QC{?H19 nCbOIIQU III ?*??HIM?J KWH
Indicate That President-Elect
Reyes Way Not Be Alfow
ed to Be inaugurated.
Washington, D. (X, Aug. 6.-In'
circles here authentic news
?rom.Bdgota is awaited with keen inter?
est as private information received
Stably indicates'that' the affairs of,
that republic may reach a critical
?tage within the next few days
Tomorrow is the date set for tho
iaau-guration of General Rafael Reyes
president of Colombia Affairs are
in such shape, however* that the new
?dent may not be allowed ?to take
without grave trouble ensuing.
When General Reyes was sent to
Washington1 in the hope of effecting a
change in the policy of the United
and securing the restoration of
Panama he was the choice of the gov?
ernment party for president. Of course
his mission failed. Thereupon the in
ic? of President? Marroquin and his
tb&inistration seemed to be thrown
Joaquin Velez, the aged revolu
tionary governor of the Department of
JBolivar, who bad done so much to de
3tsai the canal It was even, announc?
ed that Velez had a majori ty secured
through the support of the adminis?
tration. But Marroquin shifted around
to Reyes, and the result again was in
Soubt.
General Reyes knew that if he went
back to Bogota after his failure here
* lhere would be no show whatever for
his becoming president. So he remain?
ed in New York a while, and then sail?
ed for Paris. Meanwhile, he'was do?
ing what he could for Colombia V?
r ?ave something out of the wreck of its
control in Panama He did. not_suc?
ceed because the blunders in Bogota
made it impossible.
. : General Reyes remained in Paris for
several months. Then he sailed, not
for Colombia, but for Venezuela. The
. strained relations of Colombia and
Yenezula for the last few years have
fceen weH understood. That the two
countries didn't go to war was because
each had on hand revolutions at home,
and each accused the other of foment?
ing those domestic, brawls. General
Castro, the president of Venezuela,
: was' credited with the determination
to annex some Colombian territory un?
der the pretest of war, and at the
esme time settle old scores.
Before he left Paris General Reyes
inew that he would be well received.in
Venezuela. While in Caracas he gave
utterance to some interesting opinions
which were supposed to be directed
chiefly against the United1 States.
His advice was for a general union- of
the Latin-Ame rican races to guard
against the aggression both of tue
Yankees and the Europeans. The La?
tin-Ameri cn union which he suggest?
ed was not the outgrowth of Pa*.ama
ncr was it really conceived in hostility
to the United States. General Reyes
liad long been an advocate of the doc?
trine that the Latin race still has a
-mission. '
Good results undoubtedly came
from General Reyes* visit to Yenezu
ela. General Castro opened some of
K "the customs ports on the Colombian
frontier that had been closed and gave
/encouragement to the reestablishment
:ofcommerce between the two conn-1
tries. Probably the better understand?
ing secured with Venezuela helped
General Reyes after his reta rn to Co
lombia. It is clear that the Marro
.quin administration felt a little more
tee in handling domestic subjects.
VSShe real question to be determined
/ was whether Reyes could be peaceably
jg|?ugura$ed even after a majori ty of
Ifee electoral college had declared him
fiie choice. During the last few w*eks
?very mail has brought word-of in?
trigues and plots against Reyes.
Army commanders and others supposed
to be hostile to General Reyes have
been removed, but this has served ap
"parc?ily only to increase the opposi?
tion.
While it is a badly disorganized
arasy, the Colombian war force is nec?
essary to secure a peaceful ad ministra
*?o?. If the partisans of Joaquin Ve?
lez succeed in getting the army, in all
probability there wiil be serious trou
Osce inaugurated as president, Gen
eral Reyes undoubtedly will main
&SS control of the army. His pres
P^j^jt??'?er will help him in that
In the campaign against the
tdonists in 1985 be showed he
the qualities of military
rabin.
What General Reyes' policy as prewi?
tt will be cannot he forecasted with
certainty. His chief endeavor dioubt
leas will be directed toward maintain?
ing the territorial integrity of the re?
public. The rumors which have been
afloat from time to time of a sep?
aration movement in the great Pacific
department of Cauca have not been
groundless. The truth is understood to
tie that the danger of this department
catting loose in case Reyes were not
made president bas beeu the motive for
bridging the administration of Presi?
dent Marroquin to his support.
sie wii??sifsiS??ee?.
