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FORT MILL TIMES. VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 12. l!>0;,. NO. :>.. A RED HOT ANSWER Col. A. B. Williams Takes Bishop Potter Severely to Task SOME VERY BRILLIANT ARGUMENTS The Editor Challenges the Slanderous New York Bishop to a Show of Hands as to Moral Condition of His Diocese and the South Generally. Ilishop Potter of New York is one of the pet superstitions of this country. He is part of the general New York superstition. Because New York is big. most of us assume that any man who betomo* nrominent there must 1m i very large and great man indeed. We persistently forget tliat as many fakirs, humbugs and lightweights rattle and swi "1 around in large places in New York as anywhere else in the world. As for Bishop Potter, he has said and done as many silly things as any other old gentleman we know of. A recent experience of his indicates that his manners are as had as hi3 morals in some respects are defective, his judgment is had and his arragence extreme. Some time ago he undertook to discuss the divorce question in a New York newspaper. As we recollect, ho floundered around the subject a good deal and failed absolutely to make any definite suggestion or to indicate any coherent policy for his church or legislation. In the course ;>f his somewhat tlahby and eharotlc remarks, however, he said that the absolute abolition of divorce won! 1 not do. Ho added: "We have an example of what would result from such a measure in South Carolina, where the laws do not recognize it. Prohibiting iivorce is merely putting concubinage at a premium." This does not impress us as a high or a churehmanline view. Certainly concubinage is not at a premium anywhere in South Carolina. The editor of the Columbia (S. C.) State wrote Bishop Potter a very respectful letter, pointing out to hint that he had done the homes and people of the State serious injustice, re terrtng him f.? the bishop anil clergy of his own church in that State for evidence and asking him t;> make careful inquiry into the facts and then "lake sji< h ctepa as equity and justice may dictate." In reply the editor received a most insolent letter from Bishop Potter, indirectly denying that he had used the language attributed to him and describing the editor's letter and article on the subject by Judge Benet, enclosed with it as "equally unwarranted and impertinent." The editor of the State replied with another respectful letter, in a perfectly proper and deferential way, taking off the bishop's hide. He pointed out that the offensive paragraph had been published prominently, that Bishop Potter did not seem fit to make any denial or correction of an outrageous and shameful slander Against the people of a whole State and that his denial suggested in his own letter was as evasive as discourteous. A few days later Bisho4 Potter printed in the New York Globe a brief statement on the subject, in which he sai i he had no apology to make to South Carolina and extended bis slander to the people of the whole South. He is quoted as saying: "He ha 1 simply remarked that in view of the proval nee of miscegenation in the South, the 'pose' of loftly and superior virtue on the part of its people, anywhere had in it an element equally comic and pathetic." An accma ion like this cannot be sustained or disproved by statistics or affidavits. It can bo considered only in the light of general and obvious facts. Yin i" is not a tilings of sections er of countries. The good are good ami tRe MP 1 :iii' bad everywhere and wherever human! nature is, the affections and pas. ions of men and women stray in forbidden paths. One thin;;, however, is c: rtnin and plain. That is that tit" moral tone is indefinitely cleaner and the soei.il standards are indefinitely higher in South Carolina than in Ilishop Potter's diocese. Certainly a woman divorced from her husband and ntarrh I to another man inside of twenty-four hours would not he r< < eive d in respectable society anywin re in 11.. South. Yet a woman who did that very tiling is a leader of New York's most exalted society. Nobody knows the secret annals of vice; but every olu; rver who has met and known the people of New York and any Southern State knows that In the South vastly less filth is talked and written than in New York. The natural and inevitable