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VOL.. I. NO.22. w CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY. JU NE 30.1904. $1.5<) PER YEAR. THE CMCA80 CONVENTION ?OMiatiM AftccM mi 11 Ike r??linn Itaaei. fUTFMH SIMS Bf QTimiSIASI. Characteristic Speech ami Oestam kjr the Ftmiacat Ckalnua ?Itto Chicaga Aims* My Cfite* ItkfitN aai SfccUton OH TMr Feet?Cheers laNaaar ?! "Uacle J*" ?HmM HawaMaa Delate. Chicago, (Special).?The thirteenth Republican National Convention, which is to nominate President Theo dore Roosevelt for President and Senator C. W. Fairbanks for Vice President, opened at noon Tuesday. The scats oI delegates were well filled, but in the body of the hall there was room for 50 per cent, more spectators, and the galleries were not more than one-third filled. The hour set for the Convention to begin was noon, but the noon hour found Acting Chairman Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin, gavel in hand waiting j?:fliei!tly for the delegations BPKAKEIi JOSEPH O. CANNON. I'EKMANBNT CHAIRMAN. to find their places before catling the Convention to order. Shortly after noon special messengers were sent out through the large hall in the effort to jM-t the delegates seated With three severe raps oi the gavel Mr. Pa yne finally called the Conven tion to order at 12.16 F. M. He made no speech, but promptly introduced Rev. Timothy P. Frost, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Rvan^ton. 111., and formerly pastor of First Methodist Episcor jl- Church. Haiti more, who pronounced the opening p-ayer. Senator Scott, on behalf of the Chicago Citizens' Committee, which co-operated with the National Com mittee on arrangements for the Con vention. then presented Mr. Payne a. handsome gavel. It was large, and made for business. A heavy >:old hand was inscribed "Mr. Ilenry C. Payiy?, Chairman Republican National Con vention. t'X>4." Mr. Payne expressed his apprecia tion of the gift, and at once announced that Secr.-tarv Rimer Dover of ?h? National Committee would read the call for the Convention. Mr. Dover delegated Mr. Malloy of Ohio, one of The National Committe haa selected for your temporary Chairman Hon. Elihu Root of New York." There was another shout from the Convention, which was prolonged when Governor Odell of New York rose to move that the action of the National Committee be approved. It was at once adopted by the Conven tion. Simultaneously with former Secre tary Root's appearance at the speak er's table an immense oil painting of President Roosevelt was unveiled at his right. The tableau brought forth a burst of enthusiasm. Mr. Root was greeted with re newed cheers as he advanced to the speaker's stand. -"Mr Chairman," he said, "1 am deeply"?another burst of cheers cut him off. "I am deeply," resumed Mr. Root, when quiet was restored, and Ahis time he was per mitted to proceed. His speech was a long and thorough review in detail of the achievements of the Republi can Administration of McKinlev and Roosevelt since the last National Con vention. It occupied an hour in de-| livery. Mr. Root had hardly struck his stride when cries of "Louder!" were heard. His voice soon gained power, however, and his well-enunciated words rang well through the still hall. Discussing the Cuban question, Mr. Root read the dispatch from President Palina to President Roosevelt when the island was turned over. It was the first time he had mentioned the President's name, and the Convention (grasped the opportunity to applaud. Shortly afterward he brought in the name of Secretary Tatt, which was also heartily applauded. His declara tion that the building of the Panama Canal would have been delayed for another generation but for the in fluence of President Roosevelt pro voked great cheering. Reverential silence prevailed as the speaker alluded briefly to the assas sination of President McKinlcy, and again applause as his successor's re cord was-reviewed. When Mr. Root said, "-With Mc Kinley, wc remember Hanna," there was a demonstration, the delegates standing. When Mr. Root had concluded the Convention unanimously approved the recommendation of the National Com mittee, allowing Porto Rico two dele gates and the Philippines six dele gates with two votes. A call of Slates was then ordered to obtain the names of members of