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f ■ " s m »• ^ • . -T if >y. ■ 4 . VOL. XXVII BARNWELL, S. C. THURSDAY JUNE 23, 1004 Six Hundred Die WOILDI I0TABL1 BIIABT1EI. In Fire and Wreck. Ob Steamer at New York Perished. THX STOAT QT DITAIL. r liNY CHILDREN VICTIMS Although the Steamer Was Not _ ~^r — 1, - * Far From Shore, Fire and : .."j 7 ; ^ Wave, in Few Minutes Claimed Many. . One of the most appalling disasters In tbe history of New York, tragic in Its immensity, dramatic in its episodes and deeply pathetic in the tender age of most of the victims, took place Wednesday In tbe Eatt river at the entrance to Long Island sound, within a short dhtanoe of the New York shore and within sight cf thousands of persons, the majority of whom were powerless to minimize th3 extent of the catastrophe. -By the burning to the water's edge of the Gen. Slocum, three-decked ex cursion steamer, tbe largest in these waters, more then 600 persons, th« majority of whom were women and children, were bathed to death or drowned by jumping overboard or by being thrown into the whirlpool by the lurching of the vessel and the frantic rush of tbe panic-stricken passengers. —— It is tbe Besson of Sunday school excursions in New York bay and Long Island sound, tbe letter one of the most picturesque bodies of water in the country. -Great preparations bad been made for the 17 th annual excur sion of the Sunday school of St. Mark's German Lutheran church the congre gation of wbich ls drawn from the dense population of the lower east and west sides, and tbe Gen. Slocum had been chartered to carry the excursion- lets to Locust Grove, one of the many resorts on Long Island sound. ^ THX NUMBER ON BOARD. It is variously estimated that there were between 1,500 and 2,500 persons on board tbe Gen. Slocum when she left the pier at Third street, East river, though the Kinckerbocker Steamship company, which owns tbe Bloonm, officially mates that tbe num ber of persona was &W, that being only one-third of the vessel’s capacity. It is thought however, that there were several hundred children In arms, for whom fares are not usually charg ed on these tripe, on board.— The aoene on tbe decks of the steamer as she proceeded up tbe East river was one of merry rndking, custo mary on such occasions. The mass of flags fluttered in the June bfeez«, the hands were playing and the children were singing, dancing and waving handkerchiefs and flags In answer to the salutations of those on shore or from passing steamers. ^ Oa tbe ex treme eastern end of Randalls island, off 136th street, there is s stretch of water known as the sunken meadows, ▲t this point, just as crowds wen watching the gaily decorated steamer from shore, the Gen. Slocum took fire and as tbe age of the vessel—she was built In 1891—had resulted In the well eesenning of the wood.with which she was almost entirely built, she was aoon a mam of'flame. The flame Is ■aid to bavp broken out in a lunch room on tbe forward deck by the overturning of a pot of grease. The wind was high and all efforts to ex tinguish tbs blaze were f utils. VOX NORTH BROTHER ISLAND'. At 134th street there are several lumber yards and oil tanks and as Oapt. William Van Schaick, in com mand of the .Gen. Slocum, started to turn his vassal towards the shore there he was warned that It would set fire to the lumber and oil and so he chang ed his course for North Brother Island, one of the twin islands near the en trance to the sound some half a mils «way, where the boat partially burned was beached. She sank near that place at 12.15 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, two hours and 25. minutes after the lire was discovered. In the meantime the passengers bad become panic stricken and those who were not caught up by the flames rushed to the rear of the vesael and hundreds Jumped overboard Into the swiftly running waters, v It is alleged that the life preservers were too purely fastened to their holdings to be available and stories we told of fran tie efforts nude by stifobg men to out them loose but even if they could have been torn down they were too high up for the children to reach. It is also reported that no attempt was made to get out the fire apparatus a* tbe first ory of "ilie” though Oapt. Van says that be Immediately ntpg the bells for vettinff out the *ppa» ixtas. According to several state ments no attempt was made to lowar boats or life rafta. Oapt, Van Schaick nod hli two ptlotSv