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THE PICKENS SENTINEL-JOURNAL. Entered April '213,1903 at Pickoua, B. O., an kcqoikI o)nnn mutter, unci or not of CougroBB of Miuoh .'3, 1871). I) VOL XXXIII. PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1904 . V!" . _ ,1 NO 48 Hi 1 ------ ' ? f\ t ft 1 Batista B Hn<l g -i 11 down it awa J| I Bring I! ii I ^v; ? W. T. McFALL, Hreuident. -4-The Pic ? ? C^Cotton! vr?^_ II Now rec Our Ginnery has b< and we thank 01 Our Mill is now j nlentv of hnll?. i I 'J Bring your SEH1) or we will pay y seed just as you Come to us and : are not controll much, or more, ? \ ' J W.T. Me I'A LI/, ja rres I dent 1 PICK C CAPITAL # PROFITS \ DEPOSITS ) WK PAY IN J MAKE m 15y Careful an M Hank largely inc j We solicit yoi ^ every reasonabl< ipfLI ? Reai i!?' ^ ' SPR'fNG i(*an 0UnNr ? 'Mhu , B iilj/ C mow | ' ^ W(; h; namtinn fV*r I I j - before. / Every SI Prid - /Su/ l Op.'(5 h tor OM. 1 ,1. A ' oocuo to^tzZ^ZZTZ BEf -* ,!f.[f if.'.tT&feC ?' ' A.J ^B?tesfe& */ IvmPlgCTL m HiBffflBMMk , .?.i.i-r^BBf^^g^ Sturdivan GREENVILLJ iie st? 'oil can ninko out your list before leaving homi 'DIVANT'S and get anything you wont in y Goods, Clothin, Shoes, -?Notions. ef>B price than any other etoro in Greenville ai iction of knowing after you get homo and exam t and find any article not satisfactory. You a ot your money ore something just j?h good. uv Clothing business last Fall wnn iinmonm>, an nnnv lota of one or two Suits. All of theno lots bo low it you can llnd jour bizo it will pay you y till next Fall. rh??n you come to Greenvillo, come riyht to F*] tin) whole family?IMonty of room for the Child Youth for bargains, k 5f?irrlii/ant I Ill UlUI UIVUIIl \ Greenville's Greatc wmmmmmmmammummmmmmmammmmmmm I J. S. WILSON, ?. E. BItUCE, Viee-Pres. fkw. <St Treos kens Oil Mill Company, 4*?DEALERS IN Seed Meal, Hulls, Oil and LlnteFS.-O idy for business ^en running on full time all this season ir patrons for their patronage. grinding regularly and you can get mcnl or "Imtfinnr " ? and exchange them for meal and hulls 'ou the highest market price lor your prefer. see how well we can treat you. We ed by outside prices but will pay as for your seed than any other market. R. H, CURETON, Mgr. J. Mcl). BRUCK, \ Cashier. S <ENS BANK 1 PICKENS, S. C. % $ 20,500.00 I II.OOO.OO 1 - 105,000.00 g TEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS \ : LOANS TO FARMERS, C tl constant work, the business of this f :reases every year. Jl jr business and will extend to you ^ 3 accomodation. M dy < ft' ?EOR? -- SHOE -- SELLING ! W SHOKS are now coming in in ar l,oads. we made larger and better prethis season's business than ever loe Want can be supplied by us. le & Pat ton. j if. jU - / t's.. | E'S EG E)?Conio right to Hats and [id and have tho ine what you have m fetch it buck d naturally left a i are now marked to buy it outl put rURDIVANT.S? ren. ri 1 ;Ui| )st Store. ALL OVER THE HOUSE. " How %o Praotlc* Economy In Operat~ ing tho Gas Rango. One of tlvc things in tho kitchen tliat run away with money is the I pook stove. If u gas range is used I and properly treated it is tlie greatI ruif n/ini\ Am !'Jii? .11. i 1,? ? wviJviuiM;! nu V11UK1, IIII1U and fuel. Tho important thing to bear in mind itt that matched are cheaper than gas. Don't leave a burner lightod beeauao you will need it in five or ten minutes. Turn it off an soon aa you are through using it; then light it again when you are roody. Don't light up and then go oti to fill your kKtlu or got out your frying pan. IJavo all in readiness beforo )-ou light the lhuno. Don't uae tlvo largo burners when the smaller one? or the aimmerer will do jo**t ah well. Turn tho burners | <lown so bh to uso only what gas is needed. Sco thut the llamo is blue, not rod. Tho red flume iri wasteful, indicating imperfect combustion. If any of tlvo burner holes fill up, dean them out with n wiro or remove uud boll in a solution of strong soda and water. This last treatnvont cannot l>o