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. - FORT MILL TIMES. VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S.C., WEDNESDAY. ,Jl ' y i!M!'<>:>. so. it IS Hi Russian Battleship Kns By Its R SCENE IN HARBOR OF ROUMANIA Mutinous Crew Opened the Vessel's Seacocks Before Leaving, and Ship Went to the Ocean's Bottom. The Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine, which has been in the hands of a mutinous crew, that terrorized the people of Odessa by demonstrations in that uaiuur, ana successiuny standing off the whole Russian fleet was reported as being given up. This report was unfounded, however, as is indicated by the following dispatches: Turned on Seacocks. Kustenjl, Roumanla, By Cable.?The announcement that the battleship Kniaz Potemkine sailed with Rear Admiral Kruger's squadron turns out to be incorrect Before leaving the Kniaz Potemkine the mutineers opened the seacocks and flooded her hold. She is now lying at the bottom, but it is expected will be refloated in time to leave for Sevastopol soon. TORPEDO BOAT CREW TAKEN. Sevastopol, By Cabye.?The Russian torpedo boat No. 27, which declined to surrender to the Roumanian Government with the Kniaz Potemkine, declaring that she had not mutinied, but had been forced to follow the mutinous battleshiD. has arrived here The members of licr crew were arrested and placed on board the transport Prout. Tuesday was observed on board the fleet as a day of mourning for the ofllcers and sailors slain during the mutiny on board the Kniaz Potemkiue. There will be requiems on all the ships. May Embarrass Roumania. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Rear-Admiral Pisareffski reports to the Admiralty that the engine room of the Kniaz Potemkine is full of water and it is presumed that the mutineers turned on the seacocks before leaving her. Negotiations between Russia and Rou&ania on the question of the surrender of the Kniaz Potemkine are in' progress. Foreign Minister Lamsdorff and M. Rosseti-Sole8co, the Roumanian Minister at St. Petersburg, held a conference on the subject, but no decision was reached. Russia is disposed to insist on the surrender of the men, not as political prisoners, to which Roumania would object, but as criminals guilty of murder and theft. There were several hundred thousand rubles on board the batleship, which the crew divided when they left the ship. The Roumanian Government is somewhat embar rassed by the fact that It promised the mutineers if they surrendered that they would be treated as deserters. St. Petersburg. By Cabla.?Although 30 days have elapsed since Russia informed President Roosevelt of her willingness to conclude an armistice pemling the result of the Washington conference, Japan, so far as known to the Russian Government, has not replied to the President's communication. When the question of an armistice was first broached by the President, it is understood that Japan indicated that she would decline to agree to a suspension of hostilities until the pleniNews of the Day. neiore leaving tne Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine the mutineers opened the seacocks and sunk her. The Russo-Japanese peace plenipotentiaries will meet at the Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. In the British House of Ixmls Ixird Roberts stated the British armed forces are absolutely unfitted and unprepared for war. The Franco-German agreement as to Morocco is regarded in Berlin as a German diplomatic victory over both Great Britain and France. A receiver was appointed for the People's United States Bank, of St. Louis, against which a fraud order had been issued by the postal authorities at Washington. Robert C. Hill, chief of the Bureau of Building Inspection, Philadelphia, was requested to resign. The International Convention of the Epworth league adopted resolutions protesting against the seating of Reed Smoot, the Morman elected to the United States Senate. 1 IN IK ? -? iiz Potemkine Scuttled I ebel Crew potentiaries met. Russia agreed tn prin- , clple to this as the basis for negotia- ; tion. Since then the Russian Govern- i ment feels it has given ample proof of its desire to conclude peace and it is | possible it may go a step farther. But 1 the impression here is that now that the Japanese have made a descent on j the Island of Sakhalin they are deter- i mined to get the island firmly in their , grasp before the negotiations begin. 