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> VOL. XIII. waYnews gi Russians Reported as Being on the' Run Tokio, By Cable.?The JaJpane.se army swept tlio Russians from Kin Chow Friday morning, and in a des- ' perate attack stormed the almost Impregnable position of the Russians i on Nnushan Hill, west of Talien Wan. ; The battle raged In tlte hills all ! through the night, and fragmentary telegrams from the Japanese headquarhra report that the engagement. , is still '.n progress, and that the Jap- l tuu-se are still pursuing the Russians ! siiiii!) trom Nnushan and the head of Tali<>nwan bay. The Russians had ' made e laborate preparations to cheek the Japanese movement south on the ' l.iau Tung peninsula, toward Port Ar- J thttr. Tltey had fortified the high ground i( on the shore of Talienwan bay. their j works extending to tho east' and the i west. The extreme Russian right was J , at ilushangtao, and the extreme left j at Kanshan Mill. The hill was the | strongest part of the line; a series of batteries, strongly emplacod. crowded i its crest, while title pits extended around its sides. Mines had been ' l)lncp<? 'fiwor litivvti mi t hiwc hill iiml , around tin' base on ilio northern anil easjern sides wore stretched wellmade wire entanglements. Another j line of defenses, aiso protecter ( with wire emanglements. extended I from Yen Chia Tutig, near the head of Tullenwan hay. due north of Lluchia j , Tien, which lies south of. Kin C'hou. ; A strong Russian force was posted at ; Kin C'hou. It consisted of infantry ; ' and artillery. The Japanese first occupied the line of hills to the east of Kin Cliou. Their position formed an almost perfect | right angle. showing its southern front | to Talitn Wan, and its western front ' to Kin Chott. Chin l.l Chan village was the apex of this angle: the ex- ( trcTno right of the Japanese line rest- ; ed at Chen Cita Tien, which is almost | i due norlh of Chin la Chan, while the extreme le': was at Chaitsuho. a vil- ' ' iage ihio c.tsi of Chin Li Chan. Rack of this angle the attacking force assent b I oil in complete security. The Russia!!:; apparently attempted to draw Jcpam>ve attack las' Saturday for their batteries opened fire slowly on the enemy -on that day. The Japanese. -how v. or, refused to be drawn into an attack until the positions of . the Russians, their guns and their strength hail been fully developed. I To ihis end the Japanese began a se- 1 cleg of careful manoeuvres, their officers working their way close enough ! < to the Russian position to draw the j enemy's fire. They thus secured frag- ! t mcnts of sheila for the purpose of ' 1 ascertaining the ealibre of the Russian j guns. They discovered that the bat- j < teries on Nansban hill included four i ; howitzers ?>l" about fifteen eentimes | | calibre. ten old-style cannon of be- j tween nine and fifteen centimes cal- . iltre, and two quick-firing guns of \ twelve eentimes calibre. The Japan- ! ese also discovered a number of large j emplacements, but they did not learn ! . the number of guns contained therein. These emplacements faced to the north and east. Cost Many Lives. Tokio, Special?Revised figures show that til non-commissioned officers and ' 37< blue jackets wore killed and drown- , rd; seven officers, 13 non-commissioned ] officers and 7ifl lillie tnelrr>?< I 1 wounded, and 12 blue jackets seriously j wounded, in the sinking of the Japan- I ' esc battleship Hatsucse by the mine nt j Port Arthur on May 15. Two hundred > : Russian Cavalry Routed. Tokio, By Cable.?(ien. Kuroki rejorts that on Wednesday afternoon, ! 1ur ng the battle at To-Pu, the enemy's I 'avalry took up a position at Pa Ton i Jti. The Japanese thereupon attacked < ind routed tlieni. Natives report that ? three of the enemy were killed and t ightcen wounded. During the afternoon a.patrol captured one officer and ? >ne private. Mortgage Sale of Lumber. Macon, Ga.. Special.?In the United States Court a consent order was j !