Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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0BBBBBBBE yH The Following gj ' ially Attra< qjj The Lent bm Large. fat Mackerel, regular PQ lot of Baratarin Shrimp,MeMer fiSi Nabob Braud Shredded Codfisl LTi All grades cf Salmon from ti Ppl down to tbe ordinary Alaska l' ga 20c, 2~>c and JOc per can. U IgJ prices the lowest obtainable. Fresh line of Sardines, Frei ' 20c at d 2r>c the cat:. If \on v 39 imported article, wo have if. r|| Just received, a lot of choic kM dainty and nice. Choice lot S1 fD the can. We give prompt service, we t fefej will ng to do anything that roa^ or expett to get your business, ; 5R5 kind of a merchant, we w ill be , jjfcj I Ht; UNION g L. W. WAG ANOTHER ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR .j ? Russia Accepts Vicksburg ^r.-- tot*- Explanation. CHINESE BRIGANDS AT WORK. Port Arthur Is Short on Rations?The Czar Wants To Go to the Front with His Soldiers?Non-Combatar.ts Are Moved from Range of Battle. Chee Foo, March 1.?A Russian official dispatch says that the Japanese renewed the attack on Port Arthur on the morning ol' Feb. The fleet kept beyond the range of all but the most powerful land batteries. The engagement lasted about an hour, the Japanese retiring. Their loss is unknown. Tho Russian cruiser A si;olil had ono gun dismounted and two men injured. , At low water on Feb. 28, the Russians discovered a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer which had been sunk on the shore of the outer harbor. They also found liive unexplodcd torpedoes. Port Arthur was quiet yesterday. Accepts Vicksburg Explanation. St. Petersburg, March 1.?All the papers print here prominently this morning, but without comment. Commander .Marshall's r port of the Vicksburg incident off Chemulpo, Korea, and the reasons assigned in the United States for his not uniting in the protest of the other naval commanders against the action of the Japanese. Those statements will doubtless clear up the misapprehension existing here concerning the affair, coining simultaneously with the announcement that the state department had decided to contprmand the orders that Edwin V. Morgan, appointed United States consul at iVrt Da'.ny, proceed to his pes!, f nn: v.der Marshall's report should l.:,v" r. good effect in allaying the anti-American irritation. Chinese Erigr.nds Terrorizing Ninguta. St. Petersburg. March 1.?Mail advices from Viadivo. toclv say that 500 Chinese brigands arc terrorizing the district of Niiiguta. Their leader. Yavanten. proclaims himself invulnerable to bullets. Advices received by mail front lrkutsh, Siberia, say that local firms wltose employes have been called into the service of the army are continuing to pay the married men full wages and the unmarried men half pay. Letters front Vladivostock dated Feb. 11 say that the warships in the harbor on that date were the Rossie Gromobio and Rurik, and the trans]H>rt Moskova. The port was frozen hard and the ice breaker was scarcely able to clear the channel. Two Japanese attempted to blow up a dock at Vladivostock, hut did not buccooo. i ncy escaped. A Japanese barber at Vladivostock, dooming himself insulted by a Russian officer, shot him dead and then dramatically announced that he was a captain in the Japanese general staff and was not used to taking insults. Czar Wants to Fight. Now York, March 1.?The czar der.irea to go to the Par Past according to a World dispatch from Vienna. The Zoit, publlsnod in the latter city, assorts that this statement is confirmed by an exalted military authority, who declares the Russian emperor is anxious to maintain the fighting traditions of his ancestors, and by his presence to encourage his troops. Japanese Occupy Ichio-Yang. IJao-Yang, March 1.?Tho Japanese have occupied Ichio-Yang, Korea and sho is now fortifying tho walls of the town. This was the objective point of General Mlshtchenko, who, with a detachment of mounted Cossacks, as announced yesterday, had reached Hasanja, Korea, and w? ex . > rggsssaesa Articles Espec- !|X| :tive During en Season: Fg fn loo six > going for 10c. Fresh ^5*2 i<?mins Deviled Orab.