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VOL. I. NO. 16. ' CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 19, 19Q4. $1 .50 PER YEAR.
?AVE DESTROYED FLEET
Asserted trains Hew Up Their War
Alps to Sire Thai hm Japs.
ABURAL TWTsmS TIE MEWS.
C tar's Pwpii MmM Tfcat Nsas ?( tfce
Vessels ShU Pal Ids Naafe at Iks Eacay
? Thrss Jf satsi Trsaipsd SaM Is Bars
ships? fesstaas Liafcrtaf Near Nlacfcwsai
Tokyo, (By Cable). ? Admiral Togo
reports that sincc May 6, many ex
plosions have been heard in the di
rection of Port Arthur. The cause
has not been ascertained, but the im
pression is that the Russians, despair
ing of defending the fortress, are des
troying their ships, previous to an
evacuation of the port.
Frsai Aasthcr Saarce.
London, (By Cable). ? The Chefoo
correspondent of the Reuter Telegram
Company sends an Unofficial report
that the Russians have destroyed their
fleet at Port Arthur.
According to trustworthy informa
tion, he adds, the garrison at Port
Arthur numbers 20,000 soldiers and
10,000 sailors. It is emphatically de
clared in the Russian capital that in
?o case will the Russian ships at
Port Arthur f>e allowed to fall into
the hands of the enemy.
This last statement tends to give
Tolor to the reports from Chefoo and
the report of Admiral Togo, that is
believed the Russians are destroying
their Port Arthur fleet.
London, (By Cable"). ? It is impos
sible to give an accurate list of the
effective Russian warships at Port
Arthur, but sonic idea of the state
of the fleet can be formed from the
official report of Viceroy AlexiefT to
Emperor Nicholas concerning the en- j
gagemcnt of April I j, in which the
Petropavlavsk was sunk and the
Pobicda was seriously damaged. In
tliisr report the viceroy said: "The
whole effective squadron at Port Ar
thur sailed out. lie then enumerated
as the units of the fleet the first class
battleships Percsviet. Pobicda, Pol- j
tava, Petropavlovsk and Sebastapol;!
the armored cruiser Rayan, the first
class protected cruisers Askold and
Diara. the second class protected i
cruiser llovik, two torpedo cruisers
and five tirpedo boat destroyers. '
It will therefore be seen that 011
April 14, the day after the destruction
of the Pctropovlovsk, the Russians
Pyrt? Arthur had available' three
bafftesliips, one armored cruiser and
three pnotected cruiscrs, whereas on
February 1, they had available at j
Port Arthur seven- battleships, one
armored cruiser, five protected crui
sers and one torpedo transport The
number of torpedo boats or torpedo
boat destroyers ciTvctivc or disabled
is not known.
Japs Fight Fiercely.
Seoul, (By Cable). ? A Russian
force, estimated to number 200 men,
it attacking Anju, about sixty miles
southeast of Wijti, Korea. The small j
Japanese garrison of that place is j
fighting fiercely.
The fighting at An ju commenced j
early this morning. The Japanese j
garrison has sent a telegram to near- j
y posts 011 the Wiju road for rein- ;
forcements.
Details of the Attack.
Tokyo.? -Details of the attack by '
Russian Cossacks at Anju, Korea, !
were just- received here. The Rus- j
sian cavalry numbered joo men, and
their attack was spirited. . The Jap
anese garrison resisted stoutly and
succeeded in driving off the enemy.
Later, Jananese reinforcements ar
rived from I'ing Vang.
Indications point to the presence of j
a Russian force at Yong Byon, be
tween Anju and Unsan, but it proba
bly is small.
It is evident that these Russian
cavalrymen were sent r.outh for th<* ,
purpose of harassing t lie Japanese |
flanks and lines of communication. ;
The J apanese report of the fighting j
at Anju does not give any losses.
The sudden attack*at Anju confirms
previous reports of the presence of |
Russian scouting parties behind I he |
Japanese lines.
The small Japanese garrison a! !
Anju indicates that the blow was not j
expected.
Casnaltlcx of Vain.
Antung. (By Cable). ? An official 1
report of the casualties at the battle I
at the Ya!u contains a list of ji Jap- i
anesc officers killed and _?o wounded. I
? ? 160 men killed and (Mi wounded.
On the Russian side men were
found dead on the field: wounded
are in Japanese hospitals aud i.tK men
were taken' prisoners.
Most of the RusVr.ns who 1
rendered ot llnniatau, west of Chin
I .ien-C|?cng, where the J.ip.iiu?e !
charged the Russian rear guard, were
wounded.
The Russian soldiers who have since
died in the hospital are buried on a j
hill top near Antnng. and were fol
lowed to the grave by a Japanese '
guard of honor and the staff officers.
