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:.''.'. '-*' i?',< i iVlarlboro ??DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN TH& POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE VOL. XXXs BENNETTSVIELE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1905. HUWII WA?U?Nh The Story of the Battle of the Sea of Japan. HOW ADMIKAL TOGO, The Japanese Commander, Carefully Planned and Won a Great Victory Over the Rusian Fleet, The Tarpedo Attack was the Climax of thc Battle. rA special cable dispatch to the Kew York Times frrm Tokio says lt is now possible to write the story of the bat tie of the Sea of Japan and of the movements uf the belligerent (leets preparing for it. From first to last Admiral Togo never wavered in his conviction that the Baltic lleet must choose the Tsushima passage, his ar gument being that no commander would attempt to take a largo squad ron through the northern straits In the season of fogs and at great dis tance from neutral ports and refuge for damaged ships. There was also danger from mines in Tsugaru strait and Soya strait, whereas no such ap prehensions need be felt with regard to Tsushima. Rojestvensky apparently reasoned exactly as Togo anticip?t! d, though many of his otllcers advocated the northern passage. Somo strongly urged the advisability of seizing a base in Formosa and compelling the Japanese to come thither to tight. This question was earnestly discussed on board the flagship in Kamrauh bay, where Nebogatoffarrived on May 5, receiving a tremendous welcome from the sailors of the secoed F quad ron, who drew most favorable omens of ultimate victory from the success attending the safe voyage of the two squadrons, and the junction at a place thousands of miles from the European base. Rojestvensky, afcer bearing the ar guments of his otllcers, announced the Intention of entering the Pacific, thereby gaining the advantage of a double objective, then of returning to the China sea, via the north or For mest, and steering direct for Tsushi ma. The decision was welcomed with acclamation, the otllcers embracing and drinking to the success of the plan. Rojestvensky, having allowed nine days for the third squadron to re?u perate, steamed out of Kamranh bay, (May 14, passed Ballintang unobserved 3 ou, the night of May 17, and coaled off NJataus, where he stopped a "Norwe gian stoamer consigned to a Japaneso firm, and informed the captain that the squadron's destination was Tsus hima, This was for the purpose of deceiving Tego, who would naturally Infer that some other d s?ination was intended. Rojestvensky meant to strengthen this infereuce by delaying his progressi so that his nonarrivai within a reasonable timo might sug gest that the Russians had really headed for the northern passages, hut this device did not deceive Togo, who remained steadfast at Tsushima. Meanwhile Rojestvensky had wholly failed to obtain trustworthy informa tlon of Togo's wuereaboats. Tue se cret which was so carefully guarded remained unknown even to the Ja panese public to the very end. O.* May 25 six Russian transports and auxiliary cruisers entered Yangttze, which greatly perplexed the public, but was interpreted hy Ti go as a sure Indication of Rojestvensky's presence in the China sea. IIUSSIAN FLEET SIGHTED. At 5.30 a. m. Ma> 27 Japanese scouts lying north of Q lelp-irt Island reported by wireless telegraphy that thc Russians were drawing up toward Tsushima, but the fog conceited the exact character i f the squadron, whether it was the main lighting force or only a few weak craft saorili ced in order to attract the attention of the Japanese to the south while Ro jest ven.-, ky himself passed by the northern avenues. Tnls question re mained uncertain until noon, when the intense anxiety In Tokio was re lieved by a telegram from Togo an Nnouncing that the whole Russian ll ?et was in sight. * Meanwnile Togo pursued his plan /unwaveringly, keeping his principal Isquadrons carefully concealed in vplaces still secret Kor the purp iso /of promoting the belief among the Russians that Tsushima straits were weakly guarded and drawing them through the eastern channel he sent out a number of second class ships, which, though slow, carried gui s suf nclently heavy tc prevent the enemy from closing in. The fog helped to preserve these vessels, which never theless Togo was not unwilling t > sacrifice on the altar of his main pur pose. Rojestvensky, until In the vicinity of Tsushima, kept his auxiliary cruis ers in front, but Immedialely before entering the channel recalled them, after which tho lead was taken by the battleships Imperator Alexander, Navarin and Kniaz Sou var off. The wind now freshening, the sea already rough began to run very high. The fog began to lift. Togo signaled that the fate of the empire depended upon this effort, and the men must do their utmost. Toe Russians, still confident, held their course at a uniform speed of 12 knots, exchanging a desultory tire with the decoy squadron, which withdrew to the northeast. At 1 p. m. Togo entered the arena with his best lighting material, dis tributed in two squadrons of six tea sels each, his own sq tad ron consist ing of four battleships and the cruiser Nlshid and Kasuga; Kamlmura's squadron, consisting of six armored cruisers. Togo was steaming at a speed of 14 knots, Kamimura afc 16 knots. At abou* 1.30 p. m. the fog thining Rojestvenhky sighted Togo's battle ships In single column, line ahead, rounding the north of Tsushima, bearing down on his port bow. Shortly afterward he