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THE VOLUME XVI. SI CAMDEN. S. I'KIDA V, .1 I'M; 2. NO. 21. TOGO HOLDS ROJESTVENSKY Japanese Admiral Reported to Have Sunk Czar's War Ships. IttiMinn Commander Kept Hid Slower Vea*el? Out of the Fight? Fleet S1kW??I Some Daya Ago? Story of the l.uiig und Thoroughly K?in?rkitl)l? Journey Half Around the Globe of the lCtistian Combined Fleets? Heavy Firing Heard In the Stroll* of Korea ?Secrecy Maintained at 1'okio. Washington, I). C.? A dispatch was rtfbeived at the State Department say ing that the Japanese Government had made the announcement that its fleet had engaged the Russians in the Strait of Korea and had held them. , The American Consul at Nagasaki, in a dispatch to the State Department, ?said that the Japanese sunk a Russian battleship, four other warships and a repair ship in the Strait of Korea. The Borodino wi$s mentioned as one of the ships reported sunk. The following is the text of the Na gasaki dispatch to the State Depart ment: Nagasaki, Japan.? Japanese sunk the Russian battleship Borodino and four more warships and a rfeyalr ship. The other dispatch read as follows: Tokio, Japan. ? , Japanese lleet en gaged the Baltic squadron in the Strait* of Tsu shima, which- was held; cannonading heard from shore. London, England.? According to the Daily Telegraph, a private telegram Were received iii Loddon at night in a very high quarter, 'to the effect that Vice-Admiral Togo had gained a great victory. The Times' Tokio correspondent said that telegrams from apparently trust worthy sources showed that Admiral Rojestvensky approached Tsu Island in the forenoon during a fog. which ?cleared up in the afternoon, when the Russians were sighted by the Japan ese. The battle began between 2. a lid 4$ o'cloek in. the afternoon. A dispatch to the Times from Paris, France, said that a private telegram from Chefoo, probably fnJftr-Tfussian ?sources, reported that Rojestvensky began to force a passage or the Korea ?Straits at night, without lights, in two Hues, one on each side of Tsu Island. Heavy firing was said to have been /.lieard in the strait between 0.30 and " 10.30 o'clock at night, when it ceased. The* same dispatch said one of Ilo Jestvensky's ships returned to Kiao Chau. having been badly damaged by a ?'collision with another ship. \ The secrecy maintained at Tokio ap parently extended to the European le gations. At any rate Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minister here, declined to see newspaper correspondents. The indications from many of the ?dispatches are that Rojestyensky sent some of bis vessels through Tsugaru Strait with the, view of mystifying the ..Japanese, - 1 . A dispatch to a news agency said that two Russian warships were sighted in the afternoon at Masuki" {Mashlke?) in Shiyari Province, Hok kaido. steering, southwest, but it is not known whether they belonged to Ro jestvensky or whether they were from .Vladivostok. It was assumed here that the Jap anese Government would -frfyow its customary plan ajot to allojv details to be published until the action has been completed. The Daily Telegraph's Tokio corre spondent said that an intermittent fog prevailed in the Sea of Japan. It oc casionally lifted, when there was bril liant sunshine. A high wind prevailed, fwltli a rough sea. The Russian ships Avere first sighted nt V? o'clock in the morning approach ing Tsu Island under cover of a fog. "which, however, lifted and the squad ron retired. This squadron, it was be lieved, consisted of six first class ships, ?and, according to information recelred, twenty-one more Russian warships .were not far away. It has now been discovered, the cor Tes|K>ndent continued, that Rojestven sky's ships coaled along the coast of the island of Luzon on May 22, and that on the following day. they cruised About north of Luzon and transferred large quantities of bunker coal from colliers. Then Rojestvensky decided to divide his fleet into several parts. r He went through the Bashee Straits ?and steamed in a northeasterly direc tion. In the morning of May 25 the Russlans\ were southwest of the Llu Kiu Islands, and the slow converted cruisers and transports were sent to Shanghai, while the main squadron [went to Tsu Islaiid. The Tokio correspondent of the Pally Mall said th;?t fifteen of Rojcst vensky's ships appeared east of Tsu " Island at 2.45 o'clock in the morning, while at 10 o'clock that morning the fleet \vas passing ten miles southeast ' of Taiizakl (Kosakl?) and that cannon adlng was heard. .+..