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"* - 1 ' V M FORT MILL TIMES. I O VOL. XII. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AI'RIL 22,1903. NO. 5. CLEVELAND SPEAKS. Ex-President Talks at Tuskeegce Institute Banquet in New York. SOUTH ENTITLED TO SYMPATHY In the Solution of the Worn Prnhl?ni '1 hey "Must Lear the Heat of the Day." New York. Special.?Former President CI:ever Cleveland was the principal speaker Tuesday night at a meeting held in the concert hall of Madison Square Harden in the interest of the: Tuskeegee Normal and Industrial School iustltuto. Among those on the platform with Mr. CI- vrlnnd were Mayor Low, who presided. Hooker T. Washington. Edgar G. Murphy, Dr. Lyman Abbott, president Nicholas Murray Butler, and Dean J. Vau Amringe, of Columbia; W. H. Baldwin, Chancellor MrCrackeu. of New York University; John De Witt Warner, and George F. Peabody. Mrs. Cleevland sat in the gallery with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, who are Mr. Cleveland's busts while he is in the city. Mr. Cleveland, who was greeted with prolonged applause, as he was introduced by Mayor Low, said in part: "I have come here tonight as a sincere friend of the negro and I should be very sorry to suppose that my good and regular standing in such company ne eded support at this late day either from certificate or confession r\ r 1? " ?? ? " .. luiuuiuiii, mnvrver, uh mi'l'C may he differences of thought and sentiment among those who profess to be friends of the negro, I desire to declare myself its belonging to the Booker T. Washlngton-Tuskeegce section of the organization. THE DAYS OP UNCLE TOM'S CABIN PAST. ' 1 believe that the days of Uncle Tom's Cabin are past. I believe that neither ti e decree that made the slaves free, iu r the enactro- nt th?t suddenly Invested them with the rights of citizenship any more purged them of their racial and slavery-bred imperfections and deficiencies than it changed the color of their skin. I believe that among the nearly nine millions of negroes who have boen intermixed with our citizenship, there is still a grievous amount of ignorance, a sad wnmint r>r vicionsness and a tremendous amount of laziness and thriftlessness. I believe th?.t these conditions inexorably present to the white people of the United Stat'-s. to each in his environment and under the mandate of good citizenship. a problem, which neither enlightened self-interest nor the higher motive of human sympathy will permit them to put aside. THE SOUTH ENTITLED '>3 SYMPATHY. "I relieve our fellow-countrymen in the Southern and late slave-holding States, surrounded by about ninetenths. or nearly eight millions of this entire negro population and who regard their material prosperity, their peace and even the safety of their civilization. interwoven with the negro problem, are entitled to our utmost consideration and sympathy and fellowship. I am thoroughly convinced inai inr erroris or Hooker Washington and tlio methods of Tuskeegee Institute point the way to a safe and beneficent solution of the vexatious negro problem at the South, and I know -lie godd people at the North, who have aided these efforts and methods, have illustrated the highest and best citizenship and the most Christian and enlightened philanthropism. "I do not know how it may he with mind tonight, the thought that after all we of the North may do. the realization of our hopes for the negro must, after all. mainly depend?except so far as it rests with the negroes themselves?upon the sentiment and jonduct of the leading and responsible white men of the South nnd upon the maintenance of a kindly and helpful feeling on their part towards those in their midst whoso much need their aid and encouragement." Mr. Cleveland closed with a strong appeal for the uplifting of the race and in closing introduced Booker T. Washington. Nine Killed by Cyclone. Birmingham, Ala., Special.?A brief special to The Age-Herald from Evergreen. Ala., says that at least nine persons were killed and an Immense loss to property was caused ?y a cycionG wmcn visitoa Burnt Cork and Petcrman, in Monroe county Tuesday night. Largest flint |)-nd. Faryctteville, Special.?At 11 o'clock Tuesday at his residence on Gillespie street, died Mr. James A. Hums, a prominent business man of this city, of groat energy and ampl, means, carrying on a grocery on Gillespie street, with u largo slothing house in the Williams-Morgan Iron-front block on Hay street. Mr. Burn.i was probably in physique the itir&eai man in iNonn Carolina, weignJr.g, wh(>n In health, ab&ut 620 pounds. He waa a native of Alamance, a near relativa of Mr. Ransom Hums, of this city, and cf the lato Sheriff Burns. SUPPRESSING THO BOXERS. | Heads of the Criminals Arc Cut Off and Fxposed to Public View. Washington, Special. Minister Concm* rejn rts from Pepin. under March j 12. that an attempt has boon made in