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Generally Believed That Russian Commander Must Surrender to Japanese ST. PfcTTPSBI RG kLI NLY ANXIOUS Conflict cf Views as to Wh?thfcr the Decisive Battle is Now Being Fought, Some Critics Holding That The Main Russian Army is Al ready Out of Reach ? Shrewd Critics Say, However, That Kuropatkin Must Stand and Fight ? Surprise at Immense Strength of Japanese, Who Are Gelievcd to Number 300. coo. St. P<t< r?l>ui*K, Ry Cable.? At lasr ?ho decisive batt'.c ?f {be campaign seems to bo in progress. Having com 1?lt'te?] his enveloping movement of tbo Russian position, General Kuroki has ?t'.ered simultaneously an advance from all points against Haicher.g and Laio Yang. Kij;l? t i n j:; raging on both fronts anil .mill continues. The latest i eports contain nothing yet confirma- ! lory of tin; rumors that General Knro- , l>?tkin ha?, been defeated. According i< Kuropafkin's oflicial dispatches to the Lmprror, the baMle began for the! possession t)i t>1(. j in a 11 1 position ?u Simone'iung, which is locate! at the Juncture of tin- |?Vng Weng Yeng and Sin Yen roads. Twn separate arin were launched from above the mads, while the third, under General "lin moved up cast of the railroad from Talchtkiao. to try to cut off the Hessian force there from Heicheng. It the latter move is successful, this tone will be crushed. A portion of General Kurokl's army at the same t'me advanced against General Counr Kerr's position at ikhavnen, east of ?.iao Yang, Irving iiu> favorite Japan cue plan of c:;'. Hanking him on the right. Sfili further north, on the Sa initza I.iao Yang road, tiie Japanese moved forward against I loutsait/.e, 25 miles from Liao Yang. At all points the Japanese employe;) artillery to the best advantage. General Kuropatkin's situation will be desperate in the event of his de feat. The keenest, anxiety is felt at ?ho War Office for news of the pro gress of the battle. The general staff seems utterly dumbfounded at nura- I ber of men the Japanese possess, and | consequently Kuropatkln's statement that they arc; landing another heavy force at the' "'port of New Chwang adds lo the solicitude. i ANXIETY AT ST. PETERSBURG. Rcccgnizcd There That Kuropat kin's Situation Will be Desperate in j the Event of His Defeat ? Force at Simcuchcng May be Crushed. St. Petersburg, By Cable. ? The greatest anxiety prevails here for news or the general advance against l lie Southern and Eastern portions o<" General Kuropatkln's army. The pub lie believes (hut the decisive battle of the campaign is being fought, but this Ins net yet been established. Indeed, lite Associated Press hears from the keenest military attaches in St. Petersburg that for several days, t he main body of the Russian army has been moving northwards towards Mukden and that if tins present line to the southeast is forced the Japan- { ose will find they have crushed only Admiral Converse Succccds Admiral T ay lor. Washington. Special ? Secretary Mor ton announced the appointment of Hear. Admiral George A.- Converse as chief '?of the Bureau of Navigation. Navy Department, to succeed the late H, ar Admiral II. (.. Taylor, who died at. Copper Cliffs. Ootario, a few days afca. To Buy Florida Road. TnllahasfiO. Kin.. Special. ? The At lantic Coast Lino was granted permls . sion by the Florida railroad rom mis sion to purchase and operate tho Jack, j sonville Southwestern Railway, now | operated from Jacksonville to Newburv i in this State. Tlio purchase prior has not born made public, but It is official ly stated that tho road will be extended into western Florida, possibly to this city. The Jarksonvllle Southwestern recently built shops at Jacksonville, and these will be enlarged. The pur chase carries with it valuable rh er , terminal property at JackeonvMlo. Holdup in Central Park. New York, Special. ? Joseph tJrcss and J. C. Hurley were held up in the Ninety-seventh street traverso road, in Central Park. Sunday night, by five masked men. Tho two men wcro cross log the park when they wero atop - ped and revolvers leveled at them. The robbers removed a diamond ring from. Gross* finfter and took Ma g.?w wrtch