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E VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDA Y, DKOEMBKK 1, I90.r?. NO. 47. I ccurrcnccs of Interest from All Over South Carolina iNY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ling a Wide Range? What is Going jon in $ur State. Columbia Cotton Market. |piif cotton market firrm. middling r-.-v-rYT .7. To>4 [%v middling. ? ? I0y? jet low middling Idling 11 ?i middling ? n1* General Cotton Market. Jjllllil. f i l III ? ? 1 1 3-10 lOivt-sion, linn II \-Z vr. Orleans, linn 1 1 0-10 bilf, linn 111-2 lumah, steady . . 1 1 0-10 |ail<':-loi], linn 1 1 1-4 Iniin^ton, steady II 1-10 Tho Railroads Are Prospering. .me in I cresting' figures have been npilcd by Secretary Duncan o{ the jidiitl commission l'roni .tin' annual wills lilotl by ibe railro.-^is doing in this State. Tin* figures w -1 1 > ' ? enormous growth ot ;;rosy |t lit - busiuuj& in this Stale and eni 1 lit* prosperous coudilimi ol lilli Carolina. They arc as l'oljows. intend exhibit ol' total income all fees, railroads in South Carolina, i he fiscal year ending June 30ih. 1.), v.ith comparison with* figures for a! vc;;r ending June 30lh. 1001. I'dla! income all sources, 1005, si 1, ,4011.77 ; 1004, $13, SI 1 ,700.07. II o|, crating expenses. 1005, .*0, (i.V>.71 y 1004, $0,534,720.24. income less expenses, $5,0S*^tf^k 19i!4. $4, 330, 083.00. axes. 100."), $494, 023.00; 1004. 2,!l."iH.05. k'el i i iconic less expenses and taxes' p; :r4.r?03,8]0.37; 1004, $:;,82 l.(K>:;. 'ounnge (tons)^ 1005, 8.400,530: 4, 8,079,153. lie Berkeley railroad h.is delicil ptt.25; taxes, $200.10. lie Carolina and Western railioad tlelieit of $2,292.25; taxes. $205.13. he Scveirn and Knox vi lie railroad deficit of $8,057.75; taxes. $8, ?hc Pickens. railroad has deficit of J?r>2; t axes, '$321. 40. Hicreaso earning of 1005 over 11*04. ?).S7*>.08. Is tc Removing the Constables. overnor Hey ward's at lout ion liav bcen called to the controversy in mvilli: papers relative to the keep oi" constables in that comity at' Ihe dispensary has boon removed, itatcd that he would observe, the "in which he had set. in the ('hero ?':i.(! at the beginning of this epi ic oi voting out the dispensary, will remove the constables if he is that the people of a county io exorcise of their intention to ?good faith will enforce the dis ary law and maintain prohibi i in t if it shoiild appear that people of honest intention ean Miforco the law othroush ilie ef of the regularly appointed peace is, lie will, after consult iny with Moudy and municipal oRicers citizens ? restore the constables ?ounty which is unable othcruNke p.O with the blin'd tigers. With Mice to Greenville and Spartan particularly, he said that the of the elections had not been red and he would not net until (although he is keeping advised e arguments which are bein? pro and con. Union. . . J . _ ' ? . - ? il.*? The Stnte eon Educational nioji) met hero. The Mv.body are seer?( t/^T M kITCTI tftt* *V4 Columbian as Corporator. L'lmvter has boon issued l? v 1 he ary of State ?>f North Carolina in ie.e plant manufacturing as ion, beinvr a combination ot in several Stales. The capital s $10,000. The company will P? ice' plant machinery, man n !*e iee, lease cr sub-lease or in av acquire prcpcrlv. The ineor |>rs nro: William 1*1. Worth, Wil-1 mi, N. C. ; George L. Baker, C'o ; A. Ellis, Augusta. (>x: W. J. n aiul W. M. Thompson, ^>ir tn, Ala. !fM^~With Parlor Rifto. . ? ij ff? Special. ? A very deplor occurred in the factory pol Snturda^' afternoon other iltupfration ot sness of parents in 'j(I \ to handle firearms. tojT, w<?re playing with am! one little fellow, 12 j okan^ instantly killed the bullet entering SULTAN DEFIES POWERS Threat That Ports Will Be Seized Doesn't Move Him. lut?ru?tlon?l Fleet at the Piraeus la iteidy to Carry Out i'ltu of thn Kurapean*. Constantinople, Turkey.