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m mm M'ORADY OIES VERY SODDENLY fe-v- _ * ? A Distinguished Citizen and Au thor of the History of South Carolina. Charleston, Nov. L-Gren. Ed ware McCrady died suddenly at 6 o'clocl this morning at his residence o? Church street. Heart disease was th< cause of his death. Gren. McCrady was born in Charles ton April S, 1833, and was a son o: Kdward McCrady, a distinguished member of the bar of that city. H< was prepared for college in the privait academies of bis native city and wai graduated from Charleston college ir 1S53, two years later being admitted tc the bar. He married on February 24, 1863, Mary Fraser Davie, daughter oi Maj. Allen J. Davie. He took part in the military opera? tions around Charleston, entering the State service as captain in December, 3880, and- serving in that capacity - throughout the winter of 1860-61, dur? ing which time he was present at the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Later .?e entered the .Confederate States ser? vice as captain of the Irish volunteers, an independent company raised undei - acts of congress, "the first company for the war, "in South Carolina. He the assigned to Gregg's First nth Carolina volunteers and was meted to lieutenant colonel. On account of wounds he was placed in charge of the. camp of instruction at .Madison, Fla. After the war he was appointed major general of the State volunteer forces. Hs resumd the practice of his pro on in October, 1865, and in 1880 was elected to the legislature from county where he served until 1890. was the author of the State elec and registration laws and also ished a bureau of Confederate records in the adjutant general's office from-the collection of rolls and records and other important measures. He was elected a member of the rical society of South Carolina in and was one of the earliest mem? bers of the Elliott Society of] Natural History. For some years he was a trustee *of the Charleston Library society of the Medical college qf South Carolina. He was at the time of his death president of the Historical society. In 1900 he received the degree of doctor of laws from Iiis alma mater. Gen. McCrady's greatest bequest to future generations is his history of South Carolina of which three volumes nave been issued. Volume 1 covers a period of from 16T? to 1719 and was published in 18*97. dieing the history of the proprietary government. Volume % . 171?-1776> covers the royal government of the State and was published in 1899 and volume 3 covers the revolutionary period, 1775-1780, and was publish? ed in 190X. TENEMENT HOUSE HOLOCAUST. fweftty-Five Persons Perish in a Fire in New York. "New ?ork, Nov. 1.-Twenty-one men, three women and ajten-montbs old babe were burned to death or suffo? cated in a fire that started early this morning in the House of All Nations, a five-story tenemnt house at No. 426 Hth avenue. The police and coroner beHeve the fire to have been of incen? diary origin. Some of the peculiar features of the disaster, in addition to the startling joss of life, are that the fire was practically extinguished in twenty min? ?tes, that the police had learned of but ?ne person being injured, other than those who lost their lives, and that the property loss was only $7,000. The dead are mostly Italiana "Reform That Reforms." What is Being Done for the Health Of Sen obi Children During Health Commissioner L?d?f Je'fl administration in Kew York ali tchool=cnildren hare been examined by competan t physicians o?ce a week ; ?our hundred cases have been treated ?aily > during the past year half a mil? lion children have been treated for a single contagious disease of the eye trachoma-which when neglected re suits often in blindness. This of course means that over and overvagain the same child has been caught by the con? tagion of this disorder. After all this cae is not surprised to learn that dur? ing Dr. Lederle's administration the rate of mortality from consumption lias been reduced 40 percent., and that the rate of mortality from diphtheria lias been reduced from 37 per cent, to less than ll per cent, or that in spite of the fact that there has been aa epidemic of smallpox and dysentery, the precentage of the death-rate In the city is the lowest on record. Sure? ly this is an achievement worth while. -Alfred Hodder is Everybody's Maga? zine for November. The Fire in the Vatican. Borne, Nov. 2.