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Great Britain Preparing to Meet Russia. rREAT FLEETS NOW- AS? SEMBLED IN CHINESE WATERS. We Hai Wei, Chiba, Nov. 2 -All British warships are here, consisting of the first class battleship Centurion, first class croiser Narcissus, second class cruiser Hermione, torpedo boat destroyers Whiting, Fame and Han? dy. The frrst class gunboat Peacock cleared f?r action and ready for sea at s>MwWhciiir'a notice. The first battleship Victorious and first ^cruiser Undaunted arrived at rFoo near here and are coaling to capacity rThe greatest secrecy is maintained Regarding the meaning of these war like preparations, but there is no doubt that important instructions are expected momentarily. A large Rus? sian feet has assembled at Port Arthur. London, Nov. 2.-The suspicion has arisen that the extraordinary preparations which have been made for war in the last few days, under cover of the Egyptian crisis, are in fact intended to pot Great Britain in condition to meet Russia. Certainly no such preparations have. been en? gaged in bj Britain since the Crimean war. Furthermore, they are not called forth by the Fashoda affair, for France practically accede to all the demands England made on that score Captain Baratier is now returning from Egypt and Fashoda with orders that the French force withdraw west? ward to fortified posts within the con? fines of Banr El Ghazal. London, Nov. 2.-The Globe, com menting upon telegrams from Wei Hai Wei announcing the readiness of the British warships for action, and the assemblage of a large fleet at Port I Arthur, says : "Matters of the gravest importance have occurred, especially, when taken in conjnction with the extraordinary preparations for war which have been in progress on both sides of the English channel during the last ten days In the absence of more definite information, it must be surmised that Russia is taking advan \ tage of the present tension between England and France and pushed her far eastern policy to unbearable length by forcibly taking possession of the valuable treaty port of New Chwang London, Nov. 3.-An official note issued this evening says : "There is now good reason to hope that the political situation is ameliorating it can be confidently stated that when the cause of the irritation which unfortunately recently existed in France and Great Britian on the upper Nile is aemoved, which is ex? pected ?ooo to bethe case, the door will again open for a resumption of those friendly negotiations which happily characterized the morai state of the relations between the two countries " New York, Nov 3.-The London correspondent of the Evening Post cables that a general and satisfactory arrangement has been reached be tween Great Britain and France on the Fashoda question. Wei-Bai Wei, Nov. 3 -Ali the British warship* ber- are cow fully coaled Their wco<i*'??k has been re moved and they %ro completely pre? pared for cuKT?eoe'.e*. The foreign press is agaiu interest ing itself with ?he pension system of this coont-y The vast amount paid ont here io pensions to old soldiers sterns almost incomprehensible to the European newspapers Discussing the matter, the London News re duces the figure? to English pounds and comparing it with the cost of maintenance off be war establishment of Europe shows that our pension system is a heavier burden than the gieat standing armies of the old wcrld The army of American pen sioners cost last year 29,000,000 pounds, while the German army, the largest its Enrope was run at a gross outlay of 27 000 000 pounds : the French army for 2S.?M0.000, the Brit isb army for 18 000.000 pounds and the Austrian army for 15 000,000 ^pounds The F?rs? Regiment band bas been engaged by Co:ooe! Holloway to furn? ish music daring fair week at the grounds.-Columbi* Record. Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain. Plainfield, 111., makes :be statement, that shs caught cold, which .mot? tled on her lungs; she wa3 treated far a month by her family physician, but grew worse. He told ber she was a hopeless vic-.im of consurnp ticn and that so medicine could cure ber. Her druggist suggested Dr. King's New Discov? ery for Consumption ; ?he bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefitted from first dose. She continued its use and after taking six bottles fcund herself sound and j well; now docs her ?own housework, and is as ! well as she ever was. Free trial bottles of this Gre ii Discovery at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. Large bottles 50c and $1. 