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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. J. F. NISBETi Editor. HIGH PRICES FOB MEAT. Secretary Wilson's PredictionHe Says Nothing About the Meat Puckers' Trust. Chicago, Oct. 8.?"This year's ? corn crop will be one of the largest in our history," said Secre tary of Agriculture James Wilson, who| is in Chicago with the Presidential party, to day. "The total yield, it is estimated, will be between twenty-three and twenty five hundred millions of bushels. There will be plenty for manufacturing and feeding, and. we will have all the corn to Bell that anybody wants to buy. To what extent the crop will be shipped abroad will depend *argely upon the price it will bring. The high prices offered for meats will incline the farmers to use their crop for feeding purposes. "Where stock is to be found the corn will be fed, unless the price be high. A considerable percentage of the crop will be cribbed, as the farmers generally are well off, and getting good prices for their products, so they can afford to hold their corn up. "Meats are likely to be high, because in the last few years our population has grown faster than the meat producing animals. Then injudicious grazing on the semi arid regions of the West has been destructive, and many of those range States do not have over 50 per cent of the animals they had /Si'i. un-y years ago. l,Tbe British in the Transvaal war, should it occur, will want Our canned meats. They cannot ue(e our refrigerated meats over there, and in order to feed their soldiers as well as the United States feeds ours they will have to take the quarters to the Cape of Good Hope in refrigerating vessels, and then establish a plant for caring lor chilled meats, sim ilAr to the one the United States has at Manilla. They must have canned meats. The United States is the only country prepared to supply it, and the growing de; ..n ? u.?..u .W. ... .... <|.i?..cr? U. uif globe will help to keep up the price of meats." President Kin?, Farmer's Bank, Brooklyn, Mich., has u-e.l lie Witt's: Little F.arly Hisers in inv family f??r ! years. Says they are the host. These ! famous little pills cure constipation I, biliousness and all liver mil howes troubles, ('row lord Bros. d-wBritisli Agent at Norfolk. Norfolk, Va , Oet. <>.?John B Davis, who claims r<> represent the Britlsil government, arrtvet! bere today from New \ork and Bays tie ('Mine to confer with the re preset, i hi i ves of h tea m sin p tines with the view nl chartering steamers for service in transr.ori # " ing troops Hurl war supplies to South America "If you 9cour the world you will never Hud t? remedy equal to One Minnie Cough Cure," say ** Kditor Fackler. of the Micanopy, Fla., "Hustler." It cured his family of l.aGrippe and eaves thousands from pneumonia, bronchitis, croup nod all throat and lung troubles. Crawford Itros. d-w-s jfm It's had enough 1o he a dude, but it's worse to he suhdued. F Eat plenty, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will digest what you eat. It cures all forms of dyspepsia and stomach troubles. E. K. Gamble, Vernon, Tex., says : "It relieved me from the start and cured me. It is now my everlasting friend." Crawford Bros. d-w-s 1 , ' > - a.' . AM ATROCIOUS CRIME NEAR DARLINGTON. Young Woman Ravished by Number of Black Savages. Special to Tbe State. Darlington, Oct. 9.?A horrible crime was committed in Darling ton county, Dear Lamar, jester day afternoon, for which at least three negroes will pay the penalty with their lives. Two ol them are now in jail, and it there ib nc attempt to lyuch them maiie before court conveues two weeks from today, they will be couvicl ed without a doubt and handed, tor they have confessed the com mission of the blackest crime ttiat has ever darkened the lair namt ot Darlington. If the other party is caught he will doubtless be spared the suspense of waitiu? two weeks to meet his doom. The details of the crime are toe horrible to be published, but rtiey have been told over and nvei again all over this county today It is sufficient to say a highly re spectable young lady ot Lsmai u a . .l. i >_ _i urn* puucrtsu ?i tuo uauus ui hfveral black brures, and she now Ilea iu a dangerous condition fear fully mangled and bruised. The two negroes who are now in jail admit the commission ol their fearful deed and say that i1 was accomplished only atter ? terrible struggle with their vie tim and only after they had choked her intoinsensibilitv, and that when they left her they thought her dpad. Two of them only were present, the others having gone away and had not gotten bark in time to take part iu tht deed as was their intention. One of the black brutes now in the custody of Sheriff Scarborough bears on his clothing staine of blood from his victim, and tbit now owes his life to the tact and skill of the deputies who secreted him from nn ancrr mnh unri brought him to Darlington through the swamps under covet of. the darkness. The people are arouted for miles around, aud justly so. The third negro, one of those who assaulted the unfortunate girl, has not yet been captured, but he will be if he is in Darling ton couuty, and if he happens to fall into the hands of any of the present searching party his hours of life will be but few more. There was a deal of talk of a mob coming to Darlington tonight for the purpose of lynching rne two negroes who were stolen