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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Ontical Convention.

An optical convention will be held
in London the latter part of May,
under the presidency Of DR.. R. T..
'1lazebrook, f. R. S. The object Of
he convention is to bring into CO.
operation mon interested in optical
matters. A subcommittee has been
appointed to consider the subjects of
papers on optical questions which
should be brought before the conven-
ton, and suggestions as to subjects
for discussion will be welcomed. 1t
has been decided to organize an exhi-
E;tiou. of scientific character, OF in
struments manufactured in this coun-
try. England, with view to show the
progress recently made, and to stimu
late further efforts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Decision Expected This Week.

II is expected that the United States
Supreme Court will file this week its
decision in the case Of the State Of
South Carolina against the secretary
or the treasury for the return of GER
tain license fees paid by the State in
behalf of the State dispensary. This
amounts to about 100000 at present
and involves the payment of license
in succeeding years.
This matter was first agitated by
Mr.. F. J. Mackey, a South Carolinian
residing in washington, not the no.
torious Judge T. j. Mackey. He Sc
cured the permission of the dispcn-
sary authorities to institute proceed
ings, and agreed to take payment il
a percentage of what might be OBJ
tained. The case was lost in the court
of claims and Mr.. Mackey died.
The dispensary authorities then en-
gagged Mr.. G. Duncan Bellinger to carry
an appeal to the United States Supreme
Court. Mr.. Bellinger secured the assist
ance of Messrs Mordecai & Gadsden of
Charleston and Ralston & Siddons OF
Washington. The case was argued some
time ago and the court will adjourn
Saturday until some time in October,
it is confidently expected that decis-
ion will be filed this week.
= If the case should be decided III ia
vor of the State of South Carolina the
estate OF Mr.. Mackey will be paid for
his seryices.-Columbia State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Three brothers named Watts are
Mayors of cities i'll Indian Territory
A, !. Corbeiser has taught the mid
shipmcn at Annapolis the art Of fencing
for forty years.
Robert Rogers, one Of the two re-
naming Bocr prisoners in Ceylon, lett
for Holland last month.
General James A. Buchanan is
great-great. Of Samuel OSle,a
Colonial Governor of Maryland.
Mrs. Jane Germon. the veteran COM
edienne, recently celebrated her clgh-
ty-fourth birthday in Baltimore, Md. !.
Tile Crown Prince Of Siam was edu-
Gated i'll Europe, and speaks and writes
English. Frcncll and German i'uently.
The Car of Russia las private cs-
tates OF more than 1.0On.W0 square
miles Of cultivated land and forests, be-
sides gold and other mines in Siberia.
1T is continually haunting fear with
Mime. Bernliarilt that she might one
day hear herself spoken Of as "a
woman who really used TO be a great
actress
The Kaiser has decided that the
Crown Prince and Princes of The royal
Eouse arc entitled to receive only the
ordinary salute with The land from
the troops at Potsdnnl.
Among the things most admired by
Queen Alexandra on her recent visit
to Gibraltar were two wonderful tri-
umphal arches of clothes baskets erect
ed by. the wasllcrwomen Of the town.
Professor Hugo Muensterberg pro-
fessor OF psychology at Harvard Uni
vcrsity. has just declined Il call to the
chair of philosophy and psychology at
the University Of KocnigsDers, Ger
many.
1t is interesting to learn shat General
Noei and General kuroki arc members
OF the Presbyterian Church, and that
Fild Marshal Oyama's wife is also a
member in good stardins of that dc.
nomination. Admiral Togo is Roman
Catholic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Floods North Of FL Paso.

Ell Paso, Tex. .Special.-A half mil
lion dollars is a conservative estimate
of the damage done by the overflow
of the Rio Grande north of FL Paso
in the Messilla valley. Some 1000
acres of farm land are under water,
crops and farm machinery have been
lost, and all houses in the path Of the
waters washed away. The water in
most places is six feet deep. Every
abode house in Anthony, N. M, has
been washed away and the people
have fled to Ell Paso. The water is
still rising rapidly, threatening great
damage, especially at Ell Paso.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
THINK TORPEDO BOATS DID 1T.

