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/' ss VOLUME XV. CAMDKN, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVKMBKR i. 1901. NO. 13. ? in unfit 1 ii # . Hard Fighting and Heavy Losses Are Reported 1 From The Front ' lilt RUSSIANS DRIVEN FURTHER IN; Japanese Sacrifice Thousands In an Attempt to Swarm over the Fortifl. cations ? The Trenches on Rihlung Mountain, Protected by Mines, Ta ken After a Bloody Struggle ? Hand ? Grenades Used on Both Sides ? A Japanese Company Executed Man oeuvres Under Deadly Kire as If pl\ Parade. Ohofoo, Uy Cable. ? The general . as shuIi upon Port Arthur, which began Jo a met tin ina rv way on Oct. 24, de vejopcfl into a fiercely raging battle j Monday. Tho armies have been pre- J paring for this engagement for some ; time. rhousandtf of lives were sacrificed j in an attombpt to swarm over tho fortifications by mere force of num bers, regardless of loss. This assault, liko tho previous/one, was a climatic incident of wejxry weeks of trench j dlgglnK, gun mounting and small en- j gagejr.ents. On Oct. 2i, having mdae every po?- : siblo preparation, tho Japanese open- 1 ?.<l fire with their artillery along the i whole lino, incidentally continuing ' Mioir daily practice of dropping shells | into Hie harbor. Tho Russians re pllcil> the sounds, as of distant thun der, tilling the inhabitants of Port I JJft'ny that the long expected assault en Hi-; foriM.ss was imminent. The bombardment continued furiously until (he afternoon " of ' ~ October t.wenty-^lxtli. when llie Russian guns on Kt&e, Antse and Rihlung Mountains became briefly silent. At four o'clock thnt after noon a regiment of Japan ese swept oift from behind a recently raptured hill adjacent to Rihlung Mountain^ end ad\anced on the fcus sian Ifonehes lying between Rihlung Mountain and the railroad, occupying tbsm after hours of fighting. Tiiw Russians stuck to their posts UU the Japanese were within a few yards, both sides hurling hand grenades at each other. The Japanese infantry are now us ing mechanical devices which enable them to throw grenades with groat accuracy and rapidity. In tho meanwhile another body of Japanese assaulted the trenches 0:1 the slope of Rihlung Mountain. The Japanese tronrhrs extended to cer tain portions ot' the slope and stopped some distance above the extreme Jap anese outpost, where tho ascent, of )Rlhlun?r Mountain became almost per iauricular .The Russian trenches seamed the slope. To advance against them over an unbroken slope, which was mined, even without Russian resistance \YouUl have been a difficult task; but U10 slope had been torn up, great holes having been blown in it at vari ous places by the bombardment, arid the Japaneso avaiftnr . of theso Indentations, which offeied com bined foothold and protection against bullets. In tho meanwhile, tho fire of all their available artillery was directed against the Russian trenches, tho Russians eventually retiring, whereupon the Japaneso In 30 minutes constructed tronches sufficient to One Farmer KiUjftjfrnother. Windsor, Ga., Special. ? C. D. Bur nett, a prominent farmer, shot anil killed Young Daniel, also a farmer, Monday night. It seems that lturnott l:ad sold a farm to Daniel. Before a set tlement" had been made and titles pnssed, a dlspnto arose that resulted In a quarrel, and the shooting occurred. Both men are about 60 years old. . x Pier and Steamer Burn. Now York, Special. ? Fire which be- j gan shortly after midnight has de stroyed the pier at the foot cf Forty second street. In Brooklyn, and tho (Bteamer City of Palermo, of tn'e Prlnco line. Is burning, and it is bo- j lieved cannot be .saved. The pier, J which Is 700 feet long, Is occupied by ; the Bush Terminal and warehouse | Company, and Is stored with cotton j and general merchandise. The Are is now threatening the adjoining piers. Five or six lightora, loaded with cot ton, are ablase. A policeman and a fireman are reported as missing. It 1s estimated that the loss will reach half a million dollars. * By Wire and Cable.' A dispatch from a staff correspon- ; <-,ent of The 8un In New York states ' that Republican confidence in tho elec tion of Mr. Sco?cvelt Is based