-Inquiry into the cause of the fire in the Vatican last night shows that it was accidental, due either to carelessness in leaving the kitchen fire lighted or to the com? bustion of acids, which M. Marie kept for the purpose of his work in making reproduction of ancient manscripte and illuminated books for exhibition at St Louis. Tiie rumors of incen? diarism are proved to be altogethei unfounded. The Vatican authorities have ex? pressed satisfaction with the help and sympathy given by the Italian officials. Af gre Merry Del Val, Papal secre? tary of State, acting under the per? sonal instruction of the Pope, hai written a letter to the commander oj I the Italian firemen, thanking him foi the work done in extinguishing the fin and enclosing a contribution to th< Firemen's Mutual Assistance League, The damage caused by the fire hai not yet been precisely estimated, bu: it is supposed that it will not exceec $5,000. The Pope has ordered an in crease in the force of firemen at th? Vatican, in order to be able to fae? any situation of the kind in the futun ?and to protect the Vatican treasures -ra My^ww Three first classmen in the Annap ?.Mis Naval Academy are on trial fo: fazing lower classmen. ! THANKSGIVING GAY APPOINTED, President Roosevelt Issues thc Annual Prociamation. Washington, Oct. 31.-The Presi dent today issued his annual Thanks? giving proclamation in the following terms: By the President of the United States of America-A proclamation. The season is at hand when, accord? ing to the custom of our people, it falls upon the President to appoint a day of praise and thanksgiving tc f ?God. During the last year the Lord has dealt bountifully with us, giving us peace? at home and abroad, and the chance for our citizens to work for their welfare unhindered by war, fam? ine or plague. It behooves us not only to rejoice greatly because of what has been given us, but to' accept it with a solemn sense of responsibility, realizing that under Heaven it rests with us ourselves to show that we are worthy to use aright what has thus been entrusted to our care. In no other place and at no other time has the experiment of government of the people, by the people, for the people, been tried on so ' vast a scale as here in our own country in the opening years of the twentieth century. Fail? ure would not only be a dreadful thing for us, ?hut a dreadful thing for all mankind, because it would mean loss of hope for all who believe in the power and the righteousness of liberty. Therefore, in thanking God for the mercies extended to us in the past, we beseech Him that He may not with? hold them in the future, and that our hearts may be roused to war steadfast? ly for good and against all the forces of evil, public and private. We pray for strength and light, so that in the coming years we may with cleanliness, fearlessness and wisdom do our allot? ted work on the earth in such manner as to show that we are not altogether unworthy of the blessings we have received. Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose? velt, President of the United States, do hereby designate as a day of general thanksgiving Thursday, the 26th of the coming November, and do recommend that throughout the land the people cease from their wonted occupations, and in their several homes and places of worship render thanks unto Almighty God for His manifold mercies. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed Done at the city of Washington this 31st day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousnad, nine hundred and three? and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-eighth. Theodore Roosevelt. By the President: John Hay, Secre? tary of State. 31GGEST SWINDLE "OF THE AGE. Report of Receiver James Smith on the U. S. Shipbuilding Co. New York, Nov. L-Sensational allegations-of misstatement, falsifying and fraud in the organization and flotation of the United States Ship? building Company, of attempts to mis lead.and deceive the investing public by erroneous prospectus statemnts and of a deliberate plan to wreck the com? pany by withholding the earnings of the Bethlehem Steel Company, are contained in the report of Receiver James Smith, Jr., of the United States Shipbuilding Company, made pu bile here today. The report concludes with the re? commendation that suit be brought against all persons who received stock of the company without paying full value therefor, including the promoters of the consolidaton, the venders of the constituent plants, and Charles M. Schwab, to recover from them such amount as is necessary to pay the debts of the company in full. Dr. Julian J. Chisolm Dead. Petersburg, Va., Nov. 1.-Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, formerly of Baltimore, and one of the most celebrated special? ists on eye and ear diseases in this country, died at his home on South Sycamore street today about 12 o'clock. He was about 73 years of age and a native of Charleston, S. C., from which place he removed to Baltimore in 1869. A Drunken Spree. New York, Nov. 2.