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ASSAULT ON KIN( Spain's Young Monarch C-bject o1 Bomb-Thrower's Attack PRESIDENT AND KING BOTI ESCAFE As M. Loubet and Alphonso XIII Lef1 an Opera After Midnight This Morn ing an Anarchist Threw a Bomb a1 the Royal Carriage With No Othe, Result Than to Injure Several By standers. Paris, By Cable.-As the King o: Spain accompanied by President Lou bet, drove away from a gala perfor mance of the opera after midnight ar anarchist threw a bomb in the direc tion of the royal carriage. The pro jectile struck a soldier belonging tc the cuirassier escort, on the shoulder, and then fell to the ground and explod ed without injuring his majesty or the President, who continued their drive to the Palais d'Orsay. Several soldiers of the escort were thrown from their horses and injured, whilst fragments of the bomb struci a number of persons in the crowd. King Alfonso and President Loube1 had been cheered along the entire route to the opera by enthusiastic .crowds, the young monarch having completely gained the hearts of the Parisians since his arrival here. The performance went without a hitch. His majesty chattered gally with President Loubet during the in, termissions, and at the close of the performance the orchestra again play ed the national hymns of the two coun tries, and the. King and Presideni arose to leave. They proceeded down the grand staircase and arrived at the gaily 11 luminated and decorated Place de l'Opera, where the royal carriage awaited them. The King and Presi dent took seats side by side and the vehicle started off surrounded by sev eral squadrons of cuirassiers towards the Avenue Opera. The procession arrived at the end of the Avenue de l'Opera and crossed the Place Theatre Francias, (where were assembled at least 1,500 persons in the Rue de Rohan, a short streel forming practically a continuation of the Avenue de lOpera, right opposite the arched gateway of the Louvre lead ing to the Place Caroussel. There, just a few yards before reaching the Rue Rivoli, a man sprang forward with his arm raised in the air and before the cordon of police could prevent him, without uttering a word, he threw a projectile in the direction of the royal carriage. The police immediate ly rushed toward him. At that mo ment a deafening explosion occurred. Cries from the crowd were heard and -a scene of intense excitement began, the crowd surging to and fro. Soldiers were seen to fall, but as the 11ash from the bomb died out it was ob served that the king and the president had not been struck, and their carri age proceeded on its way. A large number of. arrests have beer made, including the person who is be lieved to have thrown the bomb, and three persons suspected of complicity in the plot, as the latter were seer under the archway at the Louvre with a destructive engine a few minutes before thie explosion occurred. The bomb had been thrown with too great force and passed over the royal carriage and struck the shoulder of a cuirassier and then fell to thE ground, where it exploded, fragments of it striking the horses of the sol diers, causing them to bo?.t and throw their riders. Captain Schneider, whc was riding at the right side of the carriage, and Captain Garnier, whc was on the left, were both killed Fragments of the bomb also struci five persons-a sergeant, two police men, a woman, who was seriously in. jured, and a child, who was struck it the eye. One horse of the escort was killed outright, and six ethers lay about maimed and bleeding. Art Gallery Dedicated. Buffalo. Special.-The Albright Art Gallery was dedicated in the presence -of 10,000 people. Ralph H. Plumb, presi dent of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, presided. President Plum introduced Charles W. Elliott, president of Har vard University, who delivered an ad dress on "Beauty and Democracy. Richard Watson Gilder read a dedica tory poem, entitled, "A Temple of Art.' Cotton Needs Cultivation. Washington, Special.-The weekly -crop report of the Weather Bureau says: "Throughout nearly the whole of thE cotton belt cotton is much in need 0f cultivation, and reports af abandoned fields are received from the Carolinas, Georgia. Alabama and Louisiana. Good stands are generally reported, but much planting remains to be done in northern Texas, and planting is unfinished in Arkansas. In southern. Texas and in portions of the centrai and eastern districts the situation is improved, and the crop is doing well in ~localities. Squares are now form ing in the southern portion of the central and eastern districts. ln Japanese Hospital. Tokio. By Cable-Admiral Rojestren sk-y has arrived at the Sasebo n~ava hospital. The nr vai oficcr has announced that the only Japanese vessels lost in the batttle with the Russian fleet were three torpedo boats. Tokio, By Cable.