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JAPANESE PLANS MATURE The Steady Pnrpose of |tle Japaliesc | is Clearly Manifest -TJA[0IN(i STRAIGHT TO TME FRONT i \ -- , ???. Kuroki'6 Fe,nf ABain.t Gen. Ur?patkin, Indicating That an ; ? Attac,< cr- Port Arthur i? Not ' ContemDlated, Fail to Deceive. ln^t'toP'e.t<r^S,M,^K? My ^a,),e* ? Accord og to fnfoiitiui jou received by the - .k 8,r ti,e Vi?*i 1 comP?>8 the con viction t liar 1 1 Kiirnifi ? i . " am'(' ot General norths U ' ?''! i vliy i.f his sconta est fl" 1 ^aiihwost of Feng Tuted tT,) ; pn,'lK ?f a weH ??? ttatkln General Kuro 'to ham ?n' 'i >nong force ?n thnL>? operations Kurnlri T,I,U? |)'n,lirtU,?. while Kuroki aiu-tnpis l() ?,;iko K kj ? ?ye lhB, im?ml8 to fole a In f n* V? .ens'iK< w'ih him. TIiIm ^formation ,,,ul lo pi,)VO ||M|( <ho primary <,i,j,,r ?, fifr. .In)iniu,?. < mpalgn ail along iia:> por( Nil.. hUP. and ?!,.,? ?;n, fo,! r.'sa { ^ !* the,r **?"". ?n rx.-o?|jnciv favorable opportunity ,.ff,.IS (o k Kuropatkin, ,?lwn,,o is si, a Ply to make .ho:,. HOMiro nml lho "'WHiuii as -^b Tnf ^ 0rr"'SiV"' 1MO,'OOV"|?. there T ,nfo,m;i,io? u, the ofTrrt that the Japanese propose to storm Port Arth ur with tho briefest possible delay, _ ftor having first closed the harbor o render the egress of the Russian bMps impossible at the last moment, thus forcing the Russians to destroy iem without subjecting the Japanese the 'nevltablo losses which must forUthif,,h? RU88ian 8quadron *?*? out for the last fight before going to the bottom. The previous repeated of ort? of .the Japanese to "cork" the harbor there have been as much with the view to this ultimate situation as for the protecting landings The ft d futility denies the report, of he loss ?( ft 0 Husslan torpedo boat . destroyers while laying the mines which destroyed tho Japanese battle o'n The officials say Port Arthur has been .heard from since the Hatsuse was blotvn up, and if'the ire port of the loss of the torpedo boat ? destroyors was true, they would have known it. No surprise Is expressed by the ad miralty at the Tokio report of the ?vi dence contain*} |n intercepted dis patches that '(he Hatsuse was blown ?P by the Russian stationary mines. < The officials decline, however, to com ment on the subject, except to reit orato their denial of the charge that the Russians used floating or "driv -in^uiln?. which denial the officials have insisted on from the outset. ?J ' * . .. ' : ... Defeat of Coaaackg Probable. St. Patersbur, By Cable.? There is no confirmation at the general staff of the reported defeat of 2,000 Cossacks at AJ Kahg Pien Men. northeast of Feng Wang Cheng, b,Ut the messages from (Jen. Kuropatkln Issued Monday after noon, recording the Japanese advance from .^Cuan Dlan, Slang (Kwan Tien) to Saimatsza lend color to the Tokio report, in view of the fact that Ai Yang Plen Men lies below the above points. | Was at 8t. Petersburg. _ Berlin, I)y Cable.? The correspondent of The Lokal Anzelger, at St. Peters burg, telegraphs that Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky, who, It was report ed, had been hanged for treason at Port Arthur. Is really now in St. Pe tersburg. He was recalled, suffering from nervous strain. Tho correspon dent says the reports connecting Prince Ouktomsky with treason are without foundation. Japanese Objective. T Mukden, Sunday, By Cable.? So far as can be Judged from the grouping of the enemy's forces, his attention is di rected principally against Port Arthur. It Is possible that part or a whole of the second Japanese army may be sent | thither. * ,. .. -4 ? Mukden, By Cable. ? Lieut. Newton A. McCblly, U. S.*I.. recently naval at-* tacbe at Kokio, but ordered to observe the Russian fleet operations. Is inside' the Russian lines at Port Arthur: The other attaches were recently at Liao Tang. Their present whereabouts is not ascertainable here. Another Army Leaves Japan. | 1 ; Washington, Special.? Advices re ceived here report the departure from i VtpftiM arfother anuT division. While Its destination is not sUted, It is ?on lcctqfe<nhtl these Uuups are sbowt to clode in on tbe Russian rear la aorth ==. UM K6tm, cutting off tbe raidtof par : (lea which hare threatened Geo. fcaro ooaimoaleatlnoa. ? Tfcere at* aq fewer thaa 15,000. soldiers to tbe erf*e IMS?.