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"THE WAR IN' Recent Battles Have G of the jap losses greatly isagerateo i I Puzzling lack of Further News at i St. Petersburg?Tokio's Silence Considered Significant. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The lack of further official news regarding the engagement at Port Arthur on the night of July 10th is very puzzling. That the Japanese were heavily defeated is not doubted here, but in the absence of further information, the extent of the disaster that befell them is beginning to be seriously questioned. Definite news has been received from Viceroy Alexieff's headquarters at Mukden that a week before the engagement at Port Arthur. Major General Foek administered a severe defeat to the Japanese on July 4 and July 5. driving them from the heights commanding Lunsantan Pass with a loss of i 2.000. This is considered here as proof ' that there has been heavy fighting before the fortress of Port Arthur, and as making the silence of Tokio regarding It all the more significant. Other Reports of Losses. . Ta Tche Kiao. By Cable.?The latest 'reports regarding the storming of Port Arthur. July 10. place the Japanese losses in killed and wounded at 25,000 and those of the Russians at 5,500. The Japanese retired and the Russians occupied the position. The Japanese have now changed their frontal position and a big batle is expected at the eastern portion of the defenses, owing to the Japanese turning movement. Must Not Mention Ships. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?It is possi1 ble that the fourth ship of the Vladivostock squadron, now off the Japanese coast, is the cruiser Bogatry, as the repairs to that vessel were known some time ago to have been nearly completed. In view of the approaching departure of the Baltic squadron for the far East, extra precautions are being taken to prevent the publication of news of the movements or condition of the Russian ships. The newspapers are strictly forbidden to mention their names, and even foreign news dispatches referring to the Russian vesl*\r tha hAnsor snn ai c hui j'aoo^u \jj vvmw?>* Further Fighting Imminent. Liao Vans. By Cable.?Fighting is imminent at Ta Tohe Kiao and HaiCheng. The Japanese are entrenched six miles south of Ta Tche Kiao. Much skirmishing is taking place. The weather is favorable for the movement of troops. No rain has fallen for a whole week. The thermometer has reglhtered as high as 50 degrees centrigrade. It is rumored that a Japanese column has appeared on the Mukden road. Troops are constantly arriving here. Troops Shifted. Ta Tche Kiao, By Cable.?The Japanese have withdrawn from the west side of the railroad and are massing their armies on the Russian left. Reconnaissances in force carried out by Russian cavalry and artillery yesterday and today aJmost as far south as Kai Ofcou, failed to disclose the Japanese. A diversion is expected from Ta Pass. It is possible that some of the Japanese forces have been drawn ofT to Port Arthur to replace the terrible losses of July 10. Report of Losses Confirmed. London, By Cable.?A dispatch to a it?'we agency from St. Petersburg says the War Office announces the receipt of a dispatch from Port Arthur confirming the report that the Japanese sustained considerable losses on July 11 *iie pyflpt narticaulars of which have not yet been- ascertained. According to the dispatch, the Russians recaptured all the positions lately taken by the Japanese. Officer Wounded. / St. Petersburg. By Cable.?General hennenkampff was wounded, but not seriously, in a skirmish near Salmats- j za. A bullet passed through the calf of \ one of his legs. General Sakharoff. who j reported the wounding of Rennen- i kampff. says it occurred July 13, be- j twcen Liao Yang and Saimatsza, in a I skirmish in which the Japanese were repulsed. Losses Now Placed at 2,000. Mukden, By Cable.?In the fighting *i the right flank of the line of de- . f< cces of Port Arthur July 3 to July 6 j the Russians drove back the Japanese j nwnniod thp past bank of the Lun- | vvv*.j..w? ? santan and the heights commanding ; Lunsantan Pass. The Japanese losses j were about 2,000. Those of the Russians were insignificant. Russian Submarine Tested. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?The subHfc marine boat Fulton, which has been at HH Croistadt. is reported to be in the j Neva, undergoing tests. It is not known j whether she will go to the far East by I rail or with the Baltic squardon. ^ Killed Whole Family. Buffalo. N. Y.. Special.?One of the most shocking tragedies that ever occurred in this city came to light Friday when the dead bodies of Edgar T. L Washburn, a member of the grain firm ' of Heathfield & Washburn, on the board of trade, Washburn's wife and his young daughter, Gladys, 15 years old. were found in a bed room of their home at 83 Putnam street, this city. Mr. Washburn held and shot and killed his wile and daughter, and then turned the weapon upon his head and killed himself. . / THE FAR EAST iven Russia the Better Fight Tien Tsln, By Cable.?The Chinese minister at Tokio has telegraphed the j Wai Wou Pou (the Chinese minister of foreign affairs) that the Japanese government has presented a scheme for the administration of Manchuria, the principal clause of which is that the Japanese will govern the province with the number of Chinese troops now in the country. Information has been received here that unless China suppresses the rebellion in the province of Kwank Si. the French Government has threatened to land troops and put it down. The Chinese Government is much perturbed in consequence. A feeling prevails in Tien Tsin that the Japanese has suffered a terrible reverse at Port Arthur. If they had not, it is thought that the Japanese Government would have contradicted the reported disaster days ago. KUROPATKIN VINDICATED His Strategy Declared to Have Proved Beyond Reproach?Matters in Which He Was Wiser Than His Critics?Apparent Blunders, Such as Zassalitch's Fight on the Yalu j and Stakelberg's March, Seen to j Have Had Valuable Results?Now j Able to Accept Battle. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Experts who, until recently, were inclined to criticise General Kuropatkin's manage raent <j/l affairs in the far East, de- | clare. as the situation develops, that j his strategy has proved, so far, beyond reproach. He has successfully tided over a pressing danger?how pressing only those in close touch with the far East realize. His apparent mistakes, like the prolonged resistance offered by Lieutenant General Zassalitch on the Yalu, turn out to be acts of the highest military judgment. General Kun>patkin then had so few and such poor troops at Liao Yang that the Japanese would have had an easy task to crush the main force of Russians, had they been permitted to cross the Yalu without severe punishment, and the thousands lost by Zassalitch practically saved Liao Yang. Zassalitch, until disgraced. occupied an important staff position. General Baron Stakelberg's march, which also was criticised, is now admitted to have been necessary. The march was a reconnaissance on a grand scale, and not only enabled General Kuropatkin to ascertain the enemy's strength and disposition, but materially disturbed the Japanese plans relative to the siege of Port Arthur, gradually drawing the bulk of the Japanese army to follow the retreating column, and thus distracting attention from the vulnerable spot between Liao Yang and Mudkden. Meanwhile, the men at Kuropatkin's headquarters are improving. Fifty thousand of the best troops from European Russia have reached Liao Yang within a month, and if the Russian commander-in-chief in the far East now chooses to accept a battle, he will be able to inflict a heavy blow. All Russia is looking iorwara with confidence to the issue of the fight. Advance Posts Driven Back. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Under date of July 16. Lieutenant General Sakharoff reports that the chasseurs are driving back the Japanese advance posts southward of Siakotan and east of Kanchi. The Japanese, the general says, have re-captured Kechinhia. They are still fortifying the passes between Fenshui and Motien. The Japanese, the general says, have evacuated Sekeyan and Van Dikan. The country from Siaossyra up to Sihu Pass is free from Japanese, but the pass Itself is occupied by a detachment of the Japanese advance guard. General Sakharoff reports several minor encounters with practically no casualties. May Lead to Extradition Treaty. Mexico City, Special.?George B. Barriere, a Cuban arrested in Vera Cruz, will be returned to Havana. His alleged defalcation amounted to $33,000, Mexico will probably receive in exchange an alleged diamond thief named Soler. Mexico and Cuba have no extnrtition treaty, but this exchange of prisoners may lead to ihe negotiation of such a treaty. No Settlement In Sight. Chicago, Special.?All chances of peace in the packers' strike has vanlohoH fnr the time heine- at least. The end of tbe negotiations came late Saturday after a conference which had lasted nearly all afternoon between the officials of the strikers and a number of packers. The final break resulted when the union officials insisted that all the men who had gone out on strike be taken back and given their old places. The packers declared that this would necessitate the discharge of all the men they had employed since the commencement of the strike, and that they could not, and would not, consider it. The conference then broke up. and the strike will continue. Roosevelt's Notification. Oyster Bay, Special.?President Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb are perfecting arrangements for the ceremony incident to the President's formal notii fication of his nomination, which will j occur at Sagamore Hill on the 27th Inst. All of the details have not been worked out. but the preparations practically have been completed in a general way. The ceremonies will not be ' elaborate or ostentatious. Indeed, they ! will be marked by simplicity. I NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY j Paragraphs of Minor Importance j Gathered From Many Sources. I Through the South. Several persons in various parts of} Virginia were killed by being struck by lightning. Senator Elkins. of West Virginia, in a speech opening the Republican State Convention, eulogized his father-inlaw, Senator Henry G. Davis, but did not advise Republicans to vote for him. There has been placed in the State Library, at Richmond, plate armor taken from the body of a Federal soldier on the Seven Pines field. It is claimed that this sustains the charge that Northern soldiers wore armor. row escapes. Wshington Happenings. It is likely that if American battleships go to Turkish waters they will not sail before August 1. Representative J. W. Babcock, chairman of the Republican Congressional campaign committee, speaks hopefully of the outlook. Baltimore is third in a list of four cities which lead in negro population, Washington being first. Extensive plans for the erection of a war college building and other improvements at Washington barracks are being pushed. The Canadian Government, it is understood, may protest against what is styled the kidnipping of a Louisiana alleged defaulting postmaster in Montreal. Reports received in Washington indicate that the Perry memorial fund Is 1 swelling rapidly. Major Theodore A. Bingham was re- ] tired as a brigadier-general. , The War Department Intends reselling $3,000,000 short-term Philippine , bonds falling due September 1 next. in tne Norm. Fearing that he would have to close ( his restaurant because of the high price ; of beef, John J. Mahoney committed > suicide in New York. I "Al" and "Ben" Wade were electro- 1 cuted at the Ohio Penitentiary annex, in Columbus, for the murder of Kate ! Stillivan, at Toledo, April 14, 1900. 1 Two negroes?Frank Ousley and '< John Johnston?were hanged together at Pittsburg for the murder of James Donnelly, a grocer. Difficulty is being encountered in ! placing the blame for the wreck of a ' picnic train near Chicago, in which 21 ' lives were lost. Anti-railroad-merger Republicans of ' Minnesota are talking of nominating an independent State ticket. The State Board of Health of Illinois has issued an interesting circular ^ on "The Cause and Prevention of Con- ] sumption." * j A committee of Pennsylvania laboring men, who called at Oyster Bay to ^ present a petition to the President , about the Colorado situation, were un- ' able to get an interview with him. * The hundredth anniversary of Alexander Hamilton's death was observed . in New York city. .' A trainload of Italians and Aus- I, trians, recently arriving at Victor, Col., | were speedily deported. | ^ The Mallory Line Steamship San j Jacinto was damaged to the extent of ( $40,000 at Roach's Shipyard, Chester, . Pa. 1 Foreign Affairs. \ Oom Paul Kruger, former President i cf the Transavaal Republic, diel in < Switzerland. 1 The Japanese were reported to have occupied Yin Kow. port of Niuchwang, without resistance. A battle was reported in progress at Ta Tche Kiao. President Castro, of Venezuela, has sued the New York and Bermudez As- ' phait Co. to recover about $10,000,000 damages. The rumor of 30.000 Japs being killed was not confirmed. i A tremendous ovation was given Joseph Chamberlain, who delivered a speech in Albert Hall, London, under the auspices of the Liberal-Unijnist < Council. 1 William Waldorf Astnr's newspaper, 1 the Pall Mall Gazette, nanounces the " engagement of Mr. Astor's daughter ^ ? 11 U Qr.or.rW-r In v 1 raunne iu L<ipi. n. ii( uwv? , formerly of the Life Guords. It was rumored in St. Petersburg ^ that the Japanese were repulsed at Port Arthur, with immense I03S, esti- } mated at 30,000. ? Bulgarian insurgents dynamited a ? train between Salonica and Constant!