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J. The Marlboro' Democrat. "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE VOEXXIX. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1904 NO. 37 A GREAT BATTLE Being Fought Between the Japs and Russian a at Liao-Yan g. BOTH BILES HAVE LAB GE AR MIES And the Btrujcigle Will bo to a Finish and May Knd tho War Between The Countries. A dispatch cn Tuesday from the Associated Press says heaviest baltle of the war is raging today around Llao-Yang. Following the rear guard action which Kuropatkiu has fought in his retirement from Auping and AuBhansban, he has either < louted or been forced ?ogive battleaud is meet ing the attack of thee.mbhud armies of Kurokl, Nodzu and Oku. DlBpaichts from the battlefield show that at dawn the .) ap??ese opened a terrific artillery tire, directed mainly against the Russian center and right. After four hours of galling shrapnel fire the cannonading slackened and at 9 o'clock the Japanese general ad vance began. An Associated Press dispatch sent from Llao-Yang at <>.4i) that evening shows that the battle was increasing in Intensity, the Japa nese pressing forward until at one point their advance developed into a hand-fight, the Russians repelling them with the bayonet. 'The associated Press dispatches and they Russian olllcial reports indicate tbjjiu the Russians occupy a semi-cir cle of about nine miles in length, pro tecting Llao-Yang, the center and right of this line receiving the brunt of the lighting up to last advices. Su far reports do not indicate the trend of the aclu ?i, but reports "to the Rus sian war oftiee say the battle will ex tend over several days. The combined forces engaged are es timated at between ?100,000 aud 400, ?00 of all arms. A dispatch from Liao Yang says from five o'clock Tuesday morning up to nine o'clock there has been an Incessant shower of shrapnel. The sound of cannonading ls coming from the south, wheie the Japanese evi dently have numerous guns. Deadly Bhell are burning everywhere, their white smoak being distinctly traceable against the dark foliage un the moun tain sides. The Japanese are searching the whole country side with their tire, se lecting certain squares of territory on which for a few moments .ney mass a hall of shot and shell from all their guns. They then pass to another square, Hms working the wi ole tield, with mathematical precision, from -0-. tu lafo? ?Vbsi *AsW,-r?uy?ihe tn\iro Rdssfan'rrbnCTias been systematically searched in the first four hours of the cannonading. Then commenced the general .1 ap?? ese advance along the whole line. At this hour, ten o'clock, the Japanes artillery fire has somewhat slackend, but their infantry ls steadily pushing forwadj The Russians have been holding their giound gallantly ?ni their losses are small considering the terrible nature of the .Japanese tire. GHOSTLY ll KA I'S OK DEAD. Tuesday night the Japanese search lights showed ghustly hen ps of dead, like magic lantern pictures. The Jap anese Boon were reinforced the attack ed furiously, but again were repulsed. The Novl Krai soberly asserts that the Japanese troops were forced forward by their own shrapnel tire, the guns having been placed behind tia m lo prevent a retreat. The Zarodoutni presented to the Japanese a high stone wadi of Chinese constructed and the fact that one de tachment succeeded in scaling it ls ac counted marvelous. Daylight found the belligerents in that quarter engaged in an artillery duel. General Gorbatowsky personally directed the Russian tire, although he had beeu six days and six nights with out sleep. Ile suffered considerably from the Japanese artille)y, and cien eral Gorbatowsky ordered the men into the damaged trenches. The next glimpse the Russians had of the Jap anese was at 10 o'clock. August 24th, when the battery on the mules was seen In Mo Tien. The Russians opened lire on this battery and dispersed it. At noon of the 21 two .lapani.se eoi umns were observed, one bthind Su gar Head hill and the other near the railroad bridge, but they retired when the Russian artillery made an attack on them. Tin-: HATTI.r. nous <iN. The second day's battle commenced at dawn on Wednesday. Thu Rus sians made repeated bayonet advances on the road-directly s uti) of Liao Yang, where the Japanese approached from Sanquaiship at Tao, shelling the positions in the Russian lines until 4 In the afternoon, when the engage ment which was general throughout the south and soul hwest narrowed to the main lines. Hie .lapants: ad vance on the soul beast was by way of the Feng Wang Cheng road. Immediately in front of Chiaofan tun thc Japanese stubbornly attempt ed to occupy a round-topped hill, which was literally shaved by Russian shells, making repeated attempts the entire day where apparently it was Impossible for anything to live. The cannonading continued from this point to the vicinity of Waugpaotal until Wednesday evening without apparent, advantage to either side. The Japa nese dropped shells within two er three miles of the railn ad station and in the plain ol' Wentshu mountain, which ls the most important eminence around Liao Vang, but the Japanese abandoned aggression there on ac count of the resistance they met. lt ls plain that thc Japanese are no longer enjoying the superiority in artillery which Btood them in such good stead in the earlier months of the war. It was then hill lighting, and the Japanese mountain batteries In which arms the Russians were deli eient told with deadly c tl ? cb. Now