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CAMDEN, 8. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1905. S1.50 Per Year* Roosevelt and Fairbanks Inducted Into Office With Brilliant Pageantry . HEMENDOUS CIOWDS PlESENT - Ths Onwdwt Pageant Evar Witnessed on American Soil ? Qreat Crowds Present ? The Inaugural Speeches. Washington. D. C., SpeciaL-^-Theo dor? Roosevelt was transformed from president by chance Into President by ?choice; from President through an as* aassln's bullet into President through the ballots of the people. Under the shadow of the gray-doom ?d capltol, gating into the placid mar ble features of Greenough's statue of the first President, the twenty-sixth President of the United 8tates swore faithfully to execute the laws and to preserve, protect and defend the con stitution. Once before he had taken this sol emn obligation ; then, at the death-bed of his martyred predecessor, surround ed by a small company of tear-dimmed friends and counsellors; Saturday, In the presence of a cheering host of fifty thousand people. Then he had ridden many lonely miles over storm-swept mountain roads to reach the tragic sceno of his elevation; now he was escorted valong the nation's grandest avenue from the White House to the home of Congress between two densely packed lines of his countrymen gath ered from every quarter to cheer him and wish him godspeed in the coming four years. Then he had said, with chocking voice: "It shall be my aim to continue absolutely unbroken the policies of President McKinley for the peace, prosperity and honor of our be The inaugural coat about (65,000, wihch It la believed baa been fully re paid In the aale of grand stand seals and ball tickets. The. guaranty fund subscribed Washington merchants and bualnees men will thua be return ad. Everything but the* actual cere molea were In charge of the Inaugural committee, composed of Washington residents, and headed by Brigadier General John M. Wilson, U. 8. A., re tired, appointed for that purpose by Chairman Cortelyou, of the Republican national committee. The broad plaza whose level surface stretches east from the national capi tal can accommodate an army. For hours Saturday morning Waahlngton poured lta own population and a vast increment of visitors into the front yard of the aeat of government. Prom the porticos and windows of the capl tol building a good idea of the scope of the multitude could be gathered. Right acres of humanity apread fan shaped from the focus made by a little covered shelter, open at the sides, where the President was to stand. Over toward the imposing facade of the Con gressional Library it extended, liter ally a "sea of faces." There may have been only 50,000; probably there were nearer 100,000 in sight of the President when he took the oath. Stands on the central portico, ex tending to the tribune wherein the cer emony occurred, covered an acre. From the central entrance of the capltol to the seats of honor surrounding the pagoda-like tribune was laid a carpet of crimson plush. Long before the cere monies in the Senate, where Vice Pres ident Fairbanks was taking his oath of office, was concluded, most of the reserved seats had been filled by ticket holders. All in all It was. the grandest page ant ever witnessed on American ml. .The ceremonies were simple but solmnn-' and Impressive. The order was ex cellent, the weather was fine and the loved country." Sateurday he l(^t It for his fellow-citizens, who had hon ored him with a greater majority than over before given, to judge whether or no he had redeemed that pledge. The colonel of the Rough Riders has written of his crowded hour In Cuba. Now he showed his former comrades a crowded hour in Washington. They were waiting for him when he emerged from the White House ? 