A Danish l.uthcran missionary, the
only foreigner living at Antung, read .
the funeral services over the remains. |
The captured Russian munition.* of j
war being brought into Antung in
clude twenty field pieces, ten ma
chine guns, much small arm ammuni
tion, twenty transport wagons, two
ambulances and band instruments, the
latter per/orated with bullets. Most
of these things were abandoned in
the precipitate flight of the Russian
troops.
Merer** Still Flfbtlng.
Berlin, (By Cable). ? Colonel Lieut
wein, governor of German Southwest
Africa, In a dispatch dated May to,
nays that the Hcrcros arc retiring
from their lines at Otjikura and Owi
J> kdkorero to the northward, and arc
moving with strong forces ir. the di
rection of VVaterberg. Colonel Lcut*
v/ein says that a skirmish took place
May 9 at Outjo and that the Hereros
witndrew tOv.*:ird Paredsberg. The
Gertnan losses were one dead, one
wounded and two missing
rows ? SttT fPHL
Tte Latest lUpuriii Cialmil krl^M
John F. Wallace, general manager
ofthe Illinois Central Railroad, has ac
cepted the appointment of chief en
gineer of the Panama Canal.
United States Marshal J. M. Barnes,
of Georgia, was removed from office
on telegraphic instructions from
President Roosevelt.
Three Chinese oftirialsl Itave ar
rived in Chicago to investigate the
steel plants of the United States.
A permanent injunction has been
granted the Santa Fe Railroad againsr
the striking machinists.
Mrs. Herman Oelrich has sold the
principal part of her San Francisco
real estate to a syndicate.
The Santa Fe has begun the con
struction work on its line to Eureka,
in Humboldt county. Cat.
H. W. Breckinridge, of Franklin,
Pa., was shot by a burglar whom he
encountered in his house.
Many Japanese are en route from
Japan to (his country to become rice
farmers in Texas.
Conrad Hanehstein and his son
comimtted suicide in New York by
inhaling gas.
Two men were killed in a railroad
wreck at Port Chester, N. Y
The Xinplate Workers' Association
met at Columbus, O.
The business section of La Fol
lette, Tenn., was burned.
Thomas Costello, clerk in the pay
master's^ department of the Brooklyn
Navy Y'ard, was sentenced to five
years in Sing Sing for embezzlement.
Floyd, Crawford & Co., a broker
age concern of the New York Con
solidated Stock Exchange, gave notice
to close out the the firm's open trades.
Edward A. Gott, a well-known law
yer of Detroit, Mich., formerly con
nected with the Wabash legal staff
here, committed suicide.
Ssecretary Shaw personally made
the payment to J. P. Morgan & Co. j
of the $40,000,000 for the Panama !
Canal.
The examination of Ray and Haw
ley in the Sully case in New York has
been suspended pending an appeal.
There was an explosion, followed j
by a fire. 011 a New York elevated 1
train and the inotorinan was killed. !
Rev. O. R. Newell was stricken in j
the pulpit while praying in his church, !
in Marshalltown, la. j
Manager Crolins and four officers
of Joliet were indicted and arraigned I
for conspiracy.
Only five union machinists appeared
for work at the Santa Fe shops in
Topeka, Kan.
Three New York trust companies
have abandoned tlu'ir clearinghouse
privileges.
The annual commencement of the
Thelogical Seminary of Princeton was
held.
Edouard dc Reszke has sued Robert
E. Johnston, manager of the Metro
politan Opera House, hi New York, 1
and John S. Duss for $20,000 for I
breach of contract.
The investigations being made by ;
the New York Consolidated Stock
Exchange arc expected to lead to the ]
expulsion of a number of firms. |
The Ward Line steamer Santiago
brought the captain and crew of the j
wrecked American schooner Arthur ,
McArdie.
The handsome home of the Army \
and Navy Club, in Washington, is I
soon to be occupied by the Uniyersi- j
ty Club.
Rescuing parties have been unable |
to reach the live miners entombed in
the Locust Gap Colliery by a fire.
The demand for press seat at the
two national conventions is far in ex
cess of the accommodations.
Because of the restriction* place 1
upon their business 1,5.10 saloons have
been forced to close.
The annual convention of the In
dependent Order of ll'rith Abrahatji
was held in New York.
Foreign. j
The question of domicile of VVil- j
liam Lewis Winar.s, formerly of Hal- ?
titnore, who died in London in 1X07, 1
leaving a largo fortune, was decided j
hy the House t?f Lords in favor of the;
family.
Earnest Terah llooley, the pro-'
moter, was arrested in London on the |
charge of conspiracy to defraud, and
Henry J. Lawson, another company
promoter, was also arrested.
Nearly 200 soldiers of the German i
forces ill German Southwest Africa
r.ro suffering with typhus fever.
