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m. R?OS?YEL?^ LETTES
8F ISSEPT?KiL
Has Been Placed in fte Hands of
the Printers-Contains 12,900
. Words and/Will Be Pub
tished September 12.
* Oyster Bay, X. Y., Aug. 31.-Sec?
retary Loeb this morirme: handed the
manuscript of President Roosevelt's
letter of acceptance to the representa?
tive of a New York publishing house
and gave him orders to rush printing
and Windin? with all possible speed.
.Secretary Loeb at first* planned to
give the work to a local newspaper
publisher, but yesterday the editor
cf that paper backed out. He said
c he could not get it finished in time.
- Every morning paper in the United
" rStates will be given a copy of the let?
ter under pledge not to releae it be?
fore the morning of September 12th.
The letter contains about 12,000 words.
LYNGHI? NEEBO li WYOMING/
Mob Take Him From the Jail in
City of Laramie.
Laramie, "Wyo., Aug 30 -Joe Mar?
tin, colored was lynched by a mob of
300 men in front of Judge Carpenter's
house last night. Ja rtin was a trusty
in the county jail He attacked a
white girl, Della Grouse, in the jail
kitchen and slashed her face and arms
with a knife. One man was injured
while entering the jail to drag out the
prisoner.
After assaulting Miss C rouse with
a razor Martin was placed in a cell in
tile county jail. The ii rst intimation
that Sheriff Cook had of the contem?
plated lynching was when two masked
men appeared in the kitchen of the
jail house and with guns leveled at
him, told bim that there were 200
men waiting outside for the negro and
that ha had better not attempt to
make any trouble for them.
BLOODY FEUD ???" VIRGMA.
. Two Clans Meet in Deadly Strife j
at Religious Meeting.
Richmond, Aug. 31.-A special from j
Tazewell, Virginia, report a bloody
fight fifteen miles from there on Mon?
day night between the Whittakers
and Altizers at Indian Greek. Noah
Aitizer is dead, Lee ?7hittaker serious-1
iy injured,' Bill Whittaker shot
through the body, and it is thought, j
-.ire'Will die, John Stansen. sympathiz- j
er of Altizers seriously injuied. The
trouble occurred at a meeting of Hard ?
Shell Baptist's aud Seventh Day Ad?
ventists. The families have been ene- i
mies for thirty year?. !
Colombian Minister Dead.
Middleton. N. Y., Aug. 451.-Dr.
; Thomas D. Berr?n, formerly represen?
tative cf Colombia at Washington,
died at the Loomis Sanitarium at Lib?
erty at t>vo o'clock yesterday after?
noon of tuberculosis. He had been
there several months. His wife,
daughter and sons, were -with him
constantly. Dr. Herran was" fifty-two
years old. For years and until the
receut trouble with Colombia, over
the secession of Panama, Dr. Herran
was a popular figure in diplomatic and
social circle ot Washington. His re?
mains were taken to New York today.
Tbe Stomach is tbe Man
A weak stomach weakens the man, be?
cause it cannot transform the food ho eats
??to nourishment. Heshh and strength
cannot be restored to any sick man or
weak wonan without fir-l re.-torin?: health
and strength to the stomach. A weak
stomach cannot digest enough food to
feed the tissce^ and revi e the tired and
run down liters and organs of the body.
Kodoi Dy-pepsia Care digesss what you
eat, cleanses and {strengthens the glands
and membranes of the stomach, and cures
iud iires noa, d\f*pep-ia and all stomach
trouble*. Sold by O B. Davi*.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Aug. 31.
Three masked bandits held up Pacific
Express Agent Harding and armed
guard Merritt at Kemmeror, Wyom?
ing, at 1.30 this morning. They se?
cured thirteen thousand dollars in sil?
ver currency. The money was
enroute to Ccmberland to be paid
to coal miners. The robbers essaped.
Merritt was struck on the head with a
gun and beaten into insensibility.
CASTOR IA
Por Infants and Children.
ita Kind Yeo Have Always Bought
Bears the Sip Z?frf-+-#- "
Signature of We#?V?
THE STATE HOUSE SUIT,
_
Kilburn and ?nke?er Charged With
Conspiracy to Defraud.
Sufi for $20?,0GQ F?!<^ by Legislative
Committee-The Complaint.