named Edward Van Wart s#d % Somm of the Unspeakable Agent on the Doomed Ship. „„ % « ( t .. . The three-decked excursion steamer- General Slocum, of the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, burned to the water’s edge Wednesday off- North Brother island, Eut river, at tbe en trance to Long Island sound, resulting in the death through burning or drowning of at least 600 persons, most ly women and children. Four hundred and forty-seven bodies had been rccov- ered.Wednesday night and divers were it work taking bodies from the hold of the steamer. The remains of many persona who leaped Into tbe river have not yet been found, and it will be many hours before the list of dead .is anywhere near complete. The Gen. Slocum, one of tbe largest excursion steamers in these waters, left Third street, East river, at 9.30 o’clock Wednesday morning, having on board the annual Sunday school ex cursion of St. Mark’s German Lutber- oburcb, located in Sixth street Her destination was Locust Grove, one of the many resorts on Long island sound. The excursion was in charge of Rev. George 0. F. Haas, pastor of the church. The vessel was commanded by Oapt. Wm. Van Schalk, one of the beet known excursion boat captains in New York harbor. He has oommanded the Gen. Slocum for almost tbe entire time since she was built la 1391. The number of excursionists on board Wednesday is variously estimated „ at from 1,500 to 2,500, bat according to an official statement issued by the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, owners of the Slocum, tbe number of peasengers was 873, that being one- third of tbe veeeel’a licensed capaoity. CROWDED WITH MERRYMAKERS. The steamer, after leaving her dock Wedneaday morning proceeded up tbe East river, all.three of her decks being crowded will} merrymakers. Bands played and the great sidewheeler was decorated with flags frem stem to stem. - The Slocum had reached a point naif the sunken meadows off 135th street, Manhattan, which Is at tbe ex treme eastern end of Lansdalls island, when Are broke out in a lunch room on tbe forward deck. Tbe blaze was caused by the overturning of a pot of grease. Tbe headway of the vessel and high wind almost instantly fanned the insignificant flame into Jury. Ef forts were at onoe directed, to subduing tbe fire but they were futile. Tbe blaze spread after with almost lightning rap idity. Oapt. Van Sohalk, in the pilot house, bed been informed of the out* break of tbe fire, and realizing the dan ger to the hundreds of excursionists, decided to send his vessel to shore st 134 th street. At this point there are umber yards and several huge oil tasks and the captain was warned that to attempt to lan$a£this point would endanger the property and perhaps further Imperil the scores of people who had already been frightened into a state of almost uncontrollable excite ment. CHANGED COURSE. Changing the big steamer’s course slightly he beaded for north Brother island, half a mile away. By this time the flames were rushing-by leaps and bounds from the forward part of the ship aft • * The great open decks, built for Jibe excursionists, with little obstruction from bow to stem, offered a clear sweep for the fire. As the Slocum dashed forward the flames caught stanchion and cabin woodwork eatiog and tearing their way across the. ves ael. . Tbe excuralonits, but a few mo ments before in the full enjoyment of an ideal summer’s day on Long Island sound, were driven to tbe after part of the steamer to escape the heat, flames and smoke that were constantly Increasing. Policemen and deckhands aboard the boat struggled bard to quiet the panic, but the efforts were in vain. The wild disorder increased as frantic mothers sought to find their children, who had been at play about the depkk The steamer’s whistle was blowing for assistance and tugs and other near by craft answered tbe call. Before any of the boats could reach the burning steamer, however, tbe frantic women and children began to Jump overboard. The current waa strong and there are many whirlpools in the channel. Tbe boats that always' bound ta the victai > ty picked many persons from the vfater, but these were only a small nu|nher of thosethat wsgaxein stmg gllng in the current. ~~ v " On tbe Slocnm the first sweep of the' flames cut off escape from tbe hurricane* deck, where la great ', miany of the women and children were crowded together, and soon burned away tbe light wood of the uprights