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? VETERANS GATHER, Great Crowds of Old Confedrates in New Orleans THE tlftV FILLING WITH VISITORS ? Decorations the float Elaborate and Beautiful livar Seen at a Reunion? Gathering of (he Multitude. New Orleans, Special.? One hun f tired thousand visitors within her gates and mpre arriving on pvery, train, 10,000 veteran uoldlere of\ tht/4 Confederacy as her special charge* and hunHreda more on the way ; bands of mon clad In tUe ancient gray parading through the struts/- the - ^rtiali of oandfl and the, .cheers of ? thousands who line the 'thorough fares; that Is the situation In Now Orleans Monday night on the eve of 'the thirteenth annual reunion of the Confederate veterans. Never in the history of the city have such lavish preparations been made for the recep tion an<V entertainment of people from abroad as has been made for this oe , caslon, and from all appearances they ? will bo successful to the last degree. The local committees are thoroughly ? up, In their work and quarters are pro vided fftr all who come as soon as they , ask for them. All over the city the hospitable. jcltizeus -have thrown open their doors, the hotels aro filled to overflowing and thousands of the old ? -soldiers have taken quarters in the camp at the fair grounds, where ex cellent arrangements have Ween made for housing and entertaining them. By Tuesday night the great mass of visi tors will have arrived and It is rough 1 ly estimated that fully -J 50,000 people will be her? by the . tldre the conven tion opens at noon. On all sides it is conceded that the present reunion will he one of the most successful that has ever been held by the organization. No more elaborate decorations have ever been put up:by any citizens than the citi zens of New Orleans have arranged for this reunion. Canal street is a blase hunting, festoons, grouped, twined flung loose in streamers and revealed in countless tossing banners. All the side streets are also decorated, Tl,; as are most of the* residences in the ? ' ? -ctty, :.btit the especial effort has been made along Canal street, 4nd the ef fect 13 mast beautiful. The. old .Star? ~ and Bars form, as a matter Of ^course, flf dec.iM'fitfiffig." but the Stars and ' Stripes- are seen on every hand, -and on the peak of the auditorium the ,r banner of the republic that lives floats over the banner of the republic f- died. _ r; ; ? ^^~Th^e"xefclsea of the day will open FT "at' 10 o'clock, in the morning, when, aiispicea of the Southern - -Memorial Association, serv^m in lienor of Jefferson Davij will be held. ',V ' hours later the delegates will be called to order by GeneraWohn B. '??r ' Gordon, commander-in-chief.^ 1 nei c be speeches of welcome to the old ~ soldiers from representatives of the -Jjoulslana and the city oi 1 ?nr#MU?"8N and other States. It is fat' Hfcely that the opening session S" ' will comprise much of anything *?**" yond the addresses of welcome^ The C^-Ieeeion will conclude wlth^tte \-ap - nointment of cpmmittees on - The alternoon meeting wlH COWL.. at 3:30 o'clock and will con .. tinue for about two hours. ? Making No Progress. - Washington. Special.? No progress. from the- United States treaty committee in China and the ex naturo of the obstacle to the con summation of the trade treaty is not ? ? known. The . Chinese .cpnimissipm'ta make one statement in the matio:-. The Russian _gavefii/mnnt makes an other in conflict and the commlsslon : ' era db not know which to believe, it Is probable that the State Depart ment may feel it nemwat y to cause the ' governments give more do* Unit? instructions to' its commlssioa jro-wii? ? ~ - ' : ? Heavy Oold Shipments. York, Special.? Lazard F re res fk Co.. hays- engaged $1,065,000 in gold for shipment to Europe tomorrow. ? Goldman. Sachs & Co.. have ordered t7?0 ,000 for shipment at the same time. .? ^-;Th? Merchants' Bank of Philadelphia, ... " 1300.000 gold at the suh y_4 Treasury for shipment to Europe. Total engagements for shipment Tucb v A . daj^.12, 325.000. Believed Strike Is Broken. TSobiie, XTS~KrechJl? General Cotnt B. lx- Rnsaell, declares there ia no Bp. j raaaon to bellow i? the, jcpoxt.^curr^ijil that General Manager C. S. Clarke, of f tha Mobile & Ohio, Is to be sucqeed.