The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, September 21, 1904, Image 2
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Torpedo.
-pe os, guns and armour do not protect
so, even when we consider the actual fight of ships fit to lie
--line-battleships against battleships-the to'rpedo insta'atly
itself as a factor which must be diealt with. Are we
building these huge floating forts, with great superstruc
d enormously heavy armour and guns piled high up in
__ Mowing a sigle explosion under water may cause them
e" and plunge to the bottom? Are we to go on building
er than the merchant ships, because hitherto we have
- Ers of torpedo attacks? These are vital questions.
-- E by the truism that the fighting line must be com
- E nor do they depend upon endless platitudes with the
__- Es their pereptual refrain. Neither are the answers
ble in what Nelson or Lord Howe did, or in the
of naval annals. They belong to th'e future and
rid needs clear, practical brains for their solution,
ted with antiquated and obsolete traditions.
of all qu'estions is whether there is any protection
or means for the bottoms of battleships against
--- Wbelieved, for example, that by devoting less weight
.P dguns, and more to strengthening the framing and bot
ull can b-e made which will resist such attacks. This would1
le the elimination of the intermediate battery and the re
ttleship guns to a few of the largest calibre-a r'esult not im
view of the great celerity we have recently attained in work
-cannon. It also would probably require the giving up of some
as of armored protection at the ends of the ship. This, at
ssibility merely by way of suggestion. Is it not time we en
-nk of ways of defending battleships before, proceeding to the
S18,000-ton vessels at a cost of eight millions each, esily de
few. dollars' worth of gun-cotton-From "Battleships, Mines,
in the American Monthly Review of Reviews.
omnan of th WVest.
nry Loomis Nelson.
- AL picture of the Middle West as a whole, however, pre
- .the sexes occupying different Intellectual and moral planes.
ere the woman is indisputably the mistress In all that makes
culture-culture in letters and in art; the man Is king in
own active realm. Each is most deferential to the other
at other's sphere. The books on the shelves, the pictures
wall, arc of the woman's choice or selection. The man
ryor artistic tastes, usually of both combined, with the
---- a her superior Intellectual and spiritual gifts and ac
_ e -Is the hostess, and the host stands appropriately behind
*Instructed and leads the intellectual movements of her town.
ub, the Dante club, the entertainer of the lecturing 'traveling lion,
an. Often the clergyman assists, but she, through her influence
e surredered man, has selected her clergyman, and on her he must
fr the sucess of himself and of his work. She is indeed generous snnd
ouan welcomes with joy every man who strays from business into
e pany ofbooks and pictures, Into homes which she has made. They
alter hoes homes oftener than the East, and these homes bespeak the
tte of te woman. Her 'education is likely to be more virile than that
caster sisters, because It Is acquired at schools and colleges where
tion -o1 the sexes is the rule. Her domination in the home and her
In th higher life, as we are inclined to call it, are seen not only in
obvius social affairs, but in the element of seriousness which
life in this midway of the country.-Harper's Magazine.
il B-e Represented. - rmaculate conception. Archbishop
dSates will be well rep- j Chapelle, Bishop McDonnell and Bish
o--- e next December at Iop Bolton announce their intention? to
he dogma of the im- Ibe present.
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CAROLINA tOP BULLETIN
Progress of Cotton Picki
Crops Matured.
The week ending 8 a. m. September
, had a mean temperature of 74 de
ees which is 3 below normal, due
unusually cool nights. The tempera
de deficiency was great' t in the in
rior. The extremes were a minimum
of 57 at Florence on the 9th, and a
maximum of 90 at Yemassee on the
6th.
The precipitation was excessive over
most of the .southern and eastern por
tions, and it was deficient in the north
ern and western ones. The rainfall
was confined to the early part of the
week, the latter part having been gen
erally clear and dry. In the parts that
had excessive rains the amounts rang
ed from about an inch to 4 inches;
the other parts from less than an inch
to no rain, the latter in Greenvillk
county.
Farmwork was delayed, early in the
week by cloudy and rainy weather over
a large part of the State, but it pro
gressed rapidly during the latter por-..
tion throughout the entire State.
