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FORT MTTT TIMES. I^T? . .... ... - __ VOL. XIV. FORT MIU., S. C., WEDNKSDAY.'NOVEMBER 8,1905. NO. 33. JEWSAL Frightful Slaughter , People ii UPRISINGS AMONG PEOPLE - - Investigation Shows Almost Entire Jewish Quarters of the City Devastated and Their Inhabitants Either Killed, Wounded of Fled?Methods Employed in Butcheiy of Men, Women and Children Too Revolting For Description. According to the latest dispatches that have come out of Russia Count Witto is making his force felt. His hand is on the helm and disorders are beginning to cease. Emperor Nicholas has signed the manifesto granting practical authority to the Finns and ii has been dispatcher! to Helsinlors, where a grave revolution was threatened, and battleships had already reached that port with 10,0(10 troops to quell the insnrrect ion. Count Witte has praetieally settled the railroad strike by giving in completely to the strikers, with whom he had a conference. Dispatches are brief front the riot centers. An Odessa dispatch says 'It is believed that the worst is now over. In several towns the entire Jewish quarter has been devastated and the inhabitants killed or wounded.'' Wholesale Massacres. A London newspaper's St. Petersburg1 correspondent estimates that in the leading provincial towns of Russia 1,000 persons have been killed and 10,000 seriously wounded in the last 24 hours. The revolutionary movement in Finland i> unchecked the Finnish national guard opposing the advance of Russian troups and compelling them to retire. Odessa. By Cable.?A dispatch, from Kisineilf snjs: "A horrible massacre has occurred heie. llundnfis have been killed. All the hospitals, pharmacies and hotels | are full of wounded and mutilated persons.*' A telegram from NicolueilT says The whole town 1-; 111 the hands of bandits who are devastating the Jew ish houses and shops and heating Jews to death without the slightest hindrance." The authorities here have similar news from other southern eities. Odessa, By Cable.?The troops wreaked .terrible vengeance on the residents of three houses from balconies of which shots were fired by unknown persons upon the soldiers. The latter immediately stormed the houses, and with unheard of barbarity, massacred all the inhabitants It is persistonly asserted that the unknown persons who fired on the troops were disguised policemen who purposely provoked the troops. The city is a dismal sight. The streets are filled with Cossacks patrols and flying detachments of the Bed Cross, which follow the bands or murderous rioters. The firing has been 66 Casualities at Sevastopol. Sevastopol, Russia, By Cable.?Si* persons were killed and sixty were wounded during the rioting Friday. All the hanks, schools and Stores are closed and the houses throughout the city are boarded up. The Black Sea Squadron, with Yi<" Admiral Biri leff's pennant flying, avnved hero from the Turkish const. Per Capita Wealth $31.69. Washington, Special.?The constant increase of wealth in the United States, outstripping even the growth of population, is shown in the statement of the amount of money in circulation, issued by the treasury department. The circulation per capita on November 1st was $31.(50, which is the highest point yet reached. A year ago the per capita was $31.38; on November 1, 1903, it was $20.99; in 1902 is was $251.55(5; in 1901 $2.8,73; and November 1, 1900, but $27,82. * lirV* *: k L SLAIN Among The Jewish ii Russia \ uninterrupted the whole day ami still eor.tinues as this dispatch is tiled. Many hundreds have hen killed or wounded. The Cossacks eagerly attack the stuilent militia, which is cuunrgeoo*iv trying to stem the hands who are massaereing and pillaging, principally in the Jewish qua'tor. The looters openly divide the goods, the.Cossacks in many cases participating in the nroeeeits <? ' tin, ? ,,KK. The rector of the University has sent a telegram to Count Witte imploring him to immediately dismiss