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VOL. 69.
NO. ?9.
?iorious Victory Croons Prowest Of
Japanese Arms
?EAVY LOSSES TO RUSSIANS ARMY
The First Army, under General Kuro
ki, Forces a Passage of the Yalu
and Drives the Russians from Chien
Tien Cheng;
Tokio, By Cable.-After five days of
j fighting, largely with artillery, the
first japanese army; under General
: Kuroki, has forced ? crossing of the
; Yalu river and Sunday wiih ? gallant
charge covering ? frontage df four
mile?, it drove the Russians from Chiu
Tien Cheng arid the heights on tho
right bank of Ujla ihb or Ai,da river;
which .enters" the.- Yalu., from tne
North almost opposite Wiju: T.he Jap
anese turned the l.?tt. flank bf the Rus
sian position and in the battle bf. Sun
day they swept the -new front inter
posed by the Russians tb check their
pnward movement, The present posi
tion pf the .Japanese is a dominating
bile, and they may force the abandon
ment of the defenses erected by the
gussiaui .at Antung and omer points*
_wer down the river.
General Kuroki began the movement
on Tuesday by ordering a detachment
of the Imperial Guards division to
seize the island of Kurito, which is in
the Yalu above Wiju, and a'detachment
of the second division to seize the isl
and of Kintieto, which is situated be
W,,WijiK ' The detachment of the Im
perial Guards met some resistance, but
it succeeded in clearing the enemy out
and occupied Kurito Island. The
Russians abandoned the island of Kin
teito when attacked by the detach
ment of the second divisions.
- The action losses sustained by the
detachment .of the Imperial Guards is
not known, as there is an error in that
part of the message received here re
aring to the number killed, but 9
9r th? d.?t?chm?nt were severely and
M. slightly wounded: The. detachment
pf the s?cohd division which took tho
island, of Kinitb sustained nb losses.
pDux??g these' movements on the isl
and the Russians opened fire on the
Japanese with eight guns from a hill
behind Chu-Tien-Chein and two Hotch
kiss guns which were mounted on the
bank of the river at Kosan.- where the
Russians seemed to have established
their headquarters. One battery of Jap
anese artillery which had taken a posi
tion on a hill to the east of Wiju fired
three volleys at Kosan and at 1 o'clock
Tuesday the Russian batteries behind
Chu Cheng opened fire, wounding one
Japanese soldier with shrapnel. OD
Wednesday the bombardment of Wiju
was continued, the firing being at in
terv?ls.. The .Japanese artillery did not
respofid to this fact. General Kuroki
has received reports tc the effect that
the. Japanese loss was small.
iring? party-?rbm an emplacement in
the hills in the southeast part of Yo
9hoko. This fire .was without effect. The
Russian artillery on the hill behind
Chiu-Cheng firing at a high angle,
opened on Wiju, where some Japan
ese .batteries had taken position. This
firing continued until Thursday night
and General Kuroki reports that while
lt was ineffective, it disturbed his prep
arations for an attack. The Russians
resumed the shelling of Wiju on Fri
day, but the Japanese guns did not re
ply. .
i The twelfth division of the Japanese
army was chosen to make the first
crossing of the Yalu. It began its pre
parations on Friday by driving the
Russians from their position on the
b??k of the river. Opposite Suikochin.
which is eight miles above Wiju, and
the point selected for the crossing. This
division constructed a pontoon bridge
over the river and at 3 o'clock Saturday
morning It began crossing. The entire
division crossed over the river and by
6 o'clock p. m., it was in the position
assigned to it for the battle Sunday.
The movement of the twelfth ' Jap
anese division was covered by the sec
ond Regiment of field artillery and
another artillery regiment of heavy
guns.
The Japanese losses in the bombard
ments of Saturday were two men kill
ed and five officers and 22 men
.wounded. A flotilla of gun-boats from
the squadron of Adir^ral Kosoya par
ticipated in the fighting pf Saturday.
It encountered mixed force of Rus
sians infantry, cavalry and artillery on
the Manchurian bank of the Yalu be
low Antung and after a sharp fight
scattered them to the hills.
A bridge across the main stream of
the Yalu, just below Wiju, was com
pleted at 8 o'clock Saturday night
and the second Japanese division and
the Imperial Guards immediately be
gan crossing.
They advanced and occupied the hills
back of Kosan, facing the Russian po
sition on the right bank of the river.
All through Saturday night regiment
after regiment of Japanese soldiers
-poured across the bridge and at a late
hour Saturday night General Kuroki
telegraphed to the general staff of the
army:
"I will attack the enemy on May 1, at
dawn."
