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! - ' ' \ FORT MILL TIMES. ?= 1 = VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 29, 1905. NO. I. ?? THE FINAL DEMAND Venezuela Most Get Heady to Make Full Settlement OUR MINISTER DELIVERS NOTE It Demands to Know Whether the Government of Venezuela Proposes ' to Arbitrate the Questions Pending i ?In Case of Refusal, Necessary Steps to Secure- Justice Will be Taken by the United States?Early Action by This Action of America Seems Certain?Holland to Use Coercive Measures to Secure Releas? or tier suojccts in Prison. . Wlllcmstadt., Island or Curacoa, By Cable.?The Venezuelan government, it is announced from Caracas, has received a note from the American minister. Mr. Bowen,, requiring an answer as to wether Venezuela will arbitrate the questions pending, and saying that in case of a refusal the United States will feel free to take steps which may be necessary to secure justice. The charge d'afTairs of the Netherlands has advised the Venezuelan government that Holland will use eoer- | cive measures in 'dew of the fact that she has been unable to secure the release from imprisonment in Venezuela of fi.ve Dutch sailors who have been illegally kept in prison for seven months. Washington, Special.?In calling upon President Castro for an answer to his proposition to submit to arbitration the issues between the United States and Venezuela, Minister Bowen is acting in accordance with specific instructions, from the State Department. which have recently been placed in his hands. If I're3ideut Castro rejects this last offer of Mr. Bowen to urbitrato these cases, it is expected that he will prom idly-report that fact to the State Department, and It. will what course to pursue. The minister's presentment of this matter therefore is not an actual ultimatum, for the way i$ still open for further negotiations if the Department decides that the time lias not yet atrrived to withdraw its ministers and adopt some coercive measures. There is great reluctance on the part of the officials to the adoption of *he latter course, hut the situation is believed to be such that unless the Department Is willing to submit to the complete effncement of the American claims somo action must be taken very soon. Reports have been arriving here for some time that many of the i people of Venezuela are penniless I and in need of food. One foreign diplomat there recently reported that the l renditions were indescribable and that the strict censorship upon everything j sent out prevented the world from i knowing the actual condition of af- | fairs. All foreigners are closely watched. Report on Boll Weevil. Washington, Special.?The Depart- ! mont of Agriculture has issued a re- j port on the results of recent lnvestiga- 1 tlon by Special Agent Hunter, of tho ' Bureau of Entomology, giving reeom- j mendations looking to minimizing 1 damage done by the boll weevil. The ; report says: "Although the very largo ! yield? Of COttOn of fnrmur ? longer may be possible In the region now infested by the boll weevil, it is entirely feasible to produce cotton at n margin of profit that will compare favorably with that resulting from the production of most of the staple crops | of the United States, by following what ( is known a the cultural methods. This 1 consists of changes and modifications j of tii" system of cotton-raising, including thi' destruction of the plants in the fall, early planting, through cultivation of the fields, planting the rows as far apart as feasible, and using certain fertilizers." Car of Dynamite Explodes. New Orleans. Special.?A ear loadI od with dynamite In an Illinois CenIt ral freight train exploded near Kenner. Ill miles north of New Orleans, Two men are missing. One dead man j has been found but he is an unrecognizable mass. Considerable damage was done in Kenner, where buildings were wrecked and glass and kitchenware smashed. Houses near-by were demolished. Japanese Losses 100,000. Gunshu Pass, By Cable.?The Japanese losses arc estimated at the RusSinn honln.m't"' ...iuihuio iw UC 1UW.IIUU. E"V" of the troops employed to cover the retreat from Mukden were badly demoralized losing their way in the hills eastward and only now rejoining their own divisions. So certain was General Kuropatkin of being able to hold Mukden that maps of the country northward were not even distributed. Kuropatkin, however, resolved to accept battle against his better Judgment owing to the impatience of St. Petersburg for victory and he was confirmed in this direction by fnlso calculations of Field Marshal Oyama's strength. i i FLOOD AT PITISBURG ? Dne of the Worst Experiences the Iron City Has Had In Ycars Threatens as a Result of Torrents Pouring Down the Monongahcla. Pittsburg. Special.?Pittsburg is threatened with one of the worst floods in years. At 10 o'clock Forecaster Frankridge predicts over 30 feet. He does not expect over 33 feet, if (hat much. During the early hours Tuesday, the water began to recede from the rise in the Alleghany, but a fresh impetus was given to the rush torrents by a rainfall of nearly two inches over the entire water-shed of the Mononga uciu river. luesuay mgnt aooui an miles above Pittsburg the Modongahela was rising eight inches an hour, and at the harbor here the gauges show a rise Df nearly three inches per hour. Should the river reach the predicted height, street car traffle between this city and surrounding towns will be. almost suspended, while the railroads up the Monongahela valley will have to suspend traffic. Already a number of mills have shut down, as a result of the water putting out the fires. From three to livo feet more of water is expected tip the valley, and a total of 20.000 men are likely to bo idle. Hundreds o( houses in Allegheny, on the south side, and in McKeesport and other suburbs, are surrounded by from two to eight feet of water, tile occupants living in the second stories. In some places the water has entered the upper rooms, and homes are being abandoned for the time being. No fatalities have been reported today. Scores of business houses have their basements flooded,, and the loss will bo heavy. The crest of the flood is expected about 9 p. m. Wednesday. LINEV1TCHT. HEADQUARTERS. Directing Retreat of the Three Armiea From the Crossing of the Sungari River. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?General Linevitch's headquarters have been established for the present at Chcnchiawatzu. situated at the crossing of the Sungari river, whence ho is dt and disposing o' the fresh troops of I he Fourth Corps just arriving from European Russia. Tho protection of the Sungari bridge is vital to the salvation of the army, as the river is not fordable below Kirin, and once the line of the river is passed and the bridge blown up, the Japanese pursuit will be effectually checked. At the same time jho second army is falling hack on the line of the railroad, while the Urst anu third, with the transports, rire retreating along the Mandarin rofyl to Kirin, both destroying bridges and roads, and denuding the country behind them, and making it imposstde for the Japanese to live in the immediate wake of the retreat without th ir own commissariat. 1 Tho Japanese fe advancing over the grand trade raute 20 miles west of the railroad. ?o information is available regarding the strength of the Japanese colunii, but the War Office says it is har-ly enough to constitute a menace w h the dispositions General Linevitch i able to make of fresh troops. Cheers For (uropatkin. Harbin, lly Cable. -At the departure southward of Gen ral Kuropatkin, crowds of thousand-, of civilians and soldiers gathered al the station and gave him a great owition. Above thundering hurrahs work heard cries of "God send you happiness," "Good-bye. brother," "Good-bye* father." As the truin started, soldiers rushed forward In a surging crowd litid grasped the hand-rail of the genfyal's car. throwing their fur caps in the air and running some distance with the car. The scene made a deep impression on General Kuropatkin. down whoso face tears streamed. Removing his cap, he sa1 lit # (! Jlfrnir* n nil onmin i? .. u.^uiii, ami oiuwu u.iivheaded on the platform of the car as long as the train was in sight. Residents of Harbin are uneasy, and many of them are departing. Chinese are withdrawing their deposits from Chinese banks here. Commission is Too Large. Washington. Special. ? Secretary Taft made public a letter which ho has written to the President concerning complaints made by Hr. C. A. Ij. Reed regarding the work of the isthmian canal commission. In the course of his letter. Secretary Ta't said that many of the things complained of would be remedied by placing tlie control of the canal under one head, or at least under a commission composed of not more than three members. He adds that lie will submit to the President, in a short time. o nln n for- f?-o - ? .1 u ??, vuu IV uiiUltftCIUVUk lil I lie I commission. Fear He Has Been Surrounded. I?ndon. By Cable.?Rusian official circles in Ijonrion, although without I official news, are inclined to credit ; a Harbin story published in Paris , connecting the firing reported to h;c\e been heard Tuesday morning about seven miles south of Tie Pass with General Renenhampff'a division. The dispatch from Harbin, points out thft the only explanation oC a cannonade in that locality is that Renenhampf has at length arrived Tie Pas^ where the Russian arn.iles were ot derail to rendezvous, In case of re treat, but only to find the placo oceu pled by the Japanese. j Consequently it is feared that Henen.aampff is sur rounded. [ ' FAIRBANKS SPEAKS: Guest of Honor at Banquet of the Tar i Heel Club i HE SPOKE ON POLITICAL LINES Touches Upon Matters of Large Po- j litica! Importance?Bold Advocate of Republican Doctrines. - ( i Greensboro, N, C., Special.?Vice- < President Fairbanks was the guest of j honor at a banquet of the Tar Heel Club here Wednesday night. The oc- ^ casion was one of great brilliance. | The Vice-President spoke at length, , and said in part: Mr. Fairbank's Speech. Mr. Blackburn and Gentlemen of j North Carolina: , This is a somewhat belated celebration of Washington's birthday. , When I accepted your courteous invl- 1 tation for the 22d of last February, I f1111 y expected to fill my engagement, i but the exigencies of public business prevented. I urged your committee to permit nie to withdraw my acceptance but they chose rather to postpone the y banquqet until tonight. 