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^'piMpppi^lPigp^p^%jpp^f-i-'* * * % > - ^^LE G(": * '4 FORT MILL TIMES. t ???????? VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12,1905. NO. 16. IbKKIBLE CYCLONE ) Pafhway of Texas Twister is Strewn With Wreckage ? TORNADO KILLS OR MAIMS SIXTY Maoy Dwellings Swept Entirely Away Near Naoona, Tex., and Fourteen Persons Killed, Mainly Women and Ch ildren, Besides Many Injured. I Dftllas, Texas, Special.?A special to The News from Nacona, Texas, says that a tornado and thunder storm passed a few miles west and south of there Wednesday afternoon, killing fourteen persons and injuring many others and destroying a number of houses. The latest reports from the storm-swept district gives the following casualties: The dead: Mps. C-. C. Shackleford. Ivine Shackleford, daughter of R. G. Shacklefo. d. MfS T . TlimKloann nn.l ^ ? ? ?uu.i/.< uuia uuvi mice t'Uil" dren, Mrs. Mary Lester and four children. Caleb White. Mrs. Ira Williams. Frank, son of Samuel Eakin, killed by lightning. Injured: James Simpson, Miss Alice Simpson, . Moore, arm broken; Hobbc. fatally; C II .Christian and family; J. M. Stewart and family; C. H. Williams. leg broken; Miss Nance Austin, seriously; J. J. Woodson, Frank Woodson. seriously; R. G. Shackleford and wife; Z. W. Shackleford, injured about the head. Four cii'ldren also received serious injuries. A child of Mrs. Mary Lester is believed to be fatally Injured. Many farm houses were swept entirely away. The school house, three miles west of there, was damaged. Baptist and Methodist churches at I>eliher were considerably damaged. The Methodist, church at Montague is reported wrecked and the court house damaged: also other churches. The Dixie s< hool building. six miles south of here, was entirely blown away. Hall stones as large as hen eggs fell here, breaking out many window glasses. Reports of the work of the tornado : re still cQmli\g in. The number of kllle'd and iujured will probably reach sixty. NsviODa is in the northern part of Texas, on a spur line of the Missouri, Kansas Texas Railroad, four miles from Gainesville. TEN DEAD AT MONTAGUE. TEXAS. Montague, Texas, Special.?Ten people are dead as a result of a tornado that passed over Montague'Wednesday afternoon. They arc; A. P. Earl. Miss Sadie Earl, daughter of A. P. TVj r*l Biirk Earl* son of A. P. Earl. Baby Carl Envr-mi ? Pi low. Tomlinson tAm-i" ' nslsiing of husband. wife an'1 tour . nildren. Fatally injured: Clayborn ?Viut. ' ars old. Houses demolished: J. F. Clark's drug store. P. Y. Lunn's grocery store and offices. Old Bank Building, occupied by G. Ij. Alcorn, real estate agent. Store of Rowo Hardware Company. Fifteen dwellings. The tornado lasted perhaps 30 minutes. Hundereds of head of stock in this vicinity were killed outright by the wind. The number of injured is unknown. Cotton Crop Letter. Messrs. W. F. Klumpp & Co. issue the following cotton crop letter: Since our crop letter of the 1st ulto., the conditions have improved materially, and farmers have had good weather to cultivate the crops, which were very backward in a great many sections. In Mississippi. Tennessee, Texas and the Territories, the plant with the exception of being late, is healthy and making rapid growth, hut there are still complaints from Ixntlsana and Arkansas, of some fields being grassy, in Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolines the crop is well cultivated and making good progress. The crop over the entire belt, is j now making good progress, and we ! believe the Government Bureau Re- ! port to be issued on the 3rd inst will ! show an average condtion of about 82, against 88 last year, and 77.1, in 1903, however, it is too early to form an opinion as to what the final outcome will bo as the crop has to pass tJttough the most trying period during July and August, and much also depends \lpon the weather conditions during the picking season. The undertone in cotton shows less | strength, and with good weather condi- [ tiors, prices are likely to seek a low- j er evel in the near future. Wholesale Killing in South Carolina Columbia, S. C.. Special.?At a big barbecue at Gaston, 16 miles south of here, in Lexington county. Mack Jerrett. Renibert More, Elliott Pound. T. E. Reese and Joe Reese, all of whom were drinking, undertook to settle some old quarrels, of several years' standing, with the result that T. E. Reese was shot in the abdomen and will die. Mack Jerretc was fatally cut in tho back and side, and Joe Keeso was dangerously shot in the hip. The tight is said to have commenced by Pound knocking Jerrett down, the latter drawing a