the contest ls In a comparai Ive'y open country where both tho Russians Held guns and the Russian cavalry can come into more effective use. II HA V BY LOSSES. A Russian correspondent says: "The Japaneso all day yesterday carried on tbe tight with an energy approaching desperation, but the Russians were buoyed up iu the be lief that a point had been reached where there would be uo mure retreat ing and the Japanese attaoks were met with shouts and hurrahs from the trenches and the rille pits. "Five times the Japanese hurled themselves against tile line, but each time they were repulsed at the point or the bayonet. ''There were about 1,000 guns In action on each side, but wo have more guns em placed tb au have the Japa nese. "The losses cannot be computed, but they have been jjreat everywhere, especially among the artillerymen. For instance, in the First, artillery brig ide every officer was either killed or wounded, and seme of the guns were silenced absolutely, owing to the death of all the gun crews "The spirits ot the men are or the highest at all points." TIIK .JAl'S KEPULSKD. Lieutenaut-General SakharolT on the conclusion ot Wednesday's sixteen hours l"o:h ting arctiud Llao-Yang, has telegraphed the general stall' as fol lows: "From 5 o'clock in the morning until ? o'clock Weduesday night the Japanese Torces attacked our frontal posit'ons before Llao Yaug and on the left bank of the Taltse river. Roth their artillery and rille tire were in tense. Their main elT rts were di rected against our center positions and left dank, but tire numerous at tacks were repulsed along the whole line. Our troops made several coun ter attacks culminating in bayonet lighting. Many positior s which had been occupied by the Japanese were retaken at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. During the heavy artillery attack our batteries did very effective work. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon the enemy was observed attempting to turn our right Hank with considera ble foroes, but several battalions of reserves advanced and after a tierce engagement checked the Japanese and compelled them lo retire. The battle continued after dark and only ended at ii o'clock. The spir it of our troops is excellent aud thc men are re joiced over the news or the heroic be havior or the garr?s jn at Port Arthur, tbe repulsing or the Japanese attacks upon it which has been communicated to Hiern. Our casualties have been considerable, reacbirg :i,0OO. The Japanese losses must have been heavy.'' MKS AND CANNON CAPTUltJCD. Further dispatches trom Liuo Vau? coutirm the report of the capture ol 40 Japanese guns, which were brought up to Die railroad station where Gen. Kuiopatkiu's train was standing. A dispatch from Mukden Wednes day afternoon says.it is repirtedfcherp ?hat drn-??'-n?a?a-JJ/?, bUi?d twe Japanese battalions. TUB RUSSIANS KA LT j HACK. Thursday's news from the seat o war closed with the receipt or two dis patches, giving information of a most siguiticant character as bearing or the domination of Manchuria at tin close of the prese.it campaign. The lirst came from The Associate! Press correspondent atSt. Petersburg tiled there at 10:15 p. m., Thuisday and said that General Kuropatkln hal withdrawn his whole army to tb right hunk of thc'l'a tseiiwr, io as ti meet General Kur. ki's Hanking move merit. The inference that was drawl from this dispatch was, that Llao yang had been evacuated, that cit lying on the left bank of the r iver. Nothing tj confirm this was re ceived until several hours hiter, whel a dispatch from The Associated Pr. s correspondent at St. Petera urg dat id September 2, and timed 1.20 a. m. Friday morning, said that "the new of the ev; elation of L'aoyang an the withdrawal of the itussian arm to the right bank of t .eTaitse river, nail caused intense excitement an disappointment. Lite Thursday night, the corre pondent of the Associated Press ol tained an opinion from the ?ar di na?t.mr ni that the withdrawal to tl right bank of the Tait se river beean necessary so that the Russians woul be able to repel the battle in that d ri c ?ion and that General Kuropatkln movement was the carrying out of well de ti oed idea, rather than ar treat. The same dispatch points oi with a notable lack ot comment th; tiri .lapants; took advantage G?rerai Kuropati in's withdrawal occupy the city ol Liaoyang. The st corni disp.itch, which m? have a siguiticant bearing on the si tuition, is that tiled at Mukden at il p. m., Thursday, stating that tl train service between Mukden at Liaoyai g was Interrupted. This rn; I mean tl e cutting of railroad comm nicaiiiti, wh cb would deprive G? Kuropatkln of on opptrltinity to ; treat, to his mere northern base Mukden. As pointed (tit In the f Peter.