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. v . ' ?*? ? ' * ? '? '? L*-*< *.C\ ?* W-5* A 'H i i v . 4 4 ? ? ?f . Mn/i VOL. II. NO. 18. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1905. Sl.SO Per Year TOGO DEFEATS RUSSIANS . * Japanese Admiral Practically Annihilates Navy of the Czar BATTLE IN THE STIAI1S OF KOIEA According to Information Received at the State Department In Washing ton, the Battle Began Saturday, the Japanese Sinking the Rueslan Bat* tleehlp Borodino, Four More War-i ?hlpe and a Repair Ship. According to the latest Information, the battle between the Russian and Japanese naval forces for the suprem acy of the Oriental seas, on which hangs the outcome of the far Eastern struggle, has begun. If It has not term inated decisively. All the dispatches received point to a Japanse victory, though It is not yet known whether the full force of Vice Adrlmal Rojest vensky's lighting ships took part in the contest, which, according to the dis patches, took place in the comparative ly narrow waters of the Straits of Ko rea. The first information came in a dispatch from the American consul at Nagasaki to the State Department at Washington, telling that the Japanese bad sunk one Russian battleship, four other warships and a repair ship in the Korean Strait, and this was fol lowed by a dispatch received by the State Department, the date of which was not given, that the "Japanese gov ernment had made the announcement that its fleet had engaged the Rus sians in the Straits of Korea Saturday and had held them." The State De partment also received information that two of the vessels reported to have been sunk were the sister battle ships Orel and Borodino, and that three of the other ships were cruisers. From Tsingtau, the German port on the Shantung Peninsula, came a report that a running naval engagement took place near the Island of Okl, in the Sea of Japan, 200 miles northeast of the Straits of Korea, and that the whole Russian fleet did net participate, the slow vessels having been sent around Japen. Russian sources give no news of the battle, while the Japanese gov ernment. following its custom, is silent as to either the battle or Its outcome. THINK TORPEDO BOATS DID IT. Washington Naval Circles Comment on Dispatchcs to State Department ?Battleship and Five More Vessels Sunk?Straits Held Against Rus sians. Washington, Special.?A dispatch re ceived at the State Department says that the Japanese Government has made the announcement that its fleet had engaged the Russians In the Straits of Kofoa Saturday and had held them . The reported sinking of the battle ship Bordino Is mentioned in a dis patch received at the State Department from the consul at Nagasaki. The belief In the naval circles In Washington is that the Japanese re sorted to the free use of torpedo boats In their attacks on tho vessels of Vlco Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. The Japanese have a large number of tor pedo/boats In their fleet and they de monstrated their effectiveness In tho operations around Port Arthur. Na val officers here express the opinion that it was unlikely that such serious losses as those reported could have been Inflicted by ordinary flre. The following is the text of the No Texas Town Not Destroyed. Austin, Tex., Special.?S. J. L. Math er, mayor of Mineral Wells, Tex., re quested a correction of the report sent to several papers that the town hart been badly damaged by a tornado laRt week. He says that no damage was done at all, and that excepting a very high wind, which swept over the town last Wednesday, there was no prova cation for such a report. Floods North of El Paso. El Paso, Tex., Special.?A half mil lion dollars is a conservative estimate of the dnmagc done by the overflow of the Rio Grande north of El Paso In the Messilla valley. Some 7,000 acres of farm land are under water, crops and farm machinery have been lost, p.nd all houses in the path of the waters washed away. The water In most places Is six feet deep. Every abode house In Anthony, N. M.. has been washc-d away and the people have fled to Kl Paso. The water Is still rising rapidly, threatening great damage, especially at El Paso. * McC aW Fined. New York, Hperlsl.? Manager Mc Oraw. of the New York National lea gue Baseball Club, hax boon fined $!."?