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FORT MILL TIMES. t\y>L. Xlll, ; FORT MILL, S. C? WEDNESDAY, DECKM BER |4, 1904. NO.".:. CONGRESS CONVENES ? Bul Little Was Done On the Opening Day Eicept to Meet and Adjourn ^ 1 ISliAL FORMALITIES OBSERVED The S.,T-at~ in Session Only 13 Minutes a-d the House 53 Minutes? Greetings Between Members, the Great Floral Display and Numbers ot Beautifully Gowned Women A*morg ins visitors tvtaae a f-amil<ar but Always Interesting Scene? Reso uticns of Respect For Deceased Senators. Washington. Special.?With the j Si'iiute i*t .session 12 minutes and the j House r?: Minutes, the last session of i the 58th. Congress was assembled to- ! day. 1"L time of both bodies was ! devoted entirely t i the usual formalities ?'. tided by scenes, familiar, but ill ways : c? resting. There were the gieotin ,, between members, the great tlc.Uil i . ; ay am! the hundreds of visitor with beautifully gowned women p. nominating. Corridors, committee looms and cloak rooms wero fhrongc The bustle extended oven to the ?ors of the chambers, although no wo!*: <y .legislative problems awaited aelu' 1 m. Rrading of the Message. After listening to the residing of tho I'retdU'?annual message to Congress *h House adjourned until Wednesday. During the first 10 minutes of tho - ion two minor routine matter.: \v. r.? disposed of. but out side of these i > ther business was transactOfl. Sho-: after the elork began to read Hie i.'CiHuge printed copies were dis m i. ui oiimiiK in- in uiuers. Democrats t> ! Republicans alike gave close aitcnr 10 the utterances of tho fresid u' an! with the ai<i uf the liirnt ?? copies intently followed the ? i? i k 1 the reading. IIpc 'Im conclusion of the reading ol lb -.sag \ which consumed one hour ...h minutes, there was loud appla ? front the Republican side. The ssage, on motion of Mr. 1'ayn.- u> referred to the committeo <d' th . hole House on the State of thi !) . i;. after which the House ad4 jonrn In the Senate. The nato was in session for mora than 1 o hours, and in addition -to listen s jo the reading of the l/rosi* - i v -ivi'.l a preliminary r? :|?o?' "Ta the merchant marine torn* niiv.Hi- witno: e<! the induction of Senat Kp. vv and Crane into office, anil r .eeutive .- .--ion referred tliu jui slit tail nominations to the proper - jjin . -. V/ork of Wednesday. ( pc the lonventing the House, M*. 1 jhniu. of Pennsylvania, from t hi i i i.iuiittee oji appro;): iat ion.-,, i rpoitcii hi legislativ \ executive and ju<iii ?a" >.11, and gave notice that ho would til the hill ip for eonsldemtton iiuni< ; ;if?or the reading of the .10. in.i- The Ilon.se, on motion of Mr. ? i.vr . New York, went into commit te the wlioie for the purpose of i i-ii r . certain portions of the I'res)<!? nt . 'ssage to tire respective comjniltt iviiii jurisdiction of tin* sev j.l ts. As soon as this was done, the i a Ijotirned until tomorrow. In the Sentate. '1 h< - nate Wednesday reached a d< < isa i to take t? vote on the Philippine f!'. .1 government bill, providing foi th instruction of railroads on the 1st; in in lire- l?>th iastant, and in addition .insact i con.-,iilernhle oth?r biotr. Mr. t'iat:. of New York create i! . r thing of a stir by introducing a toll providing for a reduction of the cong! -ssional representation of tire Snathe.;. States on the ground that i may i ' the citizens of those Slat's are dej li. of their right to vote, and Mr. Si < tt .nBed the Senate into an exit pile lily early debate by attempting !< se tlie na.ssaee of tiiu tan r? .<> ?? 11ij ;on to the telegraph operators ?> 1 i h vil war. The debate was not ?