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BAD REPORTS FROM MOUNTAINS. The Railroad Between Spartan burg and Asheville Said to be Practically Closed. Asheville. X. C., August. 17.-The railroad situation today, as a result of the heavy rains, is worse than it has been at any time during the down? pour for the past week. One man lost his life in a cave-in in a tunnel. ITrains on all lines are completely tied up and the Asheville and Spartan burg division of the Southern has practically ceased operations. Xo trains ha've been heard from on this road today. Another big slide occur? red on Saluda Mountain today. There .- are a number of wash-outs and the road bed entirely submerged by water for long distances is reported to be the state of affairs on the entire line from Spartanburg to Asheville. Train No. 13, from Columbia, due here yes? terday at 7 p. m., reached Asheville this morning fifteen hours late. The run through was only possible after several transfers, as the road is block? aded in a number of places. Passenger train Xo. 40, due to leave Asheville at 9 p. m., for the South, was annulled last night, and Xo. 14, going in the same direction, due to leave here at 7.05 this morning, ?vas not sent out. It is expected that a train will be run over the Asheville and Spartanburg division some time during the night. No. 39 was made here this morning and was sent out to Morristown. There is serious trouble reported on the Asheville line between Black Mountain and Round Knob. By a cave-in of a tunnel one man lost his life and this morning trains were de? layed about ten hours. The longest ttmne? on the mountain, the Swan aanoa, 1,800 feet in length, began cav? ing in at one end and a section crew and working train were sent out at once to repair the damage. Section Master Robinson was at work in the tunnel and in the very midst of the slide which the working train pushed its way through, running over him and killing him instantly. Every effort possible is being made by the Southern officials to get the roadbed cleared. ? All wrecking crews and bridge forces are at work as well as all section men on the division. The conditions brought about by the extraordinary stress of weather are the most serious that have been experi? enced by railway men in many years. ls it Superfluous ? Thomas Carlyle, an almost li fe-long dyspeptic, who called his stomach "a diabolical apparatus,'5 might have obtained relief had he lived in these days of up-to-date surgery. He could have had his stoamach removed, it is claimed, without detriment*, and, if we are to credit some expert testi? mony, improved his health and tem? per. He might, however, have lost his peculiar genius, which apparently took shape from his rebellious gastric re? gion. And now comes a Xew York surgeon who thinks the life of the Empress Dowager of Geramy might have been saved had she permitted the surgeons to remove her stomach when the nature of her disease was ascer? tained. The surgeon admits that the stomach is a very important organ, but not a vital one, and claims that it can be removed without endanger? ing or shortening life, provided the pa? tient accepts the limitations imposed and governs his diet and habits of -eating accordingly. As there are some doubters on this subject, the case is given of one Carl Kruger, of Chicago, whose stoamach was removed some months ago. At the time cf the operation, he weighed 96 pounds. For a time he was careful about diet, but we are informed that now he eats three meals daily, weighs 160 pounds, is still fattening, works in his garden, and is much better off without his troublesome stomach. It is no doubt better, much better, for a man to possess a stomach, if it be a sound one : but no stomach at all appears tobe preferable to the* * dia? bolical apparatus." If you have a good stomach, be thankful and keep it benignly. If yon have a dangerous stomach, the surgeon may relieve you of it.1'-Augusta Chronicle. McLaurin Won't Attend. It looks very much as if Senator McLaurin will not take part in this week of campaigning on the issues he has introduced into this State. This will be generally regretted, no doubt. The Greenville Xews of Saturday con? tained the following announcement indicating that the junior senator will not participate : "Senator McLaurin is in the north and will be detained there at least until the first of September because of the illness of his stepfather, who is paralyzed and it is f eared cannot live long. Death From Mosquito Bite. Habana. Aug. IS.