*? Itrcord JtSSfng Voyage. <?*-The fleet un'fcr the command of Vice Admiral RoJestvensUy, known as ttia ! Russian Sccond 1 'n < *i He* Squadron, i sailed from the Baltic last Oi-tohcr iif> ' tor vurious delays which hud caused some European critics to assert that i the vessels would never start and that 1 the Russian Admiralty never Intended | that they should start. Tho voyage Uad hardly beet) begun ; when an incident occurred which as- > tonished the entire world and nearly led to war between Russia and Great Britain. In the North Sea, it i (he point known as the Dogger Dank, the Ruk- | sian vessels encountered the Gamecock l fishing fleet from Mull, England. Tho Russian Admiral mistook some of tho trawlers for torpedo boats and ordered his vessels to flr<L,??tJue fishing boat was siink and tu'pfft'i'o were killed, others being badly wounded. For some days the excitement in England was Intense, and British of ficial documents published later on showed that tho two countries were on the point of war, but the crisis was ended by an agreement to refer the in cident to an international naval tri bunal. This Hoard of lmiuiry met in I/aris, and, after a long investigation, reported that the Russian contention that hostile torpedo boats were present when the tiring took place was not justified. Jtojest vensky, however, was acquitted of the charge of conduct un becoming a sailor, and the incident was ultimately closed by the payment of a large money indemnity by Russia. After leaving the Straits of Gibraltar the fleet divided, one division, under Admiral Itojestvensky. proceeding by way of the ('ape of Good Hope, and the other, under Admiral Voelkersaiu^ going via the Sue/. Canal. RoJo.stvoij{| sky had with him most of the, battll? ships, and Voelkersam the majority of the cruisers. Both squadrons proceedc] very slow, ly, ami the reports from time to time regarding their whereabouts were of the most puzzling character. On .lan nary 1, however, Itojestvensky reached Madagascar, and there be awaited the cruiser squadron. At what time the two squadrons effected a Junction lias not been definitely stated, but it is cer tain that long after the fleet was as sembled it remained in the immediate vicinity of Madagascar, engaging in gun practice and maneuvves. France asserts that the Russian ships did not remain in the colonial terri torial waters, but Kojestvcnsky's ves sels were undoubtedly "lose to the Island of Nossi Ho, oil' the north coast of Madagascar. The Ions time spent there *?d to renewed assertions that the Admiralty at St. Petersburg would never order the fleet to the Far Fast. In the middle of March, However, re ports were printed that \ho Itussinns had sailed. .These reports were denied, and tliorf repeated, and at length it was definitely established that the Hal tie tleet had sailed. Nothing more was heard- -of it till April when the news came that the fleet had pased Singapore and was in i lie China Se;t. Again the reports were contradictory, some bc'ng to the effect that Kojestvcnsky's entire squadron had pas's ell through the Malacca Straits, while others said that the principal battleships were missing. It seems the battleships passed further out at spa than the rest of the squadron, and \cre not-seen from tjie shore. In tln^moantiine the reinforcing Rus sian division under Admirn: Nebogatoff had sailed from the Baltic;- This con sisted of the battleship Imperator Niko lai 1., the armored cruiser Vladli^ir Monomakh, the coast defense ships Ad miral Apraxine, Admirnl^Oushkoff and Admiral Seniavin. and it number of other comparatively unimportant ves sels. After entering the China Sea Itojest vensky spent a great deal ofrthiie at various joints on the coast of French Indo-Chu1a,_and the Japanese, who had been irritated by the breaches of neu trality of which the French had prev iously been'' accused, ^became givaliy "edited over what was declared to be France's open defiance of her neutral obligations In her Indo-Chinese colony. Twice, it is known, the ^relations be tween France and Japan were greatly strained, but at length Itojestvensky quit lndo-China for good and sailed' north. In the meantime, however, Neboga toff had been able to catch tip with Itojestvensky, and both divisions of the fleet had coaled and provisioned, an immense number of collier's having awaited them in Indo-Chinese waters. Surprise was caused among some naval men because Admiral Togo had not chosen to engage Itojestvensky be fore the Russians were strengthened bj- the addition of Nebogatoff's