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..... , J. O. Wahdlaw. Vice 1’residen THE NiTKHitL B*HK OF GAFFHET. Capital $50,00000. Will buy count y claims, receive deposit »dd make iitierai fonns on approved paper It. C. Koss. I asliier. The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FED. 10, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY. S. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1900. *1.00 A YEAR. E.'ILi ossp TG RBSii SMBNMENT Whole of Southeast China Is V/ichin Her Grasp. ILL ACT INDEPENDENTLY CV.ar Will Other I’owcr.s— Rus sia Alone Is Prepared to Deal With the Siiiiati >i; — Advances Maj I’reeii*- itate War \\ illt .lapan. I/>ni>ox, .Tutu i!.—T!ie Boxers revolt has !• r ail in v :.i way us the terri ble Tue-Ping rebt Ujoii, ami there is no “Chines ' : <i cdun in sight to supitress Ji >y emit a? t;abtl t ■ the Oriental wiles. / Itussia i.-tic illy ]xr,ver j«rc] uml to Id al with tin- it' .ai -:iiuanelb-etiv<? way } by >(“ud.i.g 'i c.g military force to ' Peking, teat ir will be grav< risks of ^ v a this b done, and r Emoj. 'an i ■ cnjilie ti >ns will sir;-o if It fed poll y sano- tioi! u by t j*1 -. Tlir only pr. ti w 1 way which I/mdou military it!! 0 ■ : i tin* ( hit:"sd regi ment now at Wei Hat \\ . i shall l;e .sent to Xi ji Tsin ami r« iutorewl fr mi Hong K<>ug and India It is also sagged. <1 that several ilr.i-ems »f regiments can Is 1 .spared fi‘'in ^ ut.h .Mim a when the War ends and their plae liilcd hy »ho retention of the ye mianry, militia, vul- tmteers and colenial forees. Tie war lias md em t and t ]> -x - suni Kus- fia are u >t j-..< ly to wait for the surreu- d' r i f Krug r. A trained olil al, who has spent many years in ( hion, ay- that thy situation could hardly b orso, and the dow- tiger eni])ii- apj ao iitly playing the game dir- uy into Rus.-ia's interests. -'XJiege are Jr i ) to IJu.OOU Has- an troops clo-e iiao land tie r** was noih- ihg to prevenr t: ir entering Peking if they clios to i. > . >. A coir -••oticent in St. Petersburg says there is n< t ti>‘. ], ■.•t doubt that Russia’s intentions an- to act independently of other p >w( rs, i u 11 ii i ..mcntarily se nr- ing to be in te-c .fd with tliem. A re- jxirt lias reacin d .St. Petersburg from Shanghai to the eli' et that the Russian govern men; lias e. aupellod the Chinese unthoriri; t • gre - to the construction of a Russian : i* of r.tilw.-.y from Kiah- Kta, ab it IbJnii) sha ..outh of irake Baikal to l*' king. The v.i of nortlieastern China #jvouM ti r y 1 brought within the grasp ui Ra -. 'a. WILL PROTECT AMERICANS. butted Stat' Will \ot Go Further Than i his. WbvrniM.t Juie 11.— i'iie iuU rveu- tiou of t)i L'ni' d states in the Chinese crisi-involving tio iepre.-entationsmade by him:.-ter Cor;; r, together with the fiction taktoii by Admiral KemplF, both • ir ler t’e- di - ji i ta n ah'wed them by p; •. I- hi traction.-, ure declared oJiiciad. exjjou - this government’s resonr' - - fur as they can be applied et tie- i'le-m.- tin;: . Without a distim-i change in the na tional policy, which is regarded as most n mot ; ml pt under gravely e mi- pliitat d iht' rtietio.- d conditions, affect- ing not only the .: bihty of the Chinese empire, but tbe-1 oaiijl-riuiu of JJurope, tire oili'. - rs of An . m-m agencies tit Peking and 1; n T.-iti, as well as in other center of disturbances, will bo limited h <■!; - •: for the- protection of An ri- . i : • - as the partieijia- tion by Mud.-h r Conger in tiie insistent demands m byal] the foreign repre- H.*ut:itiv< - ui.oji the tsuug li yaun n and the (1< . enipre.-s for affording se- curity t ti.--- life and projx rty of aliens, und :a» the kin.io'g of armed forces and thooi j I'-h of gunlioats to fumish the in-•-s.sary pr<d"etiou in case of China s failure to comply. Ik youd t iis, it is now clearly under- 6too<l in Wa : ibi-rt<i!i, otljer nutious pro pose* to go. j) map- at oikxi, but tiie Cnite-d tSm: , wldle entering the con cert up to tint i/ tint, will act independ ently, if at all, m pr jeee,dings which will probacy b ad to a change of dy nasty, and p.. . p- a r volution through thy empiie*. Ii i - jij-obable, however, that wimtev r M-cars the comm* rcial iu- ter«*sts *.f th■ i-untry, upm the basis estaM’sh d in ti written “ojm-ii door” con.pact, i.ail j;ot b<* nnxlili' d even in Case of tl.c'Kcn wut ion by other lowers of ail tin- r* m duing <■ >ast line and the «-xt* a-i ,n of -p:, ie- of infiuency K'yoixl th it riingly clastic limits. Miim *e-r Congi i was heard from again t’nis m-riling. 'Ir. Conger's teli-gram was to t’a* elfecd tbat th*! Pao 'Xing Fu inihsioiiarie, ar- ;Jc up to the present; that the Chin*- • government has sent troips ther • and {iroiiiise. ample protec tion to the mi -ion, though it is not thought tin* prelection will insure js r- maneur safety. Aircording to Mr. Con- ger it is iiins.