The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, September 22, 1904, Image 1

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I1UI1IP IIIIII1 Hi'. .. 1 wzmn S1.60 Per Year INTER AT HAKIIIN id*i Amies fare (tea Wntkf Toward Wliter Qaarttn ED PLANS AIE NAN PUBLIC Y?t Rsmalna, However, Tw* Months Bsfore IxtmiM Cold Wssther Sots In and Thooo May Bo Changed. Inactivity of the opposing armlss of Rnasla and Japan continues and no Sghtlng of a general character Is re ported. Information coming from an % authoritative source in St. Peters burg is that the Russians will winter at Harbin, but the fact that there will probably be two months of good weather for military operations before extreme cold weather sets In, leaves room for a revision of this purpose in the light of events that may trans ?irs. The Japanese are reported to be collecting taxes and otherwise ad ministering affairs in Manchurlis, as Aough that country were conquered territory. Tho publication of General Kvopatkln's report of the fighting of August 26, until the retreat upon Muk den, has created a better feeling in St. Petersburg. The report distinctly places upon General Orloff the respon sibility for the failure to hold the ^eights In the vicinity of Sykawantun and. so check the Japanese advance General 8 toe as ol reports repulses of the Japanese at Port Arthur. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?The Em peror has received the following dis patch from General Stoessel (com mander of the Russian military forces nt Port Arthur) dated August 28: "I am happy to report to your maj esty that at three o'clock In the morn ing of August 27, during a violent rsln and thunder storm, the Japanese again attempted to capture our left flank positions, near Fort No. 1, and Udan Mountain. Their attack was everywhere repulsed. Our losses were small?taree men killed and two officers und 98 men wounded. The wounded were brought in and are being carefully attended. A num ber of Japanese corpses would have been picked up by us, but the ene 1 my prevented us from so doing by opening Are on the hospital attend ants - who had been mat out under the Red Cross flag." Another dispatch from General Stoessel to the Emperor, doted Sep tember 2, says: "On the night of September 2, the enemy attacked Visokaya and Dlin ' naya Mountains and the neighboring fortifications, oponing simultaneously an artillery fire on the forts and mountains. The leading flies of the enemy with tho Japnnese columns fol lowing were found in good time and our batteries opened on them .The leading files fortunately encountered some automatic mines and many of the enemy were blown In the air. Tho attack was repulsed in an hour. Our ' losses were inconsiderable?one offi cer and 30ven men wounded. No More Fighting. Thero has been no renewal of flght *iug on a largo scale between the Rus sian and Japanese armies in the Far East. At St. Petersburg, tho people are harassed by rumors of impending dis aster to General Kuropatkin which find ready credence because of the lack of official information and for the mo ment the popularity of the head of the Russian armies In the field is in eclipse. In that capital, too. there Is much un easiness felt lest the Japanese advance In Manchuria should afford occasion for the growth of an anti-Russian spirit In China and the ultimate projection of that power Into tho conflict. Norfolk Storm-Swept. Norfolk, 8peelal.?This entire section was swept by a wind storm Wednesday the velocity of the blow reaching 52 ? miles an hour In Norfolk. The govern ment wires along the coast went down and Information from that section is ir.eagro. No marine disasters have been reported. The blow caused many steam ers to leave after schedule time and Hampton Roads shelters many storm bound craft. Telephone and telegraph service is being badly crippled and the river has flooded many low streets, In terJerlng with the trolley system. A great amount of minor damage is re ported. but no fatalities have occurred so far as can be learned. Damage at Newport Newe. Newport Newa. Va.. Special.?During a terrific wind and rain ntorm, whicb raged hero Wednesday night, the Ches npeako & Ohio steamer Louise, broke from her mooring at the ship-yard ond was blown several miles out Into James river. Two tugs recovered the vessel. Wires wero prostrated, fences leveled, telegraph and electric light poles up rooted or felled In several parts of the city. No serious damage to shipping in the harbor is reported. Bankers Choose Officers. New York, 8pecial?The trust com pany section of the American Bank ers' Association elected K. A. Potter, Chicago, chairman. Among the vice presidents aro T. R. President, of [Chattanooga; J. T. Main, of Radcllffe; |Va. and w. E. Allen, of Grconsboro, V. C. F. H. Prion, of Winston-Salem, if. 0., was elected a member of the ex 'Mvtirt committee. HEWS TltOUGMUT TIE COUNTRY of Minor Importation Qrthiwd From Many founees. Through the South. It Is expected that the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company will build another coal pier at Lambert's Point. Returns from the fifth Louisiana Congressional primary show the over whelming nomination of Congressman J. B. Randell, over O. C. Daw kins. The Governor of Georgia has ordered a court-martial to try the military offi cers implicated in the Statesboro lynch ing affair. It is said in Charlottesville that pub lic sentiment on the McCue murder has not changed, but the people are satis fied with what has been done for the present. Col. W. H. Patterson, formerly of Philadelphia, died at his home at Rus sellvllle, Tenn., aged 70. He was a son of General Robert Patterson, a dis tinguished soldisr and patriot. ?11 of the 200 negro excursionists who were on the steamer River Queen when she sank a lumber scow were saved. More complete returns from the sec ond Democratic primary show the nom ination of J. O. Patterson, of Barnwell county, # over 8. G. May field, as Con gressman from the second district of South Carolina to succeed T. G. Croft. Mrs. H. C. Corbln and a party rode from Manaaaas to Washington in auto mobiles in 3 hours and 5 minutes. Captain John A. Webb, of Jackson, Miss., secretary of the Southern Rail road Commissioners' Association Tues day issued his official call for the meet ing of the association to take place in St. Louis, October 25. All the rail road commissioners from the Southern States are expected to be in attend ance. Waahington Happenings. President Roosevelt's letter accepting the Republican nomination for the Presidency was made public at Oyster Bay. Mr. Roosevelt heard a sermon on "The Peace of the World" preached at Christ Episcopal Church. Oyster Bay. Five hundred members of the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment met Judge Parker at Eeopus and all clamored for a handshake. The commerce of the United States, with Its n^n-conttguous territory, the last fiscal year was valued at $103,586, 308. Democrats in Washington believe the declination of Senator Kearns to stand again for election will help that party materially In Utah. Receipts of crop money at the Treas ury Department this year aggregate $7,145,000. In the North. The election in Maine resulted in a Republican majority of $27,000. John Isaacs, a negro, shot and severe ly wounded Maddie McGlU, slightly wounded Claude Gardinen, who was in an adjoining room, and then committed siclde, in New York. Foreign Affairs. The condition of Prlnco Bismarck is reported as extremely critical. The Russian Baltic fleet sailed for the Far East. New and bloody anti-Jewish rloti* took placo in Russia. Emperor William was welcomed to Mecklenburg-Schwerln. the home of the Crown Prince's betrothed. Natives of New Gulanet who murder ed German missionaries were captured and put to death. Mme. Melba's automobile accidentally ran over and killed an aged man in Paris. King Edward congratulated the offi cers of the British Antarctic expedition which has returned to England on the ship Discovery. The Emperor of Russia has reecoived a dispatch from General Kuropotkln nrnouncing that a considerable force of Japanese has been seen southward of tho village of Biniupuza. 