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ssa Battleship Kna By its R( ENE IN !'!ARBOR OF ROUMANIA ti nu Crew Openec the Vessel's eacocks Eefore Leaving, and Ship ent to t-,e Ocean's Bottom. he Russian battleship Kniaz Potem e, wic h has ,een in the hands of a 'tinous e. that terrorized the peo of Ode.a '.y demonstrations in that rbor, and successaully standing off e whole Russian fleet was reported i"g gin n up. This report was un ehwever. as is indicated by ollo".:,g dispa tche: TLrrned on Seacocks. tenji. Roumania. 3y Cable.-The uncer-:I: that the battleship iaz Pot kine sailei with Rear Ad 'ral Krr- s:,uadron turns out to incorrect. Before iez.ving the Kniaz Potemkine e mutneers opened the seacocks and ded her hold. She is now lying at e bottom. but it is expected wil be floated in time to leave for Sevasto I oor. TORPEDO BOAT CREW TAKEN. Sevastopol. By Cabye.-The Russian ed boat No. 27, which declined to rrende1 the Roimanian Govern ent with the'Nfaz Potemkine, de aring that she had not mutinied, but d been forced to follow the muti us battleship, has arrived here. The embers of her crew were arrested d placed cn board the transport ut. uesday was observed on board the as a day of mourning for the c'i and sailors slain during the n y on board the K: iaz Potemkine. ere will be renumems- on all the .ps. . May Embarrass Roumania. t. Petersburg, By Cable.-Rear-Ad I Pisareffski reports to the Admi Ilty that the engine room of the niaz Potemkinc is full of water and s presumed that the mutineers turn the seacocks before leaving her. iations between Russia and ia on the question of the sur f the Kniaz Potemkine are in n Minister Lamsdorff and M. oclesco, the Roumanian Min tSt. Petersburg, held a confer on the subject, but no dccision was ached. Russia is disposed to insist a 'the surrender of the men, not as olitical prisoners, to which Roumania 'ould object, but as criminals guilty murder and theft. There were sev 1 hundred thousand rubles on board e batleship, which the ciew divided en they left the ship. The Rouma a Government is somewhat embar ed by the fact that it promised the tineers if they surrendered that they uld be treated as deserters. t. Petersburg, By Cable.-Anthough days hare elapsed since Russia in med President Roosevelt of her wil gness to conclude an armistice pend the result of the Washington con ce. Japan, so far as known to the assian Government, has not replied to e President's communication. When the question of an armistice a~ first broached by the President, it Sunderstood that Japan indicated that e would decline to agree to a sus nsion of hostilities until the pieni News of the Day. Before leaving the Russian battleship niaz Potemkine the mutineers opened e seacocks and sunk her. The Russo-Japanese peace plenipo ntiaries will meet at the Portsmouth .,H.) Navy Yard. In the British House of Lords Lord aberts stated the British armed >rces are absolutely unnitted and un repared for war. The Franco-German agreement as to orocco is regarded in Berlin as a irman diplomatic victory over both reat Britain a".d France. A receiver was appointed for the eople's United States Bank, of St. ouis, agaiNt which a fraud order had een issued by the postal authorities at Fashington. Robert C. Hlill, chief of the Bureau of uilding Inspection, Philadelphia, was equested to resign. The Internation-al Convention of the worth League adopted resolutions testing against the seating of Reed Goot, the Morman elected to the nited States Senate. The formal hearing of charges ginst Judge Hooker began at a joint: sion of the New York Legislature. When John Moore. an apparently -y negro, terrorized the passengers aa steamer at Cape Charles Police an Thomas shot him. Lightning exploded a shotgun within is inches of Mrs. J. T. Lamabert, of ofolk county. The proposed joint debate between fartin and Montague at Manchester uld not be arranged. Capt. George Whay. of I tampn~ . was ap. Liet L... - Wale Ei'NorfC fen . exe in of: 'ie or mar. -z Potemkine Scutled 3bel Crew potentiaries met. Russia a-;reced in prin ciple to this as the basis for negotia tion. Sinc-e thcn the Russian Govern mcnt feels it has given ample proof of its desire to conciude peace and its possible it may