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\B| j\ City of Union and Suburbs Has T M |"T M T 1% ^ T fTl W JT City of Union and Suburbs Has Five Largo Cotton Mills, One Knitting I J J I J I I . jBj'.V ' I | I I /I fli Five ^Graded Schools, Water Works, and Spinning Mill with Dye Plant, Oil I I I I B^b?! ^^1 I I I B/ B I 1 . Sewerage System, Electric Lights, Three Mill, Furniture Manufacturing and I 0 1 1 | i I B| t Bi^jBP,* ; I B| B I I V I I IJ k J Banks with aggregate capital of $250,000, Lumber Yards, Female Seminary. <~werJk Jo,,.. * -1- ^ JE^V^V^ -i- ^ B B 1 W B K/l Electric Railway. Population 7,000. VOL. 1,1V. NO 38. UNION, SOUTH CAfio4lMi DAY. JULY 8, 1904. #1.00 A YEAR. VOI I the cc Accoui NEVER one. ' r* a ivt posed t CAN shan | KNOW with 1 blanks Wm. A. NICH0LS0I 1 UNDER COVER FOG RUSSIANS ATTACK Engagement Is Reported at the Mao-Tien Pass. THE RUSSIANS WERE REPULSED I Throe Times They Made Charge Be^fore Finally Driven Off?Japs Pursued Them For Many Miles?Both 8ides Lost. Toklo, July 4?3 p. m.?(Delayed in Transmission.?General Kuroki reports that two battalions of Russians at tacked the Japanese outposts at Mao ?, Tien Pass at dawn on July 4, under' cover of a dense fog. The Russians were repulsed, but they returned and. J charged thjpe times before they wer#. finally driven off. The Japanese put<^ sued them for three miles to the west-* ward of Mao Tien pass. The Russians* left 80 dead and 50 wounded on the* field. The Japanese lost 15 killed-j| and 50 wounded. H Ltao Yang, July 4.?Delayed in r Transmission.)?Rain Is again falling^ in torrents and the thermometer regi^ A. tered 20 degrees .centigrade. The .Bus ^ li^^Ru^ * ian newspapers are beginning to dijF cum the article on the Russo-JapamaR4 war by Count Tolstoi, recently publi?-' ed in The London Times. Alm?* unanimously the papers refer to tlfe article adversely and a few speak ?ttit In denunciatory terms. Bv^n Tolstoi's old admirers corns id r that he has gone too far. TJhp ' Blowo, tecommends the reproduction of the article as the host cugeffyr Tolstolsm. The Sviet calls it the pitiful production of a once great mind, i disordered by senile vanity. phe Foo, July 5.?3:30 p. m.?Chi peso arriving nere wno leu fori Arthur July 2 sap only nine of the larger Russian tlarships were there then. On June 23. when the Meet engaged the Japanese squadron outside Port Arthur harbor, It consisted of 11 ol the larger ships. On July 3 the Russian and Japanese outside of Port Arthur according to the. report, were separated from, each other by only a mile, the .lapanqpe advancln^*stea<llly from hill to hrtll on all of which they were placing-big guns. It is said they landed 150 of these ^ . gun? at Dalny.. . ' ??' jt I*- Cronstadt, July jk?All doubts as to the safety of the Peresviet, which, ac, . cording to report, had been torpedoed at Port Arthur, is removed by the receipt of ?- telegram from the captain of the battleship saying the ship and all on boaTd are well. The telegram which was cabled from New Ohwang, was brought here by the torpedo boat destroyer Lieutenant BurukofT. Che Foo. July 5.?6:30 p. m.?A Russian who left Port Arthur on July 2 and who has just arrived here says that the only damage done to thd town during bombardments has been the destruction of two houses. There has been no loss of life. Refugees are not alowed to leave Pigeon bay. > I They must come direct from Port J Arthur. This leads to the belief that / the Japanese are in the vicinity of j Pigeon bay. All business is now y stopped in the towp. AVERAGE COTTON CONDITION. Monthly Report of the Department of Agriculture. Washington, July 5.?The monthly report of the chief of bureau of statistics, department of agriculture will show the average condition of cotton on Juno 25 to have b'een 88 as com pared with 82 on May 20, 1904; 77.1 on June 25, 