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fttnor Event* of tb? Wwk la i Brief Fori)*. Treasurer of Barnwell Short. A shortegle ot aluum *11,600 has teen found In the account* of E. D. fY<?e, county treasurer of BarnwcP ?county. The investigation has been pro uee<tlng for &ome time, and Mr. 13. 13. W iteon of tho comptroller general's of . flee haB been at work on the books. In hit report a., i xpert he shows that the btlaneea due the fttate,. the fcchooi funds* tli o dispensary profits, etc., amount to $41,245.10, while there is on hand In btnk $27,769.68. This leaves a deficit of $11,475.42. It Is not known yet in what particular items the shortage exists. j <?ov..Meyward",?cnt the following let ter to Mr. Free: "It having been officially reported to *ne by lion. A. \Vf JoneB, comptroller i general, under date of Feb. 29, 1904, I have bad a thorough examination made ot the bo6ks and accounts of R. D. Free, treasurer of Barnwell county. ''The invest igation reveals a short age of $11,475.42. This investigation coyers the period of Mr. F5. D. Fretfe j incumbency as county treasurer from 1898 to 1903, and dowr&to February 8, 1904. "I herewith enclose for. your infor mation the report of MK B. B. Wilson, ?chief clerk in this office, all of -which is respectfully submitted for sueh ac tion as your excellency may .deem proper." > "Tho above evidfcttce being satifcfac lory- to me, I, D. C, Hey ward, govern or of tho State of South Carolina, .by vlrUie of the authority vested in me fry sections 398 and 340 of volume 1, ? <?! vll codo of laws of 1902, do hereby suspend you as county treasurer of Barnwell county, South Carolina, such mispenKion to bo effectlve^and of force from the date "hereof, as provided In the aforesaid sections of the \ civil rode," -? ? * Deadly Work of Brass Tack. Marjon, Special. ? Mrs. E. B. Fox worth is dead as the result pf picking a fever blister with a brass pin. She was apparently in good health when a mnall blister appeared on Her Up aud she plckcd it with ^ pin, after wh&J* it festered and blohd poisoning fol lowed. Sho fiufferod a great deal un til death rell^rjid her. Mrs. Foxworth was Miss LeoWr Baker, a daughter of Mr. B. B. Baker, and lived In the ?Centenary neighborhood, about 12 tniles from Marlon. She was a noble hearted. Christian woman* Her unex pected death hstff cast a doom over the community and caused sorrow tn^nany hearts. Pal matte Briefs. > As a result of examination by the comptroller general and his expert, a _jtiiQrtu:e ot .ill^l75,i2- Ji&a ?been dine [ covered In thi books of B. D. Free, county treasurer of Barnwell county, and he has been suspended by Gov ornor Heyward pending action of the grand Jury. The shortage covers a period of six years, from 1898 to 1894, and it was only after the clearest ex amination that the report war made. It. is a coincidence that Free is the son of A. F. Free, the former treasurer of that county, who died leaving, a consid erable shortage and against whose t>ond a enlt was entered and about $7, 500 r?<;overod. John Myrth, a young negro 17 years of age, was struck by the Seaboard's Florida limited at Norths MOnday and trstantly killed. He had been sent by his father to bring a wagon load of fertilizers and was standing In a store . n Jew moments. The team wsb stand ing on the other side of the track from the store dnd as Myrth heard the whis tle of the train he tried to cross the track to stand at the horses' heads. The train, however, was running at full speed apd bo Vas struck by the pilot of the engine. In (iray Court, Laurens county, Tues day morning, George and Frank Year gin, children of Mrs. William Yeargin, were playing with an old shotgun. The gun was discharged and Frank Year gin was badly shot in the shoulder. The doctors extracted a number of shot, pieces of wadding and clothing / from the wound. Th? tiojis are about ten and twelve years old. Mrs. Yeargin irj.d widow. There is much regret over the distressing accident. It Is not known yet how serious in the boy's wounds. Converse College.Commeiicemeiit/ Spartanburg, Special.? The com mencement exercises at Converse Col lege will be held on Srtnday and Mon day, May 20 and fto. The baccalaureate senuoP-wll ho prencbed l?y the Rev. I>r. J. J- Tlgcrt. of Nashville, Tenn., a -r-fBstlnguishcd and. eloauent divine of. %hc Methodist Episcopal Church. South. The annual address to the two literary Boclotfes wlIT T>?~ "delivered ~toy "Ootr Bennett H. Young, of Louisville. Ky., a famous lawyer, noted tor his elo quence and literary attainments. In - the Confederate army he played a con splcuous part in the struggle dt the South against. the North. The grad uating class numbers ?1 members. 