-(shePs free) \0 i, Quoddy* Day Herring. fod i ic choicest Columbia River Steak j ink, ranging in prices 10c, 1 oc, sJLjn ur selection is unmatched, our rVj f?/j I ncu ami Domestic, oc, 10c, loc, p " V rant something that is a genuine SS; e A'paragin, something that is ULI j iveet Peas 10c, loo, -0e ami 2oc J ij prcciuto your business, \vc .arc ioj ah c ami sane people could ask i ami if v?'it want to give it to that pwj j glad to have it. LJy GROCERY CO. g] iNON, Mgr. j ported to arrive at Ichib-Lang. A dei tachment of Russian troops are in the j neighborhood of Ichio-I,ang. The Koi roans arc averse to giving the Russians information regarding the movements of the Japanese. The C'niiu troops abound Liao-Che are being reinforced. Yuan-Shi-Kal, the Chinese commander-in-chief, lias 10,000 men near Junipin-Fu, while l.r>.000 men are with General Ma. Fresh troops are ar iving in the province of Chi-Li. Japan Will Send Exhibit. St. Louis, March 1.?A letter has been received by the world's fair I management from S. Tepime, Japanese commissioner general for the World's Fair, dated Tokio, Feb. 9, just ( prior to the breaking out of the war, saying that, notwithstanding the then impending war, Japan's exhibit would not l?e changed in any respect. "We will endeavor, more than ever, to show Japan's industry," wrote Mr. I The launch disappearing rifle, a I liar* of the government exhibit, has reached the fair grounds. The gun weighs 131.SOO pounds, and is 41 feet 10 inches long. The shipment came from the United States arsenal at Watervliet, N. Y. Must Disarm Cruiser. New York, March 1.?The position of the Russian gunboat Mandjur is unchanged, says a Shanghai dispatch to The American. The Chinese report that the Japanese minister at Pekin threatened that if tno boat was not disarmed, a Jap1 anese cruiser will enter the port and sink her. Hunger Feared More than Shells. Now York, March 1.?A report from Port Arthur state, says a dispatch ; irom nen Tsin to The American, that the town is already on sh~rt rations and that prices of foodstuffs are exorbitant. Few, if any, of the civilkins are left, but there are enough to feed to occasion anxiety on the part of the authorities and hunger is feared more than tho Japanese shells. Moving Women and Children. St. Petersburg, March 1.?The military authorities are causing to be re, moved from all strategetlc points in tho Far Fast the women and children I and ail aged and infirm men so that ' tho necessity of protecting them will i not bo added to the other duties of the troops, and in order that all supI plies may be available for tho use of the actual combatants. TURKISH CRUISER COMPLETED. Sails for Constantinople Today?3uilt at Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, March 1.?The new Turkish cruiser Ledjidia, built at the Craps' ship yard;;, railed today for Constantinople. On tho way down the Delaware river she stopped at Fort Mifflin and took aboard 10b tons of ammunition. The i* then proceeded to Norfolk i > be placed in com mission, aft* r .v! !' ', ? she v. ill leave for !u r g :n trials off the Dele ware rapes. On the completion of tlm trial the Modjldin v.iil coal at Hampton Roads uid 5 ail for the Dardenclles, touching inrrnii ? r>t si1 Thi ua>iA?u i Palmaa, (iibraltar, Algiers and Malta. Th: vessel !:; manned by an Anicri;r.n crew, mcst of her officers being :onno<!rd with the Cramps Ship Duildng company. Wouid-Be Negro Murderer Caught. M<mtgomory, Ala., March 1.?.Tim Brown, a negro wanted for assault with attempt to murder, was captured here Monday by Deputy Sheriff Bel* aer and Sheriff Wajlcr. This nefrro is charged with shooting at two other negroes near Kipp's store in Stewarts' ville. It is said that he got in trouble with one negro and shot at him with a pistol. Tiiis negro ran and Brown then turned around and shot at another negro standing behind him. He made his escape and has been at liberty for several months. ??M? ENGINEER KILLED CONDUCTOR INJURED Train Thrown Down 40-Foot Embankment. HAD DACKED INTO MAIN TRACK. New Orleans and J_ouisvillc Freight Train had ?3ec;i Split at Crossing and Part Foiled on, Colliding with Express ? No Passengers Injured. Louisville, Ky., March 1.?A special to The Evening Post from Princeton, Ky., says: "Express Train No. 101, on the Illinois Cc-ntral railroad, from New Orleans to Louisville, ran into a section of a freight train in the yards here today. The engine was thrown down a 40fool embankment into a creek, the engineer, George Tugg, being killed and buried in the -.rreek. Conductor McKlnne was badly injured. and Fireman Tom Jones suffered a broken leg. None of tho ff?sscngers was injured. Tho fri?iirhf liiirl hr>an r?nt in tu?n nl a street crossing, but a part of it had backed onto the main track. 