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CR t The Remnant of Our Hammock Stock is offered at 35 Cents Will O-et H. G. 0STEEN & CO. 16 W. Liberty Street S&0B?D8 L?SOB TROUBLE OVER. ?djt. Gen. Bell Says there is no Heed to Declare State Under Martial Law. . Cripple Creek, Gol., June 20.-In response to a telegram from an eastern newspaper, asking for a statement from him; as to whether he said that CSorernor -Peabody would soon have -to declare the whole of Colorado in a state of rebellion- and pert the State mader martial: law* Adjt Gen. Bell Jas replied as fellows : " The alleged iaterview is-absolutely without found? ation. I not -only. never gave out such aa interview, but the idea is absolute? ly foreign to my mind under the past and present conditions **There is a? -heed of declaring Colo? rado ander, martial law. The whole ?State practically- has. been cleaned up bf my deportation-system. There are Int lew Anarchists and Socialists left ?ribo can cense trouble. "However, should it become a mili necessity, the whole State of Colo will be placed under martial law all insurrections be dealt with ac Aqrdingly. - **I do not believe that this will ever -fee necessary^ In- my. -judgment the Colorado labor troubles are at an end. ' ' DAILY MARKET REPORT. Special by Ware & Leland's Private Wire. - NEW YORK COTTON. ? - Open. High. Low. Close. Jane JO 33 10 27 ^aly 1045 10 55 10 35 10 37 Aag. 10?5 10 38 1010 10 27 -Sept. 9 52 9 70 9 45 9 57 Oct. 9 30 9 55 9 30 9 44 *ov. 9 35 9 44 9 31 9 41 Bec 9 39 9 55 9 37 9 41 Jan. 940 955 937 946 ; CHICAGO MARKETS. Opening. Closing. "WHEAT July, 84 6- 84 6 Sept., ' 801- 79 7 Dec. 80 80 CORN July, 47 7- 4S 3 Sept, 48 4- 4S 6 May, 43 43 4 OATS July, 38 4- 39 1 Sept., -32 321 PORK Ju?v, 13.00 13.02 Sept., 13.22 13.30 LARD July, 7.(2 7.T5 Sept, 7.22 7.25 KIBS July, 7.50 7.52 Dec, 7.70 7.72 Earthquake Shock at Jedburg. Special to The News and Courier : Jedburg, S. C., June 20.-Quite a revere s:?oek of earthquake occurred -here yesterday evening, about 8.25 ?'clock. No serious damage. Some articles thrown from shelves in store. C. K Hodge. St. Petersburg. June 20.-According 3? the Nc voe Vremya the Rrs^ 'an oil ?embin&rions have capitulated to the -Standard Oil company and even the Setbcbiids and Nobel interests have come to terms with the American con? cern. The output of the Baku wells -?sat present iu American hands, tbe rirais having become friends. ELEGO?l?E COMMITTEE MEETING. At a meeting of tbe Executive Com -soittee of Sumter County, held this Jose 21, 1904, it was ordered : That, there si; a ll be four campaign meetings held in the county, the pres? ort campaign, to wit: At Privateer on Friday, August 12, jm. At Shiloh on Frida y, August 19, 1904. At Dalzel on Tuesday, August 23, 1904. . At Sumter, C. H., Saturday, August 2T, 1904. The following is the list of assess .mats made by the committee: Candidates for Congress, $15 each. Solicitor, $10 each, derk of the Court, $25 each. Sheriff, $25 each. Treasurer, $10 each. County Auditor, $10 each. Supt. Education, $7.50 each. House of Representatives, $7.50 each. Magistrates, $5 each. Coroner, $5 each. That the above assessments shall be judd by all candidates on filing their fledges, and all pledges shall be filed with the Secretary of the Committe? at -Sumter, C. H., S. C., by Thurs? day, August 11th, 1904 at 12 m. That the Executive Committee do wat at Sumter, C. H., S. C., on Sat ?day, July 30, 1904, at ll a. m., to appoint the managers to conduct the primary election and arrange for the .?anse. Goreet Attest : E. W. DA BBS, fi. L. B. WELLS, Secretary Committee. AU county papers please publish. Jase 2L RUSSIAN MOK?OLS MAY REBEL Siberian Tribes Looking for the Early Reincarnation of the God Airol and Deliverance. Bijesk, Government of Tomsk, Rus? sia, June 18.-The agitation among the Mongols inhabiting the Altai re? gion is increasing over the appearance of the god Airol, who they believe will deliver them from a foreign yoke and create an independent kingdom. The Mongols are gather!Lg in thousands in answer to the summons of men who are proclaiming themselves to be the apostles of the god Airol These men are inspiring awe among the ignorant nomads by means of the alleged mir? acles carried out with the aid of elec? trical and pyrotechnical devices. These so-called apostles preach the reincarnation cf the god Airol and pretend to carry from him messages to the people saying that he has not been happy since he left them 200 years ago, coincident with the date of the Rus? sian occupation of the country. They warn the