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Paya Interest OB Deposits. Accounts Solicited. I* 0. EAY3H, President. OHAS, G. HOWAXI>,< Cashier. #THE {PUNTER'S I LOAN AND * SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA. 6i.j MPI OF. AUGUSTA. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. CAPITAL, Surplus & Profits. $140,00?j We shall be plc? tod to har? fn cpa? aa] 'accoaat with thia Baak. C??R??tp ! coirMpondenti adored of ptfflrr citi> , and aecomraodatlosi noitibla, tUH ech?r-2 vit!re, modem Bankin? metilo*1 VOL. 70. EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, J UNB 7, 1905. . NO. 30. I ANTI WAR MEETING R?ssian Citizens Met to Protest Against Further Slaughter RIOTING NEAR'THE CZAR'S PALACE Demonstration by 5,000 Persons at a Summer Resort Near St. Petersburg is Interrupted by Police and Troops, the People Defending Themselves With Chairs and Sticks. St, Petersburg, By Cabie.--At a great demonstration Sunday evening in the Povlovsk Gardens, near Tsakro-Selo, the five thousand persons present clam ored for a funeral march in memory of the Russian sailors who had lost their lives in the naval disaster in the Sea of Japan. The members of the or cestra became alarmed and fled from the platform, when M. NovikofE, for mer mayor of Baku, arose and said: "Let us all by rising show respect for the victims. Down with the war. We have had enough of blood." Some eighty policemen entered from either side of the hall and elbowed their-way through the crowd towards M. NovikofE, whereupon cries were raised of "Let us attack the police." Chairs were seized and hurled at the police, the crowd being led by a col onel with a drawn sword. The police men fled precipitately. Order being restored, a number of speeches were delivered on the national crisis! Suddenly tlie police, re-enforce;! to between 200 and 300, again invaded the hall and rushed on the audience with drawn swords. The people defend ed themselves with chairs rad sticks, but after ten minutes were driven from the hall into the garden, where there was a battalion of soldiers, who raised their rifles to their shoulders, prelim inary to an order to fire, causing a panic. The public fled toward the ex Its, and finding them closed, smashed the doors and windows of the hall and so gained the street. Many persons were injured, some so seriously that they had to be taken to a hospital. M. NovikofE was arrested and the gardens were occupied by police and Cossacks. A strong military force was ?.laced on the road leading from Pav lovsk to Tsarkoe-Selo. and to St. Pe tersburg and at the railway stations. People returning to St. Petersburg from the gardens spread accounts of the affair, which soon became a general topic. Pavlovsk is 19 miles from St. Peters burg and is a summer resort for inhabi tants of the capital. ; Called on Gov.-Gen. Wright. Manila, By Cable.-Rear Admiral En quist, accompanied by Rear Admiral Train and the French Consul, formal ly called on Governor General Wright Monday. After the usual gre "* - Had been exchanged, Governor \ ... asked: * "Bo you wish to stay at Mani? manently?" Rear Admiral Enquist- replie? "My ships are unseaworthy, i -~_ not heard from my government, and I regnest time to make repairs." Governor Wright then said that ac cording to his construction of the neu trality laws, the Russian vessels could remain long enough to make neces sary repairs, and after these were fin ished, they must leave within twenty four hours or dismantle and interne. Rear Admiral Enquist requested per mission to bring his ships behing the breakwater for repairs. This request was granted him, and the ships will move Tuesday morning. Narita Goro, Japanese, cunsul, called on Governor Wright just before Rear Admiral Enquist called and made in quiry regarding the probable disposi tion of the Russian warships. Upon leaving, Goro met Rear Admiral En quist in the corridor of the Governor's residence and tendered him a profound salutation. Rear Admiral Enquist and staff then called upon Major'General Corbin, to whom Rear Admiral Enquist ex pressed great gratitude for the hospital ity and comfort afforded them and the courtesy with which General Corbin offered the use of the army hospitals, together with surgeons and food for the wounded Russian sailors. General Corbin said: "Admiral, how many admirals were there in the fight?" "There were four of us," said the admiral. Negro Woman an Assassin. Rockyford, Ga., Special.