squad ron. but leading European and Amer ican experts declared %that Togo's course was the best under the 'circum stances. It was evidently the Japanese commander's plan to tight as near home as possible, so that In the event of any of Ills ships being damaged they would not have to go far for assistance. It was also pointed out that the extreme ly heterogeneous character of the com bined Russian fleet was In some re spects an additional danger to it. AMERICAN SHIP SUNK. Russian Fleet Fires on Merchant Ves sel?Crow Saved. Toklo, Japan.? The Ministry of Ma rine announces that there are positive indications that vessels of the Baltic fleet attacked and sank an American steamer near Formosa. The crcw were saved. . ? . ~ . Washington, I). C.? A serious sltua-" tlcli between Russia and the United SiiWq$ was threatened by the reported slnklng^^^an American merchant steamer by mt^Husslan Baltic fleet off Formosa. The repftri was officially transmitted to tho State Department ?by Lloyd C. ? Grlscom, United States Minister at Toklo. and an Inquiry was immediately directed by President Itoosc^Ql^ ? y, :?Cofri5# 10 HITS OF 21 SHOTS. Kaval Apprentice Makes n New Hfc, ord For the American skvy, San Francisco, Cal. ? , Itemfcihorne^ .Scott, naval apprentice first eiaMr^n | board tbe torpedo boat PrebjlQ^satd the American Nary while at practice With a alx-ponnder Hotchklss gun. At " nee of 1000 yards, while tbe %?S> ? .y avs , Norton Goddard Dead. Captain Norton Goddard, tho promin ent clvle leader. In Now York City; died imddenty at Ills eountry home at IfitchAeld, Couu. o Resist Kind's Power. Hungarians began (preparing to re trmcnts by the King oi^the Con^lHtfion. ^ Klnf. Victor's Newest Fad. -? King Victor Emmanuel inaugurated the International Conference of Agri culture at Bom*, Italy. ^ GREATEST OF NAVAL VICTORIES ' Fuller Details Given Show That Japa neae Victory Was Most Complete. Latest advices con linn the inaguMude , of th?> disaste r suffered by the Russian ; (loot, and point to the fact that Rub- j sia's hopes, so fur us this war is con- i cerned, now lie in whatever may be ac complished by the oft-beaten army in i Manchuria. An official report received j from Toklo by the Japanese Ration at . Washington Monday evening says that the Russian Iohbcs definitely known in clude two battleships, a cost defense j ship, five cruisers, two special ships* and three destroyers sunk, and two battleships, two coast defenso ships, one destroyer ami one special service ship captured, while over 3,000 prison ers have been taken, including Rear Admiral Nebogatoff. The Japanese, it would seem, are still pursuing the Rus sians, and It. may be some time before the final result is known. There Is nothing to clearly indicate j the extent of the Japanse losses, and j it is suggested from one source that the Toklo government Is waiting to hear from Admiral Rojestveusky by way of Vladlvostock before announcing to j what extent his fleet has suffered. *Khe news of the disaster has caused i deep depression In official Russia, j though It Is not yet known generally j among the Russian people, Rojestven sky's defeat baa given rise to renewed t?|k of peace. It Is pointed out by t.he Associated Press' St. Petersburg cor respondent that Russia, in this crisis, will turn to France, through Its For eign Minister, M. DelCasse, while from Washington comes information that President Itoosevelt, In accordance with his promise, announced a long time ago, is taking steps to do all in his power to bring about peace negotia tions. ?.*; Nothing has-'fretfn heard from Vice Admiral Rojecnvensky. In Toklo there Is one belief that he has perished, while another source says he was rescued by a torpedo boat, but that he Is wounded. The Lost Vessels. Toklo. By Cable. ? in the battle fought Saturday In thf Straits of Ko- i rea, the Russian battleships Borodino and Alexander III, the armored crusl ers Admiral Nakhimoff, Dmitri Don ski and Valdim.'r Monomach, the coast defence iron-clad Admiral Oushakoff, the protected cruisers Svietlana and Jemtchug, and the repair ship Kampt schatka and the cruiser Irtesslm were sunk. The battleshlpes Orel and Nlcolal I, and Uie coast defence Iron-clads Ad- I mlral Apraxine were captured. The Borodino was a first-class bat tleship,, completed in 1904, of 13,516 tons displacement and 16,000 horse-power, giving her a speed of about 18 knots. Her crew numbered 740, officers and men. The Alexander III was a sister ship of the Borodino and was also com pleted in 1904,* The Admiral Nakhlmoff was an