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zys&a. CipIC. 5SE VOL. I. NO. 44. 1 ' " ? CAMDEW, S.C., r DECEMBER 1, 1904. S1.SO Per Y JAPANESE MINISTER TALKS I f ? Shows the Sovrce of the Great Confidence in Japanese Finances. WflOLE cmm IS INTttESTtt Th? Whole Cpimtry as On* Man In its ] Wll!irt|tww to Sacrifice tha Last ' Man and tha Laat Cant? Coming Oiat Will Cheerfully Pau a M|?t| pacity Being H?wi to Finanoo tha War WMhMt Interfering With See nomie Walatiana Foreign Trado Ac tually Gaining. Toklo. By Cable. ? Discussing tha wur and tha domestic, financial and political conditions of Japan on the; eve at the assembling of the Diet, with tho corroapoodent of the Asso dated Press, Premier Kalsuria said: "To Insure pence in the Orient nnd to aafeguard ear national exlatence. is (bo aim aaA pnrpoae of our empire, and no aac rifle*, shall be too great for succcssfnily effecting this purpose. Russia, besidea vioiatlai bar pledges in Manchuria, crowned her overbear ing and aggressive policy by extend ing her arms to the Korean peninsula. "We are highly aoUcitous to pre serve peace, but had no alternative save that of War, which was forced upon ua. Throughout the negotia tions Russia showed n haughty and overbearing - attitude, which, as has lately been shown, w ^inadequately supported by military atrength. Rus sia allowed herself to be deceived, nnd slighted our empire, for she nev er believed Japan would draw the aword of war. Then, after suffering] repeated defeeta on land and sea, Rus sia perceived tha mistake she had made, nnd, having dlaoovared the seri ousneaa of tha situation, begun to take adequnto measures. The ease was dif ferent with us. We were alive to tha aeriousaess of the situation nnd were prepared for exigencies. "Russia muat see thst the war can not. be concluded by the Issues of a few buttles. With us, the war means life or death, and not one of our 45, ?00,000 remains Ignorant of the vital issue at stake. We are prepared to sacrifice our last man or our last ccn l for this war. "The delay in the decisive result of our stage at Port Arthur gives Rus sia hope of being able to relieve the garriaon, and fUr this purpose she re solved to pmptl Bar naval defense nt hosts, while on land cprpa after corps baa been mobilised and sent east ward. ,, t , "The military and naval plan of Russia aeama to center In the relief . of Port Arthur, and General Kuropat'] kin's eoathnaid advance, which re sulted 1 a h!s se?1n?f rfefwst. had the relief of the garrison as Its sole ob ject. The Russian Emperor's instruc tions to Kuropatkln not to retire be yond Mukden were designed to raise the gloom thht had been hanging over the people of Ruasla since tho defeat of Russian arms at the battle of Llao Yang; nnd Kuropatkln assumed the aggraaalve, perhaps against liis own judgment "Everything seems to hinge on the fall of Port Arthur, but I do not < -on sole myself with tho thought that the capture of the Ill-fated fortress will bring tho war to a apeedy termin ation. Its capture will give occasion for renewed plans of warfare by Rus sia. and I am watching kec-aly for such new developments. I "The domestic conditions of Japan, i are highly aatlsfactory. The history of our Diet may be summed up by saying that from tho first It planted Itself firmly in opposition to tho gov ernment on financial questions. Af ter my appointment, friction became increasingly violent. The two great parties, toe constltutionsiists snd the progressists, held n combined front In opposition to my ministry. Despite administrative reforms effected on their demand, we failed to sstisfy them. They trtiicised our financial measures as excessive, and refused to pass the bills. Commander Lmvm. Vtadlvostock, By Cabte.-Reir Ad miral Haup, conmindcr of the port Cor the last three years, has departed. Private advices froa Port Arthur In dicate that the position there Is not so desperate as It la reported abroad. The Japanese are represented to be repslr Ins the cruiser Kasuga and 10 torpedo boat destroyers. They have established s sub-naval bsse on the Blllott Islands, a short Ulstsnce east of Port Arthur. White Howes Functions. Washington, 8peclal. ? The program of receptions and dinners at the White Mouse for the season of 1905 has been announced as follows: January 2, Monday, New Tear, re ception, 11 a. m. to 1.30 p. ?., Janu ary S, Thursday, cabinet dinner. 