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Mar YOL. XX^s "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN TJ.IY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." BEN NETTS VILLE, S.O., FIlIDAYvfSEPTEMJiEll 15. 1905. I?, i NO. w. M TREATY SIGNED. Church Bells Peal Forth the Joy ful New s of Peace. THEY SHAKE HANDS, As the Treaty is Signed Russia's En voys Extend thc Hand of Friend ship Which Is (hasped by the Japan's Representative. A Secret Conference. A dispatch from Port s rr ou ?ib., N. H., says Ibo treaty of Portsmouth was signed shortly before 4 o'clock Tues day afternoon in the conference room of tho navy general storo at the navy yard. The tiring of a national haluto of 10 guns was tho signal which told people of Portsmouth, Ktttcry and Newcastle that the peace of Ports mouth was an accomplished fact and the church bells In tho three towns were soon pealing forth a joyful rc frain. For 47 minutes thoso outside the conference room anxiously awaltud the signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed to tho entrance of the peaco building and v/aived his hand to the gunner a few feet away and the opening shot of the salute rang out on the clear air of the soft September afternoon proclaiming peaco between Russia and Japan. Up to thc moment of signing thc treaty, no word had broken thesilcnco of the conference room. Throwing his pen aside, Mr. Witte without a word reached across the table and grasped Baron Komura's hand. Ills confreres followed and thc Russian and Japan ese delegates remained for a moment in silence, their right hands tightly Clasped across the conference table. The war was over-Russia aud Japan were once more friends. This simple ceremony rang true and deeply Impressed tho attaches and sec retaries of the two missions, who, with the invited witnesses, had form ed a large circle around tho delegates Bitting au the table. Baron dc lloren was the lirst to break the silence. Rising from his seat the ambassador, looking Baron Komuraand Mr. Takahlra straight In tho eye, said a few words which one had only to hear to know that thev oame from ills heart. He began by saying that ho wished on bohalf or Mr. Witto, Russia's first plenipoten tiary, and in his own name to say a few words. "We have signed," continued the ambassador, "an act which will have forever a place In the annals of his tory. As negotiators on behal fof the cmplroof Russia, as well as the em pire of Japan, we may with tranquil conscience say that wo have done all that was in cir power In order to bring about the peace for which the. whole civilized world was longing. We earnestly hope that friendly relations between the t?v*o empiros will hence forth bc liimly established and we trust that his excellency, Baron Ko mura, as minister of foreign affairs and one of the leading statesmen of his country, will apply to the strength ening of theso relations the wide ex perience and wise statesmanship he so conspicuously displayed during bliese negotiations which have now bcon so auspiciously concluded." Baron Ko rou ra replied that he shar ed entirely the v.ews of Baron dr -Upsen. The treaty of Portsmouth which they had Just signed, lie said, was in the inte?est cf humanity and civilization and ho was happy to be lieve that lt would bring about a firm, lasting pr ace between tho two neighboring empires, lie begged to assure the Russian plenipotentiaries that it would bc his duty as well as his pleasure to do everything in his power to make the treaty In fact what it professes to be In woidt.-a treaty of peace ai d amity. Ab thc conclusion of Baron Ko mura's remarks Mr. Witte an se and said he dosi ?ed to soe Baron do Rosen and the Japanese piculpotentaries alone for a few minutes. Tue four ro tired to the Russian ellice and were c oseted for ten minutes. What trans pired In that anal conference of the peauemakcrs, tho world may ne vor know. Tho plenipotentiaries have re fused to discuss it tvjii to their secre taries. The ent ire Russian mission, headed by Mr. Wlbtc, attended a thanksglv lng service celebrated In Christ [epis copal church both by American and Russian clergymen. Reentering the hotel, one of the chief members of the .Japanese mission said: "The treaty signed Tuesday may bo tho mi st Im portant historical feature of the twentieth century.1' wimi tho Treaty stipulates. The following is the treaby as li nal ly ii greed upon: Article 1 stipulates for the re-estab lishment of peaco and friendship be tween thc sovereigns of the two cm pires, arni between the sublocts of Rus sia and Japan, respectively. Article 2. Tho Emperor of Russia recognizes thc preponderent lutero?t from political, military and economi cal points of view cf Japan.' in Korea and stipulates that Russia will nob op pose any measures for Its government, protection or control that Japan will deem incensary to take lo Korea In conjunction with the Lorean gi vern* ment, hut Russian subjects and R is slan enterprises arc bo enjoy tho samo status as subjects and enterprises of other countries. Article :i. It ls mulnilly agrood that the borrltory rf Manchuria be simultaneously evacuated by both bbc Russian and Japanese broops. Both countries aro coi o i med In this o vacua Mon, tholr situations hoing absolutely identical. All rights acquired hy pri vate persons and companies shall re main int: ct. Article 4. RI ff h tfl possessed by Rus sia In conformity with the lcaso hy Busala of Port Arthur and Dalny to gcther with the lands and waters ad jacent shall pass ovor In their entirety