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\ > ? * t ft , FORT MILL TIMES. ; JtK ? I, vOL. XII. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. M ARCH 1(5, 15)0-1. NO, 52 THE WAR IN 1 Such Ne*s As Is Available Nct| Definate ACTIVE HOSTILITIES HAVE BEGIN, t a .Sharp FijjhtlnK Reported Between j the t orces of Russia and .Inn.-in Ncwji Indefinite. .St. I ersburg, By Otible The Ktet .*ror re. rived a message from .Viceroy \l"Xleff which says: "Adit.iran Maraknff. -otmnanding the i dec;, reports from Port Arthur under) uaie of March 10 as follows: "Six ion>?do boats which went out to I -. a the night of March 1 ?. four of them j ing under the command of *. Vat iutmst - : a, encountered tl . c:ny's torpedo l>oats followed by cruis i>. A hot action ensued in v.hidi the tofpe-io host destroyer Vlasiini discl'Hrgcfi a Whitehead torpetlo and sank ! . n*' f ho t'nomv'ft tnrnoiln Mi? i i !i way back the torpedo boat destroy- ' r stte? RuiM.'htchi, commundtMl bv ! ti'imir SorKueiefT, sustained ! linage.-. 1 In*:* < nyinc was disabl Ml and she bo- , U??.n ; > founder. By 8 o'clock In the lumnitiM five of our torpedo boat de- ; stiny is and returned. When the (ritual posi'lon of the Stereyur.ehit ill be- ! < aine evident hoisted my Hut on the < i.if \o\ik ad went with tlie Novik ( ruise; Bcyarln to the re.tene. Ibit : >- five of the enemy's cruisers suri< on(i? i our destroyer and as tin ir lr.it t vdtip -Mvndron wan approach! to;. 1 did no, erd i., saving the Steretpu- j lii<>tii. which foundered. Pan of the few was- made prisoners an i part was m ow n< d. " ')n t ships which part.ii ipated in tin ni fit attack, one officer was s. ri i l\ three other w? e slightly (i. *wo soldiers woe killed aiu! 1 . were wounded. "At o'clock fourteen of the etieir> ji.iiii*. assembled before Port \ '>.. an ! a bombardment w :>s begun " 'til the heavy gilUS of the'. buttbfhip -i.m.i.'ron at long range. "This lasted until 1 o'clock in the : afternoon 't la estimated that the enemy fired ir.4 twe.ve-inch idtolls. Tin- j i.tinng< to our vessels was insigniti- i < r.nt. aid they are again ready tor i battle. Our losses were one officer; slightly wounded and one noldicr killed end fo ir soldiers wounded. "Ti:< ilamation of the sea at night ! by the searchlights mounted at our 1 batteries was most satisfactory, and ! sever.?" times isolated shots from our j batteries forced the enemy's torpedo I heats to retire. "Wit5; the commencement of 'lie i bombardment at dawn 'he guns of the , fortress replied to the enemy's Are. ( 'Tb rtows of all the ships enyari d ' gi; nroof < r remarkable eoolnesr x ln-'iili. I i ont if sueh a (lift. must ? considered ineffective, but tic 1 .Inpai ( cruiser Takasayo is reportc 1 !>> h. .< been r. n to suffer serious I >' m;. t ii- extent of which, however, if \va inn; i-sili!" to ascertain at n ilistai. ' of !i\? ntili a. Many shells v !' i it a' a ranee of miles. "1 ' a t! honor to report he fore. ?.:-r: to your M; jesty. t "Si.-modi LI3XI2FF." Tok- Hy Cable. Official nnil priavie ~"i .rts liotli indicate that AUtulr.il Togo's iiuitli attack on Port xrthttr on ' the 10th instant was tlio mo3l eff?*ctlvo > sim < tin first assault <?f a month ago. j <':?? Russian torpedo lmat destroyer a as --'ink and si vera 1 Russian torpedo j oats -a riously damaged. The fortifi- ] at ions- and city were submitted to a i l" t\y i.ombnrdment lasting nearly ; tm;: iionrs. The naval bombardmentis j . the I'ltfi works have generally been | ircfi tive. yet the peeiiliar topograph- ! : a I condltiotts of Port Arthur rrnke immunity from serious loss front bom- j ' nrdniPui almost Impossible. Admiral J i ;i'mi luriKiinia u|jt*u*"u u-t: at*' ion bv boldly steaming in under the i batteries of mechanical mines to the | harbor. Tlv . '-ins action was the bomtyatdn? >ni o: the inner harbor by the J&pan >< hat Lie?hips. The latter took a position southwest of Port Arthur and used only their twelve-inch s ins, j There were twenty-four tweive-incb ' 'I wo Army Corps to Hast. .