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.
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