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THE e AMD EN eHR0NieLE. VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, S. O., FRIDAY. SKITKM li 10 U 8, mr>. NO. 35. WORKERS J AM H IIM Working Peonte Take a Day Off For Rest and Pleasure OBSERVANCE WAS VERY GENERAL Hpliday Sot Apart For Working peo ple Generally Observed With Ad Proprfcte Exercise*. ever. UL leaders ?>rfevt>ttttwl ?n W a i tr esse r* n n itf ' te morn,jer? of the rolrch !II?irS 1 'W?.? had I)?-epure<l to JL"? a",re<1 ,n wh?te dresses and nhoes, and carrying parasoln. v/ore k?, it reoui?o<d-i?ilniirch 'Vth* parade that iratJJi irt) 1?cr.*? 0t tho Central Fed r,nUeB ?: that It was un ?v sSlpfR . to tramp in slop py streets to deter them. In the men's unions, not only did the woTkers march, hut many of them were follow fathers8"1" """" ""lformca Chicago, Special .?Ideal weather <nn SSJadO ?n T ay" ThG Unl?n la,,0r marche,? "bGr "K ,1,an>' thousand maichGjs, was the chief attraction a H?XtUdT,?f th? ^oeesHlon was shortly after 10 n marchers started m. and were 'AU, thc^otaMft a givCn ,)0,nt- A,,lonK va? f'nr ,8 nGar Ule head of tho lino recon* h!?f ?8?i Shea' ,oai,er of the thin, jpjf'y sLnl<e ?f the teamsters in ll Im-OVPr* r^l If ?** haltf>d When U wa? ^ 'hat a teamsters' union was Coinm n? boh,nd a non-union band, a ???iV 8 went into a ('?n forenoe on uste . Th" troub,e wa* ?<i" iusto.i aM(j tjj0 I)ara(je resumed. Salisbury, Special.? Monday wit nessed the greatest I^abor Day cclebra Uon over held in Salisbury. There wore over 15,000 visitors in the city. The parade was over a mile long made up of union and advertising iioats, tournament riders, 11 ro com !!?!! ' iG8J !)aso bal1 teams and bands, neaded by carriages containing the ijcycrnor, mayor and other city offi cials. Three thousand organized un ion m*?n, representing twelve different tiadCa, were in line. Charleston, S. C., Special.? Trade unions to the number of about a thousX and, representing a score of organiza tion- and including colored as well as white lodges, paraded the streets to the jnusic of half a dozen bands and after wards adjourned to several picnic grounds and spent the remainder of the day in merry making. The day was observed generally in the city as a holiday. Ashevllle, Special. ? Labor Day was observed here with athletic contests., held under the auspices of the Central j^bor Union at Riverside Park. About - terr thotisan^ people witnessed the evonts, one of ihe features of wMch was a basebalif; game between The Dally Cltlzen\ (team and North Ashe vllle. The newspaper boys won by a score of 26 to Ol The day'/flprogramme ^closed with a d hi play of flrVworks. Roanoke, Va., S^clak^-Labor Day was generally celebrated here. The va rious union labor organizations gave a large parade in tho morning. At the Roanoke fair grounds in the afternoon sports were engaged In and addresses were delivered by Mayor J. H. Cutchln and other prominent -citizens. The banks, office buildings, postoffice, etc., were closed and business suspended. Richmond. Va.. Special,? Labor Day was celebrated here with a parade of trade organizations throughout the j city to West End Park, where there were games, speeches. nthle|lc contests and an all-day picnic. The parade was smaller than usual, but the attendance at the park was large. Charlotte, N. C., Special ? Labor Day was generally observed in the city. Excursions brought thousands of visi tors. The parade was large, and was participated In by all the unions. There was good speaking and athletic sports and numerous amusements. The day passed off quietly and pleasantly. Wontonly Shot Down Jews. Kishincff, By Cable. ? During the progress here of a funoral procession of Jewish .workmen following the body of a poor woman who had been killed by roughs, shots were heard and tho procession was suddenly charged by troops and police. Many of iho work men were wounded and 50 of them wore arrested. Several are missing and are supposed to have been killed. Succeeds Loomis. Oyster Ray, Special. ? Robert Bacon, of New .York, has been appointed As sistant Secretary of State, in succes sion to