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VOL. Xviii. MANN~'ING,) S. C., WEDNESDAY.,JL 7194 O4 VOL.~~~ Xlnl. AI MARCHING ONWARD Japs Have Turned the Flank of Gen Keller's Position. A FIERCE BATTLE RAGING. The Russians Claim to Have Made a Successful Reconnaisance in For'ce Under General Herschelman. A special from Liao Yang dated July 20, says news was received from Ta Ache Kiao Thursday that the Japanese had boken the Russian left fiank between Liut.-Gen. Count Kel leI's position and that of Gen. Ren nenahampff and that they were march ing on Mukden. The rumors to thi effect are persistent. According to a special from Mos cow, the Rusky Listoku of that city confirms the Associated Press report from Liao Yarg that the Japanese have broken through the Russian left :dank and are marching on Mukden. A FIERCE FIGHT RAGING. A Russsian coriespondent of the London Daily Telegraph at Mukden, under date of July 19, says: "A tierce fight has been raging during the past two days and it still continues. The Japanese, who are in superior strength, attacked with great daring and coolness. The Russians are con testing the ground splendidly. The Japanese ilanking movements to the east are the real cause of our retire ment. Heavy losses have been sus-., tained. The Japanese artillery has again shown its superiority." A RUSSIAN RECONNAISANCE. A disratch from Lao Yang, dated July 20, says the Russian eastern army has attacked the Japanese on the other side of the valley of the Liao river. Lieut.-Gen. Count Keller, after a hard fight compelled the Ja panese to retreat with great loss. Gen. Herschelman, July 19, had a successful engagement, forcing the Japanase to rapidly retreat on their min force. The Russian loss was 200 men killed or wounded. Bands of Chinese bandits have appeared in this neighborhood. They attack the Russian sentries It is reported that Gen. Kuroki is C suffering from malaria and that he 1 follows his army in a litter. Gen. Oku, it is rumored, has re vumed his advance beyond Kaichou. The Russians are expecting a battle. SUCCESSFUL SORTIE. A later dispatch from Liao Yang, p says that Gen. Herschelman on Tues- n day successfully effected a reconnais- r sance inforce in the direction of Sike- a yan, discovering large forces of Jap- p anese. He held his position until r -evening and then retired %ith slight loss. Gen. Kuropatkin, in a dispatch ter v the emperor July 20, says that there a has been no particular change in this sphere of operations. "Wednesday night," the dispatch says, "our sharp' si shooters and Cossacks surprised a Ja- g panese outpost at the village of Khu- o dianza, 10 miles southeast of Ikhav- ci nan. Twenty-one of the Jap'.nese ~ were bayonet' ed. These who escapej~d g were fired upon by mistske by Japa- a znese who came to their assistance." a A dispatch fIom Tokio, date d July si 22, says a fisherman reports that the a Vladivostok squadron was off Myako l1 Thursday, going in a southeasterly di- S rection at a sp:ed of 10 knots. If this coarse and speed was ma'ntained si the squadrcn was off Yokohama late fa Friday. The eastern coast of Japan I: is shrouded in fog. Shipping has been E1 suspended awaiting the location of the 'I Russian fleet.a JABS WIN ANOTHER VICTORY. A dispatch from Tokio, dated July 22, says Gen. Kuroki, after a severe fight, occupied Kiao Tung on July 19. The place had been fortified by the Russians, who. defended it stoutly. In the fighting Gen. Kuroki's trcops drove the Russians from their strong ly fortified position on the Chi river1 which is northwest of Motien pass and east of Anping, inflicting upon the enemy more serious lesses than they sustained themselves. The light began on the 18th and ended on the 19th. The Japanese lost 424 men in C killed and wounded. The Russian losses are estimated at 1,000. Gen. Kuroki began his advance early I in the morning of the 18th. He un covered and followed the enemy alongc the Chi river. The Russians seemeds to be retiring to the northward when suddenly two battalions with eightr guns turned and attacked the Japa nese advance guard vigorously. At-' this point the Japanese suffered be fore relief came, one company losing t1 all its officers. At a late hour in thes afternoon the Russians position was,1 developed. They occupied an emi- t nence on the banks of the Chi. This river guarded their left flank and high precipices protected the Russians on the right. The only approach to - their position was through a narrow defile. The tighting continued until dark when the Japanese forces biv ouaced. The Russians made twoI counter attacks, but were repulsed ina each case. The Japanese renewed the attack at midnight, posting their1i artillery in the v-alley below and in high ground to the south of the Rus sian position. The main Japanese body was assigned to attack the Rus-! * sian centre; a small detachment was sent toward the right flank and an other to watch the enemy's left flank. After these positions had been taken the fighting ceased for a time but was resumed at dawn. The Russians bad 32 guns in action, and they vigorously V shelled the Japanese. To this fire the Japanese replied and the bombard ment lasted for four hours. During this time the Japanese in fantry moved forward, the flankers had succeeded in scaling the heights on the Russian right by 3 o'clock in the af ternoon, at w hich hour the main force was orderd to storm the R~us sian centre. The Japanese artillery protected this movement splendidly, but the infantry met with a severe lire and lost heavily in gaining the heights. The final successful charge wa delivered at 5:30 in the afternoon. The