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fm ~ fPLANTEB'S MAN AND SAVINGS SA"NK. AUGUSTA, GA erest J Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts . Solicited. L. C. HATHK, President. CHAS. C. HOWARD,* Cashier. THE NATIONAL BANK L. OSHAYNB, President. OF AUGUSTA' FRANK G. FORD., Cashier. CAPITAL $250,000. Surplus j Undivided Profits. ?120,0001 Our New Vault contains 4:0 Saftr-Lcck 'Boxes, which we offer to oar patrons and thc public at three to ten dollars per annum. NO. 21. LOSE A WAR VESSEL Japanese Suffer a Slight Set-Back to \ Their Hopes TOIPEDO BOAT NO, 48 CUT IN TWO She Was Lost During a Series oi Operations at Kerr Bay-The Japs Failed After Several Attempts to Blow Up a Mechanical Mine Which Later Exploded of Itself, Sinking Tokio, By Cable.-The Japanese 'tor pedo boat No. 48, was destroyed while Amoving mines from Kerr Bay, ncr th ol Tallen Wan (Port ?alyn) Friday. Seven men were killed and ? seven - wounded. This is the first warship Ja pan has lost In the war. ' The torpedo boat was lost during a series of .bombardments and surveying operations at Talien-Wan, Deep and Kerr bays, i>y Admiral Kataoka, com mander of tho third squadron. The ad miral arrived at Kerr Bay early in the morning and letached the cruiser It sukushima, Nishin and Myako, order lng them to bombard the land batter ies, while a flotilla of torpedo boats ew6pt the harbor for mmes. A second flotilla of torpedo boats, which had been engaged in guarding the previous night, joined the squadron and began the work of surveying the harbor. The Myako discovered a company ot Russian infantry and a detachment of cavalry on shore and dispersed them. The survey was completed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. ' The torpedo boats that were recon noitering and removing mines in the west shore of Kerr Bay discovered a telegraph line running along the. Ta kushan peninsula. In order to destroy it Lieut Hotta and four sailors landed and scaled the heights "under the pro . tection ot the guns of the torpedo boats ' and cut the line.-The Japanese vesesls then discovered thre bodies of Rus sian troops, one large and two small ones, upon which the squadron ad vanced close to the shore and shelled them. A Russian force estimated at ten companies, took refuge behind an emi . nence, but it was dispersed by the Jap anese. Torpedo boats Nos. 14 and 34 discov ^; fered a large mechanical mine in Kerr .; liay. Their .various attempts to blow it up failed and it suddenly exploded it . self, cutting No. 48 in two. The torpe t do boat sank in seven minutes. The squadron hurried boats to the rescue ? and picked up the wounded. Three oth , er mines were discovered and exploded ^The squadron /?pjsleted its operations '?^t^^OCkjPth^j^ening and retnrn . I ., Official Report. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Emperor Nicholas "has received the following officlaT'dispatch from General Kuro patkin: "At dawn May ll, the Japanese be gan to emerge from Feng-Wang-Cheng on the Liao Yang road. The advance guard marching towards Suellchen con sisted of a regiment of Infantry, four guns and a regiment of cavalry. Suel lchen was held by a troop of Cossacks acting as a screen while the Chansilln defile was occupied by two sotnias. Two companies of Japanese marched on Chansilin and another company ad vanced' on Suelichen, turning our right flank. " "The Cossacks then retired, still keeping the enemy back with their fire, first upon the Fang-Tien defile and fin ally towards the defile-in the neigh borhood of the village of Ehumynzo, where they took up a position. "The captain of the sotnia, Dewahu, ' vus wounded and two Cossacks were killed. "Kuan Dian San (Kwan Tien Sien) waB evacuated May 10 by the enemy and occupied by cur Cossacks. "Roconnolsances failed to discover the presence of the Japanese in the H valley of the Tsacheo, 37 miles south west of Qaimadza. (Samatzi or Sai Mah-Ki?) "On May 9th and 10th. the enemy's bivouacks were seen in the valley of the river Unsianheo, near the village Taindza, 18 miles cast of Ein-Yen and at Sedzkhedze, at the confluence of the Tayang and Sedzi rivers. On the morn ing of May 10th, a Japanese infantry detachment, about 10,000 strong, with from 50 to 80 guns, which concentrated at Salitszaipudz, started towards Siu Yen. The Next Cotton Crop. ^Washington, Special-The Depart "menTof-Agriculture is making elabo rate arrangements for its report