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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
News of the Day.

In formal statement Senator Cor
man denied that he is to enter COM
bination against Judge Parker or. any
other candidate for. the Democratic
nomination.
81 The Navy Department has acquired
five Of the longest wireless telegraph.
: circuits in the world.
BIain w. Taylor, a Democrat, and a
West Virginian, will resign as chief
clerk of tho Postoffice Department.
Attorney-General Knox and Secre-
tary Of Commerce and Labor Cortlyou
attended their last meeting Of the Cab
inet.
= The Bureau Of Labor is Investigating
the labor troubles in Colorado:
! President Roosevelt will be notified
of his nomination for the Presidency
Julys27 at Oyster Bay.
It is stated in Wilmington, Del, that
I II Judge Gray is nominated for Presi-
dent at st. Louis Mr.. Cleveland will
consent to run for Governor Of New
Jersey.
- Secretary OIL war Ia1t declared IN
speech at: Harvard that he was against
promising independence to Filipinos,
and Mr.. Olney answered him at din
;ner.
~ Another sortie. by the Port Arthur
fleet is expected.
The National Education Association
convened in the Worlds Fair Grounds,
in ST. Louis.
The :coroner's jury in the Slocum dis
aster inquest rendered a verdict holding
that It was due to misconduct Of the d.
Srectors of the steamboat company and
holding the captains criminally respon-
Ssib1e.
General Kuropatkin, threatened by
the combined Japanese armies, has de-
SScided to retreat.
King Edward received a cordial well
come on asvisit TO Hamburg.
gope Plus received Bishop Horst
stpana, Of cleyelasa other Ameris
Ssgs,,s s =:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
PALMETTO POINTS
GIVEN in BRIEF
will Finish the Dam:

Columbia, Special The govern.
ment dam on the Gongaree will be
finished in the next day or SO, so faI
as the actual work in the water is con.
cerned. 1t is expected that the wick
cts for the last half OF the dam will
be put in either today Of tomorrow,
and the putting in of these wickets
practically completes the dam work,
although there is much yet to be
done on land: These wickets are
wooden gates about four by ten feet,
and are movable sections of the day
to be raised id low water and to Ia
let down in high water. AS soon al
these wickets are installed practA
cal test of the dam will be made, and
from then the work of getting riyd$
navigation up to Gervais street wiz
be matter for the Chamber of ConA
merce and the city. For years thiA
is what the city has been working
for, and through the work of thA
States, representatives in washington
this appropriation from the goverr4
ment was increased not long ago:
There will now be the remainder of
the work on the dam and the keeping
of the river clear by the government
ThA WI fo1yn+d YN tho
last half Of the dam, or On the Rich
land side, the Lexington end being
completed first. AS soon as the defn-
fte hour Of putting up the last wicket
is known 1t has been suggested that
Columbians go down in a body and
have some appropriate exercises. The
river is unusually low just now and
the water cannot interfere with this
work.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
TREASURY 4 MATTERS
Condition Of Governments Finances
At Close of Fiscal Year
SECRETARY sHAW's STATEMENT
Comparison Between Estimated and
Actual Receipts and Expenditures
ACTUAL Receipts, $541, ,745; .Ac-
auai Expenditures, s527,sse,o71--
Available Cash.

