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THE SAMDEN VOLIJ.M K XVI. CAMDKN, S. V... Kill DAY, AiOTHIR MI HORROR Fifty People VTctims of Terrible Fire Damp Explosion FIFTEEN BODIES ARE RECOVEKED An Explosion of Accumulated Gas in Joseph Letter's Mine at Zeigler, III., Causes a Terrific Explosion ? The Accident i6 Said to be Due to the Fact that the Leiter Mines Are Not Worked ort Sunday, Thus Allow ing an Accumulation of Gas. Benton, 111., Special. ? Some fifty miners were entombed Monday In Jo seph Le iter's mine at Zeigler by a ter rific cxi/Ioeiun of gas. Thus iar i5 bodies have been found and more than 30 are said to be dead. The explosion, Ut Is said, was due to the fact that the ?Teiter mines are not worked on Sun day, thus allowing gas to accumulate in the lower workings. When between 35 and 40 miners had descended Into the mine to resume work a terrific explosion blev^K?e."f^ mouth of the mine high into <|ic air. One of the steel cages was blown to th* surface from the bottom of a 500-foot shaft. The shock of the explosion was felt at Benton, 12 miles northeast of Zeigler. A teamster drjvlng along a road half a mile from the mine, was covered with falling cinders and debris covered the lloor of his wagon'half an inch deep. One miner was killed and four were severely injured at the mouth of the shaft in which the explosion oc curred. The work of rescue was begun at once by miners who were arriving when the explosion took place. But the main shaft was demolished so that ics cue work has to be carried on through the alrshaft. This has hindered the work of reaching the entombed men to such an extent that when darkness fell only a few bodies had been brought to the surface. Thess bodies were found 40 feet from the bottom of the airshaft and this for many hours was as far as the rescuers were able to pene trate the shaft. A committee of union miners from Duquion and other neighboring min ing towns, headed by District Presi dent Morris, hastened to Zeigler soon after the explosion had occurred and offered their aid. C. E. Childress, a striking Zeigler miner, last October predicted in a printed article that an explosion was likely to occur on account of what he teriiied improper ventilation of the shafts. There .was much excitement among miners when the accident became known, because there had been a strike of long duration and many conflicts had occurred between strikers and non union miners. An all-day Investigation tends to show that the catastrophe was due to the accidental explosion of ac cumulated gas. Iron Merger Assured. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. ? "The Southern iron merger, which has been for several months in its formative period, is now a practicable certainty," was the statement given out by T. G. Bush, president of the Alabama Con solidated Coal and Iron Company. Mr. Bush is in Chattanooga, wprking among local capitalists and Iron men In the interests of the merger. This plan to consolidate certain railroad and mining interests in Tennessee and Ala bama has been on foot for several months. It will unite the following companies: Teouesseo Coal and Iron Company, the Sioss-Sheffield Iron and Foundry Company, the Alabama Con solidated Coal and Iron Company, and the Alabama properties of the Republic Iron nnd Steel Company. Mr. Bush has taken an important part in the organ ization of the combined company. He states that the wltole matter is now In the hands of the bankers, and that much encouragement had been secured, and that the merger would not be in the least deferred because of lack of-1 capital, as .has l>een reported. According to Mr. Bush, the new company will be capitalized at $20,fl0(>/>oo. *?-* > "7-~" 1 Republicans Carry Michigan. Detroit. Mich., Special.? Election re turns are fragmentary but the indica tions are that Republican State ticket is carried by upwards of 70.000 major ity. The Republican candidates are Jo-, seph B. Moore, of La Pere, for Su preme Judge, (re-nomlnated.) Arthur Hfll. of Sjiginaw, and W. H. Sawyer, of Htllsdafe. for regents of the Univer sity of Michigan, and W. J. McKane, of Calhoun county, for member of the j State board of education. Renewal of Fighting Soon. Gunshu Pass, By Cable. ? A renewal of fighting is expected shortly. The con centration of the Russian aTrrty is com-' plete, with its advance lines south of the statlo^of Slplnghal, 74 miles north of Tie VwR The Japanese are screen ing their movements by means of cav alry and it is difficult to locate the bulk of their army. A heavy move ment seems to be In progress,. qi> the Russian flanks. -The raUjoad station at '-sQbsntu diMes abpve Tie Pass, irTJccopt*! by the Japanese artillery, bat so nr as ascertainable it does not cpfsr ? large body of troops. ^ : Admiral Evan's First Call. Pensscolai Fla., special .