Francis B. 4?M?mis, resigned. President Roosevelt authorized Mon ' day the official announcement of Mr. Bacon's appointment. The appoint ment -of Mr. Bacon was agreed upon almost immediately after Elibu-Hoot had .accepted the office oTSetfretary of State, but was not Vfcrmounced. Mr. Bacon for teare had been an im portant fu^r of business life in New L York jHtT having been within a "'year "ago a Junior partner In the banking house of J. p. Morgan 6 Co. President Roosevelt has known Mr. ?Bacon for many years. Break Away From Conference. Liverpool, By Cable. ? All the- steam ship lines both British and continental hare broken away from the North At lantic conference and are therefore free to act Independently regarding pmpacer trains, etc. It la author!' tattrety stated, however, that none of the Hnee w?U take the respofnrttmft y of MtfUac chances and that everything ..WlU continue as thonghjhe conference \ were still i* mMmcoT PALMETTO CROP CONDITIONS Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. The South Carolina section of the climate ami crop service of the l>e purtinent of Agriculture issues the following' ollicial bulletin of weather ami crop conditions for the past week ; > The. week ending Monday, Septem ber 4th h^an with very cool weather but the .warmth increased to above normal by its clone, making the av erage temperature for the week about normal. The extremes were a max imum of OS degrees at Blaekville ami Florence on September let and 2nd and a minimum of <">0 degrees at Greenville on August 20th and 30th. .The week was generally clear with increasing cloudiness during the last t\vo days. The relative humidity was uniformly low. Over the greater portion of the State there was no rain during the Week, and in places Oie ground is be coming dry and the need of moisture is indicated, esepcially in the coast truck districts; showers were general, though mostly light, over the western half of the State beginning on the night of the 1st and continuing to the close; there were also rains in the eastern tier of counties with oc cassional heavy showers. On the whole, t he ' weather was favorable for general farm work, es pecially foi haying and saving fodder and for picking cotton. In localities where the soil has been too wet here tofore it dried sutluiently t ? ? permit gardening and plowing. Some oats have been sown in flic central coun ties. Cotton continues to deteriorate on sandy lands owing to rust and ex cessive shedding, so that practically the plants have ceased to grow or fruit and nearly all the top crop has dropped off ; on clay lands the condi tions are better, but rust has ap peared in places. On sandy hulls cotton opened rapidly, and picking made rapid progress over the eastern and central counties ami will be gen eral over the western ones during the coming week. On clay lands it is just beginning, to open freely. Cattcr pil lars continue numerous on sea island cotton. Tobacco curing is finished. Rice harvest is underway and some lyW* been thrashed. Peas ami sweet po tatoes are doing well. Pastures con tinue good. Strawberrie plants be ing set out. Fall truck being planted extensively in the <onsi districts but the soil is too dry for favorable ger mination. ? J. \V. Bauer, Section Di rector. Colleton Prisoners Try to Break Jail. Wal^erboro, Special. ? Thursday night there came n?ar being another suceessful jail delivery here. Sonio time ago six young white men from the vicinity of Green Pond ami Young's Island were committed to jail for breaking into and stealing from some freight ?'ars near Green Pond. A report of . this has already been published, also the report of an attempt by these six young men to break out of jail. Their escape was prevented by the timely discovery of the sheriff. South Carolina Items. President Hnrvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association will be. in Bennettsville oji September 12, and will address the cotton growers of Marlboro in the court house on that day. President Smith and Treasurer Hyatt of ? lie State* associa tion will also be here at the same time. .Jordan and