-The Sultan has refused to comply with the de mands of the Powers regarding Mace donla. This decision was taken at a council of the Ministers, the Sulfan approving, and a reply to Uiis effect was sent to Itaron dc Calice, the Aus- - trian Ambassador, who as deau of the | Diplomatic Corps, had presented tho Joint proposals of the Powers. It is understood that the Toi'le's note demurs to the scheme ns an interfer ence with the Sultan's prerogatives and as calculated to offi nd public opinion, which would certainly oppose it. It is further stated that the J'orto will not sa net I on an extension of the mandates of the foreign agents, who are superintending the reforms iu Macedonia, beyond two years. Athens, Greece. ? The warships se lected by the Powers to make a dem onstration >i gainst Turkey have ar rived at the Piraeus. The usual sa lutes am) visits were exchanged by their commanders and the Creek au thorities. Tho ships are awaiting fur ther orders. London, England. ? As foreshown, tbe Sultan, according to Constantinople dispatches, has finally rejected the de mands of the Powers, and ihe com bined fleets now at the Piraeus under Adpiirai Uron Nipper of the Austrian Navy will presumably forthwith earry out measures which are supposed to be Intended to bring the Turk to his knees. Of the effectiveness of. their action doubt is widely expressed in Europe, although their course of ac tion ns yet can only be speculated upon. Among the other difllcultien to be foreseen in blockading the Dardanelles, assuming that such a step Is part of the International scheme, Is the lack of homogeneity among the vessels of the combined fleet. The British cruiser Lancaster Is the fastest among them, she having a spec^ of twenty-four knots. The speed of most of the others ranges from twenty to twenty-one knots, but the Russian vessels are ob selete, and are only capable of making twelve knots. It is said, however, that the interna tional squadron is able to land ztfarly 3000 men and twenty guns if desira ble, but It is not suggested what such a force would be able to achieve. The reply which the Sultan has now ? made appears to be virtually a reitera tion of the refusals he gave fit .Tidy and October, slightly altered to meet the modification made by the Powers In their latest demand. Judging from recent dispatches, the Sultan Is justiiled in appealing to pub lic opinion, t?o far as It exists in Tur key. The correspondents have made it clear that the educated Turks greatly resent the attitude of the European Cabinets. Even sincere reformers are Imping that the Sultan will resist to the utmost. The Turks are especially bitter at seeing Russia, while in the throes of a revolution produced by centuries of oppression, taking a leading part In forcing reforms on Turkey. It is sar castically suggested that the Powers would have been better employed in sending their lleets to Odessa to stop the massacre of the Jews, atid It Is asked -why Europe Is so exclfed over .Macedonia and so lndifferent/to events in the Caucasus and Polrfnd. The whole thing seems to the Tuijk to be an Instance of Christian fanaticism. The retort of the Powers to such views and question is that the Mace donian disorders threaten the peace of Europe, while the Russian disorders are entirely Internal anil concern only herself. Some reports from Constantinople by way of Vienna represent the Sultan as still wavering, having personally, but vainly, appealed to the Austrian Emperor ' and the Czar to procure further delay. This is not confirmed from anv trustworthy source. On -the contrary, every important I consideration indicates the opposite. The Sultan knows he will have the en thusiastic support of Ills subjects in defying Europe. Moreover, he realizes that sooner or later he will have to fight to keep Macedonia, and that such a good opportunity as the present, with Russia powerless. Austria Avesvkened and (Sormany believed to be lukewarm, Is not likely to recur. RIOTOUS PEASANTS. Uprising is Spreading and Hatchery Feared. Moscow*, ltussia. ? The excitement among the peasants in tin* central aiul sout lieastx'in provinces is spreading rapidly, and it is feared (lint it will he linjtoM.sihh' to suppress tin* movement, which prondses to develop into a gen eral uprising. bringing devastation and nntohl horror to the whole country. The revolutionists among the peas ants are industriously spreading the story that the imperial reform mani festo really decreed a division of the lands, but that the nobles, intcliigcncia and .Tews distorted it and took all the freedom for themselves, and the peas ants, therefore, have the right to pos sess