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? *1 ? "#J : -<? - f --rr; VOUJMKXV. it ? CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, FKUKUAK V 2(5. |>HM. NO. 7. AT SEAT OF WAR Progress of the Japanese Against the Forces of Russia MANY SOLDIhRS MrERE MOVING - ? ? > ?? * Reported That a Largo Detachment of Japanese Infantry Were Detailed to Make Demonstration. Paris, By Cable.? An official dispatch received here from Toklo announces that one of the most Important move ments of Japanese troops yet made oc curred Wednesday. One gt the main branches of the army, consisting of ?three divisions and including a di vision of guards, is now going on hoard transports. The previous landings of Japanese forces in Korea and else where are said to have been small com pared with this simultaneous sailing of three divisions, aggregating approxi mately an army of 30,000 to 50,000 men. It. is believed, but this Is not sure, that the destination of this force Is a point near the mouth of the Yalu river or a spot on the Liao-Tung Peninsula, flank ing Port Arthur. Another official dispatch says a Jap anese transport has been sighted off a town South of the mouth of the Yalu river. Open to the World, Washington, Special. ? Mr. All<jjn, the American minister at Seoul, cables the State Department that Wlju haa been declared open to the commerce of the world by the Korean government. The United States was tho first power, so far as known, to apply to tho Korean government for the opening of Wlju to the world's trade. This action Vas taken while Japan and England wore urging the opening of Yong-am l;ho, lying at the mouth of the Yalu river on the Korean side. The view taken by the State Department was that if we could secure the opening of Wlju, 150 miles up the Yalu above Yong-flm-pho, the effect would bo to practically open the whole of that fctretch of the river to commerce, so that the project really waB much larger than tho mere opening of a port nt the mouth of the river. Wlju lies on the opposite side of the river and la very near to An tun g in Manchuria v/hkh the Chinese government- has al ready by treaty with the United States declared to bo an open port, although this never has been admitted by Rus sia. It is understood that the opening of Wiju is directly attributable to Ja panese ascendency in Korea, for while the country was under Rfisslau infltir ences Mr. Allen, the Arffferlcan minis ter, was unabl6 to induco tho King to open a single part in addition to Chem ulpo. It is probable that the State De partment at once will taXe steps to have America represented at Wlju by a consular or commercial agent. TWELVE PERSONS INJUIED The Florida Linrilte^ Wrecked Near Atlanta Atlanta, Special.? The Florida Lim ited, oij the Western & Atlantic Rail road, south-bound, was wrecked eight raile3 from this city Tuesday. The oars wero overturned "and 12 persons wore injured, twef Of whom may die. The serious'y injured wore: Mrs. Fos -ter, Toksu, Ky.; Mrs. M. C. Keating, St. Paul, ? Minn., internal Injuries; Mrs. IS, T. Olennon. Chicago, face cut, badly bruised; J. W. Emerson, Atlanta, mall clerk, hick sprained; Will Bur gess, dining car waiter, internal in juries. The train, which was an hour ant* 20 minutes late, wap running at a high speed. It carried a full complement of passengers Including many from Chi cago, Cincinnati and Western cities. The news was telephoned to tho city and a wrecking tralu was immodiatoly sent to the sceno with physicians. The wreck was duo to the breaking of an axle. Biscuit Manufacturers, ... Atlanta. Special.? piscult and crack cr manufactures of th^ United States, representing 165 industries, met in an nual convention in this city tVednes day. The opening session was devoted to the recent inr\provements in the preparation of biscuit and cracker goods, and the modern ? methods of packing and shipping employed. $!$. oooo.ooo for Improvement*. Philadelphia, Special. ? Tho spring municipal election a*Ls hold Tuesday and all the candidates on the Republi can ticket wore elected. ^The proposed $l?, 000.000 .loan for municipal Im provements was apprtTvfed by a large majority. Oeorge A. Castor was elec ted to Congress from the third district at a special election _hefd to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Burke. Republican, r f . lo^ fqfcsslans Killed. St. Petersburg. By Cable. ? The re port circulated bar* that the Ruaaian cruiser Boyarln was blow* op last Bat grflay, ?nd that all her officers and crew, 197 In number, were tost, Is con firmed from a private source. The Boyrrin was 14* feet long, 41 iMlMVP and IS feet draught. She was of 8,800 tons