CAUCASIAN.
VOL. X I.
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Smith to Be Tried.
Whitevillc, Special. When Jabel
Hegist'-r was hanged last week for the
rnrcW of Jim Staley, colored, A. C.
Fmith, who was implicated in the rnur
'ir of Jesse Soles tho same night, in
th1 farno house, through Jabel Regis
ter. v.-3fi somewhat relieved as ono of
the principal witnesses against him
could not put In an appearance to testi
fy, and he thought possibly he would
scape another trial altogether. But
he was too sanguine in this particular,
as Smith's own attorney says his in
dictment holds good against him, and
lie will either be placed on trial dur
ing the present week or at the next
!nn of court in Apr!!. When be is
plared on trial II. B. Register, the
fth-r of Jabel. will unquestionably
f brought here to give evidence
against Smith, from the State peniten
tiary, where he is serving a life sen
fnco. Oovr Edmondson, who was
with Jabd on the night of the murder
and who turned State's evidence, will
brought here by Horner L. Lyon,
Smith's attorney, as soon as Fmith is
p!a.--N on trial.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
Whit the Two Houses ol Congress
Have Bsen Doing.
Testing the Generators.
f:hrlotfe, Special. A construction
-ngin"fr and expert of the General
KiTtric Com pp.:; y Ik now engaged in
uting, to their full rapacity, the 1,250
hoi" power elect ri: generators of th?
f'ata vl n Tower Company, near Hock
Hill, s. :. So far four of these genera
': !i vp ueen installed and others will
Nr put in as they are needed. The
t : ansf-nibsion lines are up between
RVck Hill. S. C, and the plant of the
f n-.j-'iny and tho only reason t he lactone:-
nn the manufacturing plants in
T Jok Hill are net using the power now
is bocavife tley Lave not yet had mo
tors installed.
5tate News Items.
Greenville, -Special. After a close
ly contested election the dispen
vary won by a small vote. So clos
r?s the content and so evenly divided
tr.e forces that neither side dared claim
trp victory until the polls closed and
the vf-tes were counted.
I-evident Mclvc-rfi of the Normal and
Industrial College, says the plans for
iho Ciirneirie Librae there arc io
preparation. Thf work will be done bj
v.fy.t autumn. The building is to cost
Ht least Ji5,CW and may cost $20,000.
North Wllkesboro. Special. The Re
publican executive committee met here
and selected March 31st and Wilkes-
boro as the time and place for holding
the Republican Congressional Conven
tion for the eighth district.
Judge Simonton notifies Governor
Ayrock that he will hear the Atlantic
Jt- North Carolina Railroad receiver
shiy matter here March 10.
The Chestnut timber on Craggy
Mountain, near Asheville. has been
Hold to a leather firm for $300,000.
Tho A. & M. summer school has
rei-cived a chevk for 1,000 from the
IVabody fund.
LYNCHING IN OHIO
Sunk Oft Hatteras.
Norfolk. Special. Penniless and al
most destitute of clothes, six members
f f the crew of the wrecked schooner
David P. Davis, of Bath. Maine, which
were picked up off Hatteras during a
cale bv Diamond Shoals Lightsnip No.
72. have arrived here. The men vividly
recount the collision, which occurred
off Hatieras last Friday night shortly
before midnight, when the Davis was
rim down and dismasted off Hatteras
by an unknown schooner. The lookout
tn the Davis says he sighted a schooner
bearing down on the Davis, but before
he could make a single mevement the
collision occurred and the schooner
was helpless, with all four masts gone
and a gaping hole in her hull, into
which water was pouring. The
f-chooner's crew of 10 men manned the
three pumps, one of which was a
wrecking pump, and worked until they
were exhausted. The water continued to
gain upon them, despite their desperate
efforts. Finding his vessel doomed,
Captain Erwin ordered the Davis aban
doned Saturday morning, and a boat
was launched and manned. In the
meantime the dismantled wreck had
been siented by Diamond Shoal Light
ship, which seat off a boat to take off
the survivors
Turned Out Well.
Notwithstanding the publicity given
his pranks, Robert Lincoln turned out
well, and despite the appeals to chil
dish vanity which are made on behalf
of Archie Roosevelt, the boy, no doubt,
has enough in him to make a man
says the Boston Journal, a rock-ribbed
Republican organ. "If Archie builds a
snow- fort, in front of the White House
the fortress is given national publicity.
If he fires a snow ball it is assumed
that the snow ball is aimed at the silk
hat of some of the President's callers
Archie has the strenuous characteris
tics of his father, and his father and
his mother, of course, are proud of him,
tut do not covet the excess of publicity
which is given the childish sports.
