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s-Sport mill times. ?- '" f' VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5,1905. NO. 2. aim m Conflict Between Japan a Thing of KOtV ONLY A QUESTION Or TERMS ^Parish Priests Have Lost Their Influ- , encc and the Few Troops are Powerless? Red Flag of Revolution < Raised ,in Three Districts and a State Bordering on Revolution in Another?Poland and Finland in the , North Also Menacing in Their As- < pect?Crisis Expected with Warm Weather. 1 i - ] St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Russia | has outlined the conditions under < which she is prepared to negotiate 1 11 pea* e. I: was si at oil with every semblance ( of authority that, thanks to the good , offices of the United States and ( Frame, the question of peace ha." assumed practical shape. ^ The War in Brief. ' Interest in Russia's trouble" has 1 shi'tid for the moment front Manehur.u. where war operations spent at a standstill, to Russian Poland, where ' the revolutionary spirit is asserting itself in different ways. j ' A well-dressed titan threw u bontb j into a police station in a suburb of 1 Warsaw, wounding six policemen. Whib Ran n von Nolken. Chief of Po- 1 lice <d Warsaw, was on .his way to in- J vestigalo, a bomb was thrown at nis ! carriage and he was severely injured, * The hist bomb-thrower was arrested, but the second broke away front bis 1 captors 5 The disaster threatening Russian ' trade and industry has forced many ' men el' the commercial classes to join 1 the Library movement for a cessation of the war and for a constitution. Some t of the richest iiion in the Umpire have ' entered actively into the campaign. A Mibkhv lawyer has accused ntedi- l cal n en of the military hospital there of a*, f pting bribes front reservists during mobilisation. An organized depot of arms and bonti s was recently discovered on the j premist s of a rich Moscow merchant. t Jews at Kirschoneff are greatly al- s armed at a tenewal of anti-Semitic agi- ( t ? I i/?r? i The demand for the use of the Polish ( language in Russian Poland has developed into a revolutionary movement of J threatening dimensions. The. peasant disorders in the south : j, and west of Russia continue, several j j, landlords having been murdered and r much property destroyed. x One ol Japan's conditions of peace, i it i? thought. might he the insistence t upon a j '.edge from Russia that she will j] build no more warships for a term of \ years. rt being feared that without such j a pietlf. < Russia would take advantage i j. of a > tuition of hostilities to rehabilitate her navy. Rut-:;, s total army strength in Man- ! " churia 'itimated at 220,000 men. In r.n interview Field Marshal Ova- I t ma pra.s- - Russian officers and men as ( brave and able and says he is ready to ; 0 conti"- i tlie war as ions as neces- ! j aary. 1, One i. rdred thousand men are e\- e pe-ted t< tc.Ue part on April 3 in the celebratii r. in Tokio of tlie capture of j, Mukden. s A i r in St. Petersburg has un- h earth' 1 a report. made by Gen. Kuro- t. patkin in ik03 predicting war with Ja- a pan. but c::pevted this to bring the p Triple A...a nee and England into the i ? coni'.i t. tl Russian Vlco-Admiral Negoba toff's it sipiadtf i, hps left Suez, after passing si through the canal, and sailed south. P Uprising Against Morales. f'aj.o I'.aytien, Hayti. My Cable.?Ad-1 1 -, vice- :e<?.ved hero by cruiser from > Monte Cristi, on the northern coast j ' of th< republic of Santo Domingo' it' Tn?-< iy nnonnce that (?en. ltaraha. ''' with a number of Dominican exiles, ?1 has ':.nded at Monte Cristi and that the nhal tants have risen against w President Morales, reproaching him ai with being the cause of tlie principal \v troubles with foreign countries. sj , A Record Crop. Wa*hingb n. Special. The Census Bureau Tuesday issued a bulletin < < showing the total crop of cotton gin- w nod ft r the season of 1904 to be 13,697,7^2 bales. These figures include linters, and count round bales as half bak-.-'. and the total is equivalent to vj lS.oN l.4f?7 bales of r>00 pounds. The j to squari I :,les nttinber 13,103,417, the J ^ round laics 290,151, the Sea Island; bales i i.;;l7, tlic linters 241,942; to- j tai r iiTiing bales, inc'e.ding linters, | 13.751.S57. Included tn these totals arc If'.'