< nt 1 .f d. A large number of bills and ji t?t oluttons were introduced, and i:mn\ titlon - presented. Tl.e discustoon " 'he time for voting upou the I hili ic bill brought out the fact that th? i> a gent'! ;*! understanding that tie C -it in as holiday recess will begin < n Hi *th iit^t int. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. 'I'b mu.il light ui the Civil Service fVur ion was b.*.;un in the Houso 'J loir.' av during onsideratlon of the )< giti'iiM re appropriate n hill. The oppi ult i, cnnie trom Messrs. Bartlett. o! 0 da. 11 *pbnrn. of Iowa, and (ji<? * or. of Ohio. Th egislative hill was scrutinized caref in con-onance with the I'residi nt ecoiniii' mixtion against evtra\Ulin Ml' 'li'lirlinm lr> .rf,- . ./rF.ni<?iii, *ii ? uai B,r 11 L f r??- i was required constantly to oxplsiir .-me particular appropriation. The .. of !ii stenographers to i omtiiiit of the [i was reduced from jr. t>( t annum to $3,000. and ttic lion; . efused > ac cept the provision inerc t.-ing the oay of the secretary to the C il S'-rvice Commission. Ftnt lntle ogress cos t.ia.le on the bills. T1 Jlouse Friday passed the legislativ executive. and judicial approjiiai. m l?i'' or n tic-ally as if came iron? lie eonit: and adjourned until Monday. Vith the disposal of the * rovisi v. - atiny. to the aw - mm 1 ' * Service Commission, which yesterday caused so much discussion and criti cism, there was no lengthy debate on nry item today. Throughout the session the policy of retrenchment hold full sway, and all attempts to In crea3 ? salaries failed. By tno terms of a concurrent reso lution. which was adopted, the House agreed to adjourn on Dec. 21 until Jan nary 1. lhor?. for the usual Christmasholidays. IN THE SENATE. The Senate held only a short session Thursday, and adjourned until Monday. During ihe open session an attempt to secure eonsi lcration of a pure food j dim was de rented by a demand of Mr. j Aldrirh that the bill fx- read at length, j which brought an objection from Mr. Tillman, wfto did not want the time consumed. Mr. Tillman brought the case of William Id. Crum. the colored man nominated for collet-tor of Charleston. S. C., into prominence by asking for a report from the committee on judiciary as to the status of recess appointments, such as that made in Crums case in the first and second sessions of the present . Congress. LABOR WOULD. Tie members of the Sheet Mclal Workers' I'nion arc fully employed. The leather belt in many factories 1'. being rapidly replaced by the electric motor. The Fall River strikers haw received the first installment of JjoOtJO from the Federation of Labor. The dispute between the coal miners niul the Morris ltun Coal Company bccaino desperate and a strike was ordered. Tlie sixth annual ball of Ituffalo (N. Y.i bartenders was held at Convention 11 a 11. and surpassed all previous efforts and fullilled every expectation. On account of the Chicago manufacturers refusing to renew the usual contracts with th> union the Carmcnt Work rs have walked cut. in a body. Th ? third annual convention of the International Ilodea Tiers and Ituilding Laborer ;' Cttion ?t America will meet in Minneapolis betrinuiir; January 1, IPOo. The ne.n union bail rmakers working at tli > lli ruellsville tl'a.) ships of the Kri have gone :>nt in a body, showing ' ^hat RTlevanc -exist ther indep anient of unionism. The Struthers* plant of the American Sheet and Tinplate Company, at Youngstown. O.. employing 4."?