go a step farther. But the impression here is that now that the Japanese have made a descent on the Island of Sakhalin they are deter :ined to get the island firmly in their grasp before the negotiations begin. This is an easy task, as the small Rus sian force on the isand is in no pos tien to contest its occupation. In addition to marines and infantry the Japanese landed artillery and cav alry. The latter is moving rapidly north. The presumption here is that the Russian troops will clear out without fighting. crossing to Aexandrovsk on the mainland. The Novosti says it considers Sakha lin a second Alaska, worth S10,000.000, 000. It is possile. however, that Japan might agree to suspend the hostilities in Manchuria, although the latest re ports from the front create a strong suspicion that Filed Marshal Oyama is at last advancing for a decisive blow. Besidis the peace plenipotentiaries there will be five delegates with the Russian peace mission, including three secretaries, Prince Koudacheff, ex-Sec retary of the Russian Legation at Tokic under Baron Rosen; M. Planchon, who forini!rly was attached to the Chancel 1ry of Viceroy of the Far East, and 'M. Naboukoff, of the Foreign Office. China, in the request which she pre ferred to Russia and Jaj;an to be repre sented at the Washington conference, practically served on them notice that unless that privilege is accorded her she will refuse to be bound by the treaty so far as it affects Chinese territory. Russia is understood not to be averse to the Cinese proposition, but Japan declined to agree to it. Japanese Loan in New York. New York, Special.-Of the $150, 000,000 of the Imperial Japanese Gov ernment 4 1-2 per 'cent. bonds, second series, $50.000,000 have been taken by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the National City Bank and the National Bank of Com merce, all of New York. Tnese bonds are similiar to the previous issue of $150.000.000 and are secured both as to principal and interest by a charge upon the annual net revenues of the Japanese Government tobacco mono poly, subject only to the charge in fayor of the prior loan of $150,000,000. To Help Negro School. Boston, Special.-At a meeting of the Industrial Union of America. WestF Indies and Canada, held in this cit.' the council voted to put the industrialF school in Southern Pines. N. C., uin der the direction of churches of sev eral different denominations and to as sist the principal, Rev. James M. H-en derson, in raising an endowment of $500000. The object of the school is to edu-F cate orphan and indigent negro cil iren of the South and to give them a thorough training in domestic and me chancal studies. Derelict Blown Up. Norfolk, Va., Special.-The na-al tug Hercules has blown tip the wre:-kF of the schooner Clara E. Bergen. off the Carolina coast. The Bergen was run down by a steamer several weeks ago, and since that time has been drifting almost submerged in the path of coastwise shipping. On account of the dangerous nature of the derelict the Navy Department sent the Her cules out to destroy it. Telegraphic Briefs. There were 15 deaths directly due to the heat in New York. Mayor Helmbold, who resisted the placing of Caleb Powers in a special cell of the Newport (Ky.) Jail, was placed under bail to answer the charge of con tempt of the Federal Court. General Funston's father was arrest ed because he fought when accused of infammatory utterances. Cuban soldiers mutinied and morta.l ly wounded their own captain in a The Scott special from Los Angeles to Chicago badly smashed all previous railroad records for- that distance. The American Institute of Instructors is holding its annual session in Port land, M'aine. The International Harvester Com pany was sued by a former official for an accounting. *Judge William J. Calhoun. of Chi cago, has been appointed a special com missioner by President Roosevelt to in vestigate affairs in Venezuela. Strenuous efforts are being made by the Baltimore delegation to capture the Elks' convention in 1907. Pointed Paragraphs. Time is of no value to a man who fails to use it. Possibly the popularity of ai~r castles is due to the fact that they are not taxable. Some men never realize what hypo crites they are until