the various national committees. At its conclusion the Convention ad journed until next day. Seceatf Day. Chicago, (Special).?The second day of the Repubican National Convention at Chicago was marked by the adop tion of the platform, the settlement of the Wisconsin, Delaware and other contests, the cutting of Hawaii's repre sentation to two delegates after a live ly debate and a characteristic speech by Permanent Chairman Joseph G. Cannon. The platform of the party for the next four year, a document of more than 2.500 words, was presented by Senator i.odge of Massachusetts, I chairman of the committee on resolu tions. Tin; tariff plank declares for the "cardinal principles of protection," and further, that the "rate of duty should be the difference between the cost of production in the United Sates and abroad. The rates of duty ?should be readjusted only when con ditions hive so changed that public interest demands it. All such change* should be made by the Republican riarty." A long paragraph was favored in re lition to reciprocity. It is a declara tion for "commercial reciprocity, CHICAGO COLISEUM. Meeting Place of llepub lioao National Convention. the reading clerks, to do the reading. As he read tb?* hand played on the outride. to some extent drowning the Voice of the clerk. When he reached the signature of the call, "M. A. Manna," the Conven tion broke into spontaneous applause ?lid cheers. Chairman l'ayne recoil: i'.*d Gov ernor Van Sant of Minnesota to pre sent the tahle used by the presidium officer It was made by the mem bers of the South Minneapolis lliy;h School, and. he said, had b.'en used at Republican conventions <" Min neapolis. St. I.ouis and Philadelphia. lie asked the Chairman to use it for this Convention, which, he said, would nominate "that fearless, in vincible leader, Theodore Roosevelt." It was the first mention of the Presi dent's name in the Convention, and the delegates rose to the sound of the name as one man. After the applause had subsided CI lairmun l'ayne in a f<*w words ex pressed thanks for the table. He then Mid: "Gcnth-men of the Convention? which is possible only under protective tariff, and whenever reciprocity ar rangements can be perfected without injury to any industry." There is a miid pr iiiouncement against trusts and another on the question of dis franchisement in the South. Senator McComas, as Chairman of tlu' Committee on Credentials, read tiio report on the contests, which was v.tslaiued by an overwhelming vote. He pronounced false the charge of ? lie I .a I'oJIcttc contestants from Wis consin that the committee had been "approach cd." Chairman Cannon's speech was aim ed especially against Senator Arthur I', (ionnan ami Representative John Sharp Williams. The Maryland dele ctation was a center of attention while Air. Cannon was launching his thunderbolt* at Mr. Gorman. The convention adjourned until 10 A M. Thursday, when Mr. Roose velt will be nominated for President and Senator Fairbanks for Vice President. It is expected that no other names will be presented. This will conclude the convention's work. Officials fa I for Panama. New York, (Special).?Chief En gineer .1 a?ms Findlay Wallace, who will have charge* of the construction of the I'anoma canal for the United States government, sailed for Panama on the uteamer Allianca. With htm w'ent Dr. W. C. C?orga?, chief sanitary ofTcer, ami Drs. J. II. Car ?r and l.otlis A. L. (?ard, of the I nitcd State* marine hospital service. There also ttfent on the same vessel a number of H?rses, who will join otlu-rs now en gaged ?* the hospital at l*au?T?,%. . FINANCIAL. Thomas B. Brown paid $5,500 for! a scat on the Philadelphia Stock Ex- [ change. Director# of .the Philadelphia & Erie declared 1 lie usual 2 per ccnt, semi annual dividend. Eleven-cent cotton looks cheap now compared ti 17-cent cotton when Sul ly was in the saddle. Take Eric & Western preferred tumbled 10 points because the divi dend was cut iu half. TRAPPED BY JAPANESE bssiu Ftrce Svprisei Ij GoaceaM Batteries. A BIG BATTLE ON THE PENINSULA. Ciar SaM te Have Lest Five Hiairtd Mca Near MaKbeai?WarsMpa Blawa Up By Mlacs?Big Lass at Ufa la Part Arthar Harkar-Jipa Nat Paahlaf the Part Arthar Advaace. - London, (By Cable).?A dispatch to the Daily Mail, under date of June 21, from New Chwang says: "While a Russian force of 8000 un Jer Generjl Konradovitch was tra versing Wafungko ravine, nine miles southeast of Kai-Chou, on June 19, it was surprised by concealed Japanese artillery. The Russians lost heavily, their casualties being 1200 in number. General Konradovitch extricated his men and led them in good order to an intrenched position." The rumored battle at Hai-Cheng on Monday is still much talked of, but the facts are still impossible to learn. A St. Petersburg dispatch de scribes- it as the bloodiest battle yet fought. The Russians are said to have been severely defeated and to be retreating to Liao-Yang. This is caus ing a panic in Mukaen. The source of this and other stories cannot be traced, but the facts may prove dif ferent. The recent disaster seem to have bred numerous scaremongers in Sf. Petersburg, who, in the abr^-nce of definite news, launch wild stories un checked. Yautsialin.?It is rumored that Gen eral Oku is following up his intention to join General Kuroki, who has moved out to meet him. Cossacks are watching the enemy's movements. St. Petersburg.?A dispatch from I.iao-Vang, under date of June 21, praising the work of the Red Cross as observed by one of the correspon dents at the battle of Vafahgow. ef fectually disposes of a report from New Chwang that Liao-vang had been captured by the Japanese on June 20. v The authorities here have no news of fighting in that region, though there is a probability of an encounter hav ing taken place in the neighborhood of tiai-Chen?. ? Paris.? The St. Petersburg corres pondent of the Petit Journal states that a private telegram has been re ! ceived there from Liao-Yang saying j that a great battle was fought at Hai | Cheng on Monday, in .which the Rus ; sians are said to have lost 5000 men. I The Journal's St. Petepburg eor | respondent telegraphed that' the St. j Petersburg Gazette states that a san j gninary battle was fought at Hai Cheng on Monday, and that it is re ported that the Russians were forced to retreat with heavy losses. I New Chwang.?Faint sounds of : tiring were heard for several hours this afternoon in the direction of Hai Cheng. A Strong wind has been blowing in that direction tonight, and frequent flashes, believed to have been from artillery fire, were seen. The Japanese captured a junk leav ' ing Port Arthur and the Chinamen i 011 board say that a few days ago two Russian torpedo-boat destroyers and I tlie steamer Shin Taiping struck mines i at the entrance of the harbor and j sank. One hundred and forty lives were 1 lost, according to their account. STRUCK DEAD BY LIQHTNING. Bojri Stood Under ? Tree to Avoid Shower ?ad Wtre Killed. Chester, Pa., (Special).?Four boys standing under a cherry tree on a farm near Felton, three miles from here, were killed by a stroke of light ning. The dead are: Ross Smith, aged 13 year.*, of Fel ton, son of the owner of the farm. Alexander Fullerton, ij years of Felton. Williams Davis, 14 years, of Up land. Samuel Clark. 15 year?, colored, of Chester. About a dozen boys went from Fel ton to pick cherries on* the Smith! farm. Farmer Smith told his son Ross, j who was about to go to Sunday school, to order away the boys that ; he might see at the cherry trees. On i the way young Smith met Fullerton, [ Davis and Clark. As they approached | the cherry trees the dozen boys from ? Felton ran away. BULLET-TORN HEART SEWED. Fltteeo-Vcar-Old Bdy's Attempt at Suicide May Be Defeated. i Chicago, III., (Special).?A surgical operation, said to have been but once before successfully paralleled in sur gical history, is believed to have been accomplished here, saving the life of 15-year-old Fdward I'eltz, who at tempted to commit suicide. | Felt/. tired a bullet into his heort while despondent over the loss of em ployment. With death impending at every tick of til? watch, Dr. Carl 1 Wagner, of St. Joseph's . lospital, placed six stitches in the bullet-torn heart, effectually stopping the hemor ! rhage. The patient's condition is said at , the hospital to warrant belief that ! he will recover. The bullet, which had pierced the lungs and p.iss?