> mm, will resume at on e, after aj idleness of a year and a half. The Fall Hiver manufacturers opened mi 11c i a <!ia . i ? ;! #?? _ . and were forced to slut clown for a i indefinite liiue l>nan-? the workers would not accept we;k under the conditions ottered. The trend of Italians to the Poutli ii one of the striking features of the la hoi movement of to-day They- Unci alum dant work at top-uoteli prices awaiting them. Especially ar they in demunc for the cotton patch, the lumber dis iricts and the c jai mines. KEWS OF Tnr PAT! PAST. ! Mukden reported PxrOJapan --e killc d In an ambuscade. The double tracking of the Tran-slJ < rian Itailway has ?? gun. Japanese fienera! Xakamurn*.? wounded leg was amptttaled. flon era I Kuropatl 11 reported that iiitroops buried "J.'iU .Ia| atiese bodies. The question of reinforcing the Italtte Meet wuh tin- Itlaek Sea llee; revived. After four ilayT' lighting the .lap.ae. ose in North Manchuria t?-11 one' bci tow Sent,-etiI sin. ttriti-ii eoliietw. : -.varied by I.ord T.an-down of the risk t;i- \ run in .siu? ply ing the belligerents Ii is reported that ttu i.t ha- ordered j en army division to |<rot eil from the i Caueasus to the Afghan tnmtier. j \ ill', iiiiin -11 i .! I nb-u with elotiitl>g. medieine qui food. \\:e. s-.-i/ed by a Japanese warship r.- ir Port Arthur The Mikado said in opening tile s?m-ond war In i "Otu c;M dilionary forces have been vietorious hi every battle." Skirmishing w from t'ne Russian from at Mukden and failure on tlte part of Hie Japanese o? cut communication*. The Russian War fHTiei. u* i- nmnvinii as having received information llint" Field Marshal Oyania's army does rot CXtjeod lfilt.tHiO men. Admiral YoolUersani's divi<ior. |>a .-'od Fori in and headed lor Aden Two battleships, two iruisrrs and seven destroyers. with transports and colliers, wore sighted. Dispatches from fJenornl N'ogi said the (Japanese held ?i?:*. Metre Hill against nightly attacks, in which the ltuss'ians had l(?st. it was estimated. I HOtMi men. It was added Hint the tleet 111 in? tin root' ujiii dihh h;i(i i v battered liv Jn Ui>nM? ?l?all? Seagull a Good Barometer. The seagull makes a splendid living barometer. If a covey of seagulls fly seaward early in the morning sailor*' and fisjiermeu know that the day wil' ho fine and the wind fair, hut if the birdn keep inland seafaring people know that tin- elements will he nn favorable. Of weather wise rtsh tht dolphin is the ir.y-t remarkable. Dm* ing a fierce gale or a storm at sea the mariner knows that the end ol it is aCAllif h can see a dolphin. 01 li b ou CUT MEMBERS OFF : ?? ? J Measure to Reduce Representation Of The South THE EFFEC1 Qi; THE PLATT BILL a The Purpose of the Measure Introduced at the Instance of the Repub? lican Club of New York is to Reduce the Representation in Congress of Those Southern States Which Have Disfranchised the Negro?Ac cording to the Provisions of the Bill I North Carolina Would Have Eight Instead of Ten P.epresentatives? Senator Piatt Issues Statement Concerning the Measure. Washington. Special. ? .Senator Piatt. of New York, has introduced the bill, prepared under the direction 1>f the committee on national afSjirs of the Republican Club of the ?fty of New York, having as its purp? e the reduction of the representati 1 in Congress of the Southern Stat t that have disfranchised the negr ? ,/otrr. The measure, if enacted in its present form, would lessen the membership in Congress by nineteen, accordinn t ]\?