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r W y a J P. Graham Oct 1 09 li r V No 4 Mr 3U eMkt Arthur P. Ford. Editor and Proprietor. AIKEN. S.C_THURSPUy MORMNG. JUNE 22. 1905 EsiaDM 1881. Pnci; $1.50 a Tear, id Mraw. BUTCHERY PLANNED FRANCE FINALLY YIELDS. Children Thwarted the Exter mination of Whole Family. CONFESSION OF PRISONER Alf,Moore, Colored, Tells Graphic Sto ry of Assassination of Carters and Diabolical Scheme of the Alleged Murderers. Tho confession of Alf Moore, the negro arrested Saturday for complic ity in the Carter assassinations, has added to the excitement in Valdosta. Ga., and the Hahira district, over the murders. He has told the full story of the plot from Its incipiency, de tailing the conversations he alleges to have had with the Rawlings, the deal made with him for his partici pation in the affair and the acts of himself and the Rawlings boys on the night of the tragedy. He says that Rawlings hired him to come from Ivey’s crosstie camp, where he was working, to kill or help kill, the entire Carter family. That when he reached Rawlings’ home he ■was taken to a small vacant house nearby and kept there until the night of the assassination, his meals being carried to him. He says that Rawlings and his boys ^ joined him at this house on the even ing of the tragedy and that Rawlings told them to go and kill Carter and his wife, then the grown daughter and younger children, to throw their bod ies in the house and to set the place on Are after taking all the money they could find. vThe premature appearance of Wil lie Carter and his sister in the yard, where they went to doctor a sick calf, thwarted the original plan to MU Mr. and Mrs. Carter first. After the boy and girl were shot down Carter began firing on the as sassin and Moore states that he then became frightened and van away, making his way back to the crosstie camp where he was arrested. The officers are working on other Important evidence and while $ dis closure of the nature of this evidence would tend to defeat the ends of Jus tice and needlessly increase the pub lic feeling over the crimes, they in timate that other important develop- “ttlfifilS W" IlKeiy-TO TW nraCe In » days. Ono or two other arrests wil probably be made soon. None of the prisoners are allowed to see or communicate with any per sons except their attorney. WAR PARTY IS OBDURATE. Backed by Military Element, It En deavors to Hamper Peace Move. A St. Petersburg special, under date of June 19, is as follows: The war party has by no means surrendered. On the contrary, backed by the mil itary element, is it making a concert ed effort to dissuade the emperor from concluding peace. Even with the two armies already clinching members of the war party are filling St. Peters burg and Peterhctf with optimistic views and Lieutenant General Line- vitch and his lieutenants are rein forcing their arguments with roseate reports of the strategic situation. Many Russian correspondents at the front, evidently inspired from St. Petersburg, are flooding their papers with dispatches in the same strain. The Novoe Vremya’s correspondent, in his zeal against the conclusion of a humiliating peace, points to the hazards for the government in dis banding an army of half a million men without giving them a taste of success, and expresses the fear of dan gerous consequences. The same cor respondent, however, chronicles the Shcl that the rank and file are indif ferent and concludes: “If peace can be obtained without the cession of Russian territory, or blood money, then peace by all means.” BOTTS SHOWED GREAT NERVE. Young Wife Murderer Goes to Gal lows in Hilarious Mood. Otis Botts, 21 years old, was exe cuted at Peoria, 111., Friday for the murder of his wife, on January 5, last. Botts spent the night laughing and joking and telling stories. He invited everybody to attend bis funeral. His moHiy- wanted to attend the execu tion, but he. said: “Don’t do i\ You'll make me lose my nerve.” He died with a sneer on his lips.Bo ts strangled his girl-wife with a piece of ribbon. Agrees to the Proposition of Germany for a Conference to Straighten Out the Moroccan Tangle. A Paris special says: An interna tional conference for the considera tion of the affairs of Morocco is now practically assured, as the result of the conversation between Premier Rouvler and Prince Radolin, the Ger man ambassador, and attention is now directed to defining the scope of the ! conference. Details are being rapid- ^ ly arranged and the officials expect to be able to announce the plans for ! the conference in the course of four or five days. ! This result, after the severe strain which tested the diplomatic resources of both governments, has the effect of relieving the tension, the officials , of the foreign office and the diplomats . of the German embassy agreeing that ! an amicable adjustment is near at : hand. Although the acceptance of the ; conference gives a certain measure of I success to German diplomacy, yet M j Rouvler emerges from the controversy j w-lth the advantages of having brought ' Germany to define exactly the scope of the conference and so to rid it of the objection of being a mence to French interests. Although the basis of the conference has not yet been settled, it is un derstood that the two governments substanially agree on some of the main features involved. Germany has suspected that Ftance bad designs on the sovereignty of Morocco, tut the negotiations disclos ed that France had not questioned tils sovereignty. Similarly, it was disclos ed that France had not designed to interrupt the present territorial status quo of Morocco. This appears to have been one of Germany’s chief ap prehensions as any change in Moroc co’s status quo might Involve an ulti mate French protectorate similar to that over Tunis. With both governments favorable to the sovereignty of Morocco and to her territorial and political status quo ?♦ remains for the conference to adjust the equality of commercial rights, as Germany desires this assurance from an international conference, instead of through the operation of the Anglo- French agreement. Therefore, the con ference is not likely to consider chang es in the political status of Morocco, but rather international reforma and commercial privileges. A Berlin dispatch says: No adequate view of the German feeling over the Moroccan affair can be presented with out making note of the general be- "•'iC In iia. 1 j 1 QiiJUk iIlmL ain Is seeking an excuse to check Hie great progress which is making in the German sea armament. This belief is widely expressed among naval officers of all classes. It is their view that Great Britain w-ould be will ing that France should suffer on land if Britain thereby was given a chance to destroy the German navy. As a result of this feeling there is great activity in the German navy, and it has never been so alert or so perfectly ready for defense as now. HAS PROVEN A LEAK So Declares Secretary of the Cotton Association. CHARGE SUBSTANTIATED Cheatham Returns from Washington and Talks of Result of Investi gation as to Cotton Statistics. WALLACE QUITS PANAMA JOB? Such is Rumor from Colon Anent the Departure of Chief Engineer. A dispatch from Colon says: It was publicly announced that J. F. Wallace, chief engineer for the canal zone, who sailed for the United States June 16, was going home by order of Secretary Taft, for the purpose of a consulta tion on important matters prior to the sailing of the secretary for the Phil ippines, and that he was not likely to return to the Isthmus until his annual report had been written and he had secured a rest. Since the departure of Mr. Wallace, however, :t has been said in influential circles that he does not intend to re turn to the isthmus to resume his position of chief engineer, but that he has gone home to confer with Sec retary Taft, on the subject of his res ignation. The fact that Mr. Wallace went home, accompanied by his wife and two secretaries, seems in some quarters to lend credence to the ru mor that he does not intend to re turn. POLICE CHASi ROOSEVELT. TO SAVE WOMAN’S NECK. Habeas Oorpus Granted in Mrs. Rog ers' Case in Vermont. A writ of habeas corpus in behalf of Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, whose exe- ctuion for the murder of her husbanu is fixed for Friday, was granted late Monday night at Brattleboro, Ver mont, by Judge Wheeler of the United States district court. TROOPS ACCOMPANIED NEGROES Three Condemned Alabama Murderert Sent from Birmingham to Decatur. Governor Jelks of Alabama ordered Captain C. S. Price and a cavalry troop from Birmingham to accompany Will Jackson, John C. Collier and Har ▼ey Smith, negroes, to Decatur, where they were hanged Friday. Jacksor killed Officer E. S. Steele and Colliej and Smith killed and assaulted Mia* e Blood worth. Alleged That Automobile Was Ex ceeding Lawful Speed Limit. President Roosevelt's chauffeur was overhauled for speeding in Washing ton Sunday afternoon while carrying the president, his son and two of the latter’s friends along the conduit roads to Great Falls. Two policemen, con sidering that the chauffeur was going at a speed greater than that allowed by law, gave chase and overhauled the automobile. When they learned who the occupants were, they with drew, after the president cautioned the chauffeur to slow up a little. Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern OtLton Association, who has been in Washington the last tw<* weeks, pushing charges against a branch of the agricultural department, returned to headquarters in Atlanta Friday. When seen by a representative of The Constitution, he talked interest- Inly of the situation as it now stands. “Some people think it is the same old hue and cry that has been made year after year,” he said, “but they will soon see that it is an entirely different thing this time, and that the charges I hare brought against the department will bear fruit. “I received a message stating tffat the evidence could be secured against the man or men who had altered the figures of the cottcn statistics, and I left for New York on the first train. Getting reliable lawyers to help me, I soon found that 1 had the informa tion I wanted, and wired President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cot ton Association, that I had enough evidence to convict. “I was instructed to push the charges, and I went to Washington. Arriving there, I sent my card to Secretary Wilson "of the agricultural department, and was received by him. “The information I brought him cut him to the quick. Not that he did not want to rid his department of all possible, traces of fraud, but ■Imply because he hated to know that men he had trusted had been so un worthy of that trust. *T had brought with me from New York four brokers, who swore posi tively that they had received tips that eame from the department ahead of the time the report" was given to the public. “The matter stands this way. I got Information Indisputable that a certain man or men had altered the 4' to hurt cotton r^^Mers, coJ and legitimate, traders, and to help the few gambling speculators. “In addition to this, I found that the man or men gave out tips in re gard to what the report would be in advance of the report to the public it self. One can readily see what the result would be in such cases. “W>ith this proof in hand, E. S. Holmes, Jr., first assistant statistician, who was acting chief statistician in the absence of John Hyde in Europe, was suspended by Secretary Wilson, and Is awaiting further action. “When ray information was given in. Secretary Wilson immediately had the secret service notified of the sit uation, and the detective force went to work on the matter. “The charges are neither dead nor dying. They are living and making themselves felt. Not only this, but I can say from knowledge that the charges will stick to Holmes. I am satisfied of this; in fact, positive. “We are not prepared to give out the exact charges. I won’t even say whether others are implicated besides Holmes, but will in time tell. “Chief tSatistician Hyde has beene called back from Europe, and will arrive In Washington # next Friday. Until that time final action in regard to the charges will not be taken. “This matter is too important to trifle with. The northern papers have been filled with it, and they real ize exactly how far-reaching the charges will be if substantiated. Over 1,500,000 cotton men of the south are made to suffer on account of a part of the Wall street contingent gamble in cotton futures.” MAXIMO GOMEX D€AD.\ ( Idolized Patriot of Cuba Joins tH» Si lent Majority After Moat Evoat- fuj and Stirring Garaar. A special from Havana aaya: pen- eral Maximo Gomez died at 6 o’clock Saturday evening “SI Claudillo” (chieftain) aslthe great leader of revohitionista Vas called by his countrymen, expired at sunset in the presence of his fam ily and his old time friend, Estrada Palma, president of the republic. The end came quietly in the beautiful tem porary home at the seasld-5 in the sub urb of Vedado. The distinguished patient’s illness extended over forty-six days, although his health had been falling for months prior to that time. The admiration of the mass of Cu bans for General Gomez amounted al most to idolatry. His death admit tedly is a severe blow to any political interest to which he was allied. He was one of the most radical leaders