the district of Yu Tien, about 1,700 , miles west of Pokin. to reorganize the ) Hoxer movement, hut was promptly 1 suppress* d by tii" energetic action of J the Viceroy, the famous Yuan Ship-Ki. i who stood like a rock against the , ni xors in iyuu. several soldiers lost thetr lives in the- attempt to arrest the criminals. Several cf the criminals 1 wore killed and ten others wercarres,,'?d who are to bo beheaded and their heads exposed. Mr. Conner says only sueh prompt and sewre measures will pre- i vent : imilar organizu:lans In ether lo- I eulitlo3. and It is hoped and believed i Youan Shih-Kt will eontlnue as he has : begun. The native official report 011 the 1 uprising Is as follows: "The Tung Cliou Yungping brigade. General Lian Tlang. and the distriet 1 magistrate of Yu Tien. Cheng Chin, report: "In the matter of Boxers drilling at Liu-Ho-Tao, in the district of Yu-Tien. we sent petty oflleers to make thorough search and on the 2Gth of the first ' moon (February 23rd. 1903), they arrested Ling Chiang and other men and women. 10 in all. who were.practicing Boxer arts and who now ask for orders as to how we shall deal with them." "To this reply we received n?s fol- j lows: The contents of the report have oecn carefully noted. Proclamations . hav< been issued strictly forbidding any revival of the disturbances of < 1900. which were originated by the Boxers, but Tuan Lun-Chiang and his party, having no regard for the law assembled a lot of people to form a band of Boxers and drilled them in the dead of night. When thoy wore boing searched by the civil officers they dared to resist arrest and killed and wounded several soldiers. Thereupon seven cf them were killed, men and women. and their head s cxposod as a warning. Ten others, men and women. 1 woie arrested and their swords, spears, flaga. charms and pledges, all proofs of their evildrsigns. were brought to light 1 shall depute Tnotai Chang Hai-Luan, of the military secretary, of the regular force. k> proceed at once with all haste and make a thorough investigation and deal with the matter according to the regulations alrendy in force. As to the ten men and women in custody, let them he carefully tried and afterwards beheaded and let their hea ln he sent to the place of iheir rebellion and suspended an a warning of all and a testimony to the rigor of the law. We shall expect also that some plan be devised to secure the remainder of the band. Let overv exertion bo made In rnnl it out us to prevent further trouble. Forward this with all haste." The proclamation of Viceroy of Yuan Shih-Kai. shows clearly the rigor of the measures taken by him to stamp out the Boxer movement. These persons are to be beheaded: Those dealing in magic spells to befool the people; those practicing evil teachings and evil arts; those banded together to commit violent crimes; soldiers in sympathy with Boxer societies. Heavy tines md penalties arc imposed on householders who furnish quarters for Boxer meetings; on Boxers themselves and on those who fall to expose Boxers to arresf. Altars propagating evil teachings are to he destroyed and a reward of 200 tnels is offered to any one delivering up hound any Boxer. Smaller rewards ore offered for Information 0:1 which arrests can be made. The magistrates are to be impeached for failure to prosecute any Boxers. renin, 0|>fi'iiU.?*. Ill'll I I'.lien nsuan has been appointee! viceroy of Kwang Tung and Kwang Si provinces, and Hsi Liang has been made viceroy of Szcheun province. Both arc strong rapn and probably will suppress the rebellion. Panama Assembly Adjourns. Panama. Special.?The Assembly of the Department of Panama lias ended its session. Among other important matters which were settled wao the placing of a duty of 2.r> per cent, on all merchandise Imported to the isthmus, and the approval Qf a contract for the lighting of Colon, made with the Colon Electric. Illuminating Company. This company was organiz-ni in West Virginia. The contract with it was made in 1898. hut was suspended a year later by the governor of the department when the revolution broke out. Strike Declared Off. Pittsburg. Special.?The strike of the painters and decorators, which has been on in the Pittsburg district for nearly two months, was partically settled Sunday, at a mass-meeting. The men agreed to accept $2.40 for a day's work of 8 hour*, and pay their own car fare to and from work. Last year they received $8.20 and hnd their car fare paid. This year they demanded $3.f>0 and car fare. The compromise proposed by the masters was agreed to with the proviso that the scale jcommittce should endeavor at another conference with the masters to secure sttcot car fare and some modification or wo-Kinc runs. River Continuor to Pall. New Orleans, Special.?Th" river continues to fall hero, registering ID.7 feet. If the nresrnt rate of decline eortlnues for a week ail the temporary ! levees along tlie commercial front will disappear. The work at Hynvolia went , along successfully except for a deep i hole, which some didleulty will be found in crossing. j I SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Industrial Miscellany. On April 2 the Manufacturers' Record announced that the Mecklenburg Cotton Mills of Charlotte. N. C.. was to be organized for the erection jf a plant. Permanent organization las been effected during the week, and it is stated that a $100,000 mill will be built for the manufacture of lowgrade cotton and waste. Win. Coleman lias been elected president; E. \V. Thomas, vice-president, and it. I.. Tate, secretary-treasurer. Messrs. Coleman and Thomas, Robert it. Ray. .John M. Morchead. 11. I). Heath and S. B. Alexander, Jr., are the directors. l.ast week reference was mudc to statements emanating from Itome (la., that the Massachusetts Mills in Georgia at I.indale. near Rome, was to huiid another $500,000 mill. The Manufacturers' Record has been authoritatively informed that there is no truth in the report, as further additions are not contemplated at this time. Three Methodist college.; of southwest Virginia, namely: Emory and Henry College for males; Sullins College and Martha Washington College for young ladies, will he consolidated wiien me connni; scnooi year opens. Hr. H. G. Waterhouse, of Emory and Henry, will be president of the combine. The Iowa Indians who live neai Stroud. O- T.. number among their most valued possessions a scalp quit (Ivo feet square, which is supposed to be "good medicine" for all diseases. The scalps of which it is composed were taken by the ancestors of the lowas 150 years ago. The People's Furniture Co.. of l.ittle Rock, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $1,500. The incorporators are P. 11. Osborne. T. P. Murray, E. E. Murray and others. The planing mill plant of Martin Wiegrand. of Washington. I). C.. was partially destroyed by fire last week. Involving a loss of $8,000. which is covered by insurance. The Hitter Lumber Co., of Saginaw. N. C? will establish a branc h mill at Johnson City. Tenn.. instead of Elizabethton, as first intended. The Eau Clalre-St. Louis Lumber 1 Co. has increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $100,000. Textile Notes. H. 11. Neal of McDonough, Ga.. was mentioned last week as organizing company to build cotton mill at Neals. Ga. He contemplates developing 10,000 horse-power at Neals Shoals and building an electric plant to transmit said power. A mlliion-dollar cotton mill is contemplated in connection with these developments. Surveys are now being made of the property. W. T. Whatley of Newnan, Ga., Is engineer In charge. Fnlton Bag and Cotton Mills. Atlanta. Ga., has purchased all the machinery required for its 50,000-spindle addition announced last week as to be built. Messrs. W. B. Smith Whaley & Co. of Boston, Mass.. and Columbia, S. 1 C., are the engineers-architects in charge of the improvement, which will cost, as mentioned last week, from $2r>0,000 to $300,000. Bids on the construction of the buildings will be wanted in two weeks. Morton Manufcaturing Co. will he organized to build the cotton mill reported last week as proposed at Clover, S. C. W. E. Morton will lie chosen president and general manager; William P. Smith, secretary, and M. L. Smith, treasurer. Messrs. E. W. Fressly, H. L. Wright, W. E. Morton, M. L. Smith and W. B. Smith will lie the directors. Fur ther details are now under consideration. Messrs. John Ramsay and Thomas E. Gore of Paterson N. J., have made a proposition to i.. business men of Clarksburg. Va.. for the establishment of a silk mill In the latter city. It is proposed to form a local company, with c apital stock of $150,000. Mr. Ramsay is president, and Mr. Gore, secretary, of the Ramsay & Gore Manufacturing Co.. which has a $50,000 silk mill at Paterson. David Armstrong of Columbia. N. C., contemplates establisning a mill for the production of knit coods. Hp in vitcs prices on the necessary machinery and on water-power equipment to suit. Liberty (S. C.) Cotton Mills will increase capital from $75,000 to $175,000. Doubtless this action will be followed by an enlargement of the plant. Company now has 5000 ring spindles and 170 looms. It is rumored at Huntsville, Ala.., that the Madison Spinnings Co. will increase capital from $100,000 to $200,000 and double its plant 7.200 spindles. A icport to this effect was current several months ago. but authoritative statement did not follow. Klots Throwing Co. of Carbondale, Pa.. New York office at 487 Broadway. | is hsvlne nlnnu nrcnnrml hv l n ii?i_ I den. 1133 Broadway, New York, for its silk mill, previously reported as to be located at Cumberland, Md. Arthur Cowsill of Washington, D. C.. has contract to erect the building, but tho machinery has not been contracted for. A t'?00-hor8e-power steam plant will