The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 08, 1905, Image 1
VOLUME XVI.
CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY, DIX KMIUOR 8. iyo.'>.
NO. 48.
Inakiag Body Organizes
and Gets to Work
JAMS DEMOCRATIC LEADER
tT Cauuon 1a Re elected and
gs of l*?t Congress Are Adopt
ter Humorous Speech in Op*
itiOD by Mr. Williams.
jMfton, Special --O-onivroRs eon
yith little of the pomp and
other do\s. The
h<> much fnss mid flowers
?t<nl with the idea of the cicnial
, yj' things entertained by the
jilfllexnien. iienee, the forma I -
llio ojKMiing session lias become
lewlinl ltiWJ spectacnlar ufFiiir.
yer, mueh lino raiment in the
>jt>s relieved the sombre asptvl of
oot, where flowers were bare,
lie event proved as interest ing in
respects as of yore.
> following eaue.ns nominal ions
<>lect?d :
j-t ? Alexander McDowell, I'enn
i-ia. ' / ^
?peanl-at-Arms ? Hen ry ( 'assoin.
uosin.
orkeeper ? F. Ii. Lvon, New York.
Pinaster ? Joseph ( '. MeKlroy,
jplain ? Rev. "Henry X. Condcn.
igan.
grilles of the Fifty -eighth Con
, including the standing orders
ng (o the consideration of pen
and claim bills on Fridays, on
u of Mr. Dalzell, of I'ennsyl
, were ordered continued d'.irinii
ifty-n i ntli Congress. This reso
i will be offered by Mr. Dalzell.
the House is or*?;uit/.ed next
?toy
ry lit t U' besides I lie organization
e House will bo accomplished the
!T(-c!< of I ho session, although it is
bio lhat c morion cv appropiia
iu4 - U??/ 1'analTtu Canal may ho
ij this iast of 1 1 f j s week. i'ntii
?onimittees arc afiointcd, suoii a
ivould have to he considered hv
jnimtn /??? umlaw u
c canal (in at iocs whether I ho <>m
u-y appropriation will |>o rushed
i?:h this week or ,yo over until the
following.
Williams Minority Loader.
i.-iiin^toii, Special. ? For two
> Saturday the Democrat ic mem
os' the I louse oi' I?epres:'n(at ives
>>cil party policies and procedure
a view to solidifx ini; the miuor
nd acting liana on ions Iv upon all
'r- o|" a partisan character that
come liet>>re the Ibmse.-. John
|K; W illiams was unanimously
a as the nominee J'or Speaker
this action of the caucus makes
the minority lender tor ;the e:i
'< undress to succeed himself.
hshington, Special. ? "The Amer
pcoplo havc selected the Speaker^
c House for the fifty-ninth Con-:
; it only remains for us to lfCQTy
choice. I will not Cail for a tor
Inomiiiation, but ?simply nanic
|>h <i. Cannon, of Illinois."
[c statement made hy Chairman
urn Saturday to the Republican
furs of the House of Representa
"was received by hearty cheers.
f\li". Cannon was immediately de
1 the nominee for Speaker. Wil
I'. Hepburn, of Iowa, was re
'<1 chairman of the caucus for
essimi and Henry C. Tioudenslag
t' New Jersey, secretary. Mr.
"ii sprang a surprise on his as
tes hy pulling out of his pocket
Rewritten sjH-ech, which he read
beginning to end.
Cannon said he would stand
Ins associates in upholding the
ifs of the Republican party, un
|vv h ifli all the people have pros
1. Referring to railway lcgisla
he said that "by the operation
Hupetitivo forces, that matters of
rohce between the corporations,
arricr, and the peoplo they serve,
?1 be adjusted to all.
rhe. concensus of opinion of the
lc, however, is that Congress has
(xnverr, by amendment to tho Jaw,
provide better Comedies for real
ex exlstiug, so that the producer
(?'maimer can find a more speedy
less cxpensivo remedy than we
have. In this opinion. I, for one,
11 r. The burden is upon ifaongress.
'>ur party, having power^is pri
l.\ responsible.
i'. Cannon urged that justice be
hot U to corporation and people,
ii conclusion referred to the desir
<.V of- a short session.
veral^New Seniors Sworn In.
^ton, Special ? In the Senate
vera I new Senators were
including Mr. F.rnhler, ot
credentials of Scnn
of Florida, were pre
____ tor Mai lory. Seiin
litthnnd Morgan were appoint
a committee tt> wail upon the
ident, twxether with a similar
nit tee from the house.
Rotttfid Dapew Has Resigned.
Kew York, Special. ? A rumor has
lard circulation Ihrtt . Chaunccy M.