8 p. n.; January 12, Thursday, diplomatic roceptlon, t to 10:20 p. tt; January 19. Thursday, diplomatic dinner 8 p. m.; January 20, Thursday, Judicial recep tion, 9 to 10.20 p. m.; February 2. Thursday. 8upreme Court dinner. 8 p. m . February 9, Thursday, congres slonsl roceptlon, 9 to 10:20 p. m.; February 10, Thursday, army and navy reception 9 to 10:20 p. m. Well Known Attorney Dead. Laredo, Tex., Special. ? Bedford Sharpe, Assistant Unltod States at torney, aged 22 years, died here Sun day of bronchial pneumonia. Mr. Sharps was a son of Dr. Bedford 8harpe, deceased, a former surgeon of the navy. Hs wss a graduate of the Yale Law School In the class of 1893. He was appointed to his position here by Preeident McKlnley In 1898 and re appointed In 1902. Judging by taese conditions. serious collisions between the governed and governing were predicted, but what tbo came, this friction entirely censed, and the House of Represents tivee, wrlch once refused to pans n budget of 9125,000,OM ns excessive and unbsnrable. gave n ready and will ?f.^22rSLl? the flr,t war budget of f2M.000.000. "At this sessloo of the diet, the gov ernment will be compelled to present n budget calling for 9SS8.oeo.000. and indications are that It wlU be passed without the slightest dlUcultv. This happy phenomenon Is nttrtbutable to the characteristics of our people. "Before n greet nntlonnl problem our people unite, and friends end op ponents join hands for the accomplish meet of our nntlonnl purposes. With the great problem of the war before them, the people of our nation have become u one man. We nave no ?*r party and no pence party, ns Rus sin has, but, on the contrary, our na tlou is one. and united with n deter mination to fight to the last extremi ty." NORTH SKA AQRKKMKNT. London. By Gsble. ? The Foreign Of fice hss Issued the following Bngllsh transaction of the declaration signed st 8t. Petersburg by Sir Charles Hardlage. tbe British embassador, snd Count Lamsdorff. the Russian Foreign Min ister: "Hie Britannic majeety's gov ernmsnt nnd the Imperial Russian gov ernment hnvlng agreed to entrust to an lnternatlonnl commission of Inquiry S6sembied conformably to Articles IX to XIV of The Hague convention of July St, ISM. for the Pacific settle ment of International disputes, the task of elucidating by means of an 1m partial * and conaclentious investiga tion the questions of fact connected with the incident which occurred du ring the night of October SI -22. 1S04, 1 in the North Sea (on which occasion | the firing of guns on the Russian fleet caused the loss 0(4 bout nnd the death of two persons belonging to a British fleet, ss well a a. damaging to other boats of that fleet and Injuries to the crews of some of thoee boats), the* un dersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have agreed upon the folllw lag provlelons: "Article I. The International commls elon of Inquiry shall be composed of five members (commissioners) of whom two shall be officers of high rank In the British and Imperinl Russian navies, |jivejT? The ipevemments of Franco and OT Wh Tilted flutes shall .b? requested to eeleet of their naval officers of high rank aa a mem ber of the commission. The fifth shall be chosen as a member of (he commis sion. The fifth member shall be choeen by agreement between the four mem bers above mentioned; In the event of no screement being nrrived at between the four commissioners ss to the selec tion of the fifth member of the com mission, his Imperial and royal majes ty the Emperor of Austrls and King of Hungary will be Invited to select him. Bach of the two high contracting partlea shall llkewlae appoint a legal assessor to advise the commissioners, snd an agent officially empowered to take part in the labors of the commis sion. . "Article II. The commission shsll In quire into and to report on all circum stsnces relative to the North Sea In cident, and particularly on the ques tion ss to where the responsibility lies and the degree of blame attaching to subjects of the two high contracting parties or to subjects