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' THE TOTAL ECLIPSE ? Interesting Solar Phenomenon to Otcur May 28lli AN AWE-INSPIRING SPECTACLE The I'ntli and Duration of Totality - Where Observations Will be Made by Scientists. Washington, 13. C., Spoclal.? The fort In oming total eclipse of the ?uu on May 2S, 1.? attracting wor^l-wlde atten Won. and astronomers everywhere thavo long been making preparations for ob serving and photographing the phe nomenon. lio&idOA luajitug lliti itiuai time observations, Interest largely ? ?'n ttirs! In nhjitnuj'jiithlnir Jho r ojv>j)a. tha. coronal streamers, tlio spcetra of the ?chromosphere, ami particularly the cel ebrated flash spectrum appearing both Uon for a period of about two minuttvH, Moro than forty inlh'H away, oa elthor etdo of tho track tho eel Ipso will ba partly, jiot totii^ An oclipso of the sua that will l>o vis ible cjui occur only when the moon la new. At that t i mo she |k?.sss?vs exactly hot ween tho earth and the sun. A <j cording to the calculations of Profea | aor LumHlen, tho round black shadow j In out of -spai o some ilmo after sun I rlso on the mbming of May 28. This I gigantic arm will come into contact | with the part lutponiowhero near tho j Hevllla Oigedo islands in the Paelfio j ocean. With tremendous velocity the shadow will rush toward the mainluad j and will enter Mexico, near Cor r ion tes, at a *>peed of more than 100 miles a minute. In eight minutes it will have crossed the Rocky Mountains, and by 7:30 central or S:3u eastern timo it Wlll> have crossed tho (Jtilf ami entW'Od Moxloo. 'lMion <?n it will pass, over its selected path, until it is los^atottn in | "*vjwc.T?. Tho period of totiillty of the e. lipso varies at different. points along tho j track. At the Rocky Mountains tho THE PATH OP THE ECLIPSE TUltOUOH THE UNITED ST ATE H. ?at beginning and end of totality. For. J tunately it will bo posible^to witness ! the phenomenon from many sections of the. United Stales. /'*" The Johns Hopkins University expo dltlons to observe the solai^lecllpse will work In unison with the United States Naval Observatory and under the su pervision of tho latter.. The observa tories of the Naval Observatory will bo divided among five parties. At Pine hurst , N. C., there will be four astron omers from Washington, under the di rection ol' Profe-vsor Skinner; tho Johns Hopkins party from the Coast and j (roedotic Survey, under Professor G. A. Bauer. At Griffln, Ga., there will be one Naval Obsjervatory party, consist ing of Dr. I*. S. Mitchell, of Columbia University; ProfesRor Henry Crew and Dr. Tatall, of the Northwestern Univer sity of Virginia, and L. E. Jewell, of tho Johns Hopkins University; Profes sor S. J. Brown, Astronomical Direc tor of the NavaK Observatory, will con duct observation*#^ Barnesvillc, Ga. The colleges and universities of tho country will be well represented. Ex peditions will be dispatched by \ Har vard, Yale, Columbia; Princeton, the j University of Pennsylvania, the Uni versity of Virginia, tin; University of ' Chicago, etc. On May 28 tho circular shadow of the I moon cast by the sun upon the earth, vand about eighty miles in diameter, j will come sweeping across the Ameri- ! can continent from New Orleans to C^pe Henry. Along the centre of the path traveled by this swiftly moving j shadow the sun will be completely hid- I Feor Our Politics. ? ? Chicago, Special. ? A spcclal to tlu* t Record from Honolulu dated May 9, j via. Victoria, B. C.. suy?: "At a coa- ; forence of many pr. mlnont natives held i yesterday it ^decided to advise for i the present that tho Hawailans hoid j aloof from both tho Republican and i Democratic parties and organize a ; Hawaiian party. J. O. Carter was in dorsed for delegate to Congress. Aguloaido Heard Front. Manila, by Cable. ? A