to Japan, but tho properties and rights of Itu alan suVjiots are to bo safeguarded and respected. Artlolo 6. The governments of Russia and Japan engage themselves reciprocally not feo put any obstaoles to the general measures (which shall be alike for all nations,) that China may take for tho development of tho j commerce and industry of Manchuria. Article 0. The Manchurian rail way shall bo operated Jointly between Russia and Japan. Tho branch lines shall be employed only for commercial and industrial purposes. lu view of Russia keeping her branch line with all right? acquired by her convention with China for the construction of that railway. Japan acquires tho mines lu connection with such branch lino whinh falls to ber; however, thc rights of private parties or prlvato en terprises are to bo respected. Both parties to this treaty remain absolute ly free to undertake what they diem flt on expropriated ground. Article 7. Russia and Japan cn gage themselves to make a o injune tion of the two branch lines willoh they own at Kouang Toheng. Article 8. It is agreed that thr branch lines of tho Manchurian rail way shall bo worked with a view to assuro commercial tremo between them without obstruction. Article 9. Russia cedes to Japan the southern part of Sakhalin liland as far north as thc li fl loth degree of north latitude, together with tho is lands depending theroon. The righi of free navigation ls assured lu the Hays of La Perouse and T?rtaro. Article 10. This article recites the situation of Russian subjects of the southern part of Sakhalin Island and stipul?tes that the Riss!an colonists there shall ba free and shall have the right to remain without changing their nationality. Percontra, the Japanese government shall have thc right to force Russian convicts to leave the territory which ls ocded to her. Article ll. Russia engages herself to Japanese subjects the light to tish In thc Russian territorial waters of the sea of Japan, sea of Okhotsk and Behring sea. Article 12. Thc two high contract ing parties engage themselves to rc i new thc commercial treacy existing between the two governments prior to the war in all its vigor with slight modifications In details and with u most favored nation clause. Article Ll. Russia and Japan re ciprooaily ergiige to restitute their prisoners of war on paying the real cost of keeping thc same suoh claim for cost to be supported by documents. Article 14, This peace treaty shall bo drawn up In two languages, French and English, tho French text being evldouco for the Russians and the English text for the Japanese, In case of a diflleulty of interpretation the French dechment is to bo tho linal evidence. Article 15. Ratification of this treaty shall be countersigned by the sovereigns of tho two States within lifty days after Its signature. Thc French and American embassies shall be Intermediarios between tho Japa uoie and Russian governments to an nounce by telegraph the the ratlllca tion of tho ttcaty. Two additional artlolcs arc agreed to as follows: Article 1. Tho evacutlon of Man churia by both armies shall be com plete within eighteen months from tho signing of tho treaty, beginning with the retirement of the troops of tho lirst line. At thc expiration of eighteen months the two parties will only bc able to leave as guards for the railway fifteen soldiers per Kilometer. Article 2. Tho boundary which limits thc parts owned respectively by Russia and Japan in Sakhalin Island shall be dciliiitely marked off on the spot by a special limltographio com mission. FELL FIVE STORIES. i.ittio itoy SH|)M Down vive t'lSoapo, li.uulii in Mud. At Now York Frank Wagner, three years old, stood on tho tire escapo on the fifth Moor of No. 18811 First ave nue yesterday afternoon and with tear-lilied eyes, saw pretty little Graco Kratn playing with her dolls in thc yard next door. Frank wanted to "play doll house," hut his mother told ulm he must stay upstairs. She cum premised by letting him watch bis little obum fr,,m above. Frank leaned against thc railing of the lire escape and had a vision of the time when lie would bo grown up and could play when and where he likod. The little girl looked up and smiled. It wfis a very inviting smile ! and lt was Frank's undoing. Ho climbed to tho top of thc railing.slip ped and fell Ho landed Ina mud pile waist dcop, within a fow feet of t ho girl and lier dollies. Mrs. Wagner, whe saw her son disappear ovor the railing, shriek od and ran to tho yard expecting to soe the mangled form of her child, but instead she saw her boy calmly removing the mud from his Sunday dress, and thc veracious neighbors even assort that his ilrst words were, "Gracie, me como down to play with | conies. " Apparently thc child was entirely I unhurt, and an ambulance doctor could lind nota mark upon thc boy's body. As a matter of precaution the child was taken to Harlem Hospital to watch for symptoms of Internal Injury. When bc hoard that af tor al he was not to play with fl race and her dolls, Krank crlod bitterly, The world seemed very gloomy to lilm. VOSBOIS Ashoro. Tho steamship Aragon and Lue. barge Saxon, being towed by thc Aragon, both lumber laden, from Georgetown to Now York, were caught in a severe storm Sunday night and tho hawser became entangled In the stoamer's propoller. Tnlg left thc Aragon and the Saxon helpless and both vessels wero driven hard ashore Wednesday night on the Virginia coast, two milos BOU th of False Capo. lt ls reported that the barge Saxon was floating, but the steamer Aragon Is