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6 CHINA’S CRUSHING DEFEAT. Japanese Win a Decisive Battle Rout ing the Enemy. Terrible Loss on the Part of the Chi nese Troops Engaged—Of 20,000 Who Went in Action, Some 16,000 Are Reported Killed, Wounded or Missing—Utter Rout and Discomfit ure of the Chinese Army. London, Sept. 17.—A Central News dis patch from Seoule dated 6p. m. Sept. 16, says: “A great battle has been fought at Ping Yang between Chinese and Japa nese troops, in which the former were utterly routed. On Thursday a Japanese column from Pong San made a reconnois sance in force, drawing the fire of the Chinese forts, and thus ascertained their positions. The column then fell back in good order with little loss. By Friday night all the Japanese were in position for a combined attack upon the enemy. The Gensal column threatened the flank of the Chinese, the Pong-San column threatening the Chinese center, while the Whang Ju column oper ated against the right, which had been re-inforced the day before by a detach ment of marines from the heet at the mouth of the Tarton river. The Chinese had utilized the old defenses at Peng Van and had thrown up new works, making the position an exceptionally strong one. The battle was opened Saturday at day break by a Japanese cannonade of the Chinese woras. which was continued without cessation until afternoon, the Chinese responding, working with heavy guns and showed good practice. At about 2 o’clock a body of infantry was thrown forward by the Japanese and maintained a rifle fire upon the enemy until dusk. Throughout the day only the Pong-San column was engaged. The Chinese defenses had suffered greatly, but the losses on either side ‘ were small, both Chinese and Japanese having taken advantage of all shelter available. The Japanese troops, however, had gained some ad vanced positions. The firing continued at Intervals during the night and in the meantime two Japanese flanking columns had formed a cordon around the Chinese. At 8 o’clock in the morning an attack was tnade by the Japanese columns, simul taneously and with ad mirable precision. The Chinese lines which were so strong in front were found to be weak' in rear and here the attack was successful. The Chinese were completely taken by sur prise and were thrown into a panic. Hundreds were cut down and those who escaped death finding themselves sur rounded at every point, broke and lied, some of Viceroy LI Hung Chang’s Euro pean drilled troops stood their ground to the last word and were cut down to a man. The Pong San column, swarming over the defenses in front, completed the route. Half an hour after the attack opened the positions of Feng Yang were in posses sion of the Japanese. It is estimated that SO,(X>O Chinese soldiers were engaged in the battle. The Japanese captured im mense stores of provisions, munitions of war and hundreds of colors. The Chinese loss is estimated at 16,000 killed, wounded find taken prisoners. Among those cap tured by the Japanese are several Chinese commanding officers, includ ing Gen. Tso-Fung, commander-in-chief of the Manchurian army, who was severely wounded. The Japanese loss is only thirty killed and 270 wounded including eleven officers. Most of tne casual!ties among the Japanese occurred the first day's fighting and very few re sulted in the nignt attack. The Japanese forces are In active pursuit of the fugi tives who have thrown away their arms and really yielded themselves prisoners. Desultory war may be carried on for some time to come, but unless China shall succeed in getting another army into the peninsula. Korea will undoubtedly re main in possession of the Japanese. CHINESE MUCH EXCITED. A dispatch to the Central News from Shanghai says the Chinese are fearfully excited over the news of defeat and great slaughter of the Chinese army at Ping- Yan Friday and Saturday. CONFIRMED AT LONDON. London. Sept. 17.—Advices received at the Japanese legation in this city offici ally confirm the report of the absolute and crushing defeat of the Chinese in the recent engagement at Ping Yang. A WONDERFUL VICTORT. A Central News despatch from Seoul says: Within ten hours after the conclusion of the bat tle the military engineers had com pleted a field telegraph line from here to Ping Yang. A large number of prisoners were brought into the Japanese camp from houses where they were hidden. Several thousand Chinese fled toward a valley to the northwest, and upon finding their retreat in that direction cut off, sur rendered in a body. Ping Yang is now being searched in the belief that a number of important Chinese officers are in hiding in the city under the protection of friendly Koreans. The number of Chinese who were killed in the battle is estimated at 2,300. The walls of Ping Yang were badly shattered by the cannonade which was poured upon them by the guns of the Japanese, but the city