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mm aub ton m SOmiK WATOHMAK, Satab?iihed April. IS50. -Be Just and Fear uot-Letall tno Ends tho? Alms t at be thy Country-T^od's and T^s,_TKB TRDB SOPTHROH, g?tabMab?d Jon. 13" SUMTER. S. 0 . WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30, 1904._ Sew Series-Yol. XXIII. So. ?8 Cosolidated Aug. 2,1881. JM. <3r. Osteen; SUMTER, 8. C, ?IRSES : .gi 50 psr ano a ai-io advabfle. iOTIKflSIBIR?: .Jae Square first inaerricru..,.-,.Cd Svery subsequent i 33er; i oe ........ 50 Contracts for three months, or longer ?"ill Oe made at reduced rates. AU communications ?hies subserve private interests will be charged for ^sadTertiements. Obituaries and tribales cf respects viii be charged fox. ?!L MILLS 6L0SE8 FAR SE?S0H. _ I Said Business is Overdoae-About Twice as Many Wills as There j is Supply of Seed. Columbia, April 13.-The two piante of the American and Southern Cotton Oil costpaaies here, whose combined capacity is about 4G0 tons of seed a day, have closed down for the season, this being about the usual time to close* Employees of both companies report an an profite ble season on account of the high price of seed and the oom paratively low price of the product. They say the business is overdone, which may be trae to the etxent that there are many more mills than there is seed to supply them with, lt is said that the two mills here have not ran two-thirds of their capacity the past season and that this has been an aver? se experience of mills throughout this and ether States. And yet about 13 new mills came into the Seid this sea? son in this State alone, and many more are spoken of for the ?ext season. One of the local mills crushed 12,000 tons of seed at an average price of $19.13. The figures from the other mill could, not be obtained yesterday. The price of seed during the last three months of the present season ha? been the\ highest on record. The price started ont in September at ll cents a bushel, but steadily kept climbing an? ti! it was nearly 3G cents before Christ? mas. .It is estimated that the pri?e laid down in the warehouses here has been 35 cents a bushel. 8EGIL RHODES S?HOUBSHIP. five Young -Men Are Standing the Competitive Examination. Columbia, April 14.-The examina? tion of applicants for the Cecil Ehodes ' scholarship from this State began yesterday and closes today. The - successful contestant will get a free scholarship at the great Uni? versity of Oxford, which was the re? cipient of a munificent legacy upon the death of the gold king of South Africa. The young men who are being ex? amined are Messrs. Towles of Charles? ton, Maree of Greenville, Ervin of Abbeville, L. T. Mills of Camden and fl. Mills of Columbia. The super? visors of the examination are Pres. Sloan and Prof. Bain of the South Carolina college. The questions were prepared in Oxford and the name of the successful contestant will be an? nounced from there in a few weeks. MW, FATE OF i MB. Efferts to Rescue Him Ail Prove in Vain. Boonton, N. J. April 12.-Wm. Hoar, a diver from New York, who was im? prisoned in 70 feet of water in the Jersey City reservoir here yesterday, was this afternoon given np for dead by other divers who had coiLe to aid in rescuing him. About an hour be? fore cbe rescuing party desisted, it was thought that he had given a signal, but a physician said that the tug at the rope undoubtedly was the result of the line catchnig on some obstruction. Hoar was sent here on Monday from New York to close an intake pipe in the lake. Hoar went down early yesterday afternoon to place the ball in proper position and his left leg be? came caught between the pipe and the ball. All efforts to release him failed. OT HIT *m ? ? ? irrriM The Best Family Salve. Hewitt's Witch Hazsl Salve gives instant reliyf from barn-*, cares Cut', bruise?, pores. 9 cz i m a. tetter and alt abrasions of of che <k??>. In buying Witch Hazel Salve it is orly nea;-*?*! cy to see that you eet tho gennie DyWitt'- arm a cure is cer? tain. Tnere are man - cheap counter? feits on. the raarSet, all <>i which are worthies* r.i:d <?ntte a few .ir? dangerous, while De vita's Wt,ch ?lazel Salve is per? fectly h-ir ri?jss nui cure*. Soid by Olia B. Davis. - mn ???? 1 BennettKvilie. April 15.-The rela? tives of Sergt. Ernest Reynolds have received a cablegram bearing the sad intelligence that he was killed in bat? tle near Manila last Monday. Be was torn to pieces by a cannon ball and died instantly. Good for Children. The p!ea?ant to take and harmless One Minnie Oou/h Cure gives immediate re? lief in ail cases of cough, croup and l t*rrio^e because it d.)e* not pass immedi? ately into the stomach, but fakes effect Hifhi at the peat of the trouble. It draws out the inflammation, heal* and soothes and curs8 permanently by enabling the j lungs to contribute pure life-giving and life sustaining oxygen lo the blood and tissues. One Minute Ccnglv Cure is pleas? ant to take and is good alike for yemig > and old. Sold by Olin B. Davis. THE JAPANESE TORPEDO BOATS DIO IT. They Attacked and Sunk the Rus? sian Battleship and a Torpedo Boat Destroyer as Well. Story That Ship Struck a Mine a Russian Fabrication. % ! ^London, April 14, 1 p. m.