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VOLUME XVI. CAM DKN, S. C., Mil 1)A V, A I ( i I S T II, I *?>:>. No. :;i. MEETING OE PEACE BOARD First Conference of the Kind liver Held On the American Continent INTRODUCTION BY OUR PRIiSIDENl Ceremony Unique in History Takes Plaoo on the Mayflower Off Oyster 4 Bay and the Presidents Success in Avoiding Questions of Prece dence MakcH All Smooth ? Japanese Arrived First and Were Presented. Awaiting tho Russians in the Cabin ?Tiny Komura and Giant Witte Shako Hands When Presented. Oyster Day, N. Y., Special. History was marie Saturday in Oyster Day. Russians ami Japanese claspr:] amis and greeted one another with all out ward evidence of cord In), y, r.nd for the 11 rut time since nations began to have relation* one with onolhcr. an Kxecutlvoof a great power received the envoy jj <>f two belligerent conn tries on. fc mission of pear*e. President Roosevelt, on ehalf of th<* United States and their people, extended for mal greeting to tho representatives of Russia anil .Inpan, Introduced tlie plenipotentiaries to one another. and entertained (hein at an idn borate luncheon, at which Russian and .lap anese fraternized with one another as comrades rather than enemies. PRESIDENTS NOTABLE TOAST. During the lmiuil?un'"~ President Roosevelt propos*^ a notable toast, in whirh he expressed the earnest hope and prayer, in tli?.< Intorest not only of these two grea/ powers, hut of all civ ilised niankiriN, that a just and last ing peac^rfnav speedily be concluded between them." The occasion was Impressive. It was attended not by pomp and ceremony, but by a simplic .y and fian knft:;s characteristic of the President and of tho people of America. Due honor was paid the distinguish CM guests ot the President and of the country, and they were received with nil the dignity to which their exalted rank entitled them. The day was ideal. Afler the sun i a,, burned away the haze of early morning, the weather was glorious. A brisk breeze just tipped the waves of "Ijong Island Sound with silver, temper ing, at the same time, the heat of the sun's rays. ^ .CiilEF ENVOYS SHAKE HANDS.. It was a notable scene as the di minutive Baron Komura shook hands with the f^lant Wltte at the instance of tho President of the United States. The greetings of the members tr.e ? two apodal missions were distinctly formal, but not the slightest sugges tion of emnity was shown on either side: r^Jeit her by word nor by action did tlv^y indicate, even by direction, anythinfg but the utmost cordiality. Careful to avoid any strain. Presi dent Roosevelt, as soon as possible after the introductions, suggested that 1 tho party proceed to the main saloon, i v where luncheon was In waiting. The' lesident himself le.. the party, follow in order by Mr. VVitte, Baron Komu i?, Ambassador Rosen and Minister 'ifakahira. Even the formation of this little procession Involved a delicate diplomatic problem, but it was agreed that tho President solved It admirably. FOES LIKE FRIENDS. Although the luncheon was served with the other guests standing, the President escorted the four envoys to chairs in one corner of the saloon, and in half a minute, through tacl and del icacy, the whole party engaged in Engineers Elect Officers. Louisville, Ky., Special. ? The Na tlonal Association of Stationary Kn glneers Friday elected the following officers: President, K. D. Tomlinson, Milwaukee; vice-president, Theodore N. Kelscy, Ixtwell, Mass.; secretary, F. W. Raven, Chicago ; treasurer. Hugh Rcnsford, Cincinnati. The next convention of the association will he held in Philadelphia. Threo Murderers Hanged. Nigger Murderers Hanged k.laa Helena, Ark., Special. ? Tom Wilson, slayer of his brother, and Will Rob ertson, wife murderer, paid the penal ty for their crimes on the scaffold in this city. Roth men wer# negroes and both met death ^'tfi "perfect com , posure, dcgt*rin6 ''that they were ready Xojfa? Robertson's neck was brol^nr3'' Wilson died of Ktian&ula ?"trio. Canto. Miss., Special. ? Bob .Tones, a negro wife murdorer, *m hanged in the jail here. " ? Japanese Force* Over 400,000. Lldlapuds, Manchuria, By Cable. ? The Japanese hav"'/ concentrated In Manchuria, In front of the Russian armies 430,000 Infantry, tdth l.fOO ^???? This Is exclusive of the do tachment of General Ilasegawa, 0?1 lander of tk? forces In Korea, <* ls?d a special detachment, the destlna - ttos of which Is not known. Tho ' Weather la good and the roads are animated conversation OV^r their dishes-. The t*t>ki versat ion was general tv In French, as Mr Witte speaks very little I^DKliHh. Huron Rosen and Raron Koinura chatted as If l hoy had been life long friend ti ?nd MIiiImi**!