still hard aboard tho Aragon. PLAIN TALK Senator Tillman Wants State Board ol Control to Resign;. SPEAKS AT TIE7AH. Thc Senior Senator Calls Upon the Gov ernor to Hxercise His Power, ned Remove the State Board. Sen ator Brice Agreed With Seuator Tillman. The Rock Hill correspondent O? Tho State says Tirzah, the seme of many and glorious tilts In this politi cal arena, was again tho battleground Tuurtday, and fully 2,500 people were gathered to witness tho combat. A giant picnic, the klud that has made Tirzah famous, had been arranged and put feet weather, with the excellent Gold Hill band, made the occasion a succ?s?. In responso to a numerously signed Invitation to talk dispensary and re ply to charges made at a recent prohibition meeting in Yorkville, Sen ator Tillman was present. Senator Brice was on hand to represent the anti dispensary side of thc question. Senator Tillman was in line form and spoke for two hours. Senator Bric; made a vigor?.usspeeoh. Inquiry among representative men In the auuienoe failed to show that sentiment agaiuts the dispensary had been changed, the gcnoral opinion being that the county would vote thc Institution out. Senator Tillman made much the same speech that he has made else where, tho only new feature of Im portance being a demand that the governor exercise his power and re move the members of thc State dis pensary board at once. A "bands up'" vote belog called for, lt was sson that tko crowd was with him on that pro position. Senator Brleo was, under the ar rangement, tho first speaker, He vig orously denounced the whole dispen sary system, maintaining that it was undemocratic, that lt makes every cit Izen whether he will or nor a partner In the liquor business, that it digni fies the sale of liquor and malus it popular, respectable and reputable, that it attempts to make thc sale and drluglng of liquor a permanent and fixed institution by fastoning it on tc one of cur mest cherished institutions, our public school system, that it h:* increased murder *?0 per cont, and as sault and battery 40 per cent., that it is a common cheat and swindle, a snare, a delusion, and fraud, and 8 vast lake of pitch that de liles and blackens every one who touches it. lt Is a deadly vampire that hovers with its black and hellish wings over every homo In South Carolina. It ls a whit ed sepulchre, beautiful whithout but full of dead men's bones and all un cleanness. Mr. Bric-; stated that the dispensary system could never be cleansed. Ile said: "I shall never vote as your senator to purify any si.ch black law as the dispensary, and I will light lt to the last ditch. Tho only law 1 will support is one to kill." JI :s speech was woll received. He spoke foi an hour. At its conclu don Chairman Wilburn adjourned the mooting for dinner. Smator Tillman spoke for two hours, (hvotlng mindi of his time to .Mr. Brice, tho Yorkville Enquirerand otheis whom he alleged had Impugn ed Ins character. Ills line of argument .. as that the sale of liquor cannot he stopped, that men will nave it In spite of prohibitory law, that its illegal sale wou.d mean moro harm than its salo lawfully, and that as long as lt could not be kept out lt should be sold In tho least harmful way. Ile declar ed ho was as much of an advocate ol the dispensary as ever, and that he would always stand for tho system as protected and hedged about when he approved lt as governor and undertook to enforce lt. He said as originally designed lt decreased drunkenness and gave no opportunity for stealing. The legislature had later so changed the law and put suoh men In charge as ti' give thieves every chanco. The legis lature was dirooily responsible. If the dispensary law had beru carried out in good faith by a governor--and l wont say legislature, for God have mercy on any la vs the legislature en [acts-If supported by that large ele ment believing it wrong to sell lbj nor at all, coupled with honest administra ti on by the executive olnoero, by this time tho whole State might have gone into prohibition. He said he had only 18 months in which to administer the dispensary law and look out for thieves. "God knows 1 did not know South Carolina had such a brood of them, but who put t^om there?" ?IC Spoke of the elf oct of the Brice law in cutting out ilU.OOU votes by set tiing the matter by qualified voters and declared lt fair tnat every man have a chance to vote. He wanted tu see a rae;i next year between a prohi bitionist, a clean dispensary man and possibly a blind tl^er man for gover nor. Kour blind tiger men had already nominated a candidate but th reo out of the four had been In tho United States courts. Tho light ls to be or liquor or no liquor and he deprecated hurrying the vote before next yoai when tho whole people cou d expr?s i their opinions. Speaking of the cloctlon about t( como i ll' In York county Senator Tdl man said he hoped thc dispensa would ho voted out. The p .opie wool toon g*:t a taste of thc evils of pro hibitiOU which would drive then sooner or later to ask for old methul !l of handling tho liquor question, S na tor Tillman averred that no man hat a right to criticise his motives. Il would answe r to his God for his Chris tianltv. He had boen assailed fo stating that ho could Hud two allu Kiona in tho Bible speaking f&vorablj of liquor to one against lt. lie drev out bureo typewritten pages of sud versos and asked that Tho inquire print timm ?ntor examining their cor reotnesa. Ho orltleised Senator Bric ( for saying ho would not voto for dis pensary cleaning, and