'P?w had reaiffned from the United
Itc* Senate. When questioned oon
jninjf tho rumor, the Bcnntor said,
[.an* tired of making denials of tm
P*?nnt quaiitions, ami am res?olvo4
It talk further to newspapcra. I
i.^'W nothing: nor will I affirm
?fctoiR.5 I bare learned a lesson
J)
PLAN FOR TAX EQUALIZATION
Comptroller General of South Caro
lina Taking Active Steps to Wipe
Out Injustice of Present T?x As
Hessment System.
t'ojinubiu, Special. < ompl roller
(iencrul Jones means business in the
step# lie lias taken 'oward Melting the
tax assessment of probity. leal as
well as |K>rsoiialf in this State on a
market value basis, instead "I on an
uneven pretense ol a t>0 per cent,
basis. The circular letter of instruc
tions which lie sen I out last Week to
county auditors, assessing hoards and
county equalizing hoards directing
that the law he strictly observed with
the beginning of the new year and
that property he as-csscd at its true
market value, will lie followed this
week by a cull for a convention of
county auditors to meet with the
comptroller general has taken lias
caused much talk throughout the State
and has set properly holders to think
ing. Of course it is a sort of revolu
tionary measure, and while the justice
and the sense of it lias appealed to
many j^ood business men and biti prop
erty holders regardless of the fact
much of (his sort of property will ho
affected, still the thiuu has not been
generally understood and thee.' is a
fear also that the purpose of the
comptroller general to equalize the
property throughout the Stale more
nearly will not be sucesslul under the
de, nirturc he is making on account of
the great proficiency and skill indi
viduals and communities have acquir
ed by long" practice and expel ience in
the mailer of tax-doduiug^i
"The erroneous idea a peal's to have
taken hold in various parts of the
State,'' Mr. Jones said, '"llial this
is a scheme to iuerease the taxes. Such
is not the case. My object is to get
property equalized in this State and
stop this shameful tax dodging There
are some notorious exceptions, but
generally speaking the cotton niil!s
and other big proper! v holders are hc
iriu? assessed on a genuine <?" per cent,
basis, and nnall propert\ is being as
sessed at from to ! MO pi r cent. Only
so much money is needed to run (lie
Stale and many county oliicials and
the higher the assessment the .greater
the yield of money on a I'.ivon levy,
but the levy may he easdy chaifjed.
In ol her words, i! t'u ? nvM'SrMcni is
doubled throughout the Stale -the
levies for State. count \ and city |".tr
poses may be cut in half.
The inequality and injustice of the
taxation of properly in th?s State has
been a shame and a d:vura<v tor de
cades.
S. C. Baptists.
The South Carolina Jhtplisi conven
tion !ias boon asked to endorse com
pulsory education arrd I ho establish
ment of ii reformatory for .-youthful
criminals in a memorial In the Legis
lature. The request coincs in the form
of a petition from < iranitcviile, one ot
the oldest centers of common school
education in the State, though it is one
of the chief cotton mill centres. The
petition was referred to 'a committee
which will report be lore adjournment
is had. This Section of the State is al
so the. chief hope of Representative
Toole, of Aiken, of succeeding with his
ten-hour labor bill, which he pushes
session after session with a plodding
patience and persistency that at least
evinces the determination and faith
of the man.
Another matter that attracted the
attention and engaged the thought of
the convention was the masterly hand
ling of the delicate subject, "Do the
Scriptures Teach a Divine ('all to the
Ministry?" by the Kev. ('. C.
Brown, of Sumter. l|e argued with
force and great logic llint they do.
He was opposed with an able presen
tation of the other side of the question
by the Kev. Dr. A. ('. Osborne.
The convention has elected these of
ficers for the coming year: < '. A
Smith, president: William 11. I-vles
and the Kev. J. T. lliers, vice-presi
dents; the Kev. Dr. I'. Irvin, secre
tary; the Rev. V. I. Masters, assistant
secretary; the Rev. .1. I *. \ ass. treas
urer.
The report of the trustees of the
Connie Maxwell orphanage showed
IS.} orphans being cared for in a splen
did way, the financial report indicat
ing that the institution has a slromr
hold on the alTection of the KaptisH
of the State.
$16,000,000 Appropriation Bill.
Washington. Special. -A hill to
provide appropriation o| $l(i,()l)(),0(l()
for the Panama Canal Commission, to
he, immediately available lor the pur
|x>se of lif|ui<latiu<> th?> cost <T the
work of construction, has been j>?-e
pared and Will be introduced in the
House, probably Monday, on the open
ing day of the lifty-uinth Congress.
The bill stipulates that money shall
be refunded through the sale of bonds
provided by the Spooner act ami these
bonds to be taxable at a rate of one
half of one j>er cent., when deposited
I to seen re the circulation on the same
| basis as government twos.
