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n ' H ?r : VOL. XIII. * I* * \; -? -v.. *> A FATAL FIRE] Nineteen People Burned to Death and Forty Injured ( IN EAST NEW YOBK. i Many Acts ot Bravery Performed by the , I iieinen and Others. Fire Chief Croker Asserts that the FfcOce J and Tenement House De- . I I partment Are Liable. lu New York on Tuesday mom- ' in? of l&sb week before daylight nine- . teen persons were burr.ed to death In tire which destroyed the tive story 1 tenement hi use at 105 Allen btreet. ( Mjre than 40 were Injured and onlv a few of the Bleeping inmates escaped unhurt. Several of those who perished were r asted to death in plain view of thousands in the streets. Coroner Qoldinkrans declared after an Investigation that lie had reason to bolkvo the blaze was the work of an Incen ilary. Toe tire starocd'ln the basement and spread with frightful rapidity to the roof. The victims were caught in traps of llames, the halls and exits being rendered Impassable In a few minutes after the blaze started. Ti o i u'ldlng was one of the usual crowded tenements and the disaster was the worst in the history of tlu K.st Side. The district attorney's of lice has begun un inv?.stlgatl< 11 to place the blame for the great loss of life. Chief Croker of the tire department aiserts that the police and the tenement house departments are to blame for the violations of the tire escape law. The tenement house department oftieials, however, say that the blame is on the shoulders of the tire commissioner. Of the It) dead, three bodies, those oLa U^y and two girls, remain unldentilied. The Mentlticd dead are: Kachael Solomon, 45 years; Jacob Solomon, It); Isaac Solomon, 18; Jesse Cohen, 15; Oershon Fuobs, 30; Rose Wiener, 23; Sander Wiener, 4; Sarah Kline, (10; Bella Zddler, 30; Harry Z ldh r. 11: Ida Mnstknw v. 10' KaufTman, 10; Rose Mi.ler, 4; Morris Miller, live months old. Crowded lire escapes in the rear of the tenement he use were largely responsible for so many deaths and injuries among Its population, which approached 200 souls. HfiAttTF-KNDINa 8CKNKH. The scenes were heartrending. The tire started in the basement occupied by Isaac Davis, his wife and three children. When Davis reached his home early Tuesday morning and went into his store on the same tlcor he saw a kerosene lamp In the rear explode. He awoke his wife and both tried to put out the llamlng lamp, but without success. A policeman who heard the cry of alarm rushed to the scene and every effort was made to rouse the sleeping people. Meantime the flames had spread with startling rapidity and the occupants of the upper Hours awoke to find themselves confronted by a wall of llames on nearly every side. Panic stricken people rushed to the tire escapes only tc tlnd them littered with rubbish. On some of the escapes the rubbish was soclcsdy packed that it became Impossible to pass o-rtain points and men, women and children stood literally roasting to death as the llames roared through the wl it dows around them. One ct the escapes was manned by Policeman John J. Dwun, who had ran a plank across t.fi tJirx Uiin/lAu? i\t n n i >inin<r VcnlM ViiVy ITIIIUV V/I Ull UV'j UUllll" ing. He rescued nearly a dozen persons, but llnally fell 20 feet to the pavement and shattered his shoulder. Dozens of pet pie were taken from the crowded tire escapes and upper windows. By this time the building was a furnace aad the rescues were ejected in u.any cases only through heroic (Hurts of the firemen. Lieutenant Bonner, ton of the former tire chief, ascended the now red-hot tire escapes tive times. MANY HEROIC RESCUES. Four times he brought down a '*?>man or a child in his arms. The tirCh time he was descending with an un conscious woman, bnt staggered and was barely saved from death. Once Bonner rescu (1 a little g.rl from a window where she stood surroundtd by flames. She pleaded with him to leave her on the escape and go in after her little brother who she said had faiien unconscious. Bonner then Jumped into what looked like a furnace, found the boy and saved him. Fireman Ilannlgan repeated Bon tier's f? at on the third iloor. Death reaped a harvest quickly on tne nre escapes. In the rear two men and two women were descending the men helping the women to remove heavy obstaoles from the escapes. Suddenly Uames darted from the third fljo^ ^vilidows and the quartet fell and k roasted to death. Another person JBO with clothes all re was following but ^L^kcwlse sank in ti e flames. Oa tup of one fire escape lay three bodies, Mrs. Solomon and her two sons, Isaac and Jax)b. They had bceu overcome by the flames. Two others of the Solomon family were seer to look from the windows arid then fall back in the burning building. The elder Salomon, the husband and father, was rescued. As the rescued recogn-z d the oharred bodies of their loved ones they wept and cried agonizingly. The streets were filled with half dressed, weeping, searching people, lmplorlrg the resoue or those within the burning struoture. When the tenants dashed for the roof, they found the door, which should have swung easily open, fastened down. Unable to burst it open, and wedged in by the surging mass below, numbers were burned to death. Oemoorre Won. For the first time in fifty years the Democratic party elected their candidates for mayor on Monday in Augusta, Biddeford, Belfast and Brewer, all (n the state of Main. ?t-, " ii n i.wMii ii?i 3 THE BOLL WEEVIL the Tirco'or of the Georgia Station Gives Seme Points. Cotton OrowAri North and Kast ol TfX'H UrRcd to Procure for the Wor?t