The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 05, 1904, Image 6
The Great Mi
Supplies Our Corn, Wlieat ;
, Be
great Middle West \s-il
Tand the wheat of the cc
most of the beef. The
mm?m?m presence felt in manufacci
plements with which the
the writer heard an East
better and cheaper shoes
These are only a few < ' the straws thai
The Middle West stiil inhabited
so busy getting things going that they
the refinements (sir) of the East, nut
that no Western foot-hall team has yet
the Eastern universities, still we hav.
leges are fairly efficient, and turn or
worthy. When we have a groat educs
Indianapolis are better than those of
ment its savagery, nor resent the o<
comes to it from over the Alleghanie
and the Westerners do not mind. T
Toads and making their ities beautiful
Here is a little story which may s
Yorker who called a Missourian "provi
the retort. '"Everybody in Missouri ki
few people in New York know anvtli
the man who made this tale was a N
sidered it a joke. I leave my readers
repeat, goes on her way bringing hoi
turning them to account in her own lio
and run the newspapers and the com
ters marry dukes and princes and sit
specially reserved for the mighty. T1
West less, byt that they are preparin
when K will have to come to then..
people who live in the Northwest reri
take off our hats!
<5
Russia's Territ
Frightful unci Habitual Dee
Fo
By A. D. I
jhhaN consequence of the terrib
(g&I have devastated Russia.
l!Xl A spring of 1899 to inquire
governments of Europeai
^ne ?* 'ts members,
ItanHnn# lished some results of th?
the quantity of grain sow:
35 per cent, between 18C1-18C5 and 189
ant living in these governments sufferei
and the terrible consequences are alret
How greatly exhausted the soil has b
according to the commission, the gTour
did thirty years ago.
The impoverishment of the popvla
of the great increase of the numbers <
.decreased by 48 per cent, between 18C
. died of famine many peasants have
the plough.
Notwithstanding the frightful and
food more than half of Russia's expo
meal. These exports of food represent
?40,000.000 a year. If the Russian po
sia could not export any grain, but wot
cannot always afford to eat' his own gra
Government gathers the taxes, and mi
the harvest is over. Their food has be
form of taxe3 and is sent out of the c<
huge foreign loans which have been c
* " o.^cia'c cvnansionist p
iurinerauce ui ? ?,
and navy, her strategical railways and
sia. her secret service, her shipping s
paid for with the food of the peasants
eat their own food Russia would speed!
J? <?
The Ignominy
The Shadow of the Gallowi
I n no
on the gallows is the
D suffer. The terrors of tl
itself, for death is the cor
^ out flinching, no matter it
the death of a felon?to
associations of an ffxecut
ness of the condemned n
Van Dine. Niedermier, and Marx n
They showed no mercy for others, ar.<
world. They must die, leaving to the 1
live on in ignominy and dishonor. Fort
1 have no wives and children to share 1
future years. The shadow of the gall
is the awfulest thing to contemplate i:
The car-barn murderers will have no p
The mothers and brothers and sisters
bear the degradation.
Many a young man. whose footste
Van Dine, Neidermier and Marx trod, r
tacle of such a death.
Sometimes it is a glorious thing to
name has corac down to us honored in s
the noose cut off his breath were: "I
to give for my country." But to die
death which is waking for these threi
ishment that can be inflicted by the out
Let the lesson sink deeply into the
J? ?
What Women
All Women Do Not Confine
Boo
is at least a differen
Tj distaste of women for se'
critic in the National Rc^
mmmmmmrn nor on principle do they
their minds, and give the
HfcifigE/ other makes the comfortin
are called, the "solid" boo
culating libraries are in the proportion
erage. M. Ernest Quentin Bauchart has
that many rare and beautiful volumes
treasured by French ladies, from Mai
How far the pleasures of a collector r
is always a delicate point to decide: bt
that some of these ladies loved their
"Books and art." he says with happy t<
ame de Pompadour's liking than the di
dium of Louis XV.: and many a time she
plays and nove-ls than engaged in conscic
els." l^a Duchesse de Montpensier?"La
rious and scholarly books. The frivoloi
plagued her. I.a Grande Mademoiselle 1
but the choice does credit to her taste foi
were a shade less diverting than mathen
The Yankee in England.