No Decision Was Given.
Baltimore, Special. ? Jack Johnson
ami Yfmnt: Peter Jackson, both of
whom are credited to California, met
in a twelve round fiirlii before t lie
Eureka atlilectic club. At it* con
clusion no decision was given. Johnson
had undertaken to knock Jackson out
within the twelve rounds or the
smaller end of the receipts, lie failed
to do so.
.J.;'
South Carolina Institution Will
Not Be Exempt
U. S. SUPREME COURE'S OPINION
Pretense That the Institution is Con
ducted as a Branch of the Police
Power of the State ia But Thinly ]
Diggulsed, Says tho Court in Affirm- j
ing the Action of the Court of
Claims on Petition for Ilccovcry cf !
$20,000 Paid Since 1893.
? ?
ashinglon. Special. - Tin* Su
premo c.im i of t ho r,<itod Males de
cided dun the . national government
may propefly tax the Stale liquor <lis- I
!><Minaii??s of Soinli Carolina. Tho op- '
inion was delivered In .justice Brewer I
in the case <i| | In; State ol South
Carolina i h?; I'nited Stales. ThU
notion was instituted l?y the State of
South ( arolinft to reeover ?$20,000
paid to the revenue officers of the
national govern melflf^'on account of
the sale of liquors by tin* State nnd
county dispensaries under the dispen
sary law. The Stale look the posi
tion that as th<' dispensaries sold
liquors without profit they should not
be taxed by the yovcrninenl. but the
t<i\ hns been collected since 1S0.'{.
Ibis is said have boenV the liist
case in which the State unites in one
undertaking the exercisc of iii> police
power together with (lie prosecution
ol a commercial business. The CoillI
of < lainis <lisinissed the |>otitiou on
tho ground I hat (lie exercise of police
power was but thinly disguise*). hold
ing that (he real purpose was money
making and this decision was affirmed.
COUNTING VOTES AS CAST.
? Upon Argument by Alton B. Parker
| Justice Amend Rules That lie is
Estopped From Questionening Va
lidity of Any Ballots Counted by
Election Inspectors, and Recount
Begins.
' X? w \ork, Special.- The recount of
ballot s in five ballot hovos used iu
I New \ ork 's mayoralty election con
ies: wa>> ordered to be it n Friday
I by Just ice AiucikI iu the Supremo
| ( Vuirt.
I he original order to opt n those five
boxes was granted a few days ago.
?Jul sice Amend, iu ordering the roeounl
(o begin, modified his original order |
so as |o limit the canvassing tlx'
; candidates for mayor, comptrollei
| and president oL' lite board of alder
men, and also to eliminate from the
recount the void and protested b illots.
Counsel for \V. K. Hearst, Mayor
Mel 'lellan and Assistante Corporation
Counsel Bulls engaged in a heated ar
gument before the boxes rfore opened.
| Alton 15. Parker, ' for Mayor Model- '
Ian, and Mr. Butts contended that the
court had no right to make a re-can
vass of the voles or to reconsider the
result, but could compel the election
inspectors correct fy to state the result
they reached on elect ioijinijfht.
" Vou mean. I hen," said Austin (?.
Fox, for Mr. Hearst, ''that you do not
want tho true vote ascertained, and
thai if a vole for Hearst has been
counted for McClellan you don 'I want
it known?" a
'"I mean," retorted Mr. Butts,
"that 1 want (he true vote ascertain
ed accordant to law."
"And how may that be done?" in
j quired Mr. Fox.
''By quo warranto proceedings,"
was the reply.
"And such proceedings can only be
undertaken after January," comment
ed Mr. Fox. "I see."
Mr. Parker disclosed that the court
had no right to throw out any ballot
which had been counled by the elec
tion inspectors. Justice Amend ruled
that he is estopped from questioning
the validity of the ballots and they
| must lie counted as cast.
I ho first ballot box was (hen open
ed by inspectors in (he court room and
the recount was begun, with the rep
resentatives of the newspapers occu
pying the seats intended for jury
men.
The o poncing of four ballot boxes
and the recount iug of the ballots was
finished Saturday night before Judge
Amend. The no I results was a gain
of scvyi^ecn votes in (be four dis
tricts for Hearst, ami of these being
gained in three districts. Ifenrv M
Youngo, of counsel for Mr. Hearst,
said :
"The results thus far have shown
that the inspectors miscounted the
split ballots, to (ho gain of MeClol
lan and the loss of Mr. Hearst. If it
turns out in /Other 'dist riots as it has
in those examined Air. Heart is elected
"on the recount. "
Mexico's Vice President.