endeavored to make the point that If he were against measures looking to tho betterment of tho State he was a poor servant and ought to be askod to resign. Ile was uot supposed to bo tho master but tho servant of thc peuple. Senator Tillman was particularly explicit in sayiu.j that he had oome lo Timb not to tell the people what thoy should do but to give them tho bene tit of his advice and experience. They were freo to aot according to their cousclenoes and should ?ive the ist>U3 prayerful, earnest consideration. If all uoted as he did there would be no liquor drinking at all, but as some were going to drink whether orno, the ovil should bo mlnlml/.od and uhe people s ould get tho benetlts from the money spent. ?Senator Brice replied briefly, saying again that he waa opposed to the wholo dispensary business, that the Issue was liquor or no liquor and not Tillman or Ii rice. He hoped tho peo ple would bear the real issue in mind. There was much laughter and ap plauso throughout the spooking, especially at Mr. Tillman's rcpoated assaults upon Mr. H rice and The En quirer and his criticisms of those who called themselves Christians and sat lu judgment upon others. Thc uro vd was orderly and listened attentively to all that was said, many standing throughout.. It was evident that Mr. Tillman has many friends hero and it was the opinion of many that tho meeting was duo more to friendship to him than to an expr?s sion upon the. dispensary question Thc senator stated that bc had heard that as bc was born, politically, at Tirzah he was tobe burled hero today, but there wore few evidences thai) a Tillman funeral was desired, Ills de mand that tho governor take charge of the dispensary situation lu the name of the people drew hearty ap plause. Senator Brice, declared him self as also oelng in favor of this ac tion on tho part of the governor. A ROUGH VOYAGE The British Stoamor Tropic Puts Into Charleston Harbor. A dispatch from Charleston to The Sta to sayi, the British steamship Tropic, 2,:i40 tons, Capt. Barber, ar rived in that port Wednesday after a voyage that had lasted nearly three mouths and which was Oiled with ex citement, The second mate, purser and 16 seamen aro missing. Sailing from Valparaiso, Chile, June 21, the Tropic met with lad weather at once and on June 28, while off l'Utu and about 16 miles from Cjnstkuclou the lookout reported "breakers ahead" and before the ship et uld be got aocuu she had (jone hard ugrcunu not over 200 yards from the beach. High seas wore running and lt was realized that something must be done. Thc second mate, purser and \C> sea men, putout in the lirst life boat for Constitution but never returned, All night theseus dashed over thc Tropic and the 20 men on board huddled in the cabins and momentarily expected the end. Morning brought hope in the sight of .nen on shore-but there .'Horned no way to get to the ship. No boat could live in the breakers and no swimmer could make the shore. A happy thought came to the captain and With a quickly made kite a cord was Oirrletl by tho wind to shore, and next a lino and then a hawser rt ac!.cd tho land. Over this tho men went ashore. Still hoping that tugs or ves sols might come from Constituci?n Ll ie waited. When no help came o nd tho storm abated somewhat, tho vessel re xi al li ing In apparently unadamaged candi? Lion tho crew retucuod in hall hoats and jettison, d about 200 tons of cargo, this so lighting her that she ll lated at nigh tide and t ie tires being started, sailed for Talcahuano, where a naval court of Inquiry was held and captain and crew exonerated. Tao report of tho court was signed hy thc British consul at Talcahuano and others and was ample in praises of tho pluck and energy of the master and crow, whllo expressing regret at tho loss of the 17 i men. Tho grounding is accredited to a' dovlatlon of the Ship's compasses and the prevalence of a strong Inset current ( IT Pulu, In latitude ;{f>.0i> i south and longitude 12 20 west. Too Tropic was 28 days overdue and i a cable from Valparaiso to thc marl time register, doted June 20, said that , sho won id toa total wreck; a later , cable from London told that she was ll tated. Captain ai d crow show evi : derc >s ot tho train and were glad to reach pert for fresh food and rest. Orunhod l>y a CAC. In New York In attempting to ln il'ct punishment on a motorman Tues day night an angry crowd In Clinton street caused thc death of a little ?"'Irl, who otherwise would have e.soap , ed with few slight bruises. In thc ribs that followed several persons were , badly hurt and police reserves had a hard tight to disperse tho mob. Thc victim of the accident was Anna Sohrlnshook, two yoars old. With her father and another man, she was being led across the street when a crowded northbound car rolled the girl nuder the fond ar, where she lay crying, but apparently uninjured. Pe fore the motorman could step from tim platform and nrt the fonder, the crowd made a rush for him and In ' tho scram ole ho was forced against Hie controller, turning lt around and j putting a full current on. Instantly f tho oar ?hot for waul a distance of two hundred feet and the child's bod j 1 was ground to pieces. Toe sight of tho mangled bo ly add id fury to the mob, and tho m tormail vas dragged from tho car and nearly heaton to ? death. Typhoid lOpldeinlO. 