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FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. XIIl. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH SO, 1904. NO. 2.
THE HAUNTED CITY.
Some heart's remcmbranci' and regret
Kill every street with life profound;
This corner where of old we met
To me has sinre been hallowed ground;
T novel pass in nun or rain
Now, but 1 meet you here again.
We cannot go from where we dwell
Aim! leave behind no lingering trace;
Where ui the past our shadow fell
A shadow of us haunts the place;
Ketinning now. ourselves tnnv there
Disturb some Iitin?l of .... ? ? ?
Tli?> stones are thrilled t>\ many a tread
'I'll.it leaves no footprint where it strays;
fc?h;ides of the living and the dead
In silence throng the noisv wnvs:
11 ere where 1 meet in gltowcr-or hliitie
Your ghost, you haply meet with mine.
The air has sounds we eannot hear,
l< iltm with shades that, none can see;
Th"' <i?ar the living voice, and dear
The sight of living voices he.
"With kindlier yearnings yet we greet
Tin- mends we set* not when we meet.
?A. St. doun Adcock. iu The Xneetntnr
?|? ?m^ ?!?
A BASHFUL
j SUITOR.
i | | | | | I
li. WAKXK, |>leuH?', mis-."
4 w m \l Margery Young rose ami
O \| O held out a friendly haml
^ x*'iL to her visitor.
"tlooffrey War no was a
man with a distlnot porsonnlit.v.
\o longer a youth, ho was yet
on tin- right side of forty, persona bio.
even distinguished looking, and a solf.
mailo man. Ills faro wore habitually
? ii! ? <! expression, but bis *uiile, if
rare, was very pleasant.
Jlo w..s smiling now.
Margery looked very pretty in her
vim! pink gown.
"Mother will In* here direetly Why
tier- >oi not at the tennis niateh today
"?'otiidn't get away."
lb absently held her two oulstreti
hed hands in his till she blushed.
"It's ages sinee you've been to see
ns." withdrawing them nervously.
"I never go anywhere. rou know?to
pay rails 1 menu."
"I know it's very nice of you to
emit" :;t all when v<m"n> lumr t 1
mi' taU? your hat and stick, autl won't
you sit down? You'll tind that chair
comfortable.'*
| please myself when I come hero,"
ho rctuarkctl, with a slight glance at
.Margery, and letting her take his hut
and sti'-U. Then he sat down and
slaved hard at her as she sat opposite.
Sli" rested hint, this fresh young creature.
His tired mind relaxed in her
presence. He felt younger, better.
.Margery's color canto and went. She
was looking her best. A sparkle of excihmient
muddier bright eyes brighter.
The man was her hero, her king
among men. She admired him for the
very poverty wlileh had rendered his
struggle with life necessary, for the
tired look in his eyes, for his smile, and
perhaps because lie went nowhere exccpt
to her. She watched the tired
f 1-ill'lT Ifltli .? O..III *-t *
..111! II lllllll Ul II I llllipil.
II i* lingers stole Insensibly to the
jut. where veposeil his pipe.
"You may smoke, if you irjj,nt.
MmiJk i wouldn't mind."
il.tw- you been to set* the n.-w 'CJnrnien
V*"
"No. Is. she pood?"
"Splendid," edging his ehair closer
to hers and leaning forward with a
look of affectionate interest: "yon
wuiid like her- immensely. Ask Mrs.
Ymilig to take you."
Margery rose, and taking a book
from the table, said:
"l.ook what a pretty book Mr. Itockly
sent me."
Warne scowled. A rose dropped from
between the leaves, tie picked it up
and elaborately returned it to her.
"You are throwing away a treasure."
She tossed it into a bowl of potpourri.
" It was stieli a pretty rose. I pressed
it. Some one left it 011 the table."
Waiue sneered imperceptibly.
"How have things gone with you I
lately:" ho asked, returning the l>ook
negligently, and pressing liar rtngors
in tin* ad.
! vary quietly." said Margery,
with a sigh. 'We hardly go anywhere
or da anything."
