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VOL. XVI. k SCHLEY TN BATTLE. I Ouns Never 8topp*d Firing a* Brooklyn MacU Hat Loop. T HE FIGHT DESCR BFO Th? Texaa Was Not Endarignrwd by "th? Loop," Nor Wa* it? Firo 8 ar k*tied Either. Od Mot day of last weok Sohloy had a regular hold day in tlio court of enquiry. Tho ohiof witness Lioutonant llodgBon, tho oxcoutivc tilioor of tho Brooklyn during tho LaLllo oil Santiago. Ho was a s.ar witnets ior Sohloy. Mr. lUynor began his eros9 cxamination by ahking Mr. Hodgson whether tho Marblohead had hailed tho Brooklyn whou tho two vessels paused each other as tho BronWlvn r to (Jicnlucgoa. Tho wituoea replied in tho negative. Tiio examination then turned upon cvonta nhout UicntuegCB anil iu ropiy to Mr. llaynor's inquiry Hodgson detailed these at longtu. Uuimuaudtr llod^on eaid in reply to thoeo qucstionb tli&v. bo bail Been tho i lights on tho Bhoio at (Jiouiu?.gos, which wero af'.erwnrd dctornuued to bu signals, but ho had buppOMOd they wero Bignala butweon diiiorout brknenea ol tho Spanish luroos on bhoro. lie addon that when Uaptain McCalla amvod with mtoruiatiou as to tho meaning of the bignala ho was immediately dibpatohed to tho bhoto to cou muniuato with tho inburgontB. lio baid thai the progress ol thu bquadron was impeded oetween <Jienfuogo? and Sanu?gj oy tho heav.) weather. Mr. Kay nor tlion a ked: "How far 1 weto you til during too bloekaao ol bautiago, lioni tho Moiro, during tho ( day auu u'.ght ol May 20, 30 31? ' ( iu tobpouco the witncbb biiid: ' iOsr ly in tho utty uiue our habitual position was aoout bix uiiloB. in iho night i , think wo steamed up and down in lioni of tho harbor, a distance ol ajout bix ( miloH." Ho Btatod that the picket boata, the Marblohead and tho Vixen, wore inHldei tho ll nn fit tlm flnr.l *lir.ill between that lino and the bhoro lines. , Tiio wunebti then in response 10 a re- , qucat from Mr. lUynor continued hio tobtimony, doscrihing llio the naval bai . iic ot Juiy 3, liorn mo point whore ho had droppou that desoripiiou at (JapUin , iioniloy u request whilo ho was on tho < btand Fridty. , in thib oonneoticn he said: The Brooklyn did all oho oould. Sho got into action just aa quiok aa steam could carry hor there. vVo eon- , tinuod tiring aa aoon aa the hrot gun on ] tne port bow oould bear and wo kept tiio port battery tiring until btio turned , with port helm through the aro, Ubing ( the att guua until we got all the biar ( boaid guua to bear. We got around aa quickly as wo oould with port holoi un- , til we aliiiobt paralleled the course of tho leading tipahioh vu;>bo1h, when the | holm waa eased and tho bhip steered a , course parahol with the Visoaya, which waa then tho leading vebtol, although the Maria Tereba pruhaoly waa farmer to the uodtcvurd thin ilm Hir.> was bUoaiug at an anglo into tho shore. V\ hen wo gob arounu tho bcueikc was go j docbo nouiing could bo boon of anything ih tho roar of us. Tho thruo , bpauiah vessels wo woro then engaged wiih woro tho Viscaya, tho (Jolou aud j tho Oquendo. Tho Viscaya was about twenty livo hundred yarus on our star- , board bows, tho Colon probably was a , lutlo lotWwid of tho btardboaru beam, , i ho Oquondo was abalt tho siarboaid. Wo continued in mat direction, when 1 romaiked to Captain Cook mat n , seemed rathor ionoiy lor us out thoro. , llo was in tho conning lower, lie askod: , -Why?" , "1 saia that wo woro all alone with tho threo tipaun h vobbols, and it scomcd that it doponded upon us to knook thorn < out. At Uiat-tiUiO tho omuku was so denso 1 could not soo anything, and 1 suppObtd that the Now York being away, tho Brooklyn waB steaming ahead i of tho slower vobuols. lie btopped out of tho oonning tower and uo.aimed to | sue: "What's that elf our sr.areoaiu quaitor?' i 4,1 looked in that dirootion and saw < tho hoavy bow of u ship anu said: * I'haf rnnuf ha iha .VI auu*/. nn?.Ai * a } wv> V..U ?.D[WU.IUII?VW. ! "Ho bald: 'Mo, 11 oouid not bo tho MaEBaohuseite; boo has gooo to (luanunanio.' 1 said: 'it muut bo tbo Ore* , goiit and ho remarked; 'Hod Mobb ilio , Orogou.' 1 oaid: 'Woll, 1 ain very , glau to bco her.' Tho Oregon waa at that timo about, i ahouid aay, four or i fivo hundred yarls cfl our billboard ; quarter at lull speed. W o ooutiQuud iu mat pobitiou until the Brooklyn a epeod begun to inoioaeo as wo got up steam, and wo probabty urow a little further ahead iiom tho O.cgon. She never waa that oioto to ua again aa 1 remember. ihu Oquendo, bhortiy ai- 1 ter, toll out and wool asuore. Tho Colon grauualiy drew ahead and albo wont abhoio. "X remember very woll the lime that the Visoaja blanketed her irom our fire. Ihiu ohauo was oontinutd in that uiiootion until when eft Auoeiradorab, the Vitcaya ported hot heiin arid ran mashere borne btvtn it.nee. Alter pabtting the Viboaya wo steamed ahoau and ooabtd tiring. Xne men wore allowed to cooio out of tho tuirois, ono at a time, to get a Lroathmg bpell, although, of course, all guntt wero man nod aud eveiytning ready, but tho gaining upon tho Colon was very slow. "At 11:15 when the Visoaya stood , tltli oontinuod then after tho Colon. I knew it DiuU bo s'x or rcvon miloB away uutil wo gradually began to gain. I romombar keeping tfo ptatn at work on her, although tho 13.000 yards would oot register on tho htcaiiomctor. 