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IT VOL. XIIL MARCHING ONWARD Japs Have Turned the Flank ^ Gen Keller's Position. A FIERCE BATTLE RAGING |^. - - The Claim to Have Marie a BiioccbhI'uI lieeoiuiaiHaiioe In Force l|nrier Ceneral llerftcholiiinii. '/ A Special from Llao Yang dated July 20, sais news was received from Ta Ache Klao Thursday that the Japanese had broken the K^slan left Hank between Llufc.-Gen. Count Keller's position and that of Gen. Ren i nenkampiT and that they were marching on Mukden. The rumors to thi nuet lire persistent. According to 21 special from Moscow, the Husky Llstoku of that city con firms the Asiociated Tress report from Lino Yang that the .Japanese have broken through the Russian left Hank and aro marching on Mukden. fA KIKHCK KHUIT KAUINU. A Husssian conc-pondent of tiie London Daily Telegraph at. Mukden, under date of July 10, says: "A tierce light has been raging during the past two days and It still qontlnuea.. The Japanese, wno are in superior Strength, attacked with great daring and coolness. The Russians are contesting the ground splendidly. The Japanese Hanking movements to the east, are the real cause of our retirement. Heavy losses have been sustained. The Japanese artillery lias again shown its superiority." A ltUHtil A N KKCONN AI8ANCK. A dispatch from I/ao Yang, dated I July 20, sajs the Russian eastern at my baa attacked tiie Japanese on the other side of tiie valley of the Llao river. Lieut.-Uen. Count Keller, after a hard tight compelled the Japanese to retreat with great loss. Gen. llerschelman, July 10, had a j m MHOTMui engagement, rorcing the .lapanase to rapidly re treat on their K main force. The Hussion loss was 4 - 200imti killed or wounded. Hands of Chinese bandits have appeared In | thlH neighborhood. They attack the JtuKsian sentries. ^ It is reported that Gen. Kurokl is suffering from malaria and that he follows ills army in a litter. Gen. Oku, it is rumored, has resumed ills advance beyond Kalchou. The Russians are expecting a battle. BUCCKSHKUL SOUTIK. A later dispatch from Liao Yang, says tiiat Gen. llersctielman on Tuesday successfully effected a reconnaissance in force in the direction of Slkeyan, discovering large forces of Japkr anese. He held his position until evening and then retired with slight loss. Gen. Kuropatkin, in a dispatcli tc the emperor July 20, says that there hue Knnt) IIA ? - ?- *. 1. i .. J too KJKsKjU UU JHU Ml W(l l UIUUI^C III IrlllH sphere of operations. "Wednesday night," the dispatch says, "our sharpshooters and Cossacks surprised a Japanese outpost at the village of Khudianza, 10 miles southeast of lkhav|i uan. Twenty-one of the Japanese 1 were bayonet'.ed. Tlu se who escaped A ~ were tired upon by mistake by Japa' nese who came to their assistance." | A dispatch from Tokio, dated July 22, says a tlshcrman reports that the Vladivostok squadron was olT Myako Thursday, going In a southeasterly direction at a rp eel of 10 knots. If this course and speeel was m%:ntalned the squad n n was oil Yokohama late Friday. The eastern coast of Japan * Is shrouded in fe>g. ShlpplngJtas been suspended awaiting the localmn of the Ilussian Meet. jafs win another victory. A dispatch from Tokio, dated July . 22, says (Jen. Kurokl, after a severe light, occupied Klao Tung on July 19. The place had been fortified by the Russians, who defeneled It stoutly. In the lighting (Jen. Kuroki's trcops drove the Russians from their strongly fortilleel position on the Chi river which is northwest of Motien pass and east of Anpiug, indicting upon the enemy more serious leases than they sustained themselves. The tight began on the 18th aid ended on the 19th. The Japanese lost 424 men In killed and wounded. The Russian ^ losses are estimated at l,0ob. Gen. Kurokl began his advance early in the morning of the 18th. He un covered and followed the enemy along the Chi river. The Russian* seemed to he retiring to the northward when suddenly two battalions with eight guns turned and attacked the Japanese advance guard vigorously. At this point the Japanese suffered be fore relief came, one company losing all its officers. At a late hour in the afternoon the Russians position was developed. They occupied an eminence on the banks of the Chi. This river guarded their left tlank and high precipices protected the Russians on the right. The only approach to their position was through-a narrow detlle. The tightlijg continued until dark when the Japanese forces blv' ouaced. The Russians made two counter attacks, but were repulsed In each case. The Japa*nJ*e renewed the attack at midnight, posting their artillery in the valley below and in high ground to the south of the Russian position. The main Japanese body was assigned to attack the Russian centre; a small detachment was sent toward the right tlank and another to watch the enemy's left Hank. After these positions had been taken the fighting ceased for a time but was resumed at dawn. The Russians bad 32 guns in action, and they (Vigorously shelled the Japanese. To this tire the Japanese replied and the bombardment lasted for four hours. During this time the Japanese infantry moved forward, the Hankers had succeeded in soaliog the heights on the Russian right by 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at which hour the main force was ordered to storm the Russian centre. The Japanese artillery protected this movement splendidly, but the Infantry met with a severe tire and lost heavily in galnlpg the heights. The tioal successful chargo The Japanese succeeded in partially cutting off the Russian retreat and this fojn became a rout. The enemy went In two directions to the northward and to the eastward. The Russian forces engaged Included