1903; 84.7 at the corre eponding dato in 1902, and a ten-ycai averago of 84.8. '. ? >nveni?nce of a Bank it untU you have tried Whenever you feel disto test the matter, we tie glad to supply you the necessary books, and ^'formation. V & SON, Bankers: *r 1 ? : ? Henly Regatta. Henljt, Rngland, July 5.?'The Henly regatta ;.was opened today with unpromising weather. Tho principal event Wjts hardly up to the average owing sO' the paucity of foreign entries. '' There were no entries from the Unnjfrd States and-'only two from Canada^./jkbose from tho Winnipeg "four''- -aVd those from the Toronto seullor'^y schools. * There was no oth^r, :eti$fit>etltar from abroad.: As thp Wlnirtpegs drew abye,. they will ..^v ivBiuuBi^ne nnai neat for the "steward's Jup. Thursday. The spectators^wl^eij-t^e raciug commenced "were nof so' tfgmerous as usual, and' there were f<?wer pottse'boats. > " / fe'.. .... . -v Company- Has ?ird Lost. ? ^qWfmbia.'.sr q., July 6.?The 2?^Jw hotel *hd several outbuildings fo h^^yahl^n mines of the Pope C'la.v RrgducC ,'cdmpany, 2 miles from AJ\en, burned. The loss is estimat^f. *t $5,000: partially injured. 7 ?jL . * Llltl^ Son Dead^Sv " j|tt:rawf^rdyillqk^Ja;, July S^tkugBell, 9k 2-yyatryoUt Wft^jf Mr. fcwt A kins, njL this pli?,cer last^Sfi^pg oi nlem 4tafa?tun|.J* He *fbwn. ill ^l^^h^?couh^y^|^s overtaken by two* men yj(o Jumpo^HLinto his wagon and on^*of them, srSEgung a stanchion froiitotfho ?wagdn tol&y-, crushed his skull itvh the club. ^^EJeffersott/Carter ami Luther Westberry arAjMi jail at Statenvillfc, the former cgaQ&ed with the killing and lattar&a accessory. It is underBod thaljrho affair grew out of h S^kmder.^pdlng in a small business | ijgtter, ihpVfgh It is gatd "thai 'Carter flKras thtrt Culhreth had made s6me flbarks derogatory tQ the former's ^Ue, and that he wanted to gjvo him &-seating ior. it, not mieiuuag to kui him." * V ' " J he coroner'B jury rendered a verMK"charging Cartet-with murder and S&jtberry as accessory. Feeling Is Xaid to be high against the accused. IRON COMPANY SIGNS SCALE. One Thousand Miners Will Return to Work at Once. Birmingham, Ala., July 5.?The Woodward Iron company, employing 1,000 men, has signed the miners' wage scale. Like the commercial coal men, they are to continue work under tho old contract until the wage scale is signed by the Tennessee Coal and Iron company. A loading commercial operator looks hopefully 011 tho situation and Intimates that the Sloss-Sheflleld Coal and Iron company will sign the scale in a few days. The wage- scale committee of the United Mine Workers will decide what is to be done In reference to'the companies which have noi yet signed. Marriage at World's Pair. St. Louis, World's Fair Grounds, July 5.?General Fiet Cronje, of the Boer war fame, was married today to Mrs. Stoessel. tho widow of a Boer soldier. The ceremony was performed in private in the Boer camp. A public reception was held after the" day's performance. Insane Man Makes Attack. Munsing. Slich.. July 5.?H. B. Free pian. prosecuting attorney of Alger county, has been shot, probably fatally. by James Tyner, whom Freeman prosecuted none eight years ago. Tyner has been n an Insane asylum and was undoubted Insane when he made t.be murderoii attack. Ralonton. <1., July 6.? William II Jones, one of Iatonton's best and mos promising yotng business men, am Miss Myrtle Hirper, of Hancock coun ty, while battng In the Ocone eriv . or. a few milt? below Oconee Springs Iwere drowned. Their bodies were re covered. > i ' CLANS PREPARING' ' , TO BEGIN BATTLE St. Louis Has Taken on APjw Convention Air. ^ BELATED DELEGATES ARRIVING Day Uncomfortably Warm With QjMH gestcd Crowds In Hotel Lobbics^fofl the Accompanying Discomfort 'W&yl sip Prior to Great Event. St. Louis. July 6.?The day befoH the conveutlou broke hot and murmSj For the first, time