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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE. VOLUME XVI. CAMIiKN, S. C^KltlDAY, MARCH '21. ISto;>. NO. n KUMTKIN DISGRACED i Commandine Kussian General Per emptorily Called Home. GEN. LINEVITCH TAKESCOMMAND No Mention of Former l.rmlet'a |<?|. Ilfiiatlou Made in tliu l)li|)itl?h?*? ltacor.l of (lie Se, w <;?riierul~Tit> 1JM* C'i?|?tur?d? Trouble Htlll Spread ing i? Ku??la. St. Petersburg, Russia. ? Willi the Japanese hanging on (lie heels and flunks of tlu> remnants of the broken, defeated Kussian army, General Kuro patkiu, the old Idol of the private sol dier, has been dismissed and disgraced and General Llnevlteh, eominander of the First Army, has been appointed to succeed him in command of all the Kussian land and sea forces operating ngainst Japan, The word "disgrace" is written In large letters in the laconic imperial order gazetted, which con talus not a single word of praise and also disposes of the rumor that Kuro patkiu had asked to be relieved. The Kussian military annals contain no more bitter impel'ial rebuke. While it was known that tjje war council had already decided to 'supplant Ivuropat k in lifter the Mukden disaster, the de cision to confer the task of saving the remainder of the army on Llnevitch in the very midst of Its flight eanie as a surprise. It transpires that Kuiperor Nicholas upon the advice of General Dragomiroff and War Minister Sakha roff determined that the step was nec essary when It became apparent that Kuropatkiu, while concentrating for a stand at Tie Pass, seemed unaware that the Japanese had worked around v westward again and practically al v lowed himself to be surprised. Old re ports brought by (Jeneral Uripenberg regarding Kuropatkln's falling mental ity also had influence. A dispatch from Chang-tu-fu reports that General Kuropatkiu has left there for St. Petersburg. Under the circumstances, therefore, it was vonsldered imperative, in view of the exceedingly perilous position of the army, to turn over its command to Llnevlteh, who alone had been.?ble to bring off his army in order artel' the battle of Mukden. His record -during the Chinese war had also demonstrated liis capacity as a commander. The task confided to Llnevlteh of withdrawing what is left of the great :trtny of .".r>ft,000 men to Harbin seemed a desperate one. \ (Jeneral Linevitch Is in liifj elxty sixth year. He saw his flr&t 'tight lug when lie was twenty-one years' old, took part in the war with Turkey |n 1S77. and was in command of the Kus sian troops in the relief of the legation at Pekln in IMG. For his services in China he was congratulated by the Cza r. With tiie Japanese Left Armies.? The pursuing armies fully occupied Tie Pass at midnight, after a severe fight, the Kusslans retiring north in confu sion after setting fire to the railroad station and supplies. The successful, conclusion of the ar mies' mission makes t lie movement the .greatest of mOilefti history. ^ The ar mies covered almost ninety miles in a fortnight, fighting practically every inch of the way. Home Troubles Spread. Warsaw.? Reports of <lic spread of the peasant agitation are coming from nearly every part of the country. In the Government of Pukov bands, rang ing frofiHOO to ">00, are marching from villnge to village and inciting laborers to Join in the movement. A dispatch received here from Lodz says that owing to rumors of an at }f proachlng mobilization the workers in the woolen mills there have struck. The Sevei>ty-flfth Brigade of Artillery lias been- withdrawn from I/odz, and will be dispatched to Manchuria. It will be replaced by artillery reserves ?from Ni.lni Novgorod. The Government has requisitioned all the horses In 'this district. The woijkmen in the big factories here tlmliten to strike, and some of the ineiS in the smaller factories have al rea<ty walked out. ROOSEVELT IN NEW YORK CITY. Attends Wedding of Niece and Speaks at Two Dinners. New York City.? President Roosevelt arrived here from Washington, D. C., at"* 12.53 p. m., going straight to the home of ills sister, Mrs. Henry Parish, where he gave his niece, Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, nway in marriage to his cousin, Frank Delano Roosevelt. In the evening he spoke nt the "din ners of the Friendly Sows of St. Patrick at Delnionico's and the Sons of the American Revolution at the Hotel As tor, returning to Washington at mid night. ? f KUROPATKIN'S PLEA ACCEPTED. Grand Duke Nicholas to Take Corn ?. mand in Manchuria. Paris. France.? The correspondent at St. Petersburg of the Petit Parlsien says that General Kuropatkln's resig nation has been accepted aiid that Grand Duke Nicholas Nlcholalevitcli has consented to take chief command iu Mauehuria. Killed His Brother. On unfriendly terms for some, time."" ?