and chain and $50 from hla pjirse. Th* chain was worth $60 and the waUJh about $200. The value of rlBf is placed at fl2& W3*t feUlNi'i mm the shell. Should this prove t<> bo so. General Kuropatkin will doubtless be obliged to destroy tho immense quantity of slopes accumulated at Liao Vang. Shrewd military critics, however, do not believe that General Kuropat kin can escape a general engagement. His army forms a wedge, \Vlth General Oku hammering away {it the point and Gone fa 1 8 Nod/.u and Kuroki op eiating with driving movements with to eat force against the sides. If one of I ho latter should break through, the Southern force would be doomed. '1 ho general staff seems amazed at lh?> general strength of these co-oper ating Japanese armies. The Japan esc evidently have succeeded in con cealing tin; real number of their men and guns, which the general staff now believes must bo in excess of 300, 000 men, with between 300 and 100 guns. While CSeneral Oku is holding the Russian army at Jlaicheng in check, (lojteraJ Nod/.u is evidently trying to work around the vital position at Sioucheng. At the same time Gener al Kuroki is trying to (lank I he First Siberian army corps, which was com manded by the late Lieutenant Gener al Count Keller, at Vanv.alin, on the main Feng Wang Cheng rotul, and is also pushing a strong column through direct toward Lino Vang, on the Suimatzsc road. There in a road leading nort h from Simouchcng which strikes lh?j Feng Wang Cheng-Liao Vang road west <>f Yanzalin. If Sim ouchcng should be forced a rapid ad vance along this road would pocket the first Siberian army corps. Tho report received from Tokio late Mon day night, that Simouchcng had ac tually been forced, did not become generally known. The general staff remained in session until almost 7 o'clock a. in., and it was stated ihaj nothing beyond the day's official dfs' patches had been received. It is thus impossible to confirm or deny the Tokio report. RUSSIAN PLIGHT SERIOUS. Their Position Apt to Prove Unten ble ? Brilliant Conduct of the Jap anese. London, By Cable. ? The correspon dent of The London Times, with Gen eral Kuroki in the field in a dispatch dated July 31, says: "This army began a general attack at daylight which lasted until sunset. The Japanese centre took the town, capturing the enemy's northeastern po sitions. "The left advanced and occupied a position jeopardizing the Russian right. The Japanese right carried tho position against superior numbers. "There was tremendous artillery fir ing throughout the day, and the in fantry finished with a brilliant inarch under the enemy's shrapnel. 1 believe the Russian position will )>o untenable.' Kuropatkin In Rapid Retreat. St. Petersburg, Hy Cable. ? A report fvom an apparently reliable source late Monday night was to the effect that General Kuropatkln's main force had been rapidly moving north for several days. According to this report, no troops proceeding to the front from Russia had gone past Harbin in the past three days. They will be detained there and every available piece of roll ing stock will be rushed south empty fo: the removing of troops at Liai Vang and other points to the north ward. leaving a skeleton force to con test the Japanese advance on vital po sitions. No Report on Des Moines. Newport News, Ya.. Special. ? The United States cruiser Des Moines, which went to sea several days ogo on her final acceptance trial, returned to Hampton Roads. Thji report of the board of naval officers will not be Known until announced l?v ihe Depart ment at Washington. By Wire and Cable. President Roosevelt was formally no tified at Oyster Hay. N. V.. of his nomi nation by the Chicago convention. An Inheritance tax of *?22.222.84 was pit i <1 to the State of NewYork by Ha1 !