The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, December 15, 1904, Image 1
CONGRESS CONVENES
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Bat Little Was taaeta the Mpeaiif
?ay Except ta lad art I4mi
USUAL FHAAUtKS HKIVtt
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Oreetlngs llbW i> HlMfclw, the
Orsnt Floral Dhphy an4 Nirnihtn
?r fMuttfully 1 Qsmwsi Wefeen
Am#m ttx Visitors Mario a Fami
liar but Always Intwooling Scene?
fteeelutiene of.Roipoct For Deceaa
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Washington,, Sped al.? With the
Sfaai? in session 12 stfnutes anrt lb*
' Honse 63 Minutes, tko last session -of
th* Mih Congress was otsaembled to
day. The time of both bodies was
devoted entirely, to tho usual formal
ir??? attended by scenes, familiar, but
always interdstlng. There were tho
greet tugs between members, tho great
floral display and the hundreds or
visitors, with beautifully gowned wo
men predominating. Corridors, com
mittee rooms and cloak rooms were
thronged. The bustle extended even
to the floors of the chambers, although
no weighty legislative problems await
ed aolution.
?Reading of the Message.
After listening to the residing of the
President's annual message to Con
giesw the House adjourned until Wed
nesday. During the flrst 10 minutes
or the session two minor routine mat
ters were disposed of. but out side of
these no other business was transact
ed.
Shortly after the clerk >agau.h> read
the message printed eop4ds- wer* dis
tributed among the members. Demo
crate and Republicans alUungare close
attention to the utterances of the
President and with the aid of the
piloted copies intently followed the.
clerk In the leading. ? {"
Upon the conclusion of the reading
of the message, which consumed one
hour and &3 minutes, there waa lend
applause from the Republican , apgf. >
'The message, on motion of '?tr.
Payne, wns referred to the committee
of the whole House on the State of
the Union, after which the House ad
journed.
In tho Senate.
The Senate was In session for more
than two hours, and In addition to
listening to the reading of the Presi
dent^ message received a preliminary
report from the mercfcsat ssarlae com
mission, witnessed the Induction of
Senators Knox and Crane Into office,
au?* In executive session referred the
presidential nominations to the proper
committees.
Work of Wednooday.
Upon the conventing the House.
Mr. Bingham, or Pennsylvania. - from
the committee on appropriations, re
ported the legislative, executive and ju
dicial bill, and gave notice that he
would call the bill up for consideration
immediately after, the reading of the
journal. The House, on motion of Mr.
Payne, of New York, went Into com
mittee of the whole for the purpose of
referring certain portions of the Pres
ident's message to the respective com
onttees having jurisdiction of the sev
eral subjects. As soon as this was done,
the Houne adjourned until tomorrow.
In the Sentate.
Tbe Senate Wednesday reached s
decision to take a vote on the Philip
pine civil government bill, providing
for the construction of railroads on the
Islands on the ICtb instant, and in ad
dition transacted conViderable other
business. Mr. Piatt, of New York cre
ated something of a stir by introducing
a bill providing for a reduction of the
congressional representation of the
Southern States on the ground that
many of th? cltlsens of those States are
. deprived of thaljr right to vole, and Mr.
Srott plunged the Senate Into an ex
ceptional^ early debate by attempting
to secure the passage of the bill grant
ing pension to the telegraph operators
of the civil war. The debate was not
i-oncluded. A lares number nt t?m? ?>?.<
joint resolutions were Introduced. sn<l
many petitions presented. The discus
sion of the time for voting upon tbe |
Philippine bill brought out the fait that I
there Is a general understanding that
the Christmas holiday. reecss will bejln
on the 19th Instant ,
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Tbe annual fight on the Civil Service
Commission was beg in In the House
Thursday during consideration of tbe
legislative appropriation bill. The op
oosltlon came from Messrs. Bartlett.
of Georgia, Hepburn, of Iowa, sod
Groavenor, of Ohio.
The legislative bill was scrutinized
carefully In consonance with the Presl- |
dent's recommendation against extra
vagance. Mr. Bingham, in charge of
tbe bill, was required constantly to ex
plain some particular appropriation.
The pay of the stenographers to com
mittees of the House was reduced from
95,000 per annum to 93400, and the
House refused to accept the provision
increasing the pay of the secretary to
the Civil Service Commission. But
tittle progress was made on the bills.
The House Friday passed the legis
lative, executive, and judicial appro
priation bill practically as If came
from the committee and adjourned
until Monday. With the disposal of
the provisions relating to the Civil
Service Commission, which yesterday
caused so much discussion and criti
cism. there was no lengthy tiobate on
any Item today. Throughout the fu
sion the policy of retrenchment held
full sway, and all attempts to in
crease salaries failed.