in addition to the art! lery seven battalions of infantry and a regiment of (Jossacks. The enemy left 1.'11 dead and .'100 rillcs on the Held. Prisoners taken estimated the Russian losses at 1,000. The Japanese lost one oflicer aud f>4 killed and is otllcers and 251 men wounded. On July loth Japanese forces attacked a battalion of infantry and 1,000 cavalry who occupied the Che Chiato to the northward of Shotien- 1 tsczu. Aft"r four hours ol lighting the Russians retired across the Taltsu river. HAMBUltO-AMKIUCAN I.INK HTKAMSIIIl' ' KKl'OUTKD SKI/.KU. A dispatch from Sue/., dated July ] 22, say>: The Hamberg-Amcrlcan i line steamer Scandia seized by the Russians in the Red sea lias just arrhed at that place. She 11 es the i Russsian naval Mag, is commanded by i a Rmsian naval oMIcjr and is manned i by a Russian r.?._l crew. She will | enter tire canal. Her destination is I not known. < OKKMANY INDIGNANT. ! A dispatch from llerlin, says: The 1 foreign otllce is without oillclal In- 1 formation of the seizure or the Scan- ( dla, the only thing received up to the J nrCKAnf. I.lmo li^liur n l.iiloiFMiu ffrtrr. tho Hamburg-American company ' stating the facts and appealing for J assistance. The foreign oillce thereupon cabled to the Herman consul at Port Said for an authentic version of ' the capture and is awaiting Ills an- ; swer before making representations at St. Petersburg. j The olliclals discuss tlie case witli an evident at'.cmpt to keep cool, but they betray deep seated indignation ' at Russia's course. Germany lias no warships In the Red Sea and the (pies- . tlon of sending vessels there ins not yet been considered, but tlie olliclals ' plainly Intimate that this question , must arise unless Russia speedily orders the captain of her volunteer Meet steamers to cease molesting Her- ' man shipping. . Tho (illlcials refer to tlie energetic language of tlie Herman press as fully 1 justifiable. Tlie seizure of the Scandia 1 is regarded as being so excessively un- . reasonable that the government olllcials t ry to assume that the captain of the Russian ship exceeded his instruc- ] Lions and that Russia will make speedy ! amends. liATTLK RAGING AT NEW C1IWANG. A battle was fought Saturday near Ta Tohe Kiao, which was attacked, it is believed, witli heavy losses. The progress of tho battle was watched by many people In New Ciiwang from the roofs of houses. The day was clear and tlie smoke of the guns could lie plainly seen. The Russian losses are reported to have been 700. The Japanese are slowly nearlng New Chwang. Great excitement prevailed In that city during Sunday's and Saturday's fights. BRITISH SUITS HKI'/.Kl). I ...... H,.,l #l.? I ? 4VU Tlt.o.1 1UUUI VCD ** 1 y tuai' L'l 115 1 \ !!*? slan volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk tired three b'ank shots acr? ss the bows of the British steamer Ardova, the cargo of which c insists of coal and ex- 1 plosives, and the yess 1 not stopping 1 the Smolensk sent two loaded shots at 1 her, oie of them passing over her amid ships and the other over her ' stern. The Ardova was then sri/.ed . and her irew transferred to the Smolensk. The vessel will be br ught to Suez. ' The Vladivostok squadron Sunday sunk the steamer Knight Commander, from New York, oir the province of 1 Izu, after transforiIng the crew of 1 Knight Commander to the steamer * Tsinan. The Knight Commander, aecordirg to The Marl ime Kegister, is a British steamer of 2,710 tons [ burthen, commanded by Capt. I>u- ? rant. She sailed fiom New York May 0 for Singapore. Last wiek she was reported as having arrived at Shanghai. The Vladivostok squadron also captured a German vessel, believed to be the Arabia with 110,000 tons of tlour and and unknown British steamer. The two ve s Is were sent to Vladivostok In charge of prize crews. A dispatch from London says that ; the IlU'Slan ambassador has received ofllcial notification from St. Petersburg reporting the capture of two more lhitish ships in the lted sea and instructions from his government to notify Great Britain that the same ! procedure will bo followed as In the case of ihe Malacca, namely, the ves- 1 sels will be taken to a neutral port for examination by the consuls of the two nolinna /i unuiuun i/uuwi mil. The effect of the additional seizures upon ttie British government has been to intensify its determination to settle the status of the volunteer tleet vessels. It Is understood that the dis patch of the British oru'ser Venus to j the Bed sea and a number of torpedo I boats cf Port Said is an earnest of the government's intention to protect British commerce. No warl ke Instructicns have been given to the commanders but 1 lie Venus will closely watch the procedure of the volunteer tleet vessels. Some d'plomatlc circles regard this as being in the nature of a threat to Russia, tut the ituss'an diplomats of London express no concern. AOHRKMKNT RKAC1IKD. The associated Pi ess is able to state on the highest authority that the Russian and British governments have agreed on a mutually satisfactory basis for a settlement of the uucstions of the Russian volunteer ileet steamers In the lied sea and the seizure by them of British ships. A few minor points still remain unsettled, but thete probably will be cleared up, and it Is not expected that further complications will arise. Great credit for the satisfactory termlnathn of this incident is due to Forlegn Secretary Count Lamsdrof, who, it is admitted, acted In a calm and conciliatory spirit worthy of a great statesman. The attitude of Sir Charles Harding, the British ambassador, both for moderation and 'dignity, also provokes praise. In faot the negotiations throughout the crises wefe conducted in a most friendly spirit on both sides. a nr MRS. MAYBRICK FREE. ; A Mother's Fidelity Has Opened the < Prison Doors. i IS 8HH INNOCENT OR GUILTY? 