*d through the heart, was found in the thoracic cavity and removed. The Iroquois Disaster. "Chicago, (Special)?According to a decision given here Ly Judge Brown in j the State Circuit Court, Marie Klaw ' and Abraham Erlangcr, owners of the I "Mr. Bluobcard" Company, will cs I cape penalties which might have fol | lowed their connection with the Iro quois Theatre lire, last December. Judge Brown quashed service of a summons served upon their agents : in a suit brought for damages by I relatives of one of the victims of the fir*. raws m 9NT HBO. Tic UM The New Jersey State Board of iaxation sustained the Jersey City aascsor in raisin* the assessment of c Sttndar Oil Companyvs property at Lommunipaw from $307,000 to **00.000. The company alleges that the increase was dtrt to politics .l'\rc i"All'Kh*?y destroyed the plants of the Allegheny Crapetrclean ng Company, the Dun Construction Company. Allegheny Cornice and Sky lit Company, Allegheny Autumo ry ComPany and Allegheny Found Tlic Portland Mine, at Victor, Col., which was closed by General Bell be cause it gave employment to uniop n en. has reopened with a small non union force. ? Tancob, who was arrested in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on the charge ot incendiarism, confessed having set fire to $a,000,000 worth of property. M2is.1- Shaw, a prominent Maine in k ' 1, fi,ed * Y?,un*ary petition <"b2?rU*}cy> glv,n* liabilities at 5>io->.6oo and assets at $46,727. natX?" J ?* threc nations partici pated in the tercentary of the land North Am* ? iolony in British North America at Annapolis, N. S. Juer Meredith and John Bartt, two Ramblers, had a quarrel in Marion, ;? ' u u I w?und ?P in a pistol duel in which both received fatal injuries I-ightning .truck the house of Clarence M. Hyde in New York citv ruining oil paintincs and other works of art valued at Jio.ooo. Worlds Fair officials have planned for an elaborate Fourth of July cele bration. and have invited a number of eloquent orators. inmr^Ph,rS?n w" ki,lrd and a number " 'r;'d ?? accident to a mixed pas senger and freight train on the f emigewasset Valley Branch of the gr- RaUroid nw Mi?!ie M? 2 ?' C>ntarjo .Mme located near Park City. Utah mr? *tro/ed b7 fire, throwing 200 men out of employment and causing a loss of about $600 000. K twenty firemen had a narrow es "5? ? Pi"\.death in * rtre on the fifth street^New^York. * in Crilnd The Ancient order of United Work !"e" ,dec'd?d in Chattanooga. Tenn tohold their next convention in Mont A. P. Biglow, general Western frt-ight agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad died at Chicago of r?nry JPotter, a former partner ?n T.W<iKDprW' d"J " h" ho'"? Philip Krantz leaped from the - % ln7u?i.,"h?re d,ed " bvteri.n rKat,?inal b?ard ?f th? Pr? oyterian Church proposes to establish $ McKinlev, Te^anJ whkh^oneccfsary {20000? with h.. b*l?? TBIcXd."" ,he bui,d'"*s i'rederick A. Gihnan, a banker of ehuicha?n ' ?Ili,d" l>raycd fervently in ihurch one night and disappeared the on?inff0rt?,nl wUh a" the funds be in 5,1 k l. s 1ot,stol?er? that was 111 the bank vaults J?seph and Count Frants Mar S ldro.iUr,an ??lninissioners to the vArl Exposition, arrived in New HaSb??rV!,e SRlm" a ^et Hched ?SLates CcreaI Company, V (> rk w a ? 1,1 c k concern, in New when th," C SCd up on Saturday, weekly dividends?? Ca"td '?r r^mas W. Lawson, the Boston S k" of0rire' published the first Of 1hi r expose of the methods 1 ? kW and other ??*s. \i J, * i'' -I t'eas,.lrcr of Summit, I it 1;: .comm,?ed suicide at a hotel ' frea?,urer? of c'S* Hii 'founts as I \nl' r? 1 Sun,m" are all right. erf'S Charlotta Gobhardt, of Yonk *rs, is Y., drowned while three men 2 ro'Ytt l?rkl- "" i?^Clete^s.Vi'i|fd VvValfe tl.L7'vicinUy?""r '""?Hcal sif? 1* rank Jiurness. who is to be exe SZg so?/"? Sing, wanted to sell his fmu??ili'i!I^r;r0h0,dpKr^,dt?b,'a n."aglirgo?S!'imn,i0Mh% u ?l7,W|?.^b"'v?nt"'d ,hf home a Altlnni ? an old woman, cai^I a, jbcat 1,er ""sensible be and after 32?d'not/T them mo"ey, bed? irT ?i $'8 set fire to the Mr* Yonn several rooms and left. of a tirl / Was rC3C,,ed by members OI a hre company. OhillnStimmell, a prisoner in the ? Z ''?