-It is now certair that Admirali Rejestvensky i3 a prison -er of the Japanese. He is wounded ir the fore'head. legs and back, but wil recover. Vice Admiral Vocikersam is suppcsed to have perished. Telegraphic Briefs. The State Department, at Washing .ton, is advised by the Consul at Na gasaki. Japan. that the Japanese sank one battleship and five other ships another report stating that two battle ships and five others were sunk. The German Navy League adopted a resolution favoring the replacing of second-rate warships. with first-class battleships. Emperor William will show special attention to the Prince and Princess Arisugaw. of Japan. who are to attend the wedin of the Crown Prince. STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION Splendid Programme That Has Been Prepared for the Occasion. The following programme has been arranged by the Executive Committee for the thirty-first annual meeting of the Association. which will be held at White Stone Lithia Sprin;s. Spartan burg, county. S. C.. July 11-14: TUESDAY, JULY 11-8:30 P. M. Welcome meeting in the Hotel au ditorium. Appointment of committees. WEDNESDAY-9:30 A. M. Reports of officers. committees, mis cellaneous business, etc. Papers will be read on the following subjects by the persons named: "Literature of South Carolina'"-Mrs. Virginia D. Young, Enterprise. Fair fax. "The Advertising Agents"-A. G. Kollock, News. Darlington. General discussion of the above sub jects: AFTERNOON SESSION-3 O'CLOCK. "Ethics of Journalism"-Paul .1. Brice, Record. Columbia. "Newspapers and Morality"-J. T. Bigham, Lantern. Chester. General discussion of the above sub jects. Opening the question box. and dis cussion relative to the questions asked. Miscellaneous business. EVENING SESSION-8:30 O'CLOCK. The Price of a Country Weekly"-A. B. Jordon, Herald. Dillon. "Newspapers as Lawnial:ers"-R. T. Kcowee Courier. Walhalla. General discussion of the above sub jects. Miscellaneous business. THURSDAY-9:30 A. 'M. MIiscellaneous business. "The Press, the Pulpit. the Politi cian"-Rev. W. P. Jacobs, D. D., Our Monthly. Clinton. "Voting Contests, Gift Propositions, etc. Do They Pay?"-C. W. Wolfe, Record, Kingstree. General discussion of !he above sub jects. Opening the question box, and dis cussion relative to the questions asked. Miscellareous business. AFTERNOON SESSION-3 O'CLOCK. "Should the Foreign Advertiser Re ceive a Lower Price than the Local Patron?"-W. H. Walla -e, Observer, Newberry. "Our Country Cousins"-J. C. Hemp hill, News and Cou:-ier, Charleston. General discussion of the above sub jects. Opening the question box, and dis cussion relative to the questions asked. EVENING SESSION-S:30 O'CLOCK. Miscellaneous business. Address by Mr. St. Elmo Massengale. of Atlanta, Ga.. on the relation of the Advertising Agent to the Newspaper Publisher. FRIDAY-9:30 A. M. Miscellaneous business. "My Esteemed Contemporary Across the Street-N. Christensen, Jr., Gazette, Beaufort. "Getting the News"-P. F. Fike, Her ald. Spartanburg. General discussion of the above sub jects. Opening the question box. and dis cussion relative to the questions asked. AFTERNOON SESSION. Miscellaneous business. "The Lights and Shadows of a Re porter's Life"-Wm. Banks, The State, Colrmbia. "The Business End of It"-J. L. Sims, Times and Democrat, Orange burg. General discussion of t:ae above sub jects. EVENING SESSION-8:30 O'CLOCK. Final meeting-Miscellan-eous Busi ness. Election of Officers, etc. ACTIV'ITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. General Movement to Increase the Number and Imotance of the Sea board's Connections. There is increasing manifestations of a general movement to increase the number and importance of Seaboard connections in this State. and this. :o gether with some other schemes that have recently been projected. pictures unusual activity in railroadl construe Ition in this State for the immediate future. Whether the Sea-board or the communities interested took the initia tive in the several different. enterprises that have been blocked ott to extend the Seaboard's territor' in the low country as well as in the prosperous Piedmont section. where the cotton mills alone furnish a big freight busi Iness. is of no immediate concern to the numerous South Carclinians whose Ibusiness will be facilitated and proper ty enhanced in value by increased rail road facilities. Certain it is. however, that 'itvit in these various projects has become marked almost simulta neously. The Union and Glenn Springs rail road has just been completed and put in operation, giving Uuion and neigh boring mills a Seaboard connection at Pride's, and a movement has been started at Spartanburg to L~uild. a con nection between Buffalo. the present western terminus of the new road, and Glenn Springs. which would bring the Glenn Springs r'ailroad into use as far as Roebuck, which is only six miles from Spartanburg. the most important cotton mill county in the State. The Seaboard could then go into Spartan burg over the Charleston and Western Carolina tracks or build a line of its own from Roebuck. Then in the opposite tier of Piedmont counties there is a scheme to establish a Seaboard connection for Greenville. with its numerous cotton mills, at Greenwood by an extension of the old ICarolina & Knoxville road from Green ville to Greenwood. This road is now n operation from Greenville nearly to :he North Carolina line. Expects Attack. Vladivostok. By Cable.