Japanese succeeded in partially cutting off the Russian retreat and this so:n became a rout. The enemy went in two directions to the north ward and to the eastward. The Rus sian forces engaged included in addi tion to the artilery seven battalions of infantry and a regiment of Cos sacks. The enemy left 131 dead and 300 rifles on the field. Prisoners taken estimated the Russian losses at 1,000. The Japanese lost one officer and 54 killed and IS otlicers and 351 men wounded On J'uly 19th Japanese forces at tacked a battalion of infantry and 1,000 cavalry who occupied the Che Chiato to the northward of Shotien tsczu. After four hours of fighting the Russians retired across the Taitsu river. HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE STEAMsB IP REPORTED SEIZED. A dispatci from Sm z, dated July 22, says: The Hamberg-American line steamer Scandia seized by the Russians in the Red sea has just ar rived at that place. She Ii es the Russsian naval flag, is commanded by a Russian naval officar and is manned by a Russian naval crew. She will enter the canal. Her destination is not known. GERMANY INDIGNANT. A dispatch from Berlin, says: The roreign office is without official In rormation of the seizure or the Scan Ila, the only thing received up to the present time being a telegram from ze Hamburg-American company stating the facts and appealing for Lsistance. The foreign office there ioon cabled to the German consul at ort Said for an authentic version of he capture and is awaiting his an wer before making representations t St. Petersburg. The officials discuss the case with m evident at'empt to keep cool, but hey betray 'deep seated indignation it Russia's course. Germany has no varships in the Red Sea and the ques ion of sending vessels there has not ret been considered, but the officials >ainly Intimate that this question nust arise unless Russia speedily irders the captain of her volunteer leet steamers to cease molesting Ger nan shipping. The officials refer to the energetic anguage of the German press as fully ustifiable. The seizure of the Scandia s regarded as being so excessively un easonable that the goverament offli ials try to assume that the captain of he Russian ship exceeded his instruc ions and that Russia will make speedy mends. BATTLE RAGING AT NEW CHWANG. A battle was fought Saturday near a Tche Kiao, which was attacked, it ; telieved, with heavy losses. The rogress of the battle was watched by 2any people in New Chwang from the ofs of houses. The day was clear nd the smoke of the guns could be lainly seen. The Russian losses are eported to have been 700. The Japanese are slowly nearing -ew Chwang. Great excitement pre ailed in that city during Sunday's d Saturday's fights. BRITISH SIUPs SEIZED. Advices received say that the Rus ian volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk red three blank shots acrtss the bows f the British steamer Ardova, the argo of which consists of coal and ex losives. and the vessel not stopping be Smolensk sent two loaded shots at er, ore of them passing over her mid-ships and the other over her lern. The Ardova was then seized nd her crew transferred to the Smo ~nsk. The vessel will be br..ught to uez. The Vladivostok squadron Sunday unk the steamer Knight Commander, rom New York, off the province of zu, after transferidg the crew of night Commander to the steamer 'sinan. The Knight Comtrander, ecording to The Mari ime Register, a British steamer of 2,716 tons urthen, commanded by Capt. Dlu int. She sailed from New York lay 6 for Singapore. Last week she las reported as having arrived at hanghai. The Vladivostuk squa-3ron also cap ured a German vessel, believed to be he Arabia with 30,000 tons of fiour nd and unknown British steamer. 'he two ye se1s were sent to Vladi ostok in charge of prize crews. A dispatch from London says that be Rus.sian ambassader has received ificial notification from Sts Peters *urg reporting the capture of two :aore British ships in the Red sea and cstrctions from his government to otify Great Britain that the same irccedure will be followed as in the ase of the Malacca, namely, the yes els will be taken to a neutral port fur xaminat:on by the consuls of the two Lations concerned. The effect of the additional seizures ipon the British government has bien ,o intensify its determination to settle he status of the volunteer 11eet ves els. It is understocd that the dis atch of the British cruiser Venus to be Red sea and a number of torpedo >oats of P,.rt Said is an earnest of the ~overnment's intention to protect ritish commerce. No warl ke in tructions have been given to the ommanders but the Venus will closely atch the proce dure of the volunteer leet vessels. Some d'plomatic circles egard this as being in the nature of threat to Russia, tut the Russ'an lipomats of London express no con -AGREE)IENT REACHED. The associated Pxess is able to state n the highest authority that the ussian and British goveroments have' greed on a mutually satisfactory basis or a settlement of the questions of :he Russian volunteer fieet steamers .n the Red sea and the salzure by them f British ships. A few minor points itill remain un'ettled, but these prob bly will te cleared up, and it is not spected that further complications will arise. Great credit for the satisfictory ter inatin of this incident is due to Foriegn Secretary Count Lamsdrof, who, it is admitted. actedl in a calm and conciliatory spirit worthy of a great statesman. The attitude of Sir harles Harding, the British ambassa :dor, both for moderation and 'dignity, aso provokes praise. in fact the negotiations through cut the