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.- - ? ? 1 " " 1- - -,- - - . | , | RV C?ANKSCA (.ES <fe LANGSTON- ANDERSON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1897. .!,. XXXTTT NO. 17 FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE Of the Crew of 780 Men Aboard the British Bat tleship Formidable Only 201 Were Saved. LITTLE HOPE OF MORE SURVIVORS Land Fightng in the East and West Has Brought About No Ma terial Change in the Situation.' (Dy ASSOCtated Pn-*0 I LONDON. Jun. 8.-Ano'her 50 men j from the British battleship Formida ble, lost in tho English Channel Fri day, have reached safety after riding ont a fierce palo for upwnrdB ot 20 hours In un open cutter. This makes u total ot 201 survivors out of a crew of TS0. The latest survivors landed at Lytne-dtegis. on the Dorsetshire roast, late Inst night. All were in a s.ate of exhaustion after their terri ble experience. They declare there is little hope, of any further survivors, as the tremeudous sen running would make lt impossible for men to live l(?ii,: enough to bn picked up by pass ing vessels, while many of those clinging to tho wreckage undoubted ly were killed when tho second ex plosion occurred. The admiralty has not issued any Htatement in reference, to. the. cause of the disaster or where lt occurred. The land fighting, which is sporadic in the west, but more continual .in the east, lins brought about no material change in the situation, Artillery is playing thc biggest uart along the western front, although at points lhere has been close range lighting. The Germans deny French reports that they have been driven out cf part of thc village of Steinbach, up per Alsace, which ha? been the Hcene 0? sanguinary lighting for a week past. ; There have been engagements on tho ' rivers Dzura and Rawka, in Poland, ; but seemingly the Germans are no nearer Warsaw than they were a week ago. They have commenced of fensive operations in tho direction of Kielet. One u< tho larger it owns ot souther.. Poland, which doubtless ha;; Tor its. object-the holding up of thc Russian advance through Galicia on Cracow. .An attempted German advance from \Ll:i\v;i, in an- effort to divert the Russian threat to outflunk the Teu tonic center by crossing the lower Vistula. northwoBt of ? Warsaw, lins been checked- hy the Russians. According to Petrograd reports', the russians continue to sweep the Austrian; westward along the south ern Gallchin railway toward Grybow and Neus?rido and out of the north ern foothills of thc Carpathians." Tho Xtriscovite? also are credited with hating organized a new campaign against Hungary, advancing tn four ( columns acroBs tho mountains. This, ? lt ls said, will not be like previous raids, but will bo a regular invasion. Further east, tho Russians are marching aer?se. Dukowins, not far north of tho Rumanian frontier, to ward Transylvania. It is considered likelv Rumanian action will bc has tened by'this ?top. On thc Caucasian front, where Field Marshal von Der Goltz Is lo lake command; the Turks hflVn Mcciininii *he f.?Tr?f.iVC CT".:'. crcrs ed the Russian frontier nt threo points. Heavy fighting ls reponed. By rennes* of Kin? Georeo, tomor row will be observed aa a day of in frceBftlon. tthd special*' prayerb for tint- MtCcASft of tho Allies* arms will be offered In every church and chapel r wr> -i-_M J._ ... .... ? . mm it-iiftiuiin BM mil kingdom. Drang* Beak Issued, In an Orango Rook issued at the in? (-lance of tho Russian minister for foreign affairs at Petrograd, It ts charged that the independence of the Ottoman Empire "fahtshed definitely from the moment that the German cruisers Gooben end Breslau took ref uge In the Dardanelles." and that the German ships under German com mand mode "an attack on th? peace ful shores of an empire which was maintaining perfect neighborly rela tions with the Turks." Count TIRFA, the Hungarian pre mier, according to a Berlin dispatch, has affirmed that mutual cocfWroce, love and respect exist between Aus tria-Hungary and Germany. FOUR GERMAN ARMY OFFICERS TAKEOFF SHIP Charged With Conspir acy to Defraud U. S. Government By the Use of American Passports. ?OTHER ARRESTS ARE BEING MADE Two Held in $20 OOO Bail-Ar rests Are Culmination of In vestigation in Progress Since Arrest of Carl Lody. CHy Aiiociotivl Prom.) SKW YORK, Jan. 2.