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THE VOLUME XVI. __iv_ CAMDEN, S. 0., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1905. NO. It. EWS NISUCIED j IN ROSSUH RIOTS [reefs of Odessa Blood Stained by the Butch A eries of the Mob. EPUBLIC NOW DEMANDED illtluD of tlin KlsiiliK-rr Horrori~ Welpleaa Mcu, Women aud ?Children ItuthlcMlj Cut Uuwn-iluiii?8 Broken luto? Student Militia l' l nit I I f ThUi-i Stand For the l'eoii]?.Bomlii Thrown Vom House Top*. Martial Lair In Oily of Warsaw, l'olaud. essa. ? All Kishinev's horrors repeated a thousand fold In (his |d drenched city. While the bu licrats in St. Petersburg were |dlng the country with promises of general amnesty and early peace ft> reform mobs of assassins nins |rading under the?.na^no of Loyal were murdering Jews by hundreds turning Odessa's streets into |mbles. These outrages made it n to all thinking men that what relief Russia may wrest from Emperor there will he no pence his Jewish subjects, it was fiifest not only that Nicholas hirn had no intention of stopping the ^sacre in the Jewish quarter, but t the vaunted liberator of the Ilus |is, Count Wltte, did not incliule Jews in his scheme of amojiora Women and children died by hi saml s in this city's Ghetto for no fer crime than creed. They were t, stabbed and strangled alike by civilian mob and the Czar's sol ?. Mobs marching behind por ts of Emperor Nicholas and bear scores of ikons on high poured Ju lie quarter and butchered the de fceless Jews with hardly a moment's lation. Official* and Police Blind, Duly the overthrow of the imperial eminent, as well as of the itom dynasty, can save the Jews," a foreign correspondent who long made a study of conditions here, said it as he watched gallant ds of students rallying to check bloodthirsty Loyalists, wiiose biting of the national hymn was a pal of death to whole neighborhoods Ictims. The remark was justified, student militia and the semi-mil y organizations of other revolu U8vs alone stretched forth a pro ing hand to the unfortunates of Jewish quarter. Police, Xi'oops, I authorities and civilians of the tenant class either showed Indiflfer p to the fate of the Loyalists' "rry or approval of the massacre, police fraternized openly with [Loyalists, and General Kaulbars, Ie ostensibly striving *to quiet the > with an address from the bal 7 of the palace, really Mattered u so flagrantly that they answered with exultant cnetfrs and resumed f march against the Jews, unt "VVitte at 11.30 at night had le no response to an urgent appeal j to him by the vector of tbo util ity. begging for the iustant dis tal of Governor Relnhardt, which the only means the statesman ?d adopt, the petitioner said, to ?lit a catastrophe. The reator's lest Avas indorsed by hundreds of |Uhy Jewish merchants, Fire Tliousnud Slaughtered. Ivo thousand Jews had been mas ked In the twenty-four hours end at 9 o'clock in the evening. A inuous procession of ambulances dead wagons streamed out of the iter throughout the day. Twenty Df such vehicles passed the Church t. Stephen in one hour, loaded with 1 and dying Jews. Women and e ones outnumbered the men >ng the slain and wounded. Piled i on cartloads of bodies were iks of loot, which the Cossacks and lr soldiers were conveying to their packs. In spfte of the ceaseless of the dead wagons, hundreds bodies strewed the streets of the Bsh quarter at sundown. It was rly unsafe for non-combatants to ure In the streets after 0 o'clock light. Martial law was in force all citizens were ordered to stai ^o? after that hour, v Volley fir was heard for two hours after, ever, with thousands of scatter E shots. Policemen disguised as sh merchants tired on the troops voofs, with the result that dozens Iwellings were stolmed and their guts massacred. Bomb Throwing Began. l:b throwing begun in the iioou, and many casualties among Dldlers and police resulted. Rapid ;uns wer# placed on all tbo prlu atreet corners, and the rattle of shots, outroared the crack pf and ^ojvers. All the Jews who ,ouy?t night we'.e barricaded In *&#znes. Ftw of. vbem had as for even a pretense at self \ The entire Jewfcih colony have been wiped out beforo ?1! had it not been for the Mu sis " Green Given Bail. tr Senator George B. Green, of imton, N. Y? gav? f 10,000 ball ra shington, D. O., to auawer the ~mt charging htm .with con aud bribery In tie Postofflce Bank Opens. Bank In Man dip-. In reopeeinfc of in dent Inl)lt!fl. All (lie loyalists tuok oath they would not stop the mas sacre while a single Jew bieutlud in Odessa. Martlul l.avr lit Wiir>k\ra Warsaw.? Hundreds of patriots wore massacred by soldiers emboldened hy the proclamation of martial law. Ab? rogation of that measure was prom 1 ised by the Governor General the next day. lie placarded the city with warnings that all persons who helped to assemble crowds in the streets would be shot down without ques tion, and, instead of carrying out his pledge, he Increased the severity of his instructions to the soldiers. A kt'oup of ten or a dozen men could stand on a corner for a few minutes without violent molestation. The next day three seen alongside one another in any street were In danger of (Jos sack tire. Nevertheless, throngs held whole blocks in spite of the gen darmes, and it was not until Cossack sotnias charged them that they dis persed. No organized violence was shown to the troops, almost all the bloodshed being committed by the ?soldiers, but in a few instances civil lays defended themselves and dye or sii troopers were killed. Kotmbltc is Demamltui* St, Fetersburg.?The council of the workingmen'.s delegates at midnight issued a notice pointing out thui'ne cesslty of arming workers for a de cisive struggle for the convocation of a constituent assembly, based on uni versal suffrage, with a view to the formation of a democratic republic. The council decidcd to suspend the political strike at noon, but on the condition that it be resumed if their demands were not granted. The coun cil decided also that only those news papers may appear whose editors will entirely ignore the censorship. Com positors have refused to work except under that condition, and newspapers not complying with it ate to be con fiscated, their presses destroyed and their workmen boycotted. The railway men's union, however, lias decided to continue the strike, mainly through a desire to prevent the transport of troops to Finland?--' The Union of Unions has resolved to de mand complete amnesty for political prisoners, the immediate withdrawal of troops from St. Petersburg ami their replacement by militia drawn from the people. J FOll HAY OF PRAISE. Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued by the President".* j Washington, 1>. C.? The President issued bis proclamation, naming Thursday, November 30, for Thanks giving. The proclamation follows: liy the President of the United States of America: A ProetHir.ntioM, When, nearly three centuries ago, the first settlers came to the country which has now become tills great He public, they fronted not only hardship and privation, but terrible rick to their lives. In those grim years the custom grew of Setting apart one day in each year for a special service of thanks giving to the Almighty for preserving t lie people through the changing seasons. The custom has now become itfl | tional and hallowed by immemorial usage. We live in easier and more plentiful times than our forefathers, the men who with rugged strength faced the rugged- days, and yet .the dangers to national life are quite as great now as at any previous time In our history. It is eminently litting that once a year our people should set apart a day for praise and thanksgiving to the Giver of Good, and at the same time that they express their thankfulness l for the abundant mercies received, should manfully acknowledge their shortcomings and pledge themselves solemnly and in good faith to strive to ? overcome them. During the past year we have been blessed with hountifui crops. Our bus- | bless prosperity tuts been great. No other people has ever stood on as high a level of material well-being as ours now stands. We are not threatened ; by foes from without. The foes from whom we should pray to be