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OA M I ) KN , S. C., Kill 1 ) A Y, ,1 1 I . \ 2\) . 1S?0 1 . SUNK OUR WAR SUPPLIES Ammunition For Philippine Army Posts Sent to Bottom By Russians ACT OP VLADIVOSTOK SQUADBOS ] ? ^r- V Th? Br?*'sh Steamer Knight Conv ">?vnder, 6,000 1 on6, the Vessel Sunk, Carried a Cargo Owned Principally ky American Merchants and Con ?tainir,c no Contraband. ? , WaKhin^ton, 1). c., Special.? Mtais ' ' 1 (-u,8?r. at Pekin, has cabled the . ? t)( Darinx.'ni that hu has been Mot nit <1 that die Russians on Mon day evacuated New Chwang. He also ?confirms i he pu hlished reports of the sin"'"g "l0 Vhiilivostock squadron H'i a r.ri.UHh ;;?( aiin-r with a cargo con fined i?, Hi,. American Trading Com pany. The vessel mentioned by Minister < onger is the Knight. Commander. Hopkins Hon. (he local agents of the American Trading Company, <report (hat |()V steamer sunk was of G. <*??<) ?h?ns and sailed from New York sixty <i!,ys ago under charter by Howard, Houlder. llowatt & Company. London and N: w York. The general cargo she carried belonged mostly to Am ??: ican merchants, and was consigned to the American Trading "Company's shipping agents at Vokohama, on no* count of the chartering firm. It is elated positively that the cargo con tained no contraband. and it is ex pected thru the State Department will Jv addressed on the subject. The week's Investigation by the hiate Department of the problems con nected wiili the operations of belliger ents ships against neutral merchant man. has crystallised in a letter ad dressee'. to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany. The Department does not doom it opportune to make the letter public, but it is understood to be based upon ?expressions delivered in proceeding administrations of the State Depart ment which in substance warned ship' per* against the carriage of contraband and violation of port rules imposed hy belligerents In a position to en force them. The position of the Department in Wiis matter will he speedily and pub licly developed, not academically, but in connection with the first protest which is lodged willi the Department against the action of one of the bel ligerents toward an American ship or an American cargo. The case of the Knight Commander is regarded here as complicated and dimcult of treatment. It is appre hended that if (he contention of the shippers' agents that the cargo con tained no contraband is correct, the general doctrine of "neutral flag cov ers neutra goods" has been violated by tho destruction of the ship and cargo. - A fact developed which might have led to Rertous complication had it not lw>en announced that tho Russian government had given orders for tho re'ease at Suez of the British ship Ardova. This vessel had on board a large quantity of supplies being ship ped by the War Department to the Philippine government, including about 250 tons of powder and much other material that would fall within the Hussian definition of contraband. The stores were being shipped through the houso of George W. Pea body, of New York and the Orient, who telegraph ed the War Department that the Phi lippine stores \?ore aboard the Ardova, and asked tluKDcpartmcnt to exert itself to secure (the release. The ap plication was promptly taken by Act ing Secretary Oliver to the State De partment. but in view of the release i>?" the Ardova. it is improbable that any action will be taken by the De partment. i Prominent Banker DcacJ. Jersey City, N. J.. Spbcial. ? Henry T -em heck. presidjMit of the limbeck & P.eta brewing Company, president of I he Greenville Hanking Trust Company and a director in nearly every banking! institution in Jersey City, died Monday ! morning nt his hftme on limbeck , avenpe. Ills death was due to a com- J pi lea Hop of discasis. He was 7S years of age. Milion Dollar Mortgage, Austin, Texas, Special? In the Twen ty-sixth District Court suit was filed by the Territorial Hank and Trust Company of Muskogee. |. T., against the Commercial Telephone Company, with Its principal office at San Antonio, for the foreclosure of a deed of trust and the appointment of a receiver to take chaw of the affairs of the com pany. The petitioners allege that on * August 20. 1MH. the defendapt company executed a deed of trust on all its prop erty. franchises, lines, switchboards, etc.. and the amount of the mortgage was not to exceed $1,000,000. and that ? pubnequently bonds were issued and sold by "aW defendant company to de fray the expenses of constructing It? lines Id Texas. Want to Run Washington^ - .V" ; gt.