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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
PALMETTO FONTS
GIVEN in BRIEF
will Finish the Dam:

Columbia, Special The govern
ment dam on the eongaree will bt
finished in the next day or SO, so ia
as the actual work in the water is con
cerned. It is expected that the wick
cts. for the last half of the dam vii
be put in either t, " Of tomorrow
and the putting III { these wicket'
practically completes the dam work
although there is much yet to b'
done on land: These wickets are
wooden gates about four by ten feet
and are movable sections of the day
to be raised i'll low water and to b
let down in high water. AS soon a
these wickets are installed q practi
cal test of the dam will be made, aH1
from then the work of getting rive
navigation up to Gervais street viii
be a matter for the Chamber of Conf
merce and the city. For years thi4
is what the city has been working
for, and through the work Of thl
States, representatives in Washingtoj
this appropriation from the goverI'
ment was increased not long ago
There will now be the remainder o
the work on the dam and the keeping
Of the river clear by the government
dredge boat. The wickets go on the
last half Of the dam, or On the Rich
land side, the Lexington end being
completed first. AS soon as the defin
fte hour Of putting up the last wicket
is known 1t has been suggested tina
Cclumbians go down in body ant
have some appropriate exercises. The
river is unusually low just now ant
the water cannot interfere with thiS
work.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
Minor Matters.

Hon. John Sharp Williams in an
interview scored the national Republi-
can platform.
Tho only portrait to be placed per.
manently in the Democratic conven-
ton at St. Louis, it was announced,
will be that of Jefferson.
The Prohibition national convention
met at indianapolis and marked SEN
timent in favor of nominating Gen.
Nelson A. Miles for President devei-
oped.
Ex-senator John l.. Mitchell died in
Milwaukee.
Dan Emmett, author Of Dixie" died
at Mount Vernon, Ohio.
DR.. William Osler, of Baltimore,
was given the degree of doctor Of
laws by Harvard University, and Yale
conferred the same degree upon DR..
W. S. Halstead, Of Johns Hopkins
University.
A committee report to the confer.
ence of American rabbis, in session
at Louisville, Ky, recommended the
formation Of a Jewish synod for the
guygnment Of the church.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
A Fatal Explosion.

Johnstown, Pa, special.-A locomo-
tive boiler exploded on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad while going up the
mountain so yards from Ehrenfeld
station, killing three men and injur-
Ing two others, one of them fatally
The dead: John Wissinger, engineer;
Conemaugh, aged IS; D. C. Crouch,
fireman, Conemaugh, aged %; Walter
Ross, fagman, East Taylor township,
aged 81. The injured: Conductor
Archibald Boyle, Conemaugh, cannot
recover; Brakeman J. D. Smith, seri-
ously hurt
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
Good, if Not Popular Teaching

In his address to the young Black
stones and Mansfelds Of Maryland Uni
versity's Law School John Brooks
Leavitt taught a 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
An 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 contrl-
buttons at one time"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
The j: Prof;bitioN Ticket.

6 indianapolis, Special The Pronibi-
stion party in national invention
sThursJ by nominat d; Sias q sWal.;;
low ae sPennsylv fort Preside
and Gsle5Hgss IS fo5sii
isss:Se ssi M
;Gdopted Withouta gumsnt after dong
Sdeadfocks IN the STeso1ud tons scommlttee.
sat:wass describe 5by7:A HsAmes OF Ore
.gon, secsetary OF the committee as the
:broadest platform ever put before the
people tby the party. In addition to
the planks on the liquor question, it
declares the part to be in favor OF
International arbi,i alton, suffrage
law based on moral and mental quail
fications, uniform laws for the 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,"
This was considered final and the
movement to Mr.. Swallow was unan-
imous, no other name being consider
ed.
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.
Governor Jennings left today for ST..
Louis, where he will take part in Flor
ida day exercises, which will be held
Saturday, July 2.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
LIZ. Insurance for Creditors.

Macon, Ca, Specialize executors
of the Plant estate having endorsed, ac-
cording to the order Of the United
States court. the life insurance checks
payable to creditors, Receiver Corbin
was put in possession of $736.4S4. The
court ordered this money deposited in
13 banks in different parts Of the State.
OF the amount. about 100000 is placed
In Macon banks, aud the remainder In
Augusta, Savannah and Vsldusta,
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 a prominent
member of secret orders.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06