itself is only slightly damaged. The Japanese emperor has telegraphed from Hisperma, where the headquarters of the army are located congratulating Marshal Count Yamagata upon the success of the Japanese armv. A flying column of the Japanese army is pushing northward with the object of taking possession of the mountain passes. A proclamation has been issued promis ing full protection to the Koreans if thej’ will refrain from acts of hostility to ward the Javanese. On the other hand, they are informed that if they give shel ter to or engage in traffic with the Chinese they will be summarily dealt with by process of martial law. A dispatch from Tokio says continuous artillery salutes are being fired in cele bration of the victory of the Japanese. The Ping Yang Mercury prints a spe cial edition and m an editorial comments on the results of the battle, expressing full appreciation of the crushing defeat and great slaughter of the picked troops comprising the Chinese army engaged. The paper dilates upon the consequences of the disaster to the Chinese arms, and expresses well grounded fears of a speedy Japanese invasion. FOUR GENERALS CAPTURED. A Central News dispatch from Tokio says that four Chinese generals, together with 14,800 other officers and men, were taken prisoners by the Japanese at Ping Yang. The Japanese outnumbered the Chinese three to one. > THE NEWS CONFIRMED. Washington. Sept. 17.—Official confirm ation has been received at the Japanese legation of a general engagement between the Chinese and Japanese forces at Sing Yan. near the north frontier of Koiea. on Sept. 15, resulting in a decisive victory for the Japanese. Details of the engage ment are expected by officials of the lega tion and looked forward as of much im portance. as promising first authentic of ficial news of the fighting in Northern Korea, rosjieeting which so many con flicting rejßirts have been published. Mr. Myaoka, secretary of the legation here, who has been transferred to Berlin, not to Vienna as reported, took leave thia ntorning and will sail on the steamship City of New York for his new post of duty. He will be succeeded here by Mr. Amano, a man older than the minister, who speaks with more or less fluency En fbsh, French, GiWi, and reads taliau audr can write in Russian, and has been secretary of the legation to the governments of each of these coun tries. No official information has yet been received at the legation of the progress of the fighting in the vicinity of Pekin. TRIAL OF THE PASHAS. Sirdar of the Egyptian Armies Dis satisfied With Its Result- Cairo, Sept. 17.—Brig. Gen. Kitchener, sirdar of the Egyptian army, is dissatis fied with the result of the recent court martial of the two Dashas, who wore ac quitted of the charge of purchasing slave girls, and he has demanded that two British officers be added to the court , martial which is to try Ali Sherif Pasha, president of the council, who is charged , with the same offense. The Strike in Collapse. Edinburg, Sept. 17.—The strike of the , Scotch miners has collapsed. Ten thous and miners descended into the pits this morning, and the pickets who had been stationed about the works were with-* drawn. ITS GLOOM DISPELLED. Hinckley Once Again a Busy Place. Free Excursions. Hinckley, Minn., Sept. 17.—Excursion ists flocked to this region from every di rection yesterday. The rain of Friday had put out all the forest fires and the air was clear and the day was fine. Trains were supplied free and excursion ists did as they pleased. A party of them from St. Cloud contributed over SI,OOO to the relief fund. The gloom of this region has been dispelled to some extent and Hinckley is the busiest place in Minne sota. A large amount has been appropri ated by the state commission to the uses of the people of Hinckley, and more than half of it is being expended in rebuilding this place. LARGE SUMS FOR, RELIEF. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 17.—Kenneth Clarke, treasurer of the state fire relief commission, hap returned from Hinckley and announces that the total amount he has received for the sufferers is $40,454. Besides this, the St. Paul relief commit tee has in its hands $24,184, which has not yet been turned over to the state com mission. Also $4,000 has been collected at Stillwater. BAIL REFUSED. For the Good of the State Lynchers Must Be Punished. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 17. —This morn ing Judge Dubose rejected the motion to admit M. Strickfaden, charged with lynching, to bail. He also rejected a similar motion as to E. T. Armour, who is in jail ynder an indictment charging lynching. Armour’s supposed arrest is a surprise. He was with the faction opposed to the party suspected to have done the lynching. Some say he was indicted by friends of the lynchers in order to break the force of the anti-lynching crowd. Governor-elect Clarke of Arkansas was in Memphis to-day, and he denounced the lynching and expressed the opinion that the lynchers, for the good name of the south, must be brought to punishment. Judge Cooper has instructed the new grand jury to continue the investigation. OFFICERS AMBUSHED. District Attorney and Sheriff Assas sinated While Oonveying'Prison ers. New Orleans, Sept. 17.