Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

mm uw IN CUBA. M?b in Habana Pursued Jamaican Negro-The Real Culprit Af? terwards Captured. Habana, jjuly,, 17.-A Jamaican ne? gro knowUfcy^i^sobriquet *' Ameri V eano" wh$* was supposed to have as? saulted and: then murdered a 9-year-old Spanish girl, had a narrow escape ? from lynching here today. When the { police went to the Jamaican's honse he fled and the crowd which had as? sembled, taking this for an admission of guilt pursued him. The police, however, captured the negro and took him to the office of a local judge. Meanwhile a Cuban negro, who later was identified as the real culprit, was raptured outside the city by a police? man who brought him through little frequented roads to the office of the local judge, in front of which a great crowd was clamoring for the lynching of the Jamaican who wast hcnght* at the time to be an American. The two negroes were rushed across the city ifi a police wagon to the Audencia court building, where the Cuban was identified as the perpetrator of the crime, one of the most atrociocs of the kind ever known in Cuba. After the examination in court the Cuban was taken to prison. The Ja? maican will be released. NEGROES mice Bi STRIKERS. Seven Men More or Less Seriously Hurt in Chicago Riot. Chicago, July 17.-In an attack this ^afternoon on four colored strike break? ers by a mob composed of spectators atanametuer baseball game, in the x vicinity of the stock yards, two white men, one policeman and the four .strike breakers ??ere severely injured. JRevolversand knives were used and three of the injured men are in a se? rious condition. -After finishing their days' work at Schwarzchild & Sulzburger's plant, the four colored strike breakers on their W8V home had to pass the grounds where an amateur baseball game was in progress. There were fully 1 OOO persons watching the game, most alt of whom were friends of the strikers. As the fonr workmen ap? proached the place some one yelled ^'scab" and instantly a rush was made for the negroes. Two of the negroes had each a revolver and a knife and ;as the mob started* for them they drew their weapons. Before they could use them, however, they were knocked to the ground by a dozen white men. iOi?e of tho negroes, named Baker, scrambld to bis feet and began slash - . ing right and left. Before the knife could be taken away from?bim he ?tabbed James Kiely near the heart., perhaps fatally. Another of the negroes fired into the crowd, two of the bullets hitting William Durand, one cf the attacking partj. This opposition of j the ne? groes set the crowd in a frenzy^ and had not the police made quick response to a riot call some of the strike break? ers undoubtedly would have been kill? ed. Several of the rioters were placed under arrest, as also were Wood and Baker. .Enticing Negroes From Work. Attorney General Gunter has reciev vd from a magistrate in the lower part of the State a request for the interpre? tation ol rh law in regard to the soli? citation of labor in order that several ca?es against the railroad might be pushed. T?e letter sets forth a vigor? ous complaint about the way the 'farmers and others are being molested -by tiie railroads who are violating the law in taking laborers to Georiga and IFlorda without permit or license. The letter states that the magistrate has .evidence in the shape of passes issued by the Coast Line Road to several ne? groes, and as a result the ca?es will bf- pushed by the officers of the law. Section 60& of the criminal law provides a penalty of not less than -$500 or more than $5,000 or imprison? ment from foar months to two years, for any person cr company that car? ries on this business. The roads are using the negroes for railroad build? ing. The license provided by the State is $500 per annum and only the other day the State treasurer issued a permit of this kind ?t is very doubtful if under the law the United States Government or the contractors working for the Govern? ment could come to this State and export negroes for work on the Panama canal. It is now proposed to use this ciass of labor, bat to get it in this State a licence will be necessary. Calling Charleston's Bluf. Manning, J?;ly 16.-The county r:s ecutive commitee met here tod a j ai:c ?ied the date far holding the counts campaign meetings and assessing the candidates for county offices. The committee also placed th?