death stares them in the face. When a gil declines to let a young :an kiss her it is reasonably sure to. make her angry if he lets it go at One way to mak'e people like beer bttr- than champagne would b~e mc rafeis price to $5 botuo. A gir! might as wedll be writing let trs to a m'an across the ocean as in an automnobile with i-n when be S drvng it The crnex' hard"y anthn wo~rseca WITTE NAMED FOR ENYOY Czar Became Convinced That Nego tiations Might Fail if His Appointee as Chief Plenipotentiary Went to Washington and Now Consents to Replace Him by Russia's Great Con structive Statesmar., Long Out of Favor. St. Petersburg ,Special.-. Mura Teiff has resigned is position as chief peace plenipotentiary. It may be re garded as practically certain that he will be replaced by 11. Witte, president of the committee of ministers, who all along has been considered the Rus sian statesman pre-eminently qualified to undertake the difficult task of nego tiating peace with Japan. Though the Emperor on two previous occasions has flatly declined to accept M. Witte, he has now indicated his readiness to make the appointment. The commission, however, will not be actually signed until Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, who throughout has been Mr. Witte's warm supporter, has had an audience with the Emperor. M. Witte's selection will undoubtedly be hailed a a practical assurance of peace. While it would be a mistake to denominate him as a "peace-at-any price" man, M. Witte earnestly believes that the struggle sho.ld be ended and should be succeeded by an understand ing between Russia and Japan which would insure peace in the *,Far East for half a century. Indeed, he is person ally believed to be in favor of a Russo Japanese alliance. M. Muraveiff's retirement, ostensibly owing to reasons of ill health, is In reality due to the fact that the Em peror became convinced of the fact that the negotiations might be jeopardized if he went to Washington. M. Mura vieff himself, upon consideration, quite frankly recognized his lack of diplo matic training and his vant of ac quaintance with the questions in volved. and with equal frankness ex pressed satisfaction that he had been relieved. Train Stalled in Tunnel. Asheville. Special.-A special from A.ndrews, on the Murphy branch, says: Heavy rain, practically a cloudburst, caused numerous washouts, flooding the track over two feet for a half mile near Topton. A number of trestle sup ports were carried away, paralyzing traffic. Train No. 19 stallel in a tun nel five miles east of Andrews. Over a hundred were on board all night. The trestle at the east entrance of the tunnel gave way on the passing of the rear coach, and ditching was narrowly avoided. The train was brought to a stop in the tunnel. Investigation head revealed another washout bridge 50 feet from the west end of the tun nel. The train is still unable to pro eed either way. The coaches were acked with people, two in a seat. ome standing all night. Many women nd children attending the Topton bar ecue were aboard. A rnajority of the passengers walked to Andrews over he fioodied tracks for breakfast. The .ires are crippled. Growers Sue Tobacco Trust. Clarktsville, Tenni., Special.-Suit as entered by a committee from the executive committee of the Dark To acco Growers' Association agair-st he American Tobacco Company and uyers, who are alleged to have boy otted the association, for $250,000 al eged damages. The suit is brought n behalf of 7.,000 planters who are embers of the association, and is ased on an alleged action of the de endants in trying to break up and estroy the association. in restraining ompetition, and also for the alleged oycotting of the association's tobacco n the Clarksville market, In Bremen md in other foreign markets Other Disclosures Likely. Oyster bay, Special.-It is regarded here as probable that other sensation l developments may grow out of the leak in the cotton crop report, which Secretary Wilson. of the Department f Agriculture, is investigating. Noth ing definite has reached the President egarding possible future disclosures. n fact, by direction of the President, Secretary Wilson is conducting the in quiry along his own lines with a deter ination to sift the matter to the hot tom. Attorney General Mioody will dle termne finally whether criminal prose 6utions are to be instituted by the overnment against any one of the al ~eged conspirators. H-ubbard's Letter Endorsed. Augusta, Ga.. Specia.