Tine to his promise General Kuroki
at daylight today centered all his ar
tillery on the Russian position between
Chiu-Tien-Cheng and Yoshoko. To this
fire the Russians made reply with all
their batteries. At 7 o'clock in the
morning the Russian battery at Yosho
ko was silenced and half an hour later
General Kuroki ordered his line,
stretching for four miles, to attack.
The Japanese infantry on the word of
command, charged across the Tho,
j1
I" News of the Day.
j A tornado which swept Indian Ter
ritory, Texas, Arkansas and other sec
tions of the Southwest killed 15 per
sons so far as known, injured scores
fit others, some fatally, and destroyed a
.large amount of property.
I The crew of 27 menton board the
French waterlogged barkentine Union
?was rescued by the steamer Haverford
and taken to Philadelphia.
Four chauffeurs were badly hurt in
Edwin Gould's automobile in New
.York and one man was killed and three
injured, one perhaps fatally, in an ac
cident, at Trenton, N. J.
City Attorney W. B. Henderson, oi
Memphis, Tenn., a law partner of Hon.
M. R. Patterson, committed suicide by
shooting.
Rev. Victor Garak, of the Polish
Catholic Church, at Wllliamsport, Pa.,
was arrested; charged with beating a
DOy-to death..
Thc Pencoyd Iron Works, of Phila
delphia, resumed operations after s
?bj?j??wn..
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
Minority Leader Wiljiami Offert ftes?.
tintions . Cf^m?nding. the impartial
Conduct of the Speaker; .
- The closing Thursday, of the second
session of the House of the Fifty
eighth Congress was made notable by
the demonstration which was evoked
by a resolution offered by Mr. Wil
liams, the minority leader, testifying
to the courtesy and fair and impartial
manner in which Speaker Cannon had
prcsid?d over the House. The resolu
tion, was' not of the perfunctory1 kind,
but waa expressive bf the kindly feel:
ing which men in the House of all par
ties entertained toward him. In a
graceful speech the Speaker declared
his appreciation of the resolution.
Many conference reports were ?gr?ed
to on bills whM had been in dispute
between the. two,,. House?, including
that on the. bill for. the government of
the canal zone: Thex only debate of
any importance was on the bili pro
viding for the restoration tb the Naval
Academy of three cadets who had
been dismissed .for, hazing, the House
voting overwhelmingly against it.
When tb$ resolution for adjourn
ment was presented, Mr. Williams, of
Mississippi the minority leader, re
marked that ".while the Democrats per
sonally, would feel very glad to get
back to their homes they would regret
for a long time the^in-action of the
majority of the House that seems anx
ious to leave the post of duty and leave
a situation bristling with legislation
that ought to be.considered."
m Mr. Payne said that he felt assured
"that after seven years of uninter
rupted Republican rule the country
will say that every important interest
?has been carefully guarded by ,th?
Republican party by the legislation of
those seven years."
The time was within five minutes
of the hour set for adjournment when
Mr.. Williams, amid impressive silence,
was recognized to present a resolution
expressive of the appreciation of the
House for the fair and impartial man
ner iii which the Spe?ker had presided
over that body. Th? resolution refers
to the sturdy common sense and gen
ial good, humor which have been dis
placed by. the. Speaker, and which have
induced the Speaker, and which have
Induced the members of the House it
self in a degree almost unprecedented,
in Imitation of him, to display the
same sterling American characteristic
in their deliberations and mutual deal
ings. Mr. Williams said that it was
a great thing to be a Speaker of the
House of Commons of the American
republic, but that it was a greater
thing "not to permit the fact of pro
motion to that place, one of the most
exalted ih the world, to turn one's
head in the slightest degree, or to de
fleet one from the course hitherto pur- I
sued of being a plain American citizen
with extraordinary common sense and
a remarkable fund, of that most char
acteristic of all America qualities
genial humor."
Mr. Williams then convulsed the
r^c?ft^
course of which he said : "Mr. Speaker,
[ will always think that you are as fair
as I believe you will be." The Speaker
he Baid, replied: "John, I am going to
bo as fair as I can consistently with
the exigencies of American politics."
Mr. Williams declared that the
Speaker did himself injustice when he
put that limitation upon his state-i
ment, "but." Mr. Williams said, "it was
characteristic of the frankness and
candor of the man to put in the limi
tation." The resolution was unani
mously adopted on a rising vote, and
the Speaker was escorted to the rost
rum amid frantic applause. He was
visibly affected when he thanked the
House for the resolution, saying it
touched him more than he could ex
press. He said, among other things:
"In the nature of things, the con
tests on the hustings and in the hall,pf
the House are spirited and earnest. I
would be less than human did I not
say that while, for the time being, I
co-operate with the majority, after all,
the minority has a function to perform
almost equal in importance to the
function of the majority, and it is a
matter of gratification not only to me
now, but as I recollect it at the close
of the various Congresses of which I
have been a member, that when the
heat of contest has died away there
ever remains resneot uDon each side for
the other, for the efforts of intelligent,
patriotic, brave men who represent
their constituents according to the re
spective judgments."