Mexico City, Special. ? Vice Presi
dent Corral continues jcravcly ill with
typhus fever. His physicians lu?|><.>
for the* West nnd rely on liis great
vitnljty. There is nincli public anx
jot y ' regard ing his condition.
Sultan's Proposals Not Accepted.
X'ondon, By Cable. ? A dispatch
from Paris states that it is reported
in French government circles that the
imwers,' after examining * the latest
Turkish proposals, dccidcd tharthey
am uiuuit&faetory and therefore the
international fleet will not bo order
ed home. It is ataUiLMiat unless the
Sultan complete! vjback^ down before
Monday the Islands ofl Lemnoe and
Imbros will be teiescd/ - '
(wants to be a county slat
Plan to Form New County From Lau
ren*, Greenville and Spartanburg
Territory.
La u tv i is, Special.? For several
months ||u> citizens of Fountain Inn
and vicinity have been axitatiij# the
creation of a new county, the territory
to he taken from the counties of
< ireenville, Laurens, ami Spartanburg
with Fountain Inn as the county rest.
To f?w | he required area. 400 square
miles, for the formation of a new
count y , it is proposed to take ISO
square miles from tlreeuvillw county,
ISO from Laurens and 40 from Spar
tanburg. Fountain inn is located on
the (iTvenville and Laurens railroad,
just across the line in (li*eenville
enmity and has a population of 1,000
souls, a cotton mill, bank, a number of
mereuntilc establishments, splendid
schools ami churches, and is surround
ed by one of the llnest farming sec
lions in the entire Piedmmit belt.
A commiUee composed of seven of
the leading eiti/ens of the place has
the matter in hand. Mr. .lohn K.
I Icllams, of Dials, this county, has
been euS^a^ed to make the survey,
which will be beyun next Monday. It
will probably require a little more
that) a month to complete the survey.
The Cherokee Farmers.
? (JatVney, Special. ? The Cherokee
County Cotton Association met Sat
urday in the court house here. Tin;
most important action to be taken by
the association was the election of ? ? 1 T i -
ccrs for the coming year and the elec
tion of delegates to the Stale conven
tion in Columbia. Messrs. IL < Sar
ratt. W. Shiii Lipscomb and A. F. <io
fortli well! elc.cted delegates to tin'
State convention to be held in Colum
bia in January. The following ollicers
were elected for next year: President,
IL S. Sana it ; vice-presideul, W. Sain
l.ipsfomb; secretary, Milton Yassey,
treasurer, .1. V. Sarat t. The associa
tion is now in a tlourishin^' eomlition
and at this time is experiencing a
wonderful growth. The interest now
? bcinji' maufestcd in it and its work
can probably be acounlcd for as hav
ing' been ureal ly helped by the speech
es of Messrs. F. 1). Smith and llarvie
Jordan, who spoke to a great assem
blage in the court house here recent
ly.
At n meeting of the directors of the
National banit in tile oflice of the pres
ident recently Jlie regular seiui-an-'
mud dividend L'per ceyt. was dc
cla red payable to the shareholders
January 1st.
Fifteen Hundred Bales Held in East
ern York.
V
Rock llill. Special. ? The Fanners'
Association of Eastern Yoik held its
annual meeting- in the rooms of the
Cemmcreial C'lul ? Saturday afternoon
with good at tendance and splendid en
thusiasm. The firs!/ business taken up
was the election of ollieers, .those
chosen beiuu: Mr. F. C. Whitner, presi
dent, and Mr. 10. E. Pong. secretary
and treasurer. Messrs. John Steele,
M. ft. Williams and I). B. Leslie were
chosen delegates tj? the county con
vention to he held in Yorkville next
Saturday and Mr. F. 11. Barber was
elected a member of the county exe
cutive committee. It was reported that
pledges to hold cotton for the 1") cent
mark had been signed until about
1,500 bales had been so pledged. The
warehouse at Rock Hill now contains
almost 900 bales. Al 15 cents }>er
pound the value of cotton hold in this
community approximates $1 12, 500.
Oldest and Youngest.
Chester, Special. ? Chester jail has
now among; its inmates perhaps the
oldest and youngest prisoners in the
State ? a woman 75 years old ami a
boy less than 0 years; botii are charg
ed with the highest crime known to
law ? murder.
Death of Mr. J. S. Amos.
Spartanburg;, Special ? Jos. S. Amos
a prominent and esteemed citizen died
at his home in this city of pneumonia.
His widow and nine children survive
him. The deceased was a native of
the county and had lived in the city
for the past 1(5 years. He was active
ly engaged in business and was identi
fied with the church work
Barn and Live Stock Burned.