\ oatlninto Htat ?oo Imnn made by (he Republican Club, which originated it. The bill and a statement issued by Senator Piatt were referred to the commit toe on the census. The statement follows: "This bill is framed uimmi the lowest limitation possible, and treats as exclildcd from the suit'rage only the male negro citizen over ill years of age, classed by the Twelfth Census as illiterates, ninh r the 11)00 census tables published since the apportionment ait of January H5. lOol. The aggregate actually < xcltnU d from the , suffrage in each of the States men- j tlotted are in truth larger than those used as the basis for this act. If all negro vol aides (i. o.. male citizens o\ei 21) regardless of illiteracy should be deemed to be excluded, the reduction in representation figured from the same tables would ho nearlj twice i 1 .? t n f ... I I.ill 1* *--* ta it ^,1 ? iti a* ovunvi 111 UII I# ill* It 1*'* quires no evidence beyond ine notorious historical fact for Congress to ad;?dg.; wh?t cjnnot i)^ defied. that the class of negro illiterates, to the extent stated, is practically exelulod from tha suffrage in tae States mentioned in tile bill no matter what may he nominal provisions of their respective constitutions or election laws. The bill therefore, presents the smallest red tic t ;on practicable and is very conset \ alive. "How much * further, meritoriously considered, the reduction should extend fan he readily arriv ?-i at by moio-ApcrijicaWy regarding the actual far In /of total exclusion in l spect to earti' -State.. Jn treating (t actions of repress illation, tho hem fit ' as been given'in I'aior of the rep - ntation. ! according to the size of the fractions, j The apportionment remains as fixed l in 1901. and tho reduction is to | cease when the facts uliall warrant it. Tho bill hn* bodn prepared under the direction of tlto commute.- < :i national affairs of the Heimblican Club of the City of Now York; the elph. having at si:; li'.'si meeting pftv-r the l'rusidentint election, UMinihiously voted to a.-lc C;>u^s < .ss ro take! -'action, pursuant to the representation plan I. m the national lt< publicnu platform." The bill provides for the reduction of rep resent tali on in the House of Representatives as follows: Alabama, ! from : to 7; Arkansas', 7 to Florida, : V. to Ceorgia. H to 8; Louisiana, 7 to Mississippi. 8 to (j; North t'aro Una, to to s; South Carol in i. 7 to f>: , Tennessee 10 to 1); Texas. J?> to 15; j Viiginit. 10 to S. This hi!! -intends i In* act "miking an apportionment of icprorcniaiiv s ia Cynirre.- iirono; j Hie several .Stater, under ilTwelfth Ceil ns" by adding new si.i tii>ps. Tho , lirsi is a preamble ijj, fodou "Section fi. Whereas, the constitii- j lion of ilie United States prescribes j in article I I. sectioji J. that when the ; right to vote at any election specified in said article is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such States. l?eing 21 yeais of age and citizens of the United States or in anv way abridges, except for parti ipatioa in rebellion or other crime.' the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in tlio proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bea- to the whole number of male citizens 21 years of ago in suiJi /States;' and further proscribes in."arti le 15 tliat 'the right of citizens of thy united States to vote ehnll not be denied or abridged by the United statc? or any .State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude;* and whereas, the Congress is satisfied that the right of male inhabitant* of certain Sta'os being 21 years of age and itizens of the United States to vote at some of said specified elections since the passage of ttie act hereby amended has in fact been denied ir in some u ay abridged for causes not permitted oy the constitution of the United States, ami that the representation of the Stales hereinafter specified should be reduced persuant to the constitution." it then provides that after the :*rd of March the representation of certain Sta ea shail be as *iven above. s , The bill also pr vides; "That waenf-ver hereafter it shall appear lo the sail.