() and suspended for IS tU'ys for using profane language to President Dreyfus, of the Pittsburg club. McGraw will be eligible to resume the privileges of tho hall field on Juno 11th. providing that previous to that date the fine of 1150 Is psld, together with the sum of $10, which fine wss Imposed by Pres ident Pulllam because of his being re jDored from the game Mag 20th, gasakl dispatch to the State Depart ment: "Nagasaki, May 28.?Japanese sunk the Russian battleship Borodino and four more warships and a repair ship." The other dispatch read aa follows: "Toklo. Hay 27.?Japanese met and engaged the Baltic squadron this af ternoon In the etralts of Fushlma, which was held. Cannonading was heard from shore." * From Information which has been received In Washington It is believed that two of the Russian ships reported to have . been sunk In the Korean Straits by the Japanese are the Orel and her sister ship, the Borodinoi They are battleships of 13.000 tons. Three other vessels reported sunk are believed to have been cruisers, the remaining one being a repair ship. The Orel and Borodino are of 13.51C tons displacement each, heavily armed, well protected, and were designed to make 18 knots. They measure 397 feet by 76 feet, with 26 feet draught, and both have a lofty spar deck fully 30 feet above the water line, extending from the bow to the quarter deck. For ward is mounted a pair of 12.4-inch guns in a turret protected by eleven Inches of Krupp srmor. Another pair of guns, of same size. Is mounted aft. There are thirty other guns on the In termediate battery, the vessels carry two submerged torpedo tubes and two above the water, a special feature of the vessels is their verdlcal longitudi nal bulkheads of inch armor, running throughout the whole length of the ship at a distance nine or ten feet inboard from the ships' sides, designed to localize the effects of a blow from a torpedo. Failed to Mislead Togo. Chefoo. By Cable.?Private tele grams from Korea to the Japanese consul here state that a battle was progressing Saturday afternoon at or near the Korean straits, between the main portion of the Russian squadron and the Japanese fleet under command of Admiral Togo. Telegrams almost Identical with the above have been received here, and announce that a large portion of the Russian fleet was sighted approach* Ing the Korean straits Sunday, head ed for the channel between Tsu Island and the Japanese coast. According to the best information receievd here recently, the main por tion of Admiral Togo's fleet has been almost constantly at Masainpho bay. Advices from a reliable quarter re ceived here are to the effect that threo Russian battleships, three armored cruisers and several- colliers were off Shanghai Friday. It is believed that Vice Admiral Itojestvensky sent suffi cient ships io tho vicinity of Shanghai in order to induce the belief that his I main fleet was there, while the major portion of .it pushed on toward tho Ko rean straits. Sinking of American Ship. Washington, Special.?Confirmation has been received here from Shanghai of the press report that tho Russian warships have sunk an unknown Amer ican merchant ship off the Chinese coast. Heavy gun fire is plainly heard to the northward. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?Nothing is known at the Admiralty of the re ported sinking of an unknown Ameri can steamer off Formosa by Vice Ad miral Itojestvensky. It is recognized at the Admiralty as qu?t? possible that "Rojestvcnsky may have been com pelled by military necessity to destroy a neutral. If lie feared that to allow it to proceed and report the where abouts and direction of the Russian fleet would endanger his strategic plan, he had no other alternative except to take off the crew and sink the ship. Such an incident is unfortunate, but every naval officer must admit that the risk in such a crisis is too great to take any chances. If the ship was un justifiably sunk from the standpoint of international law, Russia, of course, will have to foot the bill; but any cost Ik cheap If it furthered Rojestvensky's mission." Shot Chief of Police. Nashville. Tcnn., Special.?A special from Jackson, Term., says that A. D. Dugger shot and seriously wounded Chief of Police Onston, of that place, Four shots were flred, two of which took effect. Dugger wan drinking and Gaston attempted to arrest him. Dug ger was subsequently locked up. An Interstate Railway. Columbia. Special.?Definite an nouncement of a railroad from Charles ton, 8. C. to Monroe, N. C.f N. C.. giving