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Pays Interest on XtoposJts. Accounts Solicited. , li. C. HATHS, I President. ? OB Aft. C. HOWARD,1 Cashier. 1 %^%%%^%^%^ {PLANTER'S 5 LOAN AND ISA VINGS ^BANK. AUGUSTA, GA j OF AUGUSTA. AUGUSTA, aBOR?IA. CAPITAL, - - fzgCM Surplus & Profits. tnd iccommodatlott , modero va tli i po?i?b?3, ? '?in tr a?et VOL. 70. EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 3 ?, 1905. NO. 29. TOGO DEFEA Japanese Admiral Prac! of the BATTLE IN TOE STRAUS 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, the 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 inated decisively. All the dispatches received point tc? a 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 warships and a repair ship in the Korean Strait, and this was fol lowed by a dispatch received by the State Department, the date of which was not given, that the "Japanese gov ernment had'made the announcement that its fleet had engaged the Rus sians 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 a 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 its custom, is silent as to either the battle or its outcome. THINK TORPEDO BOATS DID IT. Washington Naval Circles Comment on Dispatches to State Department T- Battleship and Five More "Vessels Sunk-Straits Held Against Rus sians. Washington, Special.-A dispatch re ceived at the State Department says that the Japanese Government has made the announcement that its fleet had engaged the Russians in the Straits of Korea Saturday and had held them . Tho f?ported sinking of the battle ship Bordino is mentioned in a 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 a large number of tor pedo 'boats in their fleet and they de monstrated their effectiveness in the operations around Port Arthur. Na val officers here 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 Na Texas Town Not Destroyed. Austin, Tex., Special.-S. J. L. Math er, mayor of Mineral Wei'?.. Tex., re quested a correction of the report sent to several papers that the town had been badly damaged by a tornado last week. He says that no damage was done at all, and that excepting a very high wind, which swept over .the town last Wednesday, there was no prova cation for such a report. j Floods North of El Paso. Bl 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 El Paso in the Messilla valley. Some 7,000 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 El Paso. The water is still rising rapidly, threatening great damage, especially at El Paso. F McGraw Fined. New York, Special.-Manager Mc Graw, of the New York National" Lea gue Baseball Club. ha&Jheen fined $150 and suspended for 15 days for using profane language to President Dreyfus, of thc Pittsburg club. McGraw will be eligible to resume the privileges of the ball field on June 11th, providing that previous to that date the fine of $150 is paid, together with the sum of $10, which fine was imposed by Pres ident Pulliam because of his being re-, moved from the game May 20th. Another Dividend. Macon. Ga., Special.-Receiver W. J Butler o' the First National Bank, j 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. Drummer Dies Suddenly. Augusta. Ga., Special.- Charles I. Warren ? drummer for a Baltimore chewine gum manufacturer, died sud denlv at the Albion hotel Sunday mornine-. The coroner's jury brougnt in a verdict of death due to natural causes. ?cally Annihilates Navy Czar gasaki dispatch to the State Depart mont: "Nagasaki. May 28.-Japanese sunk the Russian battleship Borodino and four more warships and a repair ship." The other-dispatch read as follows: "Tokio, May 27.-Japanese met and engaged the Baltic "squadron this af ternoon in the Straits of Fushima, which was held. Cannonading was heard from shore." From information which has been received in Washington it is believed that two of the Russian ships reported to have been sunk In the Korean Straits by the Japanese are the Orel and her sister ship, the Borodino. They are battleships of 13,000 tons. Three other vessels reported sunk are believed to have been cruisers, the remaining one being a repair ship. The Orel and Borodino are of 13.516 tons displacement each, heavily armed, well protected, and were designed to make 18 knots. Tiny measure 397 feet by 76 feet, with 2t> feet draught, and both have a lofty spar deck fully 30 feet above the water line, extending from the bow to the quarter deck. For ward is mounted a pair of 12.4-inch guns in a turret protected by eleven inches of Krupp armor. Another pair of guns, of same size, is mounted aft There are thirty other guns on the in termediate battery, the vessels carry two submerged torpedo tubes aud two above the water. A special feature of the vessels is their verdical longitudi nal bulkheads of inch armor, running throughout the whole.length of the ship at a distance of nine or ten feet inboard from the ships' sides, designed to localize the effects of a blow from a torpedo. Failed to Mislead T090. Chefoo, By Cable.