themselves of the lands which {he Emperor granted them. Ilcarst Wins Point. W. R. Ilearsl won his fight for a. count of void and protested hallhts In the recent election for Mayor in New York City, and Justice (Jicgcrleh was Appointed to supervise the count in Neyr York Counly. Demand For Sterl Unsatisfied. In the steel r#illls all pflst record* of production have recently been broken, but tbe demand Is not satisfied. A. de? ella* in the stock market will Indi cate tbe discomfiture of reckless spec ulator/!,, but po reduction of the iecurl tic?' actual value. JLUJff Corn Crop. Pre vlou? csttqatta o f tb^cbn* crop Are *ilgMlj ? increased by tb?. ftoveta :tex DEMAND * COMNJTIONI ^emstvoists Make Direct Election a Condition for Their Support. SEVERE BLOW TO COUNT WITl'E j i. ttt Vote Qf lh# 7ein j .t.0C0,?r.M-ui,ll,|IM, <Jovfirn??r to i|ltt l'?opl?-profeM|Q|I|#1 trlot. to Mloek H(>nt# of U o (unit real, Hut Mosr?w. I'.iihgjji. I)eliai)oo of ('omit dittos underhand opposition to the jv'd ?f the masses while pretending to "" ? 1 i?*i? tl was voiced |>y the <<nist\o Congress when it demanded h? H constitution ho trained hv the r: i1)o,,l??. and that the members or lat body bo elected directly |,v all the Poo, dp as tV double price of the ?.tp I>3i t which in the *>ame resolution it promised to the I ,po, ia, (Jovcrnment. n ot 101 words, without specifically at tacking the Premier. |L exposed the Phiillownoss of his deceptive polfev |,v oho "'f ?". /,U' V?ry ?'>""? "<> most II ?t/l. making tiiem in ett'oot the r?u;,r* ?! lts '"o-oporatloii with him mi i off I i tott?rin? Ihronc of the Ho tuiiVVi, .T Knssii,? '"'1st have a const)' iim, monarchy, and that confttltu ? r ."L',!'? i t"* d,'"wn hrnt popu of tiiJ y " Sn<'h '* tho ""limit im ca ritoil vo'stn. That action is re w i , <>n? <>f ,ho worst blows carli,. received in the whole of his Prince Kugene Troubotskov. Count ollt inl1 U!Ul otlll'r '>rof,,ssIonal patriots iid.M "i Koverninent, fought M bboiniy to block the sen*e of the mikln^fh rsp<"'t of ll,e ^solution ma ki nj, the toregoing demands. The mpn among the Zemstvoists sm nnd to reali/.e that in debating with tl ese.noldemen they were dealing with Si f U to do SO. would fritter away this grand opportu nity to assert the might of the nation "K<? in st that of the Hmperor. 1 Reasonable respect was shown to the Prince and the Count while thev aired <?'?? opinions, but when It was seen ey were trying not only to sugar the pill fyr Nicholas, but, to turn the medicine into its own antidote, the sub He courtiers of imperial favor under e guise ot constitutional principles w ore promptly voted down. The lead ers of the congress went further, At the suggestion of the Executive Commit tee they inserted a provision subject ing nil Ministers save those of the court to the responsibility of the Cab-. inet. Mr. Mulikoff explained that If the Ministers of War, Navy and For eign Aftairs could run amuck through the interests of the people bv declaring war or peace or nmrtlrtl law at will the constitution wbuld become a farce. lloltl WlttA lC<>ft|><>ii*ll>lf, It was made plain the congress was no riot of demagogy, however, when tlie hxceutive Committee rejected ^ro tessor Kovalevsky's amendment creat ing a committee of Zemstvoists to ad 'Premier rending convention of the Donuia. The >ommittee inti mated full responsibility Yor the peace of the nation and the fight* of the peo ple must rest on Courit. lVltte> ambi tious shoulders until H6 could shift It to those of the Douiit'a members, who would take care of /it satisfactoril v to the real friends otVltussia. At the same time the cominitte<> showed it did not purpose letting I rin ee Troubetskoy nor a hundred like him make fools of the Zemstvoists, for when he tried to have the significant words "pvecious conquest of the peo ple in the reference to the imperial manifesto of October 110 stricken out in favor of "precious acquisition" his palpable truckling to the Czar was re jected summarily. Little attention was paid to the dismal warning of Mr Ka rauloft", a one-time revolutionist who was a Siberian exile for two dozen years that by making the Douma.a constituent assembly the Zeinstvoists would "precipitate a struggle with the forces of anarchy nnd plunge the coun try into