on the acreage and condition of the cotton crop on May 26, the condition of cotton on June 25, and for reports on other crops for July and June. A large num ber of correspondents will send in de tailed reports on the cotton acreage and condition on May 26th, greatest care, eepecially'for acreage, and to base their opinion on inquiries as well as upon observation and t? avoid underestimat ing or over-estimating thi year's crop. The acreage will be expressed in the form "of a percentage of last year's acreage, as in previous years. The cot ton schedule for June 25 will be con cerned solely with the condition of the cotton crop on that date. Two Children Burned to Death. ' Alexandria, Va., Special.-Two chil dren, Robert and Carrie Harper, aged 8 ac1 12, were burned to death on a . scow while helping their uabel, aged 12, get their fath 3 ?inner. The gasoline stove explod ed .ind set fire to the scow. Mabel was r scued after being seriously, and per haps fatally, burned. It was impossi ble to recoyer the bodies of the younger children. ? ' Examination of Dr. Woodend. New York. Special.-The examina tion of Dr. W. E. Woodend on a charge of grand larceny, preferred by Edwin P. Goodwny, a stock broker of Peters -.burg, Va., was resumed in the Tombs police court. The hearing was a brief one. Goodwyn, the.osly witness exam ined* testified ,that he had dealings .-"With-Brr.Woodend, and when he de ^??jde4'??to?elose"'hi8- accounts- there was 7|8,600 dne him. He had asked repeat ? ?d?y i?or a. settlement. Woodend ex 'plftined, witness said, that be had met ?wltit*reveres": and did not have the ] $on?y to. settle t&e account, FEAR CHINESE RISING The Prospects Are That the Celestials ilay Take a Hand. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-In view of the official dispatches regarding the hostile attitude of the Chinese within and without the Russian sphere of in fluence, the authorities here do not conceal their apprehension at the out look, especially in the north of the em pire, for they propose to call the- at tention of the Celestial government to the impending uprising in Tpaadsiatzi, in order that repressive measures may been instantly taken. It is known and appreciated here that all the powers have made strong representations to Pekin ia the interst of the preservation of the tranquility of . the empire, hut it is stated that Ma jor General Pfiug's dispatch of May 14 shows the necessity for further im pressing the Celestial government with the advisability of acting with a firm hand. The adthorities here believe that the Boxer revolt, which spread from Shan Tung, would have involved the entire empire had it not been for the firmness of the Southern viceroys. The military authorities in St. Petersburg claim to have information of a sensational characters to the effect that the Chinese have tacitly agreed to co-oper ate with the Japanese operations. The Chinese propose, it is stated, to drive Gen. Kuropatkin's forces into Mon golia, which would place the Russians in the position of invaders of neutral territory and enable reprisals by Gen. Ma's army, which, It is asserted, ls kept in that region for the special ob ject, thus cleverly averting the slight est infringement of the neutrality of China hy Japan, and the Chinese troops, by not crossing the Manchurian frontier, could" not" be charged with a violation of pledges in respect to non interference in military operations in Manchuria. The opinion of an eminent strategist, given to the Associated Press is that the Japanese intend to control not only Liao Cheng, but all along the line in an effort to drive Gen. Kuro patkin into Mongolia, where the Chi nese are waiting for him. Knowing thhese conditions, Gen. Kuropatkin, he said, would not be likely to make a serious resistance at Kai Ping or Hal Cheng, but would withdraw to the north. This would en able the Japanese to march on New Chwang with little hindrance and give them a base from which men could be sent without any violation of the neutral zone west of the Liao river. The German Foreign Office has been informed, according to assurances given the Berlin correspondent of No voe Vremri, that China will not ven ture to infringe the neutrality laws, owing to the distinct intimation from all the powers, the dynasty would be jeopardized by such infringement. It is. believed that Japan would be em barrassed by the open assistance of China, since Europe would hold Japan responsible for the consequences. The correspondent asserts that the German hina. * ; * Russians Score at Last. 1 Lia Yang, By Cable.