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\V FORT MILL TIMES. VOL. XIII. , FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTR.MURR 28,15)04. NO. 27. A WHOLESALE Results From Head-End Passengei 42 DEAD AND 120 BADLY INJURED ' Terrible Loss of Life on the Heavy Eastbound Train Due to the Fact that the Second Coach Ploughed In to the Bank and Other Cars were Jammed into it by the Heavy Pullmans. tt) Knoxville. Tonti., Special.? Running an a roadbed in a supposedly high condition ?r maititenaiico and having about iheni every safeguard known to modern railroading, two trains uit me Southern railway carrying heavy lists of passengers, rame together in a frightful headend collision near Hodges, Tonn., Saturday, sending ??2 people to death and iujur'.ng 120, several of whom will probably Jie. This appalling loss of life and maiming of the living resulted, apparently, from the disregarding of orders given to the two trains lo meet at a station which has for a long time loon their regular meeting point. The l laim of failure to seo either the station ?r signals cannot be set up by the engineer of 111 ?westbound train were he alive to enter plea of defense, as the accident happened in broad daylight, and according to the best information obtainable, he had the orders in a little frame in front of miih iu:? muiiMiT or iron ami stool rustier by Now Market and soon -after came upon an castbound passenger train No. 12, making for New Market In compliance with Instructions to meet the westbound train which carried the sleepers from the East for Knoxrillo, Chattanooga and other Southern ciU?s. CACSE OF THE WRECK. * The possibility exists that the ?11fated engineer may have been asleep or that death had suddenly taken the sight from his eyes before New , Market was reached. Hut nothing is known save that the ordt rs were not obeyed. The trains were on time and not making more than ">."> miles an lionr. yet the impact as they rounded a ?hir?e ai d eanie suddenly upon each n.her was frightful. Both engine; , and the major portions of both trains | won demolished, and why the orders wrip disregarded ur misinterpreted' prohald) will never he known, as the Higinoe a of tlx two Irains were (rushed, then bodies remaining for hours under I no wreckage of the monster locomotives. which, hnt. a short time before, had leaped forward at the touch of their strong hands upon I lie throt'le. Some of the bodies have not been r? ?overed, and many remain unident i 1 fled. | COltltECTKP I>KATil LIST. The coiiipleti and corrected list ol , dead as a res-*" of Saturday's wrec.lt. ' up u> id o'clock annday night, is as fnl- ; lows: I \V. A. (iulbraith. Knoxville. Tenii i Mrs. w. \. Gnllirailli, KnoxvilJe. ' Tenu. \V. T. ICllis. Greensboro, N. C . Ralph Alounleastle. Knoxville. Miss Inez Russell, Knoxville. Clyde Russell, Knoxville. Cory Knight, Dandridge, Tenn. VV. A. Stephenson. Omaha. NeU. John Conner, Roanoke, \'a. Milic. > T-:-I Tim tlfl LCdVC I I ' c? I . Ifmilsvillo, Ala.. Special.?On the advice of .judge Speak, of the Circuit Court, orders were received today for the militia to break camp and return to Birmingham. The guard at the jail was taken off at noon and the company left for heme tonight, it. is extremely Improbable that there will he any more trouble during the triaiB of alleged Jyn< hers. Fvcnch Workmen at St. L.ouis. Nev York. Special. A delegation of Freneninen sent ui the expense of Hie French government to the St. iiOuis Exposition arrived Sunday on hoard the French Line steamer I*a Bretagne, from Havre. The industries represented ftr?