Yorkville", Special ? The large three
story barn of (Menu & Allison al their
model farm on Fishing Creek, four
miles east of Yorkville, was destroyed
by lire about II o'clock Saturday
night. The manager-antl others pass
ed there an hour previous but saw
no sig^js of lire. The origin is un
knwn. Six mules, 1 horse, 40 head of
cattle, 28 hogs, .">00 bushels of corn,
two years' supply of forage, a tine lot
of agricultural machinery and imple
ments were burned. The loss is esti
mated at $7,000 or $8,000 with insur
ance of .$500 on building only.
Y. W. C. A. Convention. * v
Charleston, Special.? -Another busjjJ
dep v:as held at the convention of^the
Young Women's Christian association
of South t?nd N< vth Carolina. The
sum of $1,400 was pledged by dele
gates tor sjiecial work, and a num
ber ??f other matters were^d imposed, of
relating to the extenfti >t: of the work
and other routing affairs. "The Kiblc
hour" and the Several special address
es were given close at ten tin* .
MB I IMPS IIIE HACK I
Express ol Jersey Central Railroad
| Wrecked Near Mauch Chunk, Pa.
HtttOISM OF TRAIN BHAKtMAN
V
Walk* Two Mile* Willi HotU Amu Urok. |
Ait til Notify Nfm?lt HltuitUTowrrtuiia
of (he Ar?'i<l?ut ? I'iwiijfA ?? <ll? Olive*
Wlirrl Cuimnil III* < >ti to !.???? lh?
'I rtH'k on ? Curt*.
Scranton. Pa. Two trainmen wort*
killed iiiid eighteen i?as>tM)>;<ki'ri wore
hurt, only two or thorn serioiuly, iu
the wreck of the Philadelphia flyer on
the tVntral U nil road of Now Jersey
nt>a r Stony Tln? train plunged
over an cinhanUment late ai uiulit, tho
locomotive anil oiu> oar going into Hip
rlviM', am! at tlrsl It \\;ik kii|?|iosci1 (hat
ilu> list ??f I'liNiialtios would roach a
hundred.
Tho most seriously itijurod are a man
whose (high was broken and n boy
with >? fractured skull. When the (rain
jumped the (rack the locomotive, and
(wo ears crashed down n thirty-foot
embankment. Tho locomotive und tho
combination car foil into tho river and
the l'tiUman car landed on end on the
brink of (he stream.
As the train went over (he embank
ment two telegraph poles were torn
down and the wires broken, cutting
oil' all eoimmtnfcMtion. II was a l'our
mile walk to the nearest telegraph
station on the other side oj' the river,
at Penn Haven Junction/ The reunite
place where the wreck occurred, the
broken wires and the excitement (lint
followed the order for the doctors
caused wild rumors that (lie entire
train had been hurled into the river
and that HO or lOO had been killed.
Not until 1 1 o'clock iik (lie morning
was the extent of the wreck ascer
tained.
The dead are Clarence Detro. of Ash
ley, an engineer, who was ruling on
the locomotive of (lie (rain ami re
turning to his work at Bethlehem affter
spending (lie day with 1 1 is family at
Ashley, ami Fireman John l.eibert, of
.Mattch Chunk.
Some of (he injured'yire: Engineer
Will, is, was badly scalded and bruised;
Philip lteilly, a baggagoinaMer; Calvin
Swisher, a newsboy, and Thomas Sny
der a conductor.
The locomotive, while running about
thirty miles an hour, jumped tho track,
evidently owing to a broken Mange on
one of (he driving wheels. It plunged
across (he west hound track.
The train left WiiKes-Barre at (5.30
o'clock at night, and the first news of
the accident was obtained when a
brakeman. bleeding ami half dead,
staggered into tin* signal operator's
tower at I'enn Ilnvpn Junction. He
had walked two mil< * with hotli arms
broken. The operator telegraphed to
Maneli Chunk and a wrecking- crew
and hospital car were immediately
sent, with three physicians and nil the
help that could be gathered.
Some of the eighteen injured, pas
sengers were taken to tin- yptlroad's
hospital at Bethlehem, l'a.
The engineer and ih'cman were,
pinned in the wreck of the locomo
tive and crushed (o <Ua(h. An upset
stove set the ears on lire. The pas
sengers who were unhurt look all the
wounded out of the wreck and then
fought the flames. By the tlmo the
?wreckers arrived tho tire was ynder
control and tho wounded passengers
were being eared for on the bank of
the stream.
Many persons rut: by broken glass
and bruised by the crashing timbers
refused to go to the hospital and left
on a special train that was sent to
carry the passengers on their way. >
Two physicians were among the un
injured on the wrecked train and they
did the best they could without the
aid of bandages to dress the wounds
of their iess, fortunate fellow passen
gers.