-'r. Petersburg. By Cable. The fifth at'inj corp.- at Moscow and t.he tenth army . r-rps at KharkoiT will start for lite t'ar Hast in a f"w days. After the war li t ended the two corps will itertirn to their stations, but th ? other troop; tuat are already in the Orient will remain permanently In the Asiatic provision. __________ I Investigation Committee. Washington. Special. When the i<? i> nit't svuurtiay apoaKor lanaon announced tho special committee provided f< m tho McCall resolution adopied by tho House ycntonlay to investigate "tlu indictment" report from the postoMice Department aa follows: Representative McCall. of Massachusetts. i-hairnian; Representatives Hitt, Repubii ;.n, of Illinois; Burton. Republican. (f Ohio; Metealf. Republican, of Califc nia; McDermott. Democrat. o{ Nov. Jersey; Dartlott. Democrat, of fleorpia, and Richardson, Democrat, of Alabama. mm lilE FAR EAST gens in the squadron of six battleships, aiid each gun fired five rouui's, making a total of 1U0 huge projectiles that fired at the city. The tmmbardir.ent was deliberate and carefully planned. In order to aid In perfecting tho tiring Admiral Togo stationed the <misers in a position due east of the entrance to the harbor, and at* right angles to the battleships. The ctliisers observed the range and effect cf the firing and signaled the results and suggestions by wireless telegraphy. Admiral Togo was unable to learn definitely the results of the bombardment, but later private reports indicate that much destruction was caused in the city .vhcre serious fires broke out. There also was damage to butteries. v it111. ou.iiuni .\siii. eoTniliautling Tile Hot ilia of torpedo boat destroyers, bad only three destroyers, but attacked tlie "-'.x Russian destroyers, ordered bis ? rat'I lc? elose in with the enemy. He -learned so . lose to Ihe enemy's destroyers that i h y almost toinhe 1. and t most desneratt ronfliet ensued, from vhich the Russians retired badly disabled. The Japanese Hot ilia, which sitnk the mines at th? in..nth of the harbor later engaged two Russian destroyers. This I'otilla was commanded hy Commander Tsu diiya. Admiral Togo's object In -oniltig cruisers to Talien Wan May was to eneotnp.iss the destrnetic.n of a signal station mine depot at Sam t '.anio. This object was achieved and the buildings were demolished. Rea" Admiral i>ewa and I'rin parieipaloil in tire operations under Admiral Togo, the >!( tails of wia.s 1 ota rai on--. i? c;;n,e known in Japan only Si.ndnv. The n?\\s created inten.- enthusiasm. Admiral Togo's report (ante last night, and hut it was withheld until shown to ihe Kmperor. Admiral Togo is pornw.n- atly numbered among tii" heroes of the empire. The latest tepota plates the Japanese hv. at nine Ki 11< <S. live seriously v minded and s? 1 ? iii? eu slight.\ hurt. he .lepam sr P. ?t was not .i;i:ii;i:r:! in the Sighting. Odds \!;ain5t Russia. S'. l'otoi dmru. Kv Calile. The ? a' '.? M'.ry ?>!' tin' dene tight off I'or I Arthur ; t\vo"?i tin' torm do llotillas. which oe;.r:c<! W'fdn - lay and the htmihnrdmrnt which followed on Thursday n ornhiK was not given out here until after midnight. Two official messages from Viceroy ." lexieff ha l iicen received during the i ay and presented to the Kmporor. lint tne puhlie remained in suspense. The impression was that Admiral Makaroff hail direeted the attack upon the enemy's licet. When the texts appeared it I t came evident that the eollislon hctween tho torpedo flotillas has occuri? d necidentniiy during the nigiit. . hiW? tho limvJdni; u*nra i??? \r\ 1 an-li of t lio eneni\. As far as is known here, this is the I : st time tor;.' 