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Nineteen People Burned to Death and Forty Injured IN EAST NEW YORK. with half dressed, weeping, sea robing people, Inaploripg the raaone of those within the burning structure. When the tenants dashed fur the roof, they found the door, which should have swung easily open, fattened down Unable to burst It open, and wedged in by the surging mass below, num bers were burned to death. COTTOV UPoIis. * Many Acts of Bravery Performed by the Firemen and Others. Fire Chief Croker Asserts that the Police and Tenement Rouse De- • >* - partment Are bable. ». .' . •• <f •. In New York on Tuesday morn log of last week before daylight nine teen persons were burred to death In a fire whlcb destroyed the five story tenemept house at 105 Allen street. More than 40 were Injured and only a few of the sleeping inmates escaped unhurt. Several of those who per ished were roasted to death lu plain view of thousands in the streets. Ooroner Ooldeukrans declared after an investigation that he had reason to believe the bis*?) w&s the work of an Incendiary. Tae ; fire 'started In the basement and spread with frightful dity to the roof. The victims re caught in traps of tlames, the la and exits being tendered Impas- ,ble In a few mioutes after the blaze started. The tu Iding was one of the usual crowded tenements and the disaster was the wont In the history of the Bast Side. The district attorney’s of floe has begun an Investigation to place tbe blame for the great loss of Ufa. Chief Croker of the tire depart ment asserts that the police and the tenement bouse departments are to blame for the violations of the fire escape law. The tenement house de partment officials, however, say that tbe blame la on the shoulders of tbe fire fommissioner. Of the 19 dead, three bodies, these of a oy and two girls, remain unlden- Ufif .. The identified dead are: Ra cbt el Solomor, 45 years; Jacob Solo mon, 16; Isaac Solomon, 18; Jesse Ooben, 15; Gerahon Fuchs, 30; Rose Wiener, 23: Sander Wiener, 4; Sarah Kline, 60; Bella Zeldler, 30; Harry Zeldler, 11; Ida Muskow z, 10; Harry Kauffman, 10; Rose Ml.ler, 4; Morris Miller, five mouths old. Crowded fire escapes iu the rear of tbe tenement be use were largely respbuafble for so many deaths and Injuries among its population, which approached 200 soula. HKABTRKXDINQ SCENES. The scenes were heartrending. The fire started in the basement occupied by Isaac Davis, bis wife and three children. When Davis reached his home early Tuesday morning and went into his store on tbe same floor he saw a kerosene lamp tn the rear explode. He awcke bis wife and both tried to put out tbe flaming lamp, but without ancons: A poilsbmSb who beard tbe cry of alarm rushed to the scene and every effort was made to rouse the sleeping people. Meantime the flames bad spread with startling rapidity and tbe oocu- The Southern Cotton Association Will Issue Them In Future. Absolute correct statistics of the cotton crop will be one of the main features of work to be done by the Southern Cotton association. Re ports will be Issued through tbe press v ton toiltna TIE PASS LOST. /V- Japanese Are Pushing Russians Steadily On To Harbin. fTHE JAPS REPULSED. la His Masterly Retreat a Fertile aod Well Supplied Country Lies Before of the country every ten 'days telling of the conditions of the crop, the num ber of bales ginned and general crop onditlons. The association will have reports of Its own, and will not de pend on the bearish reports of tbe government. President Harris Jor dan haa written an article on the sub ject of statistics which will be read with great tnteroat: Mr. Jordau nays: “One of the most Important and valuable features In conneotion with the work of the Southern Cotton association will be Its ability and op cortunlty to gather correct statistics with reference to the cotton crop of tbe South. Since the wide agitation of tbe cotton question during the last three montbl through tbs general of the country •sod the oppor tunities of the farmers to get Informa tion quickly through the establish ment of rural delivery routes, and also, their growing interest in secur ing* Information, it la highly impor tant they be pieced