30 picked men under Governor Brodle. With the crack squadron A of the First Cavalry, United 8tates Army, they formed his escort to the capltol. As they swung around the Treasury building Into Pennsylvania avenue a division of the G. A. R., with General O. O. Howard and staff in the lead, which had been standing at salute, wheeled Into the column, while the cavalrymen check ed their pace to accomodate the slow 1 or foot-steps of the aged veterans. A mighty wave of cheers swept along the avenue as the President's carriage came In sight. Throughout the whole route the President, with hat In hand, kept bowing in acknowledgment of the greetings. On his arrival at the capl- 1 tol he was conducted to the President's room, in the rear of the Senate cham- 1 * ber. where ho began at once the sign ing of belated bills. At noon he en tered the abode of the Senate to wit ness the installation of Senator Fair banks as Vice President. This cere Snony concluded, he proceeded to tho stand on the east front of the capltol to receive the oath from Chief Justice Fuller and to deliver his Inaugural ad dress. Immediately upon Its conclu sion the President was escorted back to the White House, whore, after Junching with the officials of tho inau gural committee, ho took his position on the stand in front to review the fomal inaugural parade. Gena. Kurooatkin and Mlatchenako at Odda. London. By Cable. ? The Dally Tele f graph's correspondent at Toklo states that the Japanese Colonel Hlmada waa killed at the captnre of 8elknJo, and that General Klober, commander of the second Manchurlan army. wa? wounded and sent to the hospital at Mukden. The correspondent says that General Mlatchenko has had a disa greement with General Kuropatkln, ?ad la returning to Russia. exercises were dispatched without a hitch. At a sign from Chief Justice Fuller, the clerk of the Supreme Court step ped forward, holding a Bible. A hush fell over the crowd. The President raised his hand, and the oath to sup port the laws and constitution of the United States was revently taken amid deep silence. When this had been concluded, there was practically no de monstration. and the President began his inaugural address. As soon as he finished speaking, he re-entered Ihe capltol, and as he disappeared within the building a signal was flashed to the navy yard, and the roar of 21 guns was begun in official salute to the Presi dent. The expiration of the old Congress and the beginning of the new was wit nessed at noon. Senator Fairbanks took the oath as Vice President and made his address a* follows: VICE PRESIDENT S ADDRESS. Senators: I enter upon the discharge of tho duties of the position to which I have been tailed by my countrymen with grateful appreciation of the high honor and with a deep sense of Its responsibilities. I have enjoyed the privilege of serving with you here for eight years. During that period we have been engaged in the consideration of many domestic questions of vast im portance and with foreign problems of unusual and farreachlng significance. Wo submit what we have done to the impartial Judgment of history. I can never forget the pleasant rela tions which have been formed during my service upon the floor of the Sen ate. I shall cherish them- always among the most delightful memories of my life. They warrant the belief that I shall have In the discharge of tho functions which devolve upon me under tho constitution tho generous assistance and kindly forbearance of both sides of the chamber. We witness the majestic spectacle of a peaceful and orderly beginning of an administration of national affairs under the laws of a free and self-gov erning people. We pray that divine favor may attend It and that peace and progress. Justice and honor mav abide with our country and our countrymen. Wealthy Former Coal Operator Dead. Pittsburg, Special. ? William Dnn ahee, a former well known coal oper ator. and one of the wealthiest resi dents of McKecsport, died this even ing at tho family residence In that place, aged 8f> ye^ra. Death was duo to pneumonia. During the civil war Mr. Dunshee operate^ two large steamboats on the Mississippi rlvor and was active In the government aer ?Ice. 4 TIE KNAUGUKAL SKECI FtuMfl Roimilfi Rensnrks W*? Brief, T%m* y and ApycoprUt*. The Inaugural addfttf te as follows: My Fsllow-Citlssns: No people on earth htw more c*?w to he thankful than ours, and thtola ?aid reverently, In no ?P?rlt of b???t fnlneM In our own itr?ngth, but with gratitude to the Giver ofGood who has blessed as with the condition* which have enabled us to achieve so large a measure of well-being and of happiness. To us aa a people It hss been IF**114*** V* lay the foundations of our national life In a new continent. We are the heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to pay few of the penalties which In old coun tries are exacted by the dead hand of a bygone civilisation. We have sot been obliged to light for our existence against