-Chief Surgoen Havard announced today that the ex? periments in the investigation of the propagation of yellow fever so far as these involved the mosquito, test, will be discontinued. This decision was taken because one of the non-immunes who was recently bitten by an infected mosquito died of veliow fever today. The man was a Spaniard, desired to become an im? mune and therefore allowed himself to be bitten by an infected mosquito. Another man who was bitten is also suffering from a very bad case. Both were bitten by insects which had been set apart for the experiments of Dr. Caldas, the Brazilian expert, who has been arranging to demon? strate the alleged efficiency of a serum as a preventative against yellow fever. According to Major Havard the cases due to mosquito infection prior to the latest two, were light : but the mat? ter has assumed a more dangerous form than the first experirunts led the yellow fever commission to expect. The exy>eriments of Dr. Caldas have not begun. The tobacco trust executed a mort? age in Xew York for .<L">0.000,000 on June loth on which it had to pay in stamp taxes, 870,000. By waiting fif? teen days, when the law was repealed on the 1st of July, that much money could have been saved. Evidently, a little item like ?70.000 cannot stand : in the wav of a 8100,000,000 trust. i Interview With President Kruger. He Still Holds Out for Full In dependence. London, Aug. IS.-The Freeman's Journal of Dublin publishes an inter? view between Mr. Kruger and William Redmond in Hilversum, Holland. The former president of the South African republic, in expressing gratitude fo Irish support, said he regarded the Irish as ''brothers in oppression" and urged the nationalist members of the British parliament to continue their "efforts in the cause of justice and truth." When asked concerning the effect of Lord Kitchener's recent proclama? tion, and of Mr. Chamberlain's speeches. Mr. Kruger replied : "My people are not to be frightened by such proclamations or speeches, which will only encourage them to continue fighting. "The British have used armed na? tives against the burghers from the beginning, but we have not used arm? ed Kaffirs. It has always been against our principles to sue the black man against, the white." Mr. Kruger emphatically denied the existence of a Dutch conspiracy against British influences in South Africa. When asked regarding Great Brit ains' promises as to the treatment of the Boers after surrender, he said: "I know Great Britain's promises. You in Ireland ought also to know them. The British promise to lend us money to put things right. Then, if it were not repaid, our land would be taken. They ask us to allow a rope to be put around our necks and to call that freedom. We should be slaves." After expressing his firm conviction that God, in good time, would give the Boers deliverance, he remarked: "Even now we could rebuild our country, but to do so we must have full independence." He emphasized the word "full." When asked about farm burning and the concentration camps, he ex? claimed: "Why do they fight women and children ? There are our own men to fight against. In do not believe the British people know what is being done in their names. If they did know, they would stop it." Mr. Kruger said nothing had been definitely settled, on the subject of a visit to the United States. According to Mr. Redmond, his appearnce belies the report that he is breaking down either mentally or physically. KING COTTON. The cotton crop of the south, the way it is going now, will soon make of the south so dominant a factor that tue democratic party will have to take its old place and be abject to the dictates of the democrats of that sec? tion. The exports of cotton for the past vear have averaged a trifle over 81.000.000 a day. the total being 8365, 405,707. Think of half a dozen states that have a steady income of 81,000, 000 ? day 'from one crop ! That was the raw: product except 840.000,000 which went part in manufactured goods and the rest in cottonseed oil. oil cake, etc., This puts cotton the foremost of all the products of the country. It beats all preceding rec? ords in value this year, though not in quantity. Then the textile manu? factures are catching up with the raw product. The increase in the number of mills the first half of this year was 143, of which thirty-four were in North Carolina, twenty-nine in Geor? gia, twenty-six in South Carolina and eighteen in Alabama. And this gain was in spite of the interruption of the Chinese trade in cheap cottoon goods. Another curious fact about this is that as the south is gaining swiftly in the production of the coarser and cheaper goods, the shrewd, New Englanders, with their northern mills, are going more and more into the finer grades of manufacture. That is one beautiful feature of New Eng? land. Her idea of competition is to have the advantage in the beginning by producing a finer article. She used to make cheap cotton godos, but when the south began to encroach upon that, then she set the pace to make finer goods than the south could reach up to for a good while to come. The way the Americans fight competition is the way they fight battles, their idea being to have the best weapons and to shoot quickest.