-burg dispatch, thc Mukden ct rspondent does not mention whet! the telegraphic communications u open. TlllC HATTI.K ??MKS I N. The lack of definite Inform?t! from tb i seat of war continues up this (Saturday) morning and nothl run her regarding the situation Liao Yang ls known beyond the f that Kuropatkln hus withdrawn i main portion of bis torces to I north, i r right bank of the Tal river and that, ace irding to the lat advices, the action ls still in prog re There is disinclination in St. Pctt burg to believe that L'a-i Yang I been abandoned, and at thc si time it ls declared that the posit Kuropatkln now occupies is the he had prepared and fort!tied ; where be has all along planned make lils second stand Instead directly lu and around I ino V; with the river at bis hack, as been believed. It is thought Russian experts that III attack Kuropatkin's present defenses Japanese are facing an almost Impc hie attack, especially willi their foi divided by the river. Advices reaching Tokio say t the Tait.se is Hooded and cannot lorded, and therefore as pointed In thc Associated Press di .patt from St. Petersburg, "the river it becomes an important factor in general scheme of Itussian defeui Dispatches rrom both Russians Japanese sources indicate that tho troops on loth Bides are jaded and weary after the many days lighting, and it ls pointed out that in conse quence a temporary lull in the active struggle would not be surprising. A dispatch received at Tokio says that great tires are raging at Liao Yang, "believed to result from the Japanese shelling or from the efforts of Russians to destroy their stores preparatory to the evacuation of Liao Yang with the additional hope of injuring the city as a future Japanese base." Opinion prevails in the .J apa?es > capital that the Russlau casualties in the recent lighting will teach 30,000 while the Russian losses of Aug. 21 and Sept. I are given in official reports as 5,000 killed or wounded. The rc-' port from Mar.-h.il Oyama that he was engaged on Thursday with the Russian centre would indicate that at least a portion of Kuropatkin's army was still on thc south bank of the river. It is not yet detinltely stated that the Japanese have occupied Liao Yang. THE CLEMSON SCHOLARSHIPS. Xauica ul Those "Who Won Them in thc Several Counties. The State board of education met Friday night to pass upon the recom mendations of the county boards as to the appointment of beneficiaries at Clemsou college. All but one of the members of the board were present. The beneficiaries were appointed ac cording to the suggestion of the coun ty boards, there being no contests. Following is the list of 124 young men who will thus be helped by the State to get an education in the agricultural depart men t at Clemson: Abbeville-J. T. McLane, Geo. S. Spabr, G. C. McElvy. Aiken-Geo. Weathersbee, W. A. Gaunt, Edmond Weeks, Milton Tyler. Anderson-W. B. Aull, Eugene Brown, E. J. Burris, T. S. Banister, Raymond Clarriy. Bamberg-Chas. W. Rice, M. L. Sandlfer. Barnwell-W. F. Odom, L. Rich ardson, W. R. Woodward. Beaufort-R. G. Richardson, S. 1. Bond, C. A. Sanders. Berkeley-M. M. Platt, J. G. St3 vens, J. P. Harry. Charleston--T. L. Ogler, Jr., D' L. BIssell, T. D. Eason, E. ?. Cle ments, C. W. Neyle, J. L. Rason, C. G. Wigfall, L. E. May. Florence-J. E. Johnson, F. B. Wise, J. A. Bethen. Cherokee-W. W. Belue, James Pridmore. Chester-R. B. Lowery, D. S. Hollis, Harper Sanders. Chest*ifield-Claude E. Meaban, n-dus JNewman., _ . . , . ciarenaon-H. H. 1 luge,....?>. ... E. Clark, D. J. Holladay. Colleton--H. Ackerman, n. K. Strickland, Geo. Warren. IX reuest* r-E. J. Thornhill. E!gelieli--W. O. < Scott, W. H. Scott. Darlington T. E Stokes, H. P. Stuckey, R. R. Wheeler. Fairfield-J. L. Ware, Leouard Ware, Wy le Yarborough. Newberry- -S. F. G allman, W. J. Slieely, C. L. Cannon. Georgetown--R. L. Allstln, Harold Siam Greenville -J. D. Goldsmith, W. A. Barton, W. H. Stevens, Frank Flem ming, C. E. Baldwin. Greenwood -W. H. Maynard, S. H. Sherard, L. O. Watson. Hampton-T. H. Hamilton, Jr., W. B. Dowling. Htrry-A. J. Baker, F. L. Martin. Kershaw-T. J. Ancrum, Joell Hough. Lancaster-S. E. Balles, G. A. | Robert1 oa. Laurens-II." II. Fuller, F. W. Crisp, Ben Reaves. Lee-W. N. Wells, C. A. MeLen don. Lexington F. A. Lown, S. Wessirr ger, C. R. Jones. Marion J. C. Clark, W. A. Mace, Li. E. Dew. Marlboro- O car Roper, B. ll. Cov Irgoon, Jr., W. A. Thomas. (Xoo.ee-H. W. Moore, G. N. Dick son. orangeburg W. H. Rumtr, F.J. Gi lder, Marion Funches,Adam Cherry, H. H. Brimson. Bickens J. O. Fields, F. M. Garri son. Richland- Marion Dykes, Carroll! La Borde, .Ino. T. Weston, Crawford Young. Saluda Cromwell Whittle, Sam Ble* S3. Spartanburg J. II. McClain, W. S. Wlngo, C. C. Johnson, Belton Ezell, S. J. Ezell, lt. ll. Fike. Sumter-G. M. Truluck, J. B. Byan, C. I. Williamson. Union-W. P. Lt. Ghee, ll. C. Wil burn. Williamsburg -Trios. Rpps, B. M. Montgomery, W. J. Brock biston. Yurk ville-W. J. Roach, T. G. Hope; L. B. Brandon, R.A. Craw ford. I,m.! tho Bec. A dispatch from New York says. Lawrence D Orsay, on the stage nest | kr own as the Earl of Pawtucket, le turned Thursday from a visit to Eng land orr the Minnehaha, of thc Atkin- j tic Trail-port line, and with him \ came a siory of the loss of 3s5U0 on a i political bet. D'Orsay Is an admirer of President Roosevelt and found a I p:is>enger of his own mind in George | S. Adams, of Brooklyn. Both were loud in their assertions that not only Roosevelt would be elected, but that j even the trend of sentiment on hoard ? of the steamship svas favorable to him. | Townsend Cushman, of this city, te ok exception lo their arguments in the smoking room and offered to wager $500 that a canvass of the pas sengers would result in Judge Barker's favor. The bet was made. Twenty one voters were discovered by a can voss, and eleven of them declared that Parker v. as their standard-barer while the remaining ten stood fo Roosevelt. Niue People Killed. An official from Richmond, Que., states that in a collision between pas senger trains on Ute (?rand Trunk railway near Richmond, t?u.,e nine people were killed and two have since died of their injuries. The number of Injured ls not know. WILL CEUSH JAPAN. Opinion of an Impartial English, Cor respondent in the Field. WHY THE