1 Mantllako, a suburb of Wllkosbarre, . P.v., is lu the throes of a typhoid fev or epidemic lt ls claimed there are 1 now over a hundred case?? At a J meeting of tho achoo) board Tuesday lt wa-: derided lo close the schools in t definitely, Dr. Dodson, county coro ner, said he feared the school houses i will have to bo m;ed as hospitals. > Three deaths have boen reported to? . day. Handbills have been posted ad r vising oltlz?ns as to sanitary precau . i tiona and to boil water for drinking fi purposes, Dr. Setenan Thinks the Peace Treaty is But a Truce. CHIN! TO TAKE PART 8lL Thc Wonderful Awakening of (he Ancient Bntpirc|fWcat Armies Being Riiscd and Drilled by European la me tors. Power of thc fJapancBC Surgeon. There has been added to Mark Twain's another disordanb noto In the chorus of praise of the peace of Ports mouth, sAys Tho Now York Sun. lb has been souudod by Dr. Louis L. Seaman, who has just gob home from a visit to Manchuria, where he saw both tho Japanese aid Russian armlos at bho frhnb. Ile had something to say Wed'Josday at his home, Twenty elghth sc-rect and Fifth avenue, not only a :oub peace, hub of tho awaken lng and modernizing of bbc Chinese empire. "Plie ; so called peace of Ports mouth,", said Dr. Seaman, "will, in my" opinion, coma to be regarded as one of tl)c great mistakes of thc cen tury. That which ls called peace will he, in my opinion, only a prolonged armistice I have been fairly ne ir the firing line cf both the Japanese and Russian armies and I believe 1 know something of the temper of the men who have fought this war. 1 know something of thc spirit of the house of Romanoff, of its nobles and I tho Russian people. I havo a more Intimate acquaintance with tho tem per of thc people of .Japan, and I. tell you that the so called peace of Por bs mouth is welcomed neither in Sb. Petersburg nor Tokio. "There aro several good reasons why the peaco treaty which ls now be ing written can only bo a prolonged armistice. In tho first plac9, Russia s'ne is still one of tho great nations of bhe earth-will nov Dr consent to be bottled up and will never be satisfied until sho has regained tho prestige and the territory whloh she has lost ni bbiswar. "Furthermore, and I foar lt is not generally known to my countrymen, Russia ls a most fertile territory. Acre on acre and mlle on mlle of the soil ot tho empire needs only to ba tickled i order lo bring f.rbh rloh harv . M> tue Black sea closed du way through tho tuc sea and Wfth only a poor watiO? way to the Baltic, Russia mu3b havo au outlet for beroommerco 11 of the future. She will go where she can or whore she may. She will find iier way to thc Persian gulf and if necessary, through China, and over the battlefields which she has so recently lost and upon which she has left her dead. The great empire by the frozen liioa will nob stand still. "And wlilh; the Russians are get ting ready tho .1 ap??ese will grow more end moro restive. Do you sup poso Nomi's veterans, tho men who followed wherever Oku lcd or the sol diers of tho splendid army of the mas terful Kurokl can forget, for Instance, that they won by their valor all of Sakhalin Inland only to have tholr Emperor, tho elder statesmen and the plenipotentiaries of p' ac give half of lt back to tho Russians whom they thrashed? Di you suppose that the men who fought with Togo will fer geb that the battleshlpi whloh only escaped the merell-s lirr: ot their guns in a fog and found shelter tn the harbor of M.uit a have buen given back under the terms cf peace to thc Rus sians? The big white soldiers of lv.is sla and ti e little brown men of Japan will come, togetlier again and the roll of the war drums will bo hoard in the Mist. Then will be. fought to a finish that last llnal battle fur supremacy, which, for tho good of mankind and bhe welfare of Russia and Japan, should have been fought, now by tho armies of Oyama and Llnevitch In Northern Manchuria. "But however that may be, bibil bbc belligerents and ? he world in gen eral aro rockonlfig t >iuy lu thc l-l ist without China. SOHO dav, and ib is nob far distant, China, with Its mili tant millions, will bathe power in tho Orient. We can no longer speak of tho rousing from bhe sleep of age.i of China. She has already awakened, and yob tho world knows lhtlo of lu O l my trip home 1 met Dr. Tong, w'.;o has buen .sent hy the Chinese government to negotiate a now treaty .vhh the. United States. I talked to him of his country and his people, and even I, who know something of China (I have been there nine times) was amazed at tho story ho told. So amazed, In fact, was 1 ak od him to reduce to writing and hi the form of a letter to me the substance of what he had said. "Hore is bho lebter. In it he speaks of the cordial relations that have al wr>.ys existed between Cul,ia and the United States, and reminds me that tho Chinese people, from tho days of C mf ueius, have been a poop!? of peace, wini iiavo been taught, moro than anything o!s?, to revere tho works and the spirits of their ancestors. A Chinaman who dies leaving no son ls regarded as a ljst soul, because he leaves behind him no ono to venerate him. Yet there ls an old Chin?se alago that lt ls bettor fora manto leavo no son than to leave a son who becomes a sol Ber. "in spite, of this and In splto of the thousands of years of tradition and the wall behind which they have lived Dr. Tong writes to me that bbc edict has none forth that a school for mod em and Western education Shall bc established In every district In China; that there shall ho a high school In every pr?fecture, and that bhcro shall be a College or university In every province. The teachers In those In stitutions shall be either Chinamen taught abroad or Americans or