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FORT MTT ,L TIMES. t ' . VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, .TUNE 21.15)05. NO. r3 THOSE WHO \V ? ? Great Gathering of tli Cause" in Louis ? WERE TENDERED RCYAL RECEPTION ? - The Kentucky City Decorated to an Extent Never Before Known, is Prepared to Extend Hospitality to All the C1J Soldiers Who Coine. Louisvil! Ky., Special.?Louisville, decorated t ? an extent hitherto uu Known ami smiled on by typical summer wcat ' r, extended the hands of hospltali-y to a never-ending stream of nrrivii \ terans who have c ome to Kentucky to attend the fifteenth annual re'.: 1 of the United Confederate Veterans. In every hotel and at almost < :> corner in the business section el' the city the men wearing the gray . vo to be found. Among prominent ex-Confederates here m w are Get-oral Stephen I). Lee, com: at.der-in-ehiof; General Joe Wheeler, - n-.-iul Andrew J. West of Atlanta, < lmamllng the North Georgia Brigadm who came in at the head of a laryo h legation of Georgians; Lieut cm t G :: :al C. Irvine Walker, of Seuth Carolina: General Simon Bolivar 1' I.tier. General William E. Idieklc, rf New Orleans, adjutant general and h of staif; Chaplain Gen oral Wm. Jones, of nichmond, and General cv-.iont A. Evans. of Atlanta, the chair*: -n of the history committee and '.tattle Ahhey. The V i and Maryland delegates ran: in, and some of the great array or ;v>:aus arrived during the afternoon. The Tennessoi ans begun arriving : force Tuesday evening, follow i i c> by a detachment .of the Arkansas v< ..invents. Much regret has beer. < guessed over-the receipt of a letter from Judge Itia. ry Spoor, of Ma< a, (la., announcing his inability to b present. It bad been expected th: t Judge Spec r would address tin- vidian brigade, of whltih l?e is a m u her. (leu. \V. Miekle. adjutant general and chief ? t staff, lias completed his annual r< ; :t, which is highly interesting. It -ays: "It is a source of sine, ret-* ; -are to r.ie that 1 nm able to i : rt that the debt which has been resting on the federation for a nun.hi r of years has been paid in full. That this matter has been liquidated i- due to the extraordinary efforts put . rib by you. and while the ifgent appal made by you to the wealthiest members of our order was suit to t arly three hundred people and slue.hj have had most generous responses, the amount realized was barely suffici tit to wipe out. the debt. Tills luln v.iirmncss on the part of those who wore in a position to respond nit --t liberally is a sad commentary on the degeneracy of the times, and displays a deplorable lack of in terest by men who were once so ready to shnri the dangers and deprivations that resid'Tod the Confederate armies fatuous throughout the world." "There has been carried on the roster of the o rder for a number of years many camps who had made 110 payment of any kind since they were chartered; some of these were really never in t xistence, having 'died a-born ing.' Aft->r conferring with the adju 1ant gen.ual of the various divisions ?ut.-.>v t-uui]'* nave r.'en pui on tnr 'dormant bet,; and no mail matter will, for the present, be sent thorn Tlilrf nn ns an annual saving to the order, There are si ill on the rostet a number of ramps who do not con tribute to The finances of the order makes ret .:: ; of any kind, or manifest the least interest in the federation As soon r. derlni'e information car bo secur? regarding thorn they wil be added to '! 'dormant list.' "1 am proud to be able to report that at n ! riod in the history of th< federation have tlie camps paid theii <luos with moro promptness or it Qi^ Consolidation. Memphis. Special. - Announcement v/as made that a consolidation of the "Memphis Trust Company and the National Ilank of Commerce, of this city has been decided on, the merger to talu effect on July 1". Both concerns art well known and influential. The cap! tal stock of the combined institutions it is said, wil be $2,000,000. John T Fa^gason. a prominent local merchant And capitalist, will be president. Chairman Morton Waits. New York, Special.?Tlio executive committee of the Equitable' IJfe As surance Society met Wednesday, witl Vice Pre.-ident Hyde presdiing, ant elected Chairman Paul Morton a mom ber of the committee. There were nt further resignations from the board nor were the resignations of officer: and directors already tendered actoc upon. Chairman Morton said that h< would not. outline his policy until in had received tho report of Superintend ant Hendricks. On the report was t? depend largely the organization of tin society, of the directory and of it executive and finance committees. ' # BjjjLA * sujtt ^E9 ORE THE GRAY | te Heroes of the "Lost! >vil!e, Kentucky. [greater number. At the Nashville j meeting only about 4?