presumption is that lives in the South are very much cleaner. The women whose conduct and conversation are so distinctly loud and bail as to justify definite crit: ism is tabooed in every Southern State. Iliahop Potter cannot say that that is the ease oven in the highest and tin < r tic-ally most exclusive so < 11 iy 01 ins own community. I; would lie interesting to know wh?to Bishop Potter got his impiVssions of'tho morals of the people of the South and how he would go about justifying himself for circulating such a < ruel and injurious charge as that < oncuhinage and miscegenation are gent-ral in this part of the country. '1 h<- truth is that miscegenation in its legal sense is impossible anywhere in the South because it is forbidden and severely punished by law. We do not hesitate to say that, the charge that these vices tire general or even widespread in the South is false, and in making that assertion wc will do I bO er than Bishop Potter. Wo will oft:* good evidence to convict him of fatf'hood if he is willing to dare the | isst^. We will put on the stand the ProWitant Episcopal clergy of the | wntft^ South, from'bishops to deacons. Thtjj ve among the people and know thei'-and have ample opportunity for knog their life. We may assume that1 tme of them, at least, are men who are not afraid to tell the truth in aiy circumstances or at any cost. For lew York, we will take the combined evidence of the clergy, the court! and the newspapers. Liive the editcu of tlie State, we invite Bishop Pott?* to take the evidence, or join us in taking it. If it sustains his accusations. we will confess with shame, but trankly. that he is right. If they contiadict him, will he be willing to conftss that he has circulated an outrageous and infamous t scandal and slandir? We do not care whether he attribites it to ignorance, recklessness j or milice or to a mixture of- the thfee. If lie evades a simple and honest teit like this, he will stand convicted of having disgraced himself by a wholeiale slander unworthy of a gen tlemar and of having brought shame and Iijury upon his own church, so j far as his jurisdiction extends.?Rich-! raond N'ews Leader. CONDUCTOR WEAVER ARRESTED. Placed Under $5C0 Bond on Charge of Kickirg a Negro from His Train, With Serious Results. Durham, Special.?Conductor Rob "Weaver, of the Southern road, was brought bere by Police Officer Patterson. of the Greensboro police force. He was arrested in that town on request of ihc Durham officers. Immediately after reaching here. Wcavet gave bond in the sum of $5tto for his appearance before the mayor. The | charge arainst him is that of assault I with intet t to kill. Weaver is chnrg ; ed with k "king a negro by the nana j of Samuel Bridges from the top of his train whil in motion Turpentine Operators. Pensacoh. Fla.. Spec ial.?Turpentine operators lold a meeting Thursday, hut ' the public was excluded, and no definite mforn ition regarding their actions were made public. About the only thing accomplished, it is stated, was to complete the capital stock for a million dollars for the Export Naval Stores company. About 2da operators were in attendance. Mnel pinnnclUA Dri?-it? C t ,? Chicago. Special.-?The most expon five and luxurious private car evei constructed is now building at the Chicago works of the Pullman Com pany. for \V. K. Vanderbilt. The now car. when finished, will cost Mr. Van derbiit $~>0.0O>. Now that it is pro posed to merge the Vanderbilt linesunder one management it is said to be the intention of \V. K. Vanderbilt to de vote more time in traveling over the various lines of the property he con trols and it is for this purpose that the new palace on wheels is building No Indictments. Richmond. V?., Special?Col. Henry Hatchings, of the First Texas Regiment, and five of his officers, appeared before the Federal grand jury hen Wednesday to testify in the matter of charges that there had been irregularities in the pay-roll of the regiment named during the Manassas maneou vres. Two grand juries have now passed on the matter without indictment of any one. The first jury was at Alexandria, and the second here, the Richmond ledy finding no true bills. Editor Dead. Cleveland. O.. Snecial.? Manly Tello, former editor of the Catholic Universe,1 official organ of the Catholic Church > for this diocese, died aged G4 years. ! Tello was widely known as a forceful writer. During the civil war Telle I uecame a coionei in the Confederate ! army, serving under General Hardy I Gil more. Later, he u-:?s attached ta i the staff of JoT.