1 , ? Y- NevCorporfikMil. The secretary of state last week **-' ceived an appllcatlon-fiOW the Paris ? ' Mountain Land' company of Greenville to increase its capital stock from |10, - ? ?lCkfiOO. ? ? : -The Jlara.'Bas?. <MH| - eoft I ? ..Baia company. The capital sf?*ek (? is,m. A charter was granted to the M. R. """ ? ? mtr A PECULIAR SUllATlOH Takes on l:rinchta(? flay Not Be Available. A peculiar and somewhat alarmlttl bituatlon aroue wbfek when the comptroller frettfcrfti Examined the act known tt(> the franchise tax law patted at the recent session Of the legislature. It was found that It cannot go Into ef fect for one year. The act provides that oyory corp tlon organized undt* the laws of Ibis Btate to ?K? business for profit s\all mak* a. report to the comptroller gtfn? eral during the month of February, giving the necessary atactica concern, Injg It* condition. Besides these, all railroad companies, express companies, street railway companies, navigation companies, water works <nrn^?hies, power companies, light companies, tele phone companies, .(olograph. companies, parlor, dlhjhg and sleeping car com panies, domestic or foreign, shall also make reports. Corporations organised In this St.attt. oilier than those mentioned specially above, shall pay to the State treasurer by April 1st au annual license fee of one-half mill upon ever dollar paid in capital stock. The foreign corporations mentioned shall pay a fee of one-half mill on each dollar of the property lvalue owned by them. Thb Btate hoard of assessors shall ascertain the gross receipts of these companies for business done in the State and for the flecal year next pre ceding and this shall he taxed three mills on the dollar, to bo paid before May 1, The penalty for noncompliance is $500 and $100 per day after the time limit has expired. / The provisions of the act do not ap ply to insurance, fraternal,' beneficial or mutufet ptmwtlbh associations or com. panicto. The comptroller general yesterday sent tho following: "I find that the 'act to require tho payment of annual license fees by cor porations doing business in this State and reports to^lw&Qpmptroller general' Willi Mttnrnvo/* ^ ~ ^ .? rrvr,u mi ,ui general was approved? fry the governor on the 28th of Febmary, 190-1. JThe act pro vided in section 1 for certain reports to be made Annually during the month of February by .corporations doing business in this State, to the comptrol ler general, upon the filing of such re ports the corporation ia%requtrcd to pay by the first day of April or the first day of May in each year, certain capital stock or property of such cor poration. The time limited 111 the act tor the filing of these annual reports has wxplred for the year 1904, and I de sire (to be advised whether T can now reqvure such returns to be filed for the year 1904, or whether I shall have to Wit until February, 1906, before re tiring any reports under- this act. There Is no provision in the act stating when it shall go Into effect, and as It was not approved until J^bruary 29, It will not go Into effeot until March 21." / Tho attorney genera If has not yet rendered an opinion On Jlthe subject, but It will doubtlgSB bo along the lines of Gen. Jones' letter. jj The decision of the attorney general Will be awaited with interest., for upon ft dopends more than establishing the mere validity of the act. The State has been appropriating every year for the last three about $40,00o more than the receipts from taxes, and the appropria tion^ this year are about $114,000 in exceti of the estimated Income from the ad valorem tax. So unless the t f ranch fae-ttt* -be- declared operative, thfr-| State will be about $100, 000 behind -this year. ? Columbia State. Wants Back home. Gov. Hcyward recently received the following telegram: "All my property and noy people ere in South Carolina. Will you grant me privilege of returning there. Answer immediately, 0 (Signed) "J. B. BENNETT/' Th? tenvomnr declined to grant the tequcst. u Ben Bennett is a white matFT who to gether with Burrell Thomas, was con victed in Hampton county in 1896, of manslaughter, tho victim being one John Lightsey. He "Was brought to the State penitentiary to serve a life sent ence, but |}egan tp ask for pardon, first mffWHlg application to Gov. Eller bt. Senator Warren or Hampton in forwarding one of theao applications to Gov. McSweeney said that Gov. El ! lerbe had told him that ho would par don Bennett if it c^Uld be established that 11 was not he *rho struck the fatal blow. Many applications were received, ono signed by all the Jury, except one man, all of the county officers, and many prominent citizens. Affidavits were also submitted by Preston Light sey. the victim's brother, and W. H. Crews, an eye witness, to tlfe effect that Bennett w&s not tlw actual mur derer. ./ At last Got. McSweeney agreed that if Bennett would leave the ?