of the national party. General Gomez leaves a widow, five sons and one daughter. Only Saturday the secretary of the treasury delivered to one of General Gomez* sons a check for fljOO.OOO, which had been voted unanimously by congress for the general’s benefit and approved by the president. This was in addition to the $50,000 previously vp r ed by congress. General Gomez commanded the Cu- VETS REELECT LEE And Name New Orleans as Next Place of Meeting, BUSINESS IS COMPLETED potion Taken to Insure Truthful H l»- ^ory of South’s Status In Civil Was — Many Notable Ad- ; dresses Delivered. The United Confederate Veterans in twraiai retmlou *t Louisville reelected their .old officers .as follows: Commaader-in-Chief — Lieutenant General Stephen b. Lee of Missis sippi. Commander Trans-Mississippi De partment — General L. W. Cabell, Texas. / Commander Army of Tennessee De partment—Lieutenant General Clem ent A. Evans, Georgia. Commander Army of Northern Vir ginia Department—C. Irving Walker, South Carolina New Orleans had slight difficulty lu securing the convention of 1906. Nash ville made a fight, which was a sur prise to the convention, but the sen timent was strongly in favor of tho Cresceat City. The 4ay was a strenuous one. Two ban forces during the insurrection, gession^ were held, and much business which broke out in 1895 and ended with the complete independence of the island cn May 20, 1902. He was born at Bani, Santo Domingo, in 1836, and came of a Spanish family. He began life as a cavalry officer in the* Spanish army in Santo Domingo and served during the last occupation of Santo Domingo by Spain. In the war with Hayti Gomez distinguished him self at the battle of Tome, where, with twenty men. he routed a much supe rior force of Haytiens. When the Spaniards were driven from the island Gomez went with the Spanish troops to Cuba, and for a time was in garri son at Santiago. Later, disgusted at' the manner in which the Spanishh gen eral, Villar, treated some starving Cu ban refugees, for whom Gomez had collected funds, the young lieutenfint severed his connection with the Span ish army. He became so enraged General Villar’s conduct that he I the state struck the general, called him a cow- . 0 f the Re; ard and from that time became a bft-1 a t Mad! ter enemy of Spain. He Joined thp patriots in the 'insurrection of .T868 and foughtt ten years, being C commander-in-chief fro transacted. At noon an hour was de voted tc the customary memorial serv ices in ^ honor of the distinguished dead of .the year. The aanuai address to the veterans was delivered by Captain N. E. Har ris of Mscon, Ga. For more than two hours he held the large audience close ly. AtaMe conclusion of his address he wes^ven an ovation. Duri^nhe progress of the business of the’^Rr it wes discovered that the name o& federal officer was on the commiui^onresohutlons. This caus t>d a the delegates. The office^^^^HsMon was Colonel S. C. Ru^^^^V Indian Territory. Colonel not attend the eon vention an^^^^B protest of a Texas member oi^^^^B^minlttee, General Lee substj^^^Hhe name of J. J. Kendall Territory. FTatqj-na^^^Bngs were read from Grand Army session submitted the his- mander he was unexcelled and with President Cespedes and Argamonte captured Bayamo, Tumas, Jiguani ana Holguin. In Puerto Principe later Gomez was known as the “terror” on account of the many defeats he inflicted on the Spaniards. OYAMA REPORTS PROGRESS. While Peace Plans Are Under Way Jap Guns Boom In Manchurta. The following report has been re ceived in Tokio from the Manchurian armies: “In the Waiyuanpaomen district at 9 o’clock on the morning of June 16, 300 of the enemy’s cavalry advanced against Kuyushu, but were repulsed. In the Chamotu district our advanced forces, after driving out the enemy stationed at Sumiencheng, occupied the place. In the Tasiamotun district crur detachment, after dislodging the enemy’s cavalry at Souchatxu, eight miles west of Sumiencheng, occupied that village. RUSSIA’S WISHES IGNORED. who Czar Was Anxious to Have Peace Con ference Held at The Hague. The plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan will meet in Washington, de spite rumors that the sessions of the peaee conference might be transferred to The Hague: The authoritative statement has been made at the Russian embassy that Washington was acceptable to Russia, and will remain so. iok Davla was nrtatreat^ while in prison. The batt e abbey is now assured. It will be ulit in Richmond, but the exact site in that city has not been decided. 