University of South Carolina Libraries
? , '' ' ; i I .. Jt"^--V5S#.e^n ?? V -..?*?*$. r "7"*i r- ? THE VOLIJMB XVI. 0 AMD EN eHRONietB CAM DUN, S. C? Kill DAY, MAIU II 31. l'.IO; :\( ). 12 Notorious Female Swindler Receives Her Jusl Deserts Silk (jfcIS TEN YfcAKS IN PRISON -I ? United States Judge Taylor Over, rules a Motion For a New Trial and Proceeds Accordingly ? Other Indict ments Will Be Dropped if the Out come of the Trial StandB on Appeal ? Prisoner's Partial Deafness Com pelled the Judge to Bawl Out the Sentence ? Had Nothing to Say in Her Own Person. Cleveland, ()., Special. ? Judge Tay lor, in the United States District Court, Monday afternoon overruled a motion for a new trial in the rase of Cassie L. Chadwick, and at once sen tenced her to ten years imprisonment. No action will bo taken by United Stales Attorney Sullivan regarding the other six indictments against Mrs. Chadwick In the Federal Court until the present case is dually disposed of. 1! the present case and sentence is sus tained by the last court the other cases will be dropped, otherwise they will be used against the woman. Mrs. Chadwick was not particularly affccted by the action of the court, as, seemingly, she ha<i resigned herself to any action that might he taken. When she was told that the motion for a new trial had been refused she merely nod ded her head as if she already knew, though she is so hard of hearing that she could not have known what words the court uttered. When ordered to stand up and re ceive tho sentence, Mrs. Chadwick did not hear, anf!**was assisted to her feet by Deputy United States Marshal Clo bitz. The court asked her if she had anything to say why, tho sentence should not be pronounced. She look ed around in bewilderment. She was not certain what was taking place and had not the slightest idea 'what the court said. She was then lead forward nearer the bench and the court shouted the question. Mrs. Chadwick said there was noth ing she cared to say herself. Her at torneys made no appeal to the court, and the sentence was immediately im posed. v.' Mrs. Chadwick was sentenced under an indictment in which she was charged with conspiracy with Beekwith and Spear, president and cashier of the Oberlin National bank, to certify her checks when she had no money in the bank. "Pursuit at an , find. St. Petersburg, By Cable.? The im pression prevallant In some military circles that the Japanese, having re moved the possibility of the main ar my. in Manchuria. assuming the initia tive, will now turn their attention to the ncxt?>bjectlvo of the war, Vladi vostok, is strengthened bfj the dis patch from Gunshu Pass, announcing the withdrawal of the Japanese from the immediate front of the Russian army for a distance of 35 miles south. It is realized, of course, that this may be merely a blind to cover a flanking operation; but it in not improbable that Him Japanese, having cleared southern Manchuria of Russian troops and secured a position from whence expulsion would be a long and diffi cult process, may be satisfied to hold the Tie Pass line without further ex tension of communication. While the voice of the Emperor's ad visors Is for pence If honorable terms are obtainable, the government, as is the part of wisdom, is going f<frwanl with all provisions for the continuanoj of the war. Preparations are reported to be making for the mobilization o?" live corps. Jt bad been understood that guards would be retained at St. Peters burg; but some of the officers of this organization have been requisitioned, and aro making preparations to that end. There has b^en a recrudescence of reports of a change In the head of the War Office. It was stated last night in a usually well informed source that Lieutenant General Sakharoff will leave very shortly and be succeeded bv General Ridlger, now chief of tho chancellory of the War Offlcp. It Is also reported that Gen. Pollvanoff will be appointed chief of the general staff Both Pollvanoff and ^Ridgler are of tho younger school of generals, but have high repute as .theoreticians and administrators. General Rldgier is the author of a .number of -books on ISrrTnTT *"? la advl??4 that Chl _ ___ 1 mud it* appearing In great HumUra along the 81berlan Railroad, Sf SSlJf Swrferedca with the traia Anti-Trust 8u*ta. little Bock, Ark-, Special. ? Attorney General L. R. Rogers Instituted the Brat suits under the new anti-trust, law of Arkansas. The defendant^* tlM Oerman-AlUaaca Insurance Cdfc < iW llai tfmdlaauiaace Go.. ' THE WEATHEH IN FEBRUAHY I ; Monthly Report of the Bureau Con cerning Progress of Farm Work. Tin? weather bureau has Issued the