>;:sf ?d, under which the receiver of tho 1 iled Cypress Dumber Company may sell : fjvar three million feet of lumber at tho f company's plant upon which a lien is i Maimed by Receiver Albertson, of the ( First National Bank, under a mortgage executed by the lumber company to the C. Plant's Son Bank for an aggregate * if $114,000. to secure loans made by t them to the company, which mortgage f was transferred to the First National 1 Bank. It is provided in the order that f ill of the funds arising from the sale I sti^h lumber, or any part of the 1 Mime, shall be deposited and held as a s irparate fund subject to the lien. t \ u. ^ ' r ORT ] YEN IN FULL and thirty-five non-commissioned officers and men lost their iivos on the cruiser Yoshino, which was rammed and sunk by the cruiser Kasuga. The Navy Department has not received a detailed report or the two disasters. SENATOR QUAY DEAD Chronic Gastritis Which First Attacked Him a Year Ago, the Cause of His Death. Beaver, I'a.. Special.?Col. Matthew Stanley Quay, senior Senator front I cnnsylvania, passed peacefully into death, at 2:48 Saturday afternoon, after an illness which had been more or less persistent for the past year, which took' a turn for the worse ten days ago and which the doctors diagnosed as chronic gastritis. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock nn the afternoon of Tuesday, May .list, and the remains will be interred in the historic family burial plot in Beaver ovuirvvi j . Senator Quay's illness began about a year ago. It was a recurrence of the i rouble that beset him during the lat- j ier part of l'JOO and the early days of January, 1901, when he was under- j I'.oing the strain of a desperate fight for , lo-election to the Senate. These Will Attend Funeral. Washington, Special.?The following Se nators have been selected by President Pro Tempore Frye to attend tht funeral of the late Senator M. S. Quay; Penrose. Frye, Allison, Alilrich, Alger, ftullinger, Elkins. Hansbrough, Stewjrt, Piatt, of New York; Allen, Foriiker, Mitchell, German, Daniel. Teller, Dullois, Cockrell, Tillman, Hlackburn tnd McLaughlin. President Wires Sympathy. Washington. Special. ? President Roosevelt, immediately on learning of j I he death of Senator Quay, wired th? following to Mrs. Quay: Mrs. M. A. Quay, Beaver. Pa. "Accept my profound sympathy, of- j ticial and personal. Through my term J is President. Senator Quay lias been iny staunch and loyal friend. 1 had hoped to the last that he would, by sheer courage, pull through his illness. Again accept my sympathy. (Signed t. "THEODORE ROSSEVELT." News of the Day. ! Ton minors wore suffooatod at Wll- ; liainstown, Pa. I Groat damage was done at Yazoo City, Miss., by tiro. Democratic State conventions wore hold in Ohio, Alabama and Tennessee, j The assignment of bishops was made by the General Conference of the Methodist. Episcopal Church tNorthern) it I.os Angeles, Cal. The General Assemblies of the Southern. Northern and Cumberland . Presbyterian Churches continued their j leiiiterations at Mobile, Buffalo and I Dallas, respectively. The Congressional Merchant Marine Commission, which has hren sitting in Mew York, will soon hold a session in Baltimore. The coal inquiry was continued be'ore the Inter-State Commerce Commission. The Federation of Women's Clubs ! 'looted officers for-the coming year and j uljourned at St. Louis. The Civic Federation took steps to irbitrate the freight handlers' strike in Mew York. The Japanese having failed to capture Dalny are unable to prosecute the dege of Port Arthur effectively. Admiral Togo's fleet, it is announced, bombarded Port Arthur an hour Tuesday. Thn I.'r>rnon a-J" ' . !>>! . un I^IU|)CIU1 uuun ?I[MH?S1lion to taxes for rebuilding his palace. French socialists are actively urging i separation of church and State. Liberal Gains in Belgium. Brussels. Special.?In the elections Sunday for the retiring Senators and Deputies the Lil>erals gained considerably in votes, hut won few seats, not Miough to seriously reduce the Cathilic-government majority. These are' he lirst Uberal gains during 20 years. The Liberals anticipate the overthrow >f the government in the elections of 1900. Quarantine Still in Force. Monterey, Mexico, Special.?Notwithstanding the quarantine recently estabislied by the State of Texas against all Mexican points has been lifted, it is itill in force against. Monterey. This s due to the fact that the Texas authorities had received word to the efect that a case of yellow fever existed it Tampico, and they refused to lift he embargo against Monterey unless a inarantine should be put on against Tampico. Gen. Reyes, upen inquiry, !tatcs there is no yellow fever at Tam>ico, and states further that he will not >e justified in placing a quarantine igainst that city. This is the sltuason as it now stands. V \ i OU T MILL. S. C., WE) I NEWS THROUGHOUT Tilt COUNTRY ? Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. Through the South. W. II. Boggs, of Shafter, W. Va., plowed up a jar cotaining $105 in silver. Mrs. Anna Snyder, of Berkeley county, West Virginia, died at the age of 100 years. Frank Sharp. oC Richmond, was serl- \ ously shot while, it is alleged, he was ' cobbing hen roosts, j Incense has been refused to the last | two Mann law "social clubs" in Newport News. Fire destroyed a mattress factory and I three stores in Norfolk, causing a loss Of $so,ooo. I The Presbyterian General Assemblies j continued their session in Mobile, Ala.. I and Buffalo, N. Y. Prof. P. C. I-.co.ry is to be a candidate against Mayor Cutchin, of Roanoke, i who has just been renominated by the Democrats. Dr. liowrad, after a protracted visit to the South and Mexico, takes a ' gloomy view of the boll-weevil and yellow fever situation. Kev. Dr. Luther R. Wilson, of Baltimore. and Rev. I)r. William Hurt, of Rome, Italy* were elected bishops by the Methodist Episcopal General Conference at Ia?s Angeles. | Gen. Frederick Funs ton explained bis swimming of the Bag Bag river April I 2*1, is;?9. and tho Rio Grande the next | fay. Tennessee Prohibitionists went on record as opposing Gen. Nelson A. Miles as a Presidential candidate be cause of his record in the war. I ' ! Wshington Happenings. Secretary Hay lias decided that, notwithstanding Belgian capitalists' interests in it. the United States will protect th'* Canton-Hankow Railway, in China, as an American enterprise. Agricultural Department figures give $4,300,000,000 as a conservative estimate of the value of United States farm products exclusive of those fed to live ! stock in 1903. The Republic of Panama will try to | invest $0,000,000 of the $10,000,000 received from the United States in mortgages on New York property. Commander Peary expects to take j with him to Greenland in July a party of consumptives who, it is thought, will profit by the Arctic air treatment. Of the 926 delegates thus far elected to the Republican National Convention <iis are absolutely pledged to President Roosevelt. In the North. The Hearst supporters seem to have lost in Ohio. The General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church began its quadrennial session in Washington and elected Rev. l)r. F. T. Tagg president. llnable to end the deadlock on the ' gubernatorial nomination the Illinois Republican State convention adjourned until May 31. Governor Peabody, of Colorado, says the strike there is ended. The Inter-Statc. Commerce Commission continued its hearing on the differential question. A large quantity of jewelry, believed to have been taken from the ollln of "I^ady Mary" Livingston. on the Livingston estate below Hudson. N. Y., has been found by the police in a raid upon a "growler gang" in Albany. Seven persons were killed, five fatally injured. 12 to 15 others hurt and 2 are missing in an explosion in a torpedo and fireworks factory at Findlay, Ohio. Howard Gould has sued the architect of his place. Castle Gould, for $30,000 I for delay in his work on the plans. It was reported that President Roosevelt wants General Porter, ambassador to Prance, to run for Governor of New York on the Republican ticket. Foreign Affairs. Cossacks under General Rennenkainpl'f drove back the Japanese column which had been threatening Mukden. Russian officials say that the recent Japanese naval disasters restore the equality of the fleets. Vigorous action is being taken to punish 'he bandits who kidnapped Ion Perdlcr.ris and Cromwell Varley in Morocco. The second anniversary of Cuban independence was celebrated. Twenty-three persons were drowned in the wreck of the steamer Turret at St. Paul's Island, Cape Breton. r-L J UNKSDAY. JINK I, 1!? liCPOT AT SANTl'C BURNED Flrcbuj Caught Red-Handed and !m? mediately Lauded in Jail. ! Union. Special.?l.ee