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VOI.l'ME X I. (' CAMDKN, S. 0.', Kill DAY. AlMil'ST 31. WOO. \ -N(J NO MORE TROOPS FOR CHINA. Our Government Will Not Send Any More Men. o> THINKS TliLV ARE NOT NEEDED.! FITZS1MM0NS THE YICTOIt. Those Now on the Way Will Ue Scut to the Philippines--Program me Hade Pi,i lk. Washington, Special.\ The Impo: tant development in the ('hiiie.-e situa tion Is (lm ,ie isiun of the govcrnav.nt not to scud .inv mo." to |!;t to cj,i ):i> All (In- troups inn; to about 1 (i<m. t o tr i :! der oj tin :> i'o? which !i u ? no; about mot, Inlcl. 'Hh ho same 11)11!e r,;? ;!i tombing .1 N.t gaski will ?; j on ;o \i i^:4 ^ there nil' ? not <?>'!>' < i? d v hl.-'i wo ill] nuv' c ; h. u nro in tv.-i: c siry. ' Kool .:iy> ti i{ ,t4 > mort* troops nrrsJU ini; :,??:?: : > CI?iii!?. e they were no] "**tc4!d With !);?? nrri vaI at T.tkit of l .<? ami the troops she rained Con. Cii .iTtwill have ;>,0()0 available men. vvhi* ft is thought m b<> -uilicio.nt i r ?>.M pjjjir* u; purposes. Tin- ikvivion of thi* |fcjft?,tw meat was not ba>e't upon ?mp''recom niemlatioii ih.m1i? h,. lies . Cliftfiee, but upon reports n.-iud hy h?n, whirh mailt' it ;? i?? i?? c ili,.; n,, iii&re tro p; were in n I .!. The aumainc^iient of the. (llvt r.s't?:i of troop-, was inpdo in the following *>f-I iiil bulletin r whi.h whs posted at ? the War Department Friday morning: "The government has decided that unions required h\ I'atiuc developments no more troops are t > !?? sent to China. Orders have ::ivordingly been <vihleil to XCuaa^ki for the Meade, which i.-j, tine there to-day wi:ii four troops Third Cavalry, Ton- ,? mipanies Fifteenth In fantry and C j. ti. battalion of engin eers, to prorrcd directly to Manila. Similar orders will ho given to the other troops which are under oi^ders for China via Nabasia." It was sta eJ at the department that ihe encouraging cc/nfljtion in China was the main reason Why the orders regarding 'h > tloops w<jro issued. He sides the troops on the V<*adc. th?re is now at rra the Warren, with two uqumlroas of the Ninth Cavalry and I cruit.--; Hie Sherman, with one bat IlioTi rath of the. Second. Fifth ami /jighth Infantries. The 1/ogm is to sail on Sept ! with two battalions of 'lie Fir-1 and one battalion of the S c ond Infantry. It was said at the de partment that 6,000 or 7,000 troops would be affeet d by the order A dijpitch has been received from Gen. Chaffee, dated Pekin, Aug. IX. .which was not in response to the re q.teat sent him a few days ago to re port the conditions and requirements. Gen. Chaffee did not rejporl. further fighting in Pekin, :ui<3 for that reason the Washington officials feel assured that hostile demonstrations in th?> Chinese capital have ceased. The dis patch rel ated largely to transportation conditions mid stated that the railroad between Tal;u and Pekin cannot b-.1 used at the present, time, as portions of it had been destroyed by the Chi nese. Gen.Chaffee will co-operate with the other commanders in China in re corsfru'tini the <1 for the use of the allied forces. Gen. Chaffee als'> re ported thr.t the tere^r.iphie line which was Constructed by tin? signal corps from Tien Tsin to Pekin Is frequently Interrupted, being cut, probably by hostile Chinese. At a confAqajice at the White House in which the^ifeddent. Secretary Root and Acting Secretary Adee participnt ed, careful instructions were prepared j for Mr. Rockhill, the United States spe. ) rial commissioner to China, to he for- j warded at once to him for his guid ance. The State Department received J a dispatch from Mr. Rockhill, dated at j VbkoJWliina, briefly announcing his ar- | rival there. This brought about the j White Hou-o conference'and the prep aration of instructions. Omaha oil the Wane. WafhinRton. I). O. Spwtal.?Omaha, Nob is the llrst city thus far counted In iffe twelfth census to show a rte in the population during the 'ymst decade. The cnunt of thf> popula tlon of Omaha Just completed shows 102.553. The poulatlon in 1890 v&s 140.452. This Indicates