--Rear Ad miral Kvan?K^rojW*nder-ln-ehl?f of the combined fleet, made his first offi cial call upon the commanders of tha various vessels Monday forenoon and M he left each vessel a salute of it cubs was 4 red by the ship visited. For orer an hour the daaffculng noise of Mm W| gnns coald be heard In th* city. WEATHER AND CROPS Flrgt Report of the Opening 8eaaon Issued by the Department. During both January and February the temperature was persistently low and unfavorable for the growth of win j ter grains or of truck, but with the ai vent of March the conditions improved rapidly and the latter part of March was warmer than usual and stimulat ed the rapid growth of all forms of veg itation. The month was unusually frea from frost, only one heavy frost and two light ones having been generally noted, and none of these were damag ing. During the last week, day tem perature of above 80 degrees was com mon. The precipitation was below normal during January and about normal dur ing February, and was deficient during j March, in the first of the year th?J conditions undlr which the precipita tion occurred and that portion in the form of snow and ice, melting as it did slowly, were conducive to the re tention of practically all the precipita tion that fell, and the soil was well supplied with moisture, but the absence of rain during the second half of March rendered the soil dry in places; on clay lands it became "talked and hard. In most places and on all kinds of upland soil the ground was in good condition for tillage. Plowing, and in general, the prepa ration of lands made rapid progress* during tlA^ second half of March and are at this date as well advanced as usual. Upland corn planting is nearly finish ed in the eastern counties and has be gun in the western ones, with some corn already up In the former regions. While, a few fields of cotton have been planted in the southeastern counties, this work is not really under way, and the preparations of lands are scarcely half finished. Other spring crops liav; been planted in the earlier portions of the State. Rice planting has been be gun in the Colleton districts. Gardens are either planted or ready to plant. Wheat and oats made a fair growth during the last week and where fall sown oats were not winter-killed tliey look promising. The damage from winter killing was considerable in parts of the State and very slight in other parts. There was a large acreage of spring oats sown and some spring wheat. Both are coming up nicely. Tobacco plants are of fair size in the beds. .Truck did well during March, with lettuce and radishes being ship ped and peas almost ready to market. Fruit trees of all kinds are In bloom, and the indications at this time are fa vorable for a large fruit crop. A Hospital For Georgetown. Georgetown, Special.*? A syndicate composed of the medica^ fraternity of the city has been organized for the purpose of establishing an Infirmary here to be known as the Georgetown In firmary. A site has been secured for the erection of the buildings and all plans have *becn perfected to make It one of the most complete and mod cm In this part cf the rountry. A hospital is something that has been rtiuch Jneeded here for a long time and several times in the near past steps were taken to endeavor to establish one. but without result. The one now under contemplation is practically as sured and wilj probably be in full op eration by early.. fall at the latest. The officers of the Georgeton Infirmary company are as follows: President, I)r. M. P. Moore; vice president. I)r. W. E. Sparkman; treasurer. I)r. L. B. Sal ters, secretary, Dr. 11. D. Beckmar.; superintendent. Dr. Wm. M. Gallard. Presidential Tour Begins. Washington. Special. -^With cheers and good wishes resounding through the Pennsylvania Railroad station. President Roosevelt left at f?:45 a. m. Monday on n sperial train for n trip through the Southwest. The special train, which is one of the finest the Pennsylvania Railroad has ever sent out of Washington, consists of three cars, the President's private car. Rock et, the Pullman sleeper. Forest, and the combination baggage and buffet car. Viceroy. The train is handsome ly fitted and contains every known ap plianre to insure the comfort and saf ety of the passengers. Russians Report a