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! FORT MTT X TIMES. ' . i . i i . i i i i . r . " ? . m VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST lfi, 1905. NO. 21. FEDS MSA The Russians Declare Tl Entirely Un RUSSIA DECLINES PROPOSITIONS Session Set For Sunday Afternoon Was Postponed at the Instance of the Japanese, Out of Regard For the Russian Reverance For the Day and the Mutual Desire to Gain Time?Strong, Outside Influences Seek to Have Virtual Indemnity For Evacuticn of Sakhalin?Witte Beginning to Raise "Yellow Peril" Cry. Porthsmouth, Special.?No progress was mailo with the peace negotiations ?ver Sunday. They stand exactly where they did Saturday night. The session of the plenipotentiaries which was to have heen held Sunday afternoon was postponed by mutual agreement out of reverence to the fact that it was the Holy Sabbath, which is uni|jjj' ' ?. RF.nfiirfl witte. srsion nrssiAX ff.ace ' # ENVOY. j . j vereally obsorvoil in Russia as a (lay of rest. The Russians hail not been anxious for a session, an<l the Japanese took the initiative, an I tl.roumu the in medinry of .Mr. Pierce, it was decided to postpone the sitting until Mommy morning. The situation therefore remains the same. it v.ould perhaps not be too much to say that the general feeling is more hopeful, in suite ?>?' n<?>n negotiations that before next Sunday the ]ileni|x)tent .aries w passe where a rupture will become inevitable. This pessimistic view 1 ti-s-c 1 upon the fact, so far as known, the two big barriers to an agreement indent- I nity and Sakhalin?remain as high and Insurmountable as ever. NEXT MOVE VP TO JAPS. The real struggle is only postponed. The main problems are no nearer solution than when the plenipotentiaries met. The principal reason for opti- [ niisin lies in thi> ?*;i t ihnt with the absolute refusal of the Russian reply to admit the discussion of ' either indemnity or the cession of the island of Sokhalin, the Japanese proposed to take up the consideration of the conditions seriatim. From this it is assumed that the Japanese are prepared to yield or have reason to he- : lieve a way will be found to overcome ! the objections of their adversaries | when the crucial test comes. An intimation comes from a high source that very strong outside intlu- I enoes are at work on both sides, and j that for the moment the effort is to j gain time. The plan of having Russia j Florida Requires Certificates. . Tampa, Fla.. Special.?Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, State Health officer of Florida, has issued an order to the effect that all passengers from Florida from tho fever infected districts must secure certificates and identification papers from Surgeon Wertenburger, of the Marine Hospital ser- . vice, stationed in Atlanta Tore Out Heart of Victim. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?Samuel Simmons, a wealthy naval stores and saw-mill man. and his son. Ell Simmons, were both shot and killed about fifteen miles from here by Thomas Hisler, who enters the plea of self-defence. The bo lies of father and son were i found in the pine wixnls, near the public road. The elder Simmons was shot through the heart by a full charge of buckshot and the heart was found on the ground about a foot from the body it having been evidently torn out by hand after the shooting. There were seven bullet wounds in the body of Eli Simmons. He was also shot In the ; back with a charge of blrdshot. . I Hill 111 hat Japan's Terms Are reasonable practically satisfy Japan's claim of reimbursement for the tost of the war by the purchase of the Japanese military evacuation of Sakhalin continues to be advanced. Such a solution would permit Russia to say she had paid neither indemnity nor ceded a foot of territo ry. RAISES "YELLOW PERIL" CRY. The debate in Saturday's conferonco over the first condition?the recogijl| BABOX KOMl'ltA, SENIOR .JAPANESE TEACE ENVOY. tion of Japan's "preponderating influence" over Korea, involving lier right to control the administration of the hermit kingdom, use the littoral for stragetie purposes, etc.,?was of a remarkable character, indeed the position taken by Mr. Witte was sensational in the extreme. His attitude reveals plainly the Russian tactics. They propose to raise before the world the spectre of the "yellow peril." Russia claims that Japan's present purpose is to get a foothold on (lie Asiatic continent from which to extend*her influence and dominion. Mr. Witte made no objection, but he unwind unit uiu worna "preponderating influence" did not adequately describe what Japan proposed to do, and he insisted that the language used should show Japan's true