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Q VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY, J b I _ V 22. l!)Ot. JvO. 28, V; JSSIANS LOSE- HEAVILY k 'A Again the Plucky Japanese Get Their Adversaries on the Run iSIANS I.OSE OVER A THOUSAND f & * Lengthy Dispatch From General |uropatkin Describe# the Fight 10 In the Pf saes ? Strength of the lpanese Found Too Qreat te intend With, Necessitating a Withdrawal After Heavy Los* ? Accurate Information as to Japan* Be Positions. and Movements Lack It. Petersburg, Hy Cable. ? The fob ing dispatch, from General Kuro tkin, to the Kmperor, dated "July on Our Eastern Front," was given t Monday night: "After the occupation by General Ku ril's army of the passes In the mshui mountain chain, our informa >n concerning his forces and dlsposl ?ns was In general in .deq^pite. Ac irding to some reports, his ftrniy had >een re-inforced and ho had even ex Trnded his forces towards Salmatza. ?ther reports stated that a displace lent of. his troops had been made in he direction of Ta Pass aiid Siu Yen. ''here were even indications that Kuro 1 had transferred his Headquarters rom Tskliaikhekan to Toulupti. "On July 17, In order to determine |tho strength of the enemy it was de welded to advance against his position Jlu the direction of Liansbankwan. |lvieutenant General Count Keller had I'heen Instructed riot, to start with the ? object of capturing the pass, but to ?act according to the strength of the force that lie would find opposed him. 7 "During the night the Japanese had evacuated i^iaokao Pass and the heights surmounted by the temple, leaving only outposts there. At dawn TJeperal Kastallnsky's column occupied these passes, driving back the Japan ese advance post*. "At abou' 5:30 on the morning of July 17, the Japanese, in considerable stfength and with numerous guns, oc cupied Wifankwan a,nd-the bluffs to t the south on the flank of Gen. Kashtal insky's column. From this position ufid from the crest of the mountains tp the east of the heights^wurmounted g- <&' the temple, the enemy directed a f' Very heavy rifle and artilery Are. ?? "General Kashtallisky advanced to t-. . occupy the bluffs, sending forward at K first one and then three battalions, pp but the attempt failed, notwithstand ing the support given by the horse | mountain battery, as our field guns could not be brought into action On ST account of the nature of th'e ground. "At about 8 a. m., Gen. Keller, who r was directing the fight around fkhavu en, deemed it necessary to lend as I' Bistance to Gen. Jvashtallnsky's column by bringing up from the general re serve three batalllons to the heights Kur mounted byjthetemple. In order ? to maintain uie ISSBTttons ire had? al-j | \ teady occupied it was necessary, owing to the enemy's pressure, to reenforce immediately, with other reserves the troops in the fighting line, but these 5 . positions, owing to their situation, were IT. untenable. "General Keller found the strength of thfl enemy so great compared with ours that he decided not to continue the light and not to bring up either the | Special ^Or the general reserves, espe cially In view of the fact that in case c?_ his ultimately taking the offensive v It would be necessary to attack with out support of the field artillery. In consequence of this, General Keller decided, about 10:30 to withdraw his troopB to the positions originally oc : cupled in <he Yanze Pass. The troops retired slowly step by step and in per fect t*?redr, covered by the fire of a field ^Battery, which had been brought i into action. "Towards midday an offensive move- 1 \ nient by the enemy in the right flank o!' the Yanze Pass position developed, mid at the safne time a Japanese moun tain battery was brought into positnon in tho village of Tsouldaputse, two and I- a half miles south of Ikahavuen. Af tor 34 shots had boon fired from' tho Third Battery of the Third Brigade,, which held the Had die of the south of Yanzo Pasd, tho Japanese hattery was finally reduced to silence. "The fight ceased at 8 p. m.f and tho troops returned to lkahvun. The Jap anese advance was stopped ahovo the valley of the lantakhex river at a po sition ocupled and maintained by us. "In