S washington, Special. = Secretary
Shaw gave out statement showing
the comparison between the estimates
swhichlhe submitted to Congress- in his
last annual report and the actual re-
ceipts and disbursements during the
fiscal year from which it appears that
the actual surplus is only about three.
foupths Of million less than the esti.
mated surplus, when account is taken
only of expenditures which were con.
sidered in submitting the estimate.
In the. estimate submitted to Congress,
no account was taken of possible ex-
penditures in securing the right of
way for the Isthmian canal, nor OF
the loan of s4,600,OOo to the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company.
The estimated receipts Of the gov
ernment for the fiscal year were $3.50 :
100000; actual receipts, S541, 1856, 745.
The estimated expenditures were
s$516 100000; actual expenditures,
YO6 t,0oO,Vti.- Sul pluS, SSSilnGlSN. ",
100000; actual, S13,247,674.
q The expenditures are exclusive of
S54,O00,0o0 paid on account of the Pan
anna canal and the lean to the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition.
The available cash, June so, 1904,
amounted to S1s6, ,965,Sf2.
AS compared with the fiscal year
ended July /, 1908, these figures
show increases and decreases in re.
ceipts as follows:
5S Customs, decrease S2LS23,235; in
ternal revenue, increase S2,320, ,440;
miscellaneous increase, S1,S0a,014.
The civil and miscellaneous eXpen-
5ditures for the year just ended eX-
.ceeded, those for the year 1908, includ-
ing payments on account Of the Pana-
ma canal purchase and the st. Louis
Exposition loan by S61,S13,602. The
expenditures on account Of the War
Department were s3,211,Ss7 lass than
for 1903, and the expenditures on ac-
count. Of the navy were S20.060,271
greater than for 1903.
- Pensions show an increase of over
$4, 100000 as compared with 1903.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
PROGRESS OF The WAR.
Assaults on Various Positions
Around the Beleagured city-Re'
pulsed Last Saturday.

st. Petersburg, BY Cable.-The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received at
the War Office from General Zilinsky:
1.-THE following reports have reach
ed here (Liao Yang) from Port AT.
thur: ON June 26th the Japanese dis
played great activity at all their out
posts, and in the hope OF recapturlng
the mountains of War-Tsei-Laza 90
which had been taken from them,
they attacked, but were again repulsed
and our troops now occupy the village
Of Beikhohoon, northeast of Sia-Ping.
Tao. The enemy maintained a heavy
fire at long range on our left flank
from their squadron, which lies in
Talien-Wan Bay, in full view Of Port
Arthur. It consists of cruiser, two
torpedo boat destroyers, and seven
merchant ships, which evidently
brought cargoes into the bay.
con the night of June 24th-June
25th the Japanese torpedo boats re-
approached the fortress, and at four
in the morning of June 26th the enc
my began to cannonade from their
vessels in Siao-Ping-Tao Bay, direct
ing their fire towards the whole coast
towards the north, from the bay to
Mount Uit-selo, and then attacked i'll
great force, firstly height NO. l5l;
secondly, height No. 126.
: "'The latter were attacked by
small detachment landed for this pur.
pose. These two positions were held
by our rifemen, who, after driving
off three attacks with heavy losses,
retired, and, being pressed by the en-
emy, sought refuge on the heights OF
Loun-Van.Tian. The enemy attacked
this position in great force, employing
at least a division, but the assaults
were repulsed.
cat $3.50 p. m. the Japanese ap-
peared on the Port Arthur road in
great strength and attacked Kwin'
Shan (Guin-San-Shan). The rifemen
who held the right with two battal-
ions, retired. The japanese turned
them from the rear, losing heavily in
the manoeuyre. Our torpedo boats
were of small assistance to us, advan-
cling on Loun-Yan-Tian and lombard
ing the coast occupied by the enemy.
"'Our losses were seven officers
and about two hundred soldiers killed
or wounded. Our mines exploded at
the proper time, blowing up at least
fifty Japanese. Their losses We're eYi-
IDENTIFY considerable.
According to the latest adyices,
large columns of the enemy are
marching from Dally towards the vii
lage of suan-Tsan- Hon and Khouint
Mountain.
"'On June 27 there was fusi1ade
at the japanese outposts, due to the
,Japanese establishing themselves on
the summit of Luon-Van-Tian Noun
tain. Our gunboats proceeded yestcr-
cay towards Loun-Van-Tian and bonn
barded the shore.
Yesterday evening the forts and
batteries at Port Arthur opened fire
on the Japanese torpedo boats.'"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
TeIegraphic Briefs.