As the season advances, it is seen
that the condition of early corn is bet
ter than heretofore reported, while
late corn was slightly damaged by ex
cessive rains in the extreme north
east; tho crop as a whole is the best
in many years. Fodder pulling is
practically finished except from very
late corn.
There are numerous reports of de
terioration of cotton due to continued
rust and shedding, and, in the eastern
counties from the ravages of cater
pillars which have recently increased
in numbers to a damaging extent. On
clay lands, cotton has attained a too
rank growth causing some rotting of
the lower bolls. Cotton is opening fast
In the eastern and central counties
where picking has made good pro
gress while in the extreme northwest
there are but few bolls open and pick
ing has only begun. Sea island cotton
is in excellent condition and is heav
ily fruited.
Weather was favorable for haying
during the latter part of the week and
much grass was cut, and cured in fine
condition., The forage crops are uni
formly good. Sweet potatoes are poor
ir places, but generally very promis
ing. Rice harvest was interrupted by
rain, but latterly made rapid progress
the late rice crop is well headed. Min
or crops are, as a rule, very promising.
Successful Summer Schools.
Columbia, Special.-The last of the
summer schools for teachers for this
year closed Friday and the office of the
State Superintendent of Education has
tabulated the returns and is preparing
them for the annual report. It was
found that there had been 2,629 teach
ers enrolled in the various State, dis
trict and county summer schools during
the suminer. This does not include the
boys' industrial summer school in
Fairfild county, which closed Friday
after a very successful session of two
months, In which 105 boys were en
rolled between the ages of 14 and 21
years of age.
IThe enrollment last year in the
State and county schools was 2,398, so~
there has ben an increase this year of
231 t c n 1903 was
this year
is 2,029. About 100 V c ~ded the
sihnmer school at Khottelle and other
places outside of the State, so it will be
seen that a large percentage of the
teachers in South Carolina spent a
month in studying during the summer
and "they will return to their various
school rooms with increased zeal- and
improved methods and added wisdom,"
said Mr. Martin.
The summer schools are supported by
legislative appropriation from~ 'lspen
sary funds, by State board appropria
tions,'from income of permanent school
fund and by appropriation by Peabody
trustees. The total amount used this
year was about $9,000.
Special Fuznd Exhausted.
It w..s mentioned in The Columbia
State a few days ago that the pay
of judges of special courts-and of
special judges to act for circuit judges
who are sick-had about exhausted the
special appropriation for that purpose.
The governor is given a special con
tingent fund of $2,500 with which to
meet this expense, and the following
are the calls which have been made
upon it already:.
G. E. Prince, Saluda and Barnwell,
$239.34; J. A. McCullough, Union, 13
days, $154.01; L. F. Youmans, Green
ood, 15 days, $235; J. E. McDonald,
Yorkville, 23 days, $324.92; W. H.
Hunt, Spartanburg, $308.54; G. E.
Prince, Barnwell, $327.23; F. B. Gary,
Lexington, $193.16; 3. Y. Culbreath,
Newberry, $120.00; L. F. Youmans,
Greenwood, $200.00; totsl, $2,102.20.
Two-Dollar Wheat Predicted.
Chicago, Special.-"Wheat at $2 a
bushel before next May," was roared
by the bulls on the board of trade.
At the opening there was an excited
demand for wheat and few traders
venturing to sell. Those who wish
I to buy shouted bids of 2 cents a
bushel above the prices prevailing at
the close of the market Saturday and
the quantity that any order wougld sell
even at such a tempting advance was
extremely limlited. Of winter and
spring wheat produced this year in
the United States it was contended
there is barely enough for bread and
seed if every bushel of it was avail
able which is not possible,
Bold Burglary at Rock Hill.
Rick Hill. Special.-Burglars enter
Lng the rear door wrecked the sare in
McFadden's meat and ice market with
sledge hammers and glycerine some
me early Sunday morning and secured
etween $500 and $i00. leav:ng no clues.
The tools usedi were left scattered
bout. The robbers also ente-ed the
wholesale groceries of .T. W. O'Neal
nd B. N. Craigr. Dcors were found
roken open but nothing missing ex
:pt a few boxes of sardines at~
'Neal's.
Deputy Sheriff Fired Upon.