In. possession of all the Information possible which re lates to the handling of the great staple crop In which they are so deeply lot* rated as producers.. At the pieeant time there Is a widespread and general demand for soma definite information in ootton acreage and use of commercial fertlhzsr, tbe detailed plans of retir ing the 2,000,000 bales surplus and also the extent of and the present temper of the farmers to continue to hold their ootton for better prloee. The farmers In North Carolina, for instanoe, d< alre to know the exact onndltioa of affairs In Texas, and the TexaA farmers wish to be Informed as to what Is being done In Georgia and the Carolinaa. Alt of this informa tion cannot only be gathered through tbe Southern Cotton association and distributed for the benefit of the fsrmers and business men of the South, but steps are already being actively taken to get up these ets* atlstluedn tue near future for general distribution. Tbe state presidents and secretaries of the various state divisions have been requested to get In close touch with the presidents and secretaries of the various cotton grow ing counties and parishes and have this detailed Information gathered through the chairman of the various civil aub divlsion. This Information slit is gathered will be submitted to the secretaries of the counties or par ishes and will be by them compiled and forwarded to the state secrets rise, the state secretaries In turn will forwsrd the information to the secre tary of the Southern Cotton as»oda lion, where a general and condensed compilation will be made of mob sta tistics and prepared in proper form to be mailed to the members of the pants of the upper floors awoke to find I Southern Cotton association through- Qen. Kuropatkin, With Few r Defensible Positions In Rench of His Army. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says flanking tactics by the Japanese ap parently are in progress again. The Associated Press correspondent, who remains at Tie pass telegraphs that Gen. Mlstobenko on March 14 engaged a Japanese force on the Russian right. It Is possible that the attacking force was a Japanese column whlcb disap peared from observation during the battle of Mukden. The Japane-e do not appear to naTc al attack up to n x>n Wednesday, the demonstration on Tuesday having shewn that tbe Russians were prepar ed to make a determined resistance. A dispatch from Santonpu says a sanguinary e >mbxt occurred on March 14 on tbe centre advanced line of the Risslan army eight miles south of Tie pass. The Russians repulsed tbe attack and even made a small advance through 1,000 corpses of Japanese, ad vanctog a large force on tbe right flank, where Gen. ’Mlstcbenk i, who has taken command of bis detacb- tbemselves confronted by a wall of flamef on nearly every side. Panic stricken people rushed to tbe fire es capes only to find them littered with rubbish. On some of tbe escapes tbe rubbiah was so cksily packed' that it became Impossible to pass Certain points and men, women and children stood literally roasting to death as the flames roared through the win dows around them. Oae i f tbe es capes was manned by Policeman John J. Dwan, who bad ran a plank across to the window of an adjoining build ing. He rescued nearly a dozon per* but Anally fell 20 feet out all the ootton statee and territo ries. » •! # sons, pavement and shattered his shoulder. Dczens of people were taken from the crowded fire escapes and upper win dows. By this time the building was a furnace aad the rescues were effect ed in many cases only through heroic efforts of tbe firemen. Lieutenant Bonner, son of the former fire chief, ascended the uow red-hot fire escapee five times. MANY HEROIC RESCUES. Four times he brought down a wo man or a child in bis arms. Tbe fifth time he was descending with an un conscious woman, hot staggered and was barely saved from death. Once .Bonner rescued a little girl from a window where she stood surrounded by flamer. She pleaded with him to leave her on the escape and go in after hsrjlttle brother who she said had fallen unconscious. Bonner then jumped into what looked like a fur nace, found the boy and saved him. Fireman Hanhlgan repeated Bon ner’e feat