RUSSIANS RETREAT. Tlier Have Immense AntiieB at Muk den anti Harbin tu Which Points They Are I.eatl iiifC tho Japanese. G. TI. Kingswell, a war correspond ent of the London Express, who hos just returned to London, l aving trav eled overland froto tho seat of war acioss 700 miles of the great Mongoli an desert and Hie Trans-Siberian rali way, ls quoted as follows in the col umns of that newspaper: "You may call me a pro-Russian If you please, but remember that I am thc only Englishman who, in perfect impartial frame of mind, has lived with both the combatants, and has returned to Eugland unmuzzled and free to tell the truth. "It is thought in this country that because Kuropatkin's advance army in Manchuria bas received some heavy blows in detail, Kuropatkln and bis men will shortly be wiped off the face of the earth by au immensely superior force. "Now, the Ideas of Hie Russian otllcers in command of Kuropatkln's army are vastly di Here nt from this. They know what you do not know that, far from bel?g outnumbered, they outnumber the Japanese. Hut they have carefully and deliberately concealed this fact. What is more, with perhaps a few exceptions, no actual Russians have taken part in the lighting. The advance army which is now at Liao Yang consists of ? Finns, Roles and Siberians and Burl ats. Alli these troops are of a vastly Inferior quality to the actual Rus sians, and they will simply cripple ttie Japanese as much as they can be fore tbe real campaign with Russian troops begins? "Over here the.talk of luring the \ Japanese has become au old tale to lie laughed at. Rut I, who have seen the 1 amazing and colossal preparations ' that have secretly been made to get the Japanese up north, cannot laugh 1 at it myself. "1 have lt on the word of an Eug- 1 Usn mau who had to assist in their transport that upward of H io,OOO Rus sian troops crossed the Baikal lake be tween February 8 and July 20. 1 "It is said here that the Russians cannot send troops down to Manchuria at a greater rate than 800 a day. But 1 have traveled up the Trans Siberian line, aud sat by tbe side of the Baikal ' lake, and watched the Russian trans port system working easily and well, nrH .Irnnro fr Kl. j in Ki, i-o?- ?l-.. With my own ejes miring the time -', was there I was able to account for an , average of -1,100 troops crossing the Baikal lake daily. "You wdnder what has become of them. Well, at Harbin, for instance, there is a mousier army, lt was im possible, of course, to gauge the exact , numbers, but 1 should say there are at hast 100,000 men there, and all these men, be lt renierai ered, quite fresh and unfat igued, are in excellent health and excellent spirits. Wileri the Japa nese reach them for they do not In tend to take them south-the Japs themselves will be war-worn and weary with marching. "on the way from Harbin to ?hiua 1 saw a submarine on a specially con structed car en route to Vladivostok. ; At Harbin 1 w;is allowed to go any where 1 pleased and see everything I j wished, with the result tiiat 1 was astonished at the ?mini i ty of the army gathered there, tho excellent physique of the men and their splen did moral. Later I went south aud 1 mot 200 Japanese prisoners going north on their way to Tomsk. They were traveling in the .".ame vans used by the Russian troups, and were being fed on the same rations. I also saw the empress' hospital train, an in finitely liner and better equipped one than any I saw in South Africa. "Above Mukden 1 fell in with a party of Hoers who had offered their services to the Russian government as scouts. But they told me system of scouting there was very diff?rent from scouting In South Africa. If thc Russians lost a mau they seut a company: if the company were des troyed they sent a regiment; if the regiment were turned back they sent forward a brigade; and if the brigade could rrot manage the business they ordered up a division. ' >n going back j to Harbin 1 liad an extremely pleasant and instructive time with many of the Russian CUlcers there, 'they were perfectly charming lo us, but did not disguise the fact nor did thc soldiers -that they batid Iv gland with a bitter hatred. They frankly said that after they had finished with the Japa nese it would be our turn next. "Speaking of the war they admit ted that their artillery was very in ferior to the Japanese; In fact, that their Held guns were too heavy and could only tire one shot to every live of those of the Japs. Hut they are rectifying this, and I myself saw 25 new batteries of ten guns each on the way to the east. The guns were of a modern pattern that looked to me like K rupps. "Another weak point seems to me the much-wanted Cossacks. Armed with a futile carbine and a heavy sword they are.simply food for powder. A handful of Boers would romp around them. "They are physically line men, but they are not civilized; they cannot j even speak Russian. They are to my mind quite unlit for modern warfare. "Moreover, as they are paid so much a day and get no rations, they are ter ribl i looters, and have done great harm by scaring away the Chinese who could provide food. "The Russian olllclals arc at last noding tills out, and are now trying ito cheek the evil. But wait.until the regular Russian cavalry, whioh has not yet appeared on the scene, gets into action. "Everywhere, too, gigantic prepara tions are being made to feed the army which is pouring so relentlessly and steadily into Manchuria. Every where huge depots of clothes and food were lo course of construction, and