1 This is an easy task, as the small Rus- , sian force on the island is in no position to contest its occupation. In addition to marines and infantry the Japanese landed artillery and cav- j airy. The latter is moving rapidly ! north. The presumption here is that the Russian troops will clear out without fighting, crossing to Alexandrovsk ou the mainland. The Novosti says it considers Sakha- ; Un a second Alaska, worth $10,000,000,- [ 000. It is possible, however, that Japan might agree to suspend the hostilities in Manchuria, although the latest reports from the front create a strong suspicion that Filed Marshal Oyama is at last advancing for a decisive blow. Besides the peace plenipotentiaries ; there will be five delegates with the Russian peace mission, including three secretaries, Prince KoudachefT, ex-Secretary of the Russian Legation at Tokio under Baron Rosen; M. Planchon, who formerly was attached to the Chancellery of Viceroy of the Far East, and M. Naboukoff, of the Foreign Office. China, in the request which she preferred to Russia and Japan to be represented at the Washington conference, practically served on them notice that unless that privilege is accorded her she will refuse to be bound by the treaty so far as it affects Chinese territory. Russia is understood not to be averse to the Cinese proposition, but Japan declined to agree to it. Japanese Loan in New York. New York, Special.?Of the $150,000,000 of the Imperial Japanese Goverjjpient 4 1-2 per cent, bonds, second series, $50,000,000 have been taken by Kuhn, Ixjeb & Co., the National City Bank and the National Bank of Commerce, all of New York. These bonds ; are similiar to the previous issue of , $150,000,000 and are secured both as to principal and interest by a charge j upon the annual net revenues of the ; Japanese Government tobacco mono- j poly, subject only to the charge in favor of the prior loan of $150,000,000. V To Help Negro School. Boston, Special.?At a meeting of the Industrial Union of America, West Indies and Canada, held in this city, the council voted to put the industrial school in Southern Pines, N. C., under the direction of churches of several different denominations and to assist the principal, Kev. James M. Henderson, in raising an endowment of i $500,000. The object of the school is to edu- : rate orphan and indigent negro chil- I dren of the South and to give them, a thorough training in domestic and mechanical studies. Derelict Blown Up. Norfolk, Va.. Special.?The naval tug Hercules lias blown up the wreck of the schooner Clara E. Bergen, off the Carolina coast. The Bergen was run down by a steamer several weeks j ago. and since that time has been drifting almost submerged in the path of coastwise shipping. On account of the dangerous nature of the derelict i the Navy Department sent the Hercules out to destroy it. ^=z========z=r I i Telegraphic Briefs. There were 15 deaths directly due t? iuc iii-iii iu mew i iii k. Mayor Helmbold, who resisted the placing of Caleb Powers in a special cell of the Newport (Ky.) Jail, was placed under ball to answer the charge of contempt of the Federal Court. General Funston'g father wa? arrested because be fought when accused of inflammatory utterances. Cuban soldiers mutinied and mortally wounded their own captain in a riot. The Scott special from Los Angeles to Chicago badly smashed all previous railroad records for that distance. The American Institute of Instructors is holding its annual session in Portland, Maine. The International Harvester Company was sued by a former official for an accounting. Judge William J. Calhoun, of Chicago, has been appointed a special com- ! missioner by President Roosevelt to in- I vestigate affairs in Venezuela. Strenuous efforts are being made by t the Baltimore delegation to capture the ' Elks' convention in 1907. SECRESARY WILSON REMAINS FIRM Secretary Wilson Declares That Unless There Are New Developments Regarding the Cotton Leak He Will Abide Result So Far Attained. Washington. Special.?Unless there are now developments in connection! with the cotton leakage investigation, j Secretary Wilson said Tuesday that! he proposel to stand on the report of | the secret service officers. He expect- \ ed. however, that the investigation! would give rise to various rumors and stories of irregularities in connection with the Department's reports on other products, but that where there was the slightest tangible evidence to work upon he would go to the botto:? of every complaint and publish the results of his investigation. Already, he said, the allegation had been made that the tobacco figures had been manipulated and the matter would be looked into. But for the present he had nothing further to say. i ne new system of preparing the monthly crop report, devised since ! the cotton investigation began, was put in force Tuesday. That report ! was made public late Tuesday even- j ing and the Secretary believes that ; the steps taken to safeguard the flg- ' ures were well-nigh perfect. Early in ; the day Assistant Secretary Hayes, Chief Statistician Hyde and several experts of the Department were placed in a room under lock and key and they were not to he permitted to come cut. until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, i The telephones in the room were dis- I connected, and a careful scrutiny was i kept of the windows to avoid the pos- ; slbility of a leak through private sig- j nals. No communications of any sort have ' been received from Mr. Price or his attorney, and the Secretary believes that so far as the cotton investigation report is concerned it is a closed ; incident. The Czar's Friend Murdered. Moscow, Ily Cable.?Major General | Count Shuvalcff, prefect of police here, and formerly attached to the Ministry of the Interior, was assassinated Tuesday morning