2 FIGHT FIRE WITH SALT WATER. New York to Use River Water for Fire Purposes. New York. .March 1.?After a public hearing at which men were present represi ntlng billions of dollars invested in real estate, mercantile stocks and r anufacturing plants, Mayor McClcllan has given order for the immediate preparations of plans, with a detailed estimate of the cost, for establishing a system ol salt water mains to fight fires. The water will be taken from the North and East rivers. It is proposed thus to save greatly the drain upon the fresh water supplies of Manhattan and Brooklyn. It is proposed at first to install the system in the lower sections of the city, but if it comas tip to expectation, tho mains will be extended further up town. MUST DECIDE BY MARCH 15. There Is Likely To Be Another Strike In New York. New York, March 1.?Tho New York Lithographic Artists and Designers' union has folowed tho example of tho Lithographic printers, in joining tho ultimatum of the employing lithographers' asociation. There are 2,0" men in tho unions here. Tho employers called on the workers to accept an arbitration agreement by March 15 or face a lockout ol union men. A mass meeting has been tailed for March 10, when it is expected a do clsion will be reached as to whcthei the men shall strike or submit to a lockout. FAIR EMPLOYEES STRIKE. 1,000 Landscape Laborers Lay Down Their Working Implements. St. Louis, March 1.?One thousand men employed by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company as laborers on landscape, road building, track laying and other work at the world's fair, struck today when informed that alter next .Monday the summer schedule of wages, 20 cents an hour, would bo restored. Since October the men have been getting 25 cents an hour. They claim the understanding was that this scald was to be permanent. Director ol Works Taylor says it is only agreed to pay the extra 5 cents an hour during the cold weather and short days National Grain Growers In Session. Omaha, Neb., March 1.?Twentj states were represented by more than 250 delegates to the national co-operative grain growers and stock raisers' association when that body convened hero today. The executive commit- ; tec appointed at the last convention . in f'hir-fifrn hna lio/m In ' days, and presented to flic convention . a plan for a more thorough organize-' tion and for making the work of the association of a much wider scope. New blocks of the capital stock oi $5,000,000 will be offered for sale to members, and a number of large ele vators are projected. Chicago Robbers Get $100. Chicago, March 1.?Three robbera havo followed Patrick Burke, a coal dealer, from a restaurant to his office, attacked him, and after a terrlffic struggle, in which a stove was over turned, setting flro to tho place, lefl him bound and gagged and uncon sclous, with a fractured skull. They escaped with $100. Burke, who if CO years old, was almost suffocated by the smoke from the overturn^ stove before ho recovered conscious ness, and broke his bonds. His con dition is critical. Elijah Dowie Wants Protection. New York. March 1.?John Alexan dre Dowie, of Zion City, ni., has a-p pealed to the American consul for protection, according to an American dispatch from Melbourne. When tl.c mol) broke up ids meeting Sunday ha is said to have hidden three hours in the organ loft. Hereafter his meet lugs will be hold be^nd lo^kod dpora^ I WRECKED SAILORS REACH PORT. Wore Picked Up Off Cape Hatterac During a Gale. Norfolk, Va., March 1.?Penniless and almost destitute of clothes, six members of the crew of tho wrecked cchooncr David I'. Davis, of Bath, Alo., who were picked up off Hattcras during a gale, have arrived here. Tho Davis was run down and dismasted off Hatteras last Friday night by an unknown