By the terms of u concurrent re*o
lotion, which was adopted, the House
agreed to adjourn on Dec. 21 unill .Jan
uary 4. 1#0r?, for the usual Christmas
holidays.
IN THE SENATE.
The Senate held only a short session
Thursday, and adjourned until Monday.
Dvtaf (he open eeeelon u attempt to
?cow consideration of a pure food
MU was defeated by a demand of air..
AMrkh that the bill be read at lesgth,
which brought aa objection from Mr. j
Tlllmaa. who did not want the time
eaasumed.
Mr. Tlltmsnbroaght the can of Wil
liam D. Cram, the colored maa nomi
nated far collector of Charleetoa. & C..
Into prominence by asking for a re
port from the committee on jadldary
as to the Status of recess appolatsMats,
each aa that made la drums case la the
first sad second eesalone of ihe present
Congress.
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., Miners Receive Advance.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.? The
suited mlaera la the employ of the
various commercial oeal operators re
ceived aa edvaace of 6 cents a- tfa for
mlalng coal, and a oorraapoadlag ad
vance In the price of day labor. The
Incfease was baaed on the fact that
iron Is selling at more thaa *10.50 a
ton. All ooal mlalng contracts In thla
district are on a eliding scale, based
on the price of Iron.
Fatal Quarrel of Farmers.
Macon. Ga.. Special. ? A special to
The Telegraph from HawklnarlUe,
Ga.. says that Thomas Tharp was
killed by D. W. Reld on the plantation
of a Mr. Jordan Tuesday night In n
quarrel. Reld claims that he was
forced to shoot In self-defense. The
slayer has surrendered, and Is now
Incarcerated In the county jail.
A good man may stand on dsngerous
rocks like a lighthouse, but be must not
sail amongst them or be will be a
wreck.
LABOR WORLD.
, The members of tile Sheet Metal
Workers* Pnlon are fully employed
The leather belt in mauy factories It
being vapidly replaced by the Hectrie
motor.
The Fall River strikers bare received
the first installment of -*T>WK) from 4Se_
Federation of Labor. # ? j ' ?
Tae dispute between the containers j
aud tke Morris' RufiCoal Cnmginy be (
came desperrfte;and a strike ??.i or
dered.'
Tbe sixth annual bail of Buffalo (N.
Y.) bartenders was held at Conre"ntio.i
Hall, and surpassed nil previous ef
forts and fulfilled every expectation.
On account of the Chicago manufac
turers refusing to renew the usual e-on
Uv.Ct* with tho union the (Jarmcnt
Workers bare walked cut in a body.
Tli? third annual convention of the
Inter jatianai Hodcarriers and CulKluWE
l^a'jorers' Uatoa ef America will meet
in Minaea polls beeinnlu;; January 1.
1*K>G?.
The non-union boil?rmakcrs working
nt tbe Hcraetlsville (I*a.) shops of the
Ktio Lave gone out iu a body. ?botving
1!ial RTievanc cs exist there independent
Of U3i53i!!2.
? 'ihe Strulbers' plant of tbe American
Plied and Tinplate Company, r.t
Your tfstow'u. o.. employing 450 ro:n.
will resume r.t on:e, after a:t idleness
of a year and a half.
The Fall River mauufuclui ers opened
ilie mill* to the strikers us scheduled,
and were forced to shut down for a:i
Indefinite time because the workers
would not accept work under the con
ditions offered.
The trend of Italians to Ihe &otiHi la
one of tbe striking features of tbe labor
movement of to-day. Tbey find abun
dant work at top-notch price* awaiting
I hem. Especially aro tbey in demand
for the cottou patch, the lumber dis
tricts aud tbe coal mines.
PROMINENT PEOPI.K.
The Queen of the Ketherlaud* ?s an
Mitbusiasttc farmer
.fohu C. Cutler. Republican Cover nor
Heel or Utah. was born :<i Sheffield,
England. :
The Dowager Empress or China has
already spent nearly $4,000,000 on her
own monument.
The Prussian architect. Custar Ebr.
I celebrated bis seventieth birthday a
few week* ago.
Lord Lansdowne has in his day
signed five arbitration treaties nol up
to Mr. Hay's record. however.
Emperor William has bestowed the
Crown Order of the third class on Pro
fesaor Starr W. Cutting, of Chicago
University.
Judge Andrew ,1. Harlan, or Savan
nah. Mo., is the only surviving member
?f Ibe Thirty-first Congress. He was
born in Obio in I81"?.
The widow of President Benjamin
Harrison has placed, in bis memory
< window in the First Presbyter inn
Church of Indianapolis.
i With the retirement of Senator Cock
?H1. of Missouri, after twenty-nine
rears of service, will ho Hie last pair
>f cowhide boots from the Seuate.