1 The Famous ami Rich American Wo- , man Who watt Once (Sentenced to Death Now (Joew Free anil IJiirewtriotctl. A special from Turo, Cornwall, ICng., dated July *20, says Mrs. Florence May brick Is freo. She left Cornwall Wednesday on her way to France. Mrs. May brick's Imprisonment was not terminated with the clang of doors, the last sound which remains In the ears of so many of her fellowprisoners who had preceded her to liberty from Aylesbury prison, where die spent more than 14 years of her life. It closed before the a roll doorway of the White convent of the Sisterhood of the Epiphany in this little town, with the black-robed sisters softly uttering their blessings and K<od wishes for her future. With | t uu/i Vf ra \f unlwl ?1? vttv V</1U piiiiiuil 1 ill in. lUa/UllWA DIJl/CI" I Ed the carriage cf Miss Dalrymple, ( secretary of the sisterhood, ar.d was | driven rapidly to Staustell, a small | station 14 mile9 away, where, after | oxcliaiiKiiiK good-by? s wltli her com- , paulons, she boarded a train and t started on her Journey to France. ? She will not go to America until her | presence there Is considered impera- \ Lively necessary. Tlie greatest secrecy was thrown , ibout Mrs. Maybrlck's departure. t Mother Superior Julian of the con- } vent said to a representative of the \ Associated Press that under her in- | Instructions she must refer all Inqul- t rles to the home otllce. Others at the , convent were equally uncommunftu- . Live. I At the railroad station orders were | Issued forbidding the emyloyes to dis- | 3U?s Mrs. Maybrlck or even to admit \ that she was at the convent. The ( little town has taken deep interest In this International figure. Crowds early stood at tlie iron gates of the grounds, waiting for Mrs. Maybrlck to appear, put they were rarely rewarded, she *olng out oiTy when the road was reported clear. When Mrs. Maybrlck first arrived liere she was kept under strict sur- i velllance, never leaving the convent | walls; even for a walk in the grounds die would have to be under the escort jf one of tlie sisters. Subsequently , die was allowed to walk In the streets ' jf tills picturesque place and in the diady couutry lanes in the vicinity. Those who have seen the published portrait of Mrs. Maybrlck soon got to recognize tlie black-robed woman with black bonnet and flowing strii gs, an i ; *ave her kindly greetings, which freilipnt.lv nimtcil nnnnl Iniiil W" VI.. .. w. j WUUVWIVA.M) 111 1 Oi AU Cby * | brick seeking so far as possible to , ivold the attention of the curious. Her time at the convent was taken up , by sewing, reading and chatting witli the sisters, endearing herself to them ^ by many acts showing that even the many years of servitude at Ayleibury prison had been unable to stamp out j ber innate kindly disposition. Those who have talked with Mrs. J Maybrtck say that within the live months spent at Truro were happy , jnes. She was compelled to observe the rules of tho sisterhood strictly, as j Lhe sisters were required to carry out ( the regime of the prison, but the ( rules were not enforced by warders hardened by contact with criminals, , but by friendly sisters who have been ( companions as well as guardians, and ' Mrs. Maybrick expressed her gratitude to them on her departure. Her 1 past life was not referred to at the , convent unless Mrs. Maybrick spoke bf it. ' When Mrs Maybrick lift her peaceful retreat this morning she was iressed in gray, she wore a white boa iround her neck and she had a grey hat with (lowers upon her whitened head. These garments were sent by her 1 mother, the Haroness de Koques. and were the first colors worn by Mrs. Maybrick since her imprisonment lf> years back. The fact that people at Truro knew her by sight and that newspaper correspondents had established themselves near the oonvent caused Mrs. Maybrick to determine not to leave Truro by train on departing from the town, but to go to Stausfcell, where a fast express train stopped. After her departure it was said by a sister of the convent that Mrs. Maybrick had given no trouble whatever and that her conduct had t>een most exemplary, she observing without question all the regulations. She ihad nnt nukari tur and had not been given unusual favors. Nevertheless the mother superior was glad to be freed from her responsibility. Mrs. Maybrick Is not freed unconditionally. She is out on ticket leave, but to all intents she is as free as any other person, can go where she will and will not have to make a report to the British authority, as once Mrs. Maybrick is abroad she will be outside British jurisdiction. The Baroness de Roques has made preparations at Rouen for Mrs. Maybrick's arrival at her quiet home, where she will begin a new life. Mis. Maybrick, who was Miss Florence Elizabeth Chandler, & member of a well known and prosperous southern family, was married July 27tb, 1881, in St. James' church, Piccadilly, to James Maybrick of Liverpool. She was then 18 years old. Her husband was over 40 years old. In the spring of 1889 Mr. Maybrick became 111 and in a few day sho died. H is brothers investigated his death and charged Mrs. Maybrick with the murder of her husband. A long trial followed and a number of dootors swore that the deceased died of arsenioal poisoning. The defense proved that for 20 years Mr. Maybrick had been a confirmed user of arsenic and that he daily took doses large enough to have killed a dozen ordinary men. Mrs. Maybrick was eventually sentenced to death by the Judge, Sir Pitz James Stephen, who spoke for two' days in charging the Jury. lie said it was impcsdble for them to And her not guilty in the face