FORT MILT TIMES.
VOL. XIV. in FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7,190r,. NO. 11.
PEACE NOW URGED
President Roosevelt Desires That the
Warrir? Nations Come to Terms
CASSINI WILL NOT ADMIT NEED
In a Conference at the White House
the President Declares That Rus
sia's Pdiiitary Position is Now Hope
less and That Further Fighting Car
Only Serve to Increase Japan's De
made.
"Washington, Special?The President
Friday str.uk a blow for peace in th<
far East. In a conference at th<
White HCuse this afternoon wltl
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa
dor, the President expressed the earn
est hope that Russia would forthwith
conclude ptace with Japan.
Prolongation of the war, he he
lieves, wi 1 not result In vletnrv fn<
the Rus. ian arms and can only rendei
more diftiult the drafting of n treatj
of ncai e which the Czar as well as
tlie MiLad cr.ir sign. The Presldenl
spoke, ho uaid.jas the friend of Rus
sia no 1? thatt of Japan, and on be
half not only of the Washington gov
crnment. l:at thi interest of humanity
The 1'resideni informed the ninhas
sudor that in expressing hope for at
early peace he, voiced not only lili
strong personal sentiments and thost
of his government, but he bellevet
these wen- held >by all of the powers
Ills opinion was tliat it would be i
mistake f r Kuisia to continue tin
war. In addition to the suffering on
tailed by the naval conlliet, he di<
not belie'e that Russia has anvthinj
fit win :n prolonging hostilities.
The IT- i.knt did not enter into do
tails, h t the personal nature of th<
conversa: i<n and his long acquain
tance wiih Count Cassini enabled bin
to talk plainly regarding the deeisiv<
character < I Japan's victories. Wha
Japan's probable peace terms wouh
be, the President was wholly unahh
to say. but he did not hesitate to ex
press tin opinion that didlcult us them
conditions might prove in the ligh
of such a victory as that gained in tin
Korean Straits, they would increasi
In severity with every day that i
state of war continued. Unless Rus
sia has substantial hope of administer
ing a dt Isive defeat to Japan in thli
war, the President, believed it wouh
inure to the interests of the Peters
burg government to conclude peace a
once.
naving received no word from hi!
government since the annihilation o
Rojestvensky's fleet save the hrief of
licial dispatches telling of the engage
ment. Count Cassini was unable to di
more than to give the President hit
own per-< nal opinions on the sltun
tion. The ambassador was deeply
touched by the sincere cordiality o
his reception and the frank and friend
ly manner in which the Presiden
spoke. He could not. see, however
that there was anything in the pros
ent situation, unfortunate as it un
doubtedly was for his government
which necessitated Russia's suing fo
peace. As to territory, he pointet
out that China and not Russia hat
been the lcser, for even Port Arthu
was held only under lease.
On the sea Russia hail nothing mor<
to lose, he said. It was the nmbassa
dor's tirin opinion that this was no
"the psyeht logical moment" in whirl
to discuss peace with Japan. What
ever mi. be the ultimate decisioi
of his government, he took the groum
that Russia could lose nothing h;
waiting < r by continuing the war 01
land. There was hope yet of a vie
tory for the Russian arms, it was sup
Rested, nnd in any event Russia hai
not yet lost one foot of territory am
that there was no Russian frontier en
(laagered.
The ambassador nolnteit nnt thn
there was not the slightest official in
tinmtion from any sourco as to Jn
pan's probable peace terms, and tha
those demands as stated unofficlall;
were "altogether Impossible." If Ja
pan's terms should prove anythini
like as severe as they have been re
ported, it was the ambassador's opin
Ion that Russia could advantageous!.!
continue the war Indefinitely, am
eventually win a victory on land
That his government would so decidi
he did not wish to predict, but at las
aoounts the Eraporor was for a con
tinuation of tho war.
Count C'assini will transmit an ac
count of the conference to the Czar
Telegraphic Briefs.
President Roosevelt was the prinol
pal speaker at the unveiling of th<
General 91ocum statue in Brooklyn
and in the course of his address h<
declared a strong navy was tho mora
of t.hc Eastern war.