-" ' ? ? SENATOR QUAY lit AO Chronic Gastritis Which First At tacked Him a Year Ago, tha Cause of His Death. Heaver, Pa., Special.? Col. Matthew Manley Quay. Keillor Senator from' Pennsylvania, passed peacefully into death, at 2:48 Saturday afternoon, after fcn Illness which had been more 01- less persistent for tho past year, whtyh took a turn for the worse ten days ago, and which the doctors diagnosed a? chronic gastritis. The funeral will he held at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 3 J st, and the remains will he Interred iiV the historic family burial plot in Beaver Cemetery. Senator Quay's illness began about a year ago. It was a recurrence of the trouble that beset him during the lat ter part of 1900 and the early days of January, 1901. when he was under going the strain of a desperate fight for re-election to the Senate. These Will Attend Funeral. Washington, Special. ? The following Senators have been selected by Presi dent Pro Tempore Frye to attend the itinera 1 of the late Senator M. S. Quay; I'cnrosf!. Kiye. Allison, .Aldrlcli, Alger, | (lallingm-, Elkins, Hansbrough, Stew ?':ri. 1 'lat i. of New Yohk; Allen, For jaUr. Mir. hell, German, Daniel, Teller, j ?MtHois. Cockrell. Tillman, Blackburn i.n l McLaughlin. ? | President Wires Sympathy. Washington, Special. ? President Roosevelt, immediately on learning of the death of Senator Quay, wired the following to Mrs. Quay: '"Mrs. M. A. Quay, Beaver, Pa. "Accept lny profound sympathy, of ficial and pK-?Qnal. Through my term as President, Senator Quay has been my staunch and loyal friend. 1 had hoped i" <he last that he would, by Bheer courage, pull through his illness. Again accept my sympathy. (Signed). "THEODORE ROSSEVELT." Chief Executive pf Baltimore Takes His Own Life. Baltimore. . Special. ? Mrt^or Robert McLano. of this city, shot and killed himself at his home Monday af ternoon. His bride of less than two weeks was at the time of the tragedy asleep in an adjoining room, and waB ajvakened by the discharge of the re volver, which Mr. McLane evidently fired while standing before the mirror of the dressing case. The bullet en- 1 tered the right temple and crashed through the head In the rear of the left ear. Mrs. McLane and other mem bers of the household rushed to the mayor's assistance, but he did not re gain consciousness after he fell to the floor, and expired within an hour,- A number of physicians, who were imme diately summoned, at once expressed ~the opinion J.hat tho wound was neces sarily fatal. No cause can be assigned for the acl by the members of Mr. Mc Lane's family. Since tho fire of last February hAvhas been kept acisduo^sly at work administering the affairs of the city, besides endeavoring to direct the rehabilitation and rebuilding of the burned district. This, together with criticisms by his political opponents, are thought by many to havb caused a temporary aberration of mind. Coroner Benjamin F. Hayden signed a certifi cate giving suicide as the cause of death and the remains were turned over to an undertaking firm to be prepared tor burial. Mayor McLane was elected as a Democrat to the office of chief magis trate of the municipality In May o! last year for a term of four years. Un der the city charter he will bo sue- 1 oecded by E. Clay Timanus, Republi can, president of the second branch of the city council. Russians Abandon Towns. Tokio, By Cable. ? Gen. Oku, in com mand of the Japanese forces operating against Port Arthur, reports that. the Russians have abaridonod Chen Ko Chen Pau. Huang Shan and Liu Shu Tun. No Russians have been seen east of Chen Ko Pau. Gen. Nanumura's de tachment, which occupied Liu Shan Friday, captured four Russian guns. Maneon Kwan Tien. St. Ptersburg, By Cable.? Gen. Kuro p&tkln telegraphs, as follows: "1 havt received a rtport stating that the Jap anese advance on Kwan Tien has be gun Ir om Samutiaza. The numbers of the enemy are not known." * .... All Comera Vanquished. Brookllne, Mass., Special. ? Holcomt Wyrd. of Orange, vanquished all com ers TSTthq singlee in the Robhtn tennt* tournament at the Country Cluh Mon f day, The former national r ham pi oris William A. LAroed, of Summit, N. J. I and. Maleelm ?. Whitman, of Brook' I lyn went down before the llyely play ing of the Qjra expert. 