-The Times special correspondent tele? graphs today from Chefoo, that it is reported-that the Japanese fleet again attacked Port Arthur this morning engaging both fleet and forts. It ia stated, also, that another Russian battleship was sunk. The name of the battleship is not given, nor have any details of the battle "been receiv? ed. JAP TORPEDO BOATS SUNK THE - BATTLESHIP. f Tokio, April l?, 12.30 p. m.-A dial patch received this morning from Ad? miral Uria officially reports that the Russian battleship Petropavelovsk was sunk in the b?tele yesterday morning by Japanese torpedo boats and not by a mine as the Kassians have reported. He reports also that a Russian torpedo boat destroyer was sunk and other Ships of the Russian fleet seriously injured. No statement as to the damage sustained by the Japanese fleet has been given out by the officials and it is not known whether the Japanese fleet escaped uninjured or not. THE RUSSIAN STORY. St. Petersburg, April 13, 6.38 p. m. -The following official dispatch has been received here from Rear Admiral Grigorovitch, the commandant at Port Arthur, addressed to* the emperor: "Port Arthur, April 13. "The Pefrropavlovsk struck a mine which blew her np and she turned turtle. Our squadron was under Golden Hill. The Japanese squadron was 'approaching. Vice' Admiral MakaToff evidently was lost. Grand Duke Cyril was saved. He is slightly injured. Capt. Jakovleif was saved though severely injured, as were five officers and 32 men, all more or less injured. ""The enemy-Ts fleet has disappeared. Rear Admiral Prince Onktolsky has assumed command of the fleet. ' ' The following dispatch to the czar has been receiv?d from Viceroy Alexieff : "Mukden, April 13. "A telegram has just been received from Lieut. Gen. Stcessel, commander of the military forces at Port Arthur. I regret to report to your majesty that the Pacific fleet has suffered irreparable loss by the death of its brave and capable commander, who was lost, together with the Petropav? lovsk. " - Another dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff to the czar says : "According to reports from the com? mandant at Port Arthur the battleships and cruisers went out to meet the enemy, but in consequence of the enemy receiving reinforcements, mak? ing his total strength 30 vessels, our squadron returned to the roadstead, whereupon the Petropavlovsk touched a mine, resulting in lier destruction. Grand Duke Cyril, who was on board, was saved. He was slightly injured. The whole squadron then reentered port. The Japanese are now off Cape Liao Shan. No reports had been re? ceived from the acting commander of the fleet up to the time this dispatch was seni." ST. PETERSBURG FEELS BLOW. St. Petersburg, April 13.-The awful disaster to the battleship Petropav? lovsk at Port Arthur with the loss of almost her entire crew of over 600 men and the death of Vice Admiral Maka roff, has been a terribie blow. It would have fallen less heavily if the ship and the commander in chief of the fleet had been lost in battle, but to be the result of another accident fol? lowing upon the heels of a succession of tragedies of which the Port Arthur fleet has been the victim has created something like consternation. "Reverses we can endure," said a prominent Russian, "but to have the Petropavlovsk meet the fate of the Yenesei and the Boyarin is heartbreak? ing." Besides, it lias just become known that the battleship Poltava several weeks ago had a hole rammed in her by the battleship Sevastopol while the latter was manoeuveriug in the harbor of Port Arthur. The day has been ono of intense ex? citement in St. Petersburg. The first inkling of the catastrophe leaked out on the receipt of a telegram by Grand Duke Vladimir from his son. Grand Dnl<e Boris announcing the loss of the Petropavlovsk and wounding ! of Grand Duke Cvri?, who was first ? officer. The Grand Duchess Vladimir I was almost frantic cn the rceeipt of ! the telegram, being convinced that j the message was only a precursor of ? worse news as it was signed by Grand j Duke Boris, instead of the "aide to Grand Duke Cyril, Lieut, von Kube. j SKETCH OF MA KARO FF. Admiral Makaroff was born in 1S4??, i served as an ensign for two years and as lieutenant for six. He was one cf the heroes of the fighting on the river Danube during the Russo-Turkish war. Makaroff and Skrydlcff who j have since many times been honored by their government, were