crises were conducted in a mos frindly spirit on both sides. MRS. MAYBRICK FREE. A Mother's Fidelity Has Opened the Prison Doors. IS SHE INNOCENT OR GUILTY? The Famous and Rich American Wo man Who was Once Sentenced to Death Now Goes Free and Unrestricted. A special from Turo, Cornwall, Eng., dated July 20, says Mrs. Flor ence Maybrick is free. She left Corn wall Wednesday on her way to France. Mrs. Maybrick's imprisonment was not terminated with the clang of doors, the last sound which remains in the ears of so many of her fellow prisoners who had preceded her to liberty from Aylesbury prison, where she spent more than 14 years of her life. It closed before the arch door way of the White convent of the Sis terhood of the Epiphany in this little town, with the black-robed sisters softly uttering their blessings and good wishes for her future. With two companions Mrs. Maybrik enter ed the carriage cf Miss Dalrymple, secretary of the sisterhood, and was driven rapidly to Staustell, a small station 14 miles away, where, after exchanging good-bycs with her com panions, she boarded a train and started on her journey to France. She will not go to America until her presence there is considered impera tively necessary. The greatest secrecy was thrown about Mrs. Maybrick's departure. Mother Superior Julian of the con vent said to a representative of the Associated Press that under her in instructions she must refer all inqui ries to the home office. Others at the convent were equally uncommunica tive. - At the railroad station orders were issued forbidding the emyloyes to dis cuss Mrs. Maybrick or. even to admit that she was at the convent. The little town has taken deep interest in this international figure. Crowds early stood at the iron gates of the grounds, waiting for Mrs. Maybrick to appear, but they were rarely rewarded, she going out only when the road was re ported clear. When Mrs. Maybrick first arrived here she was kept under strict sur veillance, never leaving the convent walls; even for a walk in the grounds she would have to be under the escort of one of the sisters. Subsequently she was allowed to walk in the streets of this picturesque place and in the shady country lanes in the vicinity. Those who have seen the published portrait of Mrs. Maybrick soon got to recognize the black-robed woman with black bonnet and flowing strirgs, ani gave her kindly greetings, which fre quently passed unnoticed, Mrs. May brick seeking so far as possible to void the attention of the curious. Her time at the convent was taken up by sewing, reading and chatting with the sisters, endearing herself to them by many acts showing that even the many years of servitude at Ayle.-bury prison had been unable to stamp out er innate kindly disposition. Those who have talked with Mrs. Kfaybrick say that within the five nonths spent at Truro were happy1 nes. She was compelled to observe he rules of the sisterhood strictly, as he sisters were required to carry out he regime of the prison, but the ules were not enforced by warders ardened by contact with criminals, ut by friendly sisters who have been ~ompanions as well as guardians, and drs. Maybrick expressed her grati ~ude to them on her departure. Her ast life was not referred to at the ~onvent unless Mrs. Maybr~ck spoke )t it. When Mrs Maybrick k ft her peace ul retreat this morning she was ressed In gray, she wore a white boa round her neck and she had a grey hat with flowers upon her whitened head. hese garments were sent by her nother, the Baroness de Roques, and were the first colors worn by Mrs. daybrck since her imprisonment 15 ears l.ack6 The fact that people at Truro knew er by sight and that newspaper cor espondents bad established them elves near the convent caused Mrs. daybrick to determine not to leave ruro by train on departing from the own, but to go to Staustell, where a ast express train stopped. After her eparture it was said by a sister of he convent that Mrs. Maybrick had ven no trouble whatever and that er conduct had been most exemplary, he otserving without question all the egulations. She shad not asked for ad had not been given unusual fa ors. Nevertheless the mother supe rior was glad to be freed from her re Mrs. Maybrick is not freed unconl itionally. She is out on ticket leave, ut to all intents she is as free as any ther person, can go where she will ad will not have to rmake a report to -he British authority, as once Mrs. aybrick is abroad she will be outside Brtsh jurisdiction. ] The Baroness de Roques has made reparations at Rouen for Mrs. May rick's arrival at her quiet home, where she will tegin a new life. Mrs. Maybrick, who was Miss Flor ece Elizabeth Chandler, a member of well known and prosperous southern family, was married July 27th, 1881, in St. James' church, Piccadilly, to James Maybrick. of Liverpool. She was then 18 years old. Her husband was over 40 years old. In the spring of 1889 Mr. Maybrick became ill and in a few day she die d. H is brothers in vestigated his death and charged Mrs. Maybrick with the murder of her husband. A long trial followed and a number of doctors swore that the de ceased died of arsenical poisoning. The defense proved that for 20 years Mr. Maybrick had been a contirmed user of arsenic and that he daily took doses large enough to have killed a dozen ordinary men. Mrs. Maybrick was eventually sentenced to death by the judge, Sir Fitz James Stephen, who spoke for two days in charging the jury. He said it was impcs~ible for them to find her not guilty it. the face of the medical evidence. The judge died some time later in a mad house. From the time of