Senate Passes Naval Bill.
The Seuate Monday passed the na
val appropriation bill, which has been
before it for the past four or five days
and then proceeded to the considera
tion of the army bill. The principal
fjuestion debated In connection with
tho naval bill was that tho price and
method of supplying armor plate for
battleships, and it grew out of an
amendment suggested by Mr. Patter
ton providing for a government ar
mor plant. He ultimately withdrew
the amendment, but offered -uers
limiting the price of armor and pro
hibiting purchase from trusts, all of
whteh were laid on the table. An
amendment to the naval bill proposed
by Mr. Hale was agreed to, decreas
ing the amount for tho navy yard at
Charleston. S. C. from G6,500 to
$311,500. In speaking of the contin
ued growth of the navy, Mr. Patterson
said the completion of the naval pro
gram would placo the United states
ahead of Germany ;md Russia in ac-
ual tonnage, and ahead of France
and next to Great, Britain in effective
fighting tonnage, "and my judgment,"
ie continued, "is that American sen-
irm-nt will not permit the United
States to fall behind in its naval
power any nation that it has passed.
Mr. Patterson discussed the Phlll-
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pptne question, saying mat wiine? hu
did not believo in holding tho Philip
pines, he was of tho opinion that the
majority of the people were against
him. and that, therefore the day was
far distant when the pooplo of that
archipelago would bo given their free
dom.
Mr. Bacon did not accept the view
of Mr. Patterson as to the retention
f the Philippines, saying that he
hoped thr conscience of the Ameri
can people would be aroused over the
injuotir-e of the present situation.
Speaking to the armor plate ques
tion. Mr. Bacon said that tins govern
ment had utterly and abjectly surren
dered to the 'armor makers, leaving
them to charge their own without ef
fort on its part to make armor for itself.
Tho reading of the army bill had
uot beon concluded when th Senate
adjourned.
Postal Affairs in the House.
Postal affairs engrossed the atten
tion of the House Monday practically
to the exclusion of all else. The sub
ject was introduced by Mr. Overstreet,
chairman of the committee on post
offices aud post roads, who submitted
the report of that committee on the
Hay resolution calling- for certain in
formation regardius the use of influ
ence by members of tho house to se
em e increases in salaries, etc.. for post
masters. There was a full attendance
of members on both sides of the cham
ber when Mr. Overstreet stated that he
had been directed by the unanimous
committee to recommend that the reso
lution be tabled and the information
wanted accompanies the report. Minor
ity members, including Messrs. Wil
liams, of Mississippi, and Maddox, of
Georgia. urged, lb at debate and vote on
tb .etolution should be deferred, as
they had not had an opportunity to
read the report, so an agreement was
uahed to postpone further action
until Wednesday, and 4.0"0 copies of
the report were ordered printed. There
will be three; hour' debate on the mo
tion to table, aud a formal amendment
will be offered by the minority to pro
vide for a general investigation of the
I'ostoffice Depaitnient.
Mr. Overstreet, in connection with
the report, said that in his opinion
there was not a single instance of any
reflection on tho integrity of any
member. When the printed reports
were brought in later by a messenger,
members crowded around the door
keeper's desk" to secure copies, and
business was suspended temporarily
until all were supplied.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
then taken up and Mr. Moon (Demo
crat, of Tennesee), the ranking minor-
ity member or me pu&ioiuc
fV arraiened the present system em-
nioved in the Postonice ueparnuruv
onrl niailp an anneal for a general m-
vocfiiratinT, of the affairs of the De-
. -r..a Mr tviu-neru. uemuiiai, ol
ni Laiv i.i. - -
Miecom-i. also a member of the com
n ittee, followed with an analytical re
view of the charges made in the Bris-
tow report, which he referred to as a
hameful story oz rrauu anu ffliMu.u.u
fcHot nn HA fllSO laVOreu a ;icioi
congressional investigation of Ps5?1
ro5-c Mr Hnwhprn reao a ieu.er w lis
ten by" an' agent of the Time Clock
Company intimating tnat money wuum
be used to influence favorable action.
fr rnwherrt said shares of Montague
h 3 been given to
luuaaivi ovv,,.
Beavers and Heath, and ne tnougiu
come measures might have Been taken
to find out whether there had been any
vnlawful act-on Heatu s pan.
Springfield Mob Shoots to Death
e;ro ft ho Killed An Officer
SHORT WORK FOR RICH. M0
After Killing the Negro the Infuriated
Mob Strung Him on a Telegraph
Pole and flutilatrd his Dead Rod v.