Colombia, Aug. 31.-Messrs. Mitch?
ell and Smith, of Charleston, yester?
day, as attorneys for Senator Aldrich
and Representative T. G. Williams,
the legislative committee appointed to
prosecute the alleged state boase
frauds, filed suit against- F. P. Mil?
burn, E. J. Mcllvain, J. G. Un kef er,
S. B- Goucher, and J. C. Johnston
for $200,000. The grounds of com?
plaint are :
Failure to perform the contract is
charged in the fellowing particulars:
Thar the work done and the material
furnished v/as not equal in any respect
to work done and material furnished
on the previously completed portion
of the main building, marring the
effect of the fine work upon the main
building.
That the 'contractors removed the
fine steel ceiling of the rotunda, and
carried away the material, substitut?
ing tbereforga ceiling of plain materi?
al costing not ever SoO?.
That the two granite columns in the
inner part cf the front portico were
net placed as required by contract.
These columns, it is alleged, would
have counteracted a tendency of the
portico to pull away from the main
building.
That in lieu of carving leaf work on
the columns equal to the leaf work on
the capitals of the old column; "a
coarse, unsightly and unfit leaf work"
was substituted. ' ?
That the columns in the rear portico
should have corres])onded with the
columns in the fornt portico. This
was not done, no lintel stones were
placed there and sheet iron boxes to
represent granite were substituted.
: *-SDefective glass flooring and cheap,
shoddy, stamped iron ceiling" was
used in the porticos.
That the roof is of tar and gravel
imperfect in quality, it is alleged,
and 'with the gravel of improper size.
The roof is said to leak badly, flood?
ing the main lobby. There are no
ventilators to carryon7 the air between
the ceiling and the roof.
That the dome is given a lot of
space iu the instrument. It is said to
have- been constructed in a crude and
unworkmanlike manner, full of crimps
and kinks. The inner dome is not se?
curely supported, according to this
complaint, and there are other alleged
.deficiencies.
After numerous other specifications
in the complaint, all of secondary im?
portance, it is alleged that no protec?
tion was afforded for the interior of
the building while the roof w^as being
removed and in consequence all of
the galleries were flooded and the
painting and frescoing was ruined.
The plaintiff believes that Mr.
Milburn and the firm of contractors
"collusively and fraudulently agreed
together that the work to be done un?
der the aforesaid contract should be
insufficiently and improperly done, "
andV that said Frank -P. Milburn
well knowing the same to be defective,,
improper ancl insufficient-falsely and
fradulently certified in writing that
* ' the payments for the same bad become
due." And on this certificate of
Architect. Milburn the said contract
sum was procured to be paid to the
\ contracting firm and the plaintiff
claims to have been damaged to the
I extent of 8200,000.
j The second cause of action reviews
\ in formal way the matter of the appro
j priation and thb making cf the con
I tract The complaint then states:
''Plaintiff is informed and believes
j that the said Frank P. Milburn in?
tending and purposing to cheat and
defraud the said State of South Caro?
lina so prepared his specifications and
I plans in the matter as to leave the
; same open, general and vague and am
! biguons in many respects sc as to
j enable bim, by collusion and confed
! eracy with.any contractor,to cheat and
[ defraud the state by performing the
! same, either well or ?il, as the said
j Frank P. Milburn might decide."
\ It is charged further that tue archi
j tect fixed the plans so that he "might
I require the contractor to perform the
i same at great expnse or be relieved
I therefrom and also that he might be
! able thereunder to permit to he per
I formed aud provided work and mate ri
I al wholly insufficient and defectivo
'and improper."'
That the ?ontrs;ct ua? prepared by
; Milburn and he was the sole judge of
i the due performance of the work is
j also charged. The plaintiff is inform?
ed and believes and so alleges and
! charges that M i blum and the con
! tracfing firm, upon the acceptance cf
; the bid made by Mcllvain & Unkefer
? Co. and the execution of said contract,
; "then-and there entered into an agree
? ment to cheat and defraud the stat-? of
: South Carolina, whereby the said de?
fendants should not perform tho work
according to the true intent and
meaning of the contract," and it is
also .charged that Milburn would
> protect them and declare, the work
: properly done.