-It is expect ed here that a Japanese attack cn the fortress will not be long delayed. Ther e is, however, a calm and determ ined spirt manifested by the popula tioni in the face of the forthcoming crisis. The defenses of Viadivostok. cn whi:-h steady work has been in pr ogress since the beginning of the war. are now considered as having Leon coimpleted. Peace Negotiations Abandoned. Chicag'. opecia!.-Adjutstmenlt of the teamsters' strike by mediation seems as remote as it did two nights ago. Peace negotiations have been abandoned for the present,. and the strike will be allowed to take its "nat ural course." according to President Shea. of the tcamsters' organization. All the business firms now involved in the trouble rcfuse to concede anything further in the controversy,' and say that' peace negotiations are off for all time. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest in Various Parts of the State. Geneal Cotton Market. Middling Galveston. quiet ...................8% New Orleans, easy .................8% Mobile. firm .......................S% Savannah. steady ................8% Charleston, steady ..............S 5 16 Wilmington. steady ....... ........8% Norfolk, steady ....................8 Baltimore, normal .................8% \ew York, quie: ............ .8.75 Boston, quiet - - - -. ........... .S.7 Philadelphia. steady ..............9.00 Houston, quiet ....................8% Augusta. quiet .................8% Memphis, steady ..............S 11-1; St. Louis, firm ............... Louisville, firm ........ ..........9.00 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Good middling .....................8% Strict middling ................ Middling... ........ ............ Tinges ...... ......7% to 8 Stains ...... ..... ..6 to 7!' Poison in Food. One hundred and ten convicts in the State penitentiary were made deathly sick at dinner Tuesday. At first the cause was a mystery but a later investigation is reported as fol lows: "There was arsenic in the dinnei which poisoned 110 of the convicts at the State prison Tuesday. Dr. W. B. Burney. the State chemist, has not made his formal report of the analysis undertaken at the request of Captain D. J. Griffith. superintendcnt of the penitentiary. but. he said informally that he had discovered the presence of arsenic in considerable quantities in the sample sent him for examination. The prisoners who were poisoned have recovered from the severe ill ness and none was left in the infir mary. It is fortunate that while sc many were sickened the nausea came i upon them so soon after the meal that they were saved from serious con sequences. "Superintendent Griffith and Captain W. W. Adams, captain of the guard, made a careful investigation Wednes. day and they have arrived at the conclusion that the poison was put in to the cabbage with malic5 and the party guilty of the crime has been spotted. Buggy Burned by Moonshiners. Spartanburg, Special.-Chief Grady and several of the local constables had a lively time of it on a raid In the Dark Corner Monday night. Arriving at Gowansville, their vehicle broke down, and they secured another and pressed forward in their quest of illicit distilleries. Their raid carried them into the lonely, unfrequented sections of the Corner, and they we're fired on several times, - but without results. Their search proved fruitless, and, re turning to Gowansville for their team, they discovered that it had been cut to pieces and burned up by the irate moonshiners. Their horses had not been molested and the men secured an other carriage and came home. To Increase School Tax. Laurens. Special.--At the annual meeting of the citizens it was voted to increase the special tax levy for the city schools from 2 3-4 to 3 mills The terms of the three trustees having expired. Messrs. 0. B. Simmons and J. J. Mousley were elected to succeed themselves. The treasurer made his annual report and announced that the salaries of a number of the teachers had been increased the past year. The meeting adjourned to mcet again next Truesday, wvhen the report of the au diting committee will be made.' New Enterprises. Application was made recently for the Timmonsville Lttnber company, Timmonsville. to have a capitalization of $40.000. The corporators are: B. D. Dargan and F. L. Wilcox. The Yorkville Monument Works also ap-plied for a commission, the corpora tors being W. B. Moore. W. B. Wylie, B. N. Moore. 