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RV C?ANKSCA (.ES <fe LANGSTON- ANDERSON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1897. .!,. XXXTTT NO. 17

FIVE HUNDRED

SEVENTY-NINE

Of the Crew of 780 Men

Aboard the British Bat

tleship Formidable

Only 201 Were

Saved.

LITTLE HOPE OF

MORE SURVIVORS

Land Fightng in the East and West

Has Brought About No Ma

terial Change in the

Situation.'

(Dy ASSOCtated Pn-*0 I

LONDON. Jun. 8.-Ano'her 50 men j

from the British battleship Formida

ble, lost in tho English Channel Fri

day, have reached safety after riding

ont a fierce palo for upwnrdB ot 20

hours In un open cutter. This makes

u total ot 201 survivors out of a crew

of TS0.

The latest survivors landed at

Lytne-dtegis. on the Dorsetshire

roast, late Inst night. All were in a

s.ate of exhaustion after their terri

ble experience. They declare there is

little hope, of any further survivors,

as the tremeudous sen running would

make lt impossible for men to live

l(?ii,: enough to bn picked up by pass

ing vessels, while many of those

clinging to tho wreckage undoubted

ly were killed when tho second ex

plosion occurred.

The admiralty has not issued any

Htatement in reference, to. the. cause

of the disaster or where lt occurred.

The land fighting, which is sporadic

in the west, but more continual .in the

east, lins brought about no material

change in the situation, Artillery is

playing thc biggest uart along the

western front, although at points

lhere has been close range lighting.

The Germans deny French reports

that they have been driven out cf

part of thc village of Steinbach, up

per Alsace, which ha? been the Hcene

0? sanguinary lighting for a week

past. ;

There have been engagements on tho '

rivers Dzura and Rawka, in Poland, ;

but seemingly the Germans are no

nearer Warsaw than they were a

week ago. They have commenced of

fensive operations in tho direction of

Kielet. One u< tho larger it owns ot

souther.. Poland, which doubtless ha;;

Tor its. object-the holding up of thc

Russian advance through Galicia on

Cracow.

.An attempted German advance from

\Ll:i\v;i, in an- effort to divert the

Russian threat to outflunk the Teu

tonic center by crossing the lower

Vistula. northwoBt of ? Warsaw, lins

been checked- hy the Russians.

According to Petrograd reports',

the russians continue to sweep the

Austrian; westward along the south

ern Gallchin railway toward Grybow

and Neus?rido and out of the north

ern foothills of thc Carpathians." Tho

Xtriscovite? also are credited with

hating organized a new campaign

against Hungary, advancing tn four

( columns acroBs tho mountains. This,

? lt ls said, will not be like previous

raids, but will bo a regular invasion.

Further east, tho Russians are

marching aer?se. Dukowins, not far

north of tho Rumanian frontier, to

ward Transylvania. It is considered

likelv Rumanian action will bc has

tened by'this ?top. On thc Caucasian

front, where Field Marshal von Der

Goltz Is lo lake command; the Turks

hflVn Mcciininii *he f.?Tr?f.iVC CT".:'. crcrs

ed the Russian frontier nt threo

points. Heavy fighting ls reponed.

By rennes* of Kin? Georeo, tomor

row will be observed aa a day of in

frceBftlon. tthd special*' prayerb for

tint- MtCcASft of tho Allies* arms will

be offered In every church and chapel

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... .... ? . mm it-iiftiuiin BM mil

kingdom.

Drang* Beak Issued,

In an Orango Rook issued at the in?

(-lance of tho Russian minister for

foreign affairs at Petrograd, It ts

charged that the independence of the

Ottoman Empire "fahtshed definitely

from the moment that the German

cruisers Gooben end Breslau took ref

uge In the Dardanelles." and that

the German ships under German com

mand mode "an attack on th? peace

ful shores of an empire which was

maintaining perfect neighborly rela

tions with the Turks."

Count TIRFA, the Hungarian pre

mier, according to a Berlin dispatch,

has affirmed that mutual cocfWroce,

love and respect exist between Aus

tria-Hungary and Germany.

FOUR GERMAN

ARMY OFFICERS

TAKEOFF SHIP

Charged With Conspir

acy to Defraud U. S.

Government By the

Use of American

Passports.

?OTHER ARRESTS

ARE BEING MADE

Two Held in $20 OOO Bail-Ar

rests Are Culmination of In

vestigation in Progress Since

Arrest of Carl Lody.