ar mored cruiser of 8,524 tons displace ment and 9,000 Indicated horse-power, giving her a speed of 16 knots. She had a complement of about 567 officers and men. The Dmittrl Donski was an armored cruiser, of 6,200 tons, sheathed, of 7,000 indicated ^horse-power, and having a' speed of 'about 16 knots. Her cre*( numbered 510 officers &nd men. The (Valdlmir Monomach was a sheathed cruiser of 5.593 tons and 7,000 indicated horse-power. Her crew num bered 550 officers and men. The Admiral Oushakoff, a coaat de fence Iron-clad, was 4,684 tons displace ment and 6,000 Indicated horse-power. Her speed was estimated at 16 knots and she carried 318 officers and men. The Svietlana was a protected cruis er of 3,826 tons displacement, had 3, 828 Indicated horse-power, was com pleted in 1897 and had a speed of about 20 ku<Ufts. She had a complement of 360 officers and^men. The protected crluser Jemtchug was of 3,106 tons displacement and 17,000 indicated horse-power giving her a speed of about 23 knots. Her crew numbered 340 officers and men. The repair ship Kamtsrhatka was a most important unit of Admiral Ro jestvensky's fleet. She is understood to have l>een fitted up with every scien tific appliance available for the repair of warships and was described as being a "floating workshop,"- fcttr had trans port accommodations for 32 officers and 1,000 men. The Irtesslm was probably an aux iliary cruiser, but her hame Is not elv en In any of the naval lists available. The battleship Orel Is a sister ship of the Borodino and carried the samo complement of officers and men. The battleship Nlcholal I 1? of 9, 627 tons displacement and 8.000 Indi cated horse-power, giving her a speed of about 14 knots. She has sheathed and although completed as far back as 1892 was thoroughly overhauled In 1900. Her complement was 604 officers and men. The coast defense Iron-clad Admiral Senlavin is a slater ship to the Admi ral Oushakoff. Bigamist Commits Suicide. Knoxvllie ,Tenn.. , Special. ? C. C. Cummings, of Pittsburg, Pa., commit tal suicide a' Williamsburg, Ky./by drinking carbolic acid. He was em ployed by the Parker Oil Company, as manager of drilling. Two weeks ago be married Miss Vicy Summer, of Williamsburg, and only a few days ago was arrested on the charge of bigamy, it being claimed that he had a wife and children living in Tennes see. He denied the charge nnd gave bond, and thus far nothing has #e?n found to bear it out. Brooding over hln family troubles, is supposed to have caused tho rash act. ? Nebogatoff Among the Prisoners. Tokto, By Cable.? Rear Admiral Ne bogatoff. former commander of the fourth division of the Pacific fleet, rfP cently commander of the Information squadron, composed of scouts of the merchantmen, with .- 8,000 other. Rus sians, Is among the prisoners captured by the Japanese. Vice Admiral Ro jestvensky appears to have escaped. The battle begaae Saturday morning, ?nd the Japanese *ro ftUll In pursuit of the Russians. \ n Occurrence^ of Interest In Varlou# Parts of the State. Geneal Cotton Market. Galveston, steady 8*4 Now Oilcwnw, 8V* Mobile, dull K** Savannah, quiet 8*4 Charleston. quiet 8 Wilmington, steady 8 Norfolk, II nil SV4 Baltimore, normal 8,<J New York, quiet 8.50 L)c?ton, quiet 8.t?f> .Philadelphia, quiet 8.75 Houston, steady 8 3-lti* Augusta, quiet 8% Memphis, Arm 8V4 St. Louis, steady 8l4 Louisville, firm 8*4 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling 8.15 Good Middlln 8.15 Strict Middling 8.15 Middling V 8 Tinges ti 1-4 to 7 1-2 Stains t) 14 to 7 18 Hoard of Hqualiz/ition. After a session of two da^ys, the State hoard of equalization has taken a recess for two weeks. At that time 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 1 property. As was/ published yester day, the board has decided to tako t?0 per cent, of the market value of tho stock of an enterprise as the basis upon which taxes shall be collected. The most Important business was the adoption of the report of the com mltteo 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 tho majority of these changes were Increased it is probable that the board will have Its hands full when It re assembles. ? The assessment on cotton seed oil mills and on fertilizer factories were also adopted as recommended by tho committees. The board decided to put a valuation of $1550,000 on tho prpo erty of tho Columbia canal. This pioperty has belonged to tho Colum bia Water Power Company, but ne gotiations are on foot to have It sold to tho Columbia Electric Street Rail way Company. The matter of