The Abbe Kesen, a Belgian sena- !
tor, was run over by a motor carl
in Brussels and fatally injured. j
Dr. Davidson, the archbishop of
Canterbury, has not yet decided ;
whether he will he able to accept the j
invitation to attend the convention of !
the Protestant Kpiscopal Church in
the United States next October.
The officers of five of the French 1
Lino steamers have quit those vessels
in accordance with a decision of the
01 the strike committee <>f the Mer
chant Marine at Harvro.
'11 the the German Reichstag II err
!?.? A attacked the government's
;>o|..-y, declaring that the sympathy
>* Me people was with the Japanese
The funbral at Budapest of Maurnsj
Jokai. the Hungarian novelist, was
largely attended, the Emperor being]
represented by Count Appoiiyi.
The Chilian Cabinet has resigned ,
owing to the organization of a union j
of all sections of Liberals.
M. I'lcske, the former Russian j
minsitcr of finance, die.l at St. Peters
burg.
Prince Adelbret, third son of Km
peror William of Germany, who is !
traveling on board the German crui
ser Hertha, left Tientsin for Peking.
An audience between the I'rince and
the Emperor of China has been ar
ranged tor May '7
Ptaaadal.
Bank clearings for April in the
United States fell t,t per cent, below
April, 190J.
Expulsions from the New York
Consolidated Exchange are fashion
able nowadays.
Railroad* are quite generally re
ducing their expenditures owing to
decreased earnings.
The Roading will need this year
about 40.000 tons of rails. Its in
terest in the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany may enable it t ? buy at a price
under the schedule.
DID THESE Kill WENTZ?
Twt Billihuij Are Accasei tf
Mfflmpire's farter.
WT1 NtW IN TAZEVQX JAIL.
ClrrMMtaallal Eiilwci lull Aatfcarttks. to
laaat Warvaats tor ImiuI Wrtffct? (My
Oaa MM Wat F Mi to I to Mj-lt Was
? IT Ci>tr aai IM EaterH Fraai tot
fftot Pantos Tkrwgfc the Heart
Knoxville, Tenn., (Special). ? In the
county jail at Tazewell are Silas Ison
and Tom Wright, who were served
with warrants for the murder of Ed
ward L. Wentz, who disappeared near
Big Stone Gap. Va., last October and
of whom no trace could be" found un
til Sunday, when his body was dis
covered on a mountain near where
his horse was caught after his dis
appearance.
Ison and Wright are said to be
desperate mountain characters.against
whom suspicion has been lodged for
some time and around whom circum
stances now throw strong evidence of
guilt. They were being held in jail
for Virginia authorities as refugees
from justice. The pair first came un
der suspicion last week, when there
was found at their quarters in the
mountains an English riding suit sim
ilar to that which Wentz wore and on
which there was blood. The two men
were known to be enemies of Wentz
because of Wentz's hostility to their
conducting a "blind tiger ' on the
premises of his company.
Another circumstance which pointed
to their guilt is that since their incar
ceration last Wednesday they have
bcon carrying on a correspondence with
outside parties hinting at some graver
trouble thin that for which they were
being held at Tazewell and from which
they were trying to escape.
Daniel B. Wentz. his brother. Jack
Wentz. and a party arrived at Big
Stone Gap. Va., at 3.30 o'clock P. M.
Daniel and Jack Wentz did not go
with the coroner's jury to the scene
where their brother's dead body lay.
but remained at Big Stone Gap to
await' news of the investigation. The
medical examination of the body of
E. I?. Wentz tends to complicate the
mystery. The bullet wound found on
tlie body might be taken to indicate
that he committed suicide.
Only one bullet was found in Jhe
j body. It was of 32-calibcr and had
entered from the front, passing
through the fifth rib and the heart and
lodged in the muscles of the back near
the spine. No other bullets were
found, although there were several
holes in the clothing th|t had the
appearance of having been made by j
bullets. The right hftnd' was missing. !
the indications being that some wild ,
beast had devoured it. Nine teeth '
were missing?one of which was found 1
on the ground near the body. There
I were indications of hemorrage in the ]
region of the heart, and the back ap- !
peared as though it had been
streaked v.ith blood. The revolver]
found near the body was a tt2-ca!iber
Smith & Wesson and, as heretofore '
reported, three chambers had been '
fired.
Killed By Falling iron Bar.
St. Louis, (Special). ? A bar of iron
fell from the top of the Ferris wheel !
at the World's hair, striking a laborer :
on the head and killing him instantly. |
Dr. Edwird Lewis responded from
the Emergency Hospital in an ambu- |
lance and upon arriving found the j
laborer -dead and refused to take t|u*
body to the hospital, suggesting that I
the morgue wagon would be called, j
This angered the dead laborer's 100
fellow workmen, who insisted that '
I the body should be taken in the ambu- j
! lance. Dr. Lewis was knocked down.;
! beaten and kicked by the crowd.