An enterprising Yankee came over 1
to England and decided to open a
shop in Birmingham. He obtained <
premises ni?t door to a man who also
kept a shop of the same description,
but was not very pushing in his busi- j
ness methods. The methods of the !
Yankee, however, caused the older j <
trader to wake up. and, with the spirit j *
of originality strong upon him. he af- 5
fixed a notice over his shop with the <
ddle West
cuicl Hogs and Most of Our
ef.
1 one day "wag the dog." The corn
mntry are grown here, the hogs and
West is also beginning to make its .
iring. They make the agricultural im- ,
world tiils its fields, and not long ago j
ern shoe-dealer say that he could get |
from Ohio than from Massachusetts,
t show which way :he wind is blowing,
by a pioneer people; they have boon |
have had scarcely time to acquire all j
they are doing their best. It is true j
; succeeded in downing the elevens of j
i reason to believe that Western coiit
men whose scholarship i is not tiniter
saying that the public schools of
Boston, the West need not greatly laxasional
condescending smile which
s. The East must have some solace,
hey go on building school-houses and
serve as an apologue. It is of a New
neial." "^ou are the provincial." was
nows ail aoout New York, but mighty
ling alrout Missouri." 1 suspect that
ew Yorker, and that his hearers oonto
get a moral. The Middle West, I
no ideas from the outside world, and
usekecping. Some of her sons go East
iting-houses: and some of her daugh011
thrones and other desirable seats
lis does not mean that they love the
g the rest of the world for the time
To the Middle Wo'jt. then, to the
itorv and the Louisiana Purchase, we
$ 0
>le Famines.
irtli of the Most Neceasurv
ocl.
5oljeno\v.
fmnnnnt famines which of late
!C ail** * vxfwv~.
a commission was appointed in the
into the economic decay of the central
i Russia.
, Mr. A. D. Poljenow, has recently pubit
inquiry, from which it appears that
n per head of population decreased by
1-1896. We are told ">the Russia peasi
chronically from insufficiency of food,
idy apparent to a pronounced degree."
>eeome is evident from the fact that,
id yields now 27 per cent, less than it
ition has been so great that, in spite
)f peasants, the number of horses has
8 and 1895. As so many horses have
taken their wives and children into
habitual dearth of the most necessary
rts always consist of corn, flour and
a money value of from ?30.500.000 to
pulation were properly nourished Rusild
have to import. But the peasants
iin. Immediately after the harvest fhe
my taxpayers are left to starve after
en collected by the Government in the
juntry in order to pay interest on the
ontracted by the Government for the
olicy. Thus Russia's enormous army
harbors, her loans to China and Perubsidies
and her export bounties are
. and if the peasants were allowed to
ily be bankrupt.?Nineteenth Century.
? m
Hano'ino'
U1 IIUAI^aaa^*
h Darkens* tlie Lives* of tlie
cent.
most ignominious fate which man can
tie scaffold lie not so much in death
nraon lot, and most men meet it with1
what form it comes. But to die
have life taken amid all the horrible
ion?is what makes the chief bittertan's
lot.
iust die in atonement of their crimes,
i they can expect little pity from the
tvorld, as a heritage, names which will
tunately for posterity, these three men
the infamy of their names during the
ows, falling over innocent little ones,
n connection with capital punishment,
osterity to hide their heads in shame.
>. and other relatives, however, must
" 1 ~ ~ i/->n n:Viif>h I
ps are tenutng m me uho.?iUU ?
10 doubt will pause before the specdie,
even by the rope. Nathan Hale's
;tory and verse. His last words before
only regret that I have but one life
the death of a murderer?to die the
? inhuman boys?is the supreme punraged
law.
hearts of the rising generation.
w m
. Read.