purpose? which he contended was to make a Japanese province of Korea. BASIS OF NEGOTIATION. The cession of the Russian leases to the Liaotung Peninsular, comprising Port Arthur and Dalny. The evacuation of the entire province of Manchuria, the retrocession to China of any privileges Russia may have in the province and the recognition by Russia of the principle of the "open door." The cession to Japan of the Chinese Eastern Railroad below Harbin, the main line through northern Manchuria to'Vladivostock, to remain Russian property. The recognition of the Japanese protectorate over Korea. The grant of flshing rights to Japan The grant of Ashing rights to Japanese in the waters of the Siberian littoral northward from Vladivostock to the Beliring Sea. The relinquishment to Tapan of the Russian warships interned in neutral ports. Finally a limitation upon the naval strength of Russia in far Eastern waters. As a whole the terms are regarded as exceedingly hard by the Russians. in audition to the two principal conditions, which cannot be accepted under Mr. Witte's instructions, those relating to the limiting of Russia's naval power in the far east and the granting of fishing rights upon the Russian littoral are considered particularly offensive to the amour propro of their country, and of such a humiliating character as to be inadmissible. For Station at Mobile. Mobile. Ala., Special.?The contract was awarded in New York to the General Supply and Construction Company of that city for the building of a new union passenger station in this city by the Southern Railway at a cost of a half a million of dollars. The roads using the station will be the Southern. Mobile & Ohio, Jackson nnd Kansas City and Mobile & Ray Shore. Japs in Pursuit. St. Petersburg. Hy ('able.?General Tdnevitch. in a telegram in the Emperor, dated August S. reports that the Russian forces operating to the eastward of the mandarin road advanced August 5th towards a defile near tho village of Chagon, 24 miles south of Taulu. The Japanese 'assumed the offensive and turned both flanks, compelling the Russians to retreat to the northward. The Japanese followed in pursuit and again encountered part of the Russian force, which halted in the Nadoulin gorge, but after a hot fttsilade they returned to the southward. The Russians in the Hailungcheng district, the general says, occupied the village of Yulangtse after a skirmish. PRESIDENT SPOKE TO MINERS President Roosevelt Gave Some Splendid Advice. < Wilkesbarre. Pa., Special.?From every section of the authraclte region miners and temeprance workers came here, thousands arriving on the early trains, and before daylight crowds of people with lunch boxes and umbrellas had camped out in advantageous spots to await the arrival of President Roosevelt. 1 The Catholic Total Abstinence Union delegates transacted but little business this morning, and at noon the ten thousand uniformed cadets and soldiers of the two regiments of the order paraded. This parade ended in time for the regiments to line the streets and keep Lack the great crowds. Before iu? rrt'SHH-ni s train came to a mil stop a great shout went from the enormous crowd assembled at the station, which increased into a roar as the ['resident stepped briskly from the train. The President was met by the local reception committee, which included Father Curran and John Mitchell. The streets along the route from the station to the Susquehanna river, where the speakers' stand was erected, were lined with a solid mass of people. Many of them had been standing nt favorite places for hours. The President's reception as he was rapidly driven over the route was a tremendous ane. The President appeared to be extremely pleased at the demonstration and kept bowing to the right and left. The crowd at the speakers' stand was so noisy that it took several minutes to quiet the enthusiasm and permit the exercise to begin. Those who spoke wore President Roosevelt. Cardinal Gibbons, President Mitchell, Mayor Kirkdall and Father Curran. John Mitchell, in introducing the President, made a long defence of trade unionism. The President then spoke as follows: PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 1 am particularly glad to speak to this audience of miners and their wives and children .and especially to speak under the auspices of this great temperance society. In our country the happiness of al ltlie rest of our people depends most of all upon the welfare a fthe wage-worker and the welfare of , the farmer. If we can secure the wel- , fare of these two siasses we can be ] reasonably certain that the community i as a whole will prosper. And we must never forget that