Charleston, Sum ter and intermediate points sea board connection at Monroe, was made. In the shape of a petition for a commission to Incorporate the "Caro lina & Virginia Railroad." The com mission was granted with Wm. H. Ing ram, Nelll O'Donnll and Marlon Molse, of Sumter, and State Senator Thomas 0. McLeod, of Lee county, as incorpor ators. The initial capital Is forty thous and dollars, and the ultimate two and a half million. The "purposes" state that it 1b the Intention of the corporation "to acquire rights of way ami build and maintain cotton worehouses, News of the Day. The mayor of Philadelphia won out In a stubborn fight against the. ring he opposed. Stockholm, fly Cable.?There wero riots here Saturday night in connec tion with the scavengers' strike. A mob stoned the police, who drew their swords and cleared the streets. Many persons were injured and a number wero arrested. Mucli damage was don# to property. NEWS TIROUGdOlIT TUE COUNTIY Minor HappeningeYof the Week at Home and Abroad. Down In Dixie. Major John William Johnston died at Richmond. A new railroad ia projected from Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort, N. C.. along the North Carolina coast. The noted "moonshine"' distillery of William Nowlln, In Franklin county, was destroyed and Nowlln captured. Miss Lilly Cary has been appointed sponsor for Virginia at the Confeder ate reunion. A contract for building 100 miles at the Tidewater road will be awarded June 1. The trial of Reynolds Carlisle, charged with the murder of John D. Krombllng, was begun at Berryville. Majority and minority reports on federation were made by the special committee of the Southern Presbyte rian Assembly appointed to deal with the subject. Wesley G. Parker, until last Tuesday exchange teller In the Arkansas Na tional Bank, of this city. Is missing, snd it is claimed that his accounts show a shortage of $10,000. President C. M. Rix, of the bank, admits the short age and said that the institution is fully secured by a bond. At the National Capital. Second Vice-President Gage E. Tar bell, of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, was examined by State Super intendent of Insurance Hendricks. Through the North. Mrs. I^ease was robbed in New York Saturday Night. The Merchants' Trust Company of New York closed its doors and receiv ers were appointed. Chicago's teamster strike spread, as was expected, but efforts to bring about peace were renewed. A wide difference of opinion on union developed among the Cumberland Presbyterians at Fresno, Cal. Considerable opposition developed In the General Assembly to the cathedral Idea of Justice Harlan. A check so cleverly raised that it de ceived even the banks which cashed it caused the arrest of a New York bar keeper. The Chicago express companies re fused to recede from their decisions not to reemploy strikers, and the strike will now be fought out to the end. The entire plant of the National Fire Works Company at West Hanover, consisting of ten wooden buildings of one story each, was destroyed by an explosion in the mixing room. Of the ninety employes at the plant only five were lnjuied, one seriously. Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, re moved his Director of Public Safety and Director of Public Works as a step in his fight to prevent the len.?? of the gas works to the United Gas Improve ment Company. Ono train crashcd into another on the high trestle of the elevated near the bridge over the Harlem river and 20 persons were hurt. May elm went up 6 cents a bushel on the Chicago Exchange, and there was talk of n corner, wheat also un dergoing a sharp flurry. The United Ftatcs assayer nt Seat tle states that the output of gold from the northern country this vear will amount to $22,000,000. if not more. From the Klondike alone he predicts an output of from ten to twelve mil lions, the balance coming from the camps on the American side. Foreign Affairs. Oreece is to be warned against sup porting Oreeian hands now active in Southern Manchuria. : The Servian Cabinet has resigned. A detailed report to confirm tho I Identification of John Paul Jones' body has been sent from Paris to I Washington. Oen. Llnevltch, under date of May 23, reports that a Russian detachment suc cessfully attacks the Japanese trem-heg on the heights south of the station of Changlufu, May 21. forcing the Japa ueso to evacuate their trenches. It Is believed the Injuries sustain