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f ' 3 \ ;T ' 11 \ FORT MILL TIMES. ^ i j m-mm_ VOL. X1IJ. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13,1904. NO. 4 WARFARE IS SLOW Neither Russia Nor Japan Making An Effort to Fight 1 i NFVt^^fABfF AND fftMBAnifTfiBV , Russia Trifg to Hxplaln That She Has Sustained No Serious Losses Up to This Time. - ? - Berlin, By Cable.?The Tagleblatt's war correspondent. Mnj. fJacdke, writing dii a train while tioaring Harbin, Mnr< h 19, said: "Only six trains daily pass oast on the railroad to Manchuria and only four thence to Harbin, but those consist of as many as 118 cars. The railroac apparently is able to ineot the military demands." The Japanese Fleet. Ixuidon, By Cable.?A correspond?'i of the Times sit Wei-Hai-Wel. cabling under Friday's dnte, says: "The result of a week's cruise leads me t' believe that the Japanese fleet is engaged covering arrangements for a new landing of the troops recently mobilized. A close blockade of Port Arthur is not maintained, presumably lieeuuHc of information regarding the stat< .f the channel. Certainly up to j tin present no Japanese transports > liav, i netered the gulf of Peclil Li." ~ f Di-.i. o? r-> ! i ?.avivii vi UIUCK otii rvciurvcB. 3 tershurg. Uy fable. Tin- niohi : of the Hlaek Sea rcserv - in p. . tod in order to till gap. cans o'Atlng sailors to 111" far 'last. I: .j.1 ? I< .1 that a similar moliili/.a! come into effort in the i'.iitie prov within a niontIt. j V ..a liorilative denial in given of ' ti;< . nn>r of a Itn.-sian reverse on ! tin V 'ia. No oflieial telegrams were 1 ] ?'< ? ( from the front today. Tie steamer Snminoye Marti enlled ' in at Chemulpo Friday to take on | in :. (; otto nu n belonging to the tlrsl : division. The newspaper corrospon- I dor.: on board the Suminoye Maru wen i.nt perniitte.l to land and a cor- ( respondent who was lure waiting to i go forward with tlie Japanese troops i was refused poinds; "mi to embark on < the ! ?minor. The Russian Plan. ] Paris. By Cable.? The Russian plan ; for ntricvlne the reverses :it Port At* thiir and Chemulpo has been cnmmunl- , ' < ;it< (1 to irnc of the embassies through ! ' otlicial channels having access to the 1 higln st naval authorities at St. Peters- \ burp. The plan is explained as fol- j lows: Russia recognizes that the lapnnese i 1 now has preponderating naval strength , in the far East. Therefore it is essential to reverse the present Japanese preponderance. This will be attempted by two distinct moves. First, urgent efforts will lie made to i have a naval concent ration at Port ( Arthur, the Baltic, lied Sea end Vladi- ! , vostock fleets joining Vice Admiral Makaroff's command. If possible, and j till" in vi n pr tllP i-nmhStlcil tUmtg nrni\i\t\ - t tlerame over Vice Admiral Togo. | , S< und, it is foreseen that it will be difh nit and probably impossible to I 1 effect this concentration, as Admiral j Togo may intercept the Baltic fleet he- | fore its arrival at Port Arthur. In that 1 1 event the Baltic fleet, which is com- j paratively small, will attempt the peril- < ous task of engaging the large Japanesi fleet in the hope of disabling some ] of the Japanese ships and thus re- < diying the Japanese effectiveness. Ac<j~i linp to the Russian calculation t/ic Baltic fleet may suffer annihilation in su< h an unequal combat, but it will have served a valuable end if it is able to cripple a sufficient number of Japanese ships to reduce Admiral Togo's ! naval strength below that of Admiral 1 MaUnioff. The foregoing information is no part of current speculative report, but credited from official sources. The authorities at Washington will receive ' similar information shortly. i Severe Wind Storm Nat hcz. Miss.. Special?Natchez was thr vvn into great excitement Thursday night by a severe wind storm which amounted almost to n tornado. The wind, accompanied by a terrific rain and hall storm, came from the northwest. Part of the city hall was unroofed. Several warehouses and a nunitei of residences were shorn of their roofs. Fences were blown down and huge trees were torn up by the roots by the fierce wind. St. Mary's cathedral was damaged and hundreds of electric light wires are badly disarranged. Horsemen coming from the vuuuy uiaun is iiif mim ill 11118 paf-rd, report that the growing crops have 1 eon destroyed. Tornado Strikes Texis. Calvert. Tex.. Special.?A tornado strit a the country