—The Picayune s Abbeville, La., special says great excite ment was created there this morning when it became known that District At torney M. T. Gordy and Sheriff A. L. Blanc were fired into from ambush by unknown parties while they were convey ing six prisoners to jail. Two of the pris oners were killed. Bloodhounds have been put on the track of the assassins, and a large posse of deputy sheriffs have gone in pursuit of the murderers. DROWNED WHILE DRIVING. A Mrs. Tye of Atlanta Meets Death in a Swollen Branch. Atlanta, Ga„ Sept. 17.—While out driving this afternoon, Mrs. Drew Tye was caught in a swollen branch in the western suburbs of the city and drowned. She was crossing the stream, but at tempted to turn back when in the middle and her buggy was overturned. A negro who was with her swam out, but Mrs. Tye’s body was swept on down the stream, and has not been recovered up to midnight. Mrs. Tye was the wife of a large whole sale butcher and packer. BISHOP_OF TRENTON. Bishop O’Farrell, of That Diocese, Succeeded by His Vicar General. Trenton, N. J , Sept. 17.—The Very Rev. James A. 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IS JONES A JUDAS P The Nevada Republican State Oom mittee Answers in the Affirmative. Carson, Nev., Sept. 17.—Senator John P. Jones of Nevada has been requested by the republican state central committee to resign his seat in the United States Senate to which he was elects by re publicans. This request is made in a long letter which was drafted by Chair man Trennorcoffin and approved by the state central committee at a meeting held in • this city. The letter exhaus tively reviews Senator Jones’ letter of * Aug. 29, to the former chairman of the committee Enoch Strother, in which Jones announces that he has left the republican party to join the populists, and severely criticises bis course of action. The main points of the letter are as follows: "You say that you have not changed your principles—well and good. Does it follow that you have merely changed your name, and instead of calling yourself a republican you will here after term yourself a populist? Do the shin ing examples of populist influence (con spicuous amomr others that of your own colleague) with whom you are daily and hourly confronted in the Senate, justify the belief that such a change will add to your prestige and power as a member of that body? Do not the cases of Sumher and Schurz, and Trumbull and many others furnish the most painful remind ers that the day upon which a brilliant and distinguished party leader breaks away from the organization in which he ; has won all his fame marks the beginning of his political decline? Can you rea sonably then expect a different result? But by what mental processes you arrive at j the conclusion that the great “principle" i involved requires you to part company ; with the Republican party of Nevada, ■ your letter entirely fails to disclose. You ■ concede that we are true to the cause of , silver. Then why should you abandon ' us if we are true to silver? Why does not ; devotion to that "principle” of which you ■ write so eloquently require you to remain true to us? Not only have we been true to the cause of silver but we have been true to every other great principle that you hold dear, and more than all, we have been fidelity itself to you. Then, we ask again, why do you abandon us? The silver party does not accept your name, while the populist party does not accept your creed, so that with e* r ery recognized po litical principle you are literally left without a party in the state of Nevada. "The publication of your letter has not caused even a waver in the ranks, and no defection of any leader, however great and distinguished, will cause them to swerve a hair’s breadth from what they believe to be their duty. “In conclusion, we desire to remind you that you were • elected to the United States Senate as a republican and by the j Republican party. In the strictest sense I the office is a political one and the Repub- I lican party is entitled to representation ' for the full term of six years from March 4, 1891. As you announce that you cannot act with the party that elected you, every consideration of propriety and delicacy and decency requires you to resign. In the name of the Republican party of Ne vada, we respectfully ask you to do so.” FUN FOR THE BOYS. A Rich Incident of the Anti-Tillman Convention. Columbia, S. 0., Sept. 17.