36 kilo meters southeastward of Mukden. No further engagegents are reported. Miscellaneous Doings. Reports from cities along the Rio Grande river state that the heavy rains which have heen falling for -several dr.ys have ceased and the river Is now receding. All danger from the flood which threatened Rio Orande City has now passed. The latest news from Presidio, Mex leo. Is to the effect that nothing re mains except the Catholic church, which Is located about a mile or more from the river. The people are herded together on a hillside and many of tlum aro In need of the necessaries of life. Two hundred and eighty-six are without homes nnd unable to provide lor their present needs. The Interparliamentary Union, made up of members of the English law-mak Ing body and the Parliaments of Eu rope, arrived at Philadelphia. The par ty Is on a tour of the continent as' guests of the United States. Judge Gray, who was chairman of the Anthracite CoaJ Commission, heard as umpire argument by the members of the Board of Conciliation on the ques tion of the right of operators to collect money from miners with which to pay 1 check - ?5ighnien And docking DEATH IN A STORM Tropicil Itrricaie Defetops 6reat Ftrce m Ntrtkra Coast S DKOWNED AT WILMINGTON, MEL A Tuq of tho American Dredging | Company Swamped In tho Dela ware River-?New York Was Vlott ed by a Terrific Wind, Rain and Thunder Storm. New York, Special.?A number of lives were lost, much property dam aged and several ships were wrecked in Ibe storm which swept up the Atlantic coast last night and Thursday. It was one of the fiercest September storms on record?thunder and light ning adding terrors to a howling gale which swept drenching sheets of rain over sea and land. At night telegraph ic reports say that the storm has swept out into the ocean from the Canadlar coast. The greatest loss of life was near Wilmington, Del. The tug Israel W. Durham, with a crew of 6 men. and four other men, employes of the Amer ican Dredging Company, was swamped In the Delaware river early du ring the height of the storm. Eight of the ten persons on the little craft were drowned. From farther down the coast ?Jacksonville?comes the report that 5 men were drowned off Charleston. This report was brought in by one of the coast liners. Halifax, N. S.. is now mourning a 1500,000 Are. While this lire was not directly due to the storm, the flames I were fanned and driven forward by the high wind which prevailed. New York suffered comparatively lit tle. The wind and rain and lightning and thunder were terrific, but little damage was done. Nineteen coal barges went adrift in the bay and their wreckage strews the shore from the battery to the narrows, but no lives were lost. Several small vessels also went ashore on various parts of the coast near New York. One fatality was reported in this city when a piece of cast iron Are escape was blown from a building end struck Carl Hertzner, kill ing him instantly. A fishing steamboat, Joseph Church, of Green Port, N. Y., struck on Peak'o Hill bar. today and was smashed to pieces. The captain and crew of 21 men were saved. From Wilmington, Delaware, comes the news that great destruction was caused by the storm. Trees were up-rooted, houses flooded and crops ruined. In Chesapeake Bay the storm was particularly fierce. In-coming steamers arriving at Baltimore report that never before in their experience has such a severe gale swept down on them at this time of the year. One man was seen adrift in a small row boat in Chesapeake Bay. but it was Im possible to rescue him. The storm ^as accompanied by a cold wave. New York State Ticket. Saratoga. N. Y., Spccial?The He pulican State convention adjourned at 2:30 p. m. Thursday, after nominating unanimously the ticket for State offi cers forecasted by tho Associated Press a^ follow: For Governor, Frank W. Higgins, of Cataraugus. For Lieutenant Governor, M. Linn Bruce, of New York. For Secretary of State, John F. O'Brien, of Clinton. For Attorney General, Julius M. May-i er, of New York. For Comptroller, Otto Kelsoy, of Liv ingston. For State Engineer and Surveyor, Henry A. Van Alstyne, of Columbia. For Chief Judge of the Court of Ap Rcals, Edgar M. Cullen. Democrat, of lings. For Associate Judge of the Court of| Appeals. W:n. E. Kcrner, Republican, of Monroe. Telegraphic Brlefa. Fourteen plucky