from its fury last night. It was at first thought by the citizens that, an effort would be made to I induce the governor to order a special term of court for tomorrow or next day and give the poor wretches a speedy trial, but as court convenes here two weeks from today, anyhow, it was afterwards decided to attempt to stay the wrath of the angry men and allow the law to take its course. A partv of representative, hut sympathetic men went to I.nmar this morning to try to persuade tho?e cooler ones there not to at! tempt any mob violence. While ' these men fn 11 v realize the justice of the anger and the desire for i revenge on thp part of the rela tives and friends of the girl, thev ! nevertheless know that it will be better to have a legal trial and a i legal execution than to have the (negroes lynched There can he no doubt that the prisoners will he i convicted if they are allowed tn ; have a trial, for one of them has admitted that thev did it and has : told the tale in detail. It wa? later decided to move | the prisoners from the jail tc (Columbia, and they were taker I ofT this evening. * , To C1TIKK A COI.D H ORE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the mo- ej if it fails to cure. L. W. Grove's sig nature on every box. '25 cents. 1 Dewey Coming to Atlanta. Washington, Oct. 7.?Atlanta'! delegation of citizens called or Admiral Dewey today and ex tended a pressing invitation foi him to visit that city. The Admiral accepted with th? understanding that a date will b< appointed later. v 1 i %\ v*- ' : " ' f ' V ' ' * : ;.- \* MORE FIGHTING IN LlfZON. Two Severe Skirmishea Near Not* eleta Yesterday. Noveleta, Island of Luzon, October 8.?3 :15 p. m.?General 1 Schwan's column, consisting of the 13th infantry, a battalion of the 14th, two troops of cavalry, . Capt. Reilley's battery of the 5th i artillery and Lowe's scouts ad' vanced from Bacoor this morning and occupied Cavite Viejo and Noveleta. The American loss was three officers and nine privates wounded, one of the officers being f- mortally hurt. The loss of the 1 enemy is unknown, but the bod } ies of three Filipinos were seen. , There were two sharp fights near Noveleta. Lowe's scouts first ? encountered the enemy near Cavite Viejo and soon put them to flight, continuing their advance. 1 n _ /r .in i .? i _ _ r . v^apc. oanoia s nairauou ot cob 13th regiment, with two companies of the 14ih and a number of r Tagalo scouts, Capt. McGratb commanding the troops from the , 4th cavalry. and Capt. Rcilly'e F battery, came upon the enemy in t a strongly entrenched position on 1 the road between Cavite Viejo I and Novelota. A fight lastim: half I an hour followed, resulting in the enemy's being riven back. The i American forces sustained con' siderable losses in this engage 1 merit, the men being shot from trenches and shacks along the , road. The column then pressed on to Noveleta, which they found ' deserted, and will remain there | tonight. The marines and navel forces I ro operated with the tnopn. The i gunboat* Wheeling, 1'etrel and ' Calloa lay off *he shore, near 1 Novelets, and threw shells into that town and Santa Cruz for an , hour, preparing the way for the i marines to land. Two battalions i consisting of 450 marines, under Col. Elliott, advanced along the peninsula from Cavite to Novel eta. The only wav was bv a nar row road through swamps. A mile beyond the marines1 outpost the column was suddenly received with a volley from trenches across the road A flank movement was executed and the insurgents were driven from the trenches, the marines wading | through rice fields in turning the I I flank of the onemv, who retreat, ed to Htronc sand torts across the creek divining the p. niienil ?, <le stroking the bridge across the stream. The niarineN waded ' through more ri-?> fj.Ms, forded ! (the river whtpv t,o the.r ..boulder*, iii'1 oarrid the for'*, ni -eting with feeble resist ii.ee It.*- lirst encounter having disheartened *???? eue my. Squads -a -re r?u;t N ?vele ia and burned tee I tee ' huts all along fti - r-*d 'ruin ' which the enemy I *li?> ' I i tiring. Thero a junci was formed with the Hindis wli o?d , been sweeping the b.wtinp^ and thickets, Tt er.ce *S: !: .?' ties r" j : turned to Cavite ?-x-. ( haunted. Lieut. Wynne, with a ihr>*e i . I i: t ? ? ? | |juuuuf i, um >it)ua exit >111 ?n <1 ur | ?i inn the advance, (ten. Iji-vtonj 1 was not in personal ci mu <>t today's movemont* Capt. Cowle's hsttalioc ?'* the . j 41h infantrv, while r??c >n.,i .-ring M to-day, found uholy <>f ..-veral hundred insurgents ue?r San Nicholas. After a brisk fight, lasting three cuarlers of an hour, i the enemy was drivin off. In this 1 The "Plow Hoy Preacher," Itev. ,1, Kirkman, lielle Kiver, III., says: "Af. ter suffering front Bronchial or lung trouble for ten years, I was cured bJ One Minute Cough Cure. It is all that , is claimed for it and more." It curea coughs, colds, grippe and all throat ' and lung troubles. Crawford Bros. d-w-s i "V-v . -k j % * * Housework is < *? : with even the best soap which needs hard muscular rubbing to make things clean. Gold Dust does all that soap does and saves time and much rubbing. 