Memorial day was observed in mani
places, the gTaves of the Union doa<
everywhere being decorated.
The program for the opening of th<
T/ewis and Clark Exposition from tin
White House lias been arranged.
The attorney who made an investlga
tlon of the disaster in the I/dter mini
in Illinois for several foreign govern
ments has made public his report
which scores the mine management
and numerous suits against Inciter wil
be instituted.
\ Jit,..
, JAPANESE VICTORY COMPLETE
Fullfer Details Given Show That Japanese
Victory Was Most Complete.
Latest advices confirm the magnitude
Of the disaster suffered by the Russian
fleet, and point to the fact that Rus<
sla's hopes, so far as this war is concerned,
now lie in whatever may be accomplished
by the oft-beaten army In
5 Manchuria. An official report received
from Tokio by the Japanese legation at
Washington Monday evening says that
the Russian losses definitely known in
! elude two battleships, a cost defense
- ship, five cruisers, two special ships
and three destroyers sunk, and two
battleships, two coast defense ships,
one destroyer and one special sorvico
^ ship captured, while over 3,000 prisoners
have been taken, Including Rear
1 Admiral Nebogatoff. The Japanese, it
5 would seem, are still pursuing the Rust
sians, and it may be some time before
me nnai result is known.
There is nothing to clearly indicate
- the extent of the Japanse losses, and
i it is suggested from one source that the
Tokio government is waiting to hear
from Admiral Rojestvensliy by way of
' Vladivostock before announcing to
r what extent his fleet has suffered.
? The news of the disaster has ?;auso4
deep depr? ssion in official Russia,
though it is not yet known generally
? among the Russian people. Rojestvent
sky's defeat has given rise to renewed
1 talk of peace. It is pointed out by the
! Associated Press' St. Petersburg cor'
respondent that Russia, in this crisis,
will turn to France, through its Foreign
Minister, M. DelCasse, while from
Washington comes information that
President Roosc-velt, !n accordance with
? his promise, announced a long time
d ago, is taking steps to do all in his
, power to bring about peace negotiations.
1 Nothing has been heard from Vice
. Admiral Rojest-'onsky. In Toklo there
t is one belief that ho has perished, while
another source says he was rescued by
1 a torpedo boat, but that he is wounded.
The Lost Vessels.
Tokio. By Cable.?In the battle
J fought Saturday in the Straits of Korea,
the Russian battleships liorodino
. and Alexander III, the armored crusi3
era Admiral Nakhimoff. Dmitri Don.
ski and V&idimir Monomaeh. the coast
3 defence iron-clad Admiral Oushakoff,
} the protected cruisers Svietlana and
[ Jemtchug. and the repair ship Ivampt1
schatka and the cru'ser Irtessiin were
a sunk.
. | The battleshlpes Orel and Nieolnl I.
, and the coast defence Iron-clads Ad,
miral Apraxlne were captured.
i The Borodino was a first-class bata
tleship, completed in 1904, of 13,51t'? tons
i ' displacement and 16,000 horse-power,
- : giving her a ^)eed of about 18 knots.
- ; Her crew numbered 740, officers and
s men.
1 The Alexander III was a sister ship
of the Borodino and was also eonit
pleted in 1904.
The Admiral NakhimofT was an nr*
mored crniser of 8.524 tons displaref
ment and 9,000 indicated horse-power,
giving her a speed of 16 knots. She
. had a complement of about 567 officers
) ; and men.
3 \ The Dmittri DonskI was an armored
. ] cruiser 01 6.200 tons, sheathed, of 7,000
, Indicated horse-power, and having a
f Bpeed of about 16 knots. Her crew
numbered 510 officers and men.
t The Valdlmir Monomaeh was a
sheathed cruiser of 5.593 tons nnd 7,000
1 Indicated horse-power. Her crew num.
bored 550 officers and men.
The Admiral Oushakoff, a coast de,1
fence iron-clad, was 4.684 tons displace,
mcnt nnd 5,000 indicated horse-power.