ollowing report on the progress of t.iium work and the woathor for Feb I -uary : The month was unusually and per sistently cold until about the 20th, iftcr which in i Id and pleasant and Iry weather prevailed to 1 1 h clone. Phe mean temperature compares close iy with that for the same month in I S i* r? , and those two are the coldest Februarles in the last 1$ years. The precipitation was copious over the whole State, and locally excessive, Although the Statu avearge was but slightly in excess of the normal. Dnr iiip the ttrsit half much of the pieclpi tat ion was irt the form of snow, sleet tnd rain mixed, the rain generally freezing as it fell, and from this ice i-oatiug, melting as it did slowly, the larger portion soaked into the ground, thoroughly saturating it. Tho soil was litis unusually well supplied with noisture. The persistent cold, and the wet soil prevented the prosecution of farm work and little plowing was praeti | cable except during the last week when rapid progress was made over the entire State. The delay in farm work was most serious over the coast trucking regioins. / Reports on the damage to small grain, particularly to oats, agree i;i this, that some damage was done, but they vary as to the extent of the injury. ' It will not be possible to es timate it until after active growth sets in. Some oats were killed out right and the fields have been re sown. Wheat suffered scarcely any damage. .The good effect of the steady cold weather was to retard the swell- ( ing'of ft 11 i t buds, thus saving them from injury by probable frosts in March. The wet soil delayed the pre paration of seed beds for tobacco, al thugh some were burnt and seeded. The month as a whole was nnfav- \ orable for the progress of farm work, j Climatology From the North. The mean temperature for Febru ary, 1 905, was 38. 9 degrees, which is 7.7 degrees below normal. The high- j est local mean was 40.5 degrees at Beaufort; the lowest was U3. 5 de grees at Greenville. The monthly ex tremes were a maximum of 72 de grees at Yemassee on the 20th, and a minimum of 0 degrees at Walhalla j on the 14th, making the State range 82 degrees. The greatest local range was 70 degrees at Beunettsville. Tho . mean of the daily maximum tempera ture 'was 48.0 degrees and of the dally I minimum temperature was 29. S de grees, making the average daily range j 18.2 degrees. The precipitation averaged 5.21 ; inches, which is 0.87 above normal. ! The greatest local amount was 8.20 at j Blaekville, the least was 2.87 at : Barksdale. The greatest 24 hours fall i was 3.26 at. Blaekvjllc on the 12lh- j 13th. The average number of days i with 0.01 inch, or more, of precipita- , tion was 9, ranging fronvi at Allendale j Clemson College and Trial to 13 at I Columbia. Excessive Precipitation ? Allendale, 1 2th, 3.20 in 24 hours; Blackvllle, 12th 13th,4^f2?'> in 24 hours; Clemson Col lege, 20th, 2.ti0 in 24 hours; Edls.?. 12th, 2.<>0 in 24 "hours: .Florence, 12th, j 3.00 in 24 hours; Liberty, 20th, 2.50 i'l ! 24 hours; St. .Matthews. 12th-13th, ? 3 00 in 24 hours; Sutuler. 11th. 3.00; in 24 hours; Trial, 12th-13th, 3.y"> in I 24 hours. Snows ? Allendale, Trenton, 4th; An derson. 2nd; Barksdale, 3. 4. 5, 13, 19; i Bennettsville, 3; Cheraw. 4. 14; Co lumbia, Lugoff, Santue, 13; Dillon, 3. j 4, 5, 13; Gaffney, 3, 5, 7, 12; Libert/, 3. 5, 8, 19; Newberry, 13, 19; Saludi. i 3. 4. 5. 0, 8. 9; Solvent, ?. 14, 20; S> | cletv Mill, 3, lit; Spartanburg. 3. 13; i Walhalla. 5. 19. 2u; Winthrop Col- j lege, 3. 4. 12. j Sleet ? Aiken. Ilennettsville. 3, 4. 5. (i; Allendale, ('larks. Hill. ' Stuteburg. I Trial, Summerville, 3. 4. ft; Anderson, 2: Barksdale, 4, ft, 8, 12, ID; BaL-i- I burg, 4, ft, (>, 20; Bcautyrt, 12; Black- i ville, 3, 4. 5, 13, 19; Bowman, Waltcr boro, 4, 5; Cheraw, 5, 6, 8, 18; Co lumbia, 4. 5. ti; Dillon, Winthrop Col lege. 8; Due West. 3. 6. 8, 9, 19; Flor ence. Sumter, 3; Gaffney, 3. 5. 7. 12 "J Heath Springs. 5. 7. 8. 13; Liberty, 5,\ 8, 12; Little Mountain. 3. 4; Lugoff, 3. 4. 5. 13; Newberry, 3. 4. 5, 7, 8, j 19; Saluda. 4. 5. 13, 19; Santue, 4. 5. 0. 8. 20; Selvern, 3. 4. 5. t>, 14. 20: Society Hill, 5, 7, 8; Spartanburg ft, S. 11. 20: Trenton, 4, 5. 8.- 9; Wal halla. f>. 9, II, 12, 20; YorkvJUe, 5. 0, 8. 9. 12. 