Governor lveinhnrdt, who is held re- > sponsible for the outbreak, as otherwise catastrophe is unavoidable. Count Witte's answer has not been received The city is in a dreadful state of panic. Kven the telegraph odices were closed most of the day for the first time since thev opened. ARREST JUDGE AND CONSTABLE. Charged With Ivilline Colored Woman Near New Orleans. Now Orleans, Special.?Judge T. W. Adams, city judge of the town of Kenner, in JelTerson parish, about tea miles above New Orleans, u? d John Lcdottx, constable of his court, have horn arrested by SheiiiT Marroro, charged with the murder of a negro woman, Stella Stallwoou. a;id are now Ice! (1 up in the parish prison. On Sunday a week ago a shooting ad*ray occurred in a negro bnr-ior.m in Kenncr, in which S'oua Stallwood, a negro woman standing just outside of the saloon, was h stnntiv hilled and four negroes severely, two of them fatally, wounded, one being the husband of the dead woman, Glasgow Stallwood. A e ?roner's jury was summoned to investigate 11?*? nlYair, but although the shooting was witnessed by ^ i. - ? il .Illl'l-HT <U perSOIlS Tilt' | IIIV 1'OU 1011I<'il itscll with a verdict declaring that Stella Stallwood had come to her death from gunshot wounds, and making 110 siiw"siion as to who had indicted I hose wounds. Sheriff Marrero then visited Kenncr and reported the case v th the result that the .judge and eons'.dde of the town, charged v.ith presc rving the p 'ace, are now in ;;nil un lor the accusation of murder. Secretary Taft at Panama. Panama, By Cable.?Secretary of War Taft, accompanied by General Storey, ex-chief of artillery, retiredr Colonel Black, Engineer Corps; Colonel Edwards, Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs and W. W. Micliler. arrived here. Mr. Taft says that he comes to discuss a number of affairs with the 1'anamans. lie wishes to see what has heen accomplished this year, so that he can compare it with last year's work, so that he can tell Congress where the money has gone. He will remain at Panama until the Oth. Bank Examiner Discharged. Washington, Special.?Comptroller the Currency removed from office Bank Examiner h\ II. 'Mattern, of the Western Pennsylvania District, for failure to discover the conditions existing in the recently wrecked Enterv.. i: i D 1/ ~ 1 \t?1 fiiiac x*ai 1(111:11 ikiiiiv, ?u i\u'j;iii'iij. Mexican Ambassador Returns. Mexico City. Special.?Ambassador Cassius, wife and seven children, with his physician. Dr. Albert, left here Saturday night fur the United States via Laredo. Several stops alum; the route will be made and the ambassador will attend a banquet to bo given in his honor at St. Louis. He is now fully recovered from his recent attack of illness. Skull Fractured From Fall. Wilmington, Special.?P. Met'arson 2.1 years old, an itinerant plumber, said to be from Nashvile, Tonn., fell from the northbound train out of Wilmington near Burgaw, Saturday night and suffered a fracture ot the skull and a number of contusions about the head. He was brought to the hospital here and is in a dangerous condition though his condition showed improvement. Two brothers in Asheville have been notified of the accident, and eer on their way to Wilmington to he with the injured man. \ ItXTILE MU\ INTEREST Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and Other Manufacturing Enterprises' Denison, Texas. The Denison Cotton Mill Co., will start operations at an early day, making 8s to 14s 2 ply yarn i:i skeins. The capital stock is $150,000; W. 11. Mnn.son :s president. W. R. Munson, treasurer, T. I.. Clark, superintendent. Plant is equipped with 8,000 rinir and 4,000 twister spindles and operated by steam. This plant formerly known as the American Spinning Co., will soon install considerable new machinery in the mill. Waltcrboro, S. C. The town of Walterboro S. C., is to have a new ltllll Wltl* > .>1 'OlA vw?w*. .Kill MIDI u V??