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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
RUSSIANS VERY ANXIOUS.

st. Petersburg. Aug. 12.-Public anx-
iety regarding the fate of Port Ar
thur squadron which has reached the
highest pitch remained unrelieved
when the people of st. Petersburg re-
tired tonight.
Reports from Toxic and Chefoo Of
a sea fight which followed the depar-
ture of the squadron are 50 conflict
ing and inconclusive that strong hope
exists that the Russian ships succeed
ed in breaking through the Japanese
feet Indeed. il was rumored that the
admiralty had received information
thar the squadron has passed beyond
the shan Tung promontory (which
would bring the squadron l5o miles
to the southeast Of Port Arthur and
into the yellow sea
Although unable to confirm this ru-
nor the Associated Press learns that
the family Of Lieut. Smirnod. officer
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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12

DIR. r. w Alderman has written her
from Chicago. where he went last Fri.
day night. that he still believes in her
innocence
Prosecutor Burns said tonight that
Mrs. Krauss will get speedy trial.
The prisoner still retains her wonder.
ful seli-possession. although today she
showed much feeling over a picture of
the dead girl she has in the cell. and
said: Il wish was lying where Crys.
tai is and Crystal we're alive"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
DEATH LIST
OF Those That Lost Their Lives BY
o. & r. G. Wreck Foots Up
over 100.

By the Associated Press
Pueblo. Colo. Aug IA revision
Of the lists Of dead and missing shows
that probably 100 lives were lost in
the flood which wrecked the train on
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad
Sunday. Seventy-nfne bodies have
been recovered. aud ~ passengers are
missing. Some Of the missing may
have returned and failed 10 advise the
pciic6
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12

fighting
Reheln the all disappeared
of dsmanins Resh
teInt
chefoo,
fought off Port Arthur
wholly disabled effort Wednesday morning dash
vadvostok
Of and the foe
es take the the fire zone was churned to foam with
hail of shell fell
brought
delivered of attacks against the
emy's fleet
the Rezsn
pied that they steamed back the
hsbor with difficulty
probable
decided
ship Of blockadns travel ts knots
believed fleet already OF action
possible hundred
this
torpedo outside the hbor watch
ing for it.
Though Ryhteini Russian flag been dis
being removed
Arthur
making The departure order
IL
erstzr fall In fact there
Pobeda and
sunboats In the Wadi
oomobo Rsss Rurk and
6egavr
batthps Mikass, Asahi
idzomo Yskumo Adzomo Tokwa
kasues, Nshn and Nssn besides 20 torpedo boats
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
NO ATTEMPT
Made BY Thibetans to start Negotia
tions For Terms Of Peace With
British Mission.
BY Associated Press.

Lassa, Thibet. August G.--Young-
husband. head of the British Mission
today returned the Amban's ceremon-
ial visit He urged the appointment
Of delegates to negotiate terms Of
peace. at the same time intimating
that every lays delay would increase
the indemnity TO be demanded by the
British
No attempt has been made by the
Thibetans to start negotiations.
II is said that Dalai Lama left be-
hind the Seal of State 50 that treaty
can be signed In his absence
The inhabitants are freely Supplying
the mission with necessaries.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
EDWARD TRAVELLING INcoe.
BY Associated Press.

harienbad. Bohemia Aug. liking
Edward. who Is travelling incognito
as the Duke Of Lancaster. arrived this
evening. The reception at the rail
war station was informal. only the
Austrian ambassador to Great Brit
ain and the British ambassador to
Austria aud municipal officers being
present
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
PROMOTER SUICIDES.
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
Denver. Colo August ii.-GeorEe
l. Torrey. manager cf the Torres Ex-
ploratiun company with a branch n
omaha has committed suicide b
driaEinK whiskey ard cxanasEn. Tor
rey vas awaiting trial On The charge
Of embekzllng money beionging 70
client. He had been mixed up IN pro
noting numerous schemes Torrey
ame from Omaha ten yeaFs ago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
DIED AT STONE FORT.