Joseph R. Ryan, National Democratic
Committeeman from Nevada and head
of the Nevada delegation to the Demo-
cratic National Convention, died at the
Jefferson Hotel, st. Louis, of pneu-
monia.
Rev. Wilbur F. Corkran and Rev. G.
s. Baker, OF the Wilmington Methodist
Episcopal Conference, were convicted
of gambling in stocks by a special
committee and were suspended until
the next session of conference.
Booker Washington was the princi-
pal speaker at the National Education
al Association.
Baron speck Won Sternberg delivered
an address at the University OF the
South, Sewanee, Tenn.
Justice Robert w. Steele, of the Col
crado Supreme Court, filed an opinion
dissenting from his colleagues who sus-
tanned Governor Peabody in the Meyer
case and declaring that the Governor
by his course has violated the Constl-
tuition.
An important naval battle, according
to advices from Chefu, is in progress
midway between Port Arthur and
Chefu.
Rev. DR.. Silas G. Swallow, who was
nominated for President by the Proh1-
bition party, has not decided whether
he will accept the nomination.
A Paris dispatch states that M. Wal
deck-Rousseau, ex-Premier of France,
attempted suicide, but was saved by his
wife.
George Frederick Watts, the famous
English painter, is dead.
Members Of the Salvation Army
greeted King Edward on his return to
London.
President Nord, of Haiti, apologized
to France for the recent insult 10 the
French Minister at Port al Prince.
Establishments of the Premonstrant
and Capucine monks at Nantes, France,
were forcibly closed by the civil an-
thocities.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
NO. %.
LABOR WORLD.

Boot and shoe workers Of Petaluma'
CAL, have formed union.
There is a strike for the free Sunday
among the Wisconsin paper mills.
Portsmouth On. h musicians are
planning the organization Of union.
Membership in the Amalgamated
Society of Engineers now totals ABOUT
D5,5O0.
Memphis. Tenn., will entertain the
brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
in 1906.
Slate leaders at tile Penrhyn (NVales>
ouarries are on strike for an increase
in wages.
'rhe Association of Bureaus Of Labor
Statistics will meet at Concord, N. II,
July y to 16
Wages for common laborers in Ire
Land are almost double what they were
twelve years ago.
'Longshoremen and other trades
threaten to so out in sympathy Win
the striking bakers at Brest, France.
Locomotive engineers in Germany
receive gold medal and $500 for every
ten years Of service without accident.
In 1908, S57,O46 immigrants landed
on our Shores Of which 1S5,661. over
fourteen years old, could not read nor
write.
OF each 1000 immigrants who reach
America it is said there are only seven
girls who desire employment as house
servants.
Wages of skilled laborers at the
Portsmouth (England) dock yards are
to be increased to twenty-four shil-
lings week.
Terence v. Powderly may again be-
the head of the knights of Labor. It
! is understood he will accept If unani-
lnously elected.
Street railway employees at Leeds.
England, have objected to the swing
System, after having given it a trial
for almost four months.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Speaker Cannon, who has touch OF
malaria, will take Il sea voyage.
King Alfonso of Spain will visit the
courts Of Europe this summer:
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans is a
baseball enthusiast, and seldom misses
an opportunity to see game.
a. W. Payne, Of Bangor, Me-, is
credited with being the Oldest practis-
ing attorney in the United States.
Chief Croker just celebrated the
completion of twenty years service in
the New York City Fire Department..
Earl Roberts has definitely accepted
Ambassador Choate's invitation to
visit America before the close of the
year.
Paul Kruger is living in villa at
Clarens, on the Lake Of Geneva, with
his daughter, his grandchildren, his
secretary and his physician.
James Gordon Bennett carries with
him on his yacht, OH every long voy-
age, two fine cows, iii order that lie
may avoid condensed milk.
Sir Thomas Upton is to make this
country visit this year. He viii
confine himself on this trip to an in
spection of the st. Louis Exposition.
Ramon Corral, who is to be the Vice
President of Mexico, is known as the
"baby" OF President DiaZ's Cabinet,
being now but forty-six years old.
Sir William Turner, who was long
all expert adviser to Darwin Oil an
aton1ical points, is still wonderfully
active at his more than seventy years.
Jean DE Reszke has set up singing
school at Paris, which promises TO pay
him "beyond the dreams of avarjce, f"
as he charges $40 al hour for classes
of four.
oxford University (Eng.) conferred
the honorary degree of doctor of civil
law on Lord Curzon Of Kedleston, the
yiceroy Of India; NJ. Cambon. the
French Ambassador, and w. D. How
oils
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
Smallpox in Freight Car.