-Fourteen solid blocks of building in ruins, one life lost, two score persons injured, 500 persons homeless and a financial loss of $1,500,000 is the outcome of an alleged drunken freak which resulted in the fire at Ooney Island yesterday. Frank Connolly, 27 years old, and Peter S-^eliey, 38 years old, former waiters in the Albatros hotel at Sheeps? head Walk and the Bowery, are locked up charged with arson on the strength of a statement by Barney Wolf, pro? prietor of a Raines law hotel at the island. Wolf says that on Friday night Connolly and Skelley, in the pres? ence of a crowd, said that things were getting dull in the island and they be? loved they would liven the place up with a fire. Wolf says he saw them start a fire which be put out. Again yesterday, he asserts, they started a second fire but he arrived just as the flames shot up and he was unable to control them as he had done on Friday and he gave the alarm. London, Nov. 2.-M. Tsokoff, the new Bulgarian diplomatic agent, who has just arrived here regards war be? tween Turkey and Bulgaria as being practically inevitable in the coming spring. In an outspoken interview he declares there is not the slightest real improvement in the situation in Macedonia, that the Austro-Russian reform scheme is futile, and that in consequence of the treatment of Bul? garians in Macedonia and the strain on the pincipality's resources arising from the necessity of supporting 160, 000 refugees. Bulgaria will be forced to have recourse to war. Providence, R. I., November 2. Three men employed in the construc? tion of a stand pipe at East Providence were killed today by the fall of a stag? ing upon which they had been work? ing. The breaking* of a rope let thc men drop a hundred feet to thc ground. RAILROAD SLAUGHTER ? Disastrous Collision in the Cit} of Indianapolis. Fifteen Persons Killed Outright and Fifty \ three Seriously Injured. I Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 31.-Fif teen persons were killed and over fift} injured, some fatally, this morning ; by a collision between a special pas i senger train on the big Four Railroad , and a freight engine drawing coa] cars. The accident happened on the i edge of this city. The passenger trair ? of twelve coaches was carrying 954 persons, nearly all of whom were stu? dents of Purdue University and theil friends, from Lafayette to Indianap? olis, for the annual foot ball game between the Purdue team and the In? diana University squad, for the State championship, which was'* to have been fought this afternoon. In the first coach back of the engine were the Purdue foot ball team, sub-stitute players and managers. Three players, the assistant coach, the trainer and seven substitute players of the University team were killed, and every one of the fifty-three other persons in the car were either fataly or seriously injured. RUSSIA SEIZES NIMBEN. The Grip on Manchuria Tightened and China is Helpless. Pekin, Nov. 1.- The Chinese Govern - met is greatly disturbed at the re? occupation of Mukden, the capital of Manchuria, by the Russian troops. The foreign office is appealing to friendly foreign legations for help and advice, admitting its own help? lessness in the matter. The Russians returned to Mukden on Thursday of last week. According to advices re? ceived by the Chinese Government 2, - 500 Russian soldiers took possession of the official buildings there, barricaded the gates and evicted the Chinese offi? cials. There are between ten and twenty thousand Chinese troops in and about Mukden, but the Chinese commanders in Manchuria have been given imperative orders in no wise to resist the Russian Government and to use every effort to resist collisions. The circumstances leading to the re? occupation of Mukden are as follows: The Russians employed a noted bri? gand, who was accused of many crimes against the Chinese, as chief of one of the irregular bands of police they are organizing in Manchuria. The Chinese authorities repeatedly re? quested the surrender of this man and the Russians recently consented to give him up. Thereupon a Chinese officer decapitated the brigand without giv? ing him a trial. When this became known the Russians demanded the execution of this officer within five days, giving as an alternative the seizure of Mukden. The Chinese for? eign office was negotiating with Paul Lessar, the Russian minister, on the matter, and offered to banish the officer in question, pleading that he had exceeded his instructions, and to remove the tao-tai, his superior from office. There was a misunderstanding as to the time limit set for these nego? tiations; the Chinese thought it ex? pired yesterday. Before the negotia? tions were completed the news was received that Russia had fulfilled her threat to reoccupy Mukden. LOOKS FOB GOTTON FAMINE, s Liverpool Merchant Thinks America Wi!! Soon Consume Its Product. From the New York Herald. London, Oct. 30.