while receiving petitions. One of the petitioners drew a revolver and fired live times at the prefect, who fell dead. The assassin was arrested. The assassin awaited in the ante- t room of the prefecture til! the other petitioners had been received and then entering the audience room, he advanced towards Count Shuvaloff. firing five shots at close range. The bullets passed through the body of the prefect. The assassin, who was dressed as a peasant, has not been identified. Ho was recently arrested as a political suspect, but escaped from the police station before his examination. ... I r* ^ " ' udrgan commits Suicide. Charleston, S. C.. Special.?A sporinl I from Darlington says that It. Keith Dargan, formerly president of t!.e In dependent Cotton Oil Company and the Darlington Trust Company, committed suicide by drinking four ounces of carbolic acid. Dargan was talking to his brother a short while befor* the deed was done and seemed in good spirits, although the failure of the mills and the closing of the trust company's doors were naturally weigh ing upon his mind. l-!e left a no'o which the coroner has taken, in which it is knowu that ho mentioned the financial troubles, and stated that lie intended to kill himself. The on company was capitalized at $1,000,000, and it is rumored that the deficiencies may reach $700,000. Killed Convicted Negro. Jackson. Miss., Special.?Davis Collins, a negro who was convicted of j attempted criminal assault on Miss Unnn. ~l n - 1-1 - ? ? ix'gHi ni u niiccmi id in in lilt; t,u|)i<i county court, and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, was killed on the way to prison hy Mr. Dickey, j a brother-in-law of Miss Hogg. The killing occurred at Crystal Springs. \ Mr. Dickey boarded the train at Hazel- j hurst. When it stopped at Crystal Springs, Dickey walked into the coach where Sergeant Dodds was sitting j with the prisoner, and drawing a pis- I tol Dickey fired threo shots into the negro's body. Death was instantaneous. Dickey surrendered. Declines Railroad Passes. Washington, Special.? it is stated at the Navy Department that So rotary Bonaparte has outlined his opinion in reference to accepting passes for free transportation on the railroads, by returning passes that have been rent to him. with thanks for the courtesy, hut | stating that by reason of public position which he occupies he feels unable to avail himself of such consideration. TOBACCO STATISTICS j The Government Will Withhold Them ! Pending Investigation TRUST AGENTS IN DEPARTMENTS Numerous Charges From Southern Sources Lead Secretary Wilson to Begin an Investigation in Deference to the Sentiment That the Department's Figures Were Wholly Incor- j rect?Special Agents Sent to Ken- J tucky and Tennessee ? Statistics Partly Held Up Pending the Inquiry. | Washington, Special.?Through the receipt of numerous communications from the South and statements in the press at various times that the statistics of the TTenartment of A ?rrl culture on tobacco were being manipulated In j the interest of the so-called tobacco trust. Secretary Wilson has begun an inquiry into the subject. Pending the investigation, the publication of the tobacco statistics of the several districts will be held up, although the regular monthly figures by States will be given out Monday next. It was stated at the Department that special agents have been sent to the dark tobacco districts of Tennessee and Kentucky for the purpose of verifying or correcting the Department's figures. This action Mr. Hyde, the chief statistian. said, was in deference to the sentiment which had been engendered that the Department's figures were wholly incorrect. Mr. Hyde has been given direct charge of the investigation, which, it is expected, will be concluded within two or three weeks. New Directors. New York, Special.?Twelve new directors were chosen, and the resignations of two old directors and one recently elected were accepted by t lie board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The directors who resigned were: General Louis Fitzgerald, former president of the Mercantile Trust Company; Horace C. Deming. who is now president of that institution, and Frederick G. Bourne, who was chosen at the last meeting of the hoard. The Mercantile Trust Company is controlled l?y the Equitable Society. The full list of the newly-elected directors follows: To fill vacancies in the term expiring December 31, 1903, Wallace L. Pierce, of Boston; Daniel a. Tompkins, of Charlotte; Thomas S. Spratt, of Ogdensburg. N. Y.; Ivouis Stern, of New York* Frank R Wilhorhop of Von* York; James MeMahon. of New York. For term to expire December 31. 