Winchester, Special.-C. H. Jackson,
co1ored, said to be from Martinsburg,
w. Va, who arrived here on a Cumber-
land Valley train, was found to have
.virulent case Of smallpox. He was
arrested and taken to the pest house:
This evening he was placed in the
same car. he came here in, which had
been sidetracked to be fumigated, and
was sent back to Martinsburg.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
Good, ifNot Popular Teaching

In his address to the young Black
stones and Mansields of Maryland Uni
vcrsity's Law School John Brooks
Leavitt taught doctrine that will not
commend itself to some very eminent
and opulent members of the profession.
"No lawyer" he said, "is justified in
devising schemes by which, under the
guise of evasions; his clients may real
ly commit breaches of the law"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
AL interesting Statement.

Margaret Sherlock, resident worker
at the Berkeley social settlement,
makes this interesting statement to
the Daily Call of San Francisco: "Mrs.
Hearst did not withdraw her benc-
factions on account Of financial losses.
but because she discovered that she
had been imposed upon. She there
fore decided to cut off all her contri:
buttons at one time"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
Life Insurance for Creditors.

Macon, Ca, Special.-The executors
of the Plant estate having endorsed, ac-
cording to the order Of the United
States court, the life insurance checks
rayable to creditors, Receiver Corbin
was put in possession of $736,4S4. The
court ordered this money deposited in
10 banks in different parts of the State.
OF. the amount. about 100000 is placed
In Macon banks, aud the remainder in
Auggsts, Ssvaanah and Ys4dosta.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
Prominent Attorney Dead.

Montgomery, Ala, special.-Capt.
Edward Alfred Graham, district attor-
ney for the Southern and Seaboard Air
Line Railways. former member of the
State Senate and of the constitutional
convention, died here early Friday. He
also served as mayor OF the city and
city recorder, and was prominent
member of secret orders.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
A A1ERRIBLE TRAGEDY
rerrlbIe Shooting scrape in Which
Mans Head is Shot off.


Dillon, Specialize old school
house, one mile south of Latta and oc.
cupied by a Croatan family by the
name of Jacobs; was the scene of d
fearful tragedy Friday hight about 8
o'clock. Bob wallace, foreman Of the
Dillon Herald Office, lies dead with the
whole back Of his head blown away;
his young wife a widow and his four
little children fatherless: Friday af-
ternoon Wallace, in company with a
Mr.. Biggs and young man by the
name of Jackson, all riding in one We
hicle, left Dillon. One Of the party
claims they went to Latta, and on
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
No Amhassy at Vatican.

Paris, By Cable.-The budget COM
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies
voted Friday for the suppression OF
the appropriation for the French en-
bassy at the Vatican and also passed a
resolution which will be incorporated
in the committees report to the Cham
Der censuring Premier Combes for his
refusal to express the views Of the gov
ernment on the subject.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
Suicide at Spartanburu.

spartanburg, S. c., special.-W. H.
Lowe, night wstchman at the Whitney
Mills, committed suicide Friday after
noon by shooting himself through the
heart with 3S calibre pistol. Coro-
ner Foster conducted an inquest and
the verdict of the jury was that the
deceased came to his death by a gun
shot wound inflicted by his own hand.
Al the inquest no facts were adduced
as to the cause Of the rash act.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
Tax Rate Reduced,

Tallahassee, Fla, special.-Governor
Jennings, by proclamation, orders a re-
duction on State tax proper from three
mills on the dollar, as provided by leg
islative enactment, to one-half Of one
mill on the dollar, the lowest in the
history Of Florida, made possible by
the splendid financial condition of the
State. 5@..55
Governor Jennings left today for St.
Louis, where he will take part in Flor
Ida day exercises, which will he held
Saturday, July 2.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
80 - q 4, -.
The Prohibition Ticket.