^.Charles Hlnks, shot a^d^kllled bis CSlcagO, III., and UinNSflcd himself. - ? ~ ~ Asphyxiated by Gas. Robert Barclay L?eds was arfpbyxi at fabla with bit colored cook at Atlantic City. N. .?. ' Vault of- Bank Bobbed. The vault in the bank at Petersburg. Va., was emptied of about #7000 by buralart. Two Negroes Hanged. Two srars tiagsd at Ricb toa?d. Va.-Sdnio AUVtfB fbr criminal UMirtt for .?r*r. | BOULDERS SMASH WALLS' Apartment House in New York City Partly Demolished. I C*re)???ly Controlled DyimmltluK Cause* JI*vo?'? No l'?oplo or lnjur?<l. Now York CJty.?Rig boulders, hurled by (lie force of dynamite, crashed against the renr walls of three flat houses iu Lexington avenue, near 101st street, and smashed theiu In from the foundation to the second floors. The living rooms of the occupants were ex posed to view, and there were many narrow escupes from death. The entire neighborhood was thrown into panic. * In the bombarded houses women and children ran to the front windows, Hcrepmlng for help. Into one of the rear .rooms a rock \yeighlng about 400 pounds was hurled with ter rific force, fell on a dining room table, smashed it into kindling wood, crashed through the second floor to the llrst and wrecked the furniture there. A stove was demolished and started a blaze, which was put out quickly. Jagged rocks weighing from fifty io 100 iMMinds crashed into other rooms. For all tills wrecking, it is said, a con tractor, biasing out rock in a lot at the rear of the houses, was responsible. .Frederick Laniura hail been blasting for four weeks, and protects had been made against the way lie was doing the w'ork, for fragments of stone had broken windows. Still, it is said, he took no precautions to prevent such an accident as that which happened. It is supposed he expected to make short work of what remained of the giant boulder, and put a heavy charge of <!y liamlte into a drilled hole. The heavy charge was exploded and the earth seemed to rise up all around. Two blocks away two members ol' Sen ator Frawley's Miami Club were thrown from their seats in the club house. The force of the concussion close to the rock was terrific. Big sec tions of the rock torn away by the blast shot straight at the rear walls of Nos. 1&93, 1595 mid 1507 Lexington ave nue. Like eggshells the walls gave i way before the fearful force ol' tin* missiles. Not a brick stood in position from the foundation to the window ledges of the second floors of the three houses. The sound of crashing gloss echoed through the district for several minutes after the roar of the explosion had ceased. The biggest rock landed in Edward J. CabiU's home, in No. 1503. Ills wife and children were out. Cahili had just left the rear bedroom when the ?100-pound stone tore its way through the wall and wrecked everything in the place. On the sa?ne floor lived Julius Nfclburg and his family. Luckily all were out. Every bit of furniture in the rear rooms was crushed. The big stone kept on into the apartment of William Crjine, then smashed through the floor. Mrs. Daniel Ileardon, on the second floor of No. 1505, had just called her husband and children from the front rpofa to dinner, A stone weighing 100 pounds flew into the dining room and smashed a sideboard and dining table to fragments. After the hubbub ended it was seen file walls gave signs of collapsing. Ail emergency force jvas sent by the Build ing Department to shore them up. La mura tried to escape, but was caught by an angry crowd. He would have been beaten only for the |>olice. lie was locked up, charged Avith criminal negligence. The scene after the blast looked 'as if that section of Harlem had been un der 'bombardment by a hostile army. Windows were broken for at least a block in every direction. AN EXPERIMENTAL GARDEN. Government to Transplant Date Piiims From Egypt to Yuma. Washington, D. C.? The Department of Agriculture will establish an ex perimental garden on the old military reservation in the town of Yuma, Col orado. Numerous varieties of date palms from Egypt, Algeria and Arabia, also with varieties of seeds and grasses that appear to be particularly adapted to this region will he planted. A corps of agricultural experts have visited tile valleys of the Tigris and the Nile and they beliefe i.iat they can transplant many valuable plants from those le gions to the regions of lower Colorado. The pistachio nut is one of i?.e new products they think will be adapted to this trans-cultivation. MENINGITIS CLOSES SCHOOL. Twenty-five Out of Twenty-six Phila delphia Cases Fatal. Philadelphia, Pa.? A ten-year-old Italv Ian child, a pupil at the George