The complaint charges further that
j the firm, "after said collusion and
fraudulent agreement." carried ont
the work improperly and furnished
, defective material, "it being well un?
derstood that the plans and specifica
j tions had been drawn arid would be so
; interpreted by the said F. P. Milburn
so as to permit the same to be done,"
and that thereby they procured from
the plaintiff the sum of $158,306 for
the payment of work done and materi
, al furnihsed "wholly defective, in
1 sufficient and valupless to the plaintiff
for the purposes of the completion of
:. thc state house. "
i e- it is charged that^the conrtacting
! firm "obtained and converted to theil
1 own use a large amount of valuable
; material belonging to the plaintiff"
and also "when acting in pretensive
p-rformance of said contract exposed
the exterior of the state house to the
weather," etc.
In conclusion tho complaint de?
clares :
"The ?plain tiff is .informed and be?
lieves that by tho aforesaid acts ni* the
defendants donn and performed under
their aforesaid fraudulent and collu?
sive agreement to cheat and defraud
the plaintif? has been damaged ii: the
sum bf $200,000.
! BOOT BRO? SF 1903-04.
Hester's Cotton Report Shows lt to
bs Nearly 753,000 Bales Less
Than Last Year, ?902-03.
New Orleaz?s, La., \ug. 3L-ian
totals of Secretary Hester's annual
report of the cotton crop of tho United j
Staes were given this evening. They ;
show receipts of cotton at all United i
States ports for tho year 7,2*32,222 j
bales.against 7,72-1,104 last year: over- j
land to Northern mills and Canad-i ;
039,943, against 1,083,383: Southern j
consumption, taken direct from the i
interior or the cotton belt, 1,198,209,
against 1,920,027, makins the cotton !
crop of the United States for 1903-1904 ?
amount to 10.011,374 bale?, against !
10,737,559 last year and 10,6S0,G30 the j
year before.
Col. Renter has made his usual in- ]
vestigation into the consumption of j
the South and has received reports by j
mail an telegraph from mills consum- j
ing cotton in the cotton-growing j
Stares, including woollen mills that j
have used cotton, and the results j
show a total of 1,091,252 bales, but of j
this 100,043 were taken from ports and I
included in pert receipts. This shows
that the mills of the South have used j
up 81.477 bales less than during 1902- |
1903 and IS,719 less than during 1901- j
1902, the decrease being due to the j
unsatisfactory condition of the goods
j trade and the relatively nigh prices of
j the raw material compared with the ;
! manufactured product during most of
! the season.
Col. Hester's 'full report will be
issued tomorrow or the day after and
will contain interesting and valuable
j fact?, showing the consumption of the
I South by States, the takings and con?
sumption of Northern mills, and the
world's consumption of American cot?
ton. He will also give the crop by
States and facts in relation to the in?
crease in the spindles of Southern
mills.
SECOND R?GI?HT'??OARY.
Kow the Troops From Columbia
Will Go.
Columbia, Aug. 31.-Adjutant Gen?
eral Frost; has received from the war
department the itinerary of the Se?
cond regiment on the Mana?sas trip,
lt is as follows :
Memorandum showing approximate
schedule for the movement of the
Second South Carolina regiment,
showing first the movements from home
stations to concentration point :
One (1) company from Walterboro:
leave Walterboro, 7:10 a. m., Septem?
ber 3rd: arrive Charleston, 11:05a.
m. : leave Charleston, 4:25 p. m. ; ar?
rive Florence, 7:45 p. m.
Four (4) companies from Columbia,
by special traf?, September 3rd :
leave Colombia, 3:45 p. m. : arrive
Florence. 6:25 p. m.
One (1) company from Bamberg,
September 3rd; leave Bamberg, 10.?0
a. m. Southern railway: arrive Den?
mark, 10.25 a.m., leave Denmark, 2.40
p.m., special train: leave Orange
burg, 3.10 p. m.. two companies; leave
Elloree, 3.30 p. m., one company:
leave Creston, 3.55 p. m., one compa?
ny ; leave Sumter, 4.50 p. m., baud;
arrive Florence (5.10 p. m., leave Bish
opville, 3.0S a. m. ; arrive Sumter,
9.20 a. m. ; leave Sumter, 4.50 p. m..
on above special: arrive Florence, (5.10
j P- T.
i The Florence company, together
I with entire regiment, will leave Flor
: ecce at 3.30 p. m. arrive at Richmond
j 4.30 a. m. These companies should
reach camp ahnt 9:00 to 9:30 a. m.