^1 _ , hy J.; tf. Seale, now in Jackson. Tenn., t ? Colonel Russell says that Mr. Clarke enjoys the fullest confidence of th# 1 * men who control the road. Colonel fftuneU claimfi as one of the strongest ? ? algaathe railroad has that the strike U . , 18 . bro k en i s tfie Te.tPtndtng of the ordei .? <rf April *, as lo the acceptance of per tahable freight by the Mobile it Ohlo.^ - Beginning Sflnday, at noon, perishable l v -Urtlghi-wlU' be accepted at all joints. I ' ?? t ? % wppmi riiinr'HJlHgg*... ~ _ inaah. 8p#clal.? By a vote of 3 I linn? ii convention of Oeor- ' pt-agateti^e proposition to ntlM a?H o( the Kpfeoopall I to the Catholic Church of I m. tie deb ate on the qoeatlotf Liter O. A. Ottan ie-i WHITE MAN KILLS'* BY A MOB Insurance Agent Sliot to Death at Wilson, North Carolina. Wilson, Special.-- Perry Jones, au Insurance agent, who came hero some time ago, was shot in his room Wed nesday night by a crowd of citizens who intended to run him out of towu, and as a result died at, 7 o'clock Thurs- J day morning. One of the alleged at tacking party was also wounded. ICleven men were arrested on the charge of participation, in the crime. The objection to Jones was because of his alleged association with a colored woman. Jones staled, after being wounded, that when the men rushed Into his room he llred on them, when he was shot. Jones came to WlUoa about two weeks ugo as an insurance agent, giving his residence as Little Rock, Ark. He worked Industrial in surance. A few day? ago he was ar rested with a negro woman, suspicion having fallen on him about a watch which was stolen in Goldsboro. The trial resulted in his acquittal. After the trial George WTiitley, of Wilson, went, to Jone<? and told him he would have to leave towq. WhlLley claimed to be a representative of a crowd of men In Wilson who would not have a man here who associated with a negro woman. Jones, becoming alarmed, had Whitley arrested on a peace war rant. The trial resulted in 'Whitley's being put under a $200 peace bond. Jones received information that be would be attacked. He went to Mr. J. R. lJ?ell, a lawyer here, r and told of his trouble. He advised him to go l<: his room and remain there until moru . lag,- when he would advise him further. Jones was never seen again until he was found Thursday morning In hid room, mortally wounded. Eleven' meu have been placed under arrest for par ticipating In the killing. All those at rested were placed in jail. ^ Wreck of the Veracruz, Washington, Special. ? Capt. Slaium, of the revenue cutter Doutwell, which went to the relief of the passengv.ro and crew of the Vera Cruz III, which stranded on the 12th Inst., on Dry Point Shoal. N. C.? has made a prelb mlnary report to Captain Shoemaker, chief of the revenue cutter service. Capt. Slamm says that on his arrival at the wreck "ne found that the master of the Vera Cruz had left his vessel with all his personal" effects and in struments of navigation' in the kceptng of a "friend and passenger," to go tu Wilmington. N. C., to secure furtdg with which to'-pay for the -transporta tion of the, pa^ftougcra to - New-- Bedford. Mass.. the destination of his vessel. Alt of tji^ shlp'w papers including the pas senger list, were turned-' over to thfl collector cf customs at Newbern, whither the passengers and crew were tiken. The vessel was practically ?abandoned by her crew. As near as could be learned the pass?nger/Jist of the Vera Cruz called Jor 210 ifg^sor..< while the keeper of "the life-saving station is reported to have landed, 39!, exclusive of the bark's crew. This fact together with the circumstances of the vessel being brought from fresh wnt#?< into the dangerous harbor where a he grounded, the catftnin says, appears suspicious. The vessel is imbedded iii .the gand and probably will be abancT oned. Thirty-five barrels of whale oil comprise her cargo. Prompt Shipments Impossible. Washington, Special. ? Tlio Depart .JPJSHt Qf Staic lias Just received from the United States legation at "Havana a report which points out tlie trade op portunities in the .Cuban marke* in manufactured cotton. The report says Cuba has no advantage ih its close proximity to the manufacturing cent?? of the Southern States, as the freight is lower on goods exported from i^u rope than those exported .from either New York, Mobile or New Orleans. .As a general rule deliveries can bo made quicker from tlytf- United States than kfrom Europe, but during the past year ( it has been almost impossible to get goods with any promptne.ss from the United StatW flfid "This has "cause cl' " a loss to our trade. Wa's the Nai^tnlc Blown Up ? New York, Spdbial. ? Among 't^he ef fects of the man fvfrho sent the Internal machine to tho Cjunard Line dock, lp.st week, was a plede of paper, on which was written in French: "Tho destruc tion of the Narorac was complete. Mr. LeBruo. who maUe the box. has this moihent gone to Chicago." Tho Nar onic l?t Liverpool on the morning of February 11, 1903, \ with 4,000 tons oi freighVa crew of n^tjMive passengers who hafr'gone to England on the pre via us trip -In. charge oX-acargo of cat tle. She was never seen after she icft the McrBey. and to this day no word tho line. ' < . Engineer and Fireman Killed. Washington Court House, Ohio,, Special. ? Tho Cincinnati ft Pittsburg j Expres?, on the Midland division of th? Baltimore ft - ~a Southwestern, was wrecked 5 miles east of Washington Court House. Two persons were killed and several seriously Injured. The killed are: Engineer John May, 'New ark. Ohio: an4 Fireman J. A. Leigh* ton, NewsVk, Ohio. The accident w4a caused by spreading rails. Fir* In Sottc Richmond, ed I* ^he ^esUorant ^P-Wtwrt^ate, colored, la Suffolk, spread niptdty and m. ? il. , (K'fllUJCQ TTnTTcW vT lllfJ wjuni* factoring Company, burned an the MMintt 0? a bfpek tagtoa street, as? e tcmr or five. belof? Si*, I It frw* -222^w?5E!Jum3S ! i-WI **V*. ? |if, 1 2* A BAD SlINDAV RIOT Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Scene of Serious Disturbances CARS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO RUN > ? Strike- Breakers and Officers Pelted With Stones and Brickbats- flany People Wounded. Bridgeport, Conn., Spno.nl? Tho at tempt made by the officials of the Con necticut Railway und Lighting Com pany to ruu their cai*a with non-union men Sunday, resulted In a riot In which at leant 32 men were Injured. The shei ift'-says that another such outbreak would call <^uf the troops. At the pros-* cnt time the county sheriff will succeed the police. Sunday morning six trolley rars were started out on the Uarnum and State street lines. There were large crowds around the car sheds at the time. The rars were manned by 12 ot the 123 strike-breakers brought to thia oily Saturday by the trolley company. There was no disturbance of any kind for a couple of hours. When the first car, however, l^ad completed its third round trip, and was directly In front of the Wheeler & Wilson factory, where a crowd of at least 1,000 persons had gathered, a boinbardrpent of stones began. Deputy Sheriffs rflendrau and Plumb, who were riding on the car. plunged into thfi crowd to arrest a man whom thpy had ucen throw a Htone. He was seized and with considerable diffi culty dragged GO feet to the car. The ft tone-th rower was a big fellow and struggled so flercly that a policctnan 1 who was standing near by went to the assistance of the officers. Immediately Mulvlhlll was soon hurrying through the mob. He rushed to the po liceman and ordered him to keep his bands off the prisoner. He then tola the deputy sheriffs that they had bettef let the man f;o. During the argument the) stone-thrower wrenched hlmsell .irpb aritl dashed away. In the jneantiine stones werfHjHng in a shower and one of them struck Mayor Mulvlhlll on "the head, brusing it badly. The two sheriffs Jumped on the ear and ordered the md torman to proceed to the ca^ sheds. The bombardment did not abate and the crowd on the street was such that the motorman had to go slowly. The Uone-thiowing soon became. so furlo\re J-fb?t,*the* sheriffs-drew ihelr-rt; vol vera an </ fired shots In the air. This caused thfc bombardment to let up a little and file car reached the barns atfd was run inside. The other five cars operated on the same streets received exactly the same treatment, as they fololwed the first cr.r into the c.&f Barns. When the. last crir had passed within tho doors there- .was a_crowd of 4,000 people gathered in a vacant lot oppo site and violence once more broke loose. Brickbats, stones and everything that could ,be thrown were hurled at the barns and' anything .that belonged to the company in the vicinity. At'thl; point Mayor Mulvlhlll saw that the ser geant and nine policemen stationed at the barna_wcre entirely, unable to cope vv 1th the mob and he sent" for Chief Coffin.