on the third floor. Death reaped a harvest quickly on tbe Are escapes. In the rear two men and two women were d scendiog, the men helping the women to remove heavy obstacles from the escapes. Suddenly dames darted from the third fljor windows and the quartet fell and roasted to death. Another person twlth clothes afire was following but likewise sank in the flames, Oa top of one fire escape lay three bodies, Mm, Solomon and her two sons, Isaac mil Jax>bi They had been overcome by the flames. Two others Daring Rubbery. A special from Spartanburg to Tbe State says 1 the most daring robbery recorded lu the city’s history was tbe sandbagging of Mr. W. L. Gowan and tbe rifling of his pockets of tl6 by an unknown theif Wednesday night about 8 30 o’clcck on north Liberty street, about a block from east Main. Mr. Gowan bad started home from bis green grocery, 61 east Main street, for the night, carrying la his large leath toVhe | ef purse three Hive dollar bills, along with tome express receipts and other papers He passed a pedestrian, a tall man enveloped In a long black over coat, who appeared In the act of ty ing his shoestring.. Just as be walked by Mr. Gowan received a blow tn the back of the head, wblcb felled pirn and rendered him unconscious, during which time the highwayman “went through” his pockets. A little negro boy reported to the police that a man war lying dead on north Liberty street, and when the officers arrived Mr. Gowan had regained conscious ness, and was lying on the sidewalk, whlth hie bead resting against a tele phone post. There was a large knot raised on bis head, about the base of tbe brain; but he was not seriously injured. Further down the street tbe purse, tbe papers and receipts were found, scattered about. The police have been working on the case; but so far; there have been no develop meats. Hrdomrart family were seer to look from the windows and then fall back in tbe burning building- ' The elder Solomon, tbe husband and father, was rescued. As the-ree- oued recognized the charred bodies of their loved ones they wept and cried Tbe streets were filled ' A Fetal Ficht. As the result of a quarrel, Bar! Carpenter shot and killed A. M. Kale at Hardin, N. C., Wednesday after neon. Before the fatal bullet wai- flred, Kale shot Carpenter, who Is In an unconscious condition and Is ex peeted to die. Kale was the to per in tendeutof the N 1ms Manufacturing company at Mount Holly ind was about 35 yean old. Carpenter Is a apo of O. D. Carpenter, the owner of the Hardin ootton mill, and Is about 21 years of age. The two men quarreled tbe over the 1 employment of mill help, and hog in these operations. when they met in tbe public road near Hardin a fight ensued. Both men were well known eitlisas of Oaten county After Kale fired hie revolver he was shot several times by Carpenter, the ballets taking effsot tn the bad and other places. Death resulted Immedi ately ment, though bis wound bu not yet healed, Is holding tbe Japanese In check. The Russian troops have re gained their normal spirits and fought oneerfully. NEARLY STARVED. The office of the censor ha already been removed to Santoupou, a point eight miles north of Tie peas and there are intimations that it may soon be established even farther north. The Associated Press correspondent thongb saying nothing regarding tbe commis sarlat arrangement for the troops, de clares that the newspaper correspond ents have practically been starved out of Tie pus. This mey, perhaps, be an Indication of tbe amount of food available for tbe army, Immense quan tities of wblcb were destroyed at Muk den, , where practically the entire re serve commissariat had been accu£ la ted. Tbe office of the censor hu been re moved to S&ntoupu, eight miles north of Tie pass, u existence at Tie pass for civilians Is almost Impossible. Practically all tbe ne wspaper corres pondents have left for Harbin. For several ulgbts the Associated Press UUiictJpvfJtrtJfJu lias Bttrpti WrvIitTu w tXJ v - ering on tbe frosty grouad and for two days he had nothing to eato-It Is ru mored tbat Chinese killed 80 foreigners In Mukden after the Russian evacua tion of that place. According to Chin see reports the governor of Mukden gave