-The Russian tl eet scored its first distinct naval sue- n ess of the war on May 10th. by the c orpedoing and crippling, though not tie sinking, of an armored Japanese ruiser in Tallen Wan bay. The Russian attack was successfully lanned on May 10th, while the Japan- * ese squadron was concentrating out- ' ide Dalny, devoting its whole atten ion to Talienwain Bay, and was car ied out the same night. The attack- t ng force was not a regular torpedo ? oat, but was only . a small naphtha ?J Fiunch In command of a young officer G ;rho had with him three jackies. The ? aunen, mounted a small machine gun u nd carried three torpedoes. . 1 When darkness fell, the launch crept rt of Port Arthur, hugging the shore, rith no lights a glow and no glow from he engines to betray her presence. It t fas late when she gained the outer ine of the Japanese squadron. Slip- . ?ing through the torpedo pickets and electing the nearest warship, a big irmored cruiser," she stole toward her 1 md succeeded in exploding against her ilde a single torpedo. A deafening roar ' cllowed the explosion, which re- * ichoed far ashore. Flames enveloped f he cruiser, which evidently was badly c ?rippled. Simantour Not a Candidate. Mexico City, Mexico, Special.-It is 1 reported that Finance Minister Liman :our is opposed to the use of his name j in connection with the nomination for :he vice presidency. He is said to pre fer his important post, in which he has < accomplished good work. Many candi ?ates for the vice presidency are ta'rked < af, but nothing appears to be certain ! in the matter. To Fight Yellow Fever. 1 Mexico City, Mexico, Special.-The superior board of health will enter at once upon an active campaign to pre vent another outbreak of yellow fever on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, where ? a large number of Americans are en gaged in managing plantations. The cost of this work will be about $100.-. ' OOO, which has been appropriated by the Federal government. One new case of yellow fever ls reported at Vera Cruz. The local sanitary authorities are disinfecting houses and water res ervoirs. Yellow fever has re-appeared at Merida, where there are now eight patients at the hospital. May Establish Christian Church London, By Cable.-The Daily Tele graph's Tokio correspondent cables the following, under Sunday's date: "A great religious meeting, promoted by influential men, was held in the park today to determine the question of founding In Japan a Church pro Christian in character, but on inde pendent lines. Leading men consider that the time has arrived to adopt the elements approved by the majority of civilized nations. An edict establish ing a national church is improbable. Another Chicago Man Arrested. Port Worth, Texas, Special.-A spe cial to The Record from Dallas says: "Another jrominent Chicago man charged with crime has been arrested and locked up in a Dallas jail, the third 'within three months. Henry A. Wombold, who came to Dallas nine months ago and opened an office for law practice and collateral work, was today arrested on orders by mail and wire from Chief O'Neil ,of Chicago, who states that he holds warrants charging Wombold with embezzlement *?d )mm, I NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. Through the South. After various attempts to hold to gether the Italian settlement at New Palermo, 36 miles north of Mobile, Ala., it has gone to pieces, The leader, Sal vadore Comgllo Pompanelli, is said to have left. The colonists are from New York and other Eastern cities and are ir. need of assitance. The battleship Missouri steamed into Hampton Roads Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and half an hour later drop ped anchor there. Last night Captain Cowies came ashore and met his wife and child. The Missouri will be docked at the shipyards to receive whatever repairs are needed. It is reported from Mexico City that last week over a million silver dollars were shipped from here to Japan via San Francisco. Japan paying a small premium over the LondoD quotation for dollars. Wshington Happenings. Secretary of the Navy Moody arrived at Hav?na. Formal steps are being taken at Washington to recognize the Morales Government in Santo Domingo. The trial of James N. Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett in connection with the postoffice investigation was re sumed. The Court of Claims upheld the col lection of duty on goods sent from this country to the Philippines during the military administration, thus saving the Government about $7,000,000. ' Secretary Shaw held a conference with J. P. Morgan's partners to arrange the final details of the Panama canal payments. In the North. A tornado swept portions of Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Plans were discussed at a meeting in New York for establishing a great Jew ish university. The Republican National Committee will decide contests among delegates at Chicago on June 15. Mrs.. Mary A. Powell, at Dover, told in court of the killing of Estelle Albin and declared it was in self-defense. . Aa immense, missionary exhibit was opened at the Methodist General Con ference at Los Angeles. Three whites were hanged at Win chester, Tenn., and one white and one negro at Pittsburg, all for murder.' James F. Hale and T. H. Leary, brokers, were expelled from the New York Consolidated Exchange. Directors of the New York Central Railroad completed arrangements for issuing $30,0000,000 four 'per cent, bonds. Queen Lilioukalani, deposed ruler of Hawaii, and her sou, Prince Cupid, ar Circuit Attorney J. W. Folk carried I) out of the ll counties in Missouri bat held primaries Saturday, and his omination for Governor by the Demo rats seems practically certain. Trustees of the McKinley Memorial Lssociation fund decided upon a Unt ied paid competition for an architect t a meeting in New York and passed esolutions eulogizing the late Senator lanna. Rev. J. M. King, of Philadelphia, in roduced a resolution attacking the !atholic position as to public schools ti the Northern Methodist Episcopal ?eneral Conference in Los Angeles, but fter Chief Justice Lore, of Delaware, ?ad defended the Catholics, the resolu lon was referred to a committee. Foreign 'Affairs. The birth of an heir to the Italian hrone IE expected in September. The Japanese were busy landing roops to the northeast of Port Arthur ind on the west side of the Loao Tung peninsula. There were a number of unconfirmed umors of a great land battle in Man ihurla, In which the Japanese were de eated, and of a sea fight off the Korean :oast. Miscellaneous Doings. It is denied that there is danger- of a Ising in Haiti. American financiers agreed to take me-half the Japanese loan of $50.000, )00, the British taking the other half. Maurus Jokai, the Hungarian nov elist, died at Budapest. . General Kashtalinsky reported cffi :Ially that his losses in the battle of Sunday last were over 2,000. The Venezuelan Congress conferred lictatorial powers on President Castro [or one year. The Davis bakery, at Norfolk, was operated under guard. The Railway Auditors' Association is in session at Old Point. Peru agreed to evacuate the disputed territory in Acre pending a settlement witt Brazil. The late Solomon Loeb left about 5100,000 to charitable and educational institutions, mostly Hebrew. "'. It was stated railway earnings had decreased $10,000,000 since April 1, as compared with last year, and the roads are cutting expenses. A motorman was killed and, five pas sengers hurt in a rear-end collision on the Third avenue "L," in New York. There is a movement m Manchester in fr.vor of annexation to Richmond. The body of John Proudfit, son of the late Rev. Alexander Produflt, of Baltimore, and who was drowned No vember 3 last, was found floating in the river near New Castle, Del. The annual meeting of the Meat Cut ters and Butchers' Union of the United States and Canada began in Cincinnati. James Shay, engineer of Blue Ridge Colliery, near Peckville, Pa., standing in a blazing engine house, hoisted 15 miners to safety, himself being badly burned. Reinforcements of 100,000 men will bf- sent to General Kuropatkin in Man churia. The losses in the battle of the Yalu May 1 were: Russians, 2,397 men; Jap anese, 900. M. Pleske, formerly Russian Minister of Finance, Is dead. John B. Jackson, United States Min ister to Servia, presented his creden tials to King Peter at Belgrade. Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader in the Reichstag, expressed ardent hopes tor the. defeat of Russia and criticised the conduct "f Germans In Southwest jj Af rle? ? SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION A Permanent Organization Effected-, A Petition Asking the Southern and Northern Branches to Come To gether in Behalf of the Negro Ex pected to Raise a Breeze. Nashville, Special.