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t FORT MILL TIMES. b??i*?? i i . S5S =======3BSSBfiS VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1905. NO. 34 IS fORJPEACE M. Witte Getting the Russians Pacificated MUCH WORK STILL AHEAD Great Efforts BeinE Made to Pacify the Common People and Quiet Them Down. St. Petersburg, l?y Cable.?Count Witte is continuing negotations with the Zemstvo Constitutionalist party with brighter prospects of at least partial success. lie makes 110 eoneeuluient ol the t'ael that he regards their support as being almost vital to the achievement ol the task which he iv undertaking. The Count is now holding a series <>| conferenees with Prince Kugeno Trmibctskoy, brother of tli<' lal" I'rinee Sergius Troubetskoy and the in.?i < t the party whom the Count wishes to take the portfolo of cdueati'-n > id \ tm;!? I'rinee PolgoroukolV, l'rot. Miiiukotf and M. Makovieh who was summoned from Moscow and M. St mve. editor of the Osvobojdenie. tho or;:m of "emancipation," published in I'aris, who arrived here recentiy alter four years exile in the cans" of freedom. The eonservtive wing of the party is becoming less iutransigeant in its attitude toward Count Witte, although demanding the lullilment of certain conditions before giving him open support. The members insist primarily on tho removal of the "wolves" of tho old regime as they term the governors and police officials of many provinces and cities who are not in sympathy with the new order of things and who are charged with delibratclv in* i;in_ t'.ie worst el ;ar: ts of the population with the full connivance of the police and troops antler their control to make attach; upon tho "intellectuals" and .lews which have filled the count, y v. ith tales of horror and bloodshed for the last ten days. This condition, Count Witte is anxious personally to meet as he fullv realizes that the obnoxious ollicials are obstacles in his own path. With the Count's promise to support a demand for a constituent assembly when the national assembly meets in January some are content ami a distinct disposition is manifested on the part of certain leaders to hold up Count Witte's hands and work with him in the introduction of the new regime. Figures On Cotton Ginned. Washington. Special.?The census bureau issued a bulletin showing: that ?ip to Nov. 1, G,4SJ,(?46 hales of cotton had been ginned in this country, liound hales are counted as half bales. The figures are the result of telegraphic reports made by agents of the census bureau from all the cotton growing States. Owing to the fact that no report was made on Nov. 1. 1904, eomparitive statistics are not available. The last previous report for the present year, showing results to October IS, last, gave 4,940,72S bales. The figures, according to today's bulletin, for the various States are as follows: Alabama N15,4."?7; Arkansas 211.113; Florida 4S.218; /< 1 MH.1 mil. I-. i: ?1? vi?-iMi?iii i,.nr.,.i;m; i nil in ii i errnory 13.ri.iKentucky 305; |,ouisnna 231,24!); Mississippi .">1(1.077: Missouri 14,181; Xovth Carolina 438,821 ; Oklahoma 144,830; Soul Ii Carolina. 822,140; Tennessee 100,247; Texas 1,092,24S a ml Virginia 7,479. $50,000 Virginia Fire. SulVork, Special.?Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock a disastcrous fire broke out in the little town of W'lia!e\\il!e, Nanseinoiul county, about ten miles from here, nearly destroying the place. Thirty buildings went up in smoke ami the loss will be about $50,000, with not more than $20,000 insurance. The lire started in the livery stables of duo. Matthews, and in a few minutes had gained such headway that it was impossible to control the flames until everything in reach had been destroyed. There is no live protection in the place, and water had to bo taken from two streams and wells nearby. Several horses and thousands of dollars' worth of stock were consumed. A Great Fire in Birimgham. Birmingham, Special.?Fire totally destroyed the five-story building on Twentieth street of the Moore & llandlov Hardware Company. The building was