CHy Aiiociotivl Prom.)

SKW YORK, Jan. 2.-Av alleged

conspiracy to furnish Cen Heers

and reservists with frau .. y ob

tained American passport?, to enable

them to return to Germany without

danger of molestation hy French or

English authorities, was brought to

I light today by the department of jus

tice.

The disclosure cam;? with tho ar

rest of Carl Ruroede, a former agent

or the North Gerninn Lloyd Steamship

Line, end with the removal from thc

outward bound steamer Her gen sf

jord ot a German anny officer and

three German reservists. All were

charged with conspiracy to defraud

the United States government through

tho use of American passports.

The four soldiers were taken off

the steamer just an she was passing

quarantine and brought back to New

York on a revenue cutter. All four

bore- photographic passports 'issued by

the state departmeut ti Americans

and alleged to have.been furnished by

Ruroede. Other arrests 'are expected.

Ruroede Bald tonight, according tn

department of justice agents, that

whatever he had done had been on his

own initiative and was Inspired by

patriotic motives. He was held in

$20.000 ball, which he was unable to

furnish tonight.. With bim was ar

rested John Aliener, his alleged asso

ciate, who also was held in 920,000

hail, and Ruroedc's 17-year-old son

who was released on his own recog

nizance.

The German officer, Lieutenant Ar

thur Wilhelm Heinrich Sachse, was

paroled on his honor "as an officer

aud a gentleman" not to leave New

York city during the pendency of tho

proceedings. The three reservists,

Walter Muller. August Meyer, aud

Herman Wegener. were held in 85,

1)00 ball each.

Fohr others, two with American

and two with German names, were

detained under $."00 ball each ns ma

terial witnesses.

The arrests were thc- culmination,

it was said tonight, of an Investiga

tion in progress sinoj the arrest in

Kn gland of Carl Lody. who subse

quently was executes :?s a German

spy. . Lpdy had a passport issued to

au American'and the department of

J?st ice learned that other American

passports also were In the hands . of

German citizens. This discovery was

of great concern'to the atate .depart

ment as lt was feared Americans

holding passports would be opeu to

suspicion and possible peril of their

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COMBUSTIBLES

FOUND IN HAY

British Steamer Caught on Fire

? w . a - _- - - ???*..

nun j.0iTing ainuaur? rr im ,

Horses for A!!**d Armies,

NEW ORLEANS; Jan. 2.- Combus

tibles were found in bay on the steam

er Rembrandt, which caught ftre re

v.viii?.) ci?or ron. Lu S i?at?Stn>r? wita

hornes for the allied armies, accord

ing to a Ktstemoat made here today

by A. Eldin, captain of the vessel. The

fire forced tho ship to pot beck to

Newport News

Captab. Klein said that, after the

fire had been extinguished, powder abd

other' combustibles were found, but

that he was noe certain they caused

the blaze. The* powder was not strong

ly encased,'he said, and there waa

nothing to indicate an attempt had

been made to blow hp thu ship. Some

of the crew believed it might hare

been placed there to aid any fire that

might have started.

Law Death Bate.

NEW YOKK, Jan. 2.-New York'*

death rate for last year-13.40 per

1.000 of population-was the lowest

in thejetty's history'. The health dei

parurent made this snnouncement to

day.

Ruins of Whitby Abb

'Jut

i =

This photograph, ,Just received lu .

the United States, shows part of what

was left of Whitby Abbe, ono of the

famous historic churches of England,

after the bombardment by German

warships which raided the east coast

of England, Dec. 16. Shells from the

cruisers some miles at sea beat down

the old walls until little was left. It

ARE UNFITTED FOR

SELF GOVERNMENT

Filipinos Should First Be Educat

ed ts Opinion of Former

President Tait.

(Ky A*.*ociaUnl Pmss.)

WASHINGTON, Jan, 2.- Former

President Tatt today told the senate'

committee working on the ailmints

tractlon bill for enlarging Philiplne

independence that thc Filipinos in his

opinion would he unfitted for self

government for the next 30 years

probably for the half century. Demo

cratic party promises of Independence,

ho declared, had resulted In unrest

to which be attributed, in a measure,

the recent revolutionary disturbances.

Neither President Mcginley. "Presi

dent Roosevelt nor himself, he said,

bad contemplated turnkig the Phili

ppine government over to the natives

before lucy */ere educated, for self

government. He quoted from President j

Wilson's writings that "self govern-1

ment ls not a mere form of institution, '

hut a form cf character."