of other countries In the event of their responsibility being established by the inquiry. "Article III. The commission shall settle the details of procedure which it will follow for the purpose of accom plishing the task wherewith it has been entrusted. "Article IV. The two high contract lug parties undertake to supply the commission, to the utmost of their abil ity, with all the means and facilities necesaary In order to enable It to ac quaint itself thoroughly with and ap preciate correctly the matters in dis pute. Alleged Defaulter For 91,000. Will am won, W. V*., Special.? Charg ed with bains a defaulter la the sum of M.000, from- the Norfolk 4 Western Railroad, Richard Anderson, the agent si Caaterbury, was arretted and Is now In Jail at Williamson. Anderson, who Ik of a prominent Virginia family, Is alleged to have appropriated chccks stnt to him to pay off employes at the mines. ftehbera Blow Up a Sank. Baltimore, Md.t 8 pedal. ? A special from La Plata, Charles county, Md., cays that a number of men blew up and practically doatroyed the building of the Southern Maryland 8avlngs Bank early Thursday morning. They secured 9S.0Q0 In cash. Nltro-glycer ine la suppoeed to have been tho ex plosive used. The robbers, after se curing the money, made their escape, but cut the telegraph and telephone wlrea before leaving the vicinity. The government lino from the proving grounds at tbo Indian Head to Wash Ington was found to be In working order, and tho police of Washington and Baltimore of the mutineers were wounded. Japanese on the Offensive. St. Petersburg, By Cable.? The fol lowing dispatch has been received from Oeneral Kuropatkln: "On Nor. 26, the Japanese resumed the offensive and en deavored to envelop our left flank whilst advancing against our center. I have received no lster reports." Gen eral Kuropatkln also describes the bayoneting Of twenty Japanese belong ing to a patrol during a reconnaissance the night of Nov. IS. HWSTMNMT IS OUIITIT Throng* the liHt . TW Uwioa-MoOkM hknrj, vttk 1MM TlhilM, vh IHi at Knox* Till#, TMUL , The United States Supreme Court rtjwwed for two weeks. Commissioner of Pensions fnglies P. Were ku resigned, to take effect January l. Republican National ChihMt Cor telyon h emending a fow days in Washington. Archbishop Chapelle presented to the President a verbal meessgo at esteem and gsod will from Pope Pine X. Civil service regulations are to be ^xtended to a number of the eeurioyee ; (ft the Ishmlan Canal Commission. . Nsgotioostlons were opened at Vi dua for a treaty of arbitration be tween the United States and Austria. In the North. Roosevelt's official plurality in Del aware wss 4,154 and Idea's 1,752. lite annual horse show, which marks the opening of New York's so cial season, begsn at Madison Square Garden, that city. i Wire communication, which wns th- 1 terrupted over a vest area of tho coun try by 8undsy's storm, has boon only partly restored. The Methodist Episcopal mission ary commltlce. In session st Boston, continued making appropriations for missions, including $50,000 for South ern whites. / Gen. Alfred on Lowaefeld, general adjutant of Emperor William's mili tary staff, snd Major Count von Sehmettow, Imperial adjutaat general, who are to represent the Kaiser st ths unveiling of the statue of Freder ick the Groat in Wssbington, Novem ber II, arrived In New York. I Philip Welnsetmer, former presi dent of the Building Trades Alliance, was sentenced for extortion to Sing 8ing for SO aMmtbo In New York. " The Francois airship failed In a trial at the World's Fair. Another brilllsnt gathering of social lenders attended the New York Horso Show. | Senator Thomas C. Piatt gave a buck wh ms breskfsst at Oswego, N. Y., to Republican politicians la honor of tns recent party victory. | Foreign Affaire. Prince Fushlml, of Japan, arrived In Washington. Count Casslnl declares that Russia will prosecute the war In the Far East until she wins. Signs of sn early resumption of lighting along the Shakhe river, Man churia, are numerous. Cardinal Mocenni died iu Rose while a papsl consistory wss in pro gress. The Italian cabinet hss made fur ther gains, according to the latest election returns from that country. It is benevolently