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V ? * ' / V '?*) ?C i ' A - s JMVI ?I VOL. I. 2W*. &s . CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1,1904. SI.50 PER YEAR. RELIEF TO THE OFftESSED 1* Cord bait M't Smm HE It SMTS CmSTBflNC I wgitj lUNito IsmH la St. hliiitwi? EaMn AMMm d Cff rml Paalikant mt Its CaWtaMt la Amy mi N try? PhM* h|inl Upta tte Jewish Art C,!,'- Tburg- <By Cable).?The occY.iolTf aJ",g",y m,ni'??lo on the to the .h ? n , "'CninK ?* ,he hcir f . ne* ** ,s introduced by the follow,mcsMg(; to the y andH. """ of ^ we "?? Czar "Vo,iOCHraV? 111 *""<"?? C?r etc annrt D?ke Finl?nd, etc announce to our faithful subjects that on day of lh<! lhrj?,S? of our son and heir, the Grand Duke Alex.s Nicholacvitch, following the promptings of our heart, we turn to ;h7;-?'?*??*?. ? pleasure ,nd h?'tfelt Pleasure, even amjd? th<!se tim? of upon the'rURK'e "" difficul"r- b?t?? upon them some gift, of our roya, ?heirrdX'lives."rCa,er tn~' in The various benefits bestowed on let! m, C a^C8 arc then enu*nerated at ^n?th. One of the most importan Prov. r,Iatcj| fo fhe ent.rPaboi.| tion of corporal punishment among Z Irm Cl"'" lnd i,S curtailment i' Jrmy and navy. ar?arsmah flStVemitS ,and Purch"e arrearSf wh.ch aflFects one of the lay out CtheSeS ? thC p0pu,ation through Mll ! eTP,re' and itS are also extended to estates in Poland. provisions of the mani festo include an all-around reduction ?tgeC?Vra{?ra^r,V ,aW ?ff? offenses e^iL ?nCSty for Poetical Assrs vSmJ <7lk d'"' wh? been ,al,cn in 8=t?SiE??3 til representatives or to serve on the year.a79oaeCar?U<i'ir(',bo"dj duri"? PerW?lo^."dJ.?9^f'roat?d fcave^ left*.^5^5{?*%&&!&&& ?? liabley to mTli,Xr?eUr^?e'mu? ;TrW?,ab'r ^themselves for military seJvice" will"?. h?' ^a?ed ?i?h1dedhreehCy "I"'"' theTse'v^ ."hetir'^heTh-rt " "" W"h ?< ingCZt vlK robbery1 and US* ??w*Bhgs Z those forbidden tnes imposed upon the Tewi?h ipi p",e?r to the throne are pardoned tingushe^ themselves by gool^cond^i'ct &oT,?Jr!Sri*& ?' -^ mini" their civil right, a? the rest.itut.ion of their sentence! cxp,ration of kPSHEC3 The manifesto concludes: en,HG'dv:;a/ ?* "?? B?dn By WHi'i FrMi. Richmond, Va., (Special).?At mid night on June 16 J. D. Reece, who lived in Lunenburg county, was taken from his bed by masked men, beaten and ordered to leave the county. He did so, but returned three days later and died, presumably from his in juries. Now five white men and a negro have been arrested and are be ing held for the grand jury. It is al leged that the affair was due to a dis pute between Reece and his wife, and that the whipping was administered by friends of the woman. The af fair caused much excitement in the county. , Seaater CaaptoN RnmImM. Berkeley Springs, W. Va., (Special). ?The democratic senatorial conven tion for the Fifteenth senatorial dis trict met at the courthouse in this place and nominated Senator William Campbell, of Charles Town, to succeed himself in the State Senate. Paak at Asaadaa. Buenos Ayres, (By Cable).?The panic at Asuncion is indescribable. Foreigners in all parts of Paraguay are leaving under the protection of the diplomatic corps. Preparations for hostilities and negotiations looking to the settlement of the questions at is ?tie between the revolutionists and the government are proceeding sim ultaneously. The belief, is growing that tilt government must yield. REVIEW W CMP CMMTMMS. Washington, D. C., (Special).?The weekly crop report just issued by the Weather Bureau is as follows: The drought prevailing in portions, of the central valleys in the previous week has been relieved by abundant rains, but drought continues in Cen tral and Western Tennessee, and is beginning to be felt in the Middle Gulf States and over a considerable part of .Texas. The Central and Northern Rocky Mountain districts and the North Pacific Coast regions are also suffering from drought, the prevalence of forest fires being reported from Idaho and Montana. The latter part of the week was too cool in the lake region and unseasonably low tempera tures occurred in the Northern Rocky Mountain districts and upper Missouri Valley on the aist and 22nd, but else where east of the Rocky Mountains the ten^erature has been favorable. The principal corn states have ex perienced a week of favorable condi