displacement And her Mti Speed waa 25 knots. Her Arma ment consisted of si* 4.7-Inch (tins: 1 8- Inch guns, two 1.4-Inch inns and three machine guns. She was also fitted with six torpedo tubes. The NEEDS OF THE NAVY Di&cusalon In Congress on War Matters Atf.c*ing Us. The Hoiibo Friday began considera tion of the uuv&l appropriation bill, t*n hours being allowed for general debate. During the general discussion, I Mr. Fitzgerald, Democrat, of New | vork declared that ojir naval program was to procure u naval forco greater than that of Germany. He further said: "In all sections of the country the conviction, lightly or wrongly, is firm that the present occupant of the White House Is apt to Involve u? in war witli some other natlou/' adding that the same belief has been had with respect to the head of another great nation, "which may account," he_wenton, "for the fact that at a dinner on Lincoln's birthday, at Grand Rapids, Mich., that Baron Von Sternberg thought the high est tribute he could pay to President Roosevelt, was to declare that he very greatly resembled the Emperor of Ger many." , Mr. Fitzgerald said further, that "if the prevailing belief is Justified, and if the President is to be given four years of power in his own right, now that the great representative of the conserva tive folco of the Republican party, the Into Senator from Ohio. Mr. Hanna, is gone t6 his reward, it may be wise for us to c-atdo even Great Britain in our naval program. Should he (the Presi dent) not be made to feel that the sen timent of the country is for peace and not strife? "Since the Spanish-American war, it la true, the people seem to have been carried away with the gfamour of mili tary achievements. The spirit of the nian-on-horsebaek, for so many years eo sore an affliction Jto the people of France, apparently stalks unrestrained throughout (he laud. A shrewdly con ducted movement was initiated about two years ago to cultivate a public sentiment in favor of a mighty navy. Many prominent men, whose business loterensls were closely identified with the shipbuilding industries, ^Ucu band ed together for the avowpd' purpose of popularizing? vast expenditures for the naval service, So stupendous have the expenditures for the naval and military establishments become that important and needed public Improvements have bebn indefinitely deferred." Referring to the statement of Ad miral Dewey that the seti force should consist of 48 battleships, Mr. Fitzger ald said that confirmed his assertion that the naval programme Is based upon the theory that our navy should .be larger than that of Germany. ^ It* Is time to call a halt upon such talk of an Inflammatory character that Is heard throughout this land, declared Mr. Fitzgerald, adding: "Public offi cials are the chief offenders by loose, Indefinite and bombastic statements. The naval committee In Its report are not entirely-free from the disease." In conclusion he asked: "Are we to have a -great navy merely to furnish summer holiday^ that big officials may play at war?" " Mr. Fitzgerald quoted the following from the roport of the naval commit-, tee: "The rapidly developing complica tions of the whole Eastern situation demand that our navy shall bo as ef fective as possible." "Why, what have we to fear, except the Impetuosity of our present Chief Executive?" ho asked. Mr. Foss made an urgent appeal for the upbuilding of the navy, emphasiz ing the necessity of ship construction In times of peace with the query: "What would Russia give today if she cculd call back some of her sunken shl^?'' He eald, in conclusion ?that when It became necessary for this gov ernment to strike. It should be prepar ed to strlko a blow like that struck by Dewey at Manila. Mr. Foss w?9 strongly seoonded by Meyer of Louis iana. the ranking Democratic member on the committee, who combatted the statement that the navy was too heavy, as chargcd and declared It Indispensa ble that we should havo a strong navy. Referring to the- Panama canal, he said he was for the canal and also for a navy to safeguard It. Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee, made "an appeal for the tobacco grower, contend ing for the removal of tho tax imposed or. stemmed leaf tobacco, when stem Field Day In the House. Saturday was a field day In the House. The naval appropriation bill was under consideration ahd the -dis cussion encompassed various topics, muchfXof It revolving more or less aroundVPOlitlcs. Aftqr Mr. Drayton, Republican, of West Virginia, of the committee on naval affairs had pleaded for a larger navy, Mr. Hitcheoek, of Nebraska, declared that thore was gross national extravagance In the an nual appropriation bills. He asserted, too, that the larger Items In the army 8nd navy supply bills went to the trusts, tho armor trust, the beef trust and the ship-building trust. He gave Notice- that on Monday he would at tempt ^ amend the bill to provide Cor a government armor plate factory. He said the irMOr plate factory had made enough profit during the past five yeiars to pay handsome dividends, pay entirely for Its plant to. have money left over. He declared that the govern* ment. which was supposed to be after the trusts, was making large con contract wltk them. j RllMfft Acccpln. Washington Rixir.laL ? Rusnia glad ly and willingly favored the sugges tion of Secretary Hay, that as far as possible the belUgorents In the Far fcaatern war localize hostilities and re* spect- tho neutrality of China In the Inter eat qt a. continuance of the peaceful intercourse of tfife rest of the world. "My government express ed the convlctlon4thai Mr. Hay 'a sug gestion was prompted by motives of the highest humanity, ami was mu tualty advaatagcotfo to tho belliger ents." _ . . . THE CAUSE: OF THE WAR The Situation Explained in Detail? Wtwons Are (Jivcn for Conflict. fto far as Corea Is concerned, when ulno yoars ago Japan achieved her hrllliapt triumph over China, she was battling fur oftsentiully the sumo tlitug who la. battling for now, the in tegrity and independence of the her mit kingdom under Japanese control, aud the consequent opening of it to the trade and enlightenment of the world. Then, in dictating tonne of peace to China, she went furthef and demanded and obtained the - Llao Tung peninsula, giving assurance, however, that all otbfty* nations would be permitted to <041 joy In that territory the same coipmepcitil advantages si o desired for nqfsulf. Tho treaty, kndwu an the treaty of Bhimonewkl, was signed on April \1, 1895, but drew forfli an Immediate protest from Russia on the plea that Japanese occupation of tho poninsuia would bo a menace to the peace of the Far East. In this Russia Induced Germany and France to Join her, ami all these began threatening prepara tions, and Groat Rrltalo, then under the Ilosebury government, frhile not uniting in the protest, advised Japan to yield, as under the circumstances she could do nothing else. Hho with drew, and as things turned out, Rus sia was simply making a cat's paw of the powers. Bhe prevented japan from holding the peninsula becauBO she wanted it herself. Siraigutway she proceeded to ocupy it, and to build formidable fortifications at its extremity, and subsequently seizing the opportunity presented by the Ltox er movement, she Incited a side issue with China, claming that the Chlnoso had muddled tho stream In Manrhur la, and grabbed that province, which Is tho hinterland of the peninsula. Now thftt war Is actually on Japan lias served notice that in this conflict she proposes to reach for more thai) she defined In her original demands. I(U other words, she will not only at tempt to control Corca, and see that tho door la kept open In Manchuria, but will endeavor to drive the Rus sians out of the province. And recog nizing tho mistake they made la ISA'), cud knowing that tho struggle In i most comprehensive scope is a strus gle between Russia and all mankind ? a struggle of tho rest of the world to get In and of Russia to keep It. out? tbo powers will hardly do aught to stay the Japanese" hand. No only from the military point ol>vlew, but from, the moral viewpoint; Russia is on the defensive, having put herself In) that attitude by her chicanery, dupfcclty, and unblushing violation of i>ldflgus, and If Japan Is victorious, there will be scarcely any intervention encour aging Russia "to try again." This is ono reason' making for tho blow's proving of far-reaching consequence in staying Russia's progress and pre venting her getting even with Japan for many years to come. Another reason for assuming that a Japanes signal success will consti tute the most potential check Russia has ever received, and will* stop her fact that behind all Is an intense am bition on Japan's part to arouse the Chinese to patriotism and a sense of racial pride, and to become the leStl- 1 er of the >yel!Ow world. Another bril liant triumph for Japanese arms ? particularly a victory over Russia, who of all people are most dreaded and hated by the better class of the Chinese? would; In the opinion of many, be the beginning of the end of stirring the Jap's mainland cousins to an appreciation of their own pow er. And In that event, who shall say that it will not be possible to array the 40,000,000 Chinamen against the aggressive and ever