any alien race; and jet our lire has called for the vigor and effort with out which the manlier and hardier vir tues wither away. Under such condi tions It would be our own fault if we failed; and the success which we have had in the past, the success which we confidently believe the future will bring, should cause in us no feeling or valn-glory, but rather a deep and bid ing realisation of all which life has offered us; a full acknowledgement of the responsibility which Is ours; and a fixed determination to show that under a free government a mighty people can thrive best, alike as regards the things of the body snd the things of the soul. MUST. B7 FRIENDLY. Much has been given to us. and much will rightfully be expected from us. we have duties to others and duties to our selves; and we can shirk neither, we have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with the other nations of the eartn; and we must behave as beseems a peo ple with such responsibilities. Toward all other nations, lsrge and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sin cere friendship. We must show not only in our words, but in our deeds that we are earnestly desirous of securing their good will by acting toward them in a spirit of Just and generous recognition of all their rights. But justice and gen efoelty in a nation, as in an individual, tSount most when shown not by the weak, but by, the strong. When ever careful to refrain from wrongdoing others, we must be no less insistent 4|Htt we are not wronged ourselves. We *Uh peace; but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it becausetfwe think it is right and not because we are afraid. No weak na tion that acts manfully and Justly should ever have cause to fear us. and no strong power should ever be able to single us out as a subject for inso lent aggression. OUR RELATION8 AMONG OUR SELVES. - ? ? Our relations with the other powers of the world are important; but still more important are our relations among ourselves. Such growth in wealth h, in population and in power as this nation has seen during the cen tury and a quarter of Its national lire is inevitably accompanied by a 1???5 growth In the problems which are ever before every nation that rises to great ness. Power invariably means both re sponsibility and danger. Our forefath ers faced certain perils which we have outgrown. We now face other perils the very existence of which It was In posslble that they should foresee. Modern life Is both complex and in tense. and the tremendous changes wrought by the extraordinary indus trial development of the last half cen tury are felt in every fiber of our social and political being. Never before have men tried so vast and formidable an experiment as that of administering the affairs of a continent under the forms of a democratic republic. The conditions which have told for our marvelous material well-being, which have developed to a very high degree our energy, self-reliance and Individual initiative, have also brought the care and anxiety Inseparable from the ac cumulation of great wealth in indus trial centers. Upon the success of our experiment much depends, not only as regards our own welfare, but as re gards the welfare of mankind. If we fall the' cause of free self-government throughout the world will rock to its foundations; and. therefore, our re sponsibility in heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is today, and to the generations yet unborn. There is no good reason why we should fear the fu ture. but there Is every reason why we should face It seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the prob lems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the unbending, un flinching purpose to solve them aright. Yet after all. though the problems are new. though the tasks set berore us differ from the tasks set before our fathers who founded and preserved this republic, the spirit in which these tasks mpst be undertaken and these problems faced if our duty is to be well done, re mains essentially unchanged. We know that self-government Is difficult. we know that no people need such high traits of character as that people seeks to govern Its affairs through the freely expressed will of the freemen who compose it. But we have faith that we shall not prove falsp to the memories of the men of the mighty past. They did their *ork. they