which came down with a crash on those below. It Is thought that most of those on the hurricane deck were horned., : -• • ‘•— r CROWDED THX RAIL. Aa the fixe increased the struggle to gain a. point of vantage at tbe stem Women and ohlld- tbe After *aft until ft fcAt* way aqd hundreds were off into the river. After this was a steady atewun of persons wars tfcorwn into the The Burning of the Slocnm One of the Meet Hrartrendlng. The burning of the steamer General Slocum, on last Wedneaday morning, with a lots of probably more than 500 lives, is one of the moet heartrending disasters of recent times. The guests of tbe big steamer were nearly all children and women, golog upon their annual Sunday school picnic. Such a catastrophe cannot fall to recall the recent holocaust in Chicago, when st a.matinee on the last day of 1903, the Iroquois theatre, just com pleted, was seized by the fire fiend and in lass than thirty minuim irr>r» th^r 800 people, largely women and chil dren, were burned to death, and more than 400 otbers were maimed for life. Such dlaasters call to mind the theatre Hfe of Richmond, Va., In 1811; the .burning of tbe Oonways- brook playhouse in 1876, and the fiery destruction'of tbe Paris theatre a few year* ago, in which the leading actress and many others lost their llv.s. While such catastrophes are horrible to contemplate they do not approach the horror of other disasters by fire, flood and volcanic eruption. All will recall the eruption of Vesu vius in A/D. 79, which buried in sand and lava Pompeii, Hercuttnetitir and Stablae. The loss of life was 150,000, and t|ie cities have never been rebuilt.. Lisbon, tbe capital of Portugal, suf fered an earthquake in 4755, which left the city in ruins, and took 60,000 lives. . Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, lost 12,000 lives from in earthquake in 1812; - - Manila, Philippine Islands, was vis ited by an earthquake inruns, 1863, causing a loss of nearly 10,000 lives. Certainly the most destructive fire in the history of this country, if not in tbe world, was the Chicago fire of October, 1871. dlbginning in a barn in DeKoven street, it spread with lightning rapidity, and raged for two days and nights. It swept over 2,100 Acres, destroying 17,450 buildings The exact number of the deaMm has never been ascertained, but It went into tbe hundreds; 70,000 people— one-flfth of tbe entire population— were left homeless, and property worth 8193,000,000—one-third of the value of the entire city—was destroy ed by this fire. » Boston had a fire in 1872, which de stroyed 50 acres of tbe businem sec tion at a less of 875,000 000. The Johnstown, Pa., flood In May, 1889, waa a frightful disia’er. The dam •crow South Fork, • branch of the Oonemaugh river, 12 miles wm* ,» Johnstown, broke, releasing Gone maugb Lake, whose waters thundered down the valley, engulfed Johnstown and neighboring villages, causing a loss of 2,235 lives and 810,000,000. On September 8, 1900, Galveston, Tex., was the scene of a great flood. West Indian hurricane, with a velocity of 135 miles an hour, swept over tbe city and flooded the itreeta, and in leas it an five bou r s destroyed 6,000 lives and property valued at 818 000.000 More-recent still was tbe eruption of Mont Pelee on the Island of Mar tinique, Frtnch West Indies. On May the 8tb, 1902, the mountains belched forth And overwhelmed the t6wn of St. Pierre at its base with sand and lava wbloh overran the sur rounding country, and destroyed 30,- opo people. On August 8th, 1902, Mt. Pelee erupted again and 2,500 lives were lost. Everyone recalls tbe recent cyclone of Gainesville, Ga., and the burning of the Park Avenue Hotel in New York, each disaster causing so much suffering and the loss of life, in the atter 15L Killed tbe Engineer. A dispatch frim Butte, Mop., says the North Coast Limited, the finest train on tbe Northern Pacific; east- bound, was Thursday night held Up one mile east of Bearmoutb, tbe scene of last year’s holdup of tbe same train, when Engineer O’Neill waa killed. Three explosions of dynamite on tbe express car completely demolished tbe cai as far as reports are obtain able. Tbe engineer was killed in the fight with robbers. The plunder of tbe robbers Is believed to be large. Tbe bandits, two in number, have escaped In the large timber of the mountains. > FATHEE KILLS SON. 