Smith will address a big cotton growers' rally at Miux ton, N. C., on the l>th. H. W. Holloway, a special ngent employed bv the comptroller general, \h?nt to- Leesvillo recently to inves tigate the burning of the house of Henry Mont/, last March. As a rej suit two white men were archied their names being John ond William Tay lor. The prospect f?r a large enroll ment the fall session of Converse' College, which begins September 20th ?r? very bright, ard President Pell, from the information in hand, is sure tfcc.t the miutuvi' vf Mt-VV studwuls will be unusually larfce. Fire broke out at an early hour o* Tuesday in an outbuilding on the Union eoitnty poor house farm. The -bam and stables, three mules, a lot of corn and a quantity of provender were consumed. The .priginof the firs is thought to h%ve been aeciden-' tal. The value of U?e property <tes troyed i* estimated at $850, with in ?urauea of #360. Know raid CONDITIONS ? ' ? ? ~ Yellow Jack Grows Alternately Worse and Better PATAU T ILS BLCOMt Ll:SS COMMON ? ? New Cases Show Up in Many Sec tions of New Orleans and Else where. * New Orleans, Special.? Official report io H p. m. : New cases, 5X; total to daui, 2082. Dentils, 6; total, 2'j2. New disease centers, ltf. Cases under treatment, 321; dlseluirg ed, 1,496. The increased number of new ca&es reported Monday is accounted for by tho fact that boveral physicians, whose names had not appeared on tho list there. The arrest of Dr. Merge, on a charge of failing to report three cases, is believed to have had its effect on others who were reporting only severe cases. Of (he deaths, only one was up town. and he was the only native on the list. I)r. Bjjlfly, the medical inspector of the State board, said that many conn try physicians aro not reporting mild oases of yellow fever. Among the outside reports are the following: Patterson, nine cases, one death. Lake Providence, three cases, one' death. Terre Bonne parish, 15 cases, ilt. Charles parish, ten cases. . Da Place. St. John, seven new < *ses since last report, Amelia, eight new eases. Gulfport, Mips., five new cases* Mississippi City, two now cases. Vieksburg, Miss., two new cases. The situation at Patterson where it was feared the ignorant. Italians con templated trouble has developed noth ing new. No overt act has been com mitted, and it is believed that danger is over. Father NVldman, the Jesuit priest went there Sunday and met the citizens and a number of leading Ital ians and proposes to make a perrsonal canvass of the town, to talk to every Italian, and convince him of the good intentions of the health authorities. A heavy downpour of rain prevented the mass-meeting which it. was pro posed to hold here today. There is much interest in the case of Dr. Philip Bergo, the physician who was arrested late Sunday night on the charge of failing to report three cases of yellow fever. He was paroled by the inspector, but will have to answer to the charge Monday morn ing before the second recorder. He says that he reported the cases by mail, but the Marine Hospital Service has no record of 'them. There has been a recrudescence at Tallulah. in' Madison parish, not far from Vieksburg, three cases having been diagnosed by Dr. Krauss, of the Marine Hospital Service. A report from Leevllle, under date of September 1, shows that t&ere have been 312 cases there so far, and 29 deaths, with 145 cases under treat ment. To End Oil Inqniry. Birmingham, Special. ? H. M. Beck, of this city who is representing minori ty stockholders of the United Oil and Land Company, of Columbus, (}a., states that the final hearing In the in vestigation proceedings against the of ficers of the company is to be given i in Columbus. (}a., on September 7. A temporary injunction has been in force since last fall which restrains tho majority stockholders from disposing of the company's properties at Mokl trlck. California. In the Bakersfleld district. The Associated Oil Company, which Is the largest prroduqer in California, now operratea wells which oil dally and the coropaniespra oer turn out about J.000 to 1.500 barrels of oil dally and the