1 am more than repaid for coming by your most cordial greeting. There is something in Southern liospitalityy which makes the stranger within your gates feel that he is at home, or, at least, that he is a welcome guest. It is well that the people of different portions of the country should j meet and mingle with each other, for , the more they come to know each j other, the less danger there is of mis- t understandings and the more certainty there is that they will come into ac- j cord upon great questions which make for social, material and national growth. I 1 am not here, my friends, to make t a partisan speech, and shall utter no woYd with respect to those questions which are the subject of sharp par- v tisan differences. I rejoice with you in the splendid J progress made in recent years by the j State of North Carolina. Her ad- ; J vance lias been notable in every ave- i 1 nue of activity. It has. indeed, been marvelous. New fields of employment ! have been opened to her people. Her I 1 advance, however, has not been alone ( In material tilings, for it lias been [ marked in educational and social con- ; ' ditions; In those higher walks which j 1 should most distinguish the State, it J seems as though she has been touched i 1 deeply by the spirit of improvement. ! : In n.wl'a ..... 1 t duty differently a few years ago. We J see it the same today. We have faith ] to believe that never again will there j 1 be any (leverage among the people of 5 the United States upon lines of lati- j : tude or longitude. We are co-sharers ' in the glory won by valor of those ] who went down to the field and show- : ed the world the heroic metal of Americans. We are all thankful that he who presides over the affairs of men preserved the unity of the repub- * lie and wiped away 'orever the insti- ' tution of human slavery. I was with William MeKinley one * evening at the beginning of the Span- ( ish-American war, when a little gray- 1 head, gray-beareed man greeted the President whose name abides with us x and will abide with us forever as a 1 sweet and precious memory. The * President received him cordially, and 1 1 said: "So you want to go to the war. ! general?" "Yes, Mr. President," said ; ' he, "I want to go to the war. I once j ' fought against the Hag and 1 wish ' now. before I die, to fight for it. 1 ' love it and honor it." The President manifested his pro- ' found appreciation of the patriotism and the courage of the veteran who ! spoke, and promised to put upon him j the stars of a major general in the army of the Union, lie kept the promise, and the old Confederate cav- j airy officer. General Jc.t? Wheeler, marched away to vindicate the honor of the stars and stripes. General Wheeler was in that crisis | but a type. Others who had fought against the Hag. in the long ago. were i inspired by the same high purpose ! which actuated hint, and well demon- j strated the gratifying fact of our complete solidarity. j r Kciuiblican government was-. ordfitn- i od to promote justice; to secure each r and all in the fullest possible enjoy- f merit of equal rights and privileges < under the law. Every American must t stand before the law upon a plane of s perfect equality with his fellow 3 Americans. Our laws must be in- t sikired by a sense of justice. Ix>t us I teach the love of justice at the tire- I side, in the school room, in the pulpit, in the press, in the counting house, in the factory. Yea! Teach it everywhere, for without justice abides with ^ us. government is a mockery. Let us safeguard the rights of prop- i f erty; protect that which honest and f patient industry has acquired. But, ; j first of all, and better than all. pre- ( ( serve inviolate the rights of men of $ low and high degree. ! i Political parties are essential in ' ; popular government. They have ex- I 1 istcil from the earliest days of the j t republic, and they will continue to i j the end. It is of vita! importance, : i therefore, that they should be highminded and patriotic; that they should stand for those measures which are wholesome and which tend to advance : j to the utmost degree the public weal. ( They should support sound and con- j t servative policies, which are the only sure foundation of industrial and so- | clul progress and of enduring national greatness. I i We should see that parties are kept as pure as we would have the State. 