a decrease in ten years of 37,897, or 28.98 per cent. Admiral Remey's Dispatch. Washington, I). C., Speoial.?Ad miral Kcmey's dispatch is as follows: "Oho Fu, Aug. 21, Taku, 20. "Dickins' commandls landing today. Pekin, 16th all cxcept imperial city cleared of Cliincso troops. American troops flrst to enter imperial city, have penetrated to the gates of the palace. Captsdn Itcilly, with artillery, killed on 15th. Morning Jlth, bixth Cavalry "EHTT atJcat 400 JCngMsfc awt-$apanese dispersed 1,000 VOxcra eight- ffitfci oui side of Tiea-Tsia, About 100 Cliincae killed, five Americans wounded. Chaf fee Iww six killed, 3a woonded, two toy* fighting. REMBY." PoMofRnRoMM. ? Winaton-Silon, Special.?The posi ti. Wllkesboro- and North robUd Ihamday sl|ht The two towns III only oh nriftv ?p?t At tte int ytact the robbers secured seventy-live dollars in nmr and SBtfial nfis> Ismd Wtuvn m4 slot or ituyi T*s WL-IU. ; -i. Dues l:p Sharkey in (treat Shape ami Short Order. Nrw York, Spc< Whipped info insensibility in h ..s than two round*, iLi - fiovy ia 1 n"it*/ of Tom Sh.irkcy s it ?? urn: witli Hob Fiusiinmons, at tho < i-"i y Lland Spoiling (!Iul?. Friday n.i.i.i. I'iiy.iiiminoiiB was tho victor, ? tn?> loser. Fitzsitnmons said ? ?!; a'tng iliut when an opportunity p.'. ? uteil itseif hi- would prove con .?lns:ively that ho was Sharkey's su i> -'lor, !i.'!<I settle accounts for the in. iuoiicu donu liitu when ho mot Shar key in California, four years ago. Sltnr i?l > iui l\|uuu j ^uuuCiC.uv. Jrl " t ' wouht prove to he !? itzsiniinou?* iui'-s ter in the ring, hut the result oi' the battle ami the brevity of it. proved that Fitzsinimoiis is 'till a great fight er, and able to heat the best of the In ivy-weights. i I * ? has beaten ('or- ! belt. Ruhlin anil Sharkey. Fiizsim- ' inoius was a decided favorite in tiie | betting, owing to his snowing with I Kulilln a short time ago. 11 is defeat J of Kuhlin on that ona.-lon and the previous victory of Kuhlin over Shar- ) key a few' weeks earlier were figured as shoeing that Fit/simmon* ought to ' whip the sailor on this occasion. When Kit^siuuuou.s was declared the winner the crowd surged toWjml tbp ring but the polbe got ahead of toeni and drove them hack. Fitz-ummons j was congratulated by these nearest his j corner and then he ran over and grasped Sharkey by the gloved hand. Fitzsinuuons almost danced with de light. when stepping back from Shar ! key's corner, and as he went to his dressing room he was loudly cheered. Sharkey in the meantime had recov ered very quickly from his punishment and was able to leave the ring as soon as Fit&simtnons. 300 Boxers Killed. London, by Cable.? Five hundred Americans participated in a signal de feat of Boxers outside or Tien-Triri 011 August 19. The. fact is briefly re ported from Vienna. Detail'? of the en gagement come from the Renter agent at Tinc-Ts!n. in a dispatch dated Au gust L'O. In addition to the Americans the force ^insisted of H7T> British and 1MKJ .Japanese, all under the British General I forward. The fight took phiec at a village six mihs southeast o? Tien-Tsin, where the allind forces found n considerable number of Box ers, whom they engaged, killing over ?7(*0 and taking *>4 wounded prisoners, who were sent to the hospitals of the allies. The village was burned. Tli ? Americans had live wounded, the .la panese six and the British none. Hun dreds of Boxers' flags, spears and t-words were captured. Looting Pckin. 