Mongols to abstain from wearing white or red clothing, these being Russian national colors, and to wear only blue and y allow, the national colors of Japan ; urge them to worship the sun and moon, which are the gods of Japan and especially the overgod Burhan, who is the only true god of the gods. Reports from Irkurtsk say that dis? content among the Mongol and Kal? muck tribes is rife, owing to the preaching of the new prophets, who it ? is said have been discovered to be Japanese who have passed the winter in caves in the mountain fastnesses. The seriousness of the situation lies in the fact that the tribes in which the revolt is fostered inhabit both sides of the trans Siberian railroad and number so many thousands of poten? tial fanatics, and that should any serious uprising occur it might inter? fere materially with railroad commu? nication. GORE FOR BRIGHT'S DISEASE. Prof. Winfield Ayres Thinks He Has Discovered Sure Remedy. ?._ Believing he has discovered a method for the cure cf Sright's disease, Prof. Winfield Ayres, says The New York Herald, made a report to the conven? tion of the of thy American Medical Atsociation iu Atlantic City yesterday which startled his hearers by its im? portance. Prof. Ayres, who is associate pro? fessor of urology at the Post-Graduate Hospital in this city, said he had made experiments which lesd him to the belief that Bright's disease ia curable in its earlier stages, and that it is possible further investigation and experiments may end in practically complete victory over it. He bassd his conclusions on ninety three cases, forty three of which he tabulated, and of those he cured en? tirely nine patients. Twenty-five cases showed marked- improvement, and j only one failed to respond to the treat- ! ment. Heretofore all treatments have ? been by the cse of medicine taken by j mouth, and it has been found impos- ; si ble to send through the blood drugs strone enough to kill the germs. Through the us<' of an instrument, he injects the medicines directly in? to the kidneys in such strength as would be poisonous and cante certain ! death ii taken into the stomach. He j ba^ found bis patients safe fiom karin, : and al>o that the action is immediate I and permacent. I Dr. Ayres asserted that the remark- ! able feature is the ease with which j the treatment may be administered, and without pain or after discomfort to the patient. The scourge ol Liligi.ts disease, he frays, can be re? duced, if not eradicated. Under the method described by Dr. Ayres a catheter is introduced direct? ly into the kidney without making any incision or using the knife at all. To do this an instrument known as the cystoscope is introduced into the bladder, which is then lighted up by an electiic light attached to th3 in? strument, and by this guidance a long catheter is inserted. The medicines are then forced into the kidneys. In this way drugs can be used with safety which if injected into tie blood would cause certain death. The drugs used are those in ordinary use among surgeons as anti? septics and are in sufficient strength to destroy the disease germs. The professor called attention to the laree number of patients who had been suffering from ill defined symptoms, which were attributed to nervous con? ditions, neurasthenia, gastric trou? bles, etc., in whom the microscope showed the presence of the beginning of kidney trouble, and who after the kidneys have been cured reported these symptoms to have disappeared. From this the professor argued that many of the ill defined pains and aches which physicians have hereto? fore found difficult to diagnose, are really due to the beginning of kidney troubles, which have not yet gone far enough to be called Bright's disease, but would develop into that disease at a later date. He declares that un? der the new treatment the development can be prevented, and the great pre? valence of Bright's disease materially lessened. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Senator Spooner's Wisconsin Baiters-What General Corbin Thinks About Murdering a Soldier. Washington, D. C., June 19-Sena? tor Spooner, the boss Republican kick? er of Wisconsin, was represented in Washington last week by an emissary whose business it is to obtain the asbistance of the President in the fight against Governor La Follette. The President shies off and is not inclined to take a hand. It looks now as if the diminutive Fuzzy Wuzzy of the Senate might be disappointed in his ambition, though the Republican Committee has decided to seat his crowd. When he gets to Chicago with his bolting delegation, he will not find plain sail? ing^ Asher Hinds, the man who has aH. "of the parliamentary manuals by heart, and who stands at the Speaker's rif ;ht, during the sessions of the House always ready with a word or a wink will be at Mr. Cannon's right when th a convention is called to order. The precedents he has studied will justify th 9 Speaker-chairman in throwing the Wisconsin bolters out altogether or giving each contestant half a vote. O, yes! A lively time at Chicago is on the tapis. La Follette will be there. lhere has been considerable evidence that tbe people of the District of Columbia are tolerably well satisfied with their form of government under which ali their affairs are taken care of by three commissioners; but local self-government will be the slogan of the delegation to the Republican na? tional convention from this city, next week. Dr. Robert Reyburn, and John F. Cook, will put forth every effort to induce the Republicans to incor? porate a plank in their platform look? ing to a really republican form of gov? ernment for'the city. There is active fermentation in mil? itary circles here over the sudden ap? pointment of Major-General Henry C. Corbin to the command of the Phil? ippine archipelago, relieving General Wade. It is privately understood that General Corbin does not at all like the assignment. He has had the mis? fortune not to be a popular officer, as the record of blackballs in several aris? tocratic clubs testifies, but this status was materially improved by his mar? riage with the wealthy and much liked Edythe Patton not long since. General Corbin's character as ? man aid a soldier may perhaps be ini. red by an interview which your corre? spondent bad with him a year ago. Fie was then Adjutant-General of the United States army, a large, sturdy, bluff man. I told him I had called to see what was being done about the case of Lieutenant Sinclair, of the ??rmy in the Philippines, who had killed young Richter, a soldier ot his company, deliberately, after two hours and a half of torture, in which be was at last strangled to death. "Yes, I remember it," said the General, "there has been a great deal cf talk about it." f "Apparently not too much, Gener s.l," I ventured to say, "if the report of the case is correct. It was what we usually call murder." "0, this case that,you are so excit? ed about-" "General," I interrupted, "I call your attention to the fact that you are not in the least excited, I have no occasion to be." "O, I don't mean you especially," explained Generai Corbie, "but these anti-imperialists, and people all around. The fact seems to be that "his unfortunate young man forgot himself for the time being and lost his head-and I don't wonder at it ia that d- Philippine climate. Before he made that mistake he was consider? ed one of the finest young men in the army." "Do you define this offence as a 'mistake,' General?" 1 asked. "Do you forget the testimony as to what Lieutenant Sinclair did? He commit? ted murder." "You call it murder," said the Gen? eral, "buthe was tried for the alleged offence, and acquitted." "Certainly, General. Ile was tried and acquitted by his comrades who found that he had done the things with which he was charged, and was innocent!" The General leaned back, asked his interlocutor to be seated, and contin? ued : "When.I think aboutit, and my long service in the army, I be? lieve, sir, that I have done worse things myself, than Lieutenant Sin? clair is said to have done." "You have done worse things, Gen? eral?" "Yes, I have. When I was out in the West among the Indiana, one of our men got fighting drunk and came whooping up the company street und yelling that he wanted to kill the Cap? tain-that was me. I was not afraid. He jumped into my tent and drew a knife on me. I stopped and picked op a root that lay beside my chair and knocked him down with it. It might have killed him; if I had, I should have been just as guilty as Sin? clair. " Your correspondent was astonished. He reminded the General that one case was simply self defense and the other deliberate murder of an impris? oned soldier, and reminded him fur? ther thatjoung Richter was bound up? on the gronnd ; that he was gagged with a cloth stuffed into his mouth with the end of a club ; that he was tortured with ice water for two boars, and was finally suffocated and died under the torture. "Where do you get these facts?" asked General Corbin. "There is but one place in the United States, General," I answered, l"where they can be found. I found them in the records of your own