.275 running bales estimated j f'r pv gi'tc : s as remaining to be ginned. J fr 11$ Mil * and lussia Practically the Past \ Cost Russia $1,750,000. Gunshi. Pass, By Cable.?The Japanese aro again moving forward and he Russiai rear guard has fallen back from its psition about 13 miles north uf Siplngai (74 miles north of Tie Pass), to Jhaoumiaodzi, which is situated 40 liles below Gunshu Pass. Practicaly complete reports show that the hissian army sacrificed general comnssiariat stores worth $1,250,000, an. stores for the army corps amounting to $500,000 held at Mukden. Most of the stores were set oa fire. Boots and uniforms were among the stores, of which the whole army was in nod. arriving from Europe four days before the Russian retirement froir ilukden. Kuropatkin oriered the etuoval of the stores, but the order .as not executed. An investigation will be made to establish the respontbility. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Roving , bands of pusants continue to pillage, j burn and nurd'er in the Chernigov i government and in Tamboff, Kazan md other governments in the south. The few trsips here and there are ! powerless, "he whole peasant pcpu- j at ion is aff?cted more or less. The j parish priests, under instructions ! from the H?ty Synod, are doing all possible to piiet the peasants, hut \ without niak^g any appreciable im- 1 pression. Wfli warm weather a cri- j Us will come especially if it is ac- | ompanied h\ orders for another ex- | .ensive mobilisation. In the mealtime, the situation in ho Caucasus! is growing worse. A j state borderlig on civil war exists in lie Kuban territory, where the popuation has lieui armed for a collision with the sol<fk rs. Ill the (Iiwi'in on.l T.~.. als territory the red flag of revoution has been raised. At Yalta. Crimea, after the popuation had wipeked the vodka shops, i loliee quartom, ete., warships were tent from Sevastopol, and marines | vere landed aj if in a hostile country. The renewal of the bomb outrages n Poland anj the open demonstraions in Finland against conscription ire both regarded as bad and signili ant signs. With the Japanese Left Armies in he Field, via Fusan.?The Japanese irmy near Mukden is clearing the batlefield, sorting the enormous quantiies of stores and materials captured, nd attending to the prisoners. En;ineers are rapidly repairing the raiload bridges across the Hun river, vhich were bally damaged by the tussfans. Trahis are now running to he Hun river. They will reach Muklen in a few days. The weather is cry warm, an! the ground is tbawng rapidly, mating the movement of ;uns and tram-port wagons diflicult. London, By Ctble.?A telegram from northern European capital received n lxmdon says: "I have just learned on reliable auhority that Russia has asked l>el hisse to act a.a an intermediate and ipen peace negotiations with Japan. )el Casse has signified his willingness, nit considers that Lansdowue's co-opration is essential to success." London, My Cable.?When the prosicctus of the Japanese wai loan of 150,000,000 was issued, the neighbor uou 01 me issuing banks resembled he seenes witnessed on first nights t popular theatres, l.ong lines of eople were struggling for admission nd special forces of police controlled he streams xjf eager inventors. The iteriors of the banks were filled with hunting crowds struggling to snatch rospectus. Telegraphic Briefs. All the foreign steamship piers in ow York are being watched by detecves for Frank C. Marrin, the reptited ead of the Storey Company, of PhilaQlphln, through which a large number f small investors lost money. Not fewer than 20.000 emigrants ere landed in New York last week, ml 211.000 more arc expected this eek. which will break all previous ring records. A banquet was given in New Ynrif i nonor of ;ho acquisition of a perinncnt home for the American Acad- , ny in Rome, and securing of assuran*s that the $1,01)0,000 endowment fund ill he raised. j 1 Several successful trips were made .er San .lose, Cal.. with Prof. John ontgomory's aeroplane. ! 1 Immense congregations attended ser- i ccs conducted by Methodist niinisrs at the IJaltiniere Conference in Mnchester. Surgeon Samuel W, GtJflln is critiillv ill in the iiav. , hosiital at Nor/ Fri< nds of Sc S \rj Hay do not edit the repa t ,ie will retire 1 oni the caliity I ' I ' j j PEACE REPORTS (QUESTIONED Japanese Minister to France and Foreign Minister Del Casse Agree That No Peace Negotiations or Preliminaries Are in Progress, and Declare That Alleged Conferences Between the Two Never Took Place, Paris, By Cable.?Whatever hopefulness the peace situation may have had some days ago. the prospect has now completely changed, and there is every prospect that the war will drag on again. Consequently, dispatches appearing in America