negroes, fishermen, who crossed the Charleston bar Tues day morning have not returned, three are known to be drowned and there is only a bare possibility that the twto other boat-loads were picked up by a passing vessel. The Italian Government is trying to ifoure the return of the nnclent copo stolen from Ascoli and later r.old to J. J P. Morgan. I Two Killed In a Bridge Accident. Stillwater. Minn.. Special. ?The bridge across ake St. Grolx, which Is a half mile long, extending to the Wis consin side, caught fire late Thursday afternoon. The Are created somo commotion and the Are apparatus In icspondlng to the alarm was followed by the usual crovd of persons. The Are had so wcakei:<?d one end of the spans of the rather ancient structure that when the Are apparatus and the crowd attempted to cross, it fell Into the water, twenty feet below. Ahoul twenty persons were precipitated with the wreckage Into tho water. Adolph Boo. ngod 22. r.nd George McCrath. aged 11?, were killed, and Ave others were seriously Injured. Tho Ananclal Ions was small. By Wire and Cable. Prince Herbert Bismarck Is critically 111 at Priedrlchsruhe, Germany. German army maneuver* began near Schwarin. Governor Montague announced that be would be a candidate for United Rtates Senator to succeed Senator Mar tin. The campaign In the Northern Neck opened In a lively manner. The cases of Sunday law violations that reoftntly created a stir In Alexan dria were nolle prossed. MUTI CAMlKCflRr BULLETIN pMH. me lempere |lWtwt In the In ? fMW a minimum it'tfcl ?th, and k ?T Cetteft Weklwg?*ar1y Crop* iMfclML The *Mk ending September IS, had a mean Um?1*?ri of 74 de grees whloh la t Mtapr normal, due to unusually cool nlghfr The tempera tnde deficiency terior. The <9rtrtma of 57 at Flotence on maximum of 90 nt T?wwee on the ?th. The precipitation wrfs excessive over most of the southern apd eaatern por tion*, and tt was deficient In the north ern and western amm.' 'The rainfall was confined to the eattf part of the week, the latter part hfttbc been gen erally clear and dry. In the parts that had exceasiTe rains t|e amounts rang ed from about an laofe' io 4 inches; the other parts from leqp than an Inch to no rain, the latter In Greenville county. ?''!** Parm work waa delayed early in the week by cloudy and inlay weather orer a large part of the Stele, but it pro gressed rapidly during Che latter por tion throughout the entire State. As the season adTUMs, it is seen that the condition of earty corn-is bet ter than heretofore MorteH, while late corn was slightly Mmaged by ex cessive rains in the Mctreme north east; the crop aa a whole is the beat in many years. Vtodiar pulling is practically finished exeapt from very late corn. ' ?m There are numerous reports of de terioration of cotton d?e*to continued rust and shedding, and. tp the eastern counties from the ravag^a of cater pillars which have reosntly increased In numbers to a damaging extent. On clay lands, cotton haa attained a too rank growth causing itae rotting of the lower bolls. Cotton Vopening fast in the eastern and os<2ral counties where picking has male good pro gress while in the extrsfee northwest there are but few bollg Wen and pick ing has only begun. SeaJbland cotton is in excellent condltionland is heav ily fruited. ??' Weather was favorable for haying during the latter part iC.lie week and much grass was cut, and cured in fine condition. The forage mops are uni formly good. Sweet potatoes are poor In places, but generally very promis ing. Rice harvest wag interrupted by rain, but latterly made rapid progress the late rloe crop Is headed. Min or crops are, as a rule,<jrery promising. Successful 8umiM' Schools. Columbia, Special.?;ihie last of the summer schools for teachers for this year closed Friday anJUhe office of the State SuperintendentWEducation has tabulated the returns ettd is preparing them for the Ibnoal ^pp^K.