CARAL TRANSFERRED TO UNITED STATES. Ceremonies Were Very Shapfe Representative of French Company and Maj. Brooke of ?. S. Army the Parties Acting. Panama, May 4.-The United States canal commission today took formal possession of the canal rente and of the property of the Panama Canal company. Wm. W. Russell, the retir? ing United States minister to Panama (recently appointed United States minister to Colombia), Secretary Lee of the United States legation, and Dr. Pierce, superintendent of sanita? tion work, wera among those present From today the canal wcrks will be under the direction of Maj. Mark Brooke of the engineer corps - of the United States army who represented the canal commission at the ceremony . of the transfer. immediately after the transfer the United States flag was hoisted over the legation and over the canal offices in the cathedral plaza. M. Renaudin, tb? repr?sentative of the Panama Canal company called the principal employes of the company to his office and read them a cable dis? patch from Paris, ordering him to deliver all the ?anal property to the United States government. Maj. Brooke read a telegraphic mes? sage from Secretary Tait directing Mm .to accept the property for the govern? ment of the United States. M. Renaudin then handed the keys of the buildings to Maj. Brooke who hoisted the American flag over the administration building. A docu? ment attesting the 'delivery of the property, written in French, Spanish and English was signed by Maj. Brooke and M. Renaudin. Anti-Jewish Riots in Russia. Vienna, May 3.-Reports are cur? rent hore that there were- serious 'Anti-Jewish riots in the Bessarabian town of Pender on April 30. " It is stated that the rioting began on Sat? urday afternoon while the congrega? tions were in the synagogues. The mob smashed the windows of douses in the Jewish quarter, entered the houses and threw, women and chil? dren out pf the" windows. A girl was murdered in a most revolting manner, the reports say, Cossacks were sent to restore order. The outbreak is said to have been due to the anger of the crowd over Russian reverses in the far East. These Teports lack official confirma? tion. An Automobile Tragedy. Chicago, May 3.-While his fiancee and another young woman vainly tried to lift the heavy vehicle, H. S. Ringi of Chicago Heights, was crush . ed to death in the mire of a ditch be? neath his overturned automobile. The accident occurred in the North Chicago road, nearly a mile from the village of Chicago Heights. The occupants of the automobile be? sides Mr. Ringi were Miss Florence Bornhold, his nancee, and Miss Eliza? beth Canedy. V On approaching the village Mr. Ringi attempted to turn out to pass a farmer's wagon. The heavy machine swerved into a ditch at the roadside, and the occupants were thrown from their seats. Speaker Cannon not a Candidate. Washington, May 3.-"Even at the risk of being accused of declining that which I probably could not get, if I deisred it, I answer most unequivocal? ly that if the nomination were tender? ed to me I would not accept it under any circumstances whatever." Thus strongly did Speaker Cannon in an authorized interview with a Post re? porter today, emphasize his determi? nation with reference to the Vice Presidency. As he concluded, dictat? ing what he had to say, the Speaker added : "If there is any language which can be more decisive write it in. ' ' fie gave as one of the reasons for his statement that in his judgment he could do better service in any capacity in the House of Representatives than he could do elsewhere. The decision he had come to he said was final. Fatal Floods in Texas. Austin, Texas, May 4.-As a result of the cloudburst in Central Texas and this section not a train has moved to the north. About five miles of the International and Great Northern tracks have been washed out north of here. Five children were drowned in a creek five miles from this city. Fields are under from five to eight inches of water to the south of here for fifteen miles. Rivers and creeks are swollen far beyond their banks. Santiago, Cub;?, May 4.-Four ban? dits convicted of murder were garroted today in the Provincial jail. It was the first legal execution since the Spanish regime. Two executioners who arrived here from Habana yester? day with the garrote were almost mobbed while on their way to the jail. President Palma was petitioned to commute the sentences, but he declin? ed to interfere. Chicago, May 4.