a sea of blood." it was re marked f&rcasticnlly that the re formed revolutionist had looked be tween prison bars so long he couldn't adjust his perspective to the new or der of things. Voto Ainn(t>? Count Wltlr St. Petersburg, Iinstia.? Consterna tion was discernible in Count \Vitte^? manner when he learned the fccmtfT voists shook oil his check rein and wont straight at national reform along the paths he had piled high with obsta cles. The Premier, who* promises peace and plenty to the people while ! his agents in Warsaw and elsewhere onler their Cossacks to shoot down pa- | triots without mercy, manifestly was taken aback by the insurrection of the congress. lie was amazed to learn | that hi.? pet aversion in the Executive Committee's program, the direct bailor, had been passed by a two-thirds ma- i Jority over the head* of his henchmen j ami lobbyists. Attempts were made to spread here > the impression that t lie Premier per sonally favored both a consumption and universal direct suffrage, but. ap parently that did not deceive the int teUigent. It Is known the best WltW would do for the people, if ln? had way, would be to give a direct banor to dwellers in large cities aud move ad other Russians vote for electors to choose their representatives in the ] Don ma. Premier Wltte made a show of con cession to the popular demand by dis missing the Governors of Yaroslav, Estland. Perm. Tomsk. Kazan and Neidyart if Odessa. .John Brown, a negro, formerly of Rirmir.Klmiii. shot and killed his wife and her father aud mother at their hoir.e in Merlden. Miss., and escaped. Newr Governor of Finland. * Privy Councilor Nicholas N. Uerhard lias been appointed tlo vernor-li enera I of Finltud by PretrSer Wftte. Klcctioi 8?IU In Kvntockr. . Negro Myrders Three. ESTIMATE OK POSTOFFICE Postmaster-General Cortelyou Wakes His Annual Report ? >???? Account* of Ihti Tffiniivjr l)n|iikrt< uieiit to ICuu Our Ner>lc? t'i>r ili? Vwar* Washington. 1). ('.?Postmaster-den eral (,'orleiyou receuliy completed ?< nd forwarded to the Secretary oi t lie Treasury the estimates for the I'ost ottlce Department for tl>? tlscal year ending Juno iio, 1W07, They show a re duction of expenses wherever it Is be lieved it will not impair the service, but provision is made for development of postal facilities to meet the growing needs of all sections of the country. The amount asked for salaries in tlu> department proper Is $1 ,401,2oO, an ap parent Increase of $01,01)0 over the cur rent appropriation; bpt as $."t8,.'IOO of this is simply a transfer from other appropriations, the net increase is only S.'ltJ'.K). The estimate submitted for next year is $44,020 less than the esti maie submitted one year ago. The clerical force of the department, there fore, will remain practically as it now is during the next llseal year. The estimates for the postal service ni: large? the Held service ? a ggregale ?SUKS.OOO.OOO, an increase over last year's appropriation of about SI'J.ooo. 000. This increase represents the nor mal growth of the service,, based upon what the postal authorities regard as the most careful and conservative es timates. Each succeeding year sees a large increase la the business of t lie department. The principal items in the increase are the rural delivery ser vice, railway mail service, compensa tion to postmasters and their clerks, and the compensation of letter carriers. For the maintenance of the rural de livery service, and Its nroper exten sion. more than $2!),000,0U0 will be re quired. The estimates for t lie railway mail service and railway mail transporta tion call for an increase of about 0<hm)00 over the current appropriation. To provide for the compensation of postmasters and clcr':s in postottteeS an increase of nenriy $2,000,000 will be necessary for the coming year; and for the compensation of city letter car riers an Increase of more than ?1)00,000 will be needed. That the extension of- the pneumatic tube service is contemplated is shown by the fact that the estimate carries $:V22,000 more than the current appro priation. , A number of other and comparative ly minor increases have been asked for in brder to allow for the natural expansion of the service, and to meet the constant demand for improved postal facilities. Curta.