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i f t ic-4 h < * J * < I *1 , ?VOL. II. NO. 24. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 13,1905. S1.50 Per Year. LUKE HAMMOND, THE MISER. By Prof. Win. Henry Peck, Author of th? "IE* Stone-Cotter of Uskop." Etc. CopyrUrht mm, br Bonn Bom nut's Bona. (iO right* rwerred.) CHAPTER X. Continued. "Yon gay so now. I expected you ?would," remarked Luke, coolly. "Cailinrlne Rlgln, I am a desperate man; unscrupulous when my Interest demands it. I bad Intended to use other and less severe measures to make you the wife of my sou, hut hav ing discovered that you have given your love to James Greene, and be cause you have learned of your father's existence I nm not to be trifled with now. I tell you plainly, you shall never be less a prisoner than you are now. until you are the wife of Charles Hammond." "I have never seen him," said Kate, ?with scathing contempt; "hut merely tiecanse he is your son I detest and abominate him. You are wasting time, Luke Hammond." "\our father's life depends upon your resolve." said Luke, coldly. "Wretch! Have you not already in jured him beyond barbarity Itself?" cried Kate. "You dare not tdke his life." "You forget that he Is. in fact, al ready dead and buried." said Ham mond. "The very fact that I have done "what 1 have should prove to you thai I dare do anything?and will do any thing." he said, fiercely. "Are yon. Mrs. Harker. a woman, end hear you this threat without rais ing your voice":" exclaimed Kate lo Nancy. "Tell her, Luke, tell her what I am to you. The truth may weaken her courage." said Nancy, writhing under Kate's scornful words. "I will, sometime hereafter." said I.uko. "lietter wait until Charles has arrived to urge his suit." "Leave me! in Heaven's holy name. I beg you to leave me." cried Kate. Then elasping her hands and falling upon her knees, she cried: "Oh, mother! dear mother! look (down upon thy most uufortunaie child! Ask from our God His powerful aid to free me and my poor rather from the cruelty of this wicked man. And. oh Cod! hear my mot iter's prayer!" She covered her lovely fare with her hands, and wept bitterly. "Sin? melts at last." snid Luke, wish a grim smile of triumph. "Melts!" exclaimed Kate, springing to her feet, and standing defiantly erect. "I aim rock?iron?steel to you. villain. Would to Heaveu 1 were a liv ing sword to cleave you down where you stand -thou hideous, cruel, un grateful scoundrel!" "I shall not forget your compli ments," said Hammond, quivering with rage. "1 have little time to waste in talking. You hold your father's life or death upon your lips, lie dies if you remain rebellious to my commands." "Rebellious!" said Kale. "I owe you Ho obedience." "If your father, then, shall command you to marry my son, will you obey him?" demanded Luke. "In his right reason, my father would bite his tongue off ere he would con sent to such a thing," said Kate. "Knowing tlint, I would disobey his forced or insane command. Leave me." "You hope to be rescued," sneered Luke. "You sh:ill sooner fly. You hope for the aid of James Greene. True, lie will seek for you aud tind ? a swift ami sudden death."' "Oh. Father in Heaven! This is too much!" sobbed Kate, almost swooning .With a new-born fear. "Tell me. Inhuman being that you lire! Can you be my mother's brother? Is there a single drop of kindred blood In your veins and mine?" "Why question It?" "Itecause nyf mother wn* kind, lov ing. pious, gentle?she would not force n pang from the heart of her bitterest foe. though iu being merciful she should have broken her own. And you ?you are?what? I can And no name to describe your villainy! 1 dare you. cowardly tryant, to face James Greene with a threat! lie would crush you, but for the hair or your head, which lias grown whit* with evil. . Leave me. I say!" "Take this fact to bend you with Its terror, Catharine Klgin," said Ham mond, hoarse with rage, and astounded at Iter courage. "James Greene will come here to-night; a uote in your writ ing will lure him here, lie goes not Iipihv a living man." "Heaven will protect him and puuisri you," replied brave Kate. "We shall see," said Luke, tlerccly. "I have goue too far to retreat. Jamos Greene must die or I must hang. Look at tne and say If I am .one to sacrifice Any life for that of James Greece." i He turned his dnrk and evil face so that