-sible at this moment to send any foicigu ioice-, IVom Peking to Pao Ting Fu. Army Worm In Oklahoma. Gonjui:, Ok., Juno 11.—Tho unny \t;orm has mado its apj> a ranee io great mimbers in many jiart. of the territory. Most of tin- wh it is t*xj liard for them to work on, but they are damaging oats considerably and reports from Wood nn<! Grant o-untie,- Maty the worms are devastating many of thy lie-ids of corn, st11 ling thy ground of every green blade. Will lie Extended. WaYokoss, Ga , June 11.—The Way- cross Air Lino is to be put through to Fitzgerald, unu later may be extend* *1 to Kt. Mary’s, bO miles southeast of here. At u meeting hero arrangements wi re made by which the entire present in* d<*ht* (lnyss of thy road was paid off - and ’ ukiple funds provid«-d for the further and immediate extension of the liny. E ire In New York. Nkw Yoi k, Jun* 11.—The 6-story bn !; b al* .ngi, owned by G o. Ketcham i <v < in W ej t l.iid as .-inii-, containing 1 J:.), 1 )!'! bu-d.eis *.f grain, lius bo*.n do*; toll 'Vi i by j..**. l/J-s, ^-141,1^^1. •Ir-. t.ia ! tone liiigrm ing. _ | .j si/*) ., Jam* 11. Mrs. Gladstone is ; inn i /u.i i is now coiAsid* rod much betuiu PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH. m»0 ; Bist of New* lixlustri.'s Reported Dur ing the 1’ast Week. Chattanooga, June 11.—Among tho ! more important of the n* w industries reported by The Tradesman during the week ended June 9 are the following: A belting manufactory and a broom fa dory in North Carolina; a canning factory in Georgia; coal mines in Ala bama, Texas, Virginia and West Vir- I ginia; a coa 1 briquette plant in Texas; j cottonseed oil mills in Louisiana and i North Carolina; oott »n mills in Georgia, Louisiana and Virginia; flouring mills in North Carolina and Tennessee; a foundry in Tenne-cee; a furniture fac- | tory in Virginia; granite quurri s in Texas; a handle and s;*oke factory in Tennessee; a hardware company in i North Carolina: :* knitting mill in Goor- | gda; lead and zinc mines in Arkansas; 1 limestone quarries in Alabama: lumber mills in Alabama. Florida, Mississippi, Texas and West Virginia; machine shops in Mississippi; a jiaper box factory in , Virginia; rice mills and irrigation works in Louisiana and Texas; telephone ex changes in North Carolina and West | Virginia; a $75,000 woodworking plant in Georgia; a woodworking ma -kim-ry manufactory in Virginia. PLANS FOR A CUBAN NAVY. General Laeret’s Proposition Rejected by Governor Wood. Havana, June 11.—General Lacret has brought before Governor General Wood the plan which originated last year for forming a Cuban navy, to be composed at first of ID vessels, having in view at pr* sent the protection of Cuban ! fisheries and the prevention of smug gling. He desires that all the naval property be turned over to the Cubans, and that a large stuff b employed at the naval arsenal in repairing ships which could be made self supporting. In the | s-hem*-many officers are arranged for, tog*-ther with numerous clerks of do- | partmeuts and sub-departments. La.-t year the entire plan was rejected 1 a.- unnec* sstry, it being felt that 12 small revenue cutters would be ade- j quate, and that these could be main tained much cheaper in connection with the customs dejiartim-nt. General Wood takes tlx* same view and the Cuban navy ; therefore will probably remain in abey ance until Cuba is ind* pendent. W. C. OATES KILLS NEGRO. Had Slain General’s Took and At- tcinpled to Draw Weapon on Him. Moxtoomekv, Ala., June 11.—Gen eral \V. C. Oates shot and instantly killed a negro Saturday night after the negro had shot and killed his cook in her room in an outhouse on tho same lot. Being informed that a man was in the cook’s room, fighting her, General Oates took his pistol and started out, but bc- j fore reaching the servant’s room he h**!ird a shot and upon reaching the house and breaking in the door he found th" cook dead. When commanded by tho g< ncral to lie down, the negro made a motion as if to draw u weapon and the general shot him in tlx* forehead, killing him in stantly. The negro’s name was El Parker, vlx , it i.-; said, ha- killed an other woman. Rids Submitted. Bikmixgha.m, Ala., June 11. — Lids have lx*< n submitted by a number of contractors for go miles of eoiistruetion work oil the Knsley Southern railway, omn * neing at Ensii-y and extending to Warrior river. Th** contracts will be let this week. Among tin* bidders are firms fr >m i»ui-vill<-. Chicago and other northern cities. A contract has already be ii let for the first h miles of construc tion w'-rh to Ri-ilman & Donovan of Chuttainx >g.t. LANDES ST TitN TSIN Six Thousand More Held In Beadiness to Move, TO DEAL WITH THE CRISIS Perfect Understanding Get ween the Powers—Russia’* Conduct Is Sanc tioned—Empress Returns to Peking. Uo.xers Continue Atrocities. London, June 11.