8U ^ f°r $16,000 commis sion claim’d b y John c - Underwood for colleclng funds for this project, Is still m tbe courts, but the commit tee has r*ce lve d assurances that $50,- 000 more can be collected if it is needed. The re»° r t of the Davis Monument Arnfrrjp’jpft Hlt T R t bwt $69,000 is now ip the ban! drawing interest, and the monument to the dead chieftain is therefor* assufred. The reading of the reptYt caused prolonged cheer ing. South Carolina’s sponsor. Miss Eliz abeth Lumpkin, was given an ovation by the old men in gray at the con clusion of a remarkable address of greetings This young woman posses ses a fPlendid voice, and she swayed her avdience alternately to tears and cheers- The spectacular feature of the rev union—the parade of the remnants of the south’s once great army—took place Friday. The veterans had a good rest, and tho number of men in line exceeded that of any recent re- unloti- The line of march covered a dlst^uc® of nearly three miles. Af conservative estimate of the nunfber of veterans and visitors at tending the reunion, based on figures glv^n by railroad men of experience, Is placed at or near 40,00b mark. SHOW STAND GOES DOWN. Sixteen People Injured During Enter tainment at “101” Ranch. Fifty or mors yards of the mile and a quarter grandstand surround ing the exhibition arena at the “101” ranch collapsed in Oklahoma Sunday evening, sixteen persons being more or less seriously injured. The acci dent was witnessed by the 30,000 spec tators attending the entertainment. MINE HORROR IN RUSSIA. Explosion in Colliery Results in Loss of Five Hundred Lives. Advices from Ekaterinsolav, South ern Russia, under date of June 18, state that five hundred persons were killed in the explosion which occurred at the Ivan colliery at Khartsisk, be longing to the Russian Donetz com pany. Hardly a man in the colliery escaped. STRIPES FOR ARMY OFFICER. Aftermath of Rotten Scandal Which Caused Suicide of a Woman. The president has approved the find ings in two trials of Captain Joe Kirk- man of the twenty-fifth infantry, sen tencing him to dismissal from the army and confinement in the peni tentiary of Fort Leavenworth for three years. Kirkman was connected with the sensational case resulting In the suicide of the wife of another afmy officer at Offisha. Fiber Plant Destroyed by Fire. The plant of the Ashland (Wls.) Fiber company was destroyed by fir# Sunday. Loss $50,000; Insurance $2o, 004. PIRATES CLEAN OUT TOWN. Over Hundred Natives Massacred and Their Property Seized. News of a terrible rjassacre of 150 natives by pirates on the Siberian | coast has been received at San Fran cisco in a letter from Petropaulovski, on the coast of Kamchatka. Robbery was the only motive, for every hut had been ransacked and, anything of marketable value was taken. Who the marauders are can not bo learned, excepting that some Japanese were said to be in the party. THREE SISTERS DROWNED. BONAPARTE SUCCEEDS MORTON. One Gets Beyond Depth and Pulls the Other Two Down With Her. Misses Hallie, Fannie and Annie Belle Booth, daughters of Dr. Grant Booth, were drowned while bathing in the Ohio river near Cre-cellus, Ky. Miss Annie Belle had become exhaust ed, her sisters swam to her rescue and in her frenzy the former drew both her sisters under the water. President 'JVill Appoint Baltimore Ma| Secretary of the Navy. President Roosevelt Wednesday thorized the announcement that Che J. Bonaparte of'Baltimore, Md., w0i be appointed to succeed Paul Moi who retires July 1 to go to New yJ to take charge of plans for the c] struction of the subway system operation in connection with the face lines. , ARMISTICE NOW PROBABLE. GAYNOR AND GREENE CAsJ Armies in Manchuria May Soon Be Served With “Stop” Orders. A Washington dispatch says: Alone on the plains of Manchuria, midway between the two grtsat armies, the Russian and Japanese commanders will meet to sign the armistice which will pave the way for the Washing ton conference if the present tenta tive program is followed. Exchanges on this point are now in progress be tween Tokio and St. Petersburg, via Washington. Writ of Habeas Corpus is Montreal Judge. At Montreal, Monday, Jus met ordered the issue of al habeas corpus in the case of and Greene on a petition on behalf of the accus« grounds were as usual, ti^ was n lack of jurisdiction of Judge Lafontaine to dga case, and that th< included in the ext Intc APOLOGIZES TO