consequence of a sleepless night and tht heat of tho day, our troops were greatly fatigued, having been over ftrteen hours on foot and lighting. Our- losses have uot yet been exactly ascertained, but General Keller reports tit at they exceed 1,000.'' KUROPATKIN VINDICATED Hi? Strategy Declared to Have Proved Beyond Reproach ? Matters in Which He Was Wiser Than His Critics ? Apparent Blunders, Such as Zassalitch'* Fight on the Y&lu and Stakelherd'8 March, Seen to Have Had Valuable Results ? Now Able to Accept Battle. t?t. Petersburg, By ?able. ? Exports who, until recently, were inclined to criticise General Kuropai kin's manage ment of affairs in the for East, de clare, ns tho situation develops, that hip strategy has proved, so far, beyond reproach, lie has successfully tided over a pressing danger ? how pressing only those in close touch with tho far East realize. His apparent mistakes, like the prolonged resistance offered by Lieutenant General ZasBalitch on the. Yalu, turn out to be acts of the high est military judgment. General Kuro patkin then had so few and such poor troops at Llao Yang that the Japanese would have had an easy task to crush tiit- main force of Russians. had they been permitted to cross the Yalu with out severe punishment, and the thous ands lost by Zassalitch practically saved Llao Yang, Zassalitch, until dis graced, occupied an Important staff po sition. General Baron Stakelherg's inarch, which also was criticised, is now admitted to have been necessary. The march was a reconnaissance on a grand scaie, and not only enabled Gen eral Kuropatkin to ascertain tho ene my's strength and disposition, but ma terially disturbed the Japanese plans relative to the siege of Port Arthur, gradually drawing the bulk of the Japanese army to follow the retreating column, and thus distracting attention from the vulnerable spot between Llao Yapg and Mudkden. Meanwhile, th ^ men at Kuropatkin's headquarters art. improving. Kilty thousand of the best troops from European Russia -have reached Llao Yang. within a month, and if tho Russian commander-in-chief in the far East now chooses to accept a 4wttie, h?.jvni_be able to inflict a heavy blow. All Russia Is looking forward with confidence to the issue of the light. > St Petersburg, By Cable. ? The lack of further official news ''regarding the engagement at Port Arthur on the night of Julj?_ JOth is very puzzling. That the^&panes&were heavily defeat ed Is not doubted here, but in the ab sence of further information, tho ex tent of thfe disaster that befell them Is beginning to he seriously questioned. Definite news has been received from Viceroy Alexloff's headquarters at Mukden that a week before tho en gagement at Port Arthur, Major Gen eral Fock administered a severe defeat to the Japanese on July 4 and July 5, driving them from the heights com manding Lunsantan Pass with a loss of 2.000. This is considered here as proof that there has been heavy fighting be fore the fortress of Port. Arthur, ,4n<Y "as making tho silence of Toklo retarding t it all tho more significant. / Officer Wounded. St. "Petersburg, By Cable.? General Rennenkampff was wounded, but not ^ eeriously, In a skirmish near Balmats-. tn.- A bullet passed through the ca.lf of one of his legs. General Sakharoff. who ] reported the wounding of Rennen kampff, says it occurred July 13, be tween Llao Yang and Saimatsza, in a skirmish in which the jTapanese were tv pulsed. Losses Now Placed at 2,000. 7 Mukden, Ry Cable.? In the fighting right flank of the line of de . fenerndf Port Arthur July 3 to July C the Russians drove back the Japanese ' nnfl occupied the east bank of the Lun ?