1/ondon, by Cable.?The 1'ekin cor respondent of the Timesharing Inst Saturday, says: "Pckin i^ow entire ly under foreign control. Looting is proceeding systematically. The French and Russian flags are flying over the be->t portion of the Imperial domain, where it Is believed the imperial treas ure is burled. The Forbidden City is respected by International agreement and any punishment will be ii;oPfe-ctiv o unless It is occupied. The Japanese have seized a doard amounting to'rO', 000_.taels silver. Tho Emperor. Em press Dowager, Prince Tuan and all the high ofiicers escaped to Tni Yuan Fu. in the Province of Shan Si. from which point they went to Sian Fu. There is iid Governor." Philadelphia's Population. Wellington. D. C., Spccial.?The population of the city of Philadelphia, according to the official count of the returns of the Twelfth Census, Is 1, 293,697 in 1900, against 1,046,904 in 1S90. The figures show, for the city as a whole, an increase in population of 246,733, or 23.67 per cent, from 1890 to 1900. Telegraphic Briefs. , On? thousand delegates are atlend J Ing the Farmers' National Congress at Colorado Springs, Col. The entire south bide of Ixmg Island, N. Y., has become a prey to pestiferous fleas and red ants. Fourteen persons were Injured by t'.;e overturning of a runaway trolley car, at Cleveland, O. The 2.000 striking vestmnkers in New York City won compliance with their demand for union wa&os and a 10 lnur day. General Randall, commanding tr^Dj f in Alaak*, has been ordered to send home Uck and destitute miners, 3,oj ) In number, from Cape Nome, Mexican Foreign Minister Uaraa: h 1 has issued m Invitation for the as or a Pan-Atnerfcan Congress <? the CHj of Mexico next yeer ^ ?? <b*b l ne.O. TyltoNMtEIIU, B. T. Shsfroth, H. R. Wako. Jero?e Hill. 8. R. Stude and John IMvwr kitted. ? " Chief of Secret Senile Wllkle eaja there to not e Mt of trmth in the M , filROlGIIOl'l Till: COtNIKV. 4?m? TIic South. Application lias been made tor ft charier for tin* Hardee Transpoi latlon and Coininiti?i<>n t'omiimiv, of Tampa. Fin., which will run a line of steamers to Honduras and South American ports. Tho Itne will handle fruits an I other commodities tlotl itukv he found profitable. The incorporators are nil Tampa men. The Ihrentened trouhle between the whiten and blacks of Sabine county, Texas, is oyu.\ The negroes arrest d foi circulating incendiary l.ticu; hive Ihvii released and no further trouble is anticlpalt d. In (lie i'owers-t !g?el>cl murih i else the jury found the defendant guilty and tixed hi-! punishment at lift' Im prisonment Thtre will he widespread regret at the d?ath of Kcv. itger Mai tin, ag <1 Gil years, lie was one of the ablest m i u is I ?' is in the Southern I're.-.hyt lian church. The Ken tuck) Prohibition .-'late con Viiiiion has nominated for (iovernor John I*. While, of Maach 'jt>? r. Clay county, f rmeriy ? Kcuu'dr an Cor.? gn ? small from' the KleveutlV. district. - ^ -- ??????? t H'u | isi . tiijt . of Caleb Powers. ex-\->i tani See:*' I::ry < f State, convi (cil. <?.' cotn jdicity in the assassination i f th l it fJovc:nor tioeVel. was li'^d with Judge Cantrill at ticorpctown, Kv? Wcdne.s dav. Ta};\vell, Va.. Special A wreck a! Maxwell. six mihs from hire on the Not folk and We-tevn K ilro-d. result ed in she de;i-h of two im n and the wounding of seven others The dead arc; Kmrimcv W. (). Allen and Fire man M. H. Mar. ball. li. M. Wilkinson and Miss Josephine Packard, of Hover TV-la ware. were ar rested in Atlanta, the l.-rter is 111 Bister i;T ?)i?> former's wife whom ho deseitid t r tiis sister in-law. I he North. The Indian ft mine relief fund at New York has t cached ? 1 L'.uTll.a t. A torn-ob> at Miiwaek-e. Wis . .blew down a wall of the Puller and Warnm stove works and imperilled luu \vor?r, men. Thomas Winthrop Mali, the famous writer of short sketches, who died of sun-trok" at Hannibil. Mo., was huri cl at C'hieaKO. 111. Friday. It is reported in New York that Harry Symes l-ehr, of Haltiniore. Md? is to wed Mbs May Van Alen, grand daughter of M,js. Willinm Astor. \s .' Sol Hloom, a music publisher, in Chi cigo. brought auIt for (ton dam ages against the Union restaurant and. hotel, in Randolph street for r< fus rg to serve him while lie was clad in a shirt waist minus* a c Kit. (I?'<?i >r - Ferris. prine pal ow tu r of the Ferris-' Inggerty mine, was thrown from his baggy at Saratoga. Wvo . and killed. On the ocasion of hi- T??? 1? birthday Isaac 15. Kieinert. of New ??v?