1 ( They should rot he given over to 1 mere time-servers, or to those whose allegiance is not first to the public welfare. Be good party men, but be '"itriots first of all. President Hayes very well observed that, "He serves tils party best who serves his country best." But, my Democratic friend, you say, 'Yes, I grant your claims about the beneficent results following Republican administrations lint it is not re spectablc to bo a Republican in the South"; an'l some Northern men seemingly are in accord with you in this view. Myself Southern born, bred and reared in the South, a Republican as my father before me. I claim that tofay. and every other day since 1SI>5, It has been respectable for any Southern gentleman to be a Republican in his own home if ho was otherwise respectable. it has not been popular. It is always respectable to be politically honest. It is always respectable to vote your principles. It Is always respectable to demand a free ballot and a fair count. Is it respectable to vote with a party which secured last year the electoral vote of thirtv-two out of forty-live sovereign States and the suffrages o( seven and a half million freemen? JULES VERNE IS DEAD Vriter of Quasi-Scientific Romances Which Have Scored Brilliant and Lasting Successes and Appealed in a Special Sense to the Imagination of Youthful Readers of Nearly All Nationalities Succumbs to Diabetes. Amiens. France, By Cable.?Jules /erne died at 3.10 p. m. His family vas at his bedside. Ivl. Verne had been subject to chronc diabetes but it did not assume a crRcal asnent until Mnmli 1H sim'o than le gradually failed and the end was lastened by a stroke of paralysis cov- j ;ring his right side until the tongue vas affected. The sick man retained i consciousness until just before his loath, his brain being the last organ 0 fail. He calmly forsaw death, called the members of his family to his >edside, and discussed his departure. Following the announcement of M. /erne's death, telegrams were received from many headquarters. It Is expected that the burial will take >luce here, where M. Verne has long ived and where his most notable roliances were written. Jules Nerne was horn at Nantes, France, in 1828. He studied law both it home and in Paris, but never praciced. In leisure hours he began writ- j ing pieces for the stage, and in 18t>3 i tiis first work, "Five Weeks in a Balloon," appeared. The quasi-scientific ityle employed in that romance was so successful that others in similar ' i ,foin followed, and his series of marvelous romances have made his name ilmost a household word. His best i tnown works are: "20.000 Leagues Under the Sea," "The Mysterious Isand," "A Floating City." "Michael | 1 Strogoff." "Adventures of Captain j latteras." "Dick Sands, the Boy Cap- I i cain," "Around the World in Eighty Jays," Desert of Ice," "Robur, the Conqueror," and "A Country of Dianonds." An unsuccessful attempt on his life vas made in 1X80. In 1800 he publish- 1 al his last book/. "A Family Without 1 1 Name," and "The Purchase of the <orth Pole." i One of the most affecting incidents 1 >f his last illness was the great nute- j I >er of letters and telegrams from chil- j ' Iron of every nationality, attesting the 1 idmiration in which the author was | I lcld. His works have been trans- ' < ated Into many languages. > Mrs. Chadwick Testifies. Cleveland, Ohio, Special.?In the -an i\i ujm > ruun fie re .Mrs. unaowiCK i totalled some of her financial trans- i ictions, In t lie course <>' an examina- i Ion by Attorney I,. J. Grossman, act- ; , ng for Trustee Nathan Loesser. Mrs. | ^liadwick said that sin? was not able 1 o give as many details of the transactions as she would like to. because of he absence of papers which were held n a number of cities. She had sent for be papers and expected to have them vlien the hearing is continued next 1 Thursday. Mrs. Chadwick testified that lie total indebtedness would not ex- | cod $750,000. Of this sum, borrowed rom various persons, she had received >nly $517,000, leaving $208,000 for com- ' nissions to the moneylenders. She said die owed certain banks in Cleveland 1200,000. Mrs. Chadwick walked from lie county jail to the bankruptcy court i his afternoon. She looked well and ap scared liannv $1,000,000 Naval Stores Co. Jacksonville. Fla.. Special.? The narnl stores factors and operators, repreenting the industry in Florida. Georgia ind Alabama, met here with 300 pros- | nt and organized the Naval Stores Kx- | >ort Company, with a capital of $1,000,- ! >00. sixty per cent, of which was subscribed by operators. This company .vas organized to protect Jacksonville ind other Florida ports which have | >een made open markets on account of lie former exporters' refusal to accept J ?oods at Florida ports at Savannah irices. Water Over Children's Heads. Mobile, Ala.. Special.?The weather bureau gives the rainfall of Monday and Tuesday at S.22 inches, the greatest fall since June 20. 