* Taka hh a, at ?>m> lime particularly tomniii j nieatlve, entered Into tne conversation { with zest and interest. Rofore the luncheon had proceeded far President Roosevelt tone frUiU Ins chair, and turnlhg td the assemblage, raised his hand for silence. In an in stant there was a hush. Mowing to the | envoys*, President Roosevelt "said '. HNVOYS APPRO V 10 TOAST. ?? "(Jent lemon; I propose a toast to i which there will be no answer and to 1 which I have the honor to 6sk you to ; drink in slU-n^e, standing. I drink to ' (he wolfflre and prosperity of the sov ernigns and the people ??f the two j great nations whose representatives have met one another on this ship. It is my most earnest hope and prayer, in the interest 01 not only these two great powers, hut of all civilized man kind, that a just and lusting peace may spoeab.y bO concltuK'u between t hew.*' j The toast was drunk, as the Presi dent requested, in profound silence; ] hut in the hum Of conversation which j followed little Was heard hut eiithu*i j af.'ie comment upon tue character ?>f the President's expression. Mr. Wit to and Huron Koinura hotli cordially ONLY WITTF. ARRIVED. I Envoys Tardy in Reaching FoiKs | month. N. H. For Conference. ' Portsmouth, N*. H., Special. There i was great disappointment in this ? ity I Monday over the delay in the arrival ?of the Russian and Japanese peace en J vovs. The news of the postponement j of the function had not readied nuui.v of t lie citizens of Portsmouth I'lid \s environs. Consequently, this section of | Portsmouth was astir early, j^ml by S | o'clock cver.v electric line; U$m the ; country Was bringing many sight-seers. I When the fact of the postponement be i came generally known there wen' many I expressions of disappointment but upon ! the circulation of rumors of the pos sible arrival 'Of the ships most of the ciowtl decld&d* to have a holiday any way. The operators in the wireless^ station had a very busy day trying to pick up the?J)olphln which has the Japanese envoys on board. Monday night an answer to the nu merous calls was received stating that at dark the Dolphin was off Cape Cod [ 75 miles awav. She was steaming slow i ly, and those on hoard thought the (.-ri ser would reach ihe harbor about 9 o'clock. Mr. IVitte arrived in this city Monday, night, from Hoston at 11:15 o'clock, coming in a special car .at tached to the regular Bar Harbor ex press. He was enabled to avoid a crowd of several hundred people assembled at the ? railroad station through the train stopping at a crossing about a quarter of a mile from the depot. Mr. Wit to was taken to the Wcnl worth in an automobile. Cheered by Russian Jews. Post on. Special. ? Mr. Witto, the se nior Ruslan plenipotentiary, took an rutotnohile ride about the city and tis itcd Harvard .Pniveralty and Magnolia, the summer home of the Russian ein bassay. Mr. Wil.tr left for Portsmouth at {1:45. Refore the train left, about a I hundred former residents of Russia, i i many of them Hebrews, assembled near ' Mr. Witte's car and cheered him. The i envoy appeared on th? rear platform ! r.nd spoke in Russian in a conversa tional way for several minutes. He | asked his hearers how they liked Atncr ; icn and whether they preferred this country to Russia. Several of the au dieivpo replied in effect that they liked America better, as there were more op portunities for advancement. At the conclusion of Mr. Witte's informal re marks the crowd cheered htm. which he acknowledged by removing his hat. j As t'ie train pr.lled out <>no of the He brews shouted: "C.ive freedom to the j Jews." New Naval Commander. Washington. Special. ? Captain S. W. Very has been ordered by (be Navy De partment to duty as commandant of the naval stations at. Port Royal and Charleston. S. C.. also as commandant of the sixth naval district. The order is effective September 1st. when he will relieve Hear Admiral 15. S^tyrime, who recently was placed on the retired list. Little Hopes of Peace. Pt. Petersburg, Hy Cable.? The be lief is growing in all circles that the government is preparing the public for a failure of the peace negotiaions. In the opinion of well informed men. the pessimistic statements which have been made by Witte, Killed Business Enemy. Padueha, Ky., Special ? H. H. l.oving. a former banker, shot H. A. RoFe, a prominent lumber man. three times. Rose was killed. The men had been of ficers of a lumber company until a few days ago. when Rose was forced out tinder charges. It is