Indianapolis, Special aL-.-The Prohlbl-
ta1nsEarty in national s. convention
gThurs5ay dominated saas Swat
low sPsnnsy yllysnia for Presidents:
aadSG Gsssdrge Texas, for,
IS
sS;dpDf fed thout argums aft ter long
sdeado ksinEthe sresolu utions committee.
twas describe by A.H. Ames OF Ore
sgon, secretary OF the committee as the
Ebroadests platform ever put before the
people Shy the party In addition to
the planks on the liquor question, 1t
declares the party to be in favor OF
international arbitration, suffrage
law based on moral and mental quail
hcations, uniform laws for tho coun.
try and dependencies, popular election
Of Senators, civil service extension
and the initiative and referendum.
The trust question was recognized by
a rigid demand for the application Of
the principles of justice to all organ
izations of capital and labor. A re
form OF divorce laws is demanded,
and polygamy denounced.
Gen. Miles put an end to the move
ment to nominate him for President
! by sending to John G. Woolley a
telegram from New York, asking that
his name be not presented. The tel
egram read:
Approaching the good will of your.
self and friends, must earnestly re.
quest that my name be not used in
the convention, and chat my letter
of June 20 be considered as final.
NELSON A. MILES,"
2 This was considered final and the
movement to Mr.. Swallow was unan-
ed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06

According to Mr. Crooks, NJ. p,
everybody who lives twenty years in
Lordon without blemish on his char
acter goss to Heaven without dying.
So far. however, there has been no
marked deere Sc in the death rate on
this account.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06

If one judges by the salaries paid
in some other cities end throughout
the country, the Teachers College is
building better than it knows in in
structing it's pupils how to live on
thirteen cents day, observes the
New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
20 Killed in Wreck.

st. Louis, Special.-A special to The
Globe-Democrat from Litchfeld, ILL.,,
says the Chicago limited on the Wa
bash Railroad, due in ST. Louis at p.
H., Sunday and half an hour late, was
wrecked inside the city limits. The
train struck an open switch and was
overturned and seven Of the nine cars
were burned. 1t is believed that 20 per-
Sons perished in the second and third
coaches and that 40 were injured.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06

Some men cry "sand aloof am
Aolier than thou" lest you should
cone near and suell their breath.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06

Hon. John Sharp Williams in an
interview scored the national Republi-
can platform.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06

Street railway employees at Leeds.
England, have objected to the Swing"
System, after having given it a trial
for almost four months.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-10

Washington, Dec. 10.-Judge Benja
min S. Baker, of New Mexico, has
been removed by the President as
the result of series of complaints
filed with the President regarding the
affairs in Bernalillo county. The fol-
lowing official statement was given
out at the department of justice to-
day: 'The President has removed
from Office Judge Benjamin S. Baker
of New Mexico. Numerous complaints
were presented and a thorough inves.
tigation made by the department OF
justice. 1t was found that in Berna-
lilo county, in which Albuquerque is
situated, political and official affairs
are in bad condition. that improper
jury commissioners were being ap-
pointed, the selection of jurors tam
pered with, Sunday laws not enforc-
ed against gambling and saloons,
and that Judge Baker was not doing
what a judge should do to remove
the evils. 1t was considered that
more vigorous and strict judge was
imperatively needed in his place. 1t
was for these reasons that the change
of judgeship was concluded upon.
and not because Judge Baker was
deemed dishonest or corrupt Judge
Baker was fully examined and his
statements taken down for the infor-
nation of the President, but SO far
as the reasons for his removal were
concerned, his explanations were not
deemed sufficient to prevent change
of judges"
Delegate Rodey Of New Mexico
called at the White House today to
urge the President to give Judge Ba-
ker hearing, but learned that Baker
had already been removed, and that
the case could not be considered fur
ther
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-10
WATCH IN MONDAYS LssUE>~GI7s NEW STORE

tors attended the funeral. The fu-
neral was also largely attended by
other Ell Pasoans, as Mr.. Hammett
was very popular young man. The
floral tributes TO the departed were
also many and beautiful. several
hacks being required to take them
to the cemetery.
The bereaved wife was in ST. Louis
at the time of Mr.. Hammett's death,
and did not arrive here until this
morning, and funeral arrangements
were postponed until she reached
here
The pall-bearers were: ]. II. Har-
per, Joseph F. Williams, H. R. Wood,
H. B. Stevens, ]. A. Eddy, Felix Mar
tinez, w. H. Austin and ]. III. Rus
sell. Rev. DR.. Moore, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, officiated.
and Mrs. w. D. Howe, of the Presby
terian choir, sang, Just as | Am,
Without One Plea"