—A rich side issue of the anti-1 illman convention de veloped during the preliminary confer ence to-night, ' and furnished intense amusement to some of the newspaper men. About fifty feet above the floor of the hall in which the conference was held, is a galvanized iron ceiling with a glass surface in the center. One of the panes of glass had been removed, and it was sus pected that some Tillmanites might be lurking in the stygian darkness above, bent on catching auy stray straws that might show which way the anti-Tillman wind was blowing. Accordingly several sturdy conferees were appointed to in vestigate. They found the door to the loft barricaded and broke it open, finding a quasi-crazy man standing around, who was supposed to be there to put the in formation-seekers on their guard. While roaming about in the darkness Capt. Wade Manning fell through the ceiling, but caught by his arms, and was quickly jerked back by his companions. The crash caused a commotion among the delegates below, and for an instant it was feared that someone would be hurled to his death. Capt Manning, Cal. Caughman and Jim Holland scented the enemy and. climbing up the ladder that leads to the roof, found, that im mense weight on the trap door. With a mighty effort they threw it open and the 250-pound form of Bill Price, the heavy weight local manof the Columbia Regis ter, came into view. “I surrender,” said he, "you can see there is nothing in my notebook.” He then ambled down to terra firms, his crop of conference news i stricken by a killing frost. ANTI-TILLMAN CONVENTION. Returns Meager, But Indications Fa vor Nomination of a Full Ticket. Columbia. S. C., Sept. 17.—About 200 delegates are in attendance upon the anti-Tillman convention. The question ' of making nominations is one of absorb ing interest, and there is much difference of opinion as to what is best to be done. The convention began at 6 o’clock and i the sessions are being held behind closed j doors. The caucus is in session at 1 -.40 o’clock a. m. The members have been expressing views all night as to the expediency of j nominating a state ticket. Senator But ler and ex-Governors Haygood and Rich ardson have advocated a fight on that line. A vote has not yet been reached and will not be until after 2:30 o'clock. ' Nominations will probably be made. At 2:15 o’clock a. m. the caucus is still in session. I' 11 Put Out in Three Rounds.* Chicago, Sept. 17. —Joe Cho.vnski of ■ California knocked out Mike Boden of Chicago in three rounds at I to-night. Boden was never in it. FATALITIES AT A FIRE. ***• ■ . A Blaze Which Destroys Much Prop erty and Many Lives. Washington, Sept. 17.—Fire which began shortly before noon to-day de stroyed the large mattress and bedding factory of Stumph & Bros, at Massachu setts avenue and K street, northwest. The fire started on the second floor but its exact cause is not known. The whole building was ablaze in an instant, and only twelve minutes afterward portions of the side walls and roof fell. The fire was under control after the building and contents had been destroyed. A falling wall ruined the marble works of G. L. Benner. The furniture store of Hall & Commack, the blacksmith shop of John Offenstein, and Palmer’s oyster house, which fronted on K street, were totally destroyed by the flames. The Woodruff file and cabinet works, where the pat ent files used by the United states gov ernment are made, were also totally de stroyed. The loss to Stumph Bros’, fac tory is about $50,000, about one-third in sured. The other losses amount to $25,- 000, insurance unknown. Six persons are missing from the em ployes of the mattress factory and four bodies have been recovered from the ruins, all burned beyond recognition, ex cept that one, smaller than the others, is supposed to be that of a boy named Willie Ashe. Two bodies are believed to be still i in the wreck, if not totally consumed. Four employes were cut off from re treat by the stairway and ran to the roof, whence they jumped jto the ground. nearly 100 feet. One of these, James E. Vaughn, broke both legs and suffered other injuries from i which he will probably die before morn ! ing. Albert J. Hasek broke both legs. < The missing six are Henry Fowler, Phil ! Ackertiian, Robert Reitzel, Williath Ten i nyson. an engineer, name unknown, and the boy Willie Ashe. The four bodies found account for so many of the above, but which of them cannot yet be told. SKIPPED WITH THE FUNDS. Italian Bankers Depart, Taking the Bank’s Assets With Them. Pittsburgh Pa., Sept 17.