-Salt Lake Tribune. Have We too Many Mills ? In response to the complaint of Northern textile journals that this country the South especially-has been building cotton mills too fast, the Charleston News ? Courier urges that the policy of building more mills than the overcautious may deem advisable is justified by the natural increase in our population of 10.000,000 to 15, 000,000 every decade, to say nothing of the widening of the foreign market. The Boston Journal of Commerce takes much the same view and says "it cannot, but admire the enterprise shown by our Southern business men. who have gone right along forming companies and building mills to man? ufacture their cotton into goods, showing that they have confidence in the growth of our country and in the increase of our export trade." The Journal of Commerce thinks that we are "still in our infancy in the manufac? ture of cotton goods.*1 The Journal of Commerce is confi? dent that our export trade in cotton goods will not fail to increase by a larger per cent every year. "The fact is," it asserts, "we can safely count on a very large export trade in such goods, and our Southern neighbors are making no mistake in ?jutting their capital into cotton mills-and if the large amount of capital which is seek? ing investment in the North was Turn? ed in that direction it would, we be? lieve, 1 e profitably invested."- Macon Telegraph. Cincinnati. Aug. 18.-More than two thousand carriage workers were notified by seven shops here last night that their services were n<?t needed and that the places will open Sept. 3 as non-union shops. London. August 17.-Advices from Moscow say that Russia is on the eve of another famine owing to crop fail? ure. The famine-stricken area exceeds half a million square miles and about the same area as that of the great famine O?L891. The population num? bers 43,000,000. PENSIONERS SELDOM DIE. Number increased During Past Year. Washington. Aug. IS.-H. Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions, has prepared a statement showing in part the operations of the pension bureau during the last fiscal year, as com? pared with former years, Most of the data will be embodied in his annual report and the statement is prepared for the use of the national encamp? ment of the G. A. R., which will be held before the report is ready. It shows that fc?ie number of pension? ers on the rolls June 30, 1901, was 997, 735, a net gain of 4,200, over last year. The total net loss to the roll during the year was 43,536, which includes 38,153 by death, S53 by remarriage, 1,5S2 by minors reaching the age of 16, 15S by failure to claim pension and 1,460 from other causes. A comparative table shows that the roll for the year just closed is the "high water mark" in the history of the pension bureau, the next highest having been reached in 1S9S. Of the gains to the rolls during the year, 3,S49 were from the war with Spain. Tbe losses included two from the Revolution, 215 from the War of 1812, 826 from the War with Mexico, and 544 from the Indian wars. The gains to the roll since 1898 were 13,334 wid? ows of the War Between the States, and 5,604 from the Spanish war, total IS,938. The net gain to the rolls in the four years was 4,021. THE STEEL WORKERS' STRIKE. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 18.-A party of strike breakers brought up from the south by special train were safely delivered in the steel mil: at Monessen early this morning and the United States Steel corporation expects to add that plant to the number running partly or in full with non-union men within the next 24 hours. The Carneige properties also resum? ed tonight without break in the forces operating them and that fact joined a promise of an early start at Monessen leads the steel officials here to take a very hopeful view of the situation. The strikers claim that men enough to start Monessen mills cannot be obtained and that they have not yet shown their hand at Duquesne and the other developments will indictae their strength to better advantage. Sah Francisco, Aug. 18.-Gen. Mac? Arthur arrived from Manila today on the transport Sheridan. After spend? ing a few days or so here, Gen. Mac? Arthur will leave for Washington to report to the war department. Quito, Ecuador, Aug IS.-A force of Ecudorean troops is ready to invade Colombia, and a battle is imminent near Pasto, just beyond the Colombian frontier and about 150 miles northeast of Quito. Chicago, 111., August 17.-By the collision of a trolley car on the 47th Street line with a rapidly moving pas? senger train on the Pennsylvania Rail? road tonight five people were killed and ten injured. London, August, 17.-The Sun says today that it hears that the concen? tration of Gen. Botha's forces at Hondweni, on the borders of Zuzu land, announced in a dispatch from Durban last night, does not fore shad? ow a fight with Botha, but his sur? render, in pursuance with an under? standing reached between Gen. Botha and Lord Kitchener. The Sun adds that the Government is satisfied that the war is virtually over and that Lord Milner, on his way back to South Africa, has in his pocket the draft of a complete constitution and plans for the future government of the annexed territories. Manila, August 17.