taxing this property has been In the State fcourts for some time. When the mat ter came up, Mr. Qulnby stated that hft had Information to the effect that th^ canal had made $90,000 profit last yqar. / Oil Mill Assessment*. The State board left the majority of the cottonseed oil mills as the as sessment for last, year. The follow^ ing changes wepe made: / Stmthern^Afken, $18,720; JCathwood, Aiken, $12,000; Townville, ^Anderson, $9,600; Seaboard, BarnwellJ $22,500; Victor, Cherokee, $20,000: Southern. Chester, $25,200; Southern, v Florence, $27,000; Independent, Florencb, $20, 000; Timmonsville,* $25,000; Kershaw, $27,000; Clinton. $25,110; Southern, Laurens, $22,000; Bishopville, $22,000; Dillon, $25,000; Simpsonville, $12,000; Prosperity, $13,200; St. Matthews, $15,000; Spartanburg oil mill, $24,000; Campobello, 0,500; Cowpens, $12, 000; Fair Forest, $10,300, 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, $10,000; Hamlet, $10,800; Farmers, Newberry, $21,000; Little Mountain, $9,000; Pomaria, $9,500; Strater & Kin ley, Oconee, $12,000; Taylor, Columbia, $45,000; Highland Parjf, $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 be de voted to sewerage ami other public works. The highest bidder was the First National Bank, of Columbus, O., Which offered 109,5625. Director at Clemson Resigns. 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 fatally and three slightly. Injured in a collision between a pasrsengor trolley car and a Ijouls vlllo and Nashville coal car on tho Augusta-Aiken railwi^v in a stretch of woods some miles from Augusta on the South Carolina side of the river. 3part4nbt/)rg Bond Issue. . Spartanburg, Special. ? The street committee of the city council, whlcti has Iq charge the petition for a $100,000 bond issue to Increase at reel Improve ments. after checking over the lists, find that there la not a majority of the freeholders' names affixed. Friday, the petition was being circulated again to get the requisite number, something like 100 signatures.- The sentiment of the property owner* Is for good streets and sidewalks and the names will doabttans be secured In the near fu tura, , ? - ? y ?- # PALMFTTO CHOP BULLETIN Conditions For Past W?r?k ag Given Out by the Department. Tin- lii st hulf of tho week eliding Monday, May 20th. was much cooler i ban usual, ilic tut tor half had nearly normal tempera! ures. Ther*> was a harmful dctldency in sunshine. High easterly winds prevailed g/.uie rally, though tin' winds w?iv light at tho close of (ho week. I.lglll trout was reported from Choi 'oki-o county mi tin* J 2 ml and 23 rd The iv were from four to six days with rain and in place# the !????>*? I pi tation was excessive, notably In Darl ington and Chesterfield counties where lands wciv badly washed and bottom lands llooib'd. The weekly amount of rain was largely in excess of tlu? nor mal in the central count ie*, but t ho ground wjih kept wot so ibal only from am? to three days plowing ami culii vatton were practicable. Hoeing mado bolter progress. Farm work was further delayed and is backward with many Holds very foul with grass and woods, and thero is a continued scarcity of farm lab ?iMvrs in all parts of tho State, so that, llu! grassy Holds aro becoming a fur ious menace to crops. While u few re porta Indicate that cotton Is doing well on uplands, inoro especially on roil and clay luiuls that have been cultivated, the majority of the reports indicate the crop to be In Mi unpromising condition with tho plants small, und red or yufttow. and their growth cheeked the cool nlgthb. Many Acids arc grassy and the probability is that some will be abandoned in all sections of tho Slate, iwtng to their foul condition and tho impracticability of cleaning them. 1'lauts continue to die on sandy lands, idee have appeared in a number of counties. Chopping made fair pro gress, but has not been llnished in tho western counties. Hea Island cotton is in a poor condition. Early corn that has been properly cultivated is promising, but the lar ger portion of ttio crop is yellow and sickly. Planting of bottom lands made slow progress during the week, and there is still much to be planted. ] Wheat la ripening and some has been cut. Oats arc generally tine, espe cially spring outs. Fall oats arc rip ening and harvest la under way. It has been too wet for tobacco and some Is tiring. Some peas have been sown, and sweet potatoes transplanted. Truck shipments have about ended. Truck wet weather has caused peaches to rot badly. Pastures are line ami gar dens are doing