left us the splendid heritage we now enjoy. We in our turn, have an assured con fidence that we shall be able to leave this heritage unwasted and enlarged to our children and our children s chil dren. To do so we must show, not merely in great crises, but in the every day affairs of life, the qualities of prac tical intelligence, of courage, of hard ihood and endurance, and. abo ve al . the power of devotion to a lofty ideal which made great the men who founcied this republic In the days of Washing ton, which made great the men who preserved this republic In the days of Abraham Lincoln. News by Wire and Cable. Mr. Robert L. Campbell was strlrkon with smallpox In the Westmoreland Club, Richmond. Four persona were Injured 'In tbo wreck of a limited passenger tralrt at I Rockflah. Va. A movement la on foot to have all hangings In Virginia take place In tho penitentiary. Two Richmond negrooa, who are condemned to be hanged, were bap tist* lb a bath tub In tho jail. L 4ML ? LIFE StttM Of riESIBENT lk?teh of th? Life ef the Man iMUflii* ratai Saturday. The Congrsesla&ftl Directory. Theodore Rooeevelt. President, was born la New Tark dtj on October 27, 1858; entered H|nvd College la 187C and gradaa$ed li 1880; took ap the ?tody of law, hoi la 18S1 was elected to the New York legislature, and was twice reflected; In his second term In the Leglslatare waa the candidate of his party for speaker. the majority of assembly, however, being Demo cratic; during his third term served as chairman of the committee on cl- j ties and or the special committee which Investigate^ the abuses in the government of Ns? York city; was ft delegate to the Mate convention in 1884 to choose delegates to the Repub lican national convention, and was se lected as one of the tour delegates at large from New York to the national convention; later in the same year he went to North Dakota and spent most of his time there fc^r several years on a ranch, . engaged In ralslngN cattle; la 1886 was the Republican nominee for mayor of New Yerk city; waa ap pointed a member of the United States civil service commission In May, 1889, by President Harrison; resigned this position in 1895 in order to accept the preaidency of the police commission of New York city, under Mayor Strong; in April, 1897, waa appointed by Presl dent McKlnley as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Upon the outbreak of the war with Spain In 1898, resigned this post and became lieutenant col onel of the First United States Volun teer Cavalry, was promoted to the colonelcy of the regiment; was in the fights at Las Ouasimas and San Juan; was mustered out with his regiment at Montauk, Long Island, in Septem ber, 1898; was nominated shortly af terwards as the Republican candidate for Governor of New York, and elect ed in November, 1898; ' was unani mously nominated for VUje-Presldent of the United States by the Republican national convention of 19<Hfc and elect ed; succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of President McKlnley, Sep tember ltf 1901. ^ U . Vice-President Fairbanks. The Congressional Directory. Charles Warren Fairbanks, of In dianapolis, w*tv born on a -farm near Unlonvllle Center. Union county, Ohio, May 11, 1852; was educated In the com mon schools of the neighborhood and at the Ohio Wesley University, Dela ware, Ohio, graduating from that Insti tution in 1S72 in the classical course; was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio In 1874; removed to In dianapolis in the same year, where he has since practiced his profession; never held public office prior to his election to the Senate; was elected a trustee of the Ohio Wesley University in 1885; was unanimously chosen as the nominee of the Republican caucus for United States Senator in the Indiana Legislature in January, 1893, and sub sequently received his entire party vote in the Legislature, but was defeated by David Turple, Democrat; was a dele gate at large to the Republican na tional convention at St. Louis in 1896, and was temporary chairman of the convention; was a delegate-at-large to the Republican national convention at Philadelphia in 1900, and as chairman of the committee on resolutions re ported the platform; was appointed a member of the United States and Brit ish joint high commission which met in Quebec in 1898, for the adjustment of Canadian questions, and was