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DOMINION Line,
MONTREAL and QUEBEC 10 LIVERPOOL.

RATES OF PASSAGE.
First Cabin, $4,000 and upwards. Return
S114 and upwards according to steamer and &C
commOdation.
second Cabin, to Liverpool. London, Lon
donderry and Queenstown, $50 to $4,000. % Re-
turn S6650 TO $1,000, according to steamer
and accommodation.
Storage, to Liverpool. London. London.
derry, Glasgow Queenstown and Belfast
So 50 to $3.50 according to steamer.
Apply to j. b. HEATING, Z. L. MCGOWAN,
j. j. JENSEN, q. ASHTON. Portland. or
DAVID TORRANCE s. CO., Gen. Agents,
Montreal. je18dtf
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Retail GrOcers su=ac HaEs>.
Portland market-cut loaf Z: CONNECTION ca y
=: puiverised 60; powered, Is; granelaled
ia coffee crushed &c: yellow 81
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Spoken.
CAPT. CLARA 10 VISIT WYOMING.

Ship Title Z Starbuck, Curtis, Philadelphla
for Portland, o.. July 20. lat NJ Ion &c W.
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| Cotton 6eec-
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car lots. IA 00115 90
bag lots15 00G17 90
Middllng SO00041T 90
bag OTIS. .s00@17 90
Mixed feed. 100
Ceffee,
Rio, roasted 11@1b
IJava&Mocha do25W2S
MoIasseS.
Porto Rico. ....2SG90
Barbados. ....28@29
Fanoy....... .32@35
Tea.
AmoyS s......23@3O
lCongous.. ss...25@60
Japan. ....30@S6
Formoso.
Sugar.
STANDARD Gran 8 466
Ex cine quality 8 A65
/ ExtraC....' 8 80
Yellow Extra C...l4N
| Seed
Timothy. 3 66Q3 rs
Glover, West, S1s 90
do N. Y. 91sG1o
Alsike. 10@IO1a
Red Top. 15@l7
fr0vts10nss
Pork
heavy 1926
medium12 Ool12 rs
short cut aDu
clear
Beef-lightlo 2501O75
heavy,..1l 5o@l2 10
Bniests IN DS 8 75R
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pureIlf l4RS1a
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90 C0v'rd ..
Oil.
KerOSene120 Is SK
Lig0nla. Sz
Centennial ...... S1a
Pratrs Astral ..1ON
In half bbls 1c extra
Raisins,
Musctl. so Id bxs5W6h
London Iay'rll 76V20C
Ceels
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Cumberland O0O@3 90,
Chestnur..s. @6 90
FranKiin..s. 8 90
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Pea. ...... i 30
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Cheyenne. Wyo., August l2-Captaln
Clark of the battleship Oregon, is e2,
pected in Cheyenne for three Weeks
visit to his brother in, law. n. r. Davis,
in few days.
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assert that the fire of the Americans for the
most part fell short, the only effective fire
being from q small gunboat armed with
quick firing guns that was close inshore.
The Spanish trench extended around
Manila at a distance OF from two to four
miles from the walled city, forming circle
ten miles in circumference; and it was in
possible. the Spaniards say, 10 hold 50
long line against the American attack.
Admiral Dewey and General Merritt is
sued orders 10 spare all except armed de-
fenses OF the city, and consequently the
town is understood TO have been but little
damaged. Some street lighting between
the insurgents and S?aaiards occurred on
the outskirts. but order prevailed n the
intramuros section.
Governor General Augustin and his
family. by Encouragement, were taken on
board the German cruiser before the bonn
bardment OF Manila. which steamed at q
speed OF seventeen kno;s to Hong Kong.
But for the German action General Angus
tin would have been a most important pris-
OQer Of war.
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WHITE CAPS ON THE RAID.
1898 Will Be Memorable in Harts-
Vile For Fine Crops,
COTTON MILLS DOING WELL.
A Laurens County Farmer Killed by his
Son-Pecan Culture Profitable in South
Carolina-Important Happenings.