6 / Martial Law in Augusta. Protecting the Negro Rapist From the Mob, Augusta, Ga., No?. 2-About 6 o'clock this morning a negro named Wiil Robinson, attempted to rape Miss Minnie Walker, but was foiled in his purpose. Later be was arrested and confined in the jail. The occur? rence excited great feeliog in that sec? tion cf tbs city in which tba young lady lives. Daring the night about 500 armed men, including a number of soldiers in camp here, formed io the ball park sev? eral blocks from the jail. About 1 o'clock they formed in a column of fours nad marched to the jail, io which 20 policemen bad been stationed and de? manded tbe surrender of the negro. Upon being told by Jailer Collins that the jail would be defended one of the attacking party shot at the police? man holding the lantern. A general fusilada then followed. William Moore, a volunteer soldier OD furlough was shot through tbe head and will die. Wheo be fell the attack was abandon? ed. None of the policemen were injured. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 3.-The Augus? ta jail to night is under guard :o pre? vent a repetition of last night's attack by lynchers who wanted to wreak ven? geance on Will Robinson for attempt to outrage Miss Walker. Will Moore, private iu Co. C, Second Georgia volunteers, which is here on furlough awaiting muster out, is not j as badly wounded as first thought. It is believed now that be has a fair chance for recovery. Soldiers, how? ever, express indignation at his injury, and to prevent any movement on their part, Col. Brown of tbr Second Geor? gia, wired Capts. Reokl and Fry to call in ail arms and ammunition, which was done, and guard was placed over it to see that the men would not get the same again ic their possession. Seve ral of the soldiers of the Second army corps, who nave just arrived from Camp Meade, were in the mob last night. Gov. Candler durtog the day wired from Atlanta ordering the following troops of the State militia to report to Sheriff O'Connor for duty : Richmond Hussars (eavalry). Oglethorpe infantry, German Guards aod Irish volunteers Cavalry and infantry have been pa? trolling streets within several blocks of the jail io all directions since night? fall, aad up to midnight the mob bad not made its appearance Two men are not allowed to walk together within he district under martial law. The graad jury meets in the morning, and Robinson will be promptly indioted and tried on Monday The penalty for as? sault in Georgia is death, but where the crime bas only been attempted and not accomplished, it is a penitentiary offence. There are some who believe that the facts wheo revealed fully to the grand jury by police authorities, will subject; tbe prisooer to the death penalty. The man's attempt at. as? sault, even if bis cringe is no greater, is so peculiarly revolting in its details that they cannot even be intimated without exciting the utmost indigna? tion and horror More Force For Dewey. Washington, No*. 4 -Admiral Buooe telegraphed the navy department to day that the cruiser Buffaio, Com mander Hecuphill, had sawed at coon for the Philippines via Suez. The gun? boat Helena sailed yesterday fer tbe ssms destination. With these acces? sions coming immediately upon the heels of Capt. Barker's squadron of battleships and colliers, Admirai Dew ey wiil bave a formidable fleet, proba? bly second in offensive power to only one European nation, namely, Eog land, in eastern waters. It is not believed, however, that he will have need of ail this force, and he doubtless will be able to spare some of tbe vessels which may be in need of re? pair to return to Mare i.-land. - - GEORGI'AS BOUNDARY LINES. Atlanta, Ga , Nsv 3-State's At toroey Wimbish bas fiied his report with Governor Candieron the claim 6et forth by Georg!* that 1,500 square miles of territory lying in Tennessee aud "outb Carolina belong ;o the first named State. Mr Witnbi?h gees into the case as far back ar? 1832 and says the question is still au open one aid is a matter for the courts to decide. There is still some doubt as to wheth? er Chattanooga is io Georgia or Ten nessee. Referring to this matter tbe State's attorney said : Chattanooga is within thc ancient boundary of.Geor? gia If the question is reopeoed and that boundary is established, Chatta? nooga will of course, be in this State.'' Chicago is the last place one would look io for sentiment, yet it has remained for a Chicago command erv of Knights Templar io secure what is designated as "holy dust" for use in the burial services of de? ceased brothers. One hundred pounds of dirt bas been brought from the Garden of Gethsemane for the purhose. NEGOTIATIONS NOT INTERRUPTED. But Spanish Reject Ameri can Proposition to Take Philippines. Paris, Nov 4,- The Spanish com? missioners, in the course of two hoars1 session of the peace confer euee to day, flatly refused to accept the proposition made last Monday by the Americans to take the entire Philippine group and to reimburse Spain for her "pacific" expenditures there. TJiis negative decision was ex peeled. The Spanish commissioners bad also a number of positive deda rations which filled some 37 sheets of a typewritten presentment In this statement the Spaniards held that the United