chair man of the United States high com missioners; was elected to the United States Senate January 20, 1897, to suc ceed Daniel W. Voorheos, Democrat, and took his seat March 4, 1897; was re-elected in 1903, Body Identified. Chicago, Special. ? The body of the woman found dead last Friday in Lako Michigan, at the foot of Fifty-ninth street, was Identified as that of Mrs. Eva Belmont, whose home is said to have been In Milwaukee. Tho clew to the woninn's identity was furnished by John McCarthy, of Chicago, who as serted that he had known Mrs. Bel mont for some time, and positively identified the body as that of tho Mil waukee woman. Mystery still sur round the death of the woman, but the police are of the opinion that they have a murder problem to solve. Report Transmitted. Washington. Special.? The President has sent to Congress a report on sugar cane experiments for 1903-1904, con ducted by the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture. The in vestigations were made chiefly In the State of Georgia. The report contains the result of experiments with fertili zers. character of the soil best adapted to the growth of' cane, technical de scriptions of operations of syrup facto ries, direction* for sampling and pre serving Juices for an analysis, and kindred topics. Live Item* of Newi. The deed for the "Captain vineyard placo" wan made to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of South Carolina by W. E. and H. C. Heattle on Satur day, says the Greenville News, when Grand Master J. J. McSwnln and Jas. F. Mackey, chairman of the local com mltteo, paid tho Messrs. Hcattle $5,000 the amount of the purchase price, and this splendid property was transferred to the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F, Of South Carolina. CANNOT A MUSI IISKMAIY Beard Hm No Powtr t? Cloee a P* aco After it Hm ??gun Opw atfww. Tkc Columbia correspondent off tiro Charlotte Observer writes his paper is (DUowi: Just before the meeting of the Leg islature, when there wns an apparent ly strong sentiment throughout the State la favor of radical chaages la the dispensary law, and when It was thought likely the Legislature wouU make Important changes and grant concessions In these changes to the prohibitionists and aatl-dlspenary people, the State board of directors, by a vote of two to one, decided to grant prohibition to the Rule town of BUeree, In Orangeburg, which had! by petition been urging the board to re move Its dispensary since last sum mer, and passed a resolution closing the dispensary there the first of Jan uary. Chairman Hub Brans, who voted against allowing the community prohibition, had the matter taken Bp to the Supreme Court on the petition of Dispenser Weeks, against whom there was complaint as to the manner in which he had been conducting the Elleree dispensary. The people of Et? leree frankly acknowledged that there was no fault to find with Dispenser Weeks; they merely wanted prohibi tion, which their county -board had re fused to grant. The Legislsture had QOme and gone without making any change in the dispensary law, and the Supreme Court permanently enjoined the State board from carrying Into ef fect its resolution closing the Elleree dispensary on the ground that both the spirit and the substance of the dispensary law forbids the State board closing any dispensary once opened, and thus fully sustains Chairman Ev ans. who contended that the State board had no jurisdiction in such a matter and that dispensaries may be closed only under the Brice act. which requires the entire county to act in an election, the counties voting out its dispensaries levying half a mill to en force prohibition and forfeiting its share in the dispensary school fund, which act the Legislature lust ad journed resolutely refused to amend. A movement has started in Oconee to vote out the dispensaries, and It is not unlikely that this county will fol low. the example of Cherokee, which voted out its dispensaries under the Brlce act. The church people are be hind the movement in Oconee and they are moving with energy and great enthusiasm and seal. Carolinians Much Gratified. The people or South Carolina are very much elated to know that one of the great battleships now being built will be given the name o t the proud State which for years led in the coun cils of the nation and may yet be one of the influential