on the possession of Ha immense. r^muaign fond provided by frusta. . De I-ancdy Nicoll- declared he would ct?a the boott of the Democratic Na tional Commltteo and give coetrttm tore' nam re K Chairman CorUflyou would do the eame. J mgfcn WMolt ""i,",s<'lvcs: The Itusslans ex- ! claim J?,r- l',Ut' 1,10 Japanese i aim. W|lh01|l lesu|t 00m|m?v larou ,!T"S0 ""s?0>> >?' Al? ?Kl.t tm ' ' eenerui complimentary com- , cutln/n Tarkab,? coolnou. exc ? liurn various manouvrog for the omaT ?f "?CUr,n * fihe,t<^with an omatlc exactness, as if on' fafcde Pon ? tha retirement of their troops, i Moiinlnf8 ?PGned fll* fr?m * 1%?' ??: y,,at right ?*>?? * i . "? Kut the Jananeno hmi i? bombard met! ? 'h? know,0tlK? 'bat (ho formal/!.1 Wft8 co,*tlniiod, all in ' ,,g thtJ Period he 1 ackln ^ 27 a,V* October 2!) in tho Krtin " * Pr0B,,ll,a'oJy '*l ?? of much Hcnbed ?h. i/.actor ns that <ie- I uallv a"s?n,h H,,;V,OS? "P?ratlons grad- I rent al hi mow P'?Port ions of the 1 nJhiini ,a ack oi yesterday. The X'." f o, , 'ilru lo imvo b,!o" "'??i (he win i ^I'liing Mountain along whol? oast side of the town. Russians Repulse Attack. St. Petersburg, by cable.'? General SakJiaroff, |n n dispatch to the gene cral staff hivr- ?? \ ? ?? ?i v A JaPanese attack 10 Hussian entrenchments north ed '?nih!LHn 0< tol)er 30th ,was repuls- 1 t o ? ? a,)a,ues(! artillery commcnced S,.t i ' ^ ?f OI?hl Potion! I. nil , mI( at nlght a,,<> ^Pt it "P "ntil 2 o clock this morning. um^vT.ia.riy^u'i" liy"ho6<nv<!rrl lnsl "l8llt """ <?s mft $ ;r,'0.ry ?"'ea?h| Mukden by cable. -From an early hour Monday morning there has been a bombardment of Lone Tree Hill by an^Ho 86' ^Qrgc masses of Jap anese wore moving eastwards during October 20 and October so. M Last Cotton Report, Now York, Special. ? In Tuesday's fcbuo the Journal of Commerce pub p ?d its last monthly cotton report for the seasou of 1 ?)()?!. | The report deals (!) with yield; (2) with amount picked, and (3) with con ( tlon of crop still unpicked. Replies ?w#?ro received from 1.200 correspon dents. the average date from October 2o Indicating, as expected, a vieid of <?3 Per cent, larger than last year. s result la simply the concensus of opinion expressed by our corres pondents, it being distinctly under stood that this paper makes no esti mates of yield. The amount of crop Picked is reportod to 76 per cent compared with 57 per cent, this time last year, sbo.wing that picking is much furtner advanced than a year ago. Tot* repor.t on condition of nnrtlrvn T lu* T* '? <h? UnP>c^> n of the crop, but It shows an improvement of i.6 points in tho 24 per cent, of tho crop which remains to be gathered, a long spell of re markably favorable weather prevailed oyer tho entire cotton belt, causing the col ton to mature and open ranid- ' i in in e?ab"?S farmers to proceed uninterruptedly with nicklne )in?,,v k frosts havcTeon |?,t" S raatirlt'v ??fn,ha?CCO''r't or tho c(..| ii crop colton being prac tically all open) and tho large nronor tlon already gathered, the n(mlf,im i slightmTgheo fr?m i recent rains in Texas can not do any great damage fur the samo reason. Complaints of a scarify?? lorn^ noticeable for their absence lue probably to the exceptional woath' erv Considerable cotton was nvirkor Ji rapiaiy. Ml many farmed Zl Zw holding for higher prices. Heavy Firing in Progress. Mukden, P>v Cable. ? ^hiore was an I artillery light on the north shore,' o& the Shakho ri\er, directly south of Mukden. The cannonading, wnlcli was heavy, was continued today. The Russians are attacking. If unsuccess ful, they will fight right up to the walls of Mukdcr^ Mistook For Japanese. Madrid, By Cable. ? A telegram from Vigo to the Correspondence says : "Officers of the Russian squadron give the following explanation of the North Sea Incident. While steaming by night they saw two torpedo boats within the lines of the squadron. Sup posing a Japanese attack was im pending. they opened Are. They say they did nqt see any sailors looking like fishermen aboard the two boats f.red at.' Tho offlccrr. say they do not kuow if any of the members of the crew wep^woundod. "They . express regret at the error. ,/ ^.Telegraphic Brief?. A i*t1er)of