the chief factor in , securing the welfare alike of wageworker and of farmer, as of everybody . else, must be the man himself. ( The only effective way to help any- | body is to help him help himself. There < arc exceptional times when any one of us needs outside help, and thpn it , should be given freely; but normally ( each one of us must depend upon his own exertions for his own snrress. Something can be done by wise legislation and by wise and honest ndminis- i tration of the laws; that is, something < can be done by our action taken in our < collective capacity through the State ! and nation. i INDIVIDUAL MAN PARAMOUNT. i Something more can be done by com- I bination and organization among our- 1 selves in our private capacities as eiti- < zens. so long as this combination or i organization is manage 1 with wisdom c and integrity, with instance upon the t rights of those benefited and yet with 1 just regard for the rights of others. > But in the last analysis the factor 1 most influential in determining any j man's success must ever lie the sum i of that man's own qualities, of his i knowledge, foresight, thrift and courage. Whatever tends to increase his 1 self-respect, whatever tends to help him < overcome the temptations with which 1 all of us are surrounded, is of benefit, i not only to him, but to the whole com- t munity. 1 No one society can do more to help r the wage-worker than such a temper- \ ance society as that which I am now t addressing. It is of incalculable consequence to the man himself that lie should be sober and temperate, and it is of even more consequence to his wife < and his children; for it is a hard and > cruel fact that in this life of ours the s sins of the man are often visited most neavuy upon those "whose welfare t should ho iiis one special care. < THE DRI'XKARD'S FAMfl/Y. t For the drunkard, for the man who I loses his job because he cannot control i or will not control bis desire for liquor f and for vicious pleasure, we have a ? feeling of anger and contempt mixed s with our pity; but for bis unfortunate i wife and little ones we feel only pity, < and that of the deepest and tenderst kind. t Everything possible should be done J to encourage the growth of that spirit , of self-respect, self-restraint, self-re- j liance, which, if it only grows enough, ; is certain to make all those in whom it . shows itself move steadily upward to- ^ ward the highest standard of American citizenship. It is a proud and respon- j sihle privilege to be citizens of this , great self-governine nation- mid each of us needs to keep steadily In Tore his eyes the fact that he is wholly unfit to take part in the work of governing otliers unless he ran 11 rat govern him- i self. Tie must stand up manfully for j his own rights; he must respect the rights of othe:s; he must obey the law. ^ ami he must try to live up to those , rules of righteousness which are above ( and behind all laws. ( This applies just as much to the man , of great wealth as to tlie man of small , means; to the capitalist as to the wage- ( worker. And as one practical point, , let me urge that in th eevent of any difficulty, especially if it is what is known as a labor trouble, both sides should show themselves willing to meet, willing to consult, and anxioiieach to treat the other reasonably a fairly, each to l?>ok at the other's of the ease and to do tlie other jie If only this course coul 1 he ger followed, the chance of inilust: aster would l?e minimized. HIE FEVER STATUS Spread to Different Sections of the City Unexpected THE OUTLOOK GROWS ALARMING Official Record of New Cases Shows Only 50, But 19 More Were Turned in Just After the Closing Hour? Deaths Rise to 12 and Will Continue to Increase Owing to Swollen List of Cases?Threats of Prosecution Against Physicians Delinquent in Reporting Patients Have Good Results. New Orleans. Special.?Follmvinc is the official record up to (? p. ni. Sunday: New cases, 50. Total cases to date, 903. Deaths, 12. Total deaths to date. 1~>4. New foci, 14. Total foci to date, L'nj. Cases under treatment, 343. The heavy increase in the number of rases which began four or five days I ago is beginning to manifest itself in the death list, which can be expected to grow steadily for the next few days. The number of new cases Sunday seems small in comparison with Saturday's record, but it is really nineteen short, as that number of cases were turned in by an inspector just after the hour for closing the report. PROMINENT PEOPI,E STRICKEN. Among the cases is Louis Cm tillu. Jr.. cashier of the People's Dank, who i resides far out on North Johnson street. Another case is .Maurice Ken- I