0. E. Wilkins. W. I. Witherspoon. S. W. Heath and E. D Blakeney. The capital stck will be $10,000. The Carolina Plumbing company, of Columbia, was charter,:d. capitalization to be $5.000. Officers are: WV. A. Clark. president and treasturer. John A. Civil, secretary and T. H. Meighan vice president. The Summerton Real Estate agency was given a commission, the capital stock to be $5,000. W. J. Muldrow and A. P. Burgess. corporators. Lewis Cohen & Co., of Charleston, were given a charter. Capitalization $5.500. General merchandise. A charter was grated to the Indus trial Training Home. of Greenville. The object of this institution will be to of fer a place of refuge for fallen young women who have been living in shame1 and to give them employment under Christian influences. The officers are:1 John S. MIercer. president; S. L. Rich ardson, vice president: W. A. Capps, treasurer, and J. J. McSwain, secre tary. The Camden Baseball and Amuse ment Park association was given a commission. The purpose of this or-j1 ganization will be to buy a park, en close same and use It for baseball and other sports. The capital stock will be $1,000. Corporators: John S. Lind say, W. J. P. Weeks, and B. B. Clark. Child Drank Poison. Chester, Special.-A most dlistressing casualty occurred here Thursday. John son Woods. aged two years, youngest. child of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Woods, got access to a phial of medicine which was used by the child's father, and the little one took an overdose. In spite of prompt attention by a physician the child died in about two hours. The par-1 ents lost last year their first born, a1 bright little girl. Their many friends < sympathize with them in their fresh grief. New Mill at Iva. Anderson. Special.-The capital stock for a new cotton mill at Iva, in the lower part of the county, has all been subscribed andi the corporators. Mes srs. T. C. Jackson. W. P. Cook WV. T. Sherard. of iva, and D. P. McBrayer, of Anderson, have applied to the See retary of State for a commission. The mill will be capitalized at $200.000). Iva is a growing and progressive town on the Charleston' and Western Carolina railroad. and is situated in a splendlid farming community. It is expected that the plant will be -eady for opera tion before the end of the year, SOLi CAROLINA CROPS Conditions For Past Week as Giverr Out by the Department. The first half of the week ending Monday. May 29th, was much cooler than usual, the latter half had nearly normal temperatures. There wa. 2 harmful deficiency in sunshine. High oasterly winds prevailed generally, though the winds were light at the close of the week. Light frost was reported from Cherokee county on the 22nd and 23rd. There were from four to six days with rain and in places the precipi tation was excessive, notably in Darl Ington and Chesterfield coun-ies where lands were badly washed and bottom lands flooded. The weekly amount of rain was largely in excess of the nor mal in the central counties, but the ground was kept wet so that only from one to three days plowing and culti vation were practicable. Hoeing made better progress. Farm work was further delayed and' is backward with many fields very fou: with grass and weeds, and there is a continued scarcity of farm lab orers in ill parts of the State. so that the grassy fields are becoming a ser ious menace to crops. While a few reports indicate that notton is doing well on uplands, more ,specially on red and clay lands that have been cult:vated, the majority of the reports indicate the crop to be in 3n unpromising condition with the plants small, and red or yellow, and their growth checked by the cool nigths. Many fields are grassy and the probability is that some will be abandoned in all sections of the State, )wing to their foul condition and the impracticability of cleaning them. Plants continue to die on sandy lands. Lice have appeared in a number of nounties. Chopping made fair pro gress, but has not been finished in the western counties. Sea Island cotton is in a poor condition. Early corn that has been properly oultivated is promising, but the lar ger portion of the crop is yellow and sickly. Planting of bottom lands made slow progress during the week, and there is still mich to be planted. Wheat is ripening and some has been aut. Oats are generally fne, espe ,ially spring oats. Fall oats are rip ening and harvest is under way. It has been too wet for tobacco and some is firing. Some peas have been sown, and sweet potatoes transplanted. Truck shipments have about ended. Truck wet weather has caused peaches to rot badly. Pastures are fine and gar lens are doing well.-J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Settlement With Counties. Columbia, Special.-The comptroller general has decided upon a uniform late for settlements between the tax Iepartment of the State and the tax department of the counties and has issued the following letter to county auditors, treasurers, supervisors and superintendents of education: "It becomes necessary to fix a uni Eormn date for the annual settlement between county auditors and county ireasurers. All annual settlements will hereafter be made July 1st, or as soon as possible after that date. Coun :y treasurers, supervisors and superin :endents of education are directed at she close of business June 30th to alose and balance their books. These fficers with their books and vouchers will meet in the county auditor's of lice, on or before July 10, together with the foreman or committee