—Carrier! & Levatb, proprietors of one of the half dozen or more private banking and ex change institutions in the Italian quarter on Washington street, have disappeared, taking with them all of the funds cn de posit. amounting to about SIO,OOO. All of yesterday, last night and this morning crowds of foreigners swarmed about the vicinity of the bank, anxious to find some one upon whom they might wreak their vengeance. The defaulting bankers dis- I appeared Friday evening. The only 5 property of viiliie in the place is now in I the hands of a constable, who levied upon i them for rent due the owners of the building. It is supposed the defaulters are heading for New Orleans, and officers have been asked to apprehend the guilty pair. The books of the firm give no in formation of value to the depositors, whose accounts range from a few dollars to $2,000, in money left with the firm for exchange to families and friends in Italy. The firm of Carrier! & Levato had been in business at No. 4.9 Washington street for eighteen months. A ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT. A Plucky Maiden Whose Love Laughed at Guns and Knives. Rome, Ga., Sept. 17.—A dramatic scene was enacted on Upper Broad street yes terday afternoon, and a pretty «young woman in tears, a demoralized young man, the father and two brothers of the girl voicing tueir determination, and brandishing pistols and knives, made up the dramatis personnae. Frank Clark is a young man of 21, who has for some time past been paying atten tions tp Miss Ellen Busbee, the handsome daughter of a well known farmer living a few miles from Rome. For months the pair have sworn eternal fidelity, and on Sunday they came to Rome to be joined in the bonds of matrimony. The girl’s father and her two brothers followed on horseback, and, brandishing pistols and knives, threatened to kill young Clark if he persisted in bis effort. The girl, through her tears, cried: “I will marry him or drown myself.” Finally she was taken home, but to-day her father brought her back and she and Clark were married. Mr. Busbee stated that his daughter insisted so that they had to give in. CAROLINIANS IN FLORIDA. They Demand Redemption of Their “Father’s House” From Tillmanism. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 17.—South Carolinians in Jacksonville are very much* interested in the political war against Tillman in South Carolina. This morning a meeting was held of the following sons of the Palmetto state: S. C. Boylston, J. K Munnerlyn, William Butler. Jr., Thomas Stockton, W. D. Mat thews, J. A. Enslow. Jr., George C. Wil son. Thomas Storey Matthews, J. Sea brook Jones, H. B. Coudes, A. D. Williams, M. D., and Charles J. Colcock, S. A. Smith, Abbeville, S. C. A telegram was sent by the meeting as foliows: To T. W. Carwile, chairman, and N. G. Gonzales, secretary of the anti-Tillman con vention being held In Columbia to day: •‘Yes terday’s State read eagerly and joyously. Keep up the red shirt cry of Nominate a full ticket. Better prospects than then— milk and water Opposition always fails. Re ; deem the house of our fathers from Tillman ism. We see victory anead and nray your success. True Sons of Carolina.” A little girl sat gazing at the new bon net of one of her mother’s visitors, until the latter smilingly asked, “Do you like •it, my dear?” The child innocently re plied, “It es. I do. Mamma and Aunt Milly said it was a perfect fright, but it doesn’t frighten me a bit.”—Tit-Bits. “You are sure that Miss Flipley is 18?” “Let me think. Yes. she was 21 three years ago.”—Chicago Inter Ocean. BRECKINRIDGE GIVES UP. The Nomination in the Ashland Dis trict Will Not Be Contested. The District Committee Members An nounce Positively That They Will Not “Go Behind the Returns” in Canvassing the Vote—Much Excite ment, However, Prevailed for a Time, and the Republicans Began to Talk Big. Lexington, Ky.. Sept. 17. —It looks very much as if Breckinridge’s supporters would contest the nomination. They claim that enough illegal votes were cast Saturday to overcome the small plurality of Owens. Col. Barney Treacy, president of the Owens Club, claims that his man has a clear lead of 400 votes over Breckinridge and he is in no way afraid that Owens will lose. The Breckinridge people, on the other hand, say Owens’ lead is barely 150, and that the committee will give them the nomination sure. LATER. Breckinridge will contest the election of Owens in Saturday’s primary. A gen tleman who talked with him last night says he has written letters to the chair man of the county committee to that effect. OWENS’ NOMINATION CONCEDED. Everything is quiet to-night, the nomi nation of Owens being conceded. It has, however, been a more exciting day than any for a week. When the Owens men claimed the nomination by a decisive ma jority Saturday night, the Breckinridge men stood pat. Yesterday they worked harder than ever. To-day it became known that representatives had been dis patched into different parts of the dis trict to get all the evidence wivlr a view of contesting the nomination before the democratic congressional district commit tee which meets at Frankfort next Sat urday, and which is the returning board that makes the official count and decla ration as to who is the nominee. This committee is composed of one member from each county. Fayette county, the home of Breckinridge, has