The Speaker at 2:10 o'clock adjourn
ed the House, and was given one of
the greatest demonstrations of regard
ever witnessed in the House of Repre
sentatives. As, to a man the members
rose and sang "America," the occu
pants of the galleries joined in.
Speaker Cannon took a position near
the lobby floor on the Republican side,
and the members filed past and bade
him "good-bye,'* all the while singins
"He's, a jolly good fellow," with a re
frain, "So say we all of us' 'to the tune
cf "America," closing with "God be
with you till we meet again."
Senate Adjournment.
With a brief announcement and a
sharp rap of his well-worked gavel,
President Pro Tem Frye adjourned the
Senate sine die at 2 p. m. Thursday,
the hour fixed by the resolution of the
two Houses of Congress. The occur
rence was devoid of unusual incident.
The greator part of the day was de-,
voted to a nolitical debate which was
participated in on the Republican side
by Messrs. Allison and Aldrich, and on
the Democratic side by Messrs. Gor
man and Culberson. The President?
and his cabinet occupied the Presi-.
dent's loom during a part of the de
bate, and some of the President's ad
visers were among the most interested
listeners to the criticism and defense
of their chief. Mrs. Roosevelt and
other members of the President's
family occupied seats in the gallery
toward the close of the session, and
they, too, found entertainment in the
proceedings. The only important acts
of legislation during the day were the
presentation and acceptance of con
ference reports on the Panama canal
government and emergency river and
harbor bills. Neither report aroused
debate.
After the adoption of a .resolutiou of
thanks to Mr. Frye, the presiding of
ficer, the Senate adjourned.
A Ghastly Sight.
Johannesburg, By Cable.-The col
lapse of a cage in the Robinson mine
precipitated 46 natives 2,000 feet to
the bottom. All were killed. The
bottom of the shaft is a quagmire of
human remains.
Light House for Diamond Shoals.
Washington, Special.-The Senate
has passed the bul anuth0rl2in& the
construction of a ttghthonse and fog
signal at ?lanWfl Shoals; Cape Hat
teras,
Louisiana' Purchase Exposition1 No#
Readj* For the Public
DOORS THROWN t)P?N SATURDAY
Flawless Weather and Large Attend
ance-rPresident Pressed the Button
In Washington at ?2;15 ?'cl?cM;
St. Louis, Special.-^Repre'senting a
larger expenditure than any similar
enterprise heretofore attempted on
this continent, greater in its ambition,
and larger in its scope than any pre
vious effort of its kind; the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition wns formally op
ened Saturday ?fterri?on; The inau
gural exercises could* hardly have .been
improved upon. They were simple
and were carried through without de
lay of any description.'
President Pressed th? Button.
Washington Special. - President
Roosevelt pressed the gold key which .
completed the electrical circuit and
released the gigantic power pf the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition a\t
St. Louis, putting in motion the 40,000
horse power machinery and the fairy
like cascades in the grounds. The
ceremony occurred in the East Room
of the White House, precisely at 1.14
1-2 o'clock; Eastern standard time. As
the President prised the key the
third battery of United States artil
lery, stationed south of the White
House, fired a salute of twenty-one
guns. Congratulatory messages- then
were exchanged between the Presi
dent and David R. Francis, president
of the Exposition" Company; Th? his
toric ceremony was witnessed by ?
notable assemblage, including mem- ,
bers of ?ht cabinet; justices of the
Supreme Cburt, and members Of the
diplomatic corps. Three te'legr?phic '
circuits between the East Room and 1
the administration building of the Ex- \
position were provided by the Postal I
Telegraph Company. j
The table which supported the tele- .
graph instruments was located in the '
East Room. On it rested a small '
dai" covered with blue and gold plush; {
to th? top of which was ?ttach?d the t
gold key with which the Pr?'sid?nt \
closed the circuit; The same dais
and the same key have been used od c
several similar occasions': \
Trust Company, limited, of England, c
bas filed suit in the United States J
District Court, asking for the appoint- ^
ment of a" receiver for the Raywood j
Rice, Canal and Milling Company, c
which has 13,000 acres of ried in cul- -
tivation in Liberty county: lt is alleg-" j
etl that the company is indebted to ?
the Trust - Company in the sum of 1
$100,000 and is under contract to build ?
houses upon and irrigate its land, ag- I
gregating about 42,000 acres. While *
no default in interest is alleged, it is .
changed that the work agreed, to he
done has not been done according to
contract, and the court has been ask
ed to appoint a receiver to operate ,
the plant in the interest of the cred
itors as well as the company. The
hearing has been set for ten days'
hence. There are numerous creditors 1
of the Rice Company in eastern j
Texas.