tions, abundant rains having fallen throughout the corn belt, except in portions of Ohio and Nebraska. Corn has made satisfactory progress in the states of the Missouri Valley, and is generally improved in the Central Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, although a considerable part of the crop in the Ohio Valley has been injured beyond recovery. In the Middle Atlantic States and lower Missouri Valley early corn is now practically matured. Spring wheat harvest is generally finished, except in North Dakota and Northern Minnesota where rust is con tinuing to cause great injury. Rains in North Dakota in the latter part of the week interrupted harvesting. Har vesting is also nearly finished on the North Pacific Coast. The general outlook for cotton is somewhat improved as compared with the conditions reported the previous week, although shedding continues in every state, and rust is prevalent in the Central and Eastern districts. The unfavorable effects of shedding and rust, however, are less pronounced, than were reported last week. In Texas, the weather conditions were favorable, but the crop continu ed to deteriorate as a result of rust and shedding, and damage by insects. In this state injury by boll worms is decreasing, but the boll weevils con tinued very destructive in Southwest ern, Central, Eastern and coast divis ions, having caused entire absence of bloom in many localities. Picking is quite general in Texas, except in the North portion, and is in progress in the Southern portions of the Central and Eastern districts of the cotton belt * 1 Ir^wHSrtlrnOTTOT^c^na^madefav orable progress, cutting being well advanced. While the crop has been shortened by drought in the Ohio Val ley. late rains have improved the out look in that section. Tobacco is mak ing good growth in Wisconsin, but is about two weeks late. The reports respecting potatoes in dicates that a good crop is generally promised in the more important pota to producing states. Throughout the Central valleys and Middl* Atlantic States the soil ;s in fire conditions for fall plowing, which work is in general progress, and is well advanced in some places. NOTORIOUSLY SLOW. The Turkish Ooveraaent Has Come to Terms With Usited States. Washington, D. C., (Special).? In quiry at the state department confirms the Constantinople advice that Minis ter Lcishman has taken the method of recording the promises of the Turk ish government to him in the shape of a formal note recapitulating those promises and stating that the United States accepts them as sufficient for the time and is fully confident that they will be redeemed. Having saved the principle in this case of recognition of equal rights for the American citizen in Turkey, it is fully expected here that some time will be occupied in settling the details, particularly as Turkish diplomatic methods are notoriously slow. The department notes with gratification that the firmans or permits already asked for by American educational institutions in Turkey have been pro visionally granted by the local au thorities, enabling them to continue their business, but it will take some time to secure action on the additional list applied for, no less than 300 in number. Altogether, the state department of ficials express satisfaction with the status of the Turkish negotiations on this point, Carlyle McKlaley Dead. Charleston, S. C., (Special).?Car lyle McKinley, associate editor of the News and Cov.rier, died here after a long illness. He was the author of "An appeal to Pharaoh," an argument for deportation of negroes to Egypt, which attracted much attention. Some of his poems have been widely quoted. He was a distant relative of the late President McKinley. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Patrick Galvan has been appointed chief assistant in the engineer's de partment of the Panama Canal Com mission. Rear Admiral John C. Watson was pUced on the retired list, having reached the age limit. The annual report of Pension Com missioner Ware was made public. The Insular Bureau of the War De partment is much pleased with the re ports from the Philippines as to the successful change made in the curren cy system of the islands when the old Mexican dollars and Spanish coin were superceded by the new Philippine peso. A chemical laboratory for the exam ination of imported foods will be opened in Appraisers' Stores Build ing of the Treasury Department of Agriculture. NEARINt POKT ARTHUR Jiywtie Sail to Be My i He ni a U( iwaj. RYE RUSSIAN FORTS ARE TAKEN. Tfet Japaatse Ctoac to tte Seatfccra Farts ami tk* Battin Defeases?Prr*1*" Naval Critic Sagfests That Ike Atfalral at Part Artfcar Disaaatk His Osas aai Tera Them Over to Oeaeral StocaaaL Cheefoo, XBy Cable).?It is reported that the Japanese >now are in posses sion of at least five of the outer forts or defense positions of Port Arthur and that their artillery and big siege guns have wrought terrible destruc tion. The capture of Etseshan, or "Chair Fort," indicates that the Japanese are within a mile and a half of the town and the main fortress. Reports are conflicting as to the ability of the Jap anese to hold all the positions taken. The latest advices from Port Ar thur indicate that if the Japanese keep up their desperate assaults 48 hours longer the fall of Port Arthur is cer tain. % According to advices brought here by a junk, the Japanese were hotly pressing the Russian center along the railway and the Russian right in the vicinity of Golden Hill. These ad vices are brought by Chinese who de parted from Taipangtze, which is one mile*from the city, near Golden Hill, between the city and the forts of the Russian right wing. The Chinese de clare that the Japanese occupied Tai pangtze and penetrated along the rail way to General Stocssel's residence on August 21. A junk which left Liaotai promon tory on the night of August 21 has just arrived here. She reports that the Japanese have succeeded in occu pying Antseshan Fort, as well as "an other fort, probably Etseshan, about a mile southwest of Antseshan. They have driven the Russians from the parade grounds, which lie about two miles north of the harbor; they have destroyed two forts at Chaochanko, which is within the Eastern fortifica tions, and they have advanced to a point near Chaochanko. The iunk heard firing until mid night of August 22. Scarcely a build ing in Port Arthur remains undam aged. The town hall, which was used as a magazine, has been destroyed. Four large warships unable to fight are at Port Arthur.. Only one ship, a vessel with two masts and two funnels, 'uWrtd by the Japanese, together with the effect of land mines, is given as the reason why the Japanese have not yet conquered the Russian strong hold. The local Japanese, under the lead ership of their consul, are subscribing money and preparing to celebrate the expected fall of the fortress. A report was cabled several days ago that a gunboat of the Otvajano type had been sunk. This is probably the vessel referred to. DISMANTLE HIS GUNS. Advice of ? Raatiaa Naval Critic to Adalril Oaktoauky. St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?The naval critic of the Viedomost; boldly expresses the opinion that the Port Arthur squadron would commit an act of folly if it went out now. He adds: "Although a portion of Admiral Ouktomsky's ships arc in fighting trim including at least the Percsviet, Pol tava, Scbastopol and Pallada, it would be futile to attempt to break through Admiral Togo's strong lines. The squadron would be lost without profit to Port Arthur. Ouktomsky would do better to dismantle his guns and send the men ashore. This would re inforce General Stocsscl to the ex tent of 97 heavy and 4O0 light guns and 6,000 men. Then, if the worst comes, the ships could be sunk." A semi-official journal, while pay ing a tribute to the heroic defenders of Port Arthur, does not withhold praise for the extraordinary valor of the Japanese besiegers. It says: "Neither a rain of cannon shots, walls of bayonets, nor earth strewn with putrifying corpses can arrest their stubborn assaults." PEACE CONFERENCE. Presldeat May Be AnthoHicd to Samaioa Sacb a Body. St. Louis, Mo., (Special).?One of the proposals that will be made by the American group before the interparlia mentary conference, which will be held in the Hall of Congresses at the World's Fair next month, is that the President of the United States be authorized to call a general peace con ference sometime next year. It is not the intention of the American group to^have this conference along the lines of that at The Hague. They wish tv