five miles west of h< re Thursday afternoon, unroofing tho residen e of E. 8. I'eters, president of the Texas Cotton Growers' Association, and wrecking a number of tenant belts's on his plantation. On the T. J. flarrctt plantation great damage was dene to crops, many houses destroyed and R. F. Drcnnan, the manager, was Injurt d. V * -Mm* ATROCITICS IN THE CONGO A Horrible Story of Butchery Told By Minister. L?ouisville, Special.?Dr. W. M. Morrison. the Southern l'resbterian missionary trj the Congo Free State, in an Krtdress here, gave an impressive recital of the alleged barbarities practiced on the natives of the Congo by the authorities and of obstacles thrown in the way of their correction t>y the officials. He said: "I lived with these people seven veais and know what I am talking Jbout. Leopold lias there a cannibal irmy of twenty thousand men, offlcerad by white Belgians and armed with repeating ritles. Men representing the worst savage type of natives are caught and carried far from their tiomes and forced into military service. In turn this soldiery is used to compel tho natives to bring in an enorcuoub tribute of ivory and rubber. It s worth noting that the King of BelIfium is today reputed to be the largest dealer in ivory and rubber in tho world. As a result of forced military lervico and labor, great and unspeakible cruelties are practiced on the na:lves. I have seen five thousand fleen tr to t fnroeto ..0 %w cuv AVI v0vo i" v ov a|/u mi: raiiUi* ial soldiers of King Leopold. I have le ?n soldiers scouring through the forests catching men wanted by the jovernment as laborers and taking raptives away with ropes tied around their necks. Raids upon the villages ire constantly made, some are killed, ithcrs sold into captivity, others forced Into labor and military service. 3ne can buy all the slaves wanted for ten or fifteen dollars each. In these raids innocent women and children i ire killed or captured, hands cut off t to be taken back to the Ilelgian otll 1 :era ro show the work has been well lone. In one of these raids near the Mission Stations one of our mis ion arles counted eighty hands cut off, Irying by the lire to be taken to an jflicer and forty-five dead Iving near- | jy-" 1 City Elections. Chicago. Special.- In the municipal j ciection the Republicans elected IS I alderman, and the Democrats 1C. The j tu xi coincil will contain lit! Republicans and 31 Democrats. The chief interest in the election, howevei. ientered in tiie vote on tiio proposed municipal ownership of the itreet railways. In tliis connection what 19 known as the Mueller law passed by the last iStfcte Legislature was submitted to the people. The authorized cities in Illinois to construct, own, operate and lease street railways and to provide the means therefor. On this proposition the vote stood 152,134 for the preposition and 30,104 against. On the proposition that the city should at once Lake over the street railway into its rontroi the vote stood 120,744 for and liO 893 against. For the temporary licensing of street railways until such time as the city is prepared to take them over the vote was 120,1 SI and 48,05(5 against. Kansas City, Mo., Special.?Unoftlrial returns from one-third of the city. Including decisive precincts, assure the slection of the whole Republican ticket, headed by Jay N. Neff for mayor, by pluralities ranging from 1,000 to 2.000. except that of Police Judge Brady (Democratic and labor candidate) is probably re-elected by a small plurality. The new council will have a Republican majority. Milwaukee. Special.?Mayor David S. Rose, Democr.it, carried the city in the municipal election, having a plurality of 5,912 over Guy I>. Goff. Republican. Victor T,. Berger, Social Democrat ran about 2.000 votes behind Goff. The Democrats will control the common council. Battle Sh'ps to Move. St. Petersburg, Ry Cable.?As soon as the Nova Is clear of ice the battleship Souvaroff and Slava, in course of construction at the haitic Works, the battleships Borodino and Orel, at the Franco-Russian Works. and the cruiser McIcr and the transport. Kamtehatka, at the new admiralty yard, will be sent to Kronstftdt for completion. The cruisers Seem chug and Izumrtul and the l>attleship Sissoi Yelil:y and Imperator Alexander III, are already there and are being prepared for commission. These ships will form part of the fleet which is destined to re-inforce Vice Admiral Makaroff's