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S CROSS MNALBT EVAD ING ItTTUUIR. FIGHTING IN KUSSlJl. .Ktflrr® Battle Reported to be Going 4' # 1 • on—Aiutrians Show Improvement and are Forcing the tHght Around Falling I^emberg — Montenegrins Hack Along Bosnian Jh'rontier. • ’ 'v . * Each day is but a repetition of the . previous day in the battles being h fought on in West Flanders, north- •s^ern France and Poland. One side ». gains a little at one point, only to l lose at another. / It appears., from the official Ger man and French report, that the Germans, finding it impossible to ad vance along the coast toward Dun kirk, owing to the fiiw from the Brit ish and French warships, took a route a little more Inland and have suc- i ceeded in crossing the Yser Canal, which the Belgians have been de fending stubbornly for a week to the west of Dtxmude. They also have made progress to the northeast of, and still are in pos session of Roulers towards, which the *, Allies were advancing last week. The Germans claim to have taken 500 • British troops in the fighting is this neighborhood. Of the gains claimed by the Ger- J mans, the French report makes no jnentlon, dismissing the tattle with j^B.e'sentence: “There is no change report between the sea and the re- ^^ion around Arras. 1 ' To add to the trials of the troops ^Rjgaged in the desperate fighting, *Vnort spell of fine weather has given place to another downpour of rain which will convert the lowlands of Flanders into great lakes. On the battle on the centre and left wings, the German report does not speak. The French declare they are maintaining their positions in the Argonne and along the Meuse. From unofficial sources it is learned the French have made some advance in the monntains along the Alsace bor der. It is evident that along the coast the Germans have found it difficult to • advance ia face of the force drawn •long the Yser Canal, aided by the British and French ships, which are I bombarding them from tho sea. It f robably is the moat picturesque bat le ever fought. On shore the troops •f five nations are fighting—the Aas- triona and Germans on one side and the French. Belgians and British on - the other. At sea British monitors, gunboats, destroyers and submarines are fight ing aide by side with French war ships. while at the same time they arc being sobjected to attack by German submarines and airships. Thus far the warships hare had the better of It, for while they are reported to have inflicted terrible losses oa the Germans trying to ad vance along the coast, they them selves have suffered little or no dam age, and have warded off submarine attacks In Poland a heavy battle is in pro gress between the fortresses of Ivan gorod and Radora, where the Car mans and Austrians, defeated in their first attempt to cross the Vistula have made a stand. Both sides have, according to their own reports, made prisoners and cap tured guns, but the battle, extending over a front of twenty-six miles, has not yet been decided. The Austrians still are making a bold effort to cross the River San and »re carrying on a splendid fight south Przemysl In the hope of reaching recapturing Lemberg. ^^The Montenegrins admit they have had to withdraw to their previous positions along the Bosnian frontier, after an attack by a superior force of Austrians The latter seem to have made a wonderful recovery. Turkey has again assured Great Britain, France and Russia that she intends to remain neutral. She con tinues her military activities, how ever, and in collecting transport, ani mals. which, it is said, are destined for the Egyptian frontier. It is con . sidered that the presence of strong Russian forces on the Turkish border has influenced her not to take any action against the Allies. EDWARD GREY HAYS ENGLAND WILL NOT INTERFERE. (TUT DOWN DELEGATES. Republicans Deckle to Reduce South ern Representation of Party. The bitter fight waged since 1880 to reduce the representation of South ern states in Republican national con ventions has been.won. Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the Republican national committee, announced Fri day that the call Cor the convention of 1916 would be oh the new basis, which reduces the number of dele gates by 89. Most of this loss falls on the South. \ In the next convention, the delega tion of Alabama will be reduced by 8, Arkansas by 3, Florida 4, Georgia 11, Louisiana 8, Mississippi 8, New rtfork 2, North Carolina 3, South Car olina 7, Tennessee 2, Texas 16, Vir ginia 8, Hawaii 4. Porto- Rico 2, and Philllpine Islands 2. Shipments of Cotton Can be Made to All Countries, Even to Germany— Cotton Not Contraband. Sir Edward Grey, British foreign minister,^ has assured the United States that England will not Inter fere with American cotton shipments as “contraband of war.” Sir Edward's assurance reached the state department Sunday through Ambassador Page, who also reported that the British ship Camperdoon, laden with American cotton and pro ducts, had been detained at