-Sunday night Joseph Daughtry, a .prominent young farmer, was shot through the heart while in his buggy and killed in stantly. A negro woman (Caroline Riddy) fired the shot. She escaped. This morning Paul Jones, a negro, was arrested ?s acessory to the mur der. While Jones was being taken to the jail at Statesboro he made an attempt to brain the sheriff with a brick. The sheriff was partly stunned, but succeeded in drawing his pistol and firing. The bullet went through Jones' temple and he was killed in stantly. . - . No Lonoer Obstructs Navigation. St John, N. B.f Special.-Word was recived from Edmund Stone, N. B., Sunday night that a portion of the Van Duren Lumber Company's boom in the St. John river, where Canadian and American lumbermen became involved in a clash a week ago, has been taken up and swung in along the Canadian shore, allowing a free passage up and down the river. It is said that the Van Duren Company will anchor the boom so that navigation of the river will not be obstructed. Ambassador Conger Welcomed.' Mexico City, Special.-Edwin H. Conger, the new American ambassa dor, arrived Sunday morning over the Mexican Central Railway from Cali fornia." He was met at the station bv Senor Torras Rivas, introducer of ?.m bassadors, and Second Secretary of the American Embassy Heimke. Of ficers of the Society of the American Colony went in a body during the af ternoon to the ambassador's hotel to welcome him. The official presenta* tion will take place shortly. The am bassador is in good health. Conference of Reforms. Tangier,, By Cable.-Mohammed El Torree, the Foreign Minister, on be half of the Sultan, has invited the rep resentative of the powers to ask for an international conference at Tangier - for the purpose of discussing reforms in Morocco. The members of the dip lomatic corps have communicated with their respective governments request Jng instructions in the premises. JAPANESE VICTORY COMPLETE Fuller Details Given Show That Japa nese Victory Was Most Complete. Latest advices confirm the magnitude of the disaster suffered by the Russian fleet, and point to the fact that Rus sia's hopes, so far-as this war is con cerned, now lie in .whatever may be ac complished by the oft-beaten army in Manchuria. An official report received from Tokio by the Japaneso legation at Washington Monday evening says that the Russian losses definitely known in clude two battleships, a cost defense ship, five cruisers, two special ships and three destroyers sunk, and two battleships, two coast defense ships, one destroyer and one., special service ship captured, while over 3,000 prison ers have been taken, including Rear Admiral Nebogatoff. Thc Japanese, it would seem, arc still pursuing the Rus sians, and it may be some time beiore the final result is known. There is nothing to clearly indicate the extent of the Japanse lesses, and it is suggested'from one source that the Tokio government is waiting to hear from Admiral Rojestvensky by way of Vladivostock before announcing to what extent his fleet has suffered. Thc news of the disaster has caused deep depression in official Russia, though it is not yet known generally among the Russian people. Rojestven sky's defeat has given rise to renewed talk of peace. It is pointed out by the Associated Press' St. Petersburg cor respondent that Russia, in this crisis, will turn to France, through its For eign Minister, M. DelCasse, while from Washington comes information that President Roosevelt, in accordance with his promise, announced a long time ago, is taking steps to do all in his power to bring about peace negotia tions. Nothing bas been heard from Vice Admiral Rojestvenskj-. In Tokio there is one belief that he has perish- j, while another source says he was rescued by a torpedo boat, but that he is wounded. The Lost Vessels. Tokio, By Cable.