Mr. Kato. who was formerly .Japan*
?*e Minister at I*ondon. ban pur
chased the Tokio newspaper. Nichi
3himbun. and he will personally coa
Ini't it.
Eduard von Hartnisuu is the ftrnt
German philosopher who lias lived to
iee one of bis works reach itc ciev*
?ntb edition. It is bis "Philosophy of
the Unconscious." which tirst appeared
.11 1800.
Tather Ambrose Agin-', recently ap
pointed delegate from Home to the
Philippines, was born in Egypt, edu
cated in England, founded a Benedict*
'ne horuy at Malta, and is on ??>ostl?
?< peace.
Mall Clerks' Good Work.
A mail pouch was brought to the
Merlden, Conn., pout office that had
been run over and badly mutilated by
the wheels of a railroad train. Some
of the mall matter was almost de
stroyed. but by much work and perse
verance the bits were put together
and practically all of the letters de
j livcred to the persons to whom thej
' were aiUressed.
A FIERY RAGEDY
Fta?y MsrfcrN a mi Mies Were
Unci k IttMisf
fCCUWf IN IK KUTtr T9WN
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CMmrt ftsmnlns ?f Mr. 1. 1. Hufhtt,
His Wtf* aN Twi Dsughtsrs Fsund
*N# Brttsklng Ruins sf Thslr Hsms
In ths Csntsr sf Trsntsn, 1 C. ?
A Bullet Through ths Man's Haad
and ths Skulls sf ths Wsmsn Crush
sO ? Vtshhsry ths lu^sssi Mstlvs?
Qsvsrnsr Hsywsetf Offers s Reward.
Augusta, 'Special.? A special to The
Chronicle from Etgefield ssya:
"Ths moat hideous of sll human hor
rors occurred at Trenton Thursday
night, equal In horror to ths States boro
?flair. If the general accepted theory be
true that ths victim* were flrst mur
dered haters ths house was Ini At
5 o'clock this morning ths residence of
Mr. B. B. Hughes, centrally located In
ths town, was discovered on ffre. Neigh
bors rushed to the scene, but the Are
bed progressed so far that entrance to
the house wns Impossible. At once in
quiry wss mads as to the whereabouts
of the lamntes, it being thought that
they hsd mnde their escspe in their
night clothes. As soon ns the Are bed
lied down sufficiently, a fearful scene
met the eyes of the beholders. There
lsy tbs charred and almost unrecog
nlcnble bodies of the entire family, con
sisting of Mr. Hughes, his wife, Eva,
end two young daughters, Emmie,
sged 19, and Hnttle, 14 years of age.
Mr. Hughes' body lay just below where
was situated the door leading from bis
room to the ball, with a bullet . bole
through ths upper part of his head. A
pistol with one empty chamber lsy
nesr by. _ Part of his charred clothes
were on bis person, showing .that be
wss dressed at' the time be met desth.
The body of hJs wife was on the bed
Springs, while thoqe df the roung ladle*
were slmllsrly situated. The skulls of
these three wpre crushed ss if hit with
an afe or some bluht instrument. Their
bodies when found occupied a most na
tural position, with nothing to indlcste
a straggle, showing tost they hsd been
struclLand done to death, while asleep.
This aorta spread like wlldflre and soon
the entire surrounding country wss on
the scene.
"Under the direction of Soilciotr
Thurmond, a coroner's Jnry was Im
paneled, but ss yet no testimony bss
been taken. It being thought best to
await further developments. It wss said
three tracks were discovered lesdlng
from the field np to the rear of the
bouse. The county blood hounds were,
sscursd snd put do the train, but this
effort has availed aothltfff. Ths horror
Is veiled ia mystery. Every external
evidence goes to show that the family
were all killed before the house wss
fired. One theory is th?? bouse was en
tered for the purpose of robbery; thst
upon being discovered, tbe robbers ac
complished the murders and flred the
nouse. Sicltcrscr.t rues high, but noth
ing rssli will be done. Upon the request
of Solicitor Thurmond, Governor Hey
ward hss offered a reward for the ap
prehension of tbe guilty partiea.
Japs Prepared to Spend the Winter.
General Oku'a Headquarter*, via
Fusan. By Cable.? Delayed iu Ttans
mission.) ? In the village* near the
actual JapaneHe line houses ire be
ing repaired and built, scores of wells
are being dug, villages are being de
nuded of trees, and quantities of fuel
are. being prepared. Every Indication
points to the Intention to remain in
the present line during the winter.
Tbe coM weather is not affecting the
Japanese, although the ^temperature
has already fallen to a few degrees
below zero. There are few sick uien.