%t?. never to return, he would'pardoti mm, and ou ; January 16, 190$, the convict was gJ.ven h*s liberty. He then left, for his. sister's home In Georgia, about 400 miles away Trom the keeno of tho crimo for which he had bee a convicted. M On KesslerV farm, near $8RWert. Saturday <*lght about 8 o'clock Henry King, colored, shot and killed his sis ter. Lattice Williams, while carelessly handling a pistol in a .small room where four women and two men had been seated telling "dream stories." Realising that he had killed his s1s? ler, King rushed from the house and has not been seen since. He is said havrr greatly feared -arrest^ Two tyrge ?H?&vy double-tra'ck cafs of the Consolidated comgsa? came to gether in hsad'On colllslon^on the sur burban line about five miles from the <Mty of Charleston Monday roofWng shortly after 6 o'clock, resulting In in jury to thf motorujan and a passenger o fthe northbehund car, smashing the nlasa vestibules and otherwise damag ing the caff. Mr. David Folk, the aged watchman of the Southern's trestle over the. Con tarce ltwir at Collhnbla, died Monday ?noynlng at 6 clock from the effects tit a blow he received at the ha&4s of Jf. B. Lee Strickland on 8etnrday;. Mr. folk, had declined to let 8trlckiend ( ross the treette ss ttre latter tftfl IW' have a pass. Strickland veiir Impa tiently itrnck ths ^ wati^man ln tha fit of the stomach with a handsatcbei. Vrom ? o'clock Saturday .morn lag until lila death. Mr. folk was In greet pain. ir and was too In "k. ? - jK*'*! ?* ? ill j j(i_ LYNCHING IN OlilOl jrt ? 6 Springfield Mob Shoots to .Death a Negro Who Killed An Officer SjtofcT WORK tOft RICH, NIXON (Iter Killing; (lie N?gro the Infuriated Mob Strung him on a Telegraph ^ole find HutlUtrd His Dead llody. Sprihgfleid, Ohio, Special. ? At 11 b'cl/>cl$ the negro, Itlchard Dixon, j wa ? tsyktm from the Jail and shot to dea^h in the Jail yard and the body was taken from Iberb to the comet of Mitib strfctk and Mountain avenue, and hung to a telegraph pole, whore t*<? mJPh spent the next half ?">ur riddling the body with bullets from several hundred revolvers. The mob foreod aji entrance to the jail by butting In the east doors with a railroad lion. At 10:30 the mob melted fatfidiy ahd It was the gouerat mHnloti that no hiortf attempts WOlild bb made to force an ehtrahce. Bmali groups of men, how- j everk could hb seeh In ,thb Shadows of the couH housw, ahd two# adjueerit 11 v fery sthbibs. At 10:45 o'clock the po lice were satisfied that there was noth ing motti to fear siild t)*ey, with other officials and newspaper men, passed freely in and out of the Jail. Shortly before 11 o'eloek a diversion was made by a small crowd moving from tb? cast doors around to the south en trance. The police folowed and a bluff was made at Jostling them off the steps leading up to the south entrance. The crowd at this point kept growing while yells of "hold the police," "sma^h tho doors," "lynch t,he nigger/' were made, intcr8perBed?}rith revolver nhots. All this tlmo thfe party with the heavy railroad iron was beating at the eyst door which shortly yielded to the bat terihgfram as "did the inner lattice iron doors. The men then surged ' in-o the door, ovei powered the BheHff, turnkey and hahdful of deputies and began the -assault Ort the iron trusntlle leading to the cOlls. The police, from the south door was called inside to keep the" mob from the cells and In five minutes tho south door had shared the fate of the east one. In an incredible short time the Jail was filled with a mob of 250 men witl^Ml the entrances and yard gates bldflH^ by fully 2,500 men, thus making It impossible for the militia to have prevented access tn the ne^vo had it been on the scene. The h#ftvy iron partition leading t? the cells resisted the mob effectually until the 'cold chisels and sledge hamuiers arrived, which, were only two or three minutes later in arriving. The padlock to the turnstile was broken and.the nidi) soon filled the corridors leading t.o the cells. Seeing that further resistance was use less, to avoid tho killing of innocent persons, the authorities consented