-In the battle fought Saturday in the Straits of Ko rea, the Russian battleships Borodino and Alexander III, the armored crusi ers Admiral Nakhimoff. Dmitri Don ski and Valdimir Monomach, the coast defence iron-clad Admiral Oushakoff, the protected cruisers Svietlana and Jemtchug, and the repair ship Kampt schatka and the cruiser Irtessim were sunk. The battl?shipes Orel and Nicolai I, and the coast, defence iron-clads Ad miral Aprarrine were captured. The Borodino was a first-class bat tleship, completed in 1904, of 13,516 tons displacement and 16.000 horse-power, giving her a speed of about 18 knots. Her crew numbered 740, officers and men. The Alexander lil was a sister ship of the Borodino and was also com The umntn cruiser of C.200 tons, sheathed, of 7,000 indicated- horse-power, and having ? speed of about 16 knots. Her crew numbered 510 officers and men. The Valdimir Monomach was a sheathed cruiser of 5.593 tons and 7,000 indicated horse-power. Her crew num bered 550 officers and men. The Admiral Oushakoff, a coast de fence iron-clad, was 4.6S4 tons displace ment and 8,000 indicated horse-power. Her speed was estimated at 16 knots and she carried 31'S officers and men. The Svietlana was a protected cruis er of 3.820 tons displacement, had 3 828 indicated horse-power, was com pleted in 1897 and had a speed of about 20 knots. She had a complement of 360 officers and men. The protected criuser Jemtchug was of 3,106 tons displacement and 17.000 Indicated horse-power giving her a speed of about 23 knots. Her crew numbered 340 officers and men. The repair ship Kamtschatka was a most Important unit of Admiral Ro jestvensky's fleet. She is understood to have been fitted up with, every scien tific appliance available for the repair of warships and was described as being a "floating workshop." She had trans port accommodations for 32 officers and 1,000 men. The Irtessim was probably an aux iliary cruiser, but her name is not giv en in any of the naval lists available. The battleship Orel is a sister ship of the Borodino and carried the same complement of off! *ers and men. The battleship Nicholai I is of 9, 627 tons 'displacement and S.O0O indi cated horse-power, giving her a speed of about 14 knots. She has sheathed and although completed as far back as 1892 was thoroughly overhauled in 1900. Her complement was 601 officers and men. " The coast defense iron-clad Admiral Seniavin is a sister ship to the Admi ral Oushakoff. Bigamist Commits Suicide. Knoxville .Tenn., Special.-C. C. Cummings, of Pittsburg, Pa., commit ted suicide at .Williamsburg. Ky., by drinking carbolic acid. He' was em ployed by the Parker Oil Company, as manager of drilling. Two weeks ago he married Miss Vlcy Summer, of Williamsburg, and only#a few days ago was arrested on the charge of bigamy, it being claimed that he Jiad a wife and children living in Tennes see. He denied, the charge and gave bond, and thus far nothing has been found to bear it out. Brooding over his family troubles is supposed to have caused the rash act. Tampa Officer Shot. Tampa, Fla., Special.-Sam J. Car ter, captain of -police, was shot and dangerously wounded by P. W. Knapp, a sewing machine agent. The shoot ing occurred on the steps of the Hills borough High School, where Carter was- talking with Knapp's si^p daugh ter. According to Carter and the girl, Knapp fired without saying a word. Knapp says he iollowed his i step-daughter to see whom she was j going to meet, and that when Carter saw him he fired, he (Knapp) firing in return. Nebogatoff Among the Prisoners. . Tokio, By Cable.-Rear Admiral Ne bogatoff, former commander of the fourth division of the Pacific fleet, re cently commander of thc mrcrmation squadron, composed of scouts of the merchantmen, with 3,000 other Rus sians, is among the prisoners captured by the Japanese. Vice Admiral R? jestvensky appears to have escaped. T.'ie batWe begane Saturday morning, and tl& Japanese are still in pursuit of the Russians. I PEACE NOW URGED I Prudent Roosevelt Desires That the Warring Nations Come to Terms -. CASSINI WILL NOT ADM il NEED In a Conference at the White House the President Declares That Rus sia's Military Position is Now Hope less and That Further Fighting Can Only Serve to increase Japan's De made. Washington, Special-The President Friday struck a blow tor peace in the far East. In a conference at th? White House this afternoon with Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa dor, thc President expressed the earn est hope that Russia would forthwith conclude peace with Japan. . Prolongation of the war, he be lieves, will not result in victory for the Russian arms and can only render more difficult the drafting of a treaty of peace which the Czar as well as the Mikado can sign. The President spoke, he said, as the friend of Rus sia no less than of Japan, and on be half not only of the Washington "gov ernment, but the interest of humanity. The President informed the ambas sador that in expressing hope for an early peace he voiced not only