-Private tele grams from Korea to the Japanese consul here state that a battle was progressing. Saturday afternoon at or near the Korean straits, between the main portion of the Russian squadron and the Japanese fleet under command of Admiral Togo. Telegrams almost identical with the above have been received here, and. announce that a large portion of the Russian fleet was sighted approach ing the Korean straits Sunday, head ed for the channel between Tsu Island and the Japanese coast. According to the best information receievd here recently, the main por tion of Admiral Togo's fleet has been almost constantly at Masampho bay. Advices from a reliable quarter re ceived here are to the effect that three Russian battleships, three armored cruisers and several colliers were off Shanghai Friday. It is believed that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky sent suffi cient ships to the vicinity of Shanghai in order to induce the belief that his main fleet was there, while, the major portion pf it pushed on toward the KVJ rean straitg. Sinking of American Ship. Washington, Special.-Confirmation has been received here from Shanghai of the press report that the Russian warships have sunk an unknown Amer ican merchant ship off the Chinese coast. Heavy gun fire is plainly heard to the northward. St. Petersburg, By Caljie.-Nothing is known at the Admiralty of the re ported sinking of an unknown Ameri can steamer off Formosa by Vice Ad miral Rojestvensky. It.is recognized at the Admiralty as quite possible that "Rojestvensky may have been com pelled by military necessity to destroy a neutral. If he feared that to allow it to proceed and report the where abouts and direction of the Russian fleet would endanger his strategic plan, he had no other alternativ ? except to take off the crew and sink thc -hip. Such an incident is unfortunate, but every naval officer must admit that the risk in such a crisis is too great to take any chances. If the ship was un justifiably sunk from the standpoint of international law, Ruisia, of course, will have to foot the bill: but any cost is cheap if it furthered Rojestvensky's mission." Shot Chief of Police. Nashville, Tenn., Special-A special from Jackson, Tenn., says that A. D. Duggfcr shot and seriously wounded Chief of Police Gaston, of that place, Four shots were fired, two of which took effect. Dugger was drinking and Gaston attempted to arrest him. Dug ger was subsequently, locked up. An Interstate Railway. Columbia, Special.-Definite an nouncement of a 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 lina & Virginia Railroad." The com mission was granted with Wm. H. Ing ram, Neill O'Donall and Marion Moise, 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 worehouses, News of the Day. The mayor of Philadelphia won out in a stubborn fight against the ring he opposed. Stockholm, By Cable.-There were riots here Saturday night in connec tion with the . scavengers' strike. A mob stoned the police, who drew their swords and cleared thc streets. Many persons were injured and a number were arrested. Much damage was done to property. Vesuvius in Eruption. Naples, By Cable.-Tho eruption ot 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. S Big Saw Mil! Fire. Washburn, Wis., Special. - Tlu large saw mill, ownerl by Aktly ? Sprague, has been destroyed hy fir?, togeiher with the machine-and black smith shops and a large quantity of lumber. PAUET10 CROP CONDITIONS Weather Conditions Given Out by tho . Department Observer. The first of the week ending Monday, May 22nd, was warm, the latter part very cool, especially thc nights? There were l?cai high winds accompanying thunderstorms on the ICth that did some damage to fruit trefes. The latter part of the week was fair with sunshine in excess of the normal amount. There were general rains on the IGth, heavy in