It is understood that this movement
is to leave home stations and the
concentration points on September
3rd.
The arms palace car will be placed
ar the stock cbute at Florence, S. C.,
on the 3rd.
Horses should be shipped to Florence
in amrle time to he shipped to cam]?
in this car, in order that it may be
attached to train leaving Florence at
8:39 p. m., September ;?rd.
The two Pullman cars will be placed
at Florence and tbree baggage cars
will be placed at Columbia, and the
balance (3) at Florence.
Sam R. Jones,
Deputy Quartermaster General, U. S.
Army, Chief Quartermaster. j
"jaJ-w ^ ^ ^^^^ .
Has Sold a File of Chamber?
lain's Couah Remedy.
I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Rem?
edy for more than twenty years and it ka*
given entire -atisfaction. 1 have sold a
mle of it and can recommend it highly -
JOSEPH MCEXJIKSY, Linton, Iowa. You
wi*l lind this remedy a good friend when j
troubled with a cough or cold. It always '.
afford* .juicfe relief and pleasant to take. ,
For sale by China's diug etore.
Boston. Sept. 1. - Senator Lodge has
been ill with "bronchitis at his home,
Xahant, for several days and his phy?
sicians have forbidden him to make
any political addresses this week. It
is believed he will be entirely recover?
ed in a few days.
What's in a Name?
Everything in the name when it comes
to Witch Hazrl Suive. R C. DeWitt,tCo.
of Chicago, discovered some years ago how
to make a salve from Witch Hazel that is
a specific for Piles. For blind, bkeding,
itching ard protruding Piles, eczema,.
cot-?, burns, bruises and all skin di^e'ise-,
PeWitt's Salve h*s ro equal. This has
given ri?** to nume.ous worthies? counter?
feits. A?k for DeWitt'r - -the genuine.
Sold by O. B. Davis.
Although the Russians Were Fighting
O DO
Benins Sntren?hfligists on Posi?
tion of Their Own Cholos
They Have Been Defeated nnd
Driven Out by t!is Japanese.
THE GREAT BATTLE NOT YET OVER.
Rome, Sept. 1.-The Liao Yang cor?
respondent ci tho Newspaper I ral?a
Militaire wires that the Hessians iiave
already lost fifteen thousand in killed,
wounded and prisoners in the fighting
about Liao lang. They have also had
thirty-five cannon destroyed, sixteen
cannon, forty thousand rifles, and two
hundred commissary wagons captured,
besides two hundred wagons destroy-,
od. The correspondent estimates tho
losses at twelve thousand cn tho Jap?
anese side.
St. Petersburg,Sept.-General Stces
sel in command at Port Arthur, re?
ports that the Japanese made assaults
on the fortress on August 2:3rd and
26th, but were repulsed every time
with loss.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 1.-A dispatch
received since noon today states that
General Kuroki's army is crossing Tai
tse River this 'afternoon to east and
north of Liao Yang. One division has
crossed on pontoon bridges and the
other is following. It is believed tb at?
his purpose ?3 to get to the north of
Liao Yang and make a rear attack on
the strong hold and thus cut off effect?
ually the Russian retreat toward Muk?
den.
Tokio, Sept. 1-News has reached
here this evening from the front at
Liao Yang' that the Russian right and
center defending Liao Yang are re?
treating with the Japanese in .close
pursuit
London, Sept 1-Reuters Telegraph
company's St. Petersburg correspond?
ent wires that news has reached the
Russian capital that General Stackel
burger was wounded in the fighting at
Liao Yang yesterday, but remained cn
the fighting lines. The official Rus?
sian message reports that two battles
took place yesterday and that the Rus?
sian forces maintianed most of th sir
positions. The Russian General, Kro
sovski was seriously wounded. Fight?
ing continued until late at night.
There were great lesses on both sides.
London. Sept. 1, 4.30 p. m.-The
Exchange Telegraph Company reports
that official confirmation has been re?
ceived in London to the report that
the Russian right and center are in
full retreat with Generals Oku and
Nodzu in close pursuit.