erected at a cost of $7">,000 and the stock was valued at $175,000. The two-story structure on Avenue A adjoining that of Moore & Hundley and recently occupied by the Avondale Laundry, was also burned, the loss being $10,000. The plant of the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company on venue A was totally destroyed with the contents, the loss being estimated at $12,000. FIERCE ELECTION CONTEST William Randolph Hearst Contests the New York Election, Charging Fraud ; By Wholesale. New York, Special.?Immediately upon the announcement o{' the result of the election Tuesday, Mr. Hearst pave notice of contest, and evidences of fraud have accumulated rapidly ever since. Atoorney General Mayer stated Tlmrc/lmr ..i..!,! ll.nt l.? I....I ~ : 1 Attut^.u Y nielli (tun UU Alclll I UfflVfU information of the recovery from the North river of certain ballot boxes used in the election . Tie said the matter was under investigation. The contest over the mayoralty election, inaugurated by William Kandolph Ilearst. the Municipal Owenership candidate, developed interesting and spectular features Thursday. For twelve hours the boxes containing nearly (500,000 ballots cast in last Tuesday's election choked the streets iu the vicinity of the headquarters of . i.e boa id of electors in Sixth avenue between Fortv-tirst and Forty-second streets. The ballot boxes had been gathered during the night by the police and conveyed in pat rid wagons to the election hoard's headquarters. There the oilirials refused to receive the ballot boxes and the police, acting under a court order signed by Justice (Jayuor, compelling the police authorities to turn the ballots over to the election board, had nothing to do hut remain outside and await the pleasure of the election oflicials COMPFLLFI) TO RECEIVE BOXlvS Appraised of the situation the attorneys of Mr. Hearst appearcl fore Justice Dickey of the State > > preme Court, and secured f: on ii.r. : order compelling Joint 11. \'oorh president of the board of electors, m accept the boxes. The order was served promptly and the ballots then were receipted for by the election board. Under strong guards the patrol wagons containing thu boxes were driven to various warehouses in this city and Brooklyn, where the ballots | were stored subject to the orders ot I the election board. State Attorney General Julius M er had a long and important corner ence with District Attorney Jcmm . after which it was announced that the Attorney General's office woirtd remain open until midnight. Supcrin tetident of Klections Morgan appeared before Messrs. Mayer and Jerome with six of his deputies, and placed evidence before the prosecuting ofi'-ials. Another feature of the contisi was the announcement by the Citizens' Union that it would join the forces investigating the charges ot fraud ami wrong doing at Tuesday's election, its prime object being to secure a now | election law in the State of New | York. PK1XTK1) BOGUS BALLOTS. Mr. Hearst's order was obtained iron Justice Gzyitor after the circulation of a storv that a printing firm had been turning out large untnbeds of lac simples of the oltvial Ballot and that these were to be marked for Mct'lellan and placed in the bali lot boxes in place of the llearst ballots to be removed. The moment this l.. i i : * * * mini'i rcanieti nenrsi neailquarters it was decided tiiat the ballot ought not to remain longer in the station houses, anil the application of Justice ! (Jnynor was made as quickly as the papers eonld he drawn up It was reported ilia' many of the ballot hoxi s in Hrooklvn were not properly sealed and that their rovers were merely pasted down making it possible for any ..' son to open the box and close it nraib without detection. The law requires that the boxes be closed with wax. Among the allies aiding Hearst is William M. Ivlns. the Republican candidate for mayor in Tuesday's election. Mr. Ivies volunteered his services to Mr. Hearst and the offer was accepted. Another attorney acting for Hearst is Judge John F. Dillon, who was at one time Judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa. Came Together on a Curve. Wilkesbnrre, Pa., Special.?Five persons were killed, 10 seriously injured and a score slightly hurt in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a coal train on the Delaware, l.uckawunna & Western railroad, near Huntlock's creek, a short distance fom this city. All of the killed were trainmen. The injuries to the passengers were caused by the territie force of the trains coming together, the engine on the ? sscnger train being forced almost through the baggage car. The passenger train dashed into the freight on a sharp curve. LARGE OUTLAY I Sixteen Million Dollars More i for Coast Defences fOR RIVERS AND HARBORS Chief of Engineers MaKenzio's Report Makes Estimates, in Addition to $28,693,434 Already Expended, For Construction of Sea Coast Fortification. Washington, Special.?Sixteen million dollars will be necessary to complete the engineering work of fortifications of the sea coast of the United States under plans of the Endicott hoard, according to the report of Brigadier General Alexander McKenzie, chief of engineers. There has already been appropriated for this purpose $2S,li!>3,434. Permanent projects ai .>i cliMerenl points have been adopted and most of them are well under way. These points include: Baltimore, Washington, Hampton Roads, entrance to Cluspeake Bay at Cape Henry, Cape Fear river, Charleston, Port Royal, Savannah, St. John's River, Key West, Tampa Bay, Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston. The defense of the Great Lake and the St. Lawrence river is under consideration. The estimate for the completion of these fortifications docs not contemplate anything more than the projects outlined by the Endicott board Modern appliances and additional j rejects which may ha adopted by the Tuft board appointed last summer ?nd the fortifications of the insular possessions nun increase the estimates vlu n' additional work is approved by Congress. It is estimated ii it $4,203,404 will be roipiirnd to put uto execution by 'lie engineer clopaitment the schemes of the artillery and signal corps for control of the sea coast defenses. The reconstruction of the works dostroped by the storm og 1900 at Galveston is nearly completed, but the barracks and quarters and other post buildings which must be located at Forts Travis and San Jacinto are unprotected, as well as range-finder stations and other engineer accessories. W'nrl: litiv: lwwn nrnirvneunw# ...? ....v ?vvi? |/i\/^i\.n0iU5 Ull IIIU fortifications i'or the defenses of Manila Hay and Subig Hay, Philippine Islands, and at the naval station at (luuntannmo Hay. Cnl?a, and for the purchase of sites for fortifications in Hawaii. NVsyot at ions have been continued for the acquisition of a tract at Mobile, Ala., and another near Charleston. S. ('. The total estimates i'or fortification works under the engineer do an 43 ve not Ph Ha lan wa L impre. -anus reached $-2.3S3,(>23. This does not include under the Mississippi river commission. No estimates arc made this year for river and harbor improvements save those provided for under continuing contracts. This amounts* to ?!". l-">(i,S()l. An estimate of :r'2,000,0(*0 for the Mississippi river commission is made The estimates for tin* continuing ol contracts inelvdc the following: iv.i : v.... i..... i M il \? ?11 I I I) I I i I T Vf <11111 Pennsylvania, $1.000,000; Savannah harbor, (Ja., $210,000; St. John's river, Floriada. $!{00,7"0; Ihlshoro I lay. Florida. $d 1 ; Black Warrior and Tomhitrbee rivers. Ala.. $(>0.'{,40(>* Southwest Pass, Mississippi river. $.">( 0.001); South Pass, Mississippi river. $">0,000; Bayou Plaquem'tue, Louisiana, .