of the grand jury and county auditor, and proceed to verify the charges and 3redits taken in said settlement, as miade up by the county auditor and reasurer. "County auditors will bear in mind :hat upon them rests the responsibil .ty for carrying out these instruc ions and for the correctness of the settlement, for It is manifestly impos sible for the comptroller general or his -epresentative to examine and verify :he thousands of items going to make .p the charges and credits, and he must therefore depend, in a great neasure, upon county officials cover ng the same. When the settlement is Dade up notify this office; a date will :hen be Aixed to examine and approve :he same. "County supervisors and county su oerintendlents of education wvill pre pare a statment, showving the exact yondition of the county and' schcol inances, giving a complete statement f bonded debt, borrowed money. out mtanding claims, etc. Blanks will be urnished for this purpose." Franchise Tax Upheld. Washington, Special.--The validity f the special franchise tax law of 1899, of the State of New York, was sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States in a decision handed lown. The decision affects immense nterests and it is stated that over $24, )00,000 of unpaid taxes in Greater New Y'ork are made payable by the decision landed down. Justice Brewer delivered :he opinion of the court. State Press Association, Mr. E. H. Aull of Newberry, presi lent of the State Press Association, has tccep ted the invitation for members of he association to attend the meeting f the North Carolina Press -Associa ion to be held at Kenilworth Inn, ishevrille, cn the 5th, 6th and 7th of ruly. The Virginia Press Association vill naeet there at the same time. The meeting of the South Carolina 3ress Association is not to be inter *ered with, and will be held according o arrangements at White Stone springs, July 11th. Mr. Aull is also ar anging for the annual trip of the nembers of the South Carolina Press issociation, the projected itinerary be ng to the Oregon exposition and thence o San Francisco. l':alian Laborer Killed. St. George. Special.-Nicolis De narchi, an Italian laborer, employed )Y Dorchester Lumber company at 3adham, near here, was run over and tilled by a freight train on the South ~rn railw-ay between here and Bad iam Satu~rday night. His bc.dy was torn o pieces and scattered along the rail -oad track for 200 yards o:- more. Cor mrer- Kizer empaneled a jury which liewed the body and adjourned till1 'riday afterncen of this week. Nineteen Vessels Sunk o- Captured. Tokio. By Cable.--The number of Russian vessels of all descriptions sunk and captured by Adm~iral Togo's Teet now stands at nineteen. It is possible that three additional war ships were sunk in the fight Saturday mnd others later. The Navy Depart Dent, however, refrains from crediting reports of this nature until it is as sured of their correctness. It is be levedl the Ural is the name of the cap :ured trans:port wN'h has been omit -ed in the list nrm:- slv cabled. TWO PERSONS DROWNED Tragic End of Sunday Diversion i ,Sight of Many Persons-Both Bod ier Recovered. Conway. Special.-Mr. S. A. Cau sey and his nephew, G. Hugh Causey, were drowned on Sunday at Pitch { landing . the Waccamaw river. four miles below this place. A number of men had gathered at this place. well known to bathers. at about 10 o'clock iii the morning. Mr. Causey was try ing to teach his little nephew. a boy about 10 years old, how to swim. They were the only ones in the water at the time, with the exception of two small boys. Mr. Causey took his nephew on his back, and announced his in tention of swimming across the river, d: at that point about 90 yards wide. sl When about half way across, he turn- B ed around and started back-the reas- R on for which no one will ever know. M When within a few feet of the shore, b he suddenly sank, and never rose. I As he went down his nephew loosened a his hold, and tried to reach the bank, but. succeeded only in drifting a few feet farther down the stream, before it he too was overcome. si None of the others present were able to swim, and all efforts made to d get a boat or reach poles out to the struggling boy proved unavailing, and the horror had to be endured of see- le ing him go down before their eyes, just beyond the reach of help. Mr. Causey was noted for his skill as a swimmer, and various theories have been put forward to account for e this most unfortunate accident, the u< most plausible being that, due to the extra burden of the boy's weight. lie felt his strength ebbing, and turned back. only to be seized with cramp before reaching shore. This probably a] accounts for the fact that he did not rise after going down the first time. He was a merchant at Bear Swamp, and leaves a wife, but no children. bi For the past four years he has been j a memoar of the local camp of the th Woodmen of the World, and as soon P( as the news of the accident reached this place, as many of his brethren as could be summoned went out to the j scene. His body was recovered about re ten yards below the point where he sank, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon; and a few minutes later the boy's body was found, some distance further P down the river. The members of the ar camp also attended the funeral exer- th cises, which were solemnized at his af family burial place, called "Camp I Ground." I I The many friends and relatives of deccased have done everything within their power to show their sympathy to with his family in this sad bereave- A: ment. - Lb Farmer Killed Tenant. m Florence, Special.