-rson Uavis. Upon | one occasion he wast captured by Union troops and confined in Hock Island prison. f>mu which ho escaped. Shippers Want Relief. Washington, Special.?Several im' portant hearings will be held by the ! inter State commerce commission in J the near future. One of the cases is that of George M. Spiegle Ai Company vs. the Chesapeake & Ohio and the .Pennsylvania railroads, alleging a ! higher rate on cak lumber from Alton and Gordonsville. Va , to Philadelphia than from Staunton t(> (iasie City, Va.. which will be heard April 20 in Wash ' ington. Revolutionists Raided. j Warsaw, Speial.?A strong body of : police, aided by two companies of in; fantry, Monday night made a thorough search of Woln, a suburb cf this city, I chiefly inhabited by criminals, revobi- j tionaries and suspected persons. The police seized quantities of revolutionary pamphlets and manifestos and revolvers and cartridges, and arretted (Hi persons. The search occupied the whole of the night. It Is hotter to live one Terse of the Bible than to be able to preach about [ '.hem all. CHANGE IN CANAL COMMISSION The Other Four Were Named to Comply With the Law Requiring Appointment of Seven and Will Draw Much Lower Salaries Than the Others. Washington. Special.?The President has carried out his plpns for the reorganization of the Isthmian canal commission, as to the personnel and business methods, generally on the line of the legislation he suggested to v^uiign-ss ai me last session which fail- | ed in the crush of business in the | closing hours. Monday, within half j an hour after the President's departure j froru Washington. Secrcatry *Taft. directly in charge of canal matters, made public the personnel of the new connitssion and the division of duties among them. Only one member of the old commission was reappointed. Benjamin M. Harrod. Otlierwise the commission is new from top to bottom, for . there is a top and bottom and considerable difference between the functions and pay of the commissioners. Finding lie was obliged legally to appoint seven commissioner*, the President did so. but he carried out his own plan by making three of them practically the commission. The other four, though hearing the title of commissioners. not only receive much lower compensation, hut are assigned to much smaller fields of activity. The President has also carried out nid scheme of dividing up the work of canal building among the commissioners, so that, nominally acting as a body on stated occasions, each individual member would operate in a special field. The head of the eommssion is a trained railway president, chosen for his administrative ability in the financial and purchasing field; the new governor of the zone, is a lawyer who also has had to do with state affairs; the engineer commissioner already is known for his ability in the exo ution of the practical work of canal cutting. The other members of the commission are placed to comply with the law as to the tuimls^r of commissioners, lint are men of high ability as hydraulic engineers. Secretary Taft told them today that they were expected to show results and that is saiil to be the keynote of the President's action. The personnel of the new commission is as follows: Theodore P. Shouts, chairman; Charles E. Maroon, governor of the canal zone; Rear Admiral M. T. Kndicott. U. S. N.; Brigadier General l'eter C. Hians, C. S. A., retired; Colonel Oswald M. Ernst, corps of engineers. 1*. S. A.; Benjamin M. Ilarrod. Mob Threatens Saloon. Springfield. O.. Special.?A mob very similar to one a year ago. which lynched the negro Dixon and burned several dives, is congregating with avowed purpose of burning a resort run by Joseph Kent pier. Nearly a dozen arersts of suspiciously acting persons have been made by detectives. The square in which Kern pier's place is located is being patrolled by police. At 11 o'clock Monday night the front and rear of the saloon are ijoselv guarded by police, as ate the entrances to Columbia street at Forest and Water streets. Every street corner in the vicinity is filled by a motly crowd, awaiting the appearance of a mob to burn the saloon. In all. nearly a dozen arrests have been made for "safe keeping.' 