<. sen' a check fnr $7u0(i to the Hebrew Colon College. at Cincinnati, o. Prof s-or .1 olin Craig. In ad of the dr part nil-fit of ho-tii ult lire in tin- Iowa A .uric ilt'srnl Coil ge. lias resigned j ? acrrp; a xiiiin.v.' position in Cornell Ftiiv. rsity. Ithaca. N. V. A man ??!; timing 5 > bo John \V. (ira ha*r.. if Irving on on-tin* U nison. X. V.. wVo in ::n< ly i;:'.."g:i!es ho is t< marry ij's Helen Gould. lias hccn ki? lip ;.t I ndialiapo'i 1','!. Washing! n. i.?. S.'O* ial. The imv Alabama s tiled T-e.s ! v from Phil id< I'.Mtia for .\>v; Vo?k o:: lit':- way to the N'i w Knulnnd cJMit. where she it- to h.we her initial liiil trip between Cam' Ann and Cane Porpoise, the early p .r. of next weak. Fo't tho::^nnd operatives are thrown o ii <?J wo.'k hv the temporary closing of (otton mills in the State of Maine. Th'-census returns show the pop ? Ir ion- (if Grciter New York as 2.437. 2?'L\ kn in. re. s<- :n ten yenrs of U7.f> p? r c< nt. Foreign. A!::-if*tant Snr con P. E. Tro.ter. the quarantine otli er at Cienf-tew^s Culm, in a cablegram received by the Marino Hospital Service. sU.vs that a e"?se <f yellow fever way r< .Aoved from a hotel at Cienfuegos S-itui^av. and i olat d outside of the city. ' The Viceroy of India. Ixird C'lirzin, lelegri'p' s (ltat the heavy general rai ? fall h:e ;antlnued in most of the af fected districts. S.-hokib Hey. head of the cipher h i reau c?f the Foreign Office, has been appointed Turkish minister to the Uni ted States in place of All Ferrouh Bey. recalled. ? Textile industries in Germany are deteriorating, 2,000 operatives being idle at Aachen. The police of our government ha? not been changed in the ctpturc. o: Pe kln as to Its demands in China. Although the foreign troops have en tered Pekln, it is possible that they may still have fighting to do within the city. The Hritiah press are very laudatory of the efficient official Intelligence of the American authorities regarding af fairs in China. .Miscellaneous. A hind of m-isked brigands, operat ing near Rome, have recent y robbed a number of tourists, killing one. A Cubnn dcl gatlon lyxd a confer ence with President McKlnley on tho su' Je t of an Independent government for their island. A Papal communication, issued at Rome, condemns and forbids the rfci tatfon In Catholic churches of the' Queen Dowager Margherita's pra^f In memory of King Humbert, ? / Fourteen'"* T?uridrcd""t5iitsra *c?oot teacher* viilted Washington. They wsre^rseelved by the Pw*id*nt and ?peny the day slght-selng. v intfcce?t-ln Chin*** matters now cen ?. *S' ' V." i COL. HOYT AHEAD. ? Prohibition Candidate I cads Race In IO.OJO. MANY SlRI'RISfcS IN I IK I HIV -? Contest Between 11\ t ami fL - Sweeney W ill l?o Close in Second Primary--Host of the Old Si<tlc Of ficers Rc'lilivted. Columbia, S . Special *1"!????Jpi?m or a'i primai'V in tins S;ate Tuesday wa> attended by many surprise?-. Tin* general election is a mere raiifhatiin of the primary, ami all latere t r i * -r.s in lite latter. The Issu has I e n di ? p Misnry or prohibition. C<?1 -nel .la n a A. Ilo.vt, ul (Jreen villc. sv.is the prohi bition nominee ai d the dispcnsar.x wa.s repveseri'od by (Sovrrnnr M H. M, Swocney; I\ M. (Jury. speaker <>f the -J. i^i-wxj 411 ._14.jjiu.tiaii.tii (1^1 i VliK.. A. I'i'.ttcm. ami Hev. W all. W'liilm in. The 1 .in1!' lias lit en a candidate f 1 >.f flee IS ye'irs and never ? lc(? 1 #* I. A canvass of Ih.i entire Stale was made, ear h of I he fo:ty cohnVtes being vi i" ? ?I The prohibitionists nssailod the dis i'.y, and I 1m* champions of the d peu.-ary fell out among themscivj 1'atterson viciously all irked <???\ 11 ??