White cap raids in the quiet old
county Of Lexington is something en-
tirely new, but this midnight gang put
on their war paintrecently and started
out to end the mundane career of Da-
yid Coleman, q well-bshayed negro
farmer. 1t was about II o'clock at
night when the raid was made. Cole
man and his family were asleep when
the msuraders came to his house, and
after making violent demonstrations,
broke in the door and took Coleman
out, with the intention, as they told the
negro, of taking him to Saluda river
aud drowning him. They, after .
lite parley, secured their victim and
started off with him to the river, which
is not far of. One of the white caps
pulled out his pistol, and Coleman
thinking he was going to be killed on
the spot, watched his chance, and when
q piece of woods was reached he made
q dash aud in the darkness he managed
to eluds his captors. While he was tiee-
ing from them seven pistol shots were
fred at him, but none took effect, and
after out-running the white caps, he
escaped unhurt.
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Fine Crops in HartsYiI!e.

The people of Hartsville will long re-
member the year 1898 as one OF the
most favorable in many years for farm
ing operations. Corn is excellent,
cotton promising, tobacco fine, and
other crops doing admirably. Wheat
has been an astonishing success. A
few,,years ago the farmers didn't think it
paid to SOW wheat. but the yield this
year has been so phenomenal that
there will be large planting this fall.
Experienced tobacco growers prophe-
sy thht the growth of the tobacco in
dustry in that section will soon beeso
great that the people of North Carolina
and Virginia will have to give up TOT
bacco and 60 back to small grain, gras
and stock raising.
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CAPrUEED BY THE AMERICANS

eegt, BOT heavy Gre on the troops rush
inG along the line. After formal surren-
der in the afternoon the Spanish flag was
replaced by iorty-foot American flag, the
feet firing the national salute.
We captured 1000 prisoners, 1900 rifles
and unlimited ammunition. General Merritt
has assumed command, restoring temper
arily the civil laws.
Eight Americans were killed and fifty
wounded. The Spanish loss was much
greater. The ships were not struck. The
blockade has been raised. and the shops
are reopeninS. The people are pleased.
The Americans at noon on August ad
dressed TO CAPTAIN General Augustin, the
Spanish com mander at Manila an ulti-
matum. demanding the surrender of the
city and the Spanish forces within forty
eight hours. During the interval Of grace
the Germans embarked all German sub
jects and others under German protection.
The demand for surrender was repeated
on the afternoon Of August 9, but the Span
iards requested a delay to enable them 70
obtain instructions from Madrid, by way
OF Hong Kong. The requsst was refused.
Admiral Dewey gave General Augustin
an hour in which 10 surrender, at the
time ot the last demand. made on Satur-
day, August IS General Augustin re-
fused to comply.
The bombar iment blythe warships, which
began at $50 a. n, was continued for two
hours, and then the Americans stormed the
trenches, sweeping all before them. The
intramuros Chose within the walls) at
tempted no resistance.
Defending the long line Of at least ten
miles Of trenches were not over, and prob
ably under, 5000 Spanish regular troops,
volunteers and natives. About half that
number were in hospital. The attacking
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Pecan Culture Profitable.

DR.. o. d. Faust, in paper read be-
fore the Institute. at Clemson College,
said in part: 1.-The pecan, which grows
naturally over large portion of the
United States and is the most impor-
\ tant of our native nuts, has assumed
considerable Importance as an industry
in S,he South. 1t is remarkable as the
most pSoftable of all our nut-earning
trees. N6Snan can leave surer lags-
cy to his fS&ily than good pecan
grove. An oldNentleman at Denmark
has two trees from> which he sells $40
to $50 worth of nuts think what q
grove of such trees wotsrd payl" -
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Laurens Bow Kills His Father.

James Turner, a we'll to do farmer Of
Laurens, was abusing his wife, and tn
fourteen-year-old son ir rterfered to pro3
tect his mother, when the father drew
his pistol By some means yound
Turner got possession of the weapon
and fred at his father. The ball en-
tered the right eye and came out on the
top of the head. Turner fell to the
floor and expired in few minutes.
The sympathy of the community is al
most entirely with the young man, as
his father was known as an overbearlng,
high-tempered man, and not at all con-
genial in his family relations.
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coRNlcE CRUSHED OUT LIVES.
Four Men Killed and Five Hurt in q
Building Accident.

