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RUSSIAN CAU Only Their Well Directec Army From E GENERAL KUROPATKIN RESIGNS Extent of the Russian Disaster is Far Greater Than Earlier Reports Indi cated, and It Is Now Almost a Fore gone Conclusion That Even Should the Remnants of the Army Reach Tie Pass They Would be Unable to H-old It Against Their Pursuers. While General Kuropatkin has ap parently succeeded in saving more of his artillery than seemed possible, his losses in men, ammunition and com misariat supplies, in the battle of Muk den, are far greater than earlier re ports indicated, and even that portiun of his army which he succeeded in extricating from the positions around Mukden is still in serious danger. The Japanese generals, realizing that with a little more speed they could have inflicted a crushing. defeat on the Rus sian army after the battle of Liao Yang, determined not to again allow an opportunity to pass, and are fol lowing after the defeated and sorely tried Russian forces. While a small portion of Kurogatkin's army has reached Tie Pass. the greater part of those who escaped from the battle of Mukden are still struggling northward, being at last aceounts between 12 and 18 miles from their goal, with the Japanese, flushed with victory and re enforced by fresh men, harassing them from all sides. Even should the remnants of the army reach Tie Pass, it is hardly possible for it to make a stand there against the over whelming force opposing it, and es pecially as the Russians must be worn out and weakened by the loss of men, guns and ammunition. It is more likely that Kuropatkin will fall right back to Harbin with what he can save and wait there for the re-enforcements that St. Petersburg already has prom ised him. A possible obstacle to the plan is General Kamamura's army, which has not yet been located and which may also be heading for the northern capital. General Kuropatkin admits that 1, 190 officers and 46,931 men are not responding to roll calls. This is rath er vague. It may or may not include the thousands of wounded who have been sent north, and again it may not include the losses suffered by the T~hird Army, with which the com mander-in-chief was not In communi cation for some time. The figures given by the Japanese War Office ap pear more reasonable, namely: 40,000 prisoners, 26,500 dead on the field, .and 90,000 killed or wounded, the lat ter figure, of course, including the <ldad found by the Japanese. The Russian losses, therefore, i.otal much -over 100,000 men, or more than one third of the whole army. The fact that the Japanese report the capture of only 60 guns indicates that; Kuro patkin, at the last moment, succeded in sending a considerable portion of his artillery northward on the rail way. The Japanese losses up to this morning were reported as 41,222, not including the army which pushed north between M~ukden and Fushun. Official Russia is determined sto car ry on the war, and St. Petersburg re ports that orders have been issued for the mobilization of more troops. This may prove a difficult tack with the temper of the Russian people in its present condition. There is still hope in St. Petersburg that Russia een exhaust Japan financially, and for months there has been talk of the mobilization of an army on the Si berian border, which would compel Japan to keep her vast army in Man ~Churia. Bryan Loses AppeaL Hartford, Conn., Special-In a de clsion handed down by the S-2preme Court Thursday, the Superior Court is upheld In declaring that the sealed letter in the Philo S. Bennett will con taining a bequest of $50,000 to Wil liam J. Bryan is not a part of the Ben nett will. Thre case went up on Mr. Bryan's appeal from the Siperior Court's decision. Japs in Kuropatkin's Rear. With the Japanese Left Armies, Wednesday, Noon. via Fusan.-The left armies have cut and destroyed the railroad between Mukden and Tie Pass. Details are not obtainable at present. The Russians are in retreat over the northern roads. The left column of these armies is at Likampu, seven mileg north of the Hun river and five miles west of the railroad, and has had a fierce fight with a Rus sian force thrice its number. The Russian casualties number 10,000. The Russian centre is retreating in great confusion. Acquitted on One Charge. Savannah, Ga., Special.-W. R. Mc Arthur Thursday afternoon was acquit ted in the Superior Court of larceny after trust. The prosecution was based upon the payment by C. L. Cliff to Mc Arthur of $275 in discounting twelve $25 notes. The notes were not returned to the maker, but were placed in banks. W. R. McArthur and F. E. Mc Arthur. his father, are to be tried upon joint indictments charging larceny after trust. Railway Man Dead. Norfolk. Va., Special.