Capture. St. Petersburg, By. Cable. ? General Llnevlteh In a dispatch dated April 2. says: "The situation remains unchang ed. A Russian patrol during the night of March 27 surrounded a Japanese patrol consisting of\slx dragoons, In the village of Raichafiehentse, on the extreme Russian left. Five of the; Jap anese were killed. A sergeant- was captured." [ \) Off For Vladvostock. St. Petersburg, By ?Cables? A letter from Vice Admiral Rojestvensky to his wife, which has Just been received here, indicates that the departure of the second Pacific squadron from Mada gascar waters is final, and that It. Is now on the way to Vladivostock. In tho letter, the admiral wrote that the sail ing of the squadron bad been fixed for March 16, but naturally he avoided mention of the route which it wag in tended to follow on the voyage east ward. The admiralty admitted this de termination on the part of the admi ralty to order Rojestvensky to proceed for the Far East. * To Attempt a Freak. Richmond, Special.? General Ftt? hugh Lee, president of the Jamestown Exposition company, announces that an effort will be made to have* tho re mains of Pocahontas, the Indian prtfe etm, daughter of Powhatan, brought from rpareeenrt, England, where they new lie, far re-interment in the old Many Newsy Items Gatnered From all Sections. General Cotton Market. These figures represent pricQ# paid to wagons: f Strict good middling L 7;\i Good middling 7% Strict middling v. ????7% Middling ~.Vr7% Tinges , C% <v* 7VM Stains ! . f? l-Ss ty tiVfc Charlotte Cotton Market. \ Middling Galveston, firm 7 1 .1 - 1 G New Orleans, quiet 7 Vj Mobile, firm 7 ll-l<? Savannah, quiet 7% Charleston, Kteady 7% Norfolk, steady 77^ Baltimore, normal ' * New York, quiet H 1"> Boston, quiet "M S.15 Philadelphia, quiet X.40 lionston, steady 7 n-l?> Augusta, quiet 7 13-lti A MOST HORRIBLE AFFAIR Voung Man Kills Woman and Ends i His Own Life. A Conway special to Friday's Colum bia State gives an account of a .most b?rriblo occurrence, as follows: One of the most awful and sicken ening tragedies which has ever occur red within the borders of the county took place Thursday morning about 7 o'clock at Homewood station on the Coast line Railway. As/^soOn as the news reached this plact^' your corres pondent secured a horifr and buggy j and went out to the silme ? a peaceful ] looking, one-room homd cabin, sur-> i rounded hy a small (bearing, planted in English peas and Strawberries, in the midst of (ho pine? woods. In I he yard, almost in the ajfot where he fell, lay F. O. Sessions, commonly known as "Huddle" Sessions, dead, with a bul let through his brain l>y his own hand, and on a table within (he cabin was stretched the prostrate form of Hol!<* Sessions, a young girl 18 or 20 years of age, wounded in five places by the hau l of the dead man lying outside. She and her mother Betsy Sessions lived together alone in the cabin, which was on the land of Mr. George Bray, for whom they worked as day laborers. From all that can be gathered, Ses sions had been persecuting this wojnan with his attentions for some time past, having on several occasions threatem ed to kill her if she would not marry him, although she was the mother of two illegitimate children, (he youngest of whom is said to be his child. It seems that there was another man in the case, now living in Florida or Cleor gia, who was the favored lover, and who had sent on tickets for her and her mother to come and join him; they were to have gone Wednesday, and nad their trunks hauled Into this place, but were unable (o lcavo on account of some mistake or irregularity of the tickets. The testimony of the mother at the coroner's inquest, was that she did not know where they were going, nor who was furnishing the transpor tation, but that her only idea was to #?et,away somewhere in order that the life of her child might be spared. The knowledge of the threats made by the deceased were, more or less, a matter of common information, and there arc some^rumors to the effect that they had even been called to the attention of the officials, who. however, had not taken any action, thinking that the women were unnecessarily alarmed over mere idle words. . As neither mother nor daughter have over been lawfully married, their house hore a very unsavory reputation in tho community and no one would have regretted their departure had they gotten avyay. ? Just before the hour of the tragedy, the mother went to the home of Mr. Bray to' borrow a pitchfork for her day's work, and after she left the house Sessions/ who must have been concealed in the