—A dispatch from Tien T.-dn says it is reported the dow- | ag *r emjm-s- has fled to the Russian le gation at Peking. London, June 11.—The return of the emperor of China ami the dowager em press to Peking from the summer palace is regarded as a hoiM-ful sign, but other wise there is no favorable news from j China, with the exception that there is i evidence of a continued perfect under standing between tho various powers and the announcement that the interna tional guards have umv* d at Peking. Should these prove insufficient to restore order, Russia is appan ntly preparing to deal with the crisis, judging from a dis patch from St. Petersburg as follows: “As a result of an understanding be- tw*-;*n tlx- Russian government and the otix-r powers, a dispatch has been sent to the effect that 'i.OQj of the Russian garrison there shall be held in immedi ate readine-s leave for Tien Tsin wlieixYT the Russian minister at Pe king a-ks for tlx ir assistance or circum stances r*' juire tlx ir intervention.” According to a dispatch from Shang hai Rissians with 29 guns, have all *-ady b*-i-n lamh d at Tien Tsin and ar marching in tlx* din ctionof Peking. The Loudon Missionary society has receiv' d a dispatch from Tien Tsin say ing all lln* society’s missionaries in North China are safe, but that those Stationed west of the city of Peking have boon obliged to seek refuge at the British legation. A dispatch from Peking says: “A body of 49 Boxers, armed with knives, have looted and burned the Pe king club, race track and gr ind stand buildings. Another edict orders the military governor to police the streets with cavalry and infantry. Neverthe less in the neighborhood of tlx-lega tion, tix* street continues thronged with the roughest kind of a mob ready to break out at the slightest provocation. “United Stan s Minist- r Cong r has sent 20 marines and (he- British minister 12 marines to guard the Methodist mis sion <'oni}>ouiid. win-re members of all denominations of Prote.-t .nta has gitb- er* d. Tho Roman C..t)ioh • a- : *m!Je-d in tlx* North cutix-dml. West Peliing, h ivi* a small guard of Fn neh marines, but the converts have 1>< < ii well armed by Bishop Fuvie-r and will d*.*.sp<;rat*-ly resist attack. “Busni'-ss is practically at a standstill. Constantly increasing streams of lioxers parade the streets at t:x-ir plea.-ure, nrieh to th*; alarm of tlx* merchants, altliough, thus far, there has been no looting ol native* shops.” Engiaiid Not Consult! 1. London. June 11.—With r.d'ence to tlx- H*. Peter-Imvg di potch, it is learned that Great Britain is no party to any GREAT BRITAN DISGUSTED. Activity of flic Boers Causes Grave Apprehension. London, June 9.—London is some what disgusted at the highly disagree- bl * activity shown by the Boers in Or ange River eolouy in *uttiug Lord Rob- erK telegraphic comnnuiication north of Kroonstadt. As yet there i- ao iudi- cation whence came the strong Ik sly oi 2,099 Boers that has arrived at Roode- val, unless it is the force mentioned in a recent Boer dispatch us having started from Staudertou with this object in view. Apparently the authorities on the spot regard tho situation at least as tempora rily serious, as they im- not only rein forcing the garrison at Knxinstadt, b ;* are sending up troops from the lines of i coinmuuieation in Cajx* Colony. Roode- j val is a fairly strong position, J5 mil**.-: j nor til of Kro.nstadt, capable of giving General Kelh’-Kenuy trouble should the j federal* elect to dispute its possession, as Creneral Kelley-Kcimy cannot be i overburd ned with cavalry with which to threaten the burgher line of retreat. Boers North of Kroonstadt. London, June 9.—Gemral Forester Walker cables to the war office from Cais* Town as follows: “Kelly Kenny at Bits unfont tin reports that tho tele- i graph has Ik- n cut at Roodeval, north ' of Kroonstadt, by a body of Boers csti mated to b** 2,099 strong, with six fit 1*1 guns. II** is sending strong r inlorce-; uieiits to Kroonstadt and I a*!i reinfiirc- j ing from Cape Colony. I hop;* Die in- ' terrujnion will bo only temporary.” liuller Would Not Make Terms. Diitijax, June 9.— The Bo* rs at Lning’s Nek, after an action fought Jnno 7, off* red to siirr* mi-v * , ondiri<»n- ally, but Gem-ral Buller re;)!! 1 that th ir surn-mler must be uncoixTitiotial. IMPORTANT CAPTURE MADE. General l*io «l«*l I’ilar Ma«lc Prlsonei . Near Manila. Manila, Juno 9.—General Pio del Pilar, the most persistant of the Filipin* leaders, who has been captured, a- pre viously cabled, was made a prisoner at Guadalajara, <! miles east of Manila, by some of the Manila native polirv. Ufion information received that Pio ri* 1 Pilai was to b** at a certain house Captain Lira and 12 jjolicemeii proceeded in <: launch to Guadaloupe where, aided by a detachment of the Twenty-first in fantry, tlx-y surrounded foe hou-*, * up tured the general and br night him t< Manilti, wlx‘r.: he was positively identi- fn d before the provo.