officers of the Asso ciated Company are the majority stockholders In the United Oil and Land | Company. The Relation Between Sea and Well Levels. Some Interesting relations between the level of water In wells- near the seacqast and the height of tides are shown In an article In the Debuts of Paris. This article relates to the ob servations recently concluded by Dr. H. Honda of the Royal University of Toklo, in roferenco to the level-^of the water In wells at some distance from the sen; tt had ? depth of 1200 feet and the level of the wator was about ten feet under the ground level, which Itself was about fifty feet above the sea. The experiments lasted sev eral months, and It waa .Xoflnd that there was a remarkable concordance between the dally variations in the level of the well and the level of the tides In the Gulf of Toklo. The high est poll* In the well water corre sponded to high tide in the gulf. Fur ther, the level of the water was low ered with an elevation of barometric pressure. Dr. Honda then examined the wells of Negishl, situated only about a mile from th#? ?<! htv'E? a depth of 1,000 feet. Here the dally variations, due to the tide, reached sixteen centimetres. In the wells at Yoehlwara the variation was from eight to eleven centimetres. Mt de Parvllle, in discussing M. Honda's ex periments, says that In all these eases we may conclude that the level Of the wstcgL In wells depends on the atmospheric and ? the subterranean pressure. ? Translation In Public Opin Boms bms Who water their milk | nndsrstsnd why tki ALL HONOR 10 ROOSEVELT I Resident Deluded With Notos of Congratulation nt Oyster Bay, ntCOGNITION OF HIS EFFORTS liraila of Government*, l'r?Ut<>?, l)||nl> <?ri(i iiml Nolwl M?ii t !*?? World Over Vnlte in 1'rHlnltii Out' Chief Kaecutt ve For Hit lifibnii iu ltohnll of I'ence llrtwevii )IiimI?u Hint ilapaiu Oyster Hay, N*. V.? Froui oil t of the Whirl of excitement and the clouds of doubt arises a solitary finnic, majestic in its Just pride of accomplishment, fciinple in its pure Antoricali democracy. President Roosevelt stands to day in the eyes of the entire world, the most potent figure in current history. While the telegraph wlros leading Into this little village on the shores of the Sound were humming with con gratulatory messages from the mighty Mies of the world, the President might have been seen dressed in khaki and carrying an axe, striding down the wootlid slope near his summer home. A heavy drizzle was falling. It was but few minutes before the nxe awakened the echoes. Two hours later, at 0 o'clock in the morning, Secretary Loeb arrived at Sagamore IIIII for his daily session of executive business with the Presi dent. lie carried a handbag tilled with congratulations from crowned heads of Europe, from men occupying exalted places In State and church the world over, and letters that came from men and women in humbler station. Mr. Loeb found the President half hidden behind a pile of wood. Thus it was that the man on whom Is centred the gaze of the world received the official thanks of the wortd. "Whistle softly. We are getting into the thin timber, but we are not yet out of the woods." This homely admonition is said to have been used by President Roosevelt in speaking of the situation at Ports mouth. Peace was in slulit, but was not yet an accomplished fact. The telegraphic force at the execu tive offic<f>was swamped with messages from those who wished to congratulate the President on the happy outcome of his efforts for peace. Among them were the following: Peterhof, Alexandria. Accept my congratulations and warm est thanks for having brought the peace negotiations to a successful con clusion owing to your personal ener getic efforts. My country will grate fully recognize the great part you havo played in the Portsmouth peace confer ence. ' , NICHOLAS. Marienbad. The President: Let me be one of the first, to con gratulate you on the successful Issue of the peace confereure, to which you have so greatly contributed. ' , EDWAltD It. I. . . ? ? Neues Palais, j President Theodore Roosevelt: j Just received cable from America