-W. W King, general superintendent of the Norfolk & Southerrn Railroad. died here Wed nesday at the residence of his brother, M. K. King. general manger of the same road. Tihe deceased was born in Geneva. N. Y., in 1854, and after as sisting in the building of the Manhat tan Railroad!. in New York, came to Norfolk and devoted the best years of his life to the Norfolk & Sothern Rail roadl, which he also assisted in build 'E DESPERATE I Flight ias Saved Entire xtermination Made a Good Run. Official information from the Rus sian headquarters in the field, supple mented by dispatches irom corres pondents with the army of the Rus sian Empcror, show that General Ku ropatkin, after suffering by far the most severe defeat of the war, has succeeded, as he did after the battle of Liao Yang, in extricating the rem nants of his army from a position which military c:rperts 24 hours be fore believed would result in its anni hilation or surrender. 'he retreat from Liao Yang i-s been considered the most masteriy ever executed, but it is far overshadowed Ly this latest feat of the Russian general, who has taken ;personal commiand of the troops. After fighting for nearly three weeks,.losing in killed, wound ed, and misring, probabiy a third of his army, or nearly 100,000 men, and a fourth of his artillery. Kuropatkin gathered what was left together north of Mukden and is taking them towards Tie Pass through a rain of shrapnel which is being thrown on them from both right and left. This he seems to have been able to accomplish by re sorting to the same tactics which saved his army at Liao Yang. General Kuropatkin has sent in his resignation to the Emperor. General Kuropatkin has telegraphed to Emperor Nicholas assuming him self all the responsibility for his de feat, making no excuses except that the strength of the Japanese was mis calculated and refusing to place any of the blame upon the council of gen erals upon whose advice he determined to give battle. His reputation as an offensive strategist is gone, and, thoughh the Emperor's military advis ors know not where to look for a bet ter general, his resignation will be accepted. In losing General Kuropatkin, the army will lose the idol of the private soldiers, an officer who, in spite of the intrigues of his generals and his failure to win a battle, has won their confidence and affection. The flight of the Russian army of upwards of a quarter of a million men and the 2,000 pieces of artillery with which it was expected confidently General Kuropatkin and his lieuten ants could prevent the advance of the Japanese beyond the Shakhe and Hun rivers, is still in the balance. They have been drawn from those positions, and &e now rushing northward to wards- Tie Pass, around which are high hills, which were prepared for defense after the battle of Liao Yang, in September, there being no hope at that time that the Japanese would al low the defeated army to rest south of the Tie Pass. That the Russians have lost many guns and large quan tities of ammunition and supplies is certain, for with but a single track of railway to the north, it would be impossible to remove the large stores which had been gathered together at Mukden. These, it seems certain, have been destroyed. The Japanese have not yet reported the capture of guns, which they generally do almost immediately; but it seems hardly likely that Kuropatkin could have re aoved all of his artillery. On the 1st of January, according to corres pondents who have just returned from Mukden, the Russians had in position along the Shakhe and Hun rivers 1,500 guns. The losses in the operations preced ing the battle and those in the battle proper must reach enormous propor tions, but up to the present time, neither side has attempted an -esti mate. They will exceed the Shakhe losses, in which the Russians alone lost in killed and wounded and miss ing 67,000 men. The Pass Undefended. Tien Tsin, By Cable.-The well-!n formed here roughly estimate the to tal Russian casualities at 150,000 and those of the Japanese 60,000. It is reported that TIe Pass is practically undefended, and another great action is regarded as improbable. A Japa nese officer has said: "We must push the advantage home and give no re spite until a crushing defeat has been admizistered." Not Expecting Peace. Washington, Special.-"After *Liao Yang there was talk of peace. Rus sia's answer was re-inforcements. Like Liao Yank, Mukden is scene of another jetreat, and again Russia's answer will be large re-inforcements, but of peace, not a word." This was the emphatic statement of Count Cassini, the Rus siad ambassdor. If an echo of peace should come out of St. Petersburg, no official in Washington would be more surprised than the Russian ambassa dor, who has all along been positively informed that nothing but victory for General Kuropatkin can bring an end to the war. Will Hang For Killing Negro. Charleston, S. C., Special.