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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-06-01
s"THEoDORE ROOSEVELT.
News of the Day.

Ten miners were suffocated at Will
Jamestown, Pa.
3 Great sdanage 4atSgazoo z
1City, Miss, by fire. 81 s. ys
Democratic State conventions were
held in Ohio, Alabama and Tennessee
+ The assignment of bishops was made
by the General Conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church (Northern)
at Los Angeles, Cal.
The General Assemblies of the
Southern, Northern and Cumberland
Presbyterian Churches continued their
deliberations at Mobile, Buffalo and
Dallas, respectively.
The Congressional Merchant Marine
Commission, which has been sitting in
New York, will soon hold session IN
Baltimore.
The coal inquiry was continued be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
The Federation of Women's Clubs
elected officers for the coming year and
adjourned at st. Louis.
The Civic Federation took steps to
arbitrate the freight handlers strike In
New York.
The japanese having failed to cap
ture Dalny are unable to prosecute the
siege of Port Arthur effectively.
Admiral Togo's feet, it is an
nounced, bombarded Port Arthur an
hour Tuesday.
!, The Korean Emperor finds opposi-
tion to taxes for rebuilding his palace.
French socialists are actively urging
a separation of church and State.
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Negro Was Fatally Wounded.

Union, Special 2 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon at Meals Shoals one ne
gro was fatally wounded while picking
out some rock and another may die.
Previously dynamite had been used to
blow up the rock and dirt but on this
occasion one Of the sticks failed to
discharge and while these negroes
were picking the point of the picks
struck the dynamite, exploding it di-
rectly in the faces of the two pickers.
The head and face Of one was badly
mangled and there is no pos ible
chance for his recovery, but it il said
there is some hope for the other. The
names of the wounded negroes could
not be learned but they were from
Columbia. The gentleman who gave
the story said he had very narrow
escape himself, being only about 10
feet away. He was one of the bosses
and was overseeing the work
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Quarantine Still in Force.

Monterey, Mexico, Special.-Notw:th-
standing the quarantine recently estab-
lished by the State of Texas against all
Mexican points has been lifted, it is
still in force against Monterey. This
is due to the fact that the Texas au-
thorities had received word to the ef-
feet that case Of yellow fever existed
at Tampico, and they refused to lift
the embargo against Monterey unless a
quarantine should be put on against
Tampico. Gen. Reyes, upon inquiry,
states there is no yellow fever at Tam
pico, and states further that he will not
be justified in placing quarantine
against that city. This is the situa-
ton as it now stands.
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WEATHER AND CROPS
The Weather Has Been Warmer and
Favorable for Growth:

lEThe Weather Has Been Warmer ana
Favorable for Growth:
week ending s a: M, May 23rdj
Ehad a mean temperature of IL de-
Egrees; the normal for the same period
Ills IA degrees. The day temperatures
|were normal, OF above; the nights
|Swere unreasonable cool, with light
|frosts in Union county on the 18th
and 10th and in Greenville county Or
the 18th, doing no damage. The low
est temperature was AZ, the highest
was 81 degrees. The relative humid
|Hty was unusually low and the sun
Ishine excessive. The winds were gen.
|sarally light westerly.
IS Showers occurred OH the 18th and
|i1Sth, with amounts ranging from l.lO
inches at Florence and Lugoff down to
lirace. In general, the northeastern
laounties had beneficial rainfall; 1t was
laight, insufficient or none fell, in the
north central, northwestern, western.
lscentral, southeastern counties and
throughout the Savannah valley, In
(which districts the drought is becom-
|sng severe.
||ses The weather was favorable for farm
work, which is we'll advanced, and cul-
|aiyation keeps pace with the needs
|Snd growth Of field crops, that afe
free from grass and weed. There is
Widespread complaint of the scarcity
|Sof laborers, and their unsatisfactory
Services.
b A general, though slow, improve
ment in corn is indicated for all Sec
|tions, except ON bottom lands where
lSHorms continue to destroy stands. It's
Color continues yellow in the dry dis
4ricts. Some corn is yet to plant. and
some that was replanted is slow in
ygerminating.
Improvement in stands, color and
growth Of cotton is noted in all Sec
.tions where the rainfall was most
eopious. In other sections stands con-
stinue, broken and irregular, with much
not >up, particularly in stiff, clay and
red lands, and replantings. The cool
|snights are detrimental to the growth
and vitality Of cotton; some places re-
|Eport plants dying from this cause and
|sthe drought Lice have appeared in
EBamberg, Hampton and Marlboro
Counties. Chopping made slow pro-
sgress; cultivation is thorough. Sea-
Island cotton is dwarfted, has poor
stands and is suffering for rain.
Tobacco suffers from the cool nights
and remains small. Rice needs fresbet
water for flooding, although its gen,
|zeral condition is fairly good; sowing
continues. Oats improved in the east.
|;ern counties, and are poor in other
SECTIONS with spring oats practically
aiIpreSA Harvest is sund der.Es., wall:
Wheat looks well and its appearance
indicates an average crop. Peaches
are ripening and shipments have be-
gun. Minor crops and truck are gen
eraily poor, except where the rainfall
has been fairly constant and sufficient
since planting time.--J. W. Bauer,
Section Director.
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HAD A FATAL FIRE
Town Of Greenwood, South Carolina,
Suffers Severe Loss
MRS. ANNIE MOsELY A VICTIM
She Was Burned to Death in the Cen.
trail Hotel, of Which She Was Pro-
prietor, and Where the Fire orisi'
mated.