Warno looked intensely sympathetic
and moved his chair lialf a foot
nearer
"You should persuade Mrs. Young to
take you'down for the May week."
nddinc In a low. sweet voice, "yon
ought never to lie dull, you have bo i
many resources."
llis chair was opposite to hers now |
As lie leaned forward her dress j
touched him.
? Tea wan brought in. ; J
? ? v *'
S'
~.i3 . - I
"Do you take milk ami sugar?" haml- j
itig iilm & cup.
"Both, please." with a faint pressure
of the lingers beneath tlie saucer.
"Thank you. I will help ntycevf. ^on't
you take sugar?" tenderly.
"No."
"Then you don't care for sw^ehj."
anxiously. \
"Oh! yes." said Margery, puzzled at
his eagerness. "I am very fond of
sweets." \
A look of relief crossed his features,
and lie leant back with a sigh, to gaze
unremittingly at the piquant fare before
him.
"Would you like to see my new photographs';"
Margery asked presently.
"Yes." lazily, "do show them to me."
He got up and stood by her till she
unearthed Ihern from n olio ?? ? -or.
nor of tlie table, thou rosontoil him- i
self.
"See! which do you pro for?** she
asked him. leaning down to hold one
in the host light.
Their sleeves touched. An electrie
thrill transmitted itself to each. As lie
felt her breath on his check a delicious
sense of happiness pervaded his being.
Youth would not be gainsaid. Their
hearts boat wildly, intoxieatingly. Involuntarily
their hands mingled. It
was nn instant of exquisite bliss to
both.
When Mrs. Young came in an instant
later she wondered at Margery's
Hushed cheeks and Warno's evident
nervousness. Having pronounced sentence
011 the photographs and shaken
hands live times. Warne left. Margery
wont to the door with him. On the
step lie paused, gazed at her intently,
and half sighed. Then he took both
her hands in his.
"I think it will he line for the match
tomorrow." he said, earnestly. "Shall
you lie there?"
"I think so."
"Ah! I thought perhaps you'd had
<*nmi?r]i ipnnis il>i< "
A parting squeez of the hands how
hot his w?<r<> they burned like tiroanil
ho was gone.
'What was Mr. Warno talking to
yon about when I came in?" said Mrs.
Young.
"Oh! tennis and books and photographs."
said Mai gory. blushing as she
remembered that hand elasp.
"lie seemed very nervous, and aotunlly
said good-h.v live times, and held
your hands quite an nnneeessarily ions
time." severely.
"Hid he. inainiua?" innoeently.
"Weil." said Mrs. Young. with apparent
irrelevanee. "your father and
I will he eon tent as long as yon are
happy."
That evening Margovy dreamed that
fleoffrey Warne had proposed.
I'nt ho never did. Violet Uefries, in
i xiv* r rvu* ijsiiicc*.
A lit omolillr* Will Frrp SnflVriii? lIornri(.
TIik humane societies Lave done a
great ileal to free the suffering horses
from their troubles on our icy streets,
but the automobiles will <lo more.
The latest figures show that there
were UiS.tNKi automobiles made in the
United States last year. Their easli
value is about $.".<>,000,000.
The automobile is no longer a toy for
millionaires. rr.e cheapest ones cost
no more than is paid for a team of
horses. And they are to be found today
in all parts of the world.
For instance, automobile trucks are
now being used to carry supplies to
mining camps. They are carrying the
(Sovernnient mails in (lermauy. Italy
and even in some parts of India.
Automobile stages are carrying passengers
along the mountain roads of
the Western States. In California automobiles
are hauling lumber: in Mich
ignp. they are pulling snow plows, ami
111 Ohio llic.v aiv doing chores on the
farm.
In New York City there are automobile
coal trucks, operated by one man
apiece, which carry and deliver live
tons of coal at a load. If the fittest is
to survive, the days of the work horse
will soon be ended.?New York Journal.
Wniitetl No I- rill*.
Lloyd Morgan. Professor of Mineralogy
and Geology at the University of
Oxford. England, who passed through
Philadelphia the other day on his return
home, tells a story ol" an English
commercial magnate which equals
those absurd but veracious tales that
used to come out of Chicago.
lie says that the great merchant in
question came to him to eonsult about
the Instruct ion of the hopeful son and
heir, who was some day to run the
vast business interests from which the
pater had made his wealth.