Tlieir Heading to FVivolou8*
Ich.
ce of opinion in regard to the alleged
core and systematic reading. One
iew assc-rts that neither for pleasuro
study books which would cultivate
m broad and stable views of life. Ang
statement that the good, or, as they
ks, taken by women f^om English cirof
two to five,?a very creditable avshown
us, in I.es Femmes Bibliophiles,
were for two centuries collected and
"garet of Valois to Marie Antoinette,
nerge into the pleasures of a student I
it Mr. Andrew Lang is of the opinion
libraries, even to the reading point.
Dlerance, "were probably more to Madversions
by which she beguiled the te
would rather have been quiet with her
?ntiously conducted, but distasteful revi
Grande Mademoiselle"?liked only sens
ones, she used to say. wearied and
was by no means the wisest of women,
amusement. The romances of her age
latics.?Harper's Bazar.
words, "Established fifty years," painted
in large letters. Next day the
fankee replied to this with a notice
}ver the store to this effect, "Established
yesterday. No old stock."?
rhe Country Gentleman.
The hydroscope, invented by Pino of
Uenoa. is a long tube, with optical instruments
in one end. which, when
aibmerged, will reflect any submarine
jbject upon canvas aboard ship.
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LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters of General Interest in
Short Paragraphs.
Down in Dixie.
A new ice factory has just been completed
at Elkins.
I)r. Isadore Dyer, in a lecture at New
Orleans, declared that he had cured 12
lepers.
T.V_ ?F 'DOT
i ill." L/au^iurid ui iuc nuiciitau nt?olution
have adjourned and gone to
Jamestown. Ya.
It is now certain that Dr. Crum will
not be confirmed as collector at Charleston.
S. C., during this Congress.
Hon. J. C. Pritchard has been appointed
by the President to the position
made vacant by the recent death
of Judge Simonton.
\V. L. Moody, of Fairmont. W. Va..
has wagered $300 that he can walk
from Fairmont to St. Louis in one
month. He will start May 1.
The United States Supreme Court
dismissed, on the ground that no relief
is possible, the two cases involving the
suffrage clause of the new Virginia
constitution.
The contract has been given for the
construction of six Washington carJon
factories in the Grassell, suburb of
Clarksburg. Six large buildings, ranging
in dimensions from 80x80 to lOOx
300 feet, will be constructed of steel,
brick and stone.
The Petersburg City Council has
adopted an ordinance making the
license tax to do trading-stamp business
in Petersburg $250 per annum.
There was much complaint on the part
of many merchants that the tax was
not made higher in order to prohibit
the business here. At a special meeting
of the Council later the tax was
increased to $1,000 per annum.
At The National Capital.
An unusually large number of naval
vessels will be at the diaposal of the
Annapoiis miasnipmen next summer.
Friends of Navy Paymaster BIscoe. it
is said, may lodge charges with the department
against Rear-Admiral Evans.
Representative M. E. Benton, of Missoiyjj.
declares the Democrats will take
the tariff as an issue in the coming
Presidential campaign.
It is reported that in the event of
Mr. Roosevelt's election Secretary Taft
will become Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court and Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge Secretary of State.
The President awarded a medal of
honor to Secret Service Office Richard
II. Taylor for heroism exhibited as a
rcembeF of the navy at Apia. Samoa, j
March 1C. 1889.
In the general deficiency appropriation
bill adopted Wednesday the Sen- j
ate amendment extending for two j
years the time for filing claims for i
property taken from Confederate of- J
fleers and soldiers, was agreed to.
At The North.
The number of workmen on the
World's Fair in St. Louis was increased
to 80.000 but it was stated that
the Exposition would not he entirely
finished by the opening day, April 30.
Redfern. the noted Paris dressmaker,
left New York for St. Louis to look
after his exhibit at the World's Fair.
Fire destroyed the interior of the
Victor Talking Machine Company's
plant at Camden. N. J., causing a loss
of $500,000, with insurance of $250,000.
One watchman was killed, another
badly wounded and an alleged thief
3hot in a fight with packing-house robbers
in Chicago.
Mrs. Louise Rodney Holeomb. of
Newcastle. Del., sued for a divorce
from Capt. Chauneey Holeomb, alleg
ing cruelty.
Miss Bertha C. Weightman. Philadelphia's
richest heiress, was married to
Dr. N. R. Norton, of New York.