J. B. Keene Carries off Fifty-five
Thousand Dollars.
Saratoga, N. Y., August & -Delhi,
undoubtedly one of the be> t tb ree
year-olds in training, won the Great
Republic the $50, OOo stake race run
-here today, and Sysonby; another
from the stables of J. R. Keene, added
the Saratoga Special to his list of
winnings. Delhi had little difficulty
ia winning his race. He jumped out
ia front at the start and cut out a bot
pace the full distance. Passing the
grand stand the first time Waterboy
?as in second position, but he began
to fall back soon after and was never
factor. Mercury was a good second
meet of the way. The Picket finished
strong in third position, a length be?
fand Mercury, who finished second by
rn length.
The Great Republic was worth $42, -
"8B0 to Mr. Keene, he having received
.$3,000 for nominating the winner in
??dition to first money. The special !
-melted him $13,000.
Altos, lil, Aug. 5.- While bath?
ing in the Mississippi river tonight
a ?icbael Riley, bis daughter and six
, af the latter's little girl friends were
drowned. One child who was sn the
patty wat rescued.
SAY MEAT TRUST
HAS BEEN BROKEN.
Head of Strikers Claims Combin?
ation has Lost Its Grip.
_.
Chicago, Aug. 5.-Homer D. Call,
I of the International Association of
Batcher Workers, said today: "The
greatest feature of the strikes that the
I meat trust has been broken. Instead
I of the packers disrupting the unions,
I disintegration of one of the greatest
i combinations the world ever knew has
1 already set in. Now the tide will run
the other way. The packers know
they have lost control of a large part
of their business, and that the live
stock dealers will do all that is possi?
ble to defeat them. Since the strike
began independent plants in all parts
of the country have been working
night and day. This trade will never
be recovered by the trust.
"My reports show that the danger
has already been realized by the big
packers/ It'took them twenty years
to build, up the combination and now
the fruit of victory will be snatched
from them by the labor unions- The
public is supporting the independent
plants because of the damaging evi?
dence secured by the government
against the meat monopoly.''
Determined to give all possible aid;
to the strikers ice handlers and ice
wagon drivers have refused to supply
refrigerator cars to the strike-affected
plants. Without ice the packers will
be unable to ship meat except for
short hauls. Armour has commenced
using fur it cars, but shipping meat in
this way is a costly experiment.
Chicago, Aug. 7.-AH the labor unr
ions in Chicago have indorsed the
stock yards strike. After listening to
the sri kera'side of the controversy,
which was presented to them by Mich?
ael J. Donnelly* president of the
striking Butchers' union, the Chicago
Federation cf Labor, which is compos?
ed of every labor organization in Chi?
cago and has a membership of nearly
300,000, adopted resolutions tonight
.pledging the moral and financial sup?
port of, the federated body as long as
the strike continues..
Each member of the central body
will ^e assessed a small sum per week
and the whole amount will be turned
over to the striking union to help in
the support of the strikers and their
families during the struggle with the
packers. The exact amount each
member is to be assessed was left in
the hands of a committee with' orders
to report results tomorrow.
I While the officials of the Federation
of Labor were unable tonight, to give
an exact estimate of the amount of
money they would secure from this
was stated that the total sum source, it
be well up in the thosands each would
week.
AFTER FOUR WEEKS.
After a fight which has lasted for
nearly four weeks, a settlement cf the
stock yards strike seems tonight to be
as'remote as at any time since 'the
struggle began. Neither side to the
conflict' during all this time has shown
any sign of weakening.
STRIKERS DEPRESS BUSINESS. -
New Yo^ Aug 5..-R. G. Dpn &
Co's. Weekly ^Review of Trade tomor?
row will say : Labor troubles are the
most serious drawback to recovery
in " business, most other important
factors tending toward improvement.