Now. A dispatch from Washington to the ' Atlanta Journal says information retarded by ottlclals as of great value to sottcn growers Is contained in an artl 3le prepared by Colonel R J. R tiding, lirector of the Georgia experiment * station, which is to be published in a! few days as a special bulletin of the bureau of plant Industry of the department of agriculture. This s to be known ns Farmers' bulletin N) 117. In his introduction Colonel Red* dmg says: "In Farmers' Bulletin No. 189, Ifsurd In 1904, It was stated that the work of the bureau of entomology for KV.ral years has demonstrated that ' there Ir not even a remote probability | that the boll weevil will ever be ox i terminated,' and that 'the steady extension of the territory affected by the 1 we' vll from year to year, until the ( northern boundary Is far north of the i sinter of cotton production In the \ United States, has convinced all oh servers that It will eventually he dls tributed all over the cotton belt. In J ten years It has gradually advanced a 1 llstance of aliout 500 miles and will ' jndoubtedly Invade new territory at ? ib iut the same rate. It Is not at all c ikely that legal restriction of any fl tlnd would prevent or materially hin lor this spread.' e "These conclusions," Colonel Redling continues, "must be accepted as a )f the highest authority, since they ' lave been reached I y (pi ill tied scien- ' :itic investigators after careful labor- 'J ttory and tield experiments, conduct u id for several years on a large scale 1 ind In the older weevil-Infested region v )f Texas. The matter Is, therefore, " lot a Ucal problem confined to Texas ' ind nearby states, but alfects the cn n ilre cotton growing region. I' "At the Indicated rate of migration c t is very probable that within ten or K ifteeu years every portion of the cot- c ion-producing region will have been nvaded. It Is well, therefore, for the jotton growers northward and east- . ward of Texas to prepare for the worst ay learning the mtthods that have ieen found effective In minifying the . avjges of the weevil, and such other \ emedles or palliatives as may be developed meanwhile, and be prepared io apply them whenever It shall bejome neccessary. In view of the im c nense Importance and valueof the cot- 1 ion crop, the sut ject has Indeed be- V some of national importance. "Tue bulletin mentioned, however, 1 (Ives assurance that although the vory . arge yields of cotton of former times (, may no longer he posdble. It Is never- . heless entirely feasible to produce ' jotton at a margin of profit that will jompare favorably with that Involved 11 n the production of most of the staple ? jrops of the United States by follow- ' ng what have become generally known is cultural methods. "Among the mist Important of s these methods are those directed to- c ward securing an early dt velopmont f. 3f the cotton plant and an early ma lurlty of the largest possible pre por . Lion of the crop, and the object of this 1 bulletin is to discuss the practical details which have been found necessary ind effective In promoting early maLurlty. " "The writer may he pardoned for stating that most of what appears in the bulletin Is directly based on long personal experience as a practical cot- j Lon planter, and the superadded re n suits of fifteen consecutive years of c Held experimentation at the Georgia b jxperimont station. It was partly the t purpose of many of these Held expert a ments to discover the conditions of b fertilizing and cultuie that were ef H\ fectlve in promoting early maturity p for the crop and the particular varieties best suited for securing such early a maturity. v "It may be well to state that during j the whole cf the tifteen-year period a the work has been supervised by the f writer, as director of the station, and r the practical details have been sup;r- c Intended continuously try James M. d Ktmbrough, the agriculturist of the ji station." The steps necessary to secure early p maturity are then dlscuised by Oolo- e nel Redding In the natural order of p cultural succession, and in a manner 0 which is at once so complete and so t] clear as to furnish the maximum t amount of useful information. The t, whole of this dltcusslon cannot be t given here, of course, but an Idea of K It may be gained from the following d mmmary of recommendations: 1 1. Prepare the soil thoroughly and c early, b' ginning with fall pi >wlng. 2. Fertilize liberally and judicious ly, carefully avoiding an excess of nitrogen. On rich, dark, alluvial and v freshly cleared soil, phosphoric scld * alone, In the form of acid phosphate. r may be applied. e 3. Apply fertirzsrs in the drill and c bed on them. Broadcasting Is rarely, * If ever, expedient. c 4. Choose an early maturing and 1 productive variety of cotton and plant 1 on the beds, and as early as possible. Apply In the seed furrows 40 to 7f> ' pounds per acre of quickly available 1 fertilizer, preferably 25 to 40 pounds ] of nitrate of soda. 1 6. Reduce to a final stand as quickly as possible. 6. Let cultivation be frequent and ' shallow. 7. Narrow rows with wide spacing 1 of plants in the rows will result in a f greater early yield than will wide rows 1 with olose spacing. Don't lilko It. f A fight which threatens to assume proportions of that wagjd against 1 Roosevelt's Crum appointment is be- 1 ing made by local Republicans against 5 the appointment of G. lV. Anderson, 1 colored, oollector of Internal revenue ' for the second district of New Y^rk. The nomination was confirmed by the senate. Enemies of the negro i publican leaders are basing their op position to the selection on two con- j teutions. One Is along racial lines. 