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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
,e.ct.d Bv Baltimore Fire.

Winnsbor Special to Columbia sta.e:
Fairfield county is an indirect ioseri a
as a result of the big Baltimore ire:
he Winnsboro Granite Company
\ oh had a s350,G9Ose contract Tor
Granite work on thescustomS house that;
was building at that place and was IN
the burned region, had to shut down us
stone cutting department as result ol Q,
the FIRE. The granite company, whlcn
had nearly delivered a.. its work, VIII
not suffer any direct loss as the stone
was$sold f. O. b.. Baltimore. but the IN.
direct loss will be considerable as II
mayabe several weeks before Work can
he resumed. Many of3fhe cuttersihave
left. while others are remaining Win ~,
the hope that the. shutting down VII !.le3 os
only temporary
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Ennsnuelt Endorsed.

Nashville Special.-Ihc SlNth son'
,rrcssional district Republican exec,
,itiye committee has decided 20 eau
thn district convention TO meet mere
AM anril & to select national convention
delegates and alternates ana 10 hon- ~.
mate a. candidate for Congress. 11 hes'
oiutions on the death OF Senator Tall .n
,ss. - we're adopted. The adminlstra-
lion of President Roosevelt was as ell u
dorsel. il molten to endorse W. T.
uTt lero'vnicw mic for national committee
man vas carried, but the endorse
mont ,vas rot made, it being suggest,
I'd that the matter properly peio"seU
10 the State convention.
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HIS WAY UP
Heroism of the Russian Leader on the
Field of Battle
RUSSIAN CHIEF IN THE FAR EAST
The Exploits of the Host Popular
fMan in the Army of the Russian
Car.

st: Petersburg, By sable:-The ap-
bointment Of Gen: Kuropatkiit; who
Saturday was relieved Of his position
as Minister of War to be chief com
mand hf the Russian army in the Far
East, was gazetted this morning. With
the possible exception of Gen. Drago.
miroff, formerly Governor General OF
.Kieff, and later member of the Coun-
ell OF State. Gen. Kuropatkin is the
most POPULAR Hian, in the Russian
army, as a bluff Gid s6Iaiaf who has
fought his way up from the bottom
to be Minister of War, he is the ideal
of the enlisted men. No one in the
Cars army has seen more fighting
and no one can tell a story better. AS
Minister of War he was considered q
Just eElief who gave rewards and ad-
.ministered putiishiheilts without fear
or favor. The appointment Of Gen:
kulopatllin to direct command in the
field has been received with enthusi-
asm and inspires complete confidence.
GEM KIropatkln will be accompa-
ned to the froEt by Grand Dukes
Boris, Alexis, Nicholas aud Michael
The exact mission Of Grand Duke
Alexis is unknown but it is undoubt-
edly An important one, as he litc haen
in supreme command OF the Russian
navy as president of the board of the
admiralty, taking an active part in the
negotiations preceding hostilities. His
career as high admiral is we'll known
and brilliant, and he has already sur
himself with notable staff.
The Grand Duke Alexis Js now in
very, bad health, bilt his desire 10 90 |
to the froiit is we'll understood Hs
may exercise general direction Of the
naval movements ill the far East
Grand Duke Boris is a lieutenant i'll
the Hussars and is considered laro
devil Of the soldier sort.
He is tall and fair with peasant
face. As the occupant of the rcspon-
sible post of inspector general of cav
airy he will lie able to advise Gen.
kuropatkin; who is aIl infantry spe.
,ialist:
Nicholas is one of the few Grand
Dukes who married e commoiiGr, and
.hough his marriage has not been re.
corded. it is none the less a happy
,ne. His wife was the widow of
wealthy merchant named Bcurenin.
s With Gen. Kurpatkin's appointment
IS commander-in-chief of the army
nd the present Of the Grand -lul;e
I!rectlon Of Operations will pass OUT
# his hands.
The action of the commander OF the
United States gun-boat Ficksburg in
Ieclining to join the commanders OF
,ther foreign warships in protest
against the attack of the japanese
leet at Chemulpo. which resulted IN
he sinking CT the Russian cruisers
yariag and Korietz promises to cause
much discussion here. The NoVoe
yreDyas London Correspondent
cables that the protest OF the British
captain against the japanese attack
IN the ground that it was breach
Of neutrality proved Intellectual be. /
cause the American commander would /
not assent.
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Make Disturbances.