- When the Southern Baptist Convention was called to order at the Tabernacle by J < President James P. Eagle, 1,042 dele- '1 gates w?re in their seats. The first business was the effecting ( of a permanent organization, and i President Eagle was elected. Tho j same honor was conferred upon Sec- j retary Lansing Burrows and O. F. Gregory and on G. W. Norton, treas? .? urer, and W. P. Harvey, auditor. The * vote on vice president was announced . at the afternoon session, the following i being chosen: \ John W. Thomas, Nashville, Tenn., C. B. Willingham, Macon, Ga.; C. W. Stephens Columbia, Mo.; Robert C. < Buckner, Dallas, Tex. A petition in- i troduced at the morning session by 1 Virginia delegates may cause a 1 breeze in the convention. The ulter- 1 ior object seems to be for Southern 1 and Northern white Baptists to come together in the work for the negro * as well as to bring the Northern and ( Southern branches of the Church ! closer together. * It is said, however, that there is ( a strong sentiment in the Convention 1 opposed to the purpose .of the Vir ginia delegates to refer the negro ? question to a committee to be ap- 1 pointed at this session, and to re- J port at the next. The afternoon session of the Con- ? vention was devoted, to hearing of reports. Tho Sunday school board 1 report shows the largest annual re- < ceipts in its history, the $100,000 ( mark being passed. 1 The Home. Mission Board's report < shows receipts of $125,850 for the 1 year. The Foreign Mission Board i reported contributions of $247,614. 1 The annual convention sermon was < delivered tonight. Routine business i occupied the remainder of the night ' session. Says She Was Abducted. Paris, By Cable.-United States Consul General Gowdy recently re- ] ceived a letter from an American girl 1 saying that she was locked up In a | provincial jail without any charge having been made against her. The consul general sont a representative \ to the jail and secured the girl's re- { lease and returned to Paris. He then cabled to her parents, residing at De- 1 catur, Ga., requesting funds for hei; j return to America. The girl related ] a sensational story. She claimed to i have been abducted by an American j seeking to marry her, and said she ac-; j M? JIP ijna!Llajrnmnhifp :ouutry hotel, escaped and attempted o walk across the country, but was ar rested as a wanderer by the French luthorlties. Inquiries made by Mr. Sowdy's representative established the :orrectness of her detention at the pro vincial jail, but the story of her abduc ;ion was not verified, except by the statement, which has been reduced tc m affidavit before the consul. The lames of the parties are wltheld. as no egal steps have been taken against the illeged abductor, and owing to the loubtful character of the accusations. Pending the arrival of funds the young lady is being cared for by the Ameri can Young Women's Christian Asso ciation. 1 Verdict for $10,000. Sherman, Tex., Special.-A jury ren ders Louis James a judgment for $10,000 against the Oriental Hotel As sociation, of Dallas, Texas, for libel, it is alleged the hotel people sent a telegram to James and wife requesting them to return pillow slips said to have been missing from the hotei. James sued for $10,000 actual and $10,000 ex emplary damages. Death Was Accidental. New York, Special.-An autopsy per formed this afternoon finally disposed of the murder theory in connection with the death of little Josephine Me Cahill. Coroner Jackson said the child's death was due to asphyxia, brought about through the wedging of the body in the narrow chimney flue. All indi cation, said the corner, pointed to ac cident as the cause of death. Sully Hearing Postponed. New York, Special.-The hearing in the bankruptcy proceedings in the case of Daniel J. Sully & Co.. which was to have been continued was further adjourned until next Tuesday, counsel for Receivers Taft and Miller not being prepared to go on with the examination of Sully. Counsel for Sully opposed the further delay. Russian Vuadivostock Fleet Shut Out. London, By Cable.-The Daily Tele graph's Seuol correspondent says: "It is believed here that a portion of the L Russian Vladivostock fleet has been successfully shut out, and is now in the Sea of Japan trying to evade the Japanese." Wallace Chief Engineer. Chicago, Special.