The flyer had left White Haven
twenty minutes lato and was running
at a good rate of speed toward Mnueh
Chunk, but It was said that no at
tempt was being made to make up the
lost time. The wreck occurred on n
stretch of level double track in a cut
on the mountainside. There are sev
eral curves there and the mad has a
rule against f^s* running. On tho op
posite side of the river" are the tracks
of tho Lehigh Valley road.
Traffic on the main line of thi\ Cen
tral of New Jersey was laid up for
some time, and trains were^sent ov#r
the tracks of the Lehigh Valley, con
nection being made at Penn Haven
Junction.
RICCKST n.\W?Ki;S Fort TOW.
tinmonso Cables to Pull Drydoek to
Philippine#.
Trenton. N. J. ? ' Tho John A. Koeb
ling's Sons' Company, of this city, com
pleted the largest towing cables ever
made, and which are t?? l?e mod to
haul the drydoek Dewey from Spar
rows' Point, Md.. to Olangapo. in the
Philippines.
The specially built ha writs each
contain l!l!2 wires, divided into six
strands of ."7 wires each, twisted
around a hemp eore. and are two
inches in diameter, 12<m) feet long,
weigh ah6ut 7300 pounds each, arid
are the most powerful ever built.
V. of Cal. Huys Library.
Tho Ilaneroft library has been bought
for $230,000 by the University of Cali
fornia.
Itus?ian Police Strike.
The pollee were reported 1o liave.
' Struck at (Irodno, Russia.
Memorial Tablet Unveiled.
i
A memorial tablet presented l>y tho
HHilo Company of Associates was nn?
vetkaJrvith elaborate ceremony at the,
Bub-TFfcasury Ituildlng in Netr York
City. - * . ? ? '
I Hebrews Celebrate. ^
In *CarnrgIe Hall, New York City,
there was hlld a meeting in commem
oration of the two hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the nettlement of He
i brews in the United States.
iUHNEERS LOSE BATTLE |
j
Whole Fleet of Rebels at Sebastopol
Reported Surrendered.
HED FLAG WAS HAULED DOWN
??.? <?PfUl|, UT t#u Shl|ii
l or. an.1 ArUII#rr>-l)a inocr i?, Vow*
??.? He?r Lota ol |.||. Kwil-fr ?r|.
??? BaKIIdk K?r Two I *??*?
BH"f4n rni.l M??u.
S<. Petersburg, IttHsIa Xohflstopol
WJU I III. ficelle of u <if>N|icriit(? buttle
Ihtfweon t Ik* luminous sailors an.) the
troops in (i),. foru oll h|,oro.
During the buttle the i own himI (he
forts were honihurded h.v the ?r
the cruiser OuhakoO', which whs soon
? hurning wreck on Admiralty Point
',H ,"?i 'Id.lled wish shells aiw, ?s
flaunting red design of revolution
hauled down. Many or the crew of
the oiWuiknfr were killed or wounded.
According to om> report, tlio burrueks
<>' the mutineers were carried by
storm afior ,|?. mutinous thvt. which
- mi Id to have numbered ton vessels,
had surrendered, and the whole posi
tion* was again in the hands of the
X^Iine rr'ldt l ti!? eouu,wiml o1 (Jeneral
Owing to the iiiterrtiidiou of the
U-zrnvU. detail, of the hat tie were
uo,.'1 t 1,111 correspondents
uo.o ii,for.n..,| h.v the Naval Cenoral
! I'M t tie was begun hy the
J loops on shore. Who opened lire on the
H.hakoft which was d.llantlv dis
playing the red flap',
Tlie eou.niamier of the Oichakotr,
Lieutenant Kchmi.lt. im.nedlatelv a<^
boU.'i t '"'Maying ' with
both l atter os. one trained <>n the town
.md the Other on the Fort Alexander
hat lories on the north shore
"i.le-.le eamp to Ad
nli*l < . irenlus,. chief of the Nnv-il
? on era I Staff, informed ? correspond
ent that the latest dispatches received
. 1'. !,S,'>po1 s,1?>?ed that the
>NWiakofr whs on tiro /and badly rid
I minimi 1,3 VPVO,u Unitary colors
! "l0?,! /,own- 1,m' lM> "as unable to
lion' ' or luol'? definite informa
<0 a more detailed report
ol \ ed from another source and pur
wrung ? - A, In, hull",
the battle began at :i o'clock in the
? i ternoon. when Lieutenant Schmidt
not receiving a reply to the demands
tw nf'l1 urs' opened lire from a
Hoot of ten ships, to Which the north
ern batterins of Fort Alexander or
t tllcr.v posted oil the shore and several
\ cssels which remained loyal replied.