Japanese Blow Up Railway. ,
London, By Cable.-The Daily Tele- '
graph's correspondent at Irkutsk,
Siberia, under Wednesday's date, says ,
that the Japanese have blown up a ?
portion of the railway at Khalil", but ,
that the resultant damage is insigni- j
ficant. i
John W. Kennedy Arrested.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Special.-John
W. Kennedy, under arrest here on i
suspicion, has admitted he is wanted i
in Staunton, Va., for the wrecking of i
an express train and killing of the en
gineer two years ago. Kennedy had
been convicted and sentenced to be
hanged on March 11th. Two days
before the time set for his execution 1
he escaped.
A Strike Called Off.
Roanoke, Special.-The strike in
augurated against the Southern Ex
press Company by the telegraph op
erators and express agents along the
lines of the Norfolk & Western Rail
way two months ago, when several
hundred express offices were closed
because the express people would not
grant a 10 per cen.t increase in com
missions paid the telegraphers on ex
press business, was called off after con
ferences between T. W. Leary, vice
president and general manager of the
Southern Express Company, and a
committee from the Order of Railway
Telegraphers who represented the
strikers.
News in Notes.
Bert Thorndyke, a prominent young
man of San Jose, Cal., masked, held
up six men in a club and was later
killed by a posse.
Mrs. Mary A. Powell confessed at
Dover, Del., that she murdered her
fost'ep daughter, Essie Albin.
Several famous French statues in
the World's Fair, at St. Louis, were
thrown down and smashed and irrem
ediable damage done.
Federal Judge Speer, at Savannah,
appointed J. R. L. Smith, of Macon,
Ga., as receiver for the Brunswick and
Birmingham Railroad.
Robert A. Buckner has been ap
pointed superintendent of the Eastern
division of the Southern Express Com
pany to succeed V. Spalding, who is
given immediate leave of absence,
owing to continued ill health. Mr.
Buckner's headquarters will he at
Roanoke, Va., and his territory em
braces the Norfolk & Western system
and the line of the Southern Railway
from Bristol to Chattanooga, Tenn,
Mining Phosphate ROCK.'
The board of phosphate commission
ers has acted unfavorably upon the
petition of the Beaufort board of trade
I for the reduction of royalty upon phos
J phate rock mined In the waters of the
Stat?. Th? petition was presented by;
tr <5 mayor, Capt. C; ?: Townsend, and
by Mr: W.. J; Thomas, ? prominent at
torney, who .was a member Of the
Legislature from Hampton county a
few years ago. The members of the
board present were Governor I-!e?ward(
Hon. U. X. Gunter, Attorney General;
A. W. Jones. Comptroller General, and
.Mess?s. D. H. Tompkins, of Ninety-Six,
and. J: H; Smiling: nf Uttlp Rock.
The" .mining pf phosphate lil this
State is.at. a low State,, ?c'eordihg td
representatives .of the Beaufort, board
of trade: fh? royalty oh rock is now'
25 cents per, ton, and s'om? tim? ager
the Central , Phosphate Company rc-;
quested that the royalty be reduced tb
12V2' cents,..as there, is now no money
in the mining ?f the , rock ..with .the
competition from other n'oint?.' ..This
petition was refused as the money is
pledged to secure the State bonds, the
amount being fixed by law at $75,000.
Today the board of trade of Beaufort
Stated that the closing of the com
pany's works' ?bou.t ..finished tha
business in this .Skie.; .Thc -boar^yfis
terday did not order the reduction be'-,
cause it felt that as the money is
pledged to the security of the State
bonds the royalty now charged is lit
tle enough. J
In 1803 the income from this source
was $237,000 a lid the royalty was $1 per
ton; ?itt,c?. thfetL however the royaltv
has been steadily reduced.dnrl ?ll .ef
forts made to keep up the business has
been of little avail. As a result the
Stono Company is now the only one in
business, theirs being a little hand
picking ai?air *ml (he income last year
was about ?16,0u0.