well. ? J. \V. Ilauor, Section Director. Settlement With Counties. Columbia, Special.?1 Tho comptroller general has decided upon a uniform date for settlements between tho tax department of the State and the tax department of the counties and has Issued the following letter to county auditors, treasurers, supervisors and superintendents of education: "It becomes necessary to fix a uni formn date for the annual settlement between county auditors and county treasurers. All annual settlements will hereafter .bo made July Int, or as soon as possible after that date. Coun ty treasurers, supervisors and superin tendents of education are directed at the close of business June 30th to etoaeraud balance their books. Those officers \vTTX their books and vouchers will meet in the county auditor's of1 flee, on OPT' bofore July 10, together with tho foreman or committee of the grand " jurj( and couffty auditor, and proceed to \ verify tpe\ charges and credits takcK In spld settlement, as made up by ttn?~-<$ounty auditor and treasurer. "County auditors will bear in mind that upon them rests tho responsibil ity for carrying out these Instruc tions and for tho correctness of the settlement, for It Is manifestly lrtipos sible for the comptroller general or his representative to examine and verify the thousands of Items going to make up tho charges and credits, and he must therefore depend, in a great measure, upon county officials cover ing the same. When tho settlement Is made up notify this office; a date will then be fixed to examine and approve the same. "County supervisors and county su- j per In tendon t? of education will pre pare a statment, showing the exact condition of the county and school finances, giving a complete statement of bonded debt, borrowed money, out standing claims, etc. Plunks will be furnished for this purposo." \ Franchise Tax Upheld. Washington. Special. ?The validity of tho special franchise tax law of 1899, of the State of New York, was sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States Ip a decision handed down. The decision affects immense Interests and It Is stated that over $24, 000.000 of unpaid taxes In Greater New York are made payable by tho decision handed down. Justice Brewer dcllver%l the opinion of the court. State Press Association. Mr. E. H. Aull of Newberry, presi dent of the State Press Association, has accepted the invitation for members of the association to attend the meeting of the North Carolina Press Associa tion to be held at Kenllworth Inn, Ashovllle, on tlffTith. 6th and 7th of July. The Virginia Press Association will meet there at the same time. The meeting of the South Carolina Press Association is not to be Inter feted with, and will be held according to arrangements at White Stone Springs, July 11th. Mr. Aull Is also ar ranging for the annual trip of the members of the South Carolina Press Association, the projected Itinerary be ing to the Oregon exposition and thence to San Francltrco. ' /? Italian Laborer Killed. St. George. ' Spccial.? Nlcolla De march!, an Italian laborer, employed by Dorchester Lumber company at Badham. near* here, was run over and killed by a freight train on the South ern railway between here and Bad ham Saturday night. Hift body was torn to plecea and scattered along the rail* road track for 200 yards or more. Cor oner Riser empaneled jKjpry which viewed the body and adjourned till Friday aftsroooo of lb la week. \ INVESTIGATING WKECK i Report L'kely to Be Made Within a i Week Placing Responsibility For tho Accident. .'olumbltt Cor. Chariot fe Observe* i As forecasted iii this cu*respoml'*?ce I several ?iay h ago. tho ti<>mheru'? at ; torney at tho hearing beg.un before the railroad commission 'Tuesday to I ascertain tho cautfe ?C ilw/ wreck ?< j lit) Ogden special In tho tivuimvll!* i yards ou tho morning Ap?ll 20, us j tftiunM the posltlou that liugiftcer Jas. I U. 14.31 a tor, in charge *>t' the ipoi-lal's .engine, is entirely to blanio for tho | accident ?>*? tho gioond that In* violut j im| the rules of tho eompany in ?txtinlntf | Into tho yards without having 'Ala en , Kino "under full control, expecting to j find tho maia track occupied--- <*nder | such control as would allow hu?i t?# I *top within the distance ho could aeo" I ? ami thai an tho special w*n ruirnlng ! n? tin oktra with right of way only ! over trains of published scheduler, tho 1 Greenville yai dniaster, even lit tho faeo of the telegram p bleed on bin : h.H.k at 7.18 notifying hlin that the | special would arrive at win in 1 no wise responsible and was not to j blame for having the freight t>o*<ts ! 