PHILADELPHIA (S7eciaD -Four men were
killed and five others badly injured Thurs
day afternoon by the collapse OF cornice
on new building In course OF erection.
The dead are: Albert Green, bricklayer,
aged thirty, leaves widow and three chill
dren; Thomas Lyon, bricklayer, aged
thirty: Christian Schoelter, proprietor OF
q cigar store, aged fifty-nine, leaves widow
and two children; Harry Evans. bricklayer,
aged twenty-five, Of Camden, \. j.
The injured are: Walter B. German, Will
lam Murphy, Frank J. McAtee, Joseph Cor
man. and Thomas Mundy.
Green and Lyons were at work on scaf-
fold directly beneath the cornice, and the
Others were on the sidewalk. The cornice,
which weighed nearly ten tons, in falling
carried the scaffold and men to the street.
Green and Lyons were instantly killed, and
some time passed before they and the
others could be taken from under the deb
ris. Schoelter and Evans died in the hos
pital.
The building was nearly completed, and
the accident is supposed to have been
caused by the shortening of the purchase
rods in the cornice supports.
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coRsETT'S FATHERS CRIME.
He Shoots His Wife and Then Himself
in San Francisco.

He Shoots His Wife and Then Himself
in San Francisco.
SAN Francisco, Cal. (SpeciaD Patrick
| Corbett, the father of James J. Corbett, the
prize lighter, shot and killed his wife and
then turned the weapon upon himself.
The shooting occurred at the residence
Ok the Corbett family shortly before five
O'Clock Tuesday morning. Mr. King,
SON nESr-law Of Mr.. Corbett, who was living
in the house, heard two shots in his father
in-law's Nom. Hurrying to the room he
was Mortified, to find Mrs. Corbett lying in
the bed covered with blood, while his
father-in-law lay on the floor with blood
pouring from his mouth. Mrs. Cor
bett was IN her night athtre, while her hus-
band was fully dressed. Death must have
been instantaneous. There WAS wound
In Mrs. Corbett's temple and CoFbett had
shot himself in the mouth. From'she ap-
pearance of the bodies it is believed that
Corbett arose early in the N orning, dresSed
himself and shot his aged wife while she.
slept.
She had evidently died instantly, for she
still lay in perfectly natural position. He
had Just returned from Bartlett Springs,
where he had been stopping for his health.
Mr.. Corbett lost all his money and
property on his sons fight with Fitzsim-
mons. The banks were about to foreclose
on him, and it is believed he became
temporarily insane through brooding over
his losses.
Both husband and vile were highly re-
spected in the community, and the tragedy
created intense excitement throughout the
city.
AsBUsY PARK. y. J. tSpeciaD james
Corbett was shocked when he received
telegram from his brother Harry
announcing the tragedy. He said that
If the news were true his father must
have become insane. He could not ac-
count for it in any other way. Corbett
will stop training for the present.
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Knockout Drops For Troops.

Over eighteen soldiers were brought in
to the Provost N&rshals office at Jackson
Vile. Fla. suffering intensely from knockout
drops. Many were brought in completely in
sensible seemingly Ii,"'ass. The surgeons
made Il CAREFUL examination o!tHe men. and
stated that kaccEous drops Of some kind
had been freely used. 4 number Of their
comrades attacked Pat Chappeiic, keeper
of coored bar, alleging that it was done
in his saloon. Only the quick work Of
Major Harrison, Provost Marshal, in order
ing out reserve guard. saved Chappelle's
life. He was terribly beaten and kicked.
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Palmetto Notes.

Prices haye been SO low this year
that few melons have been shipped
from Willisten.
A mad dog was killed at Columbia
recently.
An old colored woman, said to be
over a hundred years old, died in
Jonesyille recently.
Footpads recently held up a darkey
in Columbia, but were frightened away
before securing any booty.
Preparations are being made at
Columbia for the State Teachers AS
sociation, which meets there on the
2Jth.
The citizens of Bernettsyille are ju-
bilant over the prospects for cotton
factory at that place.
There is q movement on foot in Char
lesion to build permanent auditori-
um, to be erected in time for the Con-
federate reunion in 1899.
Work on the canal locks, at Colum-
bia, the wood portion Of which was
totally destroyed by ire few weeks
ago, is progressing Us fast as such work,
can be carried on.
Go1man IL Wrignt's new tobacco
steDmery, at Florence, is preparing
about 20, 900 pounds of tobacco q day
for export. G6rmon X Wright export
most OF their tobacco to japan, where
they have large orderc placed. The
stemmery is big thing, and will be
great factor il building up that
market.
Two business men of Greenville had
lively set-to recently over bill.
Corn crops are good in the section
sround Prosperity, and cotton, now
beginning to open, promises an abun-
dant yield. Potatoes are growing nice
ly, and winter turnips are being sown.
A big peavine crop will be gathered.
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REVIEW AT cHlcKkMAUGA.
Forty Thousand Men in the Most Strik-
ing Pageant of Recent Years.