8end for free booklet?" Golden Rules for Housework." THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY Ckkato St.LoaU NtwYork Deetss engagement the American casn altie? were four men alightly wounded. Six of th? enemy were killed, but the number of wounded i? not known. The bad condition of the road* made the progress of the artillery slow. 8CII WAN'S ADVANCK CONTINUES. Manila, Oct.. 9?10:25 a. m.? The advance upon San Franciaco de Malabon ia <ontinuing Gen. Schwan's advance guard entered Roaario thin morning, meeting with alight resistance. COMMENTS ON SOUTH CAR OLINA. Affairs in the Palmetto State as Viewed by Other People. The following story, now going the rounds, is credited to the Taylorville, S. C., Courier : "A couple of ladies in Puna desired to play a joke on the bus band of one and got things into a pretty mess before they got through. The husbands were absent from home when the ladies give birth to children, twins being born to one and one to the other. The single baby was transferred to the bed ot the twins'iti order to make the father of tile twins think ho was the father of triplets. Then after the joke hail been allowed to cause consternation for a time in the mind of the supposed father of tiie tripi**ts the whole thing was exposed, but the mothers were unable to identify their children. One took one and the other retained two, but neither is certain she lias the right ones Hysterics and oi her evidences of excitement are in order, but the complete identity of those children will never be est thlished The mot her of the twins will know that she l.... 11(1^ M||t- Ml liri I IMI'IIIMI, mil Willi',II one { While the mother of the one chilil will never ho certain that she hasn't one of the other woman's hahies. "When our boys were almost dead from w hooping cough, our doctor gave One Minnie I'ougli < are. They recovered rapidly," writes I'. 1$. Belles, Argyle, Pa It cures coughs, colds,grippe and all throat and lung troubles. Orawford Bros. d-w-s Wants Doiilliit's Job. Columbia, S. 0., Oct. 7. ?Mr. A. O. I,vies, a member of the Legislature from Union county, is said to he salted for State Liquor Commissioner, vice Douthit removed. Mr. Lyles is a farmer and is said to have the "pull" for the job. Millions of dollars, in the value placed by Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, 1'a., on the life of her child, which ahe saved from croup by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. It cures all coughs, colds and throat and lung troubles. Crawford Bros. d-w-s The wise man always puts himself in shape to receive either panic or prosperity. V.eJ =f " v* t Hard Enough I ^ WashigPowdei! COTTON TESTED BY FIRE. Experiments at Lowell Show the Advantage of American Koundlap Bales. I he Koundlap bale of the Americau Cotton Co., the Lowry hale ot the Planters' Compress" Compauy, and an ordiuary square cotton bale were subjected to a thorough going fire test in Lowell, "***" Mass., June 8th by the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies ot the United States, t<>r the purpose ot determining the relative fire hazards o> the several methods of baling cotton. Two small frame houses, exactly u like, and some distance apart had been erected on a vacant plot and the space beueath them filled (with hoards and cotton waste, over which ten gallons of coal oil were poured, in one building eight American Koundlap bales and one square bale were stored. In the other, eight Lowry bales and one square bale. The torch was applied and the flames were permitted to burn one hour before being extinguished. It was as not a blaz as cotton could well be subjected to. There was no test, of the square bale, owing to th? fact that when the superstructures collapsed, which they did a few minutes after being fired, one of the square bales fell away from the flames and then the other was removed. It was evident and generally conceded that the American Koundlap bale stood the test m iinh bat tne ibnn b u T < a rrr ?? tf bu 1 a HI II? a? noun tiitin lur IJW TT i y uaiu* Nearly all the wires on the Lowry . hales were burned ofr and the bales elongated from their original length of 3 feet 3 inches to 6 feet and over. This exposed the cotton in the Lowry bales to the flames which were eating into the hales at many points when the fire was put out. Two of the Low rv bales broke in two and were more badly burned than the others. The American hales stood up splendidly under the severe or deal rhev neither unrolled nor extended in length, and only the outer surfaces exposed to the intense flame were burned. This latent t"*?bt, was only another triumph f r the American Cotton Company's Roundlap bale. The cotton saved from the fire will ho enrfnilv picked "over and the salvage reclaimed will be weighed. It wn? ?t?ted hv underwriters _ 4 it f II 4?4. jit f * 11 hi i n w ijuwimi urn iri?L that. at a ppcret test rpcently m?dp ap to the ability of the two Hif]*prpr>t stnlpp of round halea to withstand the action of water, nftpr hptner pubmerged for pome timp the wirpp on the Lowry bales had burst and none of the Lowry rotton wiis recovered from the teat. The American Company's bales camp out intact and wet onlv on tho exterior, which soon dripd. leaving the cotton as good sp ever. w-Oct. 11. IMPORTANT NOTICE. I WILL BE IN LANCASTER for a short time to settle up the aeoounts due the Arm of T. M. Kitzpatrlok A Rro. All parties owing the aboto flap* i must settle up at once. WJif o- I taMM? all accounts unpaid, will bej>bu)fc$ jA an officers hands for colleotidK'JMtrt fail to heed this notioe*aa JO will be positively the hist time lwill beJie'o. Oct. 11, 18?i>. y . at-oew. Jm vV ' . Jtfra? ;} .foV . '