Carter. a negro. was arrested and placed in jail on a charge of having burned or had part in robbing and burning the Southern depot at Santue Friday night. It is said that Carter loft here at 0.05 for Santue. Saturday morning Mr. Win. Nelson, the night operator at the Southern here, as soon as he found oat that the negro had gone to Santue started walking down the railroad and met him several miles below the city and arrested him. Carter lives 1 at Monarch Cotton mills, and after being arrested admitted .that he got up about 1 o'clock and went down in that section of the country. The burning and robbing occurred between 12 and 1 o'clock. As to how much money was taken and the total loss l?y lire could not be learned, as the telegraph office was in the dej ot as well as the Southern expiess office. On account of it being In the dead of the night it. is said very little, if anything, was saved. For several weeks past robberies o? different classes have been committed in Santiu and community. The Inst was when some one broke into the store of Mr. Ia B. Jeter, taking about $50 or $100 worth of goods, .lust a little further down, at Carlisle, the store of Mr. K. IV Bailey was broken Into and many goods taken. Negro Was Fatally Wounded. Union. Special.?At 2 o'clock Satur- I day afternoon at Meals Shoals one negro was fatally wounded while picking out some rock and another may die. Previously dynamite had beo?? use 1 to blow up the rock and dirt hut on this occasion one of the sticks failed to discharge and while thes" negroes were picking the point of the picks struck the dynamite, exploding it directly in the faces of the two pickers. ! The head and face of one wfis badly mangled and there is no possible chance for his recovery, hut it is said there is some hope for the other. The names of the wounded negroes could not be learned but they were from Columbia. The gentlen an who gave the story said lie had a very narrow escape himself, being only about 10 feet away, lie was one of the bosses and was overseeing th<j work. Palmetto Briefs The State Democratic executive com- I r.iittce held a meeting in Columbia Thursday. It was decided that there should be no county to county canvass where candidates have no opposition. It was also settled that the campaign should open on June 21st.. When it came to the nomination of the presidential electors the following nominations were made for electors at largeT. J. Cunningham of Chester, George [ Johnstone of Newberry. I). S. Header- j son of Aiken. On the first, ballot Mr. Cunningham was elected and there was a tip between the other two candidates. Mr. Henderson's name was withdrawn and tlie election of Mr. Johnstone was made unanimous. The following electors were named from the congressional districts: M. I'. Howell of Colleton. P W. Crouch of Saluda. !U II. WatKins of Anderson. W. T. Jeter of Union, W. M. Shannon of Camden. Olin Raw yer of Georgetown. A. W. Summers ol Orangeburg. An interesting case was brought tip ir chambers before Chief Justice Pope last week. This was the case of VV. S. Mason vs. Hampton county and C. J. Cray as county supervisor. The plaintiff as tenant on a farm, brought an action against the defendants, the county of Hampton and the supervisor of Hampton county, for damages to his crop in opening a public road over the land of bis landlord, anil applied to the chief jcstice for an injunction restraining tho county authorities from working and operating said public road. The application for injunction raises interesting and Important questions as to the powers of the county authorities and the rights of minors under the statute regulating proceedings for condemning private lands for public uses. A special From Chester to rno Columbia State says: "Two more soldiers of the 'thin pray line of Confederates have joined the silent majority.' J. H. Ashford, aped 73 years, died on 22nd Inst., and William Carter, f.S years old, died on the same date. Both of them served through the war. and both were wounded during the battle of Seven Pines." The State hoard of equalization met on the 31st inst. and revised the factory taxation and the hoard of railroad assessors meets on June 3rd for the purpose of going through the railway assessments. Both of these boards will hold second meetings in order to hear any complaints which may ho made. Did Not Travel or> Sunday. Mobile. Ala.. Special.?Although the Ocneral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church adjourned sine die Saturday night, those members who found it impossible to reach their homes by midnight Saturday will reanain in Mobile until Monday, as the Assembly is on record as opposing traveling on Runday. The visiting ministers supplied tho Protestant pulpits of the city Sunday. 