revolver and beginning to shoot as he arose. Others had pistols and knives in play, and fer a time excitement ran high. FUNERAL OF MR. HAY Simple But Impressive Ceremony Marked the Burial of the Dead Statesman. Cleveland, Ohio, Special.?The funeral of Secretary Hay took place here on Wednesday. The body of the dead statesman did not lie In state, owing to the express wish of Mrs. Hay and ! the family. The ceremonies were im- i presslve, but simple. The President j and party were in attendance, as also a large outpouring of citizens. A Proclamation by the President. Oyster Bay, L. I., Special.?President Roosevelt has prepared -HW"- formal | proclamation announcing the death of John Hay, Secretary of State, as follows : "A proclamation by the President of the United States: "John Hay, Secretary of State of the United States, died July 1. His death, a crushing sorrow to his friends, is to the President of this country a national bereavement, and in addition it is a serious loss to mankind, for to j him it was given to stand as a leader in the effort to better world conditions by striving to advance the cause of international peace and justice. "He entered the public service as the trusted and intimate companion of Abraham Lincoln, and for wellnight forty years he served his country with loyal devotion and high ability in many positions of honor and trust; | and finally he crowned his life work by serving as Secretary of State with such farsightedness of the future and such loyalty to lofty ideas, as to confer lasting benefits not only upon our own country, but upon all tho nations of the earth. As a suitable expression of national mourning. I direct that the I diplomatic representatives of the 1 United States in all foreign countries | display the flags over their embus- j sies and legations at half-mast for ten ; days; that for a like period tho flag ! of the United Stntes be displayed at half-mast at all forts and military i posts and at all naval stations and on all vessels of the United States. "1 further order that on the day of | the funeral, the Executive Department I in city of Washington be closed, and i that on all the public buildings throughout the United States tho national flag be displayed at half-mast. "Done at the city of Washington, I this third day of July, A. D., 1905, and | of the independence of the United i States, tho one hundred and twentyninth. "T1IEODROE ROOSEVELT." "By the President: Herbt D. Price, Acting Secretary of State." President Announces Peace Commissioners. Oyster Day, N. Y., Special.?Official announcement was mane by President. Roosevelt of the names of tho Russian and Japanese envoys to the Washington peace conference. The character and ability of the men selected hy both bel- i ligerents is an earnest of the desire of ; their respective government to con- I elude, if possible, the tragedy enacted j in the far East. The plenipotentiaries < are: Russian, Ambassador MuraviefT, for- j merly Minister of Justice and now am- | bassador to Italy, and Baron Rosen, | recently appointed as ambassador to j the United States to succeed Count | Casslnl. Japanese. Baron Komura, Minister i Foreign Affairs, and Kogoro Takahira, I minister to the United States. By direction of the President, Secretary Loeb made the formal an- j nouncement in the following state- j ment: PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT. "The President announces that the Russian and Japanese governments have notified him that they have appointed tho plenipotentiaries to meet here (Washington) as soon after the first of August as possible. The two Russian plenipotentiaries are Ambassador Muravieff, formerly Minister of Justice and now ambassador at Rome, and Ambassador Rosen. The Japanese plenipotentiaries are Baron Komura, now Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister Takahlrn. "It is possible that each side may send one or more additional representatives. The plenipotentiaries of both Russia and Japan will be entrusted with full power to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace, subject, of course, to ratification by their respective home governments." Covington Not Guilty. Little Rock, Ark., Special.?A ver- I diet of not guilty was returned by the jury in the trial of State Senator A. W. Covington on a charge of accepting a bribe of $?