1 1 " 1 t Midshipmen Disqualified. Annapolis, Spefcial.? The result of th? annual physical examination of the midshipmen ttt the three ciassfts how at the Academy shows that 17 rojd shipment are disqualified to continue It the service, and their resignations will he handed lh WttMtt a Few days. Amoni thm^re: Jonathan 8. Dowell, Jr., <A Teawa: Geqrg* W. Milla, of Vickabnrg Mtsa. George Morton, of Oman. Va. and S> A. Oe?e?t. of OaHn^a.>*. PALMETTO CROP BULLETIN. fk Favorable Week for Cultivation, but Too Dry for Growth. The week euding 8 a. m., May 30th, had a mean temperature of 7 degrees which is 2 above normal, due' to higher <lay ami night tempera tur<p. The ex tremes wcoe a maximum ( of N6 at Tila< kville on the 28th. and a minimum of 52 at Greenville on the 2-41 b. There was an excess of bright sunshine, and Ihe winds were generally light to fresh and westerly during (he first part, southerly during the middle, and east erly at the doge of the week. The relative humidity wan exceedingly low during the greater part. Light rains occurred on the 27th over the eastern parts, amounting to slightly more than a trace at a few places only, and copious showers dur ing the night of the 29th in I^exington, ISdgefleld, Saluda, l<aurens, Union and Spartanburg counties, the amounts ranging from trace to over an inch. This rain occurred after the correspon dents reports had been mailod, nnd will materially improve the conditions set forth by them. The drought Is un relieved over the rest of the State. One correspondent reports the records have been kept. In many places wells huv failed, and streams have dried; in most places the effects of the drought are cofined to Ihe vnrious crops which are suffering severely. Farm work made uninterrupted prog ress, with cultivation active and thorough, and all field crops clean of grass and weeds. Except in the driest sections where corn has become withered and yellow, there iB an Improvement in its condi tion, although it continues small for tho season. Late plantings and re plantings have not come up to stands, - while worms continue destructive, and stands are broken as a rule, although good stand reports are more numerous thaii heretofore. Old corn has received Its second cultivation. The hot weather caused a noticeable improvement in the color and growth of cotton, but tho continued dry weath er has ben detrimental by preventing its coming tip on day and red lands ? both first ?and replantlngs. Tho plants are small for the season. Chop ping has been finished in many places. Cultivation has been thorough, and fields are remarkably clean. Sea Isl and cotton i? in poor condition on ac count of the severe drought that pre vails along the coast. Tobacco continues small, and stands have become broken by the dry weath er. ? 'Rice is doing fairly well, but is small. o | Oats are ripening in all sections and 1 harvest Is well under way. The crop Is good in a few places, fqlriiLinanv-and j "a fariure Tn some. Wheat is an average crop; some lias been cut. Peach ship, ments arel ight, but Increasing. Fruits arte' plentiful in most sections; berries need rain to ripen them. Pastures, gar dens and thick generally are badly parched. ^Melons are backward. The ground is tdo^dfy sweet potato slips. ^ Editor Up foi* Contempt. Joaephua Daniels, editor of the llal elgli News and Observer, was served for contempt, by Judge Purnell cf (ho Federal Court at Raleigh on Monday atternoon. Editor Daniels was Jhtervlewed and said: "I will have, the following at torneys to represent me: R. T. Gray, regular attorney of The News and Ob server, C. M. Busbee, Perrln Busbee, Robert W. Winston, Fred A. Woodanl and Walter L. Watson. I will undei* take to show that under the law no eoritempt was committed and that/a judge has 110 right to