-Thirty-five thou? sand loaves of bread were received in Chicago today from Pittsburg to re? lieve the famine threatened by the strike of bakers. Milwaukee and St. Louis bakers were appealed to for a portion of the city's requirements but refused to respond, fearing that a sympathetic strike ia their own estab? lishments might follow. &ea? Excursion Sat&s 7ia Sentk? ern Ballway. The Southern Railway announces the fol? lowing very low excursion rates to the fol lowir-s.points: Sumter to Dallas, Texas, and return ac? count General Assembly Cumberland Presbyterian Church May 19. to 1904. tickets oa sale May K> to i#, with final limit returning May 31st, 1904. at the very low rate of $23.9?. "The Southern Railway offers most con- i venient schedules with Pullman Sleepers and ! Southern Railway Dining Cars on all through ? trails. For full information appljr to any I Agent Southern Railway, or R. W. Hnrct, Divivon Passenger Agent. THE ill TRifiEDY. Story of the Killing of Keels hy? the Man Who Did lt. Manning, May 4.-I saw Mr. Yoe? mans this afternoon and asked him if be was yet prepared to make a state? ment, as foreshadowed in my dispatch of Tuesday, when he said, in sub? stance, as follows : "In view cf the large crowd present, the place where the trouble occurred and the horror upon the minds of all in witnessing the death of any man, and they not understanding the causes which led np to the trouble, I feel that I should be unjust to myself, my family and friends did I decline further a brief statement leading up to the unfortunate tragedy of Mon? day, in which I was compelled to take the life of John R. Keels, Esq. "About six weeks ago Mr. Keels paid me for a mule I had sold a negro, and after a week or so I was surprised to have him call upon me for money he had paid me for the negro, saying that the mule was worthless. I objected to returning him the money, claiming my trans? action was with the negro, when he became angry and abusive, and I fin? ally asked him to stop and leave my office, as I wanted no difficulty with him. A friend of mine took him ont, and was asked by Keels to tell m? to let us get pistols and step off ten paces and shoot it out. Shortly after this he brought suit against . me, and although I had been warned of num? erous threats made by Keels against my life before the filing of ihe suit, and of the ^.desperate, and treacherous character of the man I concluded he had determined to let the Court settle our trouble and, for the time being, dismissed from my mind the fear of violence. For some time Mr. Keels passed and repassed me and would speak to me, and I noticed that he was only threatening and inclined to be abusive when under the influence of liquor, on which occasions I would go out of my way to avoid him. As Court approached these occasions of drinking became more frequent ; the threat came to me by such reliable men that I armed myself with a view of protecting myself in case a difficul? ty could not be avoided. As I came from dinner on Monday a county official said tome: 'Look outr for Keels; he is going to hurt yon.' Not over ten minutes before the dii/.culty I was in the Court House door, heard Ketels cursing among a crowd of men nearby, but did not catch his words, when he suddenly looked in my di? rection and made a sudden movement, as ifto com e towards rn*, when some ene caught his arm and they walked off^ toward the dispensary. I was standing by one of the large columns supporting the porch of the Court House, with one foot against the col? umn looking for an attorney who had business in my office, when I ob? served Keels walking rapidly towards me, and before I conloi take my foot down he struck me with both fists, on each side of my face, glancing blows, which were partly avoided by my throwing off bis aims ii with my left arm. What he said to me with the blows, accompanied by his reach? ing for his hip pocket convinced me that the fatal moment had arrived, and I commenced shooting and did not cease until all danger to my life was at an end. "I am informed that many are under the impression that Mr. Keels was not armed, because no pistol was found OB his person. The impression that he did net have a pistol when he attacked me is wholly erroneous and utterly un? true, and everything in the world that kept Keels from shooting me was the effcti veness of my shots. To say that I regret the unfortunate necessity im? pelling me to this deed but faintly expresses my feelings. I would be inhumane did I not feel for bis fam? ily, having had no desire in the world to harm a hair of his head. I feel today that Mr. Keels would be alive and well had not an enemy of mine taken the advantage of his drinking spells to goad him on to do me bodily harm." Mr. J. H. Lesene bas been retained by Mr. Yoemans to assist Capt. W. C. Davis in his defence.