RUSSIA'S WARSHIPS BOTTLED
TOWN UNDER FIRE
News of the Day.
In one of his more recent hysterical
bursts the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst said, in
discussing Abraham Lincoln: "As to
his mother, Nancy, the kindest treat
ment we can give her is to write her
with an interrogation point and let hej-
go." Considerable indignation has been
aroused by this remark, regarding
which several protests have appeared
in the papers. One writer says thzt Dr
Parkhurst is most effectively answered
bv Abraham Lincoln's own statement
made in mature life: "All that I am or
hope to be I owe to my angel mother.
Springfield, Ohio, Special. At 11
o'clock the negro, Richard Dixon,
was taken from the jail and shot
to death in the jail yard and the body
was taken from there to the jorner of
Main street and Mountain avenu, and
hung to a telegraph pole, where the
mob spent the next half hour riddling
the body with bullets from several
hundred revolvers. The mob forced an
entrance to the jail by butting in the
cast doors with a railroad Lon. At
10:30 the mob melted rapidly and it
wns the general opinion that no more
attempts would be made to force an
entrance. Small groups of mn. how
ever, could be seen in the shadows of
the court house, and two adjacent liv
ery stable?. At 10:4. oYlock the po
lice were satisfied that there was noth
ing more to fear and they, with other
officials and newspaper men, passed
freely in and out of the jail. Shortly
before 11 o'clock a diversion was
made by a small crowd moving from
the east doors around to the south en
trance. The police folowed and a bluff
was made at jostling them off the steps
learHng up to the south entrance. The
crowd at this point kept growing while
yells of "hold the police." "smash the
doors," "lynch the nigger," were made,
interspersed with revolver shots. All
this time the party with the heavy
railroad Iron was beating at the east
door which shortly yielded to the bat
tering ram as did the inner iattk-e iron
doors. The men then surged in the
door, overpowered the sheriff, turnkey
and handful of deputies and began the
assault on the iron trusntile leading to
the cells. Tha police from the south
door was called inside to keep the mob
from the cells and in five minutes thu
south doer had shared the fate of the
east one. In an incredible short tim
the jail was filled with a mob of L'."0
men with all the entrances and yard
gates blocked by fully 2.'00 men. thus
making it impossible for the militia to
have prevented access to the negro had
it been on the scene. The heavy iron
partition leadjng to the ells lesisted
the mob effectually until the cold
chisels and sledge hammers arrived.
which were only two or three minutes
later in arriving. The padlock to the
turnstile was broken and the moo soon
rilled the corridors leading to the ceiis.
.Seeing that further resistance was use
less, to avoid the killing of innocent
persons, the authorities consented to
the demand of the mob for the rignt
man. He was dragged trom nis cen to
tho jail door and thence down the
stone steps to a court in the jail yard.
Kearing an attempt on the part ot tut
police to rescue him the leaders formed
a holow square. Soni". one knocked
the negro to the ground and those near
to him fell back four or five feet. Nine
s:hots were fired into his prostrate body
and satisfied that he was dead, a dozen
men grabbed the lifeless body and with
a triumphant cheer the mob surged
into Columbia street and marched to
Fountain aveuue, one of the principal
streets of the town. From here they
marched south, to the intersection o'.
Main street and a rope was tied aro.md
Dixon's neck. Two men climbed the
pole and threw the rope over the top
most cross arm and drew the body
about 18 feet above the street. They
then descended and their work was
greeted with a cheer. The fulisade
tben began and for 30 minutes the body
was kept swaying back and forth from
the force of the rain of bullets which
was poured in on it. Frequently the
arms would fly up convulsively when a
muscle was struck, and the mob went
fairly wild with delight. Throughout
it all perfect order was maintained and
every one seemed in tho best o fhuroor,
joking with the nearest neighbor while
re-loading his revolver.
Richard Dixon was shot to death for
the killing of Policeman Charles Col
lis. who died Monday from wounds re
ceived at the hands of Dixon on Sunday.
New Battleships Will Not B AvaiU
We Until the Ead ot August.
Loadon, By Cable. litle change In
the far Eastern situation la reported.
It Is apparent that the Japanese are
busily engaged in transporting; tfcelr
forces into Korea, acd this work la lin
ing facilitated by the enforced inac
tivity of the navy.