a banquet in honor of the Japa ni se generals after their triumphal try Into the city. JAPS AT TIE PASS. A dispatch from Tokio ays the Japanese occupied Tie pan at mid night. March 15. • Details of the oc cupation of Tie pass have not yet been reoelved at Imperial headquar ters. An official bulletin reports the action and that the Japanese are In hot pursuit of the retreating Rus slaos, but It does not mention any parti ulars about tbe fight The Russians have abandoned their advanced positions on the Fan river where the desperate * attack of tbe Japanese Wedonsdsy was repulsed, and have fallen back upon the de fenses at Tie pass. Previous to the retirement the supplies of wood, etc., collected there were set on fire. A desperate, bloody battle Is now wag ing north of Tie pass. The Russian detachments at Tie pass wire, on March 15, ordered to evacuate their positions, and during the night retired In exemplary order, covering tbsir rear. There had been fighting throughout the day. Before the withdrawal of the Russian foroes the mllltiry settlement and such Of the stores of fuel and forage as could not be removed were set on fire and destroyed. Tbe lighting on March 14 and 15 fell to the second Siberian corps. . ~ . RUSSIANS ARE PUZZLED. A dispatch from St. Peterburg says with tbs svscustlon of Tie pass Wed nesday night the Russian army aban doned tbe last stronghold in south ern Manchuria and definitely turned over the section to the Japanese for the campaign of 1905. At last no Other strategy Is pjtsible for Gen. Kuropatkln In view of his scanty sup plies of ammunition, and stores tbe shattered condition of his army and wide enveloping movements which Japanese have continued without a stop since the Russian feat at Mukden. Nothing has been heard of the part which Geo. Kawamura’s army Is tak- but Gena. Involves the toes of the coal mines in that vicinity, which, wlt|b the Fuahun end Yen tel mines gone, is a severe blow. Tbe railway shops at Tie pea and more supplies were sacrificed. JAPS PABSINO ON. *■ J The Japanese are doing their bat to accomplish tbe envelopment of the Russian army, which all but succeeded at Mukden, but Gen. Kuropatkln with the railway for a line of retreat, prob ably will be able to keep ahead of bis pursuers. A constant succession of delaying rearguard encounters may be expected. Military men at St. Peters burg have but the haziest ideas as to where tbe next stand wilt be made. Apparently there are no more forti fied positions in readiness end tbe re tirement probably will not stop short of Kirin or Kuanohentzv, on tin nil way Hoe; and if the Japanese press the pursuit tbe Russians may retire be yond and up the Sungari river, there to await new levies, the mobilization of which will begin immediately lo Rj-sia. A report received In Tokio March 14 from the Japanese headquarters in the field: “In the direction of Sing king our foroes have been dislodging the enemy from Yingpan, 18 miles east of Fusbun, and on March 11 oo cupled that plac<* ” WHAT KUROPATKIN SAYS A Si. PeOrabUTg osp&tch says the following dispatch hu been reoelved by Booperor Nicholas from Gen. Kuro- patkin, dated March 15: “Tbetroope Tie pu* in good order. I have inspected tbe fourteenth divi sion of infantry. Tbe men seemed in good spirits. “Up to the time of my departure from Tie pass fighting had not com menced. During my prog real north ward I saw many troops aod trains In grod order.. I also inspected the regiments recently from Russia who presented an excellent appearance. I reoelved no further reports of g after tbe r pulse of tbe Jap anese at the Fan river,. Individual soldiers and bodies of men separated from tbeir units have been rejoining their commands during the previcus two days. Tbe train service is partly SOCIAL STATUS Of the Races Legally Considered by the Supreme Court. “—— — A LIBEL DECISION. It .is Defamatory to Pnblish a White J Mu as a Negro. Amendments to CAostitetion Have No social distinction subsisting between tbe two races bu been in any wish affected.’’ In concluding the court holds; |f- “We, therefore, hold that these three amendments to the federal con stitution have not destroyed the law of thh state, which makes tbe -publi cation of a whjjte man as a negro any thing bur Judgmenrof this court is that the judgment of the circuit court be reversed when It sus tained the demurrer In this oa*« and tbe action Is remanded to tbe circuit ocurt for such other proceedings as may be in ^ocordince with law." COTTON HOLD! NO Lioevilch Rltfeves Karopttkin ot Command of Army. HE WAS TOO SLOW. Effect in Regard to So cial Relations. The Columbia Record says a very iuterestlng and important decision was rendered by the supreme court Wednesday morning. It is decided that for a newspaper to publish that a white man hahawi > Is defamatory to tb« white man, and the newspaper making the publication la liable to a suit for damages. The case was tbat or an appeal on the p*rt of Mr. Au- gustife M. Flood, of Charleston, a libel suit having been Instituted by him against Tbe Newt and Courier and Tbe Evening Post, of Charleston, for the sum of IUL000 cause he was referred to a being a negro. The case is stated u follows: Mr. Flood is a white man and a citizen of Charleston, where, it wu alleged, he always enjoyed tbe respect and confi dence of his fellow citizens, the same having been of value in his business and a source of pride and pleasure to him in hie social life. Tde complaint further alleges that the News and Courier and The Evening Pv st pub liabed local items In regard to a suit entered against the Charleston elec tric street railway by Mr. Flood for damages for "Injuries aod referred to | Company Organised at Yew Orleans, La , Last Week. blm as a colored man. By reason ef restored to order, the troop* have beeh | being published u being a negro, Mr. provisioned again and are ready for | Flood claimed that the statement fighting." A dispatch from Harbin says large numbers of Chinese bandits and Chinese troops are reported to be west of Taltslbar, and an attack on the rail way la apprehended. In spite of the heavy withdrawals of convalescents and those who have been aeat west ward, this city Is being filled to ovei- flowing with wounded soldiers from Mukdeb. A number of Chinese bus- pects have been arrested here. Another Bin Battle. News Is expected of another great battle atTiellng similar to the en gagement on the Shahke river, after tbe fall of Liao Yang. Many experts believe Kuropatkln’s position at Tle- Ubg Is stronger than the one he held at Mukden, owing to the protection given his right flank by the inward sweep of the Liao river and the ne cessity for the Japanese to cross the two rivers, Fan and Tobsi, before they can begin the turning move ment. On the other band It is pointed out that O/ama’s force must outnumber the Russians two to one, and If the Japanese pan overcome tbe difficulties of crossing the rivers, they have a better chance of surrounding Kuropatkln and compelling him to surrender than at any time since the began. tended to exclude him fiom society and by reason of “said false and defa matory publication this plaintiff ha been injured In his reputation and hurt In his feelings to hla damage 110,000." -- In answer to the complaint It wu denied^that the publication wu de famatory or that any legal damage was suffered therefrom, it being claimed tbat under tbe provls'pns of XIII, XIV and XV amendments to the oonatltutioo of tbe United Statu and ofjhe provisions of tbe constitu tion of South Carolina, the u* i of tbe aid word “colored" In application to any one ie not libelous nor defamatory noroan any legal damage or cause of action arise from such application. This demurrer having bun sustained by the presiding judge, an appeal was taken on tbe grounds that the Jut erred In holding that the application ‘negro’’ or its equivalent, ‘ colored," when applied to a white man Is hot libel jus per se. That tbe law lo this state, before the adoption of the XIIJ XIY aod XV amendments to the constitution of tbe United States wu that the~term “negro” or “colored,” when applied to a white pejeon, wu libelous per ae, In tbat it tended to exclude him from society. His honor erred in holding that this had been changed aod that tbe negro’s social Hiatus hu been obanged by said GHicnra Elected end PTana Perfected to Take Two Million Bailee OIT the Market. ___ . ■ - .' A YE ; Tne Atlanta Journal