During the naval battle (be sailors
;;?<>-<,'.ei,e.i i.? the bracks
ii.]o<l their position with inachlno
guns and rifle against the attack
.'"f'-n'ry. After an engagement
lasting tuo and a half hours, with tho
Otchakoflf riddled and on tiro Mn.l tho
cruiser Dnieper and another vessel
sunk, -Lieutenant. Schmidt, who had
been badly wounded, surrendered tho
ontiro squadron. The mutinous sail
ors on shore surronderodiMo tho Ilrest
and Hlelostok regiments.
According to this report tho I'antolej.
inon (formerly tho Knlaz Potomkino)
Mas Injured below tho waterllno and
a toipedo boat was ashore on tho
rocks.
No details of tho cnsTtaifles hv of tlhi.
damage suite re*" hv the town/were ob
tainable by thoVvdmlralty.ybut owing
o tho confined. kSuc^i \ylilch the ac
on *jl,s f0UK,li 11 ?P<'racd improbable
damage " t'st'a,)0(, without Leuvy
i he demands of tho mutineers are
Raid to have included besides tho llf.
teen proposals dealing with service
condition g the oonvoeatlon of a con
stituent assembly and the completo
realization of tho liberties promised
b> the imperial manifesto.
Viee-Adnilial Chuknln was In com.
?maud of the loyal ships, which In
eluded tho I'atelelmon (ex-Kninz lu
tein kin), and made a vlgo^ods demon
stration. (Jeneral Melior (iakomolsklo
commander of the ...... Seventh Army
J^orps. with 21,000 Infantry and av
was In command ashore.
When the battle began the. batteries
on the north side, which were sup
posed to be loyal Instead of firing upon
tho mutineers joined cause with them
and directed their lire on the cltv and
on the south side batteries. The Brest
Kogiment theroui>oii charged the north
batteries with fixed bayonets and the
guns were soon turned upon the rebel
ships and the barracks.
According to the Li's took, the con
spiracy which let! to the mutiny wrnt
on under the noses of the oflieors and
even Minister of Marine HlrllofT who
was at Sebastopol a fortnight ago, sus
pected nothing. Tho sailors waited
until they wor> assured of support
from tho troops, most of whom, how
ever. refused to go over to tho muti
neers when the time came.
During the first throe days tho mu
tineers were orderly. They sent dele
gates to the shopkeepers requesting
tlieijl not to close, as tliere would be
no disorder and asking the inhabitants
not to leave the city. They also sent
out patrols with Instructions to arrest
the roughs who wore seeking to take
advantage of the situation. In all
their demonstrations the mutineers
sang the National Hymn to show that
the only traitors were those who re
fused to satisfy their demands.
J
Father Oapon Heard From.
Father <4 upon, who Is hiding 1n St.
Peterahurg, UuhmIa, in an interview
aaid that the rcvolutlonao' leaders
wore making tho tactical mistake
which he did, of preaching an anncd
rebel lkm:
To Elevate tier Krabassle*
It was formnily annonneed at Toklp
that it had beeu decided to elevate
ti)C - Japanese at ? l^onitou.
Washington, Paris, IterJIn and St.
Petersburg to embassies.
Senator Barton Sentenced.
. Senator Burton was sentenced at
Washington,' D. CM to six months In
jail and fined $2300, the sontence also
debarring liim from holding
ACS.;
HEAVY SIORMS AT 8EA
Ships on the Ocean and Great Lakes.
Wrecked by the Waves.
MANY LIVES REPORTED LO^T
Mffl I!*ik<' <><??? I>UW|| Oft"
tMiln )(??('?!? Cr*?
ill' \T rmik ?t ( hutlmui Km-Irfnch
hhl|> Ki iik* W lll? All on Honi'it III Ilia
Him|iliurui?Tlir?( lilo on Superior.
linstou, .Mass. -Tho foundering of
(In- new steel rnii-KO I ?elu v\ unn? and the
loss of four persons on board, Includ
ing Captain .lohu H. Munsey ami hiv
I will-, wj^n reported hero hy the ttif
I S<ranton. wlili h had boon towing llto
1 tela wanna from Now York Clly.
The barge wont doyn in a heavy
soil fil S.ao o'cloek ;it itiff lit nl)ont eight *
miles cast by son t b from Mlnots Light,
Those lost woro Captain Mnnsoy muh
wife anil the engineer ami the Cuojy^ff
the barge.
One of the crow of tho Delawanmt
was saved. So ipiiokly ?t ill lhe barge
founder after the snapping of (ho
hawsers Unit tlio crow of tho tug bad
absolutely no time to render aid, Tlio
rescued sailor was found clinging to a
i fragment of a broken boat, and al?
n lit si u ni'onsoious.