supposed that the shooting resulted from a quarrel over business Affairs. Kentucky Open to Refugees. IxiuisvHlc, Ky.. Spccial. ? The State Board of Health has issued 4 procla mat ion announcing that Kentucky will be an "open" State as far as ityugeca from the fever-Infected district of the South are concerned. The Refugees will be subjected to examination, however, and will be detained tempo rarily In camp* which will be eatab llshad at or near the principal twons and clUea oC the 8tat*. - . Z-i - , - . [palmetto chop conditions ' Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. Tlit* Soui || Carolina section of tliw | ?lunate and crop service ol (lie l)e- j part incut n( Ami ie ul I lire issue* thd { following ollit ial bulletin of weather j I An <1 crop conditions for (In* past ! tt Cl'li ! The uu an tempera! ure for the week ?inline S ii. in. \ii^u?l 7lli wih *iij.'ht l\ below no rn i ;i I . bill lli?' week i'lnl ri| with excessive beat. Tin- extremes were a maximum oi fis ite??ir<ls ill <'<?? j lumbi;; on i li<* (illi, ami a minimum ot j <>0 decrees ai tlreenvillc on ibe ~ud ami al KinyMree on I lie iivtl. The prevailing tdeltr Were fiivoi able tor rapid radiation causing cou siderable complaint o| ihe ni>?lit.s hav | iny been too cool lor vegetation, al | though not unusually low. The days I weie clear and hot. \\ iixK were ?fen erally liirlit. There were no <lainaues reported t'robi storms. liail n floods. I I he greater poipon of the Stale j was without rain. A beuelicial rain | [tin the );h covered the tenitory from j Oconee eouUt.v to < 'hcrpkee and a I portion of York but not extend j ija.'ltt ml beyond the I'icdinoui sec tion. The extreme southern portion | had rain ?.!?<? 'it It. Till' drought { is severe ami injurious to crops over ! ihe western ami central counties and over practically all the Savannah riv er vallc\ counties, but tln> htt'd ol j rain i*? IV It 'over practical^ the en-\i tire State. II The weather was favorable for ctil j tivation and laving b\ ciop,< which | work is practically iinished \\ i ( 1 1 I lie evcplion of ^oo;| reports j t i*i >in the coast counties where <o|- j ton is iinprot ?n?;t there scents to have j been a general deleriora! ioi, in the i condition of cotton over the whole i St ?i t ?? due to the plants turiiim.! yel j 'young' bolls, and to rusts which i now widely prevalent. Heports ol , damage h.V insects yontinue bttf are | I open i iik generally over the southern ; counties iuid in,/plaees, picking will ! be active next week. The t? i si hale j was ginned on the, lirst ol i August, Tin1 1'J year average of 1 lirsl bales is August t?lh; the earliest ! was duly 'JSl h 1S!M?, the latest An- I gust 'joi h. 1 say The dry weather is injurious to J I late corn, cipetna'! V thai portion now j in the lasscllinu stage. Tobacco ?-uiy i n'_r ifc nearly Iinished, with tho late ! erop better than tin early one. Kar- I ly rice i.s.-Ucatl-iti'j and harvest in:* will j ben in the latter part of the month, j Minor crops are doh>> lairlv well, j except pastures and garden*, bat Jill j need rain. Bclton Power Company 'k Flaht. ( 'handler, tireemille County, Spe cial.? -At Jlollidav's bridge, four; miles from Helton, six miles from Moneu Path, ami 12 miles from Wil- | liamstou, there is beinsr const ructed a power plant, the importance ami size^of which are unknown to the gen eral public. The builders are men j who have no reason to advertise for j subscribers to capital stock, and this in a measure aeeounts for the fact that practically nothinir lias been said about the de\ eloptneut in the news papers. A dam has .j'tst been com- ] pleted. .12 feel in height, H feet in thiekness at the top with the proper j thickness at the base for?siieJj a struc ture. It is near <>00 feet loh^;, and will j turn the* entire current of Saluda j river into the canal that is he in*; j dim. This canal, nearly half a mile in length, looks almost like a htuje river bed itself. The power that will he developed by means of this cur rent of water will be trcmcdous but for the present only a portion of it will be utilized. Thr??e immense water wheels will be placed in position in the power house, on which work is rapidly proceeding, ami -1,01)0 horse power will be developed at once, though this is not by any ineitns the full amount. >f power that will he available. An Intruder Fatally Wounded. (! reenville. Special.? Ilutus lack son. a notorious ne^ro who is well known to the officer^. i-nmc Snt',ir lo> imr his life while at.Yinptinji to enter the house of Maty Doiran, colored, last Wednesday niyht. at which time in1 !