the late R. P. Pellett. a Rrpuhljiikh. and Consul at Rarran q?rttj?l^HbW>fnbla, was made ^public, in whfrV l^V'wrlter declares that the rev olution ui Panama was accomplished by the connivance of President Roose velt. Secretary of State Hay made, a cam paign speech at Carnegie Hall. New York. The Republican State Chitrman of New Jersey claimed that State Would tflf IT, 000 majofUF to StokM^fet 1 COTTON PRICE SITUATION Gpeeches Made Along Thia Line at the Meeting Wednesday Night ? Over One Hundred Present. There way ? largo attondauco of /armors at (ho mooting hold Wodnes day night at the Y. M. C. A. hall, over a hundred boing present. Mont of those who attended were ropreaonta live farmers from various parts of tho Stale and the prloo of/ 'cotton was the dominant Idea of the mooting. ""The mootiiig was called it) order by Mr. W. B, Harris, of Anderson, and Mr. R. D. Smith, of Leo, both stating that the object of the meeting was to forward some plan for the control of the price of cotton. Mt\ ft. C. Murray, of Texas, wag piosont. Mr. Murray is a rcprosoh tative of the Farmers' Co-operative and Educational Association, of Tex as, and represents a membership of 30,000. He advocated a secret organi zation and a ware house system, which was operated in Texas. Tho fc-os and duos are $1.00 initiation foe and GO cents a year. Most of those present were opput>ed to any secret, organization, remember ing the wreck of the alliance. There was also some discussion on the ad mission of hankers and business men to the organization, and the sense of the meeting seemed to bo that thry wore willing to admit anybody willing to help. After much discus ?. ion tho permanent organiution was effected. E. 1). Smith, of Lee, vyas elected president, and John Cantoy, of Ker shaw, secrete. y. Addresses were/then made by a large number of those present, but no new ideas were advanced, the idea being to simply fix a standard price for the staple. Tho following executive committee was appointed: P. L. Hardin, Chester; H. A. Sublett, Clarendon; \\\ H. ir vino, Greenville; Jtthit Wharton, LaurrttS; Jho. Cahiy, Kfushiiw; E. J). Smith, Lee; J. II. Strjibling. Pickens?. T. II. Rainsford, Edgefield; F. II. Wes ton. Richland; B. M. Pegues, Marl boro; J. W. Wylle, Lancaster; W. C. Hi and, Colleton; H. A. Richardson, Barnwell; B. C). Harris, Anderson; J. W. S. King, Florence; E. W. Dabba, fimntor; B; F. Killar, Orangobnrg; H. It. Galloway, Marion; J. W. Ed wards; Spartanburg; W. H. Stewart, York. From this committee, which consti tuted a representative State body, tho following committee of five were ap pointed to meet next Friday at It a. m. at tho office of Mr. F. H. -Weston: E, D. Smith, Lee; F. H. Weston, Rich land; W. 11. Irvine, Greenville; R. A. Sublett, Clarendon; P. L. Hardin, Chester. W. D. Evans, of Chesterfield, was af terwards substituted for Senator Har din. ? Columbia State. Mental Anguish Suit. Lancaster, Special. ? The court of common pleas has bcen^, in session since Monday, Judge Watts presiding. The most important case thus far tried is that of W. Alonzo Hughea v?. the Western Union Telegrapr com pany. The suit was for $1,900, brought under the recent mental anguish act.. Mr. Hughes resides at Heath Springs !n this county. On December 18th last his brother, working in a mill rear Coleman. Fla., was accidentally killed. His sister wired him from Coleman, Fia., to that effect at 11:50 a. m. the same day. The telegram was not de livered to Mr. Hughes until 2 p. m. the next day. Owing to tho delay In the transmission and delivery of the mes sage the plaintiff did not reach Cole man until two days after his brother ?was buried. The jury rendered a ver oict for the plaintiff for $700. R. E. Wylle, Esq.. represented the plaintiff i:r.d J. Hardin Marlon, Esq.. of Ches ter and C. D. Jones, Esq., the defen^k ant. The rourt will occupy the remain der of the week with Jury cases. Fatal Wreck on Augusta Southern. Augusta, Ga., Special. ? Albert M. Humphrey, conductor, was killed and Tom Holley, colored, train hand, in jured in a wreck on the Augusta South ern Tuesday afternoon. The caboose of a special freight train jumped the track ncptr Sanderavllle, about 80 mtle3 from Augusta, and overturned. ? ? - By Wire and Cable. The practice of eating arsenic . is , very prevalent, among the peasantry of the mountainous districts of Austro Hungary and France. 