Sank Robbed.
En id, Okla.. Special. ? The Farmers'
Statu Bank, of Lambert, has been rob
bed by three men, who dynamited tbe
safe, obtaining 98,000 as their booty.
While two robbers were Inside, the
third guarded them, holding the
horse .1. The robbers escaped, making
for the Gloss mountains. A po*?so Is
in ournuit.
New Japaneee Fortifications.
Washington. Special. ? Mr. Griscom,
tbe American minister tt. Tokio. has
cabled the State Department that Mr.
Fisher, the American vice consul at
Nagasaki, reports that all shipping
ban been warned to keep 20 mllos
nway from Pescadores, an island off
the west coast of Formosa, and that
it Is reported that fortifications are
holng constructed at Seoul.
No More Assaults.
Tokio, By Cable. ? In disabling; the
Russiau fleet at Port Arthur, preclud
ing the possibility of its being able
to reenforce the Russian second Paci
fic (Baltic) squadron, tbe Japanese
have accomplished the main object of
the desperate assaults against tbe
fortress which they have been making
for tbe past three months. There Is
now a strong probability that, while
continuing the siege they will avoid
losses of the magnitude already at
tending their efforts, and Instead of
assaulting, will rely on starving out
tin* garrison until It is finally rai>
tured.
Reward Offered.
Muccn. Oa., Special. ? A reward of
$300 and expenses has been offered
for the capture of Maro S. Potter, the
defaulting and fugitive cashier of the
bank at Davlsl>oro. Oa.. where he Is
elleged to be more than $20,000 short
In his accounts. The reward is offered
by the officials of the bank.
Potter is only 22 yearn old. weighs
200 pound* and has light hair and
blue eye:*. He is very popular, and
liir, friend* express surprise at his
action
IN SOQlfCUIIINA
Many Nmt,; MhPli From
Will Oritr <*QMmhm BwUm.
At a late kovr Yhareday H0t Got.
Hqrwatd cumnsM fllttelid 4wld
ed to ?ri?r at ?mHm for Ike a?w
xnmt j at "Calfco? ," Irkleh la ^o be
takes tf eetabUafcod tram the countlee
?f Sdgedeld. Abberltle aad Qteeowood
rhe county seat at Oallc!i^ vUl be
UaCoratot Got.. Supwi Issued a
?tateaaeat aa to tWjbrtlgl Friday,
(t will be held am tM trat Tuesday la
liiiuary, which la the third. -
The State board at haaWh haiC a
meeting laatweek to eoaaidor the prop"
aaiUen made ? goretn
oaent In regard to the
luarantine atatloaa . aodr adder -State
control r.to the The gor
ernment proposes to^finatafa the ata
Uons at Its own aipaoaa and equip
them without ooat to Soath Carolina.
After a full dlacuaaloa It waa decided
to refer the natter to the attaraey in
tra!, who will draft a bill 10 that the
general assembly may ffife Ita consent
to the plan. Thla will decide the mat*
iter finally.
Met PeeellM^ Death.
Bdgefield, Special ? Mr. T. B. Bailey,
a son-in-law of the hU Hon. O. D.
Tillman, met With a tragi* death last
week while out hnatlag. He shot a
squirrel which lodged la the limb of a
tree. Mr. Bailey diaabed the tree for
the purpoee of gettlag the aqulrrell
and tell, striking the ground and crush
ing his akuil. He hailed a companion
Just before falling tM he was sick
and it la thought be Ihi aelsed with
apoplexy, which cauao^hlm to loosen
bis hold on the *. tgp*,'hHe lived at
Ciarkavillo and Waa pforomlnent cit
izen of the county.
F*c*s and informatflfii brMH^Bout
at the annual meettNgb t tfi^Wnte
board of health shaSgflkst lie amall
pox situation Is rai||flnrowlug more
serious throughout ffM State. The
mortality porcentt|? Ms been mora
than trebled sine* tM Arst of Janu
ary. and there are caaat now In prac
tically every county In the State. The
situation la at present particularly se
rious In Georgetown ahd McColl, In
the lower part of the JBtate. Secre
tary Evans reported that the mortali
ty has Increased to $<1-2 per oent*
since the first of January, u against
a highest previous rsOprd ef me^MC
? ^SSSS?,te!T
era States, the mortality In some be*
lng as high as SO per cent. 80 far
this year the aecretary reports 1,882
eases and 39 death*, aa against 1.992
cases the previous year. The Marl
boro County Medical Society has pe
titioned both the Governor and the
stain board of health to quarantine
the town of McColl. lu that county.
Secretary Evans reported to the
board this morning that when he was
at McColl about two weeks ago. he
saw two men at work in the knitting
mill in tho seventh day of eruption.