'v '■mmmmmwmMmme The Youth Plans to Frighten the llder Many by Playi g Bandit. WAYLAID HIM DT LOIXLY SPOT la Killed pefoee He Cm Cry- Oat. Father Plangeg a Knife Into the Boy's Heart. A ST1AX1X BUKY1D. fl— 1 The High Under Totally Dbetroyed by Fire Near Georgetown. The State Love of the Highlander waa greatly surprised and profoundly shocked Thursday night by a telegram which Inight from t; The Loan la At Riverside, N. J., Frank Rein ecke, s boy of sixteen, played that he waa a highwayman Wednesday night and did it so realistically that his father, whom he held up; plunged a knife into his heart, killing hlna Intercepting his parent in a lonely spot upon the banks of RaacocaaCreek be suddenly stepped from behind a bush, telling Relnecke, Sr., to bold up Tb* next instant he was llfelev. Thursday the father is raving in dslirum, and it is feared that be may never regpver from tbe shock.. The mother and sisters are prostrated, and the little community mourns the death of a ^popular youth. Half a dozen holdups have occurred at Riverside and the adjoining villages within a month of so, and the resi dents have been generally arming themselves. ‘The place is on the Am boy division of the Pennsylvania Rail road, but twelve miles from Camden, and large numbers of tramps pass along on their way to and from Phila delphia and New York. The reoent crimes have been attributed to these wanderers. _ ^ Frank Relnecke conceived the idea 'ihst it would be a fine thing to mas querade as a highwayman and f i igbten ils neighbors. He carried out his idea and succesdsd in making half a dozen staid residents jump* fences and scuttle for home within a week. Thursday night he tried the experi ment upon his father, Walter Rein- ecke, a well-to-do insurance agent of that place, whose home is on the out skirts of the village, above the banks of the creek, in a lonely spot Father and son started out early in the evening, the older to transact some business at the village Are company’s house, of which oiganization he its member, and the boy to visit his young friends, Willie and Laura Kellpck, who live near the Relnecke tome. On the way the youth regaled nla father with storiesa of reoent holdups. Whoa 1»»— i ecke started for home. He was ap prehensive, remembering that he had recently had words with a negro, who aad threatened him. He also remem bered w hat his boy bad told him about nigh way men. So be drew a large knife from his pocket, opened the blade and walked on with sense* on the alert. Young Relnecke had been watching for his father. He was peeping out from behind s hush that itood beside the path in the loneliest part of the roadway. The treee-grow thick there, and tbe black water of the creek is just below, making it as iooeley and dangerous a spot as can be imagined. Just as tbe elder Relnecke reached tbe shadow a dark figure stepped Into the halt gloom and a hoarse voice cried: “Hold up your hands. Now I’ve got you.” At the same Instant the figure laid fast hold upon the frightened man’s coat sleeve. With a cry of terror the father lunged forward and buried hia knife in the breast of the supposed highwayman, who sank to the groond gasping, “Oh I Father!” * The voice lof the boy recalled the anguished father to a realization of the awful thing that he had done. With a cry that waa beard far off by neigh bor* tbe distracted man fell on bla knees beside the body of his boy and came to him at midnight from Capt J. C. Smith saying the boat had been burned 25 milee above Georgetown The telegram gave no particulars and nothing is known here as to the origin of the fire. The telegram was dated Georgetown and simply said: “High- laader leetr by fire 25 mtles sbove transports Georgetown. Total loss.” The boat was on Its way to George town at the time and had no cargo. The vessel waa practically new, hav ing been built only three yean ago,, and waa valued at 812,000. It was In sured for only 83,000, with J. H. Boatwright Sc Son at Wilmington. N. C: Although the telegnim sayl ^total loss,” Manager Love is of the opinion that much of the machinery may be saved. Tbe loss falls heavily on Mr. Love—he and not the Chamber of Commerce being tbe owner. Highlander was toe lint and only boat on tbe line the Chamber of Commerce instituted this spring to give Columbia water connection with the coast. Tbe business has steadily increased since the flnt trips, and ar rangements had just been made for hauling cotton, which would greatly relieve the situation and for which the Chamber of Commerce had been working for several months. Just what steps will be