every desperate purpose in his soul seemed blazing upon It in fearful resolve. "Leave me! You look like a fiend," ?aid Kate, shutting her eyes In'terror. , "To save the life of James Greene," ?aid Hammond, "will you consent to obey me?" ' "If James Greene loves me as I love 111m, and from my soul I believe he does." said Kate, gazing firmly at her tyrant, "he will prefer sudden death to |ftf?!ong miMxj, And to kaoK nt Uw, wife of another would be agony to him as to see him the husband of anotliei would be woe to me, Luke Hammond I place my trust whore my mothei taught me to place It. and where 1 know she now Is?In heaven!" She pointed upward ajj she spoke, ami the noble dignity and confidence of hot face and attitude abashed Hammond while be admired. "By my blood!" he muttered, as he left the room and strode along the hall. "I half wish Charles may refuse. That girl begins to turn my brain. But to force her to marry me will be intinltcly harder than to make her Mrs. Charles Hammond. Surely my son will arrive this day." He met Stephen pacing the hall. "How is he?" nsKod Luke. "Awake aud wants to see you," said Stephen. "He is perfectly sensible, then:" ?'Yes, sir. and would talk with me if I would answer him," said Stephen. "I will give him a chance to wag ins tongue," said Hammond, with a hard, cruel smile, as he entered the crimson chamber. "Good day. Elgin," snid Luke, taking a seat near the lied. "I am rejoiced to see your eye so clear. You fee\ better?" "Villain! Have you come to renew your tortures?" groaned Henry Elgin. "Where is my child?" "She Ik in tlu? whlte-and-gold cham ber. Henry Elgin, and there to remain until she shall become Charles Ham mond's wife." "She *wii| die there, then, for she loves James Greene," said Elgin. "Alas! my poor child!" "She may forget James Greene if you command her to marry Charles Hammond." "I shall not command iter. You kuow it well, Sv-oundrel." "? "Not ev't n to save your life?to regain health and freedom, Henry Elgin?" "No; not for twenty such lives as mine would 1 make tny daughter miser able. My life ami liberty! You dare not give me nty liberty; my life you art stealing from 1110 by slow torture." "To save her life, then, will you com mand her to wed Charles Hainmomi?" "Monster! Will you dare harm that innocent girl, the child of your sister?" "She must become Mrs. Hammond. I have sworn it. plotted It for years." "Luke Hammond." said Elgin, "my purse has often saved you from ruin. My house has been your home for years. All that I enjoyed you shared. Your sister was my wife; my child is your niece. Have you 110 liiimnuity. no gratitude?" "None, Henry Elgin." said Luke. "None, when to show such would be to ruin myself. 1 am upon the verge of bankruptcy. I have no friend of whom I can borrow. If I fall h will be proved a fraudulent bankruptcy. I have been entrusted with large sums by various persons. Those sums I have used in speculations, and lost every dollar. A tHue for settlement is near at hand. You are rich, very rich, and could have saved me a year ago." "The riches you call mine by right be !ong to .Tames Greene." said Elgin, "and you are already largely indebted to me for money advanced." "Too late to speak of that now." said Hammond. "Though all believe you to be dead. I have prevented a settlement of your niTalrs. My notes due to you I have destroyed. Think you I will sur fer you to go free with the power and will to ruin me? Do what I tell you? make over all your property to your daughter, as all yion now believe you have already done. Command your daughter to become the wife of my son. and you shall go free." "You would not dare trust me free. You would murder me after having gained your purpose." said Klgin. "Not If you would pledge me your solemn word of honor. Flenry Elgin, !o leave me unmolested." "What If 1 advance .von the money you need to save your reputation?" asked El;?ln. "Yon cannot, Ilenrv Elcln," said Hammond. "You are dead to tlie world. Make a will dated prior to the day of your supposed dealh. *eftv.ng jour property to your child, and she ! can advance the money at your com mand. You cannot appear again In 1 New York while 1 am In It." "You would My elsewhere with the money," said Elgin. "You are a de faulter. a villain, and would use the money so gained to pay your debts. Nor shall 1 defraud James (Ireene any longer of his rights. I