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- FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S.C., WEDNESDAY. ,Jl ' y i!M!'<>:>. so. it
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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.
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iiz Potemkine Scuttled
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 (
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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
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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
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:OAL MINERS KILLED
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26 Human Lives Suddenly Snuffed
Out By Accident
/ATTSTOWN, WALES, DISAS1E1
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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
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(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.
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