"But mind you," said lie. "I don't
want hint to learn about strata or dips,
or faults, or upheavals, or denudations,
and 1 don't want liini to till his mind
with fos-ils or stuff about crystals.
What 1 want hiin to learn is how to
tlnd gold and silver and copper in paying
quantities, sor?In paying quantities."?Philadelphia
Press.
FretUne N If ro*?*ii Art i llrlally.
The chemists of tlio Agricultural! Department
have shown that ability to
tlx the nitrogen, which is infinitely
abundant in the air. and apply it to
the w or no lit fields of the world, will
enable mankind to cultivate what is
practically virgin soil forever. A plant
St Niagara Falls is taking nitrogen
from the air by electrolysis, hut uot
yet in commercial <iuantlty.
THE COTTON FIGURES
Full Report for 1903 Given Out i!y
the Department.
Washington. Special.?The final report
of the census bureau on cottonpinning,
showing the total cotton production
for 1903, gives the following:
Number commercial bales, including
Ilnters. 10,399,55S, against 11.275.105
for 1902
The following table distributed the
crop, exclusive of linters: In the
United States 10,205.073 commercial
bales. 0,359.472 square bales, 770.20S
round bales, 75,393 Sea Island bales.
The total crop reduced to a common
basis as to site of bales Is an equivalent
of 9,851,129 500-pouml bales, as
against 10,630,945 500-pound bales in
1902. The number of bales counting
round as half ba es. including linters. 1 1
was 10,014,154, against 10.784,743; the |
equivalent naies oi a BUU-pound stand- I
aril, including linters. were 10,405.610, !
against 10.2x7 16% In 1902. The square
bales upland crop reported from gin- j
nerles which aggregated 9.359.472
shows a decrease of 633.193 from 1902; i
the round bales, upland crop, reported
from ginneries were 770.208, a de- ;
crease of 211.0.76; the bales of Sea ,
Island cotton reported from ginneries
were 75.393, a decrease of 29.560. and
the bales of linters reported from cot- !
ton seed oil mills were 194,485. a decrease
of 1.738. These statistics were j
collected through a canvass of the in- '
dividual ginneries of the \otton States | 1
bv 631 local special agent*. who found |
that 30.218 ginneries ha<. been ope- t
rated for the crop of 1903. compared '
witli 30.94S for 1902. In the final canvass
for this crop where gtnners had ,
not finished ginning the.v were re- <
quested to prepare careful estimates ; '
of the quantity of cotton which re- ! 1
maiued to be ginned at their establish- i I
meats; their estimates, amounting to ; !
75.401 commercial bales, have been
Included in the totals of the' .above
table. i
The distribuiion of the crop, exclusive
of linters, Ly States and terrl- !
tories. giving the total commercial 1
halM fnllniua- llaham. I.ioincn. I
IVIIV/ no. ?"VIUW01U(l, 1 I I
Arkansas. 741.236; Florida. 6k.572; | 1
Georgia. 1.329.278; Indian Territory. 1
312.776; Kansas. 75; Kentucky. 4; i !
Louisiana. 858.5(58; Mississippi, 1.439.- ?
294: Missouri. 39,283: North Carolina. 1
555,130; Oklahoma. 204.957; South '
Carolina. Ml.351; Tennessee. 250,437; 1
Texas. 2.5G2.632; Virginia. 13,681." '
The complete annual report of cotton
ginned will be issued May 1.
Canal Commission. !
Washington Special. Two impor, ,
tanr. points has been developed in } \
connection with the work of the Is- j
thrrian Canal Commission. One is ;
that the headquarters of the commit- i
tee will probably be on the Isthmus |<
of Panama, instead of Washington, although
an office probably will be |
maintained, and the other, that all of
the time of at least five of the com- i
missioners will not lie devoted to the j
canal work. Their private interest
wiii demand a part of their time. Legislation
now pending before Congress I
provides for the appointment of a
government of the American zone. <
In Panama. Should it be enacted into
law, it Is quite probable that the '
President may designate Oenerat i I
Davis as the governor of the canal '
strip. The President has practically :
determined that the Panama Canal '
Commission shall be atachcd to the '
War Department.