011 the main track. The main witness put up to outline i and define this defense of tho roiul j was General Manager Spencer, wfto said that tho telegram to the Green i vlllo office was not sent with the view of curtailing the right of work or shift ing trains, an practice showed that to was not safo to suporcodo theso kinds i of rules with respect to largo yard* llko those at Greenville, except by ai "N<X 31 order," which having to be receipted for and checked back to the dispatcher it was not wise to use on a yard like Greenville's, for tho reason that it was bad practice to allow en gineers to got into tho habit of run ning specials into such a yard not under full control. Division Counsel J. T. Barron, of the Coast Lino was present representing Knglneor Hunter. Mr. Hunter's de fense lias not been outlined, but it ia said that his position is that ho vio lated no rule, but followed Instructions strictly and is in no wiso to blame for tho Greenville accident. 4 Mr. Robert C. Ogdon was nA. pres ent, as ho intimated In a letter to Gov ernor Heyward a short time ago, he might be. The $fcden party was rep resented by Mr. J. E. Heges, a New York attorney. Dr. Julius D. Dreher, of Lexington, who was on tho train, wbb present as a spectator, as were Stale Buperlntendont of Education O. B. Martin, Attorney F. H. Weston and ox-Attorney General G. D. Bellinger. General Counsel Thomas, agisted by Division Counsel B. L. Abney, and Attorney W. H. Welsh, conducted the examination for the railroad, while At torney General Guntor was present . in tho "interest of the State. Members of the commission cross-examined the witnesses. Among the railroad officials present as witnesses were: General Manager H. B Sponcer, General Superintendent C .S.' McManus, Charlotte Division Su perintendent P. L. M c Mnnus, Savannah Division Superintendent H. A. Williams, Assistant Gon- 1 eral Counsel Thorn, Assistant General Superintendent H. Baker, Charlotte Chief Dispatcher W. M. Lineberger, Savannah Division Chief Dispatcher, T P Balrd. Columbia Shops Master Mechanic C. G. Arthur, Charleston Di vision Superintendent Hoother, and others. 1 Tho testimony taken before tn? commission was all on the lines that the- engineer of tho special train was running contrary to orders In that he should have approached the yard 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. Telegraphic Brief?. John D. Rockfellcr, Jr., again ad dressed his Bible class at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church In New York, after a Ave months' absence In Europe, which has caussd little Improvement In his physical condition. Wreckers ditched a train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail road, east of Emporia, Kan., and six passengers were Injured, two of them fatally. Not Wanted in Auguata. Augusta, Ga., Special. ? Tho israal Epstein, or Ebstein, ? whom tho Paris pollco stated in last night's dispatches was wanted here, was formerly a small merchant in Augusta. Abofit twenty years ago ho left ht>re,tfgolng first to Columbia, S. C.f and then drifting to parts unknown, leaving sev eral accounts unpaid, and they were put in tho hands of a local attorney. Irately, information camo that Epstein was in Paris and In good clrcum slances. Tho attorney communicated with the prefecture of pollco In Paris ?nd asked that Epstein be locked up. Thero la no criminal chargo against the man *rom hero. Wet Fatat Accident. ? ~ Bristol, V*.. Special. ? Qlon A. Kon yon, a prominent lumberman of Nao mi. Mich., was killed near Damascus, Va., Monday In an accident on a lod ging railroad. He was largely Inter ested In the T. W. Thayer Lumber Coitipaay, operating In that section* The body will be eetft to Naomi, Mich. Calm* may seem pleasaat, but they mark ?o proem* % DYNAMITE MUSES HAVOC' .Steel Drawbridge Over Hackensacic Hiver Wrecked* !IVUNY BUILDINGS ARE DAMAGED UwcflliiK iloiiMi'it nit MiouilHliurjr. l'?.* ?i.il <tt Iihoii In New York City >fit?ko* on iIik Mutiih l)?y ? A' 1'tMT Vernon# Slightly fMjnrcd ? 4'uiimah Nut Dotl nlloly Knivwit? l'ralitd Hvlil U|?* T **. N e w York (Tily. ? The now steel drawbridge ?uV 1 1??? ]'ei>ii8ylvant(i Ilall road over ihf Ihv'keii jacH ltlver, at the foot' <?f Mewark avenue, Jersey t'Mty, was blown up !>>? dynamite at 1 ito o'clock in the morning. ?