20. Weather ? The average number <C clear days was 10. of partly cloud ly ones. 4. and of cloudly ones 14. Winds ? The prevaling direction of the wind was from the northeast at 23 stations, from the west at 15, from the nortwest at 7; from the north at tl, and from the east and southeast at 1 station each. $200,000 Fire From Spark. Memphis. Tenn., Special.? vA special from Corlnlh, Miss.. says spark from Kwltrh engine set flre to the Taylor Compress Company, late Sat urday, destroyed the building and 1.00 4 bales of cotton and, spreading to the north of the compress, consumed two cotton seed oil mills and fifteen dwel ing houses. The total loss will prob ably aggreglUe $200,000 wltji insurance of about half that amount. A high wind prevailed, and all efforts to pre vent the spread of the flames was ua-\ availing. No loss of life occurred. An Important Ruling. Columbia. Special.? In an opinion Just filed the Supreme Court affirms the finding of the lower conrt which gave Jifw. John B. Badger of Charleston $1, 276.60 damages against the Blue Ridge railroad for toeing her trunk checked in Chirliiton l& ttop* t ember, lt03, The opinion ia Interest ing ahd of more or lea* general Vm>ort ante u art* Wishing ttr ltaMUt? <% ail <w RUSSIA'S 11/1110 PLIGHT } Peace Movement Growing: in the ' i 'I Czar's Capitol. 'HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR LOAN ~ 1 !'<>?> I Willi ie? of Settlement at Close of I I'rerfoill limit little* ? <)uiiau Wniilit J 11- I i Oeiiuilly? The Control of Klherlnn K??l I crn l(Hllrof*<l in the future? -The Mllnt I I * i t I If I th In Korea and l.luu Tung. | i Now York City. Russian diplomacy j has made several very foolish and | very lutilc attempts to have H appear that Japan was seeking tentative ; pcaeo proposals. All these having fr.jled, as was inevitable, Russia now ! docs what .she ought to have done in the lirst place. She acknowledges. in j a semi-odicial statement from the Mln- I istry at St. Petersburg, that the peace | party "has won the Kinperor to its fide" in the consideration of tenta tive terms which he would accept. It i* now admitted that liberal compen sation can be provided to Japan, al though the Russian ( iovcrninent still I goes through the ridiculous form as serting tiiai it will not listen to "in demnity or cession ttf territory." The peace party, however, is care ful to give out that Russia could turn over to the victorious country the pro ceeds Af the sale of the Chinese East ern Railway; that a generous sum could hi' paid for the maintenance of Russian prisoners in Japan; that Rus sian warships would be surrendered as orizes of war, and that fisheries rights would be* relinquished in per petuity. Other concessions which Rus sia would lie, "willing" to make in re turn for ait early peace would be a dimiuishiiient of the Siberian army, for a staled period, a naval program satisfactory to Japan, a Recognition of Japan's protectorate rights in Korea and a continuation of her territorial ! possessions of Port Arthur and the , Linn Tung peniusul i, with the estab lishment of a neutral /.one between Hie* Mongolian side ot China, and Siberia, 1 the railroad from that point down to l'ort Arthur being under international ownership. All these concessions, it goes without saying, must be made whether Russia ; "accepts" peace .now or continues the j war. And many of them, it may he added, are in fact indemnities, what ever the Czar's Ministry may call them. Rut the indemnity is not sulll [ eiont. and, we have no doubt, will not he allowed to be sufficient by victori ous Japan. Probably the Mikado will (?exact no cession of Russian territory, in the sense of real Russian territory, because it would be of no use to .Jap an or to any one else. What Japan has wished to do first ol ail was to put the Muscovite invader out of Ko rea and Manchuria, and this she ha* accomplished. What she has a right j to expect, and will exact, is that Itus | sia shall pay a heavy financial forfeit for her attack on and imperiling ot' the national safety of Japan, the In tegrity of Chilly and International re lationships in tho'irar East. Russia can either acknowledge this obliga tion now, before Japan lias technically ! occupied territory that is strictly Rus sian, or she can blunder along for a few weeks lpore. until Uyatna's armics lmvc advanced into Siberian territory, amj Vladivostok falls as Port Arthur fclli Tlie Norr Ituaslnu JUtmn. St. Petersburg. Russia.? A prelimin ary contract was signed with u, num ber of Itusinn hanks for the issue of $7~>. 000,000 of the proposed internal loan of 51UO.OOO.OOO. The bonds beac_ intercst at the rate of live per cent, per annnn^and are redeemable in llfty j- oars. The issue price Is tut. The successful conclusion of the in ternal loan of $100,000,000 at the ends sion price of !>(? comes as a gleam of sunshine in an otherwise elouded sit uation. Of this amount the (Joveru inept saving.