I!. G. Mills Dead. \
Wilmington. Special.?Mr. Fh fl. <
Mills, a well-known business man of
Whiteville, and a brother of Messrs. K. i
1. and W. H. Mills, of this city, died I
at the James Walker Memorial Hos- 1
pitai here Tuesday morning and the re- I
mains were sent to his former home <
for interment. Mr. Mills was brought
to the hospital Saturday for a t operation
for an abscess upon his lower in- j
tostinos. The operation was performed ' >
Sunday afternoon but the sick man !
never rallied and his death i-enw
several horns of unconsciousness. His (
wife was in Wilmington when he died, j |
having accompanied him from Whileville
Saturday.
ANcwriethod 5tfRKested.
Manila. By Cable.?Capt. I)c Witt, j
with a detachment of ccinsta.hulary and (
Lieut. Pitney, with a detachment, of j j
scouts, have jus; encountered Mat Ario . ,
Sakay, the so-called president, of the ; ,
Filipino republic. Sakay. with l."? of j .
his followers, wore killed and the re- ;
maiuder of tlio? hand was captured. (
Tlierc were no casualties on the part of |
the Americans. ! j
An Expedient.
Washington, Spacial.?A member of (
the House committee on the judiciary i ,
has prepared a bill looking to a con- j ,
solidatlon of the Northern and South- >
ern judicial districts of Florida. This ,
expedient is proposed to legislate Judge ,
Charles Swayne out of office and avoid
the necessity for impeaching him. I <
There is serious objections to this plan ,
among many members of the House, j
It is stated in opposition to the plan
that oven if the district should he 1
abolished Judge Swayne would still be '
entitled to his salary as Judge and <
that it would simply work a hard- (
ship on the people of the district and ,
on the judge for the Southern district ,
of the State.
THE HARBOR IS
Another Attempt On Port Arthur
Failed Signally
JAPANESE MADE BOLD ATTACK '
The Russian (inns Repelled the War
Vessels I:roni the I'orls and the
Harbor Remains Open.
St. Fetersburg.Hy Cable? An official
ilispatch from Fort Arthur to the Kmperor
says thai at I o'clock Monday j
morning tin- Russian searchlights disclosed
four large merchant steamers
making for he entrance to the harbor,
supported by six torpedo boats. A
heavy tire was opened on them by the
batteries and some warships.
The torpedo boat Stilni. commanded
by Licutonunt Krinizki. turned the
merchant vessels from their course by
blowng up the prow of the tirst and
then boldly attacked the enemy's tor-j
pedo boats. In the tierce light which
followed Chief Engineer Swyereff. of
the Stilni, and six marines were killed
and the commander and twelve men ;
were wounded. I
The Japanese plan to block the en- j
trance to Fort Arthur was fruitrated.
however, and th?> channel is still ( teatVice
Admiral MakarofT. command
ilig the Russian naval forces at Fort
Arthur, has sent the following tele- ; i
gram to the Emperor:
"I beg most humbly to report that
at - o'clock this morning the enemy [
made a second attempt to block the !
entrance to the inner roadstead. For !
Ihis purpose they dispatched fouri,
large merchant steamers, convoyed 1>> i
six torpedo bunts to the entrance. The
enemy's ships were promptly discovered
,by the searchlights and were
bombarded by the batteries and b> the
guardships. Fearing the enemy's I
ships might break through l.kut.J
Krinizki. commanding the guard tor
pedo boat Stilni, attacked the etiemj
ind destroyed the bow of the foremost j
lapanese steamer with a torpedo. This I !
steamer turned to the right and was ! 1
followed by two others, with the result j
that the three were stranded to the
right of the entrance. A fourth steamer
went to the right of the enemy's!
ships ami likewise sank to the side
3f the fairway. The Stilni then bat- I
tied with the enemy's six torpedo
boats. Engineer Artillcer Sweycreff
md six seamen were killed and the
commander and twelve seamen were
wounded. At daybreak the enemy's
batteship and cruiser squadrons appeared
.and I proceeded with the fleet
under my charge to meet the enemy.