delivered arc our own passions, appetites and follies; and against th#so there Is al ways need that we should war. Therefore, I now set apart Thursday, the 30lh day of this November, as a day of thanksgiving for the past and of prayer for the future, and on that day I ask that throughout the land the people gather in their homes and places of worship and. in rendering thanks unto the .Most High for the manifold blessings of the post year, consecrate themselves to a life of cleanliness, honor and wisdom, so that tnis nation may do its allotted work on the earth iii a manner worthy of those who founded it and of those who preserved it. In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be afllxod. Done at the city of Washington this second day of November in year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and live, and of the Inde pendence of tho United Stutes the one hundred and thirtieth. (Seal) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Tlr IIim Pi-osj/lon^ "eLIHUcROOT, Secretary of State. Drowned in Lake George. I Herbert King, private secretary to George Foster Peabody, has been drowned ? while canoeing in Lake George, X. Y.. near the Peabody house. To Rival Pullman Car. To rival the Pullman Car Company, j Chicago, III., Toronto and Montreal capitalists are forming a $,">,000,000 company in Ottawa, Ont. Germany Denies Rumor. . Jt Is officially denied in Rerlin that Germany proposed to Russia to divide up Austria. Permanent Forts For Russia. The Russians will establish perma nent barracks at Harbin, Vladivostok a ml Khabarovsk. Rnaala Opens Sakhalin. Kortbm part of the Island of Sakhalin be ejtfned by Russia Sixteen Million Dollars More For Coast Defences ? - ? ? ? fOR RIVERS AND HARBORS Chief of Engineers MaKenzic's Re port Makes Estimates, in Addition to ?28,693,481 Already Expended, For Construction oi Boa Coast For tification. *-'? ? ? # - - \N ashingiou, Special.- Sixteen mil lion dollai s will be necessary to com plete tin' engineering work of IV^l id eations of the sea coast of the United States under plans of the Endicott board, according to the report of Brigadier General Alexander McKeu zie, chief of engineers. There has ;il ready been appropriated lor this jmr pose $23,093,431. Permanent projects at ill different points have been adopted and most of them are well u^ter way. These points include: Baltimore. \\ ashiu^ton, Hampton Roads. entrance (o Chcspeakc Bay at Cape Henry, (.'ape 1'Var riwr, Char leston, Port |{oy a I, Savannah, St. John s River, Key West, .Tampa Bav, Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans and (in 1 vest on. 1 lie defense of (he (ireat Lake and the St. Lawrence river is under con sideration. I he estimate for the completion of these iortitieations d<? s not coVrtein plate anything more than the projects outlined by tlic Endicott board Modern appliances and addition; il pro jects winch may b.? adopted by tlio I aft hoard appointed bi^t summer and the fortifications of tin* insular possessions may incrie.se lite esti mates when additional work is ap p roved bv ( Wngress. It is estimated that $4 .203..] 04 will be required to put into execution by 'he engineer de paitment the schemes of the artillery and signal corps lor control of the sea coast defense!:. The reconstruction of the works de st roped by the storm ojj lPftO ai Gal veston is nearly completed, but the barracks and quarters and other post buildings which must be located at Forts Travis and San Jacinto are un protected, as well as range-finder sta tions and other engineer accessories. Work has been progressing on the fortifications for the- defenses of Ma nila Bay and Subig Hay, Philippine Islands, and at the naval station at Ciuantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for the purchase of ^itcs for fortifications in Hawaii. Negotaitons have been continued for the acquisition of a tract at Mo bile, Ala., and another near Charles ton, S. C. The total estimates for fortification works under the engineer department for the fiscal year 1907, amount to $1.1,424,153, including $!, #33,953 for sea wall def'^pses, at