give*i, however, with tho old style two pioco or comentcr burners. Don't light tlu) oven more than four or eovon inaiv utert boforo lining. Longer in waato. Iiun tlwj baking ami broiling so aa to (V) aH much a? jK^siblc at tho B&mo timo with tho name llama. If you want to keep anything warm in tho upper oven, simply light tlve oven lighter and let that burn without turning on tho gaa in h* wen burners Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon tho mind, discourages and lessens Ambition; beauty, vigor >s. tn<* cheerfulness soon ^ y dm disappear vhen the kid *ii|i? lr noys are out of order diseased. Kidney trouble has ?ajfvl>3Q^i' '" become so prevalent M that it is not uncommon it\~? I for'* child to be born il a^"c<cc^ w''weak kid(j'If neys. If the child urin2sasa tea too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or If, when the child teaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it Is yet afflicted with bed-wettlnr, depend upon It, the cause of the difficulty Is kidney trouble, and the first atep should be towards the treatment of | inG3c important organs. 1 his unpleasant trouble Is duo to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as man are made miserable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the Immediate effect of Swamp-Root Is soon realized. It is sold cent an?^ one dollar sizes. You may have aMyWWgEtHjlgpsampie bottla by mall free, also pamphlet tell- Rom* of &?-*?*ivxooc I In* All about it, Including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer Si Co., Blnghamton, N. . Y., bo suro and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, bul remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and tho address, Blnghamton, Y>, on every bottle, r !' *' ) TO THE WORLD GREAT ! FAIR'S GATES OPEN Louisiana Purchase Exposition Roady For Visitoi sKBY8 ARC GIVEN PHKS. FRANCIS Groat Exposition With Appropriate Ex ercisos Is Pormally Openod?Interesting Exerciscc Held on Grounds. Weather Fair to Good. St. Loulu, April no.?Notwi, h.-tr.and ing the ominous prediction of 0u? government forocastor, who pioplu'ahv.l rain for tho latter part uf the ?Uvy and lowering skies for tho morning, St. Louis put forth her best and bravest effort today In honor of tho op; nlng ot hor great exposition. Tho morning at least was bright and tlie most uiiku innilo ,?r u Official Hour of Opening. The official hour for tho wmmeuco ment exorr.lsc*? svub 9 o'clock, at wbioh tlmo tho ofllcicl:; of tho oxpo-! pltion, member.* of tho nutionul commission and of th" Ixjurd of la ly manugora wore schedulo;l to moot at the odmlnlatratlon building. Long before this tlmo the grounds wore tilled with nearly half tho population of the eity j of St. Lor.in. To the many thou- : tan<1n of tho local population wove added many more who came in on ex\ j I I UAVID n. I'HAXCIS. (PcoflUlont of tho Louisiana I'urc'-'uo ex> postllcn.) curefon truioa 1 r. i-?? night 1 thla morning. Although no siv. i; * ( !Y ?rt woh nuultf by ill;' 1 :'.finug<>ni? lit of ! ho exposition to soouru a att. ndftfieo for tho opening day. f.. > crov.d fa# fully aa largo as t'sut whiii'i illlod tho grounds one yt ar ago, when tho pxpo?lt!on building.) v;>i<' ih'licatod with ko much pomp and rrromony. Formal Exorcises. Promptly at t ho hour st I th <>H1coiH and dlroctora ot tru1 < \<H>i;iUon, the Btomb< ra of tho national <v)iitir.iasion and ol' tho board of managers; woro gathorod at the admini.siration building, whero. a-< rnpidiy art p<>sfllblo, ihoy were formed inl > a | Bio n and marched to tho pin/a of S't. i Loiiib in the centor ?if the ^roitivd.i 1 whoro tho formal < :?cicirfc>; of Hit? i opening wcro conducted. At tik? he?d| of the column whs a detiichin.'n! ot ! Jefferson Oiuuds who are ;<> do ix>-j lieo duty within t!u> exposition v \i!o it continues. Then earn > the Philippine scouts' band, folio ved by t!ie Philippine scouts, an imposing body ot men. Behind them ami loading the ofileorn and directum of the exposition came Sousa'B band. Following the offlcors and directors were tho litem* hers of th ? national commission, and lr.