of the medic il evidence. The judge died some time later In a mad house. -v From the time of Mrs. Maybrlck's conviction her mother, the Baroness] _ k CONWAY, S. C.. de ltoques was unremitting in her efforts In behalf cf the prisoner. She succeded In having the death s ntence commuted to peual servitude for life and finally has obtained the freedom of her daughter to whose release from prison she had devoted her life. The baroness was aided by Influential friends on both sides of the Atlautic. In 1900, after the death of Lord LtuselLof Kll'owen, chief of justice of England, a letter which he had written to Mrs. Maybrick In 1895 was discovered. It showed he was convinced that she ought never to have be< n convicted, and It has been generally understood that all the recent American ambassadors to the court of St. fames have done everything possible lo obtain Mrs. Maybrick's pardon. The fact of her probable release was used as a reas n for securing the postAtettient of a trial last year of lawflks bearing on Mrs. Maybrick's Inl *Rit in land In Kentucky, Virginia lud W Virginia until she was able permnally to testify in these suits. Mrs. Maybrick and her mother would have lost all title and Interest in the many thousands of acres of laud Involved in the case. On February 4th last Home Secretary Akers-Douglas, replying to a luestion in the house of commons, confirmed the reports which had been In circulation that Mrs. Maybrick had oeen removed from Ayle.ibury prison to a convalescent home, where she would remain until the summer, when die would be allowed her freedom. The home sccreta'y said a license had oecn granted to Mrs. Maybrick under the penal servitude acts. The transfer of the prisoner from a penal prison to a quiet country home constituted an almost unprecedented rctlon on the part of the British authorities. It was due to the mediation of the Duchess of Bedford, who, vs a visitor to Aylesbury prison for xany years, had taken a keen person il interest In Mrs. Maybriek, and linally succeeded in obtaining the mltgatiou of her punishment to the ex tent of her beiti# allowed to spend the last six months of her e ntlnement uutslde the prison wells. MRS. NYE LOSES ALL. KntriiHteil Her Inmate to Ma). W. M. Itrceu. A special from Charlotte, N. C. <ays: Wh?n the United States district court convened Friday morning for a continuation of the trial of Wm. lire esc for embezzlement, the district attorney asked and was granted permission to Introduce Mrs. E. W. Nye, wife of the late humorist, who resides at Arden. N. C., and who desired to return to her home. Mrs. Nyo told of entrusting her property and all the money she possessed, $7,f>00, to the keeping of llreese and said she lost It all. After the death of her husband, she desired to take her children on a trip to IOurope, and before leaving Ashevllle, she gave Hreese her papers and documents and instructed him to invest her money, lie had "been a good Triend of her dead husband and she felt that she could trust him implicit ly. Mrs. Nye also said sire owned properly in New York which was left in charge of hreese and lost this also. hreese test Hied that while it was true that he had charge of Mrs. Nye's papers, he did not understand that he was authorized to act as her agent in lisposing of her property. He collectad the interest on her money when 3ue and passed it to her credit. When the bunk failed he turned the papers uver to his son, W. E. hre?se, Jr., an attorney, and wrote Mrs. Nve to this l ffoct. Upon her return from Europe, the defendant visited her at Buck Shoal, her country home, and explained all the details of the failure. Upon the objection of the district attorney tie was not permitted to relate the tionversat ion. The witness denied that he drew Mrs. Ney's money out of the bank, saying he could not have done so for the reason that he had not authority to sign name to check. lie also denied all knowledge of the los-s of Mrs. Nye's property in New York. This property, he said, was purchased by Mr. Nye before his death, and was coveted by a mortgage. Hreese then went on to explain In detail different notes and said he knew nothing of the charges of forgery. Maj. Breeze admitted that he had signed the name of W. W. Rollins to two not s for *1,000 each, on April 6, 1897. Theie were the notes Maj. Rollins had declared to be forgeries when he was on the witness stand last week. The witce s sild his relations with R"llins were cordial and Intimate. When he affixed Maj. Rollins' signature to the notis, It was for the purpose of taking up two other notes which had fmnn pdSltnMint?H \fat Rollins was out of town at the time and upon his return ratified the action by singing and Hiving Maj. lireese a blank note. Plro In Atkon. Fire accidentally started in the pine forests in Kustis Park, near the hotel Park in the Pines, about 12 o'clock Wednesday. Owing to the drought, the trees and shrubbery burned like tinder for several hours and several acres of the Park are badly damaged. The burned area is in the northwestern edge of the city and Is beyond the reach of the fire hydrants. The city street hands were set to work with brushes and they succeeded in confining the lire to the woods. No residence property was injured. It is thought that the fire was started by a combination of crap shooters and olgarettes. Dropped Dead at a Dance. While dancing Thursday night at a party given in honor of the Porto Utcan school teachers in the Hemenway gymnasium, Cambridge, Mats., Carolous S. Nudd, a student in the scientific department of the Harvard summer school, dropped dead. It is supposed that heait disease was the causo. Nudd was about fifty-five years old and it Is said bis home is at Franklin Falls, N. H. When the