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THE TOTAL ECLIPSE Interesting Soiar Phenomenon to i Occur May 28th AJ aWE-INSPIRING spectacle i The Path and Duration of Totality? i Where Observations Will be Made W' by ickntists. Vv'rrn^rgtcn. D. C.. Special.?The fort' coming total eclipse of the sun ou May US. is attracting world-wide attention, and astronomers everywhere have long been making preparations for ob- \ serving and photographing the phe- j hiomenon. Besides making the usuai time observations, interest largely centers in photographing the corona, th coronal streamers, the spectra of the chromosphere, and particularly the celebrate flash spectrum appearing both >s?f/ f7v? -r! " x,.? \ / i ^ \ Ynsi -^v ;r4 | -'" I / Jfi TilE TATJI 0? THE ECLirSE Til lit beginning and end of totality. For. innately it will be posible to witness the phenomenon from many sections cI the Lnueu States. The Johns Hopkins University expe ditions to observe the solar eclipse will work in unison with the United States Naval Observatory and under the supervision of the latter. The observatories of i.he Naval Observatory will be ^ divided among live parties. At Pinchiirst. N. C., there will be four astronomers from Washington, under the direction of Profc-sor Skinner; the Johns Hopkins party from the Coast and Goedetic 3urvey. under Professor G. A. Bauer. At Griffin, Ga.t there will be one Naval Obsjcrvatory party, consisting of Dr. L. S. Mitchell, of Columbia University; Professor Henry Crew and Dr. Tatall. of the Northwestern University of Virginia, and L. E. Jewell, of the Johns Hopkins University: Profes_-or S. J. Brown. Astronomical Direc tor of the Naval Observatory, will conduct observations at Barnesville. Ga. The colleges and universities of the country will he well represented. Expeditions will be dispatched by Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Virginia, the University 01" Chicago, etc. On May 2S the circular shadow of tho moon cast by the sun upon the earth, and about eighty miles in diameter, will come sweeping across the Ameriran continent from New Orleans to (tape Henry. Along the centre of the path traveled by this swiftly moving ; shadow the sun will be completely hid-1 Fear Our Polities. 1 Chicago, Special.?A special to th ; Record from Honolulu dated May 9, via. Victoria. B. C.. says: "At a con- ' feren.e cf many prr.minent natives held yesterday it was decided to advise for the present that the Hawaiians hold aloof from both the Republican and Democratic parties and organize a Hawaiian party." J. o. Carter was ind .:s< d for delegate to Congress. Agulnaido Hoard From. Manila, by Cable.?A proclamation j purporting to have been issued by Ag- I uinaldo. and dated May 14. from Poltl- | lo Island, one of the Philippine group ; east of Luzon, is circulating in Manila. : It says the commission appointed by President McKinley was appointed ! without the authorization of Congress ; and that hence it can net treat officially It urges the Filipinos not to surrender ! * their arms at the instigation of the commission, and on promises which ! Congress may not ratify, and he also J urges the Filipinos to enthusiastically j welcome the commission when it ar- , rives in the towns and provinces, asking them boldly for the form of gov- | ^ rnment they racst desire, as the Am- | erk'-tps oermit freedom of speech den for a. period cf about two minutes. More than forty mile3 away, on either side of the track the eclipse will he partial, not total. An eclipse of the sun that will he visible van occur only when the moon is new. At that time she passes exactly between the earth and the sun. According to tiie calculations of Professor Lv.nislen. the round black shadow in out of space some time after sunrise on the morning of May 23. This gigantic arm will come into contact with the firth somewhere near the Ret ilia Gigedo islands in the Pacific ocean. With tremendous velocity the shadow will rush toward the mainland and will enter Mexico, near Corrientes. at a speed of more than 109 miles a minute. In eight minutes it will have crossed the Rocky Mountains, and by 7:30 central or 8:30 eastern time it will have crossed the Gulf and entered Mexich. Then cn it will pass, over its selected path, until it is l03t again in space. The period of totality of the eclipse varies at different points along the track. At the Rocky Mountains the i 777TX3&1 ;^,pg tismu '''Kj0&^JC:\ % %S:M,Mr J I ^?1 'iff I I ' '" ' 1 1 1 ' [ROUGH THE UNITED STATED. * spectacle will last but about thirty seconds. and at New Orleans the period ' will have been lengthened thirty-sev- , en seconds. At Union Point. Green 1 county. Ga. the centre of the path for the United States, the time of tality . < V/U1 be niaey-two seconri< n.h,, I( who are at the a*i *e those fj " - Just I south or me city 01 .notioik, win ur . able to continue their observations for 105 seconds. , Off For Cape Nome. Seattle. Wash., Special.?Saturday and Sunday were probably the banner lays of the rush from Seattle to Cape { Nome. Five or six of the largest ves- ( sels of the great fleet were scheduled to leave. The Garonne, the largest vessel sailing from Seattle, will get away <3ua- ( day night. The steamship Senator puts 1 to sea in the evening with nearly 50ft ( A onlla/1 IJBvseug?T?. oit'iwutri v iciciuuu whcu ^ jit noon. She has 195 passenger.