ny, ex-councilman and ex-member of the Legislature. Two of Kenny's daughters were stricken Sunday. Only live of the new foci are about Canal street. Surgeon White made a change in his organization by which he hopes to aci-omplisli results much quicker. The fumigation and screening work was all done by a central department under Doctor (lessner. which sent, squads out an notification of cases by physicians In the afternoon Dr. White assembled all of his subordinates in conference and decided to place the screening and rumigation work under the several district headquarters. The present force will he divided up among the district surgeons, and Dr. (lessner will lie given rharge of one of the districts. CONCEALMENT MAIN TUOCDLE. Assostant Surgeon Corput has just oneluded a thorough investigation of onditious in Algiers, that nart of New Jrlenns on the west bank of the Mississippi river. There lias been two eases iu Algiers since the outbreak of fever ind Dr. White determined to ascertain >y a house to house canvass if there liad lieen any spread from them. 1 >r. Hotpot reported that lie had found not i single suspicious ease, which Indicates tliat the prompt steps taken to screen and fumigate the original cases lave been effective iu preventing a spread. I>r. White says that if he could earn of every case in the city and apily the proper methods immediately he s confident that he could stamp out the liseasc here in a short time. The great cause of the spread lias leen the concealment of cases and the diange of residence of people who have icon infected. Dozens of c ases are on ecord which show conclusively that lie people have moved away from a louse where infection had existed. This Dr. White proposes to stop, and vhile no drastic measures are being aken, he is enforcing his authority. FORCING DOCTORS TO RKI'ORT. The effectiveness of the district headjuarters, which are making close investigations of the 17 districts, is reponslble for a large number of the new uses which have been reported during he last few days, and as the efficiency f that force increases, an increase in lie number of cases daily can be cxlected. Physicians who have fnileii eport cases that arc discovered arc '.iven an opportunity to correct their emission, hut a second offence will remit in prosecution under the law. This ins also brought out a large number | >f cases that were under cover. Patterson, which is the largest tenet* of infection outside of the city, retorts three new cases and the first leatlu The victim is a young lady. Site lied and this has naturally depressed he spirits of the people. They have had !9 cases there so far. They have opened in emergency hospital, which now has (even patients. At Hon Anil, in Calcasieu parish, here is only one case of yellow fe\ .villi no new cases and no snspi ases. An Ugly Infection Cc An exceedingly ugly lion was unearthed in S' isli by Dr. Corput, ? pit 11 service. Two earthed six < as plantation ant' cases on th mi the res' further * Sarpy aver grou no it* 30 Cases in One Village. I Five more cases have developed at I Patterson, in St. Mary parish, making :i0 cases in all there. While the infection was taken there hy Italians from I the infected district in New Orleans the disease has spread anions the residents. and several ladies and children are atllicted. Eight of the patients are convalescent. Dr. Horton, the State Board ol Health inspector, reached Tallnlah but has not reported yet whether the illness there is yellow fever. ( President Wires Condolence. Wilkesbarre, Pa.. Special.?Cardinal Gibbons has received the following telegram from President Roosevelt: i inn n?-v|ny suociii'a una grieved at the death of my beloved friend. Arch-Bishop Chappelle. His death Itone of the most lament able losses in the eourso of the outbreak of fever in New Orleans, which is causing such sympathy and concern through- ] out the nation. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Steamct Aground. i riiiladelphia, SepeiaJ.?The steamship Feeonia, Captain Jones, from New Orleans, with a cargo of sulphur, went aground in the Delaware river, about six miles south of this city. The vessel was released Saturday from the State quarantine station at Marcus Hook. Fa., where she had been detained owing to the prevalence of yellow fever in New Orleans. * Two tugs made repeated efforts to tloat the Feeonia during the day, but without success. Bishop Smith Critically III. Asheville, Special.?Bishop A. Coke j Smith, of the Southern Methodist Church, who is seriously ill here, | passed a restless day, though his condition Sunday evening is reported as being slightly improved. Bishop Smith is suffering