According to the Sevastopol corre
spondent of The Daily Graphic, Ad
miral Skrydloff has learned privately
from Port Arthur that the Rusisaa bat
tleship Retzlvan lies in such a po&ltion
as to block effectually the exit of bat
tleships from the harbor,, the passage
being parcticable only for cruisers. The
correspondent adds that the Russian
new battleships now building on the
Baltic will not be ready for active com
mission before the end of August
The Japanese official who has charge
of Japan's financial and commercial
interests in England declares that his
government foresaw the possibility of
coal being declared contraband of war
and that it had been collecting large
stoics of Welsh steam coal for years, so
that today it ha3 a supply sufficient
for the needs of thf navy for years to
come.
Russia Feels Easier.
St. Petersburg. By Cable. There ex
ists a high authority for the statement
that Rusia now has a reason to feel
more tranquil regarding tho attitude of
Great Britain.
TTia rpal reason for the visit to St.
Peters-burg of Count Benckendorff,
Russian ambassador to Great Britain,
while ostensibly to see his son off to
the far East, was personally to assure
his government of his belief that the
Japan's ally were ill-founded, and
Great Britain, although standing by
the obligations of the Anglo-Japanese
treat v. would not move unless com
pelled so to doby the entrance into
affairs in the far East of a third
power.
As the Associated Press is also credi
bly informed, the British and French
governments have reached a thorough
understanding, by which they have
pledged mutual non-interference, Rus
sian now feels much more secure
against European complications
The City Cf Vladivostok Bcarily
Bombarded
THE SHELLS FAILED TO BURST
They Directed Their Fire Against the
Shore Batteries and the Town The
Russians Did Not Reply.
Vladivonock, By Cable. A fiett of
five battleships and two cruisers ap
peared eft this place, at 1:25 Sunday
afternoon end bombarded the town
and shoro batteries for fifty-five min
utes. The fleet approtch-d from the di
rectou of Askold Uland. at the Mt
entrance of Usur! Bay, and about C'i
miles southeast of Vladlvottock. En
tering Usurl Bay the enemy formed
in line of battle, but did not approach
to a closer range than five and one
third miles. They directed their firo
giromct tho vhore batteries and the
town, but no damage resulted as most
of their 200 lydite shells failed to
burst.
The Russian batteries commanded
by Generals Veronetz and Artamoff
did not reply, awaiting a closer ap
proach of the enemy.
Tho Japanese liro ceased at 2:20
p. m.. and th enemy retfivd in the
direction of Askold Island. Simul
taneously two torpedo boat destroyers
appeared near Askold Island and two
more near Capo Maidei. Tbo Japan
ese ships were covered wiih ice.
The attafk resulted in no loss to
the Russians but cost the enemy 200,
ono roubles, ($100,000) in ammunition.
Most of the projectiles were six and
twelve-inch shells.
The population of Vladivostock
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Maay Matte ra of Geo era! latereat la
Short Paragraphs.
Down Is Diai.
Many rrfoca believe th Wbaa U
behind th new Tidewater IlallrosJ
Juat chartered In Virp'oU tfcat la to
run from (JU coaoty to Norfolk.
It waj dideJ Vrdneday to bob!
the annual reunion of ih I'nlted Con
fedfrate Veterana at NahTlU. Teci,
June 14. IS and IS.
The Prftd.ient V1nday nt to
tb Senate th nomination of Julia M.
Mrfck a postmaster at Waltialla.
S. C.
The. removal of holt from th rail la
believed to hava caud the fatal Roa
noke and Southern wreck near llfcry
Station. Ya.
Edward Err.mt. a woodsman, who
cialomj St. lunula as hi honi. died at
Horton. . Ya.. from drinking hot
'Iropa as a substitute for whtakey.
Mil. Louise Peipnet du Ballet,
French teacher at Wytberille Semi
nary. Wythevi!, Ya.. has been 111 with
grip and bronthitia.
A noa-unjon man who has bo n
working at tb Flee-! plant cf tho Par k -crsburg
Iron and Steel Company dur
ing the stiike was flid upon while re-
turning nome from worn, a te.icri
warrant has been lesueJ for a htrikcr
who Is suspected of the shooting.
Detectives Tomllnson an 1 Glb;;tu. of
Richmond, went to Suffolk Jail and had
a long talk with William Ferris, alias
the Kid." the allege. slayer of Po
liceman Pob Austin, of Richmond. Fer
ris denied that he had confessed to
three fcllow-prisonrrs. but the officers
think he J.-, Austin's slayer.
Property owners on the eastern
branch of the EUzabfth river, which
the Norfolk aud Bcrley Bridge Com
pany purposes to span with a wooden
bridge l.f.ftf) feet long, announce that
thy will fight the request of the bridge
company to build the bridge wheu the
application Is presented to tho War Department.