^t of all the board of lady managers. Rome of whom wont on foot while others preferred the more luxuriou s method ol' riding in carriages. Foreign Rcpressntatlvee. As tho column from tho adnilnisfra-! tlon building entered tho plazu a I.m.; lino formed of representatives of for oign governments which hi .1 a?s'\nbled hi tho hail of oongroho came ivcirlug Into tho plazu from another hv oiiuo. This column was nhx> headed by a detachment of tho .J off or ho :i (luardu followed by a band. At tin head of the lino 'immediately b hind tl?o music woro tho members of th" exposition committee on foreign relation*!. Then catno commlHSionorH an<l repreHentatlves of foreign government:* which bavo ambassador:* accredited to tho United States, marching in th? ! order of presentation of *r*?dontifils i to tho exposition. Following these I carno representatives of governments having ministers accredited to the (Jnlted States government, and then a great number of other representative* of loreign governments and colonies also In tho order of prer.ontation of their credentials to tho exposition. This column presented by far tho gayest appearance of tho day, for tho for oigners made a prodigal dbpaly of gold lace and bright colors In glitter Ing contrast to the black Bilk hats ami oari< hock coats which wore so prominent nmontf the officials and <J1knltarics of tli eox posit ion. Audience Liatoncd to Speeches. A third column camo shortly afterward formod of representative*) erf th? states and territorial government** In tho United States. Tho participants in the exercises quickly took their plaoow at tho base of the Louisiana monument, where a std.il stand had heen ?rooted for tho speaker* and swats provided for tho listeners. The assemblage was called to ord<?r with. out lit'lfty by President I). It. I rancU, of mo exposition, who requested tho To Have nn*l to Hold. To have mid to hold a beautiful com plexion in desired by c.vory woman, young or old. Fow women ?ro blessed with nature's most desired gift?a good complexion; but every woiunn enn >m jumvo her complexion by t'.o judicious i.ne of Rydalo's Li vol' Tablet*. Tno <o tablets prevent tho blood becoming In tiotx-ti witti inio which deposit** in tic skin layorH, canting that muddy nppoirnnco en Hod a b id complexion. They muko tlio ?kin clear nud wbito, tlio uyos* bright, tlio ?tep bony ant, Fifty Ch >ooInto Conted Tablets in 'noli box. Pjio<\ '26 o<nt? per box. Pickens Drug (Jo,, 1'ickoMw; W. A. Sheldon, Liberty. ***** - , \ . > i, audience to rlso while th eltev. Frank M. Uunsauiua, of Chicago, delivered tho Ln\ >oatlon. Dr. Gunsaulua concluded his eloquent invocation with (ho lx>rd's prayer, In which the audience Joined. President Pi iinola, as the chief executive of the exposition, thon delivered his <lddrc?b. At the conclusion of hia address, I'n .Idont Friiiiola recognized William if. TlionipKou, <>f tlio committee tin grounds-. and buildings, who presented to President Francis I^aac 8. Taylor, mo mrocior ot world*. .Mr. Taylor doll vered to Fn*.ill lent Francis tho U< vs of tho exposition and pre?euti*i diplomas of infill to the chlefa of his rtalln. Exposition Culldlny?* Tranoferrod. After tho M:.reh ' l/oulniana" had been played by Hi> bund. Pref.ldenl Francla tran.sfei r -; tho exposition bulldlnga to Frederick .1. V. SUilt. the director of exhibits, tho porforniance being emblematic of the fact I that tho buildUiga had been erected by t.lkl* 1\W>M n>in??nr/v . ? ? ? % uui?jc v^i until portion oi Uivj work and wore now ready and waiting for (lie installation of the (sxlii'uit.H, through Mr. Skiff's department. The j^rand chorus* "Hymn of the Werit," was then xung by tv choir led by Alfred Mrnat. The music of the hymn was by John Knowlos l'ayne. President Francis tiu>n introduced Mayor Rolla Wei la, of St. Louis, who spoke brieily, ontendine to tho nonnln I of tho United S'tateH and to tho resl- j dents of countries abroad a cordini i welcome lo the city of St. lvouis. when ! they should visit the exposition. Hon. Thomas II. C'nrter, president] of the national commission, then spoke i on behnif of the body, of which he hi fit the h;>ad. At the concTuKion of Senator Oartor's fid.'