The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 21, 1905, Image 1
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-- VOUJMK XVI. OAMDKN, S.C.. FRIDAY, ,M!!.V '.'I, liMW. * > NO. 2K.
PEACE IS NOT YET ASSURED
M. Witte Will Act in Strict Accordance With
Instructions Prom the Home Government
DOESN'T FAVOR GREAT CONCESSION
The Senior Russian Peace Plenipoten
tiary Declares That Russia Is Not
Willing to Make Peace at Any Price,
and That the Ultimate Decision Re
mains with the Emperor ? Ths Mis
sion of the Plenipotentiaries Is To
Ascertain Whether It Is Possible To
Conclude a Treaty of Peace ? Russia
Is Not Crushed, and the Russian
People Would Be Willing To Con
tinue the War Indefinitely If Nec
essary,
St. Petersburg, By Cable.? M. Witte,
the senior Russian peace plenipoten
tiary, received the correspondent of the
Associated Press at his villa on Yela
gin Island. M. Witte spoko in French.
After greetings, which were cordial, the
conversation gravitated quickly to the
high mission with which the Russian
statesman is charged, and tho disposi
tion of tho foreign press to interpret
his appointment as an indication that
Russia has decided to make peace at
any price.
"No, no," said he, straightening? up
in his chair and speaking slowly and
^distinctly, as if weighing the value of
each word. "In the first place, I have
been designated by tho Enjperor as his
ambassador extraordinary for pour par
lers with the Japanese plenipotentia
ries to ascertain whether it is pos
sible to conclude a treaty of peace.
My personal views are of secondary
importance, bu-t my ideas are in entire i
accord with those of my friend, Count
Lamsdorff. In serving my Emperor I
have received precise Instructions from
his majesty and shall follow them.
"The ultimate decision remains in
tho hands of the\ Emperor, and it is
for him to decide the destinies of Rus
sia. The Emperor is a friend of peace
and desires peace, but I very much
fear that the Jauanese terms will be
such that we will be unable to reach an
accord.
"Secondly, the world should disabuse
Its mind of the idea that Russia wants
peace at any price. There are two
parties in Russia. One favors the con
tinuation' of the war? a outrance ? this
Is a large and Influential party. The
other, to whom 1 belong, favors peace.
I avow it frankly, because telling the
truth has always been my rule in poli
tics. I was for peace before hostilities
broke out. When the war began, the
situation changed. Even thoughi there
are these two parties as to the advis
ability of ending the war in the pres
ent circumstances, both would be unit
ed if these Japanese demands wounded
the amour prtJpre of .the Russian peo
ple or jeapordized our future as a na- ,
tlon. I am sure that if I report that |
the conditions of Japan cannot be ac
cepted. Russia will accept the verdict
and the Russian people will be ready
to continue the war for years if neces
sary
"Thirdly, Russia is not crushed, as
the foreign press liafl led the world to
befteve. The interior situation is very
' serious, i do not deny, but In Europe
aad America the true significance of
what is happening is not understood.
Correspondents come here and talk
with a few hundred people in St. Pe
tersburg and Moscow, misinterpret
what is happening and fill the worlcf
-with fatafc impressions as to Russia's
future. Russia is not on the verge of
dissolution as a great power and is not
obliged to accept any conditions offer
ed in spite of the military reverses she
has sustained.
"We are passing through an Internal
crisis, which has been marked by many
grave events, and which may have
others still in store, but the crisis will
pass, and in a few years Russia will I
again take her place as a preponderant
power In the European concert."
Body To Be Exhumed.
New Y?rk. Special ? The body of Mrs.
Mary Gorman Carlton, the second wife
of Frederick K. Carlton, of Brooklyn,
to die lockjaw, is to be exhumed
r.nd subjected to minute examination
for traces of poison. An order :o
this effect was signed by Supreme
Court Justice Sewell, in Brooklyn, up
on request of District Attorney Clark,
of King's county. Carlton is now in
Rrjmond street jail, bold on a tcchni
cai charge of grand larceny.
Charges Against a Woman.
Washington, Special,? Secretary Wil
son, of the Department of Agriculture,
has begun an investigation of a report
that a certain female employe* of his
Department has sold questions to be
Jpusked in civil service examinations
prior to the holding of such exantfna
tiona. A complaint has been made n*fat
this woman for several years has beoii
aiding applicants for positions ia?.tms
manner, and that in a numJ^pj^ofraaes
the applicants MTTiranr liberally for
the service. jpbe examinations alleged
-? *i9 fifty a bylfn thus manipulated .were
for positions requiring technical Icnowl
& edge and the questions were prepared
In. the Department.
Private Soldier Killed.