2*Iiey say that this poison enables them to ascend with ease beights whicli "fcthtfrwlse they could only climb with great dis tress to the. chest. When the, transformation of cltlos by electric power and light Is com pleted we may expect the air to be practically as pure as that of the coun try. It is estimated that the carbolic acid exhaled yearly by the people of New York city U" about 455,000 tons, but that this is less than 3 per cent, ot that from fuel combustion. The Australian eucalyptus tr4e t* ; being grown on a large acalc in South- 1 em Kurope and Northern Africa be en use of its tendency to drain swamps. This waa formerly supposed to be due . i? ni>-.;r.dzr.t exhalation of watery va- | por from its leaves, but it has been shown that actually the transpiration o? the cucalyptna la only one-half or one-tbird that of wlHoVs. birches and other trees, and ft la, therefore, as sumed that the phenomenon in ques tion ?? due nim.pl/ to the mpkl frowUi r?r m euoriypw* 9 9-i =M III .... Many Newsy itcmo Gathered From all Sections. Cental Cotton Market. Middling. (ialveston quiet ^ 9-rt llaltlmoro, nominal Boston, quiet ..... Philadelphia, qluet Savannah, quiet ... Now Orleans. eas> . . . . Mobllo easy , 9f Memphis, easy 9' Augusta quiet 9^ Charleston, quiet Louisville, flrm St. Louis, quiet Houston, quiet . . New York, quiet ? Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Ootid Middling ' Hf> Strict Middling 9lA Middling 9Vfe Aiken Landmark Burr?ed? Aikeu, Fpeeial.? The residence of Sheriff Owen Alderman, on South Moiiiuiuiv Aycir;:;*, \v:-s totally destroy* e<i hv lire last week. When the lire .was discovered the roof of the kitch en was burning llercely, and, the "weather he in k so dry, the building burned like tinder. The resident^ was situated on the extreme edge of (lie city, and was some distance front the engine house, and when the fire men reached the scene very little could be done but save the outbuild ings. The lire is supposed to have originated by sparks from the kitch en flue. Very little of iho furniture was saved. The building was one of the landmark* of Aiken, being per hit PR r?t> years old. -tjherilt Alderman estimates bin los^. a< about $3,500. This Is partially covered by insurance, lie c^rry In S 1,(100 on the house and $<!00 on the furniture, not including, the two pianos saved. touth Carolina Items. The representatives of fertilizer mills who were hero Inst week seem U> be very much pleased will) tho on t fiinlf . If was reported unollleiaily (hat 'milts tvnv pending in (ho courts will bo suspended, pending definite action hy the fertilizer hoard, which is (o met l here in November, an<l will then give I ill- mills another hearing. The law requires the fertilizers to have certain definite quantities of chemi cal n. In ?>?.iiue iKii t >> of the State the hoard has found fertilizers which fall below the requirement s and the sell its have he* n made the defendants Vn legal action. The matter was ar gued before representatives of the hoard and the mill managers were told tli at there would bo anothe meet ing of the board. The fertilizer mills disavow any intention to sell impure or worthless fertilizers and declare that they want the law enforced, but they arguo that the law Is imperfect. ? Columbia State. Spartanburg. Special. ? A serious and perhaps fatal accident befell J. Walker, a well known young man who wns at one time engaged In the insur ance business hi' this city, but who more recently took up work In (he Spartan Mills, go mo time near the noon hour. He was found in an un conecioup condition lying at the foot cl a iflrie.er leading from one of the work rooms to the tower in Mill No. 1, and the supposition is that in at tempting to mount the ladder he fell, robably a distance of not more than ten feet. The floor of the room in made of cement and the force of the fall uon the hard covering resulted In, it is thought, concussion of the brain. A special from Johnston to