* bank takes one-fourtU and nrivat? banks and an underwrite Ing syndicate the remainder. The\ internal situation in Russia is a source of continued apprehension. In the south of Russia work logmen and peasants already are joining hands, a"nd from the Caucasus, Poland a\id other ~ quarters encounters be ! tuVen discontented workers and the po lice. with fatal consequejiees, are re pealled. SIX M I N URS KILLED. \ Four Others Injured by Explosion in an Indiana Mine. i Princeton, iiul.? Six miners dead and four injured Is the result of an explo* slon in the mine of the Princeton Coal and Mining Company. The explosion hurled supporting tim bers in every direction. In conse quence the slate roof gave way in many places, and the resellers were in constant danger from this source. This is tin- second serious- disaster in the mine, an explosion some years ago hav ing killed nine men. CAUCASUS REVOLT SPREADS. Mountaineers Drive }lany Russians l'rom Their Properties. Tittle. ? Disorders were reported Among the Abbazians (denizens of the Alps of Abhazia). who are driving a large nosiiber of Russians from t lieu properties. Several serious collisions between po lice and Abhazia us are reported to have occurred. -r~*J The Santo Domingo Situation. Spain end tiermany alleged a tlscal agreement antedating that proposed in \Vnshiui:ioij..l). C.. for -Sauto Domingo, while President M of ales declared that If the American treaty Is rejected n revolution Is certain to follow In bis country. Ucriuai* and Urllou* L'aite, Ccrtnan hoVlrrft of Vcnexulean boude resigned on agreement for unlQeii* tlou of the debt, and tb? documeut uV l S5? ytoU?>i?,Kw, tot iipn. i |fWI Of ' V ADDICKS AGAIN THWARTED Delaware Legislature Adjourns Sinn Die Without Breaking Deadlock. Kli-at K.tllol Cat! mi FVliriirtrv s an I ISkIIoIIiik Hint Contlmicit frliwo t'hut Dover, Del.? Without electing a Son ator, although four ballots were taken and filibustering resorted to to continue the balloting, the Delaware (leneral Assembly adjourned slue die, and as a consequence Delaware will not he l'ully represented in the United {States Sen ate for the next two years,. Senator J. U'l-iiti); retains hlfisoa' hut .John Edward Addieks failed to secure the other. While no agreement had heeu reached when the member* entered upon the'iinal joint session, there were hopes among many of the members Unit a solution of the problem might he reached. It was intended by tin; Uniut Republicans to cast only one ballot, hni. when the llrst ballot had been taken, and efforts were made to separate the Democrats, it was found that the regu lar Republicans had a scheme- to pro long the balloting in the hope of elect ing one of their nuiubt?r. Three more ballots were taken, all resulting the same, except that Repre sentatives Lingo and Yaiiderburp: changed their votes from T. Coleman Dii Pont t?i State Senator S. S. Pentic will. A recess of flfteon minutes was then taken. The Union men conferred, and. upon Information that the Demo crats would assist them, went back into the joint session ready to move a separation, which was done, and the motion was carried, much to the cha grin of the Regulars and the Union bsltevs. Srnator Ponnewlll. who was to have Immmi the nominee of the Regulars ami th'? seven Union bolters, became an y. red at President Pro Tem. Conner ,>.hen In; recognized a motion from Sen* ator Rose (Dean.) rather than front Representative Vanderburg (Rep.), and mhde remarks to Mv*. Conner as he was leaving Represontativo llall which have caused a wider breach among (h<v Republicans of Delaware. As final separation of the joint assembly was secured pandemoiiitun reigned, many shouting for joy because Addieks again had failed to reach the goal. The llrst ballot taken resulted: Ad ilicks, 1">; Du Pont, li: Sauisbury (Item.), l-'i: Hughes (Dem.), S; T. C?lni Pont. 2. Total vote. f> li; necessary to choice, 27. . The balloting for Senator in joint session began February N. The first, ballot resulted a* follows: .1. Edwnrd Addieks, Union Republi can. 22; If.enry A. Du Pont, Regular Republican, 1); Wlllard Sauisbury, Dem ocrat, 2; one member, a Democrat, ab sent. Since then there have been changes, the Regular Republicans voting for a week for Henry A. Richardson, of Do ver, in order to show their willingness to vole for Union Republicans other than Addieks. Seven of Addieks' followers joined I them, and also cast their votes on va ' rlous ballots for T. Coleman Du I'ont, | but the other lifteen Union RepuhIN ! cans remained true to Addieks. PBAHY'8 SHIP LAUNCH 1)1). Model Arctic Exploring Steamer Suc cessfully Christened nt Bueksport.Me, Bucksport, Mc. -Commander Robert K. Peary's arctlo exploration steam 'ship, for which funds