> 2-3 per cent of the camps while at the present time 17 3-4 per cent of them are 'ajl pros- j out. and accounted for.' The flekl from which new camps are to bo ! gathered is limited, and the material [ is rapidly diminishing by the erosion j | of time. Yet there are those who i i OllCe were units ?if nnr erenf nrmloM 1 who desire to associate themselves together and connect themselves with our 'social, literary, historical and benevolent' order. Since cur reunion in Nashville last June. IS now camps have been chartered, making the- total on the roster at the present time , 1,583. "For the year 1003 the cash receipts front all sources amounted to $7,035, while for the year 1904 the amount was $7.S12. When it is borne in ntind that the sources front which this in- j 1 come is derived is greatly re luce 1 each year, this gain is the more marked. The disbursements for the year j $7,329. "The death rat* among our asso- | elates has been exceptionally heavy during the past year, owing to the advanced age of tlie men and the units. tially severe winter. Front nil sections come greatly increased mortuary reports. to which must he added the names of some of our most distinguished and 7.oalous leaders: "George G. Vest, Matthew \V. ltan- I ! sorn, John H. Reagan, Wm. 13. Bate, J no. 11. Horner, Cullen A. llates. Fitzhugh Lee. Thomas J. Churchill, and ; our beloved Mildred Lee, all of whom iu a way added lustre to our dear Southland and contributed to its greatness and renown." reunion was officially opened Wednesday, shortly after the noon , lion. . wltcu General Bennett H. Voting, .commander of tlie Kentucky division. I called the perspiring mass of humanity | in the Horse Show building to order And Introduced Hie chaplain general. I Rev. Dr. J. William Jones. < f Iliclij moml. Va. Dr. Join - in his invocation. I prayed that the bio-sing of the Ali mighty God may i? st upon the President of there United States, and "that he may be e tabled to he (lie Pre idem of this whole country and every secj tion." A few moments later. Governor J. C. I w. i.ccKnam, in speaking Kentucky's i welcome to the old men in gray said: "It is fitting that you should meet ! here, on the borderland of the great struggle, where we were so torn asun- | | tier. The great contort has been set] tied for all times. Peace has her vie- i ' tories as well as war. "It. is now gratifying to us all that j there is but one ling, in tender memory we have laid away the Stars and Bars, and we rejoice that we have the same llag that floated over us before the war." A rousing reception was given the commander-in-chief. Gt neral Stephen D. Lee, when he arose to respond for i , the veterans to the address of welcome. The general was in splendid voice, despite the long wait In the i heated building, and his speech was i interrupted many times by cheering, j j It was one of the most appropriate j I speeches of tlie kind that has marked I any similar oc casion. It was estimated i that 2f>,000 veterans and sponsors were present at the opening. Guilty of Contempt. , Now York, Special.?\Vm. II. McAllister, secretary of the American To. baeco Company, was adjudged guilty of contempt in the United States Circuit Court for having refused to an! swer questions before tho Federal ' grand jury in connection with the investigation of the so-called tobacco I ? tiust. McAllister was asked Questions I concerning the affairs of his company, . antl was serve;l with a subpoena re- j , quiring him to produce papers and I contracts covering the expoit business I . ( f the American Tobacco Company, j > Upon the advice of his counsel he not i 1 only declined to answer the question, but aii.o to produce the papers ashed t for, taking the ground that he was ? protected by his constitutional rights, r lie was sent to jail, hut later was rei h ased on heavy bond. Fall River Cloth Market. Fall River, Special.?The sales in i I the print cloth market for the wock . [ are estimated at about 12.",000 pieres. The hulk of the trading which has - been of a light character, lias been ' confined principally to medium widths I and wide odds during the week. Most j of the mills are still short of help. I Meeting Place Now the Question. Washington. Special.?Gradually the negotiations for peace in the Far East 1 are nearing a focus. The one point to | which th" energies of those directly ! concerned in them now are being di. rected is t'..e choice of a place for the ' holding of the conference of the plenipotentiaries of the beligerent powi era. It is known