Committee Ki?m?ds
. Greenville. Special.-The United
St?es District Cour t, at the ci Ose of"
business Monday evening, received.the
formal .announcement bf the death of
Judge Simoritori, and took suitable ac;
Lion with reference therelo. District
Attorney John G. Capers made the
announcement, and in appropriate lan
guage alluded to the great loss sus
tained by the Federal bench, remind
ing all of the saying that "when a
?reat man dies much learning' dies
fltfth him." Mr. Capers suggested that
t would be proper for a member of
:he Greenville bar to take the initiative
n proceedings for suitable resolutions
.0 be prepared and offered to this cout't
it th? present term, aiid that an ad
burninent be had so ?s to enable its
)fficers tb attend the funeral of Judg?
simon tori: Mf ; M; .F. Ansel responded
o the remarks of tli? .district ?tt?rn.ey,
ind alluded tb his intimate association
lulogized the wisdom and learning of
(udge Simonton with his patriotic ard
;r and devotion to his native State,
ie moved the appointment of a com
mittee, with Mr. T. Q. Donaldson as
ihairman. to prepare the resolutions,
fudge Brawl?y expressed his con
.urrencc in what had been said with
.eference to Judge Simonto?, ?hd at
mother time he will speak more at
ength in regard to his friend and as
sociate. The committee from the local
jar consists of T. Q. Donaldson, M. F.
^nserand A. Blythe.
Died of His Wounds.
Rock Hill, Special,-Spencer Doster
vas shot through the right side by Po
iceman J. A. Eubanks Saturday after
loon in front of the city lock-up. The
:ause of the shooting was that Doster
?vas resisting arrest, having taken the
policeman's "billy" from him and was
jeating Eubanks fearfully in the at
tempt to get away. Thus Eubanks, it
is said, was forced to shoot. Doster
Sled from the wound and an inquest
was held which rendered the following
verdict: "That Spencer Doster came
to his death from a gunshot wound at
the hands of J. A. Eubaaks, policeman,
in Hie discharge of his duty, while the
deceased was resisting arrest." Eu
banks-was taken to Yorkville and com
mitted to the county jail.
To Bui.d Knitting Mill.
Walhalla, Special.-The Oconee Knit
ting mill was organized with a capital
stock of $15,000. The following board
of directors were elected: W. A. Stro
ther. R. J. Jaynes. W. L. Verner, Dr. J.
W. Bell, C. W. Pitchford, W. Jno.
Schroder and Jas. M. Moss. The direc
tors elected the following officers: R.
T.' Jaynes, president; W. A. Strother,
vice president; Jas. M. Moss, secretary
and treasurer, and W. Jno. Schroder,
superintendent and manager. It is pro
posed to build a two-story brick build
ing 40xG0 feet. Work is to begin at once
upon the building. The mill is expected
to be completed by the first of Septem
ber, and it proposes to manufacture
misses and childrens' hose.
Will Take James to Savannah.
Macon. Ga.. Special.-On a warrant
sworn to by J. A. Streyer, general pas
senger agent of the Macon, Dublin &
Savannah Railroad, as against L. W.
James, formerly commercial agent of
the road, charged with burglary, a
Macon detective went to Savannah to
bring James to Macon. James is
charged with breaking into the rooms
he formerly occupied, and stealing a
large number of railroad tickets.
To Make Transfer.
Washington, Special. - President
Roosevelt has appointed Thomas C.
Dawson, of Iowa, at present secretary
to the United States legation at Rio
Janeiro, Brazil, as United States minis
ter to San Domingo. The office has
just been provided for by legislation
and carries with it a salary of $5,000.
The President tendered the mission to
General E. C. O'Brien, of New York,
one time commissioner of navigation,
but personal interests impelled him to
decline it.
OW Residence Burned.
Newberry. Special.-M. W. Harris
last week lost his home in the western
suburbs of the city together with all
ol its contents. The house was a two
story building and was insured for $1,
000 and $500 on the furniture. This
house was ore of the oldest in the
town, there being one other that has
been standing lOng?r. The origin Of the
fire ls ??t known. Mr. Harris was asleer.
in the building alone and when hi
awoke the opposite end of the house
was falling in on top.
SOUTfi CAROLINA CROPS
I ?oatri_ Caro/in? 6ro? iB^eldprheriti
,, ^^th? Week J?st ?i?s??i
g The o"??p/r ti; vt: April 25th;,
?? v mem- 4"W?t?i 57 degr??s
; walch.Is nearly 9 ,degrees,beldw ??rmal/
i due to extremely low t?nip?nitures at
the.heginning .of the.weeK with slowly
jncr6??nj*iWar.mth,-to about, normal at'
. its close. Frosts occurred cm th? 19th.
t 21st and 23rd, generally Ugh*; hut
i heavy to hilling in the northern sec
. tjon waa not sufficiently advanced to
i suffer , much Injury. The frost of the
??na WM quite general and covered
the State fi?ariy to the coast. Ice was
; ?D?rad du the 19th ?tid 20th, and on
: the latter dat? the.grd/urid' was frozen
. in York county. Th? loft temp?rature
was unfavorable for growf?? add ger
mination, but did little damage other
wise.