<?? I'ivcd lie.' ?*"M! ?'ll t s oj a lucr e'; loading ;hot ?uu in his livjht aim and lel't eve, which will probably cause .s death. Fought L'ke a Tip, nr. I nion, Special. Will Muslins, an operative ? > ! the tnion Cotton Mil' alter Hulitinu two men. one of whom is in jail, was released on bond. l>i lectly after inidday, under the in - lluenee of iutoxieants, lie fi^rjhS < ?er,rjre Pearson and a tew bout.-* later at tacked "T'hiu les Piessdcy, a linema.i of the I'liion :md Ne?l- Skoals elec trie line, and a !ivel\ scrap ensued. Pie?.?h*v weighs 20M pounds and Hu>i piio? ii. almost a mid^e! but he fuu^lit like a ti^er and it took three |H?!ic? n.en to carry him and hi* opponent to jail. The Sc.- son's First Bale. Charleston, Special. ? The first bale <?1 new cotton arrived Saturday, con signed to K. W. Wavrener & Co., from [?11. C. Folk of Hainberjf, who has sliip j>ed first bale t?? Charleston for several years. The bale was classed as jrood middling, weicrhed 425 pounds and was Mid l? (taMrtlriilk Mercantile Crtfppftity for 1H ccnt'ft. The first Jlple came in last year nn Angi?|t* 13th. The curliest recei|M of new cotton in Charleston was on July 21), 1896^ K339B *?r , * '? : Tr .*? ?. ? > NATION 10 FIGIII IIVIH Governor ol Louisiana Wires Petition coolo lo Pfosnli'iit, MISSISSII'I'I FLEtl S3 CAf 7 unti) , iVi?r Hclvrreil Ni lKlilito Hit; SlrO.e <<n?i? ' lit ('lilllll* ? (Jt'llt'lftl II oil *??*- 1 ? MilllIK ?'< ' In i' \* Orliaiin. \V lioiv lli?* |t|?<'n*i' I* Moil I'rovwlont? Ti'Ii>ki-h|?Ii* ltoi???- v?>1I !? )>? I n Hi rucl loiin. New Orleans, I, a Willi i ticsi!? ' 1 ? stop III)' |>;1 llir tliriillulmlil III.' South. HUi? li has demoralized hus'uiess and i H Irea d \ lias rn used i 1 1 1 ? ? i limits iitiaii' ia I . loSSUS, leaders ill o(fi<*t:i I ami business lift- in Louisiana hnvt> a?Ued tin 1 ill li'd Suites < lovernimnt to take full ; control of ilic light against tin* yellow fever. The lUCetlUg l?) tll'W'l IHIUO (>lt llll"l ! 1 J to nit'ft the panic colli 1 1 1 ions wiis lu'ltl at the ( 'ol Ion Kxflum^f. The prcsi ( (lent ami throe delegates li'oin all coin mercia I and some professional organi zations, Mayor Bahrniait. President Kohnke. of ilio City Hoard of 1 1 t>n 1 1 It ; President Souehon, of I lu> Statu Board III 1 1 ra llli, a 11(1 some physicians wore |ue,<cnt Till* resolution was unani mously adopted : Kesol veil That this meeting in dorsus tlif proposition lo ask tlio I ni toil Status Uovernilient lo taki- control Of I ho yellow fever situation in New Orleans. ii ml that the tiiivornor of the i State ami the Mayor ol Now Orleans ho reijnesteil to take iinnio<|iato steps to curry this proposition into elTuct. "Further. That the hearty co-opera tion of the Stale ami city governments, State ami city health hoards, Parish Aledlcal Society and merchants ami people generally he pledged ill RUcli action as nia,\ he taken hy tli" Uovern muni." A telegram was sent to Coventor tllanchard apprising him of the action (>l the mod tug- 1 It* wired it' the Pus ident at Oyster May expressing his up A yellow fever and mine ex pert in the city, whose position with the Covcrnmeut forhids the use of his name, has estimated thai the prohnhle Cost ro the < I'overnmeiit M' the effort to stamp out the fever ? ill he about >1 .<KX).(XMI, exclusive of the moneys that the localities will he called on to expend. The Louisiana Naval Heserves cap lured or drove from the Louisiana lakes the entire force of the Mississippi quarantine patrol. The rrewS of i lit* two hoats caplnretl- the Oracu nnd the Tipsoy are in Ilio parish prison id' St. Uoriiai'd parish, helow the city, under charges ranging front piracy to assault nnd battery. The Oyster Commission hoat (Jraee, Hying the Mississippi quarantine flag, was caught a t the Itigoicts. At a conference at the City I tall it \vas decided that Mayor Harhman should issue a proclamation requiring every business house in the city to close one day so that employes might take n hand in the general cleaning movement. Merchants are to tie asked to furnish carts to carry away refuse. Hundreds of persons are temporarily moving from New Orleans to St. Tam many Parish, the only near haven to which they can go. The parish has opened its doors to all refugees. Yel low fever has never developed in SI. Tammany Parish during the most so* l ions epidemics. lOxtreme measures which some of the roil ii try districts are tnklng to guard themselves from yellow fever threaten to put a stop to train service. I SriMiKNI ? !?: 1: \T S.\?; I! A !.! KN. Hulk of Ikiissiiin (i.-irrison < 'apit ulates to ill ' .I.