officially that three cities are now under consideration by Russia and Japan. These cities, named in order of the liklihood of their final selection, ar. Washington, The I [ Hague and Geneva. I CLUi>fc Uh Hit RtUMUN Without Mush Prctcere Tf Formation So Far a3 the Veterans Were Concerned, the Parade was None the Less a Stirring Spectacle, Battle Flag3 Recently Restored by the Government Playing a Part. Louisville, Ky., Special. ?Beneath the shot-ridillc.l battle flans that floater uvcr many .a sodden field, and to the thrilling strains of "Dixie" that oft had cheered them oh to victory or > defeat, the Confederate veterans who wore the gray marched Friday in proud review before th< usands of people gathered in Kentucky's chief city to do them honor. There was nt t much in the way of 1 formation and order in the line as far as the old hoys were concerned^ but they marched with sparkling eye to the old tunes, and heard the same cheers that have stirred their blood annually since the reunions became a part of life in the South. Many of nit: l ujiim i'ii iiiii i it: recently returned by the government. were carried in Friday's parade and were the objects of interest and veneration. Three Overcome by Heat. The temperature was near the SG mark, and John Coke,, of I ,a wren celt nrg. Kv.. J. it. Allen, of Virginia and j William Potter, aged t;u of Nashville, I Tenn? were overcome and taken to | hospitals. The parade which formed at First I anil Main streets, was in three grand ' divisions, comprising the trans-Miss- ! issippi department, the department of the Army of Northern Virginia and the department of the Army of Tennessee. Col. Bennett !!. Young. commander of the Kentucky division, was chief marshal, and the following were in command of tlio three divisions: (Jen. W. L. Cabell, Te::as. tlie trans-Mississippi department; C,cn. C. Irving Walker. Month Carolina, the department of Northern Virginia: (ten. Clement A. Evans, the Army of TetuiUijiue. Head cf the Column. At the head of the column, as spe- ; rial guests of the reunion, rode Gen. j Joe Wheeler, in citizen's dress, and : Jehtrson Hayes Davis, grandson of President Davis of the Confederacy. They wen* escorted hy Wheeler's cavalry. Next came the eonintander-inchief. General Stephen D. Lee, ant! staff. The distinguished leader van j cheered at every turn. The commander's immediate escort was the Columbus Lilies, from the General's thumu < it;.*. Columbus, Miss., and then follotveJ carriage containing Miss Carrie Peyton Win ler. sporsor for the Mouth and her maid of honor. General C. Irving Walker of South i Carolina ot iijtipd hi; familiar place as head of the .h<partment of the Army of Northern Virginia. The West Virginia division, hea le.l by the department. wit it G. neral S. M. Green in command. The II. ll. i.ic tamp o; ltlchrnon(| i had t!li> I)!.lie lit' luiiwii- in tlirt V i .. ? I..... I . - '"i ' "6IIIHI ' division. The marching of this camp was spl< n.'.id an i the n were cheered heartily. Then came the Tom Smith Camp, of Suffolk, Va? and Stonewall Jacltson's old brigade with several tattered (lags. These old men and their ilags aroused the crowds to much enthusiasm. The William Watts Camp, of Roanoke, brought up the rear of the Virginians. , The next .*eunIon will be held at Xew Orleans. Text of Japan's Reply. Washington, Special.?The following is the text of the Japanese reply to President Roosevelt's identical note to Japan and Russia on the subject of negotiations for peace: "The imperial government has given to the suggestions of the President of the United States* embodied in the note handed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs by the United States minister on the 9th inst., very serious consideration, to which, because of its source and Import, it is justly entitled. Desiring, in the interest of the world, as well as in the interest of Japan, the re-establishment of peace with Russia on terms and conditions that will fully guarantee its stability, the Imperial government will, in response I to the suggestions of the President, j appoint plenipotentinrics of Japan to | meet plenipotentiaries of Russia at , such time and place as may he found 1 to bo mutually agreeable and convenient, for the purpose of negotiating and concluding terms of pea re directly and exclusively between the two belligerent powers." Booker Washington Sees President. Washington. Special.?Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee Institute at Tuskegee, Ala., called on i the president to talk with hint about his visit t?? Tuskegee next October. The president expects to pass the greater part of Octobei at Tusko g ic, and Arrangements already are j making for a demonstration by the students of the institute in his honor. The president will review a procession and pay a visit to the institute and deliver an address. I'rof. Washing; >11 tonight delivered an address at the graduating exercises of the < doivd hieh school, tlie colored normal school ami the Armstrong Training school. May be Another Great Advance. London, By Cable.?The practical certainty now that peace negotiations cannot begin for another month l*?ads to the conviction that another great battle will be fought in the interval. According to the Daily Tel zraph'r* Tien Tain correspondent a .Japanese forward movement lias already commenced iu spite of the rainy aeasja. y,vr . -W:'. I PROTLST 10 THE PRESIDENT Delegation From the American Asiatic Association Presents a Memorial to the Chief Executive. "Washington. Special.?A delegation from the American Asiatic Association called on President Roosevelt Monday and protested against the alleged severities of the administration of the present Chinese exclusion laws. The ultimate purpose of the delegation In which North Carolina was liberally represented, was to secure sui h conditions as would facilitate and enlarge the trade of American cotton mills in the Orient. The claim was made that the present laws are altogether too rigIdly enforced and Chinese capital and merchants ar<? prevented from coming to America to trade. A MEMORIAL PRESENTED. A memorial, adopted unanimoiislv by the entire delegation was presented to President Roosevelt by John Ford, of New York, seerctary of the American Asiatic Association. The memorial recited not only that Chinese merchants were harassed by the present exclusion statutes, but the lawwas being even more than literally applied. The legal regulations are now* so stringently construed by the Department that many influential Chinese who are entitled to visii America, are kept out of the country. The consequence is that factories in the United States are placed at a disadvantage in the competition for the trade of the Orient. The memorial admitted that there was warrant in the wording of the law for what is being done, but contended strongly that the enforcement of the present statutes was in the hands of the labor union element an ! was not executed in the interest of the American citizen;-. Tito memorial olot ed in the following words: "The members of this delegation feel confident that they will not appeal to you in vain in ashing that remedy should he sought for the anomalous and unsatisfa/tory condition of the existing relations between this country and the Chinese Umpire. The probable disastrous effects on the!,- interests and the interests of industries for vliieh they speak, of a longer continuance of conditions must be 'their excuse for the urgency and emphasis which they have taken the liberty to use in inviting your attention to the subject." THE PRE.*!! )!-:NT'S VIEWS. President Roosevelt indicated that this was a matter which had to some extent ' > ?> ? thought In f who Hon: com Pret that was he was lie in f. mer puri 1H-Y< SP.fcl es o. ply was the only It st No tion Unit> finan said F. R tho s once Ryan solidtho I Morton Trust Company, all of this city, with tho last-named in control. I. is expected that this would result In dentins a financial institution with deposits second only to those of the National City Bank, of this city, which has deposits of $lsr>,0!)0,00n. The deposits of the proposed consolidated trust company would amount to $1)10,000.000, the capital stock to $70,000,000 and the surplus to $22,700,000. Mr. Ryan's plan was reported to contemplate also the elimination of the control of subsidiary companies by the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Charges Not Sustained. Washington. Special. Secretarv Wil son informed the President that he was pressing liis investigation of the charges filed with him that a leak had occurred in the cotton crop reports issued l?y the Agricultural Department, but he yet had been unable to develop proof to i sustain the charges. The agent of the : cret service mid others who aie making the investigation, have been instructed by Secretary Wilson to leave no stone unturned in their inquiry. Prominent Man Murdered. Tampa. Fla., Special.?The body of Oscar Brahnan. a prominent citizen of Plant City, was found on the road three miles from tlint town Tuesday morning, riddled with buck-shot. No less than six loads had been lired into the body. Investigation showed where at least, three nu-n bad waited in ambush alongside the road. Sheriff Jackson at once sent deputies with bloodhounds to the scene and pos-os of excited citizens are scouring