States of the union ? as she ia rapidly becoming even now. "I thank you for your telegram. It was a great pleasure to be able to name one of the battleships 'South Carolina.' "Theodore Roosevelt.'" Later in the day the governor re ceived notice from Washlnghton that the other battleship to be built would be named "The Michigan." He then sent the following telegram to Gov. Warner of that State: "Accept my congratulations on 'The Michigan.' Permit me to say that 'The Michigan' and 'The South Carolina' are in flne company for a glorious career." Congressman J. E. EUerbe, expressed his personal gratification at the action of President Roosevelt and he ventured the prediction that at the end of his career President Roosevelt will be more popular in the south than any other president has been In 40 years. Gov. Heyward received the follow ing telegram from Gov. Fred M. War ner of Lansing, Mich.: "Thanks for congratulations. The South Carolina and Michigan will honor the navy and our country." Poll Tax Delinquents. The supply bill for 1905 contains the following' provision as to paying poll tax: "Any person who shall fail to pay such poll tax shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof before a magistrate shall be punished by a flne of not less than $10 or by Imprisonment at hard labor upon the public works of the county for not more than 20 days; provided, that the county shall not pay the cost or fees of any constable or sheriff for the execution of any warrant or other process Issued In any case by vlrtuo of the provisions of this section, un less the defendants in such cases shall bo arrested and convicted. For services herein rendered by those magistrates nnd constables who re ceive salaries, they shall receive, in addition to such salaries (as they aro now entitled to have by law, the said costs and fees; provided, that said costs and fees be collected out of and paid by defendants." Charters and Commissions. The Secretary of State has commis sioned the Kennedy Building Supply Company of Sumpter with $20,000 rap ital. Dr. A. J. China. D. D. Molse and others are the petitioners. A charter was Issued tho Whltmlre Manufacturing Company of Newberry county, having $10,000 capital and en gaged In manufacturing handkerchlefa. A commission for tho Cobb company was filed from this county, but the place of business In Tryon, N. C.. and the capita] Is $3,000. Mr. Robert If. Harleston has been commissioned chairman of election board of Charleston county to succeed Mr. H. W. Conner, Jr.. resigned. A charter was Issued to the Lake City Mercantile Company, of Lake City and Charleston, with a capital of $2. 500. W. A. Ward Is president and treasurer and Hyman Pearlstino la secretary and vice-president. A commission was Issued the Georgetown Fruit Company, with $:}. 000 capital. C. C. Scurrey and 1* C. Reglstrer are among the petitioner*. A charter was Issued the Palace Poultry Company, of Charleston, with $3,000 capital. J. T. 8nelson la provi dent and treasurer and B. H. Kutledge Is secretary. | SUNDAY SCIOOL CONVENTION A tpltntfld Profram H?i l??t Pr? I For thf Occasion* Tbe 28th annual ntetlni of the South Carolina Son day school eamntfNf wfl bo held la tho first Presbyterliaa church at Florence March 28th to 30th inclusive. II Is expected that there will bo a large attendance. Tho last meeting was hsld in Columbia and did * great deal of good. The officers of the association are: President, F. * H. Hyatt. CVumUa; vice president. Ber. V, E. Wllklns, Columbia; sec rotary. L. L. Barre, Greenville; treasurer, K*v. W. R Her bert. Colombia; superintendent prii marr department, Mrs. M. A. Chrllsle. Newberry; superintendent home de partment. T. B. AnderaoDV Charleston, statistical* secretary, J.. Adfeer SYnytta, Jr.. Poiser. The members of the executive com mittee are: William B. Pelham. chair man. Newberry; Prof. E. L. Hughes. Greenville; Rev. J. W. Shelf. Spartan burg; Dr. E. C. Jones. Newbsrry; Rev. T. H. Law, D. D.? SpaTtanburg; Hon. J. E. BQerbe, Sellers; Re*. O. A. Wright. Newberry; T. T. Hyde, Charleston; S. R EzelT. Spartanburg; Dr. George B. Cromer, Newberry; Rev. H. P. WttseM, Columbia; Re*. W. I.,. Sea brook. Newberry; D. H. Greene, Georgetown; H. E. Ravenel, Esq., Spar tanburg; Rev. W. B. Dunraia, Lau rens. The Programme. Following is the programme* ?C the exerclsea: FIRST SESSION. Tuesday. March 28. 1905. 