have been a bad man, and now I am suffering my Just punishment. Years ago the father of James Greene. when dying, made ine the guardian of his Infant son, who now loves my daughter. I was false to the trust. Young Greene had no rela tives, and I easily gained undisputed possession of the property. Then I ap prenticed the boy to learn the carpen ter's trade. During the last three years of my life among men I repented of my villainy. ' For the sake of my child I dnred not reveal my crjme, but 1 took a course which would hove right ed James Greene and loft her with an unstained name, had you not Inter fered. I do not think you dare to mur der me, or you would have ?lpne 10 the loitant jou discovered my will/' Hammond mattered: ?'And I would, by my blood! bnt 1 thought you were dying?and I would now. had I the will." He dared not tell Henry Elgin that the will was lost, lest the knowledge should cause him to grow strong In re slstance. "You ar? right. Elgin," snld he, at length. "It Is needles to disguise the matter. The principal part of yout property is In real estate. I wish it sold, and the money to be placed iu my hnuds. Once iu my bauds I will lcavt America, and you Kliall be rentored to life and liberty. Money 1 need?money i I will hare. I now say to you plainly. I as the highwayman sjihl to the traveler j ?Your money or your life!' I Kay morn ' ?'Your moufy or two lives; your and ' your daughter's!' Think of It. I wlli give you a few hours only for reflec tion and decision. Till then, good day." And l>owing with mock polite ness Luke left the crimson chamber t? prepare the springing of the trap In had set for Jauies Greene. A deep and bitter curse rolled after him from the pallid lips of his tortured prisoner, to which Luke replied with a mocking laugh. CHAPTER XI. lt;ke iiammond sritixcR nis TitAr. After three hours of hard labor In tin? old store room, which was upon tlie ground tioor of the mansion, Luk*> Hammond pronounced his man-trap in line working order, and having retired to his library summoned old Fan. She entered the library with her half-1 idiotic, half-savage grin and waited; for orders. "Fan." said Hammond, avoiding her | sharp, distorted eyes, "there's livc-dul- j lnr gold piece for you." lie placed the coin upon the table, j and she snapped It Into her poeket in a j second. "Good! we are to have some devll'ry,*' i muitered Fan, smacking iit-r witlurid! lips. | "At 0 o'clock." said Hammond, "you j will place yourself in ihe vestibule. Af-1 tor a time it gentleman iu a white hat ! will enter the yard gate bohll.v, walk up to you, and you will say, 'The j bote!' lie will give It to yon. Tin :? i conduct him into the rear parlor, aid ! bring the note to me. l)o you unuer- j stand?" "Vcs, Mr. Hammond," said Fan. "V? ry well. Now. liaVe dinner served ! at <8. and go about your busin.ss." s::id | liamiuotid. Old Fan departed, chuckling over her good luck. "He pays well," she muttered, as she reireaied to her den near the kitchen, "l'ays well! It's a pious pleasure to serve Luke. I wonder what villainy he is about now. lie's got the true master and iu!s(_<-ss of the house locked up! Ilo! Luke Hammond, you're a line bird. Hut you pay in gold ?good red and yellow gold." Lifting a loose brick from the ljear'h ?the raised from a hole benenth a small Mick of coins, which she untied and emptied upon her bed. "Good birdies." said she. fondling the coins tenderly. "a:v you well? Here's another yellow lark to nestle with ye. Make him at home, birdies. You are the only children I have now. Don't tly away! don't!" She counted them n score of tim-'s. and returning them to the sack placed* It under the brick. "Nobody will (hid you?nobody!" she said, raking ashes over the brlei:. "You're mine?you're my sons and daughters, good birdivs!" A ixiir of greedy, longing eyes were watching her all the time through the allej \i iudow. The eyes belonged to Daniel, who had just returned from his errand and had peered In by accident. Daniel resolved to think about the matter and hastened to the library, wlf.'i'e lie found llanunond anxiously awaiting him. "\ou have l?een long emmgh to go around the globe," said his master. "1 had a time of finding him," said Daniel. "Mr. James Greene was not at his shop, but over In ltrooklyn. seeing about putting up a house, lint 1 found him." "What did he say?" asked Hammond. "He read the note, put it in his pocket very keerfully. and looked ai me saarp as a new cold cut chisel," said Daniel. "Well, what then?" "He took the sachcl. peeped into It and smiled." said Daniel. "Then he wrote on a bit of paper, gave It to me lo give to Miss Elgin, and then gave me a dollar." "He's very generous." said Ham mond. with a sneer. "Here's another dollar, so give me the bit of papv Danlvl produced a small note, neatly folded, and gave it to Hammond, who opened it and rend, written iu pencil: "Expect me. ,}, <?