>Loul?, Special.? A committee wan appointed by the national convention of the Lincoln Republican party to in terrogate Booker T. Washington, J. Hilton Turner and Bishop H. M. Tur* n tr to ascertain which one of them would consent to become a candidku for President of the United States on the Woeoln Republican ticket. A na tion*! committee also appointed, with K P? J*CDn- ?' RMwond. Va? a? * 14 Hours Hard Fighting. London, by Cable. ? Cabling under datD of .July 24, The Daily Malls Now Chwang correspondent deacrlbes ? fourteen hours' desperate bftttle with heavy losses tooth sides, and which resulted in the Hussian position at. Tatchekiao being rendered untenable, by reason of which they will he com pelled to rotruat towards Hiacheng. "The battle began at sx o'clock In the morning," the correspondent nay*, "the Russians resuming the attack on the Japanese position on the heights east of Tatchekiao. After a few hour*, tht> Japanese left flank from Taping Mountain captured tlie village of Tanghudiluen, compelling the Rus sians to re* rent to Tienghuatuen, six miles from their base. "The Russians, now reinforced, maintained the position uhHl 5 o'clock in the afternoon, When the Japanese right Hank made a sudden appearance on the hills south of Tatchekiao, and by a tremendous fire, forced the Rus sians to retreat. The Japanese firing line extended fifteen miles. 30,000 People Quit Worki Chicago. July 2*:~ With all peace negotiations broken off and with all the allied trades unions at the differ ent plants with the exception of team sters and the stationery engneers out on strike ill sympathy with the butch er workmen who quit work two weeks ago, the stock yards Monday night had settled d'own to what prom ises to be a long, bitter fight. As threatened for come time, the allied trades employed ih the packing industry in Chicago <piit work, called to assist the striking butchers in their efforts to bring tho packers to terms. In several instances, the men did not wait for the official notification from their leaders to strike, but threw down their tools and quit work of their own volition. At six o'clock Monday night the statement was made by Michael J. Donnelly, president of the Hu tellers' Union, that every union man employed at the stock yards with the exception of the teamsters and the stationery engineers had respond ed to orders for a general sympathet ic strike. The engineers, he declared, would join the strikers Tuesday, and unlesR* there was a speedy settlement of the difficulty, he said, the teamsters would undoubtedly join the struggle soon. According, to Mr. Donnelly Monday's striko swelled the number of men who have quit work at the stock yards In Chicago alone to near ly 30.000 persons. Both sides to tho controversy declared 'bat they were perfectly satisfied with tho present state of affairs , and that they wer.i willing to mako it a fight to a finish to determine? "who shall dictate tho terms of a settlement. A 142-Day Voyage From Hawaii. Lewes, Del., Special.? The bark Foo hong Suey arrived at the Delaware breakwater Monday from Honolulu, Hawaii. On the passage the bark touched at Kaholi, and is 142 days from that port. The crew was stricken on the passage with berl-berl and one man died and was buried at sea. Three others offering from the disease will be lamjed at the quarantine hospital here. The vessel was quarantined and is awaiting orders. The bark's very long passage was In consequence of severe weather and heavy seas. Train and Street Car Collide Indianapolis, Specil. ? Two persons were killed and several injured last night, in a collision between a Dig Four passenger train and an electric car at Washington and Missouri streets The dead are Samuel Romans and a colored woman named Jlarrls. The lo comotive struck the front of the elec tric car. throwing tho ear twenty feet. Race Riot Near Danville. Danville, Va., Special. ? A riot at ; Stokesland, fl five miles from this city, lair Sunday, resulted In the serious in jury to four persons. The trouble arose | with some negroes, who abused a party | of white men, accompanied by women, because of the refusal of the whites to give them matches to light their pipes, ilivln Cook, white, and William Halt, j llarvie Gwynn and Harry Flippin, all colored, received wounds, some of j which may prove fatal. The women : escaped without injury. Most of the j population of the settlement turned out under arms, and a race war was nar ' lowly averted. The