-Av alleged conspiracy to furnish Cen Heers and reservists with frau .. y ob tained American passport?, to enable them to return to Germany without danger of molestation hy French or English authorities, was brought to I light today by the department of jus tice. The disclosure cam;? with tho ar rest of Carl Ruroede, a former agent or the North Gerninn Lloyd Steamship Line, end with the removal from thc outward bound steamer Her gen sf jord ot a German anny officer and three German reservists. All were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States government through tho use of American passports. The four soldiers were taken off the steamer just an she was passing quarantine and brought back to New York on a revenue cutter. All four bore- photographic passports 'issued by the state departmeut ti Americans and alleged to have.been furnished by Ruroede. Other arrests 'are expected. Ruroede Bald tonight, according tn department of justice agents, that whatever he had done had been on his own initiative and was Inspired by patriotic motives. He was held in $20.000 ball, which he was unable to furnish tonight.. With bim was ar rested John Aliener, his alleged asso ciate, who also was held in 920,000 hail, and Ruroedc's 17-year-old son who was released on his own recog nizance. The German officer, Lieutenant Ar thur Wilhelm Heinrich Sachse, was paroled on his honor "as an officer aud a gentleman" not to leave New York city during the pendency of tho proceedings. The three reservists, Walter Muller. August Meyer, aud Herman Wegener. were held in 85, 1)00 ball each. Fohr others, two with American and two with German names, were detained under $."00 ball each ns ma terial witnesses. The arrests were thc- culmination, it was said tonight, of an Investiga tion in progress sinoj the arrest in Kn gland of Carl Lody. who subse quently was executes :?s a German spy. . Lpdy had a passport issued to au American'and the department of J?st ice learned that other American passports also were In the hands . of German citizens. This discovery was of great concern'to the atate .depart ment as lt was feared Americans holding passports would be opeu to suspicion and possible peril of their (CONTINUED ON PAOfE HFVEN.1 COMBUSTIBLES FOUND IN HAY British Steamer Caught on Fire ? w . a - _- - - ???*.. nun j.0iTing ainuaur? rr im , Horses for A!!**d Armies, NEW ORLEANS; Jan. 2.- Combus tibles were found in bay on the steam er Rembrandt, which caught ftre re v.viii?.) ci?or ron. Lu S i?at?Stn>r? wita hornes for the allied armies, accord ing to a Ktstemoat made here today by A. Eldin, captain of the vessel. The fire forced tho ship to pot beck to Newport News Captab. Klein said that, after the fire had been extinguished, powder abd other' combustibles were found, but that he was noe certain they caused the blaze. The* powder was not strong ly encased,'he said, and there waa nothing to indicate an attempt had been made to blow hp thu ship. Some of the crew believed it might hare been placed there to aid any fire that might have started. Law Death Bate. NEW YOKK, Jan. 2.-New York'* death rate for last year-13.40 per 1.000 of population-was the lowest in thejetty's history'. The health dei parurent made this snnouncement to day. Ruins of Whitby Abb 'Jut i = This photograph, ,Just received lu . the United States, shows part of what was left of Whitby Abbe, ono of the famous historic churches of England, after the bombardment by German warships which raided the east coast of England, Dec. 16. Shells from the cruisers some miles at sea beat down the old walls until little was left. It ARE UNFITTED FOR SELF GOVERNMENT Filipinos Should First Be Educat ed ts Opinion of Former President Tait. (Ky A*.*ociaUnl Pmss.) WASHINGTON, Jan, 2.