-t mur-hal. Capture Is an Important One. Washington, June 9.—Gen. S- hwau regards the capture of Pi r as an im portant one. IL- says: “T;x* cajitiu- of <r- in ral Pio <i--l i'i;ar is n most import ant on**. Pilar wn- regard--d as one of i tlx* most acfiv • and tin .•omjiromising ol ; the rebel chieftains."’ ST, LOOIS STfiitEi DEATH LIST TO BATE Posse Fires on Crowd Marcli- ; ing Through Streets. THREE MEN WERE KILLED Americans Ambushed. Manila, June 9.—A detachment tlx-forty-fifth infantry, scouting ne. Da<-t, j/i-oviuce of Saniarinas <1**1 Norte, were ambushed May 29 and Captain Al bert Steinhauser was wounded three times, two iirivat -s wer** kill' d and eight wounded and one private i ; mi .sing. TJx* in--ui*gimt loss is ivisjrted to br heavy. such understanding nor lias she b. * u i NEGRO MURDERER IS AT BAY. Big Damage Suit 1* llo«l. Chahli-.-ton, June 11.—Suit for $.7o,- 009 damages has is-eii filed m tiie com t of common pl.-as by the South Carolina Mining and Maiiufiietnring company against tlx.* American Telephone and Telegraph company. In tiie bill of com plaint it is alleged that tlx* proistrty of the plaintiff has Ik* n seriously dam aged 1 y reason of the f;x*i that the Tele phone company strung its wires over the mining kinds. Negro Murderer Arrented. Montgomeky, ALi., June 11.—Luke Sanders, the negro who murdered Will Mullen, u road ov* r»eer, near Marion, Ala., List spring, lias b '<*n cajiturednear Osceola, Ark., and is now in jail in that place. Sheriff Nelms lias secured a requisition on tin* governor iff Arkansas, and wifi go there after his man. A re ward of $590 was offered for Sanders’ arrest. Slain In South Africa. Githkik, O. T., Juno 11.—Will Re* d I* ft Alva las Jail to go to South Africa t*i join tix* B*K*rs, hut for some reason ufD r arriving on th** scene of actiion, j .ined tiie British Light cavalry. fl*< 1**11 while making a charge in a recent battle, and tix* jx v»'.s oi hi; death < amo in a letter from a comrade who was wounded at tiie .sini* time. Tragedy at Carrollton. Cakiiollton, Ga., June lj.—A tiag- oily lias <K*curre(l here, resulting in tho death of two men. Chief of Police Cri der while trying to arrest Thomas Jor dan was siiot three times, each shot tak ing effect m Crider’s chest and abdo men. When J or* Ian began firing, Cri- der drew his revolver and siiot, killing Jordon as he fell. Successful Flj ing Machine. * Beklin, June 11.—A new airship in- vented by ll**rr Weissmann, a mechanic, has 1k***u tried liere. It ascended 29 metres and flew 15, landing safely. The ear rocked violently during its flight, owing to imiicrleet construction. H**r* VVi issmaii will r(*c*mstruct the machine, U'ing paper mache and alluminum. ( hartcr Is Issued. Coi.t mi:ia, S. C., June 11.—A ciiartei has Ik * i i-sx *1 to the Catawba Power company of York county. It is the pur- p>.-of tlx- c*i.*iijiaiiy to develop tim wa- D*r jma\< r ol liidiun Hook slxials, on tiie Catawba river. The eapital block ol the company is to be $199,999. < in-iilt< d as to the udvssability of land- I ing a huge number of Russian troops. • Tin* foreign ofilee offi-ials ii re frankly express the 1 lief that no such instruc- ; tioiis as tho--e referr* *1 to in tho dispatch from Petersburg have b**.*n s at to the Russian minister at Peking. ! ADDITIONAL TROOPS LAND. ————— _ Five Hundred Men Leave Tien Thin For Peking. Tein Tsin, J uix* 11.—Telegraphic com munication betwc* n here and Peking is interrupted. Fifty British have gone to guard Tong Shan. If the trouble arises in Tong Shan all the northern China railroads will be at a standstill. Owing to difficulty iu securing tho viceroy’s permission for a third special train to start for Peking, the foreign troops occupied the cars whereupon the Chinese engine driver ran away with his locomotive. The crowd tried to pull up the track, but tho troops cleared the rabble away at the point of the bayonet and seized the engine. On I'-arni.'iguf this the viceroy granted permission and the train has left with alxiut 5<i9 nx*n. The force was made up of 850 Germans, SO British and tho rest French troops. international Force-. Land. Washington, June 11.—The follow ing uixlated dispatch lias bi < u received at the navy departin* nt from Admiral Kemp: “Foroe* landed by different na tions. Opening c imiimmoutiaus to Pe king. Americans joined.” Admiral Keinpff al.*>o r« i*orts the arrival of the Monoeaey at Taka. Anierlcaiis In Great Peril. New Yohk, June 11.