ed by Empress Augusta Victoria by falling down a stairway at Wlsebaden were moro serious than at first re ported. Miscellaneous Matters. The General Assembly of the Pres byterian Church, voting at Winona Lake, decided unanimously for union with the Cumberland church. More than 100 Methodist ministers marched to the Philadelphia City Hall and protested to Mayor Weaver against the proposed gasworks lease. Milton E. Rose, of Stafford county, was drowned at Acquia creek. The Charcoal Clu* opened Us an nual exhibition, the standard of the work being higher than ever. I.abor agitators In Paris threaten to make a demonstration against King Alfonso of Spain- when he visits tuat city. Wreckers ditched a train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fo rail road, east of Emporia. Kan., and six passengers were Injured, two of them fatally. ROTHSCHILD IS DEAD Passiis of Oie of the World's Most ftaoas Ftaaackrs WAS A FAUNDEK OF CIAIITIES Eminent Financier Who Financed the Billion Dollar Indemnity France Paid to Germany and Who Wae the Leading 8plrtt of the Rothechilde In Their Relatione With European Government* Succumbs to Acute Bronchitie, Aged 78. Paris, By Cable.?Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, head of the French branch of the banking house bearing the name of Rothschild and governor of the Bank of France, died at 4:30 Saturday morning from acute bronchitis aggra vated by gout The eminent financier has been sinking flowly for many days, but there was no apprehension that his death was imminent. He passed away peacefully surround ed by his family. The announcement of the baron's death caused widespread regret, for besides his position in the financial world. Baron Alphonse was known for his lavish charities, one of the latest being the gift of $2,000,000 for the erection of workingmen's homes. The deceased who was bom in 1827. will be succeeded as the head of the Paris banking house by Baron I^ambert de Rothschild, of Brussels, whose bus iness capacity has earned him a world wide reputation. The burial of Baron Alphonse will be most simple, according to the strict rule of the Rothschild family, includ ing a plain coffin without mourning tributes. The funeral, the date of which has not been fixed, will be the occasion of a notable tribute of re spect. A member of a Franco-American banking house said: "Huron Alphonse was the leading spirit of the Roths childs in their relation with practical ly all the governments of Europe. Besides the colosisal task of financing the indemnity which France paid to Germany after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-*71. he carried on relations with other governments. In Italy theae in cluded both government and Vatican finances. The house has also had con siderable dealings with American se curities through the Relmonts. J. Pier pont Morgan and .tylja W. Gates, in cluding Ix>ui3ville & Nashville and Atlantic Coast Line transactions, and also has extensive Interests In mines in California." Baron .Alphonse loaves two children. Baron Edouard and Baroness Beatrix. He has two surviving brothers, Baron Gustav and Baron Edmond. Speech by Judge Parker. Chicago, Special.?Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York, addressed the Il linois State Bnr Association at the Chi cago Beach Hotel on "The Lawyer in Public Affairs." Judge Parker was greeted by hearty applause as he arose to speak. After returning thanl'S for the cordiality of his reception, he said in part: In studying, however casually, or with whatever care, the modern de velopment of the law. and the scope of the men who follow It as a profession, it Is impossible to escape from a knowl edge of the close relation which the latter bear, almost as a direct result of their professional life, to our politics. It is seen all along tho line of public effort whether In village, town, city, county, State or nation. Its existence, therefore, cannot be overlooked nor can Its importance as a feature In the his tory and development of the law, or of politics be exaggerated. It is not a new tendency, having manifested itself even In our earliest days when, owing to the simplicity of conditions, the need for the lawyer and the recognition of his place In our social fabric became only slowly apparent. Yet, it Is a ten dency which has grown with the growth of the country and with the en larged facilities for the study of poli tics and also