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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. nr\ Li SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. EDGER WE GUARANTEE ' The Reliability of Every Advcr* 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 FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1901. ' . 1 1 81.50 A YEAR. TRAIN DERAILED ON SHARP CURVE Sew York and Chicago Lim ited Express Wrecked. FASTEST TRAIN ON LINE Ladles’ and Postal Cars Turned Up side Down and Demolished—hive Dead Uodies and Seven Injured Per sons Taken From Ruins. Pittsbuko, Feb. 7.—Erie passenger train No. 6, in charge ot Engineer Luce and Conductor Kaudall of Meadevillo. Pa., was ditched between Aniazv and Greenville at 8 o’clock this morning. Fifteen persons are reported killed and many injured. Four bodies have ftl* ready been taken from the wreck. The accident happened on a sharp curve, and the engine, combination, pos tal and ladies’ car were turned upside down and demolished. The wrecking crew left Moadviile at once with two extra coaches and a baggage car, carry ing four surgeons, 15 eots and quanti ties of blankets. The passenger train was over an hour late and running fast when the accident occurred. Cleveland, Feb. 7. — The train wrecked on the Erie railroad near Greenville early today was the west bound New York and Chicago limited, the fastest truiu on the line. According to information received nt the office of the general manager in this city, four persons were kiiled and injured in the wreck. A subsequent report received at the headquarters of the company here stated that seven dead bodies had been taken from the wreck. Only a partial list of the dead and injured had been received by the officials of the company up to noon. Casualties. Among the dead are said to be the following: Peter Curtin, George Pat terson, Harry Hurt, J. Deverilland Wil liam Weeks. * Following is a list of the injured, so far as received: Joseph Kennedy, Brookfield, Mass.; G. L. Smith, Canesteo, N \ T .; W. D. Moore, :i *Lenox Itoad, Brooklyn, N. Y.; O. H. Simmons, brakemau, Kent, O.; C. J. Henry, baggagemaster, Mendville, Pa.; B. A. Marsdou, Philadelphia; Charles Camel, Elmira, N. Y.; Milton Stanley, Newark, N. J.; Harry Weis- bon, express messenger, Dayton, O.; S. Aiken, enroute to Columbus, O. How badly the above persons were hurt is not yet known. ^ The accident, which occurred in a deep cut, is supposed to have been caused by a broken rail. The train was run ning at a very high rate of speed when it left the track. CONGRESSMEN'S FINE WORK Appropriation* For Georgia River* and Harbors. Atlanta, Feb. 7. — A Washington ■pecial says: The senate oommorce committee con sidered the Georgia harbor items yester day and all of the approeriatiou* carried by the house bill were retained through the efforts of Senator Clay, a member of the committee. There has been an effort on the part of some people to ent the southern items, but »o far as Geor gia is concerned this effort failed. As the bill will bo passed, therefore, the harbor appropriations for Georgia will be as follows: Savannah harbor $50,000; continuing contract *1,000,000; Doboy bay $20,000; Darien $15,000; for the construction of a dredge for Cumberland sound $160,- 000; for the improvement of the Bruns wick inner harbor *125,000; for Bruns wick outer bar .*40,000. This last item contains an increase of *15,000 over the appropriation made by tne house. It was secured by Senator Clay at the instance of Mr. Brantley, and as it has the approval of the house committee, there is no doubt but it will be retaiued in the bill when it reaches conference The river items have not yet been reached. Most of the addi tions which have been asked for have been in the river items. TOURING THE SOUTH ON SPECIAL TRAIN Cincinnati Capitalists Visit ing Industrial Towns. OVER SOUTHERN RAILWAY SAM HINKLE’S In Jail In ESCAPADE. Indiana Awaiting Grand J ury’s Action. Atlanta, Feb. 7.—Samuel Hinkle, an Atlanta, Ga., horse buyer and trader, says a dispatch from LaPorte, Ind., has been held under a bond of $4,000 to await the action of the grand jury of Marion county, where ho was arrested on complaint of Ml»s Allie Goodin. Miss Goodin alleges that Hinklejurcd her to Atlanta under promise of marriage. While there, it is alleged, ho pave her whisky in sufficient quantity to make her drunk, then stole $800 from her and returned to Indianapolis, leaving the girl penniless in the southern city. Miss Goodin was sent back to Indianapolis by a friend. The case was immediately brought to the attention of the grand jury with the result that Hinkle will be criminally prosecuted (or abduction and robbery. It develojKid at Hinkle’s preliminary hearing that lie has a wife and three children, all of whom appeared to gain the sympathy of the magistrate. It had the opposite effect, and Hinkle is in jail in default ot bond. Soldiers Killed. Washington, Feb. 7.