>r MrSnffiiey. who hiearie ;;ov in r in I "lie death of do 1 1 nor Klh The. S'nalor Tillman, who claim pater nily for (lie dispensary, came into (lie cimpaign ami fought Colonel lloyt. \: a result of this interference Tillr-r.V; iisrne has be >n s-rat bed by JJii.ntin vn' ers. although he lias no opponent, Col. Iloyt, the prohiliitionist, leads in the race. He will probably bad Mrttwo? ney by 10,000 votes. Tlu-.ro will be a second primary two weeks hence, ami the i: sae between llovtand M. Swe ney will be elose. A surprise was the. large vote receiv ed by .1 H. Tillman, for lieutenant, governor, lie is a nephew of the Sen ator. He will run it over with Colonel John T. Sloan. State Treasurer Timmerman is de feated by Captain It II. Jennings. AH other oIHcts succeed theinselve . The race for Cuugrcfcs show*: Talhert, Stokes and ftlliott succeed th.mscle* without opposition. Kinlay will lie beaten by Strait; Stanyarne Wil on by .1 (is. T. Johnsr.n, and James Norton by Lieutenant Governor Scat-borough. It Vs evident tPat Latimer wll succeed himself against two opponents. These calculations r.re hn?ed npan re ports rcelwd at State headquarter.; and are not complete, bill are e l lent y indicative of final re-ulls. LITTLE NWS FROM CHINA. Our Government Arranging to Carry Its Own Dispatches. Washington, I). C.. Special.?Sev eral communicationj cnmc to Wash ington from the I" 1111???! States officials in China Tuemlay. but being without date in most rapos. tho government was by no means satisfied with the .-tato of communications, jund ihe cafoi ix t im eting held in the afternoon gave the larger part of its attention to the problem nf rectifying thin state of af fairs. Evidences of intcrercnce with tii'- mesfi.igcs have arruniulateu to a point where tho government has de termined to take steps to establish < hannels of its own and to employ the rather expensive device af a man-oi war plying between Shanghai and C'h'j }-u for this purpose. firs. Butler Dead. Norfolk. Va., Special. ? Mrs. Butler, v iff* of Major General M. C. Llutler, died at Old T'olnt Comfort Tue-day af tcrnoTii. of acute nenramia. She came Old Point three or four days ago. Mrs. But lei* was 6S years of ago and t! e daughter of Goie-nor riek -ns war governor of South Carolina. The ho y will he t.<k?n to Edgefield, S. C., for interment. Terrible Outbreak of Cholera* T.ondon, By Cable.?''The present rp of cholera." says the Simla correspondent of The Daily Mail, "is one r.f th" worst outbreaks on r*"~ord. The bubonic plague is child's pliy cora pired with it. The natives are dying like (lies at the rnto of (H? i a we*k. The rpidemi-j is unco ibtedly due to the pollution of tin- scanty water sup ply during the famine." Two Hx?Prcsldeiits Will Arb trate. WashingfoO, D. C,, Special.?The Pnited Statesvis one o' the dr*t of the treat powers to demonstrate its pood faith in fa ryirg out the' provisions of the treaty of Tie H. giie. looking 10 the universal arbitration of in erua tional difference. Under thi< trc iy oaoh of the nations to It was rfbtho.-iz ed to nppoint four members cf an in ternational board of arbitration, i'n dor this authority, President MoKlnby hax requested former Presidents Harri non and Cleveland to accept appoint ment on this boord. Response* ar: ex pected very .?oon, when the tw > ie mafring members may be selected. TdejjfspWe Brfefs. -JSmije/or William In appointing Wal' to command of his troops in Chat* presents him with a field mar shal's baton. The emperor I* lauda tory In his language as to the czar and the emperor of Anstrta. - Two highwaymen held np a carriage^ fllled with -women and children, at RIt erdale, N. hot Mrs. Th?pil? struck the horse* wMdi plsagiI fbr ward, tiMBlitat OM o< the Mb white the othfT Mi V. liATtll R AM) CUOI'S. Si'atierei! Showers Have i'Utigated t! 10 Heal Somewhat. I'\?f (tic Week t inluif, * Ml,. AUoU'-t "Till. Ilu awraite Stale tetnp ratine v a . s,'.,\vhi.-li Is - oACi' tliUU for the p'.rviuiu week. but iht' dipirture I'm' ill normal was lully a> ?ro'it. 1 hw weeks i Hit x i in it tit was 10ii, and iniii! tll It 111 WHS <u degrees. S.a'lrivd > luiwi-t s. sotne he:iv> but ^ tt o-t of tlu'tu moderate or liulit, or >r rt ii I'lttii'1 St<?I?? in pla r; T!h aifa that i ?m ?-l v o?i sutlicicnt rainfall is >"innl1. and mi i li> far (he greater p i/~ tiou i 1 the Stale the drought c ?titinit s with in. ea-im: severity I>:iits;initj^ hail fell in Morrlw ster, Kdgelh Id, New'. herry, I'iekens and Sumter eouniit.s High w inds ;p- ompanied 'the thumb i storm af a number of points There was no general < n>? pi in nop-, on lltr routrar\ Pie u p mis indi.ate further deterioration. < m ? over tin* limited aiva w Iietv tin i a i is Were lii'iiV.v , a fid a! > Vfct : i pant.