the streetB and VH tola took on a pre-convention air. TlM cany morning trains brought in tfH lated delegates' and .marching clubaB and hotel lobbies and dining rooirffe^defl voloped scenes of congested, and accompanying discomfort*'-.".; The general situation asNM&cUng the 'outcome of the convemfpgvre* mained unchanged. The strong tfead developed by Parker yesterday em/ pha.slzed by the action of th^ Pennsylvania delegation at its late night session really provoked some inquiry, as to-whether a stampede would follow. ' - . r!" " i "Favorite -/"L?! There was some gossip about the hotel '.lobbies that several of the-fa^ vorlte would withdraw^gurin^ th?' day,'hut-dhis has not takep"1 any def- 1 "lnlte shame at this honr. The Parker managejsi, eaid last nlgh^t-xhat they hoped*, their Instructed t stages would 1 hold on the first ballot for their candl-i jj date? but the action of Pennsylvania , ? Is admittedly a serious blow t,o.tfi? efforts of I he 'favorite sens," and (Ids ,, morning the air is full of suggesting * that Hearst and Olney and Wail sbouh^ f J tako steps to relieve the de|egat<# jj | inatl'bcted for them. The Parker manf. I I agers are confident tbatthe Now"0?* a < magwljl s.)io*y a clfear majority On the fcnd that following the jjre.c' ed^nt%d[ alT former Democratic Rational conventions, this showing would immediately bring^lnto lino ay* auf* ficieni numbervof ilafes to give himj^ . ? mtc-rr K-rt>-r, suit, It Is urged, would be simply following the historic record of the party at their national conclaves. Gorman Vote. It is practically concluded that the Gorman vote as a result of Pennsvl vania's action, will be cast as the initial ballot for Parker. The fight in the Illinois delegation involved thirteen districts and tw<ji of the delegates at large, and was on?./ of the liercest ever seen before any' convention. The hearing yesterday and last night before the subcommittee on the national committee was only preliminary exercise for both aides. Several times last night the retort t between the contesting factions were of so heated a nature that Chairman Stone, of the subcommittee was compelled to repeatedly calCl for t*Mlf(|Land once suggested that' the genfrom Illinois would rod; outside of the, ifotel a prober .place ty. conduct their arguments if their mindd* were "made up for a. hull fight." Charges Made. Charges of hig-handed work were made repeatedly agrtfnst the secretary of the state convention, George E." Brennan, and the representative, qt) the contestants of the twenty-third -dia-^ "trict., I . M. K-ty. declared that twice he had lurnisked to Mr. Brennan the names of the delegatee' selection In their district caucus, and thut twice Mr. Brennan had thrown it on the | floor, and he had found it there, and he had submitted it to ihe committee, i This brought Hrennan to his feet with' an impassioned denial of the assertions m?ule by Mr. Katy, and he wound urp his declaration that "everybody knows that 1 would not do such a thing." This called forth Jeers, from the contestants and Itrcnnan took his seat in silence'. _ Acrimonious Fight. An especially acrimonious fight took place in the hearing of the contrtit ol 1 the twenty-third district. Here it was admitted that General Alfred Oren"dorf had been selected by a regular and a bolting caucus as well, and that later his tame was removed and that of Duncan M. C. Best substituted. *Mr. Best insisted on regularity of the proceedings, and was asked by the chairman: 1 "If you were not elected at the cau' cus, how does your i>ftme appear on the report of the caucus? "I understand that (Jeneral Orent dort had either resigned or would wlthl draw." "Which one?" asked the chairman. "Well, either one," replied Mr. Best, i, and he could not be made to bo more * specific. "Wfcat I w^t tft^EEQw.," Cljair/ m Stone, "is how