a ?.uya . oatED rdlu fwy pgNqj cinEi'l
Vienna. By Cable.-Foliowing SER
vice in the Russian church OF Prague
Sunday for the success Of the Russian
arms. several hundred Slav students
gathered in front Of the Church ana
created disturbance. They then
proceeded towards the unltea 'ot'lIs ,s
consulate. where they intended 10
mako a hostile demonstration. hn5
thc nolice closed all the streets lead
ing 10 the consulate. and after some
opposl.ion succeeded in dispersif9
th demonstrators and in arresths
MANY of them.
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MarveIs Of Memory.

The newspapers are telling Of the
remarkable feat of postal clerk who
in civil service examination did not
make a single error in properly sort.
ing $4,000 test postal cards, each rep
resenting postoffice in certain ter
ritory assigned. This was done at the
rate of thirty-three and one-half cards
minute. Far more noteworthy is
the memory OF an expert piano play.
er, who will play an entire seasons
concerts without a note of printed
music before him. His memory is so
perfect that hundreds of thousands of
notes must be at the orderly and in
stant disposal of the will And this
is combined with a multiplicity OF
synchronous recollections of timbTe,
tempo, expression, etc. The mystery
is at present past the limiting OF any
explanation. and this fact is as beau
tiful as it is appalling. 1t shows us
how far we are from any real science
Of psychology.--American Medicine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
Six Prisoners pardoned.

The, governor yesterday pardoned
Charlie Ragsdale, Of Chester, con-
,icted of rape on negro girl in lSsV
and sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The pardon was issued on a petition
signed by the jury, solicitor and all
county Officials who set forth that tne
later evidence shows that the testimony
given at the trial was not reliable anu anu
prompted D by jealousYby another negro.
A pardon was also granted JACOB
Singleton, Joe Sheppard ,:Wiila Holhies,
July Kyler colieton
countyg. .infslg ge2s and giyensstwo years
each There was considerable doubt as
to fixing the crime when these men
we're tried and the Judge had agreed
In sentencing them to ask for pardon
at the end of year, which he dld.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
1oz Russians Killed.

ST. Petersburg, BY Cablc.-The re-
mort circulated here that tho Russian
cruiser Boyarin was blown up last Sat
urday, and that all her officers ana
crew, 1877 in number. were lost. is con,
firmed from a private source:
The Boyarin was 34S feet long, a.
feet beam and 16 feet draught. she
was Of 1900 tons displacement and, hef
trial speed was % knots. Her arfna'
ment consisted of six 4.7.inch guns !,
1.S.inch guns. two 1.4-inch guns anu
three machine guns. She was aiso sI
fitted with six torpedo tubes. Inc
Royarin was. last reported as haVlns
taken part in the engagement OF Fed
8 at Port Arthur.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
Editor Not jailed.

Now York, Special.-1n dispatch 10
the: Associated Press from San Juan
2. R., under date Of Oct. rs, 1903 the
fact was announced that Hobart s.
Bird, editorso1 Theas San Juan News
had been sentenced to two months I'm
iail for libelling Judge Ramos, anu
had begun to serve his sentence, MI.
Bird made an appeal for writ: Oh
.habeas corpus before the supreme
Court, which was granted on the gay
following his arrest, and he was re
leased from arrest by order OF the
court. This fact, was mot Tecited@ @in
the subsequent dispatches and in Jus,
,tice to Mr.. Bird this statement ,lls',l snoulla
have been made. '-a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
Tragedy Near Gaffney.
Observation-Disclosures