Europeans. "But that is net av. From what Dr. Tong told me t looki vory mu oh ss if China hefdolf were prop? lng to take hor part in ti e wara uf tho fut uro. An army of 49,000 men ls to beratBsd by order of the Empress in eaoh of tho twenty-three provinces of tho em cir ., and theso armies, also by imperial edict, are to bo oiiloerod and drilled by Americans or Europeans, or by Ohin&msu. who havo learned thoroughly as tho Japanese have har ned, the best methods of tho ar mies of the Western world. .'These things Dr. Tong told me, but it was not all, and in my opinion not tho most Interesting, of all that ho said. You romona bar that follow ing the B ocer rebellion in China thoj United States rxaotrd from the Chin ese government an Indemnity of $0, 000,000. lt has been proposod that I we should return this indemnity to | Ubina. Dr. Tong spoke of this pro prosltlon and ama Md' mo by saying that China would appreelato it if the] United States did suob a thing. On I tho contrary, ho Raid, the thing which China would Uko beat would I bc for tho United States to investi that twenty million of dollars in Its own government bonds and with the Income provide scholarships at various American colleges and universities for tho freo education of Chinese students who in thc years that aro to come shall be thc sol.llors and states men and tradesmen of China. "If the Eljwery Klagdom isn't al ready sitting up and taking notice, thou I don't kuow what a real wlde| awake one is." Dr. Seamen was asked about the m?thode of thc medical corps of the greatest and best of any army in the world- Too history of the world's wars shows that practically live sold iers have died of preventable dlseaso whore ono Las died from bullets, lu the war of thc rebellion about 002,000 lives wore lost, and of this number 102 000 were killed on tho firing line or died from tho results of wounds, balance died from disease, most oases of which could have been prevented with proper caro. "Tho surgeons of thc Jaganese army received something more than a half million well mon. The medical men directed their entire attention niter thc war began to keeping that army well. To accomplish this the army surgeons did that which had never before been heard of in any war of the world. They went forwaro with the first screen of scouts thrown out. They were away lu advance of the main army. With lightning-like rapidity they examined every welland 2very stream of water over which tue iriny would travel. Over one well they would place a placard with till?; legend: "This water must not ht irunk except after billing." Ove? motlier well they would place an otb ir placard which read: "Tals water must not be used for any purpose ex ;ept for bathing." "Eicept In battle the surgeon in the Japanese army ls the great mogul Iiis oraors aro obeyed implicitly, ant) when a Japanese soldier is Warned lot to drink this or not to drink that ie would no more think of disregard ng the mandate of the army surgeon ?han he wou'd think of disregarding tho command of nh genoral-ln-ehlcf. "Thc result w is that the mon who won the v c'.or'ei for Japan were as well nigh physically porfoat as lt was possible for men tobe. It had to be >o. Had tho death rates In other wars prevailed In this one tho Japan ese army would have been wiped out. Therefore In tho main, preventable i i soase was prevented, and the sold lers of Japan were not murdered in [,hc cause of war." Munt Not ?'.?MU. A Denver dispatch to thc Wash ing Post say L: Private J.F. Merritt, Company F, Sooond infantry, is mending thirty days In the guard iiousa for kissing his sweetheart on the military reservation at Eort Log in. Miss Daisy Hilton is the xlssce. The two were standing on the lawn near the ofllcial quarters, when Lieut. Samuel Herron, oillcerof the day, saw thom kiss. "If you do that again I'll have you court raartialed," he declared. "I'll go you," retorted tho private, at the same time p'aatlng another kiss on Miss Hilton's lips. Lieut. Herron not only arrested him, but preferred charges, and at a summary court martial Merritt plead ed guilty. "Have you anything to say?" ask ed thc court. "Only that," replied Merritt, "1 think Lieut. Herron was kind of sweet on the gi il himself and he wants mc out of tho way." Hont HIH Mother. John Trimble, of Augusta county, Va., sevoraly heat his mother, Mrs. 1<\ M. Trimble, Sunday with a pitch fork hoeausc the bread served for breakfast had too much soia In lt. After brutally heating his agod mother over the head and body, ho turned opon a little girl of thc neigh borhood, who came to the c d lady's assistance. After his cowardly aot, John left his mother lying on tho] geuud and Hod to the woods. Tho| younger son and another boy, Harry Humphreys, declaro that thc old man urged lils son, John to kill his mother since ho had started lt. Tho old man Stood by and saw tho attaok and fail ed to go to her assistance. They live on a nico farm and are substantial people, and the neighborhood ls much aroused. e. i i I.-il by Cotton. A vory sad acoldont occured near Vanees on M unlay week ago, which re sulted In oho death of Arthur, the live year-old son of Mr. Julius A. Mur ray. Mr. Murray's children wero play lng In bis cotton on about two hales of newly gathered seed cotton. Tnej had dug a hole in tho midst of the pile of cotton, down to thc lloor, when Ar thur got down Into lt, probably to make the hole largor, when tho cotton foll on him, sul? 