- Former President Tatt today told the senate' committee working on the ailmints tractlon bill for enlarging Philiplne independence that thc Filipinos in his opinion would he unfitted for self government for the next 30 years probably for the half century. Demo cratic party promises of Independence, ho declared, had resulted In unrest to which be attributed, in a measure, the recent revolutionary disturbances. Neither President Mcginley. "Presi dent Roosevelt nor himself, he said, bad contemplated turnkig the Phili ppine government over to the natives before lucy */ere educated, for self government. He quoted from President j Wilson's writings that "self govern-1 ment ls not a mere form of institution, ' hut a form cf character." "We cannot present thc Filipino Wiih ? i"li.ii Tn iei ," bait? the lorillel- ( President. "It must, be acquired. You ? cannot make over a people io one generation. Tu? lime wi? be neces sary to train the ""lupino people for self government is the tim? that will he necessary to,rna*-to tuem an Eng lish-speaking people. If you give these peoplo independence now or by 1920 fitter's Di?1* -wnnld arise tn th? Philippines of they would get into a condition that caused the fall of Diaz, in Mexico." I The former President, while dis avowing intention of posing as a mili tary expert, saki la answer to ques tions that American obligation to de fend the Philippines might he a "source ot weakness in time of war." , "But," he continued. "I do not be lieve that any of tho nations now en- < gaged In the European war would look on the poesesslr.n of the Phillip pines as a naval base, as a apurce ot weakness." Mr. Taft declared that In his opin ion Japan had no desire to take the Philippines away from this country.' "I twice visited Japan and confer- ! red with the authorities on this very point," he continued, "and lt's my opinion that their experiences in For mosa have been quite enough in that direction." ey After Bombardment b was among immy other buildings of Whitby. Scarborough, Hartelpool and , Went Hartelpool damaged hy German sheila. Whitby, which was the smallest of the bombarded Co v.-ns. was famous chiefly for its beautiful old cathedral. Tradition has it that Hobin Hood and Lilttle John practiced urcuery from Us SIXTEEN PARDONS; EIGHTEEN PAROLES, ,36 COMMUTATIONS GOV. BLEASE EXERCISES RIGHT OF CLEMENCY IN 70 MORE CASES BRINGS TOTAL ! LIST TO 1,614 Last List Includes Thirty-Three', Prisoners Serving Life Terms For Morder. < Special ta Tho fntelUc*nesr. COLUMBIA. Jan. 2.-Only a corpor al's guard of prisoners romain in tho penitentiary, following tho action of Governor Blease this afternoon in granting clemoncy to seventy more convicts, bringing hie total list to 1,614. sixteen pardons, eighteen parole? and thirty six commutations of senten ces made up the latest batch. George W. Tldwell. of Greenville, under sentence nf twelve years for manslaughter, as a result of Blaring Emmet Walker, received a reduction to a seven year sentence. Hie appeal j ara? ?rmaaA H?!cre j Jw. rUprcn.C CCU Pt , enly a few days ago. Thomas Noland, alias ''Chicago No land." and Charles Howard. alias 'Texas Dutch," two notorious yegg men from Spartan burg, were paroled DO condition that they be turned over to United States authorities. Federal officers were waiting for them with ? warrants, and they will be tried In] the federal court on the charge of safe 1 cracking in post offices. They were sent np from Spartanburg in 1907 for ten years on tho charge of house- ? breaking ead larceny, and prior, to1 that time served a term In the-federal : prison ' In Atlanta for blowing a post : office safe at En oree. Clyde May, ?cnt oto from Union for I Hf? in 1912 for murder, received a re- ? duet lon In sentence to two years, and< lohn Henry May, sent up at the sarue time from the same place for life for (CONTINUED ON TAOS SEX.) German Warships. /.*?*. cn ft- rv a c *> '. towers. The abbey was founded in the sev enth century, but te buildings were practically rebuilt . In the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. The old church towers formed a conspicuous land mark from the seo. The town itself never has been robbed by modern en terprises of its Old World charm. DEVELOPMENTS IN Reanre.t of Steamship is Looked; on 'xs Likely to Produce Com plication*. <Uy AmocUted Prc?.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.-While no; word came from Ambassador Page to- I day is to the character of the reply Great Britain will make to the Ameri can protest against interference with American trade, there were several ilevelopmentB in the general shipping situation. Tho United States asked Great Brit ain for information as to how the Brit ish 8tatment In November that naval stores would be regarded as non-con traband would be reconciled in actual practico with the British notification at a week ago that these products now ! are absolute contraband. Information ls sought as to bow cargoes now en route are to be affected. The case of the steamship Brlndilla, uiglnally detained at Halifax and re arrested on her re tun. Journey from ' Egypt and ts ken to a French port, ls looked on as likely to produce com plications. Should the question of chango ?? registry bo raised a precedent may be j iet for. while Great Britain has recog nized transfers when a bona Ade na ure, the attitude of France bas never icen declared. Making Pornos Ja Shed. FA?iiS, Jan. ?.