*ie was found that there had been 2,629 teach-* ers enrolled in the various State, dis trict and county summer schools during the summer. This does not include the boys' industrial summer school in Fairfield county, which closed Friday after a very successful si^sslon of two months, in which 105 l>oys were en rolled between the ages of 14 and 21 years of age. The enrollment last year in the Slate and county schools was 2,398, so there has been an incrense this year of 231 teachers. The average' in 1903 was 1.698. The average attendance this year Is 2,029. About 100teachers attended the summer school at Knoxvllle and other rlaces outside of the State, so It will be seen that a large percentage of the teachers in South Carolina spent a month in studying during the summer and "they will return to their various school rooms with Increased zeal and Improved methods and added wisdom," said Mr. Martin. The summer schools arc supported by legislative appropriation from dispen sary funds, by State board appropria tions, from income of permanent school fund and by appropriation by Peabody trustees. The total amount used this year was about $9,000. 8peclal Fund Exhausted. It was mentioned In The Columbia State a few days ago that the pay of Judges of spoclal courts?and of special Judges to act for circuit Judges who are sick?had about exhausted the special appropriation for that purpose. The governor is given a special con tingent fund of $2,600 with which to meet this expense, and the following are the calls which have been made upon It already: O. E. Prince, Saluda and Barnwell, $239.34; J. A. McCullough, Union, IS days, $164.01; L. F. Youmans, Green wood, 15 days, $235; J. E. McDonald, Yorkvllle, 23 days, $324.92; W. H. Hunt, Spartanburg, $308.64; O. B. Prince, Barnwell, $327.23; F. B. Gary Lexington, $193.16; J. Y. Culbreath, Newborry, $120.00; L. F. Youmans, Greenwood, $200.00; total, $2,102.20. Two-Dollar Wheat Predicted. Chicago, Special.?"Wheat at $2 a bushel beforo next. May," was roared by the bulls on tho. board of trade. At the opening there wan an oxcited demand for wheat and few traders venturing to sell. Those who wish* ed to buy shouted bids of 2 cents a bushel above the prices prevailing at the cloae of the market Saturday and tho quantity that any order would sell oven at such a tempting advance was cxtromcly limited. Of winter and f prlng wheat produced this year in | tho United States it was contendod there is barely enough for bread and seed If every bushel of It was avail able which is not possible, Bold Burglary at Rock Hill. Rick Hill, Special.?Burglars ester* Ing the rear door wrecked the safe in McFadden's moat and Ice market with sledge hammers and glycerine some time early Sunday morning and secured between 9600 and 9600, leaving no clues. The tools used were left scattered about. The robbers also entered the wholesale groceries of J. W. O'Neal and B. N. Craig. Doors were found broken open but nothing missing ex cept a few boxes at Willi ?l O'Neal's, ttSOLT OP SECOND PlllUlf Ivti Frtm Evtry County in th? Stat*. The returns received Wednesday night from all parte of the State are in complete and the results are still in doubt except la the 4th Congressional district where the election of J. K. Bile be Is admitted by a safe majority even by his opponent. J. W. Ragsdale. Mr. Ellerbe will succeed the Hon. Robt. B. Scarborough who declined to enter tbe race for renominatlon. An official count will be necessary to decide the contest for railroad commis sioner. Earle leads Mobley by nearly 7.000 votes. but the votes reported are principally from the cities and towns, and when the rural vote comes in the result may be different. It is not probable that the total vote will approximate 75.000 and in many counties the greatest indifference was manifest. In the 5th Judiclan district Tlmmer mnn is far in the lead for solicitor, and will probably be elected over RemberL RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. Barle. Mobley. Aiken, 18 out of 32 boxes. 1,464 1,075 Abbeville, 22 out of 24 843 943 Anderson. 27 out of 49... 2,117 424 Bamberg, 12 out of 14 552 504 Barnwell, 8 boxes 187 250 Berkeley. 8 out of 22 126 261 Beaufort, 6 out of 9 233 219 Charleston. 20 out of 26 .. 1.303 709 Colleton. 8 out of 30 430 555 Chester, complete 1.002 523 Cherokee. 20 out of 24 674 1.030 Clarondon. 20 out of 24.. 824 684 Chesterfield. 10 out of 22.. 359 033 Darlington, all .but one .. 