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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-08
MIseHIEVoUs BOZ CAUSED RIOT.
Four italians Wounded in a Fight
With New York Police and IA
Wounded.

New York, June 5.-A boy with a
BASEBALL started a riot near pier IL
North river late today, as the result
of which four Italians received bullet
wounds and we're taken to the hospit-
al and "A CT their countrymen are un-
der arrest.
The boy threw the ball at a group
of $50 Italian coal passers who were
leaving the pier and it struck one of
the men on the leg. The Italian drew
stiletto and ran after the boy but
was caught by policeman. The
Italians then knocked the officer down
and beat him until other policemen
charged the crowd. Italians and po-
licemen then drew revolvers and on
the shooting that followed four Of the
Italians were wounded. The others
we're driven aboard the Cunard liner
Slavonia.
Owing to the fact that the Italians
threw their revolvers into the river
as soon as the chambers were emptied
none was found on the prisonres but
every man arrested had stiletto and
some of them two. None of the po-
licelnen were seriously hurt. It is
thought the wounded Italians will ell
recover
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4 CRAZY UNDERTAKEN.
Man Kills Three cf His Children
and Commits Suicide.

RoSelle, N. j., June 6.-After kill
ing three Of his children and wounding
fourth Joseph NJ. Pouch. at one
time an undertaken, shot himself
through the head today and died a
few minutes after.
Pouch lived in little cottage with
his four children. Yesterday he kill
ed two of them and embalmed their
bodies. He took the other two to an
upper room with him. Meanwhile
ne had mailed a warning to County
Physician Westcott, who, upon re-
cieving the letter, notified the police.
When the officials knocked at the door
of the Pouch cottage today Pouch
shot and killed his little daughter
and wounded nis remaining son. he
then shot himeslf and died as the po-
lice forced an entrance. The boy will
recover.
Pouch is believed to have been in
sane. He was about 50 years old and
was the son OF wealthy undertaken
in Brooklyn. When the elder Pouch
died some years ago he is said to have
left his entire estate to brother of
the central figure in today's tragedy.
This fact is believed to have made
Pouch morose. He bad been twice
married. The first wife. obtained a
divorce and has since remarked. His
second wife died two months ago.
Her death caused Pouch to become
more despondent.
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Big FIRE IN DANVlLLE.
The Less is Placed at $500, 0,000
-four Million Pounds of Leaf
Destroyed.

Danville, Va, June 6.-The costli-
est fire in the history of Danville oc-
Cured yesterday, entailing a loss that
will probably reach within the neigh
borhood of s400, ,0CO. Of the burned
buildings, Lees warehouse was owned
by J. G. Penn and o. W. Dudley, the
factory adjoining the warehouse or
the east by B. Newgrass of Lcncoa
aud the two factories on the ives ty
the T. G. Williams estate Ct Rict-
mond. The American Tobacco coy
nanv was the lessee of all the buisc-
ings and used them as storage ware
houses for leaf tobacco. Nearly four
million pounds of leaf tobacco stored
in hoosheads we're burned.
The building owned by Penn &,
Dudley was valued at about sl5. 0h,;
insured for $4,000. The building
owned by B. Newgrass of London ard
known as the Scott factory. was val
ned at $500 and fully insured. The
two brick buildings were part of tie
T. C. Williams estate and valued at
about SIS, ,O0O each and fully insured
TIE R. J. Reynolds Tobacco com"
narv suffered loss OF probably sever
al thousand dollars by water.
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mon BURNED BULL FIGHT ARENA.
Riot Followed Stopping of Exhi-
bition in st. Louis---Incendia-
rism Was Rampant.