- assess? ment for Congressman at $500, not . withstanding the fact that the resolu? tion, prohibting count.es from mak? ing this assessment was read to the committee. The general impression prevails in this county that Charleston is only bluSng when she places $500 on can? didates for Congress, and Clarendon feels that as there is only one candi? date before the people from thia dis? trict that now is the time to call the bluff and have the matter settled. If Charleston has the right to as<es?, why not Clarendon? Buying a Volcano. ? Mexico City, July 16. -The formal transfer of the volcano Popoca'?pet to N^w York capitalists will be complet? ed next week. The sale is practically affected, and the delay in'the formal transfer has been due to the work of copying the ancient deeds. Capt. Holt, cf New York, who has engineered the deal, is now working on plans for special loading apparatus ro be established ?? Vera Cruz to save wharfage charges. The Inter-Oceanics Railroad will take the sulphur from the volcano to Ver aCruz. It is believed that suphur can be loaded at NewYork for $48 per ton, (gold,) which make Popocati pet! sulphur an effective competitor of ?he Italian article. LYNCHING AT EUTAWVILLE. Ouly Crime of which Negro was , Guilty Was Impudence to White Man. Columbia, July 17.- Governor Hey? ward today received from Magistrate Wiggins, "ot Eutawville, in Berkley vCouuty, a report of a most brutal outrage, if ail the acts set forth are true. Further particulars were un obtainabl here, but the letter is as follows : Eutawville, July; 16, 1904. Hon. D.C . Hey ward, Governor. Co? lumbia.-My clear sir: On Monday night, the 11th of July, a prisoner un? der sentence for assault and riotous conduct by my court was taken from the guard house of this town by un? known persons and bis body was found floating in Santee Kiver, near Fergu son, yesterday, with his hands tied with a rope and an iron weight, weigh? ing fifty pounds or more, tie'3 to him, his body being evidently mutilated be? fore depositing it to the water. I had a coroner's jury empanelled to view the body and the same was identified as that of Kitt Bookardt, the prisoner. The action of the mob is entirely unwarranted, as the negro only had a little quarrel with a young white man, cursed him and threatened to paddle him, to which charge he pleaded guilty. I imposed a fine of five dol? lars or fifteen days on the county chain gang. He didnt' have the money to pay the fine and I turned h?m over to my constable with a commitment, with instructions to collect the fine or commit him. On Tuesday morning ?bout daylight my constable reported to me that he found the guard hon se broken open and the prisoner gone. The hearing of inquest is set for Wed? nesday, the 20th. I have done my duty so far to the best of my ability by aiding the searching party, by ap? pointing special constables to direct and control the search until the body was found, and I intend fully to in? vestigate the crime without fear or favor, and hope to avoid tonble. If anything happens I will wire you. I am your obedient servant, Jeff D. Wiggins." On receipt of this letter the Gov? ernor wired Solicitor Hildebrand, at Orangeburg, requesting him to at? tend the inquest at Eutawville next Wednesday, and the Governor will do Lis utmost to assist the magistrate and solicitor in finding and prosecuting the members of the mob. Governor Heyward is utterly dis? gusted with the frequency of lynchings within the past few weeks, and feels that be is doing everything in his power to check it, but realizes that after all the whole matter is with the j n ries. Bryan Not Politically Dead. John Temple Graves, editor of the Atlanta News, writing from St. Louis, gives a graphic pen picture of the recent National Democratic Con? vention. After speaking of several conspicuous fig ires of that now his? toric body, he thus speaks of William Jennings Bryan : But all tributes and all ovations in that great historic assembly of dele? gates and people pale into insignifi? cance beside the continuing popular idolatry that": followed William J. Bryan, lt was not only one time, but every time ; not upon special occasions, but upon the slightest provocation, any suggestion of bim swept the vast as? sembly into a storm. Every mention of his .name was magical. The sight of his impressive figure was a signal for the wildest enthusiasm, and he alone was potential tc still the storm which his lightest word let loose. Time and again when the Democratic chairman, and the sergeant-at-arms, and the officers, and the police, were simply as leaves in the ^tempest of popular excitement, ont lifted finger of the great Nebraskan could bring almcst instant stillness to the turbu* lent enthusiasm which all the organ-. ized forees of the Democratic conven* tion could not control. ff "No man has ever seen Bryan-the real Bryan-unless he saw him at St. Louis. Those who have seen him elsewhere have? seen the great but tranquil teacher, preaching in pa? tience and biding his time. Those who saw him at St. Louis saw Bryan at bis best and greatest with all the lion aronsed by opposition and offense, and all his marvelous eloquence winged to its loftiest flight by the occasion and the emergency. And to have seen Bryan at his best was to have seen the world's best at his best. For no man living and few men dead have ever looked upon so peerless an orator, so incomparable a master of assemblies, as Bryan at St. Louis. The delegates before him were iron, pledged, predetermined, inaccessible and immovable. But if any one thou? sand men could have been selected from that vast assemblage, or brought into that vast assemblage, Aich open minds and uninstructed will.