his strong personal sentiments and those of his government, but he believed these were held by all of the powers. His opinion was that it would be a mistake for Russia to continue the war. In addition to the suffering en tailed by the naval conflict, he did not believe that Russia has anything to win in prolonging hostilities. The President did not enter into de tails, but the personal nature of the conversation and his long acquain tance with Count Cassini enabled him to talk plainly regarding the decisive character of Japan's victories. What Japan's probable peace terms would be, the President was wholly unable to say,*but he did not hesitate to ex ! press the opinion that difficult as these conditions might prove in the light of such a victory as that gained in the Korean Straits, they would increase in seventy with every day that a state of war continued. Unless Rus sia has substantial hope of administer ing a decisive defeat to Japan in this war, the President believed it would inure to the interests of the Peters Viiiro- pnvfirnment to conclude peace at own personal opinions on tne situa tion. The ambassador was deeply., touched by the sincere cordiality of his reception and the frank and friend ly manner in which the President spoke. He could not see, however, that there was anything in the pres ent situation, unfortunate as it un doubtedly was for his government, which necessitated Russia's suing for peace. As to territory, he pointed out that China and not Russia had been the loser, for even Port Arthur was held only under lease. On the sea Russia had nothing more to lose, he said. It was the ambassa dor's firm opinion that this was not "the psychological moment" in which to discuss peace with Japan. What ever might be the ultimate decision of his government, he took the ground that Russia could lose nothing by waiting or by continuing the war on land. There was hope yet of a vic tory for the Russian arms, it was sug gested, and in any event Russia had not yet lost one foot of territory and that there was no Russian frontier en dangered. The ambassador pointed out that there was not the slightest official in timation from any source as to Ja pan's probable peace terms, and that these demands as stated unofficially were "altogether impossible." If Ja I pan's terms should prove anything I like as severe as they have been re ported, it was the ambassador's opin ion that Russia could advantageously continue the war indefinitely, and eventually win a victory on land. That his government would so decide he did not wish to predict, but at last acounts the Emperor was for a con tinuation of the war. Count Cassini will transmit an ac count of the conference to the Czar. Telegraphic Briefs. ? President Roosevelt was the princi pal speaker at the unveiling of the General Slocum statue in Brooklyn, and in the course of his address he declared a strong navy was the moral ! of the Eastern war. Memorial day was observed in many places, the graves of the Union dead everywhere being decorated. The program for the opening of the Lewis and Clark Exposition from the White House has been arranged. The attorney who made an investiga tion of the disaster in the Leiter mine in Illinois for several foreign govern ments has made public bis report, which scores the mine management, and numerous suits against Leiter will be instituted. Japan Has Free Hand. Tokio, By Cable.-With the destruc tion of Russia's naval power, interest is returning to military operations on land. Togo's victory tremendously al ? t'ers the military situation and removes all limits of offensive operations against Russia's marine provinces. It ! is now possible to effectively close Vla I divostock, seize Sakhalin, the mouth of the Amur river, Kamchatka, and any point between the Tumen river and the Arctic circle that Japan desires. Louis R. Smith Indicted. Washington. Special-Louis R. Smith, of North Carolina, formerly an employe of the General Land Office, was indicted by the grand jury of the District of Columbia, on a charge of abstracting and selling thirtj land war rants. Smith was employed in the Land Office from July 1, *tf01, to July 6, 1904, and it was during this time that, the warrantes were taken. He con fessed the theft when confronted with j the evidence against him. The war rants taken were worth about $5,000. EXPOSITION THROWN OPEN Great Northwestern Show Is Now Op'an to the Public. Portland, Ore., Special-Amidst