-Alonzo Murphy, colored, was shot and killed by Jim Cole, a young white farmer, near the in city. Murphy lived on Cole's planta- in tion and was beating his wife. She went th over to Mr. Cole's residence nearby and W appealed to him for help. Cole went back with her and told him he had s come to advise him and meant no s trouble: however he must stop beating his wife and having so much noise on his plantation. Murphy became enraged and picked up his gun, which, it is said, was loaded with buckshot, pointed it at Cole and fired, but Cole knocked it up just as it fired. the load m going over his head. Murphy. then t i' jumped on Cole to fight him and when ur Cole found that Murphy was getting G3 the best of him he pulled his pistol to shoot him. Murphy tried to take V it from him. Finally Mr. Cole shot Jc him twice. one of the bullets passing through his body and killing him in stantly. Tried to Kill a Farmer. t Rock Hill, Special.-Boykin Mobley, o young white man, was arrested here m n a warrant issued by the magistrate in t Ogden. charging him with attempt- of n the life of W. L. Baskins. a well- g to-do farmer of the Ogden neighbor- in hood. It is alleged by Baskins that tr Mobley shot at him several times with p shot gun and fired the same weapeon d through the window of his residence. t into a room where Mrs. Baskins. her ta two children, and her mother. Mrs.: thn Parish, were standing. Baskins, while the shooting was going on. ran to the house of a neighbor and returned with a gun and acquaintance, a Mr. Parrish, who was armed with a rifie. le Mobley refused to surrender and Par- af rish fired at him with a rifie. He was c slightly wounded in the hand. but es- t caped and has been in hiding since:ti The shooting occurred last Thursday. 01 Officers located Mobley in hiding atf T: the home of his father at Manchester uI mill in this city and arrested him at- he ter he had jumped from a second story se window in an endeavor to escape. New Enterprises. The Carolina Ice and Packing Co., of Darlington, was chartered Monday, the officers being W. D. Coggeshall, gi presiedert and treasurer, and J. R- di Coggeshall, secretary. The capital'h stock is $20,000. o The Dillon Storage company has ap- di plied for a commission and will, con duct a cotton warehouse at that town,t the capitalization being $3,000. The 01 corporators are: Wade Stackhouse. R. n P. Stackhouse, J. S. Thompson and W. T. Bethea. The Wood Pottery company, of North tp Augusta, chartered a year ago with a capital stock of $8.000, has increasedd its capitalization to $12.000. To Endow Chairs of Divinity. A chair of divinity will be endowed In Allen university and in Benedict col- Ite lege by John C. Martin, the wealthyd New York coal merchant, who has al ready given a fortune for the education C f negro preachers. The State Bible n institute of the .John C. Martin edu- el eational fund will be held here and will l last through Friday. It is expected that h John C. Martin himself will be at theh institute, and members of his working force have made the announcemnenl as to the gifts to the two local institutions i Eor the education of negroes. al Sinking of i-lagship. St. Petersburg. By Cable.-The re port that the Kniaz Souvaroff, flagship of the Russian fleet. whi:'h was defeat ed by the .Japanese in the Straits of d Erea, was sunk and that Admiral f< Rojestvensky was wounded and placed C n board a torpedo boat destroyer is si onfirmed. The whereabouts of the .n estroyer is no: known. h An understandling has been reached C whih will enable the Wabash to share in the great steei tonnage of the Pitts burg district. h t IEMORIAL ADDRES 'resident Draws Lessons From i Recent Great Sea Fight ASES PLEA FOR A STRONG NAY i a Decoration Day Address at ti Unveilirg of a Statute of Gener; Slocum at Brooklyn, the Presider Declares That Any Man Must E Blind Who Cannot Read the Leon of the Present and the Recent Pas New York, Special.