$ The extent of the explosion was not delluitcly know a- by the rnilroud ottl chils at 8 o'clock.. * t The explosion was terrific. It mad# a bin noise in the centre of Jersey Cit/j. three or four miles from thebrldge. Tiio river at the point wliero th? bridge crossed is 'JOO feet wide. The bridge was not complete. Nd? trains had, of course, been on It. Th? old bridge, which the now structure- { paralleled, is still. in use. > r^far as the- railroad men lienrd ofr in.. nobody was burl. What caused the explosion Pennsyl vania officials said they did not know. They Haul that no labor troubles bad arisen from tin? work on the bridge. The explosion might have been an ac cident. they said. As soon as the- railroad police* tywml of the explosion. tiUey sent word to the police of all the near-by towns request ing that all suspicious characters, bar rounded up and held. E?l)loilrm Rtrnkfi a lllooV.^ ^ Sergeant Malicr, of the West Thirty* ao.veuth street station, was entering the pedigree of a: prisoner about 3.30 o'clock in the afternoon when his chair began to rock. Simultaneously he heard a loud detonation like thunder; When he bad eo-Uected his wits ho-dej elded that there had been an exploslorii somewhere in the" neighborhood ana hurried out the reserves. ??* The explosion was near Thlrty&rsf - street, between Eighth and Ninth ave nues, in the great qnen space between the North IUver ana Sixth avenue and Thirty -first and Thirty-third streets. Soveral accidents have occurred thero- , since the blasting began for the foun dations of the great Pennsylvania Jtail~ -~ road station. This last touched the' top notch, however* In the damage It did. Nobody wap seriously hurt, but ???? eral persons were toppled over, oneoW woman was prostrated, pictures - were shaken from the walls, statuary from, shelves, and about 600 panes of ' giasa shattered. ? * ' -n ? The 'block an Thirty-first street;. We* tweeivEightb and Ninth avenues, suf? fcred mosti The oxeavatlng 4s- beh?g - done close np to these buildings, and the fronts of most of them had already, been blown In before yesterday 's - acdr dent. Miss Amelia Pope, who livesjafNou. - 844 with her mother and sister,, was dressing in her rtJom on the third floor 7 about 3.80 o'clock. She happened ti look out of the window, which, ovta* looks the torn-up space. , ^ . VI saw a little wooden t>ox standing-, on a rocky point." she said, "and II ' : 'wo s burning. 'I hope It Isn't dyna mite,' I said to myself. But the idee! had hardly cqme into my head driven It blew up with a terrible report.. L wat thrown off my feet." A little to the west, in the house at 8">N, live Morgan Williams and his wife.** Mr. Williams is seventy year a old and bin wife sixty-eight.. Ut\ Williams was prostrated by the shocks Mrs. Frederiek who lives at 802,. was thrown out of bed. SJf* The police had a hard time- of it try ing to get at the cause of tile- explo sion. Tho first policemafl who- under took the investigation interviewed' al most every foreman he could find con nected with the Npw York Construc tion Company, and went back to that still nervous Sergeant Maher* confess- v ing that he could iearn nothing,, Another policeman learned -that * across the excavation a track has been " laid on which runs a little* steam en gine used for hauling stones and dirt. Sparks from this engine-,, which- runs elojfc by the spot where Miss Pope saw; ? the box, he deduced, sot the box on fire. It contained explosive* and. th? crush followed. ... Store Blown tTjfe Stroudsburg, Pa.? A dynamite expto* siort occurred enrly in the morning in the store building of Councilman H. - W. Kistler, and fire which followed de stroyed the building and Its contents. The explosion and fire caused $20,000 damage. The shock of the explosion was felt many block* a why. V It is believed that soflhe one bleir up the store out of revcnflffi'bn Mr. Kist ler. A year atfb'Mr. Kistfbr sho| a bur glar, and the man's friends declared they would square accounts with him In the. last twoc months the town ha a suffered no fewer than thirty ?)uail_ robberies, and CommUnm*! Kistler haft taken an active part in bringing tho guilty persons to justice. To Exchange Prisoner* ; V Russia having accepted Japan's re cent offer to exchange prisoners, Capt. Halkofl* of the na.vy la going to Japan' to arrange for on exchange. Governor of ttaUp Killed. News has beeh r<*eiv*d from Baku of the assassination of the ^vernor. ' v Prince Nakashidse, by a bomb. rortujsl Relessea^ho CaecIUe. The Portuguese authorities at Maca* liave .released -the steamship TTWfcUte J which was reported to has* feeenfel by German newspapers to follow* Russian fleet. Her d<*ti nation given aa MinlU. . ? ; ?