<! been con lenined to death, received a reprieve 'e7orcXC7,0r Hcrrjck \l,rce '?i"t<?es lion t,ine 9et f,,r the elcctrocu Fordffl. Thtf American battleship suuadron sailed from Gibraltar for Piraeus, Greece, the orders to go to Tangier having been countermanded. Raisuli, the bandit chief, has not yet replied to the letter from the Sultan's repre sentative granting his demands for the release of the captives. Sir Charles N. I'. l*-li? >t. British commissioner and commander-in-chief for the East African protectorate, has resigned the commissionership be cause he is opposed t?? the proposed Jewish settlement in the protectorate John Gilbert Mei^gs, an American Who wi|h his brother, built the Oroya Railroad, a great engineering feat, died in London. The Russian oil combinations and the Rothschilds have capitulated to the Standard Oil Company. The first Victoria Cross won in the Somoahland campaign has been awarded to Lieutenant Clement Leslie Smith, of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, for conspicuous brave ry at the fight at Jidballi. The Peninsula and Oriental liner Australia struck on the rocks at the entrance to Port Phillip Hay, Victoria, and will probably be a total loss. The passengers and crew were .safely landed. The French Foreign Office announ ces the final closing of the French loan of 12,500,000 to Morocco, secured by Moruccu't custom* rcceipU, PROBINi SLOCUM DISASTER ?f AMititul liifortaaite? fcwffct t* the Sarftce. cmm IAS BCillN THE INQUEST. Berry b SaM to Hare EvMeace Tto ?* ?W Ktof-Pmcrvcra Were S? Haavy Thai They Sank Like Lcatf?Twi Badlea Ware Faaa4 aa the Rattaas #f Ua % B*er with Ktof ?Preacrvera Araaad Thea New York, (Special).?Al| along th? East river from Norllv "Brother is land down to what are known as thi sunken meadows search is still bein| made for bodies of unfortunates wh? lost their lives in the disaster to th? excursion steamer General Slocum Although more than 725 bodies ha< been recovered the last reports adde< five more to the total. Wreckers at work on the wreck o! the Slocum encountered new difficnl ties. They were at work about thi hull of the sunken steamer when thej found that instead of the hull restinf in mud, as they thought, it rested or rocks which were never known t< exist. This, they say, will delay tin work somewhat. There are four divers at work neai North Brother island searching foi bodies. One diver reports that al a depth of ninety-fiv*e feet he has dis covered a large hollow in which h? says there arc a great many bodies. The Inqueat Begun. The inquest before Coroner Rcrrj was begun Monday. More than 20c witnesses have been summoned to ap pear. It is expected that striking tacts will be adduced at the inquest for, in addition to the proof that th? life preservers were rotten, that th? fire hose burst, that the lifeboat daviti j would not work and that the life ? rafts were so fastened to the deck? ' that they could not be moved. Coronet i Berry was said to have evidence that ! that many of the ring preservers were so heavy that they sank like lead. Deckhand Testifies. According to the testimony of John J. Coakiey, one of the Slocum's deck hands, he never had been instructed in a fire drill since he became an em ployee of the Kr ickerbocker Company at the beginning of last season. Coakiey said he took down many life preservers and distributed them among the women and children. So far as he could see. all the preservers were in good condition. It was im Eossible to reach any of the life rafts ecause of the panic, but one of the lifeboats was ? lowered. The other I boats were so surrounded by strug 1 Rling persons that the crew could not get at them. j . The boat they succeeded in clear ing and which was tilled with women j and children capsized while it was j being lowered from the davits. The l witness was unable to give any in formation as to the origin of the fire. Several other members of the crew corroborated Coakiey's story in most of its details, but none of them knew of a lifeboat having been lowered. Bereavement Caused Suicde. A resident of Jersey City named Workman, who lost two daughters and a son in the disaster, returned home after having visited the scene of the wreck and after attending me morial services during the day. and ( blew his brains out with a revolver. Hia Entire Family Gone. J A crushing blow fell on Albert 1 Kraal, an ivory and pearl inlayer, ! when lie reached his home, at Mid i Village, I.. I., and learned that I his entire family, uicludng his wife i and two children, hnd gone on the j Slocum excursion and had been lost. Kraal has been at work at his trade at Newport, R. I., and did not know