-Sir Alfred Jones, K. C. M. G., a leading Liverpool merchant and president of the Cham? ber of Commerce of that city, foresees the day when America will cease to supply Lancashire, with cotton and when the United States may even have to look to West Africa for her own needs. Sir Alfred, in an interview, said : "For three years I have been study? ing this question of producing cotton. America will soon want all the cotton ehe grows. Her population is increas? ing and her consumption of cotton is increasing in proportion. About ten years ago America produced 7,000,000 bales of cotton and Great Britain took half of it. Now America produces 11, 000,000 and Britain takes no more than she did ten years ago. This is a fact that startled me and showed me it was absolutely necessary we should stir ourselves and make some effort to povide a supply of cotton from other sources. "I got seed from America and sent it out to all the colonies. Then the British Cotton Growing Association was started, and the results of the Association's work have been more satisfactory than even I anticipated. The whole of the West African col? onies and the West Indies have been made to take deep interest in the ques? tion of raising cotton." A fire in Ninety-Six Monday caused a loss of $5,000, with only S2,000 in? surance. J. C. Wise was the heaviest loser. Officers Russell and Hoard of Kings Mountain shot and fatally wounded near Wrights Ferry, York county, on Monday, a man who was suspected of having robbed the bank at Forest City, N. C. The robber opened fire on the officers when they attempted to arrest him. Four of the pickpockets captured in Columbia during the Fair have been bound over for trial at the next tenn of court and in default of 81,000 bond, each, have been committed to jail. Pottsville, Pa., Nov. 2.-Worked into a frenzy as a result of an alterca? tion with one of his brothers Benja? min Franklin WeissiDger, living on a farm several miles from this city, this afternoon shot and killed his twc brothers, attempted to kill his sistei and a sister-in-law, and held a large posse of policemen at bay for nine lion rs before he was captured. Th* tragedy occurred on the farm of the father of the men. The dead men are Louis Weissinger, aged 27 years, sin? gle, and Frederick, aged 25, wh< leaves a widow. The fratricide is 4? years old. INDIAN WIR IN COLORADO. f Five Hundred Whites After Seventy Five Indians. The Trouble Grew Out of the Vio? lation of the Game Laws of the State by the indians. ? Denver, Colo, Nov. 2.-Five hun? dred men, including sheriff's posses, ) augmented by volunteers from the [ ranches adjacent, are searching the t country in the vicinity of Lighting " Creek', in Eastern Wyoming, for the band of Indians, which, on Saturday ' afternoon, fought a battle with Sheriff ' Miller's posse, killing the sheriff and ' one deputy named Fossenburg. The I latest advices are to the effect that a : second battle has been fought and ten Indians killed and eleven others cap 1 tured, but these have not yet been verified. News from the scene of the trouble, I which is 25 miles from telegraphic 1 communication, is very meagre. The Indias, 75 in number, are said to be under the leadership of Charles Car? ries Elk, and are supposed to be Sioux from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud agencies, in South Dakota. They have been hunting in Converse County, Wyoming, in violation of the game laws of the State. Sheriff Miller with a posse, went to the scene of their de? predations last Saturday to arrest them. The Indians had received warn? ing of the coming of the whites and prepared an abuscade for them. The posse would have been entirely annihi? lated but for the fact that they were proceeding cautiously, and were pre? pared for some trick of the kind on the part of the Indians. At the first volley from the Indians Sheriff Miller and his deputies ran to cover, and then ensued a genuine Indian fight. The whites found refuge behind trees and boulders. , It is thought that at least six In? dians were killed and several others wounded, among the latter being eagle Feather, a subordinate chief. The battle lasted almost an hour, when the Indians began to make their escape by ones and twos, on horseback. They carried their dead and wounded with them, and are now believed to be well on their way to the bad lands, in Ne? braska. The officers did not attempt to follow, but sent a courier to