1 remember at ono timo telliu>r Coruiuodoro Sohloy that itjras within about 13,000 yards and try recollection is ho told borne one to tigt al tho Oregon to try ono of her Tatlrotd trite*' At any rato, thortly afterward, the Oregon fi'ed ono of her 13 inoh blubs which loll short. Thou wo tried with 8-inoh eholls and tho? fell short. Tho Oregon was signalling to us tho fall of o r shot at d we signalled to her tho fall of her shot. Wo oontinuod to tiro with tlio Ore/on, bhn with 13 and 8 inoh guns and wo our 8 inoh guns. 1 ronicui bor seeing ono of tho 13 inoh shells of tho Oregon fall well ahead of tho Colou and ono of our 8 inoh shells apparontly foil inshore of tho Colon. At that timo tho Colon ported to holm hard aport Previously to this she had j ortod her helm ouoo or twice apparently seeking a bolt spot on shore. Sbo lirod her )eo gun ami hauled down her flag. I pulled out my waloh. It was exactly 1:15 Wo thou ceased firing and slowed down ftnH nr^nfn IT.^? 4 ? L - 1 l ?* ? v? viuvin noiu Kivuii t ' UUV U UORl. Tlio captain was ordered to go on board to carry terms to the commanding offioor of tho Colon. Oi acoouut of steam having been out oil and thero being eorao troublo with tho boat, wo wore fiouio littlo timo getting tho boat out. In tho meantimo we had flowed and as rapidly as could bo acoo jiplished ono of t) o cutters was Gaa'ly gotten out, a orew put in. Captain Cook wont in tho boat and boarded the Colon. I thick ho probably had a aiilo and a half to pull. "At any rate, wo 1 ad our guns tra ncd on tho Colon at thin timo in oiso of treachery or any act of that kind on her part, although I saw lior throwing brceoli looks ovoiboard, I did not buspcot anything of that kind." "H.?w far waj the Oregon from tho Brooklyn?" "From 1,000 to 1,500 yards on tho starboard quarter." The witness, in reply to quostions, continued his ror-ort of the ba tlo. He said thai at tno Cogifmog of tho fight ho had given tho range at 1 400 yuidi, but thwt after tho loop it was about 2,400 or 2,500 yards. Mr. Kayaoi: "What was tho bonring of Commodore Schley during this engagement or any engagouiont in which you saw him?" "His bearing and mauner, with rospcot to an ofiic ;r of his rank and station in tho naval service, vscro naturally those of a comuiauder iu oniof oi a naval forco on that occasion. Tho witness said the ommandor had occupied \ piaoo on the platform around tho conning tower during tho cngagemout. This, ho said, was a position of danger as tho oommodoro was thero always in full view oflho unnniv'a uhino " "it has bcon stated here," said Mr. ltay nor, "that tho Brooklyn ran 2,009 paras away from tho enemy's ships in making her loop." Tho witness ropliod: "Any witnobs who m&do that statement although no may have statod what ho thought had soourred, waa absolutely mistaken." "liow far did sho go lrom tho enemy's vessels?" "Sue must havo gone about 600 yards to tho southwest, as that ii about tho taotioal d.stanoo at that spcid." 4 Did this turn intoifero with tho Brooklyn's ability to keep up hor fire?" "It did not. Sho oontinued to iiro from her aft turrots." "Did you over sco tho Indiana dur ing tho ongagewont? ' 4T did not. Tho smoko was vory lonoo in tho direction of tho Indiana." At this point Mr. lUynor questioned tho witnoss at length concerning his repoitod colloquy with Admiral bohioy during tho battlo off Santiago in whioh tho oommodoro was reported to havo laid: "Damn tho Texas." Mr. ltaynor askod tho witnoss if it was not Captain Cook who had givon tho ordor to "port holm." The reply was that Captain Cook might havo given tho order to the man at the wheel. Mr. Kiynor then asked: "Did Com mod oro Sohloy givo tho order to port tho helm?" "Ho did," was tho reply. "Was tho helm at port?" "I guess so. Captain Cooks says jo." 01 j otion was mado by Captain Lornley to ho ujo of tho words "I guess" by tho witnoss, but Admiral Djwey Baid Lho form was immaterial ana asked that oountol should not interrupt. Continuing his statement in his rosponao to Mr. Kaynor's question, tin witness baiu that when his convocation with