*, and given for an hour to this matenItss leader of men, he could have si*a\eo: and led them a> Demosthenes moved the Athenians to march against Philip, to conquer or die.' "When the student of oratory in art, or rhe >tudent of popular leader? ship in expression, seeks in the iuture an illustration to make immortal on canvas or in description, he will find the ideal in the great XeOra.-kan, who was the unchallenged and unequalled leader cf t?:e Democratic convention of 19 4." A Water Row In Greenville. Greenville, July 16 After a stormy meeting of city council iast night over the differences between tho city of Greenville and the Paris Mountain Water Company, Mayor Mahon an? nounced thai he considered it his duty to remove Alderman Perkins from the chairmanship of th* water committee, and thereby declared the office vacant. In taking such a .step Mayor Mahon said he was actuated solely by what be considered to be his duty to the city^and its people. Alderman Per? kins had opened a correspondence with the president of the Water Company without the advice or content of other members of his committee or of city council, and such a course was an insult to council, to the committee and to the chief executive of the muni? cipality, who had placed Alderman Perkins at the head of the commictee. Council did not adjourn until after midnight. MEAT FAMINE IN NEW YORK. The Supply Already Exhausted and Unless Strike in West is Settled to Day Meat-Eat? ers Will Snffer. New York, July lc>.- The moat supply of this city is already practi? cally exhausted and a meat famine is certain unless a settlement of tbe strike of the packing honse employ es in Chicago and other western pack? ing house centers is reached today. Prices for ?r.eats of all kinds are al? ready exherbitant and those dealers who had large stocks on hand have made immense profits. SHYING STILL TALKING. He Continues to Say Tnings not Likely to Promote Democratic Harmony or Success. Lincoln, Neb..July 14.- \V. J. Bryan today made public the following state ment relating to the Democratic plat? form adopted in St. Louis : The pank on imperiolism is positive, strong and stisfactory to the entire pvrty, and this question becomes the paramount issue of the cmpaign. The tariff plank is good, but it was made so on close vote in the committee, and ?argeh* against the opposition of Mr. Parker's adherents. The plank which was voted down favored "a wise, conservative and business-like" revision, made "with due regard to existing conditions.' The comm ttte thought that these qual? ifying -words emasculated the plank and left it so weak as to give no he pe to tariff reformers. The anti-trust plank is a good one. It demands the enforcement of the criminal olause of the criminal law against the trusts: it demands the abolition of rebates and discrimina? tions and it demands the withdrawal of the Iuter-State commerce privil? eges from trusts when once convicted. The plank is infinitely superior to the RepuDlican plank, and with a President who desired to destroy the trusts would be a sufficient plank, but as this trust plank was also substitut? ed by the full committee there is rea? son to fea:* that it may not be in keep? ing with the ideas of the candidate. The labor plank is all that could be desired. It declares against gorera ment by i a junction; it favors arbitra? tion and the eight-hour day, and denounces the methods that have been rtsorted to in the Colorado strike, but as these planks were adopted in the fall committee some uncertanly exists as to the candidate's position. Tho platform declares in favor of the reducion of the army. Upon this the committee was unanimous. The sub-comrrittee reported a plank in favor of au increase of the navy, but this was stricken out in the full com? mittee. The platform has a plank in favor of enlargement of the scope of the Inter? state commerce commission and in favor of i rrigatiou. The general clauses of the platform excite no dispute, and the appeal against -;he introduction of a race issue ought to have weight with the sober, thinking American people. On the whole the platform is good. From a Western standpoint its great? est defect is that it makes no mention of the money question. An attempt was made to secure a plank opposing the melting of the silver dollar, oppos? ing the asset currency and branch banks and expressing a preference for the United States not (ordinarly known as the green hack) over the bank note, but having refused to put in a gold paluk, the committee was, not willing to have any phase of the money qoestion alluded to. While the motion to reaffirm the Kansas City platform was voted down, there was a considerable vote in favor of its reaffirmt.tion, and the Western mem? bers of the committee, together with a few froro the South, stood together and secured enough changes in the platform to make it a presentable doc? ument and worthy of the support of the party. 