taken to put an other boat in commission on the river cannot be said at this time, but there is no doubt but that this will be done as quickly as the Chamber of Com merce can make the arrangements. ” A GHOST ITOKY. A White Robed Flgwre Brings W in* of Danner to a Man. ** et dispatch to The State lays there la one family In Aiken that is really glad that time does fly and the 15th of June baa passed. This excellent family Is composed of enlightened peo ple and there la not a particle of igno rant superstition in their make up, but one night last week a thing” occurred that is calculated to ■sake the most sturdy of us uneasy, Just a little bit. Oa the night (or rather la the JAM LOSS THXIIIEIF Lives Is EatlmnUd at One Thousand. A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, says all doubt aa to tbe sinking of the HTtac&l and Bedo hj the Russians has been removed. Three hundred and ninety-seven survivors oi the Hitachi have arrived at Moji art 153 survivors of the Sado have arrived at Kokura. Details of tbe destruc tion of the two transports and the full extent of the casual ties are not obtainable. . : » A later dispatch says details obtain- able from the survivors of theilT-fated Japanese transports show that the Hitachi and the Sado met three Rus sian warship near Ikl island at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. The Russians fired on tbe Japanese ships and stopped them, and soon afterward they torpedoed and sank tbe helpless transports. Tbe captain of tbe Sado and several other fioen were captured. Mora than 100 men escaped In tbe boats apd landed at Kikura. A message has been received here from Hagl say ing that the survivors of Mm Hitachi had drifted north to SbimonoMkrsnd { been saved., The transport Ixum is still missing. It is reported that the transports Hitachi and Sado akrrted only 1,400 men. If this is true, the loss in lives is probably lest than 1,000. The transports, however, had many hones and large quantities of supplies on board. . r._ — - •— The steamer Katsuno waa sunk off Moji Friday night as a result of collid ing with the steamer Yamatokan. Both vessels were on their way to Tlescu to reseat the aurvt voss of the transports Hatachl and Sado. ed by a noise in his back yard, waited a while aad as be again I something be went In the yard to look around. Rot seeing anything be started back to tbe noose. He says that while he was going to tbs bouse he felt an almost irresistible force pulling him back. Nothing touched ilm and be saw nothing. He entered lie back door and closed it. The door ew open. He ilammed it abut and L again flew open. And then Mr. Warneke went to see what the matter was, and there “It” stood, stall figure with a sheet wrapped around it- and with a very white face.' “What do you want, and who or what are you?” asked Mr. Warneke.. “Come out here and I’U tell you," replied His Cbalkloen. “Go away, I don’t want anything to do with you,” said Mr. Warneke, and tried to close the door, bat the igtire pushed its foot between the door and tbe door frame and shoving ta white face up to Mr. Warneko’i said, “Come out here and I’ll show you something that is going to happen » one ef your children on June 16tb.’’ Mr. Warneke asked which child and what waa to happen to It. The figare always replied,. ‘Come out. here end I’ll show you.” Finally, the figure finding that Mr. besought him to speak. He raised the ‘j°“ e ou **^ e b^or u., bo, MU w and ta.tb. 1 was already dead. Li fa Cruabed Oat. i Lynched by Negi News has reached La Grange, Ga., that an old nergro by the name of Jonah Wt ods, who lived in tbe coun try near Texas court grounds in Heard county about 25 miles from' La Grange, was lynched by other negroes. Wood was a deacon in his church and a pious old negro. It Is said he dis covered a number of negroes playing d threatened that be would repcTC tbe® to wpand juTy: wards tbe church was burned down and two days later, while plowing tn tbe fields, he was seized and strung up to a tree nearby. » ' At tbe Top. The Columbia State calls attention to the fact tbat of tbe six “star” stu dents graduated from West point this year, one is from Virginia, one each from Tennessee, Mississippi aaAGolo- rado, and two from North Carolina. They are all southern boyg^xoept one, and their records are good cause for pride in tbe section they bS^ve so well represented. It It really'an unusual showing. ' ' ‘ Little by-Little. I Over a billion five-dent fan* were