dancing was at its height and he was guiding onp of the visitors in a quadrille he suddenly olutobed at his breast with agioan and sank to the fioor. Efforts to save the man's life were of no avail. v TjP THURSDAY. JUD PRACTIALLY ASSURED Colony of Foreign People to Begin in the Fall. WILL BE LOCATED NEAR CONWAY CoiiwnlHaloiier of Immigration E, J. Watwon, Mnkon Thorough Investigation mm to the i'oniii bill ten Offered l>y that County. The fjllowiDg Is taken from the State of Satuuliy which says Commissi mer of Immigration E. J. Wat son, who returned Friday from the lower coast counties, talked interestingly of his trip. "1 hive been since Tuesday of last week up in Horry couuty making a thorough investigation as to the p s sibilities offered by that county for the establishment of an extensive colony of foreign people,'* said Mr. Watson. "I made brief investigations at (Jhadbourn, N. C., as to what had been accomp'lshed there and visited the Homewood oolony In Horry, which Is composed of northwestern people, and has been exceedingly successful, as the figures for this year's truck crops have shown. 1 talked with a number of tlies3 people In person and found them all satisfied, fouud that they wore not subject to sickness and were really enthusiastic in the work they are doing. The land in Horry, particularly on the Waceamaw Neck, appears to be admirably suited for truck and diversified aurip.iiltnr? nsl well as the staple crops. The fields now under cultivation in cotton and corn are c >vered with crops that are as gooa as any I have seen in the State. Absence of mosquitoes and the abundant supply of pure water from arteslans wells and springs is probably accounted for from the fact that the coast section of 1 lorry county is within the (12-01 degree isothermic zone, the same zone in which such counties as Richland, dewberry, Greenwood, Saluda and Abbeville are located. I tind, too, that the conditions In this section, other than those of soil and climate, are such as to make the establishment of a colony there decidedly advantageous to the settler and the State. The representative business men are thoroughly aroused over the situation and see the possibilities, and are anxious to push the development, of I lorry county to the fullest extent. 1 tind not only that the most Inlluential and extensive land owners of the county were willing to cooperate by offering their land at a very reasonable tigure, but that certain things are in process of development that will mean much to the settler. While the linal arrangements were not concluded before 1 left Conway It may be stated that the settlement of foreign purchasing people upjn 00,ODD acres of land, land bisected by the railroad, is practically assured. This colony will be put In on the most approved plan for colonization, so far as the arrangement of the land is concerned, providing in every 320-acre square for a small community in the centre of the square, thus affording the settlers who may not be able to speak English the opportunity of social life in the even ings. As far as I have been able to go into the details of the matter 1 believe that we will have In this colony more of the real elements of success than could be found in the ultlllzatlon of any other tract of land of this size to be found in this State. "In this connection I wish to say that it is rare that < ne tlnds young men In the south doing so much for the development of their section as is being done by the Messrs. Burroughs of the Burroughs & Collins company, which has milling plants, shingle plants, has developed Myrtle Beach, has built and Is operating succe-sfully a railroad line to Ibe beach; which is now undertaking with others the building of a railroad line to Marion to connect Conway with the interior of the State; which is operating a line of river freight and passenger steamers, and which is now building a tine boat to furnish a dally pissenger service to the port of Georgetown, and which is undertaking many other industrial enterprises. These young men, assisted by the pen of Editor Itice, are doing a great work; they propose to do much to make the prop:sed colony a success, and 1 have no doubt will be of very material aid. "We hope to have all preliminary matters in regard to this colony In such shape that the movement of the foreign people can begin in the early fall. "While on the c* ast I made a trip down Waccamaw Neck as far as Murrell's inlet. At this point 1 gathered I considerable information from the people along the inlet as to the development of the State's shell fish industry. This is something that is now suffering badly, so the people on the inlet say, from a lack of proper laws. I am told that the South Carolina oys ter is the best of all for canning purposes and 1 find a desire to undertake wie cunning 01 Mieu nsn on ine part of many very much in the same way as is now being done by one iirm on the inlet. I understand that the matter Is to be brought up at the next session of the general assembly and this department has promised to aid as far as possible in the securing of outside capital for a proper development of tho industry. 