y
Washington Naval Circles Comment
ons Dispatches to state Department
-8attleship and Five More Vessels
Straits Held Against Rus.
slams.
Washington, Special.-A dispatch re-
ceived at the State Department says
that the Japanese Government has
made the announcement that it's fleet
had engaged the Russians in the
Straits of Korea Saturday and had held
them
Tie reported sinking of the battle
ship Bor1ino is mentioned in dis
patch received at the State Department
from the consul at Nagasaki.
The belief in the naval circles in
Washington is that the japanese re-
sorted to the free use of torpedo boats
In their attacks on the vessels of Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. The
Japanese have large number Of tor
pedo boats in their feet and they de-
monstrated their effectiveness in the
operations around Port Arthur Ma
val officers mere express the opinion
that it was unlikely that such. serious
losses as those reported could have
been inflicted by ordinary fire.
The following is the text of the Ma
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
An Interstate Railway.

Columbia, Special.-Defnite an
nouncement of railroad from Charles
ton, S. c. to Monroe, N. c.,
N. c.. giving Charleston, Sum-
ter, and intermediate points sea-
board connection at Monroe, was
made, in the shape of a petition for a
commission to incorporate the Caro-
lima & Virginia Railroad The COM
mission was granted with VIM. H. Ing
ram, Neill O'Donall and Marion Noise,
Of Sumter, and State Senator Thomas
G. Mcleod, of Lee county, as incorpor-
ators. The initial capital is forty thous-
and dollars, and the ultimate two'and a
half million. The purposes state that
it is the intention Of the corporation "to
acquire rights of way and build and
maintain cotton warehouses,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Bids for Manila Bonds.

Washington, Special.-Bids were
opened at the Ins:llar Bureau of the
War Department for the sale of S1,000,-
coo Manila municipal bonds bearing 4
Per cent. interest. redeemable after and
within 80 years, the proceeds to be de-.
voted to sewerage and other public
works. The highest bidder was the,
First National Bank, of Columbus, o.
which offered 109,5G25
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
How Salmon Are Hatched.

The Oregon State fisheries exhibit.
which will be located in the north end
of the forestry building at the Lewis
and Clark exposition, Portland, Ore,
will be one of fascinating interest to
Eastern people visiting the fair. The
exhibit will show the methods used In
Matching salmon, the chief fishing re-
source of Oregon, and there will b.s
many specimens of the "lordly chi
nook, ;, the King Of fresh, water fishes.
Some OF the argest fish Of: the sspring:
Sc e. sweighiI Igssei ighty ty.dve or ninety
ogsas Sssi, 6! ]; reg ssl
se
IN formaldehyd
made especially for the purpose. The
exhibit will be the finest of its kind
ever displayed at an exposition.-R
reation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
r,.>i, BIZ JUDGE Parker. y. y.

"a - t.HAiS -!
D gschicag,o Sc asufa 60
Parker Of New Y or dressed the II
lInois State Bar Association at the Chi
cago Beach Hotel on ''The Lawyer in
Public Affairs"
Judge Parker was greeted by hearty
applause as he arose to speak. After
returning thanks for the cordiality .of
his reception, he said in part:
In studying, however casually, or
with whatever care, the modern de-
velopment of the law, and the scope OF
the men who follow it as profession,
il is impossible to escape from a knowl-
edge of the close relation which the
latter bear. almost as q direct result OF
their professional life. to our politics.
1t is seen all along the line OF pubic
effort whether in village, town, city,
county, State or nation. It's existence,
therefore. cannot be overlooked nor can
its Importance as feature in the his
tory and development of the law, or OF
politics be exaggerated. 1t is not a
new tendency. having manifested itself
even in our earliest days when, owing
to the simplicity of conditions, the need
for the lawyer and the recognition OF
his place in our social :abric became
only slowly apparent. Yet, it is ten
dency which has grown with the
growth of the country and with the en-
larged facilities for the study OF poll
tics and also with the added dignity OF
the legal profession itself.
In the earlier days in the history OF
the thirteen colonies, the questions dis
cussed were those relating to rights,
then popular deDominated natural
most Of which. in their practical asser-
ton have since become legal, or re-
cogniZed as a part OF our Institutions
It was almost q necessity that the few
members of the bar wncse services
were then called for should become at
once the assertors of these rights be-
fore the courts 1t was even still more
imperative that they should come to
the front in the discussion of them IN
the forum, in those bodies where hear
Ings must be held, and also in the re-
spective assemblies of the people. This
was In the declining days of a theo-
cratic age when every profession other
than that of the clergyman had to
struggle for a position. 1=e argued FUR
ther that no truly great lawyer ever
has been dcmasosHe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Not Wanted in Augusta.