/? "We'll expect him." muttered Ham. tfiond. * "Now, Daniel, go relieve Ste phen. St fly; any shipping Intcll'menee?" "Yes. sir." said Daniel. "Hark Glean er coming up the bay." "Good!" almost shouted Hammond. "Daniel, there's another dollar for your nev/s." Daniel grinned, seenrrd the money In stud bowed himself out. "To be served well, pay well." said Hammond, when alone. "I've had vil lains about me all my life, and tiioy have been true to me always, beeauso I have paid well ahd promptly. That fellow. Daniel, knows I can hang him,'* and lie might have added truthfully, "and I know he might oblige me in the same manner." But the reflection was very unpleasant, and he thought oT something else. He thought of his bou Charles, To be continued. A toque formed cf shaded nastur tiums was worn with an' effective brown costume seen recently. The ma terlnl was cigar brown canvas trimmed with embroidered taffeta to match and coffea colored guipur* COTTON LEAK FOUND Termioatloi of a Great Scandal ii tbe Agricultural Department IOW A FEW BROKERS GOT NEWS Secretary Wilson Makes Public an Official Report Stating That Edward 8. Holmes Communicated Advance Information Through L. C. Van Riper to Theodore H. Price and Other New York Operators. Washington, Special.?As the result of the Investigation by secret service agents into the charges made by Rich ard Cheatham, secretary of the Cotton Planters* Asportation, that information had been given to cotton brokers in New York by some person or persons In the Bureau of Statistics of the De partment of Agriculture, Secretary Wil son made pubflc an official report in which he states that Edwin S. Holmes, the assistant statistical Los been guil ty of "Juggling" the oflcial report. The report says it has been found that Mr. Holmes communicated advance infor mation to I,. C. Riper, a New York broker, and that a Mr. Hass, of New York, who, Mr. Van Riper said, acted as a go-btween in conveying information from Holmes to other New York brokers. including Theodore Price. Steps have been taken by Secretary Wilson to prevent any further leakage of the Department figures, and an en tire re-organization of tlie Bureau of Statistics and manner of preparing monthly crop reports has been outlined by him. The papers in connection with the investigation were referred to the United States attorney for the District of Columbia and he has reported that, in his opinion, a criminal prosecution will not lie against Holnu-a. Holmes has been dismissed from the service of the Department. BROKER VAN RIPER WITNESS. According to the report. Wilson Judd, of New York, formerly in the employ of L. C. Van Riper, Induced the latter to tell of his connections with Holmes and then communicated the Informa tion to Mr. Cheatham. Van Riper became the principal wit ness In the Investigation conducted by the secret service and said he was In duced to communicate the fact that ad vanced information wns being given out by Holmes because he had heard that Holmes nnd .liis associates had intended to try to manipulate the June cotton report. Having this information as a foundation, the secret service agents interviewed numerous persons who had meen mentioned by Judd and Van Riper, as well as gathering a mass of correspondence, including many letters written by Holmes to Van Riper and others. The report made to Secretary Wilson and the Secretary's comments, Vjgether with the details of the new plan of conducting the Bureau of Sta tistics, makes more than four thousand words. It reviews the entire investi gation. beginning with the charges that were laid before Secretary Wilson by Mr. Cheatham several weeks ago. Just That Way. If an editor makes a mistake, says I the Factotum, lie has to apologize ; for It. but if tho doctor mages one | for It. but if the doctor makes one there Is a law suit, swearing and