A CONVICT. f i ~~— Something New in Pardoning Line in State of Alabama. Something unique in the pardoning line was done by Governor Jelks of Alabama Friday when he apologized on the part of the state to a convict who had been convicted of burglary and sentenced to two years. The gov ernor said: “I am led to believe that he is not only entitled to his liberty, but an apology from the state.” There were grave doubts as to the man’s guilt. BELDAME WINS THE BROOKLYN Belmont Mare First Under Wire ir Classic Event at Shepshead. A New York dispatch says: Beldams was crowned queen of the American turf when she won the twenry-second Suburban handicap Thursday after noon at Sheephead bay. She was the second mare to capture the classic. Proper was second and First Mason third. NINE-HOUR DAY RESCINDED. St. Louis Typographical Union Recon siders Action on Contract. The St. Louis Typographical Union gescinded its action of June 8 accept ing a contract calling for a nine-hour L day and an advance of $1.50 a week wages for the union job printers by a declaration to abide by the ig of the executive council of the itional Typographical Union, ab- the contract which had bes the employing printers. SOOTH CAROLINA l STATE NEWS ITEMS. New Cashier Elected. Edwin A. Carlisle has been elected cashier of the Newberry National bank to succeed J. W. M. Symmons, deceased. For the past few years Mr. Carlisle has been the southeastern representative of the Springfield Me tallic Casket company of Springfield, Ohio. He is a son of President M. A. Carlisle. Attends Trap-Shooting Tournament. Several members of the Charleston- Palmetto Gun Club went to Warm Springs, Ga., to attend the Southern Interstate Trap Shooting tournament. The Charleston-Palmetto Club is one of the best known organizations of 'the kind In the south, and its mem bers have frequently captured valued trophies In competition with some of the best shots in the United States. New Industries. The Chattanooga Tradesman reports the following new' Industries estab lished in this state the past week: Columbia—$30,000 investment com pany. Orangeburg—$6,000 warehouse com pany. Camden—Power plant. Charleston—$10,000 building compa ny; $10,000 bottling works. Expending $40,000 on the Streets. At present Union is engaged in spending $40,000 in street paving, having purchased a plant and imple ments at a cost of $30,000. When the present work Is complete, which is under United States supervision, tho city will be supplied with about ten miles of paved streets, including side walks, over which electric cars will be operated as soon as the rails can be laid, the work of grading and put ting in the ties to begin some time this month, as provided in the fran chise already granted. Sought to Stay Hanging. A Columbia dispatch says: An eleventh hour petition in behalf of Willie Johnson, the negro sentenced to be hanged at Orangeburg for crim inally assaulting a little white girl, presented frovernm^by a preacher sfid was ref^^BCbe ' 'a' d<! trio LAGREST STOVE HOUSE IN AUGUSTA —_ — —. —1_—_ — — ___ _ • When you buy a Stove, buy the best, 7Yle Great Ex celsior. Parts always kept in stock. Write for catalogue. We have a few very pretty calendars left. Write for one. 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Ge« lb* Gcr^Snc r* tend 15 ua- PtmfWn J r-io. Fee*. LWi by AH ttuten 5 PKGS 4 12? .'.ZFKGS 4 2°-? CHARutS RAID For sale by V. J Piatt Co. materlal - evidenc^^^Bavor of the culprit, which it can b^Hhown was withheld at the trial, can oe ex amined, or we ask a commutation to life imprisonment.” Prohibitionists Begin Campaign. the first gun of the prohibition campaign was fired at a meeting held In the Washington Street Methodist church, in Columbia, the call for which was signed by some fifty prom inent prohibitionists from various parts of the state. The call was signed by Joel E. Brun son, the state leader; J. A. Hoyt, Louis J. Brystow, J. P. Gibson, Rev. Vernon I. Anson, Rev. W’alter I. Her bert, R. A. Lancaster, T. J. Lamotte and others identified with the State Law and Order League. * A * College in Excellent Condition. At a meeting of the board of trus tees of Newberry college, the report of Dr. Joseph E. B. Scherer, presi dent of the institution, was read and routine business transacted. The president’s report was very creditable and showed the college to be in excellent condition, the session just closed proving itself one of the most successful in the history of the institution. It