places, and occasional showers in the eastern counties on the 17th, after which the ground dried rapidly. Cultivation of field crops made rapid progress during the latter part of the week. There is still .widespread com plaint of grassy fields, and a probability that some land planted to cotton will have to be abaudoned owing to the scarcity of farm laborers. Labor is scarce in all parts of the State. Cotton planting has been finished, 'and moro than two-thirds has been chopped, with chopping still in prog ress. Cultivation has been begun. Stands of cotton are generally good, tho there are numerous reports of plants dying on gray lands in thc wes tern counties and on sandy lands in the eastern ones, owing to too much rain and the recent cool nights. In some of thc southeastern counties, some fields have been plowed up and replanted. Excessive rains and lack o? cultivation caused the plants to turn red or yellow in many places, and the recent cool nights have checked its heretofore rapid growth. Thc first squares were noted on the 19th in Col leton county. The general condition of the cotton crop is poor, tho promising in a few localities, Corn is suffering from want of culti vation and is turning yellow, but where cultivation has been practicable it is in good condition. Stands are generally good except on bottom lands where worms continue destructive. There is yet much corn to be planted on bottom lands, in the western half of the State. Tobacco is doing well. Rice planting is delayed in the Georgetown district by high tides. The week was favorable for truck and shipments of potatoes and heaps were heavy. The strawberry season is over. Wheat is promising where not rusted or damaged by the Hessian fly. Fall oats are fine, and spring oats have improved rapidly. Oats are ripening in the eastern counties and some have been cut. Pastures are fine. Peaches are plentiful in thc eas tern counties; but are very scarce in the western ones. The first shipment o? peaches was made this week. Apples are scarce and thc trees continue to blight. Melons, gardens and other minor crops continue to do well.-J. W. Bauer, Sec tion Director. Anti-Trust Law Valid. Columbia, Special.-About five years ago under legislative direction thefi Attorney General B^^r brought a ault tu dHfrUjjt thc Vii ?.?l?-C?roliuJl Chemical Company and appoint a- reg ceiver for the separate properties thar went to make up the corporation. The case descended from General Bellinger to Attorney General Gunter and has been pushed by both these officers. The Virginia-Carolina Company has, through its counsel, Mr. Henry, A. M. Smith, and his associates, fought every inch of ground and the case is just about wliere it started more than four years ago, except that the State courts have held that they had jurisdiction in the case and the lower courts have held that the auti-trust act, under which the suit was brought, is constitutional. The State Supreme Court has decided that the State anti-trust law is valid and constitutional. It previously sus tained the lower court in overruling a demurrer. If the Virginia-Carolina Company does not interpose some new point, the master will take testimony at Columbia and the real inquiry will begin. The case is likely in the end to find its way to a jury and if the State courts decide against the Virginia Carolina Company, then the case will likely go to the Federal Supreme Court. Decision Expected This Week. It is expected that the United Stated 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 cer tain license fees paid by the State in behalf of the State dispensary. This amounts to about $60,000 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 se cured the permission of the dispen sary authorities to institute proceed ings, and agreed to take payment in a percentage of what might be ob tained. The case was lost in the court of claims and Mr. Mackey died. Tho dispensary authorities then en gaged Mr. G. Duncan Bellinger to carry an appeal to thc United States Supreme Court. Mr. Bellinger secured thc assist ance of Messrs. Mordecai & Gadsden of Charleston and Ralston & Siddons of Washington. The case was argued some time a?o and the court will adjourn Saturday until some time in October, it is confidently expected that a decis ion will be filed this week. ' If the case should be decided in fa vor of the State of South Carolina the estate of Mr. Mackey will be paid for his services.