the smell of sulphur, but the doctor makes one there/ is a funeral, cut flowers and a smell of varnish. The doctor can use a word a yard long without knowing what It means, but If the editor uses It he has to spell It. If the doctor goes to see anothor man's wife he charges for the visit, but if the editor goes to seo another man's wife ho gets a charge of buck shot. When a doctor gets drunk it is a case of "overcome by heat," and If he dies It Is heart failure. When an editor gets drunk It is a case of too much booze, and If he dies it is a case of delirium tremens. Any old medical college can make a doctor You can't make an editor. He has to ?e born.?Ex. News of the Day. The body of Secretary Hay wns In terred at Cleveland with simple cere monies. the President being ono of those present. The Rdhlnicnl convention continued its sessions at Cleveland. Interesting addresses were delivered before several departments of the Na tional Educational Convention at As bury Park. Two Illinois banks, of which C. J. Devlin, the Topeka i Kan.) capitalist, was president, have closed. Refugees fleeing from the yellow fever scourge on the Isthmus of Pana ma arrived at New York, and paint conditions In the Canal Zone very dark ly. A man who registered as a son of August Belmont was arrested In Color ado Springs for alleged forgery. In New York he was declared an Impostor. The Knlaz Potemklns, with her crew of mutineers on board, has arrived at Theodosla, Crimea, and raised the standard of rebellion. She Is reported to have been seen In several other places. Sixty of the mutineers of the Poble donosetz have been Imprlsonod. and it Is thought a4l will be shot. Russia now seems anxious to con clude peace and particularly eager to conclude an armistice, fearing that another had defeat would threaten the safety of the Empire. Cossacks fired on workmen at the Potllcff works and wounded a number of them. Services lp memory of Secretary Hay were held at St. Paul's Cathedral, In London. The dignitaries sent to receive the body of Paul Jones were dined by Pre mier and Mme. Rouvler. AltING STATE BOISE MATTER / Suit of State of South Carolina Against Architects For Faulty Construction of Rspairs on 8tato Capitol Comes Up For Trial at Columbia. Columbia Special to Charlotte Observer. The civil suit which will be begun by the State in the Circuit Court here for $200,000 damages against the con tracting Arm of McIIvane. Unkefer & Company and Architect Frank P. Mil burn, for faulty construction In remod eling the State capitol, will attract much attention throughout the State. Governor Heyward and a number of other prominent men have been sum moned as witnesses and it Is expected that some sensational evidence will be brought out. In the opinion of experts twice ss much money ss was necessary to com plete the building and put it in perfect condition has already been expended, although the work is not yet complete. The scandals, following an exposure of the affair. Involving certain prominent politicians belonging to the State house commission, which accepted the work Rnd released those responsible from their bonds, caused the matter to be the subject of a number of heated ae bates in the last several Legislature. So heated. In fact, did the debates be come, that, at times, it looked as If personal violence would result. The new State house commission's architest. Mr. C. C. Wilson, declared that the new dome was faulty In construction and liable to fall in with disastrous re sults, its supports being insufficient. Governor Heyward employed yie gov ernment's leading expert. Mr. Kert Berle, who came here and passed upon the dome. For the most part he sided with Mr. M'lburn, though the commis sion loyally adhered to the contentions of its own expert. After the architect and contractors were paid for their work to complete the building, a subsequent Legislature found it necessahy to appropriate $145. 