*i i?;i Tokio. Japan.- Tile bulk of the Kus | ?la 11 gnrriSon on Sagha lien Isinnd siir 1 rendered to the Japanese on July HI. A report giving details of their (ilia) Pursuit ami surrender has been re } reived, as follows: j "An independent envalry column on | Hie afternoon of July "S attacked the pnemy Aouth of Palco and routed him, driving hlin southward, capturing two I Held RUHR, besides a number of rides : Hild a quantity of iunmunitlon. "On July 'J!> the cavalry, being r* in forced, vigorously pursued the eneniy J south of Taylan. which lies twenty-five j miles south of Kykoff. "The enemy halted at Onol, twenty Ave miles south of Taylan. and at 5 ; Vclock on tin- 1 1 1 o r 1 1 i 1 1 sr of July ,'5<l scut a ; tetter umt^n-?*4 tlnir of truce to the .lap i mese cominaudim; officer from (??enernl i LiapnolY, the Itussian Governor, say 1 lug that the lack of bandage material nnd medicines, and tin- eonscrpient in , ability to succor the wounded, com i polled him, from ;i sense < ? I' humanity, to terminate ho?tllitic*. "The commander of the Japanese [force replied. demntuiing the delivery of all war supplies and property of the ! Russian Government. the uninjured, nnd the delivery of nil maps, records nnd papers relating to the Russian civil i and military administration, and re> j Quiring their delivery in reply :it TO I o'clock on the morning of July 31. oth | erwisc an attacking movement would i immediately be started. "Colonel Toli vitch, o!i behalf of Gov ernor LiapnotV. met Colonel Koizumi. ; Japanese chit f of staff, on the morning i of July 31. and accepted the proposed terms. >r.,v "Governor l.inpnoff. seventy oflleef* and 3200 men of the Iviissir. n garrison then surrendered. "The spoils, consisting of clothing, papers and millta/v supplies, are now under iuveMla^tim:." Six .Months' Upturns, j Complete returns now available for I the leading departments indicate that ; the first half of )PO."V made a better J comparison with tin- corresponding six j months of last year than even the inoM sanguine estimate. Textile Prices Inflated. Commercial tendencies arc still ill th<* direction of improvement, although progress is hampered by some infla tion qf prices for the vaw materials or textile and footwear industries. ' CITVS MAYOR ABSCONDS Chi' I I xmitivo o( Patorson, N J, PisAppcars. II ? k ' * I Imhimc S?iiiii|?" tli** Win) I llitv Itci'ii Ac* usui ill T 1 1 e ' t ? i | Paterson. N .1 Tin' Miil.nvf"! final)- i ? i t iii^ of M m > ? ?r {(either. i?l I'.iterson, | has |, ri iiiniiv \ it'll ins, t\ ho have losl .III /lt!!tMinl |'"|| ill e\t'ess "I it li> V?f*t I* j 1 1 1 ; 1 1 ? - s Ih i fliilm v k! v< is Mnyoi lteh'her, ! \\ ln? was look im I upon iiv :i luyli!_i moral | < in/.i ii :i 1 1 1 1 ?'li"( i?mI in olllie as ii i?' I'M in i ii mliilii I r. lias, .'Mcoriliiiir t<i I lie* ? latest lAtillilltes. Ii ?<?'?'( I f lieiulf" mill <1 it'll I s oil! of Hut less ( I it It SHMI.IMMI. Assemblyman Wii^lli has lit'cu en xiiuimI hy Hit- I if|i;i 1 1 iinMi I tit ltiinkln?f [ ;iii<I I Usui it in i> in make a si'.'Ui'h of all tin- nun i ya f*es ami <|t'0<lft nflVcling tin1 I M il tieheSlet' HilililinK and l.OHll Ahso ? ?iation, 'if which Hclt'lu r was I'icsr dent niul counsel ?!n!f :i tii'/.t'ii ftniiil | 1 1 1 ? ' 1 1 1 morl>za^es have heen uncovered Nearly all of the Mayor's persona! j :iinl j ?t 1 1 i t h.'m I friends have lost money. lllOst Ol Which WHS |t?;lllt'tl HillltMIl se curity When In* li ft ratersoti. Mayor j liolcln r liori'mvcil from Lawyer .1 \Vil j la ri I I*'.' Y oe .<i;?oo. Prior lo ilnit lit' ! Imtl iilii.i i iicd from Mi- Yot< on < piM'sniitii notes riioimis I*'. Morgan. a j grocer. It'll I to tiir Mill or S.'iooo without I st'tjur i t y , "Yes, ami I urn ready to nive h ? tit j IlltHO il lit' Ileitis it." was 1 1 if j on I \ comment 1 1 1 Mi Morgan, lit- is' oiit> of tlio few men in I 'ii l er sou who I still hit*. faith in tin* Mayor Mr. Hotelier's loans froin lawyers ami oth CIS ha\ili? olliees in the Savings fte-ti lotion Huilthnu a^ureuate more than ! JJIO.MOO. At a lliccliu}! ill the i| irectors of tin1 -Nf tit llll) fill ! Itliltu .'I in 1 1 .< > : i ii A Ssoci ?< 1 ion i( was decided in (.ill in ;i]| the pass books. This decision was brought ahoul hy tlii' knowledge tluil monei had been rci;iila tl.v paid as iliii's H Belcher at his oliiee; that tlm dims wpre <*ro?| 1 1 ?i| /hi tlii* sha rpholdprS' i honks. lint lint nil I hi' hooks of till' as , sni'ia t inn. In this way it is believed that Boldier has Collected hundreds' J <>t' dollars' 1 tint did not find their way | to tlic association's treasury. TI?o largest individual loss has heoii ? sustniiu'd I ?y .Mrs. Henry Latham, a i widow. Belcher had charge of tin* I.athain pstatp, vahmd at ?ir?.noo.?. Mrs. I Latham f r?