schooner. The crew of ten men manned the three pumps and worked until they were exhausted. Finding his vessel doomed, Captain Envm, ordered the Davis abandoned Sunday morning, and a boat was launched and manned. in the meantime the dismantled wreck had been sighted by Diamond Shoal lightship, which sent off a boat to take off the survivors. The liglitsu>p's boat had to abandon the effort to tow tho schooner's yawl with its ten occupants, and Captain Erwln, , Mate Dittman, Second Mate William Hymen and Seaman Rowley were left In the boat while the other six occupants. who were exhausted, were removed to tho lightship's boat. v. nile awaiting the return of the lightship's boat for them a tank ship hove in sight and picked up Captain Erwin and his companions .and then steamed northward. Tho Davis was bound from a south Atlantic port to Baltimore with a cargo of phosphate. The seamen who were brought here are: 1 Engineer Charles Croskam, R. A. M.osely, William Pcarsall, Thomas ! Towncs, James Ktiowlton and S. C. Ilolfz. SIEGE OF CAPITAL RAISED. Believed Morales' Government. Will Win in Santo Domingo. i\e\v York, March 1.?Indications | now arc that the Morales government will win since the siege of the capita! has been raised, says a Santo Domingo dispatch to The Herald. Tne Morales forces have, howeved, met reverses at Guerra and San Pedro ' de Macoris. General Zapata, of the revolutionists, has been caught at Navarrate and lias been shot. The insurgents have roqui -ted' aid and ammunition | from Hayti, which was refused. Tligy are now making a forced loan at A/.ua, levying upon foreign merchants for $200 and on sugar estates for $1,000. Americans are requesting that tho . training ship Hartford bo sent thero j as the insurgents are destroying lives and property. They have oven at* 1 tacked the American consulate. Dusi* i ness has been paralyzed and telegraph* ( ic commnnication interrupted. < PAID FOR CONFESSING. I Witness Claims Secret Service Men J Paid Him to Swear. , Cripido Creek, Col., March 1.?Both' ^ the defendants in tho conspiracy ] against Sherman Parker and Thomas i Foster, miners' union leaders, charged with attempting to wreck a pas* seng-: r train on the Florence and Cripple Creek road, wore on the stand yes* ' terday. They made a general denial of tho statements made by the prln* , cipal witnesses for the prosecution. ] Charles (J. Kcnnison, president of Ml* i ners' Union No. :i0, swore to state- < ments which tend to provo an alibi ( for Parker. Another witness testified today to seeing n letter written < i>y Cliaries MeKinnoy to his wife in J which he admitted that his confession, ! which implicated the defendants in } the alleged attempted train wrecking, j was made for a price paid him by secret service men in the employ of the . railroad. i It is expected that the taking of testimony will be completed today and | arguments begun. UNION TRUCK DRIVERS STRIKE. ! Strike Breakers Get Permits to Carry , Revolvers. ( Kansas City, March 1.?More than , 400 union truck drivers struck today i for higher wages among other things. The slate board of arbitration has practically completed arrangements for submission of the differences to the board, when they wero turned ov^ir at the last minute. The troublo has been brewing for some time and culminated when certain transfer men discharged their union men. The transfer men anticipating violence have provided for police protection and permits for nonunion men to a carry revolvers have been granted In numerous instances. The first show of vlolenco was the dragging of a strike breaker from his wagon. Juror King Not Guilty. Cynthlana, Ky., March 1.?Tho ensw oi juror King, who served in tho trial of Jott and White, convicted for tho murder of J. It. Marcum, was ended today by a verdict of not guilty. } The charge against King was perjury J in answer to questions when examined as a juror in tho Jett and Wli: trial. } President Kruger In Good Health. Mcntonc, France, March 1.?Contra- ; ry to the alarming rumors circulating in regard to the health of Mr. Kruger, former president of tho Transvaal, Dr. Ifuysmans, his physician, says that not for some years has the health of Mr. Kruger been so goofl 1 a? it is at present. . 