--. ^ Brevities. John Clark Ridpath. the historian.. who is ill at New York, is improviug. l'resident J. J. Little, of the Ne? e York hoard of education, resigned be- ' cause of ill health. 1 Frank Fossctt. on trial for murder j at Fort Worth, Texas, walked unooserved cut of the court house and es- ^ tapod. Rev. Robert Wood Barnwell, of t ?elma. Ala., was elected Bishop Coau- t jutor by the Episcopal Council at Mo- a hile. Ala. t James C. Keough, former tax collec- e tor of Holyoke, Mass., charged with i embezzling $300,000, was sentenced to s 10 years' imprlsonmont. 1 c THE PENSIONERS. The Amount to be Received by Ctte Different Classes. Twelve dollars and thirty cents 13 the allowance of seven thousand ard fiftyone pensioners of the State of South Carolina. This is the allowance net for a month, but for twelve months^ It is what the State allows its pensioners. soldiers of the Lost Cause, who are more than 00 years of as<- and who ; have not mare than $100 a year income. cr widows of old soldiers who may be similarly circumstanced. OM oldiers who were wounded and who 1 hoi'A an inennif 11: t in CX.ry;-. of S2."0 a year are in the same class. Then there is another class known as Class I>, which numbers C?>2 and these are each to get $1(1.40 for the year. Class A, which is made up of those totally helpless, receive $72 a yar and ii numbers forty-eight. This is how the $K>0.00?) appropriated by the State of South Carolina for its indigent Confederate pensioners is distributed. It is a great deal for the State to do for its soldiers.' according to the views cf he cccu:,mic members of i the General Assembly.but it shows how i little there is in the pensions for each of the poor soldiers and widows who ^ feel constrained to apply to the State for which they fought. It is a charity which is not asked lor by Sill who de servo it. For many years the old sol- ! i diers felt a delicacy about asking for i j the pension the State offered. Now that delicacy is passing away to a certain extent and the pension lists this year arc six hundred larger than they were 1 last year. Tf 9 increases and the strength of the lists are largely notice- i able in the border counties on t.ho North Carolina liue. It is a hard matter to confine the lists to those who are striitly entitled to the benefits of he pension appropria- ' tion. Tho county be?yd?, nie.de up of eld soldiers. have to bo relied upon to i a large extent, in fart practically entirely. If frauds creep in it cannot be the fault cf the State board, as the greatest publicity is given to the lists ! that arc approved and circu.x..anees eh.w that most cf the counties are extremely rigid in their regulations an I , examinations. T , The checks for the pension money 1 ' were made out Friday. The rolls for Chesterfield and Florence Coonty arc < net exactly straightened out and in- ] urmauun uas oecn suiuneii uu uieui, arid no roll or return has even yet been ^ received from Charleston. The Staie ( board estimated the Charleston list to j 1 be about the same as it was last year, I * but. of course, can send no money to j < the pensioners in Charleston until the ! | ipprovaed list is received here and j . checked up. The cause of the delay in [ Charleston is not explained. I 1 Winthrop Commencement. i ' Following is the programme of the j 'ommenceraent exercises of Winthrop ( College: On Friday evening. June 1. i ] he Winthrop Chapter. United Daugh- ! t ters of the Confederacy, will hold a 1 egular meeting. An interesting pro- J he most enjoyable feature will be the 2 rramme has been arranged, but by far ; i inniml nftrtrr>co liV tlfil i i Honham, cf Anderson. On Sunday j corning the sermon before the Y. M. j 2. A. will be preached and on Sunday tvening the baccalaureate sermon will | 3e delivered by Bisho Duncan, of the Methodist Church. Monday evening the literary societies will bold their joint elebration; Tuesday morning is to be ' ievoted to the annual concert and re- j eption. The alumnae 11? 'ting comes i 311 Wednesday morning "nd on Wed- j lesday evening the culmination of it ill, the address before the graduating 1 'lass by Mr. J. C. Hemphill, of Charles- i on. and the awarding cf diplomas and ( 'ortificates. t A Progressive Daily. 