The review at Camp Thomas, Chicka-
mauga Park, held Wednesday. was one Of
the most striking pageants OF recent years
and one which will long be remembered by
all who had the opportunity of witnessing
il.
More than 200 men. marching in per-
feet order with bands playing and colorS
flying, made the occasion truly inspiring
one 4 crowd OF nearly $4,000 persons were
enthusiastic spectators.
At $50 signal gun was fired and the
long column moved up TO and past the
tower on SnoGgrass Hill, where General
Breckinridge. and his guests were seated
in the reviewing stand. The cavalry came
first. the artillery next. and the infantry
last. Although the column only passed the
reviewing stand once at the review, 1t oc.
cupied nearly five hours.
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Serious Fire in wheatland, Cal.

The entire business potion Of Wheat
LAID, Cal, has been destroyed by fire.
Only one small grocery store is left stand
ing, and there are 5000 persons, including
transient hop-pickers, to be fed. The
floating population became riotous and
began plunderiac the town. 4 large force
OF deputy sherifIs was sworn in from clti.
zens TO protect property. 1t is believed
that tue fire was incendiary. One CHINA
man was burned to death and number OF
persons were overcome by the heat. The
total loss was S1S5,000, OF which S40,OOO
was on grain. The insurance was about
One-half the loss.
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furious cannonade was kept up until 11.20.
By that time the Malate fort was silenced
and the American troops then stormed the
intrenchments.
Resistance to the American attack was
impossible. The First Colorado Regiment
was the earliest TO charge the Spaniards.
A part OF Malats suffered severely from the
bombardment The vaunted intramuros
deienses were not tried.
The Hrst Colorado Volunteers stormed
the outer trenches, and drove the Span
iards into the second line Of dsfenses, they
having evacuated their southern position
at Malate. Then the American troops
swept on, driving all the Spaniards into
the inner Notifications, where the Spanish
commander, seeing that further resistance
was useless, hoisted the white faS and sur
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Pcnnsylyania's Zig Camp.

Major General Graham and his staff
With one company of the Signal Corps and
The Ninth Ohio Infantry Battalion (col-
,red), arrived at the new camp near H3r-
:isburg. Penn, and establisnt' the head
quarters OF the Second Army Corps.
Colonel james " Moore, Assistant Qual
:ermaster-Geueral Of the United States
Army. is directing the preparations for the
big camp. It is said thar not fswer than
30 900 troops Will be under canvas before
he end of the present month. Sixteen
thousand men are already under orders to
move to the camp near Harrisburg
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South Carolina Cotton Mills.

All the cotton mills in South Caroli-
ne are doing well, earning good diyi-
dends for their stockholders and keep
ing right at the head OF the cotton
manufacturing industry OF the South.
The proud distinction which this state
occupies in leading all other Southern
States in the cotton mill business has
been won by hard and intelligent work
together with the many natural ed
vantages offered by South Carolina in
this special field Of industrial develop
ment
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Iudss Hobson Accepts Appointment.

srT hen Judge Hobson, OF Greensboro, Ala,
SSened the letter from Washington an
pouncing lis appointment as Postmaster at
that place he was the most astOaiShed man
in the State His friends, without consult
ing him, had urged the President TO ap-
point young H00son'S father TO the place,
and Mr.. Mckinley a2pcare 70 and pleasure
in accepting the suggestion. Judge Hob
son will accept the place. lie was the Dem
ocratic Probate Judge OF his county for
sixteen years, but Joined the Popuiists and
lost his Office. He returned to the Dem
ocratic party in 1896 and has since been an
enthusiastic Democrat.
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BY order Secretary of War.
II, C. ..oRBIH, Adiutant- General.
Soldier Sentence For Murder.

Private In luke, who went with the army
20 Porto Ri. shot his comrade, Private
stafford. W. =" engaged in drunken quar-
rel. The murder was deliberate, as he
threatened } kill Stafford few minutes
before the c1el | was committed. Laduke
vas tried b, court:Mlrtial and sentenced to
lie impris ament. He will be transported
% this cou try and confined in the peni-
tertiary at Leavenworth, KanW.
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SIX MURDERERS IMPLICATED.
Taylor Con .esses That They Killed w. Il.
Thompson in Alabama.