at that j time lieutenants in the Russian navy ! and volunteered to make a night attack j on a powerful Turkish ironclad, j With a torpedo boat they succeeded in ; blowing up the Turkish vessel. At the end of that campaign Maka- ? rofl was promoted captain and was | decorated with the orders of St. j Valdknir and St. George, was presented with a sword of honor and was given the title of adjatant to the late em? peror of Russia. Makaroff command? ed the guardship of the Russian em? bassy at Constantinople in 1881, en? abling bim to make a study of the de? fenses of Bosphorus. He was next appointed chief of staff with the Baltic fleet and in 1898 com? manded that fleet. In the following year Makaroff was appointed com? mander-in-chief at Cronstadt, which post he held until February of the present year when he was sent to the far east as commander-in-chief of the Russian Pacific fleet THE DESTROYED BATTLESHIP. The Petropavlovsk, which had twice previously been reported damaged in Japanese attacks on Port Arthur, was a first-class battleship of 10,960 tons dis? placement and 14,213 indicated horse? power. She was 3673^ feet long, had 69 feet beam and her armored belt was of about 16 inches of steel, with 10 inches of steel armor on her turrets. Her armament consisted of four 12 inch, twelve 6-inch, thirty-four smaller guns and six torpedo tubes. The complement of the Petropavlovsk when fully manned, was 700 men. She was built at St. Petersburg and was completed in 1898. JAPANESE DAMAGED ANOTHER RUSSIAN SHIP. London, April 14.-The Daily Tele? graph's correspondent at Wei Hai Wei, telegrpahing under date of April 13, says: "The British cruiser Espi?gle re? ports that at 5.45 o'clock this morning she sighted five Japanese warships engaging the Russian cruiser Bayan, making for Port Arthur from the direction of the Yalu. The Russian cruiser Askold and another cruiser issued from Port Arthur to assist the Bayan. At 6.45 o'clock the Russians got under the shelter of the forts, but the Bayan was evidently damaged as quantities of steam was seen escap? ing. "At 8 o'clock the Japanese ships opened a heavy gun fire on the forts, which did not reply and after 15 minutes' bombardment the Japanese retired to the eeastward. '' RUSSIAN LOSSES HEAVY. London, April 14.-No actual news lias yet reached London beyond the Russian telegrams, but dispatches from Wei Hai Wei induce the confident belief that a naval engagement oc? curred off Port Arthur of a severe character and that later telegrams will show that the Russians suffered a severer loss than is yet admitted. Nothing in the way of news has been received here from the Japan? ese side, but a rumor has reached Rome that Vice Admiral Makaroff's squadron was attacked by the whole Japanese fleet, concealed behind the Miaokaio islands (Miaotao islands?) and his retreat was cut off and he was forced to fight against odds with the result that ailhis^hips were damaged, while the Petropavlovsk was sur? rounded by torpedo boats struck by five torpedoes and blown up. Another rumor is to the effect that Rear Admiral Molas is among those killed aboard the Petropavlovsk. No great attention is paid to these rumors, but the universal opinion here is that the official explanations of thc disaster are unsatisfactory. RUMORS OF A BATTLE. St. Petersburg, April 13, 9.30 p. m. -It was rumored here tonight that Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky (actingcommander of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur) engaged 18 Japanese warships off Port Arthur this after? noon. SKIRMISH AT THE YALU, j St. Petersburg, April 13.-An offi? cial dispatch sent by an aide de camp of Gen. Kuropatkin to the emperor, dated April 12, says: "Gen. Kachtalinsky, commanding the Russian forces at the Yalu river, reports that April ll, during an en? gagement of outposts our losses were one officer, one sub-officer and two soldiers killed and two soldiers wounded." RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK. Tokio, April 13, 5 p. m.-An official telegram from Wiju says that a com? pany of Russian troops attempted to cross the first stream of the Yalu river west of Wiju this morning and that a company of Japanese attacked and drove the Russians back. The bodies of 20 dead Russians, the telegram adds, were found after the fight. Their uniforms showed that they belonged to the Twelfth regiment of sharp? shooters. ANOTHER FIGHT. Chefcc, April 14.-An unconfirmed report from a Japanese source states that the Japanese reopened the bom? bardment of Port Arthur at S o'clock Wednesday morning, tho vessels man? euvering in a circle before the port. This action evidently followed the one reported early yesterday morn i ncr. ST PETERSBURG DOESN'T KNOW. St. Petersburg, April 14.