1 The Columbia State is just now ihnvLMTiir commendable enterprise in its : " . lews service, which is full and complete in every detail. Its editorial ut- ' erances are always vigorous and locid, tnd while one may differ ever so wide. * y from its opinions on matters con- ( cerning the general welfare of thp ; State and nation, we are bound at all ( i:ncs to respect its utterances for J heir candor and fairness. The State r s a truly great paper, always alive and I progressive. and is doing much to ad- I ance South Carolina's industrial and I ither interests. t Wants Assistance. Washington. D. C.. Special.?In ac- s ordance with the request of Attorney t general Griggs, the judiciary commit- f :ee of the l-icuso or n.epreseu?.a.uvc? i. onsidered means of dealing with the I s'eely case and like offenses arising in I ?uba. The need cf action was explain!d by the attorney general in a letter p o Chairman Ray of the committee. t ( Strikers Grow Desperate. St. Louis, Special.?With the suspen- a lion of negotiations the strikers and ;heir sympathizers ate growing des- ? heir sympathizers are growing des- 6 jerate. Up to the present time the ihotting has beer done by the Transit j employes or officers, but the strikers c :ook a hand in this game today. A -5 notorman on the Laclede Avenue line, tamed J. R. Richardson, was shot ir. he head between Grand and Theresa ivenues. dragged from bis car and brually beaten. A special officer on the f ;ame car was disarmed and beaten into j. nsensibilitv. Patrolman Barton was t ;hot in the back of the bead while actng as a guard on Jefferson avenue car, . in a'r gen beire emtdoW. 4 ^ SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS it Hold a Harmonious Convention in Columbia. Columbia. Special.?1The State Democratic convention Wednesday was harmonious for the first time in a decade. and a unit for Bryan and the Chicago platform with added planks. W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, presided. He congratul.-.ted the State upon the k ? xivt nmr in Vi r%. nnm/NnP?1+?A r?) r> L" 2 Li a,, muiij in liic jucuiuiiauL i uuac, The delegation to the national convention was after the debate instruoted tc vote as a unit upon all matters. The! delegates at large are: Senator B. R. I Tillman, Governor 13. B. MeSwwee-1 ney. State Chairman Willie Jones, and A. C. Latimer. From the Congressional districts: First district, W. B. Wilson, Thomas Talbert, second district, James H. Tillman. C. W. Garris; third district, I. H. McCalla and W. J. Stribling; fourth dLstrict. J. A. Alooney, John Gary Evans; fifth district, T. Y. Williams, J. C. Wilboriv; sixth district, D. H. Traxler, T. W. Bouchier; seventh district, J. Wm. Stokes, W. B. Gruber. The platform declares allegiance tc the national party and demands reaffirmation of the Chicago platform at Kansas City. It condemns the financial legislation cf the Republican party as subservient to trusts and national banks. It decries the power of trusts and the hypocritical attitude of the Republican party, "using money stolen t orn the people to debauch the igr.or ant voters." It denouncer, the foreign policy of Pie-icient McKiuley. saying: "The benevolent assimilation of the Filipinos has proven it is an outrage to the consciences of liberty-loving Americans. Our fr?c institutions can not long survive the destruction of those principles on which they rc:t, and th? spectacle of subject people held down by the bayonet ar.d robbed by carpetbaggers, but foreshadows the fate of our country, unless the people arc aroused to our dtrnjer. The yr.itul war of subjugation new being carried *? J T)!,tl,VnlnA<? l**r DrfcMnit \|P. Jli I'll me IUCO *jj A ?-<- . Kinley should be ended at once." The platform demands a strict ad- j berence on the part of the United States to the solemn pledges by which 3ongress promised independence to the Huban patriots. The treatment of Por:o Rico is also condemned, and the wise party leadership of Bryan is commend. ;d, "believing that be will restore the ost prestige of the high ofike of Pres Ident." England's course in the Transvaal is lenounced. The platform says: "Great Britain's unrighteous course deserves iie condemnation of all lovers of selffavemment. and we denounce the cowirdice of the present administration for tot extending an offer of its goc.1 oCl es to terminate the unholy war of sub. ugati.on." Colonel Lawrence W. You mans made i bitter attack on Senator Tillman's ecord, but the convention, with the ;xneption of his vote, passed reooluions endorsing his policy in opposing mperialism. The convention passed esolutions condemning the jute trust, Lutheran Synod fleets. Winston, N. C.. Special.?The United -iitlipran Svnod CDened at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. One hundred lelegates are In attendance, many of! vhom are distinguished divines, repre;enting nearly every Southern State. The opening sermon was preached by lev. J. B. Greiner, of Rural Retreat, /a., president of the Synod. Itl was ollowed by synodical communion. At .: 30 o'clock Bishop Rondthaler, in >ehalf of the pastors of the Twin hty, delivered a beautiful address of velcome. He was followed by Mayor ). B. Eaton, who extended a hearty md royal welcome to the Synod in the lame of Winston. The response in belalf of the Synod was made by Hon. 2. L. Greever, of Tazewell, Ya. Rev. J. 3. Greiner was re-elected president of he Synod for two years. ??C KOCRy iVIUUUl, 1\. V/., Aiguuaui ays: "Prom further observation in he surrounding country we are satisied that the tobacco acreage in Nash ounty will be cut about fifty per