Father and Son Suicides.
I New York, (Special).? Their love ,
| for each other and the fear that they '
might be separated by death is believ
! ed to have led Conrad llaucnstein, 59
yeats old. and his son. Conrad. Jr.,
aged years, to take their own lives.
The bodies of the two men were found ]
in a room in Fast Twenty-fifth street. ]
where the-.' had lived together several 1
years. On a table in the room was
an envelope, mi the back of which was j
written in German: " We are tired 1
of living. We want to die together. !
We never did anybody any harm."
Desecration of the Flaf.
Denver. Colo. (Special). ? After i.u- j
inerotis postponements, the trial of |
William I). Haywood, secretary and j
treasurer ? f the Western Federation
of Miners, on a charge of desecration
of the lla< was held in Justice llynes'
court. Haywood's defense was
that the statute does not apply to
pictures or representations of the Hag.
but only lo the flax itself. The charge
is based on the issuance of a circular
hearirtg a picture of a llag and headed
"Is Colorado in America?" Justice
Hyr.es will give his decision on Thurs
day.
Saved From Mob.
Sirdis. Miss. ( Special -At Bellea- '
tine, a ?niall station southwest of 1
here, Kutt.s Hobo has been shot and 1
killed by .tegro citizens, who were at- !
tempting t . arrest him on a charge of
murdering a negro woman. Hi* !
bro'her. Slack Hobo, being arrested '
on the saute charge, was threatened j
by 1 tn ??!> of 400 negroes. Sheriff John- !
son. of S*rdis. hurried t > the scene j
and removed the negro to Sardis for ;
safekeeping The sheriff, with three !
deputies, practically disarmed the en
tire mob of negroes.
Winter Wheat Estimate.
New York, (Special). ? Statistician
Broun, of the Produce Exchange, in
an estimate based on the Government
crop report, places the winter wheat
crop at .ffto.Ji 1,000 bushels, as com
pared with an indicated yield in April
of 443.600, 000 bushels. Last year's!
actual croj> yield was j 99,000.000 bush '
els. Experts attribute the poorer
prospects to a decrease in the area
sown, du'.* to the influence of a hard
winter. N
UYE WiamnWAFFAflBu
May 81U.11 li L
The attention of' the state depart
ment has been drawn to the possi
bility of rioting and looting at Niuch
wang in the indefinite interval of time
between the expected Russian with
drawal arid the Japanese occupation
of the port. Secretary Hay had a
consultation with the President re
specting the advisability of again
sending a warship to Niuchwang to
safeguard American interests as far
as possible to prevent outrages upon
other foreigners by brigands.
It is believed that an intimation has
been convoyed from the British gov
ernment to our own government; that
the dispatch of a United States ship
to Niuchwang might prevent the ap
pearance of undue activity on the part
of a single power." The United State*
gunboat Helena and a British gun
boat lay in mud dock at Niuchwang
all last winter, and were withdrawn
only upon a hint from Russia that
their presence obstructed military
operations.
The navy department has several
vessels within two or three days* sail
of Niuchwang, the nearest being the
Raleigh now at Chemulpo, while the
Helena and the Wilmington are at
Wenchau, just below Shanghai, and
the Cincinnati is on her way from
Cliefu to Chemulpo.
The navy department has cablcd
Admiral Cooper, commander-in-chief
of the Astatic Station, to send cruiser
and a gunboat to Chefu. This is the
nearest neutral port to Port Arthur,
but is outside the xone of military
operations. The sele<^tion of the ves
sel is left to Admiral Cooper.
CMef EatlaMraf CaaaL
Admiral Walker, president of the
Panama Canal Commission, received
a telegram from John Kindlay Wal
lace. of Chicago, general manager of
the Illinois Central Railroad, accept- 1
ing the appointment of chief engineer
in charge of the construction of the
canal. Mr. Wallace will receive a
salary of $>5,000 a year.
"Mr. Wallace has been considered
for sometime by members of the
canal commission for the position of
chief engineer," said Admiral Walker.
"No one stands higher in his profes
sion or is better equipped to take up
t lie work mapped out than he, and
the commission is to he congratu
lated on securing the services of such
a inan."
Mr. Wallace will take tip his work
with the commission on June 1. He
will arrive in Washington on or be
fore that date, and for the present
will have i-is office at the headquarters
of the commission in this city. It
has not been determined when he will
visit the isthmus, all matters of derail
being left for a future conference wmt'
the commission.
In regard to the salarv to be paid
Mr. Wallace, Admiral Walker said
that when a man undertakes to direct
the construction of the Panama Canal
project it is necessary for him to
burn his ships behind him, and that
$^5,000 is not too high for a man
competent for so important a trust.