>? Payne Whitney as executor of the estate of William Whitney, the value of the estate in Now York being $21, 243,101.10. The decree of foreclosure of the $10,000,000 mortgage against the United [States Shipbuilding Company in favor fif several New York trust companies j was signed in the United StBtes Circuit Court by Judge i'latt in Connecticut/ A statement was made that the Arch i bishop of Canterbury would arrive in I America afcout August 27 or ?8. Fire in the Chic afro stockyards dam j a?ed Swift's lard factory, and the I Uamsters joined the strike. Several small stores were burned in 1 Atlantic City early li\> the morning ! causing great excitement. John J. Ryan, the turfman, aeeuscd <A grand larceny in connection with al leged gct-rlch-qulek schemes^tflx Sf. I, on Is, consented to go to Missouri} for trial. r 1 W. M. I^anghorae, of Virginia, ha * been appointed consul at Ghunkgtng, NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Paragraph* ot Minor Importanca Gathered From Many Sources. Throuyh the South. Capt. Joseph T. Allyn, of Norfolk, la dead. IU<). F. M. Simmons was unanimous ly ylecated Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee for North Caro lina. Dr. C, W. Kent, of tho University of Virginia, refuses to allow hi* name to be presented for president of the Uni versity of Tennessee. Supply lions for $12,000 have boon filed at Petersburg against tho Virginia Passenger and Power Company. Hobort Smith, an lniuato of tiio Sol diers' Homo at Hampton, shot and kill ed Edward Taylor, a nogro. Five lake submarine torpedo boats aro being built in sections at Newport News. (!, C. Johnson, of Portsmouth, waa taken to the penitentiary to servo two years for forging his wife's will. Maj. W. li. Hreepe, who seven years ago wrecked tho First National Hank of Ashovillo, North Carolina, was tried at Charlotte and soutoncod to seven years in the Atlanta penitentiary. The trial lasted seventeen days. The battleship Louisiana, now build ing at Newport News, will be launched August 27. Wshington Happenings. The State Department is advised that a revolutionary movement against the Morales government in Santo Domingo is threatened. It is believed that President Roose i ? velt contemplates vigorous measures against Turkey t?> improve the position of American citizens living in tho Turkish empire. The United States , Treasury work ing balance on Saturday fell to $~G, 523, 7C8. John E. Wilkie, chief of t lie Secret Service, estimates that the banks of tho country the last fiscal year handled a little 1110:0 than $21,000 counterfeit money. In the North. August i:{ will ha Manila day at the St. Louis Exposition. In the Iowa Demociate convention the Parker and Hearst men united in naming tho ticket. The Republican State convention at Des Moir.es adopted a "stand-pat" plat form 011 the tariff. John J. Ryan, a well known horse owner, was arrested in Now York Tues day 011 a charge of larceny in connec tion with an alleged get-rich-quick scheme. Mayor' (,'arter H. Harrison, of Chi cago. sent to Judge Parker, through a committee which visited him at Esopus. N. V.. premises of Democratic harmony in Illinois. Do L?ncey Nicoll was quoted as say ing that Now York was as certain for Parker as Georgia. A strike involving 25,000 textilo ope ratives has been ordered at Fall River, Mass., today, caused by a cut in wages. Cardinal Gibbons preached at South ampton, L. I., where he is spending some days. Tho strike situation at Chicago re mains unchnnged. The packing houses , are completely tied up and no com promise is in sight. Foreign Affairs. Late information from Angus Call cute, Mexico, shows that two Ameri cans wero killed there by officials who were sent to arrest them. The Russians are reported to ha?*e been defeated in a battle near Ta Tche Kiao, Manchuria, and the fall of Niucli wang is expected. Wilson Barrett, the noted actor, died in London. The German steamer Scandia was re leased by Russia, which ordered the volunteer fleet to refrain from inter ference with foreign shipping. Colonel Younghushand notilled Tibe tan delegates that he could make peace only at Lhasa. The American naval squadron which has been at Trieste, Austria, left for Flume. Cardinal Vannutelll was present at the reopening of Armagh Cathedral. Ireland, as the legato of Pope Pius. Rev. .1. J. Wynne stated his belief that the rupture between France anu the Vatican would become complete. Miscellaneous Doings. Winchester is preparing to annex the Ncffstown suburb. Politicians of both parties are per plexed by the element of uncertainty which entor into the Presidential cam paign. 