~ " Baltimore, Md., Special.? Private
Patrick Cummings, of Company EL
United atatea Engineer Corps, waa
k jnardcrod b* Hayes Donaldson, of thim
city, at a email landing place oa Cor
tS^Criek. altfut 10 lallea from thte
?IV, pwUr- ^ ^Sorderar escaped.
had beenleft oathe wharf
, atartad tke disturbance by
His Instructions Arc Full.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. ? M. Wltte
spent an hour with Mr. Meyer, the
American ambassador, at tho Kieon
michel Palace, discussing the forth
coming peace conference, o Before,
leaving for Paris next Wednesday, M.
Wltte will have still another audience
with- the Emperor. In the meantime
he must pay a round of official^ visits
to all ? tho Imperial ministers. M.
Wltte is''oxpected to bo the bearer of
a pesonal message from tho Emperor
to President Roosevelt.
Tho press Is authorized by Mr. Hart
wig, director of the first department
of the Foreign Office, to deny in the i
most categorical fashion, the report
of the alleged contents of the instruc- {
lions to M. Wltte, published in Paris
by The Echo de Paris and elsewhere
abroad.
"Reports pretending to reveal the
character of the instructions to the
Russian plenipotentiaries are more
guess work," said M. Hartwifc. "These
instructions have been seen 'by only I
four persons, the Emperor, M. Witte, j
Foreign Minister Lamsdorf and my
self. The Echo de Paris' report says
they consist of five pages, whereas
tho fact is that they cover over twen
ty pages. Tho paper says tho instruc
tions are very vague, whilo on the con
trary they are very detailed. On one !
point only, according to the Echo de
I'aris, are they absolutely specific,
namely, as to the leveling of the forti
fications of Vladivostok; but I can-;
say to you that thero are many oth
ers."
M. Hai l wig also pronounces the sto
ries that M. Muravieff's displacement
was tho result of intrigues by Foreign
Ministo Lamsdorf to be pure inven
tions.
Tho Novosti says it believes that the
desired of tho anti-German coalition,
which Great Britain is trying to engin
cor, to restoro Russia as a threat
against German aggression, should be
a powerful diplomatic wefcpou in the
hands of the Russian plenipotentiaries.
"Europe wants to end the war,"
says the paper, "as Russia's preoccu
pation in tho Far East destroys the
equilibrium. Austria is in danger
from Germany, which seeks a thor
oughfare to tho Asiatic, in exchange j
for tho compensation in the Balkan
peninsula. Germany has pretensions j
now whichjslio would not have dream
ed of before tho Russo-Japanese war.
It is evident from tho Morocco inci
dent that Europe wants peace in order
that Russia may safeguard her againbt
German aggression:"
Grand Army Commander Dead.
Boise, Idaho, Special. ? Gen. W. W.
Blackmar, commander-in-chie? of the
G. A. R., died Sunday of intestinal ne-i
phritis. /
His wife was with hiih during his
illness. ffce, body will be embalmed
and taken to the home of the family In
Boston. General Blackmar arrived here
on Jnly 10 on an inspection tour of
Grand Army posts throughout tlto
Northwest. He was ill when he ar
rived, and gradually failed. The se
riousness of his condition was kept
from the public at the request of his
wife.
General Blackmar was bom July 25,
1841, at Bristol, Pa. He enlisted in the
Fifteenth Pennsylvania Calvary and
subsequently joined the ' First West
Virginia Cavalry. He Served with dis
tinction throughout tho war and at
Five Forks was promoted on the field
by General Custer to the rank of cap
tain.
Splendid Horseback Feat.
Mceteese, Wyoming, Special, ? Three
men were killed and four were injured
here by an explosion in the Kirwln
gold mine. There was no doctor near
er than Thermopolis, 1 00 miles to the
southeast, but Br. Richr.rds, at that
place, covered the mountainous dis
tance in a little less than eleven hours.
Four relays were used by him in mak
ing the trip, ranchmen along the route
supplying the horses. *
Prisoners Reach Birmingham.
Bihningh.ini, Ala., Special. ? Sheriff
William Chandler, of Ktowah county,
accompanied by deputies, arrived In
Birmingham Monday nigtyt with Vance
Garner. Bunk Richardson and Will
Johnson, three of the nogroos charged
with the murder and criminal assault
op Mrs. S. K. Smith, near CladHden,
Saturday night. The prisoners were
placed in the Jefferson comity 4?tl for
safekeeping. r
- Jap Victory on Sakftolin.