police department 1 ot this city was called upon to fjuell i tbe disturbance. ? Japs Not Yt&Mt New Chwang. Tien Tein. By Cable.? Information ?ne been received here to the effect that the Japanese have not entered New Chwang. The Russian civil ad ministration departed last night (Sun day) and the destruction of Russian government property began this morn ing al i u** instance of the admlniatra* iion. The fighting reported yesterday took place between New Chwang aod Tittchekl4to *nd the Japanese tttffiMj Irom Kaichou were engaged, jfl :<tagement has taken place at Twl Packing strike again in force Alleged that Discrimination wat Made In Rehiring, All the Active Union Men Being Rejected ? Applicant* f<>!" rtft Inatatement Left In a Body. | Chicago, Special. ? The stockyards fctrlko, which was lenOWOd Fli?lay taorning In CMoago huiI all tho other points whore tho big packing compan ies have branches, because tho strikers were dissatisfied with the manner In which the employers proposed to rein state their former employes pending a settlement by arbitration, will continue for another day at least. A Joint con ference between representatives of both Bides to the controversy and represen tatives of tho allied trades. In an at tempt to bring about a peaceable ad justment of this second strike, waft utl eucceHsful and the meeting was rid Joumod at 8:30 o'clock, with tho un derstanding that, another conference Would be held. At Friday's conference, which lasted five bourn, it committee of ten. consisting of five representatives of tho puckers and five representatives of the moat butchers' union, went over tho ground thoroughly. Whether tho difficulty can be satisfactorily settled is problematical, an both the packer# and the strikers maintain that they are living up to Wednesday's agreement for a settlement by arbitration, and that It is the other side that is respon sible for the renewal of hostilities. Af ter adjournment, a committee appoint ed for the purpose merely announced that the peace negotiations had failed, but that there was still hope that an agreement could foe reached In the near future. No written statement of what transpired In the meeting was given out, as has nfeeii customary at former conferences, and the committee declin ed to give any further information ex cept that another meeting would be held Saturday. Unless a settlement in readied the general belief is that a sympathetic strike of the allied trade? in the packing industry, which was threatened last week to enforce the de mands of tho strikers, will be called. These unions havo signified their will ingness to stand by the butchers if they are called on to assist in the struggle with the packers for supremacy. In the following statement, given out Friday night by Mr. Donnelly, presi dent of the Butchers' Union, the rea son why the strikers refused to return to work Is given: "The packers signed an agreement ; that there would be no discrimination in the re-hiring of the men. This was J accepted in good faith. On the return of. the men this morning, they were Hried up like cattle. "The foremen, superintendents and others, walking through the line, would pick out a man and say: * 'You come up." The next man would be pushed out of line and told that he could not bo used, and It was always tho good, active union men whom they could not use. "Superintendent Pension, of the Ar- j mour canning department, addressed the employes in the following lan guage: 'You went away like cattle, and we will take you back like cattle.' " According to estimates, 8,550 men were directly affected in Chicago alone by Friday's strike. Fully that number of strikers were on hand at 6 o'clock expecting immediate employment, while others were expecting reinstate- j ment later. The cattle butchers left In a body, and Mr. Donnelly's general or der declaring another striko followed. It was sent to all employes of various packing houses In the different, cities affected by*, tho previous strike, and read : "Order out all the. departments again. Companies violated agree ment." Bad Wreck on Southern. Near Franklin Junction, Va.. Friday afternoon, local passenger train No. 9 running between Washington and Danville, was wrecked at 1:05 o'clock. The door from a box car on a freight train passing 20 minutes before had fallen across the track and the train running at a rate of 30 miles an hour, encountered the obstruction, derailing : the engine and three cars. The train was In charge of Conductor Burgess and Engineer C. E. Hall. Tho latter was killed, as was his fireman, W. O. Milloway, white, and Ed. McClannahan, white, a flagman, George Burke, white, baggagemaster. and a newsbody, were slightly Injured. No passengers wero killed or injured. News by Wire. Britain protested to Russia against the Red sea seizures. The freedom of the city of London was presented to Uord Curzon. A great drouth is injuring German crops. Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the noted llfo convict, was freed from Engll.ia custody on ticket of leave and left I'.-r France. A Heated Discussion. London, By Cable. ? The proposals of ' the budget hill have kept the House of Commons In continuous session all ; night, and Thursday morning a boated debate still continues. The d'scussion ? developed Itself into a test of strength : between ministerialists and their opon i ents. ? Two Killed In Wreck. Olean, N. Y., Special. ? Two men were killed and e third seriously injured iu the wreck of a passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Shlppen, Pd.. Sunday. The dead are: Fireman Kvoes Bter and SSullivan. both of BufTalo; Geo. A. Hensou. of Buffalo, baggage em ploye. wsm seriously hurt. Georgia Allowed Brigade. Washington, Special. ? Senator Bacon of Georgia, has made arrangements with Major General Cofbin, command ing the Atlantic division, whereby the State of Georgia will be represented by a full brigade of Its National Guard at the manoeuvres at Manassas, Va., next September, on condition thAt presence tafethe 600 " men In excess of the State's Ate should entail no expense to the Hi tod States beyond the amomtt orl ^Sa!!.v allotted to Georgia KIAO TUNG TAKEN I I 9 Japanese Win Another Victory Willi | Desperate Valor HEAVY LOSSES ON BOTH SlDEl Tlie .Russians. Hail . Fortified the Place and Defended it Stoutly Loi Ing 1,000 Men and Inflicting a Loas of <124. Toklo, 13 y Cable. General Kurokl, after a severe fight, occupied Kino Tung oil July 19. The place had been | fortified l?y (ho Russians, who defended jit stoutly. In tho fighting deilerat i Kuiokl's troops drove tho RuphIhus from their strongly fortified position on | the Chi rivet*, which is nbrthwest of j Motion Pass, and east ot Anpiug. In , flirting upon the enemy more serious; i losss than they sustained IhoniHt'lvos. | The fight began on the ISth and ended pn the 19th. The Japanese losl 4".!4 meit In killed and wounded. Tho Russian* j Ioboss are estimated nt l.OOu. I General Kuroki began his advance early in the morning of the ISth. He \ I uncovered and followed tho enemy | along the Chi river. The Russians J seemed to be retiring to the northward.! when suddenly two battalions with j eight guns turned ami attacked the Japanese advance guard vigorously. At this point tho Japanese suffered se verely before relief came, one company losing all its officers. At a late hour in the afternoon the Russians' posi tion waa developed. They occupied an eminence on the banks of tho Chi Tho river guarded their left flank and high.] proci pices protected their right.. Tho | only approach to their position was through a narrow dofllo. The fighting j continued until dark, when the Jftpa* lie.se forces bivouacked. Tho Russians made two counter AttaekK, but wore repulsed in each cose. The Japanese renewed the attack at midnight, posting their artillery in the valley below and In high ground to tho pou th of the Russian position. Tho main Japanese body was assigned to attack the Russian center, a small de tachment was sent toward the right flank, and another to watch the ene my's left flank." After these positions had been taken, the fighting ceased for a time, but it was resumed at dawn. The Russians had 32 guns in action, aud they vigorously shelled the Japanese. To this fire the Japanese re plied, and the bombardment lasted for four hours. During this time tho Japanese infantry moved forward and the flankers had succeeded in scaling the heights oti the Russian right by .1 o'clock in the afternoon, at which hour the main force was ordered to stornt the Russian centre. The Japanese ar tillery protected this movement splen didly. but the infantry met with n se vere fire and lost heavily in gaining the heightH. The final successful charge was delivered at half-past 5 In tho afternon. The Japanese succeed ed in partially cutting ofT the Russian retreat, and this soon became a rout The enemy went in two directions, to tho northward and to the eastward. Tho Russian forces engaged included, in addition to the artillery, seven bat talions of infantry and