Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WHO SI * w * * - I liy-w ? . I'V' ' - ! "? I SKETCH OF THE LIFE I Ms " % , And a True Story of How Hadlts Birth and How It to be Offered for Pul I This remarkable woman, whose i madden name >was Estes, was born in ; Lynn, Mass., February 9th, 1819, com- i mg from a good old Quaker family, i For some years she taught school, and 1 lacame known as a woman of an alert Iand investigating' mind, an earnest seeker after knowledge, and above all, possessed of a wonderfully sympathetic nature. In 1843> she married Isaac Pinkham, a builder and real estate operator, and their early married life was marked by 1 prosperity and happiness. They had foar children, three sons and a daughter. In those good old fashioned days it was common for mothers to make their own home medicines from roots and herbs, nature's own remedies? 'calling in a physician only in specially urgent cases. By tradition and experience many of them gained a wonderful knowledge of the curative prop' erties of the various roots and herbs. Mr*, Pinkham took a great interest Iifea the study of roots and herbs, their * characteristics and power over disease. .! She maintained that just as nature so ,bflontifully provides in the harvest fields and orchards vegetable foods of all lands; so, if we but take the pains J to find them, in the roots and herbs of the field there are remedies expressly designed to cure the various 91a and weaknesses of the body, and ft was her pleasure to search these out, and prepare simple and effective mediates for her own family and friends. Chief of these was a rare combina-' Hon of the choicest medicinal roots and herbs found best adapted for the core of the ills and weaknesses peculiar to the female sex, and LydiaE.Pink; lam's friends and neighbors learned that her compound relieved and cured and it became quite popular among \ All this so far was done freely, withovt money and without price, as a ' labor of love. ? Bat in 1873 the financial crisis struok Lynn. Its length and severity were too much for the large real estate interests of the Pink ham family, as .this class ?f business suffered most from fearful depression, so when the Centena ni&l year dawned it found their prop ssi swept away. Some ?they source I j of mccnw had to be found. At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's Testable Compound was made known to the world. The three sons and the daughter, with their mother, combined forces to ~j?ga w i n c "N U B LACK" BL The "Nublack" ii good in construct J and sure primer, (The London County Council now *ses motor repair wagonp to attend Id breakdowns on the street railways. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion; never fails. Sold by Druggists. Mail orders promptly filled hj Dr. PetehoD, Crawfordsvilie, Ind. $1. Hod baths were first used as complexion restorers in India. A cousin of Lord Curzon, late Viceroy ?f India, is a truck driver in this city. DOES YOUR BACK ACHE? tin the Kidney* and the Pain Will Never Return. Only one "way tr- cure an aching back. Cure the cause, the kidneys. ^ Thousands tell of cures made by 3 Doan's Kidney Pills. John C. Coleman, a j jMmm \ prominent merchaut of Swainsboro, Ga.f says: "For several ngHiif years my kidneys were affected, and mr o r>h cvfl rlflV (HflK \ and night. I was fcmgaid, .nervous and fime in the waning. Doan's Kidney Piils helped Mr light away, and the great relief that followed has been permanent." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. . J'ofter-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. 1*. v f" IE WAS DF LYDIA E. PINKHAM the Vegetable .Compound.. the "Panic of *73" Caused . Hie Sale in Drug Stores. 1 restore the family fortune. They j argued that the medicine which was so good for their woman friends and ' neighbors was equally good for the. women of the whole world. The Pinkhams had no money, and little credit. Their first laboratory was the kitchen, where roots and herbs were steeped on the stove, gradually filling a gross of bottles. Then came the question of selling It, for always before they had given it away fteely. They hired a job printer to run off some pamphlets setting forth the merits of the medicine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and these were distributed by the Pinkham sons in Boston, New York, and Brooklyn. The wonderful curative properties of the medicine were, to a great extent, self-advertising, for whoever nsed it recommended it to others, and the demand gradually increased. In 1877, by combined efforts the family had saved enough money to commence newspaper advertisixig and from that time the growth and success of the enterprise were assured, until today Lydia E Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound have become house bold words everywhere, and manj tons of roots and herbs are tised annually in its manufacture. Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not live to see the great success of this svork. She passed to her reward years igo, but not till she had provided means for continuing her work as effectively as she could have done it aerself. During her long and eventful expedience she was ever methodical in her vork and she was always careful topre>erve a record of every case that came to ler attention. The case of every sick voman who applied to her for advice? ind there were thousands?received careful study, and the details, indnd- < ng symptoms, treatment and results vere recorded for future reference, and o-day thesp records, together with , inndreds of thousands made since, are ivaiieble to sick women the world >ver, and represent a vast collaboration of information regarding the treatment of woman's ills, which for authenticity and accuracy can hardly >e equaled in any library in the vorld. With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her laughter - in - law, the present Mrs. Pinkham. She was carefully instructed n all her hard-won knowledge, and :or years she assisted her in her vast sorrespondence. To her hands naturally fell the lirection of the work when its origixtax>r passed away. For nearly twenty Ive years she has continued it, and aothing in the work shows when the irst Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her aen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham, aow the mother of a large family, took t up. With woman assistants, sosae as capable as herself, the'present Mrs. Pinkham continues this great work jsnd arobably from the office of no other aerson have so many women been advised how to regain health. Side wonen, this advice is "Yours for Health" freely given if yon only write to ask for it. Such is the history of Lydla E. Finklam's Vegetable Compound; nfhde from simple roots and herbs; the one ifreat medicine for women's ailxaenta, wd the fitting monument to the noble Evoman whose name it bears. HESTER ACK POWDER SHELLS ? i a grand good shell. It is ion, primed with a quick I and carefully loaded with I powder and shot. It is a I unters and other users of 1 tells on account of it? I I, evenness of pattern I o withstand reloading. I R S SELL THEMJ THE PAGE IN GOTHAM. "Our friend Jones wants to be considered a typical New Yorker." > "Yes; and he works very hard to that end. He pretends that be cant recall any scandal that happened more than a week back." Cures Cancer, Blood Poison and BooMa. If you have blood poison producing -i?-i? ?- ?n? _i i. eruptions, pimpies, uiut-ra. swuuvu giuuo, bumps and risings, burning, itching skin, copper-colored spots or rash on the skin, mucous patches in mouth or throat, falling hair, bonev pains, old rheumatism or foul catarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) It kills the poison in the blood; soon all sores, eruptions heal, hard swellings subside, aches and pains stop and a perfect cure is made of the worst eases of Blood Poison. For cancers, tumors, swellings, eating sores, ugly ulcers, persistent pimples of all kinds, take B. B B. It destroys the cancer poison in the blood, heals cancer of all kinds, cures the worst humors or supj pur&ting swellings. Thousands cured by B- B. B. after all else fails. B. B. B. | composed of pure botanic ingredients. Improves the digestion, makes the blood rure and rich, stops the awful itching and ail | sharp, shooting pains. Thoroughly tested | for thirty years. Druggists, $1 per bottle, with complete directions for Home cure, i Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood ; Balm Co-, Atlanta, Ga. Desoribe trouble . and free medical advice also sent In sealed i letter. j " ' Every good citizen is opposed t# ! bo-slam, but very few of them bare I the nerve to tell wlfey so. --yiT&YmrewnMkt&tturedr No-at# .or nervousness after first day's use' Of Dr. Kline's Great Norm Restorer, f 2trial bottle andtreatisefree Dr.RH.SxaK. Ltd., 031 Arch St., Pfrlla., Pa. The only Englishman who ever- became Pope was .Adrian IV. i A Cur*nt??<) Our# Fo? PIIm. i Jfehfnr. Blind. Bleeding. Protruding Tiles; Druggists are authorized to refund raonevtf PazoOintment fails-to cure in 6 to 14 days. 50c. The number of babies born on Manhattan Island in 1904 or as 59,196. Rnbb?il In Clintrb. lost think what an outrage it is to be robbed of nM the benefits of thp .aervieea by .eontii^KVis* roughing- throughout the congregation, when AntMlripine is guaranteed to cure. Sold everywhere. 