two legisla tive districts, and hence two members of this committee, each of the other seven counties having one. The member of the state democratic committee for the Seventh district is the tenth member of the committee, whicL was known to stand six for Breckinridge four anti-Breck inridge. As this committee has done everything in its power for Breckin ridge in fixing a late date for the pri maries, adopting the challenge rule, and everything else he wanted, the Owens men were alarmed to-day on finding out that the Breckinridge agents were at work with a view of presenting evidence for a contest before this committee next Saturday. They learned of letters sent to the committee of the agencies at work in different counties, working up the case, and believed there was a well planned purpose to throw out the vote of certain precincts on the ground of irregularities, and declare Breckinridge the nominee. ' It was promptly announced that four members of the district committee would make a minority report Saturday and ap peal to the democrats. This meant that Owens and Breckinridge would both be candidates and fight to a finish in Novem ber. Meantime the republicans, who hold their convention here Sept. 26, be gan to regard their unnamed nominee as the favorite, and there was much ex citement. The tide was turned in the afternoon when B. J. Welsh, the committeeman from Breckinridge’s home and one of his strongest supporters, announced that he wo aid never vote to go behind the returns when the committee met at Frankfort. As this would leave the committee a tie, or five to five in any event, and as other Breckinridge men on the district com mittee, who Lad stood by him to the last, were not disposed to go behind the re turns, the old guard of the silver tongued orator gave up the struggle. They will not, however, concede the plu rality of 526. which the Owens men claim to-night, from complete re turns. Among Breckinridge’s strongest friends are the nominees here on the county ticket, and they, as well as other county candidates, were not disposed to hazard their interests by assisting in throwing out any of the Owens precincts at Frankfort next Saturday. It is not likely that there will* be any more agita tion. Col. Breckinridge will serve till next March. JAILED FOR MURDER. Arrest of Parties Charged With the Cooper Assassination. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 17.—A special to the Advertiser from Tuscaloosa, Ala., says: “Doc and Joo Bigham and Henry Grammer have been put in Tuscaloosa jail charged with the murder of Mr. Cooper one day last week. The evidence seems to be very strong against Doc Big ham, as he was seen leading the neigh borhood of the shooting armed with a shotgun, one barrel loaded with buck shot and the other one lately discharged. There is a story brought out by the cor oner's inquest that a party of men had met and passed sentence of death on five men, and the Cooper assassination was the first of the lot.” TAILORS VICTORIOUS. Contractors Will Accede to Any Terms Strikers May Demand. New York, Sept. 17.—The strike of the United Brotherhood of Tailors is practi cally at an end. This»morning the head quarters of the strikers in Grand street were crowded with members of the contractors’ association, who were willing to accede to any of the strikers’ demands. By to-morrow morn ing it is expected all the hands who went out will have returned. At the head quarters of the Knights of Labor the men are also proclaiming a victory. They said their bosses had given in and that all would return to work to-morrow morning. Striking Weavers and Spinners. Bennington, Vt., Sept. 17.—The weavers and spinners in the Bennington woolen mills this morning struck for a restora tion of the 10 per cent, cut in wages made last February. 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The board of directors elected to fill the vacancy Judge Warren Lott, vice presi dent of the First National Bank of Way cross and of the South Georgia Bank of Waycross. Judge Lott has accepted. Mr. Woodworth will leave for Jackson ville Oct. 1, where he will be a guest for a few weeks of Mrs. Alexander Mitchell. He will then identify himself with large capitalists. Wimbish, an Atlanta negro orator, spoke here Saturday evening to a crowd of negroes and white populists. The speaking was in Hazard’s Hill, a negro quarter. Wimbish spoke bitterly against the Democratic party and pleaded with his race to support the populistic party. His speech was not well received by the ne groes. The white populists cheered lus tily during the bitter harangue. Wim bish made no converts. A party of Waycrossites attended yes terday the yearly meeting at the Shiloh Baptist church in Pierce county. They 7 went to see the celebration of the Lord’s supper and of feet washing by the mem bers of the church. They were very much pleased with their visit. The