st. Louis, June 5.-Incensed over
their failure to see genuine Span
ish bull fight" which the authorities
had ordered stopped, riot was start
ed in an arena near the worlds fell
grounds this evening by crowd o1
2, 500 men and boys who we're unable
to get their money back and the
building was burned to the ground.
The price of admission charged was
81. -Four men were placed under ar.
rest by the authorities of ST. Louis
county charged with destruction OF
property. The crowd, thinking these
men were connected with the show,
made an attempt to mob them aud in
their encounter with the deputy sher-
ifs, a number were roughly handled
and some received scalp wounds The
building is said to have cost So, 500. 1t
is total loss.
The initial performance by the COM
pany of Spanish bull fighters had been
advertised widely for today, but Gov.
Dockery. to whom numerous protests
had been made by religious and hu-
name societies, ordered that it should
not be allowed o take place.
Despite these orders large crowd
assembled id the arena at the adver-
tised time of opening. Before the
regular performance number of COW
boys drove in some bulls which they
ran around the arena in the wild west
style. The crowd soon became tired
OF this and called for the bull fight.
The announcement was then made
that the bull fight would be proceeded
with.
AS the matadors came into the ring
county official stepped up to the an
nouncer and handed him paper in
forming him that the proposed show
could not take place. When this be-
came known to the crowd they leaped
into the arena and demanded the re-
turn of their money. Failing to get
this, the crowd went to the Office,
which was located in small building
outside the arena and begaon to stone
the structure. This was followed by
attempts to burn the arena, which
was an immense building constructed
of pine. Bits of burning paper were
thrown at the woodwork and finally
some one went inside and dropped q
lighed match into pile of hay under
the arena. The whole structure was
soon on fire and before long was in
ruins
A call was made for the fire depart
ment, but the single engine that re.
sonded. stuck in the mud ard there
was nothing to stop the progress O!
tho Hamec Tto fro 5ona rtment nj
the worlds fair was called out to
protect the exposition buildings,
should it become necessary but as toe
wind blew in the opposite direction
there was no danger.
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RUSSIAN FLEET CANNOT
ESCAPE.

London June THE correspondent
aboard the Times steane, Haiman,
telgrapbing June 6, says:
cit is pretty certain from intelli-
gence received by the japanese secret
service that, even if the channel of
Port Arthur is practicable for large
draught ships, there is not sufficient
coal in Port Arthur for, such vessels to
take the sea.
1.-The explosions heard at Port Ar
thur are believed to have been caused
by the demolition of certain govern
ment buildings.
GA portion of the Japnaese second
army corps will hold the land ap-
proacbes to Port Arthar until Talien
Wan Bay shall have been made prac-
ticable for further debarkation.
Meantime screen OF mounted
troops is being pushed up beyond
Kaiping for the purpose of allowing
the reconstruction of the railway to
proceed as rapidly as possible.
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SHOT IN The BaGK.
Fatal Shooting Affair in Hasell
Street, Charleston.
Ths Slayer Wounds Two Others--.Deso
Man Former Dispensary Constable
and CAROLS Blind Tiger.

Charleston, June 6.-George CauI-
field was killed and Joe Myers and
Hunter Sharp were wounded by Pet
Carroll in shooting affair tonieh+
which had its origin in a fight be-
tween Caul6eld and Carroll few
minutes previously.
According to the story of several
witnesses the trouble was thought to
have been ended when Carroll opened
fire on Garfield and his friends. a
few blocks from Caulfeld's house. 10
which the latter was On his way, be-
ing attended by his friends. Carroll
had been drinking He came up to
Caulfeld, who was talking with
John Murphy, Myers. Sharp. Cant
Francis and Capt. Flatley, and en-
gagged in the conversation. He ard
Caulheld differed about some matter
which was being discussed and tie
two men clinched> and fell, Caul6eld
being on top. Myers pulled Caulfeld
off ald after speaking a few words.
counseling peace. Caulfeld was lead
away from Carroll and the party start
ed in the direction of Caulield's home
on Arson street.
Carroll followed aud is said to have
remarked on turning into Hasell
street, "I've got Garfield where I
want him. At all events the party
walked block and half when Caui-
field, who was in advance of the partv.
suddenly stopped. probably seeing
Carroll with his pistol in front of
him. and Immediately FIRE was opened.
Caul6eld had turned and received his
deaths wound in his back. Carroll
emptied his pistol into the party,
shooting Myers in the arm and Sharp
in the leg.
The wounds of Myers and Sharp are
flesh wounds, and they were taken
Immediately across the street to DR..
Catbcart's Office and the wounds were
dressed.
Carroll was arrested about 10 O'Clock.
half hour after the shooting, in
saloon on Market street. The wit
nesses were all put under arrest. All
the parties are we'll known and the
shooting caused great excitement.
Garfield was formerly a dispensa1v
constable and is thought to have been
still in the employ of the constables
as al informer. He leaves a wife and
two children. Carroll is said to run
a blind tiger.
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ALMOST IN TOUCH.