'i? boats have engaged i neb other at . All the odds were aaaim ; the Russians as the Japanese Uotilla was supported by the cruiser st.tiadion. The Uii::ia:is made a herole tiash fit the foe a a; 1 apparently had the better of the combat, sinking a . "amipse torpedo boat, until the cml i i.i e.nj " itliin range niel one of ihe hitter's shells crippled the St<ieKus.-htehl." The gallant action of Tiee Admiral li.iroff in transfering his flag to the f.isi ? rui^er No\il; and sailing ont in the face of the o n ;nv in an attempt at . a i;e r< ei'- s i;it tinted prais \ st ampiae, him at the outset of his command a man ol' force and action who insists on being in the van of the fighting. The removal of the battleship Retcizan from the nioutli of the inner liar Pov, which marked the assumption or unsnmml by Admiral MakarofT, will P o mit the I'.ri' exit of the heavyarmored ships. With the channel open [it is believed that \dmiral MakarofT | will make the sip i a (iron an aggressive ! n ree. | Appreciating the misfortune of the i!- et ii is believed that Admiral MakarofT will attempt to unite his forces by 1 t".aging the Valrtivostock squadron to | Port \rtliur. Repairs on the battleship Retvizan will ite completed in a few weeks, but the battleship Czaravftch is so badly damaged that it is not thought that sne ran participate in any of the operations for a long time." Hmperor William on Board. Dover. England. By Cable.- The Oerman Lloyd steamer Koenig Albert, on its way to the Mediterranean with Etnperor William on board, arrived here Sunday afternoon. Sir William Henry Citiudcll, former mayor of Dover, went | rn hoard th? Koenig and delivered the | dispatches, after which the vessel pro ceded. Report Denied. j Paris. By Cable.?The St. peters 'iui j; con ' spouut ill or 1 ne C.CIIO IIP Paris has sent in an interview with M. "witte. the former Russian Minister of ? tianee, who denounces as infamous ir*"entions the rumors that Count / l>ans(!orffis to lie replaced as Minister or Foreign Affairs, lie declares that, the Minister enjoyed the full <*vaflder.ee of the Sovereign. M. Witte said that he himself would never return to oflhe. The correspondent of The Journal In St. Petersburg says that the reported resignation of Foreign Minister LonAdorfT has been denied officially. ' \ A PROCLAMATION ISSUED l)ur Army and Navy Ordered to Observe Strict Neutrality. Washington Special. ? President Roosevelt, after a conference with Secretary of State Hay, issued the following executive order: "All otlieials of the government, <ivil. military and naval, are hereby directed not only to observe the President's proclamation of neutrality in the pending war between Russia and Japan, but also to abstain from either action or speech which can legitimately cause irritation to either of the combatants. The government of the Un'ted States represents the people of the United States, not only in the sincerity with which it is endeavoring to keep the scales of neutrality exact and even, but in the sin cerity wun wnteh it deplores the breaking out of the present war. ami hopes that it may end with the earliest possible moment mul with the smallest possible loss to those onRatted. Such a war inevitably ineteases and intlanies the susceptibilities of the combatants to anything in the nature of an injury or slight, by outsiders. Too often combatants make conflicting claims as to the <iolies and obligations of neutrals, so that even when dis -barging these tintie-, and obligations with scrupulous care, it is difficult to avoid giving offense to one or the other party. To Me t unavoidable causes of offense, due to the performance of national duty, there must not he added any avoidable causes. It is always unfortunate to bring Uhl World antipathies I iinl jealousies into our life or by