|f;iUl IM *71 W,WUU The Walterboro Cotton Mills is tin; name of the new eorporation. The incorporators are: John F. Lucas, of Walterboro; Julian Mitchell, Jr., and Walter Pringle of Charleston. Columbia. S. C. The Capital City mills. Kichlaud cotton mills ami Ciran1 ?\ cotton mills held their stockholders meetings Oct. I'd. Since their reorganization some time ago, Mr Lewis \V. l'arker has been manager of the concerns, and durinng the short time a very showing has boon made. Mr. Parker was re-elected president of the three mills. Greensboro, N. C. Two hundred additional looms are to he installed in the White Oak Cotton Mills at once, making the total in operation S00. When the full capacity is reached there will he three thousand. The Pomona Cotton Company has awarded contracts for thirty thousand tenement houses to have from four to nine rooms each. The engine, boilers and part of the machinery for the mill is expected next month. Waxahatchie, Texas. At the annual meeting of the directors ol the Waxahatchie Mills Waxahatchie, Tex. held recently a divdeiul of 10 per cent, payable January 1st, 1!UM>, was declared and instructions were issued for the enlargement of the plant as ur. i uc uun iun nniMiirr ll necessary. The mill is running 5,00(1 spindles and 150 looms on duck and towels. Graham, N. C. 1 incorporation papers have been issued at Waleigh, N. lor the Loot a Cotton Mills Company, of this place. The capital stork being ?1-5.000 and the propose to establish a cotton manufacturing plant, details of which are now under consideration. James V. Poineroy, William V. White and J. 11. White, of (Irahaiu are the incorporators. Rome, Ga. The Anchor Mills have purchased 'JO acres of land as a site for its new buildings, and will begin construction work soon. The company has derided to expend ?100,000 and install 700.000 spindles; present equipment ?,700 spindles and 70 looms Fayetteville, Tcnn. A company has been organized to manufacture cotton goods at Fayetteville, Tenn. The company?The Fayetteville Mill Company?has a capital stock of ?110,000. The incorporators are 11. K. llolmaii, A. M. McLaughlin, J. II. Wees, J. 11. A. M. McLaughlnn, J. 11. Wees, J. 11. Harms and C. T. Harms. Wilson, N, C. The Wilson Cotton Mills have declared adividend of 7per cent on ?J5,000 worth "f preferred stor and S per ct. on ? 75,000 common stock. This company operates (i,0S0 ring spindles on the manufacture of warps and yarns. Albemarle, N. C. The Klinl Mfg. Co., Albemarle, N. C., eonleniplates doubling (he capacity of thir mills and installing additional looms. Huntsvillo. Ala. The Merrimack Manufacturing Co., of lluntsville, Ala., it is reported will soon begin the erection of a third mill in lluntsvillc. The original plans of the company provide for a scries of eight mills and a bleachery and the company bought enough land for that purpose, besides establishing a system of waterworks large enough for the mills and a town of 10,0(10 population. Shelby. N. C. Mr. J. C. Smith, formerly secretary and treasurer of the Newton Cotton Mill, and a successful cotton mill man, has bought a large interest in the Shelby Cotton Mill, i i -i ? -' aiiu mi* :u><? iwiMi cifcicii secretary and treasurer of said mil!. He will enter upon his duties November 1st. Alexander City, Ala. It is rumored that Messrs. C. E. Riley & Co., of Boston, Mass., will arrange to equip and operate the Alexander City Cotton Mill. This plant has a capacity of ]">,00ft spindles, and has never been equipped with machinery. It was built several years ago. A Mere Matter of Size. She was corpulent and on her way to Chicago from New York, and was traveling with her two children, aged respectively 3 and 4 years. As far as Buffalo she had not been asked to pay for the children, but at that point the train crew changed and the new conductor. a gruff, surly-looking individual. looked askance at the children and asked for their tickets. "Why, I have none," said the mother. "How old are they?" snapped the man in blue. ' "The girl Is 3 and the hoy 4. sir." "They look pretty big for that," was the gruff rejoinder. "Well." said she of the avoirdupois, "if you're collecting fares according tc% clff* vnnM Koiine ?