-A navan dispatch irisa Lisbon says an explosion in a shed in the Estrella quarter ot the Portuguese capitel todsy revealed [hat two men were making bombs Lhere. One of them waa knled and the other wounded. The pol'.ce found teveral bombs In the building. i oonoo or?', no o OOOOOOO > TURKS OCCUPY ARDAHAN e ? LONDON, Jan. 3.-4 a. m.-The o > Turks have occupied Ardaban. o > penetrating 50 miles into the Rus o r sian Caucasus, sccording to the o > Constantinople correspondent ot o > the Exchange Telegraph company, o , - o ? Ardah an is a fortified town on o ? the Kur, 45 miles northwest of o . Kars, in the Trans-Caucasia. Fight? > lng between, the Turks and Rus- o MMIGRATfOK BILL CONTAINS LITERACY TEST Measure Passed by Sen ate Despite Indications That President Wil son Would Veto. CARRIED BY A BIG MAJORITY Vote Indicates That the Measure Can Be Repasted by More Than Required Two-Thirds Majority. (Cly Aa?o<Ut?(l Frew.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Tho immi gration nili, containing tho restrictive literacy teBt for admission of allens, passed the senate late today, 50 to 7. Tho overwhelming majority was re corded despite- Indications that Pres ident . I Ison would veto the mensure, as did former President Taft, if lt should come to him with the educa tional test included. The vote indicated that tho bill could be repnssed by more than the required two-thirds majority should tho president reject tho measure. Senators who voted against tho bill were: Brandegee. McCumber. Mar tine, O'Gorman, Ransdell, Kt od and WalBh. The bill passed the house last Feb ruary, 241 to 126. Literacy test Unaltered. Although tho senate amended the houBO bill in several particulars, the literacy -test WSB unaltered, ?ave for an additional exemption to Belgian subjects, adopted today after pro longed debate House leaders prob ably will ask xor4 a conference on Beuate amendments Monday, but ad ministration leaders were .confident senate nmendmenta would be accept* ed and the bill sent to the president by the middle of next weex. Among senate am end m ec tn whlsh house leaders have saved probably would be accepted is'one to exclude from the -United States all persons of the African race or of negro blood. Another strengthens the phraseology of the prohibition of polygamists. Belgian Farmers Exempt. Closing hours of tho debato were devoted to an amendment by Senator Lodge to exempt Belgian fanners from tho literacy test and from' pro visions which prohibit . Americana from soliciting or inducing immigra tion. Already American organisations are endeavoring to Induce Belgians to settle in this country. The amend ment .us finally adopted. 34 tv 22, reads: , j "That the provisions of this act| relating to the illiteracy test or in duced or assisted Immigration shall not apply to agricultural immigrante from Belgium who come to tho United States during the course of tho pres : ent European war or within one year 'after Its termination owing to cir cumstances or conditions arising through the wt ir, 1} lt la shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner gen-, eral or immigration that the said Bel- ' gian immigrants come with tho inten-1 (CONTINUED ON PACE SEVEN.) AMERICAN SHIP DETAINED 2 DAYS Captain Refuses to Transport ' Troop? With Their Horses and Arms. (riv AwnrintKd Prwu.; SAN FEiANCISCO, Jan. 2.-The American steamship San Juan, of the Paclfln Mall Bendee, was detained tv: o d-yz ci SsSA?m Ci ?