Macon, Ga., Specia.-Specials to The
elegraph says that Deputy Sheriff
Thrift was fired upon by a crowd at
Baxter, Fla., when he attempted to a
rest the two Aitmans, implicated
the tragic row on a Georgna Sou
& Florida passenger train
night, in which two w
es prevailed upon
cake no further att~impp
the sheriff arrived. More tr
riected when it is attempted t
Altmans to prison.
WINTER AT HJARBIN
Russian Armies Have Been Working
Toward Winter Quarters
ALLEGE.D PLAINS AltE MADE PUBLIC
There Yet Remains, However, Two
Months Before Extreme Cold
Weather Sets in and These May
Be Changed.
Inactivity of the opposing armies of
Russia and Japan continues and no
fighting of a general character is re
ported. Information coming from an
authoritative source in St. 'Peters
burg is that the Russians will winter
at Harbin, but the fact that there
will probably be two months of good
weather for military operations before
extreme cold weather sets in, leaves
room for a revision of this purposo
in the light of events that may trans
pire. The Japanese are reported to
be collecting taxes and otherwise ad
ministering affairs in Manchuriia, as
though that country were conquered
territory. The publication of General
Kuropatkin's report of the fighting of
August 26, until the retreat upon Muk
den, has created a better feeling in
St. Petersburg. The report distinctly
places upon General Orloff the respoD
sibility for the failure to hold the
heights in the vicinity of Sykawantun
and so check the Japanese advance.
General Stoessel reports repulses of
the Japanese at Port Arthur.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The Em
peror has received the following dis
patch from General Stoessel (com
mander of the Russian military forces
at Port Arthur) dated August 28:
"I am happy to report to your maj
esty that at three o'clock in the morn
ing of August 27, during a violent
rain and thunder storm, the Japanese
again e.ttempted to capture our left
flank positions, near Fort No. 1, and
Udan Mountain. Their attack was
everywhere repulsed. Our losses
were small--t'aree men killed and
two officers and 98 men wounded.
The wounded were brought in and
are being carefully attended. A num
ber of Japanese corpses would have
been picked up by us, but the ene
my prevented us from so doing by
opening fire on the hospital attend
ants w:ao had been sent out under
the Red Cross flag."
Another dispatch from General
Stoesse:. to the Emperor, dated Sep
tember 2, says:
"On the night of September 2, the
enemy attacked Visokaya and DIn
-naya Mountains and the neighboring
-for-tifica tions, opeming simultaneously
an arti:.lery fire on the forts and
mounta:nus. The leading files of the
enemy with the Japanese columns fol
lowing were found in good time and
our batteries opened .on them .The
some automatic mines and many of
the enemy were blown in the air. The
-attack was repulsed in an hour. Our
losses were inconsiderable-one offi
-cer and seven men wounded.
No More Fighting.
There has been no renewal of fight
ing on a large scale between the Rus
sian and Japanese armies in the Fai
East. At St. Petersburg, the people arC
harassed by rumors of impending dis
aster to General Kuropatkln whicb
find ready 2redence because of the lacl
> f official Information and for the mo
ment the p:opularity of the head of thC
Russian armies In the field is in eclipse
In that capital, too, there is much un
easiness felt lest the Japanese advane
in Manchuria should afford occasion
for the growth of an anti-Russian spiril
in China and the ultimate projection o1
that power into the conflict.
Norfolk Storm-Swept.
Norfolk, Speciai.--Tbis entire section
was swept by a wind storm Wednesday
the velocity of the blow reaching 52
miles an. hour In Norfolk. The govern
ment wires along the coast went down
and information from that section is
meagre. No marine disasters have been
reported. The blow caused many steam
errs to leave after schedule time and
Hampton Roads shelters many storm
bound craft. Telephone and telegraph
ervice i being badly crippled and the
river has flooded many low streets, In
terfering with the trolley system. A
great amount of minor damrige is re
ported, but no fatalities have occurred
so far as can be learned.
Damage at Newport News.
Newport News, Va., Special.-Durinlg
a terrific wind and rain storm, which
raged here Wednesday night, the Ches
apeake & Ohio steamer Louise, broke
from her mooring at the ship-yard and
was blown several miles out into James
gver. Two tugs recovered the vessel
Wires were prostrated, fences leveled,
telegraph and electric light poles up
rooted or fellerl in several parts of the
city. No serious damage to shipping in
the- harbcr is reported.