01. !had a fatal fire] | Town of Greenwood, South Carolina, Suffers Severe Loss l MRS. ANME MOSELY A VICTIM I I She Was Burned to Death in the Cen- > tral Hotel, of Which She Was Pro- J prietor. and Where the Fire Origi- ! ' nated. Greenwood. S. C., Special.?Fully ! one-half the business portion of Green! wood was wiped out bv lire between 3 I oral ft o clock Wednesday morning. and ; Mrs. Annie Mosely burned to death. The tire is supposed to have origi* j tinted in the kitchen of the Central ! Hotel. The Uames were first, seen by an i engineer of the Charleston & Western I Carolina, who gave the alarm with the j v.'histlo. Although roused. Mrs. Mose' ley, proprietor of the liotH, was so overcome with fright that she refused to Jump. She was ovorvome by tlie flames and was burred before it was possible to rescue her. tier charred remains were found this morning. The | total property loss is estimated at not j less than $ir?:t.OOO, with not over | 000 insurance, if so much. Contracts are | now being made to rebuild. The First National Hank building which was totally destroyed, issued handbills by sunrise, announcing that it would be opetied for business by the usual hour, 0 o'clock. All the bank's books and papers were saved. Mrs. Mosley's two children, who were visiting in Anderson, arrived at noon Their father, while constable, was shot here five years ago. and this makes the i mother's horrible death doubly sad. i The burned district embraced eighteen ! stores: Spinel Bros., National Bank, Greenwood Hardware Co., J. W. i Fp'olcs, A. F. llagan, New York Ba- : xaar, I).- J. Raborne, M. Swltzer, I. j Switr.er, Palmetto Grocery, Western ' Meat Market. 12. Borgerro, Lloyd's res- j ratlinnt, i'. r. Cuhiasure, jeweler; .1. I. Chiploy, bicycles. guns, etc. llis repair department was the ilnest in the upper State; A. M. MeD. Singleton, grocer; Auld Bros., dry goods; Lesser, dry goods; Mrs. A. J. Sproles, millinery; Western Union Telegraph office; Hlnton. grocery; J. S. Chiploy & Co., cotton; Raker & Xieholls. Insurance, and many other stocks badly damaged by water and removing. The work of rebuilding will begin soon, improvements will be made in placing new , stores. Many merchants are ordering | goods by wire. | , ; 1 Tyner and Barrett Acquitted. , Washington, Special.?Within twen? I ty-two minutes of the retirement of | tho jury in the case of .lames M. | 1 Tvner and Harrison J. Barrett, tried 1 on charges of conspiracy in connon- , tioii with their duties as law olllcers | of 'he Postoillce Department, a verdict of not guilty was returned. The , throng which filled the court room \ throughout tho arguments to tho jury , 1 hardlv had time to leave the building * befor tho Jury was hack and the foreman announced that a verdict had been reached. Arrested While in the Pulpit. Ocala, Fla., Special.? Rev. J. A. Boyd, a negro preacher, was arrested by a deputy United States marshal Wednesday night, at Orange Lake, , noftP tltisx nlnco vvIoIa i - - JIII I J I 1 L preaching to a largo congrogatlon. Ho Ik charged with robbing tlie United States mm:, l?v cutting open a mail pouch and appropriating the contents, the punch having been lost by a mail carrier. Will Send Minister to Pekin. Mexico City. Special. Diplomatic relations will so op be fully established between Mexico and China. The Chinese ministet .at Washington will arrive here shortly and present his credentials as minister to this republic, and on leaving here will place a diplomat already In the city In charge of the Chinese legatl >n. while Mexico wil. send a minister to Pekin. Ten Miners Suffocated by Gas From A Locomotive. Wllkosbarre, Pn , Special. ? Ten men were suffocated by gas from a small locomotive in a mine near Williamsburg. Fifty n hers were brought out unconscious, but will recover. The d"ad Inclnde Michael Golden, the general inside foreman. The Carwin Not Loat. Soattlo, Wash., Special.?The steam er Cottage City from Lynn canal reports passing the Nome steamer Corwln 011 May 21 between Ketch,..an and Wrangel Narrows. This disproves the report that the Corwln wae lost I on the Vanoouver coast. ' r s NO. il (;].i:.