ays John D. Walker, secretary andAreasurer of the Southern Rankers' executive commit- tu and treSHurer of thh Georgia divi sion of tbe S >utbern Cotton associa tion, bu returned from New Orleans, where thh organization of the Plant ers’ Ootton Holding and Commission company was perfected, officers elected for at the proper lims. retiring two million bales of oitton from tbe market until October. Tbe following offioera were elected: W. P. Brown, of New Orleans, fourth largest ootton elporter in the world, president; Harvie Jordan, first vice president; E. S. Peters, second vice president; A. Brittan, third vice pru dent; S. P. Walmaley, fourth vice president. The secretary and treasur er will be named at a meeting of tbe directors In New Orleans on the first Monday in April. The following were elected directors In the Planters’ Cotton Holding and CommtMion company and subscribed for tbe 63,000 worth of stock neces sary to secure a charter: Alabama—H. Y. Brooke, A. M. Hill, L. B. Farley. Georgia— Harvie Jordan, Hoke Smith, John D. Walker, M. O. Gay. Louisiana—W. P. Brown, W. L. Foster, A. Brittan, S. P. Walmaley, F. L. Maxwell. Miuisaippl—Walter Clarke, 8. P. Witherspoon, Jacob Bembelmer. North Carolina—J. A. Brown, J. P. Allison. South Carolina—B. D. Smlth, W. S. Lipscomb. •* • Tennessee—W. T. Bowdre. Texu—J. F. Hibkey, J. S. Davis, R. R. Dancey, B. 8. Peters, F. M. Green. Oklahoma—L. B, Irwin. Indian Territory—G. W. York. Arkansas—Dr. L. B. Love; J. J. Scroggins. — The following executive committee appointed: W. P„ Brown, A. Brittan, S. P. Walmsley, W. L Fos ter, Harvie Jordan, John D. Walker, B. S. Peters. This executive committee will dir ect the company and have active charge of the ootton holding move ment. The meeting in New Orleans, which wu held Friday and Saturday was an mtbustastic one and tbe greatest faltb Is expressed In tbe ability of tbe oqm pany to accomplish the ends for whion is wu organized. Mr; Walker who at tended the meeting, speaks interut- I New Annies Will he Raised and Efferts Will be Made to Pal Effective Perm la the Field lo Meet aad Over* come the Japanese Ar* w --1_ ■ ■ • . ' . ’ mies Under Dylan. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says with the Japaneu hanging on the heels and flanks of tbe raasnaato of the broken, defeated Russian araiy Gen. Kuropatkln, tbe Idol of tin pri vate soldier, hu been dlsihluad aad disgraced and Gen. Ltnsvlteh. atea- mauder of the First army, appointed to succeed him In command of all the Russian land and sea fprors operating against the Japanese. The word die- grace, written In large letters la a la/snnlft Imparl*! ntdar, ■htah la gMr n- zetted and which contained not a sin gle word of praise, dispoeu of the ru mor that Kuropatkln uked to be re lieved. Russian military anna! more bitter imperial rebuke, ror Nleholu upon the ad rice of Gen. Dragonmiroff and War Minister l hareff, determined tbe step when It became apparent that Kutbpathin, while concentrating for aataad at Tie Peas, eesnaed nan ware that the Japaneu had wekked around Westward again and allowed himself to be surprised. Old brought by Gen. Gripes berg, lug Kuropatkln’s failing also had infloenoe. Llnevitok bss been Me to bring of his army In order after tbe battle of Mukden. Kuropatkln will return to St. Petersburg forthwith. The teak confined to Llnevitoh of withdrawing the remnant of the army of 360,000 to Harbin Is desperate. He Is bsaamod In all jidUf* Gen. Kiwamora !i pre sumably pressing northward through the mountains westward ready lb sweep do*to, add Geos. Yogi and Oka »A Bold Thief. _ _ . A dispatch from Cnarieston to The I amendments, .whereas it Is sbbmltted I ingly of the organization. State ays Magistrate Reuse was call that only the negro’s legal and polltl- 1 '• rrk '“ oal status hu been affected thereby. ed upon Wednesday to dispose of a youthful negro burglar, Edward Sin gleton, which wu settled, u far as he wu concerned, by committing the boy for trial at the next term of the sessions court. Not content with forcibly entering the residence of Mr. J. D. Kelly, on Wentworth strut, but after helping himself to what he wanted, the negro bad the audacity to go to sleep lu Mr. Kelly’s bed. where he wu