office, General." I added that General Cor? bin had friends in the United States, and perhaps some enemies, but tba: he had not a friend or an enemy who would not be astonished and grieved i to think him capable of such a deed as that of Sinclair's. "Well," concluded the General, "You came to inquire about the repu? tation of young Sinclair, I say it was uniformly good." It is known that General Corbin did not 'like his removal from this city to Governor's Island last fall, although his gracious wife made for herself a secure place in the - innermost circles of New York society. He wi IL have a year and a half of service in the Philippines, and will then succeed to the Lieutenant Generalship on the re? tirement of General Chaffee. "SEABOARD" IN A GREAT COMBINE. Detroit Tribune Points to Merger of Railways-Understanding ' Consummated. Detroit, June 18.-The Tribune to? morrow will point to seven names of men belonging to the syndicate which recently purchased the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad as evi? dence of the gradual development of a combination embracing the Hock Island-Frisco system, the Seaboard Air Line, the Pere Marquette and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton. The seven men ate: Frederick H. Prince, president of the Pere Mar? quette; Eugene Zimmerman, vice president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton ; Henry Clay Pierce, di? rector of the 'Frisco and of the Sea? board Air Line; F. W. Yoong, direct? or of the 'Frisco; George H. Norman, chairman of the Pere Marquette; Thomas F. Ryan, director of the Pere Marquette, of the Seaboard Air Line and of the Hocking Valley, aud Thomas H. West, director of the Pere Marquette. The Tribune points ont the vast ter? ritory reached by these roads, which have become so closely affiliated, and says that while an actual merger would take much time, a mutual un? derstanding and community of interest seem to have befen consummated. The Rock Island already owns the Frisco and the Seaboard Air Line. THE SiXTH DISTRICT. W. F. Dargan, cf Darlington, a Candidate for Congress. Darlington, June 20.-Mr. W. F. Dargan, a prominent and successful lawyer, of Darlington, has entered the race for Congress in the 6th district. He was mayor of darlington, his na? tive town, for three years, and at one time ably represented this county in the Legislature and voluntarily retir? ed. He enters the race for Congress at the earnest solictation of numbers of influential friends throughout the district, who are confident of his abil? ity to conduct a vigorous and successful campaign. Mr. J. R. Coggeshall, who is a warm personal friend of Mr. Dargan, has declined to be a candidate and will cordially and enthusiastically support Mr. Dargan. Still the List Grows. NewJ York, June 20.-The list of those who perished on the Gen. Slo? cum is growing at an alarming rate. Bodies came to the surface today off the shores of North Brother island singly and in groups of twos and threes until at dusk 102 additional had been recovered. Every passing steamer seemed to churn up the water to such a degree that with its wash one or more bodies would be [swept into the beach. Between the hours of 3 and 6 in the afternoon 45 bodies, some of them badly mutilated, were taken ashore by the searching parties. This brings the total number of bodies recovered up to 734, and yet there are something like 300 unac? counted for. A number of these are among the unidentified at the morgue and over on North Brother island and the "unrecognizable" that have been buried in the Lutheran cemetery on Long Island. Aiken, June 20.-Pat McGee, a ne? gro laborer employed on the farm of Mr. Henry Summerall near Aiken, was struck by lightning during the storm on Sunday night. McGee says he was standing on his porch washing his bands when the bolt came, and he was knocked insensible for some tiin<\ Wnen be regained bis senses he found that the bolt had struck him on the right thigh and made a "burnt" streak down his left leg, and, leaving his body, had torn his shoes off. lt seems that the electric fluid did not enter his body. McGee will probably bear the scars of bis first experience with lightning to hi? dying day. BRYAN TALKING AGAIN. Former Candidate Says No Man of Parker's Type Can be Nominated by Democrats. New York, June 19.