Shiloh church is known as Hardshell. The yearly meetings are attended by peo ple from far and near. Hon. Leon A. Wilson has returned from Braxton, where he and Judge Atkinson spoke Saturday to a large crowd. He was well pleased with the condition of de mocracy there. Hon. Hoke Smith will make an address here at the barbecue next Saturday. J. P. Massey and Mrs. Effie Odum were married yesterday by Rev. W. H. Scruggs. A colored man was hurt on the railroad Saturday and his arm was amputated yes terday. W. W. Sharpe was re-elected secretary and treasurer by the Roadmasters’ Associ ation of America last week at its annual convention in New York. Herbert Murphy and family have re turned from a vacation in New Jersey. Miss May Scruggs left to-night on the Southern railway train for college. THE WOMAN WHO EATS. Heretofore She Has Been Starving Herself in Aristocratic Fashion. From the New York Ledger. Somebody, who displays enough good sense to start a millenium, says that the coming woman will be a success just in l proportton as she learns to eat. For gen erations past women have lived on broad and butter—baker’s bread at that —and tea and warmed-up potatoes. Sometimes they were warmed up in milk; sometimes in fat or butter; but they were warmed over potatoes all the same. Now this is a dish that is well enough in its way, but it is not alarmingly pro lific in the productive of brain material. The coming woman is going to eat all the good things of life. She will eat the beat she can get on all occasions, and as much of it as common sense and an intelligent understanding of the needs of her system will dictate. Exit teapot and bread and butter, and in their places we wilt have good soup, well cooked meats if one cares for them, plenty of milk, eggs, butter and a fair share of the sweet things of life. For the coming woman is to be an out-of door creature, and can consume pure sac charine matter in reasonable quantities to excellent advantage. Perhaps she will make her own confectionery. If she does, $0 much the better, for she will be more certain that it is made of proper material. Women have been starving themselves to death in a systematic, sympathetic and aristocratic fashion for a good many years, and it is quite time that they put a stop to it. The apostle of healthful de velopment is telling them it is out of the question to keep a good fire in the phys ical furnace without proper material. There are many people who are under the doctor’s care, and who swallow no end of nauseous drugs and drink all sortsof vile : fasting and smelling waters, when the , most that they need is plenty of good food I to eat and all of the out-of-door exercise that they can bear. A HOT CONTEST FOB TBEASUBEB An Interesting Primary in Marion County, Florida. Ocala, Fla., Sept. 17.—The primary be tween Gen. F. J. Dickinson and John Ste vens for the nomination for county treas urer last Saturday was a most exciting one. Gen. Dickinson is a war veteran and Mr. Stevens is a fruit grower. The main cause of the deep feeling which the con test carried arose from the fact that in 1893 Gen. Dickinson, who was then and is now county treasurer, withdrew the county funds from the Merchants Na tional bank and put them in the First Na tional bank. This induced the Merchants National and its friends to take sides against Gen. Dickinson. There are vari ous alleged reasons for the withdrawal, Gen. Dickinson giving one set of reasons and the bank officials another. The re sult of the primary is not yet known. Sibyl (who has been thrown over by her fiance)—l feel utterly discouraged. Tippie (soothingly)—Never mind, dear, remember there are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught. Sibyl—That’s all very well; but doesn't it occur to you that one may get tired fishing?—Vogue. Day—ls I .were in your place, I wouldn’t paint that house white; I'd paint it brown. Weeks—ls you were in my place, you’d probably be so mad that you’d paint it red, just to spite the people who gave you advice about it.—Truth. SPEED OF THE STEEDS. A Small Attendance but Attractive Card at Gravesend. Race Track, Gravesend, Sept. 17. There were not Very many persons here this afternoon, despite the fact that the fields were large and the card very at tractive. The attendance was fair and the track was in good condition. The principal events of the day were the * races for the Clinton stakes and the Woodlawn handicap. In the stake race Star Actress assumed the task of pacemaker at the start, leading the field to the back stretch, but at the far turn had to sur render her position, and Beidemere, Poca hontas and Lightfoot drew away to gether. In a rattling finish Lightfoot won by a head from Pocahontas, who fin ished a length and a-half in front of Beidemere. Banquet broke ahead of his field in the race for the Woodland handicap. Simms at once steadied him and dropped to the rear to keep The Pepper company. In the meantime Hornpipe and Gloaming forged to the front, but when they swung into the stretch Faraday was leading by a neck. This lead he maintained until with in a few strides of the finish, when Ban quet got up under punishment and beat him out by a head. The surprise of the day was Gotham, who, at 10 to 1, easily wrested victory from the favorite, Ap plause, in the fifth race: Summaries: First Race—Five furlongs. Kennell. 