25 ctg. ^ \K. W. Djemer. U. D.. manufacturer, SprinefieM. Mo., Japanese counterfeiters in Hawaii are faming ont American money. "1V? Cn!^ ?T(rt(1 in T)?t ? Take "Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggist* "refund money if it fails to cure. E. . WlGrove'sBignafrureoneach box. 25c. Science has discovered several new kinds of mosquitoes. .'donot bailor? Plso's Care 'or ^oasaiinttanhsstAOiait (orooagis amlooliR?.loa* F.Botwu Trinity SDrtncs. Ind.. Feb. 15.190). BOX OF WAFERS FREE-NO DRUGS -CURES BY ABSORPTION. Cam 'SeWriax of Gu^Sad Breath and , Bad' atamaeh?Short Brtath? BJoattag?Soar Eructations?* Irraiolar Hearr,J?lc. Tate a Mail's Wafer any time of the day or night, and note the immediate good ex* ' feet on your stonueh. It absorbs the pa, : disinfects the stomach, kills the poison t germs and cures the disease. Catarrh of | the head and -throat., unwholesome food and uvereatiog make ' bad stomachs. | Scarcely any stomach is entirely free- from ; taint of some kind. Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers will make your stomach healthy 1 by abmrbiog .foul.gases which, arise from the undigested food and by re-enforcing the lining of the stomach, enabling it to thoroughly mix the food with the gastric jmeesL This cures stomach trouble, promotes digestion, sweetens the breath, stops | belching and fermentation: Heart action becomes strong and regular through this prbcess. , Discard drugs, as you know from experience tbey do not cure stomach trouble. Try a common-sense (Nature's) method that does cure. A soothing, healing sensation result* instantly. We know Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers will do this, and we want you to know it. Special Offer.?The regular price of JfolTs Anti-Belch Wafer* is 50c. a box, but to hi trod ace it to thousands of sufferers are will send two (2) boxes upon receipt of TJc. and this advertisement, or we will send you a free sample for this coupon. f? I IISS FREE COUPON.. 129 ' Send thi? coupon with your name and address and name of a druggist ." who does not sell it for a free sample box of lislTfi Anti-Belch Wafers \io Mcrx's G^xrE Tonic Co., 328 Third I Ave., Rock Island. 111. .. < i' Give Full Address and Write Plainly. ? Sold by all druggists, 50c. per box, or sent by mail. Berlin, Germany, has a population of 3^03^900 souls. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Malien is Nature's great remedy?Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup and Consumption, and all .throat and long troubles. At druggists, 25a, 58c. and $1.00 per bottle. Tyler Cobb Told Him a Way. - Some years ago, when Tyler Cobb ran a general store at the corner of Maht and Hfgh streets, in Brockton, Masa, 5a what is now the Metropolis tan -hotel, Ms store was the gathering place tor the wfts and story tellers of the vicinity. Some of them are now wealthy merchants of Brockton, and one of them tells this story: "The stories told of Tyler's queer sayings are legion. This one illustrates' his shrewdness as well as his wit. He had a man working for him whom he several times caught taking home meal which be kept for his horses. The hired maw, who was unaware that he had been detected, one day asked Tyler for a raise in pay. Upon being asked why he should receive more, he answered that he could not support his famfty and buy food for them "with what be got. "Lord a'mighty, man," said Tyler, "take more meal, take more meal." I OUTCLASSED. Argns was boasting of his hundred I eyes. | "That's nothing," we returned, "did I you ever think of how many mouths belong to 'They Say'?" Herewith he acknowledged himself beaten by a mere sewing circle Artist Gibson, has left the country, but the girls will continue the effort to lire up to his pictures. INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION; How Food Headed OS the Insidious Disease. The happy wife of a good old-fashioned Mich, farmer says: "In the spring of 1902, 1 was taken sick?a general breaking down, as it were. I was excessively nervous, could not sleep well at night, my food seemed to do me no good, and I was so weak I could scarcely walk across the room. "The doctor said my condition was doe to overwork and clese confinement and that he very mnch feared that consumption would set in. For several months I took one kind of medicine after another, but with nd. good effectIn tact, I seemed to grow- worse.' "Then I determined to quit all medicines, give up coffee pod see what Grape-Nuts food would do for me. I began to eat Grape-Nuts with sugar and cream and bread and butter three times a day. "The effect was surprising! , I began to gain flesh and strength forthwith, my nerves quieted down and grew normally steady and sound, sweet sleep came back to me. In six weeks' time I discharged the hired girl and commenced to do my awn housework for a family of six. This was two years ago, and I am doing it still, and enjoy it* Name given.by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. . ' There's a reason. Read the little book. "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. 