-Columbia State. Telegraphic Briefs. French soldiers blew up thc house in which an outlaw barricaded himself, and he got out only to narrowly escape being lynched. ' ' Thc Chamber of Deputies sustained thc French Government by postponing indefinitely interpellation upon the neutrality question. It is stated a special envoy will rep resent France at the wedding of the German Crown Printe. Mr. Watson to go North. Mr. E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture and immigration, has gone to Washington for a stay of a 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 willi an even moro cordial reception this time. Mis object is not to in duce immigration, hut to pick immi grant*! who arc desirable, for the for eigners are pouring into the country hy thousands daily, Occurrences of Interest In Various Parts of the State. Gsneal Cotton Market. Galveston, steady.8?4| New Orleans, quiet .8V?' Mobile, dull .*.8%jj Savannah, quiet.8% Charleston, quiet.8 | Wilmington, steady .8": Norfolk, firm .8^4 Baltimore, normal.8%. New York, quiet.8.50 Boston, quiet .8.65 j Philadelphia, quiet .8.75 : Houston, steady.8 3-16.? Augusta, quiet.8%"., Memphis, firm .'-S^L-I St. Louis, steady .-...8%,I Louisville, firm.S^4^. Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid: to wagons: Strict goori middling .8.15. Good Middlin .8.15 :' Strict Middling.8.15 Middling.8 $| Tinges.6 1-4 to 7 1-2 Stains.6 1-4 to 7 l-8-> _ m Board of Equalization. After n session of two days, the, State board of equalization-has take?^ a recess for two weeks. At that tim?^i the board will meet to hear protests^ from the representatives of any cor poration which may urge a reduction.? of the assessment placed on their' property. As was published yesterV.] day, the board has decided to take 60) per cent, of thc market value of the stock of an enterprise as the basis: upon which taxes shall bo collected. . The most important business was the adoption of the report of the com mittee on assessment of. property of cotton mills. This report as adopted makes a number of changes in the as sessed valuations of last year, and as the majority of these changes were increased it is probable that thc board" will have its hands full when it re-' assembles. The assessment, on cotton seed oil mill3 and on fertilizer factories were also adopted as recommended by the committees. The board decided .td; put a valuation of $650,000 on the prpo-:' er ty of the Columbia canal. This pioperty has belonged to the Colunv; bia Water Power Company, but nc-: gciialions are on foot to have it sold to the Columbia Electric Street Rait!: way Company. Thc matter of taxing^ this property h?is been in the Stated courts for some time. When the m?$T ter came up, Mr. Quinby stated that he had information to the effect that Zf?^mTc^?n seed oil mills as the as sessment for last year. The follow ing changes were made: Southern, Aiken, S1S,720; Kathwood, Aiken. $1:2,000; Townville, Anderson, $9.000; Seaboard. Barnwell, $22,500; Victor, Cherokee, $20.000; Southern, Chester, $25,200; Southern, Florence, $27,000; Independent, Florence, $20, D00; Timmonsviile. $25,000; Kershaw, $27,000; Clinton, $25,110; Southern, Laurens, $22,000; Bislvopvillc, $22,000; Dillon, $25,000; Simpsonvillc, $12,000; Prosperity, $13.200; St. Matthews, $15,000; Spartanburg oil mill, $24,000; Campobello, $10,500; Cowpcns, $12, 000; Fair Forest, $1.0,300. Victor, York, $15,000; Walterboro, no return, penal ty attached, $22,500. The following new mills were as sessed: Salley, $21,120; Peoples, An derson. $21,120; Starr, Anderson, $12, 000; Troy, $12,000; Bradley, $12,000; Farmers, Laurens. $16,000; Hamlet, $1G.8C0; Farmers, Newberry, $21,COO; Little Mountain, $9.000; Pomaria, $9.500; Stratcr & Finley, Oconce,. $12,000; Taylor. Columbia, $45,000; Highland Park, $21,600. Bids for Manila Bonds. Washington, Special.