\nincs. Japan has r.Hir. nul<'s of railroad. Ki 11 ji Kilwanl has become a preat patron of Irish industries. Tin- President has reappointed Win. Jj. l>istin :is SurveyorMeneral of Alaska. b Tin* whlow of Inventor flreouhouph has sued for s.",o.ih?u.imm? in Standard Oil royalties. The t.overnor of Massachusetts has signed a hill to stop the corruption of employes hy hrihe pivinp. The President and Minister of War. of lira/.il. have resolved to increase the uarrisous alone the Peruvian frontier. A new disease called the preen plautte lias broken out atnotip the Itussians uuartered in I'ldnese in.no..^ in M ukdcii The keel plates of the H'i.ooO Inn battleship Vermont were laid at the Fere River Ship ami Engine Company, ijniney. Mass. Heavers are becoming so numerous In Cascade County. Mont., as to inenaee farming interests t?y destroying irrigating dams. In C A. P>u< kliu. hy removing certain hones in the no> >. has discovers! a way of greatly 1/onctit ing, if not curing. consumptives. Peter o. Elliott, arrested some mouths ago in Washington for supposed intention to kill President Roosevelt. committed suicide in Minneapolis. Rielnird II. Taylor, of the United States Seeret Serviee. lias received a medal for the courage displayed ou the Nipsie during the Saiuoun hurricane of ISS'.i. I The Kinperor, the Empress an" the Crown Prince of C.ennany attended the unveiling of a statue in the Tliiergurteii representing Emperor William as a young man. The Crime Confessed?Two Arrests. Mobile, Spweial.? Ira and Henry Patter, brothers, the negroes arrested for the killing of Askew, had a preliminary hearing before Justice Wacker. at Yellow Pine, and were ordered held without hail. Tiie.v wme brought to this city Wednesday night, and lodged in jail hy a deputy ollicer of the Mobile & Ohio. Ira Carter confessed that he did the k....ng, saying i hat his brother Henry handed Hiui the gun and urged him to shoot. A Shooting Affair. Monterery. Mexico, Special. While Yal Gonzales, a lawyer, and Daniel Madrigal, a merchant, were conversing in the Patio of the Iturbide Hotel, Gonzales. it ts alleged, drew a revolver and shot Madrigal through the heart. No cause is assigned for the shooting. Gon Mimie no aui'nipi 10 escape, and was taken in charge by tin' authorities. On "Wednesday 200 houses were dost roved by tire at Yazoo City. Miss., and n property loss of several million dollar*. The Russian battleship Orel sank at Cronstadt as a result of earelcssness in leaving her valves open. S'.o has beeu re-'loated and is undamaged. It is said that the Sultan contemplates forcing Armenian villagers to leave the mountains and live on the plains, where he ran control them. Miscellaneous Doings. T.ow Dockstader. the minstrel, gave 111> to a secret service agent the photographic tilms which show a man made up to represent President Roosevelt exLending Aid to a negro. fMDS. CECELIA STOWE^^^ Orator, Kntre Noun Olab. S 170 Warren Avenue, jg Ciiicaoo, 1 i.i,., Oct. 22,1902. For nearly four years 1 suffered trom ovarian troubles. The doc- H" tor on an operation an the I I only way to pet well. I, however, Bj strongly objected to an operation. H I My husband felt disheartened as I I well as I, for home with a sick H woman is a disconsolate place at H I best. A friendly druggist advised H I him to get a bottle of Wine of H I Cardui for me to try, and lie did so. I I I began to improve in a few days and I my recovery was very rapid, with- Hi I in eighteen weeks I was another H I heing. ? I Mrs. Stowe'a letter shows every H woman how a home is saddened by H I female weak nes and bow completely Hj 1 Wine of t'ardui cures that siek- H I ness and brings health and hamn I I ness again. Do not go on suffer- H I inff. Go to your druggist today H I and secure a $1.00 hottlc of Wine H I of Cardui. B | Wl WE<CftHPUI f Ja A