proclamation : purporting to have boon issued by Ag- j ulnaldo, and dntod May 14, from Polll- j lo Island, one of the Philippine group ! east of Luzon, is circulating in Manila. | It cays tho commission tip^j/inted by President McKlnley was,4v appointed . tfttjhou t the authorization^! Congress ana that hence it can not a&xt officially It urges the Filipino? mo<i#> surrender their arms at the' instigation of tho "~cdnimis3ioiy and on promises which Congress fliay not ratify, and 'ho also ~ urges" tho Filipinos tor enthusiastically welcome the commission when It ar rives in the towns and provinces, ask ing them holdly for" the form of gov ernment they most desire. ?s the Am- ' erlcans permit Creed od of speectfi spectacle will last but about thirty sec onds, and at New Orleans the period will have boon lengthened thirty-sev en seconds. At Union Point, Green county, Gn. the centro of the path for the United States, tho time of tality rOHITION OY TIIK I'LANKTS. will be nlney-two seconds, whllo those who are at the Atlantic coast, just south of the city of Norfolk, will be able to continue their observations for 105 seeonda. * Of# For Cape Nome. Seattle, Wash., Special. ? Saturday and Sunday were probably the banner days of the rush from Seattle to Capo Nome. Five or six of the largest ves sels of the gre:it fleet were scheduled to leave. The Garonne, the largest, vc&sel failing from Soattle! will get away Sun day night. The steamship Senator puts -to in the evening with nearly 50fl |,;s..-.sfcngcri. Steamef Cleveland sailed at noon. She has 195 passengers. Brevlt'es. John Clark Ridpatti, the historian, who is ill at New York, is improving. ' President J. .T. I-ittlo, of the New York board of c.lucatlon, resigned be cause of ill health. Frank Foesett, on trial for murder at Fort Worth, Texas, walked unob served out of the court 'house and es cape! . Rev. Robert Wood Ha rn well, of Pclma, Ala,, was elected lilshop Ooad bjrtbe Ephwonai Oouncil at Mo bile, Ala. _ r James C. KeongU/former tax collec tor Hofyoke, Mass., charged with embezzling $300,000, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. ' t ? "UllllCI APpOfplUIPRl, ? Q- gpfcUL? William H. Hot, of Montana, Mfiii selected to be eeeret wry oT MMiiar the Island -? 1 ULi-'IM-'L, ? gr? " l" * ? 'Ji or rurui krxx Mr. aiuu w noutuT appointed hibI for ^ovancMttt before th*. ffhflfsai THE GRANT STATIC thnelllMg Ceremonies at the Nation's Capital. Washington, D. C., Special.? Tho sta tue of General Grant, presented by tin* Grand Army of the Republic to the Na tion, was unveiled in the jtreat mtunda of tho t'apitol Saturday, and elaiHuato eeonnonies commemoraHvo of the ovent wore held in the Hall of Keprc eontativos in tho proseuue of a vu.st conooiufie of people who Included the widow, iloughter and descendant*; of the General; 'hundreds of hla comrades in arms, tho officers and committee of the G. A. IffTand many persons di.s tinguished in military, political and so cial circles. The statue represents the contributions of thousands of his com rades, no one of whom wua allowed to subscribe more than 1T> tents and is the result of a movement started shortly after General Grant's death At Mount McGregor In July, 1SK.">. It. Is tho work of JYanklin Simmons, an American sculptor. Of marble, of heroci si/.c, it ! iciuoseiita the .gi'im old soldier in th^ full uniform of a general equipped' for the Held with tophool* anil gauntlets, his cloak over his left arm, his right ? hand resting on the hilt of his sword. j The unveiling took place slmrtiy lie- I fore noon in tlic presence of Mra.Gront, Mrs. Sartor is, Miss Surtoris, tho officers ?ff the G. A. It.. SpefilfeV Henderson and Henator Frye, President pro tcin t?f the. Senate. The fact iff the unveiling was kop^ secret and ynly a tow outsiders wit-s nessed it. There \v? re iu ceremonies. Miss Sartoris, atti'.vd in white, drew drew tho lanyard i!