London, Sept. 1, 4.50 p. m.-The
Exchange Telegraph Company an?
nounces that a telegram received in
official quarters in London states that
Gen. Kuroki has succeeded in turning
General Kuropatkin's position at Liao
*ank north and the Russian army is
in a critical situation.
London. Sept. 27.-The Japanese
legation gives ont the following dis?
patch received in Tokio from Field
Marhsall Oyama reporting the retreat
of the Russians under Kuropatkin from
Liao Yang.
Enemy being unable to resist our
fierce attack, began retreating on
Sept. 1st toward Liao Yang. Onr left
and central divisions are hotly pursu?
ing the enemy, who. in great confu?
sion, are trying to retire to the right
bank of Taitse river. We captured
ten half-eoutermeter cannon, which
are now being used to bombard Liao
Yang railway station. On Sept.gist,
our right flank attacked the enemy at
Pey \ing Tai, 15 miles northeast of
Liao Yang. Our casualties since
August 29th have been ten thousand
killed and wounded.*'
RUSSIANS BURN TOWN AND RE?
TREAT.
Rome. Sept. 2-A Tokio dispatch
says Gen. Kuropatkin has ordered
that all villages about Liao Yang be
burned to prevent the Japanese from
getting the supplies which are stored
there. Four villages have already
been destroyed. Thousands of Man?
churians .have been made homeless.
RUSSIANS RETREAT IN PANIC.
Tokio.. Sept. 2.-The Japanese
forces have followed up the retreat of
Gen. Kuropatkiifs anny from Liao
Y'ang, and the Japanese have seized and
used Russian guns lett at Liao Y'ang.
The Russian retreat when thc army
was crossing the river became a mov*
nient'of great confusion, owing to Jap?
anese gun tire, from thc rear.
_I_
RUSSIANS THROW AWAY RIFLES
Tokio. Sept. 2. - Thc Japanese se?
cured 21.7(H) rifles about Liao Yang,
which Russians cast away during
yesterday's retreat.
KUROPATKIN ADMITS RETREAT.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 2. -A tele?
gram received from General Kuropat?
kin reports that firing did not cease
througUout yesterday. The Russians,
he says, are now falling back.
LATEST FROM PORT ARTHUR.
London, Sept. 2.- The Tien Tsin
correspondent of Central News wires
that an official message received from
Port Arthur says the Japanese brought
only two seige guns into action and in
all attacks have been repulsed with
heavy loss. It is denied that the
Japanese have obtained possession of
any forts. Eleven warships reported
outside of Port Arthur at present.
There has been a lull in firing since
yesterday. A strong column of Jap?
anese are reported moving south from
Liola Tishn for the purpose of effect?
ing a strict blockade.
Where the Largest Armies In Mo?- \
em History Are Locked in a
Desperate Struggle.
The Carnage Has Been Awful and the j
Fight Continues Day After Day.
Sr. Petersburg, Sepfcembir 2.- \
(1.26 a. rn. j-Tho news of tho ocoa- j
pation ci* Liao Yang and th'.' with- j
?rawal of the Russian nrmy to the
rieht hank of the Taitse River reach?
ed only a small section o? the people
oz yt. Petersburg at a late hour and
caused intense exitement and disap- !
pointment. The majority of the inhab?
itants retired to rest hoi loving that
Russian arms had again been success?
ful and that the Japanese attacks had
been repulsed. Ugly suspicions, how?
ever, had been rife during the day
owing to the ab?enc9 of press tele?
grams irom Liao 'lang, leading to the
belief that the communications had
been cut by Gen. Knroki.
The following statement was obtain?
ed from the war office at 10 o'clock
Thursday night:
"Gen. Kuroki's army crossed in
force to the righfc bank of the Taitse
River and it therefore became neces?
sary for the Russians to be iir a posi?
tion to repel a blow in this direction.
"In view of this development in the
operation Gen. Kuropatkin decided to
abandon his position cn the.lef? bank
and to concentrate hi9 whole army on
the ether side of the river. This po?
sition is the strongest both in charac?
ter and in site. The great issue will
be finally decided there. ?
'"By withdrawing to this position
the Russian army avoids tho danger of
being divided by the river and enjoys
the advantage of compactness.