saying that Foreign Minister Del Casse and Dr. Mortono, the Japanese minister to France, have been conferring at the former's house relative of peace, are inaccurate. The foregoing view of the situation is taken by the parties immediately concerned, and it is asserted with mo authority of the foreign office and the Japanese legation. In view of tho continued reports that there were indications that Minister Del Casse and Dr. Mortono were taking an active part in the negotiations, a correspondent called at the Japanese legation today and requested Dr. Mortono to furnish a decisive statement which would put at rest all misunderstanding. Accordingly. the minister gave the following categorical statement, which was taken in writing and may be accepted as authoritatively clearing tho situation: "I tell you explicitly that there are no peace negotiations or preliminaries for initiating peace negotiations at this time so far as I am aware, and I believe my information to be complete. 1 am not desirous of discussing the general question of peaee; for, owing to tho complete absence of negotiations or preliminaries towards negotiations, that question can only ho academic and without practical hearing. "The statements that I have conferred with M. Del Casse at his residence are false and are calculated to confuse a situation which is perfectly plain. There is no representative of Japan authorized at this time to discuss peace or foreshadowing ir. the slightest what conditions the Japanese government might consider if the negotiations assumed a practical stage. On the contrary. Japan is now engaged in conducting a military campaign, and will unreservedly proceed with that important work. ' It can be added that the introduction of the foregoing dispatch, as well as the portion quoted, was submitted to | Dr. Mortono, who approved every word. It was similarly submitted to the Foreign Oflice, where it was appioved throughout. Therefore the dispatch can he accepted as being in the ] highest degree authoritative. No Insurrection on. Washington. Special.?llniticn Mln j Istc r l.eger has received a cablegram from the President of Haiti, contra- ! dieting the cablegram of Minister Pow- j ?.i i . - i*ii, Muuug uiai serious trouble is impending in Halti.-nnd that it is doubtful whether the authorities can maintain peace and order on March hi and April 1. According to Minister Leger's advices, the country is quiet and there is no fear of an uprising; the law concerning the Syrians is being executed peacefully, and the government can maintain order. Noted Man Dead. I-ouisvillc. Ky., Special.- Col. Frederick do Funiak, capitalist and distinguished citizen, died at his residence here Wednesday. Col. de Funiak w is horn in Rome. Italy. <;r, years ago. anil was a veteratj of (birihaldi's army. He was for a long time chief engineer of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, and has been connected with railroad building in many parts of the country He was a member of the New York Yacht Club, of the Old Southern Yacht Club and of the i'hiladelphiu Yacht Club. A Sericus Charnc. Newport New.--. Special. Captain Onzarda. of the Spanish steamship Niceio. New Orb an. to lioness, was placed under Stioo bond, charged with permitting two alien sailors, a Turk and an Armenian, allli ted with trachoma. to escape from the ship. The men were on hoard at N'ewv Orleans, but the captain could not* produce them upon demand of local customs officials. Fears Loss to Workmen.. St. Petersburg. IK Cable.- A dispatch from Gen. Lincviich says: "N'n : change in the situation. The enemy | is displaying activity east of the rail- I road." A telegram from Guusltu Pass j says Gen. Llnoviteh ha.; forbidden the inhabitants of Harbin, with tiie exception of wonu-n and children, to leave without special permits, fearing the town may be denuded of workmen. , Teiegrapliic Briefs. In London railway stations blazecovered boards are provided, on which letters or telegrams addressed to passengers may be displayed. The new British ocean-going torpedo boat destroyers are to be fitted for oil fuel, and they will be sufficiently arm ' 3d to act its small eruisiers. The British House of Lords, as a J court of ultimate appeal, lias decided | that vagueness ir. the xpression of a test:: or's d- sire that bequests should pars to tim unified charities, or to ehnii:i . to P-rtej 1 v his trusteemake a will invalid. Tiie charities of the city of Dundee, Scotland, lose $.