- sant%n* and the heights commanding Lunsantan Pass. The Japanese losses ' tvere about 2,OQO. Those of the RusslanX -? were insignificant. . Russian Submarine Tested. St. Petersburg, By Cable.? Tie sub marine boat Fulton, which has iteen at Cropstadt. is reported to be in the Neva, undergoing tests. It is hot known ? \?T?A*htr sbe will feo to the far East by rail or wltB thvlisiticrequawlo^ V'L ' __ *?' Killed Whole Family. V MM fto-y ;u ^ . fifc . *'J , May Lead to Extradition Treaty. Mexico City, Special. ? George B. Bar riere, a Cuban arrested In Vera Cruz, will be returned to Havana. Hlfl alleg ed defalcation amounted to $33,000, Mexico will probably receive In ex change an alleged diamond tblef nam ed Soler. Mexico and Cuba have no ex tradition treaty, but this exchange of priHOners may lead to the negotiation of such a treaty. . No Settlement In Sight. Chicago, Special. ? All chances of peace in the packers' strike has van ished, for the time being at l?tost. The end of the negotiations came late Sat urday after a conference which had lasted nearly all afternoon between the officials of the strikers and a number of packers. The final break resulted when the union officials insisted that j all the men who had gone out on strike ; be taken back and given their old places. The packers declared that this would .necessitate the discharge of all the men they had employed since the commencement of the strike, and that they could not, and would not, const* der it The conference then broke up, ' and the strike will continue. Roosevelt's Notification. Oyster Bay. Special.? President Hooserelt and Secretary Loeb are per fecting arrangements for the ceremony incident ttTtEe Pr?sT<ICfllrg format -not* fixation of hli nomination, -which will occur st Sagamore Hill on the l?th inst. AU of the details bare not been '.forked Out, but the preparations prac tically bav? been completed In a gen wrt way. The ceremonies will not' be ' elaborate or ostentatious.' Indeed, they ? rrm bo by Simplicity. NEWS THIOUGNOUT Tflb COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Source*. Through the 8outh. Several persons in Jlarioua parta of Virginia wore killed #y being struck by lightning. Senator Elklns, of West Virginia, in a speech opening the Republiearf State Convention, eulogized bis father-in law, Senatojr Henry G. Lhivis, but did not advise Republicans to vote for blin. There baiv^>o<m placed in the State Library, at Richmond, plate armor taken from the body of a Federal sol dier on the Seven Pines field. It Is claimed that this sustains the charge that Northern soldiers wore armor, row eacapeu. W?hington Happening#. It is likely that if American battle ships go to Turkish waters they will not sail before Anguat 1. Representative J. W. Habcock, chair man of the Republican Copgfesaional campaign commltte?, speaks hopefully of the outlook. ^ Baltimore Is third In a list of four I cities which, lead In negro population, Washington being Jlrat. Extensive plans for the erection of a war college building and other Im provements at Washington barracks are being pushed. The Canadian Government, it Is un derstood, may protest against what is styled tho kldnipping of a Louisiana alleged defaulting postmaster in Mon treal. Reports received In Washington in* dlcate that the Perry memorial fund Is swelling rapidly. Major Theodoro A. Bingham was re tired as a brigadier-general. ThO ^ar Department intends resell ing $3^000,1)00 nhort-term Philippine bonds falling due September 1 next. Pn the North. Fearing that lie would have to doso hlB restaurant because of the hljn price of beef, John J. Mahoney committed suicide ip New York. "Al" and "Ben" Wade wtuo electro cuted at (ho Ohio Penitentiary annex, In Columbus, for tho murder of Kate Sullivan, at Toledo, April 14, lyOO. Two liegroes- -Frank Ousley and John Johnston? uqpre hanged together n't Pittsburg for thd niurder of James Donnelly, a grocer. Difficulty is being encountered in placing the blame for the wreck of a picnic train near Chicago, in which 21 lives were lost. Anti-railroad-merger Republicans of Minnesota are talking of nominating an independent State ticket. ~ The State-ttoard of Hertlth of Illi nois has iasueT an interesting circular on "The Cause and Prevention of Con sumption.". A committee of Pennsylvania labor ing men, who called at Oyster Bay ?o present a petition to the President about tho Colorado situation, \y;ere un able to get an interviow with ixim/\ The hundredth anniversary of Alex ander Hamilton's death was observed in New York city. ' A tfalnload of Italians and Aus trians, recently arriving at Victor, Col., were speedily deported. Tho Mallory Lino Steamship San Jacinto was damaged to the extent of $40,000 at Roach's Shipyard, Chester, Pa. Foreign