-Wm. J. Bryan arrived in this city touight. He said he did not expect to see Charles F. I Murphy or any leader of the anti ? Parker movement while in the city. Questioned as to the general situation, he said : . "The men who are opposed to Judge Parker's nomination will be in control St. Louis. They will nominate the candidates and prepare the platform and it will not be the New York plat? form or the New York candidate." He added that he did not care to go into the details in discussion of candi? dates or the contents of the platform. "I have already laid down certain fundamental principles as to the rea? son for not nominating some of the men most prominently mentioned for the place in the east," he added. "Olney, Cleveland and Parker all come within this class." ROOSEVELT AND CORTELYOU. Why the Former Insists on the Latter as Chairman. Washington, June 19.-War on the appointment of Secretary Cortelyou, chairman of the Republican national committee, bas been transferred from Washington to Chicago. The Presi? dent has been appealed to by members of the national committee, now in Chicago, not to insist upon urging the selection of Cortelyou. The Prsi dent, however, is firm in his determi? nation to have Mr. Cortelyou preside over the national committee and there? by hangs an interesting tale. The Presidential politicians in the Republican partv base their objcetion to the selection of Cortelyou on the ground of his inexperience and some of^them charge him with having ori? ginally been a Democrat. The strongest opposition to Mr. Cor? telyou is said to come from the great business interests, which have been obliged, for so many years, to furnish the campaign funds for the Republican party. It is no secret that the money? ed interests of the country are afraid of President Roosevelt. Many of the men who have hereto? fore been the most liberal contributors to the Republican campaign fund have declared that they will not contribute a dollar to help elect Roosevelt. This information duly reached the Presi? dent, and it is said that he is prepared to retaliate, if necessary, and trust to good luck and his personal popularity with the manses to pull 'rim through. It is said that his objcet in having Secretary Cortelyou at the bead of the national committee is to intimidate some of the great corporations, who are opposing his election to the Pres? idency. Since the creation of the department of commerce and labor, Mr. Corte?you aud Jimmie Garfield, chief of the bureau of corporations, have been in? dustriously at work carrying ont the law which permits the Government officials to examine the business trans? actions of ali the great corporations. With all that information in his hand, cr in his mind, it is net diffi? cult to appreciate what a tremendous power the Administration's personal representative on the national com? mittee would have if it became neces? sary to resort to the "fat frying" pro? cess as the campaign proceeds. Republican leaders have tried to keep this matter a secret, but a director of one of the great trust corporatons, while here a few days ago, let the cat out of the bag, in discussing the po? litical situation with some friends. The reports sent out from Chicago showing the feeling ot hostility to Mr. Cortelyou by the Republican bosses was the political sensation of the day. At Democratic headquarters it was said that the President bad played sharp politics in forcing Cortelyou in? to the chairmanship of the national committee. It is said that the Presi? dent will be in a position to know just how each of the great corporations behave during the coming campaign. Metcalf Will Succeed Cortelyou in Cabinet. , Washington, June 20.-It can be stated with definiteness that Repre? sentative Victor H. Metcalf of the third California district will succeed Secretary George B. Cortelyou as the head of the department of commerce and labor. No change will be made in the de? partment until the close of the present fiscal year on the 30th instant. Cleveland, O., June 18.-Before a crowd of 10,000 horse lovers at Glen? ville track today, Lou Dillon, the trot? ting mare, driven by ber owner, C. K. G. Billings, was sent a mile to wagon to beat the amateur record of 2 10. The mare made the distance in 2.06U. The last quarter was made in 30 seconds. Richmond, Va., June 18.