Special To Tho Bulletin
Stone Fort, H.. Aug i1.-Lieut. j.
+. Parker, who formerly resided at
Villa Ridge but later at Mounds and
Thebes. died at the residence of DR..
l. II. Kelly in this city yesterday at
2 O'Clock Of complication Of dis
eases. Burial was made this after.
noon at JJyner cemetery.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
Boat is Boarded at Night Followed By Desperate
Hand to Hand Encounter With Small Arms in
Which the Japs Were Victorious. -
CAUSED SCARE
Report That Carrie Nation Was About
to Visit Bishop Potter's
Subway Saloon.

New York, Aug 1.-The rumor
that Carrie Nation was on her way
here caused excitement and dismay
at the Subway Tavern this morning.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
soiIER expLooEs.

L.angton. Ont Aug 1.-THE boiI
er in Smiths saw mill exploded this
afternoon. killing Isaac Leworg. Nor
man Wingroye and John Leworg
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
HOLD UP IN ST. LOUIS.


81 Louis. August 1i.-During =
hght tonight Special Policeman James
Lynch was wounded. and William
Nohr. who has been held up was
killed ani The highwayman escaped
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
GARMENT MAKERS STRIKE

By the Associated Press
Boston. Aug. I1.-TweIve hundred
garment makers struck today because
Of the contractors TO sign an agrbe-
msnt
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12

oil fields east of Muncie. through the
heart of which the river and its trib.
utaries flow.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12
CRAFT IS Then TOWED OUT
TO SEA WITH PRISONERS
Public Anxiety at St. Petersburg Regarding
Fate of Port Arthur Squadron is
at Very High Pitch.

Associated Press.
chefoo Aug IA boarding party from the Japanese torpedo boat de-
Rieshten
of the dismantns the Resh
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12

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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-12

AT Cairo 4 p. n. ysstertIsy: 4:
40 feet; fan o.4 IN "A hours.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
Comforting words
Many A Sumter Households
Will Find Them So.

To have the pains and aches Of back re-
moved. to be entirely free from annoying
dangerous urinary disorders is enough to,
make any kidney sufferer grateful. To tell
how this great change can be brought about
will prove comforting words to hundreds Of
Sumter readers.
". r. Kitlam. Florence. machinist at the
Coast Line r. r. repair shops. says: "Doan's
Kidney Pills did NE more good than any 9th
er remedy l ever used. They cured ME of a
very lame back and a bad attack Of headache
M which I suffered for a long while and
could not find anything to relieve it. Several
times I could not work on account Of my
back. and the dull. heavy pain took all the
strength out of my back so that / could not
less work The kidney Secretions were
strong dark thick. and like liver VIXEN left
to stand. | used different remedies. bat
without any beneficial effect at all until
got Doan's Kidney Pills. l was very much
surprised AT the result Obtained from their
use. My backachc left me. the kidney secre-
tions cleared up. the strong smell left them
and my back became stronger than it had
been for long time. | give all the credit
for these results to Doan's Kidney Pills
Plenty more proof like this from sumter
people Cali at Dr. a. J. China'S drug store
and ask what his customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, y. y, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a takes
no Ot har
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
/ TERRIBLE Ind FATAL
RAILROAD DISASTER.
Rors Than One Hundred Passengers
Lose Their lives
Three Cars Fell Through TrestIe
to the Bottom of Roaring
Torrent on Missouri Pa
cifc.