found by the bead of tbe bouse. Mr. Kelly applied a razor strap vigorously iu awakening the boy, and when be wu thoroughly awakened, Mr. Kelly turned him over to a police officer, with the rauit just stated. “The only appal Is, Nogl and Oku, operating Inithe low hills of the Tie pan gorge, were them- stives sufficient to turn the shattered Russian army out of tbe fortifications which had been prepared with a view to being held by the army after it should has beta withdrawn from -- 1 ^ Don’t Alike It. A fight which tbreitens to assume proportions of tbat waged against Rjosevelt’s Crum appointment Is be log made by local Republicans against the appointment of O. W Anderson, colored, oo!lector of internal revem for the second district cf New. Y rk The ooipl'tatioD was confirmed by the senate. Enemies of tbe negro R • publican leaders are basing their op position to the selection on two oou- teutions. One Is along racial Hoes tbe other embodies tbe charge tba be bars an unsavory record. Ander son, at present, is spending his lime at Hampton, Va. Relieves Knropatle. A dispatch from St. Petersburg ays It Is now definitely stated tbat B nperor Nicholas bu approved decislout of tbe cjuncil of war to send Grand Duke NIcuolu Nlcholalevltch to rep’aoe Geo. Kuropatkln u the but means of putting a stop to the Intrigues aod jealousies among gen erals qL the army both at St. Peten- at the front. Gen. 86dk- imlinuff will be chiaf of staff. Gape*red American Offloere. Minister Griioom reports to the state department that the Amer ican military attaches who ware captured with the Russians at Mukden are Ool. Vallcry Havard, of the medical corps, and Captain W. V. Judsoo, of the englneera. Later reports! to the Grlsoom minister are tost both are well and receiving every Mukden. The svaooattoo of Tic pau | poialbte coartuy from tht Jipinat. The supreme court ays. question preanted by this Is it libelous perse to publish a white man u a negro?” Tu call a white man a negro affects the social status of any white mao so referred to.” Authorities are quoted >00 ‘this point andtbeoourt ooutlnues: “WQen we stop to think of the rsclsl distinction subsisting between the white man aud the black man, It must be apparent tbat to Impute the condition of a ne gro to 6 white man would affect bit?, the white man’s, social status, aad in cue any one published a white mao to be a negro, It would not only V galling to his pride, but would tend to lu erfere uricuily with tbe social relation of the wnlte man with bl.» fellow white man; and to protect the white man from such publiCition it it- necessary to bring snob a charge to at issue quickly." ’ ' > In Btrauder vs. West Virginia, tbe court held tbat these amend men s, XIII, XIV and XV, were designed t aiooid members or the negro iaoe ih ume protection fn life, liberty an property which wu already enjjjcc oy tbe white race, and nowhere does the court lu that cau refer to tbe s • dal relations of each race. The statute laws of this state forlids ti • issooiation of the two races, In such 1 wsy It excludes the negro from white society and via veru. v By th * miscegenation statutes, tbe luter marriage of the two races Is forbidden aod made a crime. Railroads are re quired to furulab separate coaches for the twe races. Wnlte children and colored children are forbid en to at tend tbe a me school Various opin ions are quoted to show that publish log a white man u a negro bu been held to be libelous by various courts. Tbs court then quotas the language of tbe three amendments to tbe con stitution of the United States referr ed to and arguu that It must be ap parent from consulting the texts that there is not tbe slightest reference to the social condition of the two raoee. “All take pleasnre,” It Is stated tn the opinion, “In bowing to the au thority of tha United Sta tain regard tothsM ■■wtilMMitg, bat we would be very tor from admitting that the The company will not begin oper- ^ mid he, until - il00,000 hu been paid In. Ten million dollars worth of st*.ck will be aid at 61 a share and the directors are confident tbat there will be no trouble In selling this stock. The stock Is to be offered to the states in proportion to tbt amount of cotton raised