the Cob utnbia State rays: "Tuesday cn the Padgett place, ubout six miles from here, a tenant house occupied by John Holloway, col ored, and his family, was destroyed, with Its Contents, by lire anu thrc? of tho* children burned to death, aged about 1 aumth, 2 and 5 years. Hollo way anl his wife, it is paid, were in the field at tho time the house was discovered in Tamos, which is sup posed to have caught in a pile of j cotton on thr floor. The door vai not fastened, but even the older child failed to escape." .At Groers Wednesday morning Edward .nraswell and Thomas Stiles shot each other. They had a misun derstanding about a well which they were using. Uolh were shot through tho body. SliJea' condition Ib critical. Fire on Paris Mountain at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning destroyed, with contents, the summer cottage of Post master J. F. Richardson, The origin of the fire !s unknown. Lynchers in Federal Court. lluutsvilln, Ala., Special. ? The Unit Ad States" grand Jury has made a repoit to Judge Jones, covering tho lynchtng o t Horace Maplea, and ex pressed tho opinion that had Maples not been a negro, he would not havo been taken from jail and lynched.: 'I he grand juty indicted several al leged membois of the mob. The re port says that something muRt be done to put a stop to lynching in the South, and that all good citizens should welcome anything -that may have that effect, whether from the State or Federal courts. Judge Jones thanked the jury and said he was will lug to have millions of people pa*s on the righteousness of the grand jury's neltnn. Elected Honorary Malltlaman. Augusta, Cla.. Special.? Former, Cap tain Robert M. Hitch, who Jiad been dismissed from the military service by order or the Uovernor, tipon the recom mendation of a court-martial was Hum day night elcctcd an honorary member or the Oglethorpe Ught Infantry, the company Captain Hitch commanded. U has been the custom of theOetet^orpea to elect al? of 1U retiring cominWrtD?<J . officers itoaorBT OTaWf, The North Sea Incident t') lie Lett to Arbitration, I iGRtEMENf IS FINALLY MADE ! llui I'oltlou of (lie Halite I Utl litimriU- I a t r 1 1 Cottitrvnril in (lie I'll tun I poll ' thf Triwlrm In !(<? llrUlnnl IVii'llnj I ii \?*i I k ? t ion ? lit in 1 1 Ir < ol Vit'llitt* to ' III* Atlljl'v l'.?t?l H H ? I I II ?| ?l 1 1 i<? MM'Ii'i f.ondon, IOii^r. - Danger of waf ^ic twepn Russia and Great Britain Is be i llevpt! to liavo been avi'ilwl. The sol dement of tli" only points In dispute regarding the nltaek by (he Russian Baltic h<)iiii<Ii<mi on it Mi trawlers has been referred to an international commission under The Habile CiiuVon lion. Premier Balfour. speaking an liu m.-nsc ftitthcrin^ umler the ausplecs of ' the Nation.il t'nion of Conservative i Clubs in Artillery Hall, Southampton. Inoke that lot:!; silence which had ' WKiii^iii ? !??" pCwJllr* ;*!' ! > " 1'niled Kills;- I dom to a condition of almost desperate I Irritation, and had given rise to mis- i conceptions whieh Mr. Balfour in his speech himself exposed. ? "The Russian Ambassador." said Mr. Balfour. who began to speak at K p. ! in., after receiving a urea t ovation, "has authorized a statement to the fol lowing effect ; The Russian Govern nient, on hearing of the North Sea In I cident, at once expressed Its profound regret ami al.-o promised most liberal compensation. The Russian Govern , tn on t has ordered the detention at YijiO of that pari pi the fleet which was < on cprned iMhe incident, in order that tho navft^-ffu/boritles ina,V ascertain what o fli^x Were rc.