s)) -: * h or conduct to excite anger and ! resentment toward our nation in ! friendly foreign lands; hut iu a gov- j ernmcnt employe whose official posi- i tion makes him in some sense the ; represeut.itive of the people, the mischief of suc.t action is greatly increased. A strong and self-confident nation should be particularly careful not only of the rights, but of the sus epjjhilitles of its neighbors, and nowadays nil the nations of the world j are neighbors, one to the other. "All officials <if tlw> miviirmnmil i j civil, military <>r naval, are ? >:*'<1 j I fd carry themselves, both in act anil 1 in deed. as Io give no cause of just I | offense to j ho people of any foreign j land ami friendly power?und with ! ail mankind wo aire no win ft i mi- ! tdiip." A Heavy tiale. San Francisco, Special.?The worst ' rain an I wind storm in 13 years swept over this eily and along the Pacific ? last Thursday doing much damage to ; shipping, railroads and frame buildings 1 through the State. The storm extended i from San Diego to Vancouver Island, ! and it is feared that many marine dH- 1 asters h;ue oecun rd along the coast. Teirgiaph and telephone wires .vie j prostrated In < very direction and far j .'I'Vcuil h.inlS tlii'i I.llv ? i ' "k in' imm the outside world. A prw \Rt?r train at the Alameda Mole, across j the hay from this city. war. Mown front the trail;, j i tierce was the gale the... 1 The steeple of St. Ptttl's < hurt li. one' of the handsomest in this city, was snap >ed oil and in;: ty buildings nnd- v <: ustrncti >11 were iiadly damaged. A reven-stary brick building, almost i otu- ' pitted at. the corner of Bush and Polk j streets, was hopelessly wrecked. I our ricn Burned. Harrislnirg. Pa.. Special.? Four un- ; identiiied nu n were burned to death i in a box car containing gasolene, which 1 caught tire at Branch Inter-seetion. t n ; miles east of this city. Two others, j ueovgc klinger, of tfurnshurg. and \V. j C. Lyter, of L^wistuwn. Irirely escaped j with their lives, their bodies and clothes bring badly burned. The men wore employed on th" Pennsylvania Railroad Improvement at Enola and were being sent to Bainbrldge to clear the ice from the tracks. One of the cars contained five barrels of gasolene. One of the men struck a match to light bis pipe while near one of the gasolene barrels. A spark must have landed on the barrel for in an insian! the interior of the car was a fiery fur tare. There was a scramble to get out. but 1 four men were trampled ui>on by 'bo others and their bodies were ut'terwai I found burned to a crisp. Sharpley Sentenced. Washington. Special.? First Lieutenant Sharpley. of the Twelfth Cavalry, having been tried by a general courtmartial at Manila and found guilty of serious charges aiTec'.ing his moral character, lias been sentenced to dismissal from the a'my. The papers have b : n nronareil in the IVar Dfinartmeni i fv r transmission to tin* President. , Pound Dead. Ale:-andria. Special?Frank Summers, a blacksmith, was found dead beside his mother's crave at ITnion Cemetery. Viis fat e and a poitlon of ids neck had been badly mutilated by large dogs, which were attack ins? the body when It was discovered. Suicide ir. suspected. A wife and live children survive him. Poisoned By Rough on Rats. Dothan, Ala., Special. Mr. J. A. Pctcrman. his wife and three chiidreu, and Mrs. Angus Kirkland and her baby, were poisoned Thursday morning by eating biscuits which were mr.de from flour in which Rough-on-Rats had been put by a small child of Mr. Peterman. Prompt medical attention was procured and they are now out of danger. SHARP TALK IN COSGRtSS Hcnihers (iet Warm Over the Postolflce Investigation 'litter. That an investigation of the l'ost- f oflhe Department by tin* I louse of K"pros'?ntatIves will result from the publication of the report" involving members of Congress in that con- j liection was indicated by every expression possible short of a vote in that body. With a whirlwind of pro- ; test the report was taken up by indignant members, their personal con- ] rectum with it explained, and opilliotu Imrioil ? I lt'fitiri li \ Postmaster General Hristnw. "The I'.iistew* report was eon.