From Across The Sea.
Prince Pu Lun, a nephew of the Emperior
of China and China's commissioner
to the St. Louis Fair, was presented
to the President.
The Russian General Staff received
information that the Japanese are
planning to force General Kuropatkin
to attack them.
Vassili Verestchagin, the artist who
was killed at Port Arthur, expressed
in his will the conviction that he would
never return to Russia.
It is now stated that CO persons were
killed in the recent wreck in the Mexican
Central railroad near Zacatccas.
Peruvian troops refuse to evacuate
territory on the western frontier of
Brazil, which is regarded as belonging
to Brazil.
The birth of an heir to the Russian
throne late in the summer is expected.
Miscellaneous flatters.
Joel Sarver, a rich farmer, near Martinsville,
was robbed Sunday night.
The house was set on fire, and while
he mem hers of the familv were fight
ing the flames the robbers entered and
stole several hundred dollars and escaped.
A strike was ordered for tomorrow of
the 100.000 garment workers of America,
but was deferred in order to negotiate
with the employers.
Saliie Gaston, colored, of Courtland,
v.as shot and almost instantly killed
by her son, William Gaston. 25 years
e ld. They quarreled violently shortly
before the killing.
President Loubet arrived in Rome
and was welcomed by King Victor
Emmanuel.
Ilased on plans now In contemplation,
the proposed Lincoln statute to be
erected in Washington will cost about
$1,000,000.
Capt. Charles S. Bromwell. Corps of
Engineers, will act as Superintendent
of Buildings and Grounds during Col.
T. W. Symons' absence in New York.
Governor P. B. Odell had a long conference
with President Roosevelt on
New York State politics.
The Reichstag discussed a bill for a
new railroad in the cotton-growing
district of German East Africa.
? .
WIN A BIG BATTLE
? ?
Glorious Victory Crowns Prowess Of
Japanese Arms
HEAVY LOSSES TO RUSSIANS ARMY
The First Army, under General Kuroki.
Forces a Passage of the Yalu
and Drives the Russians from Chien
Tien Cheng.
Tokio. By Cable.?After five days of
fighting, largely with artillery, the
first Japanese army, under General
Kuroki, has forced a crossing of the
Yalu river and Sunday with a gallant
charge covering a frontage of four
miles, it drove the Russians from Chiu
Tien Cheng and the heights on the
right bank of the Iho or Aida river,
which enters the Yalu from tue
North almost opposite Wiju. The Japanese
turned the lert Rank of the Russian
position and in the battle of Sun
day they swept the new front interposed
by the Russians to check their
onward movement. The present position
of the Japanese is a dominating
one and they may force the abandonment
of the defenses erected by the
Russians at Antung and otner points
lower down the river.
General Kuroki began the movement
on Tuesday by ordering a detachment
of the Imperial Guards division to
seize the island of Kurito, which is in
the Yalu above Wiju. and a detachment
of the second division to seize the island
of Kintieto. which is situated below
Wiju. The detachment of the Im
periai uuaras met some resistance, uui
it succeeded in clearing the enemy out
and occupied Kurito Island. The
Russians abandoned the island of Kinteito
when attacked by the detachment
of the second divisions.
The action losses sustained by the
detachment of the Imperial Guards is
not known, as there is an error in that
part of the message received here referring
to the number killed, but 9
of the detachment were severely and
1G slightly wounded. The detachment
of the second division which took
island of Kinito sustained no losses.
During these movements on the island
the Russians opened fire on the
Japanese with eight guns from a hill
behind Chu-Tien-Chein and two Hotehkiss
guns which were mounted on the
bank of the river at Kosan. where the
Russians seemed to have established
their headquarters. One battery of Japanese
artillery which had taken a position
on a hill to the east of Wiju fired
three volleys at Kosan and at 1 o'clock
Tuesday the Russian batteries behind
Chu Cheng opened fire, wounding one
Japanese soldier with shrapnel. On
Wednesday the bombardment of Wiju
was continued, the firing being at intervals.
The Japanese artillery did not
respond to this fact. General Karoki
has received reports to the effect that
the Japanese loss was small.