W. Nevcnger Public School. Sixth and Car penter streets, in the Italian quarter, was found to have cerebro-spinal men ingitis, and the school was closed by or der of the Board of Health. This is the twenty-sixth ease of the disease in this city since the first of the year, twenty-live having proved fatal. BELIEF FOR ANDALUSIA. Spanish Government Appropriates $400, 000? Drought Caused Distress. Madrid, Spain.? The Government will devote' $400,000 to the relief of the distress In Andalusia, 'Caused by the prolonged drought. Disturbances are leported iu the provinces of Cor dova. Malaga, Seville and Cadix, which form a portion of Andalusia. MISSOURI FIGHTS STANDARD. Proceedings Begun to Oust OU Trust From the 8tate. ? Jefferson City. ? Attorney-General pHaatey filed an application beforo Judge Marshall of the State Supreme i Court Tor an order to the standard Oil Company, the Waters-Pierce Oil Coin 04 the Republic Oil Company ?r and give testimony regarding w ^KHTt&at they are in a combina tion to coetro! price* and the supply of ?U * MfcwwL ^ ? ' i PEABODY WINS LONG FIGHT' Former Governor Temporarily Takes i Over Executive Office. ALVA ADAMS FORCED OUT t>U|>ute<l Klectton of I.hbI Novemlirr I'!. I I nally Nettte<l After M*uy IIe?tt?l 1>1?. | cuMlons? IlatlrlMK Uovitraor A.Ihim*' Secretary lleollned to Nlmkn HatwU j With l'eaboily ? WcOonalit in Uovriuor : Denver, Col.? Jesse F. McDonald, a I mine owner, or Lcndvillo, is now Gov ernor of Colorado. Ilo took the oatli of i office 'it o'clock in th'? afternoon, and ' completed ?the record claimed for t'olo-j rado of having tliree Governor* within | twenty-four hours. Faithful to his prom I so that if the Legislature would oust Governor Alva I Adams and seat him lie would resign within twenty-four hours, James 11. Pea body released hi* resignation writ ten a few days ago and stopped down and out, thus paving the way for tho elevation to tlio Gubernatorial chair of the Lieutenant-Governor, McDonald. James II. J'cahody won his contest for the office of Governor of Colorado, from which lie retired on January 10. after serving a term of two years. Governor Pcabody look 'over the office j of Governor from Alva. Adams, his I l)eniocra t ic opponent. 'J'he vote in joint convention of tlio j General Assembly by which Adams was ousteVt and I'oabody installed was f?l to 41. Ton Republicans voted with the Domorratlc members for Adams. Pen body maiiitalnod that Adams was elected only by fraudulent ballots, cast for the most part in Denver. Although the Republican majority on joint ballot is lio, the membership of the legislature being m Republicans and ,J1 Democrats, it had been found impossible to gain for Pea body enough Republican votes to reinstate hi in as Governor for the remainder of Ihe bi ennial term ending in January. 100f. J wenty-two Republican members of the General Assembly, according to report, refused to be houpd liv anv action in caucus ijt the contest, and en tered into 4i compact not to vote for Pcabody. A majority of them, how ever, was in lavor of seating Lieut. - Gov. McDonald in the Governor's chair if means could be found to do so le gally. Governor Adam?, wllo had sp?>nt the day packing bis effects. surrendered his ottieo to t!ov. i'eabody shortly after f? o'clock. Scores of letters, telegrams and telephone ipessages had readied the executive chamber during the day urging Gov. Adams to IioM his seal b'v force, but be decided to Ignore this advice. - ' He said ho felt outraged at the no tion of the General Assembly, and ex pressed surprise that Mr. Peal>odv should become a party to what lie termed a conspiracy to secure the olflce of Governor for a man who liad no claim whatever to the place. He gathered up hie belongings and vacated the office, leaving Alfred Patek, his private secretary, in charge of the office. Pea body immediately started for the Governor's room. Ac companying him were Adjt.-< .on. Sher man Roll and Lieut. Gross. Knierlng the Governor's office, (Jov. Pea body asked: "Is Mr. Adams inV I should like to see him if he Is." "Mr. Adams liys gone b> tlio hotel," said Mr. Putok. "I am his private secretary." "Why, how do yon do," exclaimed Gov. Pcabody, genially. "I am glad to meet you." Patek ignored the Governor's oiler to shake hands, and said: "No, I draw the line at thieves, and " Here Lieut. Gross drew back as if to strike Patek, but Gen. P.-UJ leaped be tween them and commanded both men to desist. 