Mrs. Maybrick's onviction her mother, thearomnss! de Roques was unremitting in her efforts in behalf cf the prisoner. She succeded in having the death sentence commuted to penal servitude for life and finally has obtained the freedom of her daughter to whose release from prison she had devoted her life. The bareness was aided by influential friends on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1900, after the death of Lord Rus sell of Kil'owen, chief of justice of England, a letter which he bad writ ten to Mrs. Maybrick in 1895 was dis covered. It showed he was convinced that she ought never to have been convicted, and it has been generally understood that all the recent Ameri can ambassadors to the court of St. James have dore everything possible to obtain Mrs. Maybrick's pardon. The fact of her probable release was used as a reas-n for securing the post ponement of a trial last year of law suits bearing on Mrs. Maybrick's in terest in land in Kentucky, Virginia and W Virginia until she was able per sonally to testify in these suits. Mrs. Maybrick and her mother would have lost all title and interest in the many thousands of acres of land involved in the case. On February 4th last Home Secre tary Akers-Douglas, replying to a question in the house of commons, confirmed the reports which had been in circulation that Mrs. Maybrick had been removed from Aylesbury prison to a convalescent home, where she would remain until the summer, when she would be allowed her freedom. The home s,,cretary said a license had been granted to Mrs. Maybrick under the penal servitude acts. The transfer of the prisoner from a penal prison to a quiet country home onstituted an almost unprecedented action on the part of the British au thourities. It was due to the media tion of the Duchess of Dedford, who, as a visitor to Aylesbury prison for many years, had taken a keen psrson al interest in Mrs. Maybrick, and inally succeeded in obtaining the mit igation of her punisbment to the ex tent of her being allowed to spend the ast six months of her cjnfinement outside the prison wells. MRS. N1YE LOSES ALL. Entrusted Her Estate to Maj. W. M. Breese. A special from Charlotte, N. C. ays: When the United States dis rict court convened Friday morning [or a continuation of the trial of Wm. Breese for embezzlement, the district ttorney asked and was granted per nission to Introduce Mrs. E. W. Nye, wife of the late humorist, who resides it Arden. N. C., and who desired to 'eturn to her home. Mrs. Nye told of entrusting her property and all the money she pos ;essed, $7,500, to the keeping of Breese and said she lost It all. After he death of her husband, she desired o take her children on a trip to Europe, and before leaving Asheville, he gave Breese her papers and docu nents and instructed him to invest er money. He had been a good riend of her dead husband and she elt that she could trust him implicit y. Mrs. Nye also said she owned roperty in New York which was left n charge of Breese and lost this also. Breese testified that while it was rue that he had charge of Mrs. Nye's apers, be did not understand that he ras authorized to act as her agent in isposing of her property. He collect d the interest on her money when ue and passed it to her credit. When be bank failed he turned the papers ver to his son, W. E. Breese, Jr., an ~torney, and wrote Mrs. Nye to this fecot. Upon her return from Europe, e defendant visited her at Buck hoal, her country home, and explain d all the details of the failure. Upon he objection of the district attorney ie was not permitted to relate the onversat ion. The witness denied that he drew ~Irs. Ney's money out of the bank, aying he could not have done so for he reason that he had not authority to *ign name to check. He also denied 1l knowledge of the loss of Mrs. fye's property in New York. This roperty, be said, was purchased by ffr. Nye before his death, and was overed by a mortgage. Breese then went on to explain in etail different notes and said he :ew nothing of the charges of forg ~ry. Maj. Breeze admitted that he had igned the name of W. W. Rollins to wo notes for $1,000 each, on April 6, 897. These were the notes Maj. Collins bad declared to be forgeries ghen he was on the witness stand last eek. T te witness s aid his relations rith Rodlrs were cordal and inti ate. When he a tiixedI Maj. Rollins' ~ignature to the nott.s, it was for the: urpose of taking up two other notes hich had been rediscounted. Maj. olins was out of town at the time nd upon his return ratified the action y singing and giving Maj. Breese a ~lank note. Fire in Aiken. Fire accidentially started in the ~ine forests in Eustis Park, near the otel Park in the Pines, about 12 clck Wednesday. Owing to the rought, the trees and shrubbery burn d like tinder for several hours and ~everal acres of the Park are badly lamaged. The burned area is in the orthwestern edge of the city and is eyond the reach of the fire hydrants. 