-Rev. De? catur Edwards, pastor of the Fal? mouth Baptist Church, while shoot? ing at cats in his backyard at Fred ericksburg today, accidentally shot and mortally wounded Mrs. Lucy Mann, who was standing on her back porch in an adjoining premises. THE POLITICAL SWEEPSTAKES. The List of Candidates Who Have Filed Pledges and Entered the Race for Office. Columbia, _ June 19-Unless candi? dates file their pledges by noon tomor? row they will be shut out as the en? tries close at that hour. Despite the large number of names mentoned in connection with some of the offices there have not been so many pledges filed. A complete list of these ob? tained from Chairman Wilie Jones, of the executive committee, last night, showed the following : Sate Offices-D. C. Heyward, Gov? ernor ; John T. Sloan, Lieutenant Gov? ernor : R H. Jennings, Treasurer ; J. T. Gantt, Secretary of State : ?. X. Gunter, Jr., Attorney General: A. W. Jones, Comptroller General; O. B. Mart?n, Superintendent of Education ; John D. Frost, Adjutant and Inspec? tor General; James Cansler, C. W. Garris, H. J. Gignillat, W. Boyd Ev? ans, J. H. Earle and J. G. Mobley, for Railroad Commissioner. Congress-First district, George S. Legare ; second, S. G. Mayfield and L. J. "Williams; Third, Wyatt Aiken; Fourth, Joseph T. Johnston ; Fifth, D. E. Finley and T. Yancey Williams; Sixth, J. W. Ragsdale, J. E. Ellerbe, Walter Hazard, J. R. Coggeshall and James Norton; Seventh, A. F. Lever. Solicitors-First district, judicial, P. T. Hildebrand ; Second, J. E. Da? vis and G. W. Green ; Third, John S. Wilson ; Fourth, J. Monroe Johnson : Fifth, Geo. R. Rembert George B. Timmerman N. G. Evans, S. Mc-. Gowan Simpkins and G. P. Logan r Sixth, J. K Henry; Seventh, Thom? as S. Sease and R. A. Cooper; Eighth, Julius Boggs. - As will be seen thera aT several who have entered the race for solici? tors who have been mentioned fer Congress, but these evidently thought better of it and filed their pledge for the other office. The above is a com? plete list so far, although the mail cn Monday morning may bring in sev? eral more. The campaign opens cn Tuesday at Sumter and as near as can be ascer? tained all of the State officres will be there for the opening addresses. They will then go over to Manning, and one or two other places, returning to Columbia to keep up with the busi? ness of their offices. A resolution passed by the executive committee was to the effect that State officers who have no opposition should not be required to make the whole circuit but should appear at least once in each Congressional district. A State officer is usually a busy man and attending all of the rreetings means neglected and accumulated work. Greenville, June 18.-Deputy Sher? iff Ballenger returned toni-ht from Salisbury, bringing with him Robt. Bird, wanted at Fouutaia Inn for the Fowler murder. The trip was without incident until after Blacksburg wss passed, when the negro jumped from a window while the train was making '?0 miles an hour, Ballenger rushed to the platform and leaped. The ne? gro was found on au embankment badly crippled. Ballenger's only in? jury was a sprained ankle. The dep? uty held his prisoner until the train backed to the point where the negro jumped and took him on board. New York, June 18.-Justice Gay? nor of the supreme court, sitting as a magistrate in Brooklyn, tonight handed au opinion in which he holds that games of professional baseball such as have been played at Washing? ton park this season-games to which the public is invited and to which an admission fee is charged-are il? legal on Sunday, being prohibited by the Sunday law. In this opinion the ministers who have been.fightine pro? fessional Sunday baseball have won their point. London, June IS.-The admiralty today received a cable message from the China station announcing that the British torpedo boat destroyer Spar? row Hawk struck an uncharted reek oS Chesney island at the mouth of the Yang Tse Kiang yesterday and sank. No lives were lost. Washington, Jane 81.-Believing that no action should be taken until congress has had an opportunity to act, Secrety Moody lias deoidared net to approve the execution as this thee of the recommendation of Surgeon General Rixey to establish a hospital camp at Port Royal, S. C., where the surgeon general desires to send tuber? culosis patients now treated at naval hospitals. London, June 18.-A dispatch to the Central News from Tokio announces that the total subscription to the sec? ond issue of exchequer bonds ($50,000, 000 amounted to $160,246,762. Melbourne, June 19.-The Penin? sula and Orienetal Liner Australia, inward bound, struck on the rocks at Point Nepean, at the eastern ei - trance to Port Philip Bay, Victor:?, at 2 o'clock this morning. The bot? tom of the vessel was stove in and it is feared that she will be a totsl loss. The passengers and crew were safely landed. Ajaccio, Corsica, June 18.-During the night of June 16 two British tor? pedo boat destroyers collided off Port Torres, island of Sardinia. One of tbe destroyers sank. The crew was saved.