Gal veston, Tex. Defenses of insular possessions: Sea coast batteries, Manilla, $2, 000, ;sea coast batteries, Subig Bay, Phillpine Islands, $500,000; harbor Hawaii, $520,000; procurement of land for sites for defenses of the Ha waiian Islands, $320,100. Expenditures on river and harbor improvements in the United States reached $22,383,023. This does not. in duce $2,205,073 under the Mississippi river commission. No estimates are made this year for river and harbor improvements save those provided for under continuing contracts. This amounts to $17,450,801. v\, An estimate of $2,000,000 for the Mississippi river commission is made The estimates for the continuing of contracts include the following: Deleware river, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, $1,000,000; Savannah harbor, Ga., $210,000; St. John's riv er, Floriada, $309,750; llilsboro Bay, Florida, $3 IS, 350 ; Black Warrior and TOmbigbce rivers, Ala., $003,400; Southwest Pass, Mississippi river. $500,000; South Pass, Mississippi riv er, $50,000; Bayou Plaquomine, Lou isiana, $100,000; Galveston harbor. Texas, $250,000; Galveston ship chan nel, Texas, $200,000; Cumberland riv or above Nashville, Ttnn., $200,000; Tennessee river, Chattanooga, Tenn., to Jiiverton, Ala.. $240,000. Finns Get Self-Governinent. St. Petersburg, By Cable ? The mani festo of Emporor Nicholas granting tho dcmaiufc of the Finns has been signed and dispatched to llelsingfors. It convokes the Diet on Deecinber 20, abolishes the dictatorship,' rescinds Governor General Bobrokoflf's illegal enactments, annuls the manifesto of February loth, 1899, which provided ? for common legislation iu the empire, and all the laws t^ince enacted. It announces that the extraordinary Diet now convoked" Is for ihe revision of the Diet's electoral basis. Powerful Forces to Hold Down Fin nish Capital. Helsingfors, Finland, By Cable. ? Three Russian battleships, a crnisei and 10,000 troops ha\e arrived here from I leva). The. warships are an chored in the harbor. Batteries have been placed on two commanding hill* outside the town and the cannon ir the Sceabog fortress have Wii tnrnr* against the city, which .also lies uudei the guns of the warship* 1 HAG to Dtft 1 11 ALL AlUnE Woman * Nude Body Found in Swamp. ln-iii', Lcxiii.gtoii County, Special.-? The dead body of an unknown colored woman, thought to he about It' years old; w us found near the head of the mill pond of t !??? Saxe-tjotha cotton mills late Saturday afternoon. The body naked, except one shoe ami siocliin#, lying lac?* upward in a few inches of water, far in the awainps. ? Mr. .IoJjii Taylor, a nearby farmer, heard hi* do'-i.s at bay in the swamp, and upon goinif thetn discovered the body. Late in the niyht ''or-oier Wilson and I>r. .lohn W. Sam.'-.d readied the spot to hold the inquest. The. found her clothing about JO yards off and it appears that she was well dressed, with .wod, heavy dresses and nearly new -.shoes. More than 100 colored people viewed the body, but tl could n<d lie identified. Dr. Sanded could li ii? i no trace of jrio!en<*<ty-Mnd the sup position is 1 hat the eirl in a demented eoiulit ion and I"*!, undressed herself and was frozen. There has been no decision as yet by the coroner's jury, as they are awaiting' efforts to identity the dead body. i li<* exact spot -j* about three" miles from Loxiu^lon and one mile from the Southern Railway. \V. L. Hadden Acquitted. ^n;i| l.inbiuu. Special.-'-- I n the ease of \V I,. Madden, charged ?*iih the murder of Tom lilenu, 1 1 1<* jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. Tin.* killing ? '(?(? u i roil several months ?;;(> in (In' ujitx'i section of ihc county. When II:hM<-u and hi* family returned from ; pre.n 1 1 i i ? -j? unc nii?ht a member of the female number of tlx* household oom | plained i hiti ?(imo o!H* was peeping in | -a window. .Mr. Iladdcu rushed to the door wjtli :i pistol n ml tired one . lie came back and .