14 PEOPLE CRUSHED.
Corpse cf Sleet Skektoa of Etcl
OTBUS MAY BE IN WRfCEAGE
The Pulldlc Departmiat Later
Repeated Chart p! Vle-laOe
Against the Bttlidinc, Hfckh Wtf
Disrf ard4.
At The National Capital.
Commander Miller, of the rruiser Co-
I lumbla. notified President Morales, of
was warned this morning oi in1- iit.v ( oi.nio immia&. mat e umu v'
Attacked By Crank.
Washington Special Armed with a
38-caliber revolver. William O'Brien,
alias William Duffy, an insane dis
charged soldier, entered the War De
partment, and going to room 227. in
tho mail and record division, shot
Robert J. Manning, a messenger, and
Arthur Weicker. a clerk. Miss Em
ma Saxton. another clerk, barely
rnisped being shot. Manning's wound
Is considered dangerous. Wedcker
was shot in the left arm above the
elbow. Beforo the maniac could Are
a third time ho was overpowered by
James J. Dawson, a messenger. It
required the combined strength of
half a dozen persons to finally subdue
tho man. Prominent among them
was Lieut. General Adna R- Chaffee,
r
the, pon m nia u Pacific squadron. The Novosti prints
wViov r.fin Chaffee noticed it. ana . ... . .:i
with his left hand oa th
took the weapon from
the papers In his pocket3
ence of a hostile fleet and of the pros
pect of an attack during the day, but
it remained tranquil.
Japanese Advancing.
St. Petersburg. By Cable. Advices
from Vladivostock say that the 2.r00
Japanese troops who landed at Sela
kln Bay, (on the east coast of northern
Korea), are advancing toward Musan
(218 miles from General San) with the
intention of ultimately reaching Hun
hcun (on the left bank of the. Tumon
river about 100 miles west of Vladivo
stock) aud threatening the Russian
Hank.
In order to checkmate this move a
Russian outpost, 1,500 strong, if? ad
vancing to occupy Koyryong. on tho
Tmnen river, a walled city command
ing thy trails along which the Jap-
. Ml
aiKse must pass. The naval moDinzu
mlt the blockading of any island port.
The Cabinet decided not to nend any
troops to the Isthmus of Panama.
The Senate passed the bill requiring
the transportation of army and navy
supplies in American vessels.
The House con ludd gener;! debate
on the District of Columbia appropria
tion bill.
The Hou.o Committer, on Interstate
and Foreign Commerfs directed an in
vestlgation to determine whether the
"beef trust" Is violating the injunction
retting against it.
The Senate Committee on Naval Af
fairs favorably reported the Naval Ap
propriation bill, with sceral Import
ant amendments.
Senator Galllnger introduced a bill to
increase salaries of Government execu
tive officers and members of Congress,
f!,., nwo,i in dlsnalfhos i VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.
was partially decided on today. Throe j The schooner David P. Davis, bound
eastern provinces of European Russia. '; for Baltimore, was sunk by a collision
Vyatka. Perm and Ufa, are meiuucu
2f f ; t will held n the plan, the purpose stated being
hief of staff. ThJunat strengthening of the crews of the
I .J VrZ I a significant editorial article which is
ht -m o J verv oncilatory toward Great Britain,
i him, and also j rfh- lajitr argues tnat lhe understand-
i to an Asiatic policy will assure peace
i in Asia without which the normal de-
off Hatteras.
Preparations are complete for the
Republican State Convention, which
meets in Norfolk Thursday.
Thirteen Lives In Peril.
Yorl- Pa., Special. Flood condi
tions along the York county shore of
the Susquehanua river arc rather un
certain. The ice is being held by Hart
man's Island, near New Holland, but
it is expected to start again at any
minute, and if it does great damage is
expected. For miles towering gorges
present a magnificent spectacle, and
here and there is devastation and ruin.
Shelley's Island, pear Goldsboro, to
night is partly submerged, and on it
are John and George Burger, their
mother, their wives and their children.
The Governor tomorrow will send
State officials to the scene in an effort
to remove the people.
Emmett Celebration.
Washington, Special. Sympathy for
the people of Ireland and a declara
tion of the hope that she soon. will be
free were the keynote of addresses
rr-ade by the speakers at the celebration
Saturday night of the one hundred and
twenty-sixth anniversary of the birth
of Robert Emmett by the United Irish
Society of the District cf Columbia,
v mong those who made speeches were
Representatives Keho, Dover, of West
Virginia, and Wiley and ueiegaie no
il ey. of Nw Mexico.