Cheefoo, June 6, 1.30 a. m.-But
two niles separated japanese and Rus
sian armies on the Liao Tung penin-
sula on June 2, according to Chinese
who have arrived here from Dalny.
The Japanese army, reinforced by
the men who landed at Dalny, occu-
pied Twing-Ching and also Sancbim-
po, several miles west Of Dalny.
They then proceeded along the coast
toward Port Arthur. On one side Of
the army are high mountains and on
the other side is the sea from which
the japanese gunboats are supporting
the flank of the army.
On June 2 the japanese forces we're
within seven miles of the outer forts
of Port Arthur only two miles from
the Russian army, which is ready to
protest their further advance. The
Chinese believed that there would be
"a big battle at this point. 1t is also
stated by the Chinese that the Japa-
nese have moved their base to Dalny
from Talien Wan The larger Japa-
nese ships are anchored outside, the
smaller ones inside the harbor.
Troops are beirg landed, they say,
from small vessels, apparently coming
from Pitsewo or the Elliott islands.
The Chinese forther reported that
number of Chinese have been shot
while attempting to get through the
lines.
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Would do all He Could to obIige.

Representative Adamson Of Georgia
recansly told cry which illustrated
true good fellowship. He had been
campaigning in Georgia on foot and
was twenty-five miles from home. 1t
became necessary for him to go home,
and he tried to secur. conveyance.
pus all the teams were busy on the
farms. Finally be went to man
whom he knew very well and said:
want a rig to take me. You've got to
ssadamson,'' he replied, eve are
fye months behind with our work
hare, and it is next to impossible to
ues q horse that can be spared. but
ahsse isn't anything / won't do for
yeu. I'll tell yon what I'll do-Il
walk home with you. Washing ton
Post.
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THE COMING COTTON CROP.
Acreage Increased Nearly Ten
Per Cent---Department Of Asri-
cultures Estimate Of the
Cotton Crop.
Average Condition Better---comparisons
With last Year---The Increase in
South Carolina Relatively Small.

Washingtn, June 4.-The chief of
the bureau of statistics OF the depart
ment of agriculture estimates the total
acreage planted in cotton in the United
States this season at 81, 730,371 acres.
an increase of 2. 923, 016 acres. or 99
per cent. upon the acreage planted
last year.
The average condition of the grow
ing crop on May 26th was So. as com
pared with "a. l on May 26. 1868, 95. l
at the corresponding date in 1902. and
a ten year average Of S5.8.
The percentage Of increase in acre
age in the different States (tbe com
parison being with the area planted
last season} is as follows:
Virginia, 1870: North Carolina 13 5:
South Carolina 90; Georgia IT: Flor
ida 1o7; Alabama 90; Mississippi
1915: Louisiana 1875; Texas IL; Ar
kansas 9.3; Tennessee 1l.5: Missouri
$50; Oklahoma 29.2; Indian Territory
26.0.
The condition of the crop BY States
on May rs was as follows:
Virginia 80; North Carolina "a;
South Carolina 81; Georgia rs FLORIDA
So; Alabama 80; Mississippi So: Lou
,isiana So; Texas 81 !: Arkansas "a: Ten
nessee So; Missouri 81; Oklahoma 9S;
Indian Territory 90.
Aside from the large increase in
acreage, due mainly to the highprice
of cotton. there are no conditions
calling for special comment at this
time.
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Hung for Two Months.

San Antonio, Texas June 5.-Wbi!e
walking in clump of trees in the lst
ward today, railway man and a
young woman found the decomposed
remains of an unknown nan hanging
by the neck from tree. The boey
was WI terribly decomposed, the jaw ha,-
ing fallen from the skull and the fesa
from the bones. The skull vas bal:9
and a ragged fringe of reddish besga
clung to it. The body was in sit
ting position, the rope having cut
most through the neck. One foot vas
lame and the man seemed to about 5o
years of age.
Signs Of rude camp were near.
In the pocket of the trousers was a
newspaper dated October %, 1903.
Medical opinion is that the body
had been suspended for two months.
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TWO OUTPOST FIGHTS.