The Russians shelled the reconnoitering
party from an emplacement in
the thills in the southeast part of Yoshoko.
This fire was without effect. The
n 1 ? ? Ivn Kill hohinrl
rtUSSlclIl CWLJUCIJ I'll IUC 111.1 UVM...U
Chin-Cheng firing' at a high angle,
opened on Wiju. where some Japanese
batteries had taken position. This
firing continued until Thursday night
and General Kuroki reports that while
it was ineffective, it disturbed his preparations
for an attack. The Russians
resumed the shelling of Wiju on Friday.
but the Japanese guns did not reply.
The twelfth division of the Japanese
t rmy was chosen to make the first
crossing of the Yalu. It began its preparations
on Friday by driving the
Russians from their position on the
bank of the river. Opposite Suikochin.
which is eight miles above Wiju. and
the point selected for the crossing. This
division constructed a pontoon bridge
over the river and at 3 o'clock Saturday
morning it began crossing. The entire
division crossed over the rivei and by
C o'clock p. m., it was in the position
assigned to it for the battle Sunday.
The movement of the twelfth Japanese
division was covered by the second
Regiment of field artillery and
another artillery regiment of heavy
guns.
The Japanese losses in the bombardments
of Saturday were two men killed
and five officers and 22 men
wounded. A flotilla of gun-boats from
the squadron of Admiral Hosova participated
in the fighting of Saturday.
It encountered mixed force of Russians
infantry, cavalry and artillery on
the Manchtirian bank of the Yalu below
Antung and after a sharp fight
gcattered them to the hills.
A bridge across the ma'n stream of
the Yalu. just below Wiju, was completed
at 8 o'clock Saturday night
and the second Japanese division and
the Imperial Guards immediately began
crossing.
They advanced and occupied the hills
back of Kosan. facing the Russian position
on the right bank of the river.
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^ill IUIUU5U .......
after regiment of Japanese soldiers
poured across the bridge and at a late
hour Saturday night General Kuroki
telegraphed to the general staff of the
army:
"I will attack the enemy on May 1. at
dawn."
True to his promise General Kuroki
at daylight today centered all his artillery
on the Russian position between
Chiu-Tien-Cheng and Yoshoko. To this
fire the Russians made reply with all
their batteries. At 7 o'clock in the
morning the Russian battery at Yoshoko
was silenced and half an hour later
General Kuroki ordered his line,
stretching for four miles, to attack.
The Japanese infantry on the word of
command, charged across the Iho.
News of the Day.
A tornado which swept Indian Territory.
Texas, Arkansas and other sections
of the Southwest killed 13 persons
so far as known, injured scores
of others, some fatally, and destroyed a
large amount of property.
The crew of 27 men on board the
French waterlogged barkentine Union
was rescued by the steamer Haverford
and taken to Philadelphia.
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CONGRESS ADJOURNS
Minority Leader Williams Offers Resolutions
Commending the Impartial
Conduct of the Speaker.
The closing Thursday of the second
session of the House of the Fiftyeighth
Congress was made notable by
the demonstration which was evoked
by a resolution offered by Mr. Williams,
the minority leader, testifying
to the courtesy and fair and impartial
manner in which Speaker Cannon had
presided over the House. The resolu- ,
tion was not of the perfunctory kind,
but was expressive of the kindly feel- !
ing which men in the House of all parties
entertained toward him. In a
graceful speech the Speaker declared
his appreciation of the resolution.
Many conference reports were agreed
to on bills which had been in dispute
between the two Houses, including
that on the bill for the government of
the canal zone. The only debate of
any importance was on the bill providing
for the restoration to the Naval
Academy of three cadets who had
been dismissed for hazing, the House
voting overwhelmingly against it.
I When the resolution for adjournment
was presented. Mr. Williams, of
Mississippi, the minority leader, remarked
that "while the Democrats personally
would feel very glad to get
back to their homes they would regret
for a long time the in-action of the
majority oi the House that seems anxious
to leave the post of duty and leave
a situation bristling with legislation
that ought to be considered."