1 TRAGEDY IN POLK COUNTY. Refused to Drink and Was Killed or J the Spot. Buchanan, Ga., March 1.?Sam Bui lock, a young man about 21 years old I was shot and killed by John Head an elderly man, at the homo of the latter on the line of Polk and Ifarnl a son counties, about 12 o'clock Monday t John Head was also shot in the arm. 1 It sesir.s from the story, told by s Head and his family, that young Bui !! lock came to tho Head home, accom panted by another young man named 8 McCalllstcr, and being under tho in- <j fiuenc > r>f liquor, offered Head a drink, n who refused, and a difficulty started [ by Bullock presenting a shotgun at the door of the house, saying he in- ^ tended killing some one and ho did t not care who. c . i CHARGES AGAINST LAWYERS. 1 Alabama State Bar Association Inves- f tigating the Charges. I Birmingham, Ala., March 1.?The I central committeo of the State Bar as- j: sociation met hero to investigate the charges against ten lawyers looking a to a disbarment for practice unbecom s ing an attorney. 1 The utmost secrecy prevails, the sossion being behind closed doors, ' Judge Roulac, Edward DoGraffcnrled E. K. Campbell, Charles P. Jones, A S. VandegralT and \V. W. Callahan are here of tho committee. In the event any lawyer is found guilty l>y L, ,, . , ... me comniuico, steps will Do taken al _ once, as required by the law passed' at the last session of the legislature, requiring, solicitors to prosecute In the name of the state. Much Inter est Is manifested by the bar all ovei the state. j COUGH WAS STOPPED , f And Have Had No Return. j V t Ion. Den P. To Amend, Attorney at Law, say*: lb <1 u* c. u th a'd liied >evordso- 1 ailed ' an gh^?nvdies." none of whirh ' li<l il*' any gftW. 1 got a bottle o? Lorenz's Cough and Cold Remedy { FKOM 0 r Holmes' Pharmacy 1 t ind after taking a few doses my cough J itopp d and have had no return of same. Since tin 11 I have bought, sey-ral 2?e jottl sand given to inv fiieuds. knowng that it was a CUKE cf coughs and olds. Mr. W. It. Riiggs, living o ? Vir-in dreet, says: My daughter bad a cough which caused ir.e great, alarin. Slio bad i ifd different cough icmedi. s which . lid do gov <1 I bought, a bottle of Lo:t i /' I !Vugh and (Cold Remedy *ar, Holmes' " IMiaiuiaey, give a few doses to my 11 .gbter and the tellef was um rising. It is a pleasure to tecommtud to m> it ictids. A NOT I IF. It DKLT011TM) f Mr. VV. I. Going says: My children aid w hooping cough and the cough* are it ill dig ressing. Tluy kept uie and my wife awake nights I bought a hot tie Cf Lou t z".s Cough and (Cold Rtiuedv at Holmes' I'hatmacy, and since the cliil.lren sleep ail night. I' is a smnfcrt in (_ >ur home. This Cough Remedy stands I; a pulistal to itself on its own ineiits. } l'C. A. Stokt.s, an old Cot.fideiaie vet wan of Union, dtelates: I recr.mni :d t Lir.-nz's Cough and Coki Remedy above . *11 o h is and 1 have tiied many. R-liiles gelling immediate relief mystlf, I ( rave it to my daughter who had not il'-p'. f. r nights from constant coughing. Aftei- taking one night lias ha I no cough | 4iiil slept well Ties Cough Remedy j stands on a p<distal to itself. Opening of Books of Subscription | l'uisuant to a commission issued to [lie ur.deisign(d corpoiators by lion. J. T. (ianlt, Stcietary of .Stale, hooks of i subscription to the capital stock of the "su.tuck Mercantile Company will le ipeunl at the cilice of William T Stokes, ] Jr , San tuck. s. C., on Saturday, Feb- ( maty S7, 10d4. (] William T. Stokes, Jr., W. T. J on " 8, j Corporators. Feb "24, 1004 [ IHt SIGHT OF WASHINGTON .villi ji p.iir of rimless 1 ivses on his ^ tone vou'd be ridiculous. for iliey didn't iave hue i aids in (hone (lavs. Every e niprove inciii known (?> the modern op- I ,ician can bn found in our < the v We i id eight by peifectly adjusted glas-es f it if r an expert examination of the eves d And if yftu want a read if it? or linen t :lass we can aid your sight that way too. i Tests and examinations free. McCreery Glymph, OPTICAL SPECIALIST. ( fl Office M. and P. Bank Building. Take stairway on Main St. Honrs I a. in. to 1 p. in. Saturdays all.day. <'J # ~ ' * ? I ORDINANCE. 