-The cotton xchange throtugh its president, J. B. alker, wired President Roosevelt in support of the action taken by Presi dent Hubbard, of the New York Cot ton Exchange. The telegram says that the Augusta exchange heartily en dorses the letter of W. C. Hubbard. recently sent you, and solicits prompt o-operation in stamping out and ex posing the corruption developed in the bureau of statistics-" Lawson Leaves Omaha. Omaho, Neb., Special.-Thomfas W. awson. after a flve hours' stay ir, the <:ity, left for Missouri Valley, Ia., here he is to address the Chautau qua Assembly on the "System." His oming has been extensively heralded. and a large number of persons gath ered at the station to see the famous tmagonist of the Standardi Oil Comn pany and the Copper Trust.. Will Lose Eyesight. Chester, S. C.. Specia!.-Discourag-I ing reports ecme from the b'>dside of Mr. P. G. MIcCorkle. who was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital a few day ago for treatment. While his z'eneral ondition is much impro;ed. thephy TOBACCO STATISICS The Government Will Withhold Them Pending Inves:igation TRUSI AGENTS IN lr-PARTlENTS Numerous Charges From Scuthern Sources Lead Secretary Wilon to Begin an Investigation in De'erence to the Sentiment That the Depart ment's Figures Were Wholly Incor rect-Spccial Agents Sent to Ken tucky and Tennessee - Statistics Partly Held Up Pending the inquiry. Washington. Special.-Through thc receipt of numerous commuaications from the South and statements in the press at various times that the statis ties of the Department of Agriculture on tobacco were being manipulated in the interest of the so-called tobacco trust. Secretary Wilson has begun an Sinquiry into thc subject. P2ding the investigation, the publikatiot of the tobacco statistics of the several dis tricts will be held up, although the regular monthly figures by States will be given out 'Monday next. It was stated at the Dep11tment that s:,ecial agents have been sent to the dark tobacco districts of Tennessee and Kentucky for the purpose of veri fying or correcting the Dpartment's figures. This action Mr. Hyde, the cief statistian. said, was in deference to the sentiment which had been en gendered that the Departore nt's figures were wholly incorrect. . Hyde has ben given direct charge o:' the investi gation, which, it is expected, will be concluded within two or ti ree weeks. New Directors. New York. Special.-Twelve new di rectors were chosen, and the resigna tions of two old directors and one re cently elected were accepted by the board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The directors who resigned were: General Louis Fitzgerald, former president of the i ercantile Trust Company: Horace C. Leming, who is now president of that 1 institution, and Frederick G. Bourne. I who was chosen at the last meeting of the board. The Mercantile Trust Com pany is controlled by the Equitable So ciety. The full list of the newly-elect ed directors follows: To fill vacancies In the term expir ing December 31.. 190, Wallace L. Pierce, of Boston; Daniel A. Tompkins, o: Charlotte; Thomas S. Spratt, of Og- v dansburg. N. Y.; Louis Stern, of New s York; Frank S. Witherbee. of New I York: James McMahon, of New York. For term to expire Deceinber 31. 1906: 1 Williard F. McCook, of Philadelphia; Congressman Charles E. Littlefield, of Rockland, Me. For term to expire De eember 31, 1907: Nevada N. Stranahan, c.lletor of the port of Newv York; . Cady Herrick .of Albany. For the trm to expire December 31. 190S: Nicholas Murray Butler. president of Clumbia University; Charles H. Zehn d ar, of Philadelphia. No Grudge Agaiinst Wilson. New York, Specia..