—Adjutant Gen eral Corbin has received a telegram say ing that nine soldiers of the Tenth in fantry were in the wreck on the Erie railroad at Greenville, Pa., this morn ing. Three wore killed, including the sergeant in charge of the squad, and one was badly injured. The remaining five were unhurt. These soldiers were new recruits nud wore on their way to San Francisco, to await the arrival of the Tenth infantry, which is under orders for duty in the Philippines. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. Full State Cercmoiiliil to lie Observ ed by King Kdward. London, Feb. 7.—Doubt as to the nature of tiie ceremonial to bo observed at the opening of parliament Feb. 14 has boon set at rest by an official an nouncement that it has been definitely determined that King Edward will open his firsr parliament with a full ceremo nial. The undent state coach, which has not been u- d since the prince con sort's death, will b<- employed, and it goes to the coach builders for the reno vation of its costly panel paintings and gilt embellishments. The precedent of 1886. (ho last occa sion on which Queen Victoria opened parliament in person, will be followed. The entrance will be through the great gates under the Victoria tower, the sov ereign and his suitti passing thence to the robing room. It has a black marble stairway, which for years has been en- „ased in wood. Thence they will go through the gallery and prince’s cham ber into the house of lords. It is understood that Sir Arthur Biggo, who was private secretary to Queen Victoria, will be appointed private sec retary to the Duke of Cornwall and York. Murdered For Ills Money. Ct.F.vr.i.AND, Feb. 7.—Frank Johnston, 60 years of age, a crossing gate watch man of the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad, was found lying in bis tower- house early today, in a dying condition. Between gasps lie said he had drawn his mouth’s wages from the pay car last evening, and early this morning a rob ber climbed into the tower and attacked him with a coupling pin. Johnston died on the way to the hospital. gy Reopened to Commerce. Washington, Fob. 7.—The state de partment has been informed by United States Consul Ingorsoll, at Cartagena, Colombia, that the decree which has been in effect some time jiast dosing the ports of Tolu. Oovenas and other ixiint* on the gulf of Morosquilla ha* been rescinded and the ports have been opened again to commerce. Railroad Dividend. New York, Feb. 7.—The directors ol the bt. Louis and San Francisco rail road have declared u semiannual divi dend of 1 *» per cent on us second pre ferred stool:, an increase of one half pet cent over tiie last previous payment. II ome Aktilu. Berlin, Feb. 7.—Emperor William arrived ut homo at 8 o’clock this morn ing, waile ho crown prince reached Fotsdum ut 8:80 a. w. CARMAN’S PAST HISTORY. Charged With Furnishing Supplies to Filipino Insurgents. San Francisco, Feb. 7.—Dlckemm Carmau, who is in custody of the mili tary authorities at Manila, pending in vestigation into the charge that he fur nished supplies to the Filipino insur gents, was a resident of San Francisco for several prior to his departure for the Ph’”opines, two years ago. ■rganized the Kerwood Land com pany and purchased 3,000 acres of land in Sonoma county, which was mort gaged for $85,')00. A number of east ern people bongbt homos on the tract, but eventually the mortgage was fore closed. Carman also organized the Alaskan Trading company, which sent east a special car filled with exhibits. After the American occupation of the Philippines Carman wont to Manila as the agent of a number of American firms. Alabama Anti-Trust Legislation. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 7.