wore furnished l>y the Peary Arctic Club, of Now York, war launched hero. She was named "Roosevelt" by Mrs. Pen rv. The vessel was designed by N-ivnl ? Architect William K. Winnnt, of New .York, nnd Is said lo embody all that .experience in arctic navigation to this date can suggest. ' Sljo is desoribed as "a three-masted fore and aft schooner-rigged >tenm?hip I wilh auxiliary sail power." Her prin- | eipai dimensions are: Length over nil. 182 feet; beam. ?5.5 foot; depth. foot; mean draught, with stores, 17 j feet; gross tonnage, 014 tons, and est I- j mated displacement about 1500. The vessel is built of white oak. tho fraiujs being treble ami close together, with double planking, making tho Avails from 24 to :?o Inches thick. The j keel is 10 inches thick, but false keels I and keelsons form a backbone 0 feet high the entire length of the v?ssel. The bow is backed by 12 foot of solid deadwood. ITcr engine and boilers will develop from 1000 t ?> 1500 horse power. I llor cost when ready for sea' will be i 9100,000. THROWN FROM GALLOWS. Nooss Breaks In Pennsylvania Prison Causing Harrowing Scene. Pittsburg, Pa. ? Two men wero hanged here, and the first accident at the scaffold was recorded In Alle gheny County. Reno Dardaln went to the scaffold tirst and his neck was bro ken. ? William .T. Byers followed him, nnd whenv the trap was sprung the loop of the itftose pulled away, throwing him to the ground. For about one minute he staggered around under the scaffold, and then Sheriff Dickson caught him, and removing the noose and black cap carried hlnrtnto the Jail. He was not badly "hurt as the result of the fall. The rope was again ad justed. and Byers. pale and trembling, was once more placed on the scaffold ar.d the trap sprung. This time there was no mishap, and deetii resulted from straugulation. Jules Verne Dead. .Titles Verne, thr author, died at Amiens, Franc^ at tlieji^of seventy Mrs. Chadwlck's Dfcjilu. At lirr bankruptcy hearing In Cleve land, Ohio, Mrs. Chadwlck declared law ?U4 ?4>* exceed ftfiO.OO tt. Mexican Ambassador Dies. Stnor Aspires, Al*xlc*n Ambassador 0 ib? Doited ftutes, died At iX-, BOMBS THROWN IH WARSAW Jluef of Police Wounded bv Missile While Uriying* TROUBLE THROUGHOUT RUSSIA Cotlull h. ..f I ii j <iirl 1.11,1 Kl||?i| l?y 1 lift' i mil M h.Ii I nr _ a. 1 fKlliui! ?r Unron v.,u NoIUimi, Hi.. I'.iiti-fl < ftlfi, i:.?ii|i,., Warsaw. Poland - A W;IS j /blown inio Use c.u Tiayrc of Itaroii \..n i N'olUen. Chief of Police Warsaw, at s ? ' I'H k in t In* evening. rii?* Manm whs stn erel.% Wi;'.sm!v?l A.i.iiiliim ti? (lit* ialest informal ion 111" II I ? lli'H oil Hr' f> Ml \ ???? NolklMI WMH | Hi- result ,.| ?,i elaborate conspiracy ! nl ihe r?>volu i iuiia ry partv. Shortly bet ore S o'clock an clcpautlv i drosyet: ill;; n w.jK to the ,,?|ice >,at ioii | Hi Praua, a laiKf >- n I > 1 1 1- 1 > of Warsaw, j on tin.* other sii|.> ot u,,. \ jsiula. ami 1 threw a bomb into n room wheie the ! moil w erf assembled before ^oinn oh ; ibli.V. Six 1 " > i li 1 1 1 1 , | | \\ # ? |*i ? WOllllued, j o1 ilK'iii dang. r.Misiy, an. I ail ihe ! furniture as well as one wall wen- I ilroy.Ml. 1 In* Itniii I > thrower, in trying to e.??- j cape, nn i a polit-cma n ami shut twice w otin.iing Hit- ,.lli. r in ihe Momach. | lli'% until was caught liy the captain "i<> station. lit* was loiiini io In* a ?lew, hut his identity was not .lis. ox ? ?it'll. I iif prisoner himself was woiiktd oil ami was placed in t li<* hospital. A I rli'plioiii' inessa vi* wa> i in ini'illii J <>. I.v s ;*i 1 1 lo Huron \nn \o||{(>n a l lln? t il.\ Hall, i n I or n ii Hi; him of tin* mil* J.iyi'. Karon \on Nolken, accompanied by a police olbcjal. tool; a carriage ami started iiniiii-ilia tely lor I'raga _W4tefi parsing tln> ensile w 1 ii*i*i* l I'rm General resides a man stan/lng on tin pii vi'iin nt Hi low a bomb jit the car riage. I > . 1 1 on \oii XolLeu, w ln?/was filling on tin- side nearest tin.' ussailant. r" idved Hi., lull ?-lia r.ijii- 42J lln- l ?<'. in I ?, vyluli' his coiiipaiiiiKj/ escaped unhurt. Tin* cabman was thrown from the box and I lii> carriage was smashed. Hanoi \on Nolken was removed to tin* (, ity 11 a II. ami doctors were sum moned. They found Ilia I lie had re oeived injuries on (lie head. nock, arm and log. Meanwhile the police ollicial accom pany ing Itaioii \ on Nolkcii saw tin* hviuli thrower fleeing and pursued and caught up with him, I mi i the eriuiimtl proved llu? stronger and lore 1 1 i 1 1 1 ?