-In a stirring ad ress delivered at the unveiling of a bi atue of General Henry W. Slocum i: rooklyn, Memorial Day, Presiden oosevelt paid a splendid tribute to th en who compose the Northern armie. it did not forget those of the Souther sts. Most notable in his epeech wa i expression of his hope that as th ition increased in strength ther uld come a corresponding increase ii s sense of responsibility, whic] Lould prevent its people from eithe juring or insulting other people; hi ciration that the surest way for tion to invite disaster is to be opu nt, aggressive and unarmed. Significant, in the light -of recen ents, was his assertion that: "If ou wvy is good enough, we have a loni .reer of peace and prosperity befor and the only likelihood of troubli -er coming to us as a nation wil ,ise if we let our navy become to all or Inefficient. A first-class navy -st-class in point of size, above al st-class in point of efficiency an( e Individual unit as units in com nation is'the surest and cheapes tarantee of peace. I should thinl at any man looking at what is hap ning and has happened abroad an( our own history during the past fey ars, must indeed be blind if he canno ad that lesson clearly. The President was in New York citj ,e hours, but during that time did no it his foot in ,Manhattan, passing ound the island in a ferry boat t( e Brooklyn side of the East river, an( ter the exercises , returning in tho me fashion. The entire trip was with. Et unhappy incident. The President made a hurried dasi the naval Young Men's Christiax sociation. A rapid inspection of the building e gift of Miss Helen M. Gould, wa, de, and then the President deliverec 20-minutes address. He again spok the navy, saying: "More and more our people are wak g up to the need of a navy, anc view of events happening all ovei e world, I think we can count or gress to continue to build -2p OUI .vy. It certainly will, if I can per' ade it. It is all-important to hav4 ips best in hull, the best in armoi d the best in 27mam~ent of any natior the world.'' Crowd at Andersonville. Americus, Ga., Special.-The me rial exercises at Andersonville na mal cemetery Tuesday morning were Lder the auspices of the Fitzgerali -and Army Post and were of ry impressive character. Rev. 0 .0 hnson, of Fitzgerald, delivered thi ation, the programme being inter ersed with musical selections an< ort addresses from other speakers. The Americus Light Infantry, whic] Is ordered to Andersonville to keej e peace among the thousands of co] ed excursionists assembled there arched to the cemetery by specia vitation and fired the national salut honor over the 14,000 Federa aes. This is the first time such ai vitation has been extended the Statt ops, United States regulars havini rformed such duty heretofore. Thi .y passed quietly in the little town e military and sheriff's posse maira ining excellent order amond the ousands of negroes.. Violent Storm at Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.-A vio at rain and wind storm here Tuesda) ternoon blew down Salem Baptisi urch, in one of the suburbs. damaget e Salvation Army Hotel building, the era house and many private houses -ees were broken short off or pullec by the roots, and crops and shrub 'ry were badly damaged. No one was iously hurt. .,000 Graves at Chattanooga Dec. rated. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.-The aes of fourteen thousand Union sol ers buried in the national cemeter: re were decorated. S. E. T. Sanford Knoxville, was the orator of th< y. A feature of th'e exercises wa e presentation of a handsome stan' colors by the citizens of Chatts oga to the Seventh Cavalry, locate< Fort Oglethrope, but soon to de rt for the Philippines. The preset tion was made iby United State nator J. B. Frazier. Killed by Lightning. Winston-Salem, Special.-The daugh r of Mr. Robert Humming, a well-to farmer residing near Belo, Surr unty, was instantly killed by light ng Wednesday afternoon during al ectrical and hail storm. The youn: ly was standing on the front porch a rhome when stricken by the bolt. Fire broke out in 400 bales_ of cotto> the hold of the steamer Hamiltor 1d she had an exciting run of Z0 mile ick to her dock at Norfolk. Mr. Villard Elected. Manasas. Va.. Special.-Mr. Oswal arrison Villard, editor of The Ne ork Evening Post. was elected presi ent of the Manassas Industrial Scho< r Colored Youth, succeeding Co arroll D. Wright, formerly Commia oner of Labor, who severed his cot eetion with the institution becausec is removal from this section of th~ >untry to take the presidency of larke T-niversity. Mrs. J. W. Page. of Roanoke, charge er brother. Bernard McGocern, wit e t~efto eeral hundred dollars. EVIDENCES OF SOUTH'S PROGRESS Leads All Sections of the Country itt Railroad Building as Well as Growth of Other Industries. I N a recent number of the Raliway Age. there is published a compil ation showing the number of miles of railway now under actual con struction. also the number of miles 0 planned or contemplated and likely to be under construction In the imme diate future. The compilation covers it the entire country, and we give the figures below. In the firs? column will be found the mileage aczally under n contract and in the second the mileage projected: Pro Actuar. Jecte& 1 New England States..,. 37 103 -iddle States ............ 455 55 g Central Northern States .. 681 651 1 South Atlantic States ......1,156 1,547 t Gulf and Mississippi Val..1..Il0 802 Southwestern States . ..2,500 31 B Northwestern States.. 628 1,24 , Paetie States ............. 