107, Simms, 11 to 5, won. with Nicolini second and Enchanter third. Time 1:02%. Second Race—Six furlongs. Littly Billy, 109. Reiff, 13 to 5, won. with perfargilla sec ond and Disown t third. Time 1:14%. Third Race—The Clinton stakes, one and one-sixteenth miles. Lightfoot, 112, Griffin, 4 to 1, won, with Pocahontas second and Bel demere third. Time 1:51 %. Fourth Race—The Woodlawn handicap, one and three-sixteenths miles. Banquet, 125, Simms, 7 to 10. won, with Faraday second and Hornpipe third. Time 2:04. Fifth Race—Five furlongs. Gotham. 108. Lamley, 10 to 1. won, with Applause second and Magician third. Time 1:02. Sixth Race—One and one-eighth miles. Emin Bey, 110. Doggett, 6 to 1, won. with Live Oak second and Prince Karl third. Time 1:53%. THE OLOUD WAS ALIVE. A Vast Swarm of Winged Ants Mov ing- Swiftly In the Sky. From the Utica Observer, “While driving home from Oneida last Friday,” said a farmer who lives in the extreme western part of the county, “I saw a big cloud moving due north over the fields and woods. There wasn’t any wind blowing, the air was still, and I was unable to account for the presence of a big black cloud speeding away across the heavens on such a still, bright day. “At first I thought.,that it was a cloud of smoke from the railroads, but then , when I first saw it the cioud was in such a position that it could not possibly have i come from the West Shore railroad, and I even if it had; there never was a cloud of smoke hung so closely together and so I long as that did. As I sat in my wagon it appeared to me to be a mile long and a mile wide, but, of course, that part of it was a speculation, for no one can make a very accurate guess of the size of a cloud. | The body in the sky was as dark as the ■ smoke from a locomotive, and looked to I be quite dense. It traveled quicker than any cloud ever scudded before a thunder . shower in this section. When it first at- I tracted attention it was high up in the heavens, but it rose and fell several times like the soaring of a bird. Once it was but a few feet above the top of somo woods. Again it took an upward course, and continued onward in an unswerving north course. It was about 5 o’clock that the cloud passed. “That evening I noticed a number of reddish winged wood ants about on the i grass and in the roads. It occurred to i ; me that the strange cloud in motion i i might have been a cloud of these flying ■ ants. The more I pondered over the phe ' nomenon the more I became convinced that it was a cloud of ants that passed ; over the country. Such a story was too big for me to tell, although there was proof enough of the fact for my mind, so I held my peace and simply spoke to my i family of the strange cloud. Others had seen it, too, yet none suspected what it was, and we finally dismissed it. CD “A day or two afterward I was in Con stableville and there the farmers told me they had seen the same thing. There was no doubt about it either, for a num ber of them watched the cloud and at that place it parsed so low that they caught the insects in their hands. They were the same flying ants. We compered, notes and found that it required just an hour for the swarm to move from the place where they were first seen to Con stableville. The distance in a straight line is thirty one miles. They were m Oneida county at 5 o’clock, and at just 6 o’clock they were seen in the north. The ants continued northward, and nobody has told me where they stopped.” A CABLOAD OF OPTION BURNED. The Train Orow Saved a Large Amount of Naval Stores. Lyons. Ga., Sept. 17. —A carload of cot ton on the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery railroad was burned at this place Saturday night. The cotton was discovered to be on fire about a mile above here, and with all possible speed the train was run here and run in on the side track, where the cars were de tatched from both ends of it, and it left to burn down by itself. The loss is about fifty bales of cotton and the car. The car directly behind the car that was on fire was loaded with naval stores, which required the quickest kind of work on the part of the train crew to save it. as the rosin was melting before »they could get it uncoupled. If the spirits in thia car had taken fire the loss would have been much greater. Poisoned Three Wives. Fort Gaines, Ga., Sept. 17.—George Curry, the negro who is suspected of poisoning three wives, will not be tried until Sept. 26.