to the demand of tho mob for the right man. Ho was dragged from his cell to the jail door and thence down the stone steps to a court In the jail yard. Fearing an attempt ott tho part of the police to rescue him the leaders termed a holow square. Some one knocked the negro to the ground and ^hose near shots were fired into his prostrate body and satisfied that he was dead, a dozen men grabbed the lifeless body and wit h a triumphant cheer tho mob surged into Columbia street and parched to Fountain avenue, one of the principal streets of tho town. From here they marched south, to tho Intersection of Main street ,and a ropo was tied around Dixon's neck. Two men climbed the polje and threw the rope over the top most cross arm .and drew the body about is feot above the street. They then descended and their work wfta greeted with a cbeer. The fuHsmle then began and for 30 minutes the body was kept swaying back and forth from the force of the rain of bullets which was poured In on It. Frequently the arms would fly up convulsively when a muscle was stryck, and the mob went fairly wild with delight Throughout it all perfect order was maintained and every one seemed In the^est o f humor, joking with th^ nearest neighbor while re-loading his rcvolvor. Richard Dixou was shot to death for the killing of Policeman Charles Ool lls, who died Monday from wounds re ceived at the hands of Dixon on Sun day. Clash at Clemson College, Spartanburg, S. C., Special. ? Ac cording to information received in private letters there has been anothei clash between the faculty and r.tud* ents at Clemson College: Details of the trouble are rather meagre, and tho mattOr has been kept from the newspapers, although the affair de veloped several days ago. Several students were sent away from the college for a breach of discipline, and It is uald to have prceiptate.l the trouble. It is likely that if toe re ports will be founded the particulars will bo forthcoming within the nexfo few days. Rulm Mistreat Koreans. . Seoul, lly Cabue. ? The Russian soldiers operating In the vicinity of ^iajuo are cdmmlttlhg^ll 'manner of excesses, maltreating the native wa men and perpetrating robbery upon every opportunity. Korean soldiers at tacked ft body of the Invaders on Fri day last the 4th Instant, and suceedeff In JUHfnf thirty of them. It is report s?that aa the result?of a oollihlow between Russian and Korean sol diers at Kang.^le. the' Russians' were tfrhron beyond Yaln river. Pastor Called. New YOrk, 8poclal.? Tho R?.v.Chc.s! Martin Nllea, D. D.. rector nf 8U PawPa . Chnych, ? Osslnlng'on-Iindsour *** been called to the rectorship oi Trlilty parish, Columbia S. &, recent IMM4* vacant by the_4eath of Hcv Churchin Batter lee, son of thA Bishot of. Washington. The Rev. Dr. Nile* bM accepted the caH and will begfn hi# d?tt?* la Columbia on Palm Sen NATIONAL LAWMAKERS What the TwO !touae? of Congreia f Have Been Doing. Senate Paase* Naval Bill. Tho fienat? Monday paused the na val appropriation bill, which has been before It for tho past four or five days and then proceeded to tho coiibldora tlon of iho army bill The principal Question debuted In connection with <ho naval WU wan that the price and hiCtjiod of supplying uifnof plat*' for battleships, and It grew ont of an amendment suggested by Mi'. Patter son providing: for a government ar mor plant, lie ultimately withdrew tho amendment, bttt offered .ters llljilting the price of armor and pro hibiting purchase noiA^trustP. all of which were lahl oil the table. Ati amendment to Hie paval bill proposed by Mr. Hale wan agreed to, decreas ing tho amount for tho navy yard at Charleston. 8. 0.. from $656,500 to fail, 500. In speaking of the contin ued growth of the navy, Mr. Patterson said tho com plot Ion of tho naval pro* gt-atu Would plana the United Fitijlos ahead of (lerniaiiy and Russia in ac tual tonnage, and ahead of France and next to Ureat. Britain In effective flglitlhg tonnage, "and my jlldgjhcnt," ho continued, "Is that Atnericuu sen timent will not permit the Uuited StMea to fall behind lh its naval power any nation that it has passed. Mr, Pgtteta'on dltjcuasod the PhSJl yplne questloh, paying thai while h? did not bc-llovo In holding the Philip pines, ho was of the opinion thai the majority of the people, were against him, and that therefore tho day was far dlstsnt when the people of that archipelago would be given tb<'lr free dom. Mr. Paeon did not accept the view of Mr, Patterson as to tho retention of tho Philippines, saving that he hoped ti?e conscience' of tho Aliierl 1 eah people