Liao Yang, June "Details have
been received here of two small out
post fights, one in Liao Tung and
the other in Southern Manchuria.
The former occurred in the morning
Of Juen 3, at Yam Tsi Antur, east of
Vafangow, twenty-five miles above
Kin-Chou The Russian force con-
sisted Of an infantry regiment, some
artillery, several companies Of Cos
sacks and a squad of dragons. The
enemy was discovered in the valley
Of Pwy-Tsi-Antuo. The Russians
brought up battery, opened fire and
cleared the japanese out of the valley.
Then the Russian guns were moved
to a more favorable position. The
japanese, taking advantage cf this,
fired few shells. The Russian losses
were COL Sereda and seventeen un-
mounted. Both sides retained their
positions.
The other fight was between Major
Mistchenkp's Cossacks and the Japa-
nese advance posts along the river
Kolendzy, north Of Taku-Shan. It
lasted from the evening Of June s till
late the following day. A company
of Cossacks tried to cut off detach-
ment of japanese posted On the heights
of Ladzaipudzy, but the enemy
brought up reinforcements and the
Russians we're reinforced by five COM
panies Of Cossacks. Finally 5000
japanese were engaged, including ar
tillery The Cossacks repeatedly drove
the enemy from their intrenchments.
In one case the japanese fed across
the river, but returned with more
reinforcements and the Russians drew
off. The Cossacks' commander, Col Star
off, was killed and two officers and
nine men were wounded The Cos
sacks carried the body of their COM
mander to Stu Yen.
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The rainy season, which is expected
to begin in two or three weeks, would
it is considered here, render an
advance to Liao Yang impossible.
Meanwhile the Cossacks are keeping
in touch with the japanese outposts.
Another force is watching Gen. Ku-
roki's right wing north CT the Ialr
River.
The healt! of the troops is remark
able everywhere. There are no conta-
gious diseases and only a few cases
Of intestinal disorders, but the medi-
cal authorities do not expect such
immunity during the hot weather
that is now beginning.
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TERRIBLE FIRE IN Peoria.
Ten Men KiIled---0yer 5000 Cat
tie in Barns We're Roasted OF
Suffocafed.

Peoria, ILL.,, June Am explosion
which occurred in the IL story ware
house of the Corning distillery, the
second largest in the world, this after
noon, completely wrecked the build
ing. The rains Immediately took fire
and communicated to three adjoining
buildings, burning them to the ground.
Ten men were buried beneath the
ruins and burned to death and six
others were seriously injured. The
loss on buildings and, whiskey and
spirits stored will approximate
81, 0oa, o0o The fire spread to the
stock yards district. where a dozen
large cattle barns, filed with cattle
for market, were burned
The cause OF the explosion cannot
yet by determined.
The widest excitement prefai]ed
after the explosion, and the immense
plant was surrounded by thousands Of
people, who, however, were unable
to get close TO the structure en- account
Of the intense heat.
TIE warehouse containing in the
neighhorhood of $4,000 barrels of
whiskey was instantaneously seeth-
ing cal6ron and it was seen 20 ore
inside the big structure could escape.
The warehouse in crusbins the smaller
structure rear by set that on FIRE,
and the whiskey fron the burning
barrels flooded everything in thes
section. Large streams ran down
grade toward the river, and in a
short time there was foot of whiskey
in the cattle pens east of the ware-
house where $500 steers were chained,
fast. Their distress lasted but q few
moments, however, for they we're soon
roasted to death or sufocated.
They were the property ct Dood &
Keifer Of Chicago It is impossible
to compute their less, but it will
amount to thousands of dollars.
The two fermenting houses were
speedily food for the flames. They
were two structures of good dimen-
sions and both Of them we're practical
~ destroyed.
The fifemen got near the 6re with
difficulty and the water bad little or
no effect. A high wind was blowing
and tanning the flames in the direct
ion of the Monarch distillery and for
time it was feared that the FIRE
would sweep along the eptire river
bank. However. the heroic work of
the fremen began to tell and at
O'Clock the FIRE seemed under control
with no likelihood of a further spread.
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN WAR