4% It is 63ld that if Cuba desireH to re move thr wreck of the Maine from Havana harbor perir???ion will he grantrd by the United States Gov ernment, near Admiral H. C. Taylor, of the I'nited States navy, who command*"', the Indiana at tho battle of Santiago, died nt Pudbnry, Out., Tuesday night oC peritonitis. Mrs. Katherlne Reynolds nwd Sens tor Davla emphatically den* the repor; that they are to marry. Th?* Sennior. has been receiving telegrams of con gratulation ao4 la very indignant. j SOU III MOVING UP 4 Striking Showing of Vigorous Indus trial Development | HEAVY INVEST MfcNTS ARC CITfD | A Heavy Investment of New Capital the Past Week Shown In the He ^ ports Received by The Dixie Daily Industrial News. 4. Atlanta. Special.? The Southern States show a gratifying increase In corporate development, as evidenced by the large mnnher of new*Wgftn|za t Ions' reported to The Dixie Dally In dustrial News for the past week. in jfll I he States shown, the Investment I of new capita! has been very heavy. Mississippi, Alabama a^d Texas, in the number of new industries and cor j porate capital invested, seem to have I made (he greatest progress. Alabama ? Anntstoh: i<:i*ctr|e aI1(| Ran company ; $100,000 electrical sup J Pl.v company. Uirmiiigham : $150,000 lire bri.-k and roofing company; $100. j 000 mlnlhg company; $25,000 pump company; new development and man uf.t: luring company; *50.000 coal com bat. 7. North IJi rm Ingham: $50,000 Ore j brick and (ile roofing company. Mont gomery; $11,000 lumber company; $20 000 fertilizer company. Mobile; $ in. 000 printing company. Tuscaloosa: New foundry and machine works. Florida Jacksonville; $!">.0'K) tur uentine company; $100,000' grocery company. Miami: Now starch factory. ? ?. Augustine: New bank. Georgia --Abbeville; $25,000 bank iJainesvilic; New coal and lumber company. Columbus: New guano plant. Macon: ICIectrical power com pany. Sharon: $20,000 bank. Htlll more: $25,000 bank. Louisiana ? Independence; $15,000 box and veneering manufacturing com pany. Lake Charles: $1,000 000 oil company. YVhiterastle: N>w aiming company. Kentucky? Louisville; $3,000 laun dry. Madisonvillo; New coal com pany. Mississippi? Aberdeen: $50,000 hard ware company; $1,000 ginning and mill ing company. Dond: $1,000,000 lumber company. Damascus Church: Saw null. Durant: $30,000 lumber and bent wood company. Greenville: $50,000 hardware company. Isola: $100,000 CO rVinnS n ' 1 Koed ro,a !>ai;y. Itta He 11 a: A**n 1 a,1f' trust company; $10, 000 lumber company. Jackson: $30, 000 lumber company; $25,000 fertilizer factory. Liberty; $10,000 brick manu acturing company. Port Gibson: $15 000 canning company. Prentiss: $25. 000 lumber and timber company. Maryland ? Hagerstown: New shirt! factory. North Carolina- Ai.eville: Shoo factory; $150,000 cotton mill. Fayette vllle: $50,000 hospital. George: $20 !!ni!ir!lllure company. Greensboro: Jf>,000 tobacco manufacturing com pany. Lumberton: $50,000 bank. Mount Oilead: $10,000 bank. Oklahoma? Hillings: New lumber company. ICnid : $150,000 coal, oil and as company. Faxon: New lumber company. Guthrie: $10,000 electric. f?K,'ion. '3""""n: *5'000 farmcrs' South Carolina? Charleston: $30,000 bank- s-'nonaily' , Cohnnbi,: $lfv000 >ank $.?.000 hardware company. Pied mont: $2,000 ginnery company. Pros ooo bank 00 ?" niM1' Sene<a: *5?." iin'n w" " *ijSr >r n ? rs v 11 1 e : $1 2.000 '??nk Huntington: $50,000 telephone vi fgra,)l! company. Knoxville: vilio. ? {?U1U lun,1)0r company. Nash Rubber stamp factory supply company; $0,000 brass manufacturing company ; $33,000 shoe factory Texas- Arlington: $10,000 light and ,'r company. May City: $10,000 ion wmks. Itatson Prnirie: $10 000 <11 company. lleaumont: $10,000 oil company. Drown wood: $50,000 mill ami grain company. Cheapslde; $5 000 IHcphone company. Forney: $15. t-nnn .K <0,nl)anv- I^wisville; ?