—Tiie following cable from Peking has been received at Methodist Kpiscojal Isiard: “Massacre native (Jhi iKtiaus. Hit nation foreigners critical. Press Washington.” This came direct from the missionary society at Peking, of which Davis and Game- well are in charge. A copy of the mes sage was immediately sent President McKinley. In repeating the cable mes sage to the president Rev. A. B. Loraud, missionary mst* tary, added tiie follow ing: “This means our people are in great peril and greatly n<*< d sucli protec tion as our government can afford. General Wheeler’s Command. Washington, June 11.—General Joe Wheeler has had a conference wi'h the president. U]>ou leaving tiie White 11 mse General Wheeler said: “I don’t know yet where I shall Is* station* *1 un der my new commission in the regular army, it is possiblw, though, that 1 may go to take command of the depart ment of the northwest, with headquar ters iu Portland. 1 shall Ik: 94 on ISept. 19, and 1 suppose 1 sh'jul bo retire 1 soon alter that dale.” Pritchard Surrounded by Pos-e—Will Take Him Dead or Alive. New OitLEANs, June 9.—The negro, j Pritchard, captured this morning, shot and killed Ralph Mark r, a clerk at the ! B* idenbaug’i store at Dovull, West Baton ! t Rouge pansh, and who 'returned to the I Malcr residence and filled the house full j of bullets while all tin* men of tix* town ! were out trying to locum Pritchard at a place where they b**li* v<*d him to be in j tlx* woods, b; surrounded in the Amber | near Zachary, in Ka-t Baton Rouge par- ! isb, on the phiuk mad. A deputy sheriff in the ]kj-so whose' name is not yet known was siiot and perhaps killed. Yesterday aft'-nmon a j negro was killed us the result of tlx* race ! prejudit.e existing mar P..rt Alien by I the ov. r-.*-* r *>f tlx* plantation, E. ji. F«*nu. Ir is d* fcerinined that Pritchard i will • ithcr Ik* captured or killed, us there are several hunfire*! determined white ! men surrounding Ids lair. Mrs. Gladstone’s Illness. IjO.nlon, June 9.—The serious condi* j tion of Mrs. Gladstone has cause*! Mr.: T. P. O'Gonnor, iixiiuIk r of parliament, to give ome liitherto unpubiish* *! remi- . nisdiii * s of tiie aged partner of the great | statesuian. “Just alter tlieir marriage,” snvs Mr. 1 O’t loxn. r, “Mr. Gladstone,' who lia<l ul- j ready Is** n minister, asked her, ‘Shall I tell you nothing and you say anything, or shall i tell you everything and you say nothing?’ She chose the latter ami he told her everything and six* newr told anything. ” On the titlieth anniversary *}» tlx-ii wedding Mrs. Gladstone went to a re- j ©option at an ol>l friend’s house. “When it U'gan to get late,” adds Mr. O’Con nor, “Mr. Gladstone went over to his wife and, with an expression of sweet- | ness and tenderness, nx»k her by tiie ! hand us though six* were a little child j that had to Is* reminded that it was time . to go to bed and l<*d her ogt of the r<Kiin. It was a sight tbat might well have brought tears.” These ami other anecdotes Isiar out - fully tlx* previous accounts of tlx* in tense affection existing lietween tbc ; gn at LilM-ral lead<*r and his wife, and 1 point to the fact that Mrs. Gladstone | exercise*! a mere jstwerful political iu- fluciicc over husband than generally cn ilited. < Nm led crate Graves Decorated. COi.LMMUS, O., Juno 9. — Palinette wreaths from Honth Carolina, magno lias from Tennessee, daisies and roses from Kentucky and cornflowers from North Carolina w-r** strewn on. tin graves of th** confederate soldiers why j sleep in the old burying ground ur Cam] Chase, memU-.s of tlx* G. A. ft. taking conspicuous part, ami floral contribu ' tious were as numerous from federal* as couleduates. Several Others Wounded—Burkhart Will Die—31illtia In Readiness to Be Ordere<! Out—Cars Ruuuiug on All Lines But One. Hr. Liyis. Jun. Jl. — After the tumult of .Sunday the .•'iri,. situation lias calmed down and quiet prevails, with all the j street car hues in operation with the ex- | eeptiou of one. Bach car carried tho usuai guanl of ]s)lice officers. Scpiails ! and conijianies of sheriff's ] tosses were ; stationerl on duty at all the powerhouses and car sheds of the Transit company and at the posse barracks on Washing- : ton avenue in front ol which yesterday’s fuixi encounter too a ] since. During the morning no action was taken by Govern' r Hiiqthens in regard to calling out im state militia to ]»ro- s rve order during the continuance of the strike. Lory thing is in readiness, however, for the aohihzing of tiiin for.*o of 2,599 men sojii us the governor issues the call. Much feeling is expressed regarding | tlx shouting in the iront of the posse barracks. ( Jn one baud the deputies are blamed for wJutt i~ t- i'ined tlieir unwar- ! ranted action in 'hooting the striking j street car u. *n, while on the other hand t.'i' im-ii who were in the procession are , c n.