*et:it?d 1o his bed | The next morning; he was shocked to I find the hi less body ol his neighbor, an aued man. Thomas (ileun, sjtretched ? >n tin' ground some distance from his house. In : !iis case Stanyarne Wilson represented lite defendant and Snlici ??r S<-a -e I lie Si a I e. Dropped to Death. \nderson, Special. ? Mrs. Maude I In Kidwick, wife of Charles Broad wiek. an aeronaut with Riddell's Soul hern Carnival Company, fell from a hah?ou here Thursday afternoon and was instantly killed. Mrs. Broadwiek was an experienced hallnuist herself and had made two ascension* while here, hut was not to go up. Her hus band was to make the ascension and parachute drop, and she was standing i>.\ to give the signal to cut the ropes when all was ready. She gave the signal all right, and when the balloon} shot up into tlnfnir she was Hj'en haug ing to the ropes between the balloon and the parachute. After she had reached a distance of- 200 or 300 feet she dropped to the earth, striking on the hard ground and was instantly killed. a New Bank for Anderson. Anderson, Special ? The organiza tion of the Anderson Banking and Tr??st company was effected by the election of the following directors: \V. I'\ Cox, II. C. Townsend, T. Q. Auderso^, .1. M. Kvans, (}. X. C. Bole man, T. 'L. Clinkveales, Jr., T. A. liat litYe, Jr., W. \V. Sullivan and W. A. Watson. The directors then #ud. and chose the following officers: W. F. Cox, president; H. C. fownsend, vice president; T. A. RatlitTe, Jr., secre tary; Quattlebauih & Cochran, attor neys. The new bank is capitalized at $200,000. Grand Jury Takes Hand. Spartanburg, Special ? The present ment of the grand jury which was Submitted at the convening of court Saturday morning was of a sesational nature, in .hat it makes special pre sentments against county dispensers ? beer and liquor ? and the county board ot contVol, for not performing their duty and not properly carrying out the laws. Palmetto Briefs. Batcsburg is to have an annual fair after' this year. It will be known as the Tri-Couuty fair, and will repre sent the industry?* uu?L ivsouvccs <;f Lexington, Saluda and Aiken coun ties, the famous liidjiu section of South Carolina. The railroad commission has post poned the hearing on freight rates to November 10, on which date a large number of the traffic and freight peo ple will appear before the commission. The l^ejTrjng is* for the purpose of ad justing disputos on rates in this State as compared with rates to points in Georgia. Tour Centuries Since Reformation. Columbia, Special. ? Sunday was observed here by the Lutheran con gregation as the four hui^lredth anniversary since the beginning of the reformation by Martin Lntbern. An able address was dcltfere^ by I>r. Horneri, of Charlo*?rfv It Ira* very! instructive and wasV highly enjoyed by the eonfi^alKm present. , ! Occurrences of Interest From All Over South Carolina Oonfral Ootton Market. Galveston, firm 10 lil-lrt New Orleans 10 JIi-10 Mobile, quiet 10 3-8 < 'harlogton, firm JOfi-lO Wilmington, stoutly 10 :}-8 Norfolk, steady 10 11-1(1 Baltimore, nominal 10 J-4 Nmv York, quiet 10.0ft Boston, quiet 10.0") Philadelphia, *teady 11.20 Houston, steady 10 11-4 Augusta, 'quiet . . , 10 5-8 M< mpliis, * | u it* I 11 ?St. Ixn'.ic, steady 31 Louisville, II rm ...111-8 Ciarlctto Cotton Market. Theso figures represent prioes paid to w.iyoiis: (Jood middling 10.1-8 Striel middling 10 '1-8 Middling. . . . JO 1-4 May Restrain Election. ! GatTney. I . ? < I' Sims, of thi! linn of Sims & llanuou, Spar tanburg, appeared befoic Judge Is. hip li hero and Secured an order to the authorit ies in Spartanbui'g t<? show cause before him in Gaft'noy next Monday, November (ith why the snperinlondi til s and managers of election should not he enjoined from holding lln* election (?