'anil at 11 o'clock, the police are confident they have complete control of the situation. The report that two large crowds from the West End are now congregating in up-town saloons with the avowed purpose of setting fire to the saloon : serves to keep the crowds as near the place as the police will permit. The I movement at this time is admitted to j be almost identical with that of a year ago. although the police are betetr arc- j nared to prevent a disturbance than they were then. Mrs. Hill Reaches Washington. Washington. Special The special ear hearing James J. Hill, president of the J (treat Northern :>iu! \tr? llill ?-h?? ic ill. reached hero Monday afternon from Jekyll's Island. (In.. attached to the regular Florida and New York limitel. on the Sea hoard Air Line. A .special train was made up at once, and the car started to its destination. I.akewood, N. .!.. over the Pennsylvania road. Mr. Hill stated that Mrs. Hill had torn the trip well and was somewhat improved. An Assassination at Fort Smith, Ark. j Fort Smith. Ark.. Special.?The dead body of Samuel Spen< or, a prominent contractor of this city, has been found between two buildings on Tomson ave- j nuo, with a bullet hole through the j body. The trouser pockets were turn- j cd inside out and a MS-calibre pistol ! was found lying about a foot from his left hand. His watch and !r? cents in money in a hip pocket were undisturbed. There is no clue to the assassin. Girl Dies From Morphine. Norfolk. Va., Special.?Kdith Turner, 22 years old, who came hero from Savannah. (la., and had been living un i 111?i* I ho mi mo of Rilifh Arulor^nn ?Ho<l suddenly from the effects of morphine. ! The girl had reecntly received a tel-; egrain announcing the death of a sister in Savannah, and swallowed a mor- ; pliinr powdt r. Sin- was found uncoil- | scions in her room hut physicians revlved her until she could talk. Her recovery seemed certain but as a precaution. the girl was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. While the doctors were working with her with seemingly good results, she died. The body Is being held, pending instructions from her people in Savannah. PRESIDENT ON TRIP Reaches Louisville and Makes Good Speech to Large Crowd ? A GREAT OVATION IS GIVEN HIM The Stop Was Only For Two Hours, | But Not a Moment Was Lost?Air Charged With Eenthusiasm as the PrnTepiflM T*?- ' ' - . ~.. iwviiocu wnc v^ity, ana Around thc Speaker's Stand, Where the Crowd Extended Two Blocks. _ I/misville. Ky., Special.?In the sha ll ,v of a magnificent bronze statue i of Thomas Jefferson, just in front >f the architecturally imposing court house of Jefferson county. President Hooseveit. in something less than fifteen minutes, delivered a notable address to a crowd which extended for two blocks on the east and west side of the speaker's stand, whieh jammed into intersecting avenues and overran ! the broad lawns w ..ch skirt the j square. Not more than one-fifth of I those who saw the President eon! ' | hear what he said, but they cheered him heartily, nevertheless, interruptions of applause oecuring almost mo- j nientarily. The President's welcome to Kentucky was typical of the State. ! and his reference in his speech to a j "united country."his greeting of the Confederate veterans as "my eont- | radis." and his allusion to the wearer ! of the gray who bore aloft at the Head | of the procession of escort the '.lag | of one united country." greatly pleased those who could hear him. The | Prcsidt lit was in Louisville but two j hours, hut not a moment was lost. His reception in the residence portion of j the city was cordial: as he passed through the business section, it was j thoroughly demonstrative of good will, and at the speaking stand an 1 on the short drive over the business section, j it was an assured ovation. The wea- ! ther was cool and threatening when i the President arrived, but before the down town district had been reached. j the sun broke through the clouds ami : shone gloriously. Everywhere the ! crowds were enormous, hut orderly, J and barring a little confusion in front of the speakers' stand, the police arrangements were excellent The President was welcomed to ; Louisville hy Acting Mayor Paul C. Barlh. in the absence of Mayor Grainger, who is ill, and by Hon.. Logan C. Murray, chairman of the