Mr. Payne said that he felt assured
"that after seven years of uninterrupted
Republican rule the country
will say that every important interest
has been carefully guarded by the
n r* locriclatinn nf
nepuunraii pai 1/ uj iuc v5?oiHv*vM ?.
those seven years."
The time was within five minutes
oi the hour set for adjournment when
Mr. Williams, amid impressive silence,
was recognized to present a resolution
expressive of the appreciation of the
House for the fair and impartial manner
in which the Speaker had presided
over that body. The resolution refers
lo the sturdy common sense and genial
good humor which have been displayed
by the Speaker, and which have
induced the Speaker, and which have
Induced the members of the House itself
in a degree almost unprecedented,
in imitation of him. to display the
same sterling American characteristic
in their deliberations and mutual dealings.
Mr. Williams said that it was
a great thing to be a Speaker of the
House of Commons of the American
republic, but that it was a greater
thing "not to permit the fact of promotion
to that place, one of the most
exalted in the world, to turn one's
head in the slightest degree, or to deflect
one from the course hitherto pursued
of being a plain American citizen
with extraordinary common sense and
a remarkable fund of that most characteristic
of all America qualitiesgenial
humor."
Mr. Williams then convulsed the
House by referring to a conversation
he once had with the Speaker, in the
course of which he said: "Mr. Speaker,
_n. *m?j, vn? arp a3 fair
I Win aiwaja uiun v.i..v
a? I believe you will be." The Speaker
he said, replied: "John, I am going to
be as fair as I can consistently with
the exigencies of American politics."
Mr. Williams declared that the
Speaker did himself injustice when he
put that limitation upon his statement.
"but." Mr. Williams said, "it was
characteristic of the frankness and
candor of the man to put in the limitation."
The resolution was unanimously
adopted on a rising vote, and
the Speaker was escorted to the rostrum
amid frantic applause. He was
visibly affected when he thanked the
House for the resolution, saying it
touched him more than he could express.
He said, among other things:
"In the nature of things, the contests
on the hustings and in the hall of
the House are spirited and earnest. I
would be less than human did I not
say that while, for the time being, I
*!-.? miinritv after all.
co-operate wim mc mUJv..v,
the minority has a function to perform I
almost equal in importance to the I
function of the majority, and it is a
matter of gratification not only to me
now. but as I recollect it at the close I
of the various Congresses of which I I
have been a member, that when the J
heat of contest has died away there I
I ever remains resnect upon each side for I
I the other, for the efforts of intelligent, I
patriotic, brave men who represent I
their constituents according to the re- I
sportive judgments."
The Speaker at 2:10 o'clock adjourn- I
cd the House, and was given one of I
the greatest demonstrations of regard
ever witnessed in the House of Repre- I
eentatives. As, to a man the members I
rose and sang "America." the occu- I
pants of the galleries joined in.
Speaker Cannon took a position near I
the lobby door on the Republican side,
and the members filed past and bade I
him "good-bye," all the while singing, I
"He's a jolly good fellow," with a re- I
frain, "So say we all of us* 'to the tune I
cf "America." closing with "God be
with you till we meet again."
Senate Adjournment.
With a brief announcement and a
sharp rap of his well-worked gavel, I
President Pro Tern Frye adjourned the
Senate sine die at 2 p. m. Thursday, I
the hour fixed by the resolution of the I
two Houses of Congress. The occur-1
reuce v.as devoid of unusual incident. I
j. v de- I
The greater pan. vi n?c
tut^rd to a political debate which was
participated in on the Republican side
by Messrs. Allison and Aldrich, and on
the Democratic side by Messrs. Gorman
and Culberson. The President
and his cabinet occupied the President's
room during a part of the debate,
and some of the President's advisers
were among the most interested
listeners to the criticism and defense
of their chief. Mrs. Roosevelt and
otner members of the President's
family occupied seats in the gallery
toward the close of the session, and
they, too. found entertainment in the
proceedings. The only important acts
of legislation during the day were the i
presentation and acceptance of con-1
terence reports on the Panama canal j
government and emergency river and J
harbor bills. Neither report aroused !
debate. |
After the adoption of a resolution of
thanks to Mr. Frve. the presiding of |
liter, the Senate adjourned.