Et. Orn- away, Scotland, not because of her manifest, but on account of a dis agreement between her owners and the charter party. ; The newly announced attitude df the British government will permit safe movement of American cotton to any point, including Germany, where a market may be found. Sir Ed ward's statement is construed in some quarters as meaning also that there la to be no interference with any non contraband cargoes from a neutral coutry. carried in neutral ships, even when consigned directly to a bellig erent. The British announcement fore stalled action by the state depart ment upon a request made ,by South ern senators that the belligerents be asked to give assurances that ship ments of cotton from the United States to neutral or belligerent coun tries would not be seized or detain ed. Cotton never has been listed as either absolute or conditional contra band, but some cargoes have been de tained. and certain marine insurance companies hwve refused to issue cot ton policies. A fair market for cot ton is said to exist in Germany, though most of the mills in France and England are closed The British ambassador. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, was officially informed by his government of the assurances given Ambassador Page. He issued this statement: The assurance may be given that cotton is not on the list of contra band. and will not be seized. It is on the free list and will remain there.” In a supplementary statement, the embassy again pointed out that car goes. even of contraband, are being allowed to proceed when it is estab lished they actually are destined to neutral countries. “Although so far cargoes, of con traband. have been detained in order to maka sure they are really intend ed for neutral countries.'' said this statement, “and though some cargoes have been retained, such as copper, destined for Krupps, the British gov ernment has not yet taken a single cargo without paying for It. and all cargoes, which were destined for neu tral countries, have been allowed to proceed to their destination '' 6EIHANY PROMISES TO RESPECT TIE IRNIRE DOCTRINE- KILLED BY POLIOKMAN. Greeavilla Roral Chief Kills White Mas Resisting Arrest. Judson Brooks was hsot and mor tally wounded at Greenville early Sunday morning by the chief of rural police. Reuben Gosnell. The shoot ing occurred in Stradleyville, Green ville county's demimonde, and ac cording to Gosnell, was accidental. The young man, who was 19 years of age, was restating arrest and the officer struck him over the head with a 38 calibre automatic revolver. The first blow did lot quiet Brooks, so Gosnell struck him again, it is said. The pistol was discharged and the bullet went into the brain of the young man. Brooks and Rural Policeman Macauley were scuffling and Chief Gosnell came to the officers' assist ance. The boy slashed the chief sev eral times with a knife, it Is said, and Gosnell then struck him over the head. At the coroner’s inquest it was testified by doctors that the skull was broken by the blows struck and that death might have come even had the revolver failed to go off. It is learned on good authority that a number of persons Interested in near-beer places of Stradleyville have sought to employ two leading attorneys to aid in the prosecution of Gosnell. The officer is very unpopu lar with the lawless element and one connected with the case says his ene mies propose to make a hard fight against him if they can get lawyers to take the case. It has been Gosnell’s custom to patrol Stradleyville each Saturday night and the killing occurred while he was performing this duty. He has tigers and other offenders in this notorious section. PROMISE WAS NOT ASKED Message Was Heat to Bry an Early In August That Whatever the Effects of War Germany Would Respect • -\ * Doctrine—No Official Confirmation DENIES AUTHORITY. It 6 German Loss Heavy. It is estiated that the Germaps 4,000 troops at Ostend, Vhere British ships fired projectiles at rate of 14 per minute. -— 800,000 Russians in Campaign. 800,oiT6 Russians around Warsaw. are operating Bomb KIDs Fifteen. A French aeroplane, dropping a bomb an the Germans at Revigny, Carranza Demands by Wbat Author ? Ity Convention Proceeds. Gen. Obregon headed a commission Wednesday which called on Gen. Car ranza and invited him to attend the Aguas Calientes convention and sign ax agreement to abide by its deci sions. Oeri: N Carranza declined to go or send a delegates. He reserved the right to disapprove the final acts of the convention, maintaining that the sovereign power of the state rests with him alone until his successor as head of the government is elected. Aik for Georgia Legislature. Several Georgia counties have re quested that the governor call thai Ihgislatnre ef ebat> consider the cotton situation. Germans Hold Tsing-Tan. All efforts of the Japanese and British to take Tting-Tau from the From Washington. In the course of the first three weeks of the European war, Ger many, through Count von Bernstorff, the German, ambassador