-John F. Wallace, general manager of the Illinois Central Railway, Tuesday afternoon accepted the appointment as chief engineer of the Panama Canal. He will leave n'ot later than early in June for the isth mus. His successor as general man ager of the Illinois Central will proba bly be either A. W. Sullivan, I. G. Rawn or W. J. Harahan. Examination Suspended. New York, Special.-Judge Holt, in the United States District Court, sign ed an order suspending and. staying all further examinations of Edwin Hawley and Frank H. Ray, in connec tion with the bankruptcy proceedings of Daniel J. Sully & Co., pending the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals on the petition in re view. Baron von Kardoff, in the Reichstag, urged (hat the German navy us* sub marine boat?, 11 LS^.-State's New Enterprises. ThJ?i Chattanooga River Development company of^ Georgia filed papers of do ne&ffcatlon with the secretary of ntate. The ?company has a capital of $10,000 ind ?the principal place of business is J?ayton, in Rabun county, Ga. The eg'ali'representative in South Carolina s/ Jos. F. Neville of West Union, in Dconee county, just across the State ine> Th,e Anderson Telephone company, which manufactures instruments, has ^creased its capital stock. This com lanjr.was organized in 1895 with $1,000 capital. In 1900 an increase was made .o'J.iSjOOO and the present increase is to 53"{!,O0O. The directors are: G. W. Rvans, W. R. Osborne, E. S. Moore? md R. L. HUH. . The Builders' Supply company of ?affney received its charter. The cap taUstock ia $5,000 and the officers ar6 EC?rineth Baker, president; L. Baker, rice^president and general manager, md Walter Baker, secretary and treas ?r?rv The Reliable Jobbing company of Charleston, mercantile in character, is capitalized at $12,000. It received a commission yesterday. The corporators ire: *M. J. Hornik and B. C. Bellinger )f Charleston and S. Harris of Mayes nttez I Another Charleston concern is the Ashley Improvement company of Char estp'n. The capital is $3,500 and the corporators are W. H. Richardson of Summerville ind B. C. Bellinger and Si. J;. Hornik of Charleston. The Carolina Construction company s an Anderson concern. It received a marier yesterday. The capital is $60, 100 and the officers are: Geo. L. Cough in; president; R. L. Ligon, .vice presl Jent;; and J. A. Brock, secretary and measurer. This company rilli build an nterurban electric railway, which neans to the Piedmont an era of in creasing prosperity. The road will run !rom? Greenville to Anderson and on its ine will be Piedmont. Pelzer and many )ther of the manufacturing towna of :he northwestern part of the State. Grand Ledge Elects Officers. Anderson, Special.-The Grand l^odge of Odd Fellows last week elec :ed officers to serve for the ensuing reari These officers were installed af ;er which the grand lodge adjourned line {die. The body meets in Green wood next year. The following are the lew officers: Grand master, J. J. Mc Swain, Greenville; deputy grand mas ;er, L. M. C. Oliveros, Aiken; grand ?var?en, C. R. D. Burns, Walhalla; ;rand secretary, S. F. Killingsworth, Abbeville; gra,nd treasurer, H. Endel, Greenville; grand chaplain, H. A. ?emrick, New Brookland. The retir ng .grand masher, Cole L. Blease was sleeted representative to the sovereign odga which meets in San Francisco n September. Se?s^^^^feial.-Walter Mil?T^T lot and killed near Seneca Thursday, he coroner held an inquest and the a-dict of the jury was that Mills ime to his death by a gun-shot wound ; the-hands of Earle Rochester. Mills as shot in the head with a shot-gun laded with No. 3 shot. There were ere 60 shot in his head, face and 5ck, crushing his skull and p?n?tr?t ig his brain. All the parties were Dung white men and farmers. The .ouble is supposed to have arisen ver a cow, Mills claiming that Ro hester had shot his cow. Rochester nmediately went to Walhalla after ie shooting and gave himself up to herlff Moss and is in jail. Both are tarried and have families. Mills ?aves a wife and two small children. Boy Drowned Near Columbia. Columbia, Special. - Raymond irown, the 14-year-old son of Mr. D. '. Brown, the keeper of Elmwood emetery, was drowned Thursday af ?rnoon in the canal near the C. N. & i. railroad trestle. At the place where iie unfortunate lad was last seen the rater' runs swiftly, and though there 'ere earnest efforts made to recover be body it is probable that it has oated far down towards the Gervais treet end of the power stream. Trolley Line to be Built. Union, Special.