establish a system of arbitra tion among the countries of the world which will bring about a reduction of the armaments of the powers. Another proposition, that during times of war private property on the high seas which is not contraband be declared exempt from seizure, will be mtdc at the St. Louis conference. Aaotbcr Qtorfla Barolag. Cedartown, Ga., (Special).?After being positively identified by Levia Reeves, the 13-year-old daughter of a well-known farmer, as the negro who had assaulted her, James Glover was shot to death near the girl's home and then dragged into *hi?. town and burned in the Public Sgujre. Dead at It4 Year*. Chicago, III.,(Special).?Isaac Mey ers, of Neponset, III., is dead at the age of 104 years. He had used tobacco 4<nr<* b# was 13 years old. REVS flSMKT QUEL Thirty-fire people were injured in a trolley wreck near Rochester. A train of two cars collided with a sin gleear on the Rochester and Eastern Railway. A petition has been mailed to Presi- ! dent Roosevelt Asking him to inter vene in behalf of the men deported from the Cripple Creek district. Salvatore Bossato was shot to death by Carlo Rossati in New York because he disclosed to the police the secrets of the Black Hand. Another, fruitless effort has been made by the Western railroads to bring about an adjustment of the su gar-rate complications. Two strikes, affecting 9,000 men, were declared against the plant of the Republic Iron and Steel Company, Pittsburg. The cotton firm of H. F. Page &| Co., of New Orleans, failed and caus ed much excitement on the exchange. Four masked men held up the pay master of the O'Rourke Construction Company near Paterson, N. J. Carlyle McKinley. associate editor of the Charleston. News and Courier, died after a long illness. I. Harry E. Poyer, assistant city solic itor of Cleveland^O., was stabbed by his father-in-law. The National Conference of the | Seventh-Day Advsntists is in session at Nortonville, Kan. The Texas Prohibitionists nominat edI W. D. Jackson^dr governor and a 1 full state ticket > John Redmond, flte Irish leader, ar rived in New Yojk!on the White Star liner Teutonic, ? j ; hTe German-African Bank of Sid ney, O., has been placed in the hands of a receiver. C ' The annual mo/nment of currency i to the West for cnK>-moving purposes has begun. "M _ Fire destroyed Re four-story tene ment houses in tl^ftWiHiamsburg sec tion of Brooklyn. , Plans have bed^reompleted for an expedition to EgySj^y several Prince ton professors. { Mrs. Florencj^Jbiybnck left New \ ork for Elleii*iB|,-. in the Catskill Mountains. ' CcS: tire in the glvMictory of Armour & Co., Chicago, CtHncd a loss of $100, 000. ^ V,' Near ShermAj, Ck, during the ab sence of a fanMBr'nd his family, one of the hired W/kt was caught by an other hired mjukfe-hile trying to rob a safe. A fighffnsued and the rob ber killed tnelother man and es caped. '. An attemp^Kras dkmde by unknown persons tq up the^rcicrvoir at Sr. Marys, O. Neighbors believed that they were threatened with a Hood by the breaking of the dam. Miss Bessie Johnson,* daughter of Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, lias signed with Charles Frohman to take part in a forthcoming production on the stage in New York. Miners submitted stveral grievances to the board <>f conciliation of the strike commission. Umpire Wright reserved his decision. J._M. Leonard, a lawyer, who is serving a term in the Michigan Peni tentiary for burglarly, has prepared his own papers in which he will ask for his release. Edward Whitman, aged 19 years, of Brooklyn, was instantly killed at Man hattan Beach by an explosion of fire works. Mrs. Cora Langford, of Port Ches ter, N. Y., was reunited to her hus band, from whom she had been legal ly separated 12 years ago. Mrs. Mathildc Specht, of Brooklyn, forced a powerful burglar, who had entered her home during her husband's absence, to flee. Dr. William Rice Pryor, the emi nent New York gynecologist, is dying as a result of a general breakdown from overwork A day's outing cost Elliott Mead, a speed-mad automoblist, of Stamford, Ct., $500 for damages done in various ways. Congress Hall, in Saratoga, was sold at auction for $150,000. Its original cost was about $Koo.ooo. George Sewell, a professional burg lar, arrested in Cincinnati, has been found to be also