-A company of the 26th infantry had an engagement with insurgents yesterday in Cama? rines provinces. The troops killed Sebastean Angeles, a brother of Gen. Angeles, and six privates, and cap? tured a major, two captains and nine privates. Another detachment cap? tured Magasin Cabelles at Lumbang and also seized a large quantity of supplies. Pittsburg, Pa., August 17.-The news that the Milwaukee men had de? cided to cast their fortunes with the strikers, supplemented by the wired anouncement that the steel men in the Riverside plant, at Wheeling, had voted to strike awakened new enthu? siasm in the ranks of the Amalgam? ated Association and its followers. The Milwaukee vote inspires them with the hope that Chicago can be prevailed upon to reconsider its vote and finally decide to come over to the strikers. When girls are chosen for the new Government telephone service in Lon? don, " says the London Express, "the educational examination sinks into insignificance before the physiological test. No giri will be employed if she is below 5 feet 2 inches high in her stocking feet. She must possess good hearing, have no defect of speech, and must be tested by viva voce examina? tion, in which particular attention is to be paid to articulation, pitch of voice and general self-possession. Any candidate showing any indication of nervousness, hysteria, want of self possession or a strongly marked twang shall be rejected. The majority will probably pass in self-possession, but dialect is a severe test." A Ministsr's 5ood "Efor?:. 1 I hid * ie^ere Attack nf bilious colic, go? a bottle of Cbirtih?rU?'s Co-ic, Cholera aod Dinrrboi Remedy, took two d^fr? and we9 entirely cored," says Rev A A Power, cf Emporia. Kin. "My neighbor across ?be street was sics for over a week, h*d two or three bottle; of medicine from the docror He used them for three or four dav? without relief, thea Citied ir; sno'ber doctor who trei'ed him for some d-iys and h m nr> relief, so discharged him. i wetit over to see him the DPXT morning He s->id his bowels w?-e ii H terrible Si, 'hit they bad been run? ning off s<; long that it was almost blondy Sus. I asked bim if he h*d tried Chamber? lain'? Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoe* Rerr.eiv .?od he said, 'No ' I went home and broi;,;hr him my bottle acd eave him ose dose ; told ! h m to "ike another dee to fi'teen or twenty 1 minute? ?f be d;d no* find relief, bot be took I no more and was entirely cure!." For sale i by A J China. KLQNDIKERS DROWNED. Sixty-Five Lives Lost-The Ship Struck an Iceberg and Sank. Pen Townsend, Wash., Aug. 19. The steamer Queen has just arrived from the north, bringing news of one of the most appalling marine disasters on the Pacific cost. The steamer Islander, sailing from Skagway August 14. when nearing the southwest end of Douglas island, at 2 a. m., August 15, and running at full speed, struck floating iceberg and in less than 20 minutes went to the bot? tom of the deep channel, carrying men women and children to watery graves. The Islander had 103 passengers, and all were in bed when the vessel struck. The shock was so severe that many were thrown from their berths and the wildest excitement prevailed. Word was soon passed that the vessel was doomed and a general scramble for the lire boats ensued, many jumping over? board and attempting to swim to the shore, the distance being short. In the scramble to get into the boats many were hurled headlong into the chilly water, which, according to the passengers arriving from the scene, seemed alive with human beings. Before all the passengers had left the vessel she gave a lunge and went down, bow first. It is feared that 67 lives were lost. It will be some time before their names can be definitely learned as the purser lost his passenger list. United States Consul Smith of Vic? toria, who was a pasesnger on the Queen from Juneau to Victoria, glean? ed the following story of the wreck from amnog the 40 survivors who were passengers on the Queen : ' ' The Islander left Skagway for Vic? toria last Wednesday evening at 6 p. m. with 125 passengers and crew of 61 men on board and 10 or 12 stow? aways. All went well, the steamer miking her usual record of 15 knots an hour until at 3 o'clock Thursday morning when Juneau was passed and the south end of Douglass island was reached. Then suddenly the steamer encountered an obstruction, said to hare been an iceberg, and stopped with a jar which aroused many of the sleeping passengers. "Captain Foote was" having break? fast and the pilot informed him of the trouble. When the vessel struck, water rushed in forward in great vol? umes and the pilot advised that the vessel be run on the beach, not over half a mile distant, at once. To this the captain objected, saying the beach was* too abrupt. He thought there wa:5 no immediate danger, but would run a few miles further down where he knew there was a good landing. 