, Her speed was estimated at 16 knots
r and she carried 318 officers and men.
The .Svietl&na was a protected cruiser
of .3,826 tons displacement, had 3,828
Indicated horse-power, was coni.
pleted in 1897 and had a speed of
about 20 knots. She bad a complement
of 360 officers and men.
" | The protected cr'user Jemtchug was
1 of 3,106 tons displacement and 17.000
Indicated horse-power giving her a
v' speed of about 23 knots. Her crew
1 numbered 340 officers and men.
"r l The repair ship Kamtseliatka was a
' most Important unit of Admiral Ho1
Jestvensky's fleet. She is understood
1 to hnve been fitted up with every scion'
| tide appliance available for the repair
of warships and was described as being
* a "floating workshop." She had trans'
port accommodations for 32 officers and
1,000 men.
t The Irtesslm was probably an auxy
illary cruiser, but her name is not given
in any o* the naval lists available.
; The battleship Orel Is a sister ship
I of the Rorodlno and carried the same
complement of officers and men.'
r The battleship Nlcholal I Is of 9.1
627 tons displacement and 8.000 Indicated
hnrso-power. giving her a speed
r? of about 14 knots. She has sheathed and
i nitnough completed as far hack as 1S02
- was thoroughly overhauled In 1000.
ller complement was C04 officers and
nion.
The coast defense Iron-clad Admiral
Senlavln Is a sister ship to the Admiral
Oushakoff.
5 Bigamist Commits Suicide.
Knoxvtllo ,Tenn., Speeial.?C. C.
| Cumniings, of Pittsburg:. Pa., committed
suicide at Williamsburg, Ky., by
drinking carbolic acid. He was cm1
ployed by tho Parker Oil Company,
as manager of drilling. Two weeks
? ago he married, Miss Vlcy Summer,
i of Willianisburgi and only a few days
ago was arrested on the charge of
. bigamy, it being; claimed that he had
> a wife and chihtrcn living in Tcnnes.
see. Ho denied,tho charge and gave
bond, and thus war nothing has boon
, found to hoar it out. Brooding over
I his family troubles is supposed to
have caused tho rash act.
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I ANTI WAR MEETING!
I |
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Russian Citizens Met to Protest
i
Aga-nst Further Slaughter
RIOTING NEAR THE CZAR'S PALACE
#
t Demonstration by 5.C00 Persons at'a
Summer Resort Near St. Petersburg
is Interrupted by Police and Troops,
the PcodIc Defending Themselves
With Chairs and Sticks.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?At a great
demonstration Sunday evening In the
I Povlovsk Gardens, near Tsakro-Selo,
the five thousand persons present clamored
for a funeral march in memory
of the Russian sailors who had lost
their lives in the naval disaster in the
Sea of Japan. The members of the orj
cestra became alarmed and lied from
j the platform, when M. Novikoff, fo~
; nicr mayor of Baku. arose and said:
"Let \is all by rising show respect
I for the victims. Down with the war.
! We have had enough of blood."
Some eighty policemen entered from
! either side of the hall and elbowed
I their way through the crowd towards
M. Novikoff. whereupon cries were
raised of "Let us attack the police."
Chairs were seized and hurled at the
police, the crowd being led by a colonel
with a drawn sword. The policemen
Red precipitately.
Order being restored, a number of
speeches were delivered on the national
crisis. Suddenly tl.e police, re-enforced
to between 200 and 300, again invaded
| the hall and rushed on the audience
with drawn swords. The people defendI
ed themselves with chairs and sticks.
but after ten minut< s were driven from
| the hall into the garden, where there
was a battalion of soldiers, who raised
i their rifles to their shoulders, prelim
! iuary to an order to Are. causing n
, panic. The public lied toward the ex|
its, and finding them closed, smashed
the doors and windows of the hall and
so gained the street. Many persons were
; injured, some so seriously that they
ha-j to be taken to a hospital.