"Gen. Kurcpatkin's move, there?
fore, is not to be considered as a re?
treat but rather as the carrying out of
a well defined idea.""
The withdrawal of the Russians to
the right bank involved the abandon?
ment of Liao Yang, which is situated
on the left bank. The Japanese took
advantage of this to occupy the city,
but the sternest part of tho fighting is
still before them unless Gen. Kuro?
patkin decides at the last hour to
again fall back to the northward. It
is more likely, however, that he will
decide to fight to a finish. The cards
are all in his favor, it is believed now
that he has the Japanese divided by
<the river, thus effectually turning the
tables upon his foe.
The.determined pursuit by the Jap?
anese-of the Russian outposts when
Gen. Kuropatkin gave the first order
to withdraw was probably due to their
anxiety to keep the Russians south of
Liao Yang until Gen. Knroki should
be able to strike from the northeast.
Gen. Kuropatkin, however, saw the
trap and cleverly avoided it.
The Japanese repeated the atempt to
throw pontoons across the Taitse near
Liao Yang during the night of August
31, again under cover of a bombard?
ment, and this attempt is believed tc
have been successful. Severe fighting
may, therefore, be expected immedi?
ately northeast-of the city. /
The action of the Japanese com?
mander in throwing a force across the
river in the face cf a strong enemy is
considered to be extremely rash, and
the position of this force, isolated
from the main Japanese army by a
deep river may easily become desper?
ate.
The fighting at Liso Yans ?ins
beaten all records for the desperate
valor of the assailants and the invin?
cible stubbornness of the defenders.
The whole history cf warfare tolls of
no sucii bombardments, no such car?
nage and no such persistence. Day
after day the fight has been resumed
at daybreak and kept up with hardly
a moments' intermission until after
nightfall.
War scarred veterans scarce believe
the stories which come irom the seat
of war. and declare that it is beyond
human endurance for an army to
fight without respite for a whole week,
each day of which has exceeded its
predecessor in intensity of strugle and
carnival of slaughter. Day after day
tiie thousands of dead bestrewing the
battlefield have to be removed. Tne
Japanese have invented new methods
to incinerate tne heaps of dead, com?
rades removing the ashes for the hon?
ors of burial in Japan. The wounded
present a most serious problem as they
tax the transport capacity of both
sides to rhe uttermost. The most
difficult problem, however, is the
bringing np of supplies of food and
ammunition t o every poi nt of the
fighting line which extends from te::
to twenty milos.
Never lias such a bombardment boen
known. Vn eyewitness oft the battle
of Vafangow told a correspondent that
many or?icprs suffered nervous pros-!
tration owing to the terrible roar of
the artillery, and one military attache
had to bo invalided home for the same
reason. Yet the artillery fire at Va?
fangow was far inferior in intensity
to that at Liao Yang.
Up to the hour of filling this dis?
patch tho war office has nor given out
the details of the fighting of Septem?
ber i, but it is believed that tin's
fighting exceeded in fierceness that of
any previous day.
Tilt1 absence of press telegrams from
Liao Yang on September 1 aroused
suspicions that changes of -'mporr
anco were proceeding, which the mili?
tary censors did not wish to be made
known.
A Telegram from Mukden filed at
9.27 on the evening of September 1
states that the train service between
Mukden and Liao Yang bas been in?
terrupted, but the dispatch does not
mention whether telegraphic commu?
nications are open.
According io ;>.. dispatch from Liao
Yung, Ge::. Karo::: made his first at
uempt to cress the Taitse Ki vcr late in
the e'vening under cover of a heavy
bombardment of the extreme Rcssian
1er":. The Japanese artillery,' ?.vii ich
had been firing uninterruptedly for
fourteen hours that day, ceased about
0 o'clock, and then suddenly reopened
about il o'clock to conceal Kuroki's
preparations for crossing the river.
These preparations necessitated the
establishment of a pontoon bridge, as
the river was not fordable lower than
Sakankankwantun, and the pontoons
must have been floated down the
stream.
The efforts cf the Japans" io cross
the river on August 20 were not suc?
cessful, and Gen. Knrcki, therefore,
ordered ;? portion of his army io ferd
it at Sakankan wanton.