BINGHAM, Ala. (SpeciaD.-When Chess
Notes, Walter Notes, Robert Taylor, Jasper
Robertson, John Littlejohn and Dodge
BlankenShip, of Talladega County, who are
charged with the murder Of W. 4. Thomp-
son. were put on trial before Commissioner
Wilson. TAYLOR broke down and confessed.
The six defendants. he said, are moon
sinners. and suspected Thompson, farmer,
OF assisting the Government 10 locate their
stills. Accordingly they deliberately re-
solved to murder Thompson, and stationed
themselves behind trees, waited on public
roads al night for Thompson to return
from SyacGuga.
The confession was unexpected, and
scattered disMay among the culpr!ts. Sew
eral hancincs may follow.
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GOVERNOR scoFIELD. The Committee on
Resolutions presented majority and minor
ity reports. They were identical, with the
exception OF the paragraphs indorsing the
State administration.
= The platform adopted endorses the Ad-
ministration Of President Mckinley and
commends the Administrations action in
the war with Spain: welcomes the return
OF peace and expresses gratitude and
thanks to the brave men of the army and
navy who have maintained the honor of our
flag; rea affirms the declarations OF the last
Republican convention; congratulates the
nation on the return OF prosperity.
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rendered. The old town OF Manila, despite
the heavy FIRE, remained completely un-
harmed.
z The foreign fleets watched the lombard
ment with acute interest. The American
warships engaged were the Olympia, Pet
rel, Raleigh, McCulloch, Boston, Monterey,
Charleston and Baltimore. The Spaniards
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Tennessee Republicans Nominate.

The Republican State Convention met at
Nashville, Tenn, and nominated James A
Fowler, of Anderson County, for Governor,
and James A. Greer, OF Loudon: Robert
Haggard, OF Wayne, and Zachary Taylor,
ofShelby, for Railroad Commissioners. The
resolutions. endorse the Administration OF
President Mckinley and his conduct of the
Spanish war favor the construction OF the
Nicaragua Canal under strictly American
control, and the annexation or control OF
Ill the possessions which have been con-
luered by the military and naval forces OF
The country
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to that Of the SpanIards, and the men we're
stronger and in better condition.
Looking over the bay, it was curious to
notice that the foreign fleets arranged
themselves according to their sympathies-
the English and the japanese near the
Americans. and the Germans and French on
the opposite side OF the bay, north of the
Pasig River. The British cruiser Immor-
talite and her consorts kept fairly near the
American line.
The Olympia fired the first shot at $40,
and fairly continuous but by no means
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GENERAL WHEELER IN COMMAND,
Ordered to Relieve General Young, Who
Will Command His Cavalry Division.

WASHINGTON, D. c. (SpeciaD Major.
General Joseph Wheeler has been assigned
to the command OF Camp Wikoff, Montauk
Point, Ii At the same time Maior-Gen-
eral Young was relieved Of the station and
ordered to command the cavalry division
in place OF General Wheeler. The change
Is made chiefly for the reason that the war
being over, General Wheeler wishes to re-
turn to Congress at the opening OF the ses-
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After Severe Fighting the Phil
' ipgine Capital Surrendered
Internationally to the
American Forces.
Cen. AUGUS4IN FLBES.
Our Troops Swept Over the Spanish
Entertainments With the
Greatest Ease.

Commander of the Spanish Forces in the
Philippines Arrived at Hong Kong on
the German Cruiser Kaiserin Augusts
Consul Wildman Reports That the
BoInbardment Took Place on Saturday,
the Day After the Peace Protocol Was
Signed, and That the Surrender Was
Unconditional.
MANILA. via Hong Kong (By Csble).-
Manila was captued on Saturday, August
13. by the combined land and naval forces
of the United States under General Wesley
Merritt and Rear Admiral George Dewey.
At 9 O'Clock in the morning Admiral
Dewey's feet opened fire on Malate fcrt
and the Spanish trenches, and continued
two hours. There was no response on the
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Spai,'s Commissioners For Cuba.

The Spanish Cabinet at Madrid, has ap-
pointed General Gonzales Parade, second
in conn md in Cuba; Rear-Admiral Luis
Pastor lqndero, wto succeeded Admiral
Navar-r. the Spanish commander in Cuban
waters. and Marquis De Montoro, Minister
of Fin" ice in the Insular Cabinet, as the
Comm sion of Evacuation for Cuba.