*?i*i**ntly asked for a Settle ] 1 1 > i > 1 1 1 . hut Bclcher managed to put her | off. Mrs Latham believes that her i estate if? lost tii hot'. Tim estate of 11m j l.ato Congressman .lames F. Stewart is also involved. It is valued at $10,000. Mneh hour brings fresh revelations of tlm swindling transaetions of Mayor Belcher. The hank officials from whose institutions about $10,000 was obtained by lloleher, on fraudulent Ro eurltles, have hecn compensated ap parently. At least they declare that thc.v have no intention of bringing criminal proceedings against him. Hut it has been Iparneil that thorp are spores of t 1 her victims, some of whom entrusted all their savings to Belcher, and now find that they are the owners of worthless securities. Those victims are ready to make complaint. Alphonse Manove, a hard-working man. and his wife managed to save $'JOO<i hy depositing $10 monthly In tho Manchester Building and Txian Asso ciation. When the sharps matured they suggpstpd that Mayor. Belcher, who was President of the association, inveM tlm money for them. Helehpr gavo Manove a "fake" mortgage on property on Hast Thirtieth street. Thp search indicated that, tho title panic from Catherine Van Wlnklp, who sold Hip property to George N. Bordan. | Herdan turns out to hp a mythical per- | son. At Inched to the mortgage was a ; search on which the name of former j Tax Receiver Chester I). Kly was forged. The mortgage bearp tlm forged : signature of County Clerk .lolin .T, ! Slater. The stamp on the bogus dopitniPiit Belcher had made for the purpose. This stamp was found at Beielinr'^- oflice. It is a square rnbher affair and red ink was used in making the Impression. Tn this it would appear that Belcher had been guilty of two serious crimes, first, that of robbing Manove out of ? $2000, ami the other, of falsifying and ' forging puhlip documents. Manove has j laid the matter bpfore the Prospputor ; and will make a criminal complaint. Another mortgage transaction liasr bppn brought to light. Belcher gave a mortgage on Hip property of tlm Me? ' sprve Land Company, of which lie was j President, to the Manchester Building ! and Loan Association, of which Iip .was i also President. It was for $.'Uiim. No ; one knows who got the n^yney. and It is presumed that it went into Belcher'* ) pocket. A rnbher stamp was used in this case, and the name of the hit it i County Chrk Wiutiehl was forgetl. Lawyers who have made ail investi gation learn that the propprty of Mayor P.eleber has lieen mortgaged for far i more than it is worth. II is home in T'aterson is worth about $10,000. but the mortgages on it aggregate S1X.OOO. Bpleher carried a life insurance policy j of <v>o. Belcher maintaiiipd throp country i places. one at Mldvale. another at 1 Kloatsburg. N. Y., and a third at j Wayne township. X. .T. Hp spent eon- ! siilprable money on these places, but | not enough to Involvp him in his pves- j ont financial troubles. Crops Increase Confidence. Confidence expands as tlm crops are seemed, each day putting a large quan tity of grain beyond danger and mak ing sensational rumor* of l^ss less ef fective. Boy of Fifteen Abuses Father. Alfred Price. .Tr.. of New York City, six foot, fifteen year-old son. was sent to the juvenile asylum for abusing hlR father. .1. Pierpont Morgan Back. Pierpont Morgan returned to Nevr York City on the Oceanic after nearly three month* In Europe. 4, Rig German Fleet at Stockholm. A <3 crown squadron of twenty-*!* voxels arrived at Stockholm, Sweden. m urns mi mini <? $400,000 Worili of Properly Swept Away in a Few Moments ACKfS 01 1 1 AMI S I OK AWHILE I'iro Starting in an Old Wooden ry Boat, ttwept tho Docks m t ho Vicinity and 1'or Throo Quarters of an ilour Threatened All Lower llohoken Lackawanna Railroad's Terminals Speedily Wiped Out and 'l'w > Largo Ferry }>oalB Ruined. New York, .'Ip^eiiil Inside of IfireA <iu.i rt ers of nil bout' into Tuesday it i >; i ? f Ore swept mva) I li? > hvlaware, I .a knrt anna Western Kullroad Company's forniiur.l In Holmkon, seiz ed iv.n fcrr; boats ? i II-./ prut I Icailv ruined Mi* in .diil for half .ail )i < >ti r i hroatened ihr feal of (he water front in Hie vicinity, i ti<*(u< f t ???