-A special from Darlington tells of the sentence in the Court of Sessions, and among the penalties imposed, Bob Smalls, a white man recently convicted of kill ing a respectable and industrious ne gro named Frank Scott, was sentenc ed to be hanged Friday, May 5. John Noll, also white, an accessory to the crime, was commended to mercy and was given a life sentence. Sam Marks a negro who killed Hillary Langston, white, was sentenced to die on the gal lows with Smails, May 5. Death of Senator Bate. Washington, Special-United States Senator William Brimage Bate, of Tennessee. twice Governor of his State, a veteran of both the Mexican and civil wars, rising from private 7o major general in the Confederate army, and for eighteen years a con spicuous member of the upper house of Congress. died at his hotel apart ments in this city Thursday, aged 78 yevcars. Death was due to pneumonia and defective heart. Senator Bate at tentdetd the inauguration ceremonies on March 4.. and his death is believed te be due primarily to exposure on that STATE EDUCATIONAL NOTES State Superintendent Martin Writes Letter to County Superintendents. Mr. O. B. Martin, State superintend ent of education, is planning a series of conferences at which he hopes to meet as many county supereintendents of education and their boards as pos sible. In a letter to the county super intendents, he says: "I wish to discuss with you various plans for our work during the coring year. I especially desire to confer in regard to summer schools, libraries, the school building act, and other re cent legislation. I think that we can facilitate the work by coming together and making mutual suggestions. To this end, therefore, I shall be at the following places on the following dates and I wish to urge you to meet me at the place most convenient to you: "Clemson College. March 14, 10 a. m.; Hartsville (high school). March 16, 10 a. m.; Orangeburg (Supt. Melli chanmp's office), March 24. 10 a. m.; Chester (Supt. Knox's office), March 27, 10 a. m.; Greenwood. (Supt. Rog ers' office). March 29, 10 a. m.; Spar tanburg (Supt. Elmore's office), March 30, 10 a. m.; Charleston (Supt. War ing's office), April 4, 12 m. Please let me know as early as possible where you can meet me and also whether any members of your board will be present." Superintendent Martin has received an Invitation to address the next an nual meeting of the Kentucky Educa tional association to be held at Mam moth Cave, Ky., June 21-23. This meeting comes so near to the opening of the State Summer schools that Mr. Martin is afraid that he shall be un able to accept. Superintendent Martin received a check last week for $1,000 from Dr. S. A. Green. general agent of the Pea body board. This money is to be used in aiding the summer schools work. The department of education has re ceived many inquiries in regard to Senator Mauldin's bill for celebrating Calhoun's birthday in the public schools as "South Carolina day." The bill is on the senate calendar and will likely pass next session. It does not provide for a holiday, but simply that the teachers shall use part of this day to impress important facts of South Carolina history upon children and pa rents. The date, March 18, is appro priate not only because it is the natal day of one of South Carolina's great I est statesmen, but also because it comes at a time when the schools are in session. Scuppernongs by the Carload. Mr. E. J. Watson, commissioner of immigration, has been in communica tion with one of the largest wine maa ufacturing concerns in Missouri, with a view to the opening of a market for South Carolina raised scuppernongs, this' grape growing so generally and easily in almost every portion of the State. Commissioner Watson stated yesterday that he had just been ad vised by the concern that It would "be in a position to take all the scupper nong grapes that may be offered this fall" If the scale of prices can be ar ranged satisfactorily. Mr. Watson Is now looking Into the trar.sportatlon feature as he Is doing in the matter of opening an extensive market for sweet potatoes, and is hope fil of accomplishing resolutions that will establish a new and profitable in dustry. The concern that wishes the grapes Is willing to pay a fair price for the grapes In quantity, very likely a trifle more than the market price governing the locality where grown. The company referred to Is large enough If all arrangements are made to take the entire output of the State in scuppernongs. Just as soon as the matter reaches the stage where exact fgures can be quoted a circular to grape growers will be Issued. just as Is proposed to be done in the case of the market for sweet potatoes if satisfac tory prices can be obtained after all he details of transportation are worked out. The company is in a position also to purchase all of the scuppernong wine that can be made In South Caro lina, but the dispensary law Is so con structed that people residing in the State cannot make wine to be shipped outside the State or for other than per sonal use.