.ross President Francis hap-j pny introduced another niembor of i tho Unit,<xl States aotkiUo. who spoke j on behalf of tho nenlor h ou so of con- [ gn-ss. This was H< nator Henry 15. ; lJurnh:tm, of N \v Hampshire. Following the -} . ;?for tho higher : brancn of eongti . ;* camo .lamoa A. ! Tawnoy. of Minnesota, who spoke for I tho national house of renTC/enlatl! ... , The speaker for tho foreign oxlift>- j itors waa CominiafJlouor (Ituoral Albino R. Nuncio, of Mexlecx, who whs f.n?> n?vt conv.nlrt;iio?or ?j-.?ncral of n foreign country to irect a pavilion 011 t}i<' exposition grounds, Senor Nuncio gracefully expressed tho thanks of the foreign exhioitors! for t!u) tr: ;.tr:iont wii'ch had Vioen acCOT .It'll thoi:> 1>iw1 lits ? *!.*. 1 ? i - - - t" - 4'vi im/iJllOUl* | ly for the brilliant siu-ct a of tne oxpo.:it ion. Tli.' chorus of "Aui<?rk-.i ' wau then' kwiijv and the II <n. William U. TafL, I nonrotary of war. at Un{? n? tho ropro- j sentativ* < t tho prtvWknt ?>i iho Unit , Cd Stat".-;, uollvoicd tho last addrotjs! oi tho day. Rnnopviftl* ' ? ^ '' - ..wov.vit vuuur.a vjuiucn e*.ey. Tut! concl'if !on <m Mio speoch of 9porotary rati tho signal for tuo of t!iv> fair. In the Whito llou.4*> at V\ tiriM.'ivton President Itoo x? \ -It was wjuiIuk for tlio signal to touch th" jrohlf-n Uoy that would formally open llio f?iir and j-ot Its multifold luactiitn-ry In operation. k . . .. i?i. i .. l i:uu u'u i.union to ro alter conei.idlnif hin f-pocnh l?> foi i i;e ? imml li; <t been llusl'.'.'il in ovor tli<? wires ?>t the I'k :l '!* I - -hi a fli company, in -11? 1111 y t' v. .-i n r-Mirniiii< (la :> li v hith (lie lnu Iiinmy In t li?! niachin< '/ In opert.U.m ,tlu> tountnins to and tho grout export lit-n waiK open. CHILZ AND P5RU MAY WAR. Sciith American Reoublicc ori Thresh hold of Hostilities. Lima pi ru, Apt .1 Alarintnx chbltwra is !:.: vu h?-<n r< cinivod 1. ru from Santiago de <*h11 < . sayin:< (nai tlit.1 Chilean ,';ovoniinrnl lias iiKV ruc.t-i od Its minister at Washington, Hrnor m j.iin !-.viurtuie/, u> inquire it the I'nitci! States will dofi ml I'eru in casa Chili' ahull proc."?;l forcibly on the qui: tion of annoxlti(lu provlncea ol Tacnn <w '1 Arlea. which that country Ik disposed to (l<?. FORTUNE FOR HIS FOOT. Fifteen-Yenr-GId Chicago Boy Award cd $1 1.0C0 Damages. Chicago. April :iu Kor the loa:t ol his right foot wlill.- he wan helping a train Ml n turn tublu, William Carter, j 15 year* old hr.. !> <*;i awarded $ll,-| out) rtanuiK In lionoro'K court | On Auioi?t !>. P.MO. while at play' noar tin- turn tnblu of tho lk>lt. rail j way. tho l>oy u :.s c; ,l by an onglnu crow to help turn ttablo. SCHGONEH WP.ECKED. Crew cf Five . !i ved to Have Perished. Halifax. In'. riI XO.?A nuvsnro rooolvod 1: r.t:il< i tluit tho Rchoon or Oronto, or' Ar.nnpoUrt, bound from tho N<nr' Initios tor Halifax with mo liitson, lut* boon v. ro.ckoil at HorrlnK i ovo, ttii<l nil on b'Kird are IohI. Tho Oronto, which \vn? n fvm n 11 ( iehoon r commanded by Captain At I Xlnson, struck on Duncan's reef, not far from this harbor and wn* wroeL (Ml. is bclioved here to have oairiinl a crow of live mon. Old Hnemiee Pr.iise Gordon. 8|>i'inKfluld, Ills.. April 30 Honoin tionn highly eulogistic of tho lato Gonoral John It Gordon, tho groat confi'iU'int" commando:-, were passed hv tlio Illinois department of tho Grand! Army <>f tho Republic. Uobhcd tin* (?ravo. A aturtlmg incident ;s minuted by John Oliver, "f Philadelphia, ?a follown; "I \vu? in mi t'Wfnl condition. My s!;in was almost yellow, ?vyeH Hitnkon, tongue uo itoil, j-.nhi continnnlly in haok nod sides, no up|:otito, growing wenker day by day. Throo physicians had giyen mo np. Th'-n I v an ndvihod to u*e Electric Hittore; io my Rroat joy, tlio thtit bottle made a decidod improvement. I con IIIIIIV.U HH-II iro |U1 I II 1-?MJ WIK'KK, mill IIin nu\v ft woil num. 