the country searching for the murderers. No clue has been found to rhe perpetrators, but the officers cx! poet to locate them before they get far l way. t L ' ni:\ysy (:\.i-:anixgs. France now pays its President (;od per :inniim. There wore 77S.:W1? paupers in Hug! Imxi Jiliil Wnlos :it tlio I'liii if April. Xiw York policemen arc to have l twi'lvf days' vacation, with pay, this yoar. A l.onilon iKnjiA insurance eoinpnnv lias I'stnhlishi'il an agency in Si. l.tntis I to write policies mi the liv?.s of valuable horses. Grout ilistross from famine prrvaiis in the Spanish provini-es of Seville, Cordova ami Granailii. ami serious riots are feared. In a house in lloiue, Italy, elose to the Golliseiini. a gang of ooiners and I engravers of spurious hank notes have been arrested. The farmers c.f Kansas are again raiting for Kastern college sliulents to eoiiie out and help tlieiu harvest the great wheal erop. The deepest sounding yet made in the oeeans is saiil to be in the Ahlrieli ileep. to the liisl of N> w Zealand. IIei'?? j the sett is lei i deep. Tlu? I iidin ttapolis tins Company's I lease has expired and the eity wili exercise its right uinhr the ordinance ' of 1SNI to pnreliase the property. A .Missouri Judge lias dcchh*d that a husband's putting his feet on a chair, during meals, and his shoes on the par; lor table, is not a eattse for divoree. For the eoiistrin'tion of the I'alaee of IN are. for the Court of Arbitration at 'I'lte 1 Incite, the 1 bitch <iovet'tiitient : proposes to give a sub>ld\ of $2!K>.?hk?. j l'r. John It. <Ittyton, of Missouri, j signed a eontrael at Seattle the other day with Japan* se olliei.tls agreeing to deliver |nn,ot.HJ horses for the Japi tttiese army. Cot carryiit^ a pit; by '< ears and. tail a Newcastle ilhtg.i butcher lias been lined for cruelty, though severs!I experienced butchers testilied that was the cof.tvt way to carry a pig. 95 Dead in Wreck. Baltimore, Special, ity far the worst wreck in the history of tit" Western Mnryk nd railroad net urn 1 Saturday evening at a point a yuarter of a mile from Potepsco, a small station hot ween Westminister and Finkslairg. At l< ast 25 people are helieved to have been killed and a score or more injured. The wreck was rrenssinned by a head on collision with a freight double-header that was running against orders. Caterpillars Kill Cotton. Houston, Texas.. Special.- Through' ? the eastern and southern sections f'exas there is a pest of caterpillars, repotts indicate they are doing d damage to fruit tics, cotton, t and truck gardens. State Knto gis; Conrad says that while the is . re usually controlled hy natenc t ie . nil specimens examined him this year u:e :'t< ? from the t! parasites. New Industry at Rock Hill. ook Hill, S. C., Special.?A new inry in this place has just begun opiotts. The concern is known as tlio to Manufacturing Company, with C. Frew and l.ee Dichl proprietors. It mm mil sii3pi'iiuc]? 11>r tut* tvuuicmarket and lias liecn fitted with f-ciass factory appurtenances. The hinos put out two hundred dozen a The plant is run l?y electricity I ished by the Catawba Power ComThe proprietors will enlarge the fin s.-? as soon as everything is ruubinoothly. Premier Stabbed. liens. By Cable.?Theodore P. l)el lis. the ]iopitlar Premier of (Jrecce, stabbed and mortally wounded i by a ' p.oiessional gambler named ! C.crakaris, at the main entrance of the Chamber of Deputies at p. nv Wednesday. The Premier died within three hours. The assassin, who was j immediately arrested, said lie eommitI ted the deed in revenge for the strinI gent measures taken by Premier DelI yatinis against the gambling houses, j all of which were recently closed. Cloth Sale-; Slow. Fall River. Mass., Special ?The sab'; in print cloth market for the week j arc estimated at 2LT>,rt0o pieces. A j much firmer 'one lias prevailed in the cloth market during the week. Buyers are active holders at present prices, but manufacturers continue t > lie slow sellers. The cause of the firmness on the part of the seller is the high prices asked for the raw material and also the strong belief that cotton may be marked up in the near future. 3 I.illed; injured. All ien. Ill Snni-tfit Tii? *?. were killed and 20 injured in the wreck of an east-bound passenger train on I the Southern railway at Golden Gate 111. The train was a "cotton special.' carrying Confederate veterans to tht reunion at Louisville, Ky. While running at a speed of 50 miles an hour the engine struck a spread rail on a trestle twenty feet high and the en; gtne and four coaches were overturned and fell to the bottom of the ravine. The engine completely turned over. SOMEWHAT EN*IOYABI.E. "Was it an enjoy.. 