>ponslhle tfW it. Those officers iind any material witnesses will not prqeeed on the voyage to the l<'ar ICrtst, and an inquiry will be instituted Into the facts by nn international com mission. ns provided by The Hague Convention." That, Mr. Balfour interpolated, had nothing to do with arbitration, ll was the constitution of an international commission in order to lind out the facts, and any person found guilty would be fried and punished ade quately. He added that tho ltusKian Government undertook that precau tions would lie taken to guard against a recurrence of such incidents. Spe cial instructions on lliis subject, would be Issued. Preliminary l<> this court, si. Id Mr. Balfour, theiv won 1)1 he the Coroner's Inquest at Hull qwr the dead llsher men. n Hoard oL' Trade. Inquiry, and an Inquiry by Russian ollicials at Vigo. The Hoard of Trade inquiry would lie specially constituted by the British Government, and thosa conducting it ! would (delude representative men. The Russian Embassy had been asked to send a representative and lo give as sistance. Apology and compensation having al ready been offered, snid the Premier, nothing now remained but to deter mine which account was correct, Ro Jestveusky's or the trawlers'. DYNJJdlTE BOMB in hotel. Michigan's Democratic Candidate For ?Gpvernei* There at Time. Cadillac, Midi. ? excitement prevailed in tills city orU' an alleged Attempt to blow tip with dynamite the McKitinon Hotel here, while W. ,N. Ferris, the Democratic candidate for .Governor, and his party were guests of the hotel. The porter of the hotel found In a waste basket what is said to bp a dyna mite bomb about four inches long and one inch in diameter, containing dyna mite and guncotton. It Is saKHhat the hotel proprietor has enemies In the town, who, some believe, intended to destroy the l.uildlng out of spite. I FISHER VICTIMS Bl.RIKD. dVeat Demonstration in the Eng!i*h Port. Hull. Eng.? The funeral of two of the victims of the North Sea tragedy was n ade the occasion of a great public demonstration. The civic officials attended ti.e cere mony, and hundreds of wreaths, in cluding one from King Edward, were placed on or about the coffins. "u-lness was practically suspended, and flags were half-masted on t h f- ships In the harbor. Thousands of people lined the route to the cemetery. NURSED HER CHILD; STRICKEN. Chicago Society Woman Gets Smallpox In Pest home. Chicago, III.? While braving the (er rors of a pesthouse as :? nurse, Mrs. Ed win Burrjtt Smith, one of the best* kno)vu women In Chicago society, was stricken with smallpox. Mrs. Smith had been at the pestlipuse a week, curiug personally for her little daughter, who was a smallpox patient. The mother was said to have been vac cinated. The child is nojv recoveries from the attack of smallpox. Danish fcblp f Ired On. A special cable dlapatcb from Berlin, Germany, states that n Danlab ateana sblp tvu? fired tipou by the Ruaalau fleet, and it la reported tbat a Danish torpedo boat and u Stvedlab fteniDshlp were aUo fired upou. Subwny a Sue cos*. The New York City ;^ibwa.v waa tied M> during the evening rnih boura of ita llrat op^n day four tlmea by br,-L downs. Nevertbeloaa the road carried ooO.OOO kHimufcr*, issS}?j it ? Pnan rial awcceat from ?Ua atari. - " ??!! ?? I I I ? ." ?* Electric Locomotlre'c Speed. Wiih Mr. W. K. VandtrWIt, Jr.. at the controller, the to bauaed byjba Cvitfif In tk* t**??el lft Now York City *?Wjr dneJoped lixtj mi let an boar. ^ - AWFUL MINE EXPLOSION l'e'.wesn Thirty an I Sixty Miners Are Killed in Colorado. Oiii> rtf iln- Mines of the lirttly Moiutlnlii I'nel mil Iron uy Near Ti'in i <1 m <1 i? l)f??roye<l, P*intin\; IIchIIi. Trinidad, Col. - From thirty to sixty1 mow lost thMr lives in n torrltio ox plosion which occurred at Mine No. 3 <>i (ho Kocl.y Mountain Fuel ami Iron Company at Terolo, forty miles west of Trinidad. Tho exact uunibor of dead tuny never be known, as tho mine fiimmonwi burning, ami in all likeli hood tho bodies woro consumed. F. .1 Foreman, a <io\ eminent stock Inspector, wax at Torolo when tho ex? I>1onIq?:i occurred and gave tho follow ing nooounl of tho affair; *1 wan standing not more than three hundred yards from tho month of the tunnel wJleil tho explosion occurred. It was preeodod b.v a low rumbling sound, resembling an enrth<|tiaUo, whleli mado tho earth tromhlo and startled the wholo eamp. "Out of the month of tho tunnel and t wo air shafts onmo a great volume of mimiUi: nitd dv.st, tvh.h'ti eon tinned for nearly a ml nil to. Out of tho two air sh.fcjv. each of whieli is seven foot In dialneter, timbers that were fully two or three feel in diameter woro idiot In t<i the air and broken into splinters." The explosion, wliiclt resembled a voleanie eruption, caused the wildest