-News and Cou? rier. Manning, May 5.--Magistrate S. M. Youmans, who killed John R. Keels, a lawyer lately from Sumter, in front of the court house on Monday last, is still in jail. He has retained Messrs. W. C. Davis and J. H. Lesesne as counsel, who will make ap? plication this week before Judge Purdy for bail under habeas corpus proceodings. The dicffiulty was expected by many for the last 30 days, ae the parties had had some trouble about that time and Keels, who was known throughout Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties to be a desperate man, had been mak? ing threats since then against You mans. Several witnesses have testified at the coroner's inquest and by affidavit that Keels rushed up to where You mans was standing and struck him, whereupon Youmans, having been warned by friends during the day to look out for Keels, drew his pistol and commenced firing in rapid succession. One witness has also sworn that in the scuffle Keels pistol dropped to the ground, and that ju?t as he fell an old man by the name of Ransom L. Logan, who is a great friend of Keels, and who was standing only a few feet away whne the shooting occurred, im? mediately picked up the pistol and stuck it in his pocket. This is par? tially corroborated by other witnesses. The tragedy was a horrible one, viewed from any aspect, and it was remarkable how Youmans fired five balls into Keels" chest before he fell, any one of which would have proved fatal, as four of chem went through, three lodging in his clothing in the back and the fourth passing on through the clothing and slightly scratching a negro on the hip standing not far away. Keels was said to be drinking con? siderably the day of the shooting and immediaetly after be fell it is claimed the slayer turned to old man Logan, who is upwards of 8J years old, and said: "You are the cause of ali this trouble." . United States District Attorney John G. Capers has appointed Capt. Law? son D. Melton assistant district at? torney and Attorney General Knox has desiccated Columbia as tbe official r sidence o! the new i ss s ant. RDM MOSEY FOR SCHOOLS. Th 3 Dispensary has Sold Enough Liquor This Year to Contribute $65 OOO More to the Payment of Teachers' Salaries and Other Expenses. Columbia, May 5.-Quite a number' of uchool commissioners have written to .?now whether there was going to be any more dispensary profits dis? tributed before the close of the pres? ent schcol year. Some of the county schcol commissioners have written that, unless they can get mere money and get it at once, their schools will have to close, and they write to know where they are. There will be another prize distribution from the office of the Comptroller General on Thursday next There is now $10,000 in hands of Comptroller General Jones for distribution. The dispensary au? thorities have advised the Comptroller General that they will turn over to him ?25,000 on Wednesday. This will give him $65,030, which will be sent out on next Thursday. The county authorities can, therefore, figure on getfcng a slice of dispensary pie on Friday of next week and make their arrangements accordingly. This $65, 000 will be distributed entirely on the basin of the enrollment in the various cour ties. The money that has been sent oat to the various counties and all of the $65,000 will be divided upon the . ' ures of the enrollment by conn tic us taken from the annual re? port c ouperintendent Martin. THE! CHARLESTON RUM MONEY. Columbia, May 5.-The dispennsary profits for Charleston county have at last been released. The check to re? imburse Charleston county for its "perialty" has been forwarded. It is stated that the expenses and costs of the litigation in connection with the Wietsrs case, for which Charleston was ! ' penalized,!" aggregated between $3,500 and $4,009. After this amount was subtracted from the profits for Charleston the balance was sent to Charleston for current expenses. American Line to West Africa. Nesv York, May 6.