everywhere sidings were being built with the utmost possible speed, lt was by the Baikal lake that I person ally cheeked the rate at which the troops were pouring in, and marked tin last section of the railway around the lake lu the last stages or construc tion. When this is finished, the 20, 000 soldiers who have been working on it will be released and sent down to the f t'ont. "From what I have seen in Harbin and furtber south I have returned con vinced, that in aotual fact the war is only just beginning. ' 'Make no mistake. The Russians are simply hanging back. They are slow, but they are sure. All along the ti,OOO miles of line I saw camps and troops-countless troops-drilled and prepared for war. "I have seen the Japanese troops, and 1 have seen the Russian troops, and 1 have seen the numbers of both, and the work of both." Tho Open Door. The Washington Star, the olllclal Imperial gazette, "points with pride" to the fact that there are lu the em ploy of the federal government no less than 4,010 negroes, drawing an nually salaries aggregating $2,858,734. The Star would have the negro voters clear as JO the maintenance of the principio of the "open door." lt do s uot, however, go on to point out that even the best of these positions held by negro?? are no more than depart mental derkshlps and othsr minor places. Tiie "open door" leads to nothing better than these subordinate j lbs, the cream of the federal patron age being reserved for the white friends of the administration. The p;sts of the important ministers abroad have never yet been yielded to a member of the black race. We are for equity In this matter and if Mr. Roosevelt is elected we can conceive of no more titting appointment in the cabinet than that of the eminent negro, Booker Washington. Let us hove justice.-The State. Eighteenth Anniversary. How many of our readers recalled 'asS Wednesday night, the fact that eighteen years ago the earth trembled. The great earthquake was on; tetror seized the people; the citizens camp ed in the streets; the buildings shook like houses of cards, and down Charleston way the destruction was terri tic. Eighteen years have pussed and it ls a safe guess that few, very few, people recalled the anniversary. Many harrowing catastrophes have happened since the seismic disturb ance, but probably none struck terror to the hearts of brave men as did that great convulsion of nature. The people don't want any more shakes like that of August 31, 1881), that's 2ertain. Fatal Wreck. Tire WC*D\K>-*. -I moer lal limited - ty recked Friday night, colliding with a freight train at Slntaluta, N. W. T., due .to an open switch which ls supposed to have been left open by one of the crew of the freight train. Five women passengers in the tourist car were killed and four uther passengers, the porter aud en gineer were injured. The vice regal party,-Lord and Lady Minto, were on the train en route to the Pact lie coast but escaped unhurt and resumed their journey. Burled at Ijast. The State says the body of Maude Allen was buriel Friday. In addition to the amount furnished by the coun ty, $? or $i? was raised by subscription and Undertaker Van Metre made no charges, so that a lot was purchased for the Interment. Since the woman was so brutally killed three weeks ago the body has been left at Van Metre's morgue in the hops that someone would identify the woman. But the secret of her name and lier life we:e buried with lier, perhaps forever. Killed by Train. Walter J. Moore was struck and In stantly killed by the northbound Southern passenger train near Reek Ilill about tl o'clock Thursday evening. He lived about three miles bOUth of town and was walking home along the tracks. Ile was warned of the ap proach of the train and remarked that he would leave the track in time but failed to do so. Ile was about 45 years of age and a widower, ile was the only sou or Capt." W. L. Moore and was highly esteemed. In (ircat Demand. The State say s the demands for Mr. Bryan for campaign purposes In In diana exceed the combined calls for all the (>ther Democratic orators. He is scheduled already for six speeches there and the requests continue to come in from every county. This will probably serve to open the eyes of those who have from time to time pronounced Mr. Bryan a "dead one." Mr. Bryan is today the most popular campaign orator in the Democratic party. Wouian'H Kye Sliot Out. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says Tom Cheek and Will Brown, farmers of the Enoree section, had a quarrel Wednesday afternoon returning from Laurens in a wagon. Later while Brown and his wife were unloading the wagon In their yard Cheek toed on them with a shotgun. Biown escaped with a slight wound hut several .shots hit Mrs. Brown, one penetrating her right eye, making necessary its extraction. Her condi tion ls regarded as critical. Precious Iioad Into lt i ver. A dispatch from Mazatlan says four pack mules loaded with $40,000 worth of gold bullion from the Guadalupe de los Heyes mines fell from the mountain road into a swift river near that place and were swept out to sea with their precious burden. The bullion was being taken to Mazatlan for shipment to San Francisco, lt has not been recovered. Hundreds Homeless. Forest tires have destroyed the hamlet of Little Bay, N. F., and 300 families are homeless. Two men have been drowned. Tho steamer Prosper has embarked the women and children. The men aro lighting the Hames in an effort to prevent the destructive tires from covering a