punish a news paper for contempt for any criticism of any matter heard in his court. \vc are preparing our answer tonight. It will aay that the article in question waa juat and proper criticism. I have been deluged with messages by wire and telephone today from various parts of the State, of congratulations and offering any service. One citizen of Panther Branch township, this county, offers to bring a brigade here and tear down the Jail in case I am put in it. A citizen of Duplin county says five hundred men will come and do anything needed. There was no contempt, out a legitimate crmciom of what I believe la dangerous and unwarranted action on the part of tho judge, who upon application of one stockholder owning $3,700 of stock and against the protest of four-ftfihe of other stockholder put property in the hands of a receiver. "I ; was warned Saturday night by a gentleman that if I criticized Jndge PurnellVhe would put me in jail. My criticism was a very mild one and many of my friends are surprised at Its -moderation. I regard the action of tile judge as an attack on the freedom oA tljo press/' /l TfeXjT. OF THE RULE. - Following Is the te*? of the rule for contempt served on Editor Daniels: "The attention of the court being call ed to an editorial and certain squlbt paonAraa m toe na*o ?au utxtwrver, a daily newspaper published In Ral elgh<JPbn 8unday, May 2?th, (and to divert other articles published In said nowapfkper) by Joaephua . Daniels, edt tor and proprietor, a copy of which newspaper la hereto attached, said poblfcatkm being In the presence ot the court, or so near thereto, that It was and to calculated and intended to bring this court Into dlsreput. destroy the confidence of the people* of mid district In its decree*, orders. Judg ments andMpther writs, and hence de stroy Its BWnlnestf. the same being contempt of court and the courts of the United States. Ii Is onU'i'^l, that rule issue a? follow*: "President of the United Stales t? Josephns Daniels: You are hereby cited and admon lahed to appear before the Circuit Court of the Ignited States Within ami foi the KaJ cxn District of North Carolina, ?#w sitting .May Si, at 10 o'clock, and show cause, if any you have, why yt?u should not he attached for contempt of court. In writing and publishing the article hereto attached, and for the series of Issues of sai.l newspaper theretofore published. Hols ordered that tin* marshal of this^dfstrict make legal service and duo^eturn of this rule instanter. DEPOT AT SANTUC BURNED ? ' Plrebug Caught kcd-i!?n<J*d and Im mediately Landed In Jail. Union, Special. ? Lee Cartel', a ne gro, was arrested ahd placed in Jail oil u charge of having burned or had part In robbing and burning the South ern depot at Santuo Friday night. It is said that Carter left hero at^ 9.05 for Bantue. Saturday Win, Nelson, the night ounrator at the Southern here, as ntx/n us ho found out that the negro had gone to San tue started walking down the rAllroad nnd met him several mills below the city and arrested him. Carter lives at Monarch Cotton mills, and after be ing arrested admitted that he got up about 4 o'clock ami went down in that section of the country. - The burning and robbing occurred between 12 and 1 o'clock. As to how much money was taken nnd the total Joss by lire could not be learned, as the telegraph office i was in the depot ah well ns the South ern express office On account of it being in the dead of thq night it is said very little, If anything, was sav ed. For several weeks past robberies t)f different classes have been com mitted in Santuc and community. The h>s^_ was when some one broke into the T j. H. Jeter, taking about $50 or $100 worth of goods, Just b little further down, at Carlisle, the storo ef Mr. K> D. llalluy was broken Into and many goods taken. Negro Was Fatally Wounded. Union, Special. ? At 2 o'elock Satur day afternoon at Neals Shoals one ne gro was fatally wounded while picking out some rock and another may die. Previously dynamite had been used to blow up th^'rock and dirt but on this occasion j/ne of the sticks failed to discharge and whilp