a bigamist. Corporation Courtsel Tolman, of Chicago, has given an opinion that the packing-housc companies have no le gal right to lodge workmen in the buildings in the stockyards. Mayor -Harrison turned the communication over to the police department. At Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Lydia A. Monroe, of Riverside, CaL, was chos en supreme chief of the Rathbone Sis ters. Her competitors were Mrs. Belle Quinlan, of Galcsburg, 111., the in cumbent, and Mrs. Emma Young, of Zanesvilie, O. The three children who disappeared at Oak Park, near Chicago, were found three miles from their home. They had run away, fearing that their step mother would whip them. In Chicagb Judge Dunn released on ar technicality Ch.irlcs W. Spalding, a former bank president, who was sen tenced to 10 years' imprisonment for embezzlement. Forelga. The infant son of the Czar and Czarina of Russia and the future em piror of all the Kussias, was chris tened in St. Petersburg amid great pomp an<i ".crcmon/. He was named Alexis Nich-olacitch. The christening of the heir to the Russian throne took place at the church of the Pctcrhof Palace. Vice Admiral Bosanquet, formerly British Commander-in-chief in the East Indies, has been appointed com mander-in-chief of the North Ameri can and West Indian stations. Th? strike of sailors and dock labor ers has prostrated the extensive mar itime interests of Marseilles. The baptism of the heir to the throne of Russia affords the Czar an opportunity to discuss with the rep resentatives of Emperor William and King Edward questions of contra band aftd other points connected with U>? War. fiALYESTON'S B16 WALL City's treat Barrier to tfee Sea Has A GKEAT PIECE OF ENMNEEWG: Tkt Sea WaB WuCMvMd tk? Last at My?Twa Ormatta Nianata Wan Ertct a4 a! tfca Faal mt Triaiat Street ta Caar> ?eaiarata the Caaiftotfaa at tka WaO, aai Thaaa Ma?iH Wara UardM Naaiay. Galveston, Texas, (Special).?The completion of the Galveston sea wall, the greatest structure of its kind in the world, was celebrated Monday by running excursions from different parts of the State to Galveston. Governor Lanham was present and made a eulogistic address, comment ing on the remarkable work which has been accomplished here, Galveston be ing now in line to seek advantage from th unique position of the city as the up-to-date American port and railroad center nearest of all to the new Panama canal and natural outlet for the commerce of nearly one-half of the United States. The sea wall was completed the last of July. Two granite monuments were erected at the foot of Tremont street to commemorate the completion of the wall, and these monuments were un veiled Monday. The Galveston sea wall is one of the finest pieces of engi neering work of its kind ever accom plished in America. The wall is 17, 593 feet long, 16 feet wide at the base, i 5 feet wide at the top and stands 17 feet above mean low tide, with a gran ite riprap apron extending 27 feet out on the gulf side. The contract price of the wall was $1,198,318. The actual construction of the wall proper con sumed 1 year 4 months and 17 days. The grade of the city is now to be raised to slope gradually from the top of the sea wall. This will necessitate a raising of the grade from I to 15 feet, according to location. For this purpose the State of Texas has do nated all State taxes collected in Gal veston county for a period of iS years. Bonds to the amount of $1,500,000 are to be issued for this purpose. A con tract has been let for the grade-rais ing work. Under the terms of the contract a canal is to be dug on the inside of the sea wall which will permit hopper dredges, loaded with sand taken from the channel in the bay, to come' in and discharge until the filling is of the re quired depth. This work is now under way. The last session of Congress provided for an extension of the Gal veston county sea will toT*otect from the Crockett for a distance of 4,000 feet to the west. This will extend the wall to Fifty-fifth street, so that the city of Galveston on the gulf side will be protected by a sea wall to the full extent of its incorporated limits. TRIED TO REACH PRESIDENT'S CARRIAGE. Uakaowa Mm o! Athletic Build Creates a Sccac In New York. Oyster Bay, L. I., (Special).?In a blaze of red fire the special train