* the llaiiihr.rK Amtriian ami North < lOfMMtt 4 I lovd steamship docks. al which vewt.il nij; :<hi| ^ wd'i' tying. The loss to property Irt est i m At ed at between J loo.oitil ami $f>OO.Utltf Ho far us kmovif, in > lives wore lost . l-'or over an liinir. ?? m m" lofiguea of flames lr?u>ed from tho wood.i'M sfruc lures on the Lackawanna docks, I i t; 1 s i - iiiK tho New Jersey did >\e \ York v U t? r iron! l-'or m limo it threatened n los > ?;i vaicr ihflft ih.it of tin- big dock Ore of M'\?'"nl years ?uo. when tho North (let man Lloyd pbT.t v ere ilc rd roved with ?> j.rcat lo.-s of lite. )>l/i '/.iiiv. fci r\ fn'iai fi. c ii i from .Hi,. ir flecks, [|o.ilinj? in I ho river. w umleri u>; file :.hi|lK, ti i ? It bit a tliile rilditngt I e(| shipping I'.KliW < ? \ OI,|> \V( H M MOA'r The lit e r'Mi'rd on ;fn ? > I ? I w'C'e I ?*tl ! ferry boat ami sw. f>i by ? nort licriy | breeze. communicated wiib the ferrv j house, spread o (he main buit<i'ln,n o| I tho l.ackftwaunu and then to the | I Pike's House. ,| famous llohoken ho'? | tell v. The hotel was a frame structure nmi was a Hady prey tor the flame*. M\ this lime t lie (Uirom: fti'ic s prefix ing in all ilti o ?( ions, utterly he.voiul ? lie control of the few first lire lighter ? who had responded to the first alarms. Follow in;: i pe fii'fol the structure of Hie Public Service Corporation I lie jil reef ear operating eouiptiffV, of llohoken. .let .'-.??>? City and near-by places went down lu fore the llamcs. At 1 o'clock the lire was under control and i ne Pin steam hip piei'!< had been sn veci. mill I'OOT Tit AIM WIIKJV; Vi\Y HPT. A retiinrkable feature of t !m great i blaze was thai inside of :!il minutes al ter it started ii had seized upon the Lackawanna terminal and swept Its tltui feel of train sheds, dooming loom. The Humes started from an un known cause on tho old wooden ferry boat llopaticoug, which had boon lied up in the open slip between Hatnhurk docks ami the (.'hristopher street ferry slips. The lire was discovered ahput II o'clock, ii was then leaping from the boiler room below the main dek through the engine room and attack ing the wooden i-uperst met lire. . ' A watchman on t lie ferry flock turn ed in calls f<;>,r the city department and also for the Lackawanna fire brigade. I Almost before the company's men could lay a line of boiie and before the city (lrcu on could roach the scenc tho flames had leaped to the ferry office building between the piers ami then to the brand new ferryboat Illughaui ton, which was 1\ iii/< in the northern alipa. Crop Ilxprrt Nainrth Washington. Special. _^J*. !/. Hutch ins. formerly Chief Chemist of tho Stale Heard ej Agriculture of Louis iana, who Is I as -an export in cotton statistics, ha? been appoint ?m| i?v Secretary Wilson to the posilicn < >f traveling inspector of the Agricul 1 11 rn I Department in tlic cotton til < trleis, with tlic understanding that in.* will perform duly on I lie cotton crop estimating board when culled upon to do so. It is understood that Assist ant Secretary Hays will not continue permanently to give personal atten tion to the work of the Statlrtfcal Hureau, but a stressor to Mr. Hyde soon will be appointed. It Is the in tention to continue the crop estimat ing board, but not to maintain the same membership constantly. Alex. N. Bell Dead. Washington. Special. ? - Alrxander Melville Hell, brother of Prof. Alexan der Craham Kelt',' died at the home of the latter in the Sfith year of his age. from ! ncunionia. ff Vowing an opera tion for diabetes performed la t Tttcs day. He w a k born in Scotland, a son of Alexander Hell, and was one of the three jrenerations notable be- ti:"? of their development of the art of in struclin;; th? d?af and dumb in rncth oda of communication. Ambassador Conger Coming. M e\|eo City, Spe.dal.-? American Ambassador Conger an 1 family left Friday night for the l.'uitod Sia:es, the- ambassador having two m.-n!: ?' leave o| absence. He will go dip . t|y t Washington, and it is surmis ?<! he will be consulted on the Chinese (pies tion. especially on the boycott. The ambassador was seven years at the Chinese court before coming to Mr. i< o. and Is thoroughly informed o: business questions involved tn 'he present attitude of cr.mtnorclal ho* tiii'v on the part of the Chinese rner chants. Solvation Army flirl Goefi to Fen* Chicago, Special. ? inga liaison., the former Salvation Army girl, <o?r?li te I of perj\iry in connection with n pc: sonnl injury suit brought by her against the. Chicago Cltv Railway, w*< taken to the penitentiary at Joliet to begin an indeterminate *ohtene?. SljTc?rj her trial several months ago. Mif; Hanson has been -Confined In tii^ Cook SOimty Jail hospital, claiming, to he still imfTerlnsr from the effect* ttt a paralytic srtjpftk* resulting fmm her In* jurfe*. ? ^ - ,J ? Note* of Sou! hern Col, ion T.I ills and | Oilier Manufacturing EnterprifJca The American Chiton Co. ill"' A IIH'I ii'.t ll < "'lilt Ml ('<?. of ' i i e? nshoro, N . which obtained ittf cliailer <i| i i lei 1 1 1 it > ra I i < m i several \\i r'|>s a-i i, has <? I i*< 1 1*? I permanent or in/a I cm \\il!i S. N. t o'lii', president ; Thnntas I '? al)l ice, :;e?