He warned the authorities then that
the town would soon be full of the
disease, but the physicians disagree
ing as to the dagnosls. nothing was
done to prevent the spread of the in
fection. The bosrd is without authori
ty to order s ?*ace quarantined unless
there are Instructions to that effect
from the Governor, but the secretsry
was directed to call the attention of
the town authorities^ to the fact that
the Stato law compels them to adopt
preventive measures against the
spread of an infectious disesse. In
the mstter of the quarantine stations
at Charleston, Georgetown, Beaufort,
Port Royal and Helena, the board de
cided to memorialize the next Legis
lature to give the board the authori
ty to transfer by lease or aale these
stations to the Federsl government,
the State to be relieved 'Of the ex*
pease of keeping them up, but to re
tain a supervision over them, as was
done in the case of the Florida sta
tlons. The South Carolina stations
are worth in the aggregate about $75,
000.
The annual report of Winthrop col
lege was received Thursday by trus
tees and turned over to the State su
perintendent of education. Most of the
facts and figures iu the report have
already been publish ?d and are famil
ial to the public. The cost of the
oollege last year was *81,889.63 and
the receipts were$65.6f?l.68. The col
lege next year ulll auk for a Stato ap
oronriatlon of f57.4<55.7?".
Edwards, the alleged Eutawville
lyncher, who has turned State's evi
dence, gave important testimony at
the hearing before Magistrate McCoy
at George's. Edwards was brought in
bv a penitentiary guard and immedi
ately after giving hi* testimony, left
the place In a buggy. His evidence
tesulteu In Andrew Martin. Eastons
Plney Martin and Policeman Palmer
being held for trial. The prisoners
will at once apply for ball. Edward*
said that Butler and Plney Martin
were not present r.t tue drowning ol
the negro Bockhardt. but he impli
catcd Plney Martin, who had not been
arrested. According to Edwards
Raston*. Palmer and the Martins tied
the bar of Iron to Bockhardt's body 1
and rowed him 011 1 into the stream ;
and threw him overlx>ard
Chartsrs and Commissions.
A commisslonwns Issued to the Pan
Shoals Power company of Newberry
capitalized at $50.00t>. The incorpo
rators a*e H. L. Parr.Z. F. Wright, W.
G. Houseal. C. H. Cannon, and W. K
Bllgh of Newberry and A. U Scott ol
Greenv|llc.
The City Drug company of Oreen
vlile received a commission. The In
corporators are J. H Austin of Rock
Hill and G. P. Neal of Greenwood
The capital Is |6.000.
HOT FOR WARSHIPS
tassi us SkHtiif Jjfatcse Vessels
With Ctttf Ala
VARY SltllS STIIIE Tttfl
Jtptniti Bnabled ta Fir* ?n tha Vn>
Mis In Nrt Arllini Harlnr After
! , the Capture ef 203-Mitra Hill? A
NamNr tf Thtm Were Set on Fir*
and tha Othara Muat Put ta Saa'ar
Suffer Irreparable Damage ? Attack
an Fertlfieatiene Cantlnuaa Day and
Night.
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Toklo, By Cable.? Tha effects*
bombardment of the Russian battle
ships in Port Arthur, which began
on Saturday laat, wm one of the re
sults of tha capture of 203-Metre Hill.
Up to that time, the warships had
keen ahle to seek shelter from the
Japanese fire under Pelyu Mountain,
tut the capture of the hill, November
2*-30, enable the Japanese to train
their suns on the Russian vessois,
with the result that a number of them
have been set on flie, and the other*
must either put to sea or suffer Irrep
arable damage.
The Port Arthur besiegers report as
follows: "On Saturday. December 3,
our naval guns bombarded the ene
my's ships. The Pobleda was struck
six times, a vessel of the Retslvan
type was hit eight times, and on other
(.hips sixteen shots took effect. On
Monday following the aame plan, the
Pobleda was hit seven times, the Pol
tava eloven times, and the Retvizan
eleven times. At about S cTcdock in
the afternoon one of our shells struck
a magazine south of Pelyu Mountain,
causing heavy explosion. The con
flagration - which followed was not
extinguished for two hours. The,
same day our heavy guns were direct
ed at the enemy's ships. The Peres
riot was struck twice, and two mora
?h?lla were lodged in other ships. A
vessel of the Poltava type was ob
served to be on Are for an hour, send
ing up a great volume of smoke.
"The attacking operations against
the Sungshu Mountain forts eastward
are carried on day and night. Two
St-milhmetre quick-firers were cap
tured Sunday In a half moon fort de
fending a couutei scarp on ftlhlung
Mountain.