-. <*(e (lain was i htvkt d. x)if i,ui ii .i ; lUj, ivi x ? J'v ii ia.'_. ajjil JjiLc. torn is ruined Many -talk. h..v ? no ears, and Liu* blades, la sel . ind ?T> of j'it-oh that h-.'gan to ear ly this month are dried up Karl; f ah!, i w s sived in j^ogd tonditiau bat la e tod ii( i anio nits lid If. Cotton routiners !o fl'ril b>th I ;i\es and toil;, ajid to ?'p 'i |.n niatur ly M is i, a!;iu;; lai i'.iov. h nor is it (mi in!*. \\ lp-re tin- sM.tWfis writ* folMiW rd hy bright ;un.hinr. rot tun was ?-eiltled. I'i.Uing is general. but is r< - taidtij by the hot weather. Sea i.daud ir.ttuh is :Ui:eriti< severely Irani drought, premntu'.'<< opening, i-ud blight. Cow pea" and sweet-potatoes iei proved slightly where the rainfall .was heavy, but their general eonditio'i is less promising. I'astuies and giirt.eu.s are parched. River" rlee alone is doing well, . nd harvest Is underway in the southerly sections. Upland rice is almost a i ul ure. In places stock-water is scarce and cattle are suffering. Forage crops of all kinds lire poor. It is generally too dry to saw turnips. Exposition Day tip the' Hair. Charleston, Special.- President \\\ 1). Kvans of tho Ajjrlrulfuj-.il and ,\1n. chnnical Society was in conference la t Saturday with Dircctoi General AVorill of tho South Carolna inter-Slate and West Indian ox position linking to th,> nrinngtinonl of anwo\fTbsiMT>n day to be hold at tho State I'air in Columbia in October. The conference lasted for Home time. Col. Averill explaining to Mr. Kvans tho obje; t of holding an ex position day. lie s tid that lie wanted one day net apart for this oe -aslon and that a delegati n .">"(? or 1,000 strong from Charleston would visit Columbia and tho fair grounds, lie added that it was the intention of the exposition director* to e e. t it booth, which would bo in charge of competent m n. and that exposition literature would be freely distributed among the \ isitors to the fair. The First Art'llery band he said would ace mpmy the ?i?? i tion and furni-h music :tl tiie ground? free of cost. Mr. 10van.-; j-tated that h was satisfied that a day would he .? t apart for exposition day and that ev erything possibio would be ulono to make it a kuc/'os. .Jus} as :o:)n as a I day was fix'-d, he said, the fact would be advance 1 in the official programme i and ir. the Stale papers. To Serve on the Alabama. It may interest the many friends of | Paymaster Samuel McGowtn, I". S. N., ! now serving aboard tho big battleship i Kearsarge. lying at Hpston harbor, to J know that ho has received orders do taching him ftvm the Kearsarge and directing hint to j;roc:ed homo and set tle all arc,tints, a month being allowed for the purp s". Then Mr. MeGow'in is to "standby" for the new battleship Alabama, which means that he has beyn assigned to the ves-M'I lie li'is d? - sired for so long a time. Killed in a Peach Tree. . .Greenville, Special.?A S'>n vt John Gibson.~n-prominent farmer, was killed by lightning Saturday afternoon. Tho bny was in u pencil tree on his fiber's l>lace. sever?\l miles above town, when the fatal stroke came. His brother was badly ahockrd. It Is a cir o:s <o. incidence that about two yo;r* a?o an other fon of Mr. (Jibson was killed by lightning near the same spot. The Bond is Ready. The attorney general has r<x-?iv<-d a t eh gram from the McIIvain. Unkefer company, the ron ern which ha? been gi\e"i the contract for the completion of the Stat** House, saying that tl e company had pjepired its bond and had forwarded it here for th?? ro s fl oral ion and aproval 11 the State Hou'o coannltsion. The commission la to meet the early portion of th* v/crk to consider the bond. It is thought 1 kely that the work on the big building will begin immediately afterwards. Palmetto Points. The Harris Train Signal Companv, of Grcor. vnlle, v.ns *har:er*d last. v;e2k. The e*. pits I stock is 122.000. W. S. Harris, of Greenville, la president. Cclle.'tor Webster ha* ruled thit all corporations buying received charters In thr pMt yea^wiust Mnd ten cjnt# In c*?h for payment of the stamp tax. When chanters are Mat to bltn the revenue stamp* must not be affixed. Cabs* Teachers SaH Hoove. Philadelphia. Special.?The United states transports Crook. McPheraou, Kawllae as4 Sedge wick, having or. <?