Augusta, Ga, Special.-The Israel
Epstein, or Ebstcin, whom the Paris
notice stated in last nights dispatches
was wanted here, was formerly a
small merchant in Augusta, About
twenty years ago he left here, gong
first to Columbia, S. c., and then.
drifting to parts unknown, leaving sew
eral accounts unpaid, and they were
nut in the hands of local attorney.
Lately, information came that Epstein
was in Paris and in good clrcum-
stances. The attorney communicated
with the prefecture of police IN Patls
and asked that Epstein be locked up.
There is no criminal charge against
the man from here.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Shot Chief of Police.

Nashville, Tenn, Special-A special
from Jackson, Tenn, says that A. D..
Dugg.r shot and seriously wounded
Chief of Police CASTOR, of that place,
Four shots were fired, two Of which
took effect. Dugger was drinking and
Castor attempted to arrest him. Dug.
ger was subsequently, locked up.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
McGraw Fined.

New York, Special.-Manager Nc
Graw. of the New York National Lea
que baseball Club. has. been fined s15O
and suspended for Is days for using
profane language to President Dreyfus,
of the Pittsburg club. McGraw will
he eligible to resume the privileges of
the bali field on June 18th, providing
that previous to that date the fine OF
$50 is paid, together with the sum OF
$40. which fine was imposed by Pres
ident Pulliam because of his being re-
moved from the game May goth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Texas Town Not Destroyed.

Austin, Tex, Specials. J. L. Math-
er, mayor of Mineral We"a. Tex, re-
quested correction Of the report sent
to several papers that the town had
been badly damaged by tornado last
week. He says that no damage was
done at all. and that excepting very
high wind, which swept over the town
last Wednesday, there was no prova
cation for such a report
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Teleqraphic Briefs.

John D. Rockefeller. Jr., again ad-
dressed his Bible class at the t,ilth
Avenue Baptist Church in New YORK,
after a five months absence in Europe
which has caused little improvement IN
his physical condition.
Wrechars ditchcd a train on the
Atcf son. Toneka and Santa Fe rail-
road, east Of Emporia, Kan, and SIX
passengers were injured, two OF them
fatally.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Killed in Collision.

Two were killed, one fatally injured,
two probably fatally and three
slightly injured in a collision between
il passenger trolley car and a Louis.
vile and Nashville coal car on the
Augusta-Aiken railway in stretch Of
woods some miles from Augusta on
the South Carolina side of the river.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31

Paris, BY Cable-Baron Alphonse de
Rothschild, head of the French branch
OF the banking house bearing the name
Of Rothschild and governor Of the
Bank of France, died a. 1890 Saturday
morning from acute bronchitis aggra-
waited by gout The eminent fnancicr
has been sinking slowly for many days,
but there was no apprehension that his
death was imminent.
He passed away peacefully surround
ed by his family. The announcement
Of the baron's death caused widespread
regret, for besides his position in the
financial world, Baron Alphonse was
known for his lavish charities, one
of the latest being the gift of s2,OOO,000
for the erection Of workingmen's
homes.
The deceased who was born in 1927,
will lie succeeded as the head of the
Paris banking house by Baron Lambert
de Rothschild, Of Brussels, whose bus
mess capacity has earned him world
wide reputation.
The burial Of Baron Alphonse will be
Incst simple, according to the strict
rule of the Rothschlld family, includ-
ing q plain coffin without mourning
tributes The funeral, the date Of
which has not been fixed. will be the
occasion of a notable tribute of re-
spect.
A member Of a Franco-American
banking house said: Baron Alpnonse
was the leading spirit Of the Roths-
childs in their relation with practical
ly all the governments Of Europe
Besides the colossal task OF financing
the indemnity which France paid to
Germany after the Franco-Prlssian war
of lS70-'7l, he carried on relations with
other governments. In Italy these in
cluded both government and Vatican
finances. The house has also had con-
siderable dealings with American Sc
curities through the Belmonts. ]. Pier
pont Morgan and John w. Gates, in-
Guiding Louisville & Nashville and
Atlantic Coast Line transactions, and
also has extensive interests in mines
IA California"
Al Baron Alphonse leaves two children,
Baron Edouard and Baroness BeatrlX.
aHe has two surviving brothers, Baron
:JSustav and Baron Edmond.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
State Bankers.