-ment has been recommended wherever :;ossible, and many decreases are shown. TO PUXISII OYSTER BOATS. Jien Refuse to Work, It Is Al^p>d. Philadelphia, Pa.? Outlawry lias so increased on the Chesapeake Buy oys ter boats that the President has been appealed to by the relatives of men shanghaied alioard the fleet and thrown overboard or killed. Captain of Detectives Dontghy has written to the Commissioner Hjf Navi gation at Washington and to vAttor ney-Ueneral Carson at llarrisburg ap pealing to the authorities. Mrs. James McCttbe. who believes her husband a^anurdered by the oys ter men. lias addressed a commnnica tion to President Roosevelt direct. In response to all these calls it may be predicted that a revenue cutter will soon be steaming up to the fleet and giving the oyster boats the examina tion they need, releasing the men who have been shipped irregularly or forced aboard the boats. Peter Barnes, 0110 of the agents who has employed oystermen in Philadel phia. and who is alleged to have had a hand in shanghalng both J;imes Mc Cabe and William Clark? both report ed dead? has disappeared. Along the water-front streets of Phil adelphia men have been kidnaped boldly and carried off to Baltimore They are first tilled with liquor, and easy jobs on the oyster boats are of fered tnem at $22 a month and found. When intoxicated the men are gath ered together in tens and twenties and taken to t lie Baltimore and Ohio sta tion. When they arrive in Baltimore a "black .Maria" is backed up to the train and the men are clubbed Into it. They are carried to the wharves and pur aboard the oyster boats, and in a few hours they find themselves tossing about the Cheasapeake. Once mil on the bay. working with the oyster tongs and dredges, the men are treated with all the brntajlty of the old-time slave shi;> or the most rascally modern lime-juicer. The men when they refuse to work, it is said, are murdeyed and thrown ovcrboiird. u,* TUSKS FOR PRESIDENT. Also Cels Letter From Einpevor Mene lik Which Cannot Be Read. Washington, 1 >.C. ? Twoelephant tusks of flue ivory and a line lion's skin, presents from Menelik, Emperor of Abyssinia, were given President Roose velt by El Hadji Abdullah Bash, M bl ister of Commerce of Abyssinia, who is touring the United States. El Iladji also laid before tie Presi dent a letter of greetings from his au gust master, written on the royal stay tionery in the Abyssinia language' which nobody in Washington could read. Even El Hadji's interpreter, who talks Arabic, but not Abyssininn, was floored. STEAMER SEEN TO BLOW UP, Tragedy tfenr Halifax Witnessed . by ? Another Vesscflft*Crew. Halifax, N. ? 8. -The captain of t?c? struma Kilkeel, which arrived here, reports that ha saw an unkuowiK two masted steaiu*r blow up and disap pear fifty miU-a east of Halifax. __ : Hottentot Lciaer D*?a. ^?^tk^WtttboQi ^rtn^iaadsr ?f *.?*,..<? -? X'- ? : tfj&R v V- ' ?!,?*" 1 DIE IN BLAZING WRECK I Montreal Express, on Boston and Maine, Hits Local Train. ? COLLISION DUE TO THICK FQG i II Ilit* n Ho/611 l'u?(#ng<?r? in I w# iUt?r ( lira ??i" iitn i.ot'Mi Tmiii ? llrltvy WrHllirr tint I I u III* ul llm NiHHilinii Tm I IC !>>? hnr vi vor?? Only l'?w ofMinHil l<leiii Lincoln, Musk, Sixteen p> rsoiis wen* killed, t venty-live -\\ ere badly injured, and probably a score'of others received minor hurls in a railroad wreck which occurred at 8. l."i o'clock a! night a; Ma ker's Bridge Siation. a in'le ami a half w si of Lincoln, on ilu? main line of ;lu? I'ltchburg Division of th? Morton ami Maine Itailroad. The regular night ?-x jh*?*sm which lef( Boston at 7.1.1 o'clock for Montreal, h.v way of the Itutlaml system, crashed Into tlx' rear of an ae. com modi! (ion train hound for points on the Marlboro branch line, and whk'h started from Boston at 7 .Jo o'clock. Of the dead a dozen were passengers In the two rear cars of the Marlboro train. The other two were Kngineer Harnard. of the Montreal express, and his lircman. No passenger on the ex press was injured. Of (hose who 'ost their lives a number were apparently killed instantly in the collision, while others were either burned to death by I he lire which ensued, or died from but location. A partial list of the dead is as fol lows: , William .1. Harris, Maynard. Three-year-old