4 The captain assured the passengers there was no immediate danger and that they could go back to bed, and sent the first officer down to examine. That officer reported there was great danger and urged that the vessel be beached at once. The first officer ordered that the boats be let down, but this order was countermanded by the captain, who, however finally real lized the seriousness of the situation anc. allowed the first officer to get down the boats. "Meanwhile, the passengers, aroused to their perral, ajjpeared on deck and a rush was made to the purser, who hac been given much treasure for safe keeping. Purser Bishop handed out all except two bags of 810.000 each, which were not claimed and went down with the ship. The bow of the steamer steadily sunk and 20 minutes later the propeller and rudder were high in the air and useless, but the captain remained on the bridge until the last and fianlly jumped on a life raft. When the steamer went under an explosion occurred." "The capatin lost his hold on the raft and went under. Owing to the dense fog much diffi? culty was experienced in ascertaining the location of the shore. After a time water was heard trickling down the rocks, and all the boats reached the sho::e. Many persons who jumped off the steamer were rescued later, only to die from exhaustion and the intense cole. Several persons recovered con? ciousness only after four or five hours' work by their com? rades." All the rescued speak in high terms of the courage and assist? ance given by Chief Engineer Brownlee and First Officer Xeurotsos who saved several lives. The intense cold of the water caused severe cramps among the many who were on life rafts and re? sulted in death from exposure. The bodies of those dying in this manner turned black. M. M. Brambauer, of Portland. Ore., had 814,000 in gold dust in his satchel, but promptly abandoned it, tumbled into the water and was rescued. D. H. Hart, of Klondike, had 840, 000 in gold dust, which he abandon? ed, when he jumped into the last boat and reached shore safely. Another whose name is not given, is reported to have taken his port? manteau containing 840,000 in gold dust, from the purser and jumped fron, the sinking steamer to a boat which he failed to reach, and both the man and his treasure sank. A negro preacher is quoted as saying at the Emancipation Day celebration in Wise county, Va., the other day: "One thing I cannot, understand is that the same white man who votes in Kiel mond to take away the vote of the negro will be the first man to help the negro when he gets into trouble." The explanation is easy. The southern white man is the best friend the negro has. He is always ready t<> help him in need, but he does not consider the ballot safe in his hands. It is a long time in advance, but the political slate makers are already de? claring that Mark Hanna is the Strongest presidential possibility for 1904. " W?.at n:Ger peop'e ?int is something milrt ar.d genti?. when in reed t>f a phvs:c Ch^.ar'eriaiij's Stomach asd Liver Ttolets fi:l ihe bili to ? dot. They are easy to take ' and ;>Ieas*ot in effrct For ?aie bj A J ?bio?. "My rat'V vr*? trrribly sick with The diar- ; rhoei," 3ays J H Doak, of Williams, Ore-; goo "Vt e were unable to cure him with the doctor s H5::statice, aod as a last resort we i fie;! Ch-.rrorrlaio's Colic, Cholera and Diar- | ri oa Rritedy I am hippy to say it gave immediate relief and a comphte cure." For i sale by A J China. 1 THE STEEL WORKERS' STR?KET The Monessen Mill is Now Ope? rated in Part. Pittsburg, Aug. 19.-The United States Steel corporation made a series of gains today in the restoration of properties crippled by the strike of the Amalgamated association and its sympathizers. The steel mills at Monessen. after a long period of inactivity, were partly put in motion by strike breakers gath? ered in some of the southern States, two more mills in the Painter plant were also started up and another large mill at the Clark property was also operated for the first time. There was some disorder in the streets of Monessen during the day. but the local police never lost control of the demonstrative crowds and there was no serious trouble. The reopen? ing of the Monessen miills believed to be the first of a series of aggressive moves on the part of the steel corpora? tion. Preparations are known to be in progress for reopening the Star tin mills in this city and for increasing the force at the Lindsay and Mccutch? eon mills, and it is 'thought to be only a matter of time before the strongholds of the strikers like New Castle, McKeesport Wheeling, Bel? laire and Mingo Junction will be invaded. The strikers deny that any real progress has been made either at Mon? essen or Painter's and say that they are not to be frightened by the burn? ing of a lot of coal and the mere opera? tions