aggranulzin# Muscovite? China aroused and en lightened, and conscious of her strength as Japan Is, would bo a very different proposition for Russia to run agaiiiBt from the semi-barbarous, half, asleep. Inert and self-confidence lacking China of today. We seo on looking beneath the gen eral surface and analysing the spocml efatures of the caso. that Russia may reckon sadly without her host If she expects, if defeatod, her old policies and tactics to serve her in tho future as they have In the past. All the In dications are that Japanese victory will strike the most solemn and om inous hour for Russia's dest^na she has known In generations. Roth -Eu ropean Interests and Japan's .connec tion as to her mission point to the giving of the - command: "Thus far shalt thu go and no further." Russia having sown tho wind. It looks as If she is to reap the whirlwind, and there can hardly.be a doubt that she will reap It If Japan inspires China to arouse and shako herself. ? Mexico'/* Denial. 1 Mexico City Spccial. ? The govern ?nent official Organ denies that Mexi co has addressed a noto to Chile, expressing Itself favorably regarding* the recognition of the republic of Panama, Ihit intimating a desire to ? extend that recognition Jointly with the government of Chile, in order that It might carry greater moral force. Tho official paper says the Mexican government has addressed no note on the subject to the govern ment of Chile, tt ha* done nothing more than ascertain through Its rep resentative the sentiment and policy of other governments on this conti nent regarding tho matter, without undertaking to act in concert with any of them. . ? , Natural lee Houses. The peasants o ( Pongibaud, in the mountains of AuVorgne, are acquaint* ed with a singular summor formation -**t- toe,~i>regumably- due to -evaporation of underground mtflstnre and con so fluent fall in temperature. ? Of this phenomena they have for many years taken advantage to cool and harder, their cheeses, which are deposited in eertaitt caverns, where thts ice ts found to be $reeent! and Ut?e keep good dur ing the tytttest summer months. FOUGHT HIS WAY UP; ?f ? ? ? - Heroism of the Russian Leader ou the Field of Battle S RUSSIAN CHIEF IN THE FAR EAS4 j The t^xplolt* of ttic Host Popular I M?n in the Army of the Uo*?t?it Cxar, bt. Petersburg, By CaUH ? The ap polntment of Gen. Kuropatkln, who Barurduy was relieved of hta portion as Minister of War to be chief com mand of the Russian army In tho Far Kast, wttu gazetted this morning. Whh tho possible exception of Gen. Drago mlroff, formerly Qoveruor Gtuoral of Kleff, and later member of tho Coun cil of- State. <lon. Kuropatkln is tho uiost poujiIdT'^rnan in tlio Russian army, a&' a bluff old soldlwr who has foughjr'nis way up from tho bottom to bo/ Minister of war, ho is the tibial of tue enlisted men. No one in tlio Czar's army baa seen more fighting and no one can toll a story bolter. As Minister of War h? was considered a Just chief who gave rewards and ad ministered punishment a without fear or favor. The appointment of (Jen. Kuropatkln to direct command In the Held has been received with enthusi asm and inspires complete confidence. (?en. .Kuropatkln will ho accompa ned to tho front, ^by Grand Dukes Boris. Alexis, Nicholas and Michael Nicola vich. The exact mission of Grand Duke Alexis is unknown put it is undoubl edly an important one, an h?' has been In supreme command of tho Russian navy as president of the board of the admiralty, taking an active part in tho j negotiations preceding hostilities, lli-j ! career as high admiral is well known and brilliant, jind he has already sur rounded himself with a notable staff. . The Grand I>uko Alexis is now in ( vef*y bad health, but his desire to i^o to the front is well understood. He may exercise general direction of tho naval movement* In the far Bast. .s Grand Duke Boris Is a lieutenant In. tho Hussars, and is considered a 4ur?> devil of the soldior sort. lie la. tall and fair with a peasant face. As the occupant of the respon sible post of inspector general of. cav alry bo will be able to advise Gen. Kuropatkln, who is an Infantry ape -eiallst. Nicholas is one of the few Grand Dukes who married a commoner, and though his marriage has S>?ot been re corded. it Is none the less a happy one. His wife was the widow of a wealthy merchant named Bourenln. With Gen. Kurpatkin's appointment as command^Mn-chlef of the army and t hoj^esent of the Grand Duke Alcxis^in the Far East, the opinion Is strengthened that while Admiral Alex leff may remain as Viceroy., the active dlrectlon*V)f operations will pass out of his hands. Tho action of the commander