-What has been the issue of the combat between Rear Adm^al Ouktomsky and the Japanese fleet, or whether a fight has actually taken place, is not known in St. Petersburg. At -2.30 o'clock this morning the commission of eensors adjourned after announcing that no further news had been communicated. LOOKS GLOOMY FOR RUSS TA. St. Petersburg, April 13.-Eve.-, if Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky, v.ho i< now in charge of the fleet at Port Arthur is able to go to sea with four battleships, which it is not certain he can do, Vice Admiral Togo could bring against him a greatly superior force. It is pointed out that all the Japanese admiral need now do is to be outside Port Arthur and trans? ports can pasi? with absolute impu ni ty. Every one admits tonight that the outlook on the sea is decidedly gloomy for Russia. St Petersburg, April 15, 1.30 p. m. -Communication with Port Arthur has been interrupted this morning and it is repcrted from Monk den, but not officially, that the Japanese have blocked the entrance to Port Arthur harbor and have also succeeded in cut? ting off land communication with that place, and are preparing for the long threatened siege. This city is in a fever of excitement over the report and the most gloomy feeling pervades all circles from the highest officials to the crowds on the streets. EMPEROR'S PALACE IN SEOUL BURNED. Paris, April 15, 2 p. m.-It is re? ported here that the imperial palace in Seoul, Corea, has been burned and that the Emperor has fled from the city. The inhabitants of Seoul are said to be panic stricken and the ut? most disorder prevails. St. Petersburg, April 14.- Rear Ad? miral Prince Ouktomsky wired from Port Arthur today that the Bezstrashni one of the Russian torpedo boat de? stroyers sent out during the night to reconnoiter, became separated from the rest of the fleet, owing to the bad weather prevailing, was surrounded by Japanese torpedo boat destroyers and was sunk in the tight. Five men were saved. Forty-five officers and men perished on board the torpedo boat destroyer Bezstrashni. Admiral Ouktomsy adds : "I have taken command provisionally of the fleet since the disaster to the Petropavlovsk. "During some manoeuvering of the battleship squadron the Pobieda struck against a mine amidships on the starboard side. She was able to regain port by herself. No one on board of her w*s killed or woanded." THE POBIEDA, ?CRIPPLED BY MINE AT PORT ARTHUR. The Pobiedia s a battleship of 12,674 tons displacement and of 1,500 horse power. She is 40134 feet long, has 71}4 feet beam and draws 26 feet of water, and is heavily armored with steel. She was completed in 1901, has a complement of 732 men: her estimat? ed speed is 18 knots. The steel armor of the battleship varies in thickness from 4 to 9}o inches along her belt. The armament of the Pobieda consists of four 10 inch guns, eleven 6-inch guns,'sixteen 3-inch guns, ten 1.8-inch guns, and seventeen 1.4-inch gnns. She has six torpedo tubes. THE JAPS LURED THEM. Chef00, April 14,11 a. m.-It has been learned from Japanese sources here that tho attack on the Russian Port Arthur fleet of yesterday morning was planned and put into effect in the following manner: At daylight the Japanese torpedo boats made a demon? stration before the port and afc the same time laid mines across the outer entrance to the harbor. They then retired and joined the main squadron. I The squadron then advanced and as it drew near the Russian ships were seen coming out. The battleship Petropavlovsk struck one of the mines laid by the Japanese torpedo boats and was destroyed. RUSSIANS INSIST MINE DID IT. St. Petersburg, April 14.-Rear Admiral Uriu's statement that Vice Admiral Togo's fleet was responsible for the sinking of the battleship Petro? pavlovsk at Port Arthur is officially denied here. A member of che general i staff informs the Associated Press that the advices received do not show ! that a naval engagement took place ! unless the cornering and sinking of the torpedo boat destroyer Bezstrashni can be so denominated. The destroyer and four consorts were outside scouting during the night. The Bezstrashni lagged behind and became lost in the mist. When day broke she tried to creep in along the coast but was discovered, cut off, overpowered and sunk, only five of her crew escaping. The fate of the other members of the crew is unknown although it is believed that some of them have been captured. That the Petropavlovsk was blown up by a mino placed at the entrance to the harboi to prevent the blocking ol the channel is the opinion entertained by the general staff. It is true that the vessel sank in full view of Vice Admiral Togo's fleet, which was seen on the horizon, but her loss was not caused through the agency of tiiat fleet. There is a disposition, how? ever, to raise a controversy as to whether the explosion