your name came j be on the report when everybody K agreed that General Orendorf was ' jularly selected." Jlr. Best repeated his statements ? Deeming the resignation or with'r fctval of General Orendorif. In the t iteonth district, which is the home yLfrauk P. Quinn, who acted as chair{gn of the convention. R. M. Barnes. !?n, who presented the ease of itestantB, declared that the of the delegates as announced retary Brennan constituted a ise of forgery, and as?erted r statements of the contestees )t entitled to weight beoause l who would forge a signature ommlt perjury and Pack It up. do you mean?" asked Qulyi. >an the man who alterecf the of the report of that, district ' replied BaVnes. n't kno wwho did it, but whoi was\e can put the shoe on kes Floor in Own Defense. piinn' took thp floor in ?is own and declared^ tb'at ttip state I|H Wp which had been MMyhr Ihe Sstanis. that thfiAWWjMhe d?leB from the sixt^mFh drftrict had Bread to the convention was abaci yfalse. because he had receivK from the secretary and had not p' allowed It to pass out of his Rbsslon. K I wanted to carry that district," wted Mr. Qulnn, "do you think that rould allow any such thing as the ding jot that list of delegates? 1 just shrewd enough, just tricky ugfr, Just brutal enotigh to prevent r o^- these gentlemen trom reading out of a Democratic convention'. V/The scenes in these contests were jfcic tie ally repeated In al- the others, Hid' both sides were deternffned to ifry the fight to the court of last re* NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Met'to Receive Reports of Various Subcommittees. . fJtftxniis, July 5.?The national comlAittie met this morning to receiye the tapbrttr ot Lh? susistates. All of these contests were settled last night with the exception of Illinois* and New Jersey. In the case of Illinois It was reported before the meeting of the committee that the report would be In favor ol uneseating the Hopkins delegates In the second, ninth and twenty-first, slx> teenth and twenty-third districts. In all other districts contests and in the case of the delegates at large the contestors are to retain, their seats. Carter Harrison, of Chicago, is one of the delegates from the ninth di? trict and by this action would be seat ed. In New Jersey the contests wer< ftbandqned in the fifth. sixth anc jgfc&hpdistricts, and the tight main jflAin the first and second dis n?B|^.Thft committee decided to re Mmk favor of the regular delegate! ?%?flKh cases, chiefly- beoaysoFHh* were not able u? plwduc* ;.Co|P^ntnc; evidence in aup^^Pof theii hetween 60 aruf 70" of theii were throat' out of theii ' I^ptrlka Situation Critical. kfty, C. B., July 5.?The strik? atfvqHL hpre Is critical but the oJtj cMiefJrlrexpreds the opinion that th< intlitfa now on duty will be able t< hold/the disorderly element in check A new danger which confront thl: section is &e possible extension of th< strike of the collieries of the Domin I04J. Coal company, a corporation whlcl ^ICAgli controlled by the Interest \V_RijBowh the ateel works, has no be&tT brought Into the difficulty up t< I this time. Yesterday's disorder s wer j predicated by the attempt of the Dc ' mipldn Iron and Steel company t I f-i . < V, nlnnt ...UV, nn. nitn t a jmu uuu ui inn fiaiii vtiiii ui;i union men. r. Negroes Terrorized Town. Rankin,' Pa., July 5.?For som weeks Rankin borough haa been tei rorlzed by two negroes. George Thon I as 'dls&uised as a -woman, acted as ; police decoy and the pair of negr i suspects were trapped and brought t ! Pittsburg for safety, as the towns-pei I pie threatened violence. They ga\ | their names as Johnson and McCo i kle. Fire Loss of $400,000. New York, July 5.?A los? of nea ly $100,000 resulted today from fire which completely destroyed th electrical Vehicle Equipment compan factory in Brooklyn. Tho buildln