Commodore Sohloy had ooourrod on tho Brooklyn tho oommodoro was standing oq tho platform around tho oonuing tower and two or throo foot lrom fclffiflelf (tho witness) and that Captain Cook, a part cf the timo, Blood iu the door ol tho conning to wor tour or five foet distant. Ho said Caplaio Cook Lad lakou part in tho conversation. Mr. Kaycor then qucstioaod the witnebs very closely iu regard to tholauguago iu wLioh hisoolloquy was reported by tho iiowspaicri and tho languago used ov Mr. Hodguon in his uorr-spoiidonoo with Admiral Sohley. Ho road tho newspaper version ct Comoiander Hodgson's siati inout of iLooolltquy as follows: bahloy: "H trd aport." Hodgson. ''You mean starboard." bobley: "No I don't. Wo arc noar enough to them (; he Spaniards) already.' Hodgson: ' but we will cut down the Texas." bohloy: "Damn tho Texas; let hor lookoui for hernolf." Mr. liaynor then had tho witnons Borutinizo tholottor whioh he had writton to Admiral bohloy on Juae 8 and recall from him tho statement that he had not then informod tho admiral that KnnBTWn. jWWYpfa CONWAY ho had iiHod the cxprt s iron, "Damn tho Toias." When tho witnosB wan at-kod if ho thought that thoro was auy buggoatiou of buoh an exprossion, ho roplied: ''When I suggoitod to Commodore Schley that thcro was danger of oollid ing with the Texas ho said: 'Damn tho Texas.' Ho mod tho expression aa not in any way condemning tho Texas for hoing thoro, but an if ho wore im titrd an ono might bo about anything. Mr. It ay nor a-kod thou about tho ex probsion attributed to tho witness: "She will out dowD tho Texan? ' Commaudcr Ilodgeon replied that thoro waa no onoh cxpreeRiou in tho lot tor and that h) never hid said that tho Brooklyn would out dowu tho Texas. "There ia a good doal in thoroportod colloquy that 1 did not say," ho aai-J. "Tho atatoinont thoro waa utver mado,' ho weut ou, "but tho ooutmodoro did say, 'DAinn tho Texas.' " Continuing ho said that tho dialogue as roportod waa fictitious and that ho hod denied its vorbal accuracy, while not denying tho truth of a part of it. Ho said that ho had told Admiral 1 Sobley that ho oould not repudiato tho , entiro btatcmont, aid that ho had not understood him to icq lest that ho A ~ ?i J -? t--i - _ i oiivuiu uu uiuiu iiiuu uuuy un vorusi hoouraov. Ho already had boforo writing his explicit denial told tho admiral that , he oould not deny (ho whole Btory. Ho ] had givon tho newspaper reporter au- j thority originally to quote htra as au- i thority for tho plat of iho statement. llaniia Sours on Them. Tho WaslUDgtoQ correspondent of the Charleston Host says: Tiio appoint rncnt of Di-triot Attorney John (J. ! Capers as Hipublioan naiioual committeeman lor Smth Carolina, to sue 1 pood tho lato Hon. fi. A. VVcb-tcr, ( which has j tat been ?nnetiQoed by Senator UUnna of Ohio, oiiairman of the eimmiucr, is another btop in the ' policy 01 the formation of a strong K) ' publican party iu South Carolina and ( in tno South. In tho minds oi many it also disposes of tho idea, which certain oid lead* ra of tho Itopublioan party, or, rat.hor, of tno romuant of tho ltepubli oau party, iu South Carolina, have sought to spread through tho country, that Senator Hanna is tho ohiof sup porter of tho "organization," or tho old ' regime wing of the party in that St ate. Dtbitiol Attorney Capors has lor years buou a promioont Democrat, and is today probably tho c.osost friend of Sena 1 tor Molj&unn in South Carolina, it is not presumed, however, that tho MoLaurtn influence had tho least thing to do with tho Holcotion of Mr. Capers 1 for tho position of uational Kopubli committeeman, bu , at tho samo lituo, ' it is apparoiit tout Sonator MoLaurut wiil now, in a groator dogrco thanovor, ' enjoy whatever bonefitho can got in his J oomiDg campaign Irum tho assistance of ( the admit iuraiion, and no', only that, but it is apparent that ho will have tho 1 support ot the itopublioan organization 1 in tho Stato in Ins fight against Senator 1 'J lilman, which ho would not have on j eyed had Webster lived, and rotainod uia jiujdiv/u ?a iuu uudfl oi ido party 111 South Carolina. Dju't wait until you boooiuo ohronio ally oouHiipatocl but take DcVVilt's Littio Early Risers now and then. Thoy will koop your liver aod bowols in good order. Easy to tako. Sale pills. Dr. E. Norton. The State's Wards. Tho board of robots of tho State hospital lor tho msaao hold thoir regular monthly mooting .Thursday. The report of tho superintendent, Dr. J. W. iiaboook, showed that there aro 1,115 iumatos. Tins is an avcrago of ono to every 1,000 of population. This is a muoh lowor poroontagc than in tho majority of Siatoa. lu Massachusetts, where tho oonuitions aro by no means