States had not ultimate rights in the Philippine islands and could have none save by the consent of Spain in these negotiations and upon terms satisfactory to her. Accord ing to the Spanish contention of the ; formal statement, the United States entertained no thought of annexing the Philippines when the proctocol j was signed, or it would have been expressed in the proctocol as clearly as the conditions regarding the ces? sion of territory in the Antilles and the Orient. M. Cambon, be? fore the signature of the proctocol, received from Madrid the presentment alleged-a cable message clearly setting forth the maintenance of Spain's authority over the Philippine islands should not be affected by the proctocol, to which reservation the United States made at that time no protest or ob jection. This dispatch to M. Cambon, as the Spaniards claimed to-day, em? bodied also the view that the United States bad no valid basis for claim in the archipelago It was further held to-day by Senor Rios and his colleagues that the capitulation of Manila, hav? ing occurred titer the signing of the protocol and thus after the suspen? sion cf hostilities was invalid. With all this for a groundwork, the Spaniards made their first positive move against, the Americans, and it constituted their counter proposition. They charged upon the United States a wrongful appropriation of public monies belonging to Spain by seiz ing the tariff duties at Manila, and they formally demanded the re turn of these monies, in the sum' of nearly a million dollars. On the same premises the ?nited States was to day declared to have made and held as prisoners the Spanish troops at Manila on the violation of international law, because done after the suspension of hostilities un? der the protocol. A farther charge was that by the imprisonment of the Spanish troops at Manila, the United States had prevented Spain from quelling the insurrection and had taus contributed to the vioience against ?Ppain after the cessation of hostilities To day's Spanish presentment also cited the refusal of the Americans to consider the Cuban debt, on the ground that it was not sactioi:ed in the protocol, and demanded an ad? herence to this as a precedent in the discussion of the Ph?ppines, regard? ing? cession of which the Spanish commissioners held the protocol to make no mention The presentment was read by In terpreter Ferguson, being rendered from the Spanish, in which il was written into the Knglish At the close of the reading the Americans said they wished to have the Spanish statement rendered into written English for careful considera tion and an adjournment was taken to Tuesday. Hunger Forces an Appeal to Humanity. Terrible Condition of Sol? diers of the Cuban Army. Washington, Nov 4 -the follow ing letter from Lieut Col. Caib'?nne of the Cuban army now at Habana, had been received by Secretary Quesada of the Cuban delegation and he has placed it before Secretary Alger with an urgent rpquest that steps be taken to relieve the extreme distress it sets forth Lieut Col. Carbonne is the invent? or of the explosive known as car bonite, and is regarded as the repre sentative at Habana of the Cuban leaders and forces in the field He writes as follows, the letter bearing date of Habana, Oct. L"9 : "I am just back from the camp of Gen Menocal, chief of our army in this province, and let me tell you in some faint way the true state of our poor and srffering array and the con? sequences that may come to the country if we do not find in a short time a remedy which will save us. The Cuban army is dying with hun ger. Such terrible words in no way exaggerate the actual conditions. Gen Menocal took me to nee his weak tottering and squalid soldiers made so on account of the want of ! food and the actual necessities cf life j -and to think that these fien were | in such a state by reason of obeying their chiefs, who desire first of all to respect the orders of the American government. The Cuban leaders in camp told me to tell you that they will maintain resignation and pa tience, and above all faith in the American government and the worthy presideut, Mr. McKinley, but at the same time let it be understood that we are hungry, that we have in the towns and fields of Cuba all that is needed in the way of food, but that we are forbidden to touch it by rea Bon of the peace order They do not get from Habana one fourth of what they need and our soldiers are dying at the gates of the city for lack of food. What shall we do ? ^The time will come when we cannot bear it any longer, and then what will be the result 1 I returned disconsolate to Habana, and tried to get succor, but the people are already so poor that I obtained nothing. We went to the American commission, which received us very well ?nd offered us much, but up to the present time they have given us- nothing If by misfortune we are driven by the nee