0 Alva Adams was inaugurated Gov ernor on January 10, the canvass of the election returns by Hie General As sembly having shown a plurality of 0774 votes for Iilin. Two days later James H. Pealiody filed a contest for the office which he had surrendered. On January 17 the General Assembly, in joint convention, authored a com mittee of twenty-seven members, eighteen Republicans and nine Demo crats, to lieaiN ovidenoe in the con test and report its conclusions. Fourteen Republican member-; of ji.o committee signed a report submitted by I*ea body's counsel, which found a majority of ?_>:>?? for I'eabody in the State, by rejecting voles on (he ground of fraud. The nine Democratic com mitteemen presented a report declar ing that Pcabody had failed lo prove his election. Senator Morton Alexander, one of the signers of the majority report, also presented another report which recom mended that the election of Governor be declared null and void, and that Lieut.-Gov. McDonald, Republican, be seated as Governor. Asked for an : opinion on this method of settling ihe contest, the Supreme Court declared It Illegal. PASSKNGKRS IN* REVOLT. Refuse to Continue Voyage on French Liner Short of Provisions. llorta, Azores.? The French transat lantic steamer Montreal, boubd for New York, has returned here, owing to the refusal of the passengers to con tinue on the voyage, the vessel being short of provisions. Serious troifble occurred between the passengers and officers. -French Patience Kxhaus#!. The French Government informed, tlio State Department, at ?Washlnafftn.' D. C., that Its patience wRn^Pr^xndcnt Castro of Vmeauola was nearly ex hausted, and asked as V the course ti be pursued t>y the United States. Inventor Marconi Marries. William Marcftfti. th* Inventor or wireless telegraphy, was married at ?.? Haboref Laadqn. Eng.. to the Hon. ttsftttit* O'fUi*#, ?itter of Lord incbk)uiu UETTING READY KOR MEETING Preparation* Under Way For the An nual Conference, to be Held This Year at Columbia. Columbia, Special. ? Preparations | are well under way fur the i eighth session of the Conference for ^ Education in the South. This ixniy j meeta in this city on the evening *>f , April 28th. The Conference cornea to Columbia ! by invitation of t tie Governor of the j State, the Legislature of South Caro- . Una, the State department of cduca* j lion, the educational institutions of Columbia, the mayor, the city council and the Columbia Chamber of Com merce. Attendants upon the confer ence come from every quarter of the country, representing men and women Interested In the general .cause of edu cation, people of affairs as well as peo ple professionally associated with (In; schools. The address of welcome will be delivered by Governor Heyward. The oflleers of the conference are Mr. Robert C. Ogdeu, of New York j City, president; Hdgur Gardner Mur j phy, of Alabama, vice-president Dr. II. J. Baldwin, of Montgomery, Ala., secretary; Mr. William A: Blair, Win ston-Salem, N. C., treasurer. The ex-J Gcutlve committee is B. B. ValenfJfce.H Richmond, Va., chairman; Dr. Robert | 11. Fulton, chaneellor of the University j of Mississippi; the Hon. John U. Kno.x, president of the recent copstitutional convention of \labama, Ala.; G. P. j Glenn, superintendent of schools. Jack sonville, Fla.; B. C. Caldwell, presi- j dent of the State Normal School. I.a.; I C. B. Gibson, superintendent of schools, Columbus, Ga.; Dr. Richard H. Jesse, president of the University of Missouri; Hon. S. A. Mynders. State superintendent of education, Tenn.; Clarence H. Poe, editor of the Progres sive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C.; hr. 1). B. Johnson, president of Winthrop Col: lege, Rock Hill. S. C.; Dr. D. F. lions ton. president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Texas. j This is the first meeting that the I conference has held in South Carolina, i It met last year at Birmingham, Ala., and the year before at Richmond, Va. j The local committee of arrangement a : include many of the leading citizens I of Columbia, and the social reception ; to be tendered to the guests of the j Conference in the Capitol Building j will hi without doubt an occasion of memorable interest and importance. Both houses of the Legislature have offered their assembly rooms for the I use of the reception committee. The programme, together with oth | er details In connection with the ! meeting, will be announced within the next few days. An interesting feature is to take place on tho morning of the 27th, when that session of the Confer ence will be assigned to the State Su perintendents of Education who will be present from the South. They will bev invited to select their own chair mairand discuss such questions as are of immediate interest in their several fields. Mr. Robert C. Ogden, president of the conference, will bring a disting uished party of visitors by special train. The greater dumber of those in attendance will be from the South ern States, about one