woods, waiting just such an opportunity, went tup to the cabin, entered, caught the girl wi^h his left hand while he pulled his revolver 38 calibre, and emptied every chamber into her body at arm's length. After releasing her she staggered a few steps and fell in the yard where she was found, with her two small children cry ing over her. by those who first ar rived upon the scene. lie then delib erately unbreaehed his pistol, reloaded all the chambers, and. placing the muz zle just behind his right temple, fired the shot which penetrated the brain, coming out on the other side of the he|d' Just above the left ear. The wo mftn was wounded in both arms, they being broken between the elbow and shouldej-, once just below the left breast, and twice just below the rieht breast. She was attended by Dr. Hoke Burroughs, the coroner, and t)r. .Jo seph S Dusenhury. both of Conway, and was still alive at 1 o'clock. thouzh there is no chance whatever of her re covery. \ Palmetto Items. Mr. S. A.> Salley. Jr.. of Charleston, has been elected secretary of the Stale historical commission. The selection Was made after a kind of civil ccrvico examination. Of th? 2ft who applied foj the position over n month a<?o but eight were present for examina tion. The Commercial Savings banl; of Florence has ioreised its capitaliza tion from |2*.<)T>ft to S50.000. The di rectors are: Jchtr? Kuker, president; J. P. Muldrow, E. F. Douglas, v>co president: J. P. McNeill and A. M. Kit trell, cashier. - A commission, was Issued the cor porators of the Charleston Poultry as sociation which proposes to hold an nua! exhibitions of poultry. The capi talisation la $2,000. T. J. McCaitv, n W. H miter. J. E. Crass. A. 11. Lucas J. II. Connelly and W, K. McDowell are the corporators. A commission was issued the An draw Han ley Manufacturing company of Charleston? doors, saahea and bltada. Capitalisation $$,000. Corpora ton, Jaaa Haatay. Andrew Haalcjr, J r. Pwm mi um* iMakHr GETS A BRIEF RESPITE Governor Give6 Ned Mack Time For | Further Investigation. Columbia, Special. -? rpon advice <?f ; Solicitor Wilson, Gov. Heyward granted j the Mantling negro. Neil Mack, who was to hang thin week, a respite to April 28 iii order to have a commission pans upon the question of the negro's sanity about which there is grave doubt among many good people at Manning, j Governor Hayward ban appointed Su perintendent Habcoek, of the State llos- j 1 pital for the Insane, as one member of ! the commission and has asked Solici tor Wilson to appoint the other two members. Judge Klugh telegraphed that he had no recommendation to make, hut Solicitor Wilson wlrod to recommend a respite and in a letter which followed tho telegram ho says there is a strong impression at Man ning that the negro is insane and he thinks that justice demands that this impression be respected to the extent r\t onnnltitlno o '''"v* i'.V.T.u!.! ? ? ft""" v,**o ^ ??. f V.?n gate. Greenwood Farmers Meet, Greenwood, Specinl.- Messrs, Wes ton, Hyatt an<l Smith addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting here at the j court house Monday. The meeting was I composed of farmers and business men of Greenwood, and they yave each speaker the closest of attention and frequently applauded them. The meet ing was called to order by County Chairman J. M. Gaines. Mr. Weston spoke first. As the secretary of the State organization he showed some of the things that had been done and of fered much encouragement. He was fol lowed by Mr. F. H. Hyatt. Mr. Hyatt is the treasurer and also president of ihe State Good (loads association, lie spoke very earnestly of the need of good roads. Mr. K. I). Smith, the president nf the State Cotton Growers' associa tion, made a most interesting and forceful speech. He made a splendid impression. Much' applause was given I him and at the close of his speech many j were heard to say that it was one of the best things heard in Greenwood in a long time. The farmers have been [greatly encouraged In thenr work of j holding their cotton as a result of the i meeting. \ I " Death of Mr. A. Cole Leyles, Cnlon. Special. ? Hon. A. Cole l^yleg I died Monday at his home near Carlisle, | of pneumonia, which succeeded an at j tack of grip. At. the time of his death ! he was president of the County Cot j ton (ffowers* association, to which of j flee he was elected February, 14, 1903, and until last fall he had served for six years as Union county's member of the House of Representatives. Mr. levies was born in December, 1849. at Buckhead In Fairfield county. When a boy he attended the