1.053 1.184 Edgefield. 20 out of 22 .. 621 787 Fairfield, complete 311 923 Florence, 8 out of 18 637 435 Greenwood, complete 886 917 Greenville, 28 out of 41... 3.670 819 Georgetown. 9 out of 15.. 359 528 Hampton. 9 out of 23 .. 311 568 Horry. 8 boxes 527 180 Kershaw. 6 out of 31 154 378 Laurens. 19 out of 32 .. 1,225 560 Lancaster. 12 out of 17 .. 348 469 Lexington, 23 boxes .... 759 1,589 Lee, 7 boxes 415 366 Marlboro, one missing .. 751 621 Marion, 19 out of 21 2,118 836 Newberry. 5 missing .... 1,077 606 Orangeburg. 18 out of 55. 855 487 Oconee, 5 boxes 641 142 Pickens. 7 out of 23 .... 1,042 492 Richland. 20 out of 22 .. 672 1,934 Spartanburg, incomplete . 2,109 894 Saluda. 8 out of 29 282 310 Sumter. 14 out of 22 486 671 Union, two missing 1,046 1,229 Williamsburg. 6 boxes .. 479 190 York, complete 1,480 1.579 " - > , .? ..34,428 .27.801 New 8chool Libraries. Columbia, Special.?Superintendent of Education Martin has given out the following: The following list shows the number of rural libraries established this year, and the number yet to be established ir each county in order to receivc the benefit of tho appropriation for 1904. under t lie Aull Library Act. Supt. Martin is anxious, now that ibo county campaigns are over, for the county superintendents, tcaehers and patrons of each county to bestir themselves ir. order that none of this appropriation may be lost in any county at the expiration of the time. December 31, of this year. Each county is entitled to twelve libraries under this act, and should by all means avail themselves of this rare opportunity of outsldo aid before it i3 too late. Counties? Estab- To be Es lishod. tablished. Abbeville 7 5 Aiken 9 3 Anderson 6 7 Ham berg 3 9 Barnwell 7 5 licaufort 3 9 Berkeley 3 9 Charleston 2 10 Cherokee 4 .8 Chester 7 5 Chesterfield 1 11 Clarendon 9 3 Colleton 6 6 Darlington 9 8 Dorchester 0 12 Edgefield 12 9 Fairfield 12 ?) Florence 12 0 Georgetown 1 11 Greenville 12 0 Greenwood 12 0 Hampton 5 7 Hcny F, 7 Kershaw 7 5 Lancaster 7 5 Laurens 12 0 Lee 9 :l Lexington R 7 Marion 4 8 Marlboro 12 0 Newberry 9 3 Oconee 10 2 Orangeburg 12 0 Pickens B 7 Richland 12 0 Saluda 11 1 Spartanburg 12 0 Sumter 9 3 Union f. 6 Williamsburg 3 9 York U 0 Totals 303 198 New Enterprise*. The following commissions and char ters were Issued by tbo Secretary of State: The Camden Wholesale Orocery Company was given a commission yes terday. Capital stock $10,000; corpora tors. F. M. Wooten, of Monroe, N. C., and W. R. DeLoach, of Camden. A charter was lestted to the P. A. Hodges Manufacturing Company, of Hennettsvllle. The officers are P. A. Hodges, president and J, L. Ingram sec retary end treasurer. TIE STATE FAKIR A SUCCESS Some of th? Directors State That There Art 30 Mule Colts Which WIN Bo Exhibitod at tho State Fair. Dr. M. O. Rowland. Mr. D.B'. Peurl foy and Mr. J. O. Wlngo. of the' board of directors of the State penitentiary, have returned from a trip to th? De Stussure and Roed farms in Suratei and Kershaw counties. Mr. A. K. Sancders. another director, has a plfcn stotlon adjoining the State farms and he visits the State property quite often. Mr. Peurlfoy. whrr Is a good farmer himself over in the Saluda valley at Saluda counxy. declared this to be the finest crop over grown upon the State farms. The most satisfactory exhibit of all was a drove of 30 mule colts. These will be brought to the State fair with the hope that farmers in South Carolina will take up the breed ing of mules In view of the fact that the building of the Panama canal will require the use of thousands of mules and the market will offer good prices. The farms are also stocked with hogs, sheep and goats and other farm ani mals. in raising which there Is found to be a profit. The field crops are magnificent, not withstanding the continued damp spell Id August. Mr. Peurlfoy states that 600 bales of cotton will be marketed and that there are 500 acres in corn with the finest yield the farms have ever known. Surrender Themselves. Greenville, Special.?Closely follow ing the announcement of Will Sloan's death at the county Jail Wednesday, William Putnam and Rube Sudduth. charged with the shooting, came in and