-Columbia State. Seeking incorporation. The Saluda River Power Company of Greenville yesterday applied -for a charter. The concern was given char ter rights by the legislature with the understanding that a cbarter must be secured in regular manner from the secretary of state, so that a charter fee could be collected. The capital stock will be $300,000. The cor'porators are L. W. Park-er, A. G. Furman. .T. I. Westervelt and H. J. Baynsworth. A new enterprise of considerable sig nificance is to be started in Sumnmer vylle. It is a pickle factory. The spirit of diversification seems to be taking hold of the people of the State and the establishment of' this Industry may lead to others. The capital stock is to be $10,000. .T. T. E. Thornhill is prestr dent and Wallace Hutchinsonl seere tory. The purposes of the new com pany shall be ''planting, raising and buying vegetables, for the purpose of manufacturing the same into pick!"s; the manufacture of pickles out of veg etables and other articles suitable for such purposes; and the sale of the same and also the manufacture -ind sale of condiments and other articles for table use." A concern which stands for progress was given a commission by the secre tary of state. This Is the Myrtle Beach Development company of Conway. The capital stock will be $75,000. Corpora tors. F. A. Burroughs, B. G. Collins, G. R. Sessions and J. E. Bryan. The purpose of this company will be to "purchase. Improve and sell real es tate, clear up land and swamp land, drain and cultivate same. Also to sell or manufacture the timber re moved from the landi under Its control. And still another bank has been cr ganized. This Is a record breaking year for such institutions. Wilhalla is to have ''The People's Bank" with a capitalzation of $30.000. Corporators. W. R. Strother. Stiles P. Dendy, Julius R. Earle and C. R. B. Burns. Ireland is making a hold bid for a leading position In the British fruit markets. Orchard cultivation is being encouaged by the authorities and ar rangements are being actively prose cttedI for the drying and packing of fruit in American fashion for exporta tion. The Irish fruit is among the fin PALETTO_ AFFAIRS Occurrence3 of Interest in Various Parts of the State. Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling ..... ...7 13-16 Good middling ..... ..... .......7 strict middling ..... .......... Middling ..... ..... ... .........7~;3 Tinges ..... ..... ... ... ...6% to 714 Stains ... ...... ...........5'% to 6.00 Geneal Cotton Market. Middling. Galveston, firm ..... ..... ...... New Orleans, steady ..... ......7 3-16 Mobile, steady ..... ... .........7 Savannah, firm ..... ..... ......7% Charleston, firm ...... ......7% Wilmington, steady ..... ... .....7% Norfolk, steady ..... ... ........7 Baltimore, normal ..... ... ......7 New York. quiet ..... .. .......7.90 Boston, quiet ........ ....... 7.30 Wkiladelphia, steady .... .... ...8.15 Souston, steady ..... ... ...... 4ustin, firm .......... ......... emphis, steady . . . . I1.A,js, steady ..... ... .........7% Gouisville, firm ................7% Heavy Sales of Fertilizers. The sales of fertilizers appears to te Increasing. In the eight days of March the State treasurer has received over 17,000 from the tag tax against 7,G00 last year. This shows an increase of nearly $1,000 a day. For the months of January and February there had been a marked falling off, and now It is probable that the month of March will nearly offset the difference of $33,G00 between the months of January and February of last year and the same months this year. Indeed it is quite probable that Clemson college will re ceive royalties nearly as heavy this year as last year, when the total reach ed $118.000. The total figures from the privilege tax are as follows: 1904. 1905. January .. ... ...$35,008.90 $ 16.'sl5 February .. .. .. 45,789.50 40,656.,-0 $80,798.40 $57,521.50 The total for January. February and the first eight days of March, 19C1, Is $88,427, and the total for the sawe period of the current year is $74.441, a difference of $13,986 more for last year than for this year. But the first day of March the difference was $33,000. Whether these sales mean that the farmers will use more fertilizers on a smaller acreage or whether they will use fertilizers in intensive farming on lands used for other farm products is not shown, but the figures show that fertilizers are being sold in great quan tities this month. In two days the V.-C. C. Co. sent in checks aggregating $5,000. At the rate of 25 cents per ton this would represent 20,000 tons of guano. Sinking Fund Commission. The sinking fund commission met Thursday for the first time since the adjournment of the legislature, when a great many bills were passed to per mit counties to borrow money from the sinking fund commission. Over hale of the counties in the state are M.king for loans, and all, of course, cannot he granted. It will be necessary to make3 the loans on a pro rata basis, as was done last year. The commission de ferred action in compliance with the following report and resolutions from the loan committee: "The loan com mittee respectfully reports that after conferring among themselves and with the attorney general are of the opin ion that the March 1st apportioning of f4nd in hand among applicatant counties, under section 95 of volume 1902, should be made under the fob lowing rules and unless it be other wise ordered by the commission that the apportionment be so made: First Funds to be apportioned under this section constitute not only the cash on hand on March 1st of each year, but also those outstanding annual loans (made u,nler laws requiring repa.yment and authorizing reloaning annually). which fall due during the year within a