Tokio, By Cable. ? It is officially an
nounced that the Russian center, hold
ing Darllne and vicinity, was attack
ed July 11 and offered stubborn re
sistance. The attack was renewed at
dawn of July 1$, when/ the Japanese
dislodged the Russians, \drlving them
in tl^e direction of Maufta. This vic
tory assures the complete occupation
t>f South Sakhalin by the Japanese.
Eighty prisoners were taken by the
Japanese, among whom was Lieutenant
Maxim'ta. Four field pieces, one ma
chine gun and the ammunition ware
houses were captured. The Japanese
loss was about seventy men killed and
wounded. The Russians lost about
160 men.
Jerome GetawCapy of Testimony.
rv Now Tort, Speclafv-Aii official copy
<*f the testimony takW) by Superin
tendent or\ Insurance Hendricks in his
Inquiry Into the affairs of the Equit
able Life Assur&ace Society, which Dis
trict Attorney Jerome made unsuccess
ful attempts to secure last wsok, has
ww receiTSa WL x M district wtontj w
offlcsL Mr. Jotoom has aaaouaood that
he will saaka a careful examination of
?the tsstlss? y had that if condlttoas
seem to wantat, criminal actipa vlll
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PALMETTO CROP CONDITIONS1
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Conditions For Past Week ?? Qlven
Out by the Department.
|- Columbia, 8. O., July 18.? The week
ending Monday, July 17th, was slightly
cooler than normal. The temperature ?
extremes were a maximum of 94 at Al
lendale on the 10th, and a minimum of
65 at Greenville on the 11th and 14th.
I The temperatuij^ condition* were fa
( vorable. Thero were a numl>er of
damaging high winds, especially in
Greenville and neighboring counties,
J accompanying thunder storms. There
1 was an excees of cloudiness over the
! entire State.
I With an exception of a deficiency In
' the central counties where there were
j numerous showers but little rain, the
; precipitation for the week was copious
J and In many places excessive, ranging
from ono to over five inches. In the
extreme western and places in the
northeastern counties lands were wash-,
j ed and bottom lands flooded. The rain
fall was heavy along the coa*t ami ex
cessive In Ileauforrt county.
Over the greater part of the State
the numerous showers and the cloudy
weather kept the ground too wet to
work, and delayed the laying-by of
field cropB. Some fields of corn and
cotton have again become grassy and
are in urgent need of cultivation.
Cotton grew very fast in all sections,
but did not fruit In proportion. The
plants have generally attained normal
growth and in many places have grown
too large, but, with the exception of
Hampton county, where the rains caus
ed the plants to turn yellow, they have
a good, healthy color, but are soft and
sappy. There are some complaints of
usheddlng squares, and .of black-root
?and rjist on sandy lands, and of dam
age from insects, but on the whole a
general improvement is noted. The
crops need fair weather.
flome bottom iand corn was damag
ed, otherwise thore was a general im
provement in the condition of corn,
especially of late plantings. Tobacco
curing is general; lato tobacco made
rapid growth, but the crop promises
to be short. June rice is receiving its
first cultivation. Gardens Improved.
Peas doing well. Peaches rotting. |
Pastures have improved. Cane grow
ing well. Watermelons generally plen
j tlful and shipments heavy.
J. W. BAUER.
Section Director.
A Big Scandal Developing.
Columbia, Special.? The spccial in
vestigating committee appointed by
the last Legislature to inquire Into
the finances of Greenville county, with
special regard to the supervisor's of
fice, is rapidly developing a sensation
of large proportions. Following the
arrest, on Saturday as he was about
td board a train for ..North Carolina,
ofr-young Arthur Speegle, son of the
ex-aupervisor, whose books are said
to shbw various forms of criminal ir
regularities, on a warrant sworn out
by Chairman Avery Patton, of the in
vestigating committee, charging young
Speegle with obtaining money under
false pretenses by fraudulently draw
ing more salary than the act entitled
him to, Governor Hey ward has receiv- '
ed a request from the committee for
requisition papers for the father, Mr.
J. "fc. Speegle, who is at Henderson
vllle, where he is said to be In a dy
ing condition. The committee did not
mention any particular charges against
J. E. Speegle. The Governor was
merely informed that the requisition
tfas desired in connection with the
investigation. Young Speegle lias
been released on a bond of $1,000.
Half a dozen other arrests of promin
ent people are expected to follow at
Greenville this week
A storm of local politics has been
raging about the supervisor's office for
some time. At the last election the
friends of tho defeated condidate,
Walker, who was counted out in tho
primary, and in whose behalf neither
the State executive committee nor the
courts would interfere, went into the
general election, after Senator Till
man had taken a hand in the matter
and advised them not to do so. and
elected Walker on the independent
ticket. Speegle's friends claim that
the work of the committee Is largely
inspired by politics and that he will
bo able to satisfactorily explain every
thing and account, for all moneys^Jlfv
the meantime tho committee [^"pro
ceeding. to unearth things.