> the manufacture of musical in- , Htrumonts. cotton. shoos. hats. machin- i ery. tools an (J railroad Supplies. There ( %rc also repreaontatlveg of national la- ' lxsr organizations and experts in mail distribution. Mr. .Mekin Albert, profes- j or at the French colonial and naval I cadn ni hool, heads the delegation of t .ww K men. < Mg& , I 3jl : DEATH LIST Collision of Crowded r Trai js D. S. Box, Birmingham. Ala. J. M Adkina. Jelliro, Tenn. Mrs. J. B. Gass. Knoxville. Mrs. W. O. Haddix. Knoxville. James Bird, Jefferson City, Tenn. Mrs. Albert McMahan, Newport, Tenn. John Glenn, Morrlstown. Tenn. K. 3. Horne. Morrlstown, Tenn. J. R. Plummer, Chai>el Hill, N. C. W. S. Hill, Jellieo. Ten*. Hill, 7-year-old daughter of Mrs. I^anra Hill Um. C3?^OU tttll " - mid. nai an i nil. I lUlllli'.V, 5. 1 . Hoy thought to be son of Mrs. Laura Hill. Mrs. Fannie McEwen, Knoxville. R. B. Godwine. Jefferson City. Tenn. Monroe Ashmore, Knoxville. J J. Daniel. Turloy's Mill. Tenn. Mrs. Annie Haylow Malloy, Birmingham. VV. R. Kane. Knoxville, engineer on westbound train. W. R. Spencer. Arcadia. Fla. Roy MeMahan, Newport, Tenn. Mrs. Geo. Kinzel, Knoxville. Miss Cupp, Knoxville. P. M. Heiskoll, Memphis. Tenn. Charles Carson, colored. Telfords, Tenn. Will Cunmgham, colored. Citico, Tenn. Two white men. unidentified. Two-yearo-old girl, unknown. ITnknown negro. E. G Earnest. Johnson City, Tenn. Mrs R. R. Crayford, Mohawk. Tenn. Ed Degrout. Johnson City, Tenn, Dr. A. Crawford. Rarilstown, Ky. Geo. Lee. Carri>llti>n. Ky. J. H. Rea. Whitesboro. Tenn. Mrs. Lnura Hill, Gnffney. S. C. Fifteen Months-old Roy. Mrs. C. A. Russell, Knoxvillf* William Jones, Knoxville. G. N. Parrott, Knoxville. Mrs. Green, Cylva, N. C. Mrs. J. A. l.emons. Knoxville. Mrs. Nancy J. Rumley, Watauga, Tenn. llev. Isaac Kniery. Knoxville. Melvel P. Gantt, Shelby, N. C. .1. Miles, negio fireman. Nop. Miller, colored. Greenville. Tenn. Arthur Gass, colored. Greenville. Tenn. Unidentified Baby, found Sunday. Two Unidentified Bodies found SunJay. A foice of 1 r?0 men toiled all day long ; f the scene of the. wreck. Before 2 y'clock Sunday morning the track was rlear for through trains, but it requir i'! many hours to Hoar the debris. Rngineers Parrott and Kane were found beneath their engines, hut their bodies were not crushed badly. Small fragments of bodies were found in many places, but it is thought that they belong ( bodies already found and brought to this ? ity. One. liule baby was found by the wreck era. LOSS OF L1FB EXPLAINED. The cause oS the terrible loss of life, in the heavy east-bound train was explained. it seems that the second coach ploughed its way into a hank in which other ears were jammed, and. pushed on by tiie weight of heavy Pullmans Wf re crilRbe/l lilri. inrrr otlnlla Physicians at the hospital state that ?.?' the long list of injured which they have in their care it is probable that not more than four will die. The complete list of injured, as given out by the railroad officials show a total of but this includes all persons who were only slightly hurt ?^r scratched. Americans Not Served. Ib a number of the leading stores of Kdinhurgh and Glasgow there is a notice: "Americans not served here." Yankee shoppers used to cause ib" proprietors ami their assistants h turn their shops topsy-turvy until thei x>ked like a rummage sale (bargairn unior not in it). a ltd then would el ite their noses and "guess we'll try A ewhere else." Hence the notice. \ Cholera at Port Arthur? \ rti. ft'uth hits. My ('able. Alrln.\ no continuation bar. l>i?c*u rercie at ibis hour at cither the \V ir OflV >r t'no Admiralty of tlio report fro. reinstall, thai cholera hau broken on it Port Arthur, it is admitted that j\. is possibly Hue, owing to the terribly unsanitary conditions around the fortress, arising front the number of locaying corps*s there. But unti; confirmation is received, the Tsingtai elegram will not be given out to the )re?s. in ord? r to avoid causing need ess alarm among the relatives of the irave defenders. The announcement, mne the i.*?