^.uof) lumber company. McGregor ^-o'rnm l,)1r,m0nf rr,mpan>'- Kan Angelo: <*?'0,000 cotton seed oil mill. Telegraphic I'rlefs. Amomnn railroad accidents i ti tho ( :rst fjunrter of 1004 resulted in tho kill ing of 919 persona. while 12,414 persons were injured. Tim arid-land ro-lamatinn fund in the 1'nited States Treasury has boon increased to $25,000,0(1(1. (las made from cocoanut oil is used for illumiWKl ing purposes ill tho Philip pines. i no .fa panose state that their loss was S00 men in the battle of Ta Teho Kino. I r.mat Rritahi protested to Russia .'?gainst the sinking of the merchant steamer Knight Commander. Knglish Liberals gained a Pariiamen l tary seat in West Shropshire in a r?n I t? st over the lariif. Hishop Nordez. of Dijon, France. ' whose summons to Itomp T?as one of j the incident that led to the rputure of . il lations between France and the Vat! ? can. left for that city. The Colombian Congress at Rogota j annulled all trestles with the United I States, severed all relations and pro i tested against ,.:e latter's interven t'on in Panama. j 't he French Government ordered two ' warsltfps^to Tangier "to impress the ' ?> ^ - natives." Out of tho class of '98. at the Msssiv I elfusotts -Institute of Tochrtftlogy, j vhlch had ISfi members, two are dra*v ! inf. salaries of $lrt.(V)0 a year; seven : Ixtweon $7,000 ami $$.000; eight h>? ; tneen $4,000 and $2,500; four are get ting $2,500. More than half the men teCtiVO fcotTP6<h $2,000 and $1,000. vhH??only three fere getting fess thfcn |*W. ' sot r II CAROLINA CROPS Good Rain* Have fallen In Moat 8ec tions of the State. Tho Weather Bureau of tho Nation al Depart inent of Agriculture issues tlu* following weather and nop bulle tin for week ending August I, liiot The week 2 i>k # "? ni., An#. I had tt moan temperature of 77 ?1?'k whicj^ is marly I below normal, duo 1 to continuous low day and night u>in peratures. Tin* e\t i emeu were a mini mum of r>4 a l (ireensvillt? on the uiiih and a maximum of yj ai lllaekville on tin- 3U(h. 'J here was* a harmful defi ciency in bright sunshine, while thO i relative huinidiiy wan above normal throughout the week. Hall occurred in many platen, but did little damage. High winds hh-w down corn in a few localities. The rains were of frequent occur rence during the week, and in many places were heavy enough to wash lauds and overflow bottom lands. The continuous rains for (lie lust two weeks In the north central and not ill eastern counties have been detrimental to crops, especial!} to cotton, and to corn on bottom lands.- in the Bitvan nah valley and western counties gen erally, tin rains weie beiieiicial to all ? reps, and they were all of great heuo fit in the rice districts. There are now lev. dry anas, and they very small, and confined principally to the extreme northwestern counties, whore addition al rains have fallen since correspon dents reports wore mailed. Tin- work of laying by crops made slow progiess owing to the frequent rains that kept the ground too wet to cultivate. However, all but a small portion of the tie hi a crops have been laid by in go id condition, except in the northeastern coutiiics where many fields are grassy. The condition of corn improved gen erally t tumuli 111111*11 ol the early up land corn was t o nearly ripe, or tot) j nearly ruined to be hen?*Httou by the recent rains. Young c >rn and bottom land corn are particularly promising. Koine early <? Mil is made, and fodder : pulling lias begun. While tli" general tenor of the re 1 ports, especially from the western half of the State, indicates a steady lin j prnvoment in the condition of cotton .which is growing rapidly and fruiting heavily, there is tin increased number of reports of shedding, rust and of the plants turning yellow, caused by exces sive moist. :ro and lark of sunshine. Too large a growth cf weed is also a source of complaint. Bea-lsland cotton continues to t'. rive, and is blooming I freely. J Tobacco curing Is more than half I finished, and the results nro very satis j factory. Early rice continues to head well, and some is ripening; there Is ! more water available for Hooding ox ' cept in the lower reaches of the rivers I which continue very low. Melons are {abundant, and shipments continue j heavy. I^ate peaches are ripen teg with , variable yields though general! V poor. Minor ctropB, pastures and gWleut? made marked Improvement. Hgyjilg Is under way