1 the other embodies the charge that i he bears an unsavory record. Anderson, at present., is spending his time < at Hampton, V*. fi m CONAT TIE PASS LOST. Japanese Are Pushing Russians Steadily On To Harbin. THE JAPS KEPULSED. n 111k Masterly Retreat a Fertile and Well Supplied Country Lies Before Gen. Kuroputkin, With Few Defensible Positions in Reach of Mis Army. A <-11~ i -V. ' n. * umpa on irum ou. reiersDurg says tanking tactics by tho Japanese apparently are in progress again. Tiie \shcciated Trees correspondent, who emalns at Tie pass telegraphs that Jen. Mlstchenko on March 14 engaged i Japanese farce on the Russian right. It is possible that the attacking force vas a Japanese column which disappeared from observation during the lattle of Mukden. The Japane-e do rot appear to have renewal the fronti! attack up to n ion Wednesday, the lemonstration on Tuesday having iiown tiiat the Russians were preparid to make * determined resistance. A dispatch from Santoupu says a angulnary c ur.bit occurred on March 4 on the centre advance ! line of tho t issfan army eight miles south of he pass. The Russians repulsed the dtack ar d even made a small advano hrough 1,000 corpses of Japanese, adanolng a large force on the right lank, where t?en. Mlstchcnk ?, wlio tas taken command of his detachcent, though his wound has not yet tealed, is holding the Japanese In heck The Russian troops have reained their normal spirits aud fouglr | heerfully. ! NKAHLY 8TAHVKD. Tiie r lllce of the censor has already een removed to Santoupou, a point Ight miles nortli of Tie pass and 1 here arc Intimations that it may soon 1 in established even farther nortli. The ! issoiiited lb ess correspondent though 1 sylng nothing regarding the commls arlat arrangement for tiie troops, de lares that the newspaper c >rrespundnts have practically been starved ut of Tie pas.. Tills may, perhaps, 1 ie an Indication of the amount of food ' vailable for the army, Immense quan- ' lllcsof which were destroyed at Muken, where practically the entire re erve commissariat had been accumu ! ited. The otllce of the censor has been reaoved to Santoupu, eight miles north f Tie pass, as existence at Tie pass or civilians is almost impossible. < 'radically all the newspaper corres londetits have left for Harbin. For | everal nights the Akhi elated Press orresponrient has slept without cov- I ring on the frosty ground and for two i ajs lie had nothing to eat. It is ru- i aored that Chinese killed 80 foreigners . n Mukden after the Russian evacua- 1 Ion of that place. According to Chin se reports the governor of Mukden i ave a banquet in honor of the Japa < i se generals after their triumphal en- i ry into the city. i J ATS AT TIK PASS. ' A dispatch from Toklo says the \ apancse occupied Tie pass at mid- , inht, March 15. Details of the ocupation of Tie pass have not yet een received at imperial headquarera. An cillclal bulletin rep >rts the 1 ction and that the Japane.e are in I ot pursuit of the retreating Rus 1 lans. but it does not mention any 1 arti ulars about the tight. i The Russians have abandoned their i dvanced positions on the Fan river ] /here the desperate attack of the < apanese Wednesday was repulsed, i tid have fallen back upon the de- f enses at Tie pass. Previous to the i etirement the supplies of wood, etc., < ollected there were set on tire. A I esperate, bloody battle is now wag- I ng north of Tie pass. i The Russian detachments at Tlo lass w? re, on March 15, oidered to i vacuate their positions, and during | lie night retired in exemplary order, < waring tueir rear. There had been Ightlng throughout the day. Before i he withdrawal of the Russian forces he military settlement and such of he stores of fuel and forage as could lot be removed were set on tire and lestroyed. The fighting on March 4 and 15 fell to the second Siberia-) orps. RUSSIANS AUK PUZZLED. A dispatch from St. Peterburg says vlth the evacuation of Tie pass Wedlesday night the Russian army abanloned the last stronghold in south :rn Manchuria and definitely turned >ver the section to the Japanese for ,he campaign of 1905. At last no ither strategy is potsible for Qen. vuropatkln In view of his scanty sup>lies of ammunition, and stores the ihattered condition of his army and vide enveloping movements which .he Japanese have ceintlnued almost without a stop since the Russian de'eat at Mukden. Nothing has been heard of the part which Gen Kawamura's army is tak ng in these operations, but Gens. Nogl and Oku, operating In the low illls of the Tie pass gorge, were themtelves sufficient to turn the shattered Russian army out of tho fortifications whioh had been prepared with a view to being held by the army after it fhould has been withdrawn from Mukden. The evacuation of Tie pass Involves the loss of the coal mines in that vicinity, whioh, with the Fushun md Yentai mines gone, is a severe blow. Tne railway shops at Tie pass and more supplies were sacrificed. JAPH PASSING ON. The Japanese are doing their best to accomplish the envelopment of the Russian army, whioh all but suooeeded at Mukden, but Gen. Kuropatkln with the railway for a line of retreat, probably will be ahlo to keep ahead of his pursuers. A constant succession of delaying rearguard encounters may be ttpeoted. Military men at St. Peters ?fM* f AY, S. C., TllUlh: burg have but tbe haziest Ideas as to where the next stand will be made. Apparently there are no more fortified positions In readiness