surrendered to the officers. They are now held at the county jail pend ing a preliminary hearing. Sloan's dying statement was taken by Notary John T. Gilreath and reads: "I know I cannot live, and i would like to say that William Putnam or Rulie Sudduth shot me on Sunday evening. Me and Stark Cooley went to the wofcds to get some whis key. We had the can when they run up and struck a match. I turned to run. William Putnam said, "Shoot, and shoot to kill,' and at that time I was shot. There was two or three more shots after I was shot. I had no pistol. If Cooley had one I never saw it. I was not selling whiskey nor never did. I had not violated the law and did not resist arrest." Considerable interest has been awak ened in the case on account of its up usual features. Why did Putnam shoot Sloan and by what authority? is the question oftenest asked. South Carolina Items. The Bank of North was given a char ter Friday. The capital stock is $15. 000. Coporators, J. C. Witt. J.- M. Davis, J. L. Reeves, E. C. Johnson and W. G. Wplfe of Orangeburg. The itafik of Anderson, the Bank of McCormlck and the Merchants' and Farmers' Bank of Cheraw are the only banks in the State which have not com plied with the request of the comptroll er general for statements as to their condition Mr. W. II. Townsend. assistant at torney general, has returned from Aik en. where he had a conference with other attorneys engaged in the suit to test the validity of the act permitting the merger of several railroads into the possession of the Southern. The suit will come up in Kershaw county at the next term of the court of common pleas. The railroad commission is In re ceipt of a petition from Uaurens asking tor the depot to be removed to another spot nearby. The station was built just about four years ago. and the rail roads will protest against the proposed removal. The directors of the State dispensary held n meeting last week, deferred from Tuesday, which wr.s election day. The St. John hotel of Charleston was grant ed a tourists' hotel privilege. This was about the only business transacted. Gov. I ley ward last week received a telegram from Mr. It. II. Edmonds, edi tor of the Manufacturers' Uocord, ask ing for an expression of opinion as to the desirability of having the proposed International Cotton Spinners' associa tion meet In the South. Gov. Ileyward being absent. Mr. Norment. the private secretary, replied accordingly. Gov. Heyward was expected to return Fri day night. Bennett Again Arrested. Savannah, Special.?James B. Ben nett was arrested here Sunday, and unless ho can defeat requisition pro ceedings. will be taken to Brinson, S. C., where he is charged with hav ing murdered his wife. Several weeks ngo tho coroner's jury dis charged him, the killing of Mrs. Ben net! having boon thought an accident. Now further proceedings have been instituted against him. Dennett, some years ago, wns given a life sen tence. but wns pardoned conditionally. He was not to return to South Caro lina. Bennett had enlisted in tho army here. Activity at Mukden. Mukden, By Cable.?Tho armies having recovered from the effects of the recent fighting before l.lao Yang, an early development of the situation may be expected. A mysterious move ment Is on foot on the part of the bands of young Chinese suitable for military service. All the leading Chi nese who have aided the Russians are leaving Mukden. Fighting at Mukden. I^ondon, By Cable.? It Is asserted In a dispatch from Tokio to the Express that tho Japanese are vigorously shell ing the Russian possition at Mukden, preparatory to a general advance, and endeavoring, by a wide turning move ment, to cut off General Kuropatkin's retreat. Tho Japanese armies, the dispatch adds, arc disposed to tho same relative positions* as In the flghtlog before Lino Yang, POUT ARTHUR AGAIN tosisteit Reports of Aaotfcr Assaalt Circulated rlQBT IN PROGRESS OR IMMINENT Advices From Chefoo to the Effect -n?at a Grand Aesault is Now Tak ing Place, or Will Occur Very Shortly. CTiefoo, By Cable.?Local students of' the military situation at Port Arthur, basing their deductions upon recent development there, are of the opinion that another