The second attempt of the .lapanese
to block the entrance to Port Arthur
lias failed, thanks to the energetic do
t un- mi- r<fii mm iuiki rorces. wno |
acted as they did during the tlrst at - j
tempt. The harbor remains perfectly :
*lcar."
The follow inn oflicial dispatch has 1
icon received from ('.en. Smirnott'.
"Port Arthur, March 27.?Lust
night. after moon-rise, the Japanese !
attempted to block the entrance to the
harbor. Four fire ships were sent to- !
ward the port convoyed bv a torpe ':>
flotilla. Toward 2:1a a. in. the ap
proacti of the enemy's ships wore per- j
eiveil by the guardahips and batteries
which simultaneously opened upon 1
iiifin nL'nui.v. i in1 tire snips wi re ;
preceded by torpedo boats, followed at |
1 considerable distance by larger i
ships. which opened on the forts supporting
the action of the fire ships and
the torpedo boats. Owing to the i
ieaviness of our artillery fire and the j
Mildness of our torpedo boats, the
lire ships did not reach the entrance
0 the harbor. Two of them grounded
n a reef under (aolden Hill, another
sank behind the first turn of land,
struck I y a torpedo from one of our
mats, ami the fourth sank, its hows j
touching a Japanese steamer sunk in
the previous attempt off Majatehnaja
florda. The entrance to the harbor r<
mains clear.
"A Hotchkiss one-inch calibre quickfirer
was found aboard one of the ,
mnken steamers from which a fire
lad been kept on our torpedo boats.
\ boat left each of the sunken ships,
tarrying their crews. One of these is
believed to have been picked up. Toward
4 oe'loek a. in. the enemy's torpedo
boats retired and the bombardPreached
on Mars 11111.
Athens, By Cable.?Rev. John Potts. !
i. Toronto, Ontario. preached on the
Pill of Mars Sun lay to the delegates to i
1 he world's Sunday school convention.
I'he ministers and delegates repeated '
st. Paul's address to the Athenians.
All the members of the party from
the I'nited States are well and will
proceed to Jerusalem, whet the .licetng
of the convention will he held.
M... I mm* T V
i'??y i i- i WU I CJirA*
Paris. Special.?The Matin's Harbin
correspondent says a rumor is being
circulated there to the effect that the
war will last two yea;t and that it will
not really bet?in before September, the
nina making July and August unfavor- :
?ble for military operations. Despite
rbir.a's prot? stions of neutrality, the I
correspondent eontinties, "Oeneral Ma
is advancing to. Manchuria. If this
movement Is combined ./ith the Japanese
operations the Russians will be
obliged to act against Oeneral Ma. who :
ontlnues to move northward, although >
iho Pekin government, it is under- j
itood, ha* ordered him ,o --utr*"
; STILL CLEAR I
tuent ceased. Vice Admiral Makaroff
at once proceeded in u steam launch
to inspect the enemy's sunken steamers.
The enemy's torpedo boats reappeared
at ? o'clock this morning.
They were sighted south of Port Arthur.
and the batteries re-opened on
them. Toward o'clock the enemy's
squadron appeared on tin- horizon, and
ours steamed out to meet it. At <?:30
the batteries opened tire. The ship's
batteries soon ceased, the Japanese
drawing off to the southeast, evidently
declining an engagement. At 10
o'clock they disappeared below the
horizon."
A further telegram to the litnperor
front Vice Admiral Makaroff says:
"1 respectfully report that the one
.?i > iui ? III^ ? i> i!u i ?i >N 11 i M'lunu'd iu
the harbor with the fleet.
"The torpedo bout destroyer Stiini,
which stranded on the reef in consequence
of damage caused to iter engines
by one of the enemy's shells,
was floated during the course of the
night and entered the harbor, thanks
to the energies of her crew. Her commander.
I.lent. Krinizki. who was
slightly wounded in the arm. "lid not
quit his post.