— The feature of yesterday’s proceedings in the general assembly was the consideration by the house of the anti trust bill of Mr. I’ettns of Limestone. This measure is patterned after the Texas law; iu fact, is almost identical with it. Its provi sions are sweeping and stringent as to all pools mid combinations. After con siderable parliamentary sparring the consideration of the bill was deferred until next Monday. Revealed by X-flay*. New York, Feb. 7 —A dispatch to The Herald from Paris says: A dis patch has been received from Berlin to the effect that th* authenticity of a painting has jnst been revealed with tha aid of X-rays. The work, which is at Kattisbonne, was supposed to be a Du- rcr, dating back to 1521. The X-rays revealed Durer’s monogram and tiie date 1524. The painting is on silk, stretched over an oak board 2 centime ters (.76 inch) thick. Itinerary Includes Lending Towns and industrial Center* Iu the State* of I'cunessee, Georgia, North Caro lina, South Carolina aud Alabama. Knoxville, Feb. 7.—A vary of 31 business men and capitalists of Oinciu- nnti arrived iu this city this morning. Tney make this the first stop on their tour of the leading cities aud industrial towns ou the Southern railway. The party is traveling on a special train furnished with the compliments of Pres ident Samuel Spencer of the Southern railway. D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N. O., is in charge. The gentlemen visited numerous man ufacturing establishments aud points of interest here today. This afternoon an informal reception was tendered at the Cumberland club. They leave tonight for Asheville. Itinerary. The itinerary is: Gaffney, S. 0* Asheville aud Ga»- tonia, N. C., Feb. 8. Charlotte, N. O., Feb. 9. Charleston, S. C., Feb. 11. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 12. Macon, Ga., Feb. 13. Birmingham, Ala., Fob. 14. Mobile, Ala., and Columbus, Ga, Feb. 15. Atlanta, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., Fob. 16. IRON AND STEEL MARKET Quiet a* a Whole—Feuturci of the Past W'eek. New York, Feb. 7.—The Iron Age says: The iron and steel market, as a whole, is quiet, as it is apt to bo at this season of the year. Aside from one sale of 6,000 tons of Southern foundry irou to a pipe interest in Chicago, little ap pears to have been done. In Bessemer pig a steel plant iu western Pennsylva nia has purchased 10,000 tons, and the market is steady. In eastern Pennsyl vania there were sales of basic pig to the extent of 8,000 to 10,000 tons. The rail trade has been rather quiet, S > >t steel continues to command a s mil premium, the heavy producers be lt g behind on deliveries. Good reports come from various trade c inters relative to the volume of busi ness In structural material. Pittsburg reports the placing of the Frick build- i’ig and some other contracts, while Chicago notes some good business. For a time there was some irregularity in prices of steel bars in certain western districts, but the market, is steadier there now. The tonnage seems to bo good. Sheets are very active in all sec tions of the country. “NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE.” 80 Snug Mr*. Nation and Friends In Police Court. Topeka, Feb. 7.—The case against Mrs. Carrie Nation for smashing The Senate “joint” was called in police court this morning. About 100 of Mrs. Nation’s followers wore prorout. iVl the request of Assistant Attorney Beech, the charge was dismissed and Mrs. Nr. tion aud the women in the courtroom then sang “Nearer, My God, to Thee." Police Judge MaGee managed to stop the singing, but Chief of Police Stahl refused to interfere. Topeka “Joints” Closed. Topeka, Feb. 7.—Topeka “joints” were closed yesterday, aside from a few side doors, and the keepers have prom ised the city and county officials that they will get rid of their stocks of liquors. Chief of Police Stahl and Sheriff Cook went from place to place last night warning the "jointists” that they must close their places and keep them closed, and all gave their word that tiiey would soli no more liquor. ETTA JANE LETTER. Personal and I.oeal llappenlt-gs in Lower Cherokee. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Janb, Feb. 5.—We regret to learn that Dr. J. Ed Garner died sud denly at bis place near Skull Shoals last Sabbath. We are unable to give the particulars of his death but will do so later. He was a good phy sician, but like hundreds and thous ands of others, he was his own worst enemy. He will be greatly missed in his community. With regret we learn that Mrs. Pernelia Duncan died near Brookston, Texas, recently. She was the mother of your former townsman. Worlh J. Duncan, and sister of the late Capt. John R Jefferies. She had been liv ing in Texas for several years wnh her children and grand-children. The report of her death comes through a private source and is not duly au thenticated as yet. The rain last Sabbath prevented the