atu-i nounclng agreement of peace confer ence on preliminaries of peace. I am overjoyed; exprijss most sincere con gratulations at the great success due to your untiring efforts, The whole of mankind must unite and will do so in thanking you for the great boon you have given It. WILLIAM, I. R. La Begude, Presidcnce. President Roosevelt: Your Excellency has jusl rendered to humanity an eminent service for which I felicitate you heartily. The French republic rejoices in the vole that her sister America has played In this historic event. EMILE LOT) RET. Iscliel, Austria. On the occasion of the peace Just con cluded I wish, Mr. President, to send you my friendliest felicitations on the result of your intervention. May the world be blessed with many years' con tinuance of peace undisturbed. FRANCIS JOSEPH. . . . ? Janesville, Wis. President Roosevelt: Accept congratulations. Your suc cessful efforts to secure peace between Russia and Japan reflects credit on the nation. WILLIAM J. BUY AN. Secretary Loch, who will see tliat nil ?lie congratulatory messages are an swered, begaiv the lask at once. The earnestness of endeavor and sin cerity of purpose of the Chief Execu tive in his efforts on behalf of peace are shown in his prayer before the opening of the negotiations when the plenipotentiaries met od the Presi dent's yacht at Oyster Kay>y He said: "Gentlemen, I propose a toast to which there will he no answer and which I ask you to drink In silence, standing. I drink to\the welfare and prosperity of the sovereigns and peo ples of the two greaV nations whose representatives have met one another on this ship. It Is ray most earnest' hope and prayer. In the interest of not only these two great power* hut of nil mankind, that a just and lasting peace mny speedily he concluded between them." But for his unfailing flforts and re -..1 41. _ ~~..l A ... doubtedly have failed, and the entire civilized world knows It. EIGHTEEN LINERS FOR JAPAN. Contracts Relng Placed With Scotch Shipbuilding Firms. Glasgow. Scotland. -The Nippon Tu ?ei\ Kaisba (Japan Steamship Com pany). through the Japanese Oonaul, Is placing contracts for eighteen liner* with Clyde shipbuilding firms. Both Toklo and St. Eetoraburg ahowed dlasatisfaciion with the peace agreement, and muttering* were beard that the war should ha eon tinned. DYNAMiTE proves fata Aeronaut -Clown to Pincjs VVIuU <>ATm K. ItMliiwIn Willi >f??rrll?t? DihIIi \\ lille (ilvliiK i? Itoinou. ? trillion n| Ouriirllle, O. Greenville, Ohio. John Tv Itnldwln, an airship i.avluator, was blown to atoms hero while I.V feet in the air hy t h?^ explosion of tux Micks of dy namite. His wife ami two children were among the *J5(Kh> spectators who witnessed his dentil. Huldwin had been giving dally ex hibitlons ot the eonnty fair here. He would aseend several thousand feet and explode dynamite ot intervals. This time he had gone up Iftoo feet, and his airship was soaring birtllike, Every eye among the thrilled spectators he low watched hVm until he became al most a speck. Suddenly e. great cloud of sin^ke ap peared. It hid the airship from view, the spectators supposed, as the bal loon had vanished. In another moment the sound of the explosion reached the straining ears. The airship did not appear again to vision. For a moment the crowd waited ex pectantly. thinking that a view of the aeronaut would be obtained through a rift in the smoke. A second? two - three and. finally, a minute passed aMd the supposed smoke did not clear. Then a groan of horror rose from the mul titude. The airship had vanished. Where It had been but a moment before was only space. Twenty-live thousand pairs of eyes searched in vain over tfce heav ens for the speck which had been hu man life. v. A woman's shriek broke' ftop apwW, The practiced eye of Ha Id win's wife told her of the tragedy In the clouds before the crowd could fully compre hend. With one piercing scream she fell in a dend faint. Searchers Immediately began looking for fragments of the wrecked nirehip. A half mile away they found pieces of silk cloth, of which the balloon was made, and splinters of the