Lusk, the nearest telegraph office, with a message to Governor Chatterton ap? prising him of what had occurred. For the past two weeks the Indians have been in Northeastern Wyoming slaughtering game in violation of the game laws. In addition the settlers have been complaining that the Indians have been killing and stealing their cattle. The Indians claimed that the Government had so reduced the amount of their rations that they were forced to kill game to keep from starv? ing. Charlie Carries Elk openly declared that if he and his followers were driven too far they would fight. When Sheriff Miller, of Weston County, was notified of the refusal of the Indians to get out of the State he organized a small posse and started for Beaver Creek, along which the red skins were encamped. On Friday the Indian camp was reached. It was deserted by all except the squaws, children and a few old men, who were busy skinning wild animais and pre pearing the meat for winter use. The entire camp was placed under arrest. The posse then started a search for the braves. They were located Saturday and during the afternoon Sheriff Mil? ler and his deputies started to close in on them. When the whites got with? in riffe range of the Indian camp they were suddenly fired on and the battle followed. The Atlantic Coast Line. S New'York, Oct. 27.-An official of the Atlantic Coast Line today charac? terized the report being circulated throughout the south to the effect that the chairman of the board, Henry Walters, and associates, were arrang? ing a merger of southern and south? western roads as a rumor entirely without any foundation of truth. Death of Mrs. L. Q. C. Lamar. Macon, Ga. Oct 27.-Mrs. L. Q. C. Lamar, wife of the former justice of the United States supreme court, died tonight at her residence in this city. Mrs. Lamar was formerly Miss Henrietta Dean, daughter of James Dean. She later married Col. L. Q. C. Lamar. Mrs. Lamar was reared in Vineville, a suberb of Macon. Her health has been failing for some time. Valdosta, Ga,., Nov. 2.-"Lookout, I'll shoot baby," cried Mrs. Thomas Zant, in a frolic with her year-old child on Saturday, at the same time pointing at the baby an old parlor rifle, that had been laid around the house since Christmas. The child laughed in glee, but in an instant there was an explosion and a scream of pain from the baby and another scream of horror from the mother. The child lingered in agony until this morning, when it died. g The laws of Virginia prohibit the sale of mocking birds, the penalty for violation being $20. South Carolina has a similar law but there is no game warden to enforce it as in Virginia, consequently it is a dead letter.-The State. Yes, just like the law against carry? ing concealed weapons and murdering people. No one to enforce them. After a man has killed another in South Carolina his pistols are given back to him before he leaves the court house and he is told he is not guilty. Can that be interpreted as meaning "thou art innocent of murder go shoot again, and gain ?more notoriety?" Johnston News. Mrs. John J. Fowler left yesterday afternoon to visit friends and relatives in Sumter, S. C. Later this week she will attend the South Carolina State Fair at Columbia, S. C.-Wilmington Star. Gov. Heyward has decided to order an election upon the question of the creation of Hammond county. This proposed district will be composed of territory lying along the Savannah river and will include parts of Edge iield, Aiken and Barnwell counties. December loth is the date which has been fixed. ANCIENT FISH CURES MEDICINAL VIRTUES THAT USED TC DECK THE FINNY TRIBE. Perch Was Val oed Ia Germany For Its Corative Propertie?, and Carp Wan Held Ia High Esteem Ia Old EagTlaud- The Physician of Fishes, Fishing literature prior to the days and writings of Izaak Walton opens up points of interest which are unique. Not the least interesting are the con? stant references of the early writers io the medicinal virtues of fish. Of course many of the salt and fresh water fish? es mentioned by the old writers are not recognized in the waters of today, but the fresh water perch, carp, tench and eel are yet recognized, and it is in connection with these fish that some of the quaintest ideas as to their me? dicinal virtues have prevailed. The Germans have a comparative proverb which says, "More wholesome than a perch of the Rhine," and it is certain that from the earliest times this familiar fish has been esteemed as one of the best gastronomic produc? tions of fresh water. It has also been ascribed medicinal virtues. Gesner says that physicians value the perch so much that they recommend it to be freely eaten by wounded men, women in childbed