be required. A. K. Clark of Augusta, Ga., states that there is no truth In the report, mentioned last week, that he will build a cotton factory at Jackson, Miss. American Net & Twine Co.. Anniston, Ala., contemplates increasing its capacity to a considerable extent this ' year. A new enginc-hou^o and a moistening department will be contracted for at once. . THE GOEBEL MURDERSome Important Testimony Taken Bffore the Court, Frankfort. Ky.. Special.?Henry B. Youtsey for the first time told on the witness stand his story of the killing of the late Governor Corbel. He named James Howard, the defendant, as the man who fired the shot. Youtsey said he saw Howard for the first time a few minutes before the shooting. Howard had a letter sent him several days before by the witness at Governor Taylor's dictation. Youtsey says he took Howard into the office of Caleb Powers, then Secretary of Stale, which had been especially arranged for the shooting. He showed Howard the MarHn rifle, {he bullets and the window from which the shooting was to he done. He says Howard asked what he was to get for doing the shooting. "What do you want for it?" Youtsey says lie asked, and that Howard said he wanted a pardon for killing George Baker. "I told him he could have that and more, too." said Youstey. "About that time." said the witness. "Gcebel came in the gate and I pointed him out to Howard and then ran from the room. As I disappeared down the stops to the basement I heard the crack of Howard's ritle." Youtsey said that after the shooting he passed through the State house basement and a few minutes later eame hack into the executive building from the east side entrance. "1 stayed in the office of Assistant Secretary of State Matthews,' 'said he, "for a few moments and saw Matthews break open Caleb Powers' office and find the gun that had been left in there." Yountsey said that at the time of the shooting he was private secretary to Auditor Sweeney, but that while hia political status was not definitely fixed it was understood he was to have a good place under Taylor. "Governor Taylor," said Youtsey, "directed everything we did. We regarded him as our leader and he was morally responsible for all we did. We knew we bad the Governor and the pardoning power behind us, and were not afraid of punishment for killing Goebel." Youtsey, on cross-examination, said that after he was arrested and later sent to the penitentiary, he still had hope of gaining his liberty. lie thought Ycrkes would be elected Governor and would pardon him. Yerkes was defeated, however, and about a year ago he decided to talk and did toll his story to Prison Physician Tobin. Youtsey said further that he had an additional incentive to tell the story, as Taylor, Towers and others had used him as a eat's paw and scape-goat and then deserted him when he got into trouble. Serious Fire in B.-aumont. Beaumont, Texas, Special.? A careless workman kicked over a lanteran at one of the Caldwell oil wells on Block 38, Hogg-Swayne tract, on Spindle Top and started a fire that resulted in the loss of property valued at $1,000,000 and the bankruptcy of twenty or more of the smaller companies. There were 175 wells on the three blocks of the tract, and only five of the derricks and pump houses are left standing. Every company that had property in the Hogg-Swayne tract is a loser. The fire swept the three blocks covered with derricks and pump houses clear of all its buildings. The derricks lt?ft are on the edge nnd nre few and far between. None of the companies had a cent of insurance. The fire started near the scouthern edge of Block No. 3S and spread three ways. Pumping stations, derricks and pipe lines all fell before it. Large enjgiius and thick pipe melted in the heat. It is estimated that 170 of the wens sustained an average direct loss of This is exclusive of half a million dollars more, the aggregate loss on production and other damages. Fifty or more wells probably nre ruined by the dropping of tubing into them as the result of the fire. Among the losers arc: fxindon Oil and IMpo Dine Company. Caldwell Oil Company. Spindle Top power Company. Centra^ Power and Equipment Company. Pumping Station Dividend Oil Company, Detroit-Beaumont. Palestine-Beaumont. Sun Company, Advance Oil Company. Qrcen City, Queen of Waco. Drummers, Alaino. Buckeye. Ground Floor, Manhattan. Boreaulls and Buffalo. All pumping rigs, uncus ana pipe line equipments were destroyed. Extensive losses were sustained by owners of drilling rigs, among whom were H. B. Ford, Cartwrlpht Oil Company, John Markham and J. W. Ennls. Mr. Funis estimates his I03S at $15,000 and others at from $1,000 to $4,000. Metal to li Tested. Washington, Special.?Unable to determine with any deflniteners the real car.se for the recent explosion on the Iowa, the board of Investigation appointed has recommended a critical mechanical and chemical