with the a^dcl dignity of the lesal pro'cr?s'on itself. In the earlle,- days In the history of the thirteen colonies, the questions dis cussed were those relating to rights, then popular denominated natural, most of which. In their practical asser tion. have since become legal, or re cognized as a part of our institutions. It was almost a necessity that the few members of (he bar whose services were then called for should become at once the assertors of these rights be fore the courts. It was even still more Imperative that thoy should come to tho front In the discussion of them in the forum, In those bodies where hear ings must be held, and also in the re spective assemblies of the people. This was In the declining days of a theo cratic age when eve.y profession other than that of the clergymen had to ?truggle for a position. He argued fur ther that no truly groat lawyer ever has been a demagogue. More Chicago Riots. Chicago, Special.?Rioting broke out afresh In the teamsters' strike. Al though nobody was seriously hurt, there were a number of vicious fights In tho lumber yards during which the po lice were compelled to use clubs, and in one Instance, revolvers, to disperse the crowds. Four Killed In Collision. Augusta, Ga., Special.?'Two were killed, one fatally Injured, two prob ably fatally and three slightly Injured In a collision Thursday night between a passenger trolley car and a Louis ville ft Nashville coal car on the Au gusta ft Aiken Hallway, In a stretch of woods some miles from Augusta, on the South Cnrollna side of tho river: The dead: J. E. Hcldmnn. motormnn; Felix Uoddic, employe of railway, who was riding with tho motormau. 100 COLD AND WET FOK COTTON Good Stands Are Generally Reported From Eastern and Central Sections, But Present Conditions Are Adverse. Washington, Special.?The weather Bureau's weekly bulletin of the crop conditions says : "While good stands of cotton are generally reported from the eastern and central, sections of the cotton belt, cool nights hsve checked growth and the staple Is suffering from lack of sunshine and cultivation, com plaints of grassy fields being received from nearly every State In these two sections. Planting is finished In South Carolina and Alabama, nearly com pleted In North Carolina and Mississ ippi, but about 25 per cent, of the area remains to be planted In Louis iana and Arkansas. Chopping is well advanced In the Carolines, continue in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and has begun in some places in Arkan sas. In northern Texas, though cot ton was damaged somewhat by heavy showers and is still poor In places, is very weedy, and much planting is un finished, the prospects are improved. With more favorable conditions for re planting and cultivation, the crop looks better and cultivation and chop ping are progressing. Cotton is grow ing well in southern Texas; chopping and cultivation are general; squares are forming and some has been laid by. Bo!! weevils and other Insect pests are active In some counties. Tobacco plants are plentiful In Ken tucky, and transplanting continues in that State, as well as Indiana, Mary land and North Carolina. Consider able has been planted In Virginia, but the soil is too wet, locally, for this work. The crop is suffering from lack of proper cultivation in North Carolina, and the weather has been unfavorable for plants in Ohio." Real Tornado in Georgia. Itcidsville, Ca., Special.?The most destructive tornado that his swept Tattnall county for ' years occurred Tuesday afternoon, lasting ten minutes. During this brief period a section be tween Reldsville and Collins was prac tically cleared of all crops, and only the strongest trees remained standing. Houses were leveled, and it is remark able that thus far report of but one lifo having been lost has been received. Tho victim was a negro employed at the saw-mill of A. C. Parker & Son. A fall ing smoke-stack struck the man. At Collins, a family of five were struck by lightning. They were stunned, but were revived. Their house was destroyed. So j heavy was the accompaning hail that the stones iny on the ground to a depth of 12 inches. Linevitch Ready to Fight. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The news from the front continues lo point to the imminence of a renewal of light ing on a large scale. General Linevitch Is pressing the Japanese center both on tlie line of the railway anil on the man darin road but whether he is simply feeling Fleiu Marshal Oyama's strength or hi:s assumed a genuine offensive, is not yet clear. There is no doubt, how ever, that Lincvitch?has mnde complete preparation for a battle. All the Rus sian sick and wounded, who we*.e at Harbin and places south of there, have been transported westward to Irkutsk, and orders have been given to clear the intervening hospitals. The sanitary trains have also been ordered to the front. Drowned Self and Children. Dallns. Tex.. Special.?A special to Tho News from Sulyhur Springs, Tex., sayr. that Mrs. Tip Sanders drowned herself and three children in a creek near her home two miles south of town Tuesday. Tho oldest child was a boy six years of age. The other children were girls aged 3 years and 10 months, respectively. The tragedy it is said, was tho result of domestic troubles. Sanders, the hus band, left home this morning to work on the public road. Returning homo for dinner, he found a note on the table from Mrs. Sanders telling him that he would And the bodies of his wife and children in the creek. Contesting Yachts Sighted. New York, Special.?Lord Brassey's yacht, Sunbeam, a contestant in the trans-Atlnntlc cup race, was passed Tuesday by the steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm, bound for this port, 817 miles from Sandy Hook. Captain Nlcrlch, of the North Germnn Lloyd steamer Bre men, which arrived from Bremen, be lieves he sighted the Atlantic, which is supposed at least among the leaders, on Sunday morning. May 21st. The yacht was then 827 miles from Sandy Hook, j more than one hundred miles further | east than when sighted the day pre vious by three liners. Five Firemen Injured. Tampa, Fla., Special.?Five firemen, one of whom will probably die, were Injured in a fire which destroyed two buildings here Tuesday, entailing a property loss of $40.00n, with only $8, 000 Insurance. The fire was caused by the explosion of n pns?ollnc lamp. W. T). Kirk, a fireman, was caught under a falling wall and so badly crushed that he is not expected to recover. News of the Day. Upon the counsel of close advisers It Is said Emperor William did not de liver a specch severely arraigning France. Cardinal Gibbons conferred the pnl lium upon Archbishop John James Mc Glcnnon, of St. Louis. Mrs. Jessie Bartlett Davis, the well known opera singer and long-time member of the Bostonlans, died sud denly in Chicago of nephritis, SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL MEET Parliament to Consider Questions Relating to the South's Welfare in Session MANY STATES WERE REPRESENTED North Carolina Executivo la Unanl moualy Made Temporary Chairman of Gathering at Washington and Do livers the Opening Address. Washlngtoc. Special.?Eleven States. Alabama, Arkansas. Georgia, Florida. Mississippi. North Carolina. South Car olina. Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Virginia are represented by dele gates to the Southern Industrial Par liament. which began its sessions here Tuesday and will continue through Fri day. There are also present represen tatives ftt>m New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore, who are interested in the objects for which the parliament was called, which Includes the exchange of ideas regarding matters of impor- I tance for the development of the 1 South. The feature of the day was the address of Gov. Robert B. Glenn, at the morning session. Addresses were made by W. W. Lumpkin, of Columbia. S. C.; M. V. | Richards, of the Southern railway, who I discussed mainly immigration to the South. Dr. Charles A. Cary. of the Alabama Agricultural College, who urged steps to exterminate tick fever among the cattle and advocated that that the Southern people raise more live stock, particularly for beef pur poses. T. B. Thackston, of South Carolina, was elected permanent secretary of the parliament. Gov. Robert B. Glenn, of North Caro lina, was unanimously elected presid ing officer, and delivered the opening address. At the outset of his remarks he received applause by stating that while he had come to Washington with his heart filled with love for the sec tion in which he lived, there were no men living that loved, honored and re vered "the great Nation in which we live more than the delegates who are here today from South of the Mason | and Dixon line." i After drawing a pen picture of the ' development of the country during the ' last hundred