- of the flrd' department.. After a short consultation, the latter ordered out engine company No. G, with a steamer and a line of hose. Superin tendent Birmingham also ordered every nrnilable man to the rtpol, to co-operate with the firemen and soon a stream was being played on the mob, which slowly tell back before the water. One c? the strike- breakers was assisting the llrrmen in holding the hoso when a well diMw;t?<l brick o truck him on the .head alnd .ltfiocked hi*m to the ground When the mob had dispersed toe firemen aijrd extra policemen were ordered back to their quarters and the J'SU l3.r jltlR.il remained guarding the car barns. 1 ho officials of the trolley company wHi not. reveal -the names- of -tWin^n injured, or the nature of their injuries. It la positively known, liowever, that not a man of tho 12 who were on the six oars escaiwd- ftrjirry-of somr irttnT. JvvcryQUQ of tham , as they stood on the platform of their cars while going into Hie barns was scon to be bleeding pro fusely from the head and face. In ad dition to the trolley, man injured, Headmaster Davis, of the trolly com pany was severely hurt by J stone which struck him on the head? Sher iffs Hendrau and Plumb wore appar the mob ns well as the strlke-breaXers. for each of theoi \vas struck in different parts of the booy at least a dozen times. No nt terr.pt was made to run cars at night. Postal Cl?rlc? flak * Claim*. Tuscaloosa, Special.? D. d. Nickol son, - a -poetal -elerk. who rmra oti tho Alabama Great Southern Railway, .-jays _t]lM,Lfhe Doatal clerks nf th? Unite J States have a olaini aggregating $14, 000,000 against the United States Pozt. offlqj^ Departments. Nickolson ?aya this claim will he?trfcd before tho United States Court- o t . Claims at Washington. The 6i?ira (g based upon the section of the postal law* which prescribes that chief clerks anY rt*H 5?y postal clerlfs iihall be paid their actual And necessary expenses whUo actually traveling on business of the Department. I V " . ' Summoned to St Petersburg -St- By OeWe?? ant General Von Rcaben, Opvernor of Klschenett, baa beea summoaed to St. A ^ministerial circular. lor- , bidding the Jews td defend themselves I 6m been tamed. It Is expected tbat thts etey wiH etluiuUte Jewish tant-I t?tlo< to AaMiica. Three :?nu MASSACRE OF THE JEWS A l.argc Sympathy Meeting ibid In ttaltimorc Sunday. Baltimore, Special. ?^Threc thou sand people attended an enthusiastic meeting at the Academy of Music Bunriay, in behalf of the victim* of the anti Jewish outrages in Russia. It was participated in by 'mauy- had ing citizens of the State an.l city, and several thousand dollars were sub scribed. Tho mooting wad presided over by Dr. Fabian Franklin, editor of The Baltimore' Kymlng News, and among the speakers were ex-Gov eiuor William l'lnkuev Whyte, ex Congressman John V. L. Find lay, Mayor Hayes, Roger Hull and Oth era. Letters of sympathy wore read from Governor John Walt* .? Smith, Attorney General Isadore ltaypor, lien.. Simon Wolf u'nd leading church dlvlnoa, all expressing their horror 0VS? ilii; niaiiaatre at KUohnul and ccnviction that tho United btatcs t hou Id use its good olllces tv> bring about a suppression "of atroeltlos in the future. Dr. Daniel C. Oilman, pros blent of Carnegie InKtitute, declared that similar moatings should be held In all part* of tho United States to the end that the public opinion of this country could help Russia to adopt a humane trolley. Among the letters ! was the following from Cardinal Gib bons : "Dr. Harry Frier.denwald, Chairman: "Dear Sir: I regret that my on forced absence from the city on May 17th will prevent my presence at the meeting you have called to give voice to your horror at the events that have recently taken place at. Kischnelf. 1 have no hesitation, however, to ex press my deep abhorrence at the mas wacres that have carried fe> their graves gray hair and Innocent child hood. Our sense of Justice revolts at >tbe thought of persecution for re ligion's sake; but w hen persecution is attended will*. murder and pUlage the Tjrain reols and the heart sickens, and righteous indignation is aroused at the enormity of such a crime. What a blot upon our eivilizatloti>ls this slaughter of inoffensive men and wo men! Please convey to the mooting my grief for the dead, and my sin cere hope that this twentieth century will 8ce the end of all Slicll occur rences anil that peace and brotherly love mav prevail on earth. "JAMES CARDINAL GIDBON3." A series of resolutions was adopted calling on the United Sta^s to "bring such influences to bear On the Rus sian government, as may tend to bring about a cession of these inhumani ties," and on the members of Con grcn.v to protP3t "asalHtit ~ the out' -rag<a.