with auberculosis. and while there is little hope for his ultimate recovery, there is hope that h'< will recover from the relapse incident to bis visit to Norfolk. Va., and again lie tilde to leave his bed. Mrs. Smith arrived Sunday nfternoon from Norfolk and is now at the bedside of her husband. To Convey Special Government. Washington Special.?The cruiser C.alvoston. which arrived in Hampton [loads. Va.. is taking on coal under hurry orders, preparatory to making a trip to Santo Domingo. She is assigned l?y the Navy department, at tic install-e of the State Department, to the duty of transporting Professor John H. Hollander and his secretary to San Domingo. The professor is to continue the prosecution of his inquiry into Dominican finances and resources. Injunction Against Boycott. Jacksonville, l'la.. Special.? The strike and lockout of union carpenters here was taken into the courts by the Builders' Exchange asking for an injunction restraining tin- Structural Building Trades I'nion from placing one of the members of the exchange on the unfair list, thus virtually boycotting him. The temporary iu junction was granted by Judge Call, who set the ease for hearing next Monday. I!ni-.t>m*oi I'ro... < >., of il.'Mol. Va. tiled a lull 'or a riici or lor '.he Orelway Mannl'a-tnving <'< nnpiiy. Two Big Volunteer Bankrupts. Knoxvillo, Tcnn., Special.?Two volunteer petitions in bankruptcy were filed in the United States Court here Tuesday, the aggregate liabilities of which are over $ '.<)<>,uuo atvl the assets reported as slightly in excess of $12,000. H. N*. Saxton. Jr., gave hi. liabilities as $2t?l .2 lfi.1'2 ami assets $>.000. C. C. SShrntW.v l.?o - ?, and assets of $1.11 >OU. I (nth nun wen; endorsers t.n lite palter of Saxon & Company, lumber exporters, which firm rocc-utiy fa ileal. Sunset on Popocatapetl. Thoro is almost no twilight in M co. You watch the sun, a orb, descending with grow' ness and wroathod in toward lite horizon, v ward Zeigler in It Iy it begins to mountnh acre 12 KILLED ON TRAIN terrible Loss of Life Caused By a Head End Collision 5TRUCK FREIGHT AT FULL TPEED Collision on the Nickel Plate Road. Near Vermillion, O., Causes the Passenger Engineer and Eleven Passengers Mostly Italian Laborers, and the Injury of 2f> Others, Eight Fatally?Badly Hurt Passengers Were All in Smoker?Freight Engineer's Watch Said to Have Been Slow. Cleveland, O., Special.?A fast eastbound passenger train on the Nickel Plate Road collided with a west-bound freight early Sunday at Kishmun, 0., near Vermillion, resulting in the death of 12 persons, while at least 25 others were injured, eight of whom will probably die. The wreck, according to tlio otllcials of the company, was caused by a misunderstanding of orders or neglect to obey them on the part ot the crew of the freight train. The Dead. Charles \V. Poole, engineer of passenger train. tit) years old. Conneaut. Ohio. Joseph Alexander, 24 years old, Newark. N. J. Frank Weaver, 25 years old, Findlay. (). Domenico Pontodoro, Italian. 21) years old. laborer. Antonio (Irillo, 25 years old, Italian laborer. Joseph Paraci, 2.x years old, laborer. i-i > . ......v ..in. mi, _i. inn, lauurer. Nutale Dirniora, 24 years old laborer. Antonio Achillo, 21 years old. laborer. C.alagus Travola, 21 years old. laborer. Calgono Cnglina. 22 years old, laborer. burled through ear window; died in I moraine Hospital as the result of his injuries. The Injured. John \V. l.ong, :tl Itayner street, Cleveland, right leg broken. Kiehard A Long, son of J. VV. Long, right leg amputated, hip cut. head and body contused, may die. Mrs. .hdii. \V. Long, back sprained and head etit. Louise Ileinholt, llascom, <4.. compound fracture of left leg. foot crushed and body bruised. K. K. O'liara, 21 Milan street. Findlay, <)., right leg amputated. It. L. Kerr, Grafton, O., contusions on both legs. John \V. Murphy, West Haven, Conn., right foot bruised and body lacerated. Philip itaskim, Tillin, ()., back sprained. Floyd Turner. Ada, <)., left leg broken. face badly cut. John Dexter. Tiffin, O., three ribs broken and sc alp wound. Frank Phillips, Findlay, ()., left shoulder broken, John Jata. back sprained, l.enordo Siracttsa, liack sprained ami body bruised. Charles Huectifusu, liaek and both ankles sprained and bad cuts about body. Yeona Leonardo, two ribs broken. i eli'lflim II,I..ft 1.1- ' - ' 1.II.IIWII1, mi 111)1 <11111 lliiett. contused. Joseph Ijumont. two ribs broken, back out and internal injuries, may (lio. Tony Trevalli back and both ankles sprained. Charles Dogar, right hip n sprained. Albert Jama, right ; Frank Gallia, ank'? Tony Veranoa, : leg badly laroer; Aside from killed on ridb i