test under the direction of an expert board to establish the condition of the metal of the burst gun. Secretary Moody, acting on this recommendation probably will appoint nn expert hoard. Rear Admiral Higginson has reported to the Drpartmonl Uioi ( K motn ft f *Ka I ? *.. - - .1 ~ ? I ...VUV v.iut iiit; aiui< ui i Jic illJilll'U waa damaged by the explosion, receiving several deep scores and scratches along lta chase. It Is recommended that this gun be not fired until thoroughly examined, tested and aligned. LABOR RESOLUTIONS Manufacturers Speak Out Against Boycotts and Lockouts. o TlltV RECOGNIZE RIGHT OF LABOR. Labor Commissioner Wright Addresses the Convention?The Resolutions. Now Orleans. Special.?Interest in Tuesday's session of the National As soeiation of Manufacturers centered in the report of the resolutions committee, which was made at noon. The labor question immediately came to the front I in the shape of a resolution embodying a declaration of principles, declaring against boycotts and lockouts, recognizing the right of labor to organize, but "without interference with the liberty of employers or employe," denying the right of unions to fix wages and pledging the association to oppose all legislation not in accord with the foregoing principles. A motion to adopt the resolutions brought a protest from j Jas. K. Tater, of Cincinnati, who de uiouurn iii.ii mi; resolutions no printeu ami hold over until tomorrow. Mr. Tater was supported by Mayor Jones, I of Toledo, and a rising vote was demanded. The motion to defer action was lost by a heavy vote and the resolutions were adopted. They contain the following declarations: "1. Fair dealing is the fundamental and basic principle on which relations ! between employes and employers should rest. "2. The National Association of I Manufacturers is not opposed to organizations of labor as such, but it is unalterably opposed to boycotts, blacklists and other illegal acts of interference witli the personal liberty of employer and employe. "3. No person should be refused employment or in any way be discriminated against on account of membership or non-membership in any labor organization, and there should be no discrimination against or Interference with an employe who is not a member of 21 labor organization by members of such organizations. "4. With due regard to contracts, it is the right of the employe to leave his employment whenever he sees fit and it is the right of employer to discharge any employe when lie sees fit. "5. Employers must be free to employ their work people at wages mutually satisfactory, without interference or dictation on the part of individuals or organizations not directly parties to such contracts. "6. Employers must be unmolested and unhampered in the management of their business and in the use of any methods or systems of pay which are just and equitable. "7. No limitation should be placed upon the opportunities of any person to learn any trade to which he or she may be adapted. "8. This association disapproves absolutely of strikes and lockouts and favors an equitable adjustment of 21II differences between employers and employes. "9. The National Association of Manufacturers pledges itself to oppose auy and all legislation not in accord 1 with (hp f,ipno/iln? -I .u.vBuih6 tin miauiiu. At the morning session Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of I^ahor, made an address in the course of which he said: 'The workingman has risen from ignorance to intelligence, and as he lias reached intelligence he has heroine more or less a greater complication in industrial affairs. In his ignorance he did not strike; in his intelligence he does strike. The next step in the development in his intelligence will be that he will not strike; that he will he able to accommodate himself to conditions because he will understand them better. He will he able to recognize his rights in relation to the rights of others and to know fully what is ' uecessary for successful production, | where he now understands only a part, i This means of course the organization, j the continuance, the perfection, of labor unions. Some of the methods or labor unions are to be condemned. So' are som cof the methods of the capitalistic organization to he condemned, hut because they cannot get on together does not mean that either or both should be destroyed. They must iu6viuvi. j no great question fnr | employers and employes is: Will they in conduct of their mutual affairs ex-1 cet-d the militant spirit, or invoke that peaceful consideration which leads to the adoption of the highest elements of business interests?" Not (lullty of Murder. Newport News. Va., Special.?William S. Shelby, alias "hanky Hob." Ryan, was acquitted of the charge of complicity in the murder of Amos l)yF.art in April. 