\ has caused the deepest oncern. ' ACCEPTS THE TRUST Judge Parker Writes His Forma Letter to the Committee MEETS ROOSEVELT'S CHALLENGE Quoting From His Opponent's Lettet a Query Whether He Will Revok? the Executive Pension Order if Elec' ted. He Declares that He Will Do so and Urge a Lawful Equivalent. The letter of acceptance of Judge Parker has been given out, and is iu substance as follows: To the Honorable Champ Clark and Others. ( ommittee. Etc., Gentlemen: In my response to your committee, at the formal notification proceedings, I referred to some matters not in in tioned in this letter. I desire tiiat these bo considered as incorporated herein, and regret that lack of space prevents specific reference to them all. i wish ?*> ?t, again u> ri'ii'i to my views there expressed as to the gold standard, to declare again my tin quail tied belief in said standard, and to express my appreciation of the action of the convention in reply to my comuuication upon that subject. Grave public questions are pressing for decision. The Democratic parly appeals to the people with confldenci that its position on these questions will bo acc? pted and endorsed at tbe polls. While the issues involved are numerous, some stand forth pre-eminI put in the public mind. Amo ; these jure: Tariff reform, imperialism, ecunoj mical administration and hoqesty !u tin* public service. 1 shall briefly, cotij aider these and some others within the necessarily nrescrihoil limits of this letter. IMPERIALISM. While I presented my views ut the notification proceedings concerning this vital issue the overshadowing im portnnee of this question impels me | to refer to it again. The issue is oftenlitues referred to as Constitutional vs. imperialism. 11' wo would retain our liberties and constitutional rights unimpaired, we cannot permit or tolerate, at any time .ir for any purpose, the arrogatiou of unconstitutional powers by the executive branch c.f our government. We should he ever mindful of the words i of Webster, "'Liberty is only to be pre j served by maintaining constitutional 'restraints and a just view of political powers." Already the national governnu-i t has become centralized beyond any >oint ; contemplated or imagined by the I founders of the constitution. How tie. mondously all this has added to the power of tlie President! It lias d J Vcloped ft' in year to year until i: al most equals that of many monari lis While the growth of our country and tile mnenitlldo of inter Stntn inlori'wii I i may seem to furnish a plausible reason j fur this centralization of power, yet rheso same facts afford the most po'lent, reason why the Executive s1il.1I not lie permitted to encroach upon the other Departments of the government, and assume legislative, or other powrs, not expressly conferred by the eon! stitution. The magnitude of the country and it* diversity of interests and population enable a determined, ambitious ami able Executive, unmindful iff constitutional limitations and fired with tin: lust of power, to go far in the usnr pat ion of authority and the aggamlize j ment of personal power before the site ; ation could he fully appreciated n the people be aroused. The issue of imperialism which ha> ; been thrust upon the country involve) i ja decision whether tno law of tin i land or the rule of individual < apriet | j shall govern. The principle of impor i | lalism may give rise to hrilliant. si a it i j ling, dashing results, hut the princi < I pie of Democracy holds in cheek the i } brilliant Executive and subjects hiir, | I to ihe sober, conservative control nl i | the pooplo. i ! I The people of tli?