suggested by the Cssr that the trouble caused by boys who climb upon the seating accommo dstloa of slow-going motor cars In crowded thoroughfares might be ef fectively removed by high-tension wire controlled by the driver. Hasel Harrison an 18-year-old Amer ican colored girl? the first negro ar tist who has ever appeared in Germany ?made a successful debut as a piano soloist with the Philharmonic Orches* tra in Berlin recently. She Is a native ef La Porte, ind. I. P. Loree, former president, of ths Rock Island system, proposes to go abroad. In Russls he will be the guest of Prince Hllkoff. head of the railroads of the Ctar's kingdom. Two school boys at Lear, nsar the Dutch frontier, put Hendrlck Bascb, a companion, sge 13, in a barrel half filled with treacle for cheating at pitch and-toss. They confesed what they had done aftd Basch waa found suf focated. Miscellaneous Matters. Manuel Garcia, the singer. Is still living In London and on March 17 nest he will be 100 years old. He Is .the only singer now living who took part In the first season of Italian opera In New York In 1825, singing the role of "Plgaro" In "II Barbicr." on the evening of November 29. The Rev. J. B. Gilbert, secretsry of the American Society of Religious Ed ucation, has been Invited to attend the first International congress of educa tion, to be held In Liege, Beigfum, next 8ep|cmbor. He will present a papor on the morsl and religious In* structlon of children In the family. A Rio Janeiro dlspstch says the r* volt there baa been quelled. The Prusslsn Diet. It Is expected, villi pass bills providing for extensive csnals. Ml i MimMHnRiiM Dp to a hWMplltar r.?. moat iusais iincu <Mm% Own NM Twrmi Nl. Alt. r H.. DoAaa, N. C, flQpslaL ? la a ilrect fuel Friday aMralmpboet 10 o'clock. I. 8. Murray, a MMiliMt dtlasn. was killed by his adphew, W. R. Mur ray. The IwtcMi Recurred on Mala etreet, la front of the place of busi ness of the deceass#. aad lbs killing was done witb a fptol beloaglag to the deceased. All. be bad fired tbree sbote at bis Qwsi. It was tbsa tabsa froat blsa.iM tbe fhtal shot firsd. He lived ? Npt few moments sftsr tbe last abet? Friday night W.^lL Murray, tbe s!ayer of tbe deoses^k. who Is himself a prominent bustasstSMa, aad Meat! fled with both tbe p He aad Mnaoalc lodges, wss la chgfps of tbe police. Tbe tragedy la om that has shocked the satire eoawaHr. Nothing baa so stirred DurbaA ih recent years. It came as tbe retail of aa 111 feeling of several years' slsydlng Both aea were encased la tbf^music baslasss. snd this engenders* the bad Mood that led up to a light ssreralyeiis ago, aad eventually to tbla t?e#dy. The full facts In ^ the cass, so far ss can be learned, ST* -as follows: Fri day morning, J.'l; Murray, tbe de ceased, went oat to deliver a piano. He suspicion ed that bis nephew aad business rival bad sent a man to watch hint. A few minutes sftsr bis return two employees in tbe W. R. Murray bouse, one )Us son. Earl, pass ed tbe store of dsceased. J. 8. Murray xame oat, stopped them and engaged in conversation, la which he charged that they had fbUowed him In placing aa o?Ml While thl? sf venation was fn prfigieft W. IK ray appeared on tbe scene snd push* lng apart thoee who were la tbe quar rel made some remark about fight ing a person bis own slss, Thsn tbe troubls followed. Some witnesses ss y that Joe Murray, the dsoessed, step ncd back and drew bis gun, firing, dlrecet nt W. R. Murray. Then the two men cloeed in on each other aad a total of four shots were fired. The isst one was fatal to 18. Murray. He was led back Into his store snd n mo ment later be was dsad. . The slsyer turned in tbe street snd surrendered to Dr. N. M. Johnson, who ran up, turning over to him the pietol of the deceased with which tbe fatal shot was fired. A few moments istsr he wm taken in ckarge by Chief of Police Wood all and has been iu his ofllcc ftlnea that Ume. In tbe duel J. 8. Murray was killed, Karl Murray was shot in the arm and W. R. Murray has a broken finger. It is thought thst thp first two shots were the ones thst woundsd Earl Mur ray, son of the slayer.. One of these shots past through his left wrist and tbe other struck the left hip and glancod. He Is not In a serious