common schools ? and Kings Mountain Military academy, but had to leave the. latter before grad uation to go homo 'to work on the farm, an Industry in which he was ac tively engaged from that tlmo until his death, owning a good plantation near Carlisle. He was in 1877 married to Miss Josephine Willey, and she and two children, Mrs. R. G. Hill and a son about 10 years old, survive him. Though not a member, Mr. Lyles at tended the Presbyterian church. Mr. Lyles was for many years actively as sociated with the agricultural and po litical interests of the county, and was a prominent member of the farmers al liance movement. Dispensary Affairs. The allotment of the dispensary school money was made by the Comp troller General. The fund was divided out among the counties of the State, according to enrollment of pupils, after what is known as tho deficiency fund was distributed. In any county where the regular school funds do not amount to $75 for each school, the poorer1 schools a^e given enough out of the dis pensary money to make tip this $75. To make up these deficiencies this year has required $9,552.53. in addition to this, $100,023.08 was apportioned among the schools according to enrollment. The total enrollment is 288,353, the schools receiving slightly over 43 Vi cents per scholar. Chief Constnble Hammett made his report to the Governor Wednesday for the quarter of the 1st of March. He reports expenses of $15,909.11, . paid mostly in salaries to a force of 60 men. Seizures were made as follows: Whiskey ? December, $1,824; number of gallons. 1,216; January, $1,363.50; gallons, 909; February, $358.12; gallons, 2 2fc' Beer ? December, value, $44.66; dozen, 89 1-3; January, $32.91; dozen, 95 5-6; February. $29.08; dozen, 58 1-6. In addition to the above, there werf seized 31 stills, 3 teams, 756 gallon? of beer in kegs, which are of no value. The convictions for December were 24; fines, $560; paid, $280; chalngang. f>. January convictions. 28; fines, $1,175; paid. $530; chalngang, 9; February convictions, 27; fines. $1,282.50; paid $442.50; chalngang. 7. There are sev eral appeals pending. Died Under Peculiar Circumstances. A white man. whose name appear* to be'D. Pesatta. died In a mysterlouf sort of wAy at Spartanburg Wodnes day. and the coroner's inquest ba^ been unable to throw any light on th< matter. Pesatta was in the picture enlarging business, but dressed "Vel!. and seemed to be a quiet young man lie came to Spartanburg March 4, an C has been drunk almost continuously since. He was found in an unconwciom condition in his room, with a x black eye. and died as a result of thU wound. Hh said that he had been ir a fight with an unknown man. wh< struck him. after a quarrel about t picture he had sold him. Palmetto Items. Two pardon petitions were refu*eJ by the -Governor? that of Pink Tolll son, sentenced at Greenville to seven years for burglary, and that of Ste phen Hough, given six montha at Ian- 1 caster for grand larceny. A aumUr oJ petitions for conimutatlooa will be pre- 1 tented In the next few 1)171, it li , thought. This will Include one iq te- , fcatf of ft, A, A dame, who was pen ta?coJ it WiHirtmni to *??*? I MORE TROUBLE IN WARSAW : Troops Fire on Crowd in Street, Killing Four, jOVERNOR GENERAL GUARDED luln tlew* Nrw?|iit|irr ImIIIoi* It, Fi leinl ly M timer mill Whiiin Tin lit I'ruitr I Ihk 4>u<i<ir?lt i|> ? Sitioiila lln<t?r Itnn of Siii'ImIIhU Him 1 1 <> l?l Mllkti l?nU?r Ov< r l'?r<*iiii>. Warsaw. Poland. -A serious ?-<> 1 1 1! i < t ' on lined sit 7.11'J u'l'lovli in 'lit1 e\ening in l>/.ika street. Troops and police | tired into a crowd, killing torn- men ami wounding fort.v persons. The (rouble began when, under (lie pretext <>l holding a memorial meeting ior a ?>cwi*it r-oeiait*! leaner, a crown if over mostly .Jews, currying red (lay, uinrchcd into l?y.ika street, ^aml was met a , mixed polite aud.mili t;i i y pa (nd of t wcnly n:en. The police declare t lk t ? Socialists llretl revolvers al them, (lie lea tiers inciting (lie mob (o al(:u!; I In* p.tlrol, whi l ii ert'il I'loii tl red m'ViT.'