A liveryman called upon to explain
why ho was given $1,145 for a certain
Job, showed his books to prove that
he had received only $340. The com
mittee Is looking for the $805. and is
also trying to find out the wherefore
of an employe of the county receiving
pay, at $20 per month, for 19 months
in 1902 and 18 months In 1904. The
compaiitee is also trying to find out
why ^40 hashels of corn meal a month
was cTRiifged to tho county alms house,
whereas the present, supervisor on\y^
uses 16 bushels at this place; why
Blacksmith J. Rowley Smith, son of a
well-konwn politician, was paid $l,fi?9
for 750 f>alrs of shackles and how it
was a county physician got in $2,000
worth of services to a gang of 20 men
In the course of a year.
Taken to Columbia.
Columbia, Special. ? Sheriff ? Epper
son of 8umter county, arrived in Co
lumbia Sunday night with Jim Fay lor,
a 19-year-old negro *>oy. In custody.
Tho negro la charged with attempting
orfnlaal a aafeault upon Mlsa Wilson
it the Betta lumber all! about threo
Biles from Sumter, and was J>rought
here and placed t? the penitentiary
tor Mft h? pi? .
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Occurrences of Interact In Various :
Part# of the State.
; Geneal Cotton liflarket.
Galveston, steady . . . .up I07?
Now OrleaiiH, steady 1 ?)
Mobile, easy
Savannah, dull * ?>-V?
Norfolk, quiet 10%
Baltimore, nominal 11.00
New York, quiet 10.80
Boston, quiet 11.30
Philadelphia, quiet 11. 05
Houston, easy 11 .<'0
Augusta, quiet 10%
Memphis, quiet 10 13-10
St. Louis, quiet 10 13-10
Louisville, llrm 10%
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid to
Wagons:
Strict good middling 10%
Qood middling JO f>-li>
Strict middling 10V4
Middling lovM
Tinges !>% to '.t-%
Stains 7 V4 to Ji.00
Died on Engine.
Aikon, Special. ? Mr. W. 10. MCCar
tor was found dead on his engine at
Hath Wednesday night about 7 o'clock.
The engine was moving in tho direc
tion of tho chalk beds, to which it. ran,
when Mr. McCarter was found. Some
negroes saw the engine moving, and
thinking that there was no one on
it, jumped on and found Mr. McCarter
lying on the floor dead with a slight
bruise on his head. It Is thought that
his death was caused by heart disease.
The bruise on his head is supposed
to have been caused by falling.
.. Mr. McCarter was about 70 years
of ago. Ho was an engineer oh tho
old Augusta, Columbia and Georgia
railroad for a number of years, and
only left It a few years ago to take
charge of an engine running from
Hath to the kaolin beds, situated near
there. He has been living at Hath
for a number of years. Ho was a
Confederate veteran and a member of
the IJarnard E. camp at Aiken.
Ho was also a prcWiinent member of
the Masonic lodge.
The Dargan Case.
Columbia Special. ? The coroner's
jury in the case of It. Keith Dargan,
the former president of tho Indepen
dent Cotton Oil Clmpany, of Darling
ton, who committed suicide Monday,
returned a verdict that tho deceased
came to his death by taking carbolic
acid. It was developed at the inquest
that Mr. Pegram Dargan, the brother
of the dead man, was in the room with
tho sulcldo when he took tho poison,
and stayed with him until ho died.
This brother wad placed on the stand,
but dec'ined to mako a statement,
saying that the note left by Dargan
would explain all. ^Thls nolo was
read, and In it the dead man said
that although ho had mismanaged he
was not a coward.
The physician who was called to the
dead man's aid testified that Pegram
Dargan said that he bought the add
and saw his brother drink it. Pegram
Dargan made no reference to thiB,
however in his testimony.
The parents of the suicide are ill,
suffering from shock.
Charged With Assault.
8partanburg, Special ? B. A. Lowe, a
white Baptist minister living at Lolo,
has taken out warrants for Robert
Gossett, superintendent, and Dan
Moore, Ed. Tanner and Jack Gaines,
operatives of the Valley Falls mill,
charging them with assault and bat
tery on his person. The warrants were
Issued by Magistrate Kirby, of this
city. Lowe alleges that on July 0
Gossett struck him on the hoad sever
al times and subsequently on tho
same day the others encountered him
on the highway. The trouble appears
to have arisen from Ixmo writing an
official of tho cotton mlil In Columbia
that Gossett was not a lit person for
the management of the mill. The
case will be investigated in Magis
trate Kirby'u court.