by them. Tne banks . will be made the trustees l x ibis stock and In eac 1 county th. president, of the local organization wil. be tbe ageut to sell it. “There will be no effort made to take ootton off of tbe market In any great quantity until May tbe first. By that lime the farmers will have de monstrated wbetner they are cutting down the acreage. If the acreage is out down, u agreed then two minion biles will immediately be taken off of he market. If tue ootton were taken off tue market n»w and tbe price run up there would be danger ef the acre age not being reduced." Mr. Walker aiso 0tils attention to the (act that the Piantera Cot to > U Hdlug aod Commlsdon co npauv is he only organization of Its kiud wnict while the railroad la threatened If not already out and Oblnue ' reported In rear of Harbin, summation of the ter Is fared. It Is fared the decimated liyoa have again been thrown confusion by Oyama’s relentless almost marc) leas pursuit. Ths war office fare that more of the 1 and field guns which Kc saved at Mukden have bean lu the flight from Tie Russians were compelled to bam far- tner stores at Tie Pam and tha 1 mlsaarlat wu only beglaniog to tba half famished troops whan a 1 retreat wu ordered. Id the face of tha possibility of tha complete loss of the army find tha ad mitted fact tbat Vladivostok ll al ready pots bly lost, preparations for continuing tha war 00 a larger than ever are proceeding, army of 450,000 men la to be 1 ed to Manchuria. It has ban decided to form the view armDs largely of regular units laving reserves to replace the regu lars in garrison duty at home. A di- yisoa of the imperial guard will be -ent to the front. Borne of this ycarto conscript may be sent u a apnf t> %rmy to be orgaosted aoder Gens. Grodekoff, Grlpentvrg and Kamaroff. General moot Hutton ts It* ly tar bt icoompso ed by widespread disorders uolesfc tbe oomp eltion and function -f popftlir representation under the mperial rescript art moire —ttoflp* tory iban uow appears probable. 'Tha Emperor twice postponed action on Governor General Bouligan’s o ndatlonV ns the bicking of on association. the So j libera Got- Csstru Is Hostile. ’ Cutro, tbe presidin' <>f Vemziela 'ants to puoish tbe United States His attitude is reflected iu a pam pHei. jus < issued tnrougn one of his auvisera, Out.'Juan Baatistta Damede, In wbicb plans for sanding 30,000 Venezuelan* against New Orleans are JD closed. Tue *pamp ilet urges the public to avenue tbe insults offered Vem zuela b* tne Americans and de dares that the invasion of the Missis sippl valley would be the mat effec tive means of curbing the power of tha,Un!ted States. , —-—' —A Severe Storm. A storm of hurricane fotos burst over the Irish and English costsdur log Wednesday night, and It la feared that many disasters have occurred. Telegraph Una are brokeqjkt many points. The British ship Kbyber, from Melbourne, Australia, Ojtober 26, for Queenstown,. wu totally wrecked oil the Cornish oout. Twen ty three of ber crew were drowned, and three uved. Numbers of minor wrecks accompanied by loss of life, are reported. Thanks Mine Uabbnrd. A dispatch from Anderson says the legislature of the State of Mahuat its reaut session pissed warmly commending tbe Mias Lenpra C. Hubbard ot tbat otty - 0 oaring for tbe grava of six federal 0 dicr furled in tbe cemetery of tbe Fir>t P e b,tartan church. The see- lutto s are engrottad on parchment vud are signed by tbe secretary o( tate and tbe chairman of tbe ntttee on miUtarr of the era) assembly.- Tue soldiers to In tbe riHOluttou belonged to the federal garrison stationed at Andsa- nn at tbe close of tbe war. Mtoi Hubbard* who Is s teacher In the otty Hcbools, had been caring for the graves of these six Maine sotdlen for tlong period, placing flowers open <rhe graves regularly on each memorial day. . - Uobb-d • Bank. The vault In the bank of Petere- jurg, Teon., wu blown open Than- day aad all the cash taken. The amount stolen Is reported to be 14,Mt The Bank of Peteraboiff to a State in stitution. The officials say thieves secured 67,000. 1 vault wu blown open with all erlne and the strung bax Tbe boiglara escaped. tn New York oily for only 23 yon old ried tone tioue, lag alive. !