bear ing President Roosevelt and party drew into the Oyster Bay station Sat urday at 9.12 o'clock. An unpleasant incident occurred in New York when the presidential party reached the corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-fourth street. A big, ath letic man sprung into the street in ad vance of the crowd and, dodging the mounted police which surrounded the President's carriage, tried to reach the carriage. Secret Service Officer Taylor, one of the President's per sonal guards, sprang from a cab !n which he was following the carriage of the President, and seized the man before he could reach the carriage step. Taylor forced him back to the sidewalk, warning him not to attempt again to reach the President in so un ceremonious a manner. What the man's object was nobody knows. The President suggested that he was "just a bit too enthusiastic." RUSSIA WILL AOREE. More Tbaa Probable Tbal Czar's Ooveraiaeot Will Meat America and Qreat Britaa. St. Petersburg, (By Cable).? It be comes more and more probable that Russia will meet the view of the United States and Great Britain re garding foodstuffs as contraband of war by agreeing that foodstuffs bound to a belligerent's unblockaded port and consigned to private firms or individ uals when the ship's papers leave no room for suspicion, be not regardea is contraband. The subject is now under consideration. The Emperor's government appears to be desirous of adjusting the ques tion of the flour on board the Arabia, confiscated by the Viadivostok prize court, but it is pointed out that the decision of the court makes it difficult to adjust it diplomatically, and it is suggested that the ease should be appealed to the admiralty court here. Cbarcb Destroyed By Llfbtalag. Sheffield, Mass. (Special).?The new Catholic church here, just completed at a cost of several thousand dollars, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The fire was discovered soon after it started and the villagers turned out to fight the flames. They could not save the edifice, but secured the books and some other valuables before the fire was well under way. Favors Oao-Tena Licit. Chicago, (Special).?The National Business League is pushing its move ment to amend the Federal Constitu tion so as to lengthen the Presidential term to six years and making the Presi4ent ineligible for .re-election The reason urged by the league for the change is the constant danger of business depression following the Presidential election. Indorsements of the plan have been received from business men and organizations thiwif beut tha country. KOSSU LOSES AN9T1CI SUP. Ntri Drives Atktn By tke Jiyu* Tokio, (By Cable).?After a severe engagement with the protected crui sers Chitose and Tsushima the grey hounds of the Japanese Navy, the fleet Russian cruiser Novik has been van quished. The fight occurred Sunday, After it the Novik, in a sinking condi tion, was run ashore in Korsakovsk Harbor on the Island of Sakhalien. The details of the day's fight are not known here, but it is evident that the Chitose and Tsushima caught up with the Novik and that a running fight en sued. Captain Sukeichiro Takahashi, who is in command of the Chitose. reported the engagement in a brief telegram to the Navy Department. He says he first attacked the Russian cruiser Saturday afternoon, and that on Sunday morn ing he inflicted heavy damages upon her. The Novik nearly sank, but she was beached at Korsakovsk. The imperial Prince Yorihito, of the House of Higashi-Fusimi. is second in command on board the Chitose. Cap tain Sento commanded the Tsushima. The fate of the crew of the Novik is not known, but it is thought they abandoned their vessel and landed at Korsakoysk. It is generally thought here that the Chitose and Tusushima steamed in close to the Novik and completed the destruction. The news of the destruction of the Novik has been receivd in a curious manner by the Japanese public. From a political standpoint it is highly sat isfactory, for the Novik could have been most dangerous as a commerce destroyer; but, considering the matter from a sentimental standpoint much regret is expressed at the loss. The Novik has been splendidly han dled and bravely fought throughout the war, the Japanese naval officers and the public generally have fre quently