At New York one of the big auto mobiles used to take sight seers about the city, ran over and killed an elder ly unknown man in Broadway Thurs day night while members of tbe mer ry party were laughing and singing. Before the body of tbe victim could be taken from under the car several of the women passengers became hys terical and bad to be lifted to the ground, while others jumped diwn and ran way from the scene. *• - In A Oow'a Mmw. At Aiken while slaughtering a beef ’on ^Saturday, Met are. Lamer A Thorpe’s butcher found a lady's gold clasp bracelet in tbe anlmal’a maw Tbe bracelet is of (8 karat gold and is a handsome piece of jewelry. Tbe Amr-tfHto a boner oi cattle from a Tennessee marfc|$f flow tbe animal happened to absorb such valuable food is of course hard to gUSM. ^ piaid last year to t&S transit bmnpanftea <boy, white playing wjgi a •of New York city. Fifty million_dol lan! Paid Id five cents at a Ubm! A veritable oonfirmatkm at the “little drops of water, little grains of Vv -ii. u :2 fatally Three Killed la Duel. At Bryantsvllle, Ind., three men are deed and two wounded, one fatally, as the result of a pistol fight on tbe streets of that village Tuesday. Tbe dead are James sad Charles Bool and Milton Tow, James ToW ls wounded and Frank Two hurt Tbe light was tbs of a feud between tbe Rout and Tote frmfflgfe ' .. *’ Nejrro Child Killed. At SimpSoovilte Tuesday afternoon Jim Thompson, a • year-old and Instantly infant In tbe Tbe kilted a of his young tbs Infant’s MSI of Iks young negro holding the ^ and vanished. Mr. Warneke did not get st all frightened until he got up stairs and got to thinking over the matter, and it seemed so curious and unexplainable tbat it has worried the whole family a little. But' the fatal 15th has pamed and they are all as healthy aa ever. Whether tbe whole thing waa a practical joke or not Mr. Warneke cannot of course say. He does not be lieve in ghosts and is just a little bit mystified at the affair. However, if It waa a Joke, aa it must have been, the joker, if found oat, will oertelnly be induced to stop such antics. Baa tula Heavy Loss. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says Emperor Nichols* has received thefol lowering telegram from Lieu. Gen. Baron Stakelberg. “A battle began at noon around the Russian position a half miiea south tff tha lion of Wafanhoon (Vafangow), the enemy making repeated artempts to dislodge our left flank. Theattak wta repelled and we retained our position The first regiment oeenpying tbe left flank of our position, sustained m losses. Its commander, Old. Khavas tounoff, and Adjut. Sub-Lieu. 1 laff Nadochinsy were kilted. Gerngzos) waa wounded, a sharposl bullet shattering the right aids of the lower Jaw, but ha remalfirtl on the field.” it** Many Lives Lose. A dispatch -from Santiago, Cuba, says the wont storm of a decade began Friday and culminated Monday night In 14 inches of rain which fell tn five boon, accompanied by a hurricane. Tbe lower village of El Cobra baa been destroved. Forty-five* persons are known to ba dead and scores are sing. Bodies are floating in rives. ‘taut on out and many bridges have on tbs Cubs railway. . A tefl Btebana Sahuday Is bald washouts for eight mites lief train bringing mall and gan was wreaked at Morar. man and mail agent were kilted two of tbs employes were Injured, peMongers are safe. The mlnn Daiquiri art cripple! and six of employee have been drowned;' bee been damaged. The city’s proper ty loss is enormous. No Oawee fbr Alena. The State says Mr. Kart Boris, the United States Civil engineer and ar chitect, has about completed his ex amination of the oapitol dome and ex pects to leave for Washington Wed nesday. He will repjft to tbe gover nor from there next week. Mr. Berto would not my whether be would re port the building st 'e or unsafe, but hat doe* not signify that from the examinations and Investigations he baa made so far that it is or is not. It merely means tbat he is guarded In expressing, himself before he re] brmally to the governor. He did however, that there wia.no cause mmedlate alarm. He is mid to have expressed the opinion that the new work is shoddy by comparison with the old. Whether this will be brought put in the report, however, cannot be said. ... • / • Left Five flondred Rus sians Dead m the. Battlefield. LOST FOURTEEN fiUNS. Ritsitos Wasted to Attack Jap anese Left, But Was Fare- stalled, Forced lato a r Defile aid Rested.