>?t uncovered the statue. Mrs. Grant inspected it criti cally and smiled her approval. The party then repaired to the ball- of thw House, where the ceremonies oc^uyred. The ceremonies in th House wore j>rofoundly Impre-^ive. 'l*ov consist ed of addresses by Mr. McCieary (Minn.), Mr. Gmsvenor (Ohio), Mr. Richardson (Tcnn.), Mr. Warner (Ills.), Mr, Linney (N. C.), Mr. Gard ner (Mich.), Mr. Itrosiuis (I'a.), and Mr. Dolliver (towa.) For Pence. Berne, By Cable. ? Tho committee of the International l'o:ice Bureau has de cided to make n final appeal to the l twenty-five powers who are signers of the conventions adopted by tho Hague Peace Conference, in favor of the res toration of Peace in South Africa. The committee calls attention to the el:iuse of the convention for the peaceful set-] tlomont of international conflicts by the terms of which the signatory pow ers agreed to utsfl all efforts for the set tlement, not. only of difficulties among themselves, but of all international dis pute.?., Consequently the committer declares, an offer of mediation cannot bo considered by (Ireat Brit aliens an unfriendly act. Sv New Building Dedicated. Hichmond, Special.-- The new build- ! infcs of the Virginia Union University j were dedicated^Wtet, week with appro* 1 priate ceremonies. The Union l.'ni- | versity is a combination of the old j Hichmond Theological SeiftTttary and I Wayland University of Washingion. It is for colored students of both sexes. The address of the day was made by Gen. T. J. Morgan LI j. D., of New ! York, secretary of t lie American Home Mission Society. There were also ad- I dresses by Rev. S. II. Morehouse. I). I)., j of New York, field secretary of the as sociation; Rev. P. T. Morris. I). P., of j Lynchburg, and Rev. J. H. Mason. 1). D., of Batavia, N. Y. There are six buildings completed and two are in | coarse of erection. British at t!i? Waal River. I/ondon, By Cable. ? British horse men, according to a dispatch from Lo renzo Marques, are now close to the Vaal river, within 40 miles of Johan nesburg. The migration from Pretoria has begun. Women and children are being sent in trains to Machadadorp, on the way to Lydenburg. Trains are | arriving at Lorenzo Marques filled i with passengers, among whom are many Gernmns bound for Europe. F\ar Our Polill.s. Chicago, Special. ? A special to the Record from Honolulu dated May 9, . via. Victoria, B. C.. %t\ys: "At a con- ! fercncc cf many pr.nainent natives held r yesterday it was decided to advise for j the present that the Hawalians hold j aloof from both the Republican nnd ( Democratic parties and organize a Hawaiian party. J. O. Carter was in dorsed for delegate to Congress. Strong R I -?ttg Force. Ix)ndon( By Cable. ? The following dispatch from Sir Alfred Milcer, the British high commissioner In South Africa, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, .Mr. Jos. Chamberlain; was received at 1:30, p. m. Monday. "Barton telegraphs from Taungfc that Mafeklng was relicvod May 17th. The relieving column was a composite force under Col. Mahon of about 2,300 men." , Brevities* ^ lie*. John E. Hall, of lOfedtTe. Pa., consecrated as a missionary to Japan, at the - Cumberland Presby terian Assembly. One boy was killed and three boys tod a girl injured in ? strike riot at St Louis Monday. The Supreme Couri of OiwjrTitt*! States has decided that flssinrl Cost , Jr- tr not entitled ts frl ssflMjrffa 1 of "PocohonUa" as appllad.to ) coal.. \ ItWJMtt and HarW Onmmltt^ 1 Va., sad GREAT WAR NEWS. Account of Feverish Activity at Pre toria. mm WORKING DAY AND NIGHT. The Relief Column Repoted to Dave Been Defeated With lireat l.oss-'J Duller Moving. London,' Ily Cable. --The lti'it is?t* ie lief column fougnt the Doors at Kra span, >12 miles south of Mdfi'kiiig, oil Tuesday^ according a telegram re ceived Wednesday night at Lorenzo Marques, from Molopo, 100 miles north of Mal'eklng. This intelligence is ac cepted here with some reserve because It Is difficidt to understand how llu> HOW# ?