$100,000 ; Gnlvston liavhor. Texas, $2~>0,000; (ialveslon ship clianne!, Texas, $200,000; Cumberland rivor above Nashville. Tcnn., $200,000; Tennessee river, Chattannoya, Tenn., to Riverlon, Ala., $*240,000. Finns Get Sclf-Govcrnment. .st. I'eter.sbnrg, l*y i. aDic?me manifesto of Emperor Nicholas granting th? demands of the Finns has been signed and dispatched to Helsingfors. It convokes the Diet on December 20. abolishes the dictatorship, rescinds Governor General TiobrokotT's illegnl enactments, annuls the manifesto of F? bruarv 15th, 1800, which provided for '-op.Tuon legislation in the empire, nrd all the la vs since enacted. "It an.ionn -es that the evtiaordinary Diet now convoked is for tl.e revision oi the Diet's electoral b^sis. ENGLISH POOR DESPERATE Enormous Crowds March to Municipal Oliices, Where Fremicr Ealfcur Makes a "Speech oi' Despair" to Deputation of ?0?Starting of Industries at .National Expense Deprecated by Premier. London, By Cable.?The desperate condition of the poor of London was brought to the notice of Premier Pudfour by a remarkable deputation of | the wives atul other women relatives af the unemployed who did not hesitate to tell the Premier that unless something is speedily done to lessen tlu ir sufferings there would be bloodshed. "Don't forget that hungry men are desperate men," said one of the Speakers, who all bad the same tale to tell of husbands out of work and starving wives and children. Knor110ns crowds of women from all parts if London marched through the streets headed by a deputation which Mr. Balfour received at the olliee of the local government board. Only thirty of the women were admitted to the presentee o! Mr. Balfour. The "ll lllil'l- \\**1C VI I'V CVMIilvollinl... 11.. I irknowledged that illy y\il was very real, but lie hail li'lle to suggest in the way of alle viation except ;.n exoression of hope that public charity tvouhl comu to the aid of the untmdoved. lie deprecated the socialistic mggesti'm that industries should be started at the national expense for the henetit of the unemployed as calculated to destroy the springs of jnterprise and energy of the nation. At the eloso of Mr. ltaHour's 'speech of despair" as the delegates described it, Mi's. Crooks, wife of Williams Crooks, a Labor party member of the House of Commons, and several other women excitedly m\ itoil Mr. Balfour to come and live among them for j few months. The IVemi r remarked 'hat he was quite aware that nothing he had said could he other than disappointing. Tliev liad his genuine sympathy and he felt most acutely the magnitude of the evil from which they were suffering. A mass meeting of ihe women was held later to hear the report of the delegation. Mr. Crooks, M. I'., said that Mr. Balfour's reply to the delegation was unworthy of the Premier of a great country. The mention of Mr. Balfour's name was greeted with a storm of hisses. Havana in Unsanitary Condition. Washington, Special.?Senator Cul loin, minus, ciiairninii 01 me lun-inn relations committee, called on the President to Iodj*e complaints against the Cuban government tor not "keeping promise to maintain the city of vana in a sanitary condition. He 1 that he had been informed by a nber of business men that the Cu:s had built no seweraire system re the Americans evacuated and lertenn residents fear an epidemic I 1 e the consequence. Cars Crash in Knoxville. vnoxvillc, Special.?A ear loaded with paving material collided with an incomin.uf suburban electric car Friday afternoon on Vest Main Avenue, opposite the Fniversity of Tennessee campus. Nine persons, all living here were injured, .lames Vainer, motorman, may die. Aimon; the others hurt are: Mrs. W. K. I.. Mounteastle, vein in throat severed; and V. S. Shields, president i'ity Fatioual Panic, cut on head. The accident occurred at the bottom of two 11; 1 s. !t is claimed that tho brakes on (lie work car failed to work. No More Tolls On Little Kanawha T,nrkoisbnr:r, Spreirl.?Tlio Little Knnawlia river, v hirh lias been eontrolled for 10 years by a corporation wli'u'b e::aele?l t<<!' on nil passenyers and freight, was Kr'o iy liirnod over to the i nili'<l S.. t under purcbas" recently made, end i'rom now on will be a free river. Nn\ locks and a dam will be built to imp: >vc navigation. End of Suit-Case Mystery. Boston, Special? What is confidently believed to be the bend of Susanna A. Geary, the dress suit case victim was recovered in a leather handbag from t lie botton