'i know thoy nibbed tho gravo ?f nuother viotiin." No 0110 aUoulu faiJ to try litem. Only fjO Cefttfl, guitrantood ut 1'iokyiiH Drug Co. i- ] \ i 1. \ .? * ? iLsL . J GREAT BATTLE IS REPORTED ON YALU Rumors of Severe Fighting Arc Persistently Circulated. COMPLETE JAPANEStt VICTO?Y It is Said Sixteen Thousand Japaneca TroopB Have Crossed Yalu and Attacked Thirty Thousand Russians, Who Wero Stronyly Fortified. Washington, April 20?Reporte hare reached the state department, the sources of which the ofltclala do not care to divulge, to the offoot that a groat battle has been fought on thu Yalu river resulting In a complete Jap aneee viotory. lX-tail? aro unobtaUv j ? ki? The Japaneeo legation here h?? 110 nowB confirming them* roporta, but the uiattor has aroused lnion?? lnt*rr?< in \ official circle*. Reporto whioh havo from time to time reached tho W&?h- | ington government from it? agervt In the Held indicato that two gr?at ar- i raioj would not come In touoh befora May 1. and that svhat him heretofore ! occurred was nothing moro than more ' outpost Kklrinlnhea and ooJIIalona be- 1 tweon Mounting parti&H. It in believ- | (Hi now, however, that tho woauie? conditions In Manchuria have lmpror- ; od sufficiently to facilitate the move- i inento of troops and nrtillwrv tVn\? 1 the two van,5\inrdu have consequently j come together a few Jay# In mlvmioo I of the expeetod date. Pcre'.atent Reports of Dvtttak Kaupanx Tso, Manchuria , Aprtl H). ?10 n. m.?The Hrt* batUe of tlw war In persistently reported to Uav-Q occurred on the Yalu rlvor. Slxt??n thou mind .Inpanof-e erowwd the Ktrc*uu ' Thursday and attackod >0.000 Ru?- ! Finn.-;, who wt?re nlronjfty fortlfloA. It is rumorod this morning that th? J a panose were roinforoed and the* tli?a battle conlinuen. The Japanow pharpwhootwn fettled I many Russian ofl'tcora, whoae uniform* j inado them ooo?piouous. Credited In Lcmdon. Iyondon, April 30.?B: 13 p. m.?TM JapaneRO legation up U> Ui? prr??cil has reoolvod no confirmation of th<3 reported Important outage men t be- j twoen the Japanese and Ktto?,laa foreoa j uii the Valu river, but lh? oflloiAla ' think it quite probablo. The main body of the Japaneca Rrsiy beMcv-j fill til h:iv<? ?t-<iv?r.<w4 ? - ?? ..?IU> mu l?r nKMIIlUl.il 1 passes ami crossod the YaJvi a k?n- j dreti milrs from tho bod, wRli live oi> j Jeet of taking tho Russian foroon h<su the mouth of tho river in the ree*. Tlx? location lo of tho opinion that the Japanese operations at the. mouth of tho Yalu wore moroly in tho o ture of a feint. " McCormlck's lnvoetlgatfo??. St. Petersburg, April ?0.?8:17 jvi*. ' ?Aa a roHult of hie invetrUgationa Aui- i bassador McCormlok iind? that os?Ih- j sivo of .".TO Japanofie in tho ManVJ ol ! Sakhalin, tho total number at Japa/ ! nos? in Siberia i? XM, of whom 63 arc in the provlnoe of Am?r, ohieflj j at l'ort Zeya, 280 In tho provlno* al j I'rlmorvak, ohlolly at NlkolaiovBk, ? major and tils wlfo, live soldiers, two ; merchnnta and an Interpreter nndcf arrow! an *ple?. They aro at! lx*4nn i concentrated at Ktrotlnak, whence aa soon as navigation 1? op^nod, they will t>e forwarded to Irkutsk. FYom j there they will go to Ikwlln. via tlx Black boh, tho Ilu&ntan authorities do airing to transport thorn to far ae pot* Bible by water. Without a dtaRontliifC voleo tho llmv ! Klnn press appeals from tb? decision of the government ae nnnounood 1* Its circular noto not to pwrmit media tion and warning the pow?ra that thoy must hoop their huudu oft when thf terms of peafle nre aottJod. Foreign Volunteers Turned Down. St. Petersburg. April SO.?An ofllcia) announcement lt> Ka*?t-'?d today explaining thnt tho omporor in refusing an Application* <>f for?HH*w?i for pon j niipfilon to ?orv*> ft* vohwtwrn In th? | Far East hocHU.se h? eonHtder? that the lifo and strength of th o Individual holong above all to hln naUvo oour* try. Gunboats F!r?d on PtUBGlans. Toklo, April SO.