\>Uld have bee-u *?o <n>i< klv put on tho wire from a place 132 miles from the scone <?r tho engagement \ correspondent of The Morning lust, presumably John Stewart, is reported captured by tho llucm at Knuipun. Tho British public is Keenly oxpectaut o{ the announcement thai. Mafeking hjis been relieved. Douglus Story, 'I ho t)a\Jy Mail correspondent at Pretoria, wlrete: ' Tho Boor government is holding bafk some big news. Feverish activity prevails bore. President Krugei is working day and night. Tho latest Boor official bulletin is that tho relief columns lias boon defeated with great loss. Lord Roberts continues passive at Kroontdad. D?k e?*vHl?y are Klrwtc.h Ing UKq a Hcini-cireula r scroeu many tnilrs in '"length, with overlapping (lank:?." ? Tho railway will probably t* com pleted soon. Genoral French's cavalry had one lively light after crossing tho Zand river. A mixed squadron, turn^ posed of the Scots Greys, the Iimlsklll Ings, Carbineers and Australian Horse, took a kopje and dismounted. The Boers suddenly fired from a concealed position, killing many horses and stampeding the rest. Tho Boers then advanced in overwhelming numbers and drove the squadron, capturing some. The liners robbed the dead and looted the saddle. Finally a brigade of cavalry drove them off. Farther north the Hussars charged tho Boers, killing and wounding many ftragglcrs with sabrea and pistols. Lord Roberts' infantry marched 122 tulles in seven days. General ir,re"?u inarched 30 miles in one day. The Boors, when retiring, dragged 32 guns through Kroonstad. General Bullor is moving toward New Castle. He appears to bo using 25 000 men against 5.000 or G,000. Ills operations will almost certainly result In his forcing his way into the Trans vaal, poeslbly in time to co-operato With Lord Roberts' advance, although General Bullor Is now 252 miles from Johannesburg, or 25 days' march. A Dane, who was captured by the South African Horse, says there ar? &00 Frenchmen with the Boors who are opposing General Buller. together with many Germans and other for eigners. Geneyal Bundle is sweeping through the nOiWast of the Free ; State. The Boors are dissolving be fore him and some are surrendering. Their main force is assembled be tween Ficksburg and Winhurg, but it is without eloso organization. The occupation of Olencoe was merely a logical sequel of General Hi' ti ler's advance and the Boers rething movement. As usual the Boers are re ported to be flying precipitately, but, also as usual, the account* add that | their transport and guns were re moved in safely which, in itself, is a , contradiction of any statement that ?flieVnoers were panic stricken. ho prolongation of the Mafoking siege j only Intensifies Great Britain's anxiety to hear of its relief. , About 1.100 more troops have ar rived at Bcira, Portuguese Last Africa. The British Advance. Pretoria. By Cable.? A war bulletin has been received here announcing that {he Britjsh ar$ advancing against the Federals at HclpmankT and I , Nek. The Burghers attacked Mafe king. The telegraphist at Malopos , gays that a heavy rlllo and cannon lire , was 'heard before 6 o'clock Saturday, and that the Kaffir location waa n flames within an hour and was totally destroyed Kmcrgency River nnd Marbor BUI. Washington, D. Special.? An. emergency river and harbor bill was ?greed upon hy the river and harbor committer. It. provides a large num ber of surveys and makes several ap propiations for work of pressing ne cessity. This .includes $200,000 .for the South pass of the