"On the flreships were infernal machines.
the wires connecting with
which were cut by l.ieut. KedrofT and
Knsimi I'ilsoudsky of the irregulars
whom 1 dispatched on the tack. They
hoarded one of the steamers as soon
us it stopped, cut the electric wire and
extinguished the fire which would
cave in up tin' entrance or the harbor
to tho enemy in the roadstead.
"In the morning a floating mine was
found hearing an infernal inaeliine,
tint the latter was successfully removed.
"Tho inspection made showed that
the steamers utilized as lire ships
were not old. They were each of about
'2.00b tons and they were armed with
light calibre guns."
The Japanese practically repeated
the tactics of February 24. by sending
in four fire ships, preceded by a torpedo
boat flotilla, with the exception
that tlit* tire ships this time were armed
with llotchkiss guns for tin* purpose
of keeping off the Russian torpedo
boat destroyers.
The enemy's attempt was discovered
by means of tin* short* searchlights
and a heavy fire was opened from tho
batteries and from two gunboats
which were guarding the entrance to
the habor. The Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Stilni was outside on scouting
duty, ami to the dash and nerve
of her commander. Lieut. Krinizki.
is chiefly due the complete defeat of
the plans of the Japanese, lie at
once made straight for the oncoming
ships under a hail of fire from the
Hotchkiss guns, and torpedoed the
leading ship, which sheered off. followed
by the others, three of them
being piled up on the shore tinder
(Jolden Il'.il and one under the light
house. Stilni then engaged the entire
six torpedoa boats of the enemy, coming
out from a terrific tight, with seven
killed and her commander and
twelve of her complement wounded.
hut I ?Yl thi? Irlliutwico villi. ??nlu
boat's crew wore saved. Iti addition. I
according to unofficial reports, it. Is '
believed that the Japanese lost nco I
torpedo boats.
The Japanese cruisers which supported
the attack exchanged shots
with the batteries and then drew off.
after which Vice Admiral MakarotY |
took a steam launch and examined I
the fire ships. An hour later the Jap- j
aneso torpedo flotilla, followed by j
Vice Admiral Togo's fleet, sailed otn |
to en gage 'he enemy, but after the!
ships and batteries hail fired a few |
long-distance shots. Vice Admiral To- j
go decided to decline the issue, and
disappeared to the southward.
The conviction continues to grow
here that the Japanese may have concluded
that it would he inadvisable |
in make a direct frontal attack on
Manchuria from Korea against the|
whole Russian army, and that it will
be no-.esary to land a flanking column
in the Gulf of 1 Jao Tung to divide
the attention of the Russians, and if
possible to seize the railroad and cut
off Port Arthur. The ground above
New Chwang is perfectly familiar
to the Japanese, who occupied it for
a year during the Chi no-Japanese war
Hrs. Davis III.
Atlantic City. N. J.. Special. Mrs.
J< fferson Davis, widow of the Prcsi
I
dent of lite Southern Confederacy, who |
came here from New York after an Hint
as. wan last night stricken at her
hotel with an attack of acute indigestion.
Through her remarkable vitality
she rallied and no apprehension is now
expressed for her rapid recovery.
Somebody Yelled l-ire.
New Haven. Conn., Special. A panic
occurred at the morning service in
St. Michael's Italian church Sunday, in
which almost a score of persons were
Injured. Four of the most seriously iujuiod,
two women and two children,
were taken to the llaven Hospital.
Some one in the congregation shouted
"Fire," during a prayer, and immediately
the worshipers arose and rushed
for the door at the rear of the church,
the only exit. The police and members
of the church have made an investigation.
but no reason far anyone, giving
an alarm of firo bas been discovered.
TO LEVY WAR TAXES
Japanese Will Arrange to Finance a
Lung War If Necessary.
Tokio. Special. -The government has
not fully disclosed the proposal concern:
fig the war taxes to be submitted
to the special diet, hut it now appears
as though it will not propose any
change in the tariff in sugar, but will
instead recommend a domestic tax on ?
the basis previously stated. It now
seems probable that the only change
elici ted in the customs tariff will be
an increased duty on kerosene and
us. ,\u discrimination will be mado
a i inst Russian kerosene, because that
tiade is rhiefty in the hands of the
lJritish merchants. It is anticipated
that there will be a serious contention
in the diet over the taxes on sugar and
silk and dealers in the former commodity
are strongly agitating for a reduction
in the rate. Party committees
are meeting daily discussing the tax
proposals and the belief is expressed
that the government will be forced to
modify several features of their plans.