1902, by a jury in the Elizabeth City county court Tuesday. The jury was out only ten minutes. Shelby was indicted at the last term of the court with H. J. Pritchard, a Phoebus saloon-keeper in whose place it was alleged Dysart was murdered for the purpose of robbing him of a sum of money won at cards in the house earlier in the evening. Pritchard's attorney asked for nolle prosequi when the verdict in the Shelby case was rci turned. It was denied and Pritchard will be placed on trial tomorrow. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Alnny Matters of (icneral Interest In Short Paragraphs. Down In Dixie. A tornado Tuesday morning killed It) persons in Alubania. Fire in the Iteaumont oil field, Texas caused loss estimated at $1,000,000. Representatives of the city Chambers 1 of Conimori>i? ? ? 1 *? . ... >vi< iiiiiuiiii lurnien a Stat*' Hoard of Trade. A bill was offered in the Virginia Senate providing for a Stute Hoard of Arbitration to settle lalmr disputes. Operators and miners, in session at Hunting. W. Va.. are unable to agree , on a scale, and a widespread strike is threatened. Condn* tor Montgomery Thompson, who had been with the Baltimore and OlHo for 42 years, was hilled near Martinsburg. West Virginia. The West Virginia commission which has a $50,000 appropriation. met at Charleston to make plans for the exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition. After bring out only 10 minutes, the jury at Newport News aequitted PolloeI llf C ? ...? v?. o. nncioy. or Washington, charged with the Dysart murder. * The Manufacturers* Association, at ? New Orleans, passed resolutions condemning organized labor, and listened '* to addresses by Commissioner of l^abor Carroll I). Wright. At The National Capital. The new Chinese Minister paid his respects to Secretary May. Target practice has developed weakness in the gun supports of the new battleship Maine. Russia has specifically promised to maintain an open door for American trade in Manchuria. Fl. II. Creecy, who served during the Spanish-American war. on the Panther, is among those designated by the Secretary of the Navy for examination for appointment to second lieutenants of the marine corps. At The North. Rabbi Gustav tlottheil died in New York city. The Pennsylvania legislature completed Rh business and will adjourn today. Th? t ?a- "* ....^t.huuuii i ii (x) orooaung" charges, nt Jefferson City and St. Ixniis is being vigrously pressed. One of the worst storms in years has been prevailing along the New Jersey Delaware and New York coasts. Diroctois of the company which controls the New York "L" road refused to grout the demand of the trainmen and * strike is expected. The steamer John II. atarin. the nonarrival of which at New Haven had catasod much anxiety, was located in Huntington bay, Long Island. The police of New York failed to identify the body of the murdered man found in a barrel on the street Tucsilnv ! rooming or to got any clue as to the perpetrators. An Indianapolis, Prosecutor Ruckelshatie announced that the second trial of Dr. J. C. Alexander, demonstrator of Physicians and Surgeons, charged with connection with grave robbing, has been postponed indefinitely. P. A. Wldener, the Philadelphia capitalist. has ofTered to the city his entire art collection providing, an art museum is erected nt the (Ireeno street entrance to Fairmont Park. Mr. Widoner snys that the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Wllstach will be offered. From Across The Sea. A congress of the Latin peoples was opened in Rome. President Lou bet arrived at Algiers and was given a notable international welcome. The Albanian soldier who shot the Russian Consul at Mitrovltza was sentenced to death. A convention under the auspices of the Ulster Farmers and Landlords' I n ion rruicisen tne iri.sh i-and bill. A Constantinople dispatch says: "M. Stcherblna. the Russian consul at Mitrovitze, who was shot by an Albanian sentinel there recently. Is dead. The army and navy officers charged with smuggling goods into I'orto Rico will not be prosecuted. They will pay lines equal to double the amount of duty. Miscellaneous flatters. An international anti-aleohol congress began in Rerlin. Kmperor William is described as now expressing warm admiration for French Socialist leaders. Artificial ire is sold by the government in Manila to all persons in the military service at ."<0 cents per 100 pounds. A Ixmdon dispatch says: ' Miss Fllen Thorneyeroft Fowler, the author, was married last week, to A. I?. Felkin, at ITetr nhull. Fnsign Hussner, of the Herman Navy v.ill Ik? court-martialed for killing an artilleryman who failed to salute him properly. The German Government began an investigation of th-i arrests of natives under American protection on I\uk Island. in the Cai^dines. An alleged plot to kill General Otis who commanded United States troops in the Philippines, has been revealed by an examination of papers captured from the Filipinos. . / . 1