basket-like frame work on which the aeronaut had been perched. Scattered about a twen ty-acre field were fragments of Hahl* win's body. The distance was so great thnt the crowds had n< I seen tlieni fall. When they realized what had /hap pened forty or more women fainted, while the faces of the men blanched. The tragedy occurred nt the?nd of the day's program, and the crowd was quickly dismissed from the grounds. No one enn tell how the accident oc curred. The six sticks of dynnmile which Baldwin carried with him nulst have exploded simultaneously, as only one report was heard. It Is supposed that in igniting the fuse connected with 1 lio dynamite he set tire to a leak of hydrogen gas from the balloon, the gns forming an explosive mixture with the nlr, and that this explosion set off the dynamite also. Hnldwin was engaged In n demon-" j strntion of the possibilities of aerial warfare. For almost twenty years he had lieen giving balloon and airship ex hibitions about the country, for the most , part at county fairs. He was thirty-seven years old, and his home nt Losantiville. Ind. PRESIDENT RECEIVES NEWS. Message of Peace Readies Him at Oystor Bay. Oyster Bay, N. Y.? President Roose velt received his li rst news of the agreemout between the envoys of Rus sin fl,nd Japan on terms of pence nt 12. ">0/ o'clock In the afternoon. The President was in the library at Sagamore Hill dictNting letters having an Important bearing on the peace ne gotiations. The telephone rntig, Secretary I.oeb dropped 4iis pen nud^tepped up to receive the message, aim the 'next mo ment Mr. Rooseveijt know that the ef forts In which he had set his heart had finally borne fruit. EARTHQUAKE IN PORTSMOUTH. 1500 Foot in the Air. Three Distinct Shocks Drive People in Terror From Houses. Portsmouth, N. II.? Three cnrth<iuakc shocks, which began nt 5.40 o'clock in the afternoon and followed each other In rapid succession, caused ureal alarm here. HulldliiKs t remitted percept Inly, dishes were shaken. from shelves, and In many cases people rushed in terror from their homes into the street. TO CALL STATIC SEQUOYAII. Indian Territory Committee Selects Name? Dot-ides For Prohibition. Muskogee, I. T.? The Statehood Con stitutional Committee agreed on Se quoyah for the name of the Common* wealth. It also was decided to make prohibi tion a part of the organic law and to Issue bonds for $'J5.000,t>00. BIG rUIZE FOR WRECKERS. Government -Exposition Building Sold For $10,500? Cost $500,000. St. Louis, Mo.? The United States Government building at tbe Louisiana Purchase Exposition, erected at n con of (500.000, has been sold to a wreck* ing for $10,500. The ste?sl trusses In the structure alone cost $100,000. Cost Lands Sold, o Two immense coal tracts in Somer set County, Pa., valued at wove than $1,00(M>00, have changed hands, and indications are that extensive develop ments will be made. The holdings dis posed of are tbe unopened Keanerly Coal Company's tract of 3000 acres, fbld to J. L Mitchell, of Philadelphia, for $5G9>000, and 900 acres controlled b j tbe Valley Stone and Ooal Com pany, together with a large operating ulant, sold to J. Blair Kennerly, or for $690,000. FULL ECLtPSF Of (HE Slllt Solar Data Obtained From Different Points the World Over. LITTLE SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY Moit of (ho Aatrouomicnl I*miII<*? Acnmi. pllilied Tllt'lr Wink of YhUIiik l'lioto M>u I'll" ??"<? AlitklllK OI?#tfl *at l??u? Crnni l'lao<*? In tlio Norllt of Africa mikI In Kii(|*iit>. Ouolina, Algeria. Tho Aiuorloan as tronomlcal oxpodltlon luadod by Hear A<l ml nil Clu'stcr, Huporlntoiidont of the tJnltod Ktato# Nuvul Obsorvatory, stio coi'<1?k1 in obtaining a splendid photo* graph \j?f tlu^oi-lipso of tlic Mm. Tlio oxpoditloih ?also, by moans of spoola! npparaniH, hlu-uhod tho sun's protuhor anoos. Tripoli.? Tin' A morion n, Italian nn?t Fronoh expeditions observed tho eclipse hero In a oloar atmosphere. It lasted three minutes and four seconds. The tdiadow bands won1 part Iculnrly lino, bcKhinliiK ten inlnuits before the to tality. Bailey's lioads won? not soon. Tho corona was ovotily developed. l'ro fossor Todd, of Aniborst College, bond of tho Aimrlcan expedition, took many photographs. Assouan, Kgypt.? ' Tho oolipso watj ob. RACE SUICIDE INCREASES u Proportion of Children lo Adults Steadily Pccreasing1 Offirhl aovrrmnenl Report Mliown Com' htmlllnK til JJrlcf FtyUi IHIO, Washington, 1>. O. That the propor tion of children under ton years old to tho total poulutlon of tho United States has it for eased almost uninterruptedly since tho early part of the century 1# the NtartllnK Information contained In a report ?