Greenwood, S. c., Special.-Fully
one-half the business portion Of Green
wood was wiped out by fire between 8
ind s o'clock Wednesday morning, and
Mrs Annie Mosely burned to death.
The fire is supposed to have ofigi-
mated in the kitchen of the Central
Hotel. The flames were first seen by an
engineer Of the Charleston & Western
Carolina, who gave the alarm with the
whistle. Although reused, Mrs. Nose
ley, proprietor Of the hotel, was SO
overcome with fright that she refused
to jump. She was overcome by the
flames and was burned before it was
possible to rescue her. Hel charred re-
mains were found this morning. The
total property loss Is estimated at not
less than s13a, 900. with not over s75,-
900 insurance, If so much. Contracts are
now being made to rebuild.
The First National Bank building
which was totally destroyed, issued
handbills by sunrise, announcing that
II would be opened for business by the
usual hour, 8 o'clock. AL the banks
books and papers were saved.
Mrs. Mosley's two children, who were
visiting in Anderson, arrived at noon
Their father, willie constable, was shot
here five years ago, and this makes the
mothers horrible death doubly sad.
The burned district embraced eighteen
stores: spigel Bros, National Bank,
Greenwood Hardware Co., j. W.
sproles,. A. F. Hasan, New York Ba-
zaar, D. ]. Raborne, NJ. switzer, |.
switzer, Palmetto Grocery, Western
Meat Market, E. Borgerro, Lloyd's res
taurant, c. P. Culclasure, jeweler; ].
I. Chipley, bicycles, guns, etc. His re-
rair department was the fines in the
upper State; A. NJ. McD. Singleton,
g.ocer; Auld Bros, dry goods Lesser,
dry goods; Mrs. A. j. Sproles, millin-
cry; Western Union Telegraph office;
Hinton, grocery; J. S. Chipley & Co.,
cotton; Baker &c Nichols, insurance,
and many other stocks badly damaged
by water and removing. The work OF
rebuilding will begin soon. improve, re-,
lnents vii he made In placing new,
stores. Many merchants are ordering
goods by wire
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Russian Cavalry Routed.

Toxic, By Cable.-Gen. Kuroki re-
ports that on Wednesday afternoon,
during the battle at To-Pu, the enemy's
cavalry took up position at Pa Toa
Sti. The Japanese thereupon attacked
and routed them. Natives report that
three of the enemy were killed and
eighteen wounded. During the after
moor a patrol captured one officer and
pre- private.
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MORTGAGE Sale Of Eumber..


Macon, Ca, Special.-In the United
States Court consent order was
passed, under which the receiver of the
Red Cypress Lumber Company may sell
over three million feet of lumber at the
company's plant upon which lien is
claimed by Receiver Albertson, Of the
First National Bank, under a aSmortgage
executed by the lumber company to tue
I. C:sPlant's Son Bank for an aggregate
of $4,000, to secure loans made by
them to the company, which mortgage
was transferred to the First National
Bank. It is provided in the order that
all Of the funds arising from the sale
of such lumber, or any part Of. the
came, shall be deposited and held as
separate fund subject to the lien.
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Nominate State Officers.