#? *??>' who apeat two wyi jt ?????? sights ci thle sAiAtor Hsv ME GRAND ARMY. ? lluHs a Big" Rotinion in I lie Cii> of Chicago. PARADI or nil: M-W At. VETERAN'S I hi oo Hundred I IkhisiiiuI V isitors in r the nrjje Number of N eter- ; a:!* in t.tiio. Chi? i;;o ^'pet i .1 Tlii' thirty fourth iililitl.il fit a upnient rt til- (ir'.rd \r.ay of 111" KepnMif, wiirh v.a:< f<> tnal > Op- !n'?! Momhiv iiikI'I l?> 11>?* nioistc.' in ! li< tolls, it'ii, promise; 10 ho t >??? neatest it ml nut t sin ; es til! car ,;a|i:in i t tli army 'n"s ev i hell. U w,:, est i uialt. d by rnilrn.til ? Ih.lals that luily 1.nun old soldo is hail ar I i\ i'i| ana (tint ;{iu>.00 > other e\ IMII'nittliioIrt l.oit . iiUK .with till in. Tlio v. ;i ; it iMis splendid. Tin- i i?;!it rf i^ih I lie .ill [In 1.11 uinn ility u..s . "t t\> rivil war. The iheeriiir. fw.'H all fur, 'hi i:: ;: mi all tin- honors we.e theirs. 'I ! o iii'iui's <>i I i \ er ami mii of Hie eivil h;(,' art' .i small h .ml. in w. Of 111<? IM.'.huii mi ll 11'.i!isl*'il in i hi' na\ > in tlii> early days of tin- war. lev-k than 1 000 n.aphid. ami it is ;i{*,r. i'.J hy the old ?dors tli;.( tl . ;r lniinlcr w.is :.i nl ?" in tli- mar li Mian n will ever h ? i: < an\ par d ? to .'?nmr. Only r;i" 1 ;'t! e wis t tfi ied 5?v the n.iv'ul v? t? an-. It w.s <)!!.? that 11 itti r<;i| iiu n tin' l. o.i il >r Wi:ii.i'lia: n, w'.iin h'arr ..unt (I into .Vohiie 11.y, lit jjaiii his ci owning vieiory. llc iilf tin- naval \111 ?>f tin' ii\il war inarched *11 n who I nmhl with Mi'wcy, .:i M uiiln Hay -tml I-o members <>t the \ : orintion of e ? P i ijiM-is of War. Thcv made a slim" [ mar h out In thr naval arch at Mi?-'?i ' fTtn avenue .mil ll'ihfianl Cnirt. win if i I Commamler-itt-('hi> I Sli.nv, of iU?> Minimi Army ol tli.' Republic. ;.??' i 11 ? r j J < livernor (i'li ilncr. Mayor Harri.-< n ami (others reviewed them I'rior to th'tr ; | parade the naval ar h lmtl heen dtdi- , j ente.d with .simple cxcri'isi.a. in which I Hishop Samuel Kullows ami l>'t\ H I'. I Mindock. tif Farranut Post, t liic.ig.i. j toilk a leading pai I. The late afternoon iritnre of Ihe (liiv's <?< lehration, the naval pirad or. | Hake .Michigan, proved soiiic.vliat of a disappointment weather eomiition- in i t'-iTerlng with the arrnng mienls, i jsiihs the revenue eu'lern Alor ill ml j I'Y. seitdeii ami a ll< ? t of t x ursion i ste;iiiiri'i, it had ht'i'ii planfied to have I ill" hirjj'' lhft of the ('hie.'n; i Va-lil ! (duh inelnth (I in the p trade f inn l!:c | I.aire Front I'wrk. off Jii imi h-nile | v:ird, to Lake MiehiKan, wheie the na [ vai hattl ? took place, h*it the. hreezr of the aiornin^ died hwu> and hardly a h ealh of air was stirring ilti ini; Ihe | aftei iiion. so this pud of the pro . uranime was nee? ssnrily ahamlon d. j The government viss Is, tt/WiiiK a ! string of haifies llllecl with dol i'li ni<>nls from Ihe IJJXu^ls Naval Ke i serve and ^.-lily-" d< corated with H.ri? 1 r:Ti<1 Ktruimeis.y steamed to l.int;nln F'ark. where a yhiim bttltk' ocenrietl. 'The prln.ipa! t?v( nl at n'K'it wp; a h liquet of the Iron Hritrnde. Spe:?k<r : Henderson, S-.-rat-.r Hur:o\v.i. per nors S: Oil.1:1, of Wlut'onHln. .".'id ^'oui't.* j of Indiana, and Com; troller i.iv.e. he j itur >''fit k the rpeakery. The Sons ?>f Volerir.j ami the National An :o. iati' ; <f Kx-1iror.ers of War held y rssl'ins drn 'up t he day. Wonan /"lobbtrd ?u Illinois. ! Oilman. Mi , Speiil Tv o men hilled, 111". c woiuhh.'iI. one w.niin wound"d I am! her ro i<li Jir burred," are tlio re pults of an ali-nigM -bottle letwfen a mob uud Mrs. Ur. C W. Wilg' t v\lio j was a<(i.'ur.'d of the murdir ? f Bessie j S'.Vle;*. fl?f lfi-yesr.