fleet next summer Two Suspended. Harney OMfleld and E. C. Han ennn. who have racing automobiles in the South, have 1 een suspended for an indefinite period by the racing board of the American Automobile Association Tuesday. The suspensions were ordered because the drivers competod in an unsanctioned meet at Savannah, February 15. an.d Birmingham. JJare.h S. BURTON SENTENCED He Declines to Say Anything in Defense of Himself DEGRADED FROM HIGH POSITION Judge Adams Says the Verdict of the Jury Demonstates That Public Office Cannot Be Prostituted to SelfServing Purooses. St. Louis, Special. United States Senator J. R. Burton, of Kansas, was sentenced to six months imprisonment in jail and a tine of $2,500 for using his influence before the I'ostoffice Department in behalf of the llialto Grain and Securities Company, of St. I^ouis, nnd for having received payment from the company for liis services. \Vhcn Senator Burton, accompanied by his attorney, came into ttie United Slates District Court. Judge Adams spoke of the motions that had been filed for a new trial and for arrest of judgment. The court, after briefly reviewing the motions, overruled them both. The court then said to the de fmdant: "Have you anything to say as to why sentence should not hi' passed upon you?' Evidently suppressing his emotions with a strong effort. Senator Hurton stood leaning with both hands en a el-air hack as he said: "Your honor will please allow ire to respectfully decline to say anything." The court room was almost empty with the exception < r a few persons who had remained on; of rriosity and tin* silence was almost op;;r ssi\o as Judge Adams, in a low tone, began delivering the sentence. The court said: "1 am satisfied that the jury reached the just and true result. The evidence abundantly warranted their verdict and I found no reason, either in the ??4 ?? r^w>< i iiiiih in* i~ ?ic ** in hi i in* inti codings attending the trial, for disturbing it. "Your exalted station in life, and the character of your offense, give unusual significance to your conviction. It demonstrates that the law of the land is equal to any emergency and that it can he administered regardless of the personality and station of the accused, it also demonstrates to all the people tnat public office cannot he prostituted to self-serving purposes, and that pub lie oITiee is not a sure or safe passport to private thrift. "The humiliation attending; your conviction and the statutory disqualifications resulting therefrom which forever incapacitates you from holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the government of the United States are in themselves heavy punishment for your offenses, and leave hut little i.? the way of severity which could he added. "Tt is neither my pleasure nor purpose to impose any unnecessary punishment. "1 think the majesty of the law will be sufficiently vindicated and the public welfare sufficiently safeguraded by imposing a single sentence, warranted as it is on any one of the six counts of the indictments on which you were convicted. "This sentence will he that you he confined in the Iron county jail for a period of six months, and that you pay a fine of $2,500." At the conclusion of the sentence Senator Burton, who had not taken his eyes from the court and who had scarcely moved, as he supported himself by the chair back, turned and sat down, with his head bowed and his eyes on the floor. His attorney. Judge Knim, immediately filed a bill of ex ( options in the case and offered a bond for $10,000, which was accepted. Senator Burton declined to discuss the sentence. The case now will be appealed to the United States District Court of Appeals. Wound In Heart Healed. Philadelphia. Special.?Thomas Mmerson, the negro who was stabbed in the heart about three weeks ago and was treated at Jefferson Hospital by Dr. Stewart, who closed the wound with six stitches of silk, will leave thr hospital in a few days none the worse for his injury. Although he has been ?t "jidthmI t'l hiK Knl < vp" ci'.u-P Y f* htu: born In tbo Institution, to prevent him from in any way destroying the efforts of the operation ami thereby bringing on his death. Emerson haf grown stout and is sai.i to bo in bettei physieal condition than when lie flrsl entered the hospital. Republican Delegates. Chattanooga. Tenn., Special.?The Republicans of the third congrcrsiona district met lure Wednesday morning and