1 GliOOKED RAILROAD MAN. Charleston, S. C., July 15.-S. P. Harvey, cashier of the freight depart? ment ol' the Atlantic Coats Line, was arrested on a warrant sworn ont by Chief Auditor Haralsen today and gave bond in the sum of $5,000 to ap? pear at the next term of the circuit court. The warrant alleges that Har? vey, who has been cashier for several years, has,, between .Tan 1904 July 1st, 1904, appropriated to his own use funds of the 2ompany to the amount of $5,000 and upwards with fraudulent intent. The affair has created a stir as Har? vey is a member of a well known fam? ily of this city and was held in high estem in the community. Richmond's Trolley Lines. Rici mond, Va., July 10.-The Vir? ginia Passenger and Power Company, embrajing the Richmond Passenegr and Power Company and the Rich? mond Traction Company, was placed in the hands of receivers today by Judge Waddill, of the United State's District ^Court, upon petition cf the Bowling Green Trust Company, Wil? liam Northrup and Henry T. Wickham were named as receivers. The Virginia Passenger and Powder Company is capitalzed at $15,000,Of0, and operates in three Virginia cities -Ricamond, Manch aster and Peters? burg. Krank Jay Gould is tho major? ity stockholder. Mor? than a thousand years ago there was u great city in Central Afiica, which was the Capital of the Empire of th? Songhais, in the Nigerian Sou? dan. The Empire of the Songhais was the largest and mast powerful black empire which ever existed. Even after the fall of the Empire Kouklya was a very prominent city, but about one hundred and fifty years ago it was ut terly destroyed by the Touaregs and its V'3ry site was forgotten. The Acaa demy of Paris recently sent out a mis? sion to discover the ruins and they have just been found by Lieut. Des plagnes, about one hundred mihs south of Gogo, on the banks of the Nige r. WASHINGTON NEWS ?KD GOSSIP. The Capitol Deserted by Society Folk at Present, But There is Still Somthing Doing in Politics. Washington, July Iii, ?. C., 1904. A war.n July goes simmering by on the wings o? a solar boam, And its offset is a soda fizz or pale ocrystic cream. J I'd like to steal an April e\e and iu its embrace liv. Or borrow Tomorrow Tho morn lng Adorning The brow of a winter sky. j The campaign will cautiously begin j in about a fortnight, and both parties j are getting ready for the fray. When j the principal candidatos have publish? ed their letters of acceptance the first guns will have been fired, aa:;d the fusillade will thereafter get lively. Both parties will undoubtedly estab? lish headquarters in New York city around Madison Square, with brandi? es in this city, whence the tons of par? tisan ". literature"will be addressed and franked. The president will return to Wash? ington about the end of this month to gather up some loose ends of unfinish? ed business. \t Sagamore Hill he is obtaining some rest in the midst cf busy days for the entire family, him? self and Mrs. Roosevelt, the four boys and Miss Ethel, rise with the sun and go to bed with the chickens. The President hunts, and walks and rides and sleeps out-of-doors occasion? ally, and boxes with the boys and plays golf and tennis. Fi.-bing is too slow for him. The ladies of the Cabinet are somewhat scattered. The Hitchcoksare in New Hampshire. Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Payne are enduring the rigors of a Washington 'July, and will proba? bly tarry into August. They man? age to make life endurable by takng a week-end trip to Old Point Comfort or Virginia Beach. Secretary Shaw, accompanied by his daughters, Misses Enid and Erma, left Washington Sun? day for the Thousand Islands and the New England resorts. Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Earl will remain in their Massa? chusetts Avenue home. Mrs. Metcalf still lingers in California, where she has a delightful home in Oakland. She will cotoe here in December and re? sume life at the Arlington, know? ing well the trials and tribulations of getting and keeping good servants for housekeeping. Mrs. Paul Morton and her daughter Pauline are spend- j ing July at Arbor Lodge, the hand some Morton property near Nebraska City. Mrs. Morton will take a house at the West end, possessing that large private income which is rather necess? ary to social success in washington. The real status of Paul Morton, the new member of the Cabinet, is yet to be determined. His refusal to succeed , Mr. Cortelyon and the announcement which he made when he was appointed Secretary of the Navy, that he would occupy the place only nine months, aroused a shrugging of shoulders and a raising of brows in political circles. He still retains his position as Presi ' dent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, and is merely on a niue months' leave of absence in Washing? ton. The President's pm pose in call? ing him to the position is inscrutable for he knows absolutely nothing of its duties, and is not trying to learn any? thing. Indeed, he could not learn the rudiments in a year unless his famil? iarity with prairie schooners might be considered preparation. Of course the labors of a Cabinet office r can be, as they are in the case of Hitchcock, merely perfunctory, and performed by hired subordinates. But the Presi? dent ought not to be a party to such a definition, and it looks now as if Mr. Mortou took the position remembering that the administration might change in nine months, and that the impor? tant portfolio was carelessly tossed to him as a kind of political souvenir without the expectation that he would do any work.? The case of Charles Emory Smith' was entirely similar. He was made Postmaster-General for his social and newspaper prestige when.the President knew that he took riot the slightest interest in his work and'allowed it all to be done by his bureau chiefs, lt was too much of a risk to run on the part of both. What a sorry fign.e, indeed, has Charles Emory Smith cut since the revelation of the Postoffice fraud 1 Repbulicau newspapers are greatly af??cted in their minds in recalling certain uncomplimentary language which Col. Bryan is alleged to have uttered concerning Judge Parker pre? vious to the St. Louis convention. They no doubt fear that the disparage? ment points to permanent alienation between these two gentlemen. They worry unnecessarily. Let them pos? sess their souls in patience. Large minds do not cherish grievances for? ever. If they did, what sort of rela tion would exist between Platt and Odell? Or between Spooner and La Follette? Or between Roosevelt and Grosvenor? Since the nomination of Judge Parker, Col. Bryan has appear? ed only in the role of a magnanimous and patriotic statesman. Is Mr. Secretary Loeb large enough for his place? Even if he conducted himself politely and prudently in peremptorily refusing the interview with the President request ea by the Miners' committee, which does nnt seem certain-did he reverse the engine and take the back track diplomatically? Tne next day the miners telegraphed asking once mure for an interview. Mr. Loeb jumped at the chanco and exclaimed in reply .'Many thanks fi r }oiu telegram!" ! Why "many thanks':" Why need the President emotionally express bis grati I tnde to men requesting an interview? ls it not virtually saying "Yes: 1 ! was wrong yesterday and you don't I know how tickled I am to set myself 1 right. Many thanks for the way ?out!" ls this tlie samo Mr. Loeb, by the way, who made the mess about i the Lipton dinner and who in the presi ! dent's name accepted many presents \ and then declined a little silk flag ' made by a little girl': "The strenuous life he followed with might and main. Strained at a Mag and swallowed a railroad train !" The hammock season has arrived. A large stock to select from at Osteen's Book Store. lil EYES ON SUMTER. j Conway Growing and Will Seek i Outlet to the world. Nrw Railroad to be Built from Conway to j ?arion, and Talk About an Early Connection with Sumter and At j lanta, 6a. ' ! _ Conway, Joly 16.-During the ab s< ncc of >cur correspondent fron: Con? way application for charter for the Marion and Conway Railroad went forward. The details of the project bad been known for some weeks and Mr. Burroughs's intentions were com? municated early in the year, but noth? ing was published, at his request. The building of the road will insure connection with the Seaboard Air Line, besides giving Conway closer connection with the rest of South Carolina. The line will cress the Lit? tle Pee-Dee River at some point near Galivant's Ferry, it is presumed, though circumstances may lead to the choice of a different location. The only drawback Conway has had for years is the poor railway service and the long way round by Chad bourn, in Columbus County, X. C. As a matter of fact Conway is only sixty miles from Sumter in a straight line, but is over ene hundred miles from Marion as the road runs. It is due Mr. F. A. Burrougehs, the active promoter of the project, to say that he bas intended to do this for a long time, and this is only one of the many links in a long chain of com? munications. To