- United State? i stand at the parting of the ways. Shal. \\e follow the footsteps of our father? along the paths of peace, prosperity and contentment, guided by the ever living spirit of the constitution whir l they framej lor us. or shall We ?C along other and untried paths, hither t< shunned by all. following blinhlj new ideals, which, though appealing with brilliancy to the imagination an! ambition, may prove a will o* tin- wisp leading us into difficulties from whir l It may be impossible to extricate our selves without lasting injury to out national character and constitutions? THE TARIFF AND TRUSTS Tariff reform is one of the cardinu j principles of the Itemocratie /a|ith i * and the necessity' for it was novel .' greater than at the present time, it ' should he undertaken at once in tin ' interest of all out people. The Oingioy tariff is excessive i nany of its rates, ami. as to them at t ast, iinjus.ly and oppressively bur t >ns the people. It secures to domes manufacturers, singly or in conibi ion, the privilege of exacting ex cflssive prices at home and prices fat j aboV* the level of sales made regular ly by them abroad with profit, thut , giving .a bounty to foreigners at the expense of our own people, its tin ^ Just taxation burdens the people geu ^ orally, forcing theni to pay excessive ( prices for food, fuel, clothing and othei , necessaries of life. It levies duties or % many articles not. normally imported , ii. any considerable amount, which art mad^ extensively at homo, for whU.'t r tlie most extreme protectionist would hardly justify protwiive taxes. am which in large amounts are export* i < Such duties have been and will con tinue t?? be direct incentive to the for mation of huge industrial couibina Uouk. which secure from foreign com petition, are enabled to stifle dome ti < competition and practically to monop. liee hotne market. i TRUST REMBOIRS. I pointed out in my earlier rosponst the remedy, which in my judgment can effectually be applied against nio nopolies. and the assurance was titer civ mi tbat it existing, la incjtuiuw lK?th statute and common law. proved inadequate, contrary to my expecta i lions, 1 raver such further legislation j within constitutional limitations. at i ?I1! best promote ami safeguard i li* ( interest of all the people. ; Whether there is any common law which can he applied and enforced l?> the Federal Courts, cannot he deter mined l>y the President, or by a cundi date for the president:} . . KKClPItOCY. in 111 \ address to the notitieatittt committee 1 said that tariff reform "is demanded l?y the heat interests of hot! nianufat turor and consumer." Witt equal truth it ran he said that tlx benefits of reciprocal trade treatte; tvould entire to both. That the eon puner would be helped is uuqestion able. That the manufaeturer would teceive great benefit by extending his markets abroad hardly needs demonstration. His productive capacity lias tut grown the liome market. The very I nil "home market" has changed in ita Significance. Once, from the manufacturers' point of view, it meant expansion; today the marvelous growth of Mir manufacturing industries lias far t-xceodcd the consumptive capacity of Mir domestic markets, and the term ( "bottle market" implies contraction rather than expansion. If we would tint our mills to their full capacity, th11 giving steany employment to our i i\or! : en ami securing to litem and to Ihe uianufai Hirer the profits accruing i: <'in inert ;i cil product i?in. other niai k- < it: must lie tnutni. Furthermore, when our mumu'ui turers are dependrni i u raw mmerinl.s in whole or part in.