essities of our army to get by foi ce what we need so as not to die of banger will the people of the na j tion8 of the world, which do not know what is happening, judge us unworthy of the sympathy of the American people ? We are happy to hear your assurances as to our re* public. We have never doubted the good faith and generosity of the Uni ted States. To it we owe the com plete liberty which we have been un able in many years to establish by ourselves. " Secretary Alger said that he would telegraph the commission at Habana such instructions as were appropriate to the case America's Greatest Medicine is Hood's Sarsaparilla, Which absolutely Cures every form of Impure blood, from The pimple on your Face to the great Scrofula sore which Drains your system. Thousands of people Testify that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Dyspepsia, Malaria, Catarrh, Rheumatism And That Tired Feeling, Remember this And get Hood's And only Hood's, Tte Lamest ai 1st Complete Establishment M Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH. BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. effice and Warerooms, King, opposite^ Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, ^32T" PorcbASP our make, which we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and thereby pave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16 - o BOARDING. HAVING TAKEN the House on Main Street seco"d door 9ootb of tbe Nixon House, I am piepar?d to ?<e.>mmodate a lew jeeular hoarders, ?nd also lodging and meals tc transient customers Terms reasonable. MRS W. B. SMITH. Sept. 8 NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. 1WTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will J^l be in my office in the County Court House at Sumter from the 15th of October to the Slst of December, 1893, ieclusive, for the collection of tsxes for the fiscal year, 1898. The levy is as follows : For State r urposes, 5 eilis. For county purposes, 3i mills. For school purposes, 3 mills. Totrtl ?evy, 11.} mills. Also the fcllowiog special school taxes : School Dis-rict No. 1-2 mills. School District No. 16-2 mills behool District No. 58-2 mills. School District No. 20-3 mills. Mt Clio, 2 rni!!=. Commutation road tax for 1893 is payable j at the 9?me time-the amount of san e having 1 ce?n r .isfd ?>y the last General Assembly from Si to Si.50. H !.. SCARBOROUGH. Treasurer Sumur County. Oct 5 ? OarmUssmi?ve \ \ ? * ! , ? LAMAR ? RA.NX'N DRUG CO.. $ | 5 I caa not recommend Fitts' Car- ^ J ? minative too strongly. I must say. ^ i y. I owe my baby's life to it. ? ^ I earnestly ask all mothers who $ ? h^-v-r sickly or delicate children just $ to try one bottle and ><~o what the ? ? result wi.i bo. Respectfully, $ \ ?o'?.s. LIZZi !."- MURRAY. ? j .? .... #1 ^ [ohnsoo "s Station. Cia jj? j * PUts9 OsrmmQtSue \ 'f is v.Cild by aJJ DrzJtKfistts. ? rf PRiSil, 25 G&JTS. j - iTSiAW^1^"fTa^? 15 highly Kecom- = 5 B Safaiy^^ ft^bn mended for COUGHS, E S I z^i|r^|fflWf^~fl! COLDS.HOARSENESS, ? E H U ll Slf?\ I OTN ?{!]Ji!4| SOBETHKOAT.BRON- r r Hryl ?tfSkf?wTTva\u CHITIS- ASTHMA, = r P.y^S.faffi>AWHOOPING COUGH. 5 = EH ^559 and .Ail Diseases of ~ E the Throat, Lungs and Bronchial Tubes, i S * POSITIVE SPECIFIC FOE CEOUP. E ?iiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository Transacts a general Banking business, a[so bas A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per aonutr. Payable quarterly, on fi ret days of January, April, July and October. W. F. B HAYNSWORTB, W F. RHAME. Cashier. President. Jan 13. WAR! WAR! WAR! i j But the "White" is vitcori ous. We are now selling sew? ing machines from ten dollars up We have a few machines that are slightly used that we will sell cheap. We also have a nice line of Organs that we will sell on easy terms. We are head quarters for Sewing Machines and supplies. Old machines taken in exchange for new ones. ill. B. RAN1)LE* Manager, Somier Music House. SUMTER, S. C. 50 YEARS^ EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly s?certain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions atrictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest aeency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in tbs Scirtific American. A~ . -y illustrated weekly. Largest cir? cu? .c . any scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a year : tour months, tL Sold by all newsdealer* MUNN & Co.36,Broadwa?- New York Branch Office. 625 F St? Washington, D. C. MAX WANTED. rpHE MANAGEMENT.of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in this territory is oesiroub of Sfcuri"<r the services of a niau of character ?fd at?il??y io represent its inter? ests, wub Sua.ifT as headquarters The right mao will be thoroughly educated in the science of life in?tirarce and the art of suc? cessful soiici'ing. There H :>O ?