thousand being expected from south of Mason and Dixon's line. r, Thfe chairman of the- local commit tee of arrangements Ih E. S. Dreher, superintendent of schools of the city of Columbia. Those intending to at tend the Conference should give early notice to Superintendent Dreher. De tails as to railroad rates will be an nounced through the $es8 at an early ('ate. Guilty of Manslaughter. After being out all night the Jury In the murder case at Florence against Dispensary Constable W. B. Howell, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock brought [.in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter with recommendation to mercy. Mr. Blount was an. Atlantic Coast Line railroad detective. Tho shooting re sulted from a quarrel Rowell had with Blount about the latter drinking in a blind tiger. The lie was passed and Blount grabbed a stick Rowell was carrying and struck lilin on the head, and almost simultaneously Rowell shot him. South Carolina Items. The Security Loan and Investment Company of Newberry was given a charter. The oftlcerH are W. II. Hunt, president ; John M. Kinard, vice- pres ident; James M. McCaughrin. secre tary and treasurer. These gentlemen and the following constitute tho board of directors; George S. Mower, D. C. Heyward, O. B. Mayer, George W. Summers, J. T. McCravy, S. T. McCravv, J. L. Keitt, T. B. Stack lunise, Z. F. Wright. C. D. Barksdale. Union, Special? The McNally Brielc works, which have one of the mo.it up-to-date brick making plants in the State, are now in operation juRt south of Union opposite the Powell , place, where they have ten acres of fine urlcn clay. Mr. P. A. McNally is manager and Mr. Jackson, of Greensboro. N. C., ittk^Cgerienced brick maker. Ik supeiin tendeft^?vyhe plant will have a capac ity of t*.oi()5d "?4gndard sire brick per day and 30 hanils will be employe !. The machinery, which has Just Jacen In stalled. Is all new and Improved. The clay pit being considerably below iho level of the yard, the clay will bo diA\xia by machinery to the highest point of ground, where will be located the different machine* and kills The New River i-umber Company, of Hardeevllle-has applied for a char ter Corporators are C. A. Williams [ Md B. A. HaygOod. Proposed capital | Irftlon. $10,0<W. I * i Blockade /Runner Caught. I Toklo, 'Cable. ? Tire British | *team*r Irtar*. whllo attempting too passage of Sayo Strait*, bound for Vladlvistock. was caught to. the tee and 1s stranded off 8ur*l Promon tory. The crew abandoaet.ihe wml and lmdod on the JsJaRd of Jfo*k*ld do, REBUILDING THORNWELL Three New Buildings Now in Course of Construction. (Million, Special.? When tho Thorn w?i| Orphanage lost two of its very best building* by fire last November, it looked as if the crown of glory of the institution had departed, liut the generous aid of I he good people of this 'I lid adjoining Stales entirely relieved the Immediate pressure In the way of bedding. provisions and other properly lost, and the treasurer of llie building fund was promptly provided with funds wherewith to begin work. An<^ on jf he day following (he tlrst rebuild ing worX wns begun Three building* will (ake the place of the two that were burned. The. first to be completed will be the Fl drldge Fowler cottage and kitchen. This is a large brick building, its out side measures being 70 by flG feet, costing a little above $3,000. li will be uhM for the dwelling for the young girls in their monthly turns at cook ii g: It will be presided over by the matron, and several children will he perm men! residents in it. it contains also the store room, the dairy, the kitchen and the distributing room. ? As there will be il> cottages, widely separated from each other there arose ! immediately the problem as to the ! ,><OKl wav <?f provisioning the children. I The former plan was (ho assembling | <>f all in one dining room. The insti j union has now outgrown the old hall, i I' was. therefore, thought best to have a sel^yaie Kitchen, but to ar . i Jingo for (fining rooms in each col I Inge, distributing the provision at each meal. The plan is working well j po far and will he given several years' I ti'inl. The Fldrige Fowler cottage will be in use iu a few weeks. The second building t?ken hold of | was (he Memorial Hall. This building : was of granite. After careful examin j at ton, it was found that a large part j of the walls could be used. Much of it had In be taken down, but all has heel! rebuilt on the old lines and in j the course of six weeks f( will be "gain in use, not as heretofore for the kifchon and dining room, but rather as 1 !!,P!'y to f?'(| ,l,fi Inl"d. for the high In if S ? S( h<>o1 wi" ,M4 taught To Develop Cherokee Shoals. Anderson, Spedai.