a scene of festivity and splendor never equalled in the Pacific Northwest, with din and clamor of cheering thous ands, accompanied by the booming of artillery, the chiming of bells and the blaring of bands, Portland, made her greatest bow to the world in the formal opening of the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition. The event took place under conditions presaging com plete success to this historical com memoration of the blazing trial to "Old Oregon" by Captain Merriwether .Lewis! and Wm. Clark, who, commissioned by President Jefferson, explored the great Oregon country one hundred! years ago. ? j The celebration was participated vr) by the President of thc United States; through his personal representative,1 Charles W. Fairbanks, representatives of the State and the House of Repre sentatives, of the National Congress; of the army and navy, together with the Governors and staffs of the States of California, Idaho, Washington and Oregon and multitudes of people from far and near. All Portland was decked in her best, business was suspended and the holi day spirit.was everywhere in evidence. The States of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, in which June 1st had been declared legal holiday in honor of the centei. il, sent thousands of visitors. The rains of yesterday brought the > uards of thc excur sionists and railroads and boat lines entering rtland have been taxed to their i nost. Never in the history of Porcland has this city been called upon to care for so many peo ple. President's Southern Trip. Washington, Special-It is announced at the White House that President Roosevelt will start on his Southern trip on the night of October 17. It is also stated that the extraordinary ses sion of Congress will not begin until after the November elections. , . The Southern trip will consume about two weeks. The itinerary has not been arranged, but the President's intention is to visit many important cities, in cluding Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Jacksonville and perhaps Tampa, Bir mingham, Tuskegee, Montgomery, Mo length of the stops at each place have not been determined, but will be gov erned by the necessary arrangements to be made hereafter. A delegation from Charlotte called on the President recently to urge him to spend a day in that city. He told the callers that so long as a stop will not be possible, he promised to extend his cordial greetings to thc people of Charlotte. The delegation was headed by May or McNinch and included Daniel A. Tompkins, R. M. Miller, Jr., B. D. Heath, George Stephens, T. S. Franklin, Heriot Clarkson and G. C. Huntington. Killed on Excursion. Goldsboro. Special.-A colored excur sion from Washington, N. C.. arrived here Friday. When near Parmele. two negroes became involved in a dispute over a woman, and one of them drew a pistol and shot the other in the breast, killing him instantly. The. slayer then jumped from the train and escaped. The remains of the dead man were left at Parmele. News of the Day. In a duel between two Italian army officers one was transfixed by a sword and almost immediately killed. Rt. Hon. William Court Grelly, Speaker of the House of Commons, has resigned owing to bad health. The Canal Commission has been com pelled to accept the Attorney General's decision that the eight-hour day ap plies to Panama. Nicholas Biddle was a witness re?' garding Mr. Loomis' connection v.'itb the Mercador claim in Venezuela. Chicago spent a quiet Memorial Day, but more rioting is feared when the sash and door factories undertake to make deliveries. The two officers deposed by Mayor Weaver informed the latter that they Would drop injunction proceedings. The Frick investigating commiiteo is expected to submit its report at the meeting of the directors of tae Equita ble Life Assurance Society. Emperor William of Gerrraany clos ed the Ricchstag. George E. Lorenz turned State's evi dence in the postal conspiracy case against William G. Crawford. An anarchist threw a bomb at the car riage in which King Alfonso and Presi dent Loubet were returning from the opera at Paris. The crush of titled guests to attend the royal wedding at Berlin ls very great. The President announced that he had selected Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte to be Secretary of the Navy to succeed Sec retary Paul Morton. Congressman Mudd is striving to have Baltimore designated as a pur