Despite some reduction in the yield
of wheat, crop prospects are most
encouraging, and the loss inquantity
of wheat promisees to be fully offset by
higher price? so that the agricultur?
al communities will be in position
to purchnse commodities. Delayed
orders for iron and ?tee! products are
being placed and at woolen mills there
is a notable increase in activity.
Railway earnings in Jufy were only
2A per cent, smaller than a year pre?
vious, and at many cities there is evi?
dence of -returning confidence with a
little improvement in mercantile col?
lections. But several strikes in pro?
gress and others under consideration
militate against a resumption of nor?
mal conditions in trade and manufac?
ture. In the primary market for cot?
ton goods the situation .is without
change. Exports to China have been
the best features.
Failures this week in the United;
States are 2:30 against 17S the corres?
ponding week last year.
Drowned at Sullivan's Island.
Charleston. Aug. 7.-Miss Emme
Laird, eldest daughter of John Laird,
a well known contractor of Aiken, S.
C., was drowned in the surf at Su Hi
van's Island this afternoon while at
I tempting to save her younger sister.
The younger girl was unconsious
wb^n brought ashore but was resuscita?
ted after two hours' work.
' Miss Laird was spending the sum?
mer on the island and was very popu?
lar and highly esteemed. She was 22
i yeaijs of age.
--rn*- 'mwmm^
Floods on Carolina Rivers.
Charleston, S. C. Aug. 8 -The Wa
? teree at Camden will rise 9 to 15 feet
! during the next 36 hours. The Pee
j Dee at Cberaw and Congaree at Co
j lumbia will rise S to 14 feet during
the next 36 hours.
L. N. Jesuuofsky,
Local Forecaster.
On the negro question and for that
' matter on a good many other ques?
tions, The Providence (R. I. ) Journal,
independent Republican, carries one ot
the most level newspaper heads in the
? North. Discussing the negro plank in
? the national Republican platform it
?says: "The time has gone by when
the Federal power can artificially ele
I vate the negro above the level pre- j
i scribed for him by the people of the
j several States. " Then it sets forth
I that the Republican party needs the
negro vote more this year than for
sometime past, and adds "it is only
necessary to keep this fact in mind to
recognize the buncombe that underlies
the negro plank. " That's the whole
of it The plank is simple buncombe
-"a bait to catch gudgeons" as The
Journal remarks in another place and
we shall hear no more of the threat
it contains after \the election.-Rich
mond News Ix ade
JUDGE PARKER
mm JUDGESHIP.
The Democratic Candidate is True
to His High Conception of the
Judicial Proprieties.
Albany. N. Y., Aug. 5.-Alton B.
Parker ceased to be chief justice of
the court of appeals of this State at
3.20 p. m. today and became the un?
trammeled candidate of the Democra?
tic party for the presidency of the
United States, lacking only the formal
notification of his nomination of his
nomination which will take place at
Rosemount nex ; Wednesday after?
noon.
Without any advanced announce?
ment or intimation of his purpose, he
came to Albany, .took part with five of
the ether judges in clearing up prac?
tically all of che cases which had
been argued before the court and
then sent a messenger to file his for?
mal resignation in the office bf the
secretary of stat 3, as the constitution
and public officers' law required.
fie lefi Esopus; at 10.26 a. m., ac?
companied by the newspaper men who
have.been on duty at Rosemount ever
since his nomination. Until after the
train had left Kingston he would not
divulge his i destination. Few of the
people in the day coach in which he
rpde appeared to recognize him,
though there were one or two Ulster
county acquaii tances with whom he
chatted until teat rain reached King?
ston. He arrived.ir Albany just after
1 o'clock ind after luncheon went to
the capitol and at once joined in con?
sultation with his colleagues over the
cases pending before the court. The
consultation lasted a little over one
hour and at 3.05 the judges filed into
the court room and handed down to
the clerk 66 decisions which practical?
ly cleared up the business before the
court The only cases remaining are
two or three in the hands of Judges
Gray and Bartlett, who are in Europe
Ali of the cas?s in .which Judge Par?
ker was assist} ng judge were disposed
of.
MOE ISS?UH CONNECTICUT.
Negro Murders Prominent Hart?
ford Man and Yankees Attempt
to Lynch the Brute.