M. Novikoff was arrested and the
gardens wore occupied by police and
I Cossacks. A strong military force was
' placed on the rocd leading from Pav|
lovsk to Tsarkoe-Selo and to St. Petersburg
and at the railway stations,
j People returning to St. Petersburg
: from the gardens spread accounts of
[ the affair, which soon became a general
j topic.
Pavlovsk is 19 miles from St. PetorsI
burg and is a summer resort for inhabitants
of the capital.
Called on Gov.-Gen. Wright.
Manila. By Cable.?Rear Admiral Rn'
quist, accompanied by Rear Admiral
Train and the French Consul, formally
called on Governor General Wright
j Monday. After the usual greetings
; had been exchanged. Governor Wright
, asked:
"Do you wish to stay at Manila per|
manently?"
Rear Admiral Knqnist replied:
"My ships are unseaworthy. I have
not hoard from my government, and
I request time to make repairs."
Governor Wright then said that according
to hit construction of the neutrality
laws, the Russian vessels could
remain long enough to make necos
, nar.v repairs. ami atter these were lin!
ishei!, they must leave within twentyl
four hours or dismantle and interne.
I Hear Admiral Enquist requested perj
mission to bring his ships behing the
i breakwater for repairs. This request
was granted him. and tho ships will
j move Tuesday morning
Narita Qoro. Japanese, cunsul, railed
| on Governor Wright just before Rear
I Admiral Enquist called and made ini
quiry regarding the probable disposition
of the Russian warships, i'pon
leaving. Goro met Rear Admiral Enquist
in the corridor of the Governor's
residence and tendered him a profound
I salutation.
Rear Admiral Enquist and staff then
I called upon Major General Corbin. to
| whom Rear Admiral Enquist expressed
great gratitude for the hospitality
and comfort afforded them and the
courtesy with which General Corbin
offered the use of the army hospitals,
together with surgeons and food for
( the wounded Russian sailors. General
: Corbin said:
"Admiral, how many admirals were
there in the fight?"
"There were four of us," said the
admiral.
Conference of Reforms.
Tangier Hv Cable.?Mohammed K1
Torree, the Foreign Minister, on be1
half of the Sultan, has Invited the repi
resentative of the powers to ask for
1 an international conference at Tangier
j for the purpose of discussing reforms
! In Morocco. The members of the dipI
lomatlc corps have communicated with
i their respective governments request'
ing instructions in the premises.
Negro Woman an Assassin.
Rookyford, Ga., Special.?Sunday
night Joseph Daughtry, a prominent
young farmer, was shot through the
heart while in hia huggv and killed instantly.
A negro woman (Caroline
Kiddy) fired the shot. She escaped.
This morning Paul Jones, a negro,
was arrested us acessory to the murder.
Whilo Jones was being taken
to the jail at Stnteshoro he made an
attempt to brain the sheriff with a
brick. The sheriff was partly stunned,
but succeeded in drawing his pistol
and tiring. The bullet went through
Jones* temple and he was killed tustantly.
ASSAULT ON KING
Spain's Young Monarch Cbject of
Bomb-Thrower's Attack
PRESIDENT AND KING BOTH ESCAFE
I .
As M. Loubet and Alphqnso XIII Left
an Opera After Midnight This Morning
an Anarchist Threw a Bomb at
the Royal Carriage With No Other
Result Than to Injure Several Bystanders.
^
Paris, By Cabin.?As the King of
Spain accompanied by President Loubet,
drove away from a gala performance
of the opera after midnight an
anarchist throw a bomb in the direction
of the royal carriage. The ;.roectMe
struck a soldier belonging to
! the cuirassier escort, on the shoulder,
and then fell to the ground and exptod;
ed without injuring his majesty or the
| President, who continued their drive
to the Palais d'Orsay.
Several soldiers of the escort were
thrown from their horses and injured,
whilst fragments of the bomb struck
I a number of persons in (he crowd.
King .Nrifonso ami President Loubet
bad been cheered along the entire
mute to the opera by enthusiastic
; crowds, the young monarch having
; completely gained the hearts of the
j Parisians siuce his arrival here.