* A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, says tbs Russian hope of relieving tbs gras- son on Port Arthur by threstsaing tbe rear of Gen. Oka, tbe oommander of tbe Japanese forces investing tbs Russian strong bold, came to an end Wednesday at Teliasa, railroad 50 miles north c 25 mites north of Vafangow, Rnmlans w< veloped and i itm and the Japanese captured era and 14 quick-firing field ^ retreated hastily to tbs northward. Tbe Japanese charge tbat tbs Bna- aians violated the Japan— flat. Cer tain officers aver that during tbs fighting a body of peered carrying a Japanese I tbe Japaneee artillery, by this flag, oess ticular body of I patches from tfaaJapaama an made meolflo ehammqt tua olation. Early mtimatm of the me tomes at Teliasa en were killed or wounded. The Japan—s attacking tone waa into right and left opiums and tba advance on Tnaaday stag sides of tbe railroad. the a urn Miwmraanajjteg tiao and & tOtery opened respoDoea. xno It bonis and M ' by tbt ndtapop of a position Tung to Yn end to the fightfog- Tbe Ji patched a comma to tbs ward Fu Chan for tbs purpose of i ering tbe Russian right wing and proteot their left and rear. Daring the night 18 pearent that tbe re-enforced and so general attack in foroe tbe Bnmfane Inis a dsfftebaskof It wm to Cheng Tn Shan, with a l mated at more than two The Japanese planned to « Bantus near Triton and tbat sna- oeeded admirably. While the main Japanese tone was moving north stong tbs railmsi eeft- ums wen swung to tbs left and to tbs ^*1 right end finally eon verged st noonoa S' tbe main Rnmton position. The Bos- rslans in this position wen at a dto- ad van tags, bat they hold It with (to termination until 3 o’clock In tbs mt A Woman Lynched- At Lebanon Junction, Ky., Maria Thompson, colored, who Wednesday night killed John Irwin, a wealthy white farmer, was taken from the Jail Thursday and hanged to a tree in the jail yard. She weighed 255 pounds and the rope broke. Aa she ran away the mob fired a fuallade after her un til she fell and was left for dead. The officers, however, found signa of life and removed the womea 'to ohm's office, where it she had been shot in several places and could not recover. Irwin bed re proved Maris Thompson’s bdy who walked for him. Afterward Maria pawM into Irwin’s melon patch and slashed Irwin until he was dead. Jans jo A phjii- round uD&t Negro Cotton MUI Failed. The Columbia' State says: “The Wilmington Mesrauger calls our at tention to tbe feet that the defunct Coleman cotton mill, tbe failure of which was lately noted in these columns, was not only operated but owned end managed by negroea. In tbat case w£ jfc.not think that the evidence of the negro's failure as a cotton mill hand was as conclusive as In the case of tbe Charleston mill, _ which was financed by white capital enemy and managed by skilled . white cotton Kitoo. mill men. The erne of the Coleman mitt IS, howevevequally interesting afternoon. At this boor they routed. Tbs Japanese cavalry ed to pursue tbe enemy and inflicted severe punishment. RUSSIANS ADMIT DNVEAT, A dispatch from St. says Emperor Nicholas has the following telegram, da 18, from Gan. Kuropatkln: T have received the foUowtagdto- patch from Lieut. Gen. Baron Stabri- ~ berg, dated June 18,12.20 a. as.: * • Yesterday I had Intended to at tack tbe enemy’s right flank but Jam as our troops had been indgned for the purpose and were beginning to flaninito Japan— In their tacked my right flank with forces and I wm compelled to —nai by three roads to tbe north. “'Our torn— an heavy, bat they era not yet oomptetely known. ^ _ “‘During the engagement the tbtoi and fourth battorim of tba flmt ar tillery brigade were literally eat to ptoom by the Japan—ah “ “’Of 18 gone, II wi completely ooeetem tend •a*: tan at* m ' -V ' the troops waa of them “ ‘Tbe conduct of excellent, a large propo refusing to retire gntll i been repeatedly ordered to do so.”* The Bnmtone deny tbat them « anything In tbe nature of a root. Tbe had over four nagrees JUn* White. w« i News was remlved Tuesday, of tbe killing Mrs. Hrillday, a white wo man, by Addle Smith, a negro girl, at Loaebsprinr-Monday night. Tbe slayer wm caught m Notasnlga, in another way; A dispatch from HE Reward fbr Adams. I notice Gov. HeyWard Wednesday offered a | that a reward of 8500 tor tbs capture of R. A. Adame, who escaped Monday night | G from the Writorboro Jhtl. Adam tea white man, who for iritis to J* A. i to bang ft Qes. Htei and bs wm .....' Ac !