selected H. S. Chamberlain, o] this city, and Frederick L. MansHcld of Athens, as delegates to the nation al convention. Gus Cate, of Uradley county, were named as alternates. Th< convention instructed the delegates tc vote for Theodore [loose.velt. \ I LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of General Interest In Short Paragraphs. Down in Dixie. Convicts made a desperate attempt | to escape from the Missouri penitentiary. Teachers in a Methodist college, 1 near Tampa, were drowned by the , overturning of a boat in a gale. , The new battleship Virginia was launched at Newport News in the presence of a crowd of 30.000. In a lecture at Louisville Dr. \V. M. Morrison, a Presbyterian missionary. I declared King Leopold maintained an army of cannibals in Congo. Bishop Wilson announced the appointment of ministers of the Haitimore Conference. Methodist Kpiseopal Church South, at Alexandria. Col. Marshall Green, one of the most widely known historians in the South, died at his home in Ki ntueky last Thursday. Five persons, members of a pleasure party from the Methodist Florida College, at Sutherland. Fla.. were drowned in the Gulf by the overturn- 1 ing of their boat. At The National Capital. In the Senate Mr. Morgan (Hem., Ala.t spoke about the Panama canal 1 concessions and some amendments | were made to the Postofllce Appropriation bill. The House passed the Military I I Acai.emy Appropriation bill after listening to a political argument between Representatives ItoArntond ami (Irosvenor The Senate finance committee adopt an amendment which v>iil allow j nation:.I banks to use Pan una canal l bonds j s a basis of ciieultion. I The Hon? committee on judiciry heard testimony against the alleged ! news print paper tru. t. The Senate comnititc" <>n e.ln ation j and labor resumed hearings for and against tl - eight-hour law. i In Washington it is 'elt the onlv I jarring note in the growing popularity I of Judge Parker for the Democratic nomination for President is o\ Senator I fill's ^dvocacy of him. The Cabinet decided that if necessary the property of the Panama Railroad Company will be protected against strikers by a force of marines. Naval officers say the honor of the .service is involved in the reports that 'high authority' tries to influence the court of inquiry finding in the Missouri-Illinois collision. At The North. Chicago last week elected Aldermen and decided the q test ion of city ownership of street railways. Mormons held a thanksgiving service at the annual conference in Salt I Lake City. Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania. announces that he will not be j a candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court. The Democratic State convention of Kansas elected uninsfructed delegates to the nati ?nal convention. The dele- ! pan s-at-iarge are W. A. Harris. David i Overmryer. J. (J. Johnson. S. I. Halo anil J. X. Haymaker. The delegation, according to personal preferences, will stand for Hearst and 14 against him, it is said. From ACro?a The Sem. Another bombardment of Port Ar- j thur on April :5 was reported. The Hamburg American liner the j Fuerst-Bismarck was sold to a Rus- | sian firm. Count Tolstoi denounced the war in the Orient and all wars, but declared he was not entirely free from the error of patriotism. The Anglo-French colonial treaty was reported as being about ready for signing, the principal provisions having boon agreed upon. Three prominent Cubans were arrested ai Havana in connection with the riotous proceedings in the Cuban Congress. Lieut. Mattasich Austrian nrmi- r?f * "* I floor. was r?'i??>rt<*?1 t<? luivc tried to rescue Prim-ess lionise of Coburg from an insane asylum. i 1 Mlscrllan^ons rintterfc. ^ i'oor horses and Inability to manage them properly was pointed out as the muse of nnuh delay on the part of the Japanese armies in Con a. it being i believed in Ohofu that it will l?e a i month still before the real fighting begins. The steamer Piseoverv returned safety to New Zealand with the Brit' i. h Antarctic expedition. The Havana Hxpre. s. on the Cuban railroad, wan wrecked tn r. Santiago. Senator J. P. Ttwrton. of Kansas, was sentenced, at St. Louis, to six months' imprisonment, and to pay a > fine of $11,500 for using his influence I before th'? i'o.:tofii< ? Department in behalf of a St. Louis concern. 