- t nople, causing injury to 20 persons. c The armies of General Count Keller and General Kuroki were reported facing each other across the River Liank, ready for a battle, 28 miles cast of Liao Yang. ' The arbitration treaty, between Great Britain and Germany was signed in London. Miscellaneous Doings. I Messrs. Cockran, August Belmont i and McCarren had a conference with i Judge Parker at Esopus. I STILL ANOTHER SHOOTING AFFAIR Prominent Newberry County Man Probably Mortally Wounded. A special from Newberry to Saturday's State says: Mr. P. C. Smith was shot throught the right breast by Mr. T. J. Davenport at about 9 o'clock. Both men are prominent and respected citizens of this county. The affair occurred near Independence and was the outcome of a dispute over a road which had been closed by Mr. Davenport against the wishes of Mr. Smith. Messrs. Smith and Davenport were on horseback, accompanied by Mr. R. T. Workman, when the shooting occurred. It is stated that Mr. Davenport fired pointblank at Mr. Smith with a 38calibre revolver, the ball taking effect in the right breast above the nipple. Several physicians are in attendance upon Mr. Smith and it is not yet possible to state whether or not the wound will prove fatal. Mr. Smith is a member of Gov. Heyward's staff. Mr. Davenport came to Newberry immediately after the shooting and gave himself up to the authorities. When seen in the office of his attorney he said that he had no statement to make as yet except that the shooting occurred on his own land and that he deeply regretted the affair. Disappeared at the River. Holly Hill, Special.?On Monday last a colored man was arrested in Eutawville. a few miles above Holly Hill, for cursing a white man on the streets. He was fined $5 and being unable to pay the fine he was locked up in the guardhouse. Tuesday morning the place was found empty, the lock being broken, and two buggy tracks leading to the river were found. Search for the missing man, who is a resident of Eutawville, has continued but without result. The trail disappeared at the river and ko?A V?Aon floViintr fnr V) \ m fhoro luauj na*t ucvu *.%/* u*w since Tuesday. D. G. Low Twee Shot. Bethune, Special.?A personal difficulty occurred on Tuesday afternoon last between Messrs. D. G. Law and Thomas Barnes, who live a few miles below here, during which Law was shot twice, once with a parlor rifle and once with a shot gun. The wounds while not necessarily fatal, are very painful. The trouble originated concerning a horse and buggy which belonged to Law. Palmetto Items. Gov. Heyward, Commissioner Wat3on and Prof. Spillman of the agricultural department are preparing to go to Charleston. The party will leave here Sunday afternoon and spend the following day at Green Pond, which is in the heart of the rice growing country, and the whole rice situation will be looked into. The Bank of Lamar will be open for business by the 1st of August. Its r.eat building will be completed within the next few days. The governor has appointed W. F. Norton magistrate at Mullins vice W. VI. Jones, who died on the 17th of I uuc. The McColl knitting mill has been completed, and the plant is about ready 'or operation. Two hundred operatives -mostly adults?will be required to opirate the "new mill. Gov. Heyward upon the recommenda:ion of the county delegation of York las appointed W. B. Williams, Jr., :ounty auditor to take the place of his 'father who recently died. Governor Heyward could not attend :he veterans' gathering at Leesville Saturday on account of extra pressure :f duties due to his absence from oflce the past several days. Better Rates on Live Stock. Washington, Special.?The InterState Commerce Commission has sustained the contention of the New Orleans Live Stock Exchange against the Texas & Pacific Company, that the imposition of an additional freight rate of $15 per car when less than ten carloads of live stock constituted a shipment was unreasonable. Strike Clash at St. Paul. St. Paul, Minn., Special.?The first lash between the sheriffs force and he striking butchers of Swift & Comiany'8 plant at South St. Paul occurred Saturday night, when a spirited and mrtly successfud effort was made by he company, assisted by Sheriff Grisim tnd deputies, to force about 25 men hrough a big crowd of strikers, who vere congregated about the entrance .0 the packing house yards. A severe :and-to-hand encounter ensued, and several on both sides were bruised. One )f the strikers, J. K. Banks, marshal of he striking pickets, was arrested later md fined $25. Full Time Resumed. Pittsburg, Special.?With a display jf fireworks surpassing that on the Fourth of July, the Homestead Steel Works started operation in full blast Saturday night with the employes working double time. The plant has been operating only about half time for the past year. By the starting of the mill at its full capacity 7,000 men will have steady employment. * * PALMETTO CROP BULLETIN Conditions for the Growth of Crops Have Been Favorable. The week ending 8 a. m.f July 11th, had a mean temperature of 81 degrees which is about 1 above normal, due to very even night temperatures and moderately hot days. The extremes were a minimum of 61 at Greenville on the 5th, and a maximumof 99 at Blackville and Yemassee on the 7th. There were several local high winds accompanying thunder storms, most damaging in a part of Sumter county. The relative humidity was above nor iral along the