sighted Kamimura rounding the south of tho Island and covering ms stern on the same side, while the decoy f quad rou, strongly reinforced, threatened bis starboard. The Russians immediately formed In double column, line ahead. The east column was led by the battleship Imperator Alexander, the west line was composed of cruisers, while the auxiliaries were between the columns in the rear. The sea now was very rough, with a strong southwest wind blowing, so that the Japanese bad not only the benefit of the sun at their backs, but were also assisted by the heavy smoke which poured down upon the Russians. The heavy seas, too, were eminently in favor of the Japanese gunners, who habitually practice in stormy weather with the refult that their aim was not disturbed by the unsteadiness of tho gun platform. Further they were able to take advantage of the expos ure of the enemy's 'vital parts ocoa stoned by the rolling and tossing of the ships. The Russians opened fire at 12,000 metres, but it was wholly ineffective. Tue Japanese reserving their fire until the range was 7.500 metres, when they tired six trial shots and sec-red three hits. The battle now became general. The Russians perpetually essayed to force their way northward, but the Japanese, steaming at a higher speed, constantly headed them back, so that the Russian course described a loop, the ships diing past the Japanese who poured lu a deadly fire from three di rections, ltojestvensky's gunners maintained a much higher rate of fire, but their projectiles nearly always dew high or buried themselves in the sea, euldently owiug to the gunner.-?' want of experience in gunlaylng in rough weather. Before evening five Russian warships had been sunk, including three battle ships, which apparently lost their stability, owing to the piercing of their water tight compartments on ane side only, and the action of the fore and aft bulkheads. Meanwhile the Russian formation had boen bro ken, but the ships were still confined to tlie southeast corner of the Sea of Japan. Thus far Togo's strategy had work ed perfectly, but the most important part of his work remained, namely, the loosing of lb" squadrons of torpedo boats upon the Russians during the night, when their were partially dis abled and confused. There were great fears at ( ne time that this would be impossible, as thc sea was too rough for torpedo boats. However, towards evening the wind and waves subsided, the night became q llet, and the star light exceedingly well suited for the work of the torpedo boats, which rushed in from three q mrters, re serving their missiles until within 300 metres at the most, and making a practice so deadly that lt redeemed all provious failures. The Japanese deny any use of sub marines, and the conditions under which the battle was fought were ob viously unsuited for them. Meanwhile the Japanese sighting squadrons had dropped off to the north, leaving the Held free for the torpedo craft. By midnight only nine Russians remain ed wi til the formation under Neboga toff. These struggled northward with torpedo boats clinging to their I! nks ?ind constantly stabbing, so that dawn fuund only five remaining, the battle ships Orel and Nikolai, two coast de fense ships and the cruiser Izumrud. Having lost his bearings owing to complicated manoeuveres, Admiral Neoogatoff decided to steer westward until ho p eked up seme feature of IC jrea'a coast that he could identify. Presently thc Izumrud, which was scouting, reported that she made out Hie Uinvny islands (Liancourt rock-), whereupon thc Kusslaus, recovering heart, si.aped their cour.-e for Vladi vostok, but almost immediately they observed two I q rad rons of Japanese approaching at lull speed, ahead and recognizing the Hags of Togo and De wa. The Izumrud steamed off at top speed, but Nebogatoff's ships encum bered with wounded, with ammuni tlon lacking, decided to haul down their colors. Other still (bating fragments of the Russian licet were pursued and destroyed by the J apa nese, who had been organized in view of this contingency, into groups of homogeneous ships. Tue battle shows no novel feature. The Russians fought with ^devoted valor, but, were outclassed at every point. Their shooting was inoompar ably inferior to that of the Japanese, who scored an extraordinary number of hits with their 12-inoh gins. The Japanese projectiles, also were much more effective than those of the Rus sians. N ?thing wai more notable than tlie Japanese skill in usin<i tor pedoes, contrasting markedly with previous ill success, and evidently re sulting from the special course of truining recently pursued and from tiie teachings ot experience. Shot Sf linnell-. W. H. Vernor, of Columbia, S. C., committed suicide at Morganton, N. C., at liai/ past six o'clock Thursday evening. A bullet hole in the head caused Instant death, lie was found In a lumber yard. From thc meager details that can be obtained he is thought to have came to Morganton on Southern railway train No. ll Thursday to enter the hospital there for treatment for a nervous disease. A letter was found in one of lils pock ets addressed to lils father In Colum bia. Young Vernor was the winner of a Cecil Rhodes American scholar ship at Oxfo d university, England. Bnjginoer Soalclrd. Southern railway passenger train No. 10, northbound, was wrecked onr mlle north of King's Mountain Thurs day night. Engineer Charles Cauble, of Greenville, S. C., was badly scalded, j but will recover. The negro fireman, B ib Witherspoon, of Greenville, can not bo found. No