coverod nearly two acres, and wa owned by tho Edison company, whic leased it to ihe Vehicle Equipmci company, manufacturers of copame ei&l vehicles and automobile*. ? F. M. Fauk, President. T Merchants and Pla 1 Is not unite (?) the largestBank.oif at the "Old Stand" successfully thirty-two years. It is the OLDEST bank in 1 It is the only NATIONAL It has a capital and surplus. < It pays FOUIt per cent, iute It has paid dividends amoun It has Burglar-proof vault, a It is the only Bank in Union It pays more taxes than ALI We solicit your business, how* the courtesies that are usually exte conducted Bank. s ^ MANY CASUALTIES RESULT OF THE 4TH Total Number of Dead la Now *\ Placed at Twenty-Five. LIST OF INSURED TOTALS 1,384 'A?-? Celebration!of ,the NatitfrwiMOay of Independence Results (n Long List of'A&cldents? Chicago. July 5.?The Tribuw^tocfeV published ta partial list *S2mms< from the Fourth of July dead as iiljjuved. .38 4, were 18 dead and 3.4 "iwHi wH works which were tohirtS^^^HH^df Fourth of July cclebiatj^^^^^^^Hn explosives were^^^^^PB^Ur . ' iliaan nf.UsMp ro^n? persons, creating a p|mi<r^Tw?HIw^ many were injured. Othertf were struck by the flyljaA explcteivefc. and It is estimated tJjfft as many 'as 50 were injured, oiii^fatally. to ' Corrinna. M4ju?^uly 5.?A fiVe start, ed by Fourth ' of July explosions caused a laps of 1100.000 here.A Vine buildings were destroyed* including two general stores, and a gnA mill. ' The town has no fire protection.'. THIBETAN OVERTURE^ i a*-"5 *' ? Armiatife Way Soon Termlnat#. anc Further Hostilities Begin. ' Now. York. "July. 5 ? If a' Tftlfcetai pvortujres wdre' Varde Monday, days i ( dispatch from the London Times* correspondent at Gyang Tse.-'l'he Thibet ou9 ireic icjjoiicu hi u? th. worn UUUd ing-'on the retfr face ot the Jong, "af no answer Js returned by todaj ^ the armistice terminates and a slgna given will announce the faot. Hal an hour's further grace for the reipov al of the women, and non-combatant! will follow. The Thibetan delegates had a loot interview with the Tongsa Penlop who is ^olng his utmost to further ne gotlatlons. Subsequently they retiret i to the Jong without visiting Colone r Younghus'oand, In charge of the Brit 5 ish expedition, but nothing was cei > tainly deduced from their action, e* cept that their minds are still unde j cided. i Georgia Bank Men Meet Soon,, r Atlanta. July 5.?The thirteenth ai i anal convention of the Georgia Banl ? ers* association, which meets' at. Tool t out Inn, on Lookout mountain. Tenn n July 12 and -12. promises-to be a mos e notable and important gathering r * the bankers of the state. The coi ventlon will be In session from th > iiiuruiuK in i MHsiiuy mini wennesna afternoon, and after adjournment th members will depart fqr St. lx>uli The delegates will reach l?okout In on the night of July 11, ,?- , Unknown Negro Is Hanged. Dawson. (Ja.. July f>.?An unknow negro was found near Sasaer with rope around his neck swinging jfroi " a tree. It Is impossible to ascetai ^ details, but It Is supposed to bf tn party w!io attempted an assault ipo a negro girl in the same neighbor foe a few days since and that he wt lynched by members of his own rac r- Sato 11 i Dedicates Chapel.' a St. Louis. World's Fair Ground ? 1 July 5.?Cardinal Satolll dedicated fl y Camrdic chapel in the Visayn vl g | lage at the Philippine reservation H ^ was assisted by Archbishop Glmnoi ;h Manager O'Connell and several pnest Afterwards the cardinal inspoctc [ tt I*. different Philippine exfiilftt# ?w I r ? viewi.'l a dres>6 garado of tbo acci U. J. D. Arthur, Caslikr. HE nters National Bank earth, but it continues to (lo business as it lias been doing for the past Jnion, batik in Union, >t$100,000, irest on deposits, ting to $190,800, nd Safe with Time-look, inspected by an Officer, \a the Banks in Union