.I \olie.ts i.i til ?' eriiwd. Tlie crowd reiuoveil :i!i bn( nine oi' j (lie wounded, two of whom were w on:-' tn. Those were taken (o the hospital. The dead and wotinded were ;ii' Jews, j The polb e made many arrests (ither disturbances are reported t<i I have occurred. The streets were pa trolled throughout the, day, the author, - lies having anticipated trouble. Conditions hero ar.e causing much uneasiness ami nervousness, ?llaml* printed proclamations have neon found iu th" streets warning the publie against walking near < biveruiuent buildings and oilier places, as bombs will be thrown in these quarters. Several parent;^ whose ehildreu are attending school iu dehaneo of tlie sehool strike have been warned by let ter to withdraw (heir children, as the bchool building will be blown up Itcprcfcentati ves of tin* party of vio lence are visiting private, persons and levying eontrihut ions for "ammuni tion." They produce lists of names with the amounts to be collected from each, and require the contributor to sign his name opposite these as.?ess incnls, which range from to $T?0. When < !o\ enior-tJeneral Maximo vitch arrived here ten days ago to as sume his ollfcial duties he ordered that t^ie Cossack detachment awaiting him af^lie station he retired, saying he did niH want an escort. In driving through the city, however, the < Jovernor-Uen eral's carriage was surrounded by twenty Cossacks. The editors of the Polish newspapers here were summoned to (he castle, (t'eneral Mnxlinovltch received each of them separately in the most friendly manner ami talked with them freely on various subjects, especially the question of the censorship. lie In* -vltctl (Item lo come to him in ease of any dlUlcuKy. WATCH BLOW, FOUR KILLED. Supposed Cause of Fatal Smash on tbe Southern Railroad. Branchville, S. C.? The worst wreck that has occurred oil this division of the Southern Hallway in many yeai's happened In the morning about U o'clock n few miles below Branchville, near a small lumber station called Bad liam. A through freight train from Columbia to Charleston and the fast passenger train from Charleston to Co lumbia ran Into each other at ltadham hi a dense fog. It was reported that Kreiarbt Engineer. Hood's watch was 'three ui in ut e? Mow. and tliat this was the direct cause of the wreck. Four persons are known ta have boon killed outright. They are Torn Conlin, engineer of Hie passenger train; another white man named .lames Stokes, a brakeman, and two negro brakemen named Adams and Stephens. Engineer Reed had both legs broken, besides sustaining severe Internal Inju CIIIN Kfi-TC UIOT IN AFRICA. Miners Near Kruegersdorp Strike? Many Injured. Johannesburg, S. A. ? There was a serious disturbance near Kruegersdorp arising out of a strike of Chinese min ers. The police were called 011 to re store order, and in thw conflict which ensued several of the police and many Chinamen were injured. Many arrests were made, JAPANESE LOST HEAVILY. Ojama Now Reports 57,000 Casualties In the Fighting at Mukden. Tokio. ? Twenty thousand Russian prisoners, taken at the battle of Muk den. have arrived'ln Japan, Revised estimates of the Japanese casualties at tlie battle of Mukden and the subsequent lighting at Tie Pass, show that they numbered 37,000. The President's Trip. The itinerary of President Roose velt's \Ve*terifttrip was made public, at Washington, D. C. Railroad Operator Dies. Thomas LI. Wickes, operating head ot.lhe Pullman Company, died sudden ly I'i^Chioago, 111. . ^ H>de Makes Charges Vice-Pretfilent Hyde, of tlie Equit able Life Assurance Society, from Ills home in New York Cffjv charged Pres ident Jauie* W. Alexander and hi* ad herent# with bad faith. . To Remove Fenitentlary* i Mayor McClellan, o t New York City, Approved tlie Cooper Mil removing tbe Kings County Penitentiary to nn island I In tlie East Hiver. W. F. Patter Dead. William F. Potter, president of the Long Inland Rattroad, died from men* lugltis nt his home In New York jCUy. lilt death enroa tbnso month* after Jr., w ** M DISPENSARY DIVIDEND Comparison of Amounts Received By the Several Counties. Comptroller (leneral Jones has made in allotment of $110,000 uf* dispensary j >roflt8 to the puhlir schools of the | ?>tate. The allotment was made after i lading out the deficiency In each | 'onnty. This deficiency represented ; 'he amount each school in the county | VII short of $75. In some counties (lie I I mill school tax produced revenue mfflcicnt to pay each school $75, which t mount is calculated to run a school hjeo months. It required $9,552.63 to make up these tendencies and the remainder of the profits recently declared by the dis pensary were divided among all of the ?ounties. Chesterfield's county super utendent of education having failed !o respond with the data necessary, hat county was not included in the listjlhutlon hut the amount will he nade up at subsequent distributions. The total enrollment in the State as reported is ; and the amount each pupil will receive from this distri bution will be 23 % cents. The defl ?i?