000 more to complete the repairs. A large amount of this has already been expended, in a new heating plaut and in permanent work. The principal point of difference now, and the one which will receive the most attention in the trial, is as to whether a new roof should be added to take the place of the one the contractors put,on under Architect Milhurn. The new commission has the plans and speciliea tlons for a new roof all ready for awarding the contracts, and will let these contracts, as soon as the result of the trial is known. The new roof will be of terra cotta. The failure of the million-dollar In dependent Cotton Oil Company and tho resultant failure of the $200,000 Darl ington Trust Company, will cause much suffering in and nenr Darlington, where a large amount of the atock war. held. It is understood that a controlling in terest in both concerns were held in Darlington and neighboring counties. In a number of cases the holding amounted to as little as $50 to $:i,000. but these represented the savings of years. It is stated that a number of the larger stockholders are endorsers on the company's notes to a large ex tent. However, the statement is confi dently made that no other business en terprises of that section are involved, and there are those who believe that both concerns will get on their feet again. About $100,000 worth of the stock was held in Charleston. At one time the concern's headquarters were in Charleston, with Morris Israel, of that city, as its president. The head quarters were moved to Darlington, but again transferred to Charleston, but finally went back to Darlington on in terests there acquiring control. The affairs of the two concerns will he thoroughly investigated by the re ceivers. which Judge Watls appointed Saturday. Messrs. L. K. Williamson and E. C. Llde have been appointed re ceivers for the trust company, and Mr. llrlght Williamson for the oil com pany. The complaint In the oil company cases alleges Indebtedness aggregating $520,000. The complaint urging the ap pointment of a receiyer says: "The Independent Cotton Oil Com pany owns eight oil mills, witli ware houses and other appurtenances, num erous ginneries, tank cars, live stock and applicance, has valuable contracts outstanding. Is employing a large num ber of hands, and has on hand large valuable stocks of raw material and manufactured product, and it would be disastrous to the business of the said company and to Its stockholders and creditors for its operations to be sus pended." Americans In Mexico Celebrate. Mexico City. Special.?Tho Fourth of July was celebrated by the Ameri can colony. Robert llarret read the Declaration of Independence and Am bassador Conger delivered a patriotic address. President Diaz was enter tained by the Society of the American Colony at lunch and made a brief ad dress. paying a tribute to the United States. He was cheered lustily. New Enterprises. The secretary of state last week is sued a charter to the Lynch-Letton company of this city, ? which has bought the drayage business conduct ed for many years by Mr. T. S. Har per. The capital stock is $10,noo. The Evening Post Publishing com pany of Charleston has Increased Its capitalization from $10,000 to $15,000. A commission was Issued the Benev olent and Endowment association of Columbia, a concern for the insurance of negroes. The M. L. 8ulllvan company of An derson was given a clw'.er to conduct a mercantile business, capital stock $5,000. South Carolina Items. A farmer's Institute, under the di rection of Clemson college, will be held at Moore Spring, near Duncans. Friday. July 21. The following pro fessors will make addresses on prac tical subjects: Prof. Klein of the veterinary department of Clemson, Prof. I). W. Daniel of the Industrial department. Prof. C. C. Chambllss of the entomology department, and Prof. C L. Newman of Clemson will discuss agriculture from the scientific stand point. SQUId CAROLINA CKOP BULLE1IN Conditions For Past Week a? Given Out by the Department. The section director for the South Carolina section of the Department of Agriculture issue tho following bulle j tin: The week ending Monday, July 3rd. had nearly a normal mean trai perature. it having been very high at the beginning of the week, with a max imum of DO* degrees at Hlackville on June 27tli. and was comparatively cool during the middle of the week wlthi a minimum of til at Allendale on June 29th. There was more than an aver age amount of cloudiness. The winds were mostly easterly and drying. ? Copious rains fell in the Savannah J \alley counties ami along the southern coast; excessive rains in the extreme western and northwestern couuties. The co-operative observer at Walhalla reported over thirteen inches for the week. Scattered showers, generally light occurred in the central, eastern and northeastern lounties, where the drought has only been partially re lieved. Lands were washed and bot tom lands flooded in Oconee, Pickens and parts of (ireenvllle, Anderson and Barnwell counties; in all other sections the rainfall was wholly beneficial. Cotton improved in general appear ance. although it has not attained normal size except in a few si altered localities. The cotton crop is uneven and irregular in size, growth and fruit age, though it is blooming normally over practically the whole State. There are fewer complaints of deterioration, lice and shedding than last week. In the dry sections, some plants ure blooming i?