'he city street hands were set to work with brushes and they succeeded in ~onfining the fire to the woods. No residence property was injured. It is hought that the fire was started by a ~ombination of crap shooters and ci ~arettes. D~ropped D~ead at a Dance. While dancing Thursday night at a arty given in honor of the Porto Pican school teachers in the Hemen way gymnasium, Cambrdge, Mass., arolous S. lNudd, a student in the scientific department of the Harvard ummer school, dropped dead. It is supposed that heart disease was the ause. Nuddl was about fity-five years old and it is said his home is at Janklin Falls, N. H. When the ancing was at its beight and he was guiding one .of the visitors in a uadrille he suddenly clutched at his breast w ith a gioan and sank to the loor. Efforts to save the man's life PRACTIALLY ASSURED Colony of Foreign People to Begin in the Fall. WILL BE LOCATED NEAR CON WAY Commissioner of Immigration E. J. Watson, Makes Thorough Inves tigation as to the Possibilites Offered by that County. The f)l!owing is taken from the State of Saturday which says Com missioner of immigration E. J. Wat son, who returned Friday from the lower coast counties, talked interest ingly of his trip. "I have been since Tuesday of last week up in Horry county making a thorough investigation as to the p-s sibilities offered by that county for the establishment of an extensive colony of foreign people," said Mr. Watson. "I made brief investigations at Chadbourn, N. C., as to what had been accomplished there and visited the Homewood colony in Horry, which is composed of northwestern people, and has been exceedingly successful, as the figures for this year's truck crops have shown. I talked with a number of these people in person and found them all satisfied, found that they were not subject to sickness and were really enthusiastic in the work they are doing. The land in Horry, particularly on the Waccamaw Neck, appears to be admirably suited for truck and diversified agriculture as well as the staple crops. The fields now under cultivation in cotton and corn are covered with crops that are as gooo as any I have seen in the State. Absence of mosquitoes and the abundant supply of pure water from artesians wells and springs is prob ably accounted for from the fact that the coast section of Horry county is within the 62-64 degree isothermic zone, the same zone in which such counties as Richland, Newberry, Greenwood, Saluda and Abbeville are located. I find, too, that the condi tions in this section, other than- those of soil and climate, are such as to make the establishment of a colony there decidedly advantageous to the settler and the State. The repre sentative business men are thorough ly aroused over the situation and see the possibilities, and are anxious to push the developmens of Horry coun ty to the fullest extent. I find not. only that the most indluential and ex tensive land owners of the county were willing to cooperate by offering their land at a very reasonable figure, but that certain things are in process of development that will mean much to the settler. While the final arrangements were not concluded be fore I left Conway it may be stated that the settlement of foreign pur hasing people upan 60,000 acres of and, land bisected by the railroad, is practically assured. This colony will be put in on the most approved plan for colonization, so far as the arrange ment of the land is concerned, provid ng in every 320-acre square for a mall community in the centre of the quare, thus affording the settlers who ay not be able to speak English the >pportunity of social life in the even ngs. As far as I have been able to go nto the details of the matter I be Leve that we will have in this colony ore of the real elements of success han could be found in the ultilization f any other tract of land of this size o be found in this State. "In this connection I wish to say hat it is rare that one finds young nen in the south doing so much for he development of their section as is eing done by the Messrs. Burroughs f the Burroughs & Collins company, hich has milling plants, shiagle lants, has developed Myrtle Beach, as built and is operating successfully railroad line t2 the beach; which is ow undertaking with others the >uilding of a railroad line to Marion to ~onnect Conway with the interior of he State; which is operating a line f river freight and passenger steam ~rs, and which is now building a fine oat to furnish a daily passenger serv Ice to the port of Georgetown, and which is undertaking many other in lustrial enterprises. These young men, ssisted by the pen of Editor Rice, are oing a great work; they propose to o much to make the proposed colony success, and I have no doubt will be f very material aid. ''We hope to have all preliminary natters in regard to this colony In uch sbape that the movement of the oreign people can begin in the early tall. "While on the &cast I made a trip owd~ Waccamaw Neck as far as Mur rell's inlet. At this point I gathered ~onsiderable information from the eople along the inlet as to the devel >pment of the States shell fish Indus try. This is scmething that is now uffering badly, so the people on the net say, from a lack of proper laws. am told that the South Carolina oys ter is the best of all for canning pur oses and I find a desire to undertake the canning of shell fish on the part f many very much in the same way s is now being done by one firm on the inlet. I understand that the mat ter is to be brought up at the next assion of the general assembly and his department has promiscd to aid s far as possible in the securing of utside capital for a proper 'develop ment of the industry. I do not know to what extent this development can be pushed, but the matter of shell fish :anning factories on the coast will be one of the things that will receive the attention of my department as soon s some pressing matters have been disposed of." One Taken, the Other Left. A specia:l to the State from Pickens says during a terrific thunderstorm at Ea~iev Saturday afternoon Mrs. Wil tam Hlutson was instantly killed by ightning. She and her husband were sitting near a window when tbe riash ame. Mr. Hutson, who was presum ably a little farther from the window than his wife, was not instantly