Mississippi, with au thority to ft>rminate the contract with the late James I). Eads, for the main tenance of this channel, and to pur chase the plant now used for thie? work; also a provision making avail able $50,000 for letlr jvork on Cumber land Sound, Ga., and Florida. Boer Envoy* Arrive. New York, Special. ? The steamship MaaedamL with the peace envoys from (be South African republics, arrived Tuesday from Rotterdam. The en- ^ mania# sad ?. KL Vessels, were met by a commute* Which went down the bay to ?reet tlflhfcj Uter were weU corned by a larger body of Bgsr sym ? ? - o. - ? ? . % A, 1 - nopofffl^ WMV9 - IM CROP lUILfcHN. i , ... ?'-? . l.xcii I on?|> i alu. 0 Ml III Showers. The (euipnrahiro was searonabb* 'during the week i iulluj; s a. <iu.. May JIMm, with a maximum of i?;t . ami a minimum of ; degrees, both reporlo?* from tin- northwestern portion of H^ State The r 1 1 ii In 1 1 ranged in amotini front one -fourth of an huh to nearlv three im lies. The least amount foil in I ho extreme northwestern counties, ami tilt' heaviest. oci'ti rroii over tin* central counties. \ithoitgh tin' rights continue too tool for rapid growth ami etrps are backward over tin- western portions, ti'lC N^lltll or conditions wi'i'n faxornble ami caused improvement in t*he ren dition of all < rop#. The rains \vi it heiieiielal . ami brought tip all lit*' planted sumlji, ami put bottom lamia into condition to be plowed ami ! planted, except in some wot; torn conn . ties wlmro more rain is needed except where cut worms have duin aged it mi bottom lands. While plant ing is far from finished, some corn is receiving its second cultivation ('niton i< praetlenlly all planted It is making -low growth, but either has. or is coming up t<JfjiJuH stands which ! are. how e\ er, soine^tait Irregular in j size. Cultivation anfl*" chopping is general Sonic fields are still grassy, and grasshoppers are destroying eot ton in one county. Scaisiand litis a good stand ami is thriving. ltu>t continues on wheat to the detriment of the crop The recent ! rains have improved hoth wheat and j oats, the latter In ing now particularly ; line our huge, areas. Oats w ill soon ho j ready To harvest in the sunt heesti" n counties. Tobacco has fairly good stands, net the ground is in condition for replant ing. The plants are small hut \ ig orons. Hice improved with the warmer nights. Planting continues wliefe previously hindered by freshets. Sweet potato draws are being set out. Melons, sugar cane, peanuts, gardens, and truck generally show j marked improvement. Peaches, al though dropping; still indicate a full crop. Pears and apples continue to blight, and while the former will bo plentiful, the latter will be scarce. Large shipments of seasonable vegct j ubles continue from the truck raising j districts. There Is complaint, of a scarcity of field hands in Homj>-4orall ! tits. a Palmetto Penciling. The salary of the Florence postmas ter has recently raised from ll.GOO to $1,700 a year. A liberal raise hna also been mado in the allowance for the clerk hire and rent Hince the poslof flce was bo haiulsomely fitted up. The receipts of thin oMco continue to grow heavier and heavier1?" The Increase is not a spurt, but Ib a ?teady increase (from month to month. The receipts jfor April are 62% per cent heavier than the receipts of April of last year. The government has recently asked that a 'record of the trunsieut mall at this of fice bo weighed, and It amounts to for the week, papers and packages, exclu sive of any at this office, 1,367; letters and packages 223, single letters worked 4,126; total I Headquarters for South Carolina at j the Jxmisville Reunion will be located 1 on Main street, between 6th and 7th. I The Louisville Reunion will be the first ? to provide separate headquarters for ] every State, as