others are thought to be seriously injured. Thc engine, mall and baggage cars loft the track. IllackHburj; Dopnt Humed. A dispatch from Blacksburg says tiie eniro freight plant of thc South ern railroad at that place was wiped 'out by lire Tuesday morning at :> o'clock and it was with difficulty that the passenger station was saved. The origin of the lire is a complete mys tery, The loas ls estimated at $1,500. A PtCUL?AR CASE. & Massachusetts Man Turns His Skin Into Souvenir Purses. Shod Hts Cuti?lo a Second Time This Your for tho Thirty Second Timo. Having shed his skin from neck to foot two weeks ago, Selig Goodman, of No. 23 Washington street, Worces ter, Mass., ls undergoing a second process of shedding hlB cuticle Uko a black Bnake. Worcester physicians who have studied the peculiar case say lt ls the most remarkable they have heard of. Goodman says they are not more puzzled than physicians In Philadelphia, Pittsburg and in Europe, where he hus made a chango. For thirty two years he has had a new set of skin each year and in some years two changes. This is one cf the years when he will have two new sets. Before the process of the first shed ding was complete, Goodman noticed another layer of skin, under the outer cut icle, which hogan to barden a few days after the old skin was removed. He has given strips of hide to his ac quaintances. When they heard that ne was to have another change of sktn ' he was besieged with requests for sou venir patches. "Thesecond shedding which lam undergoing he said Wednesday, "ls the iirst I have had that is not pain fui. AU 1 ask is relief from pain. 1 have given up hope of being cured. "The pain I suffer ls what annoys me. Otherwise I do not mind lt. Af ter getting a new skin I feel like a sixteen-year-old boy. In the seven weeks since the first shedding began I have lost 25 pounds. I weighed 1(55 pounds and now tip the scale at HU. I am beginning to feel strong agair. The second change is not weakening half f o much as the first uno. "I have peeled the skin from my body, legs and arms. 1 am bitting it harden on my hands and feet, lt is the secoud process this year, and it ls the ?rst that I have undergone that ls not painful. Before the skin be gins to harden 1 suffer with a rash which ls torturous. "I expect In two days time to fin ish the second round. By Sunday I will be all right, for at least one year." Mr. Goodman showed two patches of skin, each three by four inches, taken from the palms of his hands at tho first shedding. The Unes are plainly visible. The skin ls hard, and by tanning they will make a covering for a real hand-made handbag, he says. "I have been offered 325 for these," he continued, "but do not care to make capital out of it. I give them to acquaintances. I will have these two patches made into a souvenir pocketbook. I have quit trying bi learn the ciuse or a cure for lt. Every physician whom I have seen admits that it puzz'eshlm." Goodman was born In Tilsit, Prus sla, Germany, June 26, 18(54. He was reared across on the Russian border, where his parents still live. Ills grand father on his father's side and grand mother's side are living, and each is nearly 1?0 years old. ne has four brothers, three or them in the U.,ildd States, and one sister. None of them is affected the way he IB. His father is a ?rain merchant and well to-do. "I was eight years old when 1 tirst shed my skin," he said. "I was taken to Koenig-b3rg, where Dr. Kahurok, a sp- cellist of skin diseases, said he uad never heard of a similar case. OJ all the different treatments! have un dergone, none ot them cured. Dr. Bradford treated me fifteen years ago, in Philadelphia, and I was In bed twenty-six weeks. Last year Dr. John M ffatt, of Puiladalphia, was my attending physician. He advised buttermilk and a light diet. Dr. Nightingale indorsed this advice, and adds Halve. Usually it take? from Six to ten weeks f jr one shedding. This \ear I will go through with two in seven weeks. "The Bkin on my feet is twice as thick as that on my hand. 1 am sav ing lt for an acquaintance, who wants thc patches for a wallet." Killed Uy a Pall. John W. Arnold, a white well dig ger, fell from his seat In a large bucket which was being hauled up from the bottom of a well, und was instantly killed Tuesday. Arnold and several workmen were employed to deepen a well of the D. E C inverse company, near the Glendale mills, Spartanburg county, and he was lowered to the bot tom to Inspect the undertaking. As he was being towed back to the top, and about the time he had nearly com pleted the trip, he suddenly lost his perch and fell headforemost to the bottom. His neck was broken hy the fall. Arnold had complained of being unwell prior to beglniug the work. The accident was In no monner due to the workmen wno assisted him. An lOlovon-Yo*r-OI?! Wir?). New York's sensational martial case was brought Into the courts again Tuesday when the trial of Jacob Fine lite was continued before Magistrate Finn. Flnellte ls being prosecuted by Lena Flnellte, a child of eleven years, who claims that she was mar ried to thc man in January and that he has abandoned her, refusing longer to contribute to hor support. Fine lite is about thirty live and wealthy. Ile has denied that he married the child, but a certitioate and witnesses have been produced which seem to bear out the truth of the child's claims. Hoar! I)IHO?HO Kpidomio. The fact that a hundred and twen ty-five persons died last week In New York city from organic heart disease, when the death rate the correspand lng week in 