years. Governor Glenn J touched upon the devastation wrought in the South by the contest between' the States, nnrt said the people of that section had gone ahead witli a will to redeem, reclaim and build up. He i spoke of the enormous production of cotton, iron, timber and other commo dities in the South, and declared that it had risen to the place where it ought to stand?"equal, if not superior, to any other section of the universe in which we live." But. he said, while tho har vest of the South was great the labor ers were few. laborers were needed anywhere and everywhere, and lie de clared that tho South held out oppor tunities. and if they would come there was no reason why they could not have the same returns, tho same wealth and be even greater and grander than In any other section of the country. But while men of brains and energy were wanted, the South did not want the riff-raff of the countries of the world. Governor Glenn then aroused his au dience to a high pitch of enthusiasm when he denounced the methods of cer tain Immigration agents of the West ern railroads to turn the tide of imuil- J gratlon from the South by sending abroad maps showing the marvelous prosperity In the West, but picturing ] the Southern States in black, in order to show that the negroes have the su periority over the whites; that the South is n place where very few. If any, whites live; where men of money j only can endure, and where the white, laborer rnnnot endure because It is the home of the negro and where the ne gro is made an equal partner with the whites. "That assertion," he vehem- j ently declared, "is false, and I herald it here today. It is the duty of every | honest man in the I'nlted States,; whether he Is a Northerner. Southern er or Westerner, to remove this calum nlty from the best and purest people j thla country has ever known," Returns With a Plan. New York, Special.?Mayor John Weaver, of Philadelphia, came to New York especially to consult with Ellhu Hoot about his fight with the Philadel phia Republican organization on the I gas situation and returned at night ; with a well defined plan as outlined i by the former secretary of war to b-.- j carried out In a crusade against the gaa monopoly. \ Not the Work of Terrorists. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Though no details of the assassination of Prince Nakacldze, have been received the Impression here is that the outrage was the work of the Armenian revo lutionary committee In revenge for the attitude taken by the prince dur ing the racial war between Armenians and Tartars In February last, and It le not attributable to the Russian Jer rorlsts, even though Hie latter are ex tremely active In many parts of the empire. The Armenians laid the re sponsibility of the deaths of those slain in February at the door of Prince Nakachldze. Tuskege? Trusteec Meet. Tuskcgee, Ala., Special.?At the an nual meeting of the trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In stitute. former Mayor S<th l/nv. of New York, and former Mayor VV. M. I Drenrteti. of Birmingham, Ala., were' elected, among others, to membership ] of the board. The annual exercises <?r i the thirty-seven agricultural and tnd<*, divisions of the school wero held Wed nesday. The subjects Included many I of the most practical nature, each be ing illustrated in an Interesting man lier. In the South, the Governor said, the negro is given every legal right be is entitled to. Their children are edu cated as are the white children; they are given asylums for their deaf, dumb, and blind, and are everywhere given the merciful hand; "but." he said, "there is one distinction, one line wn draw, and that Is the line of social equality." That, he proclaimed, could never be. The races were separated by the laws of eternity, because, he said, the white man never was intended to be put on a social equality with the negro. He appealed to every one pres ent to make known the truth and thus "correct any error and lie." The Session Wednesday. Washington. Special.?A discussion of immigration and an address by Gustav H. Schwab, of New York, on "Foreign Commerce and Ocean Trans portation" were the features of Wed nesday's sessions of the Southern In dustrial Parliament. The immigration question was discussed by Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, and Com missioner General Frank P. Sergeant, of the Immigration Bureau. Perman ent organization