child of Mr. Harris. JOugene Barnard, engineer of ihe J >lontreal train. Lyons, tirenian of the Montreal (PTi fit. Anna Ilillhridge. aged live years, j Acton; died in I'nllman car of tin1 ex- j press shortly after being taken from wreckage. - Daniel Wealhe^he, Acton. May Camphell.y Maynard. May Collins, Ooiicord Junction. Nellie Sweeney, Concord. Mugajlo, Concord. Sewn unidentified bodies. On account of the heavy trafllc the local train was delayed, and it was i aixnit six minntos behind lime when it stopped at the little station. Jt was known that the Montreal express was line, and persons who were at the sta tion say that a trainman was sent back to set a torpedo and a red light. The night was unusually dark, part- ! ly owing lo a dense mist which came up the Sudbury River. According to those at the station at 1 lie time, the light had not been set more than a minute before the roar of a heavy train around the curve a short distance from the station w/*s heard. Within" a few seconds the headlight of an ou rushlng locomotive penetrated the mist and the two ponderous engines of the express train traveling at an estimated speed of thirly-lhree miles all hour, with nine cars behind them, crashed into. the local train. The impact was so territlc that it was heard by persons living a mile distant. The leading locomotive telescoped the rear car of the Marlboro train and the second engine forced the demolished mass against (lie third car of the local and completely wrecked it. In those two cars all but two of the fatalities occurred and practically nil of the inju ries. * . The forward locomotive of the.-Mon-. ileal train was destroyed. Hie engine following, although considerably dam aged, did not leave the rails. One of the cars of the express was thrown from the track, but the collision appar ently had little effect upou the passen gers. They stated afterward (hat the shock was comparatively slight. Passengers from Ixith trains, railroad employes and villagers rushed to the wrecked ccars anil assisted^nany per sons to escape. After some delay messages were sentf to Boston, Walt hum and Concord to/ doctors, nurses,' surgical appliances and wrecking trains. i Several of the bodies were badlv dis figured. 1 he tna.iorily of those Injured were women: ) All Hie PiSlOen bodies have been tak en from, Hi<> wreck. Three ol'hlio six teen were alive when taken out, but death ensued soon afterward. I.I KT.'T. M :?('!. KLT.A X I ) AKKKSTKI). Sharing' of S140 In Company l'muls Kept by Army Oltieer. Spokane, Wash. ? Klrst Lieutenant Imnnht .Meflelhiud. of Company K, Tenth I'uited States infantry. is under arrest :if Fori Wright, charged with eonduel unbecoming an oltleer. An in vestigation ol' the company's aeeounts liiselosed a shortage of $4 )0. *rin? fund* were deposited in a Spokane 1 >:i n U to the credit of Lieutenant MeClelhind. The lieutenant is a patient in (lie po?-t hospii;ii. Hi' is suffering from self-Indicted wounds made wltlle lie was shaving, one of tlje ski: lie* In (lie Heel; severed :i small artery. Lieuten ant McClelland rose from the ranks, lie enlisted in New York am! unv service In Culm and the I'hillppines. The MeCurdys Out. r.irhard A. McCurdy, I'revldent of the Mntnal Life, of New York City, his f.on Kohert and his son-in-law Tlnhftnd have resigned their positions with the company. Sailors llisp in'Mntlny. Four thousand sailors at Sehastopo! mullHled, Wing joined by a regiment oc troops. To Celebrate In Japan. Great preparations are being made In Japan to celebrate the return of the Mancliurian armies. New Servian Loan. A new Servian loan of ft4.000.fNK) at eighty-one, * Itli four and a half pet cent, interest, wa* Issued. ll?ttleM?ifvJ&jreeeda Contract. . The battleam* Virginia *x<*eile4.ht* eontwl In rt. lour- botxr raa OB "?