thpse negroes were picking the^inf'of the picks struck the dynamite, exploding it di rectly i.i the faces of the two pickers. The heat! and face of one was badly mangled and there Is no possible chance for his recovery, but it is ?ald there is sonle hope for the other. The names of the wounded negroes could not be learned but they,, were from Columbia. The gentleman wlm gave th? atory said hr hurt aTpry frarrow escape himself, being only about 10 feet away. He-was one of the bosses and was overseeing the work. ? ???,...? w & ' Palmetto Briefs. The State Democratic executive com mittee held a meeting in Columbia Thuraday. it was decided that there should be no county to county caryVasg. where candidates haA*e no oppoeltlon. ' It was also settled that the campaign should open on June 21st. When it came to the nomination of the presi dential electors the following nomina tions were made for electors at large: T. J. Cunningham of Chester, George Johnstone of Newberry, D. S. Hender son of Aiken. On the first ballot Mr. Cunningham was elccted and there wai? a tie between the other two candidates. Mr. Henderson's name'1 was withdrawn and the election of Mr. Johnstone was mnde unanimous. The following e|ec tor?were named from the congressliin cLdretrlcts: M. P. Howell of Colleton, TP W. Crouch of Saluda, H. H. Wat kins of Anderson, W. T. Jeter of Union, W. M- Shannon of Camden. Olin Saw yer of Georgetown, A. W. Summers of Orangeburg. An Interesting case was brought up In chambers before Chief Justice-Pope last week. This was the case of W. S. Mason vs. Hampton county and C. J. Gray as county supervisor, t^ie plaintiff nr tenant on a farm, brought an action against the defendants, the county of Hampton and the supervisor of Hamp ton eounty, for damages to his crop In opening a public road over the land of bis landlord, and applied to the chief justice for an injunction restraining the county authorities from working and operating said public road* The appli cation for Injunction raises Interesting nnd important questions as to the pow ers of the cQunty authorities and the rights of minors unfler the statute reg ulating proceedings f<jr condemning private lands for public uses. A special from Chester to the Colum bia State says: "Two more soldiers of the 'thin gray line of * Confederates have joined the silent majority.* J. H. Ash ford, aged 73 years, died on 22nd Inst., and William Carter,' 68 years old, died on the aftme date. Both* of them M rved through tbe war, and both were wounded during the battle of Seven PJnes." Fighting Long and Desperate, o London. By Cable.? The correspon dent at Toklo of the Central New* Agency cablea that the Japanese at tacked "N ah Quap Ling, on* the narrow est part of the Hwang Tnnj? pentnimla, yesterday, nnd drove back the Russians b> main force. The attack on Kin Chou. the dispatch adds, was b#gun at dawn today^ end by noon Kin Chou waa -In thfe hands of the Japanese, who occu pied the castle. The flgbtiac con' tinned during the afteraoOn aad was of the moat deqperate character. The lavnattlet were' heavy. ? PALMETTO POINTS GIVEN IN BRIEF i * COL. JAMES A. HO YT DEAD. v Well Known South Ca'olinJt Editoi Maasee Away. " A Hpocial from Greenville, H. 'C?. *ayh: "Col. James A. lloyt. editor and proprietor of tho Greenville Mountain cor, died Friday afternoon, at hi* home hero after a brief Illness. Col. Hoyt has been prominent In South Carolina for many yearn. He served gallantly throughout the civil war, ris Ing from private to colonel of his reg iment. Mo was once wounded badly hut refused to leave the field, and remained in command of bin detach ment to the end. In IHK5 Col. lloyt was elected president of (lie State Haptist Convention, and was reelect ed nine successive times. Kor twenty years he was a trustee . of Furman University, and was once president of tho Southern Baptist ('on vent Ion, In 1900 he was a candidate for Govern or on the Prohibition ticket, and was defeated by a small vote. At the re cent Democratic Stale convention he was elected a district delegate to the St. Louis convention. He leaves a widow, three daughters, and