-President Wal- t ter C. Hubbard, of the New York Cot tn Exchange sent ~he folowing comn unication to the ,Associated Press: f "Permit me to as~k you. very kindly to correct a misal prehensionl of the p.ress in regard td yny letter to Presi dent Roosevelt coniceruing the disclo- ( sures in the Depak-temnnt of Agricul ture. "I have never -ritten to Secretary I Wilson and my letlter was not the se- s iel of any corre~pondence with him i conducted by my Ibrother, Samuel T. '] Eubbard, when priesident of the New f York Cotton Exch~ange. C "My note was ~romnpted simply by t the recent revelatqons and had for its 2 pirpose solely to make a clear state- a ent of the attitude of our exchange." E Will Aid nvestigationl. Washington, Special. -- Richard Cheatham, secretlary of the Southern Cotton Associaticbn, was in lengthy conference with District Attorney 2 Beach and Mr. h oran, acting chief of ~ the secret servi e division, regarding S te recent cott n investigation. Mr. C Cheathamn prop ses to remain here for some time, ad will assist in the p'eparation of evidence upon which possible crimnin I prosecutions will be C ased. C Teleg aphic Briefs. M. Sergius W tte has been appointed chief peace ple ipotentiary for Rus It is stated German Swedish alli- r mie is probabi In the Hous of Commons Premiera Balfour stated no further negotiations d been h ~d regarding President Roosevelt's calf for a second peace conl fErence at Th Hague. Twentyfom~ leaders of the Odessa I riots were han ned.t A violent eene occurred in the French Chamn ncr of Deputies during a d'bate on the Amnesty bill, whlich was k led. Premier Ba ifour stated in the House Commons that conscription would nt succeed i the British Army. District A torney Jerome. of New York, has fo mally asked for a cop" of perintend nt of Insurance Hendricks' report on th Equitable Life Assu:rance ietv inve stigation. Ewin S. ~ olmues. the disissed Gov 'anent st' tistician. is said to have left Unshingtc.. Statisties ci mafactu!re in Mr Cotton Mill Notes. A Record man asked a prominent COt on manufacturer if there were Inany aew cotton mills under way in '-orth arolina at present. lie said there were iot and probably woud be put fe" fOr some years to come. The trouble "th he cotton mill business is twO-fOld ne trouble is the speculation in otto n. xhich kreps the price in such an unset led condition that the manufacturer an hardly tell what his goods ct him mnd can maintain no standard o. vaiues or them. and another reason is tnat abor is getting so scarce in North arolina that the mills that .re now -unning are practically all short of elp. In England there is ari aboun lance of skilled cotton mill lapor. Why yanflnt so-ne effort be made to get some )f it to this country where tpere is an ,ver increasing demand for workers? ho South is the natural centre of the -otton mill industry and should be nore the actual 0,.-reensboro tenor d. The American Cotton Cpampany, of reensboro, has been chartared to deal n municipal bonds and all other kinds >f securities, in seed cottoni and to gin Lnd othherwise prepare thre latter; to >uild ginning and cleanin; machinery; o build cotton mills, expoFt cotton. etc. he capital stock being $250.000. The tockholders are Solomoni N. Cone. Ju ius W. Cone, David Dre fus, Thomas ,rabtree and Neil Ellingon. Mr. Mike Brown, of arnwell, S. C., s said to be the cross-ti# king. He fur ishes ties to many rail/ways and han lies them in very larg- quantities. He s ready to buy ties at 11 times and in tny part of the county, and equally -eady to sell ties at 11 times and in Lny part of the countr A big plant to ma: cast iron pipe being erected at S jffield, Ala. The ost will be $500,000. j TEXTILE OTES. The ginn-r- of T 'xas will meet at ollege Station July 25. The Abbeville. ( .. C.) Cotton Mills as declared a divi end of 3 per cent. The Palmetto Co ton Mills of Colum ia, S. C., expect to install a cloth >ress and a lathe. The Eagle & p enix Mills, Colum >s, Ga., has -dec ared a semi-annual lividend of 3 per ent. The American Cotton Manufactur rs' Association ill hold its next an Lual meeting in May, 1906. at Ashe ille, N. C. The Yazoo Ya n Mills, reported last reek as incorp rated with capital tock of $80.000, is for the purpose of uying the Yaz Cotton Mills at Ya 00 City. Miss. The company will ef ect permanen organization about uly 15. The America Net & Twine Co., H. 3 Williamson, agent, Anniston. Ala., tates that the e is no truth in the re et reports hat the company will ulld an addi ion to its plant. This ompany ma factures nets. seines, ies, and twi es, having mills at An iston and a East Cambridge, Mass. The plant formerly operated at ireensboro, I. C., by the Van Deven er Carpet C . has recently passed to he ownersh .p of the Marshall Mills. 