New Enterprises.
The Secretary of State Issued sever
al charters and commissions Thurs-"
day.
The Colleton Cotton Warehouse
Company received a commission. This
concern will have a capital of $3,000
and will, be located at Walterboro.
Tho corporators are: W. B. Gruber,
I J. W. Hill and G. W. Wray/'
\ The Sputhern Realty and Invest
ment Company is a Columbia concern,
/with T. C. Williams. F. H. Weston and
J. P. Matthews as corporators. Tho
capital will bo $50,000.
The Sumter Colored Dry Goods Com
pany received a commission, the capi
tal being $6,000 and the corporators
being R. H. Richardson, E. G.. Jones,
Z. E. Walker, M. J. Frederick and W.
Andrews.
The Lynchburg Mercantile Company
received a charter, the capital being
$5,000 and the officers being J. W.
Tarrant, president?*?, d. Smith, vice
president, and J. F. Mcintosh, Jr., sec
retary and treasurer.
Died Whiu Plowing.
Union, Special. ? A special from
Cross Keys In this county says:
A tragic death occurred near here
when Andrew Lamb, a farmer about
75 years old, dropped dead while plow
Ins alone In a Held. Hie fniLfrt*ht
'ened the horse, which immediately ran
home. The fiwQy, thlnhtng aome
thla* most be wnmg, neat l4t mice to
lareatlfate, and found the old man,
who had apparently boon foiling well
whan leaving heme, lying deed to Ma
f HE EDIIORS HOLIDAY
The Editors Had a Good Time, and
Much Business Was Transacted.
While Stone Springs, Special. --The
thirty-first annual meeting of (he South
Carolina Press asslciatfon is perhaps
the largest jn attendance In the history
of the association. And in point of in
terest it is second to no other. The pa
per* presented have boon remarkable
for their force, breadth of thought am)
patriotism. Mr Bingham's paper on "The
Press and Morality" and Mr. Jordan's
plain, practical talk on the business
side of a country newspaper were the
features Wednesday. Thursday Mrs.
Virginia 1). Young and Col. Jas. T. Ha
eon painted bright sketches which were
amusing and at times touched a chord
of patriotism and sympathy by their
references to matters close to the heart
of nil South Carolinians. Rev. Dr. Ja
cobs made an address of great power
and Itev. Mr. Witsell read Mr. Hrlce'a
paper on ethics. At the night session
Senator J. K. Purlfoy read Senator
Christensen's papers.
The association was very much
amused at the embarrassment of Col.
James T. Dacon when Mrs. Young
made some bright sallies of wit at his
expense, and when she told the asso
ciation that she wanted to show them
a new picture of the colonel the mem
bers were convulsed with laughter.
I3ut Mrs. Young hastened to explain
that tlie phofogruph was not given to
her by Col. Dacon.
Mrs. Young's paper brought out the
fact that while many South Carolina
men have been distinguished poets,
authors and journalists yet they re
ceived their inspiration from thelr<
mothers, intellectual women. She also
gave the names of intellectual women
of South Carolina who had written. Dy
the time she hail concluded the asso
ciation was ready to agree with her
that man Is but secondary.
Mrs. Young's beautiful references to
the dead editor of The State made a
profound impression, which provoked
applause. Her tribute to Carlyle Me
Kinley also gave great satisfaction to
his many friends and admirers.
Mrs. Young was given a vote of
thanks and was asked for a copy of
her paper to publish In the minutes.
A very interesting paper was read by
Mr. St. Elmo Massengale of Atlanta on
the subject of the relation of the ad
vertising agent to the newspaper pub
lisher. Mr. Massengale's paper will bo
published lA the minutes.
There were three places put in nomi
nation for next year's session and the
vote stood, White Stone 1G, Isle of
Palms 14, Harris Springs 1. The vote
was close.
Mr. Kohn, of Digham and Mr. Freo
man spoke In* behalf of the lse of
Palins. Mr. Knight of Ramberg
thought the chungc every years would
be pleasing. Mr. DeCamp nominated
White Stone. Mr. Hnnks, Mr. Calloway
and others spoke in favor of Whlto
Stone.
THE OFFICERS.
The following officers were elected:
E. H. Aull, Newberry Herald and
News, president; William Hanks, The
State, first vice president; Dr. J. C.
Mace, Marion Star, second vice presi
dent; C. C. LangstojL Anderson Intel
ligencer, secretary; August Kohn; The
News ami Courier, treasurer; Rev. W,
P. Jacobs, Our Monthly, chaplain; Ed
H. DeCamp of Oaflfney Ledger, C. M.
Galloway of The State and W. W. Hall
of The News and Courier, members of
the executive committee.