of tho United States gun-boat. Vlcltsburg in declining to Jolu the commanders of other foreign warehtps In 'a protest against the attack of the Japanese lleet at Chemulpo, which resulted In the* BlllUtnir Of thyf-TtTTKKlHTT -ernlROTn Varlag and Korletz promises to cauue much tltsenssion here. The Novoe Vreinya's London correspondent cables that tho protest of the British ^captain against the Japanese attack on the ground that it was a breach of neutrality proved ineffectual be cause the American coiftmander would not assent. Russian Troops Met Disaster. St. Petersburg, lly Cable. ? With reference to sensational stories gov eral days ago of a disaster to Russian troops at Lake Baikal, orm report say ing tliat three regiments wore drown ed whilo attempting to cross the Re covered lake, it Is explained that the trans-Balkan lino was blocked during the night by an avAlancho of snow from a neighboring mountain. Tho train having the troops aboard dashed Into the obstruction, tho locomotive was derailed and in tho next, flvo cars one soldier killed, tlvo severely and fourteen slightly Injured. Tablet Plant Destroyed. New York Special. ? Tho factory of tho Frazler Tablet company," At six teenth street and Eighth avenuo, Brooklyn, was complotely destroyed by fire Sunday night. II. W. Frazler, president of the company, who was In the office, discovered the fire, which started on the top floor, from some unknown cause. Mr. Frazler estimates the damage at about |30. 000, on which there is $250,000 insur ance. Mckc Disturbance. a?-uyaooatED vdlu fwy pgkqj olnfffll Vienna, By Cable. ? Following a Per vlco In the Russian church at Prague Sunday for tho success of the Russian arms, several hundred Slav students gathered in front of tho church and created a disturbance. They then proceeded towards tho United States consulate, where they intended Jto make a hostile demonstration, but the police closed all the streets lead ing to the consulate, and after some opposition succeeded In dispersing th demonstrators and In arresting many of them. Bryan's Tribute. 'Tallahassee, Fla.. Special. ? Wm. J. Bryan, when Informed of the death of Senator Hanna, said: "He was one of tho ftiost forceful figures In mod ern politics. Ho won bis place at the head of hi? party In the Senate, In the nation, by hla extraordinary executive ability and' by his skill In organising - the forces that control, that party, and even hla political opponents recognised the strength of his personaJUJK^and ] man admirable ?ualitl*y^ OUR CONSUL BARRfD I lie Ru**i?u liei>r Takft dinners With the United State*. Washington, Special- -Secretary Hay has been informed that Kdwln V. Mor gan will not be granted an exequatur 'by the Russian government, authoris ing liiin to act u.i Cnlted States consul at Dalny. Mr. Morgan In now on his way from Washington to his post, lie will hall from Han Francluoo and touch ot Yodokaha, at which point the State I )epart inont will bo able to ml vise him a month hence what course to pursue. Thin decision <m the part of tin* Russian K^vcrnnu-nt was not alto gether unexpected, but it l? never! he U'hh the subject of grave consideration bv the Slate Department ofllciul*. It can he fctaled that up to this moment a deelHion bus not been reached aa to the answer to be made to the Russian government. It is explained that the reason for Rusla's action Is purely military; the army officers desiring that there shall be no foreign officials on the l.lao Tung Peninsula during the progress of hostilities. it Is aTao suggested that as the United fcRates consul would be charged with the re sponsibility tor tho protection of the Japanese there would be many chances for severe friction, which it is very desirable to avoid. The announcement Is made that the decision in Mr. Morgan's case does not apply to tho newly-appointed United States consuls at Mukden and Antnng. Thoso consulates are in Manchuria and the State Department, taking the ground that tho province in part of China, would apply to the Chinese gov. Vcrument for exequaturs for thofto cou ncils, not recognizing tho right of any othV power to Intervene. St. -Petersburg, 11 y Cable.