heretofore the various | States occupied one building, each hav- i lug a room or a corner in it. The com- | r/.ittee In charge of the South Carolina quarters will be: Oeorge Allen, Fred Cans, A. M. Sease, Alex " Smytlie, S. Calhoun Smith, J. M. Wornack and John 1). Voung. Three of theae are for mer South Carolinian. Chairman W. I), Evans and Commis sioner Harris last week inapoctcd and ! received the Lockhart Railroad, which Is a new line, 13.86 miles long, connect ing the Spnrtnnbnrg. Union and Colum bia Road with Lockhart Mills. The I h Kpocting (party was accompanied by Superintendent P. I. Welles, of the Southorj) and President Carey, of the Lockhart^ Mills railroad. The road waa found* rti fine condition and au thority was given for its operation. Superintendent of Education Mo Mahan liaa,4Trrlanged for a summer school ror Kdgfield to run from July 10 to Augu*<*]6. The conductors are iMr. William M. Clyde, who is principal of the Roys' High School at Montgom ery, Ala., and Prof. I). I>. Wallace, of Wofford College. Another cate of smallpox has devel oped on the Parnell place, near Luray, the patient, being a colored man, A Charleston physician has charge of the cage, who thinks. that there will "he no further spread of the. disease and that the patient will soon recover. Senator T/lman has been promised the Consul?h:p at Rouen, Franc*, for Thornwell Hayneu, Democrat, of Cen. tral, S. C. Iva.it Saturday, In response to a call by Dr. L. R, Owaltney, a meeting of some of Edgefield's citizens was held in the court bow* to alect delegates to the Prohibition conference at -Cotum. bla. Gen; T; W. Car wile piesldwi oyei the mietlBf. pie following were elect* ?d as delegates; The Her. L R. O wait Prof. T. V. K t Bailey aMfMr. ?. 1 tit: NHVV PHYSICIANS , Aii I'dUMMlIx I nrv,'o Number in Thlti War's Class. i Modicinc in apparently u 1.*. !? and I t.lirl vitix1 prufosHitrti in this Stat<*. hovo wore uioro young men in staiul tho examination beforo tin* St.it?> hoard of I niodlcal oxamlnors tihau ov?r oofor<\ j lxi.st y tar thoro woro sixty old appli I cants and this your thoro woro soventy oiKht. of this number eight were rol ' ored. lnit there w*-rfl no women appear j tiiK boforo tho hoard this linn*. '1 bo | Stato board ol' inodieal ox<unlntus, to [ j.;?'tb* r with tho branch on wlflo'i t hoy ! were examined, are: Pr Stephens, of i lHuekvilto, on surgery; lb. llrodio, of I Charleston, ph\sioh>Ky; Or. Napier, i f | lilonhoim, on materia medio, i and 1 thernpoutlo.s; l>r. linker. of HitmlH', clH'in ist i \ and toxlenl ;>?> . Or. It. A. ; Itratton, ?>f Yorkvillo, anatomy; Dr.( ! () 1$ Mavrr. of Newberry, on obste ? trios and naoeology ; lb\ T. IT N >tt, ? Jr.. on t bo prin t loo of mmtiri'ir New I ?ntttprlscs. A com 'illusion tor n Sv>v >?>?>?? j issued to 1 1 1 ? Kunuers Supplj *? o.n pany, of Manning. The company pro poses going into the grocry i"?tl lariu vepply busintvH Capital stock $>0,000. Corporatois, Mci.eod Wllklr>, 1*. M. Hradham and II. Uigby. A charter has been issued to llio Willard Manufacturing Company. of Columbia. Tlit* company proposes manufacturing all kinds 01 glue, mucil age, ink. pails ami slali >ncr.V supplies. Capital stock $10,000. 1. I Witbeis, president and treasurer; l\ H. Wes ton, vice president ; 10. M. Wilson, sec retary; I. I ?? Withers, F. H. Western and Win. Weston, directors. The Kndowinenl Kund Association, of the Charleston Library Association, has tiled wljh the Secretary of State an amendment to its charter. 