*>00,DOG by the dot L ion. NOW FOR BIG SHOW Jamestown Exposition Endorsed By President Roosevelt OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION ISSUED A Proclamation is Issued, Inviting All Nations to be Represented by Their Military Organizations and Naval Vessels at the Tri-Ccntcnnial Commemoration in 1907 of the First English-Speaking Settlement in America. Washington, Special.?The President i Woln^.ln.. I - 1 , .. \>m*,vciuiij loonvii u prui'ianiauon mi viting the nations of the earth to be represented by their military organizations and naval vessels at the celebration to be held in the vicinity of Jamestown. Va.. from May 13 until November. 1907, 11)07. The proclamation is as follows: By the President of the Un'tcd States. ! A Proclamation: Whereas, the Congress of the United States has passed an act. approved March 3. 1H0.">, and entitled, "An act to provide for celebrating the birth of the American nation, the first "permanent settlement of English-speaking I people on the western hemisphere, by the holding of an international naval, marine and military celebration in the vicinity of Jamestown, on the waters | of Hampton Roads, in the State of Virginia; to provide for suitable and permanent commemoration of said event, and to authorize an appropriation in aid thereof, and for other purposes"? I And whereas, section 3 of the said I act reads as follows: "Section 3.?The President of the United States is hereby authorized to ; ! make proclamation of said celebration, setting forth the event to be commemorated-, inviting foreign nations to par| ticipate by the sending of their naval ! vessels and such representation of their I military organizations as may be ; : proper"? j Now, therefore, I. Theodore Roosc- 1 volt. President of the United States of ! America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by said ait. do hereby declare and proclaim that there shall bo inaugurated in the year 1907. at r.n.l . noar the waters of Hampton Roads, in tiio State of Virginia, an international naval, marine and military celebration. beginning May 13. and ending not later than November 1, 1907. for the purpose of commemorating in a fitting and appropriate manner the birth of the American nation; the first settlement of English people on the Amerii-nn cnntlnnnt ... T ? jui.ii'mowii, nil tlio 13th of May. U107. and in order that the great events of the Araeriean history which have resulted therefrom may be accentuated to the present and future generations of American citizens. And in the name of the government and people of tin' United States. I do. therefore, invite all the nations of the earth to take part in the commemoration of the event which has had a farreaching effect on the course of human history, by sending their naval vessels to the said, celebration and by making such representations of their military organizations as may be proper. In testimony thereof, 1 have now set my hand and caused the seal of the Unied States to he affixed. Done in the city of Washington this twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five, and in the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth year. THBODOKB UOOSBVBLT. liy the President. ALVBY A. A DEB. Acting Secretary of State. Secretary Hay Better. * Gibraltar, By Cable. The White Star I.ine Cretic, from New York, March IS, with Secretary of Slate Hay and Mrs. I lay on hoard, arrived hero Wednesday morniir-'. in an interview Mr. Hay said ho foil much bolter than when lie loft No\ York. Ho thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Although Secretary Hay has improved, ho has by no means recovered his health. OVER-SUBSCRIBED TEN TIMES. Great Rush For Japanese Loan in London Taxes Extra Banking Staffs. Ixmdon, Special.?The portion of the Japanese loan of $ir>O,0uO.O()0 al- 1 loted to London was well over-subscribed within an hour of the time of opening the hanks. For an hour hefore the doors opened, throngs crrfwed the vicinity of the issuing houses, and throughout the morning a steady flood of applicants, among whom weru many women, taxed the extra staffs of the banking establishm nts enga-; d to denl with the rush. The bsuin? t anks estimate that tin* Japanese loan ha, been over subscribed at least ton times. "four "men killed * Result of an Accident On Southern I Railway A COLLISION NEAR CHARLESTON i When Found the Dead Engineer's Hand Firmly Grasped the Emergency Brake?Freight Engineer's Watch Said to Have Been 30 Min, utes Slow, This Being the Cause of the Accident?Engineer Reed Fatal- i ly Injured. Augusta, (?:?.. Special?A special from Branclivillc. S. C.. to The Chronicle