Pueblo, COL. Aug. s.-The wreck
of the Worlds Fair Flyer On the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad near
Eden, seven miles north Of Pueblo,
last evening proves to have been one Of
the greatest railroad disasters IN the
history os the country. T8o crowded
passengers and a baggage car were
engulfed in the torrent that tore out
a trestle spanning Steel and Hollow,
otherwise known as Dry creek, and,
SO far as known tonight. only three
Of the occupants of the three cars es-
capped death. Fortunately the sleep
ing cars and diner, completing
the train, remained on the track at
the edge of the abyss and none OF
their occupants was killed or injured.
How many perished probably never
will be definitely ascsrtained for the
treacherous sands were drifting over
the bodies. Searching for the dead
was begun about midnight on an ex-
tensiye scale and still is in progress
tonight. All corpses found were
brought to Pueblo and placed in four
morgues here. AT s o'clock this eve
ming 76 bodies had been recovered and
of these 80 had been identified. Dur
ing the day bodies were recovered all
the way along Fountain river from
the scene of the wreck to this city.
At O'Clock this afternoon two bodies
were taken from tbs stream at First
street, Pueblo, more than eight miles
from the point where the disaster oc-
crusd and it is probable that some
may be recovered even futher down
stream.
Pueblo, Colo, Aug. s.-organized
searching parties secured the Foun
tain river banks for miles today in the
hope of finding the rema;ningl bodies
of thre victims of Sunday nights
wreck at Eden. Late tonight the to-
tai number of identified bodies recov-
cred was 73, unidentified dead, 3.
The list Of those reported missing
has been growing ali day and has now
nearly reached 40.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
May Delay Church Union.

New York, Aug. l1.-Fears are ex-
pressed by leading Presbyterian di
vines of this and other cities that
the decision just handed down by the
House Of Lords in the Free Church of
Scotland case may initiate against
the carrying out of plans for the union
of various denominations in this coun-
tsy, plans which were expected to cul
inmate successfully in the future.
A union of free Church and the Uni
ted Presbyterian Church was effected
four years ago. The union was opposed
at the time BY handful Of ministers
of the Free Church, who carried the
case snto the House of Lords. The
latter body has now decided the case in
favo: of the dissenting ministers and
has awarded to them the entire prop
erty and funds of the Free Church Of
Scotland, aggregating nearly s55, 600, :
GOO.
The result of this case, say leading
Presbyterian ministers here, shows
shat in the church unions now con-
templated in America the greatest
care must be exercised as to the legal
side of the procedure, lest the minor
ity who oppose the union, as in Scot
land, may come into possession of all
the church property.
Among the unions now being dis
cussed in this country are the Cumber-
land Presbyterians with the Presby-
terian Church in the United States Of
America; the Reformed Dutch Church
with the Presbyterian Church South,
and the Associated Synod of the south
With the United PRESBYTERIAN Church.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
RO0sETEl-1 RIGHT FOR ONCE.
Declares Men Guilty Of Rape
Should Suffer Death.

Washington, Aug. s.--President
Roosevelt has declined TO interfere in
the case OF John W. Burley, the negro
confined ii the ieil OF the District Of
CoInmbia under sentence OF death for
thesscrime OF ASSAULT, the victim hav-
ing been little girl four and half
Years old. President Rooseyels made
the following statement:
White House,
s Washington. Aug. g, 1904.
The application for the commuta-
ton of sentence OF John NJ. Burley is
denied. This man committed the
most hideous crime known to our
laws, and twice before ne committed
crimes OF similar, though less hor-
ri ble. character. In my judgment
there is no justification whatever for
paving heed to the allegations that he
IS not OF sound mind, allegations made
sfser the trial and conviction. No
body would pretend that there has
ever been any such degree OF mental
1nsoundness shown as would make
people even consider sending him to
an asylum if he had not committed
this crime. Under such circum-
stances he should certainly be esteem
ed sane enougth TO suffer the penalty
for his mcns5rous deed. Ishave scant
sympathy with the plea Of insanity
advanced to save man from the con-
sequences Of crime, when unless that
crime had been committed it would
havs been impossible to persuade any
responsible authority to commit him
to an asylum as insane Among the
most dangerous criminals, and espe-
ciaIly among those prone TO commit
snis particular kind Of ofense, there
are plenty of a Semper so 6endish or
So brutal as TO be incompatible with
any other than a british order Of in
telIigence; but these men are never
theless responsible for their acts; and
nothing more TENDS to encourage
crime among such men than the be-
lief that through the plea Of insanity
or other method it is possible for
them 60 escape paying the just penal
.ty Of their crimes The crime In
Question is one to which We largely
owe tue existence of that spirit Of
lawlessness which takes form in lynch
ing. Is is crime so revolving that
the criminal is not entitled TO one
particle Of sympathy from any human
being. It is essential that the punish
ment for it should be not only as GER
tain but as swift as possible. The
inry in this case did their duty By re
commencing the indiction of the death
penalty. It is to be regretted that
We did not have special provision for
more summary dealing with this type
sl<,e o,eoc The r,oro me do y,lot in nc
lies to secure certain and swift jus
tice in dealing with these cases, the
more effectively do we work against
the growth of that lynching spirit
which is so full of evil omen for this
people because it seeks to avenge one
infamous crime by the commission Of
another of equal infamy.
The application is denied and the
sentence viii be carried into effect.
{Signed) Theodore Roosevelt. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
Ex-Governor Chamberlain.