-lt Is probable that a company will be formally or ganized during the spring for (he def velopment of the fine water power ai Cherokee shoals on Savannih .TvnO been nrranKr'nents he.vo ?een made, and It is not thought that there will be any great difficulty in through8 nu PlalnB ?f th0 promoters' through Cherokee shoals are situfvf Sn! ?(! ea "l!,e8 from Calhoun allajpn the Seaboard railway, /and wn/IL ?"e of1the inany undeveloped water- powers along the whole course of Savannah river almost down to Au-V gusta. The purpose of the. promoters is to develop the water power for the ??nuft"*?rlnK Plants in both States. They do not intend to engago In manufacturing themselves, but sim ply to furnish power to others. It Is estimated by the engineers that the o a?s 'ornish between 6,000 and 8,000 horse power. Notifies Delinquents. The pftlce of the comptroller general is busy making up lists of delinquents who have nofcompHed with the law in reference to tho filing of reports in the franchise tax matter. There aie many delinquents, and the lists' when prepared will be sent to the auditors of the respective counties. The names ( of these corporations were secured from the books in the office of the sec retary of state and from the nets of the legislature for the last 15 years. In Charleston county the names of delinquent corporation will fill 10 j typewritten pages, in other counties j there are many companies which may j be held for the penalty of $",00 for fail : lire to comply with the law. I Comptroller General Jones deposit } *'d ?2.r>,000 received from this franchise tax law. This does not In clude (be checks from railroads an.l from a number of smaller corporations. Indeed ther*1 will be about three times this amount yet (o be paid, as ?.?.e final date for payment is April 1. Thanks Mis3 Hubbard. Anderson, Special. ? The legislature of the State of Maine at its recent session passed resolutions warmly commending (he services of Miss Ig nore C. Hubbard, of this city, for car ing for the graves of six Federal sol dlers burled in the cemetary of the First Presbyterian Church. The reso lutions are engrossed on parchment and are signed by tho secretary of state and chairman of the committee on military of the Maine general as sembly. They were forwarded to Miss Hubbard by the governor of the State and read as follows: "Resolved, That tiie thanks of this body be extended to Miss Lenora C. Hubbard, of Anderson, South Caroli na, in grateful and appreciative recog nition of her noble and patriotic ser vice of the people of this (State In ing for and honoring ihc graves of certaiu soldiers, formerly citizens of thi6 State, who died "In defense of the Union " NeW Enterprises. 7 her* has keen conelderabJe , con fusion in regard to an act passed by the legislature recently. Up to that time the law had required the pay ment of one mill on every dollar of ; capitalization of companies being ? chartered, when such capitalisation la than 1100.000. But ft new law require* the payment of not less than $10 for any .cbftrter fee. Heretofore when ? company of ffi.OOft capltalisa tlon waft glvsn a charter, t^e w&s *5; xw* Jt |a 110. 0> A Nf.W LIBEL OPINION (State Supreme Court Hands Down Im port ant Opinion. * olumhia. Special An important de cision was handed down in the Super involving llfot'i suits of .? i < > W>0 each against The Charleston News and Courier and The Charleston Host ?y A uguut tis M Flood, who was if f erred i0 in hot h publications as a colored man." in their mention of his Hnlt against the Charleston Street Hallway The decision Is against Hi newspapers and the cases go back j , ( hnrleslon for the assessment of ^u-.di : damages as a Jury may see tit The reference to Flood as a colored man was an error whic h the one paper fell j into by reason of the others lack of ' diligence, and hot It papers promptly , apologized when the mistake wis culled I,, their attention, m the com plaint Mr. Flood alleges that the iefer. ence to him as a colored man damaged His social and business position (() the extent of $10,000 in each case. The defendants demurred on the ground tnat under the fourteenth and tlfteet t It amendments to the Federal conalitutioa o refer to a man as a negro |? not libelous pi r se and that to refer to a white man as a negro when lie is not a negro is an apparent m*stHke which 1 can do him no harm. The Supreme court reserves this position and bo'd-? I that in spite of the Federal const it ,i i tion it is lihelous per se to^refor to a white man as a negro. Inasmuch as the laws of this State forbid social equality j by its Jim crow ear laws, ,Jt8 |?ws against miscegenation and otherwise l'he decision in the newspaper ?as-t Is written by Chief Justice Pope :m:I it Is very exhaustive. Among the par allel cases referred to i? one in wh'.h n reporter referred to a white man as n "cultured gentleman." the "int?lli;?ei>' compositor "set it up" "colored gen'tle Uinn, and the proofreader changed it *? "negro." The Supreme Court says: I he only question presented by this appeal Is. Is it libelous per se to ;>ub lish a white man as it negro?" To call a white man a negro affects th? social status of any while man mo tv ferred to." Authorities are quoted on J.iiM point ami the court continues; 'When we stop to think of the racial distinction subsisting between tN* white man and the black man. it must ?'