- The gov?J rrnmcnt report of tho naval action off Chemulpo, Korea (Feb. 8) says tho Russian cruisers Vartag and Korletz sank a Japanese cruiser and a torpedo boat ."lest royer and crippled another vessel before returning to the harbor. Tin* government received from tho ofllcers of the Varlag and Korietz, who I aro now at Shanghai, their account of I the flght at Chemulpo. The account l shows the admirable handling of the two Rusisan -warships In the face of overwhelming Odds. The, officers con firm the statements that when tho Jnpanf-Ho squadron of eight warships appeared off Chemulpo they wore met by small torpedo gun -boats, and tho Korletjj which had been sent, out to reconnolter; that the Koriotz, on sighting tho Japanese squadron, imme diately returned to the. harbor nnd re joined the Yarlag. and that the Japan ese followed to the mouth of the bar. }mr and sent the Russians a peremp tory summon*} to surrender. i This mes sage, the ofllcers arid, was disregarded, whereupon the Japanese threatened to enter the harbor and engage the Rus sians there. As till# would have en dangered the other vessels in the har bor, including tho French and other foreign warships, ('apt. Ronndenf. of tho Varlag. hh senior officer, boldly gave orders that both vesesls steam out. ?nnd meet the enemy. Tho tight out side between tho Verlng and tho Kor letz and the eight Japanese warships resulted, according ot tho officer's re. pott, In the sinking of two Japanese warships, one cniisor and one torpodo boat destroyer and the crippling of an other. The Russian ships ware repeat edly struck ,but they succeeded In re entering tho harbor, whore the cap -*eR?e~de?iUA4~to.-blau:. up UMlr.flWmJo. prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy. Tim survivors of the crews wore taken off, and the two warships were set on Are. Tho Rus sians also blew up a small steamer, the Sungarl, which was noting as a tender to tho Variag. Toklo, By Cable. ? The response of Japan to tho request of China fo*. a statement' of its position in regard to the neutrality of the latter country was made public Friday. It says Japan will respect the neutrality of China so long a.s Kuala does tho same, and that the mausoleums add palaces at Mukden and lining ai*d Kiang and other pub lic buildings* in China "everywhere will' he secure from any injury not . at tributable to the action of Russia. Furthermore, the rights of Chinese officials and inhabitants within the zono of niliitnry operations will, In their persons and property, tie fuiy re spected and protected by the linporial forces, far as military necessity per mits. The imperial government baa no Intention to acquire -territory at the oxpenso of China as a result of tho conflict. Editor Not Jailed. New York, Special. ? In a dispatch to the Associated Press from San Juan, P. R., under date of Oct. 25. 1903, the fact was announced that Hobart 8. Bird, editor of The San Juan News, had been sentenced to two months In Jail for libelling Judge Ramos, and had begun to serve hi* sentence. Mr. Bird made an appeal for a writ of habeas corpus before the Supreme Court, which was granted on the day following his arrest, and he was re leased from nrr?sl by ordur Of - iha court. This fact wan not recited In the subsequent dispatches and In Jus tice to Mr. Bird this statement should have been made. Six Men y^r^tled. St. Louis, Special. ? In an effort to close up a pool room that has for a long time operated In the outskirts of Madison, 111., across the river from St. Louis, three constables, augmented by a posse of citizens, and betting war rants for the arrest of six men con* nected with the pool room, precipita ted a riot late Friday which resultod in the shoootlng of 4at,men. One may die. **0 , ... . < Crew* Received. Toklo, by Cable. ? The crews of the Nlssbln and Kasuga. ^he two cruisers purchased by the Japanvso govern ment from Italy, were formally receiv ed Friday In Toklo. There was an enormous crowd of spectator*. The spectators were welcomed by Mayor OzakJ. who - skid they - ha<\ dene ? more than undertake a perilous Jour ney. They were the bearers and em beolment of the sympathy for Japan and of the enlightened West. - - . WORLDS TAIR TOPICS. I % foreign f Jovernnient will have a liner showing at the World's Fair, iu point uf It* national pavilion, than lira >? 1 1 . Tho St. Petersburg Finance Mepart went, anxious to economize on amount of iln? war, lias decided not to exhibit at the World'* Fair. tier ma ny lni8 appropriated $M7ij,<.KH) tor its exhibit at the St. l.ouis Imposi tion. only on?) vote iu the Itclclnriag was recorded against It. Missouri'* foretdry, tlsh ami game ex hlhlt nt the World'# Fair will rover nearly two aercs of ground, and will ho situated west of tho Forestry, t'lsli and i Gaino palace, Tho two story lo?; cabin, which will be Maine*# building at the St. Louis Exposition, U llo feet long, llfty feet wide. In Its construction !H),tx>o feet of tht> host spruce logs were used. Tho French pavilion at the World'* Fair Is a replica of the tJrand Trianon ut Versailles. The walls j>f tho central room will he lniiiK wlfh fiu<i old tapou* tries froiu