< < > I r away. A not her polieeimin lired twice alter h 1 in. without resull. Half an hour later m man was found dead in Sowlrt direct, 'lie proved lo lie a plain clot lies policeman Ew 'ho was xeonviiursuing Huron vou Nolken'x as SHllanf. Tin? police believe lhat the latter tunied on the policeman and shot hlui dead. A girl who avos passing the spot when the bomb was thrown was wounded by splinters and had to be taken. to the hospital, According to the theory of the police the revolutionists calouhfte4 hjhmi Ba ron vou Nolken going to Praga on le>ii'uing of the explosion of the bomb at thp station there, and knew he must pass the e# telle, that being the only road by ^tvLirli lie could reach- the only brldgy across the Vistula. The .affair has caused great ' exeite ment. A poptfluc n""or was to the ef fect that the iwolntfounrioM adopted this means to inform (lie police that they have more ljoinbs besides those discovered in the Kowonskl (Yuielerv. Haron von Nolken is very tiupopuhir. He is lulled by the masses of the Po lish population, who hold him respoy [N4hlo for Tibe sanguinary suppression of the disturRil iiees iiere at tile end of Jauunry. lie has lieen here on l.\ a year, liavlni come from si. p? lersbiii^, where he w'as chief of llie mounted di vision of the police. A revolnt uoiary inovemenl of consid erable proportions is making liseli* | mnnlfest In conneetion with the indus trial disturbances In the region around Sledlce, Hielsk, Vlodshtvsk, Itodin and Iaikov, pouth and southenst of War ^ aw. The country has been Hooded with proclamations of foreign nnd hv enl origin calling for a rising in Poland, and with revolutionary songs and ad dresses, the latter demanding tin; use of the Polish lanmiaue <u all tfie schools, administrative oHi'-es- and courts. The population is mm id to he salur nted Willi these tendencies, especially the members of the I'nial seet. Chil dren are being kept out of schools. J roops have been dispatched to the vi cinity of Kotzk, southeast of Warsaw. Disorders have broken out at Valla, In tlfe Crimen, where shops alojig tho Quay and In tho bazaar have"uecn pil laged. In a riot nt Hlgn one policeman was shut dead and two others were badly wounded. ISLAND EMElUiES OFF JAPAN. Itlses OradunMy From tho Sen nnd I* About Threo Miles in Circumference. Toklo, Japan.? Amid loud rumblings and clouds of vurious colored smoke. a now island gradually emerged from tho sea off the Inland of I wo. A vuy turesome party of Japanese dually rowed to the new-formed island and raised the Japanese flag. The ne\r acquisition to the Mikado's territory is an islaud two and three-quarter miles In circumference, and rUe* to a height of -ISO foot a hove the. sea. It has been uaiijiiJ NlisUioia. Dying of Plague. It rras ainit?nt<,0d in the ttritlsh Parliament. "In *?*???. an at l.t?nlon, Eng . (hat there had been over 000 deaths from plague in India befo't March II of th!< year. ltecord Prenklng-fienefft. The benefit hehl for Joseph Holland. Ihe oM character actor, at the Metro* polltnn Opera House, In New York City, was tho largest ever recorded, ?d<1 nettHi about S&tyQ fw ttie i>opo* HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS ! Peculiar Circumstances Preceeding i Killing of Miller D. Anderson Brought Out at the Hearing. Itnrnwell, Special.- Mr. Joined 11 Skinned, who killod Mr. Millar 1). An del soil near' Dunharton applied for ?? ? i i before Judge 1). A. Townaond. The tos- ! timony that was taken at the inquest, ! together with numerous affidavits, was J read and commented upon by the attor neys, when the judge announced that I In* would grant hall, which waa llxed | .it the sum of 1 1 ,&0U. From mo tn e of the affidavit*, it seems i hat in January Mm. Anderson was j < ailing in a friendly way on Mrs. Skin ner. her neighbor; that Mr. Anderson, learning that, his wife was out calling on Mrs. Skinner, wrote his wife to come home; that ???? did not want her to < a'i on such people. This note offended the Skinner family who, subsequently, when they met Mr. Anderson In Dun barton, refused to speak to him. This enraged Mr. Andeison, who lined surh gross and insulting language that Mr. Skinner demanded of him a retraction, j and this brought on a fisticuff, wherein Mr. Anderson was severely thrashed. A number of witnesses swore that Mr. Anderson threatened to take Mi. Skinner's life and that these threats were communicated to Mr. Skinner. Defendant states in his affidavit that on morning of homicide Mr.' Anderson waa at Dunbarton; that in order to avoid him lie arranged to drive to his farm; that he. Kof his gun and some shells thill had been loaded by so ne friends who had been on a visit to him. and took his little nephew in the bug gy with him. That while on tin* way he saw a buggy in front of him; that