and the retirement probably will not stop short of Klriu or Kuanohontzy, on the rail way line; and If the Japaucse press the pursuit the Russians may retire beyond and up the Sungarl river, there to await new levies, the mobilization of which will begin Immediately in Russia. A report received in Toklo March 14 from the Japanese headquarters In the Held: "In the direction of Sing king our forces have been dislodging the enemy from Yingpau, 18 miles east of Fushun, and on Maroh 11 oc cupled that place." WHAT KUJKOPATKIN SAYS A St. Petersburg dispatch says thr fol'owlng dispatch has been received by Kmperor Nicholas from Gen. Kuropa'.kin, dated March lf>: "Thctroops are traversing Tie past In g >o:i order I have Inspected the fourteenth division of infantry. The men seemed in good spirits. "Up to the time of my departure from Tie pass lighting had not commenced. 1 Hiring my progresi northward 1 saw many troops and trains in good order. I also Inspected the regiments recently from Russia who presented an excellent appearance. "1 received no further reports of tightiog after the r. pulse of the Japanese at the Fan river. Individual soldiers and bo lies of men separated from their units have been rejjlnlng iheir commands curing the prevlt us two days. The truln service is partly restored to order, the tro p?have been provisioned again and are ready for fighting." A dispatoh from Harbin says large numbers of Chinese bandits and Chinese troops are report- d to be west of Tsltsihar, and an attack on the railway is appr bended. Io spite of the heavy withdrawal of convalescent^ and those who have l>een sent westward, this city is being ti led to over Mowing with wounded soldiers fiom Mukden. A number of Chinese suspects l ave been arrested here. Another Hlg itaitln. News is expected of another great battle at Tieling similar to the en ^aktcment on th- Shahke river, after the fall of L ao Yang. Many experts believe Kuropatkln's position at Tieling Is stronger than the one he held at Mukden, owing to the protection tfiven ills right flank by the inward sweep of the Ltao river and the ne sesslty for the Japane>e to cross the two rivers, Fan and Tohal, before they can bigin the turning move merit. On the other hand It is pointed out that O.ama's force must autnumber the Russians two to one, and If the Japanese can overcome the dltllculties of crossing the rivers, they bave a better chance of'surrounding Kuropatklu and compelling him to surrender than at any time since the war began; . a Bold i n lor. A dispatch from Charleston to The State says Magistrate Uutise was call ad upon Wednesday to dispose of a youthful negro burglar, Edward Singleton, which was settled, as far as he was concerned, by committing the boy for trial at the next term of the sessions court. Not content with forcibly entering the residence of Mr. I. D. Kelly, on Weutworth street, but after helping himself to what he wanted, the negro had the audacity bo go to sleep in Mr. Kelly's bed. where he was found by the head of the house. Mr. Kelly applied a razor it rap vigorously in awakening the ooy, and when he was thoroughly iwakened, Mr. Kelly turned him over bo a police ctllcer, with the result jast itated. Thanks Miss tiiihliard. A dispatch from Anderson says the eglslaturo of the State of Maine at !tu -> ' iuo luv/Diiu aui^iun pttSStHl resoiuuonfi warmly commending tho serv:C28 of Miss Lenora G. Hubbard of that city n caring for the graves of six federal oldiers lurled in the cemetery of the b'irst Presbyterian church. The resolutions are engrossed on parchment ind are signed by the secretary of itate and the chairman of the committee on military of the Maine genaral assembly. Tne soldiers referred to in the resolution belonged to the federal garrison stationed at Anderson at the close of the war. Miss Hubbard, who is a teacher in the City schools, had been caring for the graves of these six Maine soldiers for a long period, placing dowers upon the graves regularly on each memorial day. Died at Dinner Tallin. A dispatch from Holly Hill to The State says Mrs. Miry A. Mellard, who was probably one of the old at res ldents of that county, died suddenly at her home in B iwyer a few daj s ago of heart fal'ure. While sitting at the dinner table the end came and she fell to the (1 >or. Medical aid was summoned but life was pronounced extinct. Mrs. Mellard was In her 88th >ear and the most of her long fife had been spent at the home where she died. For years she was a member of the Methodist ohurch. Many of her family were present at the interment at the family burying ground. Two sons, Capt. J. P. Mellard of Hot Springs and Dr. Mellard of St. George, were unable to be present. L. O. Mel lard, a formor State representative frrtm Berkely county, is a sou of Mrs. Mellaid. ICclit ifcH tiurnpalln. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says it is now detinltely stated that Ejaperor Nichols.s has approved the decision..of the council of war to seud Grund Duke Nicholas Nicholalevltch to rep'acc Gen. Kuropatkin as the l)est m. ans of putting a stop to the intrigues and jeulousies among generals of the army both at St. Petersburg and at the front. Gen. SoukhomlinofT will beohief of staff. 