4 ' . V , / !A "SHAME AND DISGRACE" Saya Husband of Woman Who Was Roughly Handled in Ejection from the White House. "This white. vhouse outrage is a burning shame and a national disgrace." So said Dr. Minor Morris, husband of Mrs. Morris, who was forcibly removed from the executive offices in Washington, and taken to the house of det.enMrin"Dr. Morris arrived in Washington early Saturday morning, and found his wife still confined to her bed, suffering from nervous shock, but much improved. He was indigo nant, but was guarded in his state ments as to what he proposed to do. *' Mrs. Morris' condition was - such that* she was permitted to receive' newspaper men in her room, where she and Dr. Morris discussed with them the story of her father's will, which brought on an estrangement between Mrs. Morris and her brother, Representative Hull, and which jled to much personal bitterness, crimination and recrimination. According 'to- Dr.,Morris, he. was removed from the surgeon general's office on charges filed by Representative Hull at a time when Mrs. Morris was about to go to Pueblo, Colo., to get at certain facts pertaining to the will, which she alleged had been made to appear in the case. It was these charges, Mr. Morris said, which Mrs. Morris desired the president to have investigated, inasmuch as both she' and her husbahd had exhausted their .efforts to have Secretary of War Foot-, and other of flcials of the war department to take action. In view of their refusal to act, Dr. Morris said the president was the only person left to whom suca an appeal could be made. What he desired, he added, was a vindication cf the charges filed by his brother1 irvTMrtwf i ill-law, raiuyr iuy.ii lciu^iai^mcuw Acting on the advice of friends, it is probable that Dr. Morris will address a letter to the president, urging him to investigate, not only the charges against him, but also certain officers of the war department, who are alleged to have permitted themselves to be improperly influenced in his case. "I do not desire a reinstatement to my position," he said, "but I do want those charges looked into. They are unjust and. false. "According to my present determination, I feel that so far as the treatment of Mrs. Morris is concerned, I will take no action, believing that the sympathetic letters and telegrams which have been received from friends and stranger* from all parts of the country, as well as the attitude .of many newspapers on the subject, have accomplished more than could be done if a protest were to be made to the president." ROGERS REFUSED TO ANSWER. Standard Oil Official Averse to Giving Out InformationIt developed from . the questions asked by Attorney General Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri of Henry H. ' * * ? ?j Rogers, vice president sum uucuw of the Standard Oil coippany of New Jersey, that one of Mr. Hadley's chief purposes in conducting * an examination of officers of that company in New York is to find out whether that company owns a controlling interest in the Standard Oil company of Indiana, the Waters-Pierce company of Missouri and the Republic Oil company. Mr. Rogers declined to reply to questions as to whether he controls any stock in the Waters-Pierce Oil company, whether M. Van Buren of New York holds a controlling interest in that company for the Standard Oil company of New Jersey; whether the New Jersey company controls the Standard Oil company of Indiana or the Waters Pierce company, and whether two-thirds of the dividends of the Waters-Pierce company are not paid to H. M. Tilford. Mr. Hadley declared that he would take all the questions to the supreme court Gf New York state to secure an ortfer for Mr. Rogers to show cause why he shall not answer them. "KICK ME" SIGN PROVED FATAL. Boys of Thirteen and.Fourteen Have Fight and One is Killed. At Dallas, Texas, Ollie Claywell, 14 years old, stabbed Carl Owens, aged 13, and is in jail charged with murder. The boys were employed in the Texas Pacific general office. Some one pinned a placard on young Claywell's back, reading , fVTr>ir n/rc? " xv.iv>n. iuju. The Owens boy kicked and a fight was started. The boys were separate : ed, but met in the street and the stab-' bing followed. MORE OF JAMISON CASE. Georgia Supreme Court Says Negro Mutt Return to Chalngang. Because Henry Jamison, colored, of Macon, Ga., who has brought into question the legality of the Macon chalngang, Is not now in the custody of E. A. Wimbish, superintendent of the. gang and defendant in error in Jamison's suit, the supreme court of Georgia has declined to heafthe appeal in his habeas corpus proceedings .from Bibb superior court STORMHITS ALBANY I f '? j List of Killed and Injured; Miraculously Small.:' PROPERTY DAMAGE GREAT , *** Whirling Terror Came and Was Gone' in a Twinkling, Leaving Wide Swath of Wrecked Buildings in Its Path. " . 