-> to -w4vieh- the Jawti -of ? Russia are subjected." 'Ticket O'.'Clce Robbed. . Birmingham, Ala., Special, ? The un ion passenger tiektt office- was robbeil of $7,000 Snturday. At the tims the burglary is supposed to have ta^en jalfi?Sx.A??tL Cook, a clerk, who was on the. night watch, says he had taken a nap, no tra^ns~\ were going out. at ?thftt hour. There/ were three or four watchmen In tho- station at the thn?>, however, uml there were several men sitting In the waiting room Into which tho ticket office opened. After securing several small boxes in the safe, con taining valunblea>tho burglar or burg lars escaped through a small window, which opens on Morris avenue. Thn- i robbery was not discovered- uutll fi | o'clock, when Mr. Cook went _ to tbo safe to make a deposit. Several rail rm:i detect! ves and three or four spe cial "men from the Birmingham police force were put to work on the c?.so, but no far have not obtained a clew. Thi.y kept tT:e matter a secret and It was iVot knev/n generally until Into in the evon ing. The stolon property consisted of $1v500 in endorsed chocks, besides paper m.oripy and coin. The thief evi dently waii familiar with tho office, as h-j opened the safe by. the regular coui hinaiion anil did not disturb t tie clerk, who was iisleep a few feet from him. The losfl is shared by the various rail ' roads entering Birmngham and each of them now "lias" a special detective working on the case. Shot at Other. Valdor.ta, Qa., Special. ? %ws reach ed here from a romoje jseclion of ISchols county, 6X the fatal sficotinx of James Rlgdon, by William I^ewls. Both young men were suitors for the. hand of Miss Itosa Johnson, and ac cord inx to the accounts recelvid., they met in her (father's house, quarrelled, and .shooting followed in tho the young lady's presence. It is said that tin casa was brought before a local Justice of the peace who execrated Lewt* of all blame in the matter. .?? Will Curtail JHfodactlon. Tx>ndon. B.v Caide. ? A meeting of the federation or Manchester ^llofT Snin'ners adopted a resolution to tho effect that "in view of the grave con ditions of affairs in c.ytnjn, we recom mend that the whole tradg stop T: cm one week at Whitsuntide nmd on Faut.v days and Mondays thereafter, until further notice." A mas meeting to considerate resolution ho* been called for Kay fry Pf reman- KtHed (n Wreck; Birmingham, Alntf - Special. ? A freight train, cmwHsting of engine, sev en cars loaded with limestone and a csbrwse. were, wrecked Thursday night soutli of Bomallp. 18 mile* north of Wfwt?j!b?m on ttt? mraaiwghwm Mtn* ersi Railroad's north brK&ch. John Maxev, fireman, was killed 'mad three others were slightly injured. Spain's Defeases. dHhfsltar, Special.? Owing to the LIVE ITEMS OP NEWS. Many Matters uf General Interest la j Short P?ra?rMphi>, I)ohii In Dixie. The S. C. Confederate Veterans hud a food time in Columbia last week ut their antral reunion. The meeting of the Southern Cotton Hplnnets' Association at- Charlotte, N. C., last week wuh largely attended. It was resolve^ to rnrtail production of yarns. * A Mexico City dispatch says: "A mooting of the shareholders of the Nutionai Hank of Meylc.o will l?o held here June 3rd, 'to vote on a proposi tion to Increase the capital stock of that Institution, which now hiihmuHk to $26.*>uo,ooo." A Chattanooga, Ten;)., dispatch aftys: "The case of th? city ot Nabii vilie vs. the Tennessee* Central Rail road Company, will he tried in tho United States Court here, on Thurs day, May 2ir-in whi?'h tho validity of tluj Issuance of .SI.ouo,ouo bonds by fhe defendant company which was au thorized In an election held In tho city of Nashville, one year i?ko, will he tested." At The National Capital. Government officials are watching the slleged movement ot rnllroads to shut out Cuban sugar by means of pro hibitive freight rates. Owing t6 the prevalence of conta gious diseases at points of ctmceut ra tion, the Nav) Department has sus- ' pended recruiting. At The North. President Roosevelt spent the day in the Yoseinlte country. iPhilllba C. Dormond pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced to three years at hard labor at Sing Slug. Two lives were lost In a Are that de stroyed the West Chester Apartment