abnormal, tho poiooutago is 1 to 300. The board took up tho inAttor of tho propriety of owing for thoso patients who aro oitizons or other Slates. Tiio aocommtdwions horo aro orowdod and there is always a demand for more room. Tho board dooidod to try to rumody this n at.or without involving tho govornor of this State with the governors of other States. It was do ouied to appeal to tho roiativos of thoso allliotcd. i'licro aro 15 such in tho hodpital, and thoy tako plaoos which should bo given to oitizous of this Stale.?Tho State. Many physicians aro now proscribing Itudol Dyspoppaia Curo regularly havlug fouuu that it is tho boat proscription tuoy oan write booauso it is the one preparation whioh oontains tho elo monti nooo&sary to digest not only some kinds ol iood but all kind and it tboroforo curo indigestion and dyspopsia on inattor wnat iis eauso. Dr. E, Norton. Many aro Dying. A dispaica from Dioomfontoin, South Alnua, says "there aro now 6,500 winto porsons in tho various relugeo camps horo, while thoro aio nearly -10,000 in tho various oamns in LhA O.aagu rivor colony. ThobO require ' sixteen railway truoxloadb ot fooddiuifi < wockly. Thowookiy death rato aver ages '220, moaliy Irom uioaolos, Fifty 1 por com of tno victims arc otiildroo uuuurc 3 years of ago. Tiio trains passing 1 aorta arc filled with womon and ohil- i droa returning to too K*ad. Thirteen 1 bu.gtioro nave Ukoiy taken tho uath of aiitgtanoo horo. i ho agricultural do 1 partinout of the Orange Kivor (Joiouy, ' aoliug wnh tho military, is lnduoiog tho pooplo to tako up a&riouliuro by supplying seed* aud plougi.s. Natives uviLg near the railway trow Bioowionteia to ttio Vaal river aro taking a<ivantago of this and ploughing is progressing uudortho proieouonof tho mtiiiary garrisoning tho tnoAuoueos. B W. PurBell, Kintoravillo, Pa., says ho suflorod 25 years with piles and oould obtain no relief until Do Witt's Witoh Hazol Salvo effeoted a permanent euro. Counterfeits are worthless. Dr. E. Norton. 57^--? , S. C. THURSDAY, ( WAIL OK A COWARD. 8 tys Rocsavalt is Pactional, Favoring tha South. DENOUNCES SOUTHERNERS As Trailers, and Thinks that tha President Should Not ba f\oud of His Confadarata Unclot. Tbo Baltimore Sun of Monday publi hos tbo following speoial from Manchester, N. 11.: An oditorial in tbo Baltimore Sun of Ootobor 1, deploring tho attacks on President Koosovclt at tho MoKinloy memorial sorvioo of Louis Boll Post, Urand Army of tho Rjpublio, this city, on September 27, togothor with a Washington dispatch in tho samo issue of tho Sun in whioh Prosidont ltoosovolt was quotod as assuring "Privato" J. M. Da'aoll of Ohio of his impartial loyalty to both North and South, has brought out another publio attack on tho Prosidoot and tho South from Oapt. Frank 11 (Jhallis, former commander of tho New lOaglani division, Sons of Votorno. It was Capt. Phallis who first oriti oisod Prosidont Roo3ovolt for his friond liness toward thy South, at tho mooting of Louis Boll Boat. Markod olippiugs from tho Sun of tho two articles moutioncd woro received L.. 1-^1 /1L If uy u?pv. \jnauis in an oovolopo b aring tho namo of J. M. Dalcoll. The naptain, taking it for prsuted that Priva'o Dalaoll had f ont thorn in roply lo hia ami Koosovolt spnooh, promp ly -prang to tho attack, la an open lotter to 1'. ivAto l)als ill. r o j y of whioh tic had forwarded, ho not ouly repoatn his attack on tho Propident and tho South wuh ino'oasod b) trruo*s, hut xlso avails the Hough Uidor'< ao a oonapomoratijn of oowboy ruffians and liroadway rounders," and intimates rhat tho President's Uoofodorato unolod would bavo bcou hanged if they had rojoived their donerts. (.'apt. Challis' letter is, in part, as follown: "L had no idea that my words would itlraot tho attention they havo dono, ?nd L fear that they worn only too wuoh lesotvod, for it id tho 'struck bird that Hatter*,' generally spooking or, to use \ more oxprosuivo phraso, 'tho galled jade winoos.' "You woro, 1 boliovo, a soldior of tho civil war and, L asdumo wout into it impollod by aomo pa'riotio prinoiplo xnd not btOAUBO of a big bounty or lavish promises. If you boliovod in tho vjuao 1 would liko to know your footings when you road tho following alleged letter of Thcodoro UooBovolt, if you jver did road it, whioh I quoto from tho Hartford Timos, in whioh I road it: [This loiter, tho papor stated, was writton to a geutloman in Atlanta, Ga., under date of Juno 19, 1901.): " '1 am oxtromoly proud of tho faot that ono of my unolon was an admital in tho Confodorato navy and that aunher firod tho last gun aboard tho Alabama. I think tho timo has now como wnen wo can an do proud of tho valor ihown on both aides of tho eivil