'his compa y was referred to last reek. t i manufacturing stair and rt squares, and is composed of the allowing: Watson Whittleysey, pres ient. East Orange, N. J.; Foster a 'oorhees, ecretary. Elizabeth, N. J.: d Franik in P. Marshall, treasurer lreensboro , N. C. Ref eren e was made recently to the urchase the Eastman Cotton Mills, astman, a., by W. H. Cotter and as ociates, nd to their intention of pro idig i provements to the plant 'he comn any has awarded contract or new 'achinery to the Lowell Ma hine Sh ps of Lowell, Mass., and tc lie Dra er Company .of -Hopedale lass his equipment is beginning tc rrive, a d will be in position by the ad of ugust. R. H. Wright of the Russell Wooler 'ill Co , Morristown, Tenn., will take harge of the Cumberland Gap Wooler ills a t Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and dd si. 'knitting machines. The mill ril th n operate an equipment of. 481 pindle s. 24 looms, two sets of 40-mnch ards, besides the knitting machinery 'arns jeans. cassimere, flannel blank ts a d woolen and cotton hosiery wil' e m nufactured. Mr. Wright will lo ate i n Cumberland Gap by September 'Th. Highland Park Mvanufacturlng ., harlotte, N. C., is completing the 1t llation of electric power, super di g steam in its plant. The wirinf as been finished, the transformers ar< osition, and the six motors are s y for installing. There will be twc 51 orse-power motors in the carding n spinning room, also a 30 and a 40 o e-power motor, and in the weaving m there will be a 150-horse-powe: 2 tor and a 75-horse-power motor. Plans are progressing for the estab hment of the knitting mill referre; last week as proposed at Rockwood en. The company will have a capi al stock of $40,000, which is said t< aave been subscribed, and an applica tion for incorporation will be filed Wife Murderer Captured. Lexington, N. C.. Special.--Alber Miller. colored, was arrested here Sun (lay evening charged with the murde of his wife at Yorkville, S. C. Th arrest was made by Policeman Pear Taylor. on information and warran from Magistrate T. B. Glenn. of York yle. Miller's mother and step-fathe lve here. He is in .iail here and ad m~its shooting his wife, hut didl no know she was dend. Sheriff Djors't hs notified the Yorkviiie authoritie that Miller is willng to be taken there Bulgurial Vants Protection. Sofia, Bulgaria.y Cable-The Buil grian gvr nr' has .sent a cireula note to the rp-e7entatives of the porv es in whihel p::,.s are askedi t< intervene for th rtein or thec lBul grian population. in the vilayet o Ali ano:le. E:rougan Tur h'y, naans sytemaia:. Turkish. prsecThtin. wid frces the Duigar'iar.s to abandon tuei SECRESARY WILSON REMAIN FIRM Secretary Wii:on Declares That Un less There Are New Developrments Regarding the Cottcn Leak He VWi. Abide Result So Far Attained. Washington, Special.-Unless therj are new developments in connection with the cotton leakage investigation, Secretary Wilson said Tuesday that he prctcscl to stand on the report of the 6ecret service o'Icers. He expect ed, however, that the investigation woulagive rise to various rumors and stories of irregularities in connection with the Department's reports on other products, but that where there was the slightest tangible evidence to work upon he would go to the bottom of every complaint and publish the re sults of his investigation. Already, he said, the allegation had been riade that the tobacco figures had been manipiated and the matter would be looked into. But for the present he had nothing further to say. The new system of preparing the monthly crop report, devised since the cotton investigation began, was put in force Tuesday. That report was made public late Tuesday even ing and the Secretary believes that the steps taken to safeguard the fig ures were well-nigh perfect. Early in the day Assistant Secretary Hayes, Chief Statistician Hyde and several experts of the Department were placed in a room under lock and key and they were not to be permitted to come out until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The telephones a the room were dis connected, and a careful scrutiny was kept of the windows to avoid the pos sibility of a leak through private sig nals. No communications of any sort have been received from Mr. Price or his attorney, and the Secretary believes that so far as the cotton investig tion report is concerned it is a closed. incident. The Czar's Friend Murdered. Moscow, By Cable.