1000. when 12.7'i \ inches fell in eight and a half hours. Water around Jefferson street puhii" school was over the heads of most of lie children attending there, and school could not he held. Many bridges were carried away. ? I THE CZAR YIELD! Financial Matters Impress Russia' Ruler More than Bayonets LOAN IS CONDITIONED ON PEAC Understanding That Their Influenc Has Finally Prevailed at St. Peters burg and That Proceeds Will Not b Used to Continue the War, Pari Financiers Re-Open NegotiationsMuch of the Money to Remain i France. t-aris. uy Cable.?The prospects r peace between Russia and Japan as sumed a more definite and almost tangible aspect as the result of the ar noumement of the resumption of nc gotiations for a Russian loan. Th postponement of the loan ocoifrre through the stand taken by the il nancial element against proceeding while the uncertainties of war con tinned, whilst a willingness to resum negotiations was construed as meanin that their influence finally has prevail ed with the authorities at St. Peters burg. It seems to he the accepts view of financiers that the proceed ings of the loan will not he applied t the further continuance of the war. It is understood that of tho chie inducements to a resumption of th negotiations was that a considerabl portion of the proceeds shall remaii in France for the purpose of meetin the interest coupons of other loans and that the placing of contracts fo government supplies will he requirei even after the conclusion of the hos tilitles. Coupled with the announcement o resumption of tho loan negotiation came a strong intimation from ofll cial and diplomatic, quarters that step looking towards peace had been defl nitely taken by Russia. The Forelgi Ofiiee declined to confirm a report tha France was likely to be intermed iary; hut diplomats, who are activel; Interested, for the first time gave cred it to the statement that Russia ha decided to seek peace. It was sail in these quarters that Russia woul deal directly with Tokio through th French minister, who has charge c Russia's interests there. Needs 200,000 More Men. Gushu, By Cable.?The Japanese ar following the Russian rear guard which is moving north from Santoupi at the rate of 8 1-2 miles a day. Oi both hanks the Japanese are opera! ing a wide turning movement, hut tin strong!li of tho flanking forces has no been definitely ascertained A nnm her of places along the railroad be tween Santoupu and Gunshu Pas Lhere are broken hills with steep side and gorges at the bottom, where stub born resistance might be made, bu it. is doubtful if General Linevitcl will make a stand before he reache: the Sungari river and Chantchiatu Unless he is able t' hold the line o the river, the Russian position wil bo so weak stragetically that he ma; bo compelled to race back of Harhii into Siberia, owing to the fact that a they approach Harbin the Russiai front parallels the railroad, renderini the danger of a severance of the soli line of communication constant!; greater. The' prospect of the isolatioi of Vladivostock must also be met, am It is urgently necessary to supply tin garrison with provisions and ammuni tion, not for a few months, but for t\V< years. Two hundred thousand reenforce meats from Russia are now necessar; to make it possible for the Russian: to meet the Japanese on anything liki equal terms. St. Petersburg, Iiy Cable.?Tile pos slbility that if the Russian arm; should he unable to hold the lowe line of the Sungari river at Chaun chiatsu, it may bo compelled to ret t ea not 111! IV In llnvliin 1...I olun westward along the railroad, abandon ing to the Japanese northern Alan churia and the Hnssian maritinn Amur Siberian provinces, as well a the vast territory already lo^t, is tin latest startling news from the front. The strategic weakness of Genera Linevitch's position, as ho falls bacl northward, is made clear by a Gun shu dispatch, in which it is pointei out that unless Chunchiatsu and tin Sungari lines, a scant hundred mile below llarbin, can be held, it will h difficult to maintain a position t'arthe back before Harbin, where, with tin froDt of the army paralleling the rail road, the practicability of a tnrnini movement to completely sever com munications and isolate the arm; six thousand miles from horn is too serious for Russian considers tion. That such a dispatch shout have been permitted to pass the cen sor at the front is significant; and, i General Linevitch has communicatei a similar estimate of the situation di rest to Emperor Nicholas, it may a( wuiu mi his .ii.iji'siy s mcreuseu uit posiLion to listen to peace counsel and open negotiations before the Jai anese establish themselves on Rus sian soil. It can now be definitely stated thr. the decision to appoint Grand Dak Nicholas Nicholaivitcli to the snprera command in the Far