- <5 p. at.?Admiral llozoya, commanding the third wjuatV ron, repnrtis that ou tlio morning ol April 29, K\inl>oat? 8rod on the miaiwj at tho mouth of the YaJu rlrw, but H.a ?..? : ?ij - ? - liu; i\urmiui? din HOI rOJHJ. lAtAT tlotlllH of umall nhlpi, arinort with oaiv non, opened Are on 160 of tiii? onom) nt Sfindorntn, and th? latrtor retreated to the mountain*. learlag umny ol their wounded. 'i'hn JupanrtM* \iaA nt casualties. Qlvtn Verdict for $10,000. Columbia, H. C. April JQ.? In tli? Yorkville oourt of couimou plea* J B. Moore, Jr., recolvod a rwrd4ot toi airtflOll nirnt.iMf M>*> r, , - , - -- ' ? - -> ?mn un rOWtl company for the kmw of an itria (ui4 ttio night of both oye? whlVo blaettoij for tJio ooinpany Inet May. Motioa wn? made for n now trial. Launching Postponed. Qulno.y, Maws., April ?0.?Th? launching of the bHttlouMp Hhode l? !nnd, not, for today, Iihb been IndefV nlttdy postponed, owing to the l?bo? t roil hl?"; nl Him nirflu r\t ??>? ' Mnmifncturlng oomiianjr. A (ircftt Sensation. Thorn wria n big Honnntion in IjCOHvillo, I iid., wlion W. II. Brown of that nlac<\ who wuk oxpoctod to die, hnd liifl lno n vrtl by Dr. King's Now Discovory for Coi)Mimpt!<iD. IIo writes: "1 muhirpil inmitTorahlo ngonioa from Aftthnmn, but join N<\v Discovery gavo mo immediate relief ami noon thereafter effected aoom* l>lott? mire," Hi mi lor cures of Consumption, pneumonia, bronoliitis and grip are numerous, It's tho poorless remedy for ft!I throat and lung troubles. Price 50o, and $1.00. Guaranteed by Piokone Drug Co. Trint bottlew free, ' W f TALK8 OF WARSHIP?. Vary Largo Etottleahlpe Havo Provod Undesirable. Ne wToj-Il April SO.?Admiral 81r Gferprlan Bridge, of the Hrltish navy, Trtotx, before UWs retirement, March 14, vmi ootnmand?r-tn-ohlef of the utation, baa salted for lUngland. Iu dlbcuselng developments In the Far BaaC, l>o oxprc?6ed the opinion that very lurgo battleehlpa have proved undosirahle. "I QA/I ' ' a kwk, now iwon iroiu vorpeao ( l?oat? in the preRent war," he said. 'My view lB,,ther? Ih only one way to ; defend yourself offoottvely HKaiuHt a 4orpedo boat attack, and that Ik to j awmrao a vlgoroue offensive. The | etteenoe of a torpedo boat i? attack by surprise? to got in uuobsorvod, lauuoh a torpedo and get away. "I do not regard the submarine an progress. In nxy opinion, it in a somewhat handicapped torpedo boat, i A torpedo depends on invisibility, by which suddenness of attack Ih aided. j V It oan leave Its bax?, reach its ob- . 141/ f I If A ? ' " * * * ucuvw u? auoolc and Rat nearly back to lte ha ho before diiylitfbt, It ha? a very groat prospect of j escaping with Immunity. To do thin it is obviouB that it nuiBt have high speed. It la then more completely i&vluiblo than the ordinary torpedo l?oat, but It has to pay what I regard a* tho very high price of relative extreme slownesa in movement. "Battleships, when vory large, are : iwlTectlve. The modorn battleship Is | a fortr?88 afloat, and the land Is the | placo for a fortrese. In' my mind, it j to Inadvisable to build battloHhipsi larger than your Kearaarare nnd Ken. I to?oky, and even they aro a bit largo. I "Hut I do not heftltate to nay that i tt? sanitary arrangements in tho lattypo of British battleships are dlaftwfing. On tho Kentucky It l? ha H one \*oro In a private hou?e. In reepeot to hor 1 noble fittings, tho K.onluoky fa a hundred year? in advanoo | <m( any of our warships." MORE BOOK8 INSPECTED. Tm?? OffVololB Probing Caec of the W?ll?