-Bids were opened at the Insular Bureau of the War Department for the sale of $1,000, 000 Manila municipal bonds bearing 4 per cent, interest, redeemable after and within 30 years, the proceeds to bc de: voted to sewerage and other public works. The highest bidder was the First National Bank, of Columbus, 0., which offered 109,5G2">. Director at Clemson Resignr. . Prof. J. H. M. Beaty, director of the textile department of Clemson Col lege, has resigned to accept a position as assistant to Mr. Lewis W. Parker, president of several cotton mills in Columbia, Greenville and Greers. Killed in Collision. Two were killed, one fatally injured, two probably fal ally and three slightly injured in a collision between a passenger trolley car and a Louis ville and Nashville coal car on the Augusta-Aiken railway in a stretch of woods some miles from Augusta on the South Carolina side of the river. Spartanburrj Bond Issue. Spartanburg. Special. - The street committee of the city council, which has in charge thc petition for a $100,000 bond issue to increase street improve ments, after checking over the lists, find that there is not a majority of the freeholders' names affixed. Friday, the petition was being circulated again to get the requisite number, something like IpO signatures. The sentiment of tiie property owners is for good streets and sidewalks and the names will doubtless be secured in the near fu ture. State Bankers. Anderson, Special.-The State Ban kers Association was held last week, and tho attendance was large and rep resentative. One of the closing events of the ses sion was the election of ofTicers and Hie choosing of the piare of next meet ing. Tho officers elected are: Prosi dent, W. .1. Montgomery, of Marion; Vice president, \V. J. Roddey, of Rock Rill: Secretary and Treasurer, piles Wilson, of Spa Han burg. Greenville was selected as the place for the-next meeting, the time to be announded. i l u OGDEN WRECK INVESTIGATION RRfeport Likely to Be Made Within a |.V..r ' '(Week Placing Responsibility For .?? the Accident. ;C?lumbia Cor. Charlotte Observer: -As forecasted iii this correspondence R?verai days ago, the Southern's at torney at the hearing begun before |he railroad commission Tuesday to ascertain the cause of the wreck of 't-lj? Ogden special in the Greenville ::fkr?s on the morning of April 29, as sumed the position that Engineer Jas. . R; Hunter, in charge of the special's .rjengine, is entirely to blame for the j accident on the ground that he violat j'?^E.the rules of the company in coming to the yards without having his en jjj?e "under full control, expecting to Sd the main track occupier]-under ich control as would allow him to tap within thc distance he could sec" ?and that as the special was running . Jf^an extra with right of way only :jt>v?r trains of published schedules, thc rjj^?enville yardmaster, even in thc Tace of the telegram placed on his :jhopk at 7.18 notifying him that tho ? rspjscial would arrive at 7.55, was in vjija' wise responsible and was not ta jjbl?me for having the freight boxes '^m|the main track. vjfij&he main witness put up to outline /lind define this dcTensc of the road was General Manager Speucer, who |wd that the telegram to the Green ville office was not sent with the view pf-curtailing thc right of work or shift ing trains, as practice showed that it ??vas .not safe to supercede these kinds pf. rules with respect to large yards 'jlke those at Greenville, except by a. ;j,'N^o. 31 order," which having to be :.i;e<:eipted for and checked back to the: dispatcher it was net wise to use on a ?ard like Greenville's, for the reason th?t it was bad practice to allow ' en gineers to get into the habit of run ning specials into such a yard not under full coutrol. . Division Counsel J. T. Barron, of the Coast Line was present representing Engineer Hunter. Mr. Hunter's de fense has not been outlined, but it is ?'said, that his position is that ho vio lated no rule, but followed instructions strictly and'is in no wise to blame for thfih Greenville accident. .; ?|Ti*. Robert C. Ogden was not pres ent-'as. he intimated in a letter to Gov : ;erri|or 'Heyward a short time ago, he (icjij^ht be. The Ogden party was rep vreaBnted by Mr. J. E. Hegos, a New . attorney. Dr. Julius D. Dreher, :|oi|E&ington,*who was on,, the train,i !.'V?a!3i^ipresent as-:a spectator, as were y:S?;&^uperir tendent of- Education ** ?; ?x^ltforfi?y^G^'n?ni?" G; D:: iaiellingOrj Generai Counsel Thomas, assis by Division Counsel B. L. Abney, Attorney W. H. Welsh, conductec examination for the railroad, while torney General Gunter was pres?nt in the interest of the State. Members of the commission cross-examined the witnesses. Among the railroad officials present as witnesses were: General Manager H. B. Spencer, General Superintendent C .8. McManus, Charlotte Division Su perintendent P. L. M c Manus, Savannah ' Division Superintendent H. A. Williams, Assistant Gen eral Counsel Thom, Assistant General Superintendent H. Baker, Charlotte Chief Dispatcher W. M. Llneberger, Savannah Division Chief Dispatcher, T. P. Baird, Columbia Shops Master Mechanic C. G. Arthur, Charleston Di vision Superintendent Heether, and others. The testimony taken before the commission was all on the lines that the engineer of the special train was running contrary to orders in that he should have approached the ya/?l with his train under full control. To this main fact all tho evidence tended. The commission will probably make its report for a week or more. fc Not Wanted in Augusta. Augusta, Ga.. Special.