Affairs. \ Oom Paul Kniger, former President of the Transavaal Republic, diol In Switzerland. The Japanese wero reported to have occupied Yin Kow, port of Nluchwang, without resistance. , A battle was reported in progress at Ta Tcho Kiao. President Castro, ^of Venezuela, lias sued tho New York and Bermudez As phait Co. to recover about $10,000, 000 damages. The rumor of 30,000 Japs being kiljfcd was not confirmed. ? A tremendous ovation was given Jo eeph Chamberlain, who doliverei) a speech In Albert Hall, London, under the auspices of the" Liberal-Unionist Council. William Waldorf Astor's newspaper, tho Pall Mali Gazette, nanounccs the^ engagement of Mr. Astor's daughter Pauline to Capt. H. H. Spender-Clay, formerly of tbe Life Quords. It was rumored in St. Petersburg that tho Japanese were repulsed at Port Arthur, with immense loss, esti mated at 30,000. Bulgarian insurgents dynamited a train between Salonlca and Constant!- 1 nopie, causing injury to 20 persons. " ~Th? armies <A General Count.Keller and General KurokL were reported fac ing each other across the River JJanlc. ready for a battle, 28 miles east of Liao Yang. ^The arbilriiHdn treaty between Great Britain and x Germany was signed tn London. Miscellaneous Doings. Messrs. Cbetoran. August Dslowmt rod McCarren bad a conference with J?4c? F?rV?r ?t Esopus. 20 KILLED ON TRAIN Gay Crowd of Excursionists Meet With Horrible Accident A COLLISION SOUTH OF CHICAGO Running at F6rty Miles an Hour, a ? Picnic Train Plunged Into a Freight Which Wat1 Backing on to Another Track. Chicago, Special. ? Twenty persona were killed and about twenty-five Injured Wednesday night in a collis ion on the Chicago & Kasteru Illinois Italiroad, at Glenwood, 111., 23 miles scuth of Chicago. The collision oc curred botween a picnic train from Chicago, which won returning from Momence, 111., and a freight train, in to the rear end of which the excur sion train dashed at high speed. Tho picnic train was coming north, and the freight wan on the south bound track. A misplaced 'switch threw tho picnic train on the south bound track, and boforo the engineer could apply the breaks, it ran at forty miles an hour into tho rear of tho freight. The engine, baggage and soveral coaches were demolished, and tho in jured were in two of tho coaches. Tho picnic was tho annual outing of the members of Doromus. After spending tho day on the picnic grounds at. Momenco the train load started on the return trip, running in as the sec ond section of the regular passenger train, which is duo in Chicago at 8:25 p in. When the picnic train reached Chi cago Heights, four miles beyond Glen wood, whore tho accident took place, l? was switched to tho regular south bound track, and although it was com lng north, It was given a clear track by tho operator at Chicago Heights uu til It should reach Glenwood, four miles away. The train, after leaving Chica go Heights, erradually increased Its speed and when half tho distance be tween the two stations had been cov ered, it was plunging along at the rate of 40 miles an hour. Just half way be tween Chicago Height** and Clenwood, there Is a sharp curve. As the picnic train tore aropnd this on the south track, a flight train was backing from the south bound to the north bound track. It was partly on both tracks, and no train could have passed it in either direction. The bend is so sharp that the engineer of tho plcnio -train did not see tho freight until he was almost on it. It was too late to do anything but set tho brakes, but be fore thoy coifld tako effect tho passen ger train smashed into the freight at full speed. Tho locomotive and the baggago car of the passenger train went through the freight and were pil ed up in a heap of wreckage on the further side of the switch track. Tho first coach of tho picnic train piunged into the wreckage and burlod Itself in a ma&a^ef kindling wood. Near ly all ot^tne passengers in the first coaeh.Jtfere caught beneath tho mass of debrinCBudlt was here that the loss of life occurred. Tho people in tbe rear coaches were hurled from their seata and many of them were bruised, but all of the serious casualties v<>ccurred in tho first car. Tho uninjured passen