- faction of the rongres^ that the ( r'cht to vote at the oicctionts specified' / In section 2. article 14. of th** constitu- J Hon in any of tin* States last specified is no longer denied or in any way abridged for causes not permitted by tin* constitution of the I nitod States, then the ntimber of members apportioned to such State in the House of Representatives by section one of the aforesaid act of 1301, hereby amended, may be restored to said state by a further amendment to the aforesaid act. This reduction shall nppl> to the , next election for members of the House of Representatives from said last mentioned States in lie* Sixtieth Congress. "Section 7. I'nless the Legislature of any of the specified States whose representation is reduced by this act shall have provided before tin* time fixed by law for the next election of Representatives therein for the election of Representatives by districts. after the manner denoted in section I of the aforesaid act of 1901. herein amended, then the tuittiKoe <\l' Qnnriie.iiitol ?* ? * V....... .......... . ... |...c< Iiioui'-a IIUIIl I such State a a apportioned by the roduction hereby established shall be | elected at large, as provided for in said aforesaid section wherein respect to rases where the number of Representatives provided for in any F'al* shall lie less than it was before the .4tan&n was directed to be made." Minor Matters. Lena Tucker, a colored woman. Si", years old. was burned to death m the Colored Old Folks' Homo, while Natny Wilson, years old. sat by. too feeble to aid her. The two old women were hovering over a stove, one side of which was red hot. On Monday last Ambassadot Choate piesentod Capt. it. S. Scott, < omniaink r o: the British Antarctic exploring steamer Discovery, with the l'hiladolphia Geographical Society's medal at Albert Hall. London. Bank President Acquitted. Beaumont. Texas.. Special.- The jury in the raise of former President J. p. Withers, of the American National Bank, of Beaumont, charged with the j misappropriation <>f S 'stto) of Use fou ls of the hank, returned a verdict -j( not guilty. Tlscr- were fifteen lounts iu the indictment coveting live lido: nt transactions. lie was a pollt 1 on all counts. Reward Offered. Macon, (in.. 5p > ial. \ r ward o $df>0 and expense, ha.- m n offeree for the capture of Mato S. I* ator. tit? default in;; an I fugitive ca-hi?w of tin bank so 1 tuvisbovo, ('.a., wh we he "i digged fo be more than SiM.OOO shor In his accounts. The reward : off wet by the officials ?f ti- hate.. Potter Ls only ?_ years >'1 . eiqh ZOO pounds and .1.1 IK! l-.i am blue eves. H i t tp pop da . ;uu Ills friends espr nrpr" ai action Fatal Quarrel of Farmers. "Macon, (lu.. Special.? V in 1 t' The Telegraph fi<-'n il:i \kin^villc Gu., says that Tin tn Tint* .s :i killed by I). \V. Ucid n.i iho msr.tattoi of a Mr. Jordan Tuchda\ r x\\ :n : quarrel. Reid claims that d "n forced ?o shoot in >cii<i.tcr?? Tin stayer has suit, adored. ti.l :?.>v incarcerated in the count > A good man mq: stand on 1 . ?u rocks like a lighthouse. hut 'i m:;>t r.c> sail atnongri them or it" v ill '. <* i ivrefik. NEWSY OI.I'A NIXCS. Navigation on the i;;i,e. t; v'v;i nr. was reopened recently, after h.viiiir licui interrupted for eighty daj Timber wolves in the country north Of I.n amie. Wyo.. are ?:tid i.? more numerous tics season than for years. In order lo supply Ihre m ir trade l>uteli"rs in many parts of the country have been slaughtering all their own meat. A new marine reptile has beet; ills- , covered