assets of the Northern Securities company. Several men prominent in Northern Securities matters, called at the oflhe of J. P. Morgan & Co, today. Representatives of that firm and the Union Pacific interests said, however, that tbere was DothiDg new in the situation. Cures Coughs and Colds. Mrs. C Peterson, 625 Like street, Topeka, Kansas, says: ''Of all cough remedies Ballard's Horehound Syrup is my favorite; it has done and will do all that is claimed for it? to speedily cure all coughs and colds 1 ?and it is so sweet and pleasant to the taste." 25 ;, 50o. $100 bottle. Sold by The Kaufraann Drug Co., Lexington, S. C. A Cotton Leader. Mr. Sully i3 tryiag very hard to j make a settlement with bis creditors, : and he seem9 inclined to do all in his power to reimburse thf-w as far as be can. We hope he will succeed in ! making satisfactory arrangements, but if he comes back on the market, let him come along while the cotton j crop is being marketed Then the j growers will receive something from his manipulation, perhaps. The two or three hundred millions of dollars which his advent on the market was said to have added to the wealth of the cotton growers of the South was a little financial pleasantry of Wall street operators. The actual money never came this way. Sciatic Rheumatism Cured. "I have been subject to sciatic rheumatism for year," says E. Wal dron, of Wilton Junction, Iowa. "My j fints were stiff and gave me much pain and-discomfit. My j >ints would crack when I straightened up. I ! . used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and i 1 j have been thoroughly cured. Have ! not had a pain or ache from the old ! trouble for many months It is cer- j tainly a most wonderful liniment." j I For sale by the KaufmaoD Drug Co. j Blood Poison. Ia almost every daily paper a death j from blood poisoning is recorded. It | seems that'deadly germs are lurkiEg ^ in almost everything one handles nowadays. "Filthy lucre" is not ^ altogether a misnomer for money, an Alabama man having recently been ' poisoned by handling greenbacks. ' A newspaper man will, however, risk - his life by seizing upon every dingy, ^ dirty bill that may be offered by - delinquent subscribers. t Health is Youth. Disease and Sickness Bring Old Age. Herbine, taken every morning be[ fore breakfast will keep you in robust ; health, fit you to ward cff disease. It cures constipation, biliousness, r dyspepsia, fever, skin, liver and . kidney complaints. It purifies the . blood and clears the complexion. , Mrs. D. W. Smith, Whitney, Texas, f writes April 3, 1002: "I have used b Herbine, and find it the be?t rnedifc cine for constipation and liver trou" bles. It does all you claim for it. y I can highly recommed it." 50c. a bottle. Sold by The Kaufmann Dreg Co., Lexiogton, S. C. iiTjaja?%rwir?;ivmiiiMaHna?amm \7as the Legislature Buncoed? | (' ihiml)ia | Now the telephone act is found I dfeotive. Tne tY:iocbi~e tax cannot | ^ be enforced until next jear. We are ! informed tb*' there ia also something j wrong with the insurance liw. The | tax law cannot be enfoiced. We do j Dot know what will develop next, i ' We wouli like for some legislator to explain how all thia happened. We kaow that often there is much under hand work iu the passage of acts and fr< qaently u single woid or harm- f less amendment is gotteu in at the j last moment of a daily session or at that of the close wh ch practically destroys the intended effect of a bill. Tnere are so mmy of tbem turning up wroDg that we have about concluded that somebody's fine It: n baud is responsible lor all of it. "We do not know, but it teems to be very btrange. A Thougtful Man. M. M. Austin, ol Winchester. Ind , knew what to do in the hour of need. His wife Lad such an unusual case of scoumch and liver tiouble, physicians couid not help her. He thought of i aad tried Dr. lung's N?w Life P.lis aod the got relief at once and was finally cured. Only 25c., at The Kaufmann Drug Co's., store. When you read an account of a split in the Republican party in a Southern State, it is safe to wager that the negroes aDd the postmasters have failed to agree on a question of party policy. 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