of machinery. The greatest fight in this district is for mastery at the Duquesne mills of the Carnegie company. Both sides are working secretly, the Amalgam? ated association to extend its organiza? tion and strength among the workers and the Steel company to block any plan to get the men out. Neither side has shown its strength yet and it is impossible to get any line on the ulti? mate result. Death, hut not Torture. The burning alive of negro criminals of a certain class has already become common enough to excite no special notice or comment. Two were burned last week in Georgia and Alabama, and the incidents were reported and regarded very much as matters of course. The Rome, Ga., Tribune speaks very strongly on the subject. The people of the South it says, should stop the horrible practice, and it adds: "There is not a community in the South where any man, or set of men, who if they chained a mad dog or an enraged bull to a post and burned it alive, would not be prosecuted. The grand juries would indict them and the peo? ple would rise up and condemn them. The negro raptist is worse than a mad dog. He is killed with little more feel? ing than is a mad dog. But the burn? ing alive of a mad dog or a rattlesnake is too cruel to be thought of. An out? cast, brutish negro is still a human being. " Let his crime "mean death," al? ways, the Tribune adds: but, if shoot? ing with guns and pistols is not, "surely hanging is cruel enough."' "Stop the burning alive. It is time for the people of the South to rise up and call a halt on the horrible prac? tice. They must do it or the South will go back into darkness and barbar? ianism.*' It is true, indeed. The fact that it is necessary to print such protests, and that they have no effect, shows that it is time.-News and Courier. Working for a Pardon. Yesterday Col. P. H. Nelson, repre? senting Col. W. A. Neal, made an ap? pointment with the governor for this morning for the purpose of presenting to the chief executive the petitions in behalf of Col. Neal. These petitions have been gotten up in various por? tions of the State and are said to be numerously signed. Yesterday the governor received additional letters asking for the pardon of Col. Neal. Many of these come from men of prominence in different parts of South Carolina. It is Coi. Nelson's pur? pose to file the petitions and present to the governor reasons why Col. Neal should be pardoned. The general pub? lic is watching the outcome of the matter with much interest.-The State, Aug. 20. ''Through toe montos or June end Jul* our baby was teething ace took a runnir g cS of the bowels and s ckness o? the stomach. " ats OP* Koiiid8y, of Deming, Ind ' Bit Dowels would cco?e from ?ve to eight time? * day. I had a bettie of Chamberlain's Colic, Choler!-, ned Diarrhoea Remedy in the house and gare him four drops tc a teaspoonful ot water and be got tetter a: once." Soio by A J China. ??Ml I I ? - THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. London, Aug. 19.-Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Pretoria, dated today, says that a party of South African constabulary yesterday sur? prised a strong Boer laager near Mid? dleburg, Cape Colony, killing 23 men. The constabulary numbered 1.10 men : but, owing to the strength of the ene? my, 600 to SOO men, they were unable \ to*follow up their success and during their retirement they lost one man killed and had six men \vounded. \ Fourteen men are missing. i- - - The laws of health require that the bowe;? move once each day and one of the penalties for violating tbis law is piles Keep your , Dowels regular by taking a dose of CnamCer ;aio's Stomach and hiver Tab;ets when nec essarv ?ni you will never buve that sevete ptiiiisDtoeot inflicted upon you. Price, 2.< ce^if Fer sale ov A J China Commercial democracy in a nut? shell is this: the repbulican party never having been able to bully the south nor frighten us with force bills, 1 is now trying to buy us with patron age. Beware of the G. ?. P. bearing gifts. -??-?. Those famous little ;ji!is, DeWiti s Little E-trly Risers compel your liver and oowels ? to co tba r duty, thus giving 30a pure, rich j . '.<r>. d t ? recup-rate your r>od;,. Are easy to j take. Never gripe J S Hogtson & Co. AN AWFUL CHARGE AGAINST A WHITE MAN. The Crime Which Makes South? erners Shudder. Special to The State. Florence, Aug. 19.-A warrant sworn out by Mr. A. J. Lynch, of Effingham township, before Judge Smith this morning, alleges that' Mr. L. Cook, a young white man of the county, assaulted and attempted a nameless crime upon the person of Mr. Lynch's daughter, a girl about 16 years old. The alleged assault occurred 14 miles from the city and a deputy has gone to arrest Mr. Cook. The girl states that Mr. Cook made improp?r proposals and threatened force. She refused and in the strug? gle that followed her face and arms were scratched and bruised. The two were returning from church in a buggy at night. Making a su? preme effort, the girl states that she escaped from the buggy and ran into the woods. The night being dark she fell into a ditch. The alleged assail? ant did not follow. Relatives found her a half hour afterwards sitting by the roadside crying .as if her heart would break. Rottenness in Navy Department. Washington, Aug. 17.