> decide the : ? nit si ion of '/ dispeusnrv ' ' or ''no < I i s - I ' f I jKMisary. The plaint ill in litis ca;*o is .1. \V. Harmon, one ol the county dispen sers, while the defendants aro 1). M. Miles, in his own li^'nt and as supervisor of Spartanburg county, and E. 10. Bishop, .1. \\ . Itishop cl al., managers of election, in their own right and as managers ot election to lie held in Spartanburg county. South Carolina, for the purpose, amongst other tilings, to vote for, or against having dispensaries in Spartanburg county. The order ifc as follows: State of South Carolina, county of Spartan burg, Court ot' Connn<?n Pleas, J. \V. Harmon, plaintiff, against 1>. M. Miles ot a), defendant*: On having read the voritied complaint in the above stated ease upon motion of Sims and Haunon, attorneys for the plaintiff, it is ordered that the de fendants bo required to show cause before mo at the court house at Gaflf ney, South Carolina, on Monday, No vember the 6th, 1905, at 10 o'clock a. in., or as coon thereafter as counsel can bo hoard, why an order should not be granted restraining tlio said defendants from holding, an election oin Spartanburg county, South Caro lina, on November 7ih, 1!M)5, on the question of "Dispensary" or "no dis pensary.' J. 0. KLUOII, Circuit Judge. New Steamer on the Wacc&maw. Georgetown, Spcciai ? A now steam er, prwbably the fastest on tho liver, has recently been completed at Con way and put on tho Waccam^w line between Georgetown and the capital of the Independent Republic of Hor iy. Her name i? the "Mitchelle C." She is 100 feet long, 20 feet beam and is of 104 tons, not burden. The "Mitehelle C" is elegantly fitted up for the accomodation of passengers but has no sleeping accommodations for tho reason that she will make daily trips between the two civics. This line makes the third now line of steamers that has opened communi cation within the past two months with the ''City on the Sampit." A Foot Crushed by a Train. Columbia, Spcciai. ? About dark Thursday night a negro man, who gave his name as Henry Green an?l his home as Ridgeway, was found ly ing on the side of the Southern rail road tracks a short distance north of the freight yards at the Blandi'ig j street station with his left foot liorri ably mashed. He had been drink ing and was unable to give any coherent account of how tho accident happened A Sponsor Appointed. Bamberg, Special ? Brigade Com mander George Douglas Rouse has ap pointed Miss Lewiie Dambcig as spon sor for the First brigade. South Caro lina division United Sons of Confed erate Veteran?. Miss Bamberg has selected Mib6 Elizabeth Henry as her. maid of honor. Tho fair sponsor will be a fitting representative of Bam berg and Commander Rouse is to be congratulated on his selection of a' youtog lady eo well fitted by natural charms and grace of manner for the position. New Enterprises. A commission was issued last week to the corporators of the Chester Ice company, Messrs. T. L. Eberhardt and C. P. Midgly. To be capitalized at $20,000. n The Bank of Cross Anchor waa chartered, the capitalization being 126,060. The officers We L. H. Wilson* president ; M. C. Poo!, vice-president, and L. Ywborough, eo shier. SI ANDARDS FiXED BY LAW Each County Should Have the Ofli cUl Measures. t olumbia State. riaorct id not h Ik Ho discussion in M,nu" ?h to the question of weights ami measures. The issue seems lo have been joined ai Hist |>y two rival concerns which sell compu- j ling scales. (!?vei!inr-(UtJyW|?.l has! received |ierhaps a dozen letters Iron, clerks of court in reference to the I hi inula iil measures wlrreh should be in tho court houses in compliance with nn act passed in IHJ'J. The ads of this Stale declare that, wqjghls and ij^j^urcs must he regu !?'"d h y a standard fixed by the con gross or the l'nitcil Stutesj thai the weights turn I hy '.he federal gov. 'i must lie kept hy the State I reasurer and hy such shall all weights 'I"' State he regulated. Heel ion Hi 1 1 says: "The clerk of court in each county shall furnish and is required to keep in his ollice the weights ami measures established hv law which shall he 4 he standard all other weights ami measures in the county ami to which any person shall have access to test the same. The governor of the State is authorized mid required to purchase such'Mand aid weights ami measures out of the fines and forfeitures incurred in their respect ive counties. ' ' lo hegin at the beginning, Gover nor I ley ward wrote to ihc department of commerce and labor at Washington, stating the case and asking if this State has been supplied