occurred inside or outside the battleship, similar to the controversy which followed the destruction of the United States battle? ship Maine in Habana harbor. Thc fact that many of the wounded, in? cluding Grand Duke Cyril, were badly barned seemed to support the theory of an internal explosion. Grand Duke Boris, who witnessed the disaster from Golden Hill, in a j telegram to his father, Grand Duke | Vladimir, described how the ship lift- j cd, at the same time being enveloped in fiann; and smoke, and then turned | turtle and sank in two and a half : minutes. " The appearance of- smoke or steam and fire was explained to the Associat? ed Press by a member of the general staff, who said : "The sb i j) may have touched a mine forward under her Whitehead torpedo magazine resulting in a second explo? sion, or if she touched the mine amid? ships her boilers may have been explod- I ed. Either hypothesis would account ! for the appearance of fire, smoke or j steam. " FIFTY-NINE WERE SAVED. St Petersburg, April l-l.-A tele- j gram from Rear Admiral Prince Ouk- 1 tomsky to the emperor, dated from Port Arthur at 10 a. m., today, atter reiterating that the Petropavlovsk sank "in consequence of the explosion of a mine, while she was manoeuvring in the Port Arthur roadstead in sight of the enemy's fleet," adds that those saved include, besides Grand Duke Cyril and Capt. Jakovleff, three lieutenants, two midshipmen and 52 sailors. The bodies of a captain, two midshipmen, a surgeon and a few sail? ors have b?en recovered. THE FLEET THAT REMAINS. Paris, April 15.-The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris says it is believed that Viceroy Alexieff, who has arrived at Port Arthur^ who is to temporarily command the Russian fleet at Port Arthur will hoist his flag on the battleship Peresviet. The correspondent says that the battleships Sevastopol and Peresviet are in good order, that the repairs to the battleships Retvizan and Czare? vitch and the cruiser Pallada are al? most completed, and that the cruisers Novik, Askold, Diana and possibly thc Bayan as well as the gunboats Bohr and Otvashni and about a score of tor? pedo boat destroyers and torpedo boats are in good order. SKRYDLOFF TO SUCCEED. St. Petersburg, April 14.-It has been definitely decided that Vice Admiral SkrydlofF, commander of the Black sea fleet will succeed the late Vice Admiral Makaroff as commander in-chief of the Russian naval forces in the far east. Orders have been sent to Vice Admiral Skrydloff to come to St. Petersburg for the purpose of re? ceiving instructions after which he will leave immediately for the far east. PETROPAVLOVSK DISASTER. St. Petersburg, April 15, 5.20 p. m. -Ont of the maze o? ""onflicting re? ports regarding the sequence of events leading np to the destruction of the Petropavlovsk it is now established that Vice Admiral Makaroff early "Wednesady morning took out his squadron to engage a weak division of six Japanese cruisers which ap? peared on the horizon after the Jap? anese torpedo boats, which sank the Bezstrashni, had been driven off by the Bayan. Particulars of the torpedo boat fight are still lacking. The Rus? sian commander-in-chief pursued the Japanese cruiser division until it was reinforced by eleven battle ships, when he retired into the outer road? stead, where he was drawing up in line of battle when the disaster to the Petropavlovsk occurred. The exact circumstances of the destruction of the battleship are not known. It is certain that both her boilers and magazines exploded, but it is not ab? solutely sure that she touched a mine, although the weight of opinion at the admirality is that such was the case and that if so it was a Russian, and not a Japanese mine. It is absolutely denied that Ad? miral Makaroff's ships participated in a naval engagement. The injuries to the Pobieda are de? clared to be slight. The explosion which injured her took place at the water line. The opinion expressed at the admiralty here is that it was pro? duced by a spent Whitehead torpedo, which was floating on the surface of the water, and which may have been fired during the torpedo boat fight. The correspondent of the Associated Press learns that twenty-eight officers were lost on board the Petropavlovsk, including Capt. Vasilief, belonging to the ship; Admiral Makaroff, 14 members of his staff, including Rear Admiral Molas, chief of staff, and Lieut. Von Kobe, the aide de camp of Grand Duke Cyril THE RUSSIANS BEGIN TO SEE. St. Petersburg, April 15.