ho did not know whose buggy it was until he had driven up to it when Mr. Anderson en I led to him and said: "You look advantage of me before; we'll L>iettle it now." and drew his gun, when defendant II red lirst. Defendant's nephew swears to the same thing. Mrs. Anderson, wife of de e ised, was | in the buggy at the time deceased was ! shot. She says Mr. Skinner overtook I them; thai lie drove close to the biiKgy in which they were riding and, calling to Mr. Anderson, said: "Do you want to see me," and without another word shot him. With her dead husband at I her side, her lonely drive back to Dun ! barton was pathetic in Ihe extreme, j Numerous affidavits were produced | zoning out the character for peaoo of | Mr. Sklpner and the Vowdy character j of Mr. Anderson. At the June term the | (ase wilP probably be tried. The coin i munlty is shocked by fills unfortunate I homicide. i Attempted Assault. V Springfield, Orangeburg County, Special to Columbia State: Tin quint llttlo town wjih tho sceno Saturday of u sensational trial. Norrls Chavls. a young white man In the employ of Mr. Connie Altman. who Uvea a few miles from Springfield, was arrested and brought before Mag istrate Arnold Corbet t on the charge of an attempted assault upon the 4-year-old daughter of Mr. Altman. Ah far as your correspondent can ascertain, It was a well defined, though unsucceBsful attempt, Chavls, It la said, was apprehended by Mr. Altman. After*- several witnesses had been ex amined, Chavls waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to tho higher court. He was placed in the guard house, which is a flimsy affair, and during the night<* the prisoner made his escape, and up to this hour has not been captured, Tho community was deeply stirred by the dastardly attempt, but- there w it>t little talk of violence in any form, ll is believed that the law would have Ikm.'ii allowed to take lt? course. Telegrams from Orangeburg and Co lumbia have been received indicating that u report of lymdiing bad gone uhroud, hut this Is without foundation. Tho child nuffcred no burl. y Some Assessment:! Increased. The State board of assessors ad Journed until April lBt when the work of assessing for taxation the property of railroad companies will be complet ed. Some assessments were delayed account of the opinion of the at torney general as to the application of tin* * Michlse tax law t A Interstate busin. *:??. The board raised the assessment for the Columbia. Newberry & I^aurcns road from $5,000 to $f?.0()0 per mile; tho assessment of the I^ancastor & Ches ter road from $700 to $3,250, and the Charleston & Western Carolina from the Coorgla line to Spartanburg was made fx.000 per mile, and from the Georgia line to Beaufort $7,500 per mile. The Southern Express company wTis made $100 per mile, against $85 last year. The assessment of the Pullman Palace Car company was not-.changed from $100 per mile, or a total valua tion of $148,643 for the State. The Postal and Western Union Tele graph companies were not changed, the assessment being $35 per mile of wire In the Slate. The American Tel egraph and Telephone company was valued at $90 000. against $65,685 last vear. The Southern Bell Telephone company was valued at $400,000, against $215,592 last year. The other assessments remained tho same for the present. There was no change made In the assessment of the Seaboard Air Line, whose attorneys raised a vigorous protest Wednesday on the present figures. It has been hinted that this matter will go into the courts. All Balk at Indemnity. Moscow, By Cable.? With the excep tion of The Moecow Gatette. practical ly all the newspapers of thia city are for peace, on condition that there be neither cession of territory nor pay ment of Indemnity. At a banqoet a prominent merchant declared: "The happleet end of. the war be Im mediate peace, hot If the government consents to Indemnity ere wit) throw the bomb. Bftoogh knestag *ol4 ha* speit id jtiyfrirt Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. Charlotte Cotton Market. Theru IIkuh-s i epro; rul prices paid (o wagons: Strict good i n i < I ? 1 lin;>, 7 7-8 tjood middling 7 3-4 Si r|< l middling 7 5-8 M litdling j , . . . 7 f>-8 Tin ^j?n 'i I to 7 14 Stains I I t<? t! 1-4 General Cotton Market. (5alve>?loji. quiet 7 .14 Now Orleans, barely steady 7 I -2 Mobile, quiet 7 5 8 Savannah, < 1 1 1 i ? ? l 7 08 Norfolk, qiiit l 7 7 8 lialtlmorc, nominal S Now York, quiet 8.15 iiotqon, tju i? *t K 1 5 Philadelphia 8.10 Houston, steady 7 3-4 Augusta. ouiet 7 3 4 Memphis. quiet 7 58 St. I .on in, <] ii ii>( 7 1 l-lt> l/onisvillc, (inn . . 