If the tobacco monopoly if. enacted It
is estimated that it will be ten years
lv fore it is finally completed, although
the government counts upon earnings
from it in 11HH amounting to twentyfour
million yen. gradually ncreasing
until i'.ll-t, when it is estimated they
will amount to fort> million yen.
It is estimated that it will cost the
government elnrht million vnn ?.* mi
chase tli*' plains and stock required to
i onsummntc the combine and fully
T ine million yen to compensate the
o\\ ners.
Jap Tobacco Monopoly.
St Petersburg. Special.?The representations
of United States minister to
Japan. Mr. Clrlsc.om, concerning American
Interests by the creation of a
Japanese tobacco monopoly, will. The
Novoe Vremya says, sharpen American-Japanese
relations. It considers the
tobacco monopoly absolutely necessary
tor Japan in the present condition of
her finances, hut says the compensation
claimed l?y the Americans would
more than eat up the income from the
monopoly in the lirst years, hut creating
for Japan a situation, the "full
meaning of which it is probable I*
quiie appreciated at Washington."
Stock Breeders fleet.
Jacksonville. Fla.. Special.?Th?
stock breeders of Georgia and Florida
met here Tuesday in convention and
ti morrow will organize an association
to bo known as the Southeastern Stock
Breeders' Association. The convention
organized by electing State Senator C.
A. Carson, of Florida, as chairman and
Ralph Edwards, of this city,
as secretary. The feature of the occasion
was the address of Secretary Wilson.
lie .icvoted much of his address
to the adaptability of Georgia and
Florida to cattle raising.
School Boy n Murderer.
Columbus, Ga.. Special.?A special
trom Chipley says that a fight, occuried
at Whitesvllie between two 16v
ar-old school boys, which resulted in
the death of one, Tom Haralson, son of
T. \V. Haralson. Robert Maddox, son
of Hon T. J. Maddox. was the other
participant. Voting Maddox struck
young Haralson with a large stick,
fracturing the skull in two places, from
the effects of which Haralson died a
short time afterward. The cause of tlio
fight is not known. The two hoys were
intimate friends.
Severe Penalties for Pillaging
The army organ publishes an order
of the day issued l.y Viceroy Alexleff.
threatening the most severe penalties
against soldiers injuring private prop
, ... v ji\ t aim uiah ill*- n.lUI*".
The Ameer Poisoned.
Si. Petersburg. Hy Cable. If is reported
here on good authority that the
Ameer of Afhhanistnn lias ben poisoned.
Habibullah Khan, the Ameer of
Afghanistan, was horn in 1S72. and
succeeded to the throne on the death
of his father. Abdurrahman Khan, October
1. J !?01.
R, <i. Mills I>ead.
Wilmington. Special.? Mr. F. O.
Mills, a well-known business man of
Whiteville. and a lirother of Messrs. K.
1. and W. ii. Mills, of this eity, died
ai the James Walker Memorial Hospital
here Tuesday morning and the remains
were sent to his former home
for interment. .Mr. Mills was brought
f' the hospital Saturday for an operat'on
for an abscess upon bin lower tntc-tines.
The o]>eratlon was performed
Sunday afternoon hut the sick man
ncvor III 11 it'll mi/1 hlo rlontli /.????**
* - ill" **ii# l.BIIll am i'
several hours of unconsciousness. His
wife was in Wilmington when he died,
having accompanied him from Whiteville
Saturday.
fort Arthur Bombarded
T?ondon. By (!iblc.? A dispatch to
Rentier's Telegram Company from St.
Petersburg says: "Japanese torpedo
boats appeared off Port Arthur at
midnight of the night, of March 21-23
and the shore batteries and guardships
shelled them for twenty minutes
The Japanese retreated but reappeared
four hours later, when they met with
the name reception, when they retired
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