-utiness cr profession, n'*t requiriog capital, which is more remunerative tb?n a h fe agency con? ducted with energy and ability. Correspond? ence with men ?ho desire to ?ecure employ? ment, aud ar* ambitious TO attain promiuence in tba piofessioc, is invited. W. J. ROD DEY, Mansger, March 23-tr Rock Bill. S. C. Thc expe tie: ce o over haifa century has teen'co'.tcentrat. d into the making of WM 9 P- MM ^ M ?P3^ 111 You get the henrfit of all this labor, skill, rar* i OS and capital. Pianos Tuni.i?, For Rent. Repairing. Wr' for Illus Standard Organs Accommodating terms trated Catalogne. CHAS. M. STiEFF, BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 9 North Liberty St 521 11TH ST. N W. JINIS . Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat? ient businessconducted for MODERATE FEES. ?OUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U. S. P, ATEN r OFFICE J ?and wc caa secure Daicnt ia less tune than those j (remote from Washington. % * Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip-j >tion. Wc advise, if patentable or not, free ofj (charge. Our fee not cue till patent is secured. < J A PAMPHLET, 4k How to Obtain Patents," witht ?cost of same in* thc U. S. and foreign countries* (sent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO, OPP. PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON, O. C. Everything in DRUGS, Soda Water, AND Cigars, -AT HUGHSON-LIGON GO. Successors to J. S. Hugbson & Co. MONAGHAN BLOCH SUMTER, S. C. MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEAD QUARTERS WHEN YOU COME TO TOWN: STAN1 ON HOUSE. D. J. JOKES, Poprietor. Rates $2.00 Per Day. SPECIAL TEEMS TO FAMILIES Two 2& es "Walk From Central Depot. Chattanooga, Tenn. July 29. L?NDS WANTED. PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALE are requested to put them in ray bacds tor sale. I bm IL constant rf ceipt of so cany letters of enquiry about lands from Northern and Western parties, that I may be ablento effect sale3 for those who will give me accu? rate detailed descriptions of what they have. No charge will be made unless satisfactory sales are made Descriptions must be such as can be guaranteed and must give : No. of acres, location, cbaracter of land, proximity to railroads, post offices, schools, churches and tov.ns, Knd of iaproveients. Communications st ictly confident, when so desired. JAMES G. GIBBES, State Land Agent, Nov. 10. Cc'umbia. SC m ST?JI be Paid to any Kan cr Wcmsr, .ssa proposition before tho public, which iju . re besa made before. ? v.'e agree tc treat any terser?, afflicted vitfi rr???c ?issase and ct::* tho:.-., ?imishias midi' ;?...>-. -..vd sveryifeiag uocfor their css-i, CJ ~:c : in go?-J, provicm?? the patient iptb" ?Iv follows treatment sad oiiecticss, andi tbs :se is a curable cae. i ?This offer is plain, and there is no catch io *i ?ri furthermore, inc offer is good and tho mpncg r.'rctly cafo been?se "3 aro faamc'ai?y rsteoa v^fioss?lP^ experience duri i$ tn; ?gr '<2^^iVr^ Inst ?ryaars has pfpec ?Si the fact thai they par: ^ cured thousands o 1 v'\0r ss ess ss "i? here other jdeo /*SS^ o io-8 bave failed. Uno i /-'^?Sf^? rS tais warral ts teens ir v ? V molting th*3 remarca i -1 'IL n V ^le ?^cr- pcr=pa.? . . ' 'y&fesr . / who aro sabering f rC^ >%-?/Jp\v\^^ any ehrende disodte hz\Q now an opporta? ??r city to test tho treat* y^2f-?ii#/ pent of thc ackr-A ?T?&?"' fedesd icaamg ph, si- \ r^^O-*^/ ciansanv, specialists ci \ .-.< Vfi'Sfi .. .-^VTrfe^^ tnts country, wita a: \ Hhsolatesorrty of bo V s^?S^^^^^X * mg euroa, i.^eciat cv * V-W h?ood poison, wsatoea >; mon and women which aftaci t!ie delicate organ; md private diseases ci all kinds, rhaumatism. ?trici^re, varicccsSe, ruptura, female troubl??. ?kin eruptions, ulcers, kidney and urinary di $5ass3, ?iver and stomach difficulties, liquor, 3Pium and morphine habits, or any chronit atesaso. Oor treatment can bo taken at hom-: ander our direction, or, we wiil pay rail toad far? and hotel bill to all who prefer to com* co our oSice for treatment, if wo fail to cure. W< iiave the best of financial and professional refer Dnces and transact oar business on a striefij professional basis, promising nothing butwhf tv? can fulfill. We GO not believe ia any of tb? hoc prescriptions, fres cure, f reesampleor C.O.D bauds, bat think it is best in the end to be hon sst with our patients. Writs us to-day; don't dj !av We have carefully prepared Symptom Blank So 1, for men; No. 2, for women; No. 3, for skii 'liseaees; No. 4, for catarrh, and new 64 pac; oo!)klet which wo will send Free to all who real-; i^sirs truthful information about their con?? ?iuu. Call or address. _ DR. HATHAWAY & CO.. 22v, So. Hroad St., Atlanta, Ca. alsation thia paper. Vinegar. Homo Plaide V in esra r Superior Vinegar. I have on hand a lot of Home-made Vinegar of very line quality. The ilavor is del? icate, while the strength is equal to any io be had. Will be sold at my residence for 40 cents per gallon. lit <*. OSTEEL.