Bankers Choose Officers.
New York. Special-The trust comn
pniy section of the American Bank
ers' Association elcted E. A. Potter,
of Chicago, chairman. Among the vice
presidents a:-e T. R. Pre-si'ent. of
Chattanooga; .J. T. Mrain. cf Radcliffe;
Va. and WV. E. AlUen. of Grcem3boro,
N. C. F. H. Fries. of Winrton-Salem.
N. C.. was elected a raember of the ex
ecutive committee.
A Train Held Up.
Des Moines, Iowa, Special.-Five ban
dits perpetrated a successful hold-up
of a passenger train on the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific, near Letts, Iowa,
eary Tues day morning. The statements
of expressmaeg are that the robbers se
cured no money, though the safe was
blown ope~n and the contents taken.
The officers assert that the safe con
tained mnrchandise3 of some value,
company papers in tranisit, etc., but no
money.
Ii
RESULT OF SECOND PRIMARY
Returns Received From Every County
in the State.
The .rturns d.rev nsa
night from all parts of the State are in
complete and the results are still in
doubt except in the 6th Congressional
district where the election of J. E. Elle
be is admitted by a safe majority even
by his opponent, J. W. Ragsdale.
Mr. Ellerbe will succeed the Hon.
Robt. B. Scarborough who declined to
enter the race for renomination.
An official count will be necessary to
decide the contest for railroad commis
sioner. Earle leads Mobley by nearly
7,000 votes, but the votes reported are t]
principally from the cities and towns, b
and when the rural vote comes in the d
result may be different. t]
It is not probable that the total vote C'
will approximate 75,000 and in many
counties the greatest indifference was h
manifest.
In the 5th judician district Timmer
man is far in the lead for solicitor, and
a
will probably be elected over Rembert. a
h
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. i
Earle. Mobley. n
Aiken, 18 out of 32 boxes. 1,464 1,075 1
Abbeville, 22 out of 24.... 843 943 n
Anderson, 27 out of 49... 2,117 424 c
Bamberg, 12 out of 14.... - 552 504 1
Barnwell, 8 boxes ....... 187 250
Berkeley, 8 out of 22..... 126 261
Beaufort, 6 out of 9 ...... 233 219
Charfeston, 20 out of 26 .. 1,303 709
Colleton, 8 out of 30...... 430 555
Chester. complete ....... 1,002 523 t
Cherokee, 20 out of 24.... 674 1,030 C
Clarendon, 20 out of 24.. 824 684 t
Chesterfield, 10 out of 22.. 359 933
Darlington, all but one .. 1,053 1,184
Edgefield, 20 out of 22 .. 621 787 d
Fairfield, complete .. .. .311 922 11
Florence, 8 out of 18 .... 637 435
Greenwood, complete .... 886 917
Greenville, 28 out of 41... 3,670 819
Georgetown, 9 out of 15.. 359 528 1
Hampton, 9 out of 23 ..- 311 568
Horry, 8 boxes .. .. .. 527 180
Kershaw, 5 out of 31 .... 154 378
Laurens, 19 out of 32 .. 1,225 .560 t
Lancaster, 12 out of 17 .. 348 469
Lexington, 23 boxes .. .. 759 1,589
Lee. 7 boxes ...... ...... 415 366 f
Marlboro, one missing .. 751 621 1
Marion, 19 out of 21 .... 2,118 836 j
Newberry, 5 missing .. .. 1,077 606
Orangeburg, 18 out of 55. 855 487
Oconee, 5 boxes .... .... 641 142 f
Pickens, 7 out of 23 ...., 1,042 492 i
Richland, 20 out of 22 . 672 1,934 t
Spartanburg, incomplete . 2,109 894
Saluda, 8 out of 29 ...... 282 310
Sumter, 14 out of 22 ..... 486 67-1 C
Union, two missing ...... 1,046 1,229 J
Williamsburg, 6 boxes .. 479 190
York, complete .. .... .. 1,480 1,579
34,428 27,801 t
t
New School Libraries.