1 tiding to Present Fire Limits and Prohibiting Construction of Wooden Iluildings "Therein, &e? te it ordainod by the Mayor and Wardens in Town Council assembled and by the authority of the same: Suction 1. All the territory lying md being situate within Ninety feet or ho inside pavement line, along Bacheor street from Academy to South ^ treets bo and the same are hereby idded to the present fire limits of the Town of Union. Sec. 2. That within the said precribed fire limits as herein cut-off ahd " lesignated, it shall bo unlawful for any >ne to build, erect or construct any milding out of any material, excepting >rick, stone or concreto. Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful within his prescribed area herein designated o roof over any building with any >ther material than tin, correlated ron, slate or gravel roofing. Skc. 4. That any person, firm or cor)oration violating all or any part of his ordinance shall upon conviction he ined in any sum not exceeding one mndred dollars or bo imprisoned at innl labor not exceeding thirty days in Jjj he discretion of the Mayor or Toara*Council. m Sec. 5. That each and every day .fter notice, of violating this ordinance hall constitute a new and separato vioation. Done and ratified tinder the seal of he Town Council and the hand of the dayor, this the 4th January, A. D. 1904. Macbeth You no, Mayor. Attest: W. I). Arthur, hbai?. Clerk and Treas. ?^ 9-31 ORDINANCE. Ts. liicyclc, ct al.?Other Riding On Sidewalks, Jirc. lo it ordained by the Mayor and Wardens in Council assembled and by the authority of the same: Section* 1. It shall be unlawful from ind after the passage of this ordinance, or any person or persons to ride a unisycle, bicycle, tri-cyle, velocipede, or notor cycle, on or over atiyjof tho'sid*valks, pavements, or foot-paths within he incorporate limits of this Town. Skc. 2. Any person or persons vioating this ordinance shall upon convicion be fined in any sum not over ton lobars and under five dollars or be imirisoned at hard labor for a term not ivcr twenty days or under ten days in ho discretion of the Mayor or Town Council. Skc 3. All ordinances and parts of irdinances inconsistent with this ordilance are and the same is hereby retealed. Done and ratified under the seal of he Town Council and the hand of the layor this 4th January, A. D., 1904. at v IM1VTIT ? ? Mayor, seal. Attest: ? W. D. Arthur, Clerk and Treas, I?. 8. 9 3t. THE ]ash Bargain Store, We have received a full line )f spring poods at the old prices ind in this lot we have some sxtra bargains. Good yard wide Percale at 5c per yard. Good heavy fc-ea Island Per;ale, yaid wide, 12ic quality it 10c per yard. We have other bargains too uunerous to mention. Call md examing our line and get >ur prices betore you buy. Yours truly, Mrs. D. N. Wilburn. Petition for Appointment of Public Guardian. * State of South Carolina, ) Court of CoraUnion County, { mon Pletwi. Ex Parte ) Petition iloise Greer and Beanie Jane , for ireer. by their natural pt'iar- j Public lian, B H. (Ireer. Pet it iotiere. j Guardian Notice is hereby givm tlinta IVtlMon ins Wen tiled by Uib parties above mmtd, under tbe above title, in the 'curt, of Common Pleas, to procure tbe ipprriutmerit of a Public Guardian for be (State of Eloiee Greer and Bessie 4 lane Greer, inflicts; the estate of each ?f the Raid infanta, consist of a one-half n'eiest in a fund of Four Hundred and forty-nine and SO-IU) Dollars, now In tie hands of the Master for said County n said State, arising from (he sale of ertnin r?-al estate, sold for Partition, In vhich said infants were interested and iwned an interest; and no fit, competent r.d resjamsible person can be found who a willing to assume the guardianship of he estates of the Siid minors, Eloiso Jreer and Bessie Jane Greer, or either ?f them. II yd rick 8c Sawyer, Attorneys for Petitioner. *2t B. II, Greer. Notice to Debtors and Creditors A 11 mi )K-iamis naving claims against the stale of (he Into E. Frank Vaughan are lerehy notified to present stma to the mdersicned, properly attested, on or I e<?re .June 1st, 11)04; and all t**rsons lnlebted to said estate are hereby notified 0 make settlement with the undersigned minedia'ely. William Vaijoiian, C. C. V a won an, (Qualified Bxeciitirs. )r IIYDUICK & Sawyer, 1 4t Attorneys. ?eW!W> ffJia Salva jk