would be aroused over the ihjustlco of the present situation. Speaking to tho armor plate ques tloh, Mr, Paeon said that this govern blent had utterly and abjectly surren dered to the n rmnr " ?? ouiun oi I^ost office, and lia | promptly and efficiently ! oral banking business. Accounts of individuals, J tious solicited. LoanH mado on approved Interest allowed on depo partment. | We extend to our patroi ? accommodations consistent v sound Banking Rules, 1 I OFFICER E. S. Yaux, .1 I David R. Williams, Jr., John T. Mackey, DIRECTOR E, S. Yaux, G. H. Baum, i W. H. Hougb, J)avid l\ : OIBORNFO 1 i , AomaI liutltm. No T?rt ink > CVmi linii M tar Cwl^M. IF "" ' ~ . M. PORT 01 of; ^reflection ?n the intern ity of any Jmember. Whon the printed reports were 'brought In litter by . a messenger, uiemberu crowded around the door keeper^ desk to secure copied, and fcuslnese .wa's suspended temporarily until all^Nere supplied. The pbstofTlce appropriation bill was then taken up and Mr. Moon (Demo crat, of Tennesee), the ranking minor ity member of the postofflce commit tee, arraigned the present system em ployed In the "JPoatofflce Department and made an appeal for a general In vestigation of the affairs of the De partment. Mr. Cowherd, Democrat, of Missouri, also a meriiber of the com mittee, followed with an analytical re view of tfte-eharges made in the Bris toW report, which he referred to as a ehamefuJYtory of fraud aud mlsadnln Istratlon. ' He also favored a general congressloncl Investigation of postal affairs. Mr. Cowherd read a letter writ ten by an agent of the Time Clock Comp&ny intimating that money would br used to influence favorable action. Mr. Cowherd said shaves of Montague ? Indicator stock had been given to Beavers and Heath, and he thought some measures might have been taken to find out whethos there had been any unlawful act on- Heath's part. % Thirteen Live* In Peril. York, Pa., Special. ? Flood condi tions along the }C$>rk county shore of the gusquehlrrtna river are rather un certain. The is being held by Hart fnnn's Island, near Xaw.' Holland, but it is expected to start ngaln at any rntnnte, and 1 t- damn ge la expected, For miles towering gorges present a magnificent spectacle, and here and there is devastation and ruin. SheNey's Island, near Goldsboro, to nlght la partly submerged, and on it are John snd George Burger, theifr mother, their wives and their children. The Governor tomorrow will send State officials to the scene in an effort to remove the people. . Emmetl^elebratfoit. Washington, Special. ? Sympathy for the people of Ireland and a declara tion of tho hofce that hhe soon will he free, were the keynote of addresses . madebx the speakers at the celebration Saturday night or me one hundred end twenty-sixth anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet t, by \be United I rlrti Society of the DtstrlcC of Columbia. Among those who ?ade speeches were Representatives Keho. Dover, of West Virginia, and Wiley and Delegate Ro dey, of New Wexfeo. TOWN UNDER TIRE The City Cf Vladivostock Heavily Bombarded Till: SHELLS FAILLD TO BlkSt Thoy Directed ! heir l ire Against Hie Q Shore Hatterlea end the Town?The RM?il?ns Did Not Reply. Vladlvor.tnek, fly Cable. ? A flout of Ave battleships and two cruisers ap poured off Oils placo at 1:26 Sunday HfternoOu and bombarded tho town and shore batteries for ilfty-ftvo min utes. The fl??et approached from tho til* recton of Askold Island, at the oast enlraneo of Usuri Hay, and about 32 miles southeast of VladlvoBtock. Kn terlng Ueurl Hay tho enemy formed in lino of battle, but did not approach to a closer range than flvo and one third miles. Thoy directed their Are uguinst tho shore' butteries and tho town, but no datnngo vesulied as moat of tlwiir 1200 lydite sheds failed to hurst. The Russian batteries commanded by Generals Veronetis and Artamoff did not reply, utvaiting rt closer ap proach of the enemy. Tho Japanese fire ceaeed .at 2:20 p. m., and th enemy retired lu the direction of Askold Island. Slmul taneously two torpedo destroyers appeared near Askold "wand and two ; more near Capo Maidcl. Tho Japan ese ships were covered with he. Tho uttuck resulted in no loss to tho Russians but rost the enemy 200, > 000 roubles, ($100,000) in ammunition. Most of tho projectiles were six and twelve-Inch shelix. The population of Vladivostock was warned this morning of the pres ence of a hostile fleet and of the pros- ! pcct of an attack during tho day, but it remained tranquil. Japanese Advancing. Ht. Petersburg. Hy Cable, ? Advices from