The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 08, 1905, Image 1
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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