There was very light precipitation in
nearly all parts, but beneficial ,*mounts
in only a few. The precipitation on the
20th waa in the form of rain, sleet and
sn?w" iii the western counties. The
ground ls f?ry dry, and has insufficient
moisture, for ?fi? germination of re
cently planted seeds', Md ?for the
growth?tgrairi crops, and fdr plowing
in many .places;
Planting operatic^ mide, rapid .prog
ress abd are nearing completion in the
eastern and .central portion, but the
p'rep'?ratign .of lands is rendered largely
impracticable ft} the drp'ught, .except ,'
on light, sandy soils. Som? bottom
lands;are being prepared for corn. The
season is about 10 days late in the wes
tern counties.
; A^l? Panting I? progressing slowly
in th* wM, di though uplands are
nearly finished.. In ih? cp3teril parts,
?IV but bottom lands his been, planted,
and considerable replanting has b&n
done. Stands are from fair to good, but I
are being broken by birds and worms.
The .cool weather is inimical to the
j growth of oom, and has caused some
Mturti yellaw/ Cultivation is active ?D
j fciffr p>???; ..
Cotton planting i? n??r?y finished ID
the eastern parts, aid about Jiaff fin
ished' in tho western ones. Ga'fmin?
tion is slow and poor, and only a smalj
part of the crop is up to poor stands.
Some that was up was killed by frost,
and is being replanted. Seed for re
planting ls scarce. In the western parts
onlya ?ihaii pOrti?n is up. Sea-Island
cotton js riot doi?g mit owing to the
prevailing lbw temp?rature.
. M?st,.?f,th?, early, rice crop has been
planted:. Much bf "it is up to good
stands, but th? cool weather baa stop
ped its growth and made it turn yel
low. Wheat continues to improve
slowly, except on sandy lands where
it is ?of stooling well Tho condition
of oats is variable, but they are very
promising on moist lands and general
ly, poor on sandy lands where rain is ?
needed. Both grains need rain. Melon
seeds are germinating poorly and some
are rotting in the ground. Peaches ap
pear tb be safe on high grounds, but
are Mah d?m?ged by froBt in low
places: Other fruits' dre more promis
ing. The; w?dther w'?? t?? dry and coo]
fdr ;?'?ck; although ?hip'm?rit? cbnt?n
iie-K#vy'. Gardens ?r? gener?lfy p?rji*.
^-^n^e^ccS?etiofi Director,
As the time for the"MaY'cbnvefitToir -
approaches thiire is more talk of the
nomination of four delegates at large
to the'national convention. Some time
ago it was predicted from Washington
that the "big four" would be Gen.
Wilie Jones, State chairman; Senator
B. R. tillman. Senator A. C. Latimer
and Got. Hey ward. Gov. Hey ward's
friends wanted him to go, but he has
not consented to let his hame be used.
Ex.-Gov. Mcsweeney has been men
tioned.
It was stated on good authority that
Col. Jno. C. Haskell's friends may put
his name before the convention, and it
was stated on other authority just as
good that Hon. R. Goodwyn Rhett,
mayor of Charleston, would like to be
sent as a delegate at large or a district
delegate.
From thiB district several names
have been talked of, among them
being Congressman A. F. Lever, Mr.
G. Duncan Bellinger, Capt. Wm. E.
Gonzales, Col. ll. D. Lee of Sumter
and Mr. B. H. Moss of Orangeburg.
It is an honor to which few aspire,
as the delegates pay their own ex
penses, which calls for transportation,
hotel bills and other incidentals. Or
dinarily it is a difficult matter to get
delegates from the respective congres
sional districts, each being entitled to
two. This year when there is no pros
pect of any excitement, the candidates
are even slower In coming oui. But
on account of the exposition at St.
Louis it may be that there will te good
material from which to make up a del
egation.
The situation in this respect is very
different in South Carolina from that
presented in many other States, where
the position of the delegate is eagerly
sought for. So far as known, with the
exception of some canvassing for
Hearst, there has been no organized
work in this State for any candidate
for the presidential nomination, and
although an attempt may be made to
get a few Hearst men on the delegation
the probability is that the delegation
will be made up not according to the
preferences of the delegates along this
line but because of their standing in
the party. The delegation will likely
not be instructed but sentiment in this |
State is very favorable to Parker. Both
the senators have so expressed them
selves, although Mr. Latimer was for
merly for Gorman; as waa Gen. Willie
Jones, who now believes Parker is the
best man in sight. Congressman Lever
is also a Parker supporter, it is said.