excitement. Men, women and children lushed to the mouth of the tunnel, and women whosife husbands woro in tho mine had to be brought away by the miners to prevent their belr.g killed by the deadly fumes coming from tho mouth of the tunnel. Hundreds of men endeavored to on lev tho mine. The fumOft overcame 1he rescuers frequently,-, but their places i in mediately were fa ken by others ready to, risk their lives. * Only one body lias been recovered, (lint of T. Durau, a driver! who wan, just entering the tunnel when the ex plosion occurred. Ho was torn ami httrneil almost beyond recognition. , LUNATIC LEAPED INTO AUTO. | ? Frightened Two Women Driving, in Washington Capitol Urounds. Washington, D. ('.?The prahlice of taking tho Ration** at USi. Elizabeth's, tho (aoverriuieut hospital for tho in sane. out riding through tho avenues and streets of Washington, resulted In an unpleasant experience for two wom en who woro riding in an automobile through the Capitol grounds. The ambulance carrying a dozen in sane soldiers was slowly ascending tho hill as the automobile came coasting down. # One of the men suddenly Jumped out and sprang kito the auto mobile. fJrabblug the steering bar; he tried to guide the machine. The wom en, were nearly paralyzed with fright, but one ef them, a young girl, was in control, nnd succeedcd in (topping (he vehicle. The lunatic stilt clung to tho steering bar and offered no violence to the occupants of the machiuo. When a near-by policeman, the ltos j pital attendant, nnd two laborers In the grounds came to the rescue, It re quired the 'strength of all four to choke the mni and make him let go. He quieted down in the ambulance and wetit back to tlje hospital without any further trodblt* TO PROBE THK CALCHA8 AFFAIR Russia Promises Investigation For Mail Seizure? Apology Expected. Washington, D. C.? The State De partment expects an answer from Rus sia in a few days In regard to the vio lation of the international-treaty of the Postal Union by the seizure of the Uni ted States mails on the steamer Cal i chtSi There has been no reply op the ' merits of the affair, but notice has been received that an investigation will be made into the case. This means thai the II 5 sr. Co?o1-'"* ment mustvdlrect officers at Vladivos tok to Inquh'e into the facts and make a report to St. Petersburg, when In due time a reply will be forthcoming to Washington. In the flurry over the North Sea affair the Calchas incident lias boon forgotten, but It is expected that in a sufficient lapse of time due apologies will be made for seizure of our malls. YOUNG CLERGYMAN DROWNED. Doubt as to Whether His Death Was nil Accident or Suicide. ' /' -J > " "" Bultimore, Md. ? The Rev. George Frederick Kettell was drowned here off Sparrows Point, the\>iarylaud Steel Company's works. In iT mysterious manner. It Is not clear whether it was an accident or a deliberate suicide. Kettell was formerly assistant vector of Christ JOpiscopal Church, this city." lie was barred from a rectorship at Palmyra, N. J., by Biiihop Scarborough, bemuse he married the divorced wife, of the Rev. Clarence Krankel, formerly , of St. Louis. I vV. \ >-. DUTCH KILL. llty ACHINKSE Capture Batoebaioe and Tweuty Guns After Sharp Fighting. A miter da oi, Holland.? A dispatch from Batav/' received here reports that the DL<cb troofa bare captured BMoebatoe. in Acbin, afte.- a sharp ?it. The Achinese, the dispatch sayt, rest 196 killed and the Dutch captured tkenty guns, and bad three billed and eleven wounded. Trolley Plunges 1n River, Several passengers on an electric car near El Paso, Texan, were hurt by the car plunging into the Rio Grande River. / sW A SII I NGTON, v ; President Uoosovelt celebrated lit* forty-sixth birthday, and lie received many congratulations and girts. A board of retired naval officer# Ua? been appointed to nn^e an iuvestiga* tion of tho steamboat Inspection aerv ice, fallowing the report of tlie General SJccum commission. , The Supremo Court granted -the mo tion to advau.ee tho case of Senator Norton, of Kansas, and tlxed tiie day. for Mie bearing. Secretary Taft made final arranjre ments for bis iri|> to Panama, lie will nidi from Pensacola