Perhaps the most notable contribu-
tion to the race issue, at the south,
is recent elaborate essay pu ublished
by Ex-Governor Daniel Chamberlain.
northern man, union soldier and
once, in reconstruction times, Cover
nor of South Carolina. Mr.. Chamber
lain is confessedly one of the most in
tellectual men in the United States.
He is born New Englander and has
the superior culture of that section.
He was Governor Of South Carolina
when negro suffrage was universal and
carpet bag deviltry rampant. He GER
tainly understands the situation if any
Northern man does. He soon compre-
hended the infamy perpstrated upon
the south, and, once convinced of it,
made honorable and noble amends, SO
much so. that, for many years, he has
been highly regarded and appreciated
by the people cf the Palmetto State.
In his essay, he tries, with admirable
logic, illustration and argument, to
convince reasonable northern men that
the best thing they can do, for them
selves, the south and the country, is
to let the south solve her problem in
her own way, and that the less the
north, in or out Of congress-, interfer-
ed in the matter, the sooner would the
question be determined fairly and just
ly all around.
We feel confident that this appeal of
the ex-governor will be fruitful among
the younger men Of the north, but
may not be acceptable. to the older
ones, who still insist that the Puritan
idea of equality is the right one, and
that it is the duty of Praise -God-Bare-
bones to force his will and his con-
scilce and his isms on other people,
by some assumed divine right. For
tunately, the Puritan element, be-
cause of race suicide, which even Mr..
Roosevelt condemns, and which is more
sinful than slavery ever was, is dying
out. ''The descendants of the Celt are
trampling on the graves of the Puri-
tans,'' as Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton predicted. A. more tolerant people
are inheriting tie land as promised
Inheritance to those who increase and
multiply. Governor Chamberlain is
right. The negro never had worse
enemy than the old abolition crew and
the political jackals who followed in
the wake of the war lions. AS long as
the pestilent fanatics and busy bodies
of the north intrude imperatively and
hysterically or designedly in this mat
ter, the more acute, disastrous and
deplorable it will be. The south is
disposed to do justice, but the busy
bodies Illustrate and anger her. The
south is as humane as the north and
appreciates just as we'll the fudamen-
tai principles of the brotherhood of
man but she must meet issues as they
are and not as the Puritan dictates
them. If the New England fanatics
and their political allies, in and out of
the White House, will just mind their
own business, solve their own pro-
hlems and let us at the south attend
to our own affairs in our own lawful
way, it will be better for all concern
ed, white and black.
\ We trust that Governor Chamber
lain will not speak in vain to his own
people. Augusta Chronicle, Aug. 10.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
Suicide Prevented