"Whoever undertakes the task gives
up his business in this country, for it
will require all of his Jime on the
isthmus for an indefinite period," said
the Admiral.
Pardoned for Act of Bravery.
On the report of Lieutenant Com- !
mandcr William Braunersreuthcr, of |
the prison sliip Sonthcy, stationed at t
Portsmouth, N. H., and the recom- j
mendation of the commandant of the I
navy yard at that point, the navy tie - j
part men t has pardoned and restored i
t?? duty Henry Sherlock, a seaman.;
serving a general court martial sen- j
tence.
The cause of this action was a brave I
act by Sherlock the other day. when :
a fellow prisoner, intending to com- j
mit suicide, jumped overboard from i
the prison ship, and Sherlock, with j
out hesitation, jumped after him. The j
rescuer had a difficult time, but fin
ally succeeded in bringing his man to
the bow chains and climbing aboard '
with him.
The pardoned man's record as a ,
prisoner has been excellent, and with |
good behavior allowance his sentence j
would have expired in next Novcm- i
her.
Minister From Pimm.
Mr. Russell. the American diplomat- I
m* representative at Panama, cabled j
Secretary Hay that the Panamaian !
.c ?vernmcnt has decided to appoint1
I ) >n Jose Domingo de Obaldia as j
minister of Panama to the United
States. Mr. Russell added that Senor
and wife and child of the master
Obaldia was a senator from, the De
partment of Panama in the Colom
bian Congress which rejected the
llay-Herran Treaty; that he was gov
ernor of Panama at the time of the j
independence movement last Novcm- j
her, and is now second vice president j
of the Republic. The new minister ]
expects to leave Panama for Wash- '
ington on the first steamer in June.
The S4?.00t,0?0 Check.
The Treasury warrant for $40,000.- i
000 to be delivered to J. P. Morgan |
& Co., of New York, on account of 1
the Panama Canal purchase was taken
to that city b^- Secretary of the Treas- 1
ury Shaw. Hie Secretary also took '
with him certain bonds which have
been deposited with the government !
as security for public moneys which ;
are to b^? returned to the hanks sur- ,
rendering their deposit#.
Mr. J. H. Edwards, private secre- I
tary to Secretary Shaw, accompanied
him to New York.
Coflfreitloaal and Departments.
Charles H. Robb, former assistant (
attorney general of the Post office De- 1
partment, assumed his duties of as- 1
sistant attorney general of the De- j
partment < f Justice.
The State Department will not make
an official protest to the Russian gov- 1
eminent against the utterances of M.
Pasloff relative to t?ie Vicksburw
affair.
President Roosevelt has decided to'
appoint George l\ White United j
Sf*"s ""irsiini of ("?<? --gia in place uf 1
J. M. Barnes, removed.
BATTLE IN SHIP'S HOLD
Stltrs lave fight With Beaij Taraa
Mas.
A CAM# tF MNES MFESTEt.
TkMMli at TvaMu ui Ccsdprtcs?
Pthi Ayrea ? Oaly the Snt?itt mt
Ik* Salter* Sin Tkca Fmri S?ttoi a mi
PrafeaMy Fatal Bites? With Laag Bmm
Swan RgM Taraatala*.
Philadelphia, (Spccial). ? The Italian
bark Anit.? Mcnotti is in port from
Buenos Ayres. UnJer her hatches
she lias just 1.000 tons of bones. The
vessel will discharge at the foot of
Tasker street, Delaware River. The
voyage was a memorable one, for
shortly after leaving Genoa the bark
was struck by a violent squall, which
carried away her mizzentopmast, be
sides doing other damage to the ship.
Notable as the trip was, it re
mained for the crew to have an ex
perience such as they never wish to
undergo again, and this, when the
hatches were lifted and preparations
were made to unload the bones. It
was an experience that almost turned
the hair of the sailors white. When
they went below they discovered a
horde of tarantulas, centipedes and
nameless bugs were prepared to give
battle.
The tarantulas and centipedes were
thoroughly at home in the great mass
of bones. They objected to being
disturbed, and when the sailors began
the work of unloading, the pests at
onfce offered battle. The seamen
'pluckily stood to their guns, to use
a lively metaphor. As the crawling
enemy advanced to the attack the
sailors laid lustily about tliem.
They had armed themselves with
long, strong bones, and with these
they sought to beat off the tarantulas
and centipedes. It was a tight against
big odds. The foe was too numerous. \
as fast as one tarantula would be
killed another woul I take its place.
In the battle not a few of the seamen
were nipped in the legs, being saved
from serious bites by the sea-boots
they wore.