reasonable time after March 1st. Second. In apportioning such fud among applicant counties, the county shall be charged in the apportioament with all of its suc:h outstanding as nual loans then unpaid but falling due during the year, but the county shail not be charged with any unpaid portion of any special loan extending over sev eral years made under some special act authorizing same." An Aged Convict.. Portman Gosnell, a negro of ad vanced age who is serving a sentence on the chaingang in Greenville coun ty for violation of the dispensary law, Is said to be an object of such pity that a petition has been sent to Gov. Hey ward asking for him to be -pardoned. The convict is too old to work, is con fined to the jail, is.65 years of age and has nine children, all but one of whom have deserted him, and this one is a child 11 years old. Rock Hill Pastor Resigns. Rock Hill. Special.-Rev. J. C. Johnes, rector of the Church of Our Savior, has resigned his charge here to take up work in California. He will begin his new duties about the 1st of April. Mr. Johnes has been rector of churches here and in Yorkville for sev eral years. but recently he has devoted his entire time to this parish. He has also done much work in Lancaster, Blacksburg and other towns of this section. The expressions of regret heard since his decision to leave Rock Hill have been many and sincere. Mr. Johnes is a man of rare personality and has endeared himself to the community as a' whole irrespective of his own church. Wants a fleward Offered. Gov. Heyward has received from Mr. Simeon E. Smith of Barnwell an ap peal for the State to offer a reward in addition to that which he has al ready offered for,the arrest of the par ty who killed his brother. J. T. Smith, Jr., of Williston. Mr. Simeon E. Smith is a lawyer at Barnwell and has of fered a reward of $1,000 for the arre.st of the guilty party. H'e states that he is willing to double the amount if necessary. For Lieutenanlt Governor Representative E. Mitchell Seabrok of the Charleston county delegation, will probably make the race for lieu tenant governor at the next State election. WThile he has made no defi nite announcernent, it is understood that this will be forthcoming later on. Mr. Seabrook has represented Edisto Island in the Charleston delegation for 10 years. He is a successful long sta~ pl cotton planter and during his ca reer in the legislature he has paid pecial attention to agriculture mat ers. He is the chairman of the agi i. cultura cmmitte of the house WEATHER AND CROPS FOR 1904 A Review of Conditions of Months Is sued by Section Director Bauer. The annual review of weather and crop conditions issued by Section Di rector Bauer for 1904 is full of interest to all who are affected or at all con cerned about such matters. The re view says: The year was, seemingly, an anom olous one in the relation between the prevailing weather and crop produc tion. The spring was cold, especially during April, and was very dry well into early summer-conditions adverse to favorable germination and rapid growth. During June, July and Aug ust, slightly more than 45 per cent. of the year's precipitation was recorded, and during the same months the tem perature was unusually equable, with no long periods of extremely hot weather. Both of these conditions were very favorable on crops that had their principal period of growth and devel opment in these months, such as corn and cotton,and the previous long period of dry weather had afforded ample op portunity for thorough cultivation, which is an essential factor in caus ing large yields of these crops. How ever, increased yields, over 1903, were not confined to those two crops, but in cluded wheat, oats, tobacco; rice as well as less important crops commercially, such as fruits, hay and the many minor crops that have a large economic im portance though of small commercial value. Nearly all of the latter crops were not materially affected by the mid-summer rains, having matured before the rains set in, or having had their growth prolonged to the less fa vorable autumn, and yet they produced more abundantly than in the previous year, hence the anomoly. The seeding time for wheat and oats, late in 1903, was not favorable; the winter was an unusually cold one; the spring was cold and dry; the summer had an equable temperature and co pious rainfall; the autumn was unusu ally dry; the killing frosts somewhat later than the average date of occur rence; the closing months were fairly favorable for seeding wheat and oats. This is a brief epitome of the weather for 1904, to which may be added that the year as a whole was colder than usual, and had the smallest average imount of precipitation since systematic records have been kept. January was unusually cold with less than the usual precipitation; there was some snow in parts of the State, but not enough to afford protection to winter grains. Wheat and oats were, in places, injured by freezing. Less than the usual amount of plowing was done. February was colder than usual, with much alternate freezing and thawing that was injurious to winter grans. Tlze