-The Israel Epstein, or Ebstein, whom the Paris police stated in last night's dispatches wafs wanted here, was formerly a small merchant in Augusta. About twenty years ago he loft here, going first to Columbia, S. C., and then drifting to parts unknown, leaving sev eral accounts unpaid, and they wer? put in the hands of a local attorney. Lately, information came that Epstein was in Paris and in good circum stances. Tho attorney communicated with the prefecture of police in Paris and asked that Epstein be locked up. There is no criminal charge against the man from here. Telegraphic Briefs. John D. Rockfcllcr. Jr., again ad dressed his Bible class at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York, after a five months' absence in Europe, which has caused little improvement in his physical condition. j Wreckers ditched a train on the Atel;'sou, Topeka and Santa Fe rail road, east of Emporia, Kan., and six passengers were injured, two of them fatally. Met Fatal Accident. Bristol, Va., Special.-Olon A. Ken yon, a prominent lumberman of Nao mi, Mich., Avas killed near Damascus, Va., Monday in an accident on a log ging railroad. He was largely inter ested in tho T. W. Thayer Lumber Company, operating in that section. Tho body will bo sent to Naomi, Mich. Calms may seem pleasant, but they mark' no progress. Togo Still Off Korea. London, By Cable.-The Shanghai correspondent of Thc 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. $75,000 Fire at Richmond. Richmond, Va.. Special-II. B ins wan ger ic Co.'s plate-glass and mirror fac tory and builders' supply store were destroyed by fire Tuesday Evening Loss about $75.000, fully insured. The plant, which has employed 70 or SO peo ple, will be rebuilt at ouce. ROTHSCHILD IS DEAD Passiris of One of Hie World's Most Famous Nnaaciers WAS FOUNDER OF CHARITIES Eminent Financier Who Financed the Billion Doilar Indemnity France Paid to Germany and Whc Was the Leading Spirit of thc Rothschilds in Their Relations With European Governments Succumbs to Acute Bronchitis, Aned 78. Paris, By Cable-Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, head of thc French branch of the banking house bearing thc name of Rothschild and governor of tho Bank of France, died ar. 4:30 Saturday morning from acute bronchitis aggra vated by gout. Thc eminent financier 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 tho . financial worid, Baron Alphonse was known for his lavish charities, one of the latest being the gift of $2,000,000 for the erection of workingmen's homes. Thc deceased who was born in 1S27. will bc succeeded as the head of tho Paris banking house by Baron Lambert de Rothschild, of Brussels, whose bus iness capacity has earned him a world wide reputation. The burial of Baron Alphonse will be most simple, according to the strict rule of the Rothschild family, includ ing a plain coffin without mourning tributes. The funeral, the. date of which hos not been fixed, will be the occasion of a notable tribute of re spect. A member of a Fran co-American banking house said: "Baron Alphonse was the leading spirit of the Roths childs in their relation with practical ly all the governments of Europe. Besides the colossal task ol' financing the indemnity which France' paid to Germany after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, he carried on relutions with other governments. In Italy these in cluded both government and Vatican finances. The house has also had con siderable dealings with American se curities through the Bel mon i.s. J. Pier pont Morgan and .Tollu W. Gates, in cluding Louisville Sc Nashville and Atlantic Coast Une transactions, and also has extensive interests in nines ? California." HJ Baron Alphonse leaves two children, agaron Edouard and. Baroness Beatrix. ?He has two surviving brothers, Baron fcfjrustav and Baron Edmond. f.