a regiment of Cossacks. The enemy left 131 dead and 300 rifles on the field. Prisoners taken estimated the Russian losses at 1.000. The Japanese lost on? officer and 54 killed and 18 officers and 351 wound ed. On July 19. the Japanese forces at tacked a battalion of infantry and 1,000 cavalry who occupied Chi-Chiato, to tho northward of Shaotlentseru. After four hours of fighting, the Russians re fired across the Taitsu river. In this engagement the Japanese had 17 men wounded. Japs Seize Merchant Vessel. Shanghai. By Cable. ? The British steamer Llan Cheng, which arrived here trcm Wei Hal Wei, reports that, she v. as signaled hy t lie steamer Ple-Pieng (owned hy the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, of Shan^ai) whose (ommander asked the Lien Shing to advise the owner of the Pel Pleng that the ship nnd cargo had been captured by the Japanese cruiser Hong Kong nnd the vessel was proceeding to Japan with a prize crew on board. The news i>f the capture of the Pel I'ieng was communicated to the British admiral vhose squadron Is anchored in Yung Citing May. Russian Forces Retreating. St. Petersburg. By Cable. ? The Czar has received the following dispatch from General Kuropat^lH, dated July 19: "There has been no special change in the situation since July 17. At 5 in the afternoon of July 18. Japanese advance forces of considerable strength were observed in thA direction ef Slkes yan on the klao YaW-Slaroatsza road, moving against a detachment of our ?iroopr. After two dsyo' fighting, the . latter force ja retreating towards tbe ' village of Houtslatze, east of Anp'ng." *20,000,000 Cotton Company. Trenton, N. J., Special. ? Article* of Incorporation of the Southerp Cotton Corporation, having a capitalisation of ffi.000.000 preferred and 116,000.000 common were filed her# recently. Tha 1 ar value of the preferred la $100 ? share, ^fcthe par vain* of the common, which WTO be taken largely In the South, will be only IW a share. SOI. ICI KID MAKfS REPORT Tells the Governor That He Ha# Su fti cient Information. Saturday evening Governor lloy ward a ofllco received tlm report of Solicitor Hildchniud on tin* matter of tho Alleged 'lynching'' hi Ku( aw villi*. Mr. I lildohrand mentions no names, but it In plain from his statement thai ho haw information surtlclent to pro ceed tipOn at the proper time. Oneo again "lynchers'' are to be piottocutod in South Carolina. The solicitor's report is as follows: H<>n. I). (', Hey ward, Governor, Col uinhia, s Hear Sir Pursuant to your tele graphic order, I proeoeded <o Holly Hill on last. Tuesday and spent tho day t hole, within seven in ilea of wln-re the lynching of Kill Hook hard took place, and also drove several miles In the country In order to spend the night previous to attending the inquest af ICuiawviiie, which was field on Wednesday last. I had (wo reas ons for proceeding in this manner, one of which was the railroad connec tions, itnd the other and controlling reason was, a belief that 1 might find out something of how tho tragedy took., place, and at whoso hands this unfortunate man met his death. On Wednesday J proceed to Kilt aw villo and met Magistrate Wiggins, who seems in entirely accord with yourself and with all of tho good poo pie, in his efforts to bring to justice tho porpct rnlors of this fearful erime. Upon arriving at Kutawville, about 8:30 a. in , and after consulting with the magistrate, acting coroner, wo began to take testimony ut !> o'clock, in the town hall. As n matter of cau tion I had twelve persons sworn in as special constables to keep the peace, and Included in that number several colored men. There were ? large number of colored porsons and white people present. The crown was variously estimated, hut ho eslmate that i heard was Ie.;s than 1,000. The behavior on tho part of tho peoplo a-, a whole was entirely satisfactory, or derly, and I thought, very commenda ble. The Jury of inquest had boon pre viously organized, but answered to their names upon the call, after some delay. Upon the Jury of Inquest were two very respectable looking colored men, and the foreman of the Jury was Mr. U. G. Causey, whom I aln inform ed is the county Democratic chairman of Berkeley county, and whom I know to be a most. excellent citizen. After this the magistrate charged tho Jury in the language of the utatutc, direct ing them. to find tho cause of death, etc.. and then the proclamation was made as required by law, for all per sons hero present, knowing Anything of the manner in which tho deceased had met his death, to come forward and let tlioir names be known, and l?