8 p. m. ? Devotional and song service conducted by Rev. Mellon Clark. 8:30 p. m. ? Address by the president, F. H. Hyatt. 9 p. m. ? "Sunday School In Japan." Rev. James A. B. Scherer, Ph. D., LL. D. 9:45 p. m. ? Enrollment of members, Appointment of nominating cuounit tee. Adjournment. SECOND SESSION. Wednesday, March 29, 1905. 10 a. m. ? Devotional. Rev. John G. Beckwith. 10:15 a. m. ? Report of committee on nominations. 10:30 a. m.? Report of the executive committee, William E. Pelham, chair man. 10:45 a. m. ? "Teaching Through the Eye," Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner. 11:30. ? "The Parent and the Child fn the Sunday School," Rev. C. C. Burta. 12 m. ? Open conference. 12:30 p. m. ? Adjournment, THIRD SESSION. Wednesday, March 29, 1905. 3 p. m. ? Devotional, Rev. W. B. Oliver. 3:15 p. m. ? "Pointers," Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner. 4 p. m. ? Report of officers: (a), treas urer. Rev. W. I. Herbert; (b) superin tendent primary department. Mrs. M. A. Carlisle; (c) superintendent home department. T. B. Anderson; (d) sta tistical secretary, J. Adger Smyth, Jr. 5 p. ni. ? Adjournment. FOURTH SESSION. Wednesday, March 29, 1905. 8 p. m. ? Devotional, Rev. Walter I. Herbert. 8:30 p. ni. ? "A Model Sunday School," Rev. Wm. G. Neville, D. D., LL. D. 9:30 p. m. ? Adjournment. FIFTH SESSION. Thursday. March 30, 1905. 10 a. m. ? Devotional, Rev. W. fc. Wil kins. 10:15 a. m. ? "The Pastor and tho Child." Rev. W. P. Witsell. 10:45 a. m. ? "Reviews," Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner. 11:30 a. in. ? "Our Needs," Rev. W. I. Herbert. 12 m. ? Open conference and ques tions. 12:30 p. ir>. ? Adjournment. SIXTH SESSION. Thursday, Mnrih 150, 1003. 3 p. m. ? Devotional. Rev. T. II. Law. D. D. 3:1ft p. m. ? "Glimpses from the Field," Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner. 4 p. m. ? "International Sunday School Work In South Carolina and its Importance," Rev. J. W. Shell. 4:30 p. m. ? Election and appointment of delegates to the 11th international convention, Toronto, June 23-27. 6 p. ni. ? Adjournment. SEVENTH SESSION. Thursday, March 30, 1905. 8 p. m. ? Devotlonnl. Rev. .1. I'. Knox. 8:30 p. m. ? "Christ and Chlldhotxl," Rev. O. Y. Honner, D. I). 0 : 30? Adjournment. Palmetto Items. It Is thought that Alice Puller, tho white woman who was humeri so badly last week, will rile. The woman was discovered about live miles from Co lumhla. In a strip of woods enveloped In flames and ns quickly as possible a farmer who happened to he passing rendered assistance. She was taken to the alms house and given medical at tention, but little hope is given for her recovery. Mr. Robert G. Strothers. a conductor on the Southern Hallway, met with a tragic death In Columbia In the Hianil Ing street freight yards. Mr. Strothers was conductor on an extra freight. Just coupling up to leave, when the acci dent occurred, and the affair happened so quickly that there was no possible chance of giving him assistance, and it Is now believed that he was instantly killed. . J. T. Smith, Jr., a prominent young man of Wllllston and very popular, wan foully murdered from ambush Friday night while riding horseback through a small section of wood near his home. His watch Is missing and It Is thought robbery was the motive. One charge caught him full in tho face, both glancing upward. Tho Mascot Real Kstate Company is tho name of a now business enter prise, which promises a groat deal to ward the development of Spartanburg. The following gentlemen compose the company: Mayor A. M. Calvert. Mr. J. I'. Stevens and Mr. William A. Law, of Philadelphia. Tho object of the company is the buying and selling and Improving of real estate. Already they have Invested about $12,000 in town lots. STORMY CONDITIONS Worse TroiMes Coafrtat Ksssius At Ink UtMKfNff PEOPLE STILL KESTLESS Lafcar Deiegrtes Representing the Who#s Industrial Popowlation of St. Petersburg IWui P?r?mplo/y De made Whict* the fiwemment tm Almost Certa* Not t? Grant. 