precipitation was slightly below normal, but was very evenly listributed. Plowing made rapid prog ress in the eastern parts, but the ground was generally too wet In the western parts. A large acreage of spring oats was sown; tobacco seed beds were burnt and seeded; garden ing was begun, but the ground was too cold for favorable germination. The :old weather retarded the budding of fruit trees and was to that extent bene icial; in the extreme southern parts, both peaches :and plums began to bloom. March was slightly warmer than usual but with considerable freezing weather over the western parts, and with frequent light to killing frosts. rhe precipitation was below normal, while the number of rainy days was greater than usual. Farm work ad vanced rapidly, although planting op ratons were restricted to the eastern half of the State. Wheat and oats dd well; the weather was favorable on truck in the 'oast regions, and e rly vegetables were marketed. Fruit trees of all varieties bloomed throughout the month. Some corn and cotton were planted and came up to fair stands. April had peristent low temperature with frequent light to killing frosts, until the 22nd. The soil remained too cold for quick germination of seeds a.nd the rapid growth of plants that were up, so that early cotton came up to irregular stands and the plants looked sickly. Early corn had poor stands, and was ravaged some by cut worms, so that much replanting was necessary. The April precIpitation was ut little more than one-third of the normal amount, and a~ severe drought developed in the coast truck regions.re ucing yields materially. Planting op 3rations progressed rapidly and were :musually well advanced by the close of he month. Wheat and oats developed into promising crops. Tobacco trans planting was finished, though the soil was in Dlaces, too dry to secure full stands. Peaches, plums, cherries and ipples continued promising, the low temperature being, seemingly, favor able toward their development. May was cool, owing principally to he low night temperatures, a condi tion f.orable on fruits and on wheat, but davorable for the germination of late planted corn and cotton and for he growth of these crops. The greater part of the month was very dry, but opious rainfall during the closeing lays partially relieved the drought, and caused a material improvement in the condition of all growing crops. The ains came too late to benefit wheat o.r ,ats, both of which began tO ripen and some oats were cut. Fruits remained promising. Gardens suffered severely. rhe absence of rair made the thorough uultivation of field cropi possible Both orn and cotton attained fairly good tands on all but clay sols, where some f the seed lay dormant owing to the lack of moisture. June growth and development of all rops was very satisfactory, due to generally favorable temperatures and well distributqd rainfall. The soil was rarely too wet for cultivation of feld crops, and both corn and cotton were easily kept free from grass and weeds. During the middle of the month cotton suffered slightly from cool nights, causing ice to develop. but higher temperatures soon caused a complete recovery without giving the plants a material setback. Some blooms appeared on cotton after the 20th. Corn developed favorably. Stands of both corn and cotton were excellent. Wheat and oats were har vested. Tobacco improved rapidly ad became very promising; selecting and curing were begun. Rice suffer ed from lack of resh water for flood ing The commercial peach crop rip eed: it was a large crop of superior qality. Melons were somewhat later tan uual in ripening. July tempttures were moderate. with only two periods of extreme heat, bofwhich were too short in dura tion to damage any crop. The- rain- I fall was slightly less than usual, but ample for all crops. There was ,too much rain in portions of the eastern counties to lay by crops properly, al though crops were as a rule laid by clean and well cultivated. -. Corn im proved steadily. Cotton developed favorably, having been favored by the weather throughout the month; the plants bloomed heavily freely and fruited heavily, and maintained a healthy, vigorous growth. Tobacco developed a fine quality of leaf, but the late tobacco was injured to some. extent by an excess of rain. Minor crops were in very promising condi tion. August had an extreme temperature with no extreme heat. The rainfall was copious during the first half of the month with less frequent, less general and lighter showers during the last half. Corn became very promising. Early corn reached maturity. Cotton continued to grow and to fruit freely throughout the month, though the fre quent rains induced some shedding, t and rust developed on sandy lands, but, on the whole, the deterioration was less than is usual during August. It began to open about the middle of the month and a little was picked. i Tobacco curing was finished. Rice harvest was begun. Fall truck was planted and grew rapidly.. 