J says: The worst wreck that has occur reu on tins division of the Southedn Railway in many years happened Sunday morning about 3 o'clock a few miles below Brunehville near a small lumber station called lladham. The through freight from Columbia to Charleston and the fast passenger train ?flora Charleston to Columbia ran into each other at the above named point. | There was a very dense fog at the 1 time. It is reported that Freight En- ! gineer Reed's watch was 30 minutes slow, and that this was the direct cause of the wreck. So far, four are known to be killed outright as follows: Tom Conton. engineer on passenger and one of the oldest men in the service. ronton s body is mashed into an almost unrecognizable mass, with one arm cut off. the band of which is still grasping the emergency krake. Another white man named Stokes, brakeman, is killed, and also two negro brakemen. Adams and Stephens. Frenght Engineer Arthur Reed has both legs broken, besides severe internal injuries, and'cannot possibly live. Leans to Russia. St. Petersburg. My Cable.?Emperor William's speech at Tangier and prospective developments therefrom engioss the mention of the Russian newspapers almost to the exclusion of peace discussion. Her treaty relations ! with France and the friendly attitude of Germany during the war place Rus- \ sian in an awkward position. Nevertheless, the difficulties of Moating further loans in France and the absence of assistance on which, until recently, Russia at least had vaguely counted, incline the stales somewhat in favor of the western neighbor, whose benevolent neutrality and frontier pledge enabled Russia to nlnee in ? > ? ? Manchurian army ho well supplied with artillery. "Expect odly,-" The Russo says, "a grouping of powers in Western Europe has begun, and perhaps we are 011 the eve of great developments in international events." The Novoe Vremya sees in the German Emperor's supposed plt>asnro trips to Jerusalem. Constantinople, and Tangier a fixed plan to uphold Turkey in Morocco and create "Mussulman peril." which is Germany's answer to Great Britain's "yellow peril." The paper expresses the belief that it will result in strengthening the bond between Great Britain and France, the emhittermeni of tin* feeling between France and Germany, j and increased armaments, but there is no possibility < f war since Berlin fully . comprehends the madness of contliet with Great Britain nr. I France allied. Demand of Miners Granted. Philadelphia, Special. By the action of tiie soft <oaI operators of Central Pennsylvania, who had a meeting her Saturday, the threatened sit ike of the bituminous miners has been averted. The operators, in secret session decided to grant the demands of the men by renewing the wage scale in effect last year, the bsisis of which is til! cents a ton for pick mining. A meeting of the joint scale committee of operators and l miners will be held at Altoona next [ Tuesday, when the schedule will be adopted. Protests Rate of Exc-hange. Mexico City. Special. Precautions l.??" - * ...... IP. .-II iu:v>-ll II.V I IH' gOYt rnillCtlt | and llw large banks to prevent a sharp rise in exchange as the result of th speculative movement, believed to hav been planned to take place just as th new monetary system goes into effec That something of the sort would he attempted, was foreseen some months ago. It is said that there lias been extensive haying of exchange at the present low rate in the hope of a sharp advance. One of the largest hanks ha? refused to sell exchange to brokers ami private hankers, and has merely met the demands of commercial houses. It is the purpose of the government to make the transition to the new system as early as possible. Baptist Editors Adjourn. Memphis. Special. The Southern Baptist Bress Association, after three days' session, lias adjourned. Officers for the ensuing y< ar were elected as follows: President, Dr. T. J. Barton, editor of The Mississippi Baptist; secretary and treasurer. Dr. K. K. Folk, editor of The Baptist and Reflector. Nashville, Tenn. The selection of the next meeting place was left to the ex- I ecutivo committee. It is probable next year's meeting will be held in Florida. ? The Country fcditor. A. newspaper is the reflex of the people themselves, or at least of & considerable section who have substantially a common point of view, says the Trenton, N. J., Gazette. As I soon think to raise a crop by removing the surface soil as to run a newspaper not rooted somewhere in tha appreciation of the many. An editor is a sort of