^.by Judge Parker. ? ? Chicag??^ ??B? arker,. of New York; addressed the II linois State Bar Association atthe 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 thc; 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 m?n who follow it a:? a procession, it is Impossible to escape from a knowl edge of the close relation which the latter bear, almost as a direct result of their professional life, to our politics. It is seen all along the linc of public effort whether in village, town, city, county, State or nation. Its existence, therefore, cannot be overlooked nor can its importance as a feature in the his tory and development of the law, or of politics be exaggerated. It is not a new tendency, having manifested itself even in our earliest days when, owing to thc simplicity of conditions, the need for the lawyer and the recognition of his place in our social fabric became only slowly apparent. Yet; it is a ten dency which has grown with the growth of the country and with the en larged facilities for the study of poli tics and alsc with the added dignity of j 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 denominated natural, most of which, in their practical asser tion, have since become legal, or re cognized as a part of our institutions. It was almost a necessity that the few members of the bar vv.icse services were then called for should become at once the assertors of those rights be fore the courts. It 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. Ke argued fur ther that no truly great lawyer ever has been a demagogue More Chicago Riots. Chicago. Special.-Rioting broke out afresh in the teamsters' strike. . Al though nobody was seriously huit, there weie a number of vicious fights in the lumber.yards during which the po lice were compelled to use clubs, and in one instance, revolvers, to disperse? tlie crowds. Four Killed in Collision. Augusta, -Ga.. Special.-Two were killed, one fatally injured, two prob ably fatally and throe slightly injured in a collision Thursday night between a passenger trolley car and a Louis ville & Nashville coal car on the Au gust* & Aiken Railway, in a streich of woods some miles from Augusta, on the South Carolina side of the river: The dead: J. K. Holdman. motorman; Felix Bcddio. employe of railway, who was riding willi thc mote/man. General Assembly Adjourns. Fort Worth. Tex.. Special.--The forty-fifth General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church ad journed Friday afternoon. Moderator Plunkett declared the convention dis solved at 5:30, and at thc same time called the next session to moot at Greenville, S. C.. at ll a. m., en Ibo third Tuesday in May, lflOli . The Republicans of Ohio nominated Myron T. Herrick for re-election as Governor of the State. NEWSY GLEANINGS. "Daniel Buck. ox-Suprcmo Court J ns 1 ice ol' 51 HU? eso Ui, died at Mankato, Minn. Tin's year's output nf gold in Alaska. Oil both sides al ll::? boundary, will bo about ??iV>30,0Ui); . Mrs. 0. li. I'. Beiiiiout and oilier v.va?Hiy wemen planned lo build a model tenement skyscraper in Brook lyn. British Ambassador Durand'* salary was raised io $00,."?OO on account of Hie increase in the cost bi" living in Wash ington. Prince Napoleon bas nu non need that his proposed marriage willi ilin Prin cess Clementine of Belgium has boen abandoned. King ?scar of Sweden and Norway has resumed thc direction of State af fairs, ilius terminating the regency of Crown Prince Gustav. Associai ed real esl ?le owners of New York dry are funning ;i co-operative Jiro insurance company backed bj' $:J20,000,0(W ol' properly. Receipts of Paris I bea 1res and music bails, taxed by Hie municipality for ibo poor, last year mummied to $S,O0uflDO. J he lax is ten per cent. Ii has just become known I hat au at tempt was made three months ago to murder flic manager nf William Rocke feller's Adirondack ?slate. luve.??ligation in London bas disclosed a regular system ol' providing pass ports for persons going to Russia lo spread Ibo liberal propaganda. Trials are now being made in tho German army as lo whether thc blue and dark uniforms of the infantry bad bel ter be exchanged for gray dollies. Union and Con federa te veterans nul led in decorating thc graves of Confed erate soldiers at Mount Hope Ceme tery. "New York (.'