4 <_ V 4 "> A tornado of terrific force passed over Albany, Ga., and vicinity Wednesday at 1:15 o'clock, coming from a southwesterly direction and spreading wreck and desolation over portions of a dozen blocks. Several persons are dead and others will die as the result of injuries, while many are more or less seriously hurt. ... . Viewing the wreckage left by the tornado, it seems a miracle that a score were not killed outright, the tribute claimed in the way of human lives being astonishingly small. The list is still incomplete, owing to the fact that much of the destruction wrought was well beyond the city " limits. . The storm was immediately preceded by a blinding deluge of rain; the heavens were darkened as at twilgihh, and the wind attained a frightful velocity. It struck the Thair place, just southwest of the city, where it killed a negro boy and fatally injured two members of the family of Jeff Davis (colored). The buildings on the place were completely demolished. Striking the big plant of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical (Company, the storm demolished the two principal buildings in the twinkling of an eye. The acid cnamber, four or five stories high, was crushed like an. egg shell, as was the large brick structure containing the battery of ovens.v A colored employe was killed in the collapse of the latter building. Walker Sanders, assistant manager . of the plant, was standing beside the negro and received serious injuries. His escape was a miracle. The track of the tornado was not more than 75 yards in width, but it left the face of the earth clean whereever its full: force was felt From the guano factory It jumped to a thick settlement of negro cabins. Here 'twenty-five buildings were completely demolished. Some were occupied by as many as a half dozen persons, mostly women and children, and while a great many were injured noc one was killed outright Furniture, bed clothing, etc., were blown entirely away. In the midst of this group of houses was the colored Methodist Episcopal church, a large and rather iinpbsing structure. It was completely destroyed, together with its furniture. * The stormed turned at thi3 point and passed almost due east through Residence street, though its full force was not felt again until several blocks had been passed over. How4 ever, on Residence street the damage was great A number of pretty cottages were unroofed, the deluge flooding them and ruining their contents. The storm descended again at the intersection of Washington and Tift Uai>o if domnHshpH thft nar. Oil CCIO. llli ^ Ab tially completed pold storage plant of the Albany Artesian Ice company. It passed to the plant of the Georgia Cotton Oil company, where it demolished the large two-story warehouse, containing thousands of tons of cotton seed. Great havoc was wrought in the yards of the Central of Georgia and Albany and 'Northern railways. Dozens of freight cars in the two yards were unroofed. A delivery wagon on Washington street, was picked up, with horse and driver, and carried through the air a considerable distance into the railroad yards. The driver was seriously injured. Hundreds of negroes in the city are homeless, and many have lost all their household effects. The injured are being cared for, and efforts are being made to secure shelter for alh -AFOLLETTT; TAKES THE OATH. \ New Wisconsin Senator Sworn in by Vice President Fairbanks. After waiting for almbst a year, R. M. LaFollette appeared in the senate when it reconvened Thursday,, after the holiday recess, to claim his seat as a senator from Wisconsin, and the oath of office was administered to him by Vice President Fairbanks. The ceremony was witnessed by a crowded gallery, which manifested much interest in the proceedings. 8TORM WRECKS SCHOOLHOUSE. Two Boys Killed and All Other Pupil* More or Less Injured. A tornado struck the schoolhouse of Josle beat, in Alabama, Thursday, and two boys were killed by falling timbers. The schoolhouse was demolished, and none of the occupants escaped without injury, although the wounds of only fourteen are serious. When the wind .struck the building the sides gave way and the roof fell upon the cccupants. vV. : '--A'-. , . * *t- . v" . . . V* ' * &?QftGtA STAN6S S Wfr ' ^ In Production of Fleeoy $tapl$_ A> y jj| cording to. Official Repgd <lu?t !? '^Ifi sued by pinners' Aiwdtiation. Following is the compilation of the reports from cotton gih&erfe over the south, showing number of bales ginned, issued at Dallas, feias, Frfday by the National Ginners' Association: Alabama ; ,.1,176,763 Arkansas 506,870 Florida .. .:*% 711,464 J Indian Territory.. ..' 