-iar* d lor not reuxiining away from ■ tlx v.trinity of the bar racks, and thus avob.ii! : a ]•••*• -able clash. Sheri if 1' ililmaiM justifies the action of hie. dejutics. He declares they were given guns for tiie wry purpose for which tn**y were used, if the necessity should ari> *. Iu his opinion the depu ties di*i flieir duty. A<ljataut General Bell is still in the city awaiting the gov- enioi’s onleis. Edward Burkhart, the striking cou- ductor who was rejioited to have died at midnight as the result of his wounds, is still alive but not expected to recover. One additional name is added to the wounded. Jack White, one of the strik ing street car nun who was in tho Washington avenue procession, received a buckshot wound in the back from a deputy sheriff's gun. The fatalities are as follows: Frank Liebrecht, bystander, shot May 8; Mar tin Ziku, by.-taudor. siiot May 21; Dun can K. McRae, emergency policeman, siiot on car May 25; Harry Potts, union moiorman, shot May 25; Alfred Koenig, siiot in fight wi’h police officers May bl; Dennis Gram*, policeman, shot May I; /.••ti;nr J. Bancii, strike sympathizer, s' * Mae ir i r*d liocini, shot June 19; G. rg<: lil:..*, striking motormau, s .ot June 19: (7. Iklward Thomas, striking cojxHv tor, shot June 10. List of Bun'iuy's ca'iialties follows: The demi—George Ryue, fur Leo avo- nue conductor. C. Edwaid Thomas, former conductor Ciiat<*au av« m; line. i r <x*rick Be ;ii. Fatally injur *<i — A. J. Burkhart, formerly D' lmur avenue emjiloy**. Iti addiiion t > Burkoart fix re are nine otlu rs more < r 1 rio.i lv wound***!. Tix* 1 ,!!< ,*.'1!:;; t<*l* gm.n ii.i "iK***n s* nt to iV* siil* nt Hamai l (i >iaiK*rs of the Ax. •’•!• an F<**1 mtiou of L ibor by Presi- d. nr MjIioii of the National A- ixiutum of - . *t Railwa;* Bmj»l »jvsof America, wlio i- mnnagiiig t!. ■ srrike: “Htre t <*;.r men returning from a i»ic- nie this < v* niug (Hundayf marching Ixi- himi a baud of music, jR acably and un armed, wen* final ujxni by a sheriff’s jKi-se ami siiot down like dogs. Tho outrage at 1 hue I ton melts into insignifi- came in conqiarison. This outrage should be denounc'-d in no uneertaiu ter n by the organized wage earn* rs of America.” Thustiiko has l>een in progress 80 days. Since the first day tlx rc have be n numerons c*ncounters lx tween tho strik* rs or tlieir sympathiz rs on one bide uixl th* authorities on the other. Beet I on .Men Strike. Iuonton, ()., June 11.—The section men on th (7ineiimuri ami Hinton di vision of the ( '!..• -ap ak<* and tlhi*# ra*l- road are on a strik*.* for higher wages. WHOLESALE JAIL DELIVERY. Kvery Prisoner In Laurens Coiiuty J*.i*- capcs—Still at Large. . Lauukns S. C., Juno 11.—Every pris oner in tlx* county jail has made lus es- ca]K*. There were six m*gr*K*s in tho jail and tlx* ringleader in tli • delivery is supjRjsed to Imve been John Col man, who two months ago. while working on th* chaiugang, knock'd tix:guard -a-e- less, took liis rifle and fl- d ami then dnngeroU'ly wounded a ciiizen in t!x> posse who effected his capture. It was tlxmght Coleman’s wounds would prove fatal. Two iron bars in his cell door were cut through with a knife, bars broken out th'* window rnd a balder made of blankets, by which the im*a let them selves out. Colenian invit**! the other* t*j j<»in him. Norn* have been captured. Dr. Rice ( ailed. Bai.timokk, June 11.—At a meeting of the congregation f<f the Franklin street Southern Presbyterian church of this city it was decided to extend un- oth‘*r cad to Dr. Theron H. Rice uf At lanta. A call was extended to Dr. Rico by this congregation la.-*t December, but it was declined. Hopes are entertained that he will give this hist call, which v/as unanimous, favorable consideration. Bank Clerk Arrested. Bhimingham, Ala., June 11.—J. E. Os borne, an employe of the First National bank here, has lx* n arrested on a tele gram from Sheriff' L. E. Ensiks of Dxii- ielsvillc, Madi -on county, Gu. Oslsirne refn s to state wlrut charge he is waul ed lor. Kr.t huutr'1 Cotton Area. Wa-iiinoton, June Jl.—Tix* total esti mate of a 1*1.1 jJante 1 in (Mttoii is 25,- 558,999 acres, an im rea-e of 2,08t*,0U0, or 8.7 per cent over lust year. OTIS CALLS ON PRESIDENT. He Is Cordially Received—Bit nation In Philippines Discussed. Washington, June 11.—Major Gen eral Otis reached Washington from his home in Rochester. General Otis re paired to the war department, where ho formally reported to Mr. Meikl* John, as acting secretary of war. Mr. Corbin then escorted him to the White House. General Otis and General Corbin were immediately ushered into the presiden tial library, wlicre President McKinley met him with the utmost cordiality. General Otis made no report to the president in detail, although the si na tion iu the Philippines was almost the sole theme touched upon. / SOUTHERN’S IMPROVEMENTS Work of Regncllug the Know Hie am) Asheville Division Begun. Knoxville, June 11.