general committee. The president responded briefly. and was then escorted to his carriage, a few steps away, where he was seated with Secretary ly?eb, Coventor Beckham and Mr. Murray. Preceded by a detail of ntou. "led police and hy a mounted civilian escort., bearing the President's colors, the president's carriage moved forward, the procession being under way in a ff \v moments, with Gen. John B. Castleman acting as grand marshal. The President was introduced hy Governor Beckham in a few well chosen words, in response to which he said: "Governor Beckham and you, my fellow-Americans (Applause): "Surely any man would, indeed, he gratified to find in fhis way such an audience, anil he introduced as you have introduced me. Governor Beckham. (Applause.) "As the Governor has so well said, upon nil the important questions, the questions that infinitely transcend mere partisan differences, we are fundamentally one. (Applause.) "For in the question of foreign and internal politics, the points upon which there can be no proper division on | party lines, infinitely exceed in nam her those upon which there can he , such division, and. Governor Beckham, ' I shall do all that in mo lies to justify the hope to which you have given expression. and to try to show myself j the President of all the people of the United States. (Prolongcl applause.) "And naturally. 1 feel particularly gratified at seeing, here, joined in this procession, the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the gray. (Applause. ? "In the dark days no.v. keep just as. quiet as you can: you won't he aide to clo anything any more than to see me. anyhow, (laughter and applause? in the dark days one h of you fought for tne right as it was given lilni to see the right (A voice, 'That's right.') and each of you has loft us the right to feel pride not only in your valor, but in your devotion to what you conscientiously believed your duty. (Great ap- I plause.) "And now we are all one (Cheers and ; iong-continued applause) and as a i united people, we have the right to feel the same pride in the valor of the I man who conscientiously risked his j life in the Confederate uniform, that J we have in the men who fought in the hlue. And as I passed by your'ranks, oh niv friends In the era v. and salute I the flag of our common country lir?l<l up by a man in a pray uniform, I felt that we were one. nivl tliflt we have been able to show mankind that tin* greatest war of i be century can be followed by the most perfect union that any nation known. (Applause.) "And in coming to this great and beautiful city of yours, I wish to congratulate you upon the historic spirit | that is found here." Pointing to the statute of Thomas Jefferson that stands in front of the court house, the President continued: "I am glad, as I say. of the spirit that makes you wish to dedicate statues like this of Jefferson j and like the great statue of Clay inside 1 of this court house. It is a fine thing to keep to a sense of historic continuity 1 with the past and there is one statute 1 mat l wish the members In the na-1 tionn] Congress from Kentucky to se? is put up by the national government, and that is a national statute of Andrew Jackson, and the victors of the battle of New Orleans. The fight at New Orleans was one in which the whole nation has a care, as far as the glory and the profit went, and the whole nation. and not any one State, should join in putting that statute up. "Now I am going to say good-bye : because theVe is a little movement. | there, and it will lie better for the women and small people if I let you get away. Good-bye." DAMAGE BY SEVERE STORM Houses Demolished and Unroofed, Trees Uprooted and Stock Killed Many Fcrsons Injured, Though No Fatalities Arc Reported?Path of the Storm Three Miles Long?Woman ci mi iiilia V-.?TriCU CO tnc KOOl Of a Neighboring House. Mnoiv:-\'il)p. Special.?A terrific rain and wind storm passed over this section of tilt1 county about :? o'clock Wed- | ncsday afternoon. and assumed tin* fo- i rocit.v of a cyclone. Many homes are totally destroyed, while many others are left without covering, and otherwise damaged. The clouds eatne from the south and west, and as they canto its contact a few miles below town havoc began. The path of the storm covered a scope of about 1100 yards in width, and it left destruction in its