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 5.-Henry
Osborne, a former police commissioner
and one of the leading business men
of this city, was murdered by his for?
mer colored body servant, Joseph
Watson, today. The negro was found
tonight hidir g under a bed in the
basement of the Osborne home. Out?
side the house at the time the mur?
derer was1 fonnd a thousand people
were gath?red and as Watson, heavily
manacled, was escorted down the steps
to the police patrol wagon the air re?
sounded with cries of "kill him, lynch
him."
As the wagon started the crowd,
which was rapidly increasing in size,
swarmed affc?r it, making a demon?
stration,, the like of which has hardly
been daplici.ted under like circum?
stances in New Enfgland. At the sta?
tion the police had difficulty in pre?
venting the crdwd from forcing its
way into the guard room.
Watson is IS years old and is very
unprepossessing in apearance, but did
not quail wi: en face to face with the
crowd which seemed so anxious to
avenge the raurder. He said he killed
Mr. Obsorce. "I had it in for him,
and I killed/shim," he said. "lam
not afraid to die : and 1 am satisfied
now that I killed him."
Mr. Osborne was deliberately killed
by Watson ont of revenge for being
discharged :is valet on July 15. Watson
says that ht\ go into the house" last
night after Mr. Osborne retired and
went to bed: in the basement.
This mor air. g Watson went up stairs
when he beare; Mr. Osborne stirring
about and meeting him at the bath
room door, fired one shot, Mr. Os?
borne ran i atc- his bedroom and the
negro followed and fired two more
shots, both bullets taking effect
Hester's Cotton Statement.
* New O sloans, La., Aug. 5.-Secre?
tary Beste -'e statement of the world's
visible supply of cotton issued today,
shows the to ?al visible supply to be
1,467,215, .igainst 1,561,335 last week
and 1,567,i?43 last year. Of this the
total of American cotton is 639,215,
against 720,335 last week and 742,843
last year, and of all other kinds, in?
cluding Egypt, Brazil, India, etc.,
828,000, against 841,000 last week and
825,000 last year. Of the world's vis?
ible supply of cotton there is now
afloat and held in Great Britain and
Continental Europe 836.000, against
833,000 hst year; in Egypt 75,000,
againsst 12,000 last year: in India
401,000, against 493,000 last year, and
in the United States 155,000, against
230,000 last year.
Southwestern Colonization.
Austin. Texa, Aug G.-For the
purpose of colonizing the railroad
and other cheap lands of the South?
west country with a healthy class of
immigrants from the East a-id abroad,
colonization companies to co-operate
with the railroads are heing organized
to finance and handle such land enter?
prises. One of the recently organiz?
ed companies is the Southwestern
Colonization Company, with a capital
of $500,000. which will co-operate
with the Frisco system and oilier
roads in Texas, notably the St.
Louis, Brownsville & Mexico.,
The colonization company will aid
in developing a tract of about 8,000,
000, ac:*es of land lying along the Gulf
coast, and which will be sold at prices
ranging; from $3.00, or $5.00 per acre.
Constantinople, Aug. 8.-The news
of the departure of the American
squadron of warships for Smyrna has
caused the Sultan to hasten matters,
and it is now oxpected that the note
granting tue demands of the American
Government will be ready for delivery
to the American Minister on Wednes?
day, when the squadron is due to arrive
at Smyrna.
Strasburg, Germany, Aug. 8.-The
great orphan asylum of the ia mo us
Magdalen Church was burned this
naomi lg. The loss is estimated to ex?
ceed a million and a-half dollars. I
COTTON BLIGHT f? LANCASTER.
j The Farmers of Lancaster County
Much Puzzled, as well as Wor?
ried, by the Unfamiliar
Pest. '
Lancaster, Aug. 4.-Ten days ago
the cotton crop in this county was the
finest, for the time of year, ever seen
in this country, but now it is being
rapidly injured by a blight of some
kind, the nature of which is puzzling
to the farmers, for they never saw
anything exactly like it before. It
more closly resembles what is known
as the black rust than anything else
with which the farmers' are familiar,
but it has some characteristics never
before observed in mst. Small black
spots first appear on the leaves of the
plant, rapidly growing larger until
the leaves wither, dry up and fall off.