-oivod In iniquity, bom in sin. and has traveled its course until it has .truck the public of the United Stales as a great attack upon a body of men as free from wrong-doing. corrupt ion, erimo and irregularity as any equal number of men e?n the face of the earth." This was the parting shot of Representative' Grnsvenor. of Ohio, in paying his tribute to the report. "That document is the production if a liar and a scounili\ !." shouted Repre.'.entat ive Hill, of Connecticut, on making an explanation of his connection with certain bases, lie adilrd tha* ho should vote to investigate himself, attd also the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. "There Is nothing in any of it to Impugn any improper motive or eonduet upon any member of the House," was the ex- > pression of Chairman Overstree.. of the eommiHee who eoin'uatt. >d the idea of an investigation. Mr. Williams, the Democratic leader. urged an investigation of the whole Postofllee Department, and received the hearty applause of both ides of ilie Hi.use ami the galleries 1 whieh had filled during the discussion. It was soon found that the two hours which had been allotted to the | subject was not going to ho near enough time for the personal explanations whieh members wore demand- i lug the right to make, and a motion 10 I'Alt'nil Hie (ll.'IWIf 1IIUII 1(1111 II 1 lorh tomorrow was carried with vim. Mr. Overstroet proposed a postponement of the discussion until Monday in ordor to give the members more time. Mr. Hay. of Virginia; Finley, of South Carolina, and others opposed ; postponement. Mr. Hopliurn. Republican, of Iowa, said that any investigation of tho i'ostofiioo Department would not elicit any facts not brought out by | iho commit lee report. "1 say that an Investigation would eli it further facts, and that those Yacts have been suppressed." retorted William Alden niuun. anna iouu applause troin inc. tloor and galleries. Mr. Williams said lie wanted the corruption in tin' t'ostofhce Department to ho investigated. not by tin- ' friends of tin' men who have boon guilty of corruptions but by the Hovtso of Representatives. As to the Hay resolution. Mr. Williams said it did not touch the question that "somebody at the Post edit Department ha: somehow iip-ludcd in the report the name of man after man in the House of Representatives and the Senate, guiltv of no apparent wrong. guilty of no violation of an> law, guilty of no moral obliquity. gullty of nothing that hears oven the ?li?:rx> of criminality." "What was the motive of it?" he vigorously inquire.1. "Wasn't it to give the Congress notice that the Department held something over Con- | i,t< hs and that Con press had better 1 let the Department alone?" he inquir- ! ed. his words being drowned !>y ap- I jilanse from hoth sides. .Mr. Hay, of Virginia, said he did not ' altogether ?igr >e with Mr, Williams. "I believe then- ought to be an investigation of the Post office Department, | and along with it an Investigation of these charges against members," Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin, declared ! jthi t President Roosevdt had directed i the prose alien of members of his 1 own party. Mr. Moon, of Yenn< <see, facing the Republican side, said: "Tlioso thieves j being yours and not ours, it is for j you, not fur ns to say if they shall have you/ protection." Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, said, that "f-o man who Is innocent is j afraid to face such charges as tnese. lint." lie said, "if a man is guilty he ought to be required to appear before hnp nf ' nft I Imiurt " Mr Ovorslreel then withdrew his motion to pest pone, and the House proceeded to discuss the resolution. Mr. Overstreet. referring to the recommendations made by a member of Congress, said "that there was in no instance any violation of any law whatever by any member of Congress in making any recommendation, cither for increase of clerk hire alloy:nneo or Snere:we of rout of nnoi<.m.o 1 buildings. "The resolution proposes an investigation by iivo members of this hotly," he said, "whereas a committee of seventeen members representing an equal number of States, of both parties in politics, which has already had f before it In a proper way this infor- j mation, has unanimously reported to the House that there is no need, for , further Investigation." Mr. Moon, of Tennessee, insisted \ that thero should l>o an investigation | covering the Postoffire Department | and everybody connected with it. , "and whoever is guilty." ho said, j "whether in this House or in the Dc| partment. should be exposed. The I membership of the House being ac| eused." he said, 'was entitled to vinIdication. as wore also the Dopartment officials, if guilty of no wrong: but." bo said. "I take it that no sensible man will deny that there Is anything else but crime running all over tliat j T Department." |l \V. W. Kltchin. of North Carolina, severely criticized General Hristow and charged him with having deliberately suppressed important and ma- S terial fac^s?"facts," he said, pounding his desk, "which could not bo overlooked, and which were suppressed, in my judgment, for the purposo of giving a false impression to the -r country and misleading the public." ' "llristow's action," he said. "w:>s neither courageous nor honest, hut for | partisan purposes. He knew thoi 1 country demanded an investigation,"! Mr. K'tchin said. "Ite undertook. in ! my judgment, to l?la. kntail Congress. I to silence Congress. ami to sllenee he| country. It Is r aperies or intimidatlon." llo asked it' those on the Republican siilo would -it still and stop the investigation ami thus give the c backbiters an opporttintiy to attack t; the character ami integrity of those 1 whom Itristow had accused. ( Mr. Grosvenor. of Ohio, declared * the llristow report ji malicious libel a on llll members of the House, "i u will resign my seat tomorrow," ho ii said, pounding his desk, "if there is *' anything irregular or improper in what 1 did/' ?> A Million Dollar l.oss. " Wilkosbarre. l'a.. Special, 'i tie Sttsetichanna rlvt r was falling rapidly and ! , the receding wat? rs have left devastation in their path from lu re to Say re. l'a.. a distance of 9."? miles. The rivet p is reported clctf ef it ? . but front Sayro ? to the N nv York State line there is at n other blockade. Three miles south of e here is Nant \ -n ?>, a distance of :i\ t miles, the k" still remains in 'he river. ! Tltt?-e an as yet be no i? 11 estimate, t of ilamor.e dune, though it is safe : jj say the hts^ '<> railroads, mines and other industries in the Yyotning valley ? alone will reach a million dollars. Senator Tillman Letter. p Washington, Special.- Senator Till- " nan's condition continues favorable ! ,.i,l t... U- 1 i ii it CI.- V ? ? o I ' "'II II.' ? ? - M I 41 I I i J I I on tho tonsil which resulted in icniov- 11 i:iK lho pus from the nhsoess hits i< - v i:> voil hint u ureal deal and ho now t:.I os nourishment more freely. The tc niporaturo is also satisfactory. Tlx.so ' ' t;tten(Iitij* hint sr.v they now see no '' ortuso for apprehension. If 'ho improve- " n.