eondl* tion. Tho prisoner has a broken fin ger on the left hand. He contends that this was broken in trying to get the pistol from the hands of tbe roan who was trying to kill him. Tho fa tai bullet struck the left breast, ranged upward, severing tbe artery from which be bled to death. Rueolan Loan Concluded. London. Special.? In London finan cial circles It It understood that nego tiation* have practically boon conclud ed for the Issue In Berlin and Paris simultaneously In January of 5 per cent Russian treasury bond* to the ralue of $160,000,000, for Ito or seven years, the price taking 9100,000,000, and the same French bankers who made the last loan taking 91*0,000,000. Farmer Kills Mia ton. Knoxvile, Tenn., Special.? In a dis pute over some farm work, Pay no Hickman, a farmer residing In thtt county, killed bis son, Walter, aged 81, striking him a blow on the head with t ?tick, which broke the young man's neck. The tragedy was witnessed by other members of the family. Th? young man la said to hare been ad ?anclng on hie father with a draws knife,, when the latter atruck him lo self-defense. The alleged murderer war arrested, and brought to jail In thli city, being unable to furnish bond foi 96.000. Cartoon lot Dying In Georgia. Macon, Oa., Special. ? A special from Care Springs, Oa., saya that Charios Neeland, the New 'York cartoonist, who has been there for some time In search of health. Is slowly sinking, and the attending phyalolaos have abandoned all hope. His wife and sis ter aro at his bedside. The cartoon ist's home Is In Akron, Ohio, and when he has passed away, his remain* will be shipped there for Interment PALMETTO AFFAIRS ?My Nxwjf Kmm Qatharatf Frtni all lastlawa. COTTON MARKET. OthMtM quiet 9 5-11 ] New Orleans, cur * 9 5-16 Mobile, May ? ?tvuMh nominal 9ft Charleston, quiet.. 9 WllakitM, steady 9% Baltimore, nominal 9% ' Near York, ataady. ?.70 | Philadelphia* quiet 9.M , Houston, qufet 9.9ft Augueta. quiet 9 8-16 | MmptU, quiet 9* St. Loula. quiet OVi Louiavllle, Arm 9% CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET Thnae figures represnt prices paid to j Good middling ....9% Strict middling 9H Middling 9>4 Another Fire at Orphanage. Clinton, Special. ? At 6:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon the Thorn well orphanage aemlnary building caught | fire from a defective flue and waa burned to the ground. Workmen had , Just flalahed tea ting e new furnace | and the building had been cloaed for the day. The fire waa discovered ear ly but aa the town haa not yet put In its waterworks the effort* to put out | the flamea were of no avail. The fire saon reached the 96-foot tower and became a huge pillar of flame. Ef-, forte were then diverted to the pro tection of the McCormlck. a dormi tory building on the orphanage cam pua and the recitation hall of the Preabyterlan college, both of which were threatened. Both buildings were adequately protected. The "Thorn well 8emlnary for Orphana." which waa the name of the burned building, waa dedicated in 188S by Gov. Hush 8. Thorn peon, whoae death the people are now lamenting. The building was , in proceaa of construction for 18 months, during which period the 1* bor and I other bllla were promptly met at the end of each week, though at no time were the funda In hand sufficient to pay them a .week in ad vance. This was the main education al atruotare at the institution and con tained, in addition to a large chapel, some alx class rooms. The loss Is $6,000 with only f 1.000 of insurance. It falls therefore as a heavy blow upon an institution which only a few days ago had a similar loaa, from which it had only partially recovered by dona tlona. In the dining hall of the or phanage help 1s needed aa . never be fore. The flues from which It caught , have been So almoet dally uae alnce lttt. The president of the orphan* age haa made It a practice to walk around the grounda each night be fore the retiring hour. The Thorn well orphanage haa many friends. The help of everyone of them will be need ed now. R. H. Jacobs. Foully Murdered. Chester, Special. ? The mutilated body of Mack Anderson, colored, was found Wednesday morning oat far from his home, nine miles northwest of Chester. Anderson lived