292,153 |p f V 1 Odff dAO 'UCUl6Ulc.,v ...... . . . <4,001,060 ^ -^.iqggsrK Louisiana- .. .' 454,440 Mississippi" .. .. .. ?^016,073 v Missouri 35,646- r North Carolina .. .. .. 627,559 s i Oklahoma 279,597 r South Carolina 1,081,306 > -S00' Tennessee 243,9o6 > Texas .. .. 2,224,143 / 'MM Virginia and Kentucky ., , 15,791 The report is, of cotton ginned to " December 31, and shows the total per {&&!? cent picked 98.6, and total ginned 97.3. i j The amount ginned from December 13 J to 31. inclusive, was 402,041 bales. $1 This, added to the last census re- fjg port, make3 9,694,641. According tc a Washington dISpatch, additional safeguards are thrown |about the secrecy of. government crop rMfls reports by a bill which Representative Burleson of Texas has introduced In' rvsj the honse. The measure not> only pro- ?p||i vides for the punishment or govern* -.$/ |g ment employees who divulge secretx1^^#^ Information before Its official pnblication, but also provides punishment ^ employees who use this inAvmatt6Qf^^BH in operatin oil th stock markets, event; ?^gB| if it is net given to other persons. In response to a request of New G leans and other cotton exchanges, thd'J secretary cf commerce and labor day instructed the director of the cen?:v^HB| sus to postpone the pubUcatkai* cotton ginning report from MoDdftyr ^^SH| January 8, to Tuesday, January 9/ afr1^jS|M 2 p. it. January 8 was found to be3g| a legal holiday in Louisiana. FEARS TROUBLE LN ORI American Troops and Warship* Massed Close to China.' A brief dispatch from Manil#/a|s|| nouncing that ther^ is great actiyit/.j'^BS among the troops stationed there that three regiments are under' orders in view of "possible ties in China," has given rise to iJaBBs talk in Washington. If the state department's, advicqjfl^ reflect the possibility of trouble' China as the result of anti-forelgtt^f^^ feeling. growing out of the- boyopti^^BSH there is close concealment of However, tho3e who have car?e{fully^?i^^^! studied army orders for the past two. sMWi or three months have noticed that unusually 'arge force of field artiller^has been sent out to the where there is no need of and that the American force in fslands has been considerably strength.^ There have been suspicions that atf this had to do with China rather than? the Philippines, but this is the.vflrtfv'^^^Bj intimation that has come from islands. Friday night Secretaries Root, Bonaparte and. Attorney Gen- 1 I eral Moody were in conference with the president at the white .house. It had been announced'that tols'ei^JjjSSP ference would have to do only pending legislation in congress' buf Sj^H the coincidence of this night <?ufej^ 5 ence following immediately upod tl^ , ^^3 heels of the appearance of the dls?^'^jll patch from Manila has given rise' much speculation. S It is also noted that the Asiatic ileet . |S| '-m will soon be strengthened by sending* the cruisers Galveston and Chattanoo- ' {]/* M ga to Manila. | ||j CASH .FOR JAMESTOWN 8HOW. -Wm ' vQIC'SI State of Virginia Turns Over Appra^.^raK priatien for Exposition. .j The sum of one hundred and fifty- |a thousand dollars, appropriated bf state of Virginia for the Jamestown ^ v' | J A exposition was lurneu u?ci iu exposition company Friday. Some time ago |50,000 was paid, and thin payment completes the total appr&f priation of $200,000. PERMISSION TO FOiST A FAKE. _ ||fj Rojestvensky Declares England Was ^ 1 Ready to Assist the Japs. A St Petersburg special says: Tte |9B 1 remarkable allegation that the vS ish fleet was held in readiness to de* > J stray the Russian fleet if the battle of the Sea of Japan had gone In the Russians* favor, is made by Admiral y'~IP| Rojestvensky In a letter published lis the Novoe Vremya Wednesday with the permission of the minister of High Price Paid for Convicts. d The state of Alabama has leased to i A. O. SWW? <k iA?., ui aiiaiiig, uivj convicts for three years to work in sawmills at Dothan, Ala. The price j is $30 a month, net, the best ever re- :vMl ceived in the sooth. The next best If '1% $26, made some time ago. _.||| Costiy Blaze at Elmyn, Ohio. At Elmyra, (X, the Hotel Andwur. '?J| * A and the block in which it is located j&l were destroyed by fire Sunday monb^-?|!S ing. The loss is estimated at 1100.- jjl 000. There were no fatalities.