until his return home that hs family went on the ill-fated excursion. Edward Flanagan, the mate for the last two seasons on the Slocum, who hired the deck crew ??f that boat, said ? that the forward cabin, where the fire I broke out, was used for' storing old I lines and worn out awnings and 1 brooms. He had one barrel of sperm i oil there and tTirre were some empty j barrels that had contained oil. J Flanagan said he was present when the special inspection took place, but ! did not accompany the inspectors on their rounds. He knew, he said, that ten or twenty of the life preservers were ordered down by one of the in spectors. He declared that all the preservers were stamped Flanagan admitted telling the coroner and Assistant Distric t At torney Garvan at different times thai the inspection was made of life pre servers on the promenade deck only HERO COMMISSION ACTS. May llit Part of Carnegie Fund for Rcacvcri of Slocum Passenger*. Pittsburg, (Special).?The instance? ' of heroism that glorified the disastci ^ in the Ea.U river, New York, will not , go unremcmbered. The officers of ! the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission ? whieh was recently established with headquarters in this city, have talke.} ! over tlic affair, and I**. M. Wilmot, I secretary and manager of the com- j mission, was instiuctcd to make ar j investigation of the disaster and re I port to the commission. No promise is made or implied : this action of the officers. They ha been placcd in that position by M: Carnegie for the purpose of carrying out his wishes for the reward of liviny heroes and the support of those whoir I heroes leave desolate in case their 1 brave efforts bring them death. Banker's So? a Holdup Mai. Kansas City, Mo., (Special).?Carey Snyder, sou of R. M. Snyder, the I promoter and former banker, pleaded ! guilty in the Criminal Court here ol hoi.ling up and robbing a pawnbroker. I He was sentenced to three years in, the penitentiary, but was paroled. J R. M. Snyder was convicted of bribery in St. Louis and was given a scntencc ! of five years in the penitentiary. A week ago the State Supreme Court granted UilU * UtiL UYf W ASUNCION AFFAIR ?i Results of the Philippine census of March a, 1903, taken by Messrs. Henry Gannett and Victor H. Olm stead, under the direction of Gen. J. I*. Sanger, United States Army, have been made public by the Department of Commerce and Labor. It shows that the Philippine archi pelago lying entirely within the tropics, numbers approximately, 4,141 islands. Within this area of 832,968 square miles of land and water dwell 7.635.4*6 persons. Of this number 6,987,686 are catalogued as civilized, or partly so. while 647.740 are wild and uncivilized, although not withoht some knowledge of the domestic arts. The aborigines of the * Philippines are believed to be the Negritos, ol whom 23.000 still remain. They are found in many, if not all, the provinces in a primitive state. These people are very short in stature, the male! averaging 4 feet 10 inches, while the females are shorter. They wear ik clothing except a gee string and liv? on such food as they can find, having no fixed habitations or occupations, wandering about the forests, having but little contact with other people, except when trading. They are skill ful in the use of the bow, in throwing stones and in making fire by rubbing two pieces of drv bamboo togethet The women do all the work. Tliry are not without religious belief, the principal diety being the moon. They are very shy and distrustful and all "efforts to civilize them have failed. They probably approach as nearly to the conception of the primitive man as any people thus far found. Setting aside the intermediate water space, amounting to 717.942 square miles, and considering the land alone, the area is estimated at 115.020 square miles, or 73.616,610 acres. Of this amount about 12.000.000 are private lands and over 61,000.000 public land. Of the latter 40.000,000 or more are forest lands, leaving about 21.000.000 available for agriculture. Assuming that the value an acre of forest land will average as high as heretofore, and that there will be no deterwation in the quality or diminu tion in the quantitv of the lumber an acre, it is estimated that the Philip pine forest lands arc worth more than $2.ooo.ooo.?xx>. Under existing laws a homestead of 30.54 acres may be acquired bv any citizen of the Philip pines. while a corporation can ac quire 2.530 acres. The grant or sale of such land is conditioned on actual and continued occupancy and cultiva tion for a period of not less than five years. Money Spent By Congress. The volume of appropriations, new offices, &c., required by law to be pre pared and published at the end of each session of Congress has been com pleted for the first (or extraordinar) and second sessions of the Fifty eighth Congress by Thomas P. Clea ves and James C. Courts, clerks, re spectively. of the Senate and House committees on appropriations. A summary ol the appropriations shows h grand total of $781,172,375. Those for the army were v"ents ommitted throughout) $77,070,300; for the navy, $97o95. '40; .for pensions, $138,360,700, and for the postofiice, $172,545,998. In addition to the specific appropria tions made, contracts are authorized to be entered into for certain pub lic works, requiring future appropria tions by Congress, aggregating $22. 891,300 a reduction of $14,098,559 com pared with the contract liabilities of tlie session of the Fifty-seventh Con gress. The contract liabilities are mainly on account of the navy, amounting to $21,100.000. The new offices and employments specifically authorized show a net in crease of 8415 in number and $5,431, 805 in amount, the increase including 214 for the department of commerce and labor, 475 for the military es tablishment, including 402 for the signal corps, 3068 for the naval estab lishment, including 3000 sean.)*n, and 4258 for the postal service', including postmasters, postofiice clerks and railway postal clerks. A comparison of the total appro priations for the extraordinary and regular sessions of the Fifty-eighth Congress for 1905 with those of the last session of the last Congress for wjoi shows an increase of $28.,! 13.869. Ltiel Killing Unwarranted. Minister Conger lias cabled the state department tliat Consul Miller, alter a thorough investigation of the facts connected with the killing of the American war correspondent ? Ktzel ?by Chinese soldiers on the junk off Niuchwang. has made a re port stating that the killing was un warranted and without provocaton. Mr. Conger will forward the details by mail, and in due course the state departmen will bring the subject to the attention of the Chinese govern inerrt. Concessional and Department*. Consul General Maxwell,' in a cablegram from Santo Domingo, in forms the State Department that Morales was elected president by Congress, mid Caccres vice president, and that the inauguration took place last Sunday. He add-.4 that the revo lution was considered ended. The report of Charles II. Kobb on the alleged irregularities in the bureau I of the Third Assistant Postinastet ! tieneral Kdwin C. Madden has been j nia ie public. He finds nothing int- ? proper in Sir. Madden'* conduct. President Roosevelt received Car dii: ?! Salo'ili in the Blue Room of the I Wir.' ? ! i < -?ve. The S-.-.e? iry of the Interior has ] approved the application of the board | of trust?; '.lie Columbia University ! to change t; name to the George | Washington University. Representative Victor II. Metcalf, I pi California, has been selected to j succeed Mr. Cortelyou as secretary i of the Department of Commerce and ! Labor. General Corbin had a conference J with General ChafTee about the pro- : p wed army maneuver* at Manassas. | Secretary Tnft and the Panama C -??'.??".ission agreed upon a bimetallic I s; ' n for the new republic. | ?1ST RAISE BARRIES Tirkish Discriaioatiea Agakst Amcth cans Nast Cease. FLEET OF WARSBIPS~1AY BE SENT. The Porte's Refusal ie Elevate the Tartdah Mlalater to tbe Raak of aa Aakaua4?r Sa That Oar Minister at Coastan -topic May Attala a Similar Rank aa* Be Ahte to Ap proach the Sultan. Washington, D. C., (Special).?Min* ister Leishmann lias encountered df singular and disagreeable reluctance on the part of the Porte to enter otm negotiations looking to the removal of discrimination against Americair citizens, professional and business men, in Turkey. The citizens o| European powers are permitted al sorts of privileges that are denied tc American citiacns, and for three ot four years past our State Department^ through