Mr. P. H. Fike, chairman of the
committee on reports of officers, re
ported with recommendations to the
effect 111 at the executive committee be
empowered to select a permanent badge
and that the minutes from the year
1888 to 1894 inclusive be collected and
printed. This was adopted.
At morning session, tlve first paper
read was by Mr. P. 11. Fiko on the
subject "("Jetting the News." This was
followed by the paper by Mr. William
Hanks on the "Lights and Shadows of
a Reporter's Life." These papers were
ordered printed in the. .minutes. Mr.
Fike is city editor of the Spartanburg
Herald and his paper was full of inter
est.
The committee on the memorial on
the life of Mr. Carlyle McKlnley re
ported the following through Mr. Hanks
and on motion of Oftn. It. R. Hemp
hill the report was spread on the min
utes:
"Resolved, by the Press Association
of South Carolina, That It Is due to the
memory of Carlyle McKlnley that we
Inscribe upon our minutes a tribute
to his memory, a memorial all too in
adequate, for words cannot frame ex
pression for th.o measure of usefulness
of this man of ginnt soul.
"Fearless reporter In the days of po
litical fury, student, teacher and
scholar of wonderful masterly mind,
stored with only the choicest thoughts
of the world's best literature; editor of
power, spirit, loyalty to country and
love, for all mankind; poet whose fu
gitive verses, all too few, will rank him
in senti'ment if not in fecundity with
Hayne, Lanier and Timrod? it is to
his memory <hat the Press association
of South Carolina will pause at this
moment from its sessions and will putc
upon record a declaration of faith in
the works aud a declaration of rever
ence for the spirit so tender and yet
so true, so strong and so brave. This
we do, knowing fhat though not a
member of the association, he had ten
der sympathy for and keen human In
terest in the labors and in the welfare
of his fellow workers of the press."
At the afternoon session the selec
tion of a place of meeting was held
and Mr. Hardwick's address was heard
with great pleasure, the association be-#
lng assembled in the routunda.? Wil
liam Boulrs in Columbia State.
New Enterprises.
The Secretary of State hu chartered
the Yorkville Hardware Company with
a capital of $8,000. Tho offloers are W.
!. Withers, president; W. B. Moore.
Tire- president, and George W. Brown,
secretary and treasurer.
A commission was issued to the
Andersps Farmers' Union Warehouse
Company, which will * capital of
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STARTS FOR NORTH POLE
Commander Peary Sails Irom Now
York in The PoostvelL
Ki|ll<tvfl ('mill Irnt Hint Wllliln inn Y?*i?rl
lie Wltl IMiUll flio A ill e ill- i n I'Ik;
mi 111** IviiHi'm Vrollf Knit.
New York <ily I .i?* n I i>ii :i n t Hobert
E. IVary beamed with happiness when
Ins polar steamship. Tli?' Hooseveit.
weighed anchor In North Hlver ami
atuek her nose (own id ilic ocean and
t lu> far oft' Nuri li ] 'die.
'I'lii* water front about Thirty -first
nl reel and North Hiver was lined for
blo< ks with friends and admirers of
the lirave eoinniainler. ami scores of
women and girls kissed their hands
ii i ut wished hon voyage to tli.i man
who heads the first expedition in many
years to start from New York io
search for the coveted Pole.
l-'lauiitinu a large American tin gr, and
wilh no ? her (tag, signal* or uamU
displayed. Yhe Hoosevell sailed smooth
ly down the hay, accompanied by (he
fug I'entueket, of the Navy Yard, to
which (he guests were transferred o(T
flie Narrows.
Lieutenant i'eary, although lie di
rected the start, did not sal! on his
ship. He left New York at midnight
for Sidney. The commander expects
The Hooseveit to arrive in six days.
Mrs. I'eary did not go. Her mother,
Mrs. Magdalen Diebilsch, and Mrs.
Peary's children, ltober( l?Jn Peary, .Jr.,
and Marie Anighnlto, will go as far an
Sidney and return by rail. Anighnlto
was born In the Arctic /one, and hence
the Esquimaux name, which means a
"high pointed mountain." Itefore
. V.onvniander Peary said:
"1 have) (he best equipped expedi
(ion that ever started out to plant a
flag on the uppermost pari of (h#
globe. Every possible thing that would
facilitate the work of discovery and
every comfort for my men have been
attended to. and the start is none too
soon for me."
Commander Peary assured all that
he would return to New York three
years hence with a "piece of the Pole." ?
He will sail from Sidney, Cape Hre
ton. and expects to reach the Pole
within eighteen months. This will al
low six months for the night the party
will have to rest.