-Fargo Company. Ran Franolftoo, April 80.?Moro I books of Wells, Pargo ft Oo. huve i Weou in?pected aivd nior? of lt? officials | .wunmuou uy uv? i oxa? authorities in f*iit brought by that state to rut into pffeot th* now railroad comrnirtaAou tariff reduolng the rates of oxfrorta compauioe botwoon 9 and 10 par oont. In tho oourwo of orofts-examlnstion th? fact wb? dovelojMNl that WoIIb, r?rgo St Co., in 1808, made a deal with the Southern Pacific railroad by wbieh It got a ronewal for 13 years of tlbe exclusive oxpreaa privilege on the Southern Pacific lines. For thles priv- j llogo th? express oompany paid the i railroad a bonun of $3,000,000, Includ- ' Wig $750 ,000 of BXnrdRR IVimnoni. ad agreed to give It 40 per oont of Me annual k>'o?3 earning*. Tho Toxua official* aro probing ' deeply Into the oompany'B statement j 4 Its expennoK In Toxas, ami uiBo into | Um volume of itrf receipts In order ! to show that the oompany can afford to have ltn tariff roduoed us proponent by tho railroad commission. BLQW WIFE, THEM 8UICIDE9. fthooklng Double Tragedy Takee Place ' at Huntsvlllo, Ala. Huntsvllle, Ala., April 30.?At? th? mother wbh In the aot of laying her b?by In bo<l nt midnight, Fleming Freeman shot his wife, followed her f?he> ran Into tho yard, out. h?r 1 throat and thon lnlllcUxl fatal wounds i upon hlniHolf. The tragedy occurred at the wo man'? home. No. 704 Halwey avenue. | rwwnun naci not lived at homo reoontly and \vk? known to have boc n wry Jo&Iouh of hie wlfo. Ho wen' to nee her and began abusing hor. She told him to leave; that sho was going to bod, and a? tho mother loaned ovor tho bod with her 6-montfts-old bubo in hor arms Freomna shot h?r twice In tho back. He thon clashed hl? own tnroat in & frightful manner, falling dead bo | ?sdo tho body of hie wlfo. A Rinall i son of the oouyio wltnAKHOd part of Ujo t.rag<xly. 8TILL UN8BTTLED. Long Ending Olalms Against Fronch Canal Company. New York, April 30.?'Tho h>t>K pending olaktMt a.#nlib?t the French Pam*4 oompany kave not yet boon eat- > tted, ?oy? & Herald dispatch from I Fanarua Tint omnpany's biiUdlngx t have boon embargoed lu the court* tor woiue tliiu? and It In Impoaalblo to U?anafer th?m *>oept through a I'ana Minimi public notary, In accordance j with the pronent oIyII lawa, aft,or tho j embargo on the property ha/; boen oan ?*uou. I UH llll? QfMK lO hft valid, tmuU be r?oorded and ref{1nt*?red in ttle city, wImid th? property i? located. Th? clalmanta nro now preparing docnmfyrvta demanding tho inv uacttate aal? at public auction of tho i Mnbartfood property by an authorised Jadga. Oorr. P?itt May Losa Mind. Mentone, rraeoa, April SO.?While il W dim cult to aucuKalu the exnot stato vt thu health o/ Wlr KniK?r, former president of the Tran#Taal. it Ik Ktutod on good authority that ivmutiimu r?f ? aerohral affliction *r? apparent, ami that a ooimultat Ion of physiolaiiH tiu.i boon hold. Mr Krmw In now extremely weak, and constant care Ih noc<MMrjr. Sciatic ItlicuiiintLsm Cured. "I have l)oen mil j->ct to sciatic rheumatism for years," sfiya K. H. Waldron, of Wilton .1 miction, Iowa. "My joints were still and gave mo much pain and discomfort. iiiv i.tinfa would nrnfdt when I straightened up. I used Ohaml>er Iain's Pain Halm ninl li ivh bo?m> thoroughly cured. Unve not lmd ft pain or ache from tho oUl trouble for tunny mouths. It is certainly n most, wonder/ul liuimout." For aalo by Piokcnft Drug Co., and Kftrle'a Drugstore, Pick lift; ftiul Hunter & Piokeiis, Liberty. t ^merchant! WORLD'S FAIR TRAIN TAKES FATAL PLUNGE Accident on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern. STRUCK AN OPEN 8WITCH. It le Roportcd that the Llet of Dead and Injured Will Roach Probably Fifty?Nine Bodies Recovered from the Wreck. Kimwwlck, Mo., April 30.-?Tho fant morning train on the St. Loulu, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad, know n as No. 18, running an a world's fair special, was wrecked ono and u h?lf mil ok from hero today. Tho online struck an opon Rwltcft and, with tho exception of tho l?.at *leaper, all tho coachos wore derailed. ii is reported that tho lint of dead and injured will roaoh nearly llfty. The <lead: 1 Engineer Rally. Fatally injured: Fireman Gum pert. Nine dead hodie? have been roinoved from the wreck, only one of them being identified. Kix passengers arc Boriouuly Injured and twenty aro tiuitoring minor wounds. ' ? A MAY BE FOUL PLAY. Traveling Men Dies Under Rathen MysteriouG Circumstanccs. Grand Hapld?, .Mleh.. Aj>ri 1 150.?C. O. WebsLol". truVftlimr newnt !"