-Preparations are well advanced for the establishment of a line of steamships to the west coast of Africa, a section of the globe which now bas no regular steam com? munication directly with New York or any other American port. Passenger travel to and from the west coast ports now goes by way of English or Ger? man ports, from both of which coun? tries well equipped and profitable lines with frequent sailings, are maintain? ed. Such frjeght shipments as are made go $ither loy the same foreign and rDundabout routes or on irregular sailing vessels or occasional tramp steamships from American ports. Itfis announced that within a very short time the recently organized American & West African Steamship Company will begin the running of its vessels. The route will be by way of tht* Cape Verde Islands and Sierra Leone and thence down the west coast. It is believed that the new line will be net only a successful freight and passenger carrier.in itself, but a pow? erful influence in developing- Ameri? can trade with the west coast. At present this trade amounts to but little and i ; is believed that that condition is the result principally, of the lack of qu ick and regular communication with that territory. _ Hearst Wins in Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa, May 3.-The in? dications to-night are that the Demo? crats vrill send a delegation to the St. Louis Convention instructed for Wil? liam Randolph Hearst for President. The opponents of Mr. Hearst played their l ist card today and lost, and un? less tfa?3 unexpected happens, the fol? lowers of Hearst will control tomor? row's SJtate Convention. Dom aids, May 4.-On Sunday even? ing two negroes, Foster Bradley and Will Boll, had an altercation about some tiivial matter. Bradley left the house and sat down on a log to tie his shoe. While.in thia position Bell, it is charged, stuck a shotgun out of a crack oE the house and fired, almost decapitating Bradley. Bell is a mere boy and does no seem to appreciate the enormity of his crime. Bell is in jail at Abbeville. MALES TONIC k -cAL CURE FOR It has rerontly been discovered that she germs Uizt produce Malaria, breed and multipi> ia Hie intestines and from there spread throughout the system by means cu *he blood. This fact ex? plains why r.ialaria i:> hard to cure by the old neLhod of treatment. Quinine Iron. eic. stimulate the nerves and build up the blood, but do not destroy the germ? that cause the ciscase. Rydale':: Ionic has a specific effect upon theintesiines and bowels, freeing hem from -=?11 disease breeding mi robes. It -.::.so kills the germs that infest th>? veins and arteries.-. It drives from th?; blood ail poisonous mattel ?nd makes !: ?ich and healthy. XYD?LE'S TONIC is a blooc ?uil'.ler, a nerve restorer, and a Malaris destroyer, Try it, it will not disap? point you. C. P. Osteen, M. D. No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osteen's Book Store), SUMTER, S. C. N. G. Osteen, Jr., SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICI: : No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osteen's Book Store ) SUMTER, S. C. Office hours, 9 io I 30 ; 2 30 to 6. Fought to Death With Knives. Raleigh N. C.,, May 4.- A special from Wilkesboro, N. C., saja: As the result, it is understood of an old fned,' Hillery Key is dead, killed by Free? land Johnson in a furious combat with knives and Johnson himself lies at the point of death suffering from, ghastly wonnds that may yet result fatally. It is reported that Johnson went over to Key's field to hunt for some stray sheep. While there he engaged in an altercation with George Key and fired at him twice but failed to hit him. Hillery Key, George's broherr, then took up the quarrel and Johnson? attacked him with a knife. Hillery's knife instantly flashed cut, but Johnson was too quick for him, stabbing and cutting his life out in short order though in doing so he himself receiv? ed wounds that may result fatally. H. J. Horn, recently chosen general manager of the Northern Pacific rail? road, entered the service of that cor? poration as a draughtsman fifteen years ago, receiving $60 a month pay. His advance has been steady, until now, at the age of 40, he finds reward in his present position. Howard El? liot, president of the road, has had similar^ experience, having begun work with a surveying party twenty years ago. ?8 i * ? i mm - The rise of the Easter lily is one of the most sensational features of green? house floricultoure in America dnring the last quarter of a century. Amer? ican florists raise about 5,000,000 Eas? ter lilies a year. Assuming that only half of these plants are sold ; that each bears only two flowers (a good plant snould have six to eight) and that the public pays 50 cents a bud it would seem that the American people spend at least $2,500,000 for Easter lilies every year. Lincoln, Neb., May 4.