-An instance of Rear Admiral Crowningshield's rule or ruin policy has just been presented to the public in his assignment of the 82,000,000 triple-screw cruiser Colum? bia to duty as a receiving ship at the Brooklyn navy yard in place of the much better adapted wooden frigate Vermont. Crowningshield wanted Congress to appropriate half a million dollars to construct shore barracks for receiving navy recruits, these bar? racks to be erected according to plans procured by Crowningshield himself while abroad at government expense in pursuance of orders issued to him? self by himself a year or two ago. Congress refused to appropriate, and Crowningshield insists on punishing it by detailing three fine modern steel vessels of which the Columbia is the first, to take the place now held by the Vermont alone, which will ac comodate as many men as all three of the vessels. The first serious block Crowning? shield experienced is found in the re? port of a board of officers which met at the Brooklyn navy yard, and which, found that the Vermont, the old re? ceiving ship, could be easily continued on service, and that it would not be necessary to convert the costly cruiser Columbia into the subordinate purpose of a receiving ship. The board finds that it will take at least 8*20,000 to put the Columbia in condition for service, and that under the most crowded con? ditions not more than 400 men can be accommodated on board the vessel. It would take nearly three ships of the size of the Columbia to accommodate as many men as were on board the Vermont, which with its wide and spacious, decks, had ample berthing facilities for more than 1,000 recruits. Rear Admiral Bowles, chief construc? tor, is in favor of continuing the Ver? mont on the service, and in this posi? tion he is joined by Rear Admiral Melville, head of the steam engineer bureau. The naval surgeons are against con? tinuing the Vermont in this work, say? ing that she is old and cannot be prop? erly fumigated, although the board which looked into the matter has rec? ommended that the men be quartered on the upper deck while the fumigating process is carried on below. The trouble with receiving ships is that they are never put out of commission and that the opportunity is never afforded of docking and cleaning them. The action of Crowningshield has also led to an examination of the Co? lumbia, which showed that she is dirty, rusty, and rapidly deteriorating. This report has attracted attention of officials at the Navy Department to the fact that the Minneapolis, a sister ves? sel, at League Island, may be in the same plight and also other ships laid up in ordinary. The sole purpose of maintaining those ships in reserve was to economize in view of their large coal consumption, but the re? serve idea was framed with a view of at least having them in serviceable condition for active duty on a few days notice. The report on the Columbia seems to indicate culpable negligence by those in charge of her at League Island. It will unquestionably result in an examination being made of the Minneapolis and Indiana to determine whether they are in any better con? dition. Another instance of the rottenness of the Navy Department management during the Spanish war, and of the enormous sums that favored parties were allowed to make by means of the exaggerated prices paid for vessels, appears from the selling price of the transports Terry and McPherson, which were bought for 8350,000, cost 8500,000 for repairs and alterations, and were sold the other dav for less than 8400.000 for the pair. *The Mc? Pherson was bought at the beginning of the Spanish war for 8200,000. She was sold for 81S.700. The Terry, a smaller ship, but more modern, bough: 819,600. Yachts cost more than this. The McPherson is known to some old travelers as the ocean liner Obddam, and the Terry was a Sound steamer called the Hartford. Consid? ering the market value of transports, it is obvious that the government paid many times too much for them. It certainly did for most of the boats that were taken into service. By right of eminent domain, which extends over ships in port, it could have taken these vessels at its own price, and could still have been generous, with? out being lavish. "I am indebted to Ooo Vu o ute Couzb Core ror my present pood health a:.d my life. I WAS treated m vaio oy doctors for luog trou? bles following I,? grippe. [ tock One Min? ute Cougb Cure and recovered my health." Mr E H Wise, Madison, Ga J S Bugbsoo & Co Land ?Surveying* IWILL GIV E prompt attention to all ca?3 for surveying and Dlattioe la ds. BANKS H. BOYKIN, Oct 10-o ! Catcuau, S. C.