*>. o l?Kl\ adelphia firm, died here today under mystoriouH clrcuiiiBtancea. Wobuter wiu< brought Into a hotel at midnight in u dazed condition by a stronger, who ox plained that ho had fallen down &talr? Jn a down town block. A physician whs call ed, and ho tound that Webster wa s suffering with a crushed shoulder, and had concutMjlon of the brain. WebHter di<ni at a hospital nhortly afterward without regaining consciousness. I Coroner Lclto>- found $1 In the' man's pooketfi, while a ixjrsonal friend' of \V win* tor deelai"< that ho had $300 or $400 upon hid person. , Tho police are looking for the Rtrangor who brought Itlm to the hotel. TO WIND UP RECEIVERSHIP. j Plnanolal Affairs of tho Tonnoeeoo Central Rallrond. Nashville, Tenn., April 2!).?The rrv colvrrshlp of the Tennessee Central railroad Is to b<> wound up by tho ilnaiv oiit! t! :i! wt.ro adopted yotv terdf.y. Tho c<unpany hat* arranged to flout first and second mortgage bonds to ihf .inioMUt of nearly $11,00<X000. Tho road is bon U*l at 1^6,000 -j per mile. Tho:?<> l>onds ar*- to ho oallotl in a.nd cancelled and tho holdorn have agroed to take th<? now kpo onds in th< ir plaeo. Tho now isauo of first nioriiraire IxwiIh will tv.? ? tho ra!o of $12.ofi0 pir mile. It In believed that th < huIo of theso bowls will roali/..- over tliroo million, un<l loavo a mrphi? to ho expended on I in* provenu nt^ Tho Mississippi Valley Truflt oonv pany, of St l.<>,it*, <k nuule tnjstoo. ' ^ NEGRO LYNCHED IN TENNESSEB. Attempted Ase^ult* * on 9-Yoar-( Daughter of Farmer. Nashville, Tunn.. April \|ff Brownsville, Tenn., fvpecial to tho baj> jjS nor hays Tom Searcy, a negro 2.0 yearn of ago, wiih t?koa from an offV cor Tuosday night anil lynehinl In a romot" part of Haywood county. Starry attonifUfd tin assault on tho S)-y<ar-old daughter of .hum'* Leo, ti farmer. Stviroy'e body h.us not ir'uui found FATAL LEAP FROM TRAIN. A Young Japanese Commits Suicide Near Spcncor, N. C. OlmrUxtto. M. (*.. April HO. ? All un? flpfe Known Jivji;in -/ts paasougor on J0 Southern railway train Jump through a <*nr window noar BpouccX Friday and 'as Instantly kilh-d. Th? rmn lii.d fl?-d from Norfollv, wh?i* It In nald Homo of his own race Bought. Ills Hie bwiiUiU! ho had monoy. He bought a tlok(?t at Norfolk for flarv Francisco, aud ho^dkhI to bo In an ut> halanood condition aft or K nvlng Nor* ? folk. - ? , THIRTEEN OF CREW L08T. 8p?nl?h Stoamcr Sunk In Collision Oft Scilly Islands. Falmouth, I^ngland, April 80.?Tho Bpnnlrth Ktoarn^r Zapklnik*I>&t woa sunk <?ft tho Hcllly Inland** y&storday evening In a collision, with tho HritlAti HlonimT Ouayl, bound from Our- ^ rtllT for IIikmiom Ayros. j I Tnlrtfton niembora of tho crow of t.he ftazphirak-llat woro drowned Tho Ortwyl Winded ton inon at thlb p/ut. j Promotions for Atlantans. A| \Vn? hlnvii ii. April Ai'*?'r the) JN^n mooting of the directors of Ui<? South* orn railway, held hero It wan announo ?d that General Paswenger A?tmt 8. H Jtardwlck Lad boon promoted to tho otTlco of pitsBeuKwr truffle manager, gH made vacant by tho doath of Colonel ' ~ Turk; that Assistant Ctonoral Pametv ifl!? gor Ag?>nt W H Tayloo, now nt At lantM, becomon gonoral ptiHatmgor agent, and that AMlstant General l'a? /r aenger Agent Hrooka Morgan, now In Washington. takaa oharge of tho ?m- &jjj V: portunt division ai AUanta. riioiiinonia May bo Prevented. If a cold lingers, there in daug< r of pneumonia. If la grippo leaven the InngnJfl in mi iiilliiined condition, 1here is grcn^H danger of pnoum<>nia. Prevent tliis.r^JH lining U;,'.laic's cold i quickly nrnl leaven ti c thronl ain^ niu^n rwllllii, ii in Hie I H'Hl. n'lUOil y IOl^M I lot pi'culinr inll uucd ooi'dition Of hillmt fin fn quoAtly follows 1;? ft'ipH This inoili vn wii'iililli! thront.nod i.-?<nody im ? Hitfo rcmfrty jov ypnng nnd Jr9 ol?l, in nil tIir?int nnd lunf? disnwcfi. lU 'H'UCIJM W. A^^HM Slwldon, Liberty.