< their testimony bo -vtakeh. In re sponse to this proclamation, after some dlfllcnlly, some names were as certained, and I proceeded to tako tes timony. The testimony has been published mostly in the newspapers, to-wit.: The Stato and the News and Courier, but of courso yoit must urt dei st and that that testimony does not represent one-tenth of what was wald or done; and. Indeed, we did not de sire that all the testimony should bo reduced to writing or published, be cause some of tho details were too horrible to appear in the eoiiiruns of any respectable newspaper. I think It is hardly necessary that I should rehearse to you the testimony, after its publication already stated, al though the testimony of all the wit nesses has not been published. 1 will say here that I have tho able assist ance of Messrs. Kaysor & Summers, a law firm of Orangeburg, than whom I know of no more able counsel, and we are satisfied; I think the acting coroner is satisfied, and Indeod I think every citizen who heard the testimony is satisfied as to tho per sonnel of the guilty parties. We think the perpetrators of this crime number ed not exceeding six. All of the wit nesses who offered their names were carefully examined and everything was done tliaf would sImmI light upon the transaction, so far as I could see. The coroner's Jury seemed to be composed of a lot. of conscientious and upright men. willing to ascertain the truth, and were willing to make a pre sentment as to certain parties, but af t?-r advice and consultation. It was d'nlded to leave the finding of the verdict open until some future day. upon additional testimony, for the reason that we want no innocent man punished and no guilty man to es cape. I will s-ay here that so far as I could ascertain, public sentiment in ho n<.mmi:nity regards It as a most heinous offense, au'l.yne thal^erttunly ought to be met. with thq 'hiost con dign punishment. The good people a-e outspoke^ in the'r denunciation, and I am sur?? they will leod mv office and my associates every possible aid In fcrretting out and bringing to Jus tice these culprits. Awaiting your further instructions. 1 am your obedi ent. servant. P. T. HILDEHRAND, Solicitor. Governor Heywsrd Is out of the city and no action will he taken on this report until his return, even if it is then necessary. The solicitor and magistrate have ample power to pro ceed. N?w Corporation?. The "ummerton Hardware company haa received a chartcr from th? a^cre tary of State. The capital la $5,000 and the ofnmrs aro J. C. Chantran, proal dent; C. V. Davla. vlo*'pr?sident, and J. A. Jamm, secretary and trojviurar. A new banking cowcrn la the Jeffer non Bank of Ch?>*to.rfleld county which haa a capita! ?f $13,000. The corpora lora aro W.* Sr Bta^enev. of Charlotte, V. M. WelKh flnd W V Miller. of Jel SOUTH CAROLINA CROP 8UI.LETII* Conditions Have Been Highly Favor able to Growth the Past Week. Tin. Weather Hureau of the United States I )? pa i< inent ? if A Kiifii 1 1 ?? r?* Is siu's tin* following Bulletin for tho nn < ? |v ending Monday, July 25, 1904: Tho week ending # h. ni., July 2ft th, had a moan torn per at lire of HO degrees, which is nearly two below normal, due to excessive heat during <b? llrst hulf and abnormally low (empefaturefl dur ing the last half. Tho oxtromos were a minimum of 5'? at Greenville on tin' 21th and u maximum of 104 at Black Ville and other places on the 21st. There were numerous damaging high finds^ and hailistorms accompanying thunder stormn, hut tho resulting in jury to ci'hpH was confined to small areas. Tho riuuxhinc was deficient, and tho relative fiunildity helow nor mal. causing corn and cotton to wilt, during the first half tirifl was above normal during the latter half. Numerous and well distributed show ers occurred fn all parts of the State, reducing the extent of the ((roughly areas materially, but t here are still it number of widely scattered sections where crops are suffering for tho want of moisture and where the need of rain Is urgent. The week's rainfall ranged from "trace" to 8.14 Inches, tho latter in eastern Chesterfield county where lands were badly washed and low lands flooded destroying the tone crops on them; low lands also Hooded In parts of Spartanburg county. Wells and si ( earns continue very low In the central Savannah valley coun ties. hut generally stock Water Is more plentiful. Thero is need of more fresh water for flooding rice Welds, as the lower