> tho top. Sea island cotton continues small, though generally healthy. There Is little, if any Improvement, in the early planted corn, which con tinues unpromising; inter planting? have improved in color ami growth, but are still being seriously injured by chinch bugs in places. Wheat tbre.ihing is under way and the yields are very poor. Rice is do ing well. Tobacco is being cured; the crop Is poor end shows the bad effects of drought. Peas are being sown ex tensively. Pastures and gardens arc parched, except vhere the recent rains have partially revived them. Water melons are being marketed. Sweet po tota sli:>s are being set. out since the rains .and where set out earlier are do ing well. The general crop outlook is more promis'ng than heretofore, but Is still poor where a moisture is defi cient. which includes about half tho State. J. W. BAl'ICR, Section Director. Slayer of Seven Women Escapes Ameri. us, (Ja., Special.?The whole sale shooting and killing of seven ne gro women lu re nl the hands of War ?vn Hicks, a black desperado, still creates the greatest excitement in the neighborhood of the tragedy. The county is appalled at the horri ble deed. The county commissioners met. and requested Governor Terrell to offer a reward for the murderer's cap ture, the commissioners making such an offer on behalf of the county. Nicks was ehnsed ten hours by ofli cors, bui is still at large. Ship Yards Strike f>prcads. St. Petersburg, fly Cable:?The strike of the Nevskv shipyard, which began Monday. became general Tuesday morning. Between r. .000 and 6,000 strikers held a meeting In the court yard o? the works. Speeches detail ing the men's grievances were deliver ed and subsequently the men attempted to form .1 procession. Thereupon the authorities requisitioned son Cossacks, who dispersed the men by the free use of their whips. There I* marked ex citement In labor circles. Leaflets are being cast broadcast detailim%^he re ccnts events at Lodz and Odessn. Telegraphic Briefs. President IlooFovelt is at Cambridge, participating l*i the jubilee of his class at Harvard. The Y:tqul Indians, the Apaches of Mexico. a:e or a raiding tour in th* country along t^.e fiau Miguel liver, and bure killed at least 12 ranchers, be tides several women and children. T. A. Deveny was. at Fairmont, awarded Judgment for $I0.<}00 in bis case agaitHt*. James I). Cook. Preside it flenjnmfn Tde Wheeler, of the I'nlve.-fdty of California, speaking at the Darmouth College commence ment. expressed a poor opinion of the wealthy class in isolation from hu manity. Leading members of the New York bar are more or less in sympathy with the views of Secretary Taft on the ad ministration of criminal law. John F. Wallace, who resigned as chief engineer of the Panama canal and, a member of the commission, has ac cepted a tfiO.OftO position with a New York corporation. (Iraeme Stewart, several times n candidate for Mayor of Chicago on the Republican ticket and prominent In the business life of the Western c??^( |a dead. Party Moves Onward. Washington. Special.?Win. If. Taft. Secretary of War. accompanied by a distinguished party. Including mem bers of both house* of Congress, nnn/ officials, the daughter of the President. Miss Alice Roosevelt, ami others, be gan their Journey to the Philippine Is lands at 5:30 o'clock Friday after noon. The party embarked In two special cars on the regular train over the Baltimore ft Ohio railroad. MUTINY NOW OVER He Last Act In Trafedy of Rassiaa Kebel Warship BLOOD-STAINED SHIP IS OCCUPIED Russian |Admiraf Arrives With His Fleet and Takes Over the Posses* sion of the Kniaz Potemkine From the Rounmanian Authorities. Kustenji, Ron nut nia. By Cable.?Ad miral Krugor boarded and took pos