1 I'< nnsylvania Ropublicnns in con* v at ion nominated J. P. Elk in for Justice of the Supreme Court, indorsed Roosevelt, and named delegates. Ex-President Cleveland was report! ed as being satisfied with Judge A. H. > Parker as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. IN CONGRtSS Senator /Morgan Speaks on Canal Question After listening to a. two hours' speech by Mr. Morgan on the Panama Canal question, the Senate again took up the postofllce appropriation bill, but adjourned without completing its consideration. Some important amendments aside from those suggest?*d by the committee were agreed to, among them one increasing from 11 to 4 ounces the size of franked letters and another adding L'5 members to the force of rural n<-f lu'iivi'ry agents. Mr. Morgan declared that the new Panama Canal Company Is only a lessee of the property rights on the isthmus, and said that when we pay to the government of Panama the $10.OOO.soo this government will be entitled to d? al with the canal company as a tenant. He criticised in sharp language whr.t he denounced as the surrender of the Cnlted states to tho new Panama Canal Company, saying that "there is some undisclosed influences at work which has given that, company control of all our recent actions In connection with the canal enterprise." He predicted that If there should be delay the new canal company, backed by France, would be responsible for it and ho hinted at the possibility of tho company refusing outright to make a satisfactory sale. Ho pointed to what he called the delay in making payment to Panama and said that it was In strong contrast with the haste manifested in securing ratification of the Hny-Varllla treaty and argued that this d day was duo to th? demands of the canal company. After c. i. lading his speech. Mr. Morgan asked for a vote on his resolution. hat Mr. Kittredge moved that the r? i la: m he referred to the committee en inter-oceanic canals. "1 know," he a led. "that I am playing a lone hand, but 1 am not afraid to do s >. . i long as 1 bold the joker." Tho rc solution was referred. Tlie House. The proceedings in the House were enlivened by Mr. Do Ann on d and Mr. Groaven r. the former attacking tho He; ibli-ans f r failure to order sin in vi's'igation in..> the postofllcc charges and to r? vi > tho tariH'. and tho lattor \ ic irously defending tho Republican party for its policies and lauding President Roosevelt for the part he played in the postal investigation, the passage of the Cuban reciprocity law and the treaty with Panama for the construction of an isthmian canal. Mr. Grosvenor devoted himself to a defense of the Republican party. Mr. in Arniond, lie said, had indicted tho leaders on the floor of the House for an attempt to cover up crime. "What crime." Mr. Grosvenor asked, "has been committed in any one of the branches of the administration of the Federal government, and by whom?" lie sarcastically remarked that when a member of the House knew enough to hurl in the face of the maioritv of the House the charge that thoy wore covering up and protecting crimes "ho ought to know enough to make some statement that somebody, somewhere had committed some crime." "Why are you opposed to investigating the Department?" inquired Mr. PoArmond. "For the manifest reason." said Mr. Grosvenor. "that the Department has boon thoroughly investigated." Then, branching off on the tariff, he called upon Mr. DeArmond to state what ought to he "hanged in the tariff. "There would bo no ten of same item; no live of you that will come within "0 no I- on n t i .f ! .....I none of you will agree upon nil of the items of the tariff." Mr. Orosvenor applauded the President's enforcement of the anti-trust law and defended tho Panama policy. Democratic Chairman Washington. Special 'Representative W. C. Cowherd, of Missouri, was elected chairman of the Democratic congressional committee without opposition tonight. About :',0 members of the congressional committee were present at a meeting tonight In the mi nority r<oin at the eupitol. Mr. Cowherd was not present. The question of the election of a secretary caused considerable discussion. l.argc Cotton Clinncrv. Kirpston. Ry Cable. Under the direction of the imperial Department of Agriculture the largest and most ef.ettlve ginnery in the West Indies was opeuul here yesterday by VV. DJeahrook. an expert ginncr from names Island. S. C. The factory is a three-story building and the machinery rons.sts of six of the boat g!na operate 1, ginning 3.60ft pounds f i tt:;n daily. The baling presses are o? American mannfacture. The cotton industry In re is developing rapidly. The mail steamer will take a largo shipment of cotton to ICngland. Ten-elevenths of the world's people are north of the equator. % I NEWSY CLEANINGS. I " I The ships of the world are insured ] for i;>."i0.