barometer, and realizes the difference between bright skies and thickening weather, for popular opinion has many ways of making itself instantly felt. Yet, certain principles are eternal, ami as freo from deviation as the north star. Truth, courage, perseverance, are cardinal necessities, and the cheerful temperament, one of the foundation stones: I'reacliing the simple life is not essential in dealing with country editors. Most of them are familiarly acquainted with it. A few conventions and <ix ursionir. where they work while others sleep, are their annual recreation. It is truo that they learn to like the perpetual toil, recurring as promptly and peremptorily as the swing of a pendulum, and the labor we delight in is a high, rewa rd. It may be doubted, says the St, Ixntis (Jlobe-Demoerat, if the country editor is valued to the full extent of tin* part lie sustains in the town orliamlet where lie applies all his energy and grows gray in the round of duties that lie chases, ir that chase him, titty two times a year. What fears, unknown and ttncoiu? rreliended. he has performed in getting out the paper under difficulties;! what effort he lias given to help others; what budding talcm he has discovered and afforded a chance; what, disappointments he has met and philosophically charged off to profit ami loss. Through it all he never loses th? sweetness and light thai are inhoriB in the art preservative and an unpurchasalile press. Nothing is saidl of his achievements in the seienco of government, foi that would need another chapter and might he misconstrued. for the country editor here referred to is eon udcrcd without regard to his party ties. The general typo is the theme, and no worthier is found in a survey of advancing civilizat 1 in. Money, but No Friends. J. Arthur Josephs, one of the wits ol the financial center, was approached the other day by a well known character about "the street." who plaintively put to him this question: "Josephs, would you lend five dollars to a friend in distress?" "I would in a minute." responded Josephs, "but I haven't got " "Don't tell me that you haven't got it. ' interrupted the other. "I saw yev cnange :? iI'n coiiar mil just now ia Kherl ill's." "You did not permit mo to finish my sentence," said Josephs ieily. "Whai I started to say was that I haven'l got a friend in the world." New York Times. Squirrels Preempt Maine HouseSquirrels have literally taken j?ogsession of the attic of a Bowdomham Maine, house. Entering by means of the water gutters, these lively guests remain over night in their cozy quarters, eating seed corn, and playing tat for amusement. Disappearing at daybreak, they return every evening. Nothing beats a good wife except a bad husband. So. I I. CHILDREN AFFECTED l'<v tlotlior'H I'<> > ! itiiil IMiiiU. Many babies have been launched into life with constitutions weakened by disease taken in with their mother's milk. Mothers cannot be loo careful as 10 the food they use while nursing their babes. The experience of a Kansas t'ity mother is a case in point: "I was a great Irinker from a child, and thought 1 could not eat a im ?ii wmimum ii. ivm i i(Minn nr lasr It \v;is ?I??i? ir mi' Inn in. I''or year* I liail been troiilili.il with di'/.y.iness, ??u?ls before in\ eyes :iihI |>:ii11 in my heart, to which was added, two years* ago, a chronic sour stomach. The hiihy was horn -even months ujin, ami almost from the lie^iiuiiiiK it. loo, snf fereil front soar stomach. She was taking it from me! "In lay distress I eon tilled a friend of more experience than mine, ami she told lite to 111it coffee, that colTee did not make good mill;: I have since ascertained that it really dries up the milk. "So 1 quit coffee, and tried tea ant* rf last cocoa. I "lit they did not aj?rct? with me. Then I turned to I'oslunt Coffee uiili the happiest results. It proved to lie the very tiling I needed, it not only nvrenl perfectly with lialty and myself, but it increased the flow of my milk. My hushaml then quit corr.w. MI..i IK...i ?? <|iin MJ KUl wi-ll of ill** dyspep-ia with which lie had hccii troubled I no longer suffer from the diy./.iness, blind spells, pain, in my henrl or sour stomneh. I'ostnm has cured them. "Now we :i11 drink l*ostitm front my husband to m\ seven months' old baby. It has proved to he the lies* hot drink we have ever used. We would not trive up Post urn for the best coffee we ever drank " Name triven hy I'ostuni L'o.. leit tie i 'reek. Miclt There's a reason, i !e( the little hook "The Ho.ul Well , .lie' in each pk^. Ji / t (s,;