House, Chicago. The assets of the Asphalt Trust were sold at Jersey City to a representative' of tho reorganization committee for iO,006,000. The Woman's General Missionary Society of the United? fVfShyterlan Church at itn convention in Pittsburg decided tt> support a' woman mission ary for every luaii/n the field. Capt. Charlc3 yd. Scnter and MIsh Martha Fleming eloncd in an au?? from Notre Dame Academy, near' Boston, and were married. - . Assistant United States District At trrney Krnes't E. Baldwin and Post office Inspector Olrfisld, .of Cincinnati, had a fight with fists in the corridor of the Federal Building in New York. A Mmnenjwjlis vtispatrli cays: "AT*" .-Lcr~. listening .to. tho -.appeal of t?e connsel oi ionner Mayor A. A; Ames for mercy. Judge Elliott ften teheed" the once powerful political lead?rP to spend six years at hard labor in tho State prison." ,, A Trenton. K. J., dispatch says: "The American Stogie Company filed articles with the. Secretary of State, ' with a capital -of 911.975.000. The stock is divided into 31 1,000-, 000 com mon and $970,000 preferred. The lat ter pay 7, per cent, accumulative -divi dends." V . A South p&fcj;, Conn., dispatch snyar "A warrant was issued fqr tho arrest., of Oliver *f\ Shorwood, cnshlor of tho 3outhpprt National Bank, aud son of 10: G; Shorwood, president of the fctyttf. who disappeared from here last Thursday. Sherwooa is charged with the defalcation cf between $50, 000 and $30,000 of the bank s funds." From Across The Sea. Premier Balfour, In an adtlrcss. said he was in favor of free trade, but that protective duties might bo expend lent ynder certain circumstances. * VI t was reported that a rebuko from Kmperor William caused the jCHigna tion from the army of the Prince of Paxe-Moinlngen and that relations are greatly strained. A hurrible tragedy took place In a Mexican lnuune ahlyhwn, one iifmate hilling another. The Lebandy airship mude a suctieas 1*11 1 ascension. Mine. Calve was reported an improv ing *rum her attack. of acuuiiu pol?>u ing. ' A Vienna dispatch says that the changes In the cabinet at Sofla^ are regarded there as Indicating a change In the f^reiirn policy of Bulgaria. Prince Ferdinand Is said to havo been displeased with farmer Premier Daneff's handling of Macedonian af fairs during his absence, and to have declined all responsibility for certain atcpa taken by M. Daneff, Including somV promises ni(^K> to ? the Russian representatives at Sofia. Gen. Vlctoriano Lorenzo was senten ced to death by a eourt-martial and cxeciitcd bj' shooting at Panama. Mlscellnncqut flatters, . E. H. Harrlman had an attack of ap train. . . AcLondon dispatch says: "The loss of Mrsn I^rro Lorlllard, who is re ported to have been robbed of $.'0,000 wbrth of Jewels, amounts probably to a far great?r^stim than-- jrt first re ported. Mrs. Lorlllard Wet nil her Jewelry, except what she wan wear ing, and a letter . of 'credit attd other valuables. The- robbery occurred at the Berkley Hotel, lo which place two men followed Mr. and Mrs. Lorll' lard all the way from Mont? Carlo." A brick and lumber shortage is threatened In New York, and may throw 100.000 men out 6f work. ? r ~ * rewaitt of 91,060 hw Tieen offered for the arreat of the murderat of Aga tha Relctpin at Lorain, Ohio. . The Southern Baptist Convention began Its session at Savannah. Qa. Returns received by the stated elerk of th* Prrsbyterta#? General Aaaembly at Philadelphia Indicate the atapuoa of the rerto?l CoifenMs of Faith, TV National Ooofervoe* of Chart ftwuyi ?eenme#im *W' MM te AUpBtfe ? ? . ? .. -v PALMtTTO CROPS A Warm mid l)ry Week has Been Fa? vorwbie for Orowth. The weok ending 8 u. in., Monday, May 18th, had a moan temperature of tiu degree* which is uhout t degrees nonml. Complaint is general of cool nights being detrimental to tho growth of young cropp. and the need of warm or weather is indicated for t lie whole State and t'wr all crop*.