8t, Pfcteaaburg, By Cable ? Black ' clouds are again iVswerii* over the In dustrial sl&iatlon of Russia. The strike- at Moscow has been) resumed on ? large scale, anarchy reigns in the Caucasus, and at St. Petersburg the measures which the government ad vanced to quieU discontent and restore good relations between m asters and men- appear to have failed, with the probability of <tausln& the storm to* break anew. The labor delegates representing the whole* of the industrial* population of St. Petersburg, and who were elect ed to choese fifty members of the Schidloskl reconciliation commission met again Thursday and reaffirmed the- resolutions adopted- the previous day, which threatened, in' case the demands are not granted ? not only to " refuse tor elect labor representatives to the commiRsion, but to order a re sumption of the general strike. These demands are for tho release ef imprisoned workmen anal freedom from arrest, unhampered speech, full publicity of meeting? of the- commis sion, and the abolition of the censor ship. A practical ultimatum was deliver ed, calling for an answer today, and there is little expectation thut tho government will' grant the condition? demanded. The strike already has assumed- large proportions here, about 50,000- men being out. Among those who struck yesterday are tho employ es of the St. Petersburg shops of the Warsaw Railway. The strike has not yet extended to- the trainmen, but the leaders may decide to order them eut in order to paralyze one ot th* most important railroads IriHussfa. New Burden, orr Railway. St. Petersburg, By Cable. ? In a long dispatch from General Kuropatkin which, was vecelved here, (he com* mander-in-chlef of the army in Man churia gives details of various at tacks by the Japanese during the last few days, and a dispatch from Mukden received at midnight, indicates a con tinuations of the artillery duel; but neither report throws any light upon the rumored Intention of General Ku ropatkin to withdraw northward, which has been the gossip of St. Pe tersburg for the past two days. A private dispatch received last night concludes with this significant sen tence: "Within two weeks you may expect great events." The Siberian Railway, which is be ing worked to its full capacity by purely military traffic, is about to have a further burden imposed upon it ? namely, that of feeding the resi dent non-combatant, population. Tho stocks of provisions in Siberia were* not as large as usual at the beginning of tho winter and are now run low. Tho government has been informed that provisions must be imported by the railroad or that the towns will be face to face with famine within a fortnight. This will necessitate somo delay In the forwarding of military fupplles, which are sorely needed at the present moment." No Tobacco Trust Investigation. Washington, Special. ? No action will be taken by the House at. this session on the Kehoe resolution for an investi gation of the "tobacco trust." Repre sentative Smith, of Kentucky, who Whs delegated by the judiciary committee to consult the Attorney General on th? subject, has found it impossible to ar range a satisfoctory interview, and ex pressed the opinion that with the steel trust and Standard Oil investigation, the Department of Commerce and l*a bor will be runuing to Its full capacity during the summer. To Print Boll Weevil Literature. Washington, Special.? The President sent to Congress an elaboration of an agricultural bulletin published a year ago. and containing the observations for 1004, relating to the boll weevil. It. was sent to Congress in order to have it printed for general distribution In Tex as, Louisiana and other cotton-growing States. Exiled Negro Sues the City. Lynchburg, Va.. Special.? Suit was instituted In tho clerk's office of tho Federal Circuit Court here by Rev. Richard Jones, colored, against the city of Roanoke for $30,000. and another against Mayor Cutchln and City Ser geant J. A. Manuel, who are sued an Individuals and not ns officials, for $20, 000. Jones is the colored Haptist prea cher who was charged with preaching an Inflammatory sermon in Roanoke shortly after the terrible assault a year ago on Mrs. Shields by a negro, and who was afterwards forced to flee from a mob, and has since been residing In Pennsylvania. 8uit to Oust Standard Oil Co. Topeka, Kan., Special. ? it developed that suit has been brought by Attorney General Coleman for the appointment of a receiver and to oust the Standard Oil Company from Kansas. It was at first erroneously slated that the nctlon was simply ngafnst the Prairie Oil and (?as Company, operating auxiliary of the Standard in the West. The sherlt has served a summons on the Stnndartf Oil Company's agent at Kansas City4 Kansas. I