-It has ben semi fficially announced that W. J. Oliver as slngned the contract for construi ng the electric line from Neals Shoals n the Seaboard, to this place, and hat between this and June 1 work .'ill begin on it. Santuc, which has a nlttlng mill, is trying to get the line o come by that town and two of its est business men are securing right f-ways through the county. The own also offers other liberal induce aents. The promoters of this line say t will, run both electric and steam ars, the latter probably for freight, t being a broad gauge road. Constable Released on Bail. Constable M. S. Davenport, who shot ind killed Will Williams, a negro, at ?reenwood on Saturday night, was granted ball Thursday In the sum of 12,000. Mr. F. Barron Grier of Green vood, representing the constable, and Assistant Attorney General W. H. Townsend, representing the State, ap leared before Chief Justice Pope at chambers. Davenport will be tried or murder at the August term of court for Greenwood county. Briefs of State News. The contract for the ship fitters' mop at Charleston has been adarded j ythe government to Mr. Grant Wil lins, of Atlanta, Ga., at $140,000. The work is to be completed in fifteen cal endar months. Governor Heyward Tuesday morn ing received a telegram from Savan nah stating that his uncle, Colonel 3Ilnch, was rapidly sinking, and that little hope waa entertained for his re covery. Governor Hey ward left for 8?? rannah at once. Out on Bond. Wash KInsler, of Columbia, charged with attempting to pass counterfeit money, ls out on bond. The United States commissioner, on the recom mendation of the district attorney, re duced the amount of his bond from 51,000 to $500. This KJneiler waa able to lift PLACE WILL BE HARD TO FILL i Although the Trustees of South Caro College Have 39 Applications for the Chair of History. Columbia Special.-The trusteees of the South Carolina college met Satur day and-as one of the members ex pressed it-had a "talk-feast." The object of the meeting was to discuss filling' the chair of history made va cant by the death of the lamented Prof. R. Means Davis. This is a much harder, undertaking than the unin formed public might suspect. The teacher of history and political econo my must have many qualifications. The members of the boards will re quire a. man who knows general his tory and the history "of the State ; who not only knows history but has an in timate and personal acquaintance with the characters in history ant! ] who not only can tell of these charac ters in a pleasant style of narrative but can impart that knowledge and can get the classes to do all the work required of them in a manner which 3hows that they are interested in che course. It will take no small man to fill the place left by Means Davis. There are 29 applications before the ooard yesterday and other names were suggested informally, all ' of which shows that there is good .u.iterial from which to select. The members :if the board present were: Gov. Hey ward, Supt. Martin, Mr. August Kohn, Mr. Juo. J. McMahan, Mr. Robert Mac farlane of Darlington. Mr. C. E. Spen cer of Yorkville, Senator G. W. Brown Df Darlington, Dr. W. T. C. Bates of :>t. -Matthews, Mr. R. P. Hamer, Jr., yt Marlon, and-Mr. James Q. Davis of Winnsboro. There can be no election of a pro fessor except at a stated meeting of the board ,and the members had met lust to talk over the situation and to eliminate from the list those names which could not be considered. While some of the members of the board ?ave about decided upon a plan of ac :ion, there was no formal motion made ind no ballots taken. It is probable ihat there will be other changes at the college as there are rumors that big universities are trying to get some of the teachers. The board also discussed the matter of electing an assistant to the head yt the department of English. There were ' 14 applicants for this position which was created by the legislature it its last session. The board did not lake any definite action on this matter. As stated, this was not a meeting ia elect, but just to discuss the situa ci?n in general terms and to talk o? :he outlook of the college. The mern oers of the board are very much grati ?ed at the prospects, and hope to have :lie vacancies filled at the regular meeting on the 7th