in Washing ton, communicated to Secretary Of State Bryan the official assurances of the German government that, no mat ter what happened in Europe as a result of the present conflict, Ger many would respect the Monroe Doc trine and the views of the United States regarding that doctrine. The above statement was made Friday night in New York by Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, former Colonial Secretary of the German government. The records of this act on the part of Germany, Dr. Dernburg Saiti, were to be found in the files of the State de partment in Washington. Speaking to an audience in Newark, N. J., on Thursday night. Dr. Dernburg made a reference to such assurances having been given by Ger many with respect to the Monroe Doc trine. In the course of his speech he told his audience that if any of them were asked if a German victory would menace the Monroe Doctrine, they should in turn ask who it was that bad challenged the doctrine in 1905, and who it was that had voluntarily agreed to abide by it in !9i4. Eng land. he added, had challenged it in 1905, Germany had respected it, and would continue to abide by it in 1914. Dr. Dernburg was asked Friday night to amplify what he had said on this subject in Newark. “The Venezuela crisis of 1895," he replied, ‘‘is. of course, common knowledge. Every American knows of the firm attitude that Secretary of State Richard Olney had to take in order to prevent a British attack on Venezuela, which would have meant a violation of the Monroe Doctrine The famous message ^pf President Cleveland, in which he declared that any attack by Great Britain on Vene zuela would be an tnfrongement of the Monroe Doctrine and a casus belli for the Uited States, is likewise matter of history. “It will be remembered that the American congress even had to go so far as to pass appropriations for an active preparation for a possible pas sage of arms Great Britain then backed down, and in 1896 accepted an arbitration of the dispute, and with the cooling down of the agita lion, the matter was finally settled by a decision rendered in 1899. It was a challenge that necessitated very ex traordinary measures and nearly brought the United States to the verge of war with England ♦‘At to the German attitude to the Monroe Boctrlne, that is shown by the way Germany behaved in her troubles with Venezuela ten /ears later. There were a number of Jdlt claims against Venezuela resulting from construction work and" gnaran tees for the payment of the claims given by the government of Venezu ela. Germany then told Washington that in consquence of the existence of the Monroe Doctrine, which she wish ed to respect, she could not act with out a previous understanding with the American department of state. “She even went to the length of handing in a statement of claims ac companied by vouchers. The govern ment of the United States then took the position that, the claims being justified, and a necessary guarantee against any violation of Venezuelan territory or independence having been given by Germany, Germany might proceed to the recovery of those claims. The matter was then settled by Venezuela’s agreeing under pres sure. to satisfy the claims “In this present war, when Canada promised her help to England and thereby herself violated the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine, which will cer tainly not allow that an American self-governing dominion should call for volunteers and use state funds in order to make war in Europe, the German government at once and with out being at all invited to do so. stat ed that through the German ambassa dor to the United States to the state department in Washington that, no matter what happened in the course of the war, she would respect the views held by the United States re garding the Monroe Doctrine. This declaration was made in the first Jhree weeks in Augupt.’ A later dispatch from Washington says Germany’s right to land troops in Canada If possible and thus secure at least a temporary foothold on the American contient was upheld by Count von Bernstorff,, the German ambassador. He declared that, as Canada was sending soldiers to fight against his country, It would be no infringement on the Monroe Doctrine if Germany should invade Canada. Discussing his note to the state de partment giving assurances that Ger many would attempt no South Ameri can colonization In event of victory, the ambassador said only South America was referred to. There never has been any question raised, he said, as to possible German attempts to eeek colonization in any other part of tbe American hemisphere. Although first reports were to the fhe-iOTe UepiW- ment issued the following statement Saturday: “The German ambassador on September 3 last, in a note to the department of* state, stated that he mpm instructed by his government to case ihe comes out victorious in the present war. to aeek expansion in South America." The importance of the German em bassador's note of September S lies not so much