make him a little better known to the readers of The News and Cour? ier it will be well to say that Frank? lin A. Burroughs, a young man, just a little beyond 30, is the head of the firm of Burroughs & Collins Co, has control of a principality in land, his holding equalling that of some German kingdoms, is the active spirit in a number of enterprise5, was the first to push tbrogh the railroad to Myrtle Beach and the builder of Myrtle Beach, ( a project that was mildly ridiculed here for some time,) and is now chiefly concerned wth the development of his fine seashore lands and is pre? paring plans for extensive immigra? tion movement to them. His firm is by far'the largest in this county and one of the largest in South Carolina. The firm operates seven or eight stores in different parts of Horry, does an exten? sive naval stores business, owns boats and various other things and enter? prises. A private telephone system connects these stores aud the business done is enormous. In the uilding of the Marion Rail? road Mr. Burroughs will take the lead? ing part; the project has been dis? cussed for many years by all kinds of people, but it remains for him to make good ; to end the the talk and begin active work. Mr. Burroughs tells your correspondent that all operations are to be pushed from the beginning; he is anxious to get the county's connec? tions improved and that he set about building the road to Marion first be? cause he could build that with his own resources. He is also actively in favor of a line to Sumter that will give Conway and Myrtle Beach direct couection to Atlanta via Columbia. As soon as the Marion line is suffi? ciently advanced toward completion the Sumter line will be taken up - News and Courier. BMD WASN'T WORTH IT. Two Good Citizens Quarrel Over A Road and One Kills the Other. Newberry, July 15.-Col. P. G. Smith was shot through the right breast this morning by Mr. T. J. Davenport at about 9 oclocl:. Both meu are prominent and respected citi zlns of this county. The affair occur? ed near Independence and was the out? come of a dispute over a road which had been closed by Mr. Davenport against tbs wishes of Col. Smith, Messrs. Smith and Davenport were on horseback, accompanied by Mr. R. T. Workman, when the shooting occurred. It is stated that Mr. Davenport fired point-blank at Col. Smith, who was unarmed, with a thirty-eight-calibre revolver, the ball taking effect on the right breats above tne nipple. Sever? al physicians are in attendance on Col. Smith, and it is cot yet possible to state whether or not the wound will prove fatal. Mr. Davenport came to Newberry immediately after the shoot? ing and gave himself up to the author? ities. When seen in the office of his attorney, Mr. Cole L. B lease, he said that he had no statement to make as yet, except that tbe shooting occurred on his own laud rnd that he deeply regretted that the affair had occur? red. Big Irrigation Scheme. Toronto, Ont., July 16-The irriga? tion scheme which the Canadian Pacific has now under way is undoubt? edly the largest undertaking of irs kind on this continent. It embraces an area extending frcm Calgary for 150 miles, and runs 60 miles north and south. Through the center of his tract the main line of the Canadian Pacific runs. The greater part of three years has been devoted to reeon noi>ance and preliminary surveys o? the proposed canal scheme and the land to he served therefrom, and the result shows that about one-half, or 1,500,000 acres of the block can he irrigated at an ultimate cost of be? tween 84,000,000 and 85.000,COO. A main-canal 20 miles long, with a bed width of 00 feet, and carrying water a depth of 10 feet, is under construction. Some 85 miles of distri? buting canals have also been located, and the completion of this section of rhe scheme at an estimated cost of 81, 300,000 will irrigate an area of 300,000 acres and render available a contigu? ous area of about 400,000 acres, for grazing and dairying. This portion of the scheme has to be first completed and proved a success before any further extension is under? taken, but if success is obtained, then the necessary extensions will be undertaken to finally irrigate the full amount of 1,500,000 acres, and develop the remaining 1,500,000 acres for graz? ing and dairying. Hunt's Round Pointed Pens for sale at Osteen's Book Store. UNION MEN BEGIN TO MURDER. Criminal Methods Resorted to By Chicago Strikers. - Beat Strike Breaker Into Insensibility and Lett for Dead on Car Tracks. I _ j Chicago, Joly 18.