* li jr Generai Arr?ela, of Carranra's forces, and at one time was threatened with de struction by dynamite, according to the report submitted to the San Juan's owner by her captain when she ar rived here today. On December 19 General ArrTeta de manded that the San Juan, then in Salina Crus, transport 60 of hts men and 20 officers, together with their horses and arms, to Mazatlan, Cap? tain Stewart said. He replied that he was willing to take the Mexicans as pssengers, but not as soldiers. Gen eral Ar rle ta. he said, then refused to give the vessel clearance and thrvit ened to dynamite lt unless h's wishes were met. C?ptala Stalwart remained resolute and the question was finally settled on his own terms. He accepted tbs soldiers, un sunned, ns passengers and landed them st MaxaUan December 25. HITCH ABOUT THE SIGNING OF AGREEMENT Difficulties Have Arisen in General Scott's Ne gotiations With the Two Mexican . t Generals. * TO AVOID FIRING ACROSS THE LINE American Subbed \\o Death by Unknown Mexican-Severe Fighting in Progrese South ?-. of Pueble. i (By AModaUMl Prese.) I WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Difficulties have erlsen in General Scott's nego tiations with the Mexican Generals Mayiorena and Hill, of the Gutierrez and Carranza factions .respectively, for the designation of Naco, Sonora, as a neutral town to avoid firing toto American territory. Acting Secretary of State Lansing conferred today with President Wil son and Acting Secretary of War Breckenridge on the subject and iater further.suggestions woro sent to Gen eral Scbtt. Enrique C. Ll?rente, Gu tierrez's Washington repr?sent?t!*?, also talked af length with Mr. Breck enridge. 'Mr. U?rebto and high offi cials said they weio confident an. ad justment would bo reached without j the necessity of devlBive action by tho 'batteries of artillery recently posted across the line -from Naco. Tho following statement vas - Is sued by Secretary Tumulty, niter a conference with the president: "There is ? hitch about the signing of the agreement between; Marteretta and this government in attempting to adjust the differences. The govern ment baa not been informed exactly what the differences are, but ls trying to ascertain them." Until today lt was generally unp poaed that both Hill and Mayierens were ready to agree that the former would abandon Naco and move bia forces to Agua Prieta, while Maytore na waa to transfer hie men to Noga les. I While the negotiations still have for 'their object neutralisation ot Naco, Mr. Ll?rente said tonight some other methods of reoL-.ng the same result was being discussed. The state department received word from its agenta in Mexico City today that the national convention ad journed until Monday after a urie? session yesterday when th> question or how many delegates were to rep sent the Zapata army of the south was debated without result. Washington officials are greet! terested In the deliberations *,t i <? convention celled to select a pravfc lonsl president for a period of sweral months until a general election cea be held. It Ia understood Villa and his adherents favor the continuation In office of Eulalio Gutierrez. The Zapata element is opposed to tala, and the names of General Felipe An geles or General Jose Isabel Robles, minister of war In the Gutierres cab inet, are being prominently mention, od. The stete department also waa ad vised that H. G. C. Atwater, an Amer ican, waa stabbed to death at Tempi? co by a Mexican whose Identity waa unknown. The department baa no clue to Atwater'B home address or relatives. Mexico City was reported quiet NO csssenger tra'n west north yesterday on acC?snt cf ?c?rcity of fuel. Genera! J. Cerr&nss, brctbsr cf General Venustiano Carranza, baa '?cen taken prisoner at Salina Crae. Mexico, according tu an undated die patch to the department, which also told or a revolt at San Geronimo. A Vera Cruz dispatch, dated Decem ber 30, and received at the department today, said "severe fighting waa la progress southeast of mobla," Other advices were summarized Itt thia statement: "The department IS Just ta receipt of an undated dispatch from the weat coast of Mexico, ria narr wireless, stating that the Carran sa forces bad been driven from Teeto City ard A ca p?nete after three dava fighting; that the invasion of Stanton waa com mencing; that Villa leaders wee at tempting to pt entire order and that conditions were growing worse.** torin Almost Deoennlated. CHICAGO. Jai?. 2.-Calls for rutted States soldiers on the Mexican bord er. In Colorado. Arkansas and else where during the 1a*t two years have almost dsnonulated the lt forts In tho central department, according to a reoort today by Colonel TX A. Fred erick, at departmental headquarters,