11)01, was only fifty-six, has given rise to the belief among physicians that tho New Yorkers are living too rapid lives. The strain of business and thc cares attendant on tierce competlon In the financial cen ter of the city and the worry attend ant on the anxiety to gain wealth ls given as the explanation by the physi cians of the condition which exists In the world's metropolis today. A NOBLE HERO Who Was Murdered bv Order of Gen. F. P. Blair. OF BERMAN'S ARMY. A Lucid and Thrilling Account of One of the Many Uncalled for Crimes of the Great Incendiary While Moranding in this State During the War. To the editor of The Sunday News: 1 have read with Interest the articles of Mr. Ford and others in recent issues of The Sunday News, in reference to the shooting of .lames Miller hy Sher man's army, in March, 18()f>, in retail atlon for the killing of a Federal sol dier by supposed bushwhackers. Mr. Miller llvfid near Jefferson, in (Jhester Beld County, S C., and I kniw his brother, thc late Mejor J no. S. Miller, and many of his neighbors and friends among them some of those who parti cipated with him In the casting of lots. Some years ago a newspaper was placed In my hands by"a son in law of James Miller, in which was an account of the shooting of Mr. Miller, purporting to have been written by an olllcer con nected with the affair and present at his death. I have forgotten the name of the ( Ulcer, and of the newspaper, which I think was published, ia Lan caster or Chesterlleld, S. C., ana re produced the articse from a Western paner. Th?3 papar was in my port folio, which was mislaid, lost or stolen about two years ago. EXCUSE FOR MILLER'S MUNDER. It stated that the dead body of a Federal soldier, belonging to a West ern cavalry regiment, 1 bbl ik from Michigan, was foui.d where he had ev idently been murdered by bushwhack ers, that the Federal commander had determined to resort to retaliation to prevent such killings, and Gen Francis F. Blair, who commanded the 17 th army corps, issued orders for the cast ing of lots for one man to be put to death for the killing of the cavalry man aforesaid. My informants did not know all who participated in the casting of lots, but among them were Mr. B. Ri danton, now living in Chestertkld County, Mr. Robert Grim th and others who knew J ames Miller. I have talked wit h, and corresponded with others, about iVjii^J oruel tragedy, and from' them and btu/ uccount by the Federal officer before) mentioned my information was ob tained. DRAWING LOTS TO DIE One or more of the participants said lt came as a great surprise to all who were made to cast lots, and one of them declared that he never before or after found it such a task to stretch forth bis right haad to draw a little piece of paper out of a hat. James Miller drew the fatal lot. He was a man between forty-five and lifty years of agc and had been captured a day OK two before some distance west of Che raw, willie on his way home on fur lough from Flori nee, S. C., where he had been engaged in guarding prison ers. lie p-otesteri that, while he sym pathlzed witii his State In her strug gle, and had given of his means for the support uf the Cause, he. was over age for active service, and had not tir ed a gun in the war. But he was told that the order was imperative. He beg ged t > te alio ?od to communicate with nls wife and children, but this privi lege was denied him. He then asked to confer with such of his neighbors and friends as were cap: ives with him self. To those he gave directions for his wife, asking that she he told he was not c.ming home, and advising her about his farm ard about the dill dren, ju?t as If he were going < ff on a journey to bo absent for a time. MILLER'S LAST REQUESTS. Ile then made some requests of those who were about to shoot him. ile asked, In the first place, that he be not bound either hand or foot, Baying he was not gob g to run. that he was pre pared, and nut afraid to die. Ho then a-kid that he be not blindfolded, say ing he wished to look int i the c>ei of tlio-e who were to shoot him. And lastly, he begged that he be not shot in thc faca, declaring that God had given him his face, and that in all his life he had never done anything of which he was ashamed His las1.? wi-.li es were respected. He was marched oil a short distan?a, the tiring .squa i drawn up, the guns discharged as one and James Miller lay dead, as much a hero as if he had died at the cannon's mouth at Gettysburg, in the charge up Snodgrass Hill at Cliickamauga, or at the bloody angle at Spottsylvania. "Dont shoot rae in the face, for God gave me that, at 1 lu all my life I have done nothing o bi ashamed of." What a sentiment, what a model! MILLICHS nU Al ULE OKA V E. At Five Forks' Methodist Church, in Chesterfield County, on thc road from Lancaster to Chesterfield Court House, and half way between the two, ls the little mound that marks the last resting place of James Miller. 