along the coast, nut the weather was generally unfavorable. : Turnips being sown, and fall truck and j gardens planted.? J. \V. Bauer. Section | Director. Weekly Cotton Letter. The following cotton region bulletin is 'sent out by \V. I*\ Klompp & Co.: I "The. crop continues to make good progress and reports from nearly all | sections of the belt are satisfactory i ample rains having faiien ami relieved jthe droughty conditions prevailing [In districts of Texas and Louisiana during last week. "Thero are some complaints of shedding in Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas; however. In the latter State the boll weevil is doing so , far very little, injury to the crop, and it still remains to be seen it' they will do any extensive damage. " IMcking lias begun in many por tions of the belt, and becoming gener al in Soli tli Te< is. and considerable iu*w cotton will come forward during August, provided weather conditions are favorable. "On the whole the piospe:-ts at pres ent are for a very large yield, but the crop has to pass through the most critical period of deterioration during the ne.\t thirty days, and conditions must, be carefully watched through that lime. nr. the course of prices greatly depends on^ the progress of the crop during August." Decoration f<^r German Consul. Mobil'1. Ala.. Sj:e sal. ? 12. liolbborn. German consul lure received a com munication fi'om IV'.ron Von Stern bin 'a, German ambassador At Washington, 'Informing him that the German Km pt;or had conferied upon him the Or der of the Uoval Crown, aud upon Mi jot 10. O. Zedek. president of the Mo bile Oer ing Vr re!n Krohsinn. the medal cf m^rit. The decoration and the medal ore in recognition r? fie hospitality extended to the oflberp and crew of the German cruiser l-'alke. Hehenke, commander. on t occasion of her visit to thla po;t 3::rr.e tlir.c ticc. To Notify Mr. Oev!s. New York. ? Secret cry Wcnrt k4>u, of the Dcrnorraiio national cnni r.iiitcc, trni telegrams to Chairman John Shorp Williams and other me n ' r rj? of t>e enmmlttcc to notify Hen iv CK llavla, of his nomination ns VI -e Virwlrlont. to ir.eet at White Srlphsir ii|>rinpR. \V. Vn., August 17. The e?' ranwffionH for wt'iV.Mon are In ? hnrgo of Joc'.i T M"0;au, uiwater < t the national (onnnltlec of the state. DFSTRUCTIVf: HIE IN COLUMBIA fi 1 1 0 H A Allen Sustain u Very Heavy Loss. Columbia, Special. Sligh A Allen's i.t partmeut store irl the Habenlcht block was entirely destroyed b f flfo Saturday 11 Ik lit . The destruction of the Mock wan complete, and the loss will fall very heavily upon the firm, for the insurance was but 126,000 and tho lilock was valued at $[>0,000. The build ing was tl>?* property of Mrs. C. C. Habenlcht and was valued at $14,000. ' The loss is covered by Insurance. The lire w?a of origin unknown. The alarm was turned In at 12:50 a. m., and v.l, en the hlazo wai first seen it had \?lthin its grnsp the entire coutenta of (lie sturV1 ,Mt. Wiirferi Allen of the firm <-f Sligh & Alleh stated that from fltll the information ho could ? ther the II ro was in the midst of the upper Story when first seen. He has no Idea how It started, for the insurance agents had said that the store was as free frflttl litter as any establishment could well tc. The Are department made a quick r< npor.se and did effective service in p'OtectltlR adjoining property, although theve was tiefor any hope for the build ing in which the lire Originated. Tho light dress goods materials In the store afforded excellent opportunity for the (lames, and the whole store was ablaze when the rilahn was nellt 111. This is the most costly fire since the (destruction of the Mimnaugh corner l ist summer. Tho Habenlcht building was erected in 1900 and was one of tho most presentable business houses In the city, having a very handsome exte rior and nil Interior arranged on mod ( rn lines. Its high lire walls protected the adjoining buildings and kept hack the tlatnes which but for this Interfer ence would have Added other stores to the list of sufferers from tho Are, Tnpp's did not seem to be In any real danger, although the adjoining build ing was a seeming mass of flames. On