Those who will accompany Com
mander Peary, to the furthest point
north are Ross K. Marvin, a graduate
of Cornell University, who will assist
In geological work; I>r. Louie J. Wolf,
who for the past six months had been
in t,he dispensary at Hellevue. Dr.
Wolf, applied for and received the ap
pointment as ship's surgeon without
notifying his parents, who are wealthy
and live In Sllverton, Ore. He Is u
graduate of the Cooper Medical Col
lege, San Francisco. Chief Engineer
Oeorge E. Wardell, Steward Charles
Percy, a veteran explorer, and Mat
thew A. lletisen, a negro, who has
been with Peary on all his previous
dashes for the Pole, will also go.
Among (lie friends of Commander
Peary who accompanied The Itoosevelt
down to the Narrows were: Professor
Monroe Smith, of Columbia University;
I/. L. Dela field, Frederick P. Delatield,
(Jeneral J. Russell Lowell, Charles
Mil II ken, Herbert L. Hridgmnn, secre
tary of the Peary Arctic Club;. Fred K,
Wnlcott, Wallace Downey, Mrs. Mag
dalen Diehitsch, mother of. Mrs. Peary,
? ml Mrs. Peary and children.
As The Hooseveit moved down the
river every craft that carried 11 whistle
put It In use, and the shrieking and
screeching of tugs ?nd steamers made
a deafening roar. As the vessel passid
Sea (bite she received n salute from
the Atlantic l'acht Club, which was
returned, as were all the other Salutes,
by the constant dipping of the colors.
As The. Hooseveit passed the RuttCry*
on the way down the lyiy Secretary!0
Ifrfdgman made a Inricf address.
"Command* r Peary, '/said he, "you
take with you the best wishes of the
Peary Arctic Club* Everything has
been drop to make the trip a success
ful one, and we hope when you return
you will bring back the news that the
long sougt.l goal has been found."
Dr. Wolf will meet the ship at Sid
ney.
(J. A. H.'S CHIEF DEAL).
General Blaukmar Seized Witli Fatal
Illness at Boise City, Idaho.
Boise, Idaho.? General W. W. Black
mar. of Massachusetts, Commander
in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Re
public, died here of nephritis, after an
Illness of several days. Ills wife and
her sister. Miss Alice Brewer, were at
his bedside when the end oame.
At the National Encampment of (he
G. A. It. in Boston last August General
Bhiekmnr. distinguished as a soldier
and in public life since the war, was
elected Commandcr in-Chlef by accla
mation. He made a tour of the coun
try soon after his election, and on July
(I, accompanied by his wlfQ, and her
sister, left Boston for a second tour.
He was in fairly- good health at the
time. General Black mar was born
July 25. 1841. at Bristol, Pa.
tJeneral Blackmar is succeeded by
John It. King, of Washington, senior
Commander-in-Chief.*
BLOWS HIMSELF UP IN COURT.
Prisoner Commits Suicide With Dyna
mite and Injures Court Officers.
Wellington. New Zealand. ? During
the hearing of a civil case here the de
fendant, a man named Murchlaon, blew
himself to atoms trltlx dynamite. The
magistrate and a police inspector were
badly iujured. and the front of the
court house was blown out.
DON'T WANT CHINA IN.
Japauete New spa pen Against Having
Third Power la Peace Conference.
Toklo. Japan.? The Japanese press
strongly reaenta China's request to be
allowed to join in tbo peace negotia
tion*,. and- - will etreaoeoaiy object to
any third power taking part la the
conference. Tbo newspapers think
that Hotaia induced China to preflfcr
her requeat Wdflbt object U creatine
IH-feeliag through Japaa'a raCuaal ta
grant it ^ -
WASIII N(M ()X, v' *'
President Roosevelt lifts decided Hint
(lie cotton report scandal shall not end
Willi tllP dismissal <>l' III:* Kimlnlici;)*,
1 1 4 ? 1 1 1 1 o k , Wilt Hint every effort shall bo
made to (mulsh adequately all tho
Sillily men. ?
After resting In tt vnult at Oak Hill
< 'einetery slmio Ills (lentil, Inst Decem
ber, 1 1 1 ?? body of .1 union N. Tyner, for
mer Postmaster-General, Assistant At'
torney -General and Representative hi
Congress from Indiana, was buried ia
tin? family plot at Oak 1 1 1 if.
Secretary Bona part** decided against
a Saturday half-holiday for employes
of the Washington .Navy Yard.
During the absence of t Ho President
ollU'lal elreles are navigating to va
rious summer resorts for the remainder
of the season. t
OUR ADOPTED LLANOS.