The representatives from the sev
eral congressional districts are nomi
nated by the delegates from the coun
ties in the respective districts when
they come to the State convention, and
the nominations are confirmed by the
convention.-Columbia State.
Japanese Put Out Third Army.
Berlin, By Cable.-The Tokio cor
respondent of The Tageblatt an
nounces the mobilization of a third
Japanese army. He says it is now
disclosed that a reserve brigade, cor
responding to each division of the
active army has been mobilized there
with, and that, consequently, each
army embraces nearly one hundred
thousand men instead of being the
strength previously assumed.
Croft In the Lead.
Monday's State says of the Con
gressional primary:
"Yesterday being Sunday it was
difficult to obtain additional returns
from the Second district. Boxes
from the rural sections will not be
carried to the court house towns un
til this mborning. So far, T. G. Croft
has a small majority over his three
opponents' aggregate vote, and if this
be maintained he is elected in this
primary. Twenty-seven ol Aiken's 32
well, all of Bamberg, 7 of 8 in eau
well, all of Banmbcrg, 7 of 8 in Beau?
fort, 8 of 22 in Edgefleld, 9 of 23 in
Hampton and 10 of 27 in Saluda,
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many /batters of Ge nerd Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
?o^n rn Dixie.
? -A ?c:c factory has just been com
pleted at Elkinsv
Dr. Isadore Dyer, in a lecture at ??eff
Orleans, declared that he had cureu 12'
fep?rft
The Daughters cf ?h^American Re"
olution have adjourned1 ?i?d gone to
Jamestown, Va.
It is now certain that Dr.. Crum will
pot be confirmed as collector at Char
leston", S; C" during this Congress.
. Hetti.-, J. C.- Pritchard has been ap
pointed by the President to tho posi
tion made v?eai?? fry the recent death
of Judge Simonton.
.. W. L. Moody, of Fairpjont, W. Vi,,
eas ?r^red S300 that he can walk
from Fairmont V fy Louis in one
month. He will start Mair h
The United States Supreme SeWerf
djgml?:jed, on the ground that no relief
Is possible, the two cases involving the
Suffrage ?lause of the new Virginia
; 'constitution.
The contrazt has been given for the
construction of six Washington carbon
factories (fl th? Grassel], suburb O?
Clarksburg. Six larg? buildings, rang
ing in dimensions from 80xS? to ?OQx
300 f??t,.will be constructed of steel,
brick and s??nt?;
The Petersburg City Cduiicil ha*
adopted an ordinance making thc?
license tax to do trading-stamp busi
ness in Petersburg $250 per annum.
There was much complaint on the part
1 of many merchants that the tax was
not mads' higher !n order to prohibit
the business here'.- At a special meet
ing of the Council later th? tax was
Increased to $1,000 per annum.
At The National Capital.
- ?n unusually large number of naval
vessels will be .at thf> disposal of the I
An???p6???i midshipmen next summer. ^
Friends of Navy Paymaster BiscOe, it i
ls said, may lodge charges with the de> J
partment against Rear-Admiral Evans. ]
Representative M. E. Benton, of Mis- '
souri, declares the Democrats will take
Ihe tariff aa an issue in the coming
Presidential campaign.
.it is reported that In the event of
Mr.. Roosevelt's election Secretary Taft
will become Chiefs Justice of the Si?- ^
preme Court and" SenatoT Henry Cabot
Lodge Secretary of State,
The President awarded a medal O?
honor to Secret Service Office Richard
II. Taylor for heroism exhibited as a
member of the navy ai Apia, Samoa,
March 16,1889.
In the general deficiency appropria
tion bill adopted Wednesday the sen
ate amendment extending for twd
years the time for filing claims for
roporiy taken from Confederate of
cers and soldiers, was agreed to.
Woriart?ir^m^
creased to 80,000 but it was stated that
the Exposition would not be entirely
finished by the opening day, April 30.
Redfern, the noted Paris dressmaker,
left New York for St. Louis to look
after his exhibit at the World's Fair.
Fire destroyed the Interior of the
Victor Talking Machine Company's
plant at Camden. N. J., causing a loss
of $500,000, with insurance of $250,000.
One watchman was killed, another
badly wounded and an alleged thief
6hot in a fight, with packing-house rob
bers in Chicago.
Mrs. Louise Rodney Holcomb, of
Newcastle, Del., sued for a divorc?
from Capt. Chauncey Holcomb, alleg
ing cruelty.