dbtnbiued. fver large or small, promising all nded by an obligiug and carefully 1 ^ _ IT?" y v ? FIRE AT WORLD'S FAIR. Many Buildings Were Threatened for a Time. St. Louis, July 5.?Fir? broke out at 2:30 o'clock this morning in the kitchen of the American cafe "In the Jerusalem concession at the world's fair grounds, and-for*mo?e than an hourk v threatened. Festival hall, fh'e ws?t pavillon and .the" whole Jerusalemhum. it's*: After . cojjKhiderable excitement ' hm^ng the Tor#*, Arabs and other oriI '^Sal peopta^wlio w$re asleep when ti. ft was gotten under con .wqi. ine "American care, which is in whigs and elaborately furnished, as gutted in both wings. The- loss is estimated at $19,000. % Upon Chief Christy's arrival with j,the" first cpiupany the fire had a very ^dangerous aspect. Not 200 feet away IfwpB the magnificent machinery hall. It looked as though it might alao burn. Although Fhe entire fire fighting force fcof thoAtr was on the scene the chief deeme^t advisable to turn in a ?ec eod alarm, bringing the city departBnent to the scene. The fire was sale By confined to the one structure in ^ rhlch it started. The restaurant was flk 2-story structure. It cost about 2 W0,000. The equipment was valued ;.4fi $8,000. It is a total loss, but is ^ fjfirly covere<l by insurance. it was , owned by the Jerusalem Catering comThe cause of the fire la not ovur. the Jerusalem enclosure when *the,?Teuien arrived. The sounds of the sfcttts fired bv ti e watchmen had awakened Ihc 700 prr' .'tir who occupied the var'-rus buildings of the exhibit. -Without waiting for clothes many jumped from the windows or rushed - into the streets, half clad, liters thought of their possessions fifth packed their trunks, oniy to throw t,h?m from the windows when they hajdr brcnflptrappod. fearing they would tyknahlo to convey them safely down ' Mt^stairs.^ 4 .vjftrunk after trunk was thrown into 1 -tBP street", breaking open when It I struck the ground and scattering the trinkets and souvenirs of Jerusalerrt - opj^ll sides. After them their own-i " erSi^would jump in danger of being seriously injured,' but none sustained f more than slight bruises by theii4 * leaps. * Wadie fhaehity, a Syrian, who lives * within the enclosure, cashed from hi? 3 room to .the scene of the tire. and. as he passed the Central hotel, a trunk, /" * thrown froin' the second story struck.' him on fhe head and felled him to the ground. He was picked up unconscious and was sent to the en\?rgency hos- . II pital. His injuries are thought to. * ' bo serious, amd perhaps fatal. It itfc * believed his skull was fractured. A. J. C. Jours, manager of ?he restaurant. ard bis son, Norman Jeurs,. were compelled to leap from the seerond story window to escape the lire, l SUBSCRIPTION OPENED. i Aid For Rescued Passengers of the Lost Steamer Norge. " Copenhagen. July f>.?A subscription In behalf of the relatives of victims H and rescued passengers of the Danish * steamer Norge. which foundered Tuesday off llockhall reef, was opened here B- today. Among the first, donors were n American tourists. Condolences are pouring in from the royal family and people in Amreica and oiuewhere. n a St.'Paul. July 5.?A. E. Johnson, 11 northwestern agent for the Norwen ; gian American steamship owners ot |p j the Norge. wrecked in the north Atlanr< tic, estimates that 38 persons bound "I for the northweat to make it their lfl j future home, went down with the ill fated Norge. ^ n?*pectftl the I.avr. 8? Wlictlier un epithet Is libelous or 10 not Is determined by the law alone. II* There Is a plensnnt story of an EngUsh gentleman rushing Into bis friend's o, chambers In Lincoln's Inn and cxclalms. Ing: "Quick! Quick! That scoundrel 10 Jones Is In Chancery lane, and I want o a list of all tho abusive nauics 1 can. call hi in without risk of prosecution 1" \ ( 1