war. In my rogimont I had more mon whoso fathers fought iu tho Confederate army Lhao I had men whose fatbors fought for tho Union.'" "Tho faot that tho Proaidont folt sailed upon to attompt to answor the so oallod oritioiam and that you folt it Qooossary 10 attempt to a^uaro thinga is evidenoo onough to mo that thoro was Juatioo in tho mild oritioiam that 1 mado, tho wholo of whioh was contained in tho atatomont that I had 'misgivings' as to tho futuro oonduot of a man who oould write aush a lottcr. In all my remarks did not oovor ton minutos, and it was far from my doniro to achieve notorioty or mar tho harmony of tho mooting bv oxprossing ultra sontimonta. "As for mysolf, I havo no oooasion for extreme pride in tho faot that any of my uncles woro traitors oithor in tho oivil war or at any othor time. And whilo I may rospoot a Southern soldior as euoh, and would not do anything to hurt his foelings, I would still boliovo, as you do yourself, Privato Dalioll, that in bearing arms against tho Uoitod Statos ho was a traitor whothor his camo was Hubert K. Loo or John Wilkos Booth, and if ho was liko somo of thoao namod in tho Hun's oditorial? ono who violated his oath as a Wost Pointer?thon ho was a doubly damned traitor. No amount of soft soldior about the valor of tho Houthorn soldior will ohango tho rook ribbed faotsof history. 4 1 f1 -1 ? ... rromuont nooiovoit was not oallcd upon to apologizo for his uoolos who woro rebels (*s ihoy woro), And on tho oontray ho was not required to SAy ho wasextremly proud' of tho faot that if thoy had roooivod their doaorts thoy would hAVo been hung, whioh is tho iuo and appropriate punishmont to uuoh as thoy. Btill loss was ho bound to say that his conglomeration of oow boy luflUna and Broadway ronndors contained moro sons of robots than sons of Union men for there was no othor purpose in 6uoh an observation than to oast disoredit upon tho patriotism of tho sons of the Northern soldier. "Binco Septombor 27th I havo boon told that a New York nowapapor has oontmned a purported iuterviow with the Presidont in which ho made muoh of tho fact that ho rccommondod moro Southerners than Northerners for oomniiottiona in tho army, if that bo a true statcmont, it must follow that in Theodore Koosovlt wo have a bona fido 'sootiocal Prosidont' and the sootion ho represents is south of Mason & Dixon's line. EL*IU?L9?L - I iv.< ? > / Villi ICTO HER, 17. 15)01. ''lu aiy humble ostiuiation wo have goiu quito far onough in hiring Southeroera to ho patiiotf. .loo VVhoolor Fitzhugh I. o and 'Massacro' Butlor have boon made generals and havo tl >pped thoir brief day in tho public oyo. 1 think it is fully timo for Prosidoa'a oho od by Kepublioau and Northern vol08 to rooall tho faot that there id a ooDsidorablo constituency whioh dica not tii.d it noccisBary to loft itself into prominonoe on tho solo rooomuiondauou that it has boon dislojal. "As you Boom to havo constituted youiBolf guardian and chief swashbuckler for tho ProBidont with rcfcronoo to Grand Aruiy mon, L will add that 1 ani not a voter*n, ouly tho son of one, and Sena tor llonry K. HuruhaJi, who iu aho quoted, ia not a Grand Army mau, ouly a stalwart representative of New I lamp shiro Rontiiui nt. Neither is an applicant for a pension, aa tho Ban's oditoiial booluh to inter, and spoaking for inysolf, 1 can nay that in my estimation tho pontoon laws have gone to the limit of what Bolf roaj oouog soldiers oau ask. "Preaidout Hoosovolt owes bid prosont position not to tho votou of traitors, but to tho votou of loyal iuoo, and if ho ohooso to emulate tho infamous rxamploof .John i'ylcr aud Andrew JohnsoQ by oatoring to hia onomioa rather than hiu friouda ho can do no; but hia day of reckoning will arrivo on Bohodulo time. "Porsonaily I havo no intercut in this oontrovorny, nowiuh for notoriety but when a man for whom L voted goon out of hi.i way to glorify treasons and traitor.* nr.d ?lnr tlm 1 k - Bona of loyal unco, I shall express iny eonliirtou'H about it as 1 have opportunity. "I trust, Piivsto Dvzdl, thityou will not loao any further sloop ovorthio matter. Bu', if jou have tho inmiohso influence that it w< u'd appoar from tho Baltimore Sun you may havo with Pros i'ioot Roosevelt, will >ou kindly > xert it oo that it may not dcoiroy his imu in fluenoa, and bosmiroh ris own administration, by open oatoriog to tho as yet untamed barbarians oT the South, wucro thoy still persistiu refusing RjbvvoII U. llorr's advioo and to oontinao to raiso not hogs, but h?. "Every patriotic oitizen coaircs tho r.ueooes of tho present administration, No ouo wishes ill to Tlwcdoro Roosovolt, President of tho Uuitod States. Tho bloody shirt lies in thedioli along