on Mr. H. A Brakefleld's place and was about 28 years old. The coroner's Investi gation shows that he had been taken from his home Tuesday night some 140 yards and foully murdered and robbed of $60. A bloody axe and other evidences prove the murder to be a very atrocious one. Anderson waa known to have some money, which fact he unfortunately commu nicated to other negroes of the neigh borhood. Arthur Williams and Jim Sanders, both coloied, wore arrested on suspicion and lodged In jail today. Coroner Gladden Is continuing his In vestigation. with the aid of a detec tive, and probably other arrests will b* made. Damage Suit Compromised. Greenwood, Special. ? Tho damage ault for 165,000 against the Southern railway, brought by the family of the late James L. Andrews, has been com promised. The road offered to pay 910,000, and thta amount has been accepted. The death of Mr. Andrews was unusually aad. He was one of the best known business men of Oreenwood and at the time of his death was president of ttfe Durst Andrews company, a targe wholesale and retail general merchandise cou cern. He was standing In a oar watching the unloading of some flour, and while doing ao the car was moved by a shifting engine and Mr. Andrews waa thrown out violently on the ground and sustained Injuries from which he died a few days later In a hospital in Augusta, Oa. Killed at Clemeon. Clemson College. Special. ? James Sisemore. colored, died Wednesday night from tho offccta of a blow on the head with a stick in tho hands of Bill Oreenlcaf, colored. The trouble betwoen the two took place on Fri day, the 19th of November. "Jamee," the head waiter at the Clemson Club hotel, had sold "8111/' a hand at Clink scales' livery stable, a pair of shoes on which BUI stilt owed a dollar. This caused bad feeling. Bill cursod James because he kept aaklng for the money and "dared" him to come down to the atable. Jafhcs went and Bill knockod him In tho head. Oreenleaf has disappeared. James was a hard working, honest, harmless negro and was well thought 6t Significance of Jap Victories. Headquarters of the Japanese Aniry, Before port Arthur, By Cable.? The possession of the Rihlung and Kekwan forts enablos the Japanese to place a sufficient force on the north front of the eastern ridge of the forts, to exe cute a sweeping movement against the battery positions on the creet of the western ridge of Two Hundred and Three-Meter HIU, which, aa yet, they have not captured. A KH?UE CASE DEVELOFEI Btvifwtr F?m to Parion Y?n Man Last H? Might ?? LymlMtf. Columbia, Special ? Hoyt Hajai, tbo youag mountaineer, concerning whose commutation of the death sen tence there was eo muc'.h feel fog en gendered throughout the State recent ly, and which act <-f the Governor In spired a red-hot petition from Hayea county, Oconee, asking the Governor to resign, preeenta the nnlque situation unique for the State, at least ? of a man being denied a pardon for fear of his being lynched. At least. It Is the understanding among Hayes* friends that the Governor is sufficient ly well satisfied that the young man la Innocent of the crime for which he ?was sentenced to hang. Is convinced, aa practically everybody else has studied the testimony and other rec ords In the case, but that she commit ted suldde. but it Is arged that feel ing in certain parts of Oconee is still so strong against the young man that there would be grave danger of lynch ing if he were to return there now. Hayes expects sad probably will get a fall pardon within six months or a year, but hardly before that time. ITp to a few days ago he was not compelled to put on prison garb, snd was not required to do hard labor. But In order to allay dissatisfaction among the other prisoners, be has been put in stripes and is working along with other convicts In the knit ting mill. The Governor continues to get letters from various parts of the State commending his course in com muting Hsyes' sentence. I. C. College Centennial. Columbia. Special? South Carolina College, which now has the greatest attendance in its history, will celebrate on the 8th, 9th and 10 of January next the centennial of Its first opening, which was on the 10th of January, 1805. Preparations are being made