"We cannot present thc Filipino

Wiih ? i"li.ii Tn iei ," bait? the lorillel- (

President. "It must, be acquired. You ?

cannot make over a people io one

generation. Tu? lime wi? be neces

sary to train the ""lupino people for

self government is the tim? that will

he necessary to,rna*-to tuem an Eng

lish-speaking people. If you give

these peoplo independence now or by

1920 fitter's Di?1* -wnnld arise tn th?

Philippines of they would get into a

condition that caused the fall of Diaz,

in Mexico." I

The former President, while dis

avowing intention of posing as a mili

tary expert, saki la answer to ques

tions that American obligation to de

fend the Philippines might he a

"source ot weakness in time of war." ,

"But," he continued. "I do not be

lieve that any of tho nations now en- <

gaged In the European war would

look on the poesesslr.n of the Phillip

pines as a naval base, as a apurce ot

weakness."

Mr. Taft declared that In his opin

ion Japan had no desire to take the

Philippines away from this country.'

"I twice visited Japan and confer- !

red with the authorities on this very

point," he continued, "and lt's my

opinion that their experiences in For

mosa have been quite enough in that

direction."

ey After Bombardment b

was among immy other buildings of

Whitby. Scarborough, Hartelpool and ,

Went Hartelpool damaged hy German

sheila.

Whitby, which was the smallest of

the bombarded Co v.-ns. was famous

chiefly for its beautiful old cathedral.

Tradition has it that Hobin Hood and

Lilttle John practiced urcuery from Us

SIXTEEN PARDONS;

EIGHTEEN PAROLES,

,36 COMMUTATIONS

GOV. BLEASE EXERCISES

RIGHT OF CLEMENCY IN

70 MORE CASES

BRINGS TOTAL !

LIST TO 1,614

Last List Includes Thirty-Three',

Prisoners Serving Life Terms

For Morder. <

Special ta Tho fntelUc*nesr.

COLUMBIA. Jan. 2.-Only a corpor

al's guard of prisoners romain in tho

penitentiary, following tho action of

Governor Blease this afternoon in

granting clemoncy to seventy more

convicts, bringing hie total list to

1,614.

sixteen pardons, eighteen parole?

and thirty six commutations of senten

ces made up the latest batch.

George W. Tldwell. of Greenville,

under sentence nf twelve years for

manslaughter, as a result of Blaring

Emmet Walker, received a reduction

to a seven year sentence. Hie appeal j

ara? ?rmaaA H?!cre j Jw. rUprcn.C CCU Pt ,

enly a few days ago.

Thomas Noland, alias ''Chicago No

land." and Charles Howard. alias

'Texas Dutch," two notorious yegg

men from Spartan burg, were paroled

DO condition that they be turned over

to United States authorities. Federal

officers were waiting for them with ?

warrants, and they will be tried In]

the federal court on the charge of safe 1

cracking in post offices. They were

sent np from Spartanburg in 1907 for

ten years on tho charge of house- ?

breaking ead larceny, and prior, to1

that time served a term In the-federal :

prison ' In Atlanta for blowing a post :

office safe at En oree.

Clyde May, ?cnt oto from Union for I

Hf? in 1912 for murder, received a re- ?

duet lon In sentence to two years, and<

lohn Henry May, sent up at the sarue

time from the same place for life for

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German Warships.

/.*?*. cn ft- rv a c *> '.

towers.

The abbey was founded in the sev

enth century, but te buildings were

practically rebuilt . In the twelfth and

fourteenth centuries. The old church

towers formed a conspicuous land

mark from the seo. The town itself

never has been robbed by modern en

terprises of its Old World charm.

DEVELOPMENTS IN

Reanre.t of Steamship is Looked;

on 'xs Likely to Produce Com

plication*.

<Uy AmocUted Prc?.)

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.-While no;

word came from Ambassador Page to- I

day is to the character of the reply

Great Britain will make to the Ameri

can protest against interference with

American trade, there were several

ilevelopmentB in the general shipping

situation.

Tho United States asked Great Brit

ain for information as to how the Brit

ish 8tatment In November that naval

stores would be regarded as non-con

traband would be reconciled in actual

practico with the British notification

at a week ago that these products now !

are absolute contraband. Information

ls sought as to bow cargoes now en

route are to be affected.