in the Houelkns >u > in I Hie upper triassie of Shasta Count}". i California. Moro than ?H.fH^i.fKiP is to he pud in the construction of a l.tige rose voir | and. irrigation sy> -:ui in I'lalte < anyon, Colorado. A semi-club and boarding lion- ' for young women of the stage is 10 started in Chicago, 111., by the Actors' Church Alliance. The little ga-niinc schooner I!;;"In ra Ilcruster returned to Seattle. Wash., recently from the Arclie with SoD.POO worth of whalebone. Admiral Nelson's statue, at the I'.oyal Naval College. ?irceiiwi'h, line., was found the other morning with its nose n.linleil :i liriflil The valuable collection of minerals belonging to tieorge .1 Crush. Tat.'* ili* rector of Hie Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, lias been given to die institution. Dr. Tliorley. a medical town conn- 1 ciior. at lioltou. Eng., calls small bet! rooms death traps, and the Council i< seeking parliamentary powers to prescribe a minimum cubic space for bedroom*. Captain Wise recently arrived at Margate, having made a voyage of 000 miles from British Columbia in a two-ond-one-balf ton "dugout" canoe, called Tiliikuni. The Journey occupictl thre^ years, thrc^ mouths c,ul ?tV*elTC daj?. t i1 ? ! HOT FOR WARSHIPSp ^ | Russians Shooting Japanese Vessels j:< With Good Aim MANY SflCLLS STRIKC THEM !? ? - I Japanese Enabled to Fire on the Ve3- ' * selo in Port Arthur Harbor After j the Capture of 203-Metre Hill?A ' - [ -T-:. ??? r-1 ! Mumuci vi i ncm were oci on r ?rc and the Others Must Put to Sea or Suffer Irreparable Damage?Attack ! n Fortifications Continues Day and Night. Tokio. By Cable.?The efTvtiva I bombur<lment of ilie Russian battle- | ' ships in I'ori Ai l bur, which began ' i?ti Saturday last, was one of the re- I ( suits of the capture of 202-Metre Hill, j ' Up to that tiimv the warships had > , been able to seek shelter from tho l< Japanese fire undei IViyu Mountain. ! ' but th capture of the hill. November j j' 2'J-MU, enable the Japanese to train ' , their guns on the Russian vessels, ! i with the result that a number of them 1 have been set on file, and the others ' j must either put to sea or suffer irrep- ; j arahl 3 damage. j ? The Port Arthur besiegers report as , ' follows: "On Saturday. December J, ? our naval guns bombarded the one- ; : my's shins. The Pobieila was struck I t six times, a vessel of the Ftctzivan i type was hit eight tunes, ami on other i ships ixtvon shots took effect. On Monday following the same plan, the t Polrieda was hit seven times, the Pol- ' tava eleven times, and the Rotvfzan eleven times. At about f? o'eiloek in the afternoon one of our shells struck i a magazine south of Pciyu .Monntam. 1 causing a heavy explosion. The con- ' limitation which followed was not 1 extinguished for two hours. The .1 same day our heavy guns were direct- I : ( id at the enemy's ships. The Peres- J viot was struck twice, and two mora I I shells were lodged in other ships. A 1 1 I vessel of the Poltava type was oh- j I yerved to ire on fire for an hour, send- ' j ing up a great volume of smoke, j 'The attacking operations against i the Sungshu Mountain foils eastward I arc C^ni'jd en dm- nnd night, TWO ' oti-mtllimeire t|ui?k-ilrer.-s \7ei?N captured Sunday in a half moon fort defending a countoiscarp on Elihlung Mountain. Trying to Retake the Hill. Tokio, Fly Cable. The Russians ara ' nightly attacking UO'lMetio Hill in a ; ilt termined endeavor to retake tho I summit of ilie ground in the conten- | tion. The Japane e ate ini leasing ! their defenses on the position and [ I : I .