expressed admiration for the cruiser, her commander and her crew. The Novik was one of the Russian fleet that steamed out from Port Ar thur on the morning of August 10 to force its way through the Japanese lines. She entered Tsinglau the night of August it, but got away from there the night of August 12, having remain ed less than 24 hours. She was then erroneously reported to have been sunk 40 miles from Tsingtau. The Novik was next reported head ed for Van Dieman Strait, at the southern end of Japan, evidently in an effort to reach Vladivostok via the eastern coasts of the Japanese Islands. Yesterday it was reported from Sf Petersbucg that the Novik had reach .. KiJisjWrtVBlc: F>o*t? fh'e f?t that the Japanese cruisers* met the Novik off the southern end of Sakhalin it would appear that the Russian cruiser had passed through the Kurile Is lands and was endeavoring to reach Vladivostok by way of Laperouse Strait, avoiding the passage of the Tsugaru Strait, which was used by the Russian Vladivostok squadron when it raided the eastern coast of Ja pan. Korsakovsk, the" scene of the fight, is a port on the southern^coast of Saghalien, off the coast of Siberia, and about 550 miles northeast of Vladi vostok. FATAL LIQHTNINQ. Kills i Fanner and His Team aod Set# Houses ?a Fire. Winnipeg, Man., (Special).?Reports of a disastrous storm have been re ceived from Pierson and Moosemin, but so far nothing has been heard from the intervening country, a strip of land 70 miles wide. At Moosemin, Archie Latimer, a farmer, was instantly killed by light ning. The same bolt killed his team. For violence the stoxm surpassed any thing ever seen in this neighborhood. It is impossible to state the extent of the damage done to crops in the* district. Lightning struck Lyttlcton, caus ing a fire, destroying six stores. A heavy thunder storm accompan ievl by hail passed over Mclita. Crops suffered considerably. The house of the manager of Union Bank here, sit uated several miles north of town, was struck by lightning and wrecked. HEAT MELTS THE STREETS. Weaiero Provinces of Spsio Suffer Severely Fro? Shu's Rays. Madrid, (By Cable).?The western provinces of Spain arc sweltering in heat of record intensity. Already there have been too victims and there is no doubt the number will bo swelled. In many towns the water supply has been dried up, and as a result sickness is on the increase. Crops, too, have been destroyed in many sections. At Seville the thermometer register ed 59 degrees centigrade (about 138 degrees Fahrenheit) in the sun and 49 degrees centigrade (120 degrees Fahrenheit) in the shade. The as phalt in the streets melted from the extreme heat. Eight persons were asphyxiated by the noxious gases aris ing from the melting asphalt. Those thus stricken included an un known tourist, said to be an American. FINANCIAL. Tom Lawson declares that John D. Rockefeller never had a dollar invest ed in Amalgamated Copper. All steel pools except the rail com bination are now dead. "Bituminous coal trade is some bet ter, but the anthracite trade is very dull," &ays a leading Philadelphia coal m?.n. The Lackawanna Steel Company is now making its own prices on ail class es of steel products, with the exception of steel rails. Illinois Central began paying divi dends in 1863, and has paid from 4 to 12 per cent, every year since then.; Pennsylvania began in 1856 and has paid continuously. Both pay 6 per! cent, now, yet Central sells at 136 andl Pennsylvania at 124. ' WILL NOT INTERFERE Afairil Stirfipg Sajs the Ckan?j[ Was Mj Carrjiag Dispatches. OFFERS TO ESCOKT RUSSIAN SfflfS. Tie Aatherttka at Washlaftoa Stat* Tfcty Will Nat Now latcrlcre With Adairal Stir Oat's Efforts ta Preserve the Ncatraltjr all Staaaffaal. as He Is aa the Sceac aad Fafly - Competent ta Haadle the Situation. Shanghai, (By Cable). ? Rcar-Ad-: niral Yates Stirling says that the trip of the American torpedo-boat destroy rr Chauncey from Woosung to Shang hai Sunday was to carry dispatches. Her movements had no connection with the arrival of the Japanese tor pedo-boat destroyer. Nevertheless the American men-of war in the harbor, while retaining the outward appearances of inaction, have for several days been practically clear ed for action with gun sights in posi tion and steam up. Rear-Admiral Stirling is