wake. The report comes that on E. ('. Deaton's farm at the Held place, a barn that had beet: finished yesterday was blown away. The current was heading toward town, and the ! next place* it si i in k was the home of Mr. Leo Kistler. the roof of the dwell- ' ing being blown off, and the chimney going down through the house. No one was seriously hurt, and the family occupied one room at tin* time. Mr. James White and Mr. Rod Kistler were slightly hurt. The barn and outhouses were totally demolished. Next, was the* home* of Mr. Sherriil, which j was lifted from the pillars and carried ftr.me distance. Mr. and Mrs. Sherriil [ were in the house*, and it is rumored that Mrs. Sherrill's jaw bone was bro- I ken. The roof of tin* house of Mr. I Hud Phillips was carried awav. The small houses of Mrs. Walls, near the lower mill, was blown down. The j storm then struck Frank Realty's house*, on Cloaninger's Heights. This house was wrec ked. It was occupied j by three persons, a mother and two children. One girl crawled beneath a i bed and escaped unhurt, while the j mother and another child were found . on top of the roof some distance from J the spot where the house had been. Next was a cabin occupied by John j Knox, where the roof and everything in the house was blown away, inelud- I lug a small child about 1 years old, who \v:is found three hundred yards from the house unhurt. All the cabins in ihis section were unroofed and nlown down. The next and most serious loss of property was at the home of .Mr. J. 11. Cloaninger. His big twostory house was unroofed and everything in the upstairs of the building broken to pieces. The ell was torn from the big house, and all his dining room and kit hen furniture was broken. A crib, barn, blacksmith shop, buggy shed, smoke-house and grainery | ami one tenement house were completely demolished. The barn of Mrs. Crawford John;.ton was blown off the pillars. The home of Mr. Mack llrown is a total wreck, having been blown ftoni the pillars and moved about six j feet from the original site. This is ?'t six-room house and was in the old picnic grounds east of town. The liarn of Mr. Julius Kennerly was blown down and a horse was killed. Tree.-| w? ie uprooted and carried a great way and pieces of timber were carried off. Derives $1,G00.0C0 From Convicts Jacksonville, da.. Special. The organization of the biennial session < t the Florida Legislature at Tallahassee u;i" eninple'.ed Jit noon by the rat ideation of the mucus nominees: l'ark Trammel, of Polk county, as President of the Semite, and Albert Ciilcbrist, as Speaker of the House, (invert.or Hroward's message treated largely of routine matters, but alo recommended the pin sage of a uniform text-book law. it also discussed the question of the leasing of convicts. I'nder the present term of the lease the Suite j will derive about one million dollars j from this sour/-,, .lm-iii.. t>... r of the life <?f the contract. Tin- session of 11??? Legislature, by law, i.li 111 itOil to sixty days. Killed Wife and Parents. Hatesville, Ark.. Special- John How, si negro, went to Sulphur Hock to see his wife, who v as at her father's hom? and because he refused to re ' turn with him, he drew a pistol and shot her dead. Then he shot and | killed his wife's mother and another , peeress. His father-in-law secure 1 a i sliot gun and shot Dow. but not fa | tally, the latter being able to r< turn the lire, killing his father-in-law. A Thieving Baggage Master. Jacksonville, Fla., Special, flus Emanuel, hnggagomaster of the Flo: Ida Fast Shore Railroad, who was arrested two days ago, charged with robbing j lilt- UilnK"S<' "> IK'I IH-Iioilllll ll illli:-. waived examination, and was released under $2,000 bond. Morn than a thousand dollars' worth of jewelry has been recovered, and it is said that the effects will amount to fully $50,000. It is believed that Kmanuel has been working with an organised gang of thieves and several detectives have been put on the case. HE DIDN'T PARADE The Cz:r of All the Russians Takes To Risks THE IMPERIAL FAMILY LAY LOW For lite First Time the Autocrat of All the Russians Did Not Venture to Attend the Annual Parade of His Own Regiment, and Only the Younger Grand Dukes Emerged From Their Palaces. St. lVt? ivhr.t Rv Cable Tho annual parade uf the llors > lluar.lu, always heretofore one ? ;' the most spectacular lililifnrv .??? . *i\ ? .....m . r*, n.