with tho 'Lost Cacso.' It will uot bo disinterred unions tnoso who aro 'ex trouioly proud' of roiativoa who wore traitors, baok. it up by aots whioh appoar to diboriuiinato against, not in fa vor of, tho men who novor waged war against tho I Joitod States." Sid Doarling, 1012 Howard st. Port 1 Huron, Mioh, writes: "i h?vo tried many pills and laxativoj but DeWitt'o 1 Littlo Early Risers aro far tho best pills L havo ovor usod." Thoy never 1 gripo. JL)r. E. Norton. WAR COMES HIGH. Tremendous Coat of the Boer War to England. Tho British BocroUry for war, Mr. Broderiok, roplying to Sir (Jharlos, Howard Vincent's olfor to raiso frosh troops or do anything oIho to asBist tbo govorauiont, dooliuos tho proposal, and, in dointr so. lunvthilv rnvmwa ish position in South Africa, obvious- I ly in answer to tho persistant and soaiohing oritioisms of tho ministerial jjuruals and members of p&rliamont, that tho govsninent in languidly content to lot tho war drag on. Mr. lire doriok Bay*, to bogin with, that nothing Lord Kitohonor has askod for ban not boon promptly mot. Ho adds: "Wo havo, rougiily, 200,000 men and <450 guna in South Alrioa, and ovor 100,000 men aro undor training at homo. Wo havo no difficulty, therofoio, in kooping tho hold army up to its roquiBito Htrongth, by drafts, and if a further oall bo made wo aro in position to moot it with tho utmost promptitude. Notwithstanding this, thoro sooms to bo an improssion abroad that tho olono of tho war is rotardod by a scaroity of troops, or tho want of mobility of our columns." This improusion Mr. Iiro'riok combats by rcoiting what tho war offioo is doing, providing uupplios for 311,000 porsona, diroolly or indirootly connected with tho war, fooding 248,000 horsos and males, and maintaining four montha reserves of lood for men and animals. Sixty uiuo mobile col umna, porfootly equipped, aro now in tho hold and 10,000 remounts aro boing landed monthly, boaidoa thoso oapturod. Mr. liredrickdays tho anxiety oan bo aot at rest at homo. Tho government has nover intorforrod with Lord Kitohoner, in whoso vigorous prosooulion of tho wer they havo ontiro ooniilonco. llo points out again to tho vast extent of tho oouutry. Alluding to Lord Kitohonor sending back poorly trained yeomanry, Mr. ILodriok ropiios that they would havo boon trained enrlior Kill. fni? f>? A Antni/.n . 1 I - ?? - ~v.. .v> vfiuwu vi uiuuaiy auvi i ors iu South Alnoa and at hum3, up to Nvvombor, 11100, that no fronti troops w?ro noodod. Honry Brajdon, Harris, N. (J., says: "1 took mcdiomo 20 years for asthma but one buttlo of Oao Minute Cough (Jure did mo tnoro good than any thiug else during that time. Bout Cough Curu." Dr. E. Norton. How to enoourago and keep the boys on tbo farm? Tako the iu off of it occasionally for reorcation and sight seeing, where suoh opportunities as the next annual State Fair will atford. A novor falling ouro for outs, burns, scalds, utocrs wounds and sores is DoWitt's Witch Haicl Salvo. A most soothing and healing romody for all skin atfeotioos. Aooopt only tho genuine. Dr. E. Norton irunic fiom i - t "* * fsrr . > 1 " /! / r - / V v < < ? J ! FUN AT THE FAIR. Arrangement* for Outside Attractions in Columbia CoiiUMitiA, Oot. 12 ?Spcoial: Tho annual fair of tho Sialo Agrioutural and Mechanical Sooioty is of itnolf bo full of aUrnations that it always "draws well." i'ooplo of all oooupationH lake interest in an exhibition intondod primarily for tho ontertainuicut and tho bottoruiont of tho farmers. Still it is tho wish of tho oitizons of Ooluiu bia to atfoid outortainutout in the oay proper, distiuot froui tho lair itsolf. To t hid end thoro was organ.zod some years ago tho City Fair Asbooiation, and every year thin body appoiuts a oouiuiittoo to mako ueojsaary arrangouionts. This aommiitoo has oIobou a ojn'rnot with tho Columbia hllcotrio Light company for tho brilliant illuminatiou of Maiu alroot during fair woek. Seven handsouio oro?s arohos aro to bo croctod, and thoro will bo lights along tho nido of tho Btrootn boiwoon tho arohoB au well. This will provide Buoh street illuiuination as has never boon providod in Columbia boforo. 