'The weather during this month was favora- 1 ble on all cropg, particularly on grass i for hay. September temperature was about normal, except that the closing days had mid-summer heat. The precipi tation was deficient. A severe storm damaged crops severely in the north- i eastern counties, otherwise the weath er was favorable on all crops, and was particularly favorable for picking cot ton, which work became active after the 5th. The bulk of the corn crop reached maturity during this month, with the grain well developed and hard. Haying made favorable pro gress. All forage crops made large yields. It was too dry by the end of i the month for fall plowing, and for the growth of late root crops. October had nearly normal tempera ture and very scant rainfall. Frosts t were frequent after the 16th, but did . little damage. The weather was par ticularly favorable for harvesting op erations. Cotton picking made rapid progress, and the lint was saved in the best condition owing to the almost 2 entire absence of rain. A large and l well matured crop of corn was housed. I Minor crops gave very satisfactory t yields. It was mostly too dry for plowing and seeding, though some fall oats were sown. November was much cooler than us ual, with about normal precipitation. I The weather continued favorable for t finishing gathering crops, and the last I half of the month for seeding wheat I and oats, although slightly too cool for quick germination. The first gen eral killing frost of the season ocgur- C red on the 15th, which ended the i growing season of 1904. 3 December was slightly cooler than C usual, and had a slight deficiency in precipitation, though what rain fell I was practically absorbed by the soil, keeping it just about wet enough for I plowing and seeding operations. Says e KiL Four. Danville, Ark., Special.-Jaines Ince, C confessing that he is a quadruple mur derer, -was brought back to jail here after a visit to the scene of the crime, 15 miles southwest of here, where,1 confronted with the dead bodies of his wife, and three children, the latter ranging in age from four months to four years, he broke down and con- t fessed his guilt, saying that it seemed Impossible to make a living for his family, hence his act. Fighting Around Mukden. Mukden, By Cable.-The Japanese; at 2 o'clock Wednesday morrning at- I tacked a Russian position on the Hun river from Machiapu. The artillery fire has been continuous, and shifted northward after daylight almost to the Sinmintin road, from which wounded and Chinese refugees are arriving. Fighting !s 'also far to the northward. Numbers of wounded Japanese along the Sinmintin have been brought in 2 and cared for. -. Woman Poisoner Submits. Lynchburg, Va., Special.-Mrs. Sal-c lie Hanna, who administered Rough on Rats to a family of six1 because the family had given shelter to the husband of the prisoner, whom 1 she had run away from home, appear-1 ed in court, waived trial by jury and threir herself on the mercy of the court. The judge announced that he1 would take the matter under advise ment and it is probable that' 'he willr hear the evidence in the case. NEWSY GLEANINGS. I Extensive plans for the improvement of the Suez Canal are now well undera way. Society in Washington seems deter mined to introduce "'the Continental Sunday." An Indianapolis man has been or dered by the courts to pay his ex-wife $2.150 alimony. Copper money in France is' being gradually replaced this year by alum inum bronze pennies of a pale yellow color. The Corcoran Art Gallery, at Wash ington, D. C., recently paid $2000 for an oil painting of a codfish by William M. Chase. French horticulture in. the experi mental gardens at Bordeaux has accli matized for Europe one of the,' sweet potatoes of Western Africa. Five pensioners of the Revolutionary War and 1116 pensioners of the War of 1812 are still upon the Govern ments pay rolls. Dr. Osler, of Johns Hopkins Univer Isity, reiterated that men over sixty are "absolutely useless," but admitted that his chloroforming suggestion was only a joke. The descendants of Mary Setoun, one of the four maids of honor to Mary Queen of Scots, have in their possession a curious watch which was given by that queen to her favorite. London clubs are not very cheerful places in cold weather, according to a Saturday Review writer, who says that in times of frost and snow the number of sleepers and snorers is abominably increased. Two Japanese prisoners were picked up by the Russians In a recent skir m~ish. One was unhurt, the other mnor tally wounded. They were brothers. and the one had preferred capture to leaving the other to die alone on the hatt,'field. MONEY IN THE BAN[ Saves Mrs. Chadwick From Charge of Intentional Fraud CLAIM OF GOVERNMENT FAILS rhe Defence in the Chadwick Case Shows That She Had Money on De posit in the Oberlin Institution. Cleveland, Ohio, Speclal.