1906; Willlard F. Mc.Cook. of Philadelphia; Congressman Charles E. Littlefleld, of Rockland, Me. For term to expire December 31, 1907: Nevada N. Stranahan. collector of the port of New York; D. Cady Derrick .of Albany. For the term to expire December 31, 1908: Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University; Charles H. Zehnder, of Philadelphia. No Grudge Against Wilson. New York, Special.?President Walter C. Hubbard, of the New York Cotton Exchange sent the following communication to the Associated Press: "Permit me to ask yo>- very kindly to correct a misappreuension of the press in regard to my letter to President Roosevelt concerning the. disclosures in the Departemnt of Agriculture. "I have never written to Secretary "Wilson and my letter was not the sequel of any correspondence with him conducted by my brother, Samuel T. Hubbard, when president of the New York Cotton Exchange. "My note was prompted simply by the recent revelations and hal for its purpose solely to make a clear state- ! mient of the attitude of our exchange." I Will Aid Investigation. Washington, Special. ? Richard | Cheatham, secretary of the Southern | Cotton Association, was in lengthy conference with District Attorney | Beach and Mr. Moran, acting chief of | tho secret service division, regarding the recent cotton investigation. Mr. Cheatham proposes to remain here for some time, and will assist in the i preparation of evidence upon which possible criminal prosecutions will l>o based. Telegraphic Briefs. M. Sergius Wittc has been appointed eliief peace plenipotentiary for Russia. It is stated a German Swedish alii ance is probable. In tho House of Commons Premier Balfour stated no further negotiations had been had regarding President Roosevelt's call for a second peace conference at The Hague. Twenty-four loaders of the Odessa j riots were hangod. A violent scene occurred in the | French Chamber of Deputies during a j debate on the Amnesty bill, which was killed. WITTE NAMED FOR ENYOY ( i Czar Became Convinced That Negotiations Might Fail If His Appointee | as Chief Plenipotentiary Went to Washington and Now Consents to Replace Him by Russia's Great Constructive Statesman, Long Out of Favor. ( Fit. Petersburg .Special.?ML M\iravcrifT has resigned his position as chief t peace plenipotentiary. It iuay be regarded as practically certain that ho will be replaced by M. Wltte, president of the committee of ministers, who all along has been considered the Russian statesman pre-eminently qualified to undertake the difficult task of nego- s tiating peace with Japan, I' Though tho Emperor on two previous V occasions has flatly declined to accept c M. NVitte, he has now indicated his 1 readiness to make the appointment. r< The commission, however, will not bo 'I actually signed until Foreign Minister lj LamsdorfT, who throughout has been n Mr. Witte'B warm supporter, has had 1 an audience with the Emperor. tl M. Witte'B selection will undoubtedly a be hailed as a practical assurance of ei peace. While it would be a mistake to d denominate him as a "peace-at-any- s price" man, M. Wltte earnestly believes e that the struggle should be ended and n should be succeeded by an understand- e ing between Russia and Japan which would insure peace in the Far East for v half a century. Indeed, he is person- a ally believed to be in favor of a Russo- <1 Japanese alliance. t 5: M. Muraveiff's retirement, ostensibly owing to reasons of ill health, is in h reality due to the fact that the Km- It peror became convinced oi the fact that m the negotiations might be jeopardized t< if lie went to Washington. M. Mura- h vieff himself, upon consideration, quite 1 1! frankly recognized his lack of diplo- 1 matic training and his want of ac- r: quaintance with the questions in- el volved. and with equal frankness ex- 1 ei pressed satisfaction that he had been n relieved. 1 ci Train Stalled in Tunnel. n Ashevllle, Special.?A specinl from j' Andrews, 011 the Murphy branch, says: n Heavy rain, practically a cloudburst, si caused numerous washouts, Hooding h the track over two feet for a half mile near Topton. A number of trestle supports were carried away, paralyzing traflic. Train No. 19 stalled In a tunn: nel five miles east of Andrews. Over (I a hundred were on board all night. 111 The trestle at the east entranco of the j tl; tunnel gave way on the paxslog of the j ? rear coach, and ditching was narrowly | avoided. The train was brought to a stop in the tunnel. Investigation ahead revealed another washout bridge w 50 feet from the west end of the tun- m nel. The train is still unable to pro- (>< ceed either way. The coaches were 1 P packed with people, two In a seat, j some standing all night. Many women i and children attending the Topton barbecue were aboard. A majority of the n passengers walked to Andrews over A the flooded tracks for breakfast. The wires are crippled. ai ) . Growers Sue Tobacco Trust. (1 Clarksville, Tenn., Special.?Suit ^ was entered by a committee from the ] r| executive committee of the Dark To- 1 ki bacco Growers' Association against ' the American Tobacco Company and | buyers, who are alleged to have boy- ! cotted the association, for $250,000 al- | leged damages. The suit is brought ) f( on behalf of 7,000 planters who are a members of the association, and is g based on an alleged action of the de- a fendants in trying to break up and 2< destroy the association, in restraining ai competition, and also for the alleged \\ boycotting of the association's tobacco |? in the Clarksville market, in Bremen i, end in other foreign markets. ^ si Other