chasing station for Panama canal sup plies. Judge George Gray, Justice Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, and Dr. B. F. Trueblood made address es at the opening of the Lake Mohonk conference on arbitration at Lake Mo honk. N. Y. The report of the Frick investiga ting committee was made to the direc tors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, but it was not adopted. Tho Lewis and Clark Centennial Ex position will be opened by vice-Presi dent Fairbanks to-lay. It is believed at Washington and elsewhere that the defeat may hasten peace. STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION Splendid Programme That Has Been Prepared for the Occasisn. 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 Springs, 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. "Tim Advertising Agents"-A. G. Kollock, News, Darlington. - General discussion of the above sub jects : AFTERNOON SESSION-3 O'CLOCK. "Ethics of Journalism"-Paul M. Brice, Record, Columbia. "Newspapers and Morality"-J. T. Bigliam, 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 Lawmakers"-R. T. Keowee Courier, Walhalla. General discussion of the above sub jects. Miscellaneous business. THURSDAY-9:30 A. M. Miscellaneous 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 the above sub jects. Opening the question box, and dis cussion relative to the questions asked. Miscellaneous business. AFTERNOON SESSION-3 O'CLOCK. "Should the Foreign Advertiser Re ceive a Lower Price than the Local Patron?"'-W. H. Wallace, Observer, Newberry. "Our Country Cousins"-J. C. Hemp hill, News and'Courier, 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. . ., . XT._?_., _? YT ?Itt.? TT~ "The Lights and Shadows of a Re porter's Life"-Wm. Banks, The State, Columbia. "The Business End of It"-J. L. Sims, Times and Democrat, Orange burg. General discussion of the above sub jects. EVENING SESSION-8:30 O'CLOCK. Final' meeting-Miscellaneous Busi ness, Election of Officers, etc. ACTIVITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. General Movement to Increase the Number and Importance 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, to gether with some other schemes that have recently been projected, pictures unusual activity in railroad construc tion'" in this State for the immediate future. Whether the Seaboard or the communities interested took the initia tive in the several different enterprises that have been blocked out to extend the Seaboard's territory in the low country as well as in the prosperous Piedmont section, where the cotton mills alone furnish a big freight busi ness, is of no immediate concern to the numerous South Carolinians whose business will be facilitated and proper ty enhanced in value by increased rail road facilities. Certain it is, however, that activity in these various projects lias 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 build a con nection between Buffalo, the present western terminus of the new road, and Glenn Springs, which would bring the Glenn Springs railroad 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 Charleslon 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 Carolina ft Knoxville road from Green ville io Greenwood. This road is now in op?ration from Greenville nearly to the North Carolina line, Expects Attack. Vladivostok, By Cable.-It is expect ed here that a Japanese attack on the fortress will not be long delayed. There is, however, a calm and determ ined spirt manifested by the popula tion in the face of the forthcoming crisis. The defenses of Vladivostok, ? on which steady work has heen in progress since the beginning of the war, are now considered as having Leen completed. Peacex Negotiations Abandoned. Chicago, opccial.-Adjustment of the teamsters' strike by mediation seems as remote as it did two nights agc. Peace negotiations have been abandoned for the present, and the strike will ht; allowed to take its "nat ural course," according lo President Shea, of lin.- teamsters' organization. All thu business fi mis'now Involved in Hie (rouble refuse lo concede anything fur*her in the controversy, and say . hat. peace negotiations are off for all time. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrencea of Interest In Various Parts of the State. Geneal Cotton Market. Middling Galveston, quiet.S% New Orleans, easy.8% Mobile, firm .SV2 Savannah, steady.8 Vi: Charleston, steady .8 5-1G Wilmington, steady.S Vi Norfolk, steady.S% Baltimore, normal .8% New York, quiet .8.75 Boston, quiet.8.75 Philadelphia, steady .9.00 Houston, quiet .8% Augusta, quiet._.8% Memphis, steady .8 11-16 St. Louis, firm.8% Louisville, firm .9.00 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Good middling..8% Strict middling.8% Middling.8 Va Tinges.7Vi to 8 ~ Stains ...6 Vi to 7Va Poison in Food. One hundred and ten convicts in the State penitentiary were made deathly sick at dinner Tuesday. At first the cause .vas a mystery but a later investigation is reported as fol lows: "There was arsenic in the dinner 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, superintendent 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 so many were sickened the nausea came 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 malice, 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, unfreauented sections utreu moiesiea ana Ene 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. O. B. Simmons and J. J. Mousley were elected to succeed themselves. The treasurer made his annual report and announced that tho salaries of a number of the teachers had boon increased the past year. The meeting adjourned to meet again next Tuesday, when the report of the au diting committee will be made. New Enterprises. Application was made recently for the Timmonsville Lumber company, Timmonsville, to have a capitalization of $40,000. The corporators are: B. D. Dargan and F. L. Wilcox. The Yorkville Monument Works also applied for a commission, the corpora tors being W. Bl Moore, W. B. Wylie, B. N. Moore. O. E. Wilkins, W. I. Witherspoon. S. W. Heath and E. D. Blakeney. The capital stock will bo $10,000. The Carolina Plumbing company, of Columbia, was chartered, capitalization to be $5.000. Officers are: W. A. Clark, president and treasurer, John A. Civil, secretary and T. H. Melghau 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 granted 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 shame and to give them employment under Christian influences. The officers are: John S. Mercer, president: S. L. Rich ardson, vice president: W. A. Capps, treasurer, and J. J. MeSwain, secre tary. The Camden Baseball and Amuse ment Park association was given a commission. The purpose of this or ganization will be to buy a park, en close same and use it for baseball and other sports. The capital stock will be SI ,000. Corporators: John 3. Lind say, W. J. P. Weeks, and B. B. Chirk. Child Drank Poison. Chester, Special.-A most distressing 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 ents lost last year their first born, a 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 and the corporators. Mes srs; T. C. Jackson, W. P. Cook W. T. Sherard, of iva. and D. P. McBrayer, of Anderson, have applied to the Sec retary of State for a commission. The mill will be capitalized at $200.000. Iva is a growing and progressive town on i the Charleston and Western Carolina railroad, and is situated in a splendid farming community. [t j? expected that tlie plant will bc ready for opera tion before the end of the year. NEWSY CLEANINGS. Tlie proportion o? illiterates in Ron mania is seventy per cent The Brockton (Mnss.l relief fund has reached a grand tola! of ."S7.000. A census nf the homeless nf London i made nu a i sent night, revealed a to tal vi 2ISL Wisconsin has passed a law prohibit ing Hie sale and usc of giant lire crackers. ! The magnet is hoing used in surgery In London. Tho other day it drew a hammer'Head ou! of a malt's arm. Tlie subway and elevated ror.ls In New York City carried about 1.000,000 passengers a day the la.st quarter. An uncounted I rea sn ry bili for ?100 was presented at i lie Bank ol" England ibo oller day. It bears the date of J7J.",. The ono hundred and fifth anniver sary of the drafh ol' the poet Cowper was celebrated at East Dcrehani, Eng land. A German Irnnslnlion of a pamphlet addressed hy Tolstoi to soldiers and young people has been confiscated by the Berlin police. All Mic real ?slate signs in the city of San Jose and for live milos around it have boen token down. They wen. considered disfiguring. Albany CS. Y.) records show an in crease in Hie Stale registration of auto mobiles in throe years from 2000 to 15> OOO-chiefiy pleasure vehicles. Tho San Francisco police arrested, the other day. three mon and llirea women in what they said was a shop lifting school. It had counters and shelves, and the women were beiny taught lo steal. Tlie petition Hint has been circulated in Deadwood among ibo owners of (?ogs has resulted in Hie r-ising of $000, which amount is lo be used in furnish ing a reward for (he capture of Hie dog poisoners and in Hie legal service need ed to prosecute Hie cases. 