Nashville, special.-The Democratic
State convention assembled Thursday
morning and the effect OF a long nights
session is manifest in reduced attend
ance. The nomination of State officers
followed the call to order, and the fol-
lowing were nominated by acclama-
ticn: Secretary Of State, John w. Nor
ton. Comptroller, Frank Dibrill;
treasurer, Reau E. Folk; Railroad
Commissioner B. A. Enloe. Names
were then presented for delegates se
large 10 The national convention.
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Russians Cut off.

Berlin, By .Catle.-The Toxic cor
respondent Of The Tageblatt sends
the following under date of May 9th:
.sIts is generally believed here that
Gen. Rogi (Oku) succeeded on May
26tli In cutting off a portion OF the
Fourth Russian sharpshooters' div
isicn ,-I ctIInder Major General Feck, hav-
5fng. taken the heights between Port
Arthur. and Kin Chou on May Gath
and 18th, and that the capitulatton
sof thisSs body is expected. The fight
was most bitter and stubborn on
beth sides end the lossss were sew.
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Market Price of Skeletons.

The price of skeletons runs from
s1O to 91O0. The difference has lit.
tie to do with the condition of the
subject when alive. In the cheap
skeleton only the framework is pre-
served. Cheap second hand ones can
often be had as low as G3 or G4. The
expensive ones have the nervous and
circulatory systems preserved. Some
of the French skeletons are novels Of
ingenuity In this direction, each nerve
or muscle being fitted with an attach
ment connecting It with spiral spring
or wire.
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Did Not Traye! on Sunday.

Mobile, Ala, special.-Although the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church adjourned sine die Saturday
night, those members who found it i'm
possible to reach their homes by mid
night Saturday will remain in Mobile
until Monday, as the Assembly is on
record as opposing travelling on Sum
day. The visiting ministers supplied the
Protestant pulpits Of the city Sunday.
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Liberal Gains in Belgium.

Brussels, special.-In the elections
Sunday for the retiring Senator'S and
Deputies the Liberals gained consider
ably in votes, but won few seats, not
enough to seriously reduce the Cath
olic-government majority. These are
the first Liberal gains during 20 ve.rs.
The Liberals anticipate the overthrow
Of the government in the elections of
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Russia's Offers to China.

London, By Cable.-The Tien-Tsin
correspondent of The Daily Express
saws that Paul Lessar, the Russian
minister, informed Prince Ching that
Rnssia will finally excavate New
Chwang, provided China grants a con-
cession for "a railway from Kalgan
across Chinese Mongolia to Kiakta, 80
miles from Lake Baikal, or that Rus
sia will exacuate Manchuria outright If
China leases the Iii territory to Russia.
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VIII Send Minister to Pekin.

Mexico City, Special.-Diplomatic re-
lations will soon be fully established
between Mexico and China. The Chi
nese minister at washington will ar
rive here shortly and present his Gre
dentials as minister to this republic,
and on leaving here will place a dtplo.
mat already in the city in charge OF OF
the Chinese legation, while Mexico Will
send a minister to Pekin.
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Won Swimming Match.

Annapolis, Special. = Midshipman
Kenneth Whiting, Of Larchmont, N. Y,
won the annual swimming match at the
Naval Academy Saturday. The distance
was so yards, and the time made was
So As seconds, which is 1 2-5 seconds
slower than the record time established
by Walter 8. Isward, when cadet at
the Naval Academy. Midshipman Pat
terson B. Marson, Cf Florida, mem
Der of the third class, was second, and
Laurence M. Ewell, of Baltimore, of the
third class, third.
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senator ouay,s Condition.

Beaver, Pa, special.-senator M. S,
Quay passed satisfactory day, is
sleeping quietly and his attendants
profess to be well satisfied. From the
nature of his disease, he may live for
q month or may succumb at any time
toaa a sinking spell. All the members
OF his family are with him. Within
the last few days the Senator has put
his worldly affairs in. such shape that
there would be no complications if he
died at any moment.
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Eiahtina Lona and Desperate.