gers and the trainmen at once hasten ed to the relief of those who were pinned under tho Wreckage. The wreck was two miles from anywhere, and much delay ensued before some ol tho injured, who were held down by heavy timbers could bo extricated. Nothing could bo done for them un til lifting machinery came from Chica go Heights. The first train to arrive at the wreck came from Chicago Heights, and It carried six physicians. A short time afterward a second train arrived from Glenwood, bringing ad ditionel physicians and a number of nurses. Darkness had fallen and res cue went on by the light of bonfires. Oku Advancing. Che Foo, By Cable. ? A dispatch ro celvcd here from Lloyd's agent al Now Chwang says: "Japauese scouts were seen this morning at Blackwood's Fond six miles south of here. Gen. Oku, with 50,000 men, Is advancing rapidly between thfa place and Ta Che Klao. Shipping and trade are progressing as usual," Gautemalan Anta Effective. Washington, Special. ? The effective ness of the Quatamalan ants in check ing tho ravages of the boll weevils in tho cotton fields has been tested and Mr,^4)o0frr^e expert of tho Depart rtffent of Agriculture, in a telegram to Secretary WilsoiNannouncea that tho apts promptly desfc*Qvod th? weevil and the Texas rod anw^s well. The telegram, which was theNmbJect of great satisfaction to SeoretaT^Wll son, was from the chief of.the Bulxiy of Elant Industry and is datod VUV tqrta, T?#as. It Is as follows: j "After T^ur weeks of captivity /ind of sugar diet, the Guatemalan ant* promptly <fe*troyed tbo Texas bolf weevils and also the Texas red anta J the harmful species which it was fear* ed they might rescepbte." .. ~ Successful Gl&atrocutLons. Columbus, O., 8pecial. ? Al and Ben Wade wrro electrocuted shortly after midnight at the Ohio penitentiary aa nex for the murder of Kate Bntlivan, at Toledo, fh 1900. Al Wade wmH4o-tfc? chair first . Only onfcahock waa ad ministered and he waa pronounced dead at 12:11 o'clock. 'Ben Wade Waa strapped In the chair at '31:14 and only one shock *ra? given. He waa pronoun ced dead at 12:2fc Both electrocutions v ere gqcc? fuL \ gggg STILL ANOIIItl) SI100TIN0 AFI AIR Prominent Newberry County M*n Pro bably Mortally Wounded. A special from Now berry to Satur day's State says: Mr. 1?. O. Smith was shot throught the right breast by Mr. T. J. Davenport ?it about 9 o'clock. Both men aro prominent and respected > itlzeiiH of this county. The affair oc curred near Independence and was tho outcome of a dispute over a road which had been closed by Mr. Davenport against the wishes of Mr. Smith. Messrs. Smith and Davenport wore on horseback, accompanied by Mr. H. T. Workman, when the shooting occurred. It is stated that Mr. Daveuport fired polntblank at Mr. Smith with a 38 calibre revolver, the ball taking effect In tho right breast above tho nipple, Several physicians are In attendance upon Mr. Smith and it in not yet po? slble to state whether or not tho wound will prove fatal. Mr. Smith la a mem ber of Gov. Heyward's staff. Mr. Davenport came to Newberry' immediately after the shooting antf Rave himself up to tho authorities. When seen In the office of his attor ney ho said that ho had no statement to make as yet except that the shooting occurred on his own land and that ho deeply regretted the affair. Disappeared at ihc Rivc-r. Holly 1111!, Special.? On Monday last a colored man was arrested In Eutaw ville, a few miles above Holly Hill, for cursing a white man on the streets. He wan fined $.r? and being unable to pay the fine he was looked up in the guard house. Tuesday morning the place was found empty, the lock being broken, and two buggy tracks leading to the river were found. Search for the nilsn ing man, who In .1 resident of Eutaw ville, has continued but without result. The trail disappeared at the river and many have been fishing for hint there since Tuesday. D. G. Low Twee Shot. Bethuue, Special.? A personal difli ? ulty occurred ou Tuesday afternoon lust between Messrs. D. O. Law and Thomas Haines, who HVo a few mllta below here, during which Law wan shot twice, once with a parlor rlfio and onco with a shot gun. Tho wounds while not necessarily fatal, ore very painful. Tho