* Trying ta Retake tha Hill.
1 Toklo, By Cable. ? The Russians are
nightly attacking 203-Metre Hill in a
.ttQtermlned endeavor to retake the
ahmmtt of the ground in the conten
tion. The Japanese are increasing
their defenses on the position and
have succeeded so far In repelling all
tho assaults. The Russians have suf
fered the heaviest losses and it is es
timated ttiat they have sacrificed 3,
000 men in their effort to recapture
the ground wnicu tue Japanese are
confident *n their ability to hold.
Observations indicate that the gar
rkion Is feeling the shortage of meu.
The works against Sung Shu moun
tain and the forts to the eastward
are progressing rapidly and all in
dications point to an early general
assault, although the date when It
will begin is kept secrct. It is ex
pected that the next general assault
will prove successful.
Japs Fall Into Ambuscade.
Mukden. Special. ? There is a per
??? sent to turn Genera? InMifeimtl'i
flank has been repulsed with great loss.
The story is not yet oBcially confirm
ed. but details are given -with great
circumstantiality. It is stated that
General Rennenkampff, who knew the
movement was maturing, awaited the
Japanese at the mouth of one of the
captured passes, and that the Japanese
turning H force threw themselves un
suspectingly into the ambuscade where,
after the fight, the Russians collected
500 Japanese corpses which It has been
Impossible to collect, owing to the fire
of the Japanese. This does not in
clude the Japanese loss in wounded.
No Battle Imminent.
Mukden, By Cable. ? Everything now
indicates that the prospect of an im
mediate encounter on a large scale
has passed. During the fighting be
low Tsinklhltchen, the Russian loss
wis 25 men killed aad 123 wounded,
including two officers. Seventeen
Japanese prisoners were taken, one ol
whom committed suicide.
Investigation Ordered.
Rlyrla, Ohio, Special.? Judge Wash*
burn has called a special grand jury at
the direction of Prosecutor l?ee St roup
of 1<orain county, to inquire Into the
Oberlin Bank failure. The jury will
be drawn Thursday. An effort will be
made to discover if any crimes were
committed which come within the
jurisdiction of the court. Oberlin i?
in Lorain county. It is reported that
the action of Prosecutor Stroup wa*
taken upon the request or complaint
of Andrew Carnegie. This report
however, cannot be conflrm?d. Sub
poenas have l?eon issued for President
B??ckwlth and Cashier Spear, of thf
closed bank, to appear before the grano
Jury to testify.
Bank President Acquitted,
Beaumont. Texas., Special.? The Jury
In the case of former President J. P.
Withers, of the American Nationa.
Bank, of Beaumont, charged with the
misappropriation of $39,000 of the fundi
of the bank, returned a verdict of nol
guilty. There were fifteen counts In
the Indictment covering five different
tranaat M.ons. He was acquitted oa all
couut*.
ill iNiEtesim arm
Capt. N. F. Walker*]* AmmI lUpwt
m inpiHwlwiint tukmHtH to
Mate liip?li>Ui>?nft?l Uncatitn.
8taU Superintendent vJtartl* kas re
ertrei the SCtk annual xwport of the
Stat* ktttitutlto for tkr education of
the-tdaaf.dumb nd bltn<f.v Th? board
of oMMlnloaeib tbrougb the dalr
man. Col. T. J. Moore, Mra tw?
meaded that the hflalatuiVMike' the
following appropriations for the jwat
1M5: For support. 924.000; for repair*,
960V; for Insurance.- 91.444.
The institutions hss departments f*r
white and for colored children. There- 1
are nine teachers of the deaf nod four
for the blind, in addition there are-|
teachers of painting, drawing and
music, foreman of printing offlce.. fore
man of shoe shop, master of wood
shop, master of shop for blind boys
nnd instructor of industrial depart
ment for girls.
la his annual report, the superinten
dent, Capt, N. F. Walker, gives an in
teresting historical sketch of the In
stitution. from which be makes the de
duction thnt less than a hundred years
ago the defectives of ail classes were
considered alike ? mutes and imbeciles
being regarded alike by the people- st
large. But the work of the State In*
stitution at Cedsr Springs has made It
clear that the unfortunates defective in
hearing nnd sight alone are people or
a high order of consciousness and in
telligence.
"It Is very gratifying for us to know,"
ssys Superintendent Walker, "that a>|
large number of our alumni are worthy
and self supporting citizens and tax
payers of the State ? preachers, teach
housekeepers. etc. The school is now
well equipped in ail Its different de
partments for the advsncement of the
intellectual, moral and physical de
velopment of the pupils." .