tins royal apartment* at Ver. sallied, Tluvgreat dome of the Festival Ilflll ul tm^ World's Fair Is practically finished. '^Mie dome Is larger than St. Peter' h ul aIQbic or St. Paul's at l.ou don. It Is largest dome ever con structed on a building. Tho windows of the Maho Building at the World's Fair will he transparen cies showing the wonderfully beautiful Hennery of toe Shoshone Falls in Idaho, which are 'SM feet high, sixty feet higher than tin; great Niagara Fall*. The Niagara Falls exhibit will be In. cated at the entrance to the Mines Jtulldlng, ami is thirty-two by sixty four feet. There will be on exhibition a niodVV of the Niagara Rorgo from a point onivHtilf ih- above the Falls to the lake nnd*??how'ini; tile Falls in a perfect manner, \ .... ... I A90N WOULD. Waitresses In Philadelphia will form a union. ttlasKblowers are on a strike .it Han Francisco, Cal. Kn graver* of the country are soon to have an interna'.lonai union. Garment workers at Fort Worth, Texas, have organized a union. Reorganization of labor In hhiKland's ltoy a I Dockyards is belli# carried out. It i* ?aid Hint 11 fly per cent. of 10ng llsh employers absolutely favor union* ism. St. Paul (Minn.) union* have deter mined to take a hand in polities at tho spring election*. "v ? "V-""* The (Myarumlu'i>' Interna llonal Union has $750,000 in the treasuries of its su> hordinate unions, o Tho brotherhood of (.'irffentcrsMml Joiners lias a membership of moro than In AJaflsaehut'etts. C.'hbNtgo (111.) pft Inters are to talco a referendum vole on their proposed, wage scale for this season. Laborers in tlio clay pits at lU'Voro, Mass., have struck because of a reduc tion of ten cents a day in lraKO>,: Less thau one-tenth of one per cent, of railway employes in tin1 United Kiugdoui get more than $14.00 a week. The American Union label for cloth ing Imt* been eopled and a?h>ptcd by tho United Garment Workers of Great Rrltatn. ? Hell Telephone Unonum at Peitaaeolo,-* Fin., have gone oir strike because of a refusal of the company to sign an agreement, KiKbt cotton mills, With 2000 em ployes, at Concord. N. ??# will reduce their workinK time from seveu to four ilajra n week. Tiie yearly lncotmv>f labor unlonsJn Great Hritain Is noarly $10,000,000, and they have Jn their treasuries tho sum of $18,380,000. , .V'.s ' . Fifteen Men Torn to Plcces. Ogd en Special. ? Twenty-fire killed, fifteen Injured, sovoral fatally, and a great amount of railroad property de stroyed, Is the result of the explosion of a car load of dyifemlto at Jackson, ron the Western A Ogden-Luclen cut off of the Southern Pacific. The ex plosion was caused by a collision of freight trains, on account of the fail . uro of tho air brakes to work. Eight of the doad and five of the injured are Americans; the others are Greek laborers. Evqrythjng within half a mile was wrecked. The town of Ter race, fifteen mile*. north, was shaken as If by an earthquake. Tho bodies of the dead were torn to bits, and scattered hundreds of feel? Roosevelt Endorsed." Nashville Special.? The Sixth Con gressional district Republican exec utive committee has dccided to call the district convention to meet here April ti to soloct national convention delegates *nd alternates and to nom* inate a candidate for Congress. Res olutions on the death of Senator Han na were adopted. The administra* ! tion of President KooscveJt was en dorsed. A motion to endorse \V. P. Brownlow for nutronal committee-" man w oh curried, but the endorse ment was not made, it being suggest ed that the matter properly belonged ,to the State convphtion. Receiver* (or Insurance Companies. Chicago, Special. ? Applications were made Tuesday by policy-holder* for tbo appointment of receivers tor tb? Baltimore Fire Insurance Com- J pany and the Homo Fire Insurance Company, of Baltimore. No specific allegations of deficit i la assets were made, biit the plalntfff in Jeach case alleged Insolvency. The' proceedings were not asaented to by the companies j and no statement of liabilities or a seta cquld bo obtained.. ? ABh Barr,L Mrs. Joseph C. Bloch of IxmlilMfc. Ky.. gently kwt a number of Tat usble diamond^ rite* " -2^ ~? find tbem In tU house^ rfhal^a^ looked Into Uu? a* yard aad di?co?tf?^ Vjfore .the ftabtnTtf oatab to r-rb ?a a^ay* -iSgj." IffllE rtlaor F.veat* of th? Wwk la a ' Brlftf Form. ' . ? ? ? 