kill ed, but it Is not believed that he will survive. Mrs. H~utton held in her arms her infant child and while every bone in her own body was shattered, the chirld waseantirely unharme. PRAISES TILLMAN. Cleyeland Commends Parker's Noble Course in Stating His Views. A special to The State from Nem York Wednesday says: "Steady, Democrats, Steady," is the title of ar article by Grover Cleveland whict will be printed in Collier's for July 23rd. In it Mr. Cleveland lauds the action of Judge Parker in sending his "gold telegram" to the St. L3uis con vention, and exprEs:es his satisfaction with the platform and the outlook in part as follows: "No action of Democracy's repre sentatives assemblcd in the late con vention can be construed in any other way than as an acknowledgment of the gold standard, and a willing pledge to its maintenance. This con dition should of itself be sufficient to so fill our mnasure of satisfaction as to cause us to forget any fears or trepidation that may have vexed us during the days just past. * * * "Herein is found an abundantly sufficient cause for gratitude and con gratulation on the part of all those who love true Democracy. I want tc go further than this and to express a reverent belief that certain conven tion utterances apparently untoward have worked together for Democracy's good and that a happy outcome has been reached through a leading wiser and more certain than the wit of man could have devised. "Senator Tillman and I have occa sionally differed; but I hope he will take no offense if I applaud and give hearty concurrence to his expression of the belief that 'Providence has taken kindly hold of our affairs.' " After quoting Judge Parker's mes sage to the St. Louis conventim, Mr. Mr. Cleveland said: "Those Democrats who have been impatient of the silence of their party's candidate ought to be satisfied with the effectiveness of his first at terance. It filled the blank in a dis abled platform, it gave leadership to the Democratic cause and rallied sup porters by thousands and tens of thou sands to the Democratic standard. "I believe that no man ever did so much for the cause and in so many directions, in so short a time and in so compact a form as was done by our candidate when re sent his message to the St. Louis convention. He has reminded all who profess Democratic principles that they also have work to do if they like him, would do the patriotic political duty the time de mands." His Sight Restored. A special to the State from Abbe vile says Mr. Norman S. Casn, an industrious and prosperuus farmer of that county who has been almost totally blind since childhood, met with a pefuliar and happy accident while In town Thursday. Mr. Cason was sitting in the store of Messrs. P. Rosenbery & Co., and in attempting to put on his hat the brim struck him in the eye. For a moment he was rendered totally blind but soon af ter wards his sight came to him and he was able to distinguish friends and objects never before seen by him. He said he could see the obstruction to his vision gradually passing away af ter the total blindness came on. The good fortune of Mr. Cason has resulted in his confusion to a small degree. He did not know the appearance of his brothers and friends and djid not recognize them after he had regained his sight until they spoke to him. Mr. Cason's sight Improved rapidly during the afternoon and until he left town for his home. Heretofore he had consulted eminent specialists about his condition but none gave him any relief or hope. His friends are now congratulating him on his good fortune. Growth of the Rural Service. The growth of rural free delivery service in the Unitedi Stiates has been rapid and the total amount now paid annually is enormous. Previous to 1902 these carriers were paid by war rant or check direct from the first as sistant postmaster general's offce at Washington, hut the growth became so extensive it was decided that the postmaster at the capital of each State should pay the carriers in bis State. In 1902 when Postmaster En sor was made paymaster for South Carolina, there were 114 rural free delivery carriers in South Carolina, and the amount of their salaries was 860,400. At the close of the fiscal year, June 33, 1903, there were 333 carriers, receiving the sum of $192, 912, over three times the amount paid out at the close of the fiscal year of 1902. In 1902 the carriers reneived on an average of $500 per annum; in 1903 about $600 per annum; for the present year there has been practically a $100 raise, according to the length of the route, most of the carriers get ting $720 per annum.* The Battle of MXanassas. Capt. Albert Cronkhite, of the quartermaster general's department at Washington, has gone to Manassas, Va., to arrange the water supply and other details preparatory to the great army manoeuvres which will take place on the old Bull Run battle field in September. Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, Brig. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss and other offcers on the board named to outline the movement for the engagement will meet in Wash ington on Tuesday and go to Thor oughfare, Va., to inspect the battle field. They will then return to Wash igton and prepare plans to be sub mitted to Mdaj. Gen. Corbin. Gen. Corbin will direct the move ments of the twenty-live thousand regular army men and militiamen who are to refight the battle of Bull Run at the time of the joint man ceuvres of the regulars and National Guard of the Atlantic division In September. Col. John W. Pullman, of the quartermaster's department, is to be chief quartermaster at the manoeuvres. Heavy Hail Storm. Details of a terrific hailstorm which passed over southeastern Alabama have been at Montgomery Ala. The storm covered an area 15 miles long by nine miles and destroyed all vege tation in its path. Cotton stalks were torn to shreds and even the bark on the trees was torn off. Subscriptions for the destitute sufferers are being taken. CIVIL SERVICE EX&XINATION. Information Concerning the Re quirements of Candidates. The mid-year Manual of Examina tions for positions in the United States civil service has been issued from Washington and contains full infor mation for those desiring to stand the examinations for the various branches of the service. The manual gives directions concerning the examina tions- which will be held in the fall, and which include almost every de partment of the service. There. will, however, be no examination for the position of railway mail clerk. On Oatober 19 examinations for ap pointment in the following branches of the service will be held in Colum bia: Apprentice, departmentalservice; clerk, departmental service; electro type- finisher, government printing service; elect:otype moulder, govern ment printing service; elevator con ductor, departmental service; guard, United States penitentiary service; internal revenue; messenger, depart mental service; press feeder, govern ment printing service; skilled labor er, male, departmental service; sten ographer and typewriter, departmen tal service; stenographer and type writer, Pailippine service; watchman, departmental service. Examinnations in the following branches will b-gin on September 14, the remainder beginning on October 19: Draftsman, cartographic; obser ver, weather bureau; teacher, Philip pine service; bookkeeper, departmen tal service; civil engineer, departmen tal service; bivil engineer, Philippine service; pharmacist and numerous other pcsitions in the Indian and the Philippine service. Persons who wish to take any of the examinations mentioned should write to the United States civil serv ice commission, Washington, D. C., for a blank form of applacation stat ing the kind of examination desired. -The application form when received should be carefully filled out in ac cordance with the instructions print ed thereon and mailed without delay to the United States civil service commission, Washington, D. C. If the application has been properly ex ecuted, is received by the commission in sufficient time to arrange for the examination, and the applicant is found to be entitled to the exami nation requested, a card will be sent to him admitting him to the exami nation. All examination papers are shipped direct from the commission in Wash ington to the place of examination and applicants for examinations must file their applications not less than six days prior to the date of exami nation. Otherwise the applications will be returned. For descriptions of the style of ex amination required in the several brinches, applicants had best refer to the Manual of Examinations, which may be had by written request upon the United States civil service com mission in Washington. The ex uminations are based upon a common school training and a person of ordi nary education and fair intelligence should experience no difficulty in mak ing the necessary percentage. Salaries in the branches offered range from $600 to $1,200. It has been frequently remarked that the south does not avail-Itself of the opportunities offered in the civil service and the figures in this manual, showing the percentage of appoint-' ments from the various States, bear out this belief. The percentage of appointments vary from the maimum of 2,417 883 in the District of Colum bia to the minimum of 33.333 in Alaska. South Carolina has a per centage of 88.058; Georgia, 87.836, and North Carolina, 90.476. N~ew York has a percentage of 101.788; Main 110.145, and Wyoming 144.444. These figures show the average pro portion of appointments in the south ern, eastern and western sections of the country, the southern States ranking the lowest. . * A MO 3 UNDER INDICTMENT. Names of Par-ties Prominent in Dan vine. A special from Danville, Va., says The special grand jury summoned to investigate the attempt on the part of a mob to force an entrance into the city jail for the purvose of lynching the negro, Roy L. Armes, a flagman of the Southern railway, Thursday afternoon completed Its labors. The jury found indictments against W. D. Talley, Bud F. Pruitt, Whit Myers, Charles Pcuitt, Walter Clark, Solomon Hudgins, Wicker Armer, brother of the murdered man, W. Bal Ragland, Charles Vaughn, E Iward Buckner, N~. J. Wall, William Harris, Frank Childresa, R. 3. Lynch, George C. Mills, Elijah Williams, William H. Mann and Pleasant Meyers. The In dictments will be certified immediate ly to the mayor for trial. Presentments were found against Wicker Armes and Bud F. Pruitt for thre'atening to shoot the mayor and Police Offier Robert S. Wynn while in the discharge of their offcial duties and against R. J. Lynch for assault ing Deputy City Sergeant R. L. Wol folk while In the performance of his duties. Commonwealth's Attorney Thomas Hamlin will immediately file an information in each case upon which the accused will be tried. The jury also recommended that certain members of the fire depart ment which department faces on the alley leading to the jail In which alley the efficers made their stand against the mob, viz: E. B. Utter and L. D. Perkins, should be cautioned and rep rimanded by the court for using im proper language towards the police force calculated to discourage them in the discharge of their duties and