1 have passed there a few times, hut never without dismounting and going softly with uncovered head to the spot and recalling the manner and cause of his death. Chesterfield County has pro duced some of the great men of South Carolina, hut she never gave birth to a purer patriot or more unostentatiously brave mun than James Miller. HOW A N Eu lu ) HBKVJfiD II IS MASTER. But the Federal cavalryman, for whose killing Mr. Miller was shot, was not killed by a Confederate or bush whacker at all. Mr. Gilliam Sowell, of Kershaw County, owned a negro man named Kphraim, and entrusted him to hide his horses and mules from the en erny while Sherman's army was pass ing and he was found In Lynches Creek Swamp by a soldier, who seized them and made tho negro go with him. After they had gone some distance the sun came oui, the first time ia quite a while, the ' trooper said he was very tired aud al?epy and suggested that he would lie down and take a nap, if the negro would keep watch for him, and arouse bltnuf anyone approached. Ile was soon asleep, and 10 ra ph ai rn, not relishing that manner of appropriat ing his mas tor's property, proceeded to repossess lu by killing the trooper with a lightwood knot. He oarried his mas ter's horses and mules, as well as the soldier's horse, baok Into the swamp, and they svero all rescued. Mr. Sowell, Ephraim's owner, was the father "of Mr. James M Sowell, the well known supervisor of Kershaw County. TATU OJ THE A M EUIC AN ATTILA. Sherman's march from Savannah to Raleigh, and especially through South Carolina, ?was a belt of absolute deso lation, forty miles wide, where black-1 ene. ruins and lone chimney s stood as silei.b wHnetsis to show where p^ace and plenty and happy homebhad been. The inherent grit and self-reliance of the Southern character have reclaim ed the desolate tields and largely made them blossem as the rose. Tuc chim npys and blackened ruins may be for g lion by those who are to come af?er us, but the heroic death of James Mil ler and ot others who perished In the spring of-13(35, will bo remembered. Wai D TRANTHAM. Camden, S. C., June, 1, 1005. DISAPPEARS FROM HOME. A York County Farmer DcBorts His AV il?: and Children. Erwin Carnes, a farmer llviug on tho Jim Moss plantation near Tirzah, left his hqme early last Tuesday morning.and nothing has been heard from him since. Carnes has been rrarried three times, hlB last wife be ing a widow living in Concord, N. C , when she married Carnes. Her mai den name was Harris. She come of a go>.d family and has relatives in thc county. - Mrs. Carnes awoke just be fore day Tuesday morning and miss ing her .husband, called him several times and claims he answered her from the piazza the last time she called, and thinking he would return in a few minutes, she gave the mat ter no further concern at the time. Rut If (jfaru?s was on the porch when his wife, called for him, he made good use of elke, few minutes while she was waiting?ferj.htm to come in, for he was no .where in sight when a search was made for him a few minutes later. He leftt a letter for his seventeen year old son and one to his wife in which he stabed that he was forced to leave on" nb of his son and his wife's da.. giving h.m so much trouble, ta.'y>duiner one of them would work & he_ could not control them. He .-?.arrled" nothing with him except a ?i'un and a few/ clothes packed Ina valise. Hli* wife ls much wrought up over the matter and has tried hard to lind some trace of Carnes, but all in vain. Carees, it is said, left his first wife tw.ice but returned on both oc casions and lived with her UEtil her death. He was married to his last wife less than a year ago.-Reek Hill nerald. _ A Small Crop. A dii.patch from Dallas, Texas, says John T. Garner, business agent and manager of the cotton depart ment of tile Farmers' Union, has is sued a cotton report, showing reduc tion of cotton as per sworn statements f rom union aud non union farmers through the southern cotton belts ile^ays that about January 1, 150,OOo cotton coupons were sent out to mem bers of thc union, on which coupons the farmers were each to state what their cotton acreage was last year, and to write a pledge that lt would not exceed a given number of blai.k acres this year. Ila adds: "I have had everv coupon tabulated and tho full report Shows a reduction in co'.to:i acreage of 30 1-3 per cent. Tue late co'.d, wet weather has caused a still greater reduction In acreage; then the web, or assume call lt., the "careless worm," ls stripping the foliage (ll of thousands of scores all over Texas, most of which wlil have to he planted over even at this late date. / r; the prest nt outlook this years eri p will not exceed 8,000,000 hales." so v. o Guard'n lil lo. Frank Davis, a negro ojtiviol on the Fairfield coalngang, has been reward ed for savina a guard's life, by being released. Davis was sont up hi 1002 foi housebreaking und larceny and ins sen'once was live years. Tue other day one of the negro convicts on the same gang with Davis planned to es cape. While the guard's back was turned the negro rushed at him with a pickax and only the quickness of Davis prevented a tragedy The other negro fi u?>ht desperately, but Davis finally overpowered him and the sup ervlsjr of Fairfield at once took steps to have Davis set free. Governor Ileyward signed a commutation of sentence to the present timo and the order for freedom was sent on at once._ Georgia At Thu Ucad. Members of the class of 1005 of the United States Military academy re ceived their diplomas from the ?