—The Southern railway has begun the work of r* grad ing the Knoxville and Asheville divis ion from Asheville to Chattanooga. Th-! initial work is near Newport, wh*-re a cut 80 feet deep K t i b • excavat* *1 to re duce the grade. At Newmarket a GO- foot cut will be made. A “cutoff” for freights will b* built around Morristown to avoid a heavy grade. Other minor grades will also hi reduo d and the entire work will c ot about .$590,000. Cotton Min Fur Calhoun* Calhoun, Gu.. Jun<- 11.—A -now cot ton mill for Calhoun seems t*. h ■ an as sured fact. A large amount of the cani* j tal stock of $100,000 has h-.-en subs Tibed and Chairman W. R. Rankin is of Mx* opinion tli «t at tho massmeeting called | for next Thursday night the remaind- - of the amount ueedtcl will be subscribed, j - — i Cajiital stock Increased. Lancaster, S. C., June 11.—At a meeting of the directors of the Lancas ter cotton mill it was «x\idl'd to increase the cat.ital .'to**l: to 11,' *. ( ri >. Th;* pres ent mill has 12.9a ' .s]*indli*s and tlx* cap ital stock is -**150,999. Wfx n completed, the mill will hav-* G2,09 » s’lindlcs. BOESS THE OTEil 5B3 eamsH PBISONERS The Font a Derbyshire Loses Heavily In Battle. LORD ROBERTS IS CUT OFF Bcaldid Her ( li:l*l to Death. TiMMo.Nsvn.Lr, S. C., Jane 11.—Mrs. P. It. Bowen of this place accidentally scalded her little child to death. The mother threw a kettle of boiling water cut of tiie window striking the child in tho face, inflicting injuries from which thy child died a f w hours Liter. Kail** Penetrates Skull. Scottsuouo, Ala., June 11.—Lum Al len and Constable W. J. Deal of Birf Coon, this county, became involved in a | difficulty in win h D -al was se ver ly ! cut with a knife. Tie* Wade penetrate I , the skull aixl as broken off'. His con dition is critical. .Steamship Line to New* York. Tamxa, Flu., J'oie 11.—The matter of the Hollander Ihr ; of steamers betw* en this city and Now York is taking moro definite . Iiap* . Agent F. B. Bowycrhas announced that i»racti**al arraugement-t have be* n ma<le and that the service iJ almost assured. Ask That Grant Be Annulled. Paris, Juno 11.—Charles Fortin and 30 of his colleagues iu the municipal council, profiting by the delay in th<> choice of a site for the American Na tional institute, intend to again ask tho local council to annul the grant of tho ground. Fourth Annual Convention. Cleveland, Juno 11.—The fourth an nual convention of tho Independent Telephone Association of the United States will begin here tomorrow. It H estimated that 1,099 delegates represent ing 49 states have already arrived. To Double Ms Plant. Birmingha m, Aia , June 11.—The Con solidated Electric Light company has filed artieles iuer*.,i'iag it.- eapital .stock from £550,05 ) to >7 )9,09 i. Tiie company is row engag' d i 1 doubling the capacity of its electric light plant. Communication He!ween tho British Foret s Severed—Methuen Iu Precari ous Situation—I- ighting Reported at Several Points. London, June 11.—lieutenant Gen eral Sir Frederick For* »tier-Walker, in command of the lines of communication in South Africa, reports that iu the dis- ueter to the British troops June 7 at Roodeval, where the B< >ers cut Lord Roberts’ line of communication, the Fourth battalion of the Derbyshire reg iment were all killed, wounded or mado prisoners, except. ix enlisted men. Two officers and 15 men wore killed and five officers mxl 72 men were wounded, many of them s- verely. The B >ors returned the wounded to th * British. Many wer * severely wounded arid tho remain.!; r of the Fourth Derbyshire and details iff prison rs, except six of tho rank and tile, are in camp. Ail tho wounded are in th * camp lately occu pied by ti.** Fourth Derbyshire. It is iu’.* rre-.i that the B >er.s captured over 599 in* 11 ami ns late as June 10 held the* poriti ms cutting off th; British for.vs n-.rtli of Kroonstadt from reiu- f*-r-***’” '-rs. A tils a from General Foresti'*r- Wxi:. .vs General Mothueu is light ing withiu .J miles Irorn H ilbron. M rluteu left Lindley June 5, with ample supplies for hiiixvlf and Colville, leaving Pag t to hold Lindley with a salii -ieJit force ami supplies. It is stated that all is quiet, and thero is no anxiety as regards the district to ward the s null. Communications north of Kroonstadt have been cut sinco June ti. The news that the shutting off of Lord Roberts’ communications with the outer world was acconqxuiied by such a seri ous loss came like a bolt from a compar atively clear sky. Iu London, until the new • came, it was th light that the de struction of the railroad was accom pli .ted by Free Staters, who were avoid ing ra h r than annihilating the British Gctariiments stationed at the point at tack* .1. N*>r ar.