Vladivostock say that the 2,r>00 Jtiponcsb troops who landed ut. Sola kin Bay, (on tin; cast cor.pl. -of northern Korea), are advancing toward Musan (218 miles from General San) with the Intention of ultimately reaching Hun lieuu (on the left bank of tlio Tumen river about ion piiles west of Vladivo stoek) and threatening the Ruaalan flank. In order to checkmate this move a IUiKBlan outpost, 1,500 strong, la ad vancing to occupy Koyryong, on I lift Tumen river, a walled city eonimamK ing the trail* along which the Jap anese must pftBR. The naval mobiliza tion foreshadowed in these dispatches was partially decided on today. Three [eastern provinces of European Russia, Vyatka, Perm and Ufa, are ineluded in the plan, the purpose stated being the atrengthenhMM>t-tttl? opewe of the Pacific squadron. The Novosti prints a significant editorial article which is very concilatory toward Groat Britain. Tho paper argues that the understand ing between tho countries with regard to an Asiatic pollcy^will assure peace in Aula, without which tho normal do* volopmqnt of Russian and Brltinh In I forests tberQ would be impossible. If i Great Britain, The NovoBti says, would ! agree to au. outlet (or Russia to tho "Indian ocean, Great IJritain posses sions in Indln. would ho unconditional ly guaranteed by Russia. The Novoe Vrema also discusBOB the .offers of British friendship but "with bad grace, Baying: "John Dull believes he has a better chance of reaching the winning post with Great Britain and Japin in double harness than with a trollm, Hidudlng the American mus tang." \ The wife of a naval officer gives a graphic account of the bombardment of Port Arthur Feb. 9 and the flight of women and children the next day. She was awakened in the middle of tho night by tho heavy reports of tho guns and her first thought was that they were due to blasting operations at the oock yarn, out when the guns of the fortress bc^sn to boom nhe awoke the servant*, who were panic stricken. Slie went out ou the bal #>ny and saw the searchlights wildly swirling. Tho*to\vn was doserted ex cept in front of fho residence of Vice roy Alexleff. Tho officer's wife, with an infant, | took a train from Port Arthur in the morning and she describes the a*ful crush nt the station and also at Dalny. Great hardships were suffered by the travelers for eighteen days. The train* and stations wero erowdod and the ; woman found it Jjmposslble even to lay her baby doyn on the floor of the car, which was covered with baggage. She says that mother* fought to gel food for their children. Direct through fomtnunication !h how established be tween Viceroy Al"x left's headquarters at Mukden nti d St. Petersburg. - This la believed to b?* the longest circuit in the world, belnp over 6,000 miles. whoreas ? be tween 1/ondon and Teheran, a distance of only 5,000 miles, hitherto has been the longest. Prince Louis Napoleon, who has been in command of a grenadier bri gade in the Caucasus, has arrived here and the understanding Is that he will receive an Important command on tnc frontier. Tin of Boy* Burned to Defcttt Bnrtctouche, N. P.. Special. ? Three sons ?f "Mm. J^ewls Savon, /i widow, were burned to death, and n foimH pmbably fatally Injured in a fire that destroyed their home at Black river during the night. The bodies of Jo ""Ph. aged 26 years; Thaddeus, 14. and Jcdm. 12. were found In the rui&a. AU phie escaped the flames by. Jumping from * window, but was danger*) ualy Injured. . The mother was unharmed, K ? . " ^ ^ RUSSIA'S WARSHIPS BOTTLED New Battleships Will Wot He Avail able Until the l:nd of August. Ijomlqn, Py Cable.? Utle change la the far Eaatern attuntlon Is reported. It Ih apparent that the Japan**? are bunlly engaged in transporting their forces Into Kofea, and thin work is be ing facilitated by the enforced inac tivity of the navy. According to the iJebastopol corro i spondent of The l>aily Graphic, Ad miral Hkrydloff ha* learned privately from 1'ort Arthur tliat. the Uushian bat tleHhip Retzlvan lien in such a position an to block effectually the exit of bat tleships from the harbor, the passage being parctlcable only for cruisers. The correspondent adds that the Ruaslan new battleships now building on the Baltic will not be ready for active com mission before the end of August. The Japanese official who has charge ' of Japan'B financial and commercial Interests in England declares that his government forewaw the possibility of coal being declared contraband of war and that It had been collecting large storen of Welsh uteam coal for yearn, so that