?ly. An oration was delivered by General George B. Loud, ol' Hancock Post, Grand Army of the Re'puulic. Optical Convention. An optical convention will be held in London the latter part of May, under the presidency of Dr. R. T. Glazebrook, F. R. S. The object of JIG convention is to bring into co operation men interested in optical matters. A subcommittee has been ap pointed to consider the subjects of papers on optical questions which should be brought before the conven tion, and suggestions as to subjects for discussion will be welcomed. It has been decided to organize an exhi bition, of a scientific character, of in struments manufactured in this coun try. England, with a view to show the progress recently made, and to stimu late fur'Jier efforts. .so lui j, 5[.IOA .WON-Ai?di inj %ICD7 S.JOlSjS sjq SKAV "'iou .io ppiOAV |t J0l{)9T[AY JI?S.CUI .IOJ oas oj pa-jucAv I" "?jp Ai} no.i pip .tiiAl 'ajuaef "uo SapBiis JEOq i.npjnoAY eat eq; no.C pu? i? : Su imus loxa 'uuoj Snid -dupj?o?i po.Ce-.uns .?unnoj, queuiezEnre .iqSnd JBjj?ijs u uj puod eq} mo eqs Xep \}Xd?<i 's?ueaBd snj Juetpoqosip . siq psiBaonoo pms llS?f-eu:; ?tnbq 2mn?u}3ir ' *ui TfaT^u:' aAL'3 oat snojeqoeei} eq} }nq 0}Bi}s o} pou} jCuimoj, 'p.nod aili Jo oOBjans nezo-ij oq} .iq pafdrae} 'sjopjo jo aouoipaqosip }oaaip nj 'jno punoj J3}S|S Wagons FURN! Large Shipments of the best n just received. Our ?tock of fu: is complete. ? Large stock. COFFINS an always on hand. All calls ly responded to. All goo? gin of profit. Call to sc money. Johnston, . J. Ruth MANUFACT AND DEA Cement, Plaster, Hair, Ready Roofing an Write Us I Corner Reynolds and Augusta, THIS SPACE I! Thc Lending G roce ARRINGTC COMP 839 ? it. H . SCOTT, JR., of rca? and want to see you. ' PROMINENT PEOPLE. Three brothers named Walts' are Mayors of cities in Indian Territory A. ,T. Corbeiser lias taught the mid shipmen at Annapolis Ibo art of fencing for forty years. . * Robert Hogers, otu? of the two re maining Boot prisoners in CeyJou, left for Holland last mouth. > General James A. Buchanan is a great-great-grandson of Samuel Ogle, a Colonial Governor of Maryland. Mrs. Jane Gormon. the veteran com edienne, recently celebrated her eigh ty-fourth birthday in Ballimore, Md. , The Crown Prince of .Sinhi was edu cated in Europe, and speaks and writes English..French and German fluently. . - The Czar of Russia Las private es tates of more than l.OOi'.OOO square miles of cultivated land and forests, be sides gold and other mines In Siberia. It is a continually haunting fear with Mme. Bernhardt that she might one day hear herself1 spoken of as "a ?woman who really used io be a great actress " The Kaiser has decided that the Crown Prince and Princes of the royal house arc entitled to receive only the ordinary salute willi thc hand front the troops at Potsdam. Among the Ihings most admired by Queen Alexandra on her recent visit to Gibraltar were two wonderful tri umphal arches of clothes baskets erect ed by-tho washerwomen of the town. Professor Hugo Mueusterberg, pro fessor or psychology at Harvard Uni versity, has just declined a call to the chair of philosophy and psychology at tile University of Koenigsberg, Ger many. lt is Interesting to learn that General Nogl and Geiteral Kuroki are members of the Presbyter ism Church., and thal Fikl Marshal Oyama's wife is also a member In good sta tiding ol' that de nomination. Admiral Togo is a Roman Catholic. Interesting Heirloom. Miss Mary Bowers Moulton of Pitts field, Rf'. , has received a very inter esting heirloom from her augfe Mrs. Isabelle Patten of ShcIdonvi~'?,: Mas?, It is a hand-made lace collar, which was worn by her great grandmother, Mary Bpwers Symmes, at a ball given in Boston in 18'25, in honor of Lafay ette, 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. , 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 hatching salmon, the chief fishing re source of Oregon, and there will bt, many specimens of the "lordly chi nook," the king of fresh water: fishes. .Some of thejhvrgest fish of the spring - in form^ldie^a'? made especially for exhibit will be the finest of its kind ever displayed at an exposition.-Rec reation. Buggies TURE iakes of wagons and buggies ruiture and house furnishiugp d CASKETS. ; for our Hearse prompt es sold on a small mar ie mc, ,1 will save you South Carolina, erford & Co. URERS OF LEK IN Fire Brick, Fire Cia}', d other Material. 'Ol* PlicCS Washington Streets, G corgi a STARKN BY rs of Augusta Ga,, DN BROS. ANY, 3road K of Saluda County and M ?i eld Con nt v are with us