congregation from meeting at Salem for the communion occasion. Rev. J. P. Marion was there on Sat urday and preached an excellent sermon and also addressed the Chris tian Endeavor Society. A very good congregation was present and the Endeavors carried out their program and raised a very liberal offering which was sent to the homo mission work in the mountain regions of Ken tucky, Tennessee and North Curo- lina. Mrs. John L. Strain and daughter, miss Hattie, of Pacolet Mills, who have been visiting friends and relu lives in this community, returned home yesterday. Some of our neighbors, who have been holding their cotton for better prices, closed out last week for i).J and 9$. It seems that but few farm ers ever make anything by holding their cotton. The only successlul deals of this kind were when they turned it over to the factories to be paid for when called upon. The mills work the cotton up and hold themselves in readiness to pay the owners the market price when they demanded it. We Know of some who have disposed of several crops in this way and made money by it every time. The roads are bad and travel is very difficult. In many places the ditches are filling up and the road beds are being damaged by washing. We hear nothing particular of smallpox in the country and our people are not in such dread of it as they were a year ago. Farmers have done very little work this winter and oat sowing will gen erally be late. Some of them will plant all the cotton they can possibly cultivate, or have cultivated, and risk prices next fall and grumble be cause they can’b*get ten cents for it. Watch 1 Your correspondent has been un well for along time and gets along very slowly towards getting well. Last Sabbath, Feb. 3rd, was the time set apart bv our weather proph ets to decide the fate of the winter. If the day was dark and gloomy, win ter was broken, but if clear, it had just begun. We will see what we will see, and take a note that it was one of the darkest wettest days we have seen since the new year set in. Sam Strain and Leslie Blackwell went to Pacolet yesterday. The winter so fur has been quite mild and the elder ttees are showing signs of approaching spring. Rev. S. T. Creech will preach at Mesopotamia church next Sabbath. Mr. Robert Franklin died this morning near this place at the ad vanced age of 100 yeart Had he lived until the 14ih day of this month he would have been 101 jears old. He was born in 1800. - J. L s. ROYAL LO'/E MATCH UULY COIMHATEO Impressive Nuptials Solemn ized at Tiie Hague. WILHELMINA AND HENRY Lovi-ly Younjs Qu<*en of The Nether- lands and Dniic lieir.-yof Mi-ckSea- biir^-Schweriii Unite l iieir Lve.sa.id Fortunes “For Metier, For Worse.” The Hague, Fob. 7.—The < i-il ci*’.- • i-.'ony ol the niiirria^H oi ( i i \\ i u- i-'ii'Mi to Duke Hoi* ••• r.: ;!■ ! • ••v; rin was cum - •: .*: t ' ;'»<•< .ru i!ico With t: ;<'■ rr.-..- . i ly a.t r : - tarred for the ilUs.-.U'S, toe h.id lUeell mother lT(il:i. r iH'oik, h; a id oy bri iegrooui and in a guidon statu coinage drawn by eight h.-res. Tht y w: re warmly acclaimed by tiie crowds as- in hied The church noo.i. ( ho plain’.-. Address. was r ached soon after THE HAND OF GOD. 4 A Story Wltli a Moral Which All Shook! Heed. I St. Louis Globe-Democrat.] A man was found dead recently, in the gutter, in Birmingham, Ala. Even in death there was a mute look of terror in the bloodshot eyes, and the bloated face had grown pale and haggard at the coming of the grim destrover. “Drink!” said the cor oner’s jury, but an old man who came and looked for a long time on the pale, dead face, said, with u shudder, as he turned away. “It was the hand of God.” This man who died in the gutter was the last of a fated thirteen, and in the death of each and all of thqpi the Christian will read the vengeance of an in- suited Deity. At the leading hotel b* >' Southern city, in the summer * f 1865 thiiteen men, westing the ut ifiim of Confederate officers, sat d iwn to a dinner. Every man in tie p;u • y helot ged to u grand old South er-! family, and many of the mini's are illustrious in the history of the Country. Every man was a cavalier. They were flowers of the old S u’.h, representatives of the chivalry of th* sunny luiid, then enveloped in *!h- JAPANESE SURPRISED BY CHINESE UMTS Foreign Foragers Killed and Bodies Mutilated. GERMANS GO FOR BOXERS Many Mongolian* Killed and a Large Quantity of War Material Captured. Christian Village* llimicd by Uox- ers In Their Flight. Tho court chaplain, Dr Van Dr Ylier, gloom of defeat and despair. Ever;- man there had been a gallant soldi* t in the Confederate army. Th y had returned from the field of defeat to find their homes slaves free, their wealth gone, urd many of their nearest and deircst relatives and friends dead. The meeting at this hotel was a chance one, but talking over :ho situa ion in pend on which they found themselves, they resolved to forget the burger of it for standing neforo tin* bride and bride- gro m, dclivi-rc i ;m ad.Ire-s. Hi.; u-xc was f .rm ilie f airtli p.