_* ?; ' V t-- S -'fci ?MSM ~Ne635, f/ie WASHINGTON'. Cuban Minister Quesada reported '.o Secretary Root methods tawen by bin country to preserve its military condl ( ion . The Department of Agriculture an nounces an Increasing market for the guinea fowl iik table birds. Tbe President bus announced a long list of appointments in Kentucky as a result of recent conferences with He* I publican leaders in that State. The President promised the Insur ance Commissioner of Minnesota to assist in a pi n for reforming life in surance. (Jeneral Croxier, in his report on the Ordnance Department, recommended that smaller charges he used in l?ig gun*. thereby increasing the life of tin* rilling. ?,* Secretary Shaw will not adhere to Ids announced intention of ret irintr from the Cabinet in l-'ebruary. but will remain until the end of the session of Congress, and perhaps longer. \ President Roosevelt declares himself emphatically in favor of football, while ileerying brutality and foul play. Governor Hlgglns was a guest at dinner of President Roosevelt. and matters relating to the political condi tion in New York State were under discussion. Postmaster-General Cortelyou is? ued an order grouping the postal depart ment undor the charge of the Assist ant Postmasters -General. * .'The President has requested less let ter writing among department heads and chiefs of bureaus. Twenty-six cases involving Ihe Mich igan State law for the ad Valorem tax ing of corporations were docketed In the Supremo Court. There has been an increase during the year of twelve per cent. In the cost of army buildings and thirty-fcix per cent, more than three years ago for the same class of work. f The Japanese legation Ims received tUe peace treaty engrossed at Tokio. which Is to be exchanged for the elab | orately Inscribed vellum copy made by the Slate Department. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Having occasion Ho secure twenty live additional olHcers for the Philip pine constabulary, the places paying ?SI UK) per annum t*> begin with, Cap tain Melntyre, acting chief of the insu lar bureau. Invited 100 State military injdltutcH and agricultural colleges to name candidates for the places from among their graduates. Less than twenty applications were received. First Lieutenant Hugh Klrkmnn, of thu High th Cavalry, has been arrested at Fort McKlrley, Manila, P. I... on the charge of forgery. It is alleged thnt ho is short of troop funds to the amount of $500, and that he raised the money by forging names to a note. Business throughout Nile Philippines and especially at Manila. Is beginning to revive with JnpafMTeso ports since the close of the war. ' The first of the winter season visit ors to Honolulu are beginning to arrive from "the States," and the increased business activities are again cqrimienc ing to be noticeable. ~ 'S DOMESTIC. Illinois hns taken stops to seonro condensation from the Illinois Steel Company for 200 acreB of made laml .on the lake front at Chicago worth $2,000, (KM). A quarrel over a wuteh catised the fatal shooting of Miss Nora Soarl>or ough. at Birmingham. Ala., by Robert Webb, who then killed himself. The breaking of an elevator oable in the Court Mouse at IndlanapolIM, Ind., allowed the car to full thirty fflfct, but only one person was hurt. Secretary Taft spoke on "The Phil ippines" before the Commercial Club, of Kansas City. Believing that he and Ills brother Ludwig were a burden to the lather, Frit/, IvhHIk, at Los Angeles, Cal.. killed both. An electric train ran down and killed Woodvllle Fleming, a prominent law yer, of New York, at Jamaica, L. 1. Kvldenco of| V.eetlon frauds in New York City, gathered by the Citizens' Union, was presented to the District Attorney and the Atlorney-fjeneral. Admiral Prince I.ouis of Battenborg, commanding II. B. M.'h second cruiser squadron, sailed for Cibraltnr, froiu New York City. it was stated that Mr. Hearst's coun sel had given up hope of seating him ns Mayor of New York City Ihrongh the slight gain# of t lie canvass, nnd would rely wholly upon a recount. Plans were Mod for Mills Hotel No. which will bo at Thirty-sixth street and Seventh avenue, New York City, and will havo rooms. The Association of American Agri cultural Colleges and Experiment Sta tions has elected as president M. II. Buckman, president ol" the University of Vermont. FOREIGN. Marquis Ito was slightly hurt In Ko rea by n stone which crashed through the window of a car in which he was riding, * The 7r>,000 Russian prisoners In Ja pan are to be -sent to Vladivostok im Ccrtnau steamers. " Salvage opera t lone on Admiral To go's Slink en flagship Mikasa arc pro k'resslug vigorously. 