? nppnrent that to Impute the con dltlon of a negro to a white man would affect his, the white man's, so cial status. and in case any one pub lished a while man In tie a negro it would not only be galling to hisnilde, but would tend to Interfere seriously with the social relation of the whit'? man with his fellow while men; and to protect the white man from such publication it is necessary to bring such a charge to an Issue quickly." In Htrauder vs. West Virginia." the court held that these amendments, twelfth, fourteenth and fifteenth, were designed to accord members of the ne gro race the same protection in life, liberty ami property which was already enjoyed hy the whito rnre, and' no where does the court In that state re fer to the nodal relations of each race. The statute law of this State forbids the association of the two races, fn such a way It excludes the negro from white eociety and vice versa. By the miscegenation statutes, the Inter marriage of the two races Is forbidden and made>a crime. Railroads are re quired to furnish separate coaclie* fo? the two race*: White chlldfen and colored children Qre forbUMen to at tend tiMi-flame school. /Various opin ions aro quoted to shovi that publish ing a whito man ns a n<Wo has been held to be libelous by various court:;. The court then quotas the ^tTiguage of the three amendmeiKs to^the con stitution of the United Stfrfes referred to and argues that It must be appar ent ? from consulting the texts that there Is not the slightest reference to the social condition of the two racos. "AH take, pleasure," it Is stated In tlvj opinion, "in bowing to the authority of the United States in regard to these amendments, but we would be very far frt>m admitting that the so cial distinction subsisting netween the two races has been In any wise .affect otd." In concluding the court holds* "We, thereforp, hold that these three amendments to the Federal con stitution have not destroyed the li v of this State, which makes the pub lication of a white man as a negro anything bet libel. The judgment of this court is that lite Judgment of the Circuit Court be reversed when It ^us-. tained the demurrer in this case and the action is remanded to the Circuit Court for such other proceedings ns may be accordance with law." Street paiju/sy in Opfrstlon. Anderson, Special ? The street rail way system has been completed and cars are now running on all the llnis. The work began several months .\go and has been pushed forward steadily since then as well as conditions would permit. The system is an excellent, one. nnd the traffic, has been exceeding ly encouraging to the company. The lines reach all the cotton mills with one ex^ptlon. It Is probable that new lines. will be built during the summer. Chester's Monument. Chester. Special ? The Chester Chap- , ter. United Daughters of the Confed eracy, at their meeting last week, ar ranged the programme for the exer cises of laying I he corner stone of the Confederato monument hero on the Uth of April. Judge William 11. Brawley, of Charleston, a native of Chester, will deliver the principal ad dress. Rev. Dr. J. 8. Clifton. of Orangeburg, also a Chester county man, has:>becn invited to attend and make an addrtfss in tho afternoon. Judge Brawley*Vas a member of the Sixth Regiment, 'South Carolina Infan try; Dr. Clifton of the First Regiment of cavalry. * ? Burned on Wagon. Greenville, Special. ? FiYtJ be lee of cotton belonging to J. C. Roe. of Trav eler's Rest, were burned on a wagon in the country road a few miles from the city. The staple was almost a complete toss. Tho theory is ndranced 1 that tho cotton set on fire from a cigar which 'was being smoked by one of th? parties who helped loed the cotton, or by matches belli# drop ped ift the wagon, which might bar* ignited by friction cai?rrd by the joH tfff of the vvagon. 