wider area. The government ls providing food, shelter and other assistance to the destitute. WHAT SENATOR TILLMAN SAYS About the Effort to Make tho l?rico Bill an Issue. The Spartauburg Journal says Sena tor B. lt. Tillman, "the luther of the dispensary law," arrived in the city Thureday morning from Washington, en route to Clemson College to attend a meeting of the board of trustees. As soon as the train stopped the senator alighted from tho train and seeking the shade of a box car, he call ed for a paper and newsboys were soon cryiDg New York and Atlanta papers, but the senator wanted a Columbia paper and as these had not arrived he began to talk with the reporters who were at the depot. Tho senator delivered some hotshot Into the movement now on foot thioughout the state to have the Brice bill amended and restored to its original shape so that Ioctl option elections can be held in couutits de siring them. "What do I think of the move ment" repeated the senator as be was discussing several topics at the same time with the reportera. "I'll tell you, what I think about it," and the senators voice bespoke the hidden feeling back of his statement. "I think it is like an underhanded at tempt at assassination -that's what I think o? lt." "Why the Idea o? making the dispensary pay for run n'ng the thing and keeping down blind tigers, when the dispensary It self has been put out." "I believe" said the senator-" no, I will say it straight-no honest man could support such a measure as far as 1 can tigure it out." "I know that I may be bitting a hundred ieiiows In the legislature, but I can't help lt "My opinion what are you talking about, lt's not a mere opinion. I am the father of the dispensary law, I believe, and have had a little acquaintance with lt and Us origin. They would have the diKppns?ry run cut cf a county and then make the dispensary system pay for keeping out their blind tigers and seeing that the law ls upheld." "No slr, it is not right." The sen ator holds that if a county wants the dispensary put out, lt should not look to the dispensary system for protec tion against the blind tigers, which Senat-<r Tillman says would spring up, and furthermore he does not re gard it as an honest business propo sition, as he Intimates above, in say ing that no honest mau would sup port such a movement as far as he can see lt. The senator's train pulled out while he wastalking and the re porter had no time to ask the senator what he would regard as a batlsfac tory arrangement for counties which might- vote down the dispensary in held i??^iM^^HM&^W eor?ing to law. As he said gcodbye he called a news boy abd gave him a nickel. "1 pro mised to buy a paper from him awhile ago" said the senator, "but I got the paper from another boy, when that train came in." "1 think these boys ought to be encouraged" concluded the senator. Senator Tillman left Washington Thursday night and was on his way to Clemson College where he will attend a meeting of the board of trustees. Dropped Three Stories. At. Chicago two people were killed and six seriously injured by the fall ing of an elevator in the store of Sears, Boebuck & Co., Friday after noon. The passenger elevator, ordi narily used in the building, was out of repair, and the freight elevator was used during the day by the customers and employes. While a load of pas sengers was being carried up the cable parted, allowing the elevator with its load of t n people to fall three stories. The conductor of thc elevator, Philip Caldwell, was instantly killed, and Mrs. Kate Ilayne, -lu years old, was so bably hurt that she died Friday evening in the hospital. Six others of the people who were in the elevator at the time of ?he accident were In jured hut not fatally. Suicide ny Rattler's Hito. Alfred Thurston, a snake, frog and glass eater out td a joh, apprared In the barn.om of the New Hotel In Niagara Pal's Thursday morning, ile had a huge diamond back rattle snake with him in a box. He took out the snake and placed its head in his mouth. The snake blt him in the tongue a.id the man died seven hours later in agony. Surgeons could do nothing for bim, and it was suppjsed at first by the ptdice that tile tellow did the rash trick on a barroom let, hut the men who were pres-i-nt declare tho act was a deliberate suicide. Thurston's home was in New York city. A Peculiar CAM;. A dispatch from Weimer, Texas, says: While incarcenated in jail, Oscar Lee Tucker, a seventeen-year old negro, under arrest for attempted rape, was mysteriously lynched. The officials are unable to determine just when or how the act was committed. The cage had not been broken into, but Tucker had a forty fcot rope aiound his neck and his head was drawn up to a hole In the cell about eight Inches In width and not over four feet from the floor, used to pass food through to the prisoners. Ills feet were tied close to his body with cords. There, ls no clue to the per petrators. Shocking; Accident. A dispatch from Anderson to Tho Ntv.s and C miler says Lizzie, the six year-old daughter of Lewis Abercrom hle, waa run over by her father's wagon Wednesday morning and died in a few minutes from internal In juries. She was on her way to school and when she climbed down from the wagon at Sunset Forest, three milos west of the city, the mules jumped and she was thrown under the wheels of the heavily loaded wagon. Her home was in Centreville town ship,, six miles west of Anderson on tho Portman road. Ju PUK Parker has courteously de clined the Invitation extended to him by Charleston to be present at the ratification meeting in that city. He declares that he will make no speeches during the campaign. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS Weekly Summary ol Conditions Throughout the State. The following is Section Direotor Bauer's weekly crop hulletin: The week ending 8 a. m., August 29tb, had a mean temperature of 77 degrees, which ls about 3 below nor mal, due io moderately hot weather the ti rsl four da j s and abnormally cool weather during the last three. The extremes were a minimum of about 50 in the western counties on tue 28th, and a maximum of 99 at three placss on the 23rd and 24tb. The sunshine was about normal, al though a number of placss reported too much cloudluess of cropr, they having had general cloudiness the en tire week. A wind storm r'oiug some damage to trees and crops occurred in O:onie county, and a hall storm that did little damage in Marlboro county. Local high winds did some damage In a few other places, but were con ti ncr 1 to very small areas. The precipitation averaged above the nomal for the week, and was ex cessive locally in the western, east ern and southern counties. There was least precipitaron In the central ( ountles. A number of places reported the heaviest rainfall of the season on tire 20 th. The weekly amounts ranged about half an Inch to rearly four inches. In many places there has been too much rain for cotton, while in a few, the wi ok's rainfall was seeded aud was ber.ellcial ou all crops. Earm work made rapid progress early iu the week, but general rains during the latter part brought it to a standstill. Eavorable reports on c rn continue from all sections, especially on late corn which is an exceptionally fine crop and which is practically made. Fodder pulling made rapid progress, but considerable was damaged by the frequent rains. There was no marked change In the condition of cotton, although what changer took place were generally toward deterioration, owing to contin ued shedding and to further spread of rust, both apparently due to excessive moisture. In a few localities boll worms have done considerable dam age. In places over the whole State, and almost generally over the western counties and on clay tnd red lands, the plants continue to bloom and fruit freely. Eirly in the week, under the stimulus of the high temperature then prevailing, early varieties of cot ton opened rapidly in the eastern, southern and central counties and con siderable was picked in those ?ectiors, while in the western counties there are as yet few open bolls, and com paratlvely few full grown ones. Pick- j eastern half of the State. Sea Island cotton maintained its very promising condition. Early rice is ripening fast, and cut ting has begun; late rice is beading nicely. The rice crop ls very promis ing in the Georgetown district. There has been too much rain for peas, but sweet potatoes and gardens as well as truck generally are doing well. Hav ing is under way, but made slow pro gress owing to the frequent rains. The bay crop will be heavy with favorable weather for saving lt. MORE SETTLERS. Second. Colony Located lu South Carolina During IiiiBt Week. A dispatch from Columbia says Wednesday afternoon the signatures were uillxed to the papers for the second colony Lo be established in this state at once. The colony will be located in the county of Aiken, six milos from the city of Aiken and about seven or eight miles from the towns of Tren ton, Johnston and Graniteville. The property ls located on the Une of the Southern and th3 Trenton-Alken branch of the Southern mus through the lot. This colony will be about twice the size In acreage of the colony to be lo cated IQ Lexingtou, and of course is a much larger proposition. The laud ls In tine quadty, lt being a rolling country, aud the drainage and the health features are perfect, lt ls particularly adapted to the growing of truck and fruit which the Scandi navians, who will be used in this case also,.will devote themselves to. Only a small proportion of this land ls now under cultivation. Under the terms of the agreement signed the settlement of the property must begin within two months, and one-fifth ol' the total acreage must be .settled within one year of the date of the signing of the contract. Commissioner Watson says that, considering the available local mar kets referred to above, the nearness of the city of Augusta and the two principal tourist hotels In the state, as well as the advantage of location, alfording facilities for reaching the Eastern truck markets In, has every reason to believe that this colony, un less some unforseen trouble arise, ls destined to be one of the most model colonies of the Southern states. Died Altor Hoing Klcctcd. A dispatch from Anderson says N. I<\ Banister died at 5 o'clock Thurs day morning," one day after his re election as county coroner. The governor will be asked to appout a coroner to serve out his term, which expires January 1 and to order an election to choose his successor. Banister defeated W. Y. Miller by a handsome majority, although u.iab'.e from illness to make a personal can vass. Mrs. Banister and eight chil dren survive. The deceased was for ty-eight years old and died from con sumption. County executive com mltte has ordered primary Septem ber 13, same day as second county primary, to elect now coroner. AdmitH Ills Cullt. Rev. L. P. Martin, an evangelist^ arrested at Roanoke, Va. last Sunday, is badly wanted by the government for raising money