8pi<ler Web llopp. Ten years ago a French missionary started the systematic rearing of twe kinds of spiders for their web, and The Board of Trade Journal states that a spider web factory is now in successful operation at Chalals Mendon, near Paris, where ropes are made of spider web Intended for balloons f jr the French military aeronautic section. The spiders are arranged in groups of twelve above a reel, upon whloh the threads are wound. I mm \n=rwm, i iDAY, MARCH 23, 1! SOCIAL STATUS ( Of the Races Legally Considered by (he Supreme Court. ( A LIBEL DECISION. , 1 It is' Defamatory to Publish a White \ Man as a Negro. Amendments \ to Constitution Have No Effect in Regard to Social Relations. The Columbia Record says a very interesting and important decision , was rendered by the mpreme court Wednesday morning. It is decided 1 that for a newspaper to publish that 1 a white man is a ne. 1) Is defamatory 1 to the white man, and the newspaper making the publlcatD n is liable to a 1 suit for damages. The case was that * or an appeal on the part of Mr. Au- , gustus M. Flood, of Charleston, a libel 1 suit having been iustltuted by him . against Tnc News and Courier and . L'he Evening Post, of Charleston, for f damages in the sum of $10 000 because lie was referred to as being a s negro. . The case Is stated as follows: Mr. Flood is a white man and aclti/.^n of c Charleston, where, it was alleged, he ' always enjoyed the respect and conti j icnoe of his fellow cltlz ns, the same . naving been of value in his business and a source of pride and pie isure to . nlm In liIn uncial Ufa 'On.-. i ...u .rvu.ui 11IU. 1 llC V/l'Ul) I Will further alleges that, the News and Courier und The Evening P st pub lished local items in regard to a suit ^ entered against the Charleston elec v triostreet railway by Mr. Flood for damagCB for injuries and referred to j htm as a colored man. Hy reason of being published as being a negro, Mr. Flood olalmed that the statement tended to exclude him f?om society and by reason of "said false and defa* ^ matory publication tills plaint iIT has b? eu Injured In his reputation and hurt in his feelings to his damage , $10,000." J In answer to the complaint it was j denied that the publication was defamatory or that any legal damage was stir^red therefrom, it being claimed that under the provisions of L Xlll, XIV and XV amendments to 11 tne constitution of the United Stales and of the p visions of the constitution of South Carolina, the use of the V said word "colored" In application to any one Is not libelous nor defamatory [J nor can any legal damage or cause of 1 action arise from such application. This demurrer having been sustained 1 by the presiding judge, an appeal was taken on the grounds that the jud^c ! erred in holding that the application J "negro" or its equivalent, "colored," * when applied to a white man Is not " libel ius per se. That the law iu this state, beforo the adoption of the XIIJ . XIV and XV amendments to ttie constitution of the United States was ^ that the term "negro" or "colored," ' when applied to a white person, was c libelous per se. in that it tended to exclude him from society. His honor 1 erred In holding that this had been ., changed and that the negro's social stktus has been changed by said ^ amendments, .whereas it is shbmitted that only the negro's legal and politi- J? cal status has beenalleoted thereby. (. The supreme court says. "Tnoonly ^ question presented by Mils appeal Is, \ 'Is It libelous perse to publish a white ' mail as a negro?" To call a white ? man a negro affects the social status 11 of any white man so referred to." Authorities are quoted ?on ?this point and the court continues: "When we . stop to think of the racial distinction subsisting between the white man and J" the black man, it must be apparent 1 that to impute the condition of a ne gro to a white man would affect his, the white man's, social status, and In case any one published a white mau (; to be a negro, it would not only be a nailing to bis pride, t)ut would tend n to Interfere serloudy with the social fl relation of the white man with his a fellow white men; and to protect the p white man from such public ition it is t necessary to bring such a charge to an c Issue quickly." a In Strauder vs. West Virginia, the ,, court held that these amendments, j XIII, XIV and XV, were designed to y accord members of the negro race the ? same protection in life, liberty and v property which was already enjoyed f by the white race, and nowhere does v the court in that case refer to the s ? / olal relations of eacli race. The K statute laws of this state forbids the tj association of the two races, in such g a way It excludes die negro from a white society and vloe versa. By the miscegenation statutes, the Intermarriage of the two races is forbidden and made a crime Railroads are re v quired to furntsh separate coaches for 1 the two races. rtViliHn.n an/i n colored children are forbid en to at- a tend the same school. Various opiu ti Ions are quoted to show tnat publish- ^ iug a white man us a negro has <1 ben held to be libelous by various P courts. y The court then quotes the language o of the three amendments to the con- s stltutlon of the United States referr- t ed to and argues that it must be ap t parent from consulting the texts that | there is not the slightest reference to the social condition of the two races. "AH take pleasure," it Is stated in (l the opinion, "in bowing to the au| thortty of the United States in regard 5 to these amendments, but we would be very far from admitting that the j; social distinction subsisting between the two races has been in any wise affected." In concluding the court v holds: "We, therefore, hold that these a , three amendments to the federal con v 1 stltutlon have not destroyed the law a i of this state, which makes the publii cation of a white man as a negro anything but libel. The Judgment - of r , this oourt Is that the judgment of the j i circuit court be reversed when it bus- \ , talned the demurrer in this case and j | the action is remanded to the circuit ^ ( oourt for such other proceedings as a may be in accordance with law." t h&U. DOo. COl'TON HOLDING Company Organized at New Orleans, La , Last Week. MIloprH IDeotcd a?