-Informa? tion which has slowly reached St. Petersburg has modified the opinion at first prevailing concerning the original cause of the destruction of the battle ship Petropavlovsk. There is gradually developing a disposition to admit the possibility that after all Japanese torpedo boats may have dropped raines at the entrance to Port Arthur harbor. RUSSIA'S CRIPPLED FLEET. St. Petersburg, April 15, G.30 p. m. -There are now only two undamaged battle ships, the Peresviet and the Sevastopol, in the harbor at Port Ar? thur, hut some of the damaged vessels hnve been repaired, although their exact number and condition are not known. The other effectives are. the armored cruiser Bayan, the first-class cruisers Askold and Diana, the sec? ond-class cruiser Novik, the torpedo gunboats Vsadnik and Gaydanak, the gunboats Gremiasbchi, Otvashni, Gil iak and Bonr, the cruisers Djjidpid. Razhoynik and Zabiaka, and the tor? pedo boat destroyers, whose exact nam ber is not known. Altogether ten Russian vessels have been damaged or lost since tho out? break of tho war. The disaster of Wednesday ends the hope that the ill fated Port Arthur squadron would be able to become an agressive factor in the operations before it is reinforced by the arrival of the Baltic fleet. Un? til then the aim of the Russians will be to hold to Port Arthur and con? serve the remaining ships within the protection of its guns. Gen. Knropatkin is concentrating his second line of defence between Mukden and Liao Van. Ile will have 1-20,000 men there by April 24. PORT ARTHUR BOMBARDED. St. Petersburg, April 15.-A tele? gram from Admiral Alexieff, from Port Arthur to the Emperor, says that from 'J o'clock this morning to mid? day, the Japanese lleet in two divis? ions, bombarded the fortress and the town alternately from the Liao Tishan promontory, firing 185 projectiles. Thc Russian squadron, including the battleship Pobieda replied from the anchorage by a plunging fire. The batteries also participated. The Josses on land were seven Chinese killed and live soldiers and three Chi? nese wounded. The Russian war ships sustained no damage, and there was no loss of life on them. i HEW POINT IN LAW OF tfifc Is Wireless Telegraphy Forbidden to Correspondents. The Russian Government Notifies ti* United States and Other Powers that she will Treat War Corres? pondents Using Wire tess Telegraphy as Spies. Washington, April 15.-The Russia** Government has given notice that newspaper correspondents using wire? less telegraph will be treated as spies and shot. This notice was served on the State department by Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, today, and it is understood that similar communica? tions were made to all foreign officers. The communication says: "In a case in which neutral steamers having on board correspondents who might com? municate war news to the enemy by means of perfected apparatus, not being yet foreseen by existing conven? tions, would be arrested near the coast of Kuantong, or in the zone of opera? tions of the Rnssian fleet, the corre? spondents will be looked on as spies and the steamers furnished with wire? less telegraph seized as prizes of war." This notice opens up an entirely new line of treatment of correspond? ents. It happens that some of the leading British newspaper correspond? ents are making free nse of the wire? less telegraph in the transmission cf their war news, and it is'possible that they will appeal to their Government to define their own privileges and tc* secure an official determination of tho question as to whether a neutral on his own ship outside the territorial waters of a- belligerent Power and without contraband of war abc -d can be treated as a spy. --? m - Weekly Trade Review. New York, April 15.- R. G. Dun & Co. 's Weekly Review of Trade tomor? row will say: Tardy spring weather following an unusually severs winter makes it difficult to restore satisfac? tory trade conditions, hut it is en? couraging to find at many points this unseasonable weather the only cause of complaint, and there is always hope that the early losses may be made up, at least in large measure, when thermal conditions become normal. In the meantime sales of dry goods are restricted and stocks in all posi? tions from producer to consumer are larger than is desirable. Aside from the cotton States, where business is brisk, thc week?s dis? patches indicate that early gains were maintained, but little further progress occurred. Labor controversies are still ;;n adverse factor. Railway earn? ings in the first week of April were 7.0 per cent, smaller than last year. No 'definite check to progress in the iron and steel industry is discerned, although it lacks uniformity and in some departments it is difficult to 2nd encouraging signs. In textile manufacturing there is. no improvement. The recent upward tendency of cotton goods has given place to a market distinctly favoring purchases. Failures this week number 225 against 2'2 last year. Letter to R. W. Bradham... Sumter, S. C.. Dear Sir: Three gallons saved is $12 to $15 earned. 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