The Gaffney correspondent OF the
Columbia State gives an account of a
serious crime committed near that
town;ssHisscommunication is as fol-
lows elsr,.e...s szressl=a
'tLast Saturday Mr.. George Brown, a
farmer living about six miles from
the city, came to town and was re-
turning to his home that night pretty
well under the influence of whiskey. He
was in the wagon with Mr.. James w.
Allen, on whose place he lived, and
Mr. Isaac Phillips When stheyEi sSweret
near Mr.: Allen.1 home the sfhrees be-:
came involved in a personal difficulty.
They got out of the wagon to have the
fight out. While they were fighting the
mules went off and left them. Some ne
gToes came up soon in a wagon and
the three lnen rode with them for some
distance and got out to fight again.
Allen and Phillips went home but
Brown was not heard from any more.
His wife became uneasy end notified
the sheriff. but the man was not found.
Saturday afternoon about dusk negro
woman found the dead body Of Brown
IL field beyond his home and about
half to three-quarters OF g mile. from
where the fight occurred. The sheriff
and coroner went out and jury was
empanneled. A number of witnesses
were called and the verdict of the jury
was that Brown had come to his death
from Wounds inflicted with sharp in
strument by Allen and Phillips.
Browns body was about 100 yards
from the road, in sight Of the road and
near a footpath. but it lay there for
exactly a week before it was discov-
cred. The examination disclosed the
fact that he was cut five. times and
that one cut extended intoSShe opening
in the heart, yet the body was three
quarters of a mile from the place of I
the difficulty and beyond where the
man lived. There is considerable mys-
terry about the affair. How a man could
walk so far after being cut through the
heart is a mystery Gne other. queer
that the tea MA Hen was driv-;i
ingedid not; go home, though in sight
Of 1t, but went on by. Allen and Phil,
Iips:haJe both been arrested and lodged
il Jail. The case made against them Is /
a pretty strong cne.s. Allen is "a vet
eran about so years old and Phillips
IS about so. The murdered man was
about % and leaves a wife and onl
:hild. He came from North Carolina
about Christmas.
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NO. g..
Home for Aged Master Masons.

Home for Aged Master Masons.
The Masons of Pennsylvania will
erect and maintain home for Master
Masons, their widows, and children.
1t will be placed near the central part
of the state-perhaps at Cresson, tho
once famous mountain resort. To the
support of this home will come the
full aid of the Grand Lodge Of the
state. This support was pledged at
the quarterly communication of the.
Grand Lodge in the Masonic Temple.
The plan to have central Masonic
Home originated with the present
Grand Master, Edgar A. Tennis. 1t
is believed that the managers of the
masonic Home Of Pennsylvania, who
row control the home on North
Broad street, and who have charge OF
what is known as the William L.
Elkins bequest for orphan girls OF
Masons," will fall into line. and sup.
port the proposition to have a central
home.--Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
An Important Decision.

Thesrailroad commission has adopt
ed an important amendments to rule 5
: (Which has reference to demurrage
charges) to the effect that hereafter no
demurrage charges shalI exceed ST. per
days per car and that in no case shall
|siss SSasTafasof S the Ii .gooas dela asea p'sss2o'
per- cent. The s2eAper cent. addition
was made r5d in order 70 make it unrre;:
ita5,e for the roads to confiscate such
articles as wood. Thiszis the arrange
ment s-prevailings in North Carolina. a,
The inspiration for the amendment
waaia suit that has been brought
againstthe Southern. by South; Caro-
lima shipper for 1922 worth OF demar.
rage on car Of wood, lne yaleu .ool oL
which is generously estimated at .s2V
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
R,ec,,it Manufacturers.

Atlanta, special.-Biscult and crack
Or manufactures of the United States,
repyesentlng ls5 industries, met in an
NO, convention in this city Wcdnes-
dav The opening session was devoted
- the recent Improvements in the
nreparation OF biscuit and cracker
goods. p and the modern methods o.
oaek,ag saa ahIpplng employea'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
FUNERAL OF SENATOR HANNA.
Ceremonies At the capltGl And 81
Cleveland. -

On last Friday the mortal remains bl
Senator Marcus A Hanna were 1aidgtc
rest at his old home at Cleveland, %.
Bishop Leonard, OF the diocese Of Ohio
officiating. The body was borne gin
state to the cemetery, where ahost6of
loving friends witnessed the interment.
The casket was banked i'll feautlflIl
flowers and the sorrow was deep and
genuine as all present realized thatSa d
great NAH and a true friend had passed
away from earth: 9
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Bryau's Tribute.