of June. Thirty-Nine Physicians Licensed, stood the examinations tor lnJtiUb?ij cb practice medicine ir. this State were successful. The examinations, it is said, were, more difficult this year than in several years end the percentage of successful men is larger also. The names of the new doctors are as fol lows: E| C. L. Adams, Columbia; Wm. J. Beasley, Ashland; M. P. Burnham, Gaffney; F. L. Carpenter, Latta; J. T. Carter, Mars Bluff; F. L. Clark, Flor ence; H. G. Dozier. Columbia; A. G. Baddy, Timmonsville; W. K. Fish1 burne. Walterboro; R B. Johnson, Co lumbia; T. C. Johnson, Mais Bluff; T. G. Kershaw. Youngs Island: J. H. j Miller. Laurens; C. H. Pate( Stokes j Bridge; J. L. Powe, Dovesville; T. W. Reynolds, Charleston; L. B. .Salters. Salters; D. H. Smith. Rock Hill; L J. Smith, Ridge Springs; B. B. Steedley. Gaffney; L. C. Stukes. Manning; H. R. Tison, Augusta. Ga.; G. A. Taylor. McCormick; A. P. Tray wick. Lake City; W. P. Turner, Jr., Carroll; G. H. Walters. Charleston; S. P. Wells, Wells; T. S. Westmoreland, Woodruff; W. B. Young, Charleston, and J. G. Edwards. Abbeville. Convention Closes. B?rlalo, Special.-Two mass meet ings, one for women and the other for men, services in several churches and an evening meeting at City Convention Hall Sunday ended the thirty-fifth in ternational convention of the Y. M. C. A. of North America. At thc meeting for women Miss Helen M. Gould read the lesson of the day. Stockholders Held Meeting. Anderson, Special.-The stockhold ers of the Orr Cotton Mills held their annual meeting Friday and re-elected all the old directors and officers. The report of the president, Col. Jas. h. Orr, showed that the affairs of the mill are in splendid shape and the company is making money. The mills are doing good work and turning out a beautiful product. The help is first class in quality and sufficient in quan tity. The officers and directors are as fol lows: Officers-Col. Jas. L. Orr, president; and treasurer; Dr. S. M. Orr, vice pres ident: Calhoun Harris, secretary and assistant treasurer.. Five Men Eaten by Cannibals. Vancouver, Special.-Mail advices by the Australian steamer are that five men were killed and eaten by can nibals of the Admiralty Islands, South Sea. The British warship Condor was sent to the scene and set fire to the village where the cannibals lived. The ! Condors' officers threatened to annihi late the village if it old not surrender j the cannibals. This was done and the j cannibals were shot. New Chwang Unprotected. New Chwang. By Cable.-The Japa nese troops continue landing at Pitse wo and the railroad has bean cut again and 17 miles of track gone. Communication at that distance, how ever, has been kept open by carts. I The Port Arthur mail is 36 hours old when it reaches New Chwang. A few more troops left Sunday morning and moved to the Russian camp, three miles east of the city, which is now piaeticaly unprotected. GRASS.TO HOLD, CANAL BANKS. HE BUILT HIS OWN POORHOUSE. Experiments Made by the Engineers in Charge of Ditch at Suez. It has been discovered by the engi neers who are occupied with the main tenance of the Suez canal that the liest of all methods of protecting the banks from crumbling and decay is provided by the natural growth of reeds which fringe the channel for some distance below Ismailia on the African side, and some rather interesting attempts have been lately made to plant new beds in other parts of the canal. It is stated that the local species of reed with which the experiment has been so far-made will not live in salt or very brackish water In the early stages of its growth, though it will bear transplanting later, and that at present the serviceableness of the nat ural means of protection is conse quently limited. Where the water is sufficiently free from brine, however, the network of. roots is found to put a facing on the louse soil of the banks more success ful and permanent than a wall of brick or stone, and it would probably not be difficult to discover and estab lish some coarse sedge or other plant ol' the sea marshes*.-Country Life. Queer Trick Which Fortune Played on a California Gold Miner. The Murphy family was very num erous in California ' in the "days of '49." Some members struck it rich in the mines and held onto their for tunes, others were not so lucky. One Murphy in particular is remembered by all the old time miners. 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