Those sailors who were in the hold
of the bark soon became exhausted
in dealing death, and others of the
crew took their places. But they
could not get rid of their tenacious
foes. As fast as one was killed
another took its place. Then the
fighting sailors clambered out of the
hold upon the deck, leaving the taran
tulas complete victors. A number of
the tarantulas tried to follow the re
treating seamen, but they no sooner
showed themselves above the hatches
than they were easily disposed of.
? After the retreat of the sailors the
tarantulas and the centipedes again
took refuge in the bones. Then Capt
I ain Ferara and his officers held a coun
I cil of war. when it was determined
I to kill the tarantulas and centipedes
j by fumigating the hold. This was ac
: cordingly done. The hatches were
replaced and the sulphur was allowed
to do its work. I.ater the hatches
| were removed, when the dead bodies
I of the f<"?e were seen in scores on top
t of the bone cargo.
EXPLORER STANLEY DEAD.
He Falls a Victim to Pleuro-Pneumonla ? J
Knighted By Queen Victoria.
London, ( By Cable). ? Sir Henry j
M. Stanley, the noted explorer, died ?
of plctiro-pneumonia. lie had been j
ill for two weeks.
Sir Henry M. Stanley, the eminent j
explorer was born near Denbigh. !
Wales, in 1N40, of very htnnble parunt- j
age, his real name being John Row- 1
lands. He was plaeed in the St. j
Azoph poorhonse, where he received .
a good education, lie remained there;
until he was I.) years old, and for a ;
year or more taught school at Mold, ?
in Flintshire.- He subsequently shipp
ed as a cabin boy on a vessel at Liver
pool bound to New Orleans. In that '
city he was adopted by a merchant !
and assumed the name of Stanley, j
which he jifterwards made celebrated. |
Mis benefactors died intestate, and 1
he wa< thrown upon hi* own resour- :
ees. He enlisted 111 the Confederate
service on the breaking out of the ;
war, and, being taken prisoner, he j
volunteered in theUniled States Navy, ?
and becani ?? acting ensign on the iron- |
clad Tieonderoga. After the close of ,
the war he traveled in Turkey and '
Asia Minor as a news paper corres- !
pondent, and in iHM> he revisited !
Wales. II-; gave a dinner to the chil
dren in St. Azoph poorhonse. telling
them in a speech that whatever sue- !
cess he had attained, or would at- j
tain in the future, he owed his eduea- J
tion he had received th*Te.
In 1H1/) (JiK-en Victoria made Stan- J
ley a Knight Grand Commander of
the Bath. Someliir.e before thi* he had
become a naturalized citizen of Great !
Bratain and wts elected "> Parliament
He married Miss Dor>t'.iy Teunant.
a prominent society and literary ;
woman.
Imperiled By His Mafic.
Gettysburg. I'a., (Special). George |
McCadden. an amateur magician of '
Fairfield, came near losing his life
in attempting a tiew trick. He placed (
some gasoline in his nvtiUh and hold- ;
iug a lighted match a short distance
away, blew out his gasoline breath on j
the match, and a line flame was the re- '
suit 1 1 11 1 when his breath was ex- 1
haiistcd and he was compelled t ? ? !
take in a iresh supply, the name \xasj
drawn down !iis t ' 1 r? ?at and he was j
seriously burned
Saved Fifteen Lives.
Scranton, Pa.. (Special* -- James j
Shay, engineer at the Blue Ridge col- j
liery, near I'eeksvilie. did a heroic 1
act the other night. With flames all '
about him and a hose company play- j
iug a stream of water 'ii him to keep
his clothing from taking tire, he stood j
at the lev?- in the fiercely burning 1
engine lioiio' and safely hoisted lit 1
teen men to the surface. A moment j
after he '.liugercd out o ! the budding!
with hi> face and hands < badlvl
blistered, ih: roof of the building fell'
in !
tKANVSTANl FALLS, MANY BUT.
Tfcrco H? Irti Mti mmi V*m Precipitate*
to the OtimI.
Norfolk, Va., (Spccial). ? A Krand
stand erected in Church street extend
ed for the Layton Carnival Company,
^vhich was opposite the fireworks dis
play, collapsed at 1 1 o'clock P. M.,
and precipitated 300 men and women
to the ground. A panic ensued. At
last reports three men and two Vomcn
were seriously injured.
A major portion of those who oc
cupied the grandtand received injuries
more or less painful. It appears
miraculous that no one was killed.
The regular performance was over
and the crowd was waiting to see the
spectacle, "The Eruption of Mont
Pelee," when the stand gave way.
Instantly the crowd became panic
stricken, and the screams of the wom
en added 10 the excitement. Those of
the spectators who were standing
rushed to the aid of those who were
piled in the wreck of the grandstand,
but the excitement was so great that
they were powerless for the timje
being. A number of cool-headed men
succeeded later in restoring order.