Disclosures Likely. Oyster bay, Special.?It is regarded here as probable that other sensation- u ai developments may grow out of the fi leak in the cotton crop report, which ni Secretary Wilson, of the Department . of Agriculture, is Investigating. Noth- , ing definite has reached the President. regarding possible future disclosures, oi in tact, by direction of the President, ()l Secretary Wilson is conducting the in quiry along his own lines with a deter ruination to sift the matter to the hot- h torn. Attorney General Moody will de- w termine Anally whether criminal prosecutions are to he instituted by the .. government against any one of the alleged conspirators. ' n Lawson Leaves Omaha. Omaho, Neb., Special.?Thomas W. T.nwson, after a five hours' stay in , 0] the city, left for Missouri Valley, la.. ), where he is to address the Ghautauqua Assembly on the "System." His { coming has been extensively heralded, ,, and a large number of persons gath- it ered at tho station to see the famous n antagonist of the Standard Oil Com- j t( pany and the Copper Trust n 0 :OAL MINERS KILLED ? ? 26 Human Lives Suddenly Snuffed Out By Accident /ATTSTOWN, WALES, DISAS1E1 ? ?* ... . ? he Force of the Explosion Wrecked the Machinery at the Mouth of tho Shaft and Cut Off All Communica* Hon With the Interior. Cardiff, Wales, By Cable.?An exploion of fire-damp in No. 2 pit of the rnited National Colliery Company at Vattstown, in the Khoudda Valley, the enter of the great Weloh coal fields, 'uesday morning is believed 'o have esulted in the loss of at least 126 lives, 'he explosion was followed immediately by the belching clouds of smoke nd dust from the pit shaft, m which 50 men were working. The force of h" explosion wrecked the machinery t the mouth of the pit. All communtatlon with the doomed men in this irection is completely cut off No. I haft, adjoining, has ordinarily affordd communication with No. 2. The 80? len in No 1 anil tim - - ' <? v~ (1 from No. 2 wore drawn up. A rescue party descended, but it?s rork was seriously impeded by the foul ir and the falling masses of eartU islodged by the explosion. Altogether L? bodies have been recovered. Heroic efforts have been made for ours to reach the entombed men. but ite Tuesday night the absence of all nund from the interior of the mine Id the tale of the worst disaster that as taken place in South Wales sine? S94. The news of the explosion spread tpidly and hundreds of women and hildrcn and thousands of men throngil the head of the pit. seeking inforlation. The mountain roadways were rowded all the afternoon, and there re now streams of people in the eighborhood of the mine all contribute lg to the pitiful scenes. Kft'orts at ?scue were still in progress at inidiglit. and currents of fresh air were till heing driven through the shaft, lit the rescuers are now working ithout hope oi reducing the list of failities. Three Miners Killed. Birmingham, Ala.. Special.?Thre? len were killed and Ave injured by ie caving in of a rock at Suyreton lines, north of Birmingham, late Tuesuy afternoon. The mines belong to labama Consolidated Coal and Iron ompany. Rescue Efforts Fail. Porth.uud. Prussia. By Cable.?Ef rts to rescue the thirty-nine men who ere cut off by Are in the Burussia coal line Tuesday have been without suc>ss. and it is feared that they have erished. Big Dam Gives Way. Asheville. Special.?The dam recentr completed at the Asheville School, ear this city, creating a large articial lake, broke Tuesday evening at :30 o'clock, releasing the entire body f water into the French Broad River t Hominy creek. At midnight the wn?r in the river had risen more than, ve feet anil ws still rising. The reak was caused by the excessive rain111 for the past few days, which inreased the pressure on the dain to ueh an extent that it gave way. Effort to Rescue Cargo. Norfolk, Va., Special.?After having ?mained buried in the sand beneath !) feet of water for five years, an ef>rt is now to he made to rescue the rirgo of the schooner Minnie it. Heron, which was wrecked near Chicoioco. N. ('. The cargo consists of !tt> ton* of steel rails, a locomotive nd other machinery. Captain .John /healton, of Washington, N. ('., wtll iiiId a wharf out to the wreck and y the us" of a sand pump remove the ind and save the cargo. Another Japanese Victory. Tokio, fly Cable.?The Navy Hejjajticnt has received the following report om Admiral Kataoka: "Two cruisers ltd four torpedo boats left Karasaorsk on July 10 with soldiers on oard for the purpose of landing and pcupying Cape Notoro. After some omhardmenl the place was taken, he lighthouse and buildings were tf. undent royed. Four prisoners ero taken." Nikolnievs.k. Asiatic Itussin?Th? ipanose have already landt d over i.ooo troops at Korsakovsk. Island f Sakhalin. Bloodv Encounter. Warsaw. By Cable.?Threo bloody ncoutiters between troops and strikig shoo makers, in which about 2d i rsons were killed or wounded, ocnrred Tuesday. The strikers wer<? lurching through the city from house ? house demanding the lowering of nts by 20 per cent. Many proprie:rs out of fear complied with the d?*? lands of the strikers. 1 I