1 concert?" "Well, I think the :.incurs enjoyed It." "I*" It ! WASHINGTON CHOSEN i Agreeable to AH Parties As Place of llcld'ng Peace Meeting ? ? CZAR WITHDRAWS ALL OBJECTION Envy a-d Jealousy of the United States Arc so Unconcealed in Some Quarters That There Was Almost Open Exultation at the "Rebuff to Roosevelt" by the Foreign Office Prior to the Czar's Intervention. St. Petersburg. Hy Cable.?Russia | has linallj ami definitely aft-opted Washington as the inoetinp place of the i Russian anil Japanese- plenipotenttar in'- inn-mil uiiicc naving waivea its request for reconsideration at the personal dieercciion of the Kmperor, whose desire to g'vc the fullest anil t'airivt opportunity t?> President Roosevelt's proposal for a peace conference is hereby manifested. After his couf centre with Ambassador Meyer, t' nut l.ant .lortT. the foreign mini, t.-r w.-iit t > I'-terhoff and I.'id I- uiatti-r he ore the K nperor. who. en 1< truing that insist' nee on ( T le ilngui might err U-.n.. --. tire nogoiioe *1 irei te Count l.atr; .orlT ',to ir-.l : m Ar.iha sailor Meyer that Itus.1 would aei opt Washing on. K \ after midnight when the foreign minister nturn 1 from Poterhoff, hut i:. .t;i"ai!oi- Me er Was forthwith tu ' e d : e.d a ripher dispateli was pr.-pared an 1 rent i> the >1at?- department at an cv.ily heur Monday morni?? ('<.unt I.amsdorff Sunday afternoon issue i a public annoniie-m nt of tho selection of Washington. Tile r< suit is looked up, u as a decided triumph for An. tie.in diplomacy. 150 Natives M/isincred, j Pan Francisco. Special.- ir i-dht of a terrible tuassa< re by pirates naj lives on the Siberian coast iir-s been received in a letter from p tropavlovski, on the 11 ;ust of Kamchatka. A j Morogravlenof. lias written to his brother, a n sident of San Francisco, that in tiie early part of tin- year tho ' natives, in one of the small settlements down the coast, observed a yacht, or , schooner, drop anchor in the harbor, ' and its intuitu; was hailed with cries [ of rejoicing. Off the vessel came a number of small boats. The natives could see the crew piling what they thought were supplies into the smaller craft. Then the men pulled for tho shore. During that and the next day, there was heard firing of arms. and. later, smoke and fire were observed. This led to an investigation from Petropavlovski and other towns on tho coast, and a horrible tale of pillage and massacre was brought to light. .viiiiui i in- streets or UK* >< ! t tement, writes Morogravenlof, won- strewn tho bodies of 150 of tin1 inhabitants, shot and rut tc? pieces l?y the pirates, who. under the pretense of friendship, had Hailed a landing on the roast. Robbery was their motive, for every hut had been ransacked, and anything of marketable value had been taken. Who the marauders were, those who manag! ed to make their escape could not say, : beyond giving the information that i some .Japanese were iti the party. When I Morogravenlof s< nt his letter the peoi pie of i'otropvolski feared an attack on that town. Maximo f-omsz Dead. Havana, Special, ('.en. Maximo Clo' mez died at t*. o'clock Saturday even| i?K. General Maximo Gomez, who commanded the Cuban for es during the insurrection, wliich broke out in lsl>5. and ended with the iomplet? independen of the island, wlien on May 20, I'.inj. the control of Cuba was formally 1 transferred to the new Cuban government. was i;!>rn at Maui. Santo Domingo, i" land came of :i Spanish I family, lie began life as a cavalry officer in the Spanish army in Santo Domingo and served in the last occupation of Santo Domingo by Spain. Going for Paul Jones' Body. New York, Special. Rear Admiral Sigshce's squadron, which was detailed from the North Atlantic fleet to bring tlx* tuw\j of /uhn Paul Jones. the first admiral of tli?? American navy, to this <oui.'.ry, started on Its voyage to Franc' Sunday. Tlie squadron is made up of the ilit&,*?hIj> llrooklyn un l the e uisers Chattanoorv Taeonia aid Gal: veston. Collision Sinks Vessel Pnult Ste Marie. Mich., Special.?!>ur* # ing a thick fog which has prevailed / on the upper lakes for a week, the / i freight steamers Etrurla and Am- / i collided ten miles off Pres rue Isle M light, in l.ake Huron. The Ftruria was M .-<> >1.imaged Hint she sank within a few j minutes, the crew narrowly escaping . [ with their live--.. The Kt: urla was struck 1 on the starhoard side, abieast of the No. 9 hatch. Many of the crew were as"."en in their berths, but were awakene.l by the crash and reached the deck I in time to escape. The Ktruria had a < cnrp-> of soft coal. She was valued at < t i no /u:iu7i ?. ijxmj any sariJ u'lo iJau.;^ic. _ j ??., x . - \. j ^