The performance went without a
hitch. His majesty chattered gaily
with President Loubet during the Intermissions,
and at the close of the
performance the orchestra again played
the national hymns of the two counj
tries, and the King and President
arose to leave.
! They proceeded down the grand
I staircase and arrived at the gaily ik
laminated and decorated Place de
I'Opera, where the royal carriage
awaited them. The King and President
took seflts side by side and tho
vehicle started oft surrounded by several
squadrons of cuirassiers towards
the Avenue Opera.
The procession arrived at tho end
of the Avenue de I'Opera and crossed
the Place Theatre FYancias, jwhere
were assembled at least 1,500 persons
in the Rue de Rohan, a short street
forming practically a continuation of
the Avenue de I'Opera. right opposite
the arched gateway of the Louvre leading
to the Place Caroussel. There,
just a few yards before reaching tho
i Hue Rlvoli, a man sprang forward with
' bis arm rnise4 iu the air pnd before
\ the cordon of police could prevent
j him, without uttering a word, he threw
a projectile In tho direction of the
royal carriage. The police immediately
rushed toward him. At that moment
a deafening explosion occurred,
i Cries from the crowd were heard and
a scene of intense excitement began,
the crowd surging to and fro. Soldiers
j were seen to fali. but as the tlash
from the bomb died out it was observed
that the king and tin- president
\ had not been struck, and their carri
age proceeded on its way.
| A largo number of arrests liave been
made, including the person who is believed
to have thrown the bomb, and
three persons suspected of complicity
in the plot, as the latter were seen
under the archway at the Louvre with
a destructive engine a few minutes
before the explosion occurred.
The bomb had been thrown with
: too great force and passed over the
royal carriage and struck the shoulder
of a cuirassier and then fell to the
I ground, where it exploded, fragments
of it striking the horses of the sol!
diers, causing them to bolt and throw
their riders. Captain Schneider, who
was riding at the right side of tlio
carriage, and Captain Gamier, who
was on the left, were both killed.
Fragments of the bomb also struck
five persons?a sergeant, two policemen,
a woman, who was seriously injured,
ar-l a child, who was struck in
the eye. One horse of tlie escort was
killed outright, and six others lay
about maimed and bleeding.
A New Connection.
New York, Special.?The surface
lines in this city are operated by the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company,
which was controlled by the late Wm.
C. Whitney and his associates. This
company plans to build an extensive
sub-way system in competition with
the Inter-borough Rapid Transit Company.
which operates the existing sub
wiiy anu iiie .iittunatiaii eievaieu lines.
Louis R. Smith Indicted.
Washington, Special.? Louis H.
Smith, of North Carolina, formerly an
employe of tho General Land Office,
was indicted by tho grand jury of tho
District of Columbia, on a charge of
abstracting and selling thirty land warrants.
Smith was employed iu the
I^and Office from July 1. 1901. to July
G, 1904, and it was during this time
that the warrjlMM*were taken. He confessed
the thefClfrhen confronted with
the evidence ffteinst him. The warrants
take^HByworth about $ >,000.
EXPOSITION THROWN OPEN
Qreat Northwestern Show Is Now
Opjn to the Public.
Portland, Ore., Special.?Amidst a
scene of festivity and splendor never
equalled in tfco Pacific# Northwest,
with din and clamor of cheering thousands,
accompanied by the booming o!
artillery, the chiming of bells and the
blaring of bands, Portland, made !
her greatest bow to the world in the !
formal opening of the Lewis and Clark
centennial exposition. The event took
placo under conditions presaging com
j plete success to this historical com|
memoratiun of the blazing trial to "Old
j Oregon" by Captain Merrlwether Lewis
and Wni. Clark, who, commissioned
| by President Jefferson, explored the
I great Oregon country one hundred
years ago.
The celebration was participated in
by the President of the United States
through his personal representative,
Charles W. Fairbanks, representatives
of the State and the House of Repre- 1
sentativcs of the National Congress, '
; cf the army and navy, together with ;
I the Governors and staffs of the States
of rnlifnniin Iilnlwi Wneht?i?ii?.?