> nds of Col. \lhert L. Mills, superintendent of the academy Tuesday morning. The head of the graduating class this year is Dewitt C. Jones, of Georgia. The four next highest in the order of their class standing are Ernest (J raves, of North uarolina; Francis P. Wleby, of Masschusetts; Clarence B. Rlloy, of Indiana, and Alvin ?. harbor, of Oregon. Prominent among the other members of the class ls Calvin M. Titus, who as a volunteer soldier was the first to the wall atf Pekin, China, during the Boxer troubles. Miil8hi|tiiiJMi Drowned. A dispatch from Annupolis says a wireless message was received at the naval academy Tuesday night from Commander C. J. Badger, command ing the U. S. S. Newark, conveying news of the death by drownlug of Midshipman L. I. Vertrcea if the sec ond class. The Newark ll \h of the vessels now engaged In tin ny and navy joint exercises and watO. Anchor off Haokett Point when yty^ V Ver trees was In swimming wltn l?ome companions. Young Ver trees wiis ll) years of age and a son of W. J. Yer I trees, of Bushnell, Illinois. GRAY HEROES Gather Again to Talk of the Days That \re Not. THE BOYS IN BLUE Send Greetings to Their Old Enemies. Thc Convention City Crowded to Ovei ?lowing With Visitors and Old Veterans. All the Old Officers Re-elcctcd. For the second time in live years the Uulted Confederate Veterans and auxiliary organ /. itlons gathered In Louisville for their annual reunion, ?.heir reception Wednesday UDder a bk zing hun and v. Ith miles of bril Haut bunting il., i lg in tho b-dez^ hi ing in strong contrast to the weather conditions of live y eu rs ago,-winn thc reoord breaking rains prevailed during bbe entire period uf the r?uni n and even caused a p stpouen ent of the parade on the labt day. Tiie decora t.ien.8 this year aro on a.lavish scale and lt is remarked that the American Hag predominates" The reunion waa officially opened shortly after tho noon hour, when Gan. Bennett ll. Young, commander of the Kentucky division, calle! the perspiring ma?s of humanity iu the horseshow building to order and in troduced the chaplain general, J. William J mes uf Richmond, Va. Dr. Jones in his invocation prayer that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon the president of these United States, and "that he may en abled to be the president of this wholr country and every section." A few momcuts later Gov. J. C. W. Beck ham, In speaking Kentucky's welcome to the old men In gray. A rousing receptiou was given the commander-in-chief, Gen. Stephen D. L^o, when he arose to respond for the veterans to the addresses of welcome. The general was In splendid voice de spite tile long walt lu the heated bullr ing and his speech was interrupted many times by cheering. Cheers were given the fiw remainin great ligures of tiie Confederacy as they made their appearance; They venerable Simon Boliva Buckner, who is approaching his 80 years, was heartily greeted and delivered a speech which would have done credit to a man half his years. Lieut. W. L, Cabel, commander of the Trans Mississippi division, was helped to thc platform hy many will ing banda and his appearance waa the sigual for a prolonged outbrust of handclapplng. The reception accorded Gen. Joe Wheeler was second to none of the day. The famous cavalry onlcer was cheered from the time his grey* topped head was discerned lu the great throng until he ase2nd?d the rostrum and motioned for silence. Ile tbanked the veterans fur the heartiness of their r?ception and assured them that their greeting went deep iuto his heart, KU >rts to avri ve at the exact num ber of veterans aud visitors in Louis ville Wednesday night were necessari ly futile. Railroad men who have had experience in t,;>e handling of crowds at oilier reunions assert that the num erous special trains arranged for the Louisville meeting were more crowded than at any other reuoh?n In the past dve years. A conservative estimate would, howev -r, ;eem roset the h^ure at near the 2f> ooo mark. The convention Thursday re-elected the old Gillecrs as follows: Commander-io chief, Lieut. Gen. Stephen D: Loo, Mississippi. Commander trans Mississippi de partaient, G ?n. L W. ?labell, Texas. C imrouuder Army uf Tennessee de rmtm. n>, Lieut. Geu. Clement A. UiV??n, t>? ?v?.i. C ?rnmander Army of Nortl ern Vir ginia department, C. Irvin Walker, South O ir lina. New Orleans bad little difficulty io SF curing ii.ti convention for 1U00. Fraternal greetings we-e read from the Stite encampment of G. A. lt. of Ii.diana lu session at Madl-ou. The foiluwlug was introduced and adopted : "Whereas, the bill before congress for the care of th graves of Confed erate soldiers buried near hospital-; and pri.ons In the north has so far failel of passage by that hody; "Belt resolved, That thin associa tion of United Confedi rate Veterans in convention assembled, urges the pa sage of this bill, asa matter of right and duty, not only on the part I of the senator.-, and representatives In congress from S( ut hero States but als J on ?lie part of those from all other States of thc United Slates, in that the government is charged with the sepulchre uf those who died prisoners in its hands, according tu the usages of civilization, of which the United States forms a large competent part." Friday's feature of the reuuiou was the parade of the old soldiers which began auout noon. The line of march covered three miles. Huge Moats, gally decorated, were prepared for the veterans who were unable to walk. The precaut ions, looking to the safety of the soldier.; and their care iii case of illness, had been taken by the med ical department of the reunion com mitten, many ambulances and physi cians and nurses being scattered along I the lino of march. After the transaction of much rou tine business on Friday the con vention adjourned sine die at half-past six o'clock. Killed By A Rattler; The Charleston Post says a negro man by the name of Ulbert Courtriet was received Into the city hospital Thursday, sulfuring from a rattle snake blt .. He died Thursday after noon at 2:45 o'clock. The rattlesnake, said to have been four feet long, blt the man at Midland park, some miles