coast, and normal, or below, lit the interior. The sunshine v?as generally deficient. There were frequent thunder storms In the central and northeastern counties throughout the week, and over the extreme northwestern ones during the closing days, with practically no n*in, rr widely scattered light showers, in the Savannah valley from Anderson county southward to Hampton. The weekly amounts ranged from "trace" to over three inches. Over the greater portion of the State the rainfall was ample for all crops, and in parts of Chesterfield, Darlington and Marlboro counties it was excessive to an injurious extent. The moisture deficiency appears to be most injurious in Greenwood, Saluda, Barnwell and Hampton countie?, with many other localities that are suffering. Additional reports indicate that the hail storm of the 2nd in Marion and York counties was more destructive than at first indicated. There were numerous hail storms on the 7th, but they were destructive over very small, widely separated areas only. The week was generally favorable for farm work and for laying by crops, except in the counties named as having had excessive rains. As a rule crops continue clean and well cultivated, though some places report grassy and weedy fields. In many parts of the State corn is "firing" owing to insufficient moisture, but where rains occurred the corn crop continues very promising, especially j'oung com on bottom lands. The majority of the reports on cotton indicate further improvement, but some deterioration is noted due to both lack of moisture and excessive moisture, causing the plants to yellow, shed their foliage and squares. Insects that puncture squares and young bolls have been noted in Greenville and Pickens counties, by some thought to be boll worms, by others to be boll weevils. rne plants are dooming ireeiy m places and bolls have been noted In a few localities. Sandy land cotton is better than that on clay soils, the latter being unseasonably small. Sea Island cotton has good color and growth and is blooming freely. Tobacco is very promising, with selecting and curing making fair progress. The rains were very beneficial to rice. Melons are ripening generally and shipments are heavy. Stock water still scarce in places. Fruit is scarce in the eastern counties and plentiful in the western ones. J. W. Bauer, Section Director Slayer Captured. Spartanburg, Special.?Henry Jones, the negro who killed Constable C. W. Jones near Easley, last Thursday night, has been captured and is now in jail at this place. Mr. F. A. Metcalf, of Inman, caught the negro about three miles east of that place about dusk Sunday night and brought him here Sunday on the train. Chief of Police Smith, of Easley, and Magistrate J. M. Jameson are in the city and state that the feeling is very high against the negro all through the counties of Greenville and Pickens. Sheriff White has refused to give the negro up to the authorities of those counties on the ground that the prisoner would not be safe there. The negro, Jones, has admitted his guilt since coming to this place, although he protested his innocence when Mr. Metcalf arrested him. There is no danger of lynching here f'.il the Governor returns and sends in Ptructions for the further keeping or the prisoner. There was a reward of $100 offered by the people of Pickens county for the negro, dead or alive. This reward will be paid to Mr. Metcalf. Big Still Destroyed. Iva, Special.?Sheriff Green and State Constable Newell captured a 40-gallon still on the Savannah river about ten miles above here. Joe Eaton, who it is alleged was operating the still, was also captured and placed in jail. Ten gallons of whiskey was found at the still and several hundred gallons of beer was destroyed. Examinations Held. Laurens, Special.?The county board of education conducted the rpecial examination last week for tl<o three Clemson College scholarships, one each for Winthrop, South Carolina Coilege and the College of Charleston. Twenty young would-be farmers competed for the Clemscn < scholarships. For the Winthrop appointment 33 young ladies enteral , the contest. Four young men desire i to go to the South Carolina College, 1 ' " " * fnv th.i I 1 wane une lias uu uppvucuw ivi vuv College of Charleston. Miraculous Statue Crooned. New York, Special.?In the presence . of 25,000 people an Imposing ceremony took place when, by special permis- ' slon of the Pope, the miraculous statue i of Our Lady of Mount Oarmel, belong- , ing to the church of the same name, , was crowned by Archbishop Farley. The function is a rare occurrence any- 1 where, and It is the first time that such ' a ceremony has ever been performed in i the United States. I A, PALMETTO MATTERS Occurrences of Interest In Various Parte of the State. ? M For a Handkerchief Factory. Newberry, Special,?Another