-nt continues as at present tho family v hoi"* tho Senator tnnv tike his projei t ! ( ' trip South in a few days. i] Georgia Delegates. iInitiosvillo, fja., Special.? .TmL?e H. < Tato. o.t Lumpkin founty. and Colnnol Sponoo, of Pickens county, woro ohoson as delegates to tnational U pulili -an convention to roprceoni tho v ninth cnitprossional illstriot of (I o.nta. t: Wa'tor 11. Johnson. \V. J. Lyons. Marry s Stillwell FM wards and II. I.. Johnson t woro endorsed as delegates from tho i: State at lare.o. J. \V Lyons we . on- t dors'd for Georgia's month r of the < nationai commit loo. Train Derailed Mnrphy. N. Spo in L Tito passerKor on the Mnrpii.v loatt'-h of tin- Ailan'ie. Kti 'w dlo .y North.rrn it til.iy. duo hero ai .*> o'clock SatnuVtj ov in a. was dorniiod tioa Hal!'.; <":m in*:, thret miles south of this place. Tito online and tenth r alone k< pt the l j if ii |I i s -> I) ' . ..toll- lo:< v my tho track and turning ?) ?? r i ? tho diteh. Tho wr? ci: w.?s canoed hy a ( lie I en rail. So\ ,.il person won slightly An elderly woman by . 1 mii I v. ho ! i . iii ar Franklin, tliis St ito, is the only hereon a-riinisly hurt. \ PROMINENT PEOPLE. M Henri (Wilier "as boon oloofeit , "Prosit! nl <>f tli" Paris <7eot;rni>lii?al Sneioly. Ktlwnnl VII is irninir to vieff Km \ ! Vienna. Paris. Lisbon ami I'erliu litis smiuncr. i ' <'anon \ barer lias resigned the eannnry in l'rislul ('aIlieiiral. wliieli he lias held for tbe last six.eon years. Tito Tli^Iil iiov. Tltontas Pie'dim; . Sf itt. the lil*>l Hishop f.r tilt' K:t'?f.tt?;il I ;; p'lttrrh in Oregon wns elt>el"il in that I ,, Kiii-'c if is:.:: i P ncrnl Tz.intflH'ff. Hie M i? .lutian ! i 1 11it 1". ItilS It'll \ It'llilil fttl I".ti l 51' 1 will later ro lo I.iiiiiIom and in:.; :n" . x \\ a d vlsii iln> 1 'nittMl Stall's. TIi" <'onRrt'sslonu! Library 1m - ' reived from Mrs. f!. W. Fall, r.j* Nash | villf, Tonn., it large box enntaiui' W the j ' paters and letters of Prrsidt'iii .!: :i s ' ' 1\ I'oik. | 'r Maurice 15 illinat. the French port, i ( \v|>.? illr;! i i.v in a private a> \ .i'm, i \vn m oni' lime I hp rajfc in Paris, .ml lil wt-irtl a ml gloomy fjmi- v. is- oi't??:s st t to ntttsie. Prpreseitlfliivo T>. X. Sparry, of l'i j Sr. mid Connecticut l>islri !. i-. Hi" lather of Hit' 1 roust' in point of y.ar j lit- was seventy-six years nM at ;.;.? c In t birthday. r Poind Albert von Merati. a young ( ! ion of Hit* Kusslan impariiH Inn. a, ha.- cnt.'roil tlii' novitiate of tin' it-ate lit tin > monks. He is the grandson of Archduke John. f Former Coventor TTornc I'.oi - who Was one time the iioimlnr I 'ml.. <'. ... I cmorrats of his Slate, is at ??r s r ' living a secluded life on his farm <-f l.'OO n< ros, near Eltlora, Iowa. x Tlie Orand Duke AJoxis is in his fifty-fourth year. As his brother, i'i j Orand Duke Vladimir, ddosl son of ' the Czar liberator, is praetienlly the r head of the army, so Alexis ij .he [ graud admiral of the nary. " The largest t)ror.7.e statue in tie vrorhl Is that of F'eter the Or eat at S' t Petersburg. P. weighs about l.lci* ? tons. ' r ilLLED FIVE MEN tartling Confession of One of The Famous Train Robbers HE MYSTERY IS CLEARED IP ?? he Car Barn Bandit Clears Dp tha Mystery of the Chicago & Northwestern lixpress Robbery Four Years Ago. Chicago. Special.?CJustave Marx, unn ' the three car barn bandits now ituler sentence of death, declared in a onfeasion made Sunday that he wan Tie of the three tiyn who held up the 'hicngo & Northwestern Express train t Towep "\V." near HeKalb. four years go. The crime, which has passed into i'story as one of the most desperato \er committed in or about Chicago, as never been fastened upon any one ' the many suspects arrested, and the 'entity of the bandits has remain d a uystery to the police until now. Marx says both his confederates in he crime arc dead, and refuses to give heir names. Ope of thm. he declares, died with his hoots on." The railway r.thorities admitted a loss of $100,000 > the robbery. Marx said the robbers > cured only js.ooo, the rest of the unm y having been destroyed by the "pio-ion of dynamite used to crack he safe. in a sort of footnote to this startling ui!' Mm \ admits the killing of ve men in his career of crime. "11. sides .John It. Johnson, killed at he cur ha:t . : Detci th e Quinn, killed the tim of my arrest, and Otto taupre. wliom itoeski is generally sup( . d (o ha\e killed. I have killed two her n en." s.ild Mur\. "Eight years lo N idermier and I want to JaneHllle. Miss., to roll ;i train, and hid our vnamite alongside the track. A track alitor or railroad detective 1 have ov< learned which ranio upon uw nd asked lis what wo were doing I.ore. ! shot him. ami we threw hie ?>d> into jin- Hook river. The other an whom I killed I had done criminal orU wiiii in Michigan. I nut him at 'an:p (hsldfiold. Col wher Nelder lor and I were there luat fall. He. new too nint h ahoul nie. and 1 killed am and loft his body lying in the nhtirhs of the camp. Both these crimen in I e verified by the police." Letter l-'rom President. Norfolk. ?pecial. Pronidont Roose It m nt tlie following letter to Sec rein y Slioperd, of the Jamestown Expolicn Company, endorsing the tercennmial lo he held in I MOT. as demand :u* ilit" 11 r< it ? ?! rlTori of I ho whole miion in romtnenioruting the roal birth f tho ant ion: White House. Washington, D. C. Mat h W04. "My !> r Sir: I trust I need hards' say to you how apt 1 regard tho im> (wet ; r< oiitoimial coiebration to iicld ?>tt t <e herders of Hampton . <> ; i in lhiiT. This ter.eiileiinlal will mk an opti'h in the history of our r it 1 \. The ti,. : per: .on-nt settlement . Kn;:lish-.v>< .ikiue people of Aineri;n :it .lame iuwn in Kill?. marks h niii.'u. of tin- history of the I Suites. 'I he IJuOtli anniversary of ":.i; event must lie .-elehrsVt d hy 'ho enjde of our l iiion as ;i whole. "Willi lie: t visiles. believe he. Sim-erely yours. rp11 vm/idp ?r !? :?# r:? 1 Fitzhug Fee, president of the > posit ion Company. will probably il c i -barge of l!i<' headquarters to lie ; i Washington to work for a alio:: 'I appropriation. Atexieft's Report. Viceroy Alexieff lias sent Hit* following message 10 rhe F.nporor: "In the light between our torpedo iMHts and the .Japanese cruisers ou tar. h Id. t'aplain MatteusseviU'li. Ktiiuii MexatidrotT. and Mechanical Kngl:?or I'linifl. received slight wounds, a.l Kusign ZacilT was severely woundd in the head, losing an rye. "The commandant at I'ort Arthur rc.11 Is the following details of the bomIn^ni of the fortress (here <m "ar h In; As soon as the enemy opead lire our batteries replied. Six of the nemy's ships remained behind the. .iao Tishln promontory and opened fire i ('" fortress over ihat shelter. They I boniliardui'-ni at 1:15 p. m. The jj i i ;,Sn.;;t jy.i projectiles. One hell from the barter;' >.'o. 15. on Klec: i. t'liiV damaged ,i Japanese c ruiser eriourdy. "Ti e.-uilis of the bomliardment re -.i -nitie int. Siv soldiers were U'arch el. Three inh ihitants of the own wounded. nriiini/ id S?tni?cvilo'tf rf> >orf !l?o o'firers :i:id soldiers in the bore batteries displayed exemplary owr.iye and their guns in perfeet iriicr." Senator Tillman Hotter. Washington. Special.?Senator Tili: r.n. who Tor a week has had serious rouble with his throat, is reported to it* vnv much improved and the eonft. nr expec talinti iK expressed that he ill lie able to leave the city for tlin !o*.:th during Die present week for a ;c;\od of recuperation. The iniorover.out is due to the relief experienced roin th lancing of another abccss. rhe Senator swallows readily now and aide to converse without difficulty, rhls morning the Senator suffered ex- . route pain, it* intensity being greater an any he bad experienced since his . it affection first manifested itself, it t Saturday's operation ended the >r..n.