>.000 on the bill appropriating $800,000 for the completion of the new State capitol. The jury had been out since Saturday night at 11.30 o'clock. After the verdict was announced the prosecution entered a nolle prose qui in the remaining charge against Senator Covington of accepting a bribe of $100 ami a gold wutch for his vote on the district court bill. , Army Ordered to Mobilize. Stockholm, By Cable.?The Associated Press is in a position to state that an order for the mobilization of the Swedish army has been issued and that a proclamation to this effect will probably be issued within a week. The mobilization is Intended as a means of giving added force to any proposal for settlement which the special committee appointed by the Riksdag may make to the Norwegian Sterling. I SPOKE TO TEACHERS Noble Profession Highly Praised By President Rooseyelt PRAISES HIVES OF SACRIFICE Addressing 12,000 Delegates, the Chief Executive Declares That the Teaching Profession Makes the Whole World its Debtor. Asbury Park, N. J., Special.?A crowd of thirty thousand persons which turned out to welcome President Roosevelt Friday, the closing day of the National Educational Association convention, the most impressive of all the great educational meetings. The duties of the rich was the subject matter of the speech, which the PrPRiltont flnllimro.l ?1 ?v..?vicu iu me vuucsiurs. Although this was the lasf day of the convention, the President found 12,000 delegates, nearly all school teachers, waiting to hear his speech, which was made in Ocean Grove Auditorium. Several pretty receptions marked the trip rrom the depot to the auditorium. Outside the depot the Indian band from Carlisle School was in waiting and fell into line immediately before the President's carriage. As the carriage turned into Main street it passed a wagon filled with negroes, who began to cheer. In response, the President waved his hand at the delighted negroes. When the President entered the auditorium, thousands mounted chairs and cheered him. As soon as quiet had been restored, he began to speak. His address was filled with good suggestions and bright thoughts. It was attentively listened to hy the throng present, and markod an important point in the proceedings of the great meeting. In closing Mr. Roosevelt said: "Thrice fortunate are you to whom it is given to lead lives of resolute endeavor for the achievements of lofty ideals, and furthermore, to instill, both by your lives nnd by your teachings, these ideals into the minds of those who in the next generation will, as th? men and women of that, generation, determine the position which this nation will bold in the history of mankind." 25,COO Teaohers Attend. Asbury Park, NT. Y., Special.?Tho forty-fourth annual session of the National Educational Association at Asbury Park is being attended by 25,000 teachers, and thousands of visitors who are here to look in upon the great meetings being held daily in Ocean Grove Auditorium. ROOT SUCCEEDS HAY. Unofficial But Definite Announcement Indicates His Selection. New York. Special.?It can he definitely stated that President Roosevelt has offered the position of Secretary of State to Eliliu Root and that Mr. Root has accepted. Oyster liay, L. I., Special.?While no official confirmation is obtainable here of the announcement that Elihu Root has accepted President Roosevelt's profTer of the Secretaryship of State in succession to John Hay. it can be said that tho President will authorize a statement to be made regarding the matter. The precise nature of the statement is not known. Mr. Root boarded the President's special train at Jersey City, just before it left for Cleveland, at 5:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. j While the members of the Presiment's cabinet retired to their apart! ments on the train at an early hour | Tuesday night, the President and Mr. Root remained in conference for several hours. Then it was that the President broached the subject of Mr. Root's rej turn to the cabinet. All phases of the situation were considered carefully. On tho return journey, their confer! ence. interrunted hv the mission on which they had gone to Cleveland, wan i resumed. His acceptance of the prof! fer announced in New York is believed to be without reservation at all difficult to overcome. Junior Endeavors' Rally. Baltimore, Special.?The second days' session of the 22d international Christian Kndeai#>r Convention was presided over by Rev. George B. Btewart, of Auburn, N. J. An impressive prayer was offered by Rev. Ralph W. Brokaw. of Utica, N. Y. William Shaw, of Boston, delivered an address upon "What Christ! in ,0'.? U..;vors Have Done." The aitcii.oon ?i .islon of the convention was devoted to a "junior and intermediate rally," presided over by Rev, Dr. Ira I^indrith, president of Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn. Jordan's Advice Causes Slump. New York, Special.?A statement attributed to President