1 ? ? ??? ? Tragedy Near Oaffney, , The CSnlTncy correspondent of the Columbia Htate gives an account of a serious crime committed near tht^r"~ town. Hi? communication is I iowv ~ ' "Last Saturday Mr. George Brown, <t? farmer living about six miles from the ulty, came to town and waa re- > turning. to his home that night pretty well under the influence of whiskey. He v. a 8 In the wagon with Mr. James W. Alien, ?u whose place he lived, and Mr. Ixaac Phillip*. When they wero near Mr. Allen's home the three be came Involved In a pergonal difficulty. They got out of the wagon to hav^, the fight out. While they were fighting tho mules went off and loft them. Homo ne groes came tip (soon in a wagon ftnd l he throe men rodo with them for some dlHtauce and got out to fight again, Allen and Phillips went home hut Brown was not heard from any more. Hi* wife became uneasy end notified > ths Bheriff, but the man wan not found. Saturday afternoon about dusk a negro woman found tho dead body of Brown in a field beyond bis homo and about a half to three-quarters of a mile from whore tho fight occurred- Tlw sheriff ond coroner went out and a Jury was empannetcd. A number of witnesses ? were called and the verdict cf the Jury , v.'oh that Brown had come to his -death - from wounds inflicted with a sharp In strument by Allen and Phillips. Brown's body wng about 100 yarfia ? from the road, In sight of the road and near a footbath, but it lay thero for exactly a week before it was discov ered. The examination, disclosed tho"r fact- that he was cut five times,, .1,. that one out extended Into the opening^ in the heart, yet the body was three- ' quarters of a mllo from the place of tho difficulty and beyond where tho men lived. There is considerable mya- . tery about the affair. How a man could walluyo tar after being cut through the heart is a mystery. One other queer - tiling is that the team Allen was driv ing did not go home, though in sight . of it, but went oil. by. Allen and Phil lips have both been arrested and lodged in jail. The cose made agalnst^them Is a .pretty strong ;one. Allen is a vet eran about 60 years old and Phillips la about 50. The murdered matt vm . aijout 22 and leaves a wife (wione child. Ho came fPom North Carotid# about Christmas. ??????-. An Important Decision. The railroad commlHslon htt*yjtdopl ed an important amendment to rule <5 (which hns reference to demurrage oharges) to the effect .jthkt.herMfjgf. Jjo* demurrage chargetf'tBhall ox(eod,.|l per day per car and that?in no case shall thg'total claim for demurrage exceed tlio valu<j of the goods delayed plus 20 per cenf , The 20 per cent.additlpn was made In order to make 1t unprjjfs Stable for the roads to confiscate such articles as wood. This is the arrange ment prevailing in North Carolina.. Tim inspliatluu far the ? amendment was a suit that has been brought against the Southern by a South Caro lina shipper for |222 worth of deinur r&K6 on a car of wood. tue valea ?f whlt:h is generously estimated At |20. ? Six Prisoner* Pardoned. 'g 'l'ho governor yesterday pardoned Charlt? RagKdalerof <ftest^- -ts^r: victed of rafje on ft ttegfo girt in iMCf ? and sentenced to life imprisonment. The garden was iBeuedty*! a petiU<u**? signed by the Jury, solicitor and al* county officials who set forth that the later evidence shows that the testimony given at tho trial was hotA reliable and prompted by jealousy by another negro*. pardon was also granted Jacob ... felngleton? Joe Bbeppard, Will Holmes. July Kyler and Will Kyler, wh?H wece convicted of manslaughter in . Colleton county in 1902 and given two YS*T*:~; each. There waa considerable doubt a? to fixing the erlme when thgaie men were. tried and the judge ma agreed in sentencing them to ask for a pardon at tho end or a year, which he did. w Affected By Baltimore F|r?. Wlnnabor Special to Columbia State. - <a .n : as a result, of tive big Baltimore fire. The W 1 nnsborrt Qranite Company. ? which had a tvfO.OOO contract -for granite work on the custom hopse that was building at that place and was In ' the burned region, had &o shut down its v stone cutting department as areeqltot the Are* Tbe granite company* which bad nearly deHtWred ?i it# w?*k, will? not suffer any direct loss as the stone was sold f. o. b., Baltimore, but the in dlrcct Hfcs will be considerable as it may be several weeks berore work: can bo r can med.. Many of the cutters have left. "White others are remaining with the hope that the shutting down trill be only temporary. rri: ... Piedmont, W. ya., Special. ? A fright train of 18 loaded car? ran away <m a0 17-mile grade near Breretfc. tonnel. .. Just w**t of ttia place. Thursday, :<Or- - tag over the embankment and wrack ta* me car*. nrenaa rructa r. ape waa killed, hi* body being boried un der the wreckage. Porter Kenny, eg* gineer. anatalnad a broken leaf. " Tbi train la a maaa of tangled debri* *nd the track much torn a*. Palmetto Brevities Otonn Sprtngn HEotel I