grund assault is either oc curring at the present time or is immi nent. Thi? opinion is based on the very heavy bombardment of the Russian stronghold that occurred on Sept. ltth, for such a bombardment forms the usu al prelude to an assault; on the arrival' here of important messengers from Port Arthur at a time when the run ning of the blockade is extremely per ilous; on a recent authoritative state ment that Japanese siege works are completed, and on reports from Japa nese sources that at Port Dalny an as salt was expected to take place in a few days. These reports were received last week. In addition to the foregoing there is the common knowledge that the Japan ese realize that their continued inac tivity increases the resisting of the Russian garrison, and their consequent desire to make such period of inactiv ity as brief as possible. Why Kuroki Failed. Txmdon, By Cable.?The Times cor lespondent with General Kuroki in a dispatch dated I.iao Yang. Sept. 7, and at the conclusion of a long account of the battle there, says: "General Kuroki's flunk movement failed owing to the tactics of General Kuropatkin, who trusted the half of bis army would suffice to hold the Jap anese south of the Taitse river. His forces were so strongly posted nnd he possessed such a secure line of retreat that the soundness of the conrse adopt ed must appeal to tacticians. In any case it upset the caluculations of the Japanese, who counted upon compara tively feeble resistance to their flank ing movement. There are indications to show that while the Russians con templated a determined effort at check they feared throwing down the gaunt let and fighting a pitched battle. They had very small reserve supplies at Liao Yang. trusting to the railway for sup plies. The proof of this is that they left practically nothing for the Japanese captured sufficient to supply their army only for one day. After the Rus sian retirement to the east bank of tho river their position presented a scene of carnage unparalleled in European war fare. A remarkable feature of tho lighting on the flank was the evidenco that the Japanese proved the value of their lines as compared with heavy con tinental formations. The Russian's ?? lack of dash indicated prudence against jeopardizing their rltlrement." Japanese Captures. Tokio, Ry Cable.?Marquis Oyama. commander-in-chief of the Japanese forces In the Held, telegraphed Monday morning thnt. General Oku had reported hnving captured thir teen prisoners at the battle of I-lao Yang- He also gave a detailed list of the Russian stores which Gen eral Oku captured, including 30 horses 2.2H8 rifles and 127 ammunition wag ons, 5,SOU rounds of artillery, 650,930 small arms cartridges, great quantities of timber, flour, rice, forage, engineer ing implements, clothing and accoutre ments. Manchester Cloth Market. Manchester, By Cable.?Tlio cloth market had a tendency toward harden ing. as the makers increased their engagement and a fair turnover of most descriptions resulted last wee):. The China trade was more quiet, es pecially in the gray staples. The out put for the iH'xt six months has been generally disposed of. Another Georgia Lynching. Atlanta. Special.?A special to Tha Constitution from lloyster, On., says: Judge Lynch held court in Frank? county and as a result the riddled bodj of John Ware, a negro. Is swinging from the limb of a tree between hero and Carm-svllle. Wan' was done to death by a mob for fatally shooting (5. Y. Hanlcl. a sou of Cleorge Daniel, of Danlelsvillc. Young Daniel and the ne gro had some words over a trivial mat ter. It Is said the negro, becoming greatly enraged ami saying that no white man should run over him, drew a pistol and shot Daniel, thr bullet in flicting a wound that will prove fatftf, Manchurian Army Resting. St. Petersburg, Special.?(lencrat Bakharoff has reported to the general staff under date of Septombpr 17th: "The Manchurian army was nowhere engaged on September IB or 17. The arrival of considerable reinforcements Is not Incredible at the advance posta along the whole of the enemy's front, and especially near the village of Bl anrupuaa, and east of the railway to-* ward* the wlnaa"