and those suffering from dangerous fevers. Aldrovandus praises it and mentions that the two otooliths ("round bones") found in the head of the perch are marvelously good for stone in the bladder. That the carp was esteemed in olden times in England is certain. Dame Berners. writing in her quaint "Trea tysee of Eysshynge Wyth an Angle." published in 1496, says, "The carpe be a deyntous fish, but there ben few in Englonge." Being "deyntous"-i. e., "dainty"-it must have been a good fish nt that time to eat It has certainly lost its character since then. In the art of bealing the carp plays a respectable part. One old writer speaks of the fat of the carp as being of mi? raculous power for the alleviation of "hot rheumatism." The manner of its application was by' frequent rubbing on the painful part, and the effect was said to be eminently mollifying and salutary. The triangular bones in the throat of the carp on being ground to powder and applied to a wound or bleeding nose were said to act as styp? tic. The gall was also said to have been used for sore eyes, and "above the eyes." says an old JEsculapius, "two little bones exist semicircular in shape, which are diligently preserved by noble females against the lunatical disease." In the "Haven of Health" carp are I also comprised in "the ten sortes of j fische which are reckoned as principal in the preservation of health," and, adds the quaint old writer, "this fish is of great wholesomeness and great value, and its tongue is very pleasant to carping ladies." A kind of first cousin of the carp is i what is known as the barbel. S-uch ancients as Juvenal, Albertus and oth- j ers of that ilk evidence that it was known and esteemed by the Roman gourmet Plutarch mentions a curious fact in its natural history. Dr. Bad? ham in his "Prose Haleutics" trans? lates this passage as follows: "The roe of the barbel is very poisonous. Anto? nio Gazius took two boluses and thus describes his sensations: 'At first I felt no inconvenience, but some hours hav? ing elapsed I began to be disagreeably affected, and as my stomach swelled and could not be brought do wu by anise and carminatives I was soon in a state of great depression and distress.' " It appears that his countenance was pallid, like a man in a swoon. Deadly coldness ensued, and violent cholera and vomiting came on. The barbel (Barbus vulgaris) of today has survived such poisonous qualities. Its flesh has the taste of stewed white blotting pa? per, and its roe is as innocuous as bread pills. All the same, good Julyaca Berners shared the bad opinion of the earlier writers. She says: "The barby ll is a I swete fish, but it is quashy mete and perylous for mannys body e. For comynly he ynyth an introduction to ye febris (fever), and if ye be eten rawe he may cause of mannys dethe why ch hath often beene seene." The tench which has been introduced into some parts of this country is an olive greenish carp which has been for long time termed in England the "phy? sician of fishes." According to a score or more of authorities, ancient and modern, the thick slime with which it is covered exerts healing effect on all wounds or diseases in which it can come in contact on or in other fishes. Whence this belief originated is not known, but one instance of exact ob? servation is well worthy of credence. Mr. Wright in his book on "Fishes and Fishing" tells how a minnow acciden? tally hooked in the water of an aqua? rium in which it was swimming, on breaking loose, immediately descended three parts of the way down the wa? ter and swiftly approached its nose to the side of the tench which was its companion in the aquarium. It rub? bed its nose for a few seconds against the tench and then again swam about as lively as before. To this testimo? ny Mr. Wright adds: "We (my friend and I who w*re wakening the perform? ance) were bo?h of the opinion that it is really no fable as to the tench being the .*Esculapius cf fishes, for here was an example before our eyes of a fish being wounded and immediately in? stinct directing it to seek a remedy." One piscatorial truth is known to all who fish for pike or pickerel. The pike (esoxluclus) will ravenously seize as his prey the fry of almost every fish, including his own species, and all the bait minnows are also caviare to him, hut he will not touch the tench. Brooklyn Eagle. In nearly forty instances languages haye been first reduced to writing by the. British and Foreign Bible society. LAND FRAUDS OUT WEST. Republicans Give Out Statement Admitting Corruption in Pacific States. Washington, Nov. 1.