*nry money was divided as follows imong the 20 counties reporting that '.he 3 mill school tax did not afford $75 'or each and all of the schools in these :ounties: Abbeville. $297.85; Aiken. $76.30; Bamberg, $01.04; Barnwell, $32; Chero kee. $132.68; Clarendon, $71.82; Colle oii, $401,00; Kdgelleld, $160.24; I'Mor Mice, $64.63; Georgetown, $267.78; {reenvllle, $01.84; Hampton, $434; Horry. $2,004; Kershaw, $128; Lancas ter. $730.80; Laurens, $170.76; Lee, (115.90; Lexington, $282.20; Marion, (242; Marlboro, $150.13; Oconee, $682. 16; Orangeburg, $216; Pickens, $140.16; Saluda. $1,100; Spartanburg, $10. 1 & ; Williamsburg, $1)40. The following table gives in the first column the names of the counties, in the second the number of pupils enioll ?:d in the public schools of each, and in the third the amount u( money each received from the funds of $100,023.08 left after deficiencies had been made up: \bbevllle 8.005 Aiken s, 1 1 4 Anderson 13.321 Bamberg Barnwell . Beaufort . Berkley .. Charleston Cherokee 1,287 7,083 4,033 5,452 13,378 4.401 Chester 6,318 Clarendon 6.227 Colleton 5.867 Darlington 5,851 Dorcester 2,984 Kdgefield 6,117 Kali field .. 7.336 Florence . . .< 6,518 Georgetown 3,356 Greenville 12,338 Greenwood 7,304 Hampton 5,035 ilorfy 6,138 Kershaw 4,670 Lancaster 6^20 Laurens 8,007 Lre Lexington Marion Marlboro .... Newberry Dconee Orangeburg , . Pickens Richland 3aluda 3partanburg . 3umter (Jnlon Williamsburg York . 4,511 . 6.771 , 8.411 , 5,782 . 6,989 . 6,094 .14.423 . 6,279 . 8.873 . 5,361 .15,311 . 7,128 . 6,290 . 6,765 .10,215 Tremendous Sales. It Is stated on good authority that the Increase In the Halo of liquor by the State for the quarter ending March 1st, was $222,000. The fiscal year be gins with December. At this rate of Increase the salos for the entire year will show an Increase of a million dollars, and last year they wero heavier than ever before. The total amount bought by the State dis pensary In tho first quarter of the fis cal year was $873,000 and the total amount paid to the State dispensary by the local dispensaries was $1,200,' 000. This shows on astonishing array of figures. The gross sales of the sub dispensaries in 1903 amounted to $2, 817,000, Just a little more than twice as much for three months of the pres ent year. Some ascribe this state of affairs to the fact that dispensaries are being patronized now by many who patronized blind tigers nn?1 imported their supplies a few years as?>. 102-year old Colored Woman Dead at Columbia. Columbia, S. C., Special. ? tannic Barnwell, sometimes known as Fannie Brice, died Sunday morning at 3 at ihtt rin/i jn\t\ afrn nf JOg Hho was for many years a faithful nurso in some of the best white fam ilies of this city. She has been kindly remembered by them during her Infir mities. 8he was highly respected by both white and colored. ? Young Howell's Murderer. Early Thursday morning Most Brtin son, a negro suspected of the murder of young Stephen Howell, was brought to Columbia from Kershaw. In which county he has been working. Whether or not Brunson Is the murderer of Howell 1s not known. At the time of the hideous murder, December 21. 1903, there were many arrests and suspects but none of them proved to be the right man. It is remembered that Howell, In company with an unknown negro, went into the woods to gather holly for asle on the stre^ at Chrlstmastide. Hla body wss not found until several wee'ts later. Nearby was an axe. wltb which the murder was committed. Craekeman In South Carolina. Colombia, SpeclAl. ? A special to the State from Heath Springs. Lancaster county says, tbs safe of the Springs Banking and Mercantile company was Mown open by professional burglar* about S o'clock Saturday morning, ami from $1,000 to $1,500 was taken.. The tools wN In effecting an eatraaee to thetmtfe we at a asar by blacksmith shop. The blowing open of the sals was a Mat professional Job. Bloodhounds are oa tbs trail of the rohhart, am HH MtfVM thai they -wm mm* r SKIRMISHES AT THE FRONT Japan to Insist Upon an Indemnity From Russia, CZAH'S CONCESSIONS TO FINNS Ki'mili tu l.strg* Nuniliri* Kii|{H]te ltusalan Troop* N>mi* II ?i bin? C ?nm?l(le# ' Ave Hiiiull? lt?* ply of rtttijieror to i'eiltion * Kritni I'IdI.iiiiI ? I'oxr.lor Cmb Vutuiil t'ndei' Ship. ** Harbin. Japanese scouting parties have Iutd very active in endeavoring to pierce tlu> screen of the Russian van guard posts mid develop (lie disposition and strength of the positions, tlielr at tempts at times verging on the nnturo r.f i*r?T<',iii<<!s*;i ??"