933 2.000 Totals ..... ..... ..7,50* 9=,33 Tre compilation' is of interest to this section. showing as it does, that 60 per & cent of therailroads actually beting con i strueteti and of those projected are in I the Somth. It is a positive expression of conffdence in the future proWeritT of the South, backed by men of sxpe n ror business sagacity in the invest x ment of their money.. Money talks, and . while it is sometimes deceived, it is not. often. rf the men who are thus mak ing large investments in; the construc t tion of railroads in this section did r not believe it would prove a paying in vestment they would not make it. Un less the South remains prosperous and does not continue to grow in prosper ity, - these investments will not pay. It is believed there is to be more bus iness for the railroads, and there can not be business for them unless the South is producing something to make freights, and unless the population in I creases so as to give assurance that more people will traveZ on the roads and pay fares. The confidence thus expressed gives additional value to Southern lands, to Southern mines and quarries and to Southern mills. It gives assurance that there is growing wealth and popula tion, and that the South is to become a larger factor in the field of Ameri can industries and commerce.-Knox ville, Tenn., Journal and Tribune. rERSONAL GOSSIP. The Duke of Oporto. brother of the King of Portugal. is one of the finest Ilute players in the world. Boston Corbett, the man who is cred ited with having shot J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Lincoln, is residing in Texas. Two of the official pallboarers of Abraham Lincoln are still living. Henry G. Worthington and Alexander H. Goffroth. Colonel Lorenza Alexis de Ciairmont. chief of staff to President Cebrara, of Guatenahi. was once a ticket taker in Denver, Col. Ivor Davidson. who was the giant of a circus years ago, his height being seven feet two inches, has died at his home in Roscoe, Minn. Robert W. Chambers, who at times uses startling incidents in the con struction of plots for his novels, is con stantly receiving "crank" letters. Frederick Lawrence Knowles. the ' son of a Boston minister, is looked upon by critics as one of the most promising of the younger poets. Philip Verrill Mighels. the author, Lhas been elected president of the - branch of the Dickens Fellowship re cently established in New York. John L. Dube, whose father was a Zulu king, is in Boston trying to raise money with which to establish an in dnstrial school in his native country. H. E. Barnhard. State chemist of pNew Hampshire. has been selected as the chemist for the new Indiana labor atory of hygiene at Indianapolis, Ind. William S. Kies, who has been made general attorney of the Chicago and INorthwestern Railroad. is only twenty aseven years old, and was born on a farm in Minnesota. Sam S. Shubert, the young theatri cal manager who was killed in the wreck at Sotah Harrisburg, Pa.. was only twenty-eight years old, and con trolled sixteen theatres NEWSY GLEANINGS. T'he proportion of illiterates in Ron mania is seventy per cent. The Blrockton Mfass.1 relief fund has reached a grand total of 387.000. A census of the homneless of London made on a. 1 rent night, revealed a to tat of 24SL. Wisconsin hais passed a law prohibit- . -ing the sale and use of giant tire crackers. The magnet is being used in surgery in London. The other day it drew a - hammer head out of a mnan's arm. The subway and elevated rords in New York City carried about 1.O0000 3 passengers a day the last quarter. -An uncounted treasury bill for ?I00 I was i,resented at thme Bank of England the oth-er day. It bears the date of '1745. The one hundred and fifth anniver E sary of the death of the poet Cowper I was celebrated at East Derehama, Eng .land. A German translation of a pamphlet Iaddressed by Tolstoi to soldiers and young people has been confiscated by Lthe Berlin pl)ice. sAll :ae real estate signs in the city of San Jose and for five nm~es around it have been taken down. They wert. considered distiguring. Albany (N. Y.) records show an in. - crease in the State registration of auto -mobiles in three years from 2000 to 15., S000-chiefly pleasure vehicles. .The San Francisco police arrested. the other day. three men and three women in what they said was a shop ilifting school. It had counters and t shelves, amnd the woe were being taught to steal. The petition that has been circulated in D~eadwvood among the owners of Sdogs has resulted in the raising of $00, which anmount is to he used in furnish s e a re-m-d for the capture of the dog poisoners :and in the :egail service need ed to prosecute the cases. d Wedding Ring Found on Harrow. A b!acksmith of Aswarby, near Siea folrd, England, has made a most curi ous discovery. H-e received from a neighboring - farmstead a harrow for repairs, and wvhile these were being executed a 22. Scarat gold wedding ring was found sticking on to one of the teeth of the implement. It is supposed that the ring was lost on the land and that it Swas picked up by the harrow in the cnourse of its work.