In Col umbia for a gathering of alumni and friends of the college from all parts of the country, and an attractive pro gramme has been arranged for three days, beginning with sermons on Sun day. the 8th? in the morning by the chaplain and in the evening by Rev. John A. Rice, a graduate of the class of t885 and now pastor of the First Methodist church of Montgomery, Ala. While Tuesday, the 10th, will l>e the great day. the program for Monday will render that day of no less interest and significance. The exercises will open on >1 on day with brief addresses of welcome by President Sloan, Gover nor Heyward and Mayor Gibbes. with reaponses by invited guests represent ing other educational institutions. On behalf of the colleges within the State. Dr. Harrison Randolph will make the address. ~ ? - i m May Close Seminary. Columbia, Special. ? The definite and final announcement that the Atlanta plan to remove the Columbia Semi nary and the Southwestern Univer sity and combine them at Atlanta has failed is followed by strong talk among South Carolina Presbyterians of closing Columbia Semlnsry for a period of three or four years, begin ning with the close of the session next spring, in order to let the endowment, which amounts to $15,000 a year in* crease In order to provide for another chair, and in the hope that the bad odors incident to controversies which have been hampering the institution will pass off completely enough to give the re-organ 1 zed institution a good chance with the new faculty. The new proposition which President Walton's committee makes for the Georgia Synod for a conference in At lanta on the 24th of next January of representatives which the committee proceeds to name In its resolutions, of the Synods of Virginia, North C?i?s lina. South Carolina. Florida, Ala bama. Tennessess, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas, is therefore of special interest throughout this State. It was not al together unexpected. The Columbia Seminary faculty and those associated with them in their trials In Synod will look with favor upon any reasonable proposition to make this institution an Integral part of a great seminary to be located at Atlanta and bo the crowning complement of all of the the ological schools located in the States named. Where Are They Atf The county board of control of Cherokee, through N. H. Littlejohn, chairman, has written to Governor 1 ey ward to know what will become of the board after December 1st. At the time the board will have disposed of all property on hand and the board will have nothing else to do. Governor Heyward has referred tbo matter to the attorney general and to tbo directors of the State penitentiary. A Killing in Hampton. Gov. Heyward last week rocelvod from Coroner R. M. Daley an official account of killing of Will Grabara by Jake Patterson. About Ave weeks ago tho two negroes, in company with others, wcro driving in a cotton wag on. Tho witnesses testified at tho In quest that they had heard no quar reling. and the first they knew of the homicidal purposes of Patterson was whun they heard the report of the pistol. Graham was shot in the back, the ball striking the spinal chord and causing death after five weeks. The witnesses say that thorn was no causo or provocation. Cxar Honors Alexelff. St. Petersburg, By Cable.? A tetter from Emperor Nicholas to Admiral Alexleff is officially published, saying that in relieving Alexleff at his own icqueat from commanding the army and navy in the far East the Emperor wishes to thank him for the skill and courage with which he discharged >ig arduous duties and as a testimonial for his services creates htm a cavaliet, | third rank, of the Imperial Order of gt I George, MOKE MAN'S NECK fttal Itntt ?f a Mm WIS fW M Aajiy Mm IK SUm IS QUITE rtMMHT W m. M. Slaughter, a Coal MwdNml ?f ? LetiltviUt, ttrlkas a Dairyman, Caw i?f Instant Doath-TIn Trenble Brought About By An Anumait. Ovar a Dabt at ttS Whlct* tKa Dm* Man Owed tlwighUr Oaaa ta Jai^, Accompanied by Hla Wifr, When* Ho Marioi a Yoar Ago. lautsviUe, Ky., Special. ? Fraderiob Sanders, a dairyman, waa killed Tuea day by William H. Slaughter. Jr., a cool aoicfcut aad ene of the Mot Ira own am la Uulwlllft. Tte men had aa