oiie sqti, James A. lloyt, Jr., city editor of The Columbia State. South Carolina Gleanings. An unknown white man, supposed to be John Sheehan of AngUBta ? from it letter found In his pocket addressed In that way? was killed by Southern veg etable freight train No. 72 at 3 o'clock Thursday morning .on Hie Walker sta tion Biding, a small station a few in lies north of Blackvllle. He wna said to bo ! a trespasser and at the time of his | (loath waft heating his way out of Sa- ! vannah toward Columbia along with i three others. Conductor McCoy put the four off ihe train at Uardeevllle, again at Allendale and again at Blaekville. At Walker he ran them away frfltn the train into tin1 cornfloVl while be won waiting forirain No. 2!t to .pass. In at tempting to board the train again as it pulled out of tyie Walker Hiding the man fell undM- the wheels, both arms and both legs being so badly crushed that he died in 30 minutes without re gaining consciousness. The other ihreo trespassers did not stay to aee the fin* ish of their comrade. At Chloaeo College commencement at Greenville last week the following young ladles received diplomas: Bac calaureate of arts. Annie Hunter Far mer, Grace Graham, Bessie Belle I'e den, Nellie Gaines, Kuby E|ltne Ham mond; baccalaureate of science, Leila Deview Crowe, I>ela White Thompson, Mittle Lee 8haver, Extra branches Sarah Cleveland Beattl?? JJarah An riette I'ack and Ethel May King, ex pression and physical culture; Ada Lee Graham, art; Lois Amanda Smith, pi ano; Susie Graham* art; Jessie Mc Hugh. china pointing and physical eul? tii re. Graduates in Bpeclal schools ? Marie r Elizabeth Cheatham, Ella Blanche Cttnketales. Susie Graham, Ethel May King, Janlo Marie Mc Whirter, Annie Augusta Cunningham, Rosa Pauline Davenport, Elizabeth Caldwoll Kay, Mtl.dred Lindsay, Anna Barron Spann, Kate Murphy. It Is rumored that the Southern Cot ton Oil Company will dismantle its Green woodlMlll No. 2, which was pur chased from the Farmers' Cotton Oil Mill Company last year. The ma chinery will be vised to enlarge the company's Greenwood Mill No. 1 at Greenwood and its mill at Newberry. In case this .is done It Is stated that the power and buildings of the dis mantled mill will bo used for a large I fertilizer factory, and Greenwood will not be a loser by the operation but will gain another enterprise. The Secretary of 8tate has chartered the Vaughn Furniture Company at Darlington, capitalized at $4,000. The officers are: Smith T. Vaughn, presi dent; Arthur Erwln, vico president, and Eueene Vaughn, secretary. Mr. J. M. MeAdems. who lives near Antrevllle in Abbeville county, suffer ed a severe loss by flro Wednesday morning. About 1 o'clock fire was dis covered in one of the outbuildings and two barns, two cribs. 200 bushels of torn, 4,000 bundles of fodder, buggy and w&gon, four or five tons of hay, farming tools, tc\, were destroyed. The loss is $1,500 or $2,000 and it is not known here whother there was any in surance. It was suspected at once that the fire was of incendiary origin. A Charleston special of recent date says; Ths SeaJjta^Telephonc Com party wasj^kTlJyf^der^bl^Judge Dantz ler of tile Circuit Court. V^sPrope^y bringing $8,200 at auction. THtesnrop erty was bought 'by Broker Gibs?*!*, probably for some party or corporation which will undertake the management of it. The line extends through a num ber of the Sea WHnds and was former ly operated in AoniHfctlon with the In df pendent Gordon Cltaopanj:. recently t purchased by the Bell Company. At a decent meeting* of the board of I trustees. Mis* Mamie Hill, of Ninety Six. was elected teacher of the prim ary department of the Batesburg gr?d^ ed school and Miss Carrie l.od Harmon, of Oreers, was elected to take charge of the music department. now pietty eertalh that ex> Governor John C. Sheppard. of Edge field, will be In the race for Congress from the second district this summer. The Fun-KloweiVCarnlval.at Colum bls lam w*a largely attended aoff la reported to have been an en Joyabl A '' ~ ' J ' The aad ? were briuft NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. Through