on the cruiser Co lumbin. I, . ni'It ADOPTED ISLANDS. The Puke of the Abhruzgt, cousin of the King of Italy, who Is making a 4our of the world oij board the cruiser Ligu rla. of which he is in command, arrived in Manlifi, P. I. Commissioner Forbes, who is at the head of the Dcpuftanent of Commerce und Police, of Mritrfla, was in confer*' once with shipowners arranging for a Government system of interior trans* portatlon, which will kI vo employment to Idle coasting vdMels and also the vessels of tin* coast guard fleet* > " POM K STIC. The Wild West Show returned from Kuropo. _ _ \ The first* real snowstorm of the sea-' son was reported at jutcrlakcn and Mm tone, N. Y. Mrs. Itae M. Krauss, of1* Ilartford City, I ml ., confessed to pois^ni)jg her stepdaughter and was sent to prison for life. Nearly 2006 friends attended the fun eral services over the late Postmaster Van Colt in St. Paul's M. IiJ. Church, New York CIl.v. The Knickerbocker Steamboat Com pany, which owned the General Blo cuui, was put in a receiver's hands. The Court of Appeals at Albany^ N. Y.. handed down a number of decisions and adjourned until after election. Wall Street hankers say that the New York City authorities proptwe to sell between * 15,000,000 a nd *20.000,000' now bonds. . , Three hundred and fifty- thousand ; passengers were carried by the New, York City subway road on its , first day. it is stated that Kuhm J.oeb & Co. have sold to the New Ilavfcn only a ina jorlty interest In New York, Ontario and Western. JaiueR I.ong, a riveter working on a platform under the New York City el-,, evated railroad, was caught by the third rail and held, burning, till a workman knocked him loose. P. \j. Smith, who calls himself an in-, ventor, and who was committed to an asylum as iiisann and subsequentif re leased on appeal, sued New York CKjr* for n million, alleging Ids commitment lost him a chance to make a vast for tune. Tho delegates to the fron and Steal Institute presented the Bessemer goJ4 " medal to Andrew Carnegie. Mrs. O. If. Gilbert, aged eighty-three years, intd a great uvYjtion as "Gran ny" in her premiere as\a star attbe Lyceum Theatre, lu New York City, * A convicted murderer killed bimiett In the Ton, its, i:> New York City, ajyg his act made a prisoner in an adWlt iug cell go mad temporarily. Militia wcro ordered to Berkly, where a negro ffrtrs lynched, infeer Of - race riots. A fire In tho factory of ilia New ?;???? Homo Sewing Machine Company, at Orange, Mass., caused do mage of $ Utt, Four maVked men lynched a negro who had sthick a policeman In a au bnrb of "Norfolk, Va. " Two hundred and fifty Uritlsh mem bera of the Iron and Steel Instltnte arrived in America to ffttetid"a meat- ? ing of the association and to make ai tour of the country. t Mrs. Gavit regained $25,000 wOrttf of gems she left In Grnfnd CestrsMJtfi* tlon. New York City, tvbicb wa?4 Mak-.. en by mistake by a New Haven road employe, Who g.ive them to a trust company. ( Fire destroyed the tannery of IV r Krehl ?fc Sons, at Glrard, Ohio, caus ing a loss that is estimated by tbe 'Kreliis at from $250,000 toy $300,000.^, Clalming that he lost aboat*938jQQ0tr In Chicago bucket shops, A Hon Parker/ '" defaulting cashier of tho First Natijati--> al Bauk, at Tullahoma, Tenn., gave himself up recently. Hundreds of tons of steel plates be- ^ Ing loaded on the steamer KanagdFiu at Seattle, Wash., presumably forJe*; pan, was watched by Secret Service men of both Itussia and Japan. ?. FOREIGN. . M. Combe*, Uie.FTOlTPfa Premier, ba*-_. presented to ti e Chamber of Dej )?l* plntr for the separation o?-C? au<l St:?te, piovralngr for-* transltlon. 1 V Sjx Brllirth warshll^ The Lancaster's oojm* board con fen onrd the Kuld/. ffouTjiT oufereucc with Admiral The <ievi?ma Foiel||?rt) ly makes lisht of tbe Souutmfrby the RussUtfi Baltic iou, oud may not lodge a Petersburg. QTVinjf to tbe request for tlon of European resident*. Epgllali cruisers, a patch *ays, have sailed to the Moroccau coast. Offlclals of T&e H (ration indorsed the ri four rciavJlttfc tire mission. - Hostilities were renewed den,- tbe artillery firing American trademarks S? not aafe/accordia* U ?" nrr-T' n M, ComW CaU