of the lmrlx>r Sunday. It was dragged to the surface very near the point where Lewis W. Crawford and Wm. Uoword. who have confessed to disposing of the dismembered body of the girl, said they dropped it from the stern of an East Boston ferry boat. The head completes t.:o body of the girl. I " CUT I" says the doctor to many of II doesn't know of any medicinal Eg cure womb or ovarian trouble: !H9 That such a medicine exi: ES bY the wonderful cures pe Be] in thousands of cases, by I *" CA 1 IT CURES WO It has saved the lives women, and has rescued t melancholy lifetime of chron t.sj you, if you will only give i Sold at every drug store i [d WRITE US A LETTER UVV ?..* f J- ? rui, naiuc ail lltmutty ?nd write US KSg freely and frankly, in strictest conliJbW dence, telling us all your symptoms |9 and troubles. Wo will send free advice S3 (in plain, sealed envelope;, how to ifwj cure them. Address: Ladies'Advisory Bept., The Chattanooga Mcdiciuo Co., )'"Jm Chattanooga, Ten a. rEKSONAL GOSSCP. Charles ICnltonhauser. of Pittsburg, weighs r?(?r> pounds. IIo is ia alderman. of course. Alexander Bibot is a candidate for the place of Audiffret-Pas?iuie* in the French Academy. The lafc Julius Stlnde is ni* of the greatest wits in recent yearo in the German book world. John Muir. tho discoverer of Mtiir Glacier, in Alaska, is a venerable naturalist and geologist. Bishop Mora, of Hidalgo. Mexico, recently cele' rated mass loOO foet below the earth's surface. Colonel I-'inSny Anderson, a wellknown journalist, tied iit New York. Professor Chert utcr, the famous German eotnie iliuatrator, celebrated his sixtieth birthday recently. .lame J. Papatheodorokoumountourtourgcotototolous registered in Chicago. T1 nauie is said to be genuine. Charles M. Schwab has placed an order at Providence, It. 1., for a carved silver-gilt dinner service at a cost of ?l"?O.(X)0. John Butler Iturkr, through the discovery of radiographs, lias suddenly become the most talkcd-of man in the United Kingdom. The death of Baron Alphonse de ltolhsrhilil has entailed the rccona unction of the French branch. Dr. C'olstine de (lariua Giay. of Ivcntlll'kv lllis l?l>l>ll t 11.? mnlii ui.iittntimi Atlantic City this season, with his lit! suits and tics to match. M. Itostaial has made a record. Ho lias declined an offer of .$.'{<>,000 for a single magazine publication of his new play, "Chanteeler." The Bureau of l'lant Industry of the Depaif'oent of Agriculture lias employe: r. M. Freeman, of the University in .Minnesota, to devote Ids entiro time to the study of rusts of the ceiva! crops and grasses. Father and Two F>< nrt Must Face The Gallows. YaMo-ta. (!a.. Special. Tlte snpi". *11 'court of Georgia lms allinned tlte d< ci-i uis of tli** lower court in the ease < f the Wawlins : ten convicted of 1I10 murder of the two Carter children near here, J. 'J. Iiawlings, the father, an i two of his sons, Milton and .less**, mi': I go to the ''allows, while another son. Leonard, must serve a life sentence in the penitentiary. Murder and Suicide. North Willteshoro, Special. News conic from vValuu ra that a man nam .i .Joseph Sanders living near Virgil, whipped his wife and that she 1 11 home, croinir to her brother's house. Tin* husband l'?!uv <??I li *r, waiting for her apj?oarsuic?> md when she eanie nut shot her through tin' head. SIm-! insii;! !v. lie then went into the w<-oils* :\;'d \i 11?-?i himself. Ey "W ire and Cable. Count Wit to is slowly progressing in his work to establish constitutional government :>:i?l order in ltussia. William T Stead, who lias just arrived in Ihr'iue from Hnssia. irives his irnpressioi ; ? !' what he describes as "ii?11 prel'v well let loose." Jewish reside t< New York have started a nio\e:n>nt lor the relief of those who si.Ii< r? 1 L. the massacres in Russia. Run cs and Roomers. "I Just hear I of a fallow who took a room up at that 1>1r hotel." said the first summer mar, "a: d when he pot a ehanee stole a lot of money from the other Inmates." "Yes?" sahl Jf ' v: "another ease of a had roofer ' im currency." r out"i his lady patients, because he B I treatment that will positively s, except the surgeon's knife. B sts, however, has been proved rformcd on diseased women, ROUS I MB DISEASE. 