>d IMan* l??rfectetl to Take Two Million llaleH Off the Market. The Atlanta Journal says John I). Walker, secretary and treasurer of the outbern Hankers' exccutlvo commltee and treasurer of the Georgia divi,ion of the S mthern Cotton association, has returned from New Orleans, where the organization of the Plant;rs' Cotton Holding and Commission rompany was perfected, olllcerselected ind plans ma le for at the pre per time etlrlug two million bales of o itton from the market until October. The following otlioers were elected: IV. P. Brown, of New Orleans, fourth argest cotton exporter in the world, president; Harvio Jordan, first vice president; 10. S. Peters, second vice jresldent; A. Hrlttan, third vice preslent; S. P. Walmsloy, fourth vice jresldent. The secretary and treasur >r will be named at a meeting of the lirecb-rs in New Orleans on the first VIonday in April. The following wereelicted directors n the Planters' Cotton Holding and Commission company and subscribed or the $."{,000 wortii of stock necesary fo secure a charter: Alabama?If. Y. Brooke, A. M. I ill, L B. Farley. Giorgla?Ilarvle Jordan, Hoke >mlth, John I). Walker, M. (J. Gay. Louisiana? W. P. Brown, W. L. ster, A Brittao, S. P. Walmsley, ?. L. Maxwell. Mnsl->sippl ? Walter Clarke, S. P. rVitln rspoon, Jacob Bernhelmer. North Carolina?J. A. Brown, J. P. Vllison. South Carolina?E. I). Smith, W. 5. Lipscomb. Tenness e?W. T. Bowdrc. Texas?J F. lliekey, J. S. Davis, 1. It Dancey, ?. S. Peters, F. M. Been. Oklahoma?L. B. Irwin. Indian Territory?G. W. York. Arkansas?Dr. L. E. Love, J. J. Icroggms. The following exeoutlWTBmnalttce /as appointed: W. P. Brown, A. Jrittan, S. P. Walmsley, W. L Foser, Ilarvie Jordan, John D. Walker, 2. S. Peters. This executive committee will dirct the company and have active barge of the cotton holding movement. The meeting In New Orleans, which /as hold Friday and Saturday was an nthusiastic one and the greatest faith i expressed in the ability of the com any to accomplish the ends for which > was organized. Mr. Walker who atended the meeting, speaks interestjgly of the organization. "The company will not begin oper ting," said he, until $100,000 has ceil paid in. Ten million dollars 1 forth of st' ok will be sold at $1 a hare and the directors are contident hat there will be no trouble in selling his stuck. The stock is to be offered 1 o the states in proportion to the mount of cotton raised by them. The anks will be made the trustees for his stuck and in each county the ? resident of the local organization will e the agent to sell It. i "There will be no effort made to j ake cotton off of the market in any , reat quantity until May the first. By , hat time the farmers will have de- ! lonstrated whether they are cutting ' own the acreage. If the acreage is ut down, as agreed then two million ales will immediately be taken off of ho market. If tne cotton were taken IT the market now and the price run p there would be danger of the acrege not being reduced." Mr. Walker also calls attention to lie fact that the Planters Cotton folding and Commission co up inv is lie only organization of its kind which as the backing of the Southern Coton association. A Fatal Flight. As the result of a quarrel, Eirl Jarpenter shot and killed A. M. Kale t Hardin, N. C., Wednesday afiert on. Before the fatal bullet was red, Kale shot Carpenter, who Is In n u.'conscious condition and is elected to die. Kale was the superin endent of the Nims Manufacturing ompany at Mount Holly and was bout 36 years old. Carpenter Is a son f O. D. Carpenter, the owner of'tbe lard in oolton mid, and is ah >ut 21 ears of age The two men quarreled ver toe employment of mill help, tod /hen they met in the public road near lardin a fight ensued. Both men were /ell known citizens of G iston county, ifier Kale fired his revolver he was hot several times by Carpenter, the mllels taking effect in the head and ther places. Death resulted lmmedh tely. C'ANtro 1m HoHtlle. Castro, the president of Venezuela, /ants to punish the United Slates. lis attitude Is rcilected In a pamitilet jus, Issued through one of his dvlsera, Ool. Juan liautlstla D&mcde, n wliicti plans for sending 30,000 ^enizuelans against Ne-v Orleans are ll?.c:osed. Tne pamp.ilet urges the lubilc to avenge the insults offered /eutzuela bv the Americans and delares that the invasion o? the Missisippi valley would be the most cffecive means of curbing the power of he United States. A Severe Storm. A storm of hurricane force burst iver the Irish and English coasts durng Wednesday night, and it Is feared hat many disasters have occurred. L' It graph lines are broken at many >oints. The British ship Khyber, rom Melbourne, Australia, October 16, for Queenstown, was totally vrecked off the Cornish coast. Tweny three of her crew were drowned, .nd three saved. Numbers of minor vrecks, accompanied by loss of life, ire reported. Jhicco a Hympton. The Greenville News says "the artounceraent that Vincent Chlcco, the ;tllan blind tiger king of Charleston, s actually a candidate for the state egislature to till a vacancy In the lelegatlon is astonishing, because it hows the character of that new elencnt whloh is seeking political