London, By Cable.-The correspon-
dent at Toxic Of the Central News
Agency cables that the Japanese at
tackled Nan Quan Ling, on the narrow
est part of the Kwang Tung peninsula,
yesterday, and drove back the Russians
by main force The attack on lin Chou,
the dispatch adds, was begun at dawn
today. and by noon Kin Chou was in
the hands Of the Japanese, who occu-
pied the castle. The fighting con-
tinued during the afternoon and was
of the most desperate character. The
casualties were heavy,
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To ORGANIZE Chapter.

Clemson College, Special.--A dispen-
sation has been granted to the Glenn
son Masonic Lodge to organize a royal
arch chapter. The "blue" lodge was Or
ganized here nearly year ago, and
has had anu nusual degree Of prosper
ity. calhoun" is to be the name of
the new chapter. The officers named
in the dispensation are: Prof. s M.
Martin, e. H. P; DR.. G. r. Nesom.
king: Prof. H. Benton, scribe. One
meeting has been held, and the work
of organization is progressing salts
.funf0ri1v
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SENATOR QUAY DEAD
Chronic eastritis Which First At
tackled Him a Year Ago, the Cause
of His Death, -.

Beaver, Pa, Specialized. Matthew
Stanley Quay, senior Senator from
Pennsylvania, passed peacefully into
death, at 2:4S Saturday afternoon, after
an illness which had been more or less
persistent for the past year, which took
a turn for the worse ten days ago. and
which the doctors diagnosed as chronic
gastritis.j
The, funeral. will be, held at o'clock
on the afternoon Of Tuesday, May S1st,
and the remains will be inferred in the
historic family burial plot in Beaver
Cemetery.
Senator Quay's illness began about a
yess ago. 1t was recurrence of the
trouble that beset him during the lat
ter part of 1900 and the early days Of
January, 1901, when he was under
going the strain of desperate fight for
reelection to the Senate.
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Arrested While in the Pulpit.

ocala, Fla, special.-Rev. ]. A.
Boyd, negro preacher, was arrested
by a deputy United States marshal
Wednesday night, at Orange Lake,
near this place, while in the pulpit
preaching to large congregation.
He is charged with. robbing the
United States mail, by cutting open q
mail pouch and appropriating the con-
tents, the pouch having been lost BY
a mail carrier.
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NO.. %.
Fond of Good Society.

While menagerie was being derail-
ed at Plauen, in Saxony, one day last
summer, bear escaped and bolted up
the main street of the town.. an elec-
trio train frightened the animal, and
it made for the open air bathing lake
in the park. A number of ladies were
in the water, and were frightened
almost out of their wits when the
shaggy beast came plunging in among
them. With one accord they all clear
ed out of the water and ran for their
lives, leaving Bruin-in -undisputedapcs-
session.
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To Fight Against Fever.

Mexico City, Specialize superior
hoard of health reports that only two
nlaces are infected with yellow fever,
Merida, capital of the State of Yucatan,
and Techuantepec. The latter has
three cases and Merida nine suspected
cases now under observation. Active
operations have begun at Contzacoal-
cos the Gulf terminus of the Tehuante-
pec Railway, to prevent an outbreak OF
yellow fever.
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fhese WIN Attend Funeral.

Washington, special.-The following
Senators have been selected by Presi-
dent Pro Tempore Frye to attend the
funeral of the late Senator M. S. Quay;
Penrose, Frye, Allison, Aldrich, Alger,
Gallinger, Elkins, Hansbrough, Stew
art, Platt, of New York; Allen, For
aker, Mitchell, German, Daniel, Teller,
Dubois, Cockrell, Tillman, Blackburn
end Mclaughlin.
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Barn Burned.

Iva, special.-The barn belonging to
Mr.. W. T. MCGEE, near here, was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday evening. The
origin of the fire is unknown. When
the flames were discovered several
head of stock were in the building. but
all were gotten out except one mule,
which perished. Besides the barn and
mule, reaper and a quantity of corn,
fodder, etc., was destroyed. Mr.. Nc
Gees loss was some $500 or $500, and
he had no insurance.
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A Shooting Affair.