trouble originated concerning a horse and buggy which belonged to Law. Palmetto Items. Gov. Hey ward, Commissioner Wat son and Prof. Spillman of tho agricul tural department are preparing to go to Charleston. Tho party will leave here Sunday afternoon and spent! the fol lowing day at Green Pond, which is in the heart of the rlco growing country, .and the whole rice situation will be looked into. The Dank of L"Umar will bo open for tu-.Biuess by the 1st of August. Its r.eat building will bo complotcd within tho next few days. Tho governor has appointed W. F. Norton magistrate at Mullins vice W. M. Jones, who died on the 17th of June. ^The McColl knitting mill has been completed, and the plant is about ready for operation. Two htmdred operatives ?mostly adults ? will be required to op erate the new mill. Gov. Heyward upon the recommenda tion of the county delegation of York has appointed W. 13. Williams, Jr., county auditor to take tho place of his father who recently died. Governor Heyward could not attend the veterans' gathering at Leesville Saturday on account of extra pressure of duties due to his absence from of fice the post several dayB. Strike Clash at St. Paul. St. Paul, Minn., Special. ? Tho first C-liiBh between the sheriff's force and I he fstrlktng butchers of Swift & Com pany's j>lant at South Sfc Paul occurred Saturday night, when V spirited and partly successfud effort, wns made by the company, assisted by Shc.riff Grlsim and deputieB. to force about 2i"> men through a big rrowd of striker*, who "were congregated about the entrance to tho packing house yards. A Bevero hand-to-hand encounter ensued, and several on both Hides tfere bruiBCd. OnV of the strikers. J. K. Banks, maiHhal of the striking pickets, was arrested later and fined $25. Full Time Returned. Pittsburg, Special.? With a display* ot fireworks surpassing that on the : Fourth of July, the Homestead Steel ! Works started operation In full blast i Saturday night with the employes J working double time. Tho plant has been operating only about half time for j the paat year, Dy the starting of the : mill at Its full capacity 7,000 men will j have steady^emnloyment. ,-J Better Rates on Llva Stock. Washington, Special.? The Inter-* ' Slate Commerce Commission has sus-| , :ttDfHa~Ctro "contention of iha.Ncw Ori Hans Live Stock Exchange against th<4 Texas ft Pacific Company, thst the 1B&-T position of an additional freight rata i of $16 per car when less than ten car load* of live stock constituted a ship ment wWonrwwmahlc. " SOI Til CAROLINA CKOPS Good Raina and Warmer Weather Pre vailed. Tho week ending H ?. m., July 18th, had a moan tomperature of ho dog rocs which in slightly below normal. Tho departures below normal wore greater on t ho coast limn In tho Interior. Tho extremes were a minimum of GO at Greenville on tho ltth and u maximum of 98 at Dlat'kvllle on I ho ir>th. Thoro wore no destructive high winds. The relative humidity was about normal gver the entire State. Tho sunshine wan slightly deficient. There were quite general showers on the 12th, and again on tho l(iih, but they wore local and partial in charac ter, with many placea that bad no rain. The relative wet and dry hivsh remain about the samo as lnsl week, with com plaint of too much rain in Chefctei-ilyjld, Marlboro and Marlon counties, an<f of increased severity of the droughty con ditions In the middle and upper Savan nah valley counties, extending Into tho Inlorlor over Greenwood, Newberry and I .aureus counties, with many smaller ai'oa?< in the central counties taiit are suffering for ruin. Hain would be very beneficial over tho western half of the tjtttto, in which division wellH and streams are very low, and water for ptock Is scarce. Laying by crops in general and tho work Is well advanced, except that ntuhhle land corn, and cotton on red and clay lands, continues to* be culti vated. Tho co!"'ltion of old corn is critical In the dry sections, and the prospective yields w|jl be materially lessoned un less rain comes soon. Late planto:! corn continues promising. The cotton crop suffered from nn ex cess of moisture in tho extreme north eastern counties, and from drought, in the western ones, but as whole