Columbia, Special.-Superintendent
of Education Martin has given out the
following:
The following list shows the number
of rural libraries established this year,
and the number yet to be established
in' each county in order to receive
the benefit of propriation for'
1904, under th
the county campaigns are over, for
the county superintendents, teachers a
and patrons of each county to bestir I
themselves in order that none cof this
appropriation may be lost in any
county at the expiration of the time,
December 3L, of this year. Each
county is entitled to twelve libraries
under this act, and should by all
means avail themselves of this rare
opportunity or outside aid before It is
too late.
Counties- Estab- To be Es
lished. tablished.
Abbeville............7 5
Aiken ...............9 3
Anderson...........57
Bamberg ............39
Barnwell ............75
Beaufort............ 3 9
Berkeley............ 3 0
Charleston...........2 10 1
Cherokee ............4 8
Chester "............. 75
Chesterfield..........1 11
Clarendon ...........9 3
Colleton.............6 6
Darlington........... $
Dorchester...........0 12
Edgefield............12 9
Fairfield............12 0
Florence............12 0'
Georgetown..........1 11
Grcenville ...........12 0
Greenwood..........12 0
Hampton ............5 7
Hcriy ...............5 7
Kecrshaw............ 7 5
Lancaster........... 7 5
Laurens .............12 d
Lee,...............9
Lexington-........5 7'2
Marion ..............4 8
Marlboro ............12. 0<
Newberry............93
Occnee.............10 2
rangeburg.........1.2 0
Pickens ........
Richland ............12 0
Saluda ..............11 1
Spartanbuirg........12 0
Sumter.............93
Union ...............6 6 t
Williamsburg........3 9 ~
Yrk ................12 0 ,
Totals...........303 198f
New Enterprises.I
The following commissions and char
ters were issued by the Secretary of
State:
The Camden Wholesale Grocery ~
Company was given a commissiori yes
terdiay. Capital stock $10,000; corpora
tr-;. F. M. Wooten, of Monroe, N. C., C
ani WV. R. DeLoach, of Camden.
A charter was issued to the P. A. Il
Hodges Manufacturing Company, of a
Bennettsville. The officers are P. A.
odiges, president and J. L. Ingram sec
retary and treasurer.
Prominent Georgia Lawyer Dead.
Macon, Ga., Special-C. A. Turner,
one of the most prominent members of a
the Georgia bar, died at 3 o'clock Trues
day mcrning at his home in Vineville,
as the result of a prolonged attack of t
nervous prostration and rheumatism. I'
le was born at Barnesville 55 years d
ago and has been in Macon since 1888. t
After leaving the University he was ?
for a time pastor of the Baptist church I
at Quitman. -~r
The gre.t est end nobi t have been
Iformed by adversity and ilure, not by
prosperity and success.
T STATE FARM A SUCCESS
"the Directors State Thai
re Are 30 Mule Colts Which Wili
3e xhibited at the State Fair.
)r M. Rowland. Mr. D.B. Peuri
foy dM. -Wi'. of the board
of d ectors of t tate nitentiary
have returned from a trip-t64r& DeI
Sausture and Reed farms in Sumtei
and Kershaw counties. Mr. A. K
sauxOers, another director, has a plan
station adjoining the State farpis and
he fisits the State property quite
often.
Mr. Peurifoy, who is a good farmer
himself over in the Saluda valley o
Saluda county, declared this to be the
fines-. crop ever grown upon the State
faza The most satisfactory exhibit
of all was- a drove of 80 mule colts.
Thesa will be brought to the State
fair with the hope that farmers in
South Carolina will take up the breed
Ing Cf mules in view of the fact that
the tuilding of the Panama canal will
require the use of thousands of mules
and the market will offer good prices.
The farms are also stocked with hogs,
sheep and goats and other farm ani
mals in raising which there is found
t, be a profit.
The field crops are magnificent, not
withstanding the continued damp spell
in August. Mr. Peurifoy states that
500 bales of cotton will be marketed
and that there are 500 acres in corn
with the finest yield the farms have
ever known.
Surrender Themselves.
Grpenville, Special.-Closely follow
ing the announcement of Will Sloan's
death at the county jail Wednesday
Willian Putnam and Rube Sudduth
charged with the shooting, 'came in
and surrendered to the officers. They
are now held at the county jail pend
ing a preliminary hearing.