' Oregon an?| multitudes ol people from
I far and near.
All Portland was decked in her best, j
! business was suspended and the holi- j
: day spirit, was everywhere in evidence.
The States of Oregon, Washington
1 and Idaho, in which June 1st had
i been declared a legal holiday in honor ;
of the centennial, sent thousands of ;
visitors. The trains of yesterday
| brought the vanguards of the excursionists
and the railroads and boat .
lines entering Portland liavo been
j taxed to their utmost. Never in the !
history of Portland lias this city been
I called upon to care for so many puo- !
pie.
President's Southern Trip.
Washington, Special?It is announced j
( at the White House that President
Roosevelt will start on his Southern
trip on the night of October 17. It is ,
also stated that the extraordinary ses- j
sion of Congress will not begin until j
after the November elections.
The Southern trip will consume about !
j two weeks. The Itinerary has not been |
1 arranged, but the President's intention
is to visit many important cities, In|
eluding Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte,
i Jacksonville and perhaps Tampa. Bir|
mingham, Tuskegee, Montgomery. Mo- |
bile. New Orleans and Little Rock, the
trip to end at Little Rock and the President
and party will return directly to
Washington. It is likely that some
other cities will he included in the ]
stops made by the President. The i
length of the stops at each place have 1
not been determined, hut will he gov- 1
erned by the necessary arrangements
to bo made hereafter.
A delegation from Charlotte called on I
| the President recently to urge him to j
spend a day in that city. He told the ;
callers that so Ions as a stop will not I
I be possible, ho promised to extend his '
j cordial greetings to the people of
j Charlotte.
The delegation was headed by May- ,
or McNinch and included Daniel A.
Tompkins. It. M. Miller. Jr., B. I>.
Heath. George Stephens, T. S. Franklin,
i Hcriot Clarkson and G. C. Huntington.
Killed on Excursion.
Goldsboro, Special.?A colored excursion
front Washington, N. C., arrived
' here Friday. When near Parmele, two ;
negroes became involved in a dispute
1 over a woman, and one of thorn drew
j a pistol and shot the other in the
j breast, killing hint instantly. Tito i
slnyor then jumped from the train and ,
escaped. The remains of the dead man
were left at Parmele.
News of the Day.
In a duel between two Italian armv
officers one was transfixed by a sword
and almost immediately killed.
Rt. Hon. William Court Grelly,
Speaker of the House of Commons, has I
resigned owing to bad health.
The Canal Commission has been compelled
to accept the Attorney General's
derision that the eight-hour day an
plies to Panama.
Nicholas Diddle was a witness regarding;
Mr. Loomls' connection with
the Mercador claim in Venezuela.
Chicago spent a quiet Memorial Day.
but more rioting is feared when the
sash and door factories undertake to
make deliveries.
The two officers deposed by Mayor
Weaver informed the latter that they
would drop injunction proceedings.
The Fri k investigating committee
is expected to submit its report at the]
meeting of the directors of the Equitable
Life Asst'.ranco Society.
Emperor William of Gcrrr.iany closed
the 'liechslag
George E. Lorenz turned State's evidence
in the postal conspiracy case
against William G. Crawford.
THE AREAGE REPORT
Reports From [very Part of Cotton
Belt Indicate Substantial Decrease
;' i'V it t.
ASSOCIATION FIGURES 25.980.9SB .
Decrease For 1905 is Asserted to b*
18.43 Per Cent in Acreage bnckr
1904, and 16.05 in Commercial Fertlizers,
as Shown by Tabulated
Statement Based on 17,754 Individual
Reports.
/
New Orleans, Special.?The Souther^
Cotton Association issued its cotton
acreage report. The report says:
"The estimated acreage for 1904, aa
indicated by the report of the United
States Government, amounted to 31.730,009
acres.