today It has a supply sufficient for the needs of tho navy for years to come. Russia f:eels l-salcr- ? Ht. Petersburg, Ily Cable.? There ex ists a high authority for the statement that Ilucln now has a reason to feel more tranquil regarding the attitude of Great Britain. Tho real reason tor the visit to Bt. Petersburg of Count Bcrickendorff, Russian ambassador to Great Britain, while ostensibly to s?e his son off to [the far East, was personally to assure r his government of hla belief that the ; Japan's ally were ill>founded, and i Great .Britain, although standing by the obligations of the Anglo-Japanese treaty, would not move unless com pelled nf> to do by tho entrance Into affairs in tho far Eqst of a third powef. As the Associated Prend la alao credl bly Informed, the British and French governments have reached a thorough understanding. by which they have pledged mutual non-interference, Rus sian now feels much more secure pgninst European complication*. Attacked By Crank. Washington Special ? Armed with ? 38-eallber revolver, William O'Brlim, hIIhh Wljtiam Duffy, an' Insane dis charged ''soldier, entered the War IJO pnrtment, and going to room 227, in the mail and record division, shot Robert J, Manning, a messenger, and Arthur Wolcker, a cl^rk. Mian Km ma Saxlon, another clerk, barely missed being shot. Munnlng'H wound is conBidor^tl dangerous. Wcdcker was shoi in the left arm' above the elbow. Before the maniac could flro a third tlmo He Wat overpowered by James J. Dawson. ? messenger. It required the combined strength of half a dosen persons to finally subdue the man. Prominent among them was Lieut. General Adna R, Chaffee, _chlef of staff. The lunatio still held thq smolcing^^aspon tn ? bis han4 when Oen. Chaffee noticed It, and with hfs left hand on the man's throat took the wespon from him, stid also the pnpers ift his pockets. Destructive Prslrle Flrea I Lawton, Okia., Special,-? Reports received hero Indicate that -"five per sons have been burned to desth and 3,000 square mile* of territory , in Kiowa and Gomasebe counties swept 1 by prairie flr.es. Hundreds of popple . are homeless and jt is impossible to ; estimate accurately the financial losa, owing to the wide extnt of country affected, Following is a partial list of the killed and Injured : . D. Harmond, living six miles north east of Lawton-, burned to a crisp 1 John Harmond, cannot live; A. N. Crawford, near Lawton, neriousiy burned; Mrs. Hendersofrt&ftldow liv ing near Lawton, and tw<f daughters, seriously burned; one cannot live f Report says that mora fatalities : aro oxpocted, as the.' reports frwm some districts are meagre. i News In Notes. | In 189K Congress adjourned on June j 7, ten days before the Republican Na tional Convention. In 1800 adjournment was taken on Ju'hs It. two weeks be fits the convention at'1 Philadelphia, The Republican convention ~ Tppill be held this year on June 21, and it will be a reversal of precedent If the Sena tors agree to an adjournment of the Congress before June 1.? Washington Post. | The Fi^nch Minister of Agifuultun . hns received from the Riviera, a report j which shows that the orange grower! f nre threatened with the wortit of ca? la ml ties. A microscope Insect, eclen tlflcally known aa chryaumphalui minor, la the cnuBe of an 9range di? easa aa potentially destructive ? as' th< potato disease which spread faminr and 'devastation over Ireland 67 year# ago. "MV "Keller ?n -expert 4?- Nice, haa bf-n Investigating the origin and 1>ro parMlon of this malady amorjg th* oromgee. The council of the 'depart ment of Nice haa taken the matter In hand. Orange growers are combining tot the extirpation of chryaumphalui minor. It Is aaid that Ifce ift*e ct vfa'f imported from America aorhe yean ago. and that the flrat eigne of ita dap; rcda'lot** wcra detected In Florence.? fV London pauer, Ihe T2trt6nr If l?, Mkja thitTu ltd matter clothes, th? Hohimi of commons* is th? moat correct assembly of leglslfttCTT lit (he world, and II. t Arnertctm Hou*? cf Representatives jthe moat as ton -War. "Tbe . ordinary Congr?m*lonal costume," It say?^ -ts ? "ionfT Very loose' track toat, a low-cut w+lat-co&l. tur*e<V down cHUr, whit? bow- and Derby or felt hat. M IM KUnce on* would easily take Galeae for att of 4lsfs?ttn< ministers." M PEOPLE CRUSHED. Collapse of Steel Skeleton of Hotel Dalingfofl * ? 