orders. Martin Thursday evening admitted his guilt, lie will ba held here until ? federal judge lu Pennsylvania issues an order. for his removal to that State. /? PRIMARY ELECTION. The. Biggest Vote Ever Cast in the State Before. STATE OFFICERS RE-ELECTED. Railroad Commissioner GarrU De feated and Earle and Mobley Will Run Over for the Position. All the State orllcers from Governor Heyward down were re-elected Tues day without opposition. The railroad commisslonership was the one State cfllce contested. For this Mr. John G. M ob Icy ot Fairfield leads, Mr. John H. Earle ot Green ville ls second and the incumbent, Mr. (J. W. Gairls of Bamberg, ls third in a field of six. lu the conceited races for congress in the Third and Fifth district? Messrs. Wyatt Aiken of Abbeville and D. E. Finley of York easily defeated their opponents, Mes rs. J. H. Mo Calla of Abbeville and T. Y. Williams of Lancaster. lu the Sixth district Mr. Ragsdale leads. Mr. Ellerbe follows, but as Mr. Norton has 2,333 and Mr. Dargan 1,828 it is anybody's race until|the last ballot in the second primary is count ed. In the Second district the race will be between Messrs. May Held nod Pat terson. Tlie former has 4,359, and the latter 4,34?. This is too close to be comfortable for either. Two thous and and seventeen votes are reported for Mr. Williams. In the race for soUeltorshlps in the Second and ?e venn i circuits Messrs. Davis and Sease, the incumbents, win in a canter over their opponents. In the Fifth circuit tue second race will be between Messrs. Tlmmerman and Rembert, Mr. Tlmmerman, how ever, baving distanced all of bis com petitors. There appears to have been supreme indifference in tabulating and collect ing the vote for railroad commissioner in many of the counties and heroic efforts failed to secure the desired re ports. The returns are incomp'ete, but the totals available, with the in difference in the cjunties in working ou the vote, stands: John G. Mobley.14,148 John H. Earle .11,481 O. W. Garr?s.10,907 W. Boyd Evans. 8,937 Harry J. Glgnllliat. 7,(169 James Cansler. 0,714 Total vote.59,856 These figures indicate* a lead for Major Earle, with his chances favor able, for the second primary with Mr. Mobley, although In at least 30,000 - linrono-tail vntna In *H1o. thft RP<? ouu piaee-may yo wv m.r. ufarria,-ar-~* though Marj or Firle has a lead. EARLE AND MODLET. The News and Courier presents the official returns from practically every county in the State. These returns have been veri fled by the county offi cials, but their absolute accuracy can not be insisted upon on account of accidents in transmission and copying, but the returns presented are remark ably complete. It bas been a toss up as to who would be in tbe second primary with Mr. Mobley for railroad commissioner, but the tinal ligures, if correotly re ceived, indicate tbat Major Firle has been settled for that honor. The vote as tabulated gives Major Earle 21,271 and Mr. Garr?s 20,400, or a difference of less than a thousand, in favor of Mr. Earle, Thursday morning lt was indicated that the votes of Greenville and Spar tanburg would decide the close contest, and they did. When Greenville re ported 4,008 votes for Major Earle and then Spartanburg gave him 2,291 and Laurens 1,125and Anderson 1,248, Mr. G arris needed so: ne counties tbat voted in the thousands, and in his column of thousands there are only two-Colleton and Orangeburg. THE COMOKKSSMEN. lu the Otb Congressional district the relative standing of Mr. Ragsdale and Mr. Ellerbe is very close. They have, no doubt, already started In their campaign preliminary to a sec ond primary. There are just about one Hundred votes different between the two leaders in this Congressional race, as the cillclal record, which is published elsewhere, will show. Perhaps the livest contest in the State was iu the 2d Congressional district, and in tbat race Mr. Mayfield and Mr. Patterson have run neck and neck, and they will have to make a rac J in the second primary. Mr. Williams, wbo, it was thought, would get into the second primary, failed to reach that point, and the second race will ba to see who can get the 2,853 votes that have gone to Mr. Williams and at the same time hold their origi nal strength. In the 5th district, asexpeoted, Mr. Finley won au easy victory. The candidates renominated with out opposition bave such abundant reason for rej Dicing that they are not worried about, the votes and no special effort was made to get them, but a table is presented showing the vote of Governor Heyward and his exeoutlve family, all of whom are renominated without opposition. The vote shows the largest total that has ever been cast In the primary In the State-the aggregate running considerably over 100,000 votes. The high-water mark In previous primaries has been 00,000. Deserta tho Republicans. Henry R. Wolcott, who waa the Republican candidate for Governor of Colorado in 189S and who is a brother of former Senator Edward O. Wolcott, has declared for Parker and Davis. The New York American says In an nouncing tills at the Hotel Wolcott he said : "1 regard Parker as safe and sane. I believe Roosevelt to be eccen tric and a menace to the business In terests of the country. While 1 shall support Parker for President, I shall do all I can to re-elect Peabody, the Reput?' jan candidate for Governor of Cole do." Mr. Wolcott ls a multi millionaire mine owner. He ls treas urer of the Colorado Mining and Smelting Company and a director In jfjjflftflffl' '-^Ltfe and other great