>f the Unreal! of' Census of (ho Department of Commerce and Labor. 1 IielleverK in the rare Kiiieldo theory have found In the report milch in sup port of their belief. The proportion of ohlhlron under ten years old constitut ed approximately one- third of the pop ulation of the United States at the beginning of century, and lexs than one fourth at the end. The doorcase has been more rapid during the last two decadea than in those Immediately preceding them. The report nays in part: "The decrease in the corresponding proportion for whites began as early as l.sio and continued uninterruptedly until the end of the century. "Since 18.'U>, when the figures wero tirsl obtained, the proportion of the negro children under* ten years of age to tho total negro population has do- [ crcased. There was, however? an In orease from 18?;o to lKKO. On the other Russians' Loss in Cuns and Ammunition on Land. Tli* Husslan losses in khiih ami ammunition III land l.altlcK up to inui ui.>.hUiir tho rout !\l Mukden lin vc been eomplled ns fwllc.va by n Loudon military expert. The armament of onptured naval ?, ossein Is not Inoludod. Knnii* "f H:\Li-lt'? (!un*. The Yalu 2tJ i'ViiKWungchciiK Nansliait. 7H Ti-liliU 0 Htsihoyen ToiihicIii'mk 2 Yusltulin Yantseling 2 X/iaoyanK 8. The Shaho 43 Port Arthur 6 2fl lleikauini Mukden 00 Total 775 K'HIIuIk of Ammunition. 68,71 r? 367 337 1.121 670 io.<wa 0,020 2?HJ,733 227,700 512,632 V Rides. 1,021 0.")H 300 en lilK) 3,478 ?,478 afl,fiL>8 2,000 02,200 112,01)2 n )un<ls of HiHc Am'tion. MS, 0(15 181.000 67, 233 080 78, (KM) 1,038,730 20,0w,(k)0 "C? as, 028, 948 1 1 it^li Uiisninn ollleorH killed (luring the war: Admiral Mnknroff, Ad minil Witsorft, Admiral Voi'lkjM'Knin, Admiral Molas Commander Stoph nnoff, (Jeneral Count Kcllar, (Jonerai Kondi^ttehtnikn, (Jonoral Smolensk!, CJiMMM'al Hcalinkin, (lonorai Tsorpltoff. Several o Ulcers of high raiik.lnel uding Admiral Kojrstvonsky. Ad vhiiral Ncbogatoff, Admiral UkYitomsky and GenoralB Ilock and VpMg, fro/n I'ort Arthur, uro hold nsqu'lsoncrs of war. / served here by the British, American and Hussion expeditions in perfect "weather. The corona was of moderate size on account, of 1 lie lia/.e. The to tality of the eclipse lasted two minutes and twenty-four seconds. * The American expedition, headed by Professor llussey, of Lick Observatory, carried out its complete program. It obtained dgNt plates with a forty foot lens, eight plates which were ex posed for the intra mercurial planet, with a composite battery of four tele scopes, and one plato of the general coronal spectrum. London, Eng.? The.. solar ecHjyKfwns not visible In London, owlnjMo^cJo^iJy weather. Efforts wore made to take observations from-Jilgh altitudes by means of bnllodns. \Tlio eclipse was distinctly seen from points in the north west of Ireland. The umbra nt the greatest made the sun appear like a crescent moon. Paris, France.? The eclipse of the sun wns observed hero under the most favorable conditions. Dispatches from Iturgos, Spain, re port that excellent* results were ob tained by nil the scientific expeditions. Military balloons took part in the ob servations there. St. John's, N. I'\ -All stations sIouk this coast report wntisfactor.v observa tion}. of the eclipse of the sun, but lack of telegraphic communication with Labrador makes it lmposslblo to learn if equally favorable results marked the efforts of '.he scientific parties there. New York City.? Cloudiness made It Impossible to catch any satisfactory glimpse of the sun in or near this city at the tlfhe of the solar eclipse. Many pfoplo arose at an inconveniently early hour and sought posts on housetops, bridges or elevations In the streets which commu tided the eastern horizon, but without avail. CASUALTIES, EXPENSES AND IX)SSES OF THE WAH. ?J Length of war, <I?V8... 