1 OTHERS MAY BE IN WftECKAQg The Duilding Department Entered Repeated Charges of Violatlow Against the Building, Which Were Disregarded. New York, Speoial.?Fourteen per son? are believed to have been killed, of whom the bodies of only Ave havo been recovered, about a score Injured, and several are missing through tho collapse of the steel skeleton of the Hotel Dallngton, a thlrteen-storj apartment house in court# of erection ut 578 West Forty-seventh street, The ft eel frame had been erected aa far as the eleventh floor, and the structure was swarming with iron worker#, ma sons and laborers, when, without an instant's warning, the upper floor sag-' gt*d and collapsed and the whole 'Struc ture foil with a crash that was heard for blocks and shook all the buildings In the vicinity, A portion of the steel frame fell upon the rear of the Hotel f'ntterson, on West Forty-seveutb stieet., eruHhiug In the wall of the dln .Ing-room Hrid killing Mrs. Ella Lacey Storrs, the wife of Frank "8torrs, a wealthy resident of Hyc, Westchester county. as she waa Hitting at luncheon with the wife of Rev. Dr. Mlnot 8av age. who escaped unhurt. The other dead, ao far as known, are Frederick Movrllls, foreman of ths Jtoelding ( !onstr notion . ' Company; 3S derrick man and two unidentified men. eppnrently laborers. Among those missing 1h Frank J. Al lison, of the Alllaou Realty Company/ the builders of the hotel, who IS known ? to have been in Jtt^j&unding when, it fell. Rffortiy t%i;ecover the bodies' of the dead and rescue those Imprisoned ii?c the wrrfrk were begun by the firemen immediately after the crash, and the work of searching the ruins wilt be " continued all night. Owing to the enor" mous mass of metal wreckage, days may elapse before the bodies are recovered; The cause of the disaster generally . accepted is. . the overloading of the floor*. Foreman James. Maipin, in < bui ge of tho Iron 'WOfkerg/ StateA that tY>*a was a large quantity of cement nnd other building materiel on the. fifth floor, and that on the ninth floor were eighty-three Iron beams which were to have been used In constructing the remaining floors of the building. That criminal carelessness in charge able to somebody ll shown by tho fact that tho building department had placed repeated charges o ? "violations" against tho building, the' last one off Inspector Charles French, because "the side walls were more than two ftorlesr fvq in advance of the front walls, and the floor beams, were not properly bolted ; and tied." In spite of this and parlous warn Ingfl. those responsible for the con st ruction *df 164 building went ah?ad, ? regardless of consequences. v* Adjoining the collapsed bulldlii* ort tho west is the four-story brown*sto#e residence of \Harold Browh. Sottf* the huge Iron t^ams stntck it the bouse an$ stove holes lit imd roof,. aniTdfelodged "a pertortfce brown-stone front, which wai -IHrtaf* . ta the street. The occupant*' etnaped uninjured. On the east side Is a houee occupied by A. Walpole Crage school for boys. This ha/! beei* dw missed a few minmss before tavern . vA'few beams struck the house, Uarin* J.-.i off a portion orthe roof and smashing hrile* In the side walls. - Mrs. 8 tor as, whose ^hu si l^ondon, was sitting. al lun? , Mrs. Savage when the crM8* c(Unef and she and Ernest Meier, ? waiter, Instantly bhrted under thri roof and walls. Mrs, 8avag caped being struck, hot her pinned to the floor by *?tuuML6f bricks. Mrs. Btorrs wa* breathing: extracted, hut~died within a few i utes. The waiter fc. bslleved. ttfLfa tally Injured. The other oce&paatis^H the dining-room escaped nnburt Por ? DlipcBMry. Wilmington, Special.-? Those who are ' In a posit I on to know say that within tea days the cfltnj^gn for a dispenrfar^ in Wilmington will be launched Tn~~ earnest. However, the temperance ad- - vooates will make no effort to root thft op*h Aaltofcrbeforethe first of * next January. The necessity tor a rote upon the question 90 dam preceding the regular election In November Is as Signed as the reason for drawing the lines so early. Should ths anti-saloon element postpone the election aa .lata._ as AugasC trmwlfr then be too late to close the saloons in January, in the event tbat^e^ar^enooestfwi, The cured io a petition calling, for thpelec tton during last fa^L I) ! ? t r Jc t A p p r o pr TM tI?W . Wanhrngton, 8p?e?%|.-rrThe KoiM? v5^d tWo euHre ^prmm ~t&n Hlderatlon of the District ot.Ootan approprlatlou bill, b* t did *oi ?anU action on tha measure. The He committee of the wtyle amended bill by uwmlmoua vote eo a* to ft* Trt&xtTrmm rataa which may belcher the District or Columbia for ietepfc servtoe or for talopho*a*?tn -prti by Mr. Harriett, of GeorgK Wa.. Spccil telegraphy la being put to h one. Mfecmce* **?-*?? tiwxI 11&.J&& She to