The case of the steamship Brlndilla,

uiglnally detained at Halifax and re

arrested on her re tun. Journey from '

Egypt and ts ken to a French port, ls

looked on as likely to produce com

plications.

Should the question of chango ??

registry bo raised a precedent may be j

iet for. while Great Britain has recog

nized transfers when a bona Ade na

ure, the attitude of France bas never

icen declared.

Making Pornos Ja Shed.

FA?iiS, Jan. ?.-A navan dispatch

irisa Lisbon says an explosion in a

shed in the Estrella quarter ot the

Portuguese capitel todsy revealed

[hat two men were making bombs

Lhere. One of them waa knled and

the other wounded. The pol'.ce found

teveral bombs In the building.

i oonoo or?', no o OOOOOOO

> TURKS OCCUPY ARDAHAN e

? LONDON, Jan. 3.-4 a. m.-The o

> Turks have occupied Ardaban. o

> penetrating 50 miles into the Rus o

r sian Caucasus, sccording to the o

> Constantinople correspondent ot o

> the Exchange Telegraph company, o

, - o

? Ardah an is a fortified town on o

? the Kur, 45 miles northwest of o

. Kars, in the Trans-Caucasia. Fight?

> lng between, the Turks and Rus- o

MMIGRATfOK

BILL CONTAINS

LITERACY TEST

Measure Passed by Sen

ate Despite Indications

That President Wil

son Would

Veto.

CARRIED BY A

BIG MAJORITY

Vote Indicates That the Measure

Can Be Repasted by More

Than Required Two-Thirds

Majority.

(Cly Aa?o<Ut?(l Frew.)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Tho immi

gration nili, containing tho restrictive

literacy teBt for admission of allens,

passed the senate late today, 50 to 7.

Tho overwhelming majority was re

corded despite- Indications that Pres

ident . I Ison would veto the mensure,

as did former President Taft, if lt

should come to him with the educa

tional test included.

The vote indicated that tho bill

could be repnssed by more than the

required two-thirds majority should

tho president reject tho measure.

Senators who voted against tho bill

were: Brandegee. McCumber. Mar

tine, O'Gorman, Ransdell, Kt od and

WalBh.

The bill passed the house last Feb

ruary, 241 to 126.

Literacy test Unaltered.

Although tho senate amended the

houBO bill in several particulars, the

literacy -test WSB unaltered, ?ave for

an additional exemption to Belgian

subjects, adopted today after pro

longed debate House leaders prob

ably will ask xor4 a conference on

Beuate amendments Monday, but ad

ministration leaders were .confident

senate nmendmenta would be accept*

ed and the bill sent to the president

by the middle of next weex.

Among senate am end m ec tn whlsh

house leaders have saved probably

would be accepted is'one to exclude

from the -United States all persons of

the African race or of negro blood.

Another strengthens the phraseology

of the prohibition of polygamists.

Belgian Farmers Exempt.

Closing hours of tho debato were

devoted to an amendment by Senator

Lodge to exempt Belgian fanners

from tho literacy test and from' pro

visions which prohibit . Americana

from soliciting or inducing immigra

tion. Already American organisations

are endeavoring to Induce Belgians to

settle in this country. The amend

ment .us finally adopted. 34 tv 22,

reads: , j

"That the provisions of this act|

relating to the illiteracy test or in

duced or assisted Immigration shall

not apply to agricultural immigrante

from Belgium who come to tho United

States during the course of tho pres

: ent European war or within one year

'after Its termination owing to cir

cumstances or conditions arising

through the wt ir, 1} lt la shown to the

satisfaction of the commissioner gen-,

eral or immigration that the said Bel- '

gian immigrants come with tho inten-1

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AMERICAN SHIP

DETAINED 2 DAYS

Captain Refuses to Transport

' Troop? With Their Horses

and Arms.

(riv AwnrintKd Prwu.;

SAN FEiANCISCO, Jan. 2.-The

American steamship San Juan, of the

Paclfln Mall Bendee, was detained

tv: o d-yz ci SsSA?m Ci ?* li jr Generai

Arr?ela, of Carranra's forces, and at

one time was threatened with de

struction by dynamite, according to

the report submitted to the San Juan's

owner by her captain when she ar

rived here today.