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Bid FAIR IS OPEN ,
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Now
Ready For the Public - r DOORS
THROWN OPEN SATURDAY
Flawless Weather and Large Attendance?President
Pressed :he Button
in Washington at 12.15 O'clock.
St. Louis, Special.?Representing a
larger expenditure than any similar
enterprise heretofore attempted on
this continent, greater in its ambition,
and larger in its scope than any previous
effort of its kind, the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition was formally opened
Saturday afternoon. The inaugural
exercises could hardly have been .
improved upon. They were simple
and were carried through without delay
of any description. ,
President Pressed the Button.
Washington Special. ? President
Roosevelt pressed the gold key which
completed the electrical circuit and
released the gigantic power of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at
St. Louis, putting in motion the 40,000horse
power machinery and the fairylike
cascades in the grounds. The
ceremony occurred in the East Room
of the White House, precisely at 1.14
1-2 o'clock. Eastern standard tim*. As
the President pressed the kejf the third
battery of United States artillery,
stationed south of the White
House, fired a salute of twenty-one /
guns. Congratulatory messages then :
were exchanged between the President
and David R. Francis, president
of the Exposition Company. The historic
ceremony was witnessed by a
notable assemblage, including members
of the cabinet, justices of the
Supreme Court, and members of the
diplomatic corps. Three telegraphic
circuits between' the East Room and
the administration building of the Ex
position were proviuea Dy iue ru&m?
Telegraph Company.
The table which supported the telegraph
instruments was located in the
East Room. On it rested a small
dais covered with blue and gold plush,
to the top of which was attached the
gold key with which the President
closed the circuit. The same dais
and the same key have been used on
several similar occasions.
Receiver Wanted For Rice Co.
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San Antonio. Special.?The Alliance
Trust Company, limited, of England,
has filed suit in the United States
District Court, asking for the appointment
of a receiver for the Raywood
Rice, Canal and Milling Company,
which has 13,000 acres of rice in cul- .
tivation in Liberty county. It is alleged
that the company is indebted to
the Trust Coinnany In the sum of
$100,000 and is under contract to build
* * -- * ? 1a n/1 o or
bouses upon ana irrigate na i&uu, aggregating
about 42,000 acres. While
no default iu interest is alleged, it is
charged that the work agreed to be
done has not been done according to
contract, and the court has been asked
to appoint a receiver tq^ operate
the plant in the interest o? the creditors
as well as the company. The
hearing has been set for ten days'
hence. There are numerous creditors
of the Rice Company in eastern
Texas.
Japanese Blow Up Railway.
London. By Cable.?The Daily Telegraph's
correspondent at Irkutsk,
Siberia, under Wednesday's date, says
that the Japanese have blown up' a
portion of the railway at Khalir, but
that the resultant damage is insigm- .1
flcant.
John W. Kennedy Arrested.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Special.?John
W. Kennedy, under arrest here on
suspicion, has admitted he is wanted
in Staunton. Va., for the wrecking of '
an express train and killing of the en- <
gineer two years ago. Kennedy had
been convicted and sentenced to be
hanged on March 11th. Two days .?
before the time set for his execution
he escaped.
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A Strike Called Off.
Roanoke, Special.?The strike inaugurated
against the Southern Express
Company by the telegraph op- "
erators and express agents along the
lints of the Norfolk & Western Railway
two months ago. when several
hundred express offices were cfosed .
because the express people would not .
grant a 10 per cen.t increase in commissions
paid the telegraphers on express
business, was called off after conferences
between T. W. Leafy, vice
nresident and general manager of the
Southern Express Company, and a j
committee from the Order of Railway
Telegraphers who represented the
strikers.
News fn Notes.
Bert Thorndyke. a prominent joung
man of San Jose. Cal., masked, held
up six rat'n in a club and was later
killed by a posse.
Mrs. Mary A. Powell confessed at
Dover. Del., thai she murdered her
foster daughter, Essie Albin.
Several famous Trench statues in
the World's Fair, at St. Louis, were J
thrown down and smashed and irremediable
damage done,