argument over a dabt an <9 Slaughter struck Saadera with such force as to dislocate the rasa's neck; death resulting lastaatly. Slaughter aurreadered. Panda is waa SS yearooS age. The trouble vase over as asaoaat of flft which Sanders seed Mr. Slaughter Oar rent. Mr. 81sugh? ter*s statesaent was: "This morn log I met Saaders sad he offered to cattle the account. I. refused to accept the money, having, put the matter la the hands of a law yer. Bandera called me several' Barnes sad I htt him with my open hand. He fell sad I walked away. Later I heard he was dead." Mr. Slaughter was married about a year ago to one of the most promi nent writers in local newspaper cir cles. Mrs. Slaughter has msde ar rangements to stay in jail with her husband until application for ball will { be made. Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter will occupy a spacious room In the cast wing of the building facing Jefferson street, which was surrendered to them by *he matron of the jail. Arbitration Treaty Signed. Washington. Special.? The American German arbitration treaty was signed Tuesdsy at the State Department bp Secretary Hay and Baron Sternberg, the German ambassador. It Is Identical with the American-French treaty. Aa ho left the State Department, Baron Sternberg expressed his hearty satis faction that the treaty had beos con cluded so promptly. "It waa," be said, "a pleasure to postpone my departure for Europe In order to sign this treaty. The importance which in Ita effect upon the mslntensnce of good will sad amity betwen the two countries csnnot be sverestfmated. I esn assure you thst this is a hsppy dsy for me. ss It Is for my sovereign aad my people." The smbssssdor sails for Germany with the ambsssadre3s the mlddlo of December. Ho will be unable to accept the lnvi tat I on to address an assoclstlon of cot* ton-growers at Shreveport. La., nest month, bat bis embassy wilt be repre seated. Increase of Cotton. Washington. Special.? A bulletin waa issued by the census buresu Tuesday showing that in 105 countiss In Georgia the cotton gstned to November 14 aa reported amounted to 1,246,997 running bales this yenr. mm acslnst 792,960 bales for the same counties lsst year. Count ing round bales ss half bsles the num ber is 1,244.741 ss sgslnst 793,395 la*t year. The report issued is supplemen tary to previous reports and' Is more complete as to the counties covered. In addition to the figures regarding the cotton ginned. Tuesday's statement shows thst the ginneries covered' by the reports for the present yeat num ber 31,997 as sgalnst 3,993 for the year 1904. In 1903 the reports showed the total cotton ginned to November 1* to be 992,666 bales and the number aC ginneries employed 4,913. Wreck on Northweate*n. Colombia, 8. C., Special. ? A special to tho State from Summerton says that the North western^ passenger train bound from Sumter to Charlee ton, was wrecked near Tlndalls Twm (Jay night. The engine** is reported hurt, but as there is no telegraph sta tion at Tlndalls particulars are unob tainable. A wrecking train has been sent out from Florence. Commission t* Offer Bill, Washington, Special. ? The mer chant marine commission met at the capttol. Senators Gallingcr and Lodge and Representative* Minor, McDor mont and 8plght being present. Un der the law the commission Wt direct ed to mako Its report on the day Con gress reassembles, December Gtb. The commission experts to make Itn report on that dale, with recommenda tions and a bill. While it In not cer tain that the report wilt be unanl* mous. members of I he commission e* press the hope thai such an agree ment will be reached. Ft Is stated that no attempt will be made to rovlie the Frye-I'ayne bill, providing for a system of subsidies Acquitted of Murder Charge. Houston, Tex., Special. ? In the case of of W. T. Eldrldge. charged with tho murder of Captain William Ihitiu vant on an Arkansas passenger train Ir. August. 1002. which has Imen on trial at Richmond for t lie past two weeks, the Jurv Tuesday returned a verdict of not r-'Utv The caxe at tracted wide .vt'ntlon owing to tlie prominence of r ?. <u.n <?apt. Puna vnnt being pre*" of the ihe Cane Belt railroad, un i I->1 ridge vice preal* ,ont e?m>r?l uiuuugw