During the last scholsstlc yesr 179 |
pupils were enrolled, 118 deaf and 63
blind; 122 white and 67 colored. There
was only one death, that of little Mary
Jones of Ssluda. a mute who had just
?eatered the school. There was no other
illnes* In the school and there has not
been a esse of continued fever in the
school for 30 years. The appropriation
last year was a little more than the
amount asked for in the report, for
a laundry, fully equipped, has been
added to the plant, aud other improve
ments were made.
General Cotton Market.
Cotton futures steady:
December 7.48?IK>
January 7.5507.56
February 7.6307.65
March 7.71 ?7.72
April 7.7767.79
May \ 7.8407.85
June v.- 7.3007.91
July : 7.9507.97
Spot cotton easy; sales. 1,750 bales,
including 450 to arrive;' quotations nn>
cbanged.
The future market opened quiet and
from 8 to 10 points down, influenced by
bearish crop movement and lower
Liverpool: also by dispatches from>
Texas exhibited by the bear element to?|
the effect tbat country bankers of tnat
Staate will only Advance $25 per bale-|
on cotton when well insured. Trading
today was very quiet, tbe usual Satur
day dullness being In evidence; the
fluctuations were few and narrow. Jan
uary opened 12 points lower at 7.47.
sold down 1 point then advaitoed to
7.57 and finally lost 2 points to 7.53^,
The market closed steady with m?tr|
losses of 3 to 6 points.
Chartotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid
to wagons:
(rood middling ?
Strict middling TV*
Middling 7??
Tinges .7 to 7%
Stains li \'-? to T
South Carolina Items.
The railroad commission's decision
made public last week practically dis
misses the petition of the various com
mercial bodies of tbe State for the re
duction In Inter-Statee rates on the
ground that these rates are eiceasive
and oppressive and above what they
are In North Carollua and Virginia,
and therefore give Vlrgtaian cities un
due advantage in this territory over
Charleston and other South Carottna
distributing points. The decision is a
great surprise to those who have been
working for a reduction in the rates
now for over a year, as tbey had been
confidently expectiug a victory, la
the standard cotton tariff a straight
rate of 35 cents Is made for over ten
miles. In the fertilizer tariff the rate
is made straight $2,75 Instead of a rate
ranging between $2,75 and $3.05 and in
the rate of flour in barrels there is a
paraller reduction of two cents ou each
haul period of ten miles.
The Secretary of State Friday Issued
a commission to the Carolina Water.
Light and Power Company, a $250, 000
concern at Marlon, which proposes to
put up power plants "in South Caro
lina and elsewhere." The corporators
are J. W. Johnson and W. J. Mont
gomery. A commission also went to
the Hank of Starr, In Andersou county.
The capital Is $15,000 and tbe corpora
tors are; Albert 8. Bowie. J. il. Pruttt,
J. W. Bowie, J. T. Stuckey, M. G.
Bowie. Bessie Allen and J. R. Vandivec.
A charter was Issued to the People's
Building and Lonn Assonation of Dil
lon. capitalized at $120,000. T. A. Dil
lon is president. J. II. Da* is. vice-pres
ident and W. A. Blizzard, secretary.
Negro Boy Shoot* Father.
t.aurcns. Special. ? Son Dunlap. col
ored. wat. shot very seriously, poat-ibly
fatally, by his boy. Sam Dnntap, aged
li, at his home two railed east of tlic
city Friday night as I bo result of n
quarrel between the two. He was shot
with a fhot gun at close range, most
of the (barge taking effect in the ai>
domen. A physician was aecxired at a
late hour who suceeded in e.&trnclinf a
qrantity of shot from thv wound.
CHARGE VAST MM
litsiu UtkkH Strife iMFi|U
WHIr Eswks if Ac 6mreeesl
WHO SCENES IN ST. PETEISWN
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*l#i? ?fi# WWuiii Taker* to Mtp"
prtM K Can? < ?seltemawV Un
. m?ln< 8wc? Mf Rl?t? of 1901 ? -
P**vio?i? WanMgi ?w th? ?News
papors (My Servad tm SwtK thv
Crwmi or Students, Warkmtw m#
VOIMg WlMMM.
H(. Petersburg. By Cable.? A popular
anti-government demonstration, th?
participants 1? which included large
numbers of students off both sexes, be
gan ?t midday Sunday In- the Nevsky
prospect and lasted about two hours.
Hundreds- of police and- mounted gen
darmes, who' were hidden* In the court
yard of the public butldtaga, emerged
and suddenly charged- the crowd at full
gallop, driving the demonstrator* In
headlong confusion- and sereomlng with
terror upon the sidewalk* and into ad
jacent streets. Tbis led- to- serions en
counters. 50> persons being more or lens
severely injured. Urge numbers were
arrested.