enter* prise has been added to Newberry county'3 already large number of manufacturing industries. This enterprlae is the Whitmire Manufacturing Com- 3 pany, of Whitmire, the purpose of the ,<t/ organization being the manufacture of handkerchiefs. This is the only Indus- t try of its kind In this section. The corporators of the concern, which has al- 3 ready been granted a charter, are J. V. Thompson, W. H. Riser and W. H. 1 Scott. It is expected that work on the .J buildings will begin at an early date. South Carolina Items. J The Clinton Cotton . Mill Tuesday ^ increased its capitalization from i $150,000 to $300,000." A handkerchief factory is to be started at Whitmire. * ,:j LeRoy F. Youmans, of Columbia, has been appointed a special judge to hold court at Greenwood, beginning Au- y* gust 8, and running for the specified time. The appointment has been made on account of the illness of jH Judge Gage. t J| As a result of conferences with Horry county promoters, Commission-* | er of Immigration Watson will go t# that county in a few days and make ^ arrangements for a colony. It is expected that about 60,000 acres can be obtained for colonization purposes in :J| that section. Chief Justice Pope has notified the governor of the appointment of Hon. J. E. McDonald, of Winnsboro, to hold special court at Chester, beginning in September. This is in re sponse to a petition by the Chester bar, ^ J calling attention to the fact that it .Jg had been nearly two years since any civil cases had been heard. Commissioner of Immigration Wat- . f son is arranging ror me u-anspuru*tion of a number of immigrants from Marseilles, France, and after being 'f| brought to this State they will be Jjj located in the Pee Dee section. This \* is the beginning of a movement to #| bring a large number of these industrious people here and locate them in ?j various parts of the State. |?M Pelham Wheeler, who was injured jjj in an automobile accident in Colugi- ^ bia Sunday night, was just alive Mon- - | day, but there was hope for his re- \ ^ cove.y. Mr. Wheeler was driving a machine for P. D. Hardy. They ran '3 into a negro preacher's buggy, and the automobile turned turtle. Engineer McAlister of the Southern Railway, who was in the vehicle, was ren- / ' 3 dered unconscious, but was better next ' ^ day. Mr. Hardy suffered numerous deep cuts. Sheriff Coleman, of Florence, Wednesday morning received a call to go to Eastover to investigate and report * on a destructive fire at that place. ' ? The blaze destroyed a barn which was the property of Mr. H. P. Clark, and the contents of the barn, which belonged to Mr. S. J. Dwight These consisted of about 2,000 pounds of . oats, a horse, twelve hogs and a? jj valuable set of farming instruments. The sheriff will make a report on this to the comptroller. ||| Comptroller General Jones has . -j Just completed copies of the testimony taken in the case of S. J. East, '4 the policeman in Florence who was arrested on the charge of burning down the Pee Dee tobacco warehouse. The testimony gives an account of an interesting detective case which was Kv o citizen of Florence, Mr. s nviAVU *-fJ w ? - -? C. H. Barringer, and how East was tangled in a lot of circumstantial evidence. East was granted bail Wednesday in Sumter, but it is understood that be will be watched and wot allowed to leave the State. There was turned over to tne comp- 1 troller general Wednesday an old State bond of $100 of the series of 1866. These bonds were issued under ^ the Administration of Gov. Jas. L. Orr and under the present law are redeemable at 50 per cent The bond matured in 1886 and the interest is lated on up to that time and added the face value of the bond, the total^HH being divided by two. Tothis is added interest at 4 per cent, to the prestime. Forty-two Buildings Burned. Wilmington, Del., Special. ? Fire Tuesday night destroyed 42 buildings in the business and residence section of Millington, Ma., causing a loss of $200,000, partly insured. Not a store remains in the town and the streets are filled with homeless men, women and chilaren. The fire Is late tonight under control. 4 To Speak in Doubtful States. New Orleans, Special.?A telegram from Jackson, Miss., says that Congressman John Sharp Williams will r.iace his services at the disposal of the> national Democratic committee and make speeches in the doubtful States during the coming campaign. He ex- ^ } pects to go to Esopus about the time Lhe national committee meets. t Stanley Lower* His Record. Mount Washington, N. H., Special.? F. E. Stanley, of Newton, Mass., who yesterday made the eight-mile ascent cf Mount Washington in 31 minutes, 15 seconds, breaking the previous record Ly 17 minutes, 44 seconds, lowered bis own figures by nearly 3 minutes, going # up the mountain in 28 minutes, 19 2-5 seconds. '' ?1 ' ^