On board tile tug tlio man revived
j xntlieient ly to inform Captain Pierce
of the t in; that the r>olawanna was
thrown on her beam ends by a terrltlc
son. and the ? ater Hooded1 into the
bold. She sank. almost -'instantly,
snapping mo tow line us she plunged.
Cr?w I'l'iim Wrrrk,
Chatbain. .Muss. ? The schooner
Charles 1'. Soars of Calais, Me.. Cap
tain Kd wtird A I wood, s.ent aground at
Chatham liar late at night, and prob
ably will be a tot. 11 loss. The captain
ami crew of four men were taken o!Y
by the life saving crew.
Wi'crkrd In ?hn Hocfiliorus.
Marseilles, France. A dispatch from
Constantinople reports thai the steam
ship Holeldieu, belonging to this port,
has been wrecked in the Bosplioru*
and that all the member.* of her crew,
numbering twenty-two, are believed
to have been drowned.
The lioleldleu was an iron steam
ship of :ioi' I tons kiosk feet long.
I foot beam and 'J-i feet deep. She
was built ai Liverpool in 1SSI, ami
was owned by A. Artuad, of Marseilles*.
Tliino IMm hm Noo\t Hrri?U?.
j Miini ii, .Minn. -a message from j'ort
tAnlmr. Ontario, hh.vh the Canadian
steamship Monk* Haven ot' the Al
goma Central Lino wont ashonv at IMe
Island near Purl Arthur. The crew
was saved, but the vessel is a loss.
'I'lii' II. IV Nye got into Two liar
liors in the night, badly battered. Iler
cargo ot' llnx, valued at $'J4t),tX)U( was
damaged about fifty per cent.
Three men lost their lives In the
?wreck of the scow CSeorgo Herbert at
Two Islands. They were Ole Miller.
Oeorge Oisen aiul Olo Nelson, alt ot
Uuluth.
When the scow wowt on the rock*
William Illeks and Charles Johnson
saved themselves by jumping to shore.
The other three larked courage, ond
as the^acow broke shouted their Inst
giuxTlw and disappeared. Hkks QUil
"Johnson were cared for by fishermen.
Oclrlc l4;??Co?t*<|.
New York City.?' The first of the great
tleet of trans-Atlantic steamships to
enter New York harbor Ice-clad w?#
the giant Ccrtrlc of the White Star
Line, which docked hero in the tnorn
ing. ? '* / Av
The whole hull of the big ha#r wat
eiicased In a glittering coat of white. .
and her bows were crusted thick with'
ice where the heavy sens encountered ,
during the last day's run had swept
repeatedly.
The Cedrlc k<>1 in about twenty hour?
late, due to the heavy head winds
against which she hod to force her
way during the entire trip.
W?nt l)??u Willi N|n?lf?n,
Ashland, Wis.? The steel steamer Ira
II. Owen, with a crew of uineteen. i?
now known to have gone down on Lake
Superior in the great storm. Its com
mander was Captain Joseph Mulligan,
of Itnffalo, N. Y.
The Owen was Inst, sighted about
forty miles off the" Apostle Islands,
when It seemed to be in a bnd way.
Then the snow shut It from View.
Captain Chamberlain, of the steamer
Kir William Siemens, 'reported Uiat
ten miles enst of Outer Island by
passed a mass of wreckage, Including;
life preservers marked Ira H. Owen.
Four vessels were rejx?rted. Includ
ing the Owen. a .tug Maxwell and
scow with ten men are Jost. The*
steamer Western Slar was wrecked -
at 4>ntonak'on and the Vega at Fox
Inland.
ITALIAN CATIIKDH AL DAMAGED.
^
Shaken l>y Earthquake Tlint Was Felt
Throughout Italy.
Ilomo. Italy.? A slight shock of earth,
nuake miih recorded In all of the Ob
servatories of the kingdom. ? ???
It wok felt especially throughout the
euKtoru. central anil southern parts of
th(> country, but caused little damage
except to the Cathedral of Arlano dl
Puglia, whlelr suffered considerably*
No lives were lost.
Midshipman Dismissed.
Midshipman Joseph It. Williams ttm
dismissed from the United State*
Naval Academy at Annapolis. Md., for
unsatisfactory conduct.
English Duehest Mobbed.
While the Duchess of
1M ward's daughter.
chnrcb armr tents to ? - ? -
the unemployed to Loud??. ?
mob, jeered and hooted, crylnfc
their charity.** . ;
Bankin
Th e Controller at
Washington, p. C, ri
that, by order
American NailOlMir
; UAMfesrttt*