-alru: “Lord, Lit thou up the itgut of thy count-euaiice upon us,” •‘iii-.- f stal hour has arrived,” said the pa»tor, “wherein the entire people has its snare of bcli;ht. The prayer contained in the text enii.ou.es the es- seiriil conditions l<*r lasting married happiness, which does not de eternal thing-, but on tin the heart. lisp.isiuon cf The prayer t *r ttie light of countenance seems to sug- in l it i Asleep ou th* Track. Concord, N. O., Feb. 7.-Jack Kiser of Wnxhaw, S. C., sat down on tho rail, road near Harrisburg this morning to tie hi# shoe. He staid there long enough to fall asleep ou the track and was struck by one of the traiss and very badly hurt. Ho was carried to Harrisburg depot and found to be seriously injured, and at last accounts was still uncon scious. Cape Fear Rower Company. Fayetteville, N. C.. Feb. 7.—Mr. W. M. Morgan, one of the leading stock holders iu tho Cape Fear Electric Power company, returned home from New York last evening. Tho outlook for th* company’s contemplated great work i* now bright—and it would bo difficult to overestimate what this means to tho in dustrial development of Fayetteville. tSouth Carolina Soldier* In It, Oolumuia, 8. C., Feb. 7. — Major Schachte, commanding tho Charleston battalion of tho state volunteer troops, has reported to Adjutant General Floyd that ho would carry at least three com panies of his battalion to Washiugt >n to nnrtlciitate in the inaugural parade on March. 1 Railroad Kxtension. Bainbiudoe, Ga., Feb. 7.—The exten sion of the Georgia Pine railway to Tab lahasisoo, Fla., is now assured. Vice President R. B. Coleman stated today that an order was placed yesterday fur 22 miles of ►’eel rail for this work. Grading will begin from both ends of the Hue ou Feb. 25. Galloway Is Dead. London, Feb. 7.—Tho earl of Gal to way died at C'ainlodou today. Gambled For a Verdict. Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 7.—In seek* ug a now trial for J. W. Kouoval, th* coke oven inventor, attorneys today charged that the eight years’ bigamy soutenco was a “gambling verdict;” that each juror wrote a number upon a slip aud it was agreed that the aggre. gate divided bv 13 should fix the yean of sentence. This was sworn to by a juror. The court refused to grant a new trial and tho case will go to the su preme court. Received Uribes From “Joints,” Denver, Feb. 7.—The fire and polief board has suspended Arthur Martyn, captain of police, aud Edward Oarberry, George Sanders and T. E. Mollbuff, de< tcctlros, and Policeman John Slack, pending a public investigation of charge* of receiving bribes from keepersof gam* bling houses, houses of ill fame and other criminals. The investigation will bo held Friday. Augusta’s New Hotel, Augusta, Go., Fob. 7,—The Albion hotel, built ou Monument square by J, B. White over the burnt block, has beeq leased to Bryan Lawrence, proprieto* of the Planter’s hotel, who was man v* gor of tho Arlington, which was burm t. Under the lease Lawrence is to famish the New Albion and expects to open it to tiie public about April 1, Lost an Arm In 011 31 £!, T A I. BUTTON, Ga-, Feb. 7.—Marshall Himmous, un employe of the Talbot county oil mill of this place, bad hi* right arm crushed off in the meal grinder yesterday afternoon, No Hope For Port Royal, Washington, Fob. 7.—Tho seuat* committee on naval affairs declines t* r(!C(iiif.ldt.-r it* former decision toremov* r . Port Royal station to Charleston, 8. O. the Lord’s gfsr. some darku ss, and it i> certain clouds will show themselves at tunes in the conjugal keav u. Sacrifices Dr-in mdc-.l. “This union .vhp’h we today tiro cele brating has already demanded s.tciifioe# The husband had to Lave his country mid people and the bride had to liav t the t ide or a dearly loved mother. In tho future, too obscure, the reverses of li:e will fall to your lor. Do not then forget the prayer of David, ‘Lor i lift thou up tho light of thy ecmitonanoo upon us. ’ It will lie necessary tor \ ou, if you tire to fulfill thoroughly the <lu;y of marriage, to fulfill the duty of love in your mutual relations. In that relation man is the heed and wonian is the heart. Toe psalmist’s prayer will uLo be your help when you have to Lear your mu tual burdens, for m marriage two sin- ikts are united, each having liU and litn' faults. Finally, it is indispensable to the unit*’ whereto you have been called. ‘'According to the command of God, ‘These two shall be one.’ N-*w only lova can form and preserve this tic. But if you wish this bond nor be lo i.-cued, yom heart must he filled w.th prayer. Kxchutigcd Wing, ami Kl-sed. ‘“Lord, lift thou up the light of thy oonnteuance upon n*. 1 ” After tiie chaplain’s address and after the nuptial benediction had been pro nounced, tho bride and bridegroom ex changed gold rings aeeor iitig to tlto Dutch custom, aud tho wedding party then proceeded to the reception room attached to the church, when the queen tenderly embraced, first h r mother and then her husband. The queen mother, too, kissed the latter. Tho bridegroom kissed his bride and his own mother. The newly wedded pair received the congratulations of th ir families tm 1 drove to the palace over tho same route they had previously traversed. A wedding breakfast followed. THE BASS FRAZER MYSTERY Alleged Kidnapers Try to Secure $800 Additional, Montgomery, Ala , Fob. 7.—Hix Fra zer, brother of young Bass Frazer, who was kidnaped in Atlanta some time ago, it is understood, has received another anonymous letter from ttie kidnapers, in which they ask for a much large* aw! i e. fro drown thc-ir Borrows iti drink. They sat down to dinner, ur.d round after round of drinks were or dtred. Soon the bloody Beenes o war, the visions of ruined home®, were all forgotten. First they be came merry, then reckless. “Let us call this the last supper,” suddenly exclaimed one of the party, and the suggestion met with instant ap proval. They might never ineel again, so “the lust supper” would be a fitting name for the feast wher* reason hud fled. More drinks wort- ordered, every man fiiltd Ins glass, tiie lights were turned low, and the thirteen meo dtdared themselves Christ and iiis twelve apostles. A young man who had commanded u r< giment acted the role of Christ and for the occasion, each man assumed the name of ohe of the apostles There was a wrangle as to who should impersonate Judas, but more drinks were ordered, and then a young lieu tenant agreed to act the character of the betrayer of his Saviour. It was midnight, but peals of drunken laughter awoke the echoes in every nook and corner of tho old house. Again and again the decanters were passed around, and the blasphemous mockery of the Last Supper went on. A Bible was called for, and the young officer who was impersonating th< Saviour turned to the New Testament and read aloud the solemn words of Christ. The reading was Interrupted now* and then by some coarse jest or ribald laughter, while expressions like “Judas, pass the bottle,” would excite the mirth of the drunken men to a point that completely drowned the voice of the reader. At the proper point in the reading, bread was passed around, and the wine was represented by glasses filled to the brim with brandy. “He that drink* eth from the bottle with me shall betray me!” exclaimed the mock Christ in a tragic manner, and plac ing a decanter to his lips he swal lowed a quantity of brandy, then passed it to Judas across the table. This was greeted with peals of laughter, and again the other mock Victoria, B. C., Feb. 7.—On Jan. 10 ten inoui^-d Japanese set out from bhau Hai Kvvau to forage ami were sur prised by 300 mounted bamlits at Loch- untou, 3 miles from bhau Hai Kwan. Some British were with the Japanese at the time. Five alone managed to fight their way back, and one badly in jured was that night brought m by the Chinese. The others were killed aud their bodies mutilated. Fighting the Hoxer#. On Jan. 4 the Germans made an as sault on tho Boxers northwest of Pe king, killing 140 Boxers after less than an hour’s lighting. The Boxers were armed with both old aud modern rifles. The German loss was one killed, one wounded and one officer and throe men destroyed, their slightly wounded. They captured ten old guns and a number of flags and banners, besides a quantity of war ma terial. Neighboring people joined in the engagement, fighting for the Box ers, and for that reason the Germans burned Tschaugschua, where were strong forts. < lirlsthin Villages Hurncd. Another detachment of Germans re- conuoiteml the upper part of tne Pei- Ho as far as Tschtheug. The Boxers fled, burning ail the Christian villages they passed through. The German de tachment returned through the moun tains to Tehum, where they surprised a Chinese major aud 18 horses, killing six of them. ITEMS Japanese FROM THE ORIENT- Russia In Opposition to Muneliuria. Victoria, B. C., Feb. 7.