| orted. it is vital to tin extension ' ;>i their market. aliroail tluit they se- ] re.re their materials on the uiost fav;>rnhl< terms. The P ' isten' refusal ot the R< pub- 1 liean tnajoi ity in tin- Federal Senate* | lo ratify tin- reciprocity treaties negotiate,j within the pre < riheii limitation of two years, in pursuance of th? policy advocated alike by Mr. Mlainw and Mr. McKinley. ami expressly sanctioned in the Dlngley act itself, is a discouraiti.iK exhihition ot bad faith. As already nientionc I liy me. the exorbitant dutv imposed on many an imported article by tiie ltinftloy tariff was avowedly intended by its author ' not to l?e permanent, but to serve tent- i porarfiy as a maximum, front which the l'\ deral government was empowered to offer a reduction, in return for an ' equivalent concession on the part of a | foreign country. Pre ideitt MeKinley || iiiuvi nn>n imiii'fiuy in carry out I til' purpose of the act. \ number of re iriprocity agreements wot negotiated < which, if ratified. would luive had ttu> | twofold re.u.lt of cheapening many imported products for American con sinners, and of opening and enlarging : vnvigii markets to American produc- ( 21 s. No of those agreement: tins , mi t with e approval i f tin Republican inavier. of the S n ite. Indeed they ilid not even permit tneir eonsid- ' nation. In view of the attitude of the 1 present Mxoeutivo no new agreement iituli r the general treaty powers need bo expected f'otn iiim. Nor does the Republican platform contain a favorublo reference to one of the suspend E'<1 treatlc-s. Tills section of the Dine le> act stands forth as a monument ' jf legislative cozenage and politieal ' bad faith. I INDEPENDENCE DOR TUB KIUI' ( P1NOS. \ In some quarters it has tiecn ass-uin i ?d t)iat in the discusion of the Philip [line question in my response, the lilirase "'self-government." was intend d to mean something less than inde- j tiendenee. It was not intended that it ihould he understood to mean, nor lid 1 think as used it dpes mean less ' ban intlepnedenee. However, to eli ? ruinate all possibility for eonjectore. ( . that Lam in. hearLv accord ( aiih ...at plank in war platform that 'avoi. doing for th? Pilipinos what re have already done for the Cubans; t ?nd I favor making the promise to n hem now thai we shall take s uch ac- M ion as soon us they are reasonaltly jrepared for it. H' independenee, such is the Cubans enjoy, cannot tie prudently grant d to the Pilipinos at this rime, the promise that it shall come he moment they are capable of re-eiviug it will tend to stimulate rather n hau hinder their development. And fs his should lie done not only in justice i? mi' r 111|iiiios. i?iii 10 preserve our wn rights; f??r :i free people cannot i* r itlilio'.il tr< koiii from another people ( lud themselves remain free. The to!- j 'ration of tyranny over others will toon breed contempt for freedom and self-government. and weaken our pow ai I of rosisiencc tr> insidious usurpa ^ ion of our constitutional rights. "nragraphs touching upon the Jon- '* ma i| estion. American shipping, army !:i i;.d navy, pensions, and foreign teia ions so fully into these subjects. CONCLUSION. [ have put aside a congenial work, to vhich 1 had expected to devote my life, y :> order to a suine, as best I ran, the ., esponsibilllios your convention put j tut upon me. I solicit the cordial co-operation and jenerous assistance of every man who in iclieves that o change of measures and if men at this time would be wise, and irgo harmony of endeavor as well as ,f igorous action on the r.nrt <\t oil ?? ' ninded. The issues are joined am! the people $i mist render the verdict. hi ^lialj economy of administration lie demanded or shall extravaKttnce be encouraged? Shall the wrongdoer be brought to bay by the people, or must JuHth e wait I'pon political oligarchy? Shall our government stand for equal opportunity or for special privilege? ShuJI It remain a goverumeut of law or become one of individual caprice? Shall cling to the rule of the people. or shall we embrace beneficent despotism. With calmness and confidence, wt await the people's verdict. If called to the office of President. 