Clash at Clemson College.
Spartanburg, S. C, Special. Ac
cording to information received m
private letters there has been another
clash between the faculty and stud
ents at Clemson College. Details cf
the trouble are rather meagre, and
the matter has been kept from the
newspapers, although the affair ue-
vplrnei several days ago. Several
students were sent away from the
college for a breach of discipline,
and it is said to have preciptated
the trouble. It is likely that if tne re
ports will be founded the particulars
wilt be forthcominc within the next
few days.
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Russians Mistreat Koreans
Seoul Bv Cabue. The Russian
soldiers operating in the vicinity
Aniuo are committing all manner
excesses, maltreating the native wo
men and perpetrating robbery upon
every opportunity. Korean soldiers at
tacked a bedv cf the invaders on rn
dav last the 4th instant, and suceeded
in killing thirty of them. It is report
ed that as the result of a collision
between Russian and Korean sol
diers at Kang. He, the Russians were
driven beyond the ialu river.
Pastor Called.
New York. Special. The Rev.Chts.
Trr-tin vtts Ti. D. rector of St,
Paul's Church. Ossining-on-Hudscn
vaa Wn rsllft to the rectorship of
Trinitv parish. Columbia S. C, recent
Iv made vacant by theleath of Rev.
Churchill Satterlee, son of the Bishop
of Washineton. The Rev. Dr. Jsxie,
has accepted the call and will begin
his duties in Columbia on Faim sun
day. ..
Destructive Prairie; Fires
Lawton, Okla., Special. Reports j vclopmcnt of Russian and British in
received here indicate that five per-
terests there would be impossible, it
l'.,-at Urits.il! Tin KnvOSt i S.1VS. WOU Id
sons have been burned to death and j agroe to an "(mtU't for Russia to the
3 000 square miles of territory m , Indian ocean. Groat Britain posses
Kiowa and Comanche counties swept j fions in India would bo unconditional-
y prairie fires. Hundreds of people i The Xovoe vrema also discusses the
are homeless ana h is imuubsiuic i t n-ith frion.Khin hut with
estimate accurately the financial loss, i ba(J grace saying: "John Bull believes
owing to the wiue extnt oi counu 3 he hag a better chance of reaching the
affected. Following is a pamai usi
of the killed and injured :
D. Harmond, living six miles norm-
east of Lawton, burned to a crisp;
John Harmond. cannot live; A. N.
Crawford, near Lawton, seriously
burned; Mrs. Henderson, widow liv
ing near Lawton, and two daughters,
seriously burned; one cannot live
Rpnort savs that more ratanttes
re expected, as the reports
some districts are meagre.
News in Notes.
In 1S9G Congress adjourned on June
7 ten day3 before the Republican Na
tional Convention. In 1900 adjournment
was taken on June 11, two weeks be
fore the convention at Philadelphia,
The Republican convention will be
held this year on Jnne 21, and it will
be a reversal of precedent if the Sena
tors agree to an adjournment of the
Congress before June 1. Washington
Post.
The French Minister of Agifwiltim
has received from the Riviera a report
which shows that the orange growers
are threatened with the worst of ca
lamities A microscopic insect, scien
tifically known as chrysumphalus
minor, is the cause of an orange dis
ease as potentially destructive as tht
potato disease which spread famms
and devastation over Ireland 57 years
M Belle, an expert in Nice, has
been investigating the origin and pro
pagation Of this maiaay among iur
TVic ronneil of the depart
ment cf Nice has taken the matter in
hand. Qrange growers are combining for
t evtirnation of chrysnmphalut
minor. It is said that the Insect wat
imported from America some yean
ago, and that tee first signs of its dep.
redationa were detected in norence.
A London pauer, the Chron
icle says that in the matter ol
clothes, the House of Commons is the
most correct assembly of legislators
in the world, and the American Hous
cf Representatives the most aston
ishing. "The ordinary Congressional
costume,"' it says, "in a long, very
loose frock coat, a low-cut waiat-coat,
turned down collar, white bow and
Derby or felt hat. At first glance one
would easily take Congress for an
assembly of dissenting ministers."
winning post with Great Britain and
Japan in double harness than with a
troika, including the American mus.-
tang."
The wife of a naval officer gives a
graphic account of the bombardment
of Port Arthur Feb. 9 and the flight
of women and children the next day.
8he was awakened in the middle of
the niKht bv the heavy reports of the
from gUns and her first thought was that
thej were due to blasting operations
at the cock yard, but when the guns
of the fortress began to boom she
awoke the servants, who were panic
stricken. She went out on the bal
cony and saw the searchlights wildly
swirling. The town was deserted ex
cept in front of the residence of Vice
roy Alexleff.