*" 4 w Wtuv, J W,. v* u^vtci hVb Cb&lVllld IXU1VUI for me." Needless to say, she did not pay for the children. 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A perfect tonic for old folks by giving them , new, rich, pure blood. Thoroughly tested ' for thirty years. Druggists, >1 per large bottle, with complete directions for home ] cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Or. Doscribo ( trouble and special trou medical advlco scut in sealed letter. Young Foo! and the Old. There's no fool like a young fool When tire works are concerned ? Behold them all. the victims small. With hands and faces burned, . Behold the lamed and killed and maimed, Their needless sufferings: There's no foot like I'm- Old I-'ool Who gives a child such things. There's no fool like a young fool in glorious July, To lire a 00111 b and lose a thumb And tear away an eve. To touch a light to dynamite And scatter death and noise: There's no fool like the < )ld Kool Who gives a child such toys. There's no fool like n young fool To make the Fourth a crime, 1 When every nurse ami every hoarse Is working overtime. When East and West and North and ' South. , The lists appalling grow: There'* no fool like the Old I'ool Who thinks a child should know. There's no fool liko the young fool ] Who smells the powder smoke; But the awful play that mars the Day Has ceased to be a Joke, Yet Satan tempts the Old Fool j To chuckle 'neath his breath And put among the heedless young The instruments of death. ?Life. j Clever Work of Detective. In examining a jeweler's window in Oxford street, London, which had ( been broken to permit of the extrac- ] tion of nine watches, a police sergeant noticed a little blood on the glass. ( Later on in Soho he observed a man ? with a cut. finger, so he arrested him j and found the stolen watches in his pocket. 5 1 Life is short at best?ami perhaps i that is the best thing that can be 1 said about it. So. do. 1 OLD FASHIONED FARE; tlot Biaculta, Grlddla Cakti, Plea and 1* adding*. t Tlic food that made the fathers strong is sometimes unfit for the cliil- * dren under (lie new conditions that our changing civilization is constantly j bringing in. One of Mr. Hr.van's neigh- ^ bors in the great State of Nebraska writes; j "I was raised in the South, where hot biscuits, griddle cakes, pics and puddings are eaten at almost every , meal, and by the time I located in Ne- < bra ska I found myself a sufferer from indigestion and its attendant ills?dis- ; tress and pains after meals, an almost ! constant headache, dull, heavy sleepiness by (lay and sleeplessness at night, < loss of flesh,impaired memory, etc., ete. < "I was rapidly becoming incapacitated for business when a valued friend ( suggested a change in my diet, the ' abandonment of heavy, rich stuff and the use of < liape-Nuts food. 1 followed the good advice and shall always * be thankful that I did so. "Whatever may be the experience of others, the beneficial effects of the 1 change were apparent in my case almost immediately. My stomach, which ' had rejected other food for so long, took to Grape-Nuts most kindly; in a day , or two my headache was gone. 1 began 1 to sleep healthfully and before a week } was out the scales showed that my lost weight was coming back. My memory , was restored with the renewed vigor t that I felt In body and mind. Ft?r three j years now Crape-Nuts food has kept me in prime condition, and I propose it i shall for the rest of my days. "And, by the way, my 2Vt year old ' baby is as fond of Crape-Nuts as 1 am. always insists on having it. It keeps i her as healthy and hearty as they make J them." Name given by Postum Co., \ Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Bead the little hook "The Iload h% Wellville" in pkgs. e I DRAG 3B down pains are a symptom of tt 31 can attack a