1 ho oommittco also olosod a ooutraot with tho iamouB Unitod States First Artillery band froiu tho fort ou Sullivan's 1 land for throo oonoorts of two hourd each day for each day of tho f.im ... iair. j no oommmoo was enabled to hcouto tins baud, v.liioh is the tanking band in the army, by going into an grcomont with tho executive ootmuittoo in charge of llio State ball. The oov.oorts will probably bo givoa from the piazzas of the two leading hotels and a stand in the S'ato house grounds just In front of the Coofodcrate raonu1/ en'.. In addition to this band tho ooominittoo oil amusements lias engaged the acrvioos of tiio brans band of too Columbia Orchestra, whoso inusio, r.'oogeu.'d as tirst class, will supploinouc that ot tho Erst Artillery band, ihus tlisro will bo plenty oi liueiuuaio all through too woox. Ouo or more ouiupanies of aoiobats or other expert performers will aUo bo engaged, and those will givo at leant i)no tree exhibition on Main street every day from Tuesday till Fiiday. Tho objool of the local astuo.auon is to afford ontjrtainuioul to vini ois ia the iutorvals botwoen the times when it is convenient to attend tho fair itself. IT is obj'iot will bo well aooomplishod this year. Tho brilliant and beautiful illumination cf Main street will make it a popular promonado, aud this of itsoil will furnish outertaiuuicut to thoso who may not wish to atteud the tho* aire. Tho annual ball of tho South Carolina olub is always a leading foiuuro of fair week: lu the hull of tiio llouto of Uopro sentatives (one of tho handsomest halls in tho oouotry) will gather ladies and gentlemen from all parts of South Carolina and also from other States. Tho olub is a social institution of long standing and great popularity. Its annual bail is always onjoyod. Evory night of fair week will bo marked by a high-oiass performance at Columbia's now thoatro?one of tho largost and boat c?juippod in tho ontiro South. This thoatro takes tho placo of tho opera house destroyed by firo, aud is in all rospcots a decided improvement on ttio old building. Under tho managomont of Messrs. Smithdoal 6c Browne, who loa-.o the theatre from tno oity, tnoro aro brought to Columbia companies and star aotors whoso reputation is of tho highest, and whoso pcrformanoos sustain that roputation. Tho plays during fair weok will bo fully up to tho standard, and tho thoatro will bo full ovory night. Oao important function of tho City hair Association is tho providing of pleasant <iu?ru.ra for visitors?thousands of whom musttiud thcao olaowhoro thau iu tho hotoia and boarding houaos. To mod thiu dotuand tho aaaooiatiou intonda to maintain its intolligonoo olboo, and hopaa to inako it rnoro of an intolligonoo buroau this yoar than it has ovor boon, boorotary MoJunkin will havo this otlioo looatod in tho bouthorn railway uptown offioo building on Main atroot and ovory visitor who doairia riuariora oan thoro tnako application. Whatever tho crowd (and it prooiiaoa to bo iinmonsc) thoro will bo good aooommodationa tor all. N)iri? bilvor, North btratfoid. N, fl.: "1 purchased a bottle of Ono Minuto (Jough Cure when suffering with a oough doctors told mo was incurable. Ono bottlo rolievod me, tho scoond and third almost ourod. To-day I am a well man." Dr. E. Norton. Horrible Death. In a wrock of tho Norfolk and Westorn road noar Dublin, Va., Frank La vender, a tiroman on a Cripplo Crook passongcr ongino mot a horriblo doath. VVhilo running from l'ulaski to Dublin his ongino orashod into another engine attached to tho roar ond of a froight train whioh was standing on tho main lino. Both engines wtro badly wrookcd and Fireman Lavender, who.io logs woro oaught by falling coal from tho engine's tender, was scalded to doath by sloatn. ll?n?ing from the oab win uow no bcggod pitoouely for help, but tho bystaudor.1 wore poworiocs to aid him OMDg the fait osoapiug steam. Tho blarno for tho aooidout ib attributed to tho ongincer, who was unhurt. It is claimed ho was runniug too fast and a dense fog provontod his Boeing ahead. Tho dead fireman was from Pulaski and had boon marri d only ono month. Goo. W. Dsn*. Powamo, Mioh., writotr. "Your Koaol Dyspepsia Cure is tho host remedy for in digestion and stomach trouble that 1 ever mod. For years I Buffered from dyspopsia, at tiouos compelling mo to stay iu bed and oaus mo untold agony. I am completely ouroby Kodol Dyspepaia Cure. In rooommonding it to friends who suffer from indigestion I always offer to pay for it if it fails. Thus far I have never paid." Dr. E. Norton. "vf r . TP^ * > ,/T ' "ll c%^;" NO. 12 THE HOME GOLD CURE. An Ingenious Treatment by whioh Drunkard* are Reins: Cured Daily iu Spite ot Themselves No Noxlou* Dote*. No Wakening of the Nerve*. A Pleasant and Positive Cure for the Liquor Habit. It in nt w generally known anil understood that Drunkenness is a disease and not weakness. A body (tiled with poison, and nerve* completely sha tered by periodical or constant use of intoxicating liquors, requires an autidoto capable of neutralizing and eradicating this poison, and destroying the craving for intoxicants. Hutlerors ni vy now cure themselves at hotno without publicity or loss of time from business by this wonderful "HOME GOLD CURE" whioh has been perfected after many years of close study and troaimont of inebriates. The faithful use according to directions of this wonderful discovery is positively guaranteed to oure the most obslinato case, no matter how hard a drinker. Our record* show the marvelous transformation of thousands of Drunkards into sober, industrious and upright mon. WIVES CURFlYOUR HUSBANDS! CH1L DRKN I'll UK YOUR FA I'M ERR!! This remedy is in no sense a nostrum but is a specific for this disease only, and is so skillfully dovised and prepared that it is thoroughly soluble and pleasant to tasto, so that it can be given in a cup of tea or ootfee without tho knowledge of tho person taking It. 