the other side of tho burned building was a block of stores bellnglng to Mr. .1. (J, Seegers and occupied by Cohen's rhoe store, a fruit store and tho armory of the (iovornors Guards. A11 of this property was endangered but was saved by the fire department with the assist ance of the (Ire walls. Mr. Kllgh, senior member of tho (Inn of Rllgh A Allen, stated that they are now $10,000 poorer than when they sarted. In business under very favor able circumstances a few months ago. He could not speak of the plans of the firm, for the loss will be so heavy that It may he some time before they will decide what to do. The Famous Bond Case. A special from Ashevlllo, N. C., gives an account of tho ruling of Jus tice Prilchard In the now fajnous township bond cases: . In thd' pro ceeding ex parte S. Ellen Folsom et ni., Iiu w Georgo Folsom, plain tiff, /gainsbsthe Township of Ninety SixVpraylng a mandamus to compel the auditor of Greenwood cbunty to -tuisess and tho treasurer to collect taxes to pay Judgment and costs on railway bonds, United States Circuit Judge Jeter C. Prltchard has Issued an order granting the petition. This is known as the township bond case and certain townships in Greenville, Laur ens and Haludo. counties aro also in volved. A hearing In the ease was had here a few weeks before Judgo Prlt chard. The bonds In question were issued for tho construction of the Greenvlllo and I'ort Royal railway. It was par tially graded, but never built and tho bonds passed into tho hands of third parties. Judge Prltchard's decision reviews in detail the history of tho legislation and litigation including the passage of ii constitutional amendment abolish ing tho corporate capacity of town ships. This method was adopted to save these townships from being for ced to pay for a railroad never built, hut so far the expedient has failed. Terra Cotta Works Burned. Philadelphia, Special ? Tho group of four buildings of tho Ornamental Ter ra Cotta Works, owned by Conkling, Armstrong & Co., at Wisshickon ave nue and Hrlstol stroet, this city, was totally destroyed by flre Sunday night. The loss is estimated at $160,000, fully covered by insurance. Tho concern employed 200 men and had orders on hand to the amount of $500,000. Shocked by Lightning. Darlington. Special. ? Friday after noon during the thunderstorm Mr. W. B. Dargan. Jr., and several of his hands had a frightful experience on his fa ther's plantation in the MechanlcBvllle section. Mr. T)argan with about 30 hands had assembled beneath the pro tecting branches of a tree and were en gaged in stringing tobacco, when sud denly a bolt descended striking the tree and causing consternation and a stampede among the party. Some four or five of the darkey* were knocked down and Mr. Dargan waa also stun ned but no damage waa done and none of the party waa badly hurt. Secretaries of State to Meet. Nashville, Tenn.. Special.? Through the efforts of Secretary of State John M. Morton, an arrangement haa been made whereby Secretaries of '8tV*a and Territories will meet In St. Nmiia September 28. The object Is to dl?eus3 ways and means tor securing a uni form law In corporation characters and kindred mattera. The burden of. C$r poratlgjg M the Department of Com n:cr<-?f?jKl !<SbOr Will MRd S JCprCKtM. tetlvfT^ PALMETTO MENTION Occurrences of Interest In Var|ou? Parte of the State. The Secretary o? State haa lasuod the following Charters: The now Charleston Hotel company received a commission. The capital la $30,000 and tho corporators are Samuel H. Wilson, P. H. Gadsden and William Austin. A new hanking concern 1h the Citi zens' hank of Seneca, which has a cap- s Hal of $50,000. The corporators tire W. 1'. Nlmmons, F. M. Cary, W. 8? Hun ter, W. O. Hamilton* ; t?. W. Glngllllat, J. H. Adams, B. L. lxiwery and M. H. Doyle. The Homewood Produce ooini?any of Conway received a charter. The offi cers aro Dennett Holt president, Chas. M. Lyon vice-president, O. l<red Stal vey secretary and Wtu. Lewis tieas urer. Tho capJUU in $2,500. Palmetto Points. Th? famous Ti/rth Encampment was hold at Hock Hill last week. A very large crowd attended and excellent speeches were made Mr. H. 11. Crum died at his resf (Unco ot Denmark Tuesday at 11 o'clock, lingering l?'