its minister, has striven vainlj to remove this discrimination. A characteristic Turkish method oC blocking attempts at negotiations i* a declination to acced to the request of the State Department that the Turk> ish mission in Washington be elevate<? to the rank of an embassy, so thai Minister Leishmann at Constantinople might attain a similar rank and thus be able personally to approach the Sultan. Being kept in his grade as a minister he is prevented from reaching that personage, and finds it almost impos-J sible to do business through the Porte. The State Department is determined that this discriminaton shall cease, although it hopes that it will not be necessary for the battleship squadron, combined with the European squad ron, to repair to Turkish Waters. DEADLY WORK OP CUBAN CYCLONE. Fierce Storn 8 Swept City of Saatlafo asf Surroafldiaf Coaatry. Santiago de Cuba, (Special).?A cy clone of unusual severity, accompanied by unprecedented rain, has caused great damage to this city and tta surrounding country. The death list is over 100 and is ia* creasing. The aqueduct has been damaged1 and a water famine exists. Cuban Cities Swept. Santiago de Cuba. ? The worst storm of a decade began Friday and culminated Monday night in fourteen inches of rain, which fell in five hours, accompanied by a hurricane. The lower village of El Cobre has been destroyed. Forty-five persons aare known to he dead and scores arc missing. Bodies are floating in tha Cobre river. Twenty bodies have been recovered! by boats patrolling the bay. _ . AH the bridges on the Cobre rail-4 way are out and many bridges h^ve been lost on the Cuba railway. Relief Train Wrecked. A relief train bringing mail and' passengers was wrecked at Moron.. The fireman and mail agent were] killed and two of the employees were/ injured. The mines at Daiquiri are crippled and six of the employees have been drowned. The pier has been damaged. The city's property loss in enormous. Life and Property Swept Away, Guautananio, Cuba.?The most se^ vere storm on record has swept oven Gtiantanamo. There were showers) all Monday ard at night a steady downpour of rain began, lasting till noon Tuesday. At 4 A. M. the Guasoi Bano and Jaibo rivers were all out* of their banks and sweeping the coun~ try. causing loss of life and property.] RUSSIAN ARMY LOST Officer Describes the Fighting ?f the Japs As Irresistible. NiuchwHiig, (By Cable).- A Russian officer who was wounded in the battle at Vafangow (Telissu) told a corres pondent that the losses on both side? were severe. He placed the Russian casualties as at least 7000 lie says no soldiers in the world could withstand the Japanese as thff have been righting lately. Their artll lory lire, he claims, is marvelous!? el'feeti\ e. The Russians fought stubbornly, but were tillable to withstand the enemy's dashing persistency. Several hundred wounded Russians have been sent north, owing to a lacl^ of hospitals and surgeons. All the available transportation has to be used for supplies at the expense of the sick and wounded. The Japanese buried most of the Russian dead after the battle It is estimated, on information ob tainable. that the Japanese force mov ing northward is 70,000 strong, with 00,000 men in the aggregate engaged in the operations at Port Arthur. Several Japanese spies have recently been captured a few miles south of Niuchwang. The Russian.? are becom inn more vigilant, and are watching newspaper messages closely. To Avenge Pialaa*. St. Petersburg, (By Cable).-?Gen oral Bobrikoff, Governor-General of Finland, was shot and mortally wounded at it o'clock A. M., at thq entrance in the Finnish Senate at 1 lelsingfors. The assa.?sin, a lawyer named Schaumanr, a son of Senator Schaumann, immediately committed suicide. Bobrikoff' was shot in the stomach and neck The attack is as cribed to Finnish patriotism. Bold Thieves us Expression. Cleveland, O., (Special).? Five thousand yards of silk, valued at $j, 300 was stolen from the warerooms of Leon Maflscll on Lake street. Th<> robbery was committted by men who used an ordinary express wagon for the purpose and was seen by a num ber of persons who live in the neigh borhood, v ho thought the transac tion wfc*? a legitimate one. The silk ii brown, change;,l>l ; <nd black and is | contained in a number of lar<##