1 do not know to what extent this development can be pushed, but the matter of shell tish canning factories on the coast will be one of the things that will receive the attention of my department as soon as some pressing matters have been disposed of." One Taken, the Other Ijeft. A special to the State from Pickens says during a terrific thunderstorm at Easley Saturday afternoon Mrs. William Hutson was instantly killed by lightning. She and her husband were sitting near a window when the Hash came. Mr. Hutson, who was presumably a little farther from the window than his wife, was not instantly killed, but it Is not believed that he will survive. Mis. Hut* on held In her arms her infant cbltd and while every bone in her own body was shattered, the child was entirely unharmed, FffluT Y 28, 1904. PRAISES TILLMAN. Cleveland Coiiiuienda l'urknr'H Noble Course In Htatltijc His Views. A special to The State from New York Wednesday says: "Steady, Democrats, Steady," is the title of an article by Grover Cleveland which will be printed in Collier's for July 23rd. In it Mr. Cleveland lauds the action of Judge Parker in sending his "gold telegram" to the St. Louis convention, and expn s es bis satisfaction with the platform and the outlook in part as follows: "No action of Democracy's representatives assembled in the late convention can be construed in any other way than as an acknowledgment of the gold standard, and a willing pledge to Its maintenance. This condition should of itself be sufficient to so till our m asure of satisfaction as to cause us to forget any fears or trepidation that may have vexed us during the days just past. * * * "Herein is found an abundantly sufficient cause for gratitude and congratulation on the part of all those who love truo Democracy. I want tc go further than this and to express a reverent belief that certain convention utterances apparently untoward have worked together for Democracy's good and that a hippy outc >me has been reached through a leading wiser and more certain than the wit of man could have devised. "Senator Tillman and 1 have occasionally dilfered; but I hope he will take no otTeuse if 1 applaud and give hearty concurrence to his expression of the belief that 'Providence has taken kindly hold of our affairs.' " After quoting Judge Parker's message to the St. Louis convent!jd, Mr. Mr. Cleveland said: "Those Democrats who have been Impatient of the silence of their party's candidate ought to be satisfied with the effectiveness of his first utterance. It filled the blank in a disabled platform, it gave leadership to the Democratic cause and rallied supporters by thousands and tens of thousands to the Democratic standard. "1 tolieve that no man ever did so much for the cause and iu so many directions, iu so short a time and in so compact a form as was done by our candidate when te sent his message to the St. Louis convention. He has reminded all who profess Democratic principles that they also have work to do if they like him, would do the patriotic political duty the time demands. " ItIh SlKlit Restored. A special to the State from Abbeville sajs Mr. Norman S. Cas. ii, an Industrious and prosperous farmer of that county who has been almost totally blind since childhood, met with a peculiar and happy accident while in town Thursday. Mr. Cason was sitting In the store of Messrs. P. Ltosenbery & Co., and in attempting to put on his hat the brim struck him in the eye. For a moment he was rendered totally blind but soon afterwards his sight oame to him and he was able to distinguish friends and objects never before seen by him. He said he could see the obstruction to Ids vision gradually passing away after the total blindness came on. The good fortune of Mr. Cason has resulted in his confusion to a small degree. He did not know the appearance of ids brothers and friends and did not recognize them after iie had regained his sight until they spoke to him. Mr. Cason's sight improved rapidly during the afternoon and until he left town for his home. Heretofore he had consulted eminent specialists about his condition but none gave him any relief or hope. His friends are now congratulating tiim on his good fortune. Orowiti ol (lie Hurnl Mervico. The growth of rural free delivery service In the United States has been rapid and the total amount now paid annually is enormou*. Previous to 1902 these carriers were paid by warrant or check direct from the iirst as DiDuanu |/unuuiaabi;i n U1111X2 Ut Washington, hut the growth became so extensive it was decided that the postmaster at the capital of eaoh State should pay the carriers in his State. In 1902 when l'ostmaster Knsor was made paymaster for South Carolina, there were 114 rural free delivery carriers in South Carolina, and the amount of their salaries was $00,400. At the close of the tiscal year, June .'10, 1903, there were 333 carriers, receiving the sum of $192,* 912, over three times the amount paid out at the close of the tiscal year of 1902. In 1902 the carriers re;elved on an average of $f>00 per annum; in 1903 about $000 per annum; for the present year there lias been practically a $100 raise, according to the length of the route, most of the carriers get* ting $720 per annum. The Battle of Manassas. Capt. Albert Cronkhlte, of the quartermaster general's department at Washington, has gone to Manassas, Va., to arrange the water supply and uiiiicr uetaiiB preparatory 10 me great army manoeuvres which will take place on the old Bull Uun battle Held in September. Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, Brig. Gen. Tasker II. Bliss and other officers on the board named to outlino the movement for the engagement will meet in Washington on Tuesday and go to Thoroughfare, Va., to Inspect the battle Held. They will then return to Washington and prepare plans to be sub* mitted to Maj. Gen. Corbln. Gen. Corbln will direct the movements of the twenty-Ave thousand regular army men and militiamen who are to relight the battle of Bull Run at the time of the joint manreuvres of the regulars and National Guard of the Atlantio division in September. Col. John W. Pullman, of the quartermaster's department, is to be chief quartermaster at the manoeuvres. Heavy Hall Storm. Details of a terrific hailstorm which passed over southeastern Alabama have been at Montgomery Ala. The storm covered an area 15 miles long by nine miles and destroyed all vegetation in its path. Cotton stalks were torn to shrcd9 and even the bark on the trees was torn off. Subscriptions for the destitute sufferers are belDg taken, > ' + . . CIVIL SERVICE IXAMINATION. Information Concerning the He* quIrcmontN of CainlldateH. The mid-year Manual ot Examination for poiltlons in the Unlted States civil service has been issued from Washington and contains full information for those desiring to stand the examinations for the various branches of the service, 'lhe manual gives directions concerning the examinations which will be held In the fall, aud which include almost every department of the service. There will, however, be no examination for the position of railway mail clerk. On October 19 examinations for p?ppolutment in the following branches of the service will be held in Columbia: Apprentice, departmental service; clerk, departmental service; electrotype ilnisher, government printing service; elect-o'ype moulder, government printing service; elevator conductor, departmental service; guard, United Sta'es penitentiary service; internal revenue; messenger, departmental service; press feeder, government printing service; skilled laborer, male, departmental service; stenographer and typewriter, departmental service; stenographer and typewriter, Philippine service; watchman, departmental service. Examinations in the following brauchts will b gin on September 14, the remainder beginning on Octobor 19: Draftsman, cartographic; observer, weather bureau; teacher, Philip pine service; bookkeeper, departmental service; civil engineer, departmental service; civil engineer, Philippine service; pharmacist an1 numerous other p sitions in the Indian and the Philippine service. Persons who wish to take any of the examinations mentioned should write to the United States civil service commission, Washington, D. <J., for a blank form of applanation stating the kind of examination desired. The application form when received should be carefully filled out in ac cordance with the instructions printed thereon and mailed without delav to the United States civil service commission, Washington, I). U. If the application has been properly executed, is received by the commission in sutllclent time to arrange for the examination, and the applicant is found to be entitled to the examination requested, a card will be sent to him admitting him to the examination. All examination papers arc shipped direct from the commission in Washington to the place of examination and applicants for examinations must tile their applications not less than six days prior to the date of examination. Otherwise the applications will be returned. For descriptions of the stylo of examination required in the several branches, applicants had best refer to the Manual of Examinations, which may be had by written request upon the United States civil service commission in Washington. The exumlnatlons are based upon a common school training and a person of ordinary education and fair intelligence should experience no ditllculty in making the necessary percentage. Salaries in the branches oiTered range from MOO to 91,200. It has been frequently remarked that the south does not avail Itself of uuo opportunities onerea id tue civil service and the figures in this manual, showing the percentage of appointments from the various States, bear out this belief. The percentage of appointments vary from the maximum of 2,417 883 in the District of Columbia to thq minimum of 33.333 in Alaska. South Carolina has a percentage of 88.058; Georgia, 87.830, and North Carolina, 90.470. New York lias a percentage of 101.788; Main 110.145, and Wyoming 144.444. These figures show the average proportion of appointments in the sjuthern, eastern and western sections of the country, the southern States ranking the lowest. A M03 UNDER INDICTMENT. Names of Parlies Prominent In Danville. A special from Danville, Va., says The special grand jury summoned to investigate the attempt on the part of a mob to force an entrance iuto the city jail for the purpose of lynching the negro, Roy L. Armas, a flagman of the Southern railway, Thursday afternoon completed its labors. The Jury found Indictments against W. D. Talley, Bud F. Pruitt, Whit Myers, Charles Pruitt, Walter Clark, Solomon Iludgins, Wicker Armer, brother of the murdered man, W. Bal ltigland, Charles Vaughn, Kiward Buckner, N. J. Wall, William Harris, Frank Chlldresi, R. J. Lynch, George C. Mills, Elijah Williams, William H. Mann and Pleasant Meyers. The indictments will be certified immediately to the mayor for trial. Presentments were found against Wicker Armes and Bud F. Pruitt for threatening to shoot the mayor and Police Officer Robert S. Wynn while in the discharge of their official duties and against R. J. Lynch for assaulting Deputy City Sergeant R. L. Wolfolk while In the performance of bis duties. Common wealth's Attorney Thomas Hamlin will immediately file an information in pac.h aaaa nnn?i which the acoustd wilt be tried. The jury also recommended that oertaln members of the tire depart ment which department faces on the alley leading to the Jail in which alley the officers made their stand against the mob, viz: ?. H. Utter and L. D. Perkins, should be cautioned and reprimanded by the court for using improper language towards the police force calculated to discourage them in the discharge of their duties and tc inflame the mob. The Jury also compliments thli work of the police force in dealing with the situation and handling the mob without bloodshed. Another Killing* Thos. J. Lyon, magistrate in Hiblei township, Greenwood oounty, had t i difficulty with bis