Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 21, 1905, Image 1
FORT MTT ,L TIMES.
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XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, .TUNE 21.15)05. NO. r3
THOSE WHO \V
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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! WASHINGTON CHOSEN
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Agreeable to AH Parties As Place of
llcld'ng Peace Meeting
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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.
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