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Thn Charleston l'oat saya tho eonvioiion of six '"blind tiger" proprietors Wednesday under tho oity ordtnauoo roooutly pasuo'l is a very satisfactory result, and a prouiiboof extended success in tiio municipal onfoioemont of tho law which iho^tato has failed from tho first to carry out in Charleston. Thoro was short shift to tho accused in tho oourt Wcducsday, and juutioo foil swiftly upon thorn. For tho drat timo in sovoial years koopers of illicit liquor places wore brought to book and mado to suffer tho penalties of thoir violation Wednesday's work was but tho boginning of what will bo a general, continuous and praotio&l enforcement of tho dispensary law undor tho city administrative povvor. Lot tho State authorities oh?crvo and wonder. A WORTHY SUCCESSOR. Something New Under the SunAll Doctors have tried to oure CAT A KIU J by tho use of powders, acid gases, inhalers and drugs in paste form. Their powders dry up the mucuous membranes causing them to crack open and bleed. The powerful acids used in tho inhalers have entirely eaten away tho same membranes that their makers have aimed to cure, whilo pastes and ointinonta cannot reach tho disooso. An old and experienced practioner who has for many years made a close study and specialty of the treatment of CATARRH, has at lost perfected a Treatment which when fnithfully used, not ouly relieves at onoe, but permanently cures "ATAKRIi, by removing thecaimn ?r/inritn? . <j ? ?-rt? r> mo discharges, and curing all inflammation. It is the only romedy known to soienoo that actually reaches the atlliotol parts. This wonderful remedy is known as "SNUFFLES the GUARANTEED CATARRH CURE ' and is sold at the extremely low prioo of One Dollar, each paokage containing internal and external medicine Bulliclent for a full month's treatment and everything necessary to its perfect use. "SNUFFLES" is the only perfect CATARUI1 DURE ever made and is now reoognized as the only safe and positivo oure for that annoying and disgusting disease. It oures all intlaination quickly and permanently and is also wouderfuily quiok to relieve HAY FEVER or COLD in the HEAD. CATARRH when neglected often leads to CONSUMPTION?"8NUFFLES" will save you if you use it at onoo. It if no ordinary remedy, hut a complete treatment which is positively guaranteed to oure CATARRH in any form or stage if used aooording to the directions which accompany each paokage. Don't delay but send for it at once, and write full particulars as to your condition, and you will receive special advice from the discoverer of this wonderful remedy regarding your case without cost to you beyonu the tegular price or "SNUFFLES'' the "GUAR. ANTEED CATARRH CUKE." Bent prepaid to any address in the United .States or Canada on receipt of One Dollar Address Dept EDWIN U. GILES A COM^ PANY, and 2<id2 2d<10 Market Street, Philadelphia Imprisoned in Mexico. News has beon roeoivod" at San Antonio, Texas, that W. H. Moally, a former resident ?of Pennsylvania and said to bo a man of wealth and high oharatotor, has boon inoarooratod in the jail at Montoroy and that it was the puipom of tho authorities to refase h..l .si ? ? ' udii uuui uo wouiu comply with oortain directions ia connection with the ownership of certain Mexican mines. The Washington authorities and several influential Uaited States souators and representatives have boon applied to. Ministoi Clayton has wirod that ho has taken nocossary stops to sooare a mitigation of tho conditions of Mr. Moall'y imprisonment. Robbers Fooled. Mows of tho hold-up of a train on the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Qulf road, noar Ash town, Ark., has roaohed the Welle-Fargo office at Now Orleans. Tho train was northbound from Shereve* port. Tho information comes in a tele* gram to tho express people announcing the hold up, but saying the robbers had gotten nothing. The telegram said the Valuables the robbers believed the expres oar carried had been left in ShreveI port to go out by the daylight train.