In a formal statement Senator Cor
man denied that he is to enter COM
bination against Judge Parker or. any
other candidate for the Democratic
nomination.
The Navy Department has acquired
five Of the longest wireless telegraph.
circuits in the world.
BIain W. Taylor, Democrat, and a
West Virginian, will resign as chief
clerk of the Postoffice Department.
Acknowledgement Knox and Secre-
tary Of Commerce and Labor Cortlyou
attended their last meeting Of the Cab
met.
The Bureau Of Labor is Investigating
the labor troubles in Colorado:
4 President Roosevelt will be notified
of his nomination for the Presidency
!. July 81 at Oyster Bay.
It is stated in Wilmington, Del, that
8 II Judge Gray is nominated for Presi-
= dent at st. Louis Mr.. Cleveland will
s consent to run for Governor Of New
Jersey.
Secretary of War Taft declared in a
speech at Harvard that he was against
: promising independence to FiIipinos,
and Mr.. Olney answered him at a din
ner.
Another sortie by the Port Arthur
! feet is expected.
The National Education Association
convened in the Worlds Fair Grounds,
! in st. Louis.
The coroner's jury in the Slocum dis
Saster inquest rendered a verdict holding
that it was due to misconduct Of the di-
rectors of the steamboat company and
holding the captains criminally respon-
ssible.
General Kuropatkn. threatened by
the combined Japanese armies, has de-
5cfded to retreat.
King Edward received cordial well
come on asyisit to Hamburg.
Pope Plus received Bishop Horst
tpann, OF Cleveland, and other Ameris
Igpers
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
TeIepraphic 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. c.
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
orado 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 C.. Swallow, who was
nominated for President by the Prohi-
b;tion party has not decided whether
he will accept the nomination.
A Paris dispatch states that M. Wal
deck-Rousseau, ex-Prenier 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 to the
French Minister at Port au Prince.
establishments of the Premonstrant
and Capucine monks at Nantes, France,
were forcibly closed BY the civil au-
thoritiess
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
Smallpox in Freight Car.

Winchester, special.-C. H. Jackson,
colored, said to be from Martinsburg,
w. Va, who arrived here on a Cumber-
land Valley train, was found to have a
.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
Suicide at Spartanburg.

Spartanburg, S. c., Special.-W. H.
Lowe, night watchman at the Whitney
Mills, committed suicide Friday after
noon by shooting himself through the
heart with q 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
No Ambassy 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
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:
'The following reports have reach
ed here (Liao Yang) from Port Ar
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 (T
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 raavy
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 a cruiser, two
torpedo boat destroyers, and seven
merchant ships, which evidently
brought cargoes into the bay.
con the night Of June 24rh-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-Pirg-Tao Bay, direct
ing their fire towards the whole coast
towards the north, from the bay to
Mount Uit-selo, and then attacked III
great force, firstly height No. 1Sl;
secondly, height No. 126.
"'The latter were attacked by a
small detachment landed for this pur.
nose. These two positions were held
by Our riflemen, who, after driving
off three attacks with heavy losses,
retired, and, being pressed by the en-
envy, sought refuge on the heights OF
Loun-Van-Tian. The enemy attacked
this position in great force, employing
at least division, but the assaults
were repulsed.
"'At $3.50 p. m. the Japanese ap'
peared on the Port Arthur road IN
great strength and attacked kwln-
Shan (Guin-San-Shan). The riaemen
who held the right with two battal'
ions, retired. The Japanese turned
them from the rear, losing heavily in
the manoeuyre. Our torpedo boats
we're Of small assistance to us, adVan'
cling on Loun-Van-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 were eyi
dently considerable.
According to the latest adyices
large columns of the enemy are
marching from Dalny towards the vii
lage of Suan-Tsan-Ion and Khouint
Mountain.
"'On June 27 there was fuslade
at the Japanese outposts, due to the
Japanese establishing themselves on
the summit of Luon-Van-Tia Noun
tain. Our gunboats proceeded yestcr
cav towards Loun-Van-Tian and bonn
barded the shore.
Yesterday evening the forts and
batteries at Port Arthur opened fri
on the japanese torpedo boats.'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
on 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

According to Mr.. Crooks, NJ. P,
everybody who lives twenty years IN
London without blemish on his char
acter goes to Heaven without dying.
So far however, there has been no
marked deere Sc in the death ;-ate on
this account.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
ATERRIBLE .AAGEDY
rerrlbIe Shooting scrape in Which
M,n,e Head ic Shot Off,

Terrible Shooting scrape in Which
Mans Head is Shot Off.
Dillon, Specialize old school
house, one mile south of Latta and oe-
cupied by 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. 49,.
LABOR WORLD.

Boot and shoe workers Of Petaluma'
CAL. have formed union.
There is a strike for the free Sunday
among the Wisconsin paper Hills.
Portsmouth On. H. musicians are
planning the organization of union.
! Membership in the Amalgamated
Society Of Engineers now totals ABOUT
| 81, 800.
Memphis. Tenn, will entertain the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
in 1906.
Slate leaders at tile Penrhyn CNVales}
quarries are OH strike for an increase
in wages.
The Association of Bureaus OF Labor
Statistics will meet at Concord, N H..
July u to Jig
I Wages for common laborers in Ire
land are almost double what they were
twelve years ago.
'Longshoremen and other trades
threaten to 60 out in sympathy with
the striking bakers at Brest, France.
Locomotive engineers in Germany
receive q gold medal and $500 for every
ten years Of service without accident,
In 1903, S57,046 immigrants landed
on our shores, Of which lS5,66I, 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 a week.
Terence Y. Powderly may again be
the head of the Knights of Labor. 1t
is understood lie 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

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 a day. observes the
New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06

Some men cry Stand aloof, am
Aoller than thou" lest you shogld
come near and sQhl their breath,
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 trial
for almost four months.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06
News of the Day.