'inn Boiler in Shoe Factory Lxplodes and Wrecks Building Or A Til LIST A VfcRY I.ARG? ONE Power Boiler Exploded, Sky-Rocket ing Up Through the Building and Causing Score? of Deaths Through Instantaneous Fire in the Wreckage. Ilro.'ktun. Mans., Special. --This city it: in mourning for at least three score people, whoso lives wero blotted out curly Monday by I ho explosion of a hollar in a largo shoe manufacturing establishment in the Campobello dis trict, conducted by the it. B. Grover Company. ? The explosion was immediately fol* lo\rod hy a Hash of flame, whlqh cou tumcd tho factory, a long. fouiVslory structure, as if it were a house of' <f.rds, and incinerated an unknown number of men and women, who were unable to extricate themselves from a mass of tangled wregffii&o formed hy the terrific upheafTu in the boiler room. More than half r. hundred of t In* employes were maimed, burned or bruised by the time they reached safo ground. Koine bad jumped from the roof, 'some from windows, and others hud been injured in the mad rush to escape from the doomed factory, which from all parts emitted the in tense, awful bent of an inferno, driving ba k tho band of heroic rescuers who in a few brief moments had penlomed gallant service. The fire extended from tho factory to seven others buildings in the vicin ity and destroyed them. One if theso buildings was a three-story wooden block, owned by 4tyharlos F. Dablborg, the others being cottages of small val ue and a blacksmith shop. Two wood en dwellings near the engine room were practically demolished by tho Hying holler, hut none of the occu pants wns seriously injured. Tho to* t.al financial loss is estimated at a quarter of n million dollars, $2*00,000 of which falls on the R. H. Grover Company. The. monetary looses are nearly offset by insurance. It may never be known Just how many persons perished In the yir reek age. No one knows exactly how many persons wore in the., factory. The number has been estimated at 400,? but Treasurer Charles O. Emerson said he doubted whet nor there were so many at work. Two hundred and fifty survivors have beep accounted for, and at midnight the remains of GO bodies had been recovered from the ruins, the search being continued all night. Fragments of human frames, whl <>h might belong to bodies other (ban those enumerated, have aletf" been found. Few of the remains have been identified. Tho head in nearly every case Is missing,, and, except tft rare instances, it was impossible eyeii to distinguish the sex. / ..Chief of Police Boyden at a late hoiriMy^presged the opinion that somo of tho Employes had not reached the ' factory !r.t tho time ?of ' the explosion; . and that undoubtedly a ntrmber d| thoffo living in nearby places were in-., jured.'vnnd had Mono home without reporting their /njurles. He thought that mHii*vO?t)roso not accounted for, upwards of 1*00 In number, were among those. An inspection of tho wrecked boiler by tho State boiler inspector showed that there was a sulftqient supply of ., water In it. The cause of the explo^ sion is at present n mystery. Tho dls- , aster will be further investigated -bjr tho State authorities. Insp?ctor"to Investigate. Boston. Special. ? Chief Shaw, of the State police, has detailed inspector Kazel- to proceed to ascertain the cav.se of tho accident. "If criminal negligence Is shown, I shall take immediate 'steps," said the chief tonight. ? ? - The boiler was Insured by the Hart ford Steam Boiler Inspection and In surance Company, of this city, in th*> sum of $10,000. C. F. Roberts, the local manager, sent two of tho Inspector# ta tho scene Immediately upon rtecelpt of tho news of the catastrophy. \ , ? mop v- - - * New to Succeed Cuitclyou. Washington, Special. ? Chalrfhan Cortelyou has announced that he had appointed ' Mr. New, vice chairman of - tho Republican national cqpmlttee, and - that by reason of this appointment Mr. New would become acting chairman on Coftelyou's retirement, which will take r place in a very few days. Mr. New'a appolntment, It is said, is entlrelf satls- . factory to Republican loaders through out the coiin^. Provincial Governor Shot.* Vlborg, European Russia, By C?ble. ?Governor Mlasorodoff was shot an<|_ seriously wounded by a boy 'Whose ' Identity been ascertained. Tbfe assassin. who is about 15 years of ago, obtained an. entrance to the- Governor*!! office and fired three times at him, one bullet inflicting a serious wound, and the others slightly woundtnf CR5V^~ oi nor's legs. The Governor's clerk aq.l secretary were unable to stop tho. would-be assassin, who reached tt.a slrset, where, however, he was srrslt ed without a struggle. The OoremorV condition is critical. . . -1^2 CHICAGO NOTAftLM INJURED. rr" Wife of Democratic nemleeo fefJMejC* or Is Painfully Hurt. Chicago, 1 Special F. Dunne, wife of th inee for mayor, lias _ jured and Judge Dunn when a team ed Into the were rtdtag wrecked AM so badly