glory.' MHMfc i _ ^ ^ ^ . COTTON REPORTS. The Southern Cotton Afisoclat Ion Will Ishuo Thoni In Future. A Isolate correct statistic* of the cotton crop will be one of the main featuics of work to bo done by the Southern Cotton association, lieports will be Issued through the press of the country every ten days telling of the conditions of the crop, the nutn bor of bales ginned and general crop conditions. The association will have reports of its own, and will not depend on the bearish reports of the government. President Ilarvie dan has written an article on the subject of statistics which will be read with great interest: Mr. Jordau >-ays: "One of the most important and valuable features In connection with the work of the Southern Cotton association will be Its ability and up rortunity to gather correct statistics with reference to the cotton crop of the South. Since the wide ng't&tlon of the cotton question during the last/ three months through tha general press of the couutry and the opportunities of the farmers to get Information quickly through the establishment of rural delivery route;, and aPo, their growing interest in securing information, it Is highly important they lie placed in possessiou of all the information possible which relates to the handling of the great staple crop In which they are so deeply lntc rested as producers. At the preseDt time there is a widespread and general demand for some definite information in cotton acreage and use of commercial fertil z r, the detailed plans of retir| nn fhn O AAA mm U-i - - ? % UK siu*> ?,wV|Vuu umtjs surplus {1110 also the extent of an 1 the present temper of the farmers to contlnuo to hold their c >tton for better prices 1 he farmers In North Carolina, fo instance, d.sire to know the exact condition of alTairs in Texts, and the Texas farmers wish to be informed as to what is being done In Georgia and the Carolinas. All of this information cannot only he gathered through the Southern Cotton association and distributed for the benefit of the farmers and business men of tbe South, but steps are already being actively taken to get up these sta stlstics In the netr future for general distribution. The state presidents and secretaries of the various state divisions have been requested to get Inclose touch with the presidents and secretaries of the various cjtton grow li g counties and parishes and have tills detailed information gathered through Die chairman of the various civil sub division. This information as it is gathered will tie submitted to the secretarjrs of the counties or parishes and will he by them compiled and forwarded to tire state secreta rles, the state secretaries in turn will forward the Information to the secretary of the Southern Cotton assocla tion, where a general and condensed compilation will be made of Mich sta tistics and prepared in proper form to be mailed to the members of the Southern Cotton association throughout all the cotton states and territories. Darling Kobbory. A special from Spartanburg to The State says the most daring robbery recorded In the city's history was the sandbagging of Mr. W. L. Gowan and the rilling of his pockets of $15 by an unknown theif Wednesday night about OO o'clock on north Liberty street, about a bl< ck from east Main. Mr. Gowan had started home from his greengrocery, 01 east Main street, for t.hft nli/htv narrvlnu In lilo ln-.m !....?? ? , . J. ... ...u IU ?V?I rfr purse three liive dullar bills, along with some express receipts and other papers He passed a pedestrian, a tall man enveloped In a long black over coat, who appeared In the act of ty ing his shoestring. .lust as he walked by Mr. Qow&n received a blow In Hie back of the head, wnloh felled him and tendered him unconscious, during which time the highwayman "went through" his pockets A little negro boy reported to the police that a m in was lying dead on north Lib rty street, and when the olllcers arrived Mr. Gowan had rega'ned consciousness, arid was lying on the sidewalk, whith his head resting against a tele phone post. There was a large knot raised on his head, about the base of the brain; but he was not seriously Injured. Further dovn the street the pur.se, the papers and receipts were found, scattered about. The police have he n working 011 the case; but. so far; there have oeen no develop mcnts Wrecked N ear partanlmrK. Passenger train N ?. 10, bound for Columbia from Ash vi le, was wrecked two and a half miles from Sparturfburg, a short distance from the j u.ction, Friday nlghr,. Fireman Cannon was slightly bruised up, the remainder of the train crew and the passengers escaped with a considerable j ir. The l<;C>mo;ive was turned over and the tender bl icks the main line. The mall coach jumped the track, but the other coaches arc standing on the Iron rails The accident was caused by the locomotive splitting the switch. At the time the train was slowly speed! g along, approaching the thstof a scries of switches on the Aiheville road leading Into the junc tlon. Engineer Lowe iumr;e..i anrl escaped un crtched In jumping Eire man Cannon sustained some painful scratches and and bruises. A Great LlKht. St. Catherine's Lighthouse, on the south coast of the Is'o of Wight, has Just been provided with a new light of 16,000,000 candle power as against 3,000,000 obtained with the old appa ratus. Seen from the land there are three distinct beams of light revolving in view, one just on the point of disappearing behind the "blank" or shield, while the others pa-.t rapidly over the waters of the English channel. CnnHOtcnon Money. On Tuesday Secretary of the Treasury Shaw received $ 12,000 In currency from an unknown conscicncs stiickcn person, who -wrote that years ago he defraudei the government and w.s following the teaching of scripture in restoring fourfold. The money was deposited to the oredit of the "conscience fund." L* ***& NO AID. A NEW CHIEF. Linevitch Relieves Kuropatkin of Command of Army. HE WAS TOO SLOW. f ? mi ? New Armies Will be Raised and Efforts Will be Mride to Put Effective Forces In the Field to Meet and Qveiv i*'? come the Japanese Armies Under Oyama. * A dispatch from St. Petersburg says with the Japanese hanging on the heels and Hanks of the remnants of the broken, defeated Russian army Gen. Kuropatkin, tue Idol of the private soldier, has been dismissed and dl graced aud Gen. 