Tallahassee, Fla. Special.-Wm. J.
prvan when informed Of the death
If Senator Hanna, said: "FIe was one
NJ the most forceful figures in mod
orn notifies. He won his place at the
head of his party in the Senate, in the
nation. by his extraordinary executive
ability and by his skill in ORGANIZING
tho forces that control that party, and
even his political opponents recognized
the asreugth Of his peFsonalltF anu
many admirable qualities.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
TWELVE PERSONS INJURED
The Florida Limited Wrecked Near
Atlanta,

Atlanta, seecial.-The Florida Linn
tied on the Western & Atlantic Rail
road. south-bound, was wrecked eight
miles from this city Tuesday. the
cars were overturned and II persons
were injured, two of whom may @ ale'
The seriously injured We're: Mrs. fos-
ter Toksu, Ky; Mrs. M. c. keatlng'
St Paul. Mimi, internal injuries
Mrs q. +. Glennon, Chicago, face cut
badly bruised; ]. w. Emerson. Atlanta
mail clerk, back sprained; Will Bur
CESS, dining car waiter, internal IN
The train, which was an hour ana
20 minutes late, was running at hlga gu
speed. 1t carried full complement OF
passengers including many from Cm'
cago, Cincinnati and Western cities. IS.
The news was telephoned to the city
and wrecking train was Immediately
sent to the scene with physicians, Ihe
wreck was due to the breaking Oh an
axle
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Three Lives Lost.

Buffalo special-Two men were
asphyxiated, one was burned TO
death and several were seriously IN
iured in an explosion of blast fur
mace gas at the plant of the Lacka-
wanna Steel Company Sunday. The
dead men are: George Reynolds, u
mason. Frank Prenatt, employcd in
the power hcrae; Michael $, Sm!tN'
q mason,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
Tal.iot Plant DESTROYED.

New York special.-Thc factory Of
the Frazier Tablet Company. at Six,
teenth street and Eighth avenue,
Brooklyn, was completely DESTROYED
by fire Sunday night. H. w. Frazier
president CT the company, who was
in the Office, discovered the fire,
which started Oh the top floor. from
some unknown cause. Mr.. Frazer
estimates the damage at about s3O,-
coo, on which there is S250,Oeo ins''r'
nDce.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
Russia Accepts.

washington Special.-Russia glad
" and willingly favored the sugscs..
lion OF Secretary Hay, that as lar as
nossible the helligercnts in the Ear
eastern war loca!iZe hostilities andre
spect the neutrality of China in the
interest OF q continuance OF the
rnacesu1 intercourse of the rest OF
tlie world. My government express
cd the conviction that MI. HAYS sus.
pestion was prompted by motives OF
the highest humanity. and was ,,. mu'
tuallv advantageous to the DcilgeF'
nnts
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
Z. sTwsnitty-fhree VEL it Killed.

Ogden, Utan. sYecial.-Two cars OF:
dynamite, attached tola work train on.
the ogden.Lucien,- cut off Of the South.
ern Pacific railroad, exploded "ltI
terrific. force late Friday afternoon at
jackson station. SS miles west OF og-
den. killing at least 2S persons, in
turing as many more and destroying a
great amount of property. The list
Of Of the dead and injured had not been
received up to midnight, but 1t IS
thought a large proportion of the VIC
tims..were On eek $ laborers. Among
The known dead are Conductor George
DeRemy, of Ogden. and his train crew:
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z Crews j II e:

szs 81 Crews i;, I SeceRed I
J. Toxic. bye CabIe.IThe crews OF; the
Nissh1n and Kasuga, theatwo cruisers
purchased. by, the japanese govern.
ment.fro1mt Italy; we're formally receiv,5
ed Friday i'm; Toxic There. was an.
enormous crowd of spectators. The
SPECTATORS were welcomed by Mayor.
,ozah, who said they had done
more ssthan undertake 9 perilous Jour-
!ney. 5 They.+were the hearers and EN-.
bodiment- of the sympathy, for japan:
and Of the enlightened West.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
ciy Men Arrested.

ST. Louis, special.-In an effort to
close I'D a pool room that has for a
long time operated in the outskirts OF
Madison. I'LL. across the river from ST.
Louis, thfee constables,, augmented by
nosse of citizens. and bearing war,
raI.ts r for the arrest Of six men con-
-nected with the pool room, precip.sa,I p.a,
ted q riot late Friday which resui.su ! !.
in the shooting OF elk neaf aVne has
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
c,t oooo 600 for improvements.

philadelphia. special.--Thc- spring
municipal election was held Tuesday
and all the candidates on. the Repubii.
can ticket were elected. The proposea
s1e,OOO,O 600 loan for municipal lin-
movements was approved by a large
majority. 81, George A. Castor was cleo
ted to, Congress from the third district
Mt a special election held to fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of Henry
Burke, Republican.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
p.c.ivers for insurance Companies.