in that brief document itself as in the statement made by Dr. Dernburg in regard to it. The Mon roe Doctrine applies specifically to Europe in its declaration that the ac quisition of territory on this hemis phere by any European nation will be regarded by the United States as aa unfriendly act, but European nations hare been chary of acknowledging the principle of the fifth president's pronouncement. In practice and observance they have virtually acquiesced in thA prior ctple enunciated, and they have ac knowledged the superior claims of United States interects in the coun tries to the south. But they have re frained from putting down in black and white that they recognized that the United Statee had the right to say “Hands off!" to the rest of the world, and to Europe in particular. The importance, therefore, of the statement of a former metaber of the German Imperial Ministry may be un derstood. However, the fact stands out boldly that the assurance con tained in the note of Count von Bern- storff is merely a denial of some newspaper rumor and does not bear out on its face the assertion .by Dr. Dernburg in his Newark speech. The official records thus report tho Venezuela notes, referred to in the statement of Dr. Dernburg. In December, 1901, Dr. von Holle- ben, the German ambassador in Washington, left with the then secre tary of state, John Hay, a “pro memoria,” in which was set forth the efforts of the German movement to collect debts from the Venezuelan government long overdue to German subjects. Unless Venezuela agreed to settle these claims the German gov ernment, it was declared, would con- sideV methods of coercion. “But." says the “pro memoria,” “we consider it of importance to let first of the government of the United States know about our purposes, so that we can prove that we have noth ing else in view than to help those of bur citizens who have suffered dam ages. and we shall first take into con sideration only the claims of those German citizens who have suffered in the civil war. “We declare, especially, that under hri circumstances do we consider in our proceedings the acquisition or the permanent occupation of Venezuelan territory. If the Venezuelan govern ment should force us to the applica tion of measures of coercion, we should have to consider, furthermore. If on this occasion we should ask like wise for a greater security for the ful fillment of the claims of the Disconto Gesellschaft of Berlin.” Tn response to the “pro memoria" Secretary Hay sent to the German plenipotentiary a memorandum dated December >6, 1901, in which he clev erly but conslatently worked in a reference to the Monroe Doctrine. This reference was in a quotation from the annual meaaage from Presi dent Roosevelt of lees than a fort night before. In that message the president said—and Secretary Hay quoted his words—that the Monroe Doctrine was in no wise intended as hostile to any nation of the Old World, and added: “We do not guar antee any state against punishment If It misconducts Itself, provided that punishment does not take the form of the acquisition of territory by any non-American power," Mr. Hay brought out in his memo- Ftfidum something that had not been before that time a matter of official record, namely, that the German am bassador on his return from Berlin “conveyed personally to the president the assurance of the German emperor that hla Majesty's government had no purpose or Intention to make even the smallest acquisition of territory on the South American continent or the latands adjacent." Mr. Hay mention ed also the assurances of the same character contained in the "pro memoria" Of the German ambassa dor, and concluded his memorandus with an expression of belief on the part of President Roosevelt that no measures would be taken that were not in accordance with the stated pur pose of the German emperor. EIKI Ml KMUIUIE SMS ■ART IIITISI MIPS. AT WOIK IN ATLANTIC SAW THE PRESIDENT. Committee Sent to Washington Find That Bond Issue Is Favored. The committee appointed by the State legislature fo go to Washington, accompanied by Cefigreasman Lever, called on President Wilson. Presi dent Wilson showed he was thor oughly conversant witfi the general situation in the cotton belt and was well posted on conditions' fn this State. His reception of the commit tee was more than cordial a'ffd hi* suggestions on how to proceed were exceedingly valuable and along prac tical lines The committee asked if the pro posed South Carolina bonds. If is sued, would be accepted by the fed eral reserve banka-as collateral when presented by their membership banks for rediscount. The question was re ferred to Mr. Elliott, who gave an unofficial opinion that they would be acceptable. The committee embodied this opinion in a, written communica tion to the board, and by them it will be referred to the attorney general of the United States for an official opinion. The committee found the federal authorities with whom they consult ed well informed on conditions in the South, and