Toxic, June 5-4. 80 p: MT is
suspected here that the Russians at
Port Arthur are communicating with
points on the Chinese coast BY means
OF wireless telegraphy. 1t was re,
ported that wireless station had
been erected secretly at the village e't
Peh- Wang, on Takion Island, one OF
the Mao Tao group, situated in re
Chi Ii Strait, and the japanese cruls-
er Chitosa visited the island yesterday
to investigate. She did not find any
thing. 1t is reported that another
such station has been erected near
Shan Hal Kwan and the japanese are
investigating this matter.
Yesterday the Chitose steamed in
close to Liao Te Shan Promontory and
discovered four masts and watch
house near tho coast. One of these
masts evidently was fitted for wireless
teleg raphy operations. The Chitose
reports having heard series OF explo-
sions at Port Arthur and believes
them to have resulted from blastings
preparatory to e:nplacing new batter
les.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-08

Piedmont, June ga serious shoot
ing scrape occurred here this after
neon between l and 3 O'Clock at a
negro cabin on the Anderson side.
AS result two negroes, Jerry Dial
and Henry Sherman, are dead and
another, Warren Samples, is fatally
wounded A gang Of them, it ap-
pears. had congega5ed at this cabin
for game of cards and we're all
equipped with the. usual accompanl-
ments, pistols and mean corn liquor.
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PORT ARTHUR REALLY CUT OFF.

St. Petersburg, June 5.-Tbe Gov
ernment appears to be without fresh
information today of any sort concern
ing Port Arthur. The authorities are
sceptical over the stories of smoke
and heavy decorations at Port Arthur,
which may have been caused by the
japanese passing over mine fields on
the landward side. Even this, they
say, is a doubtful supposition thus
early in the siege. 1t is again pointed
out in official quarters that the Gov
ernment is not in receipt of any reg
ular information from Port Arthur,
but is wholly dependent upon the re-
ports from Japanese or nentral
sources, except when messenger
succeeds in getting through the lines.
It is not expected that the embargo
will soon be raised.
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London. June e.-The Times ccr-
respondent at Tangier, under date of
June 5. says: "The sultan's author
ization to comply with Raisuli's de-
mauds cannot be received for day
or two. If the sultan fully acquiesces
in the demands, the release of the
captives may be expected shortly, but
that by no means settles the situation,
for having twice succeeded in defying
Europe aud the sultan, Raisuli's sue
ct SIS will tempt the tribesmen to fur
uher outrages.
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RUMoRs FROM TIEN TsIN.

Tien Tsin, June 6.-Heavy firing
was heard at New Chwang; coming
from the direction of Liao Yang.
TIE Russians have evacuated Sin
Min -Tung, (about 500 miles west of
Mukden,) and its vicinity. 1t is
said that tie troops which we're at
Sin Min -Tung are joining on the road
to Mukden.
Nothing is known at New Cbwarg
of the japanese movements.
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Cbefoo, Jone 7, 1890 p. MT is
reported from Chinese sources that
the japanese made land and sea at
tack on Port Arthur yesterday. No
reliable information confrmatory OF
this report nor auy statement OF result
of the attack has been received.
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4 Dls1ARDLY CRIME.
Strikers Blow Up a Train Load of
Strike Breakers at. fadepend-
ence, Colorado Sixteen XIII
ed 0utright---Many Others
Wounded.
Special to The Daily Item.

Special to The Daily Item.
Cripple Greek, COL, June 6, p.
ma train filed with non union
miners. imported to break the strike,
and the depot at Independence were
blown up with dynamite this morning
Sixteen of the "strike breakers were
killed, nine mortally wounded and
many others seriously injured 1t is
believed that the strikers perpetrated
the crime. A number of doctors have
been sent from Colorado Springs on a
relief train. The sheriff. with a large
posse is in pursuit of the dynamiters.
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SORTIE OF RUSSIAN FLEET AT
PORT ARTHUR.

Liao Yang. Jure 6.-It is persistent
ly reported here that the Port Arthur
squadron made sortie shortly before
dawn on Saturday, with the torpedo
boat destroyers leading, and found
the japanese feet quite unsuspecting
the presence of hostile war ships,
with the result that four Of the Japa-
nese ships were sunk during the at
tack.
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Liao Yang, June 6-S p. m.-Mili.
tary interest is now centred upon the
region of imminent operations-the
Lao Tung peninsula. Another Japa-
nese army is landing on the eastern
coast, as counter weight to the
Russian advance from Damshltslao
southward upon Gen. Oku's army.
The Japanese have seemingly given
up the idea of attacking Lao Yang
if they ever entertained such plan.