On December 19 General ArrTeta de

manded that the San Juan, then in

Salina Crus, transport 60 of hts men

and 20 officers, together with their

horses and arms, to Mazatlan, Cap?

tain Stewart said. He replied that he

was willing to take the Mexicans as

pssengers, but not as soldiers. Gen

eral Ar rle ta. he said, then refused to

give the vessel clearance and thrvit

ened to dynamite lt unless h's wishes

were met.

C?ptala Stalwart remained resolute

and the question was finally settled

on his own terms. He accepted tbs

soldiers, un sunned, ns passengers and

landed them st MaxaUan December

25.

HITCH ABOUT

THE SIGNING

OF AGREEMENT

Difficulties Have Arisen

in General Scott's Ne

gotiations With the

Two Mexican . t

Generals. *

TO AVOID FIRING

ACROSS THE LINE

American Subbed \\o Death by

Unknown Mexican-Severe

Fighting in Progrese South ?-.

of Pueble. i

(By AModaUMl Prese.)

I WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Difficulties

have erlsen in General Scott's nego

tiations with the Mexican Generals

Mayiorena and Hill, of the Gutierrez

and Carranza factions .respectively,

for the designation of Naco, Sonora,

as a neutral town to avoid firing toto

American territory.

Acting Secretary of State Lansing

conferred today with President Wil

son and Acting Secretary of War

Breckenridge on the subject and iater

further.suggestions woro sent to Gen

eral Scbtt. Enrique C. Ll?rente, Gu

tierrez's Washington repr?sent?t!*?,

also talked af length with Mr. Breck

enridge. 'Mr. U?rebto and high offi

cials said they weio confident an. ad

justment would bo reached without

j the necessity of devlBive action by tho

'batteries of artillery recently posted

across the line -from Naco.

Tho following statement vas - Is

sued by Secretary Tumulty, niter a

conference with the president:

"There is ? hitch about the signing

of the agreement between; Marteretta

and this government in attempting to

adjust the differences. The govern

ment baa not been informed exactly

what the differences are, but ls trying

to ascertain them."

Until today lt was generally unp

poaed that both Hill and Mayierens

were ready to agree that the former

would abandon Naco and move bia

forces to Agua Prieta, while Maytore

na waa to transfer hie men to Noga

les.

I While the negotiations still have for

'their object neutralisation ot Naco,

Mr. Ll?rente said tonight some other

methods of reoL-.ng the same result

was being discussed.

The state department received word

from its agenta in Mexico City today

that the national convention ad

journed until Monday after a urie?

session yesterday when th> question

or how many delegates were to rep

sent the Zapata army of the south

was debated without result.

Washington officials are greet!

terested In the deliberations *,t i <?

convention celled to select a pravfc

lonsl president for a period of sweral

months until a general election cea

be held. It Ia understood Villa and

his adherents favor the continuation

In office of Eulalio Gutierrez. The

Zapata element is opposed to tala,

and the names of General Felipe An

geles or General Jose Isabel Robles,

minister of war In the Gutierres cab

inet, are being prominently mention,

od.

The stete department also waa ad

vised that H. G. C. Atwater, an Amer

ican, waa stabbed to death at Tempi?

co by a Mexican whose Identity waa

unknown. The department baa no

clue to Atwater'B home address or

relatives.

Mexico City was reported quiet NO

csssenger tra'n west north yesterday

on acC?snt cf ?c?rcity of fuel.

Genera! J. Cerr&nss, brctbsr cf

General Venustiano Carranza, baa

'?cen taken prisoner at Salina Crae.

Mexico, according tu an undated die

patch to the department, which also

told or a revolt at San Geronimo.

A Vera Cruz dispatch, dated Decem

ber 30, and received at the department

today, said "severe fighting waa la

progress southeast of mobla,"

Other advices were summarized Itt

thia statement:

"The department IS Just ta receipt

of an undated dispatch from the weat

coast of Mexico, ria narr wireless,

stating that the Carran sa forces bad

been driven from Teeto City ard A ca

p?nete after three dava fighting; that

the invasion of Stanton waa com

mencing; that Villa leaders wee at

tempting to pt entire order and that

conditions were growing worse.**

torin Almost Deoennlated.

CHICAGO. Jai?. 2.-Calls for rutted

States soldiers on the Mexican bord

er. In Colorado. Arkansas and else

where during the 1a*t two years have

almost dsnonulated the lt forts In tho

central department, according to a

reoort today by Colonel TX A. Fred

erick, at departmental headquarters,