The officer's wife, with an infant.
took a train from Port Arthur in the
morning and she describes the aful
crush at the station and also at Dalny.
Great hardsnips were suffered by the
travelers for eighteen days. The trains
and stations were crowded and the
woman found it impossible even to lay
her baby doyn on the floor of the car.
which was covered with baggage. She
says that mother.- fought to get food
for their children. Direct through
communication is now established be
tween Viceroy Alexieff's headquarters
at Mukden and St. Petersburg. This
its believed to be the longest circuit
in the world, being over 6,000 mile3.
whereas direct communication be
tween London and Teheran, a distance
of only 5,000 miles, hitherto has been
the longest.
Prince Louis Napoleon, who has
been in command of a grenadier bri
gade in the Caucasus, has arrived here
and the understanding is that he will
receive an important command on tne
frontier
At The North.
M-s. Harriet S. MacMurphy, of
Omaha, Neb., who has won some repu
tation as a lecturer on domestic science
will conduct a restaurant for dyspep
tics at the St. Louis World's Fair.
Philadelphia continues to pay a
heavy price In human life for its
shameless neglect of ordinary precau
tions for its water suply. Iast week
there were 88 new cases of typhoid
fever and 13 deaths, and even this total
was ha'led as an Improvement upon
the previous wefk, when there were
126 new catcs, though only 10 deaths.
From Across The Sea.
The Japanese general staff of the
Guards Regiments sailed for Korea.
A combined attack on Port Arthur
wa reported.
Sir William Vernon-Harco jrt, the
famona English Liberal. Is to relira
from Parliament,
Plans are on foot to erect in Benin
one of the handsomest opera houses in
the world.
Paris. By Cable. Information reach
ing here from official sources shows
the Japanese concentration of troops
m rolner on extensively In the neigh
borhood of Ping Yang. Korea, uarge
forces are debarking from transports
at nearby ports, from which it Is as
sumed that an extensive land engage
ment is imminent in northern Korea.
Three Boys Burned to Death.
Bucktouche. N. D.. Special. Three
sons of Mr?. Lewis Savon, a widow,
were burned to death, and a fourth
probably fatally injured in a fire that
destroyed their home at Black river
during the night. The bodies -of Jo
?ih, aged 20 years; Thaddeus, It, and
John, 12, were found in the ruins. Al
pbie escaped, the flames by jumping
from a window, but was dangerously
injured. The mother was unharmed.
M!sc?Hneou flatters.
The postoffice at Humphreys. Ark.,
where the postmaster was a negro,
has been blown up with dynamite.
Folk delegates jumped out of win
dows during a turbulent Democratic
county convention at Clayton, Mo.
Ladr Grizel and Baron Eelhaveo
were married in Westminster Abbey
the first wedding ever held there dur
Ing Lent.
St. Petersburg. By Cable. It is now
said that the Russian Baltic squadron
comprising eight battleships, two a
mored cruisers, three protected cruisers,
two large transports and 20 torpedo
boats, will leave for the far east at the
ead of July. It is added that it will be
commanded by Rear Admiral Rojest-
venakv.
In an interview, Mr. Cleveland saya
he believes the Democrats will noml
nate a proper candidate for President.
' Gen. Kuropatkln, the commander of
the Russian army in the Far East, was
a personal friend of Skobeleff. with
whom he terved in the Russo-Turkish
war and the Tekke-Turcoman cam
paignr He is a man of the Skobeloff
type, and regards Britain as the hered
itary foe of Russia. It is said that he
regards as inevitable the Russian con
quest cf India. V
New Yorlu FpU!. F?urteo pr
wbi are believed to he beet kU34.
o wheru thi boJIf of only fire
brtn reoovrrod. about a cor tajarrd,
and trveral are roitnc throuth th
cidlap- of lb kMcn cf Ihr
Hot-: Daiistn. a thUtect-tory
apartment houi la courw of t rx t iun
at ST Wt Forty-seventh t:-t. Tt
Steel ftame had b-u erectrd a far a
the eleventh fltor, aisl the Mnictur
w smarming with Iron workrr. ma
ters and laborer. brn, without an
instant' warning, th upper ffoor t
ted and collapsed aa t the whole Mm -
tcre fell with a ersh that was heard
for b!Kks and shook nil the building
in the vicinity. A port'.n f the tl
fisn.e fell upon the jr of the IIod
Pattetson. on We-t Fosty-teventh
Street. rri'Fhins In the mall of the d n
Ils loom hn l killlne Mr KI!a lJiy
Storr. th1 v ifr of Flank Klorr.
wealthy retdJmt of Ry. WeMr lter
cuiity. as .he .. f'.ttiiu tt lunchu
with the wife of Rev. l'r. Mlnot Sav
Hft who escaped tmhurt.