Jordan, of tho Southern Cotton Association, in opposition to the abnormally high prices for cotton is supposed to have affected the cotton market and caused a decline of 16 points, October selling at 10.62 at noon; I>erorabPr at 10:66, and January at 10:77. The market opened an average of 5 to 7 points down. President Jordan in his statement advised the farmers to sell at 10 cents. ' COTTON LEAK FOUND Termination of a Great Scandal in * i tlifc Agricultural Department HOW A FEW BROKERS COT NEWS Secretary Wilson Makes Public an Official Report Stating That Edward J S. Holmes Communicated Advance Information Through L. C. Van Riper to Theodore H. Price and Other New York Operators. Washington. Special.?As the result of the investigation by secret service agents into the charges made by Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Cotton Planters' Association, that information had been pivnn tr? hr??u-?irvi in New York by some person or persons i in the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture, Secretary Wil; son made public an official report in : which he states that Edwin S. Holmes, j ; the assistant statistical!, has been guili ty of "juggling" the official report. Tho report says it has been found that Mr. Holmes communicated advance infori mation to L. C. ltiper, a New York ' broker, and that a Mr. Hass, of New 1 ! York, who, Mr. Van Riper said, acted as j a go-btween in conveying information from Holmes to other New York j ] brokers, including Theodore Price. ; Steps have been taken by Secretary ' Wilson to prevent any further leakage of the Department tigures, and an en- ! tire re-organization of the Bureau of ; Statistics and manner of preparing 1 monthly crop reports has been outlined ' by him. The papers in connection with ! the investigation were referred to the ? | United States attorney for the District | of Columbia and he has reported that, in his opinion, a criminal prosecution will not lie against Holmes. Holmes has been dismissed from the service of the Department. BROKER VAN RIPER WITNESS. According to the report. Wilson Judd, of New York, formerly in the employ of L. C. Van Riper, induced the latter ! to tell of his connections with Holmes and then communicated the information to Mr. Cheatham. Van Riper became tho principal wit- I ness in the investigation conducted by the secret service and said be was in- | dttced to communicate the fact that ad- i ! vanced information was being given out by Holmes because he had heard that J Holmes and his associates had intended i to try to manipulate the June cotton i ! report. Having this information as a j foundation, the secret service agents i interviewed numerous persons who had ; meen mentioned by Judd and Van j 1 Riper, as well as gathering a mass of correspondence, including many letters | j written liy Holmes to Van Riper and t 1 others. The report made to Secretary j | Wilson and the Secretary's comments, ; | together with the details of the new : 1 plan of conducting the Bureau of Sta- ( tistics. makes more than four thousand ! i words. It reviews the entire invest!- , ! gat ion, beginning with the charges that I were laid before Secretary Wilson by I Mr. Cheatham several weeks ago. Just That Way. If an editor makes a mistake, says the Factotum, he has to apologize for it, but if the doctor mages one for it. but if the doctor makes one there is a law suit, swearing and the i smell of sulphur, but the doctor | j makes one there is a funeral, cut , j flowers and a stnell of varnish. The ! ' I doctor can use a word a yard long '{ j without knowing what it means, but ] if the editor uses it he has to spell | it. If the doctor goes to see another I man's wife he charges for the visit. | but if the editor goes to see another I man's wife he gets a charge of buck! shot. When a doctor gets drunk it is a case of "overcome by heat." and if I he dies it is heart failure. When an | editor gets drunk it is a case of too | much booze, and if he dies it is a j case of delirium tremens. Any old i j medical college can make a doctor : You can't make an editor. He lias to ! ?e born.?lix. News of the Day. The body of Secretary llay was In' terred at Cleveland with simple ceremonies. the President being one of I those present. The Rahinical convention continued ! its sessions at Cleveland. Interesting addresses were delivered before several departments of the National educational Convention at As; hury Park. Two Illinois hanks, of which C. J. j Devlin, the Topeka (Kan.) capitalist, i was president, have closed. Refugees fleeing from the yellow | fever scourge on the isthmus of Pana- i | ma arrived at New