woman, viz: fall it $3 generally, come irregular, paint Hi wasteful, weakening drains, d 9 nervousness, dizziness, irritabili walk, loss of appetite, color 1 WINE O II I Iof uai THE FEMALE that marvelous, curative extrac which exerts such a wonderful all female organs. Cardui j menses, stops drains and stimi pull the womb up into place. It is a sure and permanent c WRITE US A LETTER Pat aside all timidity and write us freely and frankly, in strictest confidence, telling us all your symptoms and troubles. We will send free advice (in plain, sealed envelope), how to iww cure them. Address: Ladies' Advisory Dept., The Chattanooga Mediciuu Co., T.Alton WOUI.O. 'A union of hnrteudcrs lias boon formed at Irwin, l*a. Tito crowtli of trade unionism in Franco has boon vor.v rapid. A cigarette makers' union, in Boston, Is tlie latest trade organization. Tim strike of the cotton operatives in Ghent, Belgium, lias terminated. Without a dear Edwin Booth, the tragedian, was seareoiy ever seen. All railway employes in Prussia will hereafter be examined once in live years. Young farmers in Norway can borrow money from their Government at three per cent. Oculists will ride with engineers In (lie rah on the St. Paul to test the eyesight of the men. n'l. ? i.: ..I ? - m- ii^iii-M wiu kiiumi s wages in liorlin are paid to masons Sl.;??io $2.1*1 a * ilay for piece work. ( Sir William Mulock lias decided to ' Iry employing ilenf mutes in tlio Post>rtleo Department in Canada. " One-half of tlio Italian emigrants ro- A turn to their native country after they 1 liave saved a competency abroad. 1 Stone Planermen's Union, at Boston, Mass., struck nceutly to enforce a raise of wages from $3 to $3.30 a day. 0 On December -1. at Denver. Col.. the j Vntional Alliance of Bill Posters anil Killers of America will meet in cohrention. Uniformed Japanese porters anil ^ ;vaiters will he substituted for negroes ] ui the Oriental Limited and the Great Northern. Klforts of the printers of the Soutti- ' astern States toward securing t lie j diorter workday next year are meetng with success. Owing to the briskness in the Scotch , iteel trade the Lanarkshire steel mill ; nen have had their wages advanced ' wo and one-half per cent., with tlie ' irospeet of a furllier rise in the near 'uture. a rROMixRNT rr.oPLK. The Sultan of Turkey owns more lian 2'M> bicycles. v Senator Uhauneey M. Depew lias igoil considerably in the last few c nonths. General Booth has o money and re- " les on a small legacy left, him a few rears ago. n Grand Duke Constantino of Russia 11 s said to tie the most euitured Rominoff now living. o Secretary Tnft has nm?li* himself ^ cry popular in S:m Francisco ami Central California. n The estate of the late Senator O. II. 1 r'lall. of <'oini.- ticiit, amounts to a it tie over S'JOJVin. 1 flrorge Miredilh is one of the group s >f authors Mho remain faitliful to the dil-fashioned iptlll pen. f I.onl Minto. tlie new Viceroy of In- a ha. is the third ? x llovernor-<l( nernl of ^ Canada to hold the atllee. Coventor Miguel A. Oh ro. of New \ Mexico, is one of the most extensive t (hoop breeders in lite Southwest. 'I When the King of Shim lias on his 'nil regalia lie i< supposed to represent o in outlay of more than Sl.noo.nuti. )i Field Marshal Fdltem I'asiin. the fa- 1 nous coiupteror of tireece, is alive mil in good health, in Constantinople. I Tiioinas A. Kdison declares that New ' I'ork is too noisy for him and prefers v lie seclusion of ids New Jersey xvork- 11 The German Empress is an parly r Ises and sit* down to breakfast with a 1 ip Emperor, winter aiul summer, I1 ninetually at S o'clock. I1 The Emperor of Japan will shortly risit Ise Temple to lay the tidings of T I he conclusion of the treaty of peace s jefore the spirits of his ancestors. ^ <leorge H?rnnrd Shaw, who has been s Indulging in some acrid criticism of American literary taste, is said to have ( 111" most unpardonable set of whiskers v which ever grew out of a man's face. ' The derll