"The decrease in the acreage? for
190.-,. as shown by our tabulated state- ,
ment, which was compiled from 17,754
individual reports from farmers, bankers,
merchants and others throughout
the cotton belt. Hxing the acreage this
year at 23,980,951 acres, a decrease of'
18.43 per cent, and 1U.05 per cent in fertilizers.
"The condition of the crop as reported
from Louisiana. Texas, Arkansas,
the Territories and portions of Mississippi.
are unprecedentedly bad, much
of the acreage in those States and
Territories being yet unpianted, and
large tracts either under water or badly
washed bv heavy rains.
"In the eastern portion of the cotton ^
belt the fields are grassy, the cotton '
still unehgpped, and lal>or very scarce
throughout the entire belt. The officer*
of the association express the highest
commendation of the loyalty of farmers
throughout the cotton territory in
so fully living tip to their promises and
pledges in bringing about so material
a reduction in the cotton acreage and
the use of commercial fertilizers under
cotton for 1903.
"The present demand for cotton ia
unprecedented, and. with a firm and determined
stand, higher prices for tha
staple will be secured in the near fixture."
Condition of Cotton.
New Yoik, Special.?The June report
of The Journal of Commerce, points to
a reduction of 12.8 per cent, in acreage.
u?rii irna, unit u niiiuiimil U1 | |.t
compared with 79.8 per cent. last June.
The largest decrease in acreage. 17.1
per cent., is shown by Texas, and Arkansas
ranks next with a decrease of
15.3 per cent. North Carolina is 4.2 per
cent, below last June. Louisiana, 13^4
per cent.; Oklahoma, 13.7 per cent.;
Mississippi, 13.6 per cent., and Tennessee.
12.2. The reduction in South
Carolina is 9.1 per cent.; Georgia, 7.7;
Florida, 9.9; Alabama, 7; the Indian
Territory, 5.3 and Virginia, 9.5. Texas.
Louisiana and MisOsippi show declines
in condition amounting to 7, 12
and 11 points respectively, comparing
with a year ago. The condition in th?
Caroltnas shows a slight improvement,
while Georgia and Florida are up 5 and
6 points, respectively. The Indian Ter- * *
ritory indicates a reduction of about 12
points, and Oklahoma a reduction of R
points. The Journal of Commerce says
that securing a reliable estimate of cotton
acreage this season is attended
with unusual difficulty, owing to the active
campaign carried on in the South
for a 25 per cent, reduction. Of course
no such reduction is to he expected, hut
the agitation has undoubtedly exerted
an important influence, which is shown
by the strong tendency towards large
decrease in making estimates. The report
is based on reports from 1,800 correspondents,
whose average date of reply
was May 23. Weather conditions
have been generally unfavorable for
the en'ire belt, excessive rains making
fields very grassy and washing out
many of the bottom lands. In consequence
considerable replanting will lie
IH.I COOOI jr, urn. Iiiru; wi icaiiuimcuis
fear that all available labor will be required
to cultivate cotton already growing
without replanting. The crop is
very late, ranging from one to four
weeks. In spite of the grass, good
stands have been generally obtained
and the plant has a vigorous growth,
and only fair weather is needed to gi7?
the crop an excellent start.
Art Gallery Dedicated.
Buffalo, Special.?The Albright Art
j Callery was dedicated in the presence
| of 10,000 people. Ralph II. Plumb, president
of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy,
presided. President Plum introduced
Charles W. Kllifltt, president of Harvard
University, who delivered an address
on "Beauty ami Democracy."
Richard Watson Gilder read a dedica|
tory poem, entitled. "A Temnle of Art "
Slayer to Hang.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?A. special
from Cullman, Ala., says that the
jury in the case of John Williams,
charged with the murder of State Senator
Robert L. Hipp, returned a ver
diet of guilty of murder in the first
degree, and fixed the punishment at
| death. Williams was sentenced to he
hanged July 14. Williams son. aged
2h. begged 'the court to permit him to
! hanged in Wis father's stead. Williams
is a farmer and shot Hipp while
ho and a deputy sheriff were trying to
levy upon some of Williams' property.
An appeal will he taken to the supreme
court.
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