to inflame the mob. The jury also compliments this work of the police force in dealing with the situation and handling the mob without bloodshed. I Another Killing. Thos. J. Lyon, magistrate in Hibler township, Greenwood county, had a diffculty with his son-in-law Ed Ste vens on Hard Labor creek Tuesday afternoon. It was renewed at Stevens house at Dornsville, wihen Lyon shot him five times, killinr him. * THE BOLL WEEVIL. Clemson Entomolo.ist in Texas to FystematicaUy Study It. WILL RETURN NEXT WEE. And Make Personal Investigation of., Supposed Investation at Vad ons Points in This State. His Letter. The following is taken from the State of Saturday which says the United States department of agricul ture is making a systematic study of the bol weevil, consisting of field ex perlence and laboratory work at sta tions located In various parts of Texas but all In the infested regions. Th various stations represent typical re gions as to soil and climate, the ctdW M one of which is located at Victoria where extensive laboratory work-an@ , field exp3riments are unknnwn a section that is quite favorable for. the occurrence of volunteer coto. The region is typical of the cosbet- - and river bottoms, and-Is-possibly the best place to study the weevil ast early or volunteer cotton chance to study the insect as it; emerges from hibernation in the early' pring. The investigations, ions and experiments made there furnish an account of the bIology of the weevil at least as complete as that of any North American species of n sect. During the last few weeks SOa-6 Carolina has had a representativat that place making an indpendetb,' vestigatioaof the weeyil, and one ti&,' will enable Clemson college'at 066i give any person all the infrtlo* that may be needed to ertenat" the pest, or to ree3gnize Its 3r to distinguish betwen it and othe - insects that injure cotton,should ave reason to believe that the, as been introduced into this Z There have recently been manyrco plaints received at the local eame bureau office from persons who. leved they had discovered boll wesils )n their cotton and all such reports were promptly forwarded by Mr.;Baur to Prof. Chas. K Chambliss, ento mologists, at Clemson college for h s information. But until Friday not--.% ing bad been heard from Prof. biss on the. subject,. when a le was received that will explain itsel and the subject matter of 'which, vital interest to every cotLongw In the State: Victoria, Texas, July 19, Hr. T. W. Bauer, Columbia,8.C. Dear Sir: Yours relative to the. e port of Mr. J. Tupper Henerey, Ia which he states that cotton in Green ville county is probably infested wi the boll weevil, has been rece At present I-am studying that. in the government laboratory at", toria, Texas. I will return to Carolina during the first week In gust, which will be early enough take charge of the fields In GreenvllIe. county, should there be an inft-?Y tion. Without specimens I asin n -. lned to believe that the work of thee boll worm has been mistaken for ihe boll weevil. However, I shall give the matter my personal attention Im a mediately on my return to collegen I have already~ this summe .v~~ visited severdi farms where the bl weevil was suppo~sed to be presentai found only the boll worm. There will -- be no need of reporting the matter to the- department, as 1 -would havse--~ charge of the work anyhow. I am preparng a large collection:In which the life nistory and work of- D boll weevil will be shown. I am also -'~ securing photographs. I shall be glad to leave one collection with you for office use. Yours very respcectfully. - Driving Out Anaemia. Wonders are being worked in Porto Rico by Capt. B. K. Ashford, assist ant surgeon, United States Army, who is treating anaemia, which Is threatening the development of Porto Rico. Hundreds of persons suffering with the malady and believed by -na ive physicians to be incurable have been cured by the American doctor, who is assisted by Dr. King, of the Mfarine Hospital Service. Beports from Porto Rico state that in the dis trict of Davamm alone the doctors treated 931 cases in six weeks and lost but one case. They are now in Usue ava, where the same remarkable re sults are being reported. In Dayamm they reduced the death rate 20 per cent. in the six weeks -they worked there among the 32,000 persons sub ecL to the pernicious anaemia, which travelers have said will prevent Porto Rico from enjoying the prosperity It might have with a healthier and more industrious population. The two American doctors do not attribute the disease to starvation and underfeeding, as the native doc tors do, and have submitted their pa tients to an entirely different sort of treatment; The results have been as tounding and have given the natives new hope. Invalids are brougtit to the healers in hammocks and on cots and are afforded almost instant relief. His Twenty Sixth Child Dead. William B. Pettifore of Trenton, 1E ., has just lost by death the twenty sixth child of his family of twenty seven boys and girls. Nozell, the dead boy, was three years old. The twenty seventh child was born a year ago. Pettifore, the father, was born a slave ity two years ago on the plantation of Col Edward Hennison In North Carolina. He went north after the war and later located in Trenton. He has been married twice. Negro Nominee Deposed. W. T. Scott, presidential candidatie of the National Negro Liberty party, who is now serving a 20-day sentence in the Bellevilile, ill., jail, charged with keeping a disorderly house, has been deposed. George E. Taylor, of Ottumwa, Iowa, has been chosen to fill the place made vacant by removal