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VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 29, 1905. NO. I.
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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.
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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.
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FLOOD AT PITISBURG
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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.
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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.
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FAIRBANKS SPEAKS:
Guest of Honor at Banquet of the Tar i
Heel Club
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HE SPOKE ON POLITICAL LINES
Touches Upon Matters of Large Po- j
litica! Importance?Bold Advocate
of Republican Doctrines.
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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.
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Gen. Rosser to be Marshal.
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^ 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. '
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