Physicians were sent for and these
attended to the more seriously injured.
Those of the spectators who were
unhurt left the scene and went to
their homes. Of the five injured it is
not believed any will die.
Some of the spectators who were
in the stand at the time it collapsed
stated that the stand was poorly
braced ani the great weigHt caused
it to collapse.
The following are known to have
been hurt:
Mrs. William \V. Jones; back
injured.
Mrs. A: J. Whitehurst; both legs
fractured.
Miss P. C. Crotis; ribs broken.
VV. M. Vellines: right hand crushed.
United States sailors who were in
attendance as spectators did heroic
work in getting the injured out of the
wreck The Ferris wheel was in
operation at the time of the coliapse,
and the women passengers became
hysterical. Their escort s per vented
them from leaping out of the cars.
At midnight the injured had all
been removed and the grounds were
closed.
CASTRO MADE DICTATOR.
llaosaal Power* Conferred on the Venezuelan
President.
Caracas. Venezuela (By Cable). ?
The Venezuelan Congress, after hav
ing declared itself a constitutional as
sembly. conferred 011 General Castro
full dictatorial powers for a year,
with the title of provisional president.
General Valle was appointed second
vice president.
General Castro was clcctcd Presi
dent of Venezuela in Ofctobcr, 1901,
after having acted as president for
a year. According to a decision of
Congress, he was to hold office for a
term of six years from February 20,
i?>o^. It was announced from Ca
racas, May j, that the Constitutional
Assembly had approved the new con
stitution, dividing the republic into
13 states, and giving the president a
term of six years, instead of four.
Dictatorial powers were probably
conferred on General Castro in order
that be may put the new constitution
in force.
ENTOMBED IN A BURNING BUILDING.
One is a Rescued Hhe Went Too Par Into
the Workings.
Shamokin, I'a. (Special). ? Five min
ers arc entombed and believed to be
dead as a result of a fierce fire which
is burning in the Locust Gap colliery
<>f the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company. They are:
John Boglan. Michael Roglan, Mich
ael Shannon, John Debo, Win. Mas- |
saskie.
The fire started last night in the
slope, and Massaskic. Shannon and
the Boglans were cut off from escape
before they were warned. Rescuing
parties were at once set to work,
and up to tonight their efforts to
bring out the men have been un
successful Debo. notwithstanding
the protests of others, went far into
the workings and has not been heard
from sine.', and it i- believed that he
has succumbed to smoke and g.<s.
Celebration Kills Twenty-One.
Tokyo. < I?y Cable ).- -During the
popular demonstration in honor of
the victories achieved bv t h?* Japanese
forces t\vent\-one person* were killed
and forty injured. The killed and in
jured are mostly boys, who were
caught against a closed gate at an an
ule in the old palace walls by the
throng and crushed or drowned in an
old moat.
Klshenef Trials Ended.
Kishen-f, ( My Cable). ? The trial
of six men charged with an attempt
t" murder two Jews during the April
disturbances has been concluded. One
of the ir.'Vt was sent' need to five
years' pen.d servitude and the others
were acquitted.
FACTS WORTH REMEMBERINQ.
(Egyptian cotton is used only for
highpneed goods.
About one third of the weight of
in eg.j i-. s ?! i?l utit ritneiit .
The Sandwich Islander's alphabet
has only twelve letters.
Cuba grows nearly oiu-t'nird of the
world's sit cane
India's c >tton crop last year was
about $.t/;oj. >00 per annum.
Canada i.' an Indian word, meaning
"collection of huts."
The to.il trade of Abyssinia is
3.874, bales of 400 pounds each.
In San Juan. Forto Rico, there are
five families for every two dwellings.
One in sixte?n of the inhabitants
of the United States has a direct in
terest in the pension disbursements.
The bloodiest battle ever fought
with gunpowder was that .?t Borodi
no. in which s.'.ooo I{ ? *. .?ians and 32,
000 Frenchmen were killed.
The net earning* p.T mile of the
.jt.ooo mil !a of railways in European
Russia are ju.?t ha!:' as much as those
of Ainfriciin road..
Consumption i* fv.'r times a, fre
quent in r?.r.iilie ? re ;eiv.:ij 111 >re than
it.* 00
PUBLIC APPEAL ISSUES
leotgatiM ?f.tke SmMj <f Im*
ri<{e the tmUy.
U DENOMINATIONS ACAINST MVMK&
Etfacatteaal Mntfltai luifiratti to Mm
' by Efforts to Sccarc Stat* Uwi
??4tltaately.fUatUprf.aa Taial
to Nattoaal CmiIKbMm m S^ect Stato
-c* Sfcawlaj Prevalcace sf Divorce
Philadelphia, I?a.. (Special).? Thf
inter-clihrcli conference on marriage
and divorce. a body representing offi.
cially fourteen leading denomination*
has issued, through it* secretary. Rev
William II. Robert ?, D. D.. an appeal
to the iHtblie, calling attention to sev*
eral aspects of ilio divorce question.