-old daughter of a tlii'/.t-n of (v! nun. The de-d aJohn Myers, a I'iho'yr. employed by Mrs. i Wright; Miclin. l Hyun, citizen. m.? viiff; r?v deputy vonstabie. -Fatally wounded: ! Lnwrfnee Uyan, hr.jl.her of Ml'harl ? Ityan, wounded in the alr'o'ren; CJco. j Wilioughby, citizen, kIjoI through the i Ifft hint'; Mia. Dr. Wright, shot j t'irough tlie left lung. Se ion ly won id- J ed: Pet;r learner, member of the cii- | ?/.imis' attacking paity, shot thr.?ugh lite gt nnach. I.I I in up Chang a Prisoner. Paris, My {'-aide.? Admiral Coorre t he h'reneh eommander in ? iiinr.8c waters, has cabled to tho Nivy Department here that a council of the Hd-mirals has notified the for eign legations at Pckin that it has linen derided to hold IA Hung Chang on hoard ship until tho opening of ne gotiations between the powers and the diplomats. Plan to Reduce Wages. Fall Klve.r, Mass., Special?It whs reported unofficially here that the celling committee of the Cotton Man ufacturers' Association lias conic to a decision respecting action to be recom mended to the manufacturers, in the hope of removing some of the serious conditions which exist in the indus try. As understood, the plan is to re duce wngi's, returning to the rate in force previous to December 11, 1899. At that time a general advance of JO f.or cent, was made, In restoration of f. prevlou^iut. If it?|s decided to re duce wages more than 25,000 hands h* r? will be affected. i^ymeUmd at Noon. Rutherfordton, N. C., Special.?Mr. lUUs H. Flack was shot and titled on his plantation, near Forest City Toss, dar at 9 O'etock by Avery Milts; a astro, and later Mills and tlis., officers la charge of htm wtre orsr takSO by ft crowd o? tho way to Retfc jafl *?4 the ? * ? p;? 6.7. INC NT Pc OPL i. A l !im >u Sl"!c >*. She V'lMUl! /ti i I i it I i;l ill' |tUHoi', isAfUVI f?? i his li >l past>ir;il(' in V-w The Kin|?(>ror ojj^fv usi rut is ? in* of !(?<? lllo.st df iilot tit I U" of t?0 VUl?. Mi litl" us I.is .,wi; personality is fom-i-rui'tl, 1 *f.?i*. .l?>J>n ("t'ltli;, head of tin* tit* )>?; l I nit . i f??> I t!l lilt* Itovn Siatt- Au'i'ieiiittiral ?'"!}?*:"? it?.t-% tt. ;hf 111 n .similar '!.'? I'orutTI I in v ?? rsii.v. IMii'fi* H. Adams. who !?;?;? .sitl >s 0\t-r ilic I nili'tl Statfs <'??11 r I ft m" llit* 1 - fill J tistrh i of \li.st>iLri, is l?t?l it?\?*t I to I'f i he w ft It liit-si Inderal .Ind^e in the fnuuiry. his tuiMine bcsti^ e>tnnat ttl a I v^.'iOti ?u?o.'' .11 > 1111 \Y \ fiKfs, . I ho Itepnhiiean I'llltlld.llf for li'llVcni1)!' ol KetllUeli.V, is a lawyer niitl is Colh't (or of 1111?? r >i?? 11 l{?*\ ?*iiist*. Ilt> wins a > andhiate lor I n 'fti Slates Senator when Senator 1?. Ie?e w.is elffled. I:ider A>>citIt11iii lYrkius.. U?mh"T of I in- \i w 11ain;ishirt> Sli,",clioil iv ffi: 11 \. lit u,n; ninety three ,\i? ill's old. iif li-ol I'.'t-n ti Shaker shut' ho waM iiiiifitfii vt ar xiltl, ami tor years litid . liffti at tin' head <>t" tie' Ktifleld eoiu-. JniniiilA. i ? Seereittry William U. Day, whilo fil I lie I'ni versily til' M it iil.;;aii, wl'Oto iptd. ih Jj \ ennJ. :ii|,uriiUuu tin_"TJw? Ideal )?! a <'titiurevs." The olher day the ??fi>:iuaI iiiaiiitsiTi|>l of litis :tpeeeh wast fl>ou?:ht for the university museum t S'jr>(t, .James S. Marker, of .Miwom'i, is tlto mmiI >? 111*\ ivor ?ii' thf expedition formed in ISI7 for tln> rt-llef ..I "Celteral Zoteh tti \ 'I'm> it?r in thf t.'ity of Mi'.vico. lie i"?It- "ii horsehnt U from Missouri to \usiin. 'I'f\ . t i etilisl in l.'oloilcl llavt'.s's regiment. I'll" mm If t??' the I'fisian Shah's ex jieiitlit tires since he has li.'cn in Heh j^iiim is t aval int; a .ceusai ion. Tt has iheeu astenaineil that at the hotel jwhi-re In- is staying. in Ostend. he is {expending I lie sum of $r?()00 poi dtiy (for living expenses. Double Daily Service Between New >ork, Tampa, Atlanta, New Orleans and Points South and West. IN KKFlS&T Jl^NlC 1WOO. SOUTHWARD. Daily Dully No. 31 No. 27 Now York.I'onn. U.K. 1 0t> pm 12 IB am riiiliii|i'l|iliin, " " 3 29 pm 7 20 ?IB iiniiittioro. 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