cent. Hants are very scarce, a good many >eds being a totalc failure." Maj. W. A. Guthrie has taken an apieal from the decision of Judge Simonon in filackwell's Durham Tobacco Company case. Pittsburg produces a million stogies i day. The acreage of tobacco planting in Jouth Carolina will be increased this eason. Mr. J. B. Duke, president of the tiflerican and Continental tobacco ompanies, is being cartooned by New fork papers. News Items. Cruelty on the high seas brought a ine cf $1,000 and two months ira>riscnment for John Hayes, mate of he snip St. James, at New York. Railways and steamship companies n Germany are experimenting with he use of oil for fuel. . "' ; --V* THE NEW PHYSICIANS An Unusually Lar?e Number in Thin Year's Class. Medicine is apparently a popular and thriving profession in this State. The-e \ver6 more young men to stand the examination before the State board of medical examiners than ever oefore. Last year there were sixty odd applicants and this year there were seventy/ eight. Of this number eight were colored, but there were no women appearing before the board this lime. The State board of medical examiners, together with the branch on which they were examined, are: Dr. Stephens, of Blackviile, on surgery; Dr. Brodie, of Charleston, physiology; Dr. Napier, cf Blenheim, cn materia medica and therapeutics; Dr. Baker, cf Sumter, chemistry and toxicology; Dr. 11. A. Bratton. of Yorkville, anatomy; Dr. 0. B. Mayer, of Newberry, on obstetrics and gynaecology; Dr. T. E. Nott, Jr., on the practice of medicine. New Enterprises. A commission for a charter has been issued to the Farmers' Supply Company, cf Manning. The company proposes going into the grocery and farm supply business. Capital stock $10,000. Corporators, McLeod Wilklcs, D. M. Bradhara and J. H. Rigby. A charter has been issued to the Willard Manufacturing Company, of Columbia. The company proposes manufacturing all kinds of glue, mucilage. ink, pads and stationers' supplies. Capital stock $10,000. I. L. Withers, president and treasurer; F. H. Weston, vice president; E. M. Wilson, secretary; I. L. Withers, F. H. Western and Wm. Weston, directors. . The Endowment Fund Association, of the Charleston Library Association, has filed with the Secretary of State an amendment to its charter. The amendment covers the entire scope of the work of the Endowment Association. V Yorkville has surrendered its c'd charter and taken out one under the new law. A commission for a charter wa.s issued to the Joint Stock Union, cf Greenville. Capital stock $1.00. Corporators: Ellas Nesbitt, B. F. Mc- ' Dow and A. C. Johnson. The comSenliner in real estate. l/ail J Jj/l V.J/WiPV^ MU ?o _ Tobacco NoleA, Advices from Granville county. N. C., is that the tobacco crop will be cut fully twenty-five per cent Mr. T. W. Martin will be manager of tobacco sales warehouses at Scranton and Lake City, S. C., the next season. A report that there was dissension in the board of directors of the Amerl~ can Tobacco Company is aemea ux trust people. Advices from Virginia indicate that a crop of the usual size of dark tobacco will be pitched. The tobacco acreage in Japan this year is reported by that government at 42.1*5 choes. A cho is nearly two and a half acres. The number of persons employed in cultivating the weed is 572,820, nearly double as many as last year. The reports from the Dark leaf dis. tricts are to the effect that a much larger acreage of tobacco will be planted this year than was last year. It is said that the planting will be probably 110 as compared with last year. Owensboro, Ky., strips will be, it is said, about 2.500 hogsheads short of last year's make or a crop shortage of 35 per cent Florida is on the verge of a big *- ^ - 1 TKAW oi-A Doom in looacuo gruwius. iucio ???.*? now SOO applicants for seed tobacco on file In the Florida State department of agriculture and tobacco growers' associations are being formed throughout the State. Stemmers in Owensboro and Henderson have their factories now full and are patiently waiting for a season which from present appearances will not be long delayed. Kansas Republicans. Topeka. Kan., Special.?The Republican State convention here nominated 1 a full State ticket and delegates and electors at large with unexpected unanimity. The resolutions unqualified- ' ly endorse the national and State administrations and pledge the delegates to support Mckinley. W. E. Stanly was nominated for Governor, and H. E. Richter, for Lieutenant Governor. Hotel Helene Burned. Chicago, Special.?Three persons were killed and 15 injured in a fire which on Wednesday .destroyed the Hotel Helena at 110 to;114 Fifty-third street. Five of the injured will probably die. The loss to the buiidingand furnishings was $40,000.-vThe"destructfrm nr the hotel was'replete with dar ing rescues and narrow ?scapes, in which James McNeill earned himself the title of hero. Ho' was a porter in the hotel, and the first to warn the sleeping occupants of their danger. Crevit'es. Rails are being laid for an electric car line in Spartanburg. S. C.