-Nine wit nesses were" examined in the Chad. wick trial, and the defense established the fact that the claim of the govern nent that Mrs. Chadwick had no mon y in the Oberlin bank at the time of Irawing the checks which were certi led by Spear and Beckwith, was in :orrect in two instances, at least. It was shown by the general jour ial of the bank that on November 3, L903, when Mrs. Chadwick received a :ertiied check for $10,000, an entry rediting her with that amount was nade on tfie journal 'bf the bank and , deposit slip for $10,000 was made ut in her name. The entry and the 'lip were in the handwriting of Cash er Spear. Another entry of similar !ature amounting to $5,000 was also ound. These facts were brought out n cross examination by Judge Wing, ounsel for Mrs. Chadwick after long imd tedious questioning of H. H. Av pry, assistant cashier of the Oberlin ank. Avery at first testified that at o time had Mrs. Chadwick either oney in or credit at the bank. Se. mral directors of the Oberlin bank tes ifled that they knew nothing of the ransactions with Mrs. Chadwick. )ne of them said none of the Chad wick deals were ever reported by Mr. ;pear to the directors. An official of the Euclid Avenue Crust Company testified that Mrs. 'hadwick had $92,000 on deposit in s bank. Horace G. White, book ceeper of the Oberlin bank, testified hat the entry giving credit to Mrs. 3hadwick for $10,000 was in the hand writing of Cashier Spear, and that the Leposit slip for the same amount was ilso in Spear's handwriting.. Robert .yens, receiver for the Cititens' Na ional Bank of Oberlin, said that the ,ookb did not show that any account iad ever existed by which Mrs. Chad ick could draw checks on the bank. Mrs. Chadwick came into court to lay apparently none the worse for her lness, which caused the adjournment esterday. She wore the ,same gown f black and white, as on her first uppearance, but had added a long rey veil which covered her face, and was wound in repeated folds about ter neck. Shortly after taking her eat in the rear of her counsel, she emoved the veil and took the position he occupied during most of yester ay, her elbow on the table and her ~hin in the palm of 'r hand. It Is doubtful If drew Carnegie il take the stand. District Attorney sullivan said today: "it is not my iresent intention to put Mr. Carnegie i the stand, and do not thik he ill be called upon to testify unless Iis evidence should be needed in ro uttal of something troduced by the iefee." Carnegie May ot Testify. Cleveland, 0., Spec -h he government agains Cb as completed Wednes y aftern )ne witness for the defense, an ex ert accountant, was sworn, but an djournment was taken before he had iven any testimony. The entire after oon session was taken up by the In rduction as evidence of checks, de ost slips, books of'the bank and two etters written by Mrs. Chadwick to r. Beckwith and Mr. Spear. One of the etters.was written to Spear alone. In t Mrs. Chadwick' asked him to certify Scheck to be given by her to Henry Furst, of Elyria, saying that she rould get the goods in the East to neet the check. "So draw a check for. 15,000," the latter said. "and I will gn It, and pay you well for It. I am bout to ao something of great Interest o us all." District Attorey Sullivan aid great stress, in rep uting the etters to the jury, on the apparent fact hat Mrs. Chadwick was asking for the ertfcation of a check not only when the had no funds In the bank, but even efore she had signed It. It is practical y settled that Andrew Carnegie will lot appear in the case at all. There haa >een nothing In the case as presented >y the government that bears In any nanner on the papers signed with his ame which bore so large a part In the inancal transactions of Mrs. Chad-' riek, and it Is not expected that the efense will offer any testimony that. ni call him to the stand to testify in ebuttal. Fresh From the Wires. Trustee Loeser, of the Chadwick as pets, and Public Prosecutor Keeler ~alled on Mr. Carnegie and obtained rom him specimens of his signature, hich Is altogether unlike that on the 3hadwick papers. The San Francisco police are, still ithout information as to what the :hemical analysis ~n the case of Mrs. tanford shows, but are inclining to :he belief that she was not poisoned. A special pontifical commission has ade a report recommending a modift :ation of the Papal decree against wo nen singing In Catholic church choirs. A movement has been started In Rome for the foundation of an inter ational institute of agriculture. An Unfavorable TuriA For Russia. General Rennenkampf's Headquar ers, Oubenepusa. - By Cable. -Events took an unfavorable turn for the Russians this evening. After a sucesion of determined attacks the Japanese ousted the Russians from an importaut position In the left center o the Eastern army. The Japanese are also pressing the right center hard. The Russians have been ordered to retake the position at any cost. There were heavy losses today on both siides Resolutions to Return Flags. '' Trenton, N. J., Special.-In the House Mr. Coyne introduced a resolu tion authorizing the Governor to re turn a Confederate flag to the Gover nor of North Carclina, captured by the Ninth New Jersey Volunteers at the battle of Newbern. The flag was presented to thue Beaufort Plow Boys by the ladies of Beaufort, N. C. The reason for this resolution is the fact that New Jersey has appropriated $5, 000 to erect a suitable monument at Newbern in honor of the Ninth New Treyv Vuntees'