tli? South. W. H. Bog**, of Hhafter, W. Va,# flowed up a j"*' "ol fining $106 In sil ver. Mrs. Anna Snyder, of Berkeley coud ty, West Virginia, died nt the age of 100 years. Frank Sharp, of Richmond, was seri ously shot while, It la alleged, ho was robbing hen rooat*. License has been refused to (bo last two Mann law "social clubs" In New port. Newa. Fire destroyed a mattress factory and tftree stores in Norfolk, causing a Iohs of $S0,000. The Presbyterian General Asse'mbHcs continued (heir session in Mobile, Ala., and Buffalo, N. Y. Prof. p. C. Leary is to bo a candidate against Mayer Cutchin, of ltoanoke, who has Just bceu renominated by the Democrats. Dr. Howrad, after a protracted vi? it to the South and Moxioo, takes a gloomy view of the boll-weevil and yellow fever situation. Rev. Dr. Luther 11. Wilson, of Balti more, and Rev. l)r. William Burt, of Home, Italy, were elected bishops by the Methodist Episcopal General C'on f ere nee at l/)8 Angeles. Gen. Frederick Funston explained hli swimming of the Bag Bug river April 20, )89J>, and the Hlo Grande Hie next c'ay. Tennesson Prohibitionists went ou record as opposing Gen. Nelsou A. Miles as a Presidential candidate be cause of his record In the war. Wellington Happenings. Secretary Hay has decided that, not withstanding Belgian capitalists' Inter ests in ft, the United States v/lll pro tect t'o (Janton-Hankow Hallway, in China, as an American enterprise. Agricultural Department figures give $4.500.000, OU0 as a conservative estimate of the value of United States farm pro ducts exelueivf of thone fed (o live stock In 11103. The Republic of Panama will try to invest JG, 000, 000 of the $10,000,000 re ceived from the United States in mort gages on New York property. * Commar^ler vPoary expects to take with him to Greenland in July a party of consumptives who, it is thought, will profit by the A*it,ic air treatment. Qf the 926 delegates thus far elected to th? Republican National Convention 70S artu Absolutely-pWged to -President Hoosevolt, ~ - In the North. ? The Heurst supporters soom to havo lost in Ohio. The General Conference of the Meth odist Protestant Church began its quadrennial session in Washington and ei?ci?d nev? Dr. F. T. Tagtf president. Unable to end the deadlock on the gubernatorial nomination the Illinois Republican. State convention adjourned until May 31. ? <? g> Governor Peabody, of Colorado, says the strike there Is ended. The Inter-State Commerce Commis sion continued its hearing on the dif ferential question. A larg*! quantity of jewelry, believed to have been taken from the oftln of "l^ady Mary" Living ston, on the Livingston estate be low Hudson, N. Y., has been found by the polico in a raid upon a "growler gang" in Albany.^ Seven persona were killed, five fatal* ly injured, 12 tjo 15 others hutgytunl 2 are missing in an explosion in a tor pedo and fireworks factory at Flndlay, Ohio. Howard Gould has sued the architect*! of his place, Castle Gould, for $30,000 for delay in his work on the plans. It was reported that President Roose velt wants General Porter, ambassa dor to France, to run for Governor of New York on tho Republican ticket. Foreign Affairs. -- 7- ? r Cossacks under General Rennen kampff drove back tho Japanese col umn which had been threatening Muk den. ..^sian officials say that the recent .Tapan&s^ naval disasters restore the equality of the fleets. Vigorous action Is being taken to punlsVtiie bandits who kidnapped Ion , Pcrdicarlsl and Croc* well Varley In j Morocco. / The second anniversary- of ? Cuban independence was celebrated. Twenty*- three persons were drowned in the wreck of the steat&sr Turret at St/PanPa Island, CapeJBreton. The Rusalan battleship Orel sank at Cronetadt as a result of carelessness In leaving her valve* open. 8ha has been ie-floSted and (s undamaged. } U. fftSi* ? ",r t*. BAD A FATAL FIRE Town of (ireenwood, South Carolina, Suffers Severe Loss MRS. ANNIE MOSELY A vlcTIM ?he Wai Burned to Death in the Cen tral Hotel, of Which.1 She Was Pro r . *???.. prletor, end Where the Fire Orlgl* nated. r. I . . Greenwood, S. 0.,X^)iecl<U.