was decided at this meeting to add a department of technology to the courses already offered by Newberry College, George H. KicKlighter of At lanta, being elected head of the de partment. New Road Seeks Charter. The Anderson and Tidewater rail road and the Ohio, Knoxville and Port Royal railroad have filed articles of incorporation as the Chattanooga and Atlantic railway, the papers being signed by Frederick A. Johnson ot Chicago, first vice president, and J. E. Breazeale, secretary, of Anderson, S. C. Three hundred thousand dollars is the stated capital of the company and the directors are Albert A. Martin, president; F. A. Johnson and J. R. Lea of Chicago; N. B. Neeiev of Mil waukee; J. E. Breazale, P. K. McCul- ley, B. F. Whitner, J. J. Bretwell of Anderson, S. C., and R. E. Hambly of Clayton, Ga. Doctors Fight Over Patient. At Columbia, Dr. Francis D. Ken dall, division surgeon for the South ern railway, was placed under a two thousand dollar bond by Recorder Stanley to wait the results of two stab wounds Dr. Kendall inflicted in the lungs of Dr. J. J. Watson, whose condition is regarded as extremely dangerous. Dr. Kendall, it is claimed, was at tacked on Plain street, in front of his sanitarium when be left his of fice to see after a patient who had been hurt in a trolley smash-up at a Southern railway crossing. LA’. Wat son had come with his two brothers to remove the patients and this had been consented to. When Dr. Ken dall called out from his office to make less noise, Dr. Watson, it Is claimed, took this as a personal affront, ana, when Dr. Kendall came out, he at- i tempted to slap 4 his face. 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Dr. Kendall then told Dr. Watson, it is said, to take his pa t ient out and never to speak to him again. Imme diately Watson, it is charged, applied a vile epithet and sprang forward and struck him and continued fighting him. Dr. Kendall had a penknife in his hand and while warding off Pr. Wat son's blows struck him twice with the knife, the blade parting from the handle at the second blow. The lung was punctured once from the front and once from the rear. LONDON PAPERS PLEASED. Selection of Washington as Place for Conference Elicits Compliment. The acceptance of Washington as the place for the conduct of peace ne gotiations Is regarded by the London morning newspapers as a great com pliment to President Roosevelt’s di plomacy, and as a further pi oof of the growing influence of the L nited States In international politics. EIGHTY TONS OF GOLD COIN. Engines, Boilers, Cotton, Saw. Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin ery and Supplies and Repairs. Machine Tools. Woodworking Machinery, Shaft ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather and Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad and Mill Supplies and Tools, Steam Pumps, Feed Water Heaters and Hoisting Engines, Injectors. Capacity for three hundred hands. Estimates furnished for power plants and steel bridges, store fronts. DON’T FAIL TO WRITE US BEFORE BUYING - .. Johnson’s Bakery. Sum of $55,000,000 is Carted Through Streets of Chicago. Eighty tons of gold, $45,000,000, to gether with silver and currency amounting to $10,000,000 or $55,000,000 in all, were hauled through the street from the subtreasury in the Rand- McNally building to the new federal buildin g at Chicago Saturday after noon. Each wagon was guarded by men with rifles. PORTLAND HAS NERVE. Oregon S'ty Applies for Honor of En tertaining Peace Envoys. Portland, Oregon, has applied for the privilege of holding the meetings of the plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan in that city. In messages to the president Gov ernor George F. Chamberlain and Mayor George H. Williams of Port land called the president’s attention to the fact that Portland is situated half way between Russia and Japan. Cleanliness and Puritj of Materials Are characteristics of all the Bread, Rolls, t akes, 1’les, Etc. made at Jl)IIX8t>3 , J* BAKhltY, Park Arenue. The Cholce§t Confectioneries and Can- diet always on hand. STONE! STONE!! Estimates given and orders prompt ly filled for street curbings, and cross ings, flower bed borders, sidewalks in blocks, hitoking posts, door and ter race steps, door aad window sills, cemetery lot copings, rongh and dressed ashlers for fronts of build- lags, hearth stones, etc. Lakevlew stone a specialty. Stone from other snarriee if preferred. H. K. OHATFIELD, Aiken, S. a