reaches of the rivers are very low. As a rule all crops have been laid by although excessive rains in a few lo calities delayed the work, and in some sections cotton is still smnll enough to be cultivated. Generally fields are clean but there is an Increasing num ber of exception* especially lu tho northeantefn counties where the fields are grassy, The high temperature #oarly In the week caused eovrt to wllt'and fire, but the fall in temperature and the accom panying rains checked the damage be fore It had become serious. Old corn was too nearly ripe to be much bene fitted by the improved weather condj.?. tions. and In the driest sections is near ly a failure; young corn Is generally promising. Cotton continues to make satisfac tory growth *tnd Is fruiting well. The middle crop gives indications of being a heavy one. There are numerous re ports of cotton shedding loaves and squares, hut as yet' the Injury Is not" serious. The crop as a whole continue* ? very promising, with less complaint of Insects and disease than last week. Sea Island cotton is small, of good color and blooming profusely. Tobacco curing made only fair pro gress owing to the numerous showers that hindered tho work. Early rice is bending well; late needs more fresh water for flooding than is available. Melons are plentiful; peachoa falfly plentiful, with shipments of both still lieavv ; apples are generally scarce; pear trees are bearing well. There is a general improvement in pastures, gardens, peas, sweet potatoes and oth er minor crops. Ground Is being pre pared for frtll truck, In the coast dis tricts. Tramp Shot Near Trenton. Trenton. Special. ? Sunday afternoon about 7> o'clock a supposed tramp was shot by Mr. M. TV. Hudgens, who lives about six miles south of here near Kureka. Some time during the after noon. possibly about 4 o'clock, a man came to Hudgens' house where there was no one except his wife and little children. He asked Mrs. Hudgens where the old man was and ?he replied that lie was in tho orchard getting i some peaches. The man went to tho orchard and. not finding Hudgens there, came hack and. it is said, called. Mrs. Hudgens a liar, and demanded something to eat. Mrs. Hudgens fled with her children to ? a neighbor's house about half a mile distant and asked him to go for her husband who was at Kureka. On the way home Hudgens borrowed a gun from a neigh bor.' When he reached the house the man was still there. Hudgens asked what he was doing and he hogan to get back in the house at the same time, it is claimed, putting his hand behind him as If to draw a pistol. Hudgens fired, the load taking effect in the stranger's right leg. As ho turned Hudgens fired again striking him in the small part of the back. He staggered back further in the bouse and fell. News and Notes, Mr. Henry Waltors tells how tho Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical Company paid per rent. Interest on $4,500,000 loan. A (I ok canned a riot In Chicago, In which five officers were seriously hurt. President Roosevelt has completed liis speech accepting tho Republican nomination for President. Irish Day was celebrated at the World's Fair. The armored cruiser South Dakota *vns launched at San FranclBco. The Cook County (111.) Superior Court enjoined striking metal workers It cm even talking to men who have*) taken their places. ' Aitor killing bis wife, Frank Plerof. 3f Canton. 111., barrtbaded his bouse ind kept the police at bay. <"* V Because of litigation the anittif meeting of the Northern PaeWc stock holders was postponed indefinitely. Joseph W,?FY>Jk was nominated for Covernor of Missouri by tho Demo crats. The case of United States -Senator Joseph R, Burton, ace need of accepting i feo for service before the Poetofftce I Apartment, w?l! be revlewolLJiy the United States Supreme Court, SEIZURES TO CEASE Russian Authorities Deplore Actions Violating international Law WILL RELEASE THE LATESt WINZES V# * Apparent Delay in Delivery of Or^drc to the Volunteer Cruuieera Explains,, th? Capture of the Scandii ?and the ' Ai'dOV, Ht. Petersburg, By Cable, ? The Abso riated PieM ^is able to announce that Itusnia has infornia\Jv notified Great Britain that orders have been issued to (ho Russian cruiaera ill the Red Sea not to arrest any more merchantmen, and , It baa been agreed between the two powers, that If, pending the receipt of these orders by the captains of the St. Petersburg and the Smolensk, any other ahlpa should bo stopped and held ?s prizes, (fume nets shall be regarded not having