-* m il ilfi SUl'llll functions. of tin- year. was chiefly nota 1 > 1 c* KriiJay I>y (In- absent c of Emperor Nicholas ami (in- imperial family. Tho Horse (iuards is (lie Emperor's own regimen!. and never lieforc lias he failed to attend its annual parade. With the Km press. Dowager Empress and tho entire eoitrl. tho Kmporor remained at Tsarskoe-Selo. The only Crattd Dnkes who ventured out of their palaces were Nicholas, Bo. is and Alexander Mieliaeloviteh. tlio first named representing the Emperor. Even Crand Duke Vladimir, commander of the military district, was not present, the explanation being that ho was detained at the palace on account of d. kncss. The dancer to the imperial l'a.t .ily was recarde I as especially great, at it happened that this was the festival >f the Immaculate Conception, one of the st! i? test rcligous holidays. All hnsiness was suspended. The entire population was in the streets and tho fear of mi untoward incident, in view of the activity of the terrorists, induced extraordinary precautious. Tho police made a nitinher of arrests, hut In th military displays, happily, passed off without disturbances. ir.vate Cemeteries. St. Petersburg, Hy (Table The efforts of the police to smother the political agitation have led them even to invade tho cemeteries in their search for evidence of treason, it lias become tho practice of students to place on tho graves of comrades who were active or who suffered in the cause of freedom wreaths hound with ribbons, on which political sentiments are inscribed. The other day a harmless Inscription in (ireek, simply expressive of sympathy, was seized, and on Wednesday a red ribbon attached to a wreath, although upon the grave of a well-known official, being interpreted by tliQ police as a revolutionary emblem, was not only cut off but created so much alarm that a general order was sent out to all vendors of mortuary wreaths, prohibiting the sale of red ribbons. Red Flags at Funeral. St. Petersburg, By Cable?The workmen of the village of Smolensk made a demonstration Friday, the occasion being the burial of an employe of tho Pahl factory, who was killed by policemen a few days ago. Six thousand persons assembled early in the morning in a heavy snowstorm and awaited the funeral procession. There were red Hags everywhere, and a wreath deposited by Socialists on the coflin was inscribed: "Died an innocent victim in the struggle for victory." Tho wreath was seized by the police and military, which later arrived on the scene. Had 6 000 Chinese Bandits. St. Petersburg. By Cable. Chief of Staff Karkeviteh, in a dispatch to tho general staff, says: "Yesterday our sharpshooters forced the Japanese cavalry to retire from Krdaheze and Tsnlus.hu. "One of our detachments, on arriving in tiie morning of April 1 at tho Snntslung, engaged the enemy, who had 6.<tun Chinese bandits with them. I have not received a report of the r jsult of the battle." Russians Resume Retreat. Tokio, By Cable. Tin* main force of the Russians, which was recently defeated in the neighborhood of Chinchin* heng, has deviated .towards Shttmieneheng. and a part of it has r< tired along the Fenghua road. On the evening of April :? no llnv.-ians were to bo seeti south of lisinlitun, eight miles north of Chinehiattin. A small forco of Russians is oeeiipyiii*; I alisvo, Uti miles east of IVeiyiianpoatnen. Obstacle to Peace. Rt. Petersburg. Itv Cable.?The Japanese insisletieo upon imb mnity, rather than indisposition to include peaco nt this time, later information indicates wrecked the recent nttcmp to bring the warring powers into negotiations. Another effort on different lines to bring Russia and Japan together is believed to h under way, thn movers now being French and English financial interests. 490 Entombed by Earthquake. j-anore, 111 na, ny * nine.? rnur nunf!roi 1 and :-cv? nt.v m<n. of Gurkha itcgiments, wore liuriod alive as a result of the earthquake at the hill station of Dharrni ala. according to the latest information front that place. The report adds that it is impossible to rosette the entombed men. The Kangra valley is believed to have been devastated, and it is reported that the town of Kangra was reduced to ruins with great loss of life. No confirmation of the report is obtainable, as the telegraph station at Kangra is wrecked. 1 st