East was recor sldcred, because of the opinion tha the outlook at the front does not wai rant the rl.sk of compromising th prestige of a member of the imperii J j family. ^ ; At the general staff, the view that * j General Linevitch may be compelled. to abandon Harbin and retire towards Hake Baikal, leaving Vladivostock to 'g its fate, is regarded as almost miwarranted by anything that is officially known there, it being pointed out that Field Marshal Oyaraa may bare a long and laborious task to bring up_ an army of 300,000 or 400.000 men. C Meanwhile, Russian re-enforcements are arriving at Harbin at the rate of 1,200 men per day. Nevertheless, it* is significant that there is now a wcllmarked peace party at the War OfficeTelegraphic Briefs. 3 The special committee of the Wit? _ mington Methodist Episcopal Conference found all the charges against Rev. n C. S. Baker sustained and deposed him from the ministry. R. B. Grover & Co.'s large shoe factory at Brockton. Mass.. was wrecked by a boiler explosion and afterward 5- burned. 43 bodies having been recoveva ed last night, with 114 operatives un>? accounted for and some 50 injured. Judge Parker, late Democratic Preafdontial candidate, consented to make o , a speech before the Democratic Glut d ; in New York after he learned thai i neither Bryan nor Cleveland would b? there. 3 Gen. Rosser to be Marshal. c ^ Washington. Special. ? President Roosevelt recently appointed Gen_ Rosser, who was the youngest brigadier j general in the Confederate army. p??stmaster at Charlottesville, Va. At the u time the appointment was made it was j intimated that a better position might j be provided for Gen. Rosser in the future. It is i dor stood now that he will e e be nomina.od as United States raaru shal for the western district of Virginia g on the explration\of the term of the , present incumbent4 S. Brown Allen, r d New Troops in Good Spirits. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?A couple if of brief telegrams from General Linn9 vltch dated March 20 were given out g Tpesday. They merely say that the _ ; troops continued to retreat northward it i March 10. that ho had allowed the men * to rest March 20 and that he had iny spected more new arrivals from llus. sia nnd had found the troops in exeeld lent spirits. d Buffalo Bill Fails to Get Divorce. e Sheridan. Wy., Special.?"Ruffalr* Bill," some time called William P. Cody, lost his suit for divorce from Louisa Cody. Judge It. H. Scott, of the 0 District Court, deciding that charges of I. attempts on the part of the woman to u j poison her husband had not been 1 ' proven. Judge Scott asserted that the > j testimony showed that Mrs. Cody hail e | always been a good mother and a t proud and indulgent wife. i Telegraphic Briefs. s s Daniel J. Sully, the former "cotton h king," entered the cotton market yes t leruay as an aggressive bull, and the t shorts made a wild dash for cover. a The Metropolitan Railway Company I. of New York will probably build a subf way system. 1 The organization of the National Association of Canners and Packers of a America was completed at Pittsburg; 3 with W. A. Rouse, of Uelair, Md., cb.'yJr1 man. * Incoming New York steamers arrlvY ed from two to six days late and were. i battered by giant seas. ^ By acquiring 200 acres of land, Johc j. Alexanders Bowie has increased his a summer estate at Muskegon, Mich., te 2G5 acres. Y Ex-President C.rover Cleveland has s gone to Florida for three weeks to re3 cuperate from his recent attack o! gout. i- General Kuropatkin is to be sucy ceeded by Grand Duke Nicholas, r The Russians, it is reported, have " planned to retreat to Harbin as soon a stlie forces in Tie Pass are sufficient1 ly restored. >- Dr. Muller. in the German Reich15 stag, complained of the present copy 3 right arrangement with the United b States, as a free gift of German intellectual property. ' A receiver and conservator has beet It appointed for the property of Charier ' F. Perry, clerk and accountant for s 1 Boston law firm, who was trustee fo? e estates valued at $500,000, and who dlss appeared, leaving, it is said, his afe fairs in a bad tangle, r e A committee of the French Chamber I- of Deputies reported in favor of the g complete separation of church and state. L, The Republicans of New York are in revolt against tire appointment of the d negro Charles W. Anderson as Internal i- Revenue Collector. / Gov. .lamps B. Frazlvr was nominated by the Democrats In the Tennessee / l" Legislature to he Senator to succeed / the late Senator William B. Bate. / s The convention of the United Mine / ). Workers of America is In session at / Altoona, Pennsylvania. / Postal Cards of Peat. \ ' The latest novelty in stationery li > J' postal cards made from peat. Thej , are made in the mills at Oelbrids<> ii I connv Kiidaro. Ireland, where an r- J American has established papermakinj e | from, the r-cat 'he famous boj? at. il I Allen. ' . i