10 King and Queen of Itatyiiatd an unexpected vltlt to tile scenes of th<? earthquake desolation In Calabria, nnd wero received with ma uy demon strations of affectIoi\l?y the people. Sputa Intend! to appropriate f4.200, 000 to buy rapid-die Crusot flehl *Tportl ob of tba international Serf Affair* by Will JOIN IH HI! ? ~ ? - Assurances of English Exhib its at Jamestown TWO CHURCHES WAY ALSO MEET Pr?Kiri?nt Tucker Obtains Ansuranee on London Visit That British Gov ernment Will Be Represented bjr Impressive Military and Naval Con tingents. ? - - I .notion, H\ < 'able.- "We are imw fully assured tlnil Great Britain will have rcprcKcnioiiw military and naval cont nit!i*iiN at Jamestown io 1 i >07, ' ' saiil llai r'N Si. George Tneker? president < ? I Ilit' Jamestown ( Va) Ex |H>sil ion Company, to the Associated I'ress. ' ' The British government* I h rough Foreign Secret a ry l.ans clowne, tlu? Admiralty niul I In* War office, has given ine a most cordiul welcome and has promised to assist in every way (o wards liie .success of the exposition. "The day had been already pre pared for me by our ambassador, Mr. Keiil, aud Jiit Morliiner DftramUf th<? Brrtrfcft ambassador at Washi^loo, who has been uigiiitt the claim* id' the exposiiion and as a result Lord Laus ilowne sent the following telegram t?? Ambassador Durand early Ibis month : "'llis majesty's government de sires to co-operate in every way (but may conduct? to I he success of the ex position at Jamestown, which cannot 1'n i I to excite much interest in this country. Mr. Tucker will be i??ceive4 with pleasure and his majesty's gov ernmcut will be glad to learn from him the precise nature of the co-op eralion which the United Slates gov- ? ernment desires.' " Loal Lansdowne showed that he was in earnest by receiving me in a most cordial manner and sending a representative with me to the Admir alty Hiid the War Office where in out* line of the proposed displays were discussed the heads of those depart ment* taking keenest interest in the ? matter. The details have not yet been - worked out, but it is generally under stood that Qreat Britain will be rep* resented by a battleship squadron and a military contingent, the latter including every arm of tho service. Special attention will be paid to tho recent improvements in ll?* instru ments of military and naval wtar fiye." r Mr. Tucker will spend a day with the archbishop of Canterbury, who , has invited him to discuss the pro posal for u joint meeting of the Epis copal churches of England and the United States at Jamestown during the exposition. On Wednesday h? will meet heads of the Admiralty ant) the War Office to further discuss the details of the displays. ^ Armed with Great Britain's ae? ceptance, Mr. Tucker expects that his visits to other foreign capitals will be equally successful. i t 4 Mother and & Children Slain. Independence, Iowa, Special. ? Jkfrs. William McWilliams and her five chil dren, ranging from .'l to 18 years in4 age, were slain at their farm home and the husband and fatliW- was ar rested in Independence charged with, killing the members of his family. He , declared himself to be innocent. Each person had been killed with a ham mer blowr on the bead. Mrs. McWil lams was atrociously beaten, and a few knife thrusts had been infiicteil on the crushed body. Go*. Bell Won't Interfere Walden Vermont, 8p<*S&r-?& nor Charles ,7. Bdl, wlv?n of the dc*f?ton.of tWBllntjWlS^ of Jfoe Hotted ?: gilte : W Arrested for Burglary. Anderson^ Spceiu I. ? Herman Pn nrv a negro hoy about 14 year^ old, h&s been arretted by the police and is now being bold in confinomenl pending an investigation on the charge of bur glary. Duritfg the past month about a 4o.:en stores have" been entered at night aiid small sums of money and . merchandise stolen. The boy is confirmed criminal, having been ?to?. vieted of stealing frequently. Ho seems to have l?ecn tbo chief of~ a gang of smalj boys who have been, systematically engaged in the bu*^? larly business. - -2 Big Timber Deal. . Nashville, Tenn., Special. ? A tol, Tenn., dispatch says: J. W. Unison, of Bristol, lias c for seventeen million feet of lumber and timber in North Carolina. Tbo land lies along t lie Southern K nil road > near Asheville. The nmount rcpi>rte*4 to lie involved in the deal is million dollars. \ S