* General Forestier-Walker’s vagu * statements regarding Methuen at l r ilbron look" l upon usr< assuring. Tho Bo* ;• ap] ■ r to be in . ulllcient strength t> * iipL't iy separa e all the British 1 ire. s north and p>outh of a line stretch ing some 59 miles between Roodeval and ii ilbron. What ha hupp ned to tho troops im- nu diatoly noiah <)f R*Jodevul is still a mate r f*>r conjecture. All in all today’s 1 ports reveal that tin* situation is far more serious than anyone imagined. Haller’s Official Report. London, June 11.—The following ro- I»ort from General Bpller lias Ixien is- Fuod by the war office: “Tho force is c mccntrat d on Klip river at its junc tion with th Gansvlie. We anticipated at that d* U a force *f tim enemy about ::,999 strong, who had, I think, intended to occupy it and who retired as soon as our ix .ivy guns opened, which were brought int<< :; *tion by Major May of the it mil artili'-ry ami Captain Jones of the Royal navy. The South African light horse ami the becond cavalry brigade were engaged.” Albany at Southampton. So 1 '711 a * ti-ton, June 11.—The United Stat serai • r Alb. :iy, which was placed in commi ion at Newcastle-ou-Tyne, May 59, and under ord'*rs to proceed to to • Mfditerruneau, has arrived at South ampton. .Men sina i ntinurr. Ill a paper read before the British association Captain Welby describid a joiiiTj**;,* i*i Meix lek’s domiufous. II * slated that in the Abyssinlans fix re lay a mbit of pluck, energy and IntelligeiK v. ’iich was merely waiting for dev*-lo].*i:.ent. He noti' *! that those tribes who re lied for f* 1 solely <in milk and meat were of fin* r ji!;;. i !':** than those fa- Vored witii eenals i:s well, while oth ers <1* ] * ixli iit . oi' ly on fish and herbs were, as a nile, mifierable individuals. lie came ixtu.sk one tribe wlio held the notion that wlx*nc*v* r there was tlitind'*r n white man was ltorn, and lienee it was thought tiiat he must l>e nlih* to firing lain with him. The cap tain exhibited photos of Abyssinian giants over seven feet in height. Tran vital Railway Case. Brussels, June li.—Tho hearing iu the famous Tr..n vaa.1 railway affair, which l ogins tomorrow, will bring out the eorrespohdenec showing that En- g. no Uppenlx i:n**r umlerto-jk to jKiy Pr**sidcut Krug'-r £4,(KK) as s<x>n as ho sign d th • ( -"ion ami £8,909 when tho company was formed, and subsequently 12",990 iu shares. KILLING NEAR GREENVILLE. •John McTindall >li-»ots Hi- I'uclc—Re-> suit of Family Feud. Greenville, S. C., June 11.—John McTimlall, who lives in the Bushy creek s**ctio!i of Auderson county, about 7 miles from here, shot and almost in stantly killed his uncle, James W. R.*p* r, in a nad near McTindall’g store, tlx* contents of a doublebaircl shotgun taking ell.. *t in the chest and abdomen. Troubl : has existed in tho family for aLeigtin’.* . M •Tindall claims self de fen-«*, Jill's hi: tiiat U'xter wa: a*lvauc- iug on him with a knite tit the time he fired the* fatal shot. A I'lttr.lly of s«-\|<>nk. The sexton l:i;i * f the parish cliureh nt ('haiiels n-lc-FiIth, Derbyshire. Eng- laml. l.as been retained in one family since l*;:;i. Till latest Incuftibent, Jo seph Bramwefl, who recently «li**<!. ha*! held office since 1893. lie was burled in a vault iu which lay the bodies of the eight predecessors of whom he was a descendant. On** of them was sexton for 52 years. Ifn!i«llcni)|)t*il I’or Life. Tlx* Transvaal war has proved dis- a -irons to old England in more senses than one. Just think of it! Since the struggle commenced the following u.Tnrm have been conferred upon Brit ish babies: James Spion Kop Skinner, Ladysmith W’aghorn, Thomas Elands- j laagte Wilks. Alice Pretoria, Amelia Ladys;«*th and Cecil Ucdveri.—St Louis Star. Refused to Answer Questions. Birmingham, Ala., June 11.—Cora Cole, ft negro woman, has been arrested for refusing to give the c usus enumera tor any information on the ground that it was “none of his business.” Sha was taken before United Status Com- missioncr Cornish and held in a bond of $100 to await the action of tho federal grand jury. Ohio Democrats to Meet. Columbus, O., June 11.—Tim Demo cratic statu convention meets hrro to rn*>rro\v to iifimiLa’ a stat** ticket nnd select d**l gat. s-ftt-larg*-to Kansas City. There .has ix.t y**r bc> a much quibbling alsmt the platform. Bryan will bo in dorsed without opposition am! tho Chi cago platform likely reaffirmed. National Jewi-h Conference. Chicago, Juno 11.—Tho first session of tho national conftrence of Jewish charities iu the* Uuited States L:is cr>n- veued at Sinai tempi j. Tho confer once, which will last three days, comprises reproK utativo.s of the various Jewish charitable organizations of tho country and win* fonued latt year. Rreuchere Enter Plea. Knoxville, Juno 11.—Ministers oi this city have presented a petition to the Woman’s Building board asking that punch be not served at social fairs iu that building.