Miss Bertha C. Weightman, Philadel
phia's richest heiress, was married to
Dr. N. R. Norton, of New York.
From Across Th* Sea.
Prince Pu Lim, a nephew of the Em
perior of China and China's commis
sioner to the St. Louis Fair, was pre
sented to the President.
The Russian General Staff received
information that the Japanese are
planning to force General Kuropatkin
to attack them.
Vassili Verestchagin, the artist wno
was killed at Port Arthur, expressed
In his will the conviction that he would
never return to Russia.
It is now stated that 69 person^ were
killed in the recent wreck in the Mexi
can Central railroad near Zacatecas.
Peruvian troops refuse to evacuate
territory on the western frontier of
Brazil, which is regarded as belonging
to Brazil.
The birth of an heir to the Russian
throne late in the summer }s expected.
Miscellaneous flatters.
Joel Sarver, a rich farmer, near Mar
tinsville, was robbed Sunday night.
The house was set on fire, and while
the members of the famjly were fight
ing the flames the robbers entered and
stole several hundred dollars and es
caped.
A strike was ordered for tomorrow of
the 100,000 garment workers of Ameri
ca, but was deferred In order to nego
tiate with the employers.
Sallie Gaston, colored, of Courtland,
was shot and ^almost instantly killed
by her son, William Gast -n, 25 years
old. They quarreled viole, .tly shortly
before the killing.
President Loubet arrived in Rome
and was welcomed by King Victor
Emmanuel.
Based on plans now in contempla
tion, the proposed Lincoln statute to be
erected in Washington will cost about
$1,000,000. i
Capt. Charles S. Bromwell, Corps of
Engineers, will act as Superintendent
of Buildings and Grounds during Col.
T. W. Symons' absence in New York.
Governor B. B. Odell had a long con
ference with President Roosevelt on
New York State politics.
The Reichstag discussed a bill for a
new railroad in the cotton-growing'
district of German East Africa.
The Hungarian strike committee
urges the strikers to return to work.
The police of Rome are searching
for a priest who, it is alleged, said he
had gone there to kill President
Loubet.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
left London on a visit to Ireland.
Prof. Muensterberg, in a book-"The
Americans"-published In Berlin, de
nounced the Monroe doctrine.
Rt. RDV. Thomas F. Cusack wno con
secrated ih New York as ausiliary
bishop to Archbishop Farley.
United States Circuit Judge Charles >
H. Simonton, Charleston, S. C., died
in Philadelphia. k _ _
? -Sword Captured at Bunker H ?III.
Winfield W. Brown of Dover, N. H.,
fias a rare and highly valued revolu
tionary relic, the sword cane of Col.
Henry Dearborn, who captured it from
the British on the battlefield of Bun
ker Hill. The cane is 34% inohes long
and weighs 6'/? ounces. It has' been
handed down through the Dearborn
family at North Hampton to the Dear
borns at Raymond, from them to Eben
ezer" Dearborn of Nottingham, step
father Ol Winfield Brown, its present
owner.
Rough on the Grocery Man.
A North Beverly, Mass., youth
came h??f precipitating a sic-rm of
trouble in a grocery store a day or
two ago, when he stuck his head in
at the door and asked in perfect inno
cence, "Say, mister, have you got
any meat flt for my dog!"
Germans Build Portress.
Thc Germans have been quietly
building for three years at Tstein, on
the Rhine, a fortress. Its guns com
v??M the crossing of the river from
the B?lftift district. The construction
is so far adVS?Ced that the guns have
'teen mounted.
Century Old Colorado Tree.
There are many largo specimens of
the brown cedar, jutiiperus monosper
ma, In the Garden of the Gods, Pike
Peak, Colo. Prof. Bessey of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, during a recent
visit to that place, made an effort to
ascertain the age of some of the-mag
nificent specimens. He was fortunate
en??gh to find the stump of a recently
eut tree on which it was easy to dis
tinguish the annual growth rings.
These were counted and it was found
that this particular tree was between
800 and 1,000 years old.
Korean Emperor's Toothache. . ?
During a feast which he gave not
long ago the emperor of Korea had1
the misfortune to break a tooth. ? His
august majesty at once threw the
chief cook and all the latter's assist
ants Into prison. A dentist who waa
touring the hermit kingdom heard of
the trouble and gave relief to the
royal sufferer and was* paid 1,000 yen
(about $500), for his services. Then
the imprisoned kitchen force was set at
liberty, but the chief cook was sen
tenced to serve three months without
pay. The emperor ordered another
feast to celebrate the fact that the
imperial Jaw f?o longer ached.
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