* . -?? -? I licit*. ClIVV* urn TrKJ I II III I l*|H *1 I !1^ ilil | I liie as. r.uli.;. Tlie Russians liavo KUfI i'itou I he In aviest It)-, es and if is e:;j timated that they have sat rlil< > d : 1 000 men in their effort to ret allure the ground wiiieh the Japanese are | t ootid, lit in their a'oilily in hold. I Observation.. indicate i.iat tit - garrison is feeling the shortage of men* The wuiks against Siusg Slui momilain and the fort to the eastward arc progressing rapidly and ail mili.-utinns point to ail early g-neral a an'it, ait hour,h the dale when it will hegin i- Kept seerct. It is expeeled ih: r the next ;;e:n tal assault I will prove sot t < sslul. Jnns Fall Into Ambuscade. Mukden, Special.? There is a persistent riiiiinr that tin* force of .lup ines,. s at to turn General IteunenkanitT's i Hank hoc. be n repulsed with gr-' it. to. s. Tin* story is not yet ofTicially contirmi oil. but details are given witli treat i i: cuin.-itoni ialil v. Ii is stated that i <e ii -ra! Iti imeiilv unpff, \\Jio I.new Iho (movement. was maturing. awaiteil the Japanese at the nioiitb of one of the I raptureil passe. . ami that the Japanese ; turning foiee threw llmmselves nni sitspe, i inj-Jy into i4ie amhustud" where j after the fight. the Russians colh'i#ed i r>00 Japatu corp. es whii h it has ,* u-n it II pi is: ilile 10 , olleei. owillg I ) 111-- 1 " of the Japanese. This does not elude i he .Ja panose loss jn woundeii. Investigation Ordered. Hlyria. Ohio. Special.?.fi:;lge Warhhurt: ha. called a spet ial grand j:.ry at the direition of l'ro: e. ntor \/io tit roup, oJ Lorain county, t" inquire into the Oherlln Rank failuie. The iur> v.ill be drawn Thursday. \*t effort will bo made to discover if any crimen were committed which come within the jurisdiction of the court. Oherlin is in tjnnin icinnlv If i; ror.nrtoil lioit the action m l'rose< ulor Slronp was taken upon tli*"- request or nmplaint Oi" Aniin w Carnegie. This report, however. cannot be . onflrmod. Subpoenas been i.sue.i for President Bock with an.I Cashier Spear, of the close | bank, to appear before the grand jury to testify. No Battle Imminent. Mukd? a, 11y Cable.? ICverythint; now indicates that the prospect of an irn- : mediate encounter oa a large scale ' has pass.-d. Dining the bo.-. low T inkihjtchen, the Rtfssian >os9 1 w i. *j" men killed and 123 wounded. in< Indinac i wo officers. Seventeen lan.i:i lonsii m lUcn, one of v.Uom eonanyt'.ed suicide. . , ' >vl i FIERY TRAGEDY unify Murdered and Bodies Were Burned in Building CCURRED IN THE HEART OF TOWN harred Remains of Mr. B. B. Hughes. His Wife and Two Daughters Found in the Smoking Ruins of Their Home in the Center of Trenton, S. C.? A Bullet Through the Man's Head and the Skulls of the Women Crushed? Robbery the Supposed Motive? Governor Heyward Offers a Reward. Augusta. Special. A special to Tho hronicle from Kdgofield says: "The most hideous of all human hor?rs occurred at Trenton Thursday ight. equal in horror to the Statesboro ffair. if tin1 general accepted theory be ue that'the victims were first mur erod before tin* housa was fired. At o'clock this morning the residence ot tr. II. 15. Hughes, centrally located in if town, was discovered ?