569 Total llussinn casualties 2,10,000 Total Japanese casualties 160,000 Co#t of war to Japan. .$ 1,1 25,00ft jflW* Cost to Russia 1 ,500;000,000 Japan's war loans...... 650.000,000 Russia's war loans 670,000,000 Russia's loss in ships. . 150,000,000 Japan's low in chips... 20,000,000 Russian war ships sunk or captured . . . < 64 Japan's big vessels lost. 5 Big land battles won by tne Japanese 15 Chief naval victories of' Japan S . ... 5 Length of PortcArthur siege, days 218 Japanese casualties at Port Arthur.... .... " 48,000 Russian casualties at '? Port Arthur. . ....... . 15,600 Love Cnuse* Tragedy. William Barbour, of Huntington, W. Vn., shot aftd killed Etta Dennc?.. hla ; ewecUreart, and then killed himself. Order* Court-Martial pt Yonng. Secretary of the Navy Bonapart, it Washington, D. C., ordered the ?*ui't*| martial of Commander Laden Tiling, commander of the gunboat Bennington when many of her officer*' and crew were killed by a boiler explosion on the Teasel. Fnconacloua For 14ft 3 After lying In a Mate 145 dajra, Cbarlea Can^pT, old, died In Yookera, K. i ?enlngHfc jL hnutl, there was n rapid decrease from 1S80 .to <}000. - -l "The proportion of white children under Ove yearn of age to the total population decreased steadily, except, frnn 1850 to 1800, the number of such children toeing In ii)00 about 'three firths of what it was In lti?0. The de crease during the last denude of the century was insignificant. \ ? "The corresponding proportion for negroes was at its height- in ~l850-im4 1880 and except for 1870 was least in 1800. ^J'The decades 6f grent immigration and the Civil War showed the greatest ratio of decrease In the proportion of children. "The decades immediately following those of great iQ^ulgratlon showed ft reduction in the rate of decrease, prdb. ably because cf the high birth rate among the Immigrants. The reduction in the proportion of children to total population during tire' century suggests* but does hot prove, tjmt the tflrth rate was lower. "The Increase in the proportion of children among negroes from 1800 to 1880 and the decrease from 1880 to 1000 suggests a high birth rate during the twenty years following emancipa tion and a rapid fall in the birth rote thereafter. "The proportion of children under tlvo years of iige to women of child hearing age increased from 1850 to 1800, but has decreased since then, being in 1000 about three-fourths of what it was in 1800. "The decline in the proportion of children since 1800 lias been lest marked in the South than In the North and West. The proportion in, the Nortk aud West in 1850 was about five sixths, and in 1000 less than th*ee fourtua of that In the South." PA It IS DEEPLY IMPRESSED. President Roosevelt Praised by Pre mier Rouvlor and Diplomats - Paris, France.?' The news of (be mic cessful termination of the conference at Portsmouth produced a profound im pression when It was communicated to the members of tho Diplomatic Corps and the high officials of the Got ent, who unanimously expressed tbe^wiest satisfaction that the heavy strain ?*4?nxlety had been removed. Prwtdent^towierelt's unretrntingper*"' tisiency warsjenernlly considered to have been tbe mfci^factor in bringing nbout the result. RUSSIAN WAR PARTyI&NGRY. K Resh Resrof Casar's People Expected4o Vfert- ' ? come Peace. st. Petersburg, Russia.? The J&ew s of flip peace agreement did not tvach here uutil 8 o'clock in the evening. It speed iiy circulated by word of mouth, and w?s received with general incredulity. ? Not for a moment have the members of the. war party believed that peace wax a possible outcome of the confer ence. Their attitude la one of furious exasperation as.ot people who .ton, been tricked into a false position. 400 FISH KR MEN DROWNED. Many Boats Wrecked by Hurrkaue tyT Japanese Archipelago. ^ I.ondon, Ebij:.? The cmmpci4nt ?t - the Dally Tefccraph at