Sloan's dying statement was taken
by Notary John T. Gilreath and reads:
"I know I cannot live, and I would
like to say that William Putnam oz
Rube Sudduth shot me on Sunda3
evening. Me and Stark Coole3
went to the woods to get some whis
key. We had the can when they ru
up and struck a match. I turned t(
run. William Putnam said, "Shoot
and shoot to kill,' and at that time I
was allot. There was two or thre
more shots after I was shot. I had nt
pistol. If Cooley ha-d one I never saq
it. I was not selling whiskey no3
never did. I had not violated the laq
and did not resist arrest."
Considerable interest has been awak
ened in the case on account of its up
usual features. Why did Putnan
sho oan and by what authority
is nestion oftenest asked.
South Carolina items.
ank of North was given a char
day. The capital stock is $15,
0O A porators, J. C. Witt, J. M. Davis
J. L. Reeves, E. C. Johnson and W. G
Wolfe of Orangeburg.
The B'nk of Anderson, the Bank 01
McCorm ek and the Merchants' and
Farmers' Bank of Cheraw are the onl3
banks n the State which have not com
plied $ith the request of the comptroll
en gexgeral for statements as to theil
condtign.
Mr. 7.H. Townsend, assistant at
torney general, has returned from Aik
en, wlfere he had a conference wit]
other attorneys engaged in the suit tC
test t -validity of the act permittini
the merger of several railroads into thi
possession of the Southern. The sui1
willteo u. n Kersha
pleas.
Ttre railroad ~ommission is in re
ceipt of a petitic from Laurens askin;
for the depot to be removed to anothel
spot nearby. The station was baili
just about four years ago, and the rail
roads will protest against the proposed
removal.
The directors of the State dispensary
held a meeting last week, deferred fron
Tuesday, which was election day. The
St. John hotel of Charleston was grant
ed a tourists' hotel privilege. This was
about the only business transacted.
Gov. Heyward last week received
telegram from Mr. R. H. Edmonds, edi
tor of the Manufacturers' Record, ask
ing for an expression of opinion as tC
the desirability of having the proposec
International Cottoni Spinners' assocla
tion meet in the South. Gov. Heywari
being absent, Mr. Norment, the private
secretary, replied accordingly. Gev
Heyward was expected to. return Fri
day night
Bennett Again Arrested.
Savannah, Special.-James B. Ben
nett was arrested here Sunday, and
unless he can defeat requisition pro
eeedings, will be taken to Brinson,
S. C., where he is charged with hay
ing murdered his wife. Several
weeks ago the coroner's jury dis
charged him, the killing of Mrs. Ben
nett having been thought an accident.
Now further proceedings'tave been
instituted against him. Bennett,
some years ago, was given a life sen
tence, but was pardoned conditionally.
He was not to return to South Caro
lna. Bennett had enlisted in th(
army here.
Activity at Mukden.
Mukden, By Cable.-The armies
having recovered from the effects 0f
the recent fighting before Liao Yang,
an early development of the situation
may be expected. A mysterious move
ment is on foot on the part of the
bands of young Chinese suitable for
military service. All the leading Chi
nese who have aided the~Russians are
leaving Mukden.
Flahting at Mukden.
London, By Cable.-It is asserted In
a dispatch from Tokio to the Express
that the Japanese are vigorously shell
ing the Russian possition at Mukden.
preparatory to a general advance, and
endeavoring, by a wide turning move
ment, to cut off General Kuropatkin's
rreat pThe Jlapanese armies, the
dispatch adds, are disposed to the
sa:x relative positions as in the
fig ting before Liao Yang.
Acquitted of Murder Charge.
nson City, Special.-Joes Le
uban who works in. a local
, shot and killed Opie Fergu
onday night. Ferguson was
De Laio, followed him from
eam supper and attacked him
ek jack, with the above con
De Laio was tried before
lock, Lyle and Lee Tues
and was acquitted.
Herndon has been com
magistrate at Bishopville
r. J. C. Rhame, resigned.