Chicago, Special. - Applications
were made Tuesday by policy holders
for the appointment of receivers for
the Baltimore Fire Insurance Com
many and the Home Fire Insurance.
company. of Baltimore. No specific
ALLEGATIONS of deficit in assets were
made but the plaintiff in each case
alleged insolvency. The proceedings
were not asscnted to by the companies
and no statement of liabilities OF as
sets could be obtained.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
Palmetto Brevities.

Palmetto Brevities.e
The Glenn Springs Hotel has been
leased Is to Mr.. Bryan Lawrence of Au-
gusta, Ga.
Sfrbe citizens Of Bennettsville have
] inSatitioned the postal authorities to
s esta blisb mail on the Bennetttss- +
vile & cberew Railroad. e scongressman
SCARBOROUGH has presented the pei, a,
I tton "a the second postmaster general
aal saEssagoEa ele ssEse el|sssss,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24

,rhe fellow with an ungovcrnabls
temper is the one wio is always les
:ag il.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24
Freight Trnin q, & Goss ;i.s2,i over: = y :

s Piedmont, w. va, Special freightt
Srain of IS loaded cars ran away on
,T-mile@rgrade near4eEveretta@ tunnel,
lust west Of this place. THURSDAY, go-i
ing oyersthe zembanllmenteand' wreck
Ing the cars. Fireman Francis; T. Egan
was killed, his body being buried un-
der the wreckage Porter Kenny, en-;
sineer, sustained sl1 q a. broken leg; The:
train is; a. mass of tangled debris and
the track much5tofn up.f s.
I'm the Senate last week thefslot' ma:
chine bill was amended so as to ex-
empt weighing. measuring, musical and
vending machines and all machines
wt:cil give for the coin=a certain falr
and uniform return and to which there
is no element Of chance. Thus 1t IS
seen. that slot gas and electric meters
telephone booths, shoe lace chewing
gum machines. weighing machines ana
those Of a like kind will not be shut
ont. The exemptions we're made
through amendments by Senator'S Hyd-
ricks ands Sheppard The bill also pro-
vides that none of the machines not
exempted shall be kept on anyone s
premises.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24

The Gaffney correspondent OF the
Columbia State gives an account of
serious crime committed near that
own:sHisscommunication is as fol-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-02-24

ChaDllin COnUcH. OF lIS IT'o"0' 1''
offered an invocation.
Immediately afterward DR.. Hale de-
livcred his funeral address. ne woae
his clerical rolic. and his manner was
digniGed and solemn. He aid not use use
his noLcs in speaking. hut never halted
f1r 8 word, and although man OF
rver Nv SC years OF age, his voice pene-
trated every corner Of the hall.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-21
A NEW PATENT COURT
Proposed nv Court of Appeals ir
Patent Cnscs.

The adjudication of patent suits is -
question of vital interest to the visitors
of the country. and for this reason the
blu recently introduced in Congress by
senator Platt of Connecticut, to estab-
lish court Of patent appeals, and for
other purposes, will come in for warm
support from American investors The
court is to consist of chief Justice and
four associate justices. 1t is to exer-
else original jurisdiction in suits in
equity brought by patentccs against the
United States for infrng, meut of any
letters patent 1t may also oXvrcise ap-
peIlate jurisdiction to review by appeal
or writ of error final decisions in the
circuit courts, the territorial or other
courts. in all cases involving the validity
or INFRINGEMENT of or the title to any
letters patent. Tho decisions of this
court in any case within the jurisdiction
shall be final
1t is also provided that an appeal may
be taken from the ultimate tribunal of
the patent Office AS now existing, to the
court of patent appeals. There are vari-
Gus other provisions in the bill regarding
the procedure before the court.
It is Il well known fact that there is
n crying need for Il court of this charac-
ter and i'll the interest of the investors
of the country ii is to be hoped that
Congress Will enact the necessary leeis-
lation to bring it into existence