was effected by tho election of Gov. Robert II. Glenn, of North Carolina, as president, and oth er officers as follows : Dr. W. C. Mur phy, of Washington, secretary; T. P. Thaxton. of Columbia, S. C., treasurer. Vice presidents: Alabama. Win. Rich ards. Huntsville; Georgia. W. O. Mc Cowan, Hoffman; Mississippi. Henry Kernoghan, Jackson; North Carolina, It. S. Reinliardt. Ltncoluton; Soutb Carolina. E. J. Watson. Columbia; Tennesee, Robert Gates, Nashville; Texas. Thus. Schwartz, Corslcans; Virginia, C. L. Holland, Danville. Executive committee: W. T. Hrowu, Regland. Ga.; P. J. Holliday. Wash ington. (la.; Miss J. S. McCarthy, Batesville, S. C.; J. A. Brown. Chad bourn. N. C.; Albert Akers. Nashville. Tenn.; E. C. Robinson, Houston, Tex.;. J. S. Browning. Pocahontas, Va.; II. L. Vest, District of Columbia. Iu the absence of Governor Glenn. W. O. McGowan. of Georgia, presided. Gustav H. Schwab, of New York, lu liis address on the Subject of "l?Y>r eign Commerce and Ocean Transporta tion," was the first speaker. He was followed by Senator Simmons of North Carolina, who spoke on tho sub ject of immigration. He said as a re sult of the agricultural and industrial activity and expansion In the South,, there was a demand fur labor which could not be supplied from its own people, and that in consequence the South was struggling with a labor fa mine. Nearly every section of tlie country, lie ?ai;J. had claimed an 1 obtained a Hiare of the enormous immigration to tin? United States from ubroad during the last 25 years. The failure of tho South to get a part of the new com er:; not only accounted for tin- present labor famine in that section, but in many other ways, he said, ha 1 boon disadvantageous to the United States. The kind of labor the South needed, he said, was a debatable question. He described tJ??* system of wages iu the South as being almost universally on :lie share plan, and advised those ac tually engaged in efforts to induce emi gration to tli-? South from other sec lions or from foreign countries to pnv sent that plan, and not be misb-d into a comparison of wage scale:.. If labor ers for the present could not be gotten fn.in this country, it was certain, ho :-*aid, that with proper effort the right kind of me n could be obtained abroad. Mr. Sergeant declared that per cent, of all the immigration to A her ica came into the Slate of New York, the great bulk of the aliens remaining in New York city. They do not, before coming here, be said, look up tho geo graphical situation, simply going to where their friends have preceded I hem. What was needed was to offer advantages to aliens coming to tlui I'nited States whereby they may gat.h? or some knowledge of the country out* side the great cent era of population. It would be a good thing not only to say to the alien, "You may laud," but also to furnish him Information ro gurding the opportunities in various sections of the country. Suddenly Killed. IJrlstol, Vn., Special.? Olon A. Kon y(>n, n prominent lumberman of Nao mi, Midi., was killed near Oamaucuf*, Va., Monday In an aeeldent on a Iok Slnp railroad. lie wau largely inter etted in tlio T. W. Tlmyer LuiiiIht f'ompany, operating in that Kcrtion. The tody will be Kent t<? Naomi, Mlcti. Buying 193,000 Acrcs in Florida. Brunswick, (ia., Special,--A deal ln \olvinj? one million dollars and IlKi.HW aero* of laii'l in Liberty and Franklin counties, Florida, was closed Wcdncft day. The purchasers are a synd lento or Chicago and St. Louis capitalist?. The closing of tlilH deal. wiii<:h hast been on f*>r the past several week?, a majority of those Interested have b<tn in Uiimswick, means the bullrt liij; of a railroad to Apalnehte.ola, Fla.. fioin St. Joseph, a distance of forty miles. The road will then cxteud I'Ortiiwjrd 100 miles to Qulney, and It Ik understood that It will then iiea-J for Atlanta. The purchase also mean? the settlement and building of a etty at St. Joseph. Denounce Immigration Plan. Doentur, Ala.. Special.?The HupI iiohh Men's l.caKue, at an enthusiastic Dueling her", hns denounced iu r<!W> lutions the plans ??f flooding 'lie South with Ionian ifniiilKraUou. Tin* icm* Kitions ?-t forth that while labor ift badly needed in the whole Tonne'**#? river valley north ?>f Alabama. th** farmers r?rc opposed to tin? pnimlwu oily Importation of s'.hlftleto; and uned ucated foreigners. The reaoluii<*Mi coll for men from the North atwl Northwest to come South \