1 1>9 amendment covers the entire Hiiopu of the work of the Endowment Associa tion. YorkviUo ha+i surrendorod Its c';d charter and tak?'n out one under tlio new law. A commission for a charter win H sued to the Joint Stock Onion, of Greenville. Capital stock porators: lClias Ncubltt, H. F. Mc puw and A. C. Johnson. The com pany proposes dealing in real est^jy. Tobacco Notes. A <1 vices from Granville county, N. C., is that the tobacco crop will 1>" out fully twenty-live per ?ent. .Mr. T. W. Martin will be maunder of tobacco sales warehouses at Seran ton and Lake City, B. C.t the next season. A report, that there, was dimension in tlio board of directors of tho Ameri can Tobacco Company is denied by i rusl people. V Advices from Virginia indicate thai a crop of the usual si of dark tobacco will pitched. The tobacco acreage In Japan this year Unreported by that government at 42.IT> chocs. A cho Is nearly two and u half acres. The nl?n>ber of person* employed in cultivating the weed la 572,820, nearly double ivs many as last year. The reports from the Dark leaf dis tricts are to the effect that a much larger acreage of tobacco will bo planted this year than was last year. It is said that the planting will be probably 110 us compared with last year. " Owensboro, Ky.. strips will be, It is HOid, about 2,500 hogsheads bhort of last year's mal^ or a crop shortage of 35 per cent. Florida is ok the verge of a big boom in tobacco growing. There aro Upw 800 applicants for seed tobacco on file in the Florida State department of agriculture and tobacco growers' as sociations aro being formed through out the State. Stenimers in Owensboro and licit' derson have their factories now full and are patiently waiting for a season which from present appearances will not be long delayed. The Rocky Mount, N. C? Argonaut says : "From further observation in the surrounding country wo aro satis fied that the tobacco acreage in Nash county will be rut about fifty per cent. Plants are very scarce, a good many ] beds boing a tojtalc failuro." MaJ. W. A. Guthrie has taken an ap peal from tho decision of Judge Siinon ton in. Black well's Durham Tobacco Company case. Pittsburg produces a million stogies a day. The acreage of tobacco planting in South Carolina will bo increased this season. Mr. J. H. Duke, preeident of tl^e American and Continental tobacco companies, is being cartooned by New York papers. . u ^ ______ News Items. Cruelty on the high seas brought a fine Of fl.000 and two month* im prisonment for John Hayes, mate of the skip Si. Jakn ea, at New York. Railways and steamship companies in Germany are eiperimentln? with the use of oil for fuel. ? Italy's CEamber of Deputies has been prorogued and new elections or dered for J use S to 10. The Sultan of Turkey wUl s?d to . Crow- Prim* Frederick. ?1 Oerouutr tMTftrtiA* ?<jer, eit m dia rill: PENSIONERS. I lie Amount to bo Received toy ttu I 'liferent Classes. Tai'K h dollars and thirty cents ta th< allowance of seven (li u mill and fifty* one pensioner's of tin* Stato of South Carolina. This Is tho allowance. u<)( for a month. but for twelve monttaAi It is what tho Stato nllowa its PO&j nlmo is, soldiers of tho l.ost. Cause, whd arc more than tin years <;f ago anil wh(J ha\?i nat mora than $itifl it year In* conic. or widows of old eoldiors whfl| may he similarly clroumntnncod. Old nddicrs who ny* -ro "wounded and whe* have an income not in e?;;<vs of $250 t< yoar aro In tin* same class. Then there Is another class known as Class fl, whMi numbers ' ! t'l ami (hose aro oaoh to get $115.40 for tho yciir^ ^Clnss A) which is made up of t ho.;e totally holp liV'i, rteoiyw''$?- a year and it number# foyty-ol/rlil. Vhjx i ? 