York, and paint < I conditions in the Canal Zone very darkI a man who registered as a son of I ' ! August Belmont was arrested in Color- , ado Springs for alleged forgery. In Now York he was declared an impostor. The Kninz Potemklns, with her crew of mutineers on board, has arrive 1 at Theodosia. Crimen, and raised the standard of rebellion. She is reported to have been seen in several other places. Sixty of the mutineers of the Pobiedonosetz have been imprisoned, and it 1 is thought all will be shot. Russia now seems anxious to conclude peace and particularly eager to conclude an armistice, fearing that another bad defeat would threaten the safety of the Empire. Cossacks tired on workmen at the Potiloff works and wounded a number of them. Services in memory of Secretary Hay were held at St. Paul's Cathedral, in London. The dignitaries sent to receive the body of Paul Jones were dined by Premier and Mme. Rouvier. H. H. Rogers testified in Boston in the suit of George Wharton Pepper, re- i reiver of the Pay State (las Company, j against him. A<iUtUp,y&l mutinous demonstrations have nec^nfflflo among the Russian ' ships at Cronstadt. It is estimated that during the rioting ! at Odessa tt.OOrt persons were killed and ( nearly $10,000,000 worth of property | was destroyed. It is stated that neither Norway nor : Sweden is making preparations for | war. George E. I.orenz. convicted of complicity in the Postoffice conspiracy, was taken to prison. Hulk in Way of Navigation. Jacksonville. Fin,, Special.?E. L. Montgomery, master of the schooner Robert McFarland, reports that on Juno 29, about 12 miles off Hatteras, he passed a three masted schooner on beam ends, hull awash, with topmasts about 15 feet above the water, j pointing north-northeast. The hulk was right in the course of steamers, north-northeast of Diamond Shoal lightship. 20 miles distant bv log. 1 Bee Keepers Hold Convention. Savannah, Special.?The Southern ' Bee Keepers' Association met here | Wednesday and discussed methods of bee culture. The convention was but lightly attended, ov ing to crop eondi- j lions, which demanded the attention ) of many members. S. Cheatham, of l Edgefield, S. C.. was elected vice pros- | ident, to tiil the vacancy caused by the death >f a former incumbent. President J. J. Milder, of Cordelo, (la., j presided. The next meeting of the convention will bo held in Atlanta next November. Sons of Veterans Elect Officers. Birmingham, Ala., Special.?At th- j seventeenth annual convention of Ala- i bama and Tennessee United Sons of Confederate Veterans, held here duly 4th, the following officers were elected: j Commander, \V. P. Saunders. Knoxville, Tenn.; vice commander, Frank i Folks, Birmingham; deputy vice com j mahder. Charles A. Brake. Binning- j ham; secretary, M. 1>. Freitlman. Bir mingham; treasurer. Valentine C.ilb, dr. Birmingham. Threw Himself Under Train. Columbia, S. C., Special.?News | was received here of the suicide at New Castle, K>\. of Mr. John A. II -n drix, formerly a resident of this city, i where lie was very popular. The j message stated thai he threw him: ell under a moving train. He had he I conn* short, to a small extent, in hir 1 accounts with a special agent of r. bonding company here, rente, eating the Bo'l Telephone ? ompany. Mr Fondrb:. was. until recently, a clerk in W. I . Lever'* sac o st ore luue. I i to a few month's ago he was correct ii\ his I.e.' i's Child Killed by Lightning. Sunset, Tex., Special.?During a | storm, Essie, the ten-year-old daughter of Itev. St. John, has been instantly killed by lightning while standing in a yard with her father and other children of the family. The remainder of the group were severely shocked by the bolt and It is reported that all of them were stricken blind by the flash of electricity. The | rainily reside six miles east of Sunset. Two to Be Hanged. The State supreme court r',ss,'rl ?t the ease of Fletcher Ityrd and Palmer Chriswell and the action of the lower court was sustained. This means that the ease will be remanded to the j lower court in order that sentence of death may again be passed upon the negroes, charged with the murdor of i Magistrate Cox near Fountain inn last year. The magistrate tried to sto| | the negroes, who had illicit whiskej in their buggy, and they fired upon j him with fatal results. Cleveland Not to Retire. New York. Special. In relation to a report that tjrover rieveianu was innteniplating retiring from the trustee-] ship of the Equitable I.ife Assurance Society, Mr. Cleveland authorizes the ] follov.'ncr stet -ment: "Nothing has occurred thus far to dissatisfy me in the least and the idea of retiring