?? lit i'oirtv few Jap aue.se batteries wltlcll had pushed far forward occasionally drop shlmoto shells in suspected place?. There was a Mini rt brush where Ceneral MUt chenko was stationed, the Japanese pressing forward. The Kusslans repelled the ndvanco without uneoverliiu their positions. 1 here were insignificant losses. Chinese state tliat heavy Japanese reinforcements are constantly arriving. Vo I liftl ft! oil 1 Iiilt'liiuily. London, Knyland.? Peace talk has heen prevalent everywhere, hut that negotiations had coniineneed^wns posl tively denied In ail official circles here. The Foreign Otllco disclaimed even*>^, having any knowledge of peace propos als. Viscount lla^islil, Japanese Minister to tJreat Britain, declared that he had no information in regard to the an nouncement contained In St. Peters* burg dispatches that Russia had Indi rectly made known to Japan the nega tive conditions on which peace might |ie concluded, namely, no cession of territory and no indemnity, bub-he said unreservedly that the terms then men tioned could not even ho considered, { <'zitr'4 ConoeHftlonn In Finn*. St. Petersburg. Russia. ? Emperor Nicholas has given an answer to til# petition of the Finnish Diet asking that all imperial decrees since the Diet of 1801), which, It was claimed, were in contravention of the organic law of Finland be withdrawn or submitted for tiuv approval of the Diet. These in- .... eluded- the Military Conscription act, the language manifesto of 1000, pro*$' vldlng for the use of tho Russlau lan; guuge in the principal departments; tho Irremovability of judges qnd the. concentration of the executive powev in the hands of tho Oovernor-Cjenei'nT/ ' In his decision the Czar concede* two points? the suspension of the Conscrip tion act until 100$ when tho whole quest ion will he submitted to the Dleti and In lieu of military service Jfiulamji - . will havo to pay tt contribution of |2.? 000,000 In the name way as the Mussul mans of tho Caucasus pay 1204,000 ta*> stead of furnishing recruits In tttfi matter the Empefor went beyond" the recommendations of the Russian Ben* ate, to which the petition vr as sub mitted, and acted w[>on "^fe&uidvlGe of Prince John Qbolenaky, i&Kgf&pr-Clen eral of Finland, wtfo fa^P?N^7con oesslon to Flunlsli public opmjpiw^The Emperor also conceded the point of |r? removability of judges. The municipality of Yalta, Crimea# has asked the doverninent for rein forcements of troops and police. V I'owJer Cnak Under lluulan Ship, Q Vallejo, Cal.? Nihilist plots and Jap* anese spies were the frightened cxpu?? _ nation offered on hoard the lluMlau cruiser Lena, whlcli is lying at Mare Island Navy Yard, when a cask of smokeless powder, to which a long wire was attached, was brought op from underneath the ship. The members of the ship's crow have' been going under tho vessel In dlvera* suits to Inspect the bottom of the Lena to ascertain the condition of the vei-r sol. While walklug around on the bot tom of the channel a cask of powder was found, and to the cask wns'n long wire which led off toward the wore. The cask was slowly raised to the tut* face, and then It was .found that it was one that had been lost overboard from the cruiser Tacoma about a year1 WOOD BUFFALO KILLED. ' Hundreds Fall T*rey to Wolves la tbf . Northwest. Winnipeg, Manitoba.? Advice^ have just reached Edmouton from FO|r Resolution, which Is a Hudson, Bay Company's post situated on the south orn shore of the Great Slare Lake, ill the vast Unexplored district of Mack onzlc, say that wolves have become Exceedingly plentiful and of alarming boldness, making it necessary for , the Indians to consolidate their catnp^ tot protection. This is in tlie.heart of a wild wun try, where magnificent speci mens of the wood buffalo are still at large. Wolves have attacked herd* of the animals with unprecedeutoA feroc- v. Ity and hundreds of theft) have been slaughtered. At Fort gmlth'thtt !)*?'' been particularly the caae^ fullgrotm bulls having been kflTe^and devoured. The settlers apd trappcra of tttfSoia trlct propose to memorialise the Do minion Government to take etept to ' preserve the wood buffalo, wklcb, on- " dor the present arraVrgement, are gohtg - the way of the specie* which roamed over the whole Northern Continent la / days gone by. ? ? . I REVOLT IN t?ilIKCa, - --??? - ? 'leiu'ral- Barbu '"LiittdJF-' TUItt COOAUX' Prepared to Trptect Morale*. " i Jape Haitlen, Hatti.->At] reived be re by courier fl Cristt, on the northern Republic of SaHtO'lfemt tjMt Uciioral Bit* nwnliican.exWff. CrJstl, And that riaen :? gainst " iHNMcblux " of the ? of the #v? fmmt