son-in law Kd Sie vens on Hard Labor oreek Tuesdaj , afternoon. It was renewed at Steven house at Dornsvllle, when Lyon slioi him Ave timet, killing him. * NO. 10. THE BOLL WEEVIL. Clemion Entomolo Ut in. T?xm to Systematically Study It. . WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK. And Make Personal lnve?tiK?tlon of Supposed Investatlon at Various Points In This State. His better. The following is taken from the State of Saturday which says the United States department of agriculture is making a systematic study of the bo!l weevil, consisting of Held experience and laboratory work at stations located in various parts of Texas, but all In the Infested regions. The various stations represent typical regions as to soil and cliunte, the ohief one of which Is located at Victoria, where extensive laborutjry work and Held experiments aro unknown In a a section that is quite favorable for the occurrence or volunteer cotton. The region is typical of the coast belt and river bottoms, and Is possibly the best place t > study the weevil as the ear'/ or volunteer cotton furnishes a chance to study the Insect as it emerges from hibernation In the early spring. The investigations, observations and experiments made there will furnish an aooount of the biology of the weevil at least as complete as that of any North American species of Insect. During the last few weeks South Carolina has had a representative at that place making an independent investigation of the weevil, and one that will enable Clemson college at onoe to i/ivo unu noroAii ?H fh? I.% ? ? o? ?v ^/^(ovu cfcii tui; illlUrilliiblOIl that iuiy be needed to exterminate the poet, or to recognize its presence, or to distinguish betwen it and other insects that injure cotton, should they iiave reason to believe that the pest lias been introduced into tills State. There have recently been many complaints received at the local weather bureau ottlce from persous who believed they had discovered boll weevils on their cotton and ail such reports were promptly forwarded by Mr. liauer to Prof. Chas. E. Uhambllss, entomologists, at Clemson college for his information. Llut until Friday nothing had been heard from Prof. Chambliss on the subject, when a letter was received that will explain Itself, and the subject matter of which is of vital interest to every cotton grower in the State: Victoria, Texas, July 19, 1904. Mr. J. W. liauer, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Yours relative to the report of Mr. J. Tupper llenerey, in which he states that cotton in Greenville county is probably Infested with the boll weevil, has been received. At present 1 am studying that insect in the government laboratory at Victoria, Texas. I will return to South Carolina during the first week in Au- M gust, which will be early enough to >-M take charge of the tields in Greenville county, should there be an infestation. Without specimens I am inclined to believe that the work of the 9 bell worm has been mistaken for the boll weevil. However, I shall give the matter my personal attention im- j|| mediately on my return to oollege. i have already this summer visvisited several farms where the boll fl weevil was supp osed to be present, and found only the boll worm. There will be no need of reporting the matter to the department, as i would have |??| charge of the work anyhow. I am preparing a large oollectlou in which the life history and work of boll weevil will be shown. I am also securing photographs. I shall be glad ( to leave one collection with you for ottlce use. Yours very respcectfully. ^B??|| ClIAIU.KA K. CnAMHLIBS. Driving Out Auaeinl?, fl : Wonders are being worked In Porto J ,: : Rico by Oapt. B. K. Ash ford, assh^H i&|j ant surgeon, United States Arnjl^s who is treating anaemia, which A M threatening the development of Rico. Hundreds of persons sufferM with the malady and believed by tive physicians to be Incurable >ul] 11 been cared by the American who is assisted by Dr. King, of l|&gg&|H Marine Hospital Servloc. from Porto Rico state tbat In the ^Kp||gi& trict of Davamm alone the docUn^^^^^ treated 931 oases in six weeks and lo.st^K^W but one case. They are now in Utuava, where the same remarkable re- V suits are being reported. In Dayamm they reduoed the death rate 20 per ^8 cent, in the six weeks they worked % there among the 32,000 persons subject to the perniolous anaemia, which trav 'ers have said will prevent Porto Rico ?rom enjoying the prosperity it might have with a healthier and more ! Industrious population. The two American doctors do not ( attribute the disease to starvation and underfeeding, as the native doctors do, and have submitted their patients to an entirely different sort of / , treatment. The results have been astounding and have given the natives , new hope. Invalids are brought to the healers in hammocks and on cots and are afforded almost Instant relief. Hi* Twenty Hlxtti Child Deftd. William B. Pettlfore of Trenton, ill 4 J., has Just lost by death the tweaty- J ' sixth child of his family of tweaty M seven boys and girls. Nozell, the dead mt boy, was three years old. The twenty- MBk soveut.l? child was born a year ago. > Pettlfore, the father, was born a slave H H 1 lifty two years ago on the plantation ? of Col. Edward Hennison in North wH Carolina, lie went north after the i war and later located in Trenton. He ^ 1 has been married twice. ^ s * Negro Nominee Deposed. W. T. Soott, presidential candidate of the National Negro Liberty party, r who is now serving a 20-day sentenoe i in the Bellevilile, 111., jail, charged with keeping a disorderly house, has t been deposed. George E. Taylor, of i Ottumwa, Iowa, has been ohooen to t till the place made vacant by removal A \~ 4