-Slugged into in I sensibility by a dozen men early today i and left fer dead on the tracks of the I Ashland avenue trolley line at west : Forty-seventh street, Anton Bartusia j kovis, an employe at the Swift Pack I ing plant, is dying at the countv J hospital. His injuries, in the opinion j of Police Inspector Hunt, were in I flicted by strike sympathizers and the wheels of a trolley car. The men, ac? cording to a witness who has talked to the police, set upon Bartusiakovs as he was going home from work. When the could not make him join the i strikers they broke his skull, fractur? ed his jaw, kicked him about the face, head and body and then threw him upon the car tracks. The motorman of a car approaching not long afterward saw the body in time to stop the car but not before the wheels had crushed Bartusiakovis' shoulder. A crowd of men concealed belhind a fence bombarded a Lake Shore train which had on board 50 negroes hound for the plant of Armour & Co. The train was crossing Wentworth avenue when a volley of bricks and stones was hurled at the windows. The negroes took refuge behind the seats and no one was injured. TWO ENGLISH FLEETS MOBILIZED. The British Navy Preparing For Active Service-Great Excite? ment Prevails in London. London, July 18.-A hurried order was issued this morning for the in? stant mobilization of the home and channel fleets, avowedly to partici? pate in the manoeuvers. But the order is considered significant in view of the critical situation in respect to the depredations of the Russian vol? unteer fleet on British ships in tbe Red Sea. Great excitement prevails in navy and army circles. A NOTER RUSSIAN DEFEAT. London, July 19.-The Morning Post's correspondent at Gen.. Kuroki's headquarters, telegraphing under date of Joly 17, says : "A Russian force, apparently about twenty thousand strong, attacked the front, left and right of the Japanese positions on the western slope of Mo tien Pass at 2 a. m., today, under cover of a r?ense fog. The sudden onslaught drove in the Japanese posts, but as soon as reinforcements arrived the Japanese gallantly advanced to the attack, and after severe fighting drove off the Russians and reoccupied the position. The Russians retired, their retreat being well covered. The fight lasted until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and when I left the scene desultory fighting was still proceed? ing." JAP LOSS TRIFLING. London, July 19 -The correspond? ent of the Times at Gen. Kuroki's headquarters says that the Japanese losses during the fighting at Motien Pacs on July 17 were trifling. Gen. Kuropatkin precedes his report nf the remise of Lieut. Gen. Count Keller's forces with a lengthy state? ment of skirmishes by patrols, which brings events up to July 16. He does not mention any important engage? ment, with the possible exception of the occupation of the heights north of Yaolitzza by Cossacks, before a de? tachment of which the Japanese fell back. Berlin, July 19.-The German Gov? ernment was notified today by the British foreign office that a fleet of eighteen b?ttleships had been ordered to proceed immediately, with the ut? most dispatch, to Alexandria to protect British shipping interest sagainst Rus? sian depredations. It is the outspoken opinion here that this action of the English Government will precipitate international complications and -hat the next few days will witness serious developments. BIG FIRE AT GHEELEYVILLE Greenville, July 16-E. G. Mallard, president of the Mallard Lumber Company of this city,, received a tele? gram yesterday saying that the saw mill at the company's big lumber plant at Greeleyvile, in Williams? burg coonty, bad been totally destroy? ed by fire Wednesday night. The planing mills, operated in connection with the saw mill, escaped. Mr. Mallard estimates that the loss will be about 810,000, a part of which is cover? ed by insurance. He was anxious to leave tor Greeleyville yesterday but business engagements here prevented bim from doing so. He does not ex? pect to be able to go before Monday. The Greeleyville plant was one cf the largest lumber concerns in tee South, and thc destruction of the mill will be a heavy blow to the ccu::try. The local planing mill, operated by Mr. Mallard in this city, gets all of its raw material lrcni Greeleyville. Mr. Mallard bas not yet learned whether any lumber was burned or not, but be expects a letter giving full particu? lars this morning. FLORENCE'S PUBLIC BUILDING. It looks like the government is get? ting down to business in the matter of the proposed court house and post office in thi.s city. A call for bids for the erection of the building is publish? ed in this paper. Plans and specifica? tions for the building will be found at the postoffice. It is likely that the actual work will be begun in a few weeks time. There will, no doubt, be a large number of bidders, as there always ! are for government work, and among them will be one or two local contrac? tors. The building will be beautiful in detail, while not elaborate nor very large and it will be fireproof through? out. It will be a little gem.-Flor ' ence Times.