Anderson, Special.-The State Ban
kcrs Association was held last week,
and the attendance was large and rep.
resentativc.
One of the closing events of the ses-
sion was the election of officers an:l
the choosing of the place Of next meet
ing The officers elected are: Presi-
dent, w j. Montgomery, of Marion;
Vice president W. j. Roddey, Of Rock
Hill: Secretary and Treasurer, Giles
Wilson. of Spartauburg. Greenylle
was selected as the place for the next
meeting, the time TO be announced.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31

Daniel Buck. cN-Suprrmc Court Jus.
ticc OF minnesota, died ut Mankato,
Milln.
This years output of gold in Alaska,
on both s,;:'s a. Tie boundary, Will be
about So GJ9, ,nuD.
Mrs. 0. II. r. Belmont and other
wealthy wciarn planned to tuld Il
model tenement sliyscrapcr III Brook
lyn.
British Ambassador Durand'S salary
was raised 10 3G.:l00 on account Of the
increase i'll tic cost OF living in Wash
iEgton.
Prince NAPOLEON has announced that
his proposed marriage with the Prin-
cess CIHncntinc Of Belgium has been
abandoned.
King Oscar Of Sweden AMI Norway
has resumed The direction Of State af-
fairs. thus terminating tic regency Of
Crown Prince Gustav.
Associated real estate owners of New
York City are forming Il cooperative
fire insurance company backed by
$40. .00on0o Of property.
Receipts OF Paris theatres and music
halls. taxed bT the municipality for HE
poor last year amounted 10 $4,000, 100.
The tHX is ten per cent
1t has Just become known tlla All at
temnt WAS made three months ago TO
murder tIle manager of William Rookie
fcll2r.s Adirondack estate.
Investigation in London has disclosed
4 regular system Of providing PASS
ports for persons going 10 Russia TO
spread the liberal propaganda.
Trials are HOW being made in the
German army as to whether the blue
and dark uniforms or the infantry had
better be exchanged for gray clothes.
Union and Confederate veterans uni
ted in decorating the graves OF C0nicd-
crate soldiers ut Mount Hope Gene
terry, New York City. .,n oration WAS
delivered by General George L. Loud,
Of Hancock Post, Grand Army OF the
Republic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
MIR. Watson to 90 North.

Mr.. e. ]. Watson, commissioner OF
agriculture and immigration, has gone
to Washington for stay Of u few
days, and from there he will go to
New York. Mr.. Watson was very
much encouraged on his last trip to
New York. and will probably meet
with IN even more cordial reception
this time His object is not to in
duce immigration, but to pick immi
grants who are desirable, for the for
eisners are pouring into the country
by thousands daily,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Spartanbura Bond Issue.

Spartanburg. Special. = The street
committee of the city council, which
has in charge the petition for 100000
bond issue to increase street improve
ments, after checking over the lists,
find that there is not majority Of
the freeholders' names affixed. Friday,
the petition was being circulated again
TO get the requisite number, something
like 100 signatures. The sentiment Of
the property owners is for good streets
and sidewalks and the names will
doubtless be secured in the near fu-
turo
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Four Killed in Collision.

Augusta, Ga. Srecial.-Two were
killed. one fatally injured, two prob
ably fatally and three slightly injured
in a collision Thursday night between
a passenger trolley car and a Louis
Vile G. Nashville coal car on the Au-
gusta e Aiken Railway, in stretch of
woods some miles from Augusta. on the
South Carolina side of the river:
The dead: ]. E. Holdman. motcrman;
Felix Boddc, employc Of railway, who
was riding with the gllotc:nan.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Another Dividend.

Macon, Ca. special.-Receiver W. J.
Butler. o. the First National Bank.
which failed in the R. H. Plant col
lapse last year. will distribute next
week another dividend OF 10 per cent
TO all creditors of the institution. This
will make a total of 95 per cent paid.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
General Assembly Adjourns.

Fort Worth. Tex, spccial.--The
forty-fifth General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church adj
iourned Friday afternoon. Moderator
Plunkett declared the convention dis
solved at $50, and at the same time
called the next session to meet at
Greenville, S. c., at IL a. M, On the
third Tuesday in May, 1906
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Interesting Heirloom.