The startling announcement that pre-
ysntive of suicide had been discovered will
interest many. A run down system, or
dependency invariably precece suicide
and something has been found that will
prevent that condition which makes sui
eide likely At the first thought of self
destruction take Electric Bitters. 1t being
8 great tonic and nervine Will strensthen
the nerves and build up the system. It's
also great Stomsch, Liver and Kidney
regulator. Only soc. Satisfaction guar
a:.teed ay j. E. W. DeLorma Druggist.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17

hope exists that the Russian ships
succeeded in breaking through the
japanese feet. Indeed it is rumored
late tonight tnat the admiralty has
received information that the squad
ron has passed beyond the Shantung
promontory which would bring the
squadron at least 150 miles to the
southeast Of Port Arthur and in to
the Yellow sea.
Although unable to confirm this ru-
NOR the Associated Press learns that
the family of Lieut.. Smyrnoef, an
officer of the battleship Czarevitch,
this evening received telegram from
him dated at Tsingchau today. The
message contained only two words,
Z" Alive, embraces Tsingchau is 160
miles southwest of Chefoo in the pro-
vince of Shantung and is at the en-
trance of Kiauchau bay.
TWO RUSSIAN SHIPS RETURN.
Chefoo, Aug. 1.-THE Russian
squadron left Port Arthur in response
to imperative orders from Vice Admi-
raj Skrydloff.
A semi official telegram reports that
the Russian battleships Pobieda and
Retvizan have returned today to Port
Arthur. Three Japanese torpedo boat
destroyers are now outside this harbor
watching the Russian torpedo kboat
destroyer Ryeshitelni, which still
flies the Russian flag.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
Richmond. Va. Aug. 9.-By the g

Richmond. Va, Aug. BY the ex-
plosion of stick OF dynamite under
a car of the Tazewell Electric COM
pany. at Tazewell, Va, this afternoon,
a dozen or more people were placed in
jeopardy Of their lives. The dynamite
was put into the hange of the track
by unknown persons and when the ex-
plosion occurred the passengers, num-
ering about Lalf dozen ladies and
about as many men, were panic strick-
en-, but no oae was injured hey ond be-
ing severely shocked.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
JAPANESE WERE TOO SLOW.

st. Petersburg. Aug. 10.-Again the
chance of a decisive battle between
Gen. Kuropatkin and the commander
Of the japanese armies seems to be dis
appearing. According to a statement
issued, by the general staff tonight.
rains are again falling over wide
area in Manchuria, with the prospect
of impending operations, bat even more
important is the information reaching
the Associated Press tonight from an
exceptional source that the japanese
once more have delayed too long.
Gen. Kuropatkin has now withdrawn
the bulk of his army safely north of
Liao Yang leaving only strong rear
guard line southeast of Liao Yang to
contest the advance when it comes.
According to this information the
japanese have about 800, 600 men IN
the armies operating against Gen. Ku-
ropstkzn, rendering it too hazardous
for him to risk a general engagement.
The general staff has no information
bearing on the reported presence OF a
large force of japanese at Paithuho, a
place tlaat cannot be located on avail
able maps. The report agrees, how
ever. With the general tenor of the in
formation received by the Associated
Press and here given that Gen. kuro-
patkln is already retTeating north of
Liao Yang.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
Cholera Infantum.

This disease has lost its terrors since
Chanberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy came into general use. The
uniform success which attends the use of
this remedy in all cases of bowel COM
plants in children has made it fayorite
wherever its value has become known.
For sale by China's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
From Steam to Electricity.

Buffalo, n. Y. Aug. 1.-THE Van
derbilts are said to be planning to
equip>the entire West Shore Railroad
with electricity and to adopt this mo-
tive power for the Niagara Falls &
Lewiston branch, the Rome, Water
town & Ogdensberg and the Cswego
branch of the New York Central.
The plan as outlined calls for the con-
struction of power house at Niagara
Falls to cost s24, GOO, 00O.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-17
The Conway and Marion Railroad

Saturday large force Of hands un-
der the immediate supervision OF Mr..
II. A. Burroughs himself was at work
laying track to the warehouse at the
Galley. in order to complete the con-
nection at this point. Everything is
being put in order TO start building
The road TO Marion and after the pro-
per surveys are made work viii begin
in earnest on the main line. Conway
Field Aug. 10.