'eating him. Ile was) gotten out as speedily as possible, and everything possible done to save him. All proved unavailing. Moro (irafta A db patoh from San Francisco says State Senator Henry Doukers, serving a term In prl.ion for attempting to bribe during the last ncssion of legis lature, baa made a full confession, giv ing tho names of twelve other sena tors who received monoy, also thc i.ames of bribers and amounts paid. A whole ale prosecution ls promised by tho distrlot attorney. ELEVEN CENTS Fixed es the Minimum Frico for the Cotton Crop. President Smltb, of tho South Caro lina Association, Wanted It Fix ed at Ton and. a Hal/ Gent?. "Your committee, realizing the unusually strong statistical position of cotton, we recommend a minimum price of ll cents, basis middling up lands, at the homo market through out tho ootton belt. E. D. Smith, chairman II. Y. Brooke, seorotary." Tbis ls the aotion taken by the Asheville Conference and sent out to thc ootton growers of tho South who are members of tho Southern Qotton Association ai.d other farmers who feel Uko aiding in keeping up the price of ootton. lt ls tho call seut out by tiio cxeoutivo committee of the Southern Cotton association to thc farmers of tho south to hold their oot ton for ll cents. If the farmers will comply with the call and hold for ll cents they will get it. A dispatch from Asheville to The S jate says tho committee's report was not announced until aftor 10 o'clock and it had boen awaited with Intense interest by tho 100 or more growers and buyers at tho hotel. It did not Kl ve entire satisfaction, but is a com promise, Mr Smith contended fora minimum of 101 oents now, with a later an nouncement of a higher minimum. He was overruled Olapito his eloquence and was compelled to accept ll cents. There were members of t*ho commit tee who held out for 12 cents as a minimum and others wantod to put it oven higher. All c." this was thrashed out in se eret session and when the report was presented to the open mooting lt wa* adopted without a word and the com mittee took up other business relating to the proposed amendments to the constitution. Eleven cents for ootton at the home market is equivalent to ll 1-4 or more at the ports. The Oetober quotation Thursday was arouad 10 37 100. So that tho committee has oalled upon the producers to hold for an advance of about 03 points. The most aggressive and Influential man in thc association ls IC D. Smith fie has borne tho burden of debate in this meeting has been a positive force for conservatism. He has argued valiantly for a safe and careful stand as to tho minimum of p ice and has nad to contend against the unreason lng demands of rampant bulls who wanted to put tho price away uo and defy the world, llesh and devil. While many cotton growers are anxious to benefit themselves and their follow fanners haye taken .this ex tremo position conscientiously, lt is a faot that emissaries of eastern speen taters have had an influence in im pressing a bullish sentiment upon the gathering here at Kenilworth Inn. For more reasons th au ono a demaud for a high holding price by the com mitten would have suited Wall street Smith has contended that a reason able minimum should bo set in order io protect the producer who is forced to sell. Ile was ohalrman of the com mittee ou price, composed of ono from each State, and tho tight In this com mittee was waged all afternoon. Af ter supper the report was made to the whole executive committee in sooret session and tba light was there re newed and lasted for several hours. It was 10 15 o'clock when the commit tee came out and announced the re sult of Its deliberations. There was a lengthy debato on the advisability of establishing a news paper as an organ of tho assoolation. A committee previously appointed to re port on this matter did not make a report and it was finally decided to give, the committee more time. There is wldo difference of opinion on the subject and at times the debate was warm. Of the South Carolina men present, Mr. E. D. Smith favors the proposition and Mr. Hyatt opposes lt. Mr. Hyatt's speech last night in op position was generally complimented. Thc question of thiince also came up this morning and Mr. Hyatt:s ros olutlon to raise 815,000 In 90 days for expenses was adopted. It was stated luring the discussion that South Car olina had done bettor than any other 3tate in regard to finances and the State is one of the mont thoroughly organized. Tno roport of the commit tee on statistics was submitted. The oommittco consisted of State Senator J, A. Brown of North Carolina; J. McMartin of Mississippi and W. L. Peak of Georgia, with Seoretary Rloh ard Choatham. They had reports from 15,000 correspondents throughout the south, including State, county and township correspondents. All of these reports they had canvassed and com piled and after questioning men from each State had made allowances for the Individual bias of tho correspon dents, whothor bullish, bearish or conservative. From these roports thc committee concluded that the condi tion of the present crop to dato 1B 73 3 10 por cent, of last year's crop and that the ylold will bo 7,588, Kill bales. By States tho report in full follows: State Ylold. Condition. Alabama.1,031,039 74 Arkansas. 019,400 70 Fun ida . 51,010 09 Georgia.1,Util,180 78 indian Territory. 305,522 78 Liustana. 060,962 68 North Carolina... 630,004 77 Oklahoma. 307,002 86 South Carolina... 701.007 73 Tonpessoe. 242 202 75 Te?as.2,382,702 74 Mississippi.1,204,078 70 Miscellaneous.... 