Miss Mary Bowers Moulton OF Pitts
field, NJ, has received very inter.
esting heirloom from her au!ntt Mrs.
Isabelle Patten of Sheldonvif.ssz,s MasA,
It is a handmade lace collar, which
was worn by her great grandmother,
Mary Bowers Symmes, at ball given
In Boston in 1925, in honor Of Lafay-
cite, on the occasion Of his second
visit to the United States. Since that
event the collar has always remained
in the family, and has been worn by
six brides, direct descendants of Mrs.
SYmmeS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
szs ono Ere at Richmond.

Richmond, Va, Special-II. Binswan-
ger & Co.'S plate-glass and mirror rae
tory and builders supply store were
destroyed by fire Tuesday evening
.oss about $4,000, fully insured. Tie
plant. which has employed IS or so peo-
ple, will be rebuilt at once.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Mec,,uius in Erl1ntion

Naples, BY Cable.-The eruption OF
Mount Vesuvius continues. the vol
cano showing four new openings
through which lava flows, while the
Immediately surrounding country is
covered with ashes. The funicular
railroad has been compelled to cease
running
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
BATTLE IN Tue STRAITS OF KOREA
According to information Received at
the State Department in Washing
ton, the Battle Began Saturday, the
Japanese Sinking the Russian Bat
tleship Borodino, Four More War
ships and a Repair Ship.

According to the latest information,
she battle between the Russian and
Japanese naval forces for the suprem-
acy Of the Oriental seas, on which
hangs the outcome of the far Eastern
struggle, has begun, if it has not term
mated decisively. ALI the dispatches
received point to Japanse victory,
though it is not yet known whether
the full force Of Vice Adrimal Rojest-
vensky's fighting ships took part in the
contest, which, according to the dis
patches, took place in the comparative
ly narrow waters of the Straits of Ko-
rea. The first information came in a
dispatch from the American consul at
Nagasaki to the State Department at
Washington, telling that the Japanese
had sunk one Russian battleship, four
other warshjns and a repair ship in
the Korean Strait, and this was fol-
lowed by dispatch received by the
>@S~eS A~SPtAA IAlVnI, tAC udlC VI WuiCu
was not given, that the Japanese gov
ernment had made the announcement
that its fleet had engaged the Rus
slams in the Straits Of Korea Saturday
and had held them" The State De-
partment also received information
that two of the vessels reported to
have been sunk were the sister battle
ships Orel and Borodino, and that three
of the other ships were cruisers. From
Tsingtau, the German port on the
Shantung Peninsula, came report that
a running naval engagement took place
near the Island OF Oki, in the Sea of
Japan, 200 miles northeast of the
Straits of Korea, and that the whole
Russian fleet did net participate, the
slow vessels having been sent around
Japan. Russian sources give no news
of the battle, while the japanese gov
ernment, following it's custom, is silent
as to either the battle or it's outcome.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
TeIeurap1ic Briefs.

French soldiers blew up the house in
which an outlaw barricaded himself,
and he got out only to narrowly escape
being lynched.
The Chamber of Deputies sustained
the French Government by postponing
indefinitely Interpolation upon the
neutrality question.
It is stated specia1 envoy will rep
resent France at the wedding Of the
German Crown Prince
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
Director at Clemson Resigns.

Prof. ]. H. M. Beatty, director Of the
textile department Of Clemson Col
legc, has resigned to accept a position
as assistant to Mr.. Lewis w. Parker,
president of several cotton mills in
Columbia, Grccnville and Grccrs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
More Chicago F'iots.

Chicago, Special.-Rioting broke out
afresh in the tealTsters' strike. Al
though nobody was seriously hunt.
there were number of vicious fights III
the lumber. yards during which the po-
lice we're compelled to use clubs. and
in one instance, reviewers, to disperse
tho crnWlS-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31

London, By Cable.-The Shanghai
correspondent of The Morning Post
says he learns from a trustworthy
source that Vice Admiral Togo's fleet
is still off Masampho, on the southeast
ern coast of Korea.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-31
nr,,romer Dies Suddenly.

Augusta. Ca, Special Charles l.:
warren drummer for a Baltimore
chewing pun manufacturer, died sud-
denly at the Albion hotel Sunday
morning. The coroners Jury prousas :
in verdict OF death due 10 naeui al
causes.