>n lire. Neigh ors rushed to the scene, but the tiro ad progressed so far that entrance to ie house was impossible. At once in uiry was made us to the whereabouts f the inmates, it being thought that iey had made their escape 111 their igin clothes. As soon as the tire had icd down sufficiently, a fearful scene let the eyes of the beholders. There ly mi* cuHireu ana umiosr. iinroroKiyabli* bodies of the entire family, eonisting of Mr. Hughes, his wife, Eva. mi two young daughters, Emmie, ged IP, and Hattie. it years of age !r. Htigh&i* body lay just below where ras situated tin* door leading from his uoui to the ball, with a bullet holu hrough th > upper part of his bead. A ustol with one empty chamber lay lear by. l'art of his charred clothes vero 011 his person, showing that he vas dressed at-the time b<* met death !"he body of bis wife was on the bed airings, while those of the young ladies \ ere similarly situate.1. The skulls of hose three were crushed as if hit with 11* axe or si^tnc blunt instrument. Theit unties when found oeguple t a most na oral position. with nothing to indicate i struggle, "showing that they had liceri itruek and done to ilKith. while asleep rite ttewfc spread like wilHire and soon h<; entire surrounding couaU'j ?tt lie scene. * 'Tnder the dire'lion o? golic'mtr riiufmoud, n foronei's juVy wAs im** landed, liuf ps.,yct" no testimony Inn* >een taken, it bc;ng thought licst to. iwsilt further developments. It was sjtid hrbe tracks were di^'.vvCi'e 1 reading 'rotn the field'up to the r. ar o? th* louse. The count v "I?l?>o 1 !*o> ids wore secured and pin on.tin tram, hut tin ftort has aiajljjkJ arothing. The horror s veiled in my*tf ?y. Every external I..,, ...inn *?.. {.Iifulf I !, -if I hA f'lnillti were :i 11 hilled liefhie (h > house wai .r? i. One theory-is .1 be house was en ered for the puupi/s ?of robbery; thai tpon l>. iitix <li t,\(.; ( .i .'iie robbers an '<>111 plislif(1 (I'.e n .tfr ! and fired th n>i:.-,r. Mx. itomerd vhr. - ItUii. but noth It IX ; ;\sll Will h*i?dott .* . ft) ill the re.jupat >" Soli< it?H' 'rhuy>nju>i? iiov'Tiior Hey aa.d h o offered .i r?,a.yl,!"'' the ap* uehen.-ion of thV y.ffiT* V'fi.'i rt i \ Japa Prepared t^o Spend the Winter (ieniraj tflvus 1 leadtp >> tor... vis I-'ii an. Hy Cu.Mc - inlayo^ in Trans nii.-sion.) -.In iliif 'V i Haiti-I near tin at t.ual .l ipnnt . e line li nn-; ire be inn repaired and'built, st ore-; of well b inn ildK. vilhnjes^ ?ro Ifiint le ie dt'd of treot;, and quautitn of fuo n. lieinn prepared. Kv r$ indieatior joints to the Itiodiiion .to remain ic tin- present line during the winter i Ii cold wcaiinr is n > auf?'imik ilaiiaucso, although the t inj?? raiun has already lall< n i > .1 l'e>v decree! n 'low ze.o. T'n i C ^ ' - f?;W >?? U men Bank Robbed. ? ' ? Cold. < -Spci is;k ,Tlte<Fs.nnors Btate HanV>.6f Ijairfbertf'twa bwn rob 1>. i| by i he men? vfTio 'i15i5;.iiiitod tin u;'o. obidinFn*^ ?m their-booty . Whilt two .w?^c juifcjde. tin third 'guarded them, holding . thi horse The robbers esr^apod, 'fnakin| 1.>r the (Ilo s ino>':fti.1.1:1* ?' A {touMi i. in our. nil. . ? , - 1 ' ? r .. . New Japanese Fortifications. Washington.' RpociA! -Mr .?(Jr|scojn tiio AnuTiean ininist1 i- i^' To^ip. ha. tabled tie Slut,.- Jicjrartni>tit'ihat Mr i isiii r. 1 he Apjoi h iii \i ? rnnsul ?. Nagasaki, W i?ort s tha? nil ahi0|dii| ha-; been warned* to koop._ji> ntiloi t-A.ij- from I Vsendyres. an island of . no we st eoi? .l of Fui n. >> ,.1 and tha> ji I.-, reported that,"/ >rt Ifhat ions ari !x iiu; eonslrut ? it at Scon-:. ' '* * No More Assaults. Tokio. By Calile. In ,di?a!>l.it)g thi Russian Meet at I'ori Jt.pthur. preolud ing tin po.i.siijility of i;? abh l.o roe.iforce ilu Russian ecotid l'aci lie (H.iltiej squadron. the. .1 iiionesi have accomplished the main object o the desperate assault* against th fortress which they have been makinj for the past thr t months. There t; new a strong proMihillf.y that, whih Continuing the s togo thuy \\;ill t...Ai losses of the magnitude already at Lending their efforts, rnd Instead o Is-aukIn . will reiy on starving ou tie garri.eu until it is feuaMy cap , trod. yj'/t ?