partlcnlary in South Car olina, and to .be in hearty accord and sympathy with the effort . of the Southern people to improve matters. They ocered encouraging suggestions and expressed the bellet that the ef : forts already made in the South had effect on the market which other- ‘•sarMswet-- W'Xafff g ''rir Jif 11 ^ gone erra. lower. Chinese Protest. When the German torpedo boat ran against, the '.Chinese shore that toot posseaaion of the boat. Marvelous Depredations of German Cruisers Again Allied Trade—His tory of the Two Ships Which To- \ gether Has Destroyed so Many Mer chantmen. The German cruisers Emden and Karlsruhe appear to be making strik ing raids upon English shipping. On Wednesday afternoon of last week the British admiralty announced that It had received a report from Colom bo, Ceylon, that the Emden had sunk four British steamships, captured a fifth and sunk a dredger at a point about one hundred and fifty milee southwest of Cochin, British India. ^ On Thursday a dispatch from Tene- riffe, Canary Islands, reported that the German cruiser Karlsruhe had sunk 13 British merchantmen In the Atlantic. The news of the exploits of the cruiser was to Teneriffe by the German steamc r Crefeld which arriv ed with the crews of the British steamers Stretch roy, Maplebr&nch, Highland Hope, Indrainl, Rio Igua- sua, Fam, Niceto, Marla de Larrin- aga. Cervantes Cornish City, Pruth, Condor and Lynrowan, all of which were sung by tho Karlsruhe. The Crefeld was accompanied into port by the German steamers Patagonia, Rio Negro and Asuncion. A later message states that more than 4 00 men of the crews are pris oners and that.the merchantmen were mostly sunk in the Atlantic. The ships were mostly engaged in the South American trade and their total tonnoge is about 60,000. History of the Karlsruhe. The cruiser Karlsruhe, a ship of a trifle less than 5,000 tons, has had in this war a career as eventful In the Atlantic aa that of her smaller sister ship, the Emden in the Indian Ocean. The Kfirlsrube first came in to po lice at the outbreak of ih* war when she appeared in the vicinity of Sandy Hook, apparently in wait for British merchantment leaving New York. For a few days the British shipping hug ged their piers and then came news that the Karlsruhe had beeo driven away by the approach of several Brit ish cruisers. On August I ths Karlsruhe appear ed In the harbor of San Juan, Porto Rico, whore she coaled and tkea again took to the seat. Soon after It was learned that tho Karlsruhe had been In a sensational running fight at sea with the British ernieore Suffolk and Bristol It appears that the British cruisers came unexpectedly upon the Karls ruhe while she was coaling from the German steamer Kronprlas Wilhelm The cruisers engaged in a running fight while the Kronprlns Wilhelm through her superior speed eeeily escaped. The Karlsruhe iJso eluded her pureuera and an unconfirmed re port had It that she damaged the Bristol In this fight. Since then the Karlsruhe has ap peared iu several West Indian ports for poal after preying in various southertl seas oa British cojnaprce. An official statement glrefi out in Ber lin on October 3 said she had sunk seven British stesmers in the Atlan tic The Karlsruhe Is a comparatively new ship, having gone into commis sion early In 1913. She Is very fast, having a speed of 27 knots which has enabled her thus far to successfully elude the persistent British pursuit Her main armament consist of 12 4-1-inch guns and her crew numbers 373 men. History of the Emden. The Emden is A small protected cruiser six years old. She was com pleted in May, 1908. Her displace ment is 3,650 tons, her length 286.6 feet and her two sets of triple expan sion engines will drive her at a rate of 24.5 knots when she is clean. She has a lightly armored deck and car ries leu 4.1 Inch guns, two machine guns and (wu 18 Inch submerged tor pedo tubes. iTer complement is 361 men. On August 6 a Tiontsld dispatch td the London Dally Mall reported thit the Emden had been In action with the Russian cruiser Ackold off Wel- hai-wei and that both shipd had been sunk. This was forcibly contradicted on September 10 when the little cruiser sank five British merchant ships and captured a sixth In the Bay of Ben gal. The British admiralty on Sep tember 20 said that the Emden "on September 10, from the China sta tiofl, after having been lost sight of for six weeks, suddenly appeared in the Bay of Bengal and captured six British ships. Five of these were sunk and the sixth was sent to Cal cutta with her crews." At thrt'tlme the Emden was accompanied by the Markomannia of the Hamburg-Ameri- can line as a collier. The Markoman nia has since been sunk by the Brit ish. Within (he next two or three days the Emden was reported tn the dis patches as having sunk the Crafts man, a sister ship of the Diplomat, then the Clan Matheson and *wo oth er ships. On September 22 the Emden ap peared off Madras and shelled the city. Two oil tanks were set afire and the telegraph office and some