Not slnco the riots of 1961', when Cos
Mcka( stretched arrows tbe Mhvski pros
pect. fi-om building to building, charged
down tho boulevard from- the Moscow
station to tho Neva, has the Ruaslau
capital lived- through such a day of
excitement as this. The authorities last
night Rot wind of tbe big anti-govern
ment demonstration/ plaonad- for today
by the- Social Democratic party to de
mand an Immediate end-of the war au<t
the convocation of a< national assem
bly and tbis evening lu every paper
in blOck-fo?-e- type was an exploit
warning to- the people, at- their peril,
to desist from congregating; In the i\ev
ski prospect near tbe Kaeeau Cathe
dral'. At the name time ette-slve prepar
ations were made- to quell any disturb
once. Tbe police oo> the NEev.sk i pros
pect were- increased six. times over aud
the devoraiks, or bouse porters, were
marshaled in-, front of their respective
buildings. Half a dozen- squadrons of
mounted gendarmes were massed In
the rear of the Oasean Caahedrol. and
battalions of reserve police were sta
tioned in several- court yards out of
sight. Minister of the Interior Sviato
polk-Mlrskjr gave- atrict. orders, how
ever. that no Cossacks should be used
and the chief of police Issued explicit
directions to avold> harsh. measures un
less It should become absolutely neces
sary.
Th?- Mwsptper warning, however,
by giving native to thos* not apprised
of the prospect of ? demonat ration, de
feated the very object of which they
were designed, attracting seemigly th?
whole population- of this vast city to
the broad' throughfare; and Ions biv
fore the hour fixed., dosptte the plead'
ins of the police, who literally lined th#
sidewalks,. the throngs ou the pave
ments were so dens* tuat movement
was almost impossible, while the snow
oovered boulevard was black with a
tangled mass of sleiglls. filled mostly
with the curious, la throngs on the
sidewalks, were practically the who)*
student body of the capital, including
many young women, who have always
been- prominent in Russia in revolu
tionary movements, and also thousand.-*
of workmen belonging to the Social
Labor party. Towards 1 o'clock the
workmen and studeuts seemed to
swarm toward the corner of the Hotel
Karope, opposite' the- Oaseau Cathedral
The police, recognizing that the critical
moment wan approaching, tried In vain
to keep back th? butnan tide. Then,
when there was not a single mounted
policeman iu sight, on the strike of I
oVlock, from th? heart of the thickly
wedged crowd a blood red flag; like a
jet of flame, suddenly shot up. It wai
the signal. Other flags appeared in the
crowd, waving frantically oveihead;
and they were greeted with a> hoarse
roa<i, "Down witli autocracy." The stu
dents surged into the street, singing the
"Marseillaise." while innocent specta
tors, seeking to extricate themselves
crowded Into doorways and* hugged
walls. Dismounted police made * sin
elt attempt to. force their way into the
crowd to wrest the flags from the de
monstrators, but tlic students ami
workmen, armed with sticks, stood
close and beat back their assailants
Then, like a flash, from- behind tb<*
Kanean Cathedral, ome a- squad rou of
gendarmie. The doors of. adjoining
court yards were thrown hack, and
battailous of police cumo out. A dou
ble squadron charged the ftanl; of tho
demonstrators v/lth drawm sabres. Fl.v?
other squadrons circled the mob, cut
t.lnfif tbroiiffb tin* frii?r?* n( ypnrt xfnr*.
who gladly scurried to. cover. The mam
wedge c*f the demousti a4.w*s fctood lu-si
only a moment or two*
Th?*cn was a sharp rattle of cudfiHs
and giibres, though ttw wounds showed
I hat. the police struck principally with
the flat of their Rabre-o. The womeir
wore especially tierce in their resis
tance. Many were struck and tram
pled, and blood streamed down their
Caccs.
While the mob stood, those within
manage) to Ihrow hundreds ?f rem
lutlouarv proclamations over th<*
heads of their fallows. Tb+? poller
urged their horses fiercely into tho
crowd, driving those who resisted into
the court yards, ihe Hotel Europe anri
the Catholic Church. The Intense ex
| cltetuent lasted about ten minutes, al
ter which mounted squadrons of the
cendarmerie onf rolled I he streets,
and the policemen devoted themselves
to keeping the crowd moving.
Considering the sharp fight the riot
ers had up. the police acted hu
manely with the crowd, avoiding bru
tality and rouphnrss in keeping the
throng moving, and showing really
more consideration than the police ol
many cities would under aimifen
< ireumstancc?.
In the meantime those confined in
the court yards, who were recognized
5m agitator-*, were nrrest?d. but oth
ers were allowed to go quiet! v home,
tiie V minded lir^t having V'u v; iojui .