* There waa a harmful excess of el nidtnesH, and nil hut the I'Ht two day j were cloudy. IJght t '"psIi lo high easterly wind* prevail >. throughout the entire week that i>:ov<*4 Injurious. Rain fell ?yv\r the entire Slate and waa generally b?nefie!al. but the rain fall was rvcc3Hiv0? in lower Harnwcil. rhftrloKton, Hampton arid Henufoft oountiea. doing considerable damage by wQRhlng lands in the hitler. The rainfall was li^ht. and generally in HuKhdent. In the central? northern and wcHtcrn couiitivB where the need of tain la indicated to render -hard and crusted Ianda (It to plow. la supply moisture for the genii I nation of ?t> ecntly planted seeds. The ub^uncc of heavy rains was favorable for farm work. that made rapl^l progvvsa except In the above named counties where it was excessive and where the ground ia too wet. to cultivate and flelda are be coming R'awy. Stands of cotton have Improved, i>?it are not perfect, with recently plantid and replanted fields coming up nicely.. Chopping l? underway, but has not be come general. ? Pirat enltivatlon . pen p raj. The \v6athei* has been too cool for the host development of cotton, lit conBcqucnce of which the plants arc email for ine season. The condition of upland corn, as to Htanda and growth, la fairly good over the western counties, hut stands on low-lying lands in the eastern and cen tral counties arc still being destroyed by worms, necessitating constant re planting. Cultivation made good pro gress. but corn does not ucem to re spond satisfactorily. Bottoms being planted in places, but mo.3t of , th\??e lands are either too wet or too hard to prepare properly, To.bacco Is doing well; plants' are scarce in Chester codnty. Some fields In Florence county that were destroyed by hall are helm!; planted to cotton. ? About half the reports Indicate an Im provement in oats, generally where rninfall was copiouj}^ and in the west ern counties whtwo the damage from the aphis wan loss severe and t3t tended, while the rest indicate^* vevy low condition and poor prospective . yleL<L....Qtt.ts nr_o?rliwninK .atul will soon be ready to harvest. Whe&t has rust ed "hndiy.? f>nd-?nly-4w-w fow loealiUgp. M even a fair. yield indicated, Rlce'l3 thriving In :--omo sections, but In the "ColletCn and fJcorgetown districts coiv tlnuGd hlsh tides have prevented the proper drainage of rice fields. Pear trcer. are blighting badly*- Karl y p'eaah cs are dropping freely owing to worms, hut fi'nlt p.ospect are on tho tfhole> good. * Oardens are fine. --Sbrcct pot?-~ to tlips have been set out.. too cool for melons. Wild berries be coming plentiful. Pastures excellent. THE MARkfcvTS. * COTTON MARKET. > These figures' 'represent prices paid to warms: Strict good middling .. 11.05 Good middling * 11.25 Strict middling' . . .11.15 Stains and Tinges 10.70 pro dp ok market; Corn tt-tt 60 Chickens? "spring , ,. V. -v. . , 13 Hens? per head !1* Kr-? VAVt TnrfeWyg ? ? .... . . 12% Ducks r 22% Onlonu ... .. ? $ 70 Rrcswax .20 Wheat .. 60 Wheat? -seed .... 1 00 OiMs ? .. 45 ityffvCt ? . .......... 1 tfoo R?-lr?s ... 0 Shins? -calf 40 1 dry salt ... .. .. .. 10 Tallow ? nnrendercd ??? - Fisherman Drowned. Spartanburg. Special.? While seining with some friends In the.Bphd.4t TxjIO, where the Valley Kails cotton thill 1s located, Mr. Jonafc Sanders vfas drown ed Saturday evening. The unfortunate man becamc entangled In the scln In 8oir.? manner, as did. the otbor two men In th water with him. Being placed at the diaadvantage of hnvlng lost his left hand several years ago, Mrr San ders could not extricate himself from tno net and clipped Into the deep water end drowned before aid could rcach him. The deceased was about 35 years of age and a widow and four children* j survive blm. "He was 1 n cha rge" of" Ibb ."knitting department of the Andrews. 1 R<?e<M,oom and Harness workajQf thi#-| (ity, and was a competent and faithful workman. The inquest was helcW at Lolo this morning and the body will b? brought to this city and burled tomor row. A peculiar fatality seems to have attended Mr- Sanders' fishing expedi tions. Several years ago he went fish* lng on I<awson's Fork,, several miles below the city, cattylng along some dynamite to throw into the water and jc&use the fish to be killed by the shock of the cxp!oiri<ra. By^lAfelfiTOhTi he allowed the dynamite to explode in his left hand, which caused blm to Iosq that member. *H la family has the sympathy of the entirecoainunlly. " Home Again. ' Greentflfe. Special.? Tfce sweet ex periences of 'H'ene' Again" are now being enjoyed by Dr. and Mr*. J. R. Wlliunspn. who, afUrVsUydf *KOtt eight ytsra in r?rlat. are again mr ' rilnor Events of the Week la m Uriel Form. . rapt. Jule Anderson, conductor on the lllne Hldge rond, had a narrow es capo from being killed by I*ouis Greer, at Helton. Orcor became involvod In a quarrel with the negro train hand and Capt. Anderson tried to separate them. Greer