taken place and the ships concerned at once released. Although It was authoritatively stated yesterday that the Malacca had already reached Hi. da Day, it now transpires that when (bo Malacca sailed from Port Said she was bound for Algiers. Unions orders are dellvorod to her on the way, she will, upon arrival there, find an order to proceed immediately to Suda Bay, where, under the agreement reached between Britain and Russia, an exam ination of her cargo will be made by tl:o Russian and British consuls. Russian Conference, Ht. Petersburg, ... By Cable.? Qrand Duke Alexis presided at Sunday'^ coun cil, which Oount I<amsdorff, the For eign Secretary, and Vice Admiral Avel-^ , Ian, chief of tho admiralty department, and other high naval officers attended. The result of the conference removes all doubts concerning tho present atti tude of Russia with regard to the vol unteer /leet. The validity of the view expressed In the British note regarding the Irregularity of tho position of the vessels was so far admitted that the council agreed to waive the right of search. After a Jong discussion, In which Count LamsdorfT took a leading pnrt. 'it was docidod that the present Btatus of the volunteer fleet was not sufficiently well-defined according to In ternational law, to render further searches and seizures advisable, and that, therefore, Russia, in the interest of friendly relations with the powers, should withdraw the authority given the volunteer fleet in this respect. Or ders were sent to the volunteer fleet steamers St. Petersburg and Smolensk to refrain from Interference with for eign shipping. i " Roosevelt Notification. Oyster Bay, R. I., Special ? Arrange-' monts have been made for tho notifi cation of Theodore Roosevelt of his nomination for the Presidency by the Republican party. Tho ceremony will take pla^o on Wednesday, the , 27th lust., at 12:30 p. m. Following custom, tho notification will be .at Mir,,. .... Roosevelt's homo, Sagamore Hill, 'fhe members of tho7 notification committee appointed by tho Chicago convention havo been requested to assemble at tho Waldrof-Astora Hotel, In Now York, on Tuesday evening, to mako preliminary arrangement* for the ear omony of the day following. Speaker Josoph G. Cannon, chairman of the committee, will arrive in New York tomorrow. Tho committee will leave Long Island City on a special train for Oystor Bay at 10:30 Wednesday morning, arriving at 11 o'clock. On account of the Isolation of Presi dent Floosevelt's home, only about 125 porsons will bo In the party, In cluding tho membors of the notifica tion committee and nelatlves and friends of President Roosevelt, who resldo in tho vicinity of Sagamore Hill. Tho ceremony of notification will bo as simplo and unostentatious as possible. The wide veranda almost surrounding tho President's house, ?will bo draped with American flags. If tho woatlier Is fair, the committee will assemble op tho lawn, and if not, on tho veranda!. Luncheon will then' follow. " k The Parker Notification. Esopus, N. Y., Special. ? Judge Par ker has tlxed August 10 as the date for the ceremonlos notifying him of his nomination by the Democratic nation al convention as a candidate for ths Presidency. Judge Parker reached hi* decision concerning the date In a long consultation with Willlam_F. Sheehan Saturday, and a telegram was at once ? sent Champ Clark, of Missouri, chair man of the committee %amed by the Democratic convention to notify tht nominee for President. Champ Clark is expected to call a meeting of hie t committee, probably to be held In New York, and he may also come to Rose mount to talk over arrangements with Judge Parker, although no plan for such a conference has yet been made. _ _ 125 Ready for Work. Cleveland, Special.? One hundred and twenty- Ave men who have said they were willing' io take the placea of gtrik ers at the Chicago packing houees are awaiting the word which will Mnd them to the scene of the Igreat strike. Manager J^-F. Sjttelds says he has ap> plications from experienced butchers | who want to go, now that the packers have declared their intention of keep* Ingyilt non-union men employed. _ ingjii Homicide In ftarher Shop. New York, Special.? A quarrel In the barker shop of JVincenlao Seitto, im Third avenue Saturday, ended In tomer, a well-dreesed. unknown aaaft, being shot dead and Saitttf, with a let wound In hla shoulder, being lor murder.. The shouting panic to theVuop, which waa customers, and the Mile* res called out to tfe* ?*?** ^ quickly gathered. ^ ^ *