In some localities the plant is report?
ed to be well-nigh stripped of leaves
and the shapes now dropping off. The
blight seems to be mach worse in
sandy land than in clay. Ten intelli?
gent, conservative farmers, living yin
the sand hills, informed your corres?
pondent yesterday that the cotton in
their section is damaged from one
third to a half.
Mr. W. J. Cunningham, one of the
best farmers of the county, has ex?
amined his cotton with a microscope
and he reports that he found insects
on the plants resembling lice, but he
is unable to say whther they are re?
sponsible for the damage being done
to the cotton.
BRITISH OCCUPY FORBIDDEN CITY."
They Encamp on tho Sacred
Mouni Potaia-are Kindly
Treated by Citizens of
Sacred City.
Lhassa,Thibet, Aug. 3.-(Delayed in
transmission).-The British expedi?
tion is encamed a mile from the sacred
mountain of P?tala on which is situ
! aied the Dalai Lama's palace and in
the immediate vicinity of the Dalai
Lama's private gardens.
The Dalai Lama has fled td a mon?
astery 18 miles distant It is reported
that he has shut himself up in strict
seclusion, refusing to see even the
highest state officers and declaring
that he will remain secluded for three
years.
Col. ^ Younghusband has received
a ceremonial visit from the, Amban,
who promised to assist in arriving at
a settlement and made gifts of food to
the British troops.
The appearance of the city shows
the descriptions of explorers to be ex?
tremely accurate. The surroundings
are very fertile and the whole place
gives evidence of great prosperity.
A brilliantly costumed group watch?
ed the approach of the expedition
from the roof of one of the structures
on P?tala mountain.
-a THE VIEW UNFOLDED.
London, Aug. 8.-The Times corres?
pondent with the British mission to j
Lhassa describes the first birdseye |
view of the forbidden city as a most
magnificent surprise.
"There was nothing in the whole
approach to the last moment," the
crrespondent says, "suggesting the ex?
quisite foliage and towering architec- !
tare seen when Lhassa from end to end ?
breaks upon the view. P?tala would
dominate and Lhassa is almost eclips?
ed by it.
Travelers must indeed have been
blind who saw the city in this fleeting
month of summer but left no record
except of the buildings of this myste?
rious, loDg-hidden place.
"There is no lack of population io
her streets. Although Tiiibetan sol?
diers, reported as numbering between
4,000 and 5,000 retreated during the
night no malevolence has been dis?
played, only insatiate curosity."
INCENDIARY ATTEMPT IN FLORENCE.
Negro Entered Tobacco Warehouse
in Florence But Made His Es?
cape From Officer
Florence, Aug. 7.-Florence would
have suffered another serious incen?
diary tobacco fire last night had not
the pl?ns of a negro been frustrated by j
Deputy Sheriff E. C. Harrell, an at?
tempt having been made to burn the |
Dixie warehouse. Officer Harrell hav- I
ing gotten wind that such an ttempt
was going to be made had concealed
himself in the building, to foil the
would-.be incendiary in the act. The
negro entered and was about to apply
the torch when the officer halted him
and fired. The negro calling Mr.
Harrell by name said he
would surrender but . the two
men being in close prox
mity then, the negro grabbed hold of
the officer's gun and escaped in the
darkness. Another shot was fired but
with no effect.
The officer knows the negro as far
as his identity is concerned and thinks j
he will pick him up sooner or later, j
His arrest may be the solution of the j
city's numerous incendiary tobacco
fires, although Policeman S. J. East
is now in jail, on the charge of having ?
set fire to the Pee Dee warehouse last j
April.
Stateburg Sayings.
Z Stateburg, Aug. 5.-Qur farmers ?
can no longer complain of "the long
dry spell." For some; time past,
heavy rains have fallen each day and
they are no longer needed with such
regularity.
Mrs. S. R. Find and Misses fattie, ?
Tillie and Sadie Find left yesterday j
afternoon for Pawley's Island, where j
they will spend two weeks.