In a formal statement Senator Cor
man denied that he is to enter COM
bination against Judge Parker or. any
other candidate for the Democratic
nomination
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06

Rev. DR.. silas C. Swallow, who was
nominated for President by the Proh1-
bition party, has not decided whether
he will accent the nomination.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06

BIain w. Taylor, Democrat, and a
West Virginian, will resign as chief
clerk of the Postoffice Department.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-06

The Navy Department has acquired
five Of the longest wireless telegraph
circuits in the world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-29
III NNAO4 OOONI AT Luz
Judge Chichester Finds Light Dock
ct, Which Is Easily Disposed Of.

Lea. Nov. 2S.-Judge Chiaester was here
today and opened the district court lie
found practically nothing to 20. how
ever. He appointed Charles F. Oaerlund
as bailiff Of the court for 1905, ana APP
pointed j. y. Hickman (RepD IF Loa and
SeoFSe Chappeiie DEM of Lyman. as
jDF- conrni ssiOners.
one probate matter. a petition for the
appointment Of an admaistrator. was all
that Was on the calendar ami ~ that
neither the parties nor their counsel We're
present IL was in June, 1903. I.aE the
case Was tried IN court here, and az the
November. 1888. term held here Gply pro-
Date matters were attended to. IN March
OF this year court opened one cay but
there wasn't oven a probate order to
make or other matter to attend 20. Since
tcst lime until today there has bceu no
session OF court berc. Wayne county, has
had little or no use for the district court
since the Robbers Roost gang We're
cleared out Of the lower enn = IT,
There Is serious talk Of contest in
the election OF Stringizm gern.j 10 the
legislature Bishop Morrell. ne Ropub-
lean candidate. was defeated ty oRiy
four votes. and he thinks that Il recount
Of the ballots will land him =. X The
county went Republican with n,alcrities
ranging from 20 70 near no but the To-
cal Republican ticket was slaughtered all
over the county, and NEST fesrEnlly at
the south end. Morrcll thinks eyerai OF
the scratched tickets were wrongly count
ed against him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-29
FISHING VESSELS
SEIZED BY CANADA


Esstport. Ale. Nov. 2s.-Ten Ameri-
can fishing craft, including eight sail
ing vessels and ts-o steam beats. have
been seized by the Canadian fisheries
protective cruiser Curlew ands fined for
Illegal fishing i'm the Canadian waters
OF a tributary Of Passamaquoddy bay.
near st. George. y. r. The fishing
craft were seized near st. George last
night. though an announcement OF this
procedure was not made until today.
Three specific charges were placed
against the yessels-that they had
fished on Sunday. that they had Illegal
" caught fish found in their possession,
and that they had seined Illegally in
Canadian waters. For the first two
offeDses each boat was fined S1e0, and
for the last $200 In addition to t4ds,
all OF the seines and fish were confis-
Gated.
II is understood that the fines will be
paid and that the entire matter viii
be disposed of without involving any
International question. The aggregate
value of the craft is about $40. 600. The
seizure is the most extensive that has
been made by a Canadian cruiser Tor
many years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-29
SLIGHT DROP IN
NAVEL ORANGES
Wholesale Price of Bananas
Also Lower.
BARTLETT PEARS SCARCE
NO CHANGES IN POULTRY OR
PRODUCE MARKET.
iARTLETT PEARS SCARCE

Navel oranges were reduced yesterday
to s. and $50 box, Wholesale. and there
viii no doubt be another drop in price
before the last Of the week. The best Of
the crop has been gathered and only
sccond-class oranges are now on the mar
ket. They are retailing at 10 cents
dozen and the dealers believe there VIII
be a corresponding retail reduction in
short time. Bananas we're atso reduced
from $3.50 10 81 bunch, and some Of the
secOnd-class bananas went wholesale "a
low as s. q bunch. Bartlett pears are
very scarce and they went up as high as
s. a bushel, wholesale The Utah pear
crop was not as heavy as IL usually j..
and large Quantities OF pears have been
shipped ia during the last two or three
weeks from Idaho. Apples are plentiful
and the price remains steady. The whole
sale price of cabbage was raised 10 $40
a hundred. Il IS retailing Tor > cents a
pound. California sweet potatoes were
quoted at , cents pound yesterday,
wholesale which is a quarter of a cent
schcaDer than last week.
Tho poultry and produce markets were
steady yesterday and 10 changes were
made