1 he paper is the beginiug of a na
tional campaign of education upon th?
subject, to be followed by efforts tc
secure the enactment of laws in (!u
State legislatures, and ultimately, if
is thought, of an amendment to the
Constitution ?>f the United States. A I*
ready action has been taken by the
conference looking toward the pre
vention of remarriage, by ministers
of other communionsv of divorcees
whom clergymen of their own faitb
have refused to marry.
This movement is the first occasion
of any sort upon which the representa
tives of the great denominations have
officially come together. The mem
bers of the conference include many
ot the moit eminent ecclesiastics and
laymen in the churches. The officers
are: Chairman, Right Rev. Wm. C.
Doane, L). I)., Hishop of Albany, Al
bany, N. V.; secretary. Rev. William
II. Roberts. D. L)., Philadelphia; treas
ury, rrancis I.ynde Stetson, of New
York. rh? denominations which sub
senbe to tlu? appeal arc:
'>rot,cs,.rint I'-pisconal Church in the
ignited States. Presbyterian Church
in the I nited States of America,
Methodist Episcopol Church, Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, Re
formed Church of America, Reform
ed Church in the United States,
United Pr-.?>l>yteriaii Clmrcl\, Evange
listic Lutheran (.hurcli, the Haptist
Church, the Congregational Church,
the L'niversalists Churches, the Uni
tariau Churches, the Reformed Pres
byterian (. hurcli. the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, the Alliance of
(he Reformed C hurdles holding the
Presbyterian service.
An abstract of the appeal follows:
"On hclialt of t lie representatives
of the fourteen churches composing
the intcrchurch conference, which dur-.
ing the past two years has held fre
quent meetings, for the consideration
of the important subject of marriage
and divorce, we have been instructed
to issue this first general address and
appeal.
"It is proposed to issue other ap
peals, as occasion may require, in the
hope that the iutlueuce of this repre
sentative conference may be brought
to bear effectively upon the ecclesiasti
cal and cirvil courts and legislative
bodies for the securing of better con
ditions and for the deliverance of the
church and the state from ' impend'
ing evils.
"Before any civil legislation can be
enacted which will be operative, and
quite a part from the accord which
we arc seeking to secure in the mar
riage regulations of the {Christian
churches, must conic the leavening
of the min is of men and women w hich
shall lift them toward a recognition
of the noblest dignities of life.
"First of al! we plead for the culti
vation of the grace of purity, for the
careful guarding of children within
the atmosphere of home by parents,
and for the realization of the dignity
of our physical nature lifted to such
high honor by the incarnation."
DOWNFALL OP NOTED ITALIAN.
A Former Prominent Cabinet Minister Guilty
of Theft.
Rome (By Cable).? There was ?
great sensation in t tic Chamber of
Deputies at the conclusion of the par
liamentary inquiry into the adminis
tration i?f Signor Nasi, former minis
ter ol" public instruction. The in
quiry proved Nasi guilty of the misap
propriation of large sums of money,
the falsification of documents, the sup
I pression -it evidence and continuous
i peculation.
j The law court* presented to the
chamber a demand that thev be al
lowed to proceed against Nasi and
arrest him. but tinder the rules of the
chamber the discussion of this de
mand was postponed.
Meanwhile the news that Nasi bad
been dccjjircd guilty of the charge*
against bin; spread, and the former
minister, believing all to be lost, fled.
Nasi war. a strong politician, and it
was believed he was destined to be
come premier. The- result of the
parliamentary inquiry into hi* conduct
lias caused great excitement.
New IMylnj? Machine.
MidJIitown, N. V., (Special).? -Wil
liam Koescher, the well known vio
linist, who has been working for the
last twelve year* on a flying machine,
has completed it and will test it in 3
few days. Kocscher. besides being a
noted musician. i? a natural mechanic
and draughtsman. He studied at a
polytechnic school in Berlin. He
built the machine himself in a large
factory which lie rented in this city.
He is averse to notoriety, and it was
only by accident that the fact of his
having invented the machine was dis
covered.
A Horrible DeatU.
Chicago (Special ).? Making a mis
step while walking on the edge of a
vast caldron of boiling metal. Hainey
Anderson, an employe of the Illinois
Steel Company at South Chicago,
clung for life t > the etui. vC-1 ? i I e bis feet
burned off. Then, his strength gone,
he slipped with a shriek into the seeth
ing mas? below. In a few moments
his b ?dy v;as liler.illy consumed. One
of his f< llow-vv irkpien fainted with
horror at the spe.'taclc.