con tinues very promising. It has attained seasonable tjlze in the eastern half of the State, and remains undersized over ? ho western halt,. There are a few reports of tot) lar??o a weed. Cotton Is blooomins and fruiting well in nil section;;, and many full grown bons have been nolcnl. Insects Infest fields In Greenville,, Pickens and Spartan burg counties, while wilt and black root or black rust have been noted in Green ville and Orangeburg counties. Consi derable cotton has been laid by in gen erally clean condition, Sea-Island cot ton 1r becoming somewhat grassy, and is blooming freely, Tobacco curing Is now general ; the crop is a fine onb. Rice Is beading, anil Is In need of more freshet water; June rico Is doing fairly well In the George town district. Melons are bearing well, and shlpYnonts ore heavy. Minor crops vary In condition according to the moisture supply, and range from oxeel' lent to very poor. ? J. W. Bauer, Sec lion Director, Columbia, S. C. Cotton Region Letter. The following cotton crop Jetton Is furnished as information by W. F. Klumpp & Cv. Weather^, conditions continue favorable for tlie crop and While there hav? boon complaint*? oL too much moisture- In some sections of T Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, caus ing .fields to become grassy, showers have been a benefit to the crop in the Eastern belt, and! with tho return of fair weather within tho past few days farmers havo bee? able to do consider able Held work. The Boll weevil la causing consider able apprehension in many sections of Texas, and It remains to be seen to what extent this pest may ravage the crop. , . The crop generally Is in good condL lion and making rapid and satisfac tory growth, blooming and fruiting well, nnd is at leant fifteen daya ahead of last soa?on. and with favorable weather, picking- will bo general In Southwest Texas lattor part of this month, and Southern Tx>ulslana and Mississippi by the middlo of August. Weather conditions will continue to govern the course of prices. Any un favorable reports would cause a rapid upward movement as a large crop is nccesaury to replenish stocks. Bide For Philippine Bondo. Washington, Special.?' Tho Insular, bureau of the War Department has Is sued a circular inviting propon?ls for the ?ale of $3,000,000 of Philippine 4 pQf' cont., one-year bonds. bids will itc received until 2:30 p. m., August 22. /hy proceeds to be applied to the retire* ment of the outstanding $3,000,005 rhnipplno bonds.- - , ' . A Tragic Death. A special from Newberry say3: "Ncwh was recced In this city Sun day, of the tragic death of Mr. John A. McLean, of Ulythewood. S. C., a youn? man well known in Newberry, where lie made hin home for several years. Mr. Mclean at the time of his death was running aa flagman on the South ern's through fruit train from Florida to New York. When near Edmunds. a email station 10 miles south of Colum bia, the tender of the engine jumped fhe track, wrecking ten cars. Mr. Mc Lean was standing in the cab at the time and was thrown a great distance from the track, death resulting in stantly. The other members of the crow trcaped serious Injury." Brltlefr Fleet Moves Nearer. London/' By Cable. ? The Dally press Trfesday morning prints the fol lowing 'dispatch, dated July 18th, tram it* correspondent lit Malta: "The Brit 1*h Mediterranean fleet left here Mon *' ^'JOfljP.fcxandrla. It Is bell*v*4 that thfNMpfcatldh orttnrfleet n^Ly -bo. coar. neoHNPWUli the pretence of the Uvs j.lan volunteer fleet stesmers In thr Red flea. The British cratim* Terrible la ^iHRo bare salted from Boee^oday^or. tbr pnrpoee <jf looking after the Inter est of British merchantmen." PALMETTO MATTERS Occurrences of Interest in Various Parts of the State. For a Handkerchief Factory. Newberry, Special.