session of the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine. King Charles of Ron mania having sent instructions to the commauder of the Roumanian squadron that the vessel be delivered to the Russian authorities without raising difficulties. The torpedo boat which accompan ied the Kniaz 'Potemkine, however, left for Odessa without surrendering, declaring that she had not mutinied, but that tho Kniaz Potemkine had forced her to follow. Admiral Krugor arrived with his squadron Sunday morning, and after exchanging tho customary salutes. In timated that ho had come to> arrange for the transfer of the Kniaz Potem kine. Admiral Kolinsky, commander of the Roumanian squadron, boarded tho Russian battleship Tchesme and informed Admiral Kruger that King Charles had ordered him to turn tho vessel over to the Russian admiral. The formalities of the transfer were complete this afternoon, and Admiral Kruger boarded tho Kniaz Potemkine. The press representative inspected the Kniaz Potemkine after tins with drawal of the Roumanian guard. De spite the efforts of the Roumanians to get things in ship-shape, everything aboard the battleship was still in a state of wildest disorder. The officers' cabins were stripped of everything of any value, and blood stains were ev erywhere. There was sufficient am munition aboard the Kniaz Potemkine to have enabled the mutineers to make a desperate resistance. It is said that during the last few days the vessel was navigated by two engineers and an officer with revolvers at their heads. All of the sailors wished to? surren der with tho exception of Matusrhen ko, the leador of the mutiny, who re sist ed for some time, and wanted to blow up the ship. Seven officers were prisoners aboard the Kniaz Potemkine. They were in a pitiable condition from ill treatment. They declare that Matuschcnko him self killed ten officers of tho battle ship. All the papers and books belonging to the vessel were destroyed. It appears that the decision to sur render the Kniaz Potemkine was made when it became evident that no other vessels would join in tho mutiny. The crew of the battleship seemed to bo unaware of the surrender of tho CJoorgl Pohlcdonosctz and expected that she also was coming to Kustenji to capitulate to Roumania. Twenty married sailors from tho Kniaz Potemkine have applied to the Russian consul here to be sent back to Russia. The crew of torpedo boat. No. 2?;s wore given half an hour in which to surrender or leave port. A considerable number of the crew of the Kniaz Potemkine surrendered to the Russian squadron, alleging that they had acted . under compulsion. The coal supply of the mutinous bat tleship was nearly exhausted, but there was plenty of food on hoard. A Russian priest, after tin* transfer, hold a service of purification on board the Kniaz Potemkine, sprinkling tho vessel and her Hags with holy water. Admiral Kruger's squadron, which brought a crew for the Kniaz Potem kine, sailed with her for Russia. Race Riot ,n York. New York. Special?Two person* were shot, one probably fatally, in a fight between mobs of whites and ne groes in West. Sixteenth street Sun* ?lav. The troublo began when Henry Ilnrt. a colored num. was attacked in the street by a number of white boys, who accused him of Interfering with a halt game. Hart Med. pursued by a mob of whites burling stones, bricks and other missies, ami reached the tenement house where he lived. After arming himself with a revolver. Mart ran down stairs and began tiring Into tho crowd, one of the shots striking James Hunter in the side. Eight Blown to Atoms. Harrlsburg. Pn.. Special. ? Eight men were blown to pieces and two others were Injured by tho premature explosion of a big blast of rock pow. dor on the Pennsylvania Railroad Im provement near the Cumberland at 7.30 o'clock Sunday morning. Tho a* eldont occurred directly across tli? Susquehanna river from the scene ol tho Pennsylvania Railroad wreck o& May 11, Sn which T.\ persons weri killed and many ctbrm iniured. Cleveland Not to Retire. Now York. Special.?In relation t<> a report that C.iover Cleveland was con templating retiring from the trustee ship of the Kquitablo Life Assurance Society, Mr. Cleveland authorizes tho following statement: "Nothing has occurred thus far to dlssatlHfy me In the least and the Idea of rotlring from the trusteeship has uoYor entered n?* Bind."