)ORT ARTHUR AGAIN.,
ersistent Reports of Anotber Assalt
Circulated
!WI1T IN PROGRESS OR IMMINEN r
dvices From Chefoo to the Effect
That a Grand Assault is Now Tak
ing Place, or Will Occur Very
Shortly.
Chefoo, By Cable.-Local students of
ic military situation at Port Arthur;
asing their deductions upon recent
e nlopment there, are of the opinion
tat another grand assault is either o00
irring at the present time or is 1mm! '
ent. This opinion is based on the v
eavy bombardment of the. U
ronghold that occurred on Sept.
r such a bombardment forms the
prelude to an assault; on the a
ere of important messengers
ort Arthur at a time when thi
ng of the blockade is extreme*', . "
us; on a recent authoritatliv
ent that Japanese siege worla . ..
>mpleted, and on reports from
ese sources that at Port Dalny aa
.lt was expected to take place
w days. These reports were recell
st week.
In addition to the foregoing there
e common knowledge that the Japan ^
e realize that their continued inm
vity increases the resisting of the
ussian garrison, and their consequent
esire to make such period of inactiv
y as brief as possible.
Why Kuroki Failed.
London, By Cable.-The Times corp
Bspondent with General Kuroki in a
ispatch dated Liao pt e
t the conclusi
be battle th
"General K
ailed owing
:uropatkin,
is army woul
nese south of,
>rces were so
ossessed such
hat the soundn
d must appeal
ase it upset' th
apanese, who
.vely feeble r
g movement.
> show that whil
amplated a dete
bey feared thro
et and fighting a p
ad very small r
ang, trusting to
lies. The proof of
practically ncthing
aptured su lent
y only for no
retirem. to the
hing on the fi
hat the Japanese p v~
heir lines as compa . baTIc
ental formatio -'The Ru~
lack of dash I ted
gast jeopardizing rtrrC~..j~
Japanese Cap *~~;
Tokio, By Cable.-M Oyam,~ ,
ommander-in-chief of the 3apanese.
rces in the fle'd, telegraphed. Mondsn~
norning that General Oku bae P
'eported having captured 'thfr'
een prisoners at the battle
ao Yang. He also gave a detail
1st of the Russian stores which
ral Oku captured, including 30 h -
,288 rifles and 127 ammunItIon
ins, 5,S92 rounds of artillery, 659,930
mall arms cartridges, great quantitis
,f timber, flour, rice, forage, engineer- k" .
ag implements, clothing and accoutre
nents.
Manchester Cloth Market.
Manchester, By Cable.-The cloth
arket had a tendency toward harden
ng, as the makers increased their
angagement and a fair turnover of
nost descriptions resulted last week. .a
[he China trade was more quiet, es
ecally in the gray staples. The ont' '-'
nit for the next six months has been
enerally disposed of.
Another Georgia Lynching. -
Atlanta, Speca.-A special to Thx
~onstitution from Royster, Ga., says
udge Lynch held court In FrankM '
ounty and as a result the riddled bod3
if John Ware, a negro, is swinging
rm the limb of a tree between here
ld Carnesville. Ware was done to
eath by a mob for fatally shooti'ng C.
* Daniel,- a son of George Daniel, of
anielsville. Young Daniel and the ne
ro had some words over a trivial mat
er. It Is said the negro, becoming
reatly enraged and saying that no
hite man should run over him, drew a
atol and shot Daniel, the bullet in
icting a wound that will prove fatal.
Manchurian Army Resting.
St. Petersburg, Special-General
akharoff has reported to the general
aff under date of September 17th:
The Manchurian army was nowhere
ngaged on September 16 or 17. The
rrival of, considerable reinforcements
not incredible at the advance posts
long the whole of the enemy's front,
ud especially near the village of Bi
ncupuza, and eat of the railway to
ards the min'es."
To Begin Referendum Vote.
Indianapolis, By Cable.-In accord
ace with the resolutions adopted at
t recent St. Louis convention of
e International Typdgraphical Un
n, that organization, within a few
ays, will begin a referendum vote of *
t members, which will determine
hhethr or not the organization shall
ledge itself to the eight-hour day. -
he resolutions provide that the un
n shall begin the eight-hour day
mnuary 1, 1906, at which, time a de
and for such a concession will be ,
ia..e upn aemploying quarters. iin