'how tlio $ \ oO.uOO appropriat ed by tho State of South Carolina fou its imlim nl Confederate pensioners 18 distributed. I: is a grct dcnl for tho-- ? Pt:rtc Id do for its SMhliors, according :o tho vii:w?; (ii he coon :inir. members of J lu- iJjiljjii- i) hi V -lijjl 11- iililHVii how liftlo there is in tho pensions for cacti of (In* poor soldiers and widows why led constrained to apply to tho State for which they fought. It is a charity which Is not asked for by all who do <m rvo it. For many years tho old Wbl diors felt a delicacy about asking for tho pension tho State offorod. Now that delicacy is passing away to a certain extent and tho pension lists this year ire six hundred larger than they were last y*ar. Tho Increases and tho strength H>f the lists aro largely notloo. ablu in the border countic? on tho North Carolina line. It is a hard matter to eonlliio the lists to those who are striitly entitled to the hcncllts of ho pension appropria tion. The county bnnrdrr, rrmdo up of - old sohlioir.. have to bo rolled upon to a large extent, in fact practically en tirely. It' frauds creep in it cannot be tho fault <of tiio .Stnte hoard, as tflie ? ~ grcatest. publicity is given to tho lists (hat aro approved and circumstance? show that moat of the ?counties aro ox tromoly rigid in tlielff regulations and examinations. J V' Tho checks for til* 'pension money woro made out Friday. The rolls for nhostorfleld and Florence Coont? are not cxactly straightened out and in* formation has been solicited on them;' and ivo roll or return has evon yot heon rinreived from Charleston. Tho State board estimated tho Charleston list to be about tho same a? it was last year, but, of course, can send no money to the pensioners in Charleston until the itpprovaod list is recoived here and c.hecked up. Tho cam o of tho doltiy l^n Charleston Is not explahvod. iiBW.W WM inynsibility. sb^Jn tM ins aurgdM %n air gun b of the Bishop WlllUtt Strikers Grow Desperate St. I/)uls. Special. ? With the euapetu . sion of negotiations the strikers and I their sympathizers are, growing df?? " their sympathizers are groitlhg 4<Pjr~ perate. ITp to >he present Unto UM shotting has been done by Che Transit employes or officers, -but tfra took a hand In this gams tr motorrnan on the Laclede Aw named J. R. Richardson, was the head betwesa Grand m avenuea, dragged from tils j2?*" tally JtMAtfiAi. ' ' J VVintlirop Commencement. ?Following 1h tho programme of the fomiuencenicnt exercises of Winthrop_ College: On Friday evening, Juno 1, the Wlnthrop OhaptCr, United Daugh ters of tho Confederacy, will hold a .regular mooting.* An interesting pro tiho moat enjoyable feature will bo the trainmo haa been arranged, btft by far annual address by (i> tv IJonham, of Anderson. On Sunday morning the sermon before the Y. M. & A, will bo prcachcd .and en Slindjijr__ evening the baccalaureate sermon will bo delivered by Blsho Duncan, of tha Methodist Churoli. Monday evening tha literary societies will hold their joint celebration; Tuesday morning is to ba devoted to tho annuul concert and re ception. The alumnae meeting comes " on Wednesday morning and on Wed nesday evening the culmination of it all, the address before the graduating class by Mr. J. C. Hemphill, of Charles ton. and tho awarding of diplomas and certificates. A Progressive Daily. The Columbia State is Just now Mowing commendable enterprise in lta news 'service, which i? full and com plete in every detail. Its editorial Ut terances are always vigorous and locld, nnd while one may differ over so wide ly from Its opinions on matters con cerning the gen oral welfare of tho Stalo and nation, we are bound at alt times to respect its utterances for their candor and fairness. The Skate is a truly great paper, always alive and progressive, and 13 doing much to ad vance Soivth Carolina's industrial and Other interests. 7 J Wants Assl$tan?$. , Washington,' D. C., Special.-rln ac cordance with tho request of Attorney General Griggs, tho judlclnry commit-, teo of the Ht?use of* JlMproa qatfltl yeft, . considered means of dealing with tha Neely case and like offenses arising in Cub^The need of action was explain ed by the attorney general in a letter | to Chairman Ilay of the committee..?.