-The following statement of the conduct of the in? vestigation into public land frauds in the Pacific coast States was pre? pared at the interior department and given out with Secretary Hitchcock's approval : "Nearly a year ago information reached the Secretary of the Interior which strongly indicated that frauds of a serious nature had been and were being perpetrated against the Government under what is known as the forest reserve lien land act of June 4, 1897, by a combination of land spec? ulators on the Pacific coast. The in? formation and indicated frauds were of so grave a character that the Secretary at once directed a thorough investigation to be made. Ev? ery clew to wrong-doing has been quietly followed to its source, with the result that it is the confident belief of those in charge of the inquiry that the guilty parties will be appre? hended and speedily brought to jastice. "It has been the determination of the Secretary from the beginning that the matter should be probed to the bottom, regardless of the influential character of some of the men involved, and the inquiry has been conducted throughout along these lines. The work is now nearing completion and the whole matter at an early date w7*ll be in shape for definite and appropri? ate action against the offenders. "While several hundred thousand acres of public lands are involved in the illegal transactions Drought to light, the number of acres to which patents have been obtained by the per? petrators of the frauds is comparative? ly small. It is proper to say also that some of the statements in regard to the matter which have appeared in the newspapers recently, both in the East and in : ae West, are .more or less exaggerated, and others are mere surmises. The statements widely cir? culated to the effect that five United States Senators and a large number of Representatives were implicated, and that the lands involved would reach in value $15,000,000 or $20,000, 000, are without foundation in fact. It can be positively said that they did not originate in the interior de? partment. At the proper time a full statement will be made covering the results of the entire investigation, and the whole matter will be given to. the public ; but, for obvious reasons, it is not deemed expedient that a detailed statement of the facts should be given at the present time." NO HELP FOR CHINA. Position of the United States in Regard to Manchuria as Stated by Secretary Hay. Washington, Nov. 2.-Sir Chentung LiaDg Cheng, the Chinese minister here, acting under instructions from his Government at Peking, has been particularly active recently in the effort to interest the United States Government in China's behalf in her Manchurian troubles. He was at the State department today in pursuit of that object, the direct purpose being to see if any way can be found by which the United States Government may be able to serve China in this emergency: It appears, however, that Secretary Hay has not been able to hit upon any plan of action. There is na question that the events reported as having happened at Mukden regarding the reoccupation of that town are not looked upon with friendly eyes by the officials here, but so long as the Unit? ed States gets and retains trade in Manchuria, it will not be drawn into the political complications of the present situation. It has been pointed out to China that, although the sympathy of the United States is hers, the time for American interference has not yet come. It is expected that the com? mercial treaty, which should arrive at Washington this week, wiil be ratified at the extra s?ssion of Congress, when the United States will be in a posi? tion to insist on a strict regard fer their treaty rights throughout China. The Peking Government has been told that infringement by Russia of American treaty rights in Manchuria will furnish the Washington Govern? ment the opportunity for at least a re? iteration of its desire for the preser? vation of the integrity of China. A CHINESE COUNCIL HELD. Pekin, Nov 2.-A conference of high officials with the Dowager Em? press, concerning the reoccupation of Mukden by Russian troops, was held at the summer palace today. Yuan Ski Kai, Governor General of the Chili province, was summoned hastily from Tien Tsin and proceeded directly to the palace. The Russians have the Tartar general of Mukden province in custody in bis y amen. Joseph Craddock a negro who mur? dered three other negroes in cold blood near Shieveport, La., Sunday, was lynched and his body burned by negroes near the scene of his crime on Monday. N. G. Osteen, Jr., SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICE : No. 104 N. Main Street, (Winburn's old Gallery), SUMTER, S. C. Office hours, 9 to 1.30 ; 2.30 to 6. C. P. Osteen, M. D. No 104 N. Main Street, (Winburn's old Gallery), SUMTER, S. C.