-Major General Count Shuvaloff, prefect of police here, and formerly attached to the Ministry of the Interior, was assassin ated Tuesday morning while receiv ing petitions. One of the petitioners drew a revolver and fired five times at the prefect, who fell dead. The as sassin was arrested. The assassin awaited in the ante room of the prefecture till the other petitioners had been received and then entering the audience room,. he advanced towards Count Shuvaloff. firing five shots at close range. The bullets passed through the body of the prefect. The assassin, who was dressed as a peasant, has not been identified. He was recently arrested as a political suspect, but escaped from the police station before his examination.. Dag'gan Commits Suicide. Charleston, S. C., Special.-A special from Darlingtcn says that R. Keith Dargan, formerly president of the In dependent Cotton Oil Company and the Darlington Trust Company, com mitted suicide by drinking four ounces of carbolic acid. Dargan was talking to his brother a short while before the deed was done and seemed in good spirits, although th'e failure of the mills and the closing of the trust company's doors were naturally weigh ing upon his mind. H-e left a note whic. the coroner has taken, in which it is known that he mentioned. the financial troubles, and stated that he intended to kill himself. The oil company was capitalized at $1,000.000, and it is rumored that the deficiencies may reac. S700,000. Declines Railroad Passes. Washington. Special.-It is stated: at the Navy Department that Secretary Bonaparte has outlined his opinion in reference to accepting passes tor freV transportation on the railroads, by re turning passes that have been sent to him, with thanks for the courtesy. but stating that by reason of public posi tion w~hich he occupies he feels un able to avail himself of such considera tion. Killed Convicted Negre. Jackison, Miss., Special.-Davis Col lins, a negro who was convicted of attempted criminal assault on Miss Hogg, at a special term of the '2opia county court, and sentenced to ten years in the penitential ;, was killed n the way to prison 1. -: Mr. Dickey-, a brother-in-law of Miss Hogg. The killing occurred at Crystal Springs. Mr. Dickey boarded the train at Hazel hurst. When it stopped at Crystal Springs, Dickey walked into the coach where Sergeant Dodds was sitting with the prisoner, and drawing a pis tol Dickey fired three shots into the negro's body. Death was instantan eous. Dickey surrendered. Railroad From Norfolk to Beaufort. Raleigh. Special.-A special from Elizabeth City says the Carolina Coast Railroad- Company was organized there to build a railroad from Norfolk to Baufort, N. C. President, W. B. Roper. of Norfolk; secretary, W. T. Harris. Norfolk: directors, W. B. Rodmann. Thomas D-uncan, W. B. Roper-, W. T. Hrris and W. C. Rodman, are all stock subscribers. Charged With Husbardc''s Murder. ORDERS ARE STRICT Ambassador Witte !as Instructions From the Czar WiLL NOT BE GIVEN M!U'2! REIN Foreign Office Official Denies Reports That Peace Terms Will Be Left Largely to the Russian Chief Pleni potentiary's Judgment-instructions Cover 20 Pages and Are Positive on Many Points, Including Dismantling of Vladivostock-Russian Journal Thinks Europe Wants Russia to Help Curb Germany. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-M. Witte spent an hour with Mr. Meyer, the American ambassador, at the Kleon michel Palace, discussing the forth coming peace conference. Before leaving for Paris next Wednesday, M. Witte will have still another audience with the Emperor. In the meantime he must pay a round of official visits to all the imperial ministers. M. Witte is expected to be the bearer of a pesonal message from the Emperor to President Roosevelt. The press is authorized by Mr. Hart wig, director of the first department of the Foreign Office, to- deny in the most categorical fashion, the report of the alleged contents of the instruc tions to M. Witte, published in Paris by The Echo de Paris and elsewhere abroad. "Reports pretending- to reveal the character of the instructions to the Russian plenipotentiaries are mere guess work," said M. Hartwig. "These instrnetions have been seen by only four persons, the''Emperor, M. Witte, Foreign Minister Lamsdorf and my self. The Echo de Paris' report says they consist of five pages, whereas the- fact is that they cover over twen ty pages. The paper says the instruc tions are very vague, while on the con trary they are- very detailed. On one point only, according to the Echo de Paris, are they absolutely specific, namely, as to the leveling of the forti fications of Vladivostok; but I can say to you that there are. many oth ers. M. Hartwig also- pronounces the sto ries that M. Muravieft's displacement was the result of intrigues by Foreign Ministe Lamsdorf to be pure inven tions. The- Novosti says it believes that the desires of the anti-German coalition, which Great Britain is trying to engin eer, to restore Russia as a threat against German aggression. should be a powerful diplomatic weapon in the hands- of the Russian plenipotentiaries. "Europe wants to end the war," says the paper, "as Russia's preoccu pation in the Far East destroys the equilibrium. Austria is in danger frc.m Germany, which seeks a. thor oughfare to the Asiatic, in exchange for the compensation in the Balkan peninsula. Germany has pretensions now which she would not have dream ed of before the Russo-Japanese war. It is evident from the Morocco inci dent that Europe wants peace in order that Russia may safeguard her against German aggression." Grand Army Commander Dead. Boise. Idaho, Special..-Gen. W. W. Blckmar; commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., died Sunday of' intestinal ne phritis. His wife was with him during his illness. The body will be embalmed and taken to the home of the' family In Boston. General Blackmar arrived here on July 10 on an inspection tour of Grand Army posts throughout the Northwest. He was ini when he ar rived, and gradually failed. The se riousness of his condition was kept from the public at the request of his wife. General Blackmar was born July 25. 141, at Bristol. Pa.. He enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Calvary and subsequently joined the First West Virginia Cavalry. He served with dis tinction throughout the war and at Five Forks was promoted on the field by -General Custer to the rank of cap tain. Jap Victory on Sakhtolinl. Tokio, By Cabe.-It fs officially an nounced that the Russian centar, hold ing Darline and vicinity, was attack ed July II and odered stubborn re sistance.. The attack was renewed at dawn of' Jtrly 12. when the Japanese. disldged the Russians, driving them in the direction of Mauka. This vic tory assures the complete occupation. of "South Sakhalin by the Japanese. Eighty prisoners were taken by the Japanese, among whom was Lieutenant Maxmta. Four field pieces. one ma chine gun and the ammunition ware houses were captured. The Japanese Ioss was about seventy men killed and wounded. The Russians lost about 160 men. Work of Incendiary. Pittsboro, N. C., Special.-The store house and stock of goods belonging to James Sears, nine miles west of Pitts bro, wero burned Saturday night. The fire is supposed to have been of in cendiary origin. The owner was away at the time and it is not known wheth er the house was robbed before being set on fire. It is reported that there was no insurance on the building or the stock of goods. Private Soldier Killed. Baltimore, Md., Special.--Private Patrick Cummings. of Company E,. United States Engineer Corps. was murdered by Hayes Donaldson, of this city. at a small landing place on Cur tis Creek, about 10 miles from this city. Surnday. The murderer escaped. hcugh he had been left on the wharf fr dead by Cumminlg' companions. Do~alsou started the disturbance by crtcsnlg the army. Two Killed in VWreck. Roanche. Va., SpeciaL.-Tw.o men wcre illed and four more inju:red in a ha d-mn coiliioln her weenn t-.vo freight