The other dead. o fr a known. ar
Frederick Merrills, foreman of th
Roebling Constrm lion Company: a
ciorrb k man and two ciiidenUfiM men.
r.ppafntly laborer.
Aniens tho? miSKinj: l I tank j. 5i
Jteon. of the Allison Reltv Company,
the builders of th" hotel, who I known
to have teen in the buildlns whrn It
fH. KfTorts to recover the tjdlefl of th
dead and rescue those imprisoned In
the wre-k were begun by the firemen
Immediately aft-r the rab. an l h
work of marching the ruirsn will be
continued sll night. Ov.Ing to the enor
ncus of metal wrerkag-. dsya
may elapse Ijefure e-H Hie Iwdls ar
I iv-c ivered.
The rauhc of the dinaMcr generally
accepted Is the overloading of th
Poon?. Foreman James Halpln, In
charge of the Iron worker, ttated that
there was a large quantity of cemen;
nnri otbrr huilriinr maTrla! on the
fifth floor, and that tin the ninth Moo-
were eighty-three i:on beams HMi
wm c to have be-n need in constructing
he remaining floors of the building.
That criminal careletws Is chsrgr
blc lo kons.-uody is hliown by tho frt
ht the hi; 14 nc oiarimeni u
pSace.I repeater fnargp oi
agaln?t the building, the last one of
a?rwtor Charles French, lrause mo
bide wall were more than two aione.i
n advance of the front v. ill. nJ in
floor !eams wer not properly bolted
and tied."
In spite of this and previous warr-
n23. those responmi'i" ir iu-
ktiuctlon of the building went ahead.
egardless of ronfeqnenrfs.
Adjoining the collapsed building oa
the wct Is the four-Kory brown-stone
reshb nre of Harold Brown. borne or
the huge Iron beams struck the side of
hrtiie and stove holes In the wall
and roof, and dislodged a part of th
rown-ftone frcnt. which was tnrown
to tiic Mret. The ac-Mipams wp"'
n!njurcd. On the ac t lde in a hous
occupied by A. WaljM.le t.ragc as
tchfxd for l'Oj!4. TJil na wen u
miKsfl a fw minutes befui; the crash.
A few beams struck the house, tearing
iT a portion of the roof and smasning
holes in the side walls.
Vr Ktnrrs. whose hur.band is in
London, was slttinr at luncheon with
Mrs. Savage when the crah came, and
ahe and Krnt Meier, a waiter. wer
Instantly burial under the debris of th
roof and walls. Mrs. Savage narciy r-
caped being ttmck. but her skirt
p.nncu v tne noor uy mr. w
bricks. Mrs. Storrs was brthlng wbn
extracted, but died within a tew min
utes. The waiter I? beiieved to be fa
tally Injured. The other occupants of
the dining-room escaped onburt.
For a Dispensary.
Wilmington. Special. Those who are
ih a position to know say that within
ten days the campaign for a dispensary
In Wilmington will be launched in
earnest. However, the temperance ad
vocates will make no effort to rout th
rpen saloons before the first of nwt
January. The nesslty for a vot
tiion the question &0 days preceding
the regular election in November Is a
slgnd as the reason for drawing tb
lines so early. Should the antl-saloon
element postpone the election aa lat
as August, it would then be too late
to clohe the saloons In January, in
the event that they are successful. The
requisite number of names w-re &
e?ired to a petition calling for the elec
tion durl&g last fall.
District Arproprlation.
Washington. Special. The Hous de
voted the entire day Tuesday to an
sideratlon of the District of Columbia
appropriation bill, but did not conclod
action on the measure. The House
committee of the whole amended the
bill by unanimous vote so aa to fix th
maximum rates which may be charged
the District of Colombia for telephone
service or for telephones In private
residences at from $25 to $50 per an
num. The amendment was proposed
by Mr. Bartlett, cf Georgia.
A Wlrrlesa Teat
rensacola. Fla.. , Special Wire I
telegraphy 1 being pot In practical use
here. Message were received from
and sent to the battleship Texas.
She was foUr 100 milea oat vhen i the
first message was received, and J honji
going at fall speed the vessel did not
arrive until lata in the afternn
Other vessels of the navy will be eom-tr.un'-'-ated
with aa they approach.