from tiie city and the negro was bleed ing profusely when he readied the I city. GREATLY PLEASED. A Northern Van's Eyes Was Opened at Chapel Hill. Congressman Boutoll, Takes Oppor tunity to Say Nioe Things About tho Soutb and Hor People Congressman H. S. Boutell, of Illi nois, who recently delivered the com mencement address at Chanel Bill, N. C., before the State University there, .saw many things during hts visit which gave him a better insight into conditions in the South than ho bad previously enjoyed. The institution, at which President Polk, Senator Ben ton and many other prominent South ern statesmen gra< i:ated, was founded in 1770, and main' Ins a high stand ard of merit In all its departments. Yet it has not lost tho tlavor of the oh times, said he, speaking ot its at mosphere as a center of plain living and high thinking. This, coming from a Harvard graduate, is praise worth nothing, as was his opinion that it would be a good plan If home Northern vouog men would go there to study. One of the striking revelations dh clos ed to him was that a leading member of the graduating class, whom be judg ed from his courtly bearing and tine presence to belong to the old aristocracy of the Soutb, proved to have corni from a one room cabin in tho North Carolina mount ains, who bad arrived at Chapel Hill without a dollar and earned lils way through college. These . xcursiouB into the South by Northern statesmen should be made oftener. It would be well to send them there wheL young for a more thorough comprehen sion of the country and people, but there are few, however advanced Jp .ige, who would not profit by a better acquaintance. Mr. Boutell's visit, agreeable as il was to him lu Its revelations touching the standard of educational institu tionsin the South, the couitesiesshown him and bis recommendation In regard to sending Northern youth to Cbapc Hill cannot but bear good fruit in pro mot i og a more national spirit. Hie veiws are directly In thc line of tbos: which have been ?ecently expressed bj the Courier Journal upon the subj-cl and in keeping with thc Spirit of late addresses by Presidents Haily, ot Yale, and Eliot, of Harvard. Especial ly enlightening to the North is the incident related hy bim of the young graduateof humbleantccendents whom he mistook for one of aristocratic binn. lt will serve well to correct an impres sion too prevalent in the North that wealth and high birth are essential for success in the South, and that the poor man ls practically barred from hope of rising in life. There never wa a more groundless idea, as the history of meu who have attained eminence in that section abundantly proves. Andrew Jackson was the son of poor Scotch-Irish emigrants and he was born in the Waxhaw settlement, near the dividing line between North and South Carolina, his father dying in his Infancy. He was a red-haired. freckle-fa?.ed, barefooted boy whocarv ed lils way to fame over all his more aristocratic associates. Henry Clay was known as the Mlllboy of the Slashes, a locality near Hanover Courthouse Va., where he was born. Yet no two men were of more distinctly Southern and American type. The hst could be j extended iudetiultely to prove that in j the South personal merit and capacity are quite as distinctively the qualities which win success as In the North. The result of Mr. B lutell'S visit cannot but prove beneficial In tending to desectlonalize education and pro mote a better understanding among the educated class in the North ot con ditions as tiley exist In the South, not only in regard to education, but in all other material facts There ls no part of the Union in which education ls commanding more attention, not onl> as to thc white, but also the black race, as to which, with limited excep tions, there is equal interest with equal support from the public treasury. Wi.at ls especially needed now ls just such enlightening of the Northern mind as has resulted from the visit of Mr. Boutell to Chapel Hill. That one of such otherwise wide information and long prominence in public life I should not sooner have become Inform I ed upon the subj :ct, is the key to much I of the lingering sectional feeling which exists between the North and the Soutb.-Louisville Courier Journ al. _ Glassed AH a Fraud. The postal otllcials have issued an order debarring from the u.-e of thc malls Dr. Winfield & Co., of Rich mond, Va., who advertised a com pound which would turn the skin of the blacKcst of negrees to a Illy white. The story is related that several years awo Dr. Winfield met a celebrateri French scientist, who gave bim his discovery, "marwin," with which he guaranteed to change red, blue, black, green or yellow to a beautiful pinkish white. Department chemists say "marwin" is composed of biclorld of mercury, benzoin, glycerine and dis tilled water. "While the compound bas a temporary bleaching edict, it is not permanently banefioial, but it is ultimately Injurious," sajs the de partment fraud order. Auto Accldont. William Butler Woodbridge, of Bos ton, Mass., second vice president of the Columbian National Life Ii sur ance Company, was killed in an auto mobile accident In Sailgus Toursiay night and S. Herbert Wolf, of New York, an actuary, was seriously Injur ed. A. C. Childs and W. E. Taylor, Boston business men, were slightly hurt. Thc ace'd mt was cauRcd by the party mistaking the road In the darkness and running Into a barbed wire fence. Stannard OH Caught, A dispatch from Columbia says that tho Standand Oil Company bas been trying to dodge the license tax by making a part of its returns under tho name of the Standard Oil Co. of Kentucky, which bas a few plants In the state. The comptroller gener ald has raised the amount from $17, 000 to $125,000 for this company. The rest of the license tax of the Standard was previously on a valuation of $200, 1000, making altogether 8325,000. THERE IS FRAUD In the Crop Reports of the Agri cultural Departments. THE RUMORS AFLOAT In Washington Are of a Most Sensation al Character. Chief Wilkie, of the Secret Service Bureau, Said to Have Made Some Start* ling Discoveries. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says some very sensational discoveries are being made is thc investigation ot the "leaks In the crop reports" from the agrlcultur al department progresses. A Govern neut official, who is taking an active part In the Investgation, in conversa tion with Tho News and Courier cor resoondent to day, said in substance: "Chief Wilkie, of the secret service bureau, who has the investigation in hand, has made s^me ntartlh g discov eries, which may Involve not only As sistant Statistician Holmes, but also Obief Statistician Hyde, who is now lu Europe, and one of the female clerks in the agricultural deprrtment who handle the data upon which the cotton crop reports are based. "While some of thc evidence ls cir cumstantial, enough has already been lisclose? to show that advance infor mation on the cotton crop report, aud also other reports which affect specul ation, has reached a few stock brokers through the medium of 'a woman* The woman In the case is said to be one cf the three persons to handle the ligures for the last time before the of ticial report is promulgated. This wo man, who, lt ls said, receives 850 a month salary, has rcc'utiy bought a iomfortablc residence in this city and furulshhd lt in fine style. On the same authority it is said that Assistant Statistician Holmes has invested large ly In suburban real estate, from his meagre salary, Mr. Holmes is now under suspension, because of the in vestigation and the rc ll jetions upon him. The progress of the investigation is being kept a profund secret, pending the absence of Cheif Statistician Hyde, who sailed for Europe a few days be fore the charges of leakage in the de partment were tiled. Secretary Wil son, who is sincere in his endeavors to probe the matter to the bottom, has requested Mr. Hyde to abandon his European trip and return to Washing ton at once. Thus far Mr. Hyde has made no reply to ;.oe summonds, and some ot thuse who are interested in -he investigation declare that he has no intention of returning to face an .ovestigation. Members of Congress who have been specially favored by the department of agriculture in the way of allowances I for their respective districts are en deavoring to smxther the Investiga tion, ciaiming that it will be injurious to agricultural interest generally to have the experimental appropriations and disbursements by the department too closely scrunthd/.ed. A Premier Stabbed. At Athens The idora P. Delyannis, the popular premier of Greece was ?.tabbed and mortally wounred by a professional gambler named Ghera karls, ab the main entrance of the chamber of deputies at 5 p. m. Tues day. The premier died within three hours. Tue assassin who was imme diately arresttd, said he committed the deed In revenge for the stringent measures taken by Premier Delyannis against the gambling houses, all of which recently closed. The premier arrived at thc entrance of the cham ber in a carriage. Gherakarls approach ed, saluted the premier and opened -.he carriage door. The premier was In the act of thanking Gherakarls for his courtesy when the gambler plung ed a long dagger Into M. Delyannis abdomen, indicting a frightful wound. The murdeied was immediately over powered by the attendants. Work ol an <Y?naB?in. What is belle ?ed to be the sequel to a feud of long standing resulted at Val dosta, Ga., Wednesday night In the assassination of the 17 year-old son and the 10 year-old daughter of W. L. Carter, formerly a Baptist minis ter. The young people were attracted by the barking of a dog in the yard surrounding their home and went out to Investigate, followed by a younger child. They were tired upon by some one from behind the smokehouse. The young lady fell dead, the young man crawled back to the bouse, where he died, and the younger child was wounded. Carter (ired upon some one prowling in his yard early Wednes day. He says the intruder was a ne gro. He believes tho assassslns are negroes, but says others may have been instigators of the crime. itoturnH HI? Pension. Commissioner of Pensions Warner Thursday received a contribution of 81,024 to the conscience fund of the treasury. It came from a pensioner und ls the total of pension money drawn by him slue; thc civil war, be ginning at the rate of 82 and rising to $0 per month. The Identity of thc pensioner ls withheld at the latter's request. The name will be dropped frum the roll. Toe reason for refund ing the money and declining to accept more ls that thc pensioner has not earned and do^s not d^s^v? <\ pension. Tlirco Alon Drowned. Through what is believed to have been the accidental caps'zlng of a boab from which they had been fish ing three mon, Alexander Chisholm and Newt and Dennis Bunch, broth ers were drowned In the Potomac near Analstou Island opposite Wash ington Wednesday. The first intima tion of tho drowning was when a boy found a floating fishing rod with a lino attached and on pulling lt drew to thc surface Chirholm's body.