Gen. Kuropatkin was unable tc pre?
vent the passage of tho river owing to
the distance from Lia Yang, abeu-; 20
miles, but for the same reason the
Japanese wer?.' unable to bring the
forces v. hick gained th5 right bank
immediately into action.
Knropatkin heard of the passage of
the Tintse at Sakankacwangtun after
C o'clock cn the evening of August 31,
and immediately gave orders for his
men to fall" back on the outer posi?
tions. This move is explained by the
desire to collect a strong force, with
which to repel a flanking movement
from the northeast.
EDDY BODGES NEGRO ViSITOBS.
Conveniently Absent From Saga?
more Hil! When ^iagro Ex?
cursionists Arrive.
Oyster Bay, Sept. 1.-Sagamore
Hill was today stormed by a thousand
colored picnickers from Brooklyn. A
special train bearing members of col?
ored business men's association of
King's county swung around curve
and into the Oyster Bay station about
noon. A large number immediately
started for the president's home. It
is doubtful if they see the president
as Mr. Roosevelt this morning went
ou a picnic of his own with his boys.
It is not known whether he did this
to avoid the colored delegation or net,
but his political enemies are likely to
make stock cf the circumstances.
Emergency Medicines.
It is a great convenience to have at
hand reliable remedies for use in case of
accident and for slight injuries and ail?
ments. A good liniment and one that is
fast becoming a favorito if not a house?
hold necessity is Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. By applying it promptly to a cut,
bruise or burn it allays tho pain ana
causes the injury to heal in about one
third the time usually required, and as it
is an antiseptic it prevents any danger of
blood poisoning. yVhen Pain Balm is
kept at hand a sprain may be treated be?
fore inflammation sets in, v.-hich insures a
quick recovery. Per sale by China's drug
store.
General Luis Terrazas, the richest
man in Mexico, and the greatest land
owner in the world, will shortly visit
the United States, o fem months'
leave of absence having been granted
him by the|government.
"in a Bad Way."
Many a Sumter Reader Will.
Feel Grateful fer This
Information.
When your back pi ves out;
Becomes lanie, weak or aching:
When urinary troubles set in.
Your l?dn?ys are *';n a bad way."
Doan's Kidney i'iils will cure you.
Hore is lo:-:;! evidence co provo it :
w. s. Reynolds, dealerinsporting goods at
lOs ??.'MainStreet, resid?as at 211 Hampton
Avenue, says: "I can recommend Doan's
Kidney I'iils. as I procured tbem at Dr. A....
China's dru;: store, and used ?hem tor back?
ache and kidney trouble and found them all
that they are claimed to bc. They cured me
of backache.,wliich had been troubling me
for quite a while. The pain across my loins
was sometimes so severe as to make me feel
like a man of eighty. My back seemed to give
way with me and I bad nc strength tn it.
Tho kidney secretions were unnatural in ap?
pearance and very scanty I used remedies
aral wore pl asters but might just oswell have
saved my money, for nothing did me any
good until 1 sot Dean's Kidney filis. They
produced a noticeable change-for the better
in a short time and ?ince using then: my hack
has not ached and is strong us it evcr.was.
while the kidney secretions have?regained
their natural color and are regular. I can
recommend lk>an'> [yidney ?Mils ;:s a most re?
liable uidncy medicine.''
For sale hy :?il dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster - Milburn ('<>.. Buffalo. N. Y.. sole
agents for the United Stales.
Kernen ber thc name - Doan's and take no
Ot lier. 21
Weak
earls
Arc due to indigestion. Ninety-nine of every
ono hundred people who have heart trouble
can remember when it was simple indiges?
tion. It is a scientific fact that ail cases of
heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceable to. but are the direct result of indi?
gestion. All food taken into the stomach
which fails of perfect digestion ferments and
swells the stomach, puffing it up against the
heart. This interferes with the action of
the heart, and in the course of time that
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr. D. Kaubie. of Nevada, O.. says: I had stomach
rouble and was in a bad state as I had heart trouble
with i:. I toole Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about four
nonths and it cured me.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
md relieves the stomach of all nervous
strain and the heart of all pressure.
Bottles only. $ 1.00 Size holding 2K times the trial
size, which sells for 50c.
?repared by E. C. DeWITT & CO., CHlCAQOt
For sale by Olin B. Davis.