*? one-lmlf the business por|iob i*l Green wood was \<'lped out by fire between snrt ti o'clock Wednesday mortifngl'aud Mrs. Annie Mosely burned to deatb. ^ The Are is supposed to have origi nated in the kitchen of the Central Hotel. The flames were first seen by an engineer of the Charleston A Western Carolina, who gave the alarm with tb? whistle. Although roused, Mrs# Mose' ley, proprietor of the hotel, was s a overcome with fright that she refusad to Jump. She wbb overcome ; by the flames and was burned before It was possible to rescue her. Her charred ro mains were found this morning. Tb^. total property loss is estimated at not less than 1133,000, with not over |7lL* _ 000 insurance, if bo much. Contracts are now being made to rebuild. The l,1lr?t National Hank building which -was totally destroyed, issued handbills by sunrise, announcing that It would be opened for bUSiOHP by the usual liour, fl o'clock. All the )NUt books and papers were saved. v Mrs. Mftslpy's two children, who were visiting In Anderson, arrived *t noon . Tiielr father, while constable, was shot here five years ago, and this malice the m ot her'a horrlbtor death doubl r **4, The burned district embraced eighteen stores: Splgel Bros.. Nations! Bank, <? Greenwood Hardware C!o., i, " W. Sproles, A. h\. H again New York Ba zaar, D. J. Reborn#, M. Switxef, i. flwitzer, Palmetto Grocery, Western M*ot Market, 15, Borgerro, Lloyd's res taurant, C, P. Culclaeure, ?Jcweler; J. I. Chipley, bicycles, guns, etc.. His re - 1 air department was the finest- In- ttotf upper State; K\ M. Mop. Singleton, grower; Auld Bros.,vdry goods; Lesser, dry goods; Mrs. A. J. Sproles, millin ery; Western Union Ty",egrapft office; Hinton, grocery; J. 8. Chipley ft Co., r> cotton; Baker A Nlcbolls, insurance, . and many oilier stocks badly damaged by water and removing. The Work of ? rebuilding will begin soon, improve ments will be imado in placing ne#*' stores. Many merchants are ordering goods by wire. "" - "r"- .L? -.i .v '"m ,, ,. ? ? ? Tyner and Barrett Acquitted. mm Washington, BpacW.? Within tVen- ? ty-two minutes of the retirement of the ..Jury to? the ca?A of Jatees- * M. Tyner and garr^OnuJ. Barrett, triad . on charges of consjf racy in conn*?' ? tlon with their duties as law officers of tho Po^toffice pppg^tmjattt- a. va*? - -r dict of not guilty was returned. Thm throng whK'h filled the court room . throughout the arguments to the Jury hardly had tlma to leave the building beforer the jury was Back and , foreman announced that a verdict had been reached. . . . .... Arrested While In the Pulpit, ' i denim Fla., special.? Rev, J. A. Boyd, a negro pseacher, was arrested by a deputy United States marshal Wednesday night, at Orangtf Lake, near this, place, while in the pulpit preaching to a 'large congregation: He la charged with robbing tbe Unite&Jptates mall, by cutting open a mall pouch and appropriating tfie con tents, the pouch having been lost by a mail rgrriot. - T- ? ? r? . . ? Will Semi Minister to Pafofc ^ Mexico City, Special.*- Diplomatic i> latious will aoon be fully established.^ between Mexico and China. Thie Chi- - nese minister at Washington ? Ml ar rive here shortly and present k>- era* \ dentlals as minister to this republic, and on leaving here will -place <V diplo mat already In the citato charge of the Chines ft/f?gatlon, while Mexico will i: send a mUflster to PeKlu. The Crime Confessed ? Two Arrest*. Mobile Special. ? Ira and Henry Carter, brothers, the negroes arrested tor the killing of Askew,- had a pre-4 Mm i nary hearing before Justice Wacker, at Yellow Pine, and were or dercd held- Without bail. -They were brought to this city Wednesday night, aft d lodged in Jail by a deputy "officer of the- -Uo)?tW~*- Obk>. *raC?rt?r~: confessed that he did The k....ntf,eay I ing that his brother Henry handed i hl? the gua-iggrffifed him to sEoot. , Tsn Miners 3uffocat& by G?s From A Leeeofettv*. \VtfkesUrre. * p/. Special. ? Tea : men were suffocated} by gas; fro amnll locomoU^ftjA/ mine near Wil liamsburg. were broMgfct j Onl nnconKcJoqiyj^y wrnt' TL? dMit (ih'Imto llldid 'OoMW, nBF\ general Inside ftJi'SW ? ?