houses were hit, but the damage done was not great. Guns from the* forti fications. replied and the Emden, ex- The whole engagement lasted only fifteen minutes. On September 29 the 'British ad miralty announced that the Emden bad sunk four British steamships and CHINA DISTRUSTS JAPAN ISLAND EMPIRE WILL CLING TO GERMAN TERRITORY. Report* Telling of Killing of OooKsw and Other Htrengthea SaspMoaa. High officials in the Chinese gov ernment find it extremely difficult, iu view of the developments of tb* last few days, to believe the statements emanating from Japan that no terri torial designs are entertained by the power and that its “mission" in the province of Shantung is to be confin ed to the capture and eventual restor ation to China of tire leased territory of Kiachou. The Chinese have ample grounds for suspicion. The reasons adduced by Japan with regard to her first excursions in Corea and Man churia were proved .by time to be but the preludes to predatory enterprises affecting China's sovereignty. Corea was annexed and Mancburia virtually became a Japanese possession. With these cases in constant view the Chinese can scarcely be blamed for looking askance at any alleged altruistic actions of Japan, though it is qntte possible that Japan doee not Intend to seek territorial aggrandise ment in any shape or form aa ths re sult of her efforts to recover from Germany the leased territory of Klao- chou. The Chinese stubbornly adhere to the conviction that none of the pow ers now operating against Germany will be able to three Japan out of Shantung once she has her flag plant ed there, and that Japan of her own volition will not vacate It. China has made way for the Japanese to enter the territory which she hoped to keep neutral, at the same time addressing to the various belligerent powers a note announcing the extension of an area wherein warlike operations might be carried out and wherein China could not hold herself respons ible for any acts in violation of neu trality. . This area permitted the Japanese to land troops some 146 miles from Tslngtao by the nearest route and thus gavs them all the opportunities they might desire slowly and uninter ruptedly to conduct the disembarka tion of theif men, munitions and Mores And to prepare the develop ment of their military purposes from a base far removed from aay possi bility of attack by ths saemy. At first Chins felt Inclined to be come a little alarmed at the i lory attitude of Germany, bat regards her fulmlnatioaa with BtTStjY* tranquility. Ms is, ever, dlsCPIttfnl of Japi amount of argument ebb that Japan’s Intentions are As a precaution against shi not what sh« bps soma twenty sand soldiers saggjiped seaside tls Klaoehou area, and elan aa 8 lion she has notlflad aU ths area traversed by ‘ to avoid aay oort of might give an excase to tho to make reprisals. China Is la a difficult one tn -which sba should sympathy. If not tbs America. Reports y state that outrages bass Itted by Japanese troops, that Chinese cooHes have been klU- t her telegraph stations have gad her poet offices la- terfHp with. How Is she to protect her iMple and her Institutions? That id ifie obastloa she is constantly wor rying baretil over. 8he knows that it would be folly to fight. > As far aa the Investment ot Tstag- tao is cot earned, aslurd favored the Germans la the early stages. A ty phoon breught dotages of mix which flooded the country over aa area of two hundred miles, making roads Im passable and compelling the Japa nese to wade at times to their arm- pits if they wished to make progress. WILLING TO QUIT. I Carranza WiM Retire if Villa ia Also Requested to Resign Gen. Carranza is willing to ratlrd from the post of chief executive In Mexico City provided Gen. Villa is not instrumental tn procuring his res ignation. He also wishes to be amur- ed that his retirement will not mean the ascendency of Gen. Villa. Tbls explanation of Gen. Carran za's position, made informally at Mexico City, was received by the American government Friday. Gen. Carranza Indicated his willingness to have the convention request that both he and Gen. Villa give way to n neu tral for the provisional presidency. King Lud, Rlberla sn<TFoyls and the collier Burak. The list of British merchant ves sels sunk or captured by the Emden, as announced, is now as follows: Steamship Indus. 2.110 tons. Steamship Lovat. 2,110 tons. Steamship Killin, 2,257 tons. Steamship Diplomat, 4,873 tons. Steamship Trabboch, 2,539 tons. Steamship Kablnga, 2,925 tons. Steamship Craftsman, 4.030 tons (unofficial). Steamship Clan Matheson, 3,053 tons (unofficial. Two other steamships (?) (unoffi cial). Steamship Tumeric (?). Steamship King Lud, 2,344 tons. Steamship Rlberla, 2,244 tons. Steamship Foyle, 2,690 tons. Collier Burak (new), 3,244 tons. Steamship Trollus, 4,806 tons. Steamship Clan Oran{, 3,948 tons. Steamship Exford, 2,804 tons. Dredger Ponrabble. V - General Assembly Cithers. The genenJ^^Snembly gather^' Monday night at eight e’elock. to con tinue their extra session.