-W^ J. Bryan controlled the Democratic Convention in his home county today, and a plat? form re-affirming the Kansas City platform was adopted. No names for the Presidential nomination were men? tioned, the Convention voting to adopt the unit rule and practically agreeing to act as Mr. Bryan thinks best in the National Convention. The shrewdest financier of the age is Ed Kelly of Chicago. He was ar? rested and released on a $2,500 bond. He put up the cash. He failed to appear in court and the bond was forfeited. On examination of the bills he put up they were found to be counterfeit. m r~ v* -? -. . v5 {' i '? Fill" ?i>'. V fi g $? f, & ^ ' : r-r "orson? c* a biHeus h?i-; . : * I.V..V.- ..'."-.?.?.1 ?A?uciii by tailing c?_. j . Ii y Ou have bec:: ,,:;.^G!?? MUCH? v'H,y tvL. pr^.ptly relieve the nausea & t?t?OACHE_ at? nervousness which follows, restore i c appetite and remove gloomy feel? ings. Elegantly sugar coated. ike No Substitute. A CmCHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYALJILLS ??O^K^SAFE. 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For Real Estate or Insurance, see, WHITE & MCCALLUM, OFFICE NO. 18 S. MAIN STREET - - PHONE NO. 143. ? Mch ?j_ly Real j Estate Agents, Sumter, S. C. Atlantic Coast Effective April 17, 1904. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. Train 35 Florence to Augusta Arrives 5 15 am " 54 Columbia to Wilmington M 8 10 am " *67 Gibson to Sumter " 9 20 an? " 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves 9 21 am " 46 Orangeburg to Charleston (Tuesd^Thur?d'y^aturd'y) " 9 25 am " 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " 6 20 pm " 32 Augusta to Florence " 6 30 pm " *56 Sumter to Gibson M 6 50 pm " 47 Charleston to Orangeburg (Tnesd'yjThursd'yjSaturd'y) M 8 15 pm " 55 Wilmington to Columbia ** 9 25 jim Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *19 Sumter to Robbins, Leaves 3 40 am " *24 Sumter to Hartsville " 10 00 am " *11 Florence to Sumter Arrives 1 40 pnr " *12 Sumter to Florence Leaves 3 10 pm " *25 Hartsville to Sumter Arrives 7 40 pm " *20 Robbins to Sumter " 8 00 pm Northwestern Railway, Train *70 Camdan to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am * " *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 36 am " *68 Camden to Sumter " 5 45 pm " *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter ' Arrives 12 30 pm " *73 Sumter to WilsonMill Leaves 3 30 pm " 76 Wilson Mill to Sumter, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Arrives 9 00 au? " 77 Sumter to Wilson Mill,Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Leaves 4 50 pm " *69 Sumter to Camden )" 6 25 pm Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective Apr. 17, 1904. Read down Read up No 142 No 140 No 141 No 143 2 15 pm 7 00 am Lv Sumter Ar 9 15 am 5 45 pm ll 40 am Ar Charleston Lv 3 20 am 7 10 am 11 40 am Ar Columbia Lv 7 20 am 3 10 pm 12 30 pm Ar Augusta Lv 6 55 am 6 10 am 10 55 pm Ar Atlanta 1055 Lv 10 55 ll 45 pm 11 45 am 6 30 am Ar Birmingham Lv 5 20 4 10 pc 8 30 pm ll 10 am Ar New Orleans Lv 9 20 am 12 35 am 3 30 pm Ar Spartanburg Lv 3 30 10 35 am 1 30 am 4 55 pm Ar Greenville Lv 4 55 9 40 an* 7 15 pm Ar Asheville Lv 7 05 an* 8 15 pm Ar Louisville Lv 7 40 am 7 30 pm Ar Cincinnati Lv 8 30 au? 6 00 pm Ar Camden Lv 2 00 pm 8 35 pm Ar Rock Hill Lv 9 25 air 9 40 am Ar Charlotte Lv 8 10 ata 0 45 am Ar Washington Lv 9 50 pm 4 15 pm Ar New York Lv 3 25 pia Trains 142 and 143 make close connection at Sumter Junction with 117 going Norta via Camden and Rock Hill, and No. HS for Charleston and Atlanta via Augusta or Co? lumbia. Traine 140 and 141 make close connection at Ringville for Charleston and Comin bia, and at Columbiawith solid Pullman trains composed of elegant Dining Cars, Pull man?Compartment, Club Library, Observation and Drawing-room Sleeping Csrs to and from Northern and Western points. For full information or reservations apply to any agent or address S. H. Hardwick, C. H. Aokart, General Passenger Agent, J. R. Claok, General Manager, Washington, D. C. Agent, Washington, D. 0? W. H. Tayloe, Sumter, g. C. R. W. Hunt, Assistant Gen. Pass. Agent, Division Passenger Agen? ?a, Gs. Charleston^. C.