*rciar\ treasurer, ami I II. < nil i'??i ni'.rl \ willi <i. I']. I>n kitivoii m Sa\au.iah : 1 1 1 ? I latterly m.tnajji r of I n?-l? A; ('?> . ai < liar 1 1? ? i ;?! manager. Tin* I ?>?*!< - luilli'i:. of t!i wnpany ineimhi Mcsm S. \\ . II. I lull, J'acsar I'une, ,lu* litis ('nil"' .lll'l Nl'll II I in' oil Well Known l>? (lie <m| tun -mill men an?l <?<>( I ' 11 1 I art m !? I !i i ? in hi I tin' S< hi I li . it sl.-'ted ill, 'it till' ?<iiii|?ati\ will Iran s.irf a ;;ener. I < ? ? 1 1 < ? 1 1 hnsim-is, ami e\ pri t |.l ili'M' It >p ; i ( I'V t i' < I it'll - * tele in Xii) ill and Stui I ! i ('aruiiiia. lilt' fifpilal has been placed ill ?? ?f' 1111(1. The Dixie Milla Co. Til.- I h s if Mill-; ( nl I 'a-! Mi ill, Kv.. lias been iiu'orpnraliM, with rap it a I si Hi I- lit' $ |tlO,l?ll(?, by (b'i>i'?* \\ ailai-e, Kubert l-i. iMiillips and Mill ers. This t orpiH'al inn tulles over the. 1 ^ItltMi Kml f in^ Mills. whit-It Mr. Wal I ? i > iiiii' and his a*?m*i:?les itiive -m;et? j tipi'ialin^ under lease. The plant has* | ail rtjiiipiiKMil til I.M lv 1 1 i 1 1 > ma ilt i lies aii'l tin1 iniit p't'iiK'H I a t y ap | p:\rat\iK tor the pi nditet inn nl' fine i;an;.e i ? * I i < > 1 1 hosiery. Mr. Phillips 1 1 .1 ^ been eleeletl president : Mr. Will iaee, vire president ; '1'. I,. I plou, see re) ;i i y. A $',100,000 Colon ftope Mill. j 4 |i i'; proposed to oi'.'a in yc a roni pan.v with caput a I filuek of 1(1,000 tHr III'', purpose "I building a ml ton null At Spai lanhni '! ?v ( The piaii is In erect modern linililintr? ami in Mail nil tin! lateM machinery for iiianii lart nriiiir rope. twine and other similar n'omis frotn the wast e Id lie obtained from colUa yarn ami cloth util !?; in the Spat 'anhur^ district. Peter Jl. < orr. a noil known cotton mill operator, Tann'on, Mass., is in terested in the I'Mterpri:-1, Iml no fur ther details are ready lor publication at this time. TEXTILE NOTES." ] A Shelby special sa.yn: " During the month mure than H,000 bales of cotton, which wa s held by farmers in this* county, have been sold at It) and 10 1-2 cents', the bcII era thereby realizing over $100,00(1 Several hundred bal"s still remain in the hands ot the farmers,. which they are holding for 11 routs. Cotton mills in this section are supplied with cotton ami .they aro rejoicing on ac count of the fact tba&lhey are get-' tin;.!: remunerating prices for Iheir p rod l ie t. T\fo of the wealthiest men in Jack son, 'JVnih, are now negot i&tiiig for a bin ct lton mill there. They state that it (lie negotiations are successful it will have a capital of $ I 00.000, pos sibly more (ban that. Sunn' $?_!">, (HW v of Jackson tnonev will be put into it, . . 'I'Im- promoters are from a distance, ami. a representative has been here in conference with the two Jacksyn financiers. The cotton mill will bo like the big one in Trenton, to manu facture sheetings. It would employ a large i'orce of hands. Five or ten aeies of ground in j: convenient loca tion is necessary and the Jackson gentlemen interested arc looking after that. Textile Notes (Manufacturers' Record) The Corn Cotton Mills of Kihj Mountain N. C., have declaimed * <1 v idond of 0 pereenlT" N. Cn b**? declared ?< idend vf 4 per etnU. The Banna Cotton Mills. | Messrs. ('. K. Graham and R. L. ('?I a ham of Greenville-, S. C., referrod to Inst week as having leased the !>auua Cotton mills at Goklville, N. < have ordered tin? new equipment they will add to that* plant. This additional machinery will include L\~>i)0 spindles and card room machin ery sutllcicnt to take care- of the uow spindle^ A W'abhington, 1). C., dispatch of recent dote says: "The officers of the cotton associa tion are not a unit in the demand for the resianatioi? olp Secret ?ry Wilson, of the Dopartment r?f /Agriculture. Wlnle Secretary Cheatham gavo an interview Friday in support of the position tdaken by President Harvio Joidan, declaring Ibat Secretary Wil son is incompetent and ought to ho removed. Col. E. S. Peters, I ho vico president of the association, who is ? in Washington, made a public state; ment in defense of the Secretary of Agriculture in which he said: "The ~ cotton growers of the South have im plicit confidence in him.'"*',