3 of thousands of weak, sick IK housands of others from a 3?| ic invalidism. It will cure Em t a chance. Try it. Mb n $ i.oo bottles. M GAVE UP SUPPORTER. !?g "I woro r Btijiportor for four yrnr?, to tprj RSjj npniy wmnb, w filch \\ vi crowded ovryi hit* j Krai down bpfurell." writer Mr*. H. J. C?brtK?:i . J2S ?-f Mati'Mvillr. N. Y. "M y doctor tel l u.c mo v8? liu'dli'tno wouli! help nu>. I *ufTir. ttr >11 ifS misery,and could hardly walk. A('.r:i i k W two bottles of t'nrdul I irnveiir>myrii|>t>oriei', M? Now I Itin taking mv fifth both-, luive no bad fesllntts as formerly, and can be otitny fact 9S ratf a day at a time. I strom;ly recOtlantitid BST I Cardul loctcry sutloririK woumu." gW IWMMUlillHBHMtibJitJIfSilHE-fa i ?? . - ?r? ? ? A.; I.ABOIl NOTKS. A 5?f:tIo convention of machinists* '<>(lgcs nit't :tl 1'oslmi. Mass. An apprentice hoys' society is being organized at Boston. Mass. Kansas City. Mo., is going to have its Latior Temple erected next spring. A number of grievances of the stage employes of Lynn, Mass., have been settled. Automobile glasses are being nsetl quite extensively by engineinen as a protection to tlie eyes. At BulValo. N. V.. tile strike of the riveters at the F.mniro Shipbuilding Cot ipnny's yards is still on. Los Angeles, Cal., L.ilio'* Tempi? sells enough union igars to keep livi'nly union eigatviakers employed. The old jurisdiction dispute between the woodworkers and the carpenters has broken out again in Milwaukee. The Shipping Trades Federation, a dcfensAc alliance of union freight handlers and teamsters, lias beci^ launched at Chicago. T* Highly miners at tlio Aita minei*. Telluride, Col., went 011 strike when requested to take out cards iu the Mine Owners' Association. * The Supreme Court of Michigan has lield that the law requiring that a clause lie inserted in contracts for public works to employ union men is constitution:! 1 1 *iiioii painters of rittston. Scranton. <'arbomlale. Wilkesbarre, I'a.. ami vicinity organized a district couneil to lie known as the ''ainters' District Council. sigtialures of every .job printer in San Diego, Cal.. have been secured by the representative of tho Typographic eal Union to an eight hour day, beginning next January Wages of firemen, oilers, water tenders. seamen, second cooks atul porters were advanced October 1. when the lake carriers' fall schedule of Wages went into effect. Car Conductor Falls and Dies Under * Wheels. , Tampa. Kla.. Special.?Thomas Hughes, white. 21! years old, a conductor on a trolley line running between St. lVtcrshurg and l'ass(Srillc. 1VU bclween the car and tho railer and the wheels passed over his body. Hughes died soon after being taken to St. lVtersluirg. I Inches was from New ^ ??rk, whero his parents are said to he proiniucnt. Saw Father Murder Child Ktiox\ i 1 !<-. Special lames W .nsted has been confined to jail at lingers7ill'-, Tcnn.. for several weeks on the eitargr ot liavin : in11r?J? i < > 1 ins mvii child. The evidence n?r.iin-t him, which was purely cirer.nislsint ial, was to 1 isiv<* he. u IleaI'd thi? week in court Win led's wife, a suli'erar from consumption. while lying <m h> r death bed. has .just made a confession thai vh- saw tin? ciinu' committed, the gir! bonier lier stepchild. Engine Boiler Exploded. Dallas, Texas, Xn< d \ wreck occurred on the Hudson and Texas Central railroad near ranis early Xaturday. Brakeinan Die in was killed outright and Engineer "avenport ami P'ircman Trailer probably were fatally injured. A pa- "ii r< r train runnim at moderat" ?p(;- d. - \ <1 railed by Hit explosion of tJie loua tive boiler Sever coaches left the track and the roar k~n i r. . ii i > m-ti t? ;i7> H>I n III> Mil mfVIM'ltl lllKIMFCfl yards. Now* oi the jiasscnutM s wni seriously injured. SOUL. "What do you consider yui na? terptorc?" asked Miss Oushington. "Lost Love," repl'od tho magazine poet. "I sold it for nearly $2 a line." ?Chicago IL cord-Herald. J