'Llnevltoh, o>mmander of {the First arn)y, appointed 10 succei (1 him in command of all the Russian land and sea forces operating against the. Japanese. The word disgrace, written in large letters In a laconic hnparlal order, wlilch Is gazetted and which contained not & sin gie worn or praise, dImposes of the rumor that Kuropatkln asked to be re| liovei. Russian military annals contain no m >re bitter imperial rebuke. Emperor Nicholas up in the advice of Gen. Dragon in I roll and War Minister SakI haroff, determined the step necessary when It li 'came apparent Wednesday that Kuropatkln, while-concentrating for a stand at Tie Pass, seemed unaware tnat tlie Japanese had worked around Westward again and allowed himself to lie surprised. Old reports brought by Gen. Gripenberg, regarding K lropatklo'a falling mentally, also had influence. Linevitcli hes been able to bring off his army in order after the battle of Mukden. Kuropatkln will return to St. Petersburg forthwith. The task con lined to Llnevitch of withdrawing the remnant of the army of 360,000 to Harbin is desperate. Ho is hemmed in all sides,*" Gen. Kiwaraura is presumably pressing northward through the mountains eastward ready to sweep down, and Geus. Nogl and Oku arc on the west of the Russian forces, while tiie railroad is threatened If not already cut and Chinese bandits are reported In rear of Harbin. The consummation of the Mukden disaster is feared. It Is feared the decimated battalions have again been thrown Into confusion by Oyama's relentless and almost merciless pursuit. The war office fears that more of the siege and field guns which Kuropatkln -aved at Mukden have been sacritloed in the lllght from Tie Pass. Tho Russians were oompelled to burn further stores at Tie Pass and the commiHsarlat was only beginning to feed the half famished troops when a new retreat was ordered. In the face of the possibility of the complete loss of the army and tho admitted fact that Vladivostok is already possibly lost, preparations for continuing the war on a larger scale than ever are proceeding. Another armv of 400.000 m?n i? cr> hn ? - - , WW .w WV MU UU)|/dUUUa ed to Manchuria. It has been decided to form the new arm lis largely of regular units leaving reserves to replace the regulars in garrison duly at home. A divison of the imperial guard will be sent to the front. Some of this year's conscript maybe sent as a separate army to be organ/Jed under Gens. GrodekofT, Oripeuberg and Kamaroff. General mobilization is likely to be accompanied by widespread disorders unless the composition and, function if populir representation under tbc imperial rescript are more satisfactory than now appears probable. The Kmperor twice postponed ^ction on Governor General liouligan's recimmtndatlons. Hilled liilo 11 ii.iting. A dispatch from Greenville to The State says Dudley Hunter, aged 14 years, shot and Instantly killed his young friend, Patrick. Davis, Friday morning in Glassy Mountain township. The killing Is said to have been purely accidental. The two boys were out bunting with young Davis' ather and another yodng man and they bad stopped on the side of the r -ad for a short rest. When they started again young Hunter picked up ids gun and In some way the hammer was caugnt and the gun w is discharged, ihe whole charge of small bird shot (nterlug Davis' bead. Death was Instantaneous Hunter immediately telephone d SheriiT Gilreith, who deputized J. C. Fisher of that place to bring the young man to Greenville. Hunter Is held there awaiting the verdict of the coroners's Jury. Hcalded to Death. The Charleston Post says a colored man by the name of Norman iirown 'ell liPo a vat of boiling water at the Charleston Basket and Veneer Manufacturing Company's factory and vj-.s scalded so badly that be died Frl day night in the hospital from the effoots of his injuries. Brown was engaged in getting out one of the logs which are kept in a vat outside of the fictory to he softened by the boiling water for use, when he slipped on the vat, lost his balance and fell side wise into the scalding water. The fact that tie was not killed at once was made possible by the presence of the thickly massed logs in the vat, which is about fifteen by twenty feet in area. Thoy Will lltxluoe. E. D. Smith of South Carolina, financial agent of the Cotton Growers association is making speeches in Alabama in tho interest of reduction of acreage, lie says reports from Texas and Indian Territory indicate that the reduction will be more than 25 per cent. A H|> iidtlirlft. The Marquis of Angefet of Bangor, Wales, died at Monte Carlo on Tuesday. H<ywas a yotyig man, remarkable chiefly for having spent a fortune of $2,600,000, in addition to an annual inoome of $50,000, in the oouwe 'ofBlxyearg. vj-,',