1 snail consider myself the chief magisirate of all the people :uul not of any taction, and shall ever be mindful of the fact that on many questions of national policy there are honest differences of opinion. 1 believe in the patriotism. good sense and absolute sincerity of all the people. 1 shall strive to reinemhei that he may serve his part} feet who serve's his country best. If it Im- the wish of the people that undertake the duties of the presidency 1 idcdge myself, with God's hejp, to rie lote all my powers arid energy to tb tl u'es of tiiis exalted office. Very truly yours. ALTON B PARK ICR. NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. | Through the South. A man named Tyco, at Point Pom fort. W Va.. killed his wife nn I bin: self. .1.1.1:1: 1 - . - ..iiiiiikiii.ii p.u. u lnars iji i :tc It vi by the late storm ou the Ha te;n Df Virginia have tieen received The Atlantic Const Uiue is plu tin: to htiihl :t large export tei t t . ' Jacksonville. Flu. Dr. Julian M. Heker. at Tavhnro. N was acquitted ?.t the murder m Dr li. T. I hiss. Ill M.i< tinsluiru a < :.! > :o blew up a house with ilyuaiuiie. 1 .' 1? 1 Ins rival ami mortally injur-d two m< women. (Jovernor Montay.iie has i : :? respite to lleury Dicker-on. i . . who was to have been hauled t : d until tlet?>her 21. Kx eSanotr Merry t. Davis lia made, the Virginia maneuvess ; _ .? roumed to have be. u >pne;'ally . i n ta>:< otts t?? State militia oritaai/.a e?r \ l^tredo, Tex.. disput-h s. .. li . i lias ceased to fall atul fur 1J lean hies have been -!ea:\ Tin- 'v,i: ? Lite Kio fi.xind.' fiver. 11 ??\. \ till on t!ie i : tap::ne. ami tin i i i? -:easi? mi the hipli ta;;e is > 01 for -t vera I day. . Two slim i.- o < a. >;ll t'.e iv' 't i \ mti: la. (la. Willi i In- i : n: he (list a rial lire was- ii .d only by a V\v. bill oil the ir i .' I ao.ii u mms i distinctly lilt, lie lirst w.v 1 ed at half pa i J and was followed : :..-i ii ii. iniuiiics ny III' scroti ! N O il I Tit was done. \ special from Wayne- > <>. t..i lay.- An attempt w,.s made 10 Imrlarize t lie Oilit I'.ank lav.' Y\'t inc. !::y morning. A large hole was dug ii'iior ili?' vault, but the metal was not , v pv.i. During the night the homo of ashier Hrrrien, of the same hank. | as robbed of silverware and jewelry, n pui uint; the robli r Keirien fell and a ' > i a ni l -rip" i \l tbe quarterly inert ine of iln- l)o- j uinbia ehnmber of eotnincrce Tuesday ( ii lit th? ri\?r navigation eoininittnt | I ? ported tbat unless a company was irganiz .1 with a capital of froiu $12,005 J o $ir?.utio for the purpose of building a j mat to put in the river, the matter of i\er navigation for Columbia htyl bet-! ' er he abandoned for the presefrt. A j ( mi irussuM' men to or/^nnlze j neh .1 company will be called in a few i a.vs. * i? S Washington Happenings. w Trade conditions throughout* the aiiutry are reported good, but not so ' ivorable as last year. Organized labor will seek recognition I 1 the appointment of a successor to | a. rol4 D. Wright. Commissioner of j : obor. I j It is tated that dismissal from the ! * i my of Second Lieutenants \V. W. j iiuv .inn i nariCK r\ Smith and First I ieuteiiant Harry Collins lias been ' [ proved. '1 In the North. lvx-Senalor Henry (5. Davis alis beet 1 insulting Senator Gorman in New ork about his letter accepting the > eiuot rath- nomination for the Vire- ii residency. Connecticut Republicans are hold- p ig their State convention. Governor and II rs. Warflehl Itold a a < eption in the Maryland Building ai ic sst. J-oil Is Fair. Wheat rose to |l.lS.iu Chhago aud'Th .21 in Minneapolis on news of J p iglitiug frosts ia Canada. e: , . ? . ' A FURIOUS ASSAULT Japanese Still Pegging Away At fibe Russian Stronghold 6REAT LOSSES AT PORT ARTHUI Russian Mines Blow Up Whole notations. But the Japanese Ptmevrm in the Determination to Finish thm Work. Paris, Itv Cable The Martin's -*t. Poterchiiri; correspondent