made a vicious rako at Capt. An derson's throat. The knife struck Capt. Anderson undor tho Jaw and made a painful wound though not a serious one. Two shooting scrapes happened at end near Chester Sunday. One fight wan "between two employees of a low lier concern. In town, but neither was hurt'. Tjio'rroebnd wao between a negro man ^n timed John Monk and Sallle Br/rtnsoir; four miles north, of ?OhewteiV It/ started from a discussion over ft (porch affair. John shot Sallle through the forehead and tho wound will prob ably prove fatel. <?, May Tucker,, colored, was killed Tuesday night near Mt. Zion four utiles north of Spartanburg by the dis charge of a gun in the hands of a negro man named King Williams, who Is wow in Jail. From what can be learnedrtt appears that tho dead negro wonmu and Williams had always been air* frltmdly terms ^nd there Is Some rea? son to think the shooting was acci dental. . Postmaster Harris, of Charleston, has concluded arrangements With the Consolidated Company for transport tation in the city of the mail carriers and special delivery boyri, which will go Into effect on July 1st. The rural delivery route through St. Andrew'*' parish and James Island will also to Inaugurated on that date. Governor Heyward Monday received a letter from Jaa. W. McGormkK ..ail. nttorney of Syracuse, N. Y? asking If there are any sons or grandsons of John C. Calhoun now living tsT\?h!* State or elese where and bearing the; uaine of tho great statesman, iff. M* Corjnlck's address is 412 Kirk Woe*,. Syracuse, N. Y. Rev, J. B. K. Smith, a Georgia vet eran, appeared on the streets of Cotum-* bla Tuesday In complete suit of thfr old butternut, faded and worb frofcfc^ service In the struggle. He. was. the' ccnter of an admiring jgroup through out tho dpy. Dr. J, H, Burnett, p? Cranlteville., wishes to know If the State of Boutin Carolina ever aided EII Whitney, the* Inventor at' the cotton gin, by apero^ prlatinwfT?0,00^-to his use? Pr?. Bwpnitv has^ren the statement made In aw.*#? pedfa, but wishes to hwrit-v'etittwtt-tf POSSlM*. Carolina Jones, an old 'negro, ww shot with bird shot near Acton, it* Ulehlandieoimty, Wednesday fflorBJngv Tho shot entered his side and. bla li P. Juries fortunately were not fatal, Btoer tff-ColemanwfisabnHed and seof Pop uty , Sheriff Catheart to.thar.*e<?*ax with the fine pair of bloodhounds the ulicrilt.o'vnfl. With a view of establishing ft manent colpny near Charleston a of French Canadians from Fall and New Bedford* Mass., v_ Qhj>rlestoft and inspected , the tjr forming lands -near p'liy and m other investigations of the. advaftttilMli? offered to settlers who dsjgite to local* there a$id engage in agricultural -wwr? sultfe. ? The Rev. Kltt Jones, colored. of Edgefield, quite a favorite with the r people, wan recently lodged In fh.'uged with murder. He gave thflrc quired Luiid and Is ?ow fr^e- tjnjU We ? August term o I court, when ho will Ue " jfut On trial. - The Associated Reformed Synod vim organized ut the Old ft rick chuwdV'tn^^ Fairfield county- lOO^years agO~ last w* urday. Sunday services rxiniaiemora ? tve of thin -oTcnfllOK WWliettTlS^S*^ A. R. P. church at Duo West. .. .lOLjthe flBglgnmentjof- iii?hop,i for-? holding the next annual confer* ore* of tlio Southern Methodist chnrcl Bishop A. Co koc Smith ?Will.; pre*h over the South Carolina g ' ' ' which con v e h o sin'GnTenvIlI^ the . December* ~ In the UnItcd SUt?8 dr?Trlct couit In Charleston Tuesday Judge ./? :cy refused the motion for a new trial .'or Jamba I..ang, Charles Rogers, H. f? Wlleon and Walter Wood, convicted ! Greenville or pOatoflnce . Imfilgj Vhcn the defendant* wore put oo< ihe government claimed they; members ofthc Nolo a gang, ;w been operating In thrco Stat Btrong proof of their guilt Was stfbmft- ; ted. They were pr^mqltr convtetedi The disappearance from QrriSrf B# of D. R. F.lltln, llnnman for the- Skmttt" BeH -Telephone - and Teli Company, still reina'" ' A. ** ? -=? i ?aat tbo yowaft n located in RtclmoaC-i. e?fan had been __ Va.. a lotter having been Oi cenvtllc to that effect ~ ter Of the- man who h* qpronor Blacky Of-(g?ML?~. has received a letter from": of Elkln.' stating th?; ? tier son hr.d been *as untrue. . HUfffc ? ? ?? ? .A ^warcn of bees In Bar?we}|<x>ja;y .? ee?tfWr<?n a mute's .qaia ploughing fa & field on - sis ting their effort* to a log pltfte of " and Who waa convicted recent! unliaf^ t ^ ?* v.71^ . ur im n