14,000 Graves at Chattanooga Deco rated. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.-The graves of fourteen thousand Union sol diers buried in the national cemetery here were decorated. S. E. T. Sanford, of Knoxville, was the orator of the day. A feature of thc exercises was the presentation of a handsome stand of colors by the citizens of, Chatta nooga to the Seventh Cavalry, located at Fort Oglethrope, but soon to de part for the Philippines. The presen tation was made 'by United States Senator J. B. Frazier. Telegraphic Briefs. The State Department, at Washing ton, is advised by the Consul at Na gasaki, Japan, that the Japanese sank one battleshii. ind five other ships, i another report stating that two battle I r.v,ino on/i fivq others wore sunk. -cvv-Linun to tue Prince and" Princess Arisugaw, of Japan, who are to attend the wedding of the Crown Prince. Tn the cour?o (J sirtv-tnree yean 5,000,000 persons have been cared for in the asylums fer tlie homeless ij Berlin. 1 Wagons Large Shipments of tho best ir just received. Our stock of fu is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS an always on li a nd. AU calls ly responded to. All gooi gin of prolit. Call to sc money. GEO. IR. Johnston, W. j. Ruth MANUFACT AND DEA Cement, Plaster, Hair, Read}- Rooting an Write Us r Corner Reynolds and Augusta, THIS SPACE Ii Tho Leading Groeei ARRINGTC COMP. 839 E ?5SSPW. F. SAMI'Ll H. ll. SCOTT, JR., of Eclg and want to see you. ?.EI?SONAL GOSSIP. The Duke of Oporto, brother of the King of Portugal, is one of tile finest flute players in the world. Boston Corbett, the man who Is cred ited with having shot .T. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Lincoln, is residing in Texas. Two of lim official pallbearers of Abraham Lincoln are still living. Henry G. Worthington and Alexander H. Goffroth. Colonel Lorenza Alexis de Clairruont. chief of staff to r ident Cebrara, of Guatemala, was once a ticket taker in Denver, Col. Ivor Davidson, who was the giant of ft circus years ago, his height being seven feet two inches, has died at his home Iii Roscoe, Minn. Robert W. Chambers, who at t>raes 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 Verrlll Mighels. the author, has 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 dustrial school ic his native country. H. E. Barnhard, State chemist of New 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 Northwestern Railroad, is only twenty seven years old, and was born ou a farm in. Minnesota. Sam S. Shubert, the youngi-theatrlr cal manager, who was killed in the wreck at South Harrisburg, Pa., was only twenty-eight years old, and con trolled sixteen theatres. Alabama Slayer Released. Montgomery, Ala., Special.-John Randolph, who slew his cousin, Judge Francis Randolph, in a street tragedy here Saturday, was released at his pre liminary trial before Justice M. H., Screws. The testimony adduced in the examination showed that Judge Ran dolph had threatened to take the life of the man who slew him, in accord ance with the claim of self-defense set up by John Randolph. Violent Storm at Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.-A vio lent rain and wind storm here Tuesday afternoon blew down Salem Baptist church, in one of the suburbs, damaged the Salvation Army Hotel building, the opera house and many private houses. Trees were broken short off or pulled up by the roots, and crops and shrub bery were badly damaged. No one waa seriously hurt. -ut? ??ii v japanese vessels lost tn the batttle with the Russian fleet were three torpedo boats. Tokio, By Cable.-It is now certain tb at Admiral Rojestvensky is a prison er of the Japanese. He is wounded in the forehead, legs and back, but will recover. Vice Admiral Voelkersam is supposed to have perished. Buggies TURE' lakes of wagons and buggies ruiture and house iurniflhiugi" d GASKETS. ; for oiffiaHSf arsc prompt lis soldVBh small mar ie mc, I W?l?^rc*?i^'OU South Carolina, erford & Co. LEK IN Fire Brick, Fire Clay, cl other Material. i or Trices. Washington Streets, Georgia 5 TAKEN BY rs of Augusta Ga., DN BEOS. ?.NY, ?road E of Saluda County and eiield County are with us