with ||K, 0jf|. cial weights and measures of the fed eral government. In regard tlmrelo, Mr. F. H. Hoss, acting director of tho bureau ot standards, has written to the governor as follows : "In reply to yours of the l.'hh ul timo 1 have lo slate that a ''complete set of customary weights and meas ures was. furnished to the State of South Carolina prior to 1 842 and that tjnee balances to be used in connec tion with the standard weights were delivered July, 1848, all of this up, paint us being delivered ai Columbia. "Our records further show that a set of avordupois weights, a wt of capacity measures from 1-2 gallon to 1-2 pint and a l-'2 bushel measure and a yard were delivered on July 21, IStiti, to the governor at Columbia. This set was to repluce the former one which was destroyed. These measures are doubtless .somewhere in Columbia at the present t i\ne and we would suggest that a search be made for them and that if found, they bo returned lo this bureau for repair and verification. "In regard lo tho weights and measures for use in the several coun ties, I would suggest that you corres pond with \V. & L. E. Ourley, Troy, New York, who have gone into tin* business of making sets of weights and measures suitable for county and eity scald's. They have several ?dif ferent grades of standards, all of which have been constructed in con formity with specifications prepared by this bureau. "The bureau is very much interest ed in I he question of Ihc proper in spection of commercial weights and measures throughout the country andcj arranged for a meeting of State seal ers which was held last January. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the question of uniform laws and in spection throughout the country and tho discussion which took place at this meeting certainly illustrated that there is great necessity for co-opera tion in the different Siates. "It ia proposed to hold a second meeting in the near future and it is hoped that the State of South CaroA linn will send a delegate. Ah soon as the minutes of the first meeting has been published shall forward you a copy." While it would be costly and well nigh impracticable at present to sup ply each of the 41 counties with the official weights and measures, yet it might prove a saving in the end. If scab's rccord weights imperfectly, th<*re is a loss incurred by somebody every time a transaction or an ex change is made. Palmetto Points. Petitions asking for an election on the question of diAjjensary or prohibi ts;; have beeii in cicmlation in Ches ter county, and an election will be or dered at an early date. Activity prevails at Great Falls of the Catawba, the seat just now of the work of the Southern Power company. Grading is being pushed on the rail road to be built from Fort Lawn to the falls, several hundred laborers be ing employed on the work. Warrenville has recently installed ectric lights. e- State board of dispensary di-.j rectoh^will hold a meting on Novem ber Hth/atHii* is expccted that sever al matters of importance mill cone up. The board will consider the matter of making purchase* for the Christina* trade. - - -V _ ' _ ?'? ? M ? ^1 ..... . .. Vmm lift# OUTLAWS DEFEAT TROOPS Kentucky State Guard Put to Rout in the Mountains* ^ / LOSSES IN MEN ON BOTH SIDES Milltl* Tried lu Hiirpijue I'nlttlrlun IUH am) It In Mm Near M td?ll??liOrOUgI? Kill railed? Fig tit l.uattitl All Throu*l? tho Afternoon ? Itrotlier of l?ender Among Tlioao Who W?r? AVouiHledt MUMIesborougb, Ky.~ The recently organised company of State Guards AVftH defeated four miles south of hero by Frank Hull ami his baud of out* laws. A( least two SoldlCl'H WOl'0 dllUftOP ously wounded, I wo WOl'O found miss ing, ft ud Shelby Ball, a brother of the outlaw louder, was badly wounded. It is said by eorno of the returning soldiers that they saw three or four of I lie outlaws full. I It was planned l?y Captain Albreebt to take the hand by surprint', but that part of the scheme failed. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon a squad of twenty men marched out of tho town in a direction opposite to that where the outlaws have their home. Reach' ing the cover of the woods, they turned sharply about and made for the niouii tain. In the meantime another com pany of men marched in the direction of the outlaws' stronghold. They could be sum ida inly by the hunted men, who are on a mountain which completely, overlooks the surrounding country. When the soldiers reached the foot of the mountain they halted, and throwing out pickets, made prepara tions for going into camp. Tho pre liminary arrangements hud hardly been made when tiling was heard up the mountain ffde~ first one shot and then a .f.usllade. For two hours this kept up, and tin n the soldiers who had attempted the surprise slowly retreat ed down tlie mountain. Dodging from > boulder to boulder, they backed away, from rtfcc enemy, who followed, tiring. Ifalf way down the mountain uiclo tho soldiers made a stand, but Ilall sent a Hanking party out, and forced them to keep going. That more men were not killed Is surprising. Tile tight was kept up to the outskirts the town, the soldiers returning in squads of. twos and fours. At uiglit another party wnaT Organised-. It was not known how many men Mali had at ills command, though tho soldiers be lieved that there could not be less than fifty In the hand that repulsed them in the afternoon. i The wires going into Cumberland (Jap have been eut and Ball threatened to do the sanio for the remaining wUlW. The cause of tho present trouble dates back eight weeks. At that time Frank Hall was a candidate for Slier Iff, seeking the Republican nomination. John Holen, a harbor, was also a pdll tlelan. Up to the announcement of Hall's candidacy, he and Holen. were Intimate friends. It is said by Ball that he was promised the support of Holen. r However, when the convention met Holen threw his influence to another man and Hall lost the nomination. Home days after this Holen was shot in the back while at work In his slim Suspicion pointed to Ball, uud ho Vaa Indicted by the Graud Jury. /lift promptly disappeared, gathered/ his friends, and Dade deMnce-to-th?4fl w.? Ball lias been lit tow*--s^veriir times, but no one has had the temerity to at tempt to arrest him, despite the $1000 reward. DEADLY GAB EXPLOSION. Hank Blown Up and Four killed Ip a Michigan City. t Ishpoming.? By an explosion of gas a solid brick bant building was de molished, four persons were killed, three others were seriously Injured, and many others were hurt. The first Intimation of , the trouble was had early In tho morning When a telephone operator was found qver como by gas in the western nnn<?T of the Miners' National Bank Building, at Bank and Mala streets. Two men were sent Into the base ment to investigate the leak. These men will not admit that a match was struck or a naked light was exposed, but the explosion occurred while they, wvve In the basement. It tore the ifulhUng apart and broke in windows! for several blocks. The meti who had been looking for the leak were thrown into tho middle of the street, both es caping almost miraculously, with slight injuries. Early mass at St. John's Catholic church, three blocks down Main street, had let out a few minutes before, and most of the worshipers had passed the bank. Of these Edward McGraw, Steven Goodman, Edward Klser and Loretta MeGeo were killed, and most of the others were hurt ASKS BIGGER BATTLESHIPS. Navy General Board Wants Vessel? to Carry Ten 12-lnch Guus. . Washington. D. C.? Battleships and torpedo vessels are the immediate re quirements of the navy in the opinion . of the General Board of which Ad-> ruiral Dewey Is president. In a rec ommendation Just made to Secretary Bonaparte, which It la expected the Secretary will Incorporate in his an nual report, the General Beard advo cate* the authorisation by Congress this winter of three battleship* and sixteen torjft^o vessels. ? ..V?wiy- rr- , I , f n WHALES KILLED IN BATTLB, ? ? Bodies of Twenty Victims Foe ting OS California Shore After Fight. Santa Barbara, Cat? The twenty dead while*, twenty t feet long, were aeetozfloatiag channel of Santa Orta miles from tfett. i' ~ fare has k? eraV weeks,