(KKt,00O. ltuihliii? operations in Uicluuoud. Va., were tied tip by the strike of the hod-carriers for live rents a day iuerease. The spring clean up of gold on the Nome peninsula is estimated at over Sl.-oo.lKKi. greatly in exeess <?f any previous season. Itepresentatives of many organizations protested vigorously against the taking of New York City parks for sehool purposes. A St. l.ouis. Mo., couple, who had made and lost S-"ou.tHKi by speculation in New York City, committed suicide after killing the cat. Ambassador MeCormiek is negotiat?n^r with the Kussian foreign Olllee for a treaty granting wider rights to Atuerieaii corporations. ..< hi _iiii 111*1*0k syiKPbrcakcrs at the works of tin* American Can Company, ill Chicago, Hi., caused tin- "Juno employes to remain on strike. I'uitcd States Supreme Court sustained Interstate Commission in its eonteiition tiiat eoal roatis are obliged to show eoniruets at hearing on tpiestion of rates. Mrs. Kiln Simmons and daughter walked from Lowell. Mass.. nearly till the way to Italtimore. Mil., made good her elaitn to an mu le's fortune and Spanish and Itritish otlieers who met Kaiser William in Spain notieed that he eouhl only speak in a whisper, aud it is said his Mediterranean trip is to prepare him for an operation that muy leave him dumb. A suit was begun in the 1'nited States Circuit Court at St. I'aul. Minn., : to obtain a .judicial decision on the method of distribution of the Northern 1'aciiie and Croat Northern slock hold h\ the Northern Securities Company, lode home in a I'uliinau. fleet ag of Hill tWo. Wades'. 11: o. Special. At a special me t n:. of tin stock It Mors of tin* If . 1. ? . .. %..*% i v < .Mm i on)> on. W< -i!;ty :u'. < arrangem-nts wore made by vvlii. t?> rais the not esivy t in Is to r.n 't ih< immediate in.I't't ' ! ' s and 1 .ir,n ??' aliens. An order was issued on tin- coots to disI charge the receiver. Tin' a- : :<h Tiers will h ?!ilnamher minting in a few days U> re-organize c mplete. i arni"!' Kill ; Himself. Danville, Y-a.. Speeial.?News lias reached tliis olty of the suicide at his home, near Milton. N. P.. several days ago. of Mr. Royal Foster, a well-to-do farmer. The man shot himself in tin* right temple while lying in his lied in the eariy morning. lie eovered his head with the lied elotiiing so as to keep ihe sound of the report from i reaching the other rooms of the house, in one of which his wife was prepaiing the morning meal. Mr. Foster was cold in death when his wife went to the room to call hint to breakfast. f ive Persons Drowned. Tampa, Special. Five persons, members i f a pleasure party from the Florida Methodist College at Southerland. were drowned near Anelote lighthouse Tuesday night. The dead are Mrs. Walker, wife o? the president of the college; Miss O'Connor, of Atj inula; Miss Slaughter, of Sutherland; Miss McCrea. of Sutherland; Mr. Houl, of Sutherland. President Walker and Miss Newton reached the beach alive. TROUBLES I "I find Thi'tlforil's Illiick-Drnufrht | * (t<w>il medicine for liver <1 incase. It cured my son nfter he hail Hpi nt si $100 with doctors. 11 is nil t lie incd- -j S Iclne I take."?MUH. I'A KOI.INK fA MARTIN, Parkorsbiirg, \V. Va. | | If your liver docs not act rcg- I I ularly go to your druggist ami I I | SfkMlrtl o.n.br.??<. -.f 'I'l .If 1 ' - H . t% |M? *?i i ii?*un?rn s M IBIack-Itrauirht and take a dose Sj tonight. Tliim great family g medicine frees tin- constipated $ bowels. stirs lip tin* torpid iivt*r ^ and causes a healthy secretion ^ of bile. *j Thedford's Black - Praught will cleanse the bowels of im- I purities and strengthen the kidneva. A torpid liver invites colds, biliousness, chills and eg v fever and all manner o* ;cknes* and contagion. Weak kid neys result in Bright's disease which claims as many victims & as consumption. A 'Jo-cent y package of Thedford's Black- I I'rauglit should always he kept I in the bouse. iA "I used Thodford's Illactr ^ 1 Draught for liver ami kidney coin- & ( limits and found notion^ tooicel y it."- W I I.I.I AM col IMAN, Mar- 9 lilchoad, ill. v THEDFORD'S ( BLACKDRAUGHTI