Miss Julia V. Frierson is spending j
a few weeks with her parents at:
"Eureka."
Miss Sallie Anderson, of Summerton
is visiting Misses Bettie and Julianne
Frierson.
Miss Mayo Rees is visiting xMiss
Tennant, of Summerton.
Mr. John Burgess is at home for a
week's stay. ?
Miss Mary Burgess and Master Sid- j
ney Burgess are the guests of their .
cousins, the Misses Burgess. :
Misses Hattie and Dessie Norris are
visiting friends ic and around Sum?
merton.
Miss F. C. Sumter bas been at
"Midway" visiting Mrs. J. R. Sum?
ter, i
Mrs. E. P. Holcombe and son, are
visiting Mrs. C. M. Holcombee.
Miss Annie Holmes has just return?
ed Nf rom a most delightful visit to
friends at Hagood.
The candidates are gettr . busy
running down campaign reports derog?
atory to their reputations. !
MAGNOLIA NEWS NOTES.
Rain Benefits Crops-Base Ball-Person?
al Mention, Etc.
Magonlia, Aug. C.-A pretty little
game of ball was played here last even?
ing between the Magnolia and Cnr
tersville " baby" nines resulting in a
victory for the former-scores 13 to 7.
The little fellows from Carterville
played the game for all it was worth
but took their defeat like little heroes.
Umpire Col. J. A. Rhame.
Messrs. T. N. Griffin W. T. McLeod
and Walter J. McLeod returned last
night from a trip to Lynchburg, Va.,
taking in Washington,D. C., and Rich?
mond on their return. They speak
in glowing terms of Virginia and es
pecially the City of Washington ; but
the indications of prosperity were .more
striking or vivid in the cities on the
route than in the country a they saw
it.
Plentiful rains^have come at last and
the ground seens to be thoroughly
wet for the first time in three months.
The outlook is favorable for a good
deal more.
The county chain gang under mana?
ger Grooms is still quartered here and
making big improvements in the roads
around. Mr. Luther McIntosh is off
again inspecting the crops around
Mechanicsville.
The much talked of party in the
Gordon-Griffin new store last night
failed to materialize in consequence
of the rain.
We hear no more of the bear said to
have been seen last week near this
place. The bird dogs failed to set
him. . Occasional.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA..
corarr OF STTMTEE.
By Thos. V.. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge
Whereas, W. L. Jackson made suit to
me to grant bim Letters of Administration
of the Estate of and effects of Samuel H.
Jackson, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon?
ish all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said Samuel H. Jackson,
late of said county and state, deceased, that
they be and appear before me, in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H., on
August 17th, 1904, next., after publication
thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be granted.
Given under my Hand, this 3d day or
August, A. D., 1904.
THOS. V. WALSH,
August 3-2t Judge of Probate.
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Please mention this paper.
MYRTLE BEACH IS OPEN.
THE BUILDING ENTIRELY NEW.
Fittings new throughout. Finest Strand on the
Atlantic Seaboard-Nearly Forty Miles Long and situ
ated in the Curve of Long Bay.
The Management has spared no Expense to make
Myrtle Beach Up=to=date and Thoroughly Attractive.
The Surf is admittedly the Finest yet Discovered
on the Atlantic, and one of the few that has no Under?
tow.
Mosquitos and sandilies are unknown.
The Hotel is >ituated on a hill and on the
Mainland and. is swept by breezes all Sum?
mer long.
Purest Artesian water from a well nearly
450 feet deep. The flow is strong enough to
send water to the second story of the building.
Many amusements have been put in-such
as Howling Alley, Dance Pavilion, Kool
Koom, Reading Ro ?m.
The Bathing H mses are new and alright
every way-lar^e and airy. The Cuisine is
remodelled ard this department is under the
immediate sutervision of our Mr Tennille.
who has had ye irs of experience in this line
We furnish all the well known sea foods
Crab, Shrimp, Fish, Oysters Turtle and
Clam^-in season.
Telegraph and Telephone Service from Hotel. Rates are
Low and all Particulars flay be Had of
FREEflAN & TENILLE/Proprietors,
flyrtle Beach, S. C.