from the trusteeship has nuver entered my mind." The British Postmaster-General ! states that it is not at present pr.?posed to Introduce the cash on-iellv- j erv system In the United Kingdom. I says the Manchester Guardian, but (he question of introducing it. between England and the British colonies and possessions and Egypt is under consideration. MUTINY NOW OVER # The Last Act In Tragedy of Russian . Rebel Warship BLOOD-STAINED SHIP IS OCCUPIED Russian |Admiral Arrives With Hi? Fleet and Takes Over the Possession of the Kniaz Potemkine From the Rounmsnian Authorities. ? . ? ? Kustonji, Rouraania, Hy Cable.?Admiral Kruger boarded and took possession of the Russian battleship . Kniaz Potemkine, King Charles of Houmania having sent instructions to tlio commander ??f the Roumanian squadron that the vessel be delivered to the Russian authorities without rafsing difficulties. The torpedo boat which accompanied the Kniaz Potemklne, however, left for Odessa without surrendering, declaring that she had not. mutinied, but that the Kniaz Potemkine * had forced her to follow. Admiral Kruger arrived with* his squadron Sunday morning, and after exchanging the customary salutes, intimated that he had come to arrange for the transfer of the Kniaz Potemkine. Admiral Kolinsky, commander of the Roumanian squadron, boarded the Russian battleship Tchesme and informed Admiral Kruger that King Charles had ordered him to turn the vessel over to the Russian admiral. The formalities of the transfer were complete this afternoon, and Admiral Kruger boarded the Kniaz Potemklne. The press representative inspected the Kniaz Potemklne after the withdrawal of the Roumanian guard. Despite the efforts of the Roumanians to get things in ship-shape, everything aboard the battleship was still in a state of wildest disorder. The officers' cabins were stripped of everything of any value, and blood stains were everywhere. There was sufficient ammunition aboard the Kniaz Potemkino to have enabled the mutineers to make a desperate resistance. It is said that during the last few days the vessel was navigated by two engineers and an officer with revolvers at their heads. All of tin* sailors wished to surrender with the iiviwinlinn .xt VI <? I. ko, the loader of the mutiny, who resistod for some time, and wanted t? blow up the ship. Seven officers were prisoners aboard the Kiliaz Potemkine. They were in a pitiable condition from ill treatment. They declare that Matuschenko himself killed ten officers of the battleship. All the papers and books belonging to the vessel were destroyed. It appears that the decision to surrender the Ktiiaz Potenikino was made when it became evident that no other vessels would join in tlio mutiny. Tim crew of the battleship seemed to bo unaware of the surrender of the Georgi Pobiodonosetz and expected that she also was coming to Kustenji to capitulate to Houmania. Twenty married sailors from the Kniaz Potemkine have applied to the Russian consul here to be sent back to Russia. The crew of torpedo boat No. 2t!X were given half an hour in which to surrender or leave port. A considerable number of the crew of the Kniaz Potemkine surrendered to the Russian squadron, alleging that they had acted under compulsion. The coal supply of the mutinous battleship was nearly exhausted, but there was plenty of food on board. V ..-1,.,.# ..ft,.- I.nnof..* held a service of purification on board the Knlaz Potemkine, sprinkling tho vessel ami hor flags with holy water. Admiral Kruger's squadron, which brought a crew for tho Kniaz Potemkine, sailed with her for Hussia. Race Riot in New York, New York, Special.?Two persons wore shot, one probably fatally, in a fight between mobs of whites and negroes in West Sixteenth street Sueflay. The trouble began when Henry Hart, a colored man. was attacked in the street by a number of white boys, who accused him of interfering with a ball game. Hart fled, pursued by a mob of whites hurling stones, bricks and other missies, and reached the tenement house where he lived. After arming himself with a revolver. Hart ran down stairs and began firing into the crowd, one of the shots striking James Hunter in the side. Eight Blown to Atoms. Harrishnrg. Pa.. Special. ? Right men were blown to pieces and two others were injured by the premature explosion of a big blast of rock powder on the Pennsylvania Railroad improvement near the Cumberland at 7.30 o'clock Sunday morning. The ae eident occurred directly across the Susquehanna river from the scene o! the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck o& May 11, in which 23 persons were killed and many othess Injured. *