—A last word has been received as to how Captain Walter Jones, It. E., died. Tellers to Captain Wingate at Peking say that ha and the Chinese with him had been massacred on the borders of Mongolia, 250 miles from Peking. The Chinese mutilated and burned the bodies. The Japanese papers publish an inter view with Prince Konoye that Japan must resist Russia’s being allowed to remain in Manchuria, as with that power iu the northern Chinese province Korea would be at its mercy. Tho ship Seawitch has been destroyed by lire at Manila, and some of the crew were suspected of incendiarism. Cold Cause# SuflVring, Canton, Feb. 7.—The intensely cold weather prevailing is causing wide spread suffering. There have been over IbO deaths here from tho cold. UNCLE SAM AND JOHN BULL Pacific Statement of the Nicaraguan Qtie.it ion 1,’redicted. New York, Feb. 7.—W. T. Stead, in a dispatch to The Journal and Adver tiser from London, says: The accession of King Edward VII may lead to a pacific settlement of tha Nicaraguan canal question. The king and his ministers don’t wish to begin tho new reign with a wrangle with America about a question m which no substantial British interests are in volved. No serious person cares two straws for the Clavton-Balwer treaty, which for all practical purposes has been for years as dead as a door nail. Ir felt that every consideration of good feel ing aud good policy should prompt the BLOOD POISON. Cured by 1*. II. II-Free Bottle to Sufferer*. Deep-seated, obstinate cases, the kind that have resisted doctors, hot springs and patent medicine treat ment, quickly yield to B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm,) thoroughly tested for thirty years. Have you mucuous patches in the mouth ? Sore Throat? Eruptions? Eating Sores? Bone Pains? Itching Skin? Swollen Glands? Stiff Joints? Cop per Colored Spots? Chancres? Ulce ration on the body? Hair and eye brows fall out? Is the skin a mass of boils, pimples and ulcers? Then this wonderful B. B. B. specific will completely change the whole body into a clean, perfect condition, free from eruptions, and skin smooth with the glow of perfect health. B. B. B. drains the poison out of the system so the symptoms cannot return. B. B B. builds up the broken down con stitution and improves the digestion. So sufferers may test B. B. B.; a trial bottle will be given away free of charge. B. B. B. for sale by druggists at $1 per largo bottle, or 6 large bottles (full treatment) $5. Complete direc tions with each bottle. Be sure the bottle reads Botanic Blood Balm. For trial bottle, address BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and Free medical advice given. By the death of the late Benjamin R. Hillman, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Yale University will obtain from tho estate of his brother, Augustus E Hillman, an endowment of $89,000 for a lec- tureth p. Mop* The Cou|[h Apil Work* oft The Cold Laxative Bruirtw-Quinitje Tablets cure a cold in one day. NaCure, No P«7- Price 26 cents. sum than the one they last enticed from apostles yelled, “Judas pass the hot- ) mini.-t. r.s to waive all mere questions of form aud procedure in >rdor to begin ^ thenewreignbyasigualactoffriond- i .i... ship, demonstrating the reality of the case in which tho English speaking world are bound together. him. The letter is understood to have contained many startling facts. It says that the $500 received some time avo from Fraxor near Atlanta had all been spent on Bass fur medical attention, aud that Bass was now seriously ill. Tiiey requested Hix to bring $800 in a bag to ono of the most dens ly popu lated portions of the city, aud deposit it in a location named, and time Ba.-s would be returned to him. Tho letter gave explicit instructions as to where, when and how to deposit the sack. Fraz r, it is learned, showed the letter to tiie police, who instructe^u'iim what to d >. Tho theory is that they told him, instead of putting money in tho sack, to fill it with corn. This being done, the police and de tectives disguised themselves and pre ceded Hix Fraz r to the scene. Tim officers secreted themselves in houset near by and some in delivery wagons, and waited until 6 o’clock, but no ono uto.eared to obtain possetsiou cf the sack. A numbor of persons who livo near the scene were seen this morning, hue all so nn to have promised to keep the matter quiet. They, however, neither confirm nor deny the rumors. Young Frazer returned to Union Springs this morning. Sale I* a (4 >. Nashville, Feb. 7.