reported to be determined that the Japanese shall not interfere with the Russian vessels. He has, it is reported, offered to es cort the Askold and Grozovoi beyond *.he three-mile limit. The Japanese torpedo-boat destroyer is expected to return to the harbor. John Goodnow, the American Con tul-General, who is dean of the con sular corps, presided at the meeting ol the foreign consuls Monday. All for ?ign countries with consulates were represented. M. Odagiri, the Japan ese Consul, and M. Kleinmcnoff, the Russian Consul, were in attendance. J M. Odagiri left a sick bed to attend' the meeting. He made a vigorous protest against the presence of the Russian cruiser Askold aud the tor pedo - boat destroyer Grozovoi in Shanghai harbor and declared that China had failed in her duties as a neu tral power. He asserted that the Jap anese had the right to take the inde pendent step of entering the harbor and seizing the two vessels. The at titude of M. O^adiri was war-like and uncompromising. M. Kleinmanoff protested against the entering of the harbor by a Japan ese torpedo-boat destroyer and in sisted upon the right of the two Rus sian warships in question to remain' and repair damages. A suggestion made by the British Consul to refer the entire matter to l'eking was adopted.. In the meantime the work on the Askold is*to ccaae 4or 48 hours, and no further steps are to be taken by the consuls, who will await instruc tions from their respective Govern ments. It was unanimously derided by the consuls that China cannot shirk her responsibility as a neutral state by handing tfiis matter over to the con suls for adjustment. Neither Rear-Admiral Stirling nor Consul Goodnow has been instructed by Washington as to what course to pursue. Consul Goodnow has dono| his utmost to bring about a peacefutj settlement and he has the confidence, of the foreign residents in the matter of protecting the settlements in case the Japanese should attack the As kold and Grozovoi. Evidence given before a naval court Monday shows.the shelling and sink ing of the steamer Hipsang by the Russians to have been a reckless and wanton act. (The. British steamer, Hipsang, which belonged to the Indo-> China Steam Navigation Company, Limited, was sunk by the Russians off Pigeon Bay early on the morning of; July 16.) The name of the torpedo-boat de-; stroyer which sunk the Hipsang is notj known. No provocation of any kind for the sinking of the steamer hadi been given. She was on her regular, course from Niuchwang to Chefu, and her lights were burning brightly/ There were seven European and 83"' Chinese on hoard the Hipsang. The Europeans and 69 of the Chin-, ese were saved uninjured. Nine Chin-, cse were wounded and three were killed on board vessel. One Chines? is missing and probably was killed. Another was drowned by the capsiz-i ing of a boat. TWO ARE KILLED AND THIRTY HURT. PaUl Wlod storm Sweeps Over a Section of( North Dakota. Watertown, S. D., (Special).?A se vere wind storm swept over a regionl in Hamlin county, in the northeast' part of South Dakota, killing Mr.; Erickson, of Willow Lakes, and Mrs.] II. Schilling, of Bryant, and injuring) 30 persons. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Smith, of Willow Lakes, and Mrs. Schilling's son and daughter were probably fatal ly injured. The greatest damage was done at Willow Lakes ami Bryant. At Willow Lakes every building was damaged. Three churches, a school house and all the elevators and livery barns arc lying in heaps of ruins. The Great Northern Depot was thrown across the railroad track, and 17 box cars were tttrne'1 bottotnside up. The! Methodist church ts upside down on| the parsonage. At Brant. al<o in Hamlin county, thci property loss is not so heavy.' The fo?s to farmers by damage toj their property will be heavy. Made Counterfeit Plates. St. Louis, (Special).?William W. Wynne, of Atlanta, Ga., who was ar rested on the request of the Atlanta police authorities, confessed to having mades plates used in one of the mo*t extensive i??ues of counterfeit money of recent years. So far as the Secret Service men know, Wynne has no crim inal record, and the only connection he had with the issuance of the plates comes to the oHicers through the con fession# of four men arrested in At lanta and Wynne's confessions. <