always gets put an extra dltion when some saint goes wrong. i . \ \ GING I le most serious trouble which H lg of the womb. With this, H ul, scanty or profuse periods, H readful backache, headache, H ity, tired feeling, inability to H and beauty. The cure is H RDUI I REfillLATno I t, or natural wino, of herbs, H 1, strengthening influence on S elieves pain, regulates the H .ilates the womb muscles to ure for all female complaints. H "I SUFFERED AWFUL PAIN I In my womb and ov?rir?," writes Mrs. BB Naomi Hake, of Webster Oroves, Mo., ".Mho in my right ami left Hides, ami H| try menSM were very painful and irregular. Since taking Cardui, I feel liko a new woman, and <lo not SB Htiffcr uh I did. It is the best lucdi- In e.ino I ever had in tuy house." EfiH NEWSY GLEANINGS. When tlie Mikado is seen In public to mnnifests no interest in his subeets. The now Williamsburg bridge, In Slow iork, is liuincd by a luisnieSpal limit. * The corner stone of a new German mspital was laid in S?twi Ejranclsco rev iciitly. The agiliiiinn f..r r. free municipal iridgo over llie Mississippi River at St. l.ouis is gaining weight. Butellers' meat is now more er* tensive in Germany than in any oilier European country except Russia. Ninove. in Belgium, and Christiana, ii Norway, have established llooserolt street. Geneva and Paris propose o tlo the same. An exhibition of British mnnufaclirOS Will lio ludil ii. V !,?%-.1?..!...... ... .V. ... ,II< AIUIUI IU 4IIU1 'airo between tin* mouths of Novem>er, 1JKH!f and Fubruary, UK)7. In consequence of the Japanese nlIInipo, tin* Hritish Burma Karri son, vliicli lias hitherto guarded India's 'astern frontiers, will be materially; educed. . In the course of Hie trial of a case ' n a London Court recently it camo nit that imported canned fruit is often tored in London warehouses for as ong as ten years. The Artists' Aid Society and tin* Utists' Fund Society, of New York 'ity. are trying to raise a fund of 1 "H 1,000 for tlie relief of the destitute rtists of that city. A London linn has constructed on lie roof of its warehouses a rifle range, o that its employes may have pracloe without going far or being put to raveling expenses. As there is no "W" in the French, inguage a gentleman named Brown: rrltes to the Paris papers suggesting r> Frcneluneii how tliey may foriu the >tter aiul tlius avoid addressing liitn s "Monsieur Brown." F EM INI N E FA NCI ES. The CJerman Empress invariably vrites with a swan quill. Miss Katherine E. Conway is the dilor of the I^oston Pilot. Marie Corelli is a small, plump womn, with curly hair and a double chin. The Empress Eugenie devotes most f her leisure time in writing her uieinirs. Mrs. Marion B. Baxter Is at the bead f tin* nnlv fpi.o linonttnl SSnntllo Vasli. I ?r. Alice Wold Tallant has accepted ehnir in tlio Woman's Medical Colego, of Philadelphia. Mr?. K. J. WV.v. of South Africa, litis iron winning honors in England in hooting tournaments. Miss Maltio Pain, living near I.uthor, tl;l:i.. Ii.'i? reported apple trios in l)loom nd a second crop of grapes on iter inos. Miss Melissa Kim. a native of Korea, vlio recently arrived in this country o study medicine, speaks English Utile well. Mrs. Pearv. during tlie several Arctic xpeditions. whereon >iie accompanied ler lmsiiaiul. became an (Xpert and earless walrus liunler. Mrs. l.ouise Kennday Ilnre. of Washington. D. has pr? sented to Denver, 'oi.. an excellent oil painting of (Jenral Denver, after wliom the city was anted. Miss Jessie Aokcriiiiin, a missionary, eerntly put oil n diver's suit in Ceylon nd brought up from the panrs, or learl oyster beds, seven valuable en rls. Miss Anna Morgan, daughter of J. 'ierpont Morgan, the financier, is deeribecl as a healthy, happy and lnarty American woman, devoted to outdoor ports. Russia's new Minister to Japan. Jeorge Haklinu Sieff, has an American rife who has out an important llguro 11 European diplomacy. It Is hard work seeking the Savfcr and serving self. , , S .... . Yl