?s than 12 hours after a stroke of apoplexy of tho even ing before. A Valuable aluminum ores have been discovered at North, in Orangeburg county, by Rev. II. B. Ralls. rl he an-v alysis is aald to show 00 per cent, of aluminum, and it is estimated that about 540 pounds of retlned metal can be mado from a ton of ore. Hainfall stations havo been estab lished at jPsl^er, Catawba and Enoree, reports from which will greatly aid the Stato weather bureau In its fore casts for tho weather and for tho - condition of the rivers and streams which drain that section of tho State. Work of clearing the site f?r the now passenger station at Spartanburg \ls progressing rapidly. The freight de pot and express office have been rc moved and tho rolling away of the --- passenger waiting rooms is now under way. Active operations will now be gin on tho new station as soon as the location is properly cleared. Saturday afternoon at Eureka, a sta tion twelve miles from Aiken, Mr. W. Hudgens, a prominent planter, shot and mortally wounded Bud Madison McLoud, a tramp, wlw> had gone to his home while he was away. The story of McLoud, told before lie dlod, differed from that of Hudgens. McLoud linger ed till Tuesday, when he died. Chas. Steele, a young man 23 years of age, shot hfiflflelf throngh-the head. - with a revolver at tho home of ni? brother, William Steelo, In Vaucluse, on Sunday afternoon. His brain was pierced with tho bullet and It was re ported Tuesday that ho was dying. Dis appointment in love is said by some to be the cause of his act, and by others ! it la thought that his brain wafc affect ! od by cigarette smoklql. Notice was riven the secretary of Stato Tuesday by the Catawba POWW Co of an increase In the capital stocit frotA *750,000 to $850,000. This com pany la building an enormous plant not far from Rack Hill that will sup ply the town of Charlotte and sur rounding territory with lights and power for various enterprises. Dr. Dr. W. Oill Wy'.ie is president, and tne directors are W. J. Roddy, W. H. Wyllo. W. S. Leo, and F. G. Whitner. .lTm Petty, an aged negro, was struck bv a shifting engine Tuseday near the Brawley street trestle at Spartanburg ?nd received injuries from the effects of which death resulted a few hours later There were no eye-witnesses to tho accident. The wheels of the loco mot lvo passed over tho man s loft leg and he was otherwise Injured. At the coroner's inquest the verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to tus death from Injuries as above stated. -? Union has applied for a charter for a city hospital. The Incorporators are Drs. Crown Torrence and M. W. Culp and Rev. L. M. Rice,, pastor of the First Baptist church. Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock R. V. Woodharn and Tom Neal, who live about seven miles from Tlmmofpi ville, got Into a dlsputs about a share crop, which resulted In Woodham shooting Neal with a breech-loading gun. Both are white. Friday during an electrics' storm on St. Helena Island, near Frogmore, Jeff crson 9malls and his sister, Flaxy, the former 19 years of age and the latter 14 years, wero killed by a lighting bolt that entered their cabin down the rhlmney and through th edraft of the chihfney and thorugh the draft of the same room was stunned but recovered. The eloctrlc storms that have accom panied these ralnys for the past four days have beeu <y)iusual)y severe. News by Wire and Cable. Charles F. Murphy, the Tamsoanf leader, had n private Interview with Judge Parker at Ksopus. the member* of the DemocrHtio "national ooummlttce afterward calling. Miss Mary Wilson was rescued from drowning at Virginia Beach. Germany Satisfied. Berlin, By C.ifblo.? The Foreign Office has Informed the Associated Preaa that Russia has agreed to fully Indemnify the German chipper* and their, eon- - Plgneea for aey leases sustained by thi eeliurea of German fhlpa and the tentlon of the Prlas Hein rich's bmA. An InAulry la now tn progress to dibH mlvi^hat clMm* ahaW I n [iiawuilafl Rusefn al*o e trees to renters and tor* ward th* eon enta of tb? two aeu^H mail packages, . ? ^