Monterrey, Mexico, Special.-While
Val Gonzales, a lawyer, and Daniel
Madrigal, merchant, were conversing
in the Patio of the lturbide Hotel, Con-
zales, it is alleged, drew a revolver and
shot Madrigal through the heart. No
cause is assigned for the shooting. Con-
zales made nc attempt to escape, and
was taken in charge by the authorities.
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The Crime confessed-rwo Arrests.

The Crime confessed-Two Arrests.
Mobile, Special.-Ira and Henry
Carter, brothers, the negroes arrested
for the killing of Askew, had pre-
liminary hearing before Justice
Wacker, at Yellow Pine, and were or
dered held without bail. They were
brought to- this city Wednesday night
and lodged in Jail by deputy officer
of the Mobile C Ohio. Ira Carter
confessed that he did the king, say
ing that his brother Henry handed
him the gun and urged him to shoot.
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Ten Miners suffocated by Gas From
A Locomotive.

wilkesbarle, Pa, Special. = Ten
men were suffocated by gas from a
small locomotive in a mine near Will
llamsburg. Fifty others were brought
ont unconscious, but will recover.
The dead include Michael Golden, the
general inside foreman.
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President Wires Sympathy.

Washington, Special. = President
Roosevelt, Immediately on learning Of
the death of Senator Quay, wired the
following to Mrs. Quay:
.,Mrs. NJ. A. Quay, Beaver, Pa.
accept my profound sympathy, Of
fetal and personal. Through NV term
as President, Senator Quay. has been
my staunch and loyal friend. l had
hoped to the last that he would, by
sheer courage, pull through his illness.
Again accept my sympathy.
(Signed),
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The Carwin Net Lost.

Seattle, Wash, Specialize steam
er Cottage City from Lynn canal re-
ports passing the Nome steamer Cor.
win on May 81 between KetchiNan
and Wrangel Narrows. This disproves
the report that the Corwin was lost
on the Vancouver coast.
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WAR NEWS GIVEN in FULL

and thirty-fve non-commissioned off,
GERS and men lost their lives on the
cruiser Yoshino, which was rammed
and sunk by the cruiser Kasuga. The
Navy Department has not received a
detailed report Of the two disasters:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-06-01

On wednesday 200 houses were de-
stroyed by fire at Yazoo City, Miss, and
a nroperty loss of several million dol
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Toxic, special-Revised figures show
that161 non-commissioned officers and
37S blue jackets were killed and drown
ed; seven officers, 13 non-commissioned
officers and Sc blue jackets slightly
wounded, and 70 blue jackets seriously
wounded, in-the sinking Of the Japan
ese battleship Hatsuese by the rhine at
Port Arthur on May Is. Two hundred
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-11

day for thirty days. When men falter
at such task, we can imagine that
nothing but the fear of death would
drive them to eat the coarse and greasy
penguin every day for seven months.
The feat was accomplished and it shows
what men can do when necessity drives.
But the hardest part of their lot, after
all, was the protracted confinement dur
ing the long stormy winter Seal blub-
Der was too scarce to be used excepting
when the meals were cooked, and so
for days at time the three men curled
up in their sleeping bags in the pitchy
darkness, with nothing to read II they
could have seen to read, and nothing
to do but listen to the bowling OF the
polar storm.
It was hard fate. but they came out
of it in marvellous fashion, even though
the winter left them as black as Afri-
cans.
DR.. Anderson believes that full
description of their experiences will be
of service to future explorers in distress
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were thus able throughout the winter
to keep an average temperature of only
a little below the freezing point.
Within a few miles there were plenty
of penguins waiting to be shot, and by
the time the winter night had fairly
fallen they had killed and frozen about
400 of these birds. Penguins are not
good eating, and the art of cookery, as
practiced in the Antarctic regions, has
never made their flesh very palatable.
But they were the staff of life of the
three men that winter, eked out by a
mouthful or two of bread each day. an
occasional bite of preserved meat and
the flesh of seals that were killed now
and then and whose chief utility was to
supply oil for fuel Seal blubber was
piled in a large meat tin and set to blaz-
ing and SMOKING. and it was thus that
the skins, clothing and sealsI1ins worn
by the men were turned densely black.
Everyone has heard of the revulsion
of stomach and nerves from which men
suffer when they try to eat quail