OUlf ADOPT 10 1 ) ISLANDS.
Secretary Taft and his pnrty arrived
nt Honolulu after n plcnsnnt voyage
on the Manchuria, and sailed for Mu
ni In.
A condemnation suit was brought in
the Federal court at Honolulu by Uni
ted States Attorney Brcckoas to so
cure three and one quarter lucres of
land on Waikuki beach. The lanjl is
owned by Mrs. Along, and it is wanted
for forts and fortifications.
Preparations are being made in Hon
olulu for tlie reception of Secretary
Taft and his parly or" sightseers.
DOMESTIC.
Each of the nineteen routes lajd out
for new subways in Now York City
was approved by the Hoard of Estl*
mate and Apportionment.
During a quarrel over cigarette
flunking ltaymoiul P. StouglL _,>vas
killed at St. Louis. Mo., T/.Tohn Greas
ier being accused of the ifiurder.
General Horace Port or, former Anier?
lean Ambassador to Krajice, has re
turned home.
It i vii Ik tor the h ind of the same girl
and in her presence, William Monrny
?wns stabbed to death at Ashton, W.
Yy.. by John Ilnwlhorne. ^
The cruiser Mary hi ml established a
new record at Newport, 11. I., when
l.'lUO tons of coal were taken on In
eight hours.
A special Federal Oram] Jury will
be summoned in September in Milwau
kee, Wis., probably to investigate the
Paper Trust,
Twenty-live passengers of the
steamer AlUnnca, from Colon, were
held in quarantine at New York City
for fear of yellow fever.
To escape the camera In the Rogues'
Oallery lu New York City Samuel %&?
vine Jumped from the sixth floor of
rollco Headquarters and was fatally
hurt.
--uPrcstdent Kooseve.lt has declined tho
Invitation from Australia, extended to
Miss Alice Roosevelt, to visit that
country as the guest of the Govern"-,
ment.
Charles J. Bonaparte, Secretary of
the Navy, in an address at Baltlmore?
Mil., warned ngalnsi "graft" in politi
cal life in this country.
Representatives of the Japanese Gov
ernment have, purchased live highly
bred stallions In Lexington, Ky., to be
sent to the ryyal stud.
Two ?e\Vre thunderstorms passed
ove<> .Mod way, Mass. .James Jay, a
llfteen-yeap-old boy, was struck and in
stantly killed by lightning while vuilk
ing in the'street with. a coinpanj^n.
In tlie cellar of the house she inher*
Ited from her husband Mrs. Charles
Bluhen, of Philadelphia, Fa., discov
ered the body of her husband's house
keeper.
? Bob McCoy, a well-kuown ranchman
on the Big Horn River, near Cheycnue,'
Wyo? Is said to have been killed by as
sassins who decoyed hi in to a deserted
cabin and shot him in the back as he
was about' to enter"; His body was
sunk in the river.
Silas McDonald, who was caqhlei of
the State National Bank at. St. Joseph,
Mo., and who went to Philadelphia.
Pa., nfter that institution went Into
liquidation, committed suicide by cut
ting hjs throat in the presenco qf his
wife. , V?
Frank Hall, aged twelve years, and
Charles Bice, eleven years of age, the
sons of farmers living near Cowgill,
six miles from Dover, Del., >? were
drowned while bathing in Simon's
Creek.
in a battle between excursionists
from Clarksburg, \V. Va., on u Balti
more and Ohio train and cowboys,
members of a Wild West show, Jo?
Johnson, proprietor of tho show, and
Mexican George, a cowboy, were killed.
A tornado hit Navnsotfl. Texas, doing
thousands of dollars' worlli of. damage*
FOREIGN.,
A special cable dispatch from Val
paraiso said thero were 100 new cases
of smallpox dnily, and the mortality
at the lazaretto amounts to ninety per
cent.
The employes of the Vienna. Lods
and Kalis/, Railway have decided to
use the Polish language in tho trans
action of railway business.
One entire regiment of Russian sup
pers, stationed at a small village in
the mountains hear Tiflls, has mur
dered all its officers and. It is rumored,
has joined the revolutionists.
' A scene of excitement prevailed in
the Freuch Chamber of Deputies, at
Pqvis, when M. Lasler, an Anti-Semite/
member, attacked tho late Minister of
War, Andre, and his successor. 51.
Bertsaox, left the Chamber.
In th^ltouse of Commons, at Lon
don. England, Premier Balfour de?
dared feimsslf opposed to eonsnrtpNoft
for fllllng the tanks of tie army, and
advocated the Government scheme fOT~
army reform.
Count Sertlus WM
chief Russian prrnce ?
place of M. MOravieff.
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