- ? Another enter prise has been added to Nowberry county'# already largo mi miter of man ufacturing Industries. This enterprise Ih tho Whltmlre Manufacturing Com pany, of Whltmlre, the purpose of the organization being the manufacture of handkerchiefs. This is the only Indus try of its kind ia thin section. Tho cor porators of the concern, which has ?l? re&dy been granted a charter, ,aro J. V. Thompson, W. H. Riser and W. II. Scott. It is expected that work on the buildings will begin at an early date. South Carolina Items. The Clinton Cotton Mill Tuesday Increased its capitalization Yrom $160,000 to $300,000. A handkerchief factory is to be started at Whltmlre. Le'Rby F. Youmans, of Columbia, has been appointed a special Judgo to hold court at Greenwood, beginning Au gust 8, and running for the epcclflod tirao. The appointment has been made on account of tho illness "A Judge Cngo. An a result of conferences with j Horry county promoters, Commission* j ec of ^lmmlgCrtiion Watepn will go to I that county in a few days and make arrangements for a colony. It 13 ex | peetcd that about 60,000 acres can bo ; obtained for colonization purposes In ' that section. Chief Justice Pope has notified the Govorrfbr of tho appointment of Hon. J 10. McDonald, of \Vinndboro, to j hold special court at Chester, begin ; uing In September. This is in re sponse to a petition \ry the Chester bar, I calling' attention to tho fact that it i had been nearly two years since any civil cases had been heard. Commissioner of Immigration Wat- - I son ia arranging for the transporta tion of a number o? immigrants from Marseilles, Franea, and.. alL??__belng brought to tUift State they will be located In the Pee Deo section. ThiH is the beginning of a movement to bring a large number of these indus trious people here and locate them In various parts of the State. Polham Wheeler, who was Injured in an autompblle ncciricnt in Colum bia Sunday night, was just alive Mon day, but there was hope for Ills re covery. Mr. Wheeler was. drlvt machine for P. D. Hardy. They ran into d negro prencher's buggy, and tho automobile turned turtle.,- Kngl* nc^r McAllster of - tho Southetn Rail way, who was In tho vehicle, was ren dered unconscious, butSVas better next day. Mr. Hardy suffered numerous deep cuts. .. Sheriff Coleman, of Florence, Wed nesday morning ^received a call to go to East over to investigate and rcpnft .. on a destructive Are at that, place. The blase destroyed a barn which was the property of Mr, H, P. Clark, and the contents of the Jnr n, whlctr_ . belonged to Mr. 8. J, Dwtght. TheSe consisted of about 2,000 pounds of - oats, a horse, twelve hogs and a valuable set of farming Instruments. The sheriff will make a report on this ' to tho comptroller. ,, Comptroller General . Jones fcjis Just completed copies of the teutl* tnony taken In tho case of S. J. East, the policeman in . Florence who was' arrested cn the charge of tmnriny * down the Pee Dca.tpbacco warehouse. The testimony gives an account of an interesting detective case which was worked by a citizen of Florence, lit. ~ C. H. Barrlnger, and. how East was, tangled in a lot of circumstantial evidence. Ea?t was granted bail Wodnesday in Sumter, but it Is u*? derstcod that he will be. watched and not allowed to leave the State. . There wus turned over to the comp* ?.roller general Wednesday an ohl Slate bond of $100 of the series 1866 T>ese bonds were issued und the Administration of Gov. Jas. I ^ Orr and under the presont Jaw are redeem ablo_.at. 5Q . per cent. The bonf xnatur- s od In 1886 and The '"Interest- Is- calcu- . lated on up to that time and added to K-fno face value of tho bond;, the total being djvided by two. Tothia is ad ded interest at 4 per cent, to the pros ont time. ? ^ >. Wilmington, Del., . Special, -r- Fire Tuesday night destroyed 42 buildings in the business and residence section of Millington, Mo., causing a loss of 000, partly Insured. Not a store in .the town and the streets are with homeless men, women and cl dren. The Are Isolate tonight und^r control.*. im| To Speak in Doubtfi tyew Orleans, Special from Jackson, Miss., as fcvcssmaa John Sharp ^HHfamW'wlll i;Jace hi h services at the disposal of the national Democratic d make speeches in the doubtful States during the coming campaign. He ex pects to go to Bsopus about the time ihe national committee meets. 8tanley Lowef4r*Hf? Record, v 1 ? MmmK Washington, N. H.. 8iwria!.? F. E. Stanley, of Newton, Mas*. yesterday made the elgfe^jjalle ?r.f Mount Washington In 3 ^cc'on'gg, bz faxing Uw < : y 17 min'uKsf own figures by nearly T I |^p-4he.xaanotltn Jn* t.<wnds^|