—F. R. Burroughs of Chicago lias secured an option < n the plant of tiie Nashville Packing com pany, owned by Join Cudahy. The consideration is paie. I at 8351,000, end parties associated with Mr. Lurroughs say tiie sale is a go. Georgia ('ourIli »u-te Huriied. Mac >N, Feb. 7.—The c tiuty court house of Twiggs county nt Jefferson ville was totally destroyed by lire th morning. Most of the records wer burned. The bunding was an old raoi- shackle aifa-r, and tiie town is without fire protection. \\ orU of t lie •Senate. Washington, Juno 7.—The Konatr has pa sod the p' nsii n appropriation hill and Im# taL n ii i t m ship subsidy old. Mr MeL nnn -ut i l iroiiua is speaking iu lav or of lac measure tic!” All night long this mockery went on, ai d when morning came ! the thirteen men were in a drunken stupor. Jt was several days before they all recovered from tho effects of , that night’s debauchery. Then they ! separated. That supper had indeed been their last; they never nut again. From that night the ven geance of God followed those thirteen men. Everything they undertook failed. Apples of Gold turned to Deud-Hea fruit in their hands. One by one they went to the dogs, and every man of them met a horrible and disgraceful death. Repeated failure in business drove some ol them to desperation and crime. One ! of them was lynched In Texas for murder. The young man who hud impersonated Christ was-drowned in the Brazos river while fleeing from a vigilance committee ou a stolen horse, and his body was never re covered. Another, while in a drunk en stupor, was caught It* a burning building and perished In the flumes. One was stabbed to the heart by a woman he had betrayed, and still another was murdered in a low brothel in a Western city. Ho fur as ; can be learned, not one of them ever 1 received Christian burial, and their graves are unmarked and unknown. The man who died in the gutter and was buried In the potter’s field was the last of that mocking company of thirteen. _ _ I’tieuiuoiilH Cm* he Frevente*), This disease always result* from a cold or an attack of the grippe and may bo prevented by the timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. That remedy was extensively used during tiie epidemics of La Grippe of the past few years, and not a single case lias ever been reported that did not recover or that resulted in pneu monia, which shows it to be a certain preventive of that dangerous disease. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has gained u world wide reputation for its cures of colds ai d grip. For sale by Cheroaee Drug Co. Hilten by a 3Iad I)o«j. Winston, N. C., Feb. 7.—Mr. N. D. Dowdy was bitten on tho right hand by his bird dog yesterday. The animal was mad. Mr. Dowdy shot five times with his pistol at the animal and four halls took effect, but they did m»t prove fatal. When the pistol fired tht.- Iasi time tho dog grabbed tho shooting iron and Mr. Dowdy’s hand in his mouth. The animal was finally killed, two loads of buckshot being fired into him. Mr. Dowdy applied two mudstones to his wound and they adhered nicely. A Negro’# Good Luck. Gri ensboho, N. a, Feb. 7.—For two years efforts have been made to locate W ihiam Mitchell, a Greensboro negro, who had f allen heir to a legacy iu Okla homa, but it was not until today that ha was found and identified. While the amount of the legacy is only #2,000, in the eyes of Lis friends Mitchell is a fab ulously wealthy man. Rural .Mall Delivery, Columbia, S. C., 1'eb. 7.—Congress man Stokes lias been assigned the special duty by tho government of in- vestigating tho results of the rural free delivery system in the state. Fifteen more route s have been allowed the state. In this way a delivery every day will be j*os.--ibl\ instead of every other day a* meretolore. Drunk Wood Alcohol and Dle<L ScoTTsuoRo, Ain., Feb. 7. —H. H. Hill, a painter, formerly of Sooilsboro, drank a largo quantity of wood alcohol at Faint Ro- k. this county, last night, from the * If* ots ot winch he died sumo time during tho night. Ho loaves a family. Cotton .Mill I-or Klbe:’toii. Li.b rton, Ga., Feh. 7.-Hand in hand with the uuiuerou- indunnes now going iiji in h.lwrtou u cotton mill will bo organized.