8 An Important Opinion. . According to an opinit n written lV the attorney genera I. the franchiser tax law caituot lie i'.nppllcd to inter state r?'cei|)tu by raiiroa I . companies, hut 111 lis. t he eonilned t ? interstate business. Such being the care, tho income from the franchise tax law will he reduced., uhi.ui iwoihiids and instead of $50,000 t In* railroads will . pay .something like $JO.U'IO. ? In addition In the hiss of consider-" able revenue, thi: law a:; couuLrued hy the attorney general nie ins that there will he n great deal of Iron hie in af rlving at t lie exact amount t-j bo paid hy the railKjV.td com panics. South Car olina is haviftg a ureal den I of trouble in get the franchise tax law to work ing, fur it was parsed over a year ago and on at count W an oversight did not no into elYct r1 for a year after U became an act. And now thet it has ? heconie of effect, ih<* mode of lirc)COA dure under it;; terms is somewhiu dlf* ficult. The com p* roller g-.mej/il has Rent, out t<> die auditors of thu/KOVoral counties of the SiaJv^ tho yfuuAes of delinquent conipanie^-ivUicfi have fail ed to Vile with his o flint the statlstU cal Intortnatiou required by tho law. II these corporal Ions do not comply oik c and tlo not pay tho franchise tafr by the first day of April, they will bo fined heavily anil will get .into ser ious trouble. ..... Mr. Hunter's opinion was wrltfen in response to a request from the State board of assessors. According to sec tion 7 of the franchise tax law It itt made tho -duty qf thla board of asses sors "to a seer t a i iT^hu4? d* ' ermine * f tho entire gross receipts of * * * rail road companies, express companies, street railway companies, navigation companies, waterworks companies, power companies, light, companies, tlephone companies, telegraph com panies, parlor, dining and sleeping car companies for business done within this State for the fiscal year next pre' ceding, and the amounts ascertained by said board shall be held apd deem ed to be groBB receipts of such com* ? panics for business done within South Carolina for the year under consider* ation. In section 9 of the act it Is ordered "that the said State board of asses sors shall, -after ascertaining the gross receipt* for business done in South Carolina, notify tho State treas urer of tho amount thereof, and the Stabo treasurer shall thereupon pro ceed to charge and collct;t from such company and such company shall pay" to said State treasurer an annual li cense fee of 3 mills on the gross In come of such company for business done within .SOuth Carollua for 4hftA proceeding fiscal year, an annual lt_ cense fee of 3 mills on such g>'ose la eome."Columbia State. Will Accept Library. Anderson, Special.? The chamber of commerce has officially endorsed the effort of the library association to se cure the Carnegie library, and It now iseeinH certain that the Hunt of $1,000 will be voted by the Ptty council for the maintenance of the Institution. The board of trustees of the city Bchoola held a meeting and offered a site for the library on the grounds of the grad ed schools. This generous offer will savo the coat of a lot, and all that the city will be reauired to do will be tq appropriate an annual sum for the cur rent expenses of the library. MIHer Anderson Killed. Barnwell. Special. ? Near Dunbarton Friday morning Mr. .las. H. Skinner Bhot and Instantly killed Mr. Miller Anderson. Both parties are woll known and are residents of Dunbar, a station in thrfs county 011 the Atlantic Coatt bine railway. Mr. Anderson was ? a planter, Mr. Skinner a merchant, and both have families. About a month ago, it seems, the two men had a difficulty, since which time their personal rela tions hfkve not been pleasant. This morning Mr. Skinner was bird hunfiog when he met Mr. Anderson. Word# were passed, the quarrel was renewal, and then the homicide. Mr. Sktonertt*a~ given himself up to the sheriff. Train Hit* Burning Bridge. Paris, Tex.,* Speclalv? A northbound - 'Frisco passenger trtlnwhich left tatra two hours late ettconntefferk, a burnqfd bridge Friday afternoon near. Arthur ? City. The chair car and two sleepers were dltehe^ and the smoker derailed. One person was fatally injured, dying later, and several other passengers re ceived slight injuries. The dead; Mif gle Cooney, maid to Mr? Franirf Hayes, St. ioale. Mo. Tw? New Concerns. The secretary of ettU# teat' waafc $#*':*> . sued a commission to the C&arlesto* V^O.OOO < Apital. W, E. ~ Khett and J. F. May hank are than tioners. _ . . _ I ? Ar eherter-?M? I'M tt* ! Automuslc company alio of T ton, wit* *5,000 capital. St. I. la president, " dafit uait. ^05