telegraphs .i?. follows: "Telegrams of which the general ataft have as x'*t no knowledge ri'ac.lH'il thet Kmpemr at I o lock Saturday morning. I can affirm that Ilioy con em Port Arthur, regarding which plan th? greatest anxh'tj prevails at court Th? Japanese are now engaged in a general assault, which is more furious than it* prcdoccsnors attacking the town on three sides simultaneously and employing their whole forces, being determined to finish the business. Russian* titities blew up whole battalions. Cworn 1 Fork especially distinguished bit**? self. directing the lire from the will which the Japanese reached after indescribable massacre. "The whole of Admiral Togo's ae?S Vice Admiral Kainimura's sipiadroov. are aiding the si niggle, which, it ? lea red here, will he final. The hesiejrmt forces axe lighting us in a f urn awe. A perfect stoi m of sh 11 is falling on the town, port and fortress from tho whrtte hill and roadstead. (Jeneral Stonee*^ is going from fort to fort, encouraging tl.t! defenders in their desperate forts. "In St. Petet burg tin* facts concernin the tragi! i vcnl, which perhaps will terminate by a glorious fall of Port Arthur. are wholly unknown. At eouet hope has not j? been entirely abandoned. Russians Use Balloons. Mukden. By (Jublc The Ruaninns Housing war balloons southeast of MtiW?len. for- ths purpose of obsarvlng th* movements ivf the Japanese In that "it recti on. Tho Hue of outposts WtaU tishad by the Japanese is so effeclive that not even the Chinese have bee*, ohle to penetrate it. It is impoembl^therefore, to say definitely how Marque" Oyanm has disposed his forces. It *.* helieved that General Kuroki's army sfetches from Rensihu to Bentsiaputxo, and tlie armies of Generals Oku and irtmzu rrom v eiuai along the high ro?t anil railroad to'Shapepu, sixteen mif?s aouih of Mukden, while a fourth army Ik moving from Ozhmtchan across tlw l>a Mountains;. Ail thene roads con verge at Mukden. Of the four armies those of Oku ami Nodzn are nearest Mukden, and their progress will have to 1" slackened in order to permit Kuroki and the flanking columns true to runic up. Meanwhile. Oku and Nodv.ii have rominiuid of the milroad. Sui?plies of grain and ainmnnition are ? .. lied from Yentai over heavy roads exposed to rapture by enterprising (' * sru-k raiders. There has boon an improvement i.n the weather, which ha-i been of great help to the Japanese Imperial Tombs Endangered. S;. Petersburg liy C'ablo. ?A brief t< legram was received from Lieutenant (Icnerai Sakhaioff. announcing the advance of the Japanese from llentisa putze on tlio village near Fit Pass, en at of Mukden and the site of (lie imjierial lenibs, which is likely to revive di< fears expected at Pekin that an engage meat may be fought at the burial pla< r.t (lie Manrhuriuu dynasty. N'e mention is made of resistance to the advance. but it is not believed this Iiiticates Dial Hie Russians do not iiiteu'l ? iminer oppose inp ma ran oc ttio Tapnnnse on Mukden. It probably Mf % pities that the Japanese force la tiida*' he small road to Fit Pass, betweeo ih* ighways leading to Mukden and Fathim. with the intention of .'solating' he Russian column* guarding Puah'iw. The Jo panose are still trying to turn ** ! tu ial Kuropitkia's Toft Hank, but here is no ind ention of 'heir mo'vnp vest vf the I Inn rivet. SlnmStii in it? i? .. 1.4 1... - / - ? 1 . II I" 1 I i I II in I>7 VIIC V OJ.I arte* Fatal P0180 " Augusta. (la.. Special.'?-^ fcVoodward. pastor of North Hh 3?l>ttst chin h, ia in a critical cor^^^H ion -and hi wife died. as ft . . y.-? MM al'tcr^R rig canned gondii win h had boon d and left standing over night, wo children wore not aifectou. One Candidate Stabs \V:iy.TOj^^HH^^H War'1 opposing jfl to homo ^BflW to h followed. ib McDonald's pmice wruie Owing l(i l ho arties concorHed.