60,060 76 There was no roport on acroago, but the previous report shows 18 percent, reduotlon. O ol H a tiooil Job. Former Judge Alton B. Parker will suoceed Professor Collins as ohio! counsol for tho Brooklyn Rapid Tran sit Company at an annual salary ol 8100,000, according to an announce ment Tnursday. Professor Collins has retired, and tho firm of Collins & Shoohan, which has aoted for years in aa advisory capacity to tho oompany, will bo known as Shoohan & Parker. William F. Sheehan was one of Par ker's strongest supporters in the ro cent presidential campaign. MANY KILLED An Earthquake Destroys Eigh teen Towns in Italy, ~" DOES GREAT DAMAGE. Nearly Pour Hundred Pcoclc Are Report ed Killed and a Qreat Number Injur ed. The Whole Community ls Very Much Depressed, and .?S? the People Need Help. i'jjj ?j A diipatoh from Rome says all Italy ls suffering from terrible depression because of the nows from the south, where one of the worst earthquakes ever experienced occurred Friday. Al though the earthquake was felt all over Calabria aud to a oertain extent in Sloily, the worst news came from Pizzo and Monteleone and from 18 villages whioh are said to have boen completely destroyed. According to the latest news receiv ed 370 personal have been killed and a great numbor Injured. It is as yet Im possible to even estimate tho property looses. Tue shook was felt at 2 65 o'olook Friday morning. It lasted for 18 seconds atOatanz&ro and soon there after was felt at Messina, Reggio, Plsoopio, Tripiarno, Sammaro, Cessan Iti, Naida, Ollvidi and other points. Scenes of indescribable terror en sued. Women aroused from their sleep rushed half olothed into the streets screaming with fear, carrying their babies and dragging along their other children and calling for help on the madonna and the saints. The mon es oaped into the open with their fami lies, all culling on tholr favorite saints for protection. The oafes were taken by assault by the strangely garbed crowd, but as daylight broke without a repetition of the earthquake tho crowd gradually melted away until by 8 o'clock: tho streots had almost assumed their nor mal appearance exoept in the ruined villages where the inhabitants had nc homes to go to. The general oonfuslon was added to by dreadful orles from tho jails whore tho prisoners were beside themselves with fright and In some oases mutini ed, but fortunately all tho prisoners were kept within bounds. Troops, en gineers and dootors have been hurried to the scenes of the disaster to assist In tho work of rescue and salvage. The ministry of the Interior sent 84,000 for the relief of tho destitute and Min ister of Publio Works Ferraris left for Calabria, SHOOTING AT SALUDA. Senator Bleaso S'?.r ote Joe Bon Cole man, HIB Brothor-in-IiAw. A Bpeolal dispatch to The State from Saluda says an unexpected and perhaps a fatal tragedy ooourred on the streets of that town Friday night whon State Senator B. S. Please, a member of tho tl rm ot Able & B lease, shot Joe Ben Coleman. Tho shooting occurred at or near the c mer of Smith Brothers' 8to;e Five or six shots were fired and Col fl man's body showed four wounds. Uno wound ls in the hand, another on the right shoulder, while tho two others penetrated the body. Tho latter two wounds are of a very serious nature and In the opinion of tho physicians either of them ls suffi cient to produce death. Tao wounded man was oarrled to the Wheeler hotel whore he is receiving every attention. Immediately after thc shooting Mr. Blease went to tho sheriff and surren dered and is now in jail. The State says the news of the shooting affray was received in Colum bia by friends of Mr. Blease, who were shooked by the information. They oould tell nothing of the eames load ing up to tho affair and so for as known the two men woro on tho best of terms and were considered good friends. Eug?ne Blease and Joe Ben Coleman married r'sters, the daughters of Mr. James Herbert. Mrs. Blease was Miss Saluda Herbert and Mrs. Coleman was Miss Maude Herbert. Mr. Blosse is serving his first term in the State sen ate. Ho is a brothor of tho senator from Newborry. LiOTOrs Killed. While onrouto from Atlantic City to Philadelphia Wednesday in an au tomobile, Noll Wolfe, secretary and treasurer of an automobile company of Philadelphia, and Miss Marie llanelli, daughtor of a woalthy Ger mantown shoddy manufacturer, were thrown from an automobllo, on a brldgo over tho West Jersey and Sea shore railroad, near Atlee, N. Y., and hurled 30 feet to tho tracks below. Miss H am I ll was almost Instantly kill ed and Mr